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Year: 1868

GoRDoNsvILLE, Va, May II, 1868.
To-the Editor Of the Press:


Knowing that your readers are always glad
to hear of the success and wel-doing of any
of the sons of our own noble old State, l
send you brief account of one whose
worth has enabled him to make his mark in
this section, and merits notice. Heretofore
the Great West has been the field where the
young men of New England outside of her
own borders have done most to stamp the
impress of her characteristics and civiiza-
ton upon communities and States. Now
that the dark veil of slavery has been lifted
from the fair face of Virginia and her sister
States of the South, the West no longer holds
monopoly of that tide of immi ration ever
flowing from the great Eastern and Middle
States of the Union. Neither will she long
hold that superiority over the South, of NOR
al and material development, which, with
her free Institutions, she has derived from
this source. Already the hated name OF
"Yankee"-despite all the malignant passion
and prejudice engcndered by slavery and re
vived and re-inspired by the Executive head
of the nation-is slowly and surely becoming
the synonym of uprightness, energy, enter
nr;sa and success here as it is elsewhere.


But to return to my subject. William A
Macnulty who has just received the nomina-
Year: 1868

The question has been asked many times
whether coal ashes are OF any value as fer
tiizer, and hardly any one feels qualified to
give either negative or an affirmative an
swer But very few in this region have ever
tried any experiment with these ashes and
therefore have no light on. the subject The
general impression is that coal ashes as ma
nure ale valueless. We have no knowledge
that any one OF our farmers in the vicinity of
Portland has ever attempted TO manure his
land with them, but if any one has he ought
to communicate the results of his experience
to the public. The columns of our paper are
open for communications upon this or any
other subject in relation to the interests of
agriculture. Experience being good school
master farmers might r,ap more benefit from
such instruction than they a,e in the habit
OF doing. They follow too much in the sold
rut" and think they have no time to spare in
experimenting But little time occasionally
spent for such purposes would afford benefit
as well as pleasure.


The subject has been recently brought be-
fore the American Institute Farmers Club of
New-York and discussed. A gentleman in
| quired in what way he could use coal ashes
best. Scion Robinson replied. "Put them ON
grassland. They are also good for keeping
down weeds in garden walks Another gem
tleman said: "With me coal ashes are worth
50 or 81 load, especially on sandy land."-
We have no doubt these ashes may be turn
ed to good account by the farmers if they
will take the pains to use them in a proper
manner. We know from actual experiment
that they are excellent mulch for currant and
gooseberry bushes. Sprinkled on the ground
about the roots they keep down the weeds
to some extent and give stimulus to the
growth OF the bushes. They do good SER
vice, too, when placed about the roots of
trees. There is an abundance of them in our
city, and the farmers in the vicinity can have
them without money and without price, if
they will haul them away.


AGRICoLA
Year: 1868

From the New York Tribune, IIth.l


Kate Davis, an abandoned woman who


keeps a disreputable house in East


Twenty-seventh street, was brought be-


fore Inspector Dllks yesterday, by order


of an aged lady, resident Of Boston,


who stated that heF daughter, a beautiful


girl of about sixteen years, and a COM


panion of about her own age, had been


induced by the woman Davis to leave


their homes and come on to this city,


and enter upon life of shame. The


complaint was made by the mother TO
superintendent Kennedy several DAYS


age, but as the whereabouts of the girls


were unknown, it required considerable
search before they could be found. The
statement made to Datectiye Smith by


the girls was that they had been induced


to come on TO this city by Mrs. Bart


lett, an old wretch who keeps q low den


In Twenty-secOnd street, she promising


that they should lead an easy life, have


q profusion of fine clothes, and be af-


forded an opportunity of making plenty
OF money. One reason why the daugh-


ter was willing to enter upon a life of
shame was that her mother was in poor


health and unable to labor much for


her support. The father is a vagabond
1ctOAf chO 0OAnuOucu LdLulIY k6YefAl
months ago, refusing to contribute any,


thing to their support. Under these cir.
cumstanees the poor girl found that the
wages she received rs q ballet girl at one
Of the Boston theaters was barely suffi-
cient to provide herself and mother with
the mere neQessaries of life, Before
leaving BOSTON she stipulated with her
temptres that portion Of her earnings
were to be given her weekly, that
she might send them on TO her mother,
This plan was readily agreed to, and
she and her companion came on to this
city, and entered upon their life of
shame but their earnings were not suf.
fcient to satisfy the heartless wretch
who had entieed them from home, so she
drove them into the streets with scarcely
clothing enough upon them to satisfy the
requirements of decsncy. They were ta-
ken in by the woman, Davis, superbly
clothed, and were up to the time the po-
lice found them, the bellies OF the par
logs OF this infamous woman. Although
the girls testify that they have each |
earned by their dreadful trade from 500
to 800 per week, the woman Davis de-
olared thst they had not earned more
than sufficient to pay for their board and |
some small necessaries abe had procured
them. On attempting to leave the house
with the officeT, q colored woman, who |
had, doubtless, been instructed 60 to do /!
by her employer, declared that the |
dresses and hats Of the girls belonged to
her mistress, and that they would not be |
allowed to take them from the house, |
She was promptly thrust aside by detec- |
tive Smith, and the girls taken to police
headquarters. The meeting between |
mother and daughter was very affecting. /
The mother declared that she was will |
ling to receive her daughter once more. |
no matter what might have been her
transgressions while away from home. |
The daughter endeavored to reassure her |
by declaring that she bad dons nothing !
Year: 1868

wrong-that she had been employed in q
mandatory during her stay In the city.


This was the understanding when the


girl left home, and Superintendent Ken
nedy and Inspector Dilks thought 1t best


not to undeeeive the mother, by telling


her the actual faets. She and the dsugh-


ter Were sent TO an adjacent hotel, to


await the departure of the Bos-
ton boat. The woman, Davis,


was then sent for, and after


being reprimanded for taking two mere


girls into her bagnio, che was ordered to


disgorge enough Of the money earned by


these girls to take both them and the


mother to Boston, and pay the expenses
Of the latter while here. She refused to
pay one dollar, declaring that the girls


were in debt to her for the clothing they


had on, and denying that they had earn
ed anything like the amount claimed by
them. She was told that unless she
complied with these requirements, she
would be locked up. Could che not give
procure thousands of dollars from her
7" friends" No; she must pay the ex-
penses Of the psrty home, or be locked
up, and in addition q policeman would
be stationed in front Of her house, both
night and day, to warn all who were
about to enter Of the character of the
house. Finding that she would be lock-
ed up unless she complied with the In
spector's just demand, the obdurate Wo-i
man, with many protestations and ex-
pressions sofindignatiOD, paid the amount
called for, and, accompanied by q fe-
male companion, who was very vehe-
ment in her declarations of being res
pectable married woman, swept from the
white marble building with flourish Of
indignation at having been subjected to
the lndignity of an arrest, and entering
q carriage returned to her house. The
girls, especially the one for whom the
mother was sOlicitous, are very pretty,
and profess themselves thoroughly dis
gusted with the life they have been
leading. They are willing, they say, to
return home, and endeavor to mske
amends for the past by leading correct
lives in the future. The party left for
home last evening, in the Boston boat.
Year: 1868

dinates, but ingeniously takes every sue
Gees of theirs as the source and susie
nance of his own greatness.


Napoleon L had Marshals whom some
critics have thought superior 10 himself
in military genius; but he understood
that so long as he was the central histori-
cal figure, history and the common opin-
Ion of mankind would naturally and log
ically refer their successes to himself, and
bestow upon him the browning glory.
This, indeed, Is the true art of the great
man-the true art of utilizing those
around him, on the principle that the
successes of his subordinates eventually
recur to himself as the center, magni-
fyfng him and filling up the measure of
his fame, rather than the weak, jealous
attempt of self-assertion, which drives
from itself all necessary aid and counsel,
and choosing q marked eminence, finds
only 8 vanishing point. Such was the
attempt of Jefferson Davis; and it
showed the essential weakness Of a little
mind. He descended to competition
with his lieutenents, instead of exciting
among them generous rivalry to serve
his own central and crowning fame; and
so weak was bis vanity that 1t might be
disturbed by the successes Of his smallest
subordinates.


But we are not going through with an
analysis OF Mr.. Davis character. In this
reference to his administration we have
merely designed to appropriate for him
q single characteristic, which we think
stands simple and unfailing test be-
tween greatness and meanress, and in
which Mr.. Davis divulged that trait of
seIfishness which has naturally run into
the last infamy of selling out the honors
of the Confedsraey on his personal ac-
count to q mercantile house in Liver
pool What a fall


''But yesterday King.


And armed with Kings 70 strive:


But now fallen thing,


So a4ect, yet alive"
Year: 1868

1t will be seen that coal does not ad-
NIT of six per cent. on the original in
vestment in this State by SS0l4. In
making these calculations, we have set
down six per cent, or the value OF the
money, not TO be counted as part of
the profits of the manufacture, since the
money loaned at interest would bring
that. There are several reasons for this
loss on coal. First, the price Of the coal
land is put over its actual value sec
Ondly, the figures may be erroneous.


We showed the other day what the
per cent. OF profit was in each business.
To do the same and discover the most
profitable manufactures, see the ratio per
hundred the profit bears to the capital in
this State, as for example:
Year: 1868

The above figures show first, that sgri-
cultural implements, as general rule,
pay better per cent. on the money in
vested in their manufacture than any
other article. Next to this is sawed
lumber, after which is iron castings
Bsr and sheet iron pays q very small per
cent Liquor pays well, and carpenter
ing. Clothing, however pays only eight
per cent, the profit being cut down by
the great Eastern rivals in manufacture
Of ready-made clothing.


Another interesting view Of these
figures can be had by estimating the
wages paid to labor in each. The tables
are before US, and the estimate is easily
made.
To better show the interests OF the two
States, we put the wages of Indiana and
Kentucky 10 separate columns:


YEARLY WAGES OF LABOR IN INDIANA AND
Year: 1868

THE RUSH AT DEALHAM S Clothing store
still increases daily. His price list, found be-
low, excels anything ever offered in his line,
and those in want of good Clothing who wish
to save 25 per cent will do we'll to give him
coli ss he is selling them off fast.
Year: 1868

ueHow TO KEEP CIDER. The editor of the
Massachusetts, Plowman remarks as follows on
the best plan to keep cider: When the cider
Is In the barrel, going through lively termen-
atiOn, add as much white sugar as will be equal
to half or three quarters of pound to each
gallon OF cider, and let the fermentation pro
ceed until the liquid attains the most agreeable
taste, then add an eighth to a quarter OF an
ounce OF sulphite Of lime to each gallon OF cider,
IN the cask, first mixing the powder 10 about a
quart of the cider, aud then pouring it back
ato the cask and giving iG thorough shaking
o. rolling After standing bunged up few
days to give time for the lime to become well
Incorporated with the cider, it may be bottled
Oi or used directly from the cask Do not mis-
!ake the Sulphate for sulphite of lime. The
after is a manufactured article, and is worth
1ythe barrel from thirty to forty cents pound.
II Will preserve the sweetness of cider but un-
sss care is taken not to use it too strong,lt will
astea little Of the sulphur.
Year: 1868

~re obtain any of these letters the appIica
nuet call for Advertised Letters giving the date
of the list


y not caaed for within ose month tbsy will be
SAINT to the Dead Letter Once.
Year: 1868

The Russian Gazette mentions o singular
mode Of robbery on the railway between
Riazan and Koslowsk. The depredators
prepare a stout pole with line and grapnel,
and await the passage of train Of open
wagons laden with sacks of wheat. They
prefer such places as have mounting gradl-
ents, as the speed is less. When the car
riages are passing the depredator throws
out his line, and the hook catches sack,
and by>the jerk brings it. to the ground,
whence it is easily picked up and carried
off. Lately the tackle gave way, and was
borne by on the train to the next station,
when the device was discovered.


The brightest part Of love is its confidence.
IT is that perfect, that unhesitating reliance,
that interchange of every idea and every
feeling, that perfect community Of the
hearts 81 secrets and the MIND thought which
binds two beings together more closely, more
dearly than the dearest of human ties
more than the vow Of passion or the oath !! Of
the altar. It is that confidence which, dld
we not deny it's sway, would give the earthly y
love q permanence that we ind put very
seldom in this world. II II - =. 81. II ls.is
Z "a traveller breakfasting Of IN Arkansas
hotel requested the waiter to take hissesap
of coffee out into the yard and pump some
Of the water out of ait.s issil0a
Year: 1868

Az EXCITING FREAx.--Last night during
the performance at 1Wrfght's Varieties, on


Ninth street, "a young man, having taken
too much catnip tea, fired his pistol OF IN


the midst Of the auience during q freak OF
spiritual excitement. Great conformation


was produced in the hall FOR q while; and


the young man was conveyed to the second


station-house, where lodgings were fur
'nished him for such time as viii be re-
quired to produce faint impression on his


mind that he has lately made fool Of him
Year: 1868

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.-The semi-an-
nual inspection proved that all the appara-
tus of the Fire Department is in pretty
good working order. We are glad to hear
that new set of fues have been ordered
for the company &C" engine. The adj
ministration of the department is now in
excellent hands. The officers are efficient,
and the men active and prompt in the dis
charge of duty.
Year: 1868

TO LOWER THE RATES OF INTEREST.


In times of national peril, when public and
private credit are distrusted and the fixed
standards of value are deranged money is
sure to get advantage over commodities, capt.
tai OF all kinds over labor, and rates of in
terest rule high. The law of of such periods
seems to be: To him that hath shall be giren
and he shall haze more obundantly. We
have had in this country a great war for
every generation, and should that continue
to be our history there will always be large
private fortunes pointed at as acquired in
the last aodr.


Our civil war, terrible as it has been in the
debt inflicted upon our taxpayers, in the suf-
ferings thataccompanied it,and in the priceless
lives that it sacrificed, has not been without
these concomitants of individual prosperity.
There have been great accumulations of IF vate
wealth in the United States within the last
five years. The style Of building, of equip
age, of living, the increased number of persons
who have visited the old world, indicate that
the billions spent by the nation in war have
not been wholly spent in devastation.


Among the gains of capital are the profits
of trade, the gains created by holding COM
modities 1.-THE prices of which have been en-
HANGED by extraordinary demand, the sales
of speculators and contractors, as well as the
mere interest of money. Men, who borrow
other mems capital in the form of money and
pay interest for it often do and probably, dur
ing our late disturbed affairs, did reap more
of the gains of that capital than its owners


Though just government looks with COM
placency and without envy upon these ac-
quisitions, and protects the fortunate class in
their possession, every citizen sees that laws
must be enacted, and measures adopted, that
shall tend to equalize the distribution of
wealth, and give to industry its just equiva-
lent of what labor and capital together ac-
quire.


In state of peace, of fixed values, of reg
ular industry uninterrupted by any great ca
lamity, when business may be pursued with
little risk, profits must be smaller and the
margin between cost price and selling
price must be made narrower. The kew and
index of this decline in the excessive advan-
taSe of capital over labor is the fall in the
current rate Of interest.


This is matter least of all capable of di-
rect legislative regulation. 1t is to be effect
ed first by return to specie payments. The
vast sums. the government had to borrow to
suppress the rebellion, at time when the
money markets OF Europe by the unfriendly
feeling of their governments were virtually
Year: 1868

THRILLING ESCAPE. One of the passen-
gers who escaped from the Erie disaster, re.
lates the following incident in letter to his
friends:


When we stood together wondering as to Mr..
Loomiss fate, who was in the burning car, and
which we were unable to reach in our bare feet,
the form of man could be seen in the glare OF
the fire. His feet were in the air he was lit
orally standing on his head, which, with his
shoulders, was so wedged 10 that he could
neither move nor speak. His legs were kicking
violently in the air, and the flames had reach
ed within few feet of him. An instant more
and be would have been entirely consumed
Mr. Osborne, the only one of US three who had
boots on, rushed across the stream, and with
the aid of two or three others who had come
down the opposite bank, they in moment pro:
cured blanket, soaked it in the stream, and
held it between the victim. and the fames.-
The wood was removed in less time than it
takes me tell this, and the poor man, with one
arm almost burned off, and his reason gone,
from the terrible suffering he had endured, and
the consciousness of the position he had been
placed in, and yet unable to help himself,
rushed off in the direction of the river with
the speed of deer. ..---..
Year: 1868

tngton street. above Spring. will give his personal
lion to sales OF Furniture at private
perience IN the auction busness only few first class
sales taken he intends to be personally at each
SALE At private sale the Furniture of house, price $4,000
and House to let; rent 1900; not disposed Of In few
days will be sold at auction. -.
Year: 1868

DE YOUR OWN LANDLORD.-LIvE IN YOUR OWN
ID house. Buy few Lots at JOHNSON MlLLERS
great auction sale on Tuesday, April IL Unite with some
own homestead save your earnng and in few years the
amount that paying for rent will render you
comfortable and independent Maps for the great sale
ready at Is Nassau street.
Year: 1868

CURE FOR FoUNDER.-The Rural World
proposes to cure founder in horses in this way
Take the horse into brook or stream of water
deep enough to nearly reach his body, and fas-
ten him there with his head SO high that be
cannot drink. IF the weather is warm keep
him there several hours. Then remove him
and rub his legs to promote circulation. Ii
still lame, repeat the process two or three times
and cure will be effected. In the winter
twenty minutes will be long enough to keep
the horse In the water. IL.
Year: 1868

THE PANN1ERs.- The most striking novelty
of the season is the pannier-that is, a steel
hasket-which is worn over each hip, and
which, as described, is ''exactly like the wicker
receptacles in which buffers carefully carry old
Port or Chambertin up to table. Between
these there bulges out a hump far behind, and
this is only the under foundation for puffy silk
contriyances above! With such compact at
fair as this on, the trunk trade will TALL as every
possible convenience for travelling can be safely
deposited within the hip baskets The most
prOdigious one of these pannleTs that mas made L
The Wearers of these panniers in the public
streets get we'll stared at, of course, and we are
told often take to iacres suddenly to escape the
scrutinizing and comical gaze.
Year: 1868

After showing that tho public debt has increased
nearly one hundred and fifty millions Of dollars in
the last thirteen months, the President goes on to
say


In my message to Congress of Dec. 4. 1865, it was
suggested that policy should be devised which.
without being oppressive to the people would at once
begin 10 effect reduction of the debt, and if per-
sisted n discharge il fully within definite number
Of years The Secretary Of the Treasury forcibly
Commcnds legislation Of this character and Justly
urges that the longer il is delayed the more difficult
must become its accomplishment. We should follow
the wise prccedcns established in 1899 and 1916. and
without further delay make provision for the pay
ncnt of our obligations at az early period as may
be practicable The fruits Of their labor should be
cnioycd by our citizens, rather than used to build up
and sustain moneyed monopoes in and
other lands Our foreign debt is already computed
by the Secretary the Treasury at $3.50 00O Cit
zcns of foreign countries receive interest upon lar
ger portion OF our securities than own, and the
American taxpayer is made to pay the interest The


idea that such debt is to become permanent should
at all times be discarded, involving taxation too
heavy to be borne If payment once in every 10
wears at the present rate of interest of amount
equal 10 the original sum Of this vast debt is permit
ted 10 will become permanent and increasing, ana
must eventually be gathered into the hands of few
and enable them TO exert dangerous and controlling
power in the affairs of the Government. The bor-
rowers would become the lenders and be the masters
OF the people We now pride ourselves upon having
Year: 1868

We have not space to present the whole of Presl-
dent Johnsons recent Annual Message but shall give
those portions of it which the Radicals in Congress
have especially denounced as insulting and outra-
gcous. We heartily approve almost every line and
word expressed i'll these portions of the Message and
only regret that Mr.. Johnson did not at the very
commencement of his administration, speak ont as
candldly and boldly III vindicaon Of Constitutional
law. justice, and the right We append the selected
extracts:
Year: 1868

The wise man has his follies no less
than the fool but it has been said, that
herein lies the difference the follies of
the fool are known to the world, but are
hidden from himself; the tollies of the
wise are known to himself, but hidden
from the world. A harmless hilarity


and buoyant cheerfulness are not un.
frequent concomitants Of genius and we
are never more deceived, than when we
mistake gravity for greatness, selemnity
for science, and pomPosity for erudition.