Tatlitorintosz DEMOCRAT, TS :PUBLISHED THURSDAYS, BY AL. T. CA•eivialtscoia. OFFICE ON PUBLIC AVENUE, DOORS ABOVE &EMILE.% HOTEL. • TERmi.-41,, - 56 per aumith in ADvAxen ; I 'otherwise $2 will be eturged—and fifty eents per annum added to armaragea, atthe option brqie Publisher, to pay elpeure of collection, tic. ADvaitci paynfsit preferr e d. ' ':Anvuirrisitattnirs will be inserted at the rate of St per square, of ten Hoes or less; for the first three i Tacks, oiad. 23 *eats for omit Odltionat week—pay,down. Merehantia, — .and Others, M! ' ho advertise by the year, viii be charged at the felloiiing rates, viz.; For one aostart, or fru, orte year, lath changer ta ' Eaok adettioaelsoodre, at (Ae rati of 6 • No credit glrennztept to those of known responsibility. ;; BUSINESS CARDS. vs FILIMTIESPIMOPER • W3l. H. COOPER & CO., ' -- DANKER S.—Montrose, Siseetssors to Post. Cooper &...Co. Office; Lathrops'new bonding, Turnpike.st. at'cop.rx •l ' T. W. SEARLE. )fcCOLLU3.i •it SYARLE, • .TTBRNEYS and Counsellors at Law,—ltcrntnare, Ya 21. Oaten pathrops' agar butldlnz, over the Bank. HENRY B. 3.eK . EAN, ITOR2CET and Cannaellor at Law.—TOWANDA, Pa °Mee in the Union Block. yes b 3 tf DR. E. F. WIIIMOT, dit RADUATE of the Allopathic and Ilomcedpathic Col - 11,31 - love of ldedlcine.—Great Bend Pa. °dice, corner , of Maln at Elizabeth-err, nearly opposite the Idethodist • 1,06 rf DR. WILLIAM-W. WIIEATON, ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN, & :SITSGEON DENTIST. WITH mt. MYRON Ir i IIEATOH, . is Mechanical anti Surgical Dentist, ntly of Binghamton, N. Y. tender their professional se era to all 'who appre ciate the "Reformed Practice of ysic" Careful And sailifni operations on Teeth: with e most scientific and approved - styles of •platework. Teeth extracted without pain *Mall work warranted. , ; - ': - Jackson, June 14th, MI. i i r. DR. H. SMITH 47 SON, ‘;, l DRO.F.ON DENTlSTS , —liontro4e,--Pi.. 00111celn Lathmpit" new buildingi. (wet the- Bank. Al! Dental operations will be giiii s i d i a performed in good style and warranted. • J. C..OLIVSTEAD. DRS. OLMSTEAD& BEAD • IVOTILD ANNOUNCE to the Public that they have entered into pt partnership for the Practice of MEDICINP, & Surgery, slid are prepared to attend tmall calls in' the line of their profession. Office—the .. one formed ()abided by Dr. J. C. Olmstead, in Et.:\ f DAFT. my 73m. . - DII. N. Y. LE I • ET ' . . , Paysiclan pail Surgeon Frieneisrille. Pa. o.tais opposite .. • ..,P . ' M eJackson HouSe. R. 1.171' gires. particular attention to the treatment 1 F. Dof (licenses of the EAR and trr i and is confident that . 1 his knowledge of. and experience in that branch of prae—.l lice will enable him to effect a core! in the most difficult • cases. For treating diseases of theSe organs no f i e win i be charged flutes* the patient is benefitted by the treat- 1 anent: , . . ' : [August :Vth.lS£Sl. SOLTTHWORTH & tADAKIN ATANUFACTURERS JIND DEALERS in Italian and ITI. American Marble_ for 31onkiments, • Headstone, Tomb-Tables. Mantles. Slriks and ;Centre.Tablea. Also dealers In Marbleized Slate for r'sdn.ro•Tables, *.. Shop ntew doors cast of Scarp's ilOtel on Turnpike I.trect, 7,foutrose. nor S* •. W3I. A. SNOW, • 11.,.STICE OF TIIE PEACE.--Grent ;Bend, Pa. 0111,.. */ on Main street, opposite the Westein ap4 JOHN SAUTTER, : • *_ steio.N.km.E TAILOR.-24fontroPe.' Pa. Shoff -11: over I. N.-Dullard's Grocery, on Main-street. Thriukfnl for past thrum, he solicir4 a continuance —pletleinc,•ltimselfto do all work satisraetorily. Cut tine done on short notice. and warrantedlo fit. Montrose. Pa.„ July Ent,. IS6o.—tf. • • B. "LINES I.7.fismoNADT.E TAlLOR .—M ontrose . Pa- Shop U Pluenis Block, over store of Watrons • Foster. .All work warranted, tie to fit and finish. l'unitt done on short notiee,ln best style. Jan 'GO . .TOIIN OR.OVES:, - • . 1 ASHIONABLE TAILOR,-Montrcrae, Pa. Shop • I. near the Baptist Meeting House, on Turnpike street. AU orders filled promptly. in first•rate etyle. i s tatting done on short notice, and warmut_ed to fit. 1 L. B. ISBELL, I Li ,l EtXuArte.st rYs't - SSLL work warranted. Shop In Chandler And .lef.snp's NOM, ocZtl 4 W. SMITH & CO. g - IAISTIVET AND CHAIR' 31ANITFACTIMERS.—Foot I,: of .4 rect. Montrin , e. r.a. ant; tf C. 0. 1 . 01i1).H1M., A[ANEICTI:ItEIt of BOOTS cf: SIIOES; Montrose. Pa. Shop °vet. Tyler's store. .All kinds. of work made to order. and repairing done neatly. je2 y TLTIIIIELL T - Nr.AVEILin DruzA, Medicine.. Chemlcals,L Dye • fa2KA Ware. Paints: Olio, Varnish. , Win- . , otr Glass, Groceries. Fancy Goods, Setrelre.Perfu i I , rr, &c.—Agent for all the most populail'ATENT itiliDlClNES,—Alontrose. Pa_ „ , tf -! HAYDEN BROTHERS; WII6LESAI.E DEALERS IN ._ _ " 4 2 - ALIVIMME NOTION - 0 . —AND— FANCY • GOODS.' • WM. HAYDEN. 1 . JoIIN RAYDEN„ 1 , . . TRACY HAYDEN. f' kEll* itaFor:n. PA. GEOP,GE HAYDEN. j - . . - _ P: E. BRUSH; '111.1).i I LtrING VW Local-Kb rx.rarAsr.:,rrix, AT Mil attend tb -fill: lune% of his pri3fessiba promrtly. °Mee at Lattrop , * 1100. AT ..ItilL3ElinE3 7 , I 'NEW MILFORD, PA., IS THE PLACE TO BUY -170171 t HARNESSE,S . ; CHEAP POE._ C4SH, - AND GET THE WORTH - OF-YOUR MONEY. rams= INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Nar CASH CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS, ARSE TS in July' 1860, " $'1,461,819.27 uto3iTsnEs, " ' . 48,068.68 Milton Smith, Sec'y. .Chtts. 4. Martin, tre.hlent John liCget, A>s t " A..E. Wtimarth, yice • Poileitis i+sned and renewed. by the underain ed. at his office, one docir above Searlea 'Hotel. M ontrose, pa. . j nuvZi •y 1" BILLINGS STIIOIIIII, - Agent. _ _, __ ____‘..___—_______4.--T___ ____. ME'. saRRx TT a large k of new; Stores, for H A No n kt re g. e l e 'a lT rfo d r. oiccand ' Shot, purposes, for Wood or Coal, with Stove Pipe. Zinc. Se: Ms assortment is 'sel ect and desirable, and will be sold on the most favorable terms- fur Cash, or to. ,Prronpt Six Months /ivory-. .•New billiard, Oct. Zit.h. 1800. Dandelion Coffee,. A HEALTHY beverage. fine . pciund of this (farce will /V make as much as two pounds of other Coffee. For sale. by ABEL TURRELL. MEDICAL ICARD. _ 367 , vpixj - juccork.. Graduate 'Lt. of the Allupatlc and Iltantropathic Colle;res of Died-wouid returOltis sincere thanks to the people of Gt. Modsad AdcLuityns t hthe _eery liberal patronage with 'which they have, fa. for him, and lie hopes by a strict at.: rends'tt ta husineevurederlt a libetal . share of the public conlidsitea. Great Seull_ianuary, TAKE rNO ICE ! _ d !cm . 2Elr-icletiel,.. Stkrep Paito. AinAirat, and all kinds 01 Tura:. A good .a.ortmila of liather and Bad% and raloo.cOitilSagn7ion.ll6nd. Office, Tannery,! & Shop ou Main Street. MuatFok c ifeb. - Gth.. A.,P; & L. C. It7EELER , I-, -DAVII) C. ANFI" -1 y AVINC; ItiMited permanently dt -Neu' Milford.' rd . , IA will attend protnflTlV 1n11 . 11C4/1. mg 7 lie forormt Otteo at - • --Now Milford. Ju1y..17. ABEL TURRELL ly v! , .. for •,'..4pialik• Oil. fpf Snwinn Mach!neg. 11 & liratnh 011. Pedlar. Rat and Ilnavtonnthie Pond's Exii - act.'-anii a vreat LiniTn , nr• Pine., and mnl , , 113, • !..,..::t Vire, Join' Ourselves, to no Party that Does not CarrY the Flag au MY COUNTRY HOME.. y W0131171,n0t chonge my conMry home For one In erowdedstreet; I would notehange the songs of birds For !ramp of busy feet. •, DIUNKETL nere Joan rise at earlylawn, To greet tt)erlslng stm ; Can kiss Its inorntng rays just when Its days march has begun. I woyiklnot change my shady w alks, Ob mosey carpets green, For any pearl In Tlppany, The choicest ever seen. live,' can - roam o'ergrasay And.placlrlhOlowerets sweet ;- Amd when I die . 1 then am had t At home a meet retreat. • There'e - mnele 'round my country home, Sweet music, choice end rare: . . The dancing streams, the singing birds Maio music In the air. Around our doors bright flowers grow, And.lt.oft seems to me.'s Our roses and our Illys are - • The sweetest that can be. My country home. I'll leave it not, So coax me not away ; LuTved feet have pressed Its oaken floor, And here I. choose to stay. • J. L READ THE BONNIE LASS. kart night, while I was up the street; A bonnie laps I Chanced to meet ; I stood beside a well-known gate, When lotg, she citme, 'twas nearly,eight ; Upon her face a smile she Wore Her eyes did then ioves language speak, And little dimples decked her cheek ; In accents sweet she spoke, lo me, 0 how I wished that-she—that sbe— Well I felt so strange, so would you. • He) lips are of the cherry- hoe, And on her forehead, smooth and fair, Sweet tresses wave of auburn hair. • • So sweet her smiles, so street her voice, When ere I meet her I rejoide. • ' Of all hor charms rve told you part, The balance la, she has a heart. O ! long live my bonnic.lass, Who last night I met, And all days In pleasure Tsars umingled with_ regret. • Thomleas the path her footsteps tread And bleatings fall upon her head And when . all earthly [let , are riven, Thla be her fate—to dwell In Ifeaven. Report of the Postmaster General. • The Postmaster General's Report states that the whole number of post offices in theijnited States, on tile aOth of . June, 1861, was 2EN5f36; and that the entire num ber of cases acted upon (Firing • the same period was 10,638, inchiding appoint ments made by the 'President of the `Uni ted States. The whole number of ap pointments made liy the,Postmaster Gen eral was 0235, and the- number by the President during the same period, 337. The aggregate earnings of;the different trans-Atlantic steamship lines - during he year ending' June 30, 1861, wag $392,887;-' 63: .r - • The expenditures of tile Department in, the fiscal year ending • June 30, le6l, amounted Lo i'313,006,750,11. The expenditures in ] 860, were 614,874- 772,59, showing a decrease in 1861 of SI.: 268,018,78. The gross,reverfue, for the year 1861, 1 including receipts from foreign postigcs, amounted to $8,340.296,40 . . • The estimated deficienc:y of . means foc 1861, as presented in the annual report from this department December 3; 1856 - , was $5,988,42 : 4,04. Deducting the actual deficiency; $4,65/,906,08, and there is an excess of estimated deficiency_ over actual deficiency of *1,430,457,06 • • The revenue from all sotrees during the year 1860 amounted •to -*0 218,067,40 The revenue from all sour ces during the year 1861, amounted to Decrease of revenue 'f ,r 1,9618163,771,00 The net proceeds from Pose Offices in the loyal States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1860, *3,688,00,56, and in 48(31 83,801,487,08. i ' shoring an increase in 1861 of 8112,796,52; and in the. disloyal States, in 1860, $820,546,,57, and, in 1861, $ 677 ;7 06 ,7 0 , showing. a'decrease in• 1861 of 8142,836;81. The decrease in 1861 from die net pro ceeds of'l,B6o,in all the States, appears to I.e -$3n,943.2,9, . J. 11. S7IITII. Statement of the recellits and experrditnres of the disloy al States andsinonnt altc,ed t n to be due to contractor.; also. the,mhotmt actualli• paid to edutrActor4 from July 1.1860, to May 21, INA. Total expenditnrd. - - - $3.699.150.47 Total gross receipti, - • - - 1.111•~,~O.t1:, ECCC49 of expenditures over receipts, g 2,457,930,42 .Ambunt 111 . egetl to be due . to cantraotors for transporta tion, - ' - - - - 53.135.43:3.12 Amount actually paid for trauspartation, 2,323,061 ,fm Leaving amount alleged to be due and nn- -- $512,515,49 The estimate of the total expenditures for 1862 is some what less than thnae of previous years heretofore sub mitted. This difference arises from the fact that only partial estimates are umde for the-cost of postal service in states where it Is now suspended. Theappiopriation for defences in 1601 was lini,ant.Tin. Ga, while the amount estimated to be required from the Treasury for 1660—is 1t2:145.000. The ci'hole number .of ordinary dead lettero,receired and examined during the year2oras about 2.11,0,00. , The number of theeo lett:Jr? containing money, which were registered and eent'out during the year ending *Jane 30.1E61. was 10.5.4). The. number of dead letters returned unopened to for eign con - lanes during.theliseal year was 111.147. which, added to the number of doint4tie letters (i 0.1,850,- sent out as above, giveir the whol&ttumber sent out from' the dead letter office for the year, 215,033. " • • Much' other estimable data is given on this subject and It 'is wu,n.by of remark that out of 76.769 lett ere, before alluded to' originating in the loyal States. and addrese ed. to residents of disloyal States, 40,000 could not-be ro turutglecither because the signature of the-writer incom plete,-or because the lettere contained no-clue to his resi dence. The experience of the Department shows that a tar enroportion of domestic letters written by educated persons, and partliidatly women, arc-deficient in one Or. both of these respects. In.tiew of these and other facts the Postmaster General 'suggests that valuable dead lettere. when returned to I, their owners. should beeharged with treble the ordinary I rate of poitage. comprising one rate for return trrasphrt- I ation to the dead letter °Mee, one rate for registration there, and one rate for return traniportation to che'4wrl- I ten or owneru • A treaty 'with 'Mexico boa been concluded, awaiting the ratification by Mexico, establishing a common internee tionairate,of twenty-live cents on lettere, with other useful nrovisions. The Postmaster General has accepted the offer made In .16.17 by Great Britain fer n reduction of the international rate between the two conntties on letters from twenty flve to twelve cents, which, however, has not yet gone intoopemtion, as it awaits the response-of thc, British office. • - Gondles: 7 —Profane language is a-. bominable. • Loud laughing is impolite— :kornetimes: Liquisiticeness •is offensive. T.ellizfg, lies is' mean. Slandering is ishr Itinoranee is'ilisgriveful, if learning Le neglee:eci.• • Laziness is shanieftil. • A-Void nil llte above ViCeA and zaim- at usefulness. 'Never he astutmedAsflioriest Vanity 15 ft curs': Keep .good - complier. _ . , ; -..-. , :::: ..,.. , --. . . 77- . ~ : 'i- ,, . , ‘ ..... ' - ''. :,-, • . . - --.' :,' . i_ . , ~. „ , i ... ! -.:,_:: 1:, - -,,;--, =. ~ .: :_:. ,---,. : .:,-, ..-.: i : ..` ~.., -..=, : = , :..j . 1 ., , , , ; .; ' ...'il:' , , :' .. ) . ';' , ": 7 "".',.',.., , 1 . ..'. M ...... . . . ~ ... , . ~. .. .. . ~,. . - , . . • . -.... I. . , 1 .. , , . ... 6... , . : , .-. , , ... i . ;',,, ~ „ .' : : 11 .. .=. :-- i - -. :.• .. :.=,-. t.: = ,-(-'•'- -.. t. ..,. _ . • . . - • _ - :.. . VOL. 18. 1 Report Ofstlio Secretary of thel .. . - The Secretary of the• Treasury's report, after referring to commendations contain ed in his July report, gives - the manner in which he obtained loans fur various -Or poses ofgovernment. • • The immediate exigencies were, provid ed for by issuing 814,49,034 in six per cent., two irears treasury notes, and 12, 877,709 in the . • same. notes, payable in 'thirty days. •- . . • . His next care was to prOvide for dis, bursements • of the war. He adopted the plan to engage the .lianking institutions of the three commercial cities-of the sea beard to advance the-amounts needed in loans of three years; 4 l.3o bonds to be re iiiibursed froni the proceeds of similar bonds subscribed for by the people, _hop ing thus to 'combine the capital of the batiks kind the people with -the credit .01 -the government, so as to give. efficiency. to.the administrative action and compe tent support to the public credit; and the result. has fulfilled the, hope. He then rehearses the agreement en tered into between the banks and himself, by which the former agreed to take the loans. A. B. Bnowt j The ItistOry of the first two loans has been made: public. The third loan was negoeiat ed; with the hanks on the 16th of I Ncivember,•by which he-agreed to issue ' to them 50;000,000 in six per cent. bonds ; at par for the bonds bearing peven per cen - k.intereSt.. ..This agreement was coupled "with no arrangement for reimbursement, and en- I tailed.no e ! xpense except the preparing and issuing . of bon& • This was also coupled with an option to the . banks that on or after the first day of January, a fourth. advance of. 850 / 000,000 should - be made on the same terms as. the first and 'second if required. In addition to these loans 821,155,220, up to the 30th of November, were issued I in Treasury notes offives, tens and twen tiO, payable on der And, and 83,36.5;10.5.' remain in 'the treasury. This amount may lie regarded as a loan from the people. The aggregate realized from loans, in various 'foils, is $197,242,5878.. The revenue receipts have not fulfilled his expeetationi:. He says; - "The actModifying i the rates of- duties differed from the measure -he submitted to Congress in most of these particulars —especially in diminished thities on tea, coffee and .stigar, and exempting goods in warehouseS and on ship4oard—the differ ence was disadvantageous to revenue, while a Potential cause or", reduced receipts may be found.,in the, chang ed eirentustanees of the country proving unfa,,vorable to foreign commerce.. These circumstances compel him to re duce his estimate for 1862, from the rev enue, from 1857,000, 1 .:00 to 32,108,602, The estitnates from receipts front lands and miseOlancons sources, he reduces from 3,000,'(100 to $2,354,02. - The onlyi,other" source of rilVenue is the direct tl4, authorized by Congress, which, if increaspi to the limit proposed by the Secretarß, 'and assumed by the States,the further stun of twenty million dollars may be expected:, .The aggregate of revenue may be ans . estimated at f,154,552-,605, - which is t,24, 447,334 lest; than, the estimate of July. The Secretary states that his 'estimate of July-was based on the raising, of 250,- 060 volunteers and the increase of the ar tily by.eleven regitnents. lint after -that report had been closedCongresS author ized the acceptance dy the President of rive hundred thousand inn, besides addi tional companies and officers. This large increasejias and must neces sarily au . gthent expenditure; far beyond -the limit Indicated by the original esti mates, w1:101 will be still furtlaer augmen ted I.x'y the increase of the navy, and addi tional appropriations are askedfor. • Of theseadditional appropriations,e47,- . ' 985,556 'were authorized by acts : , of the last - session and e 143,135,927 now asked ' • for, making an aggregate, including $22,- 787,933 for: indefinite appropriati,on§ of $213,004,437. ' To provide these large sthns retrench mentand reform are indispensible. Contracts should be subjected to . strict supervision, contractors! to vigorous . re sponsibility, all uunecesSary offices should be abolished and salaried and pay .materi ally reduced, ; While thus recommending Tetiench ment, he feels limself tOnstrained • to re new suggestions heretofore submitted to him, that the property of rebels should be Made to pay, in part at least, the cost .of • the rebellion. - Property of great value in loyal States is held by proprietors Virtually engaged. in the guilty attempt tolbreak up this tit ion, which is'justly-forfthed to the peo ple, which should be subject to the- •se questratioir or Confiscation, and the pro ceedkapidred. to the satisfaction of -claims i arising froth ,the war.l • The property of rebelS in rebel States should be treated in the - same manner. I - Rights to services Under State laws Must of necessity form art . exception to any rule' of confiAcation. 9,049,396,40 . Persons ;)field by rebel,under such laws, to service s slaves, mar however be lib ., erated-from their- constraint and made more-valuable in various employment's throUgh voluntary and compensate& ser vice, Abaft .f if confiscated as subjects of propeitv.- Showhig - the white Feather. At tke Republican CongresSioual • can cusleld on Wednesday night, .111 C.. Sher man, of New York, took the ground that we never eould put (lOwn.: - the 'rebellion With the ballet, that we must employ the slaves to do it. - Had any person ventured to make the declaration three months ago that the united North, With its eighteen millions of free population and. vast re sources, could not pritdown the. divided South,•with,but seven- millions,•lie would have beeit'branded as . a coward or de nounced 'as atraitor. , But times.: have changed, and the totubAt boasters are the first to Shaw the White ; feather. . . hunt lien.dviceo Bi► naticaip - , , MONTROSE, PA.;THIIRSDAY,DECEMBE ' 1861.] WHERWRICE COMES FROII, AND HOW IT IS . _ . -- Nineteen-twentieths of the rice ' ra ised in the, United States is grown , r,„ in the narrow district , on the cons of Sorith Carolina and Georgia, in the midst. of which our Northern troops have Intely planted themselves. The remaining twentieth is grown in various portiotis of , the South, chiefly:in the Mississippi • va l. ley, where lie millions of unproductive acres 'admirably 'adapted to this cultrire, yet unavailed of, owing to the limited amount of labor alraillible in the Southern States. It is said that the rice landi of Louisiana are morehealthy than , those of the Atlantic States, the Mississippi Water not being so liable to ecomposition land miasma as the waters of ,Eastern rivers. . , Though rice is•more _profitably grlown in a hot climate, it is . Sometimes exPeri -mentally cultivated on swampy land of the Northern States, and extensivel yso -in ,Westphalia, Northern Italy and un- I gary, where the climate resembles our lat itude in Southern Pennsylvania. The t amount yearly exported from the T.., Cited' I States, has been, of late, about three hun died.million pounds. Of the, plantaltio.ns ;of the ' Atlantic seaboard, raising over i twenty thousand pounds, South Carolina 1 counts, in round nunibers, five hundred, 1 GeOrgia one hundred;and North Carolina i thirty, giving a total of six hundred - and City. It is in these localities grown with ,1 unusual advantage; the soil is rich and leasil • worked, and may be covered t will . .%, with_ water, until other plants are ! Gilled, Which saves much labor in ~ weedi n ng.— When necessary the water is draw off, the arrangements Ihr drainage Lein mod ( I eratelv inexpensive. -' Most luxhriant II crops ofgrain and Vegetables arelsome , times grown on these fields,by way lof va ; riety,.and it is a matter of regretl - tliat . I more swamp lands of our own NO them i States are not availed of for, this _ atter i ... purpose, the cost of draining which ; would be, at most, but SlO an acre. • 1 • For fifty miles in width; a large part of i the North Carolina coast, Georgia and 'South Carolina coasts is occupied Georg ia. flat Icypress swamps and reedy- marshes, or. il_iy sandy pine larnks: The nearer t k ie ap l.proach to-the sea, the ,mare does,. water l ;predominate; till at length the . land dis plays itself but in islands or capes, Iform , ing the well known Sea island r egion.— i Beyond all, there stretches along the 1 whole coast a low, narrow sand bar, in habited chitty by runaway negroes,l who I subsist by hunting and fishing. 1 . Upon_ these several Government-1 relief stationsand lighthouSes exist, At distant intervals there are shallow breaches thro' -which, twice a day, the tide steals, !swell , 1 ing neutral lagoons and dainming the 1 outlets of the fresh water streain, till their. .! current is destroyed and turned baekond their flood diSpersed far and wide over 1 the swamps. 'When heavy rains; have swollen the rivers -their, currents deposit, all along the - edges of . the sandy islands 1 and capes, the rich earth washed 1 from the streaming sides of mountains, a the organic .waste of forests through which i they flow.. With this is mingled the sili ; eious wash of the nearest shore, and the ! rich silt of the salt lagoons aroused from their bottoms in stormy weather. _.. Mee plantations are formed in sudh [parts of the tidal - swamps, adjoining the mainland* the sandy islands, as are left 1 dry at the ebb of the water. The urface must be level, or With only a sligh incli i nation towards the natural drains li which the retiring tide withdr'hws • and i must be at such a distance from the se • ' that there is no taste of salt in the wa 'er by which it is 'flooded - at high tide. 1 1 This is usually done .in winter. trees of •a wooded swamp bein _ ditch is dug at the line of ebb tide strong embankme,nt is formed, five feet high and fifteen broad ,base. The trees and brush being 4 ed inlicaps, are set on fire early i spring. The cleared land is then I into fields of convenient size, by e ments similar to, but sipaller, th. 1. main river embankment , their ohj et b - ing simply to keep the water thal is o 1 he let into one fiOd•ottt of the next wh .h may not he prepared for it. Eitel field has a separate trench and gate; to et in or exclude -the water of the river li , and if it is a back field, a canal embankment, on either side is sometimes made for this purpose.' This canal is usually! wide enough for' the passage of a scow for the transportation of the Crops., [ _ Owing to the withdrawal of shade, de cay of roots and vegetable depoSit, and drainage of water which had hitherto sat urated 4. the earth, a gradual subsid mee.of the surtitce continues for several y ars af ter cultivation, making it neces. ary to provide more ditches to remove the wa ter, after flooding the field with su cient .. completenesS. . - , These ditches,nsually but two fe tside and deep, are ditg ketiveen - tile crops, faun' time to time, until all the fields are , divided into rectangularleds of alhalf or . quarter acre-each. Whet...the gates are open at fall of tide,• any water on tie beds flows rapidly into these small. drains, from these toile outside of each field, and again throngh:the field trenches into the canal; Or the main embankment ditch,- and from this through the main trunk in to the - river. The trench gates art made witli valves that are clesed•by the water in the river, so 'as • not to ti, mit it. Other gate with valves the other way,-are shut flown, a former are drawn up, when it is to - admit the water nnirprevenf • flow. • • The ground before sowing, is th . rough- - ly "chopped" witlisa thick, heavy: hoe, which mixes and levels the surce two or three inches in depth. • Planting co_mmen-, ces.lateln garcli„.by opening drillsAvith narrow hoes, four inches wide - MO 'deep, and one foot 'apart. • .-‘. Ai these• trenches are made lands follow, who Strew seeitliu 13 them: - :-Froin two to three bnsliel of rice are used-to the acre zlor__:seeding • -The sowing:of each. - 6 el d is:completed on:' the day it commences: • , -The outer ga oethe The Rice Crop. CULTIVATED CLE.AMING A RICE FIELD d Keep , St an . trench is then opened, ,on the rise of •- the - water fills the ditches, : and rises till the whole groinid-is covered, ; It remains foi a week nr more ,until the seed sprouts; When driwn off, lie - field is left. till the young plants appear, :When a second flooding is given. The: water is then allowed to i qmain - till all - gtass and weeds mingled ith the rice are ' killed, And until the fatter is four inches in height, and too , strong for the, birds to gull up.— After the second drainage, ; the ' rice, re ceives two hoeing! within three weeks: After the last hbeing the ground is again flooded . over the bight of the plints,•that the loose weeds may Snit off; the -water is then lowered slightly below the top of the rice---now about afoot high It thus remains for. nearly three weeks, ; and the drawing is dettiumed by the appearance of the crop. "then dry the -ground re ceives, two morh hoeings at proper inter vals; and soon after the water is again let on to a depth that will 'not quite cover the Tice, and reinains until, the bhrvest.— Till the crop heads, ,the negrdes wade through it, - and bring out. in baskets, .any aquatic glasses that may, have grown in the trenches; After the rice has headed the water is rained still higher. fOr the pur pose of supporting the leavy crop, and to. prevent the_strhw becoming tangled by the wind until tiipe for the sickle'. Irrigation, by protecting the ;seed and plants, destroying weeds and vermin, and mechanically supporting the, - crop saves much labor; which, upon an unirrighted crop would be necessary. Rice has been grown on uplands, but with a far - greater outlay of libor.l The harvestiornmences September by sickling. lie stubble is left, -a foot high, and the rice is laid - upon into dry.- -In two days it, k- tied in small- sheaves and carried to the stack yards on the heads of negroes, when I threshing commences.— After thk pro ess, ~ it rerohing covered 'With -a husk, acid is called 'paddy;' or 'in the rough.' It is usually worth in the rough about nihety cents a bushel, weigh ing from forty to fifty pounds.' !The hull; lug is porformeld in neighboring 'cities by mills, or Shipp d in the rough tCi.Europe, tob be hulled at establishments :over the ocean. , A usual cro of rice is from thirty to. sixt,ypand som, times one hundred bush els to the acre.l I • 1 . --...- 41111. - 41. -- ---•-• •-• , A Cap i aziolis . Swal)o* 1 .. We stated n our last that a Whale got entangled in the cable of an immigrant vessel at Paisen. The - published letter from Mr. J. T. Reidy shows that the ani mal swallowed' the anchor,. and 4 5 :.t hook ed by its flukes. We mentioned that the . vessel had bee dragged thirtyl miles -in ~ five hoursor t the rate of six`miles an hour. Mr.. Rey computes the 'total dis- I tance at fifty !]tiles , and the rate as reach, I nig the- railroad speed of fifteen; miles an hour! The case is one of 'The most ex-' traordinary on) record . *-A ship ;takes to I -angling . , usinger anchor for a. hook--; catches a whal and finds that 'the case i very much resembles the one I of catching a Tartar.' The .whale runs 1 away. with the' ship and a couple of hun- tired human bings ; playing alb sorts of I fantastic trick ; finally.gets sick'and casts ! up the ancho . Here is Mr.. Reidy's account of this strange encounter between the ship and t e - whale: We wish we could get the whale's account of his pro ceedings and sensations. If he survives this will be a esson to him to .Ibe more choice of his feeding for the future. Iron is certainly- as ful as a tonic, but our - ce taceous friend must have misapprehend ed his doctor' . prescription when he took to swallowing' ft. in the mass.; Sydney { Smith hoped h s friend Selwyn Would dis :mice with thh New Zelanders if they agree with lug';.. We fear the remaining fluke will disagree with Our,marine friend —if he will allaw us to call him so, • • I have the hbnor to inform yOu I left Devipitam ; on the 20th instant., With ' the two schoonersihaving on board 240 cool ies. We arn i vedhere - (Talematinar) oil; Saturday, the pub instant., at 4 p, _m.— I Having the-wipid directly againSt us. on coming opposite to Ramisserani bagoda, we anchored thereat 6 - o'clock p.m., in tending to statt during the night for Tal emanaar, when the wind would ehange.--= - 1 About 8 o'clotik,To. m. I - Was sitting on the small poop", when suddenly ,the bow of the 'vessel was pulled on a level with the sea; then itine a slight shohk and .a large 'shower T'spray: all over the- vessel after which w shot off at a railway speed: I was very much alarnied by the shock and - spray, thinking we might have, drift ed on some - of the.coral'reefs. _ln about a minute a whale, some-forty or fifty feet long, made . her. appearance forward at cable's length front the vessel; then for the first time 'I kntw how matters I were.— Very extraordinary, indeed, the *hale had swallowed our anchtir, and Was hooked.. At - Ole time the -whale• hooked himself we were in six.fathoms ; the even ifigwas, very ealtn, and the moon just ap , leared above the horizon, -All the _cool ' tea* were very muck alarmed; and indeed iso Were we-all; : I was going twice• to cut I away•the anclior and cable, but having .Only another gable on board, . I' did. not like to:do so, ns, if-I had; I shohld stop I the vessel, as I would not risk her in- this weather depending on one cable: I think I the way the *hale'got entangld : . must I have been when lie was feeding, running I With Mouth flilly extended, when,coming }with his undei jaw .against. the fluke of the anchor, lui seized it up, - and - having. turned it in hilt mouth, was unable to- ex: tricatte himiel I do not. otherwise see I bow it could have ' occurred.: The - wht.le j got. hooked ahout 8 o'clock -p. m. Ho 1 then went off j- at -full . speed ahead, than= ' stopped, and }whirled . us - about . ! rapidly ; lithe' went Uri orward again' fully -at the. I rite of fifteenmiles an hour ; again whirl r. ' ing us about, JAM : pulling - us right and left, and showting him Self, - and spouting every- minute ; and-this continued - until one.o clock' a.m. - Front his sii-PI do not thiplete could have been a grampus, as- I feel certain- h must have Been _ forty or fifty feet in le gth: - se-took us N.- by N. E. over fifty iles.:.., At ::one . delock on Saturday nto . iug the vesselstoppid run - ning. and. - the 'whale : lifted -up. - his head ou s t. of the water Rhein - ten. cfeet,_ and went. 'The cut, a and a sually allect n the ivided ' bank the rise of ain ad penin;g, d the wished its ont- i p to 'the, Music of the Whole Union. { NO. 4-0. off, leaving the anchor drifting to the ves sel. He was hooked five hours and was nearly dead when the anchor got loose.— We then turned the vessel 'set sails, , and stood in for Pauitiben light, which we , made by daylight, and continued . under sail until we arrived at Talemanaar.—Cey lon- Observer. Protest Against Emancipation. .Froat the E co!levMe Janina]. We are sorry'te tie constrained to no. - knowledge that the-President's message is, on. the point of chief solicitude to' the conservative , men of the country ," W no means satisfabtory. Nay, the message is on this , vital point. deplorably unsatisfact ory. :We make' the confession frankly because it is true; and because it behooves, the loyal men of the country not only to face the truth 'confessed, but •to firmly grapple with it instantly. The point-to which we refer is of course the future policy of the ••Administration with respect Acr-- - zslayery. . •r•Coiacerning this point in its-principal aspect, the mes contains the following passage: 1. "Also, obeying the dictates of prudence as well as the obligations of law, instead of transcending, I have adhered to :the act of Congress to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes. If d new law upon the same subject • shall be, proposed, its propriety will be duly conl sidered. The Union must be preserved and hence all disposable means must 1)0 employed. .We should not be in haste to determine that radical and extreme meas= ures, which may reach the loyal as • well as the disloyal, are indispensable." The.paisage is 'virtually a hint to Con gress that if that body-will take. the re= -sponsibility of authorizing or recommend ing extreme measures the President will probably take the responsibilityof approv-- ing them and of carrying them out. And, the seraral bills and resolutions proposing extreme measures which have been - al ; .ready introduced into one or the other house with overpowering manifestations 'Of favor show-that Congress will not be Slow to-act upon this hint. Congress is apparently bent -on such action. We thud have before us the startling fact that. within a few days or weeks the-President will be. called upon to decide for or against ,the adoption of measures- which . the con s servative men of the country been , utter ly fatal to the reestablishment of our gov ernment and which be will consider with a bias favorable to their adoption. This isthe plain truth, deny it-who may, and the revelation of this; truth marks the real turning-point in the present; . momentous struggle. Now of all others is the criti ,. -cal hour of American, nationality. What is to be done? Thereis hut one thing to be done.. The 'adoption of the extreineineastires contemplated must be prevented or the nation'is swallowed•uP. Of this we do not feel a shadow of doubt.' But how can the adoption of these men& tires be prevented ? There appears to us to be three modes in either iot which the all iniportant prevention may be attained. 1. The prosperity of our arms and' of our, cause generally in:a degree that will pat all pretextS Whatever for_ a resort-to treme measures outof the question. 2. The awakening of the conservative senti ment and enlightened loyalty of thecouii- . try and'the bringing of both to bear on' the President with a force which he. can not as an honest and rational man • with stand. 13. The resolution of the comman der-in-Chief in the field andof his princi pal associates in command to liirrendek their &words rather than link 'them 'with the infainyof such measures. The firat of these three modes is for the most part beyond the reach of the ; people.. WO' have faith in it, but it should not be ,re lied on blindly. The last- mode, is °lir last hope.- When everything else, thils_l this may save us. ' If it does not, we Are irretrievably lostias a nation. This mode .though hardly beyond the reach of the 1 peOpie, is still 'notdireetlS , within their in -.1 tluenee. The second mode is especially l the people's own, and through this mode -we invoke the people to pour their awaki:.l ened energies with a spirit of lofty resolve that will not-be put down- or put aside.•-• 1 Here is the Obese wherein the loyal nias& eS of our people-in this crisis of the nations fate*can work effectually for the national preservation. We call them to the sub- 1 • lithe task. • s. ; Let the enlightened journalists . and Speakers of the N orth set forth in a strong I light the facts, first,. that slavery is' not 1 the cause but the mere pretext of the re: hellion, and secondly, that the polieY of ; emancipation, if adopted by the adininiii- tration, would render the bare physical suppression of tire rebellion more difficult indefinitely, while it would make the - roil& tablishment of 'the Government wholly impossible. Let. them point out the tran't- 1- parent .fallacy which lies at the bottom oil this cry for extreme measures, and hold up .to N iew the immeasurable folly:Md . . - enormity of the cry itself. * * s We know not how it may be with others,, 1 we confess the effect produced in ,us by the mournful repulse and - panic. of Baal Run was elation compared with the feels. ing experienced on reading the -pan sage of the message which forms the teat' of these remarks. Unless the President is speedily braced up by the conservative i sentiment of the nation there is serious danger that, although the rebellion is Ott , down, the nation will be extinguished. 1• i =I:=ZI 'One of s tile Most important duties of the well to do citizen at this time is to give employment to labor 'in , every why lie can. The number-thrown out of wok by the. war and the total 'suspension of improvements and commerce is very large They have children to feed and familieiilo support.' :The wages. for • their labor ; is their,ehief of only support. It is all that stands between them and Want. Just iin agine families so situated, reader, and y ou *ill see,hoW great a service you may r- der them by giving them work, or getting 'it for. them.. •Let every citizen - see what he can do in this Way. , - —A 'strong minded young lady was heard complaining that ,Liricoln,doetziot call• out any female regiments. She sriya gbe'd like nothing , better 'than• being ; m arms. • I • JOB PRINiniG 3:034.761-0 Cl R. .1201" FEATLY A2ip Ir#OIIIPTLT - - `AND . AT 4 .f Uri AND LET LIVE" PAMPA Teti office of the Montrose Demor - rnt has recently been anpplkd with a new and choke variety of type. etc.. and we are now prepared to print psmphleta• eirenLue, etc., etc., In the best style, on short notice. . Handbills, -Posters, Programmes, awl other kinds of work In thiallne, done according to order. , Business Wedding; and Ball CAnns , Tickets, etc., p rinted with twattlestand. despatch. • Justices' and Constables' Blanks, Notes Deeds, and all other Blanks, on hand, or printed to order or Job went and Blank*, to be paid (or or denim I In Behalf of • Farmers ' Boye . Farmers, did you ever think what a lonedome business farming. can be, and ; often is, made for your boye, .just,by your uusOciability? Do. you. talk with your sons as you•go to and from and while at work ? Or do you worktAin dreary, un cheert.ll silence, unless itighbor chances. to come.along or help you day, and then suddenly recover the faculty of speech and flow* of spirits P. Do you kqow your 1 boy's subject of thought ? His pet plans - and would he confide to you or advise I with you about any new plan or idea ? Do you complain that your son 'stakes no interest" - in your work, and at the same time do you , take no interest in his _plans . for plea Sure and profit? Do you help him make his bow and arrow, or his tricks or his sled ? Or does he have to constr.- , net these out of your sight arid; enjoy them by stealth, for fear of receiving , a ', reprimand from you for this waste of time ?.'o you commend his good en deiricris, or 'do you reprimand- him on every'slight occasion, without any • man , ifestation of your appreciation. of his -dili gence at other times? .. . There is nothing so terribly discourag ing as this perpetual fault finding_ without any commendation, and yet, who can not call to mind many fathers who so rarely commend-their sons, that it is thought to be said ironically when by chance a word of satisfactio,n with their conduct is filter ed. Farmers boys feel this more from. the fact that they, are almost Constantly with their fathers. -They can not, like village boys,Meet companions at -night .after their worleis•done, and•havea good - time, nor can they every few days see some show, fiiemen?s parade, or enterta ining curiosity,. that may serve • them for - subjects of thought when at 'work in silt ence.: . The farm is their World, and ifthe farmer does not try hard to make himself the companion of. his boys, to not only seem, but to be interested in whatever interests-hjs sons, to make' the hours of work a plesant sociable time instead .of silent; dreary drag and, if he .does •not by - consultlng•with them, and asking for and talking over with them their plans and "suggestions, and by proper commen.da : don, encourage them to better efforts in the-future, why should he be surprised to learn some morning that his son had be come tired-of farming, and "stepped oui" - tb - try the )road- untried world outside 1 How many fathers, whose boys leave home just as soon - as they can, might justly .blame only their own reserve for their sons discontent. Boys are very much like men, and bow can they be coat tented and - happy while working day after '.day in silence, only when - the parental) . mouth is opened to repriniand'some error Lof omission or conimission.? No one won t den that the slaves brthe south • feel, no interest in their .work ; and many a father treats his boys, so far as companionship is . concerned, just as if they were Slaves.. He... does not de this because he does not love. his boy, though it teems tio to the child ; I•but he has "put away childish things" so. 1 far that he does not apreciate the feeling of youth, and then the boy is his own, and, he does not feel under any social obliga-. tions to him. I verily believe that boys - libel 'five out' Will average to be - more contented, and to haVe more reason to be contented, than,lannere boys who live at home, so Tar - as companionship . with and commendation from the father is concern ad. • - Let any one Observe in his own neigh-, borhood, or still better s observe 'carefully his own boys, and he wilt at Onee be eon: winced there is here a great evil, and ones . , tosbe especially observed in the farming. community; - People who" labor hard are . .apt to become cold'and . reserved. Farm., work is usually very suggestive of a most pleasant-.and insiru - Ctive interchange of words, and in the quiet monotony of hoes . ing one hill after another the father forgets that the son is not as old as himself, with a lifetime of recollections for his mind to . reed upon. . Think of this thing, fathers,and observe your:Son'S conduct, and if you'find.that he feels any more .conf i dence that he shall ! find sympathyand encouragement and: asTiistance from•you, your • duty to him.' as a fittlier hag-been neglected: - IliispluncE.—A very* learned and • compassionate judge in a Nyesten! (. state on passing_ sentence on one Jones, o. had•been convicted of murder, couel v ~ u,ded . his remarks as The fact is, Jones, the min did not at, first intend to orderyou- -to be executed before next spring; but the Weather is so:, N:ery cold ; our jail is unfortunately itt a - bad ehndition; much Of the glass in the: Windows is broken.: the. chimneys are-in such a 41ilapidated state that no fire be made to render your apartment cote"' fortable; besides, owing to, a. great num ber of prisoners, not more than one•blan ket: can b allowed to each ; and to - sleep :sound andcointbrtahly„ therefore is out 0.t . „. the question. .In consideraticin -of these cirenniseances, And Wishing. to lessen your sittli!ritigs as much a:s Possille, the court, ,in the exercise' of its humanity and com -passion, - do hereby order you ,ick be exc. cured to-morrow morning, As:soon after breakfast as may be convenient • to_ the Sheritf, mid agreeable to you. . Aid and Coinfort., t. • - - . 1 - The leiu Of the southern rebellion induced the timid and vascillating to join their rants by constantly asserting that the federal gm - et:infield intended to abol-. I ish slavery. Of course this was, a He, in-. I vented to 'fire the southern heart.' But 1 what Must he the.gratification of Jeff Ra i Cis and Ms fellow conspirators when they. i discoveithat the Republican members of 1 Congress have deteftutited to convert their falsehoods into truths by making-this aa abOlition-war!= If:this ho •nof giving aid, ! and comfort to the onininy we know not ,' what to call it. It- greatl y strengthens `• the rebellion, —Are white - freemen capable of saving this country? . If NOT, let us acknowledge ourselves the slaves of slaves, by - begging the negroes to "come to our assistance .or take us under their protection. - • 1==1221 DONE AT , TUE OFFICE 01 THE === e.I twil lbo-the ryo ut•orea dtbifalin
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