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Edited by THOMAS HAYNES. VOLUME VII.—NUMBER 2. THE STANDARD OF UNION, BY P. L. ItOBtNSON, rvaLisHicK (bf authority) or th* tiws or res usiTaw »r*r«s. fJ-TTE RMS.—Three Dollars per uuiiinu. ."No subscriptuni tukrii i ■for tens tliNii a at, and no paper discontinued, but at the option ui the publisher, until all arrearages are paid. CHANGE OF IMRECTiON.—We desire such of our sub*'fibers •a may at auv line wish the direction ui their papers changed front one Fost Ortice to another, to inlorm us, in all cases,, of the place to which <iey hail been previously sent; as the mere order to forward them to a •dirterent office, places it almost out of our power to cotnpiv, because we ha%e no means of ascertaining the office from which they are or •dere I to be changed but by a search through our whole subscription book, containing several thousand names. AIM ERTISEMENTSinserted at the usual rales. Sales of LAND, by Admniistral«*rs, Executors, or Guardians, arc required by law to be held on the tirst Tuesday in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, al the Court House in the conn* *ty in which the property is situate. Notice of hese sines mest be gi ven in a public gazette SIXTY DAYS previous te the day of salp. Sales ut NEGROES must beat public auction. On the tirst Tuesday •f the month between the usual hours of sale, at the place of public J, R J! 1 ( be county where the letters tes(imentarv,nf Administration or ’ Guardianship,may have been granted,first giving SIXTY DAVS no inane at the public gazettes of thia State, and at the door i el the Court House where such sales nre to ba held. Notice lor the sale of Personal Property must ba given i« like men- • * ne Jj I’V'IA VS previous to the day of sale. • IFORTY the Dohtort and Creditorsof an Estate must be published j Notice that application will be made to the Court as Ordinary for . sell LAND, tauM It* published tvr FOLR MONTHS. Notice for leave to sell NEGROES, mast be published for FOUR MONTHS before any order absolute shall be made bv the Court uheraon. N»»ti« e «»t Application for Lettere of Administration must be oubliab* 'wd THIRTY «> \ VS. Noth aol 4pplk*Htion for Letters of Disinis«ion from the Administia tion of an Estate, are required to be published monthly for SU MONTHS. I THE FATHERLESS. BY MRS. ABDT. :Saek not the smiling vale, sweet boy. With early wild flowers gay, Where birds pouf forth a song of joy, And silver walers play ; Though violets spring beneath iby feet, Though blossoms scent the aii. No welcome shall thy presence greet— Thy father is not there. Seek not the room remembered well, Where often thou would’st glide, Eager thy childish tale to tell, Close to thy father's side ; How would’st ihou count his treasured books, And praise his pictures rare. But never shall a father's looks Again rejoice thee there. Some bid thee turn to yonder mound. Where mournful yew irees rise. And tell thee, in its hallowed ground Thy cherished father lies; Oh! seek his grave with sorrowing heart, Strew it with flowrels fair, But ’tis thy father’s mortal part Alone that moulders there. He lives above tho vaulted skies, With spirits pure and kind; And casts, perchance, his watchful eyes, On those he left behind : May all the counsels he has given— May all his pious care— Aid thee to turn thy thoughts on heaven. And lead thy footsteps there ! Vain, dearest boy, tby earthward gate—- Vaia thy beseeching sigbs— The guardian of thy infant days Can glad not here thine eyos; Y*f still pursue thy search of love In faith, in hope, in prayer, Till thou nball reach the realms above. And meet thy father there NEVER LOOK SAD. Never look sad—nothing’s so had As getting familiar with sorrow; Treat him to-day in a cavalier wav, And he'll seek other quarters *a>-merrow. Long you’d not weep, would yen but peep At the bright side of every trial; Fortune you’ll find is often inoal bind. When chilling your hopes with denial. Let the sad day carry away Its own little burthen of Honow* Or you may lose half of the bliss That comes in the lap of to-morrow. When hope is wrecked, pause and reflect. If error occasioned yonr sadness; If it be so, hereafter you’ll know How to steer to the harbor of gladness. WOMAN’S LOVE.—The love of a virtuous wo man clings to the idol of her affections, even beyond the grave. There are none on earth so firm, so faithful, and affectionate, as dauntless loving woman, a true, self-sacrificing consoler in adversity, angel of unercy in affliction. Where she has garnered up the treasures of her heart, there will she cling, unchanged by sickness, misery, or crime. No hovel too wretched for love to enter, no danger so terrible hut what that love enables her to brave. The dark and gloomy dungeon finds her hovering around it with blighted hopes and breaking heart, but firm and faithful to the last. When every earthly friend has vanished, she ram >ins to foster, to encour age and console. She follows the culprit, step bv step, tlie whole course of arrest, imprisonment, trial and condemnation, and without shrinking, bears him company even to the scaffold and the grave. PRINTERS.—No less than twenty-eight printers lost their lives at Fannin’s massacre in Texas. Prin ters are always among the first to dip into any affair where the liberties <>( their fellow men are at stake, or the yoke of an oppressor needs to be broken.— N. O. Picayune. , Dr. Sptirzheim, strolling through a church-yard in France, perceived a grave-digger tossing up the earth, amonu which were two or three skulls. The craniologlst took one up, and after considering it a little time, said ; “ Ah, this was the skull «f a philoso pher.” Very like, sir;” said the grave-digger, “ for I do see it is somewhat cracked.' “ We won’t indulge in horrid anticipations,”• as the fcrifept' l ked husband said, when the parson told him he wo|g|d be joined to his wife in another world, never to from her. “ Parson,” said the disconso late, “ I you wouldn’t mention that circumstance again,” of Union. LORD BROUGH AM’S SKETCHES.—In de daring Lord Broi gham to be the most remarkable lit< rary character of the age, we are only repeating a hackneyed saying—one however, not the less verita ble from its frequent repetition. Lord Brougham is an extraordinary man in almost every sense in which the term can be intellect!! liy applied. Whether we • egaid the gigantic mould in which his great mind has been cast, the force, vigor and comprehensive en ergy of his genius, the variety ami sterling character of his attai.iments, or the wonderf.lly systematic la bor, and industry which distinguish his pursuits, it must acknowledged that lie is preeminently entitled to the ap|H‘llation of(■.ctnt<>rt/iHtiri/." Yet w ith all this opulence of intellectuel resources, this command of varied and unlimited erudition, those who are fa miliar with his writings will agree with Mr. Cotnbe "ho felicitously pronounces him a Herculean, rather than a profimml mind. The grasp of' his faculties is more compicious than their depth. In shrewdness and * igacity, in acuteness of discrimination, in the power of com entrating his iron intellect upon any sub ject, and of developing it forcibly and happily he is unsurpassed by any contemporary author. But he is not particularly a close, cogent and rigidly logical writer. He seldom attempts to penetrate into the remote sources of cause mid effect, to trace the nice and hiildeu link, of logical sequeiice.—This, tve have little doubt, arises in part from the ardor of his tem per.i meut, which renders him too vehement for patient Lord Brougham’s style is pleasing .though peculiar. ILssent'ii es are I ihnsonian i;i pile respect : That is, th-x are mossy, id.borate, and involuted; hut their pure mid r» y Englisu is as opposite as possible to the •rttftcial structure, sm» irouspomp of phraseology and labored latiuity of the iitei wry leviatian of the eigh teenth century. They are long and parenthetical ; yet such is the cle.ru ss of his u«i b rstaudiim, that the meaning is never obscured. Nor do they fatigue the ear by a too tMunotcnous and m«deviatmg rvthm. This constant p< r-picuity of style, illumined by a highly original intellect, and bcmiiig with kuov.l edge, wisdom, and practical good sense renders bis • orks uniformly interesting, and <ives to his wore ab s'ruce disquisitions a degree of attractiveness that causes them to be relished by even ordinary minds. Hr have perused the"“ Sketches” of sta'esmen of th* time of George HI, b» this eunHrnt personage • ith iimningled gra'iti. wtion. T’he second series, • hi< h has lately been republished in this eiumtry, will re eive even more general aitention, and will be read with deeper interest. The gifted author has in these volumes undertaken the analysis of some of the niasier-spii its of’ the American revolution. He hast limurd the portrait of Washington, contrasting its mild and love-inspiring traits, with the bold and start ling outlines of the blood-stained conqueror of Eu rope. How faithfully and beautifully he has accom plished this task, all •ho have perused these sketches • ill not hesitate to acknowledge. The truth anil jus tice with which Lord Brougham has delineated the character of Wakhi vgton, is a stringing evidence of the inherent liberality of noble minds. Without a •ingle trace of a prejudice, which t»te impartial obser ver might Wt II consider venial, he has pourtrayed the “ Father of his Country” in . light so pure, holy,and beautiful, as to leave no doubt of the veneration in which he held the memory of the illustrious dead. It is a grateful spectacle to an American to •itness the exalted, the peerless reputation of Washington re ceiving so rich a tribute of respect from the pen of a subject oftlie King <*f Great Britain. Similar obser vations apply to.the sket- bes of Franklin, Jefferson •nd Carr'dl, in aU of whicli, Lord Bt »Uizb*uidt*play s •n intimate familiarity •ith the conduct ami charac ter of the subj- ct, coupled with a degree of iilwralitj in feeling, that does imn infinite honor. Ot the sketche of Englishm-n, tint of George IV is particularly valuable, li is only of 1 tr> year' t at historians have beuun to appreciate, at their proje-i estimate, the qualities of the “ Fi st Gentleman in Europe;” Lord Brougham’s remorseless scalpel lays bare his hea> tlessness, selfishness—his desertion of his friends—his coalition with his enemies—his unmanly and utiini'igat d persecution of Queen Caroline—his courtly perjuries—his vices—hi' follie and bis crimes. His biographer spares not • single revolting tr.it, nor stiff i s a solitary feature to as'» >e inspection. Lord Brougham was well knosn as the ardent h» I fearless espouser of the unhappy victim of that mo narch’s avarice and crueby ; and the impaiiialitv of his evidence might be questioned, if we were ignorant of his scrupulous integrity ori the one h ind, and of the concurrent testimony of contemporaneous • liters on the other. The sketch of Lord C.astler-ach. “ carotid-arlery-cutting,” as he has been termed by Lord Byron,is not only amusing, but worth attention, from the somewhat favorable li.ht in which it views the actions and opinions of a slateman, who h». been very generally subjected to unspairing ridicule*— New Orica ux Hee AMERICAN CLARE I'.—The editor of the Mobile Journal says tint he has last. 4 some excellent Claret made ot grapes produced# Washington county, Alabama. He say* —It had an excellent fla vor, con«x|eri«ig its age, anti showed clearly that grapes r*i-»d in this country can be made to furnish delicious wines. Sonic day in the latter part of this century, our descendants, then possessed of a»t exten sive vine region in his quarter, and furnishing the whole country with a<e.at quantities of wines, in all their varieties. v. i I w- mt-.r now their ancestors caw.e to overlook such a p«'p«ble source <»f ui with, and gave up to s’erility pl tin* that might have been made to team with abumt-ince «<,d beauty! ELECTRIC! I l IN TIC DOLOUR EUX.— M. M tgeridi ■ has obtained the I. q>pit St results from the application of electricity in affections <h’ the sen ses, particularly in that acm- disease termed the tic doloureux. He causes the electric current to pass over the nerves by means ofne< tiles of platina, placed at greater or less intervals. In some instances, a sin gle application is said to have been sufiicit ru; ami, in one case of dreadful suffering, in which the patient had long been forced, from the pain of speaking, to express his desiics by writing, six applications to the net ve entirely r* moved a malady of three years du.a ■tiome—Loehc't Nnc Etn. OUR Ct)NBC IE N C E —O UR COU NT R Y —o UR PARTY. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4,1840. GOOD I ELLOWS.—Now, while they had been in the fish shop there had been three or four mischiev ous boys standing out'ide and watching them, and whether they conceived Dr. Twinkle, having wiped his mouth after his reptsL had no further occa sion for his handkerchief, or wTiether a mere love of gain prompted them, they resolved to ease him of it. The three gentlemen paused ‘o look at a number of chairs, tables, and boards, and tresscis which were ar ranged along the wall of the large building: and Turnus explaining that on these industry would spread its stores in the after part of the day, Davy in stantly quoted the poet— “All is tho gift of Industry; whale'er Exalts, embellishes, mid renders life Delightful.” and this beintT deemed ‘an eligible opportunity,’ one of the youthful Hebrews inserted two of his fingers in to the coat pocket ol Dr. I winkle, and then, very na turally. began to withdraw them, when he discovered that he had been in an improper place, but some how or other, one end of the handkerchief got between the two linger entk of the Hebrew, and so it followed when he w ithdrew them. Alas, for the vanity of all I human hope*! at that moment Dr. Twinkle felt his I ‘real India’ moving, and instantly turned round and collared the delinquent—we say, ‘collared,’ because that is the usual term; but as the lad bad no coat on, and his waistcoat was minus any collar-like append age, Dr. I winkle was obliged to catch hold of what he could. Davy, in this, resembling many other pro found people, liked ‘ combiued movements ’ so he seized another ol the party: and Mr. Turuus follow ing up the principle, wheeled round and observed which way the third boy ran. ‘I aint done nothin,’ sir,’ sa:d Davy’s prisoner. ‘You are a youug ras cal,’ said hi. captor. ‘No, sir, I’m er honest lad—a tailor by trade.’ ‘Let him go,’ said Twinkle, ‘ho hasn’t done any thing.’ Davy allowed the voung | gentleman to depart, and he repaid this kindness bv running to assist a third lad in collecting a crowd about our friends. A good number of—not a num ber of good—Jews had already gathered together, and began to show their zeal; zeal never does dis criminate; for the Hebrew faith, by applying certain uncivil epitlwts to the capture of one of their persua-' siou. Some gathered up handfuls of mud, others turned up the cuffs of their coals, (when they were possessed of both) and the women made a threatening movement armed with toasting forks aud'other un pleasant weapons.—‘Where is there a constable ?’ ask ed 1 winkle. ‘A cou'table!’ echoed the mob, with a mixed grin and a laugh. ‘A constable, tuy dear, we never have any constables here,’ observed a smart la dy, with a kind of bag hung before her, full of clothes , aud old shoes: at her speech there was another laugh. ‘Levy, love,’ said a smiling damsel to a voiiue ma* standing near her, ‘be so good as to fetch a coustable for the gentleman—if yon can get one to come;’ and here the facetious assembly roared again. ‘Very pre yoking,’ muttered Davy. ‘Can’t 1 get a constable?’ inquired Twinkle with indignant looks. ‘l’ll hold him. while you fetch one,' volunteered an individual, whom you would have picked out if you had wanted to discover for the possession of how small a sum a man would have become a thief. ‘Who’ll fetch me a constable for a shilling?’ demanded Twinkle. ‘I 1 —l’ exclaimed a good half hundred. ‘Don’t be fool ish,’ said I urnus iu the doctor’s ear; they’ll never let that boy go from here; let him go.’ ‘ him go,’ said Turnus, aloud. ‘Ay, ay, that’s right!’ exclaim ed the assembly; ‘the ge’ileman’s quite right.’ ‘Then be off with you; you young rascal!’ said Twinkle, •etting the boy free, first giving him a shake, to which the recif sent made no particular objection, ‘and learn some more honest way of getting your living.’ The bos retreated as quietly a posiible, the crowd sepa rated, and some persons shook bands with Turnus, irnl swore he was ‘a good fellow.’ It is rather » curiou. circumstance, that indi.iduals are always ’e,'* rd ‘uood fellows.’ when they have done some thing obliging ; !H1 a d,ei'! is a ‘good fellow ,’ w hen he I assists a modern saint; a swindler is a ‘good fellow,’ when he pays an honest tradesman with the proceeds ol o her ptnqde’s property; a thief is a ‘good fellow,’ when he robs your neighbor, yet touches von not; a riotous uoble is a ‘good fellow ,’ when he plavs the de vil with every one else, y< t pays the landlord; the de stroyer of female innocence is a ‘good fellow,’ wi’h his boon companions; and the vilest of mankind are all ‘good fellows,’ at particular timesand with particular people.— Memoirs of D. try Dreamy. QUARRELS. —One of the most easy, the most common, most perfi-ctly foolish things in the world, is to quarrel, no matter with whom, man, woman, or child; wr upon what pretence, provocation, or occa sion whatsoever. There is no kind of necessity for H, and no species or dogree of beitefi’s to be gained by it; and yet, strange as the fact may be, theolo gian* quarrel ; and politicians, lawyers, doctors, and princes quarrel, and the state quarrels; the church quarrels, and nations quarrel, and tribes, men, wo men, and children, dogs and cats, birds and beasts, quarrel a* mt all manner of things, and on all man ner of occasions. If any thing in the world will make a man feel bad, except pinching his fingers in th* crack of the door, it is uhqestionably a quarrel. No man ever fails to think less of him* If after, than he did before one ; it degrades him in hrs own eyes, and in the eyes of others ; and what is worse, blunts his sensibility to disgrace on the one hand, and iocre«-es the power of passionate irritability on the other. The truth is, the more quietly and peaceably we all tret on together, the better; the better for ourselves, and the better for those around us. In nine cases out often, the wisest course is, if a man cheat you, to quit deal ing with him; if he is abusive, quit his company ; if he slanders you, take care to live so nobody will be lieve him. No matter who he is, or how he misuses you, the wisest way isju-t to let him alone, for there | is nothing better than this cool, calm, quiet way of , dealing with the wrongs we meet with. An editor apologize* for the lack of editorial matter by saying, that he carried several good and interesting ; articles to a wedding in his hat, and the girls coaxed them all out of hrm, to wrap up bride’s cake in ! \ That’s the last ex use we have heard. We dont b*li»ve a word of the above. Printers I do not viwjt such places—ninnies often do. i H SEXES. The following is an amiable and sensible hint to the Miss Martineaus, Fanny Wrights Mary Wolstonecrafts, and all geutlmenlike indies These observations are from the bead and heart vfan accomplished lady, who knows the station of her sel and practices its duties.— Balt. Amer. “ He wanted to persuade me that women were equal to men as to intellect, and brought a hundred reasons and sundry examples to prove it. I do not know whether he was serious or not. 1 never give them credit for beiugso when thev say this, but ima gine it is merely to slitter, although they defend their opinions, and appear in earnest. Compliments and flattery ate such coninon coin, aud so well received tu general, that they tre dealt without any considera tion for the pain theyinflict upon sensitive minds, or those w hose vanity is not sufficient to give them cur rency. A sense of deficiency, a consciousness of not deserving it, often cot verts what is meant as a com pliment into the Idt -oyst reproach. Many a time I have writhed under ie, and tried to simper and look pleased, merely not to disappoint the good natured intention ol the complimeuter, while my heart has been secretly smiting me. “ But to return tu my friend aud his opinions. However ingeniously they were put forward, I should have been very sorry had she shaken mine on the sub ject in question. His theory would have utterly de stroyed all ot the beautiful relationship between the sexes; that dependence on the one side and protection on th” oilier which seems to be the natural order of Providence.—This is subverted by the attempt to equalise their powers, either mental or physical; for one may as well think of doing so with respect to the latter as the former—both would be equally absurd. The pen of a DeStael, the pencil of an Angelic Cauff man, hate been given to the world, ’its true ; but, like all other exceptions, they only prove the rule from which they differ. It was no human voice that said, ,r l he head of the woman is the man.’ “Ano it is well for her this should be so. A wo man s heart and her head are generally her guides. Yielding to her impulses, as she often does; apt to he led away by a lively imagination ami acute suscepti bilities, what would become of her, should she not stay her weakness upon the sound and sterling quali ties of the stronger sex ? Women never aim so sui cidal a blow against their own interest as when thev try to do away with, or revolt against, this doctrine of their inferiority. They throw aw ay their props, reject tire guidance and guardianship with which the tiooduess of God has provided them, and absolve the lords of the creation from that protection which they are so willing to afford. “ Thus the bond is broken; one party at least is a sore loser, and perhaps both. Woman is left helpless and isolated, and man is denied the generous gratifi cation it must always yield the strong to support and sustain the weak. “TEXIAN ELOQUENCE. —The fiilkiwing is reported to be the conclusion of a Texian recruiting seargent’s address to his teen : “Corn crackers, hoosiers, pukes, wolverines, and suckers—if the voice of piety cannot m >ve you to ob literate the Mexicans aforesaid; if tlte sacred voice of Texian liberty strikes no sympathetic chord in tour bosom, if tlie cries ol bleeding humanity cannot draw yoa to deliver the freemen of Texas from the unparal leled, the unprecedented oppression of hard work, why you are not the men I take you for, that’s all. I see you rising indignantly en masse to resist interfer ence of property,-even to the blood of the cursed val ler skinned .Mexican emancipationists. I see the breath of Texian freedom animates you. Come then and rally round the standard of an insulted country, ami with teeth s»t and fists clenclted, swear to fight knee d> ep in blood for that constitution which was founded on the bones of your martyred countrymen, and cemented with the blood of expiring saints and heroes. Let’s go aud liquor.” WINE.—An oflh er of onr navy, writing from Madeira, says : —“ There are about 30,000 pipes of wine produced here annually, am) of that, not more than 10,000 pipes are ever sent to the United States ;” ami it is no less true than strnnge, that at feast 50,000 pipes are annually served up at the Un't”d States bo lt Ls, under tl* name of Madeira. The extent t»> w hich winos are luaaufaictured is astcnisliiug. The question, whether ardent spirit is a poison, has been often discussed, (and very unprofiably ;) but if sugar ot lead, arsenic, bic., are poisons, it will n >t b« diffi cult to settle the question respecting our wirms. It is well ascertained that the most deleterious drugs are often used in making imitation wiues. Indeed, an alarru should be publicly sounded respecting the dan gers of alcohol. Imitation wines combine the two evils—-poisonous drugs and alcoljoL BANKS.— Banks grow rich upon their own debts. If one individual gives his note to another, he pays him interest ; the banks give an individual their notes, (promises to pay,) and the receiver pays them interest on their debts. The more they owe, there h.re, the more money they will make, and the richer they become. How we would like just such a privi lege ! Os all the actio** of a man’s life, his marriage does least concern others ; yet of all the actions of our. life, it is the most nxeddled with by other people. Mtirriaife is a desperate thing! The frogs in TEsop, were extremely wise ; siiey had a great mind for some water, but they would not leap into the well, because they c«uld not leap out again. $ Mr. Walsh, in one of his instructive letters from Paris to the National Intelligencer, observes : The 25th Nov. was the thirteenth anniversary of Ltuis Philippe’s marriage with Queen Amelie. Her royal relatives of Sicily were averse to the match, for the same reasons which are said to base been candidly given to him by an eminent merchant of Philadel phia, whose daughter, a woman of beauty and excel lent mind, he wished to obtain. His fortunes were thought to be t"o precarious. Obstinacy >’ an adv*t»ta»* to our enemies, a trouble 'to our •friends, and the assured overthrow of ourselves. P. L. UOBINBOM, Proprietor. WHOLE NUMBER 314. Ilt'naa tha U. S. Guattte., WATER-PROOFING CLCTH.-Those who have been compelled to “bide the pelting of the pity less storm” have often enough wished that they could fijtd Gouiedtiag to cqprn between the rain and their skin, »oma covering impervious to the driven rain. Sailors at their watch, o» duty, aud men gen-~ erally who have U) use their own legs for locomotives, have a hard time to make the radical beat of their bo dies contend, even tor a little while, against the radi cal moisture of the clouds. The inveuliou of India Rubber cloth promised much, aud does much, to pro tect the wearer against the aggression of the raiuj but it is also air tight, and soon becomes uncomforta ble, and is perhaps uoLprornotiveof beaith. To meet this difficulty, some ingenious persons of New Eng land Lave invented aud wade a kind of cloth, which in appearance is like the common cloths of the stores, but which is impervious to waler, though it transmits the air. A companjjm), been formed in Massachu setts article, and we may cxnect sm>n to see it m general -nr-” ■’ , ntpum tJu U'flrvli it is properly destined. In the Boston Times we find a notice of the article, which we subjoin; 1 he pieces ot cloth left at our offi< e some days since, we have tried various experiments with, andi Imve come the conclusion that it is a capital article.. »v e do uot know the scctet,” but will state some philo sophical principles that may govern a process of rem dering cloth in good degree water proof; ar.d then give a statement of some experiments. In the ordinary stole of dyed cloths, water flow* freely upon the fibres, and almost instantly permeate* the wltole substance, rendering one side almost as wet as the other, because it easily receives, cuinotuai cates, and parts with the particles of waier. The ob ject of this process of waler-proofing is so to aCect die fibres that water will have no affinity fcr them, and not flow upon their surface. The effect upon eachi fibre may be imagined to be similar to that of greaa ing any substance, glass, for instance, so that water will collect upon it in masses, instead of spreading easily and rapidly, as it would upon wood, or per meating the mass, as it would paper in its ordinary stale. Whatever solution may produce this effect upon fi brous substances, will render it, in a greater or Lexa degree, water proof; and in the sample before us it is done most effectually in the new cloth. How long it will prove a resistance of water in the course of wear, it is impossible for us to state of our own knowledge. It certainly is not removed easily, and may be as per manent as the cloth itself. Taking it, however, a* we now find it, the introduction of the art must prove a great blessing to the community. The effect i* to render cloth absolutely impermeable to water, except upon tlie exertion of a considerable force, such a» squeezing, or severe blowing; while, at the same time, there is nothing in this application to the fibres which prevents the passage of air aud vapor, any more than in common cloths. The advantage gained is a protection from wet in rain, unless it should be severely pelting, aud thcu tro water would pass except such drops or globule* a* might be forced through by the absolute power of the w ind. This is protection enough for the most of the season, and for the ordinary uses of life. The disad vantage avoided is, that the easy escape of the per spiration and a free circulation of air are not prevent ed, as must be lite, case with all imporous prepara tions, such as India Rubber. Several experiments have been tried by the proprie tor of the art. Ist. A man has been made to stand under the spout of a three story building, half an hour, working his arm in the rashing water, with a coarse water proof coat on. No water passed through. 2d. Water has been poured Horn a third story win dow for some time upon a piece of the cloth extended over a tub. None passed through, although it mast have fallen with great force. 3d. It has been boiled in soap suds for a considera ble time without losing any of its repellant powers, 4th. It has been scoured it» the scouring room of a woollen factory, but retained all its virtues. sth. The most satisfactory of our experiments was to rub a piece of the cloth severely—soak it in scalding water—rub it as much as we could, dry it sad rub it severely again—then make a hollow or cup in the cloth, pour in cold water, and rub the Waler round with the fingers, for four or five minutes, with a con siderable pressure. After thus rubbing or stirring a cup of water, we found the nap wet, but no appear ance of moisture on the other side. Tbc experiment of allowing water to stand upoa the cloth in large quantities, for any length of time, was shown at the fair. We conclude, with good reason, that the chemical applicclion is eflectual in resisting the passage as wa ter, unless upon the application of utnvwal force —that it is a permanent effect, which ordinary swnkiwg »*d washing will not remove—that it will render ckxhrng impervious to water under the usual showers and storms vs our climate—and, therefore, that it h ■■ admirable invention for comfort and lire preservation of health. The character of the gentlemen who compose the company, is a sufficient warrant that no imposition will be practised or allowed in this manufacture. The Messrs. Law rrr.ee, of tlje Middlesex Company, and Messrs. F.B, Curtis, and T. C. Gratton, lire British Consul, with a few similar associates, are not the men to palm upon the public that which they d* not be lieve to be real and true. Mr. Curtis has authorized us to say, that the uniform coats of any military com pany in the city, w ill be subject to the process, and if they do notjurn out to he all that is stated, that is, impervious to water, and indestmctifile by moths, (another property of the solution,) nothing shall be charged for the operation. It is needless to say, that such an improvement is of the very highest importance for such a climate and such a community as ours. We shall test its virtue? by actualwear, and will report hereafter. The following is a capital hit. No people are more apt to find fault than those who have no right t® complain. Subscribers will confer a favor by not lending their I papers. Borrowers are always turning up their ses. at something it contain*.— \(nrt*iryprii t IttPetfyi.