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Year: 1866

INDIANAPOLIS, September lot has been rain
ing heavily all day, and there has consequently
been certain amount of dullness prevailing.
Still the demonstrations on the departure of the
President and his party were not wanting in enthu-
siasm. They left at o'clock this morning, and
were escorted to the depot by battalion of regu-
lars, surrounded by a number of citizens.


The trip was very pleasing At Terre Haute
platform had been erected, decorated with flags,
devices, ETC., around which thousands of people
had gathered in spite of the weather, and provided
abundantly with umbrellas to protect themselves
against it. Owing to the heavy rain however, the
Presidential party did not alight


Nevertheless bands of music came on board
the train and accompanied the party from Terre
Haute to indianapolis, as also did deputatiou on
behalf of the authorities and citizens generally.


At Greencaste, on the line between Illinois and
Indiana, large body of the country people had
gathered on foot and on horseback, and they
manifested quite strong enthusiasm.


The presidential party reached indianapolis
about o'clock in the evening, and were received
by splendid torchlight procession already in
waiting at the station, whence the party drove to
the hotel through dense crowds, accompanied by
the torct-bearers.


The procession was mile and a half long.
On the arrival of the presidential party in front
of the Bates House, an immense concourse was
found to have already surrounded the building,
obstructing to impassibility every avenue of ap-
proach. The hotel itself and all the houses in the
vicinity were spendidly Illuminated and decorated


with as much profusion as taste.


The people called for President johnson and


Gen. Grant with enthusiasm that might almost be


characterized as frantic and that, at times, be


came perfect screams of applause.


The President and his accompanying party
shortly afterwards appeared on the balcony o
the hotel on which the mayor of the city delivered
an address, welcoming them to the hospitalites
: of the city.


Some of the State authorities had purposely alb
sented themselves from the city; but the universe
opinion was, that Notwithstanding this petty dis
: play of vulgar malignity, indianapolis had neve


before witnessed such a scene as the reception o


the President. The streets, the hotels, and al
the places from which view of the procession
could be commanded wereperfeotly jammed wit
crowds of people, all excited to the highest pitc
of enthusiasm. The persistence of the people i
continuing and repeating their applause wa
really something wonderful. The Democrat
club were out in full force and contributed in n
slight degree to the general manifestations of az
probation and delight


Mr.. Seward, in the course of speech whic
he made to the people, announced that it We
definitely settled that it would be impracticabl
for the President and his party to visit New O
: leans, as invited to do, inasmuch as they mu
4 positively be in Washington by Saturday next.
i A change in the temperature enabled She par
ar to endure the twelve hours journey much bett


than they had previously been able to do,
Year: 1866

CEASE FIRING AT THAT OFFIcER.-
The Montgomery (Ala.,) Mail,
dwelling upon the fact that South
erners generally prefer soldiers to
represent them in Congress and else
where, says:


"To vote for such mon is not to
hurl defiance at The conqueror, but
rather. to exercise the privilege Of
complimenting gallant men, without
a thought whether it may or may
not please the conqueror. The truo
conqueror is not only devoid Of
jealousy, but is willing to share his
meal and couch with the vanquish-
ed. He has learned to honor his
prisoner from the electric sympathy
which is always generated by bull
lets and bayoncnts.


"At Rich Mountain a gallant South
Carolinian, in command ofa section
of artillery, had fought his guns
well, until he had not men enough
left to work them. Our lines wcre
broken, and the enemy was dashing
upon them. A shell dismounted ono
of his pieces, killed his horse under.
him, and shattered his right arm
Gaining his feet, the gallant fellow
mounted his remaining gun, and
standing erect as it dashed away
under a shower of bullets. shook his
sword at the enemy with his left
hand. Just at this moment the or
der come, sharp and clear, from the
Federal lines, "Cease firing at that
officerl' Such spectacle of ardent
valor drew a spontaneous shout of
applause, even from his mortal
foe! As it was then, SO it will be
hereafter. When the fanatics of the
North abuse the men who consider
ed it their duty to obey the mandate
of their State, an universal shout
will come from the true Union men
of the North "Cease firing at that
officer !"
Year: 1866

The steamer Wamadee, on her
last trip from Shreveport to Jefer-
son. with a valuable cargo of mer-
chandise. struck snag about a mile
above the former place and sunk
Boatsnd cargo total loss. No in
Year: 1866

put in operation. The farmer expects
to get good crop with this single plow
ing and to enrich his land for future crops
| How could he do so much for his land IL
any other way at the same cost? He has
/ cut one crop of hay, and from the middle
/ of July to the middle of September the
/ grass had so grown that itwas hardly prac-
| tioable to get it into the furrow. The
| crop of hay has paid the interest on the
value Of the land ,tully ten per cent? and
the crop of what will pay still better.


Now what has this manuring cost? Do
your own figuring


Do any of your Eastern farmers ma


nure as heavily as this2 They pay more
money, but do they manure as highly?


Let US look at the future of this land.
The wheat will come off next year. and a
fourth cf buShel Of clover seed sown
next spring-having put timothy grass
seed on when the wheat was drilled in
the butts of the bundles of wheat will, at
harvest, be full of tne tops of the grasses.
A little pasture will be had next Fall,
if the season is dry if it is wet and warm,
the clover will blow out before frost.
The following year corn, or perhaps bar
ley, will be sOWn on the new clover and
timothy seed, or hay may be cut that year
IN July, and a crop of clover seed taken
of IN September, and corn or barley the
next year. IF barley, wheat will be sown
on the stubble, and like round of crops
be repeated.


I thought as I saw this man turn under
the clover last month, that he was plow-
ing in from II to bushels of clover seed
to the acre, that he had better cut and
save, and put his land into barley next
Spring, following with whent next Fall
But he took his way, and by doing as he
did he has clover seed that will be com
ing up in his crops for years.


viii this manuring with clover last?
[ can only say it has answered for at least
sc years on a field on my farm This fields
history is known-it has been cropped
hay, pasture, corn, barley,
oats and wheat, manuring with clover and
plaster only. No signs of poverty yet,
but, on the contrary, increasing fertility.
Barley was harvested from it this season,
and it is now in wheat Come next sum
mer and see it harvested.
Year: 1866

John Johnson says that he has noticed
that those farmers who have most difficult
ty to make both ends meet. always plough
most and keep most stock Now these
men take the true plan to keep themselves
always poor, because their crops and
stock are always poor and bring little II
is a good profit to raise three hundred
bushels of wheat from ten acres but
when it takes thirty acres to raise that
amount, it is raised at a loss. So it is
with cattle and sheep. You will see
thinking farmers making four-year-Old
steers worth from 60 to so dollars each,
and his neighbors. at the same age, not
worth over 25 or 40. IF his land is ex-
hausted-and a great many farms are-then
he should plough no more than he can
thoroughly manure Seed with clover
and grass, and let it rest. for even two
years, and that field will not only pay well
for tillage, but will furnish manure (if
rightly managed) to make another field
Of the same richness also. Tt Is bad
policy when a field once highly manured,
to continue cropping it with grain until
the manure is used up. The latter end
of that land will be worse than the first.
But let that lay in clover even one year
but two is better, after it is manured, and
then it will stand perhaps six good crops
before it requires manuring; if clay sub
soil it certainly will.
Year: 1866

G6UEs


EDITOR REVEILLE:-Willy you give
place to the following letter from Hon.
Geo. Geddis. a noted agriculturist of
the State of New Ork, to Solon Robin
son of the New ork Tribune. The sub
ject upon which it treats will recommend
it to every farmer, and although plaster
may be of little or no value applied to
the low soils of this or perhaps any other
region, the use of clover for manurial
urDOses Is nevertheless not to be discard
ed:


Ny FRIEND your remarks in regard
to clover as manure, published in THE
TRIBUNE of the 18th inst, appear to me
to be so Just that | am led to express my
hearty concurrence | have been long
trying by precept and example too, to
get the farmers of the country to believe
that the clover plant, stimulated by gyp-
sum, whenever experience proves that
gypsum does aid its growth, IS the most
valuable manure, when we take into ac-
count the cost. that can be had. In my
report on the county of Onondaga, [ said
1.-THE agriculture of Onondaga county is
based on the clover plant, and I now re-
peat that assertion Yesterday a farmer
living within two miles of the center of
the City of Syracuse, called on me, and
while passing over the farm, remarked
that he would not draw manure from the
city to his farm if it was given to him, pre-
fering to manure with clover and plaster.
This was the opinion Of a man who has
spent fifty years of his life in earning a
handsome fortune as working farmer,
and whose knowledge of scientific matters
is quite lImited-iD short, man who Is
governed eutierly by practical results.
He knows Just the value of baru-yard ma
nure for he has made and used large guam
titles every year, on the farm where he
now lives and has lived for thirty or more
years. Nothing was said by me to draw
out his opinion. 1t was given unprompt
ed, and having long since learned to val
ue the opinion of such men, [ was very
much gratifed at hearing his views.
Within the last four weeks, have seen
a heavy crop of clover plowed under and
the harrow and drill to SOW wheat at once
Year: 1866

There is a difference in views among
Union men as to the effects of the late
rebellion on the position of the rebel
States. That difference has been fully
developed in Congress by the speech of
Thadeus Stevens, on one side, and Mr.
Raymond, Of the New York Times, on
the other. Many Of our friends have felt
an anxiety lest these differences should
increase so as to create a rupture IN the
Union party. We are glad to say that
there Is no probability of such result
Our friends, while differing, are fully i'm
pressed with the conviction that the well
fare of the nation depends upon our uni
ty, and that everything gained by the war
would be endangered. If not lost by our
quarrels, and which would again let in
the COpperheads of the North, to act in
concert with the recent traitors Of the
South. We cannot too strongly impress
upon our friends in Congress the vital ne
cessity of union and harmony of action.
In no event must they separate. After
full and free debate, and consideration,
the course that the majority shall deter
mine upon should receive the cordial sup
port of all.


We are glad to copy from Mr.. Ray
mond's paper, the n. Y. Times. such evil
denoes of unity as the following:


Meantime tho dimerences between the
President and Congress are greatly exag-
gerated. Both agree that the restoration
of the Union is greatly to be desired !;
both agree that it ought to be effected at
the earliest possible moment consistent
with the public safety, and both agree
that members from the rebel States should
not be admitted to Congress except upon
conditions that will be satisfactory as
guarantees for their future loyalty and the
Union. The only difference between
them is as to the extent of these guaran-
tees, and that is purely a difference of
degree.
Year: 1866

CONCERNING DooRs.-When you go
into a neighbor's premises, be sure to
leave the doors as you find them If you
find the door shut, you may reasonably
suppose that your friend wanted it shut,
and therefore you have no right to leave
it open; and if you find it open, no mat
ter how cold the weather is, do you leave
it open for it was doubtlessly left open
for some good purpose And the same
advice holds good for all places, whether
they be houses, stores, factories, offices,
or shops. Remember the rule-no excep-
tions. Leave the doors as you find them
IF the owner of the door does not know
how he wants it, who does?
Year: 1866

RAILRosn.-The Butte RscoRp is devotiag much
space to prove that freight can be laid down IN Red
Bluh by way of 0rovilie cheaper than by the river
route. We will discuss that proposition with the
RECoIp when the railroad shall have been compile
ted To Chico or Deer Creek. II is folly TO talk of it
now.--Red Biur CbseTrsr.


A saving OF SIS or $50 per ion on freight may be
folly 10 the business men Of Red Bluff, but il is
folly not usually accompanying good business
prudence If it is an item o! no Importance TO bu-
siuess men i, should still attract their attention.
tha, the community they supply might have the
benefit oft. The great drawback to the complete
development and advancement Of the State, has
been the fact that business men cared but little
what the cost AID transportation of freight nigh,
be as they sold TO the surrounding population at
certain advance upon cost. 1t has told tearfnlly
upon northern California and the sooner j, may be
broken over and abandoned. the better will it be
for business men and the community at large-for
no merchants are more prosperous than those loca-
ted in prosperous communities. Give the eonsum'
ers chance for life. The railroad offers 10 Red
Bluff chespness and celebrity in the reception o'
fesht. in opposition TO weekly river route, al
q cost of about $40 per ton weight.
Year: 1866

BY PRES"


These lines were written about year since, and
suggested by the question being asked of GEoEGE
TRAvINGER, when dying, il he were willing to go ::
Are you ready to die? Are you willing to go
To the land of the sleepers, dim silent and low.
Where the children of earth have no crosses bear,
And find an exemption from sorrow and care?
Do you feel no regret in thus bidding adieu
To the bright scenes of earth and the friends that


you knew =
In trenulous accents, faint, feeble and low,
He gazed on his kind, loving wife, and said no.
81 could leave all the grandeur the earth may pos


sess,


Without regret. or the slightest Distress
But my wife, o, cannot depart from her now.
With her kind sunny smile and her love beamins


brow.
IL must stay, will linger, not bidding adieu
To her whose devotion and love is so true
But the angel of death like fate fingers nigh
To watch for his victim, and catch his last sigh.
Then grieye not o. mourn not, his spirit will rove
Through the bright azure beavens, and dream of


its love.
1t will often come near thee, with geamings of


light,
To point from the earth to a heaven more bright.
Year: 1866




refer YOU to the report of the Superin-
tendent Of the Tennessee Hospital for the
insane. Under the efficient management Of
its present able officers, this noble institution
of charity proves to be an honor TO the State
and blessing 20 its unfortunate inmates. IL
is proper that | should call your attention to
the fact that there are at the institution a
number Of pay patients from the Southern
States, whose bills have not been met for four
or five years. The accounts Of the parties
who have placed these patients in the hospi-
tai, have been regularly made out and for
warded 10 them repeatedly. Some have re-
piled that they were unable 10 meet them,
while others have treated these calls with
silent contempt The outstanding debt due
10 this institution, in items Of this character,
now amounts to nearly $4,000 Many Of
these patients were sent here through pride,
and a desire % have them far removed from
their homes and families.


Ii is not just that our people should be
taxed to support the unfortunate Of other
States, especially when the presumption is
that their relatives are able TO defray ther
expenses. Such a course would be a DEPART
ure from the rule that our chartie- should
begin at home. ] recommend that the rela-
lives be once more notified and IL no set
Element is made within a reasonable time,
the patients be conveyed to their homes at
the expcnss Of the Stale, and turned over 70
their families
Year: 1866

The President has expressed himself
in favor of the proposed amend
ment to the constitution making voters the
basis of representation. Congress is not
likely to adopt any measure that will so
speedily secure suffrage to the freedmen as
this would, and that too in regular and
constitutional way.
Year: 1866

We have spared no expense to make these
Mills what this portion of the State has long
demanded, with MACHINERY for CLEANS
ING WHEAT UNSURPASSED, and EVE
RYTHING CONNECTED WITH THE
MILL is IN PERFECT ORDER; we are
prepared to furnish the BEST QUALITIES
OF


Family and Bakers Extra Flour.
Year: 1866

WHEN an old lady fell into we'll
and was rescued from drowning with
some difficulty, she declared that had it
not been for Providence and another
man, she never would have got out
alive.
Year: 1866

AS it presents itself On this coast, is of more
formidable character than that seen in the
Atlantic States or Europe, arising from The
fact of its being compound of Spanish, Chi
nese, and Sandwich Island disease. Those of
you who have visited the two latter countries
no doubt have seen the dreadful effects of it
on both the native and foreign population.
1t requires altogether different modes of
treatment
Year: 1866

Take dose of Dr. Easterly's Family Pills, and
when done operating, take DR.. Rasterly's Fever
and Ague Killer, as directed on the bottle, which
will stop the Ague and Fever the First Day. Then,
to prevent its return, take the Ague Killer three
times day, on the seventh, fourteenth, twenty
frst and twenty eighth days, dating from the last
chill and fever, and you will be
Year: 1866

Two ladies living alone near Salem,
Ohio, were preparing to retire, the other
night, when some one raped at the door.
On inquiring who knocked, and receiving
no answer, one of the ladies started across
the floor to an adjoining room, and drop
ped dead from sheer fright This brought
shrek from the remaining lady as she
ran to her sisters assistance just then
the door opened, and in rushed the broth
er of the two ladies, who had been mourn
ed for as dead nearly three years He
stated that he intended a nice surprise
for his sisters by not making himself
known until they had admitted him, and
Judge of his grief on learning that his SUR
prise had resulted in the death of one his
much loved sisters.
Year: 1866

The Jamaica Negro Question and EN-


Governor Eyre.


LONDON, August 22.-EX-G Governor Eyre, of
Jamaica, whose official conduct during the late
negro revolt in that island has been made the
subject of such an excited and angry canvass at
home, enjoyed a public reception at South
|ampton yesterday. The fete was given in his
honor by his immediate friends, personal and
political and the municipal authorities took
part in it. There was a banquet in the evening.
large opposition meeting was held in the
town the same day. at which series of resolu
tiOns condemning the conduct and rule of the
|ex-Governor when in Jamaica were adopted
with great unanimity.
Year: 1866

HE FRANKFORT PRoTEsT-The spirited
and independent conduct of the inhabitants of
Frankfort has made them in an especial man
ner the objects of Count Bismarck's animosi-
ty. The European journals publish a long
and eloquent protest of the Frankfort Bour-
geoisle against their absorption into the Prus-
sian monarchy. They urge that they have
been neither hostile to Prussia nor to the views
OF nj. Bismark, and contend that a neutrnliz-
ed spot between the north and south of Ger
many Is indispensable. Frankfort changed
into provincial city, will be wholly unable
to contribute to the cOnciliation of existing an,
npathies But Frankfort, independent, re-
spected In its autonomy and in its integrity,
would have for Prussia all the more syInpa-
thy and attachment from knowing that it was
SIMPLY to the respect for right and to theloye
OF Justice that it owes the preservation of its
ancient liberties; and even were it unwilling
would feel itself irresistibly impelled to be,
come center Of propagandism in the work of
declare that Frankfort is ready to renounce its
Independence and its sovereignty without a
murmur when the union of entire Germany is
accomplished, but so long as this unification is
incomplete the Independence of their city ia
very dear to them, They conclude in the fol-
lowing terms: lsF


we are proud to be able to make the assur-
unanimity without example, is animated with
the ardent desire of conserving under present
circumstances, her liberty, her autonomy. and
her territorial integrity; up to the latest hour
we entertain this hope; from generation to gem
Grafton we have transmitted the Remembrance
OF this era of liberty and Of independence
communal organization had for the corner
stone the love of all for all We hold un-
changeably to our old right, our old faith, our
Oid anecti0nS, and our old fidelity" r1
Year: 1866

MISUNDERSTANDING afternoon as pair
of the horses were being changed from one car
to another, on the Congress Street.-The of horse
ears, near Mechanics Hall, they started upon
the run, and did not stop their furious pace un-
til they reached India Street. Fortunately no
damage was done, and the freak only caused a
detention of the cars for about half an hour.