Vincennes Gazette, Volume 4, Number 49, Vincennes, Knox County, 9 May 1835 — Page 1

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VOIjTJBTH 4. VINCENNE3, INDIANA, MAY 9, 1835. NUMBER 49

THE VIKCI3NNES GAZETTE h Published every Saturday, 20 2, co CS&SlDSSJCaSSJo

Trmi $2 50, if paid during the year. $i OO. if paid in advance. $i 00, if not paid during the year. SI 25, for six months. rapers discontinued only at (he option of the publisher while arrearages are due. frr-Ad vprtisemcnts making one squareorless will be inserted three timei for one dollar, and twenty-five cents for every subsequrnt insertion? longer advertisement in the same raiio. Advertisements sent without orders, will in all c'Ups, be inserted until forbid, and charged acrurdinjlj. Such articles of produce os are used in a family, will b received in payment for subscriptions, at the uiurket price, delivered in Vince linos Clover will grow upon pretty much til' oils that have hern laid dry by pond drains It is the basis of a good fanning:, on all lands susceptible of alternate husbandry. Its benefits are three fold: it breaks, pulverizes and ameliorates the soil by its tap toots, and it furnishes a cheap food lor plants as well as animal. A god clover lay is worth lo a crop, by the food which it affords, as much as five tons of manure to the acie. To enuie a good lay, at least ten pound ot seed should be sowo to the acre, and the ground well rolled. Its value, as food for the plant-', depends more upon the quantity of ioot than upon the luxuriance of the slem, though the abundance of the latter will depend in a great measure upon the number of ihe former. To obtain the full ralue of this plant, we must cultivate it as h food for our crtpr, as well as uur ca:t!e; end in this rase we should use it as such the first or second year before it has run out. There is economy iu a! ways sowing clofer with small grains, though it is to be ploughed in the same or th next season. Ten pound of eed costs upon an average one dollar the labor of sowing is comparatively nothing. Its value to the next crop cannot be less than quadruple (iiat turn, to say nothing of (he feed it may a (lord, or its mechanical amelioration of the soil. We cannot avoid again urging a trial of the method of making clover bay in cocks, as we have heretofore re commended, notwithstanding the tebuke we have had upon this head Irom our esteemed correspondent , M r. Perkens. We have followed the practice twelve or fifteen years, and hence speak from experience, and confidence, of its advantages over the common method of spreading from the swaiUb. I'ut it into small cocks, with a lot k . fi cm the swarth, as sen as it is freed from external moi-ture, or well wilted and then leave it to cure. An hour or two exposure to the sun, previous to its beinz carted from the field, is all the further care it will require. This mode saves labor, prevents it-jury from rain and secures the hay in the best possible condition. Carrots for Butter. Mr Fesenden We have been trying the effect of carrot for butter for several weeks past, agreeably to a suggestion in your paper ol Januarylast our mode has been to take four carrots of the Allringham kind, of about one and a half inches in diameter to ci earn enough to make ten pounds of butter, and sifter washing them clean, to grate them and cover (htm wilh new milk and afier they have stood ten minutes to squeeze them through a cloth into the cream, and the effect has been to make the butler come quicker and give it the colour and sweetness of May butter; so tweet and waxey has been the butter made in this way, that those persons who have eaten it, could not believe they were eating winter butler. We consider it the greatest improvement wc have ever known in making butter at this season. At a; England Farmer. On Raising Lambs Great care should be taken in raising lambs, for when they are born it it frequently the case that there fore teeth are not cut, which makes it very difficult for them to hold the teat to as to suck when young and weak, and it is common for Iamb to get discouraged tho' ever so rugged at first. To remedy this evil rub the thumb nail, or olher hard substance, over the gums tufficiently hard to cause the teeth to cut thro1 and the Iambi will (hen be able to tuck without any difficulty. Yankee Farmer. Preparation of seed Corn In another article, Gen. If thus discribes ihe way in which he prepares hit Seed Com for planting: 'I prepared my seed corn by soaking it in water kept blood waim, for sixteen hours. In a sufficient quantity of water to cover 1G quarls of com, I dijsolved four ounces of salt petie. After it had remained in it for the above time, I turned off the water and added two quarls of tar.stirred it well, and added four quails of plaster, then planted it." Ornamental Trees Every farmer of taste and judgement border? hi front yard, garden and avenues wilh ornamental shade trees; and it is of importance that he select such as combine beauty wilh usefulness. Forty years ego the Lcmtardy poplar, wsj introduced into thit

country and it wa, for a time, supposed,

to be indi-j ensable to the beauty and pleasantness ol a farm hruse. In tome place, streets for miles in length, were lined with this woife that useless tree. Their growth was rapid, and their form handsome, but it was soon discovered that they were, not only worthless for timber or fuel, but infested with insects of the most poisoness nature. These discoveries soon caused their destruction and now there are but comparatively few left standing. Had fat trier- set out the white mulberry, instead of the poplar, Ihey would have, by this time, added to the value of their farms from $5 to $10 a piece, without taking: into (he account she value ol the silk that might have been made ttom them. But experience, is i said to be the best school mauler, and it ij lo be hoped that farmers will beieaf ter ( plant their own grounds w ilh trees, which j are both ornamental and useiul. Such aiesevera species of the mulberry, and especially the Chinese or moius j;ullicau lis --TAe Silk Culturist.

t -r? introduced much latev into France; the Chinese method of cultivating the JtUtl- manufacture of silk t ho1 considerably en berry. The Chinere have various melh ,f i.. aged by Henry VI. not having been cds lor cultivating the mulberry, all of) fully established theie, tili under Loui? which mav he ad vantaireon-l v adonted 1X1 V. hv Colbert

in tins country. One method is is as fd-j lows.- In (he spring, they sow the seed in well piepared ground, in drills or by broad cast. The next year, when Ihe planls nie covered with folliage, they mow them down in (he same manner that' farmer mow small I ushes in their pas tui f . and feed (be worms. These mowings are followed until Ihe stork becomes' so srtinled and exhausted as to be unah'e (o end forlh shoots, when they sow ano. (her piece ol ground tor the tnsoing year. This nop can be daily made, x ept f'er verv dry weather, in different portionsci the ground, and each plant will bear to be lopped three times at least before (he mounting ol Ihe silk worms. This method has several important ndvan'ages over all other methods The leaven are gathered with trilling labor and expense the same area of ground vi!l produce more foliage it enables the culturist to commence Hie making of silk in the course of one year ten. ants fiom year to year, as well as owner of the soil, can sorure a yearly crop of silk, and (he quantity of silk can be increased or diminished, according to ihe ! demand of the market of the manufuctur eis. This method can doubtless he advantageously adopted in this country, subject, however to su h mo ufu aliens as the variabtenc-s ot vicisiludus of our climate require. Dr. Pascalis, an eminent and experienced sdk culturist, suggests the ptopriety of sowing in (he latter part of Ihe tummer, ami also (o ga'her and dry careluily the foliage bef'oie uit.g lb. Soil for the .Mulberry The inquiry i frequently made respecting the upline of the soil best adopted lo the growth of the mulberry, arid ihe climate must favorable lo the health, industry and product of the si'k woi in. An u er to the first topic of inquiry is all that need be said on the subject, for it it a well established fact that in all climates where the food may be cultivated, the animal created by na ture to live upon it, will he in iU full vigor. Wilh lespect to the soil best adapt ed to (he production of the food it may be laid down a a general rule, that all soiU adapted to the culiure of Indian corn are adapted to (he cultuie of the mulberry. In the south of France, Piedmont and Ilaly, where the culture of silk has arrived to great perfection, Indian corn grows luxu riant ly and is the pi inci pal article of bread stuff among all classes of the community. It is also a fact (hat the while mulberry will grow well on light loamy and sandy land, and that its foliage is superior in quality, to that which is produced on deeper and moister hoils. This fact is important to farmers, as it will enable (hem to derive a profit from lands w hich have not been considered worth cultiva-

ting. We have seen mulberry trees to the.ces of a red morocco pocket book, from visit us as attendants on an expected ceheight of thirty and forty feet, growing which it appears (hat some name or other lestial visitant. Epidemic diseases doubton steep and sandy declivities, and cov- intelligible mailer was erased, but ihejiessare produced, or effected by the atered with an exuberance of foliage,' name of " G IV. Broxening," written with j mospher e ; but w helher the different slate where ten bushels of corn upon an acre , a lead pencil, is perceivable on o.ie pari' or quarters of the atmosphere are in any would be considered a large crop. Lovj0' it, and " JTm. P. C" on another. It is j way connecied with the revolutions of tbe and yvel lands are uncongenial to the mul-!not improbable but that there has been I comets, is a question not perhaps so eaiberry. Snail other foils and location '; robbery committed, and most probably J ly solved.

they may be successiuiiy cultivated. lb. From the American Farmer. CULTIVATION OF SILK. We have plea-uie in a vailing ourselves of Mr Pierce's suffge-tion, by copying

the following Irom McMahon s uaidenei s to be a source ot satisfaction t every Calender. American, (hat after a full investigation "Abrut'the year of Christ 551, two : it his been clearly ascertained that the Persian monks, employed as rnissinua-i recent attempt lo assassinate the Presiries in some of the christian churches es dent was the act of an insane man. (ablished in India, penetrated into the;Whenthe sill jecl is dispassionately concountry of Seres, or China. There they sidered, any olher lesult ivould hive obser ved (he labors of (he silk worm, and jbeen greatly humiliatory, to the Prcsibecame acquainted yvith the art of voi k jdent personally, and to (he country. ing up its productions into a variety of Geo. Ill, he assailed in a similar manelegant fabrics. They explained to the ner by HalfiHd, expressed the most unGreek emperor at Constantinople these 'qualified indignation at every suggestion mysteries, hitherto unknot n, or very im-;that the assailant was of sound mind. He perfectly understood iu Europe: and no-i regarded it as personally derogatory to dertook to bring to the capital a sufficient himself: for he could not brook the idea number of those insects. This they ac-jtbat any a :t of his life should have procomnjished, by conveying the eggs of the voked such resentment, in a rational

silkworm in u hollow cenc. They w ere1

hatched, and afterwards fed with the

leaves of a wild mulberry trree, and roul tiplied and worked in the same manner as in those climates where they first became the object of human attention and care. Vast numbers of these insects weie soon reared in different parts of Greece, particularly in the Peloponnecisus. Sicily afterwards undertook to breed silk worms, with equal success, and was intimated , from time to time, in several towns of Itally. In all these places, extensive manufactories were established, with silk of domeslic production. 'From the reign of Justinian, it was mostly in Greece, and some of the adjacent islands that silk worms were reared. Soon aflei the conquest of Constantinople bv the Venetians, in the vear 1201. thev attempted the establi.-hme nt of the silk manufactui e in their dominions; and in a short time, the silk fabrics of Venice vied with those of Greece and Sicily. "About the beginii-g of the fourteenth cer.lut , the Florentine manufacture: of silk became veiy considerable It whs "ll is an established and well known fact, (hat both the black mulberry grow as well in almost every part of the United Stales as in any country on earlh; and also that silk has been raised and manu tactured into a most excellent fabric, under the direction of (he gieal and venerable paliint.aml friend of mankind, Dr. Benjamin Frankhng That go use ful a puisuit should be sqffered to die a way, in a country so well adapted for ii as any in the universe, is as extraordinary as it is unfoitunate and injurious to the i eal interest of the nation. Valuable I mention --Some notice has appeared in this paper heretofore, from the pen of a correspondent, ol the Mor-li-ing Machine, recently in this village. We accepted an invitation a few days since to witness its operation, and we cannot withhold (lie expression of the gratitjcatton we experienced at the ingenuity ol its construct ion. and (he wondtriul ner-: teclion, o( its performance. It would indeed appar almost incredible tbat an) instiumenl could be conMiticted capable of forming a nmrli-e io the hnlet wood, i ' ' i uiir ii i iu i ri idt in ii(iiin at. t Ft r cni:y equ.niy au iianin uep.;i in a tec"i.u ol time; yet iu reference to this machine,! ihia t fiiif KctYtnnri Ida trutri urwt & c u assured by the proprietors of it an assui ance corrobor a(ed by our ovn obsei vation thai i's pei Jot rnaiice is equal at! least to Itial oi lliiiiymcn in trie onhnary mode ol doing Ibis kind ot wmk.

saw it moilise a la,ge sized carriage hub,: MU1)U)f.r o( 1C35 v, , (,e remaikhble fori 'ought afier wilh the roost pre.ervir reand although. not driven to the top of its ; j(,e :tH y,hi hmarbe expected to ' search by naturalists, but hitherto with-

spet.i, vn kllou.u oi some n.uicuiiy in n,e raring, ii ntcunij'iisiiru lis iail in ies (lian five minutes. I tns Uind ot work it does wilh a degree of peifeclion impos j sible tube attained in their ordinary mode,; and we understand it n equally well adapted to any oilier description ot mor-li-ing. It is very simple at well as very ingenious in its construction, and appeals to be little liable to get out of repair. A patent was taken out embracing t lie pi incipte upon w hich it operates about a year ago, since which time one of the patenteet hat been engaged in bringing all itt parts to perfection; and after various trials and alterations, and a considerable expenditure, he seems to have met with entire success. On 'he whole, we regard it at a highly valuable labor saving machine, and one well worthy the attention and patronage of that class of the machauict to whose business it is adapted. IJ cvne (A. Y.) Sentinel. Mvsterious Some two or three weeks! since, there was found in a Tobacco house about three miles west of (his place on i the state road, a number of fragments of! plunder several watches without cases, a purse wilh some small change, and pie - murder, on some travelling individual; and until fur'hur discoveries are made, the rnvtery cannot be solved. Somerset (Perry Co.) Post. The acquittal cf Lawrence. It ought mind, ai would prompt aa individual to

attempt his dettruclioa. President Jackson hat felt otherwise but "companions art odious" and comment cannot be necessary. Cincinnati Gazette.

Flour of Slippery Elm. We hate, say t a correspondent of the United States Gazette, but to learn and to obtain knowledge. Being in the country a few days since, to visit a sick friend, I wat shown an article entirely new to me, which is said to be remarkably nutricious and palatable for debilitated and tick persons. It was flour prepared by shakers from slippery elm, and used the tame at arrow root. One table spoonful of this flour, boiled in a pint of new milk, it excellent to feed infants weaued from the breast they will not only fatten upon it, but it will prevent bowel complaint. It makes nn easy and nutricious diet for consnmp tive and dyspeptic persons. From the churacler I received of it, I presume that it only need be known to become of general use. THE EXPECTED COMET. A magnificent Comet is expected lo make its appearance during the present year The American Almanac stnles that fuo will leluin to (heir peiihelion, and al so to their perigree, or points nearest to the earth. 'Bu!, as from some unknown cause,' pays the editor, Mhe light of the?e bodies seems to be constantly diminishing, tl is doublHsl whether either of the two will be viable to the naked eye, or, indeed, without the assistance of a very powerful telescope ' Ikit a late English paper, the Falmouth Packet, contains a notice of an interesting woik by Lieut l. Morrison, of ihe Iloyal JXavy, which speaks of the Comet which will be seen behvtenthe months of May and August, as a most -magnificient phenomenon." Which of thoe mentioned iu the American Almanac is here alluded to, it not known per haps it is neither. Lieutenant Morrison states thai it will be far more splendid than thai of 1811. It is even af firmed (hat it will allot d a degree of lighl equal to that of (he full moon that its fail will extend over forty degrees and j ,jiH. hen jhehead of (h comet reache v ... .u ...,!, .i i,,, n; uiri ininu, iia mu "ill 1cnt.11 ii'c .on. It is predicted that the electric and attractive powers will have very serious effects upon our atmosphere, in produrinjf inundations, earthquakes, storms, . i i tempests, vulcanic erupt mi, , and epiuein- j j jc di-eases In euiiort of the theory. reerei to the different nrr-earance-of this comet for the last six hundred y enrs showing that in the comet years these phenomena prevailed to a considerable extent. 'Bely ing Kay (he author, 'on the cor redness ot our principle of comelnry ; , .rM4Mir e ue vn.'ure toi-iedict that the

de!itrov harvest in some raits of tbejout success, the head and shoulders o

world Phut year will be noted fur . . . . eailhqunkes and volcanoes, and other gmliar ph nomena. The end of 1 C35, or t)ejuv m C3G, may be expected to be re j mHI!t"a!-e for some one or more exlensive earthquakes. The w inters of 1G3G, or '7 will bring a frost such as has not been equalled for at least twenty years. The part of the earth which we anticipate vtill suffer most, are (hose situated to the north of Asia, and tome parts of the southern hemisphere, such as China. Those parts of the earth in the vicinity of volcanoes are always subject to the electrical phenomena of earthquakes, because the frequent internal changes which the combustion creates, must necessarily produce a derangement of electricity. And if, while the comet is near the earth overcharged with electricity , there be an internal cavity or the earth deficient of that fluid, it will rush into the earth at that spot. This we take lo have been the case in 1456, near Naples, when tbe sndj den rending of the earlh destroyed 40,000 human beings. It is to be hoped that no great irregu parities or extremes in the weather Uian 1 we have had tor tivelve months past, will Danger of Rats. The following singular Ciis-e ought to operate as a caution to persons entr usteil with the care ofchili , .i i .nu t -l. dren. U:i I tie reiurn last i nursuay nigni of Mr. Wieland , of Drury Lane Theatre, who h a widower, Irom bis duties in King Irthur, to his abode iu Wakefield street, Regents square, he was informed by his housekeeper that his child (18 months old) had been disturbed seveial times, but from what cause she knew not. She had laken the infant up three times, but being overcome with sleep, had laid her dotvn again. Mr. Wieland, it appears, took no immediate notice of ihe circumstance but tvas shortly afterwards alarmed by hearing a dreadful scream. lie flew to (he bed room and lookup the child. Ou removing ihe sheet he gave the infant to the woman lo examine, and in the mean while turned down the hed-elotues, when a ticraendous rat started forth. With great presence of mind Mr. Wielaud

quick ly covered the clothet all over the bed, and tucked them tightly round, by which meant he wat fortunately enabled to catch and destroy tbe animal. The first toe on the right foot of the infant wai bitten completely round the joint, and on the side of the right foot the rat's tetth had met in two placet. The little sufferrer wat placed under the care of Dr. Ramadge, of Ely place, Ilolborn, who hat pronounced her out of danger, and expressed hit astonishment at her miraculous escape. The rat measured 16 in-

cet, and it it tnppoied mutt have made its way from the kitchen to the top of the bouie. Romantic and fatal affair. A general in the Austrian service, of one of the most industrious families of the country, had an only child, a natural daughter, of rare beauty and accomplishments. A secret attachment was formed between the yrun lady and a subaltern officer of one of the regiments quartered at Vienna. Consequences ensued which it would soon be impossible to conceal. The officer went to tbe General, made a. confession of the fault he had committed, and entreated to be allowed to repair it by marriage. The offended but over hasty father cava a peremptory refusal, and declared that his daughter should be confined for life in n convent. On learning this terrible resolution, the unhappy young lady found means to procure some vitriolic acid, swallowed it, and destroyed herself. The miserable father became overwhelmed with grief and remorte. and calling the young officer to him, oflered to make him reparation for his cruel loss by adopting him as his son, and leaving him the w hole of his property. The spirited young man rejected the proposal with indignation, retired to his lodging, and blew his braiot out. Fifteen hundred thousand acres of land, and speeches long enough to cover them. The case of C M itchel and others, versus the United Statet, has been decided in the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs. This decision confirms the title of (he plaintiffs to 1.500.0U0 acres of land situaU ed between tbe rhers St Marks and Apalarhicola, Middle District, Florida. Mr. White opened for (he plaintiff, aid spoke one day and a half He was replif d ' Aletjis. Call and the Allorney denprai.on e ria 1 1 or Hie United states; inese gentlemen each occupied tbe Court for f ur days. The argument was closed by Mr. Perrian in behalf of the plaintiffs, who spoke nearly two daytin reply. Host. Statesman. Scrprnt Stone Mr Pend, Jr 'f Weymouth, has in his posesir,() whe. i h-s-j fossil amite, (terpen! stone) in a wonder. If i ..... f . . . .i : : : iui biHie oi preservation. i lie u isci i minaling characterif tics of the animal are as perfect as if taken from a recent tubject, anil present a specimen unique, and as beautiful as it is rare, ot this interesting species, considered by many philosophers as an inhabitant of a former world, and at the present time totally exiinct. The discovery will be of infinite impor tance in completing the class, genera, and species of this family, heretofore dubious for want of the desideratum now forlu nately obtained. Tooth ache. We have little faith in the application of any remedy for the tooth ache short of extraction. The following however, appears so simple as to do no harm if it does no good and we therefore recommend a trial of it. A corretpondent of the London Medi calGazette hat discovered that soda is R remedy for the toothache. He says 'he most pleasant and agreeable soda will either immediately or in a few- minutes cause the entire cessation of pain by filt it.g the decayed looth carefully with (he potvdered carbonate so that it decended lo tbe nerve which its solution in ihe saliva will soon after allow it to do. He says he is not aware that it will make a permanent cure. Although it will relieve the sufferer, and for many hours; and it does not seem to lose its efficacy by frequency of application. It will not be useful where pain had arisen from formation of matter. JJoreealle Koises. The graling of rusty hinges, ihe clalter of shovel and tongs as they fall on the hearth, the whetting of old knives on the j imb of the chimney, a squeaking wagon laden wilh loose iron i bars rattling over the pa veinents the , screeching of noisy school-boy s just let loose from the terrors of (he pedagogue's whip, with full liberty to kick up as they please, and reud the air with cries the yells of cats when they are scratching to tear out each other's eyes past 12 o'clock, P. M. The tenor upper story lamentation of a little infant when its mother it away, and there is no one to stop it tha yelling of oyster boys, who give you no peace wilh their everlasting fongia boisterous pit screaming for the playCto go on. General Jackson completed his sixtyeigth year March the 16th.