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Volume V.]
MISCELLANEOUS.
4 ALEXANDRIA) NOV. i r.
ExtrJft of a letter to one of the edit
ors of the Informant, dated Nas
!;|| sau Hall (Princeton-Collegc) Sep
g|| tember 29, 1805.
“ The faculty of this college have
lately expended an iinmenfe sum of
Indpey in purchafmg natural curi
onties, for the study of natural hif
torv. This acquisition gives a de
cided superiority to this college o-.
ver any other in the United States.
Ur. Maclean* the profeffor of nat
ural phflolophy, &c. sometime a
go related to our class several late
improvements in arts and fcicnce.
None at present occur of more im
portance than an invention of a
certain gentleman of Brunswick, in
this (late. The object of this con
trivance is to di mini Hi the friction
of v heel carriages. To efxeft this,
he made the arm of the axle, in
(lead of reding on the concave fur
lace of the box, to red on the con
vex of well polished steel or iron
cilynders, which were placed ail
aronnd the infiide of the box, and
are moveable about their axles re
fpeftively.
“Tne contrivance by making
the arm rest upon very final l points
nccedarily dimindhes the hullon *
not becaule the point of contact
are small, but because these points
yield by their rotation to the arm
‘of the axle. Waggon and coaches
have been conftruifted according to
this plan, and in such the draft is
’ greatly afiifted.”
TROM TUB FARMER’S CABINET.
Many farmers entertain an idea
ihat no improvements in their
profession can be attained by
rending. Their prejudices on this
head are unreasonable. . Tho* rea
ding, without practice , will never
™aks a eood farmer: yet reading
jotnea to practice m ay, no doubt,
be or great service.
*’ Interesting experiments s in hus
bandry, receipts for preventing*
the destruction of plants by in
stcls, and information, general
•?md particular, relating to the
various branches of agriculture
be circulated in the news
papers to great advantage.
* Experiments iliould be through
tried, and particularly des
t^nbed; otherwise we shall pro
bably be able to obtain no use
fjJ’ information from their pub
lication. One man will assert,
that poor feeds, if they will but
(prout, are equally good with
plump ones to produce a crop ;
** n£ l to prove it, will give instances
good crops were railed
h'°m blasted rye, Ana SI potatoes.
&c * But, to decide fairly on the
matter, it fli quid be known,
whether in these instances, the
P r ound was not in better prepa*
mnon than usual; and, efpccial
* fcould be decided whether
td® Practice of fowihg poor feeds
J h ° m to year, does not oc-
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cafion a gradual depreciation Un
the proa uce.
Mr. Cooper, of New Jerky, in
a ftort publication on this f u gj e a
*££? remarksJ
‘ , h , 1 Wl * were more at-
Unued to. He feetns-to be through
l J Col ) Vmced > a long courfe’of
experience, that it is of very Lr
i<nportance,_ to cull tne best feeds
of every kind for planting, and
negligence in this refpedt is the ge
neral cause of degeneration in ma
ny kinds of produce. He has con
vinced me that attention to this sub-
J , wnnld be repaid with interest.
Judicious observers (foreigners
especially) have remarked as a ca
prtslxnd prevailing error among
oui fanners, the endeavoring to
cultivate too much land. And one
wno will compare the ‘product or
a iinall farm near the sea ports,
with the usual product of the fame
11arubei of acres of like quality in
the country, may be convinced that
tpe remark is not without founda
tion. It is in husbandry as in other
things—a little well done is better
tnan a great deal ill done; and he
that grasps at more than he can
hold, often, in a manner, iofes the
whole.
I have noticed an agricultural re
port, publilhed in a Rhode Iftand
Spy* fomeiirne last. autumn, con?
taming an account of the crops in
tnat ft ate for that year. Ihe plan
advocated by the writer, of publish
ing yearly reports concerning the
crops in the different dates, is well
worthy of being adopted 3 and I
hope fonie intelligent farmers will
attend to the performance of it. It
were to be wished, too, thatthe ed
itors of news papers, generally, and
especially in the country towns,
would pay much more attention to
agriculture than they do: if would
be of more real ferviee to the coun
try than whole reams of political
controveriv.
It is understood that a monthly
publication, devoted to medicine
and agriculture, is about to be com
menced at Boflon, by Mr. Dan
iel Adams. If properly conducted,
it may afford information of much
value at a final! expense. Every
friend to improvements and infor
mation will wifn success to the un
dertaking.
Particulars of Tripoli.
From Dr. Gowdery's Journal , pub
lished in the Bui lance.
The wood used in Tripoli, is
brought in on Jack- A lies; fix of
them carry about half a cord.
There are many remains of an
tiquity in Tripoli. There are nine
pillars to the portico of the houie
in which the American officers liv
ed. They are of marble and have
the appearance of great antiquity.
There are many columns of Ro
man and Grecian
wrought into the corners of tome
of the houses, without form or re
trnlaritv. The Areets of Inpoli
are nan ow and dirty, and the hou
ses prefcnt a dead wall. Many of I
FEBRUARY l, 1303.
.lj* t ‘ nou! " es ’ are partly composed of
’ V -hv fu’l of engravings
and micrrpnoTis m<>fe!y defaced,
. i \ rn;i o C;s arc* proclaimed in
Inpoli, oy one or old women
run ih-qugh the foe**, mak
* a u , i4 " 4 ‘ hideous veiling, and
frequently clapping their hands to
tour mouths, fimiiar to the Amer
lcan Inaiaris in their pso-iv wotvs. -
Ine following principal ‘ articles
of faith ccniiitute the religion of
luncs: Ehat there is but one Gcd
ana that- Mahomet is the meftengor
of God. 1 heir cornmrndmems
are but five in number, viz
lit. io pray five times a-day.
*J. lo fait in Lent, or rania
.jdanu
oJ. To give alms, and perform
woFiCs of charity. <
logo on a pilgrimage to
Mecca. •
To keep the body clean.
I'our other points are deemed
of importance though not of abfo
: lute heceflity to salvation, viz.—
! To Friday as Sabbath; to be
Cirmimcifed; to dunk no wine;
and to abstain from swine’s flelh or
things strangled. Many of the in
habitants of Tripoli ftricßy adhere
to this religion.
CURE FOR THE DROPSY.
Sl-. -—ln ypur paper a few weeks
finca oolerved that Bohea Tea,
and the leaves to be eaten, was re
commended as a cure for the above
fatal diiorder; and as I had a pau
| per in the hou/e at that time, who
j was given over by the Viimng Sur
geon, I venfured the experiment,!
and to my aftoniflrment found an
j almost iruftant repeated
the dpfe but once, and the woman
in the com fe of a week was able to
go out to hay making, and will be
gin reaping for me on Monday
next, if the weather continues fine.
The’ woman’s name is Elizabeth
Au ft in: her age 7*2.
I am, Sir, yours, etc.
T. H. SMlvI ’ I ION, G over nor.
House of !nd.yi y ? Farrington, Berks,
yl.ig'ci 20, 13og.
The recipe alluded to in the a.
Love letter was as follows: “ Karin#
the leaves of Bohea tea is stated to
have effected several cures in case
of Dropsy, in the coui fie of a few
days. About two large tea cups
full of tea are infufed in a quart ,
of water, and dunng the day the !
decoclion is to be drank, and the j
leaves eaten at fhorr intervals.”
noTice,
HAT on the 19th clay of j
December ialt 1 gave my nore of j
hand to Samuel Pattern, jun. for j
the sum of forty dollars; this is j
therefore to forewarn all persons f
against trading for laid note, as it .
was obtained from me through ;
fraud and deceit, and therefore I
Hull no: p*ay it.
Johnson Welisorn.
Jan. -S, 1806.
[Payable half yearly.
[Number 258.
Coxcressicxal RtCM'ZX.
House or
- f ‘<> Monday J\,;,;e:r; C.
Mr. fium the commit.
tec in that part r.f the
m ell age which uiates to%z organ*
at ion of the imtina, the atigmen
taticiA of the land nje
a lurther report in yzn i iing
a bill, authorizing a ck-tad of
the militia of tt; Uimui
which was referred to a committee
of the whole to-morrow.
1 be Dili authrfiius tbt
of the Unueo States to tlic
Executives of the relj cd-vc
to held their quote of t iurl ui.-
dred thou land militia in read in est
to march :u a moment's wanting ♦
authorifes the acceptance* ol volun
teer corps as a part cf the detach
ment, and appropriates
dollars for the purpofcs of the att.
Mr. Clinton prdented a memo-|
rial Irom the merchants of the
of New-York.
1 he memorial is stated to have
been ngned by the unamint-i s opr*
der of the merchant allemhLd on
the 26th at December. *
b “On the motion o fjiftr. Chmcn,
this memorial was referred* t *
committee of the whole Or
state of the union ; and ordered tu
be pi intetl.
On motion of tar, J. Randolph*
the galleries were
011 c o’clock.-
The doors continu and i
till a fiiort time boy end the usual
period of adjournment, when thu
Eioufe adjourned.
ft'” ! M
i many,
On the motion of mr. J.JvU-*
1 dolph, the galleries \ure
at about 12 o’clock, aim con* . u •
ed doled until the Hcu.c zcg’
ed about the ulual hour.
I—f >l UMMIIfW 4%
Wednesday f .
Mr. BU-.vc!l, from
tee to uooqi was referred a
tion relative to Wjn. ’
mitted th j following rtlqlntnii * b
! Revived, by th * v
li< use of aiivtg,
; Umted Stages in Cong ids 0 ;fe :%p
* bled, t** at he, t hai ks ut C. r ? g,
be, and hereby a; *, prdbmed
j Wiitiam Katpiy and he brave --
: dates, for their fin and fer
j vices, in the late expedition,
! ned and concluded by h dq(|
Tnpoli, in the exccm'i nos
‘.icy marched from Egypt, throiu;h
the delart of I.ybia.||u with the
co-operation of the exTalhao, and
the aififtance of a imnl! part of the?
naval force of the Unueu fiaar -si,
defeated the T ripoiitan army, ool:
the city of Derre, am! ulvntial’y
contributed to the termination of
the war, and the rdWation of cuf
caplive fellow-citizens to libenv
ami their country.
Referred to a committee of the
whole Ho life on Saturday,