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I Ik- i H II IV y - I 111 "k X ' I M II U II H I VS ' 4 It ' ! ! a hi jr rtMy jTjri attempts to haul down the Jlmerican Flag, shoot him on the spot." John A. Dix. VOL. 1. PLATTSMOUTII. N. T., WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 18G5. NO. 5. i r4 n - 4 1 i I 1 :-i THE HERALD IS rCBLIt'riED EVEUY WEDNESDAY MORNING; BY H. T)' HATHAWAY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. JC-OfMieon if ain atre t, vj.rmeite An'n, Do vey Cu.'a Terms: $2.50 per annum, invariably In advance. Rales of jldceriising. One "nare (..pace of ten lines) oue insertion, fl.oO Kaen inilis"ijent insertion - - l.'O ri .f. 3si-iial eard not exeeediDi? frix lines " 10 OH One uartercolnraa or lewi'pt-r anntim tf. W " ' six Wuthj . J.Y(-0 " three, months I'M-o On" half coluh'n twelve month 45. 0) " t.ix months S5.k three mouihs I'.a-i One cliiaa twelvn months - 80. po " nix months ... 4ft. 00 three month ... 25.00 All tra-vi et a.lertiemenis ra-t.st be raid fur ia mlvjn. d We arc pripar.,.1 ta ! a'' kinds of Job Work in short notice, an'1 iu a otyle that vi.l give sa.is- f t -IM.II. u.Mncs -gircctont. T. 31 SIAIXQI ETT, ATTOUNEY AT LAW An n Solicitor ia Chancery. I'LATTSMOUTII, - - NEWMSKA. VTILLITT ?0TTEI;GE3.. ATTORNEY AT LAW, I'LATTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA. NOTARY PUBLIC A7s"D CONV m ANC F,Tt- - ..to A-'e it. Tux I'ay-r f r Iowa :i l N'LraH- i i : ;I . t iiiv.-ti.-.i'.fl, kc. 7 " I li i.n u.-!J to hu din' will T-c;iv? J i r ' ' i 1 1 1 i! tf.'! I. oil. PUU.-:nvutht X.T., April 20lh, tf Joseph SCTIIjATTill. Yr ATC and JEVZLE2, 11 ain- STsriT, . . I'LATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA. A r cl ri-.-oTtir-cnt of Wa'che C Pens, J w clry. !il fr War ', K:tr.c .(r.xxls, Vi!:ns anJ Vi olin T:immings always n hvid. Ail worn coin miit. to his r.ire wi.l be warratitel. April HI, Im S. I3icacs of the Eye. DR. V. E. LAWRENCE, Trri' all Dica: pi of th Fye. UewarraDU a COr itt every ruo tukeu In naaJ. tiTOllic at the Nebraska House."aJi Plattsmeiith, April 10, 1S55. PLATTU VALIiBT G. V. CROW, - - - PROP. I rn prepartd'to furai.sli al who may'dror hip W;rh iliwr (JitUonaKo, With lodging, siiikrle tiHi r 1" tnl lv ihf. Kt-k. O. W fcV. l'latiMiinulh, April 1?, vl Till: Tieii:LT.E for ISC.l. PROSPKCTr?. The Miiiiary ami Sval uceses oflsCl. with the eii-pri !! r---11 it ..f our l'reM.'.eat ial e-.oltHt, have lift-il a lienvy nghl m.ni tli hr-a-;.s of the li yal mii:i' m uf our rouu'.ry meu. It t now felt, evrn t y tii ..j who have been iitruHtfal , fajnt Lirtj.l, that 't,e l"uin n to emerge triuuijilmu', from the i.e.iilly irif whereiuio she was so n itke.lly prrcipi t it-1 l.y h.-r aai:.ints a.-l that slavery, lu r, r 1. 1 f...i t,, mciiunler the r4te of Hainan. The 1 rn.'j for. i -in iti-ri ui.tioii an.l of VV-!crn iaKar r.vii'nar.!f"ypapl; AmtMiAX Limuls, no I 'l p r n-.-ailalile us a choipe Vf tlie miuoritv. holds ih. Ii. im "f.-uie for four yoars lomre'; the reb-liinn, -a 'p.iiil y w ak u-il riy j t U' f'atti aii'1 losses lui ins? V.r i.,!.t year with iu re.I;t so re.lueefl that Us juir-.-l.-arer ttii iailv J"i:iarn that its Tre.iMirjr iiotei ciii only te rxih iuir-.l tor ciia at the rite of tw-n'- five for one, m l.iie its b. n.ls eoiiim in.l but ,ix r.o,i n the dollar--but await the blow w'lii h ,tll -oh .-1 r l i. th-w..rl from it-- parac nl tl haud mi I r- Ju.t Us niaUrr p-ririis t itio Jtitn e, or it may r-e to the e'e-nrry, of a noreiy wroiikrei nQti ju(.iy inc enr-t 1-nt f rtt-artl: and mit,Hnimotis iAn- ii r.. tinr atiiieM liicli juMit v mr lai ii tint t tie I1'-' ut year will the Stars ami strip s II oat un- Ii !! n-e-i fr. in every battieineiit In the Ki-;.uMic, ahj tiie jerf'i-t iaw of I.ihrly f. r All iintuotalily iin be l-ieil m tf-e t ontitiition of our Tnioii. I'"" St Coiik Tbi:o e. fiiuiileJ in Nl. will ,a ter upoa its twf-niy.fo.r-.l year !'. - -;ck, J,' l- s ami euUrg. J racaas of u.-etuinewi. Ii- priuci-!-. -, n. e.l n , re-t .t. m -nt: i:s aimi are the litfit.HiD t !ut. i ..e -iic- an.l the i!i. ul iti , rf a -flrtt f Pre- i. ia ani Uuinaaity. Wii-n th:. fu'li -h.ii! have Ve. u 2,-n. raliy iei.iu:.el aid -U,.iii.lie.l as tho b-t !:- of .-'.ir iu litution ?.r. I p..:ity, that iu-u-tic- to the i' " r,'t. tite wakest, the tn-isl Ut-.pised, is a fearful n. intake that :io voni:ii!:n iiy o.- ?ia:o caTi a'fo.d to r ..' i-vtu i:.-. hatut tt m-mlwi then will cur lvni b v-k o:.ce more the caiu -lua-shine cf ptic uc I pr-i-erity. Tiik i kirn h ia for the last year b en puUI i-h-.i w:iii o.t I r-.:il to its o..;. i. rs, s. I, ly I,. c 4t. 0f ,jie iepm-i tt:.:i . f our -urr. n.-y below irie ttao.lartl. coiiipei.i: u- to buy paj i r a ! ot!.cr material- at a iu'1 consi leral ,y .il ove f.. auio u.t receive 1 fr ua i.r m.' ?ril.- rs. On oitr Weekly e.l,;i,,n. the net !. . an.oj to several f: us.,,.1, ,.f ,i ,,.rs; i.i!o . r ..ir--- r--- j-t- from a lvertlHi h ive heen whony l-y I :,- (Xtrnnni-iaiy e:.vlisc for CotT ( Ii ler.ee, f. ;. HJ-:. i V., lii-VDive I Ml u i-y the " 'r , ,A ? ""IS-ose our i -nr.. a- lenire liiat we "' w rk , ( r -t or..st. an.l ..refer u t Lo I rpatrou ze,! v Auy, v:h., MlY (Wlte W(J ,ive -liieH-;. it aJvau.e-t ,.r t' - ,..-..-. ., j, y...ir j.rjf..., l r.nr i-Vekiy an 1 Week. y, .,4 i,a I ulrca.ly .ii.e i! ,,-e , I ,,nr .l.uiy i 1 nie-e.t,- is pnre'y no -:.:..i ; .'.'.ere n -ve !eJ .e was a time w.-t the f i-M-rf, f ur -euntry country c-.uM bay 'J e 1' rin so i.t: !e of t.'i.-ir own paoducts or .' -r 49 ILtj cm by tltr. iM.'.ow'.ug TERtlS: DAILY TR:iil'XE, v f c Ty 4 cet in - ii 7. 3. e ye:;r, : 2 i aej f-E.VI-wl-KKI.Y TIIIUITXK, ropy mu- year l. i-eues, f 7 " i r. y ..r, c 1 ie or over, one year, each crpy, V.'fci.Kl.Y Tr.IUL'.NK, oi.e year, 5 lisiieJ, , - 1 2 M. 10.lMl. 1 er ve :"...-ti::ij ..' f .r 10 0"!;.'s, receive oue v;-y extra, jci.it!. ' ll1' ' f ,r " '"l'':t will reeeiva one I'ersoi.s r. i ersoDS rtiii.n 'i-y M-na-Wis-. v. .rkiirf - r -d for i'j lopics, will receive oca -"ii l.uiao. . 1:1 Lf.e flu... 1. ae.. !o.na:e-ii t I'l 1 a.im of JUieS- THE TKir.l-s-R, Dr ifts on Xpw-vV.I"-1'1-'' Pr"" T: I-, trtL. sar.-r' to T-h-r of "The n M r'-n.l:CB. hr" ''"' 'rl,' .t" '"W hv.ui..at.vj..-.cti!-.!. C- t"! ,r,t' "?ai,t ' ! ill- a'r. next h. sf, ar,l';., I "3- "r ' ' . ... e i-.-. f i... ti .. i -ti.:.i ' "t -y mail ; BY TELEGRAPH TO THE DAILY HERALD- WAR NEWS Ex-Go v. Aiken Arrested More About , JeiT Davis. Particulars of the Assassination Llot. Knoxville, May 2 A man who was on one' of the railroad trains captured by Stouemau's cavalry, between Greensburg' and Salisbury says Jeff Davis was on the ratne train on his way to Charlotte, but that learning that railroad was cut above and below there, he, with other passengers, escaped and retured to Greensburg. Stoneman's cavalry are now in the valley of Saluda river, with headquarters at Atderson. S. C.and are scouting from there to ward Augusta, Ga., with instructions that if theo t an hear of Jeff Davis and his treasure to follow him as long as there is a horse left. Infantry portion of Stouemau's command are engaged in clearing the mountains of bush whackers, guerrillas and horse thieves. They are making clean work of it. New York 2 Tribune's special says the rresident is preparing a proclama tion declaring all vessels tailin"- under Confederate ling, pirates. They are tO be pursued, and, if captured, treated as such. Gen. Grant announces that head quarters of the armies of the United States will be established at Washing ton. Washington 2 Sec. is feeling very well this morning. Fd. , Seward's condition js more encouraging. New York 3 Herald's Charleston correspondent says Ex-Go. " Aiken wa3 arrested by? order' of . President Johnson.-s Arrest' was based on refu sal to take the oath of allegiance. Washington correspondent says Sec. Seward, Stanton and Wells have indi cated a desire to be relieved of res responsibility. Washington special says Gen. who aefused to be included in . Johnston's surrender was promptly relieved by Johtiston. Hampton went ciT with Davis. Herald v ashington corresponeent ?ays Chier Justice t-nase has gone South to reorganize Courts. New York, 3 Tribune Special says, 1 aine the assassin made confes sion of guilt, and said it was useless for him to withold it any longer. He had been fully identified tysix persons. Government had evidence in its pos session, he was tike party assigned that crime. Same special says,, most protracted and important cabinet session since Johnson's accession to Predency, held at the , treasury building , yesterday, subject of matter discussion was free trade questions as regards south. Un derstood the whole system of rrivinf cotton permits to trade to certain class of favorites was thouroughly ventilated and denounced, although" there was decided preponderance in favcr of opening in all parts of the south not subject to Union authority. Iliicved the result of this protracted session will be that erery facility will be extended by Government to proper commercial transactions, and as a con sequence of this feet, common permits are at a heavy decline in the market. ; Herald Mobile despatch of the 19th says officer Dick Taylor and staff ar rived just now., with a flag of truce, at Canby's headquarters, to make terms for the surrender of himself and men. Orleans papers contain a letter from Hon. A. Burwell, of Miss., in which he appeals to residents tf hi state to take the oath of allegiance, and suggests the election of delegates to attend a convention to be held at Yicksburg on the first Monday in June. Times Washington Special says, preparation of con? piracy cases for trial has devolved upon Col. II. Burnett uo conducted cases at Indiananolis. His ability, as developed in teose cas es, commended him to the Government. He is now sifting the mass of testimo ny in possession of Government. Prisoners are closely guarded. Among precautions adopted to prevent them from committing suicide is pad ding of head of each with cotton, so they could not butt their brains out. This was suggested by the attempt of i'aine a tew days since. Benj. 'G. Harris, member of Congress from Md., was arrested a few day since, for persuading persons from Lees army to violate their pnrole, andjoin the rebels in arms. A number of these persons testified lo his giving them money for this purpose. Utiles s he baeaksiiowu. the testimony he will certainly be con- victed, and the punishment is death. World ha3 a lengthy and graphic ac- count of the plot against ne rulers or ino- noints:' Booth was the orisrinal projector, seconded by parties in Can- da. He was furnished with a murder- ous accomplices in l ame irom mai the conspiracy. Booth found anolher doody accomplice in Alseeret. Route for escape was planned; two weeks prior to the act., . hen . liootn esca- ped Harold went with - him - They reached Sarratts at midragej, and stop- ned at Llovd's Hotel and cot a bottle of whiskey. Booth '.remained on his horse, and Harold went up stairs, and 1 J V I arot a carbine. Sloyd ottered another, but Harold said Booth had broken his iprr finrf rniildn t c.aTTV it. As Inev rode off. Booth called back to Slovd. "we have murdered President and Sec. Seward. ' They reached Dr.' iiiuu s oeiore sunrise, anu iouui nau r .J 11 l r l T-.U I J his broken leg set. Dr. Mudd says he didn't know who thev were, though Booths boot, left at Doctors house, had his name in it. Among those under arrests, ; as direct accomplices, n V Cnnny a W nffn V r W. t a V n t I API, C Sam Arnold, of Calti'more, who claims to have backed out of the plot; Capt. Jett, who took Booth behind him on hia horse; Alseerat, assigned to kill' C L T T.r ' lin, friend and confederate of Booth;' Dr. Mudd, who set Booth's leg; Sloyd, who entertained the assassins and gave them a carbine; earn cozer, who con cealed and fed Both; Haroldcaptured with Booth; Surratt, who fhared the secret of the crime; Paine, who at tempted the life of Sec. Seward; Mr. and Mrs. Adams, of Newport, believed I to have assisted Booth; Mr. Wilson, of Newport, mooch cognizant of me crime, didnl assist justice. - - -: Herald Washington Special . says, Davis remains at' Danville, in suspence "i'1'0''" expected to reach that place. . . - Andrew Johnson at Hume. - We are permitted to mike the "sub ... joined extracts from a letter written by a gentleman of this city, who is not nni;i;n oc ie,-. i t.,u. ic J.i"v.uu, "O iuiig ogv uiy iuoi, T-T ,l : : .u nr- i I . . .T ,-.r,, . - stopped at Nashville to see the Gov- 4fv.M T TT' - are frankly expressed, but were highly favorably to the man "I called on Governor Johnson. He had expressed a desire to see me, and I had a sufficiently long conversation with him. He is a very different person from what I had supposed.- You know that he is a tailor, a Breck- enridge Democrat, and has .been a member of. Congress, State Governor, United States Senator, and is now military Governor and candidate for the Vice Presidency. He was very illiterate, but his wife educated him, and counseled him, and his speeches are eloquent. ' "He is an ullra-Unionist, if there can be uch a thing, and has thrown party and slavery, and everything else conflicting with the Union, overboard. He rules the State with a rod of iron. For instance, a" Mr. was solicited for a subscription to aid the refugees. "Not a dollar," said he; "I wish the refugees were in hell." The answer was reported to the Governor. "Write to Mr. said he to his secretary, 'telling him that he is assessed five hundred dollars for the expenses of the State. In half an hour the mes senger returned, saying that the money was pronnsea lor tne next morning. ur course ne is naied like poison in the State, and his nomination excites great opposition "But I found him a very quiet, plain, unassuming man, of only medium height, with a broad and well balanced forehead, intelligent but not striking face, and jn conversation slow and restrained. He had no theories, and seemed particulars to avoid them, but addressed himself to the great wrk of regeneratioa. He deplored the condition of the people, the oppressive aristocracy, and the want of any mid- die class-spoke very wisely of Gov- ernor Bramle'.te and in all that he said seemed a sagacious, practical man. I felt much better after seeing him; for if he should be elected. Mr. . Lincoln will have a most uncompromi- -.uB .w.r, ana ir ne aies a very wise successor." A. Y. Ewninir Post. Soldiers Widow. If a soldiers widow marries again, she forfeits all pensions from that date, and if ' she again becomes a widow she cannot resume tlicra. " ROBERT 1.. I..EE j That the general satisfaction with fTlA Rm.rpruipr of I.ee should becret a q u f h b l Genera not unnatural. But it is great folly to invest him with any romance. Rob ert Lee may be an honest man, as doubtless many of the rebels were, but ucuuu lil" "c "ua "w k 3 kind whatever upon the regard of the American people it:, storv i3 verv brieflvtold. Edu office ackoowled ed the doctrine of State sovereignty, and honestly holding it, he followed hj3 State when she seceded. Now -f mai. i.i;,,-,.,, ,vn, hU .o,-,0 . . . , , tn . , ,.. ' if he thought the occasion insufficient, as Lee confessed he did, he would si hontlv annuiesce. no more. Eut if the I ' . . ;nfnmmiC. if ih nKipr-t -j of exercise of State sovereignty at such enormous peril to rtne lives and happiness of his fellow citizens were ,. . , th. n.rnDll.;,ff nf i,nmgn 1 ! V sIavery- a Dobl and generous man would have protested wan all his heart Robert E. Lee offered hia &vord nnlnrA r-A .Iiai ll id rr ilitfirir c I I 1 Kna I UtliV U OUIUILl lll3 114 II 1 LCI i y on lit -icvo been mucn overrated. MouewallJack son, his Lieutenant, achieved his most famnin siimfssps. and Leu's two a gressive campaigns were ignominious failures. No man can be held guilty I of a want of genius. But will those who are so eager in extoling General Lee Inform us why this Christian hero had not a word to say in regard to the atrocious treatment of our prisoners in rebel hands, especially at Bslle Isle, under his eyes 1 Will the flatterers of tais Virginia gentleman explain why . . . . . , , uia i cpui ls ui ujjeruuuua iu tuts nciu were so unfair and deceptive? Will the friends of this simple hearted sol dier say why he tried a trick of words in his final correspondence with Gene- I , p . 7 mere is no act Known 10 us auring . . .00a .' fa m ttri,ls I " . which should favorably signalize Rob ert E. Lee among hundreds of his fel low rebels. Why does not Johnston, or Ewell, or Longstreet, or Hili deserve the same praise ? What excellence of character or excuse for conduct has he which they had not ? Do those who speak so softly of his crimes feel as gently about Jefferson Davis ? Yet Davis at least heartly believed in his cause, and it was Lee, at the head of the army, who made Davis crime so prolonged and bloody. We have no emotion of vengeance against General Lee. We would not hang him not because he has not deserved hanging, but from motives of State policy. Neither are we in accessible to admiration for a foe. Major Andre, we can pity, but Gener al Arnold we despise. Robert E. Lee wa3 an American citizen , educated by his country, who deserted his flag. Had his stoiy ended there it would have been sorrowful. But he drew his sword against that flag not becaase of any oppression or outrage, but be cause by peaceful and lawful means it bade fair to become the symbol of justice and equal rights: and he drew it, thank God ! in vain. There his 6tory ends, and it is infamous. liar por'o IVceJdtf. Ye Local. A successful local edi tor must be a creature of invention. If no startling accident causes a ripple in the placid current .of life in the pock et city; if no brave veteran soldiers re turn or officers leavc for,the front; if no concert is held or stockholders' meeting called, if no merchant reqcires a puff and no visible "improvements" have been made, -what then? Give no local matter? O, no; that would never do. He must invent something to say cn some subiect. Let him speak iearnedl v nf trw WPa,hprn, thmirrh Prprv dida buow all about it a3 vsn ns he. tp1 him cnpab rrpnprallv. not rritirallv. of many persons aDd tliDgS. He milc. nnt sa ,ilP nrpnnt hnnrl. - tt ,urnm . temporary, when there is ore in town, anJ he must never tell anyttw that is n .u ,j u UUk q AA a. lAalJf KV L-JVS V AJ y AVil fcAJUb IV VbllU lettins: the cat out of the bag, you know Elgin Gazelle. BS" A cracked date will last as long as a sound one. WHAT TO HEAD. Are you deficient in taste? Read the best English poets, such as Gray and Goldsmith, Pope and Thompson, Cowper and Coleridge, Scott and Wordsworth. Are you deficient in imagination? Read Milton- and Akenside, and Burke. Are you deficient in power of reason? Read Chillingworth and Bacon, and Locke. Are you deficient in judgement and good sense in the common affairs of life ? Read Franklin. Are you deficient 111 sensibility ' Read Goethe and Mackenzie. Are you deficient in vigor cf style ? Read Junius and Fox. Are you deficient in political know edge ? Read Montesquien, the Fed eralist, Webster, and Calhoun. Are you deficient in patriotisms Read Demosthenes, and the "Life of Washington." Are you deficient in concience ? Read some of President Edward's works. Are you deficient in piety ? Read the Bible. Are you deficient in knowledge of local affairs in Cass county? Read the Nebraska Herald. Returned Rebels. The citizens of Wheeling, at a mass meeting presi ded over by the Mayor of the city, have adopted the following resolution : Resolved, That no individual who has left here for the purpose of going into the rebellion shall be permitted, from this date, to return to the city of W'heeling, of which determination on our part this resolution may be taken and regarded as sufficient notice ; and this resolution shall also be taken as notice to all returned rebels to at once leave the city. The Cambridge (Md.) intelligen cer asks: Do the Government or State author ities intend to allow the sneaking Ma ryland rebels, whu, when darkness covered the earth stealthily made their way into Virginia, and there assisted to murder, starve and destroy our soldiers, to be again reinstated in our loyal com munity ? We opine not. EtFThe very singular epithets of "Bears" and "Bulls" were first applied to speculators in stocks on the London Excha njre about 1S3 1. W hen two parties contract, the one to deliver, and the other to take stock on a future day at a specified price, it i3 the inter est of the delivering party in the in tervening period to depress stocks, and of the receiving party to raise thern. The former is styled a "bear," in allu sion to the habit of that animal to pull things down with his paws; and the atter a "bull," frcin the custom of that beast to throw an object up with his horns. Cu?When the news cf Lee's sur render was received in Murfressboro, Tenn.. the Individual who tore down the Stars and Stripes and hoisted the first rebel flag in that town, was "per suaded" by the provost marshal to raise the old flag upon the court house dome, and afterwards to remain upon the dome for half an hour, that the public might enjoy this act of 'retributive jus- lice." The whole town turned out to enjoy the spectacle. Jg-The New York Evening Post states that in a recent conversation Pres ident Lincoln expressed himself warm ly towards the then Vice President, saying that he had done nobly for his country, "He is too much of a man, " contin ued Mr. Lincoln, "for the American people to cast him off for a single error.' JKa!rIt appears that the forty or fifty negro soldiers enlisted by the rebels and who evacuated Richmond with Lee's army, dropped off at the rate of about one for every mile traveled, and when the rendezvous was reached, the white captain and the colored corporal alone remained. "Yankee pedlars and peda gogues, as Randolph contemptuously called them, have spread spelling books all through the south, so that he who runs may read. Grant, Sherman and Sheridan have given the second great esson that he who reads may as well run, once ia a while. UP THE COJIMO.V SCHOOLS- It is devoutly to be hoped that the war will cease to interfere with our agricultural pnrsuits after the present year. If the men that have escaped bullets and disease come home to their usual avocations, the scarcity of la borers now seriously felt in nearly all agricultural districts will no longer exist. Labor will be plenty and at much lower rates. But before the disbandment of the armies, which must at best consume considerable time the labor of the present season will be almost, perhaps entirely over. Though wages for farm hands should decline with the decline in the price of pro duce and the goods of commerce, we see no great hope of a return to old rales this summer. Under the exigencies of the times we fear the tendency will be, as vte fear it has been for the past two or three years, to pres3 tha boys into too hard service, and not only fatigue their bo dies and perhaps inflict lasting injury upon their physicial organization, but at the same time do an iniustice to their intellectual nature in keeping them from school and the study of books, that should at this period of their lives form a foundation for intel ligent and capable men. It is a work of supererogation to ar gue to an intelligent reading farmer the benefit or the necessity of our common school system. All this is conceded. But is it not possible for the voice of uncultivated acres, or of high prices of farm produce, to entice too many to withdraw their sons from the school room, to the great detriment of their after life ? , The greater part of our farmers labor too many hours, think too little, seldom take any recreation either in eocial enjoyment or in Cjoramunion ih books. . Some may gtQvf rtich faster. though the majority do not, but is it not at a sacrifice of manliness und of the highest and purest enjoyment ? No farmer should live simply to til the mo,t ouw, 10 ' grow the greatest amount of grain, to be the most sue cessful of his calling. All this is well but there is a higher life, a nobler em ulation, and such can only be obtained through intellectual training and ad vancement. This training must com mence in early life. Success as farmers or as men, is dependent almost totally on the teachings and the incli .1 r 4 nation or yoiun. w e therefore ur e it upon the farmers of our country to slacken none of their efforts to keep up an interest in our common schools and not to overlook the transcendent importance of the early schooling of their children, ia an eagerness to ac cumulate a few dollars to bestow upon them when their ewn life-work is done A constitution undermined by over toil, an ambition jaded out with constant drudgery, a mind uncultivated and un developed, constitute a terrible legacy to bestow upon offspring, although you may leave them broad acres, fine stock and abundant government securi ties. Parents, think of these thinjs while planning for the season's active labor. Let it not be in addition to the noble men that have fallen in this war, however just and necessary it may have been, that there shall also grow up a generation inferior in mental capacity and intellectual force. Those who return to us bodily crippled should lead ns to strive to keep the coming generation whole in body and in mind. Secure the best teachers. Keep the children regularly at school. Encour age both teacher and pupils byvisits to the school-room, and in every possible way strive to make the children of to day a generation worthy your profes sion and the republic. Prairie farmer. l3It is thought that the United States Senate will refuse a seat to John P. Stockton, assumed to be elected Senator from New Jersey. He had only forty votes, while there were for ty one against him. Such a case has never arisen before. ?3fHowell Cobb, formerly Secre tary of the Treasury, and Gen. Gusta vus Smith, were captured at Macon., Ga by Gen. WTilson- ortification of the leg had set in on Booth before he was captured. SvEaCI IJOTATiox OF CROPS. In too many instances our farmers continue the same crop on their lands, without manure, until the peculiar qual ity of the soil adapted io it is exhai"? ted. The result is they have poor yields when by a judicious rotating of grain they might always have good ones. The farmer who from year to year sows wheat on the same piece of ground, without feeding the soil, soon finds his crops diminishing in quantity. The same with other grains. The continuous planting of potatoes on the same ground, soon "runs them out,' both in the quantity and quality. This fact doubtless accounts for the poor quality of potatoes which seek our market. We are told that our soil is not adapted to the raising of potatoes, which is a mistake. The soil does its duty, and failure of that crop is not chargeable to it, but to the manner of cultivation, and the neglect to change the seed frequently. In preparing for the coming crop, our farmers should take these matters into consideration, and put in such grains as require the components of the soil not exhausted by the former crops. In this way they will be able, by good cultivation, to secure a good return for their labor. PROPER IMSTAXCE FOR FRUIT TREES. Towards the northern limit, fruit trees are more dwarfish, and bear thicker planting. Great difference exist also in the habits of different varieties of the same kind of fruit, some being very spreading, others very upright, and others naturally dwarfish : Standard Applefrom IS to 3S ft. apart Pears and Cherries " IS to 20 " Peaches and Plums, 15 to 20 lipricots, " 15 to 20 " 8 to 12 " 8 to 12 " 6 to 8 " 4 to 5 4 to 5 Dwarf Pears, Cherries, Dwarf Apples, Currants, Raspberries, Sec., At sixteen feet apart each way, 170 trees will plant an acre; at twenty feet 10S trees are required; at twenty five feet each way, G9 trees are re quired for the same purpose. ABOUT POTATOES. The tendency of potatoes to sprout in the early spring is reported to be pre vented in Scotland, and . by so doing their full edible qualities are preserved, and ''mealy' potatoes can be had all summer from the previous year's crop. The experiment costs but little, and is worthy of being tested by every one wholloubts its efficacy. Obtain from the druggrist one ounce of the liquor of ammonia (hartshorn) to a pint of water; let the potatoes be immersed in this mixture four or five days; dry them. Their substance is thus consol idated, and much of their moisture ex tracted without the slightest injury for all table qualities, but their vegetative power is forever destroyed. If spread out after immersion so as to be well dried, they will keep ten months. Baked potatoes are easily digested, requiring only two hours and a half, but one hour longer if boiled. If baked in the ashes and eaten with butter and salt, they are sweeter and more healthful than by any other mode of preparation. The sprouts of potatoes uncovered with earth contain solanum, a powerful poison, the potatoo becoming green and are then unfit even for ani mals. To have mealy potatoes fortho table, boil them until the fork easily penetrates ; pour off all the water ; cov er the vessel with a cloth near the fire until "steamed" dry. HaWs Journal of Health. ?5y"The Black Republican," is th9 significant title of a newspaper estab lished in New Orleans by two colored men. It is edited, the type set, and the edition worked off by men who proba bly were slaves a year or two ago. 2TA New York inventor has se cured a patent for a kind of railway gear which will lesson the chances for accidents and enatjj trains to run 60 miles an hour. A very desirable in vention. JxUflf your husband chews, thank God that he doesn't smoke. If he chews and smokes, thank God that he doesn't take snuff.- If he does all three, tbanTc God that he will not live onr. m i i !