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- . , r * * t; ... F'??m l?ie.K*ntuckv"Furmen ]'j\pr.T:3f rntal Crop op CORN. Uourpon County, rroar Cex . > .Tisvii;itiB50?td?fftr-5 1810. \ D : \ .1 Voir \viH"b> pleased -ro ; doubt tobafiV the result of no ?xp- riimnt j mvie hv-na"\in cultivation of Corn, i T.ie e\?*UiVe?t$e 'V-ll s!ioh' the q nan. j tify of ground culliyated a'vlthe amount! of ?>.- ? and. iijpcmaiosouly to describe j tha character of the soil# and seed, and j .the mole *of cultivation. l>\' M ' i k..? It j i il*:renni w?rs gwu. uu; iiyi uor. *?. ( had beeu.iu m*n;io;v for^himy years prev. j ion* to the-last seven. Tiic rive' tir3t of last scren;, it was ju-hemp: the last bat one it was in rye. a i 1 fhe last in seed hemp. The seed was t*f a variety well k:iown in thorny ^hbcrh$6"l, nirdiularly among disulfcfs. who speakof ii. as yielding more spirits than anh otSor kind. It is yellow, an 1 haf afm^diam ear in size> a firm deep ! gra:n vpry?sin:*)l red eoY shells easily, and ! in shelling yields abundantly. For Severn1 years par I have been improving, it by a careful section of seed an 1 the result Jm been an increase in the number and! she (if the ears. It matures about two w?eks earlier than other ccnl commonly > dees. ? . "* In bs.ojl'uation I was gov ?rned by the ]>rincipher that the roj.'s w~re not fo be br>\t_n: that a g<>o i bcl was to be given tiie rob s to occupy ; that lish- and heal . I . O s icmiM g|t to rhenrequally, a.nl that the w'lph: jk)x& of the soil should be brought i t o tictioii without being burdened. I li->t;as soon as it could K- don. after the irefct was out the soil, gave it a deep phnughing with a Ca' y plo igh. In April, juU be for.: pfu.uing I spread over the whole i- irfjcc a ihi 1 coat of froth stable manure n its u lferm.mtcd state; tlien cross p'oughei with fhcsjiue plough; then harrowed; t ie u iai I off rovvs two. feet apart with -a shovel plough ; dropped the seed in the hotto n &:t these rows as ucar o'K' foot apart as I could ; covered with boos and in so doi ;ig made the surface level, every clod he- -j i ig crashed with the eye of the hoe, and I j t-ien pressed the whole down tight with a j good roller. V? aen theCorn was about one j foor high, I had the weeds cut with a sharp | hoe by scraping, great cur? was tnk<--u not to break th? surface nor to bill the Corn. It had but on^ ho.:ing of this sort and the lai ?- A j j.?: IKJTCr \\il? it !W;W ?U'y U 1 * 111 UV Wig II. Tae manure though f*rcen from the sU-' ble, as the season was wet, was much 1 sbu icc, which 1 snorvwc woidi not havq i been the case had the season beer. urv. v l!? my opinion the experiment proves un.: orptivarally. that ia wyfer rainv seasons,! such as-the past, has been, a crop of Corn inay*he (rebled and that with a great, re- j daemon of labor. What could be done j' Mich a year as was thai of 1*00, remains ; in ho tested. "*' Very res?ectfii!!y ? r. , Tr/ /GEO. IV. WILLIAMS. | Dqrirjox Comv, StPTr.Mcsn 21.1840. ;VV^ do certify,. That wo have this day'f n*pnrately measured the quantity of Corn peow4vhy,(iEu..'VV. Williams, as an ex- j peiitwent in the; ipodc- of crilthatiou ; that j w5 have also accurately measured the land j so cultivated by him and we find the land j coutai.ispne acre and one-eighth of an < :?. j aL - r d . : 1 ! /i"re, ana tue quuiiuiy oi torniso-ie nuu- ; \r?*l andfkrvciuy-eight bushels, miking at j the rate': of one hnnlrr, I an 1 fifty-eight. buikcU and tico-nin'hs 'of a bush'fto the a-j . CTC. > V/ILL. p. HITM3, GKu. MOORE, '* * - JOSEPH H.CLAY. . R. P. RAN KINS. P?ODL'cno:?s or Iowa Our wheat and oat crop nev? r turned out better, a ad, from every appearance, j corn will-come in abundantly. Potatoes) turnips, sugar and other beets are largjr j and } ieidtmore trom the same ground than any other vegetable.?Onions grow aduii- j ./able?live hu'id-ed bushels to the at ro is j considered an average crop.?'.hev have} ' .hitherto sol i ai one dollar per bushel; but j ' <Vom the quantity raised the present ' son we incline to believe that liry cents. | will.be an average price. Flour sclis at rive dollars and tii'y els ! per barrel or in exchange for wheat at j twelve bushels tor a hand at the rocking- i tiam steam mill. Five bushels of goo J | trhea? make a barrel of fl ;ur-?:o:i b who's J will ihakti two barrels after taking lawful j toil; but our forme* must submit to greater exactions even than this. They are com-1 polled to give, sufficient to make ne .r v two and a hail'huirols of floor for a barrel.? touch a taxation on our bread stuffs is ill 5 able to be born? by hour farmers in this new country. Potatoes yield about five h.paired bushi?s p;r aere?sugar boots one liiou."*1^ . fifteen hundred, turnips and rutabagas ' in the same proportion. VV'e are informed j thai Mr; Cook a geiulcuian in o ?r vaein- j Fy raised turnips this season two of which i * ill fid a half bushel.?Pumpkins and mcl- i *> ts grow to an enormoase size ami are of j t Hast iltvor. In Joe1* all kinds of vegita- j hies both roots and grata yield abundantly. ' Wo have two excellent horticultural gar-) deus iu the vicinity which promise fair; ;> be 3 source of proiii to the proprietors as v>-4ell as an advantage to the lovers ofgood .<. 4'ruU arid hard cider, In a very few years J 4??r farmers can live at thdr ease each '-sit- j u^Jv-r hiso-.vu vine and fig-tree an.1 i ic to dhuafriJ. loxa Sun. - T iC art of a^rieyihjTO ,s to raise the fruits-of lite cunh. The siehape of agri- i culture -is a> understand the character and i habits of plan's and animals the peculiar. ! ijfesdfclrmates, the eompooilion and quaU,} iAje-5 'jl toiis^ihfl manures, ihe atrt-ion of-, /ho elnj'ints. as they ure-caMed or cf air, i U at *t'i4 jjpoisture. the coiididons ihfi j u-tui /V*r, or the whe'e subject of sunshine, tATi.i'bivi i and frost and'the principles, so fir as th / arc* I s%o." \rahk by ma* uno i * | which those things act singly or in con i ration. Inshor , an accomplished &( culturist must u id rstand, ge.icraXf)^ atomy, p'lisology botany, g\c o \y, ?h< istry, niotorology ami g ography. ... ' \ BSET3 FOR CA fTttJ. As experience, and not speculator what farmers need, will give >ny obsei tioosih feeding beets to my cows dur the two past winters. In 1838, I put about 300 bushels of Mangel Wur beets, 100 bushels of turnips and some tatoes for the purpose of experimenting feeding my cattle through the wintei I knew nothing but what I learned fi books, as I was acquainted with nofari (nor am I vet) who fed with roo's. first I was at a loss to know how to f them, whether in a raw state or coofc but having determined to try both phi I commenced the work and each did w Young animals are peculiarly fond of raw beets and thrive astonishingly tiie'Ti; but for cows that give milk, tl are better boiled, particularly if a steai can be used in the process. Though i\ cows should have once in ev two or three days if grass cannot had. The turnips an l po'atoes were gi' precisely as the beets ; but I could not tcrinine that either had the prefcre; over the other, as the cows gave ab the same quantity ofmilk,.and their c dirioh did not seem changed by cither In feeding the same animals with beets was easily told that one-third less than tiirnirka r?r nrktn f f?ns WOlllfL make th give the same quantity of milk, ot bel quality, and they showed better keep Tile beets made the milk better, the but better, aad the cows look much better On ouo half bu?hcl of beeN ? uaV tO 61 cow, without straw aud a litile meal bran mixed in, thev continued in g< condition through the winter, gaveas nn milk as in the .summer, and the butter v full as gooi as in May. Mv experiet during the past winter (! 830?10) whih fed on roo's, onlv confirmed my fori] conclusions.? Western Paper. To Make Varnish for Wood ,,r,ncti I sist.sthe.Actios u* Foiling Water "1 he ft^'owing receipt select,', from -?ttish Operative Mechanic,.may perh; he useful. Take a pound and a half unseed oil, and boil it in a red copper v scl, not tinned, holding suspended over in a small linen bag 5 oz. of litherogc a 3 ounces of pulverized miniain; taki care that the hair docs not touch thy 1) tom-oi the vessel. Continue the ebu tio:i until the oil acquires a deep bro co or, then take away the bag, and sub: tute another in irs place, containing aol< of garlic: continue the ebullition and new the- dove of garlic seven or ei; times, of rather put them all in at once, Then throw in the resel a pound of yell amber, after having melted it in the folk ing manner .?\dd to the pound of am? well pulverized, two ounces of linseed i and leave it boiling for two or three mi; tes, stirring the whole up well. It is th left to settle; tiie composition is decani and preserved, when it becomes cold, well corked bottles. A iter polishing I wood 011 which this varnish is to be i plied, give 10 tiie wood the co'or require for instance, for walnut wood, u slight e of a mixture of soot in the essence of t pontine. When this color is perfectly d give it a coat of varnish with a tine spo' in order to sp.ca I it very equal; rep these cox's four tim *s. taking care alwi to iet the proceeding coat he dried." Antidote against Mzc:..?"Mr. j Dougai oftdra ps in the Hebrides. hav sometim; ago sutibred considerably mice, put at the bo-.torn near the c;ni and top of each of his stacks of grain, th y wjro raised, three or four- s alk? wild mint vvi.h the learcH on, gaMie aoara brook in a neighboring field, r ntvvr al ter had any of 11 is grain coisum !Jo then tried the same experiment w hit cheese, and articles.kept in store, i with eqiu! ^E-ct, by laying a few lea\ .rreen oid:y 01 -ho articles to be j: 0 ' served. FiOfn 1 In* Kentucky Firmer. Effect of clover on worn lam originally good. Woodford County, Oct. 16, 1840 Mr. Brown:?l>? ar Sir?The corn Is you was so eet? <1 from a field which had b 111 eul ivalion f?>r upwards 01 forty vear*. vv out any regard to any regular rotation ?.f t.r ? ! ener 111 corn, tiian any tiling else, which 1 lie |,i-t wn years had dot produced mrretl front 5 to 7 barrels por acre; it was never 1 ted, never iu grass or clover, until the three years previous to the present ci which ise tiuiitcd a: the least Calculation twenty KHrf0'* of corn per acre. And m a better cop or" p^kin*. Ono of a v large Size I thought ui sending he C? hat uot having lite ready means of convey a I can only gi\o you tiie measurement, wl from stein to stern is 2 tout H 1-2 inches, w a circum'erence of 4 feet one inch. 1 have seen larger pumpkins and a gro; crop of corn, produced on fresh land; hut w we lake into consideration, the deteriora soil,.so soon and easily renovated by cio as to treble the products, the conclusa n t is., that there is no other sod utid? r the like t lie soil of Kentucky; and that it is in + . - - I * _ t. ? . ! power or every fanner ro iimko iii* ck.-u'ih ltd soil treble its products. being; at The s; time, when undergoing these change# source of profit. The corn in a very superior kind, being v productive, with solid hehvy gr.uui*, 2.31 an inch in length. with fronr24 to 3- r? an! from 6 t?> i-> hundred grains on the * when grown in rich sod. 1 obtained ears front Air. Mills, being part of a gaii which he exhibited at- tlie -J'rankli i Pori year* ago, receiving the ?ftimuiii awai Jur the Le^'ictjf.acrvs'of cprn. . . Sou'Hl a'm I satisjietf of itssupcriori'y,', I intend my next crop to be nil of Liiis kiin It is no humbuggcry, never selling for n i ihc-n any o'h*T ?orn, and too obscure To ford nam-, unlesg we adopt the chrisfei o' > !< ...:?-! soio?! rr.i?tc-r. v*ho -wi.r-d wv i a ?oi m-? ??? ihi- *'r8 the corn called!" when told,..it had tir rr^ no name, lie took an ear and complacMitl) . nanl, Multuin, Magnum, Bonum, Frutnentuu ciil* f * *t ? * 1uncum. - . 'm* Tne corn grew on Mr*. M. price'* la it t- \ a-lj lining me, buliiuprovcd aiid cuitivatexl La M.Jauu s W. Parish. BIRD-SMITH* . i, [f From the Buffalo Advertiser. " va Useful Recipe. ing I send you belovy, Mv^srs. Jvliters, a up receipe for making a composition which Ucl will render wo6tl incombustible; It is Pp" very simply prepared, and quite easy erf * ln application, being used the same as a *"7 paint with an ordinary brush. A good om coat of it applied to the floor under stoves would be an excellent precaution, i Take a quantity of water proportioned, . I In Imp cnrfupp nfw/virl vrr.ii mur j wunwvv vi "w? j w<-? muv nam iv tns cover?ar*d add to itas much potash as can 0jl. dissolved therein. When the water will the dissolve 110 more potash, stir, into the soon lui ion, 1st, a quantity of flour paste of the ley consistency of common painters1 size; nor j 2Jt a sufficient quantity of pure clay to Jilk ?render it of the consistence of cream., ery - Whan the clav is well mixed, apply the ; preparation as be/ore directed to the.wooch it will secure it from Tthc action of both k'cn tiro ain> rain. In a most violent fire,' wobd thus saturated may be carbonated, but it will never blaze. ? If desirable, a more agreeable color can on- . . 1 bc'give.n.to the preparation by adding a *. jt I small quantity of red or yellow ochre. '0l | It might also be useful to you to menem j tion in your paper, especially at this scatter , son of high winds, that a handful or- two .? ! ofsulphcr thrown on to the fire when a :ter j chimney is burning out, will almost in.? j suuldueojsly extinguish the flame, . ich " " r- L. ' 1 or I " j Tnz I)og ?-In tha-* neighborhood of M i Sparta a few days ago, a little bov named ;a* j Bnrel, aged about four years, strayed from ; his home and becam; iost in the woods about a mi'/? and a half from his parent's ricr i house. The parents bocamo- alarmed at 1 the absence of the child and commenced a search, \n hen the fng?y dog was discovered by a black man issuing from the woods. T.ie clog ran to the black man, rubbed the himself against him and used many artiips fices to attract his attention, in which' he ?r so tUr sneeeedcd as to induce the black VI I ~ - cs. : man to follow him a mile into the woo ls, it i whore ho found the boy.and restored him . id to hi* pareiits.?Sussex^V. J.} Register. i-,g i ; :? iot-J Fr<??n the tyoncJon Q'anrterly Review. '4l" i P VTKNT fT.UTKIVATXNU MAP PRINTING. vV.? | I none of the eompirtinenrsof Messrs. "tl" CIowos establishment, a few men are oin>ve pl?y?'d ii'i fixing metal type into the woore" ! den blocks of a most valuable and simple * niacinue for impressing colored maps, for ' which the invcutor lias lately taken oat a ?%v' patent. . ' ...... i .Toe tedious proSea* of"drawing maps nr by inn I has long been superseded by cop. > per engravings^ but, I) ?si !cs tiie greatex',l* pen S3 alien la it upo.i these impressions, CI' thnre has a'so beau ad led thai of coloring, . j which it h.is hitherto been deemed impos1111 sihie to. perform but by the brush.. The ",c | cost of maps, t.h reforc, h is not only ope'j'* j rated ton considerable degree as a prohib' ition of their use among the poor, but in J general literat ire it has very materially ar* cheeked rainy geographical educations, rv' which, though highly desirable, would have }S^ : been too expansive to be inserted, eat | l_5y his beautiful invention th3 new artAvs j isthas noi only imparted to woodcut blocks I the advantages of impressing by little raej , talic circles and by actual typo, the posi. | j lions ,as wull as 'he vario is names of cities, , " towns, rivers &c., which it would beditfi* ^ cult a ; we!! as expensive to delineate in wool, but he has als > succeeded in givirtg by nuchiue y, that bloom, or, in o hcr ctj! words, those cu'ors to bis maps, which had , hitherto h.e i iuborio is'y painted on by hul?l i , , i nun na.'i is. :d. t ind ; DEfTRrCTfOM OK 1000PERSOM3.?Tvetres, ; ters from 'lYfHis, received in St. Pctersne ' burgh (says the .V hen ami), give further ! accounts of the convulsion of Mount Araj rat by which it appears that the consequenj -V"? b^cn far more fearful than the 1 iVst announcement triven reason to ] apprciivnd. The town of Nakiit?h?van j Has been totally des'royed ; all the build, mil! ings of ISrivnn more or less injured'; and <en i the whole of the villages in the two disi'ii-1 trie's ofSeharbour andSourinata have pe"P* ; rished. '* The cotton and nee plantations ,tor i are all laid waste; but the immediate neigh(lilt! * Trfm j borhood of the mountain itself ha? been Ust the scene of the most awful calamity. A r.?p, j huge mass slid frotu the mountain, overi, at! whelming every thing and person in its vcr j progress, for a distance of seven worsts (a. ^ | bout five English miles). Amongst oth,rn; j crs the great village of Akhouli, has had 'J1,1 j tli . f^tC ofll ;roulanen:n and Pompei, and 'p j, i about one iho.is.vtd inhabitants have been | buried' beneath the fallen rock*. The nerJ mountain opened, giving passage 4oa thick h : fluid, Which swelled into a river, and foliol,e(* | wing the same direction, swept over the !cr' j ruins. At the date of the 13th of August, nen . . . . ? Sll|l! Ararat was not yet quiet. ,h;' - . e W ,ril- j AumtTCAN CoiMT.n ?A late mtnibet ,mo | of the Wisconsin Llnquirer says that Mes'* a srs. W. Alfred and P. W. Thomas of New ,.i ihnt (t-rntci'V ht/it ,, 1 y Villi, v ivil ltv?| , 1KB VI IT Illl 6 J; complete success in their experiment? or m s. I smelting copper ore. They constructed cob. j a very simple furnace which cost only tor two j dollars, in which they smelted on the 28tl nHr j of Saptfembos last, 2.500 pounds of-ore j from which they obtained nearly 7IK t't! pounds of good pig copper, pronouue^d h\ tlra*i | competent judges to be superior to tin j j Sonth Aiucricau* pig iroi>]KT." The tinn iorr occupied iu procuring from the ore the a :it- hove amount of cupper, was only nint 11 n? liours. Neither Mr. Alfred nor Mr. Tho j r::ts hi i any ^p-'-ri^rvv- in the l o <' * ' i smeltidg, and the result isjustly deemed : a matter of great consequence to that tor' citory, which abounds in rich 'copper ore. [From our (.muivsj-oiulrin j riLATK.V,.pC.T. 2Q.?Unotficial ia.j formation reach us by last night's express ! that eight warriopihaJ bc-cn in at Tampa, and stated.that they would, in a few.day S",. bring in three bonded Indians to hold a J '.great talk'.* wii ti'ie*General. - \\e hope | For the best, but past experience has taught' ? us to place little or no confidence upon the * word of :a Sominhle. * An express from Picolatka has just arrived, with the infer mation that a party of the enemy made j their appearance last night, near Hanson's,, in the vicinity of St. Augustine, and killed ( ' three men. Two or three scouts are now , j in pursuit." I Tae Cxrpess rider between Forts Fan-' >ning and Macomb has been missing fori 'some time.- I have just heard that he has 1 i % . % i 1 l beentoima quart ereI, ana thrown into a pontiteii miles from Fort .Macomb. " Extract of a letter to the Editors of the Savannah Republican, received from an officer of the Florida Armv. ' P?lATka. Nov. 1st., 1840. -'By last night's express, I am enabled | to give you the result of the conference of ,1 the Indians with Gen. Armistead at Tampa Bay. Hall&ck.Tustenugga, Tiger-Tail, and six others, came in at the appoi nted time, ; and among other things, agreed to meet the General with 300 of their people at Fort King o:i tho Ttii irrst. for the purposes of further negociatio.is.' It is expected that the-two Chiefs named, will proceed to j | Washington and visit the President in? ipropria persona. j. it they should d ?2d'. ii. in- j ; ?o come in in good faith, it nnyen I j thenar, as they probably have it in their i power to diet ate terms of peace : but i op-; (irio that if'the war is ended upon the goal j | faith of the Indians, it will la=;t forever a:i 1 : tt day.. From Florida. - , S.WAT?Alf, NOV, O. Bv Steamer Charleston, Capt. Pitcher. ' we yesterday received the Si Angus tine | News of Friday last. Wc extract the foli lowing intelligence, painful in its characj tor. I Coa'itvtcd Ou'rage of Lilians.?0:i > Wedues lay afternoon lust from sixteen to j twenty Indians made ih. ir appearance o 1 ! Col. Han Isom's p'a:ita!io:i ahoat two iniits j from tiiis citv robbing the negrnc3 of all i ' . their blankets and their winter clo'lmig.? Tnoir intcatio i was to lire the buildings : vand make prize of the negroes?hat some of* J j them having escaped a id m iking their \ j way to town was fallen i:i with by one or j ; two gentlemen who had been hunting and j they pUilioi on with the iuteligencc.? , Tue quick appearance of a few persons) from (own tended to hasten them away ! ' with their plunder and enable the negroes J I whom they lia 1 with them to fall b ick in I I the sugar c inn field and thus escape them, j ! One I iJiau was lire 1 upon supposed lo he J [ Wild Cat, as he left the enclosure without; any of the plundered property- They fired i one ride into the dwelling ho mo which j nearly wounded the overseer- T ie prop- J perty taken am > tar to a considerable sum. j No other damages. Lieut. Bro.vn, 31 Artillery was very j promptly o:i the spit with eleven tn ::i and! remained during !he night on guard. And ' I yesterday morning proton Jo I in com-1 mind with Lieut. \VesooU of tlie Infant ry o i pusuit. We ask why has not this plantation been protected/ whv the 7,0aI of establish-! ing a post two miles from it. when the ow- j uer Ins ropeutod.y and again asked for protection. An unfortunate and truly ni lancholy occuranee took place at Col. K m lsoi's plantation at half pas'. 8 o'clock, Tnursday . morning. T.ie sentinel having rkieoverod i Indians in two places approaching relroa-! ted to the House wilhin whi;h a small j force oil th ; piautaiion were, and gave the ; alarm. Imm ediately Lieut Brown with | his in en proceeded to reconnoitre as well as , the four or five friends who had oilered to I remain on tliat place; and having been 0:11 the watch for upwards of 3J minutes 1 hey j discovered persons movcing quickly up ! the serjeant fired and wounding Lieu! Gra-; ham of the Dragoons in the arm and kil-j ling Serjeant Woleottof his company. Ll. i Graham it soams was approaching with | much caution (ha having at Picoluta re-j ceived an cxprJs> ;n informing hiin that! Indians had b con at the plantation,) and J the alarm having taken place so.no time { previous brought him to collision with tli^ | troops in charge who warn anticipating j a charge of the enemy. At the moment | precojl^j the fir* they were heard to ! spring there hayouC.'s/ which bounded ! much like the click of cocking o an<j I ! it was under these circumstances the acci 1 ; dent occureJ. Fortunately Dr. Burnarn wo ! one of th j gentium n who hi 1 rem lined i for the protection of the place in conaec-j tion with Lieut. Brown and eleven tnnnoi j his company; and-his services. were very j promptly and beneficially rendered Lieut. | Graham, Serjeant Wolcott was brought i into the .house immediately but be was ! dead. Lieut G's. wound though severe is ! ' j by no means of a dangerous character and j J he will ia a sliort urn re;oia ms com-1 ; Pan)% J Extracts from f'oi'vi^n Juiirnii's. I ? I . Tji j Patent Aquatic Lira H \ r. 11 ^ . I 11 rac patent is ol the most important , character, and surpasses every other dkj covery for the preservation of life from drowning, and f-i!!y justifies the name givJ' en to it. Its'great excellence consists in . i adapting that part of the dress which is , universally -worn in all .stations to the . purposes of a life buoy, and isso contrived I that there is not any perceptibic ditr rene* v when upon ime head, from the common ha*, which circumstance, together with its lijhtn'-SM and sruu'I cost, c.a.inot f??i{ i? A * mm. making it a favorite with the public. But in aJJition to thaabove rocommmdations, the person who uses it can, af his pleas, ire, an 1 whil# supporic 1 by if, increase its buoyancy sufficiently to save three other persons who may he struggling around hi n. There is no doubt that, when these facts become generally known, the. Life Hat will he universally used by the crews of tue royal -navy, merchant vessels, a id different yacht clubs, watermen, and all descriptions of persons whose avocations take thorn frequently upon the water. The experiments under the direction of Mr. Williams, the superintendent of the Royal Humane Society, whose experience and opinion being valuable, it may he add$d. speaks in the highest terms of the excellence and utility of the invention. The Little Rock (Arkansas) Times of the Kith ult. spates that John Howard Payne. Esq. had reached that place on his route to visit the western Indians, for the purpose of completing investigators of their history and habits. lie travels under a special passport from the Secretary of War, and reccminen la'orv letters to all Indian Agencies, from the Indian Departmerit. - * The Whig Express from the west left Pittsburg at 8 o'clock on S iturday morning, and.arrived at C.iamb ursburg at twanCf . o ty minutes before 1 o'clock on S mday morning, and there took lh' c rs and arrived at Philadelphia at 4 o'oclock. r. m. arid went by the 5 O'clock, making the whole distance from Pittsburgh to New York, say 40'J miles, in 39 hours. On? 'iXldrc.l f^y m'.'.os of this ll^a ic? was brought by horses; twenty being pla Vo l 01 the road at distances of seven to eight miles.?Pki'al. N'it. Gjx. New Allovs of M'STali.? V curious art J valuable discovery has just been in t ic in tiio alloy of metals* A manufacture: olTuris lias invented a composition, much less oxi lablo than silver, and wlii :!i will uot melt at less than a heat that silver will bear; the cost of it is less than 4 i an "ounce. Another improvement is in steel; an Englishman at Brussels his disn ,, . covered a rno i-e of casting iron so thai it dows from the furnace pure steel, better than the best cast steel in Eugla 11, and almost equal to that which has undergone the process of beating. Tiie cost of rhi steel is only a farthing per pound greater than that of cast iron.? 'lirng Among th-' posthumous pipers of the late William Dunlaji, the historian, thi following sketch was found, addressed ?> the editor of tho Mirror. It was politely handed to us by liis widow, with th :se words: '*T?iisis probably the las. thing that mv husband wrote." "Pooh and contknt is Rich ? vvi> Rich enos;j:i."?Vsls'ool in a hardware store, one of the late v uycoM lays hovering over the stove, a. I talk He'?-* to tiie mister, a boy opene 1 the door an ! iuq lire 1 the price of a pair of skates which hung out to tempt the ad venturous. I lnoke 1 at the urchin,and ray eye3 descended from a pair of linen tro.vsens. to a par or" bare feet. The poor follow wa ite 1 skates, and did not sjemto feel the wan' of shoes. Yoi, Mr. clitor, doihtlcis remriibir the story of L> is le Or.nl paiiin* or col i m >rniug o/ r om of * ?e brilgo* whi '.h croi3 th ; S ;iii an I s :e:n * ;v!t'i a 1 miration a m in drest i i a u l.iki i c n' a 11 breeches (uht I'oo.ns c i u in as t ?e :m i arch went or.) -vi/i voi an I s o *ki igi eq n!ly thin, wh > lean sj wi it perfe-e' n>:ichveice o.vr the balustrade to gi'.e a! t.'lo SKa'er.9. * S o;> the conch '* s li I to j k'nj. " Ca1 !*int mm i:i n:i lki is toum" Tie win 1 /.v was lo, down a 1! tli f.irre 1 an 1 s'livori ig inon .r-'h th i? q i s-io.ie:l his happy subject. 44 Mz;t a,n:: pray t !! m hiw it is tha' yon arc warm though clad so tni.i a i:l I am freezing in my peltries V 44 Please your in ij s'y ' wu th"1 reply cf tha bowing anlsmiuiog Frenchman I can tell how you may bo as co.nibr aY.y warm as I am." " Lot us hear, my friend. ' 44 Do as i do, sir;: p it o i a!' you wardrobe." 441 might hive kn r.vn the fe'lo.v wai a wit,' said the king laughing, "g'.ve htm a pnrse oi' lo.iis d ors." I will not say that my burefoo'e 1 bov was a wit; but'I co ll i wager ten pound to a paunv, that his father was either n genius or a drunkard.?,Y. Y. Wrr.,r. 44 Trr-: Bibt,f. CoxvkxtiOX?At tin: suggestion of the friends of the muse in Columbia- and in other parts of ihe Suite the tim; for holding the Convention In | bejti cbaog d from :hc frst to these' o i! : ruv* lay i: D^CVPiher. The miiu rea? o i for the ch:i.;e\.thai t'? second Tu.slay will better suit th; convenience of delegates and individuals vvht wish to attend, bill who would bo proven!I od, on account of ecclesiastical meetings from being present on tlic tirst. Those ! papers in which tin original appoint ami! was inserted, arc requested to notice the change, and to stae-tlmt the Bible (Ionl vention will be held in Columbia on th | second Tuesday in December, in which i j is -desirable that every section of the ?>tat< i should he represented." i 1 , Clur,&ttwi Observer. ?9 j n.?LTIMoRK AND OHIO RaIMI/'AD. I Tli B I I'll 'tin pqier* |njbli>n die ,-\nmt ;?l Report o| ilio B dlmi'irtf -md Omim R-iil I road I ?>y. Tn? j?ro<s r> c-'iprs 01 ru' mam stem of the ro.nl bi'rinjjtMis p*., V?*;?r are si ?t?r.I ut $l:P2.83?l 70; lion wlrcli df do t dis'^irs m-'iils lor nil purpose (nrlu hi) / int'-resi on lo in) $dti0,055, an1'iere remains ?Sl4'd,S27 70 as t o ")? *' ?r?ii'ij?s ol tin no stem d iriiietlie yar ! Tms is r i lier more titan double die ?f j monni of di net! recifvts uf h ro.id fo iV j'r ' "c -r. I Tli?? gross receipt* on the Washington j Branch of ill" Ro?d, f'?r the year ending i 3 Mb S ptemher. are aimed at 202755 O.J; fniin wtrch deduct disbursement* for * : 11 purposes, togeitier will! "the bonus of Bit1' o ?h- S at-, and tiicro remain* the' sum ol $7;) 24-1 55 n ihe noit earning* of Mi" hr.icli for jlie past ?, i;, , Th-1** eiia oti load t? Cumberland i* ripidlv pn>i?r ssifnj?I6CK) rn?*n and hor* a are n?nv at work upon K. The "* **. (Hiit aays: ** Should their rcaoorcea allow the hoard to procure the iron and other mrer als in aea%on to m ?ke ai*ty of . . 'V ind?*a of railway jo the course of th?? your 1841, and to prosecu'o the remaining thirty or t"or:y mil** m the spring it will tie practical)!** to .. finish the entire work, tin I put ih?? road in operation to ' Cmnb -rim I in the summer and autumn of I that year." TWELVE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ' Thesteam ship Britannia, Captain Jud* : kins, arrived at Boston oq Tuesday thv '* 3i from Liverpool, bringing London, and Liverpool papers to the 20fh October ' inclusive. . Tnere is no later intelligence froir." China. The hews on fue. affairs of the East, is * of greet interest, as they appeared to.be at*~ the very crisis. It was extrem.ly doubt* r ful what turu affairs would take, andopin- *' ions and reports were Very contradictory. * Too aMies had evacuated Beyrout, because it was not in a state to be defended in caie ; of attack, but were in possession of a large " number of places in Sy ria viz: Said Jaffa, D'Jouni. D'Jebail, Kaiifa, and Tripoli, i Que of the first mercantile houset of | S ockholm. thatof Morting, has just failed; the debts are said io amount to $120,000 more than t'ae assets. Several large hou* ^ ses at Hamburgh are creditors for considerable sums ? jalignanL . . . . ' Brrs.*"v, Oct. 5.?V proof of the ami*' cable feeling of our government towards i France, and of its conviction that a war * | with that Power is not at presentprobabh , i may be found in the fact that it has allow-; cd the exportation of the hoiras (20 009 it u said) p trchased in this kingdom for ! France; 30di) of these horses have already pa ?s8J tha frontiers, and inany thousands j more were expected. * * j PoarrovL.?Lisbon dat^s, Oct 12, 1 mention the confinement, ot the Queen, j and alarm lor her health. The funeral of i the 4* Infanta Donna Maria." (the dcceas. j od child having bee*? baptised under that : nunc:) took plaee with great pomp at 3 if? ! Vincuntede Fora, 0:1 the (PVinst, which j a -cor ling tocturom in similar cases, was | k p' us a gala day. '. # '' I 1 , v' !i ' j ANOTIIEK ATTilMI'T TO ASSASSINATE TUB KINO OFTJIK IRNXCll. From 'ha Sunday Tins, Oct, 1HIA, Tmj Paris papers of Friday are tuoro occap ed with (he atrocious attempt made, upon Lie . ing's life on the pVoefecdiag ?;veiling lha.i ?*itU the eastern question. Opinio.i was divided respecting the prbbj a.iio ciiec: of the attempt to jusassfnjth | t ?e king. On po-f ion of the prc? reg*r. { de.l it as calculated 10 weaken uie rcpanlii.-ao or turbulent party and therefore*' to insure the maintenance of peacd Auoth. or (ofw.iich the Journal Debits istheprincip.i') iLi:nrs t' at France wiil have been in. jjre.1 by it in Die eyes of foreign powers, van regard it as demonstrative of her iuj t;r ill d'visio is a 11 weakness. I Lost evening, continues the Dc'iats. at | lifiy-tivc minutes pn*t five o'clock, when ^ | the king was rcturui ig to St. Cloud, acj eoinp.inici by the queen an 1 Ma lame A! dvjlaide. and was passing along the quay of ! th ; T iileri vs, n jar the Pon* do la Co ro*? ! do, opposite o t'io guir l-h ?usc du* L o ?, ! a i i:i li/i 1 i.tl fir.-d a carb'noin the direc? i!.? . ..f" tlto f irrimm T ndr mairVrfties. "v ' ? .. . .?0v. - 'J * 1 .v.io fortunately were not injured, contin. j y\their journey. Tue astasia had evidentj ly chosen this posi ion with t!i ; incon'ion J of talcing a I vantage (like Aliliaji 1) of the i instant that the king would salute the | troops under arras. T ie king, in foci, a!| ways .sa'aios the guard, whether troops of ; t ie line or National Guard, and in so do; lets down the glass of the carriage, an l nmunces forward. One of thegreqadiers j on gourd immediately seized the assassin, , who said.'Iain not going away.' Ho i was then taken o the guard house. The j prefect of police arrived in a few minutes, : and interrogated biui. FFe confessed | his crime, and declared that his name was j Warius Darmes. He said it was a native ' of Marseille*, and had been for a long time , j i i I'rris, and wa3employed as & frot'eur (i i polishing the floors of apartments.) He was cla 1 in a long frock coat, under ; which he concealed his carbine, the stock i i of which was expensively carved.. He is ! Id years of age. l if _ i . i rL:.> lie was searcuca. a iu on his jicnion ! woe-.' fo nd two loaded pis'o'sand a poi' : a *\ he ;ar iue, vhich had been eat sho t id ,'oaded up to the muzzle, had burst.? , .! Tie charge, tit .1 not scatter, and the carri;; aje was but sligh ?ly struck. The assas. i s:ji, however was severely wounded in the I left hand- His carbine was loaded with ; [ several bails and slugs. : The explosion \ was extreme'y lou!. One of the National : tjruar.ls of the escort was slightly wounded . in the hand by a-slug. One. of the footi men who was standing behind the car- ? i riage, was wounded in the icg, The wound i , is not dangerous but the ball has pot been yet extraclc I. ..... Dunnes, when arrested, burst into a vialent passion and exclaimed,* Cursed carabine ? 1 had taken a goodaim. but lover loaded it. * " . Th the first question-which waaaddrcs ?! & J 10 him, he ut drat rcpiiod,/ Coiupira: i tor** ? " ? What i<youj profebahoa V?4 An ex terminator of tyrants.'" 4 WriattO'.fld have induced yoojo com. mit horrible a crime.??'\lJp* *K* a hij rwl ccnopiiator. I fclfemttf Ihp impulse i of rcv utuure. \ ' - '' aiovv iuO? is it since you fcrmed this " oiuri'/u V?Acout au hour since; "^ish.