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Friimthe Silk Culturisl.
History cp the Silk Worm.—The
£ilk wonn (bombpx morij is a species of
the caterpillar, which after undergoing
several metamorphoses becomes a
moth like others of the genus. The
color of the woitn, for the fust eight or
ten d-ijs, after Latching is An obscure
black. !• casts its skin at stated periods,
until it has attained its largest size, I
n - hen it becomes yellow. It is about)
three inches long w hen full grown, ■
covered with scattering hair®, and has
a small fleshy tubercle oh the upper;
end of the Last ring. After construct
ing its cocoon, which is usually about
the size of a pigeon's egg, and similar
in shape,it is transformed to a chrysalis
and subsequently to a moth. After
remaining in the cocoon about about
twenty days,it forcesit® way out and
dies immediately after depositing its
eggs, to the number of five hundred or
more,whichare.attached together by a
gumy substance. The several ages of
the worm amount to thirty-two days,
but have been known to extend to
sixty.
The ®ilk worm was originally a na
tive of China, and the adjacent parts
of Asia, where it makes its cocoons up
on the tree on which it feeds. It was
there also fed and domesticated long
before it was known elsewhere. It was I
first carried into Persia. In the year!
552, two monks, at the instance of the '
Emperor Justinian,succeeded in cArry- i
ing a number of the eggs, concealed in J
hollow canes to the isle of Cos. In the *
same century, Justinian caused the silk |
■worm to be introduced into Constanti- (
nople. They were thence carried to
Greece, where, and in the
pirc,they were confined for six hundred ,
years. In the twelfth century, they j
were introduced into the island of Sicily
by the King, whence they spread into ,
Arabia, Spain, Italy, France, ftnd other
European countries. From Italy the ]
manufacture of silk was int r oduced in- <
to Derby, in England, in 1718, by a (
Sir. John Lombe, who travelled in that .
country for the purposes ofacquiring the ‘
necessary information, Lutaccordingto ,
statements, which are supposed to. be (
authentic, he fell a victim to the jea- |
lousies of the Italians, having been j
poisoned by them. They were first ,
known in America, about 1620, in the ‘
reign of James 1..wh0 sentoat eggs .
and mulberry seed td Virginia, and n j
Look of instructions for the culture, (
written by himself. ~ t
The nature and origin of silk, were
secrets in most countries long after the
article was known. J hat the Romans
were ignorant ol its origin, is manifest t
from the accounts which different wri- t
ters give of it. It was supposed by (
g\>me to be the product ofa tree, grow’- t
ing on its trunk and branches as hair (
grows upon the bodies of animals,— ,
Others supposed it proceeded from a
shell-fish—a kind of muscle which :
throws out threads for the purpose of <
attaching itself to rocks. Others sup- .
posed it to be entrails of a particular .
kind of spider, after being fed on paste
and leaves of the green willow until it
burst with fat. Others imputed it to
an insect which built nests ot clay, and
collected wax. These different ways
of accounting for it, show that they
were in utter ignorance of the worm,
by whose labor it is produced.
According to the ancient®, silk was
first brought from Serica or Sereinda,
(China) in small quantities. The
Chinese ascribe the origin of the manu
facture to the invention of the Empress
Si ling-shi, wife of the Emperor Hoang
ti, about 2700 years before Christ.
Manufactured silk was little known in
Europe, at the tirihe of the reign of the
Emperor Augustus, who was contem
porary With Christ; and it is mention
ed as a wanton extravagance, in the
prodigal Heliogaba’lus that he Lad a,
garment made wholly of silk. The'
Emperor Aurelian* 270 years after this;
refused his Empress a silk robe merely'
because he could not incur the expense,
jft was then worth more than its weight
in gold. Even James I. before his ac
cession to the English throne in ICO3,
was compelled to borrow a pair of silk)
stocking®, of the E irl of Mar, when hej
appeared before English Ambassadors.
This Circumstance is supposed to have
drawn his attention to the culture of
»ilk, and to have been the cause of his
introducing (he worm into the colony
of Virginia, where, as also in Georgia,
lie granted lands on condition of plant
ing one hundred white mulburry trees
on every ten acres of cleared ’and.
'l'he time has now arrived when an
individual, nf cither sex,is rarely found
whose dress does notin part,consist ofthe
product of the silk wdrm. But not
withstanding the enormous consump
tion of this article, we are almost whol
ly dependent on foreign culture and
manufacture to supply it. Ina coun
try like ours, whose soil and climate is
so admirably adapted to the production
of this useful and beautiful article, is
it not astonishing that the attention of
our enterprising agriculturists & manu
facturers has not been more drawn to
it—and is it not equally surprising,
that government has not extended its
encouragement to a branch of national
economy, so productive, and on which
independence so essentially depends?
WOMAN’S HEROISM.
« Unheeded, pass not by
Th*€ bravery of woman; trust we, good
Sir Knight, ,
It bears as good in olden deeds
Os chivalry, & even beams as glorious
As woman’s love!'’-—Decker.
It is delightful to record instances of
glory in which the lovely objects of the
creation have distinguished themselves
so as to render them equal to the niuch,
though unjustly’, Vaunted superiority
of man. Confessing, however, that
woman appears in the most beautiful,
because delicate, light, in her domestic
character; still we are pleased at find
ing her, occasionally, emerging from
those tender duties, to assert her rights
to the heroism. We have, therefore,
the agreeable task of mingling with
our sketches of man in her more sub
dued character, a record of a woman’s
valour, nothing less than the institution
of a female order of Knighthood! which
was created by Don Raymond, the last
Earl of Barcelona, (who, by a marriage
j with Petronilla, only daughter and
I heiress of Romino, the monk king, unit
ed that principality to the kingdom of
, Arragon,) who, in the year 1149, gain
. ed the city of Tortosa from the Moors.
In the course of the ensuing winter, |
however, the Moors, having recruited
their anriy, laid siege again to the
place; for a length of time the inhabi
t<nts bore the siege firmly, and with
the utmost and uncompnsifig bravery,
but having sufleied extreme privations,
they applied to' pon Raymond for re
lief; the latter, however, having ex
perienced very ill success himself, was
unable to succour the city, when, every
hope having vanished, it was proposed j
to yield it to the Moors. Upon hear- ‘
Ing this cowardly project, the females J
of the city instantly offered themselves ‘
td defend the place, and having attifed (
themselves in the habits of their hus-'
bands and brothers, they made a reso
lute sally upon the Aloors, and with
such heroism that they compelled their
raise the siege, an return
e<i_u iumphant to the city 1 So resolute
ly did they fight, that the Moors fled in
dismay; and made no farther attempt
upon Tortosa.
Raymond Was delighted by the re
port of the bravery of those intrepid
females, and entering the city for the
express purpose of rewarding them by
the grant cf Several privileges and im
munities. Moreover, to perpetuate
their memory, he instituted an order,
of Knighthood, somewhat resembling
a military order, Into winch none but ,
those brave ladies who had succeeded <
in preserving the city, were admitted.
Lhe badge of the resembled a i
friar’s capouche, of a crimson colour, ,
uududi-trp top; it was worn upohk
the head dress. He also ordained,
that at all public meetings the women .
should have the precedence of the men;
that they should be exempt from all
taxes, and that all apparel and jewels
left by their husbands (whatever might
be value of them.) should be law
fully their own. These privileges, with
many other®, they long enjoyed, and
were universally honoured and esteem
ed.
At the present eventful period,
we have also a bright example of the
heroism of woman, and in one of the
noblest causes, too, that has ever inspir
ed the sympathy of hitman nature. The
poor Fdes were assisted in their brave
attempts to redeem themselves from
Russian thraldom, by their females,
and the name of Plater, the lady who
led the female troops, will descend to
posterity, associated with the record
ofthe noble,though unsuccessful, strug
gle ofthe Poles.
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July Ist, 183’5, and if not taken out!
| Within three months, will be sent to
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Pleasant Baker, James Blair, John
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Jacob Crittenden.
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rael P. Davis, Daniel R, Dees, Al el
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William O. Falkner.
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James Gray.
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W. M. Henson Esq. Mr. Harrison,
Robert Henderson,
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• Wm. M. Jones, Mitchell B. Jones, 2,
- John F. Jones, 3.
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, Sarah Leverton, James S. Laney 2.
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I Samuel McDow, John Murchison,
i Robert Martin.
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Reuben H. Pogue, Thomas Pettit,
VVates Bucket, Asa Pope.
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| Henry Quinton.
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Spencer Riley 5, Wm. S. Rodgers.
; Joseph Rogers, Jesse Roberts, John
Richards. S
- Nathaniel Smith, James Smith,Jane
Q. Stewart, James Stefrart.
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Thomas Treadaway, John Thomp
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Wm. J. Tarvin.
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James Ward, Wm. H. Williams, A.
P. Watkins, A. Wellborn Esq. Thorn
las Woodall. 2. .
CHESTER HAWKS; P. M.
July Ist, 1835.
Chevokee She.rdVs
FOR AUGUST.
WILL BE SOLD, on the FIRST
Tuesday in AUGUST next, before the
court-house door, in the town of CAN
TON, between the usual hours of salt
the following property, viz:
Lot, No. 1172, 21st dis. 2d sec. Che
rokee county, levied on as the proper
ty of Hartwell Freeman to satisfy sun
dry fi fa’s issued from the Superior and
Inferior courts of Franklin county in
i favor of John Bjswcll and others, vs
said Freeman.
Lot, No. 201,14th dis. 2d sec. Cher
okee county, levied on as the property
of James Bell, to satisfy a fi fa issue-'
from the Inferior court of Coweta coun
ty in favor of Austin B. McAfee, vs
said Bell.
Also, Lot of Land, No 1050,215 t
dis. 2d sec. of said county, being a lot '
condemned as having been fraudulent
ly drawn, sold by consent of toe infor
mer, and an order of the Judge of the
Superior court of said codnty, in terms
of the law,
M. J. CAMDEN, D. Sh’ff. f
July 1, 1835.
Cass Sheriffs sale.
' FOR AUGUST.
™ BE SOLD, on the FIRST
xAJJGUS F next,'before the
, “’*Vor io the town ofCass
vilie,
rit • lawlul hours, the
following properFL., ’
Lot, No. 875, oj sec
on as the property o<. len|i| , B ,. aa
well by virtue of a ti fa . c
r . c at »• Hgd irom a
Justices court of Madison>?
favor of James Long. Levy inlZ’
returned to me by a constable. 'X
Lot No. 168, in the 6th dis. 3d
cf originally Cherokee but now Cass
county —levied on as the property of
Green Carnes, by virtue of sundry fi
fa’s issued from a Justices coilrt of
Cobb Comity, in favor of James Carnes
vs said Green Carnes. Levy made &
to me by a constable.
| LEWIS TUMBLIN, Sbff.
i . ISSS.
FOR As«*? leß ’ !
WILL BE SOLD, out.
Tuesday in AUGUST nex<,4 t |
the court house door in the 6a
between the legal hours,the*
following property, viz:
Lot No. 51, 14th dist. 3d sec. of ori
ginally Murray, now Cass County -
levied on as the property of Wm. J.
Tarvin, endorser for Eli Bowlin, to sa
tisfy a fi fa issued from Murray Superi
or court, in favor of Baxter, Fort &
Wiley.
Lot No. 117, sth dist. 3d sec. of ori
ginally Cherokee, now Cass county —
levied on as the property of Little B
Thompson, to satisfy a fi fa issued from
a Justices court of Jackson county, in
favor of E. F. Newton. Levy made &
returned to me by a constable.
Lot No. 259, sth dis. 3d sec. of ori
ginally Cherokee, now Cass county—
! levied" on as the property of Thomas S.
I Martain, to satisfy a fi fa issued from
! Richmond Superior court, in favor of
Samuel L. Watt, James Bowiefo John
1 Bowie &. Co. vs said Thomas S.jMartain.
LEWIS TUMBLIN, Shff.
June 29, 1835.
Floyd sheriffs sales,
FOR AUGUST.
WILL BE SOLD on the FIRST
T in AUGUST next before the |
courthouse door in ROME,within the
usual hours of sale, the following pro
peaty, viz:
Lot of land No. 250, sth dist. 4th
sec.—-levied on as the property of He
zekiah Beall, to satisfy a fl fa issued
from the Superior court of Oglethorpe
county, in favor of Dudly Dun, against
said Hezekiah Beall, and James 11.
Beall, and James H. Smith, and sun
dry others.
Also, Lot No. 146, 4th dis. 4th sec.-
levied on as the property of Thomas
Hanner, to satisfy afi fa issued from a
Justices court of Campbell county, in
favor of A. Spencer Co. vs said Han
ner. Levy made and returned to me
by a constable.
Also, Lot No. 518, 3d dis. 4th sec.—
levied on as the property of Jesse Bur
rell, to satisfy afi fa issued from the
Superior court of Gwinnett county, in
favor of William Welch, vs said Jesse
Burrell.
. Wm. SMITH, Shft
July 1, 1835.
Cherokee Sheri ft’s Sales,
FOR AUGUST.
WILL BE SOLD on the first Tues
day in AUGUST next,before .the court
house door in the town of CANTON,
between the usual hours of sale, the
following property to wit:
Lot of Land, No. 1154,15th dis. 2d
sec. Cherokee county, levied on as the
property of Fenton Hall, to satisfy an
execution issued from a Justices court
of Coweta county in favor of Samuel
McJunkin vs said Hall.
POS TPONED SALES.
Lot, No. GOS, 15th dist 2d sec. levi
ed on as the property of Alexander Ca
ventC satisfy sundry fi fa’s issued from a
Justices court of Hall county in favorof
W m. Harper, vs said Civen-levy made
-md returned by a constable.
Also, Lot, No. 1026.3 d dis. 2d sec.
•evied on as the property of Henry J.
Valleau to satisfy a fi fa issued fronr >
Justices court of Chatham county in
favor of George Millen, vs said Vai
leau-levy made and returned by a con
stable.
Lot, No. 1172, 21st dis. 2d sec. levi
ed on as the property of Hartwell
1" reeman, to satisfy 2fi fa’s one issued
from a Justices court of Franklin coun
ty in favor of John Robertson co. &
one in favor of John Boswell, issued
from the Superior Court of Franklin
county. S. C. CANDLER, Shff.
June 22. 1835.
Cherokee Sheriff’s s&\es,
FOR AUGUST.
WILL BE SOLD, before the court
house door in the town of Canton, oi
the FIRS I Tuesday in August next,be
tween the legal hours, the following
property, to wit:.
Oii i Yoke of Oxen and one Cart
levied on a® the property of John Black,
to satisfy a mortgage fi ’f i issued from
the inferior court of Cherokee coun
ty, in favor of Noble P. Beall. p Jo .
perty pointed out in mortgage.
s. C. CANDLER, Shff.
May 30, 1835.
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