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~?y our congressmen* v
Washington, February 14.?In the
House the regular business of the mornlag
hour was tho consideration of the priveto
ealendar. The bill for the retirement
of Gen. James Shields was, amid a good
deal of confusion, referred to tho committeo
of iho whole.
' The bill to pay John J. Armstrong, of
Virginia, $1,840 for the rent of a wharf in
Alexandria during the war, was diaoussed
at length.
Mr. Conger started off in opposition to
tho billj contending that, if its principle
was a correct one, tho troops that marohed
across tho Long Bridge ought to have been
of property wnich was to be used for war
purposes what they demanded for their
property.
Mr.,Shelley, of Alabama, had no sympathy
generally with these war olaims. There
were no Confederates presenting suoh claims.
There were not in Alabama twenty war
claims, and he certainly would not vote
for any Alabama olaim wherein loyalty
was set up.
Ben Batler, of Massachusetts, expressed
his views on war olaims. So long as such
claims were presented for damages done
during the war or tor proporty occupied
during the war, so long would there bo
misunderstanding between the sections of
the Union. Both sides desired that "bygones
should be by gones" and that all
about the war should bo forgotten. There
was one thing, however, whioh could not
bo forgotten and that was the valor and patriotism
of those who fought for the Union
in the hour of its direst peril. Nor would
the bravery and earnestness, and he might
say, loyalty to the cause whioh they espoused
of those who fought on the other side be
forgotton. He was willing that States
should be put upon the same ground that
the fathers of the Republij had put them
upon in the *ar of the Revolution by assuming
their debts for raising and reoruit
ing troops, and after that let no olaim
arise oat of the war, except olaims of
maimed and disabled soldiers, and with
that determinnation on the part of the
people of the oountry, both North and
South, the time would not be far distant
when the feeling of brotherhood would take
into the oharge of the government the
maimed and disabled soldiers of the Southern
army, rememboring their courage, their
steadfastness and their gallantry, and forgetting
the mistaken j ldgment which made
them fight upoa the side they did.
Mr. White, of Pennsylvania, opposed
the bill as a war olaim for the use of and
damages to property in an insurrectionary
State.
Mr. Aiken,, of South Carolina, declared
himself opposed to all Southern war claims.
He was glad to hear that some members
on the Republican side were liberal enough
? to vote compensation for damages to religious,
educational and eleemosynary institutions
at the South. For himself his independence
would not allow him to do even
that. The Southern people should go baok
to first principles and go to work and rebuild
such institutions themselves. They had
risked everything in war and had no favors
to ask from those who had whipped them.
He honestly believed that if the Southern
States had been represented in Congress in
1871, 1872 and 1873 as they were reproesnted
to-day, there vould be no such cry
as that a hundred millions had been drawn
from the treasury to pay Southern*-* war
claims. Judging of all of them from those
that be knew, he could say of those claimants
that a grander set of villains had
nover drawn a dollar out of the treasury.
His own little Stata had been represented
in Congress by men who were now, Clod
only knew where. They had naver been
South Carolinians, and yet they had voted
the claims of men who had not a just title
^ to a dollar. He honestly bolieved that the
treasury was safer in the hands of the men
who defended the Confederacy, than in the
hands of those who held it (polity. ,! The
people of South Carolina, no Oaatterivrhat'
their rebellious proclivities had beetf%#fttV>'
fore, were to-day as stroug and unitedJiTc[<?;
fence of the government as the people of any
State iu New1 England o^ the NdfthVrett.
Ue and those of bis colleagues who truly
represented that State were hero to proteot
the treasury, and the best way to proteot it
i(so far as these olaiut were oouoerned,)
was to drive every one of them from tbo
halls of Congress. [Applause on the Democratic
side.]
Air. Keifar, of Ohio, oritioised Butler's
speech, citing the part of it in regard to
pensioning Confederate soldiers, and asked
whether he understood him oorreetly.
Butler 5 I repeat that, whenever the ques
tions of the depletion of. the treasury by
these olaims is over, I think that the pity,
the humanity of the North, will take eare
of the maimed of the war. If you wish
to know it, I see no more reason why a
Confederate soldier, maimed and crippled in
the- honest discharge of what ho believed
to be his dutv, should not be pensioned,
than why a Confederate general who honestly
believed he waa doing his doty
Should be pot into a Republican Cabinet. 1
{General applause aud dapping of hands on
the Democratic side.]
Tbe debate continued at great length.? 1
Mr. Blackburn, on the question of tho alleged
disloyalty of the Southorn seminurica,
asked who had shed lustre on AmOToan '
arms heforo tho war broke out; who had 1
not been a graduate of West Point and had
not thon learned (Trom Rowle's Commentaries
on tho Constitution) every thing that
ho ever knew of the limitations of the Constitution
t That "hornbook of the nation" i
was certaily tho most advanced advocato of
tho right of secession. lie entered his
protest against tho injustice done to the '
South in imputing to it any responsibility
for these war claims. The South did not 1
ask for the pensioning of her soldiers.?
ghe had stake^ her all on baroonvictions '
She bore her losses, and simply protested 1
that it was neither generous, nor kind, nor *
manly, nor merciful to drag her into this J
question, and to make her tho football of
the passionB of men who seemed to have at '
heart the serving of partisan purposes rather
than the advancement of common good. !
[Applause on the Domooratio side.] 1
? ??. uva^au, Vi XVJLUt), UlureBKOtt IQO
wish that some means should be adopted !
either to wholly exclude all such claims, or !
refer them all to a tribunal where they '
could bo passed upon on their merits. He 1
regretted that his friends on the Democratic *
side should hafe allowed themselves to be 1
placed in the attitude of favoring olaims ]
for which they had no sympathy. Without
aotion on the bill the committee rose '
and the House took a recess till 7 P. U. '
c. (
Home-Made Fertilizers.?In acoord- 1
ancc with artiole 3d of the resolutions adopt- 1
ed in a farmers' mass moeting, held at 1
Grecnvillo Court House on the 3d inst., <
the committeo on "Best mode of compost- <
ing and utilizing the materials of the farm <
.for purposes of fertilisation," beg leave to <
report:
That in view of the fact that oiriy a short (
time remains till the season for the applies- 1
tion of manures for the crops of the present '
year, your committee have thought best to 1
confine themselves to the mode of prepar- i
ing such compost as will be soonest ready i
for use, and which, from practical experi- 1
cnce, they are willing to recommend, vis: 1
Let a place, or more than one, as may be *
necossarv. be prepared in the field unnn i
whioh the compost In to be used, by oak- 1
ing level and smooth a space of twelve or t
fifteen foot in diameter; then haul say thir- li
ty bushels of ootton soed and place near 1
the spaces, one sack of salt; this being 8
done, commence hauling stable or barn yard v
manure, and with shovels or forks, put a '
layer of manure three or four inches thick 8
on the spaces prepared for the compost heap; 0
then sprinkle cotton seed and salt as the c
manure is unloaded, at tho rate of five t
bushels of seed if the manure is from the
stable, or ten bushels if barn yard manure t
is used, and one bushel of salt to each two- 8
horse load of manure. At least each third i I
load should bo of woods mold, rakings ?
from fonce corners or tho dirt from under- c
oath old houses, with whioh the cotton *
seed and salt must be mixed, as with the *
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vmiv(? fv uou iuo OOUp IB IQUS 4 1
made up to a point like a potato bank, 8
strike it sharpely with a board or the baok 8
of a shovel all over, so as to make it oom- '
pact; then oover the heap with earth to e
the thiokness of three or four inohes, and 0
tho work is done. No water should be F
used, as the moisture of the ingredients
will be suffioient to produce fermentation,
so that in two or three weeks it will be a
ready for use. One small handful is suffi- c
cient to each hill of coin on thin land, and n
jusL as small a quantity as can bo put 'in 8
the drill with an ordinary manure box is *
enough to equal the yield of cotton thafr*is L
commonly produced by the use of commer- f
cial fertilisers. ***** li
! The reasons of the above plan for com- ?
posting arc as follows:
1st The field is the best place for com- 8
posting, beoaueo extra handling is avoided b
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liu hii usorotion oy ine eartn id utilised. v
12d. The grount} must be smooth so that d
If the cnmpost'trity-bovfaaily. talcwn up. a
' $d. G<j6a stab!o 'liintitifc fr flighty ammo- 0
iateif, and therefore cott6n 8Q0'(which al- ?
o cootaios a great deal oS*au?monia) need *
idf'bCM freely lised as WKK batn-yard ma- o
oure. " e
4th. Salt is used because it contains
manuring properties of its own, is taken *>
up largely (without undergoing any chcmi- a
onl ohanges), by growing plints, and there- 1
fore is a preventive of injury to the plants ?
by insects, it also attacts moisture, thereby u
aiding in the fermentation of the other in- *
gredients. ?
ftth. WlVhll mftnU vatinna of <??"? '
. _ ? ? ? , vvw? IMVWIV) HM lugo wt Aguvu "
oorners, Ao., contain vegetable matter, and 11
absorbs escaping ammonia from the manure, '
cotton seed, Ao. . 1
6th. The heap is oovered with earth in >
order to keep ou( rain, and keep in all
soaping gasses. 1
Respeotfullv submitted, 1
1 M. L. Donaldson, <
Chairman of Committee.
"Coold you tell me, sir, whioh is the oth- i
er side of the street V On being told that t
it was across the way, the tight one said, i
"That's what I said; but a fellow over there i
sent me over here." i
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jIbo grew, he knew by experience that thii
jotton could wait until the orab grass landi
were worked up, whioh could not be deferred
rhis management enabled the same numbai
jf laborers to cultivate that much mon
sotton, adding eight or ten acres to the or
iinary average cotton orop per hand. Anc
this cotton was infrplondid condition and wel
frnited. The stand was exoellent, having
been doubly seeded to provide against the
old turfs and the hot dry weather of th<
early part of the season, which usuallj
causes much of the young cotton to die
out.
The proprietor of this farm, a gentleman
>f observation and experiences, has a good
reputation for cotton orops on Florida at
veil as on Georgia lands, and we will now
oveal to his neighbors what his retioenoe
vould not?that the old broomsedge is hie
>onansa. He has more than once put in a
ull orop of ootton on his other lands, and
hen added soma immense old broomsedge
ield lor late work, to employ his laborers
rhen the first was off his hands. His
icighbors thought him ^.efcerppned-?that
le would not be able to keep down tKe
rrass, but he know there would bo no grass
u the old broomsedge field to keep down,
od by planting late and seeding well, he
ftrild get to it in time to keep the land
rose. This accounts for some of bis unuunlly
largo crops of cotton to the number
>f hands employed. His experience is that
orn will not pay ou broomsedge land, but
hat cotton will.
Ob the same farm our attention was called
o thvj exoclleuco of a field of corn, the
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inu uaviug uccn prucureu ID XUD0688CC.
Nothing was claimed for the seed beyond
;ood quality of coro, but the fact that it
ame from a more Northern climate; and
f this was all the advantage, it appeared
o us to be sufficient inducement to change
>ur seed every year or two for Northern
eed. Planted sido by aide with houie
eed, the Tennessee corn has less stalk
rith a great deal more grain, larger
are, with thinner and less husk or shuck,
nd so well filled out that the grain often
irotruded beyond the eud of tho shuck.
We noticed this remarkable difference
a corn once before, on our own premises,
nd deoided that the introduction of seed
orn from a moro Northern climate was a
laterisl benefit to our -farmers. The very
ame varieties we plant, fresh from Tenobsee,
altogether surpass ours in production
he first year. In the seoond year it is satd
o be no better thau ours. If true, it is an
mportant matter for the consideration of
ur farmers.
We know very well, that there are other
eeds, especially in our garden list, that do
>cst purchased annually in the North, but
re had not classed corn among them, and
lo not new, believing that the difference
bove alluded to may be aceountod for in
ur general neglect of seed corn selection,
teed corn should bo selected in the field,
rhere the farmer can uote the condition
f the stalk, the difference in ears and the
arlv or lateness of maturity.
hvery farmer knowa tbatsome ears ripen
auch earlier than others, and that all over
ny field he may select. He knows also
hat somo are ill and some are well shaned.
nd filled out in different degrees, even
inder the same conditions. All this means
omething, and the use of Farming intelli;ence
is to find it out. If threo, five or
light bushels more per acre of com can be
nade with the same labor, on the same
and, by a little attention to seed, wonld it
lot be wise and prudent to give that little
dtention f
And what is here said of corn applies to
learly all of onr seeds. Goodweed iw half
he profit, the other half being in good
inItiration.?Savannah Netea.
''Man and wife are all one, are they not ?"
aid she. "Tee: what of it ? said he sunpiliously.
"Why, in that oase," said hie
vife, "I came home awfully tight last night
ind fool terribly ashamed or mvsetf tail
norning." He said never a word.
v. ' e
Iff BUFFERINGS AT SNA.
S 'Dftadful Experience Of Two Sailors, the
* K only Survivors of a crew of Five. ^
I New York, February 13.?A apodal
i from Falmouth, England, says that Chief
Officer Foot and Charles Cosman, seaman,
j the only survivors of tho American schooner
p Estclla, of Portland, Maine, bound from
} Yarmouth for tho Island of Antigua, West
. Indies, with a genoral bargo, were landed
^BMre co-day.' They commenced their Toyy
age on tho 28th of Decomber. After leavP
iog port they experienced terrifio weather,
, the wind being very high, and lay to for
, three days, waiting for the fnry of the
J Storm to subside. On January 5, during
k Cosman only was on dook, the other four
, being below. Captain Hursey and Chief
, Officer Foot and the oook came on deck as
she turned over. The survivors then succeeded
in getting on the sido of the vecsei,
I the oook fell off exhausted after three hours,
j The oaptain succumbed to the exposure
and fatigue after holding on until after
8 o'clock in the morning. The vessel finally,
by the notion of the waves and being full
| of water, righted herjelf. Foot and Cosman
managed, with great difficulty, to make
' their way once more to the vessel's deck.?
j They laid planks on the windlass and water
s barrels, which sorved as their bed and resting
place for three dayc, expecting every
* moment that the vessel would sink beneath
} them. Oh the fourth day a barrel of apples
floated from the fore hold, which, they
I succeeded in captuain?.~ The apples wore
i saturated with salt, and caused tho poor
fnllnwu ~ '
, *vmv?>o utuov tuiguoo lIlllDb. JL UCJf QlfiU 0D~
J tained t box of salt mackerel, which they
; greedily devoured. One day before they
r were rescued a barrel of flour floated out
, from the hold, and they made dough of a
portion of its coDteots, but a heavy sea
, springing up, a wave washed it away. O
I January 19th, while the wind was piercingly
, cold, and the sun was about going down,
r the wreck and the unhappy men as they
( were floating on were seen by the Spanish
! brig Dorotea, which bore down upon them.
Soon they came alongside and rescued the
survivors, who were honing for death to
come to their relief. When tho Spaniards
took them off they had only seven apples
left. They were in such an emaoiated
condition that they had to be lifted from
tMe ptank be1*; to- which they had 'tied
themselves to prevent befog washed off.
.a.
How Farmers Lose Money:?By not
taking one or znoro good papers. I
Keeping no accouut of farm operations,
paying no attention to the maxim that *'a
stitch in time saves nine," in regard to sowing
grain and planting seed at the proper
time.
Leaving reapers, ploughs, cultivators,
&o., unsheltered from the rain and the heal
of the sun. More money is lost in this;
way annually than most persons would be
willing to believe.
I'evmitting broken implements to be
scattered over the farm until they are irre
parable. Dy repairing broken implements
at the proper time, many dollars may be
saved?a proot of the assertion that time
is money.
Attending auction sales and purohrsiug
all kinds of trumpery, because, in the words
of the vendor, the'articles are very cheap.
Allowing fences to remain unrepaired
until strange cattle aro found grazing in
the meadow, grain fields, or browsing on
the fruit trees.
Disbelieving the principle of rotation of
crops, before making a sintrle exp^rim^nt.
' Planting fruit trees without giving the
trees half the attention required to make
them profitable.
Habit pr SnigKiNO.-rThe habit of
shirking is a greats it io ou land. Sad
and bitter are the experience o maltitudes
who havo lost positions of omolument and
trust by shirking duties and respo sibilties
dovolving upon them. Tbej saw their mistake
after it was too late. It is a bad
sign to see a young man contracting the
habit of shirking. You may set it down r.t
once that sooner or later he will be a drone
in the great hive of human industry, living
without any purpose in life and soorned by
all who have willing hands, and follow up
what thev ean find tn da. V?nn? man if
you want to gain the confidence and esteem
of your employer, never shirk from a duty.
If overtasked, Ly in your complaints, n
you will always get a hearing. If you will
begin life a shirk, you may set it down es
a fixed fact that the Lab will follow you
through life, and as a "success you will be
an utter failure."
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u uanu unuvivtn.'.? iu IlltjUU GrOKOn
crockery, use lime and the white of an egg.
It is a strong cement, easily applied, and
generally at hand. Mix only enough to
, mend one article at a time, aa it soon hardens
when it cannot be used. Powder a
mall quantity of the lime and mix to a
paste with the white. Anply auickly to
the edges, and plaoe firmly toghther. It
will soon beoome set and strong, seldom
breaking in the same place again.
i i e?
I Tell us, somebody, why onr lawmakers
are never arrested fer passing worthless
bills.?Boston Transc.ipt.
HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS.
An Ounce of pulverized borax, put into
a pint of boiling water and bottled for use,
will be lound invaluable for removing
grease spots from woolen goods.
Vegetable Soup.?Pass through a sieve
all the vegetables used to make vegetable
stock ; melt a piece oi butter iu a sauce-pan,
add a little flour to it, mix it well, then add '
the vegetable pulp. Stir well, and moisten
with as much of the stock as may be neces- .,
sary. Let the soup boil, stir into it, off the
fire, the yolks of two eggs, beaten np with
a little water, and strained. Serve with
pieoes of toasted bread fried in butter.
cup of sweot milk over it; add one-fourth
tesspoonful dry mustard, a pinch of salt
and pepper and a pieoe of batter about
the sine of a butternut; stir the mixture all
the time, iloll three Boston crackers very
fine and sprinkle in gradually, then turn
at once into a warm dish; send to the tabio
immediately.
Pabbnip Fritters.?Peel large parsnips
and parboil them in clear water. When
COld. Crate them nn/I * - "
, u , -uv. iv orur_y leacvpial
add two wcll-bnatcn eggs, a wino-plnss of
rioh cream, a little salt, and a heaping
tablcspoonful of sifted flour. Beat all well
together, form into fritters, with well-floured
hands, and try to a rioh brown. in equal
portions of butler and flour, boiling
Boned IIam.?Having soaked ftrfellourcd
haua in toptdwhter over night, boil
it until it is perfectly tender, putting u' oh
the range in warm water; take it up in ^
wooden ?ray nod leave it to cool. 'AJieyward
remove the bone oarefully, and press
the ham again into shape; return in to
the boiling liquor, remove the pot from
the fire, and let the ham remain until it is
cold.
juiuit or Currant Cake.?Currants
>r citr n for cake should not be "rolled in
flour." but dredged or well sprinkled with
sifted flour, having first mado the fruit as
dry as possible, that is, after washing and
draining the currants, dry them on -ttb
stove, and while warm and dry dredg*
ibcm with sifted flour just before ad^jng
them to the oake, and the fruit ehoul^be
the last thing added. \
A Good cusfard.?Scald a quAri or
milk, take off ths scum, and nonr it
Dot on the beating eggs. Take five eggs;
throw out the yolks of Jtwo ; threo tablespoonfuls
of sugar, a pinoh of salt, a chip or
two of lemon or orange, and a little vanilla.
Set it to stemming in a close-covered vessel,,
and steam five or six ntiuutes; then set it
on ice, and it certainly is delieions.
Tricks op liiecui-ior. Trade.?Washngton,
February 14.?Mr. Albert D. Shaw,.
United States Consul at Manchester, England,
has sent to the department of State
lie report of a trial involving the manner
f uinnufucturine and packing cotton goods
for the Chinese market. A contract was
made for the sale of 48,000 pieces of grey
shirtings, which were properly p ed mud
shipped lo'Shunghui. On be ^ ened it
that port more than half of the package#
were fouud to be affectsd by "mildew.''-?
It was contended that this "mildew" was
iot caused by any exterior influenoe, bat
by tbe nature of the sizing used by the
manufacturers to make the cloth heavier
and thicker. This sizing is composed in
part of chlorate of magnesia chlorate of zinc,
glue and china clay. Originally a flour
composite was used.
Jiut improvements have been discovered.
Tallow, oil or p^raffine, mixed with starch,
removes any harsh feeling the cloth may
have, lly degrees tbe mannfactnreis found
thi t other ingredients could be added.?
The cloth wr9 not sold by the yard?only
by weight, four pounda of cotton being
made to weigh eight and one-nuarter pounds
by this process of aiming. Moisture being
neocs ary to inoreuse the weight, salt was
added. It was contended that tbe "mildew"
was caused by the use of salt in the
si ,in~. Some manufacturers say they have
added an ingredient, in the form of an anti
sepuo, wuiob remotes tbe danger from
dampness. In tbe ccse before the court
the "mildew" wcs found in the centre of
the paekagos and not on the outside as in
p/ohtgoe badly paoked, The subject is
worthy of attention by Amerioon mrnnfaotnrers.
?
How to But a H.nsr?An intending
purobaser should have the horse brought
out before him, and watoh the animal a? he
stands at rest. If the owner is oontinually ,
starting the horse into motion, and urging
him to "show off." something m*w **
peoted, because it is wbea the horse is st
perfect rest that his wesk points srs divulged.
If the horse be sound, he "Will
stand square on his limbs, without moving
an j 01 them, the feet being plaoed flat upon
the ground, and all his legs plumb, and naturally
poised. If one foot be thrown forward,
and the toe pointing to the ground,
and the heel raised; or if the foot be lilted
from the ground, and the weight taken off
it, disease or tenderness may be inspected.
?Rural New Yorker.
500 subscriber wanted for the Timm.
COS* AND COTTO^O^ OLD BB00M8ED81
We reconly had tho opportunity to coniparj
com and cotton side by side, on old broouA
sedge land, and where we *knew the lanj
thoroughly. It was very poor, having beef
cultivated about twenty yean, with no at
tempt at improvement. Tho land was w
poor that wo did not think it capable 01
producing either corn or ootton sufficient t<
pay for the plowing; and corn it certainh
has not produced, for we do not think tfel
crop on tho broouisodge part of the laud
will average five bushels per acre. Ever]
angle and corner ot the broomsedge field u
risible to a marked dogree in the poverty
the roverso. The broomsedge land shows
sotton doubly as good as that on the same
land adjoining, where there wasjio broom
ledge.
The proprietor being with as explained
bis management, and oonvinoed us of th(
intelligence of his proceedings.
The broomsedge field was early broken
up and prepared for ootton, but planted late
in order to give time for work that woulc
tic necessary on other land. Planted late,
ind on broomsedge land, where nothim