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1 CHEIAW GAZETTE. firrij \\v < r1 WEDVESII \ Y TI7XE *! l.S'^7 vol. ii. no. 32. i M. M.U-KEAX, EDI TO It & PKOTRIETOR. tiiljlvAW , O. E.J \\ Ll/i.> LiOUA 1 , JUxAJ-i *1, lOOi. t 'i*. 'f paid within three months, ... 3. UO It pail within three months after the close ol the year, - 3. 50 If pad within twelve months alter the close of the year 1- 00 If not paid within tint time, - - - 5. 00 A eonij) ny of ten n uvons taking the p iper a the .s.tnio I'o _t ()ilice, sli..11 !ki entitled to it at provided then Miles be forwarded to^'th.-r, act companied by tb?i money. No n ip r to 1><* discoati;m ul hut at lie u ption j of the !, !i?or ti'.i arrearages are paid. A lv? rti< iicn's inserted foe 75 cent> pT square or ess tlie first time, and 37 A for each subsequent insTtion. e l>,r>ous sen linj in advcrtis'inents arc rcqnirc 1 to specify the numb ir of tiuins they are to l?o | inse ted; t i rwi- they will he continued till oi\! :" ;! out. an ! c.'i irif <1 aceordinylv. I .' Vh iV-t tjje must be paid on all comma nio itioas coac^p"zx>- ^ n 11 nw ,ri? y jw _A ?*3 r*** ? A] "H ? jrn ? -? mam, ^ MS WL X v" IJ ?C. V?* W cJ l? W 31 Va'JITI --?? I Fro'? the Soil'ma .\^r>ult!ireist. PROFITS OF COW KEF PING. t; [FROM THK MAINK F.VRMKR.l Mr. Holmes: No branch of husbandry is more profitable :hun the keeping of , cows,if properly n.waged. We have but few fhn.vTS i:i the Stn e of Maine. u*iio j make jjivat prof's by the dairy. Many iarmor> anions us are solicitous :o improve their breeds of cows, and some raise consM.arablj fpnnti ies of good roo s, with wliicli o feed them during the win'er. Tiiis j is all verv good, so far ; b r what is the treatment of cows during be summer sea. son?the time when alb or nearly ail, the profits are chained? Cows kept in ( ,t.-v. <',ort rins?tiiY><. in siimmtr. will not he i?r< ii able to their owner, however much rata baga. mangel wurtzel, or carrots, hav 4 be n (" 1 on' to them during the winter. I < h dievo it to be a f'ac , tii.it cows, generally, 1 (>iv;ie few exceptions,) are shamefully stin- \ ted in t!:? ir food durmg die summer, in onr S a e, notwithstanding our grazing lauds j 1 are exoellen'. I believe that die most profitable way of ' keeping cows through the summer, is bv soiling, or f citing tirm with grass in l!ie barn or yard. This may frighten some farmers, and excite the ri licule of others; hut I think i: will be gram te 1, dec he is the b -st farmer who realiz"S tl.c gr -atest number of dollars an ! cents. J iron: a given tpian Ify of hand, with the! least amount ot 1 ibor. Many farmers ' pride thorns !vcs on raising great crops; ! and 100 bushels ot Indian corn have b vn raised on a single acre. This is a great ride, bat [ b.veve tint throe thousand bi:>'i<NS of n a bnga niav lx? as cheaply ( raised, take oae year with another, as 100 , bushels <=f corn. Three thousand bushels j of ni a b :i wii? give about a hushel an 1 . a half a day, each, to six cows, through- | out die whole year. It is easy enough to 1 sr T!iat co'As. fid in this way, will he in , exc Hen! coudi ion. and yield immense uunntitus of butt r an 1 clicesc. i The method o! s > 1:.-jf. as described by ! Mr. Dean, was to feed cows with new mown grass; an acre of rich ground, be savs wii! summer a number of cows. A lit;le lee or grass wiil indeed be necessary at all dmes of the year, but 1 believe roots shoal ! be ra^ed in greater abundance, and be made ihe ci.i* f ar clo for feeding inilch cows throughout the venr, as fir as practit < /v I .. r >!.. ..:.a : CUUiC. V^OUS lit' li ? , ^ 1.1 l? 11 V \ IViU JJICUI quantities of miik tiil Juno; hut b\ supplying them liberally will roo's,they may be made to vi Id as much milk in March, April, and May, as any part of the year. Farmers, whose cows calve early, and who have an abundance of roots, may make prodigious quantities of butter and cheese early in the spring. how shall t!;e farmer contrive to have a constant supply of roots throughout the summer, and until early root crops are ripe enough for use ? tliis is a qnes'ion of immense importance. 1 Ru'a baca will k'ep well til! July, and it is not po-s Mr, ha: by s<?uic kind of management, this root may be preserved in ?0'vl condi ion n-'arly, or epii e through ihc snmr- 'T? We have an account of an I ui'*!:s:imae who buried so*n? potatoes deep in he earth, sock-op that their vegetation 1 was prevenvd. and the po'ro-s. wtien k< pt ! two or tim e years, were of as goo' flavor and quality as when first ripe. It is h? ): vod :licit po'.ito*-s unv be kept through the summer without sprouting, in n comlp.on ice cellar. It has bo.-n contend. 'I, that potato' s will not sprout w1 ere ire \v:il not mob. Chemists pre'end 'o describe the moans which nature employs in the process of vcgeating or sprouting. Cannot chemis ry tell us how some of those means ?au be withheld, or so managed as to prevent, or at least re'ard, tl|C sprouMng of vegetables ? Would not a summer cellar, made air tight, answer our purpose ? Air is necessary to the process of vegetation, and if we exclude air from vegetables, will they sprout ? Cannot yankee ingenuity devise some scheme to prevent vegetables from sprouting during summer? It is to be In peJ that some of our enterprising fanners vr.il try various experiments on this subject, us the accomplishment of the object above named, would be of immense advantage to every farmer who cul ivates roo:s. If i- should he impracticable to preserve roo's, in good condition throughout the whole sumni r, I believe that if our farmers practise soiling, they will realize an ampl * profit by their cows. At the worst, tiie fanner may have a constant supply of roo s f r his cows, except about six weeks, from the fist of July till the latter part ot Angus', and during this slmr* pe io.l, lie may supply his cows with other fo >d A steam boiler is of immense advantage fo every farmer who cultivates roo:s. Dr. Dean says, that a s eam boiler is made by sett:, g a kettle. holding twelve gallons or mote, in a furnace made of brick or stone, arid over this a hogshead, with one head taken r,ut, and the other bored fid! of holes. ' 3xr^-23Ksaweu?r7E^rT'.?rrrrf^r. ^nj \\ Jiii such a slwin.ho'I'T, a farmer may ; w cook the too,! for 2i;s milch ci.ws with very j ii little fuel, ami wi.ii very little labor. J a! It is said boiled or steamed clover haV 1 ai wiii serve to keep swine through die winter. ! I and may not this article help to support, it milch cows when the otiicr kino's of loo J j li: are scarce? : ct Farmers in Europe, and in tins country .have practised soiling their cuttle during summer, and hose who have bad great ex- i ' penence in this mode of summering, have y declared it to be a much cheaper and more y profi able mode than grazing. s' Much has been said and written, of late y years, in regard to the great profits of root culture, but the farmer who keeps a proper j u breed ol carle. she- p, and swine, and l?' ulios 'cows iii summer range in a dry, short .,n pasture, wili never realize great wealtii, J w* however great his advantages may he in , * t h otner r?spec:s. The practice of soiling cows, in our ni State, would certainly make a great saving !lt at* land, and of course it would give to fanners a larger pasture for sheep?more 0 land could be spared for the euMire of wheat?and las', no? leas:, more 1 in I could h* spared for the cultivation of mulberry ^ trof's* . . In Immense quantities of manure coul 1 be . made, especially by those farmers who are ^ not afraid of a little labor in hauling muck, s;] h am, and other mat* rials caleu'ated to .ah sorb the urine of animals, wnich is, most commonly, entin.Jy lost. Our climate is extremely well calculated .j to keep but.er and cheese in an excellent u condi, ion. 1 rI1h/? /\f !.i\ fltn I* Hnf /-YoliM* ^ i 117 jiai' -?iliiuv IIIV; maiuuJi > country upon carta; our butter and cheese mhjiit be of such quality, tbat i' would be ^ jargerly sought aft?T throughout tiie United "vales and the British Provinces ; our far- C!; nets mi<jut easily acquire wealth and inde- p >endcnce, if there was a lit.lo more enter>nze. U. Jl nc to remove a Potatoc from the throat .0 <if a c!toa/:/ii? Cow.?Fasten the bead ol ^ iie annum, Mananu, uriin\ iu a j.w&i. un '|i strong nvui with his ban I, completely \\ s >[) ;! 1 o windpipe I?y his grasp above the _ . otuto, atnl keep a linn hold lor a minute or [\vo, until lie; animal gives ail involuntary ||( spring forward. ?S :oul 1 the first experi- in men: not succeed, let more be made, Iteason : the wind obstructed in i s passage j through tiie wind-pipe, expands or iurgiy Q, opens ilie other pipe below tiie potato, and iT{ when the animal makes a powerful effort, tlx? potato goes downwards. This is a (r[ fact word) knowing to fanners, and upon ^ inquiry, I lind that a few do know i'. I j j,. had a fating cow thus choaking wi ll a j la pota'oc. A iter trying in vain sever;;! meth ! w no's commonly known, t sent ibr a bu'ehor | ol to kill tiie cow at once, lie came, but in- 0j stead of killing, in a few moments reltevcd the crea:tire in tiie manner I have descr.b- ol td , ami informed m tiiat in tiie same way he had saved a number of cat-l ; helorc. s,, Yankee Farmer. ;lI A new construction of fiii'ways.?Mr ^ Perkins has exhibited a new plan of rail- ^ wavs. which lie ha> secured bv patent, and " . . ' . !l( which from the explanaiion given by liiin, would appear calculated to supply tlie d<-. ^ sideratum so long desired, and indeed appears to lorm an era in the progress of those great national undertakings towards perfection. The plan embraces two modes of construction, founded on one common principle, viz : the continuous support of ^ the rails. In the one case this is eifectcd i by blocks of vitrifi dearth, as hard and dura,ble as graniie, and wliicb lock into 0:10anofher, being laid on a concrete founda- (J tion; and in the other by an additional C( depth of concrete supplying the place of e, sleepers altogether. Upon the former plan, w wooden bearers, four inches in the base, four thick, and two wide, on the top, rest .? upon the veriilled blocks ; and in the lu'ter. ^ upon the concrete, to which they are ltrmly (ll secured. In both cases, iron burs, with the (,{ ui'-ins afforded lor expansion and con- w irnctiijiL ii'"C li.v.'d 1'.i i io wooden b 'finiS) a in *!i; (emulation be' u cont:non.> and so- v iid, iii fact like one block of 7ram e tin; ;11 whole leng'h of the road, no vibration is Cc foil, as the numerous persons who ro le i:i jM the wagon unanimously tcstifirl: and t' is i-an important attainment in railway constructions. The saving by ;!?o plan first \] described will, it is stated, be full ? ?'>3() per tu mil ', in lour rows; and by the latter, very ^ much more; in lact, so enu.nerous will it ju be, as to give a new feature to radways, f)1 and astonishingly facilitate their construetion in all parts of the country. We should |1( much like to see it in practice, which is alone the case : so fallacious are Ircquent- jj, ly found to be the results when based on novelty and and experiments.?Mining Journal. la j\nc Lamp.?A lamp of new construe- le tion, which describes a circle of light of pi about thirty feet in diameter, of the appa- s\ rent intensity 01 sunshine, snowing the ob- k jcets within its sphere as distinctly a* o;i it. the table of a camera o!>scura, lias b um in erec'ed at the head of the inclined plane tli in St. Leonard's depot. I?s object is to en- tc able the engine-men to have a distinct view tc of the inclined ropes during the night, and in this has been fully attained. The lamp l> consists of an Argand burner, placed in s; the focus of a large speculum, of a pecul- in iar form, by which the whole light is (lis- in tributed just on the space where it is requir- Iv ed. It is compu'ed that the ]i<fiit on the tn above space is equal to that of twenty-five hi or thirty similar burners in common lamps. p< A lamp of this kind we have no doub' j o would be successful for other purposes. It' d eppears to us that the largest assembly- tl room might be brilliantly lighted by one .A placed at each end of the room, and one e< - .> v: ^hwu:-*? otild Jie sufficient to light the stage of a i leatre. The cost of this one is said to be I bout JC'JOO but we understand it saves an < unual expense of about half that sum. I 'lie inventor is a Mr. Rankin, and names I tiie conomal lamp, probably because the ! ?dit is thrown from it in the form of a < mo.?Caledonian Mercury. Speed, the plough.?The New ^ ork ominercial states, that at die last meeting 'the Amer'n Institute, it was resolved that e ploughs in possession of the Institute, iou!d be tested in a public manner, and un r the inspection of farmers, selected for eir practical skill in husbandry; and a immittee was appointed to fix on a time id select a proper place?who reported favor of Gen. Jeremiah Johnson's farm | r r 1 i i i t ^ i ) LiOi)fj island as wio place, and criuay, j e 28 li day of April, as the the time when ( e decision will he made respecting the j crits of the, ditf'rent ploughs. It cer. , inly is important that the kind of plough | :st adapted in its construction to the use , ' the farmer, should he generall known. ] _ l Farming.?The storms by which the mnnercial world is convulsed, are calculed to reconcile thousands to the r farms who id grown impatient at the contrast prcsend between their certain means of comforble independence and the apparent riches 1 iddcntly resulting from h'eky speculations, in nevt-r shown upon u class of men posssinj more fully all the earthly means of cia! happiness and solid prosperity, than e Agriculturists of this Republic ; and the f- f I i * - ^ -? :?J 1 gins oi Ltoc are nvisiieu vainiy uiuucu >on that Farmer wiio barters the blessings ithin his reach for imaginary happiness i h the possession of wealth acquired bv e thousand gambling speculations whose micious elfects have temporarily paralyzI the business of the country.?Genesee : urmcr. I PARASOL AXTS. ' I had heard of the parasol ants previous 1 going to Trinidad, but I could hardly ' dieve the account I had received of them. ' he first morning I was at Belmont, Mr. 1 'artier called me to see the parasol an;s 1 -and sure enough there was a s ring of ' uck ants, about the length of a common ! >uso fly, moving as ants do in England, 1 a long tile; and every ant with a small t ofa green leaf, held erect over i:s hea . I never beheld any thing so s*range; not i ic was widiout the leaf. I heard a s ran. < t s:ory still, that they plucked these leaves 1 id took tliem down a great way under I ound. I was informed by Mr. Oilman, ; ' Li Reconnaissance, that his negroes < tving hy his orders dug in the ants habi- < ti? it was found full of these same leaves, < it he red, and. at the bottom of the nest i ic or two (I forget which) white snakes, ' from nine inches to a foot in length; and was said that every one who had dug it these nests had found ilie leaves and e white snakes. At Laurel Hill we o'orvod a great many of these parasol ants, i id Mr. C. resolved to get at the truth. I ue ants came from the high grounds, a ! >nsi lorablo distance above the house: m eir rout was as distinct and as bare of, irbage as a sheep trac k. They were j \r>/-ir/Imnrlv.* Inffnl tr? flift side nf the bank. ' id we dug where they disappeared. It,i oved a work of some difficulty to get irly at the nest; it was from ten to twelve i ct under ground, and there sure enough 11 ere found two contiguous chambers full the leaves, and a white snake nearly in 1 e centre?Mrs. CharmichneCs Domestic Ianners, $c. of the West Indies. Intelligent Jury.?Rex vs. Anthony ihson. At the late assizes held in a muty in England, the prisoner was charg- ( 1 with cutting & maiming William Joplin, itli an intent to do him some grievous jdily harm. The prosecutor appeared, id produced the shovel with which he had ;en injured. The jury, after consulting a tarter of an hour, returned with a verdict < ' manslaughter, although the prosecutor as standing in front of them, with the ( iovcI in his hand. The Judge said the ,'rdict amounted to an acquittal, and dis- ( issed thejun forthwith. The court was mvulsed in laughter, in which the Judge , :ir:ily joined. Female Dominion well Explained.?Tiie . ?>. Gazette, remarking upon the new )\ei of Mrs. Gore, under this title, tells is good story:?There was much truth , the reply which an estimable woman ( ice made in our hearing to one of the , ist men that ever lived. 'My dear/said ( ?, Sou seem to want to wear small cloths.' ly dear/ gently but significantly replied j e wife, 'some body must wear them.' , A J\Iermaidys Bain/.?The St. Louis ullotin gives an account of a queer fish < tely caught in the river opposite Caronde- i t, unknown to naturalists. Some boys j laying in a canoe, perceived an animal < vimming towards the shore; mistaking it i >r a wa'er snake, they attempted to kill i In his however, they failed. It dived ader the water, and again appeared near i ie shore where the boys caught it. They I >ok it home, and kept it in a basin of wa- ? r for a week, when it died, li has been i nmersed in rum for preservation. The i ulletin in describing this singular animal ? ivs, the strange crea ure is about seven iches long, of a slate color, and about an | ich and a half in circumference. The i-ad and body are those of an eel, the j til ternrfnating in a fin. Immediately be* j ind the eyes, are lateral formations sup. used to be intended for fins; they extended > at about an inch, and are divided into I istincl branches, resembling in miniature, ( io.se of a limb stripped of its foliage. < ibout an inch behind these fins, are situatd two arms, in form resembling those of taag/jrvtu.i t pirwiiTy wj *n infant, and terminating in hands, the It five fingers and nails of which are distinctly m articulated. It appeared to use these ap liatids freely, placing them on its head and pu bo ly, and catching hold of different articles m; brown in*o the water. The Bulletin ishvvas naturalists to examine it wi ch THE BRIDE.?A SKETCH. na Among the crowd who were hastily las promenading the s'res's on Christmas eve, dy was Charles Wes; and if his step degenerated into a stride, and then a run, iie might be cordoned. Charles West was a new made K Vgroom. The transition from the dir. y, cold street to a warm parlor, was in itself da ileasurable; added to that, to be welcomed a" ionic bv a bright eyed girl?all smiles and slushes, (for the honey moon was barely ed massed) was absolutely too paradisal for the SP' jarth. Pdmma had wheeled the sofa in s'c Tont of the fire, and as Charles seated him- 01 Self beside her} he was certainly a very ? (rippy fellow. Alas! he had as yet only de [1 rank the bubbles of the cup. Emma |n looked lovely, for the glow of the coal lire m< had given a bloom to her usually pale t0 cheek, which lighted the his*re of her dark l)C eyes. But there came a shade of thought ^1] over Emma's brow, and her husband in- hu standv remarked it. I: is strange how 17 soon husbands see clouds on their liege lady's brows. It was the first Charles ever nn s-iw there, and it excited the fenderest in- ')U rjuiries. Was she unwell??did she wish Bi f??r any thing? Emma hesitated, blushed ha and looked down. Charles pressed to nc know what had east such a shadow over co her spiri s. "I fear you will think me very silly, but Mary French has been sitting f?" with mo this afternoon." "Not for that ac certainly," said Charles, smiling. "Oh I wl did not mean tliat, but you know we bo- gr can to keep house nearly a* die same time, na only they sent bv Brent to New York for carpeting. Mary would have me walk down to Brent's store this evening with her. 'j' and he has bought two, and they are such ho ? ! ..%? 11 I flw loves." Uliarles uit ins up. ".wiry, sue i * " continued, ".said you were dointj a first eri rate business, and she was sum you would ?s never let that odious wilron lay on the par- ac lor if you once saw flint splendid Brussels; tin so rich and so cheap?only seventy-five tra dollars." otl Now the odious "wiltoty' had been sc. *n lected by Charles' mother and presented ori lo them, and the color deepened on his |r^ cheek, as his animated bride continued, ,1C ' suppose we walk down to Brent's and Pe look at it?there are only two. and it seems cu i pity not to secure it." "Emma," said je< Charles gravely, "you arc mistaken if you . suppose my business will justify extrava- P1' ganco. It will lx4 useless lo ioox at u?j i carpet, as we have one which will answer very well, and is perfectly new." Emma's jV vivacity fled, and she sat awkardly pick- , ing her nails. Charles feit embarrassed? ;vi he drew out his watch and put it back,? ('J whistled, and finding a periodical on Em- j!? ma's tab!", began to read aloud some beautiful verses. His voice was well toned, and '?)1 he soon entered itro the spirit of the writer ! and forgot his embarrassment when looking w' into Emma's eyes how he was surprised lv* instead of the glow of sympathetic feeling or he expected to meet, to see her head bent a!1 on her hand,?evident displeasure on her ' brow, and a tear slowly trickling down her cheeks. Charles was a sensible voung 0 fx*4 man?I wish there was more of them? . and he reflected a minu e before lie said, 111 "Emma, my love, get your bonnet and nr; rloak on, and walk with me, if you please," r" Emma looked as if she would like to pout a little longer, but Charles said "come," )r with such a serious gravely oil his counicnnnce, that Emma thought proper to ac- aJ, cede, and nothing doub'ing but that it was ?J, fo purchase the carpet, took his arm with J a smile of triumph. They crossed severnl squares in the direc iou oS Brent's, until n?' they at last stood before the door of a Cl! lYiicprnhlo tenement in a back s'reer.? | |. uYVhere in the world are you taking me," n!' inquired Emma, shrinking back. Charles J"11 quietly led Iter forward, and lifting the latch, e they stood in a little room, around the grate ? of which, three small children were hover- 10 ing closer and closer, as the cold wind crept through the crevices in the decayed a 1 wails. An emaciated being, whoso shrunk C3 features, sparkling eye, and flushed cheeks m< spoke of deadly consumption, lay on a ex wretched low bed. the slight covering ot u.n which barely sufficed to keep her from J31' freezing, while a spectral babe, whose black eyes looked unnaturrlly large from its ex- ;1P tremc thinness, was vainly endeavoring to draw sustenance from its dying mother. co "Flow arc you, Mrs. Wright?" quietly *? inquired Charles. The woman feebly rais- an - .1 If t?Ic flint vn!l AFr. I CCI lieiM'll (Ml ll'-l ui in, x.7 ....... J.,~ West? Oil how glad I am that you arc | fji1 come?your mother?" "Has not been at I . homo for a mon'h, and the lady who promised her to look after you in her ab- ^1 sence, only informed mo to-day of your ill- se nr-ss." "F have been very ill," she faintly e(* replied, sinking back on her straw bed. Emma drew near, she arranged the pillow of and bed cloths over the feeble sufferer, but Tl her heart was too full to speak?Charles ob- the served it and felt satisfied. "Is that beau- th( tiful girl your bride? I beared you were lot married?" "Yes, and in my mother's ab- th( sonce she will see you do not suffer." wi Bless you Mr. Charles West?bless you pit for a good son of a good mother, may your of young wife des"rve you?and that is wish- the ing a good deal for her. You are very fot good to think of me," she said looking at fat Emma, "and you are just married." Charles la? saw Emma could not speak, and lie hurried sa her home promising to send the poor woman in coal that night. The moment they reached home, Emma burs' into tears. "My dear thi Emma." said Charles soothingly. "I hope fic F have not given you too severe a shock. is sometimes salutary to look upon the iseries of others, that we may properly pr ^ciate our own happiness. Here is a rse containing seventy-five dollars, you ay spend it as you please." It is unnecessary 'o say that the ''odious Iton," kept its place, but the shivering ildren of want, were taught to bless the me of Emma West, and it formed the ;t articulate murmur on the lips of the iug sufferer. From the Boston Centinel and Gazette. THE BROWN FAMILY. Messrs. Editors.?I sit down on a rainy y, which forbids my intended excursions road, to amuse myself by collecting suny reminiscences of times goneby,gatherfrom respectable persans. They are ecially connected with the productive >op, The Four Brothers, of Providence Colonial date.?An octog^mrian friend R?Y? Joseph Grafton ot IN fcwTftn?lately ceased, and of most respectable standing life, is my remotest authority, and I have my others who have given me their aid my object. The sloop appears to have en used in trade by four united brothers. ie was employed for several years after i joint commencement in business about 66. Our merchants in remote times had :>re connexion with vessels of a small size d tonnage, at least in the early years of sincss, and sometimes to a late period.? V with economy, prudence, and industry, ndsome fortunes were made gradually, it prcciphately; and these were generally ntinued to their families and their sons, like character and temperament. The jr sons alluded to, sprang from a pious, live and useful clergyman, contemporary :h tlie famed Roger Williams?There and father was also a clergyman. Their mes w re Nicholas, John. Joseph and oses,? vVhilst connected with their hum -I ...U.?U ..,00 nfi,|lnnc. ,in_ SlUL'jl LUIIU'I II) vyillVII |'v-? IIU |(J u n ~ t>r near the commencement of the revoln nary \\ ar.they had acquired such gains,that firm ofNicholas Brown & Brothers was ised, and a separate and fair individual tablishmcnt followed. They were tiie tive and efficient fathers and builders of ? place of their nativity. Commerce and ide prospered under them, and under ter individuals?the Arnolds, &c. well own?with whom they cherished an honable friendship. Under their joint indusr and wing of protection, Providence and r increasing families were seen to prosr. John Brown, distinguished for mus. lar strength and activity ; frequently uni. J with the humble hiborers in moving the go and heavy hogsheads, casks and 3es, which were spread on the wharf, d pumping the water into his vessels, for 3 suppiy of the ship's company. He is of the earliest who embarked in the ist India trade (so called) and formed a ? ^ I o rrrn olnr\c riinillP.'T mn ui wuui tiaiui JUI^V n ep water. For several years lie is sup. ised to have turnished the means of livelood, annually, to one thousand souls or ore. In the midst of his active career he ?d, at about G3, and his business died til him. Joseph divided his attcn'ion beeen trade and books, and became an lionable and useful Professor of Astronomy id Philosophy to the infant College at ovidence, receiving little or no pecuniary compense from the oupils. Nicholas, the Jest, and the head of the earliest firm, is also an active and successful merchant his own private line, in his Inst days eoncted with the late George Benson, disiguished fur his skill in book-keeping, ac. lints, Ac. Nicholas died the first of the others, A. D. 1791, at the age of sixty0. SujTice it to say, that he lived in the factions of many, beside the happy circle his own family, in clerical and in civil 1. At his lamented death, there was it one opinion in all classes of the com. unity, that a fairer and more estimable izen did not survive him. The writer of is article had opportunities of knowing m, and is constrained to say. that a more tuous man he never knew; he has long en in his estimate one of those mcrnnts " whose merchandize and hire were liness to the Lord.' He waste Province what Thomas Oliver was to Huston century ago. Moses Brown, the young. t of tiie family, survived until a few mths since, and died, having enjoyed and hibifed a sound mind in a sound body, til his last sickness in 1S36, aged ninetyjht. He read much and had a happy talt of communicating practical knowledge plicable to the virtue of tl e mind, and the ahh of the body. lie withdrew from mmerce many years since, and has deted himself in connexion with his worthy d only son deceased, Obediah, and sonlaw, to the encoura ement of manufac es upon a large scale. Himself and t son contributed liberally to the rais> and endowing in providence of a sort of iends College, to J he supposed amount of venty thousand dollars. So it is affirm. ? i iJuttho principal giorvoi mejomiuwncrs the sloop Four Brothers remains untold, lere was a spirit in the firm, which, with fir rising prospects, would not permit ?m to "live lor themselves." A College Rhode Island Colony was suggested in fir hearings. They consulted and acted th sever 1 other honorable n e |of the ice, and by their influence and largeness subscription, Providence College, now } honorable University of Brown, was jnded, 170. The Browns, including the riily of Judge Jenks, with which Nieho. ! was connected in his first marriage, are id to have excelled the other subscribers amount of subscription. The last of the four brothers is gone, and nonly one male member of the four faniis survives, at the age of 68. But the spirit of the father lives with his representative son. After closing a colle* giatc course, he succeeded to the busim ss of bis father. His own gains an J his portion of the paternal liberal estate were early and nobly dev oted by him to the doing of good and have spread over each hemisphere.? Science, religionand humanity have rt-ceived largeiy at his hand. It is calculated that 88,000 or upwards, have been devoted by him for the benefit of his Alma Mater. One collegiate edifice has been reared by him, to which he has given the name of his only and beloved sister, Hope, the relic of the late Thos. P. Ives; Mope Hall. Another edifice has since been reared which lie has honored by bestowing upon it the name of the President of his own college period, Mini-iinnr Hnll. flanoilv for Mr. Nicholas O ~rr v Brown, the second, Thomas P. Ives, after a thorough mercantile education under Nicholas Brown, scinor, and after marriage with his only daughter, became early associated with him ; and a house was formed under the well known and long respected names of Brown & Ives. xMr. Ives' tul. ents, address and character, were of the first class. Increasing success attended the new house; and ample and honorable were their gains. An active charity was closely associated with the profits of the joint concern, in liberal proportion, as God prospered them. It is concluded that in the course of forty years of business, a thousand souls or more were maintained annually in their employ. In one distinguished instance and at a threatening period, something re. scmbling the present Mr. Ives suggested loan of five hundred thousrnd dollars to the reliefof the father and leader of the American Cotton and Cloth Mills S. Slater, Esq. now deceased, when-otherwise a complete bankrup'cy must have taken place. To this proposal ihe senior of the firm gave ( his instant and most cordial assent. Slater I tf?,o civarl lit- flue mint nnhl#? ncf_ which, it ' H UO OUf WM " 1 w.w ?, ?w is believed, is without a parrallel in our mercantile houses. Slater, in consequence is said at his death to leave half a million to his heirs. The charities of the firm, and of the members in their private capacity, are known to have been of immense amount, besides hundreds and thousands known only between the parties favoring and favored. The property, which hts been acquired and possessed, among the four brothers, owners of the original sloop concern, including the 1+mscs of the sons of Nicholas and Moses, has probably, (such is the bei lief. \ in the course of 70 vears. amounted ?'/ * . to four millions of dollars. One million or a million and a half of dollars are suppoj scd to have been generously given by the i brothers, and t heir sons or sons in law, in , aid or science, religion, TTCTrriaTlTTy and friendship. This remark embraces the I numerous instances in which monies ' and property to the value of hundreds of thousands have been dealt out in cases of known hazard, to preserve families from 1 perplexity and ruin. i The bland and just Mr. Ives is gone too ;?but the two families of Brown and ! Ives arestjil pu rsuing the same noble and generous course. Very lately the Providence pers announce their joint con'ribu ion of < sixteen thousand dollars for the foun '.ngof a j literary Athcnamm for the city of Provi! dencc. May a property, in which so ! many have shared, be s'ill preserved to the j Browns and Iveses. From them, if th s ' prosperity continue and times fuvor, still more of good designs will be formed and carried into successful operation. May God excite others to imbibe their spirit, and I tn around them in their abundance to see how best they may prove themselves the disciples of him who went abcut doing good, ami taught us to love our neighbor as I ourselves. i Mat Stealing?Pkesure oe the times. ?Mary McLaughlin and Jenny O'lloole, brought up for stealing a mat front the door of Mr. Johnson, Hester street, N. York. The Sun gives the following diu logue. Magistrate.?You have both been hem ; several timrs before. J shall row send you to the penitentiary for a month. I Mary.?God bless you, and siud us for ( six months, and that's a* long as you can. , It's better to be in the penitentiary than J nowhere at all. - i ?n r Magistrate.? luu scum iu Miun an x can do with you. Man/.?It's hard if I didn't: I have , spent many a comfortable day in the pen| itenliary, and hope I shall again; for it's, i better than to be starved to death in the i street. Magistrate.?I shall not send you for a ' longer time than 1 have mentioned. Mary?Well, ptaised be the Lord, there's more mats than one in the city. I Magistrate.?Yes. and you'll get in the State prison, if you don't let litem alone, ! and lead a better life. I M/rrw?\Wre willing to get any where I .. " <P , to keep the life in us; and, if we are to dip, ! we should like to die decently under a i roof. Jenny.?Good luck to your honor! and lock us up as loner as you can. We deserve it. for we haven't a cint in the woi Id ! Mildew on Grapes.?A gentleman of this village, who lakes much imprest in these things, informs us that he has discovered a sure remedy for mildew upon grapes. The mildew has been the great banc to the success ofgrowing the more tender but : delicious kinds of grapes in this quarter and even the much prated Isabella suffers ; more or less by it. Th? gewleman above j menrior.e 1, says that he la year scovered j that his grap?s began to mildew badly, that 1 he had formerly tried snip her and othe? - -