The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-31
THE SOUTHERN PLANTER.


The PLANTER tor June is before US. In the list
of its contents, are: an Essay Enriching and I'm
proving poor Land "a valuable paper;) Farms I'm
proved by Keeping Sheep; Steam among Farmers;
Premium Essay on Hillside Ditching Shanghai
Cocks and Hens, with portrait; Analysis of the
Land of the South west Mountains; To eradicate
Sassafras Insects in Wheat and Oats in 1869, 1872
and 1755; Saltpetre a Manure; How to winter
Sheep from two acres of Land; with many other
interesting articles.
The portrait of the Shanghai Cock is grand af
fair. CradGock himself does not appear more
lofty but then Craddock is graceful, well-pro
portioned fellow, while this bird has body en-.
tirely dsproporoned to height that tits utterly abb
horrent to all ideas of grace. The body looks very
like some of the earthenware birds made at the
domestic potteries 1t is capital burlesque of the
favorite of the bird fanciers of the day
"Steam among Farmers" is capital selection
from Chambers Edinburg Journal, -one which We
had by US for weeks intending to publish, but
Mr.. Ruffin, who knows what is good, is ahead of u.s.
He is making a capital paper of the Tlanter, and
we wish him all success. We copy the following
concerning the crops:
THE TOBACCO CROP OF VIRGINIA MUST BE A
SHORT oNE.-"in Albemarle and adjoining coun.
ties" to adopt the words OF correspondent-an
oral one il we may be allowed the phrase-of the
Richmond Enquirer, the frost destroyed the first
crop of plants, the fly the second, and the third
sowing will come too late to allow hope of plant.
ing in time to make more than partial crops
And another correspondent of the same paper
says. that in Dnwiddie, N ,ttoway, Brunswick and
Lunenburg, (of course in Meckenburg and Hall.
fax which are in the same range and have been
subject to the same casualties, and we know from
report the spot that it is nearly or quite bad
in Amelia and Powhatan,) he has seen numbers of
beds without plant in them. From the best
information he could get. he is satisfied that the
crop must be short one, and also inferior. In
many places, he saw tobacco land ploughed up for
corn and in one instance, hills ready to be planted
were being ploughed down for corn.
THE WHEAT CRoP.-The promise of a good
wheat crop this year is, the whole more favora-
ble to Judge from the reports we hear, than it was
last year-though the joint worm is at work. and in
some places doing more damage, in others less,
than it did last last year We have, on the whole,
good to expect fine crop, taking the average
of the State
In the counties above spoken of on the South
side the probabilities that with the high prices
and the extra quantity of wheat, the deficiency of
the tobacco crep will be more than atoned for.
METHODIST GENERAL CONFERENCE.-THE Con.
ference, on the twenty second day of the session,
cxpnnged the ninth section of art 2, of the Disci-
pline, being that which relates to slavery This
was what was expected by the friends of the South
ern Church, and they will be gratifed to see the
unanimity and harmony with which that and all
other parts OF the Discipline which condemned the
institution have been erased from its pages
The ordination of the new Bishops took place on
the 25th of May. We copy the following account
of the ceremony from the Columbia South Carroll
MAN:
9TH
OPP Andrew, who read the Collect and Epistle.
Bishop Capers read the Gospel
Bishop Soule then called the name of George
Pierce, who was presented by his father, Dr.. L,
OF John Early, who was presented by Dr. Winans,
OF the Mississippi Conference and also the name of
II. H. kavanaugh who was presented by DIR. Ste.
venson, OF the Louisville Conference.
Bishop Soule then proceeded with the service m
| the end OF the questions and answers. Bishop
Paine followed to the end of the PRAYER meefng tr
| the imposition of hands.
Bishop Soule then took the lead in the lavinu ON
| OF nands bisnops Andrew, Capers, and Paine.
Drs. Pierce Winans, and Stephenson, united in the
solemn ceremony
The Bible was presented by Bishop Andrew, and
tneservice was conducted by Bishop Capers'
COLLEGE TRoUBLE.--Fifty students of the Ala
oama University have left account of difficulty
with the professors. One of their number broke
the regulation and was expelled. The professor
refused to reinstate him on their demand.
SALrf.-The Washington Star learns upon
is's, mat the loss of Mail key by postmaster
= Ae sosence OF full and satisfactory explanation
'eenea suifciest cause for his removal,
l C,nu ma "
saa mandatory of Pompiits e.
nodewa'd, In Baltimore was desirove ed NV fire !. =
Saturday. - '-''
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HEALTH OF New YoRK-In New yo,. ,aao,.
ending on Saturday last, there were a5e as.,h.