BURG CiEOI CLE LEWIS BY O. N. WORDEN & J. II. C. IIICKOK, Corresponding Editor; A- 1L aiffiMtitVU I Of irWWIWlfl XtJlUilllU. rmuo, .iiMi5J. fcoitorial 0ttai'!ac o lwitnrj Chronicle. Harimsblrc, May $, lf55. The Legislature adjourned yesterday, leaving the II ill as quiet and rural as New Berlin and Sunbury after a Court not lessening the duties of sonic of the De partment, but affording more leisure to perform them. W hercf are, blessed be the 8ih of May- . It has been a long and disturbed session, nd of course, much important business was deferred till near close, and then as usual blls were rushed through by the hundred, like shot from a shovel. When the record is slowly unrolled by the State Printer, the public will have a better chance to see what has been hauled to shore by the sweep of the legislative seine. The Governor signed the bill for the sale of the main line, which Bscs the minimum price at seven and a half millions, and will shortly publish notices inviting bids. The bill to abolish the Canal board, did not get through. A supplement to the school law Wis put through at the eleventh Lour after being under iucubation nearly all winter. It was shorn of one half its proportions, Including sections making preliminary ar rangements for the establishment of State Normal Schools for the education of teach ers, but enough that was indispensable was left, and will relieve the Department here from embarrassing difficulties, and prove a salutary benefit to the system at large. The School Journal is to be sent to every board of directors in the State, as medium f jr communicating the decis ions, explanations and instructions of the Department to the manifest relief of the labor and expense here, and the uniform and permanent benefit of the Schools all over the State. Power is also conferred . ... . .1 ,1 ... . A'- on the tourts 10 create luui-ftuucu. tricts, and thus help lift "Alt Berks" out j of some of her incipient dithculties 1 n or- j ganixing her Schools. The County Su-1 perintendency can also be put on its legs, j if directors are willing, and the present j incumbents enabled to work at better ad- j Vantage, and the Department to command the services of capable and efficient men, in the room of incompetent and negligent officers. Tha Supenntendency cscapea destruction in the House by barely three Votes, and in the Senate, other essential j features were carried only by the most ; earnest and importunate appeals in beliait . of the necessities of the system and the details of its administration. How strange that a system, that in the language of G ov. Pollock, "would ultimately prove the crowning glory of the Commonwealth," has had, and still has, to Work its way , against the current, instead of with it. . cate women and timid girls, and effermi Vut every inch gained is so much vantage j nate youths and sober fathers, are scram ground for greater progress hereafter. bling for berths on crowded steamers ! The omnibus system is no longer tcler- , Mattering themselves that the little disa ated, and special legislation much restrict-1 grecments of the voyage Will be of only a ed, yet the volume of laws for this year, fortnight's duration, and then ! well, we Vfill be somewhat bulky. This will be the J don't envy tho fashionable traveler his case for years to come ; and is not at all pleasures. Btrange, when the territory, population, pne prescnt season would go a good and undeveloped wealth of the Common-1 wajs toward equipping the E nglish and wealth is taken into consideration, and it j French armies, if the res-pective govcrn u remembered that the State is waking J meats would impose a moderate tourist's tip as never before from her prolonged and ; taJt ;a addition to the prcseut passport seemingly immovable lethargy -and the j gyStcm. rousing of doTtnant mind, will result in j i heard 0ur present Mayor onco assert work for the legislature, equal to the mag- jn m public speech, that the close commu bitude of the demands of this transition nication between the old and new tnd progressive epoch. world, brought about by steam, was one of Have been initiated in the mysteries the greatest curses which had ever fallen of Harrisburg markets and however j on America. I thought Lim a fool at drowsy wc may feel when roused at three the time in fact he was not very sober Br four o'clock in the morning, Market j Dat there was more truth than poetry in Square will open your eyes wide enough. the assertion. Butter at 37 1 to 40 cts. per pound, 75 cts. j As long as hordes of Americans visit for a pair of chickens, and every thing . Europe every year, and become familiariz lse in like proportion, but not of corres-j ci witn DOt her miseries but her follies; ponding quality, has induced the " State tobbers"--as we on the Hill are sometimes ! politely termed to seriously think of as signing their salaries to the Market House in advance, upon condition that Market ; House keeps them in " vittals," without bringing them in debt at the end of the year. n. c. n. tor lha Lawiibsrr Chronicle. "Petrified Bodies." Correction. GentleMex of the "Curosicle:" I do not know from whom you received the information, that originated the above quoted paragraph, in your last paper but t must assure you that it is entirely erroneous as regards the petrifaction of the body of which you made mention. I (with another physician of Lcwisburg, who has long been an esteemed resident of the town) was prescnt at the disinterment of the body (Mr. J. M'C.) which had been buried August, 1810 fifteen years ago. We (i. . Dr. Q. and myself,) were at first deceived, and imagined it a petrifaction, but on closer inspection were surprised to find our previous conceptions erroneous. On Insertingaknife in the leg, opposite the tib ia,we found no resistance, the knife passing freely through what was formerly bone ) and tha substance extracted proved on ex niinatiou to be adipose matter. Although We could not pursue our researches to the extant we wished, yet enough of the mat ter Was procured to provo by subsequent ejpsrimMit, that it was adipose matter, R. CORNELIUS. resembling tbe tallow of beef, only a shade lighter in color. Oq exposing it to the action of caloric, it melted freely, burned vividly, and left no residuum. I do not believe that there has been an other case of the kind discovered in Amer ica i at least in my experience and reading I have never met any thiug resembling it. Some years ago, the Cemetery of " Perc le Chaise." (near Paris, France,) was ex amined by a committee of Physicians and scientific men appointed by Government to inspect the pits, where the bodies of those who died of the Asiatic Cholera in 1832 Were buried. These pits were made large enough to bold five hundred persons, who were piled up in tiers, and the pits, when nearly filled, were closely and firmly cov ered with earth. Oa re-opening these pits, the bodies were found to be transmuted into a soft adipose substance, and the committee re ported that a peculiar chemical action, the result of a number of bodies buried in such close contiguity, was the cause of this most singular transformation. But here was a single body transmuted into the same peculiar substance, only a trifle harder, as those of Pere le Chaise. I have carefully avoided using technical terms, that all your readers might under stand, and in conclusion have only to re mark, that this subject is worthy of scien tific investigation; and a small portion of the matter has been carefully preserved, that sue u nit may have an opportunity of examining this most singular phenomenon. The Editors of the Lcwisburg Chronicle, will give information to those who may feel interested in the matter. J. L. L. fCorreflprnJoce of the Lewisburg ChrtmiClr. I'm lad., Monday, May 14. DEAa Chronicle. Severe and pro- j traded sickness in my family, has prevent ed my writing to you for the last two wccts notwithstanding there were a few things I wanted to say. At present, the market is flat "nothing stirring" save now an(j then the booming of the Siege guns at Subastopol, which is as eagerly listened for as "latest news from Mexico" was wont to be, while our volunteers were sweltering on its plains. New Vork has had her "anniversary week" and swallowed more "reports" than could easily be digested in a year ; but our Quaker borough has been as still as a frog V0D& the while, although "Sam" has fou;,at and won another battle. And bye and bye it will be mnch stiller) from every indication, a "deserted village" for almost every third person you meet is "going to Europe." The frightful lo3S of life during last summer and fall, has no effect : and deli not ncr ianCg and alleys, but her "sights" and celebrities, and return home with a and celebrities, and return home with a profound reverence for the wisdom and polish they have seen abroad ) with refined tastes in art and manufactures, and with a firmer conviction that the people of Europe as far as they have seen, are as free and as happy as wc are here ; and this 3 the conclusion of nine out of every ten ; what is the effect? Why, if they want a pic ture, it must be ordered abroad, the man who has worn a French boot, or the lady a French bonnet, can never descend to wear anything else. Paper without a Paris stamp or the English Water mark, is not fit to write on, and I know gentlemen and ladies who use visiting cards that Would disgrace our meanest engravers, but they were done in Paris 1 Is it any wonder that specie is shipped by millions and ma nufacturers starving? In the first place ours is brought into competition with the unpaid labor of Europe J and then the foreign mania will admit nothing into com petition with its vitiated and unatural taste ; and so will it remain while people turn their backs on the most magnificent country in the world, and give the pro ducts of every other land the preference before our own. th.fr th Chroitide fell into the same error that 11 Anglo American" did in j regard to ft sentence occurring in one of ! ui j letters. There can be nothing farther ' finm the truth, than your construction irik Qt of my sentiment; and I can not see how you interpret a mere remark on the tone of public opinion to be an expression of my own feelings couched ad it is in a form that any Chratutn man woiild blush to avow. Yours, S. II. F. W rejoice to learn that our re pec ted correpot tltiot wit niUiutrrpreted, both by outlet vri and other. i in his communication nffltb ult., respecting RuMlsaod j England. We certainly mj poaeil he m giving his j ottiiias well an what be reardtd as public opinion: 1 but wtt are well aware how often, in tl; hurry of ; composition, we tiil to putourexact thoughts la words ; which cannot be wrongly taken: and 4S. II. F , we know, 1 cfti-n obligi-d to write rapidly and without ' time for revision. Our own cpiuirm ait.it I i. that we.both 1 a inJivi lualfi and a nations, ''were nor born to bate KngtauJ," or any other nation or peopl ; we nay de ' plure, nny we may hate (,thtir vices, not them il Tea.' j Nor can we bulfeTethatenlishUoed "public Opinion l I anywhere on the aide of Huwia. Austria may be Hungary Ij not ; Pruula may be -Poland la not; tha ! Pope may be the Republican! of Italy are not; and even England and France, with Ml the amaller enlight ened nations of Eurore, would aooner be "Rwciucam I tbaw C)93acs. American M iactonariea in Greek and I the Turkish Empire we believe dread tfce poiUUly of j R uii a n-G reek-Church despotism ; and all civilized men In Iudia and China would deplore the subversion by Russia of Itritifh rale or influence In that direction. There are fnme real friends of Ruia in Americaso few, however, that there i no opposition made to their open departure for the Land of th Knout and Siberia ; and there are fccme morbid "haters of England from j education, some reckless politicians of tha uitra-slavery school, otl.ers who tare Russia to attract attention by ! their affected singularity, and some astute journalists ; who inflict very wise and very long leaders' upon both tulva of the question, so as to be sure to be Mrigbi" what ever the result may be. All these manufacture mora or I -us of "public opinion for the iron-heeled Rush auto crat : yet we think the great American heart beats warin'y for " Krpubticanum agniiut VoiackUm"1at j the rii-k man' against the most crushing despotism un der which our earth groans and tremble. . Tiid Logan Illinois Grazier. t Tnomu pus rxGLisn. At dawn to wher th- herbage grows, Vp yunder hill the grasier goes. OtnMient to his every word, lfwiv him sta' it inc lowing herd. KIu?fanl in the mMym-trti. With itaoipiaj; hoof aud tossing horn, With lengthened, low, or angry moan. Go bla k aud dappled, red aud roan; f broach drain and hollow, up the hill, They piuw, obedieut to bis will ; The "lender or and mighty bull Th grazier thinks them beautiful. You ee less beauty in the herd Tuan in yuu orange-tinted bird, You fix your better pleated gaze Oo yun broad sweep of emerald alalia, Yon maples on the hill-side high, Or on yun field of waving rye, More pleased with maize, or rye or trees The grazier's sight is not on these. He ses a netted purse of gold In every bellowing threy far-old. t(e ee new eomfort roend his h H, VV hen buyers dewn from Tale well colni He sees his cabin nigh the creek. Its mud daubed chimney turned to brick, its rude Io,t hid by clan-hoard' sawed, Bf tit binles on it roof su broad ; New puncheons on the worn-out floor, A picket fence fc.'ftre the door, And eupsof tin and plates ofdelf And pewter spoons adorn the shelf. Close where the rifle hangs on hooka, On cupboard top are rows of books The Pit ff rim of the dreaming John, And "A eem's life of Marfan ; The well-thumbed speeches nf Calhoun, The pictured life of Daniel ltoone ; P'AuMfrnVs story t"ld so well. How Luther fought and Cranmer tell ; To plrase his wif-, a yellow gown, And beads to deck bis daughters brown A ja k knife for his youngest son, A rnV Uit his eldest on. AM these to him the rattle tow, As up the bill they alowly go. He fars no ravage of dirts,. 'Mung brutes so stroog and Cat as these ; There's salt ennagh for them in store, brought from Ksuawba's muddy shore ; The herbage on the hill is gd, T ae fern is thick within the wood. There tender gras in yonder drain, And pea vine on the summit plain. Ilijjh thought of gain that moment thrill The grazit-r f the Logan hills. ne envies not the hero bold, Ue cares not who may office hold. The statesman's prM, th stout nan's limb, The lover's hope, are naught to him. . fiis mind three things alone receive His wife, h's children and bis beeves. So these may flourish and be fair. All else rruod is smoke and air; Oh, Lngan grasier, tbtat and string. Despising fraud, defying wrong, Itrave as thine ancestors who bora Tue sears of combat, long and sore, And f arless met in battle shoek. The wild and painted irhawuaock; True a the rifle In thy hand. And generous as thy fertile land Full oft I've eaten by thy side Thy cakes of corn, aud venison fried ; Oft in thy cabin, as thy truest. Have stretched my wearied limbs to rst 1 love to note thv honet brow. Staunch freind and true, companion thou ; And know no manlier form Is seen Than dwell within thy coat of jeatt ; Truth fill those eves, so keenly set Beneath thy fox-skin cap, and et f would not that thy lot were mine , I would not that my lot were thine, ftuanl thou thy beeves, and count thy gold, He gUd when tho great beads are told. For me by midnisM lamp, t port Iy manuscript in silence o'er; r.ft h to th path that suits his feet ; Each toil, r time is moving fleet, And soon in woolen shroud arrayed, Both in our narrow coffin laid, Tt matters not if cattle fair. Or making sod g, his been our care. The poet's and the grazier's form Shall feed alike the greedy worm. Phall pas, the poet's glowing words ; thai I pass, the grazier's lowing herd; And fr.m men's memory Cade away Both grazier's shout and poeta lay. Removal of tha Seat of Government Tho following arc the preamble and resolutions which passed the House of Representatives in relation to the remo val of the seat of Government from itar isburg to Philadelphia, The amendment made by the Senate included in brackets: Remlution rrhtitt to ikt ftemttval nfttte Seat of Government from itarritburg to Philadelphia. Whereas,!! is believed that the Mrmbm of the Legislature and dificers of tiovertment would enjoy better accommodations in the city f Philadelphia than in the present capi tal of the State, have access to various lihra rie,readinw rooms, ind institutions of learning and ihe arts, and oMain) a more extended intercourse with their fellow eitiaens and men of business resorting to that commercial met ropolis, which could not fail to be mutually beneficial and to the advantage of the Com mon wealth : therefore. Resolved, By the Senate and House of Rep resentatives of ihe Commonwealth or Ptna sylvania in General Assembly met, that if the City of Philadelphia shall and will, within two years from the date hereof, provide ample buildines and accommodations for the Legis lative Halls and Officers of Government, in eluding rnenMons for he resideoee of the frtnisbnrfj, Union County, j Governor, Surveyor General, Auditor General, ' State Treasurer, and Secretary of the Com- monwealth, the faith of this Commonwealth is hereby pleJged l!iat the seat of Government I shall be removed to the city of Philadelphia, j and provision be made by law for carrying the purpose of this resolution into e fleet with out delay. Rcmrlvcd, That the Governor is hereby di , rected to transmit to the Mayor and Councils 1 of the city of Philadelphia, duly authenticated j copies of these resolutions, and to receive and j transmit to the Legislature such communica ! tions in relation thereto as may be received into efl'ect unless approved by the next Leg- islature. The Senate postponed the Resolutions inde finitely, after giving Harrisburg, and by him : Prwided, that ihis act s-hall not go topped otvr niirht at a place where they charged so bib (3 3) 1 for a single lodging, liu. still he was ! opposed to tbis bill. The removal of the i Seat of Government of a great Common wealth, is too grave a subject to be acted i upon in the hot basic which has charac ' teriscd tbe action upon this bill. In this I for it involves the death of the greatness ! of Harrisburg. I He had heard intimations in connection with this subject, which, as a fiiend and advocate of Tempcrance.had alarmed him. He had been told, that if the bill passed, .. ,.' . ,. . , A. '' ,1, ' it vna tho mtpntmn M fhn( 111 Wnnm trip property would revert, to turn this proud structure, with its top of zinc, and Us Dottom 01 orat,, wun an us glorious assj - ciations of the past, with all its memories of congregated stutcsmen, orators and spotless patriot?, Mo a tulern ; and worse cveu than this, they intend to convert the orderly and peaceful Hall, on the other side of the Hotuuda, into a Hear Oarden Some will say, the change will not be very great ut small as that change mav be. he hoped tho .Speaker of the House would not CoLider him personal, when be said itwasaAVo,y appeal to the hcarto of philanthropists to opposo this bill. Ke - member, sir, Kiwis have sat in council in that Hall-aye, a Lo of top, and motive) may advocate this bill openly.and others, more cowardly, may skulk behind all sections of the Commonwealth, and especially in the North of Lancaster. It will be written on the Paae of history.and a I 1 ., nmtn tl,.;r .hi... Hp. rr v Q: .1. r:ir. .r live. 80 they will find, who -now Ell Mr. Taooart, in the course of the ; The cgg.piant anj tomato belongs to this i nu Tiber of potatoes produced, lut they ' fleah, aud by anal vh, will prove to bavu debate, said, he had not the same objection : , ., , - . .1 . . ' . , ., ! . , ... .. . , . to Phi adtlbhia as the Senator from 15ed- j famlIy- For a few Jeari Past ,Le P0,at0 j wire so small as to to worthless. The parted with ltd chief constituent, sUrch, & im Anif ina rotr inn norriyinrinnv n inti ni .1 . -. t .1 .11 r'nnnm.tti. lWsnn who desire to tto to!..6' . " . . . ' OtDCr mode. Pl.ill.!'nl.iL in order that they may live ! klhd wh,ch bas lhua Ut entlIelS cscaFe1 The potato is usually ca! in Clover (for that was the controlina i tte ravages of the potato disease. It keeps j rooted dant. b'it from this its a Jmh in tra n.lr(irnrv litif hfl vnnlii i t. .i i i . warn tbetn it was not IV Thl-ir short ! " " SST.iTi UU -S Zl ' ab " Cummi,j. and Gross derelictions will be b hTJ th9m 1? ,Ur U"a 0n h,e '0 .h i we continue to hill tip the stem, new pa-nL.-M and itidi.-nant ceonle. in day of June. They have been sold readi- t coct;nc 0 form, and by this Cro- most loudly for tlie bill. Hen tlicy . ' ..-.,, r I roois uuv ueicg euauiea iusu.j jnuuiuui come to Muse over their conduct, a deep " 3o busbcli Pr acr3- 1,9 lie , fr all. regret bitter remorse will istcel upon : is somewhat less than the MerCer. It is ' From tbis wi deduce the following : them. Hut, sir, it is a long Lane that ; round,applc-like in figure,slightly ludent'ed ! targe JjotaticS should bo Ued far seed; has no turn, and tho' it is easy to talk j by the eyes, and always boils dry, and bas ' they should be covered to a depth net es about removal, tbe friends of the bill are ! a fine flavor We caa'aol but re)rflnmen(1 i Ceed;n ,;s ir!ch(:3 ; 4houij be piaDtci UUb jCk UUW V. ..in 1 . .vu . uuw .nu merely preliminary. in nis opposition, no was not aciuaiea by hostility to l'hiladclphia-far from it. After the rugged hills and flowery vales of bis native home, she was dearer to him than any other corner of the earth-dear by every association of kind courtesy and ,J. , ' , ,. 1...' 1 life long friendship. He loved her people. He admired her grand institutions of learnitiR and benevolence her colleges nil h.-r nnfin tuN. lie ri'lnlfll at her pitals. He rejoiced at "her greatness, and was proud of commercial the clorious memories mai cluster arounu her 1'ast. He bowed down id willing rev mnM in f Tie nld and ennenrated Hall. whose bell first toll'd of Freedom, but he , , . .. could not consent to desecrate that hall .l. tl.P filth and corrun'ion of modem .1.- rri 11. .1 -.! tively, but legislatively considered, Phila- and Commerce) should be kept fat apart, The history of the world proves it. It is dangerous to bring all that is important to national existence into a narrow compass, Even its different governmental functions "hofld be separated when practicable. Much less should these functious, legisla tive as well as judicial, be exercised at a ereat commercial raetrnpolis,for the reason sir, that a lawless mob, led by an audaci ous adventurer, rtiay control tneta may seize them all, and with a single iron grasp, wrest from the people their dearest rights even their liberties. Three French Revolutions attest the truth of this revo- "l " T-l . ' At '.rvl to the UpV re riveted their chains. Why has thegovernment of that mighty Empire been so easily over-1 Oiuuuus. wuiuu. ui. possess, una tn8 mymic iiyu .. t . it.. 1 of heads, so Ihdt a single blow could not decapitate and destroy it. He alluded to tue greater attractions ot Philadelphia, as arguments against, and not for removal. Legislators, to be faith ful, should eschew them all. There is enonoh here. aye. and too much, as many a ousted cnaracier proves. 11 e apoae 01 .... . . . - . TT 1 r the property holders of Harrisburg, and tbe hundreds of poor, whose sole depen dence would be taken away. He knew private griefs were of little account in conflict with public good, but be could see no public good in this measure. Pre suming, however, it was got op more in jest than earnest, be would pursue the ; 10g.siai.cn. inc wans ... once rung W. n -t to fnr sprins usc the OI(1 Merin0 is stlU anJ lhfee f(,a caJ - r-. --- .- -o- tbe burning words of John Adams, should 1 ... a. v. ! 1 . L .1 , . to twelve mencs, these euects cf a Severo never echo, however faiutiy, , he We . cu" f ! winter, which will shorten the hay anl whispers of hireling borers and venal law Bnd 5some other local. ,es This C0Tcrcd by doubling the furrow fro eact ; . crop et ,CMt 0Q9 ttirJ oJ yl makers. He presumed he spoke fi''ura- potato is very large, yields well, thickly sijL. , with a covering of three inches, and , CiScS" proLaUv one-half, hive net delpbia and Independence Ilall are "one : quality if eaten during the fall and winter, ; or live inches, wheccver the palato (hall I etherj. This we consider a second prac and iuseparable." I improves much bt spring, tnd is then ' aprear near the surface of the ground. A ! l'ca' ucduction of great itnporf aneo. On a lesser occlsion than the present,he .,, , ri.u nnllv S i 1 ,. . 1 1 . , The8dpjint w? have to riiake is 3 . , ,. . J.j.. quite saleable in our markets, Usually Jfifi-bxxrd may then be carried along the 1 .v . c . , was induced to say he was opposed to cen-i 1 . . , ... remcJi kr this state of things fortunately tralization. He was so still. The centre j b"ngmg a somewhat less price than ; surface of the ridges, moved by a horse so w;thin reach, and which will go far t of eovernmcnt, and the centre of wealth j other Wore favorite kind.. It is eary of , 43 to flatten down their tops, expose the ; mate cr tbc less : viz. where the cra:.s thrown 1 Iecause uer gay and ncme ap-1 Jq bg g.arcity he had from motives of cco- j pnospuonc acio, anu 102 ius- 01 vmunuc. ; strueK out one way, two ana oair r ital is not only the heart which it should j n ujcen Qut lbe s from potatoes ! It must be evident, therefore, that wood three feet apart, and the Cera sf-cwe J be, but tbe muscle and brain, which it , . . , halfa sphere ashes containing largo amounts of potNh, along at the rats of about t!.r bowels 1 1 should not be. They are fools who re- wl,u ag0ee. w ,eaTe Ba" "''"ro . . manure fjr potatoes also 1 lue The seed mty r.auily be cov- fuse to learn wisdom from the past. A of the flesh behind each eye, that these useful as a aware for potatoes, ,l : culiva(or or h,rrow paiog eovernment, to be strong and safe, should eyes when planted, would yield tho ssmo that ttfmmon salt en.irely composed of ; w whh the JuwJ ,VhM the corn b ... ' .. ....it 11 t. ' . .r . .. .11 1 1 .LUm. H uiHn ffltv Iw nwH with art. . . . . ' t. tl.A ....W.n.n pentttoania. THE FARM: Tbe Garden The Orchard. Potito. The potato is a native of South America, and in the vicinity of Quito, is known un der the name of Papas ; known in Virgi nia as early as 1584, then cultivated by the colonists. The early writers rive ttranse accounts of thi9 root ; some stale they are only fit for swine, and others extol them as a delicate dish. The potato is a species of avery extensive family of flauts, to be j f0UIJtl in most parts of tbe globe,and a. few j 0f this family are very poisonous, while of pages have been written by different theorists proposing remedies, and offering rationales of which have as yet proved use,ess- The legislature of Massachusetts offered a premium 0! 10,000 for a remedy for tbis disease. Early planting seems to be j ihe corrective, as the potatoes ripen j before the disease commence?, it generally 1 occurring late in the season. The ro'uto ;3 almost the only plant which may be j n tncbcSsfuny DJ the Ute of raw muck ! f . J ' , , .. , 1 from swamps, river-mud. or pond or ditch I ' f r ' scrapings, without other amendment. The j habits of the plant have undergone very ; great cUangcs during tlie prevalence 01 me Jr alarge number of seedballs upon; with- in the last few vears these are less frequent and indeed in many cases none at all are , I,, . .,,., ,-. .- to (ft found. The kinds wh.ch continue ii!jfa.tf. frmeriv everv notato vine naa tt hrir t h a snort linlla art ltca Iinhl( In n'- i l .1.. . . ' CiUC IU4U IUU3C WUiUU UU UUtr. ' . . T. ...... t h.. ! . "f-' tici of the potato i fro 1 to be even catalogued in this article. A - mong the more popular sorts now grown, we would nsme tbe c.rly M.mmoth Nut - j so well mat in spring it is as Hard and as j firm as when fcrSt dug from the ground ... a . . ; 'J bis year in very large quantities, at two dollars per bushel for seed. The yield r.f th Mimmnth Vn.,. Mtn sr. otucrs are extensively cultivated as food. I faiHr abl fuSiia it literally true as to the found to be glads-Iiire aad watery m iti " Ud3 uvcu Bui'juvb fcu uiscdoc, uu iuuu?(iuii3 . nrL Bel Ol UHCis loriuC'J uearcsi lue oriin ' WUICU ujujucss wu iuvj j'juuiuiu : : " " ,A...!s:,minJ,uocrs,t::lIorn,'la!,llncure"- ubp3 dul,bu ,.s,nn the further cultivatloo of this potato. 13y ; r 6 -e - . siVe years, we havs been ehibled to in- crease its silo very considerably, and it i3 now sufficiently large to be desireable. Tbe Cartef p ijltXy Jttnc, ; ., , . : the fcarly Mercer, the Ear y n hite Mer- ' J ccr, and the Bermuda Red, have each, in turn, enjoyed enviable reputation as early ' nntninoa hnt haw nil hpfinmi. riie.?lc.1 en j potatoes, but have all become diseased, so tbat occasionally crops are lost in many i i, . A parts of the country. Aro . aL:uug .ui. vv- n i-i v. . lold a high character, i t .1. v x. Maine Mcrcer,the Fink n , ,, t tatoes which still hold 1 y e named tbe 1 i .l u- . r 1 .e ij t 1 Mercer, the 1 estern Ked, tho Bermuda ! V..I1,.- .! t 5,v,tph Ur A . nnt.,. . . i studded with eyes,and although of iuferior j cultivation, and docs not suffer quite so 1 severely as some other kinds from drought, Tt.is is probabiy ,he i.ong j0hn of onr vicimt-. Lew. Chronicle. Cnltivatfon. The modes of cultivating potatoes are almost as numerous as the kinds, and we shall therefore content our selves with detailing what we consider the best. Preparation of Seed. Most farmers cut the tubers in pieces of two or more j eye?, and many plant even the smallest pOtat0es. We have experimented most juj, Qn jbjj gubject and with the greatest I accuracy, aud therefore speak confidently , - - . J in favor of the method pursued by our- selves. A few years since, Mr. It. Ij. Pell announced at the farmer's Club, that dur - mtmiip nf Khtafnpa i been planted whole or in the usul! size of r th. it ma of the no- cut sets, leaving the groat mass of tbe po- toto for use. We have repeated this ex- j periracnt cWry year since, and it is true 1 that the same number of potatoes have We have rcneated this ex- I fmm ih. nves cut from a . . i .!. 1.1 . . i,!, busl,el,as if the whole potatoes were plant- v. " ed. but they are inferior in size, , weignt, e experi- and quality. We have tlso made expen- j ments in planting similar weight of pota-! toes, of different sites, and have invariably lar ' ,f Mth found a small gain in favor of the seed. A few years sinco a German moth. ' fc j ra. a nuniocr .i.i.ihor nf tiMatn aa ir tna mners uaa 1 j - , , atimit a iooi u'"i TWELFTH YEAR WHOLE NUMBER, 579; $1.50 per Year, always is Advance. ct rtainty of success, than with stable ma l fctated that wboft the vinea were twelve ctivered with the earth, leaving the ends only eipoSeJ, and upon each growth of 12 inches this process shodld bo repeated ; at each alternate covering, turning the vines towards the centre of the hi!!, and in turn binding them towards its oiitMde, and that this process should be continued natii the i vin09 showed blossom : that these buried ! gtems would become covered with tubers, j aRti that the crop would be increased an i htlntlred folJ, as compared with tho old style of cultivation. This process we tried j nal seed, could not receive a proper share 0f pabulum to increase their sixc, all the j efforts of the root bcinir, required for the j formation of i'ae new tubers, and hence j the wbo,e crop wM &f inferior size Tliis 1 . . ... - fol - , . ... . , , . ,he c ' J I proper mcde of cultivating potatoes, and f otatoes, would gj to support this Lypothe shows us what errors are to be avoided. ; sis, and if we view the ui.- of the eye, and !f a piece of ground be well acd de-ply ! of the whole ptatj as the extremes of prepared, and potatoes be placed upon its , the two methods, it seems to be but an in sarface, aed Covered with fur iuehes of : efficient compromise to use cat sets,ncither Silt, or olher refuse Lay, ssd without le- j . bur;eJ in tJje guU a't al, tb wi1 be ( fouuJ ,0 and tQ ;ejj tbe U3Uai crop) ' . . ,- ... b :hetiu. a3 (be too 1 .L ... 1 .t tree access 01 sun ana air vriu rcnueriuem grocn Mjt;ltcrj Ut the number anJ We!ght rf foi3 KtaMS will be as , .u. ,,i f r-iMritinn great as any ctfcer mode ot c j.tivatioa. ,i fc,,bli,Led many vears since - . . .1 . r 01 Peta'0!:3 ln l"e ,slaD'1 01 ol- "-Koa; f . He potalCeS of M ml,h ,nJ , from one to tffelvc inches. He fouud that , i,r(.sl rrt-Hp. cnvpr. J atadeDthof. 1 ' larger results than any led a tuberous the crower , man cet BjertaJ that the tubers ever i r w 0Q the L. lbe alwaT, ro on - ; tn3 beir?s CQ at t0, aU 4 dlte a3 : u t i;,.rmiri Scthad before srjoken of i . ..T?.0? i nations ... 1 ' . .."V, is early in the season al practicablcj to es- . f" -b" " 1 Tlie hillir.g-up process should not be per- fevered in, and by stl'jis treatment a better r,.5Ult will be obtained than by any other. T,,e ifflmediPte surface cfihe ground should ... . 1 , b freauently disturbed dunne the early : ' ,'- ' ,y k V ; growth of the potato, for the purpose of destroying weeds, and of fteely admitting M...r.l.nr A mfliinmiiil I'w lh mnthml atmospheric influences, liy this method, all the tubers farmed upon the stem j,jr. ... t .1 n w . ju 1- , n iuo early irrowiii win uuuu i.-fA-. 1 , , t i n- fleW ones are not induced by hilheg up . , . . ... l the plants, and the result will bo more . . ' . . 1 i , , . 1 ; r . bushels of ereatcr weight, and of perfectly ' ...u i ... L.i ii i J this hy be repeated with another of four : cn(is 0f the young plants, and leave the covering of earth six inches in depth, after cultivation may be by disturbin2 , . , ., .. . . " earth between the riJgs with a cultivator, and cleanin .t- : ....f e ridges by the use of the boo. I'otaloes are sometimes annoyed by grubs. This may be entirely prevented by sowing sis buslicls of common salt to the acre between ... , - - ges, one or iwo aays oeiorc ; me cumvaior. iu piowg uul iu iuhuw 1 for plauting potatoes, place in its bottom i the cheop organic matter before alluded to, ; on whicn tbe seed potatoes may oepiaceo. iArt aaa il. r . . "fin IWjW of potatoes contain ; 1- of potash, o4 lbs. of soda .1 lbs. ot ; lirac, 5-1 lbs. of sulphuno acid, 40 lbs. of 1 vantage, and tue pnospuonc and sulpnurtc J mJ be judiciously added, by the use j i J , . scpr-PuiFu.Hi u uuic, wnuiu is iwb ' .uF-,,,t- .u a dissolved in sulphuric acid. As a sUmulant to encourage the growth ot potatoes, ammonia is useful, and nence , ..... . - .t-n tne most luaicicms compost lor rra J P t .u... -v 1 -J- . ... rord of j t 1 .j It mix- "k, four bushels of lime and salt m x , ' "T"Z .. ' ture, 1UU lbs. ot improvca - ture, 100 lbs. of improved peiT''Y"" . of l:me. which contains suhune acid, ; Peruvian guano, and sulphate of ammonia, j With such . compost potatoes may Mi ecoBomieally.and with gmter . J nures ; the liability to disease also will b material lessened, as stfch a compodt H not putrescent in ils character. We bavo ! used small quantities of wood charcoal ! dust with the potatoes, anl have not been ' annoyed with the disease. The charcial j may or may not have been the protector, : for the decomposed muck used id w god ! a deodorirer, that it may have played an I important part iu arresting tho niaiady. ! Every farmer must havo observed that j when a whole p tato is pUntel, and itJ ; bklu is not abrade 1, that it retains its or- j ginal figures after the growth of new crop; I This old potato, however, would bo ' the new growth ; and froiri these facts wd infer that as cut p Haloes 1 decay in tnd 1 ground, and their starch becomes a slin j mass, it is fair to infer that the healthy ' conJuioni for a new growlh not exist ! in a cat notato. The fact that the eves j b - , uj b themselves (fives smaller j securing thereby the healthy crtnlitions li J ar!so frum tbe whoie potat(1) nor ,hj Cco nomT of tbc orig;nai tuber, when planting I the eves alone. Wjrhin 1 Farmer. ,. Tl-tlllw TWH ; Bowlilg Can JrJdD.ffltel-Dae ,It h an m w-mJ t lb M oni ..... t , 1 . j ., thou;ij a trlte proverb,!s eftcrt , ' .i. - - .v. r. r J re believe it will Le found true, as re- gards the effects of the late very sever B m wkh La mild Id eltreme cM toother with the ma l . . ' ,E i ".."rT? ?Z .-Z rently killed out the grass, e?ptcially ia fields recently seeded down. Itoots ot both grass and wheat may be seen in many farms of eastern Pennsylvania laving oil the surface of the ground, heaved up by the frost, entirely dead ; and tbis, too, al a time when wheat is worth 32,50 per 1...L.T 1 i 1 i 1: 1... 1 1 VI 11 1 1 - H il ' 1 111 1: 1 .UJ UU LCI UUUCI IUM f ' ! . r . i 1 .1. Pwtll suggested by thes- faetswhich we wish to call attention ti. We because they are plam a clivious to every farmer on his own farmj and may prove, if wisely reflected upon and digested, moro valuable than many pages of reaJinj. 1st. We have knoiin, this spring, fields of wheat apparently almost killed out,with, it. . 1 - . . 1 e .. 1 :u.: t.,,. ,,,..?-... ..i:..;n;- j hiUaS tn 7eCn ad h ah otCT L 3 j' 1DS &Tee?:.?u, e" whv,re , fclu . arilkf .no rootJ : 'n lT comparativedy, hav.ng been heaved up by the frost. This we ensidot ! r J . . , , .. strong argument in favar cf driU,mr, Fhich tJ .j.e seC(1 ia Jerper teori) i , . J', . 1 ' ., ". . ,' ! " J ' a 1 ' " J, , tween the rj tjws moulJeriorr down during i lUB "1U1H tu,t:"-o "lo eoveric;? the wheat as rv . . . .. i quired for protection. Here is ( , , , . . . . , i trcal deduction of great value. , , , u t 1 2d. It has also teea found ona prac- in. 11 uas wis'? teea louua mai on 1 . ,. , , , ' AeSe fielJs hCn tb er"Un J WM defW that od ; becfl observed to the same extent as on has been oterVed to be thus killed out, 1 that nothir? wil! turn oa so niucu agreea- Mi v.4rnilor ti nf ripitiiw anil nnlafaliiA In t r tnk. 95 Sown tutti'-r. J sueccssivu ! S0WiDgs a supply can be kept up the whole) : season, an 1 for cows, when fed green, it a j fully eqnal to the best pasture, and wi!l ! "e as much end es tich milk and butter. e have freauently ur'cd upon our , reajoril ,Ue ;mportance of th-i corn fil ler . cropi alui as iba j,re.si.n is a mo.-t i pi: tune period for tbe tperW:cilf, wj hopes ihey will give it a trial. There are twet - ... .... . iu" iu ium uuu v ri.'jiti,auui. t i lLs hM bccu wc,j , iweJ , ,ij0rolIgby pulverized, rows shoull to along onco or tw.ee to clean ou . a ' weeds, and no farther a cntion will be , . th mi will so0n be tl , -ir";v ... ,i .m ;.,i hf o tel ( g 1 of tin or twclta ; thg anJ dependil)g ort . (he streDgth of the gciI- xhe above 8Uh,,ant,iiy tue piau re- . J-J t. t t A ftf- eoBmeNn "ir a"i . fcest G Waa ef lieve to be the best. Ge Susquehanna county, however, prefers the 1 j, j, noi iA broadcast . ndition, it trill pay well to fpread . i,n(jrcj poands of eusno to tha poo1 KTe pret:oos to plowing. .Much of tb fodder e,op may U got cfTintima to se.4 -h.tt fall if feirtd. - P Fh-J . l. . .1 . 1 .1. 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