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CHERAW GAZETTE A N I) PEE DEE FARMER. . . M MacLcon, Editor and Proprietor. CHERAW, S. C. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1839. Vol. IV. No. 23. TSRMS. If paid within three months, - - 00 11 paid within three months after the close | of the year, . 3 50 < If paid within twelvo months after the ] oloso of the year, ...... 4 00 If not paid within that time, - 5 00 1 A company of ten persons taking the paper at y the same Post Office, shall bo entitled to it at $25 v provided the names be forwarded together, and j accompanied by the money. I No paper to be discontinued but at the option of the editor tall arrearages are paid. 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April, 12, 1539. ?J 22 ??_ a Seasonable Goods. ?1 f^UNAP aro xiovv rocciv* I ingoy mO OsH'Oia tliu ynw.iyui yu, v ui . their Spring and Sumtnor Goods April 3d, 1633. - 20 tf m From the Silk Culturi6t. J GARDEN SEEDS. b< As success in garding depends much on of good s<jeds, a few tiin.s on raising, gather, ing, and preserving them, may be of un- tw portoncc 10 the young and inexperienced cc gardner. Plants intended for seed, shouid be carefully cultivated during their whole Ir. existence* and especially while .heir seeds j}, are ripeniog. Tuey should also bo located CfJ in such a manner, as ilut those of the same species cannot intermix* and proJuce dote. p.t ri> rated varieties. To prevent mixing, they j01 must be set at considerable distances apart, 11|,( ? l?Jion />nrn hio li?nn l/nntvn In I U3 CVCii IUUiU'1 wwiii m?v?v ii mix at tho distanc ; of throe hundred yards. It is utterly impossible to preserve varieties 0f of cucumbers, melons, srjunsheg, pumpkins, u|| &c., in their purity, if th y arc permit cd to Sij flower, and ripen their seeds in the garden; the seeds of two varieties of tho same spe? ca cies of plants should not, then*fore, be at- gr, tempted to be raised in the same garden, a: co the same time. It is th s disposition to nvx as and degenerate, that renders it difficult to seedsmen to rais^ a complete assortment ol re, seeds on their own grounds, unlets they fa( ure very extensive. th< The most luxuriant and plants, and such | as arrive at maturity the earliest in ttie }l(i season, should be selected for seed. They w| should be permitted to remain* in thu pn garden until the se d is perfectly ripe ; and |(.| otwM.bi ?hpn h?? crathered and cleaned in clear eo ?9i|f IWIU ? v ^ we it her. If any moisture remains, they j fr'c should be exposed to the rays of the sun until they are perfectly drv, and then be put f0i in bags or boxes and secured from the de- 0n predations of rats, mice and insects, and bu the action of severe cold. As a general rule, new seed is to be preferred to old, on If account ef i s germinating quicker, and al producing a more vigorous growth; but it good seeds, gathered and preserved ir. tb the foregoing manner, will retain thir vitali. sil ty as follows : m YEARS. YEARS. be Asparagus, 4 M ljoram, 4 Balm, 2 Melon, 3 or 4 . Basil, 2 or 3 Mus.ard, 2 or 3 V1 Beans, 1 or 2 Nasturtium,? or 3 tit Beets, 8 or 10 Onion, 3 tt) Boraz?, 2 Parsley, 5 or 6 j0 Cabbage, 6 or 8 Parsnip, 1 , Carrott, 1 or 2 Pea, 2 or 3 ca Celery, 6 or 8 Pumpkin, 8 or 10 th Corn, 2 or 3 Pepper, 5 or 6 tir Cress, 2 Raddish, C or 8 as Cucumber, 8 or 10 Rue, 3 o, Caraway, 4 Ruta Baga,4 ' Fennel, 5 Salsafy. 2 ?* Garlic, 3 Savory, 3 or 4 Ci Leek, 3 or 4 Spinago, 3 or 4 ct Lettuce, 3 or 4 Squash, 8 or 10 0j Mangul Wurtzel, 8 or 10 Turnip, % 3 or 4 | Some gardeners prefer old seeds ofcu. ui cumbers, melons, squashes, &c. &c. to new, to on account of their running less to vines, tr and producing larger crops of fruit; but on at this point wc cannot speak experimentally. S The vitality of seeds is easily tested, and j they ought never to be sown, in any consid- i in erable quantity, without it. When divested [ c< of their covering, such as will germinate will 1 e ?-? L I sink in Iuke.warm water, wnue sucu u? ??.? lost their vitality will float on the surface. CULTURE OF SILK. H A LETTER Of REPLY TO A CITIZEN OF MARY- tj LAND. 0 Louisville (Ky.) Feb, 21.1839. tf Dear Sir: In answer to your queries respecting the Silk Culture in th? West, I can 1 only say that my time, my occupation, and e necessary confinement ut home, prevent I" my giving you the information desired in as !l' satisfactory a manner as could be done by h one more conversant with the subject. The n facts, however, within my knowledge 1 tl cheerfully communicate. c Several persons in this place, and its \i- fc cinity, co i menced the rearing of the silk- t worm last summer. * Many persons in tho neighborhood are c very anxious to engage in tho culture of silk < as soon as they can procure a supply of the t moms multicaulis, of which thero are very I few in this section of country. '1 M In the neighborhoods of Bradenburgh, Maysville, Frankfort, and at various other places in this State, ana at many places in Iniiana,the silk culture has been commenced, i En these places a groat number are preparng to cultivate the morns muhicuulis, (the variety of mulberry most highly esteemed,) vith the view to embark in the silk culture is soon aspractica leafier tue maturity of heir orchards. At Peasant Hill, the Shaker settlement in the Kentucky river, silk cravats, pocket tar.dkerchiefs, ladies' dress silk, gentlemen's rest.ng, and a variety of other goods, are nanufacturod, from silk of their own grow, ng, and are of the first texture, as lustrous 1 nd beautiful as any foreign manufacture I lave seen. The most intelligent of the 1 ommunitv state that the manufacture of 1 ilk is one of their most profitable) employ* 1 tents. During a visit to the village of Economy 1 few weeks since, 1 had an opportunity of 1 ?h?ir silk factories, cocooneries, dec. ' ith which I was very mucn pte?.cd? This beautiful and flourishing village is 1 tuated on the right bank of the Ohio river c 8 miles below Pittsburgh, and contains 1 t>our 5000 persons who are all G? rinan or 1 f German origin. The same community ice resided on the Wabash, in Indiana, at place called New H irmony* They all 1 assess an equal right or share in the prop. s "y a' Economy, which consists of the vii- c ge, with its many and large manufactories, id several tnousand acres of fertile land, ost of it under cultivation. Here are ten acres of various kinds of the e ulberrv. nlanted as orcharJs. Tliev have !' J , t _ ^ en but a short time, not more r.an two iars, I think, in the silk culture, and most c 'their trees are yet small. . n 1 hey have two large cocooneries, each *' o stor es high, and fitted up in the most impletc manner, with shelves, frames, irdles, &c. and furnished with baskets for ^ insporingihe leaves, machines for cutting 8 cm for feeding the worms, and all ihene- n ssary apparatus for such operations. 8 Each cocoonery has a fine cellar, flag Q vemenr, and tho sides lined witli plank, P r storing away the leaves, in order that v ey may be given to the worms while c n- P ining the proper degree of mo sture. " L ist summer they raised 1,400 pounds 11 cocoons, and on the 18th of January Cl imo they had reeled 150 pounds of raw c k of the best quality, w At the time of my visit numerous appli- 0 i ons were daily being made to them, and ^ eat prices ofTered for their trees, which of P urse were refused, as they had not near lf many as they wanted themselves. w In their silk factory they have ioom9, b els, and all the futures for the silk manu- * ;turer. which were made in' London, of ^ ; most approved forms. Their manufactured articles, such as ^ ndkerchiefs, vestings, &c. samples of lich I have, have been, to my knowledge fc k.. tvinntr ?ilrliFPtf of ?np. artie- I " Jiiuuiiucu uy luuiijr juu^> > i in Philadelphia and Baltimore to be 0 ual in every respect to any imported P ?m Europe. n Several members of this community in- c med me that the manufacture of silk was e 01 the most lucraiivo branches of their t< siness. tf In relation to the silk culture " in thg 7estirn States," I can give you the gener- e opinion, m giving you my own. I think w must succeed. Inquiry is awakened on t< e subject to an extent that is now irrpres- a do. I speak from what I have heardt F ore than from what I have seen. The tl eat anxiety expressed to obtain the mul- it 'rry from the A lantic States (tliere being ti > adequate supply here) is partly owing to o e profits expected to be realized from cul. d mating the tree for sale. Bui, independen. v ? of that, the great number who are des- v us of going into the silk business as they g in obtain food for silk-worms, warrants ii ? io r 0 bciict that, ?n a year or two in?iu im? v ne, several of the Western Sia'es will be r 1 far advanced as any of the Eastern !i ;ates now arc. All thev want is a supply r ' lite most approved mulberry, and this it is t itirely probable they will bo able to pro- p >re in two or three years. The high prices p stuineJ for the morus multicaulis do not f jpenr, as far as i have heard, to be made f i objection. The truth is, in comparison c > the value of the silk culiuro to the Wes- c en States, the prieeof the mulberry is but 1 J dust in the balance. And to tho United i tates, as a nation, the silk culture certain- 1 'offers one of the fairest prospects for an 1 icrease of its wealth, independence and the t :>mfort of thousands of its citizens, that has c ver beeu presented to view, I am, very respectfully, yours, &c? J. B. I Carrots an Improver of Butter.?A < riter in tho New England Farmer says, ' tat according to the suggestion of tho cdiior < f that paper in January last, he had tried i te effect of carrots as an improver of butter, < jr sevetal weeks, during the last winter. I *L - "'-J l?lrw in mnlfinf his I L ne muut; puraucu ujr uik* r. xperiments are thus briefly stated by him : Our mode has been to take four carrotsof be Altringham kind, of about one and a alf inches in diameter, to cream enough to i tiaketen lbs. of bu ter, and after washing hem clean, to grate them down well, and :overthem with new milk, and after they ?ad stood ten minutes, to squeeze them hrough a clean cloth into the cream, and he effect has been, to make the buttercome quicker and givo it tbo color and sweetness )f May butter; so sweet and waxy has been ho butter made in this way, that those who lave eaten of it, could not believe they were sating winter butter. We consider it the i * greatest improvement we have ever known, t in making butter at this season." ii Farmer and Mechanic. s 1 From the South Carolinian. b Locust Grove, Abbeville Dist. e Mr. Editor :?I have searched in your a agricultural columns, but in vain, fur some g article on the culture of Co,ton. Are our fo planters not aware of the paramount importance of .his production of our country ? Or th is it taken for granted that every person p( knows how toraise it ? So every person to knows how to fatten p:gs. But there are n( improvements, and these improvements j f0 should be disseminated, for the benefit qfall. Cotton is the chief source of the wealta of or the Southern Slates, and contributes largely ea to (lie comfort of millions of the huci tn m race. We cannot improve in the raflbre tei Dfit oomach." f #ouM not recommend a hat we should raise more :han we do : but br ivith care and attention, the same quantity it* nay bo raised on much less ground, by no . ? I ^ .. _ M./V||| I A 1. ^ J A AAArl AO "Uicn uur iaij f wuuiu Iiyi uy jy at.\- t cij lausteo. Land i? the ?Jj 6* >ur country and it if surely unpatflo ic ... j f* he people, to destroy or waste it. It is im? tlx joverisljing their posterity. flu What is there worthy in a man** accumu. or ati'ig a considerable fortune, if in domg eq his, he has laid waste more land than would e* upport Ins posterity for generations to C< '?me ? of Coton seed should b" procured from the nrc lest ground, where the Cotton has been well ;ut worked, and the bolls fully matured, gatli- gri ring, fot this purpose, the middle bolls: set liat is, separating the first opening and the ev< is*, from the second. The first bolls be.; tn< ome grown when the stalk is young and i d >: ot prepared to g:ve to the seed thatperfoc- ! \i on which it does in a maturer growth.? de 'he lust opening is generally immature,! pom the decay of the stalk, cold winds, early , at osts, die. That which is intended for j Tl ced, should be picked out when dry, and rei everallow d to ferment, which wouldocca. be ion a decomposition ofits parenchyma, and an predisposition to rot while growing. This j the artiul fermentation of the seed will not pre-' hit ent its germination ; but its nourishing 1 in< rineiple being injured, the young plant will ; pk oi have that constitutional vigor, so essen- lar al to perfection in growth, but will be sus- de entible ofall the disasters incident to the src otton crop. It is equally as important that utt e should extend a cure to the preservation off f our seed, as to the preparation of the soil, wl l defective seed cannot bring a perfect Ti lurit. The more paius wc take wi:h regard gr > the preservation ofour seeds, the less s a ill bw (heir dugonuraoy. The luuJ ?U?wl^ ftTT e thrown up in beds as early as possible dr ith a turning plough, which will hasten the no ecomposiiion of its vegetable matter.? mi low moist land shou d be drawn up with ba te hoe, but no other. Some people con- ag tnd for a rigid system of management, as 5ta ?the timeand manner of planting and work. sh< ig a crop ; but, as ;here is no r< gular time ro r way of managing, which will suit the pi] recarlous seasons of our climate, all plants i g iust bo modified according to circumstan. to 3e. | th There is a prevailing opinion among plan, j or ts, that the soonep co'.ton is planted, so , r i? on.;,. I hii lat it is not killed oy irosis, mo ut-un. * n o ; i an error of considerable magnitude. If rh xperience did not prove to ihe contrary, vvj re should need no better evidence it seems ev > me, than to know that the cotton plant is N native of a warmer climate than this. In *vi 'lorida, the West Indie*, and Mexico, where lere are no chilling Windsor frosts to stunt toi 8 growth, Cot on grows lo greater perlcc- w< on than in Carolina or Georgia. Cotion E1 ught not to be planted until there is ovi- vi< ence of a permanent ciiange from c Id to qu /arm, which time every man's xperience wi /ill dictate. Cotton will lhen come up and an [row off sooner than that which has been I tfr nju-ed by frosts, or col J winds. Before be ilanting, the seed should he rubbed in ashes r noistenod with water. This will cut the m int, so that the seoJ can be dropped more m egularly. And the ashes which stick to so he seed are highly beneficial, as they im art their alkaline qualities to the young in >lanf,and accelerae and give vigour to its ro -.?U nl intura rnh tlipir Sped lj(f. Wi ;ruwm, uuiii'j ui<i??'i? ore planting in lime ; but I ppTer ashes, be. hi :ause its inherent principle, (alkali,) is not wi >nly a stimulus, but a nourishment also:? th Whereas, lime is on!v a stimulant, andm-gut, b? n some instances, engender heat. Ashes in lave a two.fold advantage. They give a lealthiness to the young plant, and an impe. ar us to its growth, which render it less sus- cc trptible of the influence of circumstances, if Afier the cotton is up, a scraper should er in run round, if the land is bedded. This th will not throw the soil down, and leave the ti< cotton standing on a narrow ridge, whieh n< would impede the progress of the hoes, in chopping out. The cotton should be left in bunches of three or four stalks at a place ?the distance, suitable to the strength of II the ground, not putting it to an entire stand o< until the second time. A gnat deal is often ai lost m tho cotton crop, by tts being too close tc in the drill. -The stalk should stand at such c] distances as at all times to admit the sun to ci shine through upon the ground. It is the genial warmth of the syn, with a free circu- (1 lation of air, that causes the cotton to bear, tt mature, and o>>en. After chopping out, the p cotton should be run round with a turning w plough, the bar next to the cotton. This u throws the soil to the middle, covers the si young grass, and admits the warmth of the tl sun to tho roots of the cotton; but it should u not stand long in this condition, before it is tl run round again, with one or two furrows, e throwing tho soil back to tho Cotton- It Is f hen in good condition for the second nc tig. In hoeing the second time, the cott hould be put to a perfect stand cfonesta! rhose which are to be removed, should n o chopped with the hoe, but should be pu d up with hand. This is the speediest wa nd the most practicable, as there is no du er of bruising those w hich remain. It h een shown by experiment, which is bett lan all the theories that can b? adduce lat one stalk at a place, giving in the pr sr distance, will bear more and better co in than two s alks or more. And this it in variunco with the theory of the times r tWfl Qtnlbo rannnt 'lm? ?" ' *w Wlyji uiuw IIIUI c ma it 3m the earth, than the earth will yield i >e; but on the contrary will exhaust tl: rth of those ingredients material to the fo ation of the cotton plants. And no plat f W1 I J?nv (hot thcro b 1 perfect plant, than one that has bee uised, mutilated, or wounded, in any waj i transpiration is free and unrestrained waste of its juices, their renova ing prir pie being carried out to their ultimate pei ;tion. AVo may attribute, and very coi r.tlv too, the barrenness of some sia ks t 5 wounas au<! bruises which have been in :tedf when y ung, ei-her upon the stalk about its roots. And might we not, wit! ual propriety, view this as oneofthecaus which hasten tho degeneracy in our seed 7uld we but view scientifically the progres the cotton plant, from its germination I ituriiy,-and see the analogy of its consti ;nt parts, we would see that a perfec owth is necessary to the perfection c 2d. Then surely it would be prudent i try planter to use these necessary pains ?y require no more time and would evi ntly increase the quantity upon the ground id the purity of the seed would be a grea sideratum in the next crop. The third working should be given wit much or more care than the second.? le roots are then spreading in every di ction, and the sialks are in u good way o aring. 'There is a universal practic long some planters, in the third, and ii i last working, to plough deep and bed u ?h. This is an error which is attended wit! :onc?ivab!e injury. Every experience* inter knows that there is the bulbous o go root, that strikes perpendicular am ep into the ground, and the fibrous o lall roots, that run horizontally immedi ?ly under the surface of the ground. Th ice of the latter is to seek for nourishmen licli is essential to the support ofihe bolls 10 main root, which strikes into th ound, collects moisture and supports fh ilk. Now, what must tho result or cut g rtrt??e <U>roue roptw with the plough, i V weather, or at any time, for wo havi warranty of rain ? The oonsequenc ist be a dropping of the bloom, and i rrenness of tho stalk, until rain come ain, that these roots may take a fres irt to grow. Or even if the ploughinj ould not be of sufficient depth to cut th ots, the soil is drawn off with the hoes, i ling it round the stalk?the earth driest . ' 1 -L ? -usual aepin, auu iueau ruois tiro ca^u?v the burning rays of the sun.-1 have see 3 effect of this so strong as to fire the low leaves of the stalk. Another attenuative consequence of til ?h beddingsystem, is, that the Cotton de re3 no benefit from light showers. Tli iter inclines to the middle, and runs off c aporates, and does the Cotton no gooc othing short of a thorough wetting rai 11 do any good. Perhaps some one would enquire am tally opposed to the bedding system ? juld answer there is a medium in all thing! very virtue carried to excess, becomes ? rt I 1 j .1 re. A Droaa nat ueu wouiu serve hid n ttsire purpose. My plan is to run roun ih a broad scraper. This runs immed ?ly under the surface, destroys the sma ass, and neither tears down or throws ill :d up hjgher; and with one or two fu ws, with a turning, plough to split th iddle, then, if necessary, to draw from th iddlo furrows, with the hoe, a little of th il depositing it on each side. This answers the double purpose of shac g and accumulating moisture about t! ots of the Cotton, and absorbing tnoi ater during light showers. Whereas, il gh beds lose more moisture even in dr eather, because evaporation goes on froi c surface of the ground. The surfac sing increased, of course evaporation creased. It may be thought that these little car id pains are too trival and unimportant I smpensatc for tne additional troublo. Bi there is anything in three years e:;per ice and observation, I am prepared to sa at they will amply repay for all tliia add jnal trouble. "Without pains, there ai 5 gains, as poor Richard says." DIPORXANT FACT. The Yankee Farmer informs us, that 335 or 0, ho purchased a small lot of co Dns, which were kept through the summ ud following winter. Abou: ayearaftr i his astonishment, for he had supposed tl hrysalis, a stifled, mil'er came out of acoon from that parcel. He also states that dunngthe pastseaso 1638) he took of the eggs produced fro te first crop of worms, placed them in a t ail, covered with a tin lid, and over whii rns laid a cloth saturated with beeswax ai iliow. This bucket ho suspended in a w 3 as just to touch tho water at the side le pump. The worms from this bucket sed during the summer as he need lem, when the shelves or hurdles we mptied, or as he had a supply of foliage j*?d the worms when hatched. Some >o- tnese were hatched and spun in September, on and even s > late as the 10th November, by i Ik. means of a fire?he had a fmo fresh crop of * ?ot eggs. I ill. From the above remarks it strikes us that i iy, a new plan may be successfully adopted of I n- producing eggs, and having them fresh and t as good at any desirable season of the year, t er This is to place the cocoons in a situaton 1 d, where the tempeiatur -will be near the froez. c o. ing point, but yet in a dry place. The cry. [ t- salis will remain stationary, and wnen the 1 is J eggs are wanted during the ensuing season, j i; instead of bavin/the eggs hate lied in the f ;r ordinary way, let them be hatched as wan. e :o ted, by bringing them to a proper tempera, c ie ture. a r- r t* LACK MADE BY CATERPILLARS. 1m a curie lis species at manu&cturing has 1 n been contrived by an officer of engineers P h residing at Munich. It consists of lace and- e > veils, with open patterns in them, made en- h tirely by caterpillars. Tne following is the e ' mode of proceeding adopted :?Having uh '* made a paste of the leaves of the plant on h 0 which the species ofcaterpiller lie employs h I* He spread it thinly over i s'otie, or sl ? other flat substance of the required size. He A h then, with a gamel-hair pencil diped in olive ,r " oil, draws ti?e patterns he wishes the insects Sf ' to leave open. This stons is then placed J1 s in an inclined position, and a considerable J ? 0 number of caterpillars areplaced at the bot- n ' torn. A peculiar species is chosen, which P :t spins a strong web, and the animals com- w mence at the bottoni, eating and spinning lc 11 j their way to the top, carefully avoiding ? every part touched by t e oil, but devouring ,r I every other part of the pasie. The extreme P ' lightness of these veils, combined with some { n strength, is trulysurprising. One of these measuring 26J by 17 inches weighed only ^ ^ | a grain and a naif; a degree of lightness ? " | which will appear more strongly by contrast n - with other fubrics. One square yard ofihe e ^ substance of which these veils are made ? e weighs 4 1-2grains, whilst one square yard P 11 of silk gauze weighs 137 grains, and ona s< ? square yard of the finest net weighs 262 1-2 ? j grains. ~ r! From Correspondence of the National Intdli- 8 j gencer, j w r New York, March 30, 1839. j n 1* I ?< e Fashions in Broadway: Hair, Equippage,' j, t Dogs, Coats, Cloaks, awi Canes?TAs (I / Gingerbread Man a sketch from life? b e* Political Meetings, and speechmakers h e threat?Wall Street, and the doings (j _-j tftrrein. g n A rough customer, from the fiir West, ? o meeting nr.e on the giant-stairs of the big p o hotel here, observed, with a very knowing b a look, that the only thing one got for noth- r* s ing in New York" was the display of fashion V h and fashionables in Broadway. My back y g ' woodsman put into language of his own b e what has often occured to me while walking a n in that great thoroughfare, in which the v o stroller for amusement or edification may a d ever be finding new food for fun or philoso- b n phy, as mentally or physically disposed. I s ? think the fashionable frequenters of the paw c j sad the coach path, who from twelve to e | three oclock, daily, add so much to the life t > ' -nrt nalafir rtf/hw utrp&t. are reallv nuhlic ben- 1 | ft""-'/ ? ' j r e efaciors ; for they keep the lookers-on here >r ever provided with a cheap and changing, I. yet never-failing, source of amusement, as n rich and varied as 'the more costly entertainments of th# saloons, the theatres, and the I thousand other show-shops of the town. To I stand on the great s'eps at Astor's or the J. American, the Carlton, the Clarendon, and a the Athenoem, and watch the " manners i' j living, as they rise," and pass before the i d eyo like the shifting combinations of the kul- I i- eidescopc, is a very favorite mode pour pas* j H ser It temps, here in Gotham, at certain i ie hours of the day ; and it is really astonish- < r- ing to observe how quickly any new inno- 1 ?? vation of style of custom is caught u?> from ' ie Paris or London by the exquisites of Bond < ie and Blecker streets, VVaverley and Wash- * ington pLces, and Broadway. \ J- In the mode of wearing the hair, for ex- i < ic ample : the last touch of exquisi'ion is to 1 re wear that ornamental appendage in long elf- J 0 locks, curled, if tho hair is curlabh', nt the < *y ends, and lying over the shoul 'ers a la the- :' m valier. This looks queerly enough, with a * e coat of modern cut, as you may well judge i is ?thpse monstrous enmose masses d^pen- < -1:? ..n1..?.;nAi,Ju n?a. q hlar?lr ifh I | UKIg vuiuuiiuvuaij u>i.i i* UIVVH w._ is and a satin stock; but how is the cff/ct < to heiglitwed, when thero hangs down, to 1 't meet the *' love-locks," an elaborate moiw- I t* tache, with whiskers and imperial to matcii f I y Flow un.human the man, wearing all this 1 hair, contrives to make himself appear, vou < 'o may imagine. To my eye, he cenainly < seems, in this guise, to have lost the claim which every man ough* to have to say, wiih i ihe proud Roman," Homo sum, humanihiJ J in a mc alicum pulo !"* ' c* But it is not the hair alone which has be. ' er come the subject of recent fashionable inno- ! vation. They are making coats ofih'' most ie odd and outre cut, according to the latest im- 1 a portation of the modes. They seem to be 1 made with the least possible reference to 8 beauty of shape, comeliness of fit, or com- * I11 fort to the wearer, and mere nearly to res * 'n emblefho tabard of a herald than any tiling 1 ch else in art. It is true that only the ultraists 1 ad in these matters, have, as yet, assumed this 1 whimsical coat, but, knowing full well that, ? of asShakspearo has said, 44 now customs, be j1 he j|H.y uever so ridiculous, nay, though they ' e(l be unmanly, still are followed," I look for. ' I to * I am a man and consider nothing of the * of man wanting in me. i I t ward to the speedy adoption of this absonf fashion, not only here, but all over the Ititrf. ? . Cloaks, too ! The last style is to cut ffwifc garments, made of the most delicate doth, jiruight infiont, hooked or buttoned close Tom the collar downards, reaclr Ag only to [lie knees, and to be worn with the arms 4>f he victim kept closely confined to' his7 tides, est a wrinkle or a gather destroy the quak* sr^like primness of this new kind of per* >cndicular over-all. And then, die canes! Hade of yellow woods, of the curved handle )uttern, the curve terminating With u dog's lead, of various species, and glass beads for yes. This is the ton 'now; and thus anes are become canes indeed, (to make i wretched, Latin pun?for which excuse ne, it you can !) * ?iet puppies, (not human* but canine,) of verv descrintion, You cannot imjtf'n? . r?~ ; ? ? iow picturesque the scene : a carnage, with scutcheoned hammer-cloth, servants in rich very, most unexceptionable horses and arness, and containing two or three inmates, esidcs a dog of the Charles ths Second Daniel breed, his forepaws on the edge of io window, and his head lolling forth most iquisitively, returning the nods ol the pas* ?rs by on the pave, as they make their sal. ms at the fair occupants ol the coach I uch is the custom, and the dogs-sellers are iaping a rich harvest. ? But no mdre^ ^at resent, of what the mercurial Meircuito wag ont to call *4 these strange flic*, these fashm.mongers!'? . There is on8 original whom I d.uly rfteet i Broad way that must furnish me with a aragraph for your reader's amusement. ' I lean 41 The Gingerbread Man ," for so is lis queer specimen ever culled here? nown, as he appears in fact to be, by no ih-T naine, and described, thereby, as he lost correctly is, to the apprehension of very one who has c anced to meet him nee. Fie is a short, thick set man, with no articular expression of countenance, dresid in a suit of what was once gray, but has ow become a gingerbread colored cloth, lis hat is of the close-napped kind, and is mbrownod by the^constaut contact of the weet edible wliich has given a name to irs rearer ; just as the nuller is known by the leal upon bis head?cover. fie is to be een in one of three situations : either b?jig gingerbread at the old women s stalls, en be corners of the strcetsvor eaiiag giugerread. out of his ever-shiffrd pockets, as e walks alone the crowded pavemer-. enrely disrcgardful of any soul of the th ?uanrrs tie Is meeting ?rmera ofi liH edttdoas ~ m ploy men r-^-or with Iris nose at one1 of the ubiic pumps, washing down his gingerread with the pure element as it filtrates trough his ringers into his betreacied mouth. Vtvuiever and wherever you see him, till uu are sure to be reminded of tlie adinirale adapted oess of his name to his character nd pursuits. Ilis idiosynerasy is ever do* eloping itself in a great variety of ways ; nd, haviog once heard of * The Ginger. read Man," no stranger in New York can pund a day here, with his eyes open, wi?h>ut having discovered the original by some nfallibleand convincing mark. Many are he speculations which, at different times, mve been set agoing in Gotham as to who le is, and what he is, wlience he came, vhiiher he goes, what he is doing, and what ie has not done. From this last class of ipcculations, that which explicitly denies hat u The Gingerbread Man" is the author if " The Vision of'Rubetu" inny be cited n proof of the intense interest which the lororatious of this treacle.loving peripatetic lave excitcJ in this ever-excitawje qity, THE THEATRE. % As I wnsone day walking out for my ac. :ustumed exercise, a gentleman passed me ndiis carriage, and invited me to rido with iim. He is a gentleman of wealth 'arid" iistinction, and of au elevated 'hik! pioirt ;baractrr. He came yto the city when toung, without friends^without money, with. * - ?.? ? nai/? muflfte }Ut r^|)U!3f|0D} Wlinoui ttnjf imrmoiv mw???? vha/evcr' rating started in btwinesa. Soon lfter I took a seat with him, two young men )f dissippated air, with segars in their mouths, dashed furiously by us in a chaise. * There," said h?% M are two young men go* ng f*ist to ruin." This incident turned 3ur conversation upon the exposures and urn ofyoung men in the ci y. He remark* id mat most of the young men who camov .0 live in die city at the samo time h? dtd5* iad already gone to rum. I told htm that the interest I felt in young men prompted the inquiry, how if came to pass that ho es* 3ap?'d, and by what means lie hod succee. ied so well in life. He rnj'lhd that when he came to the ci'y, it was under the convict on that l*i bad himself to make ; that he then laid down aome .. ule*, t'h'cli he had-steadfastly observed.. \mong them were the folio wing?that he ' ' ' "" ' ?tinn Art thfl Sikh. vouij always ai enu inching ?H ?>arh ; ilmt ho would never read loosfe and nfiiel books nor attend infidel tneeWtffs ; hat he would devote a poition of bis time to tome profitable study ; that he would a!, vays be diligent and faithful in harness, lowever discounting things might look? h it he would not Iruqucut s:.ops of refreshnents, unless for necessary food ; th??t hoivould form no alliance with any individual* or society orainusemeut tHI he knew them o be virtuous and safe companions ; and hat he would not go to the theatre ti l lie was forty fivo years old, wfv-o he supposed tie should bo above the reach of any injury from 'hat t-ource. Long before be reached that a gi ho was a/picus mao^ and of course