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A New Variety Mulberry Tree.?It issta. ted by a correspondent of tho Hartford (Conn.) Congrcgationalist, that two mulberry trees about four feet high have just been sold in that | neighborhood for two hundred and sovon dollars. They are supposed to bo a new variety sprung from the native red mulberry. Although it is greatly inferior to the multicaulis in temperate or warm climates, it will 9tand tho climate of New England better, and such is the rage for silk culture in that region <hat the hope of this new variety suiting them bettor than any other has caused tho two 6mall specimens of it refered to, bring tho extraordinary prico of more than ) $100 dollar each. The leaves are represented to be larger than those of any other mulberry in this country except the multicaulis, and worms fed on them are said to make as good silk as those fed on the white mulberry. North Carolina Election.?From the Edge, comb district returns have been received which render it certain that Mr. Stanly (Whig) is re elected over Vr. Jtia.i, a lortnor memoer. ncturns from the Newbern district render it probable that Mr. Shephard (Van Burcn) is re. elected. From the other districts, in which the election took place only yesterday there has not yet been time to hear. A free negro from New England, was lately Bold at auction for ten year's service to pay his tailor'a bill, in Florida. If it were a practice to sell tohitt men when they are foand unable to pay their tailor's bills the number of dandies would soon diminish very perceptibly. The "British Queen," lately arrived in New York from England, is the largest steamer in the world. CONTENTS OF THE Journal of the American Silk Society, FOR JULY. Silk Culture, the past and present, A first experiment of rearing silk worms under very disadvantageous circumstances, by Mr. Ruffiin, (concluded,) J Origin cf Silk Worms, Silk Culture, in Lancaster, Pa. i Cocooneries in the United States, i Silk Worms, experiments with, < Ants, \ Cocoonery, notice of James Swaira, Esq. Kelics of the Olden Time, I Moras Muiticaulis and White Mulberry, I Premiums for Silk, offered by the Horticultural | Society of Maryland, Moras Muiticaulis in North Carolina, Silk in Kentucky, Caution to Mulberry Speculators, * Great Sale of Moras Muiticaulis, } Contents of the Farmers9 Register, | NO. VII. VOL. VIL ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. Remarks on the Vegetable kingdom (conculded) Reminiscences of Jamestown f Bacon's Rebel'ion l The editor to^his readers The chinch-bugs in Surry Comparative value of different kind* of mulberry * trees, for fheir feeding product f Degrees conferred by the University of Virginia, ' July 4 Lli 1S39 Degrees cimfcrred by the College of William and Mary, Julv 4th 1839 Essay on Vegetable Physiology, Chaps. J 5, 16, F 17, e Advantages of embanking the tide-marshes of 8 Maryland ( Advantage of late sowing of bearded who at Experiments of feeding silk^worms on wet \ leaves ] To keep sweet-potatoes . Product < f mulberry leaves r Effects of liming First trials of silk-culture Theory and facts. Tvvo-crop silk.worma Progress of silk-culture, and new improvement 1 in the middle states 1 Season, chinch.bug and cleat E The chinch.bugs ?' Importance of proper selection of silk-worms I t eggs. Difference between northern and south- a ern stock e Chinch.bug p Monthly commercial report Soaaon and crops SELECTIONS. ( Rale gh an 1 Gaston Rail-road I Pennsylvania mode of getting out clover seed t Character and qualities of herds, timothy, and p other grasses. ji Reclaimed meadows a 3ha or?the great want of, in the tide.water country To destroy yellow bugs Benefit of birds on farms A week's milking of a Durham cow 1 On bricks and brick-making On ;the husbanding of farm-yard manure, and 1 on other rural subjects 1 Mowing Steamplough Prospects ol the mu ticaulis crops Large cocoons 1 Selection of male animals in the breeding of cat. ^ tl? and sheeD Chinch.bugs { Spaying heifers ? Silk-cullure in Turkey To stop a leaky cask Earth-worm.?Mould Silk-c .lture commenced in Upper Canada by a lady The newost and tho greatest humbug yet an. nounced Usefulness of birds in agriculture and gardening On the Jalap plant of commerce On the culture of the rnushroon Emigration to tho west Government and agriculture, in Massachusetts Mud for manure Rilfle Shooting.?We do not think the fol lowing has been excelled. If it has let ua loar where. The subjoined is offical: July, 1839.?12 shots bred offhand. 120 yards, by each member. The following was the shooting made by a member of the club: 12 shots, measuring 37 2 10 inches, of which 6 balls were in the eye; 3 nearest shot8 12-10 inch, winning the prize. On this target, there were three members who fired 36 bal's, 12 of which were in the eye. Savannah Georgian. New York, July 30. The flour dealers begin to have hopes of a good market abroad, it is unsafe to say there is a certain prospect of a good crop in England, when we carefully compare a.l the accounts. In Italy, however, there is a good crop. In the south of France the season was so far ad. vanced that a good crop was quite certain.? In the North of Europe, however, the prospect was very uncertain, so wet had been the weather. Flour, upon all this news, refuses further to succumb in price. It quite holds its head up to day in the very face of our rich harvest. The British Parliament has voted $300,000 for the erection of stables at Windsor Palace. It was moved to reduce the sum to $200,000, but the motion was lost. Tho reason offered for asking so large an appropriation, was, that her majesty was ford of frequent exercise on , horseback! I St. Augustine, July 27. I The following gentlemen of Florida, have I been instructed by His Excelieecy Gov. Call, to repair to Washington, and confer with the President, and " urge on him the adoption of p the necessary measures, not only for the de- F fence of the country, but the successful prose- o cution of the war: Honorable Charles Down- 1 ing, His Honor R. Randall, W. H. Brocken- f boro, Esq., S. K. Walker, Esq., Col. G. &. h Hswkins. a The Hon. Charles Downing will leave for o Washington on Wednesday next. [News. t< v American Silk.?We were shown this n morning several specimens of s;lk manufactur- ti ed by Mr. Rapp's community at Economy, on A the Ohio. The whole process of growing and manufacturing, from the planting of the trees to the most delicate finish, is carried on by this enterprising and thriviug association. The specimens cxhibted to us consisted of vesting of various patterns, and of admirahle texture and finish ; velvet of quality equal to any im- ^ ported, sewing silks, and plain silks of various kinds. The only difference, if any, observable bet wen these and silks of foreign manufacture is the absence of some of the lustre which gives the peculiar rxhness to the latter. Even this the skill of our artizans will shortly attain, and this new branch ot manuiaciures Decume a permanant source of industry and wealth to our y( country. [Bait. Amer. ^ [As far back as the year 1832 we saw the or whole process of silk manufacture in active 8a operation at Economy. It had bedn introduc- aI ed some time before by the able and sagacious a manager of the Society's concerns, (Mr. Rapp, 2c jr., now deceased,'* and was quietly and proti- ei tably carried on by his industrious community. fe We were shown a variety of handsome suk ^ goods for 6ale in the store of the community, at the products of thoir own looms. V( Nat. Intelligencer.] w Liverpool, July 5. We have had a v ry important birth?a 8? young girafte was born at the Zoological Gar. pr dens, Regent's Park, London, and lived just a week. It is believed to be the first ever born ^ in Europe. It came into the world almost ^ dead, but care was taken of if, and it soon rose s(, upon its legs. 'I he mother refused to nurture re it, and it was ft.d with milk from a cow. it tl( is supposed that the mi.'k did not agree with fe| it. There are several male giraffes, and none, ?., except the father, took any notice of the ^ young one. He moaned so mournfully that ihey broke down the wooden division between them, and then putting his long neck over it, ar fondly licked the "young W' all over, as far as jn( fie could reach. The lossofthe young ani* nal will be heavily felt, in the Garden, as the ittraction of visiters was considerable. On lj me day (Thursday last) no less than ?75 vere taken, that is, at a shilling a head, no ess than 1500 visiters, independent of eubscri- of >ers and their friends. m< ? sta richmond flour inspection. in{ The Whig of 2nd inst. says:?"We learn hu rom the Inspector, that the extraordinary N? lumber of 239,149 barrels and half barrels of ill qua ities were inspected during the year >n/tin<r thp Hflfh nf.lnne last:. Tr.ia in thp lar. ' jest number inspected for many years, and ve believe has only been once exceeded." ab ing TREASURY NOTES AND SPECIE CIRCULARS. tlV VVe see it stated in the New York Whig j aperp, that difficulties in the money market ha xist, in consequence of transactions made by en< ome of the country Banks, with the Federal ins jovernment, as to Treasury notes. Th On inquiry, we find that no such notes have tri< >een issued to a pttigle bank hj the Otate Of CUl Slew York, except one, and that only to the all* imount of a few thousand dollars, instead of sue nany millions, as is represented. in Another statement is, that the banks are do< jxposed to a drain tor entering land under the the lew order of Government. But we learn that poi 10 new order has been issued, on that subject, hai lince the repeal of the specie circular in 1638, me ind that any difficul ies which now arise in sei he receipt of bank paper, are such as have ry ,Iways existed, ifsome of it is not at par, or dai quivalent to specie, where it is deposited or ' iaid out. Globe. vet is t The Army & Navy Chronicle says : "The is 1 ^ourt of Inquiry in the case of Commodore oul Elliott, has adjourned; but from the mass of bei estimony to be examined by the revising to ower, it will be some time before the opinion grt a made known if indeed it be made known at an ill without a call f om Congress, or its being wc uch as to require a court martial." for The same paper has the following: "By ch tfcrence to our Navy head, it will be seen wc hat Lieut Edwin W. Moore has resigned his stc :ommission in the U. S. Navy, consequently pe here can be no longer any doubt of his hav- wc ng accepted the command o \ the Texian navy, ar lai COLONIZATION WITHOUT COST. by The Legislative Council of Trinidad, one of ev :he British West India Islands, in which *la" rery was abolished on the first of August, c< 1838, has p issed an ordinance for the encour- te agement of the emigration of colored laborers bt to the island. It provides for the payment at the public expense of $26 for the passage money of each laborer of African descent com. ing from the United States, and $30 for each one coming from Canada. The Hon. Wm. H. Burnley, a member of dc the Legislative Council of Trinidad, is now in c? New York as an agent to endeavor to induce "i the colored people to emigrate. The island fi of Trinidad is said to be vt ry fertile and very E healthful. [fennsyivanian. ? ' ci Tallahassee, July 27. a Two waggons with an escort of eight men b left Fort Frank Brooke, Deadman's Bay, on V Monday morning la6t, and after proceeding si near half the distance to Fort Andrews. H-tfi" e derson, the Hospital Steward, with five men w were fired on by a party of Indians from a n hammock near the road. Henderson and li Parks fell dead. The horse of another of the n escort being shot, fell and entar gled the leg c of his rider in such manner as to prevent his rising. On the near approach of the Indians h the horse rose, his rider at the 6ame time re. tl mounting, wa9 borne off to the party and the e three joined the waggons. One m-m being c sent back to Fort Frank Brooke, returned with an increased force. They found the body d of Parks horribly mutilated, his eyes dug out, a his throat cut, and other disgusting outrages ii committed on his body. The body of Hen. n derson had been removed and could not be found. The enemy was trailed some distance without finding them- Scouts are still in pursuit. I LIQUID LEATHER. An English paper states that a Dr. Bern- . land of Larria m Germany, has discovered a method of making leather out of certain refuse and waste animal substances ! A manufacto- j ry for this purpose has lately been established ( near Vienna. No part of the process is ex- r plained?only it i6 said that the substance is at one time in a complete state of fluidity, and ? may then be cast into shoes, boots, &c. c IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA. Herald Office, ? St. Angustine, Aug. 3,1839. { News has been received to-day from Tam'* ia Bay that Col. Harney was attacked at his ost at Coleosahatchio early on the morning f the 23d ult. Of his command of 28 men 3 and the 2 settlers were killed, and the Col. 1. confiding in their good faith,fand snpposing imself a favorite with them, ventured to go to post nearly 200 miles from any other with uly a guard of 28 men. The inhuman attempt a massacre this little party by Indians who ,'ere daily coming in and going out in a friendly lanner is definitive of their hostile determinaon, and proves that all we have said since Iacomb's order was published is correct. Office of the News, > St. Augugtine, Aug. 3. J The War Renewed. ) The following treacherous account of the irpri6e of Col. Harney's command, reached ere this morning by express. Col. Gates, aramanded East of St. John's, has transmitted rders for immediate defence of the posts South. Ass'x. Ad't. General s Office, i Army of the South. { Fort Brook, (S. F.) July 29,1S39. Sir?It becomes ray painful duty to inform ju of the assassination of the greater part of t. Col. Harney's detachment by the Indians, i the morning of the 23d inst. on the Coleo. hatchie river, where they had gone inaccgrd-, icejwith the *1 reaty at rort King,-fffwiauwli i i:? I....... Tka n>>ptn/>nnfiiiitpn nf ahrmt urauuig uvuac., a w f <?? wmvW?w? ? 3 men, armed with Coit's Rifle; they were icamped on the river, but unprotected by deuces of any kind, and it is said without sennels. The Indians in large force made the ,tack before the dawn of day, and before relille, and it is supposed that 13 of the men ere killed, among whom was Major Dallam, id Mr. Morgan, settlers. The remainder ith Col. Harney escaped; several of them verely wounded. It was a complete surise. The Commanding General therefore directs, at you instantly take measures to place the ifence* at Fort Mellon in the most complete ate of repair, and be ready at all times to pel an attack, should one be made. No porin of your command will, in future, be sufred to leave the garrison, except under a rong escort. The Detachment at Fort aitland, will be immediately withdrawn. Should Fort Me-lcn prove unhealthy, and e Surgeon recommend its abandonment, you e authorised to transfer the garrison, and reforce some of the neighboring posts, lam,sir, GEO. H. GRIFFIN. Asst. Adjt. General, eut. VV. E. Heanson, Comr. of Fort Mellon. Praiseworthy.?In the Natchez Courier the 16th instant, there is a call fur a public ;eting to be held on Saturday, the 20th in? mt, for the purpose of forming an 'Anti-Duel. \ Society. The call is signed by nearly one ndred of the most respectable citizens in itchez. new orleans branch mint. i The following communication has been han- < d U9 by a gentleman whose knowledge en- i les him to give correct information respect- < f the late extraordinary proceedings rela- j e to the Mint; For some days past extraordinary reports j ve been in circulation in thi-i city, in refer- I :e to an examination into the affairs of this i titution, which has recently been made by i lomas Slidell, Esq., the ^ A ffnrn^y*. Oil? r?ptJTt lid8 uCGDf thclt tfl6 J rrency has been debased by the addition of I ay to the silver coinage. Another, that t ipicion rested upon all the officers; and that i consequence Mr. Slidell had closed every i jr, affixed his seal, and taken possession of t ) keys. The press has sustained these re- < rts by its powerful influence, and the Public s been alarmed by the anticipated develop- . nts of astound ng facts, by insinuations of ( -ious defalcations, and by an appeal to Hen- , A. Wise, of Virginia, to inv#Bt>??t? ** , k mysteries of tho Mint. , The only subject of inquiry at the late in- \ itigation, in which the Public is interested, ] .he cause of the deficient coinage; for this the only reason why certificates have been [standing eighteen months?why some have en protested?why the banks now refuse receive them?why public confidence is 2atly impaired, if not altogether destroyed? ] d why the bullion, which it was expected >uld have been deposited at the Mint, is cedinto another channel. With the mainery furnished the Mint, and the number of ? -i 1: .: _< >rkmen employed, ana me appucauuu ui j jam-power, the Government reasonably e*cted that the coinage for the year 1838 >uld amount to three millions of dollars. The tual amount coined was forty thousand dol 8. The cause of the inquiry then instituted ' the Government must be intelligible to ery body. There were other points brought before the ourt of Inqniry, but they were personal matrs between the officers, in which the Public is little or no interest. New Orleans Bulletin, July 18. From the Arkansas State Gazette, July 10, THE CHEROKEE9. By passengers who arrived here in the Cin;reila, on Sunday last, we have further aclunts from the Indians west. Things remain i the same condition as stated in our last, no irther acts of violence having transpired.? iach party still appears determined to stand > the position it has assumed, and some of our itiz'-ns, who have opportunities of judging, re under the impression that more blood will e shed before the excitement will be allayed. Vehopp, however, that our red friends will 3e the inutility of bringing matters to such xtreraities, which must result in ruin to their rhole nation, and cannot possibly benefit perlanently either party. If the present warke feeling is permitted to slumber for a while, tatters could easily be fixed by a general ouncil. We understand that a council of the nation as been in session, at which Capt. Armstrong, tie Superintendent of the Western Territory, xerted himself to bring matters to a peaceful onclusion, but without success. I We are glad to learn that the number killed uring the present unlucky feud is not so great ;8 we were at first informed ; three only havng been killed?the two Ridges and Boudi;ot. From the National Intelligencer. editors' correspondence. 1.ATER NEWS FROM EUROPE?ARRIVAL OF TIIE BRITISH QUEEN. New York, July 28. The British Queen is in, with news to the 2th. There is nothing uctter, and mora that is tad. Cotton fell, fri m the 9th to tho 12th, 3 8 ?f a penny more. The rate of interest with the Sank of England was not changed, but the 6 pei :ent. was still talked of. The political news is iot remarkable. The arrival of this ocean-wonder has created l great sensation, Sunday though it be. The :ity is pouring forth to kpo ber. Sho made a sweep up the North river, heralding her approach by her own guns, and then took her place in the East river. Her passage has been fifteen days and a half. She made Ssndy Hook last night, but waited for a pilot. Tho wind was generally dead ahead ail the passage. Tho budget has been brought into Parliament. There has been an excess in the actual receipts of the year, as compared with the Chancellor's ostimate. The account is rather favorable, but a budget hardly admits of compression. Mr. Featherstonaugh is a passenger in the British Queen, and is one of the Commissioners to examine into the possibility of simplifying the question of the Northeastern Boundary. Col. Mudge, of the Royii Engineers, is another pas. aengor. They have, it seems, no negotiations to make, but a reconnoissance to make. It is estimated in one of the London papers that the stock of American cotton on hand at the end of the year will be from 250,000 to 300,. 000 bales. Money seemed to be a little more plentiful n England, but the hostility to the, so called, cotton speculators was unmitigated. The fact that the rate of interest was not put up, proves tho alarm to be subsiding in part. The Letter of our New York corresp mdent, under date of July 28th. gives the sum and sub. stance of all the news brought by the steam packet British Queen. In searching over the extracts from London papers which have come to haud by her, the following are the only paragraphs which appear to be worth transferring, as news, to our columns: On tho 8th, Mr. Ilume made a motion in tho House ofComraons for a select committee to iD. qA^into the pecuniary transactions of the MWwTWgHU ? ? ilw muuipliw . payments ; and particularly to ascertain how far these transactions produced the alarming crisis of the manufacturing, commercial, and financial affairs of the country in 1825-6, and in 1836-7; and also to inquire whether, as the Bank of England is at present constituted, there ever can be stability in the currency, or confi. dence in tho commercial transactions of the 1 country. From the London Globe, (Ministerial.) american boundary question. i Her Majesty's Government has selected two commissioners to pro eed immediately by the | British Queen to North America, to examine i into tho possibility of simplifyng this arduous | undertaking, and bringing the question to a prompt and honorable settlement. Lieutenant | Colonel Mudgc, of the Royal Engineers, an , officer of high reputation in geodel ic operations, | is one of the commissioners. The other is Mr. Featherstonhaugh. This gentleman has been ( selected as well for his scientific attainments, his < very intimate acquaintance with tho details of j this question, as for the topograhhical knowledge which his extensive travels in North America , have enabled him to acquiro. j ( New York, July 19. | Waterspout ?The counrry botween j Stockbridge and Hudson, was deluged on < Monday by a terrible destructive torrent of rain , occasioned by one of these unusual phenomena, t It took place about 4 o'clock, P. M. and be- j came known by the passengers in the Hudson c and Berkshire rail road by the instantaneous s appearanc of one of the most violent showers ever witnessed. In that mountanous region < the accumulated water esquired an immense 1 infyetue, which frequently had a very grand ^ effect by creating in a moment cataracts of mud of various sizes from every peak and cliff, which poured their united flood over the plain ^ in every direction. v About a quarter of a mile from Canaan the progress of the cars were immediately arrested t by the avalanche of sand which was swept t with resistless force across the track, fairly t imbedding ihe engine, and obliterating all ap- n jMi ance oi a rarrroaa. it was some hours ifter the stoppage before sufficient force could v ae mustered to dig out the engine and clear 0 ;he track, so as to enable the passengers to ? each the vi lage. Much damage was done ? n the neighborhood by this remarkable visita- ? ion, which disappeared as suddenly as it j came. Thh Crops.?From all parts of our State, wc * lave reports of the prospect ot most abundant ^ Srops, and there seems nothing to dampen the ' jpind of the Farmer, but the fear of extensive 1 injury worn lljo olituck dug?an inwet whose * name is legion, and which is to be found in eVery ' Held and in every stalk. The late heavy rains, pQwever, it is hoped destroyed myriads of them. 1 Raleigh Register, J From the Texas Star. < Discovery of Mummies at Durango, Mexico. { ?A million of Mummies, it is stated have late- j ly been discovered in the environs of Durango, , in Mexico. They are in a sitting posture, but have the same wrappings, bands and orna- j ments, of the Egyptian. Among them was ] found a poinard of flint, with a sculptured han- j die, chaplets, necklaces, &c., of alternately hpftds. fragments of bones polished j w,v'"- a like ivory, fine worked elastic tissues, (proba. 1 bly our modern India rubber cloth) moccasins | worked liko those of our Indians to day, bones of vipers, &c. It remains to continue these ' interesting researches, and America will be- J come another Egypt to antiquarians, and her ruins will go back to the oldest periods of the ' world, showing doubtless that the ancestors of the Mozteuzmas lived on the Nile; and that their luxurious civilization was broken up and overpowered by the hardy hordes of Asiatic Tartars, who came down from Behrwg's Straits and the Rocky Mountains. The scenes of AtiUa and Alaric in Rome and Greece were rehearsed at an earlier day on the shores of Cal fornia and the plains of Mexico. It is unknown of the mummies abov? mentioned, what kind of embalmment was used, or whether it was nitrous depositions in the caves where they were found. A fact of importance is stated, that the shells of the necklaces are of a marine shell found at Zacatecas, on the Pacific, where the Columbus of their forefathers probably tnerefore landed from the Malay, Hindostan or Chinese coast, or from islands of the Indian ocean. FAMINE IN INDIA. It appears from the recent transactions of the British India Society, that within the last seventy-three years no less than sixteen desolating famines have occurred, and that, too, in a country the soil of which is allowed to bo one of unexampled fertility, and the resources i * ' - ' 1 -C n.nnarltf m,n I 1 of wrncn tc cannoi do ufjiicu, u piupcur | aged, would be fully adequate to all the demands of its teeming millions. The dates at which these famines are said to have occured are. 1766,1776, 1762,1792,1803,1804, 1819. 1820,1824,1829,1832,1833,1836,1837,1838, and 1839. SSome of the earlier of these Amines may, it is stated, be referred to the simultaneous occurrence of wars; but with respect to those of the last twenty years, which have been a time of profound peace, no such cause can be assigned. The accounts whieh are given j of the famine of 1838 are appaling in the ex- | treme. At Agra 79,OpO pining wretches were I fed by the bounty of the public on the 14th April; and between the 1st and 15th of March 1 71,534 infirm and sightless creatures were fed in the 6ame manner. So great were the ravages of death that the air for miles was tainted with the effluvia from the putrifying carcasses of men and cattle, and the rivers of the Jumma and the Ganges were choaked up and poisoned by the dead bodies thrown into their chan nels. The water and fish of these rivers were rejected as unfit for use. The mortality was at the rate of 10,000 per month; a destruction of life which, had it continued, would have been sufficiently large to have swept off the entire population in less than a year. S IJ Iff Ml B Y. Baron Maroschal, the Minister of Austria, and Count Columbiano, the Minister of Sardi., nia, arrived at St. Louis on the 16th ult. on a Tour threugh the Western States. It has been said of the Duke of Wellington that, duriDg the Congress at Vienna, he completely misled the most subtle diplomatists by always stating exactly what he thought. Remarkable Preservation.?On Thursday, the 18th instant, the northeastern schooUhoUbe in the town of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, was struck by lightening. The Yarmouth Register states there wero in the school-room forty chil. dren, who, with their teacher, were all prostrated. by the forco of the shock, but singular to relate, none were seriously injured. A singular accident occurred in France during the tempest of Sunday, the 2nd inst. A battalion of the 51st regiment, whilst on its march from Mcziers to Wisseraburg, was struck by lightening. Two hun red men were knocked down by it, all of whom bled profusely from the mouth, eyes and cars; but, it is consolatory to add, two only were killed. i11"1 Snntirirl snvs ! "The number of AilO WUiuiw^w >ww......... ?~ - ? strangers now in the village is not less than 2500 or 3000. Every house is filled." There is now in St. Louis, at the American Fns r?inainr'i jffice^.tfro skin of a grizzly bear, brought ire fitfully''from the mountains, which is considered the largest ever brought to this place. It is equal in size to that of a largo buffalo robe. A man by the name of Joseph Allen was in. ?tantly killed at the print works at Taunton [Mass.) a few days since. He was assisting in he removal of a largo iron boiler, weighing ibout a ton and a half; the boiler fell striking lis head and breast, which brought him in con. act with an arch of brick work, and crushed lim in a most shocking manner. A work on Abolition and Colonization has >ocn written by judge Brackcnridgc of Pennsyl. rania. He is an advocate of the Colonization Society which is opposed by all abolitionists. Travel.?The London Spectator remarks hat 4,000,000 fewer persons travelled by stage soacncs in 1838 than 1836; and 15,400,000 more >y railway, the same period. Theodore Dwight, fesq. author of the History if the Hartford Convention, is about to publish 'The Character ofThos. Jefferson as exhibited n his own writings." Lieutenant Moore's resignation of his commis. ion in the U. S. Navy has been officially ac. eptcd. He is now cornmandcr-iu. chief of the Texan Navy. Ono hundred and twenty seven Lieutenants lold commissions in the navy of the United States who have been twenty years and up- 1 eards in the service, and thirty of these have ; >een twenty.seven years in the Navy. There i re also seventy.nine Passed Midshipmen who ntcred the service eleveu years ago, and are till waiting for promotion. The amount of specie iji the vaults of the Bank f Franco, in June, according to tho official re. lrns, was 460,000,000 francs. At Jamestown, Genesee county, on the 20th 1 ltimo, Mr. Oliver Shumway was instantly killed y having his arm caught in some machinery. A good swimmer was lately drowned in New f rork in shewing how long he could remain under 1 rater. A Gorman undertook to swim the Potomac J tie other day, says the Alleganian. on a bet of ivo dollars, which he lost just as he was making be opposite shore by losing his life. He sank nd was drowned. The Yellow fever prevails extensively at Ha. 1 ana. It rages principally among the sailors f the foreign vessels in port, several entire crews < f which are said to have been carried off by the '< iseasc. j William Selden, of Virginia, is appointed 'reasurcr of the Uuited States, in tho place of ohn Campbell. * Tiie Direct Trade.?The town of Wilmingan, (N. C.) is making a laudable effort to reive the direct trade to Europe. A commercial ouse in thrt town have advertised that a first ato ship is now building in Philadelphia, to their I rdor, to be employed as a regular packet bewoon Wilminjfton and Liverpool. The Vice Presidency.?The Whig papers peak of Senator Davis of Massachusetts, and .overnor Soward of Mow York, as among those rom whom the Whig candidate for Vice Presilent may bo named. One day last week, Mrs. Norton, wife of Jcorgc Noiton, of Hartwick, Otsego county, tad her neck broken by being thiown from a vagon. Curious Proorame.?Extract from a report of he oversoor of one of the spinning rooms at liowell, Mass. on the condition of health of the firls therein employed. "Looks well," 25 ; "roey," 9 ; "'fat," 2; "fat md looks well," 4; "looks healthy," 2; "very lealthy looking," 2 ; "fat and rosy," 2; "fat and >a!e," 3; "thin," 2 ; "pale,-* 4. A great meeting has been held in London to :stablish a "British India Society," to encourage ;he growth and purchase of East India free abor cotton, in preference to that grown in the .lave holding states of the U. States. CHER4W PRICE CURRENT. Friday, Auoust 2. articles. ter | ? C. | ? C. Beef in market, lb 0 5 a 0 7 Bacon from wagons, lb 11 a. 12 ??by retail, lb 14 a 15 Butter lb 15 a 25 Beeswax lb 22 a 24 ? TrnrA 1ft n 05 fagging .v ? Bale Rope lb 10 a 12$ Coffee lb 12 $ a 15 Cotton, lb 12 a 14 Corn bush 87$ a 1 Flour, Country, brl 5 50 a 7 Feathers fin wagons lb . 40 a 50 Fodder, lOOlbs 1 a 1 25 Glass, window 8x10, 5')ft 3 25 . a 3 37$ , 10x12, 50ft 3 50 a 3 75 Hides, grocn lb 5 a ? ?~ dry lb 10 a Iron lOOlbs 5 50 a 6 50 Indign lb 75 a 2 50 Lime cask 4 a 4 50 Lard lb 12$ a 15 Leather, sole lb 22 a 25 Lead, bar lb 10 a Logwood lb 10 a 15 Molasses gal 45 a 50 N.O. gal 50 a 62$ Nails, cut, assorted lb 7| a 9 ??, wrought lb 16 a 18 Oats bush 50 a Oil, curriers gal 75 a 1 ?, lamp gal 1 25 a ?, linseed gal I 10 a 1 25 Paints, white lead keg 3 25 a 4 52 , Span, brown lb 8 a 12 pork lOOlbs 8 a 10 Rice lOOlbs 5 a 5 50 Shot, bag 2 50 a lb 12$ a 13 Sugi lb 10 * 12$ Salt rack 2 75 a 3 - bush 1 a Steel, American lb 10 a , English lb 14 a ?.German lb 12 a 14 Tallow lb 10 a 12 Tea .imperial lb 1 a 1 37$ ?, hyson lb 1 a Tobacco, manufactured lb 10 * 5? On Sunday evening we had one of the heaviest rains we ever witnessed, accompanied with almost incessant thunder and lightning* The house of Mr. S. S. Brown, in the upper part of the city, was strnck by iightniug? and a negro girl, sitting on the floor inside, against the wall, near the fire-place, waa killed. Her death was instantaneous; she dropped her head upon her breast, and it was not known that she was injured-until an attempt was made to arouse her. Mrs. Brown and her children were sitting near^her at the timesome of the children within two or three feet of her, but none of them were injured. Augusta Sentinel, 30th ult. gggggg* ggggggg The Mispeh Baptist Church, Darlington District, S. C, T^OTICE is hereby given, that this Church JL u will apply at the ensuing session of the , Legislature of the Stale for Incorporation. A. H. DAVID, Church Clerk. August 5th 1839. 39 2mf3m t | ' Valuable Lands for Sfcle* - ..... Jonn Massey, j . oc omers i in ijqmijr. vs. > Bill for partition Sarah Massey 6c others, J 6c Co. BY virtue of the decree of the Court of Equi. . ty, made in tho above case, July Term, 1839, I will offer for sale at Taxahaw, in the District of Lancaster, oh the second Monday, the 14th October next, the following Tracts of Land, belonging to the estate ot John Massey, sen'r. deceased, late of Chesterfield District. Tract B, on the general plat, sltnatod and lying on Big Lynches Creek, in the District of Chesterfield, containing 1055 acres, adjoining lands of Sarah Massey. John McManns, Joeiah Tay or and John Massey, jr. About 200 acres of this tract is cleared and under cultivation, chiefly low grounds, and not much exhausted. Also, Tract C, situated and lying on said Creek, in the District of Lancaster, containing by the general plat, 445 acres, udjoining lands of John Massey, E. Phillips, estate of Bonj. Deason, Sarah Massey, John Horton, and the last men. tioncd tract. This is n excelleut tract of fhnd, containing valuable bottoms; a part cloored and under cultivation. Also, Tract D, situated on said Creek, in Lan* caster District, known as the Bella Tract con* taini' g by the genera] plat, 542 acres, adjoining Lands of Joseph Hough, estate of Benjamin Deason, and divided by Lynches Creek from the lands of Sarah Massey. I his is a rich and valu* able tract of land, mostly woodland, a part ua* der cultivation. Also, Tract E, situated in Chesterfield District, known as a part of the Bettis tract, con* taining 550 acres?adjoining lands of John Sings, George Miller, Sarah Massey, and lauds granted to Richard Rainwaters. Also, 'J ract F, situated and lying on Fork Creek, in the District of Chcsierfield^co'ntainiog 450 acres, known as the Rutledge tract, adjoining lands of Richard Rollins, Thos. Lee, John Threat and the )ast mentioned ti act of land. Also, Tract G, situated and lyimj in Lapcater District, at the junction of Lynches and Flat Creeks, coutaining 240 acrcs.Jadioining lands of John Scarboro, Isaac Fortenbury, Absalem (iunley and James Railey. GOLD has been , found on this tract. Also, Tract H, situated" and lying on Buffalo) Creek, in the District of Kershaw, known is the Monaghan tract, containing 532 acre#, adjoining lands of Nathan Catoe, Michael Hor* Lon, Lewis Clyburn and Samuel Joues?bounded in part by the Camden road and Battalion road. Also. Tract I, in KorshaW District, kwrtrn as the Catoe tract, containing 1370 tcterf, lying on Baffaloe Creek, adjoining lands of Gen. aotep? > Burrell Catoe, Charles McCloud, lands granted to John Catoe, and the last mentioned tract. ,? Torms?A credit ot 1 and 2 years, with inter* * jst from day of sale?purchasers giving bond ' ind good security, and a mortgage of the pre. * mises. Purchasers -to pay fer Commisssioner's Titles. JAMES H YVITHERSPOON. Jr. * Commissioner Equity, Lancaster District. Commissioner's Office, ) 1st August, 1839. $ August 9 39 2.m ^ Stray Mule. TAKEN up by the subscriber about thp last of May, a large gray mare mule, about four years old. Appears to have been worked but very little, havin. no marks of tbp harness, only by the bridle, and is very wild, The owner . ran h.iv? it bv Drovinff the ProueHy, paying charges of keeping, adveitisem'cfit) &c. JAMES GRIFFIN. Wadesboro, K. C. Aug. 9, 1899. 39 2t To Silk OulturistS) AND TIIE Friends of the Culture of the Mulberry, AND SILK GENERALLY. THE Journal of the American Silk Society was established last January, for the purpose of diffusing practical information through* out our country, on tho subject of the culture of Silk. It had been cloarly and conclusively proved, that in every part of the Uniitd States, silk might be profitably produced, and that ail that was required to add this pr>o4 invaluable article to the list of American staples, was a diffusion of its practicability and profitableness, together with such instruction in the art, as would enable the people to produce it. For this purpose this journal was estubii$hcd. It has now been published 6even months, and we flatter ourselves that it has done much towards accomplishing the great object of its establishmeht. Buf it has not done enough; its circulation is too limited. Every friend to the Droductive interest of his country should possess it. We therefore call upou each individual who may be engaged in raising mulberry trees, making silk, or who is friendly to these objects, to subscribe to the Journal, and especially do we call upon all who are now subscribers, to exert their influence with their friends and neighbors to induce them t~> be. come subscribers, and thus extend a knowledge ' of the silk business into every neighborhood jn cur extensive Union. Bearing in mind that the proceeds of the publication are devoted to the advancement of tho cause. Nothjpg is wanting but this diffusion of knowhdge, to insure the success of our present attempt to introduce the culture of silk, as one of our great staples. The Journal contains ample, plain and practical in. structions in tho whoje art of silk making, and all the back numbers can yet be supplied to new subscribers. For greater convenience, back numbers have been deposited with the following gentlemen, who will act as agents, viz: G. R. f?arret9on. Flushing, N. Y.; Samuel mere, i urlington, N. J., I Kinsman, Josepn Leeds, and S. C. Clevoland, Philadelphia; Dr. YVm. Gibbons, Wilmington Del. ; Dr. F. How. ard, and J. F. Callan, Washington, D. C.; John Mason, jr. esq. Georgetown, D. C.; Thos. S. Pleasants, Postmaster, Beaverdam, and Bellona Arsenal, Va; James Winston, Richmond, Va.; Rev. John Winnebrenner, Hairisburg, Pa. Also any person may become an agent who will coL lect six subscribers and send us ten dollars. GIDEON B. SMITH, Editor Journal American Silk Society. Terms.?Two Dollars a year, or six copies for ten dollars, always to be paid before the work is sent. All subscriptions to begin with the first number of the year, and iu no case ^ill the work be sent to any subscriber longer than it shall have been pai^ for,. A|1 lette^ musl ba , post paid. W&aWWS FOE SALE AT THIS OFFICE.