Smyrna times., 1857-04-29

se.;.. - sbsd. Something of this deficiency
sca,e0 z; ;s attributed to the cold weather; bal
h'eoS - snsnect. to the manner in which fish
mose' =, 1ong been conducted. Ever since
i"s e.s, sa se,tlement of these shores-now nearly
.ae .antnries aOo--there has been carried on
.b returning season, relentless war on this
e. 6sb while no effort whatever has been
Id 70 nreserye it. Is it wonder, that, at
,'st we begin to feel the consequences! Ihat
sh,d have SO risen in price as 10 nave become
o,moaratiye ,m luxurles! That, in addition to thIs'
rh.y have greatly deteriorated IN quali'y :
There is 10 characteristic OF the American peo'
nle more marked than their destructiVeh'ss'-
EToJer ts operation, game has disappeared.-
The grouse is nearly extinct east OF tne Ale
,ran;es and will soon be extinct on the prairies
tsc,be West Unless measures are taken to
rogna,e the mode of fishing in the Delaware,
.he sb,d will eventually be exterminated, and
chat delicious fish live, in this region. only in
,r.d;fion We ought, instead Of acting as we
Jo anJeavor to invite the shad to our waters,
as the salmon are invited to the Scottish waters
by the Scotch.
Mr.. Robert L. Pell, in communication in
she New York Journal Of Commerce, recon-
nends the fishermen to devote half an hour at
the end of each fishing season, to plant the
spawn ofa dozen shad, each of which would
produce fifty thousand fish towards the next
years supply. Ifthis plan was pursued for live
wears, our rivers would again TEEN with this
delicious fish, as they always return, directed
hx instinct, to spawn where they were born
Mr.. P. says he has succeeded IN artlhclally i'm
pregnating the ova of shad, by takInga female
shad and stripping her with hls hand, by which
the ova were forced into pan OF waller. The
,soer,uatic fluid of the male was then in the
L., in no ma nd
when thoroughly mixed together, the color of
th, ova changed from glowing red to beau
sttu straw color They we're then placed un-
der line gravel at the inlet ofa breeding pond,and
running water was permitted to pass over them.
ln aboat two months they were fully developed
fish. swimming about for something to eat
There is no doubt thai our rivers could be stocked
with shsd, by deposltlng spawn on gravelly
bottoms. where the eggs will adhere.-Led-
ger.
The WEArHEs SourH.-Frost and snow APP
pear to have visited the South with unusull
frequency this spring. The Baltimore Patriot
says that the month of April has been signal
lied in that vicinity for the unusual and unsea-
sonabIe character of its weather, and vcgeta-
lea is extremely backward. A uniform back
ward spring, however, is viewed as. favorable,
ultimately, to vegetation. and this fact gives
hope for plentiful harvest, especially OF fruit,
this year. Such a storm this in April Gas
o. tue 20th) has not occurred before for thirty
five years.
severe frost was experienced at Augusta,
Ga., on the 18th, and there was fall OF snow
on the 10th.
There was a severe frost at Montgomery,
Ala, on the 18th, and the cold, wet weather
previously experienced had greatly injured the
cotton crop. Re-planting was thought TO be
the ohly chance tor crop.
IIoRsEs.-The New York Courier and In
q.eirsr says that at the present time there are
no less than one thousand horses on sale at the
Bulls Head horse market ut all prices, varying
from $6J to $l400 each. The Courier says:
'.Neither prices nor the demand for horses this
spring are equal to what they we're year ago.
Some dealers have suffered great falling off
in their business since last year, and have, be-
sides, been compelled to sell at much lower
ii ire. The principal dealers, however, have
maintained old prlces but experience the same
comparative inactivity III the demand as the
Others. This they attribute, perhaps with a
great deal of justice, to the unf,vorable state nf
the weather during the winter and spring. for
sunshine and fine weather are as invaluable To
the horse dealer as to the farmer. There is
now, however, every prospect of an improve
menl."
OF 1t is concusively shown that the "hog
disease" which has proved so fatal in the West,
is caused by the animals eating the grain from
which whskey is made, after it has been used at
the dstlers. A chemist who lately analyzed
barrel of Ohio whskey, gave his opinion Ihat'
there was strychnine enough to kill thirty men
ia that one barrel.
0T The American turfinan, Ten Broeck,
asiunished the people of Florence, Italy, by
driving eight horses, two abreast, attached 10
a light team, up and down the slippery streets.
HIS speed SO affrighted the police that they
waited upon hun with prohibition to limit him
se'f tor the future, to four horses, as royalty
itself never aspired to more than six, even with
the aid of postlillons
OF A farmer near BinghamptOn, N. Y, last
year, in order to convince neighbor of the
usefulness of birds, shot yellow bird in his
wheat field, opened it's craw, and lou"d In it
two hundred weevils. and but fosr grains of
wheat, and in these four grains the weevil had
burrowed! ...
o. DIR. William Elder, of Philadelphia, is
no y engaged in writing memoir of the late
Dr. Elisha Kent Kane. 1t can scarcely fail to
prove not only striking and picturesque mar.
r,tiVe ofthe career of the intrepid advenlurer,
bat also intelligent delineation Of his charac-
der.
.FAcrs AGAINST FICTIoN.-The lands of Viz
ginia have just been officially re-assessed,-
aud the result shows. In six years, gain in
value Of sir millions Of dOLIGrs. Facts these,
which 60 to show that the outcry which the
Republican tors and editors are making
about the rapid decline" Of the Old Domin-
Jon. is pretty much all noonshine.
JEws-Changing their Sabbath.-A Balti-
more paper states, that Lord'sDay services
have of late been held by the Israelites of that
city, aud that call is now made for decision
as to the perma nent continuance of the arrange
ment. The change would prove an important
step to the Jews. ......- -..t g
,hhH- The Huntsville (KYA Journal saws: In