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VOL. II
THE cilLK CULTURE.
From i In- Gannestee Farmer.
The culture and manufacture of silk
in this country is assuming a deep inter
cat But it has atta'iiod in a very small
degree the importance it is yet destined
to acquire: aud years must elapse, and
the subject receive fur greater attention,
before the deinnnd lor silk goods in our
own country alone, can be nearly sup
plied from domestic manufacture. But
(he fact that there is a gradual and con
stantly increasing attention to the sub
ject, shows that it is advancing towards
its place as an extensive and important
branch of the American industry.
The history of the silk culture in this
country, shows that the better it is under
loud, the more it is appreciated; and is
full of encouragement to those who are
engaging in the business. The first at
tempt in America was made in Virginia
so early as the year 1023, but it was not
carried on to any extent until i Iter the
middle of the lust century. About that
lime, and for several years subsequent
ly, it received considerable attention in
the Southern States; the quantity man
ufaclured, however continued small.
Early attention was paid to its culture
in Pennsylvania; in 1770, Susanna
Wright, of Lancaster county, made a
piece of muutua of sixty yards in length
of her own cocoons; in the same year, a
filature was established at Philadelphia,
and in 1771, 2306 lbs. was brought
there to reel. The business declined
during the Revolutionary war In Con
necticut the business was early commeu
cod on a firm basis, and has since been
constantly increasing. The white mul
berry and the silk worm wore first intro
duced into the town of Mansfield in Wind
ham county, by Nathaniel Aapiowall in
the year 1700. immediately alter which
an extensive nursery of the trees was
planted by him in New Haven, and after
wards disseminated throughout the state
In 178!) two hundred pounds of raw hilk
were made in the single town of Minis
field alone. In 1810, the va'ue o! the sew
ing si!k, and the raw silk, made in the 3
counties of New London, Windham, and
'Poland, was estimated by the United
States Marshal at $23,303; but. the val
ue of the domestic fabrics uiauufaclnred
from the refuse silk , which may fairly be
estimated at lulf that sum, was not taken
into consideration, In 1825, the value
of the silk and of the domestic fabrics
manufactured in thocountv of Windham
bad doubled. During all this time, the
only hi amines lor 'uniting ui tuuiK
silk, were the common domestic Urge
unci sin. .11 wheels; with better machine
ry sewing silk ol a superior quality would
have been undo, and at less expense,
Three luur, lis of the families in Mans
field were engaged in raising silk, aud
made annually from 5 to 10, 20, and 1)0
pounds in a family, and one or two,
each 100 lbs. in a season In 1832, four
or five tons of raw silk were grown there
worth $35,000; when manufactured in
to sewing iik tins wouiu ne worm aooui
$00,000. Four or live ol the adjacent
towns, each produced about us much as
that town. About the same tj ne, the
Quantity of silk raised in Windham and
Tolaud counties, w is sufficient to give
constant employment to 50 looms weav
ing live yards each per day, or in all a
hout 75,000 yards per year. In our own
stale, the subject h is not until recently,
received much attention; during iho late
war however, one individual, the late
' B.iiiiii'-I Oliidrey, ol Cayuga county, sold
setting ilk of his own manufacture, to
the uinonnl of 000 dollars a year, raised
from trees of the while mulberry mtrodu
Ctd by himself at Ihe firt settlement of
thf'connlry, A few years ego, at one
establishment in .Pennsylvania, (Kcnno
ni) ,) one hundred silk handkerchiefs, V
mi equal number of vest patterns, of su
perior quality to foreign articles, were
. made annually. In Massachusetts, Jon
atlmn 11 Cobb, of D. d'nam, commenced
the culture yT siik in ls.'J, and has since
mat time extended Ins operations so
much as to be in the habit of bringing in
lo the Boston market, American silk man
ulactured to ihe amount of one hundred
dollars per week, the year round. His
spuming machine, propelled by water
power, is capable of preparing annually,
1000 lbs. of silk lor the loom. In the
same town there are a number of silk
looms, as well as 111 several neighboring
towns which are worked by hand, and in
most instances by person! in their own
abodes.
tVu have deemed it proper to exhibit
Ibis view of what has been done already,
in older thai those who are deterred Irom
entering the business on account of sup
post? d difficulties, may perceive that these
difficulties have been surmounted by
niliers with esse. The subject has io-
' deed been supposed to be involved in
much mystery, and a great deal has
been written upon it. Many persons
reading the elaborate articles which have
been published, describing so minutely
every process, are led to suppose the bus
mess intricate and difficult. To the In
experienced it must indeed be new, be
cause it is different liom most other pur-
suits, and has none similar to it to serve
as a guide: but when once understood, it
bocomes quite simple, and is as easy us
raising pigs and poultry. It is only ne
cessary, during the short period of the
existence of the worms, to supply iheir
waat aud protect them from injury, lo
sholter them from the storms, cold, end
wind, and to feed them with proper
food when hungry, and there can be
little danger of success. Many indeed
have been entirely successful who have
never had (he advantage of seeing a sin
gle silk establishment and nearly all in
this country have been mostly guided by
their own experience. Yet in many re
spects, American articles thus produced
have been founefully equal, and often
superior, to foreign ones. In Economy,
Pa. it has been several years since large
quantities of silk have been manufactu
red into vesting, handkerchiefs, and oth
er broad articles; which have beon reel
ed, dyed, spun, woven and finished at
that olace:and in Davton, Ohio, domes
tic silk handkerchiefs have been made of
most excellent quality the product of the
native mulberry, where the process of
winding, reeling, doubling, twisting, drc.
were performed by machinery, princi
pally of the invention of the proprietor of
the establishment Be" ig sun oi an
colors, is a very common article of man
ufacture in all parts of the country.
The following calculation of the labour
attending and connected with the culture
of silk, in Connecticut, is by John Filch,
Esq. of Mansfield, in lhat Stale.
rinn nrm nf full crroyvn trees, set one
and a half rods apart, will produce forty
pounds ol silk.
The labour may be estimated as fol
low: For the three first weeks after the
worms are hatched one woman who is
acquainted with the business, or chil
dren who would be equal to such per
son .
For the next twelve or fourteen days,
five hands, or what would be equal to five,
if performed by children. This period
finishes the worms.
Pur picking off the balls, and reeling
the silk, it will require about the same
mount nl'lnhnr. for ihe same length of
time, as ihe last mentioned period, which
muv be nerformed by women und chil
dren. The aforesaid labor and board may
be estimated at eighty dollirs, spinning
the silk tit thirty four dollars; 40 pounds
.(' silk, at Iho lowest cash price, is now
worth two hundred dollars; which makes
the following result.-
40 lbs. silk, at $5 per
pound, $"200 00
Labor and hoard, 80 00
Spinning, 31 00 114 00
Nett profit per acre, $80 00
The principal part of the labor may be
performed by women and children. But
where the business is earned on loa con
siderable extent, it is considered more
profitable to employ some men for tin
last period of the worms.
It is now bolievcd by many, that if in
stead of transplanting the trees in the or
chard form, as in the, above estimate,
they are placed in rows about eight leet
rt and two or three I- et in llie row,
CARROLLTON, FRIDAY, APRIL I, f830,
economy may again bring me into cir speakers, buy bodies, Sr tale bearers,
NO- 29.-WHOLE NO. 81.
cumstances of ease and affluence, snd
the smiles of gratitude may yet play
upon the cheeks of my offspring, as
they receive the small tokens oi paren
tal love.
The man who comes at the mid
night hour snd fires my dwelling,
does me an injury. He burns my
roof, my pillow, my raiment, my eve
ry shelter from the storm and the tern
pest But he does me an injury that
can be repaired. The storm may in
deed beat upon me, and the chilling
blasts assail me, but charity will re
ceive me into her dwelling, will give
me "food to eat and raiment to put
on," will kindly assist me in raisings
and are considered there, and every
where else, at the disturbers and pests
of society
were conducted across the Delaware, and
some of them appeared very much deject
ed. One young ensign, 1 observed weep
ing as he went. On being asked what
waj lli.miliof ka .ant t aH 'Tllft ff.9Q.pmn n
What mischief may not be occasion j mrrh in th m,i , Hav. to-morrow ham,
ed by the tongue of slander? Whatup-- On being assured lhat he should
characterisproofagainst poison? How i not be injured, he appeared overjoyed,
are individuals, families, and neighbor j and exclaimed 'Gojd good, officer.1 Sev
hoods, affected by its malignity? Bet era! Americans were killed and wounded
ter dwell amid the infections of a hos I in the attack, and of the enemy,
pital, than move in an atmosphere con I When we returned through the village
taminated by the breath of slander? ftf'er lhe battle, 1 saw a Hessian soldier
Better meet sn enemy on the field of wbo bad been wound"", hanging in a sol
k...l , fall imn ihh.nH. nf ,h. i mer nop, ny iue sleeves oi nis suin,
ruthless savage, than to be overtaken
and dead. Rather than
of his
fall alive
into
our hands be had put an end to bis exis
V,r tkio " nn.l i lpni0 tvhiph wallrpth in
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darkness. ' unnnir man of mv acnntiintsnra was
6 " t ;
an
Dy proper care and culture, nve limes
ihe amount may be raised from an acre.
Hut even on the supposition in the above
estimate, (which experiment has proved
lo be very moderate,! how can an aereol
l iud be made to yield a gieater profit!
It the rockiest towns in Connecticut pro
duce annually seventy or eighty thous
and Hollars- whv niav not the more fertile
regions further west do us much CM!
dreH may make mure from an acre ol
mulberry trees, than a man can make
from an acre of wheat or coi n.
Peisoveranco aud judgment are requi
red for success in this, us well as in every
branch of business; ai,d those who en
gage in the work must be piepated for
some disappointments at the commence
ment, tor experience is always neecBun
ry in every undertaking But difficul
ties will soon be overcome by practice
Competition cannot effect it, except
for the belter; for the greater the lumber
of cocoons produced, the greater will be
the inducement for the erection of silk
filatures and manufactories of the best
construction, which will not only cheap-
on the labor, bul increase materially me
value bv imnrovinn (he quality of the ar
ticles. Nor can there be any danger of
the market becoming soon overstocked,
while ten or twelve millions of dollars
worth are annually consumed in the I),
States: besides which millions of dollars
worth of raw silk are yearly imported in
to France & England to supply the man
ufactories.
SLANDERER.
Against slander there is no defence
Hell cannot boast so foul a fiend, nor
man deplore so fell a foe. It stabs
with a word with a nod with a
shrug with a look with a smile. It
ia ihe pestilence walking in darkness
spreading contagion far and wide,
which ihe moat wary traveller cannot
avoid; it ia the heart searching dsgger
of the assassin; it i the poisoned ar
row, whose wound is incurable, it ia
the mortal sting of the deadly adder
murder its employment, innocence its
prey, and ruin its sport.
The man who breaks into mydwel
line or meets me on the public road,
and robs me of my property doea me
an injury. He atopa me on the way
to wealth, strips me of my hard earn
ed savine. involves me into difficulty,
and brings my family to penury and
want. Hut he does me
which cati be repaired,
new roof over the ashes of the old, and
I shall again sit by my fireside, and
taste the sweets of friendship and of
home.
But the man who circulates false re
ports concerning my character who
exposes every act of my life which
can be represented tomy disadvantage
who goes first to this, then lo lhat
neighbor, tell them he is very tender
of my reputation, enjoins the strictest
secrecy and then tills their ears with
beresays and rumors, & what is worse
leaves them to dwell upon the hints &
suggestions of (heir own busy imagi
nation the man who in this way "fil
ches from me my good name," does
me an injury which neither industry,
nor charity, nor time itself can repair
He has lold his tale ot slander to an
uncharitable world. Some receive it
as truth; others suspect that the half
was not told them; and others dress
what they have heard in the highest
coloring, add to it the foul calumny of
their own invention, and proclaims it
in the corners of the streets, and upon
the housetops. Should I prove my
self innocent, and attempt to meet the
scandal by contradiction, the story of
my disgrace outstrips me, or my solic
itudo to contradict it, excites suspicion
of guilt. Should the slandeier confess
his crime, the blot is made, and his
tears of repentance cannot wash it out.
I might as well recall the winds, or
quench theslars, as recall Ihe tale of
infamy, or wipe this foul stain from
my character.
I attach a high value to the esteem
and confidence of my fellow men. I
cannot bul wish, lhat wi ile I live a
mong them I may hold a place in their
affections, and be treated with the re
spect which is due to my station. "A
iood name is rather to be chosen lhan
great riches, or lhan precious oint-mom."
"' l is the immediate jewel of the soul.
The purest treasure mortal times at
ford."
Give me this, and I can face the
frowns of fortune can be pointed at
as Ihe child of poverty -& still know
what it is to be happy. Take this a
way, and you strike a dagger tomy
gou;you render life itself a burden.
The frowns of a world, the nnger oi
scorn, and ihe hiss of contempt, are
more than man can endure.
Yet, dear as reputation is, "and in
my soul's just estimation prized above
all price," it is not too dear, it is not
too sacicd for the slanderer lo tarnish
and deatroy. He can take from me
the confidence of my employers, the
respect ol my friends can blast my
reputation with his pestilential breath
and feel not a pang of remorse. He
.rlnriM in nothing so much as in the
slaughter of character. He would
blinht the fairest flower in the garden
ol innocence, demolish the loftiest tern
jo nrtinrnm nunir. and Dlace nts
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broad stamp of infamy on tha holiest
servant of the living God.
The slanderer has not a single pre
text or excuse to palliate his offence.
A desire of gain may urge some to the
commission of crime. The incendia
ry and assassin may be excttea oy
this base passion to perpetrate their
deeds of darkness and of death. Bul
the man that attacks me with sianaer
has no hope of personal good; and if he
robs me of my character he
"Robs me of that which not enrich
es him,
Wot makes me noor indeed."
He gratifies the malice of heart, adds
one more to the family of wretched
ness and woe, and enjoys a secret
pleasure yea, even triumphs, as he
reflects on the infamous achievement.
Hnw baae. how contemptible is the
character of the slanderer ! However
various their motives, diversified the
means which they take to accomplish
their object, they are all the enemies
of man.
"Some may perpetrate this iniquity
with designs directly malicious; aome
from a busy, meddling disposition,
always unsatisfied unless when interfe
ring wilh the concers of others, and
some from a wish to be thought exten
sivelv acauainted with private history.
n iniurv But they are all characterized in Scrip
Industry and 1 ture by the significant Mines of evil
What does Ihe Slanderer think o( . WOljndedin the action with a bul
himself? Does he hope to be respec ie, ,n(4 m6(j lwo dva afterwards. Five
ted by men or approved of God? Let j 0r six of us who knew him, dug a grave
him ask his conacience, and if that is ! on the banks of the Delaware, laid a rough
not already 'Beared as with a hot iron,' I board on the bottom, and one each side
it will tell him that ihe smiles, the then placed the body between them laid
flatterv. and the Dolitenesi which he another board above, and covered him
puts on when in the presence of those j with the earth and left him. This was a
mourmui lunorai io me, uui lis iiupics
he slanders, are thinner than gauze.
His real character is discerned by men
and hiswhole heart is naked lo the eye
of Omniscience. Does he think that
his is a small crime, and lhat he shall
go unpunished? If there is a Gui in
Heaven if he has said "speak not evil
one of another," "thou shall not bear
false witness against thy neighbor,"
most assuredly the Slanderer will not
go unpunished verily he will have
his rewarr1. If there is a God in Hea
ven if he has said, that "for every
idle word that man shall speak they
shall give account thereof in ihe day
of judgment," may I, and you dear
reader, be saved from the sentence
which awaits lhat man whose tongue
ia the tongue of a Slanderer.
sion w s soon forgotten amid the more e
vers trial which followed livffalo l'ai
riot,
RE
OLLECTIONS OF THE REVO
LUTION.
When the British army under Lord
Coruwallis entered New Jersey, I was
with a dotatebmen' of" Col. Burkeu's Re
gimenl and some riflemen at H.iverstraw,
on tho banks of the Hudson, watching tin
movements of two 74 gun ships lying at
Tappin Bay. On one occasion, several
Uruish boats were seen to take possession
of some vessels near the western shore.
containing flouV As they were approach
ing, sure of their prey, we paraded on the
bank, and gave them such a warm recep
lion, ihatjtbey were glad to return.
Soon after Fort Lee waa abandoned,
we were ordered lojoin the main body ol
the arm v. This waa in November; and
we were two or three weeks on our march
being obliged to take a circuitous route
to avoid the enemy, through the whole
breadth of the state. Much of the way
we were employed in guarding stoies, &e
among which were a quantity of leden
weights, lor bullets, Irom windows in IN w
York. We had trequent'y little t-kirmisn
es with British light-horsemen, and also
suffered greatly on our march from co d
and hunger, as we had neither blankets
nor provisions, our quartermaster having
been taken prisoner, and our stores fallen
Into the enemy's hands At night we
were exposed to the snows and the open
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air, with nres xinuieu oi runs, anu weir,
constantly harrasscd by tho scouts of the
enemy. 1 he inhabitants also, who were
many of them lories, w Mild often accost
us on our retreat, crying, 'Skainper you
Yaulteo dogs, redcoats will have you!
This, from my own country men, was in
deed,cruel lo boar. We however joined
the army, to share with them slill greater
nrivations and dangers.
On the night of the 20th of December,
1770, the American army crossed the
Delaware river in order to attack a bod
of Hessians, under Colonel Rawle quar
teredat Trenton. At daylight, on the
morning of the 27lh we entered the vil
luge.
The hail ana rain wiucn was men lul
ling, rendered our expoditon somewhui
uncomfortable, but probably led the ene
my to consider themselves more secure,
as wewere among tnem oetore mej were
scarcely aware of our approach.
General Mercer commanded the divis
ion to which 1 belonged, being Ihe ad
vance guard. General Washington was
engaged in directing the mauosuvres of
the whole.
The striking of a musket ball in a post
near me, while on the march, gave the
first indication lhat we were discovered.
This was immediately aucceeded by the
firing of the Hessians' cannon. To a
void these, we fled off from the main road
to the right, attacked and immediately
silenced them. Several of the enemy
were led dead, and tha remainder saved
themselves by flight, leavjpg four brass
field nicos inlour.hands. Those we left,
. . . . . . i .
and hastened the pursuit, me nessiaiin
having ent Christmas night in revelling
were wholly unprepared lor mis euoDv.
ted attack, and made but little resistance.
Thev were driven out of the road into an
open field, and were endeavoring to re
treat to a wood not far off; but Washing
ton anticipating the attempt, had placed a
body of troops an ambush to intercept
them who suddenly arose, and the Hessi
ana seeing no hope of escape surrendered
on the spot.
It was said thev had been taught, that
if they were taken priaonera by ibe rebels
they would bojulled end eaten, They
COFF&&
An interesting analysis of coffee was
made by Mons Cadet, apothecary io ordi
nary lo the household ol Napolean, when
Emporor; from which it appears, that the
berries contain mucilage in abundace,
much gallic acid, a reain, a concrete es
sentail, some albumen, and a volatile aro
malic principle, with a portion of lime,
potish, charcoal, and iron. Rjasting de
velopes the soluble principles. Mocha
coffee; is, of aii kinds, the most aromatic
and resinous. M Cadet ad vises that col-
fee be neither roasted nor infused till the
dav it be drunk, and lhat the roasting be
moderate. Mosely, in his learned and
ingenious treatise, states that 'the chemi
cal analysis of coRee evinces that it pos
sessca a great portion of mildly bitter, and
tightly astringent gummous and resinous
extract, a considerable quantity of oil, a
fixed salt, and a volatile salt. These are
it medicinal constituent principles. The
intention ol torrefaclion is noi only to
make it deliver those principles, and make
them soulble in water, bul to give it a
property il d es not posses in the natural
state of the berry. By the action of tire,
fi.iriiiiiiniiiis laste. and aqueous part ot
... . - p. - ...
its mucilage, are destroyed: Us saline pro
perties are creuted, and disengaged; and
its oil is rendered empy rerun ideal, r roui
thence arises the pungent smell and ex
hileraling fLvot nul found in its natural
state.
'The roasting of the berry to a proper
dezree, requires great nicety. If it be un
dune, its virtues will not be imparled, aud
which is supposed lobe an oil, in extreme
!y volatile, and excapes hit the air with
great facility, as is observed by infilling
the room with its fragrance, if suffered hi
remain uncovered, and at ihe asme time
losing much of its flavor Philip Hi
lory of V'getabk.
LIFE AN ALLEGORY.
It is now morning. Still and gUi
sy liea the lake, wuh its green and
dew-sprent shores Light mists hange
around like a skiey view, aud only ro
veals the uncertain outlines of woods
and hills The warm vernal air is
just stirring in the valleys, but has not
yet rufflad the water's mirror. Turn
the eye upward the misty vault
opena into the calm, clear heavens,
over which there seems suffused ge
nial spirit' breath Far distant, on tho
horrtzon flish out the gilded and red
dening peaks, and from yonder crown
of snow, a sudden radiance announ
ces the rising aun. Now in the east
stream the golden rays through tha
! soft blue vapour. The breeze fresh
ens, and comes loaded with fragrance
from the wood. A faint dark curl
swepps over the waier; ihe mist rolls
up, lifts itself above meadow an;l hill;
end in gathering folds hangs light
bout the mountains. Away on the
level lake, till it meets the sky, stlveiy
gleams the sheeted wave, sprinkled
with the changeful stars, as ihe ever
rising breez? breaks it in ripples.
Now the pennon, that hung loose
around the mast, rises Sf fitfully floats.
We spread the sail, and casting off
! from the shore, glide out with cheer
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lul hearts on our voyage, n-ium
widens the lake, rock after rock rece
ding back on either hand, and openttig
between, still bays, hung round with
sparkling woods, or leading through
green meadow vis'as to the blue sunny
hill.
It it now noon. In the middle of the
lake speeds the bark over the light
glancing waves. Dai k opens down
The clear path while loss the crests of
foam and as the ail stoops to the
steady wind, awifl 1 es the parted wat
er ro i.d the prow, and rushing, pours
in behind the stern. Thedis ant shores
glow bright in the sun, thai alone io
the heaven looks unveiled with vivify
ing goodness ov -r the earth. How
hi"h & how broad swells thesky! Tho
igitated lake tosses like a w de held ol
snowy flowers sweep of the long ro
tiring shores hill gleaming overfill
up lo tho shadowy mountains -irad
over these Alpine needles, shootins;
-L . I ,l..mm it trim
v while in'o me uuuiumcm
.n ! ii ui ,,,! am oonress tile stomach : 1 nc-n
if it be overdone, wil yield a rial, burnt j a lie s'tll and happy uuder the ev
I i .,i. , ,r -... - u 1 hp i t'liirnv
UUU Ulliei laoic, no . ii iuo -...i --j
ed, and in use it will heat the body, and
acl as an astringent. The closer it is
confined at the time of roasting, and till
used, ihe better will us volatile pungen
cy , flavor and virtues be preserved.
'The influence which coffee, judicious
ly prepared, imparts to the stomach, from
its invigorating qualities, is strongly ex
emplified by the immediate effect produ
ced on taking it when tho stomach is o-verlond.-d
or nauseated wilh surfeit, or de
jilitated by intemperance, or languid from
inanition.
'In vertigo leihargy, catarrh, and all ais
orders of the head, from obstructions in
the capillaries, long experience has pro
ved it lo be a powerlul meaicine; aim in ,
certain cases of apoplexy, it has been I
found serviceable even when given Ifj
clysters, where it has not been convenient
te convey effects to the stomach. Mons
Malebranche restored a person irom upo
plexy bv repeated clystersof coff;e.
'l)u ruur rotates an mnwn.i y -stance
of the effect of coffee in the gout;
he says, Mons. Deverau was atucseu
wilh ihe gout ot twenty Ikb years ol age,
and had it sevorolv until he was upwards
of fifty, wilh chalk slones in the joints ot
his hands and feel; he was recommended
the use of coffee, which he adopted, and
had no return of the gout.
A small cup or iwo of coffee, immedi
alely after dinner, promotes digestion.
With a draught of water previously
drunk according lo ihe eastern custom,
coffee is serviceable to those who are ot a
costive habit.
I'hogenerality of the Kngusa wranm
make their coffee too eak, and use too
much sugar, which often causes U to turn
..rid on the stomach. Almost every
K...lroAnr has a neculiar method of ma
king coffee; but it never can be excellent
. . A f il.a horrtl
un'essttDe maoe strung "i " i
any more than our English wines can be
good, so long aa we continue to form the
principal of them on sugar and water.
Count Rumford says, "coffee may be
too biltor but it is impossible that it
should ever be too fragrant. The very
smell of it is riviving, and has often been
found to be useful lo sick persons, and to
those whoareafheted w.tn ine neau u..e
In short, everv thing proves that the vol
atile, aro-natic matier, whatever it may
be that gives flavor to coffee, is what M
most valuable in it, and should be preser
a nuih the lrreatesl care, and that, in es
limating the strength or richness of lhat
beverage, its fragrance shuuld be much
more attended, lhan either its bitterness
or aatringeucy. This aromatic suMiance
er smiling suu.
Now it is evening. The ano ie
sinking behind the dark mountains,
snd clouds scattered far in the east
float soft in rosy light. The sun is
now hidden, snd strong & widi sweeps
up its golden dime like the holy blaze
of a funeral pile. The bre zj slack
ens the waves subside in slumber;
and slowly the bark steers in its shel
tering bsy. Lone shadows which
stretch from hill to valey UH He
dark curtains on Ihe take and a sol
emn subdued serenity breods like a
protecting spirit over the hushed and
quiet earth. Only ihe far summits yet
retain their brightness. Faint blush
es stain the eternal snows, recalling
the first dawning rose, like memory
of early joys, in the tranquil moments
of departing age. These, loo, fade;
but the evening star looks brighi from
the blue infinite, and like the herald
of a better world, lead us safely to
our haven.
Natural Curiosity .While two
sawyers in Messrs Gar Sr Horburgh's
ghip building yard, Dundee, were em
ployed in cutting up an oak log into
planks, they discovered a neatly built
wren's nest, with an fgg in it, firmly
embedded in the heart of the wood,
which situation, considering the age
of the iree.it may have been occupy
ing for a period of mom than half a
century. Irisli PaPer'
' LUCKY EDITOR By a letter
from Wheeling, Va. we learn Diet tho
-Jtmr nf ihe Lawrenceburgh Paladi-
um, drew a prise of one thoutand dot
iars. on the 14th inst. in tho Peters-
burah, Vs. Lottery. Surely, Uama
Fortune, snd are de
termined to buy up all the editora.
Indiana American.
STEAMBOAT EXPLOSIONS.
We see in a Scotch paper the proceed
ings of a criminal court, before which the
engineer ofasteamer which had exploded
was tried for "culpable homicide." Such
investigations are much wanted in this
country. There has very seldom happen
ed a steamboat explosion which was not
the coneequence of very culpable ueg
led on the port of eomebody- -V. It
Jour. Com.