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But to the point from which I have diverged.
About three years since I purchased
in Charleston a Durham bull-caif
one year old. I turned him among my
common cuttle, and housed and fed him
at night, lie survived the summer, and
is now perhaps one of the iinest bulls in
this state. Having supplied myself with
several of his get, 1 sold him to Jenkins
Mikeli, esq., of Edisto Island, who assures
me that although he was turned upon no.hing
but the cominonmarsh pastures of his
island, he has all the year kept fatter and
and in better health than any of his common
cattle. By this bull, when but eighteen
months old I get twelve calves. The
pasture upon which they have fed is a bad
one, and yet these calves have kept fat,
and are (I speak with due care.) twice as
? large as calves of other cows bv common
bulls. I have several ?ulve3 from this
bull, which though but one year old, are
as large as their mothers. I now own a
white Durham bull dropped two years
since from a very l>eautiul Durham cow
imported by Col. Hampton. I raised bin:
from the bottle, until six months oM, ant
then turned him out to pasture, feeding
him at niii'ht as I did my other cattle. At
one year old I put him to sixteen of hh
calves. Though from common Carolina
cows, everyone who has seen these calves
has been struck with their superior beauty
of form, and enlarged size, when com
pared with the common breed. That ]
have not taken up a partial opinion, lei
the following fact speak. One of thest
calves from a very inferior cow, I sen
to market with two other calves from gocx
cows, though bv a common bull. Th(
calf by the Durham bull, though foui
weeks younger, brought twelve dollars
while the other two brought only eigh
dollars apiece. 1 hesitate nothing in say
ing, upon my own experience, and uj>or
information collected from several of nn
friends who are competent to speak, tha>
the Durham feed closer, live on coarsci
food, grow larger, and give more mil!'
than any other cattle which can be produced
in our climate. Their hutteraceous
qualities, like (hat of all other breeds, depend
upon the huileraceous qualities ol
the food (hcv get. If you feed them tc
give much milk, expect them to give less
butter, and vice versa. 1 owned a I)urham
cow, which by a particular mode oi
feeding, I could make give thirty quarts
of milk per day, and yet the same milt
would not vield as much butter as wher
I fed her to give but twelve or fourtcei:
quarts. I have some calves from the mosi
beautiful Devon hull ever brought to the
state. They are fine calves, but not sc
good as the Durhams.
I have a full blooded Durham heifci
two years old. It has been raised entirely
upon one of the poorest pastures,^ifpJlK
low-country. For size, beauty andeverv
other qualification, I can safely put ii
against any full grown Devon, Ayreshire,
or other cow, I have ever seen. I must
distinctly repfcat, that this calf has lived
on the common pasture. It has scarcely
ever tasted grain. Both it and the young
bull I own, live on tho same pasture with
mv rnivs and are more thriftV.
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It is said that to have these cattle in
perfection you must feed them high and
attend them well. So you must; but in
the low country where we must have n
large flock of cattle, we cannot afford tc
do so. Must we on that account have
nothing to do with the breed ? I think
not. If we cannot have this cattle in the
perfection they arc found in Europe, we
may nevertheless introduce them to improve
our common breed, and any one whe
will take this view only, will attain much.
We all know how much across of breed;
will do for cattle ; and it is from the warn
ofthis as much as from any other cause
that our native stock have degenerated sc
much. Under the very best system of attention
and feeding, if you do not frequently
cross the breed and relationship of animala
thev will degenerate in size and
quaiity. There are few plantations in
South Carolina, where this fact, though so
notoriously obvious, has been attended to,
and the proper correctives applied. For
one hundred dollars, a Durham calf of the
purest breed can be delivered in Charleston.
At one year of age he is fit to put
to cows, and from what 1 have seen I
think the get of bulls at this age the best.
I have tried them from one to five years
of age, and find the calves of the former
always the finest in form and size, and have
satisfied some of the most skeptical upon
this point. When I first advanced this I
was laughed at, because contrary to the
supposed experience of the country. I
say supposed experience, because the custom
was only founded on supposition.
Every one who will pay attention to the
matter, will find, that even among his
common cattle the finest calves are invariably
by his youugest bulls. My old cowdriver,
who has had forty yea rs' experience,
vouches this truth. I am opposed to none
of the other breeds of cattle; they are all excellent
of their kinds. The ohj ect of this
hurried letter is to prove that the introduction
of fine cattle amongst us, will improve
our native breeds, and, that, too, on the
very worst of pastures. Dr. O'Hear and
Dr. Harleston of this parish, have with
myself bred from Durham bulls, for the
last few years, and we are now fully convinced
that the calves thus bred have suffered
drought, inattention, and 1 may actually
say, starvation, better than calves
from the native bred. The gentlemen
whose names I have used, will excuse the
liberty herein taken. I do it for the confirmation
of truth.
Respectfully yours, &c.,
B. II. Carroll.
Worth Rem*-inhering.?We have been
informed by a gentleman who has had
practical proof of its success, of a new mode
of keeping fruit fresh for the table, as grapes,
plums, &c* a longtime after they had
been gathered. It was simply to alternate
them in layers with cotton batting in oh an
stone jars, and to place thcrn in a chamber
secure from frost. The discovery was accidental.
A servant maid in the fanulyoi
W211. Morey, of Union \ doge, Washington
county, about to visit ther frauds secured
a quantity of plums in this way, to
preserve them till her return. They were
fouud tohavekept in excelentcondition long
after this fruit had disappeared in the gardon.
From the hint thus afforded Mr.
Morey, Mr. Holmes, and one or two neighbors,
laid down grapes in this manner last
fail, and they enjoyed the luxury of fresh
tine flavoured fruit through the winter,
untill the early part of March.
Buds Cultivator
Milking
In the morning the cows should he driven
around the yard before milking ; they
1 will yield more for the exercise.?
: We seldom hire a good milker. Females
1 are better than men, they have more pa!
tienee. A gooJ milker will obtain one
quart more cream tnan one that milks
' slowly. We have often proved this: we
' hired one summer a man frain Ncwillamp
shire who had managed a fariif sevcra
[ years. He was clever but extremely
j moderate ; we then had four cows in milk
1 | and discovered our slow milker was fast
' I drying up our cows; we concluded to give
j htm our aid and let him milk only two; oi:
the first trial he obtained the quantity
' that we did. In one week we obtained
1 one quart more than he at inilkink; he suit
! his cows were not equal to ours, we then
f I shiffedand obtained within nine days more
1 milk from his cows than he did from ours,
' This was wholly to be ascribed to his mod
r *~ ?- 1-.,. 1ff nrmn ill if-p ud.
| cruic uini\i!i^, mi iiv/ ivu uvuv ... T
5 der.?Boston Cultivator.
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. j REPORTING EXPERIMENTS WITH ARTI
1 FICIAL MANURES.
' From >lie Hrilish Fanners Magi zinc.
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|l In all oar agricultural publications now
r i issuingfrom the press we see many acount*
J expcrments made for a.scrtaining the
. j value of certain substauccs recommended
i as manures either for top-dressing 01
. i p'oughing in. Sonic of these accounts
f arc elaborately and no doubt faithfully
i j wrtten ; and some times favourable, or, as
[ j it may happen, unfovorable. Sometimes
. too, we are told of the same material hav.
f; ing a countrary effects on land of precielv
5 j the same chasacter especially if situutec
: ! in distant parts of the kingdom. Now
i i the discrepancies may often arise from ig.
i j norance, want of consideration of the pe
L j culiar effect or action of the material cut
i ployed.
> Besides the various substances which
have been used for manures from time
r immemorial there arc others chiefly inin
. crals which arc brought into use with vari
; ous success. The reports of such trials art
not always uniform4 and defective is so fai
t | as the charccter of the wether or seasor
, j following the hpplecation is omitted to be
! stated. In my own practices I have used
! sonf extensively for ton-dressing wiicat
; and have harrowed and rolled it in? hut il
J a drv spring and summer followed the soot
i j was of no service. I have used chalk and
j lime as dressing lor light gravelly land; but
i j if wet season succeedad little or no inline.
I ate effect was observable. The same result
i followed the application of salt, on the
, same discription of land under the like
> circumstances of season. The reason for
! the non-efficiency af these three last lia:
ined substauccs was perfectly obvious : all
> three are ready ahsorbants of water from
. the air and in a dry season are eniinetly use
. ful to growing crops; where as in a show>
cry time, the crops need no such assistance.
; Saltpeter and nitra of soda are at pret
sent fashionable top-dressing ; and those
> best acquainted with those substances
> aflirmed that they are often injudiciously
. used. On wet tenacious land never they car
. be so efficacious as on dry sandy orgraveih
, soils; nor in wet seasons so much as they
| certainly must he in dry, If I be noi
i misiaken in attributing to tliern such ef
. ..-ill olu-fn-j ho r-nnsidorod n<
| 1CV19 UK V U ill u? ?? u T " ?/v w..
doubtful fertilizers; because they must Ik
used before it can be ascertained except
by conjecture what sort cf season is tc
follow.
Mr. Cuthburt Johnson observes that
"the agricultural uses of saltpeter have
not been examined so carefully or generally
as they ought to have been and (?.
ivimberly, Esq. of Trotsworth, "regretsthatithas
been hastily adopted without rc
ferccncerin many cases, to season, soil, 01
quantityand as a few fortunate experiment
have started into a fashion the use of
thosearticlcs so oik? or two unseasonable 01
improper applications have at once condemned
them to neglect and oblivion."
c?
Such reports show decidedly toknwnccessarv
it is to corroctlv the effects of those
artificial manures ; whether as the food ol
plants improvers of the slaple ; whether
I as exciters of vegitation or solvents of
nutritive matters already in th? sod: and
also under what circumstancas of weather
or season thev are most active or altogether
neutral- These are questions for the
agricultural chemist to prosccnte; so that
no farmer need work on this twlight or be
tr* rl/-wiik+ i?rtn nnrnin'f ftimpf pfTp/'fj
Ill Wil vvi V?4V V.?* ?V?
of any manure which comes recommended
from competent authorities.
And in all future reports of experiments
! made with any of those uncommon articles
of manure, the reporter should not omit
to stale what kind of weather has prevailed
during the experiments ; for the effects, especially
of saline substanccn, ere very
much determined by the state of the weather.
J. Maix.
[Our respected corespondent is right.?
Much of the success or otherwise of these
and many other manures we could name
must depend on peculiar circumstances of
soil and^season. We have heard saltpeter
abused one year and highly extoled in
the other; although tried on the same soil,
thcsamediscription of crop and by the same
person.?Ed. j
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and comfort by the ploughman, and that
! i each when left to itself holds on in its
proper position and course, where the sod
is uniform and free from stones. They
agreed, also, that the form and position
' of the beam-handle of Messrs Rugglcs,
I Nourse &. Mason's plough is such that the
, ploughman cannot walk in the furrow er.
ect and comfortably when the plough is in
. a position to make good work. They think j
. toe, that this plough when left to itself
tends to narrow the furrow slice and
i run out; and therefore that a constant,
- though slight, effort on the part of the
" ploughman, is required to keep it in its j
' place. It is true, however, that in the !
3 hands af a skillful holder, this instrument,
in shallow and flat ploughing, makes as
| handsome work as any that we have seen, j
I Bat where all make work lurndsome en- J
oughy those must be considered best which
make the smallest draft upon the strength
of the team and the skill and comfort of
| the ploughman.
The power required to turn over a give
At. I? _ u ?
I veil quaillliy OI t'iirin oy a |?iuii^w, la a
very important consideration. This pow
er can be measured with great accuracy ;
greater than many of the committee had
supposed before they witnessed the opera
tion. Tiie Dynamoter, inserted between
the plough.beam and the chain, measures
1 with great accuracy the strength exerted
by the team. Suppose the strength applied
l>o the same that would be required
to raise 336 lbs. over a single pulley ;
suppose also that the depth of the1
, furrow is 1G 2 inches and the width
13 inches. Multiply 13 by 61-2
and you have 84 with a fraction. Now
i if 33* lbs of power will take up and turn
over 84 inches of earth, then 112 lbs. will
turn 28 Inches. Tried in this way, the
I ploughs exhibited showed the following'
? lesuits. Tiie power in each case is 112
s | lbs.
First Ploughs for lapping furrows.
By Charles Howard, (
Ilingham, 2D 1-2 inches.
? By Ruggles, Noursc &
Mason, Worcester, 24 "
Bv John Wilson, I)eer"ell,
21-12 "
Bv Steven's plough, Bar.
"ct, Vt. 20 44
By James Stewart, W.
t Newbury, 44
(Scotch Plough,) 10 1-2 44
" By Cornelius Bergen,
Brooklyn, N. Y. 18 t4
By Baniaby & Moores
Iiliicn, N. Y., 17 3-4 44
. By E. G. Whiting, Rochester,
N. Y. 18 " I
For Flat Furrows.
! By Prouty iSi Mears,
Bos; on, 27 1-2 inches,
j By Charles Howard,
j ilingham, 25 44
i By Buggies, Noursc 6c
n nr 1._ m ..
| mason, *?orcesier,
By Barnaby So Moorcs,
Ithica, N. Y. 191-2 "
By E. G. Whiting, Rochester,
N.York, 11 "
Another plough by Prouty
& Mears, 2G " '
? "Charles How- - \
anh 25 "
The above table, containing results ar|
rived at, not by estimation, but by measurement,
is given to the public, in the full
belief that it will be acceptable to all farmers
who may read it, and that it will be
useful to many manufacturers of ploughs ;
for here are exhibited some remarkable
ond highly important facts. Taking the
axlremes, wc find 112 lbs. power applied
to one of Howard's ploughs turning over
291-2 inches of earth, while the same power
ot one of Mr. Whiting's ploughs will ,
I FREMIU3I PLOUGHS.
The Massachusetts Society for the promotion
of agriculture, in its list of premiums
offered $100 for the best Plough constructed
to turn the sod flat, and $74 for
the best Plough that would turn the sod
edcicays.
At the Fair held 13th ult. the former
premium was awarded to Messrs. Prout
Mears, the latter to M. C. Howard.
| The tests by which the decision was made
; were the comparative smoothness and cv!
cjiness of the work, and the case to the
i teams, and operator, with which tliat was
j accomplished. Shewing the efforts to at|
tain exactness in the trial, we make two
short extracts from the published Report
j cf the committee.
" The first operation was to run furrows
| so that wc might have narrow lands of
!1 about five rods in length. Then ilflf-CD
j ploughs were brought on and used succcs1
sively. Each competitor was allowed to
5 furnish his own ploughman; to make his
furrow of whatever depth and width he
. chose, and thus ;o give us his own specimen
of the work of his own instrument.
, j Each was allowed to turn several contigu|
ou.s furrows. The Dynamometer, ornie- [
r j J '
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, ! usurer of the power required to draw u.e
, ! plough, was applied to each, through two
r j or more furrows.' This power was noted
I j down ; the depth and width of these furI
rows were measured,* and our eyes scan1
ned the work of each. Ahouf five hours
2 were consumed in the trial thus fur.
After having taken some refreshments,
1 several members of the committee, whose
' hands were not entire strangers to the
plough handle, went to the field and severally
tried such of the ploughs as either
of them was disposed to follow.?
On the following day, also, theyhcld
r several of the ploughs; and they all
1 agreed in the opinion that the ploughs of
2 Mr. Howard and those of Messrs. Prouty
I ! At Al nrc. are managed with great case
turn only 14 inches?a difference of more I su
than 100 per cent. The structure of the j tii
plough, therefore must be an important j tii
matter to the farmer's cattle ; and the j pe
committee think they may add, that the 1 w
excellence of the work performed with the [
plough was, with few exceptions, in the ; m
direct ratio of the ease of draft. Had our ; pi
cattle the gift of speech, their proverbial; st
patience would hardly hold them back ! te
from saying to their owners?" Pay more j gr
attention to the structure of the plough." ! I ]
The committee cannot forbear to call w
the attention of farmers to the vast differ, jx
cnce in the power required to move ploughs t\
which are all doubtless considered excel- ei
lent in these sections or the country from w
which they were brought. Ploughs were \ I
exhibited from places hundreds of miles j ni
distant from each other, and all subjected 11
to th sam c test?a test as accurate as 1 cl
SCaSs figures make ; and it is appa- ! G1
rent thai ilje which one yoke of oxen j sa
can perform easily at ori? plough will re- j I
quire two yoke at another, farmers usu-1 tc
ally and properly judge by comparison, J hi
and when holding the best plough they j ni
have ever seen, suppose it the best in the i c(
world. We request them to weigh well ; a;
such facts as are detailed in this request, n]
and to estimate the profit of saving one j ti
half, or even one eighth of their team la- j |c
bor. A saving of even more than one half !
is possible by the farmer of some sections j
of the countrv." j?
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Value of Ashes.
Professor Jackson, in cneofhis lectur- ^
es in Boston, in illustrating the manner in !
which soils might be rendered fertile, said ?
that?"a farm within his knowledge ~
which was a blowing sand, a pine barren, 11
and almost hopeless, on which ten bushels t
of corn to an acre could scarcely be grown, j p
by the judicious application of ashes, had ! h
been made the produce forty or fifty bush- ! b
els to the acre." We do not question the
correctness of J)r. Jackson's statements. ! I
Our observation has convinced us that on n
sandy soils, with the exception of clay a
marl, there is nothing more beneficial in o
the .application to such soils, than ashes ; it
and very fortunate, unless uncommon si
qnantities of acid exists in soils, leached ii
j ashes are beneficial as unleached ones, c
j Ashes do what litne cannot; they render t<
the soil more tenacious of moisture, and c
and although their action is not as prompt c
or cfiicicnt on cold sour soils, they are for c
the reason assigned, considered as valua- j u
blc on light sandy ones. Of this fact the fi
farmers on the light soils of Long Island c
and New Jersey, are well aware, and in ; i|
the gathering ana application ui osuw, u
find a certain source of profit. h
Kentucky Farmer. I
a -= I
common habits destructive of health, t!
| [The following article we take from |<
the "Health Journal," a neat little semi- p
! monthly periodical published at Worces- | li
tor Mass. and edited by a lady. Price
| #1 per volume of 150 pages.] s
statement by the editor. 1
We have again and again urged upon
our friends to send us facts. We know .
they have them. Put with many it is an J ^
event to write for a paper, and others per- j
mit their multitudinous engagements to j p
hinder this labor of love. We have there- | ^
fore come to the conclusion to give our j v
own experience. Wc shall speak in the a
first person singular?a style, by the way, j (
all editors ought to adopt, which we should I ii
| use only we dislike to be awkwardly sin- f
gular. f
My father was a man of strong consti- h
tution, active habits, and pretty good s
health. My mother seldom enjoyed a
j much health. An unfortunate circum- .v
stance occurred in my early infancy.?
My mother had a fever known by the ^
, name of the " spotted fever," which pre- j ^
vailed much at that time. I was conse- | r
quently deprived of that nourishment so I n
desirable to the infant. Were not the
general habits of mothers so unfriendly to v
health, the practice of "bringing up chil- p
dren by hand," as it is called, would be J?
* i - ?i ait:*.k i i.
mucn more 10 ue rcgreueu. *? uu mc ?
I present habits of mothers, the nourish- d
i ment which the infant receives from its a
I mother's breast is of a character to dis- 8
ease the child and render it any thing but *
comfortable to itself and its friends. I
i G
was nearly killed with laudanum in the
first months of my existence, given to ease
pain induced by wrong habits. I was fed q
immoderately, a practice that has destroyed
many infants. Though I possess- f]
ed strength of constitution enough to live, q
| I was always a very feeble child. My | g
parents were luxurious livers, and drank a j v
great deal of strong green tea. My food j n
and drink were consequently very im- ! 1
proper. I hardly knew any thing of]h
health in my early years. My mother P
unhappily had an idea that little girls
should be little tro/nen. Exercise in the s
open air, and the healthful sports of 0
children, she considered romping, and
very improper. Iiencc I was kept within
doors busily employed knitting, sew.
ing and studying. 1 had little benefit of V
fresh air, being much ol the year confined if
six hours a day to a crowded school-room. ?
The scats of the school houses then were
exceedingly uncomfortable, and many be- ''
sides myself were doubtless permanently J3
injured by being closely confined to them. ^
Being so much confined in my early
years, and not allowed the company of
children, I contracted a great fondness 0|
for bocks, and was almost continually lc
poring over them. Works of fiction of a ai
very exciting character were abundantly T
thrown in my way, and from the age of tc
seven to fourteen years, I lived in almost ta
constant excitement. At fourteen, I was ia
thought to be irrecoverably gone in con
mption. Still I studied on; but at this
lie I gave hp the reading of fiction en clv.
My health somewhat imj roved,
irhaps from the use of the shower bath,
hicli I commenced about this time.
Till the age ofeighteen, I studied alost
incessantly. Astronomy, philosojy,
and chemistry, were my favorite
udies. I supported a miserable exisncc
through these four years, and it was
eatly to the surprise of my friends that J
[ived at all. My general habits were all j
rong, but excessive mental labor was I
irhaps my greatest sin for the first twen. !
-one years of my life. When about |
ghtecn years of ago, I commenced ;
riting poetry and tales for the papers.? j
studied and wrote a great deal in the :
ght. To support this unnatural labor
took a great deal of strong tea. I often
lewed tea, a handful at a time. My food, j
ijcctionable as it was, could hardly be j
iid to injure mc, as I took next to none. ;
literally lived upon the excitement of
a and snuff?yes, loathsome as is the
ibit, I took snuff for seven years. My
Ejrvous system became so diseased by my j
mstant study and continual use of snull'l
ad tea, together with my late hours, that !
ty sufferings were at times so excrucia-1
ng that I could find no relief but in swal wing
large doses of opium. Some may
iv " this is too bad?I would r.ot confess
jchsins." Let me tell such that I was
r no rant. I made an honest profession
f religion when fourteen or fifteen years
f age, and never dreamed it was wrong
) take snutf, tea, or opium, although I
ft^n f?>lt afraid thev were killing me.
0 it is with thousands who are going on
1 wrong habits. They are ignorant?
!ould I at that time have seen such a pacras
the Health Journal, my course, I j
ave nodohbt, would have been essentia]-1
/ different."
At the age of twenty-one, I married.? |
had previously commenced the stndy of
icdical works. I continued to study,
nd about this time mostly left otf the use
fsnuffand tea. I had all along thought i
; impossible to give up snuff. I most i
incerely pity any one who uses tobacco
1 any form. It requires great moral I
ourage to break the spell that binds one
3 the loathsome indulgence, llut people
an never he justified in committing suiide.
After leaving the use of tea, I benine
enslaved by coffee, and almost lived
pon it. This injured me greatly, and I
inally abandoned it because 1 found I
ould not perform my duties as a teacher
fl continued its use. I had great weokicss,
tjembling, and palpitation of the
cart, in consequence of taking cotfee.?
had made my other habits so correct that
found I must attribute these troubles to
he coffee, and they all left me when I
3ft the poisonous beverage. I now* took
lain food most of the time, but often tr>ok
unchcons of confectionary fruit, &c.?
hill my health was quite tolerable. I
cldom ate flesh?not oftcner, perhaps,
han once a week.
the royal stud.
It is not generally knaw n that a chesuit
barb of extraordinary beauty has been
ecentlv imported from Tripoli, for the csiccial
use, and as the private property, of
tcr majesty. Even in Barbary this horse
vas remarkable for its symmetry of form,
nd bore, in Arabic, the name of Beauty.
torios. I ho Einneror of Morrocro mnv be
magined to be no mean judge of horselesh
; and, (it is a fact that we can vouch
or,) so desirous was lie to possess it, that
ic otfered for it the weight it might he
C ~
trong enough to carry, in dollars! But
n English gentleman then at Tripoli, arareof
its value, had determined on obtaintig
it for her Majesty : he did so, though
rith difficulty?for lib competitor was a
lovereign. It was duly trained and forwarded
to England, and the subsequent
eccmpenco has, as may be inferred, been
mplc.
Mr. Cunningham, ofSt. Martin's-placc,
who is about to publish (bv permission) the
ortraits of the Arabians belonging to the
loyal Stud, with a memoir of each, has faored
us with a private view of the first four
esigns, to be given to the public in about
fortnight, and we can vouch for the sinular
beauty of the drawings and coloring,
'he former is in slight lithography, and
he latter is so managed as to give ail the
fleet, even to the closest scrutiny, of paining
in water colors.
The remaining portraits comprise?2.
I'ne Grey Arab, sent to her Majesty by
he Imaum of Muscat; in admeasurement
lie most perfect animal in the world. J3.
'he Bay Arab, lately imported from Benal,
neglected during the passage, and of
cry inferior appearance on its arrival, but
ow a beautiful specimen of its class. 4.
'he Chesnut and While Arabian, sent to
er Majesty by the Imaum of Muscat?a
owerful and splendid creature.
In our future notices of this subject we
!iall enter much more into detail. It is
ne in which our nationality, and even
alriotisin, are immediately concerned, j
Court Journal.
Public Buildings.?The new edifices at
Washington, for ditfen nt departsroen's of
iv government are planned for convenience
nd safely, and when completed, will coni
u'e ndditiornl ornaments to the capital of .
le United Stales. The Tcnsury budding,
f freestone, is about three hundred feet in
ngth with a wing in the rear 11)0 Ice I long,
has a superb colonode in Iront, "ompris-!
ig 32 gigan ic pillars. The corridors (or
ussages) are paved with beautiful squares
f variegated marble ; and its several ? xtnsiveJ
flights of stairs, banging as if in
re constructed fiorn the finest marble,
'lie new Patent Office.just being completd,
is also a superb pile of architectural
iste and skill. It is built of a like materIs
with the Treasury department; is a>ut
260 feet in length and 70 in width.
The second story consists of one room,
250 by 70 feet, canopied and surrounded
by magnificent arches and alcoves, is designed
as the future depository of patents.
In the story immediately below, the west
halfconsists of one room about 125 feet in
length, superbly arched and decorated
with beautiful pillars. This apartment is
now fitted lip with splendid cases, of huge
ritnersioi s, and filled with specimens of
articles patented. The east end of this
story consists of two rows of elegant apartments
for the Commissioner of Patents
and his clerks, separated by a corridor of
20 feet in width. >
The ( Jeneral Post office is a marble
slrncturc 200 feet long, with two wings,
and is to be threes tories high. It is designed
when completed, to accommodate
the Postmaster (ieneral and about 100
clerks. It will be, it is said, the handsomest
edifice-in the Union. It will be decorated
in front and at the ends with fluted marble
columns which arc exceedingly graceful.
It is supposed that the building will not be
completed under one or two years more.
CETERAW GAZETTE.
WEDN ESDAY, NOVEMBER 25.
* 'j
Southern Magizinr and Monthly
Review.?We have received the first
number of a periodical with this title,
published in Petersburg, Va. and edited
by Edmund Rulfin, Esq. It is to embrace
two principal departments; one
consisting of original articles on the plau
of the Quarterly Reviews of Great Britain
and the U. States;?the other of articles
original and selected, designed aa
well for amusement as instruction.
The political object of the work, according
to the Prospectus, will be to restrain
the action of the Federal Govern,
merit within its strict constitutional limits,
without rcg .rd to party politics.
The ability and judgment with which
t the editor conducts the "Farmers' Regisi
ter" arc proof of his qualification for the
task which he has now undertaken. The
I lnri/lf n/? nfh/il/\o in t l?n nnm Kor lvk(*A1?A > HQ
IUtiUlU?? ill 111 111V, I1UIIIUV1 MV1VIV '?'?
I are, on the Relations of the Aucieut
World; on the changes which have been
stealthily effected in the Federal Ciovcrninentsince
the adoption of the constitution;
and on Ranks and Ranking. The
; two last are all that we have had time to
read, and we wish they were read by every
citizen of the country; especially the one
on the changes in the Government, which
' is entitled " Revolution in Disguise." ^1...
though the writer falls into some errors,
his article abounds in important truths
[ which no lover of our republican institiu
tionscan contemplate with indifference.
Persons who wish to see a specimen
number of the Magazine, can do so by cal- ,
ling at our cilice.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. '
Mississippi.?The Vicksburg Whig of
the 11th says that the Majority for Harrison
in 48 counties is 3,179.
f Alabama.?The Huntsville Advertiser
(of 11th says that the Harrison majority
j in South Alabama is at least 7000. The
! Alabama Times makes the same stateinent.
Gcokgia.?The majority of the high- '
est on the Whig ticket over the highest
on the Administration ticket 8,360.? ^
Difference between the lowest on the
j tickets, 8,300.
Nkw Yokk.?Tlic official returns give
li e Whig electors a majority of 13,303.
i The majority for Seward, the Whig candidate
for Governor is 5,536. Local questions
affected his election.
Oiiio.?In this state the Whig majority
is 23,375.
Illinois.?Seventy eight counties of
this state hr ard from, give the Whigs a
majority of 325. Nine counties to be
heard ft tin, in which the Democrats had
, a large majority at the Slate election.?
I The Whigs gained more than 6,000 since
the state election ; but they were 6,744 t
txdiind at that time.
Massachusetts.?Harrison majority
18,331.
Louisiana.?This state has given a
majority of 2,651 for Harrison.
Indiana has given a majority of 16,773
for Harrison.
Tennessee.?Fifty four counties of
this state heard from, give the Harrison
I ticket a majority of 13,017. In the same
counties, the Whig majority at the statq
elect ion last year Mas only 69. v ....
Kentucky.?The Whig majority in .' *
this state is 23,395.
Vitcima.?(Complete returns not yet
: received from this state. The Adminis^
tration majority probably from 1400 to
1700.
North Carolina.?In this state theWhigs
have a majority of 12,679 id 51 '
counties, being a gain of3,518 since theAugust
election. Fifteen counties to beheard
from which gave the Administration
ticket a majority of 186 in August
The Legislature of North Carolina
met on Monday the 17th. but the mes
sage of the Governor has not yet come
thus far. In the Senate Col, A. Jpyjier
was re-elccted Speaker, and in the House-.
! Wm. A. Graham 01 urangc was ^iecieu~\
| We see no names mentioned in tbe pa^^ ^
pers for U. S. Senators in place Of ~
Si range and Brown resigned. FrtftMthe'' 7
report of tho Treasurer it appears thj$
revenue from all sources during (tie- past
year was $216,931 30, and the eifetMU '
tures $281,556 53. . ^
rl'hc additions to the. Literary
of the state and the income.
amounted to $360,535. -