Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1859 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE. RENSSELAER, IND. WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1859.

Austin has received fifty barrels of flour. • (y27”Flour has taken another rise. It is now worth §4 per hundred. Butter is selling at ten cents, and eggs at six. (KfWe owe an apology for the amount of advertisements in this paper, but we are compelled to put them in, as we get verylittle money from other sources just now. However, although money is exceedingly scarce with us, we will, if possible, enlarge the paper the third week after this, when we shall have used up the small paper on hand. We do not make this as an absolute promise, as it will depend oh the state of our purse, which is not flush just now.

THE MONTICELLO SPECTATOR.

We have received the first number of this paper, published by J. &. B. Spencer, and edited by J. Spencer. It is a very neatly printed littlelpaper, of the size and style of the Gazette, and is well filled with choice original and selected matter. The editor, in his salutatory, takes a high Republican stand, and evinces a boldness and energy that will tell on the local politics of White county. Success to youj gentlemen, and long life to the Spectator.

MAY FESTIVAL.

Our young friends had a jo'ly time of it § Wednesday night at the Court House, . young ladies of the ‘ Iroquois Lyceum { a festival to their sweethearts and pa- I and friends, in bonof- of the old-time Day anniversary. 3|liss Julia Mark e was- crowned Queen of Beauty, and Isaac ' , i M; King of May. The Queen presided over the festive group with bewitch- t ing grace, and the King with royal dignity. During the evening a choice collection of songs were sung, accompanied with music on the piano, and a plentiful supply of sweetmeets' and confectioneries was pro- I vided for tiie party. The King, immediately after ascending the throne, delivered i an interesting and learned address, giving a the history of the origin of May Day Festivals. Long live the King and Queen of May. Long live their loyal subjects.

LAND SEIDE.

Rather an unexpected aud disastrous land : slide, has occurred tin'the south side of the j river in th s town. Dr. Martin and /Alfred Thompson lave found, according to the record, that their houses are not on their own lands, and Messrs. Bullard, Lußue, Milroy, ! Clark, Si yder and Van Rensselaer find the __lines matei ildly changed from where they supposed they were. It seems that a mistake was made in laying out the Lafayette road. It should bear fourteen more degree south than at present laid out, which would take it through Mr. Thompson’s wood-house. { This would give to Mr. Milroy about double i the land he is now in possession of, and it throws all the lots and f streets north of the Lafayette road completely out of gear, run- I ning one street into the river and through the center of the mill-dam. We do not ■ know who committed the first error. How- I ever,.this matter can .be riuhted with very ! little trouble it every man does his duty and consents td an amicable adjustment and re- ! location of the lines where they were under- j stood to be heretofore. We believe all the parties interested will do so.

ALMOST A BURGLAR CAUGHT.

A laughable incident occurred here last i Sunday night. One of our young bloods had I been out a wooing until rather a late hour, , and desired to enter his home and creep slv- { ly to bed without letting the family know of i his lite absence. He raised the window noiselesslyl and commenced crawling in; but, as the poet says, “•There’s ma ny a slip Between the the cup and the lip,” So was it also in the case of this young man, for, when he had crawled about half way in, and was congratulating himself on the successful issiue, the windolw came down with a slam, thatlsounded in the deep stillness of the night the “knell of his departed hopes.” The falling window caught him, so that he could neither get out nor in, and the noise awakened the" rest of the family, who, in their bewilderment, thought that burglars were entering the house. The fernales shrieked in their fright, and the males courageously seized whatever they could lay their hantls with which to repel the ruthless invaders. This was an awful- fix for the young “loyver.” He had either to discover his ridiculous: situation, or be hacked into mince-meat iifstanter. He chose the former, and cried out lustily, “Don’t! it’s me! it’s me! ’ His voice was recognized a'nd he was immediately “snaked” in at ll.j expense of .one of his shins. He went, off to bed, w'-fie the others nearly split their v,..{h mirth, the women laughing through their tears. This laughable inci- - dent rem! him such a leEspij that he will not soon attcppt'it again

HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE.

• The Fighting Commenced, the Austrians Carry the Bridge at Buffalora at the point of the Bayonet, the Sardinians Retreating, the Austrians cut the Telegraph Wires. New York, May 15. i The steamships Heser and Borussia, from Bremen and Southampton, bringinor Liverpool dates to the 3d inst., three days later ; than those furnished by the Adelaid and Persia, arrived here this evening at half-past six I o’clock. The screw steamship New York arrived at j Cowes on the 30th ult. The Canada arrived , out on the 2d. inst. The reported wreck of i the clipper ship Pomona proved to be true. She was wrecked ofF Wexford, Ireland, and 386 lives were lost. Shejiad on board 395 passengers and 52 of the crew of whom 17 o’ the former and 3 of the latter were saved. The ship sunk in nine fathoms of water. The War News. In regard to the war, there can be but little doubt that the war has commenced in all probability. There was a sharp action at the bridge of Buffalora, on Thursday the 28th ult. It is i reported that the Austrians, after a consid- ; erable loss, took it at the point of the bayoI net. ___ji It is also reported that Mortara has been i and thafa*lie Sa'dinans had retreated befStte the Austrians, near the Lake Maggiore. The telegraph lines to Switzerland have ceen cut by the Austrians. Vienna, May 1. The Austrians have occupied Intra, Pall- ■ anza, and Arona, the Sardinians retreating ! { at their approach. ; Turin, April 28. I The steamer which arrived at Genoa on I the 27th. brought a proclamation to the Tus- I can army, inviting it to signal of ' ; war, and advance in a comffSct body of 12,- ; ! 000 men to reinforce Piedmont. A similar proclamation has been addressed to the troops in the Romagha. Turin, Abril 29. I Generals Canrobert and Neill’have arrived { here, and gone to join the King. The Austrians are concentrating in great 1 masses at Piacenza, where a proclamation I has been issued by the Austrian Commiss- I ioner Extraordinary. Fifteen thousand of the French Imperial Guards land to-night at Genoa, making the ! lorce there 40,000 men. The force at iSuza is also increasing fast. Turin, April 30. The official bulletin confirms the passage { of the Ticino by- the Austrians yesterday. The King, accompanied by Generals Canrobert and Neill, Ivisited the line of the river , Dora. The Corps de Armes, which entered ■ Piedmont by Gruvelona, consists of twentv i battalions and eight batteries of cannon. Turin, May 1. : The King has gone to assume the com- i m nd of the army. The Austrians are at i Novara in force, and also at Pavia. The French infantry and artillery continue to arrhe. No decisive movement has yet been made. Berne, April 30. The Austrians have seized several Sardi- ; nian vessels on Lake Maggiore, and com- j menced hostilities last evening. Vienna, April 30. I. Count Buol has forwarded circular notes i to the foreign governments, statrfig the di- • plomal ic arid political reassns for the declaration of war by the Emperor. The Vienna Zetlung publishes decrees, ’ order ng the income tax.ot the third class to be retained by the pay of the officer immediately upon the interest of the public bonds, being paid, and ordering a lorre of £20,000000 sterling, but as at presant, it is impossible to contract it, the National Bank will ad vance two-thirds of the nominal value of the loan in new notes. A third deciee releases the National Bank j from the necessity of meeting its notes w ith { specie, and a fourth, ordering the duties and ' excise dues to be paid in silver, or payable : in coupons of the national loan. In England, a royal proclamation has been : issued, offering a bounty of £lO to seamen, with the, intention of increasing 10,000 ad- I ditional men. The greatest activity prevailing in the English dock-yards, preparing for w a r.. . The Emperor Napoleon was expected to ' join the French army on the 3d inst. Instructions from the British Admirality were received at Woolwich, April 30th, directing all possible haste in the completion of the new class freights now- on the stocks. A telegraphic dispatch was received at ' Sheerness on the 17th ult., to send the Roy- . al George to Davenport, the Colossus to Portsmouth, "and the Edgar, Queen and Trafalgar i are to be got ready for sea immediately. I The Osborn, steam yacht, has been ordered to be got ready for immedi .te service. Its destination is reported to be the Mediterranean, to be placed at the disposal of the Prince of Wales. Tne Prussian Government has resolved to put its army in readines to march.

Latest from Europe.

Arrival o) the S'eamer Arago. St. Johns, N. F., May 16. The steamship Arago, from Havre and Southampton, has been intercepted oft’Cape Race, and Liverpool and London advices of the 4th inst. have been obtained. The latest accounts from Italy are, that though no actual collision had yet occurred between the Austrian and Sardinian armies; intelligence of a conflict was expected at any moment. The Emperor Napoleon had sent a formal declaration of war agains Austriat to the Corps Legislative, and also announced his intention to head the army. His departure was expected on the 6th. His manifesto states that Austria has formally declared war against France, and nothing remains for France but to take up tne sword in defence of Italy. He disclr ims all idea of conquest, sA;d ' ing about to place hirnselt at tue head of the army, lie leaves the Empress and hi son under the protection of the French people. The French troops are pouring into Piedmont. 'The Austrian troops’ are concentratmg along the Sessia, and occupied Vercell!. Trieste, and the surrounding country, which had been placed in a state of seige.

General Guilay, the Austrian commander, has imposed heavy contributions upon the towns occupied by him. The panic in the Paris Bourse continues. Three per cent, rents had declined to sixty francs. The Bank of Frankfort has raised the rate of discount from three to four and a half per cent. r The Bank of France have raised the rate of discount from three to f ur per cent., and a further advance in the rate was expected by the Bank of England on the sth. The Dutch government had applied to the Chambers for a credit of £500.000. The ship Champion of the leas had sailed from Melbotirn with over £90.000 in gold. The French Minister at Vienna, and the Austrian Minister at Paris, hid both taken their departure for their respective governments.

[From the Wheeling Intelligencer.

Remarkable Accident at Wheeling—A Man Thrown 100 feet in the air, and Escaped Alive.

, A most dreadful, and, at the same time, : most remarkable dccident occurred at the C atholic Church, on the morning of the 6th inst. Some twenty persons were eno-ar-ed in putting up the new bell, which arrived the evening before. There was a windless I erected on the ground, to which was attached a snatch-block and shieve. Immediately I above the open space in the cupola, to which the bell was to be drawn up, there protruded a beam. t;> which was attached another snatch-block and pu'ly, and the bell was to have been conveyed to the top by means of i strong ropes, working through these shieves by the power of the windless and cyl rider upon the ground. Tne bell had been raised I in this way almost up to the open space in j the cupola, and the men were just ready ,o I pull it in. A man named Thomas Newton {was below, engaged in guiding the folds ■of the rope as it wound round Hie cylinder. { To do this, he had a firm grasp upon the rope, i When the bell had reached a great hight i from the ground, one of the cogs in the wheels : in the windless fixture gave way. ■ Another revolution oi the wheel ripped off’' i all the cogs; the bell fell to the ground, a»>d i Newton who had hold of the lower end of ! the rope, was carried up, with frightful ve[locity, a distance of one hundred leet from I {the ground, and about four feet above the' {aperture where the bell was to have been ! taken in. For the instant, every one was ; surprised beyond measure, and before those • engaged in the work could comprehend what { had happened, Newton, with his han s all ‘ lacerated and bleed, ng', worked himself down ‘ {opposite the aperture, and called tor h'-lp to ' I those within. Bishop Whelen, who was on , the platform in the cupola, reached out at ’ the risk of his lite almost, and seized New- I ton by the waist, pulled him from his awful I position. ihe accident struck everybody i witii amazc m ■ nt, and all out the cy e witnesses were l»th to believe n the incredu- { lousjfeat. The bell weighed three thousand [s-ven hundred pounds, and as it fell without hiiffiirance, some idea may be formed of. the ' rapidity with which Newton ascended. He j says lie thought of letting go the rope, but ! before the thought was clearly defined, he! { was at the beam, a hundred feet above. Ho { : hgzd not time to let go nis hold upon the rope. { {Some cogs and pieces of machinery were; ■ hurled a distance of two squares from the ■ church, and a Mr. Smith, who was standing I near, received an ugly wound in the face I { from a flying particle. Mr. Newton was ta- ' I ken to the office of Dr. Hupp, where his! I? wounded hands were dres-ed. The flesh, . was all torn from the palms of his hands, | even to the bone, which is supposed to have i been done by the death grasp, and his sliding ' down the rope during the .swift passage in- i to air.

I From the Boston Transcript, April 25.

A Natural Well of Iced Water—Remarkable Ice Stratum.

A gentleman of this city, widely known as an engineer and chemist of high rank, furnishes an account ot a remarkable stratum of ice found in digging a well in Vermont, whiLh he visited and examined last week. His description of the ice agrees with an account given by another ol our citizens wlio is a native oi the ncgib >rhood, and who •<as| inspected the famous well. 'There is seme curiosity to see whether dog days wili liiivje any affect upon the cold spring. “7b the Editor of the Transcript: An article has been going the rounds of the papers of late, under the beading of -Ice in the Eufth.” Having recently visited the spot where the ice referred to was found, I will state the facts as I learned them, for the benefit of your readers, leaving it for themt<> account tor the phenomenon as they think proper. “The latter part of last November, Mr. Andrew Twombly, of Brandon, Vt., commenced t? a well near his iiouse, situated about a mile from the center of the village of Brandon, on a tolerably level plain. Having excavated to the depth of fifteen feet, through sand and gravel, the workmen came to ground frozen solid, through which they continued to excavate the further distance of fifteen or six een leet before gettingthrough the frozen ground. “At the depth of forty feet, sufficient water having been obtained, th“ well was stoned in the usual manner. 'The character of the ground was the same throughout the whole distance, viz: coarse gruv 1 and sand the frozen portion interspersed with lumps of clear ice. At the time the well was dug, the surface of the ground was not frozen. Ever since the well has been dug, up to the present time, ice forms in the well and incrusts the stone at from fifteen to thirty feet from the surface, and the stir ace of the water, which is thirty-five feet below the surface of the ground, freezes over every night. On several occasions, when tiie bucket has been left in the well under the water over night, it has been found necessary to decend the well, and, with a hatchet, cut the ice in order to extricate it. J. H. B.” A New Sect in Europe —A Paris correspondent writes: “A curious new sect of Christians, called Tr insmigrationists, have of: late become very numerous in Fiance. Quite different from the Mormons, ttieir character is highly me al, and their creed Christian, only they include all animals in their idea of universal morality. They profess to believe ’hat being changed after death into some animal, will be thei’ purgatory- In Germany their : increase is immense.”

Another Boundary Dispute with Grint Britain.

A boundary dispute with Great Britain is growing up in the North-west. It is whether the boundary line between the United States and Great Britain, as defined by the Oregon treaty of 1846, was intended to run through the straits of Rosaria or the Canal de Haro. This arises from the indifinite language of the first article of the treaty, which declares that the line “fiiall be continued westward along the 39th parallel * to the middle of the channel which sepa- . rates the continent from Vancouver’s Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, ’ &.c. There are several channels, no one deserving the title- ot '-the channel.” The English claim that the boundary should run through the'straits of Rosaria, eastward of the Orcas and Lopez Islands; the Americans that it should run through the Canal de Haro, between San Juan and Vancouver’s Islands. This difference of understanding gives { rise to a disputed Government claim "to a number of islands, of no great value commercially or agriculturally, but of some importance consequent upon the discovery of gold in Frazer river, and the influx of sellers, many of whom desire to pre-empt lands on the islands. The English have a notion that they are valuable for' military purposes, and to the location of n >val arsenals. English settlers on Vancouver have used thern as sheep pastures. Both classes of settlers are anxious to claim the lands, believing there is speculation in them, and large profits to be realized in som° manner yet unexplained. The papers in that quarter are discussing the matter vigorously-, and the Americans and English taking sides as their interests dictate. As President Buchanan was ajparty to the negotiation, he will be fully prepared to say- what was the understanding on the hart oi our Government, at least.

Latest from Pike’s Peak—The Humbug Exploded.

The St. Louis <Republican> publishes a letter from Atchison, stating that the Salt Lake mail had just arrived, and brings doleful and most disheartening accounts of the Pike’s Peak emigration. The accents state that “large numbers of disappointed gold hunters were already wending their way back to the pale of civilization But this is not the worst feature of the business. They come back as many of them went, without any means of living on the way. Destitute of provisions or means of conveyance, disappointed and disheartened, with broken hopes and blasted fortunes, toil-worn, foot-worn, and heart-weary, these wretched adventurers come straggling across the plains, in squads of dozens or scores, begging at the stations for food to eat and a temporary shelter from in the driving storms. The well known generosity of the contractors on this line, will doubtless save many a poor fellow from famishing by famine, but what can they do to supply the wants of a starving multitude? Although these men have acted with great indiscretion and improvidence, in their premature and ill-starred journey to the land of golden promise, yet they are fellow-citizens, and the hand of a just and generous government should be stretched out to give them aid in their extremity. As yet no acts of violence have ben [sic] committed, so far as I can learn, but as the numbers of this crowd of starving wanderers increase, what assurance will there be against scenes of rapine and plunder amongst the trains and stations along the route to Pike’s Peak !” ---<>---

Moors in South Carolina.

It may not be generally kn >wn th it some of the best families in South Carolina are boors by descent. The blood of the African soon washes out-, but that of the Indian and .he Moor, after half a score of generations, Shows itself almost as strongly as ever. The crisp, curling black hair, dark sad eyes, long silken lashes, and swarth complexion, come up gener ition alter gc ne. ation. Many of our old Huguenot families, <lown tothe present day, show strong traces of their M >orish descent. When the Moors were driven out from Spain, upon the conquest of Granada, thausunds of them took refuge in tne south o' Franc-?, carrying with them the art of cultivating the vine Hnd of growing silk. Remembering their bitter persecutions in Spain they never could become Catholics, though for. ed by their posi ion to ren tu'ice M tho-median.-m and become Christi ms. They became eventually Protestants, and when the revocation of the Edict of Nantes took place, withdrawing toleration from the Protestant religion, they were again driven to se< k new homes, and in large numbers emigrated to South Carolina.— Clarendon Ban.

The Cuban Filibustering Expedition

The brief statement we published a few days ago announcing the failure and foolish filibuster attempt to conquer the Island of Cuba, furnishes nearly all that is of interest in relation to the matter. The official accounts in the Havana papers,, and formally verbose statement from the thirty-five brothers of “El Ave Maria,” who cpnstitu’ed the expeditionary force, merely repeat the same facts. It is credible to ur own countrymen that not a single American participated in the expedition, all the names ot the aforesaid thirtyfl . brothers being unmistakably Spanish. Tiie II.;v ma Diairo de la Maria selects out of the thirty-five, twelve who have fled from Cuba to escape punishment for crimes, such ns murder, theft, negro stealing, &.C., committed there. General Concha had despatched a war steamer to Port tin Prince to capture the party. Committal for life to a lunatic asylum would be about tne most appropriate punishmen .

Smith O’Brien’s Opinion of his Countrymen in America.

William Smith O’Brien, in a speech to a number of his countrymen who gave him a public welcome in Detroit, told them, among other things, that—“He found that all the hard work was done by the Irish, and in. the South, where he thought he should find but few of his coun‘rymen as laborers—where the climate was so warm—there wen a great many, but it gave him pain that all ov“.' the c.untry he found many of the Irish, w 1.0 earn from one dollar and a hal' to two dollars per day, who spent it all for whisky; and intimated that such of them w,n|'l he better off' in their native land earning a shilling per day, and where the whisky was better.”

Sketch of Juarez.

A correspondent of the N. O. Picayune 1 gives the following sketch of Juarez, the Constitutional President of Mexico: “He was born fifty-six years ago, in a mountainous district of Southern Mexico, and is by blood a pure Indian. His father raised a few sheep and cattle, and gained a scanty subsistence by the sale of their skins. At twelve years of age the young Juarez ran off to attend a fair, and being afraid or ashamed to return, he hired himself to a mule-driver, from whose service he passed into the service of a wealthy Spaniard, who, pleased with his intelligence, caused him to be taught to read and write. Still retaining the favor of his employer, he was sent tothe College of Oaxaca, and having chosen the profession o/the law, which the revolution had opened to men of his caste, he rose rapidly to the head of h ; s profession, and, with the triumph of Alvarez, was made Chief Justice, from which post he passed to that of the Presidency,.”

The Curse of Land Sharks.

We find in th- 1 Janesville Courier an advertisement of Soloman Sturges, in which he sets forth his reasons for offering for sale his vast landed property. He advertises the subject thus: “I have some eight or ten fine improved farms in Indian , and one of 670 acres near Galena, Illinois, that I wish to sell. I believe no man has a right to own more land than is necessary for his use, and that of his family. God has no doubt wisely ordained that land sharks should be cursed; and I can truly say that I am exceedingly anxious t > sell all my lands and get clear of the Curse. I will therefore sell at low prices, and on easy terms of payment any of my real estate, and I have a great deal more than I want, ought to have, or desire.”

Taking is Cool.

A delinquent husband is thus advertised in Chautauque county, New York, by his loving spouse: Lost, Strayed or Stolen.—An in-1 i vidua 1 whom, in an unguarded moment of loneliness, I was thoughtless enough to adopt as my husband. He is a good looking and feeble individual, knowing enough, however, to go in when it rains, unless some good looking girl offers her umbrella. Answers to the name of John. Was last seen in company with Julia Harris, walking, his arm tirounci her waist, up the plank road, looking more like a fool, if possible, than ever'. Any body that will catch the poor fellow, and bring him careful v back.yfio that I may ch.tsti ;e him for running away, will be asked to stay tu tea •’y Henrietta A. Smith.

The Vagary of an Insanc Man.

I re is a man in an asylum in one of the neighb ring States w Ito b-ge’ameinsane io consequence of a f.,ilm-e in business, He explains the c m-e of his incarceration us follows:— ■■ I -:mh r because of a mere in st.'ote Im i:u : a .s. I w s engagi/t! during the winter i:i m iking m .squitoes’ wings, which I expected to sell in the summer. I had ten thousand o! them on h im! when the season opened, mii nijlor'-.imite'v I had forgotten to make tiiem in pairs 1 I’.iey were all lefthand w :tigs, and 1 consequently lost the sale oi them, and was compelled to suspend payment!” He relates this story wiltli'a gravity and e irnestm.-ss which tes'ifi sto the sincerity ol his own belief in the explanation.

Going to The Dogs.

'The New York Herald takes a very dismal view of the prospecis of the party for which it professes so great a sympathy. Here is its latest wail: “The existingdcinoraiiz i ion and divisions of the Democratic party are exceedingly deplorable. Tiie split in Pennsylvania, the rebellion in Louisiana, the party rivalries and jealousies and dissensions in \ irginia; the despair of the faithful regulars ot the North, the impracticable dem uids of the proslavery iirc-edters of the South, and the general disorganization of the whole Democratic cam]>. would seem to justify the belief Unit iff 18 >0 we shall have the lust struggle, the final overthrow and the permanent dissolution ot th • late great Democratic party.

A Proposition from Brigham Young.

It. is said that, Brigham Voting has submitted a propositi'm to a company of capitalists to sell all his right, title and interest to Utah Te ritory, for a reasonable s> m of money, and to leave the Territory within a specified time. Some of the company are said to be in Washington, consulting wi'h the Administration. The matter lias been kept, thus far, a profound secret. They desire the aid of the Government in carrying out their praise-worthy undertaking, and it is highly probable that the Government, will lend them all the aid in its power. If it cannot be effected any oilier way, the subject will be laid before Congress at its next meeting. TV. J’. Tribune. Arrival of Seventy Fugitive Slaves in Canada. —The Detroit zlduerZiser of Saturday says: * *We learn upon reliable authority that seventy fugitive’slaves arrived in Canada by one train, from the interior of Tennessee. This is probably the largest number that ever escaped in one company. But a week before a company of twelve arrived and are now at the depot near Malden. Nearly the same time, one of seven, and another of five, safely landed on the free soil of Canada, making ninety-four in all, worth at present market price the handsome sum sf §94,000. O^7”A poor man named Neville, was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hung lor killing a scoundrel named Phillips, who committed a rape on his wife in North Carolina some weeks since. A Virginia paper thinks the Sickles precedent ought to apply with double force in this case and so will think everybody else. Sickles killed Key tor an intercourse I bat his wife consented to, . nd it is quite likely, solicited, while this poo. - ’ . ..o >w only killed his enemy on a provocat; n ;a which neither he nor his wife had any part. The Virginia Express thinks the explanation lies in the fact th it Sickles is a Congressman, and Neville an honest, man. Like enoug Millerites in Mew Jersey.— The Newark A/ercun/states that the Millerites in New Jersey expo .ed the;w rid would come to an end on faster Sunday, but have now concluded to postpone it for forty davs longer.

Farmer's Department.

CONDUCTED BY AN AGRICULTURIST.

HIVING BEES. Have the hives ready before they swarm. If the hives are old, take them apart and replane them, not for the sake of smoothing, but for cleaning, for rough hives are better than smooth ones, or wash them out well with clean warm water. When the beea swarm, it is well to rub the inside of the hive, with the fresh leaves of the apple tree or hickory. This gives the hive a pleasant odor. Make the hives with a partition near the top so as to set in a couple of small boxes, that will hold eight or ten poundsof honey each, with a glass at the end of the box to see when it is filled. When they swarm out, do not meddle with them until they alight. If a board is set up, or a bunch of leaves is tied upon a leaning stake, or if an apple tree or other green tree is near, they will settle on some of them near by the old’ swarrn. Sometimes a little tinkling noise with a light tea-bell will attract them to a particular spot. But on the whole, they do better to let them alone, and await patient :y for them to choose their own place for rendezvous. When they have collected in one cluster, wind a sheet abound the rim of a wire seive and put it over your face, if you have no screen made on purpose. Draw a pair of thick buckskin gloves on the hands, and button up your coat, and you are prepared for any emergency in hiving them. They cannot sting, then, if they wish to, and it docs not irritate them if they appear mild and show no disposition to sting. In either case you vre safe. Spread a sheet on the ground or on a table, in the shade, observe, in the shade, ~ t the hive on it, a little raised'at one s’de; if the bees ::re on a limb or twig, gently ct t or saw it off’, and, with a sudden >< ik, shake them down by the side of the hive that is raised up. Tap lightly, wi h your linger <r a small stick on the top of the hive an 1 they will generally "o in to the h ve with-n ten mini tes,an Ico umence wo kin A’nijh , or early next morning,’ place them on th--bench vli-'r? y< u desire th -in. B-> careail and ascertain whether they are in th-- hive closely so ns not to i.ill out in removing them, in warm weather they h ing loosely, tnd m y fall out bf :i s:i !-i«-n jar. Ii so, down tiie hive and let them g > in. See t ,- al they have shade, in warm weather or the direct rays of th? hot summer's sun will injure them. Ii tiie bee 1 : alight on the l.ody of a tree, they must g>-tii!y bru.-hed off with a ■good clean wing,;..>r a ilii a broom inwd carefully, so as not to crush them. 1 have attended lioney b-’e- more than twenty veais .•’.mi never had u swarm go off, or lost one at hiving. I dare say, n>t on- swarm in five hundred willgooff’ if they are managed gently and discreet'y, and no sin ill business will yield a b tter profit to any farmer in Jasper county, during the summer months, than n ie-v swarms of bees. There can be n >d- übt that there is honey enough produced bv tieb ossoins of our prairies and t imber lu-nds, to keep in active employment, many ore bees than eyn ever be rai.-ed here. In s< im- pat b of thefcountry every family keeps a large stand of bees—from five to fifty swarms and it makes n-> difference in the amount of honey collected by eavh, on account of the increase in the number of swarm-’, oruvine that but a very small pr >p rti >n of rhe honey that is mule in the bloss >ms. is ever collected. So that there is no danger that any neighborhood will ever be overstocked with bees here, on our prairies-. A Free Father Convicted or Harboring ids Slave Son.—A AX ashington correspondent <f the New York Evening Post thus gives the conclusion of a case, the commencement of which was described in the N. Y- Tribune some weeks ago: “In the Criminal Court, yesterday, a free colored man-was tried before a Jury for harboring his own son! A couple of months since the offender was brought before a common Justice on the above charge, and a bail of 4:2,000 was required, and it was given. The colored in an h; 8 a wile, who is aslave, and one by one his childn n have been snatched from him, at the age of t< n years, and sold off’. Tiie father keeps a house, to which his wife comes on Saturday nights, spend • ing her Sundays at home. Her muster lias been very glad to make use of the father’s affection fur his children to gat them fed and housed till they were of a suitable age for selling, but he has always pounced upon each at a certain age, and sold them off. without allowing the parent a dollar for his trouble. In tin present case the boy run back home, and the father did not turn him out of doors! For that offense a Washington Jury has brought him in guilty of harboring a Slavs, and his punishment will lie severe.” learn that a doggery was blown up in Bridgeport,on the western edge of this county, last Tuesday morning abont 2 o’clock, by whom is unknown. A keg of powder was placed under it and the discharge blew the house ami contents into “doll rags.” Another establishment of the same kind wns threatened with a similar fate if it did not “dry up.”— Journal. oO"The cent pieces recently issued from the Britisli Mint, for Canadian circulation, possess a-remarkable peculiarity; being not only tokens of value, but also standards of weight and measure; 100 cents weigh ex« actly 1 H>. and 1 cent measures one inch. Thus in the common transactions of life, the buyer will have a ready check upon the dishonest dealer. Memphis Enquirer expresses the common belief that the Opposition will gain two members of Congress from the Western division of T-nness '< .