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kin drawn tack in a little lullifck round tome (hem and other* left bare. Ashes, stale tan ?.e, and a number of thing* were thrown about tree*, all of which haa but a partial offset) the gum was so constantly issuing out as to ?p an* application from penetrating to the \ nn, wnile the voracious, little animal feasting h the power of ascending or descending ween the bark and wood, (by gnawing u e) as the earth is raised or scraped away ?ut the tree, no as to retain a situation proper ? it* own health. Thus, the tree, like many <er unfortune production*, scorns compelled it* own nature, not only to cherish, feed and tect, but harbor,foster and defend the corro g and mercllcss destroyer of it* own exis ce. In this manner tliey continue till about latter end of July, when they begin to be ml rolling themselves in the wax on the out ; j of the bark, in an erect posture, with their ids just below the surface j the incrustation .txiut the ?>7.e of a silk worm's outer coat, with s lower end adhering to the tree at the hole ?in whence the worm issued : in this, they go rough the principal transmutation and become :liry?alia or yellow insect, with a considerable inearance of wings ; they then turn of a dark ?lor, and as the couto- cruit dries, to gradually ?rinks into a smaller compass, and the aurelia *awls out at the upper end,'?nd then extricates "self from a thin pellical or skin Which It imotimes leaves adhering to the former or >iter coat, and comes forth a winged animal of : ie butterfly kind, but the wings more slender, ? ith a body about an inch aud a half long, and horns or feelers, which it holds up in such a manner as to mako it were a fierce appearance ; . Ims also a tube for gathering it* nourishment, is apM* light on buck-wneat)it is all of a ? right shining black or ebony color, except a ' right yellow streak round-the middle of its ? >uy i it is a fly that I have often observed In y childhood and regarded as a most dangerous asp, but it is quite inoffensive, as I have had > veral in my fingers at different times. But ic however, out of many that I had taken from c trees came to perfection, though I handled eirt with the utmost caution, placing them in rt taken from about the trees, etc ; but finding ey would not survive a removal, 1 lot one main at the tree, viewing it daily for noArly o weeks, butby being impatient I took it up, id finding it nearly in |>eiTection, rolled it in cotton rag and placed it under a glass tumbler, id in a lew days it cAme outj this served as specimen, anu 1 have caught several since ying in the heat of the day among the peach ees, lighting en them near the root or little ruken places in the bark for the purnose ofdepo* :ing their eggs, which thpy perform with a leuth that appears white anil very sharp at the oint?and what 1 have taken to be their eyes re of an oval from, very small, and of ayellowish ulor. H MF.XDKXI1AIX. Jamestown, N. C. July 24, Lb 19. P. 8. Since making the above observations 1 ave found a description of this Fly in the Aeinoir* of the Philadelphia Agricultural So loty | but a? tlmt HikA ti not In so general use s could be wished, 1 have been advised to offer tie above for publication, under a hope tliat some (factual remedy may be discovered. SALTING HAY. 'Hie following extract of a letter from a gen* Jeman in Uostou to his friend in the vicinity of Sorfolk, on the practice of curing hay with salt, laa been handed ua for publication. Presuming :hat (he hints thrown out in it may be interest ng to many of our readers, we give it an inner tion.?Nbrfutk vaper. " I have practiced cur ing hay wtfn salt for eight or ten years past. The hay should be half or two third* dry, and should nave stood in cocks one night. One peck to a common load or ton is sufAcicnt. Strew it on the mow of stack as it is stowed away. When the mow is raised about a fo<h, give it a thin sprinkling of salt. If the clover is very rank ft should stand twenty-four hours in small cocks and be opened a few minutes before it is brought in. A good general rule is, to make the hay so much as it will not crumble, and then salt it. i% You will observe that judgment must be used as to ripeness of the grass and seasons. Wild grass is nio*t improved l>y salting. Cut it *vhen two thirds grown, and before it is dry Halt it. A farm in my neighborhood has been doubled in valuo by this practice. Cattle eat it as well as Knglish. You will be pleased with the improvement if you do not try to make it too green, and to get too much, as many of my friends have. If your hay is so green that half a bushel of salt will not preserve a load, a much ^larger quantity will not, unless you pickle it." TO MARK CURRANT WISH. Let your currants, when full ri|?e, be gather ed; break them well in a tub or vat. Or if a considerable qtinntity is intended to be made, a small mill may be easily constructed, with sim ply two rollers of hard wood, and made to turn together in a horizontal position, over which plnre a small hooper to hold the currants. Press well the mashed currants, and when the juice is well freed from the seeds and skin, let ii be measured, and to one part of juice put two parts of water i for every gallon of the mixture add three pounds of good, clean, dry Muscova do sugar. Let it Ik*, well stirred until the sugar is dissolved. After it shall havo stood long enough to settle, let it be carefully poured or or run off into your rusk, which must be clean and sweet, and such as never had beer or cider in them. Well seasoned new casks should be preferred. The juice should never be suffered so stand long enough for fermentation to begin b'efore it is prepared and put into casks. The casks should not he fllkd so full as to let it work out at the bung w hen it ferments. Let the bung hole be lightly covered, so as to prevent Hies and other insects from creeping in. In About three or four weeks after being thus prepared, the bung may be closely secured, leaving only a small vent hole open until it has fully done working, which will l>e in about ci^ht or (en weeks. It may then be racked ofT into other clean cask*, if you choose, but experience Mem* to favor letting it stand on the lees till the apriug, by which means it attains a stronger bo dy, and is divested of that tweet, Itfscious taste, peculiar to homo made wino. Bono recommend letting it stand on the lees for one or two years, if it is not sooner wanted for use. When you draw off the wine, let the spoil hole be maue a little above the lees, so that it will run off clear; the leea may be distilled* which will yield a fine spirit | or tney may be filtered through a linen cloth, or other substance, and the wine returned to the cask. The above proportions of juice, water and su gar is believed to bo better than any other } lor more juico will render it hard and unpleasant, and a greater proportion of sugar deprive it of its agreeable vinous taste. In this way a domestic wine may be had by letting it havo a proper age, if not equal to Ma'deirn, at least much superior to most Imported wine, and for less money. Those who may be detiirous to cultivate currants may find k to their advantage to observe the following directionsIn the spring of the year, before the sap begins to flow, take tne most lux uriant shoots of the preceding year's growth | set them in the ground about eignt inches deep, and about eighteen inches or two feet asunder. Thoy will seldom fail to tako root, and general ly begin to bear in two yearn. Plant them in rows about your garden, that they may have the benefit of the manure and culturo bestowed thereon. Let the roots, especially in the spring* be kept from suckers and grass. This will make the berries large and the juice rich. The goodness of the wine will depend in n great measure upon their having the lull benefit oftho tun apd air when they are ripening. INTELLIGENCE. *?( AFRICAN WAH. fj)ttdon} July I.?In our Inst paper we men tioned ?? account which had appeared in (he Dutch Journal)), of a \yar that was ravaging the western coft of Africa, it was transmitted by thu Dutch Secretary to government at Uie castle of St. George, Delimit, dated tho 15th of March, and expressed tho opinion that our establishment.of Cape Coast Castle (miscalled in the Dutch papers (-ape Curs,] would not bo able (o hold out against the hiriouC banditti wlu) were coming down against it. We receiv ed on Saturday a letter from a gentleman resi dent at that settlement, from which we have ex tracted the following particulars of tho origin and progress of the Negro war. The letter is dated the 23d of March, seven days later than the Dutch Secretary's account, ana is the only communication on the subject that yet been re ceived in England. " Since my last, (says the writer) we have been full of trouble, alarm and confusion at this place, and all along the Kantce Coast. It appears (hat three or four of (ho Isl and Princes, having given some offence (o the King of Ashantee, lie made war upon (hem, | with a vast army, and chased them from place to place, with dreadful slaughter, till they came up to the Faotoe, where they received protec tion for a time. Hut being again attacked by at least twenty thousand men, it was impossi ble to stand against them, and after a sangui nary battle the fugitives could not make a stand, ami they were all routed and dispersed in eve ry direction. The Ashantees having afterwards heard that they had found an asylum near this place (Ca|>e Coast Castle,) they dispatchcd a part of thftir army thither, with an in(en(ion of destrovlo* the town, and I am sorry to say, there hat own much skirmishing, and several heads taken off by the victors, (for since tho a bolition of the slave trade, it is the ttAiform cus tom of these savases to put all their prisoners to death.) Mr. WTiite iilferred as soon as he heard wliat was going on, and dispatched met* sengerstotho Ashantce General, who has re? (urned a pacific answor, stating that he has no intention to molest Cape Coast. You mar be sure, however, that wo are not without alarm, as their army is so close to us, that while it re mains, we feel as uneasy as if we were almut to receive the embrace a la Francahe ! The fact is, that we place 110 confidence in their pacific professions. All the Knglish for many in less round* have hurried into the Castle with the ut most precipitation, where w% are shut in with between four and five thousand women and children. On the other side, the Warsaw tribe have brought an army down against Commcdia, so that there is nothing but war and slaughter all around us. Tho Annamaboes, and all the tribe* as far y?s ftarracoe, are either murdered or dispersed, and such is our critical situation that we know not what will become of us, as it seems impossible for any of us to leave tho coast, as we have 110 ships at hand, and the l<ord Mul grave is not expected in less than a fortnight/* LATEST FOREIGN NEWS. Baltimore, August ?1.-?By capt. Glover, of tho ship Ileneater, of Boston, arrived at this port to-day from Liverpool, tho editor of the Federal Gazette has been favored with a file of Knglish papers to the 15th July, from some of the latest of which a few extracts are made for this day's paper. The Right lion. Richard llrinsley Sheridan died at l?ondon on the 7th of Julv. The trial of thu conspirators in France hail been brought to a conclusion, and three of them, l*oi|(iiier, Carbonneau and Tollerun con victed of high treason and condemned to death. July 15.?-New dollars per ounce, 4.?. 10//. 1-2. The Algerine expedition has receiv ed an addition of the llebrus, Granicus, lleron and Mutine. The Impregnable and Superb, be ing completed with provisions, ficc. went into the Sound on Thursday last. Tho Ilel/cb ib bomb is also completed, and took in her mortars last Tuesday. The largest of these is of tho following dimensions, and may give our distant readers some ideas of iU extraordinary powers to do mi?chicf. Length of the mortar, 4f. Oin. Calibre, If. tin. Extreme breadth of the mur/.le, If. lin. For charging mortar. 24lbs. gunpowder. On Thursday ail oruer uat received at Ply mouth for all the thins to receive iron tables, and have bits fitted fore and aft, for fastening springs to them in case it should be necessary to lie broadside to tli? enemy's batteries. The launches and boats are to carrr small mortars and carronades. Marine artillery from Wool wich and a company of the rocket corps will at* tend thtf expedition. The Queen Charlotte, 110 suns, bearing lord Exmouth's flag, captain James Brisbane, and the Minden, G4, captain Patter son, went out of Portsmouth harbour on Thura ni out h harbour on Thursday i and the Prome theus, captain Danhwood, sailed on that day with despatches Tor rear-admiral Penrose, at Malta, rite Albion, captain Conde, (fitted for the Rag of air C. Penrose,) has been added to the fleet, making seven sail of the lin*. Upon the arrival of the Madagascar at Hpithcad, which is hourly expected, her crew will be drafted into the Oueea Charlotte, Mirden and I<eander.? 'Hie bomb vessels in tho river, should they not soon obtain a sufficient number of new-raised men, will be completed from the crews of other peace home ships. It is said that the Dutch fleet willxo-operate with ours. v L II'th igh August ?3.?We are much gratified to learnlhtf the CapeFear Navigation Company have comnftpced their operations. They are now clearing but the obstructions between Fay etteville tend Wilmington, and when this Is effected Be* will procced to open and improve tho navtadtion towards the sources or the river. Mr Abernathy, who is representated as bcingaalilful and enterprising gentleman, super intends Iho works. Tho enure capital or the company now amounts to one liuudred and seventett thousand dollars, which by tho act of incorporation, may be increased atthe discretion of the company. During the winter and while unemplwea in the river it is the intention of the companttiMtthploy their force in building bridges acrtMf They are bow desirous we underetfU^B, purchasing .40 or 40 negroes, labourenlH carpenters.?Star. UK8DAY, SI.I-IK.M ltKIt 3, 181 (> JVatU \at Bank.?The N. York papers state, that JkCC unts having been received from all the places a which books wero opened for subscrip tions to he National Bank, there appear to be upward of three millions wanted to complete the sub riptiou. M^jol-General Gaines passed tli rough Wash* ington Uty, on tlie Jl3d August) accompanied by Col.jLrbucklo, on their way to New-York. The Joyol College of Physicians of London, and the.\rmy Medical Board, have decided that the Yejow Fever is a contagious disease, and conse<|*ntly un importable one. This decision enforcc tho necessity of more strict quarantine regulat its. Mr. >hn Scott, lute of Edinburgh, chymist, has be< eathed to the corporation of the city of Fhilad phia, three thousand dollars in $ per cent, i >ck, to be applied to the same purpose as Dr. ranklin's legucy \ with tlie further sum of 40(1 JoIIiu-h of the same stock, the interest of which to be laid out in premiums lor the dis< vtwvw'wiv ????? |M uhiixiiiu ivi ?nv cover) f ftieful inventions. This laudable and very li ral bequest in said to havo been recent ly rec< ed by the treasurer of the corporation Mr. ohn Wood has been appointed by the ex ccutiv if Virginia to survey the principal rivers in tnat tate, from their mouths up to tlieir falls) and a srwards to ascertain the latitude and longiti es' of such places ao may be desig nated. Th< National Intclligencer of the 19th inst. states) that, from private letters, it appears that 1 nry Cla/ Richard M. Johnson are !il to Congress from Kentucky. I ends of Foreignen,"?'The ninth anni dinner of the Hociuty of the " Friends re-cle versa M anil of Ft igners," was celebrated at London on tho 5 of July. Ilis Royal Highness the Duke of Ke took the cluMr. The company consisted priuci lly of crowned heads and tlio nobility of Lond , and other distinguished individuals. Amor the riuinl>er wo arc pleased to And our Minis John Q. Adams. After the cloth was remo> the healths of the King of Kngland?> ilia I r'al Highness tho Princo Uegent-?Ilis Impel Majesty the Kmperorof all the Russia* Ilis N esty the King of Prussia?Ilia Imperial Maje the Kmpeoror of Austria?Princess Churl !e and Prince Leopold Saxo Cobonrg the I of CIA e of Vork and his Army?and thn Duke nee and the Nation, were respectively dranldth loud applauite. The health* of the Forei Ministers thcro present were then pro* posec y the chairman and drank. Upon which, says dreat SpCC( the ii itutioti. Aindott paper, Mr. Adams arose and ad the company in a neat and eloquent pointing out tho incomparable merit oi otv has risen, pluenix like, from it* asho Aoon transcend its former splendor. Sitpet*HlioHS Ttrr>,r.?The following is recited in the Ihiltimorc American from aa Knglish paper.?" In a garrison in Kngland. In tin; niglit? a person was suddenly taken very ill* and the doctor had no other method of giving relief, but to send to hit* store at somo distance for the requisite medicines) for this purpose ho employed an old woman to execute this commis sion. In order to protect herself from the night air, and to prevent her candle from going out, she covered herself with a blanket i having oc casion to pdss near to a centiucl on his po*t, th" soldier looked with amasemont ami terror at tho approaching figure, and his bewildered imagina tion converted tho lady into the devil, with a tail, cloven feet, and uclching red hot flame* from his mouth. Suddenly he threw down hi* musket, and took to hit heels, loudly crying that he had seen old Satan coining to take film soul and body ! He actually died by the fright in w bout a quarter of an hour afterwards. Yet tlii* man bid served with reputation in all the war.* in the Peninsula, and had fought at the battle of Waterloo." COMMUNICATION. Sequel to the " Philosophical reasons why our | markets ara so bad, and the buzzards ho fat.''? The writer of thin piece no doubt has immortal* iz.ed hi* rtame by his learned and correct reason ings: but when a philosopher makes hi* appear ance before the public every one expects to sen or hear something great. In this I hope tho public has been completely satisfied. This great reoHoncr advances some nice an-.l interesting paragraphs about tho country fellows coining to market with provisions,and hearing the uncouth language of the ladies, and seeing the height of their bonnets, betake theinselvos to flight wi'k the utmost conhternation, leaving all behind them a prey to tho buzzards. The philosopher then makes the beautiful comparison between the ladies* bonnets anil a peach tree growing out of the head of a buck, having been shot witU a peach stone by Sambo's uncle. He even goe* so far as to say the ladies of this city arc the de scendants of this same huck. This, in all pro bability, is not correct ; fur they are, more pro perly speaking, the descendants, IViends and ad mirers of philosophical beaux. He has also left out many valuable and edifying thoughts and words about patches, which he has, in tlie mild est and most beautiful manner, compared to tho " devil in petticoats." We are certainly in ? debted to niin for thiB great and original com parison, which has thrown all former philoso phers in the back track. He says, the fellow* thought the ladies in patches were devils in pet ticoats) but 1 cannot tell how he knew their thoughts unless he was one of their company, which no donbt he was, seeing they took bach track so suddenly; but he was not correct in hi* comparison, fur no philosopher ever compared ladies to devils before. Some other things of importance have been looked over by Sir Epam inopdas, which would certainly torn! to reform the people, make the markets better, and fright en the country fellows less. I<arge-brimmed Palmetto hats, poke-easy appearance, with va rious pretences to things little thought o? mind* ing every thing but the one thing needful, and i a number of other outward appearances, which would really frighten any common horse. Thia is one reason why mules arc so plenty about tho capital; they are not easily frightened, and if tliev were they would not run away. Q. K. D. Scholium?It would be advisable for young philosophers to study Paley more and write shorter pieces. As to patches, I think it necessary to use ono or two sometimes, more particularly when we spoil our faces by advancing strange doctrine. Sometimes u patch over the hps, a bridle in the mouth, or a good hemp rope round the neck of many writers, readers, and loungers, would bo of infinite service toward the filling of our mar ket with plenty of good provisions. f/n/oit, 23d JlngHHt. oommf.ndatua. COWKVMICATIOX. R.cd, in Putnam countv, Georgia, ft few weeks since, MIIS. TUKNKIt, the w.fc of Joseph Turner, Ksq. At a wife, she was tender and affectionate ; as a patent, j,ho wan kind and indulgent i as a friend, stio wa? warm and sincere i as a neighbor, afiuble and benevolent. 81m: bud l<mg been s? professor of llcl.gion, and died in the lull assurance of receiving tho*e beftvenly blessings ami re wards which arc the result of a well spent lite on carlt; " Sweet in tlje srene wlien virtue <1ich, When sinks a righteous soul to reu s (low mildly Ixsam the closing ey e* t How gently Itcavet the exp-r.ng breast." EDUCATION. WAMTF.I), a Teacher of talents and character to tukc cbarfM of the Columbia Academy. The pre sent teacher will leave the Academy on the lith Sept The TruAteus flifnish the Principal of the Academy w.th a commodious building for tl?? purpose of te?ch,nj \!if. Classiest and he is entitled also lo the whole of d.*. tuition money. Th?? price of tuition has been fixed :.t the rate of twenty .five dollars per annum, for the cla* .r al scholar*, ami twenty dollars per annum f>r the young er acholar*. who are taught Heading, Writing, Ar.thm<? tic, tingtian Grammar and Geography Application must be made to the Trustees. R'.pt. ?1 A FOR HALF., VALUAfllJP. tract of l<ANI> in Fairfield I) ?tr.c\ l>*ir?K ill the fork of flro?d and Little Hivcn, coi,. taininjf by wirvw 12J4 acre*. Tltere ?rt? on tlie prtnioei tolerable ftuiluinK* of every description j excellent Hpring* of Water, and about 130 acre* urvlor cultiv ti**n. Tl* *l?ove tract of L-?nd contain* n convder.i?:' * nroport.on of good no.I for O.rn, Litton rod Wbe.it. \lr. Wm. Rums wbo i? in potseuion of the prctnw will *liow tliom on application to fttty person Widi.n# to purchase. IVmctnon mat t><? brul on tbc firit <1 :?v o. Junnny next Tcrim Will bo accommndntinir. !>AVI1> AIKP.N Wlnndtoro' Anp. 2ft, 1816. ,1v ptl A JoURMKYMAN 1'KINTKIl WAN'iKl). * NINK Dollar* p?r week, or t,'i!rty?ttven and n lift}'." rente per th<m*?hd, for composition, tit id fii\j r? in, ?ht token, for pr*'??.wo?k, will be given to ft fjo.tJ .'oiwv i.'vmin Printer, if immtdiatt applieal.on ?a rr,ui!u at tit!' >m<*e. 1 " liosri """r" OV the 2I?t in?tnnt, the troutfi-hoV t?art or* FIATIR, made by Norwood and A<tor, l/wvloti A liberal ?i* urd will Ix* ??.?''? to viy ??!*} ?<*>? del ver nine to L 11 CO)*