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Tbrse Dolis.per ann.~\ 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- Yv\ —... fe-* 7Pa ,-Jf “**. - ■■>-•-'. , r . m/ S m % W” TANARUS: H “1$ I / §7B sKi fls I J ffx. /J|f *<s. Fyi jj^si W 1| |5 i£& jg igf -i- g ...pg -L ▼JB Nv M I m ra ■;i m if si —. 1 — v **- w Washington, Printed 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,