M0¥. BO. 
MOORE’S RURAL 
-YORKER. 
Bat to resame. Lime-water, or limed juice is used 
as a clarifier. Lime is dissolved in the juice of the 
cane, and about two tablespooufulB of this mixture— 
strong with lime — is added to eaoli barrel of juice. 
This neutralizes the acid somewhat, but Mr. D. thinks 
if all the uoid S* removed, it is not so good sirup—be 
said it tasted “flat.” The degree of heat given is 
224 degrees Fah. The juice is kept boiling steadily 
and as lively as possible without allowing it to boil 
over. The sooner the jnioo can be got from the mill 
to the pan the better. A great deal of stress was 
given the importance of cleanliness. Tt Is essential 
that the pans, mill, and everything the juice touches, 
be kept clean; and it was asserted that all these parts 
should be scalded and cleansed once every twelve, or 
at the longest, every twenty-four hours. Unless this 
ia done, the juioe which remain* on the different 
parts of the machinery, sour* and affects the newly 
expressed juice which comes in contact with it. 
AN EABLY YAWKTT OP 1MPUKB. 
When the writer visited Mr. Darling mill, he 
was boiling juice expressed from a quantity of 
Imphcc Cane grown by D. F. Kinney, proprietor of 
the nurseries before alluded to. Mr. K., in the 
Bpring of 1800, sent to Cincinnati for some Tmphee 
eeed, specifying the variety he desired, and which he 
had seen recommended because of its early maturity 
and sugar producing qualities. The seed obtained 
was planted, and a dozen varieties, more or less, 
seemed to result from It, A few stalks of these ma¬ 
tured touch earlier, and the cane, seemed much 
sweeter than the rest. The Beed of these stalks was 
paved and again planted last spring. The crop was 
quiet two weeks curlier than the Sorghum crop in 
the vicinity. The yield of juice was quite as large 
and good quality as the Sorghum. The manufacture 
of sirup had not been completed, lienee the writer 
was unable to determine it* relative quality. But if 
maturity is important in order to secure sugar, this 
variety of Inipbee should be propagated. It is be¬ 
lieved, by the writer, that this Iniphee is shorter 
jointed and more dwarfed in its habit, but yielding 
a heavier cane. 
PLASTER, NATURAL GRASSE?, CORN AND ROOT3. 
The writer has often been asked of the effect of the 
use of plaster on different crops, when to sow, and on 
what crops it should be applied. In the West this 
inquiry is one of Increasing importance and Interest, 
and I was very glad to see the article on “Clover 
and Plaster” In the Rural of November fllh. And 
my attention was arrested, in reading that article, by 
the last paragraph, which, I fear, will mislead many. 
I say mislead, because it conflicts with both my expe¬ 
rience in the vse of plaster, and my observation in 
hundreds of cases where I have seen it used. Now it 
is no part of my object to assert whether gypsum acta 
as an agent in “fixing the ammonia of the atmos¬ 
phere and of rain ” or not; but simply to take for my 
text that adverb, “justly,” which appears in the fourth 
line of the paragraph. 
The writer says: “Admitting, however, for the 
nuke of argument, that the effect of gypsum upon 
clover, lucerne, eanfolu, Ac,, is really attributable to 
its fixing the ammonia of the atmosphere and of 
rain, M. Bodsstnoault justly asks why it is that it 
does no good whatever to natural pastures, and still 
less to root and corn crops.” 
M. BorhHiNCiAm.T would have asked that ques¬ 
tion “justly,” were it true that gypsum “does no 
good whatever” to the crops named. It is not true , 
in New York, at least. I suppose M. BoussiNOAULT 
means by “corn crops,” all small grain crops. There 
is not a cereal in the whole list of cultivated crops 
commonly grown In this latitude, which la not bene¬ 
fited at certain seasons of the year, on peculiar soils, 
and at particular stages of their growth, by the appli¬ 
cation of a top dressing of gypsum; and the assertion 
is based on no theoretic formula, but upon demon¬ 
stration. The writer has known winter wheat crops 
doubled in productiveness by the curly use of gyi sum 
in the spring, eve a before the ground had thawed out 
and setfled. Spring wheat nod oat crops have been 
greatly stimulated by the application of gypsum soon 
after the plant had made its appearance. Barley on 
the light loilm soils is made to “priek up its ears,” 
and yield the better, if this sulphate is scattered over 
it The application of gypsum to crops above named, 
lias been on a variety of soils—on a light 6andy 
loam—on the stiffer clay loams -and on well drained, 
well pulverized clays. And I have never yet wit¬ 
nessed an experiment, unless on low, wet, un drained 
soils, where such application lias been made where 
the effect has not been to stimulate and strengthen 
the plant, —in some cases, though not often, too 
much for the proper maturity of the crop. It is sim¬ 
ply absurd to talk of confining its effect to legumin¬ 
ous plauts. It ia as valuable an agent aa can be 
applied to the potato crop soon al ter the plant pushes 
through the ground. The writer has never used it, 
or seen it used, except in a single instance, on any 
other crop, but has applied it to the potato year after 
year, successively, with positively favorable results, 
invariably — especially on soils that we well drained 
mid had not been highly manured. In one instance 
haa seen good results from its application to a carrot 
crop. And it ought to be generally known, if it is 
not, that it is an excellent investment if used aa a top- 
dressing on Indian corn—especially on dry soils. I 
shall be laughed at by my old neighbors, who have 
used it “ever since I can remember” in all these 
relations, and who believe it indispensable fordoing 
what it seems a duty to do—write of these facta. 
The result of a good deal of experiment and obser¬ 
vation has been to convince the writer that Liepio’s 
theory is better sustained by demonstration thaH that 
of any opposing writer. With the space, sundry 
marked experiments might he enumerated to sustain 
his theory, but 1 must be content with the simple 
assertions above made; and there are scores of farm¬ 
ers who have had experiences that will confirm them. 
One thing more. Now is a good time to apply 
gypsum to upland pastures or meadows, whether of 
timothy, red top or clover. The effect of the appli¬ 
cation will be profitably apparent next season. The 
next best time to apply gypsum to grasa crops is 
early in the spring. 
THE LIFE OF MACHINERY. 
A fertile soil is not a greater source of wealth 
than careful economy 7 . The taxes the people of the 
West pay to support (rovemme.nt, are small compared 
with the tax which Neglect imposes upon them. Tt 
would be a disastrous day for the administration 
that should impose a direct tax upon the Agricultu¬ 
rists of the Country, to support any manufacturing 
interest, equal to that now voluntarily paid by them 
to support the manufacture of agricultural imple¬ 
ments and machinery. 
What do I mean? Let the reapers, mowers, horse¬ 
powers and threshers, coro-shellers, corn-planters, 
drills, rakes, cultivators, plows, harrows, An., Ac., 
that are to-day out of doors, in the fields where they 
were last used, exposed to sun and storm, heat and 
cold, answer! The wear of disuse and exposure is 
much greater than if in constant, careful use. The 
loss to the capital of the agriculturists of the country 
by this one item of negleot to properly take care of 
aud shelter the implements and machinery used on 
the farm, i* greater than any other tax levied upon 
them, and wholly unnecessary. 
Perhaps yon do not believe it, reader. If you do 
not, please determine, by referring the matter to 
some careful, thrifty farmer, who takes care of his 
tools (if you do not), and who uses them as much as 
the average of men. Ask him how long a good 
reaper and mower will last him—or ascertain the 
age of his wheat drilla, corn planters, cultivators, 
plows, Ac., as he ones and takes care of them. 
Then go ask his neighbor, Haven't got time, about 
the ago of his tools. See if he does not storm about 
the miserable way in which machinery is manufac¬ 
tured, and tell yon that he haa had to buy at least 
two new reapers while your neighbor, Look-aetkb- 
tiijnos, has been nsing one. Extend your inquiries 
through the neighborhood, and you will soon have 
data enough by which the unnecessary tax may be 
paid In yonr neighborhood. Suppose you try it! 
This matter haa often received the attention of the 
writer before; hut the practice of many farmers 
renders this, unfortunately, a seasonable topic now. 
And I am reminded of the matter by the following 
conversation which I find in roy note book: 
The sales of reapers and mowers, this year, in 
most localities in the West where I have traveled, 
have been very large, considering the condition of 
money matters and the prices paid for grain. I was 
talking with an intelligent farmer in one of the 
western counties in this State (Illinois), who has 
been acting as agent for agricultural machinery a 
number of years, and during the past season for an 
Eastern reaper and mower. He had sold a large 
number, and said he, “I shall sell twice as many 
another season.” I expressed my surprise, inasmuch 
as he had enumerated the number sold of each of 
several rival machines, which was large in each case. 
He said there is no canse for astonishment when 
it is known that the average life of a reaper and 
mower is not over two years; “for,” said he, “six 
out of ten farmers do not stir their machines from 
the spot where they nnbitcb at the close of harvest 
In the fall, until the Dext harvest—leaving them 
exposed in the fields.” It is not, therefore, astonish¬ 
ing that reapers are short lived. 
“How long ought a good well-built reaper to 
last, if properly used, with the necessary repairs 
resulting from its use?” I asked. 
“It ought to last eight years, on an average—that 
is, the average life of reapers ought to be at least 
eight years, with proper care. Some, in the bauds 
of some men, will last much longer.” 
The writer believes, from Fnch inquiry as be has 
been able to make, that the above reply is a correct 
one. Now allow the average age' of Mr. Haven’t- 
oot-timk's reaper and mower to be two years, and 
placing the cost at the low figure of $175, we find 
that his reaper* for the eight years cost $700, and we 
gay nothing about repairs, or the interest on the 
money. Mr. Look-aftkk-tiiings 1 reaper and mower 
coat $175, and we will add $10 per year for repairs, 
making a total of $255, without interest. Deduct, 
and we have an unnecessary tax of $445 which 
Haven't-GOT time pays during eight years—over 
$55 yer year! The figures might be made much 
larger, and yet not endanger fact. 
Let it be remembered that tbi* is only the tax paid 
to Neglect on a single implement. Extend the 
inquiry to other exposed tools, and it will be found 
that the aggregate eats into profits enormously. 
This subject may bo regarded sufficiently suggestive 
if I leave it here. It certainly ought to suggests 
general rush for neglected and exposed tools. 
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gurat spirit of the £***?• 
Food of Caw* ufter Calving. 
It is customary with many farmers to feed cows 
immediately alter calving, with warm slops—a pail 
of bran or meal and warm water, well salted; and a 
better diet is commenced at once in order to get as 
much milk as possible. This is objected to by some 
as contrary to nature, and very likely to induce caked 
bag and milk fever; also that the cow should have 
rest and quiet. It is an error to suppose that tasking 
the stomach after the fatigue of parturition can he 
Otherwise than hurtfuL A drink of water and a little 
dry hay is enough for the first day, and she should 
have nothing better than the best hay for three or 
four days—until all iuilammatory symptoms are past. 
So says Ihe Rural Register. 
Hindi Leg in Cattle. 
We learn from the Boston Cultivator that Mr. 
Robert Lang, of the Bridge of Weir, V. S., read an 
interesting essay on “Black Leg,” on the 13th ult., 
attho West of Scotland Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion, in Glasgow. As a cure for that complaint, he 
recommends for yearlings one dram of potassio- 
tnrtrate of antimony, and two of nitrate, to be given 
every fortnight.to the young animals, beginning 
about the months of July and-August. The dose is 
doubled for two year-olds. This has been successful. 
When disease appears in a stock, he has all those 
not yet affected bled and purged, with excellent effect. 
He moderates the diet, and turns the best thriving 
animals from the over-luxuriant to the barer pasture. 
Cotton in the Hnntlwicb Islands. 
The cultivation of cotton is to be tried on a new 
field. Late advices from the Sandwich Islands state 
that King Karaehamaba has retired to his country 
seat at Kona for the purpose of devoting himself 
principally to experiments with cotton. The Hono- 
hlln Commercial Advertiser says: 
“ The King has recently purchased some cotton 
seeds and intends to appropriate a portion of his 
land to the cultivation of cotton, so as to give it a 
fair trial, though he says he has not much faith that 
the islands are to be suddenly enriched by this branch 
of agriculture, but is ready and anxious to take the 
lead, and give the force of his example. Like every 
other new branch of industry, money must be ex¬ 
pended and lost in experimenting; and when the 
necessary experience is gained, some one will succeed 
in making cotton-growing profitable.” 
Farm IIou*e». 
A CORRESPONDENT of the New Hampshire Journal 
of Agriculture says: 
“In passing through our farming towns, the observ¬ 
ant traveler will be often painfully impressed with the 
untidy appearance of the farmers' premises. Bleak, 
barren and unsightly, with hardly a tree, shrub, or 
flower to indicate the presence of civilized human 
beings, who would wonder, if such were to be bis 
dwelling place, at the anxiety of the farmer to ‘sell 
out’ and try his fortunes in some more lucrative busi¬ 
ness? Contentment in such a place would prove him 
something more or less than human. 
“ Why is it that farmers, as a class, are bo careless 
of appearances? If, aa I believe, the love of the 
beautiful is irnplauted in every human breast, why 
should not the farmer cultivate it? If forms of beauty 
delight and attract us—if they refine and elevate ub— 
leading us upward from a merely sensual to a more 
spiritual life, why Bbould we not surround our dwell- 
ings with objects which will be a delight to the eye 
rather than the reverse. The farmer’s life i9 too often 
one of mere drudgery, when, were be to improve the 
advantage of his position, it might be one of contin¬ 
ual delight. The removal of unsightly object* from 
the vicinity of the dwelling, filling the yards with 
Bowers, would cost but a trifle, either of time or 
money, and would add materially to the happinea* of 
tb? household.” 
_ 
Extraordinary Fat Cow. 
John Johnston writes to the Secretary of the 
New York State Agricultural Society, that he slaugh¬ 
tered a co^r fed by himself, the weight of which wsb 
aa follows: 
I,ive weight............_____....1,604 fib*. 
Dead weight — Beef_1.104 ftis. 
Tallow. 217 ife*. 
Hide. i» lb*. 
Total. 1,411 lb*. 
This is sixty-five and a half per cent of the live 
weight of the beef, and eighty-three and a half per 
cent, of beef, hide and tallow. The cow was six years 
eld, of the pare Hereford breed. Her feed in the 
foddering season was buckwheat bran, corn stilks, 
or hay, the corn-stalks by far the greater part of the 
time, and nothing but pasture from the 6th or 8th of 
May, until the beginning of December, when Ehe wa* 
fed soft corn for about a month; and afterwards buck¬ 
wheat bran, as she would not eat enough of the oorn 
meal to improve her. 
Trotting Horses too Yonng. 
It has long been onr opinion, says the Wisconsin 
Farmer, that horsemen are too much given to putting 
their promising colts to their speed at too early an 
age. We have in our memory a number of splendid 
young horses which, aa we think, were just about 
ruined by such blunders of their owners. 
There can be no objection to commencing the pro¬ 
cess of training at quite an early age. Indeed the 
work of education should begin while yet they are 
sucking colts. But ub the development, strength, 
and power of endurance come on gradually, rarely 
httniuing their maximum until tho horse arrives at 
the age of six or seven, or even eight years, it would 
seem to be the teaching of philosophy and common 
sense that the severe t ialsof speed and power should 
not he imposed until the period of maturity. And 
yet nothing is more common, at most of our State 
mid County Fairs, than to sec young colts of burdly 
three and four years put upon the trotting course and 
whipped through to the very verge of their endur¬ 
ance. In our way of thinking, uuch practices are not 
only unwise but barbarous amd inhuman. 
CoinpoKtlng Much. 
A correspondent of the Maine Farmer, who has 
a field some distance from his barn, to which he 
wishes to apply mnek, asks the editor for advice how 
to manage with the muck to make it the most profita¬ 
ble—premising that the muck swamp is close to the 
field to which lie wishes to apply the manure, and is 
some distance from his barn. The editor thus 
replies: 
Swamp muck, a* we have often remarked, is a 
valuable fertili>;i*!^\fter it has become thoroughly 
decomposed by fermentation, and according to Dr. 
Dana, is equal in value to cow manure. It can be 
nsed as a manure In various ways, and according to 
the circumstances of the cultivator. 
An easy method for preparing it tor use, if not im¬ 
mediately wanted, is to throw it from the depositand 
let it remain exposed to the elements for a year, fork¬ 
ing it over twice daring the time, which, with the 
action of the rain and frost, will thoroughly reduce 
the whole mass. In the present instance, however, 
we would advise our correspondent to draw the tntick 
to the field lie wishes to manure, which, if not already 
performed, can now be attended to. After the muck 
is carted, it can be composted with unleached wood 
ashes, or with quick lime. We should recommend 
the former, because they contain a considerable 
quantity of potash, in addition to lime, which are 
both powerful alkalies. No precise rule can be given 
as to the amount of asheH to be composted with a 
fcord of muck, for muck varies in acidity and ia the 
matter of which it ia composed, but experience will 
settle tbis qnestion. However, enough ashes to cre¬ 
ate fermentation, is all lhat is required. A cord of 
muck contains about 103 bushels, and to this should 
be added 5 bushels of ashes, placed in layers and 
afterwards completely mixed by shovelling the whole 
heap over, both this fall and another spring, before 
it is used. An application of 12 ox-loads of about 
34 bushels each, will be a sufficient dressing for one 
season, yet on soils rather deficient in vegetable mat¬ 
ter, this same application should he made for several 
years. It is better, if the muck is particularly raw, to 
allow its exposure for a while before composting it, 
but this is not always absolutely necessary. 
Our correspondent can, we suppose, purchase 
ashes in his vicinity for 12$ cents per bushel, and if 
living near a village he may as well carry back ashes 
when returning from hauling limber, wood, Ac., and 
it will be seen that this will form a very cheap and 
at the same time a valuable manure for corn, pota 
toes, root crops, and as a top-dressing on poor lands. 
gfttyttirto ana guunw*. 
Preserving Manure.— As I live on a sandy goil, and by 
putting the manure in a heap in the yard, I am satisfied the 
best part runs out, and leaches away in the sand, I want 
aomethiuir that will bold the ammonia in solution, 1 suppose 
—H. S., Milan, Erie &>., Ohio, 1801. 
Wash for Fenokb aud Oct-Houses.—I would like to be 
instructed through the Rural how to prepare a good nod 
durable wash, aa pniot, for fences and out-t>ull<1iDg».— one 
lhat will be more durable than our common lime wash. aud 
not so expensive a* lead psiut. I would like a dark stone 
color. If any of your readers cao give a recipe for this, they 
will much oblige — A Kagclar Rkaimik, UaiUlonfcld , N. J., 
November, 1861. 
Take a clean barret that will hold water. Pat into it half 
a bushel of quicklime, and slake it by pouring over it boiling 
water sufficient to cover it four or fire inches deep and stir¬ 
ring it until slaked. When quite slaked, dissolve it in water, 
aud add two pounds of sulphate of zinc, which may he had 
at any of the druggists, and one of common salt, and which, 
in a few days, will cause the white wash to harden on tho 
wood work. Add sufficient water to bring it to the consist¬ 
ency of thick white-wash. 
To make the above wash of a pleasant cream color, add 3 
lbs. yellow ochre. 
For fawn color, add 4 tbs. umber, 1 lb. Indian rod, and 1 
lb. lampblack. 
For gray or stone color, add 4 lbs. raw umber and 2 lba, 
lampblack. 
Tne color may be put on with a common white-wash brush, 
and will be found much more durable than common white¬ 
wash. 
Rural JCctes artft Jtcnta. 
The Weather continues remarkably warm and pleasant 
for the season. The first real enow in thin section fell on 
Monday night, 25th Inst.,—bat it w«* less than an Inch deep, 
and soon evaporated under the bright sun and cloudlea* eky 
of the day following. Telegrams report that the enow was 
12 Inches deep at Utica, on Sunday, and 6 inches at Buffalo, 
while the weather waa very cold at the West. 
Farmers’ Clubs. —Aa thin i« the aea»on for these institu¬ 
tions to bold regular weekly or fortnightly meetings for 
discussions, lectors*, etc., we hope our progressive friends 
will give them proper attention. In places where Clubs are 
organised, pee that they are in successful operation Per¬ 
sonal influence — attending the meetings snd taking part in 
the proceedings and Indnciug others t« do so — will greatly 
enhance the Interest and usefulness of such associations. If 
there ia n" Club in y«ur locality, now ia tb« most appropriate 
season to form one—snd all tb« capital required is the uni-m 
of a few earnest men, who desire to “teach one another,*' 
by imparting and r*eelring such information as has been 
acquired by observation and experience. We have often 
brought this subject to the notice of Rural readers, and 
only allude to it now because it is timely—merely to suggest, 
that yon, Reader, if located in the conntry, surronnded by a 
half dnwen soil cultivators, ought to helnng to a Farmers’ 
Club which hold* “stated meetings.’* Of the benefits of 
snc.h Club*, properly conducted, there can he no donht—that 
point is beyond question. To the farmer or horticulturist, 
one evening's attendance at a Club of the right, s'amp wilt 
pay better dividends— to ray nothing of the superior mental, 
moral, aod social enjoyment—than a thousand at the tavern, 
store, or corner grocery, where politics, war, tobacco smoke, 
etc , are in the programme. 
Takh Carr of the Tim'i.k meats’— We have aforetime 
written vomedeal <m this subject, and talked earnestly upon 
It in appropriate plaoes, yet presume that even RPKAI.readers 
(prompt aDd careful as mnst of them are in many things,) 
will bear reminding of the matter. Most farmers know the 
importance of paint and shelter in t.he preservation of imple¬ 
ments, machinery, wagons, Ike.,—yet, knowing the right, 
we fear too many still the wrong purrue. Judging from 
appearances many consider the road-ide, yards, fmee corners, 
and Helds, the most appropriate depositories for implements 
and machine*, in all sorts of weather, notwithstanding the 
rapid decay and dilapidation to which they are *nbj*cted by 
exposure to alternate storm and 'unshine. Read the season 
*Me and logical article on “ The Life of Machinery,” hy our 
Western Aid, aud decide whether you will emulate Mr Look 
aft»:r things and save money, or follow Mr Haven’t Got- 
timk in allowing things to go to ruin for the want of a little 
timely attention. 
Diroontinoanok of “The HumKSTKA n ’’—Some months 
ago, as we noticed at the time, The Homestead, an excellent 
agricultural Weekly, published at Hartford, Couu,, was 
Changed to a monthly—to be thus issued for the remainder 
of the year, aud perhaps longer. We regret to learn tom 
the September number, just received, sod which clows the 
eighth volume, that the career of The Homestead closes 
therewith In his farewell addres*, tho editor gives several 
reavoos for its discontinuance, the first and most protniuent 
of which is this:—“ A aeductivn but most unwise system of 
credits, prevalent almost all over the world, and which we 
believe has now received n felling blow, involved multitudes 
in this country in great pecuniary embarrassments, and 
taught uh, too late, perhaps, the Iomou of a no credit system 
in publishing such a journal." The War, and conaeqin nt 
cessation of subscription and advertising patronage, and the 
error of attempting to make the journal a local one, 
(“thoroughly adapted to Connecticut in particular, and 
Southern New England in general,”) are also enumerated as 
causes of failure. 
Rural Items.—A Big Cotswold is owned hy Wm. Simons, 
of Avhtahnls Co., Ohio, —a buck, one year old the 8th of 
April last, th ,r. weighs 222 lbs.!- Rar*y, the Horse-Tamer, 
was In Switzerland, at last accounts, searching for a horse 
vicious enough to be operated on in publio- Fires on the 
Prairies have been very destructive of lato in Minnesota. 
In tho vicinity of St. Cloud, it is estimated that over 600 tuns 
of hay have been burned, anil in other sections the lose has 
been very great.- The Pork Packing Season lias been 
inaugurated at the West, and thousand* of hogs atq being 
slaughtered. Speaking of poik, a Southern paper s»ys it is 
“Thirty cent* a pound, snd not to he had at that. ’’ Rich 
West—poor Secessia!- Ti e prairie Farmer reaches ns some 
ten days behind time, lately. What is the matter, brothet; 
EmRKT? I* jour*, t r Uncle Samuel's, the slow coach? Hop* 
you don't purpose to J -In the monthlies- A New Affrii-ul- 
tural Association is talked of in Canada West, to hold annual 
exhibitions at Hamilton- More, llutch Cattle were recently 
imported by Mr. Chknkhv. of Belmont, Muss. They are of 
thu “ Dutch Short-horned race,” renowned for dairy qualities, 
Mr. C. thinks they combine all the good qualities of the 
Ayrsblres and Short-horns - The Ohio State Board of 
Agriculture is to hold its next aunual meeting at Columbus, 
Jan. 8, 1802—instead of December, as heretofore announced. 
Extra Good Gloves.—W e are indebted to Mr. E. D. IIal 
lock, of tbis city, for a pair of Fur Gloves, of his own tan¬ 
ning and manufacture, which are both unique and comfortable. 
They were tanned by a new process, heretofore noticed in 
this journal, and which is a most valuable discovery. We 
wish each soldier (n the Union Army could he supplied with 
such glove*-and think ours, though a present, must go to a 
Voluuteer from the Rural Office (one of Van Allkn’s 
C avalry,) now a member of Gen Banks' body guard. 
— Since the above was written we learn that our “ bold vol¬ 
unteer," (C. G Van Sohutvkk ) has been promoted. Good 
for Charlbt ! The gloves are fairly won, and must lie worn. 
Tiik N. Y. Coach Makkkb’ Magazine.—T his monthly i* 
worthy the attention aod patronage of carriage makerH. It 
is “devoted to the Literary, Social, and Mechanical Interests 
of the Craft,” published in good style, and contains many 
excellent and appropriate illustrations. The editor is a prac¬ 
tical Coach-Maker, of long experience, aud otherwise well 
qualified fer the position. Edited and published by E. M. 
Stratton, New York: $3 per annum. 
Wool from New Regions.— The British wool trade ia very 
brisk this sea-on, though at slightly reduced rates. Most of 
the European plates hoy wool rathertbau sell it in the Bri'i-li 
market, their own clip tailing to keep pnee with their domes¬ 
tic wants. Tliie is true of Spain au<1 Germany. Rurna Is the 
oulv European Country that ha* lucre axed it- supply for Eng 
land this season. But a great and fast growing importation 
has sprung Upfiom the outermo-t pai ls of tbs earth those 
new English colonies In Southern Africa British I ml a. Aus 
ttalirt and New Zealand. The imports of won) into England 
from the the above mentioned sources reached an aggregate 
of 248 311 bales during Mis first seven month* of Ihia rear, 
being iid increase of 27 560 i.nles over the (Its' seven months 
of I860 Much of this wool is of Interior grade, and hurried 
to market ail dirty »nd greasy, selling therefor* at very low 
prices but the Batoni-hing increa-e of its production in new 
regions where the people naturally take to pastoral life and 
the sheep thrive tinelv, affords a pierage Of wh»i may be done 
at cotton growing within a few years. Ttie realm r.f King 
Cotton extend* all over the tropics, aud the strong stimulus 
now applied excites competition atnoug freemen to produce 
that fibre. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Hallnek’s Premlnm Dmg Crnes-Oot and Circular 8aw-UHl 
Combined—E. I*. ITadock. 
Metropolitan Gift Bookstore, 
Astound og —A. C. Ballou & Non. 
Bronx? Turkeys— Wm Eldredge. 
Nursery for Sale—1*. Barber 
SPROIAL NOTIOK8. 
Type and Stereotypes of Engravings for Bate— D. I). T. Moore. 
Sorghum in Ohio —A Paineaviile (Ohio) paper says-— 
“ Manufacturing Sorghum sirup is the chief hurines* jost 
now Of cou'se farm work is generally going on, hut the 
cane is crowded into the mil’s a« fast os possible, and they 
ars kept running to their utmost capacity. The usual 
amount, aud more too, is grown in The township, and in no 
season has it matured better. The Birup madei-> bet'er than 
ever, aod some men are inclined to say that the Sorphum 
sirup as now made is an article superior to any other of nny 
kind of caue.” 
“ Vote Yourself a Farm ” was for year* one of the clap¬ 
trap phrases of a certain else* "f political demagogues. 
Kfght yourself a farm i* now legitimate Hud patriotic. The 
Government now owns 50 000,000 acres, which have been 
surveyed and offered for sale, and are ready for private entry 
Besides, nearly 45.000 U00 acres have been surveyed, but not 
putin market, which may tie taken up by pre emptors, This 
is exclusive of the immense tracts of land which have not 
been surveyed in the new Territories of Dacolah, Colorado, 
and Nevada. 
Western Cotton. — A gentleman in Southern It\5oois 
rained about one thousand acres of cotton the pant season. 
It is a very good crop and preparations are being made to 
plant about ten thousand acre* next year The gentleman 
who raised it is a Louisianian, and other Southern refugees 
in Southern Illinois and Indiaoa will probably devote their 
attention next year to the cultivation of their favorite staple. 
®l)e Nctu0 Conbettser. 
— Potatoes at Memphis, Tenn., are $2 per bushel. 
— Extensive salt springs have been discovered in Nebraska 
— The Infanta Donna Marcia de la Concepcion, of Spain, 
is dead. 
— Judge Freese, at Alexandria, refuses to help at nigger 
catching. 
— Five volunteer companies have galled from California 
for Oregon. 
— The exportation of saltpetre and gunpowder haa been 
prohibited at Bouton, 
— Each division of the army of the Potomac U now fully 
supplied with cavalry. 
— Two hundred and sixty-five boats per day are now locked 
through the Eric canal. 
— Ten newfpspers have suspended publication in the State 
of Iowa during thn post 60 days. 
— The Beaufort correspondent of the N Y. Herald write* 
the strongest, kind of abolitionism! 
— It is understood that France has opened negotiation* 
with Austria for cession of Yenetia. 
— The rebel Congress met at Richmond on the 18th fn*L, 
but had to adjourn for want of a quorum. 
— A larger number of ship* arrived at New York on Mon¬ 
day week than ever before known fn one day. 
— One tlieniAed pumpkin pies were presented the 75th, M. 
Y., regiment by the ladies of Owssoo recently. 
— The Buffalo Courier says that six propeller* are to be 
built in thal city, this winter, for the lake trade. 
— Twelve steel rifled cannon have b«en ordered for Ohio 
batteries, making 84 being manufactured for Obio. 
— The London Times, in an editorial on Rusaian affair*, 
anticipate* exciting tlmex in that country ere long. 
— Since the opening of the war, the Navy Department ha* 
purchased 220 vesoela, and still rrqntre* insny more. 
— A farmer came to tbi« city last week with six iquaahe* 
to sell, that Dumber being all his wagon would hold I 
— Capt Semmes, late of the rebel steamer Sumter, i* 
lecturing in Liverpool—of courts, in behalf of treason. 
— The California papers express the belief that several 
millions of the National Loan will be taken In that State. 
— The old 69th regiment left New York for the s>-at of 
war on Monday week, as the 1st regiment of the Irish Brigade. 
— On Wednesday week a boy was horribly burned In 
Watervilie, Me., by a package of powder in hi* pocket taking 
fire. 
—'The Naval Department will recommend a large increase 
of the naval force for future operations on the Southern 
coast. 
— Two hundred and forty barrels of egg* arrived at Bosto* 
on Tuesday week, in tho steamer New Brunswick, from 8t 
Johns. 
— The rebels have one hundred and fourteen cannon 
mounted and in position on the bluff* of the river at Colum¬ 
bus, Ky. 
— Twenty-three contrabands, in a single day, last week, 
crossed the Potomac, and such arrival* are daily more 
numerous. 
— Several leading merchant* of Baltimore have waited 
upon the President, soliciting employment for Baltimore 
mechanics. 
— Gen. Pam TToustnn is not dead, according to a Galveston 
paper of a recent date, but “at lost account* was slowly 
recovering." 
— On the 25th alt, the Cheat Monntain summit, In Vir¬ 
ginia, was covered with an inch of snow, and the ground 
frozen hard. 
— The regiments now going forward from New York are 
Beet to Annapolis, and will form Gen. Burueide’e divhiou for 
coast service. 
— Dr Russell, in his Isst letter to the London Times, a«*e.rta 
llmt England and the United States were all but at war three 
montliR since. 
— Oen. James Watson Webb. United States Minister Resi¬ 
dent at the Court of Rio de Janeiro, arrived at hi* pout on 
the 3d of October. 
— Hog cholera is carrying off thousands of swine in Central 
Illinois. In Platt, county alone, fifteen thousand are said to 
have died recently. • 
— Ship building on the Northern lake* is remarkably brDk. 
At Cleveland, Ohio, more than a dozen vessel* are in progress, 
ten of them bark*. 
— About 60 letter* a week are received by the President 
front officere of the armies of Europe, offering their Berviceu 
to the Government 
— The house plasterers of 8aa Francisco have struct for 
an increase of pay, whieh wa* conoeded, and they new receive 
five dollars per day, 
— A menagerie wa* destroyed by fire ra Boston on the 11th 
inst, and all the animal*, souse 70 or 80 in number, were 
smothered to death. 
— The amount of silver now finding it* way to 8»n Fran¬ 
cisco from Nevada is estimated, by well informed bankers, at 
six million* per annum. 
— The New York Sandsy Time* says there i* a shipping 
office in Wall street which take* Southern letter* and for¬ 
wards them for $5 a letter. 
— Brownlow’s Knoxville (Tenn.) Whig, which was *u»- 
pendsd on ihe 24ih of October, wa* the laet Union journal 
in the eleven seceded States 
— It Is stated that 17 mills, employed by the Government 
in the manufacture of army cloth and blankets, have been 
destroyed by fire since July 1. 
— The Prince of Wale*’ Cornwall estates have rolled up a 
balance in the youth's favor wbioh, after deducting his life'* 
expenses, amounts to £700,000. 
— Look out for counterfeit $10’« on the Waterbury Bank, 
Conn. It le the best executed and most dangerous counter¬ 
feit that ha* been out for year*. 
— A lady io Pittsburg monr.os the loss of a pet canary bird,' 
which ha> j ust died of old age. The little veteran was 15 yearn 
of age, and he *at>g till he diecL 
— A pernor j writing from Missouri, recently on the Hanni¬ 
bal and St. JuBeph K R . says the engine that brought him 
down had 61 bullet marks on her. 
— Col. Dougherty, who »aa wounded and taken prisoner 
at Belmont, haa been obliged to submit to three several 
amputations of bis wounded limb. 
— A lake »cow went over Niagara Falls on Monday week. 
The flour and barley with which she wa* loaded were pioked 
up by the residents below the fall*. 
— The citizens of Bath, Me., are making arrangement* to 
send their own companies III the 3d regiment a Thankegtring 
dinner of “ roast turkey and fixings.” 
— Gen. Mlrsmon. the defeated leader of the re actionary 
party in Mexico, is taking active measure* in Madrid to aid 
the invasion aud conquest of hi* country. 
— The “ Pennsylvania Thirteenth” i* the title of a neat 
little paper published by the regiment of that name, com¬ 
posing a part of Gen. J J. Peck's brigade. 
— Ex-Gov. Woodbridge, of Michigan, died in Detroit on 
Bandar week, aged 84 He was a native of Connecticut, and 
had lived in Michigan for about fifty yeat-a. 
— Two thousand horses have been purchased in Maine for 
the use of the army, for which two hundred thousand dollar* 
have been paid to the farmers of the State. 
_Government teamsters in and about Washington con¬ 
tribute one per cent, of their wages to support a hospital for 
themselvea. The sum ia 51,600 per mouth. 
