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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-14
From the Caledonan.
An Agricultural Bureau-Agricultural So
cieties.

The recommendation in the annual Execu-
tive Address for the establishment Of State
Agricultural Bureau, when it came up Tor
engrossment, at the late session Of our egs-
lature was dismissed by such an oyerwhelm-
ing vote and elected such marked dislayor
from the able member from Newfane, an I'M
informed listener would have supposed His
Excellency had recommended the farmers to
bring pouro pneumonia into their herds, and
that agricutural societies were but the COM
panions and result OF fancy farming.
Perhaps and probably, Vermont is not
ready for the establishment Of such bureau
but this suggestion from the Governor,
and the paper read by the intelligent CORES
ronding secretary Of the Vermont State AZ.
ricultuial Society, as at its recent annual
meeting, makei pertinent to consider what
agricultural societies have achieved.
There is little advancement in merely TILL
ine the soil. There must be social inter-
course. A single piece of steel, although
containing the hidden element, can produce
no FIRE. until it strikes kindred steel. 1t is
essential that there be the development of
mind connected with these organizations
mental growth, at well as the growth oil
Grains and plants. The intellect must be
plowed deeper than the fields, or the farmer
il mere sorf of the sofia superior kind
of machine or drag horse-a clown without
the clowns supploness or wit.
: A few centuries ago before modern ag-
ricultural society was known, u writer de-
scribed the times in these words Rude
we're the manners then--a man and his wife
eat off the same trencher; few woodcl
| handled knives, with blades OF rugged iron
were luxury for the great; candles wer
unknown; one, or at most two, mugs o
I coarse brown earthorn ware, formed all tn
= drinking apparatus Of house; rich gentle
men wore clothes of uulined leather; ordl
nary persons scarcely ever touched meat, an'
, in noble mansions little corn seemed wealth
This is history. Any one Of our neigh
r bors compelled now to i've as the wealthles
9 Of mankind lived in those days, such
= neirhbor would excite our sympathies. I
= few hundred years ago all the wealth OF
1 Kingdom could not buy loaf OF bread sue
&c rs was exhibited at our recent fair, Tor IN
RS flour could no; be made.
OIL We have delicious fruits, brought to pei
M lection by the intelligent experiment, grow
r. inr out of horticultural societies. We hav
Q now in common use several kinds OF graz
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-14
GREEN MOUNTAIN FREEMAN, FEB. IA, 1861

safely; while if they were transplanted to
exposed situations, they would die at once.
But besides our gardens aud fields are stock
ed with plants aud grains which are the ma
iyes Of warmer climates, and need protection
still more Sweep off tie snow IRON our
wheat fields and meadows, and at least a por-
ton Of the crop would be. winter-kllled'--
Some of the choicest herbaccous plants IN
our gardens brought from mider regions
will pass unhurt through our severest VIM
tiers, if only covered with snow.
So also OF many tender shrubs. win
their branches fastened to the ground 50 as
to be covered by snow, they hibernate in
Canade about as we'll as at the ropics. We
have seen the English Yew, several ieet
high, come out in the Sprlog well Drowned
above the snow line, while all below was as
green as emerald. The japan Ounce, by
40 means tender shrub, The Deazas, many
Of the Spi@4s Forsythia Viridlssna' the
Scarlgt.Aoweriug Culrants, etc, frequently
lose their hoe cr.buds, if not their branches
above the snow, while all underneath is IN
harmed. The buds Of peach trees are often
killed III severe Winters, but il few
h.aschcs happen to got bent under the snow
tAey produce a splendid show o. iruit.-
Scientific travellers IN Siberia have recorded
instances IN hiea, with the temperature o
die air over dc snow at n degrees below
zoro that underneath wa, ~ degrees above
zero, showing difference Of 100 degrees
Dr. Kane, il his " Arctic Expedition men
tons finding under the snow, at latitude z
degrees, the audromeda in lull flower an'
saxilagcs and corlces green under the drie'
tufts Of last year f" Here toe
we're the cIiene and cerathrium as well a
IS, the characteristic flower growhs IF late
ks SUMMER. The poppy and sorrel were a
- ready recognizable = " Few oil U
ii at home, he continues, can realize the prC
st tectine value Of the warm coyerlet Of snow
Is No oiderdoan in the cradle Of an infant
~ tucked in more kindly than the sleepr
We dress Of Winter about this feeble fowe
ct. lille"
ID When the snow falls early in Winter al
as remains until Spring the ground IS scldo
is frozen at all And if it becomes frozen
u8t few inches deep before the snow falls t
~. heat Of the suhsoil thaws out the frost abo
the it, and the superintendent snow preyer
so another freezing, 50 that in Spring t
in ground is soft and ready for the plow a
ent spade many days sooner than if it had
er- NAMED exposed 10 tue full force Of Wint
ar The aid which the snow renders the
the mer in clearing up swamps, and getting
lth- muck in Winter, and in hauling lumber
any wood to market; the peculiar bliIliancy
ores the snowy landscape lighted BY the sun
sport Of sliding down hill for the boys,
e. if Of sleigh-rding for children of Ia
now growth. are considerations not TO be oml
g. a In numbering up the uses of snow. Blu
Il us those and other things we have not time
, Of space now TO speak.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-14

character Of every product Of the farm, TO
be neglected by any who have ever tested ~
value. 1t is a mine Of gold to every cultI-
vator oil the soil--gying golden grain
golden dairy products--goIden irult-gold IN
the pocket
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-14
St. Johnsbury, Jan. 20, 1861.

Big TuRKEYs.-Our friend A. j. Hollis.
ter, Of East Montpelier, who is somewhat ia,
nous at Agricultural Fairs for the variety
and superiority of his show in the vegetable
line has nair of Turkeys, seven and half
months old, tho gobber Of which weighs 50
lbs, and the hen Is lbs.,--making the weight
of the pair 81 lbs. II anybody has any.
thing larger or better in the Turkey Depart
ueut We should be pleased TO hear from
them and we presume Mr.. HOLSTER would
be equally as glad to meet them at the next
Agricultural Fair.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-14
The Old Turnpike

We hear no more OF the clliA ~ Ae'b
And The stage coach rafting y;
For the steam king rules the fa~lnsw world,
And the old pixies lefi to DE
The grass c,eeps DER the hniy paibi
And the slealthy daisies steal
vbere once the stage horse, day BY day,
Lifted his iron heel
No more the weary stager dfeA'S
The toll Of coming morn
Eomofe HE busting landlord rdns
At tbe sound Of the echoing horn.
For the dust lies still upon the rad,
And tho bright eyed childreapIay
Where once the CATERING hoot aid wheel
Ratified along the way,
No more do we hear the cracking whip,
Or the strong wheels rnmbliHg sound
Ana ho the water drives US on
And an iron horse Is found
the coach stands rus.ing in th'yarl,
And The horse has sought tle pIow
Va have spauped thc world wih an lion rail,
And lae steam King rules Us Lows
Tlssil tar1pike is Pie 20 NOE,
IL omen tard. the eaie'
web4ycmade us read fer orA.ssas 70 .Gid
Ana W. ride at furious ro'e
wa hags anel DE valley and ated the bills
tultannsled ne mountain
And roaad Tie rough cras's avs verge
u.artq.4 q now ne ride.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1861-02-14

Professor Porter announces the following
lectures for the Yale Agricultural Course,
which commence on the 9th of this month
American Pomology, NJ. J. Wilder;
Grapes, DR.. c. W. Grant Pears, I. IL.
Mead Propagation, Thomas Hogg; Pru.
Ming and Trausplanting, I. Barry oIna-
mental and Exotic Gardening, $. K. Par
sous.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29
For the Di.nsich.1
HRssY Co., VA, May IS. 1854.

- . HRsKY Co., IA, May Is, 1851.
re ths IrtshHisn Of South Careiln1
FELLOW Coz STRTsES Your plans and m o.
ttves for organizing an Irish Regiment for the
Southern Confederacy, fully concur with ev-
cry sentiment OF every ue-hearted Irishman
IN TINS old Common wealth. Who would not
take up arms and fight in so just cause, pro-
tectins our rights and homes from the aggres-
sive hands OF those diabolical and hypocrit-
teal blood hounds of the North Irfshmen,
go at once and enroll your names in the Irish
Regiment that is being organized In Charles
ton, and fight side by side with those people
VINO have always extended the hand OF friend
ship 20 the irish, and whose fair daughters
aaSe been 10 us more like mothers and sisters
than strangers. Therefore let MS act our part
ih this struggle, and show them that We are
not less brave taan our ancestry who ha We
fought and bied upon q thousand battle
fields. Shame on Thomas X Meagher, that
man whom / have heard hundred times
speaA liberty TO thousands of his countrymen
IN the halls Of his native city, Waterford }
and now aiding band of tyrannicaI vandais
who are trying 10 enslave the most upright
people on earth. But trust and pray that
the Southern flag which now waves in all
parts Of this Cvnieaeracy, in fond anticipa-
iion OF glorious future, may yet smile upon
us, free, independen and prosperous people.
Respectfully, yours,
Az fRIsH VoLrsTgER.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
Our NsD Postal 1rTangenents-d Su9qestion
to POstBldSteTs.
MosSIsg FoRD iIhari

MossIse FoRD, Charlotte, Nay o.
1t is unders TODD that the Post Office Depart
ment of the Confederate States does not ex-
pect 10 he able TO furnish stamps for the pre-
payment oi postage, Immediately on the as
sumption by that department, on the first of
June, OF the full control OF our postal affairs.
And not a little Inconvenience, to both post
masters and the people, may result from hav-
lug 10 pre- pay III money every letter ma He'd
l beg leave to suggest a method by which tina /
Incon yeDience may be obyi ted.
Let each postmaster write his name, or
some other mark, on small slips of paper, (or
IN the case of offices having q large custom,
something Of the kind might be printed,) and
issue these, at the rate OF five cents each. to
the known Gus toners at his Office, twenty Il We
cents worth, or II dollars worth at time
These slips could then be attached 10 letters
mailed us stamps now aTe-the postmaster to
remove them N slightly attached-say by a
particle of paste or wafer At one end OF corner
Of the Slip or otherwise cancel Them, and
mark the letters pGi9 after the mannsr re-
quired by the Department.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29

PR8sAcoLA TO Bg SToRnRD. Glen. bragg Is
destined TO receive 8 storming party who VIII
carry his camp. The gsrdeners of this yicsn-
ity, learning that the troops were In want OF
vegetables, have come forward handsomely
and opened the very heayi lest kind Of fire -
Beans. peas. cabbage, potatoes and every 9TH
missile in that line have been ected into
powerful batteries and IRE opened that will
send something good into every man s mouth.
The 81. Nicholas goes up this morning with
q large cargo of these implements Of war,
which will be conveyed by rail TO Pensacola
when a suecessfnl attack will be made IN the
rear. SO confident are our gardeners OF sue
cess, that they confidently expect 10 win the
victory without the loss of 4 man. aud in their
campaign they declare - nobody will be
hurt" We feel proud Of our gardeners for
the patriotic manner In which they have come
for ward and remembered the soldier In camp
and contribnted to his comfort They give
cheertully, aud would scorn 10 receive pay
like our gailan soldiers, who Eight for their
homes and firesides, not for pay or psnsion--
Nobtis Register, 22d.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29

LOOK orT For usTERpEIrs.-we were
SHOWN by officer Hicks last evening u tpu-
riols bank note, OF the denomina ton of $40
on the Mechanics Bank of Augusta. Its fine
appearance at first sight is likely to pro ys
dangerous to those receiving bills not accus
toned To examine their money at the moment
OF reception. by looking 1t the sguatures
however, the counterfeit can ca lily be detect,
ed. In the genuine bill the names OF the
President and Cashier are, AS in most bank
notes, below, iii the right and left hand cor.
ners. while IN the spurious they are placed in
the middle. The yignettes on the spurious
notes are placed at the lower part of the bill
On The genuine they are above. This couu.
terfeit is thought 10 be an alteration from the
counterfeit ten dollar bank notes of the Me
chanIcs Bank of Tennessee, as it bears & re-
semolance TO the characterization Courier.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29

FiEg.-At abOnt twenty minu tss before Ii
q clock this morning, n fire broke out al the
ship yard of Jas. Cassidsy, Esq. in the
southern part Of the town. Il resulted in the
destruction OF the engine and considerable in
jury to tue machinery connected with the
smaller railway. The wind being high, the
fire III one time threatened to extend 10 the
residence on the hill above, owned by Mrs
Everett and occupied By Mr Roberts. At one
time the sbinSle roof, one story wing, was
on IRE, but was extiGguished with trifiina
damage. The loss by the fire Will probably
he between TWO and three Thousand dollars .--
1t appears 10 have been accidental,-UfE.
m fn9tOR N c. Journal.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29

THE New YORK LEDGER Commerce vs.
ChrtStfantty.-The ilustrious Bonner, the
philosopher of the New York Ledger, in
dulges in short essay on "Long Wars" in
the last number of this peerless paper. Bon
ner thinks long wars are greatly to be deplored
He deyoutly hopes that the conclusions of
those writers who argue that the facilities OF
modern COMMUNICATION, the improvement in
arms and, above all, the mighty in terest of
modern commerce, forbid the possibility OF
long wars, may be just. He says the true way
to prevent a long war is to make strong war
He thinks every Overwhelming blow is u mer-
cy stroke. He tearfully believes that tho
policy, the true Christian policy in war, is to
smite irresistibly and then tender the olive
branch with brotherly hand Profound and
pions Bonner Gay and festive cuss! you are
doubtless correct. We think that humanity.
Chris uanity, and above all, commerce -
Northern conmerce-are powerful arguments
against prolongation Of the war on your
part. We no t.ce that al of your brethren of
the Northern press seem TO be deeply i'm.
pressed with these considera .ions-' al rove
ali" the last consideration, viz commerce
One OF them I'VE believe 1t is your squint.
eyed Caledonian cotemporary of The New
York Her;aldi has let the cat entirely out of
the bag, and admits that the commencement
the Christianity--of the North will be en- tire.
ly destroyed If the war is prolonged more
than six months or year. You all, there
fore, with one accord, shout at respectful
distance from the battle Held, that the conflict
should be briei, the onset terrible, the victor
overwhelming.
You do not admire the Fabian policy of old
FUSS and Feathers. You desire TO make quick
work OF it, Alas that some Mnrat could
not be transferred from that nest of warriors,
the Tribune Office 10 the head of your ragged
regiments. But Fortune and JEFF Davis are
opposed to you, and your great idol, II. Ward
Beecher, has concluded to stay at home. Con
sequently, we are forced to the conclusion
that your Christianity and humanity-now
collected in and around Washington City
and 'above all" your commerce, will be ill.,
jured, severely hurt, and it may he, we de-
youtly hope, utterly destroyed and swept
away Wilmington Herald. ~
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CAN Lrsrs sr.rx or The BLocxApr-w

CAN LIVE IN SPITE OF THE BLocgApE-W
clip the following from the savannah News I:
From all sections of the Confederacy we
have the most cheering accounts. Not only
are the gro wing crops the most promising for
years, but the people every where seem to
have determined upon full development OF
their own resources, 10 adopt the most rigid
economy, aud, II necessary, 10 submit cheer
fully TO any priyation for The promotion of
the gi iorioas cause OF Son tnera independence.
The Chariesion Mercury, Of yesterday, says !:
Our planting friends are daily sending their
rice straw 20 market, which IS found TO be
more valuable than two thirds of thu hay we
get from the North, and that North Carolina,
Tennessee and old Kentucky are supplying ns
with butter, which, IL not put up In as neat
pac cSages outside, is jnst as good to The taste
as the best Goshen; and which Is decidedly
most valuable to as, as il is all home made,
aud pays no tribute for we GaToiinians n ways
feel proud that.we carry ont the words OF our
venerable Pinckney--
Millions for Defiance,
sa45.4M Hui NOT d cant for fr hnfe -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29

"PER SELF" AND "PER WIFg."-The follow
ing advertisement we clip from Maryland
paper
/ hereby give notice to all business men OF
Cambridge, that, in future, shall repudiate
all claims or charges that are not made in the
following manner, viz: When any article is
purchased by myself, to charge the same ''per
seg;" when purchased by my wife, to say
per ntfe :" when purchased by order of my
self, to say "per order" with the order filed
as voucher. will pay all bills charged as
ABOVE, and no other-Dot red cent.
T. r STEWART
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29

How THR SoUTHBR MFRS TREAT PRIsoEERs or
WAR.-As much has been published in the
Nor thern papers relative to the treatm re.
ceived by the crew of the Star OF the West
which is calculated 10 give a wrong impres-
sion, we copy the following statement from
| one of the crew to the New York Daily
News:
The account recently published in the ia
pers OF the cap.ule of the Star Of The Wesi
was correct, with the exception OF the name
OF the Captain-the true name is Captain
Hawes. We were taken to Calves ton, Texas
from there TO New Orleans, and here thirty
six men of the crew were taken off at Aigiers
and carried on ferry boat TO New Orleaus
thence by railroad TO Lake ponchartraiu
thence by first class steamboat Southern Re.
public 10 M Montgomery, Ala. On both of these
steamers we were not treated as prisoners of
war, bat is passengerS-the officers receiving
stats-ronrls and the crew were treated az
when on board of their own ship.
On board the Southern Republic, 4 South
ern gen tleman presented Sl2 10 three of the
crew, and the passengers OF the boat also
made up purse OF S33, which was handed to
us, MAILING IL for each OF the crew. The pds
sengers we'll as the captains on ey-
cry occasion treated us with respect, and on
many occasion We received liz uors and tobac-
co. On our arrival ut Mon X g0mery we were
escorted by the captain OF the boat TO the
War Dspartment. where we, on account of
the pressure OF their business, remained from
III u. N, uu III O'Clock, r. III, when 81 800
was appropriated TO defray our travelling ex-
penses hcne. This money was handed over
to the captain of the beat on which we
started home. Arriving ON Saturday even
ing Mobile, We received $40 each to defraY
our expenses while there. and on Monday we
received the balance of the money appropria.
ted, which was abundaatiy sufficient 10 take
US 10 our respective homes.
Daring the whole time we met with no in
jury whatever, bul were kindly treated in
every way, shape and manner. At N obiie,
We were asked by the Captain whether any
OF us wished 10 join the Southern Navy, in
which case they would be sent to New Or
leans free, which offer none of us accepted,
but departed for home in peace. One of The
two negroes belonging TO our crew, and whose
name is Walter Murray, confessed TO his be-
ing runaway slave and belonging 10 Il man
ia Baltimore. They were both de tained at
Montgomery, bat have 40 further know
ledge of them. 3*a
would also state that we were under no
military escort from the time we left Lake
Ponchartrain until we departed from Mobile
for home. The very kind treatment of Cant
Meers on his boat to and from Montgomery
will or ought never to b. forgotten by our
crew, he having shown himself not only a
good man, bat a gentleman, in every sense of
the word.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29

HARRIET MARTIsBAr AND THE TARIFP.-Har-
riet Martineau thus writes to the National
Abolition Standard, of the Morrill, tariff:
"Since / wrote my last, the general feeling
in England and, believe in most others, has
gone round-if not in favor of the South at
least far away from the North" She argues
and explains this st length, but we have no
room at present for her letter This testi-
mony from Harriet Martineau is strong and
decisive, and is confirmed by all authentic re-
por is that have reached us.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29

NEW FLOUR.-We learn that -four has been
ground from new wheat in several places In
tins vicinity. Good samples we're shown
last week from the palace Mills" at Colum.
bus, where several thousand bushels OF old
wheat are on hand. Houston county also
presents her claims for premium in tina,
line.
AS to the quantity of wheat, and all other
small grain, the crop, which will be gathered
within the next ten days will be at Ieas,
double 10 any previous crcp raised In the
. State. There Is not much chance of our
starving Tor want Of bread during the coming
yesr.--lHGcon (G1 y Journal
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-05-29

Hail SroRs.--On Monday evening last, por-
tions OF our county were visited by heavy
showers Of rain, with hail In this place. We
learn that abou. three miles north of here,
hail stones fell much larger than hickory
nuts. There has been, however, but little OF
no damage TO our crops by the hail, and corn
looks as fine as ever known in this section -
The wheat and cat crops promise an abun-
dant yield. Cotton also looks finely Fort
Galses Advertiser, 23rd.
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"OLD CHARLEY" ARRIVED AT CAar.-The
following interesting incident, related by the
Macon Telegraph, explains ITSELF and the
Southern raised man knows how to feel when
he reads it
Old Charley, be 1t known TO the distant and
unfamiliar render, is, and has been OF ths IA
nous MacOn Volunteers. He blows such a
and the wind of church organ can begin to
Go.
Now, when the Volunteers took their de-
par ture for the wars, they left Old Charley
behind, under the impression that the rules
would not admit OF him. The faithful old
fellow flied them of, and tears stood like bull
let's III his eyes AZ his own whistle was super
seded by that OF the locom olive.
"A lew days ago, however, orders came to
send on old Charley by express and lac eirdod
himself with alacrity and delight for the
field. The Volunteers got notice Of his com
ing, and met him at tho depot with :. shout
OF triumphant welcome. They shoudered
his baggage and almost shouldered the iifer
ana paraded him down the Camp in Z; tumuit
OF JOY, and then introduced him to their lad =
visitors rs Charley Benlt, the first and last
fifer Of tho Macon Eolun teers Old Charley a
nind and voice was choked with emotion at
these demous trations OF a1fec ton. He could
only bob his head and cry AL last they got
him in wind, and his fife began TO pour out
the same old stirring, martial and ear piercing
strains. detachment of the Volunteers
over the river heard it, and raised the shout
" Old Charley has come, - and fastened to
the camp TO loin the jubilee. The boys will
fight be tier When the shril fife OF old Char
ley calls them to the conflict.