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employed in this case were dulcamara mercu- 

 rius solubilis hepat sulphuris, acidum phosphori- 

 cum, and silicia in the sixth dilution. In two 

 weeks from the commencement of the treatment, 

 I had the satisfaction of observing a marked 

 improvement in the symptoms, which gradually 

 continued. At the end of three months he was 

 perfectly cured, except a thickening of the in- 

 teguments of the near hind leg, which had been 

 covered with ulcers called farcy buds. This I 

 removed by thuya in the third dilution, given 

 every other day as M. Leblanc describes, two 

 or three drops in a small quantity of sugar of 

 milk placed upon the tongue. I refused fre- 

 quently for this horse $300, from a gentleman 

 who saw him in the worst stage of the disease, 

 and who witnessed the progress of the cure. He 

 is now owned by a gentleman of this city, and 

 has never had an hour's sickness since he has 

 been in his possession — upwards of three years. 



A sorrel horse, aged, was attacked with glan- 

 ders: with the aid of the above remedies, I ef- 

 fected a complete cure in six weeks. During 

 the last four years I have treated fourteen cases 

 of glanders, and twelve of them successfully, in 

 from one to three months. I have in my pos- 

 session at this time, a horse twenty-two years 

 old ; — one of the twelve above named — it is now 

 two years since his recovery. He never was in 

 finer health or condition than at the present 

 time. This will conclusively show that glan- 

 ders and farcy are diseases within the control of 

 homoeopathy, and that hundreds of valuable 

 animals have been sacrificed. During the last 

 four years, I have treated every disease to which 

 the horse is liable, on the same principle, and 

 the result proves the fact, that diseases thus 

 treated are cured in a much less time, and with 

 little or no loss of condition to the animal. 



Should you deem this communication worthy 

 of notice in your valuable paper, you will oblige 

 me by inserting it. I have kept a diary of all 

 the cases worthy of note that have come under 

 my care, and shall feel most happy in giving 

 you some of them in detail. 

 I remain, dear sir, 



Yours, respectfully, 



Wm. H. Smith, Vet. Surgeon. 



YANKEES EMIGRATING TO VIRGINIA. 



The Parkersburg Gazette says that many of 

 the sturdy farmers of New York and Vermont, 

 who have been for some time past reconnoitering 

 the interior of that portion of Virginia from the 

 great Kanawha River to that town, express 

 themselves highly pleased, warmly eulogizing 

 its proverbially rich soil, timber, climate, miner- 

 als, &c, and that they are satisfied that it is re- 

 markably well adapted to the raising of sheep, 

 cattle, &c, in which they have heretofore been 

 engaged. They are understood to be a deputa- 



tion from ninety families residing in the above 

 named States and they have selected lands in 

 the counties of Wood and Gilmer, for the com- 

 pany they represent, many of whom will take 

 possession at once with large flocks of sheep. 



Lynchburg Virginian. 

 If our Northern friends will only call on us 

 in Greenbrier county, we can furnish lands as 

 cheap, and of as superior quality, as any they 

 will find in Wood or Gilmer. No lands in all 

 Virginia can produce better grass, and none 

 more suitable to the rearing of cattle, horses and 

 sheep. — Leivisburg Observer. 



MANUFACTURES. 



With the exception of a few fruits and vege- 

 tables, the earth yields none of her products 

 ready to supply the wants and desires of man- 

 kind. They all need the elaboration of art be- 

 fore they are calculated for the appropriation of 

 the consumer. But for the labor of the artisan 

 or manufacturer, seven-eighths of the earth's 

 products w r ould lie a useless incumbrance on 

 our hands. Hence the intimate and mutual de- 

 pendence of the manufacturer and the farmer. 

 The manufacturer stands between the producer 

 and the consumer, and he is the only means 

 through which the former can reach the latter. 

 We may be well excused, then, for occupying 

 a small space in an agricultural paper upon the 

 subject of manufactures. 



There is a great question of the policy of af- 

 fording governmental protection to manufactures, 

 with which we have nothing to do; because, it 

 has been made a political and party question, 

 and this is a pool much too foul and turbid for 

 our taste. Differ as we may, however, upon 

 this great political question, there is, and there 

 can be, no difference of opinion as to the policy 

 of affording individual support and encourage- 

 ment to our manufactures. For the farmer the 

 manufacturer must exist, and the question is, 

 how desirable is it to have him located amongst 

 us, rather than at a distance from us. It is 

 neither possible nor desirable that Virginia should 

 become what is emphatically called, a manufac- 

 turing State. Men never work within walls of 

 brick and mortar, as long as they can become 

 independent landholders on the terms on which 

 they can command such a boon in the Southern 

 and Western States, and God forbid that it 

 should ever be otherwise. 



Although we have many objections to that 

 state of society in which the manufacturing po« 



