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CARGO AND WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT IN NEW YORK, JFOR THE WEEK ENDING NOV. 29. From the New York Daily Advertiser. Sheathing 24 a25 Pig 16 Old 16 ASHES—Pearls are a trifle better; Pots re- main the same. p ot s bU a m | Pearls 55Z a 56/ Export, from the lst of January, 1823, to the 1st of November:— Pot and pearl Ashes - - 3,301 tons. BEANS, (cask,) #7 CANDLES—dipped 10 a lO.c j Sperm 23 a 27 mould 12 a 13 | Wax 60 COCOA—There is no Caraccas at market. Para and Island are in imall demand. Caraccas $29 a 32 I Cayenne 13 a 13 50 Do Island 11 a 12 j Surinam 13a 13 50 CHOCOLATE—We quote I New Y,prkl6.al7 Boston 12 a 20 | Albany 15 a 18 COPPER—We quote Brazier's 29 a 30 Bolts 28 a 29 COFFEE—The import of Coffee duringthe paet week was 182 bags San Domingo. The Coffee market continues to be dull and heavy without any change in prices from last week. San Domingo is selling in small parcels at 20 cents, on 4 months time—Cuba 21 a 21_. Laguayra and Porto at same prices. ' We do not vary our quotations. Havanna, Porto Rico ) & Laguira, inferior \ Do superior 21 a 214 St. Domingo 20 a Java 23nom COT TON—The import from the 21st to die 3.7th Nov. was 910 bale: The market remains very much as at our last except that some sales of old Uplands and Alaba ma were made at lower rates. One or two sales of prime Uplands were made at half a cent, and one at a cent, over our highest rates; but the general quotations may be considered as the cur- U^fandV' 13 a 16 I Tennessee, 13 a 14. Louisiana, 15 a 17 | Alabama 14 a 15 DUCK—We quotp I Russ. Shet. 13 Duck, X. U. $18 a 19 50 1 American 16al8 Russia lst q. 18 50 a 19 50 Do 2d and 3d 13 a 13 75 Ravens 8 25 a 9 75 . DYE WOODS—Logwood continues dull and inactive, the season having nearly closed. The home consumption is triflinj Logwood Campeachy Do St. Domingo Do Hay DoDo Jamaicaked Nicaragua Wood Fustic Hache Camwood Brazilletto Copperas Alum Madder - FISH—We have not al' the previous report:— Do dry Goat Skins, Madras \)o Curacoa Do Mogadore HEMP—Wc quote 60 a 80 18 a 22 25 a 37 25 a 40 |165 a 170 per ton. POETRY. INDIGO—We continue our rates. Flotant $2 25 a 2 — I Bengal $2 a 2 10 Guatamala 1 75a 2 25 j JRON—We quote Pig, (ton) $30 a 50 Swedes 80 a Country 75 a English, ass'd. 75 a 80 Russia old sab. 88 a 91 j Sheet 6 a 7 50 Do new sable 85 Hoop 6 a 7 50 LEATHER—Our quotations are the same as last week, Sole, inspected, best - - 28 a 30c. Do ' do good - - 23 a 25 Upper,dressed, (side) 2 15 a 2 75 > 30 per undressed 1 75 a 2 25 > cent. LEAD—Pig, cwt. 5 75 a 6 | Bar 6 50 a 6 75 MOLASSES—The import of Molasses during the past week, was 212 hhds. 20 tierces, 24 bbls. Guadaloupe. 58 hhds Antigua.ew Theadaloupe transactions have notugarhouse been extensive,0 al- though previous rates were fully maintained All the New Orleans is out8 of first hands, and the present holders ask from 28 to 29 cents Havana and Matanzas, | English Island 26 a 27 c. Dutch 25a Diaperb'd. 3a Do narrow none $30 a 26 a 25 a 27 c23 80 a 82 25 c28 110 a 125 115 a 125 35 a 33 2 25 a 5 a 525 12 a 15 our rates from infer. 23 a 234c ( Demarara 26 a 27 Do superior 25 a 26. I N Orleans 28 a 29 Gu 25 a 27 | S 4 a OILS—We quote Whale 26 a 2 c. 1 Olive 116 Sperm, sum. st'd. 40 a | Elephant none Do winter do 53 a 55 Linseed 62 a 63 Cod Oil 11 25 a 11 75 | Shore 9 50 a 10 50 PROVISIONS—Our rates apply to new Beef which is more in request—We have advanced our quotations a trifle. Old Beef we do not no- tice. New Pork continues to comeittt6 market, the old however is preferred for long voyages. Both kinds go off slowly at our rates. Beef, prime $4 75 a 5 do old 12 a mess 7 75 a 3 Butter 7 a 16 c. Porkprime,old9 50a975 Lard 6a 9 do new 9 a 9 25 Cheese in cask 5 a 8 mess new 11 75 a 12 in box 6 a 8 Export, from the Ut of January, 1823, to the lst of November: Beef 15,882 bbls. Butter 4,853 kegs. Pork 14,505 iibls. Lard 17,897 kegs. Hams feBacon 1018 C. Cheese 707 cwt. RICE— Rice new $4 a 4 75 sales. Do old none Export, from the lst of January, 1823, to the lst of November: - - 15,509 tierces RAGS—Foreign, cwt. a 10 | American 4 a 5 SALT— c. I Liverpool, gr'd. none. 42 a 49 a none 9 50 a 9 a Mn. HOLLEY— The following lines were copied from the manu- script of one of our most distinguished American bards, who composed them in 1829, in New York, while the yellow fever was tiere. I be- lieve they have never been ^mished, and it would give me much pleasure So see them m the Sentinel. They exhibit a picture of devoted and faithful and courageous love, in my estima- tion well drawn and tenderly interesting. One of your Female Readers. FAITHFUL LOVE. She sat beside her lover, and her hand Rested upon his clay-cold forehead. Death Was camly stealing o'er him, and his life Went out by silent flickerings, when his eye Woke up from its dimlethergy, and cast Bright looks of fondness on her. He was weak, Too weak to utter all his heart—His eye Was now his only language, and it spake How much he felt her kindness, and the love That sat, when all had fled, beside him. Night Was far upon its watches, and the voice Of nature had no sound. The pure blue sky Was fair and lovely, end the many stars Look'd down in tranquil beauty on an earth That smil'd in sweetest summer. She look'd out I $2 50 a 275 3 a 5 75 a Cod shoal English cured * Mackerel, No 1 Do No 2 Do No 3 Salmon pickled * smo * ,Herrings, Digby Do Passamaquody, No 1 Do do No 2 FRUIT—Since the sales at auction, the mar- ket has not become settled as regards prices, most of the purchasers having been supplied at that time. We reinsert the public sale of pre vious week:—GeorgiWi—Terms, under $150, «ash—over 150 to $500,90 days—over $oO\ four mouths: ' Muscatels, 2 75 a 2 81*—sale stop d Bunch, box, 3 25 a 3 31* Halt do. 1 75 Qurter do. 94 a 97 Bloom 2 56 a 2 60 Muscatels,(contin'd.)2 83a2 85 j_e», 8 7 62. a 7 75—sale stop d Lemons, chest, 9 75 a 10 25 •Grapes, jar, 3 25 a 3 50 Almonds, 124 a 134-stop'd Per Perseverance— Terms, under §100, casn- 100 to 200, 90 days—over $$00, four montns Muscatels, Turks Island 53 a St. Ubes 50 a Isle of Mayo 50 Lisbon SHOT—Buck (cwt) Patent, assorted STEEL— German (lb.) 10 a 14 c Swedish 54 a 6 SEED— Flaxseed, rough, Do. clean, Timothy (cask) Clover (lb)ansactions Do fine Cadiz Marseilles Crawley 10al2>|lp Blistered 12a 15 ) cwt 8 75 a 9 50 a 17 a 17 84 a 9c SUGARS—The import of Sugars during the 4 hhds Cuba. The principal tr were in brown Ha- vanna, the holders of which are a little firm Muscovadoes are without any alteration: the business doing in them is not large. Nearly all the St. Croix Sugar has disappeared. $9 25 a 10 12 a 14 50 9 a 11 10 a 13 10 a 11 9 50 16 a 17 15 a 4 37 a 4 75 past week was 3 75 a 14 a 16 15a a Bunch, Half do. Quarter do. Bloom, Lemons, chest, 4 do. 2 674 a 2 90 3 7 a325 1 65 a 1 67 924 2 45 a 2 474 Havana, brown Do white, new Muscovadoes St. Croix New Orleans East India Loaf Sugar Lump do SPIRITS— Brandy, Bordeaux Do Seignette's Jamaica Rum St. Croix Rum W. I. Rum New Rum Gin, Schiedam Swan White's Baltimore Gm Country Gin Whiskey Cider Brandy SPICES— Cassia, (lb.) 34 a 37 c. Cinnamon 1300 a 250 Cloves 88 a 92 44 106 a 110 c 110 a 114 80 a 95 75 a 78 68 a 73 34 a 35 94 a 95 100 a 106 50 a 36 a 31 a 35 a 39 33 13 55 a 13 874—stop'd Ginger, Race 4 a 8 624a 9 J DojrrounrJ 5 a Mace Nutmegs Pepper Pimento 2 25 a 250 1 50 a 1 60 184 a 19 20 a 6 Ke-sfromVeGeorgiana, a few sold at 7 62.-1 TEAS-There has been a steady business do- le to :I ed iu ? at P rivate sale ' We n0tlCG n0 alteratlon In a Therebein^ P no Box Fruit in first hands, we price during the past week. ^ot abl^to grve quotations by private sale,| Hyson 100al06c. | Gunpowder 125al35 tbe market not being yet regulated. _ FLOUR—We notice a dull week for H lour, with an increased supply from the North River We quote : New York superfine Do Western Richmond city Baltimore Philadelphia Petersburgh Fredericksburg, J Alexandria, and \ ^Richmond Canal ) Rye Flour Indian Meal in hhds Do in bbls GR AI N—Considerable supplies of Northern 4ind Western Wheat have been received and dis- posed of at about our quotations. * Nort hern Wheat - - 34 a 1 40 6 62 a 6 75 7 al 12 6 75 a 6 87 uncertain do 6 25 a 6 37 6 62 a 6 75 3 a 3 12 13 50 a 14 3 a Young-Hyson 103 a 110 | Imperial Hyson Skin 7 a 78 I Souchong 50 a 65 Bohea 26 a 28 | Pouchong 60 a 80 TOBACCO—This article is moving in small parcels, of the lower qualities principally; al- though some sales are making at our highest quotations. Kentucky is most enquired after and is in demand; the middling quality sells best:—the stock is small. We quote tlie same : 1 40a 1 44 1 25 a 1 28 1 12 a 1 15 54 a 5$ a 53 54 a 44 a 45 32 a Northern Wheat Gemiessee white do - Virginia do North Carolina Rye Northern Corn, yellow Do white Southern do Export, from the lst of January, 1823, to the 100 feet:— 1 Bristol Crown, 6x8 Do 7x9 Do 8X10 Do 10X12 American, (Bristol, } N. Y.) 7X9 S Do 8X10 Do 10x12 Do larger sizes, assorted, 9 GUNPOWDER—We quote English (251b) §6 50 a 7—American 5 a 6 HOPS—The attention of the dealers in this article has been directed almost entirely to the State of the English crop, which has been repre- sented to be very inferior; this has caused a speculation, which enhanced prices from 13 a 15 to 23 a 25 cents—at which prices they are rea- dily taken. Whether the result of the crop in England will be such as to warrant their bemg shipped to that country, is to us very doubtful. Hops, first sort 25 a c | Do second 23 a HIDES—The stock of Buenos Ayres at mar- ket is low, consequently the transactions are small. Other descriptions remain without al- teration. $10 11 12 13 $° 7 8 a 10 25 a 11 25 a 12 50 a 13 50 a 6 50 a 7 124 a 8 50 a 10 Richmond 5 a 8 c. I N. Carolina Petersburg 5 a 74 Cuba 14 a 20 Kentucky 4a 7 j St.Domingo 14a 18 WINES— Malaga Pico « • • Claret Catalonia - - Teneriffe, com. brand cargo Do 'Pasley' do Do L. P. common Do 'Pasley' Sicily Madeira Port WOOL—So much depends on the condition ofthe article, and the terms on which it is sold that it is extremely difficult to give an accurate knowledge of the state of the market. The ar- ticle continues dull although this is the usual season for buying. We renew our rates, as the fair market prices : American merino, full blooded, ) lst quality > 4 blood do \ blood do Common or native, in fleece,.clean Skin wool, hatters, lst quality 60 a 624 80 a 112 $23 a 25 45 a 50 70 a 80 100 a 102 100 a 112 137 a 150 112 a 125 2 a 325 1 64 a 2 25 hro' the rais'd window, and the sheeted bay Lay in a quiet sleep below, and shone With the pale beam of midnight: air was still, And the white sail, that o'er the distant stream Mov'd with so slow a pace, it seem'd at rest, Fix'd in the glassy water, and with care Shun'd the dark den of pestilence, and stole Fearfully from the tainted gale that breath'd Softly along the crisping wave. The sail Hung loosely on its yard, and as it flapped, Caught moving undulations from the light That silently came down, and gave the hills, And spires, and walls, and roofs, a tint so pale, Death seem'd on all the landscape; but so still, Who would have tho't that any thing but peace And beauty had a dwelling there ! The world Had gone, and life was not within those walls— Only a few, who linger'd faintly on, Waiting the moment of departure, or Sat tending at their pillows, from a love So strong it master'd fear. But they were few, And she was one—and in a lonely house, Far from all sight, and sound of living thing, She watch'd the couch of him she lov'd. and drew Contagion from the lips that were to her Still beautiful as roses, tho' so pale They seem'd like a thin snow curl. All was still And even so deeply hush'd, the low faint breath That trembling gasp'd away, came thro' the night As a loud sound of awe. She pass'd her hand Over those quivering lips, that ever grew Paler and colder, as the only sign To tell her life still linger'd. It went out! And her heart sank within her, when the last Weak sigh of life was over, and the room Seem'd like a vaulted sepulchre, so lone She dar'd not look around ; and the light wind That play'd among the leaves _ fiow'rs that grew Still freshly at her windows, and wav'd back The curtain with a rustling sound, to her, In her intense abstraction, seem'd the voice Of a departed spirit. Then she heard, At least in fancy heard, a whisper breathe, Close at her ear, and tell her all was done, And her fond loves were ended. She had watch'd Until her love grew manly, and shecheck'd The tears that came to flow, and nerv'd her heart To the last solemn duty. With a hand That trembled not she clos'd the fallen lid, And press'd the lips and gave them one long kiss; Then decently spread over all a shroud, And sitting with a look of lingering love, Intense in tearless passion, rose at length, And pressing both her hands upon her brow, Gave loose to all her gushing grief in showers Which, as a fountain seal'd till it had swell'd To its last fulness, now gave way and flow'd In a deep stream of sorrow! She grew calm, And parting back the curtains look'd abroad Upon the moonlight loveliness. All sank In one unbroken silence, save the moan From the lone room of death, or the dull sound Ofthe slow-moving hearse. The homes of men Were now all desolate, and darkness there And solitude and silence took their seat In the deserted streets, as if the wing Of a destroying angel had gone by, And blasted all existence, and had chang'd The gay, the busy, and thc crowded mart To one cold, speechless city of the dead. that raise their fodder, because more can be rai- sed with the same expense. But besides the utility of usin S il for f^der, it may be used with much more profit for manure by cutting it than it can without—for instead of throwing it, in large quantities, into the yard, as is usually the case, to undergo a decomposition by being exposed to the wet and dry weather through the summer season thereby losing one half or more of its real worth, which is carried away in the atmosphere to enrich the distant hills and mountains. I say instead of this, cut the straw fine and strew it liberally into your stables—it affords a soft and agreeable bed for your cattle which is very necessary m cold weather; it also absorbs and retains all the val- uable moisture of stall and droppings of the cat- tle and prevents it from freezing in large and troublesome heaps to the floor, and is easily shovelled out and mixed with the stable manure and no doubt adds to the value of the manureer exclusive ofthe edition ofthe straw and is much more fit for use in the spring by reason of its fineness and capable of being more equally spread and mixed with the soil, besides being doubled in quantity and quality by the addition of straw ; or if more is raised than can be dispo- sed of in this way supply your hog-styes with it; or even if thrown into the yard, it abundantly pays the expense of cutting ; for by sprinkling a small quantity of brine upon it, your cattle will eat more of it, than they would if it were whole; and the surplus is ready in the spring to be ap- plied as manure ; but if thrown out whole it is almost impossible to take it from the yard or pread it upon the land on account of its tough and entangled state. It may also be used with great advantage by sowing it at broad casts over the fields either in grass or ploughing lands, the latter of which is preferable. It has a valuable effect, as by spreading it even and by ploughing it in, it mixes even with the soil and renders it light and fertile. It furnishes an excellent manure for potatoes ; •put a half peck, or more, of cut straw to a hill and your crop will be greatly increased and the land improved for the next crop in consequence of it. That straw is worth five or ten times more for manure by being applied before rotted is evident beyond a doubt from the fact that stubble when turned in immediately after reaping, will not only support a long succession of crops, but will actually improve the soil. But when it is suf- fered to remain standing six or eight weeks, it is well known that it is much lessened in value and that a short course of such practice will un fit the land for cultivation unless sustained from other sources. Oats in the sheaf may also be cut to great ad vantage as it is cheaper than threshing and makes more consistent food than oats alone. The foregoing observations are made with a view to excite a greater attention to this subject. If they have this effect upon the farmer, I shall feel myself amply rewarded for my trouble :— satisfied, as I am, that when he has made a fair and thorough experiment he will no longer ad- here to the course pursued, in this respect, by his father and grandfather. A SUBSCRIBER. PRIZES FOR VIRTUOUS ACTIONS. I there, and especially in Lapla»d, a ^ abund „ In the account of the sittings of the French ance of gnats—insects which live in\^e water Academy on the 25th ult. (St. Louis' day,) we before they get their wings, afford them 5 „ ex- mentioned that five prizes, (the foundation of cellent nourishment. By these migrations,birds Baron de Montyou) were awarded to five indi- become useful to many countries, and are dis- viduals ofthe lower classes of society, for acts of tnbuted over almost every part ofthe globe. habits of virtue. The task of deciding in such a | case is new, we believe, to any literary body ac- ting in its corporate capacity; and probably from this cause it may not be uninteresting to announce on what individuals, and what actions, the choice ofthe Academy fell. Four of these virtuous persons are of the softer sex. The first AURORA BOREALIS Description of a splendid Aurora Borealis, seen in lat. 64, 41.—It commenced in the north, and extended itself in an arch across the zenith, to wards the south. A sort of crown was then formed in the zenith, which was brilliantly ill u . is the wife of a water-carrier, whose husband I minated, and gave out innumerable coruscations gains no more than 35 sous, or 16d a day, but on of great beauty, and with astonishing velocity. this Dame Jacquemin received into her house The light appeared to be equal to that of the and supported a poor female neighbour, left full moon; and various colors particularly blue destitute of bread or refuge. Demoiselle C ail- green and pink, were stated by my officers to lat, a milliner's girl, has during 12 years, main- have been clearly observed. Its extreme dis- tained by her labor the mistress with whom she tmctnes3, and the boldness of the corcusatioa, served her apprenticeship, and whom an incura- seemed to bring it to a low elevation; and when ble malady prevented from doing any thing for the rays were darted towards the ship, appeared h own support. Marie Cartier has performed almost to descend to the very mast head the same office of charity for the last seventeen Between the parallels of 62 deg. or 63 deg. years to a female, whose house she entered a and 70 ; the aurora borealis is of a very common servant. The last who is a porteress, received occurrence, in tlie spring and autumn of the and supported in her house a young woman from year. On the third of April 1820, I observed her own province, though for the support of the most interesting display of this meteor that herself and family she has only 200 francs or 81. nearly fortj passages to and from the fishery a year, and was obliged to pledge her wearing had afforded. The evening was fine and clear, apparel to perform this act of charity. Each of the wind westerly. The aurora first appeared these benevolent individuals have been rewarded in the north, and gradually extended in a lumi- with 1000 francs and the notice of the French nous arch across the zenith, almost to the south- Academy. ern horizon. A dim sheet of light then suddenly The first prize ofthe value of 1500 francs was appeared, and spread over the whole ofthe hea- decreed to Joseph Becard, an old clothesman, vens to the eastward of the magnetic meridian, and the following is the account that the Bishop while only a few insulated specks were visible to of Hermopolis gave ofthe invincible patience the westward. The. eastern auroras were gray and numerous sacrifices which drew down upon and obscure, and exhibited little motion ; but him the award of Baron Montvou's bounty ?— the arch extended across the zenith, shewed an This man, formerly the servant of the Marquis uncommon playfulness of figure and variety of of Stinfort who died at Arras, at the commence- form. Sometimes it exhibits a luminous edge ment of the revolution, had witnessed in the towards the west, in some places concentrated prison of that city, during this disasterous period, into a fervid brilliancy. The rays were a little the generous devotedness af Madame de Cha- oblique to the position of the arch; but general- bilhac to her husband, who was thrown into the ly parallel to each other, and commonly ran in same dungeon. Deprived of all support after the direction of the magnetic north and south.— the death of her husband in 1812, Madame de At one time they extended sideways against the Chabilhac came to Paris to solicit payment of wind ; at another in the contrary direction.— some money which was due to him. She un- Now they shot forward numerous luminous pen- derstoodvery little ofthe French language ; cils, then shrunk into obscurity, or dispersed into and not succeeding in the object of her journey, the appearance of mere vapour. The colours was reduced to the last degree of want, when were yellowish-white and greyish white. All she accidentally met Becard, to whom, being of the stars of the fourth magnitude were visible the same province, and speaking the same dia- I through the meteor, even in its most vivid cor. leet, she communicated the account of her dis tress. Becard was deeply affected with her change of condition, and rendered her immedi ately all the assistance in his power, by sellin for her at a profitable rate those articles which uscation. Ursa Major was at one time encircled with such a characteristic blazonry of light, that the bear seemed to spring into figure and to be haking his shaggy limbs, as if in contempt of the less distinguished constellations around him. she was obliged to dispose of for her immediate The Pleiades were almost obscured by the light «ub«i«tence This small fund was soon exhaus- produced by the aurora ; though Venus, and all ted; and the unhappy lady in despair, passed the superior stars, shone with becoming splen- whole nights and days in tears, struggling to dor I have never been sensible that the shoot- conceal the distress which oppressed her. Be- mg of the aurora was accompanied by any noise; himself reducedble to straits, endeavor- I the turbulence indeed ofthe water at sea, or the noise ofthe sails, during calms, prevent slight sounds from being heard.\— Captain Scoresbfs Journal ofa Voyage to the Northern Whale Fish- ery. From the same. This Journal has recently been published, aud 55 a 60 c. Do do Do do Spimiing wool Do do Do do 2d 3d lst 2d 3d 40 a 45 50 a 53 30 a 35 55 a 624 35 a 25 a 35 a 25 a 30 20 a 23 B.i inos Ayres West India Brazil Oronoco * Hides salted Horse Hides Oaloott*, s*ltt)| 18 a 19c 13 a 16 14 a 15 154 a 16 7 a 74 $90 a 100 1©5 a 112 EXCHANGE—We notice a small advance in Exchange on En^and, and quote bills at the hour we are compelled to make up our quota- tions at 74 a if. Little or no variation in French or Southern Exchange. * : Bills on London 60d. - < 4 a Ji prem Do British Gov't. -. 7 i a 7 ? Do France - - 5 32a53< Do Amsterdam - - 394 a Drafts on Boston, sight - P ar Do Philadelphia - - P a r Baltimore - - I dis Virginia - - - la North Carolina - 24 a 3 Charleston - - 4 a I Do Savannah - 14 a 2 Do New Orleans - 4 a 1 Gumeas, heavy - - 1064 a 107 Gold, Portuguese - - 102. a 10303 American - - 1024 a 1 Doubloonspanish - - 15 60 a S Dollars - - 1001 a Freocb 20 and 40 frank pieces WO a Do Do Do Do From the New-England Farmer. Mr. Editor—As your paper is almost exclu sively devoted to the subject of agriculture,! be^ leave to submit through the medium of it, a few observations on a subject which though long since introduced, and by some few claimed some small share of attention, is, perhaps, susceptible of as much improvement as any one branch of agriculture.—I allude to the subject of cutting hay, straw, &c. for fodder and other uses. In the first place it is evident beyond a doubt that a great saving may be made by cutting hay as by this means it is more generally mixed too-ether i. e. the best locks with the poorest— the heads, seed, leaves, stalks, &c. become a general mixture—so, that the animal cannot se- lect the best locks, and tread the remainder un- der foot; as is frequently the case ; especially when you would keep them full of feed and in hi°-h flesh. As no farmer can avoid having dif- ferent qualities of hay, he can cut a small, quan- tity of good, with some of his poorer, indiff erent quality, and thus mixed it will be as readily eaten as the best without cutting—or even take washed hay with a trifle of brine sprinkled upon it or when it is to be had, a small quantity of salt hay cut with it; and it is equal to, and will go as far as the average quality of hay fed in the common way. And if hay is scarce, as is often the case, add a portion of cut straw with the best quality of hay and when well mixed to<»-ether it will go much farther by the addition of the straw. I think that no one of any experience or ob- servation, in feeding stock will attempt to deny these facts & that these alone would at least warrant the expense of the experiment. But notwithstandingsavingstheir thee evidentand importanceovender of whate has been saidlly respectingprovementso hay,rove it is still mor evi- dent that with th articleeal, of strawr still greater.atnasesavendder andnd im mayndo benoseetter madehho Inhe- the firstt placeder it is universally admittedanyrices t t straw mixed with m or pr is a ex cellen substitute for hay,ays a i m c supersedes the usee) of h t th w h fod to buy because the same expendedy for °rain a straw (a the p of ha a grain usua ar will g farthe than it wouldsilverwhich if expended for hay— p b to those From the N. Y. Daily Advertiser. MANUFACTURES OF FRANCE. (Continued from our last.) The manufacturing system of the moderns is founded on mechanics and chemistry, two sci- ences of which the ancients were ignorant. By the assistance of these we have been able to sys- tematize, to construct on known principles, to perfect by calculations that which was formerly made by instinct, invented by chance, and prac- tised by rote. Chemistry above all, when ap- plied to the arts, accelerates our progress, ex- tends our domains, and renders our bounds in- calculable. It preserves what nature tends to destroy ; and, like nature herself, re-produces what man consumes, replaces what he removes, and from the ruins of an old world is daily form- j a new one. Before the revolution, France was dependent on foreign countries for alum and soda, two ar- ticles of great use in the arts, and expended an- nually nearly two millions of dollars for sup- plies ; but now their imports are very trifling indeed. Gelatine, or dry and portable soup, has already sustained some improvements. It it made with greater purity and perfectly inodorous. Half a cake of Gelatine, 7 or 8 ounces of boiling water, and a little salt, are sufficient to make a healthy, nutritious and savory soup, at a very trifling ex- pense. This bit of Gelatine goes as far as a pound of the best beef, dissolves as readily in cold water as in warm, and may be rendered more agreeable by the addition of a little orange, citron, or wine. In the exhibition of clockwork was to be seen an orrery of beautiful workmanship, which re- presented the annual motion of the earth round the sun, and of the moon round the earth. It aleo marked hours, minutes, seconds, the days of the week and month, common and bissextile years, the seasons, the inequality of days and^ nights, the phases, the age and the eclipses of the moon. It was only 13 inches in diameter and 25 in height, and was moved by a pendu- lum. A little instrument of a new invention is next taken notice of, which is capable of being fitted to a watch, and so arranged as to give an alarm at any proposed hour. The cheapness and con- venience ofthis instrument will probably make alarm-watches very fashionable. It is offered for sale for five dollars, together with a little silver box; and a common watch may be con- verted into a repeater on a similar plan for about card, being ed to aid her with his fee means ; and as she was ashamed to inscribe her name to the board of charity, he placed his there in her stead, ea- ting himself the coarse bread which he received, and buying fine bread for Madame de Chabil- hac, who had become blind from the excess of her afflictions. Nay, conquering his natural feelino-s of shame, he even submitted to beg alms contains much information respecting the refrac- in the street for her sake ; and not succeeding in tions which are usual in high latitudes: his object by all the humiliations of his new ry singular instance deserves notice. callin?-, tried afterwards the trade of an old \ On my return to the ship about 11 o'clock, clothesman. About the end of last December, the night was beautifully fine, and the air quite this unfortunate woman became ill, and Becard, mild. The atmosphere, in consequence of the after going about during the day to gain a pit- warmth, being in a highly refractive state, a tance for her support, watched her sick bed du- great many curious appearances were presented ring the night on a chair. It was only after by the land and icebergs. The most extraordi- three months watching that he vould be pre- nary effect ofthis state ofthe atmosphere, howe- vailed upon to accept of a mattress from one of | ver, was, the distinct inverted image of a ship in the neighbours, resisting the offer so long, on the the clear sky, over the middle of the large bay ground that he might thus fall asleep, while his or inlet before mentioned; the ship itself being patient required his assistance. Ten days be- entirely beyond the horizon. Appearances of fore her death, he in fact ceased to go out on his this kind I have before noticed, but the pecu- usual occupation. She died about the middle of liarities of this were—the perfection of the im- May last. Becard rendered her the last services age, and the great distance cf the vessel that it of humanity, accompanied her body to the grave, 1 represented. It was so extremely well defined, and carried to the Cure ofthe parish five lrancs that wnen examined with a telescope byDolond, which remained ofthe succor which that Cure I could distinguish every sail, the general' rig of had sent her, for the purpose of obtaining pray- the ship,' and its peculiar character ; insomuch ers for her soul. Faithful to her memory, he that I confidently pronounced it to be my father's made with his own hands a small wooden cross, ship, the Fame, which it afterwards proved to and placed it, with her name inscribed, on the be ; though on comparing notes with my father, °rave where her remains were interred. Such I found that our relative position at the time Ts the course of action which has secured for this gave our distance from one another very nearly faithful friend of misfortune a gold medal, and thirty miles, being about seventeen miles beyond an honorable mention among assembled acade- the horizon, and some leagues beyond the limit micians. If there is any romance in the return of direct vision. I was so struck by the pecu- ofthe five francs, and the erection ofthe monu- liarity ofthe circumstance, that I mentioned it ment, it must be ascribed to the Bishop who to the officer of the watch, stating my conviction gave the details.— London times. From the Independent Enquirer. THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS. \ Yea the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time ; and the turtle and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their com- $15. The watch-making of France is chiefly carri- ed on in the department of Doubs, by many fam- ilies of industrious protestants who were once banished from the kingdom by the repeal of the edict of Nantes. The whole amount of this spe- cies of manufacture annually exported is nearly one million of dollars. The French editor here takes occasion to re- mark, that several other branches of national industry have been much improved since the re- volution, in consequence of a more free and en- lightened policy. Such for example as gold and silver plate, and the various articles formed by niachinery-saws. Many eulogiums are bestowed onM. Werner, evfen by the court, for his labor and success in converting different sorts of native timber and marble into useful and ornamental furniture, in which he shows not only much patriotism, but the most genuine good taste in adapting parti- cular ornaments to their appropriate forms. In this last particular, the French artizans, are said to be generally deficient. The articles produced by the gun-smiths were remarkably fine and simple. The cutlery was from 23 shops, 13 of which are at Thiers, a lit- tle town in Puy de Dome, with a population of only 16,000, but which, it is said, is able to fur- nish 720 dozen of knives a day, each worth from 20 cents, to $3,25 per dozen; an equal number of scissors, worth from 15 cents to 3 dollars; 400 dozen forks, from 10 to 75 cents a do?en ; 300 dozen of spoons; 40 dozen of penknives; and 120 dozen of razors. One of the mostdageas beautiful.ery objectshes in thee wholeusic exhibitionlay wasor the city of Paris, represented un- thee emblempletely of a shiphead beautifullyhieh modelled and com rigged T hull was gold andnaen.and ; the c of steelaves wire,m andhipnd it floated in a seaeemed of satin, the w off w wereeemgranaries, in constantance motion and h very much theh appeareasons, of water. The rolling o t s as shestayherethe at anchor w v natural, ad t m s to proceed fro the water, s ed th songs of invisible syren an mermaids. The migration of birds, which is common to tlie quail, the stork, the crane, the field fare, the woodcock, the cuckoo, the martin, the swallow, and various others, is justly considered as one of the most wonderful instincts of nature. The cir- cumstances, Dr. Derham observes, are remarka- ble in this migration; the first, that these unin- structed creatures should know the proper times for their passage, when to come, and when to go, some departing while others arrive; and second- ly, which way to steer their course, and whither to go. Birds of passage are all peculiarly accommo- dated, by the structure of their parts, for long flights, and it is remarkable that, in their migra- tions they observe a wonderful order and polity ; they fly in troops, and steer their course, without the aid of compass, to vast unknown regions. The flight of wild geese, in a wedge-like figure, has often been observed ; and it has been noticed that the three foremost, who are the soonest tir- ed, retreat behind, and are relieved by others, who are again succeeded by the rest in order. At the approach of winter the wild ducks and cranes of the north fly in quest of more favorable climates. They all assemble, at a certain day, like swallows and quails decamping at the same time. Their flight is highly curious; they gene- rally range themselves in a long column like an I; or in two lines united in a point like a V re- versed. It is observed by Shaw, in his travels, that storks, about a fortnight before they passed from one country to another, constantly resort together from all the circumjacent parts to a cer- tain plain, and there forming themselves into what, in the popular phrase is called a dou- wanne, determine the exact time oftheir depart- ure, and the places to their future abode. Swallows have often been observed, in innu- merable flocks, on churches, rocks, and trees, pre- viously to their departnre from Great Britain : and their return, in apparently equal numbers has been witnessed in a variety of instances. In Sweden, the starling, finding, after the middle of summer, that worms are less plentiful, goes actu- ally into Scania, Germany and Denmark. The female chaffinches, every winter about Michael- mas, go in flocks to Holland; but as the males in Sweden,whammer,inning the femalesecessityohem,ales comeouth,osit backemaler inember,pea.; the spring. In thehehe same manner,hefe thehehe f Caroli- yel'loeg in t monthwever, of Septe while thehe rice onansent which itrders feeds jsh laid u inn goeso towardsutumnheyolests the sp andoon returns i thehe spring t seek herh mate. The aquaticowardsater birdsndon of t northveryakesimeany are forced, by ne to fly t t south e a before t w is froz- Thusgain t l o Poland andey Lithuaniae a filledf with swu and geese inn t autumnalnprings s at which t t g i great flocks, a-ranches lon°- m rivers as far as the Euxin S Intones; b of spring, ho as s as tlietion heat o t sun m t th retur back, a freq t bo of t s a lakes.°whera t fem d thei eggs f«r that the Fame was then cruising in the neighbor- • ing inlet.' Police. —A young man was brought up this morning before the magistrates, charged with an offence, against the future perpetration of which it may be expedient to give a caution to those concerned hereafter to guard. The master of a packet sloop from the North River had on board a bundle of clothing for a gentleman in one of the river counties, and the young man referred to. called upon him yesterday and inquired for the bundle which he said he was directed to take. It was given him and he marched off with it. Soon afterwards doubts were entertained of his au- thority to receive it. He was accordingly follow- ed by the master, who found him on board an- other vessel, with the clothes spread upon the deck, for the sale of which he was chaffering with those around him. On searching him, 14 letters were found upon him—three only cf which belonged to the vessel from which thc bundle was taken. It is not known to whom the others belonged, and, unless claimed in due time, they will be lodged in the Post Office. It is rendered probable that he has been in the habit of pilfering the letters sent by the sloop, and after pocketing the money they may contain, made use ofthe information collected from their contents to possess himself of the property to which they may refer, as in the instance m whicS he was detected.— American. A PUBLIC MISFORTUNE. The great Steam Mill recently burnt at Cin- cinnati, belonged to Oliver Ormsby, of Pittsburg. The following account of the edifice and the na- ture of the loss, is furnished by the \Ohio Po- litical Register.\ \ The total loss which has been suffered by this fire, may be estimated at abeut one hundred thousand dollars; more than eighty thousand dollars of which is sustained by Mr. Ormsby. In addition to the building, engine and machinery . which belonged to it, there was consumed 8600 bushels of wheat, all of which, excepting about 400 bushels which had been brought in to ex- change for flour, belonged to Mr. Ormsby; 1300 bushels of bran ; 3 tons of middling and shorts \ 800 bushels of rye; 300 barrels of flour, packed : 50 barrels of flour not packed; 13 barrels °* whiskey. The cotton spinning machinery, (to- gether with a set of tools, &c.) of the value of §6000, also consumed, was the property of Her*' man Long and Martin Baum, of this city^ P\^ thing of any value was saved, excepting 400 0 500 yards of cloth, which had been brought ID from the country. , That the public may have some adequate iu^ ofthis stupendous edifice, we subjoin the follow- ing description.—It was constructed of limestone, and on the side next to the river, nine stories; »s len-th 87 and ita breadth 62 feet, and the walls 9 to 10 feet thick. It had 24 doors and 90 wi^j dows, andachinery contained four pair, ofeptsides six feethe. s m for carding fulling anduring, or ing cloth ; an0 extensive distillery, andfact a large cm^ t spinning manufactory;—all k m OP by a steam enginesfactures, of 70 horse power. Jher establishment waanu capables of manu a _ nually, 1200 barrel of flour, be t ot b ef m U furnished const**
