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From the Farmers' Register.
JAMES RIVER WATER BORNE MARL, AND
ITS EXPENSE. LIME AND CEMENT FROM
STONE MARL.
At various places in our publications,
and still more in private conversations,
we have recommended and urged the use
of water-borne marl to all those farmers
on ^navigable waters who had not marl
easily accessible on their own lands. Our
arguments to this end, and estimates of
advantages, have as yet had but very limited
operation, not because they were
not convincing to many, and who would
gladly have incurred the proper expense,
but because, to effect the object, required
the co-operation of three different classes
of operators. These were, 1st, the proprietor
and worker of the marl beds, to
sell, dig, and deliver the marl to lighters,
or other vessels; 2d, watermen and owners
of vessels to transport the marl; and
3d, purchasers upon fixed and large contracts,
90 a9 to furnish that regular and
full employment which only could make
ail parts of the business (as of any other
business.) both cheap in operation and
profitable in results. Man v persons were,
and still are, anxious to b iv marl?but
9 *
few proprietors of the beds cared to work
them on a proper mode for cheap deliv
ery?and still worse was the chance to
obtain water transportation to be properly
and certainly performed, and at other
than exorbitant rates. But notwithstanding
all the difficulties, we succeeded <ts
early as 1833 in inducing Col. C. H.
Minge, then residing in Charles City
county, to commence marling his farm
in that county from the bed which underlies
Coggins Point, of which we gave to
him (and also to others afterwards) the
gratuitous use. Col. Minge proceeded
on the proper mode for cheapness, by
purchasing a vessel, and having the transportation
carried on by his own hired
hands. But though thus avoiding the
exorbitant charges and unfaithful operations
of lighter-men, he had to hear all
the disadvantages and losses of carrying
on all the separate branches of the business,
generally out of the reach of his suw
pervisioa, and by the aid of ignorant and
inexpencnceu uanus?? auu, nn'icuyn, under
other peculiar disadvantages, unnecessary
to repeat here, but which may be
seen, as slightly and generally referred to,
in the report published at page 97 of * Essay
on Calcareous Manures.' Still, un.
der all such disadvantages, (which we
uppose must have served to increase the
cost fully one-third,) Col. Minge continued
his operations through two years, and,
according to careful and particular estimates
of all the items, he lound the total
expense of the uncovering and digging
the marl, putting it on board, transporting
it 15 miles on and across the broad part of
James River, and landing it above highwater
mark, to be, for 15.000 bushels
(leaped) conveyed in 1833, not quite 2
cents the bushel, (1 14-15 cents was the
estimate,) and 17,000 bushels the next
year, only 1 6-16 cents per bushel. This
does not include any payments for the
marl, as he was charged nothing for it.??
Hut if half a cent the bushel be allowed
for that (which is enough.) his marl of the
second year would still have cost him
but little more than 2 cents when put out
on his landing place.
But of the many who want to buy
marl, and who wuold very gladlv pay 3
cents, (and who in fact have paid 4 to 5
cents, or more,) none have been willing
to undertake to be their own carriers.
And while they have paid mo e than
Iwice the amount of fair prices for light ering,
the persons engaged in that business
have made but little profit, owing to
the ignorance, laziness, and worlhlessness
.of most ot the hireling hands wno man
the river lighters. Mr. Hill Carter, of
Shirlev, next to Col. Minge. was the earliest
and has been the most extensive applier
of water-borne marl on the borders
of James River. But though he likewise
obtained his earlv supplies gratuitously,
(paying only for the labor performed,) he
has never been able to have marl put on
his shore at less than 4 1-4 cents; and
yet, nfter seeing the effects of his early
applications, he was so anxious to extend
it to all His land, that he requested and
authorized us to contract with any responsible
person to furnish him marl
enough, and regularly, at 5 cents per bushel.
We were unable, at that time, to induce
any proper person to undertake that
large contract, and therefore it was not
effected ; though we were as well persuadfd
then as now, that even at 2 cents
? '.i r* . a .
less, a pood and sufficient profit would
have been afforded to the other party.
Under this opinion we rather discouraged
the paying the high prices then asked,
and advised several persons who would
otherwise have bought, to wait for more
moderate terms?or, still better, to become
their own carriers. But to this i
time, the price has been very little re- ,
dueed, 4 cents being the lowest yet paid, |
under the most favorable circumstances, |
and large quantities of marl have been ,
j bought and used, at such high prices,
though not one-twentieth of what might |
otherwise have been demanded, at fair
I
prices.
During all this time, we refrained from 1
offering to furnish marl from our beds, 1
except by gift?and that for several rea- 5
sons. In the first place, we.did not choose <
that our urgent recommendations to others
to purchase and use wator-borne marl I
should, even by possibility, subject us to the
suspicion of being impelled thereto by |
the desire of making a pecuniary profit i
bv the business?and therefore, we pre- <
ferred that others should be undertakers I
of the business. Next, our own marl, ]
on navigable water, though very rich, j
is peculiarly difficult to uncover and work, <
" i? 1? ?!.. r?_
and inereiore cannoi uo an uuc?piy iui>
nished (to the bushel) as from many oth- i
er more easily accessible beds. But, af- j
ter leaving it to others for 8 years to com. i
mence this business, and carry it on, and
with very little effect, either in reducing ]
prices, or furnishing a regular and sufficient
supply at any prices, we presume
that ice may now make the attempt to
furnish a better and cheaper supply, with- j
out drawing suspicion on our motives in \
recommendations made, and opinions ex- c
pressed, so long ago. According to the I
advertisement published on the cover of <
this number, it will be seen that the marl t
of Coggins Point is offered to be put on f
board lighters at 2 cents the heaped bush- i
el; or at 11-2 cents, if on contracts for s
30.000 bushels or more. If purchasers *
will furnish their own lighters and hands, t
the transportation and landing of the marl c
within 15 miles distance, may be performed
for one cent more; and even to
hired vessels, regularly employed, 1 1-2 ^
cents would furnish a sufficient profit?
there being a proper wharf or stage at the
landing place, and the marl being taken
by the purchaser from the deck of the c
vessel. But no lighter-men will engage f
at this price for freight?and few can be ?
relied on for regular work at even their f
own higher prices. Therefore, if this <
business is to be put on the cheapest and s
most profitable footing, (and which cannot ^
be except as a large and regular business,) ^
the purchasers of the marl must provide
and man their own lighters. If that were 8
done, and proper arrangements made, c
these terms for large contracts would per- f
mit the rnari to be carried to distances 1
within 15 miles, for 2 1-2 to 3 cents the r
bushel, and 40 or 50 miles for 4 cents. 1
- - 0 ?
Bat, to effect this unprecedented (and t
heretofore almost unhoped for) degree of |
cheapness, it will he essential that pur- j
chasers and land-owners shall operate on t
a large scale, nnd to the best advantage j
in economizing labor, as well as the workcrs
of the beds, and shippers of the marl.
The lime-stone (as it may bo truly
termed, in regard to its calcareous constitution.)
which is furnished by this same i
bed of marl, is another object of high im- *
portance, for cemeDt; and if, as we pre- '
sunie, as rich stone-marl may be found '
in many other places in Virginia, we I
might not only be furnished at home with 1
all the lime required for building, but at a f
much less price than is paid, to an I
immense amount annually, for the stone- <
lime of New England, Directed merely t
by our knowledge of its chemical consti- (
tution, we hi.rnt this limn and used it for t
our own buildings, eight to ten years ago. J
Having since sold the farm, Shellbanks, ^
in Prince George county, we had not seen
the mortar used there, for six years, until
a few days ago. The plastering, of the I
dwelling house, which was altogether of 1
this lime, is unusually firm, and has stood 1
better, as Mr. Theron Gee, the present '
proprietor thinks, than any plastering he :
has ever known made of other lime. A
small part of the brick-work only, for experiment
and comparison, was built with
mortar made of this lime, in proportions ,
of two measures of sand to one of lime.
The mortar is of remarkable and very unusual
hardness, and adhesiveness to the
bricks, and very far harder, nnd far better
in all respects, than the best oyster
shell lime mortar, burnt at the same time,
and used on the same day with the lime
mortar, and bv the same workmen, and
* *? ? ?'> In fanf iKa mnrl limo
Ill lilt? frame JlJUi XII tav^i) mv UIUII'IIIIIU
mortar is so greatly and strikingly superior,
that no observer can doubt but that
its value as a cement is increased by some
or all the other ingredients which it contains
besides the 85 to 90 per cent, of
pure carbonate of lime. The remainder
of its body is principally silex and-clay?
but is partly made up by small portions
of iron, of gypsum, and of some other
and more soluble salt. The cement is
now much harder than rhe bricks which
it unites, or than the stone from which it
was burnt. And though we do not know
the strength or value of any other bodies
of marl than our own, and do not profess
to warrant the fair selection of specimens
from any other, (and which selection requires
much more care and fidelity than
are usually given to the object,) we doubt
. v<) t 1
not but that there is much good material t
of this kind for mortar, in sundry other b
marl bods, which it would be greatly for p
the public benefit, as well as for private h
profit, to have brought into use. v
We take this mode of again inviting r|
the farmers on the tide water who want ^
marl, to take the proper course (by build- y
ing navigating lighters for themselves,) p
to make their supply cheap?and there- a
by to serve the public interests us well as a
their own hy extending the use of this tj
greatest of agricultural improvers. At a r.
small addition to the prices stated above, y
the marl could be put on board of sea
coasting vessels, and almost as low, as
they .'0 netiines ha\e to pay f>r ballast;
so that in this manner it might be deliv- a
cred in places even as remote as New u
Vork or Charleston, at 6 to 8 cents the p
bushel.
Those persons who may wish to be more 11
particularly or fully informed of the prnc- ^
tical effects and profits of the marl from n
Coggins Point, are referred to Hill Car- d
ter, esq., of Shirley, Col. Collier H. a
Minge, (now in Jlohile.) and L)r. John ?
Minge of Weyahoke. And besides vari. I
dus notices of our own, which of course ?
we would not auduco as testimony in o
juch a case, statements of some of the ef- n
fects known by the gentlemen just named, p
may be seen at pages 183. 189, 247 and ?
jll of vol. 5, Farmers' Register.?Ed. ii
Far. Reo.
ti
Black Sea Wheat. o
The late importation made hy the Ken- ii
aebee County Agricultural Society of s
vheat from the Black Sea, seems to be a s
liflferent variety from any that we have d
lad ip this vicinity before. We examiu- n
k! a field of it belonging to Major Wood, c
he other day, which looks exceedingly v
iromismg. The straw is stout and strong, s
laving larger joints than any we have t
een. The head of medium length and t
veil packed. The true results will soon g
le known in regard to it; and we have no t
loubt they will prove highly favorable. p
Main Farmsr. tl
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From the S. C. Temperance Advocate. (|
turnips. tl
RobertviUe, July 19, 1841. n
Dear Sir: As I deem it the duty of ti
ivery good citizen, who wishes well to the g
>ub!ic generally, to publish the result of h
iny experiment, which would be bene- o
iciul to the agricultural interests of our w
State; and so few know how to plant, c
ind make large turnips, which forms a o
raluable part of the crop of every planter g
>eing so useful to feed the cows, sheep, f
md even horses, I will submit to your k
mnsideration, and if you think it worthy ?
o your publication, the following, which o
s strictly true, and may be proved by c
nany living witnesses. Some years ago, ti
[ do not recollect the,year, (hut it was t!
hat warm winter when so manyvpersons a
ost their bacon from warm weather,) 1 a
)lanted two acres of turnips, as I gener- s
illy do, for I depend greatly upon my o
urnips, for my oxen and sheep ; the first ?
;ame up pretty well, being planted in v
\ugust, but the last, not planted until the t
uiddle of September, were very much p
scattered over the field. There were in e
some places, but one or two in several li
eet of each other. Well thought I, I have r
ost my turnips. I knew not what to do; t
jut having nothing else to depend upon, h
[ had them worked as usual, and the fall o
md winter being warm, the turnips grew ?
inely, and grew to be very large. 1 saw t
>ne of my negroes, carrying one to eat, e
md took it away; it had been thrown v
>ver to the oxen, and the top and tap p
oot had been eaten off; it was a flattur- u
flip, and measured three feet in circum- a
ercnce, and notwithstanding the top and t
:ap root were off, it weighed thirteen p
rounds. This was not the only large one, a
ilthough the largest which I saw. The '1
fame of my turnips spread far and near; t
a great many persons came to see them, i
and all bespoke seed for the next year; c
it was the common rough turnip, which s
I had always generally planted; but c
while my turnips, before this year, and t
even those planted in August, were gen- t
enilly as large as my wrist, though some I
not larger than mv thumb, vet here the I
the turnips were generally, as large as t
my thigh, and I don't think there was 1
one that would not have weighed five I
pounds, unless it was where they had s
come up well and good, as I had thought, ?
two or three in a lull, where they were I
as small as any of my August turnips, or 1
any I had ever made ; there were not '
many, however, which were so' thick, and I
consequently, so small. Before this, 1 '
took as much pains in preparing my turnip
land, as I would in preparing a garden
and had my turnips, 3, 4 or 5 inches
apart, on the beds, so I made sinatl tur- ,
nips ; but since then, I have ploughed ;
my land, cleared it of all grass and weeds.
made small beds 2 1-2 feet apart, and ;
left the turnips, twelve, fourteen, fifteen
or sixieen inches on the beds. Turnips, ,
like every thing else, must have room^o
grow well and large, if I wanted to makft
turnips again, as large as these I hav?
mentioned above. I would have my beds ,
three feet apart, and have the turnips
wo feet on the beds. I write you this, <
iecau.se I believe that there are very few
ersons, who know how to make turnips, i
>elieving too, that the public generally,
/ill be benefitted by this, as I had thought
ny failure, to in ike a good turnip crop, i
Vhen I shall be able to plant turnips this
ear, I am not able now to tell,?
or we have had no rain, and but one of 1
ny coasequenee, since the 31st of May,
nd corn, potatoes, mellons, and even
he oak trees are drying up, for want of i
ain. With this, I subscribe mvself,
ours, (Sic. Jehu.
Gr vfting the Peacii With Success.
Messrs. Editors?I am not aware that J
ny process has been devised tor grafting
pon the peach stock, with any certain J
rospects of success. Experiments doubtjss
have often succeeded in rearing grafts
pon peach stocks, but more often failed. i
l gardener in my neighborhood informed
that he once grafted upon one hun.
red peach stocks and all the grafts died ]
nd most of the stocks. (He was always
uccessful in grafting upon other kinds.) (
,ast year I was^induced to investigate|the
latterwith a view to devise some means of
bviating this failure, as it is desirable in !
lany cases to graft in lieu of budding, \
ersuaded that although the discovery 1
light be of no great practical utility, yet (
; would be an interesting acquisition to <
tie sciance of arboriculture. The peach I
reeisofmore rapid growth than any of s
ur orchard trees, and frequently with us, i
i congenial soils, the first year from the |
eed, attains the hight of six feet, with j
fn>rn nn? iurh to an inch and a half i
iarneter. The circulation, of course,
lust he very active, and the sudden
heck from heading down such a tree, >
/ill, in many cases, destroy it. But
hould it live, thp flowing, as it were, by 1
he sap; that is, the sap flows so fast from
lie wounds, as to prevent the process of
ranulation, by which the coin is united
o the stock. To graduate, then the suply
of sap to the wants of the scion, is
he primary object, and the measures neessary
to secure this condition, are just
hose which tend to preserve the life of
he stock after heading down. To carry
ly purpose into effect, I proceeded conrary
to some of the ordinary rules for ,
rafting. In the middle of July, I selec2d
the scoin from thirty trees, with four
r five eyes, taking care to choose those
fhich contained laef buds. The stock
hosen, were moderately growing instead
f thrifty stocks, and were trees of the
rowth of that sgoson from the seed. Beore
heading down, I passed a long sharp
nife down entirely round the tree, and {
eve red all the lateral roots al the distance |
f three or four inches from the trunk, acording
to its growth. This done, the
rees were headed down at a point where
lie stem was just the size of the scion, or
little larger, as the scions were inserted ,
little on one side of the pith. The in- ,
ertion* were made in the ordinary way ,
f cleft grafting. The scions were then (
ecured by a narrow strip of sheet lead, ,
found spirally over the whole length of
he cleft, and a small ball of grafting clay
ut over the whole. To my gratification
very scion inserted in this way grew off
inely, and the comingseason will doubtless
nake handsome trees. I do not know
hat the lead binding or mode of insertion
3 essenl ial, and although I have tried no
ther plan, yet I presume that other methids
will answer equally well, provided
he preliminary steps are properly attendd
to. On other stocks I have grafted
yith success, with no other binding or
irotcction than the strip of lead, and have
ised lead ligatures, with great expedition (
.nd success in building. The introduc*
ion of lead ligatures was merely an ex.
teriment with a view to expedite grafting
ind budding in large nursery operations.
Thus far I am inclined to give the prefersnccs
to the old methods. When head
ng down the stocks, I took care in every
:ase to leave either one or two small shoots,
iome leaves, or several nascent buds in
>rder to continue all the functions of the
ree until union had taken place between
he scion and the stalk. As soon as the
>uds of the scion began to put forth, all be.
ow upon the stock was pruned off. When
he scions were taken from the trees, the
eaves were all removed as in building
eaving only a small portion of the foot
stalk. The clayand ligatures were renoved
in the fall when vegetation
lad deceased, and the wounds
vere all well closed. I am
lot sure that it is absolutely essential to
eave any thing growing n:i the stalk, and
egret that [ did not try some w;thout.
C'H. G. PAGE, M. D.
Washingion City, Feb., 1841.
Albany Cultivator.
WTSDIcail. ?EPART;?EST~OF
THE l^VEItSITY OF II. YORK.
HON. THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN,
Chancellor of the University,?President
of the Faculty.
VALENTINE MOTT, M. D.
Professor of the Principles and Operations
of Surgery, with Surg pal and Pathological
Anatomy.
GRANVILLE SHARP PATTISON, U
M. D. ill
Professor of General, Descriptive, und ai
Surgical Anatomy. th
JOHN REVERE, M. tt. he
Professor of the Theory and Practice of or
Medicine. *e
MARTIN PAINE, Mv D. ci
Professor of the Institutes of Medicine and
Materia Medica.
GUNNING S. BEDFORD, M. D.
Professor of Midwifery and the Diseases jj
of Women and Children.
JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER, M. D. "
Professor of Chemistry. ^
M
APPOINTMENTS PY THE PROFESSORS OF jj
SUROEKY AND ANATOMY. T
rOHN MURRAY CARNOCHAN M. D. T
Prosector to the Professor of Surgery.
JOHN H. WHITTAKER, M. D.
Demonstrator to the Professor of Anatomy. \r
??? st
The Council of the University of ff
New York, having resolved to bring into w
iffective operation all the Departments of X
the Institution over which they preside, ci
ind to realize the hopes and expectations d
)f its friends, have organized the Medical e
Faculty of the University. In announc- h
ng this fact to the public, the Faculty a
consider it their duty to enter at some ?
detail into an exposition of the Constitu- a
tion of the Medical School, and to pre?ent,
for the consideration of the Profes.
jion, certain views in reference to the ^
facilities which its establishment will af
ford for the cultivation of Medical and
Chirurgical Science. n
I. Charter of the University. t<
The Charter of Incorporation of the
University of New York secures to its n
Medical Facility, to the fullest extent, all ti
those powers, privileges, and immunities t
which the most favoured Medical Insti. v
tions in Europe or in this country enjoy, j,
* * * *
r
II. Constitution of the Medical De- a
pabtment of the university of new j
York. a
* * *
l<
It will be observed that the number of j
Medical Professorships is limited to six, t
viz: 1. Surgery, 2 Anatomy* 3. Theory a
and Practice of Physic, 4. Instututes of ^
Medicine and Materia Medica, 5. Mid.
wifery and the D:seas6s of Woman and ;
Children, 6. Chemistry. 2
As the Council, in making this arrange- c
ment, were guided by the advice of the
Faculty, it may, perhaps, be proper to r
explain to the members of the profession (
the reasons which led them to recommend t
that the Chairs should not,for the present, ^
exceed that number. s
There is no Medical Institution in the j
United States, which requires from those r
who are candidates for its Diploma more a
than three years' study, and an attend. {
a nee on two full courses of lectures; and
the fact is known to every person at all
conversant with medical education in this ^
country, that very few students attend
lectures for more than two sessions, be.
fore they come forward for graduation. *
Such being the case, the Medical Faculty 1
conceive, that te multiply professorships,
and to impose the obligation on medical t
students to attend additional lectures dur- a
ing the two sessions usually devoted by I
them to an attendance at college, so far h
from having tho effect of elevating the rj
medical education of the country, will e
have a contrary tendency. Let the ^
members of the profession recall to mind q
t Wo norirvrl r>f thoir nu/n nnnilntrn. a nri AVAn
r~i?bw> g
the most diligent and intellectual of them (
will admit, that a daily attendance on six distinct
of lect ufcs, with the necessary
attention to practical anatomy and clinic,
al lectures, taxed their mental and physic*
al powers to the utmost, and that to have
required them to attend addittonal lee- f
tures, no matter how important the sub. 1
jects, would not have promoted their im- c
provement. The great defect in our pro- t
sent system of medical education is net rj
that we do not teach a sufficient number 8
of branches in our Medical Schools, but, Q
that we do not sufficiently extend the f
term for attendance. " *
In the opinion of the Medical Faculty, ,
it is prejudicial to the interests of medical
education to imitate the Schools of Europe
in the multiplication of professorships, 8
whilst we do not imitate them in extend- c
ingthe term of medical education. In 8
Europe, where the medicaljprofessorships 1
have been increased, the studeht is required
to attend lectures for at least four t
sessions of six months each, and these g
spread over a period of four years, before i
he can come forward as a candidate for ]
graduation.* In this country we require ^
students to attend two full courses of all c
the lectures which are delivered in the f
school they may select, be they six, or ^
eight, or more. Our sessions occupy
only four months, and as already stated,
a mainrifv nf thnort whn trraduate. here, do i
30 after attending lectures during two
sessions. The injurious effect of multi- 8
plying lectures which it is obligatory oo *
the students to attend, in no short a period, *
is too palpable to require argument to. c
prove it. Again: The-experience of the s
members of the Medical Faculty pf the e
* Faculty will feel thankful to their Profes- J
sional Brethren for any specimens which they
may can tribute. M
f * ?
- ***?' wt < jjy
niversity of Now York, as teachers of
e different branches of Medical Science,
3d some of them have",been engaged in
lose duties for more than thirty years,
is convinced them, that the uniting, in
le professorship, the departments of Maria
iT/vxJica and the Institutes of Mediae,
better secures the interest, and prootes
the improvement of the students,
he details of the Materia Medica, when
ught as they usually are, separately
oio the other departments, are necessarv
dry; but, when their study is combined
ith that of physiology and pathology,
3 it is when the Chair of Materia Medica
urns a part of that of the Institutes of
Tedlcine, it becomes deeply interesting.
[I. The superior facilities which
hf. Citv of New-York possesses fo*
he cultivation of medical and SCKgical
Science.
No doubt can exist in the minds of the
itelligent and well informed as to -the
jperior advantages which a great city'Eords
for the cultivation of Medicine. If
e look to Europe, we find that the Great
fedical School* are all located in large
ities ; as in Dublin, in Edinburg, in Lonon,
in Paris, in Berlin, and in Virnna.
Where minor Medical institution*
ave been formed in the smaller cities, as
t Gottingen, Montpeller, and Hale, the
overnments of the countries where they
re situated have established, in connecon
with them, extensive hospitals, in
'hich there are congregated not only the
ntients of the surrounding districts, but,
here ate introduced into them interesting
ases, which are brought at the expense
nd through the influence of the governlent,
from the most remote parts of the
erritory. Sustained, however, by all
he aids and influences which the wealth
nd power of Princes afford, the facilities
hey offer to the students who resort to
hem are considered inferior to tboeo
pinch the great Medical Schools, estabishcd
in large and populous cities, fur*
lish. And very few students in Europe
ire willing to engage in the duties of
heir profession uotil they shall have
ittended lectures, for one or two years at
east, in one of the Great Metropolitan
dedical Institutions. Admitting, there*
?re, the fact that it is essential to tha
uccessful cultivation of Medical Science
hat the school where lectures are deliver*
id, shall be loctated in a farge and populous
ty, no argument is required to prove that,
STew-York is preeminently fitted to be*
:ome the centre of Medical Scienco.
The limits of this announcement will
lot permit the Facnlty to enlarge oo this
opic, nor to detail the advantages which
he medical student who resorts to Pfcw*
fork for his education will enjoy in pro*
ecuting the studies of his profession,
n the vastness of her population, the
lumber and the extent of her hospital#
.nd Dispensaries, congregated within
he wards of which there is to be seen
ivery variety of disease and accident to
vhich the human frame is liable, and the
miimited supply of the material for the
cultivation of Practical Anatomy which
he furnishes, she stands without a rival
n the United Slates.
If the course which has been followed
iy the Council of the University in the
election of the Professors of the Afedical
)epartment be referred to, it will be oh*
erved that they have been giiided,by ne To*
>r sectional feeling. They have consid*
red the Institution of which they are the
;uardians, not local, hut a National one.
fhey have accordingly selected a Profes*
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or trom one 01 me colleges oc Virginia,
wo from Philadelphia, and three- from
$ew-York.
IV. Unvebsity and College-. Buildings.
The convenience and accomodations
iirnished by the University and College
buildings are commensurate in magpifc*
:ence and extent with the prospects off
he Institution of which they forma part
rhe University is situated on ttte east
ide of Washington Square. It is built
>f white marble, and presents a Gothic
acadeof one hundred and eighty feet
rhis splendid edifice, with its libraries,
fcc., is at all times open to the students of
he Medical Department of the University,
md in its Gothic chapel, all the pubtio
:eremonials of the Faculty of Medicine,
is introductory lectures, public coninencement,
&c., will be holden.
The College. where the regular lecures
of the Medical Department will be
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mmediate vicinity or the Unioersity
rhe Faculty consider it a subject of con;ratulation
to have been enabled to ae:ure
an edifice so admirably calculated
or carrying on extended courses of medial
instruction.
v. Hospitals, dec. <fcr.
As before observed, New York of&rs
o the medical students, who attend bete,
uperior facilities for clinical obfaamu
ion and study. In so large a city the
vards of the Hospitals are necessarily^
trowded with the most interesting
ind as the distinguished physic}^ and
mrgeons, who attend the Now Ystll
iospital, make Gaily visits to its Wftldf*
iccompanied by the students, fcyspy facil*
ty is thus afTuided theorf^ - ^ 0V A
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