'eltehig Itamilg Gitritat---Ptbottb to olitits, Agricutturt, fittraturt, foreign, points& anb . Otneral Ntitignitt, &t. ESTABLISHED IN 1813. TRB WAYNESBURG MESSENGER PIIIILISILED BY ft W. JONES AND JAS. S. JENNINGS. Waynesburg, Greene County, Pa. ,(11XOPFICE NEARLY OPPOSITE TUE PUBLIC s ctvARE• ..ca it 3 IS EEL el 1 SURRCRIPTION.-82.00 in advance ; $2.25 at the ex piration of six montbsi $2.50 after the expiration of the year• Anytirristmenvs inserted at 5t.25 per square for three insertions, and al cap• A square for each addition al insertion; (ten lines or less coullted a square.) LaCri — A liberal deduction made to yearly advertisers. JOll PRINTING, of all kinds, executed in the beet style. and on reasonable terms, at the "Messenger' Job °Ace. quesburg Business Cubs. ATTORNEYS: 4110. L. WYLY. J. A. J. BUCHANAN. WYLY & BUCHANAN, Attorneys & Counse lltora at Laws WA YNESB UR G, PA. Fr iW practice in the Courts of Greene and adjoining Fntintieff. Collection, and other legal business will re eeive prottipt attention. Office in gie old Bank Building. Jan. gt, afl Cats. A. A. PURMA f. .1. CI. puRNAN & ILITONIE. ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Waynesburg, Pe. perOFFIrE--)asin Street, one door east of the old Bink Bniliding. LI I Jusiness in Oraene, Washington, and Fay late Counties, 011411tited cu them, will receive proniv attention. N. B —Particular attention will he given to the col lection of Pensions. Bounty Money. Back ray, and other claims against the Governivent. dept. 11, 1961 —lv R. A. R"CONNELL. J. J. I.IUFIAAN. AM'CONNEILL ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS 4T I..eW liVaynesburg, Pa. wroffice in the "Wright 1k ...se." East Door. rtollections, &cc., will receive prompt attention. Waynesburg, April 23, 1862-Iy. DAVID CRA WFORD, Attorney and Coungellor at Law. Office In the Court tinuse. Will attend promptly to all bush - tees entrusted to fan care. Wayneshorg, Pa., July 30, 1883.-Iy. C. ♦. YUCK BLACK & PHELAN, ,ATToRNEvs AN C D cot , NsEi,Loß3 AT LAW Office in the Court House, W aynet burg. tiept. 11,1t161-15r. SOLDIERS' WAR CLAIMS P. HUBS, ATTONIZY AT LAW, WAYNEBBURCI, PENN/1, 118 received from the War Department at Wash- LA legion city, D. C., official copies of the several laws passed by Congress, and all the necessary Forms and Instructions fur the prosecution and collection of PENSIONS, BOUNTY, RACE PRY, due dis ;charged and disabled soldiers, their widows, orphan children, widowed mothers. tethers, slaws and broth ers, which business, (upon due notice] will be to o y and ent if ruste to hiast .tene d Offi p e, m Na. 2, Campbells 1863 care . - a. W. G. WADDELL, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, FFICE in the REGISTER'S OFFICE, Court O House, Waynesburg, Penna. Business of all kinds solicited. Has received official copies of all the taws painted by Congress, and other necessary instruc tions for the collection of PENSIONS, ROUNTIES, Kir P. 4 Pr discharged and disabled soldiers. Widovis, Orphan children, lac., which business if intrusted to his care will le promptly attended to. May 13, '63. PHYSICII.ANg Dr. T. W. Ross, .Ir4yaric3l. , naci ds 16013x - ge•chata, Waynesburg, Greene Co.; Pa. e i TTIVE AND RESIDENCE oN MAIN STREET, ILI' east, and nearly opposite the Weight hope. Way fleshly g Sept. 2:!, DR. A,- G. ()nose wOULD very respectfully tender „ his services as a PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, to the people or Waynesburg and vicinity. He hopes by a due appre ciation of human life and health, and strict attention to business, to merit a share of public Palsouslie. Waynesburg, January 8, 1862. NdERORANTEI WM. A. pQRTER, Wholesale and Retail Ileales in Foreign and Domes ( Dry Goods, Groceries, Notions, etc., Main street. Sept. 11.1861—1 T. MINOR & CO., Nolen; in Foreign and Domestic Dry Gonda ! Grit. miss, Hheensware, Hardware and Notions, opposite the Green House. Main street. Sept. tb IStii—ty, Flu. -IiPI2J J. D. COSGRAY, poor end dim ranter, Main street, nearly opposite ise "Farmer's and Dre►r'a Bank." Every style at Moot: and Oboes constanUy on hand or made to order. Sept. 11, IM-Iy. GIWONJUIII3 & vivuirriza. . . JOHN MUNNELL, Deader In Groceries and Confectionaries, and Variety papa l igo,neadly. Wilson's Ntw Building, Main strati.. Wept:ll.ll4l—ly. WATCHES £ND =yrs:Lay • 8. M. 13AILY Ildain amok opposite the Wright House keeps alrerays oa band a large and elegant assortment of Wombes and Jewelry. ADlrilepairing of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry wil receive prompt attention [Dec. 15, 1861—ly Roos% &o. i.r,w is DAY, Alesdar is 84001 and Micenemesia Osaka, Station toy, Ita. Magazines and rapers: One doer ALA es Pentrea gators. Main street. pert. 11. 1861 Iv. ILADDIAIS AND MARN3IBB. SAMUEL M'ALLISTER, Caddie, ilernee; and Trunk Maker. old Sank Budd a tert ain lrrd6, 1-Ir. . , BANK. .. _ • ~: • i" . VIERS' & DROVERS' BANK, Waynesburg, P. '.- BLACK,.Yres't. J. LAZZAII, Curlier ruinseltl is-,;.., it. test—w. C*, Li 1\ t , 1 % ai l tt . ‘4\ L,)-'. ( 1 , 1 . t 1J :1 11( 11' c l • •• -) ia j l t il I * --- 4 4)) 1 4- til L A 0 i ( i , Ai s 1 1 , , ~ . ,--.,,_. ), „ ) . \..., ....., . , 1 1 .. ~._ ) _, , JOHN PHELAN tamit Cult. Female Physicians. From the Address of Ann Preston, M. D., to the Graduating Class of the Fe male Medical College of Pennsylvania, delivered March, 1864, we select the following paragraphs ; Allow us, before we part, to urge upon you the necessity of guarding your own, health, by all prudent and right precautions. This is a part of your capital, and an instrument essen tial to full success. Medical practition ers, as a class, have not been noted for attention to hygienic rules in their own persons. That esprit de corps which has despised personal danger, may have contributed to this neglect. It is true, there are objects more sacred even than health and life. There are occasions— they will come, probably, to you, when no personal consequences--be they death or long disease—ran deter the true phy sician, or the true won Tan, from stand ing at the past of danger; but nothing save duty, should keep you from cul tivating religiously those healthful hab its in regard to rest and exercise, sleep, food, dress, ventilation, &c., upon which the power of sustained and ef fective exertion is made to depend. Abounding as is the vitality that some of you possess, it has, nevertheless, its stern limits. The expenditure of nerv ous energy that your duties will involve, will require seasons of relaxthm, of rest and quiet for its renewal. By system atically guarding these from unneces sary interruption, and by adopting sore general method in the employ ment cf your time, you may do much to render it more available for improve ment, as well as to lesson the wear of daily duties. Ladies, in view of the possibilities of your future, our farewell is mingled with deep congratulation. Not that success will come without patient exer tion, nor that hard things, and dark days may not be eneouutered, You, also, must combat difficulties, tempta tions, sorrows, and disappointments, But these are the tests of life ; and those only who meet them, and overcome, become clothed with the garments of strength, and hear in their inmost souls the paeans of victory. • God grant that no mistake on your part, no lack of proper knowledge, care or caution, may overwhelm you with the awful consciousness of being respon sible for the fatal termination of a case confided to your fidelity and skill. Entering the sanctuaries of families, ministering at the ,sacred altars of life, knowing the secrets of sad hearts, and the needs of yearning humanity, we can ask for you no deeper blessing, thar that you may prove equal to the glorious opportunities "to do good and ru coqinunicate" which are opening be fore you. Whatever may be the gifts of nature or of fortune, none are really strong, save as they ally themselves• to truth and right—to the everlasting and un changing, and those alone retain through life their sweet, childlike faith in virtue and in humanity, who practise the one, and strive to bless the other. Ifeeping the Divine ideal of the per fect physician before you, may you be healers of the sick, sympathizers with the poor and the suffering, enlighteners of the ignorant, sate depositories of con fidenee, faithful and wise eonesellors. Even the silent effluence from a puve inward life is a power for good, and a perpetual sweetness in the world. Walking onward with serene and full trust in the Invisible, and the All, Faithful, knowing that "duties are ours and consequences are God's," you may lay yoUr burdens upon the arm of Divine strength, and realize in your own blessed experience the joy of those who "walk on earth, yet breathe empyreal air," Looking out for "Slightl." There are spore people always look, ing out for slights. 'They cannot pay a visit, they cannot receive a friend, they cannot carry on the intercourse of the family, without suspecting some offense is designed. They are as touchy as hair-triggers, If they meet an acquaintance in the street who hap pens to bp pre-occupied with business, they attribute his abstraction to some motive personal to themselves, and take umbarge accordingly. They lay on others the fault of their irritability. A fit of indigestion makes them see imper tinence in everbody they come in con tact with. Innocent persons, who nev er dreamed of giving offense, are astki ished to'findisoMe unfoitnnate• wqr4 or ionic, momentary taciturnity mistaken for insult. • , How to Keep Children Healthy. The mortality among the children in oar cities, as well as in the country, is sad to contemplate. Is there any necessity for this? Are all of these cbildreu sent into the world to be thus early cut down? Are notzine out of ten of these early 404 the result of ig norance? What parents ever lost a 'Child, except by accident. without thinking : "If I had treated it WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, Pk, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1864. Liquor in the Army. Gen. Howard made the following sensible remarks as to liquors iu the army, in a late speech: "I did not drink at college, I did not drink at West Point; but, when I got into the army, I found it was all the fashion. If you went into an officer's quarters, the first thing was to offer you something to drink. It was thought you did not treat him with proper respect if you did not. I fell into the habit. I drank whisky, and offered it to others.— When I was stationed at Florida, I once of fered whisky to an officer, and he declined. I urged him to drink, and he drank. A short time after, I attended him in the horrors of delirium tremens, and I made up my mind it was wicked, and that I would never do it again; and 1 have not. Ido not keep it in my quarters or my tent. Ido not offer it to any officer or to any man, and I will not.— I know it is a hard stand to take, ezpecially for a young officer; but I can say, from my own experience, that it will pay." From the Child's Paper In the Beginning. •'Where did you get yoar nice new warm sack ?" asked a lady of a little girl. "Prom God, ma'an," said the little girl modestly. "Why, did not your mother make it ?'- asked the lady. "Yes, mother SEW= it," said the child. "And did she not buy the cloth of the shop keeper ?" askod the lady. "Yes," said the little girl, "but the shop keeper bought it from the factory where it was spun and wove, and the factory man bought the wool from the farmer, and the farmer took it from the Lamb's back, and the lamb got it from God, who clothes the little lambs with their soft wool to keep them warm. The lambs could not dress themsel ves, nor could their mothers dress them.— God dresses them. So God is in 'the begin ning, mother says, and without God I should not have had it.' That is the very first thing the Bible says: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth," And so of everything in the world Owe, every thing we eat, drink, wear, or use, if we follow them up to the begin ning, ws SW and God, It is God, God, God everywhere. Oratorical Generalship among Ohi!- dren. In skirmishing with boys and girls by way of question and answer, it requires considerable skill to avoid a surprise.— In their unsophisticated minds, thoughts lie in a much more natural order than in ours. While we deliberately plot our questions with a view to connect them with certain answers, they are expected to reply off-hand; and sometimes, i our eagerness to carry one point, we leave another unguarded, and are out-gener aled. In addressing a Sabbath school of col ored children, the orator was desirous of impressing upon his hearers the very limited knowledge of the wisest of men. some of you know more than the rest, but that is very little, and what do I know he exclaimed with considerable emphasis, when *wore of voices replied: Nothing sir ! In a recent magazine, it was related of a temperance orator, in one of our western towns, that in addressing an assembly of boys, he said : Now, boys, when I ask you a ques tion you tuust'ut be afraid to speak right out and answer me. When you look around and see all these fine houses, farms and cattle, do you ever think who owns them all now? Your fathers own them, do they not ? -Yes, sir!' shouted a hundred voices. 'Well, where will your fathers be iu twenty years from now ?' 'Dead!' shouted the boys, 'That's right. and who will own all this property then?' 'Us boys!' shouted the urchins. 'Right. Now, tell me—did you ever, in going along the streets, notice the drunkards lounging around the saloon doors, waiting for somebody to treat them 1' `Yes, sir; lots of them.' Well, where will they be in twenty years from now r 'bead exclaimed the boys.. 'And who will be the drunkards then 1' IDS boys!' This was the most natural reply in the world, as it followed right on in the or der of the questions. The orator prov ed himself to be a bad general by not sending a skirmisher forward before he pot his feet loestioq, to see what the re ply might possihly he. Meditation. In order to have the body invigor ated, food must not only be eaten but digested. And if we would have our souls nourished and our spiriting strength renewed, we must not only listen to discourses in the Sanctuary, but likewise meditate upon them when we rfatirP to oar dwfdling's. The litter duty however is too much neglected. Phillip Henry says : "It is Wier to go she miles tO hoer a sermon than to spend one ven:aet afan haw in mediating au it when I oome home, And observ. es Coleridge : "It is not enough that Was - feed tip ettim. WWl* : 13 0 , 09041 skew its fixe4,4 1 syn. ewe! From the Child's Paper The Two Apprentices. Two boys were in a carpenter's shop. One determined to make himself a thor ough workman ; the other 'didn't care.' One read and studied, and got books that .would help him understand the principles of his trade. Re spent his evenings at home, reading. The other liked fun best. He went off with other boys to have good times. Come, he often said to his shop-mat 'leave your old books ; go with us. 'What's the use of all this reading?' If I waste these golden moments was the answer, I shall lose what I can never; never make up. While the boys were still apprentices an offer of two thousand dollars appear ed through the newspapers for the best plan for a state-house, to be built in one of the eastern states. The studious boy saw the advertisement, and determined to try for it. After careful study he drew his plans, and sent them to the committee. I suppose he did not really expect to gain the prize ; still there is nothing like trying. It was not !ong before a committee of gentlemen arrived at the carpenter's shop, and asked if an architect by the name—mentioning the boy's name— lived there. No, said the carpenter, no architect. I've got an apprentice by that name. Let's see him said the com mittee. The young man was called. and sure enough his plan had been accepted, and the two thousand dollars were his. The committee then said he must put up the building; and the employer was so proud of his success, that he willing ly gave him his time and let him go. This studious carpenter's boy became one of the first architects of our country. He made a fortune, and stands high in the esteem of everybody; while his fel low-apprentice can hardly earn by hip daily labor daily bread for himself and his family. Who loses a youth of improvement, loses the best beginning which a boy can make in life. From the Child's Paper The Brave Boy. . I was a going down one of the av enues when I came to the corner of a street where an intelligent looking lad, thirteen or fourteen years o! 1, was sweeping the sidewalk. As I. waited for the cars, two other boys came up to him, and a very animated conversation followed. The new-comers had skates in their hands, and began telling their friend of the "splendid time" they would have on the ice. It was Satur day, the weather was cold and clear, and they asked him to join them that afternoon on the pond. He replied that his employer had some work for him to do, andahe was very sorry, but he could not go. "Well then, to-morrow we will have fun." 'oh, not on Sunday," exclaimed the brave boy in a firm voice, but with a pleasant smile. I took the car, but not without carry ing in my heart a feeling of respect for one who had stood firm for his con science. He bad the courage to give up hits own inclination for wbat he felt to be his duty. 4 child who is morally brave, is the one who, having fixed principles of hon or, truthfulness, regard for parents, conscientiousness in the fulfilment of his-duties, respect for his Maker's will, adheres to them. If that child knows that web and such 4, thing displeases his heavenly Father, be will not by any human power be induced to do it ; he is truly brave. ALPS, of Ras& has Aware& a mid vaebaystitibaria,aleat fasty twre.ssiiiim. dal ill UMW al 44172 t payiDent of WOW*. ffititct Nottrg. The Song of the Summer Wind. I come from the Southern shores of balm, From the spice -fields far away ; I come with the breath of orange-blooms, And the light of the Summer day; I kiss the cheek of the fevered child, And play with her sunny hair; I soothe the woes of the sorrowing ones, And release their hearts of care. I bear aloft, to the white, white clouds, The wondering school boy's kite, And he gazes up till his eyes grow dim, With a look of fond delight ; While o'er the brow of the laughing one, I toss the auburn curl, As by the throng, in the lingering eve, My pathless way I whirl. I open the cups of the dainty flowers, By wildwood, field and dell, And I rock the fairies fast asleep Who hide in the lilly's bell, The tall grass nods as I wander by, Aqd the brook up-murmurs with glee, And joy and gladness spring up in my path, Wherever my pathway be. Oh, what would the warrior's banner be, Were it not for my gentle power— Aye, dark would be the patriot's hopes, And darker Liberty's hour, But the starry flag of Freedom's land Floats gaily along the way, And the freeman shouts with joyous pride, As he views my force to-day. I come with the voice of Hope and Truth— I coins with the good God'a love, And I bring earth's weary ones a taste Of the joys of that land above, I wisper to them of that inner light— The love that never dies— How the Soldier of the Cross may rest On the fields of Paradise. iordlantolto. [From the Philadelphia Age.] General Grant's Operations Compar- ed with those of McClellan. The siege of Richmond has at length begun. General Grant has adopted McClellan's plan of 1862, and has so far developed himself as to show that his operations will be in almost every essential part a copy of the former siege. McClellan approached Rich mond from the east. Grant approaches it from the northeast. AlcClellan's northern flank was at Meadow Bridga, and in the early part of his operations, his southern flank was near New Bridge six miles below, on the Chibkahominy. Grant's northern flank is near Meadow Bridge, and his southern flank is mov ing towards New Bridge. McClellan drew' his supplies from White House ; Grant'does.the same. McClellan's first maneuver; after reaching the Chicks hominy, was'' to cut the Gordonsville railroad between Hanover Court Houst and Richmond. Grant will do it as soon as possible. McClellan picketed and held the country between Hanover Court House, the Painitnkey, and the Chickahominy. Grant is also doing it. In almost-every particular the present siege is a copy of the former one.— Grant, however, has an advantage which McClellan had not. He controls the military operations throughout the , entire country, and has now in has ar- 1 every available soldier. At this Intent there is not an idle company vwhere. Every man has been sent t. His future operations bid fair to similar to McClellan's. The enemy ill confront him on the Chickahominy. :is camps tall be on the borders of ie swamps and his pickets in them.— [o will find, as McClellan did, that no Meadow bridge to New bridge is le very strongest portion of the con :derate defenses. Like McClellan he rill avoid them, and must of necessity ;o further down the Chickahominy, irosa over and advance against Rich mond from the southeast. He cannot go up the Chickahomiuy and approach the town from the north or Wi,ite House is east of Richmond, and Grant thus exposed it the confeder :es could easily come out of the south le of the capital and cut off his sup. : es. Grant has other advantages 'r McClellan. lie has the benefit of - 11att's experience. He can avoid mistakes of 1862. McClellan stir red the ground, and left him socurate ts, The signal corps of 1862 have .on record the position and estpat nearly all the confederate defenses. -ee of McClellan's best officers—Han , Meade and Smith—are aiding Ant. fie and his troops have had o years longer experience of war.— great mistake made in 1862- 7 the ibution of the federal army all over country, and the failure to reinforce Ilellan—has been rectified. But . necessity General Grant will find 3 elf following McClellan's footstep*. started from the Rapidan, intending void them, but ' circumstances have at him tnititm. lie bpi begun -perilous - &Oink undeitaking.— tabarg ditruet tit peg* tbie , siegettiCepn sod the 0453 • be'-itokliellibist— , 'Org4.11”141111141011.004 How Gen. Grant set out on his Cam paign. When he went away from here the last time he fully understood the nature and magnitude of the work before him. ' He was perfectly satisfied with all things and modestly claimed that in his plans, God would grant him victory. He also remarked to his friends that, between two such armies as Afeade's and Lee's, success depended upon steady, persist ' ent pounding on the enemy, saving as many of his own men as possible. He believed he had the larger number of soldiers, and a corresponding excess of physical strength and endurance; and by adopting his course he would be able to wear out the enemy. Says Grant:— "I will narrow this matter down to a point. Suppose the enemy has two thousand and I have three thousand men ; can there, need there be any doubt as to the result g The Army of the Potomac is raised to destroy Lee's army,and for that grand object I am go ing to use it. With determination, and patience, by my plan, I can and I will whip the enemy." Now, when one re calls and considers the conversations of Washburne with his friends since he left Grant's immediate presence, and the re markable and characteristic dispatch by Grant to the government, saying. "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer," and, withal, his few announcements of fighting, resting, or manoeuvering before the strongholds of the desperate foe, is it not easy to see how everything accords with what Grant said when he left Washington 7 Veri ly the American people have need of patience and hopefulness in these times that try men's souls. Clouds and sun shine, calms and storing follow each othea now-a-lays with wonderful rapid ity. " I Don't Like My Business." There is no greater fallacy in the world than that entertained by many young men that some pursuit in life can be found wholly suited to their tastes, whims and fancies. This philos opher's stone can never be discovered, and every one who makes his life a search for it, will be ruined. Much truth is contained in the Irishman's re mark : "It is never airy to work hard." Let, therefore, the fact be always re membered by the young, that no life work can be found, entirely agreeable to man. Success always lies at the top of the hill ; if we would reach it, we can do so only by hard, persevering ef fort, while beset with difficulties of every kind. Genius counts nothing in the battle of life ; determined, obstinate perseverance in one single channel is everything. Hence, should. any of our young readers be debating in his mind a change of business, imagining he has a genius for e.ome other, let him at once - dismiss the thought as he would a temptation to do evil. If you think you made a mistake in choosing the pursuit or pro fession you did, don't make another by leaving it. Spend all your energies in working for and cling to it, as you would to the life-boat that sustained you in the midst c ‘ xf the doe= If you leave it, it is almost certain that you will go down ; but if you cling to it, inform ing yourself about it until you are its master, bending your' every energy to the work, success is certain. Good, hard, honest, effort, steadily persevered in, will 'bake your love for your busi ness or profession grow ; since no one should expect to reach a period when he can feel that his life-work is just the one he could have done bee, and would have liked best. We are allow ed to see and feel the roughtmses in our own pathway, but none in others ; yet all have thew—Mats .3lcrchant's Magazine. Female Friends. From Caxtoniana we take the follow ing "It is a wonderful advantage to a man, in every pursuit or vocation, to secure an adviser in a sensible woman. In a woman there is at once a subtile delicacy, of tact and a plain teundness of judgment which are rarely combined to an equal degree in man. A woman, if she is really your friend, will have a sensitive regard for your character, honor, reputation. She will seldom counsel you to do a shabby thing, for a woman friend always desires to be proud of you. At the same time, her con stitutional timidity makes her more than your male friend. She therefore set ! dom counsels you to do an imprudent thing. By female friendships, I mean pure friendships—those in which there is no admixture of the passion of love except in the married state. A mm's best female friend is a wife I of good sense and good heart, whom be loves and who loves him. If be have that he need not seek elsewhere. But, supposing a man to be without such 4 helpn4ate, female friendshii• he Must kill hairs, or his int( Eect will be without a garden, and there ' ill be many an unheeded gy even in its strongett fence. Bet** and safer, of oonrie7qqati friendihiri where dicer- ities 44: 7 m. rs or oirotitnstinclui, pia! ! :,14, idea Grieve 'ent of the question. Mid. die !Utilise rarely this einntege ; rip* . stidoki agi 'brie. We - pay hive lik= iftele friendships wit/timed inedigeNie and those muck • - diestsmeeetree.' NEW SERIES.---VOL. 6, N 0 .3. Progress of Agrioulturel Knowledge. Mr. John H, Klippart says, in a lec ture delivered before the Teachers' In stitute, at Deleware, Ohio : The little knowledge which we have of the modes by which insects may be impeded in their destruction of ntftch that is valuable to us, has Fobs* pro ceeded from our contempt of their indi vidual significance. The security oftrop erty has ceased to be endangered by wolves, bears, raccoons, opossums, and even squirrels of late, and yet our wheat fields are subject to the ravages of the midge, and our gardens are des troyed by aphides and caterpillars. If the wheat cultivators of Ohio had thor oughly understood the naiural history of the midge, a loss of nearly ten. mil lion bushels in 1854 could have been avoided. Owing to the depredations of the midge and other insects, the farm ers of Ohio have lost nearly twenty mil lion bushels of wheat during the five years last past. From 1850 to 1853, both iuclusive, the crops averaged 146 bushels per acre; the crops of 1854 then should have been 21,548,641 bushels; instead of which it was 11,819,100 bushels only, being a decrease, from the average aggregate of 9,729,541. The crop of 1856 was less than the average from 1850 to 1853 by 6,247,357 ; the losses attributable to distructive insecta may be stated as follows : 1853, 1854, 1857, Total, Or about 14 per cent. of the entire amount produced from . 1850 to 1856, both inclusive, or 30 per cent. of the amount produced during the four years from 1853 to 1855. There is no iw dustrial pursuit in the State, other than that of agriculture; which cculd sustain such extensive losses wtihout seriously embarrassing not only those immediate , ly concerned, but the entire industrial community. In the Province of Cana da this scourge was terribly destructive, during the past year, destroying at least one third of their crop, or about 8,000,000 bushels. ' Again, there are beetles which de ' posit their larvre in trees in such formid able amnbers that whole forest perish beyond the power of remedy. At one place in South Carolina, at least ninety trees in every hundred, upon a tract of two thousand acres, were swept sway by a small black-winged bug, and yet the people there shoot the red-headed wood-chuck, the great enemy of these insects, because he occasionally eats a cherry or spoils an apple. Almost all our forest trees are infested with insects which are destroying them. Since the removal of forests insect forms appear to be multiplying, and we now hear complaints of insects destroying apple, peach, pear, plum, and cherry trees as well as their fruit; fifty years ago there were large orchards in Ohio, but they escaped the ravages of insects for more than a quarter of a century.— The enormous injuries which insects cause to man may thus be held as one reason for ceasing to consider the study of them as an insignificant pursuit, for knowledge of their structure, their fetid, their enemies, and their general habits, may lead, as it often has led, to the means of guarding against their in juries. Mr. Bright of Philadelphia, in a let ter to the Gafdener's Monthly, puts forth the tbllow•ing Manure, then, I say, chiefly upon the surface. Do not waste your manures by mixing them deeply with the soil:— Plant shallow. Keep roots of all trees, plants and vines, as near the surface as possible. There are weighty reasons for the position assumed in the last sentence, which I have not space now to mum crate. I say again, plant shallow.— Let your soil be deep and dry, but plant near 0.4 e surface. To farmers I would say, manure the surface as much as pos sible. Top-dress your grass, after mow ing in July or August, under a burn: ing summer sun; top-dress iu the fall, } before and during the autumn rains; manure the surface while the snow is on the ground, while the March winds blow, and while •the April rains fall.— Manure your grass, instead of sour oorn and wheat, broadcast, at any time when you have manure and leisure, and I will guarantee that you will be abun dantly satisfied with the result. To fruit-growers I would say, do not fill your soil with manure before yOu plant trees, grape vines,