4 ;1 ottrg.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
Our Country's Triumph, and Duty.
Columbia, Columbia, fair child of the West!
The hope of the exile, benighted, oppressed,
All eyes now expectant are turned on thy face,
The"Gospers great almoner, hope of our race l
Columbia, 0 where in thy soul-trying hour,
By many,or few, 0 where was thy power?
Thy God was thy helper, his sword and his shield
Devoured, protected, and gave thee the field.
When France with a desperate energy rose,
For freedom, and straggled to crush her prowl
foes,
How vain was her effort ! when flooded with gore,
She yields to a despot and straggles no more.
When Hungary for freedom her energies lent,
Her bravest of sons into exile were sent;
And now in her fetters she 's writhing and sore,
One sweet breath of freedom, leaves sighing for
more.
While Spain, too, is striving her yoke to unloose,
And.ltaly longs to be free from abuse,
Combined Eastern powers 'mid millions of slain,
Would tell us in sorrow their efforts were vain.
As.thou soarest above, may thy keen eagle eye,
Columbia, be open their wants to espy ;
And may thy brave pinions ever shelter the just,
That all in thy shadow securely may trust.
Thy God who has raised thee, would bid thee go
forth,
Pro:the test and the West, the South and the
North, '_
To‘tight and to conquer, by love in his field,
until every sinner to Jesus shall yield.
At the North and the South, hearts noble and
brave,
hould join in a prayer for the master and
slave,
That what in itself is a curse to our land,
May yet in God's mercy a monument stand,
Of'infinite wisdom, of infinite love,
To good be may turn if he do not remove.
But 0, a dark torrent is flooding our land ;
The dread 4, fire water," ah who can
. withstand!
Let us cry to our God, who is mighty to save,
Lest our stars it should quench or 'our stripis
should out-brave.
And call not our country all blessed and all fair,
While the homes of the red man our children now
share ;
While his blood on our skirts for 'vengeance still
ones,
And he scorns us in dread, as a refuge of lies.
Tho' our glory is bright, it is tarnished withal,
And while we thus stand, should take heed lest
we fall,
Andjoin with our fathers - that blood written vow,
The Union, The Union, roxlvsn as now. .
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rltaarg Notices.
BOOKS sent to is for Notice, will be duly
attended to. The.. from publishers In Phila.
delphlai New Yes, &0., erlaY . be left at our
Philadelphia oincitiii South 10th Stnbelow
Chestnut. In car. of Joseph. 81. Wllion. Bog.
!daimon . Bewrarr, or The Jesuit and his'Victim;
a revelation of Romanism,* by Wm. Earl Bin
der ; pp. /77; itnto. New York : H. Dayton,
29 Ann Street.
This is a horrible tale, adapted to excite odium
against the Romanists. Such, weapons we can
neither use, nor commend. We repudiate them
utterly. Taunt is the sword of the Spirit. The
book is for sale by V. B. McGeehan, Agent.
MARRIAGE AS IT IS, AND AB IT SHOULD BE. By
Bev. J. Bayley, Va. New York: N. W. Dodd.
Pittsburgh.: J. S Davison.
This unpretending volume meets an important
demand. It discusses such topics as The Import
ance of Marriagt; Imprudent Marriages a source
of vice and misery; Marrying for Beauty ; Mer
cenary Marriages ; The Proper. Age for Marriage;
Marrying Religiously; Second Marriages ; The
Faithful Husband;. The. Faithful Wife; The Du
ty of Parents. -The topics are judiciously treat
ed; much useful and interesting information Is
given ; the conclusions arrived at are sound ;,and
counsels to the young of, both sexes, which can
not easily be addressed to them in any other way,
arthere very skillfully , applied. The book will
do great good:; will tend to correct many practi
cal mistakes on this great subject It should be
extensively read, and gravely pondered. *t
DAUGHTHREI AT SCHOOL INSTRUCTIO: Ina Series
of Letters. By the Rev. Rufus W. Bailey.
12aw. '
pp. 252. Philadelphia Presbyterian
Board of Publication, 821 Chestnut Street.
7 This is one of the most excellent of tlo3 . practi.
cad books which liar Board has given to Cite pub ,
lie for some time past. Very little,change of an
editorial character has been made in these letters.
Tik - ey originated in a desire to meet the expressed
will of a dying mother, 'that two daughters of
tender age should be educated for eternity. They
are, exceedingly earnest and vigorous in manner,
while the matter is every thing that an educated
and! evangelical.mind could desire. We would
Ornsotly. recommend all parents who are about
to send their daughters from their homes to
Soliol, to put a copy of this book in their libraries,
with an earnest.injunction that it should be care-
Idly perused.
TROITCINI'I3 ON Pn4tYnn :''lts duty: its form : its
subjects :.its encouragements : its blessings.
By' 4Tonathan , Greanleaf, pastor of the Walla
bout 'Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn N. Y.
12trio., pp. 156. Philadelphia: Preabyterian
Board o f Publication, 821 Chestnnt Street.
1'f1857.
We can give, our, readers a very correct idea of
this 'exeelleut velum% by quoting the headings of
the respective chapters as follows : Prayer de
fined ; the Lord's Prayer; Continued; Secret
Prayer ; Family Prayer ; Social Prayer; Public
,Prayer; The Power of Prayer; Pleading in
Prayer ; Importunity in' Prayer ; Continuance in .
'Prayer; Immediate Prayer;:Prayer for Common
%Vilna's Praying in the name of Christ; The As
!sibtance of the Spirit in Prayer; Prayer for the
-,juy 4irit ; The Hearer of Prayer;.Prayer an
.o,greil.;"l,ll.ld the Praying man. This book is en
titled to take its place beside Henry's treatise on
-the !same subject, and the possessor of the one
will be all the better prepared to appreciate the
other. • '
Tux Iturrain. - By .the Author of The guide to
Domestic HOppinesn. 12m0., pp. 227. Philo
,: dolphin,: Prelbyterian Board of Publication, 821
• Chestnut Street. 18b7.
The• object of this work is to point out the
way of salvation, and to urge the importance .of
fleeing to the only refuge. The value of rank,
station; company, fame, beauty, &c., are all
shown to be mere vanity when compared with the
security, the, joy, and blessedness of those who
have really fled to the refuge.
"Tam Erman , Lunt" „A. Memoir of Mrs. Susan
Catharine Bott, of Petersburgh, Va. By A.
B. Van Zandt, D.D., New York. /13m0., pp.
196. Philadelphia: .Presbyterices _Board of
Publication.
This is a delightful little biography. Mrs.
• Bottwas a lineal deaccendant of John Spottiswood,
Archbishop of St. Andrews, and Lord High Chau
,o gar ''ef*Soodand, the author of the Hikory o
the Church of Scotland, and who also in 1633
placed the Scottish crown upon the head of
Charles 1., at Holyrood house. We have often
desired, when reading these attractive pages,
that this memoir had been greatly extended.
It is true that the " elect lady " whose life is here
portrayed, did not pass through the excitement of
foreign scenes, or labor in the field of foreign
missions ; but we are persuaded that few bio
graphical subjects have afforded more valuable
and more varied themes for extended notice than
the venerable matron whose character' is here de
picted. If clearness of style, reverence and af
fection for departed worth, and great taet in ex
pressing much in little space, can make up for a
small book, then lir. Van Zsadt has given his
readers a really large volume.
Tau LITTLE GIRL'S TREASURY of Precious Things.
Compiled by Annie Brooks. 18mo., pp. 168.
Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publica
tion. 821 Chestnut street. 1857.
This little book is made up of short tales,
gathered by a little girl in the course of her own
reading, and our Board have done well in pub
lishing them, in the hope that they may be useful
in stirring up others to try and do all the good in
their power.
MARION IlAnvm, a tale of persecution• in the sev
enteenth century. ~13y .the Author of "Ella
Clinton' and " AunV,Hutlr." - 18mo., pp. 279.
Philadelphia: .Pregbyterian Board of .Publica.
Lion, 821 Chestnut Street. 1857.
The materials of this 'work have been extracted
by the author from the "Cloud of Witnesses,"
and in some passages the imagination has been
drawn on for matter to enlarge the narrative.
.sabel Alison, and Marion Harvie, were mefoi 7
lesSly ,hanged in Edinburgh, by brutal persecu
tors, and like their fellow-sufferers of that day,
they died, triumphing, as witnesses for Christ's
Gospel...
AUNT Runt, or Persecuted, not Forsaken. By
the Author of Ella Clinton." 18mo., pp.
287. Philadelphia: 'Presbyterian Board of
Pubdication. 1857.
This little book has been written for our• Board.
The object of the writer was to prepare a narrative
suitable to the young, of the persecution in Ma.
deira, and of the sufferings of the Madiai.
MEDITATIONS IN SICKNESS AND OLD AGE. By .
Baptist W Noal, M. A. 18mo., pp. 114.
Philadelphia: . Presbyterian Board of Publica
tion. 1857.
It is not needful to commend any production of
Baptist Noel, by lengthened eulogy. This little
book is a real gem, and our pastors will do well
to promote its circulation as extensively as possi-
Tan LITTLE BOY'S TREASURY OF PRECIOUS TOMOS.
Compiled by. Addle.. 18tno., pp. 238. Phila
delphia : Presbyterian Board of Publication.
1857.
The title indicates the Character of this book.
It is a compilation, and will form an e.cellent
gift•book for boys.
THE EVENING VISIT. 18mo., pp. 84. Presbyte
rian. Board of Publication.
This is another capital little book,• written for
our Board. We like 'very much the manner in
which it deals with parties in our churches who
never become members, and who yet, by their lives,
exhibit, so far as man can see, the fruits of true
religion.
FAITH THE PRINOIPLE of MISSIONS. By-Thomas
Smyth, .1 1 .1). 18mo , pp. 01 70. Presbyterian
Board of Publication.
The Board lately published " The Conversion
of the World ; or, How are the. Heathen to be
Converted rby Dr. Smyth. This is a sequel to
that work, and it is a. masterly performance. The
preface of this Tract contains' more correct and
comprehensive views, of the mission of every be
liever, than we have been accustomed to find in
the ordinary class of missionary sermons and. ad
dresses. Like all Dr. Smyth's essays, it is
thoughtful and convincing. •
HARPEWS Alacrearms, August, 1857, is now on
our table, and as usual is - replete 'with literary
and pictorial matter of the highest. order. One
hundred and seventy thousand copies monthly,
shows the public, appreciation of this great jour
nal.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
List of Premiums tendered feral' Seventh An
nual Exhibition, to be held at Philadelphia,
Sept. 29th to Oct. 2d, 1857.
The Society has made its Fairs the occasion of
deep interest We doubt not but that they tend
greatly to the improvement of.the Stock and.the
Agriculture of the country. The pamphlet be
fore us will be instructive- to all who purpose to
exhibit on the occasion.
Tam ECLECTIC MAGAZINE, for August; opens
with a long and very able article, from the West
minster Review, on " Progress : its Lairs and
Causes." It may be read with greatinterest,though
it is not likely that thederout Christian, satisfied
with the plain teachings of the Bible, relative to
the origin of things and the changes which oc
cur, will give his assent to every statement. It
is well that we have Dirine teachings on which to
found our faith. , Masses of men can then believe
alike. The number is, as usual, rich in its se-
Liberia.
The following is from a former parishioner
of ours; an excellent man, and .devoted
Christian, who, with his family, removed to
Africa, some three years ago. He is, lame
from a severe injury received in early, life.
He finds also, as tens of thousands of. West
ern emigrants have found, that a new coun
try, while it opens up ,bright prospects for
well' trained children, is a field of toil and
deprivation to the parent. We are pleased
to find Mr. Deputie Write' in ouch fine spir
, ,
its, and take so rational and noble a view of
things in his new home.
CAREYSBURG, April 22, 1857.
D.EAIt Fxnxnp7, 7 -Through, a kind Provi
dence, I am permitted to drop a line to an
old friend. I enjoy good health .generally,
and also my family; am not subject to chills
or disease of any kind. I have hot,been so
successful in my business as
,I expected, as
is often the case in countries like this, where
there is no way of using the wagon. But
this will not go to' prove , that Africa is not
on the march .of improvement. There is a
number of ox-teams now in use. Men are
paying more attention to farming. I am
with Mr. Sep, in the interior settlement;
and I assure you that it is going to be a
blessing to Africa, the place of health and easy
acclimation. Up to this date there has been
but three cases; of fever, and the persons
were not laid up longer than'one, week, and
at the end of that time were able to attend
to their daily labor -- building houses and
cutting off their land. Eighteen men and
four women came here, and all are living,
while of their friends whO remained on the
river, many died. The
,settlement is on a
high mountain, some forty miles from the
sea board, among a fine class of Natives,
called the Queah Tribe.. Now, if there is
any of our colored friends who wish to come
to Africa and enjoy health, there is no better
land. One man here has liyed in, Texas,
and says this land is superior.
I have been unfortunate. I got a fall, and
hurt my lame leg, which has laid me up for
a short time, but hope that I will be re
atOred to.-ray.labor ch.ortly..
I "received a number of your` Banners
: " : 9 lAX A ER AND ADVOCATE
through Mr. Coppinger, and it gave me much
pleasure to read them. My family are still
at Marshall. My son, James Henry, is on
the M. E. Mission, teaching school, and I
think he is preparing himself for the min
istry. He is a fine boy. John has em
braced religion, and also my oldest daughter;
BO you see there is a prospect for them to be
useful.
Now in conclusion.: fathers wish to see
their children do well. It was not that I
had to come here, but my wish was to place
my children where they could be useful.
My living was good; friends plenty; but
no liberty for my bhildren. To do good was
my object in coming here. I have lost my
all of this world's goods, yet I am laying up
a treasure in a far better world—a world of
happiness.
Remember me to the family and friends.
I would like to pay you a visit, but I have
no friends here to assist me; Do you think
my friends in America would get me a pas
sage Will you try ? I wish to 'see you
all once more in this world, if so ordered.
We have a church and school. ,We have to
carry all by the Natives yet, but intend hav
ing a good road to, the water. Mr. Seys is
in good health.
Yours, truly,,in the cause of God,
CHAS. DEPUTIE
For the Presbyteriaia tanner and AdvOoate.
MACMOKBTA, lOWA, ,July. 27, 1857
DR MCKINNEY :-Dear Brother:—On
last. Thursday, the house of worship belong
ing to the Presbyteriane,hitich of Maquoketa,,
- was dedicated to the service of the Triune
God., The dedication sermon was preached
by the Rev. Dr. Phelps, of Dubuque. His
text was the 2d verse of the 87th Pealm:---
gg The , I,ord loveth the gates of Zion More
than all the dwellings of Jacob." .He spoke
of the.excellences of the Church as instituted
by Jesus Christ, as being the probable reasons
why God so loved her. .The sermon was
full of thought, most appropriate to the oc
casion. It was shown that the doctrines
and order of the Presbyterian Church have
been believed and practiced by the true
Church, ever since the days of the Apostles.
Thee house was filled with an attentive
audience. The blinding is finished in a
very neat style; costing_about four thousand
dollars. It is, evidence of self-sacrificing
disposition, not often found. It had been
ascertained that, 7ithout a house of our
own, the Presbyterian church here could
not prosper. But being quite weak, the
amount 'required 'to erect a suitable;building,
could not, be raised by subscription. Jour
individuals then assumed the responsibility,
and gave mortgages on their private prop
erty on which money was borrowed to
build the house. And now the pews in, the
church are being sold to relieve them.
The sales have been good. There is nearly
three. thousand dollars worth sold already.
When-all di4osed of, the church will be
paid for. The ladies of the church _have
furnished the house with carpet; cushions,
sofa, chairs, table, and are yet to procure a
chandelier and lamps. The building is
brick, painted and pencilled;-mounted by a
tall spire, in, which , rings a clear-toned bell.
On 'the ,day following the dedication, Rev.
J. H. Potter was installed pastor of the
church, by a committe of the Presbytery: of
Dubuque; sermon ; by Rev. Dr. Phelps, con
stitutienal questions and charge to the pas
tor by the'Rev. J. B. Redden and charge
to the people by Rev. J. L. Wilson. The
exercises were deeply•solemn and affecting.
On Saturday there were services prepara
tory to the administration of the Lord's sup
per. After the congregation was dismissed,
five persons made application to be received,
on examination, into the communion , of the
church. They were all very satisfaCtorify
received. Three of them obtained hope,
within a few weeks past. The ',Spirit .of
God has been quietly moving on the hearts
of the, people, doing a thorough work, though
not yeceitensive. ' ' ' • -
The services of Sabbath day were well
attended and solemn, , God seems to have
accepted the offering of the house dedicated
to his service, and come down and met with
his people there assembled to commune with
him. The . prospects of this church are,
encouraging. A year ago last Januaiy, it
was composed of twenty members; at pre 7
sent it:numbers, forty-six, with a. very neat
and comfortable house of , worship, and a
pastor to whom they promise a salary of
six hundred dollars. Their weekly prayer
meetings, are well attended, and interesting..
A Sabbath School is about tn be organized.
A Bible class has already been in opera
tion. Harmony and good will prevails
among the members of the church-
Maquoketa is finely situated on a gently
rolling prairie, with a large body of excel
fent timber bordering; on the North. There
is abundance of good 'water, building mate
rial, stone, lumber and brick. Fine water•
power in the immediate vicinity. It is on
the lowa Central Air-line Railroad one
of the four roads to which Government
made very important land grants. The
cars are to be here in, a few months.. The
place. contains four churches and .an. Acad
emy—a Select and three Common Schools.
The inhabitants have a good, moral, zelig
ions and enterprizing ,character.. For the
greater part they are natives . of New York,
New England, Pennsylvania and Ohio..
The Presbyterian,church of Scotch Grove,
of which the Rev. J. L. Wilson is pastor
elect, has been blest of. God. There have
been no extra meetings.
• The
_faithful dis
charge of the ordinary means of grace once
in two weeks have been the instrumentality
employed. Family visitation was not neg
lected. Last Spring twelve were received
into the 'communion of the Church, and at a
'communion season on the third Sabbath of
July, 20 more were added, and one restored;
making thirty-three in a few months—all
except eight on examination. The church
members are waked up; talk of building a
new house of worship and giving brother
Wilson a call for the whole his time. A
short time since, they were receiving aid
from the Board. Presbyterianism is rapidly
on the advance in Central lowa. We feel
like thanking God and taking courage.
Yours truly, J. H. POTTER.
Ptscripat.
For the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate.
The little Tin Lamps.
[The following points to a duty not only
toward the little children of toil, but to all .
children whose parents do not understand
the art and blessedness of virtuous thrift.
Let the poor be duly cared for, an d . soon
the laborers' home will be the abode of joy.
—En.]
At about seven o'clock some Winter
evening, walk with me, Mr. Enitor,, among
these grand 'Old hills which frown dovin"upon
us through the evening's gloom. What are
these little, star-like lights which flash up,
and suddenly go out,- and come ap again, all
over these dark hill sides ? Are these, verit
able Jack o"Lanterrks, sent out in the even
ing's gloom, to frighten boys in theiewitch-
like wanderings ? These are the little tin
lamps. You cannot see what carries them;
but about each there is a tender, human,
I cannot say " pleasant story."
In the early dawn, the little human
bearers of these lamps, were waked from
pleasant slumber, by the keen, chill air,
which stole in through every chink and
cranny in the cabin wall and roof which they
call home. • But few kind words were there,
or kisses on their blue, cold lips; for poverty
and care do, sometimes, vanish gentle words
and kisses. Silently and wearily, from out
the murky corner, after a quick, cold break
fast, our little laborer gathers his coal-black
ened coat, and dons his coal-blackened cap,
with the little tin lamp on it. And without
one good-bye spoken, or " delicate bit on the
bottom" of his 4 g tia pail," he follows the
sturdy miner to the " pits." On he goes,
staggering under the burden of a half-dozen
"picks" which would weary even your
sturdy shoulders, good Mr. Editor. And
there—shut in from the bright, warm sun
—shut in from the clear, blue sky—shut in
from the busy, human world outside, by the
flickering light of his little tin lamp, with
no clock to measure the " weary hours,"
our child-laborer toils on, until • his own tired
arms • tells the dinner-hour. At noon-day he
takes a lamp:light dinner of dry bread and
cheese, and cold "flitch," and "gravy" for
butter. Butter, is twenty-five cents now;
ham is sixteen cents ; and the sugar which
would, help, to make the gingerbread, and
the delicate bits at the bottom, is fifteen
cents; and the boy' is one of a 'dozen ; and
father is poor, and rents are 'high. The
afternoon wears on, as the forenoon did, in
solitary toil, Until at six o'clock i over the
hills,'acrosi the snow, and into these cold,
damp pits, the whistle sounds the respite
from labor, until six o'clock to-morrow.
And one by one emerge the light, these
sooty figures, with the little tin lainps on
their heads, and scatter away to their lonely
homes, to dream of, the chill, damp pits as
the wind whistles in, again, through the
chinks
,of the cabin.
And. this—this is the " poetry of the
laborer's life and lot." Poetry! from the
hour the,child can shoulder a' " pick," shut
out from the school and shut up in the mine
—nor the light of.human knowledge on week
.day—nor the light of Divine knowledge
on Sabbatli-daY may get; for the light of
the little tin lamP, the, badge of labor, has
been set on his infant brovr. And the
"good time coming," when the "little tin
pail" shall 'be the "badge of nobility" is,
still far off, because the little tin lamp, on
the child-laborer's brow, is,so much, yet,
the badge of labor's servility.
But for the speeding on of that "good
time coming," the most delicate hand of all,
the most fragile form of all, &Tong your
host of fairest readers, good, kind, Editor,
might work miracle& A little tin letup
bearer brought into a Ragged School—a
little tin lamp bearer's sister brought into
the Industrial School—a little -tin lamp
bearer's father, broUght into a church pew,
cushioned though it be; and the whole race
of tin lamp-bearers, on the street, cheered
on by an approving smile as they pass to
" honorable toil," would work wonders in
the on-bringing of the time when every
laborer shall be Nature's nobleman,' and
Christ's freeman.
Every time I sit by my iron grate with
its bright, red coals; every time I go,
thundering on, over the •iron rail, for gain
or pleasure;' every time , I deposit in my
iron , Safe my daily , earnings, I, too, will
think of: the little tin lamps and the child
laborer,. and labor's servility, and pray, aye,
and mingle deeds. with •my prayers,.for the
":good timeicomine when ".the, rich and
the poor, shall meet, together ;" and the
great leveller,Akan be this, "the Lord is the
maker of them both," ,
The little strange figures alluded to above
are very common among us, Mr._ Editor,
and I know they are among you. But the
pale, thin flame of the 'little tin lamps,
throws a very broad light, I take it, on a
very grave responsibility. H.
fax itt
From a Wife in 'Kansas.
An occasional glimpse of domestic life, in
the new settlements, may be useful to our
lady friends. Many of them are to go there,
and it is wise, when a thing is to be done, to
have our mind made up to do it cheerfully.
The following is 'credited th"the Portsmouth
Tribwhe' as being a portion of a letter writ
ten home by a married lady; ,a recent emi
grant to Kansas
I wish I could give you a drawing of Our
house and furniture; but I can't do the
thing justice. The house is about as large
as your kitchen. The logs are beautifully
hewn on the inside—they stilt retain their
natural appearance on the outside. I have
the greatest quantity of kindlings by just
,going around the walls and pulling them off.
We will, have; enough to last several weeks,
if we have good luck. We have no win
dow, but something Jar more convenient,
made by simply moving,the shingles to one
side, as they are not nailed; it answers
every purpose. The day we got here, Mr.
S.— made a table and a cupboardiund
two benches—one has a back. As our
bedstead . has not yet come from "The
Pint," we make our beds on the floor. lye
have two shelves where we put all our pretty
'things, Three or four bags hanging around
the, walls' help` the''appearance of them very
guitar,,occupies a friendly peg
tion nearthe meal-bag. I have ':a nice lit
tle cooking-stove, which;'bakes very well.
We have no chairs, or anything that "town
people" require.
I wish you ; had seen us, eating. our first
dinner; we had no dishes. Charley ate. off
a shingle; Mr. 5 took the lid, of .the
stove I M— ate off her bread; I , had a
big,piece of, bro Vin paper. We drank our
coffee out of tin cups and 'Mr. S
have made two of the nicest gardens
you 'ever saw. They fenced them and all,
in three days. I helped D—. clear off
the garden for three days--and, I wish, you
could see my hands I But I have been
very happy---4t is so nice to work alone with
one's husband , Thursday I did a three
weeks' washing. D— is very well, and,
as happy as he can be. He has a wagon'
and a yoke of oxen cow and calf, two tur
keys~
the ive `stock we have yet. We have not
seen butter stnee.we left the boat—it is not
fashionable here. D--- is going to, build
a house next week—a frime one, too. How
I wish you were here ; I long to see you.
'The country is lovely, and we have a splen
did place. I have two beautiful boquets,
I, gathered, yesterday, when I went with D
after wood. I rode in an, ox-wagon
It has been so cold lately that I have worn
two dresses. 'I think the comet does it;
what do, you think of it by this time ? We
have the most goOseberries and raspberries
you ever saw, all, near the .house; besides
strawberries all around the door, and plenty
of' wild; plums.
AgrialturaL
Filtration vs. Evaporation.
Every farmer having undrained, retentive
soils which he would sow or plant in good
season, is often reminded that evaporation
is a tedious process, and that some quicker
way of getting rid of the surplus water would
be both convenient and agreeable. That it
would be profitable—that in nearly every
instance the expense of draining would be
repaid by longer seasons and better crops,
let us attempt, briefly, to show the where
fore.
Look at a retentive soil in early Spring
time—in May, we may say, this year. It
is a stiff clay, or has a subsoil of that char
acter. The water, now abundant on the
surface and saturating the upper' soil, must
pass off, either by drainage or evaporation!
.
It cannot sink or filtrate away, the napery',
ous subsoil prevents, and must remain stag
nant until disposed of by the warmth vf the
sun and air. And evaporation is always
a cooling process—the heat passing off with
the vapor—and in proportion to the quantity
of water thus pacing, will be the loss of
heat from the soil. Filtration disposes of
the same quantity without any change n ip
the temperature, save to increase that of
the under soil, equalizing it with that of
the surface—in Spring always warmer
than the subsoil. Filtration not pro
vided for—the time required for evapor
ation shortens the season, leaving the farm
er, like Noah, waiting, patiently;" the sub
siding of the waters:"
Could the water now making mortar of
many an undrained clay bed, find an outlet
or passage, as it sunk into and saturated the
soil, the character of that soil would be
changed at once. Who has not observed
how dry and friable, even stiff clays become,
when so situated that the water can' freely
flow from them, and so situated they are
ready for the plow weeks before, that of an
opposite character. Want of drainage, or
the necessity of waiting for evaporation, is
what shortens, so often,. the season of pre
'aeration for planting. and sowing as well as
hinders the growth of the crop afterward.
This is why so many fields of barley, eats,
corn, &c, are got in very late, or so imper
fectly as to almost ensure their failure. It
is this want of drainage which heaves out
the wheat and clover, and fills the meadows
with wild grass instead of wholesome herb
age.
In ease of working, in hastening the sea
son of commencing operations, in the effect
,of the manures applied, and in the ultimate
product--the difference , between a porous
and well-drained soil, as compared with a
compactiand retentive one, can scarcely be
overrated. And 'this difference is simply
"Filtration vs. Evaporation." In the one,
the water has free course into th'e drains be
low, passing off without delay; in the other
it must wait the slow process of evaporation
—a process leaving the soil more compact
than ever, and rendering it unfit , for the
growth of any crop of value.
This difference in soil, " drained or
drowned," is not only ohserved in early
Spring, but in the heat and drouth of Sum
mer. 'A heavy soil becomes far drier and
harder from the effect of dry, weather than
a light one. The porous soil takes up mois
ture from below, as well as absorbs it from
the air. Thus a dry and deeply plowed
soil is little injured by, drouth—its increase
in depth give greater extent to its power "of
supplying moisture to the plant from the air
above it and from the depths of the earth.
--Bard New Yorker.
Peach Tree Borer.
TANSY.—We saw it stated two, years ago,
in an agricultural journal; that these pests
could be driven from peach trees by tansy.
We -planted it at the roots of some ten or
twelve trees, and not one of them has been
disturbed, whilst others are injured. This
Spring:we intend planting it around all.-
11Tezobury Sun.
*citutific.
"Nechanicism of Vital Actions."
The following is from an article by 0. W.
Holmes; in the last number of the North
American Review:
If the reader of this paper hve another
cOMplete year, his 'self-Conscious pineiple
will have migrated from its present tene
ment to another, the raw materials, even,
of which are not as yet put together. A
portion of that, body' of hip which is to be,
well ripen in the corn of next harvest.. An
other portion of his future person he will
purchase, or others will purchase for him,
beaded up in the form of certain barrels of
potatoes. A third fraction is, yet to be
athered in 'a Southern rice-field. The
limbs with which he is then to walk will
be clad with flesh borrowed from the ten
ants of many stalls and pastures, now un
concious of their doom. The very organs
of speech with which he is to talk so wise
ly, or plead so eloquently, or preach so ef
feetively, must first serve his humbler
brethren to bleat, to bellow and for all the
'varied utterances of • bristled or feathered
barn=yard life. His bones themselves are,
to a great, extent, in. posse, and not in esse.
A bagof phosphate of lime which he has
ordered from Professor Mapes, for his
grounds, contains a large part of 'what is to
be his next year's skeleton. And, more
than all this, and by far" the greater part of
his body is nothing, after all, but water;
the main substance of his scattered members
is to be looked for in the reservoir, in the
running streams, at the bottom of the well,
irea • clouds that float over his head, or
diffused among them all. * * * * *
We need not wonder, in view of this per
petual change of material, that the living
body, as a whole, resists decomposition.
The striking picture drawn by envier in his
Introduction to the Comparative 'Anatomy,
in which the, living loveliness , of, youthful
beauty is contrasted with the fearful changes
which a 'few houre will make in
,the lifeless
form, loses its apparent significance when
we remember the necessary consequence of
the arrest of its, interior. movements. The
living body is like a city - kept sweet by
drains running under ground to every house,
into which the water that supplies the wants
of each household is constantly sweeping Its
refuse 'Matters. The dead body is the same
city, with its drains choked and its aqueducts
dry. The individual system, like the mass
of collective life that constitutes a people,
- is continually undergoing interstitial decom
position. If we take in a ton every twelve
month, in the shape of food, drink, and air,
and get rid of only a quarter of it unchanged
in our own sub Stance, we die ten times a
year; not all of Us at 'any one time but a
,portion of us at every moment. It is a
curious consequence of this, we may remark,
by the way, that,
,if the refuee of any of
our great cities were properly economized,
its poptdation would eat itself over and over
again in the course -of every generition.
We consume nothing. Our food is like
those everlasting pills that old pharmaco
poeias tell of, heir-looms for the dura ilia of
successive generations. But we change
what we receive, first into our own substance,
then into waste matter, and we have no
evidence that any single portion of the body
resists decomposition longer during life than
after death. Only, as that which decays is
at once removed, while the living state con
tinues.
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ALLEGHENY, W'r STING, AND OHIO, vis :
The General Assembly's BOARD OF DOMESTIC MIS
SIONS; the General Assembly's BOARD OF EDUCATION:
the General Assembly's CHURCH EXTENSION COMMIT.
TEE, St. Louis) ; and the 'FUND POE SUPERANNUATED
AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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distinctly the Piestrytery and (Marra, from which coatnile•
tions are sent ; and when a receipt is required by mil, de
name of the post office and COunty.
As heretofore, monthly reports will be made through the
Presbyterian Banner and Advocate and the Hansea nd Fort.V.
Record. J. D. WILLIAMS, Treasurer,
114 Smithfield Street.
Pittsburgh, Ps.
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