AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN N. Y. 
* Our readers are aware that the proportion of 
the appropriation of Public Lauds, made by the 
General Government to the several States for 
the purposes of Agricultural and Mechanical 
Education, belonging to Nov York, amounts to 
nearly a million of acres, and that the Income 
from this appropriation has been given to the 
Peojdo’s College at Havana, N. Y., upon condi¬ 
tion that it fully carry out the provisions of the 
Congressional Act making the appropriation. 
The People's College, or its Trustees, has under¬ 
taken to do this; und it is a matter which inter¬ 
ests every farmer and mec hanic in the State, to 
know how it proposes to do It, and what meas¬ 
ures arc in operation to meet their educational 
wants, os provided for by Congress. A circular 
issued by the Faculty of the People’s College 
has just come to our- notice, in which tho man¬ 
ner proposed for doing the work la indicated to 
a certain extent, Prom it we leant that the Col¬ 
lege term commenced the second Monday in Oc¬ 
tober lust, and that “ the design of this College is 
to impart a thorough practical, scientific and 
literary education, especially in the departments 
of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts.” We 
learn also that “ instruction is imparted chiefly 
by recitations"-that, “during winter, lectures 
will be delivered by the various professors upon 
. subjects connected with their several chairs"— 
and that “provision has been made, amongst 
other subjects, for a thorough course of lectures 
on the theory and practice of Agriculture and 
Horticulture." The circular further states that: 
“The College Course will extend over four 
years, and os It Is designed to prepare yonng 
men for the pursuit- of Agriculture, the Mechanic 
Arts and General Business, it has been deemed 
advisable to divide it after a certain progress, 
into departments in which the studies peculiarly 
related to these subjects shall he made the prom¬ 
inent feature. For although the general curri¬ 
culum of study, both in the preparatory depart¬ 
ment and the first years of the College Course, 
will be the same for all students, it is obvious 
that while Agriculture, as a science, depends 
upon the thorough cultivation of Chemistry and 
tliN higher departments of Natural History us 
relating to Plant Life, Comparative Anatomy, 
Ac., the Mechanic Arts depend for their devel¬ 
opment almost wholly upon the principles of 
mathematics, and have but little relation to 
Natural History. In the very nature of things 
then, the division above jyferred to becomes 
imperative. 
“ In this connection, it, must also be borne in 
mind that Physical Science ns a whole, has 
become so wonderfully developed and extended 
as to be totally beyond the grasp of any one 
mind. It will therefore bo tho object of this 
College, while offering a general course of study 
equal to that of any ot her institution, to afford 
to the student In these special departments such 
facilities for culture as will enable him to acquire ' 
a practical acquaintance with the applications of ' 
Science, beyoud the reach of institutions which j 
distribute bis energies over a wider Held. At the 
same time it is proper to say that while the de* j 
volopment of the worker is thus eared for, the 
culture ot the Man will lie by no means neg¬ 
lected. „ ” 1 
“ The Preparatory Course will extend over a 
period of three years, and will embrace thorough j 
instruction in English Grammar, Geography 
(Political and Physical,) Arithmetic, Algebra, 
Geometry and Trigonometry, Latin (Grammar, 
Caesar, \ irgil—six books, Cicero—four orations,) | 
Greek (Grammar and Reader,) together with the 
'Clements of Physiology, Zoology, Botany, Min 
-eralogy, Geology and Natural Philosophy. 
“Candidates Tor admission to tho College „ 
Course must bus tain a satisfactory examination . 
bit - ter tone dis - trust might seem to 
beam-ing smile that mark a hap - py breast 
o. Oh! teach him, this should be our aim, to cheer tho aching heart, 
To strive, where thickest darkness reigns, some radiance to impart; 
To spread a peaceful, quiet calm, where dwells the noise of strife,' 
Thus doing good and blessing nil, to spend the whole of life 
4. To love, with pure affection deep, all creatures great and small, 
And still a stronger love to bear for Him who made them all; 
Remember, tis an nngePs work that thus to thee is given,— 
To rear a spirit, holy, pure, prepared to dwell in heaven. 
umes, to wit.: the intrinsic value of tho con¬ 
tents. T should be entirely at a loss to know 
where I could find the same amount of valuable 
matters in the same compass, and at so little 
cost. The amount of useful information, per¬ 
taining to Agriculture, Horticulture, Education, 
Domestic Economy, and other matters that go 
to make up a useful “Melange" for a SbmUy 
Journal, is truly surprising. The contents are 
so varied, that no member of a family, however 
large, can fail to find something that is particu¬ 
larly Interesting and valuable to them, as indi¬ 
viduals. For Family Reading, 1 doubt If a few 
dollars can be spent more profitably, by those 
who have not already done so, than by the pur¬ 
chase of tho back bound volume* of the Ritual 
New Yorker. L.L.F. 
Hotting Prairie, Win., Ike. 18G4. 
"iViu Pitniitinr. 
Written for Moore’s. Rural New-Yorker. 
BEFORE AND AFTER THE BATTLE. 
BY ELIZABETH BOUTON. 
“Coming events cast their shadows before" 
and the approach of Hood’s army to Nashville, 
after the first buttle, at Franklin, was fore¬ 
shadowed to ns, who are not in receipt of the 
last hours advices, by the sudden appearance of 
an army of quartermasters men, engaged in 
building entrenchments around the city. 
The work of entrenching was begun on Wed¬ 
nesday, P, M., the last day of November, and 
continued all night by fire-light; and by noon, 
next, day, two lines of breastworks extended from 
the river bank above, around to the river bank 
below the city. During the curly part of the 
bight., while the fires, kindled to light tho men 
at work, were brightest, their appearance was 
beautiful beyond description, and all Nashville, 
except tho side next the river seemed girdled by 
a bolt of glittering flames. All day Thursday 
tho work went on so rapidly, that earthworks 
seemed to spring up by magic, while the air was 
rnanded a fine view of both armies, and on the 
top of which an Ohio battery was stationed for 
the purpose of annoying tho rebels at their 
work. The sidas of the hill were wooded, and 
its we approached the top it became easier to 
avoid the overhanging boughs on foot than on 
horseback; and as my Roscnanto, though a vet¬ 
eran Colonel’s favorite saddle-horse, pretended 
that lie felt alarm at the Bound of artillery, and 
“could-na bide the smell of powder," I was glad 
when my companion proposed dismounting, ty¬ 
ing our horses to a tree and walking up to the 
rear of the guns. The hill is the highest in that 
vicinity and its summit commands a view, whose 
wealth of hill and valley, forest and field, formed 
a landscape of exceeding beauty; but its natural 
attractions were all forgotten in the interest 
excited by the long lines of entrenchments 
stretching over hill and through valley, and the 
white tents that dotted every hill-side, clustered, 
in the valleys, and overspruKl the plains through¬ 
out a circle eight miles in length by two in 
width. A little to our right the skirmish lines 
of the two armies were keeping up a brisk lire 
of musketry, that enveloped them in a cloud of 
smoke, while tho main biiijt of the rebel army 
Occupied the low ground ;«> our front and left, in 
full view, and directly in range of the guns of 
some of our batteries that sent, every few min¬ 
utes, balls whistling into their lines, with what 
effect we were too tar away to tali, Part way 
down the hill, to our left, a battery of heavy 
guus shook tho ground, with an occasional vol¬ 
ley, directed towards an elegant residence, .-un¬ 
rounded by extensive and beautiful grounds, said, 
I do not know how truly* to be that of Ex-Gov. 
in , h q ,; * " ory waimnauoa thick with rumors of the movement of the up- 
m tho8tud.es of the i reparatory Department, preaching foe. Wounded soldiers and rebel 
H e range of study embraces thorough drill iu prisoners were being brought in from Franklin 
Come bet Hons, Analytical Geometry, Calculus, a nd Brentwood, and about noon our forces begun 
Lambsurveying (meluduig piottlng, mapping to arrive, and pitch their tents just- bevoudthe 
and field-work; ropogn.pl i.eul and Mechanical outer line of entrenchments, and Hood’s army 
Dra»mg; Mechanics; Descriptive Geometry ; took u a iUon um , „ to fortjfv a mUec . 
Slades, Shadows, Perspective, and Drawing in two f&rtheV off, <>amueor 
Rnilu 8 tr .° n 8 M i 0f MatCria ' N ***** Thursday evening I went out with four other 
u dmg, Engineering Structures, Roads and ladies and a Lieutenant-Colonel iu an ambulance 
Ra roads, ArchiUtotnre, Landscape Gardening, wHh an escort of officers 
I-l ory and n.ct.cc of Agriculture and Horti- our army by the light of its camp-fires am! rode 
culture, Anatomy (human and comparative,) eevcral miles along the line of «nL,„«rnf, .m,. 
Geology 7ZZ m V co nparauve,) several miles along tl.e line of encampments that 
7 1 , /M0[ y - Mnoretogy :uuJ lining ; Skirted the sides and covered the summits of an 
V‘ CU m ’ 11 ,: : hn °! 0g l Cal0nd Analyl ' amphitheatre of low hills, south of the eitv. 
cal i a \ ' * fy ’ ’ ( mn< ‘ l " l »ical and chemi- Tweutv four hours before those hills were brown 
cal,) Astronomy, Logic, Mental Science, French. flnd ba L and the IV I 
Astronomy, Logie, Mental Scleueo, French 
German, Latin and Greek." 
We shall look for results from this adopted 
system of instruction with a good deal of solici¬ 
tude. We cannot say that we arc very hopeful 
because of the exhibit above made of the pur¬ 
poses and plans of the institution; but as wo 
become better acquainted with details, we shall 
hope to be able to regard it as a step far in ad¬ 
vance of all previous efforts, and iu the right 
direction. 
VERY CHE£P AND GOOD READING. 
In looking over my buck volumes of the Ru 
hal I was struck by the amount of reading mat- 
ter furnished by curt, volume, ns made up „r the 
fifty-two weekly issues. Comparing a yearly 
volume, which the publisher advertises bound at 
four doUars per volume, 1 found it equal in con¬ 
i'nls, to twelve ordinary one dollar and fifty 
cer.t volumes. This is after throwing in Uvo 
pages of each weekly issue, for vignette busi¬ 
ness notices, advertisements, ete. Showing that 
tho same amount of .natter, furnished iu ordi¬ 
nary 12 ino. book form would cost, eighteen, dol- 
(ara—making the bound volumes of tho Rural 
cheaper, by-over Jour for the same amount 
ui matter, than ordinary bound books. 
Another prominent consideration, is forcibly 
and bare, and except the few cattle that grazed mUcs from where it w^fougbt the ly before 
heir sides, had showed no signs of life; now and closed six miles farther off', with wha, res.V 
they swarmed will, armed .uen, were white with you will have learned long before this letter 
eiinva.-«t .and Illuminated by ten thousand tires, reaches its destination. All your renders know 
lbt men were tat.gned by a long and weary before this, that on the 15th and 16tU of Dccem- 
nwreh and In some ot the camps still busy her, Gen. Tuomas won a brilliant victory over 
about their evening meal; and except the music Hood, followed by a precipitate retreat on the 
ot a distant band, and, here and there, a bugle part of the rebel army ami a vigorous pursuit 
sounding the signal lor evening roil call, the on that of ours. And all probably know that 
long lines of encampments were as silent as a wo have taken several thousand prisoners sixty 
wilderness. It was a sight never to he forgotten, pieces of ordinance; and that three thousand of 
1 he city with its myriad lights to the north ; and our brave boys have paid for our triumph with 
Brown, which having given shelter to a party of tell unless the singularity was caused by some 
rebel sharp-shooters, was rapidly being reduced stimulant taken to fire their courage lor the 
to a heap of ruins. fight- 
All that day and the next, and every succeed- Wc lo3t TOrv prfeonere in the baU , 0 but 
mg day for two weeks, skirmishing was kept up judging from the appearance of the field our 
along the lines with occasional cannonading by killcd must h!m , gTCatly outnumbm , d theirs 
arrivt^ to ***** which a natural' consequence of their bavin- 
Zl ' . mCS Wag T’ tU<a ° f fou « ht behind their defences while our army wal 
m v ft h V ^ , tr T ° f artn ' Cry front of. and most of the time some d “tZS 
moved to and fro continually. Evervbodv ore- , ..... - 
dieted an attack from tin ‘rebel, on thomor- L ° e ° f th ° !r foFtidca * 
row, but the rebels continued to multiply Did .T i w un *‘"‘ 9, * e ‘J* , but thoso that were «m- 
strengthen their defences with untiring indus^ T V" ^ 1 
in , . , - 11 noticed, however, that there was a great difl'er- 
until having completed bis Drenarations Gen . . ’. . * UUK 1 
Thomas opened upon their works with his ar U bnv { hc ^ u luir ™ rka ai,d our s : our breast- 
lcry, before daylight on the 15th of December- T v * T" ah( ^Wufhjgh and very thick, and 
and when my two friends and myself s^dowm 2! brMd , a " d shall ° W; whiIc 
to breakfast, in our quarters a mile and a half a 7 breaat-high, and the 
from the field or battle on that memorable d ) ( t '‘VV U ' d nanow ; as lf been 
morning, the very ground beneath us shook l dltch ,Uoy are " 0in « to die in, and 
with the roar of tlm conflict All that day we ^ ^ ^ 
listened to the roar of artillery, the bursting of I^ TT ' T B,mply 8tickfl 
shell, and the rattle of musketry which after d " y mt ° th<? ground ’ wtlile oara ha<i 
the middle of the day, began to recede, and just ° r0?s 'P* ccoa inserteU horizonUUy between tho 
before nightfall we learned that our troops had P crpendi ^ ular Nloat ol the arms 1 »aw 
broken the rebel lines and forced them to retire . " g ° r Northcrn 'Manufacture, while 
within tl.eir second line of works ® ome ot thc cartridge-boxes, and other leather 
Next morning the battle was renewed two tra PP m ^ boro the brand of a Southern maker, 
miles from where it was fought the day before, 9o man - v of tlu 'ir wounded have fallen into our 
tnd closed six miles farther off, with what result bands that one ot the largest hospitals in the 
| 0 U will have learned long before this letter cit - v < N 'o. I on College Hill, has been filled excln- 
•caches Its destination. Alt your readers know "G'ely witti wounded rebels, and Nashville is so 
icfore this, that on the 15th and 16th of Deem. tul1 of sick and vrouuded soldiers, of both 
| arriving, and long lines of army wagons, files of 
cavalry and infantry, and trains of artillery 
moved to and fro continually. Everybody pre¬ 
dicted an attack from th. rebels on the mor¬ 
row, but the rebels continued to multiply and 
strengthen their defences with untiring industry, 
until having completed his preparations, Gen. 
Thomas opened upon their works with his artil¬ 
lery, before daylight on the 15th of December; 
and when my two friends utd myself sat down 
to breakfast, in our quarters a mile and a half 
from tho field ot battle on that memorable 
morning, the very ground beneath us shook 
with the roar of tho conflict All that day we. 
listened to the roar of artillery, the bursting of 
shell, and the rattle of musketry, which, after 
the middle of the day, began to recede, and just 
before nightfall we learned that our troops hud 
broken the rebel lines and forced them to retire 
within their second line of works. 
Next morning the battle was renewed two 
miles from where it was fought the day before, 
and closed six miles further off, with what result 
you will have learned long before this letter 
reaches Its destination. All your readers know 
before this, that on the 15th and ttltl. of Dccem- 
past eaten by its occupants. Bridges torn up, 
roads and fields soaked by thc heavy rains that 
almost inevitably follow a battle, and trampled 
to an almost untrayersable depth of mud, in 
which shot and fragments of shell, with guns 
and bayonets, cartridge-boxes, canteens, and 
other soldiers equipments, soaked and slaught¬ 
ered horses, weltered. But sadder than all this 
wreck and ruin, this wholesale waste and deso¬ 
lation, wp .1 the sight of the mutilated remains of 
our country ’s brave defenders, and their rebel 
foes lying coid and lifeless on the sadden field 
with still, white faces turned to the dripping 
clouds, or hidden by overcoat or blanket, and 
drenched by the pitiless rain. Our own and 
most of the rebel wounded had been carried into 
the houses near the field, or removed to the eitv, 
and our men while picking up the wounded, had 
straitened and covered the bodies of many of 
our dead, while the enemy’s, beingleft to be cared 
for last, still lay untouched as they had fallen, iu 
every imaginable attitude, and with uncovered 
faces. Indeed very few of them had possessed, 
when alive, either blanket or overcoat, to shroud 
their lifeless forms when dead. I do not recol¬ 
lect to have seen u single one. Another dif¬ 
ference iu the appearance of their dead and ours 
that struck mu very forcibly, was that while the 
faces of our men were, remarkable for their 
whiteness and repose, looking calm as if they 
had fallen into a peaceful and painless sleep, -and 
showing no signs of their sudden and violent 
death, thoso of thc rebels were singularly dark 
and distorted. I do uot know os this appear¬ 
ance was universal, but most of those I saw were 
dark, almost as muiattoes; but why I cannot 
ntvm. 
J ! - Fortunes; Related by himself. A 
YV?r?-°o A D e D ic ? n Llfe i, By Batar d Taylor. New 
York. G. P. Putnam ; Hurd & Houghton. 
This is not. a sensation Btory. It fs what it purports 
to be—a story of American lire, and could have been 
written by none other than an American. John 
Downer leaves homo for a boarding school, struggles 
faithfully there, gets sehool-famc aB a school poet, 
enters Ms uncle’s grocery store, gets offended and 
leaves bis ancle to teach school, writes poetry and sto¬ 
ries Tor the papers, fid Is in love, goes to Nc.w York to 
become a professional Uitemry gentleman, becomes 
connected with the Dally ffbudsr, is promoted, pub¬ 
lishes a book of poems, retnrns to his earlr lovo, with 
his poems under his arm, to flnd her faithless and mar¬ 
ried, again returns to work, gets in bad company, las- s 
position and friends, is rescued, marries and prosper*. 
I his thread is used to stitch together characters and 
circumstances Illustrative of life in America as literary 
men have found it. There are few such who cannot 
attest Its faithfulness wherever their experiences run 
parallel. Bayard Taylor may not have written his 
own experiences in detail; but. he could not have writ¬ 
ten what he has but for them. It is a pleasant book, 
and we commend it to our readers. 
Arctic Rkskarches and Life A mono the Esotti- 
maux Being a curative of au Expedition in Search 
i°e FltANK ‘ ,lN in - mir * lrt6f> - sad 
1862. By CiiAnt.Es Francis ITall. With Maps and 
Illustrations. New York: Harper & Brothers. 
This is a book of near six hundred pages, proftiscly 
illustrated with welt executed engravings. It Is (tiled 
with pleasant and interesting reading for the locg 
winter evenings. Mr. Hall’s story of his life among 
the Innnits or Esquimaux is u a plain unvarnished 
tale,” apparently, and possesses that Important feature 
of such literature, simplicity and detail unencumbered 
with stale history and lumbering statistics. No one 
can read it without becoming interested in it and in 
the peoplo whose, habits and life are described. While 
Mr Hau. failed to accomplish the object of hla expe¬ 
dition. he lias given ns a valuable contribution to our 
literature relating to the Frozen North and its inhabi¬ 
tants. And in reading it we ought not, as we are too 
apt, to forget what of peril, privation and actual suf¬ 
fering such a work costs. We hope, as we believe, 
our readers will 2nd the pleasure we have in looking 
through it. 
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A 5 bar in China, and a Narative of Capture and 
Imprisonment when homeward bound, on board the 
rebel pirate Florida. By Mrs. H. Dwioht Williams 
Author of •' Voices Troin the Sileul. Land," with an 
introductory note bv William Cullen Bryant 
New York: nurd & Houghtou. 
This book tells in. a direct way precisely what its 
author saw and experienced in the passage to China, 
during tier etaay in that country, and during thc pas’ 
sage home. This lady being the wife of the American 
Commissioner at Swatow, had unusual opportunities 
to see life in China, which she Improved, and the 
results of which come to us in this volume. Her ex¬ 
periences aboard the pirate Florida and with Captain 
Mapfitt, arc not at all complimentary to that gentle¬ 
man, nor to the chivalrous pretensions of the southrons 
associated with him in his work of piundor. It is a 
readable book. For sale by E. Da into vr & Bro. 
Treasury o>- Travel and Adventure in North 
and South America, Kuroph, Asia and Africa 
A book for Young and Old, with 120 illustrations 
New York; D. Appleton A Co. 
This book is made up of selections of adventures, 
experiences, descriptions of localities, Ac., from other 
works—arranged to amuse and instruct. It is a win¬ 
ter evening book that will afford pleasant fireside 
reading—topics to talk about—a book which your boy 
will cling to even :t the skating ts good ami the chorea 
are not “doni-.’' It embraces in its pages stories of 
adventures with bears, among the Hudson Bay fur 
hunters, in the Arctic regions, on the Levant, among 
the Russians, in Japan, China, the Sandwich Islands, 
Africa, Ac.. Ac. We can recommend it for the family. 
-*♦.- 
From Dan to Bkkhsiikba ; Or, The Land of Promise 
as it now appears. Including a description of the 
Boundaries, Topography, Agriculture, Antiquities, 
Cities and Present Inhabitants of that wonderful 
land. Illustrated with Mans and Engraving Bv 
By Rev J. p. Newman, D. D. New York; Har¬ 
per A Brothers 
This book will prove interesting to the student of 
Biblical History and to the young Geographical stu¬ 
dent. The illustrations in it are excellent, and said to 
be very accurate It seems to be carefully written, 
and will command the attention of thoughtful readers. 
It merits a place among the solid and valuable hooks 
in the library 
Cki soh's Island. A Ramble in the Footsteps of 
Alexander Selkirk, with sketches of Adventure in 
California and Washoe. By J. Itoss Browns. New 
York: Harper A Brothers.' 
W« have no particular admiration for this book—for 
neither Its matter nor spirit. It relates some exciting 
adventures, and contains some spirited illustrations; 
but its tone is not calculated to command the reader's 
confidence in its truthfulness, and its contents will 
yield no adequate compensation for the time spent in 
reading it Such, at least, is the result of our experi¬ 
ence with it. 
The Firk on the Hearth in Sleepy Houxyw. A 
Christmas Poem of the Olden Time. By Edward 
Hopper. New York: Hurd A Houghton. 
The chief merit of this work is its spirit and the 
conceptions of its author. Its winter evening pictures 
bur, Gefi, Tuomas won a brilliant victory over arma>s ’ Natali the churches, except one or two are very good In some of its parts it lacks smooth- 
Hood, followed by a precipitate retreat on llio * lavo ^ con converted into hospitals. There are, ness and finish the facile use of words which poets 
part of the rebel army and a vigorous pursuit tl<v * evcr < two theatres and an immenso restaurant !m> supposed to be inspired with. But its hearty, 
on that of oure. And all probably know that una PPr o P r tatcd, and why these should have been K«>d nature and sound moral tone will render its read- 
wo have taken several thousand ciwJ spared ami the churches taken l cannot guess, un- ln « by tho tlu ‘' :qdo Pi eflSaut an <i healthful. For sale 
east, west and south, a line of hills robed mid 
crowned with the camp-fires of an army of fifty 
thousand men. 
All Saturday and Sunday tho work of strength¬ 
ening the defences went on, and oitixens who 
wont out to see the. works were each provided 
with an axe or spade and allowed the privilege of 
using it a few hours in defence of their country, 
often to their own infinite disgust. Meantime 
the rebel forces were as busy as our own, and 
hostile earthworks were growing up confronting 
ours, and though some of our batteries were 
throwing shot and shell iuto their lines at inter¬ 
vals, for several days, they did not reply by a 
single shot, probably because they had no am¬ 
munition to waste in compliments. 
n several thousand prisoners, sixty 8 P aredand the churches taken l cannot guess, un- I'* 5 ,, ° llrc ‘* u “ 1 
inanee; and that three thousand of lc?d 1,10 Al ' thl - Medical Director, who ordered y 1 A “ R0W & ' 
iys have paid for our triumph with occn P a,lou the churches, has a season 
and, three thousand homes must ticket for tlm thciltre8 ' 
mourning for the dead or auxictv Nashville, Tenn., Dec., 1S64. _ , , ... 
their blood, and, three thousand homes must 
be filled with mourning for the dead or anxiety 
for the wounded, I do not propose to give any 
details of the battle, hut only to tell you a little 
of what I saw when it was over. 
All was quiet on the morning of the l?tli, and 
l rode, out with a party of friends to tho scene of 
lOulliet; and Oh! the ruin anil desolation, and 
sickening horror of what we saw! Acres of no¬ 
ble forest trees torn and splintered by shot and 
shell, as if the lightnings of heaven had held 
carnival among their branches; beautiful homes 
reduced to ruins, uud handsome grounds tram 
pled and laid waste; fences and groves gone to 
feed the countless camp-fires that hail Ulumln 
ated tho hillsides so many nights before; shade 
--- UUVAS, »( , I v -JB-OUUUU 
Another prominent consideration, is forcibly “ ouda * 1 rodo though our lines on horseback | trees aud shrubbery changed into broken lines of 
impressed upon me, In peruslug tlm back vol- tT ' offlcer " dl ° kiudly offered to show me I ctev-au-d+frieze; abandoned camps, strewn with 
tho rebels, to the summit of a hill that com- ' cooking utensils, and the remaius of the last re- 
Tuk New York Tribune, in speaking of Mason 
& Hamlin’s Cabinet Organs, says;—“These instru¬ 
ments have been hlowu by the wind of genuiue 
success from Boston to Fan Francisco. That 
Messrs. Mason A Hamlin have succeeded in mak 
mg a superior small instrument, from little band¬ 
box-like thiugs, to those which, though portable, 
aud no larger than a piano, can make themselves 
telt iu church, is the universal opinion of the 
musical profession. They agree that uo such me¬ 
chanical works of the kind can be found in 
equal perfection in Europe. The tone is pure 
and full, and with an immouse body for so small 
a provocative mechanical force. They stand 
rough traveling, bad usage, and will live iu cli¬ 
mates which will kill American missionaries.” 
Thk Bee Keei'kii's Text Book; Or. Facts in Bee 
keeping. By N II. and U. A. Kino, Nevada, O. 
This little work of t:?0 pages contains, in condensed 
form, much that is practical and useful to the bee¬ 
keeper Aud although it is dcvotdd to the interests 
of a Hive Company, we think it contains information 
worth, to the apiariaD, the sevenly live cents asked 
for it. __ 
Library of Travel and Adventure— Throe volumes: 
Fort in the Ice- Fighting the Whales; Away in the 
Wilderness. New York'; D. Appleton A Co.. 
These are choice holiday books, which came to us 
too late to notice in the last volume. They aro both 
entertaining and instructive books for youth, finely 
illustrated with colored plates. 
Uncle John's Library— Six Beautifully Hlustrated 
volumes. New York: D. Appleton A Co. 
This is a series of pleasant-voiced story bboks for 
children—adapted to the wants of a family of them, 
from three to fifteen years of age. 
