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ness was Cathlcen. fHio appeared lean
ing on her husband, her face was ashy
pal«Wiml her limbs too weak for support :
yet fme, however, was perfectly collected,
and gave Iter testimony with that precision,
simplicity, and modesty, peculiar to her
character. When she had occasion to
allude to her own feelings, it was with
such natural and heart-felt eloquence that
the whole court was affected: and when
she descried her rocontre at the stile, there
was a general pressure and a hreatlde s
suspense: and then a loud murmur ol as
tonishment and admiration lulJy partici
pated by even the lunch of magistr ite-. —
The evidence was clear and conclusive:
and the jury without retiring, gave their
verdict, guilty—death.
At this moment Cathlcen rushed Irom
the arms of her husband, and throwing
herself on her knees, with clasped hands,
and cheeks streaming with tears, begged
for mercy lor the old woman. “Mercy,
my lord judge! ’ she exclaimed. ‘'Gen
tlemen, yotir honors have mercy on her.
Site had mercy on me! She only did
their bidding.” The judge, though much
affected, was obliged to have her forcibly
COTtiaJ. iVaivi tlio itoAr*) w»k‘l jUaiioi* ts»oli
its awful course. Sentence of death
was pronounced on all the prisoners; but
the woman was reprieved, and afterward
transported.
The reader may wish to know what has
become of Cathlucn, our heroin*-, in the
true seusc of the word. Her story, her
sufferings, her extraordinary fortitude,
and pure simplicity of character, made
hur an object of general curiosity and in
terest: a subscription pas raided for her,
which soon amounted to a liberal sum ;
they were enabled to procure Reilly's
discharge from the army, and with a part
of the money, Cathlcen, who, among her
other perfections, was exceedingly pious
after the fashion of her creed and country,
founded yt*tirly masses for the soul of the
poor pedlar ; and vowed herself to make
a pilgrimage of thanksgiving to Ht. <jub
ilate’s well. Mr. L., the magistrate who
had first examined her in the little inn at
Balgowna, made her a munificent present:
and anxious, perhaps, to offer yet lari hr
amends for his former doubts of her ver
acity, he invited Reilly, on very advan
tageous terms, to settle" on his estate,
where he rented a neat cabin, and a
haudsonn plot ofpofatoe ground. There
Reilly and his>Cathl(‘( U were living ten
years ago, witli an increasing IhiuiL, and
in the enjoyment of much Imiuhlc happi
ness; ami there, for aught 1 know to the
contrary, they may he living tit this day.
The following is an extract from an vv
work just published in London, entitled
“the Clock maker, or the Savings and
Doings of Sam Slick,” being an amusing
caricature of the Yankee character, em
bodied in the adventures of a Connecticut
clock Pedlar :
A Tjuck in House. Ru ixc —The vtd
ve of popularity. — l raised a four year
old colt once, half blood, a perfect pic
ture of a horse, and a genuine dipper,
Cchild gallop like (lie wind: a real ilai-v,
a perfect 1011, had an eye like a weasel, 1
and nostrils like Commodore Rogers’!
speaking trumpet. —Well, 1 took it <! >.■ n j
tothcracesat Yew York, and lather lie!
went*along with me; for. aiys he, Sam,
you don’t know every thing, I guess, you j
han’t cut your wisdom teeth yet ami votf '
arc goin’ among litem tint's had 'em
through their gams this while pu t. Well,
when we gets to the races father he gets!
colt and puts him in an old wagon, with
a worn out Dutch liarne sand hand : lie
looked like old Nick, that's a fad. Then
he fastened a head martingale on, and
buckled it to the girths atvvixst his lore
legs. Says 1, lather, what on airth are
you at ? I vow I fell ashamed to he seen
with such a ratamarian as that, and colt
looks like old Satan himself—no soul
would know him. 1 guess I wnrn’.t horn
yesterday, says he, let me he, 1 know what
lam at. 1 guess i'll slip it into ’em afore
I’ve done, as slick ns a whistle, 1 can see
as far into a millstone as the best on
’em. Well, father never entered the horse
at all, l»ut stood and seed the races, and
the winnin horse was followed about l>\
the matter of two or three thousand peo
ple praisin of him and admirin him.—They
seemed as if they never had seen a horse
afore. The owner of him was all up on
eend a boast in of him, and a stumpin tho
course to produce a ltorse to run agin him
for lour hundred dollars. Father goes up
to him, lookin as soft as dough, and as
mcechin as you please, and savs he, friend,
it aint every one that has four hundred
dollars —its a plaguy sight of mom v, 1 tell
you : would you run for one hundred dol
lars, and give me a little start ! If von
would, I'd try my colt out of mv wagon
agin you, I vow. Let's look at your horse,
says he; so away they went, ami a proper
eight of people arter them to look at the
colt, and when they seed him they sot up
such a iarf, l lelt ecn-a-most ready toerv
for spite. Says Ito myself, vvliat ran pos
sess the old man to act arter'that fashion :
1 do believe lie has taken leaf of his sen
ses. You needn't larf, says father, lie's
smarter than irt; looks ; our minister's
horse, ( apt. Jack, is reckoned as quick
a beast ol his age as any in our location,
and that ere eo!t can beat him fora lick
of a quarter of a mile easy—l seed it my
self. Well, they larfed again louder than
be tote, and says father, if von dispute
| Pie, what odds will you give ! Two to
one, says the owner—eight hiindn and to
four hundred dollars. Well, that's a grade
deal of money, aint it, says father il l
was to lose it I’d look pretty foolish,
wouldn’t 1 ? How folks would pass their
jokes upon me when I went home again.
Yon would nt take t hats'Tre wagon and
harness for till v dollars ol it, would you !
savs he. Well, savs the other, sooner
than disappoint you, as you seem i<» have
set your mind on losing your money, 1
don't rare if I do.* As soon as it was set
tled, father drives off to the stable, and
then returns mounted, with a red silk
pocket handkerchief tied round his head,
Jain! a colt looking like himself, as proud
! as a nabob, chock full of spring, like the
j wire eend iff a bran pair of trouser gal
, hisses—one said that's a pluaguy nice
| looking colt that old feller has arter all
that horse will show play for it, says a
third—and I heard one feller say, I guess
that's a regular yankee trick, a complete
take in. They had a fair start lor it, and
off they sot : father took the lead ami
kept it, and won the race, though it was
a putty tight scratch, for lather was too
old to ride colt, he was about the matter
of seventy years old. Well, when the
colt was walked round arter the race,
there was an ainazin crow and arter him, and
oo<. oi J wautovi so Wt Willi f-ijui, S?l\ S lit’
tiler, liovv am T to get home without him,
and vvliat shall I do with that
and harness so far as I he fromSlicKvijle.
So he kept them ill talk, till he felt tlleir
J pulses pretty well, and at last he closed
with a southerner for 7011 dollars, and vv<
returned having made a considerable spec
of colt. Says father to me, Hnm,gs iv s,
he, you seed the crowd a lbllerin the win
ning horse, when we came there, didn’t
you? Yes, sir, says I, I did. Will,when
e.olt beat him, iingine fullered him at all,
| but came a crowdiu about him. That’s
populnritv, says lie, soon won,soon lost—
j cried up sky high one minute, and deser
ted the next, or rundown : ell will share
! the same fate. He'll get Imat afore lung
and then he’s done for. The multitude
are alwavs fickle-minded. Our great
Washington found that out, and the i’rit
ish officer that heat Bonaparte : tlie bread
j they gave him turned sour afore he got
half through the loaf. Ilia soap had hard
ily stiffened afore it run right hack into
: I vo and greas again.
Svi i:i:i> wim vis on nr. I'.vi-nws. —
Diodorus mentions that when the lv*vp
i tians went abroad .in the wars, they
brought home with gr \it lamentation
dead cats and haw!.' to be buried in K
gvpt. There was mourning in whaiover
house a cat or dog happened to die: for
the former, the inmates shaved their c,
brows, ami for the latter their wliol 'body.
Whenever a lire happened, the great anx
iety of the Egyptians was, lest any cat
should perisji in the (lames ; and they
look more care to pit vent such a calami
ty then to save their houses.. The pun
ishment was death to kill a saared animal
designedly, but if undesigned!}', the pun
ishment was referred to tlie discretion of
the priests. I >iit if a person killed a cat
or an ibis, no distinction of intention was
made; the enraged multitude hurried a
vviv the unfortunate p us u:i to hi- death.,
Diodorus also n I.in s that some Romans
being in that country li<r the purpo.-e of
concludin'* a treaty witli the king, the
people who were much interested in the
result, and held the Roman power in
great fir, treated the strangers v,;th the
Htmn t attention and civilijv. But one
of them having happened undo«igneil!y to
kill a cat, the enraged mol) hast: tied to
bis-lodging, and neither the interference
of the king nor the dread of the Romans
could deter them from putting him to
death. * * * * Herodotus stales
shat the Egyptians worshipped rows with,
more profound reverence* th n they did
anv other cattle. The ox was sacruieod.
but not the cow, which was sacred to Is
is. ()n this account, he says, no Egyp
tiun, nude or female, would kiss a Greek
on the mouth, or use his clever, his spit,
or dish: and they have carried their scru
ples so far as to abstain from lawful meat
that had been rut witli a Grecian's knife.
This is almost precisely the state of things
in India at the prqseut day.—[Pictorial
Bilile.
lIoXTIK TO I*ISVI. AoKMU'I. ia itISTS.
: Nation vi. lli;\i:i.vi Tons. The names ol
j those w ho have enriched our gardens with
‘useful ami valuable plants are deserving
l of record and remembrance. Sir W.
| Raleigh introduced the |*)tatue ; Sir An
| tiiouy Ashley first planted cabbages i ll tins
I country —a cabbage appears nt his feet on
Iris monument; Sir Richard Weston
'i brought over clover-grass from Flanders
in Hilo: tigs were planted in Henry the
Eighth's reign, at Lambeth, bv Cardinal
Pope—it is said the identical trees are
'still miKiiniiM'. Spilmnn, who erected
J the first paper mill at Hartford, in 151 U),
'brought mer the first two lime trees,
which he planted, and they are still grovv
-1 ing. Thomas Lord Cromwell enriched
the gardens of Fngland w ith three differ
ent kinds of plums. It v. as F.velvn, whose
patriotism vv as not exceeded bv Ins learn
ing. who largely propagated the noble
oak in this country, so much so that the
trees he planted have supplied the tiavv
of Great Britain vvith its chief proportion
of that timber;—[Fngli.-h paper.
A Wealthy Pint.vt:. It is said of
tin* money dealer who so recently tailed
in New Orleans for seven .millions of dol
lars, that some twenty years ago he went
to New (>rlcans with a pedlar s pack upon
his back!
r l vxf.s. The taxes, in thO city of X. York,
tor the ye tr I Sit!, amount to |:10! J.
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
From the Portland Advertiser.
SILK AND TIIE SILK TRADE.
Wo have received a file of papers Iran: ( u
na which gives us an interesting account ot
the silk worms anil silkiu China, which we
have condole-'**.! for the Advertiser. The sub
ject is at the prcs« nt time highly important to
a large class of the United States who are rni
| sing the silk worm and cultivating the mulber
ry tree. The silk w orm w e believe has been
j raised in China beyond the recollection ol
I man, and silk was worn there,long before the
j invention of the loom and the distaff 'i he my
! Biologists of Chiii-! ascribed the inventions of
I the loom and the distaff to the gods, and many
| of the < 'hinese.at the present day, are of opin
| ion that tin- di-talFand the loom were the in
vention of the ancient inonarchs of China, w ho,
jin their traditionary history, assume the hn
i portanee of god.-. " X
1 Europe has r-eoived silk from China for
! morn than two thousand years. Its introduc
i;ion into Europe sufficiently indicates the
country tr n which it came. There is a Greek
j name which resembles the word implying silk
lin most of the Chinese dialects, and which is
j identical vvith the pronunciation ol Coreas")”
j in the mandarin dialect it is pronounced sze ;
| but in a language of which the written cliarac-
I terallbrds no indication ol sound, the pronmi-.
elation must be as varied as in those savage
j tongues which are not at all committed to
| wj-iffiig. The Gatin' name sutliciently reseta
j hies the Manchfto and Mongo sirke and sirektk,
jto show the people by whom the silk was car
ried on its departure from China. Those
names, altered perhaps in their long journey o
vor Central Asia, acquired, from the cultivated
organs of the Italians, the more agreeable form
of st rict*, by some modilication ot vvhfrli it is
.-till known in most of the languages of Europe.
In ancient times ail example of industry was
annually given by the Empress of China, who
fed the laborious insects with the leaves she;
hud gathered with her own hands, from trees
grow ing within the verge of the imperial place.
The produce of the worms w as afterwards spun
and woven hy herself. This was a politic
mode of inducing habits of industry, and it ap
poa-s to have been retained on account of the
i pleasing naiiiß-of the occupation, long after.
the necessity of example had ceased. Since
| the accession of the present family, the cii-tom J
has been discontinued: a part of the palace is,
however, still stocked with insects and mulbor-1
rv trees tin* the amusement of the royal ladies; j
and the Government has not neglected the;
maiiufaetuie. Treatises ol i oiisidorahlc ex-j
tent have been published to point out the best ;
mode of rent ing v.-nus and managing silk. I
showing in comp! t - detail the best method ol
preserving and of hatching the eggs and feed- !
ing the worms, the di.soasi s to which they are j
subject, and the modes of prevention and cure ::
the best form of’ building, and manner of warm- j
ing ait 1 ventihtiiig th-ir I: Jkn.ii >ns,ai.d every j
oilier particular. The precautions, reconi-!
mended, although not rigorously adopted by i
every manufacturer, have greatly tended to i:n-;
prove the quantity and quality of the produce.!
During th line season, worms arc reared
and silk made in almost every house, and any l
span 1 room is used for their habitation ; hut by |
th.is * who make the rearing of worms a profes
sion. a dry airy spot is chosen, free from pun
gent shells and loud noises : a square room
is built vv Alt the onfraii'-o, if possible, towards i
the south. 1 1 it usual to have a window on I
each side covered with white paper to exclude
tin' air, and provi led with thick blinds to shut
out tin* light when darkness is necessary. A
stove, or more, is furnished lokecp up a con
stant and equal temperature throughout the
room, and to prevent any chance of damp,
which is very injurious to the worm. Around
the room several rows of shelves are fixed, one
abov e another,about a foot apart,- —not against
the wall, but 1:x ing a clear p ..-sage, wide e
noit:'.!i for a person to walk out-hie till round
the room, anil an <■) m space in the middle.
These shrive * a e Ibnn-'d of rt. h =or whines,
and tire intended loteeeive t!< • worms wlic-n
hatched. The liatrliing may ho accelerated or
reiariled at plf.isme. bv exposing the eggs to
lic.it er cold, and the u.sus! practice is to keep
them in a cold place unit! the nm!berry-trees
have put forth their young leaves; the paper
on which the eg gs are deposited i ; th. u brought
out, and hungup in such a :-',!'iatio:i that the
sun may shim- on the hack of the sheets; this
is repeated for two or three days, during each
of which the paper is allowed to remain expo
sed to the rays of the sun only long enough to
i acquire a gentle warmth : ainei! heat would
|ho very pr-judicial. On thedlli dev a great
number of th;’ eggs v. ill be leech' and. All the
| worms wliii li Kmw the eggs lief.nc this time
i are thrown away, ns they would not agree with
| 'lit- others in the time of eating, casting their
.-kin. or spinning, which he the cause of much
, additional trouble to the attendants. The pa
pers are then carefully weighed, turned upside
! down, and gently placed upon young* mulberry
i leaves, cut into small shreds to be more eas l v
, mast real-id by the tender worms. The smell
of the fresh leaves soon induces the worms to
| leave the paper, w Itleh is again carefullv weigh
ed : the weight of the worms is ot' course know n.
by the ditVerence of tiie present and former
| w eights, and the quantity of food regulated
I accordingly. *'
In the tirst days of their existence the fl ii
■ t.ese won ns are fed nearly every lnlf hour, and
the number of meals is gradualv diminished,
as the worms grow older. After a few days
I they arc fed four tine s a day, and the leaves
are no longer shred, but given v hole as thev
are gatlicea’ ; after ibis the number of meals
sutler no d.niiimtum.!
The daily process of feeding the worm js
very carefully attend' and to : they are kept free
from noise, bad smells, or otliercauses of annov
ance : and in some places even llic food and
dre. sos the attendants are scrupulous! v regu
lated. Small stows are used occa-i •;<. illv for
drying the air ol the apartment during the
prevalence of damp weather: shades are pla
cid over the vv indovvs when the heat of the
sun would be excessive : in the case of a dry
ing wind, small vessels ot'water a-e inster
spiTsed between tlieshelvi'S to r.-l'e-iit: e air of
tlie room; if the worms iqipear -a klv mid hea
ted, a tine powder of dry mulberry leaves is
thrown over tiiein : in short, every precaution
The Italians Usually procure the ii, positon
«and eggs upon eiof :s. ;Voiii wlit'di the;* me de
tached by washing Tim. r_.- a: til- 1 keiit in
little bags, in ;,s cm ! a | arc as p ' . rut’:!
the miles rry-trci s are in leaf, vvlieii th v ;ire
le:t« bed in ;i ct v.l room, of vv hit h th. In-at is
gradually r imed from lio deg t > -il c ~ ~f Fa-j
lirenheit. The process usually occtipit :• twelve i
or fourteen days.
Hn Italy it it usual to feed the worms four
times a day from tin* lirst ; when very young'
they receive <b- pped leaves, and in about six-,
1 ' n day- the 'dc-ppbtg is discontinued
is taken which the interest of the proprietor
may suggest, or the debate habits of the ani
mal may seem to render necessary.
Notwithstanding -every precaution, the
worms sometimes die, particularly at the time
of moulting or casting their skin. This is a !
season of danger which occurs three times dur- j
ing the short life of a silk worm. In the fourth 1
dav of its existence it falls sick, refuses food, j
and is then said by the Chinese to sleep : with
in twenty four hours it easts its skin with much 1
apparent, pain. Tv. o days usually elapse be-J
fore health and appetite return, and after two j
days of health a second sleep approaches:
; th : 'pain anrl danger is repeated, and after an j
equally short interval of health, the third and j
last. s!< ep attacks the laborious insect \V lien |
ihi- sleep is completed, the worm enjoys a
longer interval oflmalth than at any other pc- j
lid. For five or six days it continues to cat j
•h< artily, and then begins to spin the “golden!
tomb,'’ to the formation of which its whole ex- j
isMiee appears consecrated.
The silk-worm of Europe has one step of;
i danger more than that of China, and casts its j
| skin four times instead of three. It is the o-!
pinion of sonic naturalists that this difference J
must he tho effect of climate : but such a sup- j
position is negatived by the fact that the silk- j
worm of three casts, like that of China,is known j
in Europe, and that in some districts of Loin- j
bardv it is reared as well as that of four casts,
though the latter is prel'ered from the larger!
quantity of the produce. The w orm of four
casts, being the host known in Europe, was
probably the species introduced by Justinian;
the sjiiatler sort was most likely imported in
one of the many vessels which have sailed be
tween Enropdind China for nearljr four cen
turies. Both species are cultivated in Bengal,
and are both thought by the Hindoos to have
been brought from China. The smaller sort is
known thereby the name ol'lho monthly worm,
and can he brought to spin ' Jg.ht, or ten times
a year ; the other is called tho annual worm,
and produces silk in March only.
MOUNT SINAI.
from “ixcinE.vrs ok traVf.i.i.inu in egyj*t,
ARABIA, &.C., BV AN AMERICAN.”
* * * At eight o’clock 1 was broackfast
ing : the Superior was again at my side, again
oiler* and all that tho convent Could give, and ur- j
gimr me to stay a month, a fortnight, a week, j
at least to spend that day with him, and repose j
myself after the fatigues of my journey ; but
from Iho door of the little room in which I sat I
I saw the holy mountain, and 1 longed to stand |
on its lofty summit. Though feeble and far!
from well, 1 felt the blood ofhcalth again com- j
sing in my veins, and congratulated myself that;
I was not so hackneyed in fading as I had !
once supposed. 1 found, and Iw as happy to j
liud, for the prospective enjoyment of my farth- J
er journey, that the first tangible monument I
in the history of the Bible, the first spot that
could he called, holy ground, raised in me •
l'echngs that had not been awakened by the j
most classic ground of Italy and Greece, or j
the proHilest monuments of the arts in- Egypt, j
' * Continuing our ascent, the old monk j
still leading the way, in about a quarter of nn 1
hour we came to the table of rock standing j
boldly out., and running down, almost perpen- j
dicularly, an immcncc distance to the valley.;
1 was expecting another monkish legend, and i
my very heart thrilled when the monk told me |
that this was the to]) of tile hill on which Moses
had sat during the battle of the Israelites and
the Amnlekitcs, while Aaron and llur suppor
ted his uplifted hands until the sun went down
upon the victorious arms of his people. From
the height 1 could see; clearly and distinctly,
every part of the battle-ground, and the whole
vale of Uiphidim and the mountains beyond;
and Moses, while on this spot, must have been
visible to the contending armies from every
pa l ' ofthe Held on which they were engaged.
* I stand upon the very peak of Sinai—
■i.heiMoses stood vlu'n lie talked with the
U.mghty. Can it he, or is it a mere dream r
Can tins naked rock h ive been the wituess of
that great interview between man and his Ma
ker r where, amid thunder and lightning,
end a fearful quaking ofthe mountain, the Al
mighty gave to his i-liosen people the precious
tables of his law, those rules of infinite wisdom
and goodness which, to this day, host teach
man his duty towards his God, his neighbor,
and himself?
The scenes of many of the incidents recorded
in the Bible are extremely uncertain. Histo
rians and geographers place the garden of Ed
en, the paradise of our tirst parents, in different
parts of Asia : and they do not agree upon the
! site of tho tower of l’abel. the mountain of
Ararat, and many ofthe most interesting pla
ces in the lirdy Land : but of Sinai then'is
|no douht. This is the holy mountain; and a
mong all the stupendous works of Nature, not
a pi nee can he selected more fitted for the ex
hibition of Almighty paver. 1 have stood up
on the summit ofthe giant Etna, and looked
over, the clouds Heating beneath it : upon the
I bold scenery ot Sicily and the distant • moun
tains of Calabria; upon the top of Vesuvius,
;ainl looked down upon the waves of lava, and
the ruined and half-recovered cities at its foot :
but they are nothing compared with the terrific
! solitudes and bleak ma jesty of Sinai. An ob
serving traveller lias well called it “a perfect
sea of desolation.” Not a tree, or shrub, or
blade of grass, is to be seen upon the bare
| and rugged sides of innumerable mountains,
heaving their naked summits to tiie skies, while
the crumbling masses of granite /ill around,
and tiie distant view of the Syrian desert, w ith
its boundless waste of sands, form the w ildest
ami most drearv, the most terrific and desolate
picture that imagination can conceive.
The level surface of the very top, or pinna
cle, is about sixteen foot square. At one end
is a (Single rdek, about twenty feet high, on
w inch, as said the monk, tho spirit of God de
scended ; w hile i.i the crevice beneath his fa
vored servant received the tables of the law.
There, on the same spot where they were given,
l opened the sacred book in which those laws
are recorded, and read them with a deeper
feeling of devotion, as if 1 wore standing near
er, and receiving them more directly from the
Deity himself.
Premising Youth. Air. Coble, ofllrattlo
borough, Yt. adverliees his runaway appren
tice, Richard Long. in the*follnwing strlm—
“lie can he in 1< ntiii.• 1 bv the fact, that he Ins
not combed his hair since Judy 4th, l KM, and
cannot spe.de ten w ords at a tune, witiiont ut
tcring twenty fitlsc’iou is.’
Bobmett lace is now a great drug in the
English market, in consequence of the rapidi
ty with which it is made by machinery, and
that which formerly brought live guineas is
selling tor about on< shi!!i:ij! A piece that
sold twenty years since lor £l7, sells now fur
sen'll shilling?.
FROM FRANCE.
The new French ministry have persevered
in bringing before the Chambers the donation
required for the Duke of Orleanson the occa
sion of his marriage witli a princess of Meck
lenbcrg Strelitz, and it would appear with suc
cess. The duke is allowed an annual reve
nue of two millions of francs, one million for
marriage expenses, besides a dower of BUO,OOO
francs to the Duchess. At the same time, the
distress of the manufacturing cities, is repre
sented as extreme. A letter from Lyons, says
‘ there is no improvement in the situation of
th#' working classes here. The distress
amongst them is very great, but it is borne
with patience. No troubles are apprehended, j
and far from any animosity existing between
the working classes and the troops as has been
the case at former periods, it is consoling to
see the soldier divide his rations with the poor
workman.’ Another letter contradicts a state
ment which had before been published, that
large orders had been received at Lyons front
the United States, and says it is not probable
the manufacturers would execute any orders
from North America, before 20 or 25 millions
owing them by this country have been paid.
All the manufactories of Switzerland and
Germany, Zurich, Crevelt and Eberleldt arc
it is said in a state of perfect stagnation.
By the telegraph, intelligence lias been re-;
reived at l’aris that a great commotion was
perceptible among the workmen in porcelain
in the neighborhood of Limoges.
There is no additional intelligence from
Spain.
ENGLISH ITEMS.
A Falmouth paper of the 4th of May says
—Commercial accounts from Liverpool, Man
chester, and other places, are more favorable
than they have been for sometime past. The
fall in most articles seemed to be stopped, and
pretty large, purchases have been made of
goods for exportation. But the orders in
question are almost entirely on account of the
continent and Brazil, and that for the present,
at least, too United States, India and China,
may be said to be out of the market.
Another paper of the Gtli has the following
paragraph—We believe, from accounts from
different sources, that tho commercial panic is
fast subsiding. Advices from Manchester and
Liverpool, and other places, speak of a revival
of confidence. Many extensive and bona fide
purchases have been made, and the cotton
market looks up.
The failure of several large houses rn Lon
don is mentioned—among others, those of
John Groves, iivthc East India trade, and Ma
jorr ib ;mks & Fcrrars.
In Nottingham, the house of Baker &. Cos.
I largt !y engaged in the American trade, has
' stopped payment
| The packet ship Independence, which left
New York on the 10t.Ii of March, arrived oft’
Liverpool the 2Sth April. .She was said to
; have brought witli her *70,000, and a million
! in bonds.
| Much excitement prevails in London, in
J consequence of the political course adopted
:by Sir F. Burdett, who has deserted his old
i friends, the Reformers, and was brought for
j ward ns the candidate of the Tories, for West
minister. The result of the election wasanx
! iously waited.
The new French Ministry had abandoned
the scheme of attempting to extend their do
minions over the Algerine territory, and will,
in future, be contented with the occupation of
AUriers, < trail, and Bona, and witli whatever
commerce they can establish through these
ports.
Meunier has been found guilty of high trea
son, in attempting the life of the King, and
sentenced to death—but the sentence was af
terwards commuted into banishment for life.
The latest accounts from the seat of war,
in Spain, give reason to expect that the con
tending armies will shortly come m collision.
Both parties, however, seem anxious to avoid
a rencontre.
On the 15th of April, the river Neimen
overflowed its banks, from the inciting of the
snow, and rushed, with terrific force, down the
valley, sv, coping every tiling before it. More
than one hundred villages were inundated.
A letter from Athens to the (ith April, men
tions that an insurrection had broken out at
1 Ultras, provoked by the imposition of a very
ill-timed, if not impolitic, tax, the Industry
tax. Patras was in consequence declared in
a state of siege.
The mamitactories in Switzerland, Germa
ny, & c., as well as in England and France,
were represented to be in a state of perfect
stagnation.
Liv Kiti’iim,, .Saturday, April 2ft. Although
the advices received yesterday, from New
N ork, would not, by any means, be considered
favorable, tho confidence which tiie previous
advices had inspired, accompanied as those ad
vices were, by a large mass of negotiable pa
per, was not, in the least, weakened by the nu
merous and extensive failures which they an
nounced as having taken place in the United
States. The demand fur cotton, which began
so briskly at tho commencement, continued to
tuo close of the week, the sales reaching 80,-
000 hags. To-day the demand was equally
brisk, and 5,000 bag.* in addition wore dis
posed ot. Upon the the prospect is en
couraging, and should no unexpected event
occur, to affect tho growing confidence, the
improvement in commercial aftiiirs may rea
sonably be expected to become permanent.
Napoleon Bonaparte. We learn from
the New \ ork Courier, and Enquirer, that the
Prince Napoleon, who lias, for sometime past,
been a resident in New York, lias sailed for
England. \\ hen exiled from France,no pledge
or promise of any kind was exacted from him
that he would not return to Europe, although
we have seen it mentioned, that such was the
condition of his exile; and lie now very un
expectedly leaves the United States, inconse
quence ot tlm illness of his mother, the Ex-
Queen of Holland, and daughter of the Ein
pros.; Josephine. His intention is, to obtain,
ii possible, a passport from the Austrian Min
ister, in London, to pass through Germany,
and visit his maternal residence in Switzer
land, on the Lake of Constance. [Bos. Herald. 1
St spinous Vi> ski..— Hark Marblehead at i
\t w \ork from Canton, reports—“ May 31 1
’ it. ‘J:» 40 N. long. <>4 •1- \\'. was hoarded by
a very suspicious schooner, carried 45men*;;
let him have a topmast: the weather threat
ening, w e got clear of her sooner than expect- j
ed : the schooner was painted black, and i
mounted with a long gun midships.”
Another account says the schooner was I
Baltimore built, apparently a slaver, with Por
tuguese colors : tired a musket over the Mar-1
blehea-J, and repeatedly ordered her to heave ■
to. She stood N. K. I
THE ADVOCATE.
BRUNSWICK, (Ga.). —JUNE 2ft, 1887.
The Navy Yard. At the time when
gotiations were going between tho Federal
Government and Spain, in regard to the pur
chase of Florida, the subject attracted the at
tention ofthe British Parliament, and elicited
much angry debate. The possession of Flori
da by the Americans was deemed highly pre
judicial to the Britisli Colonics, as that territory
was the key to the West Indies, and in case of
war would afford the most favorable opportu
nities for cutting off the commerce between
Great Britain and her colonies. There is cer
tainly much truth in the remark, and the
possession of Florida, if properly improved,
would be a source of annoyance and loss to
the trade of any commercial nation with whom
we might be at war. But our jpvenßnont in
stead of taking measures to fortify harbors and
establish naval depots in Florida, or its imme
diate neighborhood, has literally done nothing.
To be sure tho harbors in the territory, are not
capable of admitting vessels of war, but there
arc harbors on the coast in the immediate vi
cinity within a few hours sail, eminently adapt
ed to the purpose. By the purchase of Florida
we are rid of a troublesome neighbor,and though
it is a matter of regret that it contains no good
harbor, tho one most Southern which can be
used for a Navy Yard, should be at once se
lected and fortified. Permit the harbor of
Brunswick to remain as it is, and in case of a
war it will be at once seized by tho enemy’s
fleet. It is hardly necessary to allude to the
incalculable mischief which would result, to
our shipping, if a harbor admitting witli ease
a fleet of men-of-war, and only a few hours
sail from Savannah and Charleston, should be
in the possession of an enemy. Here they
would fit out their cruisers and bring in their
prizes, without fear or trouble; and any attempt
to expel them would prove useless. We doubt
il there is a point on the coast more favorable
tor the operations of an enemy, or more acces
sible to an attack than this. Let us suppose a
war to be declared between Great Britain and
the U nited States. This harbor would furnish
once the connecting link between Jamaica
and Halifax—or in case of a war with France,
it would be used in connexion with tho French
West India Islands. Tn a war with either na
tion, the possession of Brunswick would be
giving the enemy an advantage, which could
not be overcome. It may bo said that there is
no probability of a war, and any argument
based on the supposition, is of no weight The
only answer to this, is the action of Congress
which annually appropriates large sums for
fortifying the coast and increasing the Navy.
In fact the establishment of a Navy Yard, we
should suppose would depend somewhat on
the advantages it might offer in the hands of
an enemy, as well as the advantages it offers
to us. As the most Southern frigate harbor,
its possession would enable us to cope on more
equal terms with either France or Britain,
while in their hands it would not only protect
their tonnage at the South, but would enable
them to cut off with perfect ease the trade of
Carolina and Georgia. Charleston and Sav
annah arc already fortified and neither would
be exposed to an attack. But this harbor,
much better than cither is entirely unprotected.
The decision of Congress on this question is
one interesting to the mercantile community
ot the Union—it is not simply a contest be
tween certain towns, relative to which shall
win the prize, but it is one deeply affecting
every ship owner and seaman. If the question
shall bo decided in Congress by weight of tes
timony, and a reference t*> the interests ofthe
commerce of the country, there can be no
doubt that Brunswick will be selected. In
the meantime, we shall willingly publish all
the evidence that may be offered in support of
the claims of other points; for believing Bruns
wick to lie the harbor, wc shall have no fears
ofthe publication of the truth.
Magnetism. That peculiar power known
as the attraction of Magnetism which lias fur
nished the Mariner’s Compass, and opened a
new world to the enterprize of Europe, after a
lapse of centuries, is about to rendcr-a service
to the present age nearly equal to its first.— *
From recent experiments it appears thisppor
er can he successfully applied to the movement
of machinery, and must eventually supersede
the use of steam. The discovery was made
by a blacksmith in Vermont, and has been ex
amined by scientific gentlemen, among them
1 rofessor ►Mllunun, and by them the opinion
has been expressed that Magnetic attraction
w ill take the place of Steam. It mav be months
or e\en years before this result shall be brought
about, but when it is, what an improvement
will it be even on the gigantic power of steam !
Indebted as is this country to the genius of
Watt and Fulton, fi>r her rapid developement,
"c cannot but rejoice at the distant prospect
of setting aside their mighty engines of weal
and woo. Without the assistance of steam,
the great West would have remained a solita
ry wilderness, and its noble rivers would have
home on their bosoms only the canoe of the
Indian or the pole-boat of the frontier trader.
Hut now the \\ est is the near neighbor of the
East, and the Mississippi, the great thorough
fare of the nation. Vet wealtli and popula
tion have been purchased at a fearful sacri
fice of human suffering and life. Could the
number be ascertained, of those who have fal
len by this cause, wc should all be horror