The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 27, 1853, Page 98, Image 2
Is ?loth indulgence ? 'tis a toil,
Enervates man and damns the soil.
Younjf. j
Work For July.
The time is rapidly drawing to a close,
and soon the operations of crop making
for another year, will hare ended. We
may see much to regret in the errors or
omissions of the past; these may not now
be cured, hut if properly noted and remembered,
may have in them lessons of
instruction and of warning, for the future.
Experience is often our hest teacher, and
its instructions ought not to be lost on ourselves,
or to the world.
The cotton crop is now in its full tide,
moving rapidly to its destiny. What
may bo the result no one can fortell. Its
season of calamities has yet to be passed.
There are however some things which
remain to be done, about which we may
appropriately offer a few thoughts.?
Shallow plowings are now to keep up and
we think may be continued to advantage,
almost as long as there is spaco between
the rows for the passing of the mule and
the plow. Our convictions are decidedly
in favor of late workings to this crop. As
the plow only operates in the middle of
the row, the hoes must keep all clean in
the drill, by carefully removing all remaining
grass or weeds, and keeping up
a proper supply of soft earth about the
root of the plant. The heaping of earth
upon the roots should not be carried to
an extreme. The laws ot nature and its
indications are to be regarded, and should
not bo violated, by covering the roots too
deep.
c a vt on rnnnrn
Before the issue of our next, this portion
of the harvest may have arrived with
some. It is a question of importance,
and one often settled to the injury of the
corn, to know when the fodder is ripe, or
rather, when the corn will bear the stripping
of the blades. This should never
be done until the milk has disappeared,
and the shrinking of the grain has well
commenced. The exposure of the stalk
and the ear is very sudden and very great
aud if the grain is not well prepared by
its maturity, for the change, it must suffer
loss, and one which is often greater, than
the valuo of the whole fodder crop. The
blades when pulled may be spread to dry
in the middle of the rows, or be hung in
small bunches upon the stalk. Wnen
dry these are to be made into large bundles
and stacked immediately. This done
late in the eveuing or in the morning,
before the dew has dried off. In an
emergency, foddor may be stacked when
partially cured, and as soon as it becomes
hot in the stack, pulled down again, slightly
aired, and then restaeked. This is
greatly preferable to having it wet by rain,
as it is much more acceptable as an article
of food. When well cured, the double
or treble stack is better than the single,
weather. It would be better, and we suppose
generally good economy, to provide
nouses for all such crops. But necessity
has not yet forced upon us the importance
of much enre, in this department.
HAY.
We have given our advico about savu....oA
;? i,?? 1 .1- i
iv/uuvif wv?iuovi ib iiao L/UUn U1C IUII^
established reliance of the Southern planter
for this kind of food and because we'
are not ready for its total abondonincnt.
Yet all are prepared to admit that it is
hard, disagreeable work, badly laid out.
Wo have been hinting very strongly for
a chaugo, aud as we think it practicable
and desirable that it should bo made, we
in good time, urge upon our readers to
try and see what may be done this summer,
in hay making. Ours is put down
as no grass country; all this lias been assigned
to higher latitudes, and it is true,
that the hay which wo but/ is made from
grasses which seem to flourish best in
them ; but wo have our peculiar grasses,
a generous Providence has not withheld
from us her gifts, in this regard. Our errior,
we think, has been in discarding and
refusing those gifts, and failing properly
to appreciate them.
It is not longer a question of doubt or
debate, as to what may be done with the
crabgrass, crowfoot and the peavine.?
These are all peculiarly and eminently
ours. We get from our corn two hundred
and fifty or three hundred pounds of fodder
to the acre, whon we often have upon 1
our stubble lands, without the trouble of i
sowing or cul ture, many acres ot luxuri- i
ant grass which would yield five or ten i
times as much in hay. This we leave
to bleach aud dry, as a thing of no account.
As we havo before remarked necessity
has not been hard upon us; hence we have
been content. Yet if there is a better
xoay, let it be adopted. Many of the little
experiments which have made have failed,
because improperly conducted?the
grass has been loft too long. It should
be cut when in bloom, exposed to the sun
until about half cured, then thrown into
small heaps or ricks and nllowed to cure
in that way?after which it is to be stacked
or carried to the barn. The common
error has been to wait until the grass was
in seed, and when cut, to allow it to bo
exposed to the sun until it was fully dry,
thus allowing much of its nutritious juices
to escape before cuttings, And the balance
to be lost in drying. The crowfoot grass
might be raised to greAt advantage by
saving the seed, to be sowed upon rich '
-well prepared lots. We slmi! at another
time, say something about the practicability
of raising the red clover this far (
South, and many of our readers, we doubt
not, will bf surprised at the abundant c
testimony Which msy be produced in its )
furor, out oar present purpose U to urge l
the use of tho means which we already )
have without wasting our time in regrets,
or unrequited efforts, to introduce the pro. v
ducts which belong by nature to others, *
These efforts laudable and patriotic, but
while we are waiting for their consummation,
there ia no nead that we refuae the i
gifts already bestowed. I
MISCELLANEOUS.
When the aasaon for field work shall c
ksrt slicked off, there are many little
jwhe lo claim attention. Put jour roads 1
si) hi good order, fleas the fence coraen, "
inside sad out? this adds to the neat ap- si
pen* ?nc* of the farm, arm! preserves fences
from rotting ; look to little repairs about
the houses, especially tho cribs, barns and
bin houses, cleim np the yards, removing
all decaying vegetable matter, or filth,
which might generate fever; and white
wash all the negro houses inside and out
withe lime. Much more will be saved
in the health of negroes, than all these
little precautionary measures will cost.?
A good plantation barbecue about this
time, puts a bright face upon the closing
scene, ami its benefits will be seen in renewed
obligations to cheerful obedience.
Fear is a scrvilo passion; some suppose
the negro knows no other; this we know
to bo an error, but that there are higher,
nobler impulses to be found in their hearts,
to which successful appeals may be made
in their government. ?Soil of thr South.
Table Moving.
Faraday, the great electrician, has been
experimenting on table turning ; "not," he
says, "that it was necessary on my own account,
for my conclusion respecting its nature
was soon arrived at, and is not changed."
He proposes publishing, in the Athenamm,
the details nt length of his experiments, but
in the mcnntime announces his plan of experimenting,
and its results. Assuming that
the tables were moved by a quasi involuntary
muscular action of the operator, Faraday's
first point was to prevent the wind
having any undue influence over the effects
produced in relation to the nature of the
substances employed.
A bundle (qucre, layers!) of plates, consisting
of sand paper, millboard, glue, glass,
plastic clay, tin foil, card board, gutta percha,
vulcanised India Rubber, wood and resinous
cement, was therefore made up and tied together,
and being placed on a bible under
the hand of a turner, did not prevent the
transmission of the power?the table turned
as before. Hence no objection could betaken
to the use of these substances in the
construction of apparatus. The next point
was to determine the place and source of
motion ; that is to say, whether the table
moved the hand or the hand the table. To
ascertain this, indicators were constructed.
One of these consisted of a light lever,
having its fulcrum on the table, its short
arm attached to a pin fixed on a card board,
which could slip on the surface of the table,
and its long arm projecting as an index of
motion. It is evident that if the experimenter
willed the table to move toward the left,
and it did so move before the hands, placed
at the time on the card board, then the index
would move to the left also, the fulcrum
goingwith the table. If the hands voluntarily
moved toward the left toilhoul the table,
the index would toward the right; and, if
neither table nor hands moved, the index
would itself remain immovublc.
The result was that while the operator
saw the index.it remained very steady ; when
it was hidden from them, or they looked
I ?tVj n t/iii ir| iv wuivicu utitniti) taicy
I believed that they always pressed directly
downward; and when the table did not move
mere was suu, unwiiuugly a resonant 01
hand force in the direction it was wanted to
make the table move. This resultant of
hand force increases as the fingers and hands
become stiff, numb and insensible by continued
pressure, till it becomes an amount
sufficient to move the bible. Mr. Faraday
has perfected his testing apparatus, and has
placed it on view to the public at the store
of Newman, philosophical instrument maker,
No 122 Regent street, London.
But the most curious effect of this test
apparatus is the corrective power it possesses
over the mind of the table turner. As
soon as the index is placed within view and
the operator perceives that it tells truly
whether he is pressing downwards only, or
obliquely, then all effects of table turning
cease, even though the operator persevere
till he become weary and worn out. Mr.
Faraday adds, in his letter to the Times, from
which the above is extracted : "Permit me
to say, before concluding, that 1 have been
greatly startled by the revelation which this
purely physical subject has made of the public
mind. No doubt there are many persons
who have formed a right judgement or used
a cautious reserve, but their number is almost
as nothing to the great body who have
believed and borne testimony, as I think, in
the cause of error. * * * I think the
system of education that could leave the
mental condition of the public body in the
state in which this subject has found it, must
havo been greatly deficient in some very important
principle."?JV. Y. Tribune.
Distkrbsino Accident.?At Albany,
on the 4th Mr. John Pemberton placed in
front of his house, about 4 lbs. of damaged
.1. _ _t - 0 _ i *
powtier in me snape or a mound, ana
while in the act of placing apiece of lighted
spunk in the centre of it, his daughter
being near him and looking over it, a
spark of fire fell upon it, when the powder
exploded, enveloping her in flames.?
?Ier clothing was nearly burnt off her
person, and she wan taken in the house
blind and severely burned. Her father
was badly burned about his hands ami
face, but is not considered dangerous. Miss
Pomberton is about 24 years of age, and 1
her recovery is very doubtful. I
m m m I
consequence of a recent stabbing 1
iffray in a rondo room at Cincinnati; dis>l/iaiiP6fl
worA ma/lft imr\I?oo*m/v ??* > *
roung men in gambling, ami keeping and '
K>ing ooncorned in gambling houses.? J
Narranta were issued for the arrest of upwards
of 100 persons. There are said to
* 518 "Leila** in the queen city. j,
j
Nails Growing in th? Flbrh.? A late g
rriter in the Ohio Cultivator gives the fol- <j
awing remedy. p
"Cut a notch in the middle of the nail a
very time the nail is paired. The diapoition
to close the ootoh draws the nail
-on the sides. It cured mine after I had ^
jtfered weefcs with its festering. *
ICnnrnster ITfitger. x?
' of age
howei
LANCASTERVILLE, S. C. foot,.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27,1853, -y.?
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I32T" Tue Editor being absent, must be 'ia(' ?
our excuse for the lack of original matter in BO'
to-day's popcr. The New York news-letter, *??k '
in another column, however, will bo found ai
to contain much of interest. ship,
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5^~VVe are requested to announce that
a Rail-road Meeting will bo held in the MRCourt
House on Monday next, the 1st day ?f
of August. graph
m m mm goinj
We are indebted to Col. A. G. Sum- " ^
Mro fr\* n flnnw nf tlin A nnivnruorif Aililri.au d 1 n c I
before the " Southern Central Agricultural m'188''
Association," at Macon, Gn., delivered by interv
him in October last. The address possesses Mr. E
rare merits, not only as an agricultural, but ^u ai
also as n literary production, and will amply *nK ?'
rcpav a careful perusal. "ay'
^ cers.
l-w Our thanks to Mr. John Foster, for
the handsome present of a sack of meal, ^
which he sent us this week. lie informs *
us that he has just completed his Mill, on "
the Catawba River, above I*andsford, and
from the specimen sent us, we would say
that he is prepared to manufacture breadstuffs
of as fine quality as any other Mill in
these dii'gins. Give him n trial.
bo one o
coselt
t-tT" Mr. J. C. Caldwell, of VVaxhaw
, . . . r you 11
has presented us with a rare specimen from
the vegetable kingdom, consisting of two ^
Watermelon Cucumbers?(that is all we can ^un
call them.) They have a rind like that of . .
... . joinec
the watermelon, but in taste and shape they
are decidedly cucumbers, and that of the best Th
quality. Mr. C. informs us that he procured *
the first of this kind from the common white ^
cucumber vine, and since that time "like pro- ^or an
during like," it has been a separate nnd distinct
vegetable. j^?
r? . a. . e "m - - .. and E
Major S. A. Godman, the accomplished (|ie f0
editor of the Illustrated Family Friend, pub- that it
fished at Columbia, in this State, died at the mute,
residence of E. VV. Henry, Charlotte county, grcVv
Vn., on the 12th inst. "lie was born," says tor it
the Columbia South Carolinian, "in Cincin- a8 ma
nati, on the 8th September, 1822, and was pro
therefore nearly thirty-one years of age.? throu|
Mnj. Godman was at one time a midship- cities
man in the United States Navy, had been in shade
the merchant service, and just before ein- ou, (
barking in the newspaper business was
eight months in a large mercantile house in (juzct
Charleston. For two years ho conducted
??ne
tho l-aurensville Ilemld, and after selling . .
that paper, came to Columbia and establish
1 * comm
ed the Family Friend. |. .
"Mr. Godman waa a writer of talent, and ^ f
in the department of literature for which ho janun
seemed to have a preference?nautical ro- Qno ^
mancc?he had already exhibited great pow- ^
ers. Had his fife been spared ho would a
doubtless have won u high reputation among aUppC
the nuthors of America. He has died in njenC(
the prime of fife, and in the vigor of a fine j
intellect, which he had devoted to the liter
nture of his country. Ho leaves a wife and ^'y
two children to morn his loss, and a circle r0'W(j'.
of friends who had looked forward with ^ ^
pride to a brilliant career, of w hich ho gave ^
abundant promise, to lament his early and ^
unexpected decease. Our sympathies arc j ^
with them in their bereavement." . ,
ing hi
man f
As our roaders will rcmember.rauch )aUgj,
has been said of late in relation to Mr. Nes- jn<jjgr
bit, the contractor for the post paid enveU ujng ,
opes, having printed his name, business, Ac. ^
on the envelopes furnished for Government. rejrea
The following on the subject is from the ^
M New York Journal of Commerce
Comn
Post Office Envelopes.?Professor Lovet,
in a letter to the Post Master General,
n few days since, offered lo furnish leu mil- ' 1
lions Post office envelopes, similar to those When
now used, free of charge, for the privclege head ?
of putting "Professor Lo vet, 114 Chamber |jV0t ,
Street," upon any part of the envelope. By ,' .
this operation he calculated thnt the Government
would aave $20,000. For the privil- dent *
ege of putting on each envelope the words : receiv
"nnmu business, and place of buaineas." he gevere
ofTered to pay 50 cents oa each thousand en- ^ (
velopes, besides furnishing them gratis ; and . c
to give bond for the faithful performance of tlce 1
hia engagement. In this case he calculated hat in
the Government would nave A'iA.finn In s? ;
? It Ml 1
reply the third Assistant Post Master General
stated that Mr. Nesbit was never authorized
to put his name'on the envelopes, and Thi
that he has been forbidden putting it upon of the
iny hereafter to be made. ro<je 0
?"^ tary ot
Later from Mexico.?Serazan.the Mex- years <
can Minister of State, maintains the ineon- of the
eatable right of Mexieo to tho Mesilla Val- or par
ey, and threatens to resign in case tho least receive
:o occasion is made to Gen. Lane. vor of
The Trait *d Union doubts whether Mex- Presidi
co will entertain any proposition for the Mexici
turohase of the valley. The fact that the \ p
iloo drafts have been dishonored, excites has pn
eep distrust. The Isthmus of Tehuant*. walk, (
ee has bean declared a separate territory, the No
rith Manitislan for ite capital. ad to fc
? ? MM) |pj
jar Tax pay and expenses of the New todc. ai
rork Legislature are about $1600 per day dinar^
tclusire of mileage. aioo.
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DITORIAL^UMMARY.
k Love?A young girl about 15 yean
in Miloso(a,Miasouri,became acquainth
a young man who camo to the vil.
nd the young man paying marked at*
1 to her, ahe soon loved him devoted>ut
they were doomed to be awakrom
the dream of bliss, for when did
i of truo love ever run smooth ? The
s of the girl, takings dislike to the
man from some cause, forbid him the
, and forbid the girl seeing him again,
penally of the severest displeasure ;
>t satisfied then, the father used his ine
against the young man, and had him
rged from his situation as merchant's
This was a severe blow to two lov(arts,
and ths young man left for St.
. He had been gone but a few days,
rer, before the young girl alone aud on
let out for St. Louis, to seek her absent
; and actually accomplished the jouri
distance of sixty miles in two days,
nquired for him, and learned that he
one to New Orleans. She immediate*
d her jewelry to procure money, and
* steamer for the Crescent city, where
rived and after several days of hardtoll
and fntigue,she accidently met her
in the street, nnd fainted in his arms,
isppy couple were married the next day.
Buciiakas.?The Pliladelphia ledger
t 16th inst., gives the following para,
confirming the report that Mr. B. ia
r to St. Jatnea :
Ir. Buchanan goes to England, notwith*
the rumors of his declination of the
on. President Pierce, it is said,afler an
iew with him in Philadelphia, obtained
t'a. acceptance of the important trust.
: ?aaaiivm/1 nt f lin at art_
UUSUlg lllt'IUCUh v/vim.vu ? ? W?. ?rr
the train from Camden, on Wedneswith
Gen. Pierce and his cabinet offiMr.
Buchanan was present, taking
of the President, when the admonitory
le of the locomotive announced that
is ready for shirting. Still Mr. B. lin,
having a few more Mast words" to
lunicate to the President, nnd cordially
ng him by the hand, bidding him redly
good-bye. The reluctance to leave
ined with the reported doubt of his acnce
of the mission, chimed so wcll.that
f the Cabinet ollicers, in his hurry, jor
cried out, u\Vell, Mr. Buchanan, if
itend to go, why don't you go " The
was irresistablc, the accepting minister
up his mind and left immediately, amid
it of merriment, in which he heartily
I.
f. China Tree.?The Mobile Tribune
7c are indebted to one of our citizens
i interesting reminiscence of the China
lie informs us that it was introduced
his country before the Revolutionary
by a Mcrchantile firm of Philadelphia
latontm, North Carolina, which traded
1 lie mot ?IIC Wttfl I'lAUkUU
rmer city, but under an upprehepsion
; would not live in so northern a cliit
was removed to Katonton, where it
apace, and W?s greatly admired. Afcommcnced
blooming, the people cams
ny as twenty and thirty mile?.fci see it.
m this singlo tree it was propagated
jh the country, and now in most of our
it is one of the commonest of our
trees. The first tree was still vigor"
cnty years ago."
;l Stories.?Th? Hampshire (Mass.)
te is responsible for tough hen stories
is that of Mr. Ira Hamlin of Plainfield
his keeping, nineteen hens, all of the
on kind. Prom these hens Mr. Hams
obtained one thousand nine hundred
ijrhty-ninc eggs, since the first of Inst
ry, one hen, on an average producing
undred and five eggs in six months.?
itory is of an egg with a handle to it!
n old fashioned flask ! The handle is
ised to hnve been appended for convo3
in sucking.
r the Bloomer* Alone.?A young laBloomer,
recently married at Oriskeny
, wan hooted by some of the village
es. She fired a gun over their heads,
ley ran away. Being taunted by some
s villagers with the fact, they resolved
it over. This they did the ncxi night
bnllenged the girl to shoot again, vail3r
a liar, die. On this, the young wo*
ired once more above them ! but they
cd her to scorn, and at last, goaded to
mtion, she sent a charge of shot rat.
sbout their brainless pates and, wound*
i limping, howling and cursing, they
ted in confusion.
Amusing Incident.?The Journal,, of
lerce tells the following story :
; incident in the procession, trifling in
ocra?ioned a good deal of amusement,
i Gen. Pierce had got as far up as the
)f Wall-street, his horse became ressnd
cams in collision with the animal
>y General Sandford. As the Presl*
rns riding with his hat in hand, the hat
cd the brunt ef the shock, and suffered
ly, being badly stove In and indented.
General wns too much engaged to no*
he catastrophe, and soon put on the
its unfortunate condition, and retained
ts place for about a block, exciting
~if IliiaKtap amAflff tks* Kn vfl
t Black Wakbiob.?This is the name
old war hone which the Pre mid ent
n Thursday at the review of the milii
the Battery. He ia upwards of 91
?f age, and ia owned by Major Memll
U. S. Dragoons. The Blaek Warriticipated
in the Florida war, where he
>d two wonnds, and ia the only surv:?
the battle with the iodiane. The
rnt also rode this favorite horse in the
in war.
keskmt.?Rev. Rufus W. Griawold,
seen ted to Mr. Unas Benedict, of Nor*
who saved the life of hie daughter, at
rwalk calamity, after she was snppoe*
e drowned,) a very costly fold wateh
pondages, as an evidence of his grati*
ad that of his family, for bis sztrsorslid
sue e useful efforts on that soca*
i
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The Sudden Rtstiro or ah African Desert
Stream.?About 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
there was a cry In the encampment?
"El Wodyjace!" "the Wady la coming P "
Going out to look, I raw a broad white sheet
of foam advancing from the south between 1
the trees of the valley. In tea minutes after,
a river of water came pouring along and
spread all around us, converting the place of
our encampment into an isle of the valley.
'I'Kn aiirvont Sn if u nnnnat itnvf uraa vam*
JI IIV VUIIOU* 1U iw? uwp^nv |/UI ? ? J
powerful, capable of carrying away aheep
and cattle, and uprooting trees. This is ooe
of the most interesting phenomena I have
witnessed during my present tour in Africa.
The scene, indeed, was perfectly African.?
Rain had been observed falling in the south ; t
black clouds and darkness covered the zone ?
of the heavens; and an hour afterwards t
came pouring down this river of water into t
the dry, parchcd-up valley. This incident i
of Wady Tin'aghoda explains the scriptural f
phrase, "Rivers of waters," for here, indeed, ]
was a river of water appearing in an instant,
and almost without notice.?Richardson's
Narrative of a Mittxon to Central Afric*. ,
Communications to Newspapers.?The 1
following extract from nn article in the New <
York Commercial Advertiser, on the subject i
of the right of individuals in the community i
to use the editorial columns of a paper for <
the promulgation of their own views, is ]
worth the perusal of all who affect the quill. |
We may just say here, that we recognize '
no obligation to insert communications tak- <
ing exceptions to editorial views and opin- '
ions. We nre always willing to do it when '
the space at our disposal admits of it, and <
other circumstances nre favorable. But if
our reader may insist upon our publication
of his reply to nn editorial, so may nil, and 1
four of these long columns might be inadequate
to contain communications called forth
by but a quarter of a column of editorial
matter. We always give such communica- 1
tions careful reading and are glad to receive
them. They have a wholesome cfTect, tending
to make a public, journalist write carc.
fully and weigh well his positions ere he
publicly assumes them. This hint is for the
use of some who write as though they
thought that editors have no right to express
opinions at all; of others, who seem to think
that nn editors mind ought to be an exact
transcript of their own; and of yet others,
who seem to look upon our columns as theirs,
and this journal rather as established to promulgate
their views than the sentiments of
those who conduct it."
nt i jeuterant Maury is going to
Brussels, to confer with European hydrographers,
pilots, nnd so fourth, concerning
the Winds and Currents of the great seas of
the world. This will be a grand movement
in carrying out the ideas of old Humboldt.
At his request, the Emperor of Russia has
established a long chain of magncctie stations
from Moscow to Peking, across Northern
Asia, for the purpose of interrogating
?w ?the
winds, (and fire) were the earliest raised
in Greece; and the magnetic stations would
seem the modern counterpart of them.?
These efforts, by sea and lend, to know
" whence the wind comcth, nnd whither it
gocth," are among the inost important of this
scientific age.
California Preaching.?A reverend gentlemen
holding forth to the sinners of Placervillc,
on a late occasion, closed his address
with the following exhortation to his hearers
to loosen their purse-strings:
"And now, all ye merchants and money
exchangers, and traders and miners, and doctors
and lawyers, nnd printers and enquires,
and generals and colonels and captains ; ye
tradesmen of every crnft; ye postmasters,
ex-postmasters, assistant postmasters, and
ye office-seeker*; ye landlords and ye landladies,
ye auction men, ye people of Plaeerville?nil
of you?come up to the new church
on Sunday. Yes, ye t?owling-alley men, ye
Reservoir men, and ye Empire, ye South
Fork nun?come, 'from busy care awhile
forbear.' Come tread the courts of the sanctuary,
and bring unto the I?rd your Cod an
offering of gold and silver and precious
things."
Crystal Palace.?The hoard of directors
have it in cantcmplation to issue five
dollar season tickets, to rnn sixty days, and
k> caicuu mi mio 910 ncKel the right or ad.
mitting a lady with the gentleman owning it
Such an arrangement, it is believed, would
not only largely increase the number of via.
itors, but add materially to the cash receipt*.
The architects of the Crystal Palace are
Messrs. Carstensen and Gildemeiater, and
the Tribune complains that no notice was taken
of them at the dinner at the Metropolitan
Hotel.
Bugene 8ue, the celebrated novel
writer, who was residing at Annechy.iu Sa.
Toy, (Piedmont,) has been refused admission
into Prance, owing to the ultra democratic
principles which he professes.
RiiEtr Raising in Virginia.?It is stated
there has been larger nnmber of sheep
brought into Loudon county, Vs., this year,
than for several years past, and that there
are now about 10,000 fine wool sheep in
Fairfax county, which number is being constantly
increaaed. The groat demand for
wool had induced many of the Virginia farmers
to pay more than usual attention to
sheep graxing.
Shocking Death-?On Monday week, a
man named Michael Glennan, while working
at th? aoal breaking yard of Jonathan W*?ley,
Eaat Delaware Mines, slipped and fell
head foremost into the breaker. The poor
fellow's head and body passed the rollers,
and were literally ground to atoms. He
leaves a widow and several children to mourn
the sudden loan of their only earthly sup- '
port.
HT Kim Althoksos of Naplea, who 1
aid hs could improve on a great many other i
arrangements of Providence, would have put ,
calf of a man's leg in front, to save him from |
blows and kicks on the shiaa. Well, really, |
there is something in that I
MoomuTtoy k the rflkan string running i
through the pearl chain of nil rhtm J
Cnrrespnitenrr. ?*
| ano<
HEW YORK.
Excitement about the Crystal Palace?Dis- now
order tune prevailing?Necessity for Rapid i.w<.
Action?Incomplete ttale al opening?Fine _
Collection cf Anns?Arrival of Japanme ^
Curiosities?Description xf the most Remark
able?Reception of the President?' den
Opening Ceremonies? Words rf the An- the
them?Hibernian Indignation Meeting? *
Temperature and Health of the City?
Commercial Items, <fr. *
?. real
New York, Jm.y 13, 1853. con
Mr. Editor:?The Crystal Palace con- phc
inuea to be the engrossing topic of conver- dist
intion ; as the time of opening draws near, tbei
he excitement increases. Invitations for Re|
he opening ceremonies have been sent out sioi
n considerable numbers, and no doubt even and
;he immense area of the Palace itself will Th
?e filled with a closely packed crowd of cu- o'cl
rious spectators. Bal
One who was inside of the magnificent to
difice to-day would hardly believe It possi- by
t>!e that order could be brought out of the ^fl
:haos there prevailing, in time for the opening
to take place, as announced on to-mor- "ft
row. The eye wandered over motley heaps ^ ?
of boarda^cafTolding^havings.packing boxes, "II
paint pots, carpenter's tools, covered statues, 1
paintings, canvass, and a thousand nonde- Bel
script etceteras; and it seemed perfectly ab- J
surd to imagine it possible that all this could pQ
he cleared away in the course of twenty-four i
hours and put in apple-pie order for the reception
of that respectable body the public.
"Rome was not built in a daynor if it had
Tli
been pulled down could the latter have been
disposed of in that brief period. The Crys- *
tal Palace, to bo sure, is not a Rome ; but
the chastic fragment* strewed about the noor
arc almost enough to pass for the ruins of a
decent city. By to-morrow this time they tain
unt be in "the tomb of the Capulets," or H f(
somewhere else ; and their removal will be I?"
enough to keep five hundred men busy all 1
night. What a hurry the various hands are hni
in ! how flurried the Directors are ! Imagine l'?
a matronly house-keeper who has some repu- jor
tation at stake, with unserubta-d floors, ear- me
pets up, house topsy-turry, and invitation* of,
out for a large party to assemble in half an ro*
hour. Realize her sensations, and you will ut"
have some idea how the President and Cora- bu
mittee of Management feel just at the prev B'v
ent time.
The announcement of opening, like the
laws of the Medes and I'ersians.chungeth not. **
The obstructions will be removed, the inauguration
ceremonies will take place ; but
to suppose either thut the building will be >nc
complete, or the contributions all in their 0
places would be a grand mistake. The pain- ^
tor will arrest his brush, the carpenter his on
hammer, thu upholder his needle, in mid ^
career. The softened light admitted through co
the half opaque glass will illumine many an
?""> ? ?nd u i. lowed of it statue. ml
In other words those who visit the Exhibi- ""
tion at this early stage will lose about half
the curiosities. In this respect, however,
a* in others, our Crystal Palace has followed
its great Ixindnn exemplar. It will be remembered
that it was some weeks after the
ojK-ning, before all the contributions arrived
and were arranged in their proper places. nc
One of the most striking features in the
American Department of the Fair will be
the fine collection of nrtns and warlike equip- '*
menta manufactured for the U. 8. Army, ^e
and exhibited with the consent of Govern- ,U)
ment, under the direction of Jaa. T. Ames,
of the Aiuea Manufacturing Company of
Massachusetts. This company send specimens
of the bronze gun* and swordffor
which they have the government contract. to
The Armory at Harper's Ferry contributes on
some splendid rifles; the Watcmbiet Arsenal
sends s number of fleld-pieces, howitzers, frs
battery wagons, die.; w hile from the Spring- isl
field Armory we have a selection of muaketa "r
and muskctoons. This latter establishment *'
enjoys the reputation of having carried the fir
manufacture of muskets to the very highest gi
point of mechanical skill. Every part, even Wl
down to the most minute screw, is made by ^
a separate machine, and with such perfect ^
precision that they are tuken indiscriminately *t<
and put together, fitting with admirable cx- Gi
actncsa. Vl
fe
An exceedingly interesting collection of th
Japanese curiosities arrived in this citv two
day a since in the Steamship Illinois, in charge
of Iieut. W. C. Peaac who has been appoint* ?t
ed by Gov. Bigier, of California, Commis- er
aioner to the World'a Fair for that State.?
They were obtained from a Japanese Junk,
a hich waa borne out to sea by contrary
winds, and after having been tossed about gr
for seven and half months waa picked up by ti<
an American ship, the Emma Packer, bound 'n
for Han Priuiciaco. Cold aud starvation had
carried o(T every soot on board except one ?il
Mongolian with a barbarous name who had P<
acted as supercargo, and who despite his
nation's antipathy to outsiders, waa by no ^
means sorry to be saved from the jaws of dr
leviathan by an American bark. From this 6C
ship, the articles in question were obtained, **
the more remarkable of them are as follows. **
A number of quaint-looking coins, bearing
inscriptions in an unknown tongue; a volu- fo
minous log-book of the Junk, kept on ssperate
sheets about a yard long, whick bear a ?
strong family likeness to tea-paper; a Japanese
mariner's compass, differing from ours ^
in having twenty-four points instead of tbir- j,
ty-two, each point being marked with the si
image of a goat, dog, eat, or ether animal; '
three lithographic engravings, the first of ^
which represents the Empress and her maidens,
only passable is the scale of good looks
?the second is a three headed, triple-faced g
Ix-borned, repulsive, malignant-looking idol, lii
to whom, we suppose, the benighted islandera
perform their daily litany,?the third ia fj
the portrait of a tart looking individual, who n,
may be supposed to be a cross between a ly
J us ties of the Pease and a country school
mir; * n amber of fine articles of dress,
hawlo, acarfa, coats, Ac., which show that ft
Lhere are aome belles end dandles b those T
ysteriooa lalande; and lastly three pair st ?
lapaoese shoes, worm of heap, * ithest a tir
d, and furnished with * speelaf eorapartit
for the big toe. The etaguW appeeri
of these articles lead* as to look with
rest for the arrival of the other coatribue
from this strange empire which are
r on their way in a national ship of Hob
k
ur corporation, having reconsidered their
' eharlish refusal to entertain the Preab
t, have appropriated a suitable sum for
purpose, and tomorrow we are to have
thousand dollars''worth of sightseeing,
j announcement that Gen. Pierce was
ly coming has been as exciting to ouf
lmunity aa the traditional biast of Astol>'a
horn was of yore. All classes without
Jnctioti of party are anxioua to testify
ir respect to the chief msgiatrste of the
public. We shall have a glorious proces?
to-morrow ; all our military will be out,
1 a number of civil societies, sod firemen.
0 President is expected to arrive about 9
ock. He will review the troops on thd
Ltery, and will then be escorted by them
the Crystal Palace, which he will reach
1 P. M. The doors will than be elosedi
er a prayer by Bishop Wainwrighti the
lowing chorade will be performed by the
rmonic Society, to the tune of "Old Hund."
ere, where nil climes their offerings send,
Here where ail arts their tribute lay,
fore thy presence. Lord, we bend,
\nd for thy smile and blessing pray.
r thou dost sway the tides of thought,
\nd hold the issues in thy hand,
all that human toil has wrought
\nd all that human skilled has planned.
ou iena si me reaucM powers of mioo
Jer destiny's untrodden field,
d guid'st man wandering bold but blind,
ro mighty end not yet revealed."
rwenty thousand persons sre expeHKto
present nt the opening. You will havo
jll account of the proceedings in my next
ter.
Here I am at the end of my sheet, and
dly a word on anything but the Crystal
lace. Nevertheless yon must pardon me
I am hut holding up the mirror to our
tropolis ; and here nothing else is talked
thought of, or dreamed of, but to-morv's
festivities. You who are out of our
uosphero uiay not. have caught the furor,
I here it is a regular epidemic. I must
e you a few items of news before closing.
The Hibernians have had an indignation
etiug, to endeavor to remove from themves
the odiuin of the late riot They
ill John Bull over the coals, Uncle Sam,
3 Police, the l'reas,and other insignificant
lividunls, all of whom they think are a litin
fault, the Benevolent Hibernian Soclebrick-bats,
ahelalsha, and all, being the
ly party not in the least to blame. Justice
uart. however, thinks differently. Thb.
unsel of the riot ess that wore -arrested* '
ide application to hiftf yesterday to duns
the charge, but ho declined somewhat
aigniitiuy. ' .- / ,!
Our weathor, lately, has been comparativecool.
There is a good breezu to-dav. and
c mercury ranges between 76 and fio its
e shade. Our City Inspector's Report ows
638 deaths for the week, ending tho
h inst., two were from cholera, bnt this,
ed occasion no alarm as we have one or
o cases every year. Owing to an advance
freights yesterday and s disposition to
rait later advices by the Arabia, the mar
t for breadstuff's yesterday was lees anisted,
though (quotations remained uncltang*
Cotton was dull uitk sales ef 800 bales.
Vonrs, HUDSON.
IIf.at is 1834.? It is pleasant sometimes
recur to old files of newspapers, if H is
ily to refresh the recollection on matters
Inch have been thought to have become m
rt of the "olden time," but which are
iught v. ith ir...logics sometimes that fnrni
the materials of profitable comparisoo
contrast. In looking over a atrav volume
the old "Southern Patriot," with which
b in former years had some affinities, ire
id that In the Utter end of Jnne and banning
of July, 1834, the hottest weatnec
*s exjieriencod in Carolins since 1753.
in Charleston for ten days precious tta
e 6fh of July the heat exceeded any yearr
ice 1703. At Colombia the therroometen
ood for aeveral dsya at 100 a 101. At*.
rorgetown 100 1-9, in the shade. At Pine>lie,
from 94 to 99, and several negroes
II victims to the heat In the same village
e instrument rose to 153 at 9 p. m.
A Hotel.?Some ides of ths expenses
tending upon a large hotel, may be gathed
from the following, from a corrssponnt
of the New Bedford Standard, who
ritea about the United States Hotel, in
>ston:
"The hotel occupies 13,000 aqnars feet of
ound, has 380 rooms, easy aceonunods* J
ins for 650 pernors, and capable of lodgg
and boarding 809. There are 180 male
id female employer* divided into a
nereni departments, sack having a rasponl>le
head soch as dining, rotundary, omen,
>rUr, kitchen, baker, tic."
"The amount of food daily consumed is _
lonnous; 400 pounds of animal food, 000
uinds of flour, 100 pounds of butter, 100
>zrn hens eggs, 6 bushels of potatoes, an4
> gallons of milk. The Asparagus for last
ibbath cost $401 I Jghts cost nearly #0/100
>r annum. Water spouts into almost svm
mom in the bonne, at as expense to the
milord of $S60 per year. To cook all tMu
od sod keep so msov people warm it taken
K> tons of hard eoal, 76 cords of wood,
1,000 worth of shareon!." gj|
fW Tux arrivals*! Janney's Hotel, (late
ongaree Houae) Columbia, since the ISth
touary to the 1st of July, were Ave ihous.
id Are hundred and twenty-two^ (MM)
telusiva of ehildten and servants, which
ould increase the somber very senaidsr*
*y.
fcHT Tux printing office of Urn thmAtrm
rvublir, at Camdeu, Abu, was struck by
zntninff un the 8th lew Tfca , fl
II "d?VTl WM pat, t he would b**a rwfe'
I mora thim o?o 4?rir? dun of Are ?4
Iraetoae." The lightning etrnek the pripig
preee at Ma hoar Whoa they it Mil.
t work bat did do deawga. ***
BT Tn New York Albion kerne on
od private eatborttf |bet ttr Heonr Bui*
lo likely to leniH jjtrd Stratford do
ideUflkM IrMUi Ami. . ft eitVeeteo
iofU. The MkrbMI irftioaeto rar
o.