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GK F. TOWNRS.
. EDfFOB.- .r:; :
' 3. C. BAILEY, Fro'r. and AsEooiata Editor.
Charles Dickens- Farewell to Him
in England?The Literati at the
Baaqnet Board?Lord Lytton (Bnl!
wet) Presides?The Speeches and
Incidents. , . k
Lo*bo*, NoV. 4.?The dinner given to
_ * 13haa Diekam on Saturday evening, on the
oocaaion of bla departure for America, it a
high historical event Nothing like It ha*
ever oecurf'-d in London. Dklnty diahea
'. C have indeed been aerted and eai*n in the
old Free Maaon'e tavern, before now, but
these who* gathered around have been ah
moat alwaya the -member* of a guild, a
elaaa, a profeaaion, a fragment, of ihta great
world; but the company that aaaemblad to
bontfr Diekena, rapreaented humanity It
was a " federation of the world " in miniature
edition. The poor artiat, the poor
aoler, from their reepectivo attics, who hod
oared front scanty earnings the guinea
needful for tliU treat, eot eide by olde with
the Chief Justice of England, the I'-cr of
the realm. The humble cltlxrns of thu Ho.
publfe of Leltera?" rightly eo named since
we have not a Sovereign among us," as one
of them onee eaid? were aandwiched be
tween paunchy bankers and merchants
who had never forgotten the delineator ?f
the " Oheeryble Brothers," these were for
J, onee on an equality. When this " exceedL
* ln?'j miscellaneous assembly " (m sn oris- 1
toorst is said to have remarked whea bs
entered heaven) gathered in the r*c*p(ion
room on Saturday evening, the one question
was "Who's whof* A noble I.ord
who had, no doubt, made up h?a mind to
atrarge bed fellows, shook bands wnrmly
on entering with the white cavatted tither
at the door, supposing hitn to be the proper
receiver of the company. My lord it a
little deaf, and an, when the usher asked,
"What name shall I announce?'' the nobleman
grasps his hand and exclitima, " Ah?
indeed. I am very g'od indeed, sir. to
make your aeqnaintance?very P - Presently
there estue in a very large, fit man,
whose great object, it soon became plaln^
was t* aee all the mdabbs as they came in
?an Ajax not- known t fame, who oskrd
only to aee. Unconsciously, this Idgl ro:h
er ha-i got such a prominent position near
the door that all who entered thought he
was the one selected to play the part of
I lost, and so ev?ry guest sprung nt him and
N wrung hia hand Not P?gwm?n?>t Pick
ens himself?was subjeetctl to sucb a hand
shaking aa this mit'J fellow, who, after
many fruitless effortc to explain thai he w??
tiobedjf at all, rushed from the room in die.
may. At laat the bea<l waiter appeared at
the door and exclaimed; " Gentlemen numbered
for table l.ey, pirate move tide w*y.'?
We, of table A, supposing ourselvee to be
meant, followed, and soon there wo* a goodly
company of five hundred (ihomands of
ticket* eon Id have been sold had the room
been sufficient,) seated and ready to receive
the groat gneita of the occasion. Al length
the doors were thrown open, and the wellIcaown
Caeca of Bulwer and Dickens ?pjieared
at it They wore arm in arm. A
ary rang through the room, handkrvchief*
waved on the floor and tn the g<tllerie?(
where was a large company of ladies in
Mi drees. and tiro band struck up a grand
l?areh. A* Dickens passed up the aisle,
hia elu-eks were on Are, hia e\es flamed.?
He gleneed around the room, on vrhoae
SraHs all around were written in great
golden letters the names of hia Work*.?
Ahead he saw the English flag knit With '
the stars and strlpee, and above them the
Wrerd "Pickwick.". There was a curious
look on the face of Lord Lylt?n, and ii
irrmsd to me to aay, " |I?w gladly woubj
\ give my title and my estates to have this
enthusiasm surging up te me from the
Angle Sazon heart." Behind the two
walked a strange procession?strange bcaaoae
af its incomparable mixture which 1
have already mentioned : The Lord Chief
Justice, small and pale; the Lord Mayor,
with Uie air of being a king (limited);
Lord Houghton, ever smiling, as the world
hat Mailed oa him; Sir Chat-let Ru?<dl;
Mid company of Aeademtant?llama
Martehttll, Maellee, Herbert, Poole, Frith,
MlUlt, Orttwlck, Elmore, Ward.
The American* muttered t'to In tome
fpr**, Morgan, the banker, bad t reel
under the worda, "Martin Ohusxlaarlt," tn<P
I obaervad Mr. O. W. Hmalley, of tke
Tribune, C. C. Coffin, (" Carle ton,') of the
? ftoeton Journal, Mr. M. D. Conway, Mr.
lluteell Stprgie, and ctliera.
}for It tht nailery without ita altreetiont
wpkiely oa aoeount of the preeeaet there
cf Mite Diekeot?who ttrikiagly rttemblet
her father?attended by MUt llogarth, the
Meter of Mra Dlekent (lAef *>?* ) There
mr?i not, howeeer. many literary ltdiee
preaaat) and 1 don't wonder that they
' at aid away, If only to protect egalnit the
bafhftriasi wkleh tan thruat th?m off into a
gallery to look down for an hoar on the
Unattractive right of ?00 hlprde feeding.
At I eel the aeleet ohorue elaga Dr. John
Beeiih e gvaoe:
V peiuu hi a date, propter btaeAeie ena,
FVomteum hi aaeelei* laudate. Amen. v
lord'Lytton, the chairman, rltrt. lie W
o^aea||vety dratted dp, aid cannot rappree*
jf Ma vanity j ovet Vaty. Dulvtr doeent look
J i Vat M ?p "u-fcu *0* ?nd
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bard sad ?j?bre?r? ere too dark not to
utlU auapielon ; t?I?m are the reel teeta
of eye, dad when he epoke it wee the voice
of i peat generation. Disraeli himeelf has
not snob a Jewish face as Bulwer, whose
noae it almost a caricature of the aquiline.
There le unmistakable power In every line
of his face, however ; hie body le a pkaotaam
Id which his tailor may believe. Hie
speaking le logeniaualy bad. It is the idoel
style of a hard-shell Baptist preacher far
away in OIJ Virginia. A harJ, convulsive
word or two?a long drawl?terminated by
a jerk, at whieh the forehead is thrown
down until the audienee test the back of
the head?this la the history of one of Hulwer's
rasping, unpleasant sentences. He
throws hie hand (with faultless cuffs)
straight oat; clasps the Angers tightly to
the pelm ; then draws it uoder his arm, as
a man would pulling In a gudgeon?and
that is his g? a are. He should appear only
in print. To those who eould shut their
eyes (as I did.) and listen t? what hs said,
his speeohes on Satunrday night were very
good indeed. lie Is the first man whom, In
a long experience of I/ondon divines, I have
heard put a single remark worth making
into the inevitable toast to the Qncen ; tor
it certainly was worth noting, as hs said,
that the reign of Vietorl* had, above all
others, seen literary msn raised to political
power?" a sign of llic civilization that ever
seeks to draw closer the legitimate union ot
knowledge and power." His speech in proposing
the toast of the evening was certainly
a perfect thing of its kind.
It elosed aa follows;
" I cannot but think that wherever our
American kinsfolk welcome that presence
(Dickons) or hang spell bound on that voice,
tbsy will irresistibly foci how much then is of
fellowship and unison between the hearts of
Aracrisa and England. [Cheers.] So that
when our countryman quite thsir shores ha
will leave behind him many a new friend
to that old fatherland which greets them
through biui so cordially in the accents of the
mother tongue. [Cheers.] And in thoae accents
what a sense of priceless obligation, per
sonally to him, but through him to the land
be represents, must steal over his American
listenors! IIow many hours in which pain
and sickness havo changed into chccrfhlncss
and mirth beneath the wand of bis enchant
mi n tt _ % _ %
went, [vuvcra.j iiuw ninny a imra com Dillnot,
beaten down iu the battle of life?and
nowhere on tht* earth is the battlo of lifu
sharper than in the Commonwealth of Ameriea?has
taken hope, ami courage nn<l lore >
from the manly lessons of this unobtrusive
teacher. [Cheers.] No wonder tbo rising
generation of those who liavo learned to feel
an<l to think in our language should eagerly
desire to see face to fieeo the roan whose genius,
from their very childhood, they bare turned
for warmth and light ar instinctively as young
plants turn to toe sun. jsut I must not forgot
that it is not I whom yon bare cofiae to bear;
and all that I eould say, had I to vindicate
the fame of our guest from disparagement or
eavll, would scoin but tedious coma.onplaco
when addressed to tboso who know that bis
career has passed beyond the ordeal of cotemporancons
criticism, Mid has found Its the spplauao
of foreign nations a foretaste of the1 >
judgment of posterity. [Cheers.] I feel, indeed,
as if I had already too lung delayed
your natural linpaticaeo for tbo toast I now
propose: " A prosperous voyage, health and
long life to our illustrious gnest and countryman,
Charles Dickens." "
A score of times was this speech interrupted
by ringing cheers; but when Dickens arose
he had to stand long while tbo shouts and
thunders stormed upon him. klen leaped
upon chairs, tossed up napkins, wared not
OIllY ffl&IIM. but tlcciintfiri anil linlf.Aiiitklsoil
chnmpague hot lice, Over their hcada-not
without baptizing ?un'lr]r pofsons mtdar tbotn
?and then there wee e pressing np the sides
fro* the lower tables until Dickons was giri
ebuut by a aolid wall of bie friends. Twice
bit throat faltered as bo bogan; the glow of
bis I ace came before the word*, and all felt
that It was a racred moment with him. Hit
speech, hue as it was, could n_>t equal the impression
of that first look. lie said :
" No thanks that I can olfer you ean express
tny sense of my roception by this great assemblage,
nor can in the least suggest to you how
deep the glowing werds of my friend the
Chairman, and your acceptance of thetn, haro
sunk into my hsyt. Bat both comblnad hare
o greatly shaken the composure whiob I am
usad to command before an andiance, that I
hope yen may observe in me some traces of an
eloquence saore expressive than the richest
words. [Cheers."]
After referring to the trials and labors of
bis literary oareer, Mr. Dickons thus spoke of
kls proposed royage to America :
" And now, passing to the immediate occasion
of your doing me this great honor, the
story of my going again to America Is very
Alll* ajf kridfl* ?Mil Ainaa T wts tKaaa
for?, a east and entirely sew generation he*
arisen in the United State*. Since I we*
there before most ol the hoi t known of ray
hooka hare been written ami published; the
new generation and the hooka hare oome together
and bare kept together, until at length
number* of thoee who hare ao widely and
constantly read aae, naturally deelring a little
rariety in the relationship between us, diare
expressed a etrong wish that I elionld read
myself. [Cheers.] This wish, at flrat eonreyed
to ns throogh public channels and business
channels, has gradually become enforced
by an immense aeeunuilatlon of Utters from
tndiridoals and associations of Individual^
all expressing in the same hearty, homely
cordial, unaffected way, a kind of persona1
interest In me?T had almrst said a kioJ of
peeeoaal affection for me [cheers] which 1 am
gwre yuv nroald agree with me it would bo del'
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GREENVILLE. SOUTH
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ItmiibUlt; oa my part not to priao. LittU
by Uttlo tkii praam* boo bcoom. to front
that, although, M Cbarlaa Lamb nyi, my
houaohold god. atrika a Urribly daap root, I
bavo torn than from tb.ir plaaar, and thla
day weak, at thU boor, (ball bb upon U>. Ma.
Ton will roadily oodo.It. tbat X am iarplrod
k_ - J?i? ? r? ?1?
the astonishing change and progress of a
quarter ol a oentury over there, to grasp the
hand! of many faithful frienda whom I left
there, to aee tbe fncos of the multitude of new
frienda upon whom I hare nerer looked, and
leat, not least, to use my beet endearor to lay
down a third cable [oheera] of Interoommnolcatlon
and alliance between tbe old world
and the now. [Loud oheera.] Twolro yeara
ago, when Hearen koowe I little thonght t
should erer be bound upon the royage which
bow la/a before ma, I wrote In tliei form o(.
my writing which obtains by far tbo raott ex.
tensive circulation, these words of tbo American
nation: ' I know lull well, whatever little
motes my beamy eyes may bare de&cried in
theire, that they are a kind, largo-hearted,
generous, and great people/ [Hear.] In that
faith I am going to see them again : lit that
faith I shall, please Ood, return from them in
the spring; in that satno faith to live and to
die. I told you in the beginning, that I.eould
not thank you enough, and Heaven knows I
have most thoroghly kept my word. [A
laugh.] If I ran) quote one other short sentence
from myself, lot it Imply all that I hara
left ansaid, and yet moot deeply feel. Let It,
putting a girdle round the earth, oompreheud
both aides of the Atlantic at cnee In this moment,
and aay, as Tiny Tim observes, Ood
bless us overy one/ "
Speeches wore made also by Tom Taylor,
Sir Edward Landreor, Anthony Trollops, Lord
Chief Justico Coekburn, and Buekstono, of
tbe Haymarket Theatre. The latter was comical,
as usual, anil very happy :
He began with a witty allusion to Ben
Johnson's saying of Shakrpoare, "exhaustod
worlds and then imagined new," and said >
" Mr. Dickens had exhausted tbo Old World
and was guing to tbo New. I really don't
know," be continued, " why I have been selected
to return thanks for the ladies, because I
aiu not particularly, that I am aware of, a
lady's man. [Much laughter.] I must acknowledge,
though, that there aro some ladies
of iny acquaintance with whom I have passed
m-vny happy nights?[cries of ' Ob, oil,' and
r?ars of laughter]?in fact, I mean to say
many huppy evenings. [Much laughter.] I
feel inclined to mention their names, though
perhaps hardly othjuctte to do so. But I am
suro you will bo obarmcd to knaw I mean
Mrs. (lamp?[great laughter] Botaey Prig?
f lauclltcrl? Vn. Klrktahv ?not rumlllni.
Mr*, Harris?[laughter]?- ml I am inolincd
to add our dear littU mother. [Cheer*.] I
am aura whan I mention th* name* of tboae
ladies, with whom I have paaaad many happy
hours, I am quit* right in returning thank*'
not only In thair bahalf, but in behalf alio o
tho ladioa who hvre graced the banquet thia
evening with their pretence. But I murt not
forgot that our great objeot thia erening i* to
bil Mr. Chariot Dickon* 'good-bye."
The occaaion waa one of the moat interestlug
of tho kind that over took placo in Old
KnglAnd.
It mora than ever brought before aome of
fit tho vaat toriv* of literary revolutions that
yawned between Lord tiyH?n, the novelist of
court* and convention*?tho last of his school
?and the novelist of that now era which baa
brought art from tha palaeo to tho cottage,
tho cabin, the lift of th* lowly. How the titled
and tho obscure?tho rich and th* poor?
g.t7.e about tho man who has clothed th* by
wiya, the hadnta, the beggars of the great
city with romance. No man. walk* through
London atroeU with the samo eyas sine* Diek
en* wrote. The age of chivalry ha* parsed )
a now one bogin*. When tho dinner waa over
Mr. Dickon* roturnod to th* ante-room, whore
multitude* gnthered about him to bid him
farewell. I saw a noble Lord ahako hit hand
at the door a* ha waa departing; and I ?uw.
W?, when he had got ouUide the door, an old
Woman of tho peoplo grasp his hand, and,
Stooping, alio kissed it.
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Cloqurwt pAisaue.?For the greatest human
Intellects there i* no axeantinn (ruin tbo
common doum. I have s>iuotiiucs thought
how sublime must havo boeu the emotion* of
thnt iua^,whose privilege it was to stand by
the coffln or Shakespeare anil goto on tho
w?ot and noble face, when death had called
out all the strange beauty which never live*
there. It wm worth a lifetime to have stood
there ono minute, to have laid your hand on
that broad brow, and atarted at the cold chill,
and *e pause to have called up in memory al|
the magniAaent creations of hi* geniue, and
worshipped hint there in the alienee and the
gloom.
But be la dead and gone ;
At hla bead a grass-green turf,
At hla heela a atone.
Bo they nil go. Man dice, but nature la
eternal. The seasons keep their appointed
time; day returns with 1U golden aplendor,
and night with lie eloquent mystery. The
same stars which lit the gaatly baUieiAeld Of
Troy, rough with the dead bod tee of ancient
heroes? which shone on the marble street* of
imperial Rome, and oa the tad eye# of vigi|
sleepers In the living glow of inspiration?the
watch .Are* of ths angles which, through centuries
of devastation and change, have still
burned on naeeasiagly?speak to us as they did
to Dante, Bbakspeara and Milton of tho dlvino
glory, tho omnipoteooo, tho everlasting lor*
and beauty of God.
A any la lludeon, Wisconsin, was sent
out to *?<eh a horse, and while leading him
home carelessly tied the rope about his
waist. Pome hours alterwauls, the h ret
wae oaught'with the eorps* of the boy ati'l
di egging after him.
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IXPTJL^R
CAROLINA. JANUARY 1.
Soman Soldiers. .
la a recent work on th* Old Roman*, by
an Engllah writer, th# following aeenunt or
tha Roman aoMlere oaour*: Th* Roman
eoldier was trained to march twenty inflV*
a day. under a burden of eighty pound*.
yea, to ewlm rirera, to ellmb mountain*, to
penetrata foreaU, and to encounter every
kind ol denser. He wa. tamrht that hia
destiny wu to Jit In battle. D? tipNtcd
death.. Ha waa ready to dla. Death waa hie
duty and hia glory. He euliated Id the ar
roiee with little hope of revlaltlng hla home,
lie eroaaed a?a?. and deeerla, and fnreela.
with the Idea of apanding hla life In the
servioe of hia oonniry. Ilia pay waa only a
denartn* daily, eqnal to ahout sixteen oenta
of onr money. Marriage waa diaoouraged
and forldddan. tie belonged t# the State,
and the State waa exacting and hard. lie
waa red need to abject obedience, yet he
held in hia hand the d-allnles of the empire.
And however Insignificant waa (he legionary
aa a man, ha gained Importance fmm
the great body with which he wna identified,
lie waa the aervant and m?rterof the State.
He had an inten?e fprit tie corp* He waa
bonnd up in the glory of hia legion. Both
religion and honor bound him to hia standards
The golden eagle which glittered in
hia front waa the object of hia fon-'oet dev.
lion. Nor waa It poaaible to e-cpe the
penalty of onwnrdica. or treaoherv, or dlaoto-dienoe.
lie could be cS?aii?-d with
tdowa bv hla ccntnrion; hia g-ncral could
do-on lilin to death. Never woa the aeveriiy
of military diacipline relaxed. Military
xerclaea were ineeaeent. In winte" aa in
aummer. In the midat of peace the Roman
troope were fafniliaris--d with the practice
f war. It waa the apltK which animated
the Roman legiona, and the diaeipline to
which they were inured which g?ve them
their Irreaia'able strength. Whan we re
member tbat they had not our fira arnia, wo
are aurpriaed at their efficiency, ?specially
in taking a'rongty foitilled ciiiea. Jerura
tcm waa defended by a tuple wall and the
moat elaborate fortiflcatioiia, and twentjf.-nr
thousand eoldlerr, beside* the aid re
e ived from the oilixena; and \ at it fell in
little more than four months b,-f.tre an army
of eighty thousand, nud*r Tit us. II->w
great the aelcnee to reduce e place of aoeli
great atrer.gtli in ao short a lime, withoi ^
the aid wf oilier artillery than the ancient
a itnpult and hatteilog rnm 1 Whether the
military aeieticc of the Romans was superior
t..r..t?. - k.. ?v .i -
that it was carried to (lie utnh>at pet feel ion
before the invention of gunpowder. We
are only superior in the application of I lie
grant invention, especially In artillery ?
There can be no doubt (lint a Roman army
wasanperior'toa feudal army in Ilia brightest
days of chivalry. The world hae produced
tie general* enprrior to Cns-ar, Poropey,
SulU and Maiiua. No arttiica ever won
greater victories over etiperior nuuibera
than tl.a Romano, and no armies of their
ire ever retained in submission ao groat an
etnpi a, aad for ao long a lime. At no p?.
rlod in tlio history of the empire were the
Ormiea ao large aa thoae sustained l>y France
I j time of |>eaee. Two hundred thuoeatid
legionaries, and aa many more auxiliaries
controlled diver* nation*, and powerful
monaichlee. The aingle province of Syria
Ones hoa?t< d of a military force equal in
number rf soldiers to lliat wielded l<y TiIverio*.
Twenty flva legions made the core
quest of the world, and retained that eonqueet
five hundred year*. The self sustained
energy of Ctttear. in Oaul, pnta to the
Mu*h, the efforts of all modern general*,
xcept Frederick 11., llailhorongh, Kapo
loon, Wellington, and a few other great geniuses
which a warlike age.de**) >ped ; nor
is there a belter text hook on the art of
war, than that furnished by Cwaar himself,
in hi* " Commentaries." And the great
victories of tha Romans over bnrlailans,
over Usui*, over Cartha^suians, over Syil.
ana were not tha result of a #!i??rt liv. d eniliiuiaem,
like those of Atlila and Tamerlane,
but extended over a thousand ynrs
The Ramah* ware essentially military In
their tastes and habits. Luxurious senator*
and nohlM allowed the prosiest Courage
and aklll in tlie moat difficult campaigns ?
An Amy, Cress r, I'ompey and Lucullus weie
at humr, enervated and luxurious, but at
tbo head of the legion# were capable of any
privation and fatigue. The Roman legion
waa n moat perfeet organization, a great
meelienioal force, and eould anatain furioua
attaeka after vigor, patriotiam and public
spirit had (led. For three hundred years a
vast empire waa auatalnad by meehaniam
alone.
Wnar is A D*m.i?o 7?.An eaohango answers
this quaitlin in the following delicious
style >
It la the dear, little, beaming girl who meets
one on the door step j who flings her fair arms
around one'a peek and kissoa ona with bar
whole aonl of love ; who tiosea one's bat ; who
relieve# ona of one's en a I, and hands the ten
and toast so prettily ; who places her elflsh
form at the piano and warbles forth, unsolicited,
such delicious songs; who ensts herself at
one's foot-stool, end clasps one's hands and
asks eager, nnbeerd-of qacstions, with ruch
bright eyes and flushing fhee, and on wboaa
. light, flossy curls one plaaoe one's hand end
> breathes " Oud Meea her I" as tha fairy rorm
i departs.
' " Noxal wt the bra\V deasrTe the fair."
' No, skI but the bra/o can Vve with
n*mn pf lham.
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M I . . -l_J I I ?IJ LE._
Fnrming in Hew Jersey?Lecture
' by Professor CoolL
At u initial meeting of the Saseux County
Farmers' Club, Professor Cook, 8tats Geologist,
poles upon manures. The moat successful
farmers are those who use the moat manure?
Money expended for for fertiliser* is invested
in a bank whleh alway pays food interest.?*
There ere many formers who spend oes-qu?r>ter
of Uteir inoome for mannre, and find that
it is profitable to do so. Btable manure is a
sure fertiliser, and applloable to all soils, bat
there is not enough Of it. One farmer in
Salem county sold $3,000 worth in one year.
In Middlesex county lives a farmer worth
$20,000, who, fourteen years ago, was poor.?
lie bought land on oredlt, and paid for it by
early reallsiog the valne of mannre. Jio has
spent this season over $4,000 for manure, and
finds that investment has paid him welL?
Similar instances can be found in all parts of
the Slate. Those who apply manure without
stint will always prosper. But in buying
manures let the ferdier be cautious, fur enormous
frauds are perpetrated in sUpef-phos
phates. It is ezlremuly difficult to detect the
spurious article. It looks lika the genuine,
and is mixed with a substance which gives it
the right smell. The only protection ono has
is to buy from large manufacturers who have
established a reputation for bonesty. Bonos
contain 23 per cent, of photphorio acid, worth
as a fertiliser, 30 cents per pound. Every
hundred pounds of bones are worth to the farmer
$0.90. Tliey should, therefore, bo savod*
Crack thcin up fine, and bury them in piles of
ashes, and after a while tliey will become partially
pulverised, and fit for use. Marl is
worth $2.20 per ton in New Brunswick, a part
o( which is paid for transportation.
An experiment has been made, near New
Brunswick, bearing on tble point: One acre of
meadow waa manured with four tons o: mar' i
?one treated to 400 pounds rawbone super ^
phosphate, and ono without the application o
any fertilising agent whatever. Tilts first acre
yielded 8,200 pounds hay, the second 2.600
pounds, and the third 3,300 pounds. This
and other tests prove beyond all question timl
the cheapest of all modes for applying the
super phosphates is by means of marl. No
f -rtilisiug substoiica stimulates clover like
marl. And no growth takes more of the
super-pbospbatc from the ground than clover
vrlien cut end carried away?and this, too,
although the foots of tho clover are as heavy [
as tho tope. With four tons of marl two tons
of clover arc produced to the acre; mix them,
let tho product and fertiliser commingle, and
you have a soil that will produce any crop you
wish. No manure is valuable unless in estate
of decay. Mr. Livingston, near New Brunswick,
has, by properly prepared muck, trough1
too a piece of worn-out laud, that would not
produce a inuilcn stalk, raised seventy bushel5
of corn per acre. Fish manure is produced
from moss-buukers, and othor fish which
abound un our cunit, und are easily taken.?
Not l>cibg of velnc for food, they ate naught
by tbouaanda of tour, the oil expressed front
thetn, and the refuse matter, amounting to 20
per cent., ia uacd tor manure, which aclla for
$20 or $30 per ton. Tkia tcrti'.iaer ia much
cheaper than ghano, and ia aaid to be hourly
equal to that aopcrior fertilizer in cxceilcnec.
Iu a diaruaaion tvhicb followed the ProU-r
aor'a address, Mr. J. It. Wood aaid that a portion
of Lii fartn had been iitned to profuaely
that it would not pmdnec a crop. Afterward
lie corrected the eril by ualng straw aa a topdieaaing.
Mr MeCarter waa not poaitire that
| |t no waa of tcrrlett in thia country, where our
| fields are ao elosoly cropped. lie had little
faith in lime, except In caret where tome
green crop goca into the ground with it, thrn
its effect# aril good. Mr. Smith ueed thirty
butliela of lime per acre r.n corn ground with
good effect, though he valued it more highly
for wheet. Dr. P. Smith remarked that the
chief point ia whether magneaian lime ia useful.
It ia admitted that it holpa wheat; hut
it ia beat to reject that kind of lime altogether.
In atiaWer to a question, Prof. Cook raid that
litne ia aa uaeful on limcatone ground aa on
alate, especially quick liuie. The small quantity
of twenty ar thirty bushels of lime to the
acre, whether utpgneaian cr otherwise, wil
not perceptibly hurt the eoi),?? JVeworfc
Journal.
IIow Mui-u Wmkat ton a Barril or
Fboru.?The question how much wheat duos
it tako to make a barrel of flour? Ia often
asked, and the answer ia of a general character,
" fire bushels are allowed." At the annual
fair ot the Dubuqo, Iowa, Agricultural Soci.
ty, In I860, a premium of three dollars was
offered for toe beat barrel of flour made from
winter wheat. A firm entered one berrel o'
each, accompanied with the elelement that
sixteen buahelt of winter wheat yielded throe
barrels and one hundred and three pounds tf
flour, at the rata of four bushel# and fifteen
puuuai vi wucii v? iuf uarroi. ui spring
wbwl fifty bushel* yielded cIcvsb barrels of
flour, being four buabols and thirty?two
pound* to the barrel. The wheat was a fair
quality and no more.
Dr. Jones of Liberty Connty flu., on the
Itih inaU, purchased the Southern Cultivator
for $o,40b, The Banner saya : Dr. Jones is
a gentleman of culture and of large agricultural
experience, every way qualified to maintain
the high character of this popular and
moat useful publication.
We tender the Doctor our beat wishes, and
hope he will sucooed in his noble vocation ef
disseminating agricultural knowledga.
1st Piimi ? l>.niot fi'sbt'sr was right
wh*n h? remarked ot the |>ic?*;
u Small ia the sum required in patronize
a newapaper ; amply lewai-.l-t mile pa'.ron,
1 ?ara not how humble and oupretefldmg
iba gcr.Mte he lakea. ft is next t<> Imporat.
I It to till a pr nted abet* without putting
i>.to It aamathfog thai is werib the rubarlp,\ua
prlaa."
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NO. 32.
! The 8*Ye& Ancient Wonders. 1
1-t The Urate Colli s?ua of Rhndtft. one
hundred end (wrsty feet high, built tiv
Carta, A. 1). 288; occupying tw?lVe Ve?r? in
making. It atood aCfoSe the harbor of
Rbedeeeisty-aiaya*r% and vaathen thrown
down by an earthquake. It was bought by
a JeW froth the Saracen*, who loaded nine
hundred eatwela with the bra a*.
2d. Tha Prramida of Egypt The large*! .'J
one engaged three hundred and eiaty thoueand
Workman thirty year* in bnlldiogi and
atood at last tljp -e tbou*aad year*,
2d. Tha Aequadnata of Rome, invented
by Appiiw ClauJiua, the eenaor.
4 b. The Labyrinth of Paammetlena, oil
tha banka of tlia Nile, containing Within
one continued wall one thouaand honeee*
and twelve royal palaoca, all covared with
marbla, and having only one entrance *=
on.- i mi ?ii ? ?i- '*
?ua vuiiuiu^ was miu 10 conmin inn^
thousand cliimbtri, aad a hall built o'
in?rl>l(, adorned with sluices of the gods.
Silt. Tlie l'han* of Alexandria, a tower
built by ord' r ?ii Ibolemy PMladslphU?( tu
the year 282 It O. It wae erected as a
lighthouse, nnd contained magnifleent gal*
letfe* of marble?a large lantern at the top,
the light of which was seen nearly a hun'
dred mile*; mirrors of enormous siees Were
fixed round (he galleries, rofieeting everything
on (he aea. A common tower la no#
erected in its place.
Sth. Tho walla of Babylon, built by order ?
01 Sentiramla, or Nebuebadnesear, aud fin'
ished in one year by two hundred thoUeaad
1 men. They were of immeou thickness.
7th. The Temple of Disua, at Bphesus,
completed in the reign of Herviua sixth
king of ltotne. It was four hundred and
fifty feet long, two hundred broad, and sup-?
ported by one hundred and twenty-ai* 'i
marble pillars, seventy feet high. The
beams an.) douia were of cedar, the rest of
I he limber of cyprus. It was destroyed by
fire 307 ycurs D. C.
Want or Decision.?A great deaf of labor
is lost to the world for the want of a little
oouiage. Every day sends to their graves
n number of obscure men, wh-i have only
reiuitiuevl in obscurity because their timidity
has prevented them from making a first ef
fort, and who, if they had only beeo in*
dviced vo begin, would, in all probability,
have gone great length* in the Career of
fame. The fact is, that in doiag any thing
in the world worth doing, we must not
stand on the bank aiiivcling, thinking of
the cold and danger, hut jump In and
scramble through as well as we ean. It
will not do (o be perpetually ealeulatli g
risks and adjusting nice chances ) it did ail
very well before the flood, when h man
would consult U<* friends upoh nn Intended
publication fur one hundred and fifty years,
aud live to ace its success for six or seven
centuries afterwards} but, at present, man
waits and doubts, and consults his brothers
aud uoclet aud particular fiiends, until one
d <y lie finds lie is *ix<y-five years of aga,
and that he lias no more time to follow
their adiiev. There it so little time for
over-fqueamUliDttss at present that the opportunity
slips away. The very period of
life at which a man ohoosea to venture, if
ever, is eo confined that it ie no bad rule to
preach up the necessity, In sneh inst*nce*(
? ? vaarsvaiVAJ nunc HI tilV IVVIIII^^, HUH
ilTorti iimJe In d-fiance of Uriel fend sober
calculations.?Siduey Smith.
?
fhu Fallido Lbaf.?A gianco mi the psrti-colorod
tppeiiMc* of the tree intimates the
approach of wintry weather. Before its reign
is fairly established, lot us remind those who
bare been blessed with means that they bare
it in their power to accomplish much good
among thoir poorer neighbors; and it is sin*
curtly hoped that they Will not hesitate to do
good in the way of charitable aid and asst#- t
inco whenever an opportunity present# Itself.
The old (loroisn proverb declares that " no
inaa ever beoame poor bp the practice of
Works of chartty," and we hope those of onr
readers who believe in works of lote and mercy,
will test its truthfalacss.
Cot* a*i> FoDdfb?Let us say fewf
words on p>i.lliig fodder. Make the corn
for the sske of the corn, and if the work id
properly done, with deep preparation; lib
era! manuring, and the ground is kept clean,
the cora will ba made and hard while the
fodder is ft good and green, thru the
. fodder may be pulled off without hurting'
the corn in the least. Fodder may be kept
green on the Stalks two or three weeks after
the oorn is hard, by using salt and plaster
around the bill aa a manure. There i*
no better food for stock than fodder well
saved.
Plbascsbs or IIbadiko.?Of all amuse-'
racnts that eaa possibly be ImsfMtd for ?
workingtnao, after a day's toll, of h> the intervals,
there is nothing like rendfrnr a newsra
per or book. It Mill for no Vidily exertion ,
of Which the anon hoe bod fitongb, perbape
too Brook. 11 relieve# hi* boat* of dullness
aod ssaseaeM. Nay, H aeeempaaies bin to
I his oeat day's work, aod girse bim something
to think cf besides the mors mechanical
drudgery of his eveiyday oeeupation?a iret>>irt)
ha eao enjoy while absent, and look for*
ward Ij with pleasure.
In an artiela oo drunkenness, Dr. Hall
eay?: "To be a gr at orator, a peerless
' beauty, or the star of the social circle,
whether man or woman,, U neat <A b?do^
est."
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