• wjMflTtrV'-' * ’ rK ' r ' VOL. 47. AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. ~ roausnsD evert TnonsDAT iionmNo kr lOHlf B.BRATTOfI. TERMS.' Bp»BoU*tion.—One Dollar and Fifty Cent*) paid toDadvanbe* Two if-paid VtUhliUthe yoatj fend .Two Dollars and Fifty' Cents, If not paid within .pie ypor. These terras 'frill bo rigidly adhored.to in _ ■©very.instance. ’ No, subscription' d&continnod until fen.arropragos aro paid üblpSß at .thp option .of tbo ' r " ! fey ■ VwV-hwioodiiig one squaro”wsU Vunci for One Dollar, and Kvonty-fiVoeonte JWok»h .. additional insertion.. Those of ngroater dcngth in ' os Snnd-bills, PosUng-bills, W.h£hlo£ Blanks, tahele, *o. *o„ executed W .th kooiirhoT hnd at tho shortest notice, [From the Home Journal .] THE DSSEEN ISOEL. A dreary winter day . , . , Drew dslrkly to its close, ; r-. And weary mon were hastening home . To cohlfort and fcp'oao.’ v Amid the mingled throng, •That trod tho busy street, _ ' Was one,who toward his dwelling turned : SVith sloVr> Unwilling feet. Foc.wUat waa hnuio lu him? Ho had not wife, nor child— No gentle being graced his board, !• Or at Ids fireside-smiled* His youth was in ibo past) His hopes died long ago, And on the altar of his heart The flame of joy .burned luW* Those pure and holy fireS) By sweet affections fed, Had slumbcrcd.iu his soul So long Their light, w&S neatly dead*. True, ho had store, of wealth; His life had passed in toil—^ In ceaseless, feverish) keen pursuit Of Mammou’o glittering spoil* And,.ever to, that aim- Still plodding, day by day, Ho slighted all the sweeter flowers That blossomed, in his way* Ah! what avails It how ?,■ He sighed in moody pain “This hoarded gold can never buy One dreams again* 0 As thus he, musing, walked) A pleading little child Stood in his path, with bate cold feet. And, shivering, sadly smiled* From, such appealing forms It was his want to turn, . With harsh denial on'his lips, . And aspect coldly stern. But something new and strange ‘ -Arou4d bis heart-strings clurig; . f ibo bitter words • That trembled wn his tengue; What was it at his side ?•,..• What was it In his soul? What mystic presence held him there, Charmed by such soft control? Ah! say not angels fair , Have ceased to visit earth ! Unseen they walk beside us still, ! In sorrow or iu mirth* , And lo! a gentle one, From ita:celeatial homo, Had now, to that cold, worldly man, . On holiest mission come* Bright thoughts, and hew glad-hopes, Brought by .that angel guest, Hokiudlod soon the spark divine Long slumbering la his breast* With tender, guiding hand. With words of-loving care) He led the orphan to'bis home So stately, and so fair. There, clothed and fed, and cheered By the soft firelight gleams, The little wanderer, sunk, full soon, To slumber and sweet dreams*. Then out Into the gloom, . The chilling wind and storm, Behold the man again-go forth— t - Led by that unseen fbrm. To darkest, dreariest haunts—* To homes of saddest plight, He carried comfort,, vr&imth and jdy> ' Oh that wild winter night Bull many a suffering soul, Long fostered by despair, ■ Know well when he had oomo and gone, . An angel has been there I Still on, froltn street to street, From house to house ho wont; And whore ho found blit want and woo, Ho left divine content* As ships, that in wild storms; Yield treasures to the wave, Bo lighter safer seemed his heart For all the gold it gave. No Weariness ho know-~ ■ No chilling sense of pain, ■ As back at midnight hour he turned) To seek his homo again* Hone where the moody thoughts— l , The lonely griefs of yore, For UAdn/y, : tho angel guest, • . t DWcltwith bim eVormpro.. jSijsfßlldnteiii The Sioonlight Ride. A- number of years ago, a gentleman in Clydesdale .offered me, a situation as head groom, which I accepted. He had’one horse, which wfts-kept in a stable by;himself, and! Tfas,j without exception, theugllost and most savage animal of hip kind I ever saw. There Was not a single point of a strong or a fast horse about him. He was as black as char coal; he wos.named.Satan, and he richly de served it. He would fly at you,'like a dog, with his teeth; attempt to beat you down with his fore-feet; -and strike round a corner at you with hio hind ones. He hod beaten on all the rough-riders, grooms and jockeys Un that part of the country. | After being in the place for a few days, I Watt asked,by the. gentleman if r thought I [could make anything of Satan. I replied pnot if i lO k ea t m 0) i) B would he the only horse pvnich had ever done so; but still I consider ra him to bo by far the most savage I had »vor seen. _ “ Try him to-morrow at one S.t oc .,’” he, as he turned to go away: l.t will have a few friends with nie to see »ovr you succeed.” however, to try himlljaV WgM; and Without Ohy Witness'to see wheth oncceeded ‘or n’oti My room 1 was over ‘ b j B .?- ittidas the moon did not Hae till » von. o olook, I threwmtself Upon tjie bed- Kmu 8 ’ m contrary to my intention, foil ■ eep. Whed I awoke, it »wbs twelve, the mood was shining brightly, and rendering everything qs Visible as,if it Were day;. I went down to the ratable, with a bridle prepared for the purpose, and a heavily load ed Wip in toy band;' I knew that it would be‘impossible to saddle him ; and, indeed, I should be safer on his bare back, in the event of his, throwing himself down.; I opened the stable door gen tly-. and there he was down on his side, his legs and neck, stretched out, as I have often seen horses lying after sore fa tigue. i clapped my knee. upon his head, loosed the collar that bound him, slipped the bit into his. niouth-, buckled the throat-band, raised him to bis feet, backed , him out, and leaped Upon his back before he' had time to get his eyes right open-fi; Put open them now he. did* and that With a vengeance; he pawed and struck the walls With his fore feet) till the,fire Bashed from the,stones; and then ho , reared till he fell right back upon the pave ment) 1 was prepared for this, and slipped off him Us he Went ffoWU) and then leaped on him again as he rosC) 1 had not, as yet, touchedhim with whip, bridle, or spur; but now I gave, him the. curb and the spurs uttlio same instorit. He gave one mad boUhd, and then went off at a rate'that completely eclips ed the speed of the fleetest hi.ree I hrid ever ridden. He could not trob, hut his gallop was unapproachable, ,and consisted inaeucccssion of leaps, performed with a precision, Velocity, and: Strength, absolutely bewildering. 1 He fairly overturned all my preconceived notions of a fast horse. On ho thundered, ! till WB' camo under the shadow Of a fir-Wood, and then, whether out of mischief or dread of the darkness, he, halted instantaneously, his fore-feet so close together that you mighfhave put them into a bucket. Owing to the de pression of his shoulders—for he had no more withers tha,n an ftss—the way that he jerked down his head, and the suddenness of the stop, ft mnpkey) although he had been hold l ing on with .his teeth, must have been unseat ed) For me, I was pitched a long way over his head, but alighted upon a spot so soft and mossy, that it looked as if some kind hand had purposely prepared it for me. Had 1 been in the slightest degree stunned, or una ble to regain ray feet, that instant he Won id have torn me to pieces With his teeth; arid beaten my mangled,body into the eftrth with his hoofs. Hut lat once' Sprang to my feet and faced him. I could have esenped'hy leaping into the wood; but my blood wns Up, my brain clear, and my heart gave not one extra pulsation. There he stood upon his hind-legs nearly upright, boating the air with his fore-feet, his mouth open, Upper lip curled, his under one drawn down, his large teeth glancing like ivory in the moonlight. As soon as he saw mo Upon my feet, he gave a yell such as I had never heard from, a horse before, save one, and which 1 believe is nev er elicited'from that animal) except when Un der the domination of frantic rage or fear. This unearthly cry roused every living thing Within hearing. An army, of rooks, startled from tlioir encampment in the wood, ciihlbd and whcelpd bdiweoh u» and tlio mooh, shading her light,'and filling the mid night air with their discordant screams. This at tracted the attention of Satan, apd bringing his fore-feet to the ground, ho pricked up his ears, and listened. 1 sprang forward, seized hiin by the mane, and vaulted Upon his back, As I stooped forward to gather up the reins, which: were dangling from his head, he caught me by the cuff of the jacket—luckily if Was hut the cuff!—and tore it up to the shoulder. Instantly he seized me again; but this time he’succeeded rather hotter, having a small portion of the skin and flesh of my thigh be tween his teeth. The intense pain occasion ed by the bite, or rather bruise, of a horse's Mouth,, cun only be properly judged of liy those who have felt it. I was the madder of the two now;- and of olltho animals, an en raged man is the most dangerous and the most fearless; I gave, him a blow between the ears with the end of the whip; arid he went down at once, stunned and senseless, with his legs doubled up under him, and his nose buried iri the ground. I drew his fore legs from under him, that he might rise the more rapidly, and then lashed him into life. Ho turned his head slowly round and looked at mfe.’apd then I-saw that the savage glare of his eye was nearly quenched, and that, if I could follow up the advantage 1 had gained, I should ultimately be the conqueror. I now assisted him to rise, mounted him, and struck him at once with whip and spur. He gave a few bounds forward, a stagger or two,, and then fell heavily upon his side. 1 was nearly under him ; however. I did save ray distance, although that was all. I now began to feel sorry for him ; his wonderful speed hrid won my respect; and as I was far from Beingnatr uUrrilly cruel. Whip or spur 1 never used ex cept, in. cases of necessity; so I thought I would allow him to lie for a few minutes, if he did not incline to get up himself. How ever, as I had no faith in the creature, t silt down upon him, and watched him intently. Ho lay motionless, with his eyes shut; aiid had it not been for the firm and fust heat of liis heart, I should have considered him dying from the effects of the blow; but the strong pulsations told me that there was plenty of life m him ; and I suspected that lie was ly ing quiet meditating mischief. I was right. Every muscle began presently to quivci with suppressed rago. He opened his eyes, rind gave me a look in which fear and fury wore strangely blended. 1 am not without super stition) and for ttn instant I quailed under that look, as the thought struck me, that the black, unshapely brute before mo might ac tually he the spirit indicated by his nitme. With it,muttered growl at my folly, I threw the idon_ from me—leaped up—seized the reins—with a lash and aery made him spring to his feat— mounted him ns ho rose, and struck the spurs into his sides.. Ho roared and wheeled; blit finding that he could not get,rid of me, and being. Unable to,Withstand the tprture of the spurs, which I used freely, (it was no time for mercy!) ho gave two or three plunges, and then bounded nway at that dreadful leaping gallop—that pace which siiemed peculiarly his own. I tried to mode rate his speed with the bridle; but found to my surprise that I liad no command over him. rknew atbnco that something was wrong, as; with the hit I had in his mouth, I ought to have had power to have broken his jaw bone. I stooped forward to ascertain the cause; the loose curb dangling at the side Of his head gave a satisfactory explanation. , Ho had.it his own way how; he was fairly off with mo; and all 1 could do wns to hear Up his head ns well as I could, to prevent him from stumbling. However, as it would have Jioen bad - policy to let him know how much he was the master, I gave him nn occasional tourih with the spur; its if wishing him to ac celerate his pace; rind when he .made an. ex tra , hound I patted him on the riqok, as if pleaded'with liis performance. -^R ,^Vy ( olpuid was nassing over the .face nf the moon which rendered everything dim arid indistinct,- as We' torn' away down a gras sy slope; the vieW terminating in a grove of tall trees, situated on a rising ground. Be- The Institution of the Bi.lnd.—Wo have received tlie twenty-eighth annual report of tlie managers of the Pennsylvania Institution ■for tlie instruction of the blind) located at Philadelphia, presented at the animal meeting in December Inst, from which we glean the following items of interest : The number of pupils in the institution bn tlie Ist of December, 1800, was 165. On the Ist of January, 1860, there was 153 ; 27 were received during the year, 14 were discharged, and 1 died. Of those remaining, 138 are from Pennsylvania, 9 from New Jersey, 4 from Del aware, and 4 from other States. Twenty-four of these contribute chiefly or in part to their own support ad assistant teacheVs, or by their industry, while eight are pay pupils, in whole or in part. Eight hours a day are devoted to school stud ios, music and Work) and four evenings nwook to licaring,readiiignndlooture3. The branch es taught are reading, writing, pin-typo prin ting, orthography,-etymology, grammar, geog raphy, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, physiol ogy, natural’history and'philosophy, history, moral science, “ useful knowledge,” physical geography, elements of geology and general literature. ■ One liolu'daily is devoted to gym nastic exercise. -They-hat'd iln-orchestra of thirty instruments,' to whose instruction four hours a week are devoted. The institution is furnished with one larg'd tiblirdh organ, one small organ and fourteen pianos (one grand.) Tlie manufactured work made during tlie year is valued at §12,71?, arid Consisted of 34,030 brushes' and 27,410 brooms. Bfonittmiiikhig is a favorite branch of industry with the blind, as they can easily acquire tlie whole aft, and pursue it, with a small capital, whdrdydr hrooiii corn is produced. A “ Dictionary of the En glish language,” in three largo volumes, prin ted-on raised type, lias just been completed at the institution ; it will ho of groat value to blind pupils. The. “ Homo," for industrious graduates, containing sixteen members, four mules and twelve females, is in successful op eration; The health of nil tlie inmates has boon excellent during the year. There is ho inmate of the institution from this county. ... An Editor in Disnuisu.—Win. 11. Clark, the editor of the Kendall (111.) Clarion, loves a good joke, and never lets on opportunity slip that promises a dish of fun. Hove is his Inst: ““■Wo have lately got ft now, suit of clothes, and no man could ho more, effectually disguis ed. Wo look liko a gentleman. Upon first putting them on, wo felt liken oat in a strange garret) and for a long time thought wo were swapped off. Wo wont to the house, and soared the baby into fits; our wife asked us if wo wanted to see-Mr. Clark, and told us that we would find- him at the office; went there, and : pi‘etty.soon one of our business mon came in, with a strip of paper in his band. He asked if the editor was in_; told him wo thought not; asked him if wo wished to see him par ticularly ; said he wanted him to. pay that bill; told, him ,we didn’t believe bo would bo in ■; bu siness map loft. . Started tp the houso aggin ; met a couple of young Indies: one ,of .them asked the other, “ What handsome stranger-is that?” In-this dilemmaw'e meth friend and told him why wa_ were, and got,him .to. intro duce us to our wife, who is now. ns prpud of us as can bo. The next time wd get a new suit, wo shall let her know beforehand.” -OUR COUNTRY-"MAY IT ALWAYS-RE !piG^|rrT ß CT, ItIRET OR WROSG, OUR COUNTRY." yond the dark outline of, tho trees, I sajr nothing. As we neared the grove, Satan slackened his speed '; this 1 thought he did with a view to crush me against the trunks .of the. trees-. To prevent him from having time to.do this I, struck hiin With the spurs, and, he' went like fury. As he burst through the trees I fiuhgmy head forward upoiv his neck, to prevent myself from being swept off by the lower branches. In doing this, the spurs accidentally came in contact with his sides. * He gave one tremen dous leap forward—the ground sunk 'under his horse was thrown over his own head*-rl was jerked int) the air—and, amid an avalanche of earth and stones we were hurled down h perpendicular bank, into ,tho ! brown, swollen waters of the Clyde-. Owing to a bend, in the river the force of the current was directed against this particu lar und had undermined it; and although strong enough to bear rt, man or Horse Under* ordinary circumstances, yet 'down at. once it' thundered under the desperate leap of Sa tan.' However* it did not signify, as nothing could liav’e prevented us front surging in the water at the next bound. . i • A large quantity of rain had fallen Id the Upper part of the shire';, and in contequbnce, the river was full from bank to brae. I'was' nearly a stranger to tho. pined; indeed) so much so, that! had supposed wo were run ning from the..river. This, combined with the suddenness of the sliook, and the ftpnear anco of a turbid, rapid river sweeping, down’ trees, hrauehes, brushwood, hay, corn, and straw before it, with rejnstless force—wife so foreign to my idea of the calm,' peaceful Olydo, that when I rose to the surface,-.1 was quite bewildered, and had very serious doubts as to my own identity. .V . ~ I was roused from this state of bewilder ment by the snorting and splashing of the horsd; lie Was making bold attempt to scale the perpendicular hank. Had I been thrown into the body of the stream, ! .should have been swept away, and the animal must have perished; hut in all heavy rapid runs of water salt or fresh, there is what is termed an eddy stream, funning close in shore in a contrary direction to the main body of tlie Water. 1 have sCcn Highlanders in their boats catching fish in.the eddy streams of the Ciulfof Corrievrokin, within a short distance of the inain tidpj Which) had it but got tlie slightest hold on their boat, would .have swept them with fettrftilvelocity into the jaws of the roaring gulf 1 was caught by this eddy, Which kept mo stationary, and enabled inq, by a few strokes, to reach the horse’s side. To cross the river, or to land here, wits alike impossibles So 1 took the rCins in my right hand, wheeled the horse from the bank, and dashed at once With him into the strength of'the current. Away we went, Satan and I, iri capital spirits both; not a doubt of our effecting a safe landing over crossed my mind. And the horse evinced his certainty upon that subject) by snatching it 1 bite out of hay that floated at his'-tfidb, . and eating if, aa com posedly as iff ho )£ad been In tlld.stahlßi We soon swept'round the hj/ghbank - that bad caused our.misfortnnß, Übd came to a level pltrt of the’countryv whiph was flooded far up into the fields,, I then struck strongly out in a'slanting'direction for tllß shore, and soon' had the satisfaction of finding myself once more Upon tlie green ttlff Satan shook himself, pricked upliis ears, and gave a low nfeigli. I then stroked him, and spoke kind ly to him. lie returned the caress by licking my hand. Poor follow! he laid contracted-a friendship for me in the water—a friendship which terminated only, with' his life;'and which was rendered tlie more valuable by his never extending it to another living thing. K 7“ “ Keep yoh eye open, sweet 'William 1" fARI.ISI.E, PI., TIII’KSmV, FKBRK.4KT li, 1861. PennsylvaniaSlttinnatic^lldspital-, The annual xbppTtfpf, this institution for .the year 1800 haa\eeiypublished, and. is now before, ps.,' From it - make the annexed ex tracts, ! which possess, pore (han ordinary, in terest:,. -•.P-bi.;- .. : “In compliance, with.the requisition of the By-laws of the Peansjlyania State Lunatic Dnspitnl, the , tandersjgg.ed,. members of its Eoard'ot Trustees, eesgeotfully submit to you their tenth Mpopt.;- • • , • “At the date of ,tho.lgst,report there were two hundred and qev6afe)"four, patients iu the Institution’. Since, one year ago, there have’been one .hundred and forty-four admitted, aud one hundred and twonty-sov en diseharged or, died; paving ttvo hundred and ninety-oho under cafa at the close of the ."The of patients under treatment (luringjthe year, has been four hundred and eighteen. Of those remain ing in the Hospital, one tod fifty-six arC Srtp'poPtfed by ; tlie puljlio. authorities, and one hundred and thirty-hyp,hy their friends. Of those discharged, durmg the year, .thirty one were., restored to hcalui, forty were more or IqsS improved in their menial condition, forty-eight .wore fegatdh^.as, stationary, .and but eight died.- .. . . . .- “From the opening lnstitution till the end of 1860, th find thirty six patients, .have been qifidei -itk tare; ,and while,two hundred and niiietyfono roniainjin dof treatment, t\yo, hu'ndiqd and- thirty.six have'ledn,'disohavged;rdatiu-dd.to health; two hundred and sixty-three',in’, various states of improvement;, tlirp'e hundred aud fifty-eight have been taken out’witl^material-improve ment, and . ono. hundred;.: hod' seventy-eight have-died. ’ , ' . : “ The average; nUniher; of patients iii lhC. house during the past has been very nearly as many as can) (with advantage or safety, ho accommodated; and yet it has been Well ascertained,, from cafcfol investigations made by that - indefatigable philanthropist, Miss;!), L. Dix, to whom tbe insane of Penn sylvania are already-80 mOioli indebted, as, well, as by-various other hpuovolent persons, that there arc at the prospat time, in nearly every section of this -great, Commonwealth,! quite a large number -of insane, suffering from the want of hospital "treatment. Con fined in jails, poor, houses, , private dwellings, or worse than either, in isolated structures, near what were once their own homes, they are' to often subjected tb'a 1 management which, to say nothing of its cruolteto thoso who are suffering under so great amfotion; cannot fall, before long) to take awny thieiast chance of recovery for the curable, ; add. sink" ifito the lowest depths of mental probation those who are not likely'to be resforbdad reason; ■ “ Haying no doubt bf-thp.Correctness of the principle that is not less the Interest than the duty of State to.intike |ample’ provision for the custody and treatrmbit of all her in sane, in 'properly, organised hospitals—-that the host qn-angemeuts will always ho found cheapest, jn the pnd—and..'Jl“-t'to, sccUve^be, host-results' tbp-'fts-l cent-and Ohronic ub one ioau say positively whieharo certafrijy .curable or in curable-emust bo f-eoeivbdiWoitbe eaiilo, build-; •inga, *the Board feel it right that ifo? actual present ivatlts) of the Commonwealth should bo known to her citizens. Nor can they re frain from expressing: the ibonvietidn; that sooner or biter public sentinient: will; just as surely 'demand an adequate remedy; Us that all her people.will.cheerfully.join in contrite mg the trifling amount of an additional tax that would be required from each; to sdettre effectual relief to those of our fellow-men Who suffer from one of the saddest forms of affliction.” A Genellous Lesson,— The IndepdrtdOnoO Beige relates the following story of a dissipa ted gambler, a young man who at the water ing places had lost on cards all his fortune, about eight hundred thousand francsi Eve rything had been staked, park, chateau, town house find.country house ; there only remain ed to the poor fellow an orangery) by no means large or pretentious iu appearance. The win ner—for ond Irian alone had profited by his ill look—whs on Englishman, phlegmatic and stoical in appearance, who, was astonished at seeing Him reserve a small piece of ground with a few trdes npou it. “ What will you do vrith that?” ho asked. “ Let us play for iti” . “Never! That owirigbi-y is a souvenir of iny childhood; it wtts there my mother passed the day with mo; I would die there and 1 would fain live tpero; but I \VoUld rathhr blow out my brains than stake oft thd ettrds one flower from one of those orange trees.” “ It is however a. flower I am going to' de-' raand of you as a stake,’’ said the Englishman! smiling. “Since you have nothing more, I will play with you for a simple flower, if you consent.”- . .' “ But why do you care for a simple flower, should I consent to play ?” . •‘.Well, I have.’a"little sentiment which I will sacrifice to you. ■ Hero is an autograph I will place in the hands of a third party.” Our gamester smiled and yielded. Despite his filial affection, ho saw no profanation in offering a flower, to the fickle goddess, For tune, who used him so shamefully. Just as they wore beginning to play, the Englishman said to the young ’Frenchman, “Ton swear on your honor to accept my stake, however ridiculous it may seem to yon ?” ‘ I do, for I have confidence in you, my lord.’ Cards were brought, the game commenced, and the young Frenchman soon gained the mysterious autograph. Ho received with some emotion the slake agreed Upon, which increased when ho. found it was a donation in regular form of the eight hundred thousand francs he had lost; His fitori Was covered with a blush of shame, ho protested and refused, “I have yoiir word of honor,” said tho En glishman. “Tlid game was in earnest; had I won, 1 should have taken tho orange flower;” “ But a EUnplo fjoWer againat a fortune I” ; , “You seem, to thirik more of your orangery than of your bight hundred thousand francs. Tho. stakes'Were eqtmlj f After a consultation of Wo days, a jury of honor, declared that the Frenchman should accept the money, which he (lid, on condition that tho Englishman should remain his best friend, ' . . [C7”“ Coriio here, my little lad,” said an at torney to a boy abput ttino years - old. “A case is between the devil and tho people— Which do you -think will be most likely to gain the action?" Tho hoy replied;—“l guess it will bo a hard squeeze; tho people have tho most money, but tho devil has the most lawyers,” Disadvantage op Being IFhite..—“ iFell, Dinah,” said a would-ha hello fo a black girl, “they say beauty-snon fades; doyoueeo'nny of my blopm fading? Jlow. toll mo plainly, without any compliments." “Oh, nb. Mi'jsa; don mo kinder tm^ “ Thirik what,• Dinah ? you’re bashful. , “Oh, no, me no bashful; but don mo kind er finks as how Mieaa, don’t Votam-hor' color quite a'a well as eolored lady. VviNTEftiNb fcfefes, Boos lire much better and more safely win tered either in a dark, dry and ventilated hol lar, or d room pdrposbty prepared, thdn, ha is usual out of doors,,exposed to the cold and storms of whiter, and tempted out by thd sun of early spring-, to certain death fiord frost. It is well to preaorVe from inioe and for bet ter ventilation, to set the hives upside down. Mr. B. Gifford, of Danbjr, Illinois, writes to the Praire Farmer on this subject, ns follows: “But," says one, “what is gained by all this talk and trouble? ” I answer, both honey and Wes. I will give some proofs. Mr. Wakeinan, of Cottage Hill, put two swarms in his fruit room, Weigh ing iron eighty to eighty-three, pounds, leav ing but two of the same weight.. Ho bad sev en other swarms which were also put inside. This was done on the first of December, 1859, 1 visited them several times to see if I Was laboring under a mistake. The first of March Came-, and the weather being suitable, be set them otit, weighing them again. one weigh ed fotlr pounds, and the other six pounds less than when placed in the fruit room, and weighed the first of December. The two swarms loft outside, weighed at the same time tuHniy-foUr pounds and twenty-six pounds respectively; less than the Ist ol De cember previous. Under the two hives out side, were found throe pints'of dead: bees; there were not three pints found under the entire seven swarms in the fruit room or. cel lar. ’ ■ Some tried to frighted.biiri by saying bees thus wintered would do nothing at all in summer; I Visited him in the .. spring and autumn, and discovered nothing, wrong, ex cept the Quoon.going into the honey boxes to Ve4r her young'. Tho.'.re'qsori'was they did n.ot fcmpty comb enoligh for brood; , If, as I directed; ho had taken, that proportidu of hon ey saved by wintering them in this way, (some twdnty pounds) olit of, the hive, they would have built comb in the body pf tile hiVe, hud then the Queen would have deposi ted her Sggs there; Sonic of the sw.ari.tis were light in the fall—rhad plenty of empty comb, and in these the Queen did not seek the honey boxes-. At our county fair be told me he bad soedred twenty-nine good swarms from the eleven wintered ovdr;Sorin} of the vyeak stock did not swarm tit all, and some went,sway. lie also said ho should leave no more bees out so long as he had ,so grind it, place to put them, and they wore in sectional hives, so convenient to get their extra honey from, in good shape to market or use. Look to your bees, if in the cellar, and especially if out of doors. There are bundreds of swarms that might bo saved in this way; that will live nearly through the winter, and starve in the spring. A Sensible Young. Lady.— Said a young lady, who was fashionably' educated at'hoard ing schools, and indulged in idleness at home, ,80'tha.t tlievC'was. neither. strength pur I eh\plici,ty_;ip,.her l fraiijip,i;, ~jr.. • “T used tin bp so ieoble .that I could inot eVen lift a broom,And the least physical Bxdi'r tion would make nit! ill for a week. Looking ' one-day at the Irish girls, and noticing their hßalthjt I'obuat .appearance, I determined to, 'make a now trial, and sCe if t could hot bring the roses to my ebooks, and i-id myself of the dreadful lassitude that oppressed me. One sweeping day I wont bravely to work; clean ing thoroughly -'the parlors, three chambers, the frorit sfa’rs and.hall,. after -which I inyed down and rested until noob. when I arose and itto h heartier meal than for many a day. Since that time 1 have occupied some por tion of -every day in active domestic labor, and not only are all my friends congratu lating iriii Upon my improved appearance, but In my whole biting—mind, body and spir.it— do I exporicnoo a wondrous vigor, to which I have hitherto been a stranger. Young ladiop try my catholicon. . Use. rqii Postage Stamps.— By the Sonora, it few days since, says a California correspondent; sonic two hundred of Uncle Sam’s orphans arrived, rtnd Mere distributed aroundi . Sohlß WBrB sßnt to Fort Alcastra, some to tho barracks at the Presidio, and the vest wore quartered at Benicia harrnoks, pre paratory to-being assigned to the different companies of the roginietits ill this depart ment. They will soon be scattered from Or egon to the most delightful post, Fort Yuma; in Arizona, a place where they have but to put rocks on the roofs to keep tlie ends of the boards from oufling over likti little dog tails. It is a wretched place to live at, and to ho or dered there is enough to make' any officer re sign, unless a Catholic, and acknowledges tho justice of being sent to purgatory; They have a little fun evfcn .in that awful place sometimes, and an officer was -tolling me how. ho lost his postage stanips; Ho had sent up here for some twenty debars worth, and hiid loft thfent pit his; tiiblb; Now ihfe habits, manners and customs thereabouts are considerably on the free and easy stylo, and the Indians are allowed to roam around the garrison ad libitum if they bchate thefltselves and don’t steal. On this occasion a young squaw, who had tho run of the quarters, and was very much- at home anywheres and overy wheres, happened to stray into my , friend’s room, and seeing the postage stamps began to examine them with, great curiosity. She discovered they would stick, if wot, and forth with a happy idea struck her. Now th ( e fashionable dross of the ladies of her class in that warm climate is of tho briefest dcserip tidn. She was ambitious to dross up and ex cite the envy of the other, Pocahontases. . So she went in on tho postal currency, and much to the astonishment of the garrison, made her appearance presently on the parade ground entirely covered over with onstage stamps. She was stuck all over with Benjamin Frank lin, and tho Father of his Country was plas tered all .dyer her ladyship’s glossy skin in discriminately, regardless of dignity and de cency. Tho '‘four 1 ’ that greeted her, from tho dorilnianding officer down to tho drummer boys, was loud enough to be heard nearly at headquarters In San Francisco, hilt, Indian like; she preserved bar equanimity and. did j npt sttem itt till discoticerted, but sailed offj with tho air and step of a gomlino princess, while my friend'rushed into his quarters to i discover himself minds bis twenty dollars’ woi'tb of postage stamps, and that vv.hrtt was I Mr. Van Boron, it is said, is preparing a Intended for tho mail had been appaopintod to of tho times, beginning with the groat tho fe-maie, She might hrivo been put in tho st ,. n gg|o between John Adams and Thomas overland omteh and gone’ through—yhe cer- Jefferson, at the end of the last century, and tainly Could dot have bod n stopped tor -want Con oludo with the present extraordinary of heidg pro-paid. j .Vear; I A.v.i.voßXious Maid.— May is Uoiisidorod (PT* A srriftlt young man visiting a prison I an unfortunate m:arryingjnoi lit !l - A . £in Maine, inquired of sorito of tho prisoners! • “Well. make iUTuW, than,” honestly re- aodian arroSt6li: ” Th ° J oun K fflaU left Im ' plied, tho swain, anxious to aoonmmodiito. 0 - v ' ■ ' • The darajol paused a moment, cast down .hoy , IC?" Why is a beautiful Indy’s foot Ilka a" byes, and with ablush, said, “ Wouldn't April romantic tale ? Because it is moat truly an do at milt" j niteresting leg end. True Courage, . A coiripany of boys in- -street, Boston, one diy, alter school; Ware engaged in snow balling, Williard had made a good hard snow ball. In throwing il hi? “pnt in too much powd'dr," as the boys illy—he threw ll_ too hard—and fhfther thari ue intended,, bight through a parlor.window; All the boys shout ed, “There you’ll catch'’il now, Bun) Bjll, run I”—They then took to their heels; But the brave TViliidni strdiglrtenhd tip and looked sober, as he siiid, “rshall not rim;" He started directly for the house where the win dow had been broken. Ho ring at. the door' acknowledged what ho had done, and express ed his regret. He then gave his name, Arid llio name of his father, and his father’s place of business, and said the injury should he re paired. ' Was not that noble ? That was true courage. It is cowardice that would lead a hoy, when he has done an injury like that, to sneak away and run to conceal it; How noble and brave it is to seo a hoy confess d fault; and not he afraid to face the conseqdenori; Give us William, whenever any real brave ry is called for, rather than all those boys to gether who pried out, “Run, Bill,’’; —He’ll nice the danger, while they will sneak. Wlmt We Sow, Wo Reap.; There was once an old man, whose eyes had become, dim and his ears deaf. When ■He sdt at the dinner table lie could hardly hold his spoon, so. that sometimes, he spilt his soup on the cloth.' His son and dauglitor-in .law werd much displeased at this; at last they made their old father sit-in a corner be hind the stove, arid gave liinl food in a little earthen plate. He riever got so, iriuch as he could oat, and ho worild often look- totVards the table with wet; yet longing eyes. Qne day his shaking hands let the little dish fall and it was broken-. -The woman scolded, hut he said.nothing: b.HVlinly sigh&l; They then Brought a Wooden trough for him. Qnco ho Wits sitting thus ina -corner; his grand child, ahorit folli years old, was playing on the floor nriar him : with some pieces of wood.- “ What are you making ?” asked the father shilling; . “ I niri Making a irobgiv,” answered the child, “for father ami mother to eat from when they tire old arid I anl grown big." , The man and. his wife looked at eaclx other in silence, arid their tears flowed fast; They hroujfht.thd old’flithor taupeTo,the table, and gave him as much its he wished, and they nev er Spoke angry words, 'when his trembling and spilt soup on the cloth. “Eight More as Twelve.” —A Dutchman in Coluuibus county, Ohio, leased his lands-to an oil company last spring, on condition of receiving one-eighth of tho oil procured. . The well proved tu be a pretty good ono, and the former began to think that the oilmen should give him a. better chance, and ventured to tell tlilmyso. ■ Tlicy a'slfed'him what he wanted.- He'said they ought-to give hint o’nd-fwcirttrr The-agreement was finally made, with the uim derstitiiding that the Dutchman waste toll no one. All wrint oil sillooth Until tho next di vision day came,. when our friend was early on hand, to see how much bettor ho would ho off -under the new Imrg'iiiri: Eleven barrels were rolled to ono side for the oil-men, and one for him. This did iiot suit hi in, “ How’s dish ?” says lio;I link I-wasto get more as before. By jinks, you make mistake." The .riittttor was explained to him, that he formerly got ono barrel of every eight, but it was his own prop osition to fake only ono of every twelve. This revelation took him aback. Ho.scrritohe'd his head; lookrid ofßSs, rind Relieved his swelling breast df feelings of self-reproach, by indig nantly remnrking': , “ , Voll, by dunder! dat ish de first time as over I kuowed eight was more as twelve." Writ in Triu-N'DLit.—Judge Norton war sol emn, stern and dignified to excess. He was also at once egotistical and sensitive to ridi cule. Judge Nelson wtls a wit; -careless of deco rum, and had a sharp voice. He did not like Judge Norton. At a bar supper Judge Nor ton in an elaborate speech, referring, to tho early days, of Wisconsin; tlifi rude practice of tlirit-ptjfiod, rind the tho profes sion iil a ndw country, described in n tragic mnnridr d-tliiindrir storm which overtook him in riding thd eld circuit) It was night in the forest; til,)! serine wits awful, and; said, the Judge, “I expected every riionirint tho light ning would strike thd tree under which I had taken.shelter." , . “ Why, thfe'n,” interrupted Nelson, In his po'cliliar squdril, “ why in thunder, didn’t you got under, another .tree?" " Tlie party roared, the splendid period was spoiled; and the poor Judge sat down. Not Crazy.— A man-residing in. a New England town, at some distance from a near relative, received a message ono cold evening in December, to hasten to his residence as he was in a dying state. IVlion lie arrived ho was told that his reason had entirely left him. The sick man presently turned his head; say ing in a faint voice: “Who is that He-was informed that it Was his relative. “Oh, ah,” said he, “res, yes. Ito must lie cold. Make hint a good warm toddv —ves, a toddy." „ , ‘ ' , “ I guess lie ain’t orzay.” said the visitor to the friends standing tlrorind, “ ho talks quite rationally:”. l£7“Wlmt a Soverign man is tho intelligent and industrious farinor. Within his own do mains of tlie earth he wields a scepter to which all must bend. The balance- of the world's life and comfort he holds in his stalwart hands Neither courts, nor camps, nor armies, nori fleets can exist without his aid. lie is tho feeder—aye and the garmontor—virtually of tho race. Cities spring from the traffics .in the products of his industry. Commerce is horn at his request. Of tho State ho is the “ first estate." Lord of tho land, no man has firmer hold of the essential title of nobility. And he needs no pleader, because lie is a far mer. The dav is great when tho soil tiller was "confounded with the clod turned by, tho plow.- • - itgrirultorcil Ifjjarfoimt. fimy Slab his o§n Nnrtery tigedi As the time for spring planting is naw near at band to those who are unable to visit the nur sery in person for the purpose of purchasing aiioh trees, shrubs, plants, bulbs, &c., asthey wish to set,, and those who are.jvhitißg fora/-, agent to call find- take their order!, I would suggest what seems to me quitahs good away as either of thfirakoVb/oirthb -prppuroiittent of UorticUltilriil wares. ,It is no neW disediery: but doubtless.there are many to whom it ha* never occurredaid, of these, some may be henofltted by having it proposed to them,— liideed within the last few months I have heard persons who pay considerable attention to gardening express their regrot at not, hav ing had an opportunity to obtain such and such things from the nursery, iifid attribute their disppointment to the fact,that no agent had called on them soliciting orders, as if then were no other means of coihihurilcatirig .With the nurgey than through an agent, or by a personal visit.. . Animportant preliminary to making out an order for a nursery, however it is to be filled, is the procurement of a catalogue. Even when the selection of varieties is to be left to tho judgment of the nurseryman, which, provided lie is honest, is generally, best—unless you know exactly what you want—yet there are always preferences as to the size,' color, time of blooming, &0., in the case of flowering plants; so that to a person of limited acquain tance with such matters, tho.information coil taimW in a descriptive catalogue of flowers is of great use in giving general direction's,.' Al so, in case of fruits, it is. desirable to know something of the character of, the different kinds, from which a selection is to be made, even when the choice is to h'o left to another person : and in iio other way can sllch knowl edge he gained so easily and , cheaply as by modus of a descriptive catalogue of fruits.— Again, orio intending to purchase nursery men's goods naturally wishes to knqWtho pri ces at Which they are sold ; add as the cost Of each article is stated along with its description in the catalogue, these little hooks leave noth ing to bo desired on that head; And whoa wo' consider at what trifling expense tiles# pamphlets nitty be obtained—by merely wrU ting, to the nurs'iiryrrian; stating what yoti want; sending your address; lilid pniiloding a postage stamp for oaoh volume-r-it is il wonder how any one can feel able to do without the pleasant and valuable information : they con tain. Having,cphbliided what you want in the way of fruits and 'flowers, or determined tp let the 1 nurseryman you deal with decide for you, if you cannot go and bring away your purchase! for yourself, there is no better way tlidd id: I make out a list stating Us, nearly US possible your choice of trees, plants, shrubs, &0., esti mate the cost of the whole, hlicloso tho list and the cash in a letter to the proprietor of the nursery, telling him what (Uscretionaryijbhrdr ' ho inay exorcise in filling your order, what lie may add to your list in ease there is an over? plus of money, what to strike off should there be a lack, and sending your address and di rections as to tho mode of transportation of your package. By return-mail'you will'gat a letter acknowledging the receiptof the mon ey, and containing a promise to fill ybtir ordiir as soon as suitable and convenient. In due time, with perhaps loss liability to destruction or accident than the stove ,yoil order sent hr . canal or railroad from the Hardware store, or the chairs from the cabinet shop, you receive yotlr.purchases, at small expense for freight; and so skilfully and securely packed that it is a real pleasure to undo and take them out of their onvolbjje of moss, straw and twine. If on examination'; flip articles appear niofo Uh merous, and of coiirsd cheaper than was .ex pected, you may bo (is agrebaWy surprised, k* was the writer at finding that several item's of a hill accompanying a package of nursery man’s goods set down at prices considerable reduced from those named in the catalogue,, (whether a new or an old one I cannot say,) furnished by an agent but a short time before; . South Livonia, N. Y„ 180,0. Moore’s jtuual Mew Yorker. TURNING STOCK T'O GRASS EARLY. In tho last number of the Farmer I noticed an article on turning stock to grass early, and that yob requested your correspondent! to, give.their PxperiPnoe on that subject. Sincb ' then I have talked with some'of our most ex perienced graziers, and find this opinion to bb general in this coiiilty,- (which annually fat tens for market upwards of twpnty thousand;. beeves,) tho earlier cattle are turned to grass tho hotter. AVhon I commenced grazing, four years ago, I found this to he the general jirac tieo, and I followed it without making any ex periment myself, but I am informed by one of my neighbors—Mr. Charles J. Stoyin—who has grazed for thirty years' past, on ( an aver-, age, two hundred head of cattle annually—; that ha has seen the Piperhuent tried; Two lots of cattle, equal in all, respects, and which hhd been wintered alike, were selected in .the spring, and one lot turned to grass - ton days', earlier than the other. Tho first lot took a start of tho other and maintained it through the season, being ready for moirket one.month sooner than the second lot. A gentleman by tho name of Fletcher, in tho upper end of this county, was in tho hab it of reserving one' of tils Sod fields through the winter And turning out a lot of cattle ahoil t the middle of February. Ho was thus ena bled to send thbiri to market about the first of if uno when beef is generally high. Ho wasi very successful grazier. ■ , ■ Thorp can ho no doubt whatever as to the fact that, in our comity at least, the sooner wo I can got them to grass in tho spring the betr tor. The grass at that season is ttndp'f; find has the quality of purging tho cattjo, loosen- • Trig their hides and causing them to shed off; It‘time prepares their systems to take, on fat I rapidly as soon as tho pasturage becomes stronger and more mature. Later in the sea-., son it seems to losp this quality in a measure. I have known men to turn, their cattle On their ~ meadows for eight or ten day's, eiirly in thS spring, so ns to give them a start against the regular pasture becomes fit to turn on. This is one of tho finest gracing sections in , tho country. Tho land seems tone naturally adapted to grass, running into a sod very quickly after a fallow. One of toy neighbors —Mr. J. J. Itunton, of W oodstook—has a field of one hundred acres of greensward,: upon which ho fattens from eighty to ninety head of cattle every year; find in a good g'vfiss soa'soff I have seen portions of the field from' which a good swath of grass might have.boon out when the cattle were taken off in' Jilly. On tho rest of his estate he fattens about two hun dred head. , ■ , . . On the adjoining estate of Airley, Mr.' Obs*; J. Stovin fattens about two hundred and seiv- ; anty-flve head. Ho has a,field of aboilt one hundred and fifty acres, on which.ibis spring ho turned onehundfed cattle and‘ninety sheep, and kept them there until the first of june,. when n portion of the'm Wore moved off. The* grass is now nearly knee-high over the field. American Farmer. m m.
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