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Toung. 30 — — Michigan. 374 — Uom dodder tor.102 — —Minnesota, .126,238,252 Curious....— . 70 _ . go, p4 — Disease, New in California.398 — — New York]".’."..6,110,158,"230,310 — Diseases of — Colleges,.158,398 — — Black Quarter,.397 — Conference at Washington,. 390 — — Tongue.253 — Discussion,.118 — —Bloated.46,110 — Education..._....___ 405 — —Bloat in, ....-.....102, 110,126,182 — Editors. Convention of, ...142, 166, 294, 318 — — Caked Bag,.134,190 — Lectures.413 — — Choked.110 — Press, the.413 — — —to Believe.110 — Professors, War Among the Germans,.. 77 — —Disease of the Eye,.182 Ayreshires for Massachusetts,. 286 Drouths, Preventing. — Sale of. 342 — —Novel Theory,. Bleeding iu the Spring,.158 Ducks, Kouen. Care of Young. 30 Eagles, American. Com Fodder for.102 Early Kiser, The Hoe of the. Curious. 70 East and West,. Disease, New in California,. 398 Education of the Hands. Diseases of Eggs, Kaising in the City,. — Black Quarter,.397 English Weeds in America,. — A Patriarchal.206 — Best Bit for a Hard-Mouthed.166 — ••Consternation,'’.262 Pastures, Changing .. 253 Boils, Absorbent — Management of.]Z!309 — Aeration of.. Skins, Indian mode of Dressing.270 Soil, Feeding the. 118 — ..The.21.29. 37 Horticultural. Societies, Announcements of,. 253 — —Epidemic Among,.126 - in Connecticut.182 — —Garget.238,262,342,366 — — Wisconsin.182 — — — What is it.325 — — Wisconsin.182 — Notice to Officers of,.270 Society, Albany Go, . 33 — Another Union.294 — A Union,...246, 318 — Brookfield. 33 — Cattaraugus,. 22 — Cayuga,. 6 viscoses or n.ggs, naisuig in tlie City,. 70 — How to liaise t — Black Qnarter,.397 English Weeds in America,. 77 — Show,. — —Tongue,. 253 Europe, Gone to.190 — — at Albion, — Bloated.46,110 Evener lor Working aTeam before Oxen,. 166 — — Monroe Co." — Bloat io,.102,110,126,182 Experience, The Records ot.53,78 — — Wayne Co — Caked Bag,.134,190 Experimenting with New Things,.157 — Shows, — Choked.110 Experiments, Concentrated,.110 — Statistics",. — — to Kelieve.110 Fair, Another Horse.310 — Taming,... — Disease of the Eye,.182 — Chautauque county. 302 — —Art of' l lilu — Epidemic Among,.126 — Fulton county. 302 — — Exhibition ( — Garget.238,262,342, 366 — Great Western World’s. 262 — “ Tartar,” Aral - 1'Consternatlon,' . 262 Patent-Office Seeds,!"".18 ~ “Champion-[illustrated].... 245 Patriotism, Excessive. . 22 — Kuglish Draft [Illustrated].301 i»,. a a New . is - Exhibition, Cayuga Co. 30 Peulv.it, Its diiture.'.'!!.".'!!!!!!!!!!'.!!! 174 Htgh Price for a \ oarliug.182 Pea-Nuts, Again,. 214 — How to liaise a Good. 22 _— Hmv Shall »« (iinm .T.J .,9“ Pea-Nut, its Culture,.174 Yearling.182 Pea-Nuts, Again,.214 ,0011 . “ — — HowShall we Grow.158 . 474 Peat, Value of. 61 . 292 Pennsylvania, Northern.222 . V ' m Peppermint,.190 ..~®, 27h Pigeons, Extraordinary Flight of.. 46 ..39, 37 Achimenes Atrosanguinea, [Illustrated],.359 Is, Absorbent Power ol.2zl, 286 Address of .1. ,J. Thomas, ]5 Aeration of. 278 -President Wilder,.Z..ZZ""31l Best Kotaiiou for Clay.51,141 Ailanthus Seed,.”!!!! 55 Calcareous. 37 Angle Worms.ZZZ’247 Character and Formation of.. 21 Annual Register of Rural Affairs,!!!."] 399 Classification of. 29 Apple, A new.]]]. 79 Clay, Treatment of... 37 —Bark Louse,.!."..".".'."."."."l" 19," 1 (17 — Hard Udder, to Remedy.222 — “ Hooks"or •• Haw,".238, 253, 262 — Inflamed Udder,. 86 — Murrain.38", 389 — Sweeney in,.214 — Teats, Defective,.]. 150 — —Holes in,.206 — Hamilton county. c,, ” Ji y uo Lo. hWO, 270 Pigeons, Exti .214, 222 -Fancy... .270 _ Goura Vi. 1 aming, .. — .126, 142 Piggery, Deal — Art of [Illustrated].253, 261, 269 Pig Pastures — Exhibition of. .190 _ Question,’ lartar, Arabian [Illustrated]_ 325 _ _Excite Cleansing.... Lgaching of Sandy. Loamy. Sandy . Vegetable... — Fancy.318 Sorgho Sucre.118 — Goura Vic.oria [Illustrated,].177 Sorghum.46, 86, 334 358 Illinois State.310, 318 Indiana State. 86 . 302 — The [Illustrated]. 13 — Kentucky State.182 Horses, About — — Original Morgan.246 — To the Friends of the.102 — — Chenango. 62 — — — Knots in,....70,78, 86, 102, 110,182 — — —Clinton,. 46 — — —Leaking,. 326 — — — Columbia,. 70 — — —Spattering,..".".".150,214 — — Connecticut State. 30 — — —Warts on. ion — — — Connecticut State. 30 — — — Cortland,. 62 — — —Delaware.]]]] 39 — — —Dryden,... 70 — — —Eilisburgh, Adams and Jefferson,30,142 — — — Erie,. 30 — — — Franklin. 62 — — — Fulton and Hamilton.]! 22 — — — Genesee,. 46 — — —Greene,.... 46 — — — Iowa, State.]]]]]] 45 — — — Warts on,.190 — Warbles,. 142 — Warts on.”” 246 Green Food for,. 38 Growers, to.]]]]]“ 206 In Hungary.]]!!!!!!!!!!! 318 Manufacture of Prize, ....!!!!"].222 Plague,. 94 Question, Connecticut on the,. ..." 382 Rack for Feeding, [Illustrated,]_!!] 22 Racks, [Illustrated,]. 30 — Worthless,.ZZ 94 — — Kentncky.46,70,150 — Karey's Taming System applied to!! ! 381 — — — —Aid to,. 46 — Stabling. 134 — — — 62 — Superior, ..ZZZZZZZZ 38 — — —Livingston,. 30 — Trade of New York City, ...]". 22 I’’ 8 — —Madison,. 73 — —ofOhio.Z.Z"l50 Fa — —Maine, State,... 51 — Watering Places for,.....]]!!!!" 206 — — — Massachusetts, State,.238 — Weight of. 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Haynes improved...! 222 California Fruit,.!!! 87 — Digger,.94,389 — Sales of..142 Camellia Tree, large.151 — Disease and Sulphnr,. 77 — Soiling. 71) Canary Birds, wiU they pay.183 •— — Canse and Remedy.253] 269 — That can be kept upon 100 Acres,..." 165 Canker Worm.."]"s83 — Experiments, 142, 153,190, 326, 342 — Thorough-Bred, Burned.126 Carnation, the [Illustrated]. 7 366,398,406 — Wasto in Feeding. 5 — Characteristics of Excellence.. 7 — Trisect—Henderson's Theory,.357 — Watering Places for. 230 Caterpillars.. — Insects Injurious to the [Illustrated,].. 357 — Winter care of. 373 ~ Rose,.151 — Natural History and Cultivation,_ 29 — Wintering on a Premium Farm. 37 —The. 1117 — New Modo of Cultivating,.ISO Stubble Flolds, Management of. 325 — To Destroy,..167 — Origin of tha Caiter. 382 Subsoiling. 94 Cauliflower, a Plea for the,.359 Watering Places for.230 Winter care of.373 Wintering on a Premium Farm,. 37 Seneca, . 46 — Building, | Illustrated,].. . .205,286 — Who Would Bo a.222 Skeneateles. 22 Clod-Crusher,Crosskill’s, [Illustrated,]_ 37 Farmers’ Cogitations. 78 Steuben,. 46 Clover,.! ’ 142 — Highly Important to. 78 SHSquebanna Valley,. 54 — and Plaster,..94 — Hours with the.301 • ln 7 .* io “ — — mercer.134 Rngar-Maklng. iMaplo.118 — The, Again. ......"."."383 " 190 To HenUHnstrated] . 389 — Raising in Kansas.150 Sulphate of Zinc—Wash for Wounds. 326 — What shall we do with our,.295 . t JO Ice-House, Cheap. 390 — Rot an Old Disease. 38 Sun-Flower, Culture of the. 69 Cauliflowers, Fine.367 ‘ «.,o 1 armers... 406 — —Another Thoory.174 — —Tho.13,142 — l’ontiue Ahead.375 • iu lUiaol* Correspondence,. 294 — —Essay on the.149,157 — A Breeding Sow. 406 — Culture of,.435 "301 — ->*. 4wi . — — In Rhode Island and Massachusetts, 294 — Diseases of —Raising.175 " •tifi Im P‘ emo ™, Agricultural. 350 — the Dykoman. 150 — Essex. 54 — Trees. 261 167 ~ American Agricultural, for Russia,... 22 — Trade of Toledo, Ohio.358 — Fattening....118 Chestnut Trees.;.359 iui and Machinery,. . 389 — vs. YVheatfor Food,. * 38 — Middlesex and Essex.. 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Canada......22, 46, 181 — Raising.159 — Propagating. 278 — — To Destroy.102 — Treatment of,.247 Time of Having Soed. 398 Tile, Drain—Valuable Improvement.118 Culture, Good.295 When to Plant.150 Timber, Best Time of Catting.261 Cnrculio, Remedy tor [Illustrated]. ,, - Another No-Patent. 102 Items from I ii/eriin <"’n"pk".7 Wlren to Plant.150 Timber, Best Time of Cutting.261 Cnrculio, Remedy for [Illustrated.135 •• _ Drown's Patent’ Portable"fii£"l. 85 . l-.. 262 Poultry and Eggs. 366 — Proper Time to Kell. 349 Curious to know.399 "" ^22 - No-Patent, Improvements.....';;:;." 110 ! , »« ’’ Kr " t0 ' 8 .i?.’ ~ . 62 Timothy Fall-Seeding to.168 Currant Bushes, Trimming [Illustrated]... I."/. ••5?!} . —Setting h y ..102 u°m 'V' iiY. 182 ~ in 11 Village. 222 To Arms! 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Famrin.. . oar . 278 Premiums Awarded,.230 i ifu' 1 ";.286 — of New York 8tate Falr..'..’.’.’.V342, 350 Lime and Muck.1350 Preservatory, Schoolev's Patent. 157 — Tiino for. Underbrush, To kill.190 Drop-Worm, The. i lalilias, Keeping.327 Daphne Me'zcreon [Illustrated!... " " 87 Husking,.39g For Sale,.381 — Fast,.;::i.358 Forward, A Step. 14 — Slow,."I;;;;; 398 Fowl House, Finn Wanted for a Large.. 406 in England,.].]]]!] 77 Fowls, Black Spanish.134 — Kentucky.353 — Game. 22 — Ogle county, Illinois,.].]]] 286 — White Guinea.398 — Ohio,.;; 398 Frosts at the South, .166 Jack,. m — in the Southern Tier.236 Moulding in the Crib,. 6 Future Plans,. 33 on Subsoil.181 Gargling Oil.294 Planter, “ Telegraph,”. 62 Gas Lime. 14 *, 1 u j .. -.150 Query for Young Farmer.182 Unfortunate Occnrrenco. 350 Flower Garden. 60 Z V.”:;.? 38 Kabbit ".UU Vegelablo Cutter, Willard’s Improved (Ill] 406 —Seeds,. . 131 a? application,.109 Racks and Feeding Troughs,.398 Vegetables. Kansas. 46 ——Good . 331 Bedding toSave Liquid. 405 — —Mangers.109,133 Veteran, An Old. 302 — Shows, National. 406 r-Vi.jj.. — — —to H. T. B. 86 Veterinary Medical Association of Boston, 206 134 ~ M CI Y‘b. 310 Railroad Horse-Powers.190 — Recipes. 214 22 Making in Summer. 86 Rarey Outdone,.J98 — Surgeons, New York College of..102 aos m • C nK i' 'T'J-i.882 Raspbcry, Improved American Black_310 Virginia, Farms and Farming in.134 lfi« - What mid Pays for.351) Rats, The Way I Caught tho. 38 - Inquiries, About.. ..318 ‘>36 ~ w/ Z vr D °. 45 Rat-Trap, A Novel. 14 - Rural Affairs in.142 uj w Wiater Management of. 9.J Reaping and Mowing Machines,. 31) — Soil, Products, and Oiimate ef.. 214 83 Manures and Fertilizers.181-Field Trial of.?.. 71) Volume IX-Introductory. 5 14 Application of.. . 286 Rennet, a Substitute for. 286 Walks, Tar and Gravel.150 Decomposition vs. Evaporation of-,334 — Lemons in.366,398 Warts, cure for.253,278 Jon ~ l %! 0n> ' Sc .Roofing.142-vs. Cement,..’.366 Again,.’.’.’..’.’.......191) Veterinarian, The. ZIZZZZZ" Ult Flowers, Effects of Rain on the Color of_191 — — — to H. T. B. Railroad Horse-Powers,. Rarey Outdone,..]];;;] — Preparation of the Soil for,.. 133 Gate, Best Farm. .326 Ne Plus Ultra [Illustrated]. — Prolific,.109,182 Gates, About Farm. — Prospects for iu Illinois,.."."....198 — Fences and Farm. — Raising,...] 165 Geese, Bremen...3) .119 .55, 95 .217 .127 Raspbery, Improved American Black_310 Virginia, Fauns and Farming in.134 Rats, The Way I Caught tho. 38 — Inquiries, About.318 — — — —Field Trial of. 70 Volume IX—Introductory,. 5 Rennet, a Substitute for. 286 Walks, Tar and Gravel.150 — Lemons in.366,398 Warts,curefor.253,278 — Preparing.342 Watering Places,.166,214 86 I Veterinary Medical Association of Boston, 206 — *'i Season. ]k .3 , 190 — Recipes.214 _ Monster [illustratedJ.375 , 198 — Surgeons, New York College of..102 — Spring.143 Virginia, Faims and ('arming in.134 — Will they Pay.183 — Inqniries, About.318 Forest Trees for the Prairies. 95 — Rural Affairs in.142 Forsythia Viridissima [Illustrated].167 — Soil, Products, and Climate of..214 Fruit and Tree Blight. 47 Liquid tor Trees.]]]] 143 Notes on, &c ...." 357 Rhode Island Premium.142 Rot in the West,. 14 — India or African [Illustrated].397 Genesee Valley, A Pew Honrs in the... 285 Maple Sugar Making,. 8(5 Maps, Subsoil. " 22 .... 405 — Cement. .1.34 — — Wooden. 326, 3 7 4 — — — vs. Cement,.,366 Water Works lor Farmers,[Illustrated.j.... 1<9 Roofs, Leaking.ISO Weather nnd the Crops.214 .70,134,350 Coats for Uncle Sam, . 30 Market Reports," W^itern"]".]]'.'.] 230 — Stalks, Feeding out,..381 165 — —How to Cure and Feed.318 14 — Stooking,.6,46, 62 1.33 — Sweet for Winter,.190 118 — Test your Seed. ] 22 178 — Varieties of, [Illustrated,].341 206 — vs. Root Crops.30,46, 54 165 — Wyandot. 22 — Best for Prairies .. Marshes, Clearing and Improving. 69 Martyr at the Stake,.119 — n,~ . ■*•> Si ariyr hi me iMaxe,. — 7 Y? r Seedln S Orchard. 302 Mav, Thoughts for . — F all Sending to.... fi _‘,Y. I all Seeding to... 6 McIntyre, Heath of Hon Archibald.158 fenny .14b, L-0 Meadow, To make a.110,222,237.253 Foul Meadow. .28b Meadows, Manuring. 374 Hungarian.70,94,174,390 _ Permanent... 310 Lands, Manuring.245, 270, 310, 390 Meteorology on the Lakes A Lake itegion, fil Newly Laid Down.319 Michigan, Weather, Crops, Ac,. 70 -Seeding Down .. 270 _ Winter in. . . ]34 Muck as a lop-Dressing tor. 70 Milk, Best Breed for..""245 Orchard ...... 22 — Bloody, A Remedy.253 ""126 150 v!^!!,I re T,;!!i, 0 ,0 “ J 58 R y®- a£ — I acts About .189 — Sower, Cahoon’s Hand Broadcast | Ill ] 237 — — Fever, Was It?.... 253 — Sow the Best. 182 — — How Much tor a Pound of Butter?.... 214 Seeding, Thick and Thin. 809 — Proportion or, to Butter,. 270 Seeds, Exchange of. . 350 — 7..ZY a!s . tl . n « > A ' Benredy. 262 — Plant Good. 150 — — — of the West,"..""i 253 Fruits in Season.255, 271, 279 Kom’J? t Durable and Water-Proof;. 22 _ Best to Plant in July. R rs 7 " 0 *,-. 350 - Observations by a Westerner," Buckwheat as ( ood,.393 _ Prospects. z pm"’; . 113 —at the west,.;;...;;:;;;;; Chinese..126 Crops, Aljput.. H .|Y. a ue of.. 94 — Estimating,. Buildings Cobble Btoue. 268 - in Hinds Co., Mississippi,..... Butter, Good-How not to do it,. 93 — — New England;. Z unp 1 ? 8 . 238 -Stark Co, Ohio, .... Z" — Packing for Winter Use. 398 — Paying. ~ Preserving . 134 _ Botottonof.V.V.V.ZZZZZ z p™^ 0118by ‘ ff9St8raer "'iii",;v 278 !!:& ,iint8 ... 238 “ - -Tv^^tSStai]::::::::;;;;:;: vt — Obseivations by a Westerner,_]. 278 Haying-Time Hints,. .238 — Prospects. .I90,"i98] 206 Hay-Rigging,...."I.:::::.":; 14 — —at the West,. v^t — —A CheaD. — m ioe vveat,.. — — a (;neap... p«. Abput.206,246 ~ — Again. Estimating.62,165 — —Good. in Hinds Co, Mississippi,. 326 — —Plan for... — Ireland,.; 302 Hay Cutters,. in Rinas Co, Mississippi,. 326 — — Plan ior.117 _ . — Ireland,. 302 Ilay Cutters,. 406 _ p --?,?- 8 . — New England,. 253 — Pitching with Horse-Power 1111 I 397 \r,,„i.,. \i ul. 'a"JC . f KSMfea-iBsiiZi J. Cattle best adapted to the..309 Hens, Cure for Setting. 70 NewYorkItouthn™ . Substitute for.’ ’ * 131 — .x*.i* 5 * dotation of.161,182 — for Fencing.. —- ^ er ^ mer count y».214 Dairy. Cattle best adapted to the. ‘.M)9 Hens, Cure for Setting. — Tn\r«w? Sh . Dairies » to Eradicate White,.198 ~~ Management of. __ winw C ° me .Deer Skins, Tanning. 246 ~ Reformation of Ungratefu «P„iJ5 e A'Keeping . 54 Devon Herd Book,. " 86,186 High Farming vs. Insects... .. -Cam, Ratsing-Reply Thereto. 14-Third Volame,......;...':.'.'. . ^ Highway Trespassers, . .;Z..! CaicuW ejomtler ’. 38 Difference, A Slight. 54 Hint, A... Calf A .YYY.I’ 8 Hioscorea Batatas, The.".] V. lYg] 182 Hoe, Sayres’ Patent Horse_ _ _ T g I eat . 399 Hitchers’ Level, [Illustrated,] ............ 101 Hog Cholera.. _ 1.1 ’ ^eucujg and Farnuug m.HO Ditching, Blind, in Quicksand,__118 — Pestilence.]]. _ Wool (i;. 399 Doctors, When they Disagree who will De- — Skeleton of tho [illustrate. Calvps r foJ ^ Dgin .-.358 cide.... 94 - Hie Largest ot his Age... — Re’arlmf 0 ".46,1.34 Dogs, Egg-Sucking. 126 — Trade of the West,. — FbZrJmY. I 8 Hone, What’s to be..’.102 Hogs. Best Way to Fatten_ Canathf; . 166 Hrainlng,.221 — Pumpkin Meal for. — West" CroDs ii? 1 *" 8 .~ ?? d ,Som,! other 230 Home, Picture of a. Cardornf’ ° ps m . — Heavy Land. 53 Homes, A Hint or two about.. n__ n U*:....174 — ResDonse to H. T U *>.7,1 Homestead. th« r- to make Damaged^ 350 “"^""If’ 1188 Com P° 8tbd .J 23 - d &KL rated] . i73 ’] 8 } M usq u i t oe 8^ Anti do "to for" ZZ ZZ ZZ ZZ ^78 — „ wasting. A Remedy. 262 — Plant Good.160 Millett, About. 366 — Postage on. 157 — Egyptian......... 80,102 — Steeping.229 Growing—Inquiries. 342 Seneca Co, Complimentary to. 78 Hungarian... 70 Senior, A Call from the.374 — Product of a Stalk ot.294,334 Sewing Machines in the Farmer’s Family . 6 Minnesota Climate, Productions, Ac.198 Sham,. 53 — ? a . r . vo9 „ tin . 318 Shoep about these Days,.77] 349 — Letter from..... 38 AStray 62 Mississippi Planter and Mechanic. 86 — Barley for" Fattening ZZ!Z I "Z .109 Moon, Influence of the.214 — Characteristics of Breeds, 230,245,277,301 — — — on Vegetables,.3'8 — Diseases of — Theories,. 342 -Colic in.150 .. —i, A ?. a n ’;,- v; -. 3 ’4 _ — Grubs in the Head of.174, 2i'6 Moss, Extirpation of from Meadows,.149 — —Scab on 198 Mower, Ketchum’s One-Horse.214 — — Stretches in’.".".. Y(j£ 126 — Une-Horse.190 _ for California..."... .7.... 890 — I /emiiim . ------ . 46 — Group of Spanish Merino Bucks | Ill.]. 365 Mowing Machine vs. Scythe.198 — Hampshire Downs.. .278 Muck and Ashes Composted,.125 — High X’rice for a. 64 — — Lime,. 350 — Lambs, and Sweet Apples. 70 Masquitoes, Antidote for. 278 — Leicester*, . . 301 — to Prevent Biting,. 236 — Middie-Wooied Breeds filiustVated,] "7. 221 New York, Southern.222 — Nankin, . 102 Early.270,278 — Monster.. .375 — May . . . 262 — °> the Crimea,.303 Exchange of..350 — preserved...31 Experiments with.381 — Small, on the Prairies,. 87 Good Yield of.. 270 — 11,8 ttaall,.255, 203 Growing, 262 Fruit Trees—A Curiosity.351 — in Central Michigan.413-Banking up.351 — Monster.375 — of the Crimea,.7.. ..303 — Preserved. 31 — Small, on the Prairies,. 87 • in Central Michigan.413 , - — —Genesee county,Michigan. 262 *~ Double Flowering. 15 — — Michigan,. 374 -How and where to Purchase them. 63 — —in Nebraska,.286,294 -in Illinois,. K7 — — Ogle county, Illinois. 286 „ —,-Oregon,.S35 _ —Ohio, . 398 Fuscbia, Magnificent [Illustrated].383 — — Water. 230 — Mrs. Story [Illustrated].383 _ —Wisconsin.310 Furchlas, the I Illustrated J.383 Hand-Hoeing. 263 Garden, A Chinese.303 Head Midge, [Illustrated,].213 — Architecture [Illustrated].47 ---. -- — Theories,. 342 z zl c ^ eap . 39 —Again.374 n ga j".- 238 Moss, Extirpation of from Meadows,.149 - . b2 > 222 Mo We r, Ketchum’s One-Horse.214 Mower, Ketchum s One-Horse.214 — One-Horse.190 — Premium. 46 Mowing Machine vs. Scythe,.198 Head Midge, [Illustrated,].213 Midge.230, 262, 374 — How to Exterminate,..214 — in Canadian Wheat,.230 Produce, Extraordinaiy.326 Rust in. 78 — Hints | Illnstrated].119 — Liquid Manure for the.103 — Notes on the.191, 207 — Seeds,.279 — The—A Packet Manual,.127 _ TV . *>•“**«*>> m iviauicare yvniie. lyg — ^lauagemeni ot. 94 — W°il“ keC ° m# . 4 1 Deer Skins, Tanning. 246 — Beformation of Ungrateful.134 — W’ibon's Albnny, [Illustrated].215 Erysipelas, to Cure...183 Thorn, White, from Seed.247 Fermentation and its Conditions,.79 — Traioing.191 — on New Laud.Ill — Vine, Productive,.359 — Ripe in April, .....143 — Vines. Covering.L-3 Strawberry, a Prolific.65 -Diseased.247 — Culture.2-5 Grapes, Catawba, Ripe in Orleans Co,.H9-Experience in. — Grown in Pots,. .. 247 — Facts tor Amateurs,.J51 — Hardiness of the.87, 95 — Peabody's.}'' — Hardy 15 — Premiums for.1(3 — in Kansas.’.'.L"""".".. 143 - Lott's Seed ing (Illustrated] 215 — Isabella, 55. 71, 87, 111, 367, 391 — Tiiompbe lie Gaud, [Illustrated] 95,215 _Native.‘....39, 407 — Trollope’s Victoria, [Illustrated].. .215 — Preservation of...31, 407 — Preserving. 31 — Rebecca, Spurious.175 . 39, 407 — Trollope’s . 31, 407 — Wilson’s A .31 Thorn, White, f .175 Tomato, Large .343 -front Massachusetts,""!! 1191 - P ant a Model [Illustrated] ......803 Spontaneous. 79 _gouf . 247 Tomatoes, Langworthy s Mode of 1 rain- Floating Island,.161,265 — Spuiious.ing [Illustrated].303 Flour, Amountof Water Absoibed by-71 — Unfruitful! .".’.. .".".'..".247,255 Transplanting. Fall or Spring,.31 Moisture in.. 71 — Spuiious .159 ing [Illustrated].out Flour, Amountot water Absoibed by-71 — Unfruitful.".’.’.".’.’’.'.’... . .247,265 Transplanting, Fall or Spring,.31 .. Moisture in. 71 Grass, Destruction of in London Parks,....223 Tree Dealers, Impositions of.23 Flumadiddle,’ .. . . . 167 Grab Large White 3 3 Trees end Plants.271 Fruit Bottle The Yeoman's [Illustrated].. 95 Guano Water for the Garden".'!!!!!!!!!127 - - Shrubs in Flower.l-*9 Frol's, Save the . 247 Hoc gee from Widow Cuttings,.71 - Chestnut .... ..359 Gingerbread, Hard.31, 9. — Honey Locu-t for,.247 —I ackmg for <5a|ifornla,.>-83 .. Soft.103 Home, the Farmer's [Illustrated].HI — Planting and Mulching,.37o .. Sponge. . .. .367 Horticultural Department for 1859,.399 -in Clay Soil.3t3 without Saleratus.-----63 Hecges from Widow Cuttings,.71 — Honey Locust for,.247 Home, the Farmer's [Illustrated].11 • Horticultural Department for 1869,.399 — Festival at Naples.239 — Gossip [Illustrated]. 303 — Hints,.335 — Inquiries.383 — Meetings and Shows,.199 — Notes, jllluitratedj.287 — 1’remiuniB in Illinois.. 87 — Products, price of in London,.167 -Maple,.151 Girger Cakes,. ' Flumadiddle,”. Soft.103 Sponge.367 without Saleratus. 63 — Pruning...159 — Saving During Winter.399 .47, 63, 335 .. Soft. 31 .. Temperance.265 — their Beauty and Utility,.39i, 407 Ginger Snaps,..7, 15. 39,63, 111, 319, 343, 359 — Transplanting.359 Girls. A chance for the.335 — Trimming—A (.'all for the Pictures.135 Trenching;.119 I Glass, V) Glean A Gulden Opportunity fer.375 Trouble, too much.271 .. Mend broken. — blander .247 Useful and Orn ft mental, the.271 Good Temper »nd Gced Cooking.87 — StKit-tv, British",.!!!.127 Vegetable, a new.127 Gooseberries.231 -Genesee Valley, 31,39,87,103,151,215 — Garden.87,95,103,119 Gooseberry Jam.231 _in Cleveland.167 Vegetables for Market,. Si 5 Grape r reserves.367 __London 79 —Large.359,383 .. Sauce,.335 _Michigan’,’.’.’.’.’..71 Vegetation. Aspects of..207,215 Hams Curing.383,391 — — of Illinois,..... -.383 — — — in M ay,......................191 _Societies,.161 Vine Growing iu Kelley's Island, Ohio, ; .383 Horticulturist, The.159 — Mildew,. — The Editor of the.295 — Scale Insect. Horticulturists, A Nut (or.263 —Training the..... ...... — Death of Distinguished.271 — Yards on Long Island,.. Hot-Bed, IIowlo Make. 79 Violets in January. — Tan-Bark for.399 Watermelons. Hot House, A Russian.407 — Raising... Hyacinths, Growing in Moss.127 — To Lovers of. .191 .. Keeping. 47 id, Ohio,..333 .. Preserving.87 .47 Housewives aad Housemaids,. 87 .231 .. To. 47 .127 .. . All Good, Greeting,. 7 — Mildew,. 47 Housewives aad Hcuserr — Scale Insect,.231 To.-. — Training the.127 .. .. All Good, Greetinj — Yards on Long Island,.399 Ice Cream. ioicts in January,. 31 Iceland Moss. 'atermelons,.343 .. ..Cooking. irmelons,...343 .. .. Cooking.-.207 Raising.207 Important Inquliy.143 To Lovers of. 7 Indiana, Domestic Matters in.Ill Hyacinths, Growing in Moss.127 —To Lovers of. 7 Indiana, Domestic .Matters in .Ill Illinois. Southern, fur Fruit .127 Weather, the.15, 63, 12) Inflammation, Brandy and Salt for.295 Immoitelles. . . 47 Whortleberry, the.263 Inflammatory Dlseates, fcpcciCc for.175 Indiana, Horticultural Notes from.203 Wjpgela Rosea [Illustrated].207 Rheumatism.. .255 Information Wanted,.271, 359 Wine Making [Illustra.edJ.851 Information Wanted,.255 Inquirits 327 —Raspberry.359 Ink, Recipe for Black.247 Insect, a Ourions, [illustrated].287 — the Canada Grape for. .175 to Remove from Clothing.--.-335 Insects, [Illustrator!J. 65 Winters, Lessons Taught by Severe,.23 Inquiry.207,407 — American Flour Barrel Destroyed by. 127 . -6».-.J5J — mftbe'oieancier,'! 6 .^!?^:;.i ::;:295 Dom es tic Econ omy. j e H^5tekteg;:::::::::::::::::::::::::24? — Order Ilyinenoptera,.65 Auue, Remedy for......247 Jelly. Cold . — ....263 — Sulphur for...135 Air, Pure ..-.383 Jumbles,..........39, 303 TnvestigHtou, Subj J cts for.23 Ammonia, Resquicarbonate of.103 Kisses........ - -..........111,315 Iona Island.383 Ants. Black, Remedy for.247 Knives and FYrks, to l asten Handles on .383 Ivy, Poison.391 .. To Destroy.271, 295 Ladies, A Word to...159 Insect, aCurkms,*]IllustratedJ WW.W.V.V.WI — the Canada Grape for. .175 to Remove from CiothiDg.--.-335 Insect* 1 , [IllustratedJ.56 Winters, Lessons Taught by Severe,.23 Inquiry,.207, 407 — American Flour Barrel Destroyed by. 127 . .-. = Dom es tic Econ omy. j e ii4 n m« kfng 0 ;;;;::247 — Crder Ilyinenoptera,.55 Avne, Remedy for......247 Jelly. Cold . —.....263 — Sulphur for...135 Air, Pure ..-.383 Jumbles,....39, 303 InveKtii/Rt'on. Subi for_23 Ammonia. Resqnicarbonat© of.103 Kisses.........-.111,315 . *.’.**.’.383 Ants. Black, Remedy for.247 Knives and FYrks, to Fasten Handles on .383 To Destroy.271, 295 Ladles, A Word to.. Japan Sophora, I Illustrated 1.63 Apple Dumplings.279 Liniment, Rheumatic.151 KohlRabi,.359 Apples. Pickling.359 .. Steam.1J9 Last WokIs for 1858,.407 . - Preserved.31 Lustre, . 14 Leal Roller, the. . 271 - with Quinces.391 Maple Molasses 1 he Year Round.207 Last Wouls for 1858.407 .. Preserved.31 Lustre, . 14 Leaf Roller, the. 271 -- with Quinces.391 Maple Molasses 1 he Year Round.207 Lice, Green, to Destroy .119 Beef, Corn ..399 Meal from King Philip Corn,.167 Li.y, Japau JIlliiNtmtedj.287 Beer. Cottage.183 Melons and Tomatoes.3 3 J>ot. to make a small. Profitable.271 .. Cream.143 Mildew. Another Mode.... 2/6 Lot, to make a small, Profitable.271 Loudon. Mrs >J. C., Death of.263 Magnolia, the |IllustratedJ.159 Manure, Hog, for tile Borer.127 — To Destroy Seeds in.263 Maples,.351 — Transplanting.87 Melon, Japan Apple Pie,.375 Ginger.176 .. To Remove from Clothing,.263,271 Home-made.1*3 Moths in Carpels.. 63 ‘"'j27 .. Lemon. 239 Mnsquitoeg, Antidote f. mtain .}}? - Wormng.257 Plain.....151 Bright Side, Look on the.313 1 ortngal... —......315 Cabbage Rotting .......................363 Pound.!03,135, 143, 151, 167,183, 376 Canoe, Birch Bark (Illustrated].393 Ginger.351 — Hickory Bark [Illustrated].393 Poverty.167 — To make a Bark.345,369 Quick..3 -1 _ Zinc [Illustrated].393 K. a ' sed .------- 31 Canoes, Indian— 1 Their Manufacture,.393 .vlver.47, 191,199 Caterpillars, Destroying.169 P ow -v,. 7 Character.177 S°“.V‘,V'ni'oQ4MiV> Clerks and F'armers,.229 ..Sister to.263 __ The.297 Starch.15, 135,175 Unsuited to the West,.305 Tea..103.263 .Again.361 Lemon.375 Loaf.367, 399 M atrimonial.183 ..Ginger.351 _ jBckory Bark [Illustrated].3i Poverty.167 — To make a Baric.345, 3f Quick..3 d _ zinc [Illustrated].39 Raised.31 Cannes Indian—Their Manufacture._3! 1 ook Up.225 Msxim, A Good. 97 Maxims lor TouigMen...129 Mlct ig- n Girl Opinions 01 a.249 Mind, Impii ve the. 81 .. of Childhood. 273 Minnesota Boy, Letter from.363 Models lo‘ Young Ktiralist*.321 Natural History, Study of.F9 Notes and Co.refpondeni e, [lllustrateo] 65 .. trom our Voung F'rietds,.49, 67 , 65 Nothing to Do...201 Painting, Books on.R5 .. on Glass,. 81 .. Oriental. 105, 113 Parsnips,. 201 Pea-Nuts. 145 .. .. How to Grow.225 Pearls. Looking lor.121 Perseverance,.97, 345 Plants, Growth of from the Feed. [I'l.J .. 41 .. Suppoits for Tender [Illustrated,]... 57 Plows, Prairie.89 Piums, Growing.161 Poppy, the Opium [Illustrated].153 Premium for Boys.121 Pride,.337 Proverbs, Alphabet of.. 321 Prudence. 281 Questions trom a Boy.169 Rain, How it is F’onned.129 Reason Why, the.121 Reply to Questions of W. R. B., Minn—4id Rural Home.145 .. How to Preserve the.353 .. Thoughts.193 Seasons, the.161 Sea-Star, or Star-F‘ish, [Illustrated,]_4td Self-Culture.193 Sermon, A short and Good. 97 Shed-Woik, .377 Silica, What is it. 81 Siphon, The [Illustrated]. 1C5 Skins, Tanning.105 Snow-Flakes, Description oi [IIlustrated]401 Speaking Correctly.225 statk Co., Ohio, A Word from.145 Steers, Breaking Yearlings,.385 Success. 269 .. Feciet of.313 Summer, Early.225 'iime..177 Vegetable Life, Wonders of [)llustratedJ233 .. Oysters,.2"1 Vines, to Save from Bugs [Illustrated] .185 Watermelons, Ripe.281 What will they Think?. 80 Window Shades.201 Wisdom,.217 Words from the Fiyes,.193 Work, and the Love of it,.353 Wrong, the Shadow of..201 Years, the first Twenty. 345 Young Reader, Tnquiriesfrom a.185 .. Bnraiist, a Canadian. 49 .. .. Correspondence.273 .. Ruralists, a Word to.9,265 .. .. Hints to.241 .. .. Information Wanted from.369 .. .. Steamed.31. 71 .. .. Thanksgiving.341 .. My.247 .. .. M other’s. 31 .. Plum.47,199,207,223 .. Pop-Corn.71 .. 1’oorMans.151 .. Potato. 71 .. l’uffet.375 .. Raspberry.131 .. Rice.223,367 .. .. without Eggs,. 63 .. Starch.175 .. Steamed. 367 .. Suet.151,167 .. Tomato. 335 Puddings, Sauce for.39, 22 i, 367 Queries,.335,375 Quinces, to Preserve ..4 . 3 yi .. with Apples ..! 1.391 Raspberry J am, ..!!!!!!231 .. Vinegar.215, 231, 239 -. Wine..23 9 Recine*, Infallible. 119 - Our.’..’.’.‘."’.'..119 Rheumatism,. 315 Rolls, to Make Excellent..!!!!! 14 Rooms, Cooling.!!I"!l59 Rusk, A Good. 39 -- Nice-.":::::"367 Rust, to Remove. 35 Saleratus Eaters, to. 119 satBify.!!.!!!!!!’ 47 Salt Rheum Ointment.!.!!!.295 Samp-Making..!!!!!!! 343 Sau^e, An Excellent. .175 .. Russ'an.!I!.3f3 Sausage meat Preserving..’.!!!! 87 Sewing Machines,.l 2 g 3 .. About.’.’.....183 Shirt-Bomms, How to Do Up.!!!"287 Snow-Balls . 39 Soup. Cabbiroe.!.!!".!.’.! 31 Soups, Eifg-Dumpiings for-.!!!!! 47 Starcn, Cold....!! 315 Slicking Salve.119, i75.187 .. .. Peleg Whites. 319 Stuffing.""". 7 tumm-c Complaint, Remedy for..!!!'247,279 Sweeping.!’.!...’ 127 Syl,a..us heard from. 399 Syrup nicer then otewart'o Extra!!!!!!!!’ 47 Teeth, Preserving the.’."" .191 Tomato Catsup,. 287 245 -- Fte"..’.279,343 .. Sauce. 35 P Tomatoes andMclons.!!!!"!!3U3 .. Pickled..!!!!289 Vinegar, Again.!.!’.".239 .. wood...287 .. Howtomake.!!!!!! 231 .. Raspberry.-.!!.2I5 Washing Compound. 183 Water, how to cool.!!.161 .. Pu ityii g and FTltering.!!!.135 Water-proof Clothes.!.!!l27 White fish, salt, cooking. 367 Wiua Blackberry. ‘, 63 .. Currant..’23L255 .. Elderberry.279, 287,335 .. .. An Inquiry. 295 . Raspberry.-.231 Yankee Loaf. 207 Yeast, Extra flop. 39 -- H°P.’.’.’.‘.107.’ 215 I .. Potato.159.399 Sponge.7, 15, 95, 287,319, 367 * word t,. ’ ‘ .. Sister to.263 ;; The ......!!!!." L tftrch . 15 ‘ };}?’ .. Uns’uitcd to the Tea.103, 263 Again Washington... 361 " Wiil'thcy Make F . 7 > •}? Coal, Mysteries of * L Without Eggs.31 f. n i o ; J a — Trees, Black Knot on,.295 Bornological Gossip, [IlhrrtVated']!!!!!!!!!.127 Citrons, Preserving . ...319. 835,343, 361, 359 Experiment, An97 — Society,American,95,239,263,3u3,311,319, I Clothes, to Make Water-Proof..127 | Tmereaiteo Arthmeiteal 460 British,.127 Coffee, -in Maine.343 -— -Ohio,.247 327 Codfish, Best Way to Prepare.343 Fair , ’ A Country Girl at the . !27 Coffee, About .1S9 Farmer , A Young. and its Adulterations.271 Good. 95 Potatoes, Best for Family Use,. 359 Cookies, 7, 15, 31, 111, 167,191, 255, 263, Pruning, [Illustrated].151 — to Check or Flncourage Growth [III] 143 -Increase F'ruitfu ness.....143 -Growth and Diminish F'ruit- fuiness,.143 Pruning, The Philosophy of,.143 — Trees,.159 Quince, the Japan, [Illustrated].167 Quinces, do they produce Blight,_287,303 !« - as**.*1 143 Cooking, Procrastination in. 71 Fj , p'» 0 rt KaiBin ' g [Illustrated, ].113 Raspberries,.. 95 Crac 1 * te . r ®. 15 ‘ i ® 7 Geology, Field Notes of.217 -Black.343 -• boda -.;;.° 7 ® Girls, to the.177 — Summer care and PmuiBg.V87 Cream Fritters.Atp, Ji Glass..Its Uses.345 Raspberry, Black.271 x- Nectar ...127, U9 Grammar in Rhyme. SI Raspberry, Black. .'.'".'.'.'.‘.271 a- N. ectar A--. 127, Grammar in Rhyme,!""!".!"!!!!!"!! SI — the Allen.. 31 Crockery, Cement for.-j-263 G rea tness and Meanness — Distinction — theNew.119 Crullers...........15,303 Between. 97 Readers, a Word to cur.327 Cucumbers, Pickling ..... .375 Happiness...321 Rhubarb.279 — Again. ....151 — Victoria,.295 Rochester Trees for Europe, ... 47 Rose, Model Po> [Illustrated].!. 39 wimeuyior.-«(.z(» Horticultural Queries..'..377 -Slug.A.-.135,167 .« 1} .. Society, Juvenile ..257 Roses. Ac ..... 295 ■ • ^ bat makes it Rise.47, 79 <• t Pan’t ’’ .. 201 — for General Cultivation.’.!"”'. 39 Doughnuts, Cream Tartar.63 idle Conversation,"'.’.'.’.’.*.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 49 Rural Progress.79 -• Idleness,.393 — The, and the Horticulturict.223 ;; ^ ' rtnktfe .™ Idlers and Grumblers,.321 Scions, Exchange of.127 Dumplings, About.. . 3>9 indelicate Words,.153 Seasonable Hints.95,167,343 -- £PP| e .2/9,367, 383 x n 8 ec ts, Preservation of I HI,].25,33,73 — GosRip,...167 -■ C°od.271,3 3 It is not Always May—Poetical.177 Season, the.t. .7.359 -- .ot -3 ,r ay> American Blue, [Illustrated,].249 — Mixing of Varieties.159 Vyuiufft. Kingfisher, [Illustrated,].369 — Vitality of Garden.161, 167 Dyel “££' ack -.Knowledge.....321 .. Preserving for Winter Use.303 Currant Wine,.231, 255 Custard, Lemon.351 .. very Nice.55 Diarrhea Remedy for.247,279 Shrubs, two F'ine in F'lower,.167 Sings, To Destroy,.119 Spiders, Red.....151 Spring Work,.79 Squashes, Cultivation of.:.259, 407 Squash, Hubbard.367 Strawberries,..25, 103, 123 — Cnltnre of.279 — Ever-Bearing.543 Brown,.143,215 Coffee Color.215 Cotton Blue.151, 367. 3S3 .. Cochineal Scarlet.175, 183, 367 - Green.135,161, 334 .. Lemon Color,.176 • U, ° r ’.in a | Learning. Modesty of....:.305 " — - ® .. — 1 - I Leisure Hours, How to Improve.97 Ministering Spirits.40,72 •‘Mother, Do the Si rs t’er S.etp?”.192 Music,.414 slid Beauty.264 of Labor,.32 My Bo n.288 .. Father made them ail,.288 !. Favor te F'lower,.136 !! I-ostBride. 344 !. Philoropfy.2i4 Nature's Feast. 96 Night F'ancies,.72 No God.392 .. Night in lleavr-u.19! ‘‘Not Dead.hut Sleepeth,".112 Old Let tel s.'32 On a Picture by P«ul Veronese. 12 .. the Five of Marriage.80 .. .. R-turn of Spring,.136 One by One.100 .. Departed.128 .. Harsh Woid.264 (m'y Waiting.232 Our Gem.168 Guest,.‘.92 .. Lost Mother's Rose,.248 O Weary Nr t.176 Parting with Ixived Ones.P'2 Passing Away.184 Pleasures of Age.184 Poesy.304 Respect thine Aged Father......172 Fevcry vs. Rtahty,. 72 Ruth and Naomi..1211 Sabbath Mnsings,.144, .”-20 Sayings of the Little Ones,.104 Sca'ter the Germs of the Beautiful,.140 SlanderB,. 12 She,...‘.96 Smitten for Good.101 Sonnet to Morning,. 356 .. .. Night.376 i-peak Kindly to the Stranger,.80 Spring.124 Strive, Wait and Pray.314 Labor and the Law,.305 .. Dignity of.297 .. Manual.377 Law and the Farm,.336 Lawyers vs. Farmers’ Boys,.297 Summer's Death,.320 Tell oi Good,.256 The Admonition,. 336 .. Angel of Hope.4 0 |.Palic'ce,.....148 !! Army of Bucket',.228 !! Atlantic Cable.296 !! Autumn Wind.336 .. Babie. 24 Beautiful Land,.192 !! Blessed Dead,. 28 !! Christian’s Death.244 .. Hope and Consolation.ICO !! Churn,.28 .. Coast-Light. 96 .. Comet.3<8 .. Conquest of Love,.240 Consumptive Bride.112 Earthly and the Weaverdy.272 .. Envoy F xtraordinary.388 Evening Prayer,. 2< 8 ., F'armer.2 0 .. Field of Lite,.376 .. F'irst Disappointment,.3< 8 .. .. Rose of Winter,.208 Fisher’s Wife,.320 !! F'lower Language of the Heart.401 .. Glad Spring-Time,.116 .. Glorious Truth,.420 .. Golden Sunset,.188 .. Heavenly Voice...264 .. Lake and the Kilt,.272 .. Land of Dreams,.236 Last Time.304 !! Lost One F'onnd,.364 .. Meeting-Place,.,. 44 .! Mother s Prayer.104 .. Old Man Dreams.52 .. .. Cottage Clock.256 Path through the Corn.268 .. Pic-NIc.232 .. Poor Man’s F’untral.240 Prayer.H4 .. Reign of May,.180 .. Ruins,.316 .. Sabbath Evening,.408 .. Snow,. 76 .. Stranger on the Slil,.288 .. Three Homes,.144 .. Two Annies,.316 .. .. Billies. 56 .. .. Villagers.212 !. Use of Affliction. 216 Voice of the Bells.108 . Wee Little Thing.284 . Wire. 256 .. Wind.372 .. Wine of Life,.140 .. Winters,.404 They Tell Me I am Growing Old. 88 Thoughts,. 12 .. Beside a Cradle,.56 Tie Good to Pray,.200 To Corneille.332 Trip Lightly Over Troub e.184 Trodden F'lowers,.380 Trn t in God.128 Twilight,. 176 Verses,.408 Violst and I..32 Voice* Within.360 We Wait.108 Too Have our Autumns.396 Welcome to Spring.152 What Does the Baby Think?.^08 When I am Rich.. 328 I Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way.276 School, Normal.73 .. Phyiical Exercise at.377 Revenues of Ns w Y’ork.81 Sriools and tetaool Commistiomrs. 81,113, .177, 201,257 .Teaching in Texas.113 .. ComniOD...97,273 .. .. inNew York Ci y..267 .Ptrmiylvaria.73 .Philtdelpha ...153 .. .. Our. 73 .. F.stabh-h.185 .. E.eniigin New York City. 81 .. in New Jersey. 81 .. ..the West.177 .. MoieAboot. 81 .. Primary, De'evts in... . .!273 .. School Teaching, Ac...65 .. Something About.4t Seminary, Theological, Aoboru [Ill ]. 89 Sensibl'.20 Speak. How to.305 Speaking Corrtcuj.!!!!! ._.. .... . 49 Speech, Rednndanc.es in.289 Snnbeam. Chemisby o< the.....!!...’,_17 TeacJer, Co-opera’e with the.!!. 97 .. the.241 .. .. Cheerful. 49 .. .. True..267 Teacoer/,, Cnaraitensties of. 17 .. Dutiesof.. ,l!!l93 .. Hints to New. .305 .. Moial Qu’lificat'Oes. 49 .. National Convention o*.185 .. Office of..241 .. Profession.25 .. 8 i»'er, An Appeal tor my.401 .. Young a word to.193 Teaching, Love of..97 .. P’easuresot..41 .. the Eye.185 .. .. Fiist Firror of..24 ’1 roth, t l e Love o*'..805 Univtroity of Roches.er.241 Wit.137 Whittling*.25 Words, What kind to nse.25,137 Young Men, a Thought for. 49 The Sketch-Book. A Day’s History.103 .. Pleasant Surprise Party... ...’’ 84 .. bketen by the Wayside.292 .. .. of the Revival.292 .. Tea-Party amorg the Alptabit.244 Virion.324 Abigail Waters.33 1 Alice Vt idaid'a Jiisobedrmce ; or, Too Late to be F'orgiven...190 Annie Sanbornes Trials.416 Kiosraphv of a Genius.21J Born to Love P'gs a- d Chickens.ISO Caliph Stork.148 Day Drsams.204 Dead Let'ers.236 Diamoid'.188 FtocuiapiHB Senior and osu.jor.364,372 “Hard Time',”’. 76 Into the Sunshine. ... .380 Joe Cbii kweed’s Courtship, and How be was Cut Out.2^4 John Holley’s Mistake.228 Le'ters from Our Farm.Sbl',356, 380 Life-History of a Scolci. g Woman.?16 Life Scenes. 108 Lizstie Ma'on's CJhristma*. .412 Loving and Patient.404 Maggie Crain, the Frsnermun'B Daughter. .396 Maggie Lse.44 Marie Lsing’s Lei son.116,124 Marrying for Pride. 268 Mr. Plowhandle Afloat.356 My Little Boy...166 .. Story.308 New Way ot Paying a Subscription.244 ‘uld Hundied,.156 Pomply House.62, 60, 68 Postponing a Goose.76 Ringing Meta).140 Smiles for Home.36 “ Speak Gently to the Firing One,”. 8 The Boy Patriot.220 .. Counts.20 Flower of Hillsdale.100 .. Forged Patent....340 .. Jealous Husband ; or, What’s in a Name.276 .. Professor; or. Sunshine and Shadow.. 36 .. Real vs the Ideal....132 .. Reward ot Cour'esy.316 .. Shadow on tne Wall.28 .. Three Homes.388 .. Three Spinets rs; or, A Matrimonial Speculation.92 .. Two F'aces—One for Home and the Otter for Compar y.252 .. Wife’s Mistake.300 Toroinhmy Ne'ghbor’s Windows.164 Time's OnangeB ; or, the Young and the Old Man....276 Timmy Title’s Investments. 12 Too Late.260 Trifles.204 Wanted.164 Wheat or Tares.212 Winter or Spring.116 Withholding Corn. 164 Wcodville Sketches—No. Ill.172 " JLded’.i'Bt 011 .-.--obi Will they Make F'armers?.345 •• w®. r?. 7 ’a? Coal, Mysteries of a Lump,.89 .. „ ■■ Without Eggs.31 Color,....!. 129 -Varieties of..ill Cakes. Buckwheat.55 “ Constitutional" Weariness,”.S37 Pine, Austrian, (Illustrated].183 -• }, ne ,“.----255 Cora, Sweet, from Indiana,_*.161 Plant, New California Herbaceous,.167 -- P . '“I ? 1 .191,351 Crystallizing Grasses.289 — Walking.271 - lcm 4 f « r . 47 Crystal Transfer.49 Planting, Best Time for,.295 -- Knral Te*. 39 Curious.161 Plants, Number to tire Acre.151 -- Starr Ginger. 63 Cypress Vine.201 — for the Parlor.391 Sugar Dough.375 i) i8course ,. 73 — Culture,-Hens and Salt,.39 Cement for Mending Glass or Crockery...327 Drawing, Books on.105 — Goliath, [Illustrated].287 £P? rri ?S: HowtoDry .231 pucks, Kaising (Illustrated,].113 — Pond's Seedling, (Illustrated].3u3 } room that haa an en . t KTRtl! ['c"|tAu-Tirf > Tj\ kj trance from the hall. A water-dosetis provided close to the bath-room; and one other guest’s bedroom, and a linen-room under the roof of pantry building completes the accommodation on this floor. In the attic are two good bedrooms, a store-closet, and a large garret Another bedroom might he finished off, if preferred. The wooden outside porch is proposed to he fin¬ ished with an open timber roof, the rafters being planed smooth and chamfered on the edge, and the boarding being matched and beaded. Provision is also made here for fitting sashes in the panels, and for hanging an outer door when required.— Such a porch should be paved in preference to being boarded, and as permanent seats are planned on each side, and the projection from the house is ten feet, an arrangement of this sort will be found by the inmates a very tolerable substitute for a veranda when the sun is shining on the opposite side of the house. The large bay projection in the parlor is proposed to be constructed of the same materials as the walls of the house, with three sash-windows fitted into it. The ceiling is intended to be of the same height as the room, and to have a balcony over it accessible from the chamber above. By finishing the bay pro¬ jection without an interior arch, the apartment will be much increased in apparent dimensions, as the eye is naturally apt to judge of the size of a room by the boundary lines of the cornice. There are several methods of treating such an arrangement of a bay projection in a satisfactory manner inter¬ nally. The other living-room, which should he library and dining-room in one, might appropriately be finished with Georgia pine, unpainted, and a mould¬ ed skirting, or wainscoting, about two feet three inches high round the sides, would connect the various openings together in an agreeable and not very expensive manner. Such a house as this could be fairly built for S3,000, with a simple internal finish. So says the architect, and we have learned that Mr. Vaux is very careful in his estimates, and unless changes are made while his buildings are being erected, they seldom exceed the estimated cost WASTE IN FEEDING STOCK. Dr. Wayi.and has written a work upon the ‘ Limitations of Human Responsibility,” in which he assures us northerners that the southern negroes don’t belong to us to look after so much as some of ns had supposed. However that may be, there is no such limit to “ human responsibility” as that any man may he improvident and wasteful, even in his own mutters, and yet be guiltless. There is scarcely any department of business in which there is more waste than in feeding stock. The loss oc¬ curs in the manner of feeding, the time of feeding, and the amount fed. The manner of feeding is oftentimes bad in the' extreme. Some flocks and herds are always fed on the ground. Wet or dry, hot or cold, down goes the fodder into the mud or snow or dung as oppor¬ tunity oilers. Such a case don’t require argument or elucidation, but maybe submitted for judgment and consideration. The West is guilty enough under this “Count,” but is not alone in its guilt. More common still is the practice of having racks and mangers that do their work imperfectly. They make a show of holding fodder, hut don’t f MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. JAN. 2. hold it — the animal gets it under foot, where it becomes unsavory and worthless. Box mangers, sufficiently capacious, will hold fodder if you don t let them get too full. Many racks and mangers are mere pretences; the feed might as well be put un¬ der foot in the first place, for it is sure to land there. The expense of making a good, permanent, capacious manger, in a way that cattle can t get their food out of it, except by eating it out, is not large and is well expended. The time of feeding stock is material. Whatever the time is, it should be uniform. “Hope deferred maketh the heart sick"—and I may add, in this connection, the belly empty. Waste is apparent when the animal is running about or standing in a state of expectancy. Animals should not be dis¬ turbed in the morning till they have taken their rest and incline to move; then they should be fed at once. This in general will ;be about daylight— except in the case of certain vociferous roosters who may need a lunch before. In case of small herds the trouble would exceed the advantage, but if a person has a good deal of stock he will do well to feed several times a day.— A fresh morsel is always more desirable, but of course frequent feeding implies light feeding which brings me to the last head of my discourse. The amount fed. This should be so much as will be eat up clean, if the material is good; or, if poor, the valuable or eatable portions should be all con¬ sumed before the next supply is given. Of course cattle are not to be starved into eating damaged and unpalatable food, but they will sometimes se¬ lect a part while compelled to reject the rest — in this case the herdsman needs to observe carefully and remove the refuse material as soon as the valu¬ able portions are consumed. He should be able to discriminate nicely so as neither to waste food or “pinch” his stock; in fact he needs to be as acute a hair-splitter as a Kansas debater. Feeding too much at a time, is a prevailing error. I have had more trouble to restrain my men in this particular than in anything else. Borne people are never sat¬ isfied unless they can pile in so much that the ani¬ mal is forced to pull it under foot to get rid of it, after picking it over and breathing upon it till it was stale and unpalatable. Be careful, then, to feed in the right place, feed at the right time, and feed just enough. I will add that we have no assurance of fodder next spring, whatever may be the appearances now. Our corn stalks and straw, and, to a considerable extent, our hay is of poor quality and cold weather will sweep them off rapidly. Beware of appearances of plenty. Economy and caution are always in order.— h. t. b. CAN YOU REPORT PROGRESS? Another year has gone to the “tomb of the Capulets,” and we stand upon the threshold of a new cycle in the age of the world. The present is a fitting period for a review of time past—for the critical examination of the transactions and opera-. tions of the brief twelve months that have gone forever—and we hope that our readers will call up their experience and make a comparison of their position and standing with that attained at the commencement of 1857. Man is not a stationary b e i U g —if perpetual motion can be applied to any complicated piece of machinery upon the earth’s | surface, he alone can lay just claim to the solution of that puzzling enigma; backward and forward he travels, and must do so until “ dust returns to dust” To wear out may be the inevitable fate of one who gives no relaxation to the mental or phys¬ ical organism until the tension becomes so great that the cords of life are snapped asunder, or the burdens under which abused nature struggled are so cumbersome that they bear her down to earth; but just as certain will the viper Rust cat up and utterly destroy the one who limits body or mind to a mere existence. The farmer is not exempt from the general natu¬ ral laws that govern all mankind. There is no such thing as standing still. We may profess following in the “glorious paths our fathers trod;” but the fact is, if those who, “life's fitful fever over, sleep well,” should come from the graves, and could dis¬ cern no advancement, they would be compelled to stamp old-fogyism upon all whose only glory is in the mantle their ancestry left them. The whole matter resolves itself into Progression vs. Retro¬ gression —which is it’ Can you, as a tiller of the soil, report one or ad¬ vanced steps taken in performing the labors of your vocation? Can you dispel any of the darkness that enshrouds so great a number of the operations of the agriculturist? The land you till, do you know its needs any better to-day than a year ago? The variety of fertilizers and modes of application, with the additional opportunities afforded by the past, can you use them more understanding!}- and with fuller assurance that the light obtained is not calculated to mislead? The domestic animals in your keeping—have you sought for knowledge concerning their capacities and necessities?— .Throughout all the varied minutise of farm-life, can you report progress? The farmers of the Rural must collate for them¬ selves a weekly “ feast of reason” as well as a “ flow of soul,” and we throw out these queries, hoping that each and all who have been benefited by the experience of the past, will bring forth the knowl¬ edge obtained, and share these good things with their fellow-laborers. “Let us reason together,” and thereby we shall all acquire the information we so mueh want—our light will not burn the dimmer because we have used it for lighting the torch of our neighbor. Fall Seeding to Grass. — In the last volume of N. Y. State Transactions, Wm. M. Holmes, of Greenwich, Washington Co., thus describes a trial of fall seeding to Timothy. He “divided apiece of land in the centre, and sowed half of it with seed and oats together, the other half sowed oats alone—and turned it over shallow after the oats were off, and sowed half a bushel of timothy per acre. This was about the 1st of Sept., and it gave more fall feed than the spring seeding. The next summer, the spring seeding was full of weeds, while the fall seeding was all clear timothy. Equal amounts of land gave:—Spring seeding 3,840 lbs. fall 5,004 as., and the latter was worth $3 more than the former.” The seed produced by that which was left until ripe, was very fine and abundant.— The season in which this experiment was tried was a wet one—if the usual summer drouth had prevail¬ ed, we fear it would have been far less successful. LEWIS F. ALLEN’S STOCK BARN. Editor Rural:—“A new hand at the bellows,” signed “Chautauque,” in your paper of 12th ult., asks—“Can it be possible that Lewis F. Allen still retains poles over his barn floor from bay to bay? Tell him to re-place them by good substantial scaffolds,” &c. Yes, I do “still retain poles,” and intend to retain them, rude as they appear, until I find something more to the purpose, at less cost. I'll tell you why; and I think when your corres¬ pondent is more familiar with filling up my barn with hay and grain, than his question would seem to imply, he will see a very simple reason for my practice. I take it that he has seen my barn as it now is, stored from ground to peak—all except the floor—with two hundred tons of as good hay, and oats in the sheaf, as ever went under cover, or he would not have asked the why and wherefore. My floor runs through the whole length of the barn, a hundred and sixteen feet, with a bay on each side eighteen feet wide. When we commence filling the barn, the bays are occupied first, and we keep piling on the hay, or grain, until it reaches the roof on either side—the sides of the bays next the floor being carried up perpendicularly as long as the hay will lie to advantage. This, of course, leaves the entire area over the floor, and up to the peak of the roof, open to receive more hay, or grain, or both, to about one-third the extent of the whole storage of the barn. Now, if there were “good substantial scaffolds,” by which, I suppose, “Chautauque” means permanent ones—plank, of course—and only nine feet above the floor, which floor is fourteen feet wide—he will find that the loads, as they went into the barn under the scaffold, for pitching into and on to the bays when built up above the level of the scaffold, would be rather small loads for farmers to haul in from the field at harvest time; so that such permanent floor would be much in the way, besides being obliged to have large and frequent scuttles in them to pitch through, requiring a good deal of extra pitching to store it away. Besides this, no ordinary plank of two inches thick, and fifteen feet long, the shortest, that would answer the purpose — would sustain the great weight they have to bear. There¬ fore, having the whole space over the floor open while the bays are filling, gives plenty of area for the loads as they come in. Then, when we com¬ mence filling over the floor, we begin at the farther end of the barn from where we drive in, and lay half a dozen poles, which are fifteen feet long and four to six inches in diameter. These are placed about two feet apart, and on them are laid, longi¬ tudinally with the floor, boards, slabs, planks, or any cheap and rough lumber at hand. The team is driven in until it gets under this incipient scaffold¬ ing, when the first load is thrown on to it Succes¬ sive loads are thrown on and piled up, until the scaffold already laid, is too narrow to receive more, when the other poles and boards are added, and so on until we arrive near the hither end, when the scaffolding is again commenced at the hither end, and laid on towards the one already filled, until only an opening is left sufficient to receive a good ork full. Thus the barn is filled to its utmost capacity of storage. As the hay and grain are removed, and the scaffold is emptied, the boards and poles are either pushed up together on the girts, or taken down and carefully stored away until again wanted; and if “Chautauque” can invent any more convenient or economical way than that, I shall be happy to have him show me. As to the looks of the poles, I care nothing about it, and 1 guess my “nice Devons” care quite as little as I do. I take it the quality and quantity of the fodder they get, concerns them rather more than the looks of the scaffold. Now, if our friend “Chautauque” will come down to Grand Island, and help me through next haying time, I fancy I will get a cognovit from even his fastidious eye, that he can’t much better my pres¬ ent plan of a scaffold. I have made too long a story of this, I admit, but I chose to explain the whole matter to his understanding. l. f. a. APPLES FOR MILCH COWS, Somf. trial of apples for feeding our cows in 1845—“the great apple year” of this section— convinced me that they were of considerable value for this purpose. Since then we have used them more or less, and as the present has been, in some sections, a fair fruit year, it may be of sendee to others to refer to the subject. Chemical analysis, it is claimed, shows that ap- | pies are of little value as food for animals. Well, then, we are presuming enough to think either chemistry is at fault or the deductions drawn from the analysis imperfect Though the apple may give less ash than the turnip, it does not follow that it possesses less nutritive value. It is an old say¬ ing that “ there is no blood in a turnip,” a remark which has never been applied to the fruit which tempted Eve. “There is is a great prejudice,” says an experi¬ enced New England dairyman, “existing in the minds of many farmers, against feeding apples to milch cows. Apples, they say, ‘ dry them off.'— This erroneous conclusion is the result of misman¬ agement Apples fed in too large quantities at first operate like a surfeit of all other kinds of food which produces inflammation, and thereby decreases the quantity of milk. Four quarts a day for a cow is sufficient to begin with. This quantity may be gradually increased up to a bushel per day for each cow, with profit. By way of experiment we fed five cows six days with a mixture of sweet and sour apples, a peck to each, night and morning; and during the six following days they received an allowance of three quarts of meal each per day; and the yield of butter was about equal in both cases.” This extract is an epitome of our own opinion and experience. We think apples not alone valua¬ ble for producing milk, but equally so for fatten- ning beef and pork. Horses and sheep like a few occasionally. We would not confine any animal to apples alone, but in connection with other food, would use them liberally during the milder por¬ tions of winter. Apples, pumpkins, roots of all kinds, as well as cooked meal, cannot be employed to any advantage in feeding stock when the tempe¬ rature nears zero. Not, at least, unless in under¬ ground stables, or those warmed by fires, or unless the food is first well warmed—a precaution few have the will or means to take. J. h. b. Royalton, Niag. Co., N. Y., 1857. EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE, Eds. Rural: — Michigan, though oue of the younger in our family of States, has achieved the high honor of first opening a College for the in¬ struction of her youth in the Science and Practice of Agriculture. It is located near Lansing, the Capital, with a good domain of seven hundred acres for its material basis, and an endowment by the State of $20,000 per annum for two years, which will probably be continued and increased, should the Institution justify the reasonable hopes of its foun¬ ders. This it may do at first, but agricultural sci¬ ence and systematic instruction, are yet so crude and infantile, that without the energy and perse¬ verance required to rear it from infancy to strong manhood, a partial failure may follow the first at¬ tempt. Should this be the case, that it will event¬ ually succeed, and be a blessing and a glory to the State, not even the most incredulous have a doubt The good results flowing from its successful work¬ ing are apparent to every one. A farmer should be a Chemist he may not be an analytic chemist, but he should be familiar with those laws, the observance of which is indispensa¬ ble to his safety and success, and the violation of which is destruction. This science teaches the value, qualities, nature and application of manures. The question of fertilization or sterilization of the earth is here involved. A periodical renovation of the soil is not only the base of agricultural suc¬ cess, but in fact of all political economy. How vast the difference between leaving the value of fertilizers to mere vague conjecture, or making it the subject of positive analysis and actual demon¬ stration under the hands of the chemist Physiology opens a wide field of study to the farmer, for on the observance of its laws depends the healthful existence of all animal and vegetable nature. The study of this science teaches that it is a law of growth that like produces like, the best produces the best in vegetable life, and that the soundest and most symmetrical animals only per¬ petuate a like progeny, and that it is actually cheap¬ er to raise a good crop, a good ox, or horse, or sheep, than a poor one. Embraced in this study are the wide questions of adaptation of food, its amount, quality, preparation, &c.. to the nature and structure of animals. A farmer should be familiar with the Veterinary Art, for there are but few farmers, who have not under their supervision, one or more valuable ani¬ mals, and a knowledge of this art might many times prevent the entire loss or ruin of such. The coun¬ try is full of horses that have been rendered worth¬ less through ignorance that might be reclaimed to usefulness, a majority of them at least, by any one that understood their treatment. These are Sciences with which every farmer should be familiar, without which he cannot expect to elevate his condition, in a social point of view, to that position which it so justly deserves. But where are we to get our educated farmers, unless from this or similar institutions, for what graduate of our high schools, or colleges, thinks of choosing the avocation of a farmer? Certainly not one, their education, or talent, they think, befits them for some more lucrative or less laborious life. In the condition which v^find agricultural science at the present time, perhaps they do well, but let other States follow the example of Michigan,and they will soon perceive their error. A revolution is al¬ ready taking place. Agricultural Science is making such strides towards perfection, that the time is not far distant, when it will be one of the proudest pro¬ fessions that man ever adorned. M. L. Shafer. Paris, Kent Co., Mich., 1857. WINTERING BEES Eds. Rural:— There are doubtless many of your readers who keep one or more hives of bees, and in many instances these have not provided them¬ selves with a sufficient supply of food for the win¬ ter. A few words upon oaring for swarms thus placed will, we hope, be q>p riate. Honey that is not candied, is the best food, but is not as cheap as cane or Muscovado sugar, which will do very well. In order to feed the latter, it should be reduced to a fluid state by adding water, boiling and skimming. It should be fed in old comb, or in some manner so as to prevent the bees getting stuck fast and perishing in the liquid.— Cheap sugar is as good as the best quality. The j liquid can be fed in any convenient dish introduced | under the hive by placing a perforated float in the dish for them to work upon. If the weather is cold i they may be carried to a vtarm room and warmed into activity, in which case they will generally pro¬ ceed with great diligence to carry up and store provision*. Practically, bees should lie fed in the fall while they are active. They and their food should be confined so that rubbers from other hives may not steal it. I consider it of doubtful, utility to feed weak colonies of bees; I think it better to unite two or more weak swarms into one, for it is well known that a strong colony of beds is worth more than three or four weak ones in the spring. A strong colony does not consume as much honey in propor¬ tion to the number of befs it contains as does a w'eak one. With our severe winters; many swarms of bees perish with plenty of honey in the hive. The theory is this:—The bees always cluster into a cir¬ cular or globular form aroilnd their queen. They commence to eat their honey in the fall from the | bottom of the hive and sir work upwards in the centre. If the colony is Teak, the cold weather prevents the bees from going to the outside and corners of the hive to getitheir food, so it is left behind. When they have strived at the top of the hive they die from starvation, while there is yet honey in the sides and corners; for it does not require very cold weather tdstupify bees that are un¬ protected; I have heard it i marked that bees would winter better in an old hoUow log than in a board or square box hive. If it |s more natural for bees to be in a round hive or hjllow log, it must be ow¬ ing to the form of the ch.iter which enables them to consume the honey cles4 as they move upwards. ! The above argues plainly tiat a round hive is best to winter bees in, and that its probable diameter is about 12 inches, and height about 20 inches, which gives it the capacity of a little more than one bushel, and who is there that woiild say that a bushel of honey would not winter a Jwarm of bees? Truxton, N. Y., 1857. | B. Hibbard. INQUIRIES AND ANSWERS. Young America Corn Sheller. — (S. W. P., Jamestown, N. Y.)—They are manufactured in this city by Badger, Acker & Co., for persons who have purchased territory. Hungarian Grass Seed.—Geo. G. Lobdell, of Wilmington, Delaware, wishes to know where seed of the Hungarian Grass can he procured. Who will enlighten us on this matter? To Prevent Cows losing their Milk. — Francis Van Doren, of Adrian, Michigan, had a valuable cow that lost much of her milk and found a pre¬ ventive in placing an India rubber ring around the teat after milking. He says this is found effectual. The Best Farm Gate. —E. B. R. Sackett, of Meadville, Pa., wants to know the best method of making a good, durable and cheap farm gate. Also, the best plan for a barn-yard that will preserve the manure without becoming knee deep with mud.— Many others would like the same information. We will wait a week or two to hear from some of our readers, before giving a few hints on this subject Corn Moulding in the Crib.— S. W. Parks, of Jamestown, N. Y., writes us that much of the corn is moulding in that section, in consequence of the wet condition in which it was put into the crib, and the exceedingly mild weather following the cold of November. He says:—“From the statements of all with whom I have conversed in this section upon the subject, certainly not more than half of that which was cribbed as sound corn, is now fit to pass as such. In many instances a large portion is nearly worthless, and should the alternating changes of weather continue much longer, as they have for a few weeks past, very little can be saved in a con¬ dition fit for market” Sewing Machines for the Farmer's Family.— “ A Lady” wishes to know if “ it will pay for our farmers wives and daughters who have a good deal of work and but little help, to purchase Sewing Machines.” It will pay well. With one of these machines the farmer’s wife can do double the amount of sewing she has done in the old way, with greater ease, and have time enough left to read books and papers, visit her friends, or help her poor neighbors. They are a great blessing for wo¬ men, mentally and physically. There are several good kinds. We will give an article on this sub¬ ject before long—for we believe that while the men have reapers, mowers, &c., the women are entitled ot labor-saving machines. RESULTS OF SORGHUM EXPERIMENTS. C. B. Maxson, of Westerly, N. Y., planted a piece of sandy, stony ground, 20 by 60 feet, in drills, 3 feet apart. It was planted quite late, and killed early in the fall by frost He obtained from the cane raised on this piece 10 gallons of thick syrup of excellent quality. G. H. Babcock, who carefully noted the experiment, and measured the cane and syrup, sends us this report. D. Mosher, of Union Springs, N. Y., obtained one ounce of seed from Georgia, and planted 64 hills, 3£ feet apart each. The cane grew to a good size. Expressed the juice as well as possible, with a common sugar mill, aud obtained fifteen gallons, which made 1.1 gallons of excellent molasses, with no unpleasant flavor. J. M. Stillwk: l, of East Troy, Wisconsin, thinks- very truly, ih it some of the reported experiments may mislead. To press out half a pint of juice from a stalk, and then calculate how many stalks may he grown in a hill, and the number of hills to the acre, is, indeed, a very poor way to calculate the product of an acre. He also thinks some per¬ sons report a wonderful sweetness in the syrup, that will not be sustained by careful experiments. He raised 18 rods of good cane, and pressed out the juice with an imperfect mill, made by himself, and propelled by horses. Found that 8 gallons of juice would make 1 of syrup. Tried the canes without suckers, and with suckers, but the result was the same. Took 130 of the main stalks, the most matured, and run them through twice, the result being 37 quarts of juice and quarts of thick syrup. Cut five of the best hills that could be found standing together, which made 10 quarts of juice, but taking them as they average, it would take 7 hills. From the 18 rods, made 17 gallons of syrup; about one gallon being wasted. This would be about ICO gallons to the acre. Thinks about one-fourth was lost by imperfect machinery. The quality of the syrup is excellent, equal to the best “ golden syrup.” Ripened some seed, but knows of no other ripened in that section. Joseph Holmes, of Athens, Ohio, pressed, on the 16th of October, 400 canes, which yielded 26 gal¬ lons of juice, and 4$ gallons of superior syrup. It is equal to molasses made from the purest Orleans t sugar. The canes were mostly ripe, and fully two- thirds of the seed will grow. Had 4J rods planted, which yielded 9.j gallons of syrup, and this is about the usual yield in that section of country. STOCKING CORN. Eds. Rural: —I have been somewhat interested in reading the different modes advocated by your Michigan and Chautauque correspondents in set¬ ting up or stooking corn. From my own door the past fall I have witnessed an exemplification of the two systems, viz., tying four hills at the top as stays to the stook, or setting up without any support.— From the necessities of the case, 1 followed the former practice, while a neighbor of mine followed the latter course; the consequence was, during a gale of wind mine stood like an anvil to the beaten stroke, while in my neighbor’s cornfield there was a complete windfall. But as a set-off for your Chautauque correspon¬ dent, his system might answer for the pennyroyal variety raised up in Chautauque Co., N. Y. Had Chautauque visited me the past fall, I could have shown him corn which, after being cut up, it be¬ came necessary to climb to the fourth round of a j ladder to tie the tops. To talk about stooking such I corn without support, to my mind would lie talking | wildly. "Would it not be advisable for Chautauque | to stick to his butter and cheese, while the South ! and West grow the corn and pork. w. a. 1 Fairfax C. H., Va., 1857. Premiums for Architectural Designs. —In order to give new subscribers an opportunity to compete, we re-publish the premiums offered two weeks ago, for the purpose of obtaining the very best plans of Farm Houses and Barns in the country, for publication in the Rural, as follows:— Premiums for Farm Houses .—1st. For the best plan of a Farm House, with ground plans, elevations, &c., drawn to a Beale, and with alPnecessary information as to cost, manner of construction, &c., we will give a premium of Twknty-Five Dollars. 2d. For the second best plan, furnished as above, Twenty Dollars. 3d. for the third, Fifteen Dollars. Premiums for Plans of Barns. —1st. For the best plan of a Barn, furnished with all necessary plans, information, &e., as required for Farm House, we will give a premium of Twenty Dollars. 2d. For the next best, Fifteen Dollars. 3d. For the third, Ten Dollars. All plans must be received before the first day of April, and the elevation drawn so as not to occupy over two columns, in width, of the Rural. The competitors should state any advantage claimed for any improvement over the usual arrangement or manner of building. All plans submitted, to be at our disposal, to publish or reject. The plans will he carefully examined, and the premiums awarded by a competent Committee, the names of the persons composing which will be hereafter announced. The U. S. Agricultural Society will hold its Sixth Annual Meeting in the Lecture Room of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, on Wednes¬ day, January 13, 1858. The election of officers will then be held, and other business transacted as re¬ quired by the Constitution of the Society. State and other Agricultural Associations are invited to send delegates. The Transactions of the Society for 1857, will be delivered to Members of the Society. Important Agricultural topics will he discussed— including “The Chinese SugarCane;” “The neces¬ sity of having a more perfect knowledge of the mineral necessities of our own crops developed;” “Meteorological observations for the benefit of Ag¬ riculture;” “Manures and Fertilizers;” “The dis¬ ease known as Hog Cholera;” “The improved Kentucky Sheep;” “Agricultural Colleges and Farm Schools;” and “The Agricultural Politics of our Country.” Propositions for the location of the next Annual Exhibition will be received and considered. A remittance of $10 to the Treasurer, Hon. B. B. French, Washington, will constitute any person a Life Member of the Society, and entitle him to all its privileges—among which are: free "admissions to all Exhibitions, the annual volumes of Transac¬ tions, and the large and elegant Diploma, • - The N. Y. State Ag. Society will hold its next Annual Meeting in Albany, on the second Wednes¬ day (10th) of February ensuing. The Monroe Co, Ag. Society's Annual Meeting is to be held at the Court House, in this city, on Wednesday, Jan. 13th. — As the Annual Meetings of most Agricultural Societies—State, County, and Township—are to be held during the present and ensuing month, we would remind all interested, that it is far better to attend and participate in their proceedidgs, than to absent themselves, and then complain of action caused by their neglect “A word to the wise,” Ac. We shall be glad to receive and publish lists of Officers, Ac., of all the principal Societies, as soon after the holding of their Annual Meetings as convenient. Omo State Board of Agriculture.— The regu¬ lar Annual Meeting of Delegates from County Ag. Societies was held at Columbus, on the 9th and 10th ult, — sixty-three counties being represented. A proposition to permantly locate the Fairs of the State Board, was voted down. Officers and Members were elected for the ensuing year, so that the new Board is constituted as follows:— President —J. M. Mii.likin, of Butler. Treasurer — Lucicn Buttles, of Franklin. Recording Secretary —N. S. Townsliend, Lorain. Corresponding Secretary —J. H. Ivlippart, Members —Luther Smith, of Logan; Abel Krum, of Ashtabula; Alex. Waddle, of Clark; T. S. Webb, of Stark; John Iieber, of Fairfield; John M. Trimble, of Highland, and L. Q. Rawson, of Sandusky. New York Agricultural College. —At a meet¬ ing of the Trustees, Dec. 10, iu Albany, the plan and specifications for the College buildings presented by S. E. Hewes, architect, formerly of Syracuse, were adopted, and the premium, $250, awarded for the same. To H. E. Wilc,ox, architect, of Buffalo, and Rev. H. B. Taylor, Fort Edward Institute, Washington County, $100 each for the plans pro sented by them. The Trustees are said to have di¬ rected the Executive Committee of the Board to take immediate measures for procuring materials for building, and to enter into contracts for the construction of the same as early as practicable.— From the foregoing it would seem that we are soon to have this much-needed Institution in operation. The Terra-Culturist “Still Lives” — As is “disclosed” by this caustic squib from the Ohio Cultivator:—“Prof. Comstock, of Mahhettsville, N. York, so he writes it, having waited twenty years for an ungrateful people to give him a hundred thousand dollars to disclose the mysteries of terra- culture, has finally gone where the devils did when they left the possessed among the tombs, viz.: into the swine; and now he proposes to Disclose a Dis¬ closure upon Hog Cholera. Twenty-five thousand dollars is about the figure lie sets upon this mystery. Individual rights, $5 each. If the animals should behave on this occasion as they did in the first in¬ stance, and carry the Professor along with them, the world would be rid of a very great bo(a)re.” Saratoga Co. Ag. Society.— The following gen¬ tlemen have been chosen as officers of this Society for 1858:— Presided — Oscar Granger, Saratoga Springs; Vice Presidents —Lewis E. Smith, Isaiah Blood; Corresponding Secretary —John A. .Corey, Saratoga Springs; Recording Secretary —E. J. Hu- ling, Saratoga Spa.; Treas. —R. S. Burtis, Half Moon. Cayxga Co. Ag. Society. —The Cayuga Co. Ag- Society have elected the following officers for 1858: —President — Henry D. Dwight, Aurelius; Vice President —H. S. Dunning, Aurelius; Secretary —L. C. Mann, Auburn; Treasurer —H. T. Cook, Auburn. JAN. 2 MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 7 THE NEW YEAR. Our room is too fully occupied to allow us even a brief space to talk with our readers on the com¬ mencement of the New Year. To those who have been our friends and companions in the year that is just closed, we need not say a word. Together we have walked in the Garden and Orchard, until we have become fast friends. We have enjoyed to¬ gether the cool shade of beautiful trees, we have watched the buds and blossoms as they burst forth into a new and beautiful life—the flowers, too, these lovely children of the field, have been our delight. We have watched, and watered, and nurtured them, and in their gratitude they have rewarded us with a feast of beauty and fragrance that a king might covet We have revelled, too, among delicious fruits. The memory of the past is pleasant. We commence another year of labor, in the anticipa¬ tion of doing good, of spreading knowledge of fine fruits and fragrant flowers, of improving the taste, and increasing the happiness of all who give us an invitation to visit them the present year. THE CARNATION AND PICOTEE. In our reports of the flowers in season during the past summer, we have often noticed the Carnations, Picotees and Pinks, observing which, a correspon¬ dent in Saegertown, "Pennsylvania, among other questions, asks—“What kind of flowers are Carna¬ tions and Picotees? Do they differ much from the Pink ?” Instead of answering these questions briefly, we propose to give a complete article on the subject, that shall furnish all the information that can be needed by the lovers of flowers. In England the Carnation and Picotee are great favorites, particularly the Carnation. They are found in the collections of the most celebrated florists, in palace grounds and in cottage gardens. Carnation shows are held in all parts of the country, where large prizes are offered, and committees, composed of men of talent and renown will dis¬ cuss the points of merit, or imperfections, in a Carnation, with the same earnestness, and decide upon its merits with the same deliberation that might be expected of them were the fate of nations depending upon their decision. To one fact we wish to call particular attention, and that is that the best English Carnations are grown by cottagers, principally mechanics, who make this flower a spe¬ ciality, or a hobby, and devote all their leisure mo¬ ments to its careful cultivation and improvement The mechanics of one town will compete with those of another, or those of one trade with a different one, or the men engaged in two shops or manufac¬ tories will compete with each other, and thus a pleasant rivalry is kept up, the finest flowers pro¬ duced, a love of the beautiful encouraged among the common people, and happiness increased. It is the same with the gooseberry, in Lancashire, the weavers of that county producing all the better sorts, so much so that our nurserymen consider it sufficient to advertise in their catalogues that they have 11 the best Lancashire sorts.'" 1 Thousands, we have no doubt, of the common people of England, have been saved from drunkenness and other vices by this love of fruits and flowers. Perhaps we are partial to the Carnation, from the fact that we have grown it from our earliest recol¬ lection, and thus this beautiful flower has become associated in memory with the pleasant past, but in our opinion, nothing excels it but the rose. And yet, it is but little grown in this country, in perfec¬ tion. Our hot, dry summers are not favorable to the flower, but this we cannot consider a very seri¬ ous objection. It is rather too tender for our win¬ ters, but will succeed with a very slight protection. We have wintered them well by simply covering them with an old box, or a few cedar boughs. The Picotee is hardier, and will do without any protec¬ tion, but we like to cover them with a few loaves. The Pink is still hardier than the Picotee. The following article on Propagation and Cultiva¬ tion, is furnished us by an excellent florist. He gives the true way to grow these flowers in perfec¬ tion, but let no one be frightened at the labor required, as they will succeed in any rich, friable garden soil. We would, however, recommend all to grow them as well as possible. We have always produced the best flowers by the liberal use of hen manure, though we do not recollect seeing it recom¬ mended for this purpose. The engravings we give of these flowers rcpre. sent two of the best English prize roots, which we have copied from a fine colored plate. The Carna¬ tion named Emperor, is a scarlet Bizarre, and is described as “a remarkably large and showy kind, of good habit and free growth.” The Picotee is named Duke of Rutland, and is a very beautiful and perfect flower. It is described as “a heavy purple color, fine form, a free grower and constant” We have few such flowers in this country, but fair Picotees, can be obtained at most of our nursery¬ men and florists, and of many very good Carna¬ tions. The Carnation was formerly divided into three distinct classes, viz. -.—Bizarres, Flakes and Picotees. Baarres are distinguished by having two colors, and Flakes by having only one color upon a white ground,— these classes being subdivided into pink, crimson, scarlet and purple Bizarres, and purple, pink, scarlet or rose Flakes. Picotees are now con¬ sidered a distinct variety. They differ but little in form of flower from true Carnations, the distinc¬ tion arising mainly from the peculiarity of mark¬ ings in the flower; the color of a true Picotee is clear and distinct, and confined to the edge of the petals and not running down in bars or streaks as in the Carnation, and whether lightly or heavily marked the color is regular and at an equal dis¬ tance from the edge of the petal all around the flower, and the flower itself is rather fuller than that of the Carnation. TIIE CARNATION—CHARACTERISTICS OF EXCELLENCE. The stem should be tall, strong and perfectly erect, not less than two feet in height, the calyx long, firm and entire; the petals broad, smooth and free from indenture on the edge. The outside petals should rise above the calyx and turn in a horizon¬ tal direction. The interior petals should gradually decrease in size towards the centre of the flower, each row of petals being regularly disposed alike on every side, and imbricating each other. The colors, whether Bizarre or ' brilliant and distinct thro’- contain two colors upon a than three divisions in each petal. In a Bizarre, ^ not less than five, the form of the flower, when looked at from above, should be circular, and when viewed from the side present a semi-globular appearance; the size of the flower not less than three inches in diameter, and should contain a sufficient number of petals to give it a bold but not too full appearance. Seventeen V largo, well-shaped petals is the smallest number V : that a first rate flower should contain. THE riCOTEE—CHARACTERISTICS OF EXCELLENCE. A first rate Picotee should present a full, round flower with broad and well-formed petals, the color whatever it may be, confined to the edge of the petal, and the lower part of the petal of a pure white. The color regular, and at an equal distance from the edge of the petal all round the flower, each petal exhibiting the same regularity of coloring throughout. THE PINK — CHARACTERISTICS OF EXCELLENCE. The stem should be strong, erect and not less than one foot in height, the calyx smaller and shorter than that of a Carnation, the petals large, broad and substantial, the edges lightly fringed or POT CULTURE FOR EARLY FLOWERING. In September or October, provide a sufficient i number of pots, six or eight inches in diameter, at : the top. Make a compost of two parts turfy loam, one part of thoroughly rotten hot-bed manure, and one part of clean lake or river sand; place on the bottom of the pots a layer of broken crocks, and on this place a small quantity of the prepared coin- | post. Take the plant in one hand by gathering the I leaves together so that the roots may be all clear; TO ALL GOOD HOUSEWIVES, GREETING. bottom of the pots a layer of broken crocks, and ! A E des ’ re to make the Department of Domestic on this place a small quantity of the prepared com- \ ^ coriom !t a featuie oi the New "\ olume ol the Ru- post. Take the plant in one hand by gathering the aAL ’ “"U t0 this end ask tbe assistfm< ' c of the leaves together so that the roots may be all clear; i 4 lousan s of oui female readers who Know at least hold the plant in the pot in such a way, that the roots i 1 teaspoonful saleratus. ble quarters. Sponge Cake. —One coffee cup sugar; 1 cup flour; THE CARNATION. The Pink is hardier than either the Carnation or ^ e Sg s > a little lemon extract; beat all together. Picotee, and will thrive in any good garden soil Snow Cake. —Two cups sugar; 1 do. butter; 1 with even ordinary care, but to grow and flower it do. sweet milk; 1 do. Hour; 1 teaspoonful soda; 2 in perfection, beds similar in form to those recom- teaspoonfuls cream tartar; whites of 8 eggs, mended for the Carnation must be prepared for Jelly Cake.—O ne and a half cups sugar- 2 do them. The component parts of these beds should - flour . six eg gs; 1 teaspoonful soda; 2 do. ’cream be three-quarters good loamy turf and one-quarter tartar; bake in quick oven two years old well rotted cow dung. These mate- n , r, ~ ^ . , . ■» . , . . ,. , - .... Carrot Pudding.—O ne quart milk; 1 pound rials must be trenched to the depth of eighteen . , ,. , , , * u . , . , , . „ . . . .? bread, scalded together; when cool add 1 pound inches or two feet deep, well mixed, and the sur- , , , .. T * . grated carrot; 9 eggs; £ pound sugar; £ do. butter; face raked smooth. Introduce the plants to the . . e , ' , , . . „ . , p , , ., £ a nutmeg. Sauce for the same—£ pound butter; beds thus prepared, in September, and plant them _ . , ,. . ... ‘ 1 ’ „ .. ’ T xi. <• i, i pound sugar £ a nutmeg; add a litttle wine, in the same manner as Carnations. In the follow- „ „ ing spring the plants will begin to show their Cup Pudding.—F our eggs to one pint of sweet serrated, the lighter or less perceptible the fringe plant in rows lengthwise of the bed, from 9 inches flowcr 8tem8 . The ] arges t and strongest of the milk 5 4 Iar ge spoonfuls flour; a little salt Reatthc the nearer perfection will the flower appear. The to 1 foot asunder in the quincunx order, thus:— plants will throw up numerous steins; these should e 8S s well; add the flour, with a little milk; keep broadest end of the petals should be perfectly white *********** As the winter approaches, place a be nearly all cut away at least a month before their Btimn S u11 free from lum P 8 ; thcn add the milk; and distinct from the eye, unless it be a laced pink, ***********quantity of light brushwood over the time of bloom, leaving only the strongest stems, bake 111 tcacu P B one-half hour, that is, ornamented by a continuation of the color beds, and in very severe weather place on this some an( j removing from them the weakest buds. No Will some of the lady contributors favor me with of the eye around it; having a considerable pro- 9tra w or mats, which will effectually protect the plant, however strong, should be permitted to a recipc for mince pies? so doin g y° n wil1 portion of white in the centre perfectly free from plants, one principal object of the brush being to mature more than ten or twelve good full flowers. fa\ oi , . , Mill lie. tinge or spot of any kind. The eye should consist prevent the snow from pressing too heavily on the __ Springville, Eric Co., N. Y., 1867. of a bright or dark rich crimson or purple, resem- covering and crushing down and smothering the TT t F TYRfVP-wrrRM— AGAIN _ bling velvet, the darker the color the handsomer plants. In spring the covering must be entirely _ STUFFING POULTRY. WEDDING CAKE. will the flower appear, and tho proportion of color removed and the earth loosened around the plants. Eds. Rural:—I am perhaps like friend “Plow- | . “ ~ favor Milllie. Springville, Erie Co., N. Y., 1857. STUFFING POULTRY-WEDDING CAKE. Eds. Rural: —As the time of stuffed fowls is at win Hie uowei appear, ana ino proportion oi color removed and the earth loosened around tfie plants. Eds. Rural:—I am perhaps like friend “Plow- t _ _ t # . should be about equal to that of the white. The Keep the beds clear of weeds, and when the flower handle,” somewhat ambitious to see my name in , A’ T l H ' VL ‘ — s f 10 Pme of stuffed fowls is at form of the flower should be circular, and present sta lks are sufficiently advanced, tie them carefully print. Yet I hope I will never trouble you and A , , SCnd ™. y m ° de ° f preparin S thcm for the same profile as the Carnation. Its size not less to sticks. In June they will commence flowering your readers unless I have something to say unto ’ Pmg “ ay pr ° Ve acceptable: than 2J inches in diameter. and continue to do so during June, July and edification. Stuffing, No. 1.—One-half a pound of. clear, fat propagation by SEEr. August The article in the last number of the Rural on p0lk ’ chopped fine; 8 or 10 crackers pounded fine; In early spring, prepare a bed in the garden three propagation by layers. the “ Drop worm” is excellent. By way of gossip, 1 or 2 cggs; 1 cup of flour i 1 P mt of m,lk or In early spring, prepare abed in the garden three propagation by layers. the “ Drop worm” is excellent. By way of gossip, or four feet wide and any desired length, by dig- The proper season for layering is June or July. I will give you my brief experience of this villain- ging deep, and incorporating thoroughly with the When the time arrives for performing the opera- ous insect. soil a sufficient quantity of well-rotted dung and On the 21st of May, 1855,1 first noticed them on sharp sand to render the whole perfectly light and \ \ \ friable. Then rake the bed perfectly smooth and \ \ 1 / / scatter the seed broadcast over the surface, (not too ft 1 / / thick,) and press it all over lightly with the back of /If // the rake. If the seed is sown any time during I## if April, the plants will appear in a month, and as if II as soon as the young plants commence growing, // they must be watered occasionally and kept clear j of weeds until they are strong enough to be re- /} moved to the nursery beds, which will be in the jM latter part of June. At this time a bed, similar to . vjf the seed bed, must be provided for them. Choose a dull, moist time for transplanting, and insert the v plants in this bed, about four inches apart. Water tion o * ,, , , , 4 , . on ’ P 1Q cure a quantity of small hooked I will give you my brief experience of this villain- wa ^ ci > sa f? e > pepper and salt to your taste. ous insect Stuffing, No. 2. —Take light bread or crackers; On the 21st of May, 1855,1 first noticed them on chop them fine; put in a small piece of butter or a a peach tree, apparently restless. However, they little cream, with sage, pepper, and salt; 1 egg; a arrested my attention by their comic movements, small quantity of flour; moisten with milk, sticking on the stem and branches with their then As Wedding Cake is likely to be in use more or j small cocoons of bits of leaves, &c., erect, while less as long as the world stands, perhaps some would their head and first and second pair of legs were l' ke a recipe for its manufacture: withdrawn. On July 25th I found them in- Wedding Cake.— Four pounds flour; 4 do. but- creased in size on a beautiful and vigorous Thuja ter; 8 do. sugar; 1 do. citron; 5 do. currants; 2 do. Occidentalis in my yard. Unacquainted with the raisins; 1 oz. mace; 1 oz. nutmeg; 4 lemons- 1 creature, I left it alone to watch the process of its pint of cream; 30 eggs; £ spoonful of saleratus._ transformation. In short, I learned the economy This will make nine loaves in two-quart pans._ of this Oiketicus Coniferarum, as you call it, but lost Work the butter and sugar to a cream; add the my tree. There it stands, a sad memorial of my eggs, beaten separately; then spice, fruit, cream, i forbearance in not picking the customers and saleratus, and, last of all, the flour. Annette. plants in this bed, about four inches apart. Water tion nrnmrA a e treading them under foot. lightly after transplanting, and continue to do so at then take a trowU a U- 0 ooked pegs ’ I was amused, however, at the ruse de guerre of a intervals until the plants are thoroughly established, (tenth of J ^ lum ° ve 110 earl1 ' 1,0 tlie large species of Ichneumon fly, which I observed and commence growing vigorously. Plants grown in be layered tU °ti S °i y lindar the shoot t0 to pinch with its strong jaws the domicile of the this way are always more vigorous than those raised he fino-or on t Y°i° m ° nG iand > and witb ; Oiketicus, irritating the tenant within until it thrust Hopkinton, Del. Co., Iowa, 1857. JOHNNY CAKE, COOKIES, &c, Eds. Rural: —In a late No. of your valuable mis way are always more vigorous tnan tnose raised he finuer an 1 tb h c c/uceitcus, irriuumg me leuani wnuin unui n inrusi; iwmi.— in a iaie i>u. oi your vaiuanie from either pipings or layers, but they rarely bloom leaves from tl ^ ° 10 ° tllL1 band remove tke its head out of its hole, when the wily fly gave it a paper I noticed a recipe for Johnny Cake, tried it, at maturity. Early in October the plants must be removed to their final quarters. If they are to be riving of th -L . - ° j j 1, anu leiiinem aione. Aias: some oi inose men- .r uul paper, you may uo so, togetner iust be ,i: , t , 1G , S 100t ’ cutt ^ n o upwards until within a short . tical cocoons now ornament the bare branches of onc ° r two for Cookies, as inquiry was made ; to be rioJUf ° i nCXt J°’ n t> an( l R the joints are | my once beautiful evergreen, not yet cut down as a | for them: 1 CUHJYCU uu Wixuix Jixiai JLl Uiuy urn 10 ue close it • > ' ° - - mj' uixcrt; uuo/Uixiui uvcxgiccu, nub uu transplanted into beds promiscuously, with other tban one ma rr> J °. necessary to cut through more cumberer of the ground. Such has been plants, take out a sufficient quantity of earth where ; n ,.., ie sbt may be f rom one to two inches perience, and I paid for my learning, the plants are to be inserted and fill in the spaces ' ien P iesa the centre of the shoot down J. Stau with the compost above mentioned for the seed r+ art ’ jeing at the same time careful to keep --- “e Slit Open and fhn fnn in on -.r_ __n_ as been my ex- Johnny Cake.—O ne pint sour milk; 1 table¬ s' j spoonful butter; 1 teaspoonful saleratus; 2 eggs - , J. Stauffer, j not quite one pint corn meal; no wheat flour. open and the top in an upright position; Meeting of the Fruit Growers of Western ^ C . Cl + P °VtU ar> -°'a bllt t er > 2 take one of the pegs and secure it in this New York. -The Annual Meeting of the Fruit j ’ f,°” thCm 1“ fl ° Ur and 8UgMl; situation. A little clean sand placed Growers’ Society of Western New York will beheld | ^ P °^ utmeg '> bake quick ' around the cut, will aid in the formation a t the Court House in Rochester, on Wednesday, j CoOKIES WlTU0UT Eggs.— One cup of butter; 1 of roots. In September or October the the 6th day of January, and continue two days.' ° f Sugar; 4 cup sweetmilk i nearly a teaspoonful shoots thus layered will be rooted suffi- The President, J. J. Thomas, will deliver an address, ! sa eratU3; caraway seed - ciently to separate from the parent plant, and we need not- say, to those who know him, that Delicate Cake. One and a half cups sugar; £ ,when they may be cut away and removed it will be practical and instructive. One or more j CU P butter; 2£ cups flour; £ cup sour milk; whites to winter quarters. The operation is pret- lectures will also be delivered on pruning, and j three eggs; very little soda; teaspoonful extract ty plainly illustrated in the engraving. other practical operations, illustrated with the f emon - Mrs. J. K. P. propagation by pipings. knife and tree in hand, by members of the Society, Chicago, Ill., Dec., 1807. This is a simple operation, yet requir- wbo are afJ weB qualified to impart instruction as ing great care and attention to insure ‘ dny men in the countr y- This is the best opportu- COOKIES, CAKES AND INDIAN BREAD, success. Prepare a small bed in some nit ? for gaining tkat has ever been ~ ; uartiallv shaded Dart of the Harden com- afforded the fruit growers of Western New York, Messrs. Eds.. Observing in a late Rural an m- posed of the same materials as that recom- and we hope they will show their good sense by ? cheVn^nd 7 ^vTv^’ood^at o “ ^ ^ 1 t^jnk mended for the seed bed but with a laruer attending the meeting in large numbers. For the e y c iea P and vei 7 » 00( 1, also a tew other p„rt?„ e n J ZT si,it ,Z “ *«« of we shall give a fall ..port j exec,lea,, short-jointed shoots, and cut them off im- of the Proceedings. All who can do so are request- CooKiEs—Take one cup of sugar; 2 eggs; I cup mediately below the second or third joint ed to bring with them a c° 1Ie ction of winter fruit. of sour cream; a piece of butter the size of a hen’s from the top of the shoot, and they will -—- i egg 5 .? teaspoon of saleratus; roll thin and bake in to winter quarters. The operation is pret¬ ty plainly illustrated in the engraving. propagation by pipings. This is a simple operation, yet requir¬ ing great care and attention to insure success. Prepare a small bed in some partially shaded part of the garden, com¬ posed of the same materials as thatrecom- Delicate Cake. One and a half cups sugar; £ cup butter; 2£ cups flour; £ cup sour milk; whites Chicago, III., Dec., 1857. COOKIES, CAKES AND INDIAN BREAD. Messrs. Eds.: —Observing in a late Rural an in- of sour cream; a piece of butter the size of a hen’s egg; l teaspoon of saleratus; roll thin and bake in present the appearance shown in the en¬ graving. of new varieties of choice field and garden pro- (JUP Uake. —tine cup butter; 2 do. sugar; 3 do. As fast aTprepm-ed in this manner, place them in a ducts that 1 am testing - none sccm3 to please flour; 4 ® gga; 1 teaspoon cream tartar, and £ tea- pan of rain water to prevent flagging. Plant these “everybody” so much as the Mexican Watermelon, spoon of soda dissolved in a tablespoon of cold shoots, or pipings as they are called, as soon as „ This melon mature3 carl y’ is of medium size > neai " Water " sufficient quantity is prepared in / , ^ round in shape 5 skin light grccn - sometimes Indian Bread Without RisiNG.-Three pints off the bed an inch and a half asun- j V , I mottled; rind very thin; seeds white; pulp a light sour milk; 1 teacup of molasses; l£ teaspoonful* der- water slmlitly through a fine j \ , \ >’ ellow ’ ver y crisp > melting and of d ebcious flavor, saleratus; 2 quarts Indian meal; 1 pint flour. Put rose, and afteAhe leaves are thor- | ! | Now - as 1 am opposed to monopoly and willing to it into the oven as soon as mixed, and bake 2£ oughly dry, coverwith a hand glass \ yU . I ^Ip pa.ss round the good things of life I have hours. m. a. f. and shade from the mid-day sun. I SI | | saved a ^; antlty of th ® seed expres.sly for the Wilson, N. Y, 1857. Pipings may be prepared in Jily \ !U| i n v- the Rural, and to any subsenber of the --- . ' , „ __ , 1 BHII # Rural New-Yorker who will forward me six cents i Gtngfu-Rvapq_ To Ixivers of Watermelons.— Among a score j a f l u i ck oven - Cup Cake.—O ne cup butter; 2 do. sugar; 3 do. shoots, or pipings as they are called, as soon as } sufficient quantity is prepared in / , the bed, an inch and a half asun- , \ 'der; water slightly through a fine | I , rose, and after the leaves are thor- ! 1 11 oughly dry, coverwith a hand glass L |1| and shade from the mid-day sun. a a Pipings maybe prepared in J ily « § or August, and if closely covered % ^ with a hand or bell glass; and jj shaded from the sun, will scarcely 'wwff ff the picotee. require any water until rooted.— bed, viz.:—Good garden soil, rotten manure and If they should need water it will sharp sand. Insert the plants in this, and give a be found > in most cases, sufficient sufficient quantity of water to settle the earth firmly pour a little on the outside of 9 around their roots. The better way, however, is to the glass. This will moisten the piping. grow them in separate beds prepared expressly for earth inside, and prevent the cuttings or pipings them in the same manner as the seed bed. Trans- from drying. mural inew- i orker wno win forward me six cents Ginger-Snaps—A lady inquires for a recipe for in postage stamps, prior to the 1st of Feb., 1858, j Ginger-Snaps. My way of making them is—Two with his name and P. 0. address, I will send, post- teacups of molasses; 1 do. butter; 2 tablespoonfuls pai a half ounce paper of the “ Mexican Water- \ ginger; knead stiff; roll thin and bake in a slow melon" seed. D. D. Tooker, Napoleon, Jackson Co., OV en a light brown. Let them stand in a stone jar Mich., a8o 7. a few ( ] a y 8 before using. Will she, or any of your ! other lady correspondents, please tell me how to To Correspondents.— Several valuable articles j make good, plain mince meat for pies, the old from correspondents, in type, and many answers to j fashioned, kind for instance, such as Mother Eve inquiries we are compelled to omit until next week. ; used to make when she couldn’t get any rezens .— We shall then answer all inquiries now received. ' Lucy, Fort Wayne, Ind., 1857. 8 MOOSE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER JAN. 2 Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker. A SPIRIT-DREAM. BY JENNY A. STONE. Where the wind spirits whisper Tye wandered alone, The leaves of the forest Hare welcomed me home. Low voiceB are sighing Along the green sod, « Kneel thee down softly And pray to thy God.” The blue skies are arching This temple so vast, And the voices of Nature Float dreamily past; The waters are flowing In musical chime With the song of the wild-bird, The beatings of Time. My forehead is resting Low on the green moss, Not here in my dreaming ’Twill wearily toss; For the coolness is stealing Deep into my brain, Life’s fever is sinking,— I’m tranquil again. 0, oft in my slumbers I’ve dreamed of the Past, ’Twas bright, ’twas all glory, Too glorious to last, But this is soul-freedom; ’Tis real,—’tis true; Alone in the forest, My covering, yon blue. Far, far from all sorrow, All discord, all strife, Far, far from the cankers And envies of life; No stony-eyed glances, No breathings of hate, No love born too early, Or wisdom too late. The spirits I’ve longed for Are noar to me now, Their touch on my eyelids, Their breath on my brow. Dim fingers are threading The waves of my hair, Faint shadows are floating Through all the still air. And yet I must waken To earth-life again, Must bow 'neatli the burden Of grief and of pain,— Go, go, thou, sweet dreaming, Here on this green sod, ril kneel me down softly And pray to my God. Hadley, Mich., 1857. Written fbr Moore's Rural New-Yorker A SPICY EPISTLE FROM KENTUCKY. BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES. Louisville Hotel, Ky., Dec., 1857. Having been to Jail, to Stales Prison, to the Legislature, and to hear the Hon. Thos. P. Mar¬ shall lecture, I have, 1 believe, gathered enough material for a letter to the Rural. When a child, everything pertaining to Kentuc¬ ky, possessed for me a peculiar fascination, and re¬ membering this, I am lead to hope that among your readers there are at least a few who will be interested in this sketch, because it dates from the land of Daniel Boone. Kentucky, however, has changed much since the days when the renowned hunter started the wild beast from his lair, or tracked the red man to his wigwam ’neath the woodland shade, and, could he start suddenly into life, he would look in vain for his vast hunting grounds where now stand many flourishing cities and towns. It is four weeks since I left the Empire State, on whose hills the wintry snows have already fallen, and are falling still, perchance, while here as I write in a room without a fire, the warm, damp air, (for it is raining,) comes in through the open win¬ dow, seeming to me more like the balmy breath of an April shower than the chilly December wind.— Bnt not thus has it always been, for the same storm which brought out overcoats, furs and mittens at the north, gave us a passing growl, just enough to bend the negroes double, while I, in my big blanket shawl before the glowing grate, ministered first to my eyes and then to my nose, while between times I shut the doors, which the people here invariably leave ajar, be the weather what it may. One day of warm sunshine, however, is sufficient to make us forget the chills, and for the last two weeks we have enjoyed all the warmth and geniality of Oc¬ tober weather. My home proper, or rather the place where I keep my two trunks, is in Woodford, at the house of Dr. Steele, where I daily see mani¬ fested all the warm-hearted hospitality and kind¬ liness of manner which so deservedly renders Ken¬ tucky a favorite with her northern sisters. For the present, however, I am stopping at the Louisville Hotel, in Louisville, which is, I dare say, a beautiful city, seen under favorable circumstances —but alas, the fates seem to be against me, for ever since I came the clouds have poured down rain, which, mingling with the earth below and the coal dust of the chimneys above, renders the pavements anything but agreeable to a lady who cares aught about the appearance of the bottom of her dress! But I came to see, and when once a woman’s reso¬ lution is taken, it requires something more power¬ ful than the elements to turn her aside from her purpose; so, in spite of the weather, I have been over a portion of the town, which seems to me somewhat like Rochester, except that the streets and sidewalks are wider, and it has more of a busi¬ ness air, owing, probably, to the river, which neces¬ sarily brings the city a great deal of trade. The stores here are very fine, though almost every one hangs out the advertisement “ Selling off at prime N. Y. cost,” thus [indicating that they, too, have heard of the ogress, called “hard times.” (I sup¬ pose it must be of the feminine gender, as gentle¬ men accuse us ladies of having caused it!) These advertisements mean something here, for elegant silks of the bayadere style, which, four weeks since, sold for $40 and $50 per pattern, are now offered for $25 and $28, and but for the unfortunate cir¬ cumstance that my purse was empty, I verily be¬ lieve I should have bought up quantities of dry¬ goods and turned pedlar at once! But, to make amends for these cheap silks, I saw in one place a set of furs marked “Only One Thousand Dollars!” Involuntarily I thought of the starving poor in . New York city, and how far the thousand dollars, which some foolish woman will pay for those furs, would go towards feeding the hungry multitude. It was in the vicinity of these costly furs that I met with what I consider a hair-breadth escape .— With my head down and thoughts intent upon my muddy shoes, I was about crossing the street, when my attention was attracted by an unusual commo¬ tion, and looking up I saw?men, women and chil¬ dren flying in all directions, while coming straight towards me and snapping at everything in its way, was a large and formidable looking hog! Know¬ ing that a pig in the street was not an uncommon occurrence, I moved leisurely on, until a shout of “Take care, lady, the hog is mad!" started both hair and bonnet from the back of my head! With a scream and a bound I landed in a clothing store, where I ran behind the counter, if indeed, I did not hide under it Hydrophobia is a thing which of all others I most dread, and though I suppose I was not bitten, I came so near it that should I here¬ after go snarling and snapping through the world ; my friends, I trust, will not impute it to any ill-nature on my part, but rather to my encounter with a mad hog! Louisville is, I believe, noted for its handsome women, but the rain keeps them within doors, so I have no opportunity of knowing how they will com¬ pare with the ladies at home. To make amends for the weather, I have most delightful quarters at the Louisville Hotel, which is a model of order and cleanliness. This I say truthfully, for my polite host and hostess have taken me all over the build¬ ing, from the fifth story, which overlooks the broad Ohio, to the basement, where are manufactured good things innumerable for the wants of the in¬ ner man. Everything is perfectly neat, and it is, I believe, one of the finest Hotels in the State. Mr. Stedman, the present gentlemanly proprietor, is a native of New York, and those who are traveling through Louisville cannot do better than give him a call. The public [amusements here at present consist of the Theatre,— Negro Minstrels,— Lectures on Dr. Kane, and Lectures on History (Italy,) by the Hon. Thos. F. Marshall. Out of the four I, last night, chose the latter, and though he kept us sit¬ ting on hard benches for the space of three long hours, I felt repaid for having gone. It is some¬ thing, you know, to hear Tom. Marshall, as they call him. As his lecture was purely historical, some parts of it were necessarily drj-, besides which he was not quite as eloquent as usual. Political speech-making is his forte, and whenever he touch¬ ed upon his favorite hobby — Americanism — he warmed up perceptibly, and I can readily under¬ stand why, notwithstanding his besetting sin, Ken¬ tucky is proud to claim him as her son. To-morrow I leave here for Frankfort, where the Legislature is now in session, and in my next I will give you the benefit of whatever I may see which I think will interest you, besides telling you of a visit which, on my way here, I made to the Legis¬ lative Halls and Penitentiary. Hoping I have not wearied you, I remain Yours, truly, M. J. H. OUR DAUGHTERS. For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker COUNTRY LIFE. BY JOHN H. BAZLEY. In towns and cities thousands live Seeking for something which wfll give Large gains for little toil; They strain their wits, distress their minds, And call him smart or great who finds Some new way to despoil. How strange! that men of goodly parts Should condescend to meanest arts In trying to get cash; Will shave, and cheat, and swindle, too, Without regard to me or you, So they may cut a dash. Why is it so? What mania fills Their silly heads and perverse wills That thus they chase the wind; Losing their health and manly minds, Losing each tie and grace that binds Us mortals to our kind? Thrice blessed is a Country Life, Far, far away from noise and strife, In some secluded spot; Where killing cares are seldom found, Where peace and plenty most abound, And friends are ne’er forgot. Labor is God’s command to man, Happy are they who do and can Obey the great intent; No artificial wants they’ll crave, Few sleepless nights, no thoughts that rave, But rest in sweet content. The flocks and herds in fields and groves, Lie down in shade or feed in droves, Conscious that God is there; The herbs, shrubs, plants, around us rise, Sweet flowers send incense to the skies, a While fruit trees bloom and bear. ™ Nature’s domain is a concert hall, Where birds with songs and caw and call, Invoke the Deity; The plowman whistles o’er the land, The milkmaid singeth blithe and bland, In sweet simplicity. Oh, give me, then, a Country Life, Far, far away from pride and strife, Where happiness is found; My wishes moderate and wise, My passions tamed in modest guise, And all by love is crowned. Blockley, Philadelphia Co., Pa., 1857. Written fbr Moore's Rural New-Yorker. WAIFS.”—NO. I. The greatest danger to our daughters in the present time, is the neglect of domestic education. Not only to themselves, but to husbands, families, and the community at large, does the evil extend. By far the greatest amount of happiness in civilized life is found in the domestic relation, and most of this depends on the domestic culture and habits of the wife and mother. Let our daughters be intel¬ lectually educated as highly as possible; let their moral and social nature receive the highest graces of vigor and refinement; but along with these, let the domestic virtues find a prominent place. We cannot say much about our daughters being hereafter wives and mothers, but we ought to think much of it, and give the thought prominence in all our plans for their education. Good wives they cannot be, at least for men of intelligence, without mental culture; good mothers they certainly can¬ not be without it; and more than this, they cannot be such wives as men need, unless they are good housekeepers; without a thorough and practical training to that end. Our daughters should be practically taught to bake, wash, sweep, cook, set table, and do everything appertaining to the order, neatness, economy and happiness of the household. All this, they can learn as well as not, and better than not. It need not interfere in the least with their intellectual education, nor with the highest style of refinement. On the contrary, it shall greatly contribute thereto. Only let that time which is worse than wasted in idleness, sauntering, gossip, frivolous reading, and the various modern female dissipations which kill time and health, be devoted to domestic duties and education, and our daughters wonld soon be all that the highest inter¬ ests of society demand. A benign, elevating influ¬ ence would go forth through all the families of the land. Health and happiness would now sparkle in many a lustreless eye, the bloom would return to beautify many a faded cheek, and doctor's bills would give way to bills of wholesome fare.— Saint Loins Advertiser. Around the chimney’s smoke the swallows fly Like memories floating round a soul at rest; Anon they fold their wings within their nest, Like soaring fancies cherished silently. The children smile beneath their parents’ eye, Basking in love, as flowers beneath the snn; And sportively the little prattlers run, Like thronging joys when life and hope are high. Far off the toiling city murmurs deep— A sea of life whose ever-restless waves Beat on a golden shore—tumultuous beat, Mocked by the silent lips of those who sleep Around the city in their quiet graves, The final home where all at last will meet. It was among the loveliest customs of the an¬ cients to bury the young at morning twilight: for j as they strove to give the softest interpretation to i death, so they imagined that Aurora, who loved the { young, had stolen them to her embrace. Scandal. —Query first. Is there any one, in pos¬ session of the goodly field which “Old Stapleton” denominated “human natur,” who has not had fountains of wrath found and most deeply stirred therein, by the “witch-hazel ” of “they say!” Second. Has there ever existed an upper ten clique, a quiet little village or a country neighbor¬ hood, in which the thistle seed of scandal were not duly sown by certain long-tongued, small-souled, peering, quizzing and quibbling bundles of evil called gossips? We have always liked the looks of Patience— though it has been our fortune to view her only from a distance,—and consider a forgiving spirit one of the white jewels of a heart-casket, but should our senses and feelings be called as members of council for deciding as to the wrong of tongue or pen “ assault and battery” against the sin, scandal, and the sinner, scandal-monger, we feel pretty sure that the “jury” would report “ not guilty;” a ver- dietto which Judge Conscience would say “ Amen.” Hawk-eyed and hawk-spirited, always watching for some poor little chicken of an impropriety to pounce upon, are these disturbers of both public and private peace, but the similarity ceases here, for instead of devouring the “ game” immediately after its seizure, it is twisted into as forbidding a shape as possible, well peppered with malice, and passed round for the inspection of all who have “motes” in their eyes large enough to prevent their seeing the motive which starts it; while at every fresh display a feather is added till it is at the last grown from a small impropriety to a large sin, and the capturer tells wondrous stories of the flock which was left behind. And so “ plausible ” as they are at times. Do you receive a call from one of them, there is noth¬ ing in the seven kingdoms nicer than within your house, nothing so “ recherche ” as your toilet, no church whose discipline is so j ust, or whose members are wrapped in such robes of righteousness, as that to which you belong, while you are firmly assured that your friendship is more highly prized than any oth¬ er, that without it life, in such a place as the neigh¬ borhood is pictured, would be unendurable. But if you could be a “disembodied spirit” at your next neighbors in an hour from that time! Wouldn't you hear the tongue,—likened more to a “razor-strop” than aught else, being plied with oil to your face, that the words which pass over it behind your back may be the sharper,—give a most amusing sketch of the Bedlamic appearance of domicil and person, the utter wickedness and laxity of law in your church, and above all, of your greenness in supposing that any friendship was entertained for such an unpopular, ill-favored person as yourself ? It’s a lovable picture isn’t it ? Well, heart-mana¬ ger, “ drop the curtain,” but give us time between the “ acts ” to form the resolution of being now¬ commentary as to the doings of our neighbors, and reflect that all have some short-comings in the line of duty, some over-goings in the matter of prudence, a fact which should be kept before our mental vis¬ ion while noting the same in others, and also serve as a bridle for our tongues when their starting point is the delineation of other people's characters. A Word about Garrets. —Not being versed in phrenology, we don’t know how largely veneration is developed on our cranium, but it is a fixed fact we gaze upon with solemn optics, and “touch with reverential fingers,” the worn-outs and cast-offs,the great, cumbersome chests, lame tables and broken- backed chairs which grace a “ garret” The more cobwebs on the windows, dust on the rafters, and confusion on the floor there may be, the more it is to our taste, too, and though the con¬ fession may cause some shaking of curls and agita¬ tion of cap-frills among the more order-loving of our sex, we are not disposed to “abate one jot or tittle ” of its honesty, even to prevent such a demon¬ stration; for miniature w'orlds in chaos are our on¬ ly consolation for not viewing the large one in that state, and change, be it only from the beaten track to the wayside, from neatness to disorder, is one of the hunger-cries of our nature. There are lessons to be learned in garrets, too,— lessons such as are not written for our reading in draperied parlors or elegant drawing-rooms, for their letters are in the form of rough furniture and coarse garments, spelling words that are reminders of the “ leal and true” natures, which, wedded to strong, free intellects, cleared, broke up and cul¬ tured, the earth-bosom which holds and nurtures “ This great and mighty nation.” “Young America” is not generally thought to be of a very reflective turn of mind, but we believe t that the spirit of investigation goes into the past as r well as future occasionally—that there are times when the “ fire” goes down slightly round the “ many irons,” and the owner has dreams of the “ Has Been” as well as “To Be;” dreams followed by a waking thought that a great deal was accomplished at the first, without which the perfection reached at the last would never have been. And now, springing from our present reflective mood is a protest which we wish to enter against the opinions of some of the elder ones, a 3 to the unthinking natures of “ us young folks.” “ Sit down and think " is the remedy which mothers gen¬ erally prescribe for a “ want-something-to-do” dis¬ ease, just as though that was a thing unusual and would work a cure, when in reality it would but aggravate the “ ailment.” There are some natures overflowing with life and fun, of which wise ones say “thoughtless,” and which, judging from outward manifestations, do almost seem so, but could all the “moods” of the heart-grammar be read, “each expressing some particular being,- action or passion,” opinions might “ meet with a change.” We believe that there never was and never will be a mind standing clear of idiocy, which is not ever active, and as near the danger of thinking too much as too little; —so don’t accuse us, even in jest, of not thinking,—you of the older and wiser heads,—only pray that we may think rightly, that in the day to come, youth’s hope-birds may not find a winter in our hearts, which, chilling them, will rob our thoughts of the “ light of their presence.” Charlotte Center, N. Y., 1857. Ellen C. Lake. DRESS IN THE CARS. Speaking of old clothes—in the name of dust and ashes, don’t “ dress up” to ride five hundred miles in the cars in summer time. That gentleman over yonder lives in mortal fear for his immaculate castor. Every five minutes he removes and ca¬ resses it, now with his handkerchief and now with his elbow. Every five minutes he thumps it against the car, and straightway takes it off to note the ef¬ fect of the collision. Now he pets it by holding it in his lap like a firkin of butter, and now he puts it up in the rack to roost. He bangs it on a hook and it slips off. He places it upon the seat beside him. There! a man has sat upon it, and finished it! Just so with his “brand new” coat. The cinders fly fiercely at it, and the dust settles shamelessly on it, and the urchin behind him attempts to write with a doughnut on its glossy back. Just so with his vest—his wedding vest, wrought with divers posies in white silk. It looks like the canvas of a circus tent in October, and nothing will cleanse it except by the grace of chalk and camphene. He is a very nice man, no doubt; we notice his hair is parted behind with geometric accuracy, and he wears lemon-colored kids, but the man beyond him in the loose linen coat — price $1 — and a hat that Billy Barlow might have sung of, “ All round mv hat I wears a weeping willow”,— and a vest as sleek with wear as an “ unshortened” pie-crust, is a far more sensible man than he; and we venture a shrewd guess, could buy him, and keep him withal, if he pleased. And there’s a woman in a white hat, all trembling with mock snow-drops and white roses, and a blue- and-wkite plaid silk. This minute she looks like a lily, just plucked, but in about four hours one might fancy slie had selected her dress pattern from an old continental flag. And then how “worked” she looks, and how troubled she seems, and yet how very fine she thinks she is, and almost pities the poor lady in black and white check, who has, per¬ haps, under that plain glove of Lisle thread, a ring that, like the circlet of Gyges, could buy field lily invisible. Happy is the traveler who is poor enough to have old clothes, and proud enough to wear them, for pride, after all, is more than half a virtue, while vanity at best is almost too weak to be a vice.— Chicago Journal. YOUNG MEN. I love to look upon a young man. There is a hidden potency concealed within his breast which charms and pains me. I silently ask:—What will that youth accomplish in after life? Will he take rank with the benefactors or scourgers of his race? Will lie exhibit the patriotic virtues of Hampden and Washington, or the selfish craftiness of Bene¬ dict Arnold? If he have genius will he consecrate it, like Milton and Montgomery, to humanity and religion; or like Moore and Byron, to the polluted altars of passion? If he have mercantile skill, will he employ it like Astor, to gratify his lust of wealth, or to elevate and bless humanity, like some of our merchant princes? If the gift of eloquence be hidden in his undeveloped soul, will he use it like Summerfield, in favor of religion, or like Patrick Henry or Adams, in battling for human rights; or will he, for mammon’s sake, prostitute that gift to the use of tyranny and infidelity? Will that im¬ mortal soul, which beams with intelligence and power in his countenance, ally itself with its Crea- or, and rise to the sublime height of destiny; or will it wage war with truth and duty, and thus sink to degradation and death? As I raise these great queries, I at once do reverence to the high poten¬ tiality of his nature, and tremble for his fate.— Daniel Wise. I consider the soul of man as the ruin of a glo. rious pile of buildings, where, amidst great heaps rubbish, you meet with noble fragments of sculp¬ ture, broken pillars and obelisks, and a magnifi¬ cence in confusion.— Selected. BLOSSOMS. In the economy of nature, there are often blos¬ soms without fruit Some of the marvels of the floral world exhaust, in the lavishness of their beauty and the improvidence of their fragrance, ^he strength of the stems which bear them, and the petals drop and the stems wither together. Yet we loved these flowers better than the others. Their brief life was a reign of glory. They charmed the finer senses, they purified the grosser tastes, they filled the soul of her who tended them with brim¬ ming delight, and led the heart to Him'who is the author of beauty. So there are human blossoms— born, let us believe, to be blossoms only—born to expend in the beauty and fragrance of childhood, the life we would gladly see extended into the rounded and ripe fruit of manhood or womanhood, and to grow mellow where they hang, among the soft autumnal days of age. But they burst in bloom; they gladden us, they touch all the deep springs of tenderness within us, they shine like lamps at our side, casting their light like golden bars into our future, and then they fall, leaving us groping, stumbling, weeping, despairing. But these human blossoms — not prematurely fallen; but, as blossoms, fully perfected — have their mission. In the period of their bloom, how have they sweetened the life of father, mother, brother, friend! What music have they made in the heart? What rewards have their sweet beauty and tender prattle bestowed upon toil? What lessons of patience and self-control, have they taught to the hasty tongue and hand? WTiat stimulus have they given to the failing form of labor? What blessings have they been all the time — giving sweetness and signifi¬ cance to life by their countless innocent ministries? Do their ministries fail when they fail? Do they not go forth and beckon from afar? We grieve_ we weep; but blessed be be who can so far in¬ terpret the painful text of Providence as to perceive that grief and tears are charged with the most sacred office. From this time, how deep into the valley of sorrow will our hearts sympathetically follow the stricken and afflicted! How warm a smile shall we have for other children ? How our ambitions, our struggles, our disap¬ pointments will all be softened by the memory of that pale little face—the living echoes of that sweet little voice — the recollection of that charming smile! That little blossom — so weak, so fragrant, so beautiful — has softened, elevated and irradiated a whole life. Oh, there is blessing in the blossom blossoming, blessing in the blasting. We shall know this sometime; we know it now. How can the journey after this be otherwise than pleasant, with a faith within us sweeter than knowledge, and better than assurance, that an angel awaits our coming at the end? How can we do otherwise than seek the place where, transplanted and im¬ mortalized in beauty, the blossoms will be all fadeless and fragrant forever?— Springfield Rep. APHORISMS BY DR. JOHNSON. —People may be taken in once, who imagine that an author is greater in private life than other men. Uncommon parts require uncommon opportunities for their exertion. — There is nothing too little for so little a crea¬ ture as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. — I would not advise a rigid adherence to a par¬ ticular plan of study. I myself have never persist¬ ed in any plan two days together. A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good. A young man should read five hours a day; and so may ac¬ quire a great deal of knowledge. — Every man prefers virtue when there is not some strong incitation to transgress its precepts. — Every desire is a viper in a bosom, who while he was chill, was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength he exerted it in poison. — Men can be estimated by those who know them not, only as they are represented by those who know them. — We must confess the faults of our favorite in order to obtain credit to our praises of his excel- cies. — The longer we live and the more we think, the higher value we learn to put on the friendship and tenderness of parents and friends. — Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agree¬ able consciousness. — So far is it from being true that men are nat¬ urally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together but one shall acquire an evident su¬ periority over the other. — He that voluntarily continues in ignorance, is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produees. IMPATIENCE THE VICE OF THE AGE. The eager desire to press forward, not so much to conquer obstacles, as to elude them; that gam¬ bling with the solemn destinies of life, seeking ever to set success upon the chances of a die; that hastening from the wish conceived to the end accomplished; that thirst after quick returns to ingenious toil, and breathless spurrings along short cuts to the goal, which we see everywhere around us, from the Mechanic’s Institute to the stock market—beginning in education with the primers of infancy, deluging us with “Philosophies for the million,” and “Sciences made easy;” characteriz¬ ing the books of our writers, the speeches of our statesman, no less tlian the dealings of our specu¬ lators, seem, I confess, to me, to constitute a very diseased and very general symptom of the times. I hold that the greatest friend to man is labor; that knowledge without toil, if possible, were worthless; that toil in pursuit of knowledge is the best knowl¬ edge we can attain; that the continued effort for fame is nobler than fame itself; that it is not wealth suddenly acquired which is deserving of homage, but the virtues which a man exercises in the slow pursuit of wealth — the abilities so called forth, the self-denials so imposed; in a word, that Labor and Patience are the true schoolmasters on earth.— Bulwer. Keep your temper in disputes. The cool ham¬ mer fashions the red-hot iron to any shape needed. JAN 2 MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER CHARLES DICKENS, THE CELEBRATED AUTHOR per, “The Daily News,' 1 of which he was to be the editor. The firt number of this paper appeared January 21, 1846; and in it he commenced his sketches, entitled “ Pictures from Italy.” During the first few weeks the paper remained under his management, but proving inadequate to the task, it passed into other hands. Since then he has pub¬ lished “Dombey and Son,” “David Copperfield,” “Bleak House,” and “Little Dorrit.” He has also written several Christmas books, and established a weekly paper, called “Household Words,” to which he and other writers have attracted a host of sup¬ porters, numbering, it is understood, somewhere about sixty thousand per week. Mr. D. has also several serials in course of publication in England and the United States. As may be seen from the foregoing, the literary productions of Charles Dickens are quite numer¬ ous, and these have won for their author a promi¬ nent position in the Department of Letters. The work of Mr. D. upon America made Brother Jona¬ than “ particularly wrathy” for a brief time, “ it so worked onto his feelins;” but all seems to have been overlooked, and the announcement of some¬ thing new from “Boz,” is hailed with pleasure by his many admirers on this side of the Atlantic. other to illustrate a book which should exhibit the adventures of a party of cockney sportsmen.— Hence the appearance of “Pickwick,” a book which made the author’s reputation and the pub¬ lisher’s fortune. After the work had commenced, poor Seymour committed suicide, and Mr. Habi.ot K. Browne was selected to continue the illustra¬ tions, which he did under the signature of “Phiz.” The great success of “ Pickwick” induced the au¬ thor to write “Nicholas Nickleby,” to be published in monthly parts. “Nicholas Nickleby” was fol¬ lowed by “ Oliver Twist,” which originally appear¬ ed in “ Bentley’s Miscellany,” which Dickens un¬ dertook to edit, and which under his hands rose to a very large circulation, but which he subsequently abandoned. After “Nickleby”came “MasterHum¬ phrey’s Clock.” On the completion of “Humphrey’s Clock,” Dickens set sail for America, where he accumulated materials for his “American Notes for General Cir¬ culation,” published on his return, in 1842. In the course of the year 1843, he commenced his “Mar¬ tin Chuzzlewit,” which appeared, like his earlier works, in monthly parts. In the middle of 1844 he went to Italy, where he spent about a year. In 1845 he proposed to found a new morning newspa- Charles Dickens, the popular English author, whose portrait we present Rural readers this week, was born in 1812, at Landport, Portsmouth, Eng. At an early age, his father took the preliminary steps for making his son an attorney; but the dreariness of the occupation fell so heavily upon the mind of the future author that he induced his father to permit him to resign the law, and join the parliamentary corps of a daily newspaper. His first engagement was on “ The True Sun,” an ultra-liberal paper, then carrying on a fierce struggle for existence, from the staff of which he afterward passed into the re¬ porting ranks of “ The Morning Chronicle.” On that paper he obtained a high reputation, his reports being exceedingly rapid and no less correct. In the columns of the “Chronicle” he soon gave proofs of other talents than those of a reporter; for, in the evening edition of that journal appeared the “ Sketches of English Life and Character,” after¬ ward collected to form the two well-known volumes of “Sketches by Boz,” published respectively in 1836 and 1837. These at once attracted considera¬ ble notice, and obtained great success; and the publisher of the collected edition gladly came to an arrangement with Mr. Dickens and Seymour, the comic draughtsman, the one to write and the mate, as they had only a lease of exclusive rigni xo trade in the northwest region for 21 years. This isolated company of British subjects, the remains of Lord Selkirk’s colony, have thus been left in the power of a trading company who restricted their rights in all respects in which their exercise would be likely to interfere with the interests of the fur trade. The settlers have been supplied with goods at the company’s prices which have been brought from England to York Factory on the Hudson’s Bay, and transported across the great dis¬ tance from thence to Lake Winipcg. The old route of the Northwest Company to the Red River, by the way of Lake Superior and Rainy Lake, has been little used, and the Red River colonists have lite¬ rally been cut off from their fellow subjects in Can¬ ada and from the protection of British or Colonial law. Since the settlement of Northern Minnesota they have received their supplies in part by ox teams, who made long journeys down the Red River Valley to Pembina. The young men from the Col¬ ony seek employment during the winter in cutting lumber in the pine regions of Minnesota, and are gradually forming close connections with the States of the Northern Mississippi Valley. The attention of the Canadian Government has been called to this state of things, and as the lease which the Hudson’s Bay Company holds of the old northwest fur region was about expiring, a vigorous effort has been made to secure to Canada the juris¬ diction of the lands on the Red River and of those immense tracts which form the valleys of the Sas¬ katchewan and the Assiniboine, extending from the western shores of Lake Winipeg to the Rocky Mountains. They have been led to this course by their anxiety to furnish abundance of cheap and valuable lands to emigrants; to open up an avenue of trade through Georgian Bay and Lake Superior to the country which may be thus occupied; to consolidate the population naturally connected with Canada under a compact Government, and lastly, to hold control of a region which may at some period be necessary as a route for a railroad to the North Pacific. In addition to these considerations there is a well grounded fear that the Red River popula¬ tion may be brought into sympathy with the people of the United States unless they have speedily ex¬ tended to them the privileges of British subjects. I saw a manuscript letter from a Scotch school¬ master, who for several years had resided on the Red River, urging as a reason for the immediate action of the Canadian Government toward extend¬ ing its jurisdiction over the Colony, that their young men were becoming imbued with American ideas, and were naturally looking toward the States as their only available career for enterprise and honorable distinction. Hon. JosErn Cauchon, Commissioner of Crown Lands in Canada, in hi$ report on the subject, speaks a3 follows:—“The proper course to pursue, therefore, would be to lay before the Imperial Government the expediency of annexing the Indian Territories to Canada, shewing that by this means only can those countries be retained long in the possession of Great Britain.— For colonized they must and. will be; it is only a question of who shall do it. If we do not, the Americans will, and that in spite of anything the [Hudson’s Bay] Company can do to prevent it,” In another place he adds that upon this [annexa¬ tion] “depends the question whether this country [Canada] shall ultimately become a petty State or one of the great Powers of the earth; and not only that, but whether or not there shall be a counter¬ poise favorable to British interests and modeled upon British institutions to counteract the prepon¬ derating influence, if not the absolute dominion, to which our great neighbor, the United States, must otherwise attain upon this continent” for maintaining the thin-strewn dusky shrubs which so timidly sprinkle its wadys. It has its rainy sea¬ sons, during which the clouds pour down a deluge; but there is no such regular supply of water as to tell even upon its lowest hollows or most sheltered plains, save in the way of scooping out water-cour¬ ses, or tearing up tamarisks, or cutting away the half gravelly, half sandy soil, into what the Bedouin call Jurfs, or abrading the more impressible parts of the sandstone steeps, or still more rarely helping (along with local spring, sometimes hot, sometimes cold,) to rear up an oasis of palms and tarfas, such as that of Feiran, hard by Mount Serbal, whose praises so many travelers have sung, and as many more are likely to sing again. For, by all accounts, it is quite a gem of desert 5 verdure — a genuine “Pal¬ myra,” though without a city and without a queen. The rain meant for Egypt seems to be swept aside from that level region by the stormy west wind; and attracted by the mountains of the Peninsula, it turns aside and pours itself down in water spouts upon the Sinaitic wastea But it comes in such rushes that it brings no blessing to the soil, and is so unequally distributed, as to time, that even the spring gets no refreshment from the winter floods; nay, hardly can remember that they have been. If the traveler is bold enough to penetrate the Penin¬ sula during the summer months—from April on to August—he may with certainty count upon rain¬ less skies; and he may pitch his tent anywhere, even in the low bed of the torrent; nor will he find a drier or safer place of encampment than any one of the hundred tarfa-groves in the bed of el-Arish. But if he is bent on a winter tour, or travels even so early as January or February, he must be on the lookout, not for showers merely, but for floods. He dare not choose for his encampment that sandy hollow where the tarfa and the rittem are so invit¬ ingly waving; for though it should be in Wady Taiybeh, “the good,” or in Wady el-Markhah, the “valley of rest,” he will find himself reckoning without his host If the wind shift to the west, bright as the sunset might be over the blue of Bahr Suweis, or above the brow of Abu Deraj beyond, he may find himself, tents, turbans, baggage, provisions, camels, fowls, and all, hurrying down a swollen river; which, ere the next evening’s shadow have come down upon these sands, will have passed into the sea, or wholly vanished in the thirsty porous ground, leaving no trace of its exuberant flow save a few pools in the deeper hollows, or a few drops in a hole of yon flat stonej which the thirsty Arab or his camel stoops to drink up .—North British Review. In this report he had reference mainly to that vaste range of country fitted for agriculture, stretching from Lake Winipeg to the Rocky Moun¬ tains, and as far as seven degrees northward from the American boundary. It is well known that within the tract of country thus indicated, there are immense portions of territory, the climate of which is as genial as Canada Wpst, and naturally as productive of all cereals except maize. Pursuant to this recommendation, Chief Justice Draper was sent to England to negotiate for the union of this territory to Canada, and an expedition was organ¬ ized to explore the country between Fort William, on Thunder Bay, Lake Superior and the foot of Lake Winipeg, in order to discover the best means of water and land communication with the Red River settlement The Hudson’s Bay Company were charged with exaggerating the difficulties of the route by Rainy Lake, in order to discourage the Government from annexing the territory to Can¬ ada. In proof of this, the fact was alleged that last spring the company wishing to transport a battalion of troops thither, instead of taking the direct route of the old Northwest Company by Fort William, sent them by ship to York Factory, on Hudson’s Bay, and thence across the country to the streams flowing into Lake Winipeg. Happening to be in Toronto at the time of the starting of this expedi¬ tion, I secured an unoccupied state-room in the steamer chartered to carry the expedition to Fort William, and accompanied it around the northern shores of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior to the mouth of the Kamenistiqua River, where the expe¬ dition was to commence its exploration. With your permission I may give your readers some few jottings of our experience on this route of travel, a part of which is so seldom visited. A WORD TO YOUNG RURALISTS. Our young friends will perceive that we have | changed our location, and we like our new quar¬ ters very much. Not but the old place was good enough, but we were liable to be crowded into an uncomfortably small space, and we were sometimes unceremoniously pushed out altogether. A press of Agricultural matter, often occurring, compelled us to stand aside, which we very modestly submit¬ ted to without much grumbling. As the large fish swallow the little ones, so we were often swallowed, sometimes by pieces, and sometimes whole. Now we have a place where we are safe from molesta¬ tion. No one dare crowd us, or even look with longing eyes upon the column we occupy, which is sacred to the Youth. This will give us fifty-two columns in the year, and as each column contains as much reading as three or four common book pages, we shall give during the year as much mat¬ ter as would be contained in a book of about two hundred pages. Now we want to crowd into this space as much interesting and useful information as possible, and we want all Young Ruhalists to help us. We have room enough, but none to waste. We shall soon commence a series of short articles on Vegetable Physiology. In this number we com¬ mence an article in answer to a previous inquiry, on the Preservation of Birds, Animals, &c., from a gentleman who is an expert Taxidermist: Immediately after a bird is killed the throat and | nostrils should be stufTed with cotton, and a small \ quantity wound around the bill to prevent the ^ blood staining the feathers, which should remain while skinning or be replaced occasionally with Another m< fresh. Should there be any stain from shot wounds winding it on it must be wiped off immediately with a damp the required s sponge. In proceeding to skin the bird, it should with callipers, be laid on the back, and the feathers of the breast possible, intrc separated to the right and left, when a broad in- deficiency ths terval will be discovered reaching from the top to The wire mm the bottom of the breast bone. A pen knife or skull, as in tin scalpel must be inserted at the point of the bone, [This subje and cutting the outer skin from thence to the vent, when we shall taking care not to penetrate so deep as the flesh or j n g the arseni the inner skin which covers the intestines. The S ary informat skin will then be separated easily from the flesh by the eyes, &c.] THE DESERT OF SINAI-RAIN AND FLOODS. The peninsular desert is not a land without rain; and, speaking generally of the East, we may say that there seems to be much more rain than we usually give it credit for. In Upper Egypt, cer¬ tainly, there is hardly such a thing as rain. That region—the region where the wondrous ruins of a hundred temples crowd together, embalmed, and so preserved by the hot dry air, as effectually as their tenants are by spice and odors—may be called rain¬ less. It is wholly at the mercy of the Nile. Middle Egypt has more rain, though little to boast of.— Lower Egypt has considerably more; and in some places might do battle with the drouths on its own resources. But the Desert has more than all Egypt together—only so regulated as to be useless, save MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. PUBLISHER'S NOTICES. tZSjT The Currency of the Country is so deranged at present that we trust alJ who remit for the Rural will send us the best funds i conveniently obtainable in their respective localities. If our Western and Southern friends can remit in Drafts on New York at former Washington Matters. The President has received a letter from Mr. Ma¬ son resigning his position as Minister to Paris. The Treasury Department does not expect to get Congress jsicnul. 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In the cat e a record of the several Naval Courts of Inquiry ^ ^ , • w • mel,arC “ drcuIation — The ncw Constitution of Ore- not use it without a great sacrifice ;-hence this request If our mean time the sub-treasury will receive deposits of On motion of Mr Re T 1 f . . 1 Tins is a charming volume-nch in contents, beautiful gon, positively prohibits paper money.... There were friends in al] partij of the Union, tlx; 15ritith Provinces, Ac, wiD com- gold with orders for the notes, and when the paper , / Wt J ( ’ . U1 nwasa opt- in illustrations, and Fupcrior in typography and binding.— 21,551 marriages consummated in N. Y. State List year. ... ply with these suggestions so far as convenient, they will tavor ns. is ready the notes will be issued for them dated on . ( '. reCtlDg the ' J ° lnt * ’ ommittee on Printing to j It contains choice selections from the best poets of both j M. 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It is proposed to take up the WPre a r0 r jatel referred ' ° It is for sale at Dewey’s Arcade Book and News En Lecompton Constitution when it comes along, both . 1 . ^ „ . . —where, we may add, will also be found a great v; as a party measure and a formal assertion of the A 118CU8S1 ° n on K ^ nsas a f rair ® s P ran g U P m which choice Gift Books, &c., appropriate for the season. Tbs several senators participated, but no conclusions - ip^areMver'mailiNi’to'EidivfduS'sifb^iters'iiiRh'paw'ibr.lor acceptance and ratification. An enabling act will and offered the following preamble and res- j his account of the Hasheesh eaters. This work is a de- ordered by a responsible agent,) and always discontinued when the be incorporated in the new hill as an alternative, in subscription term expires. Hence, a prompt renewal is necessary to case the Lecompton Constitution is defeated by the secure die regular continuance of the paper. people Judge Hall, of Iowa, who was in the last Congress, will not only receive premiums, but tbeir aid will be appreciated. h&s been appointed Chief Juntice of Nebraska, £3^" In ordering the Rural please send us the best money con- James M. Buchanan, of Baltimore, will be appoint- vu ivaiww audnsfepidiig up m wmcn choice Gift Books, &c., appropriate for the sea foe. Legislature has refused to legalize the suspension of several senators participated, but no conclnsions -—— specie payments....The streets of Melbourne, Australia, were arrived at. Adjourned until January 4th. The Hasheesh Eater: Being Passages from the Life of were lighted with gas on the 10th of August....At the House.— Mr. Warren rose to a question of nrivi- l p I rtha f orea “’ Ne J York: Har I )tr & Broe - Mint, three days in the week are devoted to manufactur- leee and offered the following nreamhle and me. . T “ K rcaders of tbe lNlle notes of CuRTIS Wl11 remember ing the new cents... .Benedict Arnold’s silver watch has olutio ‘ ‘ his account of the Hasheesh eaters. This work is a de- been presented to the Conn. Historical Society....A clerk ° ' . scription of the personal experience of one who, for a i n the Suffolk Bank, Boston, has defaulted to the amount ry here as. It appears from the proclamation of time, became addicted To the use of this drug. The Hash- of $4,000_Walter Childs, one of the first settlers of G °nf r . n0r , Utah ; and from eesh is a resin which is secretcd by the Indian hemp in Cazenovia, died at that place on the 19th ult. He was 81 £ apisn ?ltoelli^L^Sfns?’the*‘cov^lSSt oAZ tbe Wa ™ Cr ciima l es ° f the east U produCC8 cflects 8imi ’ T ears of age.... John Myers, a veteran of the war of 1812, United States therefore ' L 11 lar Ibo® 6 °I opium, and the descriptions of the author died in Albany on the 20th ult., at the advanced age of 81 Regained. That, the Committee on Temtari,,. Re Wh ’ Ch di8tin * ” • ’ In POme parts of Cenlral ^ is 80 abundant, the President’s Message, that said territory is now Judge Hall, of Iowa, who was in the last Congress, in open rebellion against the Government of the , + “ , T 8 ’ 1 P ro(IuceB cnecM « im i- years of age.. , • , irZ- r T .• --KT z. 1 TTniiiTc. * .r f boveinmeniol tue lar to those of opium, and the descriptions of the author dicdinAlbanv is been appointed Chief Justice of Nebraska, United States, therefore w«ii •• area in Albany are marked by all those unearthly visions which distin- veuiently obtainable, and do not forget to give your full address—the ed Minister to St. Petersburg, name of Post-Office, and also State, Territory, or Province if rumored that the Tenr ’ riUbeappoi, “' It is rumored that the Tennessee Delegation has rf fcXu'i'th? £ Those who arc forming large clubs can send on the names and unanimously resolved to reject the Lecompton Territory ’ ° money of a part, before completing tlieir lists. ,, 1 11 r?“N on-Subscribers who may receive tiiis number ot the ' V 10n ‘ . ... . n * b ' s ca U ed ont views Of Various 1 Rural arc invited to examine carefully, and, if approved, lend their jovernment is oihciaJly advised oi the ar- and the whole was referred to the Comn kind offices to introduce the paper to notice and support in their re- rival in New York of two boxes of fire-arms — a Territories. Adjourned until January 4th spectivelocalities present from Her Britannic Majesty’s Government, _ ..,_ .. ■ -in return for the arms sent thither in August. foatPRt TntoAiio-pnr.p fro™ xr ori£ ., List of Netv Advertisements this Week. a requisition was made on the Treasury Dec. _ Yonnrr Aw* i’ 24th > for S530.000 for the pay of members of Con- A special Washington dispatch to the N This called out the views of various members ^ d ^onld ^be examined by parents and other* and the whole was referred to the Committee on ITtrl We_ can only mention them one chief’s grave....Of the 251 ships-of-war of the Brit- Tiik Aimwell Stories. —This excellent series of Juve- ish Navy, in commission on the 1st of November, no less nile Works is just the thing for Holiday Presents to the than seventy-three were in China or in the East Indies little folks, and should be examined by parents and others ... .The New York Board of Supervisors have raised the Latest Intelligence from Kansas. in making their selections. We can only mention them salaries of the Judges of the Marine Court, from $3,000 fo now, hut may notice more fully in future. Published by $4,000... .The Toronto Colonist states that there are from Gould & Lincoln, Boston, and sold in Rochester by Cole, 300 to 400 colored voters in that city... .Various Indian Adams & Co., corner of State and Buffalo streets. tribes have offered their services against the Mormons ' ....Baron Humboldt, now eighty-eight, is completing his Diaries.— Diaries and Memorandum Books, of various last volume of “ Kosmos.”... .The total shipment of specie Young Men's Magazine—Richard C. McCormick. Metropolitan Gift Rook Store—John S. Andrews. Young America Excelsior—J. B. Wright ha8 receiv ed the resignation of Hon. N. P. Banks the voters of the District of Columbia on a new drawal of troops from other posts to do it The lishment of two State Institutes.' ' as representative in Congress from the 7th District. ...The ROCHESTER, N. Y, JANUARY, 2, 1858. code of laws. news produced great excitement in Washington. qi ]IK , The Secretary of War received on the 25th nit a Mr. Parrott thinks a collision between the Free (; oveni telegram from Lt Gen. Scott, from New York, in State and Pro-slavery men now inevitable. \ which he says he has good news from the Utah ex- The rebellion at Fort Scott is doubted, as that is ^ O pj e ro pedition. Cols. Johnson and Smith, and the trains, not a government post tun were up with Col. Alexander, who was marching The St Louis Democrat has news from Lecornp- Jjcij upon Fort Bridges, and it was only 16 miles off on ton, that the Legislature passed an act submitting arc 'f 0UJ Nov. 7th. The troops were in high spirits. Just the Calhoun constitution to a vote of the people of nine la lishment of two State Institutes. aP re P reBGn1 -riive i„ Congress from the 7th District... .The steamship Europa sailed for Liverpool, with 47 passengers The total amount of salaries paid by the Federal and $2,33S,000... .A delegation of Sac and Fox Indians are Government, during the last year, was S5,358,603, at Washington, in attendance on the Indian Bureau_ of which $489,000 was paid to California office Tw0 hundred and thirty years ago, $24 purchased the holders. whole of the city and county of New York... There was A bill is before the South Carolina Legislature paid for print ‘ n £> P a P er > engraving and binding, during the which provides that professional gamblers who de « p * st " haft in CaIi f» r - , , ... , ... i ,, . ma is 316 feet in depth, and the rock taken out pays $20 are found guilty of gambling, shall receive thirty- per tun....A colored man named Val Bellamy, di^d re- niue lashes, in addition to the punishment now cently in Hancock county, S. C., 110 years old....The provided by law. Legislature of South Carolina has indefinitely postponed ' .' enough snow had fallen to protect the grass from the Territory on the 5th of January, in three forms, ;w l-nisnment now cently in Hancock county, S. C, no years old....The A New Year’s “ Rural” Greeting. tye. viz:_lst, Constitution with Slavery. 2d, Constitu- P ° y , . v Legislature of South Carolina has indefinitely postponed The vacant lands heretofore withdrawn from sale tion without Slavery. 3d, Against Constitution TuE revuls50n has caused a g eneral Z w “°nce More, Kind Friends,” we are permitted or entry outside of six miles on each side of the Stringent measures have been adopted for watch! a “<>n g American travelers abroad, who to greet you hopefully and encouragingly on the lands granted to Iowa in 1856 for railroad purposes ing the polls on the 21st. Committees were ap- bave )\® ry generally been cut short of supplies by feetof lumber have arrived at Chicago.... The National commencement of a New Year and Volume. In having been released, they will be restored to pri- pointed in each precinct to take the names of all the failures of bankerfl > and the derangement of | Iote i a t Washington has been re-opened on a grand scale presenting the initial number of the Rural for vate entry at the several land offices in that State, voters, so as to detect false returns. A good many excban £ eti - ....Thereareabout2,000troopsatLeavenworth,destin- 1858, we repeat, hut more strongly and confidently, February 15th. Missourians were going over to vote. ° TnE site for the new post-office in the] city of cd for Utah.... The receipts of flour, wheat, com and oats what we said a year ago:—Here’s the paper, good ---Secretary Stanton has rejected the Militia and New York, is fixed in the lower end of the Park.— at f^cag®, to Dec. 23d are^equivalentto 18,221,443bush., frifindfl anfl nnmprmic flnrl witli it nnr mm4nA,i Tttt? TItau 'F’YT>vT 4 T'rTnv* A n nvuvoca ---v.:!!-__ • .. • . t Thp hnrmriflriflft A.rft on P^rV T?mr IftA fnnt. an< ^ shipments to l(, rnrlmrrho and lieenminn- Liz,,,, with the eveentinn ef Cnl Unel.- and hie eeremonA 1 Tm ir, — \ vr nr ,' u ;„ __ .1 . has commenced the manufacture of silk in Hartford, Ct _The N. Y. Herald states half a dozen Wall street ad¬ venturers have each made $100,000 in speculations since clothe it in attire so recherche and becoming. How with the exception of Col. Cook and his command, tion of General Denver. It is stated that in Washington, at present, there the “ panic”.... During the month of November, $16,200 do you like its New Year suit? Is it not in good bad concentrated at Black’s Fork, and were mov- Gen. Harney had despatched two companies of are upwards of one hundred professional and reg- in cente of the now coinage, were issued from the Mint in taste?—aye, beautiful exceedingly? And docs not ing toward Fort Bridges. Their progress was very cavalry, upon Mr. Stanton’s requisition, to suppress ular writers for the press, in addition to a large p hiladelphia.... The value of the cotton crop of 1857, not the Rural talk well, in addition to being “good slow—only two or three miles a day being some- the rebellion at Fort Scott, where several lives had numb er of “ occasional correspondents.” brought to the seaboard is reckoned at eighteen millions looking?” Our printers are in ecstacies with its times made. The animals were giving out hourly, been sacrificed. Gen. H. had also posted troops at A series of resolutions recommending the re- Ztlin from The"luxury appearance—and we confess to a slight participa- and it was thought that all would perish this winter. Doniphan, Atchinson, Kickapoo and Leavenworth, opening of the African slave-trade, has been intro- of dueling, during his term of office.... An effort is on tion in their enthusiasm yet we consider another The supply trains were all up with the military and it is thought that the legitimate vote will be very duced in the lower house of the Texas Legislature foot to remove the county seat of Saratoga county from item of far more importance—its Contents. In provisions were abundant. B mall. The Legislature has passed an act repealing Similar resolutions have also been submitted in the Ballston.Spa to Saratoga Springs.... Major Watrous, from the law authorizing the Constitutional Convention. Alabama Legislature. the Bake Sl 'P Gnor Dl strict, has been elected Speaker of m n r .,... the House of Representatives m Minnesota, by the Demo- Ihe Militia law was passed oyer Secretary Stan- The grave of Madison was opened recently, in C rats....A monument to the memory of Gen. Nathaniel ton s veto. Gen. Lane is appointed Major General, the process of constructing a monument over it.— Greene is to be erected in North Carolina....President with eight Liigadiers Also, an Adjutant and full \ partial destruction of the coffin allowed a look Buchanan has refused to pardon Coleman, the young mail military organization. inside, when it was observed that but little more robber at Forstmouth, \ irginia—Senator Sumner finds, A Kansas letter to the St. Louis Democrat, re. t ij an a us t was j e f t 0 f the remains. itis said ’ that attcndin 8 debates affects him injuriously, ceived on the 24th ult., says that on the evening of m , _ ...... . and will go North a few weeks, at least....A Dubuque the 16th a battle occurred at Fort Scott, between tt TH ® Bumbe !' of 1Ioaia; pathic physicians in the paperannouncesthatfiftyorsixtygamblershadbeennoti- ti o d n ciio on a tf nn P , United States is about 3,000. There are two Homoe- fled to leave that citv, and that half of them had taken both essentials, however, wc have resolved to mani- The report that two Companies of Infantry had the law authorizing the Constitutional Convention Alabama Legislature, fest the onward spirit of our Motto “Excelsior,” met with reverses on the route to Utah, is without T he Militia law was passed over Secretary Stan! The grave of Mad: and primary Objects, “Progress and Improve¬ ment.” By comparing this with any preceding foundation. Five companies of Col. Sumner’s regiment of 1st number of the Rural, the reader can determine Cavalry, had recently taken winter quarters at Fort military organization whether the resolution has been “adopted.” Though the “hard times” may affect our circula¬ tion in some localities, we anticipate an increase T , ... . , „„„„„„„ , QOTU , ueiween rather than a diminution of subscribers. One of o 7 T ' ’ ’t ’> the Pro-Slavery and Free-State men. Five oTthe its ardent supporters writes, “Every friend of the ” Tt ’c former were killed, among them Blake Little a Rural ought to work harder for it on account of , . so „ , ’ „ The FstablLhetTn ^ mem ber of the Lecompton Convention. Several the times” — and we think such will be the result | , , j71 / " ‘ main- were wounded on both sides, and twenty Free-State from present realities and indications. Thus far- ] 000 „ atq 0f nrincinal di^enW ‘! lTerag . lng men were taken prisoners and confined in the Fort the reports from agents and other active friends ti’ons, the Independents have the largest Thapds The Missourians were assembling in strong force are exceedingly favorable _ the number of new and accommodate lhe largeBt aggre g at e of hearers- ° n the b ° rder< and m0re fighting was a PP rek ended. suhseribers, especially, being far greater ban we ^ Mcthodists have the most numerous chapels T1,C difficulty grCW ° Ut of the fact that Clark, no- anticipated. In order to furnish the complete vol- 1 ^ imm ^ ib* rtn^b^ ---— -_ _ __ A Kansas letter to the St. Louis Democrat, re. than dust was left of the remains. Places of Worship in London. —The city of ceiv e ^ on tbe 24lb ult ” pa ' s tka4 op 41ie c 'cning of Ti{E number 0 f Hommpathic j mdon. with a notmlat.ion of nenrlv 3 non non hoc c ia a e occunet a Scott, between TTnltoA Statoa ionVinnt a non Thf>i pathic colleges, one at Philadelphia and the other up their line of march....The private property taxed in at Cleveland, Ohio, at each of which, upon a fair Texas, amounts to $173,500,000. There are half a million average, one hundred and twenty students gradu- inhabitants owning an average of $367 each....There are ate annually three thousand Methodists in California, of whom ninety are ministers....The people of Roxbury have voted, 808 Some emigrants across the plains recently found to 762) in favor of annexation to Boston....A court in tne reports irom agents ana otner active friends t i , The Missourians were assembling in strong force waul Llje puuiib itutuu) iuuuu to 76 o, in favor of annexation to Boston_A court in are exceedingly favorable — tbe number of new ? ’ 7; ^ x tllG largest cha Pels Qn the border and more fic rhtin^ was aimrehended two do S s ^ ing by one of the man ^ graves markin ^ Pennsylvania has given a verdict to a wife for $2,508 for subscribers, especially, being far greater than we f,” a e c _ ar g es aggregate of hearers; Tfae d j fficu ] ty grew out oAhe fact that Clark no! tlie spot of recent massacres , lhat had watched money earned by her after marriage and loaned to her anticipated. In order to furnish the complete vol- , ! , ists mC most nl:merous cba P els > torious as the murderer of Barber two years «i’nre u P on spot UI . ltjl they were eraaciated almost husband ...An English millionaire was in Cincinnati a ume to all who renew or subscribe early, we print ^ nearly t ie BmaBesUiggregate accommodation. accompanied by a Deputy Sheriff col’ to skin and bones - Nolbin S conld induce them to few days ag0 ’ seekin e opportunities invest half a million on ovtra edition of f. ii 188 hogs had been the Rural Canvass. Bv exerrisinc Qneh infWr,™ m i.onaon nas just sent to l ans tlie libiaiy ol his- .. , . , ’ ... killed at Louisville....A frog has been shown to the as rnav be consiSnt in behMf of 0 ^1 t0ricaJ and ° lber literature wbicb wa s purchased into consideration the best course to pursue in con- melting, $56. Bridgewater Gazette, found twenty-two feet below tbe b T r in England, during Napoleon’s captivity at, St. Hele- sequence of the Legislature hat mg failed to sub- A new kind of omnibus has been recently intro- surface of the ground, by a man digging a well in that mends can speedily and largely augment its circu- na ^ to be gent Qut tliere for bis uge _ j t SCC1US tbat mit the Topeka Constitution to the people with the duced in England. The conductor, when the vehicle town....Ten hundred and forty-five steamboats passed ation and usefulness thereby benefiting them- the hooks were not actually dispatched when the Lecompton instrument. is full in hot weather, has only to turn a small through the Rock Island Bridge this season, and five bun- —but we are confident every copy will be wanted provided Agents, Subscribers, casual readers, and leave the place. dollars in property there-There has been a row at the gates of Jerusalem between the villagers of Bethlehem The Somerset (N. J.) W big says there is a hostler and thoge of Thamar . 0 ne man was killed... .The last in Somerville who carries a watch that weighs two survivor of tlie Wyoming massacre, (Jeremiah Spencer,) tori cal and other literature which was purchased uuw «««*»««“‘“w** ^ oust course to pursue in con- inciting, «uc Bridgewater Gazette, found twenty-two feet below the in England, during Napoleon’s captivity at St. Hele- sequence of the Legislature hating failed to sub- A new kind of omnibus has been recently intro- surface of the ground, by a man digging a well in that na, to be sent out there for his use. It seems that mit the Topeka Constitution to the people with the duced in England. The conductor, when the vehicle town.... Ten hundred and forty-five steamboats passed wTr° li ” g “f h0m “ in f T°, f tlMirMi8 '" of Kipolepn was announced, and they have Btunulaung to remUn ed packed up ever since. Tie existence of tcompton instrument. is full, in hot weather, has only to turn a small through the Rock Island Bridge this season, and five hun- -...-handle, and the roof is at once raised, giving a rush dred and ninety-nine rafts.... Jules Gerard, the famous Japan.—A Russian Minister has lately visited of fresh air into the interior; and, if the weather is French lion hunter, is now forming a club of the hunters j .‘OtoVU _ _ . ... . . of oil n.Sonc Oa. flan caf fko aacaUA lao.of. ... urnteiy oruerea it to De sent over to 1'aris. luiemgeia peisun, expresses me opinion tnat me papers, is at tnis moment crowded witn more nn- Leviathan is daily making progress to deep water.The -— great jealousy and dread of any intercourse with employed, talented young men, in proportion to little town of Brookline, N. H., employs about sixty men A Western New York Family.— In a brief and Point in Law—Interesting to Wives.— foreigners, which has been so distinguishing a her population, than any other city in the Union — in making sugar-kegs for East Boston — It is estimated modest note from “One of Them,” we have the An action for debt by a wife against her husband, characteristic of the Japanese government, is men who have basked in the sunshine of prosperi- that as many as twenty-seven thousand Mormons have following facts relative to a remarkable family. iecove r money loaned by her to her husband, be- gradually giving away. The last accounts from tv, and with the natural improvidence of easily emigrated from Europe to the United States within the Truly, Western New York has her homesteads and i n g properly acquired after marriage, was tried in Hakodadi received, via San Francisco, were of a acquired fortune, have neglected to prepare for P aBt sixteen years—The 19th ult., was observed m New- patriarchal heads of families, as well as New Eng- * be Common Pleas of Perry Co., Pa., a few days character to confirm the opinion expressed by the reverses which neither their inclinations, nor the of the waton India 1 ” 8 * Th^latest new^from Costa land:—“Truth is stranger than fiction.” There is a g°> Judge Graham presiding. The question was Russian Plenipotentiary. Every disposition was careless habits engendered by the circumstances of Kcareporte that the differences with Nicaragua^ are likely in the town of Stafford, Genesee Co., N. Y., a large wbetber a Avife could maintain a suit against her exhibited by the Japanese officials to give friendly their position, enabled them to forsee. to be se ttled without having recourse to hostilities. .The farm house, built in the year 1827, consequently has busband - The Court decided that she could, and entertainment to the American whalers visiting The New York census of 1855 reports 98 persons Nova Scotia Legislature is summoned to meet on the 4th been standing over thirty years. It is surrounded debvcred a verdict for the plaintiff for $2,508. that port, which, from its convenient situation, was a t that date resident in the State, who were 100 of February, for the despatch of business_New York by a farm of over 300 acres, and is now, and ever -likely to become one of the principal depots of the years of age and upwards, 44 of whom were females; city was flooded > on tb e 24th ult., with new counterfeit has been, occupied by a large and thriving family, ' llIE Constitution of Oregon. — The vote in whaling fleet The steamer which the Japanese the oldest, a woman 120 years old, resides in St bbreesontne John Hancock Bank ofSpnngfield, Massa- but has never been visited by the Angel of Death! 0re g°n on the State Constitution against slavery obtained from the Dutch is navigated—so the Rus- Lawrence county. ' re' mar'tri is^TtheXer^tween°A^T andTew York The original family for which it was built, con- baa not disappointed expectation. In six counties sian Plenipotentiary reports—by an entire Japanese The estate of James E. Birch, the mail contractor ^yrhe steamer North Sto bailed, on^the^th^ Tlt.,^ for sisted of sixteen persons—the parents and fourteen 4be vote was > for slavery, 252; against it, 1,324. In crew, engineers and firemen included. in California, is estimated to he worth $150,000.— Southampton and Bremen with 200 passengers and $296,- children, every one of whom are now livitig and heads onroe county, not included in the above count, --- Pretty well for a man who had never been anything 000 in specie.... Hon. Thos. H. Seymour, United States of families! The descendants of this truly “patri- tbei ' e ^ 800 majority against slavery. The vote for Marriage Valid by Mere Agreement.—A case but a stage-driver when he came to California, in Minister at St. Petersburg, has sent, through Barings, archal ” pair are very numerous, and scattered excluding free colored persons from the Territory has just been decided in Indianapolis by which it 1849. $1T5 for th e relief of the poor of the city of Hartford, Lawrence county. The estate of James E. Birch, the mail contractor chusetts... .The steamer Knickerbocker is still making her regular trips on the river, between Albany and New York ....The steamer North Star sailed, on the 26th nit., for in California, is estimated to he worth $150,000. — Southampton and Bremen with 200 passengers and $296,- Pretty well for a man who had never been anything 000 in specie.... Hon. Thos. H. Seymour, United States throughout seven States — Midi., Wis., Iowa, Min- 18 J u *t as large. Oregon, it is said, will nesota, New York, Pennsylvania and California into the Union under this Constitution. Their present number, including those married into-*■—-_ the family, is 140! At a rough estimate, the land Lake Disasters. —We have publishe owned and tilled by them, is over 4,000 acres._ ment of the Chicago Press, says the I colliding free colored persons from the Territory has just been decided in Indianapolis by which it 1849. $175 for the relief of ihe * 00T of the cit T of Hartford, is just as laigc. Oiegon, it is said, will be admitted is declared that Marriage in Indiana requires no The ordinance making it compulsory on bakers c onn. The Got ernor of Georgia has vetoed the legali¬ st 0 11C m0n UUder lbls Constitution ’ formalities to make it legal, except the mere agree- and store-keepers to sell all wheaten, rye, oaten or “ “”ntty passed the^m^T^a’ two-third 7ote. .^There ■ ^ --- ment of the parties; that it is a civil contract only, other bread, by weight, without reference to price, willbe a t least seven editors in the next Pennsylvania Lab.e Disasters. —We have published the state- and differs from other civil contracts merely in was called up Monday evening in the New York : Legislature_The Gaines case is up again before the ment of the Chicago Press, says the Buffalo Cou- this—that it cannot be dissolved, even by mutual Board of Councilman, and adopted—ayes 34, nays 4 ited—ayes 34, nays 4. courts in New Orleans....Christian Roach, the most il- - lustrious sculptor of this century, since the death of Can- which will make a ova and Thorwaldson, died a few weeks ago at the age of Imagine a daguerreotype of this family group, rier, that, during the season of navigation, the ac- consent Sect 8 of Revised Statues of Indiana -♦—»-- lustrious sculptor of this century, since the death of Can- Among them you will find merchants, lawyers, one tual loss of property on the lakes is estimated at says:—“ No marriage shall be void or voidable, for Our New Rural Dress — which will make a ova and Thorwaldson, died a few weeks ago at the age of divine, farmers, drovers, mechanics, &e. At their SI, 920,316, and the loss of life at 221. Last year the want of license or other formalities required better appearance in a week or two—was furnished years — A bill has been introduced in the Senate head sits the venerable pair, still in the possession the losses of property amounted to $3,038,874, and by law, if either of the parties thereto believe it to by N. Lyman, of Buffalo, who is too well and favora- to or s amz ® the Jerritoiy of Arizona .The Whashington of all their faculties. How many such families will the loss of life to 407. During the last ten years be a legal marriage at the time.” The agreement bly known as a Type Founder, &c., to require any ^ orr ® B P° n thL ^ mtrican says it take to till lucle Sam s farm west of the the loss of property has been $13,821, 253, and the must afterwards be recorded, but the failure or special commendation to the disciples of the “ Art rat^ of interest for the Treasury notes. Reader, how Mississippi ? loss of life during the last four years has been 765. neglect to do this is punishable simply by a fine. Preservative” in this region, the West or Canada. d 0 y OU like our News Condenser? JAN. 2 MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 11 Arrival of the Persia. The steamer Persia, from Liverpool, arrived at New York on the 24th ult. Advices have been received in England from Bombay to the 17th, and from Calcutta to Nov. 11th. British reinforcements were arriving at different Indian forts at the rate of 2,000 men per week.— The mutineers at Lucknow were estimated at 50,- 000 to 70,000. No communication has been had for a month, but it was believed that the garrison would hold out Greathead’s column, five thousand strong, had reached within three miles of Luck¬ now, and Colin Campbell left Cawnpore with five thousand more on the 9th for Lucknow. Numerous successful encounters with the mutineers are re¬ ported at various points. No more outbreaks had occurred. The King of Delhi’s life will be spared. The mutineers burnt alive all wounded soldiers who fell into their hands at the seige of Delhi. Hong Kong dates are to Oct 20. Preparations were making for the assault of Canton. The House of Commons has appointed a special committee to consider the bank charter and com¬ mercial crisis. Lord John Russell has obtained leave to bring in a Jewish disabilities bilL Palmerston proposes to adjourn on the 12th of Dec. to the 4th of February. Demand for money gradually diminishing. Rates in discount market were lower than at Bank. Funds buoyant Several more failures—mostly German houses. Farley & Co.’s Worcester Bank had stopped. It was a small affair. The Wolver¬ hampton Bank resumes business. Hamburgh advices conflicting. Late dispatches report the crisis more alarming, and a general break-up imminent Gold was flowing plentifully to Bank of England. Bank of France also gained a large amount of spe¬ cie, and a still further reduction in rates was an¬ ticipated. Government granted credit of a million of francs to relieve the distressed. An amnesty had been granted in Spain for polit¬ ical offences. The Belgium elections were going in favor of the Liberals. The panic had extended to Warsaw. Numerous failures there. Commercial Intelligence. Breadstufps.—T he weather has been extremely mild for the season. Arrivals from the United States have been considerable, and there being but limited inquiry for any articles, holders have in most instances been obliged to accept a further reduction, the only inquiry being for prime red and white American wheats, which are scarce. On the 11th ult., the market was fairly attended, and a more general consumptive demand was experienced for wheat at an advance of Id per 70 tbs.—useful red America. Flour was somewhat more easy of sale, although the ex¬ tent of business was rather circumscribed, at about 6d per bbl. advance. Demand for corn was exceedingly slow, at a reduction of 6d per quarter on mixed and yellow,and l@2s on white, fine having been sold at 28s per 480 lb.— We quote American white wheat at 6s9d@7s; extra, 7s2d@7s6d; red, 6s@6s4d; extra, 6s@6sl0d, per 70 lbs.— Baltimore, Philadelphia and Ohio flour at 25s@26s; West¬ ern Canal, 24s@25s. Corn, mixed and yellow, 3-s0d@33s; white, 38s per 480 lbs. Provisions.—I. ard, still very dull and transactions re¬ stricted to the merest retail sales at a further decline.— Pork—Nothing doing in American. Emancipation in the Dutch West Indies. — It has already been announced that Holland had pro¬ vided for the emancipation of slaves in her colonies in the West Indies. While the act is much behind that of England, it i9 said to be much more just in providing a fair equivalent to the slaveholder for his slave. For healthy slaves a rate of indemnifica¬ tion is fixed according to their ages, differing in the different islands. For sick slaves a reduced price will be paid, which is to be fixed after the slave has been examined by two physicians, one appointed by government and the other by the owner thereof.— No price is to be paid for runaway slaves, who have been absent more than two years. The emancipated slaves will be placed under humane regulations, providing for their religious and .educational im¬ provement, and obliging them to contribute for the formation of a fund destined to pay back to the State the expenses of their emancipation. Children of emancipated parents, born after the proclama¬ tion of this law, are free, and not subject to the re¬ strictions which their emancipated parents are un¬ der; and they are to remain under the control of their parents to the age of twelve years. The date for the emancipation of the slaves is to be fixed by the home government The Weather.—Boston, Dec. 26.—Weather cold —wind northeast—snowing fast—one inch of snow down. Toronto, C. W., Dec. 26.—Weather cold and pleasant. Quebec, C. E., Dec. 26.—Weather very cold and clear. Montreal, C. E., Dec. 26. — Weather very cold. — The thermometer at 8 o’clock, A. M., was 2° below zero. Rutland, Vt., Dec. 26. — Weather cloudy and cold. Thermometer 18° below zero. St. Johns, N. B., Dec. 26. — Thermometer 2° be¬ low zero. Calais, Me., Dec. 26.—Thermometer 2° below zero. River frozen solid. Portland, Me., Dec. 26.—Weather cloudy and cold. Wind north. Rochester, Dec. 28.—Weather mild and pleasant From Mexico. — Another Revolution. — The steamship Tennessee lia3 arrived with dates from the City of Mexico to the 17th ult. Another revo¬ lution broke out on the 10th ult The Garrison at Tacuyaba pronounced against dissolving of the Congress and the overthrowing of the Constitution, and the declaring of Comonfort dictator. Yera Cruz followed the example, and it was expected the rest of the States would also do so. Later accounts from Yucatan state that re-actionists had captured Eisel—which again was re-taken by Government troops. New Railroad Enterprise. —Two detachments of men—one from New Orleans, the other from New York—have recently sailed for Yera Cruz, fully equipped for a thorough exploration and survey of a Railroad route from Yera Cruz to the city of Mexico, and thence, if there be a practicable route, to Acapulco, or some other port on the Pacific. The enterprise is in the charge of Captain Talcott, formerly of the U. S. Army, a graduate of West Point, and distinguished for his attainments in the science of Engineering. Some of the wealthiest men in Mexico are engaged in the undertaking. Important from Nicaragua.— A telegram just received from New York, states that the Northern Light has arrived, bringing intelligence that Gen. Walker, the Fillibuster, has surrendered, with his entire force, to Com. Paulding, of the U. S. Navy Kecent Conflagrations. The dwelling house of Mr. Ira Harmon, of Wheat- land, wa3 destroyed by fire on Wednesday night, together with all its contents, the family escaping with few of their clothes. We have not heard the amount of their loss, but presume there is a fair insurance upon the property. It is said that the fire originated from ashes placed in some wooden receptacle. The barn of Geo. Sargent, near Brattleboro', Yt., was destroyed by fire the 21st ult, together with eighteen head of cattle, a horse, several hogs, and a large quantity of hay and grain. The burning was the work of an incendiary. On the morning of the 25th ult., a fire was dis¬ covered in the Variety Store of Henry Hart, suc¬ cessor to G. B. Flersheim, 171, Main street, Buffalo. NEW YORK, Deo. 2d—Flour—Market 5@10c better for common grades with fair demand, chiefly for borne consumption. Sales at $-625(514,35 for common to choice super State; $4,50@4,70 for extra State; $ t,25(a.4,35 for super western; $1,50(515,25 for common to me¬ dium and extra do—market closing quiet Canadian a shade better; sales at $1,30(511,35 for super; and $4,t>5(a:6,00 for extra. Grain— 1 Vue at quiet and prices nominally the same. Sales at 100c for white Canadian, and 120c for white Michigan. Rye quiet and firmly held at 7i)(ai72-,c. Barley nominal at W(q)75c for new South¬ ern. Com is lc lower; sales at 56(5>61c. Nothing doing in old Com, and Western mixed is nominal at b8(a'.70c. Oats plenty and dull at 41®43c for State, and 44m;4oc for Western. Provisions —Pork market steady with a moderate demand. Sales at $15,50@.15,75 for mess, and $13,25(ail3,50 for prime; and $15 for new prime mess. Lard heavy; sales at 9@.9FJc. Butter is in fair request at ll@I7c for Ohio, and I4(2l20c for State. Cheese steady ns 6@8V- THE CATTLE MARKETS. NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—The current prices for the week at all the markets as follows:—Beeves—First quality, $l0,50(at 11,00; Ordinary, $9,50(2)10,00; Common, $9,00(29,50: Inferior, $S,00@8,50. Cows and Cai.ves —First quality, $ti0(205; Ordinary, $50(255; Common, $40(245; Inferior, $25(235. Veal Calves—E xtra quality, lb, 6,’j(at6?iC.; Other qualities, -p IK, 4}£@6c. Sheep ant) Lambs —First quality. $4.00(515.50; Other qualities, $3,00(24,00. Swine —First quality, 5,^(25>£ ; Other qualities, 4%@5. The fire took in the rear of the store, and was so far advanced when seen that it could not be con¬ trolled. His loss is estimated at $20,000; insured for $9,000. The stock of Stillman & Co., No. 169, Main street, consisting of hatter’s goods and furs, was much damaged by water. Mr. Stillman had his usual large winter stock on hand, valued at from $25,000 to $28,000. His insurance is only $4,000. Mr. Wm. Kemp, house and sign painter, occupied rooms over the variety store. His stock was destroyed; loss small. Mr. Marsh, tailor, lo3t his entire stock, which was in the same building. Nankin Sheep.— A New York paper thu3 speaks of one of the curiosities at the recent Cattle Show of the American Institute in the Crystal Palace — the Nankin sheep exhibited by Mr. R, L. Pei.l:— “Three years ago, Capt Smith imported three ewes, in lamb, out of which Mr. Pell says he has killed for mutton, or had destroyed, 36 head, and lost 45 lambs. He sold first to Mr. Pell three ewes and one buck, and these number 16 now, and those, with the 72 now purchased, make 88, while the whole increase, if living, would make a flock of 169 head. One ewe had twelve lambs in fifteen months. One in the pen now has three small lambs. The flock have lived out of doors upon Capt. Smith’s island, and had lambs in the winter.” Great Potato Crop.— A Chicago paper states Mr. Geo. Shoecraft, of White Pigeon, Michigan, (formerly of Penfield, this county,) planted the last season three hundred and twenty acres to potatoes, and raised about 40,000 bushels! Up to Dec. 1st, he had sent 10,000 bushels to Chicago, and 15,000 to New York. About 1,000 barrels of the latter CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 23.—At market 1052 Cattle, about 900 Beeves, and 152 Stores, consisting of Working Oxen, Cows, and ono two and three years old. Prices— Market Beef—Extra, $7,00; First quality, $6,00(2)6,25; S eeond quality, $5,50; Third quality, $5,00; Ordinary, $4,00. Working Oxen— $75, 150(2170. Cows and Calves— $25,35,'45, 50(260. Stores — Yearlings, $13(216; Two Years Old, $20(225; Three Years Old, $28(232. Sheep and Lambs— 1420 at market Prices— Extra and Selec¬ tions, $3(2337 ; in lots, $1,50, 1,75, 2,25(22,75. Swine— 660 at market Prices, live weight, 5f
(c; Dressed 6C26Mc- Pt Hides— 5c. Calf Skins-9(3U0c. $1 It Pelts —62@75e. each. Tallow 6c, $1 lb. BRIGHTON, Dec. 2-1.—At market 1400 Beeves, 160 Stores, 2000 Sheep and Lambs, and 230 Swine. Prices— Beef Cattle—Extra, $8,00; First quality, $7,00: Second quality, $6,75; Third quality, $5(a-6. Working Oxen—$ 100, 130(ari80. ears Old, $20(2.25; Three Years Old, $28(232." Sheep and Limbs— In lots, $1,25(21,50; Extra, $2,75^)3,50. Swine —Wholesale, 6kiC-%) lb.; Retail, (j@7J^c.: Fat hogs 5@5>£c. Hides —5c. Calf Skins—9@10c. , by Rev. Mr. Warren, Mr. STEPHEN A. WICKS, of Elba, and Miss CHRISTIANA HAIGHT, of OakfielA On the 3d inst, at South Sodas, by Rev. John Robinson, Mr. WIL¬ BER E. H. SOBER, and Miss HARRIET BETTS, bodi of Sodus, Wayne Co., N. Y. On Dee. 17th, by Rev. L Freeman, Mr. OEO. W. KINTZ, of Henrietta, formerly of Greece, and Miss ALMA M., eldest daughter of H. OATES, Esq., of diis city. In Cape Vincent, Dec. 17di, by Rev. Samuel L Merrell, Mr. ADAM J. GROVER, of Suspension Bridge, and Miss MARY E SHA¬ FER, of Cape Vincent Terms of Advertising:. -Twenty-five Cents a line, each bisertion—in advance. Brief and appropriate announcements pre¬ ferred, and no Patent Medicine or deceptive advertisements inserted on any conditions. 2'£7“ The circulation of the Rural New-Yorker largely exceeds that of any other Agricultural or similar journal in the World. Speclvl Notices Fifty Cents a Line each insertion. Flour and Grain. Flour, bbl.$4,75(2620 Do. Buckwheat cwt.. .$1,56 Wheat, Gen.$1,10(21,15 Best white Canada . .$1,10(5,1,15 Com..T..70 Rye, 60 lbs. ip bush..60c Oats.33(a34c Bariev..50c Buckwheat.31(234c Beans.75c(n$t,00 Peas.$l,00(a;l,25 Meats. Pork, Mess.$00,00ft 20,00 Do. cwt.$5,50@6,00 Beef, ip cwt.$4,50@5,50 Spring Lambs each..$1,50(22,25 Mutton, (carcass)..$5,00 Hams, smoked.lOJ^lllc Shoulders.9^@10c Chickens.6c Turkeys.....8c Geese.’..38@44e Dairy, Ac. Butter, roll.17c Do. firkin.14(215c Cheese.8(29c Lard, tried.lie Tallow.9@10c Eggs, dozen. .17c Honev, box. .00(qJ16c Candies, box. ... .YiyMVAe r KuiTS a_xd Roots. Apples, bushel... Do. dried. .. .$1,00(21,25 Potatoes. Hides axd Skjxs. Slaughter . . Calf. ..10c Sheep pelts. .50c Lamb do. .00c Seeds. Clover, bnsh.$6,50(27,00 Timothy.$3,00(2375 Sundries. Wood, hard.S4,50(2)5,50 Do. soft.$5,00614,00 Coal, Lehigh.$7,00(27,50 Do. Scranton.$6.00(26,50 Do. Blossburg.$5,00(25,50 Do. Shamokin.$6,25(56,75 Ho- Char.10@I2Mc Salt bbl.(2$1,4.5 Hay. tun.$7(210 Wool, ia lb.30(2 40c White fish, bbl.$9,50 Codfish i?) quintal_$4,50(24,75 Trout bbl.($9,00 PRODUCE AND PROVISION MARKETS. /IIIINF.SE SUGAR CANE SEED FOR SALE. -Pure V7 Black Chinese Sugar Cane Seed, sent by Express, or otherwise to any address for 25 cents per lb. C. DICKEY, Mercersbiug, Franklin Co, Pa erui AGENTS W ANTED,— To travel nnd solicit orders for ift/ll Dr. DELARNES’ Celebrated Pench Elastic Shoulder Braces. Salary, $40 per month, w ith expenses paid. Address, with stamp, 417 C. it BOWEN & BROTH ER, Atkinson Depot, N. H. IPO LYCEI MS.- The undersigned will deliver titoer of his I poems—“Manhattan,"or "The Gentlemen,"—during the month of January, 1858, before any Lyceum or Institute desiring to engage him in the Western or Middle States. Address 417wl J. A. BARTLETT, Navy Yard, Boston, Mass. (TUFAS Oil EARTH ALMONDS. A N ANNUAL PLANT FROM SPAIN, of a sweet chestnut-like flavor, easy of culture, and very productive. Tubers for plant¬ ing, sent by mail post-paid ; 25 for 10 cents ; 100 for 25 cents, or 1,000 by Express for $1. Directions for culture, harvesting, Ac, sent w ith each package. [417w4] H. B. LUM, Sandusky, O. iFt-A-IrfcE SEEDS. A N ENTIRE NOVELTY AND SCARCE, never before sold. New Mexican Cushaw unequaled for delicious eating, size and singularity of form. English Mammoth Pumpkin Seed. Also, true genuine Earth Almonds. Price 25 cents per package—Five for a dollar, sent post-paid. Address JOS. L ASHBY, 417w6 Care of Dr. A. R. McKee, liberty, Missouri. BUFFALO, Dec. 26.—Flour—Market quiet Sales extra Indiana at $5; and choice extra do at $5,62. Grain— Wheat; Sales white Canada at 100c, and a car load white Kentucky at 120c. Nothing to report in Com or Oats. Provisions —Dressed hogs retail at 6c for heavy. Very few West¬ ern yet arrived. Beans dull A sale was made of good mixed white, small and large, at 94c from first hands. Butter is bought by dealers at 16@17c for prime State—market not firm. Potatoes are firm and in demand by dealers at 50®60c—the latter for prime qualities. Tal¬ low firm at 10%c for prime No. 1. YOUNG AMERICA EXCELSIOR ORTABLE GRAIN MILL Lever Power, Grinds everything in the provender fine, even Com in the Ear, green or dry; shells com and hulls clover. Awarded more premiums than all its com¬ petitors. Is the most durable Mill: Grinders cast of fine hard metal- renewed for $5. Price with extra sett of Grinders, and warranted, $50. Patent Right for Hale on the best of terms. Full particulars on Uinuirv. J. B. WRIGHT A CO, Westfield. Ghaut Co, N. Y. J. Tryon, Lewiston, N. Y„ Agent for Niagara Co. THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY IJOR JANUARY IS NOW READY, and for Sale by all Book- X sellers and Newsmen. 417 PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO, Publishers. Boston. ONTARIO FEJIALE SEMINARY. Canandaigua, N. Y. rrHE WINTER SESSION of this long established and popular X Institution, will commence on Thursday the 7th of January next During the Thirty Years of its popular existence, the Institution has never been more efficient and successful than in its present organi¬ zation. Catalogues giving full information, cau be obtained on appli¬ cation to tire Trustees, or to the Principal 417w3 Canandaigua, Dec. 20, 1857. B. RICHARDS, A. M. METROPOLITAN GIFT BOOK STORE. M oney saved in buying books on the gift Principle. Books usually sold at $1 20 for $1. 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Annual subscription $1 50. To be bad of all dealers, and at the oflice, 348 Broadway, N. Y. Do you Want a Western. Agricultural Paper ? EMERY’S JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE, A WEEKLY PAPER, Devoted to the Interests of Western Agriculturists, Horticulturists anti Mechanics, Is Such, a Paper. FIRST NUMBER JUST ISSUED. Regular Issue will Commence January, 1858. I T is tile aim of the Publishers not only to make a pnper that shall Interest and profit Western Fanners, Font-Growers and Mechanics, but one that shall furnish reliable iufonnation to the Enatern Man, exhibit the resources of the Great West, and reflect the intelligence and enterprise of its people. Eastern men are anxious to know more of the land that grows glorious harvests, of toe treatment of its soil and resources. Multitudes are seeking homes here, that have no practical knovvfodge of Western fanning, tuid though perhaps good fanners East, are tyros here. Such need EMERY’S JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 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