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TER VINDICATOR. i LUJTHERFORDTON, NORTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 16, 1869. VOL. 2. NO. 21. THE WEB WESTERN VINDICATOR. Monday Morning, Ang. G, lGf. Advertising: Hates: no Square, ton linos $1 00 F.tich ftubciicnt insertion 60 itf," Liberal rates to monthly and yearly ndvcitiaers. n Special AtfvcrlUiug Kates. f I mi 2 m 3 unj B wrvi 1 vonr $ 2 Ml $ 3 7 $ & IK) . ; ini $'ii (hi 4 MI 6 M H INI IJ (HI IS U 5 i(l A IN) )1 i( Hi (Nl (', (Ml 7 M 10 IX 12 00 2(1 ("I .1i 0(1 10 (X) I I IK) 17 INI 2" ( 10 (X) I.1) IN) 21 IKt Tt IN) .1(1 IN) .10 00 2D W INI 35 IN) ill UU 'JO (NJ "no square. Two Kunret, TUreu " 1'our 1 column, I rp tv n r i x wu jujkus per j car in auviuicu. CI.UIJ KATES: T Ten SuUscribcrss, : : $17 GO Twenty " : : : 30 00 Agents for tho Vindicator. The following gentlemen are author ised agents for the Wi:.m:uN Vixm i ron : ('apt. W. P.doNKs, Patterson, N. C Tippy & IIcotiiki:. Charlotte, !. M. Logan, Shelby, S. S. I Joss, Limestone Springs, S. C. (5. J. Cai:i;ii:i:, Traveling Agent. 11. I). C. l!iiu:i;rs,Stocksvilio,N. C. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. DR. B. H. PADCETT, (A regular graduate (d t lie l'a1tiiiiio l.'olhgc ( 1 1 ntal Sciiiuc, nnd mi lati r i n tliu Teeth, of twenty vecra' inomil ix'ii'iicc,) liUTliEKRUtlroK, N. C, CIAIXS to theonntry, l.y 1 t t tor or other wise, ptomplly r.tti'llded to. Terms niodeialc fur en-h. 111! V"l -'Jill j. f. aI(Kam)i:k, CIVIL & MINING ENGINEER, SHEL11Y, N. C. 4 'I'UVKYS made id Mint i.il l.aiid.i. Assays rJ of Minerals, and nix.itsut Mini nil l.:in.ls made f 1 1 )- in Cliurcliill & Whitethte, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW, Jt!TllKI;ll)KlT(N', N. V. Wll.l. inu1ieo in all the I'mnts of Weal crn North Carolina, in the .Miitiiie Court of tho State, !tnl in llic PiMiiel, Ciuuil nnd .Sujueiiii I'ouits id tint 1'. S. i . i. t in kciiiil. o. m. WHITi::.Un. rl2-tf l'role..-sioiml Card. D1C. J. N.('KATN liaviii-i.luit.e.1 liom the North, will attend to nil ro les.sionul calls iw heretofore. h-- J no. V. Harris, W 11. b give I'loliiJ't attention to all J-lo-fcssional rails, and ho s to merit a oiiliiiuanoi of hi.i long ir-labli.shed jaaitico. Had constantly on hand a tine. 6ii '1y ol I'Uie lhaigs ut Li.- dike inUutheif. niton, N. d.tl Dr. Hick, KUTJIHRFPRDTON, N. C. ("lUNTINUlIS the .ia.ien of M.duine, ) Surgery hihI Mi.lwifciy, in Kiillivi lord mid the suiruundiiig counties Charges lumi nal e. inal Ivi- Jos. J,. Carson 9 ATTORNEY AT LAW AND SOLIC ITOR IN DANKRU1TCY. ki;tuf.uf(m;iton, n. v. TIAi pivc hi undivided attention to the I I j.raetico ot Jim lroleS.ilill in tho Su I'lcino mid Federal Court d, find will iittcml to nil ImHiiicsR entrusted to his cart; in the court" f I. aw and Fajuity for the Seventh nnd Fif;hl1i Judicial bibliitti of North Carolina, due 1.5 Dr. Thus. S. I) ii fTy, tlONTIXUKS the Practice of Medicine. ) Social attention paid to Operations in Surii ry. Olliuu hours from nine o'tlotk, . m., to one 1 M. (IcclG 31. II. Justice, A T T O K N E Y A T L A W , mnilKKFOKI'TOX, N. c. (M.A1MS collected in all n.uU of the St.ile. ) dec 13 IJrs. Utukcr & Tuilly, U AVI Nil associated in the practice ot Medicine in iN 1'i.unhcn, n.-U-tully oll'. r their cervices to the uldic. Thankful for ; f.ivorH, they hope, l.y I'lompt attcnt i.-ii to all tails, to merit a con tinuance of their cstahlUhud prat lieu. Charges moderate. OtUVo. in tho Andrew Moore House, KwA door nhovc J. A. Miller & Co. j:mt 1 CIDNEY & fVTAKEE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, SIIFbP.V, X. C. IJKACnCK in tho Superior Couitsof V1 trn North Carolina. maylU-tf JOHN T BUTLER, I'K.UIlCAL Watch anil Clock Maker, ji:vi:i.u:it, v , MAIN ST., CHARLOTTE, N. C. nl'.AI.ia. m l ince att in s an.l Clol:s. Jewth v. SiKttailei and J Watch Mrttcriab, &e. U Finn Wftteluj. Cloekd and Jewel- i y of cvtry description ie).iiied aiul warranted for tvvolvc months. tfWTWoilv lelt at tho Vi.nmcaiok nKee vill bo iorwHided at my expense. janlj Harness Manufactory. A. Or Farns worth, LOG AX'S STOliF., A. C. KSri:CTFUbLV informs tho pnhlic that II he has opened a new Haiucss hri, nei J ng;fn's Store, vi he-r hen wik in his lmr nnd .it pii t'HI, ! i V I . U5 -'.II piepaic't to do all :i n to suit the hriid : J I 1 r MEMPHIS VENDETTA Seven Hi Trajrody in. llic Diekeiis-Uolloii Feud. From the ledger, 27th. Yesterday Dr. Sam. Dickens, tho only son of Colonel Thomas Dickens, who shot Wado Eoltou recently, arriv ed from North Alabama with tho body of Henderson lnman, a noted charac ter charge! with all manner of desper ato crimes, who was killed at tho mouth of a cave, about fifty miles south of Tuscumbia, last Suuday morning. This is tho seventh man killed in con nection with tho extraordinary family war which has been raging between tho lloltons and tho Dickeuses for tho last ten or twelvo years. Col. Thomas Dickens and Mr. Wade Uolton, formerly paitncrs in tho busi ness of negro trading in this city, wcro the principals of tho feud. A heavy law-suit, involving probably ono hun dred thousand dollars, still in th? courts, has been tho moving cause of contuntion between them. Tho death of eilher party would bo supposed a practical victory for tho other. Mr. Wado llnltou was lifty-soven years old at tho tinio of his death last week. Col. Thomas Dickcus ii sixty-live years old On tho l'Jth of hist February two men, armed with pistol, obtained ad mittance to tho house of Col. Dickens, twelvo miles north of this city. Tho family wcro at supper, lights wcro ex tinguished, and two persons wero killed outi igU by tho intruders a woikhand named (Srcen Wilson and a colored girl named Nancy Dickens. Two per sons were wounded, Col. Dickens, and a man vho worked with hiui named Robert Humphreys. Tho murderers made good their escajio, and about that time two men named Morgan and Iu man weio missed from tho country. Coroner iSamelson, of this city, held ii. (piests, but at tho time uo arrests were made. Shortly afterward, however, Captain K. C. 1'atterson w ho married the wid owed daughter of Isaac -Dolton, and thus became, by marriago, tho nephew of Wade 1'olton was arrested on charge of being accessory to tho Dick ens laim double murders. A jirolimi naiy examination was held in tho city, which lasted over two weeks. Tho voluminous evidence satislied tho pub lic mind that Inmanand Morgan were tho men w ho committed the murder nt Col. Dickens' place on tho llhh of Feb ruary. Captain Patterson was commit ted for trial as an accossory to tho mur sum uT'lwfliVttAMl. i" tho Alter that time tho alfairs seemed to dio out, but two months ago Morgan and lnman wcro heard of in Marion county, Ala., where Inmau's mother lives. They wcro charged with belong ing to a band of horse-thieves and w ere committed to Marion iail. In a few nights a crowd ol men in disguise charged the jail and rescued the pris oners. They took them down the road some distance and tinned them loose, at tho same instant opening fire upon tho fugitives. Morgan lcll dead, but lnman escaiied wounded. His moth- cr'o houso was searched aud a watch was found which belonged to Colonel Dickens. 11ns served more than over to couuect him with tho double tragody iu February. James lnman mado good his escape, and, w ith a bi other named Henderson, took rei'uiio in a cavo near thair moth- er's houso. Dr. Sam. Dickens, tho son of Col. Dickens, learned this fact some time ago, and mado through Governor Senter a requisition upon the Governor ol Alabama lor tno ttvo men, w men was granted iu duo form. Tho Doctor nmdo his arrangements to go and effect tho capture of tho lumans, but wasde- laved by tho shooting of Wade Uolton by Col. Dickens until Tuesday of last week, when he felt lor luscumbia, ac- comparned by Humphreys, who was wounded at the Dickens' farm tragedy. At Tuscumbia tho party was increased by volunteers to seventeen all eager for tho fray, it sceui3. Two guides wcro procured at l'ikeville, Marion county, aud Sunday morning, just at sunrise, thov reached tho cavo whero tho lumans wero said to lie. There were several caves in tho same neiirh- borhood, all approached by rugged Tiaths and ovi llookin- a deeo. swift crcok. Tho iirstcavo was entered, but no ono was found, thou-h it had evi- dently been but recently occupied. . Iho parly then proceeded cautiously to tho next cavo and found tho desired panics comiortabiy m bed, tauing a morning nap. Tho attacking party i -a .1 called on them to surrender, llender son lnman sprang to his feet in his ciotnes and resiHinled witli a i.t . bullet. A vollcv was tired at him and no tell badly wounded. James lnman sprang up w ith pistols iu his hands and dashed down the path liko a wild beat. Jlo was tired unoii ami loll dead. Tho wouudod man was secured and dressed. In a fow moments old Mrs. lumau and her daughter anneared - .. ll . .1 1 upon uie scene, wiui tneir revolvers buckled around them, and jravo vent to their feelings iu lug uud loud cur scs. They said thov scorned and detiod gang oi coward.-:, w hen it took seven teen of them to kill ouo man aud cap iiuo anoiuer. xno lUimntcr was a splendidly formed woman, and coni- inanueu ino uauuiatioii ol every one present. She deuounced tho crowd most bitterly, and asked them why they did not capture her brother and give him a trial and a chance, it' guilty, to die like a man- Sho never shed a tear ' or betiaved a sn:pior.i what had L'.eU d'.-uo of leiet at Yesterday Dr. Dickons arrived in tho city with tho body of James Inmau, brought hero for idontiflcation. Tho metallic caso in which the body was inclosod at Tuscumbia was not opened, for decomposition had set in rapidly, and tho features wcro past being reor ganized. To-day the remains wero in terred at Elmwood by Hoist & Co., undertakers, on Main street. Thus tho feud rests at proscnt. Sovcn persons havo bocn killed, but it is hoped that no more blood will bo shed. Colonel Dickens camo to the city when ho heard of Wado Iiolton's death, and was arrested by tho Shcrilf. He is at present in tho county jail, no application having been mado for his release. It is likely . that an effort will bo mado to procuro a speedy trial. About Cancers. To tho Editor of tho Cincinnati Ga zette : - A fow weeks ago some ono inquired through your columns for a " cure for cancer." I send tho following, not as a cure, but as a means of relief: Common plantain leaves bruisod and cooked in sugar, btram this svrim and tako a toaspoonful threo times a day beloro meals. This prescription was used with ben eficial effect by ono w ho had suffered untold misery, and spent hundreds of dollars in tho vain hope of being cured. To tho alllicted ono w ho is thus in quiring of tho public, permit mo to say, beware of quacks, w ho will scent you as far as tho vulture docs tho carrion. They will shorten your days, iucreaso your misery, and get your money, their only object. Co to tho best modical authority in your State, and two to ono ho w ill tell he can do nothing lor you. Ho can use tho knife, but ho will avail nothing, as tho cancer will only appear in another place, and, perhaps a worse one. lie will tcdl you to let it alono. Think as little as possible about it. Keep your blood cool, avoiding excite ment, using no intoxicating drinks or much stimulating food. If if it in its earliest stages, ho will toll you tho tu mor, if let alono, may not bo trouble some for many ears, perhaps never, but if constantly irritated with such powerful drugs as cancer quacks make use of it will soon become formidable. If it is already eating its way to your utals ho w ill tell you to "set your houso in order," to-Arrango your business matters while you may, and if ho is a Christian (as every intelligent physician ought to bo), ho will tell you to look to (Sod for patienco and support to tho t!od who never afflicts, without a cause ; every pang. To tho Editor of tho Cincinnati Gazette : I not'eo several communications in regard to c ancer and cures therefor, ami as thisdiseasc appears to bo beyond ordinary scientific remedies, will contri bute for tho benefit of your readers an Indian remedy, which has been success- fully applied in Louisiana. Make a strong lie from red oak bark and boil it down to a pulpy consistency ap: Iv as a ikjuUicc drect to the can cer. In from 18 to CO hours, or as soon as the paiti ceases, tho cancer can be removed entirely by being very carelul, an it w ill bo found to havo shrivelled. Tho application will bo intensely paiu- ful, but I am aware of its having been successful 1 obtained my information from an old gentleman named Andrews, living in tho parish of St. Landry, Louisi ana, who had removed a cauccr from his faco thirty years before, and had nover been troubled aiterwaru. lie had preserved tho cancer entire as it was removed, and there could bo no doubt in his case of tho discaso or its cure Ho had applied tho remedy iu two cases with equal success Paper Petticoats The uses to which paper can be put seems to bo in no way exhausted yet. I'iitier collars have become a lact of tho present nineteenth century, but what w ill ladies say to paper pciucoais These havo been produced with great success, and will rival in every way the snow white and elaborately ornate gar nients poor .male mortais are accus tomed to look upon with fear and rev- crcncc. We have all heard of the ar- . . . . ' . c tist who used to make cancaiuics oi his friends upon shirt collars, and the . i - t . i .. . .. aulnor wno inscrmcu an epic poem upon a couple ol dozen ol tue same useful articles of attire. Thus we see a field of great usefulness for the petti coat of the future. Young ladies can neiho sketches from nature on their own petticoats. Evory damsel her own skctch-uook will be their motto Poets can inscribe sonnets to their mistress' ankle round tho hem of her petticoat. Mothers can have fairy tales, alphabets aud small scholastic works inscribed on their garments, am vi invt riK t their children as thov walk about with them. Fancy an announce ment, " Madame Percale begs leave to call the attention of ladies about to veit the seaside to her new and richly embroidered petticoats, at one shilliu each. Each petticoat contains an in stalment of a new novel ot great do mestic interest, by Mr. Anthony nol lope, entitled Tucks or FrilU.' The slory will be complete in fifty weekly petticoats." There L no reason what ever that journalism should not be re presented in this way. For example, the Daily lctlioo.it' n jouinal foi l.idi. ''..ill :o . oi the 'A'ccklv 1'iualWc :'.n'i AGRICULTURAL. Inciter Train Mr. Iavid Dickson on Commercial Manures - From the Sou. CuL January No., 18G7. Mr. David Dickson of Sparta, has favored us with a letter for publication in the Soultern Cu&gator, in w Inch he replies to various letters of inquiry, re ceived from all quarters, upon agricul tural topics.. i ' EniTons SocmEBjf Ccltiv.vtob : Fertilizers should bej purchased as near sucii as these: The, planter should mako tho profit . himself ; ho gets tho manure pure, as vre!l as much cheaper ; and if wo do not pursuo this course, as money is abundant. .North, all manures will be bought up as soon as landed, shipped South and old at high rates. I will givo you an insbneo. Last sea son, l'oruviian Guano was worth in New York and Baltimore, (tho only places imported into.) sixty dollars in gold per ton, of Li50 lbs. Cold w as worth 128 to 130 in greenbacks. It was bought up by traders, sent to Au gusta, and sold there for $130 in green backs, lor only iiOOO pounds. Mako your own calculations as to tho profit. I am asicd, often, what kinds of manures to purchase, as well as what market? As I do not wish to act against any person's interest, I will simply givo my experience. " lruckm Gtumo, aud a I itul culled Cotumliau aro tho only kinds that have ever paid in my hands. When I gavo a receipt sovoral years since, and published it in the Southern lieconhr, to uso ono-half Peruvian and the other Columbian Guauo, w hich was a mineral Guano, I then considered this tho best preparation ; but tho Co lumbian Guano has been exhausted for a good many years therefore, I recall that receipt. I havo no doubt but some of tho phosphatio Guanos havo some considerable value; but they aro held too high to pay in my hands. Try them yourselves, at first on a small, or largo scalo if you w ish, and test them on their own merits. You will Cud somo Guanos advertis ed as permanent manures. I want to avoid that Kixp, for I think it is true, of somo of them at least, that when I uso them, my crops do not remove them. prefer the kind (hat sec me tho first year, and bring a largo mierest, m ino lorru oi cotton, corn wheat, &c. ' The true system in manurinsr. is to get the manure back tho iirst vear. w ith a living profit, and rabidly to itn ty, and cany it beyOudTnatTiithc i same ratio as the increase. H'e are ouJtf ten ants at n ilf, and have no right to use the soil in a icay to destroy its cajHieity to maintain the present population, and its future in crease. When tho jieoplo understand tho ditference in an acre of land that will produce 100 lbs. and ono that will produco 500 lbs. of lint cotton that this diilerenico exists in tho present value of each of theso two acres of laud, we then will begin to improve our farms. As to plowing and cultivating, I only havo time to say now, plow from eight to fifteen inches deep, and sub-sod every fourth year ; or better sub-soil one- fourth every year. Thou cultivate smooth, level, and shallow tho last plowing not nioro than one-half inch m depth Tho great inquiry is, on what kind of land to use tho Guano and other commercial manures. I say use it on all lauds vou plow or cultivate or everywhere, except iu a hole of water, or on u rock. Tho treatment of various kinds of soil does not vary so much as wo might suppose. Extremes aro like'y to meet. First, rest your l ands. Let a sandy soil rest, for tho following reasons : to accumulate vegolablo mould ; to turn tho saud dark; receive tho heat, and iroveut relilecliou and burning what is ibove ground ; hold a uniform heat ; fasten tho particles ot sand together. so as f o receive aud hold the water ; all which aro important, besides tho iu creaso of its fertility. On the other hand, rest a clay soil, to accumulate A 11 1 1 A . tl il.. l vegetable- mourn ; to uaih.cu mo sou, as iu tho other case ; to open the par ticles of clay, that it may receive tin rain, let iu tho air, light gases, retain uniform lroat aud moisture, lesides in creasing its fertilizing equalities goner- ally. Iu conclusion, tho manure I now use. is pure dissolved bones, laud plas ter and salt, crowned with tho best of all manures, Peruvian Guano. Pur chase the pure article, aud do your own mixing. For ono acre, tako : Peruvian Guano 100 lbs. ' Dissolved Doues 1U0 " Salt 100 " li.m.l Plaster 60 " All well mixed, and when you lay off for cotton, open at least eight inches, and deposit the manure along tho fur row, and bed as usual. For Corn, open oight inches, drop tho manure iu hills three feet apart, drop the corn w ithin threo or four inches of the man ure, cover all at once, about one aud a half iuches deep. Let it stand four or live weeks without woik. Very respectfully, DAVID DICKSON. Superphosphate without aduiLxluie of dirt. Fds. Soulum Calticator. The tears of beauty are liko light doudo floating over a heaven of stars, bedimmiap them for a moment, that they mav .-Line with greater liut-ji thutt be My Crops. From the Southern Cultivator. Si'akt., Ga., March 20th, 1867. Editors SotrrnERx Cultivator : One of your correspondents wishes to know how much corn and cotton per acre, can oe uiauo by manuring and cultivating as I recommend. I will state what my crops averaged, thus managed, under tho old system : On eight hundrod to one thousand acres of thin pine land, eighteen bushels of corn was the lowest average. Tho highest average I ever made, was twenty-six bushels and one peck to the aero. The lowest aero produced twelvo bushels tho highest thirty-oight bush els, on uplaud, w ith 2000 stalks per acre. It was easy to And cars of com that weighed twenty ounces. My last crop of cotton, under the old system, was grown on 950 acres. 1 made S 1 0 Laics, Tho greatest amount I over made per acre, was on four acres of upland. I used 400 pounds of Uuano, with tho usual quantity of Salt and Plaster for turnips, and led them oir on tho lot. The following spring I added 100 pounds of Guano, 100 pounds Dissolved JJones, 100 pounds Salt, and 50 pounds Plaster per aero, and put in cotton. Tho crop was 4200 pounds seed cotton per aero. DAVID DICKSON. xOOl IIOS. There have been, in back numbers of the Prairie Fanner, some pretty good weignts ol L Hester pigs, lint any man w ho has ever seen good Chcstcrs. well cared, is prepared to believe pretty big stories about their weights. Wc have seldom had parties that have had a common sow to our boars but who thought the progeny was as ood as they ever wanted. A vear ago last April, when my brother moved olf his farm into low n. he took tun full C hester pigs with him, then about six weeks old, thinking to feed them until the holidays for his own pork. When they were just five months old, the buyers got their eyes on them, and wanted to send them to Chicago. lie said he did not think he fed them high at all, just enough to keep em growing well. He sold them at 3 per hundred, and thev weighed. alive, each 175 pounds. My neighbor, Mr. Sagcr, has now a litter of pigs iu his pen, got by our old Chester, Honest Abe," from a com mon sow, that at three months old (the best of them) arc good for 100 pounds each, alive. He has fed them since weaning on "ififng lfCrVfc It lias been a .i common about to have half-blood piirs, at ci"ht or ten months old, weigh, alive, from 200 to 3o0 pounds. A. 31. liclvidere, 111. White Clover Pasture good for Sheep. Having kept sheep for six years, principally upon white clover pasture, 1 can recommend it as being durable and aiTbriling about one-third more feed than other grasses, and it will stand closer fceeling, and tdiecp do well on it. 1 have about ten acres that have been seeded eighteen or twcjily years. It was sown with prai rie rras, which is long since extinct. and the clover still nourishes, (tho ground has never been broken,) and it has oficii been remarked that my pas ture will sustain more stock than any pasture of its size iu the neighborhood. It also makes good hay for sheen. 1 mix white clover secu, ami sow ior meadow ; it sods over belter and yields all of one-third more per acre, and .. , 1 1 1V makes much better hay for sheep. 1 wintered sixty-five .sheep on hay thus mixed, without feeding anv grain, and lost none after winter set iu, and none aro poor and weak, and no goitre or other elisease in the lambs. My lambs have need of but little care, their dams all being in good condition. 1 he above sheep kept belter than flocks in the vicinity that havo had hay and oraiu without white clover. tuconjtn Farmer. The Tennessee New ratio. Eldo fl'ioni the Nashville 1'iess and Time.;, 2Gth a gentleman liauicu xumv. , a 1 1 .1 'P ....... C l-.-i l . Lincoln county, has recently euscovcreu gold in Cannon comity, Tcnu., about four miles from Woodbury. Ho has sunk a shaft about eighteen feet, and struck tho jellow stulF, and is hopelul that his uiiuo will bo profitable. Professor Sailbrd says that during tho last thirty years gold has been found in limited quantities in Tennessee. It has been found iu numerous localities. It. is eenerallv washed out of tho saud and rravel of creofcs and rivers. It has been found iu Blount county, in Monroe nnd .n Polk counties. Tho localities l. l.ivp .iffurdftd most of the troldaro th,, of Cocoa Creek iu Polk county Tho region of country atl'ordiii": evidence of its exhitenco in this county is about 4n ...Jliia l.m" llV thlT.O WldO. It IS tll 44 V J " J ' intersected bv the Jelico. A twenty five dollar nuirjret was taken out of this nlaco. The cold is derived mainly from quartz veins, liberated by disin teuration. Tho rains and streams sub Fe-iueutly wash it into tho bayous o l ivers where it i3 found. By operating on tho iuartz veins directly by the now ui-t.liauces lately brought into use, very profitable work may be done in me way . - , i - ot nimiii: iiold in tin cut to. t The oiatc&ville Ahnii't" is to -ippeai iO'a :a a new dicj-s. St. Louis isOur National Capital. Tho Chicago Tribune has begun tho agitation lor the removal of the Nation al Capital to tho Mississippi Valley. The fact that it does not press the claims of Chicago, but advocates those of St. Louis, shows that it is in earnest, and "means business." Tho motion it has put boforo tho country is treated with good-humored ridicule by the Times this morning, but tho discussion it will ox cite will soon becomo earnest enough to bo beyond reach of ridicule. Of the final result of tho discussion we have not tho faintest doubt. The completion of tho Pacific Railway, and the movements of population which will follow it, mako it certaiu that tho capi tal of the United States cannot for many years longer remain anywhere in our Eastern frontier, lieforo tho groat rail way removed "the West" thousands of miles nearer to the sotting sun tho cen tre of our population had got as far westward as Columbus, Ohio, and was moving steadily in the sauio direction at tho rate of about fifteen miles a year. Now it will go with a jump. Within ten years tho now States and Teritories of the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific sIotio yill gather in an increased insu lation larger than that of all tho States oast of tho Hudson, and tho largor States of the Mississippi Valley will rank along with New York and Penn sylvania in population. With every step of tho advanco tho absurdity a Capital whose sito was onco central to. thin belt of population alonjr tho Atlantic seaboard, will becomo more and more apparent. The Western icoplo will before long bcjnn to de mand a road i us t men t in accordance with tho wants of a nation spreadinir rom ocean to ocean. And lately when they have agreed on any man or meas ure they havo somehow managed to carry tho nation with them. N. Y. Mail. Hon. George M. ltobcson at Sea. Tho Trenton (N. J.) Sentinel of tho 15th, pokes fun at tho honorable Secre tary of tho Navy iu this wise : An account ot the grounding of tho ittle steamer Pilot Doy on a sand-bar near this city, and tho successful efforts of Admiral Robeson, assisted by cx- admirals liorie and Wellos, in getting uer oil, has alreaely been published in hese columns, liut ono littlo incident springing out of those occasion, illus trative oi the natural nauticalness Whilo Admiral Robeson was, with pantaloons rolled up, wading about the stern of the steamer, the tido being out, ho discovered the rudder rising out an inch or two abovo the water. He gazed at it a few minutes w ith an anxious and puzzled look, w hen theelonbts suddenly left his bronzed and weather-beaten countenance, and calling tho attontion of cx-Admiral Doric to Iho circumstance, ho oxe'imed : ' D n my starboard topgallant fore castle midship, if tho steamer hans't run aground upon tho upright edgo oi a long thick plank !" Thk Etui Qukstkn in Massachl sktts. Massachusetts nas been con sidering the egg question. A report eleven pages long was recently made to the Legislature upon a bill to ivgu lato the sale of c""s by weight. In this report, tho minority, who favor the bill, discuss the egg question, ancient and modern, from every point ol view ; contrast the size of eggs and bonnets, smil elcclaro that tho female managers eif the poultry yard have studied polit ical economy profouinlly, in oriler to reduce the size increase the number of their eggs. They treat of the egg trade between France and England ; of poultry houses and diseases, and ol the treatment ot setting liens. Ihc majority report is one page long, and objects m 11a t terms to the bill. New Kind of Cotton. Says ( uebcc Gazelle : tl ie A new kind of cotton, called luluy, is now being extensively cultivated in tho l'hillippiuc Islands, through the exeiiions or w ini.Ttiuii.j. The tree which produces it is ol very i j irge sue it bevims to vield m lis fourth year; after the fifth it has gen erally attained the thickness of a man's jodv. Us poels measure from three to our inches; a hundred ol tlicm win make up three ponds of cotton, which cleansed, are paid at the rate of nine Masters 43f. per hundred weight. A writer in the Homestead reports a statement matlo at the New Haven ecturcs. that by adding a tablespoon- lul of finest salt to a quart of cream, as the latter is skimmed Irom oil the milk and placed in the cream pots un- til cn-mgh accumulates lor cimriiing, the time recpaircd for churning is re duced to two or three minutes. In a trial made by the writer, he found this to be true, aad his theory is, that the salt acts upon the thin coating ot the globules ol butter, and so dissolves u that a slight agitation breaks it, and the butter comes at once. I he ex periment can easily be tried by any buttci -maker. Tho laying of tho submarine tolo gvaphic cable, intended to place Athens in direct communication with Syra, Coi tu and other ioland s, is completed iu pait. The . -i hole will be finiihed in a tehcii time (JATIIEK ItOSEfSUDS. Uather rosclmda as you go, If they blossom round your way ; They will wither eoon, you know' ,i Uatlior rosclmda while you mny. Though tho path seema dark and rough, " rioasuro bright may still Tm thine ; ' If you seek you'll find enough liosebuds in a wreath to twine. Gather rosebuds, do not Rock ' SI0115 the loaves a thorn to find. Lay the rosebuds 'gainst thy check, lie to gr ief aud sorrow blind. Gather tosebuda, rosebuds bright, Clasp thorn closely to thv breast ; ' Einbleiii8 they of lovo and light, l!t thy heart with theiu bo blest. Gather rosebuds, rosebuds fair, For thy besom and thy hair ; ' l'laec tho fairest on thy brow, Gather rosebuds while 'tis now. Domestic Keeipcs. Stuain Tim Pltttekmilk. A cor respondent of the (Jcrmanlown TeU groph says: Place a common wire seivc over a pail, draw or turn the but- ' tcrmilk into it, gently stirring the bot tom with a spoon ; what is saved in the seivc can he put into a jar, and when a quantity accumulates it can be stewed out by placing it in an iron kettle and simmering slowly until the oil or butter rises on lop and the. sedi ment settles to the bottom. It makes good shortening for pie crust, and makes excellent cream biscuit. " : Tine Castou Oil I.kan. Says the Vicksburg Times: We notice an in creased interest throughout the South . in the culture of the Palma Christi. and there seems to be but little doubt that it will soon become one of our most important agricultural products. its culture is rapidly cxtciidmz in Texas, Florida, Georgia, nnd other Southern States, and it is found to be a certain crop, admirably adapted to our climate, and far more profitable than cotton. Parsnip Wine. To 12 lbs of pars nips cut in slices, add 4 gallons of wa ter; boil until they aro quite soft: squeeze the liquor well out of them and pass it through a sieve ; to every gallon of water put o lbs of loaf sucrar. iou tno wnoio tnreo quarters of an hour, and w hen nearly cold add a little yeast : I jet it stand for ten days in a tub, stirring every day from the hot- torn ; then put in a cask for twelve months ; as it works oyer, fill up every day. Ht sK Mats. A correspondent savs : . ... , w .m-vr iiniw un uAwvitunit uoor niai, iaKO an inch plank of tho size desired, and uauipcneu corn husks, auct Trim on about two inches Jong on each side. This mat is gooel either side ttp. Any body can easily mako one, and every one can keep his boots clean, much to the gratification ol good housekeepers. Conx Ekek. lloil a pint of com till it is soft and add to it one pint of molasses and one gallon of water. Shake them well together in a jog and set it in a warm place. In twenty-four hours a nice beer will be produced. When then is gone add more molasses and water. The corn will answer for several weeks. A little yeast occa sionally forwards fermentation. Woktii Knowing. An exchange says persons who use kerosene lamps will be glad to know that if the wicks are soaked in stiong vinegf twenty four hours anel thoroughly dried before being inserted, all smoke will be avoid ed, ihc wicks will last twice as long, anel increased obtained. brilliant light will be To Coob A Room. The simplest and cheapest way to cool a room is to wet a cloth, the larger the belter, and suspend it in the place vou want cool cd. Let the room be well ventilated and the temperature will sink from ten to twenty degrees iu less than an hour. This is tho plan adopted by many eastern nations. Ecfore a man puts his name elovvu on another man's paper, he should ask himself, am I willing to give this per son as much money as I aign for? Amen, sav i ! 1' To sign a bond on v;v,,t),", thai it iAmere lorm, and that you , uiTTriavtioTnifiTo pay, w. to put one's head into a nooiiC. Amen, again, say I ! There is no harm in signing , for a neighbor if you havo got the property ; if you are able to pay the amount without harming your own household; and if you love the man for whom you sign enough to be willing to give him outright the sum covered by your iik dorscmcnt. Otherwise to go security for a neighbor is a folly, a sin ami, a bhauic. ll. lr. JJcecher. A Woman's Smile. A woman who lived very unhappily with her husband came to a great divine to ask his coun cil. "Always meet your husband with. a smile," Raid the wis man. She fol lowed his advice, and. very soonrelvkfBod to thank him for a happy home. W hen. ever a homo, landscape is. tVeary and its horison clouded, we believe that it proceed; not so much from the storme of Plan's iietuUtwo and unreasonable- ji uess, as because woman lias lorgouen to draw a sjunbeam from the Sun ol jUightoovtsness. "Cleaulineas is next to gollioeas. and this ia tho reason, my little dearsfc why you aie put in the tub on Saturday riight before being fnkori to church Sunday mornings. ;
The Western Vindicator (Rutherfordton, N.C.)
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Aug. 16, 1869, edition 1
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