North Carolina Newspapers

I V J II l ilt S II ill 1III.II9II1.II I I I I f I I I i I 4 - " :- " V WM. J YTE?i Editor and ; PropreitOr. 7V S'll'fription Thp.ee Dollars, in advance. CHARLOTTE, N. C, T UESDAY, MARCH 3, 1868, SIXTEENTH VOLUME N U 51 D E It SOD. THE Western Democrat riliLISHED BY WILLIAM J. YATilS, Editor and Proprietor. o Terms Three Dollars per annum in advance. p vfkti F-mf.nt.s. For one square of ten lines or les $1 will he charged for each insertion, unless kept in over one month. Notice! of marriages Hii't 'i '-it!n published gratis. Obituary notice of over live lilies ill length charged for at advertising rate. THE DRUG STORE OF Kilgore & Cureton JT;i-! her n removed to the torc iu Granite Row, next to the Kxpress Oibce. A large assortment of FrcrOi Drugs, Chemical. P.-iints, Oils, I've Stuff's, Perfumery, &c, will be found at this new establishment, aud will be sold at us low prices as any other house. 15. V. KII.GORE, M. D. Jan '., 1808. T. K. CL.it LTUN, M. D. GARDEN SEEDS, (NJiW CKU1',) At Wholesale and Retail. A large supply of fresh Garden Seeds, consisting of every variety of .Seeds, Pea, Beans, &c, White and Red Onion Sets, Clover Seed, kc, &C. For sale at SCAUR'S DKl'G STORE. January 13, 18G8. ' BOOTS AND SHOES At 5 Per Cent Profit. I am now offering my Stock of ROOTS & SHOKS at i, pur cent profit, to make room for my Spring Sloe k. All who are in want of anything iu niy line would il well to call before buying. I am grateful for past favors, and hope by strict attention to business, to merit a continuance of the !.'ii. All (ioods warranted as represented! Don't mistake the place Sign of the Golden Root. S. R. MEACUAM, Next door to Johnson & Klliott's New Rouk Store. N. 15. To wholesale buyers, great inducements. Feb. 17, ISoS. Cliarlotte Female Institute, CHARLOTTR, N. C. The j. recent session opened on Tuesday the 1st of October, and will continue until oOih June, 180$. ' OFFICERS AND INSTRUCTORS: Rev. R. Rurwell. Principal and Instructor in Men tal and Mora! Philosophy and M. -it hematics. Jno. R. Rurwell, A. M"., Chemestry, Natural Thi losophy and Ancient Languages. Mr. M. A. Rurwell. Knglish branches and Super intendent Social duties. Prof A. Raumai'.n, Vocal and Instrumental Music. Prof. It. '.. I'igi.eti Draw ing. Painting and Modern Languagt's. Miss Mary Ratte, Knglish Branches and French. Mrs Sally" P. Whit:'. Knglish Kranchcs. Miss Miry F. Peuiek, Music on Piano and Guitar. Miss lill.i 11. C.-ij-si;!!, Music on Piano. Terms as lo-retofm . For Circular and Catalogue Containing full particulars address. Ri... 11. E I'll WRLL & SON, Charlotte, N. C. September 2". 1807. COOKING STOVES, OF TIIK .VSATKsT -M MOST SLl'KltlOll TATTERS. D. II. RVFUI.V. Springs' Ruilding. Charlotte, N. C, has for sale Spear's Anti-Dust Cooking Stoves," which, for every variety of cooking and great econ omy in fiK-1, canuut be surpassed by any Stove here tofore ti-e.l. Every bo ly who has used onef these Stoves testify that, f. r o'lVMiionce in cooking, durability an. I clean liness, tiiey are far preferable to all other patterns. Call an 1 s.-e I hem. I). II. RVF.I1I.Y has al-o on hand a good assort ment of Tin. Japan an 1 Sheet-Iron Ware such arti cles as ::re necessary for house-keeping. f-jf TiX-WAIlE iuade to order at short notice on reasonable terms. t-jf- REPAIRING promptly executed. D. H. RVERLY. Under the Mansion House Ruilding. March '2.". 1S07. A HALES, Watchmaker Qk and Jeweler, Xcit Do r to th" Mfinin Home, Ciiari.ottk, N. C. If your Watch needs Repairing, Don't get mad and goto swearing; Jtit take it into HALES" shop, lie will fix it so it will not stop, lie warrant his work all for a year. When it is used with proper care. He will do it as low as it can be done. And ilo it so well it's sure to run. January 1, 18',S. y B. M. Presson, Keeps everything in the Family Grocery line, and will sell as cheap as the cheapest. February 10. 180S. State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. Su?rir Ci-iirt of Law Sji. cuil Term, Jtcc , 1M7. D. G. Maxwell vs. E. S. Wright J. S. Phillips vs. II. P. Ackerinan. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendants in these cases are non-residents of the State, and cannot be reached by the ordinary process of law. it is ordered that publication be made, lor six weeks, in the Western Democrat, a newspaper published in the city of Cliarlotte. in the said State, romnianding them personally to be aud appear at fhe next term of this Honorable Court, to be held at the Court House in Charlotte, on the nh Mondav after the 4th Monday in February. A. L, 1S0S, then and there to plead, answer, or demur, to the attach ment in this case, otherwise ju. lament final will be entered against them for ihe amount of the plaintiffs" debt and costs, aud execution isMie accoi dinly for the same. e Witness, F.. A. Osborne. Clerk of our Superior Court of Law at office, on the '.th Monday after the 4th Monday in August, A. D.. 1M17, and iu the lJd year of American Independence. Issued February 17th, 1Si,S H7-bw adv. $:oJ E. A. OSRORNE, Clerk. SADDLES AND HARNESS. Robert Shaw & Son, TUird Door from the M-mfioi llovse. K K a 1' l. u 1 t ILL Y m- form the public that they - ll O ,1 tl1VA f f . , . 1 - j.f V..1 dl?s am! Harness on hand. which they offer to the Vs?" pnf die at low prices. Anything m the way of SADDLES, HARNESS, Bridles. Martins-ales. COLLARS, &c., will be furnished or made to order. As we are regular mechanics, we think it will be to the advantage of all to buy from us. We warrant our work. Kf- REPAIRING fteatly executed af short notice and on reasonable terms. R. fell AW. W. E. SHAW. Oct. 14, 18G7. ftm !sw i mm 'lip An Ordinance Prohibiting Distillation of Grain. Passed February 15, 1868. Whereas, In consequence of the rapid reduc tion of the email crop of corn in this State, the prices of food have already greatly advanced, and money being unusually scarce, great destitution already exists and starvation must inevitably fol low speedily ; Therefore, In order that all grain still on hand niay be reserved for bread, and i famine at least in a degree averted: J3e it ordained by tlie people of North Caro lina, in Convention Assembled, That from and after the passage 'of this bill, until the first day of November, 18G8, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to distill corn or any other grain into intoxicating liquors. Jiu U Jtrtha riliiiint) That any pcieou or persons who shall be guilty of a violation of this ordinance, ou being convicted before a competent court, shall pay a fine of 50 for the first offence. 8100 for the second offence, and for the third offence his distillery shall be closed by the Sheriff. Jn this ordinance, each day in which the distil lery is in operation shall be counted a separate j offence. Be it further ordn ined, That all fines recovered under this ordinance, after the lawful costs are deducted, shall be paid into the Treasury of the count' in which the conviction takes place, for the benefit of the poor supported by said county. HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS k CO., Have a good supply of Pacific and Peruvian Guano, a top dressing for wheat, and is highly recommended. Farmers give it a trial. Plastering Clover Fields. Such fields as are already set in Clover should have one bushel of Flaster per acre broad casted over them as early as possible. Call and get a supply from Hutchison, burroughs & co. Lime! Lime!! Lime!!! Weekly supplies of fresh Lime received and for sale by HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS it CO. Calcined Plaster and Cement, Always on hand and for sale by HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO. Nails ! Nails ! ! Nails ! ! ! We are Agents for the sals of the High Shoals Nails. The Company having recently improved their machinery, they now offer to the public an article that will compare favorably with the best of North ern brands. Call aud examine for yourselves. HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO. Well Fixtures nrrd Straw Cutters for sale hy HUTCHISON, BURROUGHS & CO. February 17, 18CS. North Carolina Land Agency. Having associated myself with Gen. J. D. Imbodcn. of the City of lCichnxud, Va., to whose curd below 1 refer the public, for the sale of Lands, Mines, Re , iu North Carolina, 1 invite those persons in the Stale, having such property for sale, to address me at Relds ville, N. C and steps will be taken, at once, to call the attention of Northern capitalists to all suciKpio perty. D. W. COURTS. Virginia Central Land Agency. 1 have very recently perfected the organization necessary to conduct, on the largest scale, the busi ness of sidling Lands, Mills, Mines, Furnaces & Water-Powers. My partner, Col. 11. J. Page, is in charge of our office in New York. In Philadelphia and Baltimore. I have Associates of the highest respectability, and responsibility. And for the sale of Lands, Mines, &c, in North Carolina, I am associated with D. W. Courts, Esq , of Reidsville, for many years State Treasurer of N. C. The facilities this Agency oilers for the sale ol Lands are not surpassed in the South. In regard to Mines of all kinds, I have made contracts with par ties in the cities North of this, who make that branch of the business a speciality, both in this country and Europe, securing to me the widest possible field of operations, aud in this city I have the aid and ser vices of that accomplished Mintralogist and Assayer, Col. William Gilham, for the prompt analysis of all minerals that may be sent to me thus determining the value of all mines, before they arc offered for sale. Tf.kms: For silling lands, five per cent commis sion on all sales actually made, but no chargo what ever, unless a sale is effected. For Mines, an addi tional contingent fee, the subject of contract in each case, and payable out of proceeds of sale. Reference is made to public men generally through out the State, with most of whom 1 have the pleasure of being personallv acquainted. Feb.':, isi8 "Cm J. D. 1MEODEN. State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. Court of Equity, Fall Term, lbf.7. R F. Davidson vs. L. R. Smoot and Wm. M. Kcblinger. Original Bill. It appearing upon affidavit that the defendants in this cause are non-residents of this State, publication is ordered to be made, for six weeks, in the Charlotte Democrat, notifying the said defendants, L. R. Smoot and Win. M. Kcblinger, to appear at the next Term of said Court to beheld at the Court House in Char lotto, on tlp Uth Monday after the last Monday in February, lbiS, to plead, answer or demur, or the Bill will be taken as confessed and beard ex parte. Witness. Clement Dowd, Clerk and Master of sajd Court at office iu Charlotte, this oth February, 1H18. blMi-Gw adv. $10 C. DOWD, Clerk. State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. Court of Equity, Fall Term, 18(i7. J. M. Davidson vs. L. It. Smoot and W. M. Kcblinger. Original Bill. It appearing upon affidavit that the defendants in this cause are non-residents of this State, publication is ordered to be made for six weeks, in the Western Democrat, notifying said defendants, L. R. Smoot and W in M. Kcblinger to appear at the next Term of said Court to be held in Charlotte, ou the fth Monday after the last Monday in February, ltOS, to plead, answer or demur to tiie said Bill, or the same will be taken as confessed and heard ex parte Witness, Clement Dowd, Clerk and Master of said Court at olSce in Charlotte, this -rth February, 1868. 8JG-6w adv. $10J C DOWD, Clerk. State of North Carolina, Mecklenburg County. Court of Equity, Fall Term, 1 817. Thos. II. Brcm and Wife vs. John Robertson and Wife and others. Petition for Sale of Land for Partition. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the defendants, John Robertson and wife Rebecca, 1 D. L. Gates and S. M. Lowrie, reside be vond the ; limits of this State, it is ordered that publication be j maae, lor six weeks, in the Western Democrat, noti fying said defendants to appear at the next term of said Court, to be hel l in Charlotte, va thei'th Mon day after the last Monday in Ftbrnary. 18o8, to plead, answer or demur to the complainant's petition, or the sarte will be taken pro contesso-nd hrard ex parte as to them Witness, Clement Duwd, Clerk an 1 Master of tai l Conrt at office in Charlotte, this oth day of Feb., '0H. J 80-Cw adv. $10 C, DOWD, Clerk. ' Report of the Committee on Punishments, Penal Institutions and Public Charities. The following lleport is now under consider ation in the N. C. Convention. If such provi sions are incorporated in the Constitution, the people of this State will have an enormous tax to pay : The Committee on Punishments, Penal Insti tutions and Public Charities, would submit to the consideration of the Convention, the follow ing report : ARTICLE. Section 1. The following punishments shall be known to the laws of this State, viz : Death, imprisonment, lines, removal from office and dis qualification to hold utid onjoy any oiEeo of honor, trust, or profit, under this State. Sec. 2. The object of punishments being not only to satisfy justice, but also to reform the of fender, and thus prevent crime, it shall not be allowed to inflict any cruel or unusual punish ments; and willful murder only shall be liable to be pauished with death, while branding, crop ping, whipping, and the pillory, shall never be allowed. Sec. 3. The General Assembly shall, at its first meeting, make provision for the erection and con duct of a State's prison or Penitentiary at some central and accessible point within the State. Sec. 4. The General Assembly shall provide for the erection of Houses of Correction, where vagrants and persons guilty of misdemeanors shall be restrained and usefully employed. Sec. 5. A House of Kef uge shall also be es tablished at an early period for juvenile offenders, whore, under proper supervision, they may be reclaimed from vicious habits and fitted for the duties of citizens. Sec. 6. It shall be required by competent legis lation that the structure and superintendence oi the penal institutions of the State, the county jails, a;;d city police prisons, secure the health and comfc rt oi the prisoners, and male ami female convicts be never confined in the same room or tell. Sec. 7. Keneficent provision for the poor, the unfortunate and orphan, being one of the first duties of a civilized and a Christian State, the General Assembly shall, at its first session, ap point and define the duties of a Board of Public Charities, to whom shall be intrusted the manage ment of all charitable and penal State institutions, and 'who shall annually report to the Governor upon their condition, with suggestions for their improvement. Sec. 8. There shall also, as soon as practicable, be measures devised by the State for the estab lishment of one or more Orphan Houses, where the .orphans of the poor shall be cared for, edu cated and taught some business or trade. Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the Legislature, at an early day, to devise means for the educa tion of idiots and the cure of inebriates. Sec. 10. The General Assembly shall provide .that all the deaf mutes, the blind, and the insane of the State, shall be cared for at the charge of the State. Sec. 11. It shall be steadily kept in view by the Legislature, and the Koard of Public Chari ties, that all penal and charitable institutions should be made as nearly self-supporting as is consistent with the purpese of their creation. G. W. Wtxkft?. Chm'n. Bank Notes. Highest market price paid for Southern Bank Notes at the Banking House of TIIOS. W. DEWEY 4 CO. Revenue Stamps, For sale at the Banking House of TIIOS. W. DEWEY & CO. Deposits Received and interest allowed at the Banking House of THOS. W. DEWEY & CO. Drafts on New York, For sale in sums to suit at par, at the Banking House of, TIIOS. W. DEWEY & CO. Gold and Silver Coin Bought and sold at the Banking House of TIIOS W. DEWEY & CO. THOS. W. DEWEY & CO., Bankers and Brokers, CHARLOTTE, X. C. Honrs of business to suit dealers and customers. February 17, 1808. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. Having qualified as Executors on the estate of Sarah B. Cheek, decd, the undersigned hereby no tify all persons indebted to said estate to come for ward and make immediate settlement, and those having claims against said estate must present them within toe time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. S AM PEL S. MARKS, STEPHEN F. MARKS, 'February 17, 18G8 3w$.,pd Executors. SEWING MACHINES. There are certain points connected with the pur chase f a Sewing Machine w hich every purchaser should know Always select a Machine which will give a perfect and durable stitch. For family use select one that will do stitching on the finest Liuen Cambric or Tarlton'to the heaviest Jeans or Cassi meres Select one that is not complicated easily managed. One that will do the most and the greatest variety of work is always the best. Above all, select one where the proprietors and agents guarantee to keep it in repair and warrant it todo all that any other Sewing Machine in the world will do, and in addition make a perfect button-hole do all sorts of gathering, felling, tucking, hemming and embroider Xut edge. This Machine can only be had of .A SINCLAIR. Agent for the American and Button-hole Sewing Ma chine Company, Charlotte, N. C. Every Machine warranted. February 10, 1S08. ; FAMILY GROCERIES. I have on hand, and am constantly receiving, a general assortment of Groceries, such as Sugar, Tea. Coffee, Molasses, Cheese, Flour, Bacon, Corn, Meal, nod CT-:ry thing else in the Grocery line .' I will sell as cheap as any house in Charlotte, and respectfully request pertos wishing to buy to give me a call. I deliver, within the limits cf the Cityw nil Gro ceries .bought at my Store. A good lot of Castings and Hollos-Ware for sale. Tin Ware. t Also, a good assortment of Tin Ware kept con stantly on iiand. at wholesale and retail. . Reofing, Guttering, Repairing, &c, done at the shortest notice. : A. BERRYHILL, Feb 17, 16fi8. Under Mansion House. :' What to Do. rwrt i ' i i a. . ine increase oi non-proaucers nas ueen greaw 'er in the United States, during the decade, than hats been the case at any time since the wars of Napoleon. The growth of luxury and of indi vidual wealth at the North has been unprece dented, converting a large number of producers into consumers. The general increase of afBu enceJn that section,- resultant - from the high prices induced by war, has converted a large number of constant and efficient laborers into ir regular and inefficient ones. In the South we have lost the whole popula tion of the blacks from the class of constant la borers. As a general rule, this race now does less work iu a week than it formerly did iu a day; arid .he fact applies to an average, embracing the entire negro race. Of the Southern wjjileracc,. the casualties of war toek off a vast number", al though this loss of labor has been compensated in some degree by the superior energy of most of those who have survived. Although the term non-producers applies di rectlv to but few others than tillers of the soil, it in effect embraces all engaged in those me chanic arts which facilitate the operations of ag riculture, either by supplying improved imple ments to increase the productive power of labor, or by supplying clothing and other protection to the laborers of the field. The distress, in various forms, which the coun try is now suffering, all results directly or indi rectly from this loss of labor. There is too much non-production and too little production. The evil which Malthus so much deprecated, of the tendency of population to press unduly upon the means of subsistence, is now realized even by our fruitful country in niauy distressing forms; nnd investments have ceased in everything ex cept in food and other means of subsistence, and in the agencies necessary for producing them. Though federal and State bonds are distrusted, cattle, sheep, swine, horses and mules are net. Though all debentures emanating from political sources are shunned, real estate and railroad se curities are growing in favor. Kut the evil apprehended by Malthus is re versed. It is not an undue increase of consumers, which srives trouble, so much as the undue de crease of producers. In one point of view, the discharge of a large number of factory operatives iu the Northern manufacturing districts, is an encouraging phenomenon. These laborers will have to elig their support out of the ground. These periodical emptyings of those Northern j factory hives are thus always followed by impor tant migrations into regions where land is cheap, and where the soil returns a generous reward for ltbor. The factory system is pernicious to the social health of any people; and these discharges of operatives arc always to the discharged and to society a blessing in disguise. The South has censed to be a market for Northern manufacturers with that voracious appetite which for so long a titae could not.be glutted. Our capacity to employ factory operatives in New England has therefore ceased. But we have one thing to offer these people as a substitute. "Vc have lands which they can come and till. They will thus become more useful members of society than if they had remained operatives. They will live a life of in dependence and respectability, rather than a. life of the most abject, anxious and debasing ser vility. But it is to the white people of the South that even these dark times present one bright light of encouragement. Agricultural labor is new the great disideratum of the nation. The production of agricultural supplies and .staples is the great demand of the times. It is not lawyers, nor doc tors, nor any of the learned professions nor mer chants, that are at present in requisition. To make bread, to raise meat, to provide food for man and beast this is the business promising most profit at the present time. Land, muscle and industry the man who has these, and prac tical or scientific intelligence to apply these to the business of production, belongs now to the most fortunate and prosperous class. These form the single basis of hepe in the desert of despair in which we of .the South are wandering. There is work enough for every man to do in atrriculture with his oicn hands; and we have soil and climate better for the purpose than are vouchsafed to mcstof the human race. Let our old men encourage their sons to turn their at tention to the soil anel eschew the pursuits of traffic and avoid the learned professions. Nor folk Journal. . Notice to Bachelors. The English people are in a state of chronic scare. Five hundred thousand ladies, not mere women, but ladies, too, with no husbands, be cause there are not men enough; anel a milllion and a half compulsory old maids, because, though there are men enough, they won't take the nat-rim-nl olia-cen at any price.. Heiioc all the English press cries, "Marry! marry! marry!'' and for once the most aristocratic of them, the Morning Post, grows human and sensible, and cries out thus: 4;It is not by any means a silly fiction of p"-ets and novelists to suppose that the happiness of a home does not depend upon money. Wealth can d very little for it, one way or the other, and sympathy is the true subject of happiness. The truth is. a hearty, good mttured girl will make four white-washed walls, a deal-table, a couple cf three-legged stools, something very much like Paradise here on earth. There are thousands of things money cannot buy, but which do more to make life really enjoyable than all the metal found iu California." Let all bachelors, both English and American, take note and act accordingly: for is not this leap year, and sacred to Hymen? Something New at Old West-Green FRUIT TREES. The proprietor. C. P. Mesdenhall, has a choice lot of well grown FRUIT TREES for sale, cultiva ted expressly foi himself, the old war stock having recently been disposed of to another new Nursery man. " We also have a large aad handsome lot of Evergreens, Rosce, Greenhouse Plants, Shrubbery &c. Prices as moderate aa can be found any where South. ' Send your orders to Mr S. J. Tbnrley, late Gar dener to Westbrook & Mendenhall, Greensboro': or to B. G-Graham, President of the Farpiern' & Me chanic's Store, Charlotte, X. C, and immediate at tention will be givcD. Greensboro. N. C. Feb. 17, I8f8. 3' Agricultural. Qover and Grasses. ' Some time last summer one of your subscribers, I think in Franklin county, addressed you a com munication which was published in the Sentinel, making enquiries in regard to the cultivation of Red Clover and other grasses the proper time for sowing clover seed, cutting the grass, mode of making and securing the hay, the best kind of soil Jbr its production, &c, &c. Having been enga ged, to a greater or less extent, for more than twenty years, in the cultivation of clover, it was my inteutiou at the time, to reply to these various enquiries, but I was very soon, thereafter, attack ed with typhoid fever, which prostrated me for a long time, and when I recovered the matter had entirely passed out of my mind. As ifrS tfhie f or 'sowing clover seed isriow near at hand, I propose to answer the encpuiries refer red to according to my own experience and ob servation, hoping that if the answers do not reach your Franklin subscriber, they may possibly attract the attention of others seeking like infor mation, and may not, therefore be entirely lost. First, then, as to the character of the soil. Red clover, like other grasses, gruws best on good soil, but will flourish better, on poor soil than most other varieties. Any soil that produces wheat well will produce clover, but it, like every thing else in the vegetable kingdom, does best in those soils which are peculiarly- adapted to its growth. I have found it to succeed better on strong upland clay soils than any other. Low marshy or wet lands do not suit it. The proper time for sowing the seed in this climate is the latter part of February or the early part of March though it will do very well any time in March, aud should invariably be sown with oats or some other protecting crop. Young clover, when it first emerges from the soil, in exceeding ly tender and requires something to protect it lor a few months from the effects of the summer's sun. If it is designed for mowing it will require a bushel of seed for about eight acres of ground, but if intended for pasturage aloue, a bushel will sow ten acres thick enough. The ground should be well prepared as thoroughly pulverized and free from cl uds as possible. The oats must first be sown and cither plowed in with narrow plows or h;u rowed in as may be thought best, so that the surface is left comparatively smooth. The clover seed should then be sown and brushcel in with a tolerably heavy brush, well selected for the purpose, and prepared so that it will not drag the seed up into lumps or bunches. The mode of sowing is somewhat various, but that which I have used for many years, and which I esteem the best, I obtained from au essay of the late Edmund Kufiin, of Virginia, who was, perhaps, unsurpassed in the United States as a practical ag riculturalist. It is as follows: Have any num ber of small paddles made that may be desired, according to the number of sowers. They should be, say eight or nine inches long, beside the han dle, and five or six inches wide, with a smooth surface. Let each sower provide himself with a common cloth apron and tie it on in the usual way; than gathering up . the front part of the apron in his left hand, and taking the paddle also in the same hand, having as much seed deposited iu the apron as may be necessary to sow a round, he is equipped for the operation. The first step on proceeding to the field is to arrange a set of guide stakes, or otherwise? slightly mark off the ground, so that each sower will tow a land of about six feet in width. It is best to begin on a straight tide of the field, (if there be a straight side to it,) or otherwise arrange so that the line traversed by the sowers will be as straight as poss.ble, this will eusure greater uniformity and evenness in the casting of the seed. Having made these preliminary arrange ments, let the first sower or leader take his posi tion three feet from the outer edge of the ground, with hjs apron gathered up and his paddle in his left hand i s above described, the latter being held uearly level, or with the front end slightly inclining downward; the next sower will take position six feet from the second, and so on to any number that may be rcrjuired, the first sower, acting as a file leader, governs the move ments of all the rest. Then taking up with the right baud as much seed as can con venient ly be held between the thumb and two first fingers, and moving off like a platoon of soldiers, it is dashed at every other step, with considerable force on the central part of the paddle, from whence it is scattered in all directions. Care must be ta ken by the sowers to keep their respective dis tances, as upon this will depend the regularity with which the seed is distributed. Any num ber of sowers may be employed, and a little ex perience with pn per care willseion enable them to perform the work with great uniformity. When the crop of oats is cut and removed, nothing should be permitted to run upon the ground until sometime in the fall, when it may bu pastured by calves or other young cattle until frost appears. In the following Spring, sa' from the 1st to 15lh April, or as son as the clover has grown sufficiently to cover the ground pretty well, plaster of Paris should be sown broadcast upon it at the r.ite of not less than 80 to 100 lbs. per acre more would be better, but I have found this quantity, if it be mixed with au equal quan tity cf leached ashes, to answer very well. Com bining the plaster with ashes makes it more easily and evenly sown, as it does not fly S so much. In sowing the plaster it is important to select a calm morning and if it be a little damp or the at mwj there heavy, it is all the better. Care shemld be taken to leave no strips or pots unsown. I may premise here that plasler of Paris does not act equally as well on all soils, or rather upon clover growing on all varieties of soil, and, in crdcr to tett its efficacy, it would be well to leave a strip through the field without its application. Plaster of Paris prepared fi r agri cultural purposes can be obtained readily in Bal timore at 815 to ?1S per ton. Hutchison, Burroughs & Co., of Charlotte, haxe plaster and other fertilizers for sale In regard to the proper time of cutting clover, it depends upon the use to be made of it. If it is designed r soiling milk cows or torses, ox i, it may be cut as soon as the feeding to blooni appears, but if intended for hay it shemld not be cut until about one-halt the neaus nave turned brown. When cut it shonld be left in the ewath for half a day if the weather be clear, and a longer time if not fair. As soon as the upper surface of the hay is cured, which will generallv be the case in the tinse above mentioned, it should be turned over carefully w Ubr forks, without spreading any more than is unavoidable, when it should remain another half day. If the weather be favorable, it may then be raked into winrows and hauled to the barn or other placo prepared for securing it. It does not anawer well to stack it like most other kinds pf hay, as the want of compactness in its character prevents it from turning the rainT Should necessity require it, however, it will do tolerably well if the stacks are built with the sides as straight 'as'xsible, until within a few feet of the top, and then put ting ' on a heavy topping of st raw. I may re mark, in this connection, that clover hay is more easily damaged by rain in curing than most other kinds, but if? the weather be favorable it is rather more easily cured, and when 'well done there is no hay superior to it. ' " I kareld nfrtaf ny ttbimt thoynki-f clover as a green manure, or as a means of improving the soil, as this communication is already much longer than I intended.. Suffice it to say,. how ever, that as a vegetable manure for plowing un der, and particularly as a preparation for a wheat crop. I regard it as superior to anything else. It is best always to succeed clover with wheat, as there is sometimes a difficulty in getting a good stand of corn after it, owing to the increased quantity of worms produced, from some causo which I have been unable tt discover. 1 have thus, Messrs. Editors, endeavored to answer most of the inquiries of your correspon dent, but fear you will consider my article some what prolix, particularly in these strange times when public affairs are so much out of joint and make such heavy demands upou your columns. Raleigh Sentinel.' CALDWELL. Deep Working op the Soil. Increasing the depth of the arable soil, one who knows says, will increase the farmer's wealth more thanby buying more land, lending money or investments in mines or stocks of any kiud. Concede, that for the present, only gardens, orchards, vineyards nurseries, &c, are likely to be thoroughly worked to any such depth as two feet, how great must be the increase of products thus secured ! lhat the yield of beets, carrots, c., would be increas ed by more than ?50 worth per acre, will hardly be doubted; while an orchard thus trenched would endure twice as long as one stranded oa hard-pan that rises to within six inches of the surface. Deep-ploughing is the thing. " Suicide by a Bride. The Owen Sound (Canada) Times says an occurrence of an extraor dinary and melancholy nature took place in the township of Artemisia, county of Grey, on Tues diy last, the 4th inst. It appears that on that day Mr Charles Fclson, of Columbus, was mar ried to a young lady named Miss Hall, of Arte misia, and but a few minutes had elapsed after the ceremony which made them man and wife (we believe before the officiating clergyman had retiied from the house,) when the mirth of the company was turucd into sadness on learning that the britic had taken a poisonous dose of laudanum, and in six hours thereafter she expired; thus bringing to a melancholy and tragical termina tion an event which is usually looked upon as one of the greatest happiness aud joy. No rea son for the rash act has been assigned. Jeopardies of Human Life. When rail ways were introduced it was regarded that hu man life was thereby placed in great jeopardy. English statistical tables, however, aro said to evolve the fact that List j ear, there were sixty four persons killed by horses and vehicles in the' cities and throughout the country. Up to 1866, for seven years, tho number of persona killed by the English railways was two hundred and ninety seven, uearly one-half of whom, it is said caused their own death by palpable neglect the ratio of the railway travel being, as stated, one person in nine millions. So that street travel is more dangerous thau that by the railroad according to the English tables. , Cotton Speculators. We lenrn from the Macon, Ga., Journal, that the cotton f peculators operating iu that city have had flush times lately. ' All of them have made more or less uioiie-, while some have made independent fortunes. One buyer, who went out f rom New York six waeks ago, has made tho snug eum of $90,000. An other, who commenced buying when the 6taple ' was down to 11 and 12 cents, has made $o5,000; still another, 20.000; whilcthe profits of several more have ranged from 810,000 tt, 3,000. It should also be remembered that cotton buyers sometimes lose as much as they make.J New Registration. The Wilmington Journal calls attention to the important fact that according to tho requirements of the Recon struction Acts, the registration lists must be opened for revision, for the paee of three days, fourteen do y prior to any etretion under those Acts. Due notice of tho time and place must be given. A juror having applied to the Judge to be ex cused from serving on account of deafness, the judge said '-Could you hear nay charge to the jury, sir?" "Yes. 1 heard your honor's charge," said the juror, ''but I couldn't make any sense out, of it." He was excused. Forty thousand persons are out of employment in Chicago, Illinois. A patent ahoo-pegger is being manufactured in Northampton, Massachusetts, which makes the hole, cuts off the peg and drives it home. A workman can easily peg a shoo or a boot in minute. When the Pacific Railroad is completed, traveler may go round the world in three month. 'Nominate your poison," is the poetical way they have in Indiana of asking yoa "what will you drink' " r , A celebrated lawyer once said that the three most troublesome clients he ever had were a young -kdy who wanted to be married, a married woman who wanted a divorce, and an old maid who didn't t. know what she wanted. : ; . . "Have the jury agreed?" asked the jndga of a court attache whom he met on the stairs with bucket in his hand. Yis," replied Patrick, "they have agreed to Bend for a gallon of whiskey."