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COWS AM) MlTUi. Evorv farmer or dairyman is aware ' that there is a vast difference in the quantity and the quality of milk given by different cows, yet this variation is made by verv j few the basts of any calculation as to the actual profit or loss in keeping such animals. Asa general rule, it must be admitted fhat cows that yield a large quantity of. milk, requite more and better feed than those which yield less, in order to maintain the sa?ne flosh ; but this is a point much : depending the breed, and its constitutional Qualifies. The average of the best common dairy cows, witi not for six months, exceed ten quai'ts per day, while i . numerous instances'are on record, of'cows which hav averaged more than double this ; quantity for the same period. W e Very much question whether a majority of our cows produce halfjTpmmd of butter a day , for the same period of time ; while the in- j stances are not few, in' which cowA have yielded from ten to'twelve pounds .per i Week, and some have much exceeded this, as the examples wc-sha!l give will show. I We think if the vast difference-in profit ; between a good and a poor cow was duly considered, much more pains would be ta- ! koh to produce and rear such animals and Weeds as would best serve the purposes of the dairv or the farmer. There is no propriety in the farmer's keeping some half a d<jzen inferior cows to devour his pasture in the summer, and -empty his barns in winter, to make butter for his family, when half the number of good animals will do it much better, and enable him to dispose of the extra fodder the others would consume or add to his oilier stock 111 the *3?yie proportion. Very few instances have been given win re the quantity of milk fcom a number of cows has been determined with aceura- j "" ^ tV/nn ho rp^nrrl r'f <nvhnil I IT* 1 1 ' VII, ll"l|l uiu 1 V* VW ? - . vears wilii a herd of the best Kiioes o? ? North of England cowsr gives the follow j iog result, in wi.icli confidence may bo placet?: ^ 44 First 50 day?, 21 quarts per day* 1.209.. i SaCoud " 20 44 1 000 i Third 44 11 ,?4 ., 700. j Fourth 44 8 " '400. Fifth 44 8 ' 44 ' 400! 6fcih 44 4 44 800." being 4,000 quarts to each cow, or an average of 13 quart* for .300 days. In Dickson's Survey of Lancashire, the quantity of milk produced by five short horned cows of the ordinary, not improved breed, in the summer at pasture, and winter at hay and turncps. is stated as follows: 44 One which did not go dry at all, . 5,857 quarts. One dry eight weeks, 3 985 44 One dry six weeks, 3 9187 44 One dry 44 3 095 44 One dry eighteen weeks, 3,383 _ 44 A large dairy on the late Mr. Cur wen's farm, gave on an average of four years, 3.7Ol) quarts to each cow, hut the average in L ancashire generally, is stated at between 6 arid 9 quarts. Some of the country ro- j ports, in Transactions of the Agricultural Society, average the quantity as below : Devonshire,. 12 i . Cheshire, 8 > quarts per day. Lancashire, 8 to 9 j " Mr. Win. Crams in Sussex had a cow that in four years from 1899 gave 23-549 auarts'of milk, producing 2 132 pounds of butter; probably the greatest instance of1 ( continued pro luciivcnuss on record. Since < the jrftproyed Snort Horns have become so i well "known, occasional examples of still greater amounts oi' butter or nvik for a, short time, have been furnished. Thus j the Rev.'Mr. Hacked, near Newark, Eng- ! had a cow which pro-luced 19 pounds of butter in a week, though the average of i .... i the cows in that vicinity did riot exceed i six pounds per week. A row of .Mr. Calvert produced 373 pounds of butter in 32 weeks ; and for 20 weeks averaged 20 I quarts or milk a day. The Yo, kshiro j cows have in many instances been remar- ; kaWe for the quantity of milk produced by , them ; many, during the height of the sea- ; son, yielding 30 quarts a day, and install- I ccs have occured of reaching 30 quarts. \ The instances of uncommon productive- \ ness both in milk and butter, among the i cows of this country, arc very numerous, i These instances of great yields are more | common among the improved breeds of imported stock, or such as have been derived from,, them, by crossess with the ns- | tive stock of cattle, than among the old; stock alone. Thus Col. Jacques' Cream Pot breed, the result of a cross between the Durham bull and a native cow, has i produced butter at the rate of seventeen pounds in a Week. We noticed not long since in the Pennsylvania Inquirer, a state- ' incnt of Mr. (lowcns Short Horn cow H Dairy Maid," which yielded 331-2 quarts ! of milk per day for a week ; but the most' remarkable instance or productiveness in, a cow, all things considered, we have ever i noticed, is found in the following statement of Mr. S. Canby, of Woodside, Delaware, furnished for the Delaware Journal. 1 Mr. Canity's cow is called JJlcssom, anu is I from the excellent s.ock of C. Ilall, Esq. I of New-York. i After mentioning Dairy Maid, Mr. C. j adds : " 1 concluded to trv mv cow Blossom, a ' statement of whose milking for one week you .will find below, and by which you will perceive she 'averaged for the week over 35 quarts per day, end yielded 13 1-4 pounds:of well butter. * * My dairy maid is firrrt in the belief that at a cooler season of the year or with a spring house, the cream she had frfim Blossom would have yielded 15 or Id pound, of butter. 44 Uncommon as this produce may he^ I do not consider ir more so than the (act of her never having been dry since she had her ?rst calf, more the a two years ago, and hi the space of 25 m^e'ths, has produced five living calves, viz?on the 5th of April. 183$, she had her first en If .(I)rh tware.) op4ho 4lh of July, 1^30, siie had . twins {L&crttj and Ifllepcn drncr ) and i,i. i.\t il/.k Ot '.k'lV it iv L;uO liCiU i??*as ^ vwManBHHHHMMMMiiivnni . fpfnewfr*IVWNI again, (Romeo end Juliet:) and I think I can safely say, that during the whole ot that lime sue has averaged full 20 quarts' ot milk per day; she gave 25 quarts per day with iter first calf, and made nearly 12 pounds oi* hotter per week." Mr. Canby in both years tried to dry Biosoein before calving, but found it imO' possible. If Mr. Can by is right in his*estimate of the average daily quantity of Blossom's milk, she greatly exceeds any other cow on record in product. The average of ??Ir. Cram's cow which has been considered at the head, was 5.837 quarts per annum, while Blossom's is 7,300. The average yearly product in butter of Mr. Cram's cow was 533 pounds, and that of Blossom, us estimated by .Mr. Cuuby, 524 j pOillKlS. . If is not to be expected that the average I of the cows in any country can be made to equal tiiese extraordinary yields of milk and outter; vet when we see what hasbeen done by Col. Jacques, and to what perfection care and Judicious selection has brought other breeds of domestic animals, we can conceive no good reason why our dairies should not have their profits vasiiy inercasedby improvements in the milking qualities of the animals composing them. Cullua!ur. WINTER FOOD FOR COWS. Mr.Charbert, the director ofthe veteri-; nary school of Africa, had a number of cows which yielded twelve gallons 9!" milk j every day. In his publications on the j subject, he observes that cows fed in the i winter upon dry substances give less milk than those which arc kept upon a green ' diet, and also that their milk loses much ! of its quality. * He published the following receipt, by the use of which his cows aiforded him an equal quantity and quality of milk during the winter as during the ' stmiriier:?' "Take a bushel of potatoes, break them whilst raw, place them in a barrel stand- : ing up, putting 111 successively a-layer of potatoes and a layer of bran and a small quantity of yeast in the middle of the mass, which is u> lie left thus to ferment during a whole week, and when the via- 1 ous taste bus p rvaded the whole mixture, it is ihns given to the cows, who cut it grcodiiy." Fr.om the Albany, (N V.} Cuhivator. ' BEST AGE OK- THE HORSE. Some (1 fference of opinion appears to exist ' as to tlie tone when the horse is best rttfto 1 perform labor, or ra'her respecting the age at which h iiorse intended tor labor can be inost prori'ably purchased. There is .a general feeling in favor of young horses, and most individuals who wished a horse to perform hard | work for five or six years, would choose one | not inomthau four years old to begin with.? We doubt whether this would be the best course, and imagine that one of seven years j of age, will tor rive or six years do more work ! and ran be more conrideii Iv relied on, than j one younger. It is very true that where a j farmer or other person is m ending to keep j or wear out his Iiorse, one ai toifr may prop r- i Jy enough be chosen; but where rive or six : years irf severe labor, without regard 'o o h-'r circumstances, is required, an older iiorse is unquestionably to be preferred. A principal reason, and in "tir opinion a dr?- ( cisive one, for choosing a horse of a greater ', age, the boss- is immature, and of course unlit for great or long continued exertion Tuey j ( have the life and spirit, but th muscular en- } _ ergy is wanting. The hones have not ar. rjuire.l hardness, and the tendons rlie firmness, necessary to prolonged effort, and any action in winch these elfin- uls are essential lo sue.. ( cess, innsL cither end <11 a failure, or he accomplished at an injurious expenditure of physical energy and power. \Ve in >y loam much respecting the capacity o: animals for labor, froin what wo know of the effects o.' muscular exertion on ourselves. .'Hie mm under twen'y niay he active and capable of a : great ?>tf irt, hut he is wanting in the powers of endurance. There is not iirmn ess of muscle essential to severe and continued action. Taking the comparative ages which man an 1 the horse live, as a standard, and allow ng th ?t the man is incapable of hi- greatest anil continued efforts until he is twenty five or past, the horse should ceiuinly not he less than j seven or eight to answer the sumo conditions. J Overtasking does not pi odce t he same effect on ; the man thai il does on the hoy, and toe horse j at twelve, will scarcely Wl fatigue at eifwrs i which would have rumed linn at the age ? j throe or four. Light loads, short stages, and i freqU' ni stops while traveling, may enabfo a ; young horse to m<?ke a jouriie} without injury; but w here a heavy load is to be moved, or a | quick pace is rcqu.red, or on a farm a thick j sward is to be turned, a horse under seven or j eight, should not be chosen; and at such a so- < vere work, the eight year old, will last longer than the four year o!d. it is a saying among English sportsmen, that what is required for a lirat rale hunter, or a horse cf great work, is young logs. and i an old mouth; that is, lior&es that have done j little until rive or six, and of course while their i ll.nhnar^ el.isiie. are at the same time in full i muscular vigor. Elwes. the gteal miser, never allowed a colt to be broken until six years old; and when his horses were twenty or more years of ago, his animals always led'hi? field in the cha-e. Stage coach proprietors do not ons:d?r a horse past the tn< 6t severe pace or \ age,until af er then sixteenth y? ar. It must j be admitted, however, that much is depending on constitution and treatment, and wuen these arc good, a horse las's much longer than has been generally supposed. It is stated in an English journal, that at this time there is a surgeon near Finsburv square, Lund n, who j has a grev mare upwards of forty years of age, which still does her work in admirable style.? At thirty-six years of age, this animal performed the distance of eighty miles u day, on j two successive days; and one hmuhed inili s in one day, and without exhibiting any indict, lions of being severely tasked. An extra or- ( dinnry instance of wh tt the horse can perform, is given in the New York Spirit ol iho Times tif June Cth, from which it appears that liie iiorse Filo, a six year old geluuig, on the Tdth of M.iy, trotted between sun and sun, one hundred and six miles, carrying 470 lbs. The match took place near Boston. We think we hazard little in the. assert ion, I that while no animal is deserving of more at- j tion to his improvementifian the horse, there I is none to wiych. among the mass of our far-) mors, so little atte'n'iou is paid. It'is enough I if tlie aiiimnl attached to the carriage of the plow, is a horse; it matters hut h* Me" what is j Ins performance or Ins hearing: ami not un_ ;' frequently, such ad are unfit fur the w.c;*s: < i Irmlgos, are selected to perpetuate (the race. For our farm horses, we do not want the Arabian or the English blood horse, we require more weight more bone and muscle, than these afford; but we do want some oi ilinr activity, and powers of endurance, and ^11 these desirable qualities, it is believed, ran be obtained by a proper selection, and by crossing. Soi'ne of the best horses in England, for the carriage or the farm, are 'lie produce of a cros? between the Ceveland bay, or the Suffolk Punch, and. a haJf blood horse, combining the essential requisites of weight and action. a< far as they can be united; and that a similar proce>s here would be attended with the same benelicial resul s, does not admit of a question FarmPis should discard tl?e caricatures of ibis noble animal, that disgrace their preniiises; m breeding, give a preference to good ratiicr than to cheap cattle; beware working :Iji'ir cojts too young, or too severely: let the food correspond 'o the labor; and always ro. member that 44it is the pace that kills the burse," whatever may bo his business or his condition. LIME. A Pennsylvania paper states that a Mr. Cad well, of Valley township, near Danville, raised 400 bushels of wheat from a Held of land, the past season. Five years ago the product of the same field was hut thirty bushels. In the meantime, Mr. C. has spread 1500 bushels of lime on said land. Lime is not every where to be had with the same ease, but, on the other hand, it is not every whore wanted. What is wanted, is science enough, on the farmers part, to know when and where lie has occasion for it, and to what extent.? The Geological Reports are throwing great light on these matters, anil they are disclosing, at the same time, numerous new locations of valuable lima. From the Cultivator. BROWN CORN. mi - ? -r.._ -1 ?l.~ i III! (II I wuii'i l ||*7 iicnuniui ? ? single lake in Npvv- Hampshire, is becoming as famous l<?i corn as is the picturesque lake couu'ry of the west for fts wheat. The corn most esteemed there is a variety somewhat r? sem:>hng the Golden Siouv. e?<*ht rowed, large eared, tli * cob small, and the kernel largo, and very early?one of th most iinjxiriaui considerations in our northern c't* mate. 11 iff nainod the Brown corn from th" individual who first cultivated and brought it into notice?and its success ?n his hands, and those of otiier farmers in that region, and wherever it has been introduce', would seem to justify the high reputation it has acquired. At the Stafford roun y agricultaral Sliovv and Fair, three fields of this corn were offered lor the premium, one of wf ich gave an acre producing 110 bushels. The competitors were Messrs. Lvmrcy, Phillsbury, and Brown, all three living on the margin of the lake, or on the islands in its wate s. The second crop, or 130 bushels per acre, was grown on a farm owned by E. H. Derby, E-?j. of Boston, and of the proceeds and management of which an inter-sting accoun has been given by linn in tin; 20 h No. of ihe current volume of the NtnvE igiand Farmer. It is pleasant to record thesa triumphs of skill and industry?for they fum-sh the most conclusive testimony that the science and prac ice of agriculture is improving in the country, and that by attention to varieties of plants, and their culture, ttie products may be vaMly increased,with little or no increase of labor. There can belittle doubt that drops of from 70 to 80 un-diels of corn to the acre are now as frequently grown as 40 or f>0 were half a century s.nue?nul probably of 100 bushels to the acre are oftener reached now than 70 wis at that lime. Indian corn is certainly one of the most important crops grown in the United Sta.es, and should receive a proportional care and attention. All vears snav not prove equal. ly lav male?but if proper care is pod to the preparation <>{ th?; grmnd, and to the cimn e ufse d, pern i|.s there m no crop less liable to 11.1L1 j. liu.vck .Ska VV hka r. M . yo Our furuvrss ivs ;lv*C?.os Com:y (L) moc nt have m ule the exp rinouiolOo vin^ th" Black S.m wh at. Tin; inam object of s iwm'.; tins variety is to a void ttie rust, wiiicii olteu proves ihjurous to wIvhi crops in tins vcmitv. So tar as we have heard slit; r?-solt ol this experiment. In- o'lj-vt Ins h'-eo fully gained. In one in>t oic,< wneit;'he lj| i?*k Sea wheat, and the common variety were sown side by side m iho s mm licld. tin* lat er was almost en. 'ir"ly destroyed by rust, while the former rem oped untouch- d, and gave good prom* st; of in abundant harvest. Effkcts of Voltaic Electricity ix I ASES OK SUSPENDED ANIMATION. We copy the following interesting and important statement of Joseph Ferguson, Esq., M. D., surgeon of the Westmeath Infirmary, from the Wcslinealh Guardian of the '2d Julv:?"On Thursday evening, the lHthult., I was requested to go in all haste to see a man of the name of James ivock, who had just hcen taken out of the canal, and was supposed to he dead. I was with him in four or five minutes, and found him apparently lifeless, cold, and livid. I had hiin forwith removed to the country Infirmary, about eight or nine hundred yards distaut. I learned, in the meantime, from several persons who had witnessed the scene, t'.iat he was at least six or seven minutes completely under the water, and that he had been in a state of intoxication. Finding the abdomen very much distended, I immediately introduced the stomach pump, and discharged by it upwards of gallon of & * # * ^ c water, strongly impregnated with spirits Seeing that this, with all the odinary means of restoring suspended animation had failed to produce the desired effect, and that no time was to he lost, I determined on trying a plan which I have for a long time considered a likely means of bringing about the action of the heart and lungs in those eases, by immediately acting on the diaphragm, the main agent of respiration, and accordingly was prepared with the necssary apparatus. I made an ii.cision below the seventh rib? cut down on that important muscle?laid, it hare, and applied the conductor of a galvanic battery; consisting of fifty pair of plates, to it. The effect was instantaneous, and surprised all the persons present. Themu.oies of the chest and ah-1 i*,/;.. n Lvv im? spasmodically moved, J ; and, after a few moments, I could see this i [spasmodic action gradually disappear, and the regular action of the chest come on, : . . wliioh soon increased till breathing l>eoaine quite apparent, as also the circulation: and blood now for the first time, issued from the wound I had made in the chest. He has continued to go on well, with the exception of some inflammatory symptoms, perhaps produced hv the wound, but not unlikely from the effects of the cold and wet he was exposed to; how- | ever, by the use of the lancet, and following up the anti-phlogistic treatment, thase symptoms are fast abating; and I have no doubt I will be able to discharge him cured, from the Infirmary very short- i lv. This case must fully establish the ' I utility of voltaic electricity in restoring [ suspended animation from immersion in i water, by acting indirectly on the phrenic ! nerve and eighth pair, and thus exciting |< the action of the heart. It will go to ! prove, in my opinion, that it is not neces- j sary to transmit along the channel of the i nerves this most wonderful agent as a substitute for nervous influence. As immersion in cold water must hasten the extinction of life, arising from suffocation, bv depriving the body of vital heat, the effect of this extraordinary power is the more remarkable, and shows the necessi! ty of artificial heat being applied to the body as effectively and expeditiously as I j possible. The stomach-pump, I consider, j was of much use, as by releiving the great J distention of the stomach, the lungs were j hotter able to fulfil their function upon the I galvanic influence being applied. In cut! ting down and exposing the diaphragm much caution is necessary, sons not to I won n.l it. however slightly, the co.iseq nonces of which might he very bii'l. SorTriKRX Notions OF YWICRES.? ' ; Suppose iu n farmer in Vermont has six ' [sons; one, perhaps, will remain to he a stay ami siali'&o tiie good old man, when j ho totters down ;V hiil towards the sunset j of life; hut another first gets to he a { schoolmaster, then studies law, flourishes , a while before the courts, go?j to ('ocjress, ! : and ti 'ally is Governor of the State. ! A third pushes ofl'on foot to Boston, | j drives a stage for a time, then tends a bar ! I in a tavern for a while, and at last is clerk j in a s'ore. Here he gains the confidence j of his employers?it twenty-one is admitj ted into a partnership, and is soon a merchant of established reputation. The I fourth is a wild roving fellow, who first O ' I 1 goes to sea before the mast; but theYan- 1 kec is still in him, and his wild oats being 1 sown, he at length becomes captain of a , packet, and at the age of fifty is a weatherbeaten seaman, and retires upon a com- 1 for table income. The fifth is a pedlar, and circ iln*cs tin ware for half a dozen years through the ' Southern Sates. He then goes on a hunting expedition to the Rocky Mount- ' ains ; after his return, he officiates as sre- i ward on hoard a Mississippi steamboat. lie- ? ing of a musical turn, he joins a caravan, 1 and plays the clarionet through all the principal cities of the U. States. lie then shoots oft*to Kentucky, where he keeps school for a short time. He next removes to Alabama, where with a capital of two or three thou.-and dollars, which he has saved, he sets up a store in a new town, still covered with stumps. The town increases, and our young merchant flourish' J D . es. In due time, he has extensive cotton 1 lands. Th \se he cultivates with care, and year after year, adding acre to acre, hecomes n wealthy planter, respected and beloved by all around him. Thesixthis a favorite son, and like mo^t favorites, comes very near being spoiled. He is sent to college, and there acquires some knowledge; and a good estimation of himself. But hcchances to be sent to one of those colleges where there is little intercourse between the pupil and instructor,' and where a parcel of young m m are left without rudder or compose atthcmosts+ormy and dangerous period oflifc. He catch-j es, therefore, the infection of had principles, and goes forth with a diseased and ( impure spirit to the world. He is bred a lawyer,?lie has talents, j " ? . Un onnniinii^rm 11With ! I J?UI *;<! J#.> gcilliin , lit; . fair prospects, but still with the idea that ' fortune is to be obtained without. He is disappointed, and b l omes dissipated ; he j loses his friends, and is on the point of he. i ing lost to society ; hut the Yankee is s'ill in hini. His father's honorable example, j his mother's religious counsel come to his , aid. The good and evil arc at strife, hut the former prevails ; he shakes off his idclcncc, lie tramples his vices beneath his feet. Ho mikes a bo! I effort, and removes to the wide valley of the Mississippi, he establishes himself as a lawyer in the vicinity of some court house, stillsurrounded by the 1 relies of the forest. He devotes himself; carefully to his profession, and at the age ; of forty, is honored and respected as the; i Chief./ustice of the Sta'e. Such, or some-: tiling like this, is the history of many a New England farmer's famiiy. Mrs. Ap\ mV Ixtro?>uct:o?; to tiis Court of St. Jams*. From the new work written In* the lady I of Ex-President John Adams, we extract; the following account of her introduction 1 to George the third, soon after the war of, the Revolution: "Congratulate me, mv dear sister, it is j over, I was too much fatigued ?o write a , line last evening. At two o'clock we i went to the circle which is in the drawing J room of the Queen. We passed through several apartments, lined as usual with spectators upon.these occasions. Upon entering the anti-chamber, the Baron do Lvnden, the Dutch Minister, a Count Sarsfield, a Fsenoh Xohicinan, with whom I was accquaitcd, paid his compliments.? As I passed in the drawing room, Lor.! Carmathen and Sir Okment Cottera! Donner were presented to me: though the v had j1 j been several tim ' h? re, f had no;or s; ?.*i ^ them before. The Swedish and the Polish j n Ministers made their compliments and I several other gentlemen; but not a single j i lady did I know until the Countess of J r Efliinghani come, who was very civil.? :s There were three young ladies, daughters ; ? of the Marquis of Lothian who were to he i' presented at the same time, and two i brides. We were placed in a circle round ; t the drawing-room, which was very full, j 1 heleive two hurr'rod persons wore pres- i cnt. Only think of the task! The royal i family have to go round to every person, i and iiiid small talk snough to speak to all ? of them, though thev very prudently speak i in a whisper, so that only the person who | stands next to you can hear what is said, j i The King enters tlie room, and gees round to the right; the Queen and the Princesos j to the left. The Lord in waiting presents | you to the King, and the lady in waiting I UIl.' Sitiliv; i.\t n^i .inujVkM i ? ^ . is a personable man, but my dear sister, ho i lias a certain countenance, which you and I I have often remarked; a red face and j white eyebrows. The Queen has a similar countenance, and the numerous royal fpciiiy confirm the observation. Persons 1 are no* placed according to tin ir rank in I ' the drawing-room, but promiscouslv; and * when the King cotn<;s in, he takes persons ; I as they stand. When he came to me, : I Lord Onslow said, * Mis. Adao-vs," upon i 1 which I drew oil' my right hand glove, and | I his Majesty saluted my lei'; cheek; then j i asked me if I had taken a walk to-day.? ' < I could have told his Majes'y that I had j | been all the morning preparing to wait ' upon fiitn; hut I replied, "No, Sir," "Why, | I don't you love walking V says he. I an- I ] sw?rc(i, that 1 was rather indolent in that j respect. He then hovved, and passed o:i. j It w?is more than two hours after this he- j fore it cattle my turn to he presented to the ; Queen. The circle was so large that the j ' ompany were four hours standing. Th j Queen was evidently embarassod when I was presented to her. 1 ha 1 disagreeable ! feelings too. ?S'ie, however sai l, "Mrs. | Adams, have you got in-o your house f j P.av, how do you like the situation oi'it I" j Whi'st the Princess iioyal looked com- J passionate, and asked me if I was not | much fatigued; and observed thnf i' was j a wrv full drawing room. 11:t si iter who came uc.\t, Princess Augusta, after having asked yonr ncice if she was ever i:i Pngland before, rt.id her answering "Yes," inquired of me how long ago and supposed ' it was when she v.**u; very young. And all j this is said with gr -a* affability, and the' ease and freedom of old acquaintance.? 1 The manner in which they make their j tour round the room is, first, the the lady in waring behind h?r, holding up t. _ nr.vt !?r.r th? Princess Roval: lit i i. i i 111. i?? " - - ; . alter her the Princ&ts Augusta, .ami tlieir ladv in Availing behind them. They are pretty, rather than boatiful wc'l shaped with lair complexions, and a tincture of the Kind's countenance. Tie two sisters look much alike; they were both dressed in black ami silver tilk, with a silver Sdt- j i.sg upon the. coal. and th< ir heads full of I diamond pins. The Queen was in purple j and silver; she is not well shaped, nor' handsome. As to the ladies of the Court rank and title may cnrupansa'c f. r want j of personal charms; !m they are in gm- : crai very plain ill-shaped an 1 ugly; but. don't you tell any body that T say so.? 1 If one wants to s^e beauty one must go to R inelagii; there it is collected i:i one j bright constellation. Thcr were hut. two ! ladies very elegant, at Court.?La iv ?Sn 1- 1 i.shurv and Ladv Talbot; but th? o'?serv?.Uou did not hi general boil good, that ! tine feathers make tine birds." r.S. Aruoky vt ^1*rtm;fili> m ass. Tiicre arc in the II. .States onlv Iaa-o is. ! tab iish meats for the m inu'h^tnre of small i arms owned by the General Government. ! One of those is at Harper's Ferry, Va.? ; the o her at Sprigfiel!. Mass. A correspond- j ent of the New York Journal of Com- j merco gives some account of the kilter. Too premises owned l?v the Govern- ; m?nta' Springfield i c!a Jo about 100 ac cs' of land, divided into two parts; one of (if): acres, upon wJiioli flic Armories and part | of the work shops and other public build-1 ings arc situated; the other of 40 acres, j lying on Mile River, three quarters of a i mile distant where the factories worked by- j water power, are situated. The two portions are connected by a street or avenue ; running from one to the o lier. Springfield is situate ! on the Connecticut, twenty-six miles from Hartford, and contains six or seven thousand inhabitants. Tac Armory was established there in 170.")?which event gave the first impulse to the prosperity of the p!a"o. k is healthy and occupies a heafifoj pos tiou. The number of men employed by the Government is from 20) to 270?all of whom arc paid hy the p. ice, except the Superintendent, Master Armour, r. Pay Master, four clerks, and nine i ispneto.v, - '".if.-, o-il.ji'iu \ imii 1 ifnrL'Ui:iii ? .1W t wVt'l* W I. I IV.'I * * ?. .r, .?... can earn from lV?rt\* to sixty doikirs per t month. labouring ton hours .1 ?];iv. S'uno j ot*tin' men employed at this establishment have been there for thirty years their reputation as irood mechanics being so well continue 1 that their services could not well he dispensed with. .During the year 1-838 the amount of; expenditure at Springfield was ?i8i,25088, tor which the (iovcrnment inanui'acturcd In 000 muskets with the ncces>arv appendages, such as screw drivers wipers bail screws, &e. Dach musket cost about $11.84. The report for 1839 includes | the work done during three fourths of the . year only?a change having been made in the fiscal arrangement of the establish-! ment by which the year ends with Sep tcmbcr instead of December. During !' that period the Government expenditure I : was $121,604,31 tor the manufacture of [ i arms, and 6,703.3ifor the niachiiicry.? ' Ten thousand muskets were ma le with J the usual appendages. A new mode of I constructing the muskets had Ivon a !o;?-1 1 ted. fak-ui lVorn the model oft lie Trench ? ' ? -%* vcapon, although it is stated that the French themselves have gone back to the >ld plan. The improvement has been endercd available at our armories by reaon oft he greater precision and mechanical ikill with which the peice is constructed. The particulars of the new plan are too ninutc and technical to be interesting to he general reader. Since the establishment of the Armory it Springfield in 179?>, there have been manufactured there 437,460 muskets consisting of 253 300 bright varnished peiceg, md 184,160 brown; besides which in former years a few shot guns, carbines and jis ols were made, and large quantities of muskets from time to time repaired. Bait. Amer. Extraordinary Fraud.?An act has been brought to light which is connected with one of the most iniquitious frauds ever practised in this country in reference Lo elections. The matter is undergoing judicial enquiry, and we therefore give the report as it is now current. Our readers are aware that the Locofoco yote in the city and county of Philadelphia was larger, by several thousand, than any >ne, even the honest men of that party, jcleived it would he; no man, for instance, thought tiiat were as many Van Burnu ?. liv lU'VAral vOLCI'S 111 11119 uuu vvuukjf vwvwvw thousands, as there were Van Huron votes received last Tuesday; aud attention was, consequently, drawn to the naturalization [proceedings, to illustrate the subject.? Tuo following discovery, we learn, has* been made: In the book of the proper officer of the Court, wherein are registered the names and oaths of those emigrants who declare their intention to become citizens? leaves bad been inserted this year in the record of the year 1838, and the ^ names of many persons registered as declaring their intentions, and the name of the former clerk of the office forged thereto; and tiie Court having been induced to beieivc that these several entries were really ma le in 18? , granted the papers of naturaliza ion. This high-handed fraud, swifting ai the purity oi courts and elections, has been brought to the notice of Judge King, and will b; carefully silted. Phil. U. S.'Gaz. Crnror* C'ir<t:*i>tanck?Last week, a young lad, while walking up the west ide of the Riv. r Tay, a id when a little below Seme Palace, threw a number of stones at sjmc hors s that w^ro grazing in an cnc'os ire at ihn road side; upon which the animals, to the lad's terror, assembled together and exhibited strong demons! ra ions by pawing the ground and careering, to attack him. They at le lg'h did so, leaped the enclosure and the la ., having no mode of escape exep. one, adoptodil, which was cropping the River;o t ie "woods." The horses pursued him, however, and being almost at his hce s when he landed, lus only es< ai>e lay in a tree, up which he sprang, actuated by terror, with wonderful agility. There he was -kept prisoner a couple of hours, the horses grazing rourul the foot of the tree, and ocas o ial:y casting ominous looks at him. Latterly some persons came down the R vi r side, upon whom the laJ called, and thro ig.i whose nv ans with the assistance o: a p'ougiunan, the horses were got acres*, the Kivor to t::eir enclosure, uua the lu i's liberalioj effected. TVnrcaslie Coar an Limrrxixo.?A friend stales the fo!- ^ 'owing circumstance as having occurred under his knowledge, some years ago, in one of the towns of Massachusetts. Several men who hurl been at work in the licild, took refuge lroru a thunder shower i:i a covered wagon. A boit of lightning fell upon the wagon, tearing r* hole through die top. and kil i >g apparently'the man direct Iy under. He was immediately laid upon the ground by his companions, his breast mane hare, and a stream of water poured incessantly upon the stomach, from an elevation of live or six feet. After this operation had been persevered in for an hour or two. small signs of life were exhibited, and finally the man recovered the use of his faculties, though never so per teci;y as b^lbre. Scarcely any one case coaKl ever occur where there would be less hope to stimulate an eli'ort. Rock-Crystal Watch.?A watch has been presented to the Academy of Science at Paris principally formed of rock-crystal. The internal works are visible; the two-tec! bed wheels which carry the liaudsnre rock-crystal; the other wheels are metal, to prevent accidents from the breaking of the springs. All the screws are fixed in crystal; and all the axles turn 0:1 rubies. Tue escapement is of sapphire, the balance wheel of rock-crystal, and its ' springs of gold. The regularity of this watcuasa timekeeper is attributed hy the maker to the feeble expansion of the rockcristal on the balance wheel. A tutihrr Land Stilt: at Plaqarmiur The ll>orvi:le (Jazettc of the 17th. inst. say s . * AI out six :.rpeats o levee and some of the public road in front of the town of Piaquciniue. luis been carried away by another slide of earth. The slide began ?. bou two hundred feet from the former one, so that there will he at least fifteen arpents of levee to be made to preserve the town and a great part of the parish on the right hank of the river from the danger o! an overflowing. This second disaster took place on Friday last, an.) tiie ground still continues to settle. There now remains of the whole front ofthe town but a small point where Imats can la.id, and if that slides, there will be no steam bout lauding until high wafer..*' The saim paper says, the cotton crop in Iberville will be reduced 50 percent. T'? London Pi , es says lie* French are low building fourteen 100 gun ships, n lie '! l)d guas* bigates.