T-HE--NORTII-CAROEIM- STAR ' - '
TH011S J. IBM, Editor.
Km COtISiNwtrfl ii litdlntoil, moral ut pbjiinl iraimt, the lui tf inr ilm its' knt tt ir inrrtim.'
NSUI IrlEllTriindiltL.'irp;.
VOL. XLI.
RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBEIt 2, 1850.
NO. 40.
THE KOHTH CIROUMA BTAM
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tee rear.
IMP All letters snd cosiniunieavioiis niuet be poii
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their nanejr ordered to be tliacontinued.
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newspaper or periodical from tha office, or remove
Ing and leaving it uncalled for, la ' prima facia'
evidence uf ixvestiosai, run,.
From the Norriaton Herald.
APPLES AS FOOD FOR STOCK.
Probably there are few readers of the Her-
aid anil Vre Pmi who cannot rememHrir
1 diatincdy the day when moat farmers would
til soon have thought of giving oniona to I heir
cattle for food, as ol feeding them on apples. It
waa believed, because universally asserted,
that apples contain no nutritive matter what
i ever. They wen ennaidered fit only for the
dessert, r being made into-rtrtVn a beverage"
Mhert in SHCbgeiieralaiHl hisImpute that every
'prison who had an orchard considered it in-
ditpensaby necessary to Ilia happiness" to sup
ply himself with at least a few hogsheads for
htiisown and hit neighbors' use Latterly,
!: however, the investigation of seientific men
i have clapped the "veto' upon ihia abaurditv
and the community hate been directed aright
in the premises. Consequently we find that
i in very many sections of the country indeed
-almost throughout tu entire length and breadth
'wherever agricultural mailers receive any de-
' gree ot attendance, that apples are frequently
led, and otien in large quantities, to domestic
stock of.ll kinds sheep, cowa, awine, Sir.
and generally ' with rcaulta which so con
clusively to aliow, or rather to demonstrate,
that, aa an article of food, tl e apple ia not the
despicable vegetable it was once supposed b
.' ! That there is a ery derided and marked
difference in api les, no far as their power of i
nutrition ia cowernrd, is obvious. In this
' spect 'wttt apple are Mtpenfir in tmir. - Yet
sour apples are by no means destitu'e of nti
triiiieutal powers; on the contrary, they ros-
acst'iem in a very rrniaikable degree. At r
prwtkai deitiniiatralion, allow lilt' here to ill-
... troduce a fact. .
Sonic years since I bad a large porker.--AftrTkecpiTig
him--some ttnie on com, liudin
Ilial a (inanlllv ol apples I Itad inteililed to
1 make into cider were likely lo he lost, I com
i Htenced feeding them to the h"g -:lxiut one
peek a lb boiled, and mixed with meal.
lie partook of the tnrdlnf' wiih eagerness.
- After while) 1-etmeJodtrr-rrTrrarrnTrgrBW
lie would nuke on apples- without mea!
I he fruit was boiled and given to him wnhoin
aweeteninif. Il atrJ as n-ailily and as eager
ly as hnfure. I nnw ordered a competent al
lowance, keepi.ighia Irough constantly replen-
lahed, or, ralhrr ciinsliinuy Idled, and only
'busied lijsalf in uu'ieing his advance. "He
s took on fat rapidly. After he had bee kept
in this way, supposing that a change of diet
would bo beneficial, notwithstanding his
health remained good, I ordered a mess of
"ihV' to lie prepared and giieii to him.
lie cams to the trough wiih hrs usual compla--cent
"grunt," amelled of his "viands," and
then very intfcpendendv rooted out the "mush,"
which wasaa muchas to i.iv "No novelties if
you please, I am a conservative. After this
no further attempts were made to wean him
from his newly aeipiiret' taste, and on apples
Inn was k' pt till the day he was taken to the
Uib. Ilia food for seven weeks was boiled,
-sour apples, salted, but not sweetened, and his
oiny urinx trie nquor in which the apples
'were boiled. His weight fell but little short
if five hundred and fifty.
A friend of mine who has hail considerable
experience in swine raising and feeding, in
formed mo recently of an incident ery simi
Iktr to the one above. . Those who are sc.
.flnainted with the habits and peculiarities of
oune nog, are proriablr aware that he is fond
ofsrree oror things, lie will luttcn rapid-
iiynm raimnsor moiasses,or, on aourfermented
ifood, or sour apples.
A correspondent residing in a neigbor-
in eiavci m a luner 10 me recently, remark
ed: '
- "When I last saw yon, you alluded, in the
course of our conversation upon stock feeding,
to an experiment you once mado with a hog.
I hare now to inform ynu thai the hog is not
the only animal that will do well and fatten
on apples; I prefer sweet apple for cows,
Kobe aure, from a multiplicity of what ap
pear to tne ery cogent and convincing rca
i sons, yet, notwithstanding all this, cows wiltl
'" ell :"n. and increase their milk whim
fed eiclueively on acid frail. I tried the ex-
, p-nment repeatedly, and am fullv assured of
nhisfaeu Formerly I made my' apples, of
which nave an unusually large supply, into
.eider, either for home Consumption by my
.family and I arm help, or for market, or ralher
ipernaps, i annum eiy, for both. How my ci
er. House ana eider null are superfluous ap
ipendages. only so for aa ihey-ere nsed in man-
aiaeiing a very dimtniahed and limited supply
"f bererag. for vinegar and domestie use.
II am convinced that aonle ire nn nfihom..
valuable prod uc4s off IteJarm for slock feeding
-net because they lire more mitriiioua. bush-
i nutritious, bush
eel for bushel or pound f(1 pound, if you pie
IrwtbewausewW
desse.
V' prothicuon ofe crop
costs but lutle." r r .
lit devouUy lobe hoped dial our fvmer
feaerally. not only in Oii Stale, but ia others,
WUTsceord to this suhiect tha
rve. Let ihein institmme experiments, if
... r-: inia is me ordeal so which
tftSi? 8r " y" ,heorie' ,ho"ld
STONEWALLS.
, ami i all that ha ben laid in eommenda
muJ 1 hn"1nt pie of fence to
modem Ingenuity and Invention hare
THE NORTH CAROLIX t FIRMER.
given birth, probably alone fence or, as it ia
more popularly demonat rated, sione wall,
is (he best and most economies! enclosure a
a farmer can construct. The advantages de
rivable from thia fence are indeed, twofold.
In the first plsce the anils lo be enclosed are
disincumhered of an article which not only
operates is t most seriou impediment to fa
cile and successful cultivation, bnl which ac
tually diminishes lo a great ex tent, the product
of the soil, diminishing the extent of available
surface. In this view, the soil occupied by
esch stone, is purchased by its removal ! so
much addinonallatod il "annelerl" 16 the farm.
and hence two objects are gained l land, and
the materials for feneiig it, in part Besides,
stones are durable: walls may be overturned,
but there is no destruction of materiab these
remain, and will for asjesi they only require
to be relaids whereas the demolition of other
species of fence involves outlos, often heavy,
for the aupplv of new materials, and this fre
quenlly occurs so often that the eipense of en-(
closing lands, is in some sections, where the .
maierialsonlinarily nsed are scarce, and conse
quently "hiirh, almost equal to that required
for the nurchase of manure. Beanies, a l-ir-
mer who his a rocky farm, can, if he is so dis
posed, dig and transport -his stone, and erect
his walls, mostly at leianre seasons, and when
once he has enclosed his fields with a good,
permanent and substantial wall, he may sit
himself down contentedly, knowing that his
crops will be secure while he sleeps, snd thai
his children anil his childrens' children will
enjoy the fame Tiappy immunity from diurnal
and nocturnal intrusions, as he is enjoying.
True, there, is, and can be nothing very orna
menial, according to tlio modern interpreta
tion of the term, in this species of fence ; yet
to the vision of the judicious practical agri
ciilturist there is something extremely faacina-
ting tn Thcpondeious strength and tmmutabil---
ty of a good alone wall. I ne Soulier sleeps
insecurity behind walls and ramparts which
ha knows lo be impervious to the enemies'
Wot: so tha farmers folds lis arms to -rest
and closes his eyes with qu'el unconcern
when he knows that his crops are heyond the
ranee of harm from the "prowlers of the nighu"
whose crusades so frequently prostrate the
hopes and lay waste the fields of those whose
lands are less impert iously enclosed. To
every one whose premises furnish the necessa
ry resources, 1 would say. enclose your fields
wiih walls. Eay rod of good stone wall is
an actual increase of the permanent 'value of
everv farm. b.
, Windlirn,Me.. August JO, 1850, ,.
FAIR OF TIIK NEW YORK STATE
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, FOR
1850,
From (he Travelling rorresnondeut of the Chroni
cle and Sentinel.
,:,Jllbany, N. Y.. Sept. 6. 1850, ,.a
The great Fair of the New York State Ag
ricultural Society is now in progress j and
while my impressions are fresh and vivid, I
will endeavor to describe briefly some of the
most remarkable features of this "monster"
show wliieh. tn the extent 'and Variety- of
objects presented, the number f perasins
in attendance, and the convenieMt arrange
ment of the buildings snd grounds, ia gen
erally admitted lo aurpass all former exhibi
tions. CATTLE.
- ---The-srrew-rnf-CHrC-rneferT' rlescTiprinrrTs 1
the largest We have ever sern, and the ani
mals are generally of the fineet description.
All the most celebrated breeds are well repre'
sented, hut the Durham and Drvoni are out
in the strongest force, and many splendid am
mala shown in each department elicit the
warm Braise of their respective admirers. As
it may b interesting, to Southern breeders. )
will mention a few of the prominent exhibi
tors of fine slock.
Di'riiaw. Some splendid specimens of
the improved "hort horns were exhibited
by Col. Sherwood, of Auburn, F. Rotch,
Esq., of Ulsrgo Co., l.i, vail, oi (.riy, P.
Chapman, of Madison 1,0., L. U. Wake-
man, of Herkimer Co., and others.
Devons. There was quite a large show of
the beautiful Devonshire rallle by Messrs.
Washburn, of Otsego Co., llurlburt, of Con
necticut, Collins, of Dutchess county, Van
Renselaer, of Otsego Co., Cowles, of Con
necticut, and others; iugding from the highprice
at which young cattle orthishfcedareTield.Snd
the attention bestowed upon them by breeders,
it would appear tli.it they are rapidly winning
llieir.way into public favor, and bid fair soon
to become "all the rage" al the North as
well as with us. The demand from the South
haa been so great lately that the Devon men
of the North are preparing to supply it in good
earnest, and are we are glad, lo learn that sev
eral very superior animals ire now on their
way to this country from England. These
snimals are said to he of the purest North
Devon stock, and as they are selected by a
gentleman every way competent, w may con
fidently look for something very superior from
an admixture of the new blood with that of
our present stock. While speaking of De
vons, we should not omit the mention of sev
eral yoke of Devon working oxen that we
observed on the ground. In gentleness, docil
ity, intelligence, high training, and quickness
of motion, those fine animals were very little
inferior lo the best horses; and the ease with
which ibeir driver guided them through the
most complicated manwuvr'sby a gentle word
or slight touch of the goad, would have
struck some ol our .piney-wooda" stringjer-
kers with the proloundest astonishment!
Sales of -Devon calves were made at price
ranging from 175 to 1 123, and of Durhams
of the best slock at about die same rates. The
sale of other descriptions of cattle wen limit
ed, and price did not transpire.
" " HORSES." .
The display of Horse wa very large and
fine, embracing al.noat every known variety,
from the gigantic English Draft Horse to' the
diminutive Mexican poney. The show of
single trotting horses snd matched horses in
harness was particularly good; and we were
perfeat trainm'g Of several r"Morgan" Ittlli
ns thai we observed trotting around .lie ring
oviore Diiggic or sulkies, at "three minute
speed. , . The great demand for this valuable
stock ol horses na induced many unscrupuH
ions person to palm on nail or quarter
blood as tha genuine Morgan," and so
strongly are the peculiaritia of the race stamp
ed upon eves their remote progeny that this
is no-dilfieult mutter. Those who who wish
the true breed will, therefore, have to exercise
their best judgment or they will be "saiidled"
With horses that are ".Morgan only in name.
We are led into this remark by observing al the
present exhibition many horses claiming to
oe -morgan, tnai possesses none ot tne pe -
Hiwniivi, ' w viwh, ww an
any
points incoinmon witneacn otner. I ftcelehra
tedtrotting roadster, known s".Morse's Uray,"
was on ground, with several of hi colts, and
attracted much attention i and pawlecUy
matched pair of large drab-colored mule
in harness werefthe "observed of all observ
er.." SHEEP.
MiaiNos. Messrs. Bingham, of Vermont,
Rotch, of Otsego, and others, eihihited some
splendid specimens ot French Merinos of laic
importation but the prices al which the beat
animals wre held (9200 to 300 per head!)
operated in effeeiual check upon ' all but
the moat enthusiastic lover of the " woolly
tribe.'
South Dowk. Messrs. Rolch, of Qlsego
Wakeman, of Herkimor, Mclntyre, of Alba
ny, and others, exhibited excellent specimens
of South Downs; among which I noticed a very
superior Ram, purchased by Mr: J. V, Jones,
uf Atlanta, lis., from the flock of Mr. Kotch,
of Otsego Co.
C'OTSWOLDS, BaUWKLLS, I.IICKTESS, tic
Mr. Younghams, of Rensselaer Co., exhibi
ted a fine lot of long-woided ewes, and sever
al Iota were exhibited from Canada and else
where; but 1 saw no sheep ia this class equal
lo the fine New Oxfordshire and Cotswolds
shown by Ma. I'ctkas at the late Fair at
Atlanta.
Saxons. Of Saxons and their grades
there was a large number exhiled ; ome of
them of excellent quality, and otheis very in
different. POULTRY.
Aa an evidence of manner in which the pre
vailing "chicken fever" haa run up the price
of fowls, 1 may mention the fact that the pre-
Uim ilorkiiigs a lilts air (those of our cor
respondent, Mr. Uolch.) were sold lor
per head, or $W for 1 cock and 3 hens!
1'he-purchaser was Richard Peters, Esq., of
Adams, (ia. . J
SHEPHERD'S DOGS.
Several of those intelligent and sagacious
aninv Is were offered for exhibition, and it was
most interesting to witness the perfect control
which they exercised over the Dock placed
under their charge.
DAIRY PRODUCTS, ie.
The exhibition of Huiter and Cheese was
very creditable lo the iudustry and skill of the
fair daughters ul the North; and we observed
with pleasure that many of the finest samples
of bulier were produced by young girls, rang
ing from 13 to 18 years of age a fact no less
creditable to the mothers by .whom iftcy were
taught their first'lessons in domestic economy
and housewifery, than lo themselves. In the
way ol Grain, there- was nothing to notice.
except a few parcel of fine Genesee wheal
seme tolerable -fair Ua.lev, etc SevcraK par
cels of Superfine and Extra Family Flour
were shown, some of which waa put up in
barrels of the finest description, made from
beautiful Birdseye Maple Slaves, and polished
equal to cabinet work. Upon the head of
each barrel, the "brand" wa stumped in let
lers gold; snd if the contents equalled the
casket, . the Flour might easily rank with
"Hiram Smith's" best.
"MANttrACTVKs' Hall," was mostly de
voted to tlio delicate and beautiful handiwork
of the ladies, and the display of foicy articles ;
tut as"a ircuined'fffriptTnn oriVlloiiiari-covers,
embroidered slipper. JJaguerreotypea, bed
quilts, confectionary, counterpanes and mil
linery would contain nothing new for the reader,
we will pass nn to the tasteful snd commodious
building erected by Emery it Co., of the Al
bany Agricultural Warehouse.
In this collection may be found every im
pleuienl thai 'emer Of Horticulturist require
from a budding Knifelo a Threshing Machine;
and the crowd of purchasers by which Mr,
Emery is surrounded proves conclusively thai
the farmer of New York are alive to the
importance of having good tools whcrewjih
to perforin theinsnifcldandinlriraleoperations
of the farm, ihe orrSard and garden, '
"Mechanics' Hall" next claim our at
tention. This immense building is tilled lo
overflowing with every conceivable form of
mechanical contrivance, among which we no
ticed many newly invented irtii'le of taste
and utility. As it would he utterly impossi
ble however, for us to describe one twentieth
part of the article in ibis department, we will
pass on to the most' beautiful ornament of the
grounds the elegant and fairy-like.
f. ..... II... 11.1. I.lu ..n.rU
Flora and Pomona is! erected under a large
canvass tent and the tasteful and classic ar
ntngrtuenl of the whole affair reflect the
highest credit upon ladies and gentlemen who
superintended it coustniclion. Ranging a-
long each side of the entrance ol the Hau are
tables groaning beneath ponderous burden of
mammoth vegetables of all kinds, and directly
before us, rising one above mother, ire the
seemingly interminable row of shelves cov
ered with lin..st every known variety of
fruit and (lower, surmounting which, in the
centre of the elevated pisiform, rises a beauti
ful temple of evergreens, enshrining an appro
priate marble statue? while around the plat
form, in various directions, the notes nf iKoli-
an and Dulce Campana Pianos mingle in
sweet harmony and seem an appropriate of
fering to the invisible spirit of this enchanted
spot.
Leaving the beautiful Hall or Fruit and
Flower and Music we pass outside of the
enclosure, and ascending the elevated ground
In the west, gaxe down upon Ihe scene! In
the distance is the broad and beautiful Hud
son it bosom doited with steamboats,
schooners, sloops, and otier river craft, and
its woody banks erewned with lordly villa,'
pretty collage and plain (arm-house. - lie-,
nealn us Ihe vast enclosure of 30 acre cems
literally swarming with men, women and
children, snd din often thousand voice comes
to as faintly mingled with neighing of steeds,
ihe bellowing of bulls, the lowing of cows,
Ihe bleating of sheep, the grunting of swine,
ihe. crowing of cocks, the barking nf dog,
no pre Uiousahd oilwr notaea nmitent V) stien
a vast assemblage. 1 The road leading from
the cities of Troy and Albany to the Fair
Grounds, ara completely enveloped in a
thick cloud of dual, from which every moment
some vehicle dashes frnt:cally lolbe entrance
of the enclomre, sVposiw its load of bipeds
and rushes back again for another cargo.
fbe crowd isimmcnse, overwhelming.bovorKl
I! eatimatel'-a A Ibany is com pletely overran;
I my is said to be in the satnecondiuon.and the
cry is "still they come!" The road leading
to the Fair Grounds and every foot of earth in
the immediate vicinity is covered with booth
snd shanty and lent, full of all sorts of eslables
ana drinkables, and from many of them the
cw oranaieu 11 an OCT W I
wave proundly on the
breeie. ll is stirring and enlivening eight,
tlii vast assembly of thousands gathered to
gether peacelully In rlehrate this great Agri
cultural Festival and Farmer' Holiday. Del
us hope that it may be perpetuated and go on
increasing jn usefulness from year to year, un
til lime sha be",,,, more?
One o ihe most interesting sights of the
I' air was ihe perfect system and regularity
with which the immense business of ihe So
ctrtv was irrin acted. One Office was devoted
to the issue of Members' Surges, the entry of
articles' eVc, and other to ihe sale ol tailors
Tickets ; and so well brganii ed Were llie for
ce under Secretary Johnson, that scarce'y a
single error occurred, in the entry and register
of the thousands of incongtnou articles w hich
go to make up this great and uurivalled exhi
lion. IjisI year the Society reliicd for tickets a
little over 8,000. This year, Ihe receipts
will reach about 12,000, or possibly a litUr
over that sum a fact which speak loudly for
L'ie onward progress of Agricl urnl improve
ment in New York. About 4.000 Members'
Tickets were sold at ! each, and it is sup
nosed thai an average of 8 peisn entered
on each Members' Ticket, or about 30,000 in
all. 1 addition to this, over fVO.000 single
tickets were sold al 12 i cents each, and thus
according to the closest calculation, from 90,
000 to 100,000 persons must have entered the
grounds during the e'hibiirimr"'""',''
Hoping that Georgia, "the Empire State of
the South ma soon rival her sister nf the ISorth
I will close with many apologies for this haatv
and imperfect sketch of a scene which well
deserved sn abler chronicler. . D. R.
-VA LUe OF "CORNST A LKS A S FOB-
DER.
The question i often asked, if cornstalks
are of much valuo as fodder. We answer,
without fear of contradiction, lh.it if well sav
ed and properly used, they are fully equal to
the same weight of hay,
IjisI year we fed three yoke of oxen on corn
stalks, with the addition of no more Iced than
we should have used with the best English
hay. Our mode of preparing ihem waa a
follow-
The (talk were cut with the ordinary cvl
indrical machine, in piece of half an inch in
length, and placed in a hogshead. Throe
gallons of boiling water, containing one gill of
salt, was thrown upon them, ami the top of
the cask covered with a blanket. 1 he steam
arising, from the hot water swelled and soften
ed the cornstalks to their original die ; ind
when cold, a little ground feed wa thrown up
on Ihem, and timet fed to the caltle,
The oxen worked hard all winter, each
yoke bringing three. loads per day, of more
than a Inn each, from a distance of three miles.
aad in the spring they were aa well condition
ed as in the fall.
. When corn is rained to be pulled .while
green ..In . boiling, .the stalks , will contain
much more saccharine matter than when suf
fered to ripen. I he stalks should be permit
ted to grow after the corn has been pulled,
Cornstalk -may b grown tot fodder, with
much greater strength man hay, and entirely
capable of supplying food for animals, with
out the addition of grain of any kind I and for
mi'icli'c'ows,Tl wouIJbc equ
to any other food. We refer to the method
adopted by Mr. Webb, of Delaware, for the
purpose of making sugar,
As soon as the ears appear, pinch them off,
and repeat this treatment twice I tha conse
queues will he, that the juice of (talk thus
treated will contain as much saccharine matter
as that of the sugarcane f indeed, we'-know
of one experiment being made,, which gave
the juice of eleven degree Beaume, - while
the juice of the sugar-can a grown in Louis
iana u nut nine degrees Ueaume. I ins mode
of growth, however, will only answer in such
district aa, Irotn wsnt ol market, find It un
profitable to raisreorn 'for the ears, -When
this mode i adopted, the planting "slpould be
early, for the stalk's will necessarily "require a
hot sun to cure them. Ifcut too late, the
sugar contained in Ihe juice will bu acid be
fore they ire dry.
From th AaUevllle Neve.
MARMELADE. -
Reduce sweet cider by boiling 40 gallon in
a brass kettle, unlit ll has ihe consistency of
of Molasses, and then boil in Apples, Quinces,
or Pears, well pealed and the core taken out,
and then simmer the mass down (keep con
stantly stirring all the while) until the mast is
as thick as corn mush I and then the finishing
process is to stir in seasoning to suit the Mate,
Nutmegs, Cloves, Cinainon, etc. It is a
first rate article for the table a a desert,
and generally preferred to any description of
preserves. -
Respectfully yours,
. tHOMAS T. PATTON.
4 REMARKABLE CORN. f
We have been informed that in : a small
garden near Grouts, on theemposiuj sine of
the river, one acre of ground produced fifty six
barrels of corn, and, that each stalk bore ail
ear, avenging from len to twelv inches in
length. Truly. Louisiana is a great Stale,
and Bsrnuin would find il worth his wtiile to
visit os. X, O. Picayvnt.
WORK FOR NOVEMBER IN THE
SOUTH.
This i a busy month in all the cation and
sugar Stales. As the laborers are proverbial
ly careless we bespeak most earnestly the
attention of masters snd managers to keep a
sharp lookout for fire. , In ne oilier way can
yon be insured agamt tli enlira destruction
of a whole crop. Uso no other light about
the gin-house than wire lamp. Have your
gins provided with water boxes, that prevent
all danger, from friction, In a few year yoa
will be able to buy. gin that ara superior to
the ill Whitney gin, and entirely free from
danger of taking hre. : They fire already in
' venfe'tf;t"vt.'!
Cotton Presses Have you ever thought
dial the presses now in general use are not
what ilicy should bet Thc.re re belief one.
Look to it. We ran cite ynu one plainer
(Col. Hampton, of South Carolina,) whose
Me never need repressing. It would . coat
you no more to do them right in the first place
than it doe to make th miserable packages
you now do. Then how luuchj you would
Cottow. Baskets Whit are you going
to do when all'sour basket limber is ex bawl
ed, as it "ytojvilJJwinicusiijijsiinjl
i eea? Will you send North lor ihemT Well,
I we rap sruppty you but yon had better plant
'and grow timber the osier Jrillow, tot ia-
stance. Look toll this month.
Cottos Seib. Do not neglect thia all
important matter. Irfwk what the. Proutt or
Hogan seed Ins come to from careful selection.
There is no need for you to pay a dime a seed.
w get giKKi smcie u you will only scim n
yourself a lew years.
Feedins Stock Pra Fieux This is
the month, more than all others, that eatUe
and hogs die (rum eating peas. Be careful
md feed your hogs" welt - withTmir-andah
slops before turning ihem in. Hall and feed
your caltle well. Do not tum hungry cattle
upon fresh pea vines. If you have not hog
enough this year to make your meat, look
out now for a supply before they ire put up
to fallen. You can raise pork better than
ynu can buy it with cotton.
Fri it Tkeis Do not forget that this i
the beat month in the year tit order fruit Irces.
Do not try for a great aasorunent. hut just" a
fow of ihe choicest kinds. Col. Carter and
Dr. Cloud, of MaenncMunly, Ala-, have grow
ing upon their farms a native winter apple
lhat is herhap superior to any other. It is
worthy of notice al tha South. - ll ia proba
ble that Dr. Phillips, of Hinds county. Mis.,
also ha il; at any rale, he has got the best
assortment of fruit tree in lbs South that we
know any thing about.
American .tgritvlhtritt.
-MllirmASEWaU--.-.-.,-,
DR. BASCOM.
Of the many effecting and interesting no
tices of the death of our late lamented Biahop,
II. B. Bascom, D. D which wer find in our
exchanges, we select the following from ihe
SiC-.- AlvrjcWi 4emgnost eompiThetnrtvrfThat Dr. Dixoir representative
and saiiafactory. hi ourselves and his thousand
devoted friends: iici. thru. Jtdvo. .
1 DEATH or BISHOP sUSCOM.
The intelligence of this mournful event,
communicated by telegraph Irani Louisville,
reached us just after our last week' edition
had gone to press. The Bishop died on the
morning of tha Olh instant, aflir a protracted
illness, token ss he waa reluming to Kentucky
after holding tha St. Louis Conference the
first and only Conference sesai.vn al which he
lived to preside after his elevation to the epis
copal office. Stricken down by death in Ihe
ripe maturity of those great intellectual and
oratorical powers which had made hi name
familiar to the whole nation, and. upon the
thresh hold of anew field of ecclesiastical re
sponsibilities, wider than he had ever filled
before, with the promise of many years valua
ble service to the Church which had honored
him with it highest confidence and affection.
the visitilation is one of the uunoM (olcmnityj
In view of ihe fresh grave where now lie the
mighty master of Hoqucuce, on whose lips
hundred of thousands have hung entranced,
wh.we name could ca'l together a vaster
throng of listeners than that of any other man
on the continent, the grave where every tro-'
idiy ol genius and every lineament ol manly
beauty is laid low, we am reminded of Mas-
anion impirHiTcriviuiura vt.i . piuiiicu
and sculchioned bier of the young, French
Drince "Ihrrt it tiothinr nrrat bid orf."
. Born in Western New York, Dr. Ilaseonr
waa admitted in Ihe tmvrling connection in
He haa been ihirty-six-year before the public
eye. In 1828 be wra elected President of
Madison College, the second Methodist Col
lege established fat this country. In 1830 he
wa appointed agtinl Tor Ih Coloiiixalioo So
ciety. In 183 he accepted i chair in Au
gusta College; where he remained until elect-
d President of Trans) lvanu Univcrwty in
1843. ith tliu lalter jn.-utuuon he wa con
nected until 1840. Tim for nearly twenty
years he hss beei identified with the cause of
education In the Heihodtst K. Church' Uur
personal aequair lam-e with Dr. Bascom be
gan at the Gcnc.ral Conference' of 1840.
During this Conference he presented mas
terly report in favor of the right and eligibility
lo orders of local preachers holding slaves
within the Virginia portion of the Baltimore
Conference. This paper wa a specimen of
clear and r Jose aigumeiila lion. At the same
Conference he preached in the Iiglit Street
Church to as dense a throng as could crowd
into the spacious ' build ing die " adjoining
strent biing filled with people who could not
find entrance into the church. Hi text wa
"Behold the lamb nf God who lakelh away
the sin of the world." The sermon embraced
all the cardinal elements of the Christian sys
tr m.aot forth in a light so vivid, under illustra
tious so overpoweringly magnificeut, and
with a vehemence so. rushing snd ps useless,
as to hold the vast audience spell-boiind. At
partiruUr passages, several of which we dis
tinctly remember, the effect wa awful. The
sentence came like the sharp xig-iag light
ning, llie tones of die preacher's voice were
lik articulate thunder. The heerer cowered
under the weight of thought pried on 'bought,
and wss driven almost beside himself by the
rapid whirl of dazzling imagery. The ser
mon artistically eotisiilcrrd, had tha alrange
fault of being too greak It covered too vast a
field of thought, il wss marred by excess of
grandeur. You were bewildered by the quick
succession of vivid pictures threwn oil by
the turn of some grand kaleidacopet, The
impassioned fervor of the prelter- eeemetl
too self-crmsuniing. We fell, ss some one has
happily remarked respecting Chalmers, that
power and resources such a these, develed
to th service of lh Gasjiel, were indeed not
needed by that Gospel, but much needed by
Gospel ' rejecting inaa. The eo seers lion of
such a mijeaiic intellect and tuaaginalton to
the work of propagating the principles of
Christianity eould but make I profound snd
Ida impression upon society, 1 bousandsot
cultivated winds coming within th reach of
such an influence, have been compelled to re
spect lbs system advocclcd by so lofty a
spirit, snd have been prepared to lead an an-
nreiudiced ear to simpler nunisirauom, ir.
liascotn' sermon while Chaplain for Can-
swvs,"tefthe sfly--prHito- r t hv -eolossal I
sirengttif 'r wokeoW-WHhtaw
power and effect upon the higa place tne
country, lie was once ucsrnbuig the pent;
a sinner hanging on ihe verge of eternal retri
butions, and so awful wss the picture that
President Jackson, who wa "one of th con
gregation, suited up with the invutuuiry-aM-clamition
My God, h blotJH
' I he eomposiiion of Iheae magnilictent ser
mons, it is reasonald to suppose, and indeed
it is a well known fact, cost the preacher
world of pain. He subscribed heartily to
Dr. J dinson's opinion lhat "no one ever did
1 fir
any thing well, to which he did not give
the
whole bent of hi mind." They were by
no means imneninnlu tfair lKMitf.it ivflT uuLt
the inspiration pnidiKtid by facing iliree
thousand people. Carefully arranged, minute
ly mapped on hi Ibeir several departments,
and even tilled up, by foregoing msnlal elabo
ration, ihey wer masterly pulpit oraouns to
have heard one of which formed aa era in Ihe
life of those whom from year to year under
the ordinary ministration of the pulpit. Many
a time ha lie paced hi chamber half the
night in stale of high nervous excitement,
while preparing for the next day' efforts. Arid
eveu during the last year or two, when by ad
vice of hi physician, in the shattered (UK of
hi constitution, he confined himself mainly .to
his manuscript, his preparation ere scarcely
less laborious. The youthful preacher who
scorns preparatory labor such as these, and
contents himself with the Wvtersncenfcriidilies
and common places wrapped by in flimsy de
clamation, need not wondr lhat what 'is re
markably easy preaching to him, soon be
coaies matter of such difficult lies ring to Lis
congregation a to leave the fewest number of
listener. There w no danger of At being
run after.
u lucuiMujriufli m. iiiRiui'uuuuLvuiHi'iua
growing out ol the alsvery agiution. Dr. Boa
com took no part in the debates, but watched
the drift of dungs until tha crisis came. A
soon a all hope of honorable compromise wa
exhausted, and it wa evident thai the South
ern Conferences were to be degraded in the
p 4illudioiAjxdw..aod pract
nied equality In the Confederacy of Annual
Conferences composing the Church. Dr. Bas
own identified himself fully and forever with
ihe Southern cause. On him was. devolved
the reaponaibility of drawing up ihe Protest of
the minority, snd in a few days b produced
of die British Wesleyau to llie Northern Me
thodist Church al its las General Conforeuce
an Englishman whose sympathies would
all be on the Northern side, ha not hesitated
tosuyin his recent work on aiethodisin in
America, that it is "on of the most powerful
and eloquent suite documents ever put into the
hands of the reader." In the Convention
which organized the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, he drew up the Report of the
Committee on Organisation paper scarcely
inferior to the Protest. During the interven
ing year he published hi masterly work on
Methodism and Slavery, which Mr. Calhoun
eulogized a strongly a Dr. Dixon ha done
the Protest, In the controversy waged by the
Northern against the Southern portion of' the
Church, wiih a bitterness beyond even politi
cal strife, he stood up frank and perpendicu
lar, a champion fearless and fully armed. The
Church leaned on him a her right arm, and
he never falteredjThhigliesi proof of her
eonQdenne was given in Hi election to the
Episcopal office at tlit late General Conference,
V know lhat Zion's lijcrald set afloat shortly
afterwards, the toothless calumny that this waa
done contrary to the wishes of the venerable
men who now romfxiso our Episcopacy, and
lhat they felt themselves diagraced by auuh aa
association. It wa a very likely story in
deed, that Ziott'a Herald should be in the con
fidenceofthe Southern Bishops! Its state
ment we know to be -utterly wuhout. a ahad
ow of foundation. 1 1 prompting mnimut we
can readily understand.
ftinaU MWJiaased thou.w kllglhwttllaerik obtain
a career of popular applause, with a fair fame
more unsulied. Those who knew Bisliop
Bascom moat intimately, who were honored
with hi full and unreserved confidence, felt
die highest appreciation of hi moral and so
cial worth. To such It wa simple ss cbiliL
open to suggestion and counsel, amiable and
lovely aa trtend, . His history , afford on
of the most touching illustrations ever known,
of ihe deptli of self-sacrificing filial, and fratern
al affection. Th impulse of hi heart
were all generous and nubia. ., Hi piety un
obtrusive, was best known to those who en
joyed the opportunity of closest observation
Ills aspirations were all identthed with the de.
fenc and advancement ' ot tha,,.aemirn6n
Christianity of McthoJisaa, til Tim judgemeut j
its most energetic and sticccssful modern
xponent. Larg worldly ollcre were repeat- j
edly made him we roiuumber one in par
ticular, which would hire placed him atones
in a position of sfllucuce and high social cir
cumstance -had ho chosen to abandon Ihe
work of the Methodist miniatry, and enter
upon oneuf the honorable walks - of- profea
sional lile. Uul to these ellers be never gave
a secomi thought, thoagli the (ires of strait
ened circumstance might have been reason-;
bly plead in extenuation. Hi dying hoar
were full of peace and ConadeRCe iu Christ's
atoning merit. . , . ., t
Like two of kis greatest contemporaries.
Emory and Fist, ii hi seems to nave cloved
with strange abruptness ere it full comple
tion. His scholastic labors were ended, but
he had been failed from th halls of instruc
tion, nwe more into a sphere of extended
travel and preaching, with the added respon
sibilities of government, for all of which hi
previous training seemed to hare peculiarly
qualified him. But no sootier does lis spread his
wing of towering strength ths lite falsi shaft
nf disease lay s him low. Among tire dis
tinguished dead M this memorable year 1830,
w have to record the nam of Hexry B.
Dascoxi. When shatl the present generation
"look up his like again!" We sympathize
wiih lis bereft widow, wiih hi children de
prived nf paternal guidance snd fostering care.
We snfrow with sorrowing Church, one
of whose brightest lights ha been so unex
pectedly quenched. We mark the impressive
sdmoaiuxm, so repeated before the country of
late; that neither exalted position nor nvghty
influence; neidier geuius not virtu, can claim
exemption from the common lot of mortality,
or tun away ihe approach of ihe" liiavitable
hour. Happy for us in Ihif Instance, while
we exclaim, "How ire the mighty falleu!"
we know that to fall as- dit th illustrious
man before us, with harness on, girded, and
grasping shield and swonk, ii
to conquer
death in the language of ihe immortal Fiw
Brother soldier, it t sweet, sweet, to di
OBSCURE PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE.
, A WRONO SPIRIT CORRECT!.
- A gcnilrman who visits wih great regulari
ty, lie Philadelphia Penitentiary, in order to
in at met ihe inmate, ha given aliibla to one
of the convicts, who it each visit, would ask
him, with much shrewdness, Ihe meaning nf
some difficult passage nf the ncripturrs, usn
daring that h would not go on, in hi reoaW
ing if these were not explained to him. The
gentleman wss unable to persnade hint til
ml 1Tirsa(Sssiasssi-sjaJaj
would be beat tor him first to dwell
UOOft
those Dassaae which ho could easily biuUm
sisndj nd'which applied to hi siiaation.'
After many fruiUes trial to induce ihe convict
to take thus course his friendly teacher said to
him, what would you think a very hungry man,
who bad not lasted a moreei of food for Iwen
ty-foar hour, and wa asked by a charitable
neighbour to come in, and sit down at a richly
covered table, on which wer Very large dish
es of choice meat, and also covered ones, Ursa
content of which were unknown to ibe hun
gry man. if instead of satisfy ing hi exhausted
frame with lbs former, b should raise 00
eorer after another, In order to find out
what the unknown dishes were composed of,
in spit of all theiolicitation of the charitable
man to partake first of the more substantial
dishes, until, overcome with exhaustion, he
fell from hisseatf "What would you think of
such man maul" "He was a tool,'' Mid die
convict, "and I will be one no longer." -
NEWSPAPER SUPPORT.
The editor of lb MUtonian, ia t philosophy
ical Bialier-o'.fact man. Hi ideas of aeane
paper support art eon-eel and just. ' .We quote
dm din win tfranhtei awr (nan tela' fftruA
nnji sAv aula arliclij M S V lUUIIIJSl
"W desire to give as much snd as suful
reading matter, and at as low rale, as any
other periodical In Northern Pennsylvania
This we can do if we receive ihe substantias,
support we do not mean by this, empty pro- .?
fessuHuq ihey are "dog-cheap" ia any mar-
smiles,
though sweet and beautiful as wmaih the
lip of angels, because printer are flesh and
blood, (save those whom poverty ha reduced
to skin and bone!) snd require wore substan
tial tare but we mean united, hearty, ener
getic support! accompanied by Ih "almighty I
dollars!!'' There is sweeter music, mora de
IvefotM hasmoHy in lheu silvery jingle, to the
poor printer' cars, than in the witid-harp'
touching melody, than ia the bird-liks warb
ling of unarming Jenny Lind," . . ,.
"Sinoli Packet Sf atcRisiiui. W ha
on our mail book scores of what ire techni
cally called, in ih office, separates,' lhat
is, where only en paper goes los posHiffice.
These 'packet' have ih name of Ih subscri
ber, with lhat of ihe Dust-office, written upon
tli wrapper, and not on llie paper. When
ever, therefore, a Mbvcriherget a p iper with
hi name written not on the paper, but on the
wrapper, hi i a (ingle packet. What wa
want lob at I thiat wa would like to hava
all our single packet doubted, trebled, quad- 7'' -rupled,
or more, if il might be. ll is irouble
some to send out these single packet toe .
troublesome to proportion the gains. We can
Ii up two or three papers for the mail nearly
a soon as we can oite. Unsidea, we always
realize a feeling of anxiety is) regard to these
little packets, iu sending one paper away by
itself so lar. V( loet tor them in their lone
ly and uncortain journey.' A to tlie larger
paekais, the very bulk will coinuund some
rtispect for Jhem from posl-ofUee clerks. aT
Hut these soUtary little follows, in their seem
ing iniiunilicance, may prohably be kicked in
to some comer, or miu their way and be rod,
among ihe hill and hollow. A imall pack- .
sgs 4uaot arrivs so eeruiniy at it desiina
lion, a large one. Wa bars 1 remedy to
propose for this state of thing. - Lei each sub-
other auMcriuor or two, who paper may dr
along with hi ft company. It is a pily to
have one piper take auch long journey, a
some do, lolilary aad atone? Uit tnem
company, and they will travel mora iwifdy
nd reach iheir destination more surely,'' v .
THE MLSERIES OF A, JOURNALIST.
"We eould wish those gentry, whose crit
icism is expressed in the order "stop my pa
per!" no worse punishment than a week spent
on th wheel of a aswspaper. . They would
soon find tlie silaatian mo bat for lliem. .
They would tcauira etna- notion of scrern
ksaajrcryj of which they are now in blissful
Ignorance. t AlulUlarmu panicle or mailer,
sachoflhem insigniUcant in itself, yet impor
tant in th general combination, to be scleeieu.
analyiud, com pressed, to please a diversity
01 tasto witiiouiottunding anyt report to b
'.ripped of their verbiage anil Iraiuloruied
inloa presentable sliapei eommenls on topic -political,
literary, commercial, esoteric as well
a popular, to be obtained or prepared; para-
(Taps to be written on every imaginable sub
ject, f,ora a monstrous gooseberry to the revo
lution of an n pi ret correspoudeuee to be lick
ed into shape; for the Bruti and th Jkdi vf
len require a great deal of correcuoti; ht a
word, all the local events of the week, and all
the striking incidents of the four quarter of
the globe, . r. lis N. E. W. S. to be cooked
upon the gridiron of memory. All the lime,
too, a too4 tide of Hinavoidahle matter comes .
weeping along, crumbling away plan, de
stroying arrangements, and making the heart
stck with lheT aver beginning, nevor-euding
toil. Talk of the hardship of -six upon four'
on board ship! eertaiiaty it is disagruealth) to
lark beef w hen you abound in ippttiui, but il '
ia nothing near so had as tlie newspaper ill a
moath'a reading and writing to be got through
in a week, and whole volume of matter to
be crammed into a fow sleniler columns,"
- . ,,!-., 4,. 1 7Ui'' Magazittt. ' .
: " ' tiuTpublic prTnting.
' Of all llie Galpliinisin that ever wa pro
jected or imagined in Ibis country, thai of the
bill proposed yesterday Iu the House to re
lei re ihe present Printer lo. Congress of iheir
voluntary contract and pay ihem twice to
lb rice a much as ihey asked for Ihe work
they have done, giving thai which they agreed
to do last have loll undone to Father Rilcbie nf
Th Union and Galea h Beaton of The In
tcingrsBr,ihy-4a.tlMl piosl audacious.
There never wa a public rulRiory " ullerty"
without excuse. The present eoiitraetors are
practical Printers they knew precisely whst
llie work was worth wkwil Uiey bid for
it, and must hare proposod wil'i thc intent
of coming this wiiidle ever Congrvs at the
cniL-Aud Mtv Riiehisv who-iato-he vol4
St lesstt 1 00,000 of clear profit by thia WU.
at KintseK the rmivJUrnaat of one or 'meoe vaf
hi joumeyme who hnk Ihe coturjet in
fact, he waa the real coulracUir. But we lark
patience to dwell ouj thi moat impudent, ras
cally bill. Oh, friewds in Congieaa! give us
the Veas iiul Ns) sou it passagu, audfi it don't
punish its supporters, then we shall conclude
trial the Pewple te to be) swindled. ' Only
givauidio eaaiid Nays! .
S. 1'. Trilunu
4ivt V mxmn thy Unr