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From the Eatt Florida Herald ON RAISING BEES, There is no article, directly or indirectly connected with agricul ture and domestic economy, whose absence aflortt more decisive evi dence of the want of industry, in a country like this than that of the bee. Can there be any good ex cuse given in Florida, whose very name is founded on its profusion q!” flowers for none attention to this valuable little animal ? Is there any other article having, locomotion that will make so valuable a return for mere shelter and protection ? In many countries they are housed and fed’a part of the year, nursed, physiced, warmed, and other cares that we never thought of; and where their returns cannot be so great ;*s here ; yet they are es teemed as the organs ot a valuable revenue. But here, in Florida, where they require nothing more than a clean h’ve, and that roughly sheltered from violent rain and sun we rarely hear of them but in hol low trees. And there having un offendingly provided for them selves, we murder them by tens of thousands in order to rob them of their hard earned store. Honey and wax ought to form an important part of our exports ; the demand for both is endless, and our supply of them might be immense. A more lucrative return to such an amount of care and capital could not be thought of, nor could any be found more certain. Various are the doctrines for their treatment in various coun tries ; but in this we require but the following chetip and simple course. A roof of clap boards to keep off the the rain and sun ; a frame beneath this to rest the hives on, about four feet from the ground and the hives placed thereon about a foot apart. Kill the bee birds that would build in the neighboring trees, and those that gather about the bee shed; destroy cobwebs, wasp’s nest’s and all gatherings of reptiles and insects; in short protect them from robbers of every kind. This with them ; as with ourselves, is of first importance to prosperity. Make their hives three feet long and a foot square, with holes for the Lees to pass through at both £ nds. Each hive, the habitation of a full and healthy swarm, w ill turn out, during the spring and summer three four, and even fi\e swarms ; but, Unless for the purpose ot mul ti. lying hives only the two first swarms should be taken ; those that appeal after are generally few in numbers, weaklv or too late in the season to provide for their wint* r wants. W hen the later swarms are taken two or three had better be combined in one colony, by destroying the queen bee of the younger swarm ; and after putting them among the older, cover the’ whole in darkness for tw o or three j days, that anger in both parties j mav subside. Remember that the I number of bees of a hive never in crease for they w ill admit of no em igrants and their young swarms are turned out to form new’ set tlements as soon as they are able to work. Therefore the yearly product of a hive in wax and honey is ever in proportion to the number of bees put into it early in its es tablishment ; and so will be the s t) ength of the swarms that arc sent from it. Each full and healthy swarm can he stripped of about two thirds, or three fourths,of their stock, three •or four times in the year, affording sixty or seventy pounds of honey and wax, besides leaving them a sufficient stock for winter of fifteen or twenty pounds more. Ihe hon ey comb should be taken equally from both ends of the hive at each stripping, leaving the middle part, as a store, and as a matrice for the young broods, untouched but for the purpose of removing such old comb as has served as a matrice. Care should be taken not to let the hive get too full, so that the bees be cramped in room lor work ing and do not strip them too bare for in both cases the bees will be come intrusive or neighbouring hives : the one to seek room for ma king more honey ; the other to plunder which bring on quarrels that frequently end in wars ot exter mination. In hiving bees, old hives should never be used until taken to pieces and replained and joitv/d anew, or thoroughly scalded and scoured, in order to destroy all insects and their eggs. When a hive becomes lost, which occurs by destruction of the bees from the inroads of cockroaches and worms, and by battles, such hives should be remo ved or they will by becoming a nest of dirt and insects, injure if not ruin the whole establishment. The hives should be frequently opened first at one end and then at the other, and every appearance of dirt and insects drawn out with a small handy scraper suited to the purpose. Cleanliness is of vital importance to bees ; they delight in finding themselves noticed; and become friendly and intimate with their keeper. By proper management they are soon tamed and become in great measure obe dient. No plantation or settlement in such a country can offer a good apology for being without bees af ter the first or second year of its establishment. If our neglect has been such that but few are to be bought they are in plenty about’ the woods, and not difficult to find and take ; hundreds of swarms are burnt or 6moked to death, for . their hony, every summer by oui civilized and uncivilized barbari ans. I would recommend to our legislature a heavy penalty on all, who destroy wild swarms, and to our Agricultural and Political So ciety a premium on all wild swarms i reclaimed —at least until we get well stocked with them. At every plantation an Indian can find a ready market for his wax and honey though wild and of course much inferior while with so little trouble each could supply at least their own wants o* both and that as they are without orange trees. No plant affords more flow ers than the orange; nor no flow ers yield more, richer or so highly flavored honey. To find a bee-tree. —Spread a little honey, or sugar and water in a plate on a slump, where the bees are about. A passing bee will stop and taste, and inform his associates, who will gather about it, and attend it daily in num bers- Then substitute the plate by a piece of board, spread with a little ho ney ; and get a horn’or calabash some what in the shape of a funnel, and open at both ends. Over the small end, stick on, with a little pitch a bit of window glass,and have at hand apiece board sufficient to cover upjthe large end. Place this over such bees as are loaded and preparing for departure so as to darken them,and they will ascend to the small end, where light tomes thro’ the bit of glass; it cun then be re moved to cover others ; and finally se cured by the piece of board to shut up the lower end. Having two or three dozen bees thus caught let off one by raising the ! bit of glass and follow the course he J takes while he can with tolerable cer tainty, and then let rft'another, and so on. Do not be drawn off from the course that three or four have take*, by one taking another course ; he is ei ther a bee from another tree, or he is not sufficiently loaded to return home. Thus you will be led to the tree. Another method to find the bee-tree scientifically, lake from the bait board, as above, a few bees well laden; let them oft', three or four immediately after each other, and noteby a compass the course they take. This ascertain ed, leave one person at this place of observation while another take 9 a course off from the one noted, at a lit tle less than a right angle, for a quar ter or half a mile (unless the tree is be lieved to be near at hand)and this per son having fixed on his course, by the flight of three or Four more bees he has let oft', he fires a gun or blows a horn as a signal to start together on their respective courses—the tree will be found at the angle of meeting. When the tree is found, the best time for taking the swarm is early in the morning, as the bees are fhen less active, and at home waiting for the dew to disperse. If the tree can be climbed, the aperture by which the be*.s enter should be closed before the tree is cut dowD ; otherwise, it must be cut down, as it is and stopped after tailing, before the bees recover from the concussion. A bag should then be applied to the hole, and the tree beat until the bees leave it. Among the last that come forth is the queen bee ; if she is secured all the bees that have escaped, or were absent, will return to her; and if she is lost the whole will desert the first opportunity they get. Therefore a small tight hive, in which is placed a little honey or wet sugar should be in readiness at the place,ami the bees shook into it from the bag, while placed on one end and the other defended by a smoke of rags held over it while shaking them from the bag, to keep them down. And it many have made their escape the hive should be covered in darkness until late in the afternoon, when a few holes may be opened to admit the absent, who will seek shelter from the approaching dew. In moving bees from or.e hive to an other, just before dark open one end of both hives, and having brought them quickly in contact, puff a little smoke from a segar through a hole at the other end of the hive they are and they will immediately abandon it for the other. They should be kept closed up the following day,with some thing to eat, and if appearing sullen or refractory, for a day or two more. J Native Eluridiun. Height of Mountains.— -The memoirs of the academy of Turin, contains de tails of the ascent of two Italians to the top of Mont Rosa, which M.Sas sure, after many fruitless attempts fco reach it, declared to be inaccessible. The result is, that Mont Rosa has been ascertained to be the highest mountain in Europe, its summits be* being 15,1)00 feet above the level ot the sea. Formerly Mont Hlaftc, ris ing 14,793 feet, was considered the highest. JL . * .tfwctan XnttUffftnrr. Paris JYov. 19. Strong as she is, England does not give herself the trouble to par ley with the Continent, nor even to threaten it or attack it; not at all. She goes little by little, and with diplomatic address, in which she has long practice, to recognize American Independence, to form there commercial connexions, much more useful, much more fruitful for her prosperity, than the rela tions of dependance which can ex ist between a metropolis and colo nies. She goes on, in a word to se cure to herself the only kind of domination compatible with the present time, and during this inter val innumerable ships w'lll cover the seas, and protect in silence the es tablishment of her connexions. The Holy Alliance will call England to a Congress ; but a* it is useless to go to plead before others for the possession of an object of which one has secure possession, England will not repair to it, or at most leave a visiting- curd by a ceremonious diplomatist, and she will continue her useful proceedings. I this case the Continent would have only two courses to take ei ther to make a sudden attack, or to acknowledge immediately the Span ish colonies, in order to participate in the advantages of a prompt re cognition. But we have said, that to subjugate America by* force, and in spite of the English, is impossi ble ; to acknowledge her is a mor tal sin, which the Holy Alliance will not commit. The Continent will therefore make useless pro positions of arrangement, and will lose in trifling the time which Eng land will employ in useful negoci ations. Here we suppose the great est possible wisdom in their Coun cils ; but it is not improbable that a military enterprise may be attempt ed, and that Morillo, with a few Spaniards and Russians, may he put on board a few rotton vessels at Odessa,to oppose the English fleets. In that case the two great Powers, in w hich all interests and opinions centre, would definitely measure their strength ; and as the quarrel must come to an issue, this would probably be the point in which the two opposing lines would meet. Accounts from Constantinople have reached London, which induced the belief that another revolution had ta ken place in the capital of 1 ui key.— The Janissaries, as usual, were the principal malcontents. Lord Byron has not yet taken the field in aid of the Greeks : he has pro fessed his willingness to aid them with a donation of 5000 pounds, and 5000 annually while the wai lasts. Gen. Mina has arrived at Plymouth, (F.ng.) where he was received with en thusiastic applause, France has assured the English government that she shall take no part in the design* of fpuin upon South America. MEXICO. Extract of a letter from a citizen of the Uni tcil States, now in Mexico, dated Sept. Ist. 1823. “ You must know that the people of this country have not their paral lel in the w-orld for their politeness ceremonial manners, and apparent pleasurable feelings,which are brought into action on the reception of a stran ger, and which is common to all, from the half-clothed mendicant, on the re ceipt of a claco,(li cents.) .Your sen ses are astounded by his orisons to all the saints, for your future felicity. Os these people it may in fact t>e said, they are a nation of compliments. They divide their time between the church, paving and receiving visits, &c. One third of the year is compo sed of holydays, or feast days at which each saint has his devoted day ; and as everv man, woman, and child, arc called after some favorite saint, they are entitled on that day, to receive the congratulations of friends. On this occasion they display considera ble taste in their dress, &c. Saint Josi is a great favorite here; a lottery is devoted to him twice a week, as also to other saints, &c. “ The government I think will now succeed. The executive power is composed of sterling integrity and patriotism, namely: —bravo, Negrete and Victoria ; suplimentaries, Miche lane, Domingi sand Gen. Guerrera ; Minister of State, Altnan, a young man of 30 years, who has been resi ding these ten years in Spain, France and England, conversant in all lan guages, and highly deserving the trust reposed in him ; the Minister of Ha cienda, Arrillague, is from Vera Cruz, a merchant of the first respectability, and every way calculated for the fi nancial department ; Minister of Justice,'Llave, is a man of superior attainments ; Minister of war and Marine, Joaquin Harrera, is a gentle man with whom lain well acquainted —for private worth, integrity, sound and discriminating mind, and liberal ideas lie is second to none; the Po litical Chief, Moiinos del Campo, has always be**n -*teemed for his liberal ideas, his intelligence and military skill, and this city is much indebted to him for tne superior police which at present \i maintained. “ The elections have taken place for anew Congress, and the result has been favorable in this city for the lib erals. Nearly two-thirds ot the pres ent Congress are re-elected; and I think it prudent, as they will not find better men in the country.” [ The following letter was received through Mr. Rush, our minister to G. Britain. It was accompanied by one from that gentleman, relating to Mr. Luriottis, the condition of the Greeks, &.C. both of which were transmitted to the House of Representatives by the President, in pursuance of a call upon him touching the condition and pros pects of that nation.) Au.irea* Luriottis, Envoy of the Provisional Government of Greece, to the Honorable John Quincy Adams, Seeratary of State to the, United Stutes of America. Sir: 1 feel no slight emotion, while in behalf of Greece, my country, struggling for indepen dence and liberty, I address my self to the United State of Ame rica. The independence for which we combat, you have achieved. The liberty to which we look, with anx ious solicitude, you have obtained, and consolidated in peace and in glory. Y'et Greece, Old Greece, the scat of early’ civilization and free dom, stretches out her hands, im ploringlv, to a land which sprung into being, (as it were,) ages alter her own lustre had been extinguish ed ; and ventures to hope, that the youngest and most vigorous sons of liberty will regard, with no com mon sympathy, the efforts of the descendants of the heir and the el der born, whose precepts and whose example have served—though in sufficient hitherto for our complete regeneration—to regenerate half a world. I know, sir, tnat the sympathies of the generons people of the Uni ted States have been extensively directed towards us ; and since I have reached this country, an in terview with their Minister, Mr. Kush, has served to convince me, more strongly, how great their claim is on our gratitude and our affection. May I hope that some means may be found to communi cate these our feelings, of which l am so proud to be the organ ? We will still venture to rely on their friendship ; we would look to their individual, if notto their national co-operation. Every, the slightest assistance, under present circum stances, will aid the progress of the great work of liberty ; and if stand ing as we have stood, alone and unsupported, with every thing op posed to us, and nothing to encour age us but patriotism, enthusiasm, and, sometimes, even despair : if thus we have gone forward, libera ting our provinces, one after ano ther, and subduing every force which has been directed against us, what may we not do with the as sistance for which we ventu’ appeal to the generous free ? irit: Precipitated, by circumstano into that struggle for indep en a ’ ‘ which, ever since the dose of our cruel and reckless lyra n had never ceased to be the objeai our vows and prayers, we have i the blessing of God, freed a ‘ siderable part of Greece from?’ ruthless invaders. The Pelo’ ? nessus, Etolia, Carmania, Aui° n Phocida, Bceoiia, and the of the Archipelago and Cand'J are nearly lree. The armies the fleets which have been e L against us have been subdued the valor of oyir troops and marine. Meanwhile, we have ganizetl a government, f C u n <j° and upon popular sufrages ; and yoft will probably have seen how do ly our organic law assimilates t a that constitution under which y O J nation so happily and so secured lives. I have been sent hither by the Government of Greece, to obiai Q assistance in our determined terprize on which we, like you have staked our lives, our fortune* and our sacred honor ; and I be. lieve my journey has not been wholly without success. I should have been wanting to my duty, had I not addressed you ; supplicating the earliest display of your arnica ble matic relations may be established between us ; communicating most earnest desire of my govern, me lit, that we may be allowed tc call you allies as well as friends, and stating that we shall rejoice tj enter upon discussions which mai lead to immediate and advanta geous treaties, and to receive as to expedite diplomatic agents without delay. Both at Madrid and at Lisbon I have been received with great kindness by the American representative, and am pleased to record the expression of my gra titude. ‘Though fortunately you are so far removed, and raised so above the narrow politics of Europe as to be little influenced by the vicissitudes, I venture to believe that Mr. Rush will explain to you the changes which have taken place and are still in action around us, in our favor ; and I conclude, re joicing in the hope that North Am. erica and Greece may be united ir. the bonds of long enduring and unbroken concord ; and have the honor to be, with every sentiment of -respect, your obedient humble servant, AND. LURIOTTIS. London Feb. 20, lt'23 [We are unwillingly obliged to omit a letter from Mr. Adams to Mr. Husk accompanying the following one to Mr. Luiiottis.J Department of State,) }f r ashingtnn Ibth Jlugusi, 1823.) Sir : A copy of the letter which you did me the honor of address ing to me on the 20th of February last, has been transmitted to me by the minister of the United States at London, and has received the de liberate consideration of the Presi’ dent of the United States. The sentiments with which ht has witnessed the struggles of you countrymen for their national emancipation and independence had been made manifest to the world in a public message to the Congress of the United States.- They are cordially’ felt by the pe> pie of this Union ; who, sympa thising with the cause of freedom and independence, wherever its standard is unfurled, behold wiu peculiar interests the display cl Grecian energy in defence of Gn* cian liberties, and the association of heroic exertions, at the present time, with the proudest gloiies ot former ages, in the land oi Epa* inondas and of Philopccmon. But while cheering with their best wishes the cause of the Greek* the United States are forbidden* by the duties of their situation, from taking part in the war* lu which their relation is that of neu trality. At peace themselves wit all the world, their established p 3 *’ icy, and the obligations of the b" 5 ot nations, preclude them from “ e coming voluntary auxilarics to cause which would involve them in war ’ . .he If, in the progress of events, 111 Greeks should be enabled to lish and organize themselves s ‘ independent nation, the States will be among the first to “ come them in that capacity, i nt ° general family; to establish dip