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L’riE GAZETTE.
By EDGAR SNOWDEN.
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The Poetical Works or the Rev. George
Crabbe, with his Letters and Journals and his
Life, by his Son, Vol. VUl.
This volume includes the new and fall edi
tion of Crabbe’s poems, and contains a number
of posthumous tales, now printed for the first
time. These pieces were lefi by the poet as a
legacy to his son, as the following touching pas
page in a letter dated in Oct., 1831, informs us:
u There are, in my recess at home where they
have been long undisturbed, another series of
stories, in number and quantity sufficient for
a volume; and as I suppose they are much like
the former in execution, and sufficiently differ
ent in events and characters, they may hereafter,
in peaceable times, be worth something to you;
and the more, because I shall, whatever is mor
tal of me, be at rest in the chancel of Trow
bridge church; for the works of authors de
parted are generally received with some favor,
partly as they are old acquaintances, and in
part because they can be no more of them.”
it appears, however, that notwitstanding the
recommendation of the poet himself, who thought
they were much like his former poems, his exe
cutors, when they saw the first few printed pages,
entertained some misgivings as to their va
lue, and—
uiaij uau imj
he would have
“ because very seusiuie
lived to edit the compositions,
considered it necessary to bestow on them a
good deal more of revision and correction, be
fore tinallv submitting them to the eye of the
fore finally submitting them to the cy
world. They perceived that his language had
not always effected the complete development
of his ideas; that images were here and there
left imperfect—nay, trains of reflection rather
hinted than expressed; and that, in many pla
ces, thoughts in themselves valuable could not
have failed to derive much additional weight
and point from the last touches of his own pen.
“ Under such circumstances, it was a very
great relief to their minds to learn that several
persons of the highest eminence in literature
had read these poetical remains before any
part of them was committed to the printer; and
that the verdict of such judges was on the whole,
m.ire favorable than they themselves had begun
to anticipate—that, in the opinion of those
whose esteem had formed the highest honor of
• ,eir father’s life, his fame would not be tarnish
! *v their compliance with the t**rms of his li
,• n that though not so uniformly
, . »',| some of his previous performances,
i Po>thumou* Essays would still be found
to preserve, in the main, the same characteris
tics on which his reputation had been establish
ed; much of the same quiet humor and keen oh
servation, the same brief and vivid description,
the same unobtrusive pathos,the same prevailing
reverence for moral truth and rational religion
—and, in a word, not a few 44 things which the
;i,,lurne,%m.-f3rttPglT,Ml^frcS-t ,iie, unnu
upon its contents, and because they form a pari
of the literary history of its production. The
poems themselves are fortunately unaffected by
the timid doubts of Mr. Crabbe’s executors,
whose position and responsibility in the matter
interfered, probably, with the freedom of their
opinions. They were afraid to take a step that
might possibly hurt the reputation ofthe deceas
ed; but they may rest assured that this book will
extend and exalt bis name.
The poems emphatically belong to the class
which mav be said to derive its origin from Mr.
Crabbe; for much as has been said of the re
semblance that exists between him and Gold
smith, we think it can scarcely be questioned
that as the moral poet of the poor, as the delin
eator itf detail of the miseries and ignorance,
the habits and employments of the lower clas
ses,and as tne expounder of feelings which have
rarely found expression in poetry, and never
before in language so homely, so true, and so
natural, Crabbe mut be permitted to stand by
himself. As a poet, he yields to the exquisite
music and almost unapproachable simplicity of
Goldsmith; but the drama of humble life, with
all its passions, its hopes and fears, its struggles,
against temptations, its triumphs and its crimes,
which he has created, entitles him to a place far
out of the wav of imitation, and worthy of a sep
ateund distinct niche. His resemblance to Gold
smith is more accidental than premeditated—
m<>re apparent than real. Goldsmith was more
refined in hissimplicitv—his purity was more pal
pable, his verse more highly polished, and his pic
tures more tasteful and complete, and the whole
breathed an air of nature like an atmosphere of
Claude’s. Crabbe is more plain, homebred,
and familiar. He talks verse to you, w hile Gold
smith recites it. He tells you in the very words
ofthe rustic what he felt, and why and wherefore
it was that he could no longer pay his rent, and
was compelled to resort to the workhouse: he
describes the whole family, one after another,
tells you how long Jenny went to school, and
what she learned there; and that Tom, after a
voyage to China, returned home with six
pounds in his pocket which he wanted to spend
on a dress for his mother, but that the tax-col
lector intercepted the generous boy’s intention,
and put down the six pounds to the King’s ac
count.
• »» an vino * v -u icc i i mil 1i ut; muicui Ulu |JUVll V
than its trulk. Yon have the very Qssence of
the heart distilled into natural words, and you
are so occupied in thinking about it, that you
forget to reflect for a moment on the medium
through which it is conveyed. With Goldsmith,
pure as he is, you cannot help thinking of the
beauty of his lines.
The subjects of the tales are similar to their
predecessors, but tinged all through with some
thing more ot the gravity of years. The first
tale—“ Silford Hall; or the Happy Day”—re
lates the visit of a rustic boy to a neighboring
mansion on an errand, w ith a description of the
wonderful sights he saw, and the delightful im
pressions the grandeur of the place made upon
bis mind. The little story was suggested by the
poet's recollections of his ow n visits, when an
apothecary’s apprentice, to the noble family
mansion of Cheveley, in which he afterwards
lived as domestic chaplain. We will make room
fbr a snatch or two from this story, which, al
though the choice is hard, we confess to be our
f.ivmite on account of its cheerfulness, and the
spirit of boyish pleasure it paints so truly. First,
here is an accent of the library to which the
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or that simplicity ot mind which was afterwards
o be so taken by surprise in the library at the
tall.
He sought his mother’s hoard, and there he
found
Romance in sheets, and poetry unbound;
>oft tales of love, which never damsel read,
lut tears of pity stain’d her virgin bed.
fhere was Jane Shore and Rosamond the hair,
Vnd humbler heroines frail as these were there*
rhere was a tale of one forsaken maid,
iVho till her death the work of vengeance
stay’d; ... ,
Jer lover, then at sea, while round him stood
\ dauntless crew, the angry ghost pursu u;
in a small boat, without an oar or sail,
She came to call him, nor would force avail,
Nor prayer; but conscience striken, down he
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And o’er his corse the closing billow’s slept;
All vanish’d then! but of the crew were some,
Wondering whose ghost would on the morrow
come. ...
A learned book was there, anu in u
How to cast fortunes and interpret dreams;
Ballads were there of lover’s bliss or bale,
The kitchen story, and the nursery tale.
His hungry mind disdain’d not humble food,
And read with relish keen of Robin Hood;
Of him all-powerful made by magic gift,
And giants slain—of mighty Hickerthrift;
Through Crusoe’s isle delighted had he stray d,
Nocturnal visits had to witches paid,
Gliding through haunted scenes, enraptured and
afraid.
Peter is despatched on his errand, to collect a
small account; and as the occasion is one ot
<*reat importance,the utmost precision and anx
iety are lavished upon his appearance. How
natural and affecting is this passage of a mo
ther’s care!
His fond and anxious mother in his best,
Her darling child lor the occasion drest,
All in his coat of green she clothed her boy,
And stood admiring with a mother’s joy;
Large was it made and long, as meant to do
1 For Sunday service, when he older grew—
' Not brought in daily use in one year’s wear or
two.
: White was his waistcoat, and what else he wore
Had clothed the lamb or parent ewe before.
• In all the mother show’d her care or skill;
I a ribband black she tied beneath his frill;
' Gave him his stockings, white as driven snow,
And bade him heed the miry way below;
On the black varnish of the comely shoe,
Shone the large buckle of a silvery hue;
Boots he had worn, had he such things possest—
But bootless griel!—he was full proudly drest,
Full proudly look’d, and light was he of heart,
When thus for Silford llall prepared to start.
Nathaniel’s self with joy the stripling eyed,
And gave a ^filling with a father’s pride;
Rules of politeness too with pomp he gave,
And showed the lad how scholars should be
have.
Behold him at length upon the road. After ma
ny little quips and tremors, he arrives at the
mansion, and being singularly fortunate in
meeting a lady there who takes a fancy to him,
he is taken to view the wonders of the house.
First was he feasted to his heart’s content,
Then, all in rapture, with the lady went;
Through rooms immense, and galleries wide
and tall, .
He walk’d entranced—he breathed in Silford
Hall.
Now could he look on that delightful place,
The glorious dwelling of a princely race;
Turn’d here and there, alarm’d as*“one who
tries
T’escape from something strange, that would
before him rise.
The wall would part, and beings without name
Would come —for such to his adventures came.
Hence undefined and solemn terror press’d
Upon his mind, and all his powers possessed.
Next the chapel:—
Dim, silen*, solemn was the scene—he felt
The cedar’s power, that so unearthly smelt:
And then the stain’d, dark narrow windows
threw
Strange, partial beams on pulpit, desk, and
pew;
Upon the altar, glorious to behold,
Stood a vast pair of candlesticks in gold!
With candles tall, and large an’d firm, and
white,
Such as the halls of giant-kings would light.
There was an organ, too, but now unseen;
A long black curtain served it for a screen;
Not so the clock, that both by night and day,
Click’d the short moments as they pass’d away.
But the wonder and charm of the wholewas the
costly library, which quite entrances the young
explorer.
Above, beneath, around, on every side.
Of every form and size were books descried;
Like Bishop Hutto, when the rats drew near,
And war’s new dangers, waked his guilty fear,
When thousands came beside, behind, before,
And up and down came on ten thousand more;
A tail’d and whisker’d army, each with claws
As sharp as needles, and with teeth like saws,
So fill’ll with awe, and wonder in his looks,
Stood Peter, ’midst this multitude of Books;
But guiltless he and fearless; yet he sigh’d
To think what treasures were to him denied.
But wonder ceases on continued view;
And the Boy sharp for close inspection grew;
Prints on the table he at first survey’d.
Then to the Books his full attention paid.
At first, from tome to tome, as fancy led,
lie view’d the binding, and the titles read;
Lost in delight, and with his freedom pleased,
Then three huge folios from their shelf he seiz
ed;
Fixing on one, with prints of every race,
Of beast and bird most rare in every place—
Serpents, the giants of their tribe, whose prey
Are giants too—a wild ox once a day;
Here the fierce tiger, and the desert’s kings,
And all that move on feet, or fins, or wings—
Most rare and strange; a second volume told
Of battles dire and dreadful to behold,
On sea or land, and fleets dispers’d in storms;
\ third has all creative fancy forms— .
Hydra and dire chimera, deserts rude,
Vnd ruins grand, enriching solitude:
Whatever was or was supposed to be,
Jaw Peter here and still desired to see.
When all these curious sights have been ful
y enjoyed, forth goes the delighted boy into the
[arden and the park to think of what he has seen
^nd in the excess of his pleasure he falls asleep,
rom this trance he is called to dinner, and
ere the Toast in the servants’ hall crowns his
ay of felicity.
lie 'went and sat, with equal shame and j
pride,
• welcome guest at Madam Johnson’s side
t his right hand was Mistress Kitty placed I
nd Lucy, maiden sly, tl.e stripling faced ’
hen each the proper seat at table took— *
Iroom, butler, footman, laundress, coachman,
cook; . _ ,
‘or all their station and their office knew,
lor sat as rustics or the rabble do.
The Youth to each the due attention paid,
Ind hob-or-nob'd with Lady ehariotte s ma»d;
iVith much respect each other th®y a<Jdress d
ind all encouraged their enchanted gues.
Vine, fruit, and sweatmeats closed repast so
long,
Vnd Mistress Flora sung an opera song.
In these extracts from one tale out of many—
vecommend especially “ The Family of Love,
ind, indeed, the whole of the tales fetch
's embraced under the title of the b a re we
md Return.” to particular attention—we have
mt snatched a leaf from the tree to show the
iepth and beauty, but not the sweep and form
if the foliage. Our readers will judge, ex pec/e,
from these scraps. We need hardly anticipate
Lhe curiosity with which they will look foi the re
mainder.—London Allas.
Destructive Fire.—Last night, about 11 o’clock,
a fire broke out in a carpenter shop in the rear
of McClellan’s alley, about midway between
Baltimore and Fayette streets. The fire soon
communicated to a quantity of lumber mi the
neighborhood, and spread with great lapidity
to the surrounding buildings. The following is
a statement ol the property destroyed so far as
we have ascertained —
The carpenter shop of Mr. Sutton, together
with his tools, lumber, with a considerable
amount of work prepared for several new buil
dings—entirely destroyed.
The large brick dwelling of Mr. Sutton, in
front of the shop, McClellan’s alley almost
destroyed.
The brick dwelling next, north of and adjoin
ing thg last house-very much injured.
A two story brick house south of the first men
tioned building, the upper part occupied as a
plane-making establishment, the first story and
cellar used by Mr. Itichard Norris for stor
ing hardware—house and contents entirely des
troyed. . , , ....
Next south of the last mentioned building was
the handsome Engine house of the First Balti
| more Hose Company, with its ornamented cu
pola. The combustible part of the house is ren
dered entirely useless, being so much injured
as to prevent repair.
So much of the property as we ha ve enumera
ted, is insured. The hardware stock of Mr.
Norris was insured, but as there was a large
amount of valuable goods in the warehouse, it
is thought the insurance will not cover the
amount of loss.
The amount of lumber on the back of some
of the lots we have enumerated, soon commu
nicated the tire to the buildings on little Sharp
These were mostly carpenter’s shops, and fil
led with combustible materials, which were soon
enveloped in flames. I hree houses on this
street were entirely destroyed. The buildings
were not much in value, but the contents of
some ofthem were valuable.
We shall say nothing of the usual exertions
of the firemen upon this occasion, as we are
confident we could not do justice to their untir
ing efforts for three or four hours, to arrest the
progress of the flames.— Balt. liuz.
His B. M. ship Arachne, Captain Burney,
mounting sixteen guns, arrived at this port yes
terday from Jamaica. On coming to anchor,
salutes were interchanged with Fort McHenry.
VVe understand she brings passenger Captain
Kitson, of the Royal Engineers, who is charged
with Lhexiuty of erecting Light-houses on the
coiuuiiimjf vmii an iVugr-ihrm0 . talMwls. ill
some time ago between the governments ol
Great Britain and the United States. It is be
lieved this, is the first British armed vessel which
has entered this harbour since the late war.
Balt. Amer.
Wild Ducks.—Sportsmen and epicures, we
learn, may expect more than usual enjoyment
this season in performing their respective parts.
A friend of ours, who is passionately fond of
duck-shooting, recently killed, down the river,
or bay, in company with a brother sportsman,
fifty-nine wild ducks. Upwards of forty were
red-heads. The rest consisted of black-heads,
bald-pates, a sprig-tail and two canvass-backs.
They were ail very fat, tender and sweet:—and,
what is particularly remarkable, they were all
young too. This, we are tohl, argues that wild
ducks have multiplied prodigiously since the
last season, and that they may be expected to
be more plenty this—much more so than for a
longtime past. It is said. also, that they are,
every where, more abundant thisyear than they
have long been.— Balt. Intel.
We exchange with a goodly number of Jack
son papers in Ohio, and since flu* election we
have not seen in a single one of them one word
about the “Traitor Ewng.” The last Legislature
of Ohio instructed their Senators to support the
measures of the Administration. Mr. Ewing,
for declining to obey the instructions, has been
abused by the Jackson press in no measured
terms—he was familiarly termed the ^ TraitorP ,
But the people in his State have most nobly sirs- ;
tained him in his efforts to preserve the laws
and constitution inviolate.— Wheeling Times.
Paganini.—A most ferocious attack is made
in the French journals upon this extraordinary
man, for having unfeelingly refused to play at '
a charity concert for the benefit of the poor, !
whose property was so much destroyed by the
late storms in France. lie is accused of being '
destitute of all feeling and sympathy but for gold; !
he is taunted with the riches which Parisian ge
nerosity has poured into his coffers; he is de
nounced as a pale faced cadaver, with the hor
rible smile of an idiot stenographed on his fea
tures; his heart is declared to be canker eaten
with the miserly passion of avarice; his conduct
is disparagingly compared with the liberality of I
5ther artists, and the French people are called ! <
jpon to shun him, and turn from him with hor
'or. He plead, as an excuse, that he was re- )
urning to Italy; but the Parisians say it was
)ecause a concert for charity would not afford
my means to satisfy his thirst for lucre.
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Neirg from (he North.—The weather at the
North has been remarkably cold for the season.
We saw this morning, a package from Franco
nia, N. H. with an endorsement by the Postmas
i ter, upon the back, stating that on 15th Octo
! ber the thermometer at eight o’clock in the fore
I noon, stood only eight degrees above zero. In
the town of Bethelem, a few miles from Franco
nia, the, snow lay from ten to twelve inches,
and sleighing was quite good. A vast body of
snow now covers the Green Mountains.
Ronton Tranx.
We are requested to announce Philip N.
Amiss as a candidate to represent the County of
Kappahanock in tit* next General Assembly of
•f Virginia.
ALEXANDRIA:
MONDAY MORNING, NOV. 10, 1S34.
NEW YORK ELECTION.
New York City.
From the Journal of Commerce of Thursday.
As the Congressional Tickets were presumed
to be so split and « scratched,” to use a techni
cal word, that it would be impossible to get
through with them last night, the counting was
limited, by common consent, to the votes lor Go
vernor. The result is as follows.
November, 1834. 1332.
warn
6—Not canvassed.*
7 1409
8 1742
9 1129
10 1192
1122
441
861
903
15 1034
1699
1955
1632
1798
2233
1063
1295
1284
709
290
213
503
606
1111
623
435
381
325 — —
15896 18110 1999
15896
4213
2214
762
381
544
713
1062
537
5S8
482
67
935 5593
935
4658
2214
Jackson loss since 1832 - - 2444
* We undesstand that one of the Inspectors of
this Ward was too unwell to permit him to as
sist in canvassing the votes last night. Theie
will not be a large majority on either side.
King’s County—Complete.
Brooklyn, Seirurd. jXt?S£y'
Jackson majority in Brooklyn,
Bushwick, 94
Flatbush, “3
Flutlands, 43
Gravesend, 51
New Utrecht, 45
311
Jackson majority in the County.
The votes for Congress-men, Senator, Assem
bly-men, &c. correspond very nearly with the
above returns. From most of the towns wr
have all the particulars, received by express.—
The congressional district (2d) is composed ol
Kings, Richmond and Rockland. There car
be no doubt of the election of Samuel Barton
the Jackson candidate. The Jackson majority
' in Brooklyn in 1832, was 337; and in the wholi
! County, 4S9.
428
203
67
47
31
92
S73
311
562
UI'KEN'S OOIM Y.
Our express has returned from Q,upen’s coun
ty, but reports that the votes in none
towns were canvassed, except Jamaica,
they stood _.. u. ,
Thomas B. Jackson (Jackson)
of tlu
w hert
Jackson majority, 69
The Jackson majority for Sheriff was 96; foi
Coroner’s, 129. In 1832, Jamaica gave a Whig
majority of 24. The number of votes polled
at Hempstcd, is 1140.
W ESTCHESTER CoL’NTY.
i o'clock.—Our Express is just in from West
Chester county and brings the following re
turns:
Nov. 183 4 1832
Seward. Marry. Granger. Marry.
-56 475 226 502
Jackson loss 27.
POSTSCRIPT.
Half past Fire o'clock.
Our Express is just in from up the river, and
brings the following returns, we have no time
at present fur comparisons.
Whigmaj. Jackson maj.
Hudson 107
103
Rhinebeck
Poughkeepsie
Catskill
Athens
Red hook
Newburgh
Montgomery
Crawford
Monroe
New Windsor
91
33
3G
50
120
137
26
25
I’he following are reported by a passenger_we
do not vouch for their correctness.
Alban}’, 1st Ward (not counted)
2d 3
3d “ 6
4th “ 28
5th - 34
Cornwall 9
From the New York Courier and Enquirer.
Tiitrsday, One o’clock, p. m.
“We have just been furor ed with a visit from
a gansrof the Jacksonites from Tammany Hull.
w ho threatened to pulldown our office, and pay
their respects to our types; but when we politely
prepared to receive them ;,t the point of the
bayonet, and the cold steel bristled from our win- :
dows, they most uncourteously betook them- I
selves to their heels, and demonstrated that they
are as prudent as they are corrupt. j
For further particulars and details of the
New York Elections, and especially of the City
Election, see Postscript.
By the latest advices from Cincinnati no can
didate had offered for the seat in Congres va
cated by the resignation of Mr. Lytle. Mr.
Hammond says the Vacancy “yet goes a beg
oreat rejoicings are every where taking place
amongst the Jackson party at the result of the
New York Election. Two salutes of 100 guns
were fired at Philadelphia on Friday.
Charles James Faitlknek, of Berkeley,
will be supported as a Representative for the
Congressional District composed of Hampshire •
Frederick, Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan. ’
Jackson Tbiumi*ii in New YonK.-It »iV
soon, by returns in another column. tiiat
Jackson party have gained the day in New y " ’
City, by a majority of about 2,300. The co^
was most warm and animated, and both ?
it is probable, exerted themselves to the ut-y
Since the result of the election of the city.,,
are inclined to believe that the Jackson nu or-,
in the State will be 9 or 10,000. There isa-,
bability, however, that there will be a ga.V
Whig Members of Congress.
The Globe, the other day, published sorn^.
diculous falsehood about one of Mr. Wilde's
terary productions. A few days afterward
had to back out of its difficulty. X it lone it
terwards it came out with some stuff about y.
Poindexter’s private pecuniary transaction*,
which the name of Col. Towson was introduce
We observe, that on Saturday it publishes;
note from Col. T., saying that the wholesta’>
[ ment was “ unfounded.”
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
The Hoard of Naval Surgeons, compos^ ,<
Doctor John A. Kearney, President,
<• Hailey Washington,
“ Thomas Williamson, |
“ George S. Sproster, f
“ Thomas J. Doyd,
; recently convened in the City of Washing,
! has reported to the Department, the folio* v
Assistant Surgeons as qualified for promoLr
to the rank of Surgeons in the Navy, viz.
George Hlacknall,
Isaac Hrinkerlrntt,
William M. Wood,
John N. Smith,
Janies W. Plummer,
George H. Me Knight,
Solomon Sharp,
Daniel Egbert.
At the same time the following gentler;
were examined and reported to the Itepartn--;
as qualified for admission as AssistantSurg<.' \
viz.
Robert \\ oodswoith,
William N. Valk,
David Harlan,
Victor L. God.m.
Alexander J. Wedderburn.
The most extraordinary dispatchewfor
warded in this or any other country, fur <rrei'
a distance, save by telegraphic signals, wain,
ecuted yesterday. The otlicers of ifu-C'acJu
and Amboy Kail Hoad Company, with ant*
to gratify the anxiety of our community inn
ganl to tin* New York elections, employed
of their locomotives to bring the iiew*pa«n
from Amboy, where the steamboat arrived,!
2 limits and 25 minutes from .New York. Tt*
locomotive proceeded to the present termin
tion of the road, 50 miles, in 2 hours and l5o>
nutes, and with a horse and snlkey the rema::
ing 5 miles were performed in 25 minutes; ui
at"l2 minutes p.ist 12 o’clock, the paperswhn
left New York at 7 o’clock were in this citjr
The last 5 miles, which are graded, willbecos
pleted within a short period, so that oni")
emergency intelligence may he conveyed hot
city to city within 5 hours. It is not to beta
derstood by any means, that this is the mu
mum speed practicable on this road, for it*i
observed by the conductor, who attended tb
line, that he meant to run no risk, and camci
a moderate rate.
The accuracy with which distances car. 3
liutvn.wj, i. .Unurn in fhi« iivolcmThf?}^
was directed to be at the rate of minutes;
the mile, and the 56 miles were run at then
of 2 41-100.-* U. Si. O'az.
Manufacture of Sill:.—Yesterday afternoo
we rode out to Kutenburg, about a nnfou
a half from this city, near Olneyville, to »■:
ness the operation of the >-ilk machinery, re
cently invented by Messrs. (lay & M y i
Connecticut, where we found a small silkcr
nufactory, just going into operation. Ilffwt
ed attempts have been made, from time totin'
to manufacture this material in this countrr
but they have all hitherto failed, owingt" u
imperfection of machinery. The great diffictr
ty lias been in the outset in reeling the silk fr-1
flu* cocoons. The matei ini in its raw slate cm
tains a glutinous siesta nee of a very adlw
character, and in the ordinary mode of nelicz
the threads would adhere mi that the vk?'
couM not ne wound ott Mom tMf r** i hj
irreat care, and at best very <•—fiiti.i! injury'
the thread. Another impediment lias been Ui
j in spinning, the fibres of the thread vvcrelia
| to be broken and fretteil up by the frictioni
' the machinery llironi'li which it passed. Tto
: imperfections have been entirely remedied
! C»ay A* Mosley’s machinery, and thek pa^
through all the processes of manufacture ft®*
' the cocoon to the loom, with all the rapidity a'
senil ity from injury, with which cotton i*®>
| nufuclured. The machinery is very simple.
very ingeniously contrived, and is worthy®
! observation of every friend of domestic iod®
try. The improvement in this machinwy> I
which the adhesion of the thread Oii therw
and spools is prevented, consists in a trao*^
motion by which the thread is carried rapty
from one side of the skein or end of it.e v*9
to the other, *r> that, instead of lyin'.' P-1^
the threads lie at ancles arms, earn oltier.
On mu return we called to see the Done***4
fell in which has recently heen ‘s
an association of gentlemen lor the |>iirp*>®e
pro wirier silk. They are now in the protfr*501
transplanting I.>.00(1 mulberry trees, alrwd
four years old, on one of the most he.nitifu. ?!
of earth in this vicinity. These trees were or*
finally planted for ornament d trees, at the
den of the Messrs. layers, which lias lately
known by the name of “ Mulberry (Jrore."a3;
although the country did not seem to d^13
quite so large a supply of ornamental trer=£
that kind, the inventions of (Jay and
have rendered them exceedingly valuable. ^
probably one of tin* most lucrative sourer?
income that \ew England now afford*- •
who have tried the experiment agree that “•
i growing ot siik views an enormous prum*'"'
j capital employed, and as it may grown
out difficulty in every family in the country. *
cannot doubt that it will soon become the g1*4,
j staple of the Xew England States.
Prociilence Jmirnai
DANCING SCHOOL.
MR. GENERES has the honor of infer"11";
his friends and the ladies and gentle®
of Alexandria that his Dancing School *in L
open, positively, on Friday next, the I Dli105
at the same place as last winter. 5
Days of Tuition—For Young Ladies, a
o’clock every Friday afternoon, and Ihnci
on Saturday morning for Young Ladies
Class of Young Gentlemen at 7 u’cIo<
nov 8—3t