Z\u farmers' Department.
Farm Work for January.
Plans should be now made for the
coming year. If not already accom
plished, prepare to lay out the farm
in regular fields, and introduce a good
rotation, which will enable the farmer
to carry on all his labor with clock
work regularly, to keep clean fields,
to preserve their fertility, and to pre
vent confusion, so often resulting from
too much wprk for the force at par
ticular periods.
There are a number of points to
which the skilful farmer should direct
his attention, before the spring work
opens.
One of the most important is to
prepare for farm accounts, by procu
ring suitable blank books and arran
ging the headings. He should have
:i memorandum book to carry alwajw
in his pocket, to note down anything
that occurs to him, at the moment,
and before forgotten. Each field or
crop should have a page devoted to it
and all outlays and profits should be
carefully recorded. His farm should
be well laid out, measured and map
ped—which will be a pleasant winter's
task. And his granaries should be
accurately measured and graduated,,
to show quickly the number of bush
<Ts of contents. A scale for weigh
ing his domestic animals will pay for
itself every year in the information it
will afford him in relation to feeding.
lie should keep accurate accounts
with all his neighbors, if he would
avoid difficulties; and all his accounts
lioth with his fields and otherwise,
should be a model of neatness, dis
tinctness and systematic order.
Farm laborers should be hired in
season, as the best will always be en
gaged early; and it often happens
that by paying a dollar or two more
per month, a great amount in valua
ble assistance will be secured—or, in
other words, the best are generally
the cheapest.
Keep all barns and sheds clean and
in order, and prevent the untidy ac
cumulations and confusions which
some premises witness. Keep tools
under shelter, provide a place for
everything and let everything be in
its place; and do not allow hens to
roost on wagons, horse-rakes and car-
If corn-stalks be cut very short by
liorsc-power, before feeding to cattle,
a large|amount of saving will beeffected
Let cattle and all otiifr animals be
kept perfectly; clean, comfortable and
sufficiently warm. If they occupy
sheds, great care should be taken to
prevent cold currents between the
boards, and especially under the sills
and high or other screens should pre
vent all winds from blowing in the
front side. If kept in stables, still
greater care should be exercised to
preserve cleanliness and to provide
sufficient ventilation. Many denounce
stables for cattle on account of the
foul air and foul keeping they are
subject to; while others denounce
sheds on account of the cold currents
which sweep through them. Use the
curry-comb freely and regularly on
both cattle and horses.
Cellars under dwellings should be !
Frequently examined and kept scrn-;
pulously clean ; the walls may be j
white washed in winter. Where there
is danger of the ingress of frosts at
the windows, it is neater to provide
double windows (on hinges, to hook !
up,) than the more unsightly stuffings
of straw. Pick over apples in eellers
and if there is an abundant supply,
feed out those which threaten decay,
in regular quantities, to milch cows.
SHOEING HORSES.—W. Jones, a
veterinary surgeon of London, gives '
the followig simple rules for shoeing
horses:
"Ist. After having taken off the
old shoe, shorten the toe, and remove
all the dead and loose parts of the
hoof. I)o not cut the sole or pare
the frog, except when the hoof lias
received an injury from a nail or oth
erwise, when it must be cut out:
"2d. Let the shoe be of equal
thickness, or rather thinner at the
heel. The ground and foot surface
should be perfectly level. The shoe
should be light on the heel. Too many
nails are objectionable, and should be
kept as far as possible from the heels.
"3d. For the hind feet there is 110
objection to calks, though they are of
doubtful benefit. Horses travel bet;
ter without them. The hind shoes
are made thicker at the toes tha'n at
the quarters, the nails also can be
put closer to the heels without caus
ing inconvenience.
"4th. Side clips should be avoided,
they destroy the hoof; the same is
the case when the nails are too close
together. The feet should never be
rasped, as it destroys the enamel of
the hoofs, renders them brittle, and
causes sandcracks, and consequently
lameness.
"sth. Expansion is a fatal error
which has led to many abuses in shoe
ing, such as pairing off the sole and
frog, rasping off the hoof, "etc. The
elasticity of the foot, which is, how
ever, limited, exists only in the upper
part of the hoof, principally round
the cornet. On the lower part and
the toe it is nil."
THE LADY APPLE. —This beautiful
little apple frequently commands high
prices in our large cities, where it is
used at evening parties on account of
its rich delicate color. We are inform
ed that Mr. Straton, of Webster, in this
county, has recently sold the produce
of two trees for $75. They produced
fifteen barrels.— Genesee Farmer.
(t-rtucational Department.
From the Pennftylrnnla School Journal.
Definitions—Explanations.
Some good teachers are opposed to me
morizing, from text-books, the definations
of words, contending that the pupil had
better be accustomed to make his own
definitions. Others, perhaps equally as
good, iusist upon the utility and necessi
ty of committing to memory the book
definitions, as being better than those
which any pupil or most teachers can
make fin- themselves. Is it not possible
that both are, in a measure, right, and
that if they had thought the subject out
in all its bearings, they might be found to
differ in no very important particular.
The full definition of a word, and the
mere explanation of the same word as it
stands in a given sentence, are two very
different things; and the confounding of
these two terms supposed great
difference of opinion among teachers,
when probably little in fact exists.
To DEFINE is " to determine or ascertain
the extent of the meaning of a word or
term": that is, to state with precision yet
fulness itsmeaningin every relation which
it can possibly occupy in the language.
To EXPLAIN a word, is merely " to ex
press, in other and more simple words the
particular meaning intended to be con
veyed by him who uses the word."
Now. while few will deny the utility of
habituating the youthful mind to both
processes, no one will assert both to be
equally within the unaided reach of the
pupil's own powers. The ability to give
full and accurate definitions, must be ac
quired either directly from the books of
definition, or from such a course, of com
parative reading as cannot be completed
though it may bo. commenced, in school.
The ability to explain one's own meaning
is a power which every sane mind innate
ly possesses, and can exercise after very
little practice.
Book definitions which present to mind
the whole, but not the required particular
meaning of the word, will make
tic scholar, but never a thinker. Where
as off-hand explanations to suit the con
text, may elicit thought and readiness of
expression, but never in sufficient degree
to c-gnstitue the close-thinker and full
minded scholar. But the judicious union
of both processes would, probably, correct
the evils of each, and confer readiness
and soundness of thought, with precision
and truthfulness of expression.
A teacher of the class of mere book
definors tells a pupil to write down the
definition of every word in this sentence:
" I purchased an arithmetic." Either
from his own memorized store or from the
dictionary he writes: " I— the persona/
pronoun u-hich denotes the speaker or wri
ter ; an — one of an indefinite kind ; arith
metic—the science of computing numbers
by figures." Now this si all regular and
scientific definition; but it is a regular
mess for all that.
A teacher of the anti-definition class
gives the same sentence to one of his pu
pils, with this result:."l— you" (point
ing to the teacher ;) " purchased—bought;
an — a; Arithmetic— ciphering look."
This, at first sight, seems better, but it is
not really explanation; it is little more
than the expression of the same idea in
synonymes.
Now let the pupil who has been accus
tomed not only to study every shade of
meaning of each word but to give it the
exact meaning required by the context,
explain the sentence, and probably he
would say : I— the person who speaks;
purchased— obtained by paying its price ;
an— one; arithmetic— book for instruc
tion in the science of number." Here
would be manifest a power of discrimina
tion. only deducible from a knowledge of
book definitions and rendered practical and
useful by constant off-hand explanation.
Definitions, strictly so called, are oftwo
kinds, l.of scientific terms, and 2, of com
mon words.
The first ought not only to be closely 1
studied but committed verbatim to memo- |
ry. They are not merely general explan- i
ations of terms : they arc a statement, in
the shortest yet most full and accurate form
possible, of the nature, use and extent of
the defined term, 'as contra-distinguished
from all other terms. Hence while every
word made use of is significant and ne
cessary to the completion of the idea, it
also follows, from the very closeness and
brevity of the definition, that many of the
terms used also themselves require ex
piation to the unlearned. We should
like here to exemplify what is conceived
to be a proper mode of explaining and
impressing upon the mind a definition of
this class, but have not space.
The other kind—definitions, as they are
called, of common words—might bejiiade
an interesting as well as most useful part
of school exercise. It is admitted that
the mere repetition of a dozen or a score
of words, with all the various meanings of
each, is dull work, and generally as un
profitable as it is dull. But suppose that
each pupil, after or during this repetition,
is made to compose, off-hand, a number
of simple sentences equal to the number
of the meanings of each word, each sen
tence presenting the word in a different
shade of its meaning, thus:
The work RELATION means, I. the act
of telling ; 2. connection between things ;
3. a person connected by consanguinity or
affinity, dr. After spelling the word and
repeating all its meanings, the pupil then
manifests his knowledge of those mean
ings or various uses of the word, by com
posing such sentences as these:
1. John gnve us a relation of his ad
ventures during the hoi yd ays.
2. The teacher gave us his viows in re
lation to good behaviour.
3. John and James are relations , for
they are cousins.
Here we think is an exercise stimula
tive of interest, of invention, of expres
sion—in a word—of mind. It eould not
but impart that power of discrimination
and selection, which after all. is the great
object of the study of words; while it
would compel the learner to think of as
well as memorize the meanings of the word
while committing them. This mode has
never been seen in operation, but great
confidence is felt in its efficiency.
The off-hand practice of explanation,
exacted by many teachers, is very valua
ble, even by itself; but when conjoined
with the more severe and regular study of
definitions, its utility is vastly increased.
By this union the mind will be made to
cease guessing, and will attain, in place ol
its own crude and distrusted conclusions,
a fullness of knowledge, a precision of ar
rangement and a readiness of resource,
which, while it is self-satisfying, will also
be safe and useful to others.
Eighteen Sixty-Three.
The year, which has just closed, has been
very rich in the materials of history. It
has produced us several of the most im
portant victories of' the war. The cloud,
which at the beginning of the year seemed
so blijek and lowering, is now almost cov
ered over with the silver lining of the
sunshine of peace. Everywhere, almost,
our armies have been victorious. The
rebellion, which at first extended over
nearly half of the territory of the Union,
has been driven back into the interior of
the States of Virginia, North Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama. Our victories
have been important and decisive—our
soldiers have nobly done their duty. We
point with pride to the great contest at
Murfrecsboro', Vieksburg. Morris Island,
(iettysburg, Port Hudson, Chattanooga
and Knoxville—all of which occurred in
the Union.
At Murfrecsboro', after several days'
hard fighting, the great army of liragg
was defeated by Rosecrans.
At Yicksburg, the army under Grant,
after months of labor and heroic suffer
ing and danger, compelled the surrender
of that stronghold, with iiO generals, 80,-
000 prisoners, 125 guns, ammunition, &e.
At Gettysburg, after three days of bat
tle, the Army of the Potomac defeated
the invading army of Gen.Xee, and drove
it back again into Virginia.
On the Bth of July, Port Hudson, the
only point on the Mississippi river held
by the Rebels, surrendered to General
Banks, witn ti,ooo prisoners and 50 can
non. This capture opened the Mississip
pi River to the commerce of the country.
On the 7th of September, the forces
under General Gilmorc captured Forts
Wagner and Gregg, on Morris Island, in
Charleston Harbor.
During the last flvcor six days of Nov.
continuous battles took place between the
armies of Generals Grant and Bragg,near
Chattanooga, which resulted in the com
plete rout and demoralization of the ene
my, and the capture of sixty cannon and
thousands of prisoners.
After a siege of some duration and a
ternhle repulse of his attack upon our
fortifications, General Langstrcet wasedtn
pclled to fall back from Knoxville. By
this forced retreat the fate of East Ten
nessee was cast for the Union.
Everywhere, as we have said, our arms
have been victorious. The blockade is at
length acknowledged to bo efficient. Our
armies are invincible, and this year will
be crowned with the restoration of peace,
peace under the Fnion and the Constitu
tion.—ilcrcer Whig.
CIVILITY IS A FORTUNE. —Civility is
a fortune itself, for a courteous matt al
ways succeeds well in life, ami that even
when persons o£_ability sometimes fail.
The famous Duke of Marlborough is a
case in point. It was said of him by one
contemporary, that his agreeable manner
often converted an enemy into a friend,
and, by another, that it was more pleasing
to be denied a favor by his Grace, than to
receive one from other men. The gra
cious manner of Charles James Fox pre
served him from personal dislike even at
a time when he was politically the most
unpopular man in the kingdom. The his
tory of the country is full of such exam
ples of success obtained by civility. The
experience of every man furnishes, if we
but recall the past, frequent instances,
where conciliatory manners have made the
fortunes of physicians, lawyers, divines,
politicians, merchants, and indeed individ
uals of all pursuits. In being introduced
to a stranger, his affability, or the reverse,
creates instantaneously a preposession in
his behalf, or awakens unconsciously a
prejudice against him. To men, civility
is in fact what beauty is to waman ; it is a
general passport to favor; a letter of re
commendation, written in lauguage that
every stranger understands. The best of
men have often injured themselves by ir
ritability and consequent rudeness, as the
greatest scoundrels have frequently suc
ceeded by their plausible manners. Of
two men, equal in all other respects, the
courteous one has twice the chance for for
tune.
fiSP There is a spectacle grander
than the sea—it is the sky; there is a
spectacle grander than the sky—it is
the interior of the soul.
It is not proper for yon to play
school my dear, today, for it's Sunday."
" I know it, mother, but it's Sunday
school I'm playing."
fbtigfotM Jlqiavtmcnt.
THE GUINEA CAPTAIN.
Lira there a s&vage, ruder than the slave?
Cruel a* death, insatiate M thegraYe,
False as the winds that round bis vessel Mow,
Remorseless a* the gulf that ynwns below.
Ia be who toil* upon the wafting flood,
A Christian broker in the trade of blood!
BoUteroti* in speech, in notion prompt anil bold,
• He buys, he tflit, he steals, he falls for GOLD.
At noon, when sky and ocean, culm nod clear.
Bend rouuu hi* bark, one blue, unbroken sphere;
When dancing dolphins sparkit- through the brine,
And sunbeam circles o'er the waters shine;
He sees no beauty in the Heaven serene.
No soul-enchanting sweetness in the scene—
Put, darkly scowling at the glorious day,
Curses the wiuAs that loiter on their way.
When swollen with hurricanes, the billows rise,
To meet the lightning midway from the skies;
When, from th<- bnrden'd held,bis shrieking cluves
Are cast at midnight, to the hungry waves—
Not f<r his victims, strangled in the deeps,
Not f»r his crimes, the bnrden'd Pirate weeps;
lbit grimly smiling when the storm is o'er,
Counts his surenains, and hurries back for MORE.
The Social Hazards of a Sinful Life.
A little more than n centuary ago a
young man named William Dmhl, grad
uated with eclat at Cambridge Universi
ty, England. Iking the son of a clergy
man. he had enjoyed the benefits of early
religious training. Having the advanta
ges of a fine person, a superior mind, a
thorough education, and good family con
nections, his life prospects were as bright
and promising as those of any young man
in his class. Who could have predicted
that such a fair beginning would lie suc
ceeded by on ignoble end ? Yet so it was.
For a time this young man's path was
sunlit, and bis hopes bloomed out into
beautiful successes. Having entered the
university, he soon became singularly pop
ular. llii fine phis'que, charming voice,
elegant manners, and eloquent utterances,
led adiyiring thousands to throng bis
church. Nobles, wits, and high-born la
dies heard him with delight, and tilled bis
ears with their flatteries. Preferments
followed in the wake of popularity. Lcc
turships, college titles, a prebend's stall, a
royal chaplaincy, a vicarage, and the tu
torship of the young Karl of Chesterfield,
were given him. The highest honors of
his exalted profession bung like ripening
fruit within his grasp.
Alas, for this favored child of Provi
dence ! His priestly robes concealed a
worldling's heart. An insane passion for
the society of the wealthier, the titled,
and tho nobly born, burne<Hike a consum
ing flame in his breast. lie yielded him
self to its impulses, and it beguiled liini
into a style of living, the expenses of
which preyed like locusts on his income,
and made him poor in the midst of plenty.
Reason pleaded and conscience protested
against this passion in vain. It was bis
Calypso. Syren-like, it fascinated him,
and drew hi in further from the line of du
ty, until it bound him in heavy elm nsof
impracticable debts. Then came a hope
less struggle for freedom, which ended
only with his utter ruin. Still listening
to the voices of his passion, he tried to
break his chains with the hammer of crime.
First he sought to win tho gift of a rich
rectory by offering a bribe to tho lady of
the lord chancellor, lie was repelled with
merited scorn, and scourged by the popu
lar tongue into disgraceful privacy.
Would that this stern rebuke had been
heeded, lint it was not. Ilis passion
lived. His debts were still unpaid. Then
his evil genius triumphed, and in a sad,
sad moment, lie forged a bond for over
twenty-six thousand dollars ! The" deed
was discovered, lie was tried, convicted,
sentenced to death, and twenty-six years
after his graduation at Cambridge, tho
eloquent and popular William Dodd, 1)
P., L.L, 1)., expiated his crime on the fel
on's scaffold.
In this unhappy man behold the type
of a class of persons which may be count
ed by thousands, as they throng the high
ways and byways of society. They may
be found in prisons, in alms-houses, in cel
lars and garrets, in dens of shame, in
haunts of poverty, and in the hiding-pla
ces of crime.
.Like Dr. Dodd, multitudes of them
once stood on no despicable moral and so
cial height. The probabilities of a rep
utable, virtuous, and prosperous career,
were in their case fully equal to those of
the average of unrenewed men and wo
men. The great social wheel which, in
its endless revolutions, is continually re
versing the positions of men. seemed more
likely to carry them up than to cast them
down to the dust. But like Dr. Dodd.
instead of seeking their supreme good in
their Creator, they sought it in the crea
ture. As he chose to feed on the foam of
human praise, and to regard the circles of
fashionable life as his soul's perishable de
light and to find their paradise in the pres
ent. Hence like the unhappy Dodd,having
separated themselves from their Creator,
they became the victims of their own
lusts. Their own desires growing impe
rious, led them with an imperial arm down
to the depths of sorrow, poverty, shame,
and crime.
"What has all this to do with me?" in
quires my reader. You might as wisely
ask what the soldier has to do with the
clarion's voice ? What the mariner with
the bell which utters its solemn warning as
it sways over the sunken rock ? Has not
the history of Dr. Dodd, and the class of
ruined ones ho represents, a clarion voice,
a bell's note of alarm for you ? Have
you not entered the fatal door by which
they passsd into the house of shame and
sorrow ? Arc you not like them, seeking
your supreme good, not in God, but in the
creature? Are you not then liable to
share their destiny ? I speak not now of
the final loss of your immortal soul, but
of the liabilities of your life this side of
the tomb. My question js this: you have
chosen the world to be your chief good—- ■
your God; are you not, therefore, in dan
ger, of falling into the same category with 1
Dr. Dodd and his class, and of ending
your life in shame, sorrow, poverty, or
crime ? Painfully as tho thought may '
strike you, I affirm that such a destiny
threatens you. If yawns, like a fearful
chasm, in the path you have entered. I
do not assert that you will certainly stum
ble into it if you refuse to become a clirist
ian, because the restraining grace of God,
and the grace of favoring circumstances,
may save you. What I affirm is, your lia
bility as a worldling to pluck down ruin
upon your head, andmakea sad, sad fail
ure of your life on this side of the grave.
\mi do not believe it ? I presume not.
Voting sinners are not easily convinced,
because (hey do not nee their danger.—
They walk on enchanted ground. They
"are in tho "way which," as the All-know
ing One describes it, " geeineth light unto
a man," though at the " end thereof are
the ways of death." Would that 1 could
disenchant thee, my beloved reader.
When Sisera,the Canannite warrior, fled
defeated before the sword of Barak, he
sought a hiding place in ihe tent of JAF.L.
That subtle lady welcomed him with
smiles, and bade him rest in quiet under
her protection. Confiding under her
friendly professions, the weary soldier,
" asked water and she gave him milk ; she
brought forttl butter in a lordly dish." He
ate and drank, and then sought refugefroui
the pangs of defeat in sleep. Then Jael
" put her band to the nail and her right
hand to the workman's hammer; and with
the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote
ofT bis head, when she had pierced and
stricken through his temples.
Alas, poor Sisera ? The smite.of Jael
was more fatal to him than the steal of bis
foes ; and alas for thee too, young world
ling! for although the goddess of sinful
pleasure, like Jael, smiles on thee and
brings the "butter in a lordly dish," yet
she carries the hammer and the nail be
neath her vestments; and when thy con
science is fast locked in tho slumber of fol
ly, she will smitethee adcadlyblow, which
will leavethce rolling in the dust of shame,
or plunge thee into the gloom of death.
To 1.0 continued.
The Arms-Bearing Population.
The proportion which the losses bear to
tho gains in the population subject to
serve in tho army, is a difficult question
to settle, though an important one. Su
perintendent Kennedy has been making
some computations, based upon the census
of IKOO, and tho statistics of immigration
for the purpose of approximating towards
a solution. The population between
eighteen and forty-five years in the whole
country in 1800, according to the census,
was 5,024,005. Upon this basis it is es
timated that during the year 1801 about
277,500 male whites reached and passed
the ngo of eighteen, 128,000 arrived at
and passed the ago of forty-five, leaving a
difference of 148,'J00 entering upon the
military age.
The deaths, from natural causes, of the
military class of tho population, would
amount to 57,000 during the year, leaving
the annual home increaseo1,1)00. To this
add the gain from immigration in the year
1801—the proportion of arms-bearing
populatiou, which was 31,000, and the to
tal increase of arms-bearing population of
the country is 123,400. This is the in
crease in a state of peace, to which must
be added the losses in war. This is com
j puted at 02,000 for deaths in the service,
j and 31,000 for disability and deaths af
! ter service, so that, the total incrcse about
j makes up the losses. As the gain from
immigration is about one fourth of the
i losses in the whole population, the loyal
| States have a greater proportion of ij
; crease than the rebellious ones, for the im
migration is entirely on their side.
A Significant Confession.
The Courier de* Etat* L itis, the French
paper of. New York, a paper that has been
| from the beginning in its
: sympathy with the rebels, is compelled to
! confess that the Confederate cause is in a
bad way. The odds of battle, it admits
| with tears in its eyes, "is in favor of the
; North." Chancellorsville and the first
j day of Chicamauga are the only notable
! reverses sustained by our arms, while we
; can"proudly point to the substantial vic
: tories of Gettysburg. Vicksburg, Port
Hudson, and Chattanooga.
"The victories of the South," it adds,
"have been, moreover, sterile and so to
speak, negative; those of the North have
| secured precious conquests—the naviga-
I tion of the Mississippi, the conquest of
; nearly the whole of Arkansas, the princi-
I pal portion of Eastern Tennessee, and,
j lastly, the gaining of a foothold on the
| shores of Texas. With the exception of
Galveston, retaken at the commencement
: of the year, secession has continually lost
ground without regainingany in any quar
; ter."
This confession is the more significant
from the fact that the Courier has hither
to been sanguine in the belief that the
South would conquer.
Stir " There' s sweet music in dreams,"
said an old gentleman. " Yes, there may
be," said his wife; " but I hear nothing
of it, except a snore."
.»
SSjfTho purpose of an unmarried wo
-1 man is generally like herself—single.
IJIPORTAXT XOTK'KS.
U. S. 5-20>S.
ftltlE Secretary of the Treasury has not yet given no-
L tire of miv Intentlou to withdraw his oopular Loan
from Sale ut Par. nnd, until ten day** notice In given, the
undersigned, u "General Bupscrlptlou Agent, will con
tinue to supply the public.
TliQ whole amount of tbx Loan authorised In Five Hun
dred Million* of Dollar*. Nearly Four Hundred Millions I
have been alreiwly «übscrlbod f.ir and paid Into the Treas
ury mostly within the last seven months. The largo de
rffnud from abroad, and the rapidly Increasing hotue dei
mand fur use as the basis for circulation by National Bank- |
ing Associations now organizing in all parts of the coun- i
try, will, In a very short period, absorb the balance.— |
R:d« hove lately i anged from ten to fifteen millions week
ly, frequently exceeding three million* dally, and as It is
will known that the Secretary of the Treasury has ample
and unfailing resources In tho Duties on Imp«»rts and in
ternal Revenue, and In the Issue of the Interest-bearing
Legal Tender Treasury Noted, It Is almost a certainty that
he will not Hud It necessary, fur a long time to come, to ,
neek a market for any other long or permanent loan*, tin- ]
Interest and Principal of which are payable ill tJold.
Prudence ami self-interest must force the minds of those
contemplating the formation of National Hanking Asso
ciation*. as well iw the minds of all who have Idle tfioney
011 their hands, to the prompt conclusion that the}' should
lose no time In subscribing to this m«»st popular Loan. It
Will soon be beyond their reach, and advance to a hand
some premium, as w «« the result with the "Seven Thirty"
Loan, when it was all sold and could no longer be subscri
bed for at par.
It is a Six per Cent. Loan, the Interest and Principle
payable in Coin, thus yielding orer Nine per Cent, per an- 1
mini at the present rate of premium on coin.
The Government requires all duties on imports to be
paid in Coin. These duties have, for a long time past,
amounted t . over a quarter of >. Million of Dollars daily,
a sum nearly three times greater than that required in the
payment of tho Interest on all the ft-20'n nnd other per
manent loans. So it Is hoped that the Surplus Coin In the
Treasury, at no distant day, will enable the Cnited States
to resume specie payments upon all liabilities.
The loans is called 5-20 from tho fart that, whilst tho
Ponds may run for 20 years, yet the Government has a
right to pay them ofTlu Gold, at par, at any time after ft
The Interest Is paid half-yearly, via: on the first days
of November mid May.
Subscribers can have Coupon Bonds, which are payable
to bearer, and are S6O. SIOO, S6OO, and SIOOO •,or HegMered
Bonds of Hame drnomiuatlM-. und in addition, $5,00u and
SIO,OOO. For Hanking purposes nnd fur Investments of
Trust-monies the Registered Bonds are preferable.
These 6-20's cannot be taxed by States, cities, towns, or
counties, and the Government tax on them is only one half
per cent, on the amount of income, when the income c.f
holder exceeds Six Hundred Dollars per annum. All
other investments, such as income from Mortgages,
Hailroad Stock, and Bonds, etc., must pay from three to
live percent, tax on the Income.
Banks nnd Bankers throughout the Country will con
tinue to dispose of the Bonds; undall orders by mall, or
otherwise, will be promptly attended to.
The Inconvenience of a few days'delay In the delivery
of the Bond* Is unavoidable, the demand being so great;
but as interest commences from the day of subscription,
no less Is occasioned, and every effort Ispeing made to di
minish the delay.
# .!AV COOKE,
' 4P BSCRIPTION AGENT,
' 111 With TIM HI) Street, Philadelphia.
Jan. 0. 1864, 1-tno.
WAVERLY MAGAZINE.
FOB FAMILY AMUSEMENT AN
lOdlted b,y Moh«*h A, Dow.
This paper is the largest Weekly ever published in the
country. Its contents are such as will be approved In the
most fastidious circles—nothing immoral bring admitted
Into Its pages. It will afford as tnnch rending matter as
almost any <>ne ran find time to neruse.consistintr of Tales
History, Biography, together with Music and Poetry.—
The paper contains no ultra sentiments, and meddles nei
ther with politics nor religion, but It Is characterized by a
high moral tone. It circulates nil over tho country, from
Maine to California.
Tkhms. —The Waverly Magazine is published weekly by
Moses A. Dow, No. ft, Llndall Street, Boston. Mass. Two
editions are printed, one on thick paper, for Periodical
Dealers, at Hn-iu„ n ropy, and an edition for mall subscri
bers (on a little to liter paper, so as to come within tho low
postage law.)
One copy for 12 months, $3,00
One copy for H months,. - J.«S)
One copy for -1 months 1,00
One copy for 0 months, 1,60
Two copies for 12 months 6,00
Four copies for 6 months, 5,00
All additions to the clubs nt the same rates. All mon
ies received will be credited acrording to the above terms.
Paper stopped when the last numbiT paid for is sent. No
subscriptions taken for less than four months. All clubs
must be sent by mail. A name must be given for each
paper In the club.
A new volume commences every July and January.—
But If a person commences at any number in the volume,
and pays for six mouths, he will have a complete book,
with n title-pflge.
When :i subscriber orders a renewal of his subscription
he should tell us what was the last number he receive*],
then we shall know what number to ren«*w it without hun
ting over our books. Otherwise we shall begin when the
money is received. Persons writing fur the paper must
write their name, tHist office, county and strife very dis
tinctly. Those who wish their paper ( hanged should tell
where it has previously been sent. Postage on this pa
per is twenty cents n year, payable in advance at the office
where taken out.
Clubs must always be sent nt one time to get the benefit
of the low price. We cannot send them at the club price
unless received all together, as it is too much trouble to
look over our books or keep an account with each one get
ting thrin up.
Monthly Part-—s4 ivvar. Iti all coses.
Any one sending us Five Dollars can have the weekly
••Waverly Magaalne," and either of the following works
for ore; year by mall: "Peterson's Ladies' Magazine."
"Harper's Magazine," Oodey'a Lady's Book," "Ladies Ga
zette 'if Fashion," "Atlantic Monthly."
All letters and communications concerning the paper
must be .addressed to the publisher.
Tin: Wat to Subscribe. —The puffier mode to subscribe
fur a paper Is to enclose the money in a letter and address
the publisher direct, giving individual name, with the
post office, connty and state very plainly written, as post
marks are often illegible.
Addiess MOSES A. DOW, Boston. Mass.
Baltimore .Philadelphia, New York snd Pittsburgh,
Brought info tho v.rry mid At of the.
QTJI ET TOWN of nUTLKTI.
, rpiH K undersigned, at
X -r-^*| the earnest sollcl-
I SH"ES
' . comfort and enjoyment
'ck, "' n about" miller
.ft* "-g/V county and elsewhere.
In "pursuance < 112 his
oppolntment," he left Butler, and during the "rainy sea
son," was busily engaged, toiling, taxingevery point of the 1
i max* to order to ncotunplish the ofcject of nit itlntoi
I lie has the satisfaction of reporting himself <>nce more at
home, accompanied with some of tno tallest specimens of
I articles in his line of business, that was ever concentrated
I at any point in Butler county, or any where else in this
decidedly great country. All he o«ks in return, of his
fellow citizens, for his arduous labors, is simply that they
will give him a call, and examine foi themselves, his fine
stock of
Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars.
Though republics are generally ungrateful, and tho peo
ple. though "sovereigns," are not always exactly in the
right track, yet he feels a kind of confidence in them that
they will not hesitate to pronounce Judgment in his favor,
when they shall have "investigated" his stock. In order
to make an intelligent report. It will be necessary for all
| interested in tho "use and abuse" of Tobacco, in all its va
rieties, to call and try for themselves. Tho committee
begs leave to be discharged from further consideration of
this subject. GEOIIGE VOGELEY, Jr.
) Dec. y. 1863: :3mo.
R. C. SHARP,
DEALER I*
FRUIT & ORNAMENTAL TREES.
fjfc IS now prepared to fill orders for the Spring
H| planting on terms with Which no other
SWk Fruit Agent can compete foi
P FRESHNESS,
' SIZE AND
# SYMMETRY
His trees will stand tho test with those of the tittt Nur-
I *sn'« in the I'nlou. *
j He engages to deliver them in proper season, and in
GOO I> O It r> ER.
All that Is necessary to ensure them to grow thriftily, and
j bear abundantly in a few seasons is
PROPER PIiAWTIIfO.
! Within the past two years, he has sold in this county
THOUSANDS OF TRJCES of every description; nearly
. all of which are now in a thriving condition,
j Some of his Dwarf Apples and Pears wero this year
! LOADED WITHLUOIOUSFRUIT.
j It costs but little to start a new orchard, while in a few
; year* it is the. most profitable spot on the larm. It will
! pay to cut off the old orchards of common fruit, and re
flare them with choice selections from the Nursery.—
n a few years after, as the farmer looks upon his thrifty
: trees,burdened down with blushing fruit, apples aalarge a*
Tin Cups.
: he will say to himself with a self satbmed expression of
1 countenance, "I've,made one good investment In my life,
! any how."
! For particulars, address, R. C. SHARP, Bntler, Pa.
The following well known gentlemen, have kindly per
| mit ted him to refer to them, as to his reliability an well
as the quality of the trees :
I .lodge Stephenson, Centrerllle: John T. Bard. Centre
i ville;John Pisor.Wortt tp.: John Bingham, Sllpperyrock;
I Wiu. MVafferty. Falrvlew tp.; Wm. Megary, Fairview tp;
Ab'm. Zeiglcr, Henry F. Muntx Harmony: Col. A. Lowry,
E. M'Junkin.Cap. Jacob Zeigler. I. J. Cuuiming*. Butler;
I John Green, John M'Creay, Coylsville, Henry Buhl, For
!ward township.
Dec. 23, 3*.:m.
NEW DRY GOODS.
W. H. sfc A. G. BOYD,
i rrais firm is pursuing its accustomed plan of do
1. business. They are receiving New Goods almost
! every week, and are now filling up with a large Stock of
J New Goods of all kinds. We invite the public generally
j to call and examine th«»ftr!Ves. No trouble to show
| good,. der- !*
OTICKN.
i'RRIOniCAIi XOiK IX.
Term* rediieetl to Old I'rlct's I
GODEY'S In BOOK
~ For 1864.
Great Literary and Year I
Tli«' nublUber of Godey's Lady's *B(Nik, thankfril to
that public which has enabled him to publish a magazine
for the last thirijt-fnur years of a larger circulation than
any In America, has made an arrangement with the most
popular authoress in this countrv—
MAIUON HARLAND,
Authoress of "Alone," "Hidden Path," "Most Side"
" y'einttit,' and " Miriam,'
who will furnish stories for the Lady's B«»ok fhr lfiftt
This alone will place tho Lady's Boo'k In a literary point
of view fir nheod of any other magazine. Marion Har
lanit writes fc»r no other magazine Our other favorite
writers will all continue to famish articles throughout
the year.
Tin-; BEST
Lady's Magazine in the World, and the
Cheapest.
THE LITER A TCFE
is of that kind that can bo read aloud in tho family circle,
and the clergy lu immense numbers are subscibers for tho
Book.
Tit F MUWQ
i« all original, and would cost 26 cents (the price of the
Book) in the music storos; but most of it Is copyrighted,
and cannot be obtained except In u Godey."
Ol'H STEEL EyOBA VIJVGS.
All efforts to rival 41s > have ceased, and we now
stand alone In this department, giving, as we do. many
more and infiutetv better engravings lhan are published
lu any other work.
GODEY'S
IMMENSE DOUBLE SHEET FASHION TLA TES.
COKTAINISO
From Jlvt to seven full length (blored fbsht'ons on each
Other mnfiasints give only two.
FAR AHEAD OF ANY FASHIONS IN EUROPE OR
AMERICA.
THE PUBLICATION OF THERE PLATES COST
mio.ooo mo it r.
than Fashion-plates of the old stylo, and nothing but our
wonderfully large circulation enables us to give thorn.—
Other magazines cannot afford It. We never spare mon
ey when the public can be benefited.
Them- fashions may be relied on. Dresses may bo mado
after them, and the wearer will not subject herdelf to rid
icule, a* would be the case If she visited tho large cities
dressed after tho stylo of the plates given In somen of our
so-called fashion mapszlnes.
Of ft WOOD ENGRAVINGS,
of which we give twice or three times as many as any
other magazine, are often mistaken for steel. They are
so far supertoi t" anv others.
/ MIT A TIONS.
Beware of them. Hsmomber that the Lady's Book is
the origins! publication and tho cheapest. If you tako
Oodey. you want no other magazine.
Evefvthlng that is useful or ornamental in a house can
br found in Godev.
Hit A WING LESSONS.
No other mn» i/.ine gives them, and we haven enough
to fill several large volumes.
Of It RECEIPTS
are such as can be found nowhere else. Cooking In all Its
variety—Confectionery—the Nursery—the Toilet—the
Laundry—the Kitchen. Receipts upon all subjects are to
hi- found inthepagos of the Lady's Book. We originally
started this department, and have peculiar facilities for
making it mo«t perfect. This department alone is worth
the price of the Book.
LA PIES- WORK TABLE.
This deparmeut comprises enirravtugs and descriptions
of every article that a lady wears.
MO UK I, (OTTAOES.
No other magazine has this department.
TKKMN, € ASH I \ AOV WC I].
TO ANY POST-OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES.
One copy one year. Two copies one year. $6. Three
copies one year, Four copies one year, 17.
Five copies one year, and an extra copy to the person
sending the club, *lO.
Eight copies one year, and an extra copy to the person
sending the club. fl.t.
Eleven copies one year, snd sn e*tra copy to the person
sending the club, #*>.
And the only magazine that can be Introduced Into the
above clubs in place of the Lndy's Dts.k is Arthur's Home
' Magazine.
SPECIAL Cf.t7Rftl*fl WITH OTfIRR MAO^ZINSS.
Gorley's Lady's It'K.k and Arthur's Home Magazine both
one year fur ?3,fto.
Godey's Ladv's B<>okand Harper's Magazine both one yoar
for f4.SO.
Oodey, Harper, and Arthur will all three be sent one
ve.ir.on receipt of#fl.rs».
Treasury Notes and Notes on all solvent banks taken
nt par.
Be csreful ami pay the postago on your letter.
Address L, A. GODEY,
:vx\ (he ah ut Street, l'hilad/1 phlu, fk.
GERMANTOWN TELEGRAPH.
A Family and Agricultural Journal,
DEVOTED TO
moid: ijtkrati KI;
INCLUDING
I'oel t'y,
NovelfttoH,
Tnlc-H,
AND MORAL AND ENTERTAINING READING
GENERALLY.
In thr Literary Department wo shall present the choi
cest varieties within the reach of our extended means.
The Novelettes, Tales, poetry. 4c.. shall bo supplied from
best and highest sources, and be equal to anything to bo
found In any Journal or magazine.
AGRICULTURE & HORTICULTURE
KMBItACING
FARMING,
GARDENING,
FRUIT-RAISING, Ac,
In all their branches, as conducted on tho latest and
most np|ir.»ei!
Our labors In this department for over thirty years,
have met the cordial nppiobation of the public. Our
purpose has been to furnish useful and reliable informa
tion upon the,e very important branches of induKtrj-,
! and to protect them *» far as within our power against
I the fahe doctrines and selfish purposes of the many em
! j pires and sensation adventures by which the Farmer is
I incessantly assailed. This portion of the Gkkmantowx
, | Tkm.mmph wiil al >ne he worth the whole price of sub
; scription, as every Farmer and Gardner, who has a prop
\ per conception of his calling, will readily admit.
\i:«S IIEPA IlT.tl K\T.
r | The same industry, care, and discrimination, in gath
-1 erlng and preparing the Stirring Events of the Day, ex
' pressly for this paper, which hitherto haa been one of
' j its marked feature* and given so universal satisfaction,
I will be continued with redoubled efforts to meet the In
' I creasing demands of the putdic. The labor required in
this department is never fully appreciated by tho reader.
It would be imp<>flsihlc to present, In the condensed and
I carefully made up f.rm in which It appears, a corrected
| | mass of all the most Interesting news of the week, with
( I out involving much physical labor, tact and judgment.
! | We annex the cash terms, to which we beg leave to
I i call the attention of all who think of biibscribing for a
newspaper:
j ADVANCE CASH TERMS.
112 One Copy, One Year 12.00
One Cony, Three Years 6,00
Three Copies. One Year. ft.oo
Fire Copies, One Year, 8,00
Ten Copies, One Year 15,00
Subcrlptlons not paid within the year. $2.60.
9A Club of flve subscribers, at SH. * ill entitle tho
person getting It up to a copy for six months; a Club of
, t*n or more, to a copy for one year. All Club subscrlp
, | tions stopped at tbc end of the time paid for, unless ro
ordrrod.
5 I Hi- No order will receive attention unless accompa
r I nicd with the cash.
Uh' Specimen numbers sent to applicants.
PHILIP R. FREAS,
Editor and Proprietor.
Arthur's Home Magazine
* For 18U4. Edited by
1 T. S. ARTHUR ANO VIRGINIA F. TOWNSEND.
VOLCMES XXIII. A*D XXIV.
The HOME MAGAZINE for IM4 will be conducted lt>
the same spirit that has distinguished it from the com
p meaceroent; and continue to unite in ope peri«siical the
y attractions and excellencies of both the Ladien*. or Fssh
i<»n as they are called, and the graver literary
monthlies. Our arrangements for lwtt include.
THREE ORIGINAL HERIAL STORIES, written ex
pressly for the Home Magsuine one of these will be by
1 Miss Virginia F. Townee ml, and commence in the Janu
* • sry nnml»er. An«»ther will be by T. 8. ARTHUR. And
1 the third from the pen of MRS. M. A. DENISON, a wri
*• ter who has long been a fhvorite with the public.
- Besides these,OUß LARGE CORPS OF TALENTED
y ! WRITERS will continue to enrich the Home Magazine
* I with shorter poems, essays, and sketchf* <»f life
' and character, written with the aim of blending literary
I exccfenco with the higher teachings of morality and ro-
I ligion.
112 ELEG A NT UNO R A VINGS appear in every number, in
s, eluding choice pictures, groups and charact<!rs, prevailing
j fa«liions. and a large variety of patterns for garment*,
i- ! embroidery, etc. etc
PREMIUMS FORGETTING UP CLUBS—Our Premi
l um Plate* for lH64are large and beautiful Photographs of
• EVANGELINE" and THE MITHERUESS BAIRN."
I TERMS— S2 a year in advance Two copies for 13. Threw
for f4. Four for $5. Eight, and one extra «-opy to getter
'up of club. $ 10. Twelve and one extra, sls. Seventeen,
snd one extra, S2O. PREMIUM—one to every $2 sub
j serf hers; and one to getter-up of $3, #4. s.*> or $lO club. —
; Both premiums sent to getter-up of sls «nd S2O clubs.
Msf In ordering premiums send three red stamps, to
pre-pay pontage on same.
Address, R. S. ARTHUR t CO.,
323 Walnut St. Philadelphia.
Mtray Cattle.
CIA MB to the rwiileoce mb«crib«r In Cliorry
, townnblp. In the month of Jnno lort, »our bead of
cattle, one year oM l«t »pfln fc Jwgttjd » follow.
■ One Black an<l White Ball, one Ilrlndle Heifer one Ke.l
t Heifer one nwk«l H-ifer. do other p«rcei»able
112 The owner la request.*! to come forwartl pn.Te property ,
v nav charges and take them away, otherwise they will be
v I dispos^oPsccording to law HUGH SPROUL
j Jan. fc::3t.