Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, October 04, 1836, Image 1
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BLIGHT IN PEAR TREES.
A correspondent of the Northampton
Courier recommends as an effectual remedy
for this disease, that spirits of turpentine
be put on and about the affected parts of
the tree with a brush.?Farm, ty Gard.
MANURING OF CORN BROADCAST, OR IN THE
, HILL.
Each of these methods of culture has its
advocates, and as for ourself, we have not
fully made up our minds with respect to the
superiority of etther, although we are free
to confess, we incline to the belief, that the
broadcast application of the manure is best;
and so far as our judgment may be entitled
to consideration, we think it would be found
most effective to harrow instead of ploughing
it in, the tendency of most manures, ex
" o ,
cept the gaseous parts, being to sink. Bv
broadcasting, the lateral roots, which extend
far beyond the stalk in search of food, have
a much better opportunity of imbibing nutriment
than when applied exclusively to the
hill. The ducts or mouths, through which
the sustenance of the plant is derived, being
at the extreme points of the roots, it stands
to reason that none but the shorter ones,
which do not extend beyond the body of the
manure as applied to the hill, can derive any
essential advantage therefrom. Where
time and opportunity suits, and manure is
plenty, both applications would be of great
advantage, and at all events, a small portion
of light vegetable mould and ashes, or a
compost of ashes and plaster, or lime, should
be put around the plants when they first
come up, to give them an impetus at the very
onset, as nothing is so beneficial to the
future crop as imparting to the young corn
a vigorous start at the incipient stage of its
growth. No one except those who may
have witnessed it, can form any idea of the
ureat use which is to be derived from ap
plying from one to four gills of sucli composts
as we have iKitned, to the corn plants
when they first come up: nor can they conccive
the amount of increase in the yield of
the corn which will be thereby promoted.
Ibid.
MAMMOTH TOMATOES.
We are iudebted to Mrs. Doef. Thomas,
of this place, for a peck of very superior
Tomatoes, both of the white and yellow varieties.
One of them weighed 20 oz., and
many of them, judging by comparison, must
have exceeded a pound. We hope the ex.
ample of Mrs. T. will not be lost upon some
of our other friends.?Kent Bugle.
The Farmer and Gardener concludes an
article on the Gama Grass by the following
statement:
In corroboration of the preference given
to this grass by cattle, when curod into hay
ive will mention a fact related to us by a
respectable physician in North Carolina,who
has several acres of it under cultivation.?
He placed before his riding horse, a small
mifintitv of fresh corn blades, newly cured
timothy hay,and fresh gama grass hay, neith.
er of the two first named was touched by
his horse until he had consumed all of the
latter?a more striking instance of partiality
could not be desired.
From the Porlstnoutk (N. II.) Journal.
Green Corn and Snow Balls.?On
Wednesday morning we noticed in a market
wagon, containing corn in the milk, the
strange sight of a snow ball between 2 and
$ inches in diameter. It was formed from
the frost which on that morning was visible
in every direction around us?blasting, we
fear, the small hopes many of the farmers
had cherished of their corn crop.
BEETS.
Beets furnish from a given surface of ground
a greater quantity of nutriment for horses
and cattle than any other kind of forage.
Wherever its cultivation is understood, it has
the preference over all other roots. It succeeds
in almost all soils, is but little affected
by the vicisitudes ot seasons, and prepares
the ground very well for succeeding crops.
Throughout Belgium and Germany, the
leaves are from time to time stripped offand
given to the cattle, which eat them with
avidity, and easy fatten upon them. Fowls
are also fed upon them. They are firsl
hashed up, dhd then mixed with bran. PigS
eat them with a good relish. Milch cows,
when fed upon them, fatten at the expense
of their milk. The leaves are equally val
Iuablc in the fattening of cattle and sheep.
Beets should be gathered when the weath
er is dry, and put away in a dry state; anc
when prepared for cattle, they must be cu'
up tine with some suitable instrument, anc
may be given either alone or mixed with
straw or hay.
They are equally fit for horses, with the
precaution of adding a variety of cut straw
and hay well mixed together. Tliis food
will preserve them strong and vigorous, as
is well ascertained in Germany, where beets
are much cultivated for this purpose.
For the fattening of a bullock, forty or
fifty pounds of beets per day mixed with five
or six pounds of dry lodder, will accomplish
the objects in the space of four months,
t Care must be taken to give it in three sepa,
rations, since by feeding often and in small
} quantities at a time, the same amount of nu'
triment goes farther,
i Finally?by facilitating the means of stable
fattening, throughout the year, beets
' furnisha very important addition to this
means of augmenting the mass of valuable
j manure.
, They may serve also, on occasion, for
the food of men ; they are less subject to
she vicissitudes of seasons than turnips, and
I their leaves supply for several months an
! excellent food for cattle. The root may be
easily perserved during eight months of the
year. They give milk an excellent taste
and quality. Cattle eat them with avidity,
j and are never tired of them. The culture
j of no forage root can compare with that
of the beet, in the number of advantages
which the industrious cultivator may derive
' from them. "* We cannot too strongly recommend
the introduction of them into places
where they are not already in vogue.?
Bib. Univ. for 1831.
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From the New England Farmer.
farmer's work.
Selecting and Preserving Good Seed.
The seeds of various vegetables are now
j daily becoming ripe under the eye of the
i cultivator; and if he does not gather the
best, and make the most of all sorts of useful
seeds, he neglects one of the most important
branches of rural economy. Gather
the best seeds only for propagation, and
I let those which are not first rate never oe
! used for planting or sowing. The dry
kindsof seeds are best kept in their own
ponds or outer coverings; but the seeds of
all soft fruits, such as cucumbers, melons.
&c., must be cleansed from the pulp and
mucilage, which surround them ; otherwise
the rotting ofthese parts will spoil the seeds.
When seeds are gathered, it should always
be done in dry weather; then they
j should be hung up in bags in a dry room, so
j as to preserve them from the air.
The selections of seeds depend principally
on a proper choice cf grains and kernels,
as well as roots, from the vigorous vcgetables,
growing under our own inspection; for
1 though it be conjectured that the cultivation
' of a particular plant from the same seed, apd
; in the same soil, will at length cause it to degenerate,
yet numerous well attested instan:
ces have occurred, in which the contrary is
! evident. The more healthy stalks or stems
1 should therefore he selected for bearing
i seeds & such as attain maturity atthe earliest
I period of the season ought to be preferred,
especially if they grow at a distance from
weakly plants of the same species; lest fe
cudating farina of the latter be blown on the
I stigmata of the former, and an inferior kind
! of succession be produced.
The proper time for gathering seeds is
) the period of their perfect maturity, which
i may be ascertained by the darkness of the
| stein : because when the latter begins to
J decay it becomes bleached by the oxygen of
I the atmosphere, and no further nourishment
can then be conveyed to the seed.
PARENTAL INFLUENCE.
"Where parental influence does not con
! vert," said Richard Cecil, "it hampers?it
j hangs on tlie wheels of evil. I had a pious
j mother, who dropped things in my way?I
J could never rid myself of them. I was a
; professed infidel: but then I liked to be an
j infidel in company, rather than when alone
; ?I was wretched when by myself. These
, j principles and maxims spoiled my pleasure,
i With my companions I would sometimes
' stifle them like embers, we kept one another
j warm. Besides, I was a sort of hero; I
had beguiled several of my associates into
| my own opinions, and I had to maintain a
I character before them; but 1 could not divest
' myself of better principles. I went with
j one of my companions to see the Miner; lie
; could laugh heartly, but 1 could not; ridicule
j on regeneration was high sport to him?to
| to me it was none; it could not move my
features, he knew no ditlerence Deuveen
regeneration and transubstantiation?/did.
I knew there was such a tiling. I was afraid
i and ashamed to laugh at it. Parental influence
i thus cleaves to a n an?it harrasses him?
; it throws itself constantly in his way."
i Abdool Kauder.?A curious account is
given in Malcon's Persia, of Shaikh Mohydeen
Abdool Kauder. Being induced to
undertake a religious life, after the fashion
[ of his country, his mother taking out eighty
i decnars, as he says, gave him half, as all
his inheritance, the other half being reserved
i for his brother.
"She made me answer when she gave
1 it to me, never to tell a lie; and afterwards
i bade me farewell, exclaiming, 'Go, my son,
I give thee to God. We shall not meet
j again until the day of judgement!' I went
| on well till I came near Hamadan,whcn our
i kiffilah was plundered by sixteen horsemen.
; One fellow asked me what I had got??
t 'Forty deenars,' said I, 'are sewed un;
under my garment.' The fellow laughed,
, thinking I was joking him. 'What have
; you got?' said another. I gave him the
same answer. When they were dividing
the spoil, I was called to an eminence, where
their chief stood. 'What property have
1 you my little fellow said he. 'I have told
t your people already,' I replied, 'I have for1
ty deenars sewed up carefully in my clothes.'
i He desired them to be ripped open, and
I found my money. 'And how come you,'
; j said he, with surprise, 'to declare so openly
' i what had been carefully hidden?' 'Be
cause,' I replied, 'I will not be false to my 1
; mother, to whom I have promised never to t
conceal the truth.' 'Child,' said the robber, i
'Imst thou such a sense of duty to thy mo- t
ther at thy years; and am I insensible, at my f
age, of tne duty I owe to my God? Give c
me thy hand, innocent boy,' he continued, c
'that 1 may swear repentance upon it.' He c
did so. His followers were alike struck a
with the scene. 'You have been our lea- c
der in guilt,' said they to their chief, 'be the t
same in the path of virtue;' and in an instant c
at his order, they made restitution of their ii
spoil, and vowed repentance on my hand." ii
Filial Confidence.?An old man had s
two sons, who were one day surprised by j:
the sight of a lion coming toward them, in a c
field near their father's house. They saw 1
their danger and looked around for help. t<
On one side there was a high wall which o
surrounded their father's dwelling, on the c
other side of which they heard the old man's c
voice affectionately exhorting them to come n
to him and find safety. One of the youths tl
determined to obey this injunction,but his bro- a
ther opposed him vehemently?'Do you not tl
see,'said lie 'that the wall is insurmountable, k
The lion will pursue us until we reach it, and h
then find us an easy prey. I will trust to my tl
speed, and attempt to escape in an oppo- tl
site direction.' 'But,'said the other in re. a
ply, 'do you not hear our father urging us r
to climb the wall; surely he would not do tl
this if the tiling was impracticable.' 'I don't
care,' said the other, 'go your way, and I ^
will go mine.' There was no time for c
further parley. The dutiful son followed v
his father's advice and fled towards the wall. s
As he approached he discerned a ladder of a
ropes suspended from the summi^ on which n
he rapidly ascended. He did not fail to 0
call aloud, announcing this intelligence to a
his brother, but his eye turned toward him F
only to behold his destruction. e
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A MOTHER S TEARS. t|
There is a sweetness, a sacredness in a tl
mother's tears; when they fall on the face of b
a dying babe, which no eye can behold with F
a heart untouched. It is holy ground, upon y
which the unhallowed foot of profanity dares b
not encroach. Infidelity itself is silent, and e
forbears her mocking, and here woman fi
shows not her weakness but her strength, v
It is that strength ofattachment, which man I
never did nor never can feel. It is poren- u
nial, dependent on no climate, no changes, v
nor soil, but alike in storms as sunsnine, i?
it knows no shadow of turning. A father, s
when he sees his child going down the dark p
valley, may weep when the shadow of death
has fully come over him, and as the last departing
knell falls on Jiis ears may say, "I
will go down to the grave to my son mourning,but
he turns away in the hurry of business,
the tear is wiped, and though when he a
turns to his fireside, the sportive laugh comes t
to his remembrance, the succeeding day t
blunts the poignancy of grief, and it finds no f
permanent seat. Not so with her who has borne
and nourished the tender blossom. It c
lives in the heart where it was first entwined i
in the dreaming hours of night. She sees j
its playful mirth, or hears its plaintive e
cries; she "seeks it in the morning'' and J
"she goes to the grave to weep there." Its *
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little toys are careiuuy iaiu usiut- us suci?.u \
momcntos, to keep continually alive that \
thrilling anguish, which the dying struggle, 1
and last sad look produced, and though grief, \
like a canker worm, may be gnawing at the t
vitals, yet she finds a luxury in her tears, a ,
sweetness in her sorrow, which none but a j
mother ever tasted. i
I
FASHION. |
The following hit at "Fashion" in some of <
its absurd forms, is made by Editor Brooks, t
in the New York Express. i
Fashion is a fool sometimes, though at \
other times there is much sense in fashion, t
English fashion is generally formal, silly, t
and stupid, whereas French fashion com- <
monly mingles sense witn nonsense, in u j
most agreeable way, and comfort and health *
with elegance and case. In London for [
example, a man must live on the Westmin- <
ster side of Temple bar to be "a gentleman."
lie must never seal his letters with wafers, 1
but always with wax, and send them by the t
waiter too, and not by the Penny Post. lie t
must never rap once at a door, for that is a 1
sign of a servant, nor twice, for that is a 1
sign of the Footman, but three times at least, '
loud and strong, provided he is to pass for )
"a gentleman" and it would be the death <
of "a gentleman" to ring a bell, unless in a <
very peculiar case. In Paris, it makes no t
odds where you live, even if it be in the <
eigtitli story 01 a ransiun gurrci, uui ui muui /
you must creep ou hands and knees, pro- 1
vidcd you appear with a clean collar to your 1
shirt, and a pair of well made boots and i
gloves.?And as to going into society, very 1
difficult in England, so impossible even for j
an Englishman, unless his pedigree is good, c
it matters not in Paris, whose son you are, c
or where your talents are, provided you [
have them, whether in your head or your 1
heels, or your finger nails, for all is reward- \
ed in Paris according to its merit. So far g
then as we copy fashions from the English, t
we are as silly and as stupid as they are. i
For example, our fashionables in New York i
fixed upon the English notion of peculiar i
spots, as fashionable ground. The Battery, t
one of the most beautiful and healthiest spots J i
in the world, than which indeed, there is j i
none more beautiful, unless it be what is call. (
ed the Chiaja, at Naples, the fashionables ?
have altogether abandoned to the "loafers," \
a new word by the way, which we find in i
use here without knowing the exact mean- f
ing of it. Hobokon, a paradise of a place, {
a European king would surely abandon half >
his dominions for, is also becoming not quite s
enough select. How absurdly silly all this 1
is, and how readily it is to be seen, that the 1
"loafers" arc not half so silly as the class <
that believes themselves the wisest of all, for *
;he "loafers" know what good air is, and
ake pains to enjoy it. J,he Parisians, who,
n truth, are (taking civilization in the worhyjineaning
of the term) the most civilized
)eople of Europe, never make such foolish
iistinctions as these. The "loafers" don't
lrivc them out of the Tuilleries nor the Luxembourg.
Beggars and beaux and belles,
ire think on the Boulevarde. The richer
ilasses of people in this country must learn,
hat in order to improve the appearance,
?r tiie condition ol the poor, they must
11 some drg-ee mingle with them?at least
o O
11 public walks or public places. Excluiveness
only has the effects of making the
ioorer classes have all the pride of endeaviringto
appear well, and to behave well.?
rhereareno blackguards in the world equal
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3 I nose in unci auoui ijonuun, miu in uuuiy
f the English large towns; and the poorer
lasses there, even where clothes are so
heap, seem to have on their backs the rejse
of the whole world. The reason of
iiis is chiefly, that the English gentry keep
11 out of their own caste so tar from them,
liat the poor man looses all the pride of inaiug
a good appearance. In Paris, society
5 more Republican than it is in England,
iiough government is much less so, and
iius in Paris we see all classes of men, rich
nd poor, master and servant in the Tuilleies,
breathing under the same trees, and in
tie same pleasant walks.
[fence the very poorest people in Paris
ave a civility and polish visible in no other
ountry. The servant living on easy terms
,'ith, and respected by his master, in his
/? * ? i" .? _ ?
phere, leels a pnuc deserving tnat respect,
nd in imitating his address and his manlers,
so far as his situation will permit. The
nly really Republican freedom, and really
cccssablc society in the world, is seen at
'aris, and at the same time there is no socity
known where i..ere is so much polish of
rianner, or such a concentration of intellect;
bus forcibly reading Americans the lesson
bat if we must imitate, an imitation should
>e of Parisian not ofLondon notions. Ifthe
lattery was in Paris, all of intellect and
wealth that there are on the right and left
tanks of the Seine would he on the ground
very afternoon and evening, with a beautiil
informinalinnr nf Parisian disnlav in the
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/ay of female elegance; but if it were in
,ondon, "a gentleman" could not enter there
inless he saw Lord , or Lady ,
nth their equippages. The English folly
> ours, and the health of the wealthier clascs
suffer by it, while the "loafers" and pcoile
independent of fashion reap the profit.
Extracted from the Penny Magazine.
WHAT IS EDUCATION ?
This may seem a very simple question,
md very easily answered; but manv who
^ IfAtrt* mn/lU of n 1AOC
IllUh. v\ uuiu luanjr uu iiiuv^u ai u
o answer it correctly. Every man, in n
ree country, wants three sorts of education:
?one, to fit him for his own particular trade
>r calling,?this is professional education;?
mother, to teach him his duties as a man
tnd a citizen,?this is moral and political
;ducation;?and a third, to lit him for his
tigher relations, as God's creature, designid
for immortality,?this is religious educaion.
Now, in point of fact, that is most
iseful to a man which tends most to his
tappiness; a thing so plain, that it seems
oolish to state it. Yet people constantly
ake the work M useful" in another sense,
ind mean by it, not what tends most to a
nan's happiness, but what tends most to get
nonev for him: and therefore thev call
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irofession.il education a very useful thing:
jut the time which is spent in general education,
whether moral or religious they are
ipt to grudge as thrown away, especially ij
t interferes with the other education, tc
,vhich they confine the name of " useful
hat is, the education which enables a mar
o gain his livelihood. Yet we might all be
excellent m our several trades and prolesdons,
and still be very ignorant, very miserable,
and very wicked. We might dc
iretty well just while we were at work or
>ur business; but no man is at work always,
rhcre is a time which we spend with out
amilies; a time which we spend with out
riends and neighbors; and a very imporant
time which we spend with ourselves,
f we know not how to pass these times well,
ve are very contemptible and worthless
ae/t, though we may be very excellent law,ers,
surgeons; chemists, engineers, mcchanics,
laborers, or whatever else may be
>ur particular employment. Now, what
enables us to pass these times well, and
)tir limes or ousmess uisu, is noi uut
nofessional education but our general one.
\ is the education which all need equaly?namely,
that which teaches a man,
n the first place, his duty to God and
lis neighbor; which trains Ijim to good
irinciples and good temper; to think ol
ithers, and not only of himself. It is thai
iducation which teaches him, in the next
dace, his duties as a citizen : to obey the
aws always, but to try to get them made as
jerfect as possible; to understand that a
^ood and just government cannot consull
he interests of one particular class or call,
ng, in preference to another, but must see
vhat is for the good of the whole; that every
nterest, and every order of men, must give
ind take; and that if each were to insisl
lpon having everything its own way, there
vould be nothing but the wildest confusion
>r the merest tyranny. And because a
^reat part of all that goes wrong in public 01
irivate life arises from ignorance and bad
easoning, all that teaches us, in the third
dace, to reason justly, and puts us on our
juard against the common tries of unfaii
vriters and talkers, or the confusions ol
;uch as are puzzle-headed, is a most valuaile
part of man's education, and one of which
le will find the benefit w hcncver he has oc.
jasion to open his mouth to speak, or his
?ar> to h?ar.
[ A Request to Editors.?All editors of
, newspapers, and other public journals,
throughout the United States, are requested
to mention " that the Pennsylvania Lyceum
is prepared to deliver gratuitously, an elementary
set of specimens in Geology and
Mineralogy, to any aud every county Lyceum,
which is or may be tormed in the
Union.
If any such Lyceum, or a few individuals,
with a view of forming one, in any one of
the eleven hundred counties in the United
States, will request some merchant or other
persons, who may visit Philadelphia the present
season, to call upon John Simmons,
corresponding Secretary of the Pennsylvania
Lyceum, or upon Dillwyn Parish, corner
of Arch and Eight streets, they can procure
a set of specimens, representing the |
elements of rocks and mountains, the different
strata, or kinds of rocks, the ores of
the most useful metal, and a few other minerals
; also a few specimens of improvements
in sellools and lyceums, such as geometrical,
and perhaps architectural and other
perspective drawings, foliums, impressions
of leaves, and possibly a few specimens of
needlework.
Editors of this and other countries, are
also requested to mention in their columns,
that the next National Convention of American
Lyceums, will be held in Philadelphia,
commencing oil the first Tuesday of May
next; and that any person or persons from
either continent, who may bring or send to
that meeting specimens of plants, minerals,
shells, insects, or other productions of nature
or art, may exchange them for others,
deposite them for the use of the National
Cabinet, or appropriate them in some way
for the diffusion of knowledge, and for instituting
a scientific, and it is hoped, a Christian
intercourse, among the nations of the
earth.
It is expected that delegates from state
and county Lyceums in America, and from
similar societies in other countries, will be
provided with accommodations by the hospitalities
of the citizens.
THE ROTHSCHILDS
[From a book, called "My Note-book" by
Macgregor.]
At tlm nnmmonromont of the uars of the
French Revolution their father, Moses
Rothschild (Anglice Redchild) was a small
banker or money lender, living in an ob.
scure part of Frankfort. He had establish,
ed a character for strict probity, and would
no doubt, have amassed a large fortune,
and have enriched his family, although
events had never so eminently served him.
Ilis eldest son, Nathan Meyer, whom he
sent to England, commenced business in
' Manchester, partly as a small manufactu|
rcr, but chiefly as a broker, or commission
' agent, in the way of purchasing the fabrics
1 of Lancashire and Yorkshire, and shipping
them for Frankfort, to supply the German
: market. This was a thriving business
enough, until the celebrated Berlin and
j Milan decrees crushed it, and the trade of
Frankfort at the same time.
Another son, Solomon, was sent to
Paris, where he commenced business as a
money dealer and negotiant. The third
, son remained at home with his father.
! When the Freuch armies crossed the
Rhine, most of the German Princes were
, driven from their territories?among others
. the Sovereign of Hesse Cassel, who carried
; his jewels and money hastily with him to
| Frankfort, in order, if possible, to deposit
: them where they would be most likely to es,
cape the French.
I The reputable character of the humble
f Jew, Moses Rothschild, induced the Prince
i to call upon him for the purpose of deposit'
ing with him his treasure, in value some
i millions of thalars. Rothschild at once re
; fused accepting so dangerous a responsi.
bility, for the French troops were ad van
, cing fast to the city. The Prince who
, would not even take a receipt for them, at
i last urged Moses to take charge of the mo.
, ney and jewels; and the French army was
actually entering Frankfort at the moment
Rothschild succeeded in burying the
, Prince's treasure in a corner of his little
arden.
, His own property, which, in goods and
> money, was worth about 40,000 thalars,
ne did not hide, well knowing that if he did
so, a strict search would be made, and that
! not only his own, but the Prince's hoard,
: would be discovered and plundered. The
I Republicans, who like the Philistines of old
' fell upon Rothschild, left him not one thaler's
value of his own money or property.
In truth he was, like all the other Jews und
, citizens, reduced to utter poverty, but the
I Prince's treasures were safe; and some.
1 time after the French army marched out
f from Frankfort, Rothschild commenced in
: a small way as banker, increasing his busi.
: ncss cautiously, by means of the Prince's
money, until the year 1802, when the
; latter returned to Frankfort, on his way to
i Cassel.
t He had heard and read in the gazettes
. that the French had despoiled Rothschild
of every thing ho possessed ; and conse
quently he considered that his own must
i have inevitably gone. He however called,
: without any hope, on the honest Jew, and
t when he asked Moses "if the robbers took
i all ?" great was his joy when the latter rei
plied, "Not onekreutzer; I have all the
jewels, which I secured untouched, in a
I strong chest, and the money I have also,
I with 4 per cent besides for your Highness,
from the day that you put your confidence
' in the Jew Moses Rothschild." He then
f related the whole story. " As I was left
. without a kreutzer of my own," continued
i he, "and ha ! so much good money of your
. Highness's idle and doing no profit, and as
; I I could get high interest for it from the
merchants, I began to use it by little and
| little. I have been successful; and it 13
only just you should have it all back with 5
per cent interest. " No," said the Prince,
"I will neitaer receive the interest which
your honesty offers, nor yet take my money
out of your hands. The interest is not
sufficient to replace what you lost to save
mine; and, further, my money shall be at
your service for 20 years to come, at no
more than 2 per cent, interest." At the
Congress of Vienna the Prince of Hesse
Cassel held up the high character of Moses
Rothschild so earnestly to the potentates
and ministers there assembled, as to obtain
from them promises of giving him
power of negotiating loans to the family:
and the loan of 200,000,000f., contracted
by France to pay Allied Powers, was accordingly
intrusted to the son at Paris, the
present Baron Solomon Rothschild. Thus
began their loans and negotiations on a
large scale; added to which, their increasing
connexions and resources having ena.
bled them to have more expeditious intelligence
than all other capitalists, they have
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pronted Dy tnoir contracts 10 an uuprcwdented
extent.
Mr. Rothschild, of London, for instance
had information of Napoleon's escape from
Elba 25 hours before the British Ministry.
Their first loan of 200,000,000f. contract
ted at Paris, was agreed for at 67 percent,
and a short time after sold at 93, making
a difference of 52,000,OOOf. on the whole
amount, between the contract and the sale
prices.
The manners of the Rothschilds are
hlunt and by no means polished, nor have
they much that is persuasive in speech. I
allude to Baron Rothschild at Paris, and
Baron Andreas Rothschild, who resides inmuch
more than German princely style at
Frankfort. I find much said against the
latter (Baron Andreas) in this town, but F
would infer that jealousy alone causes the
dislike; for innumerable are the good deeds
that he and his wife do, and the assistance
thnt hr. affords to his wretchedly used na
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tion.
Chinese Printing.?A mode of preparing
moveable type, for printing the Chinese
language, has lately been discovered
in Paris, by a Mr. LegrancL, which is likely
to have a very important bearing on the
religious and civil relations of that mighty
empire. The great obstacle to the use of
moveable type has been the immense number
of characters to be formed; (about 30,000,)
and the vast expense of dies for moulds.
By an ingenious classification of these
if i_.? 1 j;
characters, the numoer or tetters auu uu?
is reduced to 9,000, making a saving of 21,.
000 punches, dies and moulds. The first
volume of Confucius on Morals is now printing
in this type, and will appear in about
two months. Mr. Baird, who communicates
these interresting facts to Mr. Lowrie,
thinks there is nothing to prevent the establishment
of a large printing office at Singapore,
embracing a Chinese type foundry, so
that Cninese books may be printed in move,
able types, and to any extent that may bede.
sired.?8. S. Journal
Price of Bread Stufs.?We happen to
know of an operation at Liverpool, by which
50,000 bushels of wheat are to be immediately
forwarded to this country,and by the prices'
which are published, there is little doubt that
much larger supplies will be soon forthcoming;
for the long continuance of high prices,
the successful issue of recent importations,
and the fact, well ascertained, that our domestic
supplies are inadequate to our wants,
will give new confidence in future opera
tions. Let us sec at what prices we can be
supplied.
In Paris the price of bread is about 2 cents,
and in London 3 cents a lb. We found a
shilling loaf in New York yesterday to
weigh 2 lbs. 3 oz., which is near 6 cents a
lb. The price of wheat in Paris is 112 cents
a bushel, and the price of flour five dollars
a barrel. In London flour is eight dollars
a barrel. In the ports of the Mediterranean
i and of the Baltic, bread stuffs are much
cheaper than in either London or Paris.
The price of good wheat at Naples is 8s
lOd sterling a bushel, or 67 cents. From
any one of these places freight might be obtained
at 33 cents per barrel on flour, and
12J cents per bushel on wheat, or about
half the rate charged on transportation of
the same articles from Rochester, and onefourth
of what is charged from Ohio. Fifty
thousand bushels of com have lately been
nToived here from Ohio by one house, at a
freight of 49 cents. The duty on flour is
one dollar a barrel, and on wheat 25 cents
a bushel. " Wheat, therefore, can be imported
from Naples and laid down in New York
at 125 to 135 cents a bushel, all charges
paid, and from a hundred other places at the
I same or a less price. Corn and rye are
not burdened with a duty, and may be im*
I ported to great advantage. The countries
of Europe and Asia alford stores of bread
stuffs almost inexhaustible, so that the supplies
for this country, if they should run to
the highest possible quantity, could only af.
feet prices in a very slight degree. Free
trade will supply all our wants, and the cost
with a liberal mercantile profit, will not carry
prices above 150 cents for wheat, 100 cents
for rye and Indian corn, 50 cents for oats
per bushel, and ?7,50 for flour per barrel.
_Y. Y. Jour, of Com.
From the recent report of the statistics of
education in Great Britain, it appears that
out of 55,799 schools only 2,464 have circulating
libraries. In view of this fact tire
Tract Society of London have offered one
thousand libraries of their publications not
exceeding five pounds each, (?22,20) to
those unable to pay the full amount, and the
vainest half price, to such day schools as are
Sundav schools unconditionally.