NEW SEPTS' VOL. 14, NO. 3S.
SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1861.
OLD SERIK S. TOL. 22.'
The gry American.
pDBilBUKD SYERY 8ATTJRDAT
BY H. B. MASSBB,
Market Sgttare,Sunburf, Pinna.
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lseVeS Jon OFFICB, which will enable u. to execute
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H. B." JZASSEP.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
80NBXJHT, PA.
Busines. attended to in the Counties of Nor-
.nmberland, Union, Lyeoming Montour and
Columbia.
References in Philadelphia:
Hon. Job R . Tyson, a " '
Somen 4. Sn-da-raM, Unii Pmith Co
ChIslLM MATTHEWS
3. 1 1 o v n c ij a t a id ,
"IVo. las nrondway. rVw York.
Will cnrnilly attend to Colleellons and ell other matter
sntru.ted to hi. care.
Mnv!!l. IS5.
FBANKLIN HOUSE,
REBUILT AND REFl'RNIHHKri,
Cor. of Howard and Franklin Streets, a few
Squares II 'est of the X. C R. R. hepot,
BALT1MOBD-
Tebm, tl Da
O. LE1SENKINO. Proprietor,
July 10, lS5tf From Sehne Orove, Pa.
W I Lilt H E. IIII1
CHILE LET SOMEU.
G. SOMERS & SON
Importer. and Dealers in
Cloths, Cassimeres, Vesting, Taylors
Trimmings, Ac,
No 33 South Fourth Struct, between Market and
Choenut Streets, Philadelphia.
Merchants others visiting the city would find
it to their advantage to give theru a call and ex
amine their atork.
March 10, I860
J. P. SHINDEL GOBIN, t
Attorney t$ Counsellor at Law
WILT, attend faithfully to the eo u -ti on ofclaimii
and all professional business in the counties of
Northumberland, Montour, Union and Snyder,
onniicl given in the German language.
QT Office one door cast of the Prothotiotary
since.
Sunbury, May SC. 1800. 1
THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,
BROADWAY, CORNl'.R OF FRANKUN STREET
XTEW YORK CITY,
Or. inducement, to Merchant, and Tourist. viiti"r
, York, un.urpiuied by nuy Hotel in the Metropolis.
i-he fnUowiiiR nre amnnn the advniitngi whicli it pi.iw
..and which will lie appreciated by all tiavuler..
lt. A central locution, convenieni ui iw:eai uusiiicbk,
i well a. pluce. of nniu.eineiit.
Sid. Scrnpulou.ly clean, well furni.hed .itunr room.,
ith a niauHificent Ijidie. Tailor, eoinman.iing un cxtcu-
lve view of llroadway .
3d. Iarire and .uperbly furni.hed ultina- tnoinn. with n
miuruiheut I'ailor, eoinmauding an extnmve view of
Hradn'ay.
Jth. B. in(r enndncted on the Fnropmn p!an. vi.iton
onn live in th. Iie.1 yle, with the irreaie.i ccuiion.)'
Sth. It il connected with
Taylor's Celebrated Saloons.
where vi.iton can hn. their mcl., or, if thrydnire
Ihey will tie fnniiihed in the" own room.. .
(Ith. The fi:e acrved in the tln and Hotel i ac.
knowlcdgcd bv epicil.e.. to b. vaatly anperior tu that of
bjiv other Hotel ill the city.
With all lhee advanlnnea, th. C"t of liviiur in the
International, i. much below that of anv other firt clnu
Hotel. UllON CO , Proprietor..
A.iu.t4, 18flo. ly
AGood Chance for an Enterprising Man.
fa'tHE auliacriber wanta a partner in tho Mar
jL ble buaine.a, a oler prrtiervering man who
can apeak both the Engliah and (iernian langua
ge., to one that will auit.no ca.lt capital required.
For paiticulari iuquire of
V JOHN A.TAYLOR.
Northumberland, Aug. 3, ISfil. 3in
Arch Street, abore Third, Philadelphia,
ITTON S. NF.WCOMKR, Propriet.r.
THIS HOTKI. i. central, convenient by Pan.etiir.-r Car.
i. l.i all pntu of tl e city, and in every parlicnkir udaptid
t. the conaoru and waul, of the tiuunru public
fif Term., HI .50 per day.
September l. IXil ly
SPALDING'S Prepared Clue, and Shelley. Mucilage
Price per Iwittle and brtih 'Vi cent..
Cordial Klixir of Culinaya Uark Henxine.for removing
E FOR SVl.K AT THIS OFFICE.
Sunbnry, March 17 10.
ANEW LOT OF HAKDWARE 6t 8A1).
DLEKY. AUo, the beat ataorlmeut of Iror
Nail, and fuel to be found in the county, at the
Mammoth itore of FKILINU & GftANT.
(Minbury, Jane 3, 1S60.
CtfACKEKS! CKACKER8, just received
aeid for aale by the barrel or pound, at the
Confectionery atore of M. 0. GEAKH AHT.
Bunbury, October 13, 1860.
KeroHcue Ututps.
AVERY LARGE and cheap anortment will
be found at the Mammoth Store of
Dec. 15, 1S00, FKILINU & GRANT.
u
OS YB LOVER8 OF KOUP ! A fronh
aupi'ly of Macaroni and Confectionery at
ritii.inu ex unA.iro.
Kuiibury, June 3, 18U0,
)ATENT BRJTTANIA STOPPERS fo
bar bottles for sale by
H. B MASSER
AFRESH SL'PPLY OF DRUGS at the
Mammoth Store. Alan, anew lot of per.
furriery, Boaps and Fancy A rticle. Very cheap.
FKILINU & GRANT.
Sunbury, May A, lURO.
SKELETON BKIRT8-
AT the Mammoth Store will be found
very large assortment of Skeleton Skirts
from teven boopi tip to thirty.
Oct. 6, 1860. FltlLlNO & GHANT.
AH Iron, Steel, Neils, Pick., Grub-Hoe. and
Mason Hammsrf, at low prire.
BRIGHT 4 SON.
k Sunbury, Juns J,l80f.
Select IJoctrjj.
Fr 'in the N. Y KmMi Poat.) y
TWENTY-FIVE XO-DAT.
BY FRANK H. K0RT0K.
Wither t 70 garlands of the past 1
Fade, memory from my sight?
1 would not have ye longer last,
Life opens 00 my tiew at length
Life with ber hopts and fears;
I gaze upon ber with the strength
01 five Bud twenty years.
Fly boyish dreams 1 come, manly trust 1
lit work some bidden vein,
Whatever come e'er 1 em du6t
I'll oot look back agaio.
Fly I youtb of weakness ; manhood's power
Shall chuse tby shades away ;
My path is onward from tbis boor
I'm twenty-five to-CBy.
Oh 1 wondrooslife, Oh ! mystery wild,
I'll search thee to the core,
The chrysulis 1 burst a child
I'll be in life no mure.
Come strength of health ! come strength of
bouI I
Yonr power I meen to try j
I'll grasp the years that swiftly roll,
And Bulve tbetu ere tbey die.
Hetorning pastl do souvenir
Of thine my steps can turn ;
I ful the lateut deathless lire
At length within me burn.
I feel the bope of nobler strife,
The faith in worthier aim ;
I ouly seed a glorious life
Back fcbildieb dreams of fame.
False visious tbnt have lured me on,
1 meet ye face to luce ;
Your tnuBk is dropped, your prestige gone,
Your frailty 1 can truce.
Farewell ! (or ever more, farewell !
I would cot have ye Btuy ;
1 burst my bonds I break my cell
I'm tweuty-five to day.
Come shrouded years 1 I wait for ye
In patience and in culm ;
Whatever bap this day I'm free;
Ye lose your power for barm.
Glide 6low! dubbfuet! the sooner past ;
II recks me not to know
Whether for good or evil cast.
Ye wait me. Lei time show.
Glide slow ! dash faet 1 come bope I come
grief!
Yonr strength tohnrm I mock ;
For I've witbiu a sure belief
Shall battle every shock
Hi t-.C oot 1 ring out 1 my birth day bells,
'J'be rare old chime ye play ;
''Life let ns cherish" me il tolls
I'm twooty.Gve to day.
Tho Public Lands.
The Secretary of llio Interior is opposed to
any further iseue of bounty land warrants, and
refers to the condition of the land department
ss follows :
On the 30th September, lSf l, there were
rir),o5.r),5'J5,'25 acres of the public lands which
had been surveyed but not proclaimed for
public sale, The lands surveyed and odered
at pultc sale previous to that time, and then
pul-ject to private entfj, amounted to 78,662,
73;"), CI acres, making an aggregate of public
lauds surveyed and ready for Bale of 131,213,
3:il).8'J acres.
The public lands have ceased enljftnntinlly
for the present, at least, to bo a source of
revenue to the Government. The liberal 1
manner in wbicb the nets of Congress, grant
ing swamp eiid overiluwod hinds to the States,
buve beeo coiif trued arid executed, the grants
of large quantities to add in the construction
of railroads, and the quantity required to
locate bmioty land warrants for military
services, have combined to reduce the cash
sales to uu amount little more than sufficient
to meet the expenses of our land system.
The net income ftotn sales duricg the last
fiscal year will hardly reach the sum ol
$200,000.
Tbe bouuty land warrsots and scrip issued
under different acts of Congress, previous to
Sept. lid, 1 861, embrace an aggregate of
71,716,172 acres of land. Of tbis amount
there have been located ; For Revolutionary
services, 8,200,612 acres, for service in tbe
war with Great Britain, 4.8o0.120 ucres ; lor
Canadian volunteers, 72,7f0 acres ; for servi
ces in tbe MexL'un War and other services,
under the acts of 1S-17, 1850, 1852 aud 1855,
in all 51,138,970 acres, leaviug yet to be loca
ted on warrants aud ecrip, already issued
7,754,720 acres.
Unless Congress shall authorize the issue
of additional warrants, tbis drain npon tbe
public lands will soon cease.
The propriety of issuing bounty land war
rants to tbe volunteers who bave beeo called
into service to suppress the existing insurrec
tion, Is already a subject of discussiou, and
must be determined by Congress. A warraut
for 160 acres to each volunteer engaged in
the service would absorb ovur one hundred
millions of acres, a much larger amount than
has been issued under all previous laws. It
is evident that tbe issue of sucb erf amount
of warraots would destroy all bope of deriviug
any revenue from tbe public lunds, at least
for many years. And while soch a measure
would deprive the Government of all Income
from tbis source, it would alTord but little
benefit to tbe volunteers. These warraots
are now sold in the market at about fifty
cents per acre. An addition of tbe laree
amount necessary to supply tbe volunteers
would necessarily reduce the price of tbem to
a merely nominal sum.
1 be bounty of tbe Government, dispensed
to tbe volunteers in tbis form, would fail to
realize to tbem tbe advantages intended.
All tbe bist lands would fall into the bands
of speculators, who would be enabled to
purchase them at a notuiual price and sell
tbem to settlers at full prices as fast as emi
gration to tbe west would require tbem for
settlement. If additional compensation to
to the volunteers, beyond tbe amount now au
thorized by law, shall be deemed jost and pro
per, it wilt be better both for he' volunteers
and tbe Government to make sucb compensa
tion by a direct appropriation of money, or of
uovernmeul securities. Ibis would give
them tbe full benefit of tbe nnnroDrialioni
made, while the Government would, by keep,
iog the lauds outil tbey shall be demanded for
seltlemect, realize ibeir full value.
The valuable and extensive mineral lauds
owned by tbe Government io California and
New Mexico bave hitherto produced no rva
nue. All wbo chose to do so bave been per
milter? to work tbem witboot limitation. It
is believed that do otber Government owning?
valuable tuioerul lands bas ever refused to
I . i' . ) :,. .tr 1 .1.. . - j . .
fioeii ui lur cj'poimni'jr til utriviug
revenue for the privilege of mining such lands.
Tbey are the property of tbe whole people,
and it would be obnnsly jost and proper to
require those who rjp the advantages of ml
o(ng tbem to pay a reasonable amount as a
consideration for tbe advantages enjoyed.
Tho Devastation of War in Kentucky.
The ravages of civil war have beeo B9 ter
rible in some partB of Kentucky as in Mis
souri. A letter says :
"Had the seveo plagnes of Egypt passed
over tbe Cumberland district il would not
have been more desolate. Tbe poor farmers,
who, in a season of plenty bave not more
than enough to see tbem safe into the Spring
were robbed of every sack of flour and pouno
of pork. Tbeir fences burned, their cows,
sheep and geese shot dead in tbeir tracks. I
counted on one farm, that of a noted Union
man, thirty head of cattle shot and left in the
fields to poison the air with their pestilential
odors. From not one of them had a single
steak been cut. As the Federal army march
ed along, the affrighted inhabitants came
skulking from tbe woods to look at their de.
VHKtated dwellings. Tbe ungalhered corn
served to feed tbe ltebtl horses, and its plan
ters now go mourning op and down the land
without food frr their starving families."
Yoa often bear of outrages committed by
armed traitors, so vile in tbeir nature that
tbey can hardly be credited, and, for a want
of credible authority, they are passed by as
false statements. Let me give you some facts
which I loarnfid from Colonel George T.
Wood, a member of the Kentucky Military
Hoard. He got them from John M. F'rame,
of Monroe county, Kentucky, who is Quar
termaster In Colooel Grider'e Kentucky re"
giment.
A few days since about 2.000 infantry and
750 cavalry cumn from Howling Green into
Allen and Monroe nntities, and robbed tbe
people of over $00,000 worth of property,
consisting of fat cattle, bogs, blankets and
other personal property such as they could
drive or carry away.
They had, on a previous visit, robbed Mr.
Frame's family of nearly everything in bis
bouse; but he bod replaced some articles by
purchase and borrowing, fo tbnt his family
could cook and sleep at borne. Tbe lust time
tbey stripped bim completely, drove off all bis
hogs, 200 in number, all bis horses and cattle
destroyed bis household furniture, and, in the
presence of his wife ood daughter, took their
be6t clothes, their bonnets and all tbe looking-glasses
in tbe bouse into one room, and
with jeers, jibes and yells, such as Secession
fiends can utter, crushed and tore their bon
nets, clothes and looking-glasses into atoms,
and danced upon the ruin they had made,
while shouting for JetT. Davis and his Govern
ment. Did the wife and daughter quail ? No, thank
God. Tbey told the traitors to tbeir teeth
tbey were and would remain loyal to tbe Gov
ernment and flag of tbe Union, and that the
power of the Union was moving upon the aud
that the power of tbe Union was moving npon
tbe traitors in all directions, end would speed
ily plunt tbe Stars and Stripes upon every
point now polluted by the traitorous flag of
tbe rebellion, and then a day of reckoning
would come, and crimes such as tbey were
committing would meet with certaid, terrible
and just punishment. Tbe fiends left item
in utter destitution, stripped of everything
but tbeir loyal principles. What they did to
Frame's family they did to all loyal citizens
in those counties, till gloated with plunder,
they marched back to their camp of kindred
traitors.
Tbeso are the men, sent by the traitor Buck
tier and the pious Folk, to protect tbe peo
ple of Kentucky against tbe usurpations of
the Legislature. These were traitors in arms.
Now tor a traitor at borne.
Soj.dikrs' PirNisnKHNT. The Washington
Republican contains a long list of tbe findings
of Court .Martial aguiust officers and privates
tried for offences, such as drunbenueps, deser
tion of sentry poxts, neglect of duly, ic. The
culprits are sentenced to forfeit their pay, to
be kept at hard labor for specified periods,
some lor the residue of tbei, terms of service
witb ball aud chain, to be marked with Ibn
initial letter of crime, to be drummed out of
camp after the bead is ehaved and tbe buttons
torn off, to be honorably discharged. The
following is a specinieo or the sentences :
'Corporal Louis FaviUky, Company C,
De Kalb Kegimeut, New York volunteers,
cuiltv of beiiiu drunk, and ODeuitJ? the knap
sack of a private in the same company, and
taking tberelrom a huecess and a ebirt belong
ing to euid private. Sentenced to have bis
head shaved, tbe chevrons and buttons torn
off bis uniform, and to be walked witb tbe
letter 1' an inch long in indellible ink, 00 bis
left hip, in the presence of bis regiment ; to
forfeit all pay, except Beventv fivPtents per
month, to pay tbe laundress, for the balance
of bis term of service, and to be kent at hard
labor for that time, wearing a tbirtv-two
Douod ball. Ac. and at the exoirution of that
time to be diahouorubly discharged from' tbe
service."
Stealing a IIoisk and its FYrmturr
be Loudon correspondent of tbe M aocbester
Express euys : "A gentleman, who bad Uot
lived long m bis house, went to the seaside for
a week or two, leaving everything sufe, end
bis furniture locked up in tbe various rooms.
When be returned il was late at night, and he
could not find bis bouse. It bad absolutely
beeo sold, pulled down and carried away in his
absecce 1 Tbe assistance of the pol.ee was
obtaiued, wheo il was found that a person of
fashionable exterior bud called upon a furni
ture dealer, aud, opoo some pretext that bo
wished to emigrate, asked him to value tbe
furniture in tbe bouse. Ad estimate was giv
en, a bargain was struck, aud everything in
tbe bouse was taken away. Tbe tbief then
went to a bricklayer, and inventing a story
that be wished to build a larger houee on tbe
site, told the bricks and material for what
tbey would fetch 1 Tbe astonishment of tbe
owner, fresh from sea-batbing, who left a
Douse aud luimture, and 00 his return could
find neither, was a 'caution.'"
Intkrkstino SekX'i'HTioN Iu the year
1815 tbe late Klkanah Watson as appears in
"Men and Times of tbe Revolution," page
522, 2d edition made and published the fol
lowing estimate of the proboble population
of tbe United States for a long series of years
Tbe actual result thus far shows a singular
approximation to tbe calculated that tbe pop
ulation would be ;
1820 9,625.734 tbe actual result 9,638,151
1830 12.833,645 12,866 020
1840 17,116.526 " " " 17.062,566
1850 23,185,368 " ' 23,191,870
1860 31,753,854
1870 42,328,433
1880 66,450,241
1890 77,266,989
1!H)0 110,355,892
1930133.000,000 Id roond do tubers.
1950177,000,000
1970-236.000.00U
'.')O-2t3,00O,OOO .'
The rebel Vie jier Oso" B. Crittenden,
brother of t' MMninn geueril, Thomas L.
Cri'.tendeu, hud oi lion. John J. Crittenden
bas beeo promoted to major generalship,
and assigned to command at Cnmberland
Gap. The brothers are thus opposed to each
other on the soil of their own State- George
was in the U. S. Army, In tbe West, and
when his resignation was charged to treason
able proclivities, he promptly denied it io an
indignant letter thus showing tbnt be was
both a traitor and a liar. Nearly or quite all
of the rehel officers, civil and military, are
composed ofjust tbis material.
The Canada press, with one or two exnep.
Hons, are like the borne pres9, favor the rebel
lion, and the destruction of our country.
Miaow KgKriKo hi Word m Boa-row. The
last time Ma.on visited Boston, before In-day, wae
as a guest ofslhal city, and where he was feted
and toa.tcd ns a distinguished statesman and civ
ilian. He viiuted Bunker Hill, where there was
a public deraVnatratinn, marched in grand proces
sion from the .Stale Houae, and wa. fully of com
plimer.ta and thanks for the favors and attention,
he received. He then promised to ilo justice to
the conservative people and sentiment ol old Man
nchuaetta. It) remembrance efthia summer visit,
of four years since, last apring, when Mr Robert
C. Winthrop was in Washington, he politely
naked Mr. Mnron when he would vinil Uoalon.
The hnughty Senator replied, "Not till I coins as
an Ambassador." The time hna arrived, and Mr.
Mason presents tn-dav hi. credentials at the fuah'
ionable Court in Fort Warren.
A Mnnr.n 1) reast Plate. The Srientifiic
American describes a breast plate, which, it is
said, is bciiiff extensively worn by officers and
men in the Federal army before Washington.
It is conipoaed of thin spring steel, and i worn
between the cloth and lining oi a common mili
tary vest. It bas two leave, which lay at the
edges when the vest is buttoned, so as to cover
the entire chest. It only weighs three pound and
a h 'If, and can be worn with ease by any olticer
or soldier during the mat ac'ive exercise. It is
very strong in proportion to ita weight, ntul it can
resist the thrust of a sword or bayonet, and it will
repel the bullets of mu.ket anil pistol, at ranges
which would otherwise be fatal to life.
Tho following figures show the amount of com1
misery storea which will be consumed in one
month bv the army, when brought up o the stan
dard authorized by Congress, viz ; fiUO.OOU men.
It will be seen that the labors of the commissary
department are anything but trivial, and that the
cost of feeding an army is a somewhat serious
item :
ll.SnO.OOO pounds of pork, or 18,750,000
pounds of fresh beef; 105,30 bsrrels of flour;
37,500 bushel, of beans, or 1,500. dOO pounds of
rice; 1,500,000 pounds of coffee; 3,.50,000
pounds of sugar ,- 1MI.U00 galloon of vinegar;
235,000 pounds of candles; (1110,0(10 pounds of
soap; 9,:8t bushels of salt, and 0,h00,000 pounds
01 potatoes,
A FiKiiTi.vo Qi-iKFii. General Halleck was
born on Long Island, of Quaker parent. When
young his family moved to Oneida county, where
he resided for ninny years. His Quakerism van
ished under a military education, ami the rebels of
Missouri, will probably find that be docs not con
duct war on peace principles.
Soluhh Slnmxo Moskt Hc.tr.. The
amount of money sent home by soldiers in the
field to their families is very remarkable. Pay.
master Panghorn arrived day before yesterday
from Port Royal, in charge of remittances from
the armv in that miehborhood. We understand
that of $40li,000 disbursed there, over i'250,100
was sent at once by the soldiers to their families.
Fourteen large mail bogs were dispatched tor that
purpose, containing over 14,000 lettets. Surgeon
Stone, of the Tammany teciiiit nt, arrived yester
1 day, briiiEina $11,000 fiora the men of that ree-
: inieiii sione to men latuilies 111 tlm
city.
-V. 1',' Times.
One l-:n Monr. Fon His Cdi-mtt. During
the recent visit of Secretary Cameron tu New
Y.dk, a nicnilier of the Seventy. ninth regiment,
who was in the battle of Bull Run, and near Col.
j t'omeron when he fell, culled upon the Secretary,
j He had been severely wo'indcj and taken prison
; er, curried to Richmond, and there suffered an
amputation of one of his legs. He came hobbling
I into the Secretary's loom on crutches, and lieg.
I ged to be permitted to go to the was auain, saying
I Ilia he thought that he could still be of service to
! the country, even on cru'ehes Mr. Cunierou
, did no.' question his capacity, but told him the
j first preliti.'inary waa to get a male to his remain-
ing extremity. The mm said he couldn't afford
1 that luxury, and insisted upon the validity of
i crutches. Mr. Cainerni! then told htm to go to a
; limb-seller's and buy the hfst leg be could rind
i and send the bill to hitn. The wounded soldier
I went his way rejoicing.
llor Yeast. Take as mnnv potatoes as you
wish--say a dozen pare, and boil them in just
enough wilcr to cover them. When they are
boiled soft, m.'sh them line in the water, and
thicken with flour v,-''ile it is scalding hot, a little
thicker than pancake bair ! when it is sufficient
ly cool add a little hop yea..1 i e it. When
it comes up it will be fit for use, and may be used
for bread or biscuit the same as any P'her yeat.
This yeaat may be kept from one to fi-'U' weeks,
according to tho caoluess of the weather a?'d the
place you keep it in. It should be covered liht
from the air. I keep it in a small mouthed jar,
with an oil cloth tied tight over il. U. W 111
the Northwestern Prairie Farmer.
Te Little Platk Boxv. 'Cbon, yon rec-kle-member
dat iiddlo pluck bony i pyed out
do bedler next veak ?'
'Yah ; vot of him V
'Notting, ouly 1 gits sheated purdy pad.'
'No?'
'Yah. Yon see, in de vurst blace he feV
plind in it both legs, und ferry lame mit von
eye. Den van you git 00 bim to rite he t ares
op pebint oud kicks up pel'ore so vurser as a
chackmule. I diuks 1 duke bim a liddle rite
yistertay, und so sooner I gits strattle his
back be gummeoce dat vay, sbust so like a
vakin peam on poatsteaui ; uud ven he gits
tone 1 wan so mixt up mit eferydings. 1
vinds miself sitting arooot packvards vit bis
dail iu tniue bants for da pridle.
4 Yell, vot you going to do mil bim ?'
'Ob, I vix him petter enchain op. I bitch
him in de cart mil bis dail vere bis bed ought
to pe ; den 1 gif him apout so dozen cuts init
de hitecuw ; be starts lo go put bo Bono be
see de cart pefoie bim he makes packwart.
Burty bood be Btumples pehiut und sits town
on bis bauuehest uud looks like be veel burty
sbamped mit himself. Dun 1 dates 'bim iu
de right vay, tint be goes off sbust so goot as
anybody's bony.'
Sold IIiuselk. A correspondent of
Nashville paper telle a good story about a
person wbo was going to Chattanooga on tba
Kailroad. Wbeo the train entered tbe too.
Del and total darkoees, ensued be asked a
stranger bow long it would be going through.
Stranger was a bit of a wag, aud replied
two boura. i'ersoo thought be avail himself
of tbe opportunity to don a clear shirt, and
about tbe time be bad "scbucked himself," tbe
train dashed out ioto daylight, exposing bis
person to tbe astooubed gaze of some hundred
pair of eye belonging to passengers, lie
bad no lioeo, and about as much otber oothiog
as tbe Apollo Dovidier-sod uo cbaoce to
DP.
i'anners jlfparintciif.
From th"Oermanlnwn Telegraph."
' THE POTATO.
ITS ORIGIN, IUSTORV AND CULTIVATION.
Tbe common potato (solanxim tuberosum)
was found growing wild In Virginia at tbe
time of its first settlement, end was introduced
into Europe in the year 1545, by Sir John
Hawkins. j
Gerarde, an old Kiplish botanist, mentions
in bis Herbal, published in tbe year 1597, tbe
fact of having planted lo his garden a potato,
wbicb did as well there, ns in its native soil.
Queen Aon, wife of James 1, in a maDu-
script account of family expenses, mentions
the purchase or a "few pounds 01 potatoes, at
two shillings a pound."
Id 1663, the It oval Society recommended
their cultivation as a means of preventing
famine.
Previous to the year 1684, tbey were only
planted in the gardens of tbe nubility ; during
tbis year a small portion was planted in ao
open field in Lancashire.
The potato will not thrive within tbe tro
pics, except at an elevation of from three to
four thousand feet above tbe level of tbe sea ;
their uatnral climate is tbe temperate zone.
So much for its origin and history ; now for
its cultivation :
Tbe soil best suited to potatoes is. a deep
loam, but a large crop bas been taken from
light sand woll munured. It is bf great im
portance that the Boil should be deep and
loose.
A good plan is to select a patch from tbe
corn-field, aud plow it up deep and well before
it- freezes, and let it lay all winter. If yon
wish early potatoes tbe oext summer, plant,
by turning a furrow on to tbem, two or three
rows where yon plow io tbe full ; by this plan
the potatoes will do to dig for table nse some
two and a half to three weeks earlier than the
others planted at tbe usual lime. The- only
disadvantage is that tbey must be placed near
er together, for they are more liable to miss
than wben planted in the spring.
Tbe uext spring give tbe patch a good coat
of manure, spread all over the surface, as is
usually done for wheat. As soon as the eround
will admit of it, commence planting by putting '
the potatoes iu every third furrow. Some are
very particular to lay the potatoes set witb the I
cut side down. From actual experiments, I
both by myself and others, I am convinced '
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h" r"'" , ":J:, ":k"V:
... in, ,uiBivuoncvuuuincfe, 1110 muuu
anit 11 ilia K UUUU
.11 remain where it
e taken to drop the
,.1.',
is id proper order the set w
is dropped. Cure should be
Sets ou the side of the furrow next the plow
ed ground, und not more than fifteen nor lees
than ten inches apart. After the sets are all
in the grouud, the patch 6hould be well har
rowed. As soon as tbe most forward shoots
begiu to show, it eboold be again harrowed
well.
After this 1 nse nothing but the hoe-barrow.
As tbe ground was made in good order, there
is not much trouble with weeds. They should
be boe burrowed four or five limes before they
come out in flower ; after tbis they should uot
be disturbed, except to pull up any weeds
which may ebnw themselves io the rows, uud j
that ouly to prevent tbem from going to seed.
Some preler planting on the sod ; a very
good crop may be obtained in this way, uud
potatoes thus p!autd are less liable to be in
jured by cold weather, and some think am less
liable to rot. If planted in this manner, I pre
fer to sproad the manure c.o the sod, and put I
the potatoes iu every third furrow. When j
this plan is adopted, more hoe barrowing uud I
weeding will he requited. 1 am opposed to
hilling or plowing potatoes ; pluut tbem deep, j
unrl thorn la no m-resRit v. !
Some think that by ridging they place more
of the stalk under (.'round, ood thereby iucrese
the vield. 1 have tried both plans iu the same
natch, and defer the level svntem.
I nrefer cood-sized potatoes for planting.
From experiments and observations, I have
coma to the following conclusions: That
large potatoes produce larger potatoes, io
larger qanlities and of a much better quality ;
that the degeneracy often observed io potatoes
results from using1 small seed ; that when po
tatoes of a medium size are used it is better to
plant them whole, and wbere large ones are
used, to cut them in holf only.
I arrived at tbis conclusion both by experi
ment aud by the following reasoning : .
The set, when it first sprouts, obtoins its
nourishment from the body of tbe cutting uu
til this is all exhausted : but as soon as it
sprouts it also throws out roots into tbe soil.
Until tbe starch and sugar in tbe 8v't is el) ex
hausted, these roots do little but increase iu
size. As soon us the subritance of tbe origi
nal eet ia exhausted, the plant must obtain
nourishment from the soil by means of its
ruuia. 1
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uw, u jf planning lare Be is, wr ito iw rwtu
sprout a larger proportion of nourishment, and
this enables the pluut to extend its roots be
fore tbey are called upon for actual service.
I know that poiatoes Can be raised from
narings. This may do io ground which is
stroM? aDl' 81 condition, but in poor and
bard gt'.ouDd it will wit do.
I tuve found by experiment, that more po
tatoes can be raisfd from the same amoout of
Beed by cutting the poNtoes io two instead of
four pieces ; and tbis, too, id rows side by side,
one.row having tbe seed cut in two, and the
Dext in four, aud so on throughout tbnt is,
where tbey are placed the same distance apart
in the row about oue foot. Wbere those c.'H
in two were planted oue foot apart, and those
cut in four eight inches, tbe former produCeJ
tbe best and largest amount of potatoes.
When potatoes are planted in corn-stalk
ground, tbey should be planted early, both to
avoid danger from rot, and to be oul of tbe
way of the ensuing wheat crop.
I bave found that on the same land three
hundred weight of guano will produce a belter
crop than a good coat of barnyard mauure
Aleo that three hundred weight of superphos
phate mixed witb five bushels of plaster, will
produce about tbe same quantity of much bet
ter poiatoes than a good coat of manure.
These remarks apply to one acre. Tbe ma
nure (barnyard) was spread all over the grouud
and the others scattered io the furrow on top
of tbe sets. Hut the succeeding crops of grata
aud wheat, without any additiuuul manure,
were much better where tbe barnyard manure
was applied tbao wbere the others were used.
That part to wbicb guano wag applied comes
next.
II will materially increase tbe crop to roll
tbe seta in plaster just after cutting aud allow
ing tbem to lay spread out aod occasionally
dust tbem with plaster for two or tbiee days
previous lo planting.
1 always dig as soon as the tops die ; if this
is cooveuieot, mow the the tops as .ood a.
dead, and dig .000.
Now, a word about keeping potatoes. We
find great care used to preveut potatoes aod
other roots from freezing. Freezing does not
burt tbem ; it is tbe thawing that does the
mischief. Potatoes may be froreo aod thawed
tbct 0; four times daring tbs winter fton
ded thethewiag b property eoud acted, ifctl
not be injured thereby In the least.
If a member of tbe body, such as a 'jaod tt
foot, be frozen, and be suddenly thawed by Cre
or warm water, tbe flesh will mortify and drop
off ; but let tbe frozen member be rubbed itb
snow, wh.'ch is a little lower in temperature
than the frozen foot, and thus ti,1 gradually
thawed, and tin inconvenience will eii?ae.
Only a ew lnyi sluce 1 tasted potatoei
which were ke'Ct io a heap in tho open air,
and covered Willi three inches if earth all
winter. They were twice (at least )rosen
solid, and twice tliwwe,,. but were ul injured.
Jo the spring, if early rtgetnbles, fiich as
ben.nn, pens or tomatoes, should be frosted or
completely covered witb white frost, thiv may
he saved by being sprinkled wi'h cold w.aMr,
if administered before the too shioeson th.em.
The water reduces the temperature gradually,
without nny bad effect.
If potatoes, apples, or other vegetable,"
when frozen solid are placed in Cold water",
tbey will be thawed gradually, find to harm
will he done tbem. ,
Vegetable! may be kept all winter by
making them into conical heaps, aud covered
with three inches of earth, and a sod 00 top,
to shed yain. A thio lsyer of clean straw ,
may Ijb placed over the vegetables, to keep
tbev.i from tbe dirt. When pat up in this
'.Dttuner, apples or potatoes may be taken nut
at any time during the wioter, end if thawed
io cold water are as good as over.
If your potatoes freeze in the cellar, don't
wait for tbem to thw, but throw them into a
conical beap, either where tbey are, or in the
open air, ami cover them with dirt, straw,
shavings, old clothes, chaff packed tight
around tbem, and they are safe. The cover
ing will prevent sodden changes, which do all
the mischief. 1 bave saved frozen potatoes
in this way ; it may be new to some of your
readers, and may be of nse, as it was to your
friend. AGRICOLA.
Chesttr County, Pa.
Plant Pear Trees.
The plan I bave adopted is to plant stand
ards tbe usual distance and a dwarf in tbe
ceotre of every vacancy between, making
every other oue a dwarf. Tbe soil 1 keep
nndor constant, shallow cultivation witb po
tatoes PDd other Vegetables, while the trees
are young ; corn would perhaps not be inju
rious, but the small grains and grasses Bbould
be avoided; tbe vegetables would need manu
ring which would serve tbe trees also.
Another all-important part in relation to
j r . 1 .1 . , - 1 .
uentiB iu srvu mem properly prutieu BU-
ioually.otbetwise they will be liable to be
..i v j .1 a.
Pf8l,rt blRb -'. qU root
18 n,ot8,0.0,l;letf0 PP Item .a the Pr
root witb the standard. Another reason for
. . . .- , .
pruning the dwarf i,, the top would become
too large for the root, tbe growth consequent.
nt tha vr.iiL'lh iniaaniian t-
ly wooid become eofuebled, tbe bark iutested
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In pron.ng I do not mean to confide the
cutting to the middle of the tree, and create
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iL'ug uuu breuuer nrtiucues, uui io euorieu ice
la adera annually by cutting off' half or morn
of the preceding year', growth, tukiug out ;
cross branches, aud tbiuning Bolliuienlly if
the growth incline. o become too compact.
My reason for planting every other one a
dwurf is, that the dwarfs will first commence
bearing, and if tbey do not prove to bo long
Wash Yocii Pigs. Pigs are not dirty
wben tbey have any encouragement lo be
clean,. Ours are washed every week with
warm soap and water, and nre well scrubbed
beli 1 rui tbeir eats and everywhere else to i
tlietr great ease and comfort. A hiL'lilv
ecouonucal remark of my man ubout tbis purl
of bls work was, that he scrubbed his pigs 00
! washing days, because the soapsuds did just
88 we" 'or manure after tbe pigs had done
'. wllb tbem, "and that,' said be, "makes
,(,
soap serve tnree times over." The nl.nva ix
1
1 li.ail If.D BtanrfarHa nn.ltaiia o.ll Ka ... f.. 1 1
k . li. .k a 1 . "" ,UU close to keep in the steam. !f you want to
bearing when tbe, decline thus keeping up .; d u cttn j,,, ofl
a constant succession of this valuable fruit.- ; DrfD0 fa Vor.j-.it-hMioura and ha," up "
from a book entitled Our Farm of Two four clov8, ball a pound of sugar, ihree
Acree. Oue of our subscribers Bays be : lus,ter 'f pint of water, bulf a pint of
always washes his pigs as often as twice a ! custard. Pare and take oul the ctre of -Hm
week, end keeps tbeir pen clean aod ooat, by ' BPP'B8. without dividing lliem, oud, if pns?ibk,
frequently and regularly cleaning tbem out. '. 'BttT9 the stalks ou ; boil the eugur and wulec
lie affirms positively that he can tell by taste i to8elbor for ten uiinntes; tbeu put in tho
whether pork is from hogs that were kept PIJ'tg witb tbe lemon rind or cloves, which,
clean or not. We nse no pork ourself, j ev,,r 1v,r "ty be preferred, and simmer
because we think it is unfit for human food ; ft"01'? 0Dt'' 'hey ore teuder, taking car not
but if we could be assured thai a hog was , t0 'uSf t,e,n break. Diab ther ntiy jQ u
kept clean and healthy, our main objections Bla68' d'sh ;- reduce the syrup by boiling it
to the pork of that animal would be obviated. 4"'ck!y for a few minutes-; lol it i-ooi a lutln
To soy tbat tbe tiesb of a diseased, or even '. luon p3f it'ovHr tbe apples. Have ready
excessively fut hog, or any otber animal, is fit Mdita half a pint of custard. Pour it rouoti,
to be taken into the human stomach, is to but not over' 1,19 apples when tbey are quito
reveal a culpable igoorauce of plain physical cold, and the dish is'ready lor table. From
laws ; and tbe sooner tbis is understood, the tffeniy to thirty minute j to stew tbe n;;g,..e,
better for the general health of our people j .".
Michigan Farmer. j A i-pi.k Ttami os Catfi-: (Gkicm Uki ii-k )
' -- , . i Take ten or twelve apples, sugar to lMe,.
Limk on Diseased Potatoes James Woo l, j 'he rind of one email' lemon, three eggs, one.
of LVsox, England, describes in the Gardeners' ' quarter of a pint of cream sr milk, one quarter
Chronicle the result of an application of lime to I of a pound of butter, tbree-quhrterB of a pound
diseased eed potatoes, as follows 1 j of good short, three ounces of eweel almond-!.
They were very bad, about one part in four ! Pure, core, and cut the apples into email pio"
being fit for food. 1 took them np in September ' ces ; put sufficient moist sugar to sweed-11
snd divided them into three sorts, vizi The few j them into a binio ; add the lemon peel, win ),,
that were good I put by themselves; the bad I I should be finely niioced, and tbe crenn'i st,r
made two sorts, the small and reality rotten I
threw into the hog-sty ; :he ieA of them I put j
iota an out house, ai.il .prink lt d some unpacked
lime an over tneiu, leiting lliem lie unprotected
until February. The lime protected them from
fiot. I then planted v. hat bad any igns of life
in them, which consisted of about three sacks,
The sorts planted were the pink-eyed Forty fold
and red Ashleaf, I am now raiting tbem and am
happy to inform you that I have not found one
diseased among them, aud have tnkeu up several
rods ; iu fact, they are lh best crop I have had
for years, ud if there was one sound potato plant
ed it was by acxidviit.
Watfr Proof Ckmext. The following
cement baa beeu used witb greut success in
covering terraces, lining basins, soldering
stones, and everything ruaisliug tbe acliou of
water. It is formed of ninety-three parts of
well burnt brick, and seven puita of litliurage,
made plastic witb linseed oil. Tbe brick aud
lilberuge most always be reduced ta very
fine powder. They are mixed together,
enough linseed oil added. It is then applied
in the niauner of plaster, the body thai is to
be covered being always previously wet with
a spooge. This precaution it indispensable,
for otherwise tbe oil would fritter through tbe
body and prevent tbe mastic from acquiring
hard uses. 1 a three or four days it becomes
bard aod firm. This may be of value to some
of our readers wbo may Lave Deed of a relia
ble Cemeut.
To Hon a a Tlhkzt. Remove tbe flesh
from tbe bone witb a sharp knife, scraping it
downwards, being careful oot to cut it to pie
ces. Begin at tbe wings, and do not tear or
break tba skio. Loosen tbe flesh from tbe
breast, back aud thighs. Draw tbe skeleton
by tbe Deck, from tbe flesh, then stuff it witb a
dressing prepared in tbe same way as for
roast turkev. If there are an hrnLan 1,1.1...
sew tbem op. Hake it .boot three boars.'
' tit rte 11 up cold.
8o!tc La. -ATF.n Co. Iu th-i I
Lancaster ft, " we f'"d a sensible cnmu.-ci-atioi
from out friet, 4 J. H. Garber, ou f
cultivation of tb(t Cbu. V ur8r
Garber is quite ein hat J favoring tbpcrnt?.
! Bays, "That till Cli Sugar l ane M
tbe very one tbiDg naedlu V " have had foil
failb far eom years. That i sneered j
our Middle States as welt as V -u corn.wbi n
we once know the proper jni, 'c J t itllivii
an.1 tint if paying mrq . v 1 e ilo qii-r
confident. Sooner or lulu," will find ll uc
this crop cannot be diispa used" H;tli on me
farms anymore that? wheat .or cirrj.""
We go a little farther thi n -f f . '3.1 nn tlm
question of latitude. It ha been ardiltiped
abundantly in all our Wesia 'n an i-jiTiiJt.
Western iit'.tes and sure, 'fcfullj il Kei "
York, aud is-a portion of the New fiiplaud '
States. As a profitable cro) p it ytHmp
cad Dot be extended far north) or evt. Hi.
G. recommends th saving of the Bry Hct--'
sieds, growios? at the top or the bush, lit.' '
future- planting, wbicb if portv led for a iVr'
years, ill secure the crop from the dange c;r
frost. We believe, however, thaU a touch of
the frost is rather beneficiul thai) otherwise .:
nt least it is 80 contended by Borr.e. fit :.
Ttleyra 91.
Cl'rino. Pork. Hub the meBt on the flesh
side with oue quarter pound finely pulverizer!
saltpetre nnd five pnuodv clarified sugar to
every one hundred pounds of pork j spritikb
Jhebottojiof the caalr, and every Inyer of
m "at (flewh side np) with Liverpool suit. In
21 hours poor on brim made nf Liverpool salt
as .strong as it will dissolve. The casks should
not be large enongb h cae the meat to be
prest ed so rnccb as to' etpress the juice.
Wboi t tbe cask has beei- filled pnt about rre
pint ot'charcoal io a igb, stool canvas sack
tied up in the top of tbe- flask and that wilt
absorb n.'l impurities and 'Jtvvp the meat sweet
and good in any climate, f. bave thus kept
pork in cm sifJersble iooBt-!ts lor two Bum
mers io New Off aus, ami t lie hrine was uot
changed or .boiieil, end tbe neat did uot sour
tbe least, but was highly qtu-ised by all who
saw or used ft. nod they Ai rviouiui ended my
plan. Bait. Weekly Sttr.
Kkkpinu Poiatoes. Wewe il silted that
if potatoes be buried five feet under grouud.
tney win doi sprout., out Beep iresb for nti
Indefinite period. This may be true, but we
do Dot think thut it will remiire burtino-t,.
I the depth of five fant to mnfee notutoes keeit
wen uuiu uw puiuvve? eimii necouiu ubllu
dant the following season. All that is needed
1 la tvj nicui asciuTv uig irnvu Ul irOiL 11 nil
, eMl) , ujr y tubles B UDB.
r,y nd W8 D(!,ittVa ulso , , and l
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"snro ' a'Z"?""
I . . . r w a UB i oiv
a Deighbor of bis, some vearj ugo. buried
1 Logsbeud full of apples, and wlie:Maken our,
i late id too epr:ng
i eonrtilo1 etthw
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' telegraph.
they wr ia perfect
aud atu of them O'er.
1
M a kino Bri.nk h hmZvZk our
beef close into the barrel, then take th ee
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Uwe in.7 ;PV.:, " " i
pouuuB 01 beer. 1'nt these luto jour ketlln
' and boil uDtil wb'.I dissolved. Then pour
. ... -
uuiiiug iioi upon ine neer; cover the bane!
i brine, addiut? nno. hftlf thu r-M,iin:.l ,.... t.t..
; of salt and Bultpetre, and as nmcb water n-t
' will covei the beef when repacked, letting tlm
'; briue Btauil.UBtil cold before ppuriM jt ou lUtt
; beef.
tt r r 11 r $ A r
. crKTHS A1WLK3 ANll ll'STARU i ulie SeVeU
1 kuuu sizeu apptes, me nou 01 nun a lemon or
these ingredients well, whisk tbe egg. ,md
I ...oil (l.u k( t ... . .11 . .1 r , .
.us uuu.-, , una uu mgeiiier, and the
sliced apple, aud let tbeso be well siirrod ir.rn.
I the mixture. l.iue a larce round t.lite will,
j the paste, place a nurrow rim of the samw
1 round tho outer edti- nml 1 ,0 H.D .,,i .,w
thickly In the middle. BLocb the ulinondu,
cut them into long shreds, aud strew then
'vcr tbe apples, and bake from one hull to
tnree-quarlers ol an hour, taking care that th
a'.uioLils do not gel burnt ; beu done, strew
some silted Hour over the top. and serve.
j pne, one half to Ibree quarters of an hour.
C01.0 Ckkam. Take half an ounce ol wbito
wax, same of spermaceti, and three ounces of
almond oil. Put tbe whole into a basin ntul
place it tu hut w.tvr till (used ; then jruilu
ally adJ threu ounces uf ru&e etaler, ebWr
water, or oruuge Bow.-r waiur, atiiring all ihw
tiir.e witb a fc-c A4-ll lu.-k. Whiu culo)
il is til lur uae.
Aril. is Pt'iiniNK I. lo abasia with
crust, prepared us for biscuit ; pare, core, aud
quarter as mauy sour apples g ill li:i th
D4j.ii ; sprinkle some all-spice over tbem u
I111U sugar, aud add a hull cup . of wui-r.
Cover with a era l and steam nus and a half
bears. Serve witb cream and sugar.
Ciikap FariT Cakb One aud one-b.H cop
sugar, oue cup of butter, thrue gg. iuic
tablespooululs sour milk, one half spoonful
soda, oue tup r raisiua, cue blf cup uf
black raspberry jam. Add more fruit 11 tut,
like it.
Arri.i Jki.i.v I rend one which 1 bave
tried and found to be a good one. Tukeacnt
apples, klice them up without paring, buil till
teuder, tbt-n strain end take throe piuts aud a
balf of juice lo one ul su"ar.
W uitk Spu.xgk Cakk. The whites oeigl't
eggs, beat to light froth ; add nue and a half
tumbler of pulverised sugar, ou tuo.l,i..r ,f
Boar, tbre lout lbs tvpoiufel of Cfu.m
tartar, roiiid aril lb tbe flour.