AMERICAN VOLUNTEER >f im BRATTON, Editor & Proprietor CARLISLE, PA., MAY 10, 1855. • Bain.—Wo had a very fine and much-needed rain in this section of country on Tuesday.— It commenced to rain the night previous, and continued, ‘moderately, during the greater part of Tuesday. The ground, it is, thought, is now thoroughly soaked, and vegetation of all kinds has taken a now start. ACCIDENTS.— On Friday evening last, Mr. John Olivbb of this borough, was very badly j injured by receiving a kick from a mule. Ilej bad worked the mule during the day. and was | watering it in the evening at Lctort spring, | when the animal became fractious and stub born, and Anally threw Sir. 0. from its back. As he fell in the spring tho mule turned and kicked him on the head, fracturing the scul! in a dreadful manner. Ho wffs immediately taken home and placed under medical assistance. He has been insensible most of the time since the accident, and is still considered in a very critical situation. Another.— On the same evening of the above, a little boy of Mr. Davidson Eckels, teacher of the Male High School.fell to the pavement be low from the high porch of the Second Presby terian church, where he has at play with some other children. His head struck the pavement with much force, causing a severe concussion of the brain and other injuries. We are pleased to learn, however, that he is in a fair way of recovery. Fism.vo. —The lovers of angling are now en joying themselves in tho neighboring streams in the exciting passtime of fishing Cor trout and other species of the finny creation. Many an old sportsman in this line, supplied with the best of tackle, and provided with a large bas ket. which he is sure to fill with the piscato. rial treasure —ami many a youthful amateur, displaying but indifferent contrivances for catching his prey—may be seen every day rn route for the numerous good fishing places We suspect “the schoolmaster” has more ab sentees to note now than lie had a month ago. before the trout, sun-fish, cat-fish and chubs began to “Infe” at the deceptive bait. Clbbk to the Cocxtt CoMMissiosuas. — The County Commissioners of tins county. M a meeting of tl\eir Hoard a few days since.elect ed Mr. Michael Wise, of North Middleton township, their Clerk, to lake the place of Wm. Reilt. Mr. Wise will, wc predict, make a most excellent officer. a clerk he has few equals in the county, and ho also possesses good business qualifications. Mr. Reu.y has hold this post some ten or eleven years during all which time ho was regarded a very correct offi cer by those transacting business in the Com missioner's office. Dog Tax. —< Hir Know-Xolhing Town Conn- j cil have passed an Ordinance, requiring every j person keeping a dog within the Borough limits | to pay a tax of fifty cents —Uuly dogs to pay i double this amount. During these pinching | times, when all sorts of provisions are at enor mous and almost starving prices, our Town Council not only compel our citizens to pay a xnacb larger Borough tax than has ever been paid h9retoforc r but we must pay in addition, 50 cents a year for our dog. This tax is an imposition and if those of our citizens owning dogs .should resist it and refuse us pnvnvnt, they will he j justified by right-thinking men. I Adjournment of the Lcojsi.at{*«b.— The State Legislature adjourned sme dir on Tues day. The bill for the sale of the public im provements passed both Houses, and the bill for the removal ol the present Board of Canal Commissioners was indefinitely postponed. Tonnage Tax Hm-ealki*. —We bv»rn from Harrisburg, that Governor Pollock signed tin* bill to repeal tin; lonnaxo t.ix mi c.al ami lum ber passing over the l*enn\\ Ivania pnilroud. ITT* The new Si.it.- Treasurer. Du Surra. Esq., entered upon Ini duties on Monday. He has appointed Thomas Nicholson, of Beaver county, Cashier, Isaac U'. Ru«ii and J. N. hi der, Clerks; Solomon Munson, Messenger. One appointment is yet to bo made. Murder in Lancaster County. —The I>an castcr papers give an account of the murder of John Lutz, of Fulton township. His soo-iu lair, a man named Bare, has been arnstod for the murder. Fai.i. in Potatoes.— Since the exposure of tha Polatoc conspiracy in Philadelphia, the ! price of that article, winch was up to $2 f»U and .83, has fallen to 81 23 a bushel, with a 1 Still downward tendency. Within a few days past large cargoes have been nrcived at Boston from Nova Scotia, where llu-rc ir a largo sur plus, This will also help to bring down the price. Coinage ok the Mint —The operations of the Philadelphia Mint, for the month of April, show gold deposits to the amount of 8294.3(i0. silver 8220,200; making a total of 8514,5tJ0. The coinage was, in gold 8403,007, in silver 8105,000, and in copper 8282 50, making a toUl of 8028.889 30. £7* Hon. Samuel Sprigg, cx-Oov. of Mary land. died at his residence in Prince George’s county, on tho 2lst ult. (£7*Last Thursday week was the day ap pointed by the Millcritcs for the final destruc tion of tho world, but it was again postponed. The Democrats of tho tenth district of Kentucky have nominated Gen. Wm. 0. But ler for Congress. ICT" Anthony Burns, iho fugitive slave, is lecturing in Massachusetts, and is about to Study theology. M«. Bloomer has gone Council Bluffs to reside. She permitted her husband to ac company her. The whole number of applicants for bounty land under tho new law, is thus far. 101,800. A colored graduate of Oberlin College, named J. Mercer Langeton. lias been elected Clerk of the tdwnship in which ho resides, viz: Brownhclm, Lorain county, Ohio. Ho >a a Know-Nothing. Babadstopps IN Wisconsin.— There are now at MllwauUle, Wisconsin, ready for ship ment, 70,000 barrels of Hour and 550,000 bush i ito of Wheat. PRESIDENT pierce and bis assailants. President Pierce —than whom a more patri otic, sagacious and honest Executive wo have never had—la about the best abused man in onr country. Like all bis Democratic predecessors, bo is assailed without mercy, and misrepresent, ed in his every act by tho rocklesa and aban doned opposition presses of onr country. Tho President must expect this—MonrOo, Madison, Jeflerson, Jackson, Van Buren and Polk bad to pass through the same flrey furnace, and had to brook tho taunts, falsehoods and misrepre sentations of abandoned and wicked men. It would bo strange, indeed, If President Pierce should be permitted to escape the same virulent opposition and persecution—lt would would bo a marvelous coincidence if a reckless opposition could be just enough to endorse a single act of a Democratic administration. When that takes place, wc may make up our minds that the mil-' lennium is near at hand. And yet, notwithstanding all the slanders that have been heaped upon the different Democra tic administrations by the Tories, the Federal ists, the Whigs, and now by the legitimate oflT spring of those parties, the Know-Nothings, our country has continued to flourish and prosper, and our people have become great, mighty and powerful. The American flag, bearing the stars and stripes of our country, can be seen wafted to the breeze in every sea, and American com merce is found at every mart on the face of the globe; our dominion, absolute and undisputed, reaches across a continent; our influence is not even circumscribed by the boundaries of the new world, but extends to the European peas ant in his cottage and the autocrat on his throne, carrying with it the respect for the American name that Home enjoyed in her palmiest days, pnd makes the name “ American citizen” both a passport and a shield in countries where the life and properties of their own citizens are held by the precarious title of a tyrants sufferance. Indeed, our country, notwithstanding it is still in its infancy, is legarded by all Christendom ns one of the first powers of the earth, and is nd j nutted to embrace a greater variety of soil and more sources of wealth than any other country on God’s foot-stool. Here we enjoy the bless ings of chi! and religious liberty; here it has been the privilege of man to worship God accord ing to the dictates of his own conscience, anil until recently no man or set of men have dared deny his fellow-citizen this right; hero every man of prudence anil economy can own and en joy his own home, and under his own vino and Hg-trec none can make him afraid ; here educa tion, the arts and sciences arc extended to all classes and conditions, and the son of the poor cottager of to-day may become the Executive of the Slate or the President of the Union ; here vorfh makes the man—titled nobility, wealth, antoceilnnts, and all oilier props to aristocracy are repudiated by our people. Perfect equali ty, freedom ol religious belief, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of action are guarantied to all by the provisions of our Constitution. Indeed, we are a happy, a prosperous, a great people, upon whom ft has pleased the maker of the Universe to shower in numerable blessings. And under whose guidance has our country been made thus happy, prosperous, powerful and great I Who has been at the holm ol Statu since the first dawning of iho republic down to Ihc present (nun? Answer, ye croakers—an swer, ye fault-finders and grumblers. With the , exi'eptiun of a lew years our country has been J under the fnslering cau< of Democratic slates. I men, and to Iheir wisdom and policy, and to the niso and conservative principles of Demo [ cratlc Republicanism are wo indebted for (ho I innumerable blessing'' wo enjoy. And yet the I several Democratic administrations, from Mad- ison down to l*ioice. have been abused, slan- I dered and villifled by a reckless opposition, and | oven (ho private characters of these eminent ‘ men have not escaped the barbed arrows of! abandoned fault-finders and libellers. Af> we said before, our present patriotic chief 1 magistrate, Gen. Pierce, must expect to go j thtough (lie same ordeal of m isedition and foul ( abuse that bis predecessors had to submit to.— it is llie vocation ol the wicked to assail every pood cause, and "e might as well expect the leopard to change bis spots as to suppose that ] a sellisb and illiberal opposition could llnd any thing to commend in the public acts of a De mocratic executive. Presi lent Pierce, how. j ever, will be bum 1 impregnable to nil c u\anlly 'assaults; his patrioti-m, honesty and devotion to the best interests of the country and (he peo -1 pie, will shield him liom the poisoned arrows that are hurled at his a in inistiution, and a con fiding and generous people will thank him for his lldflily to the L'uion and the Constitution. 1 When the Inn - b r wl.ph he was elected shall ■ have expired, ami be again retires to the shades ol piicate life, the wisdom of his administration 1 will Dm’i» at I ast be nc-iinwl dgtd, and Ids name, like those of his illustrious Democratic • predecessors, will be revered and honored by all good and w is • men. Tnr. Gadsden Purchase. —A correspondent of one of the California papers says that mines of gold and silver exist in the country pur -1 chatted from Mexico by the Gadsden treaty. | and that a number of small parties who had j i gone thither in search, ol the placers, metals, found numerous gold placers, but were obliged . In aban ion them, owing lo the hostility of the Indians and the* difficulty ol procuring sup , plies. It appears to be beyond a doubt that gold exists m tin 1 luad waters of the San Pedro and gila, but the writer from whom we quote says that the whole country is as rich in gold deposits as California. lie also adds that within less than twenty miles from Ash Spring there arc silver mines now in the possession of the Apache Indians, richer I bap tho famous 1 Chihuahua mines near Corolitas. In the Wes tern section there are also said lo bo mines of almost pure copper, and around Tucson iron has been found In abundance. Should this news be verified, this strip of territory will not prove so hard a bargain as lids been generally believed. Dbato op an Abmt Officer.—Captain Henry D. Grafton, of the U. 8. army, was re cently attacked with apoplexy, and died sud denly, at Davenport, lowa. He was the eldest I son of Major Joseph Grafton, of Boston, who 1 formerly served in the army of the United Slates ; was a graduate of West Point, of the class of IM9, ami was attached to tho Ist regi ment of artillery until the close of the year , 1854, and had only rcoigned his commission \ shortly before his death, lie was distinguish . ed for his gallant conduct during iho Mexican campaign, t.'apt. Grafton married at nn early ago tho youngest daughter of Com. Ed. E. Trcnchnrd, late of thetUnited States navy, by i whom he leaves a most interesting family. Arrow Root, equal to the heat imported, is said to be raised in Macon co-, Florida. POLITICAI. PBOTESTANISS. The Know-Nothing papers object to the in terference of Catholic priests in politics and elections. So do we. We go further. We ob ject to the interference of Protestant.priests in politics and elections. The Know-Nothing ptipers deprecate political Romanism. _ So’ do* wc. We go further, ‘We deprecate political Prolestanismr The Know-Nothing papers ab hor Jesuitism. So do we; but not more Catholic than Protestant Jesuitism. In continuation of this subject, wo agree in sentiment with the editor of the Detroit Free Press, and are free to aflrm that the institu tions of this country contemplate a complete separation of Church and State, in theory and in fact. We are in favor of it. It is one of the best features of the constitution. It will be a taste of the millenium when priests of all creeds and seels shall devote themselves singly to gospel nflnirs. and leave temporal affairs to be managed by those educated to the business. — When that day shall have come, there will be far leas strife, less contention, less bigotry and less infidelity in the land than now* It will be “the good time come." There is a deal of Infidelity abroad, and it is every day spreading, mainly because there are few counteracting influences, A large portion of the Christian church is not engaged in the same mission it once was. Many of its adhe rants have not the same faith in the saving grace and efficacy of the gospel they once had. They no longer appeal to the consciences of men, as they used to do, but appeal to the Legislature to make laws to compel men to be good. Some of its ministers leave the pulpit for the hustings—abandon divinity for politics. They have been known to join Know-Nothing lodges, and to take the fearful, wicked, damn ing oaths there administered. The descent is fearful. No wonder that infidelity prevails.— We make no professions ourselves.but wc know what mockery of religion is. No wonder, wc guy, that infidelity prevails. Things, we suspect, will be mended by and by. Massachusetts has had full frulition of Know-Nothingism. Through the instrumen tality of the order some fifty professed minis ters of Christ* were sent to the Legislature.— Those fifty ministers have not exercised influ ence enough to save the Legislature from dis grace. We do not know that they have tried. They voted for tho appointment of tho commit tees. whose exploits have been recorded in tho public ionmals, and one of whose members made shameful proposilions to the Lady Su perior of a convent, and another of whom, on the expedition to another convent, carried with him a disreputable person of the opposite sex. whose expenses mere paid hy the State ! These things were enacted in the name of Protestant ism. in Massachusetts, by a committee of a Legislature containing among its members fifty professed ministers of the gospel. They never will be re-enaclcd in that State! Mas sachusetts has had a surfeit of Knflfv-Noth ingism. Few otlrcr Slates will desire to be thus sated. We believe in Protestantism. But we don tj believe in political Protostanitsm. Wody of the dead robber Iknr own .«on / It appears he had descended from his own room by means of a rope ladder, ami entered the room, where ho was shot, through n window. The house had previously been robbed, very mysteriously, of two gold watches. The Cheapest ITmu.—One hundred pounds of good wheat Hour contain 90 pounds of pure nutritive matter and 10 pounds of water- One hundred pounds of potatoes contain from 20 to twenty five pounds of nutritive matter .depend ing upon the quality of the potatoes, say 22 i pounds, upon an average, consisting almost entirely of starch, and 77 i pounds of water and inert mailer. It requires, therefore, exact ly four hundred pounds of potatoes to supply the same amount of nutriment (hat one hun dred pounds of wheat flour supply. The best potatoes weigh about 04 pounds to the bushel, and a bushel contains 15 1-6 pounds of nutri ment. At two dollars per bushel.or fifty cents per peck .the retail prices lately in our markets, the nutritive portion of potatoes cost a fraction over tknlcen cents a pound, which is equiva lent to twenty throe dollars and fifty cents for a barrel of (lour. While flour has doubled in price only, potatoes have increased at fourfold rate. • Melancholy Casualty —Wo learn from the Baltimore Sun, that on Tuesday Inst, a youth named Charles P- Zell,a student of Penn sylvania College, came to his death in a most lamentable manner. He was spending his col lege vacation at the residence of his parents, near Baltimore, and on the day in question was amusing himself in following a plough. A small root was turned up from the earth,which he tasted, and shoitly afterwards ho was at tacked with sickness- Convulsions of a violent character followed, lusting nearly four hours, and terminating in the death of the unfortunate youth. The aflliction of the parents is inex pressible. as they aro suddenly deprived of a son whoso amiable character had endeared him to a largo circle of friends. IC7* The Pittsburg Chronicle, on the author ty of a private letter, announces that tho chol era has applorcd at St. Louis. O” A soldier at Jefferson Barracks, by leave of his commanding olllccr, got married. On being ordered with his company, to leave for tho frontiers, ho asked (hat his wife bo permit ted to accompany him. This being refused, tho soldier asks that ho bo discharged from tho ecrvico, in order that he may bo able to support and protect his wife, as required by law. Tho caso is before the court, and is considered a novelty. 037* Qen. Wro. 0. Butler, of Ky., declines the Democratic nomination for Congress, and denounces as a slander a report that has any sympathy with tho Know-Nothings. SATAN’S KINGDOM TUMBLING DOWN. Philadelphia Election—The Great Re-action has commenced — the, 8000 Know-Nothing . majority of fast year ■ knocked into a “ cocked haU ” ■, • The election for city officers took place in Philadelphia on'Tuesday of last week, Tho Know-Nothings have lost grpund,' amazingly. But one short year ago, they elected their May or and other city officers by majorities varying from 8,000 to 12,000. and carried the Council men, &c., in every Ward-hut four. At tho election on Tuesday, the vote was so close that the official returns alone decided tho result,and there are strong suspicions that frauds were perpetrated with tho tally papers to secure ma jorities for tho K. N. candidates. As announ ced, tho “official returns” purport to elect Mor ton, K. N., City Treasurer, by 422 majority over Hagort, Reform Whig; and Hill, K. N., City Commissioner, by 197 over Sherry, Dem. The Democrats and Reformers elected 8 Select Councilmen against 4 Know-Nothings, making the Select Council stand, with those holding over, 11 Democrats and Reformers, 12 Know- Nothings, and 1 Whig. The Common Coun cil stands, 34 Democrats, 41 Know-Nothings, and 2 Whigs. It is very evident that a great re action has already taken place in the poj u lar mind, which foicshadows the certain down fall of Know-Nothingism. More Kkow-Notiiin'o Defeats'. —An elec tion for 12 School Directors took place in Lan caster City on Tuesday of last week, to scree for three years, which resulted in a total defeat of the oath-bound conspirators. Truly the people are getting their eyes open to the hypoc risy, selfishness ami infidelity of Know-Noth ingism. The Lancaster Intelligencer thus speaks of tins victory over the Nichts Wissers : It is indeed a glorious triumph for the people over the proscription and intolerance which have been so rampant here for the last twelve months, and the result completely-seals the death warrant of Know-Nolhingism in our midst. Last year, at the School election, the people were surprised to learn, after the elec tion was over, that three gentlemen were elec ted as Know-Nothings by a majority of nearly *TUO voles, over three others, because two of the latter happened to hold to a different religious faith, and the other a native of another clime. At the October elec'ion these same Know-Noth ings again carried the City by some GOO voles, and a third lime, at the municipal election in February, by between 2 and 300. This was their last victory. The tables have now turn ed. and hereafter the old City will be herfcif «?nm. One gentleman on the anti Know- Nothing ticket, Mr. Stork, was debated by twenty votes through misrepresentations and falsehoods circulated against him. The follow ing is the result. Pkopi.b’sTicket. K. N. Ticket Elisha Geiger. 505 W. W. Brown, 585 M. Carpenter. J. C. Van Camp, 5'J7 A. H. Hood, 588 1). P. Brown, 578 John Tucker. 575 Joseph Samson. 583 Daniel 0. Baker. 507 Jacob N. Miller, 582 G Hanghmnn, 585 William Frick. GUG F. A. Muhlenberg. 099 Geo. M. Kline. TOO M. D. Holbrook, 702 John Bear, 719 H. B. Swnrr, 711 11. Rothnrmcl. 710 Win. Whiteside, 700 John W. Jackson, 704 Win. Carpenter, 702 Joseph Clarkson. 70G I)r. S. Wrlcheus, 701 Henry Stock. 58H ii i.no Defeat. —Prince anti K. N. freeholders A.vnriiEu Know-Not lon, N. J lms elected Mid judges of election by six majority over (ho Know-Nothings. Oik* year ago they sleeted nil their olhcers by I urge majorities, find exulted extravagantly. The secret order always “row themselves up” in one year, but die less igno mlniously than they would, If they lasted longer. [£7*At thi! charter election, which took place in Brownsville. Pa.. on Saturday week, we lc«rn. (he whole Anli-Know-Nothhig tick et waa elected by the following majorities : Chief Burgess. 89 Assistant Burgess. 8H Council, (avanige majority.) 10(1 School Directors, (average majority.) HT Constable, 82 IC7* The majority fur W. B. Wiggins, the K. N. candidate for Mayor of Wilmington. Del . is 35; ami that of Nelson Carlisle, for treasurer, is 85. On the 3d mst., the legislature of Con necticut elected M T. Miner, K. N. Governor The vote stood, Miner, 177; Ingham, (deni.) Revenue Lopped Off. —The receipts of the State Treasury, during Clio year 1854, Air Li censes which the new Law “To restrain the Sale of Liquors" abolishes, were ns follows, ac cording to tho Auditor General's report; Tavern licenses. $187.fi02 L> Distillery and Brewery licenses, 3,223 99 Ealing.Beer house and Restaur ant licenses, 20,977 30 Total. 52U.803 44 This heavy item of revenue will he entirely lost to the Slate next year, and without any compensating benefit to the people. Those who think the ridiculous anti-license law. just passed, is going to euro intemperance teetotal ly. or diminish tho consumption of intoxica ting liquors by a thimble full, “imagine a \uin thing." The Mormons. Brigham 'Young delivered a characteristic ad dress at the Tabernacle. Great Salt Lake City, in February- Wo extract the closing para graph : • • Tho newspapers are teeming with state ments that I Said 'President Pierce and all hell could not remove me from office.* I will tell you what I did say. and what I now say : the tvord reigns and mien in the armies of the hea vens. and does his pleasure among (ho inhabi tants of Die earth. Ho sets up a kingdom here, and pulls down another there, at His pleasure. Ho walks in the midst of tho people, and they know it not. Ho makes kings, presidents and governors at his pleasure: hence I conclude that I shall bo governor of Utah territory Just as long as Ho wants mo to bo; and for that time, neither tho President of tho United States, nor ony other power can prevent it. Then, brethren and sisters, bo not worried about my being dismissed from office; for when tho Pres ident appoints another man to bo governor of ijt&h territory, you may acknowledge that the Lord has done it. for wo should acknowledge His hand in til things,** Tho Mormons have their missionaries In every quarter of tho world, proselyting in every principal city in Europe, Asia and Africa; they arc at work, and the Deseret News contains communications from these laborers which ex hibit great success. Ah AmioruiATß Rkmaubl—Tho Penhsyl vanian of Thursday, in alluding to the result of the elections in Lancaster City and Philadel phia, on Tuesday last, fpmidtly remarks: “Sam had Ida back broken in Philadelphia, and his neck in Lancaster, on the same day.” And adds:—“The unruly rascal has been roughly handled of late, and will soon he known only through the history of his folly, impertinence, cupidity and proscription.” Sic transit gloria mundi! pit' nnb: JdsMrs- The Seasons. WhS loves not Spring's Voluptnous hours, The carnival of bird’s and flowers? Yet who would choose, however dear • That Spring should rovcl allitheycarl Who loves not Summer’s splendid rriim The bridal of the earth and main ? Yet who would choose, however bright ’ A dog-day moon without a night ? ’ • • Who loves not Autumn’s joyous round, When corn, and wine, and oil abound 1 * Yet who would choose, however coy/ A year of unrenew’d decay ? Who loves not Winter’s awful forth The sphere-born music of the storm ?* Yet who would choose, how grand soever ihc shortest day to last forever? ’ ■* [A/o'ifgomery. D“ Hon. Morris Longstrcth, formerly Can.] Commissioner of Pennsylvania, and at one lima the democratic candidate for Governor, died of, Thursday of'last week, at his residence in Mont gomery county, Ins health having been dcclin ing for some time. He was Olly-llra years of ago. ID* Tile people of New Oi lcans are already rejoicing over strawberries. Reader, just think of it—strawberries at one end of tb. Union tirf icebergs at the other. 517" Governor Rccdcr arrived at Eiatoa. i few daj-s since, on n visit to bis family. will return with them in about two months i 0 the the atm of his public duties. *Tho executive head of afinirs of the Territory, in the mean time, is Mr. Woodson, the Secretary, do* - . Rmlcr, before his departure, issued a procla mation for an election to be held on the22d«f May, to fill vacancies that occur in six or fight districts. lie also issued his proclamation to convene the Legislature on the first Monday in July. ITT" John M. Boris. of Virginia, has publish ed a letter in which he says, respecting Ibe Know Nothing principles, that he ‘'endorse* tlie n hole, from the beginning (o the end, from the Alpha to the Omega.” But Alpha and Omega are Greek letters, not Native American. Bolts don’t know the alphabet of his new party, (£7*The perfume of flowers may be gathered, according to the Scientific American, in a very simple manner and without apparatus. Gather the flowers with as little stalk ns possible, and place them in a jar three parts full of olive or almond oil. After being in the oil iwenty.four hours, put them into a coarse cloth.and squeew die oil from them. This process, with fresh /lowers, w to bo repeated according to the strength of the pnrfume desired. The oil be ing thus thoroughly pnrfumcd with the volatile principle of the flowers, is to be mixed with an equal quantity of pure rectified spirit, and shaken every day for a fortnight, when it may lie poured off ready for use. As the season for * sweet scented blossoms is just approaching, tills method may be practically tested, and without any great trouble or expense. It would add additional interest to the cultivation of flowers. CC7" The editor of an exchange paper, speak ing of the recent anti-license law, uses the fol lowing language: “'fixe law. for it is so now, wo regard as a mass of confusion—a miserable hotch-potch— a weak and imbecile production of a weak im- Dccile brain—a poor, attenuated, sickly, ‘idiot ic and feeble-minded’ child, whose advent into the moral world was a failure, and jrvhpsc ida parture from it will be regarded as ami relief to the community. The act, instead of bong entitled -An Act to repeal the License Laws. 1 should have been christened, ‘An Act to make drunkards by the wholesale for. In our opinion, the Legislature of this Stale could not have pass