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The Wheat Midge.

A Mr.. Dawson thus relates his experience
with the wheat fly:
II procured quantity of the larvae full.
grown and In that motionless and torpid
state in which they usually appeared when
the grain is ripe. A portion Of the Larvae
were p laced on the surface Of moist soil in
flower pot. In the course Of two days
the greater number of them had descended
into the ground, previously casting their
skins, which remained at the surface.
afterwards ascertained that they had
penetrated TO the depth Of moro than an
inch, and were of whitish collar, softer and
more active than they had previously been.
The fact is thus established, that those APP
parently torpid Larvae when they fall from
the ripe wheat in autumn, or are carelessly
swept out from the threshing floor into the
barn yard, at once resume their activity
and bury themselves in the ground.
The larve thus buried in the ground
were allowed to remain undisturbed dur
ing winter and spring. tho flower pot being
occasionally watered. About the end of
June they began to rc-appear above the
surface, in the wingey, form; the little
grubs creeping to the surface, and project
ing about half their bodies above it, when
the skin Of the upper part burst and the
full grown winged midge came forth and
flew of. This completes TIE round of
changes which each generation Of these lit
tie creature undergoes and we have actual
evidance of each stage Of its progress from
the egg to the perfect insect.
Mr.. Cawson has recorded also, that a
friend informed him that not less than four
bushels Of larvn had been obtained from
the wheat Of eight acres.
DR.. w. J. Anderson Of Canada, reports !:
"When the maggot has been hatched
early in the season, and finds the wheat in
favorable condition for its reception, it
arrives at maturity before the harvesting,
and according to Professor Hind leaves the
grain at the close Of a shower or heavy
dew, and griggles down the wet straw to
the earth"
so far as our own observation has gone,
it has satisfied us that the maggot rs soon
as it has reached maturity, dose not at
temdt to leave the car, but becoming stiff
and torpid either is shaken out of the ear
by the waving Of the corn by tho wind, or
by the process Of harvesting, and thus
reaches the ground.
On arriving at the ground it is enabled
10y wriggling or some other process to bury
itself there. 1t penctrates to tho depth Of
more than an inch. There is considerable
difference of opinion as the circumstances
under which this takes place.
Mich Farmer.
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A Little Sun and Bright Air.

Yesterday morning, just as the clock was
on the stroke Of nine, the sun looked out
from behind parted cloud moment, and
smiled on the muddy world. The tarnish-
ed lettering of old signs was re-gilded, dark
window panes glittered like plates of mica,
the tigs Of lightning rods showed their sill
yer, and human faces frightened like SO
many sun-dials in cloudless noon.
Along the old carpet lay streak Of sun
shine, beautiful as the golden way to the
Celestial Gate, and the faded woolen
"morning glories" looked fresh and new, as
it "three ply" could feel the touch Of
spring like budding violets.
1t touched the Art Associations group
Of Saturday Night" as it hung against
the wall, with a glory the artist never
meant. The morning sun melted the melt
ed the level rays that st.eamed through
the window looking towards the west, and
touched like magic wands the locks of age
and the brows Of beauty. Even the little
terrier beneath tho table seemed to wink
at us, with one bright eve, and the dis
taff's faxen cloud that surmounted the lit
tie wheel, to grow winter, liz the light.
The painted face Of pensive young
woman that has looked at us for FIVE years
without uttering word, lighted up for an
instant and blessed us with cheerful smile.
But before we had time TO look once more,
the woven flowers had faded back again to
to their old dull estate, the reading Of the
good book on Saturday Night" went on
by the lessening light Of a setting sun, and
the silent maiden relapsed in:o her October
tinted meditation.
That ray Of sunlight flashed out like an
unrusted sword when the battle begins, on
ly to be withdrawn, and wrapped in blank.
ct, like founding at Water Cure. 1t
is cheerful to know that the sun shines
somewhere; that though il rains here, it
does not rain oil over the world. Not
more than mile or two away, in the
gloomiest day, the sun is uushorn of
single beam; valleys Of diamonds, cliffs Of
silver, crags Of gold, and plains Of Grim
son are all a-blaze in its glory; we are not
any day more than minutes fights with
swallows wing from the clearest sunshine.
But, alas, we are on the wropg side of the
elouds.--[B. +. Taylor.
~ Prejudice lies when il talks. and
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An Indian Massacre ON the Plains.

On the 7th of October last, large par
ty Of emigrants, an their way TO Califor-
mia from Missouri, via Kansas city and Al.
buqucrbue, on what is called the Besle's
route, were attacked by Indians and driv-
en- back. A Mr.. w. w. Banker, who
was in the party, arrived in San Francisco.
lie says the accounts published msrepro-
sent the facts Of the case greatly. Banker
says twenty-five persons were killed, five
were wounded, Of whom several died soon
afterward, property Of the value of $780,
was destroyed or lost, the survivors had to
undergo the most terrible suffering, barely
escaping with their lives. 1t seems that
the emigrants, afer having travelled q
great distance without water, arrived at
spring near the Colorado, in the night
There were some Indians collected around
the spring. The emigrants fred at them
and killed one. The Indians fed. There
were 240 emigrauts, l60 men and so wo-
men and children. The time settled for
the attack was when the men were divided
in three parties, one to guard the cattle at
the pasture ground, nine miles from the
camp, and third upon the river bank,
making rats upon which to cross. Mr..
Banker recollects that the following were
killed -
Frank Robinson, of New York.
George Anderson, of New York.
- Mckane, of New York.
Miss kincald.
- Cruise.
Miss Brown, little girl.
MCGOWAN, an Irishman, lately from
Missouri.
Baugheman, wife and five children.
Mrs. Armstrong.
A little Miss Brown, sister Of tie one
killed by the Indians, died from fright.
The Indians drove away all tho cattle,
nearly 5000, and but 2l of them were re-
covered. A party was organized to chase
the Indians, hut they were deferred by
white man among the red men, who ad-
visel them in very good English to tnrn
back and be glad If they could get away
alive. The emigrants having few teams
left, collected 20 Of their wagons into a
a small space and set fire to them to keep
the red men from enjoying the spoil
The emigrants were known as Browns,
Roses, and Bailey's train from Missouri
and Iowa. Rose lost $4,000, Bailey s3O,-
600, and Brown his life.
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NEAR BEING BURIED ALrvE.-One OF
the little orphan girls under the care
Sisters of Charity at the hospital 10 North
Wheeling, who had been for some time
sick, it was thought had died on Sunday
last. Her funeral was arranged for Mon.
day, but, owing to the inclemency Of the
of the weather, it had to be postponed un.
til Tuesday. In the meantime, while one
OF the Sisters was arranging something a.
bout the coffin, the little girl raised up and
asked for drink of water.
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spring soug,
Long has been the Winter.

Long has been the Winter.
Long long-in vain
We've sought the bud upon the bough,
The primrose In the lane.
Long have skies been dull and gray,
Nipping's been the blast,
But singi Summers comingi
The bees out at last.
singl Winters Tying:
Summers coming fast;
Humming JOY and spring.time
Tho bees out at last.
Loud Shouts the cuchoo;
The nestled elm round
Wheels the rook, cawing;
There are shadows on the ground
Warm comes the breeze, and soft,
Freezing days are past;
singi Summers coming.
The bees out at lasts
Sing! Winters flying;
Summers coming fast;
Hummiug hope and spring-time,
The bees out at last.
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Waiting for a Lover.

Waiting for a Lover.
Seated at my windew
On lovely night,
Looking where the moon beams
Shed their rays Of light,
Musing (for wonder)
Upon present things,
Thinking that the hours
Flew ON laden wings,
Gazing at the time piece
Wondering IL he'd come,
Thinking II he didn't
Iwould scold him some,
Startled every moment .
By some fAncied noise,
Sinking back exhausted
"Tis those graceless boys"
peeping out the window
Walking 'crost the aoor
Waking little /" Sis" up
Banging TO the door;
Getting in panic
Patience almost gone,
Wonder who Johns talking with
Out upon the lawn.
Passion all subsidized
Tears were starting fast,
When bark, hear a footstep,
'He's come; he's here at last.
NELLIE.
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Rev. DR.. Kendall, Of Ply mouth, died on
Thursday at his residence in that town, at
the ad, anoed age 80 wears. lie was Of
Sterling, Mass. 1t is said that he was
the OLDEST settled pastor in New England.
A year or two since be preached bis half
century sermon.
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STOVES.

I,ARMERs AIR TIGHT, WESTERN EMPIRE, EAGLE
Air Tight Forest AIR Tight, Clinton AIR Tight, Pre-
MUM Stovssof Albany castings, Self Regulator, Fold
ina Trnng and Cottage Parlor Stoves Heavy and
Light Stoves, for Dining Rooms, School houses
Scti3'BS MITCHELL.
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JEWELRY STORE.

Watch, Clock, and JeweIry KepnrlnR.
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS REMOVED HIS JEWElRl
store on the east side OF Broad St. opposite his old
sand whore he may be found at all seasonable hours
resd TO do ork in line of business short notice
-He also keeps Watches, Clocks Spectacles, Jewel
~ Pens and Pencil Cases for sale Of good quality
!, "a nj the most reasonable prices. 1T. BRYAN.
UgiIadaIe Oct .l3th, 1857.
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NEW FOUNDbNf fN uHbh5DALE
THE subscriber having opened a new Foundery in
HIlisdaie, Is prepare 20 furnish CASTTNGS Of all
kinds and ofths best material tho country affords He
has aiso on hand. and made 20 order
PL0ws OF THE MOST APPROVED KINDS
SCRIPERS, &c. and all kinds Of castings used the
farm eisewhore He also prepared and ready 10 do
any kind Of Job In his line. matter what, whether IL
is stove gridde the largest Kind Of machinery.
ehert notics and reasonable terms Please give me
call, Foundery Rail Road street Chambers
Stean Pou ndery.
Remember itis sPARR0Ws F0UNDERY
HENRY SPARROW.
HIIisdsIs, May 2lth. 1858. mayaSyI
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II. r.. BROwN.

On Is. ~. BhOWN.
.S%nM WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER
N- a Respectfully informs the nhabtants :
sIs .zkl of Hillsdae County that he has opened
sa&EJzkzsa Shop in Hllsdale FOR the purpose ofre-
pairing Clocks, Watches Jewelry, Fans Paraso Musi.
cal instruments, &c.
vi work warranted. shoptn Huyek's Grocery store.
HillSdale, Nav 10th, 1853. u. + BROWN.
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NATIONAL POLICE GAZETTE.
TIN us GREAT JOURNAL OF CRIME AND CRlhI.
nails tsin its 18th year, and IL widely circulated
throughoutthe country tcontans all the Great Trials
Crmi Cases and appropriate Editorials the same.
nformaton Criminal matters, not to
found In any other Newspaper.
Subscriptions, s2 per aunum; 81, for six months,
to be remtted by Subscribers who should write their
Names and the town, county and state whse they
aide, plainiyDto n. A. SEYMOUR,
EDITOR Proprietor Poliee Gazette, New
York anr2s'b7y1
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V Prejudice lies when il talks, and
squints when ID looks.
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AILROAD STREET, BETWEEN MANNING AND
h West Streets. The subscriber wishes 10 return his
sincere thanks to friends who have favored him
with their patronage, at the time time, to call
their attention to the new and wellselectedstochof
CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTGS, &c.
has lust received from New York City, all Of which
he TO sell at the lowest price pattern
n AXE into garmen nts may suit the purchaser.
fY Cutting done on his own Invented and improved
system and warranted to be inferior to none butsupe-
rior TO most. BAN Apprentice wanted.
Hillsdale, Oct 18th, 81. X ROWE.
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= "a MERJs STONEI

FARMER'S STOKE!
TT,HE subscriber having purchased the stock and trade
offs NJ GI. ASGOw, Is prepared to furnish the cit
,zens ofHlsdale with all necessary Family articesin n
'" THE
Groceru and PrOUiSi0n Line.
''' A''' FLOUR, MEAL and GRAIN.
A MEAT MARKET
connected with the Store, Fresh and Salt Neatscon-
stantlv hand.
sT~ Cash paid for Hides and Pelts.
fillsdale Dec. 20, 1857. P.CLARk.
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DENTISTRY.

80 .J.J sTEADMAN, RESIDENT DEN.
EW$Xy T1ST, Nill attend to all calls in his pro-
ILL fession. He has removed his once to
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Fashionable Drapery and Tailoring.

NY STANTON X TIFFANY. JACKSON, MICH.-oP-
posite Mich. Central Railroad Depot General stage
Oeice AT this House.
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SiIpRNaN UOUsE

n. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR, JONESVlLLE: MlCH; ihlo
Uorse has undergone thorough repairs. and is now
ready for the ofguests first class style
Location convenie u and terms liberal. lune5
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BY 10 HOY. UFPUSIIh r. TIE -, nhns 10
which guests are in vted good Livery and Convey
nces 10 any part Of the Country on reasonable terms
Cash paid for Coprse Cram and Provisions HAVING
rahuiIt and and replenishad, present our patrons
and friends with this Card hoping we may better mset
the reception Of guests and increase our bus
iness by close attention. Returning our THANKS ior
mast PATRONAGE we invite encouragement Tor the IN
tnrn. 1illslnla Oct. 13. 'h7.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30

From THE CoLoRADo.-We learn from the
San Francisco Alias Colorado correspondent
that the Colorado expedition under Col. Hoff-
man arrived at the Monument Mountains,
one hundred and twenty miles north of Fort
Yuma, on the 10th INST. The expedition is
represented to be progressing rapidly, and in
FIVE or six days more would probably reacff
the heart of the Mojave country, where the
Indians are said to beprepared to meet them.
The country is represented to be very barren;
but one grasshopper had been seen; lizards
and snakes very scarce; scorpions plentieri
the feathery kingdom reduced down to
croaking raven; no grass except in spots, and
then very little and poor in quality The
river banks are marked by a few cottonwoods
and small willows the valleys filled with
ravines. Not very desirable country, that
Express
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30

Bgr The new Registration law, we are
glad to see, is much more efficient than the
one it amends. 1t is now made the impera-
tive duty of some one to see thatall the births,
marriages, divorces and deaths are recorded
and neglect of said duty is punishable by
fine of not less than ten nor more than one
hundred dollars, for each instance. Every
person performing the ceremony of marriage,
attending to funerals, or receiving applica-
ton for divorce. is authorized to collect q
registration fee of two dollars, half of which
is paid to the County Recorder who files a
record of each birth, marriage, divorce and
death, transmitting duplicates of the same
to the State Registrar, who is required to
make full annual reports. Compliance with
the law is thus pretty well secured.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30

LATE 1SyENTIONS.-The most noticeable
invention we have seen mentioned lately is
one for picking cotton by steam-that is,
steam is the motor of the machine 1t works
on the principle of atmospheric pressure, the
cotton being sucked, as it were, from the
bolls into tubes from which the air has been
exhausted. Perhaps labor saving machinery
is destined to effect peaccable solution of
the problem that has so long distracted our else
harmonious nation.
Another curious invention is termed a
pedometer, an instrument which the pedestri-
an can attach to the heel of his boot, like
spur, for which purpose it can be also used, J
and by means of which he can measure the
distance he travels. 1t consists of two small
wheels, toothed something like a spur, con-
nected with aspiring which so regulates their
motion that they can only make revolution
after a given humber of steps, one wheel
keeping register; so that the traveller has,
Only to multiply the length of step by the
whole number to get the exact distance he
has traversed.a 4a-t8 I-sa
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30

A CoMIC Aspect While Lola Montez was
lecturing in England, lately, on the SComic
Aspects of Fashion,, some person, who was
''no ordinary individual" and so could not be
expelled by the police, insulted her by some
undescribed gesture or grimace. She re-
preached the ssfashionable' man for what,
perhaps, was ''comic aspect" and was ap-
plauded by her audience. Lola has often
ridiculed and slandered Americans since her
return to Europe, but on the occurrence of
the above incident she must have remembered
that no American, whether an ordinary or an
extraordinary individual, ever insulted her
thus openly and wantonly.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30
che Aydraulie Yress,
3. p. AVERY. EDITOR.

A COMPARISON AND A PARoDY-In one oi
Brownings fine dramatic lyrics occur the
following nervous lines, alluding to the loyal
cavaliers of Charles First
"Marching along. fifty score strong.
Great hearted gentlemen singing this song"
They are funnily parodied by Meagher, of the
Irish Ners, in the course of an article upon
American and English journalism He says:
"But we take the journals of the British
lsles-the best in 'the world known to the
ancients'-and we find them slow and sleepy
compared with our spry and racy journals of
the great Westward-Hoe school,
Tearing along, ten thousand strong
Fastminded editors working dingdong"
BY the way, it is well to remark that
people who do not read the editorials of
Thomas Francis Meagher miss fund of Pc
culiar entertainment. He is as eloquent as
John Mitchell but free from that gentleman S
hateful eccentricities.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30


WAR! WAR.-Ihe trightful spectre of a
coming war casts its awful shadow over
Europe at the present time, and while the
nations are strengthening themselves for de-
fensive or offensive operations, and few
low-lying patriots here and there are medit-
ating how the inevitable conflict can be
tlrned to the advantage of the people, the
press is coolly calculating what is the rela-
tive military force of the governments likely
to be involved. 1t is estimated that the diff
fsrent European nations could bring into the
field, in case of a general war, an aggregate
array of 4,962 ,066 soldiers and 263, ,222 SAL
lors. The Russian army alone numbers Il
O67 800 men, making it the largest in Eu-
rope; while Great Britain has by far the lar
gest navy.
1t is not difficult to imagine much better
use for all these millions of human beings
than immolation on the bloody altar ofw war;
we could readily picture more noble triumphs
than any they are likely to accomplish for
the race. Yet let us hope that if war must
come again to the mother continent, fuller
recognition of popular rights and human
equality may grow from the sodden fields,
and that freedom may somewhere, amidst
the remodelling of nationalities, find spot
where she can erect her standard and estab--
lish herself in security.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30

THE leading English journals. and some OF
the reviews, have done the fullest honor to
the genius and memory Of Prescott. 1t is
such men as him, and not our noisy politi-
clans, who make our country famous and re-
spected. 1t is said of Dickens that he asked
of the person who first welcomed him to
America, where Bryant lived, and this before
he landed.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30
Curiosities and Wonders.

The California papers are noted, amongst
other peculiarities, for the frequent discove-
ry of curious and wondrous things. Here
are three of the latest:
The Red Bluff Beacon is informed by
gentleman that he was an eye witness to the
finding of the petrifed head and shoulders of
a panther, in Tehama county.
A correspondent of the Goldtn Era writes
from Knights Ferry, that, in opening hy-
draulic claim near that place, recently, hu-
man bones were found embedded fee feet in
TIE solid rock. He says that he has frag-
ment of the tibia, or shin bone, perfectly
petrifed. The ledge from which the bones
are said to have been taken is represented as
very hard. The Era calls this "a nut for
Biologists" perhaps if it will produce that
tibia the nut can be racked.
A Nimrod in Butte county reports to the
Record that he has discovered the entrance
to what may be a magnificent cave under
Table Mountain. Being unprovided with
lights, he only ventured short way in, but
described that portion of the cave through
which he passed as being considerably high
er than a mans head, with numerous pillars
which support the roof. The Record hints
splendid possibilities about lofty chambers,
golden crystals, brilliant stalacttes, vaulted
arches, golden nuggets and precious stones.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30

dist published q paragraph misreprescnting
Swedenborg's notions on the sacred and i'm
portant subject of the locality of heaven.
The San Jose Tribune calls attention to the
error, and the Methodist, in correcting, hopes
that the editor of the Tribune will ''get to that
good place, and know where it is from blessed
experience" Rather doubtful if he ever
knows, for, according to lady whom we
quoted, getting to heaven is the one thing
only that editors cannot accomplish.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30

THE NICARAGUA CANAL.-According to
translations from the Paris journals, Mr.. Fe-
lix Belly, accompanied by numerous corps
of scientific and business men and workers,
and provided with an abundant supply of
tools and instruments of every description;
has actually sailed for Nicaragua to take pos.
session of the inter oceanic canal route late-
ly ceded to the company for which he has
been laboring. He is to establish immedi-
ately a way of transit over the Isthmus, for
the purpose of connecting, by way of Mica
ragua, the lines of steamers now being or
ganized for the service of the two oceans
On the 9th of March the route was to have
been officially taken possession of, at Rivas,
at which time and place, also, the corner
stone of the canal was to have been laid and
the work commenced.
1t seems almost incredible that this mag
nifcent scheme is really about to be realized,
or at least earnestly begun, and that too by
a foreign power-for the opiniou is unani-
nous that Mons Belly is acting in the mat
ter as the secret agent Of the French Govern
ment. Are we to have French colonial
tion scheme ripen into successful accom-
plishment in Central America, after all our
gasconadine adverse to such an event?
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30

THE Lady correspondent of the S. T. Times,
who writes very spicy strong-minded letters
from New York, says: s9ss
Bulwers wife is about to publish another
one of her novels, in which her husband will
figure as chief demon. He does not pay
what she proposed he should, SO she will
not suppress what must be highly offensive
to him. Husbands have a right, | suppose,
to call their wives insane, when they do not
adore them. But if Bnlwer's notions were
carried out, the world would be full of
asylums, crowded with women.
The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30

The word Arizona is derived from the
Aztec, and means silver-bearing. Appropri-
ate enough, for the silver mines of that won-
derful territory seem likely to rival in value
the aurifcrous quartz Of California.