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of good taste and harmonious effect. Fortunately, 
there is no antagonism whatever between the beauti¬ 
ful and useful; for it 5s a fact that the most useluj 
forms of matter are the most beautiful; that the rapid 
running stream affords the greater power; the most 
symmetrical, swaying giant oak, the greatest, strength. 
There are no perfect forms in nature which are not the 
most beautiful and useful of their hind. Again, I 
aver, each domain—each farm—should be a perfect 
landscape of itself—harmonizing, of course, as much 
as possible with the country about it, yet complete as 
a pbMurv alone. This effect cannot he acquired by 
planting belts uniformly, flronps here and there, 
affording fine views and distant vistas, with single 
trees to relieve the eye, always beeping In view in the 
planting, the me of this field and that, and the pro¬ 
tection necessary, are what we recommend. What 
has been said Is merely suggestive, and given here to 
call attention to the incongruous character of those 
belts, to attract the attention of the prairie planter to 
something beside straight belts. We propose to dis¬ 
cuss it further at another time. 
LETTER FROM THE WEST. 
Quincy. III.—Adams County—The Union Sentiments of the 
People—The Wheat and other Crops—Suture Prospects, etc. 
Messrs. Editors: —Should yon deem the follow 
ing hasty pen-jottings of sufficient importance to 
interest the numerous readers of your widely circu¬ 
lated and invaluable Rural, please pass the M 8 . into 
the hands of your compositors. 
The little semi-occidental city of Quincy occupies 
a high and healthy position on the eastern bank of 
the Mississippi, 150 miles above fit Louis, Missouri, 
and 578 miles below Bt. Paul, Minnesota. Spacious 
Btreets, well paved sidewalks, an endless variety of 
shade trees, three or four beautiful public squares, 
some fifteen or twenty splendid churches, hundreds 
of magnificent private residences, and block after 
block of massive, cOstly-built. business houses, give 
to the city u charmingly tasteful and suggestively 
pleasing appearance unsurpassed by any Western 
town, city, or boasted emporium of trade. Com¬ 
mencing its career Of real prosperity about the year 
1850, Quincy lins called within its limits an Indus¬ 
trious population of 16,000 souls, while, up to the 
present lamentably unfortunate standstill in the en¬ 
tire industrial affairs of our country, its commercial 
and manufacturing operations were unsurpassed by 
any city in Illinois, save Chicago. Hut, notwith¬ 
standing their business depressions, our people re- 
main buoyantly hopeful, all believing that when this 
not only senseless, but atrociously wicked rebellion, 
is crushed out, their city will again bouud forward 
on its destined mission of increasing population, 
the augmentation of wealth and true moral great- 
-tjtv. *’ a niorc hopeful impetus than ever. 
AfiMw* con,lt y comprises a vast body of rolling 
regiment arrives here for the purpose of awaiting are joined with each other by a small canal of dry « nrrt | 'KftUa rm?V ITtmtc; tfrhf dTnn fWneov* 
orders to move forward as positive secession quailers bricks, resting in the sand. When it rains, the water UUUU UllU AflllilJ. Ij V l c lUU liytl. 
orders to move forward as positive secession quailers bricks, resting in the sand. When it rains, the water 
in Missouri, Arkansas, or wherever else most needed, enters by the cassetom, penetrates into the sand by 
As a consequence of all this marching and counter- the jointures of the bricks of the canals, and finds its 
marching, some of our enterprising manufacturers level in the interior of the cylindrical well, having 
have obtained contracts for making soldier equip- passed through the little toles at the bottom. A 
ments, while a few merchants and general traders cistern bo constructed is saic to give very pure water, 
have secured contracts for furnishing provisions, and to retain It perfectly to-.he last drop. 
etc., etc. These facts, taken in connection with that - 
of paying off the troops—which occasionally hap- Rcep out the rliens. 
pens at this “ military establishment ” — has slightly ^ correspondent of tie Illinois Farmer issues 
relieved a portion of our people from the great a caution to his brother famers, which it will be well 
pecuniary sufferings of the day. ^ or to heed. He says 
But the blessed Angel of Hope Is again unfolding I?f sowing winter wheat and rye, great care should be 
his snow-white wings. The war-surcharged skies taken that no chess is albwed in the seed. Fonr 
are slowly brigbtniug. (Beams of living light are y ears " ince we fl0wed 80106 tt, rty acrea of white 
beginning to flash Westward and Northward from wheat, which contained a imall percentage of chess. 
South of the Potomac. The land on which this grew has been in hoed crops 
When taking up my pen, I proposed giving a sue- ai nCG > and well cultivated,and the chess continues to 
cinct sketch of the present troubles in Missouri, c0me up year after year is thougli the supply was 
coupled with a brief notice of their effects upon thiB exhaostless. Borne persoas contend that chess will 
part of Illinois; but, inasmuch as this rambling and tt °t grow; but to all such we would say, don’t allow 
too disjointed letter has already exceeded all proper yourselves to believe any wch nonsense. The envei 
or even premeditated limits, T will close, by assuring 
the readers of the Bubal New-Yorker that —should 
the Editor of said paper interpose no objections— I 
shall esteem it as a great pleasure to again jot down 
a few scattered thoughts for their amusement. 
Quincy, Ill., July 23,1861. Occidental. 
—» ■ ♦ ■ - 
TO PREVENT posts from heaving. 
Much has been written in regard to thiB subject- 
many inquiries having been made and answered—yet 
no very satisfactory results have been obtained. A 
neighbor tells us he bores through the bottom of the 
post, puts in a stout pin, and places ft large stone on 
each side. Another says, fill the post hole for a foot 
or more at the top, with stone; while a third states 
that he uses throe boards, and throws up a ridge of 
earth eighteen or twenty inches. The author of the 
“ Young Farmers' Manual !! — fi. E. Tom) — says the 
best remedy is to cut a notch in the post about four 
inches from the bottom, and ram the dirt well into 
the notches, or place atones in them. This is given 
as a most effectual remedy. Posts heave by the 
action of frost on the ground around them, where it 
is thoroughly saturated with water. On ground 
drained either naturally or artificially, they never 
heave. 
A few years since wc were obliged to replace a 
fence, a portion of which ran through a wet, heavy 
soil, where water stood for a good portion of the 
year. The posts were drove, swampy part drained, 
and at the present writing—four years from that 
time—they scarcely show a perceptible change. 
The drain was cut within five or six feet of the 
fence, and hardly thirty inches deep. This is a 
decided benefit; we drain the land and prevent onr 
posts from heaving. It is Beldom necessary to fence 
ti -_,: n , » .. e. if unto uuui uuuviuk. n jo nciuuui ucvcdmiv tu pjuvv 
and there diversified by wide belts of , ... . . 
prairies, , . . where it is impossible to drain; but where this is not 
heavily-timoeteo 11 Kn enng ic pianies p rac y ca ^j e would use three boards, and throw up 
ten-fold more valna u- unani passu 10 u 1 1 > J a r jdge of earth on each side, eighteen or twenty 
any county within t us protu na y er. i, . au. liigli—^drivlnjt llie poBtR wlien we set them—as 
The intelligent and thrifty lartm is u . 1 anis ' "untv, ^ ie y 8eem to heave less, and are driven to their places 
as also the goodly poojdft > •# Quincy, are Union to ^ ^ twuWe when they do heavG . 
the core, unanimously believing t iat this rc ie ion Wo do no t advance these statements for “Constant 
must, bo put down and the Governmuit n store to j^ eat q or >? t 0 follow to the letter, but only as a few facts 
its former unity and tioknow e ge po«u. * a that have come under our observation and experi- 
proof of this, no county within the State having the enc<? a 
same number of inhabitants lias furnished more 0emm N Y 1861 
brave, hardy soldiers. The city of Quincy has also - a- 
fnrnished a Genorftl — PRBXTlsa, the present com- ANOTHER SHEEP SHEARING. 
mandantBt Cairo,-ft model Quartermaster-General, 
in the person of Ex-Governor Wood,— and last, Noticing in the Rural, of July 20th, the shearing 
ope on the chess is hard, md requires moisture and 
warmth to induce it to geminate. If sown in a dry 
soil or moderately moist tne, where the wheat will 
come up, the chess will oten remain dormant; but 
the late fall rains generaly give it a start, however 
small, bo that if the wheal is winter killed, it will fill 
up the vacant spaces; bat if the wheat is not injured, 
the chess is bo shaded that it amounts to nothing 
more than a sickly growtl, yet it will mature enough 
seed to keep up the supply. If you have no mill, 
winnow it out in the wind, or wash it out in brine, 
but we beg of you not to sow it on any condition. 
Ditching with a Plow. 
It is often said th it., “where there's a will, 
there’s a way;” and if American farmers have a will 
to drain off the superfluous water from their farms, 
there can be little doubt that they will find, or make 
a way, to do eo. The following experiment in the 
ditching line by a New Hampshire farmer is reported 
in the Journal of Agriculture: 
In the first place, I plow two furrows, and throw 
them out; this makes llie ditch wide enough at the 
top. I then plow two more and throw them out. 
The ditch is then twelve or fifteen inches deep, and 
one ox can no longer walk In it with the other on 
the surface. I then take a stout piece of timber, say 
five or six inches square, (a round stick would do as 
well) and twelve or fifteen feet long. 1 then lay It 
across the ditch and liitch a yoke of oxen on each 
end, so that the timber serves as a long whlffletree, 
with the plow chained in the middle; and us the 
ditch grows deeper, the chain is let out longer. In 
this way, there would be no trouble in plowing six 
feet deep. The only difficulty is, in keeping the 
oxen nearly abreast, as it is new work for them. 
But by taking light furrows at first, they Boon learn. 
J use for this purpose one of the iron beam “ Wash¬ 
ington ” plows, as they are called. It requires a new 
point, or one as good as new. After running the 
plow through two or three times, throw out the loose 
earth, and plow again. 
Rye lor Feeding (Sheep. 
A writer in the Illinois Farmer thus relates 
how a friend of his escaped financial difficulties:— 
Rye is ono of the most, valuable of the green feeds for 
sheep. A friend of oure, an amateur farmer, who has 
his means all locked op in real to w who is 
The Season and Crops. —August opened with excessively 
hot weather—the temperature of the first four or five days 
being the highert of the season. Corn HDd other crops have 
improved greatly within tbe week past, and farmers are 
correspondingly encouraged. During a flying trip, last week, 
through portions of Livingston. Steuben, Chemung, Tates, 
Ontario. &c , we noticed and learned that the crop prospects 
were very favorable—much better than had been anticipated 
through the early part of summer. The wheat crop of this 
region, now mostly secured in good order, exceeds the gen¬ 
eral expectation, in both amount and quality. 
According to the Cleveland Herald, the present wheat crop 
of Northern Ohio is the best yield of the last ten years — 
thirty and forty bushels per acre being realized in many 
instance* Oats, too, are said to be very heavy, while grass, 
on new meadows, is good, There U time enough yet (it adds) 
for corn. 
The Michigan Farmer , speaking of the wheat crop, says:— 
“Out crop throughout this State lias not only ripened with¬ 
out. any disaster occurring to It, and with much fewer com¬ 
plaints than we have had for many years, hut it also has had 
Ihe advantage of the most favorable weather to be harvested. 
So that the whole crop will be not only large in quantity, but 
also its quality will he first-rate.” 
Crop reports from other Western States are generally 
encouraging. After giving numerous extract* from its West¬ 
ern exchanges respecting the condition and prospects of the 
craps, the Chicago Journal says;—“It will be seen that, the 
prospects are not altogether as flattering a- was expected, 
While, in some localities, the drouth lia« retarded the growth 
of the grain, in others the army worm and the rust have had 
an unfavorable effect. Taken on the whole, however, there 
is every reason to expect at least a full average wheat crop, 
and more than an average crop of corn, the present year, in 
the Northwest,” 
About Condensed Milk.—A correspondent wishes infor¬ 
mation concerning the modus operandi of preparing con¬ 
densed milk. We cannot answer deffnitedy, but refer him 
and others interested to Mr Gail Bokdo.v, Jr., of Wassaic, 
Dutchess Co., N. V., for information. In the last number of 
the Journal of our Stale Ag. Society, Col Johnson thus 
speaks of the operations of the “ N. Y. Condensed Milk Co.,” 
at Wassaic:—“We visited the establishment of the Company, 
about eight miles from Mr. Thoknk'S, on the Harlem Rail 
road, with Mr. Jonathan and Mr. Samuel Thors*. We 
were very kindly received by Mr. Gail Rokden, Jr., the 
superintendent of the work and the patentee of the prepara¬ 
tions there made. The work* were in fine order, and we 
witnessed t.be process, from the milk from the cow until pre¬ 
pared for market. It is new milk, fresh from the cow, with 
75 per cent, of water evaporated from it, This is done by 
steam; aud the public- who use this have real milk, and 
nothing else; and eati add water to it, suited to their taste. 
It in already delivered Id New York and Brooklyn to more 
than 3,000 families— is recommended by a great number of 
physicians as superior to all other milk sent to mar ket. The 
day we were at the works they were preparing upward of 
1,800 quart* of milk, delivered that morning—somewhat less 
than the average quantity. The Company have another 
establishment at Burrvllle, Litchfield county, Ct. The estab¬ 
lishment is open to the inspection of all. there being no 
necromancy about the matter, but the process being simply 
what is above stated. Neatness reigns predominant through¬ 
out the entire establishment, aud is one reason doubtless of 
the great popularity of the milk sent from these works. A 
small pamphlet accompanies the milk, giving directions how 
to use it and how to keep it, and statements of its value and 
cheapness.” 
Cut Worm and Corn Grub Killer — Dr, Asa Fitch, the 
Entomologist of the N. Y. State Agricultural Society, writes 
to Secretary Johnson some account of the foe of the cut 
worm. lie says:—“ I doubt not you have noticed in plowed 
fields a large black beetle, with most brilliant golden dot* 
placed in rows on it* Lack. It u the (‘alesoma eniidum, of 
«ausi ««*» rpit.i cur Wffer of 
determined to make it •>«., i.t- •xpemv* In spite of s»w""«»s»*o —* — -r*.> «« .«• • setter, of 
the hard times for all the real estate speculators, inv< . u , rM( . fw ofthe ou1 worTO| Krasping the worm in its 
inclosed four hijndCed acres, which he rent- out on K , roDg j aWH| aB( j j n sp ite of its violent writhing and strug- 
sharcs, the most of which has been cultivated in corn g]j ngi securely holding it, and when it finds these worms in 
though far from least, our city has recently furnished 0 f Mr. David T. Bowen’s “model little flock of sincethe crash of 1857. Beginning to fear that his plenty, tt gorges und surfeits Itself upon them till it is so 
a U. 8. 8enator, in the person of 0. H. BnOWN ing. 8 heep,” I ant prepared to give, as he requests, facts ^hird of the corn crop would not pay his taxes on glutted and distended it i» scarcely able to stir — for it never 
vFrom 185G to ’60, the farmers of Adams county an j fig nrefl about, a shearing 1 attended June 28th, Homc thousands of acres of wild land, with his other knows how to let a cut worm alone when it meets with one. 
were sadly straitened by a succession of “bad 0 f Mr. I. T. WhRKLock's flock of Spanish Merino expenses, he applied to his arithmetic, which convinc- U is continually hunting those worms, feeding on nothing 
crops.” Last year, however, they were quite elated E r , G in num ber, 38 of which raised lambs, and e d him that a thousand good mutton sheep would help :if obt f“ th *“' B ° th 11 “J the K o1 * n ot * 
X most abundant harvest. But, if crops were tlR . ,; mainder uf the flock yearlings. These sheep Mm ont . so #jVr the * ra WH8 la jd by L persuaded be * tle wbich produces,t, therefore, should neve, he harmed.” 
good last year, what Bhall be said of them this year? we re led straw until the 15th of March, and hay after- one of his tenants to allow him to sow some thirty 
In i860 the wheat crop of this county averaged scarce wardBt with one gill of peas a day per head. They acres of rye among the corn. His thousand sheep ®°» K T0 T,,x *"*'7™* ^p 
glutted and distended it 1 b scarcely able to stir — for it never 
knows how to let a cut worm alone when it meets with one. 
It is continually hunting those worms, feeding on nothing 
else, if it can obtain them. Both it and the golden dotted 
beetle which produces it, therefore, shouldneverbe harmed.” 
In 1860 the wheat crop of this county averaged scarce war d B , with one gill of peas a day per head. They acres of rye among the corn. His thousand sheep ^ gone to t,,k ,^ ar vTnS^Jvm 
fifteen bushels per acre, while for the present year were well washed. Weight of fleeces averaged as fol- w<sre purchased in August, herded wherever he could ^compositors, having joined Col. Van Allrn’s 
the average yield will exceed twenty-five bushels for | 0WB: _HeavicKt ewes’ fleece, 10 lbs.; heaviest year- flnd foed unlil the corn was ripe, when they were cmlry regimenti nnd ,. ntered upon tb« sacred soil of ihe 
each acre devoted to that indispensable cereal. lings, 8 lbs. 8 ozs.; lightest, do., 6 lbs. 12 ozs.; ave- turned on the young rye, which was their princi- oid Dominion. Charm* is plucky and patriotic; and, though 
The past two weeks of most charming harvest ra g t; 0 f ewes per head, 7 lbs. 6 ozs.; do. of yearlings f eed U ntil the first of June, when it was turned cot a.< large as aorue of his associates, the “little corporal ’’ 
weather has enabled our farmers to seenre their 7 j| )8i g ozg- under and planted to corn. A portion of the crop ba* mind and muscle enough to figure and fight to the best 
entire crop of winter wheat, in the most perfect J would not forget to mention a fiock of Id, worthy waB we ll fed down, but had it not been for the stand- advantage. In a close encounter, the K, F, Vs may find 
order; while a continuance of the same for ten days of notG) 0WI)cd j. f. Starr, of Leicester, purchased ing corn Tallis, a respectable crop could have been him a tough customer. May he fight the good fight lor the 
longer, will afford them an opportunity for harvest. laBt fa n from Mr. W. They were fed hay, together harvested from a part of the field. Here was the feting to 
ing their spring wheat and oats with equal success. w jfl, one gill of grain a day, per head; heaviest fleece i ar g(j part ol the feed of a thousand sheep for eight tlietr „ atde ropresentatlve” on thu “tented field.” 
Our spring wheat stnd oats lire unusually heavy, y2 j lbs.; average per be.ad 94 lbs. I think if our mouths, costing twelve dollars for the seed and about _, ^ ,_ 
plump grained, and clear of any extraneous matter. frJend Mr . C „ of Wyoming Co., whose sheep shear- the name for labor, and returning the land in far ^ w „ 0L _ The c , ovoUnd Woo l Depot Co.’s Oir- 
Frorn present indications, the corn crop hereabout j llg was noticed in the Rural, (I think June 29th,) better condition than it was before, no donbttothc cu i ar for the present mouth says:—■•The active demand for 
will be enormous—doubtless averaging ninety bush- W(rald haTe the kin dness to send Mr. W. one of his extent of the seed and labor. We have never seen a *prke«. Jrith th/presp^t 
els per acre. Potatoes, navy or white beans, together f or B hcep blankets, to protect his sheep from ( 0 t of sheep and lambs at this season in so good con- that Ul ' ( , i uc 0 l „i D g clip of coarse and medium will he eagerly 
with minor esculents, will yield equal to any former thc rtom| be may perhaps equal, if not surpass, his dition as this rye fed flock. Esplto'foMlfferi^rgrades . 0 ThTwgSt 
precedent. aocount by another year; for Mr. W. has always been The flock is now on the prairie, and will remain j icard p # | d f or th* m-w clip is forty cents. Merchant, and 
1 regret, however, that this pleasing picture has of , he opinio n that “rain should fall both on the just ther e until his meadow is ready to turn into, when wrip.tham^UumryTing toxed to 
and honor. The “Boy* ' endorse aud eoud g 
their “able representative” on the “tented field." 
plump grained, and clear oi any extraneous matter. 
From present indications, the corn crop hereabout 
will be enormous—doubtless averaging ninety bush¬ 
els per acre. Potatoes, navy or white beans, together 
its reverse side. To briefly illustrate J While our 
farmers are rejoicing over the now almost certain 
fact of soon seeing every barn, crib and cellar filled 
to their utmost capacity with the various field, 
orchard and garden products, the momentous ques¬ 
tion, “What are we to do with the abundant crop of 
1861?” begins to assume a somewhat grave aspect. 
With no prospects of an active demand for American 
breadstuffs abroad, and with this wide-spread rebel¬ 
lion— accompanied by tbe complete stoppage of a 
Southern outlet for their produce — atariug them in 
the face, our farmers can see no prospect of obtain¬ 
ing such prices for their surplus crops as will even 
remunerate them for their summer’s toil, to say noth¬ 
ing of profits. These prospects are Indeed disheart¬ 
ening; still, the certain probabilities are now, that 
not only the farmers of Adams county, hut of the 
entire West, will cheerfully acquiesce in such meas¬ 
ures as will most speedily aud effectually crush out 
this detestable rebellion and effect the full re-estab¬ 
lishment of the Government, even should it cost 
them not only the present abundant crop, but a 
dozen more of equal value. Thus, we find our people 
not only willing to furnish their quota of heroic 
defenders of their country's rights, but those remain¬ 
ing at homc are as willing to suffer pecuniarily, even 
to the verge of utter ruin. So, too, with the mer¬ 
chants, iuunulaetnrers and workingmen of Quincy, 
all of whom are now suffering unparalleled finan¬ 
cial embarrassments or stagnated business reverses. 
Thus, while sending forward company after company 
of our most promising yonng and middle aged men, 
to put down that monster, “secession,” the remain¬ 
ing citizens, incloding our par-exeellently union 
devoted women and “red, white and blue” loving 
children, are perfectly contented to patiently endure 
and the unjuBt,” Lover ok Fine Sheep. 
Leicester, N. Y., July, 1861. 
gural tit of tUo Irogo. 
the rye pasture will lie repeated. He will clear at 
least "fifteen hundred dollars the first year in this ope¬ 
ration, the result of brains in farming. 
Cotton and Wool.— The Cleveland Wool Depot Co.'b Cir¬ 
cular for (he pri-Bout mouth say*:—*• The active demand for 
coarse wool, which has characterised the trade for tho last 
month, sti 11 continue*, aud at full prices, with the prospect 
that the incoming clip of coar„e and medium will he eagerly 
sought for. whilst there is no demand for fine, except at 
prices paid for inferior grades. The highest price we have 
heard paid for the new clip is forty cents. Merchants and 
wool growers probably know that this change iB brought 
aboutbv the entire capacity of the machinery being taxed to 
manufacture government goods. We shall iherefore expect 
tr see tine wool* neglected for two 01 three months. No cot¬ 
ton can now he had from the South, and bow far thiB will 
influence the use of all wool where cotton has been used in 
— The new Sultan will not be 21 till September. 
— It costs $5,000 to graduate at Oxford College. 
— Twenty-five gun boats are to be built for the Westen 
rivers. 
— The Empress of Austria is not expected to live much 
longer. 
— The dry-goods stores at the South are almost destitute 
of stocks. 
— Cannel coal ha* been discovered in the Northern part 
of Minnesota. 
— Col. Cameron, killed at Bull Run, was a brother of 
Secretary Cameron 
— Fifty-five companies of Home Guards paraded at Pitts¬ 
burg on the Fourth. 
— The tolls on the N. Y. canals to July 1st exceed those 
of last year $212,180. 
— The New York Herald calls Gen. McClellan “ the Napo¬ 
leon of the present war.” 
— Since the opening of navigation, 4,410 steamers and sail 
vessels have passed Detroit. 
— The Great Eastern left Quebec for Europe on the 6th 
inst,, with a cargo of lumber. 
— The C. S. Government is in the market for a large num¬ 
ber of horses, said to be 70.000. 
— Building is going on in New York quite extensively, 
notwithstanding thc bard times. 
— Nearly two millions of New York Central Railroad stock 
is held in the New England States. 
— Brig. Gen. Kearney is to take command of the New Jer¬ 
sey volunteer* now at Washington. 
— It has been decided not to admit children under five 
years into the Boston Public Schools. 
— The Hon. Wm. H. Dimmlck, ex-Member of Congress, 
died at Honesdale, I’a,, on the 2d inst. 
_Tho House Committee on army frauds is to act during 
the recess of Congress with full powers. 
— Union men are flying in large numbers from Eastern 
Virginia to avoid the rebel conscription. 
— Austria, at last accounts, was about to re-commence a 
very repressive system against Hungary. 
— New York has 214 churches, Philadelphia 248, Baltimore 
99, Boston 94, Cincinnati 73, Chicago 67. 
— Hunt’s Merchant’s Magazine estimates the crop of maple 
sugar for the current year at 28,000 tuns. 
_The Richmond Enquirer say* that a fatal ease of cholera 
has occurred at Camp Lee, near that city. 
— A mechanic of Hartford, Conn., has invented a machine 
which will make 100,000 slate pencils per day. 
_The British press sppak* of Mr. Ad&rca, the new Ameri¬ 
can Minister, in a very conplimentary manner. 
— Thirteen of the officers in the Third Wisconsin regiment 
have been in active service in the Mexican war. 
— Twenty thousand men are said to be thrown out of em¬ 
ployment on the rivers by the embargo at Cairo. 
— About 35 gins* furnaces have heen stopped near Charleroi, 
Belgium, In consequence of the crisis in America. 
_The wife of Professor Longfellow met with a horrible 
death, a few davs since, by her clothes taking fire. 
_The Missouri river ha* been blockaded by General I-yon. 
Boat* bound down are now stopped at Leavenworth. 
_Thc population of New York State by thc official census 
is 3,887,542; of the ward* of New York city, 805,657. 
— The New York Poet protests against putting a duty o» 
sugar* for the benefit of the rebel State of Loul»ion&. 
— The rebel* ut Manassas claim to have forty-two federal 
officers aud twelve medical men among their prisoners. 
— A sturgeon weighing sixty eight pounds w»* caught in 
the Erie canal at Newark, Wayne Co., a few days since. 
— The Long Bridge over the Potomac is to be recoast*utted, 
so that u »m ..v -- - 
— Parson Brovrulow-'s paper has been designated to publish 
the law* of Congress, to be passed at th* present session. 
_Major Taylor, the recent bearer of a flag of truce from 
the rebels to Washington, is a son of Gen. Zachary Taylor. 
— The assessed value or real estate in New York city for 
the present year is $j,OG,O55,066, and personal $16i;62-l,306. 
— A convict in the State Prison at Auburn ha* been detect¬ 
ed in the act of manufacturing counterfeit coin in his cell. 
— About five thousand dollars have been rubied in Wash 
ingtou for tho erection of a monument to Senator Douglas. 
— The law prohibiting thc sale of intoxicating drinks to 
soldiers in Washington, has passed both Houses of Congress. 
— One hundred and seventy volunteer companies have 
tendered their services to the State of Iowa for active service. 
— The New York Life Insurance Company have just con¬ 
tributed $5,000 to the funds of the'Army Sanitary Commission. 
— San Francisco papers mention the shock of an earth¬ 
quake which was felt along the Pacific coast on the 30th of 
J une, 
— According to the last census, the details of which have 
just been made up, the population of Spain is 15,688,000 
souls. 
— Six platform cars, fully loaded with cannon carriages, 
passed westward on the 2d inst., said to be destined for St. 
Louis. 
— Dickinson College, Pa., has conferred the degree of LL. 
D, on Hon. Edward Bates, Attorney General of the United 
States. 
— The piratical steamer Sumter, now cruising in the Gulf 
of Mexico, was built at Montreal for Jeff. Davis by a Mr. 
I Can tin. 
1 _It is calculated that there are from one thousand to 
Cotton in India. — Mr. Edward A. Newton, of Pittsfield, 
Mans.. -who resided many years in India, has some very inter¬ 
esting statements in the PitUjield Foyle on the supply of 
cotton from the East, lie quote* the following extract from a 
letter w ritten hv Mr. W. K Stearns, son of President Stearns, 
of Amherst College, who is a merchant iu BombRy, India, 
In driving, the nail becomes a screw, and neither sun 
nor hammer can draw it. 
On the Construction of Cisterns- 
glUCiU oPjm W JUL Lousy Wheat. ....... London. 
Some alarm has been felt by a few farmers in this * _^ candy dealer of Liverpool advertises himself as the 
Wcnihei -Proof Nails. vicinity, says the Boston Cultivator, in consequence Cotton in India.—M r. Edward A. Newton, of Pittsfield, supp ii er 0 f u 0 i d g enu ine original Everton taflee to her 
A writer in the “Field Notes v recommends oft he appearance, on the growing wheat, of an insect “^g statement Majesty.” 
nails prepared in the following manner, for fastening unknown to them. It is nothing mure than a species cotton from the Kn*t. He quote* the following extract from a _ Toombs hag reR i gned his position as Secretary of State 
roof hoards, weather hoards, and other places where of aphiii) or plant louse. We have often seen it on ^AmheiS Coiu“e. of the C. S. A., and is succeeded by R. M. T. Hunter, of 
it iB difficult to make a nail hold: —Take ten-penny w j ieat before, hut never in such numbers as it bus ,i,u„ d the 12th of April:—“1 went into th* interior a few Virginia. 
malleable nails, and place the head in a vise; with a a p peam l this season. Our attention was first called the^untoyha^Umdhff teetreubfeein America! — Count Sanmartino has resigned the King's Lieutenancy 
pair of pincers seize the nail near the point, twist it 0Q a jj c i d 0 f wheat belonging to Hon. W. H. and rliat th» aamunt of land which had been laid out aud a * Naples, and General Cialdini has been appointed ilia 
half way round, make the twist somewhat elongated. piahMi of F ra uklin, since which we have received successor. 
In driving, the nail becomes a screw, and neither sun f rom q \y Richardson, Esq., of the same town, a movement continues, in five years India will export 4,000.000 — Ohio now contains 2,343,739 inhabitants, including 3-,- 
uor hammer can draw it. packed of w),eU.he.de on rvhich tho ineeet was very SfS.mSL'C™ &TSS 519 f “ ««" <* *“ ** “ ■““* 
- numerous; and we have received from Rev. C. C. not he able to command the monopoly or the staple out of over 29 per cent. 
Ou tli© Construction of Cisterns. Sewail, of Medfield, and E. R. Andrews, Esq., of the Union,’ _, ^ ._ - The total number of vessels employed in trade and com- 
Tbb attention of the French Academy has been West BOxbtfry, specimens of the insect, with state- at ^ ^ WoRU) , a F . uSL _ A re801ntion bas ° f ‘’ 
directed by M. (frimtnftnd to tbe plan followed in men's in regard to its attack on tho wheat. pawned the Senate and House or Representatives appropriat- > 
Venice for tho con,true,ion of cf.mrn.; and hr TU innec, ia f.,nd on the head of the wheat abol- 
recommends it strongly to tbe attention of those terei somewhat by the beard and chad, and lives by Worlds Fair, to be held in Loudon s in 1862. A represent* * 
i «*-«~r “r r " : , ■»»•<■* ** »*r- ‘«* t ”°’™ “ •>—« xrz ««»«... -»» 
There ave in ^ emce over two thousand cisterns, g^urD, before to do much damage. How much exhibitors. We do not Bxpect that there will be many * , . stored in one 
which supply thc city with P »rc, pood wMcr. Their oalll f g , K wii. do in .he ce 8 ailudcd to. rrm.inc to ££££££ “ ' ' 
construction may be briefly stated as follows:—In the be Been, thongh it is probable that such numbers p u y creditable to our people. The building for the World's ' w „ t . rn Virginia is snoken of as 
first place, a hole is dug about ten feet deep, (the a9 are found, in some instances, must deprive the f-j 5^S«™^3iSS *uLZ t-mmuch attracted to 
nature of the soil at Venice prevents a greater depth, i gia i n> more or i esB , of the nourishment it requires, crystal Palace. It i* expected that the exhibition will^surpass att( , nd xo their crops. 
and in the shape of an inverted truncated pyramid. j t should he remarked that it is spring wheat that is entered for competition^ NacnKfic American Sm _ The Troy Times states that Gen. Wool has three times, 
The earth surrounding tho sides is kept in its place a tb C ted, and the insect is most numerous, and will _ r ^ __' during the present war, been nominated by Gen. Scott for 
by a strong wooden frame, which cover also the do most damage on that which is most backward. , , h important command*. 
bottom Of the Cistern. Upon this is applied a layer Indeed the mos^orwwd fields are already weU ont of ^' N ["'Lofton very ''desirabTe to ventilate, particularly _The London correspondent of the Chicago Journal 
of tine well compacted clay, tbe thickness of which to” "ay “the straw liaving coi s de ub j ti rnea ana § un the BumDwr We see occasionally contrivances *u g< ,.J hear that the Confederate Commissioners are at 
oi UUI, ttuttutuptofto the heads become pretty well tilled beiore the lEibea the agricultural newspapers, but noneaoconvenient 
is in proportion to the size of the cistern, but never ^pp^ed to much extent. The insect seems to he a nd practicable a* the following, which we hare used with Fans, and out cf money. 
over a foot. On the middle part of the bottom is laid most numerous on the borders oi fields, and it is not entire success. Fill a rather narrow two-buahel bag with _ Bull Run forms the boundary between Fairfax and 
a circular stone, hollownd ont in the onnter. On thi. Print. Willi-m counties nnffl it eaten tl»e Ocnoquan ritar. 
„ erected . hollow tyllnder. of ,he dinner of an ^^‘aeeompS ?y L, «f* Jffi KL!'^. Si 'SfS.tfi.'XS ’ 14 “”‘ h „ „ ^ „ 
ordinary well, hnilt on dry bricks, well laid, and and sometimes by ante, which are looked qpoii with J, 0TerGdup draw it up hull its iength; audeo proceeding you —Richard D. Moms, aged 9S, died at ■ - 
01 _. 1 ,^ Ulnr, nforoeH with rtonioal holes. Busnloion bv so in c Tiersous; but they have no designs wt n have ^channel or flue from bottom to top. Then giye rittxvlvania Co., V'a., on the 80th ult. Deceased was at tne 
Ventilation for Hat Mows.—Large mows of hay or 
grain it is often very desirable to ventilate, particularly 
dnring the summer We see occasionally contrivances *ug- 
present adversities, until such times as the mighty is erected a hollow cylinder, o! the diame er oi an ^ apbU , i8 accompanied by many species of flies. ^ lay THirKn’itT,, . his residence iB 
but bellienant powers of the Government shall have ordinary well, hnilt on dry hncks, well laid, and | an d sometimes by ants, which are looked upon with [ CT£ . red driw it np hall its length; audso proceeding yon - Richard D. Moms, aged 98, died at h . 
but benign I M ... , . t i inco nt th P bottom being pierced with conical holes, suspicion by some persons; but they have no designs will have a channel or flue from bottom,to top. Then give rittAylvania Go., V a., on the 30th ult. Deceasedwasat.be 
been irrefragihly established. These high and holy those at tlie bottom being piereea wun oomcai uomm K who ; t , their object being to obtain the sweet the boy* the fan of working a burrow in from the floor to the garrendor of yorktowm 
purposes, these seif-sacriticiug and eanohling deeds, This cylinder comes a little above the level of the sod. exnd atiai«-of the aptis, which Appear in the form of flue, and forbid their climbing up m it. and you will have a 4 hands high and 
P Qntoov Having P. e n de 5 ign.tod „ onn of «b. mnin Inol of ito clap walla. BrfOta co.oriD,; tho wh»L natoraUnSSong . » S-Tat” lid” a. faUing ,.d a W 
station* or rendezvousing points for Illinois and with the pavement, there is laid at eacn angle a son w hich is the six-spotted lady-bird (or bug,) that we t bemselve«, such being the only effectual method of eradica- . Negroes that brought $L500 last year are to-day not 
low. troops, the city not unfrequenll, present, the • of stone ben, the covet of which, alao of .tone, it j.,. already seen in on, or two instances, making ting them. To toy™ ttu rosult,_tb £ . ground should b. ^ 0 , e ‘ om . thlrd , t<t 
apoenrance of a vast military camp, as regiment after pierced with holes. These boxes, called casselon., havoc ruth t e c. p 
part, or a* a substitute, cannot be stated, but the presumption nfteen hundred acres of strawberries within ten miles of 
i« that the want of it will favorably affect the trade iu wool.” , 
London. 
_A candy dealer of Liverpool advertises himself as the 
supplier of “old genuine original Everton taffee to her 
Majesty.” 
— Toombs has resigned his position as Secretary of State 
of the C. S. A., and is succeeded by R. M. T. Hunter, of 
Virginia. 
— Count Sanmartino has resigned the King’s Lieutenancy 
at Naples, and General Cialdini has been appointed ilia 
successor. 
— Ohio now contains 2,343,739 inhabitants, including 34,- 
over 29 per cent. 
— The total number of vessels employed in trade and com¬ 
merce in Great Britain, exclusive of river Bteamers, is 20,019, 
of 4,251,739 tuns. 
— Gen. Scott is to have the sole control of all future mili¬ 
tary movements. This will relieve a portion of the press of 
much responsibility. 
— Chicago contains, at the present time, forty million 
bushels of grain, the largest quantity ever stored in one 
place in this country. 
— Eli Thayer’s colony in Western Virginia is spoken of as 
in miserable condition. Settlers are too much distracted to 
during the present war, been nominated by Gen Scott for 
important commands. 
_The London correspondent of the Chicago Journal 
writes “J hear that the Confederate Commissioners are at 
Fans, and oaf oj money! 
— Bull Run forms the boundary between Fairfax and 
Prince William counties until it enters the Occoquan river, 
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