358 THE WISCONSIN FARMER. transports we must give the army two whole days before the left wing debouch from the starting point of the right wing. If this immense army were formed in a solid square, allowing about four square feet for a man, they would cover about 150 acres, and form a block of bayonets a fraction under a quarter of a mile squaré. Estimating each man as carrying weight of musket, equipments, rations, &c., at fifty pounds, this army will have trudged along with 15,000 tons. Allowing two pounds of provisions per diem for each man, they consume 600 tons per day, and if they drink one quart of water per day, which is the best drink for an army, they consume 150,000 gallons-say 1,200 hogsheads, which is a clever sized ship load, each day. Opinions about Learning to Shoot-The Position. 3 charges are put in others, over which sand or shot is rammed to the muzzle, and bursting follows. One piece is sometimes fired against another, muzzle to muzzle, or the muzzle of one to the chase of the other. In Iron guns, the trunnions are broken off; with brass ones, a fire is lighted under the chase, and when struck with heavy sledge while heated, the gun is bent and disabled. Had time been allowed Colonel Anderson to destroy the cannon in Fort Moultrie before abandoning it, there can be little doubt, from his long experience as an artillery officer, that he would have left a legacy of crippled guns unfit for anything but the foundry. NEWS SUMMARY. DOINGS OF AGricultural SOCIETIES. Wis. Mech. and Ag Fair Postponed We stated that some persons appeared to be naturally incapable of becoming good marksmen, as they dodged, just when the trigger was-Trial of Speed to be Made.—MILpulled. A Maryland correspondent alludes to our statement, and asserts that twenty years' experience and observation have taught him that any person may become a good shot by observing the following directions:-"Allow the rifle to hang in the hands in an easy manner, declined at an agle of about 40°; then raise it steadily but quickly in a line with the object, the eye ranging carefully over the sights, and at the instant the object arrived at is covered, touch the trigger." He says, "I find there is a moment in which the gun is absolutely still, that is, the instant the upward movement of it is arrested. These directions observed will certainly make a good shot. If the sight is lost at the first trial, it can be recovered by a second. Any deviation from this rule is fatal to accuracy."-Scientific American. Disabling Cannon. Since the WAUKEE, Aug. 19th, 1862.—To Exhibitors, and We have heretofore fully described the common method of spiking cannon, and have shown that the injury was ordinarily but temporary. When time is afforded, such as the deliberate abandonment of a military work, spiking at the muzzle is sometimes adopted, and, when thoroughly done, with far greater embarrassment to those who subsequently come into pos-consin Life Insurance Office, Aug. 19th, the folsession. A shot is driven into the bottom of the bore by wrapping it with felt or using iron wedges, and employing an iron rammer to drive the ball home. When this is done to an iron gun, the only method of unspiking it is to bore a hole in the breech and drive the ball out, closing the hole with a screw. To do this, the gun, in most cases, must go back to the foundry. In brass guns, which usually have vent-pieces, these can be taken out and the ball expelled by wedges. Various modes for destroying cannon are adopted. Shells are sometimes exploded in them, while heavy At a meeting of Directors, held at the Wis lowing preamble and resolutions were adopted: and Mechanical Association, have been demanded for Whereas, The grounds of the Wisconsin Agricultural immediate use for Military purposes, thus rendering it impracticable to hold a Fair according to our advertised plans; therefore, Resolved, That all of said Fair, except Trial of Speed, be postponed for one year, and that the Trial of Speed be postponed until the 16th, 17th and 18th days of Septemclasses as are published in our Premium List, where Said Trial of Speed is to include every such ber next. "speed alone is to be the test." Resolved, That the publishers of newspapers be respectfully requested to give this notice in their respective papers, and the courtesy will be appreciated and reciprocated. The Secretary is hereby directed to recall the notices previously issued and circulated as speedily as possible. Publishers of papers in this State are earnestly requested to comply with the request contained in the last resolution. M. L. SKINNER, Secretary. With the militia of the loyal states enrolled and under proper drill, even if nothing more The Markets.-MILWAUKEE, Sept. 1.-than in the marchings and facings, it would Flour steady. Wheat firm and in good demand at 89@951. Receipts-400 bbls. flour, 6,760 bushels wheat. Shipments-1,900 bbls, flour, 57,000 bushels wheat. Freights higher; 9c on wheat to Buffalo. CHICAGO, Aug. 30.-Flour-white winter, 6,00; spring extra, 4,75; fair spring extra, 4,85; winter superfine, 4,25. Wheat-winter, 1,00@1,02; No. 2 red winter 95@961; No. 1 spring 95c; No. 2 spring 801@824. Oats, 34@35c; rye, 45@46; barley, 50@60. NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-Flour receipts, 25,055 bbls. add material strength to the hands of the Government, and assure it that in future calls for troops, it would not have to rely entirely upon raw levies. Every true patriot capable of bearing arms, should feel it to be his duty to thus prepare himself for his country's service, and those who hesitate or decline to enter the ranks voluntarily should be compelled to do it by force of law. "Our country expects every man to do his duty!" and the Governor cannot do a wiser thing than to put every able bodied man in the State "on a war footing." PROCLAMATION. STATE OF WISCONSIN, EXECUTIVE OFFICE, In pursuance of the authority vested in me by the Constitution of the State, I do hereby call the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin to convene in special ses Market firmer with fair demand. Sales of 10,000 bbls. at 4,90@5,05 for superfine state; 5,15@5,30 for extra state; 4,90@5,05 for superfine western; 5,50@5,60 for common to good shipping brands extra round boop Ohio.sion, at Madison, on Wednesday, the 10th day of SeptemWheat receipts, 380,552 bushels. Market ber, A. D. 1862, at 12 o'clock, M. active and 1 cent better. Sales of 120,000 bushels at 1,13@1,22 for Chicago spring; 1,19 @1,24 for Milwaukee club; 1,32@1,35 for amber Iowa. STATE MATTERS. Another Extra Session of the Legislature. From the Proclamation below it will be seen that the Governor has called another extra session of the Legislature. The precise character of the business which calls for this extra session does not appear, but it is evident to those in authority that the critical exigency in which our country is placed requires further action on the part of our Legislators. One thing we hope the Governor will call the attention of members to, is the importance In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my [Seal.] hand, and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed. Done at Madison, this 29th day of August, 1862. Time Extended for Volunteering.— In order to afford counties which have not filled their quota, further opportunity to do so, the Governor has issued a Proclamation, under authority of the Secretary of War, extending the time for enlisting in the old regiments, which will be found below. Persons desiring to enlist will find it much to their interests to join one of the old Regiments: EXTENSION OF TIME FOR VOLUNTEERING IN THE OLD REGIMENTS. EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Madison, Aug. 30, 1862. By authority of the Secretary of War I hereby give notice that volunteering for old Regiments will continue till September 15th. Advance pay and bounty will be paid as before. I earnestly urge all counties which have not filled their of giving practical utility to some law in re-quota, including the special call for old Regiments, to do so at once by volunteering before the above date. gard to the performance of militia duty on the EDWARD SALOMON, Governor. Thirty-Three Regiments.-The Governor has ascertained that enough men have volunteered to make up the 33d Regiment. This Regiment is to be commanded by Col. James H. Howe, late Attorney General. Four more Regiments will be necessary to make up the quota on the last call of 300,000, which number will be drafted from those in the State liable to do military duty. Work in the State War Departments. -Any one who supposes that the Governor and Adjutant General of the State have little to do, would do well to look in upon them and see the crowd of persons waiting to have "their say." The busy time of last year is no comparison. The New Regiments.-The new Volunteer regiments now forming will be paid the month's advance as soon as the muster rolls can be made ready after they come into camp. Paymasters Bridgman and Tenney are busy in the work, the first in paying off Col. Larrabee's Regiment, Milwaukee, and Col. Utley's at Racine, and the latter the 23d in Camp Randall and the 21st at Oshkosh. To Look After the Indians.-Governor Salomon has appointed Capt. M. M. Samuels, an old Indian trader, to visit the Chippewa Indians in the northern part of this State, and ascertain the probabilities of an outbreak of that nation. Capt. S. is an old trader among the Chippewa's, and is a man of influence. No danger need be apprehended, we think, of an outbreak among any of the tribes in Wiscon sin. Returned.-Ex-Gov. Randall has returned from his mission to Rome, and is now in Washington City. The Crops and Markets in Europe.The latest English journals are once more despondent and fearful concerning the crops, in consequence of another week of wet weather. Just one week previous to the dates before us, the same journals were jubilant over three or four days of sunshine. The Mark Lane Express of the 15th says: "The splendid weather "of last week has given place to a decided change, there being many heavy showers throughout the country, with Thursday unu"sually rough. The accounts of the probable "yield continue very conflicting; but they are "not so as regards stocks, which, both in the "country and shipping ports are very low, "insomuch that any disaster could not fail to "send prices up smartly." 66 In France the weather is reported as having been on the whole favorable. Storms had prevailed in some places, but the damage done was trifling. In the Southern departments the harvest was over, and the crops well secured; while in the North of France they had commenced cutting under favorable circumstances. On the whole the reports of the yield are favorable to the opinion that a full average crop has been obtained. Owing to the light deliveries by the farmers during harvest time, the markets were bare, and prices were maintain ed. Old wheat is scarce and sellers offer to sell new wheat for forward delivery as a concession. In Holland rapid progress was making in the harvest, and prices were tending downwards. The Swiss markets for wheat were nearly all lower. Recruiting for the old Regiments.Recruiting for the old Regiments is progressing rapidly, and it is confidently hoped that All over Germany the harvest was progressthe old Regiments will be filled without resort-ing favorably, but there were less hopeful aeing to a draft. counts from Poland than formerly. EDITORIAL MISCELLANY. All communications, of whatever kind, intended for the EDITOR should be addressed to him exclusively; all remittances of money and all business letters, to the Publishers. The offices are separate and distinct, and attention to this request will save the Editor a great deal of time and trouble, while at the same time, it will diminish the liability to mistakes. Trial of Speed.-The Agricultural and Mechanical Association of Milwaukee, having postponed their Fair till next year, and the Trial of Speed one week, are making great preparations for the latter event. It will take place on the 16th, 17th, and 18th days of September. Entrance Fees are ten per cent. on all premiums. Entrances will close at 9 o'clock on Monday. Exhibitors are requested to forward their entries, accompanied by the proper entrance fees to the Secretary at Milwaukee as early as possible. Programme.-TUESDAY, Sept. 16-10 o'clock, A.M.-Free for all trotters. Premium $150. 12 M.-Free for all Trotting horses owned and kept in Wisconsin on the 1st day of June, 1862. Premium $100. 2 P. M.-Wisconsin Produce Stake for three-year-olds. Mile heats; $100 entrance; $50 forfeit. The Association to add $150 best, and $50 to The Editor's Absence.-This No. goes to press without the usual editorials of Dr. Hoyt. He returned to New York from Europe about the 12th of August. the second best, provided there are three starts. 4 P.M.Upon reaching that city he found letters from Virginia informing him of the serious accident to Mrs. Hoyt and started immediately for Harrisville, Virginia, since which time no communication has been received from him. We trust that the Doctor will make amends for this omission, when he returns to his post, which will be as soon as Mrs. Hoyt's health will permit. He has undoubtedly much valuable information in store for the readers of the FARMER, which he has gleaned from his visit to England, Scotland, France, and Switzerland. Mares. Free for all running Mares. Premium $150. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 17-10 A. M.-Breeder's Premium for three years and under four. Mile heats, to harness. Premium $50. 12 M.-Trotters. Mile heats, best three in five, to harness. Premium $100. 2. P. M.-Free for all Trotting Horses owned and kept in Wisconsin on the 1st day of June, 1862. Premium $75. 4 P. M.-Stallions. Free for all running Stallions; speed alone to be the test. Premium $200. THURSDAY, Sept. 18-10 A. M.-Trotting Roadsters in double harness. Irrespective of size, color or sex; speed 12 M.-Horses two years old and under three. Free for all horses two years old and under three; speed alone to be the test. First Premium $100; second do. $50. 2 P. M.-Free for all Trotting Stallions, mile heats. First Premium $100; second do. $50. 4 P. M.-Free for all running Stallions, Mares or Geldings; mile heats. Premium $200. Accident to Mrs. Hoyt.-Dr. Hoyt, on his ar-alone to be the test. First Premium $80; second do. $50. rival at New York, wrote to a friend in this city, that he had letters from Harrisville, Virginia, giving him information of a serious accident to Mrs. Hoyt. Mrs. H. was visiting her sister in Virginia. Her brother-in-law was Colonel of a Virginia Regiment, and while his wife and Mrs. Hoyt were on a visit to him at the point where he was stationed, he made an excursion with a detachment of his command to conduct a party of rebels beyond his lines. Mrs. Hoyt accompanied the detachment and rode the Colonel's horse. While on the way they came upon a squad of rebel cavalry and charged upon them. The Colonel's horse being excited by the chase, Mrs. Hoyt was unable to hold him, and he ran away with her, and threw her off. She struck upon her head injuring her skull severely, and so shocking her whole system that partial paralysis followed and for some time her life was despaired of. Dr. Hoyt was written to, and he returned immediately to this country, and repaired at once to Virginia. The above facts were communicated in a letter from the Doctor written in New York, while on his way to Virginia early in August. Since which time nothing has been heard from him or Mrs. H. Postponement.-The Illinois State Fair has been postponed to next year, for the same reasons which prompted the postponement of our State Agricultural Fair. For further information see the published rules. NOTICES OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Evansville Academy.-A new advertisement of this popular institution of learning will be found in our ad vertising columns. It will be noticed that this Academy embraces a Normal department, for the education of those who desire to qualify themselves as teachers. This is certainly a recommendation, for with an increased demand for female teachers to take the place of such of the male teachers as have gone to the war, it will be found difficult to find a supply of such as are qualified, by proper training, for the office of a teacher. On this subject we cannot do better than quote the remarks of Rev. Mr. Pradt, Editor of the Educational Journal, in the June No. of that Magazine: "We absolutely need, at this moment, at least a half dozen well appointed Normal Schools, and shall in no long time need more than this, to turn out yearly even half as many teachers, as are required for the schools. This may sound extravagant, but it can easily be shown. Just now we wish to call renewed attention to a feasable plan for opening such schools without any serious delay. We mean the plan which has been not a little disscussed in various quarters, of making some of our best Academies, at once and distinctively Normal Schools-or schools for teachers. Being at Evansville Seminary not long since we gathered some facts from Mr. Kilgore the Principal, which go to illustrate the feasibility of the change: Here, in pleasant and capacious grounds, is a substantial and convenient building of three stories, 40x70 in size, Cook's Evaporator.-We last month omitted to call the attention to this article for sugar makers, which we much regret, as we are assured by those competent to judge, that they are the best evaporators extant. As the season is approaching for the grinding of the cane, we take pleasure in informing operators where this machine can be found, Call on D. J. Powers at the old Dane County Store, Madison, Wis. STATEMENT OF THE costing $8,000; a Library of 1,000 volumes; considerable Madison Mutual Insurance Company, apparatus; an attendance of 290 pupils the past year; 20 were reported in the last Normal class, and the number would have been much larger, but for the somewhat high standard for the examination for the first year's Normal course; 40 were in attendance, last term, designing to teach, and nearly all the teachers of the surrounding region, for some time past, have been pupils in the school, all of whom have succeeded reasonably well; from 100 to 150 pupils in the vicinity to draw from, to form a model school. All this indicates, that it only needs to declare any such school henceforth, distinctively and truly, a Normal School and to make the teaching subservient truly and properly to this great end, and the thing is done; while the institution would be none the less valuable, but more so, for those who wish a good disciplinary education, but who do not expect to teach." Nursery Stock for Sale.-J. C. Plumb & Co., Madison, Wis., appear in our columns with their fall advertisement. The varieties which the above firm put forth, are well adapted to this latitude, and having taken pains to secure such as are reliable in the qualities of hardiness and productiveness, we think farmers and others who want good trees will do well to call and examine the stock offered by Plumb & Co. STATE OF WISCONSIN,Į Livingston Nurseries.-H. Southwick & Son, Dansville, We, the undersigned, being the President and a majorLivingston Co. N. Y., will be found among our adverti-ity of the Directors of the "Madison Mutual Insurance sers this month. An examination of their catalogue, shows that they have on sale all the most reliable standard sorts of fruit, which they are offering at reasonable prices. Send for a catalogue. Agents Wanted in Wisconsin.-C. M. Saxton, Agricultural Book Publisher, No. 25, Park Row, N. Y., advertises for agents to engage in the sale of his Catalogue of Agricultural Books. There are those among us who are disabled from going to the war, but can perform a light labor, who will find it to their interests to examine the proposition of Mr. Saxton. Stock Buck.-We call the attention of those who wish to improve their stock of sheep, to the advertisement of Mr. Jones in this month's Farmer. Company," do solemnly swear, and each for himself saith, that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the affairs of said company in the particulars therein named, as appears by the books of the company, according to the best of our knowledge and belief. |