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i. r I, . . . ' - 1 .- . U f VOL IX NO. 21. I THE NORTH CAROLINA ARGUS, rumiato ivmt Tnciitur,. HY PR ANK. D ATI LEY. r i iuuj or subsciiptiox: ISTAailllT If ADTAICI. 1 - ,.2oileopy.mev, VIS WDU.. ..,...,...,.. "2.00 4. three raeotbl, .........., 1.00 " i ' tU X natae satered po the nbaeHptloa hook i wltaoat r-pyfaMt, aad eabecrtbar' namae UI be (, eraaee tbe 4 their subeeriptloe. expire. . - RATES Of ADYIRTISfSO. . ... . - ' TKAiriltirf ADVIBYISISO. ; " ' fraTt W MeetBWWt, wuh ,. -, t TraaAleai k4vtrtUMU, Insertion, ' , ttr o r .................. .. ............ $1.00 1, i J, sabeejatt letertfoa, 1 than three 60 1 Lejral Ketlees, Obituaries, AiiotDMDUti of Can I. diaaies for ey offio, Deollaatlea, a , at th abo J,rut. J . At!bt f Mrr(a(et Md DMtbl fr. trEtcU ased for quarterly, halt yearly ad .at! advertieiaf. at reasonable rate.- KTU Pa fur traasieat aavertlslaf, when lb wen kev af iaeerUoa ara llealled, ia aa keaded la far tabUeattoe; aad for quarterly, kalf yaarly ar yearly oewuacaseau aay uat alter am internes. - ., , : Eroai Ua CkarlttUa Marearj, Jlrr:al rtrrt f th IrcU4Bt and . Lirclwra i t"i6 cueraw ana t;oai- c!aUstIrJt'aupnar. nbmlttrd at C'(saristat . cn naf ta. it. , Ta rraaiJant and Dirtctera of tbe Cheraw a4 CoaJfisIJf Railroad Company twpcetfalljr ; attbmit taa following report to tfca ttockboldera r' Imsediatal after lb ftdjoarcuent 0 tha laat . aatl-aaaaus ar afoekboldcrf, taa Hrtotort ' ad ioratber. and after fall and free io- opioioo, tha Preaidaot vaa aihor y a CbUf Ktigioar and a pwetarj T. (aeaiarBia aa ba ibiskt data JtOnkfiocb otbar attpa aa eaight bCctttirj U promota I ha ietereata fntaV. If vu further intimated ta aidant tbat tbe Board expected bim to da- . 1 i!b and attention to tbe iotereal af iba k tbe view bf iaf aiiag life in tbe enter. .aia u aeoa aa pouitle jout a dollar of raadr naonr la the tre S firat di&ealtj to overcome, waa .to pro arsja and aieana. to da aometbin j for - eotne aaoerj, of eonne nottiog could be An immed.at appeal aa made te aeme kt!iapiritedCiarleateoiaDi loiabacrite fwra few fiiaooal ibiraa, to enable tbe Director ta atart I atitfrirr tjaia f.irlj; and this waa reipottded ptiona to tbe eitent of tveatj eigt otiagtofMOU. aew aabscriptiona, wbicb were oa - ajatle on demand tbe objeet Ruined to tbe aubacribera it waa proceed vAeoV 7. Mr.Geo. W. Karle wu appoioted iostaeer, witk loatraetioaa to repradace aa aooa -M poaaible tbe nape, croD'aa, eaiimatea, talcola - tiooa, Vo. all of waioh bad been kt wbeo iSkermaa'aarfaiv Mated throo?b the eountrv I --In doaume, MrrKarie aneeeeded in reatoring tbe laat paper, bd tbe daplieatee are qaite aa atialactory ta overt rtnttct aa toe cngfoala Mr. 17. . Oodfrev. wke!d nreviooaly aeted aa 8oereUrj tad Trvunrar, wa?1 eoDtioued io that J U atiaj taken tbr praliaiiairv atepa, the fraatdeat and -TrfMdant Mated ever tbe en lira jtfife of the road earlj io Jane tut, impeded "Tfae Coalfield 00 Deep Rirtr, tod ettebded the V trip to Ualaigb along tbe lief of tbe Chatham Head, which weald be a continuation of the . Cberaw and Coalfiolda EailrMid Una to the capi tal of North Carolina, if both road could be - 'eeariated. Flattered tr appearance aad en eouraed by the friend ef tbe eolcrptite, all along tb route, tha Director were again called tecaiher 00 the 20ih ef Jane, and elaborate re- X porta were sbittd aad eeneidered a will ap pear bv raferenee to our jouroala. j. Ilaviog aoma iati'mationa of a diapoaitioo to - aid c ia tbe work tram aeveral intereited corpo ration north of our tertniou, tbe Fretideot wa directed to uit every point where there waa the ' aligbtett pruepect of obtaining aaaiatanee, which y he did, but hi effort were uoiuxcctsfulr Hit next appeal for aid were made to tbe : , and at aoma of the poiota named anbctaatinl evi dnee waa given of the intereat feit in the road. k Beaideinew ubcriptiona to the capital itock of k i lae Cooapaov, ameontingto ome U.wU. cb UineqLjn ipo ficiDiiy ox -wiuea-jjima ana uf- .tre, quite a aumber ot perani, uoabl to ut r adribamenev.ittbecribed land to the caniul stock. I' .aaidantiag n the aggregate to 4843 acrea, aod F pledgya were givn te grde wme 2600 yarda'at 4hf attiauted rate, and take atock aorip in pay. 'k fant. ; ' ;'-': f- . i.v -I ; ; Doring these meeting, it wa proposed to aik ! iid of tha State of NortL Carolioa, beoaaie it waa I Jbelbrad lo be the ooly railroad in that State . .that had not already been liberally aitd by I ha LesWlatnra. Accordiogly, a memorial to tbe ' Pe'oaral Aaaeaklf pf North Carolina, asking aid to tha extent of a million ef dollars, waa diawn 1 F igid by' the Freiident and Director, arit ! 7 ed witbi petition, cerameadiag it to the Legis I )i!pre, and theao were, eireulated and aigned by ; the people along the root of the road. ' Copiea of the memorial are herewith redpeot . !!y &bmiud. v: ! .."'":;". ' Tteii were preieoted to the General A item ' V.f of North Carolina early io the session, aad a I yj drawn by tbe President aad offered ia tha f f oU, wta considered and rejeeted by a vote of hX i to 0, before tha recess. In Jaauary tha Leg I i Jirxre rmseabed, and the President attended Tlti-n another WW aa free from objection as it k ". fcsill! to rake itaakiag a eimpfe Irsr ;.r tr ,J ifocx in the florin wouoa JU;:?J, In jcLss;j f;r orraspondiagamou.al people of North Carolina, aloof the line of the f.ii. JU Wadeaboro', LIIavile, Little' Mills, rekia and Carthage, tha aubjeci wa preentod, of tbe (lock ia tbe Cberaw and CoalCelJi ftiil read Company, pledgieg our Comptny.to pay to the State of North Carolina dividend oorr poadiag ia amouut with the dividend that may hereafter be declared aad paid by the North Carolioa Ilailroad Company, and that therein derived from the propoaed lubscrtptton abould be expended witbin tbe limit of North Carolina. kilJbUlW - tkJl - Rpreentat4ve, - I "u WB ucaica iu 10 ceoaie oy oae roieoaiy. iwo otber kill were drawn by tbe rrcaideot uunog toe.touion, cntred py rnend of tk tneraw and UoalLeld llatlroad, pawed both Ilouiee without oppotitioo, And are ntw law 01 tbe state. . Una of the authorise the countiea through which the road paate, as well at iboae in tie vicinity, to (ubacribe-to the capi tal atoek at ceuntie, and the elbrr alio indi vidual, oompanie or corporitiou, to aubtcribe land, bonda, atoek, Ae , to the capital atock at a valuation to be aerecd upon at the lime cUub- cribing. - It t confidently behered that thee act wilt hereafter rauder important aasiatance lo tbe Company in tie futare progret of the work. Having thai rapidly glanced at what ha brea done the paat vear it i deemed proper to explain io tbe atockbolder again, altliourb it ha been fio repeatedly heretofore, the full aeope of the eaterprieevoofided to our direction, aad the ex act conditiou of tbe Compaay at preaeot. From the Kojfioccr'a detailed ettimatei here with cubmitted, it appear that the entire length of the Cberaw aad Coalfield llailread, from Cheraw, 8. C , to the M Gulf," its terminal io Chatham eeunty, N. C. the centre of tbe coal baiio i 8G ttjtlr, which with 5 milea ef taro-1 eut, will make 91 mile of road to build in all. Tbe read baa bee a located, the entire diatioee, and eatimatea for clearing, grading, treiulmg, bridging, Ac , every mile of the way, accompaniaa tbU report, aad aa admirable prodieof the entire root ia alao proeented. From the umaary appended to the Enginer'a report, the following eatim&tet arctakca : . W aiilta IU TmcI ) 6 aiilca Turnout. ) . I 1 iU Iroa, at 80 tons per mile, y 7,200 tea at f 90 per ton, la.w.r.-v,..ji.- $56,2u ' 0 radio 1 aad CriJ('aa to be don.... 629,687 01 wiles CroM-tita, at $660 per mile........ 9,100 Laying. Track, at f 300 ptr mil.... ST.SOQ Cbaira as4 Spike, at $350 par mil 81.850 , DtpolS M lin 20,000 $1,43,187 Eitimate af work don aread, U food aionfj.......... ........ ....$14,988 Eagioeerieg aoe atber esprea, ia gtw4 aaoaj..... .............. 20,000 64,6?8 TbUl t.tiaal of U. ccit of Road fii- bb4.... . $1,468,176 BtTIliATKS VO BfiMJK THB aOAP. tot 4 PatMtigar aad 4 Freight Eogibtf, at $15,000 tach .'.$120,0,.)0 8 t'aMtngar Car, at $4,000 eaeb, 4 See-' ond-claa Car at 2,Ct each. M...42,0O0 100 Frtigbl Car, at f 1,000 ea'eb 100,000 200 Coal Cars, at $500 each............ .100.000 Whole ameoat Ro l. .. .. .. mm requirtd. to Stock tb . f....M y.. ....... $302,000 Which adjed ta coit of Upad bed Add to eater all Contingencies......... abotai ........ $1 850,175 ...160,000 TaUl eot of tbe Rot 4 aod equipment eotn- pUte r... .........$2,000,175, Here we have located a road eighty ix miles long, which will probably coat to complete aod equip it f 2,000,000 j but $uo,000, cantnated ia r .t ir. . i i . IPC innurjnvnaiBff-HiM8ier uiiea of the road on the Cheraw end. Ou the other hand the book of the Company show th following aubscription to its cspitil took: . . ' laditidnal aad Sut of Soath Carolina aub . scriptioaa ia Cberaw aad Darliegtao Rail road stock ......... ..,,..$200,150 Individual and fitat ef Sutb Carolioa sub-" KriptioHS in NertWasttra Railroad Stock .173,000 This amount of Railroad Stocks trawfrril already. . m..,.,.,. .....,m.....,.,....m....$73,1w0 Btat or BoulQ Carolina subscrip- 1 tisn in fjortheaataro Kailroad gtKi, due wbati so much more work is dons, but not ytt trans- fitrred $120,000 IadiTidual aabacripiions la Rail. I read Stocks not yet transferred.. $20,600 $140,500 Total amount of Cheraw and Darl ington and Northeastern Rail- " rots' Stock subscribed.... ...$518,650 Cash subscriptions made and paid in during tha war.................. .$171,700 Cash sobseriptions made but not paid during th war....;.......... ..$10,900 Total amount subsorikad duriBg ibej 1 war In tJoafedcrats money ."...,., .... $1 82,600 Whole amount aobsenbed previous to (Dia year........ stuo,zou To the above wilt have to bo added the sub scription obtained during the current year, wjuob will amount probably to $16,000, besides tome valuable. land aubscription' amounting in the aggregate to nearly ' o.OUO ocre. and two' tracts of land purchased for tbe Company, one containing seven hundred and twenty eight acre ta Anson county, N. C, immediately ott the road, which cost ia 1804, 7,ZUU, and tbe other .con taining about three hundred aore adjoining the corporstion limit of the town of Cheraw, bar gained for duriog the year at $10 per acre on which it is proposed to locate the depots, work bops, io., and t dispose of the residue io lots. When the progress or tbe work ihall enhance its valu sod render it a source of profit to the Com- It will thus appear that we have a nominal capital of upward of $700,000 ; but $171,700 of the amount waa subscribed and paid in Con federate money, add all of that expended on the read durtDg the war, living the stock held in th two connecting road aouth ef it still on hand. toe sew aubscription and tbe land which at the par value will amount to upward of $500,000, estimated in the present currency. It wiU alabojeta that a very good ..W .waa -WADESBOnOUGII, N.. C., THURSDAY, MAY made of the Confvdi-rale money suUiibed and paid in during tbe war. Some $05,(00 worth of work,' estimated in current 'foods, wss done, and nearly all of it paid or in ConfeJe-ate Treas ury note. t Thcae stitscription amounting t $171,700, mad and paid duiiz the war. wil Lara hare. alter (0 b scaled and thus reducec to a t at it m wrrepoij di itgwith -anbtcil MWbfl TTe" TramM n t nnAnia iU . l . "'V-i in tbe present curreney of the countrv: bit it will be just and fair to allow tbe subscriptions msde and paid It tbst time to be measnredand lettled by the pteeeot currency valueofhe work ictually done aod paid for with the mone f eurrest at tbe time. Such a basis vf settlement would commend it self to the j'lJ-mentof all interested, and tL icaliog would be ttederte, it it probable that all' would cheerfully cqoieco Wlu,h aa atrange. ment. - . This adjustment oould be maie now very fairly,-sod would not require much tine, if a, com petectgent could give the matter r-tention: It ought to be attended to before lonjr, jibilst the mtter is fresh and weli understood, tecsuse.'ln uesrlv very ioaiaoce, tliose who saWribed and paid io this deprecisted cunenev. hold iut such ?cruucaies irom tue company aa have been m sued to other stockholders, who paid ioto tbe Treasury pood money, or stocks in other roada which oott then moaev eouivaleut lo coin. Tbe foregoiur observations nd hWes will in dicate to tbe stockholder, with uffictent minute ntss, the probable coat of the entire work 'to complete it, aad what has beet "done already to wards it accomplikhmciit. I'rcvioos to tha war, a work of the tmoortance and uiJgaitude of tbis. se well stalled aa thia baa been, could not have failed for It ia very wall known that moat of tbe Southern Railroads bare been finished after half of tl erliaatetTcoe! had l to subscribed to tbe capital ok-Vy tl e is sue of mer gnpe bonds aod man Nor:berB UailrObd have been Wurked lhrnarh with rfn lts than a moietv of the atock nbscribed. Uut, in tb preeent condition of the coantrv. with st least two-thirds of its former wealth lost. aod tht reaidue sinking io value held it is even apprcbeudud by uucertaio teuures, taxed beoi Ij, Sid.ruuJtwd uoprodactir by" ihe'dsmoral- iicu couquiuu 01 ma isbnror th.t r,ni.. . . .,1 witba!, tie eoat of livinz aiuch inure rr,.'n.i than ever, it j( ccruia that the building of rail roads at the Siuth, fr tbe present, is impracti bl without tbe aid of foreign capital, which can hardly be expected under present eirvuuistanees. Fully aware of the Ereat imporHnre of the Cheraw aod Coalfields Kailroad, peoatrating a it doea tbe heart of a rplendid miseral region, whero other railroad will eoncautriue aj r tleir totting frtigtu io'OlhU rifat Kvrer truak with ibexhanttible stmiiea of coaj' iron and other minerals wanted in all of ur South ern citica, only awaiting transportation devel oping, a it propwe to do, at least fie wealthy countte of Nerth Ca;oii, with a populatiou of upward of 00.000 inhabitants to ui Dot Line 01 the laru thisr?5Tc S . . . ' . . 4 E. ie through trs.el thatwouJ be MaUilT-Yil?0 jfrnrwntraTlToT from North to South in la'antry, Aid de-Camp. full now of these and other s!r ng considerations which cannot be noticed io a briaf icport, vour i lijard would not phase in to imperunt aa under- taking if only ordinary diSculties hj J tube euco jn tered. But extraordioarr obauclcs new stand iiijLhe way of ' every enterprise of the kind, and -besides mch as are comuioo te all great public improvement, oars is especially unfortunate io baviog opposition from a quarter where it would be reasonable te expect tbe strongest aopport. North Carolina, to ht from aiding in the coo- IKtrnctlun of nisi Ihlh li UatAt fnr iBiitT . - f - r" "V i five miles on the soil of the State, bas hereto fore.beeo stretigly and persistently opprsed to it, and very little substantial encouragement has Pbcen given to tbe enterprise even by the people along tbe route, notwithstanding tbe incalculable adrantagea Which it would bestow upvn the State and the people of the State. Among the expedients tbst have been consid ered by jrour :Boardjs,.thtt.tX'LaitempUag ta ex pend the uieans already .in hand upod this end of the road, commeaoiug at Cheraw, ijudbuild iog it if possible as far as Pee Dee river; some thirty three miles sboye tbe starting point Even this short link would be important Ss a feeder to the roads South of it, aod would In the opinion of your Board oot only silence all oppo sition to its further progress in Nenh.Caroliua, but would be likely to ioduce the opponents of the road as it now etaods, to wish it speedily pushed through from the liver to the Gulf. - If the railroad stocks already iu Land, and the 1120,000 Northeastern stock to be transferred by the State ot South Carolina wheu that amount of additional work is done, could be converted ioto cash .ftajh cVuTdircT)uTlt, or if '.-only $150,000 io cash.eould be raised, thq.road could be graded to! Pee Dee river, and then by mortgaging that section, and, if ico ssary, pledgiug our railroad stocks as collat eral security, it is highly probable that the road could bo finished and put iu operation to tint ex tent soon, aud that it would be self-sustaining from the day the train were started. These intimations and speculations are respect fully submitted forthe oonaideratieo-ef the stock holders, if any of them should deem progress ex pedient or practicable under present ciroum staoocs. - Without settled conviction or even distinct iuipiessious as to the best, policy for -the future it is submitted that the organization must be maintained by eleoting a President and Board of Directors a usual, and is oot doubted bat that tho new Board, Jreeh, from the s'.ockholders, will, wisely direct the affairs of th'e-Company for the ensuing year, Wuetber ltsnsu oe aetermined to tuove forward or to stand still. The Company now has io baud a large amount of valuable property, and has beside a contingent interest in stocks aad rsal estate, which if seoured, will hereafter ma terially aid in the construction of the road. Near ly a half million of railroad atooks two valuable tract of. land purchased containing upwards of 1000 sores, and eighteen tracts of land aabaonbed, containing io the aggregate narly 5000 acre of 23,-1807. laod-are aMots, it U reapecfully submitted, wcith preserving and htaosgina properly. ' . Tbe lands subscribed (bould be valued, located and deeded to th Ce'urpany. . Tbe deed should be recorded, Jaxsj)iiJ, and in a word, just such judicious' managemeut of all this property is re quired as would be liven to it by au' individual proprietor. It ia pxiaUJa, UKvJftkH-lfr' cFo cTiange may occur duriog the enauit'g year, tbst would enable au eutcrpthting. Ilocrd ef Di rector to Urgely increae tbo capital stock and otherwise promote the ioterest of tb Company, as has been done during tb year just now clos- )ni!, under the most anfsvorsble circumstsnccs. The beginning of the year waa pet Imps as un promising a the year tn which we ara now uti mg, and yel it will net be oceetss'ry lo rtr est wbst ha beca to fully set foith in this reeort already, to convince tbe etockboldera that the Comoaov stlnds in a much Li ticr rxiiion ir ). than it did a yesr siro. . If by contrasting tbe bngioning with the end of the present administration, it strikes ofhers as it doe the Board of Director, that if even iu the eventful aud revolutionary time now passing, tbe country exhausted and wanted by the rav. sge of war, the foundation of society upturned by tbe political anarchy that prevails, with noth ing apparently certain, but everything unsettled, and the iacabua of doubt aod sujCDse stagnat ing the apergiesof our onoe quiet, prosperous and glorious tunny South, it can be truly said tbut pre gress has been made under futh circumstances, surely tbe friends of tbis great enterprise need oot feel vJUcoursged nor despair of ultimate sue eea. Itespcctfully submitted. t , li. D. TOWNSEMD. Presideot. Charleston, S. C, May 8th 1867. ABOtber Order from Gen. Sickle. : .The fullowirig order from Geo. Sickles, relstive to property confiscated by the Confederate gov eroment, we find in tbe Charleston papers of lust week: HlAt iCXSTEB 2SD MlLlTiST DlSTBICT, CuAatr-sToa, 8. C, Msy 9. 1SG7. : Gisibal Osibtas, u. 19. . " All persons ia this Depaitment employed or concerned at any time in seizing, holding or di posing if real or personal property, good.', chat tels, Shu res in any laok, railroad, or other coipor ationrbondi, mortgages, Dotes, bills or assets of any kind, sequestrated by the late so called Con federate Government, are required without de lay to report io writing to these Headquarters thsir action, specifying the kind and amount of property equetrated, tb ttm aod plaoe of e q.fcrinn, and the name of the original own ers, and of tho parties by whom property is oow held. . ' By cotuniind of Mjpr-General D. E. Sickles. J. W. GLOUS, ' Captain 3Sth U.S. Infantry, A. D-. C. aud Act. Assist. Aj't Gen. jty It euriotfs, te say nothing rnore, to ob. serve - with what unammity-tbe7ftadicarpre hava dropped all allusion to'thetories of Sooth era outrages. We hear nothing now about "burning school houses," "murdered freedmeu," "expelled Unionist," end sll the varied cata lo;ae cf crime charged upon the South with wliijb the-column of the Radical press teemed for months Kentucky now seems to be the focus of Radical assault. We are told that "negroes 'araJtilJedliiiawu speket-OKbbed,M-'LI"oited States soldiers resisted," and "the spirit of the people is rebellious" beyond endurance. Tbe cry will be Jaken up, We have no doubt, on all side, in order to prepare for Congressional in terference with a State which venture toie an overwhelming majority apainst the Radical ticket. National Intelligencer. . )u Two important decision were rendered oy the Supreme Court of Louisiana on the 14th. In th case of Winright va. Bridges, the Court hold that no recovery can be had for notes "iron for the purchase ef slaves. In the case of Brown v. Shaekeferd, the Court holds a previously, that no recovery enn be had fur notes based upon Confederate money. In other words such mony was illegal. '. - . - Rabbits is Australia. A Melbourne pa per says: "Eight years ago fourteen rabbit were turned out in Mr. Austin's estate of Bar-; wou Park. The number of progeny shit last yearjnjiiA estate wss14,253 , and in spite of this destruction, SDd what, gees on outside the estate, "they have swarmed over tho naighboriog r;otintTyfidhaveteeir distances around." - - &" Advices from New Orleans state the ' J7ms, Crescent aud'iVroame'.bave received of ficial warning that.they must not publish. arti cles reflecting upon tbe Reconstruction act, al though the dispatch goes on further fo inform us,"they are tebe graciously accorded tba privil ege of attacking the Radical party or the Ad ministration. - - ." aWThe editor of the 'Natchitoches Time Las bad a conversation with a planter of Hapidea parish, who expresses himself delighted with the Chinese laborers employed on hi place. VThd gentleman deolres that he never saw men better fitted for the cultivation of lands ia Louisiana, aud that Le feels certain of making good crops henceforth;. ; ; ffir About aeventy ' Cherokee Indians, from North Carolina, recently arrived at Fort Smith by steamer. Tbey came aa emigraata to the Cherokee Nation, where they intend settling. They report about 2,000 mere in that State, who intend emigrating to the Cherokee country the ooming fall. " Gen. Sehofield has ordered the Lincoln Mounted Guard, colored, of Richmond, to dia band, aod ha prohibited. their paradee or drill. WHOLE NO. 137. roa ra atocs. , To Improve Laud-PraeUcal. Every farmer sb'ould culti vat altirnalely i corn . and amall grains, where the land u impoverished and where it il not a system of improvement can be carried on even where theaamejSsIdjseuUiya- tvdracriYDyraXaTTeryrlrV'e leave out in thia Communication the improvement of cotton lands, it is generally conceded that Indian corn im poverisbes the soil more than cottoo. Last year'a ' experieoce tell us that hired labor will not pay on poor laud. To make money we must improve, and lo improve with the least possible cost oar ' present exhausted fields is tLe design of every in . it ' . e. i ... iciitgcni tartnor. , Mature ha provided aaeanato a great extent, aod wc would do well te avail oar elve of her aid. In (ceding wheat or oat on -exhausted land rjuie fertilizer should bo ued guano, (table manure or cotton seed, tb laat tko most preferable., Thi wilt insure after harvest (lie increased yield of the wheat having paid for the fertilizer used) a luxuriant crop of grasa aad weeds, which will extract ammonia from tbe at' auoephere. ; Before froet in the fall apply a coat-' ing of lime, (oot less than five bushels to tho acre, aod fiftsea would not hart,) turn under deep with s two horse plow, and let it remsin far com till spring. It is well koewo that vegeta ble matter turned under io a green state afford much more benefit that wheu dry. While un-" ' dergoiog decomposition tho gases exhaled render the soil porous, while lime or plaster, beside be ing tbe Lake oi 11 lertility, t'fc 'p. the ammonia held by the vegetable matte) toefore decora pesi tion. Of course, tbia exclude the right ef psa turage, especially from' horses and cattle. For these other means of subsistence must be provided. This is tie most simple plan; aod the result when once tried will causo any farmer to try tbe other, ' viz: After harvest sow down in pea breidcaat, Urning under what stutblesad grass arson tbo land, the kdeepeY the better. By the fall there will be a heavy crop of pea vines, grass aad weeds; sow the liioe, plaster or gypsum at the rate bo fore mentioned and turn under. The pea-vine ' baviog a long top-root penetrate the subsoil and loose us the- eartb, extracting iu aupport partly irom the aubsoil aod partly frtm the atmosphere, while the vioe, with iu heavy foliage, will, after being ploughed in, go to enrich the (oil. The third plan, which I consider far tbe most valua ble iu tbe same system of having the land to en. rich itself, but which sojie doubt, is after secd "N gin, having before applied seme fer tilixer as prescribed.. to ow down a mix-. ' tura of timothy seed and red clover, aix quart to z ' tbe acre, (three of each,) permit tha land to x maio idle one year or two, and it can bo graced ' or mowed, yielding of the latter two tons of ha tho best -payior the world)Tlo the acre. TKeu the second growth of clover, if tbe land i to be' planted io corn, will double the yield from tho previous one jjf corn.Tht. pea-vine, howjver, no ooe doubts. It flourishes on any soil ia thia country, is available to all, aod has been the great renovator of our sister Sute, and must be of North ".' Carolina. Every farmer should plant peas, sow ' peas and scatter peas wherever it is practicable; and especially the stslk lands he iatenda sowing next year should be lowed down in pea aa early ' as Lc can lsy by possibly and the vine pot pax tured ou not graxed :ill the ground is barrt, aftertisireofS"! gathered, but turned under with his wheat, together with guano or cottonseed. Clover will grow in this country and especially oj tho clayey land of tha White'a Store and aod Gum Spring district', sa well as about Wades boro. We need clever, and a good stadd ou an aero of ground is aleue worth twenty dollara. A" small field of clover can le experimented with. If it succeeds we know its value, if h fails our doubts are answcred.r There are cumbers of bet-.-tos on ''every farm where the native ' grasses flourish and where herds grass and timothy will grow. These must be seserrtd for meadow land. If we can raise clover and the grasses we can Support our stock on much less corn. -Indeed, I have seen wagon mules in Virginia travol for weeks, dragging heavy loads, supported . and kept inGnp4Mition . by grazing alone. -- Political nutters have no interest for u now, because by politics we can't make a living; but' -agriculture has and we would be much interested, and 1 doubt not all your readers would be, to hear frem tbe well informed farmers of the county " something oo fhe improvement of land. I will give a system .of improving eotton land, lpeettaiyr-i-- -AOR ICOt A: SSi-.A IurSe BumbeY of monks and priests ia Italy have takxii advantage of the new privileges ' conferred npon them by jhe new law for civil 'marriages, and have rushed into wedlock with un expected alacrity. Evca the nuns have caught the infection, and the matrimonial mania threat ens to complete the abolition of the couvenU be gun by the civil law. Human nature appeara to bo a good deal stronger, thap tho most rigid tm nastio vows. . . W-L .;o-. . .. jjaju At the time ef the earthquake in. Missouri and Kansas, April 24, an acre of ground three ' milesJsoutb of Carthage, on the Miami canal, aunk teq feet, showing that the sheek extended te Ohio7 The ground sunk bodily, leaving a per pendicular wall of ten feet or more on all aide. The canal bank waa seriously endangered by tbe subsidence.. . 63u Daniel Webster was right when bo re markedof the press: " Small is tha ansa required to patronise a newspaper, amply rewarding iu pa tron, I care not how humble and vapretendiog the gazette he lakes. It U next to impossible to ', fill a printed ahet without putting into it aoma- -thing that i wortHthe ubeoription price." . lift. The Democratic majority in Kf ntuckjrU about 85,000. : r ' "' t.
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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May 23, 1867, edition 1
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