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I flouous ; it may be limed at the outset, that is, before the plough is admitted. 3dly, Thar to lime moorish soils is a haz. ardous business, unless dung is likewise be eto wed; but to repeat the application upon such soils, especially if they had been sev crely cropped, is almost a certain loss, and that a compost of lime and rich earth is, in such cases, the only subs-itute. 4thJy, That strong loams and clays require a full dose to bring them into action ; such soils being capable of absorbing a great quantity of calcareous matter. Lighter soils, howover, require less lime to stimulate tnem, and may be injured by administering a quantity that would prove moderately bene, ficial to those of a heavy nature. 5ibly, That upon fresh land, or land in a proper state for calcareous application, lime is much superior to dung. Its effects continue for a longer period; while the crops produced are of a superior kind, and less susceptible of injury from the excesses of drought and moisture Finally, the ground, particularly what is of a strong nature, is much easier wrought; and, in many instances, the saving of labor would almost tempt a judicions farmer to lime his land, were no greater benefit derived from the application, than the opportunity thereby gained of working it in a perfect manner. It may be added, that though s rong soils require to be animated with a good dose ot lime, those of a light texture will do equally well with little more than huiC iiie quantity requisite on the o hers, especially if they are fresh, or have not already received an a p. plication of calcareous matter. In every | case it is the farmer only w ith can judge of the quantity to be given ; but, as a general principle, it is safer to exceed the proper quantity than to be below it. In the latter case the application may prove useless, and the whole expense be lost; whereas it rar ly happens that injury is sus:ained from an ex. cess, especially if more or less dung is soon after administered. From the Genesee Fanner, nfanure. "Farmers are not agreed as to what depth beneath the surface dung should be placed, in order to be rendered the most availing. Do not farmers frequently bury their ma nure so deep as to impair its good effects ? I believe that dung exerts its power to the greatest advantage when placed pretty near the surface, but more light on this subj- ct is needed. Although when placed near the surface, it may do the most good to the next crop, yet is this the position which should be gives it when tbe greatest ultimate profit is the object aimed at ?" A Farmer. A proper answer to this query would fill n volume, as it would embrace an account of the different soils, the action of manure upon each, the ktod of manure most proper for each variety, since all these things have a direct bearing on the subject. We however can only say that all vege. tables and animal substancee which under. go decomposition, contain more or less of the elements necessary to the growth of plants; and the great cbj ct of applying ? ?- - ?.i i IT manure is to mane uitjiu aiiuru as mucfi j soluble matter as possible to the roots of I the plants, and that in a gradual manner. Mineral manures, however, it is supposed do not act on the principle of nutrition, but of excitability. If then, in the use of putrescent manure, or dung, the great object is to present it so that the roots of the plant will most readily be benefitted by the soluble matter afforded to them it appears to us that covering to a great depth would be entirely subversive of that end. Were we to give a definite opinion on the subject it would be to plough deep?to render the earth mellow and friable to as great a depth as possible, so that the roots could easily penetrate,?but to hury the manure lightly. It should all be buried however, as that is we thi tk indispensable to the greatest benefit from its op. plication. We would plough deep that the surface water of rains, &c. could easily sink and not drown,the young plants, and that the roots by penetrnting to some depth, should not be liable to leave the plant to suffer from drought; and we would cover the manure not too deep, because a slight covering ofearth is sufficient to absorb the gases that escape from manures during their decomposition and afford most valua. hie nutriment to plants, and because seeds or plants throw out the most abundant roots near the surface, and of course it is there they will soonest find the nourishment they require. We may on this point have the misfor. tune to differ from some of our agricultural friends, but we think our position most consonant with correct reasoning and expertments ; and besides, we find ourselves supported by higtinames in the annals of farming. Sinclair in his Code of Agriculture, and v Brown, in his woik on Agriculture, make in substance the foliowiug remarks. "Notwithstanding what has been already said respecting the practice of those farmers who allow manure to lie for a long time upon the surface of the earth, we however agree with the opposite opinion?that it should be spread as taken from the cart, and completely incorporated with the soil for by tillage it becomes amalgamated with the inert particles of the earth through which means both that and the dung form one substance in the fittest state to promote the growth of vegetation. It should not however be buried too deep at first; for though it is the prevailing opinion of many persons, that by deep covering, the dung is defended from the injurious effects of exhalations? that the roots of plants soon find their way to it?and that it will be raised higher by after ploughings?yet there are men of accurate observation, who, from long experience, have found, that if dung be only just covered, the nearer it is to the surface the greater are its effects in promoting fertility, for then it liesnearthe roots of young plants, at the time they need the most cherishing aliment. They also declare, that dung never rises to the surface, after it has lain rr/jed for a eesson in the sol!, btit that on the contrary, as it dissolves in the earth, the f solution descends as low as the soil has v been st.rred by the plough." e Judge Powell, in some ol his valuable ag- r ricultural papers, remarks that by plough, s ing deep and high manuring, he had con- f verted the most of his land into the richest 5 soils as deep as the plough could reach, say 1 12 or 14 inches. This would not have t been the case, had there not been a contin- t ual tendency in the manure applied to sink r as low as the plough has loossened the a earth, and nothing is wanting to constitute \ soil, where vegetable or animal matter or mould can be sufficiently mixed or incor. e poraled with the native earth. The ten- ji dency to sink, is perhaps more strongly t shown in the mineral manure, such as lime ii or marl, than in putrescent ones ; and Ma!- e colm in his Agricultural Survey says that a wh* re lime has been used in quantities on c lands containing considerable sand, but with \ an impervious or hard-pan subsoil, the ef. I fects of the sinking of the lime has been to c produce a compact and lime mortar bottom, a ot course ues ructive 10 vegetation uuui thoroughly broken up with the plough. The true course would seem to be, to stir the earth as deep as possible, to make the surface intended for the seeds and the roots of the young plants perfectly fine and friable to incorporate with this surface earth the manure, covered so that nothing of its power should tsrapn Airing fermentation, out not so deep as n t to be readiiy accessible to the roots of the plants. Experience shows that light dressings placed where re. quired by the plants, and repeated as often as necessary, are more profitable to the far. mer; and by >he lepeat-d tillings being al> lowed to mix more completely and deeply in the soil, is more beneficial to the soil, than heavy dressings placed so deep as to be a longer time in decomposition or incorporation with the earth. From the Farmers' Cabinet. Pulverize the Soil* Few farmers are probably fully aware of the vast importance of keeping the earth well pulverized, and especially in seasons of drought. It has been observed by the celebrated Mr. Tull, and by many others since his time, t hat thoroughly pulverizing the soil, and reducing it to a perfect tilth, in. creases and extends the pasture of plants. The soil thus pulverized more readily attracts the moisture, always floating in the atmosphere. Mr. Joseph Wimpey says,"I made several observations which clearly explain, to my own satisfaction, how dividing und pulverizing the soil becomes the proper mode of conveyingthe aliment prepared by nature for the sustenance of plants, into the , bosom of the earth. Ono observation I will mention, as it is directly to the purpose. One evening, near the time of the men's leaving work, a smart shower of rain came on, which drove them off. They were digging one of the plots where beans had previously grown. The shower did not last more than half an hour. The next morning, as the men were digging, I observed that the rain had not penetrated above half an inch into the ground; I requested one of them to dig one or two spits of tho P ground that had been dug the day before, , when it clearly appeared that the rain, in the new.dug ground, had gone as deep as j! he spade, which wa9 full twelve inches." From the Farmers Cabinet. WHO SEES ME? e y "0 wad some pow'r the giflie gie up. T? see ourstls as others see us! It wad frao monio a blunder free ua ? u And foolish notion."?Duma. g A respectable, worthy farmer lately sta- I ted, thai he ne.er went any where but what r he learned something useful. r fie said, that if he saw things wrong and in bad condition, it was an admonition to c him to avoid errors and blunders of a simi- * Jar description; and if he observed any thing f that was an in provement on his own ways ? and plans, he adopted it; so that in either i case he was instructed, and promoted his in- 1 terests, either by the evil or the good he noticed in others, fie stated, that on a particular i occasion he was at a tavern, where there was an elderly man who was in'oxi- 1 cated, and a number of ill-bred, vulgar young men weie engaged in deriding and t scoffing at him ; the inebriate, after some 1 time of silence, turning round, observed to i them ; voung men, "what you find wrong in J me, try to mend in yourselvesThis re. mark, he said, made a lasting impression t upon his mind, and had been serviceable to t him in his journ-;y through life; and he 5 thought, that if farmers generally would < adopt the plan of mending in their own ' practice, zohat they see wrong in the doings < of others, it would very soon effect a great and wholesome change in the agriculture of l the country ; greatly increase the number 1 ? ^ aP r\ OH oP OAffl nnH I Ul UIUUU3 Ui ^iaooi aiiu fcuu ui wuiui UIIU make them longer too ; and it would much promote the prosperity and independence 1 of many families, who now consider all times 1 as bad times with th^m. Remember, i The busy bee gathers honey from every flower. < EZEKIEL. ( j From the Yankee Farmer of January. < Mulberry Trec??Silk? I Mr. Editor,?To satisfy myself and some t others, I have made s#me extracts of the 1 sales of some Morus Multlcaulis trees (that < have been published) which were sold from t Sept. to Nov. 1938, inclusive, in the fol- ? lowing places, viz : At Germantown from t 50 to 60 cents per tree. Auction sale < there, from 20 to 24 cents per foot. At 1 Baltimore 20 to 22 cents per foot, (none t less) and at the great sale there of 120,000, 1 at 20 to 22J cents per foot, measuring six < inches of the root, all the growth of this 1 season, averaging about five feet high.? < Auction sale at Mew York, 50,000, sold 17 1 to 19 cents per foot, measuring 6 inches * of the root, averaged 18 cents. A gentle- i man from Philadelphia, purchased of Dr. t Stebbins, of Northampton, 125 trees, paid i 8125, cash in hand. Samuel Gummeri, t Burlington, N. J. sold 2340 trees, large I and small, for 82500. And another person ? sold a '.hcussm'Ttree? picked out of 3000 \ or $2000. At Baltimore, Oct. 30, trees vere selling, roots with one bud, at 10 cents ach, and buds of the main stem and lateal branches, at 6 cents per bud. At a ale near Easton, Maryland, they brought rom 67 to 167 cents per tree, and a lot of 1500 trees brought $2900. At Richmond ,0 trees four years old sold at $25 per ree. A gentlem tn in Nowbern writes hat 1500 trees were raised on about four ods of ground, and sold first at $2'per tree ind then at $3, when he bought $500 vor'h to propagate from. Says the editor of the Germantown Telgraph, we know no sort of business which list now promises so golden a return as f ?? -t > i- r-? . hat 01 raising me i>iorus iuuiucuuiis. doi t may po-sibly be overdone. But at pres. int, there is not the least grounds for such in apprehension, and our opinion is founded >n the most extensive information from the lighest sources, that the demand for the tlorus Multicaulis will rather increase than iiminish for at least five years to come, (or is long as the bounty is continued,) and the >rices will scarcely be less than at the present time; for the demand for them is lot more fthan half supplied. Although hey have been in this country about 12 rears, yet it is believed that there is not one armer in twenty that has one single tree el hat kind in his possession, yet thoflQjyhc lave had nnne of thn? kind trooa Rove >redicted for five years past, and are yet >rophesying, that they will soon run down ike Merino sheep. But the demand foi hem keeps increasing ; and the greatesl probability is, that it will, until there is a full supply* and the price of silk here and in Europe and elsewhere keeps up, and the United States export more silk than they mport, and the production of silk remains o be more than double the nett profits from he same land and labor, than from any pther agricultural production whatever.? Let any person the least conversant witf the consumption of silk in this country and Europe, make a moderate calculation, and lie will see that we cannot raise enough with all our efforts, in the next twenty yean to affect perceptibly the market value o iilk. Now let any enterprising farmer who will open both eyes'and view the sublet clear from preconceived prejudice, an I [ think he will see that a singular advan. age arises in this business from its entire reedom from any risk from those who grow lie trees 'K for when in the course of yean he country becomes supplied with trees md the sales slacken off, or entirely stop tach planter will have a fine grove, which 10 can immediately use for feeding wormt ind this will give him a nett profit of frorr ?100 to $300 per acre, per annum, which ihs been ascertained from actual experimen ?y several persons; and one experimentei it the South has stated that one acre of the Horus Muhicaulis will produce fotlage foi i million of worms, which will make .33 1 3 lbs. of silk, which at 84 per lb, imounts to 81.333 1-3 ; and that one hal >f this sum will pay ail expenses; then yould then remain 8666 nett profit. . Oth. rs have said that the bounty pays the expenses, 80 that the whole is clear profit. Farmers, now is your time, be lip anc oing, work while the day lasts ; for aftei II, silk is not a spontaneous combustion o tie earth without care and labor, and ic nsuro success in all parts of the business iree things must be an invairable rule? conomy, industry, and persona! attentior without which no business under the sur nil prosper. And in all kinds of business f this nature, allowance must be madfeftu dverse ?a#uoiiti6f, unccrtftilM^^, l market, and various kinds of unforeseer osscs that may happen, this not more thar nrnfliicfinn. nf fhft purth. HFlt iiaujr viiuci ^ivuwvuvHa vi - lot so much as commerce by navigation. Having observed the foregoing facts am evidence for the encouragement of those vho have any wish to engage in the mul >erry and silk enterprize, I conclude ; foi i word to the wise is sufficient, and to other f I should say more, it would be time anc abor lost. Abner Brownell. VVestporf, Mass., Jan. 1839. From the American Silk Grower. Vlessrs. Ward Cheney and Brothers : You published in your eleventh number i communication from mo on the subject o Dudding, in which 1 stated some of the ad .rantages arising from that mode of propa gating the Morus Multicaulis. As my re narks may not come too late to be usefu his season, I will trouble you with observa ions which were omitted in my first letter ind some of which were suggested in tin course of this season, as 1 have alread) -nado nine hundred bundings since March )ut of which number not fifty have failed. In the first place, those made in Marcl jpon the Morus AIba% are now (June 29th. fine trees, from five to eight feet high am have on an average from 150 to 300 buds The buds with which these innoculation, were made, had they been used as cuttings would be now at the very most, eighteer 1? 1 ?;.l r ._ on i , menus nign wuu iroin iviu ou greuu uuu m very small wood ; whereas my budding Df March have stems, some of which men jure an inch in diameter. The advantagi }f large wood for cuttings, is known to al those who have experience in propagatinj he Morus Muiticnulis. So convinced an [ of the vast multiplication of buds by inno :ulation on a tree that has large roots fo ;he nourishment of the inserted buds, that im how budding five year old trees fron en to fifteen feet high, cutting off the :op )f all branches, and leaving not a singl< eaf on the tree, previous to the insertion o he buds. I have put as many as thlrti juds on one tree. I have some four yea )ld trees, thus budded between the 8th an< 12th of this month of June, the inseited bud; )f which are from six to eight inches ii ength and truly present to the eye the moe isonishing display of rapid and luxurian regetaiion that I ever observed in any vege able production. Many of these buddingi vere made from boughs taken from m] rees budded in March ; thus offering th< jefore unheard of instance of a second gen nation of branches, supplied before July vith cuch largo leaves that not a few havi yielded rich food for the second crop of my two crop worms, now beginning to spin ! But the incalculable advantages of bud. dings on the Morus Alba, ore not yet all enumerated. In fact the greatest one is this. The wood is more hardy and the buds mnch less apt to swell too soon, when frost may blast a whole orchard. See the proofs of my assertion. In the latter part of February of this year, we had very warm weather for the season, and the buds of many trees began to swell, among which were the Morus Multicaulis, which I have every winter but the first, allowed to stand untouched till planting time. On the 3d and 4th of March, however, we had the most severe frost experienced her-* for t<ven. ty years past at that season ; the thermom. i eter descended to near 0 for two successive I mornings. All expanded buds of course i were destroyed, and 6. 8, and even 10 incht es of the tops of my Morus Multicaulis i were quite killed, while none of my budded trees of the preceding season were sensibly i injured. One tree in particular, budded in i the fall of 1837, and which stood in the i same bed wiih the Morus Muliicaulis, exi posed to the same influences, was "positive, ! ly less injured than any of my White MuL > berries of any age ! The same frost killed f to the ground three trees which I hi d pre> iented to a neighbor the preceding year. ' ' Budding can be practised whenever the bark of the subject can be raised, that is ? from March till November w ith us. Buds ' can be inserted on green boughs or on t wood of the preceding year or even on I older wood, provided the bark be not too i thick. I prefer tho wood of the preceding year. rl My narrative, manner, and plain exposi1 tion of facts which have occured to me, may 1 savor of egotism with some cavillers, but ' my object being the public good I ain con* vinced you will not look on this piece in 1 that light. Yours respectfully, I N. M. HBNTZ. > Florence, Alabama, Juno 29 h. 1839. i ? f At Augusta Geo. a great spirit of enter' , prize has manifested itself and large quanti ties of worms hare been reared, and some I most beautiful silk been made. One gen. tleman, Mason Shaw, Esq. formerly of Bel. i cherton, Mass., has succeeded remarkably ' well, and the silk made under bis superin. > tendence is decidedly the best that we have , ever seen, as regards lustre and strength of , fihre. Numerous other gentlemen have i been very successful and even gone far II beyond their most sanguine expectations, i [Ibid. i t SUCAB BEET. Tho Conductors of this paper have made > themselves familiar with the process of manufacturing Sugar from the Beet. They i have under cultivation five acres of the beet, , and intend making sugar the ensu ng fall, f The machinery necessary to manufacture ? it is in preparation, and they are confident . that they shall be able to produce as good ?i sugar, aud as cheap as that made in France. lb:d. The following, from a correspondent is in. serted with a hope that its suggestion may be f of use to those who are about to commence the > growing of mulberry trees. j [Ciennessee Frrmer, TO FARMERS. I If ye aspire to wealth and ease, I Stock well your farms with mulberry trees; t The silk worms will their wealth unfold, S .And coin their foilagc into goll. rrw.,?tU., , MrWfJWV *-?*? /Vlt M?fW MVfVi l And aro not curious to bo shown l The simple culture of the worm ; I Your neighbors may the thing perform, And then the loaves which you produce, 1 In skillful hands become of use, J The farmer who would make pretence ' To taste, should have a hedge-row fence ; r No tree that's known so quickly grows, i Or looks so uniform in rows. ^ It springs from cuttings or from seeds, And overcomes poor soils and weeds ; And in four years will make a fence, With, of all things the least expense, And when instead of wails and rails, The mulberry hedge around prevails, f The lands produce a mine of wealth, Employment, happiness and health. The mulberry grows on every soil. , Requires bat little aid or toil, 1 And tho best silk is always found, , Produced from leaves off sandy ground : , While a rich soil will leaves produce, 3 Abounding in a watering jube, r And on which if worms be fed, , They make a coaree and brittle thread. 1 ^ THE BEST NATURED MAN IN THE WORLD. The following amusing soliloquy of Mr. it Lentner Salix, is from "Churcoal Sketches," s by Joseph C. Neal. The last time Salix was seen in the busy ) haunts of men, he looked the very incarna* s tion of gloom and despair. His very coat s had gone to retrieve his necessities, and . he wandered slowly and abjectly about, 2 relieving the workings of his perturbed spL 1 rit by kicking whatever fell in his way. ^ I'm done," soliloquized he,"partnership 2 between me and good nature is this day . dissolved, and all persons inde'oed, will r please se:tle with the undersigned, who is I authorised. Yes there's a good mai ny indebted, and its high time to dissolve, s when your partner 1ms all the good9, and f. spent all the money. Once I had a little f shop; ah! was'ut u nice. But then comes f one troop of fellows, and they wanted r tick?I'm so good natured ; then comes 1 another set of chaps who did'nt let bashs fulness stand in their way one minute; they i sailed a good d''al near the wind, and want, t ed to borrow money; I'm so good natured; t and more asked me to go their security.? . These fellows were also particularly friends s of mine, and got what they asked for; but j I was a very particular friend of theirs, and 3 could'nt get it back. It was one of their . good rules that won't work botu ways ; and r, I some how or other was at the wrong end 3 0f it?it wonld'nt work my way at ail-? ??W^BB?wwa There's few rules that will, barring substrac- c i tion and division, and alligation, our folks ii alligatcd against me, that I would'nt come t? to no good. All the cjpherin I ever could d do, nuide more come little, nnd littte come t< I less ; and yet as I said afore I had a good t; many assistants too. n Business kept pretty fair; but I wasn't n cured. Because I was good nntured, I had c to go with 'em frolicking, tea-partying, ex- p cursioniug, and for the same reason I was h always appointed treasurer, to make the 0 distribution, when there was'nt a cent of surplus revenue in the treasury, but my own: it was my job to pay all the bills. Yet, it " was always Salix 'you know me*Salix, a pony up at the bar and lend us a levy,' v Salix always shells out like a gentleman.' > Oh! to be sure, and why not??now I'm ^ shelled out mys lf, first out of shop?old f fieri fasKus to me directed. But they * didn't direct him soon enough, for he only c got the fixtures. The goods had gone out f on a bust long before I bursted. Next, I 1 was shelled out of my boarding house; ? (with a lugubrious look at his shirt and pan- ( taloons,) I'm nearly shelled out of my ( clothes. It's a good thing they cant shell e me out of my skin, or they would, and let mo catch my death of cold. I'm a mere shell fish?an oyster with the kivers off. ( "But it was always so?when I was a little boy thoy coaxed all the pennies out of me ; coaxed me to take all the jawings, and ail the lickings, and to go into all sorts of 1 scrapes, and precious scrapes they used to i be. I wonder if there is'nt two kinds of people; one kind that's made to chaw up < t'other kind, and one made to be chawed up by t'other ??cat kind of people, and mouse kind of people ! I guess there is?I'm very much like a mouse myself. "I should like to know what's to become of me?I've spent all I had in getting my i edication. Learnin' they say, is better than d houses or lands. I wonder if any body j would swap some houses and lands with me for mine? I'd go it even, and ask no boot. They should have it at prime cost; but they won't ; and I begin to be afraid, I'll have to get married or list in the marines* That's what most people do, when they have nothing else to do." REMARKABLE ANECDOTE Of A DOG. t The anecdotes given of dogs saving the b lives of persons in danger of drowning, are * so numerous as to be familiar to every per. son. One cannot reflect on the innumerable a instances of the love and usefulness of this 8 animal, without being grateful to Providence t for having given to man a creature capable t of many of those noble and disinterested t feelings, which we are accus'omed to op- t preciate so highly in our follow creatures, j and almost to look upon as constitut ng the perfection of the human chnracter. At a t con von in France twenty paupers were served with a dinner at a certain hour every day. A dog belonging to the convent did a not fail to be present at this regale, to re- t ceive the odds and ends which were now t and then thrown to him. The gues s, now. t ever, were poor and hungry, and ol course f not very wasteful!, so that their pensioner a did little more than scent the f,-n3t of which i he would fain have partaken. The portions r were served by a person at the ringing of g a bell, and delivered out by menns of what c in religious houses is called a tour, which t is a machine Ike the section of a cask thai j by turning round upon a pivot exhibits what- i ever is placed on the concave side, without discovering the person who moves it. One < day this dog, who had only received a few j scraps, waited till the paupers were nil gone, J took the rope in his mouth and rang the bell; \ his stratagem succeeded. He repeated it j the next day with the same good fortune.? ; At length, the cook, finding that twenty- J one portions were given out ins ead of j | twenty, was determined to discover the trick, { in doing which he had no great difficulty, < forcing perdue, and noticing the paupers 1 as they came for their different portions, and 1 there was no intruder except the dog, he 1 began to suspect the truth, which he wa9 ! confirmed in when he saw the animal wait j with great deliberation till the visitors were g all gone, and then pull the bell. The mat- t ter was related to the community, and to re I ward him for his ingenuity he was permitted [ 1 - -I"? *li-. koll fliiniu dntr fnr His Hinn#?r. nn LU ling IIHI UVII l If UUJ >W> ? which a mess of broken victuals was always served out to him. j Fraser's Rights of Instinct. < < The New York Sun says: In Vernon, | Ct., is a paper mill, established by the Vernon Company, at a cost of$25,000, which, 1 for two years past, has been run exclusive- I ly for the Sun. From this mill we receive j weekly two hundred reams, or ten thousand i four hundred reams per year, amounting to ( $31,200. From the Saugerties paper mill, f and from the mill of Philips di Field, at Lee, \ Mass., we are in the weekly receipt of , nearly tho same quantity as from the Ver? , non mill, and wc also mako occassional , purchases from other mills. In the article |, of ink, we receive and use two hundred ( pounds weekly?the most of it from the . manufactory of Johnson & Durant, Philadelphia. The bills for this article amount to a , fraction over $2,600 per year. Of coal, for our steam engine, we use four tons a week, or two hundred tons per year; average cost $1,400 per year. In the various depart, ments of our office, exclusive of carriers, we have twenty?seven hands constantly employed, at a cost of about $300 per week, amounting to about $18,700 per yearOur "single pair of cases*' and '?room no: | much larger than tho New Orleans Bcc," , have grown into an establishment occupy- ? ing three floors of a brick building, in the ] basement of which we have two presses, ( which, with the engine and machinery by ( which they arc driven, cost upwards ol , $10,000.?New York Sun. musk. 1 It is said that a grain of musk is capn. i ble of perfuming, for several years, a cham ber 12 fret square, without sustaining any sensible diminution of its volume or its : weight. But such a chamber contains 2,. i 085,984 cubic inches, and each cubic inch ?ig ontains 1,000 cubic tenths of inches, niakig in all, nearly three billions of cubic nths of an inch No w, it is probable, in. eed almost certain, that each such cubic 2nth of an inch of the air of the room con. tins one or more of the particles of the iusk, and that this air has been changed lany thousands of times. Imagination reoils before computation of the number of articles thus diffused and expended. Yet ave they altogether, no appreciable weight . r magnitude. An esteemed subscriber in Wheatland, uformed us "yesterday that he had a twenty ,cre field of wheat, which, if nothing inter, ened to mar the present prospect, would -it-Id at least fifty bushels to the acre ! And urther, that he had a small patch of a pe. uliar kind of barley, where he had planted wlf a bushel in the spring, from which ho ixpects to reap atleast forty bushels! Nor ire these isolated instances. Every where, n this region, similar indications of unparw illelled abundance prevail. If good luck continues with us ten days longer, a larger :rop of wheat will be gathered than wass jver before known in Western New York. [Rochester Democrat# * HTT E K AW a A ZETTE. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1839. Erratum.?In tho thud line of the note at lottom or column 3 first page, for "incorrect" ead as correct. Journal op the American Silk Society.? See the Editor's appeal to Silk Growers in an ither column. Every person who is, or expects o bo engaged in the silk culture or mulberry ;ulture ought to take it. The Columbia papers contain a notice for a necting to be held in that town on the first Monlay in Septomber, for tho purpose of forming an Agricultural Societ/4 Mr. R. E. Russell, of Columbia, advertises hat he is ready to purchase 100,000 inorus mulicaulis trees, to be delivered in December. Tho nxiety of dealere in the article to purchase argcly on speculation, and so early in the sea. on, would seem to indicate that they had as. ertain id the demand is likely to keep ahead of he supply. We learn that 45 dollars have >oen off-red and refused for a single tree in Columbia a few years old. Steam Racing at Sea.?The Gt eat Western nd British Queen left New York nearly at the amo time. There are heavy bets pending on he question "which will beat V* We opine that f bursting of boilers, and loss of life should be he result of over exertion on the ptrt of either hero will be indictments, and imprisonments in England on the occasion;?that is if any of the :ulprits should reach that country. Here we are ofree for such tyrannical proceedings. Wo not long since cautioned our readers gainst purchasing tickets in a "Mammoth Lot. ory" advertised by Sylvester & Co of New York* he prizes in which consist of real estate and tank stock in New Orleans. Our chief ground or adverting to the subject was a publication in.* i southern paper, denouncing the scheme as one utended to deceive and rob the public. One* if iot the only ground spcciefied for denouncing the ichome was that it is not authorised by any law if Florida, as it purports to be. Wo have since leen published the "legal opinion" of tho Hon. loseph M. White, from which wo copy tho foL owing paragraph. "The undersigned has been asked his legal opinion upon the right ot Messrs. Schmidt & flainilton to organize and carry into effect a Lottery under the laws of Florida, ft ap>eara that an application was made by them o the Legislative Assembly ot the Territory or such a privilege, which was granted by the Senate and Legislative Council, and vetoed by he Gov- rnor. It was ascertained that by a )revious act in force, and unrepealed, certain Commissioners therein named, were authorised "to raise such sum or sums of money, by ottery, in such scheme or sctu-mef, as they nay deem appropriate or advisable,*' to com>lete a court house and seminary. The comnissionere have deemed it Appropriate and idvisable" to adopt his scheme, which they lave a perfect right to do, so iong as the act itood in force, and without limitation as to ime. If it is urged that such an act for such mrpose, was not intended for so largo an ope ation, the answer is obvious, that the Legisature has not specified the extent or duration )f the scheme. The discretion is given to the *nmmi.iflinnerfL who have acted UDOn the sub. ect, and it is uot now in the power of the Go* rernor, Legislature or Judiciary, to hinder, or Dbstruct, in any manner, the execution of such plan as the commissioners shall agree upon." Although we consi er lotteries of injurious :ondency we would not, on that account, wil. ingly do tho least injustice to any of those en., gaged in them, among whom are persons of strict honor and much respectability. It does certainly seem to bo a strange perversion of an act passed merely to raise a sum of money by lottery for building two houses for public parpo. 90s, to disposo of, or sell, under authority of that act, and only for the benefit of private individuals, buildings and bank stock in a distant State to the amount of $1,500,000. Yet it would seem that such proceeding is lawful ; and so far as we know, there is no more cause for withhold, ing confidence from this than from the gcnorali. ty of lottery schemes. We advert to the subject now only from a sense of justice to those con. cerned in the lottery. We repeat, however, as of general application to all lotteries as well as to this, our former remark, that they who buy tickets need hardly expect any thing more than tho tickets for their money. The Texans have lately had two battles with the Indians on thoir frontier oq two successive days, in both which the Indians were routed.? The Texans lost 3 men in the first battle, and bad 5 wounded, Of the Indians 18 were found load on the field. On the second day the Tex. ana lost 2 men killed, and had upwards of 20 wounded. We lately copied a statement published zn the Globe at Washington, assigning as a reason for the dismissal of Mr. Campbell the late Treasurer of the U. States from office his neglect of duty. The National Intelligencer states that it is requested by a friend of Mr. Campbell to say that the statement in the Globe is not true, as will in due time be made to appoar.