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iuj> !iwfcjb<bferj=?ilaci i * jj 1 m ,? '"..'q1 tu^pTth0 beet, which possesses but mpFp?rticu!ar!y devoted to the record _^0C\\\v production of silk. There seems, ^Jr^a.t least, no around for abandoning the | enterprise, so successfully begun, of aim nig to Supply our homo consumption of; ibis important articlo of our imports. In ; "Irus ieii isctts, Connecticut; New York, | Pennsylvania, Delaware, Tennessee, and j %r~ Dliio, there has been quite an increase! V'.above the amount of 1839. The quan- j tity tf raw silk manufactured in this country the past year is estimated at more than 30,000 pounds. The machinery: C*. possessed for reeling, spinning, and wenv? ing silk, in the production of ribbons, J l:-\ costings, damask, vVc., admit of its being j (-rtrripH In "rrr^nt iw*rf?vf inn. n, niav he phst'cn by the beautiful specimens of various j deposited jn the National Gallery nt the Patent Office. The amount of silk i stefTs brought into this country in some ; ;>\mgl? years, from foreign countries, is estimated at more in value than 820.000,000. The silk manufactured in France -in 1840 amounted to 825,000.000 ; that of Prussia to more than 8 4,500,000.? jjS.Shoitl'J ono person in a hundred of the j ^population of the United States produce j normally 100 pounds of silk, the quantity ' wpuld be nearly. 16,01)0,01)0 pounds, ' "V' wtoth; at per pound, (and much of it might command, a higher price.) would !:*% efmbnnt' to nearly 890,000,000?nearly ??', *J0;4JQ0t0Q0 above our w hole cotton ; export. nine times the value of our tobacco B*, exports, and nearly five or six times the j *ivora|je value of our imports of silk. That j *ucfi fc productiveness is nor mcrecunie, n* \ 'first sight iftnay acein, may he evident ! j^rojn the fact; that fhe Lombard Venetian ! 'kingdom, of a little more than 4,000,000 of 'wpufatrftn, exported in one vear 6.132.000 pounds of raw silk ; which is a larger j estimate, by atMenst one half, for each producer, than twrsupposition just made j as to our own country. Another fact, i . too, shows botji the feasibility and the fmpcrtnore offfhe cultivation of this pro- j - duct; The climate ofSuir country, from j ??' it* Southern border even up to.44 degrees J of north latitude!/i? suite J to the culture i of silk. It ne^s only a rational and ; unflinching devotion to this object, to ! place our counfiy soon among the groat- | t&tsilk producing countries of the world. ! --Lousiana is the greatest sugar i district of Jjpr country. The crop of IP.41 | appears to'have been injured by theeaily 1 fronts; fhrTamount. therefore, was not so great as ihat of 1839, by nearly onethird. -Jy' 'J hcjffogress of the sugar manufacture ' and tn?*gain upon our imports has been ^p.3T. In 1839 the import of augurs was j 5395.2:11.273 pounds, at nn expense of at least 819.000,000; in 1840, about 120,- j 000,000 pounds, at an expense of more - limn $6,O0l>,Q(KL A portion of this wn? . undoubtedly exported, but most of it ! remained for home consumption. More,*" V than 30,000,000 pounds of sugar, also, j from the maple and the beet root were ] produced in 1811, in (ho Northern, >lid. dU, aird Western Sl-^^S ; and, should the production erf cornstalk sugar succeed, as Jt promises to do, this article must . ,-"-contribute greatly to lesson the amount of ; -imported sugars. Indeed, such has been J the manufacture of the sugar from the ? cane fur the last five years, that were it to 1 advance in the same ratio for the five to J coinp, it u on Id he unnecessary to import more sugar for our homo consump. j iigti. Some further remarks on this parfjcular topic will be found below, in con- | flexion with Iho mibjeet of cornstalk ; - P?".r- . I ;Wine.?North Carolina, Pennsylvania, j Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana, rank highest, j hi their order, tn the production of wine. | In Maryland, Georgia, Lous ana, Maine, and Kentucky, sonic thousands of gallons arc likewise produced. Two acre* in . Pennsylvania, cultivated hv some Ger- ! mans, have the past nututnn yielded , I* 1,500 git Hons of the pure juice of the j grape. and paid a nett profit of more than -81,000. Still, the quantity produced is furintl. The cultivation of both tlm native and foreign grape, as a fruit tor the j t*ble, setms to be an object of increasing i f*- , interest in particular sections of our conn: but any very decided advances in | ^this product are scarcely to be expected, j It. has thus been attempted to give at L least & bird's eye view of the articles enumerated in the Tabular Statistics. There 5 . ' are a'so n variety of other products which I might, perhaps, have been included in the j ' - - r-rvi | 1 Agricultural statistic?. " 1 nese arc imp*, peas, . henna, ikftn, turnips, and otl-er roofs and vegetables ; the products of the v dairy,of the orchard, and of the hco hive; i BBp wool, live stock, and poultry. Many 1 hiter*-stmj? comparisons in relation to ; some of the above might ho formed from j ?)> tho Census statistics, such ns would c\. ! - . bibit in a striking manner the resources j "otrr country possesses in tho products of j - v' her soil and the labor of hor hardy yeo- J " rnanry ; hut it has been deemed best to omit them in the present report, merely subjoining the Census statistics on these particular articles to tho Tabular View, Zs.- v Yet, in estimating the home supply for the sustenance and comfort both of man j .and beast, these too should always lie I taken into the account, as a very iinpor> j tunt item deserving notice. The whole of the summary now given, j ; ?'*. with the rapid glance taken at the various i products, presents our countrv as one j richly favored of Heaven in climate and aoil, and abounding in agricultural wealth. ! IVflfcflMy <vo country can be found on the j face fif the glohe, exhibiting a more de- J sirable variety of the products of the soil, i ' -contributing.to the sustenance and cona- | - ' ^ort of its inhabitants. From the Gulf Mexico to our Northern boundary, - * - - - ?ir .il_ jrom the Atlantic lo me nir we?i, me. jicculiar.ities of climate, soil, and products, ! #r.c great aud valuable. Yet these advantages admit of being increased more Ihno a(?hundred fold. The whole aggre?-iU of the h/^ad corn, and j>ota-j '' toc?, is 6*24,518,510 bushels, which,1 estimating our present population at 17,- ; 835,217, is about 35 2-3 bushels for each inhabitant; and," allowing 10 bushels to j each person?man, woman, and child? (which is double the usual annual allow, anco as estimated in Europe,) and we have a sin plus product, for seed, food of i stock, the purposes of manufacture, and j exportation, of no! loss than 446 104,340 1 bushels; from which, if we deduct onetenth of the whole amount of the crops for seed, it leaves for food of etock, for manufactures, and exportation, a surplus of at least 370,653.627 bushels. Including onts, the aggregate amount of the j crops of grain, corn and potatoes, is equal j one-third of the saccharine matter that . the cornstalk does ; and there are not less tnan 500 beet sugar manufactories in France alone. By this manufacture of j sugar at the West, the whole amount of freight and cost of transportation on imported sugar might also he saved?a sum nearly equal, it is probable, to the J first cost of the article at the seaport; so 1 k-* iho r,ri**A nf Kiioar is at least doubled, ! ?"V f. if not almost trebled, to the consumer nt a distance, when so imported. Not less than 6 million pounds of sugar, it is said, nre annually imported, for home consump- ; (ion, in the'single city of Cincinnati. Oil and Stearins from Laud and j the Castor Bean, ?These two are , articles which will hereafter attract much attention in many parts of our country. The use of LAnD instead of oil, for lamps of a peculiar construction, ha? been heretofore attempted w ith good success, as : an article of economy. It has even been j adopted in the light-houses in Canada, on the lakes, and is said to burn longer, and free from smoke, while the cost of the article is &tatcd to be but ?b ?ut one-^ third the cost of sperm oil. But it ha ' now been discovered that oil equal to sperm can be easily extracted from lard, at great advantage, and that it is superior to lard for burning, without the necessity of a copper-tubed lamp. . Eight-pounds of lard is equal in weight to one gallon of. sperm oil. The whole of tliis is converted into oil and stearine, an article of, which candles that nre a good substitute j for spermaceti can be made. Allowing, j then, for the value of the stcarine above i j the oil, and it may be safe!}- calculated, that when lard is six cents per pound, as it is now hut four or five cents at the West, a gallon of oil can be afforded there for fifty cents; since the candies from the Rteaune will sell for from twenty.five to thirty cents per pound. Steanno for thin purpose has nlno re. rcntlybecn obtained from castor od, the product of the pahna chrUti, or castor bean, a plant successfully cultivated in portions of our country. Oil, it is well known, is fin article of large consumption in our country. The amount of sperm oil from our whale fish- j cries, for the year 1941, was 4,065,754 ; gallons; of whale and fish oil, 6,362,681 gallons?making a sum total of 11,328.415 gallons. The amount of 1840 did not vary much from the wine. The ! amount of sperm and whale oil exported j in 1840 was 4,955,486 gallons, leaving j for home consumption 6,372,929 gallons. In the year 1840 there was also exported from this country 853,938 pounds of spermaceti candles. From these state- . mentg, which do not include linseed, olive, and other oils, it wiU he seen that the encouragement for the manufacture of oil and stearine, from corn nisn'? and lard, and the castor liean, is very great. Large quantities of oil for dressing cloths, oiling machinery, &c., are required-.in the manufactories, in the factories of Lowell, simply, not less than 76,689 galIons are thus needed. Oil, too, enters largely into the com- j position of soap; and should it he found, j as perhaps hy experiment it may he, that the corn meal and lard oils arc not liable to the objection which, it is said, attends <* ? ? - -L: 1 .i._ ! I Mo uko oi wn.tie on in mis rcsj*:ci, mu j demand for this purpose may be of impor tancc to tlie |>roducers of this article. It is not improbable that, by further experiments, an oil way l>c obtained from ; the cotton seed, of such an excellent ! T . t quality as to make what is now almost a j total loss an article of great value. The ; Germans at the West are said to obta.n ! oil in some quantities from the seed of the 1 pumpkin ; and the seeds of the sun flow, er, and rape seed, it is well known, have been used to advantage for the same pur- i pose. While Great Britain and other foreign [ countries have steadily pursued a policy ! designed and obviously tending to exclude j our agricultural products from their trade, j it becomes an object of no small conse- ] qnence to us to evince, as the foregoing i statistics have done, how much wealth] we possess in our surplus products of wheat, and various other articles of food, ' togethtr with the prospective inc ease of these and other products suited to call out ! "... - . ! the enterprise and industry ot our people, and which, on a fair reciprocity wjth foreign nations, might greatly contribute to develope and enlarge tlx; resources of our country. Sluould protective duties abroad continue to exclude our surplus , products the channels of present indus- ; try must l?e diverted to meet the emer-1 gencv. It mav be weil for . us to learn j what makes us truly independent, anifal- . so happy. Extravagance incommunitirR, 1 as. well as in individuals, leads to inevitn> hie embarrassment. Credit may, indeed, be used for a while hs a pajliative, hut the j only effectual remedy is retrenchment | and economy. When a constant drain of the precious metals is pressing us to meet the expenditures of our people for! foreign impof(?, and when foreign nations encourage a homo policy, hy prohibitory duties on oUr products, it becomes a aerious question with Us how far and in what 1 directions the industry now expended in I raising a surplus beyond our wants can , bo. diverted to other objects of enterprise. To decide n question of-such magnitude and interest, reference must obviously be had to the articles imported, to determine what can be raised or produced in our own i iLi? :* L- r J ruuiui} 5 nop pussnuy u iimj. or miuiiu that most of the leading articles, either of necessity or luxury, thus supplied, can he raised and perfected to advantage by the labor and skill of our own inhabitants. The remedy thus lies within our own power. Our true - policy is to give varietv and stability-to--our- productive industry. Extrnotdinnry prices in par. ticular crops inevitably lead to dangerous extremes in the culture of the same, to the neglect of the usual and necessary | articles of produce, C'npidifv soon urges even the agriculturist into a spir t of speculation, which too often terminates in great embarrassment, nnd sometimes in utterruin. Tne credulity of Americans is proverbial; and ibis* has* to some extent, been illustrated' in the- almost universal mania that attended tjie morut mtdlicaulis speculation :,*,u? single sprout sold for one dollar, when- millions might he produced in one season. Incredulity^ likewise, is sometimes yet mire injurious to a community, as this shuts out all the light which science ponrs in, and rests contented with following the beaten path of traditionary leaders. Happy fcould" it be for our country if the spirit of 'investigation, and severe experiment should in. ducc effort to test principles, without diverting it from those channels of Indus, try that will assuredly bring the comforts of life. The balance ot traue ngainsi us, resulting from our improvidence, can no longer be settled, or, rathfer, fit .it might be said, postponed by tlieTcrnittance of State securities, which seem to have run a brief career, leaving still a vast debt, that can only bo honestly cancelled by much hard work. Notwithstanding all this, the daily importation of goods (including many nr. tides of luxury) goes forward to a truly alarming extent; two-tiitrds or which are on poreign account, to be pati) row in specie oh xts'.-'rqvivaimrr! Without thoadmitted meantof liquidating the balances against us in foreign coun. tries, we seem still madly bent on increasing them. Elevoo and a half millions of dollars in specie .were shipped from the single port of New. York within (he fifteen months preceding January, , 1642; a'nd with such a drain going on continually, every dollar of specie in the United States will soon be! insufficient to meet our liabilities abroad.- Stern nccessity, however, will, ere long, oxtend her laws over us, compelling us-to limit our expenditures to the actual income, and to effect exchanges of our agricultural products, either at homo or abroad, for I rtho products of mechanical skill and in dustry. This would ho the ease, even were the amount of our surplus product likely to be lessened. Vet there is no reason to apprehend that our surplus products will he diminish, cd. On tho contrary, tho stoppage of | of numerous canals, railroads, and other j works of internal improvement by the States, will dismiss many laborers, who will resort to agriculture and kindred pursuits ; so that the amount of products raised will probably exceed those of for. mer years. The extensive tracts, too, of our unoccupied soil invite emigration to our shores; and when wc consider the present extreme distress in portions of i the manufacturing districts of Great Britain, we are doubtless to expect a large increase of our population in future , years from this cause. It is stated, on 1 high authority, that as many as 20 000 j persons die annually in Great Britain, j from the want of sufficient and whole- ! some food. Let the fact of our vast j surplus product of the bread stuffs ind ; other articles of food become .known abroad, and is it not reasonable to look for increasing additions to the emigration from Europe to this country ??especially since the distance is now, as it were, so much shortened, that a voyage may he compassed in 12 or 15 clays. A line of j inn id in rmitemnlation. ; blCdlll %???, aw ... 1 to run from Bremen to one of our ports, I with the design principally: of conveying j emigrants, which, no doubt, will prove ; the means of bringing to ii? a hardy, industrious German population, most of > whom will probnblv engage in agriculture. | With these additions to her laboring: force, our growing country, if 4he be true j to herself, offers an unwonted scope for j exertion. The diversities of her climate i the varieties of her soil, her peculiar combination of population, her*-.mineral, ani- \ mal, agricultural, mechanical, and Com. j mercial wealth, developed as they may ! he by a rightful regard to her necessities, i might thus place her at last in a situation as enviable for her political and moral i influence, as for the physical energies j she had called into life and action. Our ; republic needs, indeed, only to prove her j own strength, and wisely direct her ener. j gies, to become, more than *!ie has ever i hern, the point on which the eve of all . Europe is fixed, ns a home of plenty for j the destitute, and a field where enterprise reaps iis sure and appropriate reward. F.om the Connecticut Farmer's Gazette. 1,1 me m?ain, Mr. Ewtm,-In a former atuaher, J ?ta ted the effect of lime upon the crop* arid the j soil in the orchard, omitting the -effect upon j the trees. J beljeve 4 haye been abundant.!/ j paid for thelii?o, io tie abundance and quality j c4 the fruit. The year following, f applied to another field which the year before had h?e? planted with corn, aliout cqua quafltirie* r?f ii#ie and manure, per acre, ?d pitated potatoes. The crop was altogether superior to what I have j been in the habit of raising. 1 have not been ?? very successful in raiding this crop in New Haven. The next season I sowed the lot with gran*. From that time until 1 37,1 continued mowing one good crop, and pasiiuing the rest of theseasun, it being conven ciitfor the house. In the spring of thai year I covered the lot with alight co it of manure, afc planted again with corn. The corn was JgooJ as any 1 saw that season. | From that time to the L-esent I have planted that lot a* a garde? It contains three acres, and probably ha r.ot had 50 dollars worth of manure, exceAg lime, on it nince 1832; yet it has produceA good crops of kitchen vegetables, and ot Itter quality, than it would with tnree hmclthe manure without the lim \ Last year,V\vhen other gardens were dry, 1 sold, fronl45 rods of ground, between one and two hAred dollars J worth of cucumbers, and on mosAf my veg- I etables the drouth had uo deletions effect last season. 1 I plow as deep as one stout y?e of oxen ran romlortably draw the plow, lam never' afraid of the subsoil being on 'op.lif it j* any ' beter black than red, I c-tn color iff iihlime. i At present, 1 cannot reach the rel ^rth with the plow. ! I would here remark, that I lave never known, nor do I believe, that lime I'M* as a preventive to the destruction mle by insects rnd worm"; but on the other Ind, I believe that the black worm increasff in pro-' portion to the fertility of the soil. I In my next, I shall give you ml tode of! making compos with httte and peat.Is' SLISUA FUNDERSO'Nlc . DOMESTIC ECONOMY- .le? I To wash woollen yam ?WnsJi\^ hot j water, putting a teacupfulof lye tffyslf a pnil of water, and no soap. Rinselv. the water comes off clear. V\\ J To wash blacli worsted or woollcJL&sc. j ?If new, soak all night; then wL m , hot suds, with beefs gall, a tablesp^, ful! to half a pail of water. Rinse till nlk^l. ?- 'f1! ? /?k Art til V or comes out. men ?icnk>i ~|C\-. ing frames, or iron them when datnAm I the. wrong side. To cleanse gentlemen s cloth coals rw t pantaloons.?The writer has tried, ; a ml has seen others try, the following mcthol with remarkable success on all sorts ol broadcloth articles of dress. Take ona beef's gall, half a pound of salaeratus, nnd four gallons ot warm water. With a clothes-brush dipped in this mixture, scour the article, laying it on a table for the purpose. The color of a coat, nnd the grease spots, (previously marked by a stitch or two of white thread,) must be brushed with this mixture repeatedly.? After this, take the article and rinse it up and down in the miuture. Then rinse it up and down, in the same way, i.n soft, cold water. Then, without any wringingor pressing, hang it up to drain and dry. When dry, dampen with a sponge, and iron on the wrong side, or else spread something between the cloth and iron, ironing till perfectly dry; It is best to rip out pockets and linings, if the articles are worth the trouble. Also, brush the article before washing. It's often best to iron no part hut the skirt, and press the iappels and cuffs. Another mo:U of washing broadcloths. ?>Shako and brush the article. Rip out pockets and lining. Wash in two portions of strong suds, putting a teacupful of lye in the first. Do not wring, but . oil them tight, and press the water out. When entirely dry, sprinkle them, and let them all night. Iron on the wrong sidn, ? ?:,u inio.t-oninff cloth, till verfectly nr vrini nu nf???> _ . dry. For . light woollens, white soap must he used. Iron on the right side with an intervening cloth. To wash merinos, bombazines, and challies.?Takeout all gathers and plaits.? Free the article from dust. Make a suds of warm, (not hot) water and white soap, adding a spoonfull of ox gall. Then wash in a weaker suds, adding, for dark things, a handful, and for light things, a teaspoonfull of oil vitriol. Do not wring, but fold and press thn wafer out on a table, cathing in a tub beneath. When nearly dry, roll in a damp towel, and let it lie an hour. Iron on thn wrongsido. Do not lot them remain damp very long. For black bombazines, put in lye instead of ox gall. To prepare beef's-gall or ox ga1l.~~ Send a bottle or jug to the butcher, and request that it may he filled with beefsgall. Perfume it with any strong essence that in agreeable. Keep it corked and in a cool place- If eventually it smells desagrceablc. the ainell will be removed, by drying the articles in the fresh air. A gill of ox-gall, mixed well in a pailr..t _r ?,,!! uflt anv color in calico. I1II I'l nuiri, t? ?... so that it wili not fade. The calico should be soaked several hours in the water, and thoroughly dried in the shade, without being washed or rinsed.?Miss Beachers Treatise. t VALUABLE HINTS TO FARMERS. Onions planted in the same hill with vines, will protect the latter from tho dcpredationsof the striped bug. Wounds in trees.?-Melt a pound of tar with tour ounces ot tallow, add half an ounce of saltpetre, and stir tho whole togcther. A coat of this composition, ap. plied to a cut or bruise, will prevent decay, and cause the wound ro heal. Before applying it, all unsound timber should he cleared away.?Hartford Cour. Transplanting trees?.Most nut-bearing trees may be as much improved by transplanting and grafting as fruit trees ore. Tlve hickory and chesnut may thus be made to bear nuts far better flavored, and three times as large, as they produce in an uncultivated si ate. In a good soil, they will ?oon come to maturity; and, for shade, fuel, timber, the chesnut, butternut, and hickory are not inferior to the unproductive horae-chesnnt, Daeswooo, eim, anu map.e. Late in autumn, or in spring, is the timejor transplanting;? for which* arul for grafting the game course ie to be pursued as with the apple or pear tree?care being taken to place the niptA about tfae sasae depth in the earth that they naturally grew. ty'hea the bud*just begin to expand, or take the leaf foroi* ia considered the most favorable tmie for grafting i?uta this usually lake* place uboutt.be laft of luajY ? ' I Law intelligence. february term, 184*2. . ' * John White v*. St. Phillip's Church. OPINION. O'Neal. J.?The on'y ground whicli will be considered is that which mike* the question, whether the pliintifTs borfc was admission to prove the entry, " 1839. August 14th, to furnishing and laying ! *2.344 feet of sfono flagging, curb and J gutter stone, nt 24 cer^ts per foot. $G36?' i The plaintiff is a stonecutter, and stone ! mason, and the item sot out above is n : part of a running account against the dei femlants for other work and materials, all of which has been paid, except this item, and to it is applicable 8100 paid by the defendants generally on the account. In Slade vs. Tesdale 2d Bay, 172, the Court ruled; that the book of a mechanic was competent evidence, in a suit brought to recover for work done or materials furnished in the way of his trade. The reason given for the admission of such hook in evidence, was "it hnd long been established, ns a rule, that all classes of men, who were obliged to keep books, in the way of their trade, should bo put upon the same footing. This principle thus settled was enforced in innumerable cases, and with little restriction, until the case of Lynch nds. Pctrie. 1 N. 4c McC. 130. In that case the Court wisely undertook to limit the operation of the rule. It was an action fer work and labor, as a bricklayer; the charge or entry was for 190 days work labor, as such. The Court held, that the entry was inadinis. sihle. Johnson, J. said, speaking of the admissibility of books, 44 those of n me. chanic are I think admissible to prove the performance of a particular job of work in the course of his trade, and articles furnished." To this I assent, but with this qualification, that44 the performance of a job of work," as a hook entry, which mnsl be of sumcJhingi which it ultimately delivered la the defendant. Such as work done in shops kept by the plaintiff. In that way it comes appropriately withlin the reason of the rule deduced from the recital in the county" and precinct court yet of 1721, for it declared the law before an ihe Providence to be 44 that books of acyuint shall be allowed for evidence, the Viintilf swearing to the same, by reason Int the merchants and shop keepers in i^'sh-Carolina had not all opportunity of We?ng appeentices and sorvnnts, to deliver ^""their goods and keep their books, as t\ merchants and shop keepers. in Great B^iin had. Merchants and shop keep! C7V?q he observed, arc the only parties * ? - ? ?I -- ? !..? lit a 1? uf t knu ro _ j >?<uiirc pormmuu unuci mo ,??-? | citW to verify their books by their own ! fMtWand that too, became, they could I notVve apprentices and servants to prove ! the ' Vjvery of goods and their books. Toe* ?s in under this rule the party must secm\\S? in the same necessity and theiefore vin the reason of the rule. I can readil\\>rceive (he necessity for a mechnnic.e*-oing work in his shop and delivering*., to keep book* and to be perrnitted to rove his entries; But when it is work tvje outside of his shop and on thedofe^ nt's premises, as building, or i iepairing\boose, or any other fixture, there carw. no necessity for books, for the work ^apparent and palpable, and the only qc'sions are by whom was j I done? andks> whom? Neither of these questions >V>prnperly to he answered hy an entry m^t by the plantiff. Jt only proves a deb(ry of something made or repaired or oi by the plaintiff. Regarding the qua* -aiion of the rule s'ated I wk <>li I knt'o I hit* 1} ? 1 w * "S-'I '?v? r .If ?t*.| W *->?# ? >* ? ? stated on denied to be proper, the plaintiff's entry cot not under it be received. I In the simcA^e, Johnson, J., speckling of the gentcAity of the entry, said !44 the evidence knitted in this case is * j charge for worked labor only, and con. i tains no specific! eon except that of time, j If entries of thisk^raeler were admitted, ! every descriptiow persons who work for ! hirn would havooLriing to do to warrant ?j 1 * j a recovery, butrMijeasure their services j hy this standard In Thomas, vs. Dy; ott, 1st iV. & M f, 196 the same Judge : Rtuted, *4 that a,\<r back a- it was possi. | hie to trace the v\jcct, the book* of inerchants and niceties of every descripi tion, which havecjen fairly And regulari 1y kept as daily ^ inranda of thrir Iran- j | saeiions, have bcer&tRi'tcd, as evidence of [goods or other ar\\es delivered" Two I fact that entries ni 4 daily memoranda" i seem* to he cssent\\tn thcr admissibility. Hence a gen^v! entry like that in | Lynch nd?, Petrie, this case, cannot ; 1 bo received. Porinvoth cases wo havo ! an aggregate cbarge^eooral result, and i not I hat ot uacn any business or worK. , j We therefore think ti.f?ntry was impro- | ! perly received, and hen^ ? the evidence in the case does not putt beyond dispute, that the work was doneuuMic flagging. ' curb and gutter stono ftrnirted by the ! plaintifffor the dojendaat^e link a new trail must be granted. The motion for a new lrial i accord ingly granted. Richardson, Evans, Butkr, ai Ward| law, Justices, concurred. ) TUB ABSQUATULATING Last evening the Mayor sail in dkfe?. sage to the Common Council, offially communicating the abscondirg of T?mas Lloyd, Collector of the ci?y revrue, with about $30,000 of the public fun*? His honor stated that the offence com it by JJoyd wa fellony Dy statute; tnacie has caused an attaahment to issie ngaiu the property of Lloyd, by virtue of whh his house And furniture in this city ar two small farms in New Jersy, have bee is. . _ aL seized, and will ?oia rowaras paving im loss of his defalcation. The security oi Llovi is also ascertained to ho good fix $5000. N. Y, Sim, Washington, April 3, 1842. * D.?ar Sir.?There is condd'-rable mcit^ cnt in town tudiy in reference lo tlie wp i K;)' o( ** _ ' - Rio de Janeiro. There appear* to lure been ^ a general mtftake all around m re'ercnco to thi* matter. The eereral member* of the ^ Senate did not knoar .or whom they wero i ?L L * * | voting1 wnrn ne wai ronnrineu?each proba. I I bly supposing that hi* neighbor was iniurmcd II on (he subject. V n \ The individual now appointed as the Coosnl .... , and representative of the nation at the port u( : r Rio de Janeiro, proves to be the accomplice j and traveling companion of the celebrated r . financier Col. Monroe Edwards. In farwme ; respects h>s character is notoriously bad. and ! the appointment is a moet unfortunate one. 1 It will in all probability be rescinded, and wilt "* > . probably become a subject of investigation in I the Senate. JV. Y. #** There are frequent instances of infante be. ing seized with ronvulsons after suckinf an enraged nurse and cases are not wanting, --l-] where they have been destroyed by tmlmt inflammations from the same cause, jfn ?n? fanl at a year old, while he sucked milk from an enraged mother was seized with a fata bleeding, and died; and infints at the bresta in a short time pine away, jf the nurse be af. fee led wi h previous care. .>Jw t)r. Tic lnar. 9K [From Around the Wodd."] thk oubaxo outaxo of Malacca* a Tho aurang outang, which literally m means a wild man has been ciassed M A * ? v * MBS species of the simia, or ape genus, though it is generally "adrilitted' by'HtSologiets to" have much more resemblances to hum*J|. Iveings. Many attempts have, been made to procure adult individuals, and it is now one of the gr*atest desiderata amoog naturalists, particularly of America, In compare the habits and capacities of this sinprilur burlesque upon humanity, if such it is. In the wild state ourang outang* ugfc arc universally gregarious, and as they can use missiles, and generally fight e* | rcct, with clubs, they are invincible except to the musketry of man,, and often attack tigers with success. Young specimens, however, have beeh taken noJ trained in Africa, Java, -Borneo, and t Sumatra* and although ihey.-haveaurvived ^ hut a few months t! restraints of civ I v .? life, enough has been noted (?> encourage i the beficf that the orango outang and chimpanzee% if not a specie* or race of hu? > tnnnitv, must be lite connecting link be* tween it and the brutes, RufFon strong* ly advocated the former, and relate* hia own observation*of an ourang wh ch he : saw : he was mild, atfeetinnate, and good natured;and sign* or worda were stiffi. i cient to move him. I have seen, aays, ^ he, this animal present his.hand to con? duct the people who come to visit him, 1 and walk as gravely along with them, as if he had formed a part of the company, x I have seen hiin ait down at talde, unfold A hi#napkin, wipe his lips,and use a spoon - 1 knife, or fork to convey his victuals to hi1, mouth; and besides pour h>e liquor into a glass, and make it touch that of the \ person who drank with him." Fn.ncis Bvrard in his voyages iystvJ4in Sierra ?'j Leone there is a strong specie* that labor as servants, carry water on their hands, O and rinse glasses and carry them around to company." Grant, too, savs he mw ( at Sava, 44 an extiaordinary ^apo?a fe. male, very modest?-vhn; walked erect, with no hair on her faro, except for eye* , hrows. She made hor bed noaily every | day. laid on her sjde. and covered herself % with bedclothes. When her head ached, she hound it with a kerchief." Malta % Brun, speaks of others | j\ means; * nu ;* . uc ur?uujjr? *?>? n iovh ; (Dale chimpanzee, or simiatrngUdyte*, 7?j3 j that could heat an oven with care, and on a voyage was at expert at the capsUit |0 or in the rigging at an old tar. In Sum* :fj i atra, I was myself told by many that in ' , one of their villages a family jt known | which sprang from n female oiirarjg nut* nngthst was married by a Mrlay. 8ho soon followed tb<* customs nf other women in her mode of living and working, and J ( although her offspring for three genera* j tjons wore nearly dumh, they now apeak ' ' the same as natives. Indeed many nf | the old men on the const more resemble 19 j ournng outang than they do men. Ooo 1 in particular, a man of rank loo, who j come off from Pulo K'o to the ?h'p. was ' I very like this kind of beast. He had the 5 ; flat nose, deficient chin, short.putty front, 5 ears very large, eyes too near, and a pro? fusion of hair covering his whole person; In short, having the pmtuljar marks of |?? ? the ournng outang, excepting the long arms, extra distance nf upper lip from the nose, and thirteen ribs. He had also, mm .-nrne moicrous any IIK,ni^^BP ! choly quizzicalness of expression which j the ourang nutang always ha*.. Ofcourse [ cannot vouch for the truth of the ourj sag.human story, but m Herodotussays, they mo informed mo, who had the beat chance to know, IXCCLAH CIRCUXSTA5CS. The Selma (Ala.) Free Press relatea tho following. Ten or twelve years ago the wife of a Methodist minister, named Isaac Taylor, was missing. The circling, stances were as follows:?She laid dowq as usual with her husband. Some time ~ after she arose and went out. and came back two or three times. At leaf aho took up the youngest chilJ, and kissing it laid it in Mr. Taylor's bosom, telling him to keep it till she returned. She then left the house and returned no more.?^ Diligent search was made after her, but without succcas. Suspicion rested strong, ly on the husband, and bones having been 5 found in a hollow stump near hia house, some years after, he was arrested, brought to trial and acquitted for want of evidence. He waa however generally believed to be the murderer. He waa prohibited preaching and much persecuted. r A short time back a letter was! received j k? ih? Postmaster at Rlountsville. nmr viiere (he occurence happened, from * _t ban in Texas, who. it appear*, bad been ?fuedbed fo M rig Taylor before her mar* "Jpge, and meednjflier aome time after*