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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-03-16

Dy COfnpafIng IItV COunffe3
which are entitled 10 delegate EACH and arrang-
ing them according to population without regard 10
politics, we havo this result Twenty-Five of these
have population of 3o7 1884, while the other
twenty-five counties have an aggregate population of
~ III, and yet they have tho number Of dele
gates.
The Senatorial apportionment of the bill reported
py tne majority OF the COMMITTEES has the same uni
Discrimination. For instance: The Democratic dis
tricts, composed OF the counties of Lee, Wise and
buchanan, with population of 2l,sis, is given one
SENATOR while the Republican district composed of
the counties OF Chesterfield Amelia and Cumberland
Is entitled TO only one Senator for 55S Inhabitants
Richmond city and the county of Henrico form
Democratic district of 66,276 Inhabitants and ia
given three Senators, for each 22Og2 inhabi.
tants while the Republican counties of Charlotte and
Mecklenburg, are put together to form one district
with a population of s5,S57 inhabitants and given
only ono senator.
The Democratic county of Campbell, with n popu.
lation ofoniy 81 $50 inhabitants given one Senator
while the counties of Buckingham, Appomattox and
Prince Edward, are put together so as to form a
republican district with 1880 inhabitants, and
given only one Senator.
Now aggregating the six Senatorial districts given
above, and we find the following result
The three Democratic districts containing a ponu-
lation of l0967 souls given five Senator'S while
the three Republican districts with population of
l00745 souls are allowed only three Senator's nearly
an equal number of population. but grossly I'M
equal in Senatorial representation or in other works
IL takes SO 5Sl Republicans to entle the inhabitants
of the districts named to Senator while IL only
takes Sl,9 Democrats to enttle the inhabitants to
q Senator. M
Another remarkable feature of the Senatorial an
portonment in the bill referred to- is, that by an
arbitrary act of the General Assembly there will be
forced upon the pc jple Of certain counties represen
tatiyes IN the Senate, in the eocton of whom they
had no voice whatever ~
Section Bed of article 9th OF the cons Tuition pro-
ydes that Senators elected in districts bearing odd
numbers shall yacate their Offices at the end OF two
years, and those elected in districts bearing even
numbers at the end of four years. Bat the bill pre-
pared by the majority of the committee places cer-
lain counties whose Senators go out of office this
year. into districts with certain other counties where
senators reside who will hold over nader the con-
aituton BY this means the voters Of the following
counties viii be deprived Of their constitutional |
light to elect their Senators; Buckingham, APP |
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18
Death of SigismOnd Thalberg.

The cable on Saturday last brought
the intelligence of the death of Sigis-
mond Thalberg, the world famous
pianist-an announcement which will
cause deep feeling of regret through
out the entire musical world. Thai
berg was Swiss by nationality, having
been born at Geneva, January Z, 1912.
He was the son of Count Dietrichstein,
and while a boy was placed under the
instruction of Hummel, to receive his
musical education, and, as is well
known, subsequently surpassed his
master in execution, although he never
equaled him in composition, numerous
and excellent as his writings have been.
At the age of fifteen he began to be
known in European concert rooms, and
compositions. From 1880 to the time
of his death he was constantly employed
in giving concerts and writing for the
piano. Among his compositions the
most celebrated are his brilliant fanta-
sizes on themes from such operas as
Don Giovanni, Robert lie Diable,
L'Elisir d'Amore, Les Huguenots, lie
Donna del Lago, and Nose en- Egitto,
and upon many familiar English airs,
such as "Sweet Home" "The Last
Rose of Summer etc, which have
never been surpassed for originality and
beauty of treatment. His ''Studies'
for the Piano, also, which most clearly
develop the popularity of his method
and the Characteristic combinations of
his lingering, have long enjoyed celeb
rity among all musicians In 1851 he
produced an opera entitled "Florinde,"
founded on one of Scribe's libretti,
which was failure. In finish and
dehcacy of playing, and in his combi-
nations Of pure harmony with brilliant
ornamentation, he has never been sur
passed. His last visit to this country
was in 1857, during the early part
of which year he made tour, accom-
panied by Parodi, Amalia Patti, and
Mollenhauer. The season abruptly
closed in Chicago, in May, owing to the
sudden appearance OF his wife, daugh-
ter of Lablache, whom he married in
1915, and who had followed on his track
with the incentiveoof martial jealousies
He Immediately left for Europe and has
never since returned. His death will
leave void III the musical world not
easily filled He ranked as pianist
with Rubinstein and List. and was
more popular than either, az his style
was not so marked by mannerisms
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18
A Princely Scandal in Berlin.

The Berlin Volkzeitung publishes a
piece of intelligence which is making
the round of all the papers and creates
no small sensation. The affair relates
to the unusually heartless proceedings
of member of the high aristocracy in
Prussia against his Legitimate consort,
whose plebeian origin constitutes her
only offence. The Princess Frederick
Wittgenstein, the wife of a captain in
the I'd dragoon guards, arrived in
Berlin few days since and took pos.
session of her lodgings. The princess
had scarcely domiciled herself in the
said apartments when the following
unheard-of occurrences took place
The valet of her husband, accompanied
by policeman, made his appearance
and requested the princess to leave the
dwelling. The latter having produced
her marriage certificate, the policeman
retired. Thereupon the princess re-
ceived another visit-namely, from a
so-called hontDae dafaires, who stated
that that he was the princes business
friend" This individual, accompanied
by several porters and other ruffians,
paid for the purpose, forced his way in
to the apartments :and violently eject
ed the princess, together with her two
young children, aged two and three
years respectfully, and in so doing phys
ically ill-treated them. The lady pro
ceeded at once to her parents, who also
reside at Berlin, and care for the susie
nance of their unhappy daughter and her
two children. 1t appears the lady WAS
married in due form to Prince Fred
erick Wittgenstein, at Oldenburg, in
Hungary, on the 10Th of June, 1868,
on which occasion the prince made a
formal declaratson that no legal i'm
pediment of any kind against the
marriage existed on his part. The
princess is i'll possession of all the
documents III proof of her legitimate
rights as wife The affair is cal
culated to attract general attention,
independent of the personages whose
names are at stake, as, if there be no
flaw in the legal execution of the mar
rivge (Which appears not to be the
case), it would furnish an additional
proof that in some of the aristocrat'c
circles in Prussia there still exists n
disposition arrogantly to claim an
exemption from certain laws and views
obligatory on the citizen classes by
"nobly ignoring them" Doubtless
the affair will be sifted to the bottom.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18
The Thoroughbred Horse.

The Duchess Farmer, In an article
on the thorough bred horse, very terse-
ly shows up his points Of superiority as
follows: ....
|. They are more intelligent, pos
sessing more brains and nervous mat
ter.
2. They are, from their intelligence,
more tractable and kind in their dispo-
sitions and temper.
3. They are less liable to disease,
from superior organization.
1. They are more elegant in carriage
and appearance.
5. They are superior in action.
6. They endure the vicissitudes of
heat and cold better.
7. They live to "A much greater age,
maintaining their usefulness.
8. They are superior in tieetness,
durability, bravery, and breathing
powers.
9. They always have and always
will command higher price in the
market than other breeds.
If you will examine the thorough
bred you will, on investigation, find a
superior animal organization - his
bones are more solid, his tendons
stronger and much better defined, his
muscle more firm and elastic-in fact,
his form and quality are 50 much SUI
perior it results that he is much more
active, much more fleet and powerful
than any other variety of the horse
tribe. He will perform much more
labor in given time, and repeat the
task oftener, coming around quicker
from over work than any animal of in
ferior blood When the cold -blooded
horse is overworked his spirits sink and
his recovery is slow, and sometimes
never complete. A square inch of bone
from a thorough bred horse is much
heavier than a square inch from cart
horse, the latter resembling pumice
stone, while the former is solid, partak-
ing more of the close grained nature of
ivory. The same remark will apply to
the tendons and muscles Consequent
y a thorough bred horse will be strong
er than a cart horse In little more
than half the compass. 1t is asserted,
and is doubtless true, that the thor
ough-bred horse can support greater
weight on his back than the common
horse.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18
The Stevens Battery.

The Stevens gunboat, which has been
so long in building, and the success of
winch has been SO doubted, is nearly
completed, and will heready for launch
ing in June at the falthest. Most Of the
machinery is in position, and the yes
sci will be completed during this and
the next month, with the exception of
a portion of the joiner's work. She
has foIr engines, aggregating 1900
horse power These engines have for
ty five inch stroke and run two i'm
mense propellers. The vessel is 410
feet in length, is 5000 tons burden,
and draws twenty-five feet OF water,
being only two feet above water-llne.
ventilators are supplied, by which it IS
believed a full supply of air can be
furnished below decks. She is built
for turret 80 feet in diameter, and is
calculated to carry two Of the heaviest
2O-inch guns. Her armor will proba-
bly, be of pinch wrought iron, bolted
to thickness of 10 inches Her boil
ers are ten in number, and are heated
by thirty furnaces Mr.. Stevens, in
his will, bequeathed this immense con-
Germ to the State Of New Jersey. 1t IS
not known whether the State can hold
the bequest, but if it can accept the
bequest it will probably dispose Of it
some way. SO that in any event the
battery will pass into the hands Of our
own, or some foreign government. 1t
is not intended to arm the vessel until
after she shall have been finally dispos-
ed of in some way, since the purchas-
ing government will probably have
some special instructions regarding its
armament. ~ Y Wort0.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18
Abuse OF the Franking Privilege.

TO appreciate The extent of the
Franking abuse, it is only necessary
for one to visit The Capitol and see the
immense bags of printed matter which
Senators have ordered sent to their
homes after the close of the session
These bags weigh from 50 to rs or 100
pounds, and more than 100 Of them
were standing together one day last
week, waiting for the cartman to take
them to the Postoffice OF these, more
than 90 were directed to each of the
follow named Senators Conkln, John
son (Va.), and Boreman West Va.);
six were marked for Senator Nye's home
in Nevada. This has been going ON, not
only ever since the close of the session,
but during the whole of it. But the
worst feature OF the abuse is, that
when the term of a Senator or member
Of Congrass expires, it takes him a long
time to forget his old tricks. In the
mail awaiting transportation ,o-day
were ID of the huge bags directed to
ex-senator McCreery Of KY, whose
term of Office expired on the 4th of last
March.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
W hisewas hing Trees.

Don't whitewash the bark upon the
bodies of fruit and ornamental trees.
We are at loss to know for what pur-
pose some persons thus coat the bark
of fruit and shade trees about their
premises with lime, unless it is to make
them look nice. 1t certainly does them
more harm than good, as it serves to
obstruct the respiratory organs, and in
a measure prevents thrifty growth.
Should the bark become diseased and
rough, or covered with moss, scrape it
thoroughly with hoe or scraper Of
some suitable description; after which
wash thoroughly with a strong solution
of soap and water. If this is done
properly every season, it will prove q
great benefit, by destroying the insects
which prey upon the bark, and other
wise promoting a healthy condition
thereof, and increasing the vigor and
VITALITY of the tree.-Faym Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18

Messrs l. Hicks & Sons, of Queens
county, send the following to the Coun-
try Gentleman:
We drilled in seven varieties of oats,
April 7 and 8. The previous crop was
corn on inverted sod.
Mr. Newton, of Henrietta, N. Y,
sent us the White Probsteier the
other varieties were procured of Mr..
Tanning and the Department of Agri-
culture. The White Schooner did SO
well the season before, under very
favorable circumstances, We desired to
procure as much as possible from the
seed; having about five pecks, we
drilled it on an acre. 1t stood very
thin; double the seed would probably
have given third more yield. The
other varieties We're sown at the rate of
seven to eight pecks, except Norway
oats, where only six pecks We're used
Below is given their yield by weight
80 pounds to bushel:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18

An acre of Norway, we'll MANFRED and
sown two weeks later, yielded 40 bush
els to the acre, and the sheaves weighed
3,700 pounds.
Our common oats in 1869, yielded II
bushels to the acre; this season % bush
els-we accordingly estimate the above
yields to be two-thirds good crop.
In examining the different varieties
before reaping, the Norway stood the
highest, 81 feet, and the Excelslors, the
shortest, q feet To a casual observer,
the Norways did not look as though
they would yield near as much as the
Surprise, growing side by side--we
could see through the Norways down
to the ground so easily, and hardly at
all through the Surprise; the stalks of
Surprise were smaller and more nu-
merous.
We asked our neighbor who was ex-
tolling the Surprise, to pick out few of
the best stalks and count the grains,
while we would 40 the same with the
Norways. The grains on stalk Of
Surprise were out on the end of little
branches from to inches long, lean
ing off Ia every direction from the
main stalk consequently the surface
was evenly spread with grams, prevent
ing seeing through them. The grains
on stalk of Norway we're all on one
side and not over an inch from 1t, Civ
ing plenty of room to see through
them, and making them appear to poor
advantage. Our friend counted from
80 to 80 grains on his stalks of Surprise,
while our Norway stalks, the double
grains counting but one, gave us 50 to
101 grains. The Excelsior, New
Brunswick and Surprise were ripe July
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18
Loss Of Identity.

The late Hugh Miller was once very
i'll with inflammation of the lungs, and
related the following experience to his
namesake, Professor Miller. He found,
as he was lying on his bed, and no
doubt just emerging from semi-deliri-
nm, that he had lost his identity What
his name was he could not tell but he
settled that he was about to begin
business as travelling merchant, sell
ing crockery throughout the country to
the sound Of two bowls rubbed togeth-
er, and he went through many elabo-
rate calculations regarding his affairs
In the midst of these his eye lighted
on a cornice in his bedroom. which he
slowly recognized as something he had
seen somewhere before then. He fol-
lowed line from the cornice to the
floor; from the floor his eye travelled
to the bed, which grew familiar to him,
and finally his glance settled on his
body. He exclaimed. "Oh I'm
Hugh Miller And there was an end
Of the crockery business.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18

II; White Schooner, Common and
White Probsteier four days later, and
the Norway week later The Sur
prise were the most broken down.
caused by weak straw and heavy grain
Having rolled the field, We were en-
abled to reap without waste or extra
trouble.
The Excelsior, New Brunswick and
Surprise are short chunky grain, and
in examining them few days ago,
found their hulls to be thicker and
stiffer than the other sharp pointed
long grains. Farmers here prefer the
latter varieties to feed, unless ground
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18

CENTRAL AMERICAN advices state that
the U. S. steamer Montejo has not been
recaptured. Captains Selfridge and
Veitch have had consultation, and
have determined to send the United
States steamer Resaca to recover the
vessel. The British war-ship Fawn will
probably join the Resaca.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18
Wit and Wisdom.
VIRTUE ennobles blood.


VIRTUE ennobles blood.
GOOD LITTLE BUoYs-Corks.
HARD to beat-A boiled egg. |'"
HoNoRs often change manners. i.l
The lance never blunts the pen.
TINE at last sets all things even. 7rr
A FIREsIpE GHosT-A hob goblin.
SMALL potatoes grow in every hill
ENVY is the canker worm Of virtue
MopEsrY is as becoming as courage.
HEAvENalways favors the honest pur-
pose. .t.
TRurH is the rival Of time and the
oracle of the future,
How to make time go fast-Use the
spur of the moment. -Hl
WHEN choler once is born, the
tongue all curb doth scorn. #.ts ....
HAVE the elements right to brew a
storm without n hcensel
A GIRL may as we'll hang up her fd-
die when she loses her beau.
We have had Paley on theology, but
now we have Pale-on-tology.
BABIES are coupons attached to mat
rlmony, the interest is due at random.
HE less a man thinks or knows
about his virtues the better we like
him. r.f..
WHY are cashmere shawls like deaf
people-7Because You cannot make them
here.
IT has been said that pantaloons OBJ
tanned on credit are "breeches of
trust"
NEVER have wooden leg made of
oak, because the oak is too apt to pro-
duce q corn.
s. MAINE lumbermn first loved his
"Abbegil" on account of her "spruce
dimensions"
The woman who maketh a good pud-
ding in silence is better than one that
maketh a tart reply. ..#.. ,l
Ir is at the approach of dinner-time
that we feel most sensibly ''the empti-
ness of things below .
Il THOUGHT you told me, doctor.
that Smiths fever had gone OFF," sob,
yes but it and Smith went off togeth-
En-" .t.|f
A WESTERN editor in response to
SupSoilbSi WIZ RiiiiipltH biHt MS phptT
was intolerably damp, says that it is
because there is so much due on it,
"THAT you believe you have call
to preach is all very well M far as it
goes, said an old doctor of divinity to
theological student "but,n he adj
ded, "we must wait and see whether
people think they have call to hear
you.
OLD AND New for May contains the
following lines "On Young Preacher
Paul, ere he preached, in lonely deserts stray
ed;
Far from his race for three long years he
stayed;
If knowing nothing of mankind were all,
Our new-tledged preacher were second Paul.
GA YOUNG lady" in arural "person-
al, informs "a certain young man that
the next time he desires to gaze on her
forty-five mortal minutes, without
winking his eyes, she will consider her.
self highly favored if he will close his
mouth, and not SIT there like Young
robin, awaiting the parent bird"
IMPAIRED VITALITY. When you feel MS
if the vital powers were giving way,
strength gone, spirits depressed, mem
airy failing, appetite lost, exhaustion
stealing over every sense and paralyz-
ing every energy, then is the time to
resort to that powerful ally of nature,
DR. WALKERS VEGETABLE VINEGAR Brr-
rERs. The properties they embody soon
work glorious renovation in the debili-
tated system and the clouded mind
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18

THE purest and sweetest Cod-Liver
Oil in the world is HAZARD & CAswELL's,
made on the sea shore, from fresh, Sc
lected lvers, by CAswELL, HAZARD &
Co., New York. 1t is absolutely pure
and street. Patients who have once
taken it prefer il to all others. Physi-
clans have decided it superior to any OF
the other oils in market.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18

come out wet, deprived of s. lbs. Of
potash and soda. 1t should be stated,
however, that about tb. of quicklimc
is added to each bushel of ashes in the
leach, to render the I've caustic. This
adds l fb. more of lime to the insoluble
residlm, or the leached ashes, making
it weigh, if it was free from water,
Al TBS. In teaching, the ashes do not
change much in bulk, but they are
largely increased in weight from the
contained water.
Now, what is the commercial value
of the ashes before and after they pass
through the soap makers hands. In
the drv state the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18

STAR-GAZERs can now see, on pleasant
evenings, five great planets.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18

To "yank sigh is the California
way of putting it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18

To our lives there comes a spring-time,
IN which our hopes have birth -
Hopes that will find frrition ft
In heaven, ii not on earth.
Though each bud of holy feeling
May wither ere it bloom,
And our tendrils of affection
Lie trailing by its tomb. ... ...ft..
Yet it cannot be that hope and love
Live but this life's brief hour:
They'll rise again, all sanctiied,
To bloom in heavens bright bower.
There will come a resurrection
For the hopes we mourn to-day,
When from their grave San angel
Shall ron the stone away"
True Flag.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-05-18

o9C.
This estimate, which is fair one,
gives a value per bushel of 39c., that is,
the substances found in bushel of
good sound wood ashes are worth in
the market that sum at the present
time. BY teaching the ashes SOC. OF
the commercial value Is removed and
converted into soap; this leaves 9c. as
the value of the constituents of bushel
Of leached ashes. The sillcate of lime
and the metals practically have no mar
ket value, and are not considered.
What is the agricultural value of the
two forms of fertilizers Z The ashes
holding all their normal constituents,
are worth more applied to soils than
for other uses when separated, dollars
and cents being considered. A bushel
judiciously employed will return IN
most seasons 60 or Toe. worth of pro
ducts the first year. The potash and
soda combined as they are in ashes, in
the form of carbonates, sulphates, and
silicates, are in precisely the right con-
dition to be readily assimilated, and
also to aid in rendering assimilable
many important constituents of the
soil.
The leached ashes also are worth
more to the farmer than cents bush
ell Relatively they are worth more for soil
employment than the unleached, re-
gard being had to the commercial value
of the substance when separated. A
good honest bushel of moist leached
ashes will give returns the first year of
the value of Is or 20 cents; and owing
to the peculiar decomposing influence
Of the insoluble constituents of the soil
of the silicates, etc, remaining in the
mass, their influence extends outside
of themselves, and continues for long
time. A pound of phosphate of lime
found in ashes Is worth more than a
pound of bone dust, as it is in condi-
tion to be readily taken up by plants.
The carbonate of lime is worth more
than chalk or the same agent in other
forms, inasmuch as it has once passed
through plant structures.
The estimates here presented are only
rough ones, but they are sufficiently ex-
act to serve as a guide in learning the
value of leached and unleached wood
ashes. We have experimental consid-
erably with ashes in both forms, upon
soils of various kinds, and what we
have here stated is the result of our
own practical experience. ..