IEWISBURG CHRON CLE BY 0. N. WORDEN & Ik Ti'nnnrnrt")) 17 A WTf V A VH ATrWQ TVTTO W A T W I l)c (EljronicU. miDAV, Al'RlX 4, 1S36. LF"The following we find in the Evangelical liatenger the organ of the Albrieht Method ists edited by the venerable Jobs Daaisatco. It hits the nail ou the head. ministers and Politics. During the past year or so, do one can lave failed to notice the vindictive assaults of the Nebraska orators, upon the clergy, generally, for the reason that they rais.-d their voices agniust the great iniquity in volved in the repeal of the .Missouri Com- roruise. Nothing was too extreme to be ! Itaiii about tbeui nothing too false or ab surd. But as soou as a minister was fouud volunteering a defence of slavery, it was all right that be should preach politics. The letters of the Ilev. Mr. lirkrnridge have been published with approval .by Dearly all the Nebraska papers in the country. We learn from a geutleinan wbo bag just returned from a tour of several months in oue of the slave States, that the ministers there are in the constant habit of preaching politics, and that their ... i.-.i ti.. ..i;;..i , io.t ., so much other political matter would be. But we do not see them rebuked in any way, for the reason that tbey advo cate and uphold tbe 'peculiar institution.' We commend these facts to those wbo are 60 much 'stirred up' because a Northern prenchcr oecasionaly speaks for Freedom. Daily Democrat. The Democrat might have noticed also joined in the call for tbe Convention. He the fact, in tbe pa mo connection, that the bad signed it after anxious deliberation, pro-slavery letters of Dr.Longstreet, of tbe j believing that the public mind was prepa Cburcb South, written to Dr.Winan, some j red for such a step; that the different time since, are now being re published ex- j elements would select their delegates from tensively in the Southern pnpers, as evid- 1 tbe earnest class of tbeir friends, aud send enccs ot tne am ana cnmiort mrnisnea py preachers and doctors of divinity, of that genus, to Mavery. aoutnerners neveraccuse j preacners oi preacning poiiucs, uuiy wneu j tbey happen to be on the wrong side ! M. VUHLI, VI VUlii, Kill'. IB ninru .I1UIIH familr.ani nertrd hi" laful liflu.oc in rmd failh ; lowar In mating a Free 8tato. While riding alunr tba bighv-ay, be ww tbot drad by him eowardlj ruffians the fa tat ball, it if brli-ved, oomiog fiom the gun of a Slavery bully. ia the pay of Um GoverDSMOt,) namrd Clam. No attempt ha. bent made o arrest or punkh him by law, a such eflorti would ba aaelaes. rm QUfelfcLOt BARBS.. Bt Jobs 0. Vtmin (National Era-) Bear him, comrades, to his grave; Never over one more brave Shall the prairie grasses weep, In the ages yet to come. When ihe milhi'tis in our room. What we row in tears, shall reap. Bear him op the icy hill. With the Kansas frozen still As his nohle heart, below; And the land he came to till With a freeman's thews and will, And his poor hut roofed with snow ! One more look of that dread face. Of his murder's ghastly trace ! One more kiss, oh, widowed one I Lay your left hands on his brow. Lift your nsht hands up. and vow That his work shall yet be done! Patience, friends ! The eye of God Every path by Murder tri d Watches, lnlless, day and night ; And the dead man in his shroud. And the widow weeping loud, Aud our hearts, are all in sight. Every deadly threat that swells With the roar of gambling hells. Every hrutal jest and jeer. Every wicked thousht and plan Of the cruel heart of man. Though but whispered, He can hear! Yon in suflVrin, they in crime. Wait ihe just award of time. Wait the vengeance that is due; Not id vain a heart shall break, Not a tear for Freedom's sake Fall unheeded : Uon is rat i ! While the flag with stars bedecked Threatens where it should protect. And the Law shakes hand with Crime, What is left ye hut to wait, Match your patience to your fate. And abide ihe better time ! Patience, friends ! The human heart Everywhere shall take your part. Everywhere for you shall pray; On your side are nature's laws, And God's life is in the cause That you suffer for to-day. Well to suffer, is divine ; Pass the watchword down the line. Pass the countersign "Earn. as." Not to him who rashly dares. But to him who nobly bears. Is the victor's garland sure. Frozen earth to frozen breast. Lay our slain one down to rest ; Lay him down in hope and faith. And above the broken sod. Once agaiu, to Freedom's God, Pledge yourselves for life or death That the State whose walls ye lay In your blood and tears, to-day. Shall be free from bonds of shame. And yonr gnodlv land untrod By the feet of Slavery, shod With cursing as with flame ! Plant the Buckeye on his grave, For the hunter of the slave In its shadow can not rest; And let martyr-rnnnnd and tree Be your pledge and guaranty Of the freedom of the West ! " Tbe Wat or the Transgressor is HARD." Last weck.the Court in Pbilad'a fined seven landlords, viz. James C.Smith, John 11. Shercdin, Wm. Shinn, R.G.Sim kins, Tbo's Bun, James Elliot, and Wm. Carrels, Jr., Fifty Dollars each, and sen tenced each of them to undergo an impris onment of Thirty Days, for selling liquor on Sunday. Tbey are all "respectable" taen, and as such were taken to Prison in carriages! J udge Kelly, however, thought their "respectability" an aggravation.iuas nucn as they well knew that they were violatiug the law, aud attempted to run a tilt with it. As the law has now been found stronger than liquor, it is believed that in Phildelphia,at least no, liquor will hereafter be sold on Sunday. J. R. CORNELIUS. American, Whir Repnbllcas. Union State Convention. Harrisburo, March 20, 1856. The Pennsylvania Convention, composed of representatives of the Whig, American, and Republican parties, met in the hall of the House of Representatives at 12, M., when John Covode, M.C. from Westm'd county, was appointed Chairman pro tew., and Messrs. Beatty, Funk, and Ingham, Secretaries. The number of Delegates iu attendance, as arranged, was 132. Committees to report Officers, and on contested Seats, were appointed, and the Couveution adjourned. Aebnoon Session. The Committee reported tbe following, who were unanimously elected Officers of tbe Convention : President G. J. BALL, of Erie. Vice Presidents II .Jones Brooke, Wm. Stewart.Dr J.Wright,T.E.Franklin,Josiah Copley, E.Heatty,C.T.Joncs,Audw Cams, J.F. l.indennao, Jona.Knight, II y J ohnson, faml Koyer, L.L.M Guffin, D.U.Boal, R. ! ! :M .D"WC" " !"-.JSSUP'.J- M.Ol.phant, Tlio.J.Power.J.B.M'Auually secretaries km. Phot-son. J. M. Rein bart, J.W.I. M Alhstcr, J. N. Jl Donald, j present Chief Magistrate ol the State ami M.C.Mercur, Tbo.C.Steel. 1 to tae members of" his Administration, for Mr. Ball, on taking the chair, thanked the integrity, purity of purpose and ster the Convention for tbe honor conferred j ling patriotism manifested in their official upon him. lie was oue of those who bad , mem here to unite upon some practicable j basis to give effect to the power we possess. lie reterrea to tne American, Iteputmcan, anu vt uig parties, au'i meir OiStiucuve characteristics, and closed with an earnest and effective appeal in support of a candid . Union Ot the parties. Tbe contested seats were disposed of. A committed of one from each Senator rial district was then appointed, to report Resolutions. Nominations were then made for the different Offices to be filled at tbe October election, when 17 gentlemen, from different parts of the State, were proposed for Caual Commissioner, 13 for Auditor General and 13 for Surveyor General. Evening Session. By request, Judge Jessup of Susquehanna couuty, addressed the Convention, followed by Gen. Williamson of Huntingdon. Judge Wiliuot, of Bradford, was called up, aud, though expressing a desire not to speak, addressed the Convention briefly. He spoke of Slavery and its aggressions. He had no desire to iuterfere with slavery where it existed, but was opposed to its extension. Ha boned the Convention would harmonize every interest, and tbe caudidates nominated should have his hearty support Mr. M'Calmont, from committee, repor ted tbe following, which were taken up separately, and after full and free discus siou, umeuded and adopted as follows : RESOLUTIONS. HEREAS, The freemen of I'ennsylva ma, opposed to the National Aduunistra tioii, are divided iuto political organizations, holding, on some questions of governmen tal policv divers opinions: yet it is believ ed that a large majority of the freemen of this state are agreed upon tbe momentous issues forced upon tbe country by the re peal of the Missouri Compromise; by tbe uudisguised policy of the National Admin istration to impose, by violence and fraud, Slavery upon Kansas,contrary to tbe wishes of a larg majority of the inhabitants; and by iu unjast, illiberal and Anti-American preference in the appointment of men of foreign birth over those born upon the soil, to offices of trust and honor, as well as in the distribution of its patronage: And Whereas, Agreement in principle is the only bond that can unite effectively honest men in political action : Therefore, Rauloed, That, animated by tbe spirit of concession, we will cordially unite in tbe support of tbe candidates to be nomi nated by this Convention, upon the basis of those principles upon which we are mu tually agreed. Resolved, That the present National Administration, by the exercise of an un warrantable influence in the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, at the instance of selfish and sectional politicians ; by tbe re moval of honest and eompetent men from offices of honor and trust, in order that their places might be filled by inefficient and corrupt partizaus ; by refusing to pro tect tbe freemen of Kansas in the enjoy ment of the rights designed to be secured to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States thereby showing itself powerful for mischief, but feeble in the maintainance of laws lor the protection of the people and tbe honor of the country has justly forfeited all claim to tbe confi dence aud respect of the people of this Commonwealth. Reviloed, That we will nse all hocora ble means to check tbe evils inflicted upon tbe country by the unjust and sectional measures adopted by the present National Administration, brought about by the ex ercise of its patronage; that we are utterly opposed to tbe admission into the Confed eracy of Slave States formed out of terri tory once consecrated to Freedom; and also to the extension of Slavery into any territories of the United States now Free. Retnleed, Tbat we cordially disapprove of tbe interference of foreign influence of every kind in our civil and religious affairs ; and are equally hostile to tbe interference of the government or people of the United LEWISBURG, UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, states in the affair ol other natiuns, re carding any such interfcreuoe at unwise, and in conflict with the recommendation of Washington's Farewell Address, which in culcates, with emphatic earnestness, the propriety of avoiding tbe adoption of any policy wbicb might involve us in unprofit able and dangerous controversies with for eign nations. ' Raulued, That we regard the pander ings of any party to foreign iuflueuce as fraught with manifold evils to the country, threatening tbe stability of our institutions and endangering the morals of the people by a contact with the paupers and felons cast upon our shores from the hospitals aud prisons of Europe. Retained, That as American liberty de pends for its preservation on the intelli gence of the people, universal education is the first duty of tbe State, and that all at tempts, by whomsoever made, or from whatever quarter instigated, to destroy such a beneficent system by perverting it to sectarian purposes, or opposing its pro gress and exteusion, because it is not the instrument of inculcating any particular religious creed, ought to be resisted as fraught with incalculable mischief and evil. IiesoloiJ, That the respect and confi dence of this Convention and tbe people of tbn Commonwealth are due to the : eonaoet, near.uy commena mem to the support of every citizen who values the bonor and interests of the State, and can appreciate the virtues of devoted and faithful publio servants. Thursday-, March 27. After a number of nominees had been withdrawn, the Convention this morning proceeded to vota directly for a candidate ; ror Auditor General, as follows : gal)K-Cy 7 91 3 2 Walborn Evans M'Conkey Waterhouse helps Foust Bradford DARWIN PHELPS, of Armstrong county, having received a majority of all the votes, was unanimously declared the nominee for Auditor General. FOB 8URVEYOR GENERAL. 4 3 9 BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE, of Bradford county, was thereupon declared the nominee for that office. CANAL COMMISSIONER. Cochran 78 Williamson Stitt 5 Power Martin 20 Lloyd THOMAS E. COCHRAN, of 12 1 4 York county, was declared the nominee. Ou motion of Mr. Wills of Adams, sus tained by Gen. Small of Pbilad., Covode of Westmoreland, Howard, and. Dr. Gaz lam of Pittsburg, p issed unanimously : Resr.lred,Tht the ticket just nominated be unanimously declared the ticket of this Union Convention, aud is offered for the support of all persons opposed to the pres ent Natioual Administration, at tbe elec tion on the 2d Tuesday of October next. The Chair then announced a State Cen tral Committee of thirty-three, being one from each Senatorial District, viz : J. R. Flanigen, Jacob Dock, Henry L. Benner.U PCorninan.C. Thompsou Jones, W. II. SiinL'luff, II Jones Brooks, Daniel R. Clymer, Henry T. Darlington, Peter Martin, Geo. D. Hoffman, C. F. Mueuch, B. S. Hagen'nuch, JMias. P. Waller, David Willis, Abraham Norry, E. Ucatty, David C. Boal, John Pcnn Jones, P. T. Maus, Wm. Jessup, Gee. Ashley M. Hills, W m Stewart, John W. Home, Michael Wey- and, A. II. Siller, T. U. Shields Thomas Miller J r., Wm. II. Koontx, Philip Clover, Israel Gutelius, liobert Stitt, aud Uobt. M. Palmer. The thanks of the Convention were ten dered to the Officers and Members of tbe Legislature, for their kindness in granting the use of the nail: when the Convention adjourned with three hearty cheers for tbe ticket. The ticket gives great satisfaction. Mr. Phelps is from the West, and an Ameri can ; Mr. liaporte lrom tbe .North, and a Republican ; Mr. Cochran from the East, and an old line Whig. Tbe harmonious manner in which the proceedings of this Convention have pass ed off, augurs in the approaching State campaign, a victory for the opponents of the present general administration. The unanimity of sentiment, and care which has been taken in the selection of a State ticket to harmonize all interests, and form a solid, invincible column in opposition to tbe so called Democracy, are worthy of emulation in the States of New York and Ohio, and we trust that they will go and do likewise. Americans, Republicans and Old Line Whigs can by coalescing in State contests,easity sweep the Sham Democracy before them like chaff before the wind. We congratulate tbe members of tbe late Union Convention, upon the barmony which marked its proceedings, and the consolidated opposition to the National Administration on the cheering prospect of carrying Pennsylvania next Fall by overwhelming majorities. We will indeed, have "Union for the take of the Union." Beading Journal. Quaint old Fuller says "Let him who expects one olass of society to prosper in the highest degree, while the other it in distress, try whether one side of bis face can smile while the other is pinched." Laporte 88 Cobean Shedaker 6 Brown King 3 Suively Myers 7 A Refuge for Pure Worship. President Wiiit,in a aeries of articles in the Aew IV Examiner on the Principles and Practices of certain Churches, gives the following discriminating facts, which admit of a very wide application : I have stated briefly some of the temptations which beset tbe path of the minister of a fashiunable congregation. What human virtue can be expected to resist such insidious and continued pres sure? We complain that ministers are not faithful, and yet we surround them with conditions that would render faith fulness almost a miracle. I Lesitate not to say, that a man who would welcome the fagot or scaffold, rather than deny his Lord, might succumb under the moral trials of many city pastorate. When I say succumb, I beg to be un derstood. I do not mean tbat a good man, under such circumstances, would deny the faith, or become vicious in char acter, or preach anything which he did not believe to be true. It would, however, be strange if bis life did not witness a ceaseless struggle between his conscience and his practice. He knows tbat if he eliU preach the gospel in its simplicity, and tell men their duty and their danger with all plainness, the congregation would be amazed, and either he would, by the grace of God, change them, or they would very soon change tbeir minister, ne would generally resort to a middle eoursc, and preach, not to convert aoui, but to luild vp hit "society." lie would preach religious truth, but preach it in so general a manner, unfolding the doctrine, but ap plying it to no one, that the whole congre gation would believe it, but not an indi vidual would ever turn it to any practical moral purpose. His sermons would be addressed in reality to neither saints nor sinners, but to some imaginary class of moral agents, belonging neither to the one class nor the other. No one is converted by his preaching; in fact.it is not expected tbat any one will be. Tbe additions to the church are made from the Sabbath school and the Bible class, where a few men and women, unknown to the world, and it may be, unknown to the leading members of the church and society,in sim plicity and godly sincerity, prayerfully press home the claims of the gospel upon the minds of the young. So far as his Sabbath services are concerned, the minis ter sinks down into settled hopelessness, and consoles himself with reflections upon tbe importance of tbe pulpit to tbe gener al condition of tbe community, its conser vative influence in polities, its value in the support of our liberties, and in the preservation of our republican institutions. He believes tbat he is doing good in this way, and this seems all that be can expect to accomplish. But beset as is the pastor by these dis couragements, there is yet one place to wards which he looks with hope. It is the plain, humble vestry, where, on the evening of some t 1. , e:n oay, ne meets nis , . . , . . .1 brethren . nnd I sisters, who are praying and . waiting for the salvation of Israel. Here ; J" d'S,raC'8 ,he aUent'0D' nri Per; ' forms for tbe congregate the worship of j God. Here no architectural magnificence t j . i 1 i,. i frowns down upon the humble and poor disciple of Jesus of Nazareth. Hither, while their fellow Sabbath worshipers are Prei",r,u6 coucer.,ioe assemoiy.tne opera, or the theatre, the saints resoit to ! hold communion with their Saviour. Here j the minister of Christ can breathe freely. ! Here he eau pour out his heart in suppli- j cations, with which be knows that every j hearer sympathizes. Here be can speak j the language of Canaan, and he feels tbat ! every hearer understands it. Here, with I his whole soul, in the exercise of lively j faith, he can nrge men to repent and be- j licve, for he kuows that those still nnre-! generate, wbo come within this circlo, are j inquiring what they must do to be saved. Here, then, is real worship. This is the real Sabbath of the soul. Here tbe piety of saints is fed with manna from above. Here the lamp of Christian piety is fed with the oil from the sanctuary. It is thus tbat religion is kept alive in our maguificent churches. Were it not for this, they would all sink, and be engulfed in formalism and wordiiness. O why could nut the vestry be removed to the audience-room above f Sslactad for tha Lswisburg Chraaiela. Facts and Figures. BEAL EFFECTS OF THE PROHIBITORY LI QUOR LAW 1.1 NEW TOKK STATE. The following is an exact copy from the jail and police dockets of a few cities and counties, certified by tbeir respective jail ors aud police officers. The number committed to tbe Cayuga county jail from July 6 to December 31, 1854, compared with tbe tame time in 1855 is 85 to 59 decrease in favor of the law 26. J. T. Knapp, Jailor. Onondaga county jail stands for the same time 138 to 103 decrease in favor of the law 35. Augustus Norton, Super intendent of Penitentiary. Seneca oounty jail stands 75 to 2S,which tbowt a falling off two-tbirds of tbe crime decrease in favor of tbe law 47. ' Thoa. I Parks, ex Jailor. APRIL 4, 1856. Ontario county jail stands 89 to 45 ; decrease in favor of tbe law, 44. W. C. Ediuondston, Turnkey. Tbe number of committals to the Albany Watch House for the time above designa ted in each year is 1,974 to 1,273 ; de crease in favor of the law, 696. Police record of Syracuse stands 778 to 515; decrease in favor of the law, 2C3. J. T. Cuddeback, Police Justice. Police record of Auburn stands for the same time 101 to 50; decrease 51 being less than half what it was under the old license system. The police record of Rochester shows 1,552 committals during the period speci fied in 1851, to 740 for the same period in 1855 decrease in favor of tbe law 812, less than half what it was under the old system. S. W. D. Moore, Police Justice. The record of Utica for four months previous to tbe 6th of July,compared with four months succeediog,stands 1C5 to 80 decrease 85, being less than half the crime committed before. J. II. Bostwick, Po lice Justice. The whole number of committals re corded from tbe 6th of July to the 31st of December 1854, is 4,900, to 2,898 du ring the same months in 1855 making a total docrease in favor of the law of 2,002. The yearly increase of crime is com monly about one tenth, which added to 4,900 gives 5,460, the number that would have been ooainitted had nothing preven ted. But instead of 5,460 we only have 2,893, a falling off 2,562 in less than six months but a fraction more than half what it would have been ncder the old license law. Again, the number committed to the Polie Offie of Rocbostcr, from the 6th to the 31st of July, 1854, was 261, for this same time in 1855 it was only 61,and 19 of these for drunkenness, leaving it 261 to 42, a decrease in 26 days of 219, showing only one sixth as much crime as under the old law. For this same time in the month of July the committals to the Seneca county jail, stand 13 to 2 only one sixth again. The record of the Syracuse Penitentiary stands for Jnly 1854, 32 to 4 in July 1855 only one-eighth In many places the law was regarded for the month of July, and the sale entirely abandoned which easily accounts for this unprecedented di- minution. Such are the facts which we have taken much pains to collect, and the story they tell is one of interest to all. If mistakes have occurred in the figures, we shall has ten to correct them. We have on hand the record of each month, separate, certi fied by the official signatures, the autographs of which can be seen at our office at any time. Rochester DaVy Tribune, March 7. Notwithstanding tbe above described happy effects, the Court of Appeals of the State of New Tork has by a majority de- j feriority in the quality of the hay provided j w;,hout objection. Will those most expe cision two dissenting declared tbe Pro-1 for this winter's use, it deserves the atten-1 ariencetl amorist onr readers instruct us hibitory Law unconstitutional, in that it j : destroveil "nrnnprtu " nnil in nun nr two I J i i j ..t..- mf,rPiv technical resnerta. whiln nd. j i 1 BlittiDg the power of tho Lpgilj,ature to , eDact B prohibitory law. Efforts are being ! made to enact a law which shall avoid j these aeged nDCOD9titutioDal features.but j the ; is so far advanced tuat its pas. a sage is uncertain. How the Korth helps Slavery. TtiE Slaver Mart E. Smith, rerent- W captured and taken into Bahla, with a carg0 0f slaves on board, many of whom died from suffocation, was fitted out at Boston last August The parties we're suspected, and the United States Attorney attempted to arrest them, but tbey went down the harbor in the night, with a steam tug. She was pnrsued and boarded, but the pilot who had her in charge refused to bring her to, on the ground that the Dep. uty Marshal had no authority to stop tbe Te8sel. Having no sufficient force to back him, the Deputy Marshal was obliged to leave the vessel, and she went to sea, and we now have the results of her then inten ded voyage. Subsequently tbe pilot was tried before the District Court, Judge Sprague, for resisting tbe Marshal, in taking the vessel to sea, but was acquited, on tbe ruling of the J udge, that the pilot was not bound to stop the vessel in order to enable the officer to make the arrest of the captain and mate. Tbe Boston Post hopes that the vessel will be sent to Bos ton with the captain, mate and crew, that the law may justly punish all engaged in the perpetration of this atrocity. Public Ledger. Slaver Captured at New York. The Schooner Falmouth, seized at New York on the charge of having been fitted out for the slave trade, is s beautiful clip per, of about 200 tons measurement, and arrived at New York on the 7tb inst.,from Baltimore. She was sold immediately af ter arriving, by Capt Warren, ber owner, for 13,500, which was paid, cash down, in gold, by parties to bim nnknown. The Tribune says : "The schooner is s rakish schooner of 250 tons, painted black, with red fillet around the base of her bulwarks. She is fitted up with all the appliances of s regu lar slaver, sod in her bold, which runs clear fore and aft, could stow sway 500 or YEAR XII....WIIOLE NUMBER, 625. At $1,50 Per 600 negroes. A large quantity of nee, beans and pilot bread was on board. Her hold was stowed full of casks of firewood, and lumber for a slave deck. Two im mense cuppers were also on board, toge ther with a number of spoons and dishes. Tbe medicine chest, from Milhau's, was stored with lint and castor oil enough for an army. A large number of cans of pre served meat were found, together with spirits and wines, coop full of chickens and four young grunters. From every package and barrel all direction marks, as well as other signs which could lead to tbe contents being traced to tbe store where they were purchased, or the person to whom tbey were sent, were carefully era sed. Indeed, nothing could be found on board, so far as we could see, which indi cated wbo owned her, or where she jra bound. After giving the necessary in structions,Mr. McKeon went ashore,where be was soon followed by the Marshals with the crew handcuffed, on their way to tbe King's County Prison." It is also stated by the same journal that not less than thirty vessels are fitted out for the African slave trade at that port every year. THE FARM Tbe Garden The Orchard. Hay of 1855 Inferior. From what has come under our personal observation, and from accounts of what baa been observed by others, we are led to suppose it highly probable that a large pro portion of the hay made in 1855 is of in ferior quality. Clover hay seems to be more generally defective in quality than other kinds, and is, more than it usually is, affected with mildew, and the dust which originates mainly from mildew and mustiness. Already we hear of horses suffering in their respiratory organs from dusty hay. Other proofs of the inferiority of last summer's crop of hay we have ob served, as, for example, that animals fed on it do not keep in as good condition as tbey should do, or have done in previous years, upon a like quautity. Upon quite a number of farms, we learn, the feeding of hay, especially that containing clover, has been abandoned on accouut of its , causing slavering in both horses, oxen, and cows. Some colt which bad been but for a short time fed on hay, were noticed to be getting very thin in fleah. As they were not put into the stable, but allowed to sleep under a shed and run in a pretty largo yard, they did not eome under the inspection of the person having the care of them sufficiently near to admit of his noticing, what indeed was not at all tus pected, that tbey were affected very severe ly with slavering. At length one of them standing near the well, waiting for a drink, made such a puddle of slaver as to attract notice. Whatever may be the cause of this in- two of all who are uoitig fodder of this kind, in order tbat some Dreventive or ' cure be discovered. The cause is tho't by 80me to be the fl.sl.iness of the grass when cut for hay iu eons, quence of the excessive rain, of last spring and summer, In some districts also, and probably in a great many, hay was very imperfectly ! curcu iu consequence ot rains ami soowery ; weather. Much of it was put in barn or j stack that wag not sufficiently dry; and much of it was injured by repeated wet tings. If this inferiority of the bay now being fed to stock of all kinds is at all as gene rally prevalent as we suppose it must be, from the general prevalence of rains and the unfavorable weather about haying time, every oue wbo bas any regard for the health, comfort, or good condition of bis creatures will watch closely and endeavor to determine whether or not those which are fud entirely or principally upon hay j are keeping in good condition. If horses, cattle, cows, and sheep suffer all over the Northern, Middle and Western States, as tbey have done to an observable extent in one neighborhood, then some remedy or substitute must be devised. Some, iu the wii.ivntv rr.rrarf fit linvj iiimn nn himlim. J t"v" "f -6 ,, hay, and have substituted for it chopped or chaffed straw with an addition of bran, meal, or other ground feed. We are strongly of opiuion that sheep and all other stock will require more good shelter, mote care, and more grain during this winter, than they usually do. If not well looked to, they will get poor or do worse. We clip the above from the Country Gentleman. It is quite likely that the hay throughout the Southwest is allotted by the same causes. We should expect to find it less nourishing, and not so well cured generally, as that of the preceding season, because the growth was more pro tracted by rain, which also in many cases fell upon the cut grass. Tbe crop of 1S54 bad sufficient rain to get a good start in the early part of the season, and the drouth which set in before harvest, while it checked over-luxuriance, also concentrated the juices, and tbe crop was gotten up without s single injurious shower. If sny of our correspondents bsve ob served any difference in tbe quality of last season's bay, we should like ir ' them on the subject Iy ' Year, alwats vt Advance. FraiU la Sealed Cam. We find the following in two reliable journal, respecting the result of the pro cess, to much in vogue, last summer, of sealing up green fruits, 4c , in cans. We may add tbat our own experience is about tbe same not n solitary thing has come out right, except peaches in tbe glass jars, and they were partially stewed before put ting in. Even tomatoes, which were pre served so well in former years, in Cham pagne bottles, were unlike fresh fruit. The Ohio Cultivator says of it : " Putting up fruits iu sealed cans, was extensively practised last fall. Many peo ple are now enjoying tbe luxury of fresh peaches, tomatoes, and the like, much to their health and comfort. With tbe latest improvements in cans and canning, this is easily attainable in many sorts of fruits and vegetables. Owing to the unusual wetness of last season, tbe fruit was very watery and uufit for late keeping, but our peaches and tomatoes open as nice as can be expected. Some people tried to seal up green corn, but as far as we know, failed in every instance to keep it good. We must try some more scientific plan to keep this dainty dkk Others have had a more sad ezperience in canning Rhubarb or Pie Plant, which contains so mueh ox alic acid, that on being nsed from tbe cans has nearly been the death of whole fami lies. Keeping in this way seems to give more virulence to its poiaonoas qualities, which are comparatively harmless when the plant is nsed fresh from the garden. Let this matter be looked to." To this, the Rural (Maine) Intelligencer adds: "This caution is timely. Plants or fruits that contain oxalic acid will become poiaonon and we don't know but some other vegetables, may by standing too long in metallic vessels. We filled our cans with green peas, beans and corn, prepared with exact care, according to the direction. On opening a can of peas the other day, for tbe first time, there were something in both the smell and taste so odious, tbat we cast them from us very speedily. The beans and corn proved lets offensive, but neither was a dish that any who surround ed our table would desire to eat, The whole, in our experience, was a decided ; failure, and others may have the benefit or j !l'g admonition at our expense. Fruits ; preserved in tbe old fashioned way, in j sealed glass bottl-s.come out much better, i Our black raspberries, particularly, ire a j ecqaisition to onr winter tabic." Corn Seal fcr Bilch Cows. Tbe following, from tbe Rural Xett Yorker, is somewhat at variance with the generally received opinions of dairy-men in our neighborhood. We are far, how ever, from disputing the asserted fact that corn meal is a good food for milch cows, i and sincerely bone that it mav Drove to be jn tDe matter7 I ill. k- f.ll loci v l a. -1 iu mo idu ui lou., i uca to leca .i r. r. .l . in i u .jirj. cvws i ui iuc purpose ui sup- ! , , a BnklllM in x ;icin;t J ! milk or market j had , few ' j and turni witt x k ,Dd j desiKncd ;ho farrow fJJ bltcner in tbe ypriDg) j comlnerjced gWing them meal from corn and barley, some ten bush els old grain ; then corn meal alone, in creasing till they eat one peck each per day. I tried it cooked and raw, wet and dry, mixed with cut fodder, composed of hay, straw and corn stalks cut up together, varying the amount of each as convenience might suggest, (as I thiuk all animals re quire s variety.) " Now for the result. The cows in creased in milk, giving more on tbe above j feed than they bad done on grass during I summer. Contrary to ray expectations, they did not improve very fast in flesh on the food given, and I was obliged to dry them up early in March, ta get them fit for the shambles. My cows tbat were eomiog in in the spring, bad two quarts corn meal each per day, and they also gave milk liberally. The milk boing sold daily, tl... ....:. r... : e rr J O he amount given at the time. I made up my mind tbat corn meal was the best for milk of any food for the milch cow, and still think so, if good, rich milk is wanted. l Tt has been tried considerably in thin vi cinity, with the same results as here given. I fed cut feed, but I do not think that would vary results ; with me, if the cows get their daily allowance, I get the returns. Farmers, please try it, and and report the effects. J. Taj-cott." Instead of digging post holes, in soi's comparatively free from stones, the pott hole borer should be used, such as used when boring the soil when setting tele graph posts. This b:rer is 12 or 14 inch es diameter, and may be of auy size. Tho portiou of earth removed docs not disturb the surrounding soil. After inserting tbo post, fill the space between it and tbe un disturbed s jil with small stone then pour in a grout made of one part Rosend-uts or hydraulic cement, with two parts if sand or gravel ; in four days this If - "". stoo- '
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