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TmrOT m ill. Sit & HACKER, ; l-u . mock. Main Street; i , Strict" " Sicrr -atixix. X. T. '..HAS &. FISHER, !-s-Hr?V- IE ! , ." . l furnished at $1 60 pe - 4i tm . ' ..... ...... 1 60 nr tie (uiuiuiu - v - ..i!Kno".. w .niMDiei the order, not ii tbec ' nil ..A i ? ! vY' ft i V THE ADVERTISER Rates "of Advertising. i l1' LIBERTY" AND UNIOir,.ONE; Aim. ABLE, I?OW;AITD FQrtBVBIL' - - sv) One (ff n Une or !eJ on ln.f rii.'-i, $1 oo E1 4 liiDl in.-i tioo Oiie Sijnare, od monta - - - 1 rJ Biiins C.rtirf. ; ix line or !e, or. ft vJ I One cnluua nejff .... to hi j On h.U coluTiiu vn I?,r ' - - 3 'XI ; Oj fourth rolnrm ii; yfr - - 2 ".'' I ' O.i iMa enlunm pi j cr - M i ! Onpcol'iuin n ni 'ii;h . - - - t r j ' One half colnam ix i?vrvh - . ; I ixj ;. Otie fourth Cunim it m.iThi - 1 1 t0 i One eiptith of a e-inipn m us.n!b . 5 01 I Oaecoiumti r;ree m.auli - . . 2:) e One fonrth column itiree mnnui . D (Vt .one e'Shth o,lnnm. three n.inth 4 W .lvauc) . .- - - Sly? Traiu-ient ilveni-'eiien,. ti tinr? inMr;";.M, thdH bepaiiir .riu 'lVi!K-e. Vejrli nUeiU.ctiivui., qur- cciS in a.lvjiUkO. . ;ou in. . BEOWNVILLE. NEBRSKV ; THURSDAY, JUNE, 12, 1862. NO. 49. !?STEWiVRTf LECT PHYSICIAN fqURGEON, 1 XfXULVC, XC1XUASKA. nur-n'. Dr? Store, jtjgj i -.littY W.11EWXTT,' . 1 V - ,f the late? Htvl. The ladiei of 5 k!f.nTicinity afeeorOUlly incited to call S door 'at cf the. ilethodist tSr.8tX"U' . n41-3m - : j ft M. ATKINSON, 1EDE! IT LAW, AND IICITOR III CHAIJCERY. J CJcecorncror Main ind First Sti. Sdu.d.-.gwin, Hiring permanently Located near VDWNVILtE, NEBRASKA, I Atpmrtie of Medicine and Surgery, ten , cae mile eoutb of town, on the old M lxon iuiruslus- Sfclionclieit jrORNEY AT LAW, raciT0RSAIN "CHANCERY, terser first ai 'Jlaia etreciB, vmlllc, - - Xcbraska i JAMES S. .BEDFORD ITOllNHY AT LAW, J AND !.ir Coamlssioijcr In Chancery. i -EEOWKVILLZ, U. T. AGAIN'STTnE THE FIRES OF FALL, By rrime,.A. No. I Insurance,. '12 TH F hum emi a OF HART OllD, . The Fruils of the Phanix ' Are. manifest in the following etatemcnt of Facts and Fcures, showing the amount equalized to public Jbenefjt,in the shape of losses paid in the we?tanl Soujh, dannft the pastfour years ;a isubstantial rec ord of a . ' . . , Well Tried Corporation. $1,167 00 40,377 55. 27,622 V)4 69,174 66. 32,670 0. 34,220 13- 19,323 34- 8.6B3 10 9,765 08- 34,054 38- 43,054 00- 23,832 55' 27,C23 83. 22,S39 43. 3,61 63 555 55 Insurances edin this : .Brownvi .... . .i NEBRASKA .-OHIO.- INDIANA- .ILLINOIS MIOAICAN WISCONSIN IOWA--' .. MINNESOTA KANSAS. ...... KENTUCKY .'. TENNESSEE.... . .. .... MISSISSIPPI. MISSOURI ..' ARKANSAS ..- .. TEXAS ... ..... -ALABAMA solicited, nnd policies Lsned and renyW leading Corporation, at fair rates by E. W. THOMAS Resident Agent. lie, Sept. 5, I8G0. $1,1 f7 CO 40,377 45 27,622 94 .69.174 56 .32.670 08 34,220 13 .19,323 ?l 8J553 10 -9,765 CO 34,054 36 43,054 CO 10,832 65 27,6 W 83 22,839 43 -3,961 98 .. . 655 55 JOHIT L CAES0I? (SuccesRcr to Lushbangh'& Carson. ess E3f aa a xa o LAND AND .TAX PAYING Dealer in Coin, Uncurrent Money, Land Warrants, Exchange, and Gold Dust MAIN" STRRET. DnOlVVlLIilS, MiJBIlASKA. 1 ' T. Me TAXBQTTi ZNTAL SURGEON", jiocated hftasclfin Brownrille, N. T.,tea Tifesjional serrices bkmniiy. warranted.;, Is atclics& Jewelry. ) .. -SCHUTZ ToBliiiinonncefothecltiieiis of Brawnvllle nciniiy thst be has located himself. in 3romvi'.le, and'tntenlR keeping a full assort. . etervthingin bis lineof bnsincss, rhich will ;.wfu'rcsh. Be will alsoio all kinds of re !j!clckt,wtcheiandjewelry. All work war- v3n!81y WARD Wi.THOMAS, Ittorney- at.- law, iicitor in Chancery. I ' . 02 aimer of SHin ud 1'irst Streets.. aOWNVILLE. NEBRASKA. THOMAS PAVIS, . jLECTICPHYSICIAN jsURGEON", to PACK, NEBRASKA tfB, Br. D. Gwin, Brownrille. WIS.WALDTER, TSE,SIG AND ORNAMENTAL . AND PAPER HANGER. I inoWXVILLE. N. T . ' j1-WILSON BOLLINGER, ! . 4 a D sellofat Law 1 and Collecting Agent. GAQE C0.?- NEBRASKA. (iee mtbesere:al Courts in Gage and nt,et and will gire prompt, attention JVtorted to him. Crjllectrons prompt ' trlicu,ar attention given to locate ,'riIloa lands carefullj selected by !.H.A. TERRY, ea Held and Flo xcr Sccdjs, - ALSO- t .. i ,,, Kaspberrje, Blackberries. Pr memt1 pkrubbery Generally. pgCEXTCITY IOWA. ! PIOHEEHS' - . 'Mm BOOK latturactory iftJClL- BLUFFS, IOWA. . " SLIA1 r- KITER. ' VfcP A SUFEKElt. t VlJ . .rainS- for the efpecial bene of M e wbo 8Qffer witn Nervous .t0?' Prentnre Decay, Ae Ac, tflbinI 0 hM cured himself by simple "ron-a S?1 10 grt Pne and Incon bJl4rr,r,n!,e r worthless medicines "iiIn,edDoetori. " ,Z ?! W had f the author, C. A. ' N-PiTd .,e!)point' Mand, by enclos 1 f i . ded enrelone. Address lOe B16-2 lishM, 1732 '"'.frniu. Grape.. w,.toii, ": -"".. e. unies. All Bnlbs. mc. etc.. Priced Catalogues r.St it .T will rirA an(-ll attpntion to bnrlni and selline ex change on the principal cities of the United States and Europe, Gold Silver, nncurrent ni cms, anu Rri rnt. CoilcUous made on all accessable points, and prorceds remitted in exchange at current rates. D(Kj,iU reteivM ou current, accouai, auu luieiesi 'OFFICE, 3IAIX STREET. BET1VEE1V THE Telegraph and the U.S. Laud O ili ccs. REFERENCES:. Llnd & Brother Philadelphia, Pa. J. W. Carson It Co., " ' Iluer. li k & Co. Baittmore, Md. Toune St Carson, Jeo. Thompson Mason, Col'r of Port, " ' wm. T. SmithRou, Esq., Hanker, ' . Washington, D. C. J. T. Stevens. Esq.. Att'v at Law. . " " Jno. S. Gallaaer, Late 3d Aud. V. S.T TarIor& Crier.h, Bankers, M.O t-wtlw., r j-m - -'t ' Hyn. Tboniss G.. Pratt; - Hon. as. O. Carson, . P. B. Stnali, Esq., Pres't S. Bank, Col. Geo. Schley, A'y at Law, . Cot. Sam.nambletonA.U'y at Law, Judge Tbos. Perry, i'rof. H. Tutwiler, Chirac". TIT . oi. LouUj mo. Annapo'.if, M. Meicersburc Pa Ilajrertovn, Md. Eos ton, Md. ' Cuuberland, Md Havana, Alabma. Nov 8, ISSO-tt. . Monoy iVclvancccl on PIKES' PEAK GOLD! I will receive Pike's Peak Gold, and advance money upon the saorc, and pay over balance of proceed as soon as Mint returns are had. In all cases, I wi' exbibitthe printed returns of the United States.Mii) ' or Assay office. JNO. L. CARSO Nv BULLION AND EXCHANGE BROKER BROWN VlLLE, UEBB.ASKA. ' no204 REAL 'ESTATE Collcctioii Office .or. 27. "7V. Be3.ro37c3., DDfn;Mrti i r m im)I) a&i a ' Jfain, Bdvxtn Levte end First Streets. Particular attention given to the Purchase and Sale of Ileal . Estate, Making Col lections and Payment of Taxes lor Xon-Rcsl dents. LAND W ARRANT S FOR SALE, for cash and on time. LAND. WARRANTS LOCATED for Eastern Cap italists, ba lands selected from personal examination, and a complete-Township Hap, showing otrraois, Timber, Ac, forwarded wiiu the Certificate of location. Brownville.N.T. Jan. 3, 1861. yl STAR CRACKEU MANUFACTORY, ST. JOSEPH, MO. .HENRY li'DIVITT, Tnt-; ihn attention fif Merchants. Grocers. Ho tel Keepers, Ranchmen, and Travelers to the Mines, to his extensive CracEcr SlamiFactorj lie i3 prepared to furnish SODA. BOSTON. BUTTER. . SUGARD AND PIC NIC CRACKERS . AND PILOT BREAD, At Wholesale or Retail, and at Trices as low ns cat be had any where. HENRY M'DIVITT. April 17,1862 n41-3m MANUFACTITEINQ COMPANY. .: .: : " po"you want STEA5I EXC-IXESOU DOILERS PATENT SUGin CAKE KILLS. Patent steam coil evaporators, .patent fire kvaporatoes, patent stamp mills, rot- ' riKE'S PEAK OR LAKE SUPERIOR. . . SEND TOR CIRCULARS, . With Cuts, and Descriptions, Prices, etc, etc. " SAW MILLS. FLOCKING MILL. AND MACHIERV CF ALL DESCRIPTION. K5J-SEXD FOR CIRCtILAltS.iSJ P. W. GATES, President. ' ' B. Agents wanted everywhere. Cbtatjo. . R. W. FURNAS, AGEST, IJrownville, Nebraska. Of whom' Circulars and detailed information can I t had. . ... March 20, 1SC2. Jn37-lrJ . . . ' 1 J V $311-ANNUAL STATEMENT, No. 102. CAPITOL and STJRPLTJS ' 932,302.98,-. Cssb and cash items - - - -Loans well secured - - - ' Real Estate ' - - . 2-3CG shares Hartford Bank Stocks 2125 " New Tork " " -1010 ' Boston " " 507 other . ' United State and State " " Kartid & N. Haven iZ.B. bonds " Hartford City Bunds - -Conn. Kiver Co. & R.R. Co. Stock Total Assets -'' - .' Total liabilities - , - $79,6S3 78 66,253 20 15,000 00 274.SS3 00 193,360 00 100 750 00 &5,0S5 00 73 367 00 . 59,700 00 , 36 750 00 4,600 00 $93-2,302. 9S 73,244 27 .' For details of investments, see small Card: and Cir culars. Insurances may be effected in this old and substantial Company on very favorable terms. Apply to . " ' r " . , 1 ' JOHN L. CARSON, Agt- BROWNVILLE, N T. 53 Dwellings and Farm Property insnred lor a term cf years at very low-rates 3 lyno4 . BROWNVILLE fm At. m rm&t T33 TKOntJ, COLEMAN. CO.. Annonnce to the traveling public that their splendid and commodious Steam Ferry runnlnj across from NeUrasKa." is one of the best In every respect on the Upper Mis Honri river. The Boat makes regular trips every hour tso that no time will be lost in --ailing. The hanks on both sides of the river are low and well graded which renders unloading nnneceesary as is the case at most othr ferries. No fears need be entertained as to difficulties at or near this crossing, as everybody in this region, on both sides of the river, is for the Union the strongest kind. . Our charges too an item these hard times are lower than at any other crossing. Travelers from EUr.sas to Iowa and to the east will find this the nearest and best route i" every respect. THORN, COLEMAN & CO. Brownville, Nebraska, Sept. 21st, 1861. JACOB MAHRON," Idei chant Tailor, BROWNVILLE, Calls the attention of Gentlemen desiring new, neat, tervicable and fashionable - ... WEARING APPAREL, TO HIS Hew Stock of Goods JUST RECEIVED, BROAD CLOTHS, CASSIMERS, TESTINGS, &C..&C, OF THE TERY'LATETT STYLES, Which be will sell or make np, to order, at unprece dented low prices. Thofe wishing any thing in his line will do well to call and examine his stock before investing, as he pledges himself to hold oat peculiarly favorible in ducements. ' February 13 th, 1382. HEW DUB ST 01 IN BROWirVILLE, Whitney's Block, Main Street.. . LOOK FOR T HE SIGN OF THE ELK H0M and MORTAR J. j. THURMAN, ANNOUNCES to the citizens of Brownville and vicinity that he has removed his Dmg Store from Sidney, Iowa, to the City of Brow34, and having added thereto an extensive stock o. Fresh Drugs, Chemicals, Dye Stuffs, Paints and Oils, Pure Wines and Liquors, For Medical Purposes. Hair and Tooth brushes, '.' Perfumery, Fine Toilet Soap, . &c, &c, &c. Invites the puhiio patronage. 55-Physfclan's Prescriptions attended to at all bonis bvthby cay ananiycv. Drownville, Aprii IIth,I85I. ; POETRY. 7 . ' ' ' From Moore's Itural Ik'ew Torker. ' The Yolantcer's YIsl011. T Br tjexoa Gsrr. ' ' ,- ,7) 1 - - i,' Xast night, as I lay in the rain ; , ' y "And looked np to heaven through the night, .,: A vision came o'er me and lighted my brain "With ajglory that never will flood it again , . . r "L ThlS bWn of ha btm of UaKt.; .a . . . And t heard sweet sound, as it came -' - A Like the flutter of feathery wings, i t ! i ' .Apd the voice pf a seraph kept calling my nama And her breath in my tresses went playing the same . Aa the air in aa nstruiaent's strings. ; , . '. . ' ' , :, ' ;t , I told my wild heart to bo still - That the vision was naught bat a dream ; For I kne w not that over the amethyst hill The feet of my darlingliad wandered at will On the banks of Eternity's stream. -'- r - A. . :-; - H . I said to the sanctified bird, , r. :I "Ob, why have yon come from the Wes r , And she told how the loaves of the forest were stir'd j By the feet of the angel who bro't her the word .' .Of the land where the weary may rest. She' said she Was tired and faint, ' ' And her heart was all covered with snow; ' The angels they heard her nnuttered complaint, They called her,and brought her the robes of a sainf , And she said she was ready to go. .- ' ; . - ' -" : ' -' ' I told her the blossoms were sweet . ( In the meadows, the same as of yore ; . But sho showed mo the dew on he sparkling feet, Pressed out of the lilies that border tho street, -By the sand of the Paradise shore. . . . I asked her how long I must wait ,.. Before I should meet her afar j'- , . And prayed her unfold mo the book of my fate But she vanished, and passed thro' the crystalinc She had left, in her coming, 8jar. . ; gate : Dear Ilngh, there's battle to-day, . ' - And perchance I may happen to fall; .': 1" If I'm not at the call of the roll, you may say. . A good-by to the boys in my name, for I.tnay Say "aye" to an angel's sweet call. :. ihe soil all through' 'thfle years. Take another -instance leave a bed of corn stalks, or a pile of brush, ufon'a field that ' the previous season had been planted to corn, and is consequently bare 6f herbage or weeds; or, build a fodder stack in ihe field and fence it ott from tae cattle. When the land comes into crop ajain ihe pext season, the place 'from which thai pile, of stalks, or bru?h, or fodder slack,' will show a rankerrowth than any other part of th field. What was the reason of this difference ? nothing uiore than that the ground was kept shaded, evapo ration was prevented, the soluble salts wereTetaihed,' and the land got the ben efit of them. m 'v i Instances of thi kind are : constantly coming "before the eyes-of- the observant farmer, aid from them he may draw the following conclusions, for they are sus ceptible of none other : : M ' ' j ' First That ' the exposure of the soil to the sun,' heat and rain of our semi tropical summers rapidly exhauste it of its fertilizing elements. - - ' ' - ' ; Second That covering or shading the' soil preserves these elements. ' ; - Third That green crops, such as clover, should take the place of-hoed crops more frequently in our system of hus bandry, and that the less' frequently the surface of the s6il is exposed to the wast ing influence of sun, wind and rain, the longer it will retain its original condition of fertility. Baltimore Rural Register. v Gigantic Canals In India. ' We take the following from the- JlTe chanics' Migazine'rT. ! From Calcutta we learh lhat, in antici pation of the futcre txteniw cultivation cf cotton in British India, it is intended lo form a number cf canals for the irri gation of the" districts' adapted'' - ihe growth of the plant. The general scheme proposed by Colonel Djcken?, tT:ier tha Sanction: of the governnient, cmsists in Ihe construction of two main canals lead ing from! a dam, io be fed by the river Sonne. These will extend in opposite directions to a distance of !en or twelve miles, when they will branch off into two fanlike systems of irrigation channels, extending on one side to the Kurumnasa and Gaiires. There will also be naviVa- TlTe Fruit Tree Sorer Simple Rem ... . edy. . The editor of the Gardener's JIont.hj, "recently called on a friend fauotis fur the success of his apple crop," and who. affirmed that his success resulted from keeping the borer away from his trees. To do that he merely kept the soil scrap ed away from the trunk dour, to Cm barn roots. . Passmcr over several ('-itI t, n40-yly CHEAP FLOWERS 6c FRUITS I will send, by mail, postpaid, 190 small bulbs, mostly mixed TULIPS, for one dolur, and Wge Bulbs of same, for 2. Ctber Bulbs, named, low eTLBACEOUSTERENNULS of som Jne mixed HOSES and other IIARD SARLBBERY, by express, or railroad, 4 to 8 dollars per 100. A ed and onoicB foras, about double price? and more in small seb-cted Jots in all, 500 va-leties. "Small FBriTs" of all sorts, including Delaware and Concord Grapes, equally reasonable. ' Fecit and CbsamextalTbees,25 pereent.Iow er than usual. All safely packed, to keep a month, at purchasers cost. A. KINNIC0TT, The Grove P.O., Cook Co, Ills. Advantages Derived rrom Shading ; the Soil with Green Crops We have frequently contended and ll ' n.UJt lonnl .s-poriono vliclv c-rory vear brings with it adds further confirm ation to Vhe fact that, the rapid exhaus tion of even our very best soils is not due so much o constant croppings as to the hoed crops which play so prominent; a part in, our system of agriculture' It is true that corn and tobacco draw largely upon our, soils, and " especially upon the phosphates and the potash which they contain; It is true also, "that 'shallow, and careless cultivation has done much to assist in exhausting lands which were re: garded at one ' time as of ' almost inex haustible fertility," and statistics likewise show that whilst the area of cultivation has been extended year after year, the average product per acre has diminished. One of the primary reason why these crops have proved ?o deleterious ,to the soil, is the fact that the system of cultiva tion required to bring them to perfection, keeps the intervals between the growing plants "utterly bare during the hottest months of, tne year. ..ine action or me sun upon these exposed surfaces, together with the' constant stirring of the soiffor the purpose of keeping it loose and light and friable, whilst it promotes the solu bility of its plant-food, yet at the ( same time exposes the "organic and inorganic substances which constitute in their seve-. ral proportions the elements of fertility to great loss1, both by evaporation and by washing rains, ' As an illustration of this process of exhaustion by the simple ex posure of bare ' soil to the action of the sun and the rain in summer time, we may cite the following facts! ; A piece of land kept constantly plowed without any crop whatever being grown upon it, if not suf fered to grow up jn weeds, will gradually lapse from a state of fertility into one ,of comparative barrenness. ' It 'has been losing year after year, by evaporation and by leaching rains, the greater portion of-its plant-food, its vegetable'ana mine ral wealth, if we may be permitted to so term it. ' As a signal proof of this we have in our mind's eye a peach orchard which twenty years ago was planted upon as fine a piece of soil as is to be found anywhere within ten miles of Baltimore. It was a light, loose chocolate soil, and the quality0 when the orchard was plant ed, was that of the best tobacco land. That orchard was plowed regularly every season to promote the growth of the peach trees and to facilitate the ripening of the fruit. It is the usual custom with the best peach-growers. In twelve years, or by the time the peach trees began to show signs Of decay, those fifty acres bore every evidence of a soil that had been utterly exhausted. Yet with the excep tion of the peach trees themselves, not a single crop of any kind had been taken from'the land. Now, this rapid exhaus tion could not be charged to the demands made upon the sil by the peach trees alone, but to the fact that the soil was kept perfectly bare throughout thejsummer.. Again take the converse of the propo sition. So long as lands are hept shaded they continue lo increase in fertility Does any one doubt this! Xet bim turn out an old field, and after a while a new growth xf wooo and brush will spring up, except when the land is worn into gullies, and with the growth of this wood, the droppings of the leaves and the shade of the foliage, a portion of the lost fertility of the land will be restored. Yet the irpPA have been drawicji nutriment from ; ' now an Arxny -Marches.- ' ': : . Our readers, do not of course, suppose an army moves, when about serious work a sa regiment marches through our streets, or goes through a dress parade, at the lower end of Boston Common. As fol lows is. something like the style of doing the thing: The troops are distributed according to the nature of the country. In a very open country a large proportion of the cavalry. would' be at the head, of the col umn; j but , generally, it .is distributed throughout ihe line! The artillery should be in the rear of the first foot. regiment. An advence or rear guard of mounted troops one or two companies should be detailed every day, and the regiment that has the right of the line one day should be nexVday in'Ibe rear. " In a woody'or mountainous countrv. , detachments or I .-. ' i i i i . i . nank'ers ana sKirmisners are tnrown out to the right and left of. the-column, at a distance of one or two hundred paces to keep a, sharp look-out, and prevent any such disastrous and gratuitous experiences os those recently and painfully familiar to us in connection with the ambuscade on the road to Vienna. The column hav ing been formed at half or quarter dis tance. and the baggage train assembled in the rear, protected by a guard selected from each regiment for its own baggage, the column is put in motion and the march commences with the same regularity as would be observed by a regiment moving in or out of a garrison town, the light in fantry with their arms, sloped, and those of the riflemen slung over the shoulder, the officers with swords drawn, exact wheeling distance preserved and perfect silence observed. After having proceed ed a short distance in this manner, the word of command, "route step,1', is given by the general at the head of the leading battalion and passed . quickly on to the rear. . The c-iptains instead of continuing at the head of their companies, draw back to the rear of them, that they may see any mcu of their-.respective companies who may attempt to quit the ranks with out leave. The soldiers then march and carry their arms in any manner. conveni- pnt In thpm rnnrprsnunn anil Rmn!, being ordinarily allowed. tion channels for facilitating the trans mission of the crops to Benares, to the mouth of the Ivurumnassa, io Arrah arid to Patna'-1 The aggregate dimensions will be 6S1 miles of irrigation, and 1-15 of navigation chmnels, or in all 82(5 miles. Through these water will flow at a speed of two miles per hour, while, the supply will yiefd 3,124 cubic feet per second. t The dam is proposed to be formed on the plan of the Madras Delta Works." The chief difference consisting in the depth of the undersiink foundations, which Colonel Dickens' in his plan suggests, namely, two rows of blocks 20 feet each in depth, whereas the wells. at 'Madras range from 7 feet to 0 feet only. The principal impediment lo the carrying out of the works is their; enormous probable cost. The colonelj however, has entered into lengthy calculations to prove that the outlay would be amply compensated for by the enhanced' productiveness - of the land to be irrigated, and it is likely that a portion, at least, of the scheme wil soon be commenced. As to its complete fulfilment we apprehend that that wil depend much-upon the future phases which the civil w?r in America may ex hibit. The-present condition of our own manufacturing districts should .-plead elo quently for the increased" growih of cot ton in India!, and we should rimagine that Lord Llgin could not more worthily inau gurate, his succession to the Governor Generalship than by paying immediate and practical attention to the momentous suoject;' the advantage cf removing the soil, the Luitor concludes the conversation thus: What then is your object V was tho next enquiry. .".Jt is la keep the borer out. Did you ever seed" the borer enter in the stem -of the tree, at.nny 'height above the' ground ? " No. Ar:d why? It ! requires soft" moist bark for the purpose ; anu whenever you- remove tho s.l, and' render the bark hard and firm to the col lar, the borer, instinctively goes to other more favorable places for the secure rais ing of its young." "But will I Ley not go into. the main, leading roots ?" -Ihave found them to avoid ihese roots as if h were unfit to rear their young; in fact, I have never know them attack mine." ; Nor had they; that" was evident. A clean.-heahhy orchard never cropped, annually top-dressed grass kept away several feev from the stem, so thattio in-1 sect could find a "cool ond moist" barber for its larva?, and every success following. Certainly the torers'did not'.attack these, trees.; and ihe novel reasoning struck ui as so. philosophical," that we have thought it worth, recording jn our page.?, for fur ther observation." : . ' smolang Wearing out Varieties. Observing that such a fruit as the Gold en Pippin, thought by some theorists to be worn out, can be renovated by giving it a genial climate, one is almost tempted to advance the opinion that for the last 150 years there has been a change and a lowering of temperafure in our climafe, too elight to be correctly ascertained by meterologists, because the mean temper ature of the year may not differ to any great extent, yet enough to affect vegeta tion to some extent, although' our sum mers may be cooler. ' According to Langley, who wrote in 1727, the Nutmeg Peaches, sorts which are still -well known, ripened the last weeL in June (allowance being made for old stvle. in which' he fnves his datesl ' - - o - - - against a south wall, and the Noblesse Peach, which he correctly describes, Au gust ihe 2d. In an orchard house in a sheltered situation, I have never known the Nutmeg Peaches to ripen till the third week in July, nor the Noblesse till September- 2d. The season of many other kinds of fruits was then (120 years since) much in advance of what it now is, so that to the gradual lowering of our temperature we probably owe the ten dencies to disease in many of our old kinds of fruits, for if the trees' are suf fered to growuncheked, and to root deep ly into the soil, canker in Apple and Pear Trees makes its appearance, and the trees can only be kept in health when planted away from the influence of walls, by keeping their roots to the surface, so as to be influenced by sun-heat, now ap parently less powerful in summer than it used to be in our climate a century cr since. London Gardener's Chronicle. Cannon. Cannon are cast solid. They are after wards bored out, and several successive borings are necessary. ' Mortars are made in the same way. In casting cannon, a mould of sand is enclosed in a frame work of iron," The molten metal, after being put jnto the rnould is allowed two or three days to cool,. and then, with the sand adhering, placed . in an- oven and baked for an equal length of time. After being taken from the oven, the mass is buried in ihe earth for a certain, length of time in a perpendicular position to pre vent any flaw or fracture. A new American invention is' to cast large cannon hollow, and cool the inside by passing a stream of water through it. The "Union," the large gun at Fortress Monroe', was made in that way. In the oh! smooth-bore cannon the iron balls could, not be made to fly exactly in a straight line. The same gun aimed in the same direction, would vary the tall from side to side of a mark several feet, in shooting a mile or less.' By rifle bor ing the barrel, a good gunner can now hit a man a mile or two, or so far as he can be sighted. As iron cannon balls cannot be pressed into the grooves, a ring or cup of lead is put on the back part of the ball and this on firing is expanded or. forced ihtr the grooves, which not only gives the ball its rotary' motion, but the lead also stops up the space around ihe ball, and prevents the escape of gas, thus giving greater power to the powder. The space necessarily left between a solid ball and ihe barrel, is called the "windage.''1 All our old cast-iron cannot that are in .ood condition may be rifled, and thus be made doubly effective for warfare. Thev are sufficiently strong, we believe, to with stand common rharges; but if it is de sired to submit them to extraordinary charges they can be strengthened to any degree by shrinking wrought-iron bauds upon them. Practical Value or Scientific -.. Knowledge. . Some years ago, it was the practice of tin-plate Works to throw, away a larg-j quantity of black "dust formed in the? manufacture. Iti- conjunction with the late Mr. Henry, Dr.'-Percy visited tin plate works in South Wales, and procured "specimens of this clut, which it had been 'the 'former, custom. to throw into the river hard by, and in which Mr. Henry fcuird -CO per..cenrpf tinT "Many "copper ore contaif " considerable quantities of 'gold and silver,, which it has n jt.been consTd ered worth while to' separate-. At some large chemical works, in which sulphat? of copper was prepared by dissolving copper in sulphuric acid, an insoluble residue was produced' ia the process, which had been put aside from time to time, and had fortunately not been thrown away. A small sum was offered by cer tain persons for this resfdue; and suspi cion having been excited, by the quarter ' from which the offer; proceeded, it wa declined, and the residue was examined, with . the. result of' finding "it to contaia X70O worth of gold! It is believed by Dr. Percy that the slags which have been ' cast out. from the fu'rnaces 'used-for the' remelting-of old copper and the refining of new ju the government'establishment for ihe preparation of corner' shcatlunz for ships' bottoms, containing a lare amount of the precious metals. There are probably, he states, accumulations of copper slags in some of II. M.'a dock yards, or in their vicmi:y, which present a more promising field for mining emer- prise than many a sttt in Cornwall or De von. Westminister Review. ' The Cabbage Worm. Th is worm is caused by a species of fly that lays an egg just under the surface of the soil, and always against the plant. When you set out your cabbages, cut out slips of paper, and after wetting them, for convenience sake, wind two or three thicknesses around the stem of the plant. The width of your paper must be accord ing to the length and size of the plant say from one to two inches wide, so as to cover the entire stem from the leaves down lo the roots, taking care, however, no to cover the roots. The insect, not finding access to the plant, will not de posh the egg near the paper, but go else where. Rural JVtw Yorker. - When Lord Cornwall's surrendered to the American army at Vorkto'wn.-a voun ensign was appointed to receive the col ors of the Britiih' Regiments. . The en sign upon whom this honor was conferred was Hubert -Wilson. 18 years of a?e, ami the youngest commissioned officer in the army, llu grandson. Ilobert ihson, U now Adjutant. of the IGth New York Re"- iment, in Heinizleman's Division of Gen. McClella n 's army. It is not'a litile're markable that the? grandsone' should be engaged in a campaign on the very snot where his ancestors met the.' enemies of his country, and; like him, a witness cf their discomfiture. Ensign Wilson was a member of ihe Cincinnati, The certifi cate of membership on parchment, with Genl Washington's tignature. is new in possession of his. grandson. Wool Exhibit-ids. Theie is to be a' greaLwool show' under the supervision of the Ohio State Agricultural Society at iis annual exhibition to be held at Cleveland, Sept. 15th to 10th, '1662.. Competition i3 open to the world.' Wool will be divi ded into four classes.-. 1st. Fulling Wools. 2d. Delaine Wooi?. 3J. Cassimere Wool. 4th. Combing Wools, Twenty-five fleeces must be exhibited to .entitle exhibitors to a premium.' Mr. S. N. Goodale, of Cleveland will have charge of thi depart ment. ' '', In hiving a new Sivarm of bees it is of great importance to give them a hive al ready furnished with cowbs. : '' Gophers. Gopher hunts seem to be the order cf the day in some parts of lsconsm. -In Dodge county one recent ly look place, in which, in one day, 749 of the pests were killed. Other hunts of this character are on the tapis in that quarter. Death lo the Gophers.' An Indiana chaplain selected for sink ing the hymn commencing. . Show pi(r, lrj oh, lrl, f rirf ; Let repentant rp!-el live. . . He had scarcely uttered the last word of the last, line, when "a private soldier in his congregation an old man a zealot christian earnestly cried out: "No. Lord, unless they lay down their arms !' Diarrhea ir Calves. The Slock Journal says: Give the animal, twice daily, half a pint of boiled milk, and stir into ihe same a table spoonful of finely pulverized charcoal." t w- An old Rocky Mountain trapper was asked one day if he had ever seen ar.y petrifications in the mountains, when he? ' I replied :. -."Bless you : I've seen a whole forest, sage bUihesand all, petrittl one of the trees had all. the leaves on, and a bird sitting on a lirnb. He must have been petrified in the sprirg- cf the year, for his mouth was open juat as if he was singing. The heal learns new thing?, tut th? heart forever more practices old experi ences. n
