Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1859 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE. RENSSELAER, IND. WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1859.

(gJ=Our young folks are to have a May Festival to-night. Pleasant times to them is now selling at ten cents. Eggs, seven cents. No change in flour or ineat. No corn offering. (£s"The Stackhouse Bros, hrsve on hand a few pf Aultman &. Miller’s Mowing Machines and Reapers. Go and see them. (gjfOur young friend, Win. H. Rhoades, .desires us to say that he has suspended his j commercial school until the evenings become long again. Repi blicans carried the municipal election in Foi t Wayne last week. Last year the Democrats carried that city by five hundred majority. (gs" The municpal election in Lafayette this year was about even, a portion of each ticket being elected. The Democrats had a great jollification over the result,rejoicing that it was not worse. liquor riot occurred at Crawfordsville last Thursday night. Two groceries were entirely demolished by the citizens, who had Income enraged at the injurious effect upon community by them. (gJ”Mr. James Welsh has received the appointment of postmaster at this place, in place of Mr. McCarth resigned. Mr. W. is a young man highly respected, and his friends will rejoice at his good luck. OO~At the’muncipal electionsin Indianapolis last week, the elected six out of the eight on the ticket, arid nine out .of fourteen Councilmen. The Republican majority is 250 larger than it was last year. (ffj-’One of our farming friends suggested i to us, yesterday, the propriety of making' the nominations for county officers some time in the latter part of June, just before the harvesting season begins. We throw out this hint for reflection.-

fO" The Indianapolis liquor_sellers are crowding up to procure license. The Journal of Monday says that already about fifty notices have been published, or filed for publication, with Vlie several papers of that city. The Volksblatt alone contained about twenty notices. every one read the extract from I thq speech of Air. Hickman, Democratic ■ Congressman from Pennsylvania,to be found . on the first-page. He handles Buchanan i with crushing earnestness, and speaks the ! sentiments of the Freesoil Democrats of the j Keystone State. , j (ffj“This spring gives the best of promises | for good crops. Our farmer friends wear ■ bright faces, and if the present prospects continue, trade of all kinds will soon look up; and if the war in Eirfope breaks out, our growing crops will command good prices when harvested.

WAR IN EUKOPE.

The next steamer from Europe will, in all probability, bring the intelligence that war, terrific ami Woody, is devastating the plains of Italy. Austria has sent her ultimatum to Sardinia, demanding a disarmament and disbursal of the Sardinian volunteers. Three days were given for a reply to this demand, and in case of a refusal! war was to be declared immediately. The English papers think that Sardinia will not comply with this demands Eighty thousand additional Austrian troops have been ordered to the frontier. The French troops were marching toward Piedmont. A panic prevailed in the Paris money market , and war w is ex> pected on all hands. It is said that eighty thousand French troops will co-operate witii Sardinia, commanded by Louis Napoleon in person. The “Nephew of My Uncle” is anxious to crown his head with the laurels of military fame. Mankind would be benefitted were he to find bis' grave in the impending struggle. The next steamer will be looked for with interest. Since the above was in type we have received dates from Galway to the 30th ult. It is rumored that Sardinia refused to disarm, and that Austria had given her fourteen days more to reflect on the matter. It is reported that one hundred thousand Austrian soldiers crossed the Ticino on the night of the 26th ult., and then blew up the bridge on which they had crossed. The French army was pouring into the Piedmontese territory. Great warlike activity prevailed throughout France. A rumored alliance between' France and Russia a used great excitement in England. The British channel fleet has sailed with sealed orders, but it was reported that its destination Was the Adriatic. ; It is rumored that the whole militia force of England is to be einbarked, in •he anticipation that that country will l>o in-

volved in the war. The Paris Patrie announced that the Emperor and Prince Napoleon would -leave on Wednesday to join the army. The English and continental money markets were greatly excited, and breadstuff's had materially advanced.

BOOK NOTICES.

THE PILLAR OF FIRE; Or, Israel in Bondage, By Rev. J. H. Ingraham, author of “The Prince of the House of David.” New! York: P.udney <fc Russell, Philadelphia. G. G. Evans, 439 Chestnut Street. “The Prince of the House of David” has had a sale unexceeded by any volume of its size end character. In that work the effort was made to illustrate events in the land of Judea, by the letters of a Jewish maiden. In this a young PrinceTyf'Phenicia is supposed to write from Egypt. The condition of the children of Israel, and the wonders wrought by Moses, form the staple of the work, and as much of Egyptian history ami description is introduced as are necessary to complete the picture, and give it fullness and unity. Mr. Ingraham has diligently' consulted ill accessible authorities upon the antiquities and customs of Egypt, and the volume is the result of long and patient study. Many dis- ■ Acuities attend an undertaking of such a nai ture, and justice to the writer requires that ! the preface and appendix should be read before the text of the work. The object is to , promote a knowledge of the Bible, by leading readers to compare and verity, and search for themselves. The material for the v °lI umes, it is proper to say, is drawn from oth- ! er sources, and the imagination of the wri- ' ter is employed to till up, from brief data, a | continuous narrative. It is a Phenician and ; cotemporary view of the scenes and events which we are accustomed to regard from : quite a different stand point. It will popularize knowledge upon subjects heretofore restricted to archa?ologists. This entrancing and instructive book of 596 pages, bound in excellent style, is sold lor $1.25 —same price as “The Prince of the House of David.” Evans of Philadelphia, has purchased 10,000 copies of “The Pillar of Fire,” and 5,000 of “The Prince -f the House of David,\ and will mail a handsome Gift, with either book, on receipt of the price and twenty-one cents for postage. A new Classified Catalogue of Standard Books, in every department of Literature, with a new list of Gifts for 1859, has just been issued by Evans, and will be mailed free, on application. Address G.G. Evans, 439 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES, and Bcdgkt oi‘ Ft I G. G. Evans, Publisher, No. 439 Chestnut street Philadelphia. We have liete a heat volume containing a capital budget of fun, being filled with the most laughable saying and jokes of the cele- | brated wits and humorists. The publication, too, is well timed, as the traveling season is about to commence, and we can hardly imagine a work better calculated to amuse leisure, as a reading companion on board a steamboat or a railway- car. Merriment too, j is good for the mind. It chases away care ! and enlivens ennui. In the language of the poet, it is wise to “laugh while you may-—be candid when you can.” This mirth-provoking book is sold at the low price of one dollar. Evens will mail a copy and a handsome present to all persons remitting one dollar for the book, and twenty : cents for postage. Address G. G. Evans, j publisher, 439 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, Pa. N. B.—New classified catalogues of books and gifts sent free, on application by mail.

California Political News.

A San Francisco correspondent of the | Philadelphia Bulletin, writes: “There is a strong movement going on in this part of California, to obtain a division of the State, and have the three southern counties of Los Angelos, San Bernardino and San Diego placed under a Territorial government. The members of the Legislature from these districts have introduced bills for that purpose; the press i unanimous in its favor, as are also the majority of the people. Some see in this movement-an attempt to form a new slave State, but in this view I think they are mistaken. The people generally arc opposed to slavery here, and, be--ide this, California is not suited in any respect for a slave State. “The approaching election for State officers promises to be an interesting one, three parties being in the field, whose strength is estimated to be about equal—the Republicans, Administration Democrats and Douglas Democrats. There are quite a number of gentlemen spoken of in connection with the nomii ation as candidates by’ the differparties, prominent among whom are Mr. Stanley, (Republican.) J. Nugent, (Administration Democrat,') and J. W. McCorkle, (Douglas Democrat.) It is currently reported that Don Andress Pico, a wealthy ranchero, who is now a member of the State Legislature, will be an Independent NativeCahforniaa- Democrt-Free-Soil-Pacific-Rail-road candidate: but I do not know how much truth there is in the rumor. Governor Weller, I presume, will be a candidate for reelection, though I have heard nothing positive. If Don Pico should be a candidate there will be a rich time during the coming political campaign.” A Four Legged Chicken.—“Wo were shown yesterday,” says the Pittsburgh (.razette, “a young chicken that appeared to have died after it was perfectly formed in the shell, which had four ' perfectly developed legs and feet, and was in respect to its means of locomotion, as much a quadruped as the animal kingdom can show. The body was as usual both in size and appearance. The legs were in pairs, as they appear in the cat or dog, but the middle or knee joint bent in the same direction on both pairs, as in the common well formed fowl.”

[From the State Journal.

Death of Prof, Larrabee.

The news of the death of W. C. Larrabee was brought to this city yesterday, but not unexpectedly, for rumors of a like purport have several times been circulated. He had been in declining health for some months, and since the death of his wife had with- . drawn himself almost entirely from active ■ life. He died on Wednesday morning. Mr. j Larrabee must have been sixty years of age, or more, at his death, He was Maine, we believe. His career in this State dates from his connection with the Asbury University, in which he was for a longtime an active and esteemed teacher. His election to the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1852, drew him from his congenial occupation of teaching, and warped and misplaced Iris whole nature by forcing him into political life. But once in, he stayed in, and seriously, to the detriment of his reputation if not his character. Defeated . tor re-election to bis office by Prof. Mills in ; 1854, he still lingered till his purchase of the • Sentinel, and apnointment to the Blind Asiylum put him toil in the field again. Tnat I lie and his friends ail regret his failure to labandon politics entirely at this point, cannot be doubted. From that tiiue his fortunes waned. The Blind Asylum difficulty damaged his reputation, it may be unjustly, and his connection with the Sentinel damaged his purse. A re-nomination and election to his old office ol Superintendent, accomplished very little for him. He sank gradu- ' ually out of sight, and was not even thought 'of lor re-nommatioh in 1858. His great ■error was in ever allowing himself to be used by his party to give it a sort of reli- : gious strength, which was an element it sadly lacked in 1854, and has grown in lacking | ever since. He was unfitted for politics, land unable to keep clear of the entangleI ment which politics frequently create, and in which bis ministerial position made him a conspicuous object of censure. We believe Mr. Larrabee wanted to be right, and do right, and if he failed it was attributable more to the party influence about him than to his native tendencies and tastes. He was a good scholar, and a man of extensive reading and cultivated taste. His published writings were generally of the magazine class, though a few years ago he collected some of bis productions into a volume called “Rosabower,” of which our readers have all heard, and probably most of them have read more or less. He was not a man of great natural talents or great native strength of characte-, but he was amiable, kindly and cultivated, fond of quiet, and excessively afraid of opposition or hostility, so much so that he occasionally descended below the I level of his manly dignity to propitiate an opponent who nhe feared. But this was an outgrowth rather of a wish to move along in good will with everybody than of a weak fear of being attacked. As a writer he was! easy, graceful and entertaining, though, oc-.| casionally too stilted, as a glance at some of! his reportswill show. We presume he will! be-buried beside hfs wife in Greencastle. !

One Thousand African Negroes Wanted.

An advertisement appears in the News published at Enterprise, Miss., addressed to shipowners and master of our mercantile marine, offering S3OO each for 1,000 native Africans, between the ages of fourteen and twenty, sound and healthy, to be delivered within twelve months at some point between Pensacola, Fla., and Galveston, Texas. The advertisement is signed by eighteen responsible citizens, whose character is vouched lor by the editor of the News. The advertisers add, .after their signatures, the following note, which shows that their leading object is to make an issue againgt the law prohibiting the foreign slave trade: “We who have signed this advertisement, profess to be law-abiding citizens, but cannot respect any act purporting to be law’, which ! we believe to be unconstitutional; as such we esteem that which interdicts the slave trade, either domestic or foreign. They are regarded as merchandise and slaves here and in their native country to their brethren; the latter condition is forbidden by divine la.v, but the same law says to the Hebrew, you shall enslave the pHeathen around you, and they shall be-a perpetual inheritance for yotir children. We have never known native. Africans semi-civilized but by our plan of the American institution of domestic slavery. Wt.it •! that great mutual benefits have, at d are, flowing from the institution, and esteem it a duty to extend the privilege or b coining semi-civiiized to other of Africa’s degraded race, by mingling, at least, a like number with the four millions now among us, that reciprocal benefits may result.”— New Orleans pap rs. Five years ago this advertisement would have startled the whole Union more fearfully than an earthquake.' The loss of half our Navy in one fell storm would not have shocked us so much as this proclamation of piracy. But Democratic policy, yielding to every demand of slavery, and the swift servility of parties more eager to secure power than perpetual justice, have led on and on, till now such, an open proposal for a contract as abominable as a bargain to murder a thousand white men for the useof a medical college, is made, and will probably be accepted. It is the legitimate result of the policy which has prevailed for twenty years, of consulting the demands and interests of slavery at the expense of the North,.and at the sacrifice of justice everywhere. If that policj’ be not directly and distinctly rebuked, its full development will soon appear in as rapid a trade of slaves as was ever carried on by Liverpool “Christians” or Providence “Puritans.” Leaving slavery out of view in our political contests, if it were possible, would only allow such schemes to make their way in quiet. Those who advise such a course, \yhatever their motive, are advising the encouragement of the slave trade, and the increase of such advertisements as the above.

Q^yChancellor Bibb,-who recently died in Washington, at the advanced age of eightyfive, was an extraordinary man. H'e bore a wonderful likeness in person to Chief-Jus-tice Marshal, and was a man of 11 same class, and the same physical conformation. To the last, he wore long, black silk stockings, knee-buckles, white cravat, ruffles,and long queue. But what is still more remarkable, he never lost, bis passion for his violin, and would take it now and then in his study for amusement. His habits of life preselitcd a model of moderation.

[From the-Rochester (N. Y.) Democrat.

A Hard. Case of Wife Beating and Starvation.

The Orleans (Albion) Republican lias a communication signed “Z. R. P.,” which contains a statement relating to the alleged ill-treatment of a wife, by a man residing near Murray, Orleans county, which is quite too shocking for belief. If the Republican has not been imposed upon by some person who has sought to gratify personal spite by accusing a neighbor of infamous conduct, this case is a marked and shocking one of wife-abuse. The article states that John Fullerton, the owner of a comfortable dwelling in a thickly populated and wea thy neighborhood, and worth some $5,000, has I been known to cruelly rett his wife and I daughters, often turning them out of doors. One night about the Ist of March, attention was directed to his house by groans proceeding from it, and the neighbors, not having seen Mrs. Fullerton for some time-, suspected that she was suffering. Mr. Birch, a neighbor, called at the house the next day, and was reluctantly permitted by Mr. Fullerton to see his wife. He found her in a chamber destitute of furniture, save a miserable bed in which she lay—buried in the straw, with a dirty feather-bed as coverI trig, and apparently without a particle of I clothing upon her person. Still more shock- ! ing was her emaciated condition. She was reduced to a mere skeleton—her hair matted and clotted with blood, and her face badly bruised. The scene was so sickening that Mr. Birch speedily sought the open air. The ladies near were soon enlisted, and repaired the following morning to the house, where they were met with repeated threats of violenc • from Mr. Fullerton, but. they finally proceeded to put the skeleton form in a more tidy and comfortable condition Their representations of her situation are too revolting for repetition. In several places the bones had worn through the flesh, and all her body was covered with stripes and terrible bruises. When nourishment was given to her she ate like one famished, and her mind seemed to be in a condition bordering on idiocy. There was every indication other having been kept, for a long time without food, lire or clothing, and subjected to frequent beatings by this inhuman legal proprietor of her person. Through the interference of the poor authorities, Mrs. Fullerton was at length removed to more safe and comfortable quarters, and is now at the residence of James Burnet, one mile west of Sandy Creek, where she is tenderly cared for. Her physician. Dr. Nicholson, attributes her present reduc d condition entirely to brutality and starvation. Mr. Fullerton is 1 Irish birth, about sixty years of age, and somewhat educated. He is not strictly temperate, but. cannot be called an inebriate, nor has he generally committed his brutalities under the influence of strong drink. Mrs. Fullerton is fin American woman, forty-sev n years of age, and is said to have possessed stir abilities before they were demented by inhuman treatment. She formerly resided in Penfield, now Webster, M mroe county, where they Uere married twentyseven years ago. She is the mother of eight living children; most of the older ones being residents of another State. One, born twenty years since, and a few months fter the mother had received a terrible whipping, from which she fled through the snow in mid-winter to the house of a relative for protection, was a life-tony idiot. The only children at home are two boys, but so tearful are they of their father’s wrath that it is difficult t > learn much from them. Some time during the past winter, another brother ventured to carry his mofher food, in his father’s absence, for which he was severely whipped. He then ran away, and has not since been home. Fullerton is excessively penurious, and is, I understand, contemplating bringing his wife (!) back to bis house to avoid paying for her keeping.

The Spirit of Liberty in Italy.

A correspondent who arrived in Florence on the 31st tilt-, after a fortnight’s jmirney by an easy stage from Rome, through Term. Pertiga and Arezzo, gives a striking description of the spirit which animates the people. He states that even from Rome, before his departure, it was computed that more than 300 volunteers had left the city for Genoa, although the journey per head, is from 30s. to 505., and each man has to be smuggled out by land or sea for the whole distance to ami thiough the frontier. The same rush of volunteers was observed throughout, the country. At Perugia, not only were there fifteen to twenty departures of volunteers nightly, but three hundred Papal carbineers, constituting the whole garrison of the town, who were more eager to join in the march than the townsp ople themselves, and were meditating a rush across the country to Sienna and Leghorn, deserting with heir arms and accoutrements, with flying standards and braying trumpets. The writer adds—“l heard from the most credible authorities, that six hundred Swiss in the Pope’s service at Forli, have made earnest entreaties, both to the townspeople and to the Piedmontese, consular agents, to help them with the, means of deserting en masse, and crossing over to Piedmont, with all their materiel de guerrie. I have also been assured, on the same credible evidence,“that a band of Calabrians had made their way from their country to Piedmont marching all along the Appenines, in spite of the snow still lingering on the mountains at this season.” From Tuscany the exodus has been very large, but it would have been much greater if it had not been .controlled!, and restrained by the leaders, who are anxious that there should be method in their departure.

Horace Greely Going to the Gold Region.

Horece Greely announced in the Tribune that he was to leave New York on the 9th or 10th of May for Kansas and Pike's Peak, and that he will proceed thence, through Utah and the Great Basin, to California, returning across the continent, or by the Isthmus, as circumstances shall dictate. He expects to return in September. Oty”The Marion (Grant Co.) Journal announces the retirement of the editor, Mr. D. W. Jones, so long connected with it, and Ibe accession of Messrs. J. W. Moore and G. L. Swope to its control. In the hands of Mr. Jones it has been a strong and constant advocate of Republicanism, and his successors announce that it shall continue so to be. Their salutatory is manly, direct and dignified.

Strange things going on in Virginia.

There are several incidents, worthy of re-< mark, that have occurred during the exciting political canvass now in progress in Virginia, that we have intended to make a note of ere now. There are evidently strange things going on in the Old Dominion. A week or two ago, a Democrtic meeting was held at Richmond, to discuss the matter of a Democratic nomination to represent that district in Congress. The three candidates in the field were Messrs. Caskie, Dejarnette and Thomas. The former two spoke, and then the latter, and what followed Is told by the Richmond Whig thus, and it speaks for itself very significantly, as the reader, we think, will admit, after he peruses it: “After Thomas had concluded, another Democrat by the name of Abrams arose and announced himself a candidate for Congre-.s, also, and made a most eloquent and impressive speech. Its impressiveness consisted in the fact—and here was the serious partof the day’s performance—that he proclaimed himself in favor of the extinction of slavery in Virginia!'' The IVAiy then asks: “Is there nothing in the announcement of Mr. Abrams—a Democratic candidate for Congress in the Metropolitan District of Virginia—to create alarm and apprehension!” There are evidently strange things going on in Virginia. Even Mr. Letcher, the Democratic nominee for Governor, a few years ago indorsed the Ruffner Address, one of the most decided Emancipation documents ever written or published. It was at the time, 1847, distributed over the Western part of the State in large numbers. The letter requesting it to be published and endorsing it as able and unanswerable, was signed by a number of gentlemen, and Mr. John Letcher, the present Democratic nominee for the gubernatorial chair, was among them. Mr. Letcher did not repudiate the sentiments till he was about to become a candidate for office, and the National Era, the antislavery organ at Washington, intimates its belief that Mr. Letcher in reality entertains substantially now the sentiments he did then, and it therefore hopes he will be elected! Werepeatthat there are strange thingstaking place in Virginia. Tiie Nashville Bunner, referring to the above declaration by Mr. Abrams in an open Democrtic meeting in Richmond, says suggestively- : “If Letcher can be supported as a candidate for Governor, Mr. Abrams very justly concludes that he can successfully aspire to a seat in Congress. Mr. Abrams is no worse than Mr. Letcher.” The spectacle presented by the canvass in Virginia is interesting in the extreme.

The New Troubles in Utah.

The state of affairs ip Utah, as set forth by recent advices, is that of lawlessness and anarchy. The cause of the whole trouble appears to be a law passed by the last Legislature of the Territory, by which all who are not Mormons are excluded from the juries. Gov. Cumming did a very foolish and culpable thing when he approved of this law; and this act, when taken in connection with others, goes to confirm the suspicion that he has become a Mormon himself, by sympathy if not in fac'. There is a sort of triune government in Utah. The President has sent three distinct classes in authority—the Executive, the Judicial and the Military—and each appears to be quarreling with one of the others. The troops menacingly surround the Court House, and the Governor is issuing proclamations against the General, while the Judge threatens to turn the Indians loose to scalp the Grauji Jurv! The provocation of this latter threat is found in the fact that the Grand Jury, being Mormons, refuse to indict any member of the r community even for theft, robbery, or murder committed in broad day, and in full view of dozens of witnesses. The Judgt?, therefore, intimates that if they wili not enforce the laws against the Mormons, he will not. enforce thtrni against the Gentiles and Indians. All this is but another result of the unwise, short-sighted and foolish policy of our weak and old-womanish Presiden . Chicago Journal.

The Speakership.

We notice that a number of the Republican papers of Indiana are proposing the name of Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of the Ninth Congressional District of that* State, as a suitable candidate for Speaker of the next House of Congress. We know of no man who is more deserving, or who we would be better pleased to see occupy the Speaker’s chair, than Mr. Colfax. He is thoroughly acquainted with parliamentary law, is gentlemanly and courteous in his address, has a clear, distinct manner of speech, and with all, a nice preception of right and wrong, and the honesty and firmness to decide controverted ques ions in accordance with parliamentary rules and his own convictions of right, regardless ofany outside pressure that might be attempted to influence. We speak of Mr. C. from a long personal knowledge of his true merits, and not merely as a politician. Though comparitively a young man, Mr. C. has, during the lour years he has served in Congress, fully attested to the country his fidelity to the true interests of the people, and that he is an able and ready debater.—W./s/t. (Oj Her.

[From the Detroit Free Press, April 26.

The Michigan Desdemonia.

The Judson girl, wh se elopemet from Pontiac with the negroe Joe some time since caused considerable talk, is now in Canada living with him, having again deserted her home and triends. On the occasion of her former elopement, her father and brother reclaimed her with great difficulty, and took her to Indiana, where a divorce was obtained. She went home with them and remained until last week, when she again left, with or without, the consent of her parents, and came to Detroit. Crossing the river, she found Joe, and they were speedily married (or the second time, and are now living in the enjoyment ol connubial happiness, Joe having sold ;-.s horse and cart and b .tight some turn.lure with the proceeds. (Ej”Mr. James Fauzer killed a man named William Dferrie, at San Francisco, for having seduced his daughter, a girl qf fifteen years. Mr. Fauzer w < tried, aiql the jury acquitted him, a verdit i which the sentiment of mankind will approve.

Farmer's Department.

CONDUCTED BY AN. AGRICULTURIST. EGGS, Pack them in dry sand, oats or bran in a cask, the large end down. Shake the oats or sand among them well. Place them in a dry cellar and turn the casks once a week from end to end. In this way they may be kept several months.

PIES.

In a new county, where fruit is anything with the flavor of apples, is always acceptable. Vinegar Pie.—Take a gill of good cider or vinegar, a quart of water, a tea cup full of sorghum molasses, or a cup full of sugar, half a dozen spoons full of wheat flour. Set it over the fire and let boil, then bake, with one or two crusts. Jasper Pie.—Make one crust with a rim, as for a custard, spread in a layer of sugar, wet it with vinegar, sift on a thin coating of flour, then another layer of sugar, wet with vinegar and coated with flour, lay on narrow strips of crust, and bake. Season with allspice, rose leaves, or lemon peal. This is a good pie. Rhubarb or Pieplant.—This desirable substitute for apples, requires the riahest soil. It may be raised from seed, or rutsing the root and dividing each sprout off with a sharp knife, and re-setting the plants two feet apart, and the rows three feet. While a person is about it, he may just as well raise enough. Tend it out with a shovelplow or cultivator, and have it plenty. Sandy soil, muck, or clay will produce it. if thewater does not stand about the roots. In resetting the plants, the buds ought to be two inches below the surface. There are several varieties of this plant, some small dwanish, crabbish stuff', others large ami of good flavor. '

GREENS.

Early in Spr’ng,everybody, in cities, wants greens, and everybody in the country aught to have them. Every farmer can have them. In t is county especially, where fruit is scarce, everybody aught to have them. Greens are wholesome. They are palatable. I hey cure many diseases’ an I prevent more. Greens prevent or cure the scurry, save quinine, prevent fevers, purify the blood, mend the rheumatisms, save pills, cash and time, and for agues, coughs colds and consumptions have no parallel, superior or equal. Garden Chess is the first thing, fit for greens, that grows in the Spring. This pla t grows without cultivation, but much better with. . . ( oivslips.—This vegituble grows wild about the edges of wet prairie lun.ls, duckponds and marshes generally: ha- a deep green, thick lea', with yellow bloss ms. They start up about the first of April, are a pleasant wholsome bitter, medicinal, laxative, and are nutricious. Th s plant m y be cul ivated to advantage by merely digging up the roots in the spring and re-setting them in any place about the farm er garden where they may be, at any time convenient to gather for table use. Boil with bacon. Dandalion.—This is an excellent, variety of greens, grows wild but may be vastly improved by transplant ing into rich soil and well cultivated. Comes in all the spring months. Cook with meat. Turnips, Cabbage- stumps, Rutabagas, if set out in April, grow rapidly and furnish greens very palitable to many persons. Early Beets, it sowed in drills or broadcast and raked in, when large enough to cook, tops and roots t< gether, are highly relished by many people. Water Cress, is a species of dwarf mu - tard and grows best at the bottom of clear, cold sandy bottomed creeks, and is highly prized by many as a tender and excellent variety of greens. Good in May and June. Garden Mustard in two sorts, the common pungent black, and the double yellow.. Each has its favorites. When boiled is rough to the taste. Seed grows if sown either in Autumn or Spring. Thrives best on rich land and is ready for May and June. Spinnach.—This resembles the beet, in ap earunce and flavor. Is delicate and tender, a small patch one rod square, sowed on rich mellow soil, and raked in, first of May, is fit for use in June and is abundant for a family. There are many other plants used for greens, such as the lamb-quarter, shepardgrass, cow-cabbage, sour-dock, several kinds of , sorrel and others, of which time would fail to speak particularly, all good in their season all serve to make up the varieties of a well set table, they add to the sum of human happiness; give xest to the appetite, sustain the vigor of health, and lengthen life and its cheer.

Early Wheal Harvest iN “Egypt.”

We are informed by a gentleman from Union county, in the soothers part of thia State, that the wheat has out” in that region for some two weeks, and is in most excellent condition, and they expect to commence harvesting it about the middles of this mouth. 'I he v,ork of the harvest, he thinks, vvi,ll not commence later than the f’Sth inst.\ which will be about half earlier than the harvests usually begin in that region heretofore. We continue to receive the most encouraging reports from the growing wheat crops in all parts of the country. Chi. Jv/-.