LEWISBURG
CHRONICLE
BY O. N. WORDEN & J. R. CORNELIUS.
YEAR XIIL...WIIOLE NUMB2K, 039.
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-LEWISBURG; UNION CO., PA., FRIDAY, JULY 11, 185G
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and Freedom in the fvernl Townships
ait. Rtranyhs to circulate and o,lnin sub
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paign. JJ ire figlit your battles, hip usdo
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posrible circulation. Large tUtt might
easily be made up, at our is the onu paper
in this County advocating the cause of
Fremont ana treettom.
"OLD LINK WHIGS."
" Where will the tried friends of Adams,
Harrison, Clay, Taylor, Webster and Scott j
cast Oieir strength this yearf" is a query I
of great moment ; for the banner under j
which the mass of them rally, must be a
victorious banner. A few will si on Mi off ,
to their life-long foc,Buchanan, and at the
South the most of them will vote just as
the Slave interest dictates.
But in the
Free West, North, and East, reposes the
strength of the Nation, and of the Whigs;
and we find that (outside of the cotton
trading Cities) the Whig masses step nat
urally upon the Republican platform. The
vital principle which has always animated
those who have chosen the name of Whig
in the Old World and in the New is,
Resistance to Tfbanst and Execut
ive Usurpations and Encroachments
cpon the Equal Rights oe tbe whole
I'eople. Particular measures may vary,
and opinions of men may differ: but that
is the great central principle with those
woo nave nonorcd and gloried in the name
of WHIG. The Republican orginiza- j
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lion Das the same vital spirit ; and the
chrystallization under that name, like
loadstone, is attracting together the very
best elements from all parties which have
divided upon mere questions of policy, j
As a Whig and as a Republican, we arc J
proud to find that the ablest and purest j
W hie men the most spirit! and influen-!
tiat Whig journals-and the stron-est and i
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t xt L 8 UU,"n00r0.,
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iuo nu are dim generally sjuipaitiu-:
ing witn ana aiding tbe Uepumican cause,
hand in hand with thousands of Demo
crats and Americans.
The Whigs of Kentucky in State Con
vention refused by an overwhelming vote
to ratify tbe nomination of Fillmore (who
Las done the Whig cause more harm than
any other living man) and recommend an
mrmed neutrality. Others, however, under
the lead of Cassius M.Clay, and with the
dying words of Henry Clay against the I
extension of Slavery burning within them,
have " pledged their lives, their fortunes,
nd their sacred honor" to tbe Republicans.
A L'juiaville paper, (hostile to Fremont,)
admits that there are about ten thousand
Republicans in Kentucky.
We learn that Thos. Corwin and Caleb
B. Smith, two "Old Line" conservative
Whigs, are determined to do duty in tbe
present alarming crisis, and will canvass
energetically against tbe pro-slavery nom
ination and policy made at Cincinnati,and
in favor of the great conservative Repub
lican movement They will speak at Con
nersville, we are informed, on the 28th
instant, at a mass meeting called for that
day. 'Old Tom' is hundred horse pow
er in elections, but never lays himself out
except when sure of success.
Among tbe thousands of papers which
bave raised the Fremont flag, the North
America notes on its exchange list, 42
daily papers, and 11 straight out Whig
journals.
The Republican State Committee,
is composed of the following gentlemen,
by Congressional Districts :
Russel Errett, Pittsburg, i . .
Charles Gibbons, Philad. At ,"rS,
1 B. D. Pettengill, Philadelphia.
2 Joseph R. Fry do
3 A. II. Rosenheim do
4 A. T. Churr do
5 Wm. Morris Davit do
6 Wm. Butler, West Chester.
7 Charles L. Martin, Allentown.
8 Jacob Hoffman, Reading.
9 E. C Darlington, Lancaster.
10 J. Adams Fisher, Harrisburg.
11 Benjamin Bannan, Pottaville.
12 F. P. Grow, Carbondale.
13 Henry Green, Easton.
It U lyases Mercur, Towanda-
15 C. W. States, Williamsport
16 Joseph Spook, Dnneannon.
17 John II Filler, Bedford.
18 George Raymond, Hollidaysbarg.
19 Edward Cowan, Grecnsburg.
20 A. Murdoch, Washington.
21 C. B. M. Smith, Pittsburg.
22 Tho's L. Shields Sewickley Bottom.
23 Wm. F. Clark. Mercer.
24 J. 8. Myers, Franklin.
25 A. Huidekopcr, Meadville.
This is a strong Committee, composed of
Whigs and Democrats, Foreigners and
Natives, aa parties formerly stood.
"Tbe Wecker, a German newspper
in Baltimore, baa hoisted the flag of Fre
mont and Dayton. It is a paper enjoying
in that tlaveboldiog State a circulation of
thoat two thousand ; and it baa always
opposed tht extension of klavery.
Religious Feeling in Illinolv
The attempt of the Mormons to shield,
their shameless licentiousness and system
of rubbery under the cloak of "religion,"
and the efforts of the Slaveocraoy to hide
the crimes of the Kansas plot from relig
ious men by calling it "political," are two
tiicks worthy of each other. " The twin
iviiui vwmiaiU! . 1 1 J JJ
my," are in the same boat, and
relics of barbarism, Slavery and Polyga
t, .i . t .
sbooia
receive the same treatment. Independent
religious societies throughout the North,
that speak the feelings of their members
without interference from ecclesiastical
courts, are taking as decided a stand upon
the Kansas issue in '56, as our Religious
Fathers did in the Revolution of '76. A
paper before us, from Warren Co., Illinois,
contains declaration of sentiments from two
denominations in that great and growing
State, of significant importance.
Cong reg ationalims. The following
resolutions were adopted at the meeting of
the General Congregational Association of
Illinois, held at Ottawa, 21st to 24th May:
Jirsoleed. That we regard the treatment ' the Kalamazoo Gazitle leading Demo
bicli the Free State men of Kansas have ! cra,i0 psper j Michigan eivinir the pro-
reccivea trom the Mavery Propagandists
t , : r 1 v 6" . ,
of Missouri, from the Government nffiinnU
' in the Territory, and from the Adiuinis-
' rtlon lt asbmgton, as involving all the
principles of injustice, cruelty and oppres-
sion which characterize the worst forms of
despotism on earth.
Unsolved, That we regard the conflict in
Kansas as not iuvolving tbe interests of
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.Mai. iciniiNj uiuue. jit is vue result oi
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principles lorn? in ODeration. and tendino-
in their issues to subvert the principles of j c,Ples nd n,easures P"5 d'd-l
liberty through this land. A defeat of the At ,nis Convention, it was alsodecla
Free State men of Kansas will be a defeat red that the improvement of rivers and
of American liberty, the final issues of j harbors was a paramount object in the
which God only can foresee. j North West. But Pierce and the Cincin-
Baptists. The Baptist Association n,ti Platform fand their successor. R,...h.
l l i : i : -.i .t .
ueiu us aunuai session who ine taberna
cle cburcb, Chicago. The leading object
f discussion was the question of the day
the aggressions of ths slave power and the
duty of Christians relative thereto. The
following among other resolutions were
adopted and, coming from tbe home of
Douglas and from the sect whose ministry
he attends, reveal the depth and strenzth
of the moral power rising against Slavery:
Resolved, That Slave holders and their
abettors having repudiated allCnmprumises
relative to tbe question bt Slavery, tbe
friendi of Freedu'n. 8h0,uI,d T SUh rfpU' !
A ..twin aavil h s KiU aiJ AutA..A sttanH in
for of Freedom, with the motto,
. (
' 've j
U3 liberty or give us death."
I?t-JiwtJ- That I hp ffiirt nf tliA nripnt.
Administration, in connection with slave- j
holders and their abettors, to overthrow j
tbe freedom of speech and the liberty of
the press should fill Christians and patri-
ota with the utmost nlarm and solicitude
for the future contiuuance of the great pil
lars of American liberty, and lead all who
value liberty of conscicnce,liberty of speech,
,na llberty ot the press, to pray, to labor
a"d do crJth;ng their power to arrest
the progress of, and overthrow this mon
ster iniquity.
We might give many similar quota
tions from the Albright and other Metho
dists. Presbyterian and other sources. It
i shows that Satan's wily device to shut the j
mouths and eyes of Christians against all
giant sins by labeling them "Political," is
becoming better understood, and there are
thousands now, who (as Nathan said unto
David, Thou art the man,) will and dare
proclaim that this is sin and that is sin.
"Did Mr. Buchanan, when a Federa
list, express an antipathy to all democratic
blood in bis veins?" is one of the side
issues of the day. Mr. B. himself denies
it, aod many eminent citizens of Lancas
ter, of both parties, express their disbelief
in it. On tbe other hand, an old democrat
of Lancaster, named Anthony M'GIinn,
certified, in May, 1837, that, many years
before, be attended a Federal meeting one
evening at the Court House, and then and
there heard Mr. Buchanan publicly assert
with his right hand above his head in an
emphatic manner, " If I thought I had a
drop of democratic blood in my veins, I
would let it out." Others testified as to
the prevalence, long ago, of the charge, so
that one of the songs of 1840 ran
"W1m.ii thii old ht w new.
Burhukn wm th man
Bt fitted in old Lancm'tor
To Irad th Fed'rml elsn ;
II. uid if IvmocratK blood
Should mk. bU vein lonk btdo,
He'd cum Uwm by pbU-bolonlT
Wben Uiu old nal wu ww.1
Mr.Bucbanan was not before tbo people
for any office, when the allegation was
made ) and if made, by a young man in
the excitement of strong partisan feelings,
bow easy to be forgotten, by himself and
by most of his hearers ! for who could to
day say what he might or might not bave
said or beard said at a night meeting dur
ing a political contest 20 or 30 years ago ?
He might have said it with perfeet safety,
for he hadn't a particle of such blood in
him, and such boasts never endanger. We
can nowhere find more honest, frank, out
spoken Federalism than in his4tb of July
oration of 1815. In 1820, he signed a
political circular, commencing, " We as
Federalists." And ss late as about 1828,
he declared himself "a Jackson man, but,
thank God ! no Democrat." In fact, it is
as difficult to ascertain when Buchanan
ceased to be a Federalist and became a
Democrat, at it it to tell wben a colt
becomes a horse !
Mr.B. was an honorable Federalist, and
to this day wt believe never condemn the
course nor tbe motive of hi old friend.
d While he scathingly denounced the origin
and the conduct of the War, he did not
play the coward like some of the Democ
rats of that day, nor aid the enemy like
: some of the Federalists. Like most of ths
high-minded men of that party, he would
not invade the soil or assail the vessel of
another nation, but he would meet and
repel their Invasion of our soil or our flag.
A common spirit of patriotism was exhib
ited when the British conquered the mise
rable slave-holders around Washington
and James Buchanan's name is enrolled
among the thousands of Federalists and
Democrats who marched from Free States
to the salvation of Baltimore.
The "Democratic blood" of the Cin
cinnati Convention, Mr. Buchanan pours
into all his veins, undiluted, for it has all
the objectionable qualities of ancient
Federalism, without-any of its redeeming
features. He takes all the "blood" of that
Platform, but wont have "a drop" of any
other !
HaTA friend has banded us a copy of
gan giving the pro-
' j- .L v .- .
, ceediogs of the Democratic Convention of
. .
1 at Sta,e' " sas the fo,lowlDS Resolution
j among omen was adopted :
"Resolved, That 'ire thank God that the
administration of Franklin Fierce is draw
ing to a close"
And yet the same Convention pledged
themselves to the support of a man bound
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ta support and to carry out tbe same prin
. . ,r . 1 '
-
an m) aro pledged against the improve
ments required in that region 1 and it is
not to be supposed that they will thus
denounce Piorce and then vote for another
man just like him !
Buchanan's Age. The birth-day of
Mr. Buchanan wo have seen variously
stated, from 17S5 to 1795 making him
from fil to 71 years old. People have
generally supposed him to be near tbe
last figure.aa be bad graduated at College,
moved and settled as a lawyer twice, and
Wa " re9Pcc,b,J established and prospa-
. a T . t L J l
cmzea oi ijan easier wnen oe niaae a is
celebrated 4th of July Federal Oration in
! 1815. Mr. li. was never a "fast man"
but he WM TerJ 800n after dcctcA to tbe
Legislature and to Congress, a lid looks to
be at least 70. He is old enough, in all
reason. But, after all. this inquiry about
bis ace, is hardly fair. Bachelors never
are presumed to be over 60 ; and besides,
be his former age more or leas, since his
late absorption by the Cincinnati platform
he has commenced a new era, and is to be
counted a nursling of Democracy and not
its grandfather !
)tGa.n attempt was made in the U. S.
Senate to suppress freedom of debate. A
Buchanan man, (Mr. Stuart) reported
rule to "forbid tbe indulgence, on the part
of any Senator, in personalities to auy
other Senator, or reflecting on the poliry,
or local and domestic institutions of any
particular State." The first proposition
was right, and passed unanimously ; but,
to the credit of tbe Senate be it said, tbe
effort to stifle debate on tbe first question
of tbe day, failed. There was enough of
manhood left among those who are usually
dough-faces, to revolt ; and Slavery yield
ed as it always will where it must to
tbe spirit of Freedom. Sic temper tyrannis.
Editorial Correspondenct of Lewisbnrg Chronido.
Ross Co., Ohio, June 25, '56.
We are enjoying most beautiful weather
at present, and the farmers are all in the
midst of their busiest season. Harvest has
set in, and the corn demands their atten
tion also. As the cold spring made corn
planting late, and much of it having been
replanted in consequence of drowuing out,
it has thrown corn-plowing aod harvest
together. Rains have passed north and
south of us daily, but we are suffering in
this immediate neighborhood with drought)
tbe ground is parched,and tbe grass burnt
yellow; bowever,we are in hopes our share
of rain will be along bye-and-bye.
I learn that there is to be a trial of dif
ferent Reapers near Cbillicotbe to-day,
which I should like to witness, but cannot
go down conveniently. Reapers of all
sorts are as plenty here as in Union coun
ty, aod there is plenty fur them to do.
The wheat is most excellent,there is some
Hessian fly, weevil, and joint-worm, bat
the damage done by these "varmiuta" is
little comparatively.
Grass is not as good in Ohio as in Penn
sylvania, as far aa I have observed, but
there is a pretty good crop, notwithstand
ing. Fruit.cxceptiog apples and cherries,
is pretty badly used np in consequent of
the cold winter.
After much maneuvering and specula
tion, the good people of Rosa county bave
succeeded in getting a railroad through it
centre, from Cincinnati to Marietta the
Ciicinnati, Hillboro'o. Marietta Railroad.
They are all nigbly pleased with its oper
ation,thu far,altbough it met with almost
as much oposition as our Susquehanna
Road. Tbe proposition to make a county
subscription, waa decided favorably, by a
popular vote, aud a subscription of $250,-
000 was granted ; this movement met wiib
a most bitter minority opposition i but,
sinee tbe road is finished, all grumbling
bas ceased, aud the road is the pride of
the county. I was talking with a German
farmer, once a citizen of Mifflinburg.in re
gard to this improvement. He said that
he once opposed railroads, and especially
county and other public subscriptions, as
much as any one ; but he began to open
bis eyes to the utility of such improve
ments, and when this railroad matter was
brought up, he did all in bis power for it,
and is now glad of it ; be said taxes were
pretty high, but that was no matter at all ;
the increased prices he now receives for
his pro luce, more than make np for all
the taxes that can be levied.
I find there is considerable dissatisfaction
in regard to extravagance of the county
fathers in erecting such an extensive and
costly Court House, at the expense of tbe
tax payers. The Conrt House and public
offices are to cost, I have been informed,
$250,000 just aa much as the county
subscription to tbe Railroad thus making i
an extra tax on the connty of a quarter of
a million dollars mostly for mere show in
Cbillicotbe. Had that all, or most of it
been invested in Railroad stock, I presume
but little would have been said; but as
nearly one half is an unproductive outlay,
they complain considerably. True a new
Court House was much needed, bnt they
did not need to build a house extensive
enough for a State Capitol merely for
county purposes. There bave been over
a hundred workmen engaged upon it, for
more than a year, and now they bave got
it to tbe second floor; it will nut be finish
ed in less than two years.
Many of your readers are aware that
Cbillicotbe was visited with a very destruc
tive fire, on the first of April, 1853, (if I
remember right; which destroy ea neariy
half of the best portion of the beautiful
little city. This conflagration, notwith
standing it destroyed inch a vast amount
of property, has been of positive advantage
to tbe place. New buildings bave sprung
trp, wJ, . !!. . j. .., t
tbe old ones, which far surpass in beauty
and sixe those that cowered before tbe ra
ging flames. But, I must say, the citiiens
are not all very fast in re-building ; some
of the very best and most profitable loca
tions are yet lying in a heap of blackened
materials. Had that devastation taken
place in Lewisburg, it would all bave been
built up again, paid for, and ready for
another tussel with the flames ; (but you
cannot expect tbat everybody has had the
advantage of a Lewisburg experience and
education !) Tbe imported Roman Cath
olics play tbe mischief with this city, as
they do any other place where they gain
the ascendency. The city contains proba
bly nine thousand inhabitants, and tbe
Roman Catholics have three very larg
houses of worship, a nunnery, and several
minor institutions.
An extensive establishment for the man
ufacture of starch, soap, candles, and high
wine,has recently been erected in tbe city.
(Some may not know what "high wine"
is ; it is a liquor that is nearly as strong
as alcohol, and is made into alcohol by
going through some other process.) The
machinery is driven by three small and one
large engines ; employs 150 haods ; con
sumes 1000 bushels of corn per day, and
when the extension is completed which is
now going on, it will Consume 3000 bush
els per day; and makes 1200 to 1500
boxes of starch per week. Tbe soap works
are very extensive ; it is boiled in several
vats, which are capable of containing 00,
000 pounds each. The chandlery is for
the manufacture of mould candles, and
1440 can be made in one set of moulds.
Tbe establishment feeds about 5,000 as
fine hogs as I ever saw together ; these
hogs are kept in 120 pcos.tbe floors about
six feet from the ground, having trenches
about two feet wide through which clear
water is constantly rippling, keeping tbe
pens as clean as it is possible for hog pens
to be kept
June 30, 1856.
In 1839, wben the writer was just big
enough to know what tramping meant, he
started with his friends from Buflaloe Val
ley, and after eighteen day of tedious
wagoning, over rivers and mountains, hills
abd hollows, arrived safely in Pickaway
county, twelve mile from Cbillicotbe. At
tbat time, Ohio was considered Me west
the far west very near to sundown ) and
when any one left Buflaloe fur this region,
they bade farewell to their friends, as tbo'
they were going to tbe furthest corner of
tbe earth, aud cherished no hope ot ever
seeing them again in Pennsylvania. Goods
werepacked.and provisions prepared weeks
before tbe ezodua took place. But now,
bow changed 1 A couple of weoks ago
tbe same chap from the same county start
ed for the same neighborhood, and after
getting to the westward starting-point, ar
rived in Cbillicotbe in just eighteen hours,
instead of eighteen Jays,toi traveled over
one hundred milea more than tbe eighteen
days trip I Some will perhaps ask.where
fore is this difference 1 did yon make bet
ter nse of your time the last trip f or how
is it ? Tbe difference is this : in '39, we
came by borse power ; in '53, by steam
power; tbat is just tbe odds. In '39 we
were propelled by oats and water ; in '56,
by wood and water. The horses of '56
are not troubled with bots, heaves, aod
other ills which borse flesh is beir to, not
withstanding they travel as far in one
hour as the best horses nf '39 could possi
bl travel in a day ; and furthermore, the
fire horses are not quite so likely to be
stolen as tbe food horses they won't carry
everybody, and it is'nt every borse thief
who will risk bis neck on their backs.
Such is progress. Who knows but that,
fifteen years hence, we will be able to eoroe
over the same route in eighteen minutes 1
It appears no less probable now than com
ing in as many hours appeared fifteen
years ago. At that time, who tbonght of
those terrifio monsters,callcd locomotives,
ever running np to the very top of the
Allegheoies, and at a rate of speed never
then beard of,even on a dead level T Why,
very few, and those few were considered
either idiots or fanatics. But it is even so.
The crossing of those immense mountains,
which was once considered a tremendous,
and tedious, and dangerous undertaking's
now rendered one of tbe most delightful
excursions imaginable. Tbe once gloomy
and hideous crags, and caverns, and rocks,
and ridges, now appear to be combined to
beautify tbe rapidly receding scenery, and
add to the pleasure of tbe flying passenger.
Tbe west, instead of having its focus in
Ohio, has removed to anywhere this side
of the Pacific ocean. A great many per
sons, who came here from Union county
years ago, thinking that this waa "the
West," bave pulled np stakes and made
another trial to hunt up tbe location of
that regioo. It isn't here, and tbey know
it must be somewhere ; and tbey have ac
cordingly taken up their line of march
towards Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, &c-,and
yet they write that many persons in their
The Rocky Mountains now take tbe place
that the Allegheoies nsed to occupy, and
are now as near tbe Pacific ocean as we
nsed to be to tbe Mississippi river. Pitta
burg used to be the half-way bouse ; now
it im St. Louis.
The wheat crop of Ohio is immense. It
is not quite so.well filled out as last year,
but I am told there was just about double
tbe quantity sown, which will more than
make up for it lightness. There has been
some new wheat already sold in the Chilli
cothe ui irket. Tbe heaviest part of tbe
grain will be cut during this week. There
were many reapers of different manufac
tories entered for trial last week. I learn
that Dutton's was considered the best,and
was sold on the ground.
The "dear people" are beginning to be
stir themselves considerably in regard to
political matters. There was a large meet
ing of the free-soil, frce-speccb, free-press,
and Fremont friends in Cbillicothe, last
Friday evening. The Democracy didn't
like it, but they couldn't help it, poor fel
lows I The greatest joke I have heard
lately is in regard to some of tbe bind-teat
Democracy, who say they can't go Fre
mont because be wasn't nominated by a
"national" convention I
It will probably be a comfort to many
of your shivering subscribers to kuow that
they bave not monopolized all tbe ague.
Wben 1 landed here, about tbe first chap
I talked to was dosing himself, and grum
bling about the "confounded chills." He
informed me, also, tbat "most everybody
had 'em," and he took it easily, as though
it were a natural institution. 1, however,
have bad no symptoms of it since leaving:
guess the shakes couldn't keep up with me,
aud probably are waiting my return.
We have bad some melting weather in
Buckcyedom, and a good deal of the dry
article, too ; but, it bas made a beginning
at raining, and we may now expeet plenty.
: J.
Not a thousand mile from Fort Paul,
in tbe year eighteen hundred and fifty odd,
a train of cars eame roaring np towards a j
well-rosined Dutchman on borse back, i
Lagerbcir beckoued with his hands, aud
suug out at tbe top of bis voice to "ochtnp 2
auhtop ! ton't you see I'm comin I schtop
dare 1" Tbe eugineer, however, thinking
tbat be would surely clear tbe track, kept
on. When the train came up pretty close,
Dutchy'a borse wouldn't staud it any long
er, but gave a plunge side ways, throwing
bis rider close to the track. When the
engineer saw this, he pulled up as soon as
possible) thinking that be was a done
Dutchman ; tho passengers, too, thought
he was ready for interment But
great was their astonishment and de
light, after tbey bad stopped, to see tbe
old codger rise on his bands and knees,
and, with face turned toward tbe crowd,
apparently unhurt, bawling oat at the top
of his voice, "Co to h niit your schmoke
vagons !' This sndden turn of affairs was
as surprising and ridiculous, tbat the pas
sengers couldn't stop laughing even if they
were to be choked for it
Tbe Fittston Gaxetti complains of the
location of the Depot of the Lackawanna
and Bloomsburg Railroad, which is a mile
from tbe river. This is a pretty general
Complaint, and always will be,wbere spec
ulation is allowed to upercede the publle
convenience.
Tbe Washington Union say that a pa
tent bas been granted to a cititen of tbat
place who ha been six times marriedad
who b now 109 cart old. '
Wbiat ! all Peristal
What shall perish 1 Plants that flourish,
Blotsoms steeped in dewy tears,
Rushes that the brook If i chenvh,
Oaks that brave a thousand years.
What shall parish t Thrones must crumble.
Centuries wreck the proudest walls,
And the herHIess travelers stumble
O'er the Cxsar's ruined halls.
What shall perish 1 Mao, the glory
Of this sublunary spot,
Like an oft-repeated smry,
Shall be buried and forgot
What shall perish t In their enurse
Siars must fall and earth decay,
And old ocean's mightiest force
Like a babble fleet away.
All -hall perish but their MAKER !
While the soul that trusts His grace
Of His strengih shall be partaker.
And in heaven shall see His face.
THE FARM
Tbe Garden The irebard.
marketing Farm Products.
The skill and foresight of s farmer do
not terminate with the moment his crops
are harvested and safely boused. He may
pause in bis labors, and look about him
with a feeling of satisfaction at the results,
but the exercise of s cautioned vigilance
will be needed, whether the products are
intended to be consumed on bis premises,
or sold in tbe market.
Perishable articles must be disposed of
before tbe period of deterioration and de
cay ; aud those of long duntion, like
grain and wool, must be protected against
fire and depredators, and sold, if possible,
at tbe spriDg-tide of prices for tbe year,
but when tbat particular time to sell bas
arrived, is the point difficult to determine.
If a man could look into futurity, tbe
question could be easily answered ; but
that power is withheld by one greater than
we, and for our good:
An intelligent forecast,however, is with
in the reach of all men the signs of tbe
tvifi?,tT8XaJiP&i!Lsatu.r-aln,1 political ,
that have weight in determining prices,
are to a certain extent subjects for our
calculation. If a dearth je bligbt bas
fallen upon any particular product j if a
war or pestilence has removed tbe laborers,
OiiwJ p tbo anneee of supply, OT demand
back the nutlets of commcree J if an in
creased area of consumption or a decreased
field of produetion destroys equilibrium ;
or any other cause intervenes, we may
reasonably calculate upon an increase of
price, while opposite causes may be ex
pected to produce opposite results. Spec
ulation may occasion temporary high pri
ces, without any aid from these natural
stimulants, but such disturbances are usu
ally fitful, and soon followed by ad oppo
site tendency. If prices have ruled for a
considerable time above fair rates, lower
ones may reasonably bd expected to suc
ceed, and if an expressive depression bas
continued unabated, a turn of the tide is
about as sore to come as tbat time goes
on.
Men do not always gain by waiting for
an advance upon reasonable prices, even
though such a result docs eventually oc
cur. For instance a former may be owing
money for the purcLafe of his farm, and
payments are falling due. Ia order to
get an extension, be is compelled to plead
with his creditors, injure bis credit for
punctuality, or, it may be -and not on fre
quently is the case pay usurious rates
for an accommodation. He may bave a
favorable oportuuity to purchase firm stock
or implements for ready cash, which bis
products fitted for the market would fur
nish j or an addition to his farm, possibly
(not probably, however) to be worked
sdvantageottaly, may be obtained. He
may bave a cbance to buy his own note at
a discount before it falls due, or to pur
chase that of a perfectly safe and reliable
neighbor under similar circumstances;
with a thousand other corresponding chan
ces that offer themselves t . the vigilant
bolder of ready money at frequent inter
vals. Besides all these, money is always
worth legal rates of interest, while tbe
piUUUVQ IJlUg UU U4UU anw.iug m 1 - .
for the time so much dead capital, subject
ed also to deterioration, accident, and pil
lage, not to mention the chance also of ;
prices going down instead of up.
The farmers and business men within
the scope of on acquaintance, who have
made the most money, are not those who
have obtained tbe highest prices ; but they
are those, v. to being contented with mod
erate profits, have made these profits accu
mulate by frequent repetition. The nim
ble penny ia the winning coin ) and " the
rolling stone" is tbe one tbnt "gathers no
moss." Not unfreqaently, by a lucky
combination of circumstances or rather,
we should say, by that accuteness of rea
son and justness of calculation acquired
by this very habit of activity, the latter
class of men obtain, on the whole, much
better prices than tbe man who lock his
granary against purchasers as well as
thieves, and then anpinely waits in tbe
hope of gaining one more penny by delay.
The man who digs in tbe earth and bides
his talent will, at tbe period of exhuma
tion, find one talent still; while he, who
pats it into active circulation, will find it
doubling on bis bands.
Tbe safe and true rale is, not to sell ota
lost, bat to watch the course of events fer
an opportunity to dispose of everything at
a profit ; and not, n tbe other band, to
wail for enormous profits against an even
cbance of a decline. The man who acu
from the foimer rule is almost sure to
proper, while be who acts upon- the lat
ter, will be very likely to eugender habits
which mark him out as an example of
penuriousness, inactivity and folly.
Tbo Weevil Aa Experiment.
According to M. Gome, (Magnzjic if
Natural History) tbe larva of tbe Wbeat
Midge or Weevjl, deposited fp tbo earaof
Wheat,leave thtra aboutbe first of Au
gust add go into the groaAM, where It u
"probable" they remain duririyl.1.. iu:er
In the pnpa stale, and beconft flits tbe
next seasoo,wben the wheat is in tloos"m.
For the parpoce of testing ethjj theory,
and of ascertaining what might be done tn
arrest or retard the appearance of tbe fly
in the proper season, tbe writer devLcJ
tbe following experiment t
Having constructed two boxes, each
aboat three feet square and nine inches
deep, covering the top with milliner, aod
leaving tbe bottom open to tbe ground, I
selected a spot in the field where wheat
bad been harvested the preceding year,an4
where the wheat bzi been entirely uo
stroyeu by the'weevil, and plaeeJ tbe two
boxes side by side the fiit box ou thj
ground that had remained undisturbed
siuce the h-orvest the second on gmnnd
that had just been turned over with tbo
spade, ten iocht deep. Care was takeu
to make the boxes tight and fit them close
ly to the ground, to allow of no opening
anywhere but through the meshes of the
mill ine ttop, which were sufficiently coarse
to admit the light, air, and rain, and fine
euough to prevent the escape of the flier,
should any come oat of tbe ground under
the boxes.
Tbe boxes were set about the first Jane
last. On the 12th of the same month,snre
weetTi; djwtqS I? fly, the indubitable
some three or four only, at first, but in
creasing daily till the 26tb, wben there
were some scores of them. From this time
to the first of July they remained, as to
numbers, about statiouary,wben apparent
ly, oil i , aju.,sr l:iindr;iis
the weather being very warm and souo
wbat showery swarming in the cloter
now grown up thickly under the box.
Coincident also wi:h their appearance ia
the box, they were noticed in the adjicent
clover of the field,in which they seemed to
find an appropriate nursery home until
strong enough to fly off to tbe fields of
wheat.
In the meantime, the second box waa
careful'y watched, and nothing was dis
covered therein up to the 2Sth of June.
Supposing by this time that tbe spade hai
done an etieetual work with tbe tmlrjo)
weevil, this box was not noticed again till
the 3d day of JJy, when to my surprise,
I counted near 150 fl.es, banging torpidly
like musquitoes, on tbe naJ-r siJo of the
mi'linet. Dividing the four d tys that oc
curred between tbe last two observations,
it would fix the time of their appearance
under the second bjx, on tbe first day of
July ei'jhtrtn days after their appearance
under the first box.
This simple experiment discloses some
interesting facts t
1. It demonstrates as a fict, what is
Stated only as a probability by M. Goriiu
that tbe weevil pupw winter in tie
earth, and come out flies the ei. suing sea
son when the wheat is in blossom, to com
mence their work of destruction for tbo
farmer, and of reproduction Lr themselves.
2. It shows also, tbat to turn ocer
ground in the Spring and nnk the pupa?
below their natural position, tril propor
tionately retard the period of their deceltaie
ment a depth of ten inches retarding tin m
in the above instance, eighteen days. This
length of time, later tha its usual time
of appearance, would render the fly com
parative!? harmless the wheat being too
far advanced to be seriously dnmagej. As
the fly would find bat very fuw heads still
in blossom, bat few cgs or latvtc wonld
come to maturity if dpi.iitcd : and h o
or three years, if followed up, the weevil
would disappear.
3. The most effectual rcmedy.therefore,
would seem to be, to subsoil the stubble i it
the spring. Fiven ordinary plonbing,
would, without doubt, considerably dimin
ish the weevil, while, on the other ban !,
to seed with clover and leave the groun i
undisturbed the ensuing seawnjis ths most
effectual method of aucuri.-.g a Urge in
crease of the fly. 11- Dablino.
So.vr Suds for Currant Busnts. .
A correspondent of the Indiana Farmer
gays ; "I bave fouud the cultivation of
currants to be very prcfitaMo. By ear
and attention I greatly increased the site
of the bt.-.hc and the quantity and quality
of tbe fruit. My lushes are now about
eight feet in height, and are remarkably
thrifty. The eanse of this large growth.I
attributed in a great measnre to tbe fac
that I bave bten in tbe kabit of pouring
soap suds and chamber lye around their
roots duriDg the summer season. I aai
salisfied from my own esperienee aud t'-nf
of Miuie of my neighbors, that this tvst
mcnt will produce a most astonishing effect
upon the growth aod product of the bush
e. and would advise other to give it
trial-"