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' 1 From the Appendix to Wilscr. 0:1 Fccas. j : As I consider it the duty of even- incdi- j * cal man to contribntc as far as he is able to * extend the knowledge of the cow pox ; and c as the nature of this treatise only allowed j1 me to point out its safety and efficacy as a 12 preventive of small pox, I am happy in hav- j s ing it in my power to lay before tiie reader 1 ^ the following instructive extracts from a let- .11 ter with which I was favored by Dr. Jen nor. \ f u The vaccine pustule exhibits many va- | ' rieties of lint during its progress. The throe I s followingarethcmostpredominant;(ubsei vc I am now speaking of the correct pustule) i pink, pearl and amber, from ilie 6tli or 7th, li * to tlie 9th or 10th day. About this time, and S sometimes onward to the 11th or 12th day, c it o^umes a bluish cast; but this is not s common, nor is it of any consequence wheth- j cr it appears or not. In my early treatises, e when speaking on this subject, I particularly C noticed this color, but I was then alluding j chiefly to its color as it appears on the teats . h of the cow. j o u I will just mention, as I wish it to boas ; s universally understood as possible, that the | ?* chief point to be attended to by every one who vaccinates, is the state of the patient's j skin, as it is so apt when under the influence ! c, of herptic eruptions [tetters and ring worms] i,, to induce varieties of the vaccine pustule; j 0 and these varieties, according to their gra- ! a dations or deviations from the perfect pustule, j Cl produce gradations with regard to security? sj that is to say, if the deviation is trifling, sc. 1 curity may be depended on : if the pock in c] its progress puts on a midway appearance, 1 w * partaking as much of the herpetic us the vac- tl cine character, the case is doubtful; and f ft when the herpetic character follows the ' c] puncture, and prevails throughout its course, i then, it is to be considered of no avail v wliatever. However, with due attention,' p this tendency to anomaly can common- (j ly be controlled with great facility. It '] 1 find the pustules running wild in consc- c quence of these blotches;, I deaden them at j? f once, by the use oi' ung. hydrargyri nitrati. \ In early infancy, when they are detected {j behind the cars or on any tender part of the n * ? skin, my application is a solution of the sul-, c phat of zinc or the acetate of lead. It is \ curious to observe how quickly then will < the pustule assume its perfect character and j maintain it; thus affording the security sought for. It would have been cxtraordi- j t] nary indeed if the whole phenomena of vac- j a cination had burst upon my mind at oncc. j )< It was not till the year 1803 that I discover- ((] 1 cd this was the ordinary cause of interrup- 0 tion to the perfect progress of the vacciuc (] pock; and in 1804 I published my first pa- c a>?m.luoot ir? \f,vk nnd Plivs. n ptT Ull uiv euujwt iu n.w ??. ?? _ u , Journal far August. My next was incor- c poratcd with Dr. Willan's work on vaccination. | \ " The same coincidence (irritative crup. < jj tions) I am convinced from the most ample I ij testimony, is the source of failure in vario- j r lous inoculation & the cause of the small-pox 1 { occurring more than once in the same indi- r vidual when communicated in the natural a way. Here I could launch out pretty widely j f had fefcmc. W hat a field does this open j a to the view of the physiologist! A single vesi- (j cle,such as appears on the lip, for example, in catarrh,is capable of altering the action of the ij skin, consequently the stomach, and next the i <]1 whole fabric. What light does it throw on ' t, the action of blisters !?> The following extract I give at Dr. Jenner's request from his letter to Dr. Willan c just alluded to, farther illustrating the sub- v ject of the latter part of the above extracts. "Thos. Church, son of Tlios. Church c ? * i - i carpenter, at Berkeley, was mocuuticu i ? ** for small-pox," " by Mr. Williams, (late j f a surgeon of eminence at Dursley, in this ! { county, a very experienced inoculator, but ( > who has now retired from business,) with a \ Sarty of near twenty other young ]>ersons. lothing very particular was observed du- < ring the progress of infection, except that his arm inflamed early and with more violence, ( maturated, and was several weeks in heal- j j ing. He sickened about the usual time, and ! < bad eruptions, which were considered as j < variolous, but whether they maturated or ! not, I cannot ascertain. After the lapse of i ] four years, on being exposed to the snialb , pox, he caught the disease and had it se- < verely. This youth was from his infancy, affected with tinea capitis, [scaldheadj and a I * * j)retty constant succession of blotches about his face and different parts ofhis body. His head was now well, and his skin nearly free i from any eruption. That the disease he caught, four years after the inoculation, was really the small-pox, there could be no doubt, as several children were inoculated from the pustules who bad it correctly. "I havo often been astonished at seeing how small, and apparently how trifling, a local affection of any part orfthe skin is capable of occasioningderangtmentsin its action in parts at a distance, although its disordered sti'cb? cf such a as not to be 1 discernible by the eye. For example; a te small excoriation behind the car?two or qi three vesicles, even though of catarrhal ori- lie in, on the lips or about the nostrils?a few sc scurfy spots on any part of the body?and even "those vesicles, and the subsequent state of the skin, that are produced by external nc injur}*,{as I lately witnessed on vacoinating pu a boy whose face was injured by the cxplo. ge sion of gun-powder,) appear as capable of wl producing irregularity in the progress of the su vaccine vesicle, as more extensive cuticular mi affections. Vaccination, when these mala- cc dies are present, seems to shew, that tho ful whole surface of the skin is influenced at the or same time, but in separate portions; for on fro uiiuuniLi cunouen prouucc u pcnuci >atcine pock, and on the other from the inser- ? ; tionofa portion of the same virus, one that oc is imperfect and which would afford 110 security. Indeed, on the same arm within vci :hc space of an inch from each other, there till ivjII often bo this difference in the appear- ly nice of the pocks?one putting on the per- kit< ect character, aud the others deviating so I cd. videlv, as to resemble more nearly tiiat of ' tn hei peiic vesicle,accompanied with in flam- pui nation, and commonly ending in a soft, cle imhcr coloured or blackish scab?and hoi ometimes, especially if it be much disturbed the >y scratching, in ulceration. The probabil- ves ty then is, th;^ the skim at the point of inser- ? ioiuis sound and in its natural state in the one aPl ? " ? * * ? -? 1 . fr\ 1 nstanoo ana tiiseascti m tue oiner; out not j ' o, as 1 have observed, as to be jtcrcej>ti o the eye. Prc * * * J think it proper to mention ten hat the suppurative itch, deranges the process of the vaccine pustule, like the other P?* utancous diseases, to which it bears a re- , cmblance." . .3 I subjoin the instructions for vaccine in- NVlt culation, published by order of the medical Pre Council of the Royal Jeniierian Society. tcr' " An accurate knowledge of the signs of soc fn t lfection, and ofthe character and progress yj ftlib vaccine,vesicle, is essential to the access of this inoculation. ' c,y! The signs of infection and dmcrijitian of the vaccine reside. . ' " When vaccine inoculation proves sue- nu. cssful, ;i .sniaH red spot, with a degree of [ovation which may be felt, commonly ^ ommcuces en the third day. When ex- j mined with a magnifying glass, it seems to ^yj o.lsist of a small tumour, surrounded by a light cilbrcscnco. ai " Between the third and sixth day, a vesi- ?0j] le appears ; the shape and magnitude of ? \ liich depend much on the mode io which u.? jc inoculation has been performed ; when j cj^ is performed by a slight puncture, the vesi- cn& le will be small and circular. tecj " The edge of the vaccine vesicle is ele- or f ate J nnJ well ilofiiNMl ; t'uo cent no ia dorcssed, and a speck is there visible, of a s^a arkcr color than the rest of the surface. < .'his vesicle is distinguished from other vesi- t0 j !cs by the peculiarity of its structure, which 5 cellular, and somewhat hard and firm. j.*(. U first it is of a light pink color, sometimes leaded with a bluish tint, gradually chan- xvj1( nmorr/v^ infn :l i)C:irl color. Its uij; m - , ontents arc limpid, and almost colourless. ^ t common! v increases in size fill about the t , * . - ilia ml!) day. < " In its early stages it lias usually a small S?1?J iflamcd ring round its base, which about |etj lie ninth day begins to spread rapidly; and nat bout the tenth forms an areola, more or tj)C ss circular, an inch and a half or more in iiamctcr. This areola is of a pink, scarlet, r crimson hue ; and is attended with some legrec of hardness and tumefaction." It tCT :ontinuos nearly stationary a day or two, ^ut md then begins to fade; sometimes forming soc >n its decline, two or three concentric circles, ^rj " When the areola is perfectly formed, the j. j, esicle begins to decline; first it turns brown < ii the centre; then it is gradually converted wjt ruo a hard, smooth, shining scab, of a dark tjrv nahoganv brown color, approaching to " ? i ; i lack; and, in its general appearance-, ims tot unaptly been compared to the section of ma i tamarind stone. This scab commonly alls off about the end of the third week ; ind leaves a circumscribed cicatrix, clearly < lending that the true skin has been affected. svr " In the computation of time, the day of in i iioculation is to be considered as tlic iirst vir lav. of Occasional deviations of the vaccine vesicle dis from its ordinary appearances and character. , * Deviations are occasionally met with, car ,ven in the genuine vaccine vesicle; chiefly to | nth regard to its rise, duration mid contents, mc ?It seldom or never appears earlier, but it j< jftcn latcrthan the period already mentioned; js j jometimcs not till after the expiration of a ms ortnight or three weeks ; but ifit then makes ' the l regular progress, it renders the patient Jv iqually secure as if it had appeared at the jsual time. the wSometimes the vesicle is ruptured by 0jc external violence. In that case, the scab jib will in gcnenil be less firm, and of a lighter sal :oIor. Occasionally also, instead of the a ] regular progress to desiccation, as above described, it passes into a state of ulceration, sk ?ith a much more extended inflammation, be "The contained fluid instead of being su limpid as usual, is now and then found wj opaque. j rn? " Spurious pustules which afford no security i VI against the small pox. ' " The success of the operation is doubtful) | when there is any. considerable deviation wj from the usual course of the disease ; whetil- wj. er premature inflammation,irritation,itching, tra or vesication occurs; or the progress of the wj vesicle is too rapid, its contents yellow or opaque, its texture soft, its centre elevated, su or its form not well defined; or wheth- eq er a premature efflorescence takes place, ln; and a distant, vivid, circumscribed areola is ce wanting. ce] " I his anomalous vesicle, or spurious cjj pustule, as it is called, is more liable to be broken than the regular genuine vesicle, from its centre beinc more cTcvatodt its dy ^ " t v xture less firm. When broken, it is f] icntly succeeded by ulceration; or by jht brown, or amber-coloured crccpii ab. - " Probable Causes of Spurious Pustules. im Spurious pustules may be occasion >t only by matter taken from a spurio istule, but also by matter taken from nuinc vesicle at too late a period; or by tli lich has been injured by keeping, exp re to heat, or any other cause. Th< ly also be occasioned by using rusty la ts in inoculating;?by rude and unsk methods of performing the inoculatioi by the genuine vesicle having been dc i i * i *i i ? yeu m uu eariy stage; anu me regular pr ;;ss of the disease thus interrupted. Vhr methods of taking Vaccine matter for i ulatiou, and of preserving and conveying it ' Matter may be taken lrom a. genuii side at any time from its commenceme; the areola* begins to spread ; comma till the eighth or ninth day, sometinr *r, but never after the areola is fully forr "Itis to be taken by small superfici ictures, made in several parts of the ves with the point of a lancet introduct rizontally. Time should be allowed f fluid to exude, wliich will appear on 11 iicle in the form of small pellucid drop necessary, very slight pressure may I died with the flat surface of the laucc ciuicken the discharge. ^ ri ?. . t 7 .1. vncui cttuiiuii iiiuNi uu uuba vcu in iu cess ; or violent inflammation, and c: sivc ulceration may sometimes ensi* 4 The matter may be received on tl nts ofcommon lancets, when it is desigi for use immediately, or within a very le rs; otherwise these instruments canix h propriety be employed cither for tl servation or conveyance of vaccine ma as when charged with that fluid the >n rust. An ivory lancet is not liab his objection. It may be fixed inahai , and screwed into a case, in order to c: Je air. 4 A common method is to take two sma iare pieces" of glass, on the centre of or which the matter may be received, by aj iiig the glass to the vesicle, punctured i manner before described, and covert li the fluid ; it may then be suffered 1 - and annlicd to the vesicle reneatedh 7 ~~y 1 *? . * ien fully charged, and dry, it is to t cred with the corresponding piece < 53, and wrapped up in writing paper, < ilbecter's skin. [ A?atter may be also taken on thrcai ieh, being imbued with it must btLsuffe; 0 dry, and then charged again ; this pr< s may be repeated till it is well satun ; it may be kept in a phial, or in a qu 1 piece of a tobacco-pipc, stopped w* ire was:?the heat necessary to m< ling-wax might injure the matter. ' Another way of preserving matter i akc it on the end of a quill, which, whe ,may be inserted iuto the barrel ofanotl [uiil; or if slender portions of a quill 1 ntcd like tooth picks, a number of thei en charged may be inclosed in the ba of one quill. These, as the thread, a J convenient modes of conveying tl tier in a letter to any distant place. ; A small instrument made of ivor pod like the tooth of a comb, and poi like a lancet,which may be called aVacc or. is in even* respect as well adapted1 same purpose; and not*being liable I id, it is introduced into the puncture wi re case and certainty than the tooth-pic cse instruments require much less ma to charge them than thread or glass when they arc not intended to be us< in, the)* ought to be repeatedly charge lien they are to be used in a short tins s sufficient to wrap them in paper. 1 Matter must always be allowed to d] hout heat in the shade, and be kept in r and cool place. 14 Every practitioner who lias not a co nt succession of patients, ought to tal ttcr wlicn he has an opportunity, and serve it for any future occasion. " The modes of Inoculation. 4 The constitutional, as well as the loc nptoms of the vaccine afFcction, dcpci a great degree on the mode in which t! us is inserted. The smaller the woui the skin is, 4 he lighter in general is tl ease. " Fluid matter is better than dry. when i be procured, because it is more like produce infection ; and the operation ire lightly and quickly performed. Hen 3 evident, that in every instance where practicable, the patient from whom tl itter is to be taken should be present, ai ; matter should be transferred immedial from arm to arm. u T,^/.?lniion is <?cncrallv performed AIJVVV..W Q ~ # ' ,1 i upper arm, near the insertion of the de I muscle; but in some adults, who a cly to use the arm much, it is more ad^ bio to inoculate 0:1 the inside of the fc ittle below the knee. " The point of a lancet beingcharged, t in should be stretched, that the cuticle m penetrated with more case. A sm pcrficiai puncture is then to be ma th the point of the lancet, which will >re likely to leave the matter in contt th the skin, and to produce the desir ect, ii*it beheld nearly in a horizontal ( :tion. It is also worthy of remark, tli ion held in this diregion, the lancet mec tli greater obstruction when it has pec ited to a sufficient depth. On the contrai len It is inserted in a more oblique or rpeudicular direction, it often penotrai ddenly to sucli a depth as to cauae i iision of blood, which washes away t itt'.r, and prevents the operation froirj st; cdiag. In order to render infection mo rtain, the point of the lancet mny argetl with matter a second time, ai * Tli at circular dircolorifion gftlio t;kjn all dsscrihc.d. re- wiped on the puncture, a " When several successive inoculations ng arc to be performed, the lancet should be dipped in cold water and wiped after every puncture. ed " Dry matter has been sometimes known us to succeed after the expiration of several a months, but that which is recent is always tat preferable.* ? o- " Dry matter on glass may be moistened By with.a little cold or tepid water on the point n- of a lancet, allowing it some time to dissolve^ ;il- and blending it by a little friction with the i; lancet. It must not be much diluted, but of s- a thick consistence. It is to be inserted in o- the same manner as the recent fluid. " Dry matter on the barrel of a quill may n. ba applied without dilution, to a very small ' abrasion or incision of tlieskin : and, being ic held in contact for some time, and then reat peatcdly drawn over the part, it will dissolve a- and be lodged in the wound. bs " When ivory lancets, tooth picks, and n- vaccinators, charged with dry matter, are used, the matter should not be first diluted, al but a puncture having been first made with i- a common lancet, the point of the instrument is to be inserted, and held in the puueture >r half a minute or more; when the matter will gradually dissolve and remain in the part, s. If the part of the instrument which is charged >e be afterwards wiped repeatedly upon the % edges of the puncture, it will tend to ensure success. is " Thread, charged with dry matter, may bs used either dry or just moistened with cold or tepid water.. A slight incision or 10 abrasion is then to be made, not more thnn the eighth part of an inch in length, on which w a small portion of the thread is to be placed. This is to be covered with a small bit of paper, and to be retained two or three days by a mild adhesive plaistcr :?what is called y court plaister is liable to produce irritation. I? K Inoculated patients must be cautioned l* not to wear tight sleeves, and not to injure t- the arm by pressure, friction, or any other violence, lest extensive inflammation or ul 11 ceration should ensue. o " One vaccine vesicle secures the patient fw\rr? all d.nnrrpr r?f tlio ftmnll no* : hilt in in many instances it is better to inoculate in ^ botli arms, especially when the small pox is o epidemic, or the matter is dry, or the place f. of the patient's residence distant. >e " Lancets used for inoculation should be af kept clean and bright. " Constitutional symptoms. . " The constitutional symptoms sometimes ' occur at a very early period ; but more comr_ monlv from the seventh to the eleventh day. 5* " In some cases the patient is drowsy; in others restless. Sometiincs there is a chilliness, succeeded bv heat, thirst, hcad-aclie, 'J1 and other marks of febrile affection. Now >d and then a sickness or vomiting takes place, especially in infants. s, u constitutional symptoms, of what'n ever kind, arc in general slight and transient, and such as require no remedy. )e v " In a great proportion of cases there is In no perceptible indisposition; nevertheless, ? the person vaccinated is not the less secure *" from the future infection of the small pox, 10 provided the progress of the vesicle has been regular and complete. J ? " Care must be taken not to confound the 1" symptoms of infantile or other disease with :1" those of vaccine inoculation. " An assurance of perfect security from vaccine inoculation can only be obtained by J1 carefully observing the whole progress of tnc disease. 11 any uouui remain, me operation ought to be repeated. "When the patient has been previously ^ exposed to the infection of the small pox, " that disease will be superseded more or less, aecording-to the time which is shucred to elapse before the inoculation of the cowr-' pock. . . a * In thin country it is now common to preserve n* the scab and vaccinate from it; directions for vC doing which were given in a former number of *? our paper. We have nover known a seab kept through the summer retain its vaccine properties. , - Emtoh. al id -= ie RIBAL ECOXOMt. id? ie From the Tenncsseo Farmer SILK CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES. jv Mr. Daniel Rowe an ingenious and enjg tcrprising citizen of Dayton, Oiiio, about ce three yerj-s since, occupied three large J rooms in the city with worms. lie had knr?w> co*snn nnirl anv attention j j0 HU~fX. 1 IA/| V/l V/ illUV WV\?wvta 1](j to tlieni or the culture of the mulberry tree. ^ lie hired a manand a boy to go to the forest, two miles from Dayton, and gather! ju leaves?two girls were employed five weeks ]t. in feeding them and preserving the cocoons. ^ At the end of that time lie gathered (if I re^ member right) eight barrels of cocoons.? ;gf He was indebted wholly to the woods for their food about the same time he set out five jie acres of trees, - some white and some red ay mulberry from the woods?two years after all this I received information in a letter from Nicholas Lougworth, of Cincinnati, that a factory was established there (in Dayton,) lct and that vests and handkerchiefs were manC(j ufactured with success, and much to his honor and the delight of the citizens. The at four acres of mulberry, according to all con;ts current statements, particularly according (C- to the one made in April, 1833, by Judge Spencer, ought to yield him 1500 dollars, clear gain. ?3 . We must recollect in this concern that au the trees are imrpoving every year?the same buildings and furniture will 'answer [(% twenty year* to come which do now. Sucire ccss attends the cfForts of that very amiable kc talented and ambitious citizen. Another n(j fact which I have made public in a lecture which I gave on the subject of the silk culture. Two log cabins at the village, in Ohio and a garden-house, wtxc appropriate] a? nurseries for the worms. The le?i*ca wer brought halfa mile by boys, anil the worm fed and cleaned by his two girls of 13 year old, superintended by a young andbeautifu shakeress, somewhat acquainted with th business; in five weeks the cocoons wer exposed to the sun and reeled into rav silk, and sold to Gen. Daniel Gano, ofCin cinnati, I think, for ?97,50?he gave thi Shakers for sewing silk $10 iter pound. The committee apointed by Congress, a the instance of Mr. Van Rensselaer, to re port on a manual for the raising of silk ii the United States, say that from one acn planted with mulberry trees, 500 lbs. of rav silk can be obtained. This, at minimun price of $5 per pound, would b^$2500.? The more I write and think on this subjeci the greater is my astonishment, that m\ countrymen do not take hold of the busl ness with Herculean energy and go ahead, Prontp fircf llin fX/iel fin nlinnftnn/*n rvf tlir *41CV W1U 4WWJ "-a UVUUVIMiiVV v* VIAV raw material will be the consequence, anc then the hands to manufacture will soou b( found. The Eaton .Register says, Mrs. Alfred, of Row Cum, Preble County, Ohio, has the present season, with the aid of one smal girl and two boys about twelve years old led and attended about 50,000 silk worms with the leaves of the common wild mulberr) tree?from her labors of six weeks she real ized 8225, from the sale of the raw material when put into skeins would it brin? 8400, The silk she manufactured is equal in dc. g.mce and richness to any foreign silk; anc yet this female accomplishes all her labors without the aid of theory or instruction.? The report of the House of Representatives through their committee, on the presenta tion of an elegant national flag by Mr. Di Ponceau, and manufactured in Phiiidelphia by Mr. Homergue, is that "fifty years ngc there was scarce, a pound of cotton raisec in the United States and last year there was six hundred and forty thousand bags export. cd to England; there is nothing unreason able in the conjecture, that similar develope ment may attend American silk. The Dayton Journal of 1831, says a citi zcn of our vicinity, with two boys bus atten ded 100,000. silk worms, which produci 300 |>ound of cocoons, which sold in Cin cinnati for $125. queen ann's county company. The editor of the United States Gazette speaking of the Silk Company lately forme< in Queen Ann's County, Maryland, says,? ''The company is negociating for a farir and great confidence is expressed that th< . ?:n 1* experiment win rcauu mimumu >u portion of the State, and induce other enter prises which will eventually be productiv of great advantages to Maryland, a larg portion of whose soil is peculiarly oda'pte j to the purpose. The subject is also begir ning, we perceive, to excite attention in Ve | aware?,,??S&k Cullumi. AGRICIXT17EAL COLLEGE. The legislature of Indiana, at their Jat session, incorporated the "Western Scict tific and Agricultural College," to be locate at such place in the State as the board c i trustees, therein named, may select. Th course of instruction contemplated is the on devised and recommended uy ine law iyit Grimke; which was a preference) of Engl is literature to the ancient Greek and Lati classics. An agricultural department is a] so contemplated, in which shall be given thorough systematic and practical agricu tural education. An institution of this kin cannot fail of flourishing and being ofinca culable advantage both to the communit and individuals. ; Ibid. SILK COMPANY IN MAINE. ' By a Jettcr from Augusta,Maine, we lear that Edward Savage, Esq. and others hav a jietition before the legislature, now in se* sion, for the incorporation of a compon with a capital of 50,000, for the culture an manufacture of silk. ' _ Ibid. i . " ON INVESTMENTS IN MENTAL STOCK. When men grow Vich by tlieir business be it professional, mechanical or agriculti ral, it becomes deservedly a- matter of ca culation,how they shall best employ the surplus profits, with the view of promotin their own happiness, and subserving the ir terests of their children. Our farmers wh farm well, and atteud to their business, ai doing well, perhaps better than at any form* nn?:A/l n f rvnr hi?tor\'.and are laving up anm J/V1IVU VA J J ally snug sums of money. To render ihcj profits truly a blessing, and to enhance the value, they must take care, to implant ear! habits, that will enable children to apprec ate, and to preserve, the patrimony wiiic is thus annually accumulating for them, ar above all, to enjoy it as rational men.These objects arc best effected, by vestir a part of this augmenting capital in xextj stock?in giving to their childreu the ai vantages of a good education. Other pn pcrty is liable to many casualties, and mc be wasted or destroyed j but the treasures < the mind aro stable, and are certain to ei dure while reason holds the rein. There not a thriving farmer but can have his sor instructed in the general principles of ph; sieal science?in the laws which God has ii stitutcd for the government ot thcanima and inanimate matter of which our globe composed. Tlic brutes are taught, by i stiuct, to provide for their wants, and to ta] care of their young. But man is endow< with intelect, capable of vast expansion, ai of a scale of enjoyment of which tlie bru must ever bean utter stranger. Possessii tl^se lvigji capacities, can a fotlrcr conse to see his children forego the pleasures ai moral improvement which education try confer, and which should distinguish o species, and to grovel through Hie almost < a level with the inferior orders of being Tuo investment which we advocate. wT! r. t c only constitute a business capital, jscrvingt6 s increase the profits of labor, but an intellect- . s ual capital serving to increase thtffiappiqnss J of man. Knowledge is multiple* m the e benefits it confers. It may be dispensed to c thousands without impoverishing him who. v dispenses it. Hence whoever will, may - rofit by its teachings. -'jtt e Again. What father is tliertlrho wouty not like to see his son distinguished for taiept t and usefulness, exerting a benign influence* " - upon the condition of society .and enjoying 1 the respect and esteem of his fellow^itatena. 2 Can he reasonably expect to see this anion f he dispenses to lum the advantages of edui cation. Can he expect to reap the harvest, - without sowing the seed, and without sowing t the seed too in the spring-time of life. r Cultivator* auk Abstract ?f the ProceKlMfi aKTOHr T wen ty-f Mirth CoagitM. Flnl ^ 1 ?ion. > " SENATE. March 10. [ Ohio and Michigan, Afier some discussion die bill to ostah* lish the northern boundary of Ohio, was on ' dered to be engrossed and read a third time! yeas 30, nays 3. March 11. Mr. Knight from the r ramittec on Man' ufacturcs, reported, w' jt amendment, a [ bill to allow a drawback on imported hemp j manufactured into cordage, with a recom, mendation of its passage. The bill for the continuation of tlie Cumtarl&ml Road was taken up* and after sun ) .. dry amendments was ordered to be engrossj ed. It appropriates $200,000 for continuing the road in Ohio; $200,000 for Indiana, * and $150,000 for Illinois; The expenditure j in Illinois to be limited to graduating, and 5 bridging the road; without pledging Congross for future appropriations to macftd* mizc the road. Abolition, When the motion of Mr Buchanan that the prayer of the petition (of the caln quarter, ly meeting of quakers) rejected, was taken . 'Q up, Mr. Leigh withdrew the amendment _ proposed by liim on a former day. Mr. Alckean tticn moveu iu suwuuhv ?w the motion of Mr. Buchanan, the following: " That it is inexpedient at this time to legif. late on th? subject of slavery in the District j of Colombia." Decided in the negative: yeas 2, nays 37. The yeas were Hendricks t and McKean. c' . Mr. McKean then moved to amend the , motion of Mr. Buchanan by preceding it v with the following words: u That it is inez? e pedient to legislate on tlie subject of slavery ,c in the District of Columbia :"yea&3: Erring' j of Ohio, Hendricks and McKean; nays 86. j. The question then recurred on the origi. j, nal motion of Mr. Buchanrn, "that the prayer of the petitioners be rejected." Mr. Calhoun in fi-.n cnnrse.of some remarks said, that Jie IM. ? ? ? would not vote on the question, because ft was one "so^closely connected with, that of c receiving the petitions, which involved the question of the jurisdiction of Congress over- . f the subject in the District and in roe Stales: Mr. Preston end Mr: Walker, bath said that e as they were overruled in their efforts topee* 0 vOnt the rccopiiou of the petitions; they would * go for tho next strongest measure against 1 them. Mr. Davis of Mass., in the coursen of remarks which occupy a column and - a half in the National intdligeneer, said he .a would vote against tho motion to reject the prayer, not because he had the least dispoj 8?tion to grant it; but because he was of opinion that"Congress hod jurisdiction ever y the subject in the District of Columbia; and that therefore respectful petitions ought to ha respectfully .treated., He was of opinion thev oucht to be referred and a report be f w ?. _ n made upon them as upon alt others* c The following arc the yeas and nays on J- the question: 1 - ? y Yeas?Messrs. BcntoDv.Black, Brown, J Buchanan, Clay, Crittenden, Cuthbe^, Ewing of Ohio, Goldsborougfc, Grundy; HrB, . Hubbard, King of Alabama, King of Gcor* gia, Leigh, Linn, McKeatj, Moore* Nicholas, 3> Niles, Porter, Preston, Bobbins, Robinson, i- Ruggles. Shcpley, Tallmedge, Tipton, Tom1. linson, Walker, Wall, White, Wright?34. ir N ays?>31 essrs. Davie, Hendricks, Knight, g Prentiss, Swift, Webstcr-76.. r t. So the prayer of the petition' \vaa rejected. 0 A Iter this decision, Air. Wobstericjpvc go* re tice that he had in his hand seririfsimilar ir petitions, which he had forborne to yesent 1. 1 ill this &om Pennsylvania should be appose sed of, and that he should now^ on an wly ir occasion, present them, aqd move to iKspafra - - - 1 ? l!i !y. of tliem in tlic way in which it Jiad oecn ms i- opinion from the first that all such petitions ;li should have been treated; that to refer id them to the committee for inquhyandcop. ? sideration. ig March 14. il Mr. Prcstoo, from the Committee on the J. Librar}-, made a report onthe subject of the o. purchase of the library of Count Sioutouriin^ iy which was ordered to be printed. of ?The till for the continuation of the Cuma. bcriand road in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, is wy read; a third time, and. passed, is March 15. y- Mr. King of Georgia, asked and obtained n- leave to introduce a -bill authorizing tbecoak tc struct ion of a rail road through thepnblic is lands in Florida; which was read twice, n- and referred to" the Committoo on Public te Lands. , . 3d The bill for the distributonofttic proceeds 3d of the public Jaiida was taken up, on potion ite of Mr. Ewing ofOJiio, who addressed the ig Senate at length on the character and merits nt of tho bill, going at large into a varipty of (id interesting statements and views of 0$ Fk ay nauces ot tlie country, r Mar eh 16# ^ on - Abolition Petitions. s ? Mr. Webster rose to presco? the peti. to! t'035. ' * f '