The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1858-06-23
Correspondence of the Lancaster Ledger
New YoRK June IL
CASTON.

from the schools of the 18th Ward of this
: city. The board of Education had the
subject up the ether evening, spent Al four
cordially recommend that the Bible, with
out note or comment. BE- read at the daily
opening of our schools Whether the Itl
Ward folks will cordially conform to tn G
: recommendation remains to be seen. The
point ut issue in the discussion was. wheth.
er the Board should require it or only re.
commend it, We have no law absolutely
and in terms requiring the Bible 20 be read
in the schools, though we have a city law
declaring that the Board Of Education shall
not have power to prevent il. From this
declaration quite n number of members in.
fcrrcd, and tried to argue, that the Board
had power TO require it; and, having the
power, the regulation ought TO be enforced
On the SAME evening the same subject
formed the text of an indignation discourse
in DR.. Cheevcrs chu,ch. The American
party, too, are greatly stirred up on the
subject. They charge that Bishop Hughes
is at the bottom Of it, and are taking meas
ures to get the 4th Warders away from his
deIctcrious influence.
Notwithstanding the antipathy, however
between the Catholic and Protestant world.
Bishop Hughes and several well known
Protestant Doctors of Divinity sat down
together over magnificent banquet in
| Lace, L.. L., IL.
augurat!on exercises of the Long Island
College Hospital. The champagne toast
and "iter-dinner chat were as sparkling and
friendly IA if The Romish Bull and Protest.
an, Lamb were really about 10 lie down for
ever together.
We hear very little about 'war' and Brit
ish aggression Just now. We have c"u-
, c.ndcd 10 await tor the apology before We
hght. The revolution in New Orleans
sends thrill OF feeling throughout this
! chy; though we hardly know what 20
il"Ac at II yet. We are reminded By 1t of
the late Wooden dynasty aud how near
We came to n VigIant Revolution our
| selves.
had such jolly good time among the
f..r.uers the olh.r week could not help
pay ing them another visit ut their club
meeting this week, and found the oc. aston
| quite as Interesting n before. should
think every farmer from the country on "A
visit To this metropolis would be higly
| Pleased and proiited 10 look in on these
gentlemen and see how wise city farmers
can act aud talk. The fret ,ropic discussed
was the preservation of the BIRDS. IT VS.
muint that birds destroy countless
millions of " oriIs which would otherwise
destroy the crops. They also eat the seeds
Of other millions Of noxiUus weeds and
thus do a work Of great value in keeping
back parasites of that Kind. Even crows,
il was held, did ut least as much good as
harm. little care would prevent their
doing the hnrn and then the good only
would remain NigfiVbirds of NIL kinds,
like bats, owls and hawks, ought to 4:
preserved, as they destroy immense numbers
Of rats and mice. If the birds help them
selves also To a little of our grain, fruit
and corn Why they earn il, and we can af-
ford to pay them this tribune for their SER
vices IN ridding Us OF real pests. Scion
! Robinson gave utterance to the despair he
once felt on seeing his crops on the West
ern prairie about to disappear before the
ravages of the army worm, which literally
overrun his fields and covered the earth -
but in the wake Of this invader came myri.
ads Of black birds, so that the heavens
were filled with them, and the army worm
was routed bag and baggage and the crops
were preserved. lie had been constitution.
ally bird hater and bird shOoter--his fatn-
er had taught it before him i; but that ami.
hilation of n destroying insect, when no
help seemed possible, taught him lesson,
and ever he said: Goo bless und preserve
the birds.
Then the debate took another turn on the
subject of destructive animals, and Mr.
Lawton brought the whole weight of the
club down on the dogs. lie denounced
the whole canine creation as an utterly use.
less disgusting parasitic race. Every use
they could be put to could be accomplished
in far cheaper and pleasanter ways, and
then, for distructiveness, they we're unpa;.
allied by any pest on earth. Not half the
number of sheep are raised throughout the
country that would be- but fer the dogs
so that their universal prevalence at large
very preceptbly affects the price Of mutton
and then the destruction OF human life n
lone by hydrophcbia is enough to consigu
the race to indi,crminate determination
Again, he deied the club TO name one sin
gle use the animal could be to man that
was not overbsianced by greater Diet rin,ent
One member triumphantly suggested, '~au,
sages!' This staggered the arch enemy ot
dogs,but he recovered presently, and conclu
ded by hoping that either sausnges o'