The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-01

had followed upon track and overakcn u.s. AS soon
as ne reached the sde o. the mare he lay down and
The mex. day relieved him from his pack and
allowed him 70 run loose; but during the march he
gave out and was again abandoned TO his fate and
this time certainly never expected 10 see him
more To our great establishment however about twelve
o'clock mat the sonorous Dut not very musical notes
Of Billy in the distance aroused from sumbers and
again announced his approach. In an instant the men
were upon their fect three hearty cheers and rush
ed out in body to meet and escort him into camp
But this well meant ovation eoed no response from
him He came Keeling and aounderipg along through the
aside all those who occupied the trail interrupted his
progress IN the least wandered about until he found the
mare, dropped down by her side, and remained until
morning.
When we resumed our march on the following day he
made another desperate effort 10 proceed but soon fell
down exhausted when we relrct antly abandoned him
and saw him no more.
Alas po,r Billy your constancy deserved better
fate; you may, indeed be said TO have been victim 10
nnrcquted affection.
With the itineraries, maps and diagrams which are
gwen with the work, its value is complete and II will
henceforh become Indispensable pocket companion for
emigrants across the Plains.
HrsroRY OF THE Vine PARTY. BY r. Mckinley
Olmsby. Boston: Crosby, Nichols & Co.
This acceptable contribution political sera-
ture. In country 10 which the foreign element so
powerful and is constantly receiving additions it is
desirable that the history Of the parties into which
are divided should be clearly before it, In this way
our domestic politics, and prepare themselves to dis
charge worthy their duty citizens To politicians &C.
morally these party histories also of use. If they
other purpose they collocate events which it
might be difficult and troublesome to hunt up and thus
furnhh correct data where otherwise loose assertion
would be made to supply the place of facts
PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE THIRD Ma
TIoNAL QUARANTINE AND SANITARY CONVENTION
held in the City Of New York. Reported by
VIM I'M Ax,,,,, IOpa
& Co.
This ponderous volume which forms one of the au-
thorzed publications Of the Board Of Councilmen will
we fear NOT throw much light the eio of the
conagousness Of yellow fever The medical faculty have
90 twisted and perverted the evidence with
that they have mystifed themselves mysed the public
and left the question more unsettled than ever.
De Bows REVIEW, November, 1859. j. D. B. De
l. Bow, 90 Camp street, New Orleans.
Mr.. Charles Fleischman connected for long time with
the United States Patent Office the author of several
papers son the Growth Of the Sugar Cane' "on Sheep
Cuture,n &C. has of late investigated the different modes
Of poughing in use in Europe, Asia and Africa from
which he has combined plough, which stated to
be admirably adapted to the cultivation of Western.
prairie lands and other portions of vast territorial
domain where the usual fertilizers either costly
too far removed to be applied with pecunary advan
aee to the farmer planter Mr.. Flsischman has de-
scribed his mode OF poughing in the last number of
this review, and the following is brief resume Of his
article The new system is combination Of the Arabian
and Bfang modes Of ploughng lands and nsures the FOL-
lowing advantages-1. It ploughs with the same labor
two acres instead Of one acre. 2. 1t ploughs twelve
inches Deep which the most suitable depth for corn
cotton tobacco and sugar g. 1t exposes subso to
the influence Of light and air. 4. It ntermngles the
surface soil, where desirable, thoroughly with the
subsol. g. It facilitates drainage. 6. It restores old
worn out lands by bringing up the subsol, mixed with
the nutritious elements brought down from the surface.
If Mr.. Fleschmans new mode pf ploughing will do for
two acres what the ordinary plough will do for one and
greater cost of time, money labor, farmers
and planters can hardly fail 10 adopt it. Our Western
lands certainly as good, to say the least Of the
the Arabs have been cultvatng for thirty centu
ries without guano.