THE BELLS. 
Hark ! the midnight bells are ringing, 
Ding, dong, their rousing song ; 
Constant singing, constant singing, 
On the air their deep tones flinging, 
Which the rising breeze is bringing, 
Seeming in my ear to say, 
Fire I fire ! though far away. 
Faintly first, then louder, higher, 
Peals the dreadful note of fire— 
Fire ! fire I hut far away. 
Hark ! the drowsy bells are ringing, 
Ding, dong, their weary song— 
Constant singing, constant singing, 
On the air their dull tones flinging, 
Which the breeze is hither bringing, 
Seeming in my ear to say, 
Listen to the time o’day ; 
Listen while the time is fleeting, 
And with iron tongue repeating, 
Time is fleeting, time is fleeting, 
Time is fleeting fast away. 
Hark 1 the merry bells are ringing, 
Ding, dong, their happy song— 
Constant singing, constant singing, 
On the air their sweet tones flinging, 
Which the laughing breeze is bringing, 
Seeming in my ear to s»y, 
’Tis a happy bridal day ; 
Vows are plighted, hands united, 
Friends invited, all delighted, 
Happy, joyous seem to feel 
As resounds the merry peal. 
Hark 1 the solemn bell is tolling, 
Sadly hear its deep tones rolling, 
Ding, dong, its mournful song— 
Constant singing, constant singing, 
On the air its sad tones flinging, 
Which the sighing breeze is bringing, 
Seeming in my ear to say, 
A soul is passing now away. 
Friends are grieving, broken-hearted, 
Grieving for the loved departed, 
Blinding tears of sorrow roll 
As the solemn bell doth toll. 
Hark ! the Sabbalh hell is ringing, 
Ding, dong, its peaceful song, 
Constant singing, constant singing, 
On the air its deep tones flinging, 
Which the welcome breeze is bringing. 
Seeming in my ear to say, 
Come aud pray, come and pray ; 
Prayer is faith’s sincere beginning, 
Erring mortal, cease from sinning ; 
On this holy Sabbath day, 
Come into the church and pray. 
[Evening Post. 
fife’s 
n. * P* \ * % /* *« 
[A Prize Tale—from Ibe Baltimore Sun.] 
SELF-RELIANCE; 
OR, THE F. F. V. 
BY P. J. LEIGHTON, OF VIRGINIA. 
“ What custom wills, 
In all things shall we do it ?” 
CHAPTER I. 
A MORNING CALL. 
A young farmer, followicg his plow at the 
edge of a corn-field in ore of the James river 
counties of the Old Dominion, had his mind 
intent upon one of the greatest problems of 
our day. Perhaps he did not find his task 
very easy. For though there was nothing 
about the face of the man, exuberant as well 
with health as intelligence, or in his robust 
form, to indicate that his hands were unfamil¬ 
iar with the noblest of agricultural instru¬ 
ments, yet did he not unfrequently, like the 
veriest tyro, permit the unstable thirg he was 
guidirg to uproot a promising corn-hill and 
extort from his lips an exclamation of disgust. 
But he perseveres. Conquers his temper first, 
and bids fair—we say it at a venture—to 
achieve the solution of his problem. If he 
accomplishes that, his name will deserve em¬ 
balmment in the eloquence of a Burke. 
But there is something far off on the hill 
yonder, where the Lombardy poplars tower 
above a venerable brick mansion, that at¬ 
tracts his eye every time his head is turned in 
that direction, and does so greatly to the in¬ 
jury of the tender green spires that chance to 
be immediately before him. 
“ Bah 1 what will father say ? Wo, Nick! 
wo ! Let’s see what it is.” 
He halts, gazes steadily towards the Lom¬ 
bardy poplars, and now before you could well 
see what he is about, has disengaged his horse 
from the plow, thrown open a corner of the 
worm fence, leaped upon Nick’s back, and set 
off in a gallop up the loDg ascent. When he 
reached the mansion he found a scene of hub¬ 
bub aud confusion. The servants were run¬ 
ning up and down fetching water from a 
spring a hundred yards off, while the proprie¬ 
tor stood on the porch, his long grey hair un¬ 
covered, vociferating contradictory orders — 
The fire originated in the weaving room over 
the kitchen. These two offices were connect¬ 
ed with the dwelling by a covered way or cor¬ 
ridor. Though the main dwelling was brick, 
the back building, of which the lower part 
served as a diniDg room, communicating with 
the kitchen by the corridor, was of frame. 
Herman De Witt, our philosophic plow¬ 
man, stood quietly for a moment to take a 
general observation. 
“See!” he cried, suddenly, pointing to a 
window above the diniDg room. 
“ B'ess us ! Water aint no more use.— 
Miss Emily’s room’s a fire 1” responded an old 
black woman. R--' jr&’ggj, 
“ Whew ! ; ’ echoed two score of every age 
and sex, holding up their sable hands in utter 
consternation. 
“ Come ! come !” said IlermaD, in a tone of 
authority, “ no time now to stand grinning! 
Show me to that room !” 
Once in the chamber, he perceived at a 
glance the state of thing?. A spark waf ed 
from the blazing kitchen chimney had entered 
the open window, and set fire to the curtains 
and other combustible drapery of the bed.— 
Instantly these were torn down, crumpled into 
a compact mass and thrust into the fire place. 
The flame, smothered for a while, soon burst 
forlh, and shot up many feet higher than the 
chimney-top. There was a scorchirg heat in 
the room for a moment, but it then ceased, 
and the fire was so tar quelled. But mean¬ 
while the roof of the corridor was kindling ! 
Herman’s eye lighted upon a shelf, upon 
which many a b acket was neatly folded 
away. He seized the whole bundle, and 
threw it from the window. 
“Here, boys, take these! Quick now! 
Dip them into the branch yonder, and bring 
them back to me as fast as you can run.” 
The crowd of negroes, utterly unab’e to act 
for themselves, were yet ready to obey a clear¬ 
ly given order. The wet blankets were of 
course spread upon the heated roof, and Her¬ 
man, setting vigorously to work, axe in hand, 
soon, with the assistance of the negroes, de¬ 
molished that end of the corridor which was 
next the kitchen, and the flame then sunk for 
lack of material to feed upon. The excite¬ 
ment somewhat over, Mr. Carter invited in 
the stranger. 
“ I thank you, sir ; but really, if time per¬ 
mitted, I am not quite in a state to enter a 
parlor.” 
Herman glanced down at his clothes as he 
spoke. His pant legs were tucked into his 
boot-tops for convenience in plowing, and as 
his coat had a rent at either elbow when he 
put it on in the morning: his recent exertions 
had rendered his shirt sleeves very conspic¬ 
uous. 
“ Don’t thick of that. Come in—you must, 
and take a glass of wine after the exertions 
which have laid me under such gieat obliga¬ 
tion.” 
Thus urged, the young man entered.— 
Within were Mrs, Carter—a gocd-looking 
old lady who wore spectacles—and her daugh¬ 
ter, the belle of the county. 
Herman made a bow so gracefully that you 
might have supposed he had been to daneirg 
school. He was a handsome fellow, with a 
clear, florid complexion, which showed he 
had not always been under the influence of a 
southern sun With it he possessed a quiet 
self confidence which could give support even 
under the trying circumstances of a first in¬ 
terview with a beautiful girl. In short, rustic 
as he was, he acquitted himself capitally— 
sipped his Madeira with a genteel nonchalance, 
replied modestly to the thanks and praises of 
the old gentleman, and even ventured a side 
compliment to Miss Emily. 
After twenty minutes of refreshment thus 
pleasantly spent, he withdrew, ard mounting 
his bare-backed steed, laughingly observed, 
that although occasions occur to call a true 
citizen frem his plow, he ought npt to leave it 
deserted in the furrow after the emergency is 
over. But Emily, we fear, was rather sorry 
to be reminded that the gallant visitor was 
after all a plowman. 
CHAPTER II. 
THINGS NEW AND OLD. 
As the reader has probably inferred, Her¬ 
man’s father was a Yankee settler in the South, 
that is, one ol that sturdy bard of emigrants 
from Pennsylvania acd New York whom a 
genial climate and cheap lands have lately in¬ 
duced. to settle in Virginia and Maryland — 
That this infusion of northern industry has 
been very beneficial to the country of their 
adoption cannot be doubted ; yet it must be 
confessed that individual members of the class 
have not always displayed such soundness of 
judgment as to excite the entire respect or 
justify the imitation of the natives of the soil. 
Israel De Witt, a Low Dulch farmer from 
the west bank of the Hudson, committed the 
mistake of investing his capital in an estate 
too large to be conveniently aud successfully 
managed under the agricultural system in 
which he was trained, and to which he was 
bigotedly attached, A small farm may be 
worked profitably, and a large farm may be 
worked profitably ; but the same method is 
not appropriate in both cases. To this truth 
Israel De Witt’s eyes had never been opened, 
and he owed that blindness in ho small degree 
to his conceit, which made him believe there 
would be nothing justifiable in husbandry 
which was not imported wi‘h his own stout 
arms from beyond Mason & IKxon’s line.— 
Illiterate, narrow minded and obstinate, for 
everything Virginian he conceived at the first 
and retained to the last a contempt beyond 
the contempt of Triptolemus Yellowley. 
Hia son, who belonged to a generation that 
learned to speak English, had more enlarged 
notions, and did not condemn without a hear¬ 
ing every person and thirg that had not found 
a tame aud a place in that rich and c’assical 
dialect, the Low Dutch. Different as he was 
in most of his ways of thinking from the peo¬ 
ple among whom he was thrown, he was yet 
able to perceive much in their character, nay, 
in their husbandry, too, which deserved far 
other treatment than to be abated as a nui¬ 
sance. The elder De Witt looked upon this 
land of promise as a very Canaan, and antici¬ 
pated the expulsion of the old inhabitants and 
the annihilation of all their works as a neces¬ 
sary preparation for the proper occupation 
and use of the land. The besom of destruction 
was invoked to sweep off together every Vir¬ 
ginian and every “Virginia fix.” 
Great was the controversy between father 
and son— types and representatives each of a 
great class. Herman, like every large-minded 
reformer, had to contend with the difficulty 
that the excellencies of the sccial system he 
would amend were so intertwined with its 
faults that to ei adicale these seemed to involve 
of necessity the tearirg away of those. Even 
to distinguish between what was bad and 
what was good, was, as he felt, a matter in 
which h's judgment might easily be mistaken. 
But with an earnest and resolute will he set 
himself to the duty of reconciling and blend 
ing, as best he might, that aggressive sccial 
system to which by birth he owed allegiance, 
with that other system which, with more grace, 
had not perhaps in due measure the vigor to 
resist attack. How to retain all that is wor¬ 
thy of preservation in the old, whUe pressing 
forward to what is new ; to reform without 
destroying ; to make a true progress—that we 
understand to be the grandest of political 
problems. 
And that was the problem Herman was 
about when the fire at Willoughby Garter’s 
called him off from a zealous experiment with 
a southern plow, whose strange and rude form 
had excited his father’s sneers, but which he 
thought entitled to a fair trial before being 
condemned to oblivion. 
As time wore on, Herman’s course became 
the occasion of serious concern to the senior 
De Witt. T e latter called in his neighbor 
and friend, Van Schaack, who had been lon¬ 
ger in the country, for consultation upon his 
son's state. Dinah Van Schaack. a plump, 
merry-eyed lass, came with her father, and 
though she put on a pout at first, iu testimo¬ 
ny that Herman had been less attentive of late 
than he should, our friend had not half the 
difficulty in appeasing her which it cost him 
to learn to guide the shovel plow. While the 
young folks were gaily chatting in a corner to 
themselves, the old wise-heads had their grave 
colloquy. When the host had ended his dolo¬ 
rous story of Herman’s declension from true 
Dutch habits, his friend, giving him a heavy- 
handed thwack on the shoulder, replied : 
“ Never you mind—never you mind, Israel. 
Let him wear his gloves, eat ‘matters and 
hominy,’ use his Ginney fixes, and even court 
Ginney gals if he will. Herman’s a good boy 
and industrious, and aint to be spoiled. Be¬ 
sides, though we old dogs can’t learn new 
tricks, young people have more years to live 
through. Remember, it’s our choice to come 
here, ard you know ‘folks that live at Rome 
must do as Rome does.’ ” 
CHAPTER III. 
’tis a pity. 
Herman had become quite a frequent visit¬ 
or at Mr. Carter’s. Seme awkward situations 
consequently occurred. His own genuine in¬ 
dependence * and exact estimation of circum¬ 
stances preserved him indeed from much un¬ 
easiness or discomfort; but how was it with 
Emily ? She could rot but percive that the 
young northerner’s attentions were directed to 
herself, and had he been a gentleman living 
upon his income, or a member ot a profession, 
or a planter taking a general superintendence 
of his estate through his overseer, or had he 
been engaged in any pursuit ■which did not 
involve, according to the standard to which' 
she had been accustomed, some degree of de¬ 
gradation, she might have listened to his suit 
with favor. 
Though neither c’assically educated nor 
accustomed to refined society, his natural 
taste prevented him from transgressing the 
limits of good breedirg. He thus never, like 
too many others, committed the urconscious 
suicide of makirg himself ridiculous. And 
a fair judgment being compelled, his remark¬ 
able acuteness of perception, supported by 
energetic jet calm self-reliance, could not but 
lift him far above the ordinary herd of gal¬ 
lants by whom Miss Carter was surrounded. 
But he was a working man, not by w r ay of 
relaxation or exercise, or from curiosity or 
whim, or any other gentleman like motive, 
but as a matter of every day’s earnest busi¬ 
ness and study. lie labored with his own 
hands, without disguise, on highway as well 
as in the secluded field. Farming indeed was 
somewhat better than a mechanical employ¬ 
ment, but the same principles, Emily was 
aware, which made him a tiller of the ground, 
might just as easily have led him to the work¬ 
bench or the forge. 
Well, what were Mr. Carter’s sentiments 
in the premises ? Though his daughter came 
to pretty nearly Ihe same conclusion as him¬ 
self, he differed in this, he never fer an instant 
considered the question worthy of beirg 
weighed at all. A plodding farmer, accus¬ 
tomed to work with his coat off, marry his 
daughter! It was absolutely inconceivable. 
But he was a man of most scrupulous polite¬ 
ness, of unbounded hospitality, and could not 
bear to wound the yourg man’s feelings. In 
consideration, too, of the service he had ren¬ 
dered at the fire, it was impossible to exclude 
him from the house. 
So matters stood awhile longer. At length 
Herman’s addresses became so particular as 
to be glaringly improper, and Mr. Carter 
took an opportunity to have a private inter¬ 
view with him. 
“ Ahem! Mr. De Witt—I am pleased, 
sir, to see that you are disposed to gratify me 
by frequent visits at Silvermount. I am re¬ 
joiced that you can find erjoyment—as you 
will not suffer me to Eame more worthy rec¬ 
ompense—in the house which you have saved 
from destruction. I take great entertainment, 
sir, in your conversation also—it is not only 
agreeable but beneficial, and I receive many 
hints towards a better system in the manage¬ 
ment of my estate. Thus, sir—” 
Herman bowed attention. 
“ You perceive, then—ahem !—you must be 
aware, sir, that it is both for my interest and 
pleasure to throw no obstacle—that is, to 
olfer,no embarassment—to say nothing to ren¬ 
der your visit less free or sociable. You un¬ 
derstand me, sir, I trust.” 
“If it be your object,” replied Herman, 
“ to reiterate your assurances of good feeling, 
it is needless, sir, for I am perfectly satisfied 
both of ycur friendship and sincerity.” 
Mr. Carter thought the young rustic mani¬ 
fested remarkable coolness and self possession, 
and was doubtful how far the terms cou’d be 
applied to himself. 
“ Yon are prepared then, Mr. De Witt, to 
believe that if T shall say anything apparently 
rude or ungracious it will only arise from ne¬ 
cessity.” 
Herman's eye expressed surpr'se, ra.her 
more indeed than be felt. 
“ Excuse me, sir,” continued Mr. Carter, 
“ I mean to say that it is merely to save you 
Eomepainthat. ] incur it myself by doing what 
might be mistaken by one less discerning than 
yourself lor a breach of hospitality.” 
[Continued on page 320, this number.] 
IttML 
“ Mother,” said Mrs. Partington’s Ike, 
“ here’s a word in this ere paper I can’t make 
out.” 
“ Spell it, child,” said the old lady. 
“ S-a-g N-i-c-h t s !” 
“ Sage Nits, sonny ; what does it say about 
’em ?” 
“ It says that they started in old Kentucky, 
and are spreading all over.” 
“Dear on us!” said the old lady, “the 
world must be comiDg to an end! Chitz- 
bngs, cut-worms, and locusts were bed enuff; 
but here must come filthy things, the sage nits! 
No sassengers for this year, Isaac!” and Mrs. 
Partington sighed. 
A Mean Man. —We have heard of mean 
men in our day, but a correspondent of the 
St. Louis Reveille mentions one to whom we 
must yield the palm :—“ Talk about mean 
men ! why there’s that Bill Johnson, he is the 
meanest man I ever heard tell on—Bill was a 
constable there. Why, don’t you think he 
had an execution against me for a little mat¬ 
ter of groceries, and he came out and leveled 
at my old woman’s ducks, and warded me to 
drite ’em up and ketch ’em for him, and I 
told him to ketch ’em himself; and so be 
chased ’em round and round the house, acd 
every time he'd ketch a duck, he’d set down 
aud wring its head off, and charge mileage!” 
“ The fire is going out, Miss Filkins.” 
“ I know it, Mr. Green, and if you would 
act wisely, you would follow its example.” 
It is unnecessary to add that Green never 
asked to sit up with that girl again. 
Ladies for Legislators.— There is one 
good reason why ladies should be eligible for 
Members of Parliament. They would afford 
such abundant facilities for pairing off. 
When should you apply a sovereign remedy 
to your tooth ? When it is a -king. 
ft.dbeHiseh)ei)f3. 
GENESEE COUNTY NURSEEY, 
Frvn miles east of Batavia, half mile west of Morgan- 
viile. We have on hand a gfneral vnrie’y of Fruit 
Trees, of all sizes, at reduced prices. Wholesale deal¬ 
ers always accommodated. No charges for packing and 
delivery at railroad. Address orders to Morganville 
Gen. Co., N. Y. 299-St NORRIS & DOUGLASS. 
COMMERCIAL AGENTS WANTTD —To canvass 
permanency. Men of high business capabilities and 
moral st nding and natives of New England, or N. York 
only need apply. The business is highly reputable and 
profitable. Full anc deluded information given on appli¬ 
cation by letter or in person. A W. HARRUON, 
299-26t _ 10 South 7th St., Philadelphia, Fa. 
SMALL FARM FOR SALE, 
Containing 31 acre- of choice Land, situated eight mi'es 
south of the city of Rochester, and 1% miles south-east 
of the village of East Henrietta. Said farm is iu a thor¬ 
ough stvte of cultivation, with good buildings, variety 
of fruit, an extensive Apple On hard of long keeping 
fruit a’-out 4 acres of timber, good water and excellent 
neighborhood. Half the purcha-e money can remain on 
bond and mortgage for a term of years if desired. For 
further- particulars apply on the premises, or address 
the subscriber at New York Mills, Oneida Co. N. Y. 
299-2t WM. R. WATSON.— 
FAMILY BOARDING SCHOOL FOR EOYS^ 
NEAR LOCKPORT, NIAGARA CO., N. Y. 
Parents wi 1 find this a desirable place for the educa¬ 
tion of their sons, as it is secluded from town, the num¬ 
ber of pupils is small, the terms are moderate, and 
every facility is afforded for acquiring a thorough Clas¬ 
sical or Eusiness Education. 
Circulars containing full information sent on applica¬ 
tion JAMES FERGUSON, A. M., 
299-2t _Principal and Proprietor. 
AUBURN FEMALE SEMINARY AND 
CO I LEG IATE INSTITUTE. 
Thu College building one of the most magnificent in 
the State, including nine stories, from basement to 
dome, is capable of accommodating 460 students. 
Bath'ng rooms and water on every floor—ventilation 
unsurpassed—gas lights throughout the building—pro¬ 
mote the comfort of the student, and add to the safety 
of the Institution. 
By special provision, one student can be received in¬ 
to the Institution from any town in the State free of all 
tuitions for two years, including Musir, Fine Arts and 
Languages, by paying the usual price of board. Mile¬ 
age also paid. She must be 16 years of age, a graduate, 
or have taught two term*, and recommended by Sup’t 
Common Schools. For particulars apply to Town Super¬ 
intendent, or address Z. M. SMITH, 
299 ' 4t ___ Principal. 
THE CONCORD GRAPH 
f J. D Ingkrsoll is again offer¬ 
ing roots of the celebrated “Con¬ 
cord Grape ” for sale. They 
were propagated in his Grape 
Garden, in Ilion, and all rational 
evidences tend to prove that a 
familiarity with this fine variety 
will soon be acquired by ama¬ 
teurs generally. The fine habits 
of the vine, and very large size 
or fruit, together with the unri¬ 
valled tarty period of ripenina , 
has rendered this variety superi¬ 
or to all other hardy kinds for our 
northern climate. Although this season is nearly two 
weeks later than usual, the “Concord” was fully ripe 
Sept. loth. Vine is hardy and a strong grower. The 
fruit will ripen in any part of the Northern States, and 
even in Canada, they'are troated with entire success. 
Strong yearling roots sa ely packed and delivered at 
the American Express Office, at $3 each. If properly 
secured the money may be sent at my risk. 
Address J. D. IVGERSOLL, 
299tf Ilion, Herkimer Co., N. Y. 
FOR SALE, 
A PLEAS&NT RESIDENCE AND FRUIT FARM. 
— Tiik subscriber offers for sale a highly improved farm, 
in Macedon, Wayne Co., N. Y., consisting of about 60 
acres, (more or le’s to suit the purchaser.) of which 8 
acres are woodland, 10 fertile pasture, and the rest in a 
high state of cultivation, partly occupied with nursery 
trees which will bo removed. There are a neat and 
comfortable cottage of nine rooms, several outbuildings, 
two laborer’s cottages, a haiuL-ome growth of various 
ornamental trees, and a nearly unequalled collection of 
fruit trees mostly in hearing, supplying a succession of 
the best sorts through the entire year. The specimen 
apple trees alone comprise nearly 400 in full bearing, 
and all are increasing annually in value. 
The whole lies ia a picture-quo position, in a hand¬ 
some undulating country, in a region unexcelled for the 
successful growth of fruit, and two miles trom the New 
York Central Railroad. In order to effect a ro:dy sale. 
It is offerod at some hundreds of dollars below its esti¬ 
mated value, or at about $90 to $100 per acie, varying 
with the quantity of land taken, the bound tries ihosen, 
and the number of nursery tiees left for permanent 
orchard. For further particulars, apply personally to 
299 2t J. J. THOMAS, Macedon, N. Y. 
STOVES AT WHOLESALE. 
N. TAFT & Co , Lyons, N. Y.. are mauufac.uring and 
offer for sale the 
Improved Empire State Cooking Stoves, 
warranted superior to any oilior kind iu me. Dealers 
are invited to call and ex,mi ne. A11 orders promptly 
attended to. Address as above. 297-6 
ANDRE LEROY’S NURSERIES, 
AT ANGERS, FRANCE. 
Tub undersigned begs leave to inform his numerous 
friends and customers that he is now ready to execute 
all orders for Fruit, Forest and Ornamental Trees, Ever¬ 
green Shrubs, Stocks, etc. His collection is particularly 
tine this year for all kinds of trees, etc., except Qutnco 
stocks, the crop of which has again failed. The Oita 
logue for 1855 is ready for distribution, and all tho.e 
who wish to get a copy can obtain one free of charge by 
addressing our agent in New York, Mr. F. A Bruguikrb, 
138 Pearl-st., successors to our former agent and friend, 
Mr. Ed. Bossange, who has retired from business. Or¬ 
ders should be sent, at once to secure a complete assort¬ 
ment. All required information to import trees, etc., 
will be found on the first page of our Cata'ogue, 
ANDRE LEROY, Angel's. 
F. A. BRUGU.ERE, Sole Agent, 
298-13 138 Pearl St., New York. 
A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALH 
The Subscriber offers for salo at a bargain, his Farm 
situated mi'es north of Slatervilie, Tompkins Co., 
N. Y., eight miles east of Ithaca, and six miles north¬ 
east of Pugley’s Depot on the railroad running from 
Owego to Ithaca,containing 192 acres, about 165 of which 
is improved ; the balance is well clothed with all the 
varieties of timber necessary for the support of a farm, 
such as fencing, building, fuel, Ac. It has some 80 bear¬ 
ing apple trees, all grafted fruit, together with a good 
supply of other fruit, such as currants, cherries, plums, 
pears, peaches, grapes. Ac. 
On said Farm is about 100 acres good dry plow land, 
the most of which is under a high state of cultivation. 
The soil is a gravely loam, and well adapted to all kinds 
of grain. Tne balance of the improved land is well 
adapted to grass, and the whole is well watered by nev¬ 
er-failing springs, and a small stream crossing one cor¬ 
ner of the farm. 
The subscriber keeps a butter dairy of some 30 cows, 
and claims to have dairy fixtures and conveniences far 
above the mediocrity, both in point of stabling, milch- 
ing and feeding conveniences for cows, as well as house 
arrangement for the dairy and other purposes. The 
buildings are mostly new, and ample for the require¬ 
ments of the farm, and the title indisputable. A large 
share of the purchase-money may remain on bond and 
mortgage as may best suit the purchaser. For further 
particulars, those wishing to purchase are respectfully 
solicited to call on the subscriber and examine the 
premises for themselves. PETER MULKS. 
Slatervilie, Tompkins Co., N. Y., Aug. 22, ’66.—296-0t 
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL R. R. COMPANY. 
Is now prepared to sell over two millions of acres 
of selected 
PRAIRIE, FARM AND WOOD LANDS, 
In Tracts of 40 Acres and Upwards, 
To suit purchasers, on long credits and at low rates of 
interest. 
They wore granted by the Government to encourage 
the builoing of this Railroad, which runs from the ex¬ 
treme noi th to the extreme southof the State ol IMnois. 
Ita pssos, from end to end, through the richest and most 
fertile l’rairies of the State, dotted here and there with 
magnitl eut Oak Groves. The recent opening of nearly 
600 miles of this road throws open the lands for cultiva¬ 
tion. They are scattered from one to fiftcon miles on 
each side of it, through its entire length. 
The soil is a dark, rich mould, from one to flvofeet in 
depth, is gently rolling, and peculiarly fitted for grazing 
cattle and sheep, and the cultivation of wheat, Indian 
corn. Ac. 
The first crop of Indian corn planted on the newly 
broken prairie, usually pays the cost of plowing aud 
sometimes fencing. 'Wheat sown on new turned sod is 
suro to yield vory large profits. One man with a plow 
and two yoke of oxen will break one and a half to two 
acres per day. Contracts can be made for broakiug. 
ready for corn or wheat, at $2 to $2,50 per acre. By 
judicious management farms may be broken and fc-n< ed 
the first, and uncer a high state of cultivation the sec¬ 
ond year. 
The larger yield on the cheap lands of Illinois, over 
high-priced lands in the Eastern and Middle State.-, is 
known to be much more than sufficient to pay the differ¬ 
ence of transportation to the Eastern market. The rapid 
increase and growth of flourishing towns and villages 
aloi g the line of this road afford a growing home de¬ 
mand for farm produce. 
Coal aud wood are delivered along the road at differ¬ 
ent points, at from $1,59 to $4 the cord or tun. 
Parties having in view Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, or 
Minnesota for tueir future homes, should take into con¬ 
sideration that the country west of the Mississippi is 
destitute of railroads : tb it the conveniences of trans¬ 
porting grain and produce from farms on the fine of the 
Illinois Central Railroad direct to the great Eastern mar¬ 
ket, is sufficient of itse'f to pay the investment at from 
$10 to $16 per acre higher than in government lands in 
Iowa. In other words, that it costs so much more to 
get proauce from the interior of the country west of the 
Mississippi to the Eastern market, and the farmer will 
find it much more profitable to locate on the line of this 
railroad. 
PRICE AND TERMS OF PAYMENT. 
The price will vary from $5 to $26, according to lo¬ 
cation, quality, Ac. Contracts for deeds may bo made 
dur.m: the year 18'6, stipulating the purchaso money to 
be paid in five annual instalments—tho first to become 
due in iwo years from date of contract the others annu¬ 
ally thereafter. The last payment will become due at 
the end of the sixth year from date of contract. 
By the 22d section of (he Act of the Legislature, ap¬ 
proved 10th February, 1851, these lands are free from 
taxation until they are paid for, aud a deed of convey¬ 
ance granted to the purchaser. 
INTEREST WILL Eli CEARGiD AT ONLY TWO PER CRNT. rK8 
ANNUM. 
As a security for the performance of the contract, the 
first two years’ interest must be paid in advance, but it 
must be understood that one-tenth of the land purchased 
shall yearly be brought under cultivation. Longer 
credits at six per cent, per annum may be negotiated 
by special application. Twenty per cent, from the cred¬ 
it price will he doaucted for cash, in which case the 
Company’s Construction Bonds will be received as ca>h. 
It is believed that tho price, long credit, and low rates 
of interest chargod for these lands, will eDable a man 
with a few hundred dollars in each, and ordinary indus¬ 
try, to make himself independent before all the purchase 
money becomes due. In the mean time the rapid set¬ 
tlement of the country will probably have increased 
their value four or five fold. When required an experi¬ 
enced person will accompany applicants, to give infor¬ 
mation and aid in selecting lands. 
Large Plats, showing the precise location of the Lands 
throughout tho State, may be seen at the office. Small 
pocket Plats, as a guide to any of the Company’s Lands 
and Pamphlets, containing interesting iuformat on, ac¬ 
companied by numerous letters from respectable far¬ 
mers throughout the State, may be had on application 
at the office of tho Company No. 62 Michigan Avenue 
Chicago. CHARLES M. DU PUY, Jr.. 
Land Agent Illinois Central Railroad Co. 
ONONDAGA FARM FOR SALE. 
The: celebrated “Loomis Farm” three miles south¬ 
west of Syracuse,—325 acres in full view of the city— 
admitted to be the best farm in Onondaga County. Can 
bo dividod if required and possession given immediately. 
Terms one quarter down, balance to suit purchaser.— 
Call and see the Picture. GROVE LAWRENCE. 
Syracuse, N. Y., 297-6t ' 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
PERUVIAN GUANO, No. 1, witli Government weight 
and brand upon each hag. Price, $50 per tou of 2,000 lbs. 
PERUVIAN GUaNO, No. 1, taken from the lower part 
of the cargo, a little damp, with above brand upon each 
bag. Price, $43 per ton of 2,000 lbs. 
As the latter article is sold by somo retail dealers for 
tho best quality, be particular to observe that the Damp 
Guano has tho figure 2 under the weight mark. For 
sale by ANTOINE LONGRTT. 
297-4t 34 CliffSt., corner Fulton, New York. 
50 BUSHELS PLUM STONES. 
Pave your Plum Stonos. We will pay tho highest mar¬ 
ket price in cash for 50 bushels Plum Stones, (Egg Plum 
-Stones extra) at our store, 76 Main street. Rochester. 
Also Cherry Stoues. 297-6t BLOSS A ADAMS. 
A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE, 
SrruATtD in tho town of Conquest, Cayuga Co., N. Y., 
four miles north-west of Woedsport, 3>i from Rochester 
aud Syracu-e dirov t railroad, and containing 118 acroi — 
100 improved and in a good state of cultivation. Well 
adapted for all kinds of produce. Watered by springs 
and wells. A good varioty of fruit. A good frame 
home convenient for a largo family : a good barn and 
shed ; 1'2 acres of whoat, 60 of clover, and 10 of timo¬ 
thy on tho farm. Said farm is in a line condition for 
putting in ciops the eusuing season, and can be had tor 
$55 per acre. One-half or at least one-third required 
down—tho remainder in bonds and moi tgages to i-uit 
' too purchaser. Possession given when dosired. For 
particulars inquire of tho subscriber. 
JACOS EAKER, 
294 3t Weodsport, Cayuga Co , N. Y. 
FOR SALE. 
A bargain for Nurseiymm and others. 200,000 Apple 
Stocks, 2 yrs. old very fine 1 will sell low for thecasb. 
Apply soon to CHAS. J. FROST, at No. 160 South Sophia 
St., Rochester, N. Y 293-7V* 
