J LEWIS BUBG CHEO CLE 1 jjV 0. X. WOEDEN & J, II C. IITCKOK, CoKKEsroN-Dixc Editor. aSBiii"" t . i : l i rRlDiV. rEBRtAltYa, , IS55. To Readers out of the County. In accordance with the Terms staled two .!.. we shall after this week be com- tnom ...... . r,n " 4rop fr0m our lis! the names of all ; pellea w r a(Ivilnceon the Chronicle, ! whohavenoir . : with whom we have running ac (excepttlwse "some of th.se delinquents are ear, two,thr,e. , six vears in arrears. For incut t , '.rfx-f-! . and nev 10 bur white paper, pw", - - - ' t .I.--., .r. .US in nailed it as many etf.u a nine - j- .. .1 ..... tnutr are aMe the year. jue 01 111 - r and of others we have no knowledge but ihfir names. Those who P"? voluntari- y will be charged at the raic ot . - y - r,r the rast i .f we have ti tn...u Associations t-r tne su j - ' . . '.. frlna OI Debts, we Shall Charge n rover expenses. trust will Everv indebted suDrri-. forthwith forward the amount due anu as i- n rv , I nnl tip : much to advance as ne cnuo"-? - : . . k .,,.... nerhaps. at times not agreeable. Current notes and gold for full dollars, and postage stamps for cents, are easi- 1.. .-J cf1i' cpitL There are due on the bonks ( the late Pub- ' lisher $t000. Is it n,or aniiisT.orinisnji. ins that such injustice should be continued ' He think not: and we trust inai an wno rcau this article will not only pay if in debt to the establishment, but also aid in endeavoring to extend the blessinzs of the riT-T ktstih. We are satisfir J, from our own short experi ence and from the testimony of ethers, that by ibis change we shall not only save paper and labor, but actually receive more money than under the old by-goi"g method of trust and-wait-frr-ever. 17 We should in this connection say, that we have many subscribers who do pay punc tually. Were they all like a few scores that we could name, we could safely send out the paper on credit. And while we heartily thank that class fur their kind promptitude, we nred only remind them that some uniform SYSTEM ;s essential in business.and therefore our rules must apply to one anil all without partiality. PUBLISHERS CHRONICLE. Justice to i WINFIELD SCOTTli The National Legislature, anu the Chief I Magistrate, have at last conferred upon the j ''Zero racificatar" the greatest honor in j their power. They have rtiivtd the office j nf Lieutenant General, filled heretofore by J tJEOROEWASUINOTO." only, and continued I by the appointment of Wixfiefd Scott. J would not rejoice over a chance for such The office is to expire with Scctr, as it ' a demonstration in Pennsylvania? did with Washington. In alJition to There are many applicants for the U. S. the title, it aids a tompensation from the Senatorship ; I will not hazard a prediction beginning of his Mexican campaign sufEc- who will be the man. lent to make the Warrior Statesman inde- The Legislature is making very slow pendent in his pecsniary circumstances and progress on the Bank question ; it appears enable him (if be desires) to be relieved of difficult ; but a stringent law on the Hank th daily duties to which he now rigorous- 1 err, securing the safety of bill-holders, is ly applies himself. anticipated. Messrs. Der en Si De frees have When the Senile Bill bestowing tbe ' an Office here, under the supervision of distinction, pa.scd the H iuse, Col. Weston the State Bank Association,where the Free hastened to the War Department, where ! Bank money is now flooding in, and "the greatest Captain of the age" was destroyed. tarnestly at work. Upon being informed j The Small-Pox: is prevailing here; to of the passage of the Bill, the old General some extent. dropped bis head tig tears roiled down While traveling, I seldom get to find the his furrowed cheek and he replied in Chronicle, but promise myself the gratifi tbese characteristic, nobly-spoken words cation of seeing its face weekly when I "Let no mantay,lu:rcaflcr,thathitcoun.- try it ungrateful to or.e who has served her ' faithfully." Columbcs crald f rgive the baseness j of a monarchy whose minions sent him home in chains from the continent he tied 1 discovered Washington overlooked tbe t r .i. i - v i i:- 1 lugrautuue oi luocsatus in a ivpuouc iu wu "luc"J ue UJU o- ti:j J j j c i T". 3 .J u,"u,l",''i S after refusing a million of money and the 1 j .,,) r j xt - .i i .oretgu-norn citizens in wnose cause lie had hazarded life in every form, reeled j htm for FranUm 1W '.-Honor to the repenunt foe, which, during the last days of their existence as a Congress, seek to atone for their former injustice bv hear-in" . J J 1 " o honors upon the Americas Aristides! , , , "nl0"ut' 10th M giUf- ur W'r'"''" oF : Rrl t17' " tNFIELD ; rT.rf fur'Ve'6leuttbetLe r'laIJ I tongue that would slander his name with . aurTht that i. nnt el. ' ! S? 1 -.- . Cible in eon " L.' . ' " "T ees and wisdom !'' . e -- w. Western Correspondence. Cfcrrejponderie. of the U.isborj Chronicle. I.DIA.N0r0LIS, Ind.,Feb. lO.'oo. The tidings that the Indiana Legislature fcai passed a Prohibitory Liquor Law Bill, similar to the Maine Law, will undoubtedly lave reached yon before this; yet a few lines from the Hoosier Capital may proba bly be interesting to some of tbe scalous temperance men among your patrons. If I can by desoription awaken any enthusi asm, or cause any of the doubting to look forward m anticipation of a similar happy Il'Jained Ke,8lDe' l'jeCt . ,I.bad 'he PlcMnre of being in the Leg !" Hall, yesterday, when the Bill was Ped The lobby was crowded with eager Pwtators. When the Speaker, Mr. Kil gore, proceeded tn rail iK- . i Owe betokened the deep feeling of tbe Ul """lea -'iex.cn, ne , tbrcc t,liicksn,jty., SUOn3 one :Ls i ..:u r Jt i J u' 01l,TC m0D iuna,y gunsmith, two chair and cabinet makers, loves the Nation which, by the Votes of m.A.r .ren Krlr-L-lnvor, twr-nlr. R. CORNELIUS. Vtsiiiug nsw Hjwii 1 rerTtonscs to the momentous question, ,i -!i j mnna fipnrfc ready to burst , AnJ w)ien ,he gp(llker called oat, "Ayes 55, Noes 41 the Bill has tassEd" a loud uttd prolonged cheer of approbation reverberated through the "ousc. "' uu.., luUu. dcr of a cannon shook the massive columns j .ii-j r-.k .1 House. Almost simultaneously, the thun- of the Capitol, and called forth another shout -from the crowd. The opposition made an attempt for a re-consideration of the Bill, but their voices were drowned in boisterous mirth, and the House adjourned in much confusion. The news of the event tsnnn ertrfiil tlirnnrrli till pitv nrnl in lipni- . e- j , onstration of the joy of tbe people the clitirci Dci3 pca0j ; tbo steam thistles ! shrieked! and the cannon roared! for , , During the afternoon, J o ' I liouur establishments were draped in .! .I.- l..ru.iia ".tirinna ami ! mourning, and the glorious "stripes and stars" unfurled to the breeze. At night, tlje cl,y wa9 iiiuminatcd, and tne booming . a 1 ot tue caunon Was agaiu Heard wr ana 1 wide. i Tbe general impression here, is, that ! Gov. WBiGiir will sign the Bill. The following " birROMrTU" written by a 0f this place appeared in the State journal tn;s morning i OX BEAMTO TUB ?iaAl CaXS-O noCLAIHllnl TRR PAUUGS of rut I'Kouuaiui.f Liqlob, Law Bux m tu Iaiuum fiark ! hark ! whtt thunder found la thia That tKJCmi along the quivering airt It is Uie cannon's ruar O, btia ! Let every heart be rsiteU in prayer The cloi ioui TetULrauce Law ia born, Daptiaid with tears of Joy thia nioro. King cut, glad belli! wave, banners, war Above the festering demon's gTavs I Are, drape the dram-shop bowl ye wolvaa w t.o Kised poor victims on your traek ALd drapg. d tbera down to guilt and sin ; Aet hang your cursed drns in black, The only color which ye dare To shroud that monster in Despair. Weep, if ye can, and sbid such tears As rained from crushed hearts long, dark yean. The T).iT-Star has arlvn see its light Itcnrctine; glory on each noble face, Thnliiug the soul as though an angel bright Glittered its radianc full upon tba plaea. Sad ones aud weary, wipe your Borrowing eyes, Juiu in glad anthems, echoing to tbe skies 1 l'arents low binding o'er some ruined eon. Rife ye, the victory is won ! Is won 1 Sacred this hour shall be to Freedom's eauss, Si.cn d fur ever to our cherished State, Sacn d to virtue and ber holy laws. Sacred to all that's good and pure and great. Ring on, glad bells 1 wave, banners, proudly wavw Above the LKmon's ibul and festering grave t Roar, cannons, roar I proclaim with mighty power The glorious triumph of this glorious hour. j Oh ! who that is a friend of temperance locate. My next will be from Illinois, fjr which State I start on Monday. T.G.O. Newtos, Iowa, Feb. 8, '55. Our place is still going ahead. There i have been over 150 houses built within a The following Sundsy, when Maria en year; tho prospect bids fair for a rrach tcred her old Class so neatly and tasteful larger increase tbe present year. I think y dressed, she was accompanied by Lydia, there will be three churches, a female whose clothes, although shabby and faded, jjj.,, Jjg Beminarv. and a steam flourint? mill built next summer. We have now here six . j j j (o one d gf 0QC J o five MrpeDtcrSi (more cming, and still morc , three male and fcmale scboo, leacberSi three ,awJC,S) two wcll di four ,astcr. two .u one 8ldl thrce .hoe. i i . v. i i makers, one clock, watch and jewelry n- . -it e.tabhshment, two steam saw-nulls, two public houses, (no liquor) one eating and J ye Jgood brickmakers, a printing office, a good hotel, another , . j . . .u tl0aCr' d hS, f " 8 f ' ! Our Court House was advertised to be let on Saturday last. We have had a very pleasant winter' thermometer 10 deg. below tero the cold est morning. C.J.H. "What will People Say?" IT HM. CHaM. When long years have passed over yoti, young readers, and the scenes and faces so familiar have almost faded from memory, you will often look back to these days I ,:. - :,U -l-..--. .-.I .nmatimo DVIUCilUlva na,u ,avw-u..,, www w ... -.w through dim tears. Thus do your parents now look back, and cherish tbe memory of their childhood's home, and we doubt not thank God for its sheltering love. "Of all the beautiful pictures that hang on Memory's wall," there is DO one which comes more vividly to my mind than the face of one little playmate. She was the projector of all our plays, the genius of all our sports ; and as I now think of her, with her chestnut hair shading ber whito ' , - J 1 J The shrill voiwfcrow, and her blue, Hue y tbro' which &hp-ti you could almost read her thoughts, she seems more like the being of a dream than the child she was, climbing trees, walking beams, or sliding down the fragrant bay mows. She was the very soul of indepen denceseldom going far astray, for her native good ssnse, and the refinements of home restrained her buoyant spirit yet never asking, "What will people say ?" One day, in ber rambles, Maria saw a pale-faced little girl, standing before a mi serable looking house, who smiled as the little lady npproa:hcc', aud held up some thing she wished to show her. Children use little ceremony, and soon become ac quainted. "What is your name?" asked Maria. "Lydia White," replied the pale girl, "you may have that, if you want it," and she held out towards ber a piece of , broken glass. It was a dark green bottom of a bottle, vtrv concave, and as the chil .lr..r. tl.r,.,..,t. if tnwtnr.le ihtk cl-IT it niado a dark and mysterious little laud scape. Maria was thankful for the gift, and prized it more than she would have doDe a jewel in years which followed. So they stood talking together, when suddenly a coarse, drun&cu man turned around the corner, and taking angrily to himself reeled past them iuto the house. Poor Lydia hung her head, looked very much ashamed, and the tears began to fall from ber eyes. She raised her tattered apron to her face, and Maria, although she was too kind to ask a question, was sure that that dreadful man must be the father of Lydia. So she said, softly, " Don't cry, Lydia, "it isn't your fault you can't help it." Lydia did Dot reply, but ran away from Maria into the door of the wretched house. She had been to happy for a few minutes with her new friend, but now she was mis erable. No good child would ever come near the house, for fear of her father, and she did not love to play with the wicked children who thronged the court where she lived ; and she was sure she should never see Maria again. But she was mistaken, for one day Maria came to the door and asked tbe disconsol ate looking mother if she would let Lydia go down to ber father's birebwood to play J bv tbe snrins with some little cirls. The poor woman was as much pleased as Lydia was, for she longed to see her daughter, like other children, joyful and free-hearted. " Now you can wash your face and crtmb your hair at the spring before tbe ether play with clean children, and to look clean herself, but she could not forgot her worn out shoes, and all tbe afternoon she tried to conceal them beneath the skirt of ber fated frock. Until sunset, that little group arranged and re-arranged their bits of broken china on the velvet moss,and dipp ed up the sparkling water with which to fill their acorn cups and saucer". But when the dews began to fall, and they talked of going home, poor Lydia whisp ered to her new friend, " Don't lei anj of them go round my way I want to go horse alone." Maria thoughtfully drew the others through tbe meadows towards ber father's carden.while the little strang- Cr slipped off to ther comfortless home behind the rope-walk. ,.,,.,, Thnv, had .nrlv taken the;r scaia. when a rude eirl leaned over from another seat and said in a loud whif per, " Maria, that girl nett to yon is : old White's daughter ; be gets drank, and whips his wife and children. "I'm very sorry," replied Maris, ''that she has such a wicked and cruel father; for she is a very good girl." " Wasn't you afraid to come along the streets with her?" " Afraid of what ?" asked Maria. "Why, of what people would toy, when they saw you walking with her; for every body knows ber ; she picks up all their wood at the ship yard." " I don't care what people say, wheti I know I'm doing right. My mother said I might go there and bring her with me to Sunday school and church," said Maria. Tbe poor child hung her head during this conversation ; for although she bad not heard a word, she felt that she was the subject of it. Lydia proved 3 t8 a sweet and gentle scholar, and when any of the class were rude is tbeir behavior, or remiss in their lessons, the teacher used to say " I wish I could see you all like Lydia White." She was always in ber place, and her whole mind seerned fixed on the truths she there heard. Her teacher toiled in hope, while she saw that the good seed was taking root in the heart of the outcast child. One morning of the next bright May, when the moss was green and the ground dry around tbe favorite spring, Lydia' seat in Sunday school was vacant; with tears, the loving teacher told her class that it would never be filled again by her. "She was a meek and a gentle child, and the compassionate Savior whom she had learn ed to love, hts taken her to himself ; sway niwla r,m " Mori's caM affV " nntvinff i . , , ' i r 1 uuc Whtu ,u ormeruays W0uld oar ijuakertown friends manage to j her own pink apron, put this on-for I , she , d the bo,t with her Men Qr ? We do ! know mother will ctve it to vou for vour .u .1. t c. ? ?. . A - -, '"- wnuiucui 1U megarueu. our nope they will play no more Know HO-; own and you will look as well as any ed not tbe pity of ter rich friend3 or diJ . I 'nop litflo I.ri-Iifi vaa mtii?h nlf.ispd to 1 .. ... " - wv j r 8na BhijQ i n cm wnen in her nomft uttim i l. H.i . rtf mA , frtoisborg, Union County, from the drunkard's wretched home, from poverty, neglect, and abusc,where she will know no more hunger, nor cold, nor cruel ty, nor sickness, nor death. It was a great blessing that she was brought here, to learn of Christ before death came." After sermon, ber class were taken to Lydia's home. There lay the slender form on a broken bedstead, while the heart broken mother wept in agony over her on ly earthly joy. The besotted father was sober that day; but he was ashamed to ma nifest grief, if he felt it; for Lis neigh bors who stood around, all knew how little love he had shown Lis child while living. So he sat in dogged silence, Lis garments tattered, the picture of a conscience-stricken man. O, what contrast was there between tbe condition of the miserable father, and that of his ransomed child ! When the sobbing mother repeated to them the par ticulars of her patient suffering and peace ful death, do you think Maria regretted her tenderness toward ber ; or that she had not stopped to ask, "What will people say?" before she called at the bouse, aud led her where she learned the love and pity of the Savior ? Maria herself did not truly love Christ, then ; but she possessed by nature that noble spirit which made ber fearless when doing right ; that spirit which fitted her for future usefulness and endurance. She was a real child, free-hearted, buoy ant and happy,acting out her feelings and not striving to depot t herself like the dear grandmother who graced the hearthstone in her huge arm chair. Gjd gave the child this strong spirit of independence, for He saw that the would require it all. He knew that after her sunny childhood was over, clouds and darkness were to overshadow her, and that she would need strength of heart and firm trust in Him to carry her over tbe thorny road. While she was yet young, her father d.ed ; and then, although Maria had less of enjoyment and more of care, she never repined. She felt that as she had enjoyed hitherto a life of ease, it was not strange that she should have her turn of care and toil. Hopefully and cheerfully she ; applied henei to tne domestic duties which now devolved upon ner. Her out-door ex- ercise wucn a cuna, nau maue tier consu- : i ,,,,,,, .. totion strong to endure her present labor: -..4 : v . .i I s-.uu iuv aims "jju.i uuiivani.mcrits mat Sla P ftnrl hlvise vsrhon nstrrirmins . r 1 " What dill people say f never troubled her in Millrlrinmi atinnt tine rtlv n.i, A'tA ' it now when in the path of duty. Long years have passed, since then. Ma ria has been the mistress of a home of taste and wealth. Love there gathered its treasures around her, and with a keen re lish and true gratitude to God did sbs en joy ber blessings, and retain independence to do right, though it might be strangely at variance with the hollow etiquette of the world. But change, change, is written on all below. Another Maria, touch like the one of twenty-five years ago, now sits by ber side to comfort and cheer her as she did another then. The strong arm on which the mother and her little ones lean ed has failed them, and with the husbacd vanished also the means of support. Then one brother offered to take Maria, and an other to take the oldest boy, and a rich bnt vain cousin to adopt tbo baby, and somebody else to take care of the mother. But do you suppose that one who dared to do just right when a child, would shrink from a mother's holy work, fold her hands, dim her eyes with unavailing tears, and allow the lambs of her fold to be scattered, for fear of what people would say should she put her hands to toil for I heir dear sakesf No, ber heart is too fend,and her hope tco strong for that ; so she disdains the hint that in that way she may still seetn lite a lady and plies her beedle on tbe tasteful embroidery. Thus she keeps dt home, where the spirit of discontent never comes. She neither craves the smile of a false world, not dreads what people will soy of her. Care and sorrow have chastened deeply her buoysnt spirit ; but they hftvs not broken down her indepen dence, nor shaken her trust in God. You would love, if you knew her, to sit down with her happy children at their fireside, and hear from her lips the tales of her merry childhood. If she weeps and we know she does over ber buried joys, it is when her little darlings are sleeping ; for she will not dim their early years by mak ing them partners of her grief. She knows too well the worth of a free and heppy childhood, and therefore would not have them become old before their time. It is a great gift for any child to Bare a brave spirit, which will dare to differ from tain companions) or even from older people who are selfish and cold-hearted. Always seek guidance of wise parents or lov ing teachers, and then never shrink from duty for fear of what people will tay. That is a mean and useless bondage, from which we would have our children kept, lest they grow up double minded, unstable in all pcnnsnlonnia. tbeir ways, swaying eter between the opi nions of others and their own sense of right. Macedonian. A new and amusing Game. SINOCLAR KNOW NOTHING EXPERIMENTS. The Know Nothings of Bucks county are an original and funny set of fellows. They recently adopted a very novel way of amusing themselves, at the expense of II is Ilolliuess, James Campbell, Post Mas ter General. The moral certainty that the Americans will elect tbe neat President, already rai sed the question among the members of the Know Nothing Council at Q iakcr town, fifteen miles below Bethlehem, "who shall be their Post Master under the next administration ?" The subject we learn, was gravely discussed, and finally it was unanimously agreed that, during tbe pre sent foreign administration, all who con sider themselves Well calculated for said office, shall have a "short turn" say two or three weeks, and he who proves the best Post Master, shall receive the united support of the members for the a point merit, after the election in 1856. Mr. Ochs, a Know Nothing, (who since rli-rl 1 bM.l the nfiW Tnf,rmtion vxaa - - givca to "is iiuiinc;s, suiues laiupueu, of the fact that Mr. O. is a member of the . . , , mysterious order. He was removed, some time ago, and Mr. Peter Smith, who was d orand gate-keepers and n.phtwatch 8 SO . mong others, the subsoil and the atmes .!,.! .m,.1.,i f, . J.4 Tim " O.Jf.Worden, certificates and diplomas 9 00 . , , , , .. , , duly vouched for as 'dound Democrat, do printing billi and cards, phere may be named as always available received the appointment. He held the office just long enough to prove his com petency, Mr. Campbell was apprised of tbe fact by his brethren that he is a Know Nothing too, and that the interests of the Democratic party and tbe Pope required . ed to furnish Certificates to the Vice l're bis prompt removal. Tbis was done, and , sidents elect, and request them to fill up .Mr. John K. Kaul, about whose "sound-. vacancies in such districts as are now ness" there was no doubt, received the ' without Vice Presidents, commission. He is an excellent effio-r, Resolved that Capt. John Wilt be re but his time ia. we are informed, about l"3' .,0 fur?ish to the ting of to expire also, and probably in a week or . two, another appoia'ment will be made, as Campbell will hardly suffer the Quaker - town posl Office in the game House where tue kow Nothing Council was organized, ! and now holds its meeting. Mr. Kaul is . Rroi mCmber, and will cheerfully sive . way for another appointment. This may be fun for the Quakertown - . - Know ! carrii ; Dntinn tB atini!D tne omce cni-.reiv. iuis : 11 V v.. t : . TT . 1. wouiu ue very uau uustuess. iutu Know Nothing Democrat. If thcro are none in Quakertown, let them advertise fur one in a European newspaper. Le high Valley Times. Winter Evenings. How do you spend your winter evenings ? "Tell me how you spend your winter evenings, sam a gentleman ..dressing a cun t: rurally u vt i uuutc iucu. su j &. w 144 tell you what position you will occupy in the world ten years hence." This portion of the day is yours for self-improvement, for recreation, or for pleasure ; and its use or abuse will affect incalculably your fu ture character. Do you spend it at the drinking saloon, the card-table, or as an idle lounger at low places of public amuse- ment 7 Do you waste Jour health, ex- i haust your energies, and debase your mind by vulgar pleasures f Do yoa pass your winter evenings aimlessly, listlessly, doing nothing, or doing something just as it happens f Or have you set them apart Nothings, tut we fear the came is society at this place on the first luesday i mould can onlvbe iuereased bv .rrowinr? cd too far. as Campbell rm-ht tak. th. ?f MT Court.wbcn the Premium List will j ri.ti., j .j.,j:sr . rt... . . ,' , , i oe arranaei ana aaopiea. ,.,. i uatc v uat uo nauij v.s uvs wuk .uh for some definite and worthy pt-ramtsi r j MW Ha.tswisal or ctalti-a.tl plsuils ia m -rir-Have you resolved to devote some to a glh in t,j0 ofa feW Jnn ,nd course of valaable reading; some to a j then abaDdon hjg exhaasted fields and course of lectures; some to the enjoyments c,ew un, of virtuous society; some to the house of 1 fjr,u"nes tave been m,iled h prayer f Have you resolved to pass your evenings in that way which shall tend to make you stronger and better for each to morrow? "I never had an j time to slnuy bnt the winter evenings," said a lad who passed an examination for college with marked ability. ... "Oh, my God, t was ruined in the win ter evenings," exclaimed a young clerk who came home to be laid in a drunkard's grave. 4 Hots, take cat how vott spend your winter evenings. 1 - L-A-W, Law. A correspondent of the Knictctrloclcer from Ottawa county, Michigan, gives the following "Scene in the Mayor's Court at Grand Rapids," Mayor Church presiding. Witness called up to be sworn : . Clerk. "You do solemnly swear Mayor, (with dignity :) "Stop 1 The witness will hold np his right hani" Clerk. "The man hi no right hand, your Hotter." Jitay'or, (witk sonle asperity:) Let him hold np bis left hand, then." Clerk. "He has had the misfortune to loss hil left hand did, as your Honor will perceive." Mayor, (savagely:) "Tell hirn to hold up his right leg, then ; a man can not be sworn in this Court iiwou. holding vp something I Silence, gentlemen t Our dignity mustb preserved t" (Witness sworn on one leg ) ELEVENTH YEAR $1.50 per Year, always it Advance. THE FARM : j composed cf atoms derived from mould, Tbe Garden Tbe Orchard. silica (sand,) lime, potash, ie , extracted n, sT"TiT irrT I from ttc 8oil ' 'nJ wl,at Part w derived Union County Apicultuial Society. from wfer carbonie 8cidf other A meeting of the Executive Committee ous tkwent known to exist in the itmos of the Society was held at the office of S. Pbl:Te' Wishing to repeat these researches Weirick, Eq., in New Berlin, on Tuesday 00 "ale before publishing, no ae- 13th Feb. 1853. Present Messrs.Gundy, Eyer, Lincoln, Laird, M'Creight, Sterner, Weirick, and Re. ber. The Treasurer submittel his Report for 1851, which was real. Resolved that it be adopted, and published. ICeceiitti and Lxpenrftturet of the Lmon Comity Agricultural Sxiety 185 i. RECEIPTS. Balance on hand from 1853 $73 10 Cash ree'd of M.K:ec!cner, unexpended balan. e aftrr films; Fair Ground at New Berlin for I8i3 Tl 13 .viemocrsnips pr iv n. i.aira 43 au Admittance fees du 3 00 Memberships pr O.X.Wordeu 8 50 Mcmb. and Adm. pr I S Sterner 146 28 Co aj J 11 tuner S3 40 dj do J.Weutzel H 46.211 19 Order on Treasurer Union Coutty 100 00 . !5S Feb. 13, Balance in bands ofTreas. EXPENDITURES. " $302 91 jCash premium awarded by Committees fas $198 50 I " prinieci acneau.ej uct o ; Butter Knife 2 oo rive copies ra. f arm Journal, at 7 e. 3 7o ; Premium awarded Jacob Oundy for best 5 acre Corn & 00 ; t. s s,f rn mC j:hfrs fcr Mrrieer as and stationary, potarre, kc. 11 75 Balance in hands of Treasurer 10! 91 $141 41 ROBERT II. LAIRD, Treasurer. Resolved that tbe Treasurer be request- ! 1 - V "g . tbe ,Mt Fai lt the furthr ,clion of 1 the Society. ! Hartleton being the only competitor ' for t,le nelt Fa!r anJ having guaranteed ,he !U'".ri'i;lied' !t Wls Kesolved that the !f" Fwr f th'8 SuC'e,JF U hM " ,h,t Resojvel that the President have notice ' published calling the next meeting of the f, . . . . c. . 2. . t .j l i: v. - r . n .V iished in tbe Lewisburg Chronicle, etc. David Reber, Reo. See. View of American Agriculture. CHAPTER IT. JTArtt' is the available Capacity of the Far ming Lands in the United States to feed and clothe the Human Family f No question, either in rural or political economy, is more important than tbe above. What the soil can do, and what it cannot io, are questions of fact.about which every American citizen should be well informed. I Trior tha nrinpinal vrnaltlt nf th 1T S i M ,iej in -m t aricultlirai capabiiiUes, is apparent to all ; but this general ap pre ciation of an important truth fails to im part to the understanding any definite idea of the capacity of any given farm to pro dace grain, cotton, or provisions, by any system of tillage and cropping.) As it is a law of nature that mankind shall increase in numbers, and consumo a corresponding increase of food and raiment, u obvioas w gystcm rf agricrJ.ture I that does not improve tbe soil a little in the lapse cf ten or twenty years, can be a wise system for the community at large. Nor is it, upon the whole, of any advan tage to a farmer or planter, to Work up the operations of tbis kind, is not denied ; bnt no planter who has followed tbis popular practice has made more money there by than he might have done by so culti vating the soil, as to increase, instead of diminishing, its natural fertility. It may be conceded that his fresh lands cost him not over three or five dollars an acre j and that; after o3e thousand acres have been so impoverished as not to pay a profit on their cultivation, another thousand acres may be had at the cost of the first ; still it ban be shown, both by practice and theo ry, that less profit is attainable by this course than by a system of planting found ed on scientific principles. If the cultivator had to apply tohii soil one hundred pounds of manure or other fertilizing matter, for every ono hundred pounds harvested and removed ic the crop, then to wear out tbe virgin earth would give one vastly more ready cash than to attempt to feed plants with all the atoms consumed in their growth. Fortunately, no such necessity exists. In the wise economy of nature, it is not probable that more than an average of one pound in ten of the dry weight of cultivated plants, in cluding their rootSj stems, leaves, and seeds, is formed of matter which existed as a part of the solid substance of the soil in which the plants grew. Several expe riments have been made by the writer for tbe purpos of determining what per cent age of wheaf, corn, and potato crops is WHOLE NUMBER, CC7. count of them has been made public. The ecieoce cf feeding plants is in it infancy ; and very little public encourage ment has been held oat to any one to de vote bis time and money to investigation of tbis character. The little attention paid to the feeding of wheat in Eogland bis re sulted in raising tbe average product from sixteen to thirty two bushels per acre. If . .mall ahare of the talent mnJ tmblie nt- I ... f. j r0n8e of lhl toaS he turned tr . the study of vegetable and aaimrl physio logy in their connection with farm econo my, abd to chemistry, entomology, agri cultural geology ,and meteorology, unques tionably the average of our wheat, corn, j and cotton crops would soon be doubled. j The most important point is to learn what I e . , i I . ... ... I loua, ana wuai quantify per acre, win yieia t tbe largest annual profit. In addition to thU, it is desireable to know what source j of .apply of the raw ma'.crial for making crop, so far as it is laking in the soil, can be most economically resorted to by the farmer. His sources of supply are numerous ; on the poorest lands. It is very rare, if ever, that a soil is so sterile that when three inches deep, it cannot be made sis ; and if six inches deep, it may not be mada twelve. If the reader will reflect on tho facts of the case for a moment, he will b satisfied that the same resources in the earth and atmosphere, in rait s, dews, a solar light, and heat, which produce a little mould on the surface, extract a little lime, potash, magnesia, and soluble flint from the fubsoll, re ay reasonably be expected to yield something more of all these ele ments of fertility, if they are skilfully hus banded from year to year, ttut, if these elements are ail sold and sent off tbe farmj or if wasted thereon, at matter how, an increase cf productiveness is impossible. ! "f' guano or manure from abroad is 1 bouuht for home consdmDtion. Veiretabla r -r. value in its adaption to the peculiar want of crops. As tbe science of feeding plant rests on precisely the same principles a that of feeding anima!s,and as plants alone have tbe power to subsist on disorganized minerals, such as air, water, sand, and lime, it U important to gro? such fertili zing and rcuuvating vegetables as will be furuUh nutriment to the plants to be cul tivated for rsarkct. Thus, one thousand : pounds of broomsedge, rotting on an xcr, will yield mould far inferior to that of like weight of pea-vises. In some respects, the sedge will have tbe advantage. It will snpply more soluble silica than aa equal weight of the Stem, leaves, roots, and seeds of the pea plant, but much less of sulpbur,phosphorus,and organized az it- or nitrogen. Theoretically, tbe slow rot ting of brooassedge, followed by the moro rapid decay of pea-baalm, will prepare soil for wheat or eoru, better than to bavo it entirely free from either sedge or pea- 1 v;ne mould. Different forest leaves fur nish mould as unlike in value as that form- cd from rotting cabbages and decaying pice wood. But if a ton of eabbnges er clover will form a mas of rich mould, is will require sonetl iag better than very very poor land to grow either clover or cab bage. They are both rich in sulphur, phosphorus, and nitrogen, elements that do not abound in sterile soils. It is difficult to see how one can fairly begin to comprehend the natural capabili ties of American soils, before he is famili ar with the science of meteorology and the philosophy of manures. An acre of land lying in the latitude of Washington and St. Louis has the capacity to produce near ly double the food for man or beast that an equal area in tbe centre cf Great Bri tain posseses ; assuming the chemical com position and physical character of the soil to be alike in both countries, the fall of rain alike; and the Only difference being in the length of seasons and a higher mean temperatare and more sunshine in Ameri ca than in England. There are few, if any, plants which equal our maize or Indian born, in yielding a large quantity of bread on a small surface. In England, it is im practicable to grow one good crop cf thi cereal in a year. In tbe District of Co lumbia, on choice land, ncarly,if not quite, two crops ean b made in a season. Sup pose the object was to produce milk (an exceedingly valuable article of food,) not only can we grow twice as much eorn fof soiling cows on an acre, under American sunshine, as can be raised in Great Britain but after frost sets in and before it is tim to plant corn in th spring, a crop of win ter Wheat, rye, or barley can be two-thlrd grown in Virginia, and harvested in Geor gia, Alabama, Mississippi, lulsUna, Flo rida, and Texas. An acre of land in cen tral Georgia will boti feed and cloth two retfonsarwell, and more ecjnomicilV, ItU TAO. 1 J: -t 'V 1 r t 1 J' I Si j ii 1 . i 1 if!
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