Farmers' gazette, and Cheraw advertiser. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1839-1843, November 04, 1840, Image 2
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.