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* TW >**? s vr*'4. ? ^ CHERAW GAZETTE. M. MACLEAX, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR. ? CHERAW, S. C? TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1836. VOL. I. NO. ?. G. II. TAYLOR, PRINTER. Published every Tuesday. TERMS. It* paid within three months, . . - 3. 00 l/ paid withinthree months after the close ot the year, - 3. 50 I not paid within that time, . . - . 4. 00 A company of six persons taking the paper at the same Post Office, shall he entitled to it at $15, paid in advance, and a company of ten persons at $20 ; provided the names he forwardod together, accompanied by the money. No paper to be discontinued but at the option of the Editor till arrearages are paid. Advertisements inserted for 75 cents per square the tirst time, and 37 J for each subsequent insertion. Persons sending in advertisomonts are requested to specify the number of times they are to l>e inserted; otherwise they will he continued till ordered out, and charged accordingly. 0"The Postage must be paid on all communications sent by mail. RURAL. ECONOMY. From the Sew England tanner. RAISING OF CHICKENS. Sm.?The subject upon which I am about to write, may excite a smile upon the. laces of some, but if I succeed in rendering even a small service to any, the object will be accomplished. He thinks he may throw out a few hints that may be useful in increasing the number and quality of an animal that is so universally made to conduce to the luxury of the table, anc the proper sustenance of the human system. In the first place, then, I would advise those interested to procure for themselves a good breed of fowls. The pair 1 sent you last fall, I consider nearer to perfection, in all respects, than those of any other breed. I call them the Ostrich breed, from their strong resemblance when about half grown to the famous bird. They are large?their habits are very domestic?they lay well? set well?hatch well?and nurse well?and their flesh is very delicious. Have a well sheltered place for them to roost in, with a sufficient number of places for them to lay their eggs. Let your box be about a foot wide, and about 15 inches high?with partitions about ten inches apart. The box to be enclosed on every side, with the exception of about six inches of the front, and that the upper part?place the box enough against the wall to prevent the depredations of children, &c. The hen is fond of a small aperture to creep into for the purpose of laying. At the proper setting season remove your eggs carefully every night into a safe place, to prevent their freezing or getting much chilled, which will prevent their hatching. No "nest egg" is necessary upon this plan. The nest egg, in my opinion, seldom produces a chicken,"early in the spring, because of its generally having been chilled. While the laying business is very brisk, prepare as many setting boxes as you may think fit. Let them be about eighteen inches square, enclosed on every side, with a loose cover for the top. not so tight as to shut out the air; put hay or straw enough in to form a nest, in which you may place about thirteen eggs?put the hen in the box and lay on the cover, with a weight sufficient to prevent her from knocking it off. You may confine her without any injury for three or four aays, at the expiration of which time you may take offthe cover, and leave her until she hatches?which almost every body knows, will be exactly twenty one days from the time of commencement. The advantage of the large box are these : It gives room to move round without breaking the eggs, and the little ones a chance of coming out without the danger of their running away. When hens set on the ground or in unprotected places, they are subject to be interrupted by animals, and where two or three chicks are strong enongh to run they leave the next, and the mother, follow, iog them, leaves the half hatched to perish. This is a great loss of time, eggs, and chickens. As the warm season advances, always endeavor to set three hens at exactly the same time?they will consequently hatch at the same time, and you can then divide the chickens of the three between two, and they can generally take care of more than they can well hatch, if properly managed. Make as many moveable coops as you think necessary, with a shed roof and slats in front, which place in some safe place from hogs in the sun?the sun is very invigorating to young chickens. The hen and the chickens should be fed with corn meal wet with water or milk, three times a day, and watered at least once. The hen should be kept confined in this way, at least for a week, to prevent her from leading thowi-Jito the wet grass in the morning, which is very prejudicial to their well being. At the expiration of that time, if the weather is good, you may place a block under one corner of the coop and let them out; at night, they will return and take possession again, when you should take away the block, and keep Ir. oiram ..?.M .1 1 ,Wcc your instructive Long-Island Star, and it se may lead to greater advantage to the far- tir mers, and comfort to the lovers of fruit. I da have discovered, beyond a doubt, an anti- lal dote for the insects that destroy fruit trees at the roots, which is cheap and simple, and can be attended to by every farmer and gardener, in the country, viz : make a recess of around the trees, of sufficient depth to con- on tain from a peck to a half bushel of wood rei ashes, such as are used to make soap, then th< fill the place with soft water, and when it is wl nearly subsided haul on the loose earth, that tin was removed to give place to the ashes, to This should be done between the 8th of air May, and the 15th of Sept. in the several bri States north of the Potomac, and those an States south Of that line, between the 5th of sic April, and 12th of October, and must be re- ec< peated every year, until there is not a trace no O * Plv^v ???A r)nrvAClt^ HI] oi an nist;ci icu> i nc usnto ou u^|>vuitvu i? will hold their virtue during the growing the season, and every rain will produce a fresh int supply of liquid, which is certain death to cy the bug or worm, that falls in contact with all it, and at the same time will be of great flig benefit to the health and growth of the tree, wh With great respect, &c. mi: T. II. D. ed ine DEMAND FOR SILK. the We understand the demand for raw silk tail is so great that the products of foreign fila- law tares are selling at 86,50 a pound. The agi advance in price in Europe is also quite, if wil not unprecedented. Within a short time ide the price at Milan has advanced from 24 to 30 per cent, and the finer qualities to 40; for and more advance is expected as the man- mo ufactures of Lyons, Zurich and Germany wh cannot procure stock in sufficient quanti- I an< ties to execute the orders they have alrea- j ev( dy received Irom I\ew lork. f armers, j 011 therefore, need not be deterred from enga- J the ging in its culture by a fear of an overstock-1 nec ed market, as it would now be one of the gaj most desirable and profitable articles of ex- i oth portation.?Silk Culiuritt. j setl I on CONSUMPTION OF 5ILK IN ENGLAND. j Ve The ratio in which the consumption of! chi silk increases in England is astonishing, am By a late statement made in the House of I w,t Commons by Mr. John Parker, it appears i the that the amount of silk consumed in 1833, ! attt was 3,663,679 pounds ; in 1834, 4,522,. by 352 pounds; in 1835,5,500,000 pounds, boi being an increase of near 2,000,000 during cer the two last years. The production of silk wit must increase in the same ratio or the sio; price will soon put it beyond the reach of tha all who do not happen to be possession of cul princely fortunes. The poor and middling sill classes in this country will hence see the avi expediency and necessity of relying upon | sill their own farms for silks wherewith to in; clothe their wives and daughters.?Ibid, ed . . coc FEMALE INDUSTRY. Ya The following facts are not only credila- in s ble to the female industry of the country, tbe but conclusively prove that female labor, w? when judiciously applied, receives its lull l uvt reward. Last summer a venerable mat- res ron of Franklin county, P. seventy-six | ma years of age, with the aid of a girl, in five j the weeks made and sold silk to the amount of the 860, besides attending to the ordinary du- juri ties of her household. Two young ladies in the same county, in about six weeks, made slik sufficient for 400 skeins of sew- j j ing silk, which, at five cents a skein, j Clu amounted to 8200. There are growing in j wa: the town of Hebron in this State, eight j dip White mulberry trees from ten to twelve | cor years old, from which silk was made the j anc last summer by two young ladies of Mans- i spi field. They spent five or six weeks in plo Hebron, and, after paying all expenses of anc <Scc. carried home 860. Another young lady ill Mansfield made silk the last sum- . mer at the halves. She made and reeled in nine weeks twenty pounds, worth at least jsc 84.50 a pound. By this it will be seen ,an that her share amounted to 845, and that j "J' i . j oc _ i. /v- u?_ i..i ! tllU Sne rcceivcu 90 u weeiv iur nci iJuiH, We might go on and state facts of this ! , kind, ad infinitum: but these are sufficient ?! to prove that female labor, when applied to n . profitable objects, receives a liberal remun- ^ eration.?Ibid. ? an( MARKET FOR COCOONS f? the The New England Silk Company, Bos- tjie ton, offer to purchase cocoons at the high- 1 est market rate, and to contract for their p0( purchase to any amount. It is probable wa the quantity of cocoons which will be made pro the coming season, will exceed that of any ^ ] former year by at least fifty per cent, and, .. ;ate expenditure of the people's money; aud 1 lile at the same time the political econo- state st, who takes an enlarged and enlighten- vvors view of the consequences which must little ivitably result from it, will pronounce it yield : perfection of political wisdom. A de- riche ! of the circumstances under which the worn 7 was passed, and its effects upon the to tl ricultural and other interests of the state, after 1 show that we are not mistaken in our 0ut, as concerning it. withi The culture and manufacture of silk has since a time been engrossing the attention of grou >st of the States in the Union, several of ly to ich have been endeavoring to introduce their i foster it by legislative bounty of 81 on man; ?ry hundred mulberry trees, and 50 cents nuro every pound of reeled silk. This gave neve business a little start, and made Con- miel :ticut the most favorable State for en- exha jing in it on account of the bounty, all to se er advantages being equal. Massachu- upor ts followed by offering the same bounty el, w every pound of reeled or thrown silk, moo rmont, seeing Connecticut and Massalsetts filling up with mulberry trees, ,p 1 inviting the growers of silk to settle hin their limits and avail themselves of . ir liberality, endeavored to attract their ^ ( mtion towards her genial soil and climate j offering them a still more munificent 4 jnty. An act giving a bounty of 10 its on every pound of cocoons made ancc hin the State, was passed at the last ses- ^ n of the legislature. Maine, also, finding j t her soil and climate were adapted to the vgr tivation of the mulberry and rearing of the g l worm, and not being content with the # , .:i? ~ri? i?u 1 ?a nu aid ui uci luiiiuui anu ^iauuu9 uiuiru ^ : grower to visit her, as an induce ment, . addition to the low price of lands, offer- . ^ him a bounty of 5 cents a.pound upon . :oons. New York was also enticing the J!1 nkees to leave New England and settle ie-f r t such some part of her vast dominions. With ^ f se offers before them the silk growers . ' re balancing in their minds thecompara- . , : advantages and disadvantages of these \ 0 pcctive States, when Massachusetts gnanimously comes forward and offers 0 ^ m $2 a pound for every pound of silk y will grow, reel and throw within her ^ isdictioo during a period of seven years. Silk Culturist. , on tl Remeuy against Ants and Spiders.?Mr. cons itterbuck, jun. of Watford, washed the ^rus lis of his hot house with a painter's brush num ped in a solution made of four ounces of rosive sublimate in two gallons of water; .y 1 since that application, neither the red wlt" der against which the remedy was em- sPru "t/1 -?/%? ? irn r>->n Ac fKr.ir o rvnno r I fcUv/ I ytuj 1iu1 cuilo iiatb iiiuuvi mv.ii upj/vui* ;e.?Dom. Ency. "?ai _ c0i1s rhe St. Kilda Man.?At a meeting men d in reference to the establishment of that iooIs in the highlands and islands of Scot- left d, Dr. M'Leod, formerly of Campsie, Eng v of Glasgow, related the following beau- field il anecdote: to b A highlander,' observed the reverend take :tor, 'can give and take a joke like his ncr, ghbors on most subjects, but there is one as tl >ject on which he will not joke?I mean G religion; here he is reserved and shy, foun 1 this has led some, who come to them anc[ m the land of strangers, to suppose that men - / _ i i; : , ed, and whoever propagates it by cutigs, layers or innoculation will be abunjitly recompensed for his expenditure and t>or.?Ibid. Ii are < STATE POLICY. calk The act lately passed by the leg.^ature to bi Massachusetts, giving a bounty of 82 peci i every pound of raw Silk growed and deej sled within the Commonwealth, is one of aqU? :>se master pieces of state policy for nrrea lich her legislators, have long been dis- ed a guished. Though it is highly creditable row the intelligence of the members, and the fines lount disbursed under its provisions will One ng forth its " hundred fold;" yet there Line 3 probably some, making high preten- rmt < ns to a thorough knowledge of political Wate Dnoniy, who will consider it a profuse, if in n t a wanton and wasteful, expenditure of pum blic treasure, and be disposed to censure How.' :m for a reckless disregard of the public jrrjg; erest. A narrow and short sighted poli- \\ would doubtless condemn the law, and find appropriations made under it, as a pro- mosl from dr. Humphrey's letters. Published in the N. Y. Observer, Moors. l some of the counties of England there considerable tracts of low swampy land, *1 moors, which for ages were thought e of very little value. Lincolnshire, esally, was almost half covered with these > alluvial fens, the favorite haunts of itic birds and amphibious animals. The ,ter part of these moors have been drainnd brought under the plough and har; and thus converted into some of the it and richest lands in the kingdom, method of draining, as I was told, in :olnshire, where the ground will not ad}f any other, is by steam engines. The tr which would otherwise accumulate liry places, and prevent cultivation, is ped up from one level to another, till it 3 off in artificial channels, or is made to ite the higher grounds in the vicinity, 'e, in this country, have just begun to out that our low swampy lands are the I valuable lands we have. Thousands thousands of acres, even in tne oldest s of the Union are at this moment \e than useless to the owners, when a expense and trouble might make them I the best hay and pasturage, and the ist harvest of any they possess. It is Jerful to see how our people will cling le hills and knolls of their farms, year year till they have utterly worn them when they have the richest bottom lands !n a stone's throw, which have long ) swallowed up the soil of all the high nds in the vicinity, and which need onbe drained and cultivated, to reward owners to a hundred fold. And how y thousand beds of rich vegetable maare there, which the proprietors have r dreamed of, and from which 4hey it, with very little expense, restore their ustcd up-lands. How lamentable is it .?-? in/liiof.iniic fomilioc? almncl ctfl PUInff U 1UUUOU1VUO ItUi 1111V>0 Uiuiv/Ob oiut itug t thirty or fifty acres of sand and gravhen they might go down into their own rs, and grow rich upon twenty acres. English Downs. hese are large, open and elevated plains e the soil is generally light, and there tie or no cultivation. They are devo hiefly to pasturage and sporting.? cnse numbers of sheep are kept upon more fertile portions of these extensive i lands, and judging from the appear, they thrive extremely well there. To there is something highly picturesque was going to say romantic?in passing high downs, as we approached the tish border from Newcastle and saw ndred flocks, sprinkled over the hills r as the eye could reach, under their active shepherds. Fas torn I simplicity, ccnce, peace!?What magic is there, esc associations of early childhood, as come thronging upon the mind, under circumstances, even in the decline of Your riper experience and observamay have told you better?your sober ment may convince you, that it is chief>etry. But no matter. The witchery astoral ballads will again come over 1 soul, and hold you spell bound, as when lulled you to sleep, and brought sweet ms to your pillow in the nursery. hough there is but little wood growing he downs, there is, in some parts, a iderable growth of furze and underh. The furze springs up in a great ber of single stalks, from one root, swhat like our current bush. It is dy covered, quite down to the ground, a long narrow leaf, resembling the ce, in shape and color. It grows to leight of four or five feet, and bears a itiful yellow blossom. We should iider a few bunches of it highly ornalal in our gardens; and I took notice, here and there, a clump, was eithei or planted in the pleasure grounds ol land. I saw large patches, or rathei s of it, growing so thick and rank, as e almost impervious; and where it once s possession of the hill side in this man. it is quite as exclusive and inveterate le heath itself. rouse, patridges, and pheasants are d in great numbers upon the downs, ?i i are protected by severe penal enactts. The shooting season commences it the middle of August and is, I believe ly over by the last of September. The lity and gentry are extremely fond o! kind of sport; and many of the large tes arc rented, or farmed out, for this >ose. A company of sportsmen gives ;any hundred pounds, for the exclusive ilege ofshootinggrouseand other game, in certain prescribed limits; and it is edible how high the competition somes runs. I saw it stated it a paper just re I left Scotland, that two distinhed gentlemen had rented a single esfor the season, at eight hundred 'pounds ing. The Rook. he English rook exactly resembles our r, in size, in color, in caw ! caw! and ,'ery other resj>ect. lie has the same nl/ton onrl rv\ o 1 * n e Kn c?oir?A ?>-? a r. n > <? Klr\ gnjoo) uuu mcirv^o 111^ oaiuu txiiovJi ULliC ; bat he is treated as far from his poor cribed relation in this country, as possiIt is astonishing to see the flocks of s, upon the wing and in the fields, ighout the United Kingdom, and they rery nearly as tame as our house piis. The reason seems to be, nobody ts them?nobody interferes with their ng their young, or annoys them in any r way. They appear to live chiefly uporms and other insects, and thus, I no doubt, render ?.u important service e farmers of the country. rookery consists of a great number of upon contiguous trees, in some park renue, and very near the mansion itself, first f saw, was in front ofHaton 1 fall. - - four miles from Chester. I counted fifteen nests on one tree, and there were nearly as many on several others. This rookery Ei , however was small, compared with some which I noticed afterwards. One in particular, must have consisted of two or three ?a hundred nests, extending for a considerable distance among the thick trees, and nearly th< in a right line. Thus the rook, in Great se{ Britain, seems to be almost domesticated; ou and it seems to be his special privilege, to do dwell among the rich and noble of the land, pf Could I make the crow of my own country ine understand my language, or could I speak w': in theirs, I should certainly advise them to Pn change their name, forget their republican an' origin, and emigrate in a body, as soon as see possible. Pr( Yours sincerely. a F - 1? sin GERMAN HONESTY. j ^ The facts stated in the article below by j Professor Stowe, respecting German hon- ^ esty, were communicated to the public by j j the editor of the Lutheran Observer, some j seven years ago, in his published letters con- ^ cerning Germany. We are gratified to find them reiterated and confirmed from so respectable a source. 1 Professor Stowe, in his address before the rel? " Emigrants' Friend," during the anniver- f?N sary of the college of professional teachers ter( in Cincinnati,October last, makes the follow- Sal ing statement. dir "The Germans are proverbially honest, nKJ and some of their civil institutions are such as could not exist except among an honest ' people. In the city of Hamburg, for ex- fev ample, taxes are never assessed on individ- wh uals; but the officers announce the amount ter per cent, on porperty which the expenses ass of the jity require, and then each citizen aPI goes on a public day and dcposites in the vik public chest what property fulls to his share. '<ha No one knows how much another pays, hir there is no responsibility but that which is to1 furnished by each man's conscience and lI,3 sense of honour, and yet the whole amount deposited never fails to bear the right pro. portion to the valuation of the city. I lirst ag< inet with the statement in Madame de Stael's to Germany, but it seemed to me so incredible coi that when Dr. Julius was here I asked him wi if it was really a fact. He assured me that sei he was himself a native of Hamburg, and the had spent more than thirty years of his life sel in that city, and the taxes were always as- rai sessed and collected in this manner. I jai . i rv. have also been told by an intelligent ana ui trust-worthy merchant from Bremen, that in the same custom obtains there. How va would such a mode of taxation probably an- tic swer for Cincinnati or New York, or any an other of our large cities! I think no one by will deny that a liberal infusion of this homely sic ingredient into our national character, would ed materially improve it." fai "It is well known that Germans in this foi country, in many instances at least, are tic averse to learning the English language or to having their children learn it. We once fri inquired of a Lutheran minister the ground th< of this aversion. It is because, (said he,) th< they fear if their children learn the language wi they will also learn the dishonesty and tricks of the native American people. What a R< shame to us! But let the honest Germans to have their children furnished with a good mi English edncation, mingling moral instruc- an tion with the knowledge of letters, as the st< best shield from the contaminating influ- ch nnpoo diclii-vnoct nnrl uiPimiC " \VJ V^llV^O \Jk kUV/ UMliVliV^I U1IU Ttvivww* .. . Cross Sf Journal. th< ? fa, NEW YORK. m Great increase of the value of Real Es. jn : tatc.?We have obtained the following high- t0 ? ly interesting article from an abstract of the 11C Assessor's books, by which it will be seen tj1; that the taxable real estate of the city of New York has reached over $226,000,000 et| ?an iiicrease of $92,000,000 over that of last year. This sum was considered so low a that the Assessors raised it over $60,000, st( 000?making it upwards of $300,000,000. ^ Notwithstanding the fire in the "Burnt Dis- c[ trict," the value of properly in the first ward or is over $10,000,000 what it was last year; m second ward, $6,500,000; third, three and cn a quarter; fourth one and a half; fifth, three ^ and a half; sixth, three; seventh three and a ^ half: eitrhth, four and a half; ninth, four; From the Liberia (Africa) Herald. The things I do not like to see.?Mr. ditor: I do not like see people standing out the doors of the church, on the Sabth, until nearly all the rest of the congretion have taken their seats. . I do not e see the congregation clap their hats on jir heads almost before they have left their its, and stride carelessly and irreverently t ofchurch, with their heads covered. I not like to see females, when going out church, stop to chat with others; block\ up the aisles to the discomfort of th o 10 u ish to go out. I do not like to see a sacher in the pulpit with a white vest J white pantaloons on. I do not like to } a person reading in church whilst the jacher is preaching. I do not like to see >art of the congregation, in the time of ging, stand with their backs to the pulpit. 1 '-1? nnnm 0 IIOl IIKC SLf UIJV UUC UJ Uic 1 turn around, and stare one in the face, en thev hear one is coming into church. 3 not like to hear preachers, every time y go to preach, apologizing for not havthe notice in time to enable them to do irduty. A. B. Rebuke.?The Norwich (Ct.) Aurora ites a curious anecdote, consisting of the owing facts?A poorly dressed man ensd one of the churches of that city a few bbaths ago, when one of the congregation ected him into die gallery for a seat; a iment after a well dressed stranger enterand he was invited by the same individual iseat of his pew on the broad asile. In a j moments the services were commenced, en the clergyman read from the 2d chapof James?'For if there come into your .embly a man with a gold ring, in goodly parel, and there come in a poor man in 3 raiment; and ye have respect for him it weareth the gay clothing, and say unto n sit thou here in a gpod place, and say the poor, stand thou here, or sit here under r footstool, &c. From the National Intelligencer. Messrs. Gales and Seaton: Not long o, a citizen of Alabama, whilst on a visit this city, gave me a very distressing acunt of some of the frauds practised by eked white men to obtain the Indian re rvatious. Some were frightened from sir lands, and, fearing to return, would 1 for a trifle. False accounts were sed against others, who, to avoid the J, would convey their lands for nothing, hers would be made drunk, and, whilst that condition, be iuduced to convey luable tracts for a rifle, or some other arle of no greater value, &c. &c. And so xioua are the whites to divest the Indians ' any means, of the whole of their posses>ns, that a title thus acquired is consideras valid as if it had been obtained by a r and bona fide bargain and sale, and r a valuable and equitable considerate The following extract from a letter of a end of mine, now in Mississippi, is a far;r dlustration of the distress to which ;se wretched people are reduced, by this eked and abominable system of frauds: " A Choctow Indian by the name of id Pepper, who had a reservation, went the house of Grant Liucecum, a white an, who has been living among the Indis lor many years, and who toki me the >rv, and told him that the white man had eaied hhn out of his land, and that he is about o be driven from his home? e home of his father, and his father^ ther. That, in consequence, he was iserable ; that his heart was sick, and he tended to die. He requested Linoecum attend to his affairs when he should be ) more?to pay his debts, &c.; and for at purpose gave him authority over his Fects. He then took leave of him, return1 homo, and shot himself. " Another, in the Augusta District, had reservation of land?it was an old home3ad. He had been repeatedly applied to r white men. hut would not sell. His aim, by some oversight, was not marked 1 the maps in the Land Office, or, if arked had been erased. This home was itered by a speculator. A short while tck the mau who entered it went to e place, and told the Indian the nd was entered, and lie must leave After the man had retired, the Inan called his wife, and told her of anothinstance of the white man's oppression, e told her that he was too old to hunt for eir support?too old to go West; that ey had better dir. It was agreed to. e arranged his wife and three children in row, and called in his brother-in-law, (a hite man.) and told him of his designs, id wished him to witness their execution, id to tell, afterwards, what he had witssed, and the causes that led to it. Ho en, with a tomahawk, split the heads, sue ssively, of his wife and children, and ibbed himself. These are facts. The or d s have been much wronged ; >t by the Government, but by speculators, hey have dared to violate every principle humanity and honest dealing, and have ide large fortunes Will the Great ?irit suffer it to benefit them! A rascal ntured to hint to me how advantageous it ght be to me if 1 would aid and abet him his fraudulent schemes." The above extract is from a gentleman torn I well know. The Government es well to repose confidence in him. either the United States nor the Indians 11 ever suffer where he has power to prent it. Yours, &c. B. Garlic.?A writer in a Philadelphia paper ,tcs that when the fall fever raged vioitly in the neighborhood of a canal, then in itate of progress, numbers of the workin engaged on it eat plentifully of Garlic, d wholly escaped, while those who ablined from the use of this article were serelv afflicted i?\ the dis^il^r.?So. Ag. i f ' o .v, , tenth three; eleventh, ten; twelfth, nearly | jt. i forty; thirteenth, three; fourteenth, two and jj, i a half;fifteenth,6; 16th is taken offthe twelfth. er i The growth of this city is truly unparalleled; jj f last year the real estate was valued at ?144,- tjj j 000,000?this year at over 8300,000,000; ^ i an increase, we believe, that cannot find a ; parallel in the history of the world. a The Joseph's Bank.?This splendid edi- w' . fice will be, when completed, one of the proudest speciments of individual enterprize nG that ever graced our city. It is to be con- ^ structed wholly of beautiful sienite with iron ce doors, shutters, sashes, steps, &c. Not a ^ , particle of wood will enter into the construetion of any part of it. Its location is on Wall-street, fronting also on Exchangeplace, opposite the site of the new Exchange. f Already the spacious vaults, the basement and a good portion of the second story are completed, and materials enough on the F ground for the entire completion of the buil- Vc din?. This, with the new Exchange will, P1 . d ' in with a very few exceptions, complete the restoration of the "burnt district," to a state , far superior, in point of elegance and con- * venience, as well as actual value, to what it -? was previous to the Conflagration in Decernber last.?JY. Y. Express. | ve Lightning Rods.?Professor Fanshcr of Yale College, says:?In a dry atmosphere its influence extends to from .'30 to 40 feet, sta la a damp one from 20 to 25 feet. When leu it rains profusely, from 15 to 20 feet. From a s this statement it will be obvious that con- me ductors should always be erected with ref- an erence to the most water}* state of the at- sta mosphere.?IK 1 ve y in iaci nave 110 religion. .10 ruuiv aooi m you must be a highlander. A friend near mine happened to be in a boat by which a 110bj )r simple-hearted man from St. Kilda this s advancing for the first time in his life rstai m his native rock to visit the world; and j)Urp be advanced towards the island of Mull, s0 n rorld in itself in the estimation of the poor prjvj Kilda man, the boatmen commenced with ing him the wonders he was soon to see. jncn ey asked him about St. Kilda; they time ?stioned him regarding all the peculiari- kef0 ; of that wonderful place, and rallied him gUjs| a little on his ignorance of all those great tate, 1 magnificent things which were to be seen sterl VIull. He parried them ofT with a great ilness and good humor; at length a per- ? i in the boat asked him if he ever heard (Joel in St. Kilda??Immediately he be- ^1U" ne grave and collected. !n ey To what land do you belong V said he, Jett^ ;scribe it to me.' nest 1,' said the other,' come from a place ?j"os< y ditferent from your barren rock ; I ue from the land of flood and field, the r? d of wheat and barley where nature thro1 eads her bounty in abundance and luxu- are v ice before us.' 8pon Is that,'said the St. Kilda man, 'the d land you come from? Ah, then you re?11 y forget God; but in St. Kilda, man 0 er can. Elevated on his rock, sus- ?n w ided over a precipice, tossed on the wild e :an, he never can forget his God?he t0 igs continually on his arm.' All were A nt in the boat, and not a word more was nests cd him regurdinghis religion. w Gtosgoio Courier* ' '10 the demand will, no douht, be ten lold greater than has ever been known in this jejj country. This will also continue to be the 'jpjj case for the next quarter century.?Ibid. ^lK tjes PRICE OF CHINESE MULBERRY. not The great advance in the price of the anc Chinese mulberry during the past year, fur- in 1 nishes us with satisfactory evidence of the coc estimation in which it is held, and of the son eagerness with which the people of this of < country are embarking in the culture of: car silk. Last Spring we purchased a few,; * which had endured the severity of the pre- j * de ceding winter at 10 cents a piece, and * thought we paid the full value of them, ver The same sized trees are now selling at 30 coi cents by the thousand, at the nurseries. lan< We are also credibly informed that the de- Spr mand in France is so great that the; have riar risen near fifty per cent. The value of 4 this tree is not, as yet, duly appreciated, but kin should it become thoroughly acclimated, of nia which there is now but little doubt, it will nev soon become the pride of America as it has per long been of Asia. The high price of the 0ce tree ought not to discourage farmers from har procuring a few for the purpose of propa- sile gation. It will be many years before the j a^k whole country can be supplied from the , UK Ill VU1UI IUO UCW Vll If the weather is unpleasant keep them in all day. When the chickens acquire more size and strength, they should be fed in what is called a 'chicken feeder,' which is a covered enclosure six or eight feet square, with slats just close enough together to admit the chickens, and exclude the older fowls. Each of my hens last year raised to per fection, on an average, at least twenty chick, ens. They each raised two broods, and several hatched three times. When the chickens are taken from one hen and given to another, the one from which they are taken should be confined for about a week, and then set at liberty, when she will soon commence producing another family.?Ohio Fanner. TO DESTROY WORMS ON TREES. Gentlemen:?Please to give the following remarks and observations a place in 1 ....... ....... -