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IpW SERIES.
SALISBURY, N. C, DECEMBER 11, 1868.
VOL. I, NO. 49
aj KATC4 OF 81
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MOBIPTIOM. 41
WATCHMAN & OLD NORTH STATE.
TW-W1LT OLD
w tttir'.fy T.r
Om Mm.
NORTH STATE.
8.00
1 et.
would have vindicated bim, be re-
trained iron (peaking it.
CURFEW 0ELL8.
Haay bars hoard of Ik "curfew bell,"
nut not ail Know its trWa. It, blstorv
in England rant beck to tbe tine of Wif
ham, the Couqaeror, who ordered e bell
to be mr about sundown imummer. end
t eight o'clock in tbe e renins- in winter.
et whicli lime Are end ligh U were to be pat
mr TRUTH OF MBTORT
witMBBHWMrH Bat'tT MHpWTKttfceJl-anawyxl Btlwtn' wxMpltS1
:rDUlv end peneltiee were bpoied npon tboee
Wilkee' Spirit (New York) vouches
for the perfect authenticity of tbe
following it element :
It now fella to oar lot to show thet
tbe reepomibre anfhor of Tbe fiber
men Johneton agieewtcnt was not
Gen. Sktrmm. hut Preeident Lin
eal. Tbe feete which we ere a bo at
to relate were brought to oar knowl
edge during thia iaat anmmer, end
were cooauiini iu paper mi iuu tune.
There were obvious reeeone why
tber should be withheid ontil alter
the election ; bat there ie no obiec
tioo bow to their being laid before
the public, end we are especially glad
touaean opportunity or doing so,
becauee Uiie joaroai, among others,
wan unjust to oherman at the time ot
tbe aorreoder.
On the S7lh of March, 1865, two
or three dare before the final move
ment upon luchmood, Uen. bberinan
fresh from hie march to the tea, ar
rirep at City Point for the pnrpoe of
. .- mz- .rj .. i
I con t erring un ine rreviueni ami
General in Chief, Mr. Litnoln wi.
then on board of the gunboat. Queen,
lend on that day an irrtererew toolf
niece on the boat between the I reti
Idcnt. OenJ Grant, Oen. Sherman, and
(Admiral Durrd I. Porter. From one
Inf the pert fee of thi intereiew,-
Lantleman connected with the Spirit
y,f the Timet obtained a verbal nar
wetive of what took place. There
Ira no pledge ef eeerecr, and we feel
Ire fcUve no obligation in making
mblle the anbetaiiee of it. "Mr.
iicoln.said the narrator, "had come
Iowa to City point with the meet
iberal viewe towarde the rebel, and
I a willing that they ehon id capitis
late on almost any ferine. Hie heart
H tenderneea throughout, and
one as tbe enemy laid down their
rms. lie old not cure how it was
Hone. Alter hearing from Sherman
ceecr pnon of hie position, he pro
need thet tbe fame term should be
ftered to Johnston that would have
een riven to Lee. in ton uen
LShcrman atrennously objeeied, de-
lanng that he had Johnston cooped
p where be eon Id not get away, ana
hat be he would be compelled to
i render at all haaarda, whatever
i rma we proposed. I never aaw him
energetic in my life than when
was arguing thia po ut; but Mr.
coin leaned towards mildei m sea
rs, tearing that the Cwiii'cderute
General would escape South by the
ladroada, and have to be chased
Igam. Sherman declared thia to be
m possible, 'i have Jolinetoo, said lie,
a cannot move without breaking up
Bis army, which, once disbanded, can
lever be got together again- The
lootbern Railroads are all broken up.
have destroyed (hem so that they
annot be need for a long lime.
Oen. Graut asked: What is to
Invent their laying the rails ngain f
Why ' said Sherman, 'my bum
ker don't do th ugs by hah en. Ev
m rail haa been placed over a hot
Ire, sad twined crooked aa a rams
Thev never em be used attain
111 they hare been through rolling
mi
Ibe President, however, was very
feided about the matter, insisted
who aegteated or refused to comulv with
the law. TWt wm called to "curfew,'
word derived from the French cowotfeu -
cover fire and so the appropriateness of
name is teeny seen.
Tbe eld kit haa been eenerattv eharr-
ed with luttilutlng this custom in order to
impress upon hi subjects a seese oi tin ir
abject condition j bat, as the "curfew
bell" was rung in France long before Wil
liam's time, as a safeguard against firrs.
it is not improbable that he brought the
eestom with bin into England from tbe
Continent, and that he baa been slandered
as to bis motives. At any rate, be has
sin enough to answer for without this.
In tbe sixteenth century "bellmen" were
nddrd to the night-watch in Loudon
...
i uey wni through the streets ringing
' kU .nil :
M Take ears of lb lire and candle ; be
kmd to tbe poor and pray for the dead."
It was tbe bellman's duty, also, to bless
tbe sleepers as be passed their doors. In
"II Penseroso," Milton refers to this cus
tom :
"The bellman's drowsy charm,
To bias th doors from nightly harm."
Pools have often referred to the curfew,
or cover firs bell. Gray begin his beau
tiful "Elegy" with
Tbe curfew toll the knell of parting day."
King William died, and tbe original ob
ligation of the curfew were at last re
moved, about, ibe tine tt lvur J,. in.
1,100 ; but the custom of ringing an even-
fug Lell is still kept up ill En ghoul, with
variations as to the hour. The "nine o'
clock bell," familiar to most New England
people a Inch sends so many young pen
pie home and to bed, and which iu the ear-,
ly history of our country was almost a
rigidly obeyed by all, both old aud.ynang,
as ibe old curfew, trace it origin direct
ly to the cover-fin: bell. In Longfellow's
''Evangeline" the custom is well describ
ed :
"Anon the bell from tbe belfry
Rang oat the hoar of nine the village curfew
and straightway
Set the guests and departed! and silence
reigned iu the household."
Bui new tbe customs bsvo changed ;
and though the bell still rings out oa lb
evening air, iu the country village and
city street, it has lost it power, save aa
tell tale of passiug lime Let Ibe old bell
ring on ; we lore their soothing sound ; or
in the words of Moore
"TboM evening bells! thoa evening hell '
Row many a tale their ruuk tells,
Of youth and home i and that sweet time
Whan last I heard Iu snoiMog chime !"
Our Btijt and Girls.
IarLOKMca or tbb gorx oi tbb Ho
ata Baca. A avl s ! has ario
among anthroploUgbu aa to lb sfeat
ol soil on character. The a Bestkm is ask
ed whether, tor example, the character ef
IB scotch is an expression oi the soli ol
Scotland! Mr. Clegborn advaaees ea
opinion that it is. Me And that wherever
the boulder cUy exists in Caithness there
are lb best men, the beat cattle sad tbe
best cereals ; and where it is absent these
4. - . . . .
are all ol a miserable description. 1'ro
eeedfng to larger field of observation, be
shows that the area of the boulder clay di
vide Scotland Into well-marked legions,
an eaatem and a western, ibe former be
ing that ef the desired soil. Tbe man of
eaatem Scotland is taller and bigger-head
ed tljil the mu of ibe weal, Ibe death
rate is lower in the east than In tbe west,
as is the birth-rate, in accordance with tbe
law that gives to poor communities in-
crease, sod causes luxury to be barren.
He sums up, as his opinion, that the soil
has determined the food, the food bas made
tbe race, determined tbe birth-rate, it
language and religion ; therefore, thst it
must be allowed that the character of tbe
Scotch is the expression ef tbe toil of
Seollaud. Builder.
If we are cheerful and contented,
all nature smile with us; the air
seems more balmy, tbe sky more
clear, the ground has a brighter
green, tbe tree bare a richer foliage,
the flowers a more fragrant smell,
the birds sing more sweetly, and the
sun moon and star all appear mote
beautiful. We take our food with
relish, and whatever it may be, it
pleases us. We feel better for it-
stronger and livelier, and fit lor ex.
ertion. Mow what happen to ns if
we are flKtempered and discontented?
Why, there is not anything whieh can I
please us. Wo quart ei with our food,
with our dress, with our am laments,
with oar companion, and with our
selves. Nothing come right for us;
tbe weather is either too Ik it or too
cold, too dry or too.. dam p. -Neither.
sun, nor moon, nor stars bavo any
hoeutf ; the fields are barren, the
flower lustreless, and the birds' silent.
We more about like some evil spirit,
neither loving nor beloved by anything.
Funding the National Debt. It
is understood that Senator Sherman
will, at the ensuing session of Con-
greea, again introduce ti is bill tor
funding the national debt at a lower
rato of interest. It was passed at tbe
close of the Iaat session, and pocketed
bv the President, lie is confident of
beinir able to again present it and
carry it over the Preitnt's veto
torney.
Thia narrative is conclnaive. Mr.
ocoln, it it now clear, virtually die
feed tbe terms to Johnston, just a
did Ibe terms to Lee: and had it
for hi I
doubts
ane
fernodoit
m "an
I offl ease
RUSTS
Bore Johnston's-
Paula that-the '
nut would has
majority of,
u u oerti
man woul
r lt
be has
ao long i
rjmm
tar tl
rbipb,
heart, we
ild have
Bx Cabefil What you Sat Bk-
roRK CniLDRlEJf. "A singlo remark of
a profligate or injurious tendency, made
by a parent, or some oincr person in tue
presence of a child, though forgotten or
nefh'cted at tbe time, ay be suddenly or
vividly recalled tome twenty, thirty or
even forty years after. It may be restor
ed In the mind by a multitude of unfor
eseen circumstances, and even those of the
most trifling kind : and even nt the late
Cniod when tbe voice that uttered it is ti
nt in ibe grave, way exert a moat per
nicious influence. It may lead to unkind-
It may be seised and cherished as a
religious
to a viola
tion of nublic law : and in a multitude
of way conduct to sin, to ignominy, and
wretched net. Great care, therefore, might
10 b taken, not to utter unadvised, false,
and evil sentiments in the hearing of the
young, in the vaiu expectation that they
will do no hurt, because they will be spee
dily and irrecoverably left.
...,.. I,. aMn,in Jusuacation oi secrei moral anu
BeJiately to eurrender by nwttng
moat littoral terms. Uranf. loo. "
anxious that Johnston should not
tl to get into Kichmond, where he
ght give nt great deal of trouble;
Pi oherman was com pel led to yield,
lough be did it very unwillingly.
Ba. - .i.:rt.i -e
Fc iwrnis oi cnpiiuiaiion wuico hi
waids made tneh a disturbance
we in fact ubstatitially arranged by
r tA.im l.l...lf mA it I,. I... I
feed ha. r wnnM l,.r .llnwH A CaUTIOH TO MeWsTBas. In one
erm.n to hmtr the rnapooaiWIMy AtZlf,
war, the miuwlet of the parish was rath
take warm in tbe cause of the w lugs a
went to far in justifying Tory priucipl
that, to avoid a covt et tar ana teat
he deemed it expedient to leave bis pu
pit and make ar temporary residence ii
-7
Washington 0r. St. Louis Democrat.
THE WHITE nOU8E-A8T0RY
OF LOVE IX THE KITCHEN.
"I wa hearing plentiful gossip np
on 'old Washington, the other day,
from an old lady resident, when she
alighted upon this anecdote of ro
maiiCe, associated with tho official
term of John Quincy Adams. Mr.
Adams was a haughty woman, and her
favorite nephew waa. ono Ben John
oo Helleu, a young student or law
yer. Hclleu going often to the White
House, saw there aa a domestic or
servant of his aunt a very beauliful
Irish girl. lira. Adams suspected
nothing of hi susceptibility, till ono
Sunday nigli t i t was i eported to her
that her nephew waa escorting the
beautiful 'Biddy' home from church.
She upbraided the girl severely, who
replied that. aba. could not prevent
Mr. Hellen from following her in tho
street. Tire young matt wee debar
red from seeing the girl for a good
while, till one day she disappeared.
Mr. HelleU had married her. She
lived iu retirement in this city many
year, and her children rank among
the most excellent and reputable citi
zens here. Of theae theio were half
a uncen distinguished lor meir ap-
Karance and character. CUi'ton Uel
i one. of them, waa lor a while law
narihuTai Oen. Thomas Ewinar. Qua
of the girl married Attorney Fant,
ol Kiclimoiid. Iho lather i dead.
It living he would be aseptcgenarian.
I save this piece of Kitchen Cabinet
historr and bequeath it to that prom
ised Jenkins who shall swoop upon
tbe old clot lies id' antiquity some day
and trace the holder thereof down to
their button makers. Mrs. Helleu is
still living in this city, a atone' throw
from tho general postotnee, and her
children were staunch and splendid
Unionists during the war, Worthy to
rank with the legitimate Adams lam
ilv. Mr. Adams never forgave her
nephew tor loving tier housekeeper,
and the event east a shadow upon that
lion. But who is tire worse
rather, who it not
is occurred!"
COMING SOUTH.
We have Information that prrmpeet
Ing companies are passing through
Washington City almost daily, on
their way South. They are repre
Bted to be gene rail men of ample
mean, and are an x ion toimesta
part of their capital in Southern en
terpriscs. Some wish to buy land
othe s to establish manufactories, and
others to engage in anything that
promise the most profitable remit.
With our 8tate government restored
to competent hands, a brilliant future
awaits North Carolina. No State
offers greater inducements to industry
and capital, and tho shrewd settler
will not overlook them.
Immigration is now the grentqne
tion, whether immigrant he the Mer
man, the Swiss or the Yankee. What
we want is men of muscle, of capU
tal and of. energy. Wil. Star.
Get Ma BtNtr llule. During the "late
unpleasantness" there wa a cool, un
quenchable sort of a Yankee, named
Uunn, who ran a Slag in Wastern Vir
giuia over a route much io fee led by Lush
whackers. His Iriend tarqueully lohl him
that tome day he would get mashed up
and gobbled, and be bad better give op
hi job, but all to no purpose, for he kept
oo driving the slag and pockelfag the
gieenbacks. So three of them concluded
they would give him a good score that be
would accept as a warning. Iu coming
from stable late at night, he always took
a short cut across an old burying ground.
To this point they repaired.
Uiie ot ibe number, wrapped in a sheet,
lay dowa stark and stiff, on one ot the
newly mad grave wink the others
dodged tombstone, and impatiently wait
ed Uann't arrival. Soon be came along,
whistling and swinging a pair of heavy
bridles, when all at once be was confront
ed by the counterfeit spectre. There be
stood for a feT moment with hi arms
akimbo, and coolly eyed the object foni
Kmd ef the World k German
haa discovered that this globe we live
is gradually shrinking, by the proaea
of cooling, whieh haa been going on
since its creation. In the lapse of
time the contraction will draw all tbe
continent below the water level ex
cept a very few high point, which j
will be the residence of tueh few lm
man being a may be able lo get on
them. These human being will be
miKfiftcrl ami rrnntforrnetf M stilt the
changed condition of thing. But
for the satisfaction of the present gen
oration it is elated that these change
cannot be effected in lea than five
hundred million of centuries.
FROM RICIIMOND-U.fi. CIRCUIT
COURT.
Richmond, Dee 3, if In ih United
State Court, to day, (Cbi.f lattice Chase
on the Hooch,) th argument commenced
on tbe motion
Ttrr Immigration Convention.
The adjourned meeting of Immigra
tion Convention assembled in this
place nn Saturday last, which was
very largely attended and quite a
harmonious session was the result.
Dr. S. 8, 8atebwell presided, and
Messrs. Win. Robeson, of Wayner
and Major John W. Duuham. of
Wilson, acted as Secretaries. Eigh
teen coiintie were represented, and it
goes to prove that the people of the
Old North State are determined to
raise her prostrate condition and
place her once more on the pinacle
of prosperity. The farmer ha learn
ed long sinew that, colored labor can
not be relied upon, intoxicated by
being raised to "equality" with the
white race, they think that it i time
that they should upetid labor. But
they have been culling their own
throats - the planter ha learned that
white labor ie' more reliable, and
furthermore, by tbe introduction of
Gorman and Swiss Imm gr.tnts. hi
land can be worked by men of integrity.
A revolution in the wrrm'rrg inter-f
est ot the country has long been
needed, and we would be gratified to
know that the southern State, gen
head to foot, then raisins; hi bridles began
to give a tremendous thrashing, brawling orally, have 'aken the same steps for
out at the same lime : "Consearb your
old picture! what are you duin,' out here
ibis time of night 1 Gel into your bole I"
They concluded to let Gunn alone after
that.
gwed thai tbe Fourteenth Amendioent
punished Mr. Davis by dhrVtJttshiti njepi
and that ibi puni-kmenl wa thn by
tbe at the Jkemmmnn tint a ,,,
: 1 . I ... II
lucrcuui sue-iuum lor me pruamcw oi
death ami eou6eallon contained iu the
Constitution j thai the pmiibmnl of Mr.
Davi commenced apou ibe dale of tbe
adopdou of the. Fourteenth Article, and
he cannot now lie puuUbed in any other
way: that the latest rxpreuion of the
will of the people in their Cousliletion let
the law and repeal all former provitiou
made for those who engaged la the rebel
lion j that the Fourteenth Article is the
Istest expression intended expressly for
snd covering cases of all rngagedilb the
late rebellion ; and that no man ban be
punished twice for the tarn oanoee.
II. H. Dana, Counsel lor th United
State, taid thai Ould's pmpoeipaa , was,
fat lbs nature of things, entirely. new, and
wa unexpected to tbe (jrorrmiaent Coun
sel, and he expected, alto, to the Court.
Chief Ju'tice Chase said that the argu
ment of tbe Counsel was not unrxpectrd
to th Court, it having supposed, nftrr
the announcement that thlt mutton to
quash was based on the Fourteenth Arti
ttde, that this line of argument would be
pursued. s 1
Time wat given the Government Coun
sel to confer and tbe Court took
at noon.
i a recett
ral Grant
The SrrrRAGi Qi estion nr Ttaf
nesseb. A lengthy correspondence on
national polities is published in the Ten
mttee paper between Senator Fowler
and ex-Governor llenry S. Foot. Mr.
Fowler take ground on, tbe suffrage que
lion, and earuettly favor the immediate
enfranchisement of Tennessee "rebels."
Ho tpeaks in strong and complimentary
lerms of tbe loyalty of the people of Ten
nessee, Alabama and Mississippi, and eon
tends that a lenient policy ou the part of
tbe dominant party is all tint is required
to bring about full returns so peace and
prosperity, i He predict lha: Gen,Granl'
adminittration will be eminently liberal
and conservative, and ita fust and lead
ing mission will be to bring about univer
sal suffrage. He further say that if the
radical ot! Tennessee fail to move in the
work of enfranchising these proscribed
fellows, they will have ceased to form a
part of the great republican party of the
nation. Go Foot promises, that the
people of the .uuth, and especially of
1'cuuettee, will thoroughly no-operate with
the adminittration if ii inaugurates any
thing like a forebearing and magnanimous
policy, and he predicts none but the ex
tremists of political partie will fail to tup
pert impartial suffrage. Both tin "Senator
and Governor think tblt the great pana
cea for existing evils.
Side of General Grand Houte.-r-We
understand that Mesas. Kilbourn
t6 Latta, real estate brokers, corner
of Seventh and V streets, have sobi
to-Mayor S. J. Boweu the residence
of General Grant, on I street, for
$40,000. This fine house is one of
the three known as the Douglass
Row, one of the other two being-no
copied by ex-Maror Wallacb, and
the othenB the "Protestant "Orphan
Asylum. They were originally built
by Senators Douglas,. Kioe and Breck
inride, some then year ago. IftaA
inatm Star.
the importance of foreign labor that
North Carolina ha done. Let all
the land owner bat ad. pt this -ys
tem and iu a short lim they will
eeo the beneficial results uccrniux
therefrom, both socially and pecuur
arly.
At the meeting held on Saturday,
a permanent association waa formed,
to bo culled the "Eastern North
Carolina Immigration Association,"
when the following named gentle
men were elected as permanent of
fleers of the Convention, vis: Dr.
S. S Satchwell, of New Hanover,
President ; Jas, 8. Woodnrd. of Wtt
sou andT. II. Atkinson, of Johnston,
Vice-Presidents, Jordan Stone, of
Halifax, Corresponding and Record
ing Secretary, E. B. Borden, of
Wayne, Treasurer, Hon. W. T Dortch,
of Wayne, Dt. A. J. DeRoesef'and
Col. 8. L. Fremont, of New Hanover,
Executive Committee.
A constitution wus ulso adopted,
which, together with the proceedings,
wilt appear in to-morrow's issue.
About thirty prominent gentlemen
signed tho article auJ paid their
initiation fee. The Association is
now a permanent instttutiou, and.
agents will immediately be dispatch
eu lo liiiropc lor the purpose ot se
curing reliable labor fur the farmers
o. the State. Gollthoro New. .
OttR RAILROAD.'
The efficient and gentlemanly
Chief Engineer, Mr. J. C. Turner,
parts utik now n
At the close ol
wat desirous
vieet,
not
Barjie returned and
.Li.!. l 1
IS clerical
er
tent
of
lhapp
the deacons, "hut
you didn't hold, and
. ... i i j
rou mtgnt nave neia
I minister till ibis timo "
E F.E.
n Sujwd.-Tbt, 'last "Jfo-
brinirs proceedings of the
ik'a session of the rreparato-
vineiai Synod, which convened
thlehcm, P., on tho 18th ult.
Svnod consftts of some 60 mem
Rev. E. A. DeSchweiilE and
A. Vogler. Ksq.. are the delei
watea from the Southern Province.
Tito-General Svnod will convene
May S4th, 18t. Salem Preu.
"Railroad" Accident. Via learn
thatElwood Fisher, ope of tbe hands
employed in the oonstruetion of the
N. W. N. C. Railroad, met with a
serious accident on Tuesday morning
hist, by being thrown trom a mute
Dtatr "ToaSn'M h,vin M foot crushed.
Sahm Pre-
ArtiCtMnli AMeiMBU-'Isist Sat
urday, in this vicinity, two hoys, Frank
and James, were in the woods getting
wood, when Frank discovered a large fox
squirrel msking towards him, in an angry
manner : Frank ran and the squirrel pur
sued him growling most furiously. Frank
is a brave hoy, but he relied upon hit feet,
and made excellent time, but the squirrel
was close after him, showing bit teeth
most angrily which caused Frank to hol
low manfully, when James ran to his res
cue, snd thou was the exciting time
squirrel after Frank and JamW after squir
rel. Frank made for his hone and dodg
ed around him awhile, but thought there
wat no time for swapping horses, soon
Jama got fliernt!y erase to strikn teat
squirrel sad kill him which eaded the
chase. This was a very singular circum
stance but nevertheless, it is true. .
with a full corps of active and capa
ble assistants, are now industriously
and energetically at work surveying
the Western Division and FiencXi
Broad Branch of onr road.
The energy already displayed by
the President and Director of the
Western Division is a guaranty that
the Work will be pushed forward, to
completion a rapidly as possible.
All concerned huvo our most cm dial
co-operation, in everything that will
facilitate the good work. Aa soon as
possible we shall visit the boys in
their C amps, and "report progress.
as .committee.-sav to ine jegitiiaiure
the day after they have been to a big
dinner, or rossmil supper where J ho
Barleycorn held forth promiscuously
AehevUU iVcw.
FROM BOSTON.
Boston, Deei 3, M. General Grant
wa met by several business men, on Ves
Irrday. He visits variout manufacturing
establishment to-dny.
FROM WASHINGTON
Washington, Dee. 3, M. The Super
vtping Architect of the Treasury reports
in favor of the alteration and repair of tbe
Alexandria, Charier ton, Mobile, Norfolk,
New ( Means, Richmond, Savannah, and
V ilinington Custom nooict.
National Banks, acting as Depositories,
are required to keep open nniil the Collec
tor of Revenue can close th daily cash
account.
Judge Fullertnn had a consultation
with McCulloch, to-day, regarding reve
nue fraud.
The Government IWt a quarter of a
million by the fire of Fort Lafayette.
Only tbe walls are tin tiding.
Early legislation, favoring the Southern
Pacific Railroad through Texat and Ari
sona, it expected.
.
NORTH CAROLINA BONDS.
New York, Dee. 3, P. If .-The Stock
Exchange, to-day, directed that North
Carolina .State Bonds, dated January' ltt,
1866, ml subsequently up to April ltt,
tiS, inclusive, and, alto, Bond issued
under the Funding Act, ratified August
30:11, 1868, and dated October 1st, 1868,
be good delivery for North Carolina new
Bonds j and that al I niher new Bends for
the present he called separately
This action it caused by tbe claim that
the Acts ot the slate Assembly, amhnris
ing the issue of Chatham and other Rail
road Bond, were unconstitutional and
failed to provide for the interest ou the
Donut oy a pecinc lax.
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, Dec. 3, P. M. After re-as
tcmbling the Court, Gov. H. H. Wells,
and District Attorney Reach, for the Gov
eminent, replied, contending tint the four
teenth am' mini' nt merely created a dia
bility and not a penalty which is the tub
ject of a Judicial seutence and wat not in
consistent with the Act againtt treaioa.
Tbe amendment wa proapeetiv mid
could not reasonably be construed a in
tending to repeal exi-tinjr punishment
for past and future treason.
Tbe Court then adjourned.
Dana closes to-morrow for the Govern
ment and O'Connor tor Davis. -
The comer stone monument of the Con
federate dead, at Hollywood Cemetery,
wat btid to-day.
Fine Port. A. F. Fogle, Esq., of
this place has furnished us with tbe
weight of a lot pf nineteen bog,
about 9 month old, slaughtered a
tew days si nee ; as follows : 360, 87,
250, 883, 385, 3K, 370, 268, f81, STIf,
207, 294, 315,-320, 397. 370T, 970, 24$,
811-Total, ,Wt.-&sVm Prmm.
To Purify a loom. Set a pitcher
of wator in a room, and in few hours
it will have obsorbed all the respired
g asses in the room, the air pf whieh
will become purer, b ef the water nfs
terly filthy. The colder the water is
the greater the capacity to contain
tires gases.' At ordi nary tempera
lures a pail of witter will contain a
pint of carbonic acid gas and sever
al pints of ammonia. The capacity
is nearly doubled by reducing the
water to the to the temperature ot
ice. Hones, water kept in a room
awhile ie always unlit lor use. For
tho same reason the water from a
pump shonjd always be pumped out
in the morning before any of it is
used. Impure water Is mora iuiuri
ous 'than impure air.
JWi the KlthaMtad j
DEEP PLOWING.
It It certainly amnting, w bit net with
out instruction lo lltten lo a debate of el
drrly farmer on plowine. They ar net
to quash the indictment "f. u,.',!f tim aol ye.
agab..t Mr. Davis. ' '- '' PW lo the
Rh,n (UAA mniwl ft., Mr. D.vU ' "l"u of tbe couutry si the tune thrr
n.wiuru ido rwiuarnia oi sgricui.urai
knowledge Virgin toil wa then ready
whenever tbe farmer chose to clear away
the fonvt, and that wat deemed cheaper
un to atlemni the n s! ratfofi of exhaust
ed field. Tee great object then was to
cult i vaie tbe largest turface, and thus
take up for any deficit (here tnighl be for
the Waul of manuring and proper cultiva
tion, '
Jt is not wnoVrrril, therrfhre, that there
arc now smnngat very intelligent elderly
gentlemen many advocate for tut How
plowing, and many who ay good crop
of wheat cannot be grown on deeply slow
ed land. The most laughable luggetlion
of three gentlemen, however. I that lb
diminution of the crops of wheat is attrib
utable to deep plowing ! At there never
lias been any deep plowing to speak of
amongst' us, thia remark would seem to be
sharp irony If it cam from any ether
tource.
We beard a very en tenanting dhwus-
sion not long since on thit subject. Ob
pretty luceestlul farmer fought deep plow
ing with extraordinary sarnettuet and
vim ; another introduced a variation in ad
vocating plowing in wet laud I He -declared
that he bad wen th wator follow
ing his ploys a the turned up the glebe,
and that he found benefit rather than In
jury from turning up the soil iu that con
dition. Hut these teachings are growing
fewer in number daily, and the cowing
school of farmers witl tarn over a new
leaf.
In Virginia we do a great deal of plow
ing in tome winter, and much has hern
or may have bit n done this fall. T
farmer wdio plows deep during; this set-
son will be surely a cenvert to that mode
ot plowing. He will hud bis land ia bct
tcrioudilion for early movement next
spring, no matter what kind of weather
there may be. He cannot go to an ex
treme Iq thia respect. He may put iu
four horses, .-ml he will fiud that be ha
lost nothing, h. i'. gained largely, by it.
Even in the matter of turfaee tber it oat
a great difference between the area plow
ed by four horac with one plow and the
tame number with two plow. But the
area plowed by tbe four horac with eu
plow wilt produce more than that plowed
by the four with two plow. Try it wb
may.
Now. the land that it plowed deep will
abeorb more moisture than that which is
plowed shallow. The moisture descends
to tbe bed below, and is tber held Iu re
serve for a period of dryness, who it is
biought up by surface attraction. In that
way tbe crop upon it are supplied and
kept green in a seaton when a neighbor
ing field that it plowed shallow will burn
burn up. At tbe came time, the growth
on deeply plowed land doe not suffer a
much trom ex.cstive moisture a that en
the shallow fields. The deep fallow be
greater tpacc and capacity for absorption,
and the root of the crop are not to
drowned with wetae aah) the shallow
field. Th shallow rind of plowed land
is toon filled to repletion with water, and
will float away a grouting, leaving tbe
turface bare to the hard pan beneath.
Then, again, like a thin cake on a grid:
die, it will be heated through and baked.
Not so th deeply plowed land. It can
not be to eatily lifted up and floated away
by tbe water, nor will it bake, and burn
and dry up tbe tonrcrt of nutriment to
plants, at th thinly-broken toil dee.
But it will maMtaiu a condition of life and
heartinees, an J continual tupply of molt
ture to plants, in a drought that will burn
up the crop on the laud not so plowed.
Any one may readily sew that beside
tbe advantages to the growing crop upon
the deep plowed land there can be aq
ju- )-lun that each tillage tend t constantly
to IB improvement of the land Itsett in
creasing its fertility, strength and geniali
ty ; and such plowing, with prudent sue-
mi and manuring, will increat tbe
prodnctivenest of the land to an" almost
fabulous extent ; while the shallow plow
ed land atast ever deteriorate hi spite ef
manuring. The farmer mutt get back
each year all he put on it ; for tbe fertil
ise i gono before tbe second.,
It will be a e-rekt dav for Vfrtrinia when
deep plowing become the rule and the
shallow the exception, instead ol the re
verse of that, whieh we have now. The
English farmer follow the lour or tvta
the six-horse plow with lbs tub-toiler
which' forms in the earth below' the deep
farrow of the four-horse plow deep tab
tcratnean storehouse, ss it were, which
mure eflVetunlly provide relief for the
crop from excessive wetne, and More
away a still greater tupply of moisture for
any an usual interval of dry weather that
may occur.
Under drainage and deep plowing to
some txtoat t swerve tbe tttat aefl
pose, though deep ptowing is hate BVirnt
w here aader-drainaf w
are MvalaaM ia tbe i
improvement of land, and tbe tsmu will
ia no respect f oi
tor outlay ui labor and l
for increasing tbe nrodoctiventt s lata.
FROM ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis. Dec. .'1. P. it. Four hun
dred ears passed the temporary bridge
overy the Missouri at Omaha.
FROM FLORIDA.
Tallahassee, Dec. 3, P. If. In the
Supreme Court, to-day, Attorney Uener
al Meek's motion to make the rule a wi ab
solute, wat granted.
Lt. Gov. Gleason, appeared by Counsel
and waived process and bird a demurrer.
FORF.IG9. .
London, Dee. 3, P- M. Israeli has re
signed.
There witl be a merely formal meeting
on the tenth, when rarlbuueot Will td-
ytwr to th ttfteaaih V. f tJtrtiary, ia er-
iler to give time lor tue selection ot a new
Cabinet.
Lisbon, Dee. 3, P. M -Later Rw Ja
neiro date of war new unimportant.
Parks Nov. aft, P M The Pfrays
that theire i a large Ctettaa ia Spate, fa
vorable to a five year triumvirate.
Florence, Nov. 28, P. M.-A teriout
outbreak ha occurred l Balagra. New
trouble ar feared. Tbe trouble origi
nated la th refusal of th peasant to pay
tAtax- Two wos kited and teverml J down Flouaetrv
tsr-
New York, Dee. 8, P. M..
vy lower. Sales of aa) tsxkts at t4f
Sietttbg weak. Gold quiet at 1,3.
Soutbam Boiidt dull.
BtJutxore, Dc. S, T- tf Cotton tetjtlf
ana tvr
Kr seagae"
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