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HUNTINGDON, PA.
Friday, January 23, 1863.
VO 0000
NOTICE.
We have not the time nor the incli
nation, to dud personally, a large num
ber of persons who have unsettled ac
counts upon our books of several years
standing. We shall, therefore, from
day to day, without respect to persons,
place into the hands of a Justice for
collection, all accounts of over two
years standing. All those who wish
to save expense, will do well to give
us a call.
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WE MUST GO TO FLAX RAISING
We have always advocated the rais
ing of more flax than our farmers have
raised for many years past, but we
have plead with little effect. The low
price and superabundance of cotton,
was in the way. We could make the
cheap cotton supply the place of lin
ens, and, although they would not
wear so long, nor do as much service
anyway as good linen, yet the low
price and the ease with which it came
to our hands, made it more economi
cal to buy often, than to go to the la
bor and trouble of growing flax and
manufacturing it by hand. But times
have changed, and, as a natural con
sequence, we must change with them.
At any rate, we must change our la
bors so far as to bring the flax culture
back upon our farms again. Cotton,
through its agents, has committed sui
cide. It has been wounded in the
" house of its friends." They tried to
make it king, but a cotton Icing is a
poor monarch. It is a very useful
and convenient servant, but the world
and its people lived, and lived very
comfortably and happy too, before cot
ton was known a great deal, either in
the commercial or domestic world,
while flax was considered indispensa
ble as a contributor to the comforts
and necessities of life.
Owing to Yankee ingfmnity._ in the
invention of the cotton gin, and the
power loom, cotton, for a time, threw
flax into the shade, and gained a tall
ascendancy. So infatuated did its vo
taries become, that, like _Nebuchad
nezzar, they thought they were rulers
of the universe, and could put the
- whole world under their feet.
It is possible that their insanity,
like that of the crazy king above nam
ed, may become cured by efficient de
piction and meagre diet. Cotton is
now sixty cents per pound, and all
the fabrics made from it, from paper
up to muslin, must, of course, take a
corresponding price. To obviate this,
and relieve our necessities, we must
again open the flax culture, and open
it too on a scale corresponding to the
demand for it. For the single pur
pose of manufacturing paper from it,
we think it will become a highly re
munerating crop. We all know that
linen paper is the best, the strongest
and the most durable. The farmer
need not - fear the labor its culture de
mands, for the improvements which
have, within a few years, been made
in the mode of dressing, and prepar
ing it for manufacture, are sucli'as to
take away more than one-half of the
hard work which used to be required
in pulling, rotting, breaking, mingling
and hatcheling before it was ready
for market and use. Where the soil
is clean, or not too much infested with
weeds, flax, when ready for harvest,
Av be reaped, or cradled, or even
,ed. The improved modes of rot
.,g it, will reduce the bark or outside
~'overing of it in two or three days,
and machinery, operated by horse,
water or steam, will break it and re•
here the fibre from its etivering all
ready for spinning in t very easy and
expeditious manner. So there is little
OSe for the farmer to do than to sow
and harvest it, which ho can do with
the same amount of labor that he be
stows
upon wheat, barley or any oth
er grain. Experiments have for some
years past been very successfully con
ducted, which prepare from the flax
fibre, what is called "flax cotton," a
substance which, to the eye, has eve
ry appearance of cotton. It however
requires a different kind of machinery
to spin it—though for the purposes of
paper making, it is then all ready for
use ; Mr. Allen, of Rhode Island, and
his associates, are still experimenting
in this line, and have already reduced
the preparation of flax cotton to a sys
tem, and are urging its adoption as a
regular branch of production and man
ufacture in -New England. Now is
The time for them to Press the subject
upon us-with redoubled faith and zeal,
and now is the time for the ffirmers,
throughout the free States, to listen to
them, and aid them and all the rest of
us by the abundant production of flax
which shall -supply the " plentiful
;lack "of cotton. It can be easily rais
ed among us. It requires only a fair
sod and' simple culture. It requires
no tropical sun to grow or to ripen it.
It requires neither the sweat of tine
slave nor the lash of the overseer to
gather and prepare it for use. It re
quires no impoverishment of the soil,
no change hi the routine 'fif farm ope
rations. Your land can be laid down
to clover or grass with it as well as
with grain. It requires only a moder
ate share of faith. :Ind r corresponding
amount of good works, and the thing
is done.—[ faiae Fanner.
Ell
WILLIAM LEWIS, Editor and Proprietor
VOL, XVIII,
When the Rose is in Bloom.
BY T. W
Hero embalmed le the feet of a maid—
The beloved of the young and the old ;
Just sixteen short summers lend played
In her ringlets of auburn and gold ;
Iler eye had the light of the skies,
And her brow the pure thought of the WiJO.
This midden one day while Alone—
While straying to all then ild flowers,
Which so cooly in beauty hod blown,
Heard distinctly, Werawed by Its power,
A voice like the harp of the wind,
Which melted like bliss in her mind.
Far down through the balm-laden air,
So sweet that it lauguishly died,
Fell the accents iu tremblinge so rare,
As If nature in reverence had sighed:
"Come away, come away to the blessed,
While flowers in their glory aro dressed."
Then echo the broken strata led,
“Yes, come to the upland of light,
Where the flowers their glory ne'er shed;
And the year Lath no winter nor night;
Where the garlands of peace and of love,
Like a crown, shall adorn you above."
Her heart. by the spirit's own law,
Divined what this language conveyed,
Though no form by her pathway she saw,
She know that an angel there strayed;
Thou replied midst the stillness of doom,
"I'll come when the rose is iu bloom."
The season enhanced eery scene
Till melody filled elm now grove;
Hill and dale soemed to 1, lo in their green,
With the blue of the xelkin above;
And the light more life-fraught each morn,
Pirod the train of hie million!. newborn.
"Oh I The Spring," cries a patient with real,
"Oh I Tha spring-timo so hopeful and dear;
Math it balm my athlctions to 'heal!
Oki I What music It norm on my ear,
Anil the air how It cloys with perfume;
Heavenly parent, the rose is In bloom."
Next uoontide there wended scrowd
To the home where the fair maid dwelt;
But she, like a queen In her Phroud,
Swaye the hearts that with sorrow there melt;
While her bosom, now breathless and cold,
Weems rose In Its snowy-white fold.
And that visage, so peerless and young,
Seems to breathe yet one sentence for earth
They die not une.ept and unsung,
Who lice in their deeds and their worth ;
Whom charity mourns at the tomb--
For them shall the rose ever bloom.
Special Message of the President to
Congress.
WASUINGTON, Jan. 10.—The follow
ing message was sent to Congress to
day.
To the Senate and House of Representa
tives :
I have signed the joint resolution
to provide for the immediate payment
of the army and navy of the United
States, passed .by the Rouse of Repre
sentatives on the 14th, and by the Sen
ate on the 15th inst.
The joint resolution is simple in au
thority, amounting, however, under
existing circumstance's, to a direction
to the Secretary of the Treasury, to
make an additional issue of one hun
ched millions of dollars in United States
notes. If so much money is needed
for the payment of the army and na
vy, my approval is given, in order that
every possible facility may be afforded
for the prompt discharge of all arrears
of pay due our soldiers and our sailors.
While giving this approval, however,
I think it my duty to express sincere
regret, that it has been found accessa
ry to authorize so large an additional
issue of United States notes, when this
circulation and that of suspended banks
together have become already so re
dundant as to increase prices beyond
real values, thereby augmenting the
cost of living to the injury of labor, and
cost of supplies to, the injury of the
whole country.
It seems very plain that the contin
ued issue of United States notes with
out any check to the issues of suspen
ded banks, and without adequate pro
vision for the raising of money.by loans,
and for founding the issue so as to keep
them within due limits, must soon pro
duce disastrous consequences, and this
matter appears to me so important
that I feel bound to avail myself of this
occasion to ask the special attention of
Congress to it. That Congress has
power to regulate the currency of the
country can hardly admit of a doubt,
and that judicious incline to prevent
deterioration of this currency by rea
sonable taxation of bank circulation or
otherwise, if needed, seems equally
clear. Independently of this general
consideration it would be unjust to the
people at large to exempt banks en
joying tho special privilege of circula
tion from their just proportion of pub
lic burthens. In order to raise money
by pay of loans, and most easily and
cheaply, it is clearly necessary to give
every possible support to the public
credit to that and a uniform currency,
in which taxes, subscriptions to loans
and all other ordinary public dues may
bo paid, is almost if not quite indispen
sable. Such a currency can be fur
nished by banking associations author
ized under a general act of Congress,
as suggested in my message at the be
ginning of the present session.
The security of this circulation by
pledge of the United States bonds as
herein suggested would still further
Meditate the loans by increasing the
present and causing a future demand
for such bonds. In view of the actual
financial embarrassments, of the Gov
ernment, and of the greater embarrass
ments, sure to come, if the necessary
means be not afforded, I feel that I
should not perform my duty by a sim
ple announcement of my approval of
the joint resolution which proposes re
lief only by increasing circulation,
without expressing my earnest desire
that a measure such in snbstance as I
have just referred to may receive the
early sanction of Congress.
By such measures, in my opinion,
will the payment be most certainly se
cured not only to the army and navy,
but to all the honest creditors of the
Government, and satistlietor,y provi
-1 signs made for the future demands on
the Treasury.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Particulars of the Victory in Arkan-
CAIRO, Jan. 17.—The i‘lemphis Bul
letin of Wednesday has the following,
direct from parties arrived at 'Memphis
from Arkansas Post, on the despatch
boat Keno.... :
. . .
On Saturday, the main position of
the enemy was attacked with the
three iron clad gun-boats, Louisville,
Cincinnati and Mound City, and three
light-draughts, the latter having en
tered the Arkansas river from a branch
of the White river, which approaches
the fort forty miles above the mouth.
Arkansas Post is it place situated at a
favorable location for defence, on a
bend of the river, of irregular, horse
shoe shape. It has, for sonic months,
been much boasted of, by the Confed
erates, as a spot so fortified as to be
extremely formidable. At a point ono
mile below the fort, where persons in
the fort were unable to see what was
done, troops were disembarked. Gun
boats proceeded up the river, taking
positions above the fort as well as be
low, so as to be able to rake it with
their heavy pieces. The land forces,
meantime, arrived.
The rear division, under Sherman,
found, in proceeding back some dis
tance, that a bayou hindered progress
in the 'say desired, and he returned
and chose a route more favorable for
intended operations. Anotherdivision,
meantime, took up a line of march
somewhat nearer the locality of the
fort, and escaped the obstruction of
the bayou. Other obstructions exis
ted, however, in the shape of rifle-pits,
which became necessary to flank by
advancing to the furthest extremity
from the river. This was not done
without considerable skirmishing,
which consumed the remainder of Sat
urday. There was some loss in these
proceedings, and about sixty of the
enemy, most of whom were wounded,
got into the Federalliiies by mistake,
and were taken prisoners. It was
nearly dark before the Federal forces
had so far advanced as to have the
fort in full view, ready for storming
next morning.
While their operations were pro
ceeding on land, the gunboats had ta
ken positions, and a little before dark
a smart artillery fight took place,
which the early closing in of darkness
cut short. The first shell fired by the
enemy struck a lieutenant of the 113th
Illinois, shattering his leg. The next
morning the land forces found that
the enemy, having 105.t.114ti4,-rific.p4.,
had thrown up new entrenchments.—
These they proceeded to attack, and
also to secure a position above the fort
as well as below. The ground near
the fort was divested of timber, except
in a particular portion, which was use
ful for cover, and prostrate trees and
brush .were so disposed as to present
the greatest possible amount of ob
struction.
As the two sections of attacking
land forces advanced, they decreased
the distance between them more and
more, approaching the position of sur
rounding thefort. , A reinforcement of
two thousand men arrived to the reb
els from Fort Charles, on the White
river, twenty-five miles distant by
land, and it was with difficulty this
force made a junction with the main
body of rebels. They succeeded, how
ever, by taking advantage of the shel
ter offered by a ravine. Meantime,
the casual firing of artillery from gun
boats and in reply, which had been
partially suspended by the necessity of
supporting the land operations, grew
more vigorous, and at one o'clock hea
vy firing commenced between the fort
and gunboats, and was sustained three
hours and a half so incessantly that
there were only occasional intervals at
which the strained car for a second
was relieved from the thundering roar.
The casematting of the fort presented
a formidable appearance, which seem
ed to some extent to justify the boast
ing that had been made of its impene
trability. There was a thickness of
three feet of soliditimber, covered with
railroad iron, the whole looking as if
it could resist the utmost force of can
non shot.
TO the deep dismay of the defend
ers of the Post of Arkansas, the balls
from the monstrous guns of the boats
shattered their most formidable defen
ces, and penetrated and demolished
strongholds they had reared with so
much skill. The battered rails of iron
came tumbling down, and the strong
ribs of timber were blown with fatal
effect among the ranks they were to
have saved. Dismounted guns fell in
to common ruin, proving the dreadful
power of gunboats with their mighty
armaments.
The second shot fired by the Feder
als at the commencement of the con
test of three hours, penetrated a case
mate of the fort and killed seven men.
By another shot, one of the enemy's
caissons was exploded, causing the
death of six men and nine horses.—
With their casemates demolished, their
defences exposed to a raking fire nev
er before surpassed for violence, and
storming parties closing in upon their
rear, but one course was open to the
enemy.
After a loss of about two hundred
men killed, wounded and missing, and
somewhat heavier o'n the part of the
attacking party, the commander of
the post, Gen. Mcelernand, took the
whole force, about 4,800, prisoners, 2,-
200 or 2,400 of whom are on tho sick
list. The gunboats which had inflict
ed so much damage, escaped without
serious injury.
Prisoners declare that if our arrival
had bean postponed another day, they
would have given us a much stiffer
fight, as large reintbrcemente would
have joined them. In reply to goes•
Lions as to the number of men and
state of fortifications at Pine Bluff,
Little Rock, and points ou White riv-
HUNTINGDON, i)A., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28; 1863
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eft, the prisoners advised interrogators
to go and count and observe for them
selves. The prisoners were sent up
the river, starting on Monday, and will
probably be hero (Memphis) to-day.
It.is thoiight probable St. Charles,
on White river, will bo next reduced,
then Pine bluff, and dually Little Rock,
In addition to the above, I have seen
a slip from the Memphis Enquircy,
which says two regiments of robels ar
rived at the fort the morning after the
surrender, and entered with flags fly
ing and drums beating supposing it
was still held by the rebels. They
were captured, of course, swelling the
list of prisoners to over 5,000.
The Pirate Alabama,
A superseded boatswain of the Ala
bama makes a statement of the build
ing of the Alabama, phblished in the
English papers, from which we take
the following :
The " 290 " was built by Mr. Laird,
the eminent shipbuilder of Birkenhead,
under contract with a Mr. Butcher.—
She was regularly contracted and paid
for; and as nothing transpired during
her construction to warrant the sup
position that she was destined to hoist
the ensign of the Southern Confedera
cy, no laws of neutrality were infring
ed (indeed, it was hinted that the ves
sel was intended for the service of the
Emperor of China.) Her keel was
laid in the beginning of this year (1862)
and she was launched in April thereaf
ter, though she was not ready for sea
for the succeeding three months.
The " 290" is not, as is commonly
supposed, an armor-plated vessel. She
is simply a large wooden screw gun
boat; such a vessel as is in European
navies styled a corvette. She is very
strongly built, of the best materials,
and is constructed to carry ten guns,
viz : one rifled 100 pounder; one 08-
pounder, and eight 32-pounders—i.
four 32-pounders on each broadside,
throwing collectively 127 lbs solid shot
at each discharge, and two pivot guns.
[She is bark-rigged, and is fitted with a
pair of very powerful engines, by Penn,
of London. At her launch, her own
ers not having finally decided on the !
name she should bear, she was then,
and for sonic time subsequently, die-
tinguished as the "290." She left Bir
kenhead toward the end of .Tuly, osten
sibly on a trial trip, having on board
a large party of ladies aad gentlemen.
On getting oat of the Mersey this par
ty was sent hack in -- a tug-boat, and
the "290," as had been previously ar
rneg-eh-re
_&rr . .• tcti to !... - -!i:411 to Birken
head, but stVilmed direct for the island
in the Atlantic where she was to take
in her guns, ammunition, etc. On
leaving England, the "290" had a crew
of ninety-three men, for the most part
belonging to the English rival Reserre,
ll being trained guiencr.:•:, and the ma
jority old men-of wit ' s
men. She was
temporarily commanded by Captain
Bullock, (a strange coincidence,) who
had under him the proper complement
of commissioned and petty officers.—
Captain Bullock having learned that a
Federal man-of-war, the Tuscarora,
lay in wait for him in St. George's
Channel, took his departure by what
is known as the North Channel, thus
eluding his Federal enemy ; though,
even had he been intercepted, the nor
therner would have found himself in a
dilemma, as the " 290" had a set of
English papers, and otheepresumptive
proofs of her neutrality, in the face of
which it might have been difficult for
her captor to have acted. The "290"
at this time carried no guns or other
warlike stores, but consisted merely of
the hull, spars, and engines, excepting
of course, coal and other requisites, to
enable her to reach her destination,
which was Tarissa, ono of the Azores
or Western Islands, belonging to Por
tugal. This destination the "290" du
ly reached, after a fine run of eight
days, and came to an anchor in Tanis
saßoads, nothing of any moment hav
ing occurred to break the usual mono
tony of a sea voyage.
Some time beffire the departure of
the "290" from the Mersey, a large
bark left the Thames (cleared for De
marara,West IndiesOto meet the "290"
at Tarissa, and then transfer to the
latter vessel the guns and stores des
tined for her, and which formed the
cargo of the bark. Some reason was
required to be assigned to the Portu
guese authorities for the "290" having
anchored in their bay, and, according
ly, the excuse furnished to them was
that her engines had broken down.—
This plea was accepted as a valid ono,
and during the week that intervened
betwixt the arrival at Tarissa of the
"290" and the bark, the crow of the
former vessel were engaged, ostensi
bly, in repairing her engines, hut-re
ally in preparing her to receive her
guns, etc. During this interval largo
parties of the inhabitants of Tarissa
made daily visits to the "290," their
curiosity evidently excited by the war
like appearance of what laid claim to
be an English merchant vessel. Many
pertinent questions were asked by the
Portuguese, and wero as ingeniously
evaded or met, by the officers of the
"290." Among other things, the Por
tuguese wanted to know why the ves
sel had so many ports, and were told
that, as she was bound to a warm cli
mate, they were necessary for•ventila
tion ; and when they were asked why
they had such a numerous crew, the
reply was that, as she was going on a
surveying expedition, she required to
be well manned. Many similar ques
tions were put and in like manner an
swered; but it was all in vain to at
tempt to undeceive the Portuguese,
and they would persist iu calling her a
"Prigata Inglesi."
About a lapse of a week from the
arrival of the "290," the bark above
mentioned sailed in and anchored, her
captain alleging as a reason to the
Portuguese officials that his vessel had ,
sprung a leak, which would require to
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be repaired ere she could resume her
voyage; and on this understanding
the Portuguese at once placed her in
quarantine (which in the Azores lasts
1 three .days.) On the day after the
I bark's arrival, Capain Bullock, of the
"290," being anxious to get his guns on
board, hauled alongside of the bark,
and erected a pair of large shears to
effect the transfer of her cargo from
the bark's hold to the "290's" deck.—
This brought out the Portuguese in a
fury that their rules should have been
broken by the "290" having dared to
communicate with a vessel that had
still two days' quarantine to run, and
they angrily demanded to know the
reason why their regulations had been
infringed. They were told that the
bark was in a sinking state, and the
erection of the shears was accounted
for by urging the necessity for an im
mediate temporary transfer of her Car
go, that the leak might be reached
and stopped, and Captain Bullock fi
nally succeeded in bearing down all
opposition by.feigning to get in a pas
sion, saying he was doing no more for
the bark than any Englishman would
do for a countryman in distress. The
Portuguese left the vessel, and the
transhipment proceeded without fur
ther hindrance from those on shore.
About the afternoon of the second
day, and when the transfer WaS nearly
complete, the British screw steamer
Bahama came in, having on board
Captain Semmes and the other late of
ficers of the Sumpter, besides the re
mainder of the "290's" armament, and
an addition of twenty odd men to her
crew. On the Bahama's arrival and
anchorage on a somewhat similar pre
text to those given to her two prede
cessors, the Portuguese fitirly lost all
patience, and peremptorily insisted on
the instant departure of all three ves
sels. The Bahama at once communi
cated with the "290," and having han
ded over to the latter vessel everything
destined for her, got up steam and left,
followed by the "290" towing the now
empty bark. All three went, not to
sea as they had been ordered to 'do,
but to Angry Bay, a bay in the same
island, and only a few leagues distant
from Tarissa Bonds. Here they re
mained unmolested until noon the fol
lowing
day, a Sunday, when, for the'
second time, all three vessels were or
dered out of the Portuguese waters.—
All the "290's" guns being now moun
ted, and the vessel otherwise rowdy for
a cruise, the order was obeyed, and all
took their departure, the bark as be
fore in tow of the "290," which, having,
convoyed her well out to sea, cast her
off, and with a favoring breeze, she
steered for Cardiff, to bring out a fur
ther supply of coal for the "200's" use.
The " 290 " and the Bahama now
steamed round the island, and Captain
Semmes, coming out of his cabin or
dered his first lieutenant to muster the
crew aft. This having been done, and
all the officers assembled on the poop
in their full uniform—i. e., Confederate
gray frock coat and trowsers—Capt.
SOIIIIIIO6 enjoined silence, and read his
commission as post captain in the Con
federate navy. It was a document
duly attested at Richmond, and bore
the signature of" Jeff Davis, President
Confederate States of AJnerica." lie
then opened and read his sealed orders
from the President, directing him to
assume command of the Confederate
sloop-of-war Alabama, hitherto known
as the " 290 " in which, having been
duly commissioned, he was to hoist the
Confederate ensign and pendant, and
"sink, burn, and destroy everything
which flow the ensign of the so-called
United States of America." Captain
Semmes then ordered the first lieuten
ant to fire a gun, and run up the Con
federate flag and pendant. The gun
was fired by the second lieutenant,
Armstrong, a relation of the famous
inventor, and ere its smoke cleared
away, the stars and bars of the young
Confederacy were floating on the
breeze, and the* ceremony was com
plete,
Captain Semmes declaring the
vessel henceforth to be known as the
Alabama to have been duly commis
sioned. The next step was formally
to engage the crew to servo and fight
under the Southern flag, which having
been done, the men were addreseed by
their Captain in an eloquent and stir
ring speech, in the course of which he
said there were only four vessels in the
United States navy that were more
than a match for the Alabama ; but, he
said, that in an English-built heart of
oak, as she was, and surrounded, as he
then saw himself, by British hearts of
oak, he wouldn't strike his newly-hois
tod flag for any ono of the four. Of
course, this elicited a hearty burst of
cheering for the President, States, and
captain, and when it had subsided,
Captain Semmes said the Bahama was
on the point of leaving for England,
and intimated that, if any of his crew
repented of the step they bad taken,
they were free to return in her. This
alternative none would accept, and
Captain Bullock and a few of the other
officers who had taken the " 290" from
England to the Azores, finding their
occupation gone, through the arrival
of those who had held similar appoint
ments in the Sumter, having gone on
board the Bahama, that vessel and the
Alabama, amid hearty cheering from
the crews of both, parted company, the
former pursuing her course back to
England, the latter in chase of a Yan
kee whaler, which she has captured and
burned. This was her first prize, and
her subsequent career is now so famous
as to make a single remark superfluous.
The Alabama's crew receive from the
Confederate Government half the val
ue of every American ship and cargo
they destroy, and each of her crew is
now worth several hundred pounds.—
All obligations to them have hitherto
been faithfully discharged in gold.—
The Alabama is supplied with coal
from Wales by throe sailing vessels
thus constantly employed
TERMS, $1,50 a year in advance
Philosophy of Deep Plowing.
There was a time when the cultiva
tedi sell was merely scraped, when the
I ponderous plow, drawn by four horses,
'laid bare the earth but a fcw inches
below the surface. Bat the memory
of the "oldest inhabitant" hardly goes
hack to the easy going time, and now
manufactures successively out-do each
other in the production of implements
by which the soil is thoroughly and
deeply pulverized. That deep plowing
is beneficial to the soil is admitted by
every intelligent farmer, but the par
ticular soil most benefited by it, and
the proper time for the performance of
the operation, are subjects on which a
variety of opinion prevails. Stiff clay
soils are the most benefited by deep
plowing, and the results are - still more
satisfactory when the subsoil is of the
same nature as the supersoil. If "the
farmer cannot extend the superficial
area of his farm, he can, at least, add
the cubical contents of its productive
portion. By thoroughly breaking up
the subsoil, it is exposed to the action
of the air, the mineral food of the
plants becomes liberated from its latent
state and made available, and the sour
ness, which is a frequent property of
the subsoils, disappears. In the work
ing of stiff soils, the labor expended in
pulverizing will be highly productive;
but care should be taken that the
quantity of subsoil brought to the sur
face is not greater than a winter's
frost is sufficient thoroughly to disin
tegrate. If the land has been recently
drained, and the underlying soil exhi
bits a bluish tint, not more than one
and a half inches should - be turned
over on the surface soil. If too large
a quantity of the infertile subsoil be
brought up, the fertility of the land
may be seriously impaired for several
years. The remedy in this case is the
repeated and careful tillage of the sur
face soil, and the abundant application
of manure. If, lmwever, the subsoil
be merely broken up by the subsoil
plow or the spade, and not brought in
quantity to the surface, the pulvetliza
tion may be advantageously made to
extend to a much greater depth, and
small portions may from time to time
be brought to the surface in the course ,
of tillage. . -
Deep cultivation is inapplicable in
the case of sandy soils,"exeept when
they rest upon a stiff subsoil, which,
however, is rarely the case. If there
be simply a thin strata of stiff clay be
neath the sandy soil, it should not al
ways ho brcken through, v.s it may
prevent the moisture passing away too
rapidly as drainage. When friable
soil rests on chalk, gravel or sand,
deep plowing should not be perform
ed; neither is the operation desirable,
but the reverse is the case, on any
kind of highly =mired land. We
have often known the manure to be
plowed in so deeply that-its decompo
sition took place after the lapse of sev
eral years. Manure, to be efficient,
must be as close to the surface as pos
sible, in order that atmospheric influ
ences may decompose it speedily., and
that the nourishment afforded by it
may be within easy access of the root
lets of the plants. The proper season
for deep plowing is in the autumn, in
order that the soil may be exposed to
the winter's frosts and rains—those
potent agents by which the dormant
elements of fertility are set free and
made available for the summer's crop.
—Agricultural Review.
A Story of Harper's Ferry.
[From the Boston Ttanicrlpt.]
During the " dark days" of the re
bellion, early in the summer of '6l,
Harper's Ferry was occupied in force
by the rebels, and the Government was
desirous to obtain a knowledge of the
status of affairs there—an object not
easily accomplished, on account of the
constant and watchful care of the ene
my, and the sharp severity accorded
by the foe towards any ono suspected
as a spy in their camps. A young New
England Volunteer, Harry B—,
presented himself one morning to a
high military functionary in Washing
ton, and proposed to undertake to
learn what was going on at that place.
" It is a hazardous operation," said
the official, gravely.
" I am aware of that," responded
tin; youth, " but I take the chances."
" Your success shall be amply com
pensated," said the other. "If you
aro discovered, however, do you know
the penalty?"
"Death," replied the youth, firmly.
" You are right, young man. Go,
then—and return assured of reward, if
successful."
The young volunteer received his
instructions, went to camp at the Re
lay House, and at dark he sallied forth
in citizen's dress, passing the other
`pickets with the countersign and ...a
cheerful "good night." At daybreak,
he reached the station, from which the
cars ran up by the Perry, and occupy
ing himself till afternoon, took the
ears as a through passenger. Arriving
at Harper's Ferry, the train did not
stop. He watched his opportunity, as
the ears moved slowly round the curve,
and dropped down from the rear plat
form upon the road-side, and crept in
to the woods.
The night was cloudy, and Harry
had been crouching beneath a thick
fir tree .ft few moments, calculating
what he should do nest, when he heard
footsteps approaching. It was the
rebel guard! There were four of
them. They came directly to the side
of the tree where he lay concealed.—
But it was very clerk. He felt safe.
" Hold on, Barker," said one.—
" Give us a light." Harry trembled
perceptibly !
" Hammond's came up today."
" Of the Third ?" asked another.
" Yes, old Georgy's alive, an' the
Third's out yonder at the foot o' the
lane,"
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A match was lighted—the glare felt
upon the tree, through the branches.
of which Harry, could plainly see
the rebel's features—but he held his.
breath, and his presence there was not,
suspected!
" Got the countersign, ..arlter?
"Yes, Old :Dominion, forever I"—..
said his companions; and they moved
on and passed out of sight. Harry
had the password.
Thus armed, our volunteer hastened
"down the lane ' ?! determined to sea
" Hammond," wherever he was.
"Halt! Who goes there ?" Shouted
a sentinel.
" A. friend," replied Harry,
"Advance, friend, with the countykt
sign."
" Old Dominion," said Harry,
promptly.
"Bight. Pass on, friend," was-the
cheering answer. " Which way r
"I'm looking for Hammond. Re's
down here somewhere, I'learned,"
"Of the Georgia Third I' 4 -
• " Yes," said Harry, " yes."
"Half 11 mile on you'll find the
camp. Good night,"
He passed the guard safely, and
soon found Hammond. . .
,
" Some mistake," said ja . 4 r r y, at a
loss for other subterfuge. " Had poi
a relative 1"
" Edward," said the rebel.
" Yes, ' Ned,' W 3 used to calrhim.*
"At Savannah ?"
" Did you know poor Ned?"
"As well as I did my own brother,"
(Harry never had a brother)
" He's a gu,ner
"Dead 1" exclaimed Harry,
"Killed at Vienna."
" Poor Ned l I would like to have
soon him." (continued Harry, cc poor
fellow."
" Well, come in," insisted Secesh.—
" You were his friend—be mine. Com•
in." And into the little tent Harry
pushed behind his acquaintance, who
was very anxious to do the honors to
his• brother's friend.
"What might I call you—"
" Smith," said Ilarry—(believing
that he might as well be called by this
as by any name.)
"Stopping long here, Smith?"
"No—no," replied Harry. (Indeed
he intended to got away as soon as
possible.)
" Take a drink—here's to poor
Ned."
" To poor Ned," said Harry, gulp
ing down the whiskey.. Arid then he
pumped his friend Hammond discreet
ly, until he ascertained the strength of
the enemy in that stronghold; who
was in command; what was the artil
lery and field force; what were their
designs at that time; how they were
disposed, and what was 'their. grand
plan,
and then he bade Mr. Hammond
of the Georgia Third, good night, in
viting him to call upon him at the vil
lage, next day.
Harry passed the guard again safe
ly-, crossed the bridge, walked three
hours before daylight next morning,
met the return train, came down to
wards the Relay, and, on the same
evening after leaving, reached the ()Ut
most picket without a scratch. NeXt
day he proceeded to Washington, wai
ted on the Secretary, laid before him
the filets ho had learned, and, one
week afterwards, I saw him with a
first lieutenant's straps on his should
ers.
" Bravely earned said the official,
when he presented him with his com
mission.
Harry B-- ie now a Captain in
the —th Regiment, and has proved one
of the beet and bravest soldiers in this
war.
Hear an Irish Patriot.
" Let the politicians who have been us
ing us long enough, stay at hones if they
will, but let us go and fight the battles 'V -
W nation, and when we come home, a
grateful nation will extend to us sufficient
to meet our wants. I have always been
a Democrat. I was going to say that .T
am still; but I will not allow any polities
to interfere with the discharge of my du
ty. 1 take the KNOW NOTHING
BY THE RAND AS A BROTHER
if he carries the musket or sword along
side of me in this contest. Ido not care
where the Irian comes from, or what may
be his shade of politics, whether he is' a
REPUBLICAN, an ABOLITION
IST, or something else—it is a perfect
matter of indifference to me. I only
want to say that I know no man but .as
he discharges his duty to that fag; and,
as I said in Baltimore, men were never
called upon in this world to perform so
sacred a duty as you are, my countrymen,
not only for your own sake, but for. the
whole country with its coming genera
tions of men."—[Speech of General
Corcoran at Philada.
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