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YOL XH. NO. 17.} ROCHESTER, N. Y.-FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 27,1861. SWHOLE NO. 589.

often as they thus show themselves, and you will can be grown to advantage for this purpose. The FIG. 1 FIG. 2. MOORE'S RURAL TOT-YORKER, destroy them. You need not look in the Almanac to system is new and comparatively untried in this AN ORIGINAL WXEKLT find 'where the sign is,' or pay any attention to the country. We are only expterfmenting, and have AGMCULTPRAI, LITERARY AND FAMILY JOURNAL moon, as to where she is, or what her age may be. much to learn. It is a fine field for experiment, and CONDUCTED BY D. D. T. MOOBE, But remember your thistles are in the earth. Their farmera should try the matter for themselves, instead roots are'in its soil, and its top must and does draw of depending upon the statements of the few who With an Able Corps of Assistants and Contributors. a part of its nutriment from the atmosphere; and by have given it their attention. For winter, roots are THB RURAL NEW-YORKER is designed to be unsurpassed in cutting off the top, you deprive it of this nutriment, of great service, as well as corn hay, which can be Value, Purity, Usefulness and Variety of Contents, and unique and as a consequence, the thistles starve and die. grown cheaply, with proper culture. Of course corn and beautiful in- Appearance. Its Conductor devotes his per- meal, hay, and other ordinary winter feed, must not sonal attention to the supervision of its various departments, I have had some experience in this matter, and I and earnestly labors to render the RURAL an eminently am fully satisfied that one summer's attention to a be neglected or undervalued. Whoever adopts this Reliable Guide on all the important Practical, Scientific and 'patch of thistles' will use them up, be it wet and system, we think should make proper preparation other Subjects intimately connected with the business of cold, or warm and dry, sign or no sign, moon or no for steaming winter feed. those whose interests it aealously advocates. As a FAMILT JOURNAL it is eminently Instructive and Entertaining*— being moon, even though they have as many lives as BUN- so conducted that it can be safely taken to' the Hearts and TAN'S 'Giant Despair,'who is said to have had as Lucerne. Homes of people of intelligence, taste and discrimination. It 'many lives aB a cat.'" EDS. RURAL NEW-YORKER:—Will some of your readers embraces more Agricultural, Horticultural, Scientific, Educa- From our own experience, we are satisfied that give me a little information about Lucerne grass—how to grow tional, literary and News Matter, interspersed with appropriate it, and what are its advantages; whether it is suitable for and beautiful Engravings, than any other journal,—rendering if every Canada thistle is chopped down as soon lawns, and the same time good for cattle?—INQUIRER,. Zewfc- it the most complete AGRICULTURAL, LITBRABY AND FAKILT as it makes its appearance above ground, it Um,N. r,1861. NEWSPAPER in America. will soon perish; but if allowed to grow several LUCERNE is one of those plants that is almost FOR TERMS and other particulars, see last page. inches in height before being cut down, the leaves invaluable under some systems of culture, and about will accumulate sufficient of needed air - nourishment _—. -_-,—„ to act of Congress, in the year 1861, by worthless under others. It is a perennial plant, and 5 D. T. MOORE, in the Office of the Clerk of the District in the roots to enable them to send out a new stock Court for the Northern District of New York. of shoots, and thus the evil continues and increases. with clean culture and a rich deep, soil gives an C3r~ Our only object in copyrighting this paper is to secure Successive plowing produces the same effect, but it enormous amount of food, either, for green feeding or what every honorable journalist wiQ freely grant—proper must be thorough, and done at the right time. They hay. When soiling becomes general, Lucerne will credit for articles selected from its pages. Any and every may be destroyed in any hoed crop, and for this be very popular for summer feeding. It will give a journal is at liberty, and invited, to copy freely, by crediting good cutting several times during the summer, and each original article or illustration to Rural New- Yorker. nothing is better than corn or potatoes. . Every farmer should consider himself fully empowered, by make from three to eight tuns of hay. It does not virtue of his occupation, to wage a continual war attain maturity until the third year after planting, against this invader, until it is entirely subdued. though it will give lighter crops the two first years. It is unfit for lawns.

Nasal Diseases — Horse Distemper. AND NOTES. EDS. RURAL NEW-YORKER:—Will you inform me, through THE DAIRY.—NO. VI. Canada Thistles* the columns of your paper, how to ewe the horse distemper? Is the disease contagious? If so, can I prevent other horses CHEESE. EDS. RURAL NEW-YORKBH:—Will you inform me how to taking the disease-after being " exposed."—S. HOWE, Shingle HAVING in previous numbers endeavored to show destroy Canada thistles? I have discovered a small patch FIG. 3. House, Pa., 1861. upon my farm, on new ground, and among stumps, and am how important it is for the dairy farmer to pay the anxious ioflesfroy them.—C. P. P., Gaines, Kent Co., Mich. IT is rather difficult to prescribe a certain course utmost attention to the food of his cows, as well as to rivrPRcrvrKD P^LTEJST HARROW. for the treatment of " Distemper," as so many of the their comfort, we proeeed now briefly to condense IK answer to the inquiry of our Michigan friend, and compile suoh instructions in regard to the manu nasal diseases affecting the horse are thus called. All IT affords us pleasure to introduce to the agricul placed horizontally, as shown in figure 2. By turning we cannot do. better than collect the experience of facture of cheese as may be necas*a*y to enable the catarrhal affections, as common catarrh, epizootic tural public, a valuable improvement in one of the t&e part wr* the links, g, g, up to a position at right eminent botanists, and practical farmers, which has novice to carry it on successfully. \ heretofore been given in our columns. We doubt or epidemic catarrh, laryngitis, bronchitis, or other most important of farm implements—viz: an.Oscil- angles with the other section, the links may be con- not he. will here find a successful mode of carrying diseases accompanied by nasal discharges, are very The cheese zone is much more extended than that lating Harrow, recently patented and assigned to Mr. nected with the hooks by inserting them in the space on a war Against. this pest frequently classed under this common title. With of butter, for good cheese may be made where, from CHAS. ELLIOTT, of East Kendall, Orleans County, N. at the point of the latter, and When both parts are Dr. DARLINGTON, in American Weeds and Useful the first of these, (and which is often only a simple the peculiarities of soil and climate, good butter Y. An examination of a model of this harrow, with returned to their working position, disconnection Plants^ says:—" This is, perhaps* the moBt execrable cold, elevated by dignity of name,) there is no danger could not be produced. Its profitable manufacture the assurances of those who have used it, convince us cannot occur, although the greatest freedom of weed that has yet invaded the farms of our country. of contagion from exposure. With the second, as its depends upon so many contingencies, that it can that it is an improvement which will be appreciated motion iff obtained. The sections may rise and fall The rhizoma, or subterranean stem, (which is peren- prefix indicates, this peculiarity is one of its distin- never be made a leading farm product outside of the by practical farmers. It combines several advanta- together, to follow the undulations of the ground, or nial an<} wry tenacious of life,) lies rather below the guishing features. We give Dr. DADD'S manner of New England and the Middle States. ges over the common harrow. Perhaps we cannot one may move up or down vertically independently usual depth of furrows — and hence the plant is not treating simple catarrh, as follows: In this State it is usually made on the confines of better state these advantages than by giving the above of the other. A corresponding liberty of longitudi- destroyed by common plowing. This rhizoma rami- If the weather be cold, let the animal have com- the grain and dairy regions, or where spring grains illustrations and quoting (from the Letters Patent,) nal motion is secured by the position of the hooks, fies and extends itself horizontally in all directions, fortable quarters, and a good bed of clean straw. A can be successfully grown, and yet where good pas- the main portion of the inventor's own description h, h. The attendant may, at any time and place, — sending up branches to the surface, where radical blanket may be thrown over the body, and the legs turage is easily accessible. Herkhner county is the of the construction and operation of his improve- detach the parts of the harrow by simply turning leaves are developed the first year, and asrial stems should first be welLrubbed with a wisp of straw, and great cheese county, more cheese being made in that ment, as follows: one half to a vertical position, either for convenience the second year. The plant appears to die at the end then bandaged with flannel. It has often been county than in any other in the State. Its farmers "My invention consists in an improved device for of removing or repairing, or for using one section of the second summer; but it only dies down to remarked, that if a man's feet are cold, his whole sys- early adopted the best methods of manufacture, and connecting two or more of the sections composing alone for cultivating between the rows of crops. obtained a reputation in the market which is not the horizontal subterranean stem. The numerous tem is chilled, and the same maybe said of the horse; the Harrow together in a manner to secure perfect "I do not claim securing a horizontal and vertical diminished to this day; and "Herkimer county branches gent up from the rhizoma soon cover the for, so long as the feet of the latter are cold, we can- flexibility, with free vertical, longitudinal and lateral motion in the connection of the parts, nor do I elaim cheese" is a brand that sells millions of pounds ground with the prickly radical leaves of the plant, not expect to equalize the circulation, or restore the motion, and the ready separation of the parts. As a method of connecting the sections by hooks and which never saw that county, unless passing through and thus prevent cattle from feeding where they are. exhalant function. The diet should consist of scalded represented in the main-plan (figure 1,) A, A, are two eyes so arranged as to require a particular position on the cars or canal boat. The name I found in that Nothing bhort of destroying the perennial portion of shorts, and these should be given warm, for the sections provided with suitable teeth to constitute a of, the respective sections to connect and disconnect region had another signification. One morning I the plant will rid the ground of this pest; and this, I steam arising from them aids the nasal discharge, and harrow when properly united together. £ is a them; but what I claim as my invention is-the com- stopped at a good sized dairy in Chenango county, believe, has been accomplished by a few years of con- relaxes local strictures. We have frequently given, draught bar to which the team is attached. It is bination and arrangement of the vertical oblong and observed the women busy with the cheese mak- tinued Culture, (or annual cropping of other plants, with good effect, a quart of linseed tea, sweetened connected to the two sections by chains, cv c, which links, g, g, and horizontal oblong hook-links, h, h, ing, and saw in a sink quite a large pile of nice look that require frequent plowing, or dressing with the with honey, night and morning. If the throat is are attached to hooks, d, d, one of which is firmly whereby the double advantage of allowing a free ing butter. "Ah !" said I to the mistress, pointing hoe,)--so aB to prevent the development of radical sore, a little powdered bloodroot may be added. The secured to each part of the harrow. Two strong iron vertical and horizontal play to the sections of the to the butter, " you mean to make a profit from both leaves, and deprive the rhizoma of all connection or soreness of the throat may be relieved by the follow- bars or straps, f, f, are securely bolted across each of harrow, and a very efficient and convenient means sides of your milk." communication with the atmosphere." ing:—"Olive oil, 8 ounces; oil of cedar, 1 ounce, to the sections, those upon one being provided with of connecting and disconnecting them readily, is be rubbed around the parts night and morning. Yet, Ctr&Tis says,^" Repeated observation has con- "Oh, yes," said she, "we are making Herkimer vertical links, g, g, at one end, which lie outside of secured at the same time." in slight cases, a simple flannel bandage fastened vinced us that many husbandman are ignorant of its county eheese, and skist the night's milk in the the frame of the section. The bars on the other around the neck might answer the purpose just as well. For further information relative to this improve- eoonomy,—and while they remain so, they will not morning." section terminate in hooks, or oblong hook-links, We frequently employ the following, with a view of ment, address Mr. ELLIOTT, as above, or see his be likely to get rid of one of the greatest pests which Whether that is one of the peculiarities of that h, h, of size and form corresponding to the links, but regulating the secretion's, and lubricating the mucous advertisement in this paper. can affect their corn fields and pastures. Of the kind of cheese, I am not prepared to say. surfaces: — Powdered elecampane, 2 ounces; pow- thistle tribe the greatest part are annual or biennial, dered licorice, 4 ounces; cream of tartar, 1 ounce; In the western part of the State, especially in Erie ing engraving. Naturally indolent, he thought if he find an interesting and healthful employment. Be- and hence easily destroyed. Some, few are not only powdered bloodroot, 4 drachms; powdered slippery county, has originated another celebrated brand, brought up the cows, and helped milk, that was his yond that, in large dairies, the labor is performed by perennial, but have powerfully creeping roots,— and elm, 8 ounces. Mix, divide into eight parts, and called " Hamburgh cheese," whioh is similar to the full share, and when EVE, in the gentle manner men. It is no longer, therefore, a doubtful ques- none so much as the Canada or Cursed Thistle. Jn give one night and morning." Herkimer county, but made in a different region. usual to the sex, urged upon him the necessity of tion whether good cheese can be made uniformly, in pulling this plant out of the ground, we draw up^i This is the favorite brand both West and South in the a press,— he merely stuck one end of a rail under the the same dairy,— a poor one would be the excep- long slender root, which many are apt to consider as Some persons recommend bleeding, — and this valley of the Mississippi, and millions of pounds are corner of the house, and gruffly told her if that did tion. — p. the whole of it; but if those employed in Buch busi- once was the oustomary mode of initiating the treat- sold under it that never even saw the State of New not suit she might give up the business. I am sorry » . • . « ment, — but such use of the lancet can do no good, ness examine the roots so drawn up, they will find York. Large quantities with this mark go from the to say the "Adamic" press is hardly extinct yet. GROWING FINE •WOOL. every one of them broken off at the end; for the root while it may work a great deal of harm. Where the Western Reserve dairies down the Ohio river. TheWhether all the EVES take it so mildly, or not, is passes perpendicularly to • a great depth, and then attack is light, the following may be all that is only peculiarities of these two brands are in the size quite another thing. IN an article in the RURAL of January 26th, I said, branches out horizontally under ground." required:—Take of saltpeter, two ounces; powdered more than anything else; and in this they bear a " If sheep are intended for mutton, make them fat— S. S. SABTWELL, of Camden, N. Y., who has had more ginger, one ounce; divide into eight powders, and close resemblance to the English Cheshire cheese. and in no case should they be kept poor." Hence give one night and morning. Where a.swelling is than forty years' experience, gives his plan, —one They usually weigh from 60 to 100 pounds. The there is no issue between me and one who keeps exhibited under the jaw, poultice with linseed meal. which he has never known to fail,—as follows:—" Cut "English " and "Limburgh " are the only other dis- sheep principally for their mutton. But my position If the nostrils discharge largely, steam with boiling with a sharp scythe when the stalk is hollow, which tinctive brands made in thiB State. The Pine Apple then was, and still is, that fine sheep, kept principally water poured upon bran. Should the inflammation is when in blossom, and during very heavy rainB. If is made both in .Connecticut and Ohio; but as the for wool-growing purposes, to be most profitable, show a tendency to spread down the throat, apply a done in fair weather, the stalk will close, and the demand is not large, the manufacture is in few hands. should be kept in good thrifty store order only. cutting will not kill unless the stalk becomes filled blister, extending to the breast. If we are to credit the agricultural writers and It seems necessary that I should here say, that I with water, which will kill root and branch. As the annual address makers, cheese making must have have kept fine sheep for the last 26 years, mostly for stalks are not all hollow at the same time, it must be Soiling Cattle. been carried on at a very early day. My own impres- growing wool, and but incidentally for the sale of repeated. Three years, well managed, will make a EDS. RURAL NEW-YORKER:—Will you, or some of your sion is, that ADAM and EVE may have set up the finish of them." numerous correspondents, please to give, through the medium surplus sheep. My present flock numbers 435, and I of the RURAL, some information on the subject of green- business soon after leaving the Garden. There is attend to them personally,—aiming to keep them in JAMBS M. WESCOTT, of Dundee, N. Y., writes us soiling cattle? Is it profitable or not? Is it good for the certainly nothing to prove they did not. Probably In no branch of rural labor has there been so much good thrifty store order only, and to have them aver- that "there is no 'hocuspocus' operation necessary, health of the stock to keep them confined so much, or should when they, found they had got to take care of them- improvement as in cheese making. In reading the neither is there any great outlay required for imple- age 4 pounds of wool per head, which they will not they not rather have more exercise than the system allows? selves, in looking about for the best paying business, directions, or noticing the practice in the best Eng- do when we have frosts at one end of the pasturing ments. It only requires patience and perseverence, What kinds of crops are best to sow for the purpose of feed- when labor was rather scarce and necessarily dear, lish dairies, and comparing them with those of the ing, in order to have green feed throughout the year?— A seasoD, and grasshoppers at the other, like the sum- with a determined resolution to conquer, and then cheese making occurred to them as a very safe one. best arranged American dairies, one would hardly one season will suffice to effectually extirpate all the SUBSCRIBER, Sharon, Mercer Co., Pa., 1861. mer of 1859,—but they have frequeptly (young and And I am the more inclined to that opinion from the suppose that the business had for its object the pro- old) averaged 4 pounds per head, and I think they Canada thistles which may be subjected to the ordeal SOILING is found to be profitable by all who give it fact that ADAM saw a good chance to shirk the hard duction of cheese. Within the last ten years the will not be likely to fall short of that hereafter. I of my plan. a fair trial. It is a system that will be slowly and yet work. Even to the present day, by far the largest routine of manufacture has undergone an entire revo- sold my last clip of wool for 51J cents per pound, and If any one'of the RURAL'S read|rs has a 'patch' of surely adopted in this country, as land becomes portion of the work is done by EVE'S daughters. I lution, and from being a laborious process, always the year before for 491 cents. the pest, let him begin in the spring, as soon as the scarce and dear. Its advantages are a saving of land, have seen as fair ones as ever the old mother herself uncertain in its results, it has become one of the Mr. JOHNSTON says, if I would give my sheep $456 tops are fairly out of the ground, and if in a fieldyo uand fencing, and economy of food. The cattle are must have been, with rolled up sleeves stirring the easiest and most certain connected with the dairy. wish to cultivate, give them a good, deep plowing, worth of grain, (or 70 cents per day per 100 sheep claimed to be kept in better condition and greater "pearly treasures" of the cheese vat in the morning, and The invention of the cheese vat, and its subsequent then keep your eye upon them; and as soon as they for 150 days,) in addition to what I now feed them, it comfort, while the manure is all saved, and of better at evening elegantly arrayed doing the honors of the improvements, present us now with an apparatus so are nicely up — say two or three inches high — go at quality, as well as of greater quantity. For feeding parlor or drawing room, with the graceful ease of the would pay a good profit for the following reasons, simple in its economic arrangements, and so perfect viz.: 1st, It would enable me to sell my mutton them with a hoe, and be sure to cut off every top in the summer, grass, clover, green oats and barley, highest ton. in its aggregate results and general detail, that pre- sheep immediately after they are shorn. 2d, Lambs which is to be seen. Cut them well below the sur- and Indian corn are used. Experience may yet show To ADAM undoubtedly belongs the honor of invent- paring the curd for the press is but a pleasant amuse- would be larger and fatter, make larger sheep and face. Follow up this course, and cut them down as that Hungarian Grass or Millet, Lucerne, Vetches, &c, ing the first cheese press represented in accompany- ment, and one that the most fastidious woman would shear heavier fleeces. 3d, By high feeding I could Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Newspapers Collection

cannot be plowed may be enriched on any desired turn off increase in fat lambs and yearlings, keep bees being injured in the least by tobacco smoke, spot, by placing there a movable structure for shel- more breeding ewes, and raise more lambs. provided it was properly used. ter, running on wheels, under which salt is placed, Italian Bees. I am now no advocate of tobacco smoke being used My answers to the above are, 1st, I do sell my and where the sheep will lie. PAOLI LATHKOP said WE have a host of inquiries about the habits and to frighten bees, as a better and cheaper material can — A line of steamers between Ireland and France is pro- mutton sheep, which consists of my surplus wethers that along the Connecticut valley, winter and spring value of Italian Bees. We have seen these bees, be used for the same purpose. Last season in all jected. only, immediately after they are shorn. 2d, My wheat, broom-corn, and onions were profitable. He j particularly the queens, examined them with some my operations I used punk wood smoke to frighten — American mineral teeth are said to be the best used in lamb , when kept in good thrifty store order, are both preferred raising sheep to cattle; said that a pound of interest, and this is about all. A good deal that is bees.' Strictly speaking, it is not punk, but hard Europe. large and fat enough, shear heavy enough, and make Eiutton could be raised as cheaply as a pound of beef, — A treaty of peace has been signed between Spain and said about Italian bees in America, is founded upon maple wood pretty nearly decayed, or what is termed large sheep enough—being fully equal in size to the the cost of grinding grain being saved by the perfect Morocco. the opinions of European Apiarians. No one, we " dozy." The smoke of this wood is not quite as average of the class to -which they belong. digestion of the sheep. Mr. SEARS, of Barnstable — The Legislature of New York, during the session just think, has had sufficient experience in this country pungent as that of tobacco, hence the inexperienced In regard to weight of fleece and size of sheep, county, said that their best paying crop was cranber- closed, enacted 360 laws. to speak with ctnfidence. Dr. KIKTLAND and others, operator is not so liable to "sicken " the bees. It is allow me to give an extract from the "American ries^ and he mentioned as an exception, not as a ruLe, — The city of Paris has recently built 16,000 houses, and from last year's experience, are favorably impressed, better than tobacco, or sweetened water, for this Shepherd," page 242, which embodies my own expe- that $1,750 had been realized in a single season from rents are expected to fall. thinking the Italian, are more industrious, less reason:—Its cost is simply the expense of procuring rience, and I believe is the true doctrine:—"The an acre of land; and a cranberry meadow, sold in the — It is estimated that 35,000,000 friction matches are made affected by cold and sudden changes of the weather, the wood. Not so with either tobacco or liquid American wool-grower need not over-feed simply spring for $1,500, cleared in the same year $1,200. daily in the United States. and more prolific than our common bees. A few sweets. A piece of wood 10 or 12 inches long, and 1 with a view to make heavy fleeces, as the wool of The average yield he thought about $500 per acre. — The first passenger railroad in London commenced run- persons have obtained Italian Queens, and they are or 2 inches in diameter, will last for a long time — JOSIAH QUINCY, Jr., said the best crop he had found ning on the 25th of March. sheep, when fat, is comparatively coarse, and the bound to* make money by the operation if they can. much longer than a roll of cotton rags and tobacco of was the manure crop. He raised &20 tuns of hay, kept — The French line-of-battle ships are completely overhauled expense of the food used in placing them in this This, of course, they have as good' a right to do as the same dimensions,—thereby enabling the opera- 80 cows, and mixing his manure with swamp mtick, and refitted every two years. condition, together with the reduction of the value the breeder of improved stock, and may at the same tor to examine a larger number of colonies. The made 100 cords of compost per month, for his grass — Three women were baptized by a Mormon Elder at New- of their wool, will more than counterbalance the time that they enrich themselves, confer a benefit wood, if it be sufficiently "dozy," will burn readily lands. C. G.DAVIS, of Plymouth, stated that 4 J.acres burgh, Ohio, on Sunday week. gain from the increased weight. The wool of the upon the country. We have obtained a fine engrav- and give a continuous smoke, — it will burn until of grass, behind a livery stable, had received the — G. A. Conkling has received the appointment of Indian Saxon and Merino variety is never so beautiful and ing of an Italian Queen. wholly consumed. In my operations the coming perfect in all respects as when it is natural, and this season, I presume I shall use at least half a cord of manure of 15 horses, top dressed in November, and Agent, for the State of Kansas. The following interesting description of the Italian follows only from keeping the sheep in healthy store this wood; if so, it must be obvious that a sufficient had yielded 26 to 34 tuns of hay per year, last year — A number of the " first ladies " in Chicago have offered Bee is from a German work, by H. C. HERMANN. order, and nothing beyond that." quantity of tobacco, or sweetened water, cutting 26 tuns the first crop, and 7 to 10 the second their services as regiment nurses. Mr. J. says, by. high feeding, I could turn off my would be no small expense. I seldom have —(over 7J tuns per acre for the two cuttings.) SIMON — The depot of the Rome and Watertown R. R. at Camdem, increase in fat lambs and yearlings. I never sell my occasion to use the liquid sweets only at the BROWN said that the fruit, milk, arid vegetables af- was destroyed on Thursday night. lambs or yearlings, because I need 400 sheep or over Fairs,— it is.then quite necessary. It is used forded large returns, near the cities. Cows had been — The citizens of Canandaigua are all agog over the dis- to keep for growing wool, and at no other age do in connection with the smoke of wood. The so much improved as to nearly double in value within covery of an ancient Indian grave-yard. sheep shear nicer wool, or more value in proportion smoke of the wood is perfectly harmless,-costs fifteen years. — The city of Detroit has been mulcted in $20,000 for leav- to the feed they consume, than lambs and yearlings. comparatively nothing, will effect in most ing a sewer unprotected. A dear lesson. By keeping them till they are 2 or 2$ years old, I am cases the object desired, is therefore prefer- — There is a colored woman in Charleston, S. C., who pays enabled to select the best shearers, and then sell the able to tobacco or sweetened water—henCe taxes on $40,000 of real estate and 14 slaves. surplus bucks and ewes for breeders, for a better I can safely recommend it for general use. To — The average height of Englishmen is five feet eight price than I could obtain for them fatted, after taking conclude, let it suffice to say that it is not at inches; of English women five feet one irich. the extra cost of feed into consideration. It may do? all surprising to me that your correspondent SPRING HAS COME ! — The Duty of Farmers. — After two — The Bank of France never discounts a piece of business for a mutton grower to sell his young sheep, but no- should attach to his critique the initials H. H. T. heavy falls of snow in April, and much cold and unpleasant paper which has less than three names on it. wool-grower worthy of the name will allow his lambs? Were I to promulgate similar erroneous views, weather, we are enabled to announce the advent of Spring- — There is a negro in Charleston 125 years of age. He is like skies and atmosphere. The snow storm of last week or yearlings to be taken indiscriminately by the^ I, too, would most certainly be too modest to as black as jet, and bears the name of Cupid.' present my real name to the public, but instead which prevailed over a large extent of country, seems to have butcher or any one else. I want but 100 lambs per cleared the heavens of the Winter so long hanging over earth — Dickens, who for years had an income of £8,000 a year, would also attach to my articles, as an apology, is now said to be in straitened circumstances. year, and find no difficulty in raising them from 120 AN ITALIAN QUEEN. —for, with the disappearance of the snow, we were favored ewes; some of which will be barren. I dKrnot think with warm and pleasant weather. The clear sunshine and — A boy in the city of New York has been sent to prison The yellow Italian Alp Bee is a mountain insect; i a few initials, or some high sounding nom de plume. genial atmosphere of Sunday and Monday, gave assurance of for thirty days, for stealing newspapers from door-steps. it pays to raise any more, when we consider that M. M. BALDBIDGE. it is found between two mountain, chains to the right a long-desired change, and a wonderful impetus to business — Colt's pistol factory, at Hartford, commenced running breeding ewes require nicer feed and care, and sheaf Middleport, Niag. Co., N. Y., March, 1861. and left of Lombardy and Rhatian Alps, and com- in both town and country. on double time—twenty hours per day—on Monday week. less than the same sheep would if kept dry. This prises the whole territory of Tessir, Veltlin, and allows me to1" sell 100 sheep per year, about 50 of — Farmers and gardeners have entered with energy upon — It is estimated that the average number of letters to South-Granbunden. It thrives up to the height of the peaceful but pressing and arduous labors of the season. each box, in the New York post office, per annum, is 1,859. which are ewes,- 10 bucks, and 40 wethers. The 4,500 feet above the level of the sea, and appears to Jtytoit vt iht withers are kept till the third shearing, and during Farmers, especially, have much to do in a brief period, as — Mr. Russell, correspondent of the London Times, has prefer "the northern climate to the warmer, for in the Id Wagons and Carriages. the labors of the Spring Campaign must be performed well just visited Fort Sumter, to write a newspaporial view of it. the last winter I feed them as high as I dare, without and speedily to insure success. The time is brief and the south of Italy it is not found. — Several parties in Minnesota are about to try the experi- injuring their wool, and in the interval between ALMOST every farmer, in the early part of his work great, while the laborers are few, for tens of thousands As all good and noble things in the world are more ment of raising sheep in that State, on a capital of 1,000 sheep foddering anS shearing, I give them as good pasture iractice, is tempted to buy second-hand wagons, old are volunteering to maintain' the Government and preserve each. scarce than common ones, so there are more common arriages, etc., from their cheapness; but if he keeps the Union. Those who do not join in the War for the Pres- as I have, in which they become good mutton, and — The taxes of New York city now amount to twelve mil- sell at as fair a profit as Mr. JOHNSTON'S, when his black bees than of the noble yellow race, which latter correct account of the bills for repairs by the ervation of the Union have important duties to discharge at inhabit only a very small piece of country, while the lion dollars, equal to two per cent, of the value of its real extra feed is considered. ^The wool grown during lacksmith, wheelwright, painter and others, he will home. We said a few weeks .ago that every Producer was a estate. black ones are at home everywhere ia Europe, and Patriot—and we trust every farmer will this year demon- the seven or eight weeks they are at grass will be oon discover that the first wear of the carriage is — The gross amount expended by the Canadian Govern- strate his love of kindred and country by efforts to render comparatively coarse and gross; but most of it will even in America. ;he cheapest. Thus a new Rockaway will frequently ment on the entertainment of the Prince of Wales is $282,- The Italian yellow bee differs from the common un two, three or four years, with scarcely a repair, the harvest as abundant as possible. Breadstuff's will no 374 28. be left by the shearers,' so that the fleece taken off will doubt be dear, and provisions of all kinds must command black bee in its longer, slender form, and light nd if well cared for, will seem to be almost as good — After an extraordinary amount of opposition, Mr. Train actually have been grown when the sheep were in good prices. Let every cultivator do his best, therefore, chrome-yellow color, with light brimstone-colored has succeeded in completing the first line of street railway in thrifty store order only. as new; the next three years will develop rather a toward supplying the demand. wings, and two orange-red girths, each one-sixth of London. I make no pretention to any extra honesty, but ifferent state of things. Those who have most an inch wide. Working bees as well as drones have xperienoe, find it to their advantage to sell their old — Ninety-one vessels entered at the port of New York from refuse to grow very heavy fleeces from self-interest. THE WHEAT CROP of this section, as before stated, presents this mark. The drones are further distinguished by iarriages before they begin to need frequent repair. foreign ports on Tuesday, the largest number ever entered in If I should take Mr. J.'s advice, and keep my sheep the girths being scolloped, like the spotted water- an unpromising appearance, though it is improving of late. one day. A carriage, like a carpet, may be worn a long time in Our advices as to. the extent of injury from extreme cold fat, the respectable wool buyers acquainted with my — Catharine Beecher, sister of Henry Ward, is soon to take serpent, and attain an astonishing size; almost half ood order, but as soon as either show wear, they are weather, when, the ground was bare, and also from heaving, wool would, on examining it, say that S. H. had charge of the boarding department of the Milwaukee female as corpulent again as the black drones. The queen well sold at half their cost. So says the Working are somewhat contradictory, but all agree that the prospect taken up high feeding, that Ms wool had become has the same marks as the working bees, but much is unfavorable. A letter from Norfolk Co., C. W., April 16, seminary. coarse and greasy, and that hereafter it must be con- more conspicuous and lighter; she is much larger says:—"In this locality wheat has suffered severely from a — Messrs. Brown & Blair, building movers of Boston, have sidered second instead of first quality, and be bought than the black queen, and easy to be singled out of rlangel Wurzel Experiment. very hard spring. That which has survived the severity of entered into a contract to move a large -number of buildings for from 5 to 10 cents less per pound than before. It the weather is so late that the midge is almost sure to in Scotland. the swarm, on account of her remarkable size and JAMES CHILDS, of Deerfield, Mass., President of destroy it. Comparing the prospect of this spring with last, is true I could boast of having larger and fatter light color. These bees are almost transparent when Wapping Club, planted, on the 23d of May last, 47 — - The natives of Poland resident in New York are prepar- sheep, and heavier fleeces, but I could not shake I do not think we shall have more than half a cron." We ing to organize a regiment for service under the President's the sun shines on them. rods of sandy loanvwith mangel wurzel. Previously have more favorable reports from Ohio, Indiana, &c. A proclamation. from my mind the unpleasant fact that I obtained This race has nothing in common with the black our cart loads of green manure had been plowed in, friend writing from Noble Co., Ind., says: — " We are having — Nathaniel J. Bowditch, the distinguished mathematician, that luxury at the cost of about $100 per year in bees; this can be instantly seen by their ways and md one cart load of compost harrowed in. Half a a wet, backward spring, but the wheat crop looks unusually the depreciated value of my wool. promising in Northern Indiana." died on Tuesday night, at his residence in Brookline, Mass., manner of building. The cells of the Italian bees are lound of seed was soaked 12 days, till much of it had aged 56 years. Although I believe one of the very best uses for considerably deeper and Broader than those of the iprouted,,and JkeR dropped by hand in rows, two or good hay is to feed fine wool sheep; yet I would not '•— A great religious revival is going on in. the We of Man. black bees. Fifteen cells of the Italians are as broad ;hree seeds to tjje" hill, about three feet by fifteen WHEAT GROWING COUNTRIES—AVERAGE YIELD. — A late A great reformation in conduct among certain classes has object to feeding grain when necessary, providing as sixteen cells of black kind. nches apart, There were many vacancies of from number of the iV. Y. Trilyme contains an interesting article been observed. wool growing sheep were not made fat thereby. I They are extremely tender, amiable little creatures, ;hree to seven feet, but they were cultivated and hoed on Wheat Culture, and the product of the leading cereal in — The Irish Pictorial of Boston comes out with a strong would feed grain if my hay were damaged, and even and a bee-protector is not necessary with them, as, n the 16th of June, 27th of June, and 20th of July, different countries. From the figures given it seems that article to the Irish to rally under the flag of the country of straw and grain if short of hay. I have kept my unprovoked, they never sting, least of all their own at an expense of ($3.91, and harvested the 13th of ours is not the greatest wheat producing country, both France their adoption. sheep almost entirely on hay for the last 26 years, and Britain exceeding it in average yield. Our last year's master. It is a specific Swiss bee; the Alps are their October. The yield was at the rate of 18 tons per — The citizens of Kansas complain bitterly that their State and never yet learned that it did not pay. I believe home, arid there they thrive beautifully; the higher crop is assumed to be 180,000,000 bushels, but the average is acre. One of the largest weighed 16| lbs., and an probably only 120,000,000—and, as our system of agriculture was not called upon for troops, and say they will tender a that straw, corn stalks, and coarse fodder can be fed the better. The exhalations of an Italian bee-hive is regiment anyhow. average rod 232 lbs. The tops weighed 54 lbs. to the is exhausting the best landsna diminution of the yield is an- to a better profit to growing store cattle, but have no pungent, and easy to be distinguished from a German rod, or at the rate of 44 tons per acre. Weight of ticipated. The average yield of other countries is stated as — A gentleman living seventeen miles from Toledo went room to give my reasons therefor in this article. hive. ntire crop nearly 22J tons. Expense of crop, in- follows : all the way to that city, on Monday evening week, to attend Mr. JOHNSTON made one admission indirectly, for The Italian bees have decidedly the preference. If cluding manure, $17.16. France, 191,422,248 a patriotic meeting. Britain, „:. 145,300,000 — Two lady post mistresses have been' reappointed in Mas- which I thank him, viz., that it takes 25 tuns of hay apiece of honey is anywhere about, the Italians are Two Sicilies, 64,000,000 ' to keep 100 of his sheep through the foddering sea- sure to be the first to find it out. Long before the Soaking Seed Corn. Canada, 60,470,134 sachusetts—Miss Gardner, in Hingham, and Mrs. Harriet Spain, 46,914,800 Hodges, in Norton. son—that is, 500 pounds for a sheep. Of course he black bees fly out, the Italians come, and are indus- IN the RURAL of the 20th inst. we begun the Austria, 27,735,568 must speak from his own experience, since he knows trious until late in Autumn, when the black bees Sardinia, 19,975,000 — The receipts of the city of Columbus, Ohio, for the year publication of R. C. KENDALL'S experience in the Bussia, ex. only, 18,921,776 nothing about what my common sized store fed have long since ceased to work. Everywhere they 'Culture of Corn," as given in the Rural Register. ending April 4th, amounted to $70,517.59, and the disburse- ' Belgium, , 16,350,000 ments to $70,011.33.. Merinoes eat. This is also in accordance with scent the honey first, and are therefore the first to The issue of that,date contained his views upon pre- Portugal, 5,500,000 another extract from the book referred to, page 245, Turkey, ex. only, 4,629,000 — In ten years the number of churches in Ohio has increas- discover a weak neighboring hive and to rob them of paring the land for this crop, and we now give his Holland, 3,<000,000 which is true, viz. — "It may be laid down as a rule their stores. opinion relative to soaking the seed. He says: Denmark, 3,000,000 ed 1,350 and the value of them $2,103,437, being 32 and 36 Sweaenand Norway,.,. 1,200,000 per cent, respectively. by which the unwary may learn, that after knowing The soaking of seed corn in various liquids, for the usual average weight of carcase and fleece *of a Tobacco Smoke tor Bees. " Here is an annual production of over 606,000,000 bushels. — Miss Colfax, cousin of the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, has six, twelve, or twenty-four hours, previous to plant- If the crops of this continent are included, the total may be been appointed Light House keeper at Michigan City, with a given bre^d, if he hears of any very extraordinary EDS. RURAL NEW-YORKER:—In your impression ng, as is of late the general practice, is a too general safely assumed to be 900,000,000, as the unascertained product salary of $350 a year. individual instances of either, generally it may be of March 16th, I notice that H. H. T. has a protest srror. If we could be insured a long continued ascribed to extra feeding, and at a cost accordingly." of Russia and Turkey must be very large. No better evidence — Aninspection of the bones of Charlemagne took place against the use of " tobacco smoke for quieting bees.' drouth immediately following the planting, the soak- of the primary value of the wheat plant to the human family I have never, weighed the hay fed to my sheep, but at Aix-la-Chapelle recently. The remains were found in I hasten to send you mine, though for other and I ing process might be productive of good results as could be given than such an exhibition as this. It proves excellent preservation. judging'from what I have seen weighed, and by the hope more philosophic reasons. H. H. T. says "it is that where the highest civilization has been attained, there insuring speedy germination; but as on the contrary, — The Cochituate water bills against eleven of the princi- rules given to estimate the quantity of hay in a mow, the greatest production is realized." inhuman to sicken the poor things," — I presume he we are very generally visited with one or more cold, pal hotels in Boston, for the first three months of this year, I do not believe that 400 of my average sized sheep means the bees,— "with the fumes of tobacco." In very wet rains, of unseasonable duration, just after will consume 50 tuns of hay during the foddering amounted to $2,068.43. the belief that it is "inhuman to sicken" the bees, I we have committed our seed corn to the ground, by SAMPLES OF FINE WOOL.—We have received twenty-five season. Since reading Mr. J.'s article, I have inquired — The House of Representatives of Pennsylvania has re- most heartily concur. It appears to me, from the soaking it, we secure the loss of one-fourth by rot- samples of wool from the Spanish Merino flock of Messrs. S. of a number of men who keep sheep similar in size to fused to permit the banks of the State to issue bills of a less foregoing, that H. H. T. believes that tobacco smoke ting in the hill, the annoyance of replanting, at a L. & E. N. BISSELL, of Shoreham, Vt. These samples are of denomination than $5. mine, and they generally answer from 10 to 11 tuns fine quality, and indicate that Messrs B. have a superior grade is used for the express purpose to sicken the bees, or time when other work hurries, and the satisfaction of — Mr. James Allen, of Providence, the distinguished aeron- to the 100 sheep,— but if-such sheep should use 12 J of sheep. Mr.E. MUNSON, of Tyre, N. Y., also sends us some that it does sicken them. If this be the case, H. H. T. seeing that portion which has survived our hydro- aut, has offered hiB services to the Government, to recon- tuns, it will be seen that it is but half the quantity excellent samples of fine wool — which compare favorably evidently has a wrong view of the use of tobacco pathic treatment, growing up pale, feeble, consump- noitre with his balloon. for Mr. JOHNSTON'S. Hay has sold here thus far with the above and others recently noticed in the RU smoke, or its effects on the bees when properly used. tive-looking stalks. We hold that three pints of A new brush for the hair nas been this season for $5 per tun at the barns. s. H. We think Mr. M. is breeding in the right direction, and is cer- — invented. The bristles When properly used, it is not for the purpose of common gas tar, thoroughly stirred into a bushel of tainly entitled to credit for what he has accomplished, He are set around tubes, which convey oil, or other liquid, from Croesus Center, N. Y., March, 1861. "sickening,'? but merely to frighten the bees, when they seed corn, until every grain receives a coating of the has no sheep for sale. la reservoir, oh pressure. instantly commence to fill their sacs with honey. tar, and then the whole mixed with plaster, wood r -'.• The quantity of paper manufactured in Great Britain in ashes, or dry loam, until it is no longer sticky, is the ALDEN'S THILL HORSE-HOE, advertised in this paper, is a I 1858 was 192,847,825 pounds; in 1869, 217,827,197 pounds; in GROWUSTG AND MARKETING "WILLOWS. When the bees have their sacs filled with honey, they are always peaceable and may be handled by any per- best possible preparation for seed corn; an efficient superior implement for the purposes to which it is adapted. I860, 223,575,285 pounds. son with perfect impunity. To use tobacco smok protection against rot,, the depredations of crows, As a Cultivator we think it is unequalled, while the ease with _ GamWing is mid to be carried on to an extraordinary exj IN answer to inquiries already published, in rela- which it can be changed and used for other purposes renders properly, just enough should be used to frighten thi jays, field mice,, and ground squirrels, and the best tent, just now, in Athens, Greece, where there are no less tion to the best method of growing and marketing it a decided " institution " for the farmer or gardener. At a than 5,000 gaming houses. bees, and no more. protection yet discovered against the insidious recent trial in this city, its advantages were clearly shown, the Osier Willow, the following is furnished us by — There are one hundred and twenty weekly religious attacks of the "cut-worm." every farmer present being delighted with its operation. We ^D. L. HALSEY, of Victory, N. Y.: H. H. T. again says:—"Sprinkle them with sweet- papers in the United States, having a circulation of about can cordially, as we do voluntarily, commend it to the atten- ened water, and I will guarantee you that they will one million copies weekly. "Drained swamp or bottom land I consider the tion of bur readers. best soil, although almost any kind of moist or sandy be as quiet, and in much better humor, than if yo Profitable Farming. — A diver of Kingston, Ja , recently recovered a thousand blow tobacco smoke in their faces." It is, indeed THE New-England Farmer reports an interesting dollars wprth of ivory from a ship sunk in the harbor of that soil will produce fair crops of willow. Prepare the THE SEASON IN WISCONSIN.—Recent Letters from different land by plowing and harrowing, so as to have a true, that sweetened water will make bees perfecth discussion by the Legislative Agricultural Society at city one hundred years ago. docile, but it is not also true that bees are in "muc, sections of Wisconsin say the season is very backward. A smooth, even surface. Stretch a line across the plat 4 Boston, on the subject of the most profitable kinds ef friend writing from Waushara Co., April 18, says:— "Our — Dr. John Evans, United States Geologist, died in Wash- in the direction you wish to have the rows. Push the better humor" by being made docile by sweetene farming in different parts of the State. Mr. WHITE, Spring is very backward. The ground is now white with ington, at 10 o'clock on the 13th inst., from pneumonia, after cuttings into the soil, leaving one or two inches above water than when made so by tobacco smoke. I wis of Petersham, said a farmer in Barrie kept 16 cows, snow, which fell yesterday. Hardly a bushel of grain has an illness of only a few days. ground, the right end up, and eight inches apart in here to say a few words respecting sweetened wate that produced each 440 pounds of new milk cheese, beensown north of Fox River this spring." And a letter from — On the 6th inst., two miners at work in a coal pit at the row; the rows wide enough apart to admit the or liquid sweets. If the bee-keeper has but a fe at 10 cts. per pound—which is over $700 for the 16 Fond du Lac Co., dated the 14th, says :—"Spring cold and Wegee, a few miles below Wheeling, Va., were instantly cultivator. Cultivate, if dry enough; if not, hoe colonies of bees, and has plenty of time to spare i cows. Mr. PROCTdR, of Danvers, said that in Essex backward. Last year at this time we had our wheat all sown; killed by the explosion of gas. twice during the first season. their examination, it may answer to use the liqui county, men who cultivated from 2 to 30 acres, made now we have not sown any." — Horace Bishop died in Adrian, Mich, last week, aged 100. sweets only. But in large apiaries, or even in smal as high as $40 per acre by thorough plowing and . • • — He served four years in the revolution, and stood sentry over If good fresh cuttings are set, they will make a THE GALEN AG. SOCIETY, (Wayne CO.,) elected the follow- Major Andre at his execution. growth of five or six feet the first summer, if set apiaries where "time is money," it will not^ay to us< manuring freely, mostly by raising" vegetables. liquid sweets to make the bees docile. This is a fas ing officers at its recent annual meeting: President—Hon. L. — The New England Life Insurance Company has estab- early. They may be set as late as June and root Onions were raised largely before the insect was S. KETOHTJM. Vice-President—P. T. Chamberlin. Treasurer age, and to be up with the times,'it is necessary tc known—many had cleared over $100 per acre. Onions lished a war rate, at two per cent above ordinary rates, and well, but will make a less growth of top the firstsea - —Thos. Plumtree. Secretary—Jo*. Watson. Executive Com- commenced the issuing of policies. son. Cut all close to the ground, late in the fall, du- adopt other means to make bees docile than by feed do not exhaust the land, and successive crops fer 20 mittee—A. F. Redfield, Matthew Mackey and O. H. Ketchum. — The water works of Philadelphia now supply about 65,- ing liquid sweets, which takes up too much time, years had been raised, and at 500 bushels per acre. The Society resolved to hold a Fair at Clyde., October 10th ping thaws in the winter, or early spring, so as to 000 water renters, at $2 50 each, and upwards, according to and 11th. _^ have them out of the way of other farm work. Bind In the closing remarks of H. H. T., he says that th Hay had proved profitable, as. well as beets and car- the number of openings in the pipes. rots; and within a year 30 bushels of wheat had been in bundles, keeping the buts even, and set up after smoke of cotton, or cotton rags, will answer as we! CASHMERE GOATS AT THE WEST.—It is said that Mr. KEN- — Street railroads are about to be commenced at Hamburg, the manner of cutting up corn, and every willow as the smoke of tobacco, "and be less injurious. obtained from an acre. Mr. BUSHNELL, of Sheffield, DBIOK, of Chicago, has fifteen grade Cashmere goats, pur- Copenhagen, Berlin, and Pesth, in Hungary. These railroads should touch the ground. In June they are run The theory that tobacco smoke when properly used was strong in favor of sheep husbandry; but its profits chased in Tennessee last fall, from which he is breeding on a are to be built by American engineers. through a willow peeling machine, bound in bundles, "injurious" to beeB, cannot be sustained. I have had been greatly reduced by the ravages of dogs. farm near that city. He proposes to test their profit in this — Lieut. Jones, of the U. S. army, died in Saco, Me., on aiad shipped to New York city, where they sell readily used for a series of years —except last season— Animals in which Spanish Merino blood prevailed, climate. .27th ult., aged TOyear s and 9 months, after nearly 50 years at one hundred to one hundred and forty dollars per large quantities of tobacco for smoking bees to produced 3J to 6 lbs. of washed wool per head, usu- LTJSUS NATURE—Mr. I. RAZB, of Somerset, N. Y., writes suffering from wounds received in 1812. tun, the fine willow bringing the latter price. No frighten them, but have never known the smoke to b ally selling at 50 cts. per lb. He had been engaged in us that he has a great curiosity—a pig with six legs. " It has — The large increase of the number of Lunatics in Eng- further cultivation is needed, The willow must be injurious, even when not properly used. I bereb; the sheep raising for 30 years, and had increased the four hind legs, all of a size, and travels on the outside ones." land is attributed by eminent physiologists of that country to cut every year." challenge any bee-keeper to present a solitary case value of his land 60 per cent, by it. Land which Where's BARNUM ? the deleterious substances mixed with food. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Newspapers Collection

Pears* WESTERN APPLES. ENGLISH HOLLY.—Can you, or any of your subscribers, form me, througtthe columns of the RURAL, whether the CONNECTICUT. — Best six. Rostiezer, Bartlett, Belle OUR horticultural friends at the English Holly can be grown in this State or not; and where he tree can' be obtained?—I. S., Bentm, Yates Co., IV. Y, Lucrative, Buffum, Lawrence, and Beurre Langelier. West are energetic in whatever they Best twelve. Doyenne d'Ete, Rostiezer, Bartlett, undertake. For many years, varie- TREE PLANTING. It iB not hardy in this latitude. Flemish Beauty, Belle Lucrative, Louise Bonne de ties of apples have been grown in Jersey, Buffum, Beurre d'Anjou, Seckel, Lawrence, Western States, some -of them of .PRESERVED FKUIT.— Can you tell us the reason why fruits THE nurserymen in this section of the country are Beurre Langelier. reserved in glass jars have failed to keep this winter more doing a very extensive business the present spring. good quality, and others, though enerally than usual?—W. Best six on quince. Beurre d'Amalis, Belle Lucra- somewhat inferior, seem peculiarly The demand is much greater than was anticipated, and tive, Louise Bonne of Jersey, Urbaniste, Duchess, We don't know, unless jou used old corks that have been adapted to that section of the coun- jured, and allowed air to enter the jars. This is often the seems to be but little affected by the distracted state and Glout Morceau. of the country. Farmers seem determined to plant try. These fruits have been, com- :ause of fruit being lost. The corks, too, that are sold with in hope. It is difficult to make those who have lived RHODE ISLAND. — Best six. Dearborn's Seedling, paratively unknown at the East, ;he jars for the last year or two, have been miserable things, 'all of large holes. As soon as the fruit begins to shrink for almost half a century under the best government Beurre Giffard, Bartlett, Pratt, Belle Lucrative,. while even where they are Jbest Lawrence. known, some of them pass by seve- rom cooling, causing a vacuum in the jar, the pressure of ever devised by man and blessed by the Almighty, ;he outside air finds a way of entrance through, the warm believe that this fair fabric is to be brought to ruin Best twelve. Bloodgood, Beurre Giffard, Dear- ral names, while much obscurity wax, leaving small holes imperceptible, unless on the most by traitors. Hence, with a firm, and we hope, well- born's Seedling, Doyenne Boussock, Bartlett, Belle exists as to their origin, and various rnreful examination. The corks for preserve jars should be founded reliance upon the good sense of the people, Lucrative, Pratt, Flemish Beauty, Seckel, Buffum, conflicting opinions are entertained. Df the very best material, instead of the poorest, as is now and upon a Higher power, they continue to plant, Lawrence, Easter Beurre. Our good friend, Dr. WARDER, has ;he case. and we believe will eat of the fruits of their planting. Best six on quince. Beurre Giffard, Louise Bonne devoted much time to this subject, and with others has rendered in- BARREN PLUM TREES—(J. C. "WILSON.)—The Curculio We know we shall be doing a good service to some de Jersey, Duchess, Beurre Diel, Urbaniste, Glout estroys your fruit. There seems to be no other trouble with by urging that especial care be given to all newly Morceau. valuable service in bringing order our trees, as they blossom freely. Last week we gave direc- out of confusion. In a few years we planted trees and shrubs. Do nothing hurriedly or MISSISSIPPI. — Best six. Madeleine, Belle Lucra- AUTUMN SEEK-NO-FURTHER. ions for heading off this insect. carelessly. Careless planting you may never be able tive, Dearborn's Seedling, Beurre Diel, Bartlett, shall know much more of fruits of Western origin, while Western Horticulturists will, DELAWARE GRAPE FROM CUTTINGS, &C.—(G. W. C, Middle to rectify. An extra hour at this work may save Winter Nelis. was the Autumn Seek-rto-Further, a specimen of Hope.) — The Delaware will grow from cuttings, and the many dollar's worth of trees as well as a good deal of Best twelve. Madeleine, B. Lucrative, Bloodgood, we have no doubt, find that many more of our popu- which was presented us by W. H. Looms, of Indian- reason it has not been so grown is, the wood has been scarce disappointment. Examine the roots and remove all Seckel, Dearborn's Seedling, White Doyenne, Ros- lar fruits are adapted to Western culture than they apolis, Indiana. It is a fine fruit, above medium and dear, Snd an eye would make as good a vine as a cutting that are bruised. Have the ground well prepared, tiezer, Beurre Diel, Tyson, Winter Nelis, Bartlett, had supposed. size, greenish, splashed with red, of very good qual- ith several eyes. An eye grafted on a piece of root will ,-and then you will not have to dig deep holes. It is Doyenne d'Alencon. Among the most promising of the Western apples ity. Of this apple, we present our readers an ;row with proper treatment, but it requires skill and con- Best six on quince. B. Giffard, Duchess, Tyson, which we had an opportunity to examine last year, engraving. veniences which the amateur does not possess, and without better to cut off a long, straggling root, than to put it which he would be sure to fail. in the ground, bent and cramped. See that the earth Beurre Diel, Rostiezer, Easter Beurre. placed in contact with the roots is fine and mellow, KENTUCKY. — Pears have not been extensively cul- ard to hold their own. In flowers, we had a good show last GRAFTING OLD TREES.—In reply to inquiries of C. W. and rich enough to afford the food they will very tivated as an orchard fruit, and the blight has greatly iummer, and we hope this year to see still more brilliant 'URNER, of Dighton, I respectfully state that I have done much grafting of fruit during the last thirty-six years, and much need as soon as they push out. Many of them discouraged all attempts to cultivate them on a large •oups. "We know that some of those least able, in a pecu- DECORATED ROSES. liary point of view, spare no pains or trouble, and go to a have ever eschewed the long cherished tradition of appro- have been injured and destroyed by removal, and scale. No return is made. priating two or three years to the improvement by grafting MR. RIVERS, in his new edition of the Rose Amateur's :onsiderable expense to import the best seed, grafts, &c, for just as soon as the warm weather stirs the sap, there CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO. — Best six. Made- ;he purpose of improving their stock of flowers and fruit; )f any fruit tree, however large. I have ever done it all up will be a great demand upon those remaining for nu- Guide, gives the following directions for making what he calls at once, and am entirely in favor of that method, unless it be leine, Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, White Doyenne, decorated roses: 7 md there are, perhaps, many more who would do so if they triment. They are young and tender, and not as mew how to set about it. To such we would recommend an desirous to preserve some branches for bearing while the Seckel, Lawrence. " A few years since, a friend, living at Weycliffe, near Guild- grafted scions are attaining a sufficient growth to produce vigorous as they would be had not the tree been Best twelve. Madeleine, Bartlett, F. Beauty, W. nterview with Mr. John Roberts, Mr. B. Losee, or Mr. Lewis ford, found the heavily built brick brigde leading over the Whitlock." fruit—W. W. CULVER, Bluff Point, 1861. removed, and therefore it is necessary to have the Doyenne, Seckel, Lawrence, Bloodgood, Belle Lucra- railway to his house (this is, however, in his grounds, so as soil in immediate contact with the roots of just the tive, Buffum, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Kirtland, and to be private,) conspicuously ugly, and he wished it to be KEOKUK HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The monthly meeting right kind to furnish proper and delicate food. Don't Doyenne d'Alencon. hidden by evergreen-climbing plants. As the carriage road f this Society, held on the 7th- ult., was well attended, and put any fresh manure near them, as they cannot Best six on quince. Doyenne d'Ete, Belle Lucra- ran over the bridge, the gravel of which it was made did interesting discussion sprang up on the report of the digest this the first season at least. Be sure that tive, White Doyenne, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Duch- not seem to offer very happy quarters for any plant but ivy, ommittee on apple trees for orchard culture. there are no cavities around the roots, as there is which was objected to as being too heavy. I then proposed This Society has recently been obtaining the opinions of ess, and Doyenne d'Alencon. OLD-FASHIONED INDIAN PUDDING. almost certain to be unless the earth is very fine, and planting it with varieties of Rosa sempervirens, or, as we urserymen and fruit growers as to the twelve most NORTHERN OHIO. — Best six. Zoar Beauty, Bart- ought always to call them, Evergreen roses. They were profitable varieties of apples for orchard cultivation in this put in a little at a time, and well worked in. Don't lett, Kirtland, Beurre Bosc, F. Beauty, Winter Nelis. with some difficulty planted, the gravel being loosened with section of Iowa and the contiguous portions of Illinois and NOTICING an inquiry in a late RURAL for a recipe plant too deep. Make a good broad hole, so that the Best twelve. Zoar Beauty, Bartlett, Kirtland, the pick, and Borne manure mixed with it. In my annual Missouri. Experience, it is said, has proved that a variety that for making an "old-fashioned Indian Pudding," I roots can set down comfortably and enjoy the air and Beurre Bosc, F. Beauty, Winter Nells, Beurre d'An- visits to my friend living in this charming district—for no iears well in one locality does not succeed as well in another send the following which I think is excellent. Take sunshine. It is better to set a stake and fasten the part of England is more so — I watched with some interest jou, Washington, Stevens's GerieSsee, Ananas d'Ete, locality, even within the distance of a mile. Some varieties 1 quart sour milk; 2 teaspoons soda; 1 egg; 1 teacup tree'to it, than to depend upon a great weight of earth my bridge-roses. They grew with great rapidity, and soon do not exhibit good bearing traits until the tree has age. ! Seckel, and Nouveau Poiteau. of flour; Indian meal sufficient to make it stiff as at the bottom, to keep it in place. covered every brick; but when they bloomed in large, beau- The Society adopted the following as the list of twelve varie- Best six on quince. Beurre Giffard, White Doy- griddle cakes; 1 teacup of fruit. Put this into a bag » • • • •» tiful masses, some disappointment was. expressed at the ties that have been proved to be the most hardy sorts, the enne, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Beurre d'Anjou, monotony of color. I was prepared for this, and told my best bearers, and as producing the most marketable fruit: and boil three hours. Serve with rich sauce.— FRUITS FOR SPECIAL LOCALITIES. Stevens's Genesee, and Nouveau Poiteau. friend that they must be decorated. A good natured, incred Winesap, Yellow Bell Flower, Rawles' Janet, Grimes' MOLLIE T., Corfu, N. Y, 1861. ulous smile met me with ' hew?' I called the gardener,—for SOUTHERN OHIO. — Best six. Rousselet Hatif, Golden Pippin, Rome Beauty, Maiden's Blush, Red Pippin, THE following recipe I think very good for Indian IT is doubtless known to all our readers that the this was in July, the budding season-,—went with him to the Bloodgood, Bartlett, Seckel, Glout Morceau, Passe Red June, Small Romanite, Rambo, Willow Twig, and Early boiled pudding. Take one pint of new milk, boil, American Pomological Society, previous to its last rose-garden, and thence took buds of some of the most Harvest. Colmar. and while boiling stir in meal to a thick batter, then session, issued circulars to the local committees of beautiful of the dark Hybrid Perpetual roses, not forgetting The following varieties are also known to succeed well: put into a bag made of drilling, and boil two hours. the different States and Territories, asking among Best twelve. Rousselet Hatif, Bloodgood, Bartlett, some of the bright rose-colored tints, such as Colonel de Dominie (or Winter Rambo), Smith Cider, Northern Spy Rougemont, La Reine, General Simpson, and some others. Another way of making it is to chop suet fine, other questions, the names of the best six and twelve Seckel, Glout Morceau, Passe Colmar, Early Butler Vandevere, Spitzenburgh, and Summer Queen. (of Cincinnati), Golden Beurre, F. Beauty, Swan's Our great ' horse.' was, I remember, General Jacqueminot. one-half teacupfal; one-half teacup of molasses, stir varieties of Apples and Pears for family use. We My budding hand had not forgotten its cunning, for did I not had designed, as time and space permitted, to give Orange, Beurre Diel, Dix. CATALOGUES RECEIVED—From E. G. HENDERSON & SONS in meal as before, and boil in the same manner.— consider myself, at twenty, as the most dexterous and rapid iondon, England, a catalogue of choice and selected Flower FARMER'S WIPE, Dane Co., Wis., 1861. the answers to those and other questions in a tabular Best six on quince. Doyenne d'Ete, Bloodgood, budder of roses that ever lived, and was likely to live? So I Tyson, Seckel, Louise Bonne de Jersey, and Le Cure. Seeds; also, a selected list of Agricultural and Vegetable form, and may yet do so, though we anticipate much and the gardener proceeded to place buds here and there Seeds. A well-printed pamphlet of 84 pages, containing en- IN compliance with a request in a late number of more complete and valuable information in the next MICHIGAN.—Best six. Bloodgood, Bartlett, Belle in shoots favorable for the purpose. The day was warm, and gravings of many new things. the RURAL, I inclose the following recipe for boiled report, as the committee on the revision of the cata- Lucrative, Swan's Orange, White Doyenne, Winter the thorns much sharper than they used to be forty years - From HOVEY & Co., Boston, catalogue of Garden, Vege- Indian pudding. Take 1 quart of buttermilk, or logue is pushing forward the work. In Hovey's Nelis. ago, so I have a misty idea that my friend Jackman, the table, Flower, Agricultural and Grass Seeds, &c, a well ar- sweet milk; 2 eggs; a few dried berries; 1 teaspoon Magazine, however, we find the answers to the above Best twelve. Madeleine, Bloodgood, Rostiezer, gardener, put many more buds in than I did. To use the ranged and excellent catalogue of over 50 pages. of saleratus; stir in. Indian meal to a stiff batter. questions, which we think will be both interesting Sterling, Bartlett, Belle Lucrative, F. Beauty, Swan's common phrase, nearly all the bads 'took,'i. e., lived, and —From JOHN DICK, Kingsessing, Philadelphia, Catalogu Boil two hours in a linen bag, with pork. Serve many of them put forth fine clusters of bloom the following and instructive. Orange, White Doyenne,' Oswego Beurre, Lawrence, of Azaleas, Camellias, Roses, Fuchias, Dahlias, Verbenas and with cream.— A. J. EDMISTER, Lisle Village, 1861. August and September. I paid my annual visit to my friend other Green-House Plants. Also, Hardy Trees, Shrubs, Ever- Apples. Winter Nelis. in June of the next year, just eleven months after my bud- greens. A neat pamphlet of some 20 pages. CONNECTICUT.— Best six. Bough, Williams, Grav- ding exploit As I approached tbe bridge^" I felt-foil of inter —From BARNES & WASHBURU, Harrison Square, Mass., FROSTING CAKES. enstein, Porter, Hubbardston Nonsuch, and Baldwin. INTRODUCTION OF LOMBAEDY POPLAR. est about my buds. What a glorious sight met my eye Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, embracing many Best twelve. Early Harvest, Bough, Eed Astra- Amid the masses of flowers of the pale climbing roses, shone and rare varieties, besides all the old established favorites, EDS. RURAL NEW-YORKER:—In reply to "EMILY," I NOTICE the Lombardy Poplar ( Populusfastigiata,) forth large clusters' of the Geant, General Jacqueminot, with copious descriptive and cultural notes. A finecatalog u I will give my rule for frosting cake, it is this: Allow khan, Williams, Primate, Fall Pippin, Porter, Hub- Triomphe des Beaux Arts, Prince Noli, Comte Robinsky. bardston Nonsuch, Gravenstein, Baldwin, R. I. Green- is referred to, as introduced to our country by Wm. of about 50 pages. for the white of an egg, nine heaping teaspoonfuls of Hamilton, but the records of that tree will show that Louise Peyronny, Colonel de Rougemont, Jules Margottin double refined sugar, and one of nice Poland starch. ing, and Roxbury Russet. and others: the brigde was a fairy avenue, so charming was A BORER IN THE PEAR TREES.—While working about som it was introduced thus early by Wm. Prince, my dwarf pear trees, a few days ago, I discovered that the bark The sugar and starch should be pounded and sifted RHODE ISLAND. — Best six. Early Harvest, Wil- the effect. grandfather, and that he had 100,000 growing in his of one of the trees, near the surface of the ground, had be- through a very fine seive. Beat the whites of eggs liams, Porter, Baldwin, R. I. Greening, and Roxbury "I have a full and fervent belief that, ere long, banks and nurseries, which were disseminated far and wide before come blackened and cracked; and upon examination I foun to a stiff froth, so that you can turn the plate upside Russet. avenues of decorated roses will be in every rose-garden, and its propagation was attempted by others. The Ailan- that the tree had been nearly girdled by a grub, similar in down without their falling off, then stir in the sugar Best twelve. Early Harvest, Bough, Williams, that their culture will be carried to an extent we at presen thus was first introduced by Wm. Prince, my father, scarcely dream of. I have one rose friend who has formed appearance to the apple tree borer, but much smaller in size. and starch gradually, — stir it ten or fifteen minutes Porter, Gravenstein, Beauty of Kent, R. I. Greening, and was sent to him by Mr. Thompson, a nurseryman his rose-walk with network of iron wire, fastened to uprigh The grub was of a dirty white color, except its head, which without cessation, —then add a teaspoonful of lemon Peck's Pleasant, Baldwin, Hubbardston Nonsuch, was a light brown, and was about a half inch in length. at Mile End, near London, as tiie Sicilian Tanner's iron rods; the meshes formed by crossing the wire occasion- juice, or a little extract, if you prefer. If you wish Shepard Sweet, Roxbury Russet. That you may not be misled, I will state that my trees wen Sumach, and was disseminated for several years under ally, are twelve to fifteen inches in diameter, so as effectually to color it pink, stir in a few grains of cochineal to support the shoots of the climbing roses. planted with the quince stock, fully three inches below thi MISSISSIPPI. — Best six. Carolina Red June, Horse, this name, until some importations of Ailanthus from surface, and that the borer had done his work wholly beneat' powder, or rose pink. If blue be preferred, add a> Summer Red, Camenser, Shockley, and Poole. France revealed its true title. The first Ailanthus " This walk, in the course of a year or two, will be between two upright walls of ' decorated roses,' and I can scarcely the pear bark. I had supposed the pear tree was exemp little powder blue. Lay the frosting on the cake with Best twelve. Carolina Red June, John Hunt, trees in Pennsylvania, I think, were sent by Wm. imagine anything in rose culture more beautiful. It must b from the ravages of such enemies, and I write you to as a knife soon after it is taken from the oven, smooth Horse, Summer Red, Covington, Sweet Russet, Prince to Colonel Robert Carr, Bartram's Garden, borne in mind that no arches, unless some fifteen feet apart, whether this is a new thing, and to request, through the it over, and if you have Stewart's starch, put the Colley, Cooner, Shockley, Poole, May, Camenser. under the erroneous name of " Tanner's Sumach," and no arched coverings must be placed over a rose-walk or RURAL, all the information in regard to it that will be bene cake in the closet a few minutes, that the frosting flcial to an amateur fruit grower. I found the borer in threi KENTUCKY. — Best six. Early Harvest, Maiden's and after the discovery of the true name, William avenue of this description, for the finer kinds of roses requir may harden. To frost a common sized loaf cake, Prince re-purchased from Colonel Carr all the young all the light and air they can have. out of fifteen trees in my garden, but I have since examine Blush, Rambo, Small Romanite (Carthouse), Wine- a large number of trees in the neighborhood, without findin allow the white of one egg and half of another.— sap, and Rawle's Janet. trees he could spare of " Tanners' Sumach." As a " For pillars, banks, coverings for walks, and every fancj EMELINE F. CRAWFORD, Clay, Onon. Co, N. F., 1861. that can enter into the mind of a rose lover, these buddec any.—W. SCOTT HICKS, Bristol, Ont. Co., JV. Y, 1861. Best twelve. Early Harvest, Maiden's Blush, Caro- proof that a rose, by any other name, not only smells as.sweet, but much sweeter, I maybe permitted to climbing roses are adapted, and they will well reward th lina Red June, American Summer Pearmain, Rambo, ingenuity of a clever rose gardener; in many cases supersed PERENNIAL PHLOX.—AS some of your readers may wish t ABOUT THOSE DOUGHNUTS. Pennsylvania Red Streak, Bellflower, Milam, Wine- recount an amusing fact. For a course of years, this raise their plants from seed, I will give my experience, tree was cultivated in Wm. Prince's nurseries, under ing the use of standards, which are for a great portion of th sap, New York Pippin, Small Romanite, Rawle's year so very ugly. saved seed fall before hist, and sowed in May last, that di< EDS. RURAL NEW-YORKER:—For the benefit of W., Janet. the title by which it had been received by him, but not grow. A friend gave me plants from seed self-sown, o: 1 would say you put too muoh shortening in your the name of " Sumach " was so repulsive that the "The 'how to'do' these roses is very simple. If ver sowed in the fall, and those blossomed the same season, 0 CENTRAL AND EASTERN OHIO. — Best six. Benoni, rapid growth be required, the place in which they are to b doughnuts, and that is the reason they absorb the very aspect of the tree seemed hideous, and there last fall. I saved more seed, and sowed it last autumn, am Maiden's Blush, Belmont, Rambo, Smith's Cider, planted should be well stirred to a depth of t^o feet, somi lard they are fried in. Here is my recipe for plain were so few purchasers that thousands were thrown now I have the plants up and doing well. My soil is gravell; White Pippin. manure mixed with the earth, and climbing roses of such clay, chestnut ridge. Transplant when small.—W. O. T doughnuts: 1 cup new milk; H cups sugar; 1 egg; out, perfectly unsalable; but after the error in the sorts as Felicite, Princesse Louise, Princesse Marie, Best twelve. Early Harvest, Benoni, Maiden's Bedford, Ohio, 1861. 2 tablespoonfuls melted butter; 1 even teaspoonful name was corrected, and " Chinese Ailanthus " was Spectabile (all varieties, of Rosa sempervirens,) Bhould b' Blush, Ohio Nonpareil, Rambo, Tolman's Sweet, soda; 1J teaspoonfuls cream tartar; a little salt, and substituted for Sumach, a potent charm came over planted in November; if they have strong shoots, they ma; Fallawater, Rome Beauty, Smith's Cider, Newtown the entire tree, and every one gazed on it with won- be tied or fastened up to nearly their full length; if not with spice to taste. A great deal depends upon paving Spitzenberg, Baldwin, and White Pippin. der and admiration, and for many years it was im- long and strong shoots, they may be cut down to within five the lard just the right heat.—P., New York, 1861. NORTHERN OHIO. — Best six. Early Harvest, Gar- inches of their base: they will in the following season mak SEEING an inquiry in a late number of the RURAL possible to supply the demands at treble the former shoots from ten to twelve or fifteen feet in length. The firs' WINE FROM RAISINS.— Can you, or any of your readers, den Royal, Belmont, Rr I. Greening, Baldwin, and prices. It also happened, fortunately, that the male tell us how to make good wine from common dried or bo how to make doughnuts that, would not soak fat, I shoots that will be fit to bud will be the old shoots that were raisins? Also, of a preparation for coating the inside 0 Rambo. variety was the one originally introduced, and there left at full length when they were planted; these may be wooden troughs, which is as good, or better, than paint, ani give you my recipe, which I think very good. Take Best twelve. Garden Royal, Belmont, Baldwin, was, consequently, no objection to the tree for the budded in June, and the young shoots that are made during no more expensive?—A SUBSCRIBER, Oneida, JV. Y. a quart of new milk, and one cup of hop emptyings, Nonsuch (Red Canada), Myer's Nonpareil, Jersey the whole of the summer may be budded weekly till the end and prepare the same as for bread, and when ready offensive odor which the bloom of the female variety WINE MAKING.—In your paper of January 19, JNO. BIEDE Sweet, Early Harvest, R. I. Greening, Rambo, Red exhales. of September: the position of each bud must be thought of, gives a plan for building a Wine Cellar, and offers to commv to mix add a half pound of sugar; half a pound of Astrachan, Bough, Winesap. ^ so as to make a picture really artistic and beautiful. As soo nicate such information as is required in ascertaining th butter; 3 eggs; a little salt, and a little soda. — A. G. It may here, perhaps, be permitted me to depart as a bud is inserted, or if two pr three buds are placed in thi quantity of saccharine matter, citric or malic acids, and ho W., Lansingville, 1861. SOUTHERN OHIO. — Best six. Early Harvest, Be- same shoot, the end of the shoot must be cut off to wtthi to make wine of 8,10,12,14, or 16 per cent, of alcohol, with- noni, Fall Pippin, Bellflower, Jonathan, Cannon from the subject for a moment, to say that William out having too much or too little acid. I should be very Prince was a thorough "American System" man, two buds of the topmost, inserted bud; the buds may'b much gratified in reading his views on that subject, and hop Pearmain. untied about three weeks after insertion, and all the youn it may appear in your paper.— CHAS. CAMPBELL, Aurora REMEDY FOR RHEUMATISM.—Dr. Bonnet, of Graul- Best twelve. Early Harvest, Red Astrachan, Be- even before the time of Henry Clay, and that he, shoots that break out below the inserted buds must be rubbe Cayuga Lake, N. Y, 1861. het, in France, states, in a letter to the Abeille Medi- noni, Fall Wine, Ashmore, Maiden's Blush, Rambo, therefore, was desirous of superseding the importa- off; this is all that need be done the first season. The nex' cale, that he has long been in the habit of prescribing tion of Sicilian Sumach, as he was afterwards desir- MULBERRY, &C.— Can you inform me where I can ge' Bellflower, Broadwell, Jonathan, Rawle's Janet, season the buds will bloom abundantly, and it will only b Downing's Ever-bearing Mulberry, shown in the RURAL O the essential oil of turpentine for frictions against Cannon Pearmain. ous of establishing the silk and vine culture. I will necessary to destroy all the young shQots that break out September 17th, 1859? Also, the Double White Horse-Ches* rheumatism, and that he has used it himself with continue my reminiscences in future numbers of your the budded branch below the buds; those shoots that break nut, shown in June 11th, 1859; and. what is the commo retail price?—A. KENT, Michigan, 1861. perfect success, having almost instantaneously got MICHIGAN.—Best six. E. Harvest, Red Astra- paper.—W. R. PRINCE, in Gardeners' Monthly. out above the inserted buds may be pinched in frequently chan, Lowell, Fall Pippin, R. I. Greening, Nonsuch. The budded branch will not then become rigid and starved, Of the Mulberry, and where it could be obtained, we gavi rid of rheumatic pains in both knees and in the left Best twelve. E. Harvest, Red Astrachan, Bough, like the stem of a standard rose. the necessary information a week or two since. The Doubl< shoulder. He adds, that having several times soiled GROWING CAULIFLOWER. Flowering Horse-Chestnut can be obtained at the nurseriei his hands with coal tar and other sticky substances Lowell, Gravenstein, Keswick Codlin, Fall Pippin, "In decorating climbing roses, the buds should be dotted for about $1. Bellflower, R. I. Greening, Rox. Russet, Nonsuch, of the same nature, and used the essence of turpen- EDS. RURAL NEW YORKER:—AS it is getting near over the whole surface of the plant. Two or three buds in Ladies' Sweeting. one branch will be found enough, and care must be taken CRACKING OF THE BARK IN APPLE TREES.—Please inform tine, freely, like water, to wash his hands in, and the gardening season, perhaps a few hints on raising subscriber the cause of bark cracking in the fruit trees then washed them again in soap and water, he, after Northern New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachu- not to bud every branch of the climbing rose—some must h Would slitting the bark, with a knife, in June, prevent it! Cabbage and Cauliflower might not come amiss. I left to grow in their natural, graceful, vigorous manner, sc I set out a hundred apple trees two years ago this spring, drying them well, always experienced a pricking setts did not reply to the questions; but cultivators have never failed to raise good heads by the follow- that the decorated wall or walk has not a stumpy appearance, and about one-quarter of them are cracked near the groun —J. H., Pitcher, Chen. Co., JV. Y, 1861. sensation similar to that which is felt on receiving in these States can compare these lists with such as ing method, which may be new to some of your like an avenue of standard roses.'1—London Gardeners Cracking of the bark of apple trees, in this section, is no electrical sparks on one's knuckles. This sensation they think desirable. As we have before remarked, readers. • Chronicle. would last about two hours; and it is to this exciting they pnly indicate, not decide which are the best common. We have not known injury from this cause, After the ground has been well plowed and har- This plan of " decorating " running roBes we adopted Perhaps some of our readers may know more of this matter, action of oil of turpentine that he attributes its effi- fruits, for some of the varieties named are compara- rowed, I mark off the space I want for the plants in the suggestion of a horticultural friend more than ten yean cacy in rheumatism. tively new, and cannot have been tested long enough rows three feet apart. I then mark off again, sticking ago, by budding Hybrid Perpetuals into the Queen of th< INSECTS, WEATHER, AND FRUIT IN OHIO.—Inclosed I senc to know their real merits. New York produces more Prairies, Baltimore Belle, and the Boursault. a few leaves from one of my Scotch Pines, which are almosi a stick at each place two feet and a half apart in the covered with a sort of a sack, or web, which contaii apples than any other State, and a reply to the rows. Then I dig a hole where each stick is, and put from fifteen to twenty eggs. Now, this rather heads me, foi CLEANING BROCHE SHAWLS. — Having seen an answers of the Society would have shown the prefer- in fr®m a peck to half a bushel of well rotted manure, COBOURG HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—Our neighbors acrosi I do not know what will destroy them. If you know them inquiry in a late issue of the RURAL how to clean ences of her extensive cultivators. Notwithstanding the lake have a flourishing Horticultural Society. The las' and what will rid the tree of them, please communicate. the white middle of "Broche Shaws," I will send my from the hog pen or cow barn, covering with about number of the Cobourg Star, after urging all, and especially We are getting a cold, wet, backward spring. Wheai all that has been said, the Baldwin, R. I. Greening two inches of mold. I leave these to settle after which was drilled in, looks well, but some which was sow mode, which I have tried and found to be good. and Roxbury Russet are the most popular native persons of leisure and means, to give their countenance anc broadcast, and not properly drained, is much injured by th Take snow water, a little warm, and toilet soap, wash sticking the sticks back again as near the center of support to the Society, says:—"In regard to the improvemen winter. varieties, and the Bough, Early Harvest and Red The prospect for fruit is good. There is no mistake bui thoroughly and rinse after washing, spread over a each pit as possible. As soon as I want to set out the of all kinds of horticultural produce, we may remark that there are sound peach buds enough for a good crop.—E. CASE, Astrachan rank next. The West has some native plants, I remove the stick, putting a plant in its place, thanks to the Society whose claims we advocate, we hav Plymouth, Ohio, 1861. flannel cloth till partly dry, and then iron on the sorts which are much cultivated, some only for their and after they get well rooted, hoe every other day so now a high character to maintain in regard to the excellenci The leaves are covered with what is called the American same. This method will render them clear ajad white keeping qualities, aside from excellence. Beyond as to keep the ground mellow. of our flowers and vegetables, and to some extent of oui Blight, a very troublesome insect to manage, especial! without injury. —R. H. P., Nunda Statiort, N. Y., their respective localities, they are very little known, fruits also; and it behooves us to see that we maintain oui 1861. In this way I raised, a year ago last summer, Cauli- when large trees are affected. Sulphuric acid and water, in and their comparative value undecided. The list of laurels, and let no roses fall from our chaplet. In the article the proportion of one ounce of acid to ten of water, sprinkle flower heads one foot in diameter, which took the universally popular sorts is, however, sufficiently perhaps, we should rather say the substantive! of cabbages on the tree with a garden engine, is said to destroy them, if MUFFINS. — Will s»me of the RURAL readers please premium at the Union Fair at Dundee. and brocoli, we can hardly expect to see finer specimens than thoroughly done in the spring, but it will also somewhat inform me how to make muffins? — LIZZIE, Bartlett, large. those of last year, but we hope that our gardeners will strive Starkey, Yates Co., April, 1861. I-1- HUMPHREYS. injure the foliage. Ohio, 1861. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Newspapers Collection

[Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] head, and a raspberry moustache, with six hairs A CHAPTER FOR THE MEW. in it; paint pot on its cheek, and a little dot of goatee on its chin; with pretty blinking little stud VERT frequently do I wonder why there is so in its shirt bosom, and a neck-tie that looks as [Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] [Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] much said to women about making home happy, an it would faint were it tumbled, I'd. as lieve look at [Written for Moore's Rural New Yorker.) •VOICES. nothing said to the " lords of creation." Does any MY FAVORITE SONG. poodle. I always feel a desire to nip it up with THE UPPER SABBATH. one/suppose they are so perfect that they do not nee BY MAROARBT ELLIOTT. MT favorite song no bard hath sung pair of sugar tongs, drop it gently into a bowl o BY JOHN WARD ALLEH. advice?' Are they always kind and oheerful, and do Of all the deathless choir; cream, and strew pink rose leaves over its littl A DISCORD of sweet voices fills the air, they never speak cross? A woman may try to mab Twas never lisped by living tongue, remains. WALKING up the golden stairway Like silvery bells struck by an untaught hand, her home pleasant and comfortable, and the children Nor struck from harp or lyre.- Finally, my readers, when soul magnetizes soul, Which the angels oft have trod, All musical and sweet, but blending not, happy and contented, but all is in vain if the hus- Formed in all its mystic splendor I hear it oft, but ne'er the same the question of beauty is a dead letter. Whom on As rise and fall they on the slumb'rous air. band comes in moody. A sudden 'chill is thui By the plastic hand of GOD, As when I heard it last, loves is always handsome, the world's arbitrary rulei So ever and anon one voice thrown over the merry group,—the household is To that beauteous upper Sabbath Rises above the others, and the sound It has no form,—it has no name,— notwithstanding; therefore, when you say, "whai Where the sinless worship GOD. Is borne by breezes soft, and zephyrs sweet, gloomy and silent, — the cross man has cast his Tis heard,—'tis loved,—'tis past. can the handsome Mr. Smith see to admire in thai And greets my ear. One full of laughter, shadow. Why did he allow that frown to shade his Entering through the heavenly portals, 'Tis heard in every passing breeze, stick of a Miss Jones?" or "what can the pretty Miss Whose rippling peals of music smite the air, brow as he entered? Did he not think of the cheer- ' Breathing then the perfumed air And in the tempest's roar,— T. see to like in that homely Mr. Jones?" you simply Till bird, and tree, andflower, gushin g with glee, Of that healthful upper region, ful fireside, and the happy ohildren he was to meet It echoes from the surging seas talk nonsense — as you generally do on such subjects. Echo the glad refrain. Then one See we loved ones gathered there, The thought should have been as sunshine, even Rebounding from the shore. Still the parson gets his fees and the census goes on With utterance subdued, but full of bliss, though he were weary. He did not need to speak Loved ones from our saddened hearthstones, all the same.—Fanny Fern. Who have gone to worship there. Telling the gladness of a heart at rest, cross to his wife, and snap at his children, —they The thunder's loud and deafening crash Hushes the noisy din but for the nonce, Hath music for my ear; On their brows are living garlands, And then, as in reprisal of the loss, surely did not deserve it. Such action only tends to Nor does the lightning's vivid flash FOR WHAT CHILDREN ARE GRATEFUL, Made of love's undying bloom, It rises high, and higher, till the air alienate the affection of his family, and there is Appal my heart with fear. In those bowers of fadeless flowers, Is filled with mirthful melody. nothing sadder than to lose the affection of one's In their home beyond the tomb— 'Tis hushed again. A low voice, passing sweet, home friends. I do wish, for the sake of my sex, The gentle showers that, pattering, fall PARENTS spend a life of toil in order to leave their But tremulous in its sweetness, stills the rest, On shrub, and plant, and tree, children wealth, to secure them social position and 0, what countless Sabbath glories that those who have so much good advice to give, In that home beyond the tomb! And over all there falls a shade Of grief,— would let the men have a little. I know of no class On lowly cot and stately hall, other worldly advantages. I do not underrate the Are a lullaby to me. A tender yearning for some joy that's gone. that need it more than these " rulers " of the house- worth of these things. Had they not been valuable Though they left UB, GOD bereft us, Oh, heart of mine! thou hast not learned as yet hold. Don't they fret and scold if the least thing is For Nature's tones are sweeter far, there would not have been so many providential ar- And they've only gone before, All the sad lessons Life doth bring to thee; And they beckon us to meet them out of order, never noticing the thousand and ten And dearer to my heart, rangements impelling men to seek them. I would For the glad voices met no full response, Than harp, or lute, or light guitar, Where are partings nevermore, And that which soothed all others soothed not thee. things prepared expressly for their comfort? Don't only show that there is something of infinitely greater Though touched with Orphean art. value, not only to the parent, but to be transmitted to In that endless upper Sabbath Thy bitter longing and thy sad unrest they raise a row among the children, scolding one, Where are sorrows nevermore. Fled not before the joyous tones that fell boxing another, and whipping a third, making music Then list, my heart, those magic lays the child. What does the child most love to remem- Hidden Vale, 1861. In gleeful cadences upon thy ear. that is anything but pleasant to hear? Don't they Resounding through the air, ber? I never heard a child express any gratification Gainesville, N. Y., 1861. Are Nature's minstrels' song of praise— or pride ihat a parent had been too fond of accumu- have the sulks a week on a stretch, when nobody, not [Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] even themselves, knows any cause for it? I tell you Their hymn of thanks and prayer. lating money, though the child at that moment was Pillar Point, N.Y., 1861. P.L. W. A. enjoying that accumulation. But I have heard chil THE PILLAR OF FIRE. [Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] the men are anything but perfect. There are some noble exceptions, I admit, but they are few. I do not » • • . • dren, though their inheritance had been crippled and THOSE "HARD TRUTHS," ONCE MORE. cut down by it, say, with a glow of satisfaction on THE idea of a whole nation being led in all their mean to condemn all for the faults of the majority. [Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] movements by the visible presence of JEHOVAH, is In more than half the families where there is discord A WORD ABOUT POETRY. their features, that a parent had been too kind-hearted, IT seems that an article headed "Hard Truths" too hospitable, too liberal, and public-spirited, to be one of the most sublime and awe-inspiring ideas of has occasioned some little stir in the columns of the and strife, men are most to blame, and I hope we which the mind can form a conception. Regarded CARLYLE says, "If a man find himself called upon a very prosperous man. A parent who leaves nothing EURAL. I never should have thought of saying a shall hear less scolding of the women for the errors simply as a natural phenomenon, the pillar of cloud to speak, let him speak manfully some words of truth but wealth, or similar social advantages, to his chil word in defence of the subject, had not an article of the " sterner sex." A. R. and fire is one of the most remarkable that the world and sobriety; and, in general, leave the singing and dren, is apt to be speedily forgotten. appeared in a late number, written by one " C(l)oven has ever known. Of its nature we are entirely igno- verse making part till the last extremity of some out- Hoven," or Cloven Foot,—which was it? My in- However it ought to be, parents are not particularly rant; but it must have been wonderful in extent and ward or inward impulse drive him irresistibly dignation was instantly aroused. That "Farmer's [Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] held in honor by children because of the worldly ad- brilliancy to be seen at once by the journeying mil- thither." The above advice, coming from such a Wife " has just cause of complaint, there are many THE NEGLECTED WIFE. vantages they leave them. These are received as a lions of Israel. Probably, during the day, it extended source, contains great consolation for those of us in the circle of my acquaintance ready to acknowl- matter of course. There is comparatively little as a cloud over the Israelitish host, protecting them 0, is there anything, in the whole wide world, so who, denied the poetic faculty, find ourselves unable edge. Perhaps it is the truth of her statements which gratitude for this. The heir of an empire hardly from the severe heat of the climate in which they sad, so despairing, so desolate, as the hearj of an un- by kicks, blows, or persuasion, to prevail on the makes them so catting. I saw nothing in her com- thanks him who bequeathed it. He more often en- were journeying. "He spread His cloud for a cover- loved, neglected wife? Life is a blank to her, and winged courser to advance a single step with us up munication calculated to draw forth such a volley of deavors before his time to thrust him from his throne. ing." We cannot wonder that MOSES exclaimed, ;he doors of hope are closed this side of eternity. If the Parnassian hill. The eminent Scotch' critic invectives as has been showered upon her. I am a But let a child be able to say, my father was a just "What nation is there so great, that hath GOD SO she has done all that kindness, gentleness, patience, wholly disbelieves in poetry; he even thinks SHAK- fanner's wife, too; and know how to sympathize, to man, he was affectionate in his home, he was tender- nigh unto them." a certain extent, with those similarly situated. I can do, to win back the departed love, what more SPEARE would have written better in prose. He doea hearted, he was useful in the community and loved to remaineth for her but the long, monotonous days, not seem to consider that men speak best in the do good in society, he was a helper to the young, the In view of GOD'S special providence over the Jews, know what it is to have the bread burned as black as and the wonderful manner in which He delivered the "ace of spades," pies four inches thick, crockery and endless, wakeful nights, when hopeless, useless language natural to them; that they whose sweet poor, the unfortunate, he was a man of principle, tears bedew her sleepless pillow? She may try to be nature it is to sing, find their happiest expression in liberal, upright, devout —and the child's memory them from bondage, and led them out of Egypt, smashed, a stream pouring out faster than a farmer keeping ever near them in a pillar of cloud by in moderate circumstances can pour in. I disclaim jheerful,—she does try to hide her wretchedness smooth flowing numbers, while the scolding, fault- cleaves to that parent. He honors him, treasures his !rom the outside, misjudging world. She loves her finding genus seek relief in harsh, vituperative name and his memory, thinks himself blest in having day and a pillar of fire by night, we would natu- the epithet of being a hard mistress, neither is my rally expect that their acts would be character- temper bad at present, although I would not guarantee jhildren, and tries to be content in the respect of the words, impossible to reduce to rythmical measure. had such a parent, and the older he grows, instead of few friends she may chance to have; for, is she not forgetting, only reveres and honors and remembers ized by implicit confidence in GOD, and obedience what it might be, were it subjected to a thorough The poet has this advantage over the prose writer, almost excluded from scoiety? She has no right, him the more. Here is experience and affection sit- to His will. Especially would we expect this after course of hired help treatment in-doors. that his words make a quicker, stronger impression, and no desire, to seek the protection and society of ting in judgment on human attainment. It shows the summary manner in which He manifested His and so are longer remembered. Let the same senti- " A Hired Girl" comes out, and excuses her class other gentlemen, and what woman, however worthy, what is most worth the seeking.—Ephraim Peabody hatred of sin in the punishment of NADAB and ment be expressed in poetical and in prose language, on the ground of the low wages paid them. I always is not, by nearly all, considered of little value if her • . • . « ABIHU, and the rebels EORAH, DATHAH, and ABI- thought that girls did not receive a sufficient remu- husband depreciate her? He may go forth into and note how much sooner it attracts the reader's RAM. That they were not obedient, even after the neration for their labor, in comparison with the the world and find amusement and pleasure, without or hearer's attention, and how much more easily THE PLEASANT WORLD. special and wonderful manifestations of GOD'S provi- " Lords of Creation," but that is not the fault of the censure, but for her there are only the same duties it is committed to memory in the first named form dence of love and wrath, is an illustration of the mistress,—the failure lies in custom. Again, "he epeated, day after day, and year after year, with a han in the last. The metrical language, the succes- THIS is a very pleasant world and very pleasantly weakness of human nature, which remains the same sion of long and short syllables, the regular cadence, made, curiously contrived indeed, to keep life wide through all time. There is, in the conduct of men at that is faithful in a little is faithful also in much," eight of loneliness crushing every joy. consequently it follows if they will not do well with all seem to give the thought they convey increased awake until we " round it with a sleep." the present time, a counterpart to the conduct of the Sorrowing mourner! If there are angels whose their present wages, would they do any better with meaning and importance, and help fix it in the There is an arrangement effected in the last way in Jews. GOD is as really by every member of the mission is to cheer the stricken ones of earth, may greater. memory. But habitual readers of both prose and the world we mortals should have thought of—just human family as though He were visibly present in a they come near, and save you from the black dark- oetry must have noticed, also, how much greater is by rolling the globe over and over. Of course we pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night. How- Next a " School Teacher " takes it up, and says, ness that broods in the heart of the questioner of the tendency of an idea or sentiment to expand into mean day and night—the lights and shadows of life's ver much guilt may be kept from the view of man, that an experience of four years teaching, and board- SOD'S mercy and justice. Forget not other blessings many words,— to drag itself out to a wearisome fair perspective. Aside from the necessity we feel it cannot be hid from the Omniscient Eye. " For ing around, has convinced her that, as a general ihat may fill your cup, though the richest, dearest, length,—in the hands of an ordinary writer of the of that almost dying now and then, which we christen the ways of man are before the LORD, and He pon- rule, good mistresses have good help. Now, let us iweetest boon that can be given to woman,—a hus- latter than of the former species of composition, ' sleep," what could possibly afford a grander series dereth all his goings." This thought, so terrible to reverse the matter, and say that good help makes land's love,—is denied to you. HARRIET. good mistresses. The last will probably hold as oetic license permits not only the lengthening a if surprises than the alternations of night and day. the enemies of GOD, is full of consolation for the good as the first. syllable to suit the measure, but also allows the Day: nothing but a little lighted vestibule to some- hristian. The world may slander us, and misrepre- drawing out a thought to fill a space that the writer Now, what says C(l)oven Hoven, begging Madam DISCOURAGING CHILDREN. thing, we know not what. Night: a short, dim hall, sent actions put forth with the best intentions; but does not know what else to do with, or larger than Farmer's pardon, to start with. "Do you perceive that leads us to another. And on we go, through GOD looks upon the heart, and understands the ould be properly accorded it in prose. Thus we what a furore you have stirred up among the labor- IT is somewhere related, that a poor soldier, hav- this grand suit of brilliant chambers with shadowy motives by which we are actuated. Resentment can )ften meet with a passable piece of poetry containing ing population?" What does the man mean? Who ng had his skull fractured, was told by the Doctor lassage ways between, until we have explored this never sway His love. Even though our weary feet fewer important ideas or striking sentiments than labors harder than a farmer's wife ? Then he accuses ;hat hrs brains were visible. "Do write and tell wondrous castle of our mortal being. deviate from the straight-forward way, He under- would suffice for the foundation of a respectable her of driving her girls around with a broom-stick; 'ather of it, for he always said I had no brains," he What if it were one great, unbroken day; how dull stands our weakness, and the peculiar and trying cir- rose composition of equal length. cudgeling them with a pudding-stick,—just as if she replied. How many fathers and mothers tell their 'twould grow in life's long afternoon I How like a cumstances amid which we may be placed, and •were not better employed. And, to cap the climax, jhildren this, and how often does such a remark con- Writers who are gifted with a talent for expression Monday would existence be! Nothing made over strives by tenderest care, or the chastisements of kind- he compares her to "Old Blue Beard," dragging iribute not a little to prevent any development of the n both prose and verse, generally acquire much new; no twilight to muse in; no dawning to await; ness, to draw us back to Him. jrain? A grown-up person tells a child he is brain- no to-morrow to dream of, or to hope for; no sur- them around by the hair of their heads, &c. What •eadier and wider fame by their poetical works than Christians! if we attempt to go in our own way and ess, foolish, or a blockhead, or that he is deficient prise to quicken thought and heart, but just a steady an insult to a lady of intelligence, who ventured to iheir prose compositions. The poems of an author strength, we shall be overcome by our foes and the n some mental or moral faculty, and in nine cases •laze of day —an Arabia the Bocky, without an make known her grievances. He acknowledges ire quoted from by hundreds of persons who, if they enemies of GOD. Ne longer the pillar of fire goes rat of ten, the statement is believed, or if not fully 'Araby the Blest," himself to be an old man, and ignorant of domestic ave ever read his prose writings, often remember before the armies of GOD'S chosen people; but He hath et ceteras. We love and respect old age, especially telieved, the thought it may be partially so, acts like carcely enough of them to name their titles. It may For our part, we are glad we are ignorant; glad in incubus to repress the confidence and energies of given us His holy word, which, if it ia followed by when from their venerable lips proceeds words of >ven be questioned whether the occasional publica- we are not ubiquitous; we would not have "the us with constancy, will, light our way and direct our wisdom and affection, but when it is otherwise, what hat child. Let any person look back to childhood's tion of poetical pieces by a professed prose writer wings of the morning," if we could. This opening lays, and he can doubtless recall many words and "ootsteps through the changing scenes of the wilder- shall we say? What dof s he know about woman's does not detract somewhat from his fame in and shutting of doors all through the world, pleases ness of life. His angel will go before us to prepare affairs? Probably as much as a pig does of Latin, ixpressions which exerted such a discouraging or the kind of writing he usually practices, and on us. It is a poem without a prefatory " argument;" incouraging influence over him, as to tell upon his our way,— the cold waves that separate us from the or a bat of Astronomy. In reading an article, which he depends for his living and his literary play without a programme. Were life and action land we seek will soon divide, and we pass over to we generally form an idea of the writer, whether it hole future course of life. name. Examples might be mentioned among Ameri- laid out," then action life and would be a corpse, enjoy forever the heavenly radiance, and the.balmy be correct or not. The Daguerreotype we have taken We knew an ambitious boy, who, at the age of ten can authors, of persons who, perhaps, have spent md all we mourners should "go about the streets."— and fragrant odors distilled by the thornless and r of him is a long, lank, dyspeptic, old bachelor, and ears, had become so depressed with fault-finding ears in writing prose for .every hour they have Chicago Journal. amaranthine flowers of the Promised Land. judging " Farmer's Wife " by his own disposition, ,nd reproof, not duly mingled with encouraging « i • • » levoted to poetry, and yet they have gained far more Wadhams' Mills, N. Y., 1861. A. T. E. CLARKE. he imagines her as lean as himself. What is that ords, that at an early age he longed for death to elebrity by their poetic efforts than their prose com- CHILDREN'S RIGHTS.—Why should not a child's "meanest of all work" they are harping about so ;ake him out of the world, in which he conceived he ositions. And when we remember that poetry, 'ancy in the way of food,—we refer to their intense EARNESTNESS.—The moment that men become much? The phrase does not occur in her communi- lad no ability to rise. But while all thus appeared Tom the earliest ages, has been the favorite literature islike of certain things,—be regarded, as well as horoughly in earnest, all those things about which cation. Again, he says that "he stands neutral." It o dark around him, and he had been so often told of >f all nations, that poets, ancient and modern, are ;he repugnance of an adult* We consider it a great Christians quarrel, become dwarfed down indeed. seems that he is as ignorant of Orthography as he is ds faults and deficiencies that he seemed to himself ;he especially loved and honored of mankind, we are iece of cruelty to force a child to eat things that are And why so? Because then we feel that life is the of house-keeping. Why did not the gentleman insert ;he dullest and worst of boys, and while none of his ed to distrust the Scotchman's taste and judgment, epulsive to it, because somebody once wrote a wise thing that is needed—life is the thing that is impor- the proper word, and say he stood nuisance. He says good qualities or capabilities had been mentioned, md to think that poetry cannot be the poor, idle saw to the effect, " that children should eat whatever tant; and whether you be Church or Dissent, Wesley- " it is better to be too clever than the other extreme." ,nd he believed he had none, a single word of praise tuff he would have us believe. A. is set before them." We have often seen the poor an, Independent or Baptist, you may have your pref- That means, I suppose, hire a girl, and do the work ,nd appreciation, carelessly dropped in his hearing, South Livonia, N. Y., 1861. ittle victims shudder and choke at sight of a bit of yourself. That there are many "hard mistresses" can- erences; but they will all sink into comparative in- hanged his whole course of thought. We have fat meat, or a little scum of cream on boiled milk; significance ; Christ and Him crucified will be all and not be denied, but one thing I have observed, that those often heard him say, "that word saved him." The RIGHT STYLE OF MEN. toothsome enough to those who like them, but in all in your heart. who hire most are generally the most irritable. If moment he thought he could do well, he resolved their case a purgatorial infliction. Whenever there » . • • • hired girls would take more pains to do their work that he would—-and he has done well. Parents, these WELL, in the first place, there must be enough of s this decided antipathy, nature should be respected, ONE of Dean Trench's sermons on the subject, carefully and well, use more economy, interest them- are important considerations.—Selected. him; or failing in that,— but, come to think of it, he even in the person of the smallest child; and he who What we can and what we cannot carry away when selves in the affairs of the household, I am certain would aot otherwise, is himself smaller than the they would find their condition greatly ameliorated, musn't fail in that, because there can be no beauty we die," commences thus appositely :—" Alexan- child over whom he would so unjustifiably tyrannize. and the number of hard mistresses greatly diminished. 'ARADISE OF HIGH-MINDED WOMEN. without health, or, at least, according to my way of der the Great, being upon his death bed, commanded thinking. In the second place, he must have a beard; that when he was carried forth to the grave, his Warren's Corners, N. Y., 1861. MRS. " " THE adventurous African explorer, Dr. Living- whiskers — as the gods please, but a beard I insist WHENEVER two natures have a great deal in hands should not be wrapped, as wa3 usual, in the stone, states, in a recent letter, that he has found upon, else one might as well look at a girl. Let his jommon, the conditions of a first-rate quarrel are serecloths, but should be left outside the bier, so that THE LITTLE ONES. nothing more remarkable among the highly intelli- voice have a dash of Niagara, with the music of a furnished ready-made. Eelations are very apt to all men might see them, and might see that they ent tribes of the Upper Sambesi than the respect baby's laugh in it Let his smile be like the breaking hate each other just because they are both alike. It were empty." Do you ever think how much work a little child iniversally accorded to women by them. Many of forth of the sunshine of a spring morning. As to his is so frightful to be in an atmosphere of family : '•••>' PRAYERS.—Prayers full of depreciations of God's does in a day? How from sunrise to sunset, the .dear the tribes are governed by a female chief. "If you figure, it should be strong enough to contend with a idosyncracies; to see all the hereditary uncomliness wrath are not most scriptural. We ought to pray less little feet patter around, to us, so aimlessly? Climb- demand anything of a man," remarks the intrepid man, slight enough to tremble in the presence of the >r infirmity of body, all the defects of speech, all the as criminals in the dock, depreciating the vengeance ing up here, kneeling down there, running to another explorer, he replies, " I will talk to my wife about it." woman he loves. Of course, if he is a well made feelings of temper, intensified by concentration, so place, but never still. Twisting and turning, rolling, of the judge, and more as sons, disobedient sons, if the woman consents, your demand is granted; if man, it follows that he must be graceful, on the prin- that every fault of our own finds itself multiplied by reaching and donbling, as if testing every bone and inful sons, but still sons asking their father's bless- she refuse, you will receive a negative reply. Women iple that perfect machinery always moves harmoni- reflection, like our images in a saloon lined with muscle for their future uses. It is very curious to ing and forgiveness. talk in all the public assemblies. Among the Beche- >usly; therefore you, and himself, and the milk mirrors. Nature knows what she is about. watch it. One who does so may well understand the nas and Kaffirs, the men swear by their father, but pitcher, are safe elbow neighbors at the table. This MANY professing Christians are like railroad station deep breathing of the little sleeper, as, with one arm among the veritable Africans, occupying the center style of handsome man would no more think of carry- IF the secrets of every guest at a fete were told, houses, and the wicked are whirled indifferently by tossed over its curly head, it prepares for the next f the continent, they always swear by their mother* ng a cane than he would use a parasol to keep the would any be found nnmixedly happy? Would there them, and go on their way forgetting them; whereas day's gymnastics. Tireless through the day 'till that if a young man falls in love with a maiden of another sun out of his eyes. He can wear gloves or warm his be one devoid of cares of their own or other people's, they should be like switches, taking sinners off one time comes, as the maternal love that so patiently illage, he leaves his own and takes up his dwelling hands in his breast pockets, as he pleases. He can undisturbed by the absence of the right individual track, and putting them on another. accommodates itself, hour after hour, to its thousand in her's. He is obliged to provide in part for the even commit the suicidal beauty act of turning his wants and caprices, real or fancied. or the presence of the wrong one, by mishaps of • » • • » » maintenance of his mother-in-law, and to assume a utside coat collar up over his ears of stormy days, A busy creature is a little child, —to be looked respectful attitude, a sort of semi-kneeling in her eportment, difficulties of dress, or want of notice? MANY men want wealth—not a «ompetenoe alone, with perfect impunity; the tailor didn't make him, ?erhaps, after all, it may be best to have some one ut a Jive story competence. Everything subserves upon with awe as well as with delight, as Its clear presence. I was so much astonished at all these marks and as to his hatter, if he depends on this handsome eye looks trustingly in faces that to God and man of respect for women, that I inquired of the Portu- ibiding anxiety, strong enough to destroy tedium, this; and religion they would like as a sort of light- man's patronage of the "latest spring style," I fear md exclude the pettier distresses; and mostwhole- ning rod to their houses, to ward off, by-and-by, the have essayed to wear a mask, —as it sits down in its guese if such had always been the habit of the e would die of hope deferred; and yet—by Apollo! country. They assured me that such had always ome is it that this should be an interest entirely lolts of divine wrath. chair to ponder, precociously, over the white lie you what a bow he makes, and what an expressive adieu thought it " funny " to tell it,—as rising and leaning ieen the case." sternal. ie can wave with his hand. For all this he is not " IT is not the stubborn letter," said Milton, " that on your knees, it says thoughtfully, in a tone that onceited—for he hath brains. »•••-« should provoke a tear, not a smile— " I don't believe To cite the examples of history, in order to animate must govern us, but the divine and softening breath THB first of all virtues is innocence; the second is But your conventional "handsome man" of the of charity, which turns and winds the dictate of every it" A lovely and yet a fearful thing is a little child. us to virtue or to arm us with fortitude, is to call up modesty; and neither departs without being quickly )arber's-window-wax-figure-head-pattern; with a pet lositive commandment, and shapes it to the good of — Principia. the illustrious dead to inspire and to improve the followed by the other. ock in the middle of its forehead, an apple-sized mankind." living. Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Newspapers Collection

[Foreign Correspondence of the Rural New-Yorker.] AN HOUR'S WALK IN TUSCANY.

FLOKBNOB, March 9, 1861. LEAVING the city of Florence by the Porta alia Croce, with the noble church of Banta Oroce and its spire towering behind, you pass along for some dis- tance by the old wall of the city. Here and there, in its crevices, trees are growing vigorously, and ivy mantles it with beauty, and glitters in the sun. A tall watch tower, where once the warders held guard, gives an air of decaying grandeur.' A soft breeze stirs the hedge, very unlike to that which, per- ehance, at this very moment whirls the snow in the streets of our beloved city of Rochester. Turning now to the right, we find oui*selves by the Arno, which is here very narrow, its sandy bed quite exposed. Rising in bold relief against the blue sky on that hill to the left, are the church and convent of San Miniato. The spire seems balanced in air, such clearness have objects in this pure atmosphere. The hill, with its terraces, is like one vast garden, the dark cypresses giving a relief to the lighter.foliage. Villas and towers crown all the nearer hills. Passing these and queer old houses, with their frescoes of four and five hundred years,— for it was once the custom to fresco the outsides of houses,— we come to a turn in the road, and to three stone pillars, where the highway ends, and behold! we are in the country! that country where every step is over a buried history or remembrance. Before us, in all their splendors, rise the Appe- nines; some bald crests glittering in dazzling light, while soft shadows slant over nearer hills, with their purplish hues. To the right, looking back a little, we still see San Miniato,—to the left, Fies'ole, with its graceful tower: La citta Madre, looking on the city and all the lovely valley of the Arno. The environs of Florence are so beautiful, that ABIOSTO was wont to say, oould they be included in one, it would re- quire two Romes to equal one Florence. Further on, glittering like visions too beautiful for belief, are the snow covered heights of Vallambrosa, whose sweet syllables awoke such echoes in a poet's heart. Turn where you will, new images of beauty crowd upon the retina and feast the soul. Oh Italia! 0 8AT, can you see by the dawn's early light, And where is that band who so vauntingly swore " Thy very weeds are beautiful, thy waste What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion More rich than other climes' fertility." Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, A home and a country should leave us no more ? O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming; Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. Just in front of us stretches one of those large vine- And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, No refuge could save the hireling and slave yards, of which we so often hear at home. The Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there — From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave ! vines are twined around mulberry trees, whose tops 0 say, does that Star-span.gled Banner yet wave And the Star-spangled Banner in triumph doth wave are carefully pruned and prepared. There is a man O'er the land of the Free and the home of the Brave ? O'er the land of the Free and the home of the Brave ! now gathering up a few scattered twigs. Every branch and chip is. saved with a frugality of which in On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, 0! thus be it ever when Freemen shall stand our richly wooded country we can never know any Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, Between their loved home and the war's desolation; thing. These are sold in rolls at two and three pauls What is that which the breeze o'er the towering steep, Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land each. Underneath the trees are rows of wheat, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses ? Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. already quite high. All kinds of grain they call Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, here corn; for flour, they say corn meal, and for our In full glory reflected now shines on the stream — And this be our motto—In GOD is our trust! Indian meal, yellow meal Tis the Star-spangled Banner, 0! long may it wave And the Star-spangled Banner in triumph shall wave Here is a small house, with thatched roof; quite O'er' the land of the Free and the home of the Brave ! O'er the land of the Free and the home of the Brave ! comfortable to a Tuscan family, but suggestive of the reverse to an American mind. Indeed the life of this peasantry, with its simplicity, its happiness, is a horse, with his head in an empty bag, draws a jolly, Bolid shot striking the dark walls, and in. each Charleston harbor, he might have the time he asked, puzzler to one fresh from the onward rush and col- brown-faced man, who, with half-shut eyes, hums a instance followed by a fame of dust from the battered Anderson refused to promise anything, and after Ma lision of our Northern States, strain. Out runs an urchin to look at this stylish surface. One man was visibly stricken prostrate on hour of probation had expired, it was resolved to wait no longer on him. " The steamship and the railway, equipage, away across one of his mother's beds. the wharf, and carried to the fort; and several guns were dismounted. The walls, too, in several spots, And the thoughts that shake mankind. MJaternal rage rises; she flies after him, as fast as her What a Northerner Saw. What would the remotest and poorest of our farm- tPanty woolen dress will permit her to move, her were damaged. And while Sumter has certainly and manifestly been injured, no loss is yet sustained on " JASPER," the correspondent of the N. Y. THmes, ers do without his newspaper? How exist without yallow kerchief streaming behind her head. Catch- ROCHESTER, N. Y., APRIL 20, 1861. who has resided in Charleston for the past three ng the rogue up, she holds him in the air crying our part. Fort Moultrie is intact, so far as fighting his comments and debates on men and rulers? And months, and who at last found the place too warm 'Ragazzacchio! meohino!" Naughty boy! bad capacity is concerned. The iron battery is ready for here is this jolly Tuscan, leaning carelessly on his for personal comfort, gives a statement which dissi- child, &c. While she administers resounding re- THE WAR continued work, after a full and fair trial of its rude hoe, a conical hat shading his dark eyes, bask- pates many of the fictions set afloat by telegraph. proofs, with her hands. They come down like powers of resistance; also the floating battery. The ing in the sun, with his children and dogs at his feet, PACTS, SCENES, INCIDENTS, ETC. practice of our soldiers, as marksmen, has been He says: "O'er a' the ills o' life victorious." wooden mallets, and the little curly-head dangles piteously in the air, which he fills with his screams. excellent and highly satisfactory to officers of science At 19 minutes past 6 o'clook precisely, the first He has heard last month's news from Turin. If Capture of Fort Sumter — Southern View. and experience; and, great satisfaction, at the last shot was fired from the Five-mortar Battery on James* you ask him about the King, he will swing that Another turn brings us to a fine road, with hedges on each side, white with blossoms. Ask an Italian the As was announced in our last issue, we this week accounts, six o'clock P. M., not one man of our Island, followed in quick succession by the Iron hat, and cry, "Viva Vittoria Emanuelo," but he name of this flower, and you hear Fiora di Marchia suppress, or condense, certain of the main depart- army has suffered injury. Battery at Cummings' Point, the Floating Battery, knows little of his country's condition or hopes. v It is called in England Black Thorn, and bears those ments of the RUBAL, in order to lay before our read- Fort Moultrie has fully sustained the prestige of its Fort Moultrie, and the one at Mount Pleasant. At 6. Here is his wife, at work in the formal garden berries which suggest the common comparison, "as ers full accounts of all important events connected glorious name. It fired very nearly gun for gun with A. M., Dr. Robertson, an intimate, personal and beds; a noble bed of lettuce, now too old for table black as sloes." There is another wild hedge, they with the contest upon which we, as a people, are just Fort Sumter. We counted the guns from eleven to professional friend, hurriedly approached me and use, cabbages, onions, artichokes, &c. Brown as call "May," with fine white flowers. The hedges of entering. It is to be hoped that the necessity for the twelve o'clock, and found them to be 42 to 46, while inquired if Fort Sumter had opened fire. At 6| a berry, or as the loaf she pauses to eat, she looks wild roses are thickly budded, and will soon load the system now inaugurated will speedily pass away, — the advantage was unquestionably upon the side of o'clock precisely, the first gun was fired from Fort happy. An old woman sits at the door, braiding air with fragrance. On some roads, where the that our nation will again enjoy the blessings of Fort Moultrie. In that Fert not a gun was dis- Sumter, directed at Stevens' Point, and Boon the one of those straw hats for which Tuscany is so Acacia grows, and snows its petals upon the roses, quietude, and that, as journalists, our vocation may mounted, not a wound received, not the slightest conflict begame general on either side. The sun famous. It is too bad the people here receive the effect is very pretty. All along the road-sides be the description of scenes dedicated to Peace permanent injury sustained by any of its defences, rose on as beautiful a morning as the world has ever so little for them, five or six dollars apiece, and in grows a plant, which we call Indian Arrowhead, rather than the horrors attendant upon War. We while every ball from Fort Moultrie left its mark seep but soon the clouds gathered thick and fast, America the same hats bring fifty. A cat, with though these leaves are larger and have more vena- give below the Southern view of the recent bombard- upon Fort Sumter. Many of its shells were dropped ana* nature poured forth her torrents as though sleepy eyes, sits at her feet. Call it Miceia, and it tions. It is termed here Zambucca, and is used for ment and capture of Fort Sumter,, as it appears in the into that Fort, and Lieut. John Mitchell, the worthy frowning on the infamous spectacle. At times, the will answer you, for every cat is called miceia, after poultices. Shrubs without odor, with pale purple Charleston Mercury of Saturday, 13th inst. The son of that patriot sire, who has so nobly vindicated Fort was completely hidden from view, yet the iron PETKAKCH'S favorite pet. In the next field, women flowers of the papilionaceous order, abound on these Mercury says: the cause of the South, has the honor of dismounting hail sped on its murderous work, and the distinctive Bounds of shot and shell could be clearly marked out are pulling up turnips that have gone to seed. Their banks. A high shrub, with pretty blue flowers, grow- We stated yesterday that on Thursday at three two of its parapet guns by a single shot from one of as they cut the thin air with fearful rapidity. features are coarse and uninteresting. One looks in ing in whorls, with an odor like sage, is one that is o'clock P. M. Gen. Beauregard had made a demand the Columbiads, which at the time he had the offiee vain for beauty, though among the Florentines there much used in dressing and adorning meats for the upon Major Anderson for the evacuation of Fort of directing. Whenever the haze lifted, I could discover the are many very handsome men. table. Dandelions here and there lift their heads, Sumter through his aids, Colonel Chesnut, Captain The famous iron batteries—the one at Cummings' sacred flag of our country proudly spreading itself to A bend in the road now brings us to an old church, like old friends. The disc florets however are not Lee and Colonel Chisholm, and that Major Anderson Point, named for Mr. C. H. Stevens, the inventor, the breeze. Although the shot fell around it thick with its tall tower, which rivets the gaze by the full, so they are but poverty-stricken cousins to the had respectfully declined, under the circumstances and the celebrated Floating Battery, constructed and .fast, yet it seemed to possess an absolute power beauty of its architectural proportions, these Me- huge ones which make our meadows glorious in of his position. It was, however, understood that under the direction of Captain Hamilton—have fully of intangibility, and nothing could disturb it The diaeval towers are the most beautiful in the world. June, and furnish ringlets to so many children. unless reinforced he would necessarily yield the post vindicated the correctness of their conception. Shot scene was solemn in the extreme. Even the crowd A large cross, by the road side, has a crown of iron Daises sow the grass like stars; dear little daises, the in a few days—say by the 15th. An effort was there- after shot fell upon them and glanced harmlessly that now lined the wharf forbore, hushed the rude thorns, a long wooden shroud, and a sponge upon a favorites of our gardens, the gowon of Scottish hills, fore made to avoid an engagement, without incur- away, while from their favorable position their shots jest, and seemed at last to comprehend that war was stick. Here the devout Catholic sinks upon his the " wee modest crimson tippit flower " of BUENS. ring great risk of reinforcement. At one and a half fell with effect upon Fort Sumter, and the southeast at last inaugurated, and that, too, by South Carolina. knees; here also the Christian Protester may lift his This one just plucked is precisely what in our gar- o'clock A. M. Colonel Chesnut and Captain Lee panoopee, under the "fire of the Stevens battery, at Dropping for a time the account of my arrest as a soul to Him who was pierced for the sins of the world. dens at home we call la petite Marguerite. reached Fort Sumter from General Beauregard, and, nightfall, if not actually breached, was badly dam- "..Federal Spy," let me assure your readers .that Next, we come to an old Villa. It looks quite There are no woods here, or we could find those we gather, were prepared to enter into any arrange- aged. At this battery the honor of firing the first Sumter was not enveloped in flames at any time,; that deserted; the iron-bared windows have no flowers or loveliest treasures, Lilies of the Valley. They are not ment for non-action as te Fort Sumter, if no assist- gun was accorded to the venerable Edmund Ruffin of the men were not sent out on a raft to collect, water faces to brighten them; the ivy trails over the high very plenty though, except in gardens. In the Case- ance were given to the efforts of reinforcement; but Virginia, who marched to the rendezvous at the to extinguish the fire, simply because there was walls, and above shine tall laurels, with their smooth, ine we find Lilies, Myrtle, Violets, Anemones, and postponement merely to mature hostile plans was sound of the alarm on Monday night, and who, when plenty of the article inside; that the fort was not glistening leaves. This is the laurel with which all tender flowers that open to the thrushes' songs. impossible. No satisfactory agreement being pro- asked by some person who did not know him, to breached at all, and that it was not a blackened mass their poet's were crowned. What noble faces rise What they call Anemones, look very much like our posed, and this being important, at three and a half what company he belonged, replied, "To that in of ruins when the curtain dropped on the last act of before us with their garlands of immortality,—PE- Tulips. o'clock A. M. Major Anderson was notified that at which there is a vacancy." the tragedy. No boat left Morris Island with a the expiration of an hour the batteries would open United States flag for Major Anderson when his own TBACCA, ABIOSTO. Poor DANTE, he longed to be Here we are on the highway again, with its walls Boats passed from post to post without the slight- their fire upon him. The Aids then passed thence in was shot away, simply because the Morris Island crowned in his favorite city, but the honor was hiding all view. The sun already gives the Iris hues est hesitation under the guns of Fort Sumter, and a boat.to Fort Johnson, and Col. Chesnut ordered boys had no such flag to offer. They so hate the denied him. of parting to the western sky, and purplish mists vail with high and low, old and young, rich and poor, in the fire to begin. * Stars and Stripes that they would have sooner been "Ungrateful Florence I DANTK sleeps afar." the mountain tops. The streets are already quite uniform or without, the common wish and constant bitten by the moccasins of their own swamps than dark,, as we enter the Porta. San Gallo. ABNO. Precisely at 4i o'clock a shell was fired from the effort was to reach the posts of action; and amid a There is an almond tree in full bloom, looking so touch an emblem of the country they have cast off. like our peach trees, that for a moment we were signal battery on James' Island, which, making a bombardment resisted with the most consummate skill beautiful curve, burst immediately above Fort Sum- and perseverance, and with the most efficient appli- It was a pretty telegraphic fiction, but very false. deceived. Against the dark background of a neigh- POLISH AND HTJNOABIAN PEASANTS.—The Polish Major Anderson surrendered simply because he found boring olive, the bright pink blossoms look gay as and Hungarian peasants from the Carpathian Moun- ter. Within fifteen minutes all the Carolina batteries ances of military art and science, it is a most remark- were in full play. Major Anderson, having no oil able circumstanoe, and one which exhibits the infin- that fke fort could not continue the siege for any length FLOBA herself. Here is a high bush of Rosemary, tains, says a young Polish nobleman, " are among of time. He found that the United States vessels with its pretty blue flowers, all alive "with insects, the most active and powerful men in the world; to light up his casements, and the morning being ite goodness of an overruling Providence, that, so slightly murky and drizzly, did not respond until far as we have been able to learn from the most were not coming in, and he wished ta prevent a and humming bees. We pluck a sprig, "that's for They live almost entirely on oat-meal bread and pota- useless shedding of blood. The paper warriors may remembrance," poor OPHELIA, and walk on. toes. The Polish, soldiers under Bonaparte," con- broad day. At a. quarter before six he opened his careful inquiry, not the slightest injury has been fire by a shot at the Iron Battery on Cummirigs' sustained by the defenders of their country. accuse him of cowardice, but a purer, truer, more Fields of grain, with that glittering shade, of green tinues he, "would march forty miles in a day and honest man, does not walk this world. which repeats itself only in certain layers of mala fight a pitched battle, and the next morning be fresh Point; then at Fort Moultrie; the Floating Battery, It may be added, and as an incident that contrib- chite: another vegetable garden, enormously large, and vigorous for further duties." The peasants of located at the west end of Sullivan's Island; the uted no little interest to the action of the day, that Proclamation of Jeff. Davis. with huge beds of pinks, jonquils, hyacinths, and some parts of Switzerland, who hardlv ever taste Dahlgren Battery; the Enfilade Battery, Major Tra- from early in the forenoon three vessels of war, two other flowers. These people must realize quite an anything but bread, eheese, and butter, are vigorous pier's Battery, and Fort Johnson, interspersing his of them supposed to be the Harriet Lane and Pawnee, MONTGOMEBY, April 17. attentions by paying respects to the numerous mortar amount from supplying the city market. Here is one people. "The Bernese," observes M. Raspail, "so lay just beyond the bar, inactive spectators of the The Proclamation of the President of the Confederate batteries, by which he, encased in brick, is sur- of those curious wellB, with thatched roof, and active and so strongly formed, live scarcely on any- contest. States of America. rounded. Hour after hour has the fire on both sides WHEBEAS, Abraham Lincoln, President of the clumsy apparatus moved by a mule, for drawing thing but maize and fresh water." Those who have Fort Sumter did not return the fire of our batteries been kept up, deliberate and unflagging. The steady, United States, has, by proclamation, announced his water and throwing it over the whole garden. penetrated into Spain, have probably witnessed to for over two hours, and ceased firing at 7 o'clock intention of invading the Confederacy with an armed &\ frequent shock of the cannon's boom, accompanied The aspect of the country is everywhere neat and what a distance a Spanish attendant will accompany, P.M. force for the purpose of capturing its fortresses and by the hiss of balls, and the horrid, hurling sound of thereby subverting its independence and subjecting thriving. The Tuscans are quiet and industrious on foot, a traveler's mule or carriage, not less than It is stated that upon the first visit made by Col. the flying shell, are now perfectly familiar to the the free people thereof to the dominion of a foreign though slow. In fact, no one is ever in a hurry in Chesnut to Major Anderson, the latter asked for power, forty or fifty miles a day; raw onions and bread being people of Charleston. Italy; there is a lethargy like that of our Southern his only fare. time\ His request was telegraphed to the President And whereas it has thus become the duty of this States. Huge white oxen draw their carts; majesti While the early sun was veiled in mist, we saw at Montgomery. In return, President Davis tele- government to repel the threatened invasion and GOOD men have the fewest fears. He has but one shell bursting within and illuminating Fort Sumter, graphed that if Anderson would promise not to open defend the rights and liberties of the people' by all animals, with those "full mild eyes" of which HAL the means which the laws of nations and usages of LEM speaks. Here comes one of those funny, two who fears to do wrong. He has a thousand who has or exploding in the air above, leaving a small thick fire upon the Charleston batteries, when they should usecivilized warfare place at its disposal. wheeled jogging things, called, Calesse. A bon; overcome that one. cloud of white smoke to mark the place. We saw force to repel force, viz., the anticipated invasion of Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of the Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Newspapers Collection

Confederate States of America, do .issue this, my by Gen. Beauregard, being the same offered by him entering the lodge to escape, an excited crowd pur- bama, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, and the f free-booters infesting the seas and molesting proclamation, inviting all those who may desire by on the 11th inst., prior to the beginning of hostilities, sued him, threatening vengeaace upon him for laws of the" United States for the collection of the peaceful commerce as have the Northern States. service in private armed vessels on the high seas to and marched out of the Fort on Sunday P. M., the having fired the buildings. He wheeled his men, aid this government in resisting so wanton and 14th, with colors flying, drums beating, bringing revenue cannot be effectually executed therein, con- MAINE ON THE CRISIS.—The Legislature of Maine wicked an aggression, to make application for com- away the. company and private property, and saluting and declared that unless the crowd dispersed he formable to that provision of the Constitution which met on the 22d, and there was a full attendance in my flag with, fifty guns. BOBERT ANDERSON, missions or letters of marque and reprisal to be would fire upon them. The mass fell back, and he provides that duties shall be uniform throughout the oth branches, with a large number of leading mili- issued under the seal of these Confederate States, Major First Artillery. fled up the canal and took to the woods. Several United States; and further, that a combination of tary men from all sections of the Union. Governor and I do further notify all persons applying for all shots were fired after Mm, but without effect. He letters of marque to make a statement in writing, persons engaged in such insurrection have threatened Washburne delivered an address to both branches That "Mortality Bill." was not out of town over fifteen minutes when he giving the name and a suitable description of the to grant Letters of Marque to authorize the bearers immediately after the organization. He was brief, character, tunnage and force of the vessel, name of THE earlier telegraphic dispatches from Charles- heard the first explosion, and the burning buildings thereof to commit assaults on the lives, vessels, and pointed, and patriotic, and his remarks were received the place of residence of each owner concerned ton stated that " Sumter was captured without' the lighted his path as he escaped southward. He does therein, and the intended number of crew, and to property of good citizens of the country, lawfully with the utmost enthusiasm. Immediately after he loss of a single life on the part of the Secessionists, not doubt but that the destruction of the arsenals, sign each statement and deliver the same to the ngaged in commerce on the high seas and in the concluded, Mr. Gould, of Thomaston, one of the- Secretary of State or collector of the port of entry and they earnestly hoped the time was not distant shops, &c, is complete, as he heard the different waters of the United States, and of these Confederate States, to be fey him trans- leading Democrats of the House, introduced a reso- when they could present a mortality bill as surety of explosions distinctly. Whereas, The President says, an executive procla- mitted to the Secretary of State. their devotion to the South." This was one reason ution pledging the entire resources of State to the mation has already been issued, requiring the persons rigorous support of the Federal authorities. Maine And I do further notify all applicants aforesaid, of the incredulity of the people respecting the first Movements of the Northern States. before any commission or letter of marque is issued ngaged in these disorderly proceedings to desist, is thoroughly aroused; and says she will do more in pro- to any vessel or the owners thereof, and the com- news of the attack, especially when it was distinctly THE Northern States are moving with remarka- and therefore calling out a military force for the pur- understood (through Southern sources,) that the fire portion to her population than any State in the Union.. mander for the time being, they will be required t# ble rapidity in answer to the call for volunteers by pose of repressing the same, and convening Con- give bonds to the Confederate States with at least of Major Anderson was very accurate and energetic. The Legislature signified a unanimous support of President LINCOLN. It will be remembered that the ress in extraordinary session, to deliberate and two responsible sureties, not interested in such But it is gradually leaking out that these telegrams the resolve by rising as one man. The Governor's vessel, in the sum of $5000; or if such vessel be pro- number called for is 75,000. These have been appor- determine thereon, the President, with a view to the were intended to cover up the loss sustained by the address was referred to a joint select committee, and vided with more than 150 men, then in the penal tioned among the several States, as follows: same purposes before mentioned and to the protec- sum of $10,000, with the condition that the owners, traitors. The N. Y. Express has reliable information ihey will report the requisite measure embracing as tion of the public peace and the lives and property of officers and crew who shall be employed on board that 49 were killed and 130 wounded. A correspon-, States. Rendezvous. Begets. the principal points the raising of ten regiments of such commissioned vessel, shall observe the laws of New York... New York, Albany, Elmira 17 its orderly citizens, pursuing their lawful occupa- dent of the Providence, E. I., Journal, writing from troops, and an appropriation of $1,000,000 to fit them these Confederate States, and the instructions given Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Harrisburg 16 tions, until Congress shall have assembled and them for the regulation of their conduct, that shall Charleston, states that the firing of Major Anderson out. Liberal provisions will be made for the support New Jersey Trenton •__ 4 deliberated on the said unlawful proceedings, or satisfy all damages done contrary to the tenor thereof was astonishing for its power and vigor, and that it Delaware Wilmington: 1 of the families of volunteers, and a coast guard will until the same shall have ceased, has further deemed by such vessel during her commission, and deliver did fearful execution on Sullivan's Island, (Port Maryland Frederiek, Baltimore 4 be organized to do the honors for the famous priva- up the same when revoked by the President of the it advisable to set on foot a blockade of the ports ' Confederate States. Moultrie.) Up to Friday evening, thirty men were North Carolina Raleigh 2 teers of 'Jeff Davis. within the States aforesaid in pursuance of the laws And I do further specially enjoin on all persons known to have been killed. Virginia Staunton, Wheeling 3 WASHINGTON SAFE.—A special messenger arrived Tennessee Knorrille, Gordonville, Nashville 1 of the United States and the law of nations, in such holding offices, civil and military, under the authority A private letter to a gentleman in New York, dated at Philadelphia on the 21st inst., the bearer of dis- of the Confederate States, that they be vigilant and Arkansas Little Rock ;.. 1 case provided; and for this purpose a competent patches from the President to Gen. Patterson. He zealous in the discharge of the duties incident on Friday evening, states that most of the mortar Kentucky...! —Lexington _"„ 4 force will be posted so as to prevent the entrance and says the Capital is safe from any attack that can be thereto, and I do moreover exhort the good people firing from the rebel batteries was very poor, many Missouri St. Louis 4 exit of vessels from the ports aforesaid. If, with a of these Confederate States, as they love their coun- of the shells bursting a quarter or half mile away, made. The assailants can be battled until the city is Illinois Springfield, Chicago 6 view to violate such blockade, a vessel shall attempt try, *s they prize the blessings of free government, while Anderson made his tell kwith fearful effect. Indiana Indianapolis .' 6 reinforced by the troops now on the way. as they feel the wrongs of the past, and those now to leave any of the said ports, she will be duly warned When he wrote on Friday afternoon, Anderson had Ohio Columbus, Cleveland! 13 -threatened in an aggravated form by those whose by the commander of one of the said blockading THE POSITION OF VIRGINIA.—GOV. LETCHER, of enmity is more implacable because unprovoked, they kept up a constant fire for ten hours, at the rate of Michigan Detroit 1 vessels, who will indorse on her register the fact and Virginia, has published a proclamation, recognizing .•exert themselves in preserving order, in promoting two discharges a minute. The public accounts from Wisconsin Milwaukee 1 concord, in maintaining the authority and efficacy of date of such warning, and if the same vessel shall the Confederate States as independent. He says, the the batteries were biased; but he overheard a con- Iowa Keokuk 1 the laws, and in supporting and invigorating all the Minnesota St. Paul . . 1 again attempt to enter or leave the blockaded port, President has no authority to call an extraordinary measures which may be adopted for the common fidential talk, in which one who had just arrived Maine Portland 1 force to an offensive war against any foreign power, defence, and by which, under the blessings of Disdne from Sullivan's Island admitted that thirty had been she will be captured and sent to the nearest conven- Providence, we may hope for a speedy, just and hon- New Hampshire Portsmouth 1 ient port for such proceedings against her and her and threaten to use this unusual force to compel killed in Fort Moultrie, and a great many wounded. Vermont Burlington^ 1 orable peace. cargo as may be deemed advisable. obedience to his mandates. Believing that the influ- In witness whereof. I have set my hand and caused Massachusetts Springfield 2 ences which operated to produce this proclamation the seal of the Confederate States of Amer- The Troops Attacked in Baltimore. Rhode Island Providence 1 against the seceded States will be brought to bear fi» s.] ica to be attached, this seventeenth day of Connecticut New Haven .... 1 The Squadron for the South. ON the 19th inst., while a regiment of the Massa- upon Virginia, if she should resume the powers April, 1861. Maine is all alive with military enthusiasm, and ten THE following is a list of the United States ves- (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS, Pres. shusetts Militia, together with about 200 infantry sels destined for the South: guaranteed by her people, it is due to her honor, that ROBERT TOOMBS, Sec'y of State. xom Pennsylvania, (the latter unarmed,) were times the number of volunteers have tendered their an improper exercise of force against her people WAR VESSELS PROPER. passing through Baltimore, en route to Washington, services required by the order. should be repelled. Gov. L. orders all armed volun- Capt. Doubleday's Statement. ihey were attacked by a mob in favor of the Seces- New Hampshire will promptly furnish her quota of Name. Captain. Guns. teer regiments, or companies, to hold themselves in Steam frigate Roanoke, — 40 Maj. ANDERSON and his force arrived at New sionists. The railroad track was torn up, and the troops. Several banks have tendered loans to the readiness for immediate orders, and prepare for effi- Government for the equipment of such troops, and Steam frigate Minnesota, 6. J. Van Brunt, .40 cient service. The proclamation is dated the 17th. York on the 18th inst. The Major was so fatigued troops attempted to march through the city. Mayor Steam frigate Wabash, - 40 and hoarse that he could not answer the queries of for the support of families of volunteers. Brown, with a number of police, appeared at their Steam frigate Merrimac, — 40 FUNDS FOR WAR PURPOSES.—Moneyed institutions the reporters, and Capt. Doubleday was appointed to The Governor of Vermont has called for the regi- head and led the way. They came along at a brisk Steam frigate Colorado, — 40 and men all over the Northern States are coming give the necessary information. The following is a ment apportioned to the State, and the volunteers pace, and when they reached Centre Market space, Frigate Sabine, H. A. Adams, 50 forward with material aid for the General Govern- digest of his statement: are mustering for the service. Sloop-of-war Cumberland, John Marston, 24 an immense concourse of people closed in behind ment. Wm. B. Astor has offered to give the Govern- The command to surrender Sumpter was made on them and commenced stoning them. When they Massachusetts has already dispatched six (four Sloop-of-war St. Louis, C. H. Poor, more than called for) regiments to Washington. Sloop-of-war Jamestown, — ment $4,000,000, and to loan $10,000,000. Com. the 11th and refused, not only by Anderson, but by reached Gay street, a large crowd of men armed with Vanderbilt is said to have informed the Government the unanimous voice of his command. On Friday paving stones showered them on their heads so Thousands more of volunteers are mustered, and are Steam sloop Brooklyn,... W. S. Walker, 25 ready, if required. The banks of Boston and other Steam sloop Mississippi, — 11 that it can have his whole fleet of steamers, fully A. M. at 3, the rebels sent word that fire would be that several of them were knocked down in the Steam sloop Powhatan, S. Mercer, 11 manned and equipped, without the charge of a penny. opened in an hour, and at 4 fire opened on us from ranks. At the corner of South and Pratt streets a cities have tendered loans for military purposes, aggregating a million of dollars. Steam sloop Pawnee,... S. C. Rowan, 4 In addition to this, associations are being formed •every direction, including a hidden battery. Fire man fired a pistol into the ranks of the Militia, when Steam sloop Pocahontas, S. F. Hazard, 5 under the laws of the State by some of the leading Rhode Island has already equipped a thousand opened with a volley of 17 mortars, firing ten inch those in the rear ranks immediately wheeled and Steam sloop Wyandot, — citizens, to create and maintain permanent National men, and Gov. Sprague offers to take command of shells, shot from 33 guns, mostly Columbiads. We fired upon their assailants and several were wounded. Steam sloop Mohawk, Lieut. Strong, 5 Patriotic Funds for the care and support of the wives the regiment. Their services have been accepted by took breakfast however, leisurely. The command The guns of the soldiers that had fallen wounded, Steam sloop Crusader, Lieut. Craven, 8 and children and other dependents of those who go the Secretary of War. The banks and capitalists Cutter Harriet Lane, John Faunce, 5 was divided into three watches each under the direc- were seized and fired upon the ranks with fatal effect for the defence of the country. New York city has freely offer money to the State for war purposes. Steamer Water Witch, — tion of officers. After breakfast, they immediately in two instances. After they reached Calvert street, already created a fund of $1,000,000; Albany, $30,- Connecticut will have to select from 10,000 men at Brig Perry, — 6 went to their guns and opened fire on Moultrie, Cum- they succeeded in checking their pursuers by a rapid 000; Buffalo, $25,000; Rochester, $30,000; Pough- least for the single regiment called for by the Federal Brig Dolphin, — 4 mings' Point and Sullivan's Island. The iron battery fire, which brought down two or three, and were not keepsie, $15,000, and thus we might enumerate fifty authorities. Money offered in abundance by the Brig Bainbridge, — •of Cummings' Point was of immense strength, and much, molested until they reached Howard street, cities, towns, and villages in the Empire State. It is banks of Hartford and Ne,w Haven. most of our shot glanced off. Anderson refused to. where another large crowd was assembled. Some Total, 414 fully determined that neither the Government nor the Allow the men to work their guns on the parapet on stones were thrown at them, but their guns were not New York is mustering into service 30,000 volun- STEAM TRANSPORTS. friends of those who rally to its defence shall want teers, pursuant to an act of the Legislature providing account of the terrific fire directed there. There was loaded, and they passed on through the dense crowd means which any emergency may require. scarcely any room in Moultrie left inhabitable. down Howard- .street, towards the depot. Orders for that number of armed' men. Nearly every com- Coatzacoalcos, Capt. Wilson, 1, _ » • • . » Several shots went through the floating battery', but were given to clear the track near the main depot pany of uniformed miKti|a,'ih the State has tendered Empire City, Capt. Hawes,... 1,' it was little damaged. Two guns on the Iron Battery building. This was done, and soon after a its services. Within twenty days the number who Baltic, Capt. Pearson, 2,&j" POBEIGN NEWS. were dismounted. A man was stationed, who cried large passenger car of the Philadelphia and Balti- will have offered their services in the State will Atlantic, w ...Capt. Geary, 2, Daniel Webster, — 1,035 "shot,*" or "shell," when the Tebels fired, and the more Railroad Company came up at a rapid rate, doubtless reach 100,000. The moneyed men of New GREAT BRITAIN. — Political news unimportant Illinois, Capt. P. E. Terry, 2,123 •garrison was thus enabled to dodge. filled with soldiers. This car was soon followed by York city offer to sustain/ the Government in a defen- Parliament was not in session. This immense fleet will require a force of four about sixteen more, all of which were also occupied sive war with all the money it may require. The Times points out. that both the American At first, workmen, were reluctant to help work the thousand sailors and marines to man it. Many of by the military. Soon- after .the train was ready to New Jersey is promptly in the field with her quota Tariffs are hostile to English commerce. On cotton, rguns, but afterwards they served most willingly, and the vessels have been ordered to take on board an start, under charge of> Col.; Shuttuek, assisted by of volunteers. England will have to pay duty to the Southern States, -effectually, against the Iron Battery. extra supply of boats, Dahlgren boat-howitzers and Richard Armstrong. In a few minutes after the train Pennsylvania seems to be good for 100,000 men, and on. their chief exports increased duties, while The barracks caught fire several times Friday, but small ammunition, which looks as though the fleet left, a discharge of firearms attracted the attention judging from the alacrity, displayed. Five thousand in the Northern States, duties are assuming a posi- were extinguished by the efforts of Mr. Hart, of New were to operate in conjunction with an army force. of the crowd to the corner of Pratt and Howard men in Philadelphia have already volunteered. Lan- tively hostile character. England must consider York, and Segman, of Baltimore, both volunteers. The steam sloop Brooklyn, frigate Sabine, sloop-of- streets, where a body of infantry from one of the caster, Pittsburgh, and all the larger towns, are how she deals with a State which begins with a .On Saturday, the Officer's Quarters caught fire from *war St. Louis, and steamers Crusader and Wyandot, Northern States, about 150 strong, was seen rapidly organizing forces for .the emergency, and every ham- flagrant departure from the rules of amity.. tthe shells, and the main gates were burnt. The mag- are now in active service near Fort Pickens. It is approaching the depot, and no doubt, anxious to let is sending forth those to do service. The Times, in an editorial on the question of affairs •azine was Burrounded by fire, and 90 barrels of pow- presumed the other vessels enumerated will join reach the cars. Some assaulted the command with Delaware has responded with a regiment for its in America, says that the prohibition of the Slave der was. taken out and thrown into the sea. When them within the next week. the magazine was encircled by fire all our materials stones, when a number of the latter discharged their national defences. trade by the Southern Confederacy is put forward muskets. A rowdy came behind the last pla$ppn,of Ohio is alive with military ardor. Under the merely to conciliate English prejudices, and believes were cut off, and we had eaten our last biscuit two Confederate Navy. days before. The men had to lie on the grounj^With the Massachusetts regiment, caught a musket from a authority of the State Government a much larger such a pie.ee of superfluous self-denial will not be soldier, and shot himjijfc .the .back, killing him force is being mustered than called for. Ten thou- THE following is a list of the vessels composing long adhered to. The Times, in the same article, •wet handkerchiefs on their faces, to prevent sm^lper- the Confederate Navy. Those marked f were stolen ing, and a favorable eddy of wind, was all that mred instantly. „ The order was immediately given to fire, sand rank and file are to be kept in readiness for points to the English resistance in the first revolution and several of the mob were killed. The troops action at Cincinnati alone. from the United States. It will be seen that 6 out o as a warning against forcible resistance to disrup- «our lives.- Cartridge bags gave out, and five men were the 10 were thus obtained by robbery: employed to manufacture them out ofi our ^irts, finally forced their way through. Wisconsin has furnished her quota from Milwaukee tion, which, it appears, is inevitable. alone, and is claiming greater space. Each of the Name. Ouns. Crew. sheets, blankets, &c. It will take half a million of tR. McClelland 5 The London Globe in reviewing the political posi- A dispatch dated the 20th, says the city is in great other Western States are ready to furnish ten times 35 (dollars to repair Fort Smmpter's interior. tLewis Cass..... 1 69 pounds. 45 tion, says Europe has never been mo-re agitated excitement, and armed men moving in every direc- their allotment. since 1847. The following is the conversation between Maj. tion. The Governor and Mayor have notified the tAiken 1 42 pounds. 35 fWashington 1 42 pounds. 35 FRANCE.—All the French Marshalls had been sum- Anderson and Wigfall : President that no more troops can pass through Bal- Disposition of the Northern Forces. fDodge 1 32 pounds. 25 moned to attend an extraordinary Council of War at The latter said : " Gen. Beauregard wishes to stop timore, unless they fight their way. The bridges on THE employment of the immense force called out Lady Davis * 5 100 Paris, April 8th. this, sir.'.' the Northern Central Railroad have been destroyed. by President LINCOLN will depend mainly, it is said, Steamer James Gray 1 6-in Columbiad. 40 It is expected at Paris that the Bank of France Anderson only replied: " Well ! well!" The number killed yesterday was 11 Baltimorians, upon the course the Border Slave States will pursue in Bonita, (brig) 6 90 would soon further advance the rate of discount. Wigfall—" You've done all that can be done> and and 3 Massachusetts soldiers, and the wounded 4 Steamer Everglade.. 1 35 reference to the secession issue. As matters are situ- Very warlike rumors continue to prevail at Paris.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. THE PROVISION MARKETS. OBITUARY A LIEN'S PATENT 3ULOP8ON &> IDE NEW YORK,-April 22.-FLOUR-Market quiet'and prices ' ON the morning of the 4th inflt, the pure and happy spirit -£A_ THII1I1 HOR.SB-HOB. GEORGE A. HAMILTON (of South Butler, N. Y.,) passed -" Improved Patent Straight Draft Plow. Alden's Patent Thill Horse-Hoe—M. Alden& Co. without important change. Sales at $5,0!©5,15 for super State; ",16@6,26 for extra do; $5,O0@5,10 for superfine Western;. $5- peacefully away from earth to thp spirit's home,—to rest in the Gladding's Premium Horse Pitoh Fork Stephen Bullock. h£(35,40 for common to medium extra do; $5,45M5,65 tor inte- Large Stock Sale—E. M. Giles. • rior^) good extra round hoop Ohio. Canadian quiet and steady; osom of God." Thus are we notified, by letter, of the decease Book Agents make Money—E. G. Storke. sales at $5;20@6,75. . . . ., f a highly esteemed Contribute? to the pages of the RURAL, THE great superiority of this Horse- To Bee-Keepers—S. Ide. GRAIN.—Wheat, market continues dull, and prices in favor of Ipe or Cultivator-over, all others in Reliable—Geo. F. Needham. he buyer, with only a limited business doing for export ana nd author of tb,e .volume of Poems entitled "Sunshine ise is attested with remarkable unan- \ Italian Bees—C. W. Rose. 'hrough the ClpucU, or The Invajid's Offering." , Many of our $100 per Month—Wm. Barnard & Co. lome consumption. Rye quiet and unchanged. Barley dull mity by every one of the host of it 68c. for State. Corn, market firm and in fair request; sales aders will be interested in learning more cencerning the practical farmers who have used it.— Oporto Grape—E. Ware Sylvester. it 67@69c for old mixed Western, in stbre and delivered and Jl who have given it a thorough, !4o for new do. Oats firm at 34&@36>£c for State, Western, sceased than the above announcement, and we therefore quote jractical trial, have almost or entire- - md Canada. rtherfrom the note of our correspondent:—"Mr. HAMILTON ly,to-a man, not orily testified to its PROVISIONS—Pork dull; sales at $18,75 for mess; $13,265X13.50 •was born July 15th, 1816, at Charleston, Montgomery Co., N. great superiority, but asserted .that "at least double the amount of labor" or prime. Lard heavy and lower; Bales at 9>£@10>£c. Butter ., but passed most of his life in Sputh Butler, Wayne county, 0perial Notices. in fair request at 10@15c tofor OhioOhio, and 15@201 c tor State.— lay be performed, by its assistance, in a given time, when com- FAEMBRS AND DEALEBS, Cheese steady at 7@10)£c ind it is said no one has done so much good in that place as the ared with any other of the many cultivators they have used. _'ou are respectfully requested to give the above Plow a trial ASHES—The market is better for both kinds; sales of Pots at leceased. Although an invalid for nearly half of his life, yet >efore purchasing elsewhere. The No. 2 is a medium size and IMPORTANT TO FABMERS! S5.S7M, and Pearls $5,43M@5;S0. accomplished more' than many » man blessed with health. Its Advantages and Uses. t>est adapted to all kinds of work,—either size is adapted to two HOPS—The demand for this staple is confined to, brewers, who uring the winter he suffered much from the severity of Ms The, Thills assist in guiding it with unerring precision; they or three horses, by means of a simple lateral adjustment of we purchasing very sparingly, and prices are lower and con- ire high enough to pass freely over growing crops, and may be the beam, retaining the line of draft, in either case parallel To those who wish to purchase a perfect " COMBINBD inue to favor the buyer, we quote ordinary to very choice lough, and the last five weeks of his life his sufferings were ex- •aised or lowered to suit the size of the horse. The best and with the land side. During the pas#year it has been thoroughly 1 reme—yet all was borne with patience and a sweet submission nost durable materials are used in its construction. The teeth tested by many farmers, and is warranted to give perfect satisfac- REAPER AND MOWER," we would say that "BALL'S OHIO SEEDS—Clover Seed in fair demand and holders-are firmer; ire of steel, highly polished, and are efficient in cutting weeds tion in every instance. It is being extensively manufactured at MOWER AND REAPER" is manufactured at the Auburn lales of 450 bags, at 7^@8c., the latter price -forsmall lots.— the will of GOD." ,nd-reducing the soil to fine tilth, which not only destroys the A. GORDON'S, 68 South St. Paul Street, Rochester, N. Y. No. 1 Timothy Seed is in limited demand at $2,75@3,00 f) bushel. Prison by Messrs. Ross, DODGE & POMROY, sole proprietors IN Gates, Thursday afternoon, April 18th, LYMAN POTTER, he obnoxi6us weeds, but increases the crop. They may be Plow, is $7.50; same, "full rigged," $11. No.'s 2, 3, and 4, $8;50 n the 69th year of his age. The deceased moved to Gates from luickly arranged to throw the earth to or from the row. The iacb,—" full rigged,"$12 . for the State of New York, for the use of these valuable ALBANY, April 22.—FLOUR AND MEAL—In Flour there is a 'lymouth, Conn., in the spring of 1830, rhole weight is about 70 fts,an d it may be cheaply sent by rail- All communications in relation to State or County Rights, or imited business doing at unchanged prices. Corn Meal is ay to any part of the country. 'or patterns of either of the above sizes, should be addressed to patents. The machine is made of the best materials, and The addition of a cross bar, screwed upon the frame, makes it ;he patentees, RULOFSON & DE GARMO, Rochester, N. Y. warranted to be a perfect Mower or Reaper, and to cut easily, Common to good State, .ri excellent Marker, at a cost df one dollar, which marks three N. B.—Circulars, containing full particulars, sent free. See Fancy and extra State 5,' ows at once, any width desired. Eight-toothed prongs, at a illustrated description in RURAL of March 30,1861.. 587-3t without clogging, any kind of grain or grass, either wet or dry. Common to good Western, »,• ost of two dollars, converts it to a POTATO DIGGER, which The Mower has a Cast Steel Cutter Bar, 4 feet 6 inches cut, Extra Michigan, .Wisconsin, Indiana, &c.,...; 5,! m heavy or hard soil where the roots are not deep in the earth, pHE NANSEMOND SWEET POTATO—Its Cul- Extra Ohio, y perates with great efficiency, and saves avast amount of labor. J_ ture at the North, and experience of growers. Send for it with polished wrought iron guards, plated in the Slot with Common Canadian,.... Price one stamp. C. B. MURRAY, Foster's Crossings, Ohio. Cast Steel, and tempered. Extra Canadian ADVERTISING TERMS, in Advance—THIRTY- Fancy Genesee,.'.. i'iv* CENTS A LINE, each insertion. A price and a half for Premiums and Testimonials. CK ClC\C\ AGENTS WANTED, to The Reaping attachment has a Finger Bar and polished Extra Genesee and city brands, „, -><_. ixtra display, or 52% cents per line of space. SPECIAL NOTICES, Among tb* premiums it has received is that of the DIPLOMA J.\J\J\J sell SIX NEW INVENTIONS—two very recent, wrought iron guards attached to it, with a Sicma-edged Extra Kentucky, . 6,50^,7,10 OF THE ff. S AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, indicating the and of great value to families; all -pay great profits to Agents. Corn meal is in moderate.request at $1,25@1,37% $1100 following reading matter, leaded,) Sixty Cents a Line highest degree of merit; and the HIGHEST PRIZE OVER Send four stamps and get 80 pages particulars. Knife, which, for cutting grain, is far better than the smooth- GRAIN—Wheat quiet Corn steady, with limitedjsale of round ALL OTHER CULTIVATORS, awarded by the Indiana State 686-6t EPHRAIM BROWN, Lowell, Mass. tZ3T THB RURAL NEW-YORKER commenced its Twelfth Ag. Society, after a thorough trial by a committee of practical edge mowing knives generally used. By means of the ellow at 67c. In Rye and Barley nothing doing. Oats steady, ear and Volume with an edition of aver SEVENTY THOUSAND ! arraers, vho placed it above the implement which took the TJARROWS AJVID CULTIVA- separate Finger Bar and Sickle, they are enabled to make nth sales State at 34c. Though the columns are wider than formerly (giving more highest premium at the Ohio State Fair at Dayton, 1860, which XI TORS. — Shares' Coulter Harrow and grain covefer.— •was used with two horses; also the .New York State Fair the Reaper cut either 5 or 6 foot swath, and dispense with BUFFALO, April 22.—FLOUR—The market is quiet and un- words per line,) and the circulation much larger, we do not Price $15. hanged; sales at $5,00 for choice extra Wisconsin from spring "remium in 1859. and numerous other County and Town Fairs. Shares' Potato coverer and hoer, $10. the heavy Mowing Bar when reaping. rheat; $5;25 for extra do. from winter wheat; $5,00@5,25 for ex- purpose to increase the Advertising Rates at present. The RURAL SPECIAL ATTENTION is .called to.the following testimoni- Shares' Hilling and hoeing machine, $10. ra Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, and $5,60@6,00 for double undoubtedly the Best and Cheapest Advertising Medium of als to its value and efficiency, in whicb. the reader will not fail PLOWS of every description. Scotch Harrows, Cultivators, The Combined Reaper and Mower is delivered to the pur- to observe SINGULAR UNANIMITY as to its double Superi- c, &c. ' - • , > 1. chaser for the sum of $150, for a six months' note without GRAIN—Wheat, market dull, the only sale reported being No. ts Class in America—for, in addition to its immense circulation ority over other cultivators,—a striking proof of the certainty Horse, Powers, Dog Powers, Seed Planters, <&c Circulars interest, or $145 cash. The Mower is $38 less. Chicago spring, which took place this morning.» Corn steady tmong the most enterprising and successful Farmers and Horti- with which it always operates, and the uniform satisfaction sent free. Address CHAS. E. PEASE, and in moderate demand; sales new this morning, at 41c, and culturists, it is taken and read by thousands of Merchants, Me- which it has always given: 586-4t 84 State St., Albany, N. Y- The agents for Monroe County are [586-6te damaged do. at 35c.; old remains dull at 42c for sound lots from J. J. Thomas, Esq., of Union Springs, N. Y., one of the edi- store. Oats, demand fair at 23@24cfrom wagons. Barley quiet chanics, Manufacturers and Professional Men. tors of the Country Gentleman, says:—"We have recently A GENTS WANTED to SELL, FRUIT TREES. J. W. HANNAH, of Clifton, Monroe Co., N. Y. and nominal at 64@68c according to quality. Rye nominal at made a thorough trial of ALDBN'S NEW THILL CULTIVATOR, and /~\ WB wish to employ a number of experienced and trust- DANIEL KINGSLEY, of Pittsford, Monroe Co., N. Y. find it an admirable implement. The use of the Thills gives an worthy men to sell trees, &c, from our Nurseries' at liberal >6c. Peas. Canadian field in fair request for seed at 60@55c for sfficiency, thoroughness and accuracy in working that render air to choice. . . , .. . . ' \PORTO G-RAPE.- Medium sized vines it in this respect superiorto any other Cultivator we have test- WHOLESALE DEALERS furnished with Nursery, Stock »f all SEED—Timothy dull, and a shade easier, Canadian bemg J can now be sent by mail, post-paid, on the receipt of $1.— sd A man with a horse will do twice as much work ina given descriptions at the lowest wholesale rates. noted at $2,60, and Illinois at $2,75. Clover scarce and firm at. dozen, $8. Address E. WARE SYLVESTER, Lyons, N. Y. ime, on stiff soil, as with a common Cultivator; and the perfect HOOKER, FARLEY & CO., U tU PROVISIONS—Heavy mess pork firmer, being held at $17.00, iontrol which the operator has of its depth of running, and the 584tf Rochester Wholesale Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y". 17 [email protected]. Sales Saturday afternoon at $17.60 Light mess lH C\C\ PKR MONTH can be made by loseness with which he may cut it to the rows, without danger leld at $16.50@$17.00. Plain hams are quoted at 9®9^c., and P J_\J\J any young man out of employment, with a set of >f striking or injuring the plants, almost supersedes the use of A PPIiE TREES FOR SALE.—60,000 Apple Trees ratrar cured at 10®10^c; smok«d shoulders at 7@7#c. Barrel our $10 engraved Stencil Tools, warranted to be 200 per cent, the.hoe in any case. We would recommend it to our readers r\ of the most popular varieties. The trees are fouryears lard is quoted 9}£c, and keg do. at 10c. Hamburgh Cheese is letter than any stencil tool made in the Eastern States. Sam- as the best Cultivator we know." oldTstraight, thrifty and in good condition for removal. Would To Our Readers. wiling from store at 9@10>£o. as to quality.-rj Com. Adv. ales free. WM. BARNARD & CO , " After using Alden's Thill Horse-Hoe for tw,o years, we can be glaU to self the entire lot to one" or "two persons, on such Box 1,014, Cincinnati, Ohio. terms as would be satisfactory to the 'parties. The trees ar» DETROIT, April 22.—FLOUR is steady at a"range"of $4.37J£@ y en orse D WIGHT, Pres. Cay. Co. Ag. Society. very near to Frost's nursery in Rochester, and can be seen by A New Quarter of the RURAL commenced with April, $4 75 for both red and white wheat extras. No.l white wheat po BEE-KEEPERS.-8AM0EL IDE'S B. F. JEWETT, Utica, NY. calling on Thos. Smith, Francis St. near tile premises. For would now bring no more than $1 04, and No. 1 red no more JL PECULIARLY VENTILATED straw-lined Bee-Hive, with mov- EM. GILBERT, " further particulars address C. H. ROGERS, Palmyra, N. Y. and subscriptions and renewals are specially in order ble frames, has proved its perfection in the wintering of Bees. O PATTEN, Westmoreland, N. Y. Rochester, Feb. 14,1861. . 580-tf Coarse grains are just as they have been for some time past, he ventilation of this Hive is so constructed that the surplus DAVID EDDY, Scipio, N. Y: now—to commence with April, or January if preferred. torn is quoted at 33c@35o on the street floats at 20c@22c from aoisture originating from the exhalation of the Bees is carried miEIODEfcOTTGtII BIlEia STOCK. tore ; rye at 44c@48c. — "• "H1' "" ' off by insensible degrees through the walls of the Hive, causing "We have thoroughly tested Alden's Patent Thill Horse-Hoe JL THE Subscribers, BROD1E, CAMPBELL & CO., are now J^- The very liberal SPECIFIC PREMIUMS and EX- the'necessary drynesjs and warmth to the Bees. JI Cultivator, and have become satisfied that corn or any other engaged in Breeding and Importing Farm Stock of the first TORONTO, April 18.—FLOUR—There have been a few trans- This Hive is for sale by S. IDE, at East Shelby,Orleans Co., N. crops that require hoeing, can be tilled with one-half the expense Quality. Mr.' BRODIK was formerly of the -fiipn of HCTNGBRFORD TRA GIFTS offered for Clubs formed before April, are actions during the week in flour on speculative account, but the ' Price $4. Patented April 2,1861. usually expended to perform the work as well." & BRODIB (which firm is no\v dissolved.) His skill and large ex- disposition to-day is not very apparent. We quote as.follows: OLIVER WOOD,, Scipio, Cay. Co., N. Y. perience in the business are well known to Breeders. EXTENDED TO MAY, so that Agent-Friends, NEWMAN SMITH, " Superfine No. 1, ...$4,65@4,70 'TALIAN BEES.-Haring imported per Part of the Stock can be seen at S. CAMPBELL'S place three Subscribers and others have another month to secure G. W. LONGSTREET, Venice," miles west of Utica, or one and a half miles from the Whites- Extra, 5.00@5,15 _ steamer New York, a lot of genuine Italian Bees, (which ar- J. MORRISON, Genoa, boro Depot, N. Y. Central Railroad. the Valuable Prizes. Read the list (including the new Fancv,...... >•----••..-> 5,40@5,50 rived in a remarkably good state,) I shall be able to furnish ama- J. B. STARK, Augusta, Michigan. Mr. HUGH BRODIE is now visiting England and Scotland select- Double Extra 5,75@6,00 teurs with pure, genuine ITALIAN QUSENS within a short time. WM. JARVIS, Ypsilanti, ing animals. Parties Wishing to purchase Short-Horns or'Ayr- offer of FLOWER SEEDS,) in Rural of April %th, and Some brands of the latter grade are held at $6,25—of super- i*or price and other information, apply to C. WM. ROSE, 63 WM. R. REED, Washtenaw Co., " Ixchange Place, New York. shires, Leicester Sheep, or Yorkshire Hogs, can address ne several small lots were placed at the inside quotations. ALMON M WHIPPLE, Lima, 682-13t] JAMES BRODIE, Rural Hill, Jefferson Co.; N. Y.. or see if it will not pay to form a club. Thousands would GRAIN—Fall Wheat. Prices have been steady, ruling at $1,10 N. B.—This being the last and only importation this season, D. B. WILSON, S. CAMPBELL & CO., New York Mlils, Oneida Co., tf. Y. ©1,20 per bushel, the average rate being about $1,18 per bushel the public can rely on getting a perfectly pure breed. CHAS. DUNKIN, Unadilla, readily subscribe for the paper if asked. Will not its 'or the best grades. Spring wheat is in good-request with a Agents Wanted. 589-2t DAVID A. DUNKIN, " friends have the kindness to see that such are invited? >retty firmmarke t at 97c@$1.00, with an occasional purchase at l,01(all,02 per bushel. Gk>od qualities are in demand for seed DIEIjI.AJBIjFr. !— To disappointed, vexed, and de- ' I have raised the past year 80 acres of corn, and used your * full prices. Barley is only in moderate supply with a limited LV spairing Gardeners, who have heretofore purchased old, Thill Horse-Hoe. I do not consider it more thanone-half the HAT ELEVATOR nouiry at 45@50c, with an occasional purchase at 50@62c per commission seeds, and to all wanting satisfaction, I will send, labor to till it with your Hoe as with any other cultivator I Back Numbers of this Volume -will be sent to lushel. Peas are firmwit h a demand for more liberal supplies >repaid, 20 packets of well assorted and fresh Garden Seeds have ever used." E. L. THORNTON, Auburn, N. Y. OK New Subscribers, until otherwise announced; — generally 50c. per bushel is paid for the ordinary samples, al- or $1. though some lots have been got at 48c. Oats are only sparingly <3T" Remember, the 60 varieties of choice Mower Seeds, for With Alden's Thill Horse-Hoe you can kill more weeds, dig HORSE POWER FORK. but all wishing them should Subscribe Soon. supplied, and beyond the local demand there is little or no m- SI, and 2 red stamps. To clubs, eleven selections for $10. up and mellow more ground in one day, than five men were ac- THIS Fork can be used with either luiry. Small sales only are reported at 26@27c 39 bushel. I have a few Early Mohawk Beans, per peck $1: and every customed to with their hoes and plows. ONE or TWO HORSES. Price, full t3T CHANGE OF ADDRESS,—Subscribers wishing the address SEEDS—There is very little activity in seeds, the demand for ihing in mv line of business. GEO. F. NEEDHAM. S. EDWARDS TODD, Author Farmer's Manual. rigged (with rope and three pul- of their papers changed from one pSst-OfB.ce to another, must hich, however, is row likely to increase as the season prom- Buffalo, 1ST. Y., April 24, 1861. leys.) $12. , • jes at least to be favorable for seeding operations. We quote As a POTATO DIGGER, on clay or hard soils, we have the specify the OLD address as wellas the NEW to secure compliance following among other statements: See description in HUBAL NEW- Timothy at $2,50@3,00; Clover at$4,60@$4,75.—Globe. OOR AGE'NTS MAK'B YORKER of March 23; 1,-i.Jl.; with their requests. MONEY.—If they get good books and canvass in a proper "The Potato Digger is a great labor-saving implement, and Send for a Circular. B a vine used it one season, I would not willingly be without it." 13^- THE RURAL is published strictly upon the CASH SYSTUM jmanner. Now the best books for Acrent, are conceded to be Address • ' those published by the AUBURN PUBMSHINft CO.; and the E. K. RUGG, Iowa City. LEVI A. BEARUSLETr —copies are never mailed to,individual subscribers until paid THE CATT1-E MARKETS. 1 jest practical directions to Agents are contained in their South Edmeston, Otsego Co., jy . Y. for, and alwayB discontinued when the subscription expires. ionfidential CIRCULARS to Agents, which are sent free to all The following testimonials have been given of its value as a NEW YORK, April 17.—The current prises for the week at applicants. It also contains numerous letters from Agents in MARKER, for iaying out with rapidity and precision the rows Hence, we force the paper upon none, and keep no credit books, iXi. the markets are as follows: various parts of the country, showing their practice, and that of corn and other hoed crops: A STOE HOUSE, BEEF CATTLE. their clear profits are over 9100 p^r month; also our SPECIAL '' We have used it with the marker attached, to mark our corn experience having demonstrated that the Cash System is alto- ground, and are well pleased with its work." gether the best for both Subscriber and Publishes: First quality, $8,O0@8,6O AND LIBERAL OFFERS. B E. THORNTON, Auburn. THIS Hotel is in excellent condition. Recent I y many im- Ordinary quality, 7,00@8,00 Address E. «. STORKE, Auburn, N T. ALVIN FREEMAN, Scipio. provements have been made. Mr. Stetson, its former proprie- Bgr^ CLUBBING WITH THE MAGAZINES, &C— We will send the Common quality, » 6.50(37 7,00 W. J. CANFIELD, Owasco. tor, has returned to supervise its executive department. Its RURAL NEW-YORKER for 1861 and a yearly copy of either The Inferior quality, 6,00@6,60 IV/TARBIiEHEAD MAMMOTH CABBAGE ADAM WELTY, tables are bountifully supplied; waiters excellent, aad it is con- COWS AND CALVES. VI The largest Cabbage In the world,—they have been grown ceded that it has never been so comfortable during its history. Atlantic, Harper's, Godey's, or any other $3 magazine, for $4. First quality, $55,00®60,00 weighing 62 fts,an d averaging over 30 Its, by the acre! Packages This valuable implement has been extensively manufacture! The new water-closets have no equals in this country. ' - The RURAL and either The Horticulturist, Hooey's Magazine, containing a few seed, with directions for cultivation, 25 cents; to supply the anticipated demand the present season, and i Ordinary quality, 40,00@60,00 five packets, $1,00. Circulars containing an engraving of this sold at wholesale or retail by the undersigned. It is also fo The young proprietors are full of enterprise and courtesy, Arther's Magazine, or any other $2 magazine, for $3. Canada Common quality, S0,00@35,00 and the Mason and Stone MaSon, #ith recommendations of men sale by many Implement Dealers throughout the country. and spare ho pains to make their patrons comfortable.* subscribers must add the American postage. Inferior quality,, 25,00@30,00 who have raised them by the acre, and had every plant head ' Men ®f business, or families who really need solid comforts VEAL CALVES. M. ALBEN & CO., handsomely dispensed, will find this time-honored Hotel bettor hard, tender and very sweet,— gratis. Stone Mason and Mason, Manufacturers and Dealers in Agricultural Implements than ever. : t3f ASSOCIATED EFFORT leads, to success in canvassing for First quality, 39 ft 6 @6%c with direotions for cultivation, S3 eents each, per ounce.. Hub- Ordinary quality •. 5^®5J^c .ATTBtJR.N', ]S". Y. Its proximity to business, the conveniences for reaching every periodicals, as well as in other enterprises. For instance, if you bard Squash (of this I was the Original introducer,) 15 cents for part of the city, Central Park, &c., renders it the best fofr the Common quality,.... 4 @5 c about 50 seed. All seed warranted fo,re&eh each 'or sale in Rochester by J. RAPALJE, are forming (or wish to form) a club for the RURAL NEW- Inferior quality, 3>£@4 c Merchant ot casual Traveler. 580-13t 583-6t at the Genesee S»ed Store, Buffalo St. YORKER, and cannot fill it up in your own neighborhood, get SHEEP AND LAMBS. some person or persons a few miles distant to join with or assist ' Prime quality. $6.00@7,00 ED TOP, Blue Grass &; Timothy, TMPOBTANT TO EVEKY MAN WHO KEEPS A Ordinary quality, 4,60M5,60 BY W. S. KING. R I have just received and now offer for sale J-HORSE, COW, SHEEP, OR HOG.—THORLBY'S FOOD FOB you—adding their names to those you may procure, and send- Common quality, 4,00®4.50 [Office No. 15 Congress street, Boston ] 1U0 bushels prime Timothy Seed. CATTLE.—For Horses it is indispensable in proinbtin'gjand sus- ing all together. Please think of this, and act upon the Inferior quality 3,25@3,75 50 do. clean Red Top Seed. taining all the animal functions in health and vigor. ForMJlch T ARGE STOCK: SALE, 50 do. clean Kentucky Blue Grass Seed. Cows it is invaluable, increasing the quantity and improving suggestion if convenient. SWINE. JU -A.T WOOD^tOCK 20 do. pure Orchard Grass Seed. the quality of milk. For Beasts nothing can compare with ft First quality 5 @5^c 50 do. Hungarian Grass Seed. for feeding quickly. For Sheep and Pigs the effects produced I3£- ADDITIONS TO CLUBS are now in order, and whether in Other qualities, *%.®t*Afi Consisting; of Pure-Bred and Grade Jersey Cows, from the 25 do. Millet Seed. in one month will exceed all expectation. • ' ones, twos, fives, tens or twenties will receive attention and be Celebrated Ilerd of John Giles, Esq. Also, a full supply of the best Garden and Field Seeds. A Pamphlet mailed free to any address. ,. - ALBANY, April 22.—BEEVES —There is less onjthe market J. RAPALJE, at the Genesee Seed Store, Rochester, N. Y. gratefully acknowledged. It is small clubs, and subsequent ad- >y nearly 30J) head than last week, but still the supply is large ON WEDNESDAY, May 1, at 1 o'clock P. M.. at the GILES EPOT, 21 BROADWAY. NEW YORK. S74-26t ditions to them, which must make up the great bulk of our ,nd fully up to tne demand. The average quality is above me- FARM, in Woodstock, Conn., 2H miles from Putnam, on the TXA.a OF TOB.A.OOO, subscription—and hence we fully appreciate the efforts of those lium, and most of the best droves changed hands at prices a ER-TILIZEJRS Dj hade better than the ruling rates of last week's prices, but for Worcester and Norwich Railroad, - FOE DIPPING SHEEP AND LAMBS, wbo form the rivulets upon which we depend to swell our the most part they have been forced to pay a fraction higher — Thirty prime Cows, 2 years olds and yearlings, 16 of which are F Sc CO'S general circulation. Agent-Friends will please bear this in in many instances Jic ^ ft.,liv e weight. ihorough bred, and the remainder Jiigh grades; all selected MB FOR DESTROYING ALL DUDS OP VERMIN ON OTHER AMMALS. from the stock of, that distinguishea breeder. Mr. John Giles, SOLUBLE PHOSPHATED PERUVIAN GUANO, mind, and send on the names of all who wiH join their clubs. RECEIPTS—The following is our comparative statement of THE Manufacturers of this new and valuable preparation, beg receipts at this market over the Central Railroad, estimating 16 and not second to any in the country. Superior to Peruvian Guano alone, and 20 per cent. Cheaper The hard times and panic have no doubt caused many to delay Catalogues, giving the true pedigree of each animal, may be leave to call the attention of Farmers and Graziers to-tbis ef- to the car: jbtained on application to E. M. GILES at WooSstock, or to W fectual remedy for destroying Ticks, Lice, and all other insects renewing or subscribing,—but they, and their families, intend Cor. week S. KING, Auctioneer, No. 15 Congress street, Boston, or at sale. FOWLE & CO'S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME. injurious to animals and vegetation, and preventing.the alarm- This week. Last week. last year. THESE FERTILIZERS have been generally tested by the most ing attacks of the Fly and Scab on Sheep. to have the RURAL, and we hope our friends will afford them Cattle 3,616 4,000 "3,978 fc3'~ Good conveyance from Putnam to the farm; arid gentle- opportunity. Many agents are furnishing the RURAL, and men can leave for Boston, New York and intermediate places, intelligent farmers of Virginia and Maryland, with the most Its use not only removes the vermin on animals, but cleanses Sheep, 2,320 720 720 t 5% o'clock, after sale. satisfactory results. and purifies the skin, thereby materially benefiting their gene- taking pay in produce, &c,—while not a few generously ad- Hogs!'60 865 Pamphlets containing analysis of Prof.. CAMPBELL MORPITT, ral health, and greatly improving wool, both in quality and vance the money. In all such instances, we endeavor to be as PRICES—The market is more active than we have known it to NG of New York, with testimonials, and other valuable informa- quantity. e for several weeks back, at the following rates :— > tion, will be supplied by mail; and Orders will be promptly ex This article completely supersedes that laborious and disa- liberal to agents as they are to subscribers. This week. Last week. G Horse I itch.-F'oi*k I ecuted upon application to the Agent in New York. greeable work of preparation in your own buildings torSheep - Premium 4%@, c EDWARD FRANKS, 42 Exchange Place. washing, as it is ready at all times, in any climate, and for all t£&~ ABOUT CLUB TERMS, &O.—We endeavor to adhere strictly Extra 4*£@4%e MANUFACTURED BY 8. BULLOCK. FOWLE & CO., Proprietors, Alexandria, Va. 588-8t descriptions of Sheep, even for Ewes in lamb, and .ean be fur- to our club rates, which require a certain number of subscribers First quality 3KW.4 c THIS valuable improvement possesses many important advan nished at a much reduced cost. to get the paper at a specified price—say ten to get it at $1,50 Second quality :3%®.3Jii tages over all other Forks, among' which are the following:— FISHER. &. CO., Sale Agents, Third quality 2%@3 c The tines being allowed to drop to discharge its load, the tilting E S per copy, twenty to get it at $1,25, &c. But, in answer to fre- 583-13 88 Centra) VVHarf, Boston, Mass. SHEEP—Market extremely dull at 5%c f) ft;averag e 109 its. of the handle, as in other forks, is avoided; hence, hay can be T quent inquiries, (often in connection with remittances for less HOGS —We hear of a sale of 90 corn fed at 5% ¥> H>; average unloaded with the utmost facility and ease into shed windows than a full club,) we would state that, in cases where from 4 to 6 !40 fts.—Argus and Atlas. or beneath purline beams, and other places where other Horse A. Journey Through. Texas, "ITTHEELEE & WILSON MANUFACTURING CO'S Forks cannot be. used. It can in all cases be managed with OR, A SADDLE TRIP ON THE SOUTH-WESTERN FRON vv copies are ordered at $1,60 each, with a reasonable prospect of BRIGHTON, April 18.—At market—1,400 Beef Cattle, 90 stores, greater ease than any other Horse Fork. It is equally adapted IMPROVED FAMILY SEWING MACHINES filling up a club of ten, soon (or at least before April 1st,) we ,700 Sheep and Lambs, and 2,400 Swine. to stacking. With this Fork a tun of hay may be unloaded in TIER. With a Statistical Appendix. By Frederick Law from five to seven minutes. WITH NEW send them—and when the club is completed shall give extra BEEF CATTLE—Prices, extra. $7,00@0,00; 1st quality, $6,75® Olmsted. 516 page's, 12mo. cloth, $1,25. 1,00: 2d do, $6,50@O,OO; 3d do, $4.50®5,50. TESTIMONIALS. copy and premium. We also send 12 to 18 copies at the rate for At a time when Texas is the centre of s© much interest, and evi WORKING OXBN-490, $120@l,35 ITS simplicity, durability and perfect operation, as well as com- dently about to be the scene of exciting events, this volume has Glass Cloth Presser and Hemmers^ 20, ($1,26 per copy,) where the person sending is laboring for MILCH COWS—$45@60; common, paratively trifling expense, recommended its-use to the farme: VEAL CALVES—$3,00@6,00. of our country. A. B. DICKINSON. peculiar attraction and value. The natural resources of that AT REDUCED PRICES. and confident of obtaining a full club as above. This we do on STORKS—Yearlings, $0@0i two-years old, $15@16; three years account of the hard times, and because we think the clubs will THE best machine for the purpose within our knowledge, and region of country, the characteristics of its inhabitants, and the >ld, $18@19. therefore commend it to the attention of all interested. It must THE WHEELER & WILSON MANUFACTURING CO. beg soon be filled; yet, if it were not for the panic, and high rates workings of its institutions, are described in an attractive ban prove a decided acquisition in the haying season, when both to state that they have reduced the prices of their SEWING of exchange at the West, we should maintain the old rule— CALF SKINS—10@11C fl ft. time and labor are money. D. D. T. MOORE. ner. Statistics with regard to its history, products, and capa- TALLOW—6M3>7C. ^ ft. MACHINES, while they have added new and important im- requiring the full rate in proportion to number sent, and IT will prove a wonderful labor saving machine. I believe bilities are included, with much miscellaneous general inform PELTS—$1,00@1,25 each. provements. The reduction is made in the hope that the Com- making deduction when clubs are completed. SHEEP AND LAMBS—$l,50@l,75; extra, $2,00@6,50. wherever tried, it will be found profitable. (-*-• ation bearing upon the anticipated line of operations and th SWINE—Store, wholesale, 6@7c; retail, 6@8%c. Fat Hogs, JOHN JOHNSTON, Geneva. elements of strength for the Union party which is now gather- pany will have no more legal expenses defending their patents. t3?~ No TRAVELING AGENTS are employed by us, as we wish undressed, still fed, Oc. UNLOADING hay at the barn by horse-power is such a simple ing its energies for one of the most impertant struggles th Of&ce 5O5 Broadway, New York;. to give the whole field to local agents and those who form clubs. CAMBRIDGE, April 17.— AtmaTketJ735 cattle, about 600 beeves operation ftiat it seems wonderful how a sensible farmer ean world has witnessed. and 135 stores, consisting of working oxen, cows, and one, two continue the exceedingly Eard labor of lifting it a forkful at a S. W. DIBBLE, Agent, And beside, we wish it distinctly understood that all persons and three years old. time in the stifling heat of a July afternoon.—2V. T. Tribune. Also, in uniform volumes, by the same author : traveling through the country, professing to hold certificates BEEF CATTLE—Prices, extra. $6,50@7,00; first quality, $0,00® THE best apparatus for unloading hay we are acquainted with. A JOURNEY IN THE SEABOARD SLAVE STATES. 579-tf ROCHESTER, Nn T. from us, ARE IMPOSTORS. 6,00; second quality, $5,25@0,00; third quality, $4,00; ordinary —Genesee Farmer. quality, $0,00. A JOURNEY IN THE BACK COUNTRY. t3T~ Airr person so disposed can act as local agent for the WORKING OXEN—$90, $115@,18O. GLADDING'S HORSE PITCH-FORK is one of the labor-saving ma- (COUNTRY AGENTS WANTED.— Cows AND CALVES—$30, $40@6 chines which will pay to purchase.—Prairie Farmer. PUBLISHED BY V^ $3A DAY. Mrs. Hankins wanteAgents at heme'or to RURAL NEW-YORKER, and those who volunteer in the good STORES—Yearlings, $0G$O; two years old, $15@16; three UNLOADING in a barn by means of a Horse Pitchy-Fork is be BROTHERS, travel for her Pictorial " FAMILY NEWSPAPER," also for her cause w|U receive gratuities, and their kindness be appreciated years old, $17@19. coming quite common in some sections of Our country, and wil 5 & 7 Mercer Street, New York. Curious New Book of FEMALE CHARACTERS nr THE-CFTY. SHEEP AND LAMBS —1,750 at market. Prices—la lots $1,50. be practiced every where as soon as farmers understand the op- For Specimens and Terms inclose red stamp to HANKINS & ; extra and selections, .$3,00@5,50 each. eration. The invention of C. E. Gladding is the best we have CO:, New York. • • W&- seen in operation.—American Agriculturist. pHB Summer Term of Clover Street ILTS—$1@$1,25 each. L SEMINARY will commence Tuesday, April 23rd, 1861.— TTAIilAN BEES—Orders will now be received for th'ese TALLOW—6%@7c f) ft. 0. E. GLADDING has constructed, a Fork which after a recen For particulars address Miss AMY MOORE, Principal. X bees to be delivered in the Spring A circular will be sent to jJtarkets, Commerce, HIDES — 4J£@5e. ^ re. CALF SKINS —[9@10e ^ ft. trial we are satisfied is an important improvement.—Alb. Cult. all applicants inclosing a stamp. In it will be found the terms VEAL CALVES—$4,00@6. t3^* The abpve testimonials are selected from many others, \TOTICE.-The Summer Term of the New Yorl and also reports from Mr. LANGSTROTH,- Dr. KIBTLAND, Mr. the signers being generally known as distinguished agricultur J_> State Agricultural College will commence on Wednesday, BRAOKETT, Mr. BALDRIDOE, and others, testifying fully, from RURAL NEW-YORKER OFFICE, ists. All who have seen it operate, agree in the above opinion the 17th inBtf M. R. PATRICK, President. actual observation, to the great superiority of this race over the THE WOOJi MARKETS. of its merits. This Fork has taken the First Premium at every Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y., April 1, 186,1. 587-3t common bee. [578-tf] S. B. PARSONS, Flushing, N. Y. Rochester. April 23, 1861. Fair at which it has been exhibited, including the State Fairs FLOUR AND GRAIN—There is no change to note in this depart- NEW YORK, April 17.—This market continues in the same of Pennsylvania and New York for 1858; and New York, IUi OREAT INDUCBMENTS-I de- dull and heavy condition noticed aj fhe date of our last report, "TpAMILY NEWSPAPER.'* — ment of trade. nois, Michigan, and United States Fair at Chicago for 1859, be VJT sire to engage some good Agents who would be satisfied and we do not notice any signs of improvement. The demand sides numerous.County Fairs; also at New York, Pennsylvania, to work for $4 or $5 a day. Address without delay, J. WHIT -J- Mrs. Hankins' Mammoth Pictorial is in its Sixth Volume PROVISIONS—Barrel Pork has taken an almost unprecedented from manufacturers has almost entirely ceased, and the few Ohio and United States Fairs for 1860. and has 300,000 readers. Full of Engravings and Fashion Plates. small lots they do take are only tor immediate consumption.— LEY, JR., Pub., Davis' Block, Geneva, N. Y. 587-4t Largest, nicesicest and best in the worloldd fo r 75 cte. aa A start during the week,—fully equal to $1.00 per barrel, and is Fork, Rope and Pulleys, $12. Agents wanted for sale of above wanted: Prices at present are heavy; the "clip", is now approaching, in all sections of Western New York. Address J\ LLEJNT'S IMPROVED wanted: LdLadiesi , TTeachersh , CClergymenl s or PostPost-Pt-M exceedingly firm at the advance. In the hog,—for present use and growers must bear in mind our previous warnings, and not STEPHEN BULLOCK, Aacht, SSpecimei n Ci d T to At inclosl e red Stam —there is an evident decline. Mutton, in carcass, has gone up expect to obtain anything like last year's prices for their wool. Columbia X Roads, Bradford Co., Pa. -£j^ KOW—WITH OSCILLATING MOTION. 878 NS fc CO., New We do not wish to make matters appear worse than they really THB obieot so long desired by farmers has been found at last to [email protected] Lard exhibits a falling off in rates. are, but it is an undeniable fact that the wool market at the ty For sale by E. D. HALLOCK, Rochester, N. Y.. and by in ALLEN'S IMPROVEDIHARROW. By the peculiar shape of r «Ss M. C. MORDOFF, Breeders of pure Short-hcfm DAIRY—Butter is very much wanted, and an advance has present time is very stagnant, and the volume of trade now Implement Dealers throughout Western Nevr York. 689-3tlam the ninges, combined with the manner of attaching the power, L. &ni AldernevCatOe, South Down and SOesian Sheep, been taken in rates. transacted in a week, would, in more prosperous times, be but a an OSCILLATORY MOTION of the Harrow is produced, there- WoVc and Essex Pigs, Rochester, N. Y. m-t—../'f • fair business for one day. We do not hear of any sales worthy ATENTS Under the New Law by avoiding all tracking and clogging of the teeth. SEEDS— Clover has started up to $4.S0@5 00 per bushel. N< of mention. We quote: P for 3%, 7, 14, and 17 years. Circular of information on Grain or Grass Seed can be more effectually harrowed in wit' O FARMERS. MECHANICS, & BUIIiDERS. change in Timothy. American Saxony Fleece, $> ft, Rejected Applications, sent. Apply to this implement, than, with a common Harrow with twice thi T Our "Irrepressible Conflict" is against high prices. We American full-blood Menno, 688-3t J. FRASER, Patent Agent, Rochester, N. Y. offer you, at 74 Main St, Rochester, Iron-.NailsTHardware Oils. ROCHESTER WHOLESAIJ5 FBICBS. Paints, Colors, Windows, Doors, Blinds, floes, Spades, Shovels, American half-blood and three-fourths Merino,..; Those who have used Allen's Improved Harrow on their farms Corn Hoes, Cultivators, and other articles too numerous to FLOUR AND GRAIN. Eggs, dozen 10@10Kc American Native and one-fourth Merino HE KEJIDZIK WA.TKK, Wlk^ will have no other. mention. Also, the celebrated " Straight Draft Plow," which Flour, winter wheat,$6,: Honey, box 12®14 Extra Pulled,...- ^ T TER.—Twenty years constant use has fully establishec Agents Wanted in every section of the United States to se. we offer cheaper than the cheapest. Flour, spring do 5,i Candles, box 11@12 Superfine, Pulled 31 the reputation of these Filters as possessing every practica Flour/buckwheat,.. 0,' NoTl. Pulled,. - "" and scientific arrangement for the purposes desired. They are Address all communications to the assignee of the inventor, 635-tf MOORE, HEBING & CO. Candles, extra 13@13 CHAS. ELLIOTT, East Kendall, Orleans Co., N. Y.,of whoi Meal, Indian FRUIT AND. ROOTS. Lamb's, Pulled, : portable, durable, convenient, and cheap. 5,f» IN THE Pork,cwt 6. Timothy, . 250&30 African, unwashed, THE ONLY MACHINE WHICH COMBINES ALL THE RE Beef, cwt ;•••?' SUNDRIES. African, washed,... Spring lambs, each,.. .1,. Smyrna, unwashed current funds. QUISITES OF A PERFECT HARVESTER. SOUTH PACTB1C OCEANj Mutton, carcass Wood, hard Smyrna, washed,.. My Seeds are just as good as those advertised at double thi IMPORTED BY THB price I ask. My Seeds are Imported from one of the best seei Farmers wishing to avoid disappointment, will give their orde. Hams, smoked Wood, soft "" s\ Mexican, unwashed, —®— GUJIJVO COJUP Shoulders houses in Eurnpe, and can be relied on as good. -»•» early in the season. Coal, Lehigb..... ' f BOSTON Anril 17.—The market is quiet for both foreign ani J. RAPALJE, at Genesee Seed Store, Rochester. N. Y. £3?-Circulars with full description and testimonials forward- Chickens ' Coal, Scranton... ;" 'n Office, 66 William Street, TurkeysV 6 domestic and for some days past the sales have been limited. ed by mail. Coal,Pittston 57 Western mixed, HIO MOWEK and REAPER JOHN P. AuRIANGE, Manufacturer and Propriet NEW YORK. Ducks impair Coal, Shamokin.. " I57' Saxony and Merino, flne,4 POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK, DAIRY, &0. Coal,Char...... " '1/ Full blood , 4 Smyrna, washed 1 O E. BAUtfS PATENTS, C. S. MARSHALL, Pres't. H. MATHER, Sec"y. Butter, roll 15@17 Salt,bbl •. >£ and % blood S Do. unwashed _ Sole Warehouse in New York, 165 Greenwich Street, J. K. CHAPPELL, Agent, 69 Exchange St. Rochester, N. Y. Butter, firkin.., 13@15 Hay, tun 9 Common, " Syrian, .....10 WITH FOLDING CaTTER, B.AJR.. 587-7t • Near Courtlandt. Cheese, ...: 96&10 Straw, tun Q< Pulled, extra 4 Cape - A Machine that is a perfect Mower, and a perfect Reaper. Cir T •I,I2SEi^PaS^s Perpetual Kiln, Patented July, Lard, tried 10@10>£ WooLTOfo ; Do. Superfine, 3 Crimea, culars with full description sent by mail or furnished by asenti JLJ 1857.—Superior to any in use for Wood or Coal ,8K cords Tallow, rough , 0 uu 6 Whiteflsh, half bbl.. .4' Do. No.l 2 Buenos Ayres...... in each county. ROSS, DODGE & POMROY. JOSEPH JULIANDJULIAND,'2d. 2d,. " Bainbridge, Chenango Co,, N.Y of wood, or 1% tuns of coal to 100 bbls.—coal not mixed with Tallow, tried . ..8 @ 8 Codfish, $ quintal.. 4,1 Do. No. 2 w....l« Peruvian, washed... 688-15t Manufacturers, at the Auburn Prison Auburn, N. Y. A P. BRAYTON & SON, Agents, Watertown, Jeff. Co., N. Y Stone. Address [484-t£] CD. PAGE, Rochester N.Y. 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STAND BY THE FLAG. curtains and seated herself for the night by the sick Mr. NOBLES told CHARLES that he had long been A bed, wishing to go West, and if no letter arrived* before, 1ST THE AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY, of Waltham, > [W» extract the following soul-stirring lines from the poem " Have they come yet?" said Mrs. HOLMES, as she they would start the next Monday for Illinois. Mass., beg to call the attention of the public to the following delivered by JOHN N. "WILDER, Esq., before the Young Hen's awoke from a troubled sleep and heard the rain driv- CHARLEY expressed his gratitude by his tears, and as emphatic recommendation of Waltham Watches, by the leading Association in Albany, on the Anniversary of our National o news from home came, the wagon was driven up THE GREAT "SALVE. CERTIFICATE."—Hall's Jour- practical Watchmakers and Jewelers throughout the United Independence, July 5,1858. They breathe the spirit of true ing against the roof and windows. '«Hove they c«me States. The entire list of signatures to it is quite too long for yet?" she repeated, laying her hand upon Mrs. BALD- eforethe door, where it stood till after breakfast, nul of Health has the folio wing: patriotism, and are peculiarly appropriate at the present Dear Doctor—I will be* one hundred and seventy- publication in one advertisement) but the names presented time:] WIN'S arm. Mrs. BALDWIN was aroused from the rhen mutual good wishes were exchanged, and Mr. will be recognized by those acquainted with, the Trade as being sleep into which she had fallen, and taking a wet. OBLES and CHARLEY were driven by EDGAR to the five years old next October. For ninety-four years I in the highest degree respectable and nfluentiaL At their Stand by theflag!—its stars like meteors gleaming, teamboat landing, anl were soon plowing over*the have been an invalid, unable to move except when I establishments may always be found' the genuine Watches of Have lighted Arctic iceburgs,'Southern seas, towel, bathed the burning brow and hands of Mrs. the Company's manufacture, in great variety. HOLMES, as she said, " You thought they had come, eep waters of Lake Brie. was stirred with a lever. But a year ago last Thurs- And shone responsive to the stormy beaming day, I heard of the Graniclar Syrup. Signatures from many cities and towns not fully represented Of bid Arcturus and the Pleiades. didn't you?" in this list will appear in a future advertisement. " Yes," replied Mrs, HOLMES, " but they have not CHAPTKB X. I bought a bottle, smelt of the cork,, and found Standby theflag!—ita stripe s have streamed in glory, myself a netf man. I d&u now run twelve and a half TO THE PUBLIC. ' Te foes a fear, to friends a festal robe, lean trust, however* all that concerns me, both for The candle at the house at the west was just light- this life and that which it to come, into the hands of d, and the curtains dropped, as a gentle rap was miles an hour, and throw nineteen somersets without Tax undersigned, practical Watchmakers and dealers in And spread^ in rythinietines, the sacred story stopping. Wutchesi having1 bought and sold American Watches* for a * ;

(• meroy towards us; and as I have prayed for the con- ,ther, resting his head upon his hand, while in his and adjustment, or of fine time-keeping restitts, than those Stand-by the flagl—immortal heroes bore it version of my beloved CHARLES, can I not trust GOD, p lay the letter which Mr. NOBLES had sent so long WESTERN ELOQUENCE. — " Who discovered the manufactured by the Waltham Company. Through Biilpliurous smoke, deep moat, and armed defence, and let Him use His own means? He will Burely efore. It had just been received, and was blistered North Pole? Our own illustrious Jefferson. Who N. E. CRITTENDEN, Cleveland, Ohio. And their ijriperial shades still hover o'er it— bring it to pass, though he moves in a mysterious itb. tears. Not observing that any one entered, Mr. hung the star-spangled banner on the heaven-piercing WM. BLYNN, Columbus, A guard celestial, from Omnipotence. way." • OLMES' eyes were rivited upon the page until summit of the Andes? Our own immortal Franklin* JAMES J. ROSST Zamesville, Stand by the flag!—it is a holy treasure; H. JENKINS & CO., Cincinnati, Mrs. BALDWIN hoped that Mrs. HOLMES was really DHARLES, with a convulsive sob, threw his arms Who discovered the route to Oappadocia by the way BEGGS & SMITH, Though wrong may dim some stars which should be light, round his neck, and exclaimed, " Father!" of Cape Cod? That fearless Moorish navigator, Pag- A steady, gentle, and persistent pressure, better, and charging her to remain quiet, and get all WM. WILSON MoGREW, • DUHME & CO., Kindly- edited, yet will make them bright the rest she could, she sank back into her chair and For some time not another sound was heard, except anini. Let us, then, fellow-citizens, with the horros- e agonizing groans of Mr. HOLMES while he clasped cope in one hand, .and the-MagnaChartainthe other, C.< OSKAMP, was soon in a sound sleep. Not so with Mrs. HOLMES ; C. PLAIT, Stand by the flag!—though death shots round it rattle, is beloved boy to his heart. At length he said, plunge boldly onthe raging billows of the Mississippi, Delaware, And underneath its waving folds have met her fever came on, and with frightful fancies and J. T. & E. M. EDWARDS, Chicago, Illinois. 'Oh, that you had come sooner!" and leave no sea untried until we shall have united F. J. ALEXANDER, In all the dread array of sanguine battle, Strange dreams she tossed restlessly from side to side, La Salle, CHARLES wept with a grief unrestrained; and had Tivoli with Tripoli, and Gretna Green with the rock JOHN H. MORSE, Peoria, The (quivering lance and glittering bayonet till the door opened and Mr. HOLMES entered. A. HEPPLER, Approaching the bed, he laid his hand upon her been possible for tears to wash away guilt, his of Gibraltar. Then, and not till thenv shall be brought Stand by the flag!—all doubt and treason scorning— rould have been cancelled; for he was completely W. H. RICHMOND, burning brow, and imprinting a kiss upon her lips, to light Tarantula—that long lost isle of bliss of H. D. KAYS, Bloomington, yflelleve, with courage firm, and faith sublime, iroken down, and lay upon his father's knee, willing which a Pluto reasoned and a Galen sung." ,'T^ai it will float until the eternal morning ', said soothingly, "My dear, you are aick!" The A. B. GILLETT, delirium returned, and with wild shrieks she cried, make any confessions, or do anything he should S. D. LILLESTON, Decatur, ..Pales, in its glories, all the lights of time!; J. B. CURRAN, Springfield, "No, he hasn't come. No! no! he'll never come!" •eqiaire, if he could but be received back and for- DURING the examination of a witness, as to • the civen. At leagth he said, "Where is mother?" J. W. BROWN, Quincy, Becoming exhausted, and partially quieted, she locality of the stairs in a house, the council asked E. B. TOBIN, imagined CHARLES sick instead of herself, and de- Mr. HOLMES took both CHARLES' hands in his> but him: BASSE & HULSMAN, plored in piteous tones the burning fever that con- made no reply. The deep rush of feeling seemed "Which way do the stairs run?" A. P. BOYNTON, Galena, The witness, who, by the way, was a noted wag, WM. M. MAYO, Jacksonville, sumed him. At length, as morning . dawned, she ady to overpower him, and sinking down upon a E. NORTHEY, Cherry Grove, [Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] rested her head upon her husband's arm, and fell into hair, tears—long pent-up tears—came to MB relief. replied: A. W. FORD, Freeport, a gentle slumber. When she awoke, which was long "Had you not heard that she was sick?" he asked. " One way they run up stairs, the other way they WILLARD & HAWLEY, . Syracuse, N. Y. CHARLEY HOLMES; run dqwn stairs." N. HAIGHT, Newburgh, OS afterday light, her mind was clear, and laying her "She isn't dead! She isn't dead!" screamed hand upon her husband's face, said, " Then you have The learned counsel winked both eyes and then H. & D. ROSENBERG, Rochester, THE CONSEQUENCES 07 INDECISION. HARLES, almost frantic; at the same time rushing C. A. BURR & CO., come." nto the bed-room where, upon a table, lay her took a look at the ceiling. E. S. ETTENHEIMER & CO., BY UBS. M. A. LATHROP. "Yes, my dear, and findyo u sick." sorpse. With a wild scream he fell upon the floor. WM. S. TAYLOR, Utica, Hudson, " "And CHARLES," she added, casting an anxious Every means was used to quiet him, but in vain; and A " BUMPTIOUS" traveler, overtaking an old Pres- W. Wv HANNAH, [Continued from page 132, last number.] H. R. & H. C. CARPENTER, Troy, " look around the room. with the most bitter lamentations he upbraided him- byterian minister, whose nag was- much fatigued, HOSKINS & EVANS, Owego, " CBLAJPTKR IX. "The Lord, my dear, is watching over him, and self as having been his mother's murderer, at the quizzed the old gentleman upon his "turn out" HAIGHT & LEACH, Auburn, " NOTHING was known of CHARLES' absence at the will return him to us again in due time. Let us me time kissing her cold lips, and calling upon her "A nice horse, yours, doctor! very valuable beast, JAMES HYDE, speak and forgive him. that—but what makes him wag his tail so, doctor?" JOHN H. IVES, Fairport, '' farm house that night, and morning, with its bird leave him in His hands, knowing that though clouds WILLIAMS & CO., Canandaigua, ' Bongs and warm sunlight, came to gladden every envelope us, all is clear with Him who careth for us." His father drew him to himself, and said,—" She "Well, as you have asked me, I will tell you. It is J. N. BENNET, heart. It was later than usual when Mrs. HOLMES She closed her eyes for a short time, and then annot speak now, my son, but she did say, < When for the same reason that your tongue wags so—a sort A. S. STORMS, Poughkeepsie,' arose, for she was suffering from illness, and had repeated, " Yes, the Lord is watching over him, and CHARLES comes, tell him I freely and fully forgive of natural weakness." WM. S. MORGAN, HENDERSON BRO'S waited for CHARLES to kindle the fire and put over if he returns too late for my blessing, assure him of him, and loved him to the last. He must meet me in J. A. CLARK, Batavia, the teakettle; a duty which he had long prided him- my forgiveness." Seeing her husband agitated, she heaven.' She is now with little NELLIE, the holy BLOOD & PUTMAN, Amsterdam, self in performing promptly, without being called. said, "He will come, my dear, and be to you a bless- angels, and our own blessed SAVIOR; whom she JENNINGS BRO'S, Saratoga, " But this morning, hearing nothing from him, she ing yet. GOD'S promises are sure, and though the wished you to love; and though she is a glorified JOHN J. JENKINS, Albany, " spirit above, she loves you yet, and w,ill watch for W. H. WILLIAMS, arose, and gliding noislessly around, had nearly com- blessing tarry long, it will finally come." A. WARDEN, Goshen, " pleted her arrangements for breakfast before she Mr. HOLMES hoped from his wife's calm appear- rour coming." For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. L. 0. DUNNING, Penn-Yan, " called him. When all was ready, her husband came ance, that she was permanently better, but delirium Most of the night CHARLES walked the floor, or, in GEOGRAPHICAL ENIGMA. W. Pi BINGHAM & CO., Indianapolis, Ind. in from his morning's work and looking around said, returned with the fever, and as she lay talking in iears, sat by the side of his dead mother. No com- CHAS. G. FRENCH, JVMeLENE, "Where is CHARLES?" I AH composed of 42 letters. the most incoherent manner, of any and every thing 'ort came to his heart, and no word fell from his lips, C. A. BICKENSEN, Richmond, "I called him a few moments since," replied Mrs. which run through her mind, she looked up implor- tut a pall, as dark and gloomy as the grave, settled My 20, 34,15,18, 84,12, 40,16 is a county in Illinois. G. H, BASCOM & CO., Tezre Haute, My 21,1, 20,10, 29, 30,18, 31, 40, 42 is a county in Ohio. J. M. STANSIL, iSSlivaSSli n HOLMES, but have heard nothing from him; he may ingly to every one who approached her, saying, ipon his spirits. His father and Mr. NOBLES pointed ADOLPH MYERS, Plymouth, " My 3, 34, 9,24,11,14, 34,20 is a cape east of the United States. THEO. F. PICKERING, Kalamazoo, Mich. be sick." "You'll keep him away from that bad boy, won't lim to CHRIST, as one who was able and willing to My 18, 37, 28, 23,18,16, 34 is one of the United States. GEO. DOTY, Detroit, " M. 8. SMTH. At this Mr. HOLMES went up stairs and to his you?" often adding, "It was HENRY that sent this nave to the uttermost, all who came to Him; and My 12,16, 20, 20, 41, 6, 38,16 is a river in the United States. ~ VANdOTT, Milwaukee, Wis. amazement saw the bed untumbled, the room in con- burning fever upon CHARLES and me; oh, why did issured him that though his sins had been as scarlet, My 35, 4,14, 6, 33, 20, 36 is a county in Pennsylvania. Racine. " Beloit, fusion, and CHARLES gone. For some time he he come here at all!" CHRIST could make them white as wool. My 20, 33,19, 2, 33 is a river in Europe. 8. Cl/gPAULDING, Janesville, My 27, 34, 38,14,11, 8 is a county in Kentucky. REINEMAN & MEYRAN, Pittsburgh, Pa. lingered, not knowing what to do, or how to take the At length, a death-like stupor stole gradually over But no light shone through the dark cloud that SAM'L BROWN, JR., Norristown, " Bad news to his feeble wife, but mentally imploring My 32, 3,14, 22,17 is a lake north of the United States. W. T. KOPLIN, her, and hours went and, came, but brought no look mveloped the soul of CHARLES, though his cries for My 20, 26, 23,13, 39, 18, 20 is an island in the Pacific ocean. GEO. W..STEIN, Easton, " the assistance of GOD, who orders all the allotments GEO. B. TITUS, of recognition from the sufferer, although every mercy brought tears from every eye, and prayers My 17, 7, 26, 25 is a river in Scotland. GEO. STEIN, of his children in mercy, he descended to the dining from «very heart.. My 20, 34, 15,18, 34,12, 40, 15 is a river in Illinois. E. J. LASCELLE, effort was made to arouse her to consciousness. Phy- SAM'L GARMAN, room. sicians shook their heads ominously as they met for The day of the funeral came; a calm, still day, My whole is an English Proverb. JOSEPH LADOMUS, J. J. BLAIR, The quick eye of Mrs. HOLMES detected the inward consultation in the large kitchen, and only replied to hen the sun was veiled in clouds, and only occa- Sunbeam, Mercer Co., 111., 1861. I. POESYTH. GEO. W. McCALLA, ionally looked down upon the sad spectacle below. swer in two weekB. FRANCIS C. POLACK, distress of her husband, and rising and starting Mr. HOLMES' anxious inquiries, "There is hope as G. M. ZAHN, towards the chamber door, she exclaimed, " Is he long as there is life." ?he long branches of the maple, that fell upon the GEO. HELLER, F. P. HELLER, dead !» Meanwhile time wore on with the wanderer, and roof of the house, creaked mournfully as the gentle For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. E. AUGHINBAUGH, Chambersburgh, " Mftuch Chunk," Mr. HOLMES laid his hand gently upon her arm and he was comparatively happy while he slept. At winds moved them back and forth; while the clock ANOTHER MAGIC SQUARE PUZZLE. Greensburg, " placing her back in her chair said, "No, no, my dear, in the corner counted off the strokes of time with T C1* ffAATWA * Newcastle, " length, G*. T. ROBERT ; Efeensborg, «• not that, not that; but he has left us, he is gone." steady, audible sounds. A few of the humble neigh- I HAVE taken the liberty of sending the RURAL another Paterson, N. J. "What are you here for?" from a gruff yoice, Newark, " A sharp, shrill scream rang through the house, and aroused him from his sleep, to behold, immediately bors gathered in one after another, and seated them- puzzle of the magic equare kind, as follows:—Let the figures Bordenton, " in the square below (from 1 to 25 inclusive,) be so arranged iTrenton, J" Mrs. HOLMES fell prostrate upon the floor. She was in front of him, a tall man with a pitch fork in his selves silently around the room. Upon the table, in Cumberland,. Md. long in awakening to a sense of her misery, but when plain coffin, covered with a black cloth, lay all that in another square similar that they will count sixty-five each CARSOK & B'RANNON, Pulaski, Term. hand. "What are you doing on my hay?" he again way; that is, perpendicularly, horizontally, and diagonally: THQS. GOWDEY, Nashville, she did, she begged her husband to pursue her de- was left of one whom all had learned to love and A. W. PYLE. ~ • Beld, " asked, as CHARLES attempted to rise. SIMPSON & PRICE, ' luded boy with all speed, and bring him back. "I had no where to stay, and am sick," replied respect. Near was the class of married ladies whom V. W. SKIFF, Savannah, Ga. the deceased had so long taught from Sabbath to J. & A. GARDNER, St Louis, Mo. At this moment Mr. WILKES, who was a large man, CHARLES, sadly. W, C. DEFRIEZ, f Sabbath; some of whom will shine as stars in her MAURICE &TBENRY, with a round, good-humored face, a double chin and "Sick are you; well, let me help you into the crown of rejoicing, in that day when GOD shall make JEHU SYLVESTER, bald, shining forehead, entered the door and ex- house, and we will have something done." J. T. SCOTT& CO., Wheeling, Va. ip his jewels. T. B; HUMPHREYS, claimed, half jocosely, " Well, Mr. HOLMES, our boys " Dizzy and faint as CHARLES was, it was with Salem, N. C. seem to have given us the slip." difficulty that he walked, even with the assistance Mr; MILLS spoke for a short time from the words, North Dumfries, C. W., 1861. JAS. WILSON. _. S Newbery, S. C. " Ye.8," said Mr. HOLMES, " I am distressed to know 'GOD shall wipe all tears from their eyes." He nswer in tw6 weeks. BENJ. E. COOK, ' Northampton;Mass which he had; and when he reached the house, he S» CHILDS, New Bedford, •' that my boy is capable of so bad an act,' and have was glad to stretch himself upon the comfortable pictured to their minds the weeping saint on this DEXTER & HASKINS, 1 E. D) TISDALE, Tauhton, " determined to go after him with all speed.' looking lounge to which he was led. A woman met earth, bowed down with sorrows and sins, which For Moore's Rural New-Yorker. ALBERT PITTS, "That will be a foolish step indeed," replied Mr. adhered to the soul as long as life lasted; and then ELLIS GIFFORD, Fall River, " them at the door, and with a benignant and motherly MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM. FTW/MACOMBER, WILKES, "and will only encourage him to play the spoke in glowing words of the transporting joy Gloucester, ' expression upon her face, exclaimed, "Why, Mr. J, Jv BURNS, Sajem, " same pranks again, the first opportunity. For my NOBLES! who have you got there? Poor fellow, what which the enraptured heart of the believer experi- THREE objects, A, B, and C, are in the same straight line, Worcester. " and of known distances from each other, viz.: —A B = s:*r.*-STORY, part, I shall let HENRY known that I can get along a shame that you have lain in the barn all night as ences as he drops this mortal body, and soars LEYI: JCaNSON, without him just as long as he can do without me, upward to the regions of the blessed. 3,826 yards; and B C = 8,374 yards. The angular dis- AJffiMw WARREN, Waltham, sjck as death, while we have had a good comfortable C'W FOGG, and if you see him, you can tell him BO." CHARLES became interested in the remarks, and tance of A B from a station D, where all the objects are AM08 SA.NB0RN, L*well bed!" And while Mr. NOBLES bathed CHARLES' face visible, is 19 degrees, and the angular distance of B C is JQflN BARTON. Lynn, Mr. WILKES loved his son, but with that selfish and hands, and brushed back the hair from his high for a time lost the deep grief which the remem- 25 degrees. Required the distance of each object from the JOHN MCGREGOR, Lawrence, " brance of his mother's sufferings had caused him; W. M. ROOT, Rttefield, |; sort of leve which considered his welfare far less and manly forehead, she was busy in making a cup place of observation. E. P: NORTON. JOHN B. SCOTT, than his own personal ease; and if he could have of tea and preparing a nice bit of toast. These and in fancy he saw her in heaven, bowing in holy Allen, Hillsdale Co., Mich., 1861. N. MOODY, Greenfield. •• WM.KIRKHAM.JR.. Springfield, " been prevailed upon to have spoken his honest senti- CHARLES took with a thankful heart, and then, put and rapturous worship before the SAVIOR. The sor- swer in two weeks. Pjoviaeace, R L E, Greenwich, " ments, he would have confessed to a feeling of relief ting on a dressing gown of "EDGAR'S," as the lady row which had crushed her here, and the tears which THOS. STEELE s CO.. Hertford, Conn. HEMINGWAY & STEVENS, that he was fairly rid of the care of him. called her son, he lay down, feeling greatly relieved; had so often rolled down her cheeks, were all gone, ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c., IN No. 587. WM. ROGERS & SON, and as he said to himself, "How like my own dear and he rejoiced that there was for her no more C. J. MUNSON, New Haven, || Mrs. BALDWIN, a plain, kind-hearted woman, living E. BENJAMIN, •near, heard of the distress of her neighbors, and mother is her kindness, yes, my dear mother," the suffering. Answer to Poetical Enigma:—A newspaper. J. B. KIRBY, GEO. BROWN, volunteered to remain and give all necessary atten- tears dropped fast upon the pillow. Turning over to The coffin was at length closed for the last time, Answer to Geographical Enigma:—Nishnabatona river. E. S. HUNTINTON & CO., Danbury, " Answer to Grammatical Enigma:—Tea. E. A. W00DF0RD, tion to Mrs. HOLMES,—and in less than an hour Mr. conceal his emotions, he thrust his hand down into and CHARLES' mother was carried out, and buried fi. D. HALL, Middletown, " Answer to Enigmatical Advertisement:— Saint Catharine'i JOHN L. SMTH. HOLMES was on his way to the landing. his pocket, and olasping a book, he drew it out, and beneath a dark willow which grew upon the farm not ew London," opening if read, " Charles Holmes' book." ThiB far from the foot of the garden, where she will rest Nursery. " report, " Making all possible speed that he might be in Buf- rbury, " aroused him to look again, thinking he might have till the last trump shall sound, to wake and call the SHERBURNE SHAW, Sanbornton, N. H. falo'when the boys should land, he was distressed to 1 L. R.RANDERSON, Concord, " learn, on arriving, that .the boat on which they came read amiss, but the writing was distinct, and a fain sleepers home. E. KNIGHT, remembrance of once giving this Testament away, That night as they knelt around the family altar, MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER, had been in the harbor already for two hours; and THE LARGEST CIRCULATED GEO.'\V. DREW & CO., went swimming through his mind, till he forgot all and bowed their stricken hearts before GOD, CHARLES S. J. MELLISH, ^^^ Hanover, ' thinking that CHARLES might remain in the city over W. O. C. WOODBURY, Claremont, " but his thirst; water, water, was all he cared for. dedicated himself to the LORD, and with a deep and AGRICULTURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY WEEKLY, REUBEN SPENCER, night, he spent several hours in vain attempts at find- abiding sense of what he had done, commenced a IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY WM. B. MORRSLL, Exeter, " ing him. Failing in this, and having no way of pro- new life. He felt that, through CHRIST, his sins, Laconia, " The physician, who had been sent for, came, bin BY D. D. T. MOORE, ROCHESTER, N. 7. JONATHAN HOSMER, Nashua, " ceeding on his journey till towards morning, he took which had weighed him down to the earth, aad N. W. GODDARD, CHARLES' fever was so high, and he so sick, that h< shrouded his soul in midnight darkness, had all been CHAS. E. BACON, Dover, " lodgings on the very street of the watch-house where had not much knowledge of what the doctor did c Terms in Advance : So. Berwick, Me. forgiven, and he rejoiced in the new light which he Saco, CHARLES lay sick and hungry, but before he was said, but remembers taking bitter powders from a had found.. CHRIST and his salvation filled his heart, Subscription—Two DOLLARS A YEAR. TO Clubs and TVMrafe Augusta, " turned out in the morning Mr. HOLMES was on his and he determined to qualify himself to go forth as a Agents as follows:—Three Copies one year, for $6; Six, and one MOSES M. SWAN, Portland, spoon, for the sake of the drink which he knew J. A. MERRILL, Bucksport, " way east. After visiting several places without dis- preacher of the gospel. . free to club agent, for $10; Ten, aad one free, for $15; Fifteen, JAMES EMERY, Rockland, " would come after them. To the oft repeated inquiry and one free, for $21; Twenty, and one free, for $25; and any SIMEON BLOOD, Portsmouth, " covering his lost boy, he turned, disheartened, as to who he was, and where he came from, he made Weeks rolled tfway, forcing the sad truth upon the greater number at same rate—only $1,25 per copy—with an HENRY H. HAM, ROBERT N. DODGE, Auburn, " towards his desolate home. but this reply, "I have forgotten." And this was minds of Mr. HOLMES and CHARLES, that she who extra free copy for every Ten Subscribers over Twenty. Club HENRY MoKENNEY, Bath, had been the life and jay of the family, and for papers directed to individuals and sent to as many different J. T. HOWLAND, Bangor, " The shock had been too much for the enfeebled true, for delirium set in, and for days he remaine whose foot-stepa they even then so often listened, TOMPKINS & MORRIS, Post-Offlces as desired As we pre-pay American pestage on C. C. WILLIAMS, Gardiner. " nerves of Mrs. HOLMES, and she was prostrated by a unconscious. At length, to the frequent question, would no more return to them forever. papers sent to the British Provinces, our Canadian agents and G. S. & G. L. ROGERS, Houlton, burning fever. Day after day, Mrs. BALDWIN watched " Who are you?" he replied, " CHARLES HOLMES." The painful fact that some provision for the future friends must add 12% cents per copy to the club rates of the D. E. LUCY, Lewiston, " D G. HALL, Burlington, Vt by her bed-side, and administered such reliefs as "CHARLES HOLMES," repeated EDGAR, holding U; must be made, forced itself upon the little family, RURAL. The lowest price of copies sent to Europe, &c, is $2,50 BRIaSMAID & HILDRETH, Bradford, •" came within her limited knowledge, but to no avail; and although CHARLEY was anxious to enter some including postage. t3F Agents who take Special Premiums C. H. PHINNEYHARDING,, Montpelier, |,| both hands. " I knew I had seen you before. Don literary institution where he might qualify himself for clubs formed previous to April 1st, are also entitled to one TA.. CA. .PHINNE MEAD, Y and it was only when the word of GOD was pouring J. CA. BATES, Northfield, you remember seeing me at the House of Eefuge?' for the ministry, he forbore, to say so on account of extra (free) copy of the paper for a club of either Six at $10, Ten J. H. MURDOCK, Woodstock, " upon the heart of the sufferer that balm which is A faint smile lighted CHARLEY'S face, as he replied; the lonely condition in which his father would be at $15, or Twenty at $25;— and those who do not compete for or C. C. CHILDS, St Johnsburg, " C. H. HUNTINGTON, St Albans, " alone found in Gilead, that she obtained rest and " Oh yes, there's where that Testament came from left were he to go. But he could not smother his wish the premiums can have an extra copy for every ten subscri- FOSTER GROW, ChelsChelsea,, quiet. But her paroxysms of fever were long and wish, and having no mother to present his requests bers over twenty. Any one who has formed and received pre- W. K. WALLACE, Newburyb , that I found in this pocket." He then frankly told to his father, he often stole out to the grave under mium for a club, (for 1861,) can get a second premium by sending LEANDER AMADON, Bellows Falls," distressing, and baffled the skill of the physician 0. S. JENNINGS, New Orleans, La. them of his leaving home without his parents' know the willow, where, with no sound save the ever melo- another club, or receive a free copy of the paper for every addi- GREGOR & CO. who felt that 'twas little he could do with medieine, edge, and of his subsequent sufferings, both in mini dious gurgling of the creek which bathed the foot of tional ten subscribers forwarded. ROBERT WILK'ES, Toronto, C. W. ' while her mental sufferings were so great; and deli- and body, and of his great anxiety to send word t< the knoll, and the sighing of the wind through the t3?~ THE above Terms and Rates are invariable, and those CAUTION.—As our watch is now extensively counterfeited rium being the constant attendant of the fever, Mrs. his father of his repentance and wish to return. Mr long drooping branches, he prayed and sought who remit less than specified for a single copy or club, will be by foreign manufacturers, we have to inform the public that no BALDWIN was apprehensive that death might termin- direction of GOD. ® credited only as per rates, and receive the paper accordingly watch is of our production which is unaccompanied by a cer- NOBLES went to his desk, and stating the facts ai At length, through Mr. MILLS, CHARLES' wishes ate her sufferings at any hour. No wonder that she Any person who is not an agent sending the club rate ($1,50 or tificate of genuineness, bearing the number of the watch, and CHARLEY dictated, folded the letter and sent it t< became known, and Mr. HOLMES readily entered into $1,25) for a single copy (the price of which is $2) will oaly receive signed by our Treasurer, R. E. BOBBINS, or by our predecessors, so often stood with straining eyes trying to descry on the office. his feelings, and prepared him to go to Rockyille the paper the length of time the money pays for at full single APPLETON, TRACY & Co. Academy, which was about thirty miles distant. the far oflf hill-top the approach of Mr. HOLMES, From this time CHARLEY improved rapidly, bm cepy price. People who send us less than published rates, and As these watches aTe for sale by jewelers generally through- whom she so anxiously looked for, and 'twas long There he entered vigorously into study and the way request the p^per for a year, or a return ©f the money, camot out the Union, the American Watch Company do not solicit after waiting several days, and no answer arriving ot right, for he had learned wisdom too dearly to be after the shadows of night had spread over the hill- be accommodated—tor it would be unjust toothers to comply, orders for single watches. he became exceedingly depressed, and felt that hif enticed by the unprincipled, and the broad, round and a great inconvenience to return remittances, The otOg way tops, and deepened in the valley, ere she drew the BOBBINS & APPLETON, father had forsaken him forever. "No," always came in time to save him from their to get the RURAL for less than $2 a year is to form or join a club. Wholesale Agents, No. 182 Broadway, New York. power. [Conclusion next week.]