Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 12 February 1857 — Page 1

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ATT AD33RSSS.

"Delivered before the Hendricks County

hicoi.tcral Society, at the Court House.

in Danville, on the evening' of tke 2hth of

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iili hearts are palpitating with strong and

'»4:nvonted throbbing# when the mighty,

"iiioving, gathering multitudes of our coun-

ti n, yea, an buudred fold, all the favors

it bestowed upon her—but when neglected,

ir» -with which to scourge those who thus con-1 "Mirrored in the ocean vast,

Lis well laden ships to the uttermost parts

of the sea, and return with the rare and

productions of tho islands of the sea,

r-i the manufacturer may drive his ten tlioU-

aand looms and spindles with the mighty

and ponderous engine the architect may

rear his lofty and majestic edifice, adorned

with doric, golhic or corintlnan columns,

and decorated with all the artistic

aior workmanship of ingenious artisans the

jf^'this body, so fearfully and wonderfully

made the lawyer may plead with tho el-

and the reaper be stopped, and the com­

merce of Earth will cease. No more

would the waters of tlie deep blue sea be

disturbed by the majestic steamei, or the

swift sailing craft: the music of the spindle

and tho shuttle would be for ever hushed

the steam-engine, with

power

^•IfcW'SSS

turn our attentiot source of moral as a means of

Tor the

of snob and such only. If those

^jwho^wn arrears and have moved away

•and those who let there papers remain in

^"the office*?lo not heed our call they will be

Black List

1826.-^' -j ever incresing delight—and when the gath-

intense .inxiety, and with dark-forebodings attract the eyes of children, who send up been accomplished

„n ,, fir fnr tho aeoniflition of cnl! fliom l.v

.1 ,•* trmilil afptn almost a iknir n,m "1mm tlincttcivoot watclinr! nni!

•v«. ..political power it would seem aimosi their own—Jove those sweet watciieis and

iii-..4ruitlesd effort to call their attention even lo ly ones as if they were friends, and some-j destructive power at most

demn her. The warrior may lead his em- thousand fathoms down 1 ries,

battled hosts to fierce and sanguinary con- wakefu]j egpecjai]y 0

a wide waste eso

hi.

atl

pathway the merchant may see (bfm (wmb)i iro lgU tlm Ut

physician may unfold with masterly skill snatchcg m£my a ]ive coal from ieirb urn

the thousand beauties and mysteries oh.

quence of a Pitt, a Chatham a Clay or

Webster the minister may explain with

divine oratory the mission of our Savior

—but each and all are dependent for all

they have and are, upon the product of

r: mother Earth

vLet

the plow, the spade

its

would

world driving

no

of ours, now

longer be called into re­

quisition. Man might live, but this world

so

glorious and gorgeously-

decorated with cities, villages and ham-

lets, smiling in all the beauty and lovcli--^'ties. gfh.PPTf.m.ingihomes--r.diaBt »ith

/V ten thousand lights which are everr streaming up from2 the Various pursuits of life, would become a blank fooar.human. .. dwelling place for men too stupid for 'civilization, and incapable of rising to the -^-r^ntcmplation of a higher^and nobler life gtave. 'Hi•C Xf. then it bo so clearly seen and felt

W4hai' agricultural products constitute tiie ^Very basis and main spring of all coto. '.inercialintresti otiudivi'dualsand national •wealth, why it mar be askid, is it that the

Labor by which tbwe product* are

r\

wrought out has been held in such low es-

jtcom? Why has the laboring man been

regarded as occupying so humble a sphere

in life? The true, .dignity and the high ini-

development,..,'!!* hUtorr or the world.

give express scenei. 0 Earth, his thoughts rise to the •'taste.

notice to the contrary, are considered wish-j .• .i arrv worlds w! ii d»!

the'v have settled their bills, and ordered his daily round of labor, he witnesses ever

the paper discontinued. I new and varied development* of nature

they could 6end down a message from their

fair thrones, that might wipe away

their tears—the. loved of the astronomer,

who, a frendly spy, watches their every

motion, and through the tube of his tel­

escope, distils into himself the essence of

their bcautVi their meaning and their story

—the loved of the Poet's soul who

ing altars—the loved ef the christian, who

ular, their motions so rapid, so dignified

and

so calm". "If

"the stars were to appear one night in a

thousand years, bow would men believe,

and adore .and preserve for many "genera­

tions, the remembrance

admoiiishing simile.'' 't ..

in our cotintiy, nor has the laborer rceeiv- true signification of the term, is not mear-

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•nd them until all arrearages rush and turbulence and mighty clamor of

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they are sent they are held responsible till to 1Ufi lre l' ul au elevated emotions. In an( ], ,b an ,j vegetable is composed of dif-

subscribers move to other places NV hieh awaken thought quicken mental

the crowded city, the mind of the farmer ani more thrilling emotions as we advance

d^rectimi 1 'they activit and le{ul tl,e mind ,U t0 wide anJ «reozygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon

are held responsible. .i yet wider fields of philosophic eontempla-j which, arc derived from tho earth and the

5. The "Courts have decided that refn-! tioa. The opening llower. the springing aereal ocean above and around us. Toas­

ting to take a newspapers or periodical grass, the unfolding corn, the ripening fruit certain the soil and manure best adapted to

from the office or removing and leaxing it ie ow but steady growth of ttoim-defy-! each variety, demands careful study and

ing oak, open up to his mind fields of in- (much experience. It was this careful stn

vestigation, unlimited in extent, teeming dy which in tho course of centuries has

with ten thousand interesting phenomena, developed the hard, acrid crabapple into

Ao- abounding iu thrilling and beautiful devel- ilie rich, mellow belle flower, which lias

opments, and possessing an infinity of ob

jeets on which the mind may dwell with

A 1eiing curtains of night draw his Tabors to once acrid nut into the rich and blushing

In this day of deep and thrilling excite- a close, what a field for enthusiasm pnd peach. We.of the present day relish and

"lnent, when the political deep is lifting on high wrought extacy is presented for hi* enjoy the. fruits with which our orchards

hiuh its dark and turbulent billows, when admiring mind, '*in the innumerouK ond are laden, little dreaming of the wav, and

-'jsall minds are looking with profound and eV er burning stars—the first object which various changes for the

upon the future of our Federal Union: when sweetest smiles, and uplift their tiny fruits the subject of their thoughts. Allow

ing on the hillside, try to count them in constant and serious consideration. W

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trvmen are all ar-tir lor tne acquisition o» Hheir--niu!titiuies—call tliem i»v names oi jjve in a latitude variable in tho extreme: .......

lor a few moments to the much neglected (j, nes exclaim with- the great shepherd, 1 times,. destroying our fruits, and injuring

but .vastly important subject of American 0 I 9ra el, "when I consider thy heav- 0lir wheat to an alarming and ruinous ex-

Agriculture. Our kind good old mother en W ork of thy fingers, the moon and tent. Now the experience of the past

Earth needs and demands our constant and tars, which thou has ordained, what [proves that certain varietieis of fruits and

'carefnl attention, and never fails to render roan that thou art minfdul of him".—the grains, are far less liable to be injured by

to thes,e starry sparklers, shining on him certain what varieties are best adapted to

those bor

jj 0 are awake through sorrow, who as I In all farming operations, whether in the

see in them the reflection of his Father's the soil in smaller proportions, and these

glory the friilest'ones of'the pathway of elements exist in different proportions, con-

his Redeemer's departure and return—the stituting different soils adapted to various

Joved of all who have eyes to see, under-land dissimilar productions. With a slight

tude so immense, their lustre so brilliant, an addition of. one or another render it suit-

their forms so singular, their order so reg- a ble for the desired products. Wheat, for

says

Etnmcrson,

of

the eity

of

God

which had thus been shown. But night

after night come out these preachers of

beauty, and light the universe with their

wJ|ich

the tain'd of tiie farmer »ever directed,

and whicli not only afford him asourcc of

i^^.OstSixjfilii^^leairtiiti^ut exalt his -mind

'to vigoronsand-untif:ing aetjixil^jl^J

But .descending from this bigVtheme of coht^niplation Ave' find teni thousand objects for pleafant and: profitabje. ^tiidy to the fatiner th^ investigation of which,will5 ever be. rewarded. Tu the dcTelOpincnt of mind ahd thb itqtifeiliori 6l': gain, morel

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CRAWFORDSVILLE,

and the. experi^ce of the living, prove be- merdy to the production of the great sta-! awry- as if rent or ri^n by

most /.exal ted morality. For here the I with fiowcrs and evergreens to excite emo- mct 1 these strange

mind is ever drawn-o 't in the eontempla- 1 tions of beauty and pleasure in the mind as,s

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the Publisher may enmpmont ot heaven undisturbed by the kingdom, open up a world of beautv and 1 UrtlLU a «oi",

anil mnvA

flinl

dvn?1Is 110n tlvo which :never fail^ in their rt tudy and cultivation. Each flower

tg:r

ferent materials or the same materials in dif­

ferent pioportions and combinations—the

elements of which they aro chiefly composed

wronglit out from the sour seedling, the

noble and delicious pippiu, and which has

changed by successive developementu the

this latitude? Such experiments will

doubtless lead to most important discove-

which

of in ti e.-it ^hic-h awaken in the mind deeper ^jer-wants clcinand.? Tiie other class

better,

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a

beloved of the mariner, who, pacing his ie rosts than others. Then cannot our

midnight deck, turns often alot his eyes farmers, by well-directed experiments, as-

which have

by

hands.to pluck them dow as playthings— I nie, while on this subject, to present a sub-

the beloved of solitary shepherds who, ly- ject for you which maybe worthy of your

those who have made

Jutitude which severe frosts come with

destructive power at most unseasonable'!

will save a vast amount of la-

and money to-our farming community.

the elements which enter into the compo­

sitions of the various agricultural products

and the character of soil best adapted to

the grains, fruits and vegetables, which

constitute the farmer's wealth. An expe­

rienced chemist lias ascertained that in 100

parts of fertile soil there are 30 parts of

lime, 30 parts of silex and 30 parts of se-

lecious earth other elements enter into

instance, grows most luxuriantly and abun­

dantly on toil iu which silecious earth

abounds, fimply froth the fact that this el­

ement enters largely into its composition

hence the necessity, of knowing -the con­

stituent elements of the-soil, frbm which

this.:, product is cxpeeted. It is a well

known fact that ,wheu a, certian soil is de­

voted for a suyepssiou of years, to the pro­

duction of the same crop, tho yield be­

comes Jess and less, and of still inferior

quality, the fertility of the land is destroy­

ed, andthe labor of .the h^bandmanLs

not-luilfurepaid.

tice, feel, or fancy, that they are sympa-j g.ains, a knowledge of chemistry is amost jaro SUCCCC( by sweet and nutritious her-! to, our children our Federal Compact, the

timing with their agonies, and would it important aid^It teaches the farmer the bage. Lime is applied, and sorrel and sour glorious legacy of our fathers, pure and

ahdu,g to compieliend.anil houlfl to ftel p^cUcd knowledge of agf.c-ulmral cl,e,„ .-ojoloing crop, of most f,a ,n,it hay, that ,or. ag,ic„It,ue.

other and from us so entire, then mnlti-jelements it is superabundant, and then by .. *.

"THE UNION, THE UMIOM IN ANY EVENT.'«,

hi'^h among the first sciences of the land, why in it ,1 hat we see some faraners progress.

ort of L'alor has never been appreciated! world,.. The American -Farmer, in -the j-always blessed with abundant crops, with earthly pursuits.

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inty nmntinnc nc w#*' mlvannA ...

iiU'iiyA.isn.'i.^SL—T» jgoa^id|j'&.L£. KK4*%—'•—#48*»-*#

lands increasing in fertilj

•Well regulated farms ars devote-.l not poorer v»nth constant cnltifation, fences all' worlvshops

gratified by beholding their names on thei^on of the g, and and beautiful works oflorchards cmbracibg varieties ^f c!elieiouk{«^3^^^^^^^^^l»- will cTOwri^efrprts 00 -f die philos^hy^of the various phenomena to tlie unfolding of wonders.

rations by tho true plfylosophy. of farming,

reverse and thwart all the laws of nature,

especially of those in ordinary cultivation

is a subjeet of deep interest to the farmer.

Thus says Johnson in his Chemistry of

Common Life—"Of the five thousand.

flowering plants

of

three hundred grow on peaty soils,

his tea plant, and

stiff,

lustrate ilie general principle of which we

are speaking "When," says the .same

author, "a peaty soil is druiued, the heaths

disappear, and a soft woolly grass over-

spreads its surface.

A

cultha ti on of plants, vegetables or cereal j,.^ atyy the rushes and water-loving plants triots, desire to maintain and perpetuate

elements of which the boil is composed rass are. banished fro to the old pastures tarnished,

wrought nures effected tion.

^fEhisjSucc^ssion cf

Of

the

^ame:urops 1 exl»a.us^, thg soil,of the ele­

ments which enter into tho composition of

thte afticle pfoduced/i hence the .necessity

of manuring, of a rotation of crops, pf re-

Iturntng to-.the^pil the elements which have

beeu removed. fB^-m-.-it. Much been! of agricultuftil societies said ami writttfft in iclatjiotL to

rRotation

this.fact we tuay

cbhverte

(i

it into

a

ean, was discovered a grass termed by the

natives AegilOs.^dlctitransplantedihtb the

tie' gardch$.4n},

pWfe^t^^ccllib^s all the rare tirfd vklued

fruits,.A^etab^es' arid grains^which' nt»w

constitute the boast, arid pride, and glory

of! But much as has le^h 'accomplished

to

I cd and rapturous delight upon the varied I pleasant to. behold and delightful to the them they are governed in aU their ope- en oneous,, exiting the mmds of the tbe relations-oxistragbetween cause and ef- etable world. I' rom the. slender palm ja-

lh* reS) plant such articles as that soil is that it

1 T- S*'® yanoUS a CS ie ve S ctabl best calculated to produce. In a word,' vation can wear out.

earth bestows^ without a thought of return-j must be fed, and, properly fed, or it will

ing one of her benefits. ultimately cease to yield its annual supply

The physiological habits^of all plants, of food j[or man and beast.

and

these are chiefly rushes and sedges. Iu the

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A few pointed examples will serve to il- sion, and should be properly used. We

are strewed over the meadow, aud abund-j conjointly.-witjh

drilled into plowed land, and luxuriant,

Too crops exhibit their amelioratingeffccts itaost all

are .spread upon the scanty- pasture^ and

8Tande,,p to nf peal.able, then s.lenc., sllyj tll0 farmet msy Mcortahl in wU el [ho cont e( lioI of ^i.^to iho if medlcinb

so^profound, the.,- sepcrat.on f.om cac-h cnt given soil I6.defieient, or in what with la 6oil wllidl it gro ." ..Uo baute with disease,and peitilenee,- oth-

from father to son, without progress and cation of ^manure-.aivi thp succession of touched, tvhieh ih vile the ekploi'ef* to'iin est of lliel fhh #and fit ted them for other task, fearful, lest, perhaps, ha man intelli-

without improvement. Farming when''crops, is "bat jiM perfectly understood,, In /fold theii- vrfs't, uhb6 nn(fed p6uffceS of 'jUea-tp^bfflKST'ortb','-t^iris neglecting and flighting gence be unequal to comprehend and grasp

properly understood and appreciated, ranks looking over 'the length and breadth of our sure 'and ofAveaTifh/"We liVe ih a day of! thetr own-Ofccupationrand virtually lower- a complexity so marvelonsly interwoven:

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fy, with granaries ing palace^. tjip ^ojiidcrons,

productions of ag-1 causing the .e^rth to 'tremble

the year nud"$2,50after the that meed of praise to which his toils ly a plowman, a reaper, a mower or astock well filled with the ricl^rpductions of ag- cajising tlie hrtlilo Irenibld as i,t drives jtionv with' only sufficient power of the pen lion every compound phenomenon directs

.perpetual

(feeder. He combines in his character the I ricnltural wealth, a nd with allthe elements with lightning sj'eecl .its' mighty train off to sign a name,-is all a farmer needsv Let jus back to simple causes and forces, and

•p re ]i narv rC ma rks. let us florist, the botanist, the geologist and the mnsnfiiitv. while others are nnriotiiallv cars, the electric teleirranlii fiashins? tliousrht 1 Vour sons' arid vour daughters who are to our astonishment at last becomes

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..rapid improvements iVj

yond the shadow of a doubt, that rural! pic articles vyhieh constitute the sources of sarins, .their granaries, empty and their ences. And ^hall the farmer, yi'hose pro-: of pleasure and profit. Enlarged and libe- whole stariy heavens and prescn es to

districts-are tbe home of the purest and ogiicultural wealth, .but .they' are adorned ^ock with protruding ribfe? Why a we nets are the basis aud Iijp's-liloo'cr or all, ral education- unfits no one for the discharge the sun and its planets their undevia rag

which we are preparing for pub- i-uRture, and after dwelling with impassion- 'and cultivated fruits with clustering vines, I wvo" the law* of nature, and rightlv apply ^here is an idea, .common, but, veryH daily ^and hourly occurring, understands j. Let us .tairy for a moment, with the *eg.

peoplp

all

genei

nll

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A They apply such manures as the soil re- ^Mississippi valley is utterly inexhaustible alacrity and greaterzest the duties irapos- breezes, high aloft over the hot vapoli of

and t^ie-.injury 9/ thpse who shall come af

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pursue their farming like a blind hoise on-eyer an exhausting process. •. Elements built fences, tbe round, full-fed durhams,

a tread-wheel, not knowing whether the whidi give fertility to the soil :are perpetu- feasting upon the luxuriant, waving blue-

mill be grinding corn, wheat or brimstone ally withdrawn, and if not sooner or later I grass—or the noble teed in his wild sport

eagerly receiving ail that a bounteousi replaced, sterility imist ,ensue. The land ing through the

Of the vast amount of alimentary sub­

stances annually drawn from the earth, but

little of which is returned, .few of our far­

mers have an adequate conception. Ifyotr

the vast number

unlettered explorer hails the gleam 'ol the jrlrawn from the soil, then compute the al-1 holds order and beauty in every object,!

of

wet, impervious lands, some iu

nf! it clay for his rice... Even the slave..of Ala-j of our country, and but little of which is over mines and illuminate them with phos- Such are some of the elevated arid ex-

...

are not placed here to live merely for self­

ish purposes,.to enjoy all tho good regard­

less^ of those wjio are to come after us.—

Posterity has strong.and imperious claims

wet clay is laid lipon the present generation. We, as pa-

.consecrated,

and corn then ripens and fills the ear where tioned by our veneration. And shall we be which spring

returns of unhealthy grain. Crushed bones tural legacies, whiqh,

oup

liquid^ of the farm-yard, or nitrate of soda in some, one \y hat is commonly called

be-fvilly co^v-, n4itiou?.l,Cx)i)gi-css^-and thej|o

the potato. When first dis.cp.vered ,it was trials and turmoils ofpro/essional life, and 1

bitter, fibrous root on the Coast of Chilr, 1 finding theu^ nothing nxore than vanity and

in South AmoricS. 'Pl-oper cultivation h,as -exation..of spy ^jiu^^he evening,,of life".

frelightfurfodd, prizedj seek#onie qJttiet.farint^P which to rest ant

and freely used in all .parts of the civilized to die. But a ,ql a nge s.»a id l.y. rn ng

world.. On the cOast of..the Mediterran- over tbe spiritiof our people—clearer, bet-

TOtlMnf^^oh^rth^fmiiUl

tiotis and valued Meditterranean wiieftt:— ing 1 a-lrcicnt-c'of' hi^h' and ^obte ,: ank,

Thus has careful nunung.and-rQuitivatiott'^! cb^tMiifttiHiiig^and ^leV^fopm^ 1 ami

improved and developed from crude,' the bfelt

The occupation of the firmet is not wops and manurirtg„ but the phUosopliy theiti yct retnain^ svid^?^idilo:be ekI)b-j the^seiveB -are jn' a grcaf toekfiMrapdri- ^r bosom. SxHencef' stek^he solutio: a routia* -Itteiaesr, t'rarismittod which should govern farmers in the appli-'!red^fieke ^rho«i.vifgm:eoil.he|hem- bpea* eibleT ^ftOug^t^tW^' 'tti ife: -tead ip trembling aw limps

"possesses a fertility which no cijlti-. ixnl.TfyA thoroughly educated mind does

By

"pon this ideamuc]i to their own-mjury,

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ter tliem The cultivation of the soil is !-°f g'^iu and seed its fiim and strongly

un

by time

and

when

ant milk and cheese?show -how the eatage ertiesjotsjable us to occupy ,a front rank sovereignty ol Flora? 'Their individual

of cattle has beeft impfoved—oi* they- arc! amon'g the nations of tha vvp,rid? In times! lornis, too, changfe at every step.

rtjimilies

j.the

straightway the humble' diaisy and: Wdrtlk l| 0 cnjoH

7 A —_ 1 .* A __ 1*

less chess, symbols pf poverty, disappear, of fame ig almP6t,e)very..prpf|8Ssioh,[ saV^

learpedjpr^f^ssions. They have sought

tvyrcath

vinceii by reflecting for a moineiit: bfi tho,| brpjy'-? withjunfadjiig laurels--(..Yet one and '-ou^^'itli ail Alniigtity hand for thei benefit,jeven

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vast change which has been wrought in all after having gone tlirpugh with ali tho''

'tb^h'grflfiB! itlea 9 fha't'T&i-m-

iifb§t~i^seful

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charmed with

central Europe, only would gajn,£ome.clear opinion of this vast to his daily labor, he meets with many in-

subject, in son:e-jcis^re moment, calculate teresting objects

tof

native forests of Europe and America the.].of hay and of:,hemp which are -yearly range

broad-leafed trees glittering in the sun amid most innumerable barreis-.of corn,,of barley from the tiny rosebud to the stern and the sibility was not conceived for as I have

the ocean of solemn pines, as a symptom of.oats, of wheat that are annually consum- mighty oak as he lifts his giant arms aloft of good land on which he may profitably ed reckon up the thousands and tens of iu stern defiance of the storin and tempest. settle. And so the rudest peasant at home (.thousands of pounds, of beef, and pork that] t-vW hereverj" says Lindley, iu his Vegknows that wheat and bdajfsaffect clayvj are perpetually b.eing consumed and ship-1 etablo lvirtgdora, "the eye is directed, it soils—the humblest north German, that pod, aud when the calculation is coinplet-' encounters an infinite multitude of the rye and potatoes tire suited to his blowing cd, leflect that this vast amount of solid most dissimilar forms of vegetation. Some till we had found the simple element,'the sands—and the Chinese peasant that warm, substance is annually withdrawn from our are cast ashore in the form, of leathery regular basis of all th« various forms, and sloping banlcs of light land arc fittest lor. soil, soini*.

the large cities

and

towns

:. bam a is awarcthat dry-, oiien alluvials. and returned to the soil from which-it is taken porescent gleams. Kivers and tranquil| alted pleasures which are daily opened up

porous uplands, suit best the cotton he i* —then ,w ill you have some faint concep-1 waters teem with green filaments: mud to the educated farmer. T.h«y are mmg,

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forced to cultivate and the still more do- tion ,uf, the mighty drain perpetuall}' made throws up its gelatinous scum the human graded slave of Fernambuco, that the co-j upon, our land.. Continue this process J.lungs, ulcers, and sores of all 6orts, bring coa grows only on the sandy soils of, the year after year, generation after generation, forth a living brood timber tumbles to coast—just as in his native West Africa, century after century, and th's.fertile land the oil palms flourish on the moist sea sand will become as barren aud fruitless as the that skirt the shore, and mangroves where great desert of Arabia. Tho means of the muddy shallows are daily deserted by feeding the earth and maintaining the cquithe retiring tide.'' 1 t-j/ lihriutn of the soil,, is within ourposses-

Pfbgres&is ktamped npdti hll j^gThtft-pirrsuit which of "all others, de—and the farther we penetrate the greater

The steamship, a float-^serves to be ei/nobletl and cheated. waxes our amazement every step bring*

locomptive, Think not thara more smattering educa- us to asimple solution of an entagled ques-

bui\ couniry. testify to the .in those Collateral sciences which not only relation that bodies in motion have a m«-

-ange and.htrikilig con- linger far in^the.jear.?,, rlet. his motto of the arduous duties of farming life, but courses. Uu.t we neeu^ not ascend to the

in all parts of the country? It is too be upward and onwardj and glorious on the contrary, when tho mind perccives stars to recognize how little nature require*

(he arts and sci- embeHish thernind, but constitutesources tual attraction^ nature arches over us tbo

Jliat the soil of this 'gre^j feet then does the hand perform with more, jmg its eleganjt .crown the refreshing

rivh

not

far too manract! tire less appreciate a well and beautifully barely one inch in length which clothes

Nor is the ear .of the educated man less! what wealth of forms.

the

hoarse croaking

of

os. Wlieu tha educated farmer goes forth

of

bales of cotton, tho tons his mental vision sweeps over tho wide

of

with a gray-beard tapestry and microsco­

pical scales overspread their leaves, the

face of rocks is stained with ancient colors

fldivers

formerly it languished and yielded scantiy less,mindful of thosp other great agricul-• twiners scramble over and choke them generations have received no blessings

properly used, above all wave the arms of thte ancient

civil and religious,lib-! forest, and these, too, acknowledge tiie

past, thfe/giAcd and .promising sons of al- every altered condition and circumstance,! There also lived in ancient days, on

haye.^nned away?from new plants start up?*''The mountain

or guano, or the droppings of cattle, or the iarmiiig,aud,^ouglit honor auddistiuction has its own races of vegetable inhabitants, soil, who conceived t.ne 6till

and

S»mr

Wve ru S heif'

...

thoir sublime are the works

•perfect

charac­

ter—a science, in the right proseciitron of

wHftflii 5 inde'penOe ri&^ 'hbffot ivei^th aiVd"

commanding statioii may be acquired.

For the low estimfttibiit' 'lft which agfi-

pultura! pui"snits have! been' hejd^ fanufer's

thinlc,

the wood

which is consumed in foreign straps or thongs, or aro collected into pe- investigated aud defined its vital peculi-

lagic meadows of vast extent others crawl arities."

the dust beneath insidious spawn corn

crops change to fetid soot all matter iu

of

Shanghai. On the contrary he has a keen- which the wild Aboriginal

er relish for all the works of nature—sees club, to the green slime

beauty, order, regularity and symetry

where before all was irregularity and cha­

contemplation, and as

the vegetable kingdom, he be-

origin. The bark of ancient trees is car- (sign of erecting the monuments of Egypt,

petcd with velvet., their .branches are hung! Fortius they taxed the energies of mill-

coeval with their own exposure to air and which could bo effected by the powers and

those, too, are citizens of the great world genius of man For centuries past have

of plants. Heaths and moors wave with a those monuments stood there testifying,

tough and wiry herbage meadows are not to the glory and wisdom of their au-

sane- clothed with an emerald mantle, amidst thovs, but

tho vallej^' have theirs the. tribes of

the ^granite,

r- fliA cni'fdpn nf fKle

the

of natuie,

specimen^of human•' workmanship

liow infinitely 1 superioi-i Schleiden^a Ger-

man I^liilosophn-,

in

speaking

|of

trast bet wed h' thb works

riiiture, says "Nature offers-

^trisTto "this arcuistohied

WeJ tipwlittfto

the con­

of

man and ol

a

direct con-

fuom

?ee

hbV

iour. youth

Woife outs^ad.befpre

-j cteViially rene«ihg riches, we fori^-

7 it

A. GILKEY, Editor & Proprietor

ifoif ?U i-r.z Sr.?.?* •,":

.! t*i

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the Brazilhan forests, to the delicate'

thoroughly.-pijlyerizfed for the reception of cent verdure from the splendid flower of

1 "it*

a' r» ....M 1

•i rraf

convert-

mOSF,

phosphorea-

Victoria Regina, with it* rosy leaves cra«

died in the silent fiooda of the

pasture grounds, what a woadeiful play of fashioning

lako

ions of our lace and succeeded in accomplishing what they must have regarded as the most august and stupendous work

as

of

Guiana, to the inconspicuous yellow blos­

som of the duck-weed iu our own pond*

From the firm

the New Holland

Oak, from

carves

his

war-

upon our tombs

—what multiformity! What gradations

of texture, composition and consistence!—

Can one really believe it possible to find

order in this embarrassing wealth regu­

larity in this seemingly discordant danee

of forms: a single type in these thoufcand-

fold varieties of habit? Till within a few

years of the present time, indeed the pos-

before remarked, we may never expect to

spy into the mysteries o| nature, until we

are guided by our researches to very sim­

ple relations. Thus could we never attain

to scientific results respecting the planets,

...

,-!, .i i-

decay is seen to teem with mouldy life lived mighty princes, who, wishing to^

and. those filaments, that scum bred spawn perpetuate their memory through all com-

aud mould, alike acknowledge a vegetable ing time, conceived and executed the de-

perpetual, gushing fountains, whose bright

and sparkling waters diffuse joy and'.glad­

ness through all department of soeie-

ty.

Far back in tho depth of the past, there

imperishable testimonies of

of all hues and forms: their folly and oppressive tyranny. After

from their erection nor is

the memory of

their builders embalmed in the

those who have lived

side,

I

moie useful idea of irrigating,

thfekandj and the limestone are dry seasons, the lands bordering tlflS Nile,

scrdl'l I all different and the sun does not shine on. by means of water presen-ed in cisterns or

cyIaKa

t\Vo degrees on tho surface of this globe, pools, when the hanks of that, sluggish the' vfegefatioii of whichiiy ^fenUcal-f^ for stream were overflowed. Thev design of e^ciV IniitiidOhasa^Flora of 'its-.dim.: I if this humble fanner was also carried: into short

spiead lo\yly dwcllei in, the land of Egypt, and

iu

pleasure1 and the good of man-^and! California, although clothed in ha^iJimoBt* Hvhen^dontrastfed with the best and most of gold,,and rejoicing iu the possession of

hearts of

since

With to the eternal world.

they

passed

in-

There also lived in ancient days, on tho

banks of the Nile, an humble tillei* of

the

granderand

during the

I IvIlAH tflA nf cliKVaieli

forms Of seas, lakes, and rivers, Uuccessful tfxecutidn. By this means the

this, the me teeth century, our own

boundless wealth, is invigorated and re­

freshed

by

means of this practical

tion of that humble

of his mind, though kindled

ihohly ptisstheth Ootdiy'by.lf 'Uhe coiitcm-.j humble tiller of ISgyptiaii soil, and author

•plStive mind isM «ltracted :by lier, and be- of the great idea of irrigation, whiclr has

sugges­

Egyptiam, The light

far back in

the depths of tiie past, is midintmed

by

the

lap,so of centuries, and is still shining

bri^ljtly on the pathway of present gener­

ation^. Who would not rather be the

the proud builder of all thet-miglity

must nOt thafc^greafciaTlist be ^rovi-j nnaents which burden the earth or point dedf "What Wo'htVrd^ thaiHs of power, to the sky?

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y^uhHnovvhi miiisbthfeVe notlio hidden inj But why, fellow-citiaens, lit» yon orsolution of ganized yourselves into a Counfry Agriculthe' t'ural Asuocialion? Why tfeia Miuuai