The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EYENfI(G, APRIL 19, 1851.

Among the Grrek mins. retwsltablo fox rarity and in-.1 YANKEE DOODLE
tired, may Ise pointed out—A silver deeadraelint of Alex-
ander the Gat, front tbe collection of Ord. Kawlinson, ACCORDINO To TILE "sat T'.l[
re
bring the fird ever discovered. Tetradrachm ot Seleuews
I. of Syria, with his portrait. Tetradraehm of Demetrius
S,.ter and hi. Queen Laolice, whom portrait is known +only
from this+ coin. Two tetraddothum of Antioehus VIII. of ,
Seri t, having on the reverse *tomb, supposed to be that of
ilimlanapalus The Bactrian series has been enriched by !
a very rare tetradrachm of Antimachus, with hi. portrait. 4
A drsehm of Eatbydessaa, of a new type. Tctradraehm of
Charaecne, hearinz a date. Tetradrachru of Hippostratus
In fine preservation, and of the highest rarity. ,
Fine silver coins of Azilises and of Ares. line
(+Titer coins of Diomedes Lrias and Philoxenus. I
A large and important collection of coins fornted in India
by Mr. Edward Themes, containing many choice speeimens
of the rarer King. of Batavia, Antialjedes, Apollodotus, I
Strata, Spalyrius ; sclera! of Indo-Seythian King.; Kings
ri
of Cabul and (Mame e • and also several of the Afghan I
sees and of the Miestehs of Delhi. A small collection of
very fine modern Nepaulese coin., both gold and silver,
presented b her Majesty. A Japanese coin, presented by
the King of the Sandwich Islands. A very tine dated coin
of Alexander Severw+, struck at Anthedon, in Judaea. A
fine gold coin, new type. of the Emperor Severely. A
fine brass medallien of Commodes. Two very rare British
gold coins, having upon them the name Tin. 122 pennies
of Ethelred 11. and Canute+, found in the north of Europe.
A gold half hardi of Richard 11., probably unique. Thirty
counterfeit sterling., struck in Flanders part of a larger
number discovered near Kirkcudbright; presented by the
Earl of Selkirk.
ItErAaTNIENT nr PIONT4 AND DRAWENG..—A large
pnrtion of the more recently acquired Gentian prints, by
I masters living in the 15th eittury, have been mounted,
and a descriptive catalogue is preparing of all such as are
not mentioned by Bartsch. The \sorbs of Burgkmair,
Luca* Cranach, Hans Baidung(irein, Ulrieh Pilgrim, Lull-
' wist Krug, and Le Maitre Vlierevisse, have been arranged
in five volumes. The portraits in the illustrated copies of
lord Clarendon 's Lite, hi, Iltdory of the Itebellion, and
Whiteluck's Memorials amounting to more than 2,0110 its
number, have been marked off in the interleaved copy oaf
Bromley's Catalogue of engraved British Portraits ;
as have also upwards of 1,(0) of the portraits
aequired during the present year, and all loch as
are not fumed in that work hare been inueted.
Alphabetical catalogue. of the portraits engraved
by Huller, also of the engravings executed from the works
of Sir Thorna. Lawn nee, have been drawn up. Slips have
been written of the allele of the title• in the collection of
catalogues of print sales presented to the print room by
William Smith, Esq.. with the view of forming a chrott,
leveed index of them, to also an alphabetical intlt•x of
Dam. s where given, and these hay e been proceeded with
trout the year 171't up to November, Mi. The eata-
boot+ of books in the print nom has been complet, d.
The minder. of purchases and presentations are made up to
this end of the year POO. The most important widgeons
made to the collections during the year have been—ltalian
School An engraving of a female head by Leonardo da
Vinei, notch finer in character, anti more effective in eaten-
tion than the head attributed to that master by Mr. (Utley,
which was formerly iu the Sykes and Wilson Collections,
and is now in the British Museum. Fine specimens by
Stare Antonio, Nicole B.atrice, Biotin Bowasone and Agos-
tine Carmel. Etchings by Agostino Mitelli, Girolumn
Mattioli, and hues Giordano. Engraving. from the work. isf
Cinialtue, (teat", Buffalinaentl. Todd+, Gaddi, Gentile
laltriano, Ira Anip !it., and %More Capaeciu. G(1111411
School Drawings by Ilan. Holbein, Pence and Dollar.
I An interesting series of 49 prints, illustrating the Life of
I Christ, by an artist of the l.ith century, using the mono-
gram S. A., not known to Bartsch ; rare specit,
en. by pas
Maitre de 1150, i.e Maitre la Neville, Le Maitre ant
Hantlerolles Israel von Nierkeit, and many of the little
ma•dera. 'Ater hundred awl fifty prints have besot folded
to the Collection of Dollar's Work, Flemish School :
Drawings by Van Dyck. TI niers and Mayeringli, an unique
etching of a man'. heal by P. Van Slingelandt, front the
Van Ls+vden and Ikckford Collertions. line Speci-
mens of the Engravings of Lbatziets, C. Passe,
Van Ifiden, Boutin/ken, dm An extensive Coffee-
, tem of Enorarings from the picture. of Toilers.
I Spanish School: Drawings by (1. Coast, Murillo, Itileilta,
!fibers, Juan dr Tided", Veluaques, and Goya.. French
Seko..l Drawing. by le Moie, Natoire, and farmed.
An extensive collection of engravings from the works of the
I artists formitto the "load lontainlatatt F:tehings by
Count Cavite., de Slareenay, and Dttplesai. Benaux.
I English Sliest! Draw Mg. Ity F. flare, Paul Sandler,
in Awn, Timed 1111 l (Ittley, Hilts and
Muller. Some ..f the rarest of the litsgarth series viz., an
• jut: impression of the Election Entertainment 'front the
Itak.-r and Wil3oll I ollection4, Howarth's lard of Address,
the Great Seal of England, Re. Cooke pries( engravings of
Woollen, Burnet, Simnel Cousins, Duo, W. Find, n, Gib-
bon, ("titling, IStsalall, T. Lantheer, Kens. J. l'ye, J.
11. Robinson, Welt, Willmorc, sue. Twelve hundred
portraits principally of the English series have
been added to the collmtian, acme of them of gnat
rarity ; also, a few euflons broml•aoles and caricatures.
Severn itecresting aequisitions have been made with the
view of for • a collection of etchings I.y artists of the
British school. The following are some of the most im-
portant donation. to the Print none during the year •--
Nixtemne impre.Aion* of coiling. and drawing. on stone by
IV, IN: la Moue; pesented by William De la Motile, Esq.
Twenty-sic etchings of the engnivings from the pictures
in the Vernon Gallery; presented by S. C. Ilall, Esq.
The original sketeh from stature by Girtin, of the old I
Bridge at Britletnenh• from which the drawing was made ;
presented to the Mtiseum by Mr. Chambers Hall in 1519;
prewntoNl by Chambers Ball, A study of eight
figures on • nheet by D. 'lenient, and two studies of
I females by A. Van •Deck ; pressoted by Edward
Pretties Esq. •• Sabrina,' 1.11:21.3V.A1 by I'. Lightfoot,
horn the picture by W. E. Frost, A.B.A. proof.
" The Smile," engraved by W. C. Sharp, front the picture
by I'. Webater, proof. •• The Frown," engraved he
IV. D. Taylor, front the pieture by T. Webster, B.A. ; proof.
's Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, engraved by IlateN's ana-
ftlyptographie precool, from a has-relief by J. Ilanetwk ;
posit. t Shakspeare's Sven Age'," engraved by E.
(ioialall, front the design of 1). Maclise, lt.A.: proof. Pre-
sented by the committee of the Art. Union of London. A
writs of 21 lithographed drawing. by George Scheid, jun.,
I from the works of Era Anifelieo. "St. Lawrence distri-
hutiag Alas." a m,rraved by L. Gruner, from Fra Angelico;
lune of three proofs printed; presented by the Arundel
I :society. l'wenty-three etchings by C. Cops+, ILA.,
emur of which are in early and curious states; presented
by I'. W. row, ILA. An extensive collection of the
rataloguts of the greater portion of the more importautt
'sale. of print* which have taken place in England, France,
and Rolland, from 11'16 tu 1547; presented by William
Lsq.

IN 1851.
WEEK IA

(Pram Puna.)
Yankee agall,'s come to town,
To see the Eibibition,
And strike a blow at England's Crown,
By stirring up sedition.
The New lurk Weekly Ikret sec,
Whose Editor's a noodle,
Or Queen Victoria's throne will be
I:pret by Yankee Doodle.
Chorus—Yankee Doodle, doodle, &c.
Old John Bull, our wares to show,
Inviti s our glorious nation,
And we've ace ?tell, no ways slow,
The loafer's invitation.
We've produce to display, that shall
Auntie your cutton.spinner,—
Our ttritire raw ma-te-ri-n/
Our muscle, bone, and sinner.
Chorus—Yankee Doodle, &e.
That there stuff, them genuine goods,
The silo of Freedom reared on,
Cut out an empire from the woods,
The greatest ever heenl on.
Light work to fell the British Oak,
For arms with might so gifted!
The sle,ves is tucked up for the stroke,
I guess the aae is lifted.
Chorus—Yankee Doodle, &c.
Yankee Doodle, in a ship,
Is come from New York city,
And if hr should repent his trip,
reckon it's a pity ;
Of Socialists he bring, a crew,
Tu kindle agitation ;
Iteds, Chartists, Anti-rentists, too,
Who 111111.1.11 repudiation.
Chorus—Yankee Doodle, &c.
Socialistic tracts, much more
Combustible than me acts,
Are stuffed, with bowie knives in store,
lit Yankee Doodle's pockets.
With schemes and projects fur a new
Britannic. constitution,
And plenty of revolvers, to
Effect the revolution,
Chorus—Yankee Doodle, &e.
Yankee Doodle builds his hopes
Upou the great dissensions
Of Britisher, about the rope**
Aggression and pretensions ;
On Manufacture's every scat
So ready Dr rebelling
For very hunger—now that wheat
At such a price is selling.
Chorus—Yankee Doodle, &c.
Yankee Doodle is no kiol,
Ile's up to all that's doing,
Full well he knows what Liverpool

-
And Manchester ire brewing;
Their own republic they're to firm,
And rut the Queen's connexion;
And he intends to guide the storm,
And lead the insurreetion.
Churus.—Yankee LuKlle, &c.
A mob once vatted the Tuilerico,
Another might the Palace,
I main., with perfect C:1%..,
And never mind thy- gallows.
To get the troop., engaged iu town
In iptelling thi, commotion,
And then on Manchester drop down,
Is Yankee IhNolle's notion.
Chorus. —Yankee Doodle, &c.
Yankee Doodle's venue to town,
In all his birce awl power,
lie niean., to barn the Aldo y down,
Bank, Parliament and 'rower.
Oh! yes—and fin• the Thames us well,
Or, my! what fibs etainul
That catawampous print do tell !
Our acreamin' New York jarnal.
Chorus.--Yankee Doodle, &e.

ANTIQUITIEA UN TIIE CLIVE AT WINTERTON.—
Whilst some labourers were, it few days ago, in the act of'.
excavating fur drainage un the estate or W. li. Griffin,
they rut across deep-laid foundations and it tesselattal pave-
mitt of Itttman workmanship, at about fifty yards south
of the superb prwthrium discovered by Dr. brake in the
hut century, and of the curious 'milt afterwards brought
to light by the late Mr. Fowler. The floors of them
are of thy richest land most complicate designs, and too-
t tin representations of Orpheus playing on the haria ur
lyre, and chart tt itt g the beasts around him, viz., the lion,
the stag. the bear, the friar, the pegasus' the dog, the
m
elephant, and the lux ; of rive., with eblematie rano of
corn; and of a nymph, with the cornucopia (said to have
had the property ...If furnishing ita posteemr with whatererthe
wished for) ; besides a great variety of chain-work, knots,
fret., vases,and other ornaments, in five appropriate "1"1"4
At the top of the hill they met with three small urns, am
many difkrent materials, and colours. In one of
thew were enclosed thirteen rude discs of corroded lead, gar
dually varying from one inch and a half to five-eighths of
an melt in diameter, and from an eighth tom sixteenth of ea
1 inch in thickness. all being rounded at the edge., and the
larger ones having a hole through them between the centre
' and the margin. \\-bather them were weights or not, the
careful sharers of them cling to the agreeably persuasion,
I Mat they are money. or contain gold. Such sites I
far their peaceful operations at this at Wintertion—
with the afternoon sun, ti stream of water, the virility of the
river Humber' and commanding views, would stu:la to hays
been
approved by the Roman general., as there are similar I
remains of a magnificent station at the village of Ilitrkstow,
under the next rangy of hills eastward, and about equi-
distant front the great Ermin-street, which extended from
the cord of Susses, through London and Lincoln, to the
bank of the Downer, a little below Wintringham, and
thence to York. It limy lie thought that remnants of anti-
quity are trines and useless; but, as 3 few imperfect bones
have suggested to comparative unatornists the relative forms
and peculiar habits of animals whom class, have ceased to
live for thousands of year:, so these sure evidences of former
limes supply considerate mind* with pinks in the chain of
very interesting proofs of the permanent establishment, the
settled peace, the domestic splendour, and the cultivated
manners of the Romans in Britain mane sixteen or seventeen
centuries ago.—Eagern (Anodic, Ihruld.
A SC BC BRAN CON N EMA It A. —The tahabitante
themselves exhibit a genuine Irish apathy. Here and.
there, a barrow or two of oyster aliens, broken bricks, and
other dry materials, have been thrown into the mud. In
Cambrid,gc-row, I ohaeryed that stone effort had been
made to get a crossing; but a sign hoard indicated that it
was to facilitate the approach to "The back door of the
Good Satnaritan.'• Continuing my way until I came within
the shadow of the great cinder-heap. of Mr. Mule, his
cautrartotr. I turned off at Cambridge-crescent, to make the
hazardous ahem:A of discovering a passage buck into the
Pancras-road. At the corner of Cambridge-crescent are
the Talbot Arms Tea Gardens, boasting a dry skittle-
Freund, which, if it be not an empty boast, must
be an Agar Town island. The whirrs of Cambridge-
crewant are almost all shop-keepers—the poorest ex-
hibiting in their rag-patched windows a few apples
and rest-herrings, with a rhyming announcement, " Table-
beer, Sold here." I suspect a system of barter pre-
vails—the articles sold there comprehending, no doubt,
the whole of the simple wants of the inhabitants, a system,
perhaps, suggested by the difficulty of communication with
the eitiliied world. A 'minuet. in these parts imme,li,toy
attracts the attention of the neighbourhood; and if he lie,
not recogniied fur an Agarite. is at once set down for a I
sponial commiasioncr" about to report to some newspaper
upon the condition of the inhabitants. I met 310 One
, having the air of a stranger, except an unlucky gentle-
man, attempting to make a short cut to the London and
Tork Railway station ; and a postman, vainly in- I
for Aurora Cottage. There were Bath, and Woe-
meter, Roscommon, Tralce, and Shamrock Cottages ; but
Aurora Cottage. being probably iu seine adjoining street, I
was entirely unknown to the mud-hound inhabitants.
The economy of space which I had observed from the bridge I
was alum apparent here. Every corner of is garden con-
tained it. hut, well .tucked with dirty children. The house
of one family was a large yellow vas upon wheels, thus
raised above high mud-mark. This was the neatest dwell-
kW I had olvwerved. It had two red painted street-doors,
with bright brass knockers, out of a tall man's reach, and
evidently never intended for knocking, the entrance being
=r ms at the head of the van ; indeed I suspect that
doors were what the stage managers call "imprarti- •
cable." The interior appeared to be well furnished, and
divided into bed-room and sitting-room. Altcgether, it had
a comfortable look, with its chimney-pot smoking on the
top; and if I were doomed to live in Agar Town, I should
certainly like lodgings in the yellow van.—Dickenes
Household Words."
LIERIG AND TIIE ENOLDIII PROLETAIRIAT."—
The German philosopher measures (strangely) the degree '
of civilisation a nation may have reached, by the quantity
of soap used. which is very much akin to the old proverb,
that cleanliness is next to godliness. The average con-
sumption of this proprietary substance, averaging about
Alb. for each person in this country places the people far I
above any of its European neighboVirs in the scale of culture
and civilisation.— The Builder. I
FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—A collier named James
Davies was at work at Hendreforgan Colliery, Cwmtwrch,
one day last week, when a considerable part of the level!
suddenly fell in. He was at work beyond where the fall
took place, and consequently was completely shut in, and
cut off from all possibility of escape, except by assistance
from without. As soon u the poor fellow's critical po.,'-
tiou had been ascertained, all hands were employed i
an attempt to clear away the fall of coal, but after the
most desperate exertions had been made, it was deemed'
impracticable to accomplish the task in time to save the
mat's life. As a last resource, therefore, it was resolved
to attempt to drive a ho-st through a solid pillar of coal, and
• thereby effect the release of the unfortunate man. After
twelve hours of incessant labour, this arduous task was
I happily accomplished, to the great joy of
in his narrow the
in a sate of mental torture which may fellow,
I co for 2 hours, r 1
I who had been imprison
be imagined. The
kt rough which the opening was made was 3-5 feet in
I thicens.

lIERIWRT'S Ptlsrno ot• " THE COUM IL 4W
rue Lr %GI e."—This mentoriAl of the founder. of till. grtAt

. ,
ivisoviation, *vigil' so powerfully contributed to change the
feature, 01 the commercial economy of the nation, has been
finally deposited in the Salford reel-park Museum. Its
ownership. aiid conwquently the right to dispose of it, have
• been for some tittle in dispute, the COUllea 01. the League
claiming it as their property, and Mr. Agnew, mayor of
Salford. considering that the ownership rest. in him. No
objection, however, is taken in any quarter to the deposit
of the painting in the muwmtu of this liberal society,
whirl' has just taken charge of it on Mr. Agnew's pre-
,..cutation, and the secretaries of the council have therefore
endeavoured to cliss: the dispute by lt Ii tier to the MUM-
top, of the Peel-park Muscum, in width they give those
gentlemen a graceful opportunity of acknowledging the
council's approval of the painting being placed in their
institution, This Ito been done in a letter, accompanied
by the followiug extract from the minutes of the proceed-
ings of the museum and library committee of the corpo-
ration of Salford, March Is, lail' —.• Resolved,—That
the chairman be requested to reply to the letter now read
from Messrs. Sinipsuu and fans, and to express. on the
part of this cuo tttt int*. the pleasure with which they learn
that the militia,* of the late Anti-Corn-law League fully
approved of the painting of the League being placed in
this institution. and Naha, to county the high apprecia-
tion which the etsiumittce entertain of the painting loan
historical record, deeply tittettlitilitt to the inhabitants of
this I mow . and the vicinity. and which the committee
' feel persuaded will prove in this free public institution an
isojs, t id goat attraction both to the present, tt, well as
suture generations."

Ar Int .t llailtstl-sTEALEft--()n Friday a
man having the appearanc- of a farm servant put up a va-
luably bay mare at the Crown Inn. Kirton, and in the
course of tire evening Miens' to sell the mare to the land-
lord. 'lasing maie avveral contradictory statements as to
how he cam, in possession of the mare. the landlord thought
all was not right, and communicated the eireumstaneas to
Mr. Cisiper, the active and efficient constable, but before
he could be :mous, d the man was ter. Nisi. Cooper, how-
, ear, procured the assistance of one of the night-watch,
and with horse and gig went off at full speed. On coming
to Itedbourn, about two miles distant, inquiris were
made, but it was found that he had not paSsa d through
that place. They then pnseveiled to Waslilingham cross-
fuels, and dha re found recent footmarks of a horse going
in the dietitian of Wadalingham. They again went at full
sisal, making inquiries on the way, and hailing they were
on the right track, continued it until they came near to
Bishop Bridge, which is a contrary way for Caistor, and
here they lost all clue. Further inquiries were made,
and it was ascertained that the man had been seen going
toward. Bishop Norton. Ott the officers went again, and
after galloping for about a mile or two, came in sight of the
man riding leisurely along, who, on seeing the gm coming
at a furious rate behind him, set off at a gallop ; they then
had a hot chase for about three mike. when the man pulled I
up, and the constables, on coming up with him, entered
into conversation, remarking that he had got a useful tit'
there; did hr want to sell her ?" Arguing for some time
about the price, the constable sent his man to look at the
home's mouth, when, to the great surprise of the pretended
horse dealer, he was charged with stealing the mare, upor
which he immediately put his heels to the horse's sides,
and attempted to gallop olf, but did not tamed; he then
made a disp.rate resistance, but was finally secured and
placed in safe custody. It was afterwards discovered that
the ante was stolen on the 9th inst. from the stable of Mr.
Christopher Coates, of Betisby, near Great Grimsby. The
man, whole name is William West, was conveyed to Brigg,
sad committed to the Bridewell at Kirton, for examination
at Brig, on Thursday.
THY NEYPNITT MI:IIDER.—The execution of the
two moo, Wiles sad Smith, convicted at the last Somerset
segue of the murder of Mr. Wilkins, at Neapsett, has
born Said for Wednesday neat.

OARVENLNG OPERATIONS FOR TILE
ENSCiSU WEEK.

along A walk-side near a wall, or in any other warm part of
the garden. We adopted this plan last year with great suc-
cess. Repot capsicums, but do not allow them to Hower till
they are strong and well establislii d. Prick out basil,
savory, &c., from the wed pan. into bwes or frames, pre-
paratory to their being planted out neat month. Wat.r
freely all salads that arc now advancing, likoviw small
weds just coming through the ground.

(Inca the Gardener's ehrantrie.)
?Lasts DEPARTMENT.
Oran t ns.-111 those species which are commencing a new
growth should be carefully examined and repotted or sur-
faced, according to their respective requirements. Let the
old stuff be picked away as far as possible without injuring
the roots. The most suitable material, in the shape ofsol
fur these plants, is half decomposed leaf-mould, which has
been sufficiently baked or sweated to destroy everything
rtaining to animal fife; this should be mixed with one- Mr. Asa Whitney, in a letter to a contemporary,
ird inbuilt of pure sand, one interspersed and packed !
thus advocates his project for the construction of a
!
with mall blocks of turfy pest and sphagnum. Many •
Orchids do best fastened upon blocks of wood, as the bean- i railroad
tiful Phalernopsis, Liclias, Cattleya-s, &c. Any wood that , Pacific Oceans :
is durable will suit them. Perfect drainage it unqucstion- !
i It is not at all surprising that those who do not fully
communication between the Atlantic and
chid*: and to secure this, a portion of potsherds should be failed to sated). tsc doubts
scheme, but in no instauce have I ..
mixed up with the soil, except in that for Staithopeas, as
ably of the greatest importince in the cultivation of or-
of those who have been dispose el to give it :a fair hes:wing.
1 csantiue it should pronounce it to
.by a mad
.and e isionary
the latter protrude their flower stems through the lotto!!! I have noticed articles copied front the London into the
understood.
of the baskets, which for this genus should be considerably American papers in which, although the subject has been
shallower than the hemispherical ones recommended for favourably treated, still it is not clearly
it e [Kral purposes, sad for these nothing is bettor than some As you have been so kind as to multi-fest an interest in this
be given tothow plants which are Man active growing state, labour, I (eel that I may be permitted to take the liberty of
tibry peat and sphagnum. A liberal supply of water must
sorba warm nuts atmosphere must be retained during the enterprise, which has cost me nine years of hard study and
asking you to allow me, through your columns, to make
dav, in fine weather, especially amongst vandas and their more plain the points which appear to be mit:apprehended.
congeners from the hottest localities, and dendrubes, which I notice that the Arkanas valley is spoken of as the route
are in a growing state. Shading in bright strong sunshine
is indispensable, but the abuse of this as common as the feee Arkansas, 1' lie though a part of what is called •• '
the Great
use of it. The canvas should lee so arranged that it can be oropowal, when it should have been the Mississippi valley.
is
Mississippi Basin," is for south of the proposed route.
removed or applied in a few moments; as the difficulties of In speaking of the difficulties to be overcome, it is said,
nd elevation, to bu surmounted, are circumstaace of which
" The desperate mountain-passes, valleys to be crossed, and
ceseary attention to this matter. Conservatory.—Climbers covering or uncovering, in many instances, prevent the ne-
growths for late autumn flowering. the training of the triumphs ut European engineering give us but a faint
produce
should now have a portion of their shoots pruned hurl, to
notion."
the youg shoots should have regular attention, that they may I have in person paned over and examined snore than
Inc the stiff formal appeurunco which is produced by tying 800 miles in a direct line of the proposed route, and Live
at all tinter look neat; on the other hand, carefully avoid-
in the shoots to their extremities. If the house is sutfi- miles, in a canoe, and the Mississippi also—and ziaccrtained
likewise exaiuMed the streams—the Missouri, for 1,200
the points at which they can he safely bridged. Besides
are allowed to hang down front the rafters in natural this the elevations bare been twice taken with inatrunieuta
festoons. Nunn in conservatory borders (whether climclimbersneatly lolly, climbers look most graceful when they
all through to the Pacific, and the explorations of ten:lathe
or otherwise), which have been planted in former years,
should have as much of the old exhausted soil removed as men, together with the almost constant emigration of fami-
lies with loaded teams to Oregon :end California, have esta-
can be done without materially injuring the roots, and the blislied, beyond a doubt, that the great difficulties spoken of
space filled up again with fresh compost; std, ut the same do nut exist.
time, if any alteration in their arrangements is desirable, it From the proposed starting point at Lake Michigan to
many will prevent themselves to notice which will c, the South Pas," the elevation is gentle and gradual, out
should be made. On a careful scrutiny of the plants,
finin greater objects of attraction, it' planted out, averaging over al feet per mile, and no one mile user .5 feet.
Here is a distance of 1,20 J miles requiring no tunnelling, nu i
than they will if confined in puts. 11l making a sane- deep cuts, or heavy embankments, and, with the a xceptiou
“tiro,nr,fumratilkiiasbpluert,..eitssche,, tiliorosethseortbesausl:)on.l,df
tthit.,.,ierslotz.ner.wthfcoh, of the Mississippi and Missouri, no large streams to be
coutiouing a long time in bloom, or for their elegant and bridged, gust this •• South fast is not "a desperate pan ;"
uo the esontrary, it is an open, almost level country or plain,
ornamental appearance in habit or fuilage. Lot the soil fin. of moue 30 or 40 miles in width, dividing the waters which
these plains consist of roughly-chopped turves of loam or
flow on the one side into the Atlantic from thwo. on the
peat, with nuadmixture of richer materials, according to other side, flowing into the Pacific. florins( arrived ut this
their special requirements ; but let the surface Ise torsos!
summit with an uwcitt barely perceptible, we have, without
with finer soil, for neatueas sake. Camellias planted out in
the g
conservatory borders are muchreat difficulties spoken of, but to follow thence Moen
improved by having a bar. the streams which empty into the Vocal,: through Oregon.
non of the old soil removed, and new supplied every spnng. We are living in the meat remarkably age of man's his-
after the flowering is over. Abundance of water should
tilts by given them while they are growing. As the sea• boor. such rapid and frequent (lumps hale been :not are
being made in the means for intercourse and colon 1111 l On-
min Avant es, heat and moisture may be more liberally
lion with the di
supplied to tropical plants, inercasing gradually m prn. different parts of the habitable globe, that it
is not surprising the world should stare at, and denounce
portion to the growing power of tke MISS'S rays, but
in all cases Ilinidiug a high night temperature ; as visionary, many perfectly feadble and highly important
projects, because they have no data for au opinion, except
sixty degrees being quite sufficient for those which
night tempera-
are growing most actively. The nee scarya comparison with the past. And here has been one of the
greatest difficulties in bringing the public mind to a just
tures most be principally obtained by closing curly, and so 1
uneterstanding of my project. There is nothing in the post
retaining the heat derived (ruin the sun ; and when foes are with which to look:: a comparison. There has never been,
required, they must nut be so strong as to render it nests- or before. undertaken to he, built 2,000 miles of railroad
sary to admit currents of cold air. 'this must be used with through an entire wilderness : and those who have money
noire cars than when the plants were in a dormant state, to invest, and whose unfavourable opinions are 'fatal to the
for the admission of a current of cold air during the de- success of stuck companies, cannot tee how a railroad can
velopment of the young growth will frequently give it a cam dividends with no towns, cities, or even population on
check, and so injure the tender foliage as to spoil the future it. entire line. They can sec no inducement to invest, and
appearance of the plant ; a cold current of this description thcreffire it is not surprising that without any examillation
is very different from the moderate circulation of the air it should be pi...lmmo:4A impracticable. Now the very
which is necessary in all plant-house. Select some of Chic objection' they raise constitute the grand principle on which
strongest young plants of carnation, and litotes*, and pot this great enterprise is loused. These principles are--
them in soil consisting of three-fourths loam which lots been 1. That the entire country. through which the...road would
charred for the purpose of destroying wirovonna and other run is a wilderness.
inserts, and sue-fourth thoroughlydecompowd cow manures 2. That there are no towns or cities and tin population Oil
•
During the summer, the plants should be plunged inn heel any part of the wholes route, to give business to the road to
of coal-attics and watered occasionally with clear liquid tsweble it to tarn dividends.
manure, and all flowering steins should be picked out. 3. That there will be nu stuck to subscribe to, and no
After the end of .kugust, the aunts should be carefully tied dividend to be earned.
up u, they make their appearance ; and towards the end of
.kll this 'stay appear paradoxical, but it will be found on
October, the plants should be plated near the gins is a consideration tinnily, mid bated upon a general plan, which
frame or on the front of a greenhouse static, where they so sot fail.
will continue to flower a lung time, mid be 1111101 admired. llf the entire route were not a wilderness, but occupied
f:Seedlings grown in pout and very liberally treated, will
with wont, cities, &c., the lands could not 100 ro had to p-
rarely fail to flower through the winter. duce the capital or means to esunstruct the road.
PuRCING DEPARTMENT. 2. The now unocesupied wilderness lands arc, by building
Posrotr.s.—A steady heat, especially among fruiting the road through them, awl thereby creating facilities for
plants, is very essential, as they should all now he making aettlements tool the cheap transiairtation of produce to mar-
ket, to be made the sure amerce of means to construct the
a rapid progress,. 11'herc the bottom-hem is supplied by
ferniesiiting material, it should be carethlly examined; and work, as well as to support it when completed; and, as the
on the first indication of a decline, the old tan should be wilderness lands are thus made the Murie of capital, 110 auli-
leathind up, and surfaced with a fi.w filches of fresh. The acription to stock, and no dividends, would be required.
Sun Ihilig non so powerful au auxiliary in keeping up the Now, it' the lands under this process eau be made to sell
Mat, it will not so frequently be necessary to renew the so a, to supply the necessary moans for the work, it must be
entire bell; but if the latter count, scents likely to be re- towels: of the demand which the work itself would create
quircel soon, it should Ile shone the first time any of the for actual aettlemeut on its line; and can it be doubted that,
plants are removed fur potting, or other purpows, that they such settlement once effected, through the best natural
may be disturbed as little at possible during the summer, agricultural country on the globe, it would sustain a road
As the seilsOn a:lv:noses, it will be necessary to .bade with requiring tools aufticient only for its expense of operation
thin bunting during strong sunshine; but, itt prewnt, it and repairs?
should be own very cautiously. Vineric•—lu the early It is true that capital to a limited amount will be required,
house, when the fruit is fully ripe, let the temperature fill and to a very large amount it could be more profitably and
to Si dep. by night, and give plenty of air during the day. more thffily employed than any other enterprise ben•re
Endeavour to keep the foliage green and healthy as bug introduced to the public-; but the investment would not Ie
as possible; if proper monition Isis been paid to preventing made in any stock for the road Of on the road ; nor would
the establishment of insects on the vines, this will Ise an the interest ou or principle of such investment, or its w-
on,- twitter, and the additional strength thus secured to the turn, or its security, be in airy way dependent upon the
future crop, will be an amply reeunipense for any extra ex- final smWess of the oork, its earnings, or its management.
ertion. Peach-houscs s the peaches started early in Nos Any investment of capitol for the work would be secured
veliffie r will now be approaching maturity, and will, come- by, and look to the lands on the line of the road, nut only for
quently, require more air std leas moisture; but in all interest but fur the return of the principal also. Such ill-
Casts avoid sudden changes. Let the young growth* be vestment lir capital would first be used to complete ate-silo°
tied neatly in, retaining 110 inure shouts than will be required of the road, which would facilitate settle lucid, cause
at the winter training; otherwise, a crowded and sickly a dentand fur sod enhance the value of the lands,
foliage will be the consequence. Cherries and Apricots.— and us fast u, each section of ten miles was completed the
last these be frequently examined, and caterpillars or other sale ill the laud, would COlllll.lOlCl`, the proceeds of which
plagues carefully destroyed. would be applied to meet the interest, as well as to return
FLOWER GARDEN AND 811111AiliERIEN. the principal invested. The inducement to invest would be
We must again call attention to the hardening of the first, in its perfect security, which would daily increase from
pouter stock of plants, preparatory to bedding out, the season this certain enhancement in value of the lands, in COILJA,
for which is now so fast approaching. Young plants which queries of the need, its extension, and daily increasing settle-
were potted in small pots early in the spring, should be melts; smooths in the certainty that the receipts from the
temporarily planted iu frames of soil; but, if this it ineon- sales oft. ic lane, under any circumstances, would far exceed
A viassot, it will be an athAlltane to give them an occasional the interest, and allioot inunediately return the principal
watering with liquid manure, or guano-water, to keepthem invested; and, thirdly, ill a per ventage of, or participation
in a 'woolly state rill the seam! will admit of their being in, the large amount of the increased value beyond the
plumed in the open ground. Many of the kinds, if per- actual cost of the road which would be given to the lands by
matted to become stunted in their growth, are not easily in- the work, from its facilities of settlement and transportation
duced to start again, especially if much dry weather occurs of products to market.
at platiting-out time. The future occupants of the bens The moat important part of this subject, generally, seems
will be much benefited if the interim le employed in turn- to be entirely overlooked; and that is, the cheap Means of
ing the toil over :main, and exposing a new surface to the transport, which can be obtained only on the plan proposed
influences of the sun and air. In moderately warm locali- for constructing the work, and by it the certain enhancement
ties, chrysanthemums are very °matricidal, as late autumn of the lands on its line, the source of capital or means.
Horn:ring plants, if planted now, against a tooth wall. Half- 'These emisiderationa are "twiner seen and perhaps better
hardy annuals, :sown in frames, tfcc., should be pricked out understood in the United States, where land is at a very low
at greater dist:mese, apart, that they may be strengthened a price, where labour is dear, and transportation from the Far
little before they ore removed tattle flower beds. The sowino West to the Atlantic for a market very expensive. Rail-
ed hardy annuals, unless already done, should Ix• imme- roads and other means of transport arc here built by stock
diately attended to, if they are required for early flowering. companies, and sometime, by states; many of which are
Of thine kinds which conic quickly to maturity, it is a good through a spantly tettlial roomy, mid the small amount of
plan to sow a few patches once in three weeks to the end of business for a few of the first years soothehs the nianagers, as
June, by which a aucceasiou of gaiety will be produced I think from a mistaken poliey, to charge tolls, with ii view
throughout the summer and autumn. to meet the interest on the cost ..f the work. Often the tolls
PLUItIsTS' ELOWERS, are so high as to SAS•111111' the majority of the products of the
This most singular season appears to puzzle most tulip soil, and the enaliany fail in their thin, and struggle. on'
growers, and the late cold, dry weather hos retarded the for years, till their affick is reduced so low that u sale is
buds so much, that it is most Probable, though early blooms furevel, tend the management of the concern goes into new
were anticipated, that the flowering tenon will be about the hand,. But, in the meantime, there 11,4 bacon a constant
usual period. A good way of supporting blooms is to place and rapid rise in the value .if the land, of all its line, and it
a neat stick, about 2 feet high, at regular distance, between is found that while the original stockholder* have been suf-
the bulbs, so that by attaching four abort metallic wires, Wring nearly a total loss, the lands have been enhanced by
about the thickness of common skewers, at rightangles, they the work to double what the road originally cost, accruing
are enabled (by making a hook or loop at the other coil to the benefit of the landowners, and not to the stocklitildens
which surround* the tulip stem), to hold four blooms per. further than the Mere:Ned businest from the augmentation
(cooly erect, preventing them from being swayed :shout by of production created by the road.
the wind, or damaging each. other. The light net must be It is proptoed to run this road for nearly a thousand miles
kept over, to prevent injury from sudden hail storms, of the first part of the route through land* of the very best ,
though not so closely as to draw the stems. Auricular are natural quality fur culture, and to the extent of mahout of '
blooming strongly this season, and are now rapidly pro. acres now covered with a rich grass, enough to rear mind
greasing. A piece of thin calico should be thrown over the fatten millions of cattle ; where the fanner wants but the I
trains, and as much air an possible be given from below plough, the well, the scythe, and the sickle; and any of this'
through the slides in the frame, or lay other nintrivances. land can hie purchased for la dol., or sa. 71d. sterling, per
Itununculuses.—A* the foliage breaks through the soil, they acre. The acre can be ploughed fur 1 dol. 50c., the aced
must be carefully gone over, and the soil which has been would cost 50c., and the harrowing-in 50c. more, together,'
displaced, put gently round the neck of the plant. In other 2 duls. 50c., or Ils. 3d. sterling fur the culture of a crop
departments as last week. averaging 20 bushels of wheat to the acre, and for many
KITCHEN-GARDEN, succeeding years the exocnaes for culture would ho .hunt-'
Crops which have been some time ott the ground, and nislied, while, without any expense for manure, the yield
especially those amongst which the toil has been much trod- I would be increased ; but what avails this to the settler if
den in Fathering the produce, as parsley, spinach, lec., and 1 the expenses for transportation to market are so great that
the various spring-town crops as they appcar above ground, ' no return is left for his labour.
should have the soil above them looseued with a fork, to We will suppose the common can of a settler who takes
allow their roots to penetrate more easily, and at the same up 40 acres of land, for which he will pay 50 dolt. in money
time to admit the sun and air more freely. The same ope• into the treasury, but from which he can derive no benefit,
ration destroys the young seed-weeds which spring up except in the title to his land, becausee the money which ho
abundantly at this season. After thus young plouts have has paid will no part of it be expended by the government
gained a little strength they should be thinned if necessary, for the construction of any means to transport his products
weeding the rows with the hand. At this period of their to Market. Ile first gets up a cabin to shelter his family,
growth they should be carefully guarded against the ra- and then gets in a crop, say 10 acres of wheat, which will
vages of snails or other Means, which ate particularly liable yield 200 bushel ; but to cart this 200 bushels to market, or
to trouble them in their young and tender state. Proceed to a means of communication with a market for a distance
with the formation and manuring of celery trenches as even of 00 miles, would require several months time, and
mon as possible, and complete all such work which is liable cost 371 cents per bushel, or a total of 75 dollars.
is make much mess upon the walks, that the latter may be New countries arc totted, first by labouring men, prinei-
pet its respectable order. Sow celery on a warm border for pally agriculturists, with a few of what may be termed
a late crop, and prick out iuto frames the youpg plants isf" hand mechanics. For many years they are occupied only
I earlier sowings. Make a sowing of dwarf French beans in cultivating just enough land to produce food to supply
in a cool frame, to be transplanted into the open air as their own wants. Remote from markets, they can make no
soon as the weather will permit. Sow vegetable marrow' exchanges, because of the cost of transportation, and there
and gourds in 4-inch puts, two seeds in each, and place is no demand for labour that will bring any return except
them in a warm frame. Another sowing should now be food, of which in meat and grain each one already possesses
made of cauliflower, broccoli, borecole, cabbages, and enough and to spare.
savoys ; and dust AMC quicklime over the young plants of Assume, on the other hand, that my project is being car-
former sowings, to preserve them from slugs. Encourage rued into execution, and that the settler has located his 40
the growth of tomatoes in a warm frame, and re-pot them acres on the line of the road, and paid three dollars an acre
as soon as they require it, to obtain strong forward plants for it, or 120 dollars which must be expended in construct-
So, turning out as boon as the seams will permit. Our short ing the road. Its grading will demand his labour, his pro-
grammers render it necessary to be very early with these ducts, as soon as made, will be required for the labourers
• Mand this is particularly felt is hate cold localities, and new settlers, and this sum, if not directly, will indi-
the quantity required is considerable, and the spare `reetly go back to him ; still more important, he will, for
wow upon the walls very limited, &quantity may be grown ever after, have a sure and cheap means of transport to mar-
la I. se -12.utch pots, taking care that the mg be sufficiently ket, with a concentration of population, embracing all
eemapursia for the restriction in point of quantity, branches of industry, around him ; in fact, the market at'
the 11111111 Is fur enough advanced to admit of the his door.
pilau Wag mooed to the open air, they may be placed But let us look at; the immediate result of the first crop

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