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Year: 1865

Somewhere along towards the close of the
present. Or about the beginning ofnext month,
that cornfell, or rather the cora growing
therein, will require second looking after;
and as the success of the crop is more de-
pendent on this than either the earlier or later
course of cultivation, let us see that the opera
ton is well and thoroughly performed Per-
haps the double-shovel cultivator is the best
implement you can put into the field at this
time. Look out for the roots. The corn
stalks are growing steady now, and thrusting
out their underground fingers in search of
vigor Disintegrate, pulverise the soil as
effectually as possible-but keep in the center
between the rows with your cultivator The
roots will soon be out there, reyeling in fer
tility.


Let no weed or tuft of grass escape your
vigilance Snatch out Or decapitate without
mercy every weed of them. The fertility they
usurp were more proftably expended on the
corn crop.


It is possible that your cornfeld has not
been sufficiently Or judiciously fertilized so as
to afford maximum crop If so, now is the
proper time to correct that mistake. And it
is cheaply and expeditiously done, provided
you are supplied with che material, as every
farmer ought to be. 1t is simply an applica-
ton of woodashcs dashcd--a handful or two
in among the stalks of each hill Any of
your boys, small chaps, father-n-law, Uncle
Ned, or any one else not available for more
arduous service, are competent to perform the
work liberalization, and wthan open-mouthed
sack of ashes sung under the arm, as the
hand-seeder wears his bag of grain, the SOW
ing of ashes may be rapidly performed


The effect produced by the application of
ashes, at this stage of corn life, is surprising
to one who makes the experiment for the first
time The hard, glossy coating of the corn
stalk, which it is beginning to put on at this
season, and which is necessity of the best
development of the grain, is composed, in
very large proportion of sieY, which requires
the active Offices of. some solvent, before it
can be laid hold of and appropriated by the
plant.


Now as potash is the only ready and reli-
able solvent of silex, and as quite one-half of
the manural agents applied to the corn-ficld
are usually deficient in potash, or at leastthat
material in an available condition, it follows
that woodashes are the very best fertilizing
agent that can be applied to corn at this stage
of its growth. Farmers, save your ashes to
make corn with.
Year: 1865

| Moorish ladies are usually married at OF
before the age of thirteen and | was in.
! formed of some curious particulars by an
| English lady who was present at one OF
| these marriages, the family on both sides
| being Of the highest Moorish birth. The
young lady was very lovely, and under the
age | have mentioned above. The compa-
ny of ladies headed by her mother
amounted in all to upward of sixty, among
whom were my informant and a few French
ladies, surrounded the bride, whose head
as usual, was wrapped in sack, and led
her, few hours after dark, to her future
home, where they were received by the
mother and female relations of the bride
groom.


The poor child, weeping bitterly, was
then undressed, carried by her attendants
into bed, where she was commanded to
sleep for ali hour or two while they ate
their supper The European ladies were
served apart with coffee, cakes, and confec-
tionary while the Moorish ladies (some of
them very beautifully were closely seated
in circle on low cushion, and on their
knees long napkin which was extended
round the whole party in the centre was
a sort Of low circular table which moved on
a pivot, and on which the slaves placed a
dish at a time, out of which each lady took
a mouthful with her fingers, and with a
slight touch made the dish revolve to her
next nelghbor.


The dishes succeeded one another to the
number of more than twenty, when the
whole was carried off, and at eleven a
slight refreshment was taken to the bride,
after which the ceremony of dressing her
commenced. Every lady present was re-
quested to take some slight part in this i'm
portant operation, and my English friends
consisted Ia plating one of an immense
number of little tresses into which her long
black hair was divided, with diamond
trembling at the end of each Her face
was then e,aameled, and star of gold lead
fixed on each cheek, as well as on her chin
and the tip of her nose. Rows of finest
pearls were hung round her neck, increas-
ing in size until the lower row reached to
her waist, and which were of the size of
small nuts. Her dress was of cloth of sill
yer, with the usual muslin trowsers, and a
sort of crown of diamonds on her head


By two in the morning all was ready and
the room prepared, when the finishing
stroke was put to the whole by cumming
doaon her eyes, which were not to be opened
until the following morning when she might
see her husband, and not till then.


At two o'clock the slave introduced the
bridegroom, a handsome youth of nineteen,
dressed in a pale gray silk protusely orna-
mented with silver and diamonds. He took
his place under canopy, to which the
bride was also gu ded by her mother and
nlaced bv his side His mother then DOur-
ed few drops ofrose water into the brides
hand, which the bridegroom drank and
then her mother poured also few drops


Tito his hand and guided it to her daugh-
ter's mouth, and she drank it ; upon which
they were pronounced man and wife, and
the company Immediately separated.
Year: 1865

Most modern forms of salutation and civ
ility are derived from chivalry, or at east
from war. and they all betoken some defer
ence, as to cOnquerOr just as in private
life we still continue to sign ourselves the
very humble servant of our correspondents
The uncovered head was simply the head
unarmed the helmet being removed, the
party was at mercy. So the hand un-
gloved was the hand ungauntleted and to
this day it is an incivility to shake hands
with gloves on. Shaking itself was but a
token of truce, in which the parties took
hold each of the others weapon hand, to
make sure against treachery So also the
gentleman's bow is but an offer of the neck
to the stroke of the adversary so the
lady's courtesy is but the form of going on
her knees for mercy. The general princi-
pie is marked, as it ought naturally to be,
still more strongly in the case of military
salutes. Why is the discharge of guns a
salute? Because it leaves the guns empty,
and at the mercy of the opponent. And
this is so true that the saluting with blank
cartridges is modern invention. For
merly, salutes were fired by discharging
the cannon balls, and there have been in
stances in which the compliment has been
nearly fatal to the visitor whom it meant
to honor When the officer salutes, he
points the drawn sword to the ground; and
the salute of the troops is, even at this day,
called presenting arms that is, pre-
senting them to be taken.
Year: 1865

al did |"


''You didn't !"


"You are the plague of my life !"


And you of mine |"


Aha young folks-what, at it again?
Fie fe ! Now are you not ashamed of
yourselves Tell me-you sir--is not that
the maiden whom you singled ont from all
the world, because you priced and loved
her most? And tell me wayward girl, is
not that the youth upon whose bosom you
leant, and wept tears of JOY but six short
months ago? And it has come to this al
ready !--Have you both forgotten so soon
those moonlight walks, those hours of rap
ture When-locked in each others arms and
soul communing with soui-you were all in
all to each other in this cold, selfish world?


We know nothing of your squabbles
and do not wish to know. 1t is six of one
and half dozen of the other you are a
couple of young idiots, and that is all about
it. Are there not inevitable sorrows enough
abroad in the wide world that you must
manufacture gratuitous and artificial ones
to hug them to your hearts Be assured,
youthful couple, it is not always under the
load of heavy cares that we poor mortals
sink These come but rarely ; we summon
up extra courage to oppose them, and
united together, you may brave them to
the last. No, no, it is these silly, idle, pal
try bickerings-these ill-tempered little
words and acts which gradually wear the
heart away piecemeal, as water-drops cor
rode the hardest granite.


You foolish creatures have you ever
sat down quietly to view the long road be-
fore you? And if you thus commence life's
painful Journey, what will it be before you
reach the goal You have often sighed,
perhaps, on viewing criminals chained, two
by two, wearing their lives away and
you have seen wretched dog, when cruel
persons have tied tin pan to his tail, run
ming and bowling in an agony of terror
Now don't be vexed-but man and wife
like you always remind us of these things.
You are like two criminals chained together
for life, and either ofyou resemble the little
puppy dog and the other the tin pan at
| his tail


Look YOU, sir, she is weeping Now
| throw your manly arms around her neck
and kiss those tears away. In you, as the
stronger vessel, it is noble to yield first
And you, sweet girl, with sunny smiles
running through falling tears. Oh from
the union of those smiles and tears, beam
forth the rainbow of promise to thy welded
life The storm is past Now you pre-
sent a spectacle in which angels may delight
a moment ago you were the sport of demons,


A SENTIMENTAL young man thus feelingly
expresses himself.


Even as nature benevolently guards the
rose with thorns, so does she endow women
with pins"
Year: 1865

A SCoTCH parson once preached a
long sermon against dram drinking, vice
prevalent in his parish, and from which, re-
port said, he was not free himself


"When ye get up, indeed, ye may take
a dram, and another just before breakfast
and perhaps another after, but dinna al
ways be dram drinking.


If you are out in the morn, you may
brace yourself up with another dram, and
perhaps take another before luncheon, and
some, | fear, take one after, which is not
very blameable, but dinna be always drink
ing.


Naebody can scruple for one just before
dinner, and when the dessert is brought in,
and after it is taken away, perhaps, and one
or it may be twa, in the course of the after
noon, just to keep you fra drowsying or
snoozeing, but dinna be always dram
drinking.


Afore tea, and after tea, and between tea
and supper, is no more but right and good,
but let me caution you, brethren, not to be
always dram drinking.


Just when you start for bed, and when
you're ready to pop into't to take dram oil
two. is no more than Christian may law
fully do. .... ... ....


But, brethren let me caution you not
to drink more than Pve mentioned, or may
be ye may pass the bonds of moderation
Year: 1865

In summer, when the days are long,
And tlowery groves were filled with song
When crystal dew drops fell at morn
On snowy flowers from beauty born
When orange clouds enreathed the sky,
And zephyrs sung a lullaby, .".."..
We used to wander meath the blue
And balmy skies of crimson hue
The school house, with its painted door,
Its rows of desks and sanded floor;
The grassy plot and sloping hill,
Those school boy scenes will haunt me still
The dusty wood and sylvan nook .....
The rock that stood beside the brook;
We used to fish from off the side
And cast the pebbles in its tide.
And when our school was out for noon
We'd gather in our little room,
And with our basket by our side
We'd eat our dinner and divide;
And then the little crystal spring
Where the water mosses used TO cling
That bubble up within the glade
Beneath the naples purple shade,
We used to play around its brink
And oft its silver liquid drink;
And then we'd sport within the wood
Where mighty pines in grandeur stood
And gather from the hidden tower
Its starry drifts of wildwood flowers
Our teacher too, with words of love,
Would teach us of n land above;
The buds he nurtured in those hours
At last have blossomed into flowers
The golden dreams of those sweet days
Still haunt me now with their bright rays
dream again those dreams of yore,
And wish myself child once more.
Year: 1865

A sad, a memorable day in the annals of
Atlantic telegraph. After midnight the
wind arose accompanied by heavy showers
of rain and dense drifts of fog, and increas-
ed to a strong gale to the southwest; but
the ship scarcely felt it, and went on pay
ing out the cable without hindrance at a
high rate of speed-seven knots an hour.
About daybreak the wind suddenly shifted
to north northwest, and fell to a light breeze,
and at four A. NJ the course was altered to
northwest by west half west, the sea fol-
lowing Morning broke in beautiful, and
the cable ran out easily at the rate of seven
miles an hour
Year: 1865

WE smile at the ignorance of the savage
who cuts down the tree in order to reach
its fruits, but the fact is, that blunder Of
this description is made by every person
who is over eager andimpatient in the pur-
suits of pleasure. To such, the present
moment is everything, and the future is
nothing he borrows, therefore, from the
future at a most usurious and ruinous in
terest and the consequence is, that he
finds the tone of his best feelings impaired,
his self-respect diminished, his health of
mind and body destroyed, and life reduced
to its very dregs, at time when, humanity
speaking, the greatest portion ofits comforts
should be still before him.
Year: 1865

ENGL1sHNEN have a mania for ascending
the icy mountains of the Alps. They seem
to seek a foolish death among the avalan-
ches and in abysses, and three tourists have
just been gratifed in that particular. They
and their guides tied themselves together
to decend a difficult part of the Matter
horn one slipped and pulled two others
after him, the guides managing to resist
the strain The three unfortunates bump
ed from rock to rock down some four thou
sand feet, and were dashed to pieces
Year: 1865




Previous to doing so two cuts were made
in the cable, the first near the old splice,
between the main and the fore tanks
Cable all right The second cut was three
miles on board, which showed the fault to
be overheard The wire rope and the chain
wire were secured to the cable forward,
which shows maximum strain of twenty
three and half hundred weight and at
five minutes past nine O'Clock, Greenwich
time, the cable was severed and went over
the stern, one thousand one hundred and
sixty-six miles having been payed out
when the end splashed into the water.
The picking up was, as usual, exceedingly
tedious, and one hour and forty-six minutes
elapsed before one mile was got on board
Then one of the engines eccentric gear got
out of order, so that a man had to stand by
with a handspike, aided by wedge of
wood and elastic band, to assist the engine.
Next the supply of steam failed, and when
steam was got up it was found that there
was not water enough in the boilers, and
so the picking up ceased altogether Then
occurred
Year: 1865

At 5:35 a. NJ ShlpS time, the paddles
were stopped, and at 5.45 the ship was
stopped by orders from the electricians
room. In fact, at eight \. NJ, Greenwich
time, or minute after, whilst the electri-
clans were passing the first of the half
hourly signals of currents to the shore, the
galvanometer suddenly detected flow of
electricity which indicated a serious fault
The test gave no result as to locality, for
the fault was very varying but it was
generally believed to be not far from the
stern of the steamship. 1t appears that
while Mr. Cyrus Field was on the watch in
the tank, a little before the time of the ac-
cident, grating noise was audible as the
cable flew over the coil astern. One of
the experienced hands Immediately said,
There is a piece of wire" and called to
the lookout man above to pass the informa-
ton aft but no notice appears to have
been taken of the circumstance. After the
ship was stopped, and the remainder of
fake paid out, piece of wire was seen
projecting out of the cable in the flake, I'M
derneath that in which the fault was sus-
pestcd to exist, and on one Of the men ta-
king it i'll his fingers and trying to bend it
down, the wire broke short off 1t was
nearly three inches long, and had evidently
been Of hard, ill-tempered metal which had
flown out through the threads in the tank
The discovery was in some measure a re-
lief to the mems minds thlt one certainly,
and possibly the second of the previous
faults might have been the result of acci-
dent 1t was remarked, however, that this
fault occurred in the same watch as all the
previous ones had. The fault was too seri-
Gus to be overlooked, and as there was
difficulty in detecting its situation, prepa-
rations were ma de to get the pickingup
apparatus ready.
Year: 1865

The Louisville Democrat, of the llth in st.,
gives the public this information in relation
to the Kentucky election:


The Cincinnati Commercial is getting in
dignant at the outrages committed at our
elections, and says the cause of its party was
injured by these doings. All mistake The
party owes all its success to the military. 1t
is an error that any OF the faithful who be-
long to the dominant party we're disgusted
with IT; on the contrary they are delighted
with it and with the result, which could not
in any other way have been brought about
They only regret that more of the same sort
was not done. They could have elected every
candidate in the State, il it had not been for
ili-timed forbearance. The plain truth would
not tell quite so well at first, but it can be
fatty denied by the organs, who will say that
no tairer or more peaceable election was ever
held in the State. So they didtwo years ago,
when the interference was even worse than it
was last Monday. After while they will
say it was all true as charged, and the only
point to be regretted is, that there was not
more Of the same sort that the opposition
we're all rebels, and that none Of them ou ght
TO vote. The doings of two years ago were
fu ly sustained by the dominant party in the
State and out of it, and in Congress.


If Yeamau is elected now, it is by the same
means he was elected two years ago, and
Congress sustained him then The facts we're
laid before the Senate, and that body sustain
ed their friends and the doings of the military.
There is not the least danger but they will do
so again The faithful feel perfectly secure
here
Year: 1865

Judge Alexander Walker, who before the
war was editor of the New Orleans Delta. was
one OF the members of the Convention which
passed The ordinance Of secession. Butler,
on his arrival at New Orleans, sent him 10
toFs Fickens, and afterwards banished him
from the city The Judge took advantage of
bis leisure time ia writing history of Buffers
cruel aVaricious, thieving administration in
that city 1t Is said to bo in the hands OF
publishers in New York, and will be a rich
exposition Of that tyrants course, who i'm
ptsoned a oolored servant OF a Union citizen
OF New Orleans, whose house be appropriated
to his use, until she was thus forced to di-
Vulge the hiding place OF the costly silver
service of the family And this is but one Of
the many similar appropriations.
Year: 1865

There was Cabinet meeting at Washing
ton on Friday. A special to the New York
Herald says 1t was protracted and stormy,
which resulted from searching discussion Of
Presidents Johnsons Reorganization policy


The upshot of the whole business was,
according to the Heralds special, that the
President declared his purpose 10 stand by
his policy despite any and oil opposition that
might be Brought to bear against it. As
storms are said to purify the atmospheric, it is
to be hoped that this storm has purified the
Cabinet atmosphere. 1t seems that this timo
the Presidential lightning struck into the
Radical camp. Let Democrats aud Con-
servatives draw long breath of relief
Statesman.
Year: 1865

Tho base ball match played by the ATTAIN
tic Club, Of New York, against the Athletic
Club, Of Philadelphia, in the latter city yes
terday afternoon, resulted in the victory Of
the New Workers. The playing is said to
have been excellent on both sides Early in
the game the Athletics wore ahead, and at
the end of the seventh innings they were at a
tie. The Atlantics finally went ahead and
won the game by six points, the Atlantics
scoring 81 to the Athletics Is. A return
match is to be played on Monday next in
Brooklyn. We believe the Atlantic Club
was never vet beaten.
Year: 1865

WIs view Of the guessing which is 60
ing on in the newspapers, it may be well to
state that Mr.. CusHISG's mission to England
is purely professional, as was stated in the
REPUBLICAN, when the announcement of his
projected journey was first made
Year: 1865

Message.


The Posts Washington special says The
President is preparing his message, rising
at five each morning for that purpose.


Reports.


The Heads of the Departments are finish
ing their annual reports.


Constitutional Amendment.
No official notification of the adoption of
the Constitutional Amendment by the
South Carolina Legislature has been re-
ceived by the President.


Report.


The Commercials Washington special
says: The Secretary of the Treasury in his
forthcoming report will simply show how a
portion of the public debt may be funded,
and will ask the general authority to do so
at such rate of interest as may seem expe-
dient TO him


Rumnr.


There are additional rumors ola Presiden-
tial proclamation of peace and a restoration
of the Southern States to the Union.


Inquiry.


WASHINGTON. November 14--Inqniry has
been made respecting the rumOr Of
trouble of serious character on the Cana
dian border but it does not seem that any
verification of the report has reached the
War Department.


Suffrage.


The Board of Common Council have pass
cd resolution, nearly unanimously, that in
the event any bill be introduced in Congress
for the admission of the colOred men of
Washington to the right of suffrage, the
Mayor be authorized and directed to call
the Council together for the purpose of tax
ing into consideration measures for holding
a special election to ascertain the sentiments
of the people on the subject. The Aldermen
have not yet voted on the resolution.
Year: 1865

A good deal of excitement has been
caused in Nashville through the discovery
by the Committee of the Legislature ap-
pointed to investigate the affairs of the
State Bank that between FIVE and six mil
lions in spurious notes were issued by the
Rebel Governor Harris and his accom-
plices. Their plan was to issue the notes
and dnto them bnok- -bOforO- tho -robollion
commenced, in order to give them greater
apparent value, especially in case of col
lapse of the rebellion.
Year: 1865

The Mississippi Legislature Ansuitee.


The jackson correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Gazette gives the following
glimpse into the prejudices of the men
who are now endeavoring to restore Mis-
sissippi to her place in the Union;


"a terrible fire-brand was thrown into
the Lower House few days since, in the
shape of a colored soldier with his oayo-
net, to guard criminal who wished tosee
one of the members. The soldier stood at
q parade rest inside the door, back under
the gallery, where he remained quietly uA-
til the prisoner had finished his business,
when both stepped noiselessly outside the
naif. Immediately some half dozen mem-
bers are on their feet, one crying in the
most agonizing tones, We have been in
suited ! another, 1t was intended while
another was for Preserving the dignity of
the House Explanation by the unfor-
tunate recipient of the aforesaid prisoners
visit, to the effect that the soldier was
there in the simple performance of his
duty, and by the request of the prisoner
HIMSELF was of no avail. The Speaker
declared upon his word of honor, and BY
the high position he occupied, that This
House shall not again suffer such an indig-
nifty, particularly from a United States
soldier"
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON, May 3O.-Gen. Grant has
ordered all bar-rooms and places where
LIQUOR is sold within the Department of
Columbia to be closed until further or


ders. This is in consequence of the large
number of stragglers in this city and
neighborhood, and to prevent the dis
turbance from the use of strong drink.