LEWIS
BURG
CHIRON
C L E;
Btf O. N.
WOHDEN & J.
II. C. HlCfcUK, UOHHSrOXDIXG r.DITOR.
Clje wdm Cftrontrif,
Family Longevity.
ji New Haven paper recently noticed
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it.. ..u of a family of ten brothers ana
e. in that neighborhood, among whom
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We are informed cf a more remarkable !
example of family longevity in tins vicin-1
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ity. The ten living brother and sisters,
of whom WtU.IAM ESMT, Km , of Chil
lisquarpie is the senior, range from 5o to
1 2 years In ago an awmjz cf 0:Ji years,
and a total of 035 years.
v. il... Connecticut lis well .IS
the West Uranch family, would bo found j
to have descended from parents of good
constitution.-, early rwcr., leading lives of
diligence, temperance, and cheerfulness,
"fearing God and regarding man," and by
these means being pmcr inheritors of the
promised "three-score years and ten."
Agricultural CoileeP.
In addition to the liberal fiffer of Gen.
Miles of Kric county, it will be seen by
the following article that Gen. Ikvin of
Center county has nndo an opially gener
ous offer towards an endowment of a High
School for Farmers. IlarrUburg al?o is
intending to coiupeic lor ti.e prize, j ne
query has also been made, Can not Lawn j
and Northumberland counties enter into i
the listr llailroad facilities will render ;
our region the most central in the ttate.
A school devoted to Agriculture, in
immediate neighborhood of a well-endowed j
Literary and ScientiOe lustitutiou, would .
be most ecouomical,and confer and rcceivu ;
Th
many auranatgo. lucre arc many one ,
Farms near our University, on each side
of the River, well ajaptcd for an Kxpcri
tneotal or Model Farm. Tho large Farm
of Col. Moore, iu Ruffal oe Valley, was in
Miirl'At t nil tarn nrnciimi trill u Cli -ill
not this, or some other suitable place, be
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offered by our ctuens to the Sutc Society
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MO UIC DlbV ! BU ill It-UU Jl lit VUttfC
It there be thought aud discussion upon i
the subject, which may soon be takcu up
fiy toe Society for decision
Agricultural Pleeting.
The regular quarterly mectiiug of thc
Centre Conn 'y .grieultural Society, was
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. fir 1. Mr II V M' Ii;,tor
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tcmpiatca .gncuuurai mgn renooi or
College, fur thc education of young men
intended for farmers. He accompanied
bis resolution by some Very appropriate
and well timed remarks. He was followed
t TI..ai,I VAlnr..;n .ml T. T..rn.;.l..
when the resolution adted. unsni-
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At this stag of the proceeding., Gen.
James Irvin inquired whether it was con- j
siderod dcsircablc by this society to have
the Farm School located within tho boun
daries of Centre county ? Having receiv
ed an affirmative reply, ho stated that, he
bad been giving tho subject some conside
ration, and was prepared to offer thc State
Agricultural Society, at its next stated
meeting, two hundred or two hundred and
fifty acres of land near (.Vutrc Furnace, or
on Buffalo Run, whoever may be thought I
tbe most desirable location, provided they
establish the School upon it. The an-
nounccment elicited uumistakcable cvi-i
dence of approval. The lands from which
Gen. Irvin offers thc selection, are among
iicu. iiuu oilers ine ?cieciiini, are amonx !
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the best farm lands of this county, and we '
believe they arc not excelled, for wheat-1
growing, by any in thc State. Thev arc !
watered by running streams, and aro iu '
healthful locatious, surrounded by intclli-1
gen, .and virtuous populations. So better ,
thc turnose. We beiievc that in addlti,.,,
to the land, the farmers of thc countv !
Would subscribe liberally toward the tree-
tion of buildings.
Several large packages of Seds, from
the l'atent Office at Washington, were dis
tributed among the members of thc Socie
ty. BdhfunU Xfhi-j.
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do when the rains
rfzei e snw ami clad ihe trees in ice,
White the slant sun of January pours
Into the bowr. a flood of l,sht. A pproach !
rne encrusted surface ihall upbear thy sirPS
And the broad archmg tiotiaU nf the rrv
Weleome thy entering. Look! the mossy trunk 1
i.re,'aed lne pore crystal, eachlisht -pray,
podding and tinkling in ihe breath of h-aven,
Is stadded wiih its tremblin; water-drops,
Thai stream in rainbow radianr- as they move ;
Bm round thr parent stem the long live bnUf lis
rll 1 Rll,"rrinS rin?- and arbors h.Me "
1 lie glauy floor oh ! mn m j?i,t ,!r-m tl. .n,.t
he sparioas cavern of the virgin-mine
IT in the womb orearlh. here the s-ms n
Md diamonds putfnnh ra-tiant rods and bud?,
wlin ameihvst and inn,i,A..i 1
Ut np most royally w,th the pure bram i
I'lUt a Wm11 tfiiLi. .1 at. . .. . ..
or " , m- "rnapiyihe vastliell
V r'ae mat ouitasn ihe nislit,
And fa.les not in the cry of the sn ,
W hose crystal columns send m .lendershans
And eross.ng arches, and fantastic aisles
Wind from the sichi in l nKhineSs.and are lost
Among the crowded pillar,. Rn.se thine eye.
Thou geest no cavern-rnof nnr palare-vauli 1
I here the blue sky and the while nfiing cloud
J-"" in. Again the w.ldered fanry dreams
"f spouting fountains, frozen as they rose.
yli :,.e.v.W"h,,!l hranrhtng jetj in air,
Aad alt iheir .. ...i.j ... ., . ..
I i .-.i ; - - saiea. ah, an l iiL-ni
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ho deaths had occurred, sua tec youngest ; "- -....... lorm n into an angci 01 ngiit, n tnc au.y
f whom was 41, and the eldest GO years j the world by their abode in it, have been j 0f luosc gif,cj by "station, by wealth, by
. making an average of 55 years, or many respects tw,inki'mal!e people. ; taient) Pr b iufluenco of any kilid wbat-
tal of 5r0ycars, (the ten nearly equal " better be out of tlio world than out of , cvur. jut sucn persons must themselves
I si.erei.atc to the average of hutnau life the fashion," is the cry of the Little Hut-; not bc the bond men of Fashion. Rcalix-
"flfp r.rimitive a"C of mau.) i tcrflics tuat tlline and aro forgotten when 1 ;ng thi ir power, they should exercise it
R. CORNELIUS.
Fashion becoming Respectable!
That blind, stupid servility which ever
struggles to imitate the rich or titled :
1' as.Ho.n-has probably caused raoro evil
ill thc world than intemperance or war
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"), are its fruitful progeny. And every
l!17 return w tucir mot'ier uusij wnne
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are those ot men and women who had
minds as well as bodies of their own, and j
were Cot mere automatons of the Big II ut
ter llies that glittered a moment and per
ished for ever. i
Gov. I'hi.mick, we rcjuice to see, is not
a "''ife Governor. It has Ucn the
fashion "tho way "tlie custom to
close up Inauguration Days with an "In
auguration Hall." The part the Governor
was to take in this grand executive perfor
mance, was to visit .it at a given hour,
walk through the room, smiling and bow
ing, be solemnly gaped at by all the big
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and pn back ar-.in. Accordingly, after the
fatigue of the day was past, and the Gover
nor had reached his private roum, wiili a
few chosen friends, aud the IiiMe just pre
sented before him, he was waited upon by
a committee of escort, to conduct him to
,he b;l!; rojm A g,ni,1!lcIl!- S3il
,joveruor D(!Vc.r a;tcnd balls V
-,.1 jjut," ?aid the eonstaittcf, very
rlaUsib)v is Inauguration ball got
up ;u fci(nor (ifyol.r cl,.cliuUa:i tIl0
veruors atteud-it is the way-the custom
(Lu I!!0j,,the totlthry aH ,b5.v-no
Larm ,Q ,lle mMt S(.ruruidUS.tiK.v:,ri, M
cspMtiug you-thc ladies are all anxious
,ouvou EUroIv wouId uot disaT.
poir.t your fi l.-uds, and especially the !a-1
dies-all that is desired is that you should j
jn,t walk through thc room, and allow ,
them to see our excellent and popular Go-1
ie. The Governor heard ,
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wu nuv.uj v.ja-a ... r"-v
d5llippflia,;1Ig any, an.j c,Fecially the la-
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dies; .lhat he was eonscienciously averse
. . custom. and a3 thc arr.lUL,omcnts '
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were mile without Ins knowledge or an-1
pronation, i.iey coum no. out ccc .
he sbould make his own decision in the
, rT sensible iu the man-digm-
fied in the Governor-cons.stcnt 111 the
professed Christian with his Rible on Lis .
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tallc' but '!V W-fhiouaUc to the ,
Buttaflies aforesaid I
For one. we rr.i-.i3e in this cvidenc'
For one, we rcjoise in this evidence, on
the part of the Chief .Magistrate ot tins
noble Commonwealth, that he will be go-,
! vcrned in his career by the dictates of an 1
. eulightened, common-sense conscience, and !
; not be the servitor of the trifling Iazaroni ,
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an" ll'"elcrl w" . -
. shape the affair nnd order the Pohcy 0 ,
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Attending a ball, may be a light thing
in Use
If. But to attend irra.r " others
.In " l transferrin tn "others" nn Indi-
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1 assume f,r himself. And to attend a place
of at best questionable propriety, where 1
, respectable professors of religion are not !
rn.t...lt...atK.n1l.iinnlvyi,irAstiiiiv '
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j ,hmau,il it, would have been a base sur-1
rcnJcr of the Mm m, 1
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. Gov 1ollock La9 gct a I
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i find many caes iu his "course of time" iu ;
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wbuh bv faltns back to the first principles
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"'g1'1 aDd Propriety, he will come in ,
conflict with Fashion. Rut we need such ;
nicn, in our day, as much as any day has ;
ncejL.d tbCin. We need such mcu iu ,
" and Statc,n b.-iners and in the ;
circle every where.
There is another
is becoming rational, in
mdieations oi many oiino r.cn-mc pay
iuc yeijr v
cold season, wncn icns 01 muusaiius u
able-bodied men aud women have no mcana
of carnTng their daily bread. Resides tho
large amounts given privately, and by offi
cial almoners of taxes laid by law, there
aro now many thousands supplied with
food, daily, by philanthropic individuals,
in our cities, and hundreds iu our larger
towns. Were the amount really known,
it would probably be found that near a
Million of Dollars have been this season
devoted to sacred charity, iu l'hiladelphia
ami New York alone.
This proves there is in tbe heart triply-
encased and rtMricd by tho hardening pro
ccsscs of fashionable inanity aud insipidity,
a germ of kindness and common hutnauity j
left, vhnh may be made to beat by a great
' a
nppessitv like that now cxistinx. Accor
necessity like that now existing.
dingly, wo find individuals who
j- ! c.i ;.wi;;.in-ii im tvli "
and wealth have heretofore held captive at
their will, devoting themselves personally
, .ii,..; ih aufferinus of the poor
practicing the example of the Good Sama-
i ritan and ever compelling thcaltcndants
I of balls and parties to contribute liberally
! for the wants of the needy. It is their
1 i'v-'i-." t'dci tit 111 tiic matter so uiutreui
I WurnrtnAr finjl ft 1 1 u- h r 1ih-a citnt I 1 i lilnccif r . . u I . . t t
fiihp at
; from throwing victuals or a dollar to beg'
i cars indiscriuiiuatelv.or signing large sums
, gomc H05Pi,al to havetbeir names prin-
,cj ;u thc news.journa3 a3 benefactors
wLich provcs (bat i.'aslion nM reaT taken
. l(.nnvnlpnt turn, and is for once sensible
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aU(1 humane:
To ri)b fugll;0I1 0f ;ta cvilS) anj to (raD8.
furthc greatest good of the greatest nutn-
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' Count that day lost wlioc. low d.'.-.n.lliie mm
Knviwi no kuo.1 tlmugbt, or iltYtl vl kitulue. done.1
Now, Fmhi' ii it jiatnrnllg tyrannical, hy
pocritical, false. Fashion is wasteful, ex
acting, extravagant. Fashion is heartless,
is traitorous. Fashion rbe!s against God,
and despises Him In bis creature Man.
Yet it affects and meddles with aud prosti
tutes everything good. If it can not at
tend " church," It sends it3 "card." If
it can not corrupt or suborn or enslave, it
ridicules, annoy3, and destroys. It would
make the world a Tandemoniuui, half fil
led with fallen angels in feathers and laces
and jewels and broadcloth, radiant with
perfume and dancing to delightful music,
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with idiit wonder, and shouting applause to 1
their sardonic, smooth trmgued masters.
Fa.hi'H slimiLl li-; sensible. Fashion
should be frugal and temperate. Fashion
fchouM be kind aad considerate. Fashion
f hould adore the great God our Maker, and
honor M:ia our fellow. Fashion should
be truthful and airierrc. Fashion should
be honest and unaffected. Fashiou should
set good csair.plep,and avoid all evil. When
Fashion becomes so changed, the Milleni
um will be enjoyed. v.
How to be Economical.
In times like the present, when thecx- j
rrc.jsoof household economy is indif-pen-1
Slb!c , knowledge of the best method of
a ttaining it in thc purcbaSe of articles of 1
ftfnd is y,TJ rPA.is;tc. In proportinn to
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uiuur m Licit:!, inc vai iuua ittvuaiutiyu.i auu i
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compounas niauo irom corn are out uuie
uscJ' an j t tIl eicecdi , varicd :
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cicap and nutritious. Corn bread for in-
,:Pu nf fmMi ttt !
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(K livi, 4 u:.u 1 1 j. i
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couI;1 w a great, extent, uko 1110 p.ace oa :
our taUM c,f tbe tninhtan heat loaves j
w,,ich the bakers now dispense, while meal j
eav03 and puddings are so seldom prepared j
in moat families.thatthey would bocsteem-
,d as laxuncg.
Rice a,so possesses many .
nnrnmnmlntiilTlft &!I Com. '
of the same recommendations
.Almost every family, with the resent :
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prices of marketing, could (.miinisn "e ;
,,,jCe of livinc; 25 per cent, by a judicious
election of their provision?.
Toa True !
The Louisville Journal estimates the
,.,1 l,W ,nKf,.,l
and labor transferred
Pr i-;on t(J
Californn from 16 19 to 185!, at 8150,. i
000,000, and thc products tf gold daring '
the same at 210,000,000, leaving a bal-1
ancc of 51,D0U,l'l) against the uoiuen
State. Resides this loss in valuables,
t ei ii arf..rrr,l frniii til A Vast tn the Rocky
Mountains, it is believed that tbe product
has been fruitful of evil to this country, j
by stimulating speculations and inducing j
over-importations ot lorcign mcrcuanune.
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ten, iu a Uition to the estimates 01 lin
mcnte W of lifl! tlmC kc.f transferred
frnm tha Oil States, and which remained
UIiproJuctive. we add thc immense cost to
(-:....rlnt ,.f . itinp and nrotccting Cal..
it is found a disastrous, wasteful bargain.
Lottery GamWins in Disguise.
We have on our tablo three advertise-!
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mcnts, accompanied with letters or circu- J
become parties to three
bemes" for swindling (he
puuiie ou a ucn ai
public on "a new aud original plan. e
r of that Fashion ' rcsPcctfu,lv b,lt lcJcdly decline all such 1 in aiitj0Ilal capital of one hundred and
proo a a. j propositions. And our duty as Editors of 8isty.Bis million six hundred and sixty
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a newspaper requires us not only to decline j
UiM a thing calculated to mislead j
publishiug anything calculated to misl
ourreadcrs,but to caution them also agal
being deceived and swindled by others
ourreadcrSjbut to caution them also against
A BEAITIFVL THOIGIIT.
So thoiil l we live, lhat every hour
May die as dies ihe natural flower,
A self-revolving thing of power.
1 hat every thought and every deed
May hold within itself the seed
Of future good and future need ;
Kstocininz sorrow, whose employ
Is lo develop, not destroy,
Kar better than a barren joy.
Makt RussEt. Mitforb, the gifted
authoress, died at f?wallowficld, England,
on tho 10th of January last, in her 6Cth
....... nieinren of rural life in Eug-
pf tL(, m(Jgt BUrac.ita anl
charming which have ever been written.
Sho stood at tho bead of the female writ
ers of her country.
RELiEf for Dr. Kase. the National
Houso of Representatives, on Monday last,
passed the resolution authorising the Navy
Department to send a steamer and a tender
j to the relief or rescue of Dr. Kane and bis
j arcticexpedition. The Secretaryof the Navy
j will despatch tho veels ordaed. iwmedi-
j aic. .
fnpbtaty, Union (Conntjj,
THE FARM:
The Garden The Orchard.
The premium for the best Flonr Hread,
awarded at the last Agricultural Fair of
tbia County, was to Mrs. David Ruber,
Lewisbarg. The following is the " written
statement of manner of making it," re
quired by the Society, which is published
by request of several :
For th Lewisbure Cnrontele.
Bow to bake Bread with Water.
First, to make the yeast, take one dozen
good sited potatoes, peal them, put them
in a pot, add half a tea eupful of hops put
in a small brig, add water suflicicnt'to cover
the potatoes, and boil them quite soft.
Put a largo tea cupful of flour in a crock,
take sufficient of tbc water on the potatoes
to scald the flour thoroughly j then press
the potatoes through a cullender into the
crock of scalded flour, adding a little cold
water to soften them in pressing them
through j then stir it up in the crotk, ef
fectually. When about milk warm, add
one pint of good rising, stir it, and leave
it to work eighteen hours. Then break
two eggs into a tin cupful of milk warm
water, and beat It Up very light, add thst
to the yeast crock, and stir in flour suffi
cient to make a good batter, and let it
rise ; then empty it into the bowl or dough
trough ; add flour to make a stiff dough ;
work it well, and 1st it riso agaiu. Then
mould it out into pans, and let it rise the
thirdtinic; then bake three quarters of j
I an Hour, i he proportions given wi.l make
. four graalljoaves.
! A View Of American AKriCalture, '
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CHAFTER II.
11 hal the Country Aim fo by impoicrith
inij its Svil.
Taking thc census of 1640 as thc b;
aSlS
of the calculation, and adding no more .
mau.u. usual increase, inciuu.ng imnii- ,
trrintK. thf. finmKpf. nntw nmnln.ini in ....rt. !
I AitTf. In ttiA f n;nrl Qut. M
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In 'he Stf f 1 or;..tbcrc a f04
tclv.n h f ""Pf M
wu,Bn """ues an meauows ana encioseu
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pastures. This area employs about five;
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thu"nd 'borer3; 8 cr-
nno nf nrntr.f, .mi iamb t inn A
age of twenty -four acres to the hand. At
tul8 f11"0' thc nnmbcr f acres of improved
.nl n Ih' I'n U Xl.i
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Ana lit. i'""
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ew lork rs
m M anJ m(jrc dcn.ey pj etnle
thaa an M t(je tuion . and prob.
M tvrCDti,.five acrcs pcr Lead ib a juster
atimi for the whoie country. At this
tlio aectejrare is one hundred and
tT,cnty.five mi!!icn3. 0f tbeso irnproved
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iands, it is conhdently believed that at least
, ,ff..rin deterioration '
: . crcater or lc6g dcerec
.a-. . e .-ii ii.
The fertility of some, particularly in the
planting Stales, is passing rapidly away,
in others the progress of exhaustion is so
Jo hnrdlu to ha nWrved bv the cnl-
tivators themselves. To keep within the
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truth.thc annual income from thc soil may
U said to be diminished ten cents ah acre,
oti one hundred million acres, or row-fifths
of the whole.
a.i.a loss ui ueumC u -.1. .
dollars, and equal to sinking a capital 01
otic hundred and Bixty-six million sis
million
hundred and Kxtj-tix thousand dollars a
year, paying six per cent, annual interest.
That improved farming lands may justly
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ment when paying six per cent, interest,
and perfectly safe, no one ill deny. This
deterioration is not tnavoidablc, for thou-
sands of skillful farmers bare taken fields,
poor in poiut of natural productiveness,
and, instead of dimiuiohiti j their fertility
have added ten cents ari acre to their an-
nuai incomc, over and aboVo nil expenses.
jf ,,iB w;so and improving system of rc-
tatiora tillage and husbandry were nnivcr-
sally adopted, or applied to the one hund
red million acrcs now being exhausted, it
would be equivalent to creating each year
g;x thousand dollar?, and placing it in per-
manct)t reaI eslatC( where it wf)Uld pay sil
per cent, annual interest, for an practi
cal purposes, the difference between the
two systems is three hundred and thirty
three million three huudrcd and thirty
three thousand dollars a year to thc coun-
trJ:.
There is another view of this important
subject which is worthy of profound con
sideration. Of tbe twelve million acres of
improved land in tbe State of New York,
one million aro so cultivated as to become
richer from year to year. These improving
soils are in the hands of forty thousand
cultivators, who take and read agricultural
journals, and nobly sustain tha State and
county societies of that Commonwealth.
Threo million acres of the twelve milli
ons are co managed as barely to hsld their
own in point and fertility. These landtj
belong to a class of farmers who do as well
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as they know front personal observation,
and seeing how reading men improve their
estates and domestic animals.
Eight million acres are in tbe hands of
three hundred thousand persons, who still
adhefe to the colonial practice of extract
ing from the virgin soil all it will yield, so
long as it will pay expenses to cr-p it, and
pennsijlnonio.
then leave it in a thin poor pasture for a
term of years. Soroo of these impoverish-
ed farms, which, seventy-five vears ago.
produced from twenty to thirty bushels of
.hnnt nn n average r,er acre, now vidld
ouIt from five to eilit budlicb. Id an cx-
D- g i
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ceemngiy mieresiiug worn eniuica ivinc
rican Husbandry, published in .London
in 1775, and written by an American, the
following remarks may be found on pg3
09, vol. r. " Wheat In many parts of tbe
province (New York) yields a larger pro-
ducc than is common in England, t pon
good lands about Albany, where tLe cli -
mate is the oldest in the country, they sow
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two bushels and better upon an acre, and
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reap from ticentg to forty; the latter quan
. r.
tity. however, is not often had, but from
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twenty to thirty are tvmmnni and With
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such bad husbandry as would not yield the
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Ubu iu iuu uiueu ie3 iu ecu-
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l.ind. TLU iii owinir tn tLii nVAM and
frolincu of theland."
According to the State census of IS 1 5,
Albany eounty now produces only seven
and a half bushels of wheat per acre, al-
though its farmers are on tide water and
near the capital of the State, with a good
i" 'i.
Wu11.ii.ai.vL,.iip. v.e.j '"-""j ; ucuvcu uuuurcus oi uii.uous iu j
for procuring the most valuable fertilizers. ! revenue, from tbe tobacco and cotton x- j
Dutchess county, also on the Hudson Ri- ported from Georgia, the Carolina, Vir- j
vcr, produces an average of only five bush- g;nia, and Maryland, a large share of all !
. y......nl. . . . ..t
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Selaear ei"ht : Westchester seven ; which
;s bigber than tho average of soils that
once gave return larger than thc
bcat lands or Kogland even with " bed
husbandry."
I Art 1 1 ...... ....
r uiiy to renovate tnc cigtit million acres
of partially cxhanated lands in the State of
New York, will cost at least an average of
A. l T A 1 A k if ... AAA... - -
inei.e JUliau uuu a uau lieu ueic, ui aa
iM...t. -f k..n.lA...I M. lit. iM tnltAAC
I cfilt-"w ul uuu uuuei.vi ui.ii.uu uw.ii.
It fa nol an cagy lask lo rep,Me al, the j
bon(J nh iSupbur , macncsia, and
organiicd nitrogen In mould consumed iu
. . . .t
M hM W
fifty or seventy -nvc year. i'hOBphoms is
I Bot abundan ,aiDcrul J "J
j Lis sutW.7 is about the only resource of
the husbandman, after his surfarc soil has
,., of h- in.ni.-t-A. Ti,a .!ire
..... , ..,..v. .......
i..4aij .i... .1 .v, ,.i,:...k,
u-uu:c . uuu.-.uu u lui.i.u.v.
theS0 ei ht raillion acrc3 of fepoverL.bed
.. 0 . . .
soils annually produce less by twenty-Sve
dolkrs each tban thev would if the lawd
.ujuieu." five millions 0: operative. 00 uo. ei , la d;rtnt But lm yQU CJB fiad QM
The aggregate of this loss to !h State ' sce ,bat the wise and skillful employment nccMtomeJ f0 the Mr. of horgel) tJ10thef
and the world is scren million five hundred, of this vast power of production is amat- j w rf a
thoutand dollars per annum, or more than ter of inestimable consequence to a.l the ; .q JrliniDS)
seven fct cent, interest on what it will planting States and to nnborn millions who , . jQa
cost to renovate the deteriorated soil. ; mast dig their daily bread from imptmr- . wUle tf we 9QauIJ fa
There is no poiUn escape from this op- j ished soil, if the mighty work of land ex-. PCtatranJar3 KesW.dproba
prcssive tax on labor of seven million five ! hanstion ii to increase and extend as po- ,. , . .. . , . herner1
hundred thousand dollars, but to improve j
the land, &t run off aid leave it.
That the latter has bc;n doco tJ a large
t . .1
. tcnt eh(.wa j,y comparing the Copula-
f tion in rural districts, at the Census of
j lg30 with tLat 0f 1S10. In nearly hair
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ne: lowusinps iu iuu e-.i.ie, ueuuiiAtivu ut-
creased notwithstanding thc rapid growth j are suffering in vital force and constitu
of cities and villages, demanding an in- J tional vigor by reason of their defective
.n.cn nf firm laborer to surinlv the mere ' r...j r.n.t.ltv vt.....af.fl .oils. Anr
1 1 1 . fi t. r v v.
local markets. The canals of ew lork
, 1 . 1 . .I 1 .- t
have operated to hasten the exhaustion of
. , . , . ., , . it
its arable lands ; just as a railroad to tall -
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fornia Would aid in extracting gold dust
. , , .1
from its now rniwsshed sands. t bile the
1 j . j f v v.v .
cnsals end railroads of ew lorlt convey
. . . .i.r
a thousand tons of the few precious atoms
; ii. .rf,e of th, earth which can alone
form bread and meat, to tide Water, they
a. . a
. a .
do not carry back from tido water one ton
of rW material for making crops of any
kind
A million lens of human food pass
l . . .
down the Mississippi, where one ton of the
elements of such food ascends the " father
of waters."
It will be 5eett,on referring to the census
or 1340, that thc Cve States of Maryland,
Virginia, North and South Carolina, and
Georgia, employed at that time one million
thirteen thousand four hundred and
sixty-ihree persons in agriculture. Of
this number Maryland had sixty-nine thou
rand eight hundred and fifty-one; Virginia
three hundred and eighteen thousand seven
hundred and seventy-one ; North Carolina
two hundred and seventeen thousand and
ninety-five South Carolina one hundred
and ninety-eight thousand three hundred
and sixty-three J and Georgia two hundred
and nine thousand three hundred and eighty-three.
. .
It is a statistical question of consider
able importance, to determine how much
less these laborer?) and the mules, horses,
and oxen which they work, annually pro
duco, than they would, had no aero of
arable lands in thce Slates, so highly fa
vored by climate and fertility, been dv
maged ia the least by improper tillage.
The difference in the eost of making crops
on poor land and on good land is much
greater than is generally supposed. The
shrewd farmers of Massachusetts prefer
giving sixty ccnU a bushel for western
corn rather than grow this grain on their
less fertile soils : while the corn growers
of Indiana and Illinois are glad to sell their
crops made on rich land at twenty cents a
bushel. From these facts, is not the infe
rence plain and satisfactory, that it costs
three times more to produce i bushel of
eorn on poor than on rick land"? To do
full justice to this interesting problem, fcy
; what aacaus ami to what txt.b!
ELEVENTH YEAR.....7IIOLE DUMBER, 665.
$1.50 tek Year,
of the five States above named have been
j injured, would fill a volume.
I A residence cf more than two years in
i the most southern part of these Stated,
: connected with its a?ricultnral press, and
i l . .1. j- ft
devoting much time to the study of eoiU
.
ii i - t -:;!
. iuer prouuew, warr.n a. .
expressing an opinion cn the weight of evi- , u,iullT U llh m(.re i4ranl!l?t to ,iiem,eivf
dence collected from all sources within bis tren t-rtan to many who would thus gain
reach. The annual lou on the labor j lheir livin;. We know the old objectioa, thai
of eaoh haud and niulo is believed farmers w Boi able lo bear the ejf ease -to
be thirty d dlurs. This estimate is too lut k" ,ha,i " u " ""tended objeclioft, .
high for somo plantation, and too low fur
, ethers.
luc uuty reason wny 10 many
, slaves have been sent south during tbe
1 ., i . . . r r j .i
j the last twnty-Eve years rand thousands ;
I . t n .1 . .l i v r
I cut of Genrg'a) is, that the labor of a per-;
i . i . .
1 s-Jti is worth twice as niUi.Ii to cu.tivate ,
L- l i i t hi i i.i
rich, fresh land, as poi.r, old land, lftl ei
! - . . i i e-. j ii '
1 estimate of a yearly loss of thirty dollar .
I u u i .l j i '
I rtn a'i.I. K.n.l anl thd ftumoutli. .luni.lA :
. -
.-it i, . a i - i .l .i.
whioh he works be not too hii;b, then the
a?;;r2ato exceeds thirty mllliunt ofUltn.
co c
iuvs is cTuvaieni to naviag sun.A . pro-
ductive capital invented in farming lands ;
at a cheap rate, nfjfve hiuvirttl million of
Aftin, yielding nix per cent, annual inte-1
: rest.
While England and Fnnc have
I. . . , , . .... . e..T-
j.UCpi IU'. ..VVA ' " " -" J 1 1
: which hava so desolated the earth over im-
' mouse distriets, has left these old imp-v-
: t-riabed Sutes, with their emigrating citi-
ens, nsver to return.
I This unwise system of tillage is extend-
me rapidly ia the L uited Mates, .uanu-
........... a.
factnrer, merchants an i mechanics often
j shift their settled policy, when they see a
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i CrOUt IU maKlr.g a CQangV. liai w nuclei
. 111! . - . ! ...1... J f - -.
i cipecu nuiuous i- is'imceu
change Buddmdy their practices.ideis., sys-
e , , ... , 1 .v.
terns of culture and husbandry, shows that
. , ... 1 -
nn hja tint fAKnVorl t Won t V Tri Cllh.ll.
t V
, tea of field culture. At a fair istimato,
there are at this time two million seven
buodred and forty-one thousund nine bun -
i dred and sixtysix persons cmplnved in
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auriuuiiuic 1:1 iic riatc uwiuk -
i ,f , ... ..... , .
sgricniture in the "lave holding
. jjciorc ine na'iy in rural tniiiumi Rsa
w,H beCun.e M ular at thrj Bt0.
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, dv 0f politics, law, and medicine, the South
, -:i. - - ' '
palation spreads over the cotton, tobaieo.
aud sugar growing portions of the Union?
1 rrnnirated bv buds instead of seeds, the
o J
,,1Mr.c.ne will be found, like the potatoe
, pllBtf iess able t4 withstand the customary
! abuseS of nature's laws than tobac.o, eorn,
I . . , 1. .. ... .11 ....
. u heal, and cotton riauia. uu. a.. wc
1 .. . . t- 1 ii .t. . -....
; i;vine beins may batuually tike a very;
- 6 . ". -. a 1
, little ro;Son iuto its system without des-;
. ... .. , t
1 trov na life. I'ursae the practice of poison-
j ,, , , .. .,, 1
jn oc toa Tery suialldegree. aad it will
h ; . . ;
; teu ;0 the course of a few generations in 1
t .. , ... 1
: 3iranL,e 0cw. and incomprehensible mala-
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, d;,,3 n instructive and Useful book !
! v. ,... .!;.-...,. of -nltl. I
IU 1 A il I w. i..eu . ..... - -
c . .1
vated planis ; to say nothing cf those ot
domestic
auimals. Jhldew, mould in
cheese, rust on -
heat aud cotton, and tho
j fu0Iri belied by naturalbt. and botauiata
1 1 ...
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1 1........ 1,1... All.... v.m.Ht. a preatlonn.
subject lo the control of human industry
Koou ueg.ee, ..a... v... .Afc.. - ,
and science.
If we visit tho farmers of the North
West, we shall find the pcpnlar feeling
developing itself after this f.uhion : " Let
us construct railroads and canals, iraprovj
our navigable river and lake harborf,pur
chase thc best farm implements, aud then
employ all our capital and energies in
transforming every atom in the soil which
will make grain, provisions, and wool, into
those marketable commodities, and send
IUIU. W UI3.au. Vl.'.. - -
ilijl.nl .-.it.... ....1 n.tionQ r.r eon.
sumption.
This agricultural and commercial enter-
jiliyr IB co.uiieeu.ij , . ji u. - , . ,
development of the agricultural resources
of a new country ! .lthoagh the inevi
table results of this practice may be seen
in each of tho old thirteen States, as in tho
valleys of the Mohawk and Hudson, yet it
is confidently believed by sanguine farmers
that the truly rich soils of the west are in
exhaustible. Whecvcr will carefully ex
amiue this great national question, of tak
ing everything out of thc land and putting
nothing back, must be satisfied that no
other than the most disastrous consequen
ces can follow. The number of laborers
employad in this simple operation increas
es at the rate of two hundred thousand a
year, in the United States.
The Illinois Central Railroad was just
ready for use, and about to be opened,
when tbe reeent freshet oeenrred which
swept away the expensive Bridge by means
of which the road eroeed Rock tsland
tie lVi,'thsiirreaiidir.g'-n!'r7Wi.aUi:'-.'j-d
always in AtiVAXCE.
Laborers ftr the Country. '
Tiie .Vf iff Yrk Trilunt, in an article on labof
in thr rountry.aftrr'lvellingoa the abundant
of laborers to tse otjiaine.i.urf ..at low rales,
" at eitjr, and the Impossibility of
' them anrnaii to nni emp.'Tnienc, vr:ras
, , j a.:. .
in,,'mA ri..iur. I hpr i nn dntibt thnt miia-h
H'1'
mn,e Hy( f mj,hr ,mpIoye4 hj firmP
, lmrrovemeatintirr
,
"But do not esp?t thcaivintaft to M
. ; . t
all on on HJo. Dj not ask us to send
out to yo!i men who may not suit veil
'it .
when th?y arrive, because thev happen to
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be ucij'ialiied to dj j-ist what you refluirr.
'
and who wiil thu be left penniless am'wa-
. , ...
i utter stranjrirs, where their chances of sooa
. ,. . ....
' ' fe ,. ,,,
i here. ( ume hr.re anl hire twh Luuur a
, u ealeraluudant. and von
can obtain it as c.:eap as any otbar man
of consciuuca can eonseut to buy it.
j of ,he tboa,n ls jivin, oa ch4ritJ ,ni
seckin" any caar-c to work. Apply al
tbe f ffie of lUe rumui;.,ioacr3 of Emigre
lIon or lt thc j,, t0 proviJe Emjioy4
f he p Qr t F poi ir
'
lin nr .nv nnn i.f thM Vatiiinil ftinAvnlAne
, .j
. Mouieties, but first at thst of the Commis
I sioners afresaid, because there the supply
is aiLptest and tbe need mo?t ncgent
I I 'i'jk ut eu?h rr.ec aud women as yon
' waiit, make fair written bargains with
t them, take them home with you, and set
tttom 1 ' . TW . . r lr " ii. A a n fiir A aI. raif
I .1.1- II. aia I . ' ' . . A ia.. . - A M. W . . . ULMV.
now than two or three months hence, and
, . -
J 1
i r'trae'' for it.
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2' that every man who wants help
... , , , . , , r
should come down herethat would cost
t ton mnnh. Hut !..t tho tn si tnni:!iTn
' who will soon w,rt W. .US .J
"
0St ' .1:st uf 'r4"" M th
1 iU B,ka. 8 PUri8 r
"P0 J Sca'1 oue of th-ir nttlab' '
I U u ulro la" "urao tma Pmoam
1 , if, - . ,
i s ! subserva their respective need
- ,, , , , ., , . . ,
j They need not be afraid of exhaustmg the
nrnic if Tin Thf.ntan.1 pra nmiiMd
,if)" "V"
; -A boaKi Uter, tha case may
is wanted, and the ostler where there is
! , ', SAim ,hP nro.
.. .. 1: :...
per i-ieus wuence A-a-ior 13 10 00 uuuriuu,-
j ' . . . . . . -
! incleIIlent M UQtil
- .iw
! "t"1"1? requiree. clSeWllcre.
And now a word to our firming
friends as to the alleged demand Lr I.a-
I bur in their several localities : We do
not wish to contradict their express aver-
mcnts. but we know it is not the fact that
, J
there is iienrraUy a pood demand for Labor
' " f. ,
anions Farmers at this season, ihereara
. . .
Lumbenn" reiri.-'n-, and sections when
. ? . , , , .1.
corlwood is caopred for Kailrjias.iu wnicn .
" ...
capable ux-me4n are wanted ; but we know
c ' w , , .
that wee-tenths of our Farmers employ
. , . , . . . I . 1
fa. liilu.. in .l:.nniirv than thiiv
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'
i r . . .
I nvf iaem " 19 s1" "u " T ,
i t-nrf from TiT.-tliora of laborars dismissed
in November by the farmers of Long Is-
laud, New Jersey, &o., that our City is
now suffering. If our Farmers really fer
tilised the soil they cultivate, instead cf
skinning it, they in.vt'il tmploy a gTeat
deal more labor in winter than they do ;
for this is tho season for getting muck out
of swamps, forming compwt heap, catting
off water bushes, io. aiid a g'od deal may
be done in winter at draining, deep-plowing,
ie., bv those who really try. But
the majority of our Farmer, when thoy
have divested their soil of one imp, act aj
if they ha 1 nofuaig more to do until the
season comes round for puttintt in another;
J
, a 0.;oa prcTai!s, there will
j ha htgR n(, Jigtrcwir,g tnTy
of Labor in winter. Let truer and more
gncrons ideas prevail, and tbe gigantic
evil of non-employment in winter, from
which wo are now iufLriag, will gradual:
diminish.
Wortu Knowisu. It is said that
small piece of resin dipped in the water
which is placed in a vessel on the stovrf
will add a pcei.tiar property to the atmo
phera rf tie room, which wi'.l giro relief
to persons troubled with a cough. Tho
heat of the water is sufficient t) throw off
tho aroma of tiu resiu. Jt is preferable)
to tho combustion, because tbe tvapora
tion is more durable. The same resin ma
be used for weeks.
The bells cr Christ Chnrch, Mil..dc'
pbia, cmnded their one hunJreth New.
Year chime on last New-Year Eve. What
wonderful changes have been arcogl.iiib
in the sound cf these verer?b! lllf at
h" rh'DK I r 1"' 1