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:' ' * ' ?mA "boiler l^d^thon ! . t Ioct, in order to maintain < we^ fl(M^;|)ut thil fas a point much i depenrfiruams the breed, and its constitut- ioTmiytiwfllJm.' Theavomgoof the beet *J Otoadton dairy cows, will not for sii months, exceed ten quarts per day, while numerous instances are on record, of cows jKbtefe b*v averaged more than double this ^ for the same period. We very Dpuch question. whethor a majority of-oiy* cows produce half a pound of butter a day : . for tbe same period of time ; while the in. etanees are not few, in which cows have i Jrieldod from ten to twelve pounds per ifftuk, and some have much exceeded this,. \pthe Examples Wo shall give will show. WO think if the vast difference in profit betHfoq^a good and a poor cow was duly ^. ercwajiei u d?much more pains, would be tar ken to produce and rear such' animals and HR iMWsii^iaswould host serve the purposes of i therdifryi>df the Ikrmer. There is no pro. ' nHety fn the farmer's keeping some half a J /jpown inferior cows to devour his pasture - iwTbe summer, and ompty his barns in ^-winter, to qpako butter for his family, .whew.half the number of good animals will TiMoltmwh better, ami enable him to dispose of the extra fodder the others would Wnshrtw, or add to his other stock in the proportion. ^ *V.W instances have been given, .where tho quantity of milk from a number * * of cows has been determined with accura cjr. Mr. Aiton, from the record ?.f several 'Teats with a Ucrtl of the best Kiloos oJjtforth of England cows, gives the followi . . ing result, in .which confidence may be placed; !/' 00 days, 24 quarts per day, 1,200. Second 44 20 44 .1.000. Third* 44 14 44 700. "Fourth r wVy ':'x- ' ana Fifth ' " 8 " 400 ,bbtti? u 4 *4 POO." being 4,000 quarts to each cow, or an av? ttago ?of 13. quarts for 300 days. In Dickson's Survey of Lancashire, the */: 'quantity of milk produced by five short horned cows of the ordinary, not improved 4 breed, in the summer at pasture, aud winy. .. torat hay And turncps, is stated as follows: y.? *?T)ac whiph.did not. go dry at *6,857 quarts. W - One dry rigHytooks, 3,083 " > *Oae dry six tffcfat, 3,987 ? ^ /. One dry ? 3 693 " A jOac dty eighteen >vcoks, 3,383 44 V tho^ Tyir. Curwcn's .^. fofnv, gayc.op an average of four years, 3,. j700 quarts to qauch coy*. but the averago in ./^Lancashire generally, is stated at between # and 9 quarts: Some of the country re/^p&rts/tir'IVan&^tiods of the Agricultural ,Sg^ty,.kvVnge^Uu quantity asbolow : '/./^thivp^iirq, 12 1 . Cheshire, \ 8 > quarts per day. Lancashire; 8 to 9 j Mr. Win. Crams in Sussex: had a cow that in four years from 1809, gnvo 23,549 > ' 'qlixrts of mlfTc, producing 2 132 pounds of lustier; prob^ly the greatest instance of j, continued productiveness on record. Since* ; the improved Sliost Horns have become so well known, occasional examples of still - greater amounts of butter or milk for a ' short time, Have Keen furnished. Thus : the.Rov. Mr. Hackot, near Newark, Enghad a cow vrtiicb produced 19 pounds of butter in a week, though the average of v t&e cows in that vicinity did not exceed 'Six pounds per week. A cow of Mr. Calvert produced 373 poumls of butter in 32 weeks ; and for 20 weeks avernged 20 quarts of milk a day. Thq Yorkshire cows have in many instances been remarkable for the quantity of milk produced by them ; many, during the height of the season, yielding 30 quarts a day, and instances have occured of reaching 36 quarts. The instances of uncommon productiveness botlrin milk and butter, among the " ' cows of this country, arc very numerous, j These instances of great yields are more i common among the improved breeds oft ' imported stock, or such as have been derived front them, by crossess with the n?tive stock of cattle, than among the old stock atone.'< Thus 0ol. Jacques* Cream Kthe'vgaiilt of a cross between irivbtiD and a native cow, ha.s Imfter at the rate of seventeen a week. JVe noticed not long*, since m-the Pennsylvania Inquirer, a state. inent-<mt Mr. fiowcra Short Horn cow which yielded 331-2 quarts ^ ?f taw per day for a week ; but the most reiUtijlUblfi instance of productiveness in ;; a cpw,nfl things considered, we have cvor '. -'riotfeed, m found in the following state went of M r. Hi Canbv, of Woodside, Del* ' it-ware, fhrmsUsd for the Do beware Journal. _^?]frh Cortby's cbiv is called Blossom, end is . -"from the excellent stock of C. Hall, Esq. ?'bf Ncw-T ork. ," , After mentioning Dairy Maid, Mr. C. t-concluded to try my cow Blossom, a ' lJUIemefit of whoso milking for one week ~ you rrfH find below, and by which you will perceive she averaged for the week over quarts per day, and yielded 13 1.4 i n rids of well huttof. * * My dairy maid 1 rm in ii>e belief that at a cooler season 1 ? of trie, year or with a spring house, ' the rreaiii she had from Blotsom would \ have yielded 15 or 16 pound, of butter. , ' * * Uncommon a* this produce may be, | I do not consider it motto solium the fact i Vr .ofhor pever having'4>ecndry since ahe had . her first calf, more than two yaars ago, 1 .?ad in the-spare of 25 months, has produ- ! vryrul five riving coltfte, viz?on the JVh of - Apnfe 1088; ?hc had her first calf (Dela- , *' tprjotrthii 4U> 'of July, |W9, sho had | HEWA*r*V ***. JvbpW'fau* ;) ] and I 4^1 tfnj Ju.h.ui'ihJ to sh|Ahad twius * " ' . IhPv " J KL n 9**^$ v '.J A HV4^A?' ?, - ^ .V ^ ^in, (KW?W Jujfaf ,) and I ?hu>klf MB safely suy, tWt during the whole, oi that tudMhe tiuraveTftged fult?0 quarts of milk ^ierday ? she gave 25 quarts per day with War first calf, end made nearly. ; 11 sci^ife ^f'hjtter per week," Mr. Cauby in both years tried to dry Blossorn'before calving, bat found it impossible. If Mr. Canby is right in his estimate of the average daily quantity of Blossom's; milk, she greatly excoeds any other cow oa record in product. The average of Mr. Cram's cow which has been consldarod at the head, was 0.837 quarts per annum, while Blossom's is 7,300. The average yearly.-product in butior of Mr. urom's cow was5J3 pounds, and that of Blossom1, as estimated by. Mr. Canby, 024 pounds. . It .is not to bo expected that the average of the cows in any country can bo made to equal these extraordinary yields of milk ' and butler; yet when wo see what lias ' been done by Col. Jacques, and to what perfection care and Judicious selection has brought other breeds of domestic animals, 1 we can conceive no good reason why, our dairies should not have their profits vastly . iucrfeasecj by improvements in the milking qualities of the animals composing* tliom. .. c \?A Cultivator, j g wijcthr food f6? cows. Mr.Charbert, the director of the veterinary school of Africa, had a. number of cows which yielded twelve gallons of milk cvety day.'- lit' his publications on tho subject, he. observes that Cows fed in the winter uppp dry. substances give less milk 1 than thosf. which are kept upon a green 1 diet, and hlso that their milk loses much' 1 of its qiullity. He published the following reread, by the use of which his cows afforded .him an equal quantity and quality of milk during the winter as duritiglhe summer i "Tok<? a bushel of potatoes, break them ' whilst raw, place them in a barrel stand-1 ing up, putting in successively a layer of; potatoes knd a layer of bran and a small quantity of veast in the middle of the | mass, which is to be left thus to ferment j during a whole week, and when tho vin- j oas taste has pervaded the whole mixture, j. it is Lhus 'given to tho cows, who eat it groodily." From the Albany, (N Y.) Cultivator. BUST AOS OF THB ItoRRE. ... Some d Rerence of npinimi appears to exist as to tlofiime when the horse is'best fit rod to ' perform fftHoK or rather respecting the age at j whi'h a iiorse intended tor labor can he most ' profit ahly purchased. There is a general f, feeling(inf favor of young horses, and most in- ( dividual* who wished a horse to ppriorui liard j work for five or mix years, would choose one | in>i Hrnr ?ii*u iuur jroiim UIU U> DPgltl Willi.?? , We doubts.whether tin* would be the beat course, sad imagine that one of seven years 1 of age, will for live or six years do more work and can be more eonridon ly relied on, than one younger. It is very true that where a , farmer or .other pefson is in'endiug to keep , or wcardQt his horSe, one at four m?y prop rly ebdWliUrtJ chosen; fa.pt whore flue <or six years ofseyrre lafaoc, without regard toother circumstance*. is required, an oider jiorse is urupK-stiorrahly to he preferred, y f ( A principal reason, and in "irf opinions do. ( icisive ope, for choosing s horse of a greater j, age, the hoe*-: is immature. and of course mi- , tit for girpst or long continued exertion They } \ havo the life and spirit, but th" muscular en- . ergy is wanting. .The hones have not acquired hardness, and the tendons the firmness, necessafry'to prolonged effort? and any acuon in whiclMheee elein -nts are essential to sue., ( cess, intrtt either end in a lailure, or be accomplished at an injurious expenditure of physical energy and power. Weraiyloatn much respecting the capacity of aniuials for labor, from what we know of the eflP-cts o." , muscular exertion on ourselves. The tn?n < under twenty may be active and capablo of a great effort, but he is wauling in the powers , of endurance.' There is not firmness of muscle essential to severe aud continued action. Taking'the.comparative ages which man and the horse live, as a standard, and allowmg tint the m?n is incapable of hi- greatest and continued efforts until he is twenty five or past, i the horse should certainly not be less than j l seven or eiglil to answer the same condition*. i Overtaking does not prodce the name effect on , l lie man thai it does on the boy, and the horse at'welye, will scarcely .'eel fa'igne at elFir.e which would have runted him at the age o' three or four. Light loads short stages, and frequ- ni (tops while travel'.ng, may enal>i* a young*horse to moke a jnuriie) wnlioul injury; but where a heavy load la to be moved, or a quick pace-ia required, or on a farm a thick award is to be turned, a Imrse under seven or eight, should not be chosen; and at such a severe wiirk, the eight year old, wilt last longer v than .the four year ^!a. It is a saying .among English sportsmen, j that what..is required for a first rate hunter, ' or a horse of great work, is young 'eg*. and an old mouth; that'in, home* that have dous-{ little until five or six, and of course while their h.obaare elastic, are at thes.one time in full , musctila^ vigor.. Eiwos, the gfcat miser, nov. er allowed a colt to he .broken until six years ' old; and wdien his horses were twenty or more ' years o|,ago, his animals always led >hn field < in the sfia?c. Stage coach proprietors do not i onaidoi a liorao past the im-st severe pace or age, unMl af-cr lludi eixteeiith y< ar. - It must . be admitted, however, that much is depending on constitution and treatment, ami wtieu 1 these are good, a horse las's much longer than 1 has been general!* auuoosed. It ? id an English journal, tlut at this time there ia i * surgeon near Finshury square, London, who , haa a grtty mare upwards ol forty years of age, , which atUl does her work in admirable atylc.? At lbirly~six ypara of age, tliia animal performed tile distance of eighty miles a day, on J two successive da ye; and one liuiidied nnlea 1 in one (toy, and without exhibiting any indica. ' lions of being severely tasked. Art extra or- i dinnry instance of whut ti.o horse can- perform, i is given in the New Vork f4|?irrt of the Tiroes ] r?f June 6th, from which it appears rhat tin* , liorse Filo, a six year old gelding, on the 12th jf May, trotted beftveeu *un and jun, one ' hundred and six miles, carrying 470 lis. The ,{ match took placd .near Boston.' I We think we hazard-little in the assertion, i hat whde no a/iimal'ia deserving of more at-' ?, lion JoJ?ia improvement than the horse, there j hone to which.-annonglhe mass of our far* ners, so little attention ia paid. It ia anmigh f tin- aiiimrd attached to tiro carnage' or .the ( Aowy 'm % h?h*e^it mat lefts but In tie what to 1 is performance or bra bearing.* and not on.-* reqncntly, such as are unfit-for the merest d jpV *t#gr?a, are defected to perttteate (the race. Wo# farm borate. we doUbt want the-Ara?itg1k*b blood boree, are require mqp weight more bone and rouse In, ifcsir Uiwe afford; but we do want some oi their asMgr^and powers ot sndurance, spd alt these d#J?*hU> qua lit ire, it m believed, ran bo .obtained by a proper aetesvion, and bj crossing. Sine of the bmt horses in ?ngtau<t, for the ciniage or the farm, are tie produce el a cross between the C.eveland bay, or the Buftdk l|uai h, and a half blood liorse, cembiniog thi eM.-ntial requisites of weight and acrioni as fat an th<y can be united; and that a sirailgr prlnrnm here would be attended with the same beneficial resulrs, d?es not adihit 'of a q'nesho,i Farineis should discard the caricatures 9^his noble animal, that disgrace their premise*; in breeding, give a preference to good fattier than to cheap cattle; beware working their colts too young, or ton severely; Jet the lood correeporgl to ttie labor; and alia ays ro_ I tneiober that "it ia the pace that kiilg the iio^e," whatever may be hi* busiucM or his i:ondtlion. LIMB. A Pennsylvania paper states that a Mr. Cadwell, of Vnljey township, near Danville, raised 400 bushels of wheat from a field of land, the past season. Five years ago the product of the same field was hut thirty busho|s. .In the meantime, Mr, C. has spread 1600 bushels of limo pn said land'." Lime is $6t every where to be had with thq, (wmo ease, but, on the other band, it is not every where wanted. What is wanted, is science enough, on the farmej^part, to know when and where ho hits occasion for it, and to what extent.? l'he .Gootdgical Hcpprts are throwing great light on these matters, and they are disclosing, at the..-same time, numerous new locations of valuable lima. .? From the Cultivator. BROWN CORN. The region arround the beautiful Winyiaiogee lake in New-Hampshire, is becotuiig as I'uiiiom* ?? corn as is tlie picturesque laku coun'ry of the went fur its wheat. The c?rn must esteemed there is a variety souewliat r?. soul,?ling the Gulden Sioux, eiyht rowed, largo cared, tit cob small, and tfte'Vernel largo, and very early?one of ih.?'n?st iinporiaui considers liuus in our northern ul?mato. It is named the Brown corn front .h? individual who first cultivated and brought it , into no'ice?and its success in his hands, rnd j those of other farmers in that region, * and wherever it has been tut roJuce', would stem] to justify the higji reputation it has acqujted. | At the Stafford cuuiry agricultaral Show and Fair, three fields of this corn were offered lor the premium, one of which gave an acre uro~ ducit'g 110 bushels. The coin|ietitors Verc Ales-re. I.a>ipr?y, Phillsbury, and Drown, all three living on the margin of the lake? o*i on (ho islautls in ita wate s. The second icrop. or 13(1 bushels |>er acre, was grown on a 'fsrm owned by ||. Derby, Kaq. of Boston, ahd of lint,proceeds Mild management of which an interesting accoutr Ins been given by htm in (JheijO ll No. of the cur,ent volume of tlieNevv?t<ig!aud.Farmer. a ? i? vu rec'ira inrsa iriumpllR OI skill and industry?fur they furnish the 'inost co'rt2lusiye testimony'that the science and prac'ice of agriculture is improving in* the n*untrjr? ?ird tlial hy attention to v:iri?tH*s of plants, aiid their culture, the products Vrth'y be vitally increased,feiih lutle or no increase-of la. bor; There can bo htile doubt that crops (if from faTlo cM on-hol* of cofn to the aero are' now a* frequently grown as 40 or 50 wore half a sdnury since?and probably of 100 bushels to tlm aero are oft nor reached now than 70 wns at that tone. Indian corn is certainly ohe of ihe most important crops grown in the United and fchuuld receive a proportional euro and attention. All years inay not prove equal, ly lav ratde?but if proper care is paid to the preparation of the groiml, and to the choir e ?fse?'d, pernaps there is uo crop'less liable to ?failure. ' Black 6ka Whkat. M .i y o our farmt.i a.ivs :|?e Cnos Couri\y Democrat have made the exp-rineuiol* sowing Hie Black Set wh -at. 'foe mam object of sowing tins variety is |o n vwitl ihe rust, which often proves injnrous to wh'-ai crops in lliis vicinity, lyr hk we have heard die result of this experiment, lie ohj ct lum (yen lullv esined. In-one in?t.iiin<- where ill': Bi ick Set wheat,- ami ihe common variety were sown side hy side III the 4 unit field, the hit er was almost en. tifly destroyed by rust, while the former rem lined untouch- d, and g iva good prom, se of hi abundant harvest. Effkcts of Volt.uc Elkotbicity in ('asks ok Stim?uvT?,??, A ..... . ? ?? Kyvoi n*fi/nv /XillJI A Wo copy the following interesting and imporlunt statement of Joseph Ferguson, Esq., M. L>., surgeon of the Westmeath Infirmary, from the Westrneath Guardian of the 2d July:?"Oil Thursday evening, the 18th ult., I was requested to go in all tlaslc 'to sec a man of the name of James Ltiock, who had just been token out -of the canal, and was supposed to lie dead. I was with him in four or five minutes, and found him apparently lifeless, coldj and livid. I had him forwith removed to the country Infirmary,' about eight or nino hundred yards distaut. I learned, in the meantime, from several persons who had witnessed the scene, that ho .was at least six or seven minutes oomplctely under the water, and thnt he had hcen in a stato of intoxication. Finding the abdomen very much distended, I immediately introduced the stomach pump, and discharged by it upwards of gallon of water, strongly impregnated with spirits Hoeing that this, with all the odinary moans of restoring suspended animation had failed to produce the desired effect, I iL-i A? * ~ xiiu mm no imio was to be lost, I determined on trying a plan which-I* have for i long time considered a likely means of fringing about the action of tho heart uid lungs in those cases, by immodiatcly acting on the diaphragm, thcr main agent t>f respiration, and accordingly was prepared with tho necssnry apparatus. I bade an incision below the seventh rib? ;Ut down on that iiiiporlant muscle?!uid t Imrc, and applied the conductor of a galvanic battery, consisting of fifty pair >f plates, fAit. The effect was instantaicous, and surprised all the persons prestnt,: nva^/ploa of tl>o chest * and ahb.catare sj*aMuodieally -moved, > > r \* * i uxl, After a few moments^ XtoJpfethia spasmodic action gradually di8**p(P, and I thf regular action of the chpst feooS* on, .wbioh soon increased till bretthing be. oajy?. quite apparent,, as also tlje circulation and blood now ^?T <be |s time, i?auedftrotn the wound f uad s? sc in the J i dhest.: He baa continued to g# on well, ^with the exception of some infummatory taynaptemi, perhaps producedby the wound, but not unlikely from tfaseffccts of the cold %ad wet he was exposed to; how. ever, bytlie use of the lancet/ and fol. loyring up the anti-phlogistic /treatment, those symptoms are fast abating;, and I have no doubt I will be able to discharge him cured, from the Infirmary very short, ly. This case must fully ci'ublish the utility of voltaic eloctricity in .restoring suspended animation from iimnersion in water, by acting indirectly, pit tlfc phrenic nerve and eighth pair, and thjis exciting the action of the heart. It; y ill go to prove, iii my opinion, that it isriot necessary to transmit along thq channel of the nerves wus most wonaermi igon^ as a substitute for nervous influQnca. As immersion in cold water must hasten the extinction of life, arising from suffocation, by depriving tho body of vifjLl '.heat, the effjet of this extraordinary power is the more rcmarkablo, and tohows the ftbeessi-' ty of artificial heat being applied to tho body as effectively and expeditiously as possible. Tho stomach-pump, I consider, was of much use, as by releiving tho great distention of the stomach, the lungs were hotter aide to fulfil their function upon tho galvanic influence being applied. In cutting down and exposing the diaphragm much caution is necessary, so as not to wound it, however siightly, tho consequences of which might be very b*d. - ''? Sotjtttern Notions of Yankees.? Suppose in a fanner in Vermont has six sons; one, perhaps, will remain to be a stay and statf to the good old man, when he totters down the hill towards the sunset of life; but another first gets to be a schoolmaster, then studies law, flourishes a while before tho courts, goes to Congress, atld -fi nally is Governor of the State. A third pushes off on foot to Boston, drives U stage for a timo, then tends a bar . in a tavern for a while, and utlastisclcrk ' in a store. Hero be gninsthe confidence I of his employers?-it t^Qty-one is admit- j ted into a partnership, and'is soon a merchant of established reputation. The fourth is a wild roving fellow, who first ' goes to sea before the most-; but thcYan- I kcc is still in him, and his wild'oats being 1 sown, he at length becomes1 captain of a . packet, and at the age of fifty is a weather- ' beaten seaman, ind retires upon a comfortable inbdnte; , The fifth is a pedlar, and circulates tin ware for lialf a'do/.en years through the ' Southern States. ? He then goes on a , hunting expedition to the Rocky Mountains ; after his return, he officiates as steward on board a Mississippi steamboat. Be- j ing of a musical turn, hejoifrsa caravan, ' and plays tho clarionet through all the principal cities of the U.StwS. lie then ! shoots off to Kentucky, where he keeps school for ashorttims. He text removes to Alabama, where with a capital of two or three thousand dollars, which he has ; saved, he sets up a store in a new town, ' still covered with stumps. Tho town in- : creases, and our young merchant nourishes. In due time, he has extensive cotton lauds. These he cultivates with care, and year after year, adding acre to acre, heconies a wealthy planter, respected and beloved by all around him. The sixth is a favorite son,,and like most favorites, comes very near being spoiled. He is sent to college, and there acquires some knowledge, and a good estimation of himself. But hechanccs to be sent to one of those colleges where thcreis little intercourse between the pupil anfi instructor, and where a parcel of young jnen are left without rudder or compass at the most stormy and dangerous period of life. He catches, therefore, the infection of had principles, and goos forth with a diseased und impure spirit to the world. He is bred a lawyer.?lie has tulcnts, perhaps genius ; he commences life with fuir prospects, but .si ill with the idea that fortune is to be obtained without. !Ie is disappointed, and becomes dissipated ; he loses his friends, and is on the point of being lost to society ; hut the Yankee is still in him. His father's honorable example, his mother's religious counsel come to his aid. The good and evil arc at strife, but the former prevails ; he shakes off his idolcnoe, he trainplos his*-vices bonoath his flfet. *4 f " lie makes a bold effort,'and retn?Sves to the wide valley of the Mississippi, he estahlishcs himself as a lawyer in the vicinity of some court house, still surrounded by the relies of the forest. "Ho devotes hiinsclf carefully to "his profession, ind at the age of fortv, is honored and respected as the ChicfJiisticc of the Btate. Huch, or something like this, is the history of many a Now England farmer's fumily. Mns. An\Ms' htitoowftttw to tiik ('OtTHT ok St. Jamks. From fhe new work writtoh by the ladj' of Ex-President John Adams,'we extract the following account' of her' introduction to (Jeorge the third, soon after the war of tljc Revolution: "Congratulate mo, my dear sister, it is over, I was too much fatigued to write a line last evening.* At two o'clock we went to the circle which is irk the drawing ^90171 of the Queen. Wo'passed through several npartinonts, lined us usual with | spectators upon these occasions. llpon entering the ahtLchnmhvr, tho Baron de Lyndon, the p'utph Minister, a Count Sarsfield, a Fsench Nobleman, with whom I was accquaited, paid his compliments.? As 1 passed in the drawing room. Lord Carmathen andSir Clement <'ottcral Donncr wore presented td rne; they had hcen several tiiu?s hero, I nad navcr .' ecu V tkera before. (be Potuh Ministers made thou bailments and aevenubthet gwtieiDtt; ifwMot I single lady did I know until the Countess of t E(Bingham come, who was very civil.? There were three voting ladies, daughters of the Marquis of Lothian who were to be presented at the same (iino, and two brides. We were placed ip a circle round the drawing-room, which , was very full, I boleive two hundred persons wore present. Only think of the tonk!The royal family have to go round t* every person, j and find small talk enough,to speak to all of them, though they very prudently speak j in a whisper, so that only the person who stands next to you can hear what is said. The King enters the room, and goes round to the right; the Queen and the Prinddsos to the left. The Lord in waiting presents yoii to the King, and the lady in waiting docs the same to her Majesty'. Tho King is a personable man, bill my dear sister, he has a ccrtftiii countenance,'which you and I have often remarked; a red face and white eydbrows. The Qiicdh has a sitni-. lar countenance, and tho numerous royal family confirm tho observation.. Porsons ; are not placed according to. their rank in j the drawing-room, but promiscously; .and I whon the Ring comes in, he takes persons i as they stand. \Vhcn ho, cainc to me, LT.nrd Onslnii' sniil. t'Alrs. \ilniVn." niton i which I drew oft' my right hand'glovo, and his Majesty saluted my left -cheek; then asked mo*if I had taken a walk to-day.? I could have told his Mhjebly that I had been all the morning pri paring to wait upon him; hut I replied,"Noj Sir," "Why, don't you lovo walking ?" says he. I answered, that I was rather indolent in that rospoct. Ho then bowed, and passed on. It was more than two hours, after this ho- | fore it came, my turn to he presented to the Queen. The circle was so large that the company were four hours standing. The Queen was evidently embarasscd when 1 was presented to her. I had disagreeable ! feelings ton. She, however sail, "Mrs. | Adams, have you got into your house ? 1 Pray, how do you like the situation of it !*' Whilst the Princess Krblal looked compassionate, and asked mo if I was not much fatigued; and observed that it was a very full drawing rooin, Ilor sister who came next, Princess Augusta, after having asked venr neico if she was ever in Kupland before, and her answering "Yes," in- , quired of 1113 how long ago and supposed it was when she was very young. Ami all this is said with great uff ihilitv, and the case and freedom of old acquaintance.? i The manner in which they make their tour round the room, iri, lirst, the Queen, the lady in waring behind her, holding up her train; next to her the Princess Royal: after her the Princess Augusta, and their Jndv in wailing behind them. They are pretty, rather than beatiful, well shaped with fair complexions, and a tincture of the King's countenance. The two sisters look much alike; they..were both dressed I in black and silver silk, with a silver belting upon the coat, hud their heads full of diamond pins. The Queen was in purple and silver; she is-not well s'iap:d, nor handsome. As tolhc lndi. s of the Court, rank and title may compensate f. r want of personal charms; hut they are in general very plain ill-shap >d. and ugly; I nit. don't you tell any body that 1 say so.? If one wants to see beauty one must go to Ranelagh; there it is collected in one bright constellation. There were hut two ladies very elegant, at Court.?Lady 3nlishury and Lady TaShot; hut the observation did not in general hold good, that line feathers make tine birds." IT. S. Armory at Spkimifild Mass. There are in the II. Slates onlv two osInltllolllklOtllo COM *L-. tV ? A f vuiruomuvyiiio iyji mu m imiiamuro 01 small arms owned by the General Government. One of those is at Harper's Ferry, Vn.? the other ai Sprigfidd, Mass. A correspondcnt of the New York Journal of i'oinmcrcc gives some account of I he latter. The premises owned by the Governmental Springfield i chide about 100 ac cm of land, divided into two parts; one of 00 acres, upon which the Armories and part of the work shops and other public buildings arc situated; the other of 40 acres, lying oil Mile River, throe quarters of :? mile distant where the factori s worked bywater power, arc situated.. The two portions ure connected bv a street or avenue running from one to the qdier. Springfield is situated on the Connecticut, twenty-six miles from Hartford, n id contains six or seven thousand inhabitants. The Armory was established there in 1795?which event gave the -first impulse to the prosjKritv of the p ace. It is healthy and occupies n bcatiful pos'tion. Tho number of men employed by tho Government is from 200 to 270?nil of whom arc paid by the p ice, except the Muporintondent, Master Armo'inr, Pay Master, lour clerks, and ni.ie inspectors, who receive salaries. A good workman can earn from forty to sixty ilollnrs per month, labouring ten ho irs a day. Some of the incn employed at this establishment have been there for thirty yoa'rs. their reputation as good mechanics being so woll confirmed that their services could not well be dispensed with. During the year lh38 the amount of expenditure at Springfield Was $1R.1,2!>088, lor which the (iovcrnincnt manufactured 15,000 muskets with the necessary appendages, such as screw drivers, wipers hall screws, &c. Jiach musket cost about $11.81. Tho report for 1839 includes the work done during throe fourths of the year only?a change having Iwcn made in the fiscal arrangement of the establish. ment l>y which the year ends with .September instead of December. During that-period the Government expenditure 1 was 9121,001,01 for tlip manufacture of arms, and *0,705.31 for the machinery.? Ten thousand muskets >cfc made with the usual appendages. A new mo le of constructing the nriskclsburt been ndop. ted; taken from the mold oft lie l'rench % 1 weapon, although !*?* Ma*si that tha French themselves have (aae back ta the old plan. The improvement Jtas Nat rendered available at ouraffMtM by Mason of the greater precision ahii cBachaairal skill with which the pclce it tonMnietod. The particulars Sf the new pbna are toe minute and technical to be interesting to the general reader.7 Since the establishment of the' A weary at Springfield in l?t^t there- have-been manufactured there 437*460.muskets epasitting of 253 800 bright .Varnished,peircs, and 184,160 brown; besides which' in former years a few shot -guns, carbines and pis'ols were made; and large quantities ef . muskets from time to time repaired. , . Bait. Aimer. 1 . : , 1 . I Extraordinary fnavd.-r-Aq act has been brought to light .^yhich is connected with one pf the most iniquitwMis frauds ever practiced in this country in reference to elections. The matter is undergoing judicial enquiry, and .we therefore give the report as it is now current, i "' v ' ,v' Our readers are awaite that the * Lorofoeo vote in the city and county Of Philadelphia was larger, by several thousand, than any one, even* the honest men of that, party, belcived it won Id he; no men, for instance, thought that wore as .(patty Vaiv.J^urnn voters iu this city qndcounty, ,tyy several thousands, as there were V'niiBur?;ri votes received last Tuesdays and iittoniipn was, consequently, drawn to the naturalization proceedings, to illustrate the suhjt&t.? The following discovery, we learn, has boon nuidc: in the book of the proper officer of the Court, wherein arc registered the names and oaths of those chrigrants who declure their intention tp become citizens. leaves had been inserted this year in the record of the year 183M, and the names of ninny persons registered as declaring their intentions, and the name of the former clerk of the ottico forged thereto; and the Court having been induced to beluivo that these several entries were really ma Ic in ltf35i, grniite I the pnpersof naturalixa'ioti. This }iigh-lianded fraud, > ! striding ut tho purity of courts uhd elec[ tions, lias been brought to the notii?e of Judge King, ami wiil b; carefully silted. Ph>1. U. 8. Gtix. I Cuwoirs CiR<vMsT.\:xeK ? Last week, | a young lad, while walking up the west ^ side o." the Riv. r Tay, a iJ when-a little I below ricine Palace, throw a nuuilior of sto.ics at n unc hues s that were, grazing | in nn onc'osirp at ihe road side; upon which tnc animals,.to tlie lad's terror, assemblcd together an I exhibited strong de I luuiiautKiuiiH uy pawing uic ground ana I careering, to atuick him.. TluV at length diil so, leaped tho enclosure. nhd the 'ln I* having tin mode of escape' ejtc'ep'." oi?e, ndopted it, which'wus eroding the ftiVfcr to t le "woods." Tho horses pursued hint, however, and lining almost at his hees when he landed, Ids only escape hiy in a tree, up which he sprang, actdHte?J by 1 terror, with wonderful agility. There he | was ic.opt prisoner a couple of hours, the ' horses grazing round the foot of the tree, n:?d ocas o mliy casting oiuiuou* looks at him. Latterly some persons came down the 11 vi r side, upon whom the la ! jelled, and thro ig.i whose means with the. ossis1 lance o. a p:oughmau, the horses were got aeroso I lie Kiver to their enclosure, and the lu "s iiheration effected. Nrirrtttlle Con ran'. ! Lioiitnino ?A friend slates fhc following circumstance as having occurred under his knowledge, some years tigo, in one of the towns of Massachusetts.' Several men who had liecn at work in tho iield, took refugo from a thunder shower in a covered wagon. A bolt of lightning fell upon the wagon, tearing a hole through the top. and kit i ?g np; arentlv the .man -4 directly under. 1 le was im mediately-)aid i upon the ground by hit* coiupaipoiui^ hi* I breast mad*: Imrc, and a stream of water poured incessantly upon the sdo'itiaclij fiom ' ancleva'ion of five orsix feet. After this .operation had been persevered infer an | hour or two, sumIt signs cf lite' wihr'd cx bibitod, and finally the man recovered the 1 tiso of bis faculties,. though noVor Jd'^jierj iecriy as before. Scarcely any otic case < could ever occur-where there" would bo | less hope lo stimulate an effort. j Kock-Ckvstai. Watcii.?A watch lias been presented to the. Av-ifoemy of Science at Paris principal^ formed of rock-crystal. The internal Wotks qre visible; the two-tcotlied'Wheels Which carry the bandsnre roc k-crystal; the other wheels arc metal, to prevent'"iiccidcffta from tho breaking of the springs. Al|(tbc screws arc fixed in crystal: and nil tli'c nx leu turn on rubies. Tno escnjieiricnt itfbf sapphire, the balance wheel of foc.k-<wv*tal, and its springs of gold. The ftiirimdtV ?f tl?J? Walcti a> n tim dteepor is attributed fiy'thc mukcr to tin; feeble expansion of41m; rock- ( d istal on tin; Itulnuco- wheel. 1 Anolhrr hand Slide xtf- Plaque mint.? Tin; Iberville, (ittzolto of llw> 17 th wist, says .4 About six i.rpeutso loveqnndsome of the pill lie mad in front of tluj town, of i'lnqticiniuu, has been, carried u\y.ay by nothcr slide of earth. The slide begun a| bont two hundred feet from the forincr.one, so that there will be at least fifteen arpent* ! of levee to be made to preserve tho. town ; and a great part of the jMtrish ortthe right bank of the river from the danger of an overflowing. This second disaster-'took piacc on i' rainy hist, and the ground Mill ; c ontinues to settle.' There now remains I of the whole front of the town but a small point-whore bonis can load, and if that slides, there will liciioetsain boat loading until high.water." ,s i t The .same paper says, the cotton ofop in Iberville will be, reduced 50 per cent. . T'te I.c.fidnit 'T.i.i es ?'ty? the French are ^ oocy building fuurteejt 100 gun ships, line ol DJ.gUUtt. ,UAu'< Welti) frigate*.