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The Silk Culture.
r e have been for some time past, try
lo draw the attention of the citizens
e Slate of Georgia to the importance
:h the culture of silk is likely to as
e in the United States in a very few
■a. There is no doubt on our mind
even now, any reasonable quantity
icoons could be sold at fair and re
icrating prices, and before long they
be largely in demand at very high
as,. We do not wish to raise a M ints
licaulis excitement again—(excite
t is the great besetting sin of the
hern people—every thing must be
••by excitement, and of course on the
of the moment, and whatever does
succeed at once, is at once abandoned
n.) This is all wrong; and as wr
sod on a former occasion, lake this
Ler as you should all others, coolly
deliberately. Commence on asmall
B, and with a small expenditure, if
. Increase your stock gradually,
igh you will hardly increase it fastei
than will be the demand for you>
■cocoons.
i We know but little about the details
i M)f this business, and are therefore not sc
ygtit to advise as many others. Our judge*
Hncnt is, that it is unwise to attempt to
jHecl ami spin the silk at the South, further
Hbau a little for domestic purpose. Raise
Hour cocoons, and send them to market
|*is you would your cotton. Before many
■Hears Georgia will, or may if she will
H>xport largely in this way. This may
to be an idle conjecture now, but
Rune will prove its truth. It appeared
■equally visionary within the remembrance
Hpfsome of the still present and living in-
Riahitants of the Slate, when they were
Htold years back that thousands of hales
Hof cotton would be exported from Geor-
Hgia, and that it would one day become
Hhc principle staple. Time has verified
Hhat truth, and time, we have no doubt,
■will verify this also.
I Wc have been led to these remarks bv
noticing the proceedings of a Convention
Sof Silk Growers and Manufacturers
«\vhich lately convened in the State of
■New York. For the information of those
■interested, we make the following extract
Hrom the New York Courier and En-
Hquirer: —Georgia Jeffersonian.
Convention of Silk Growers and
■Manufacturers. —A large number of
■gentleman from several States interested
Su the growth and manufacture of Silk
Hnet yesterday in the rooms of the Aroeri-
Hcan Institute, for the purpose of taking
consideration the best mode of ad-
Itncing the interests of this branch of
mecican manufactories. After a pre
ninary organization, a nominating!
ornmittee, reported fhe following offi- !
rs, who were elected :
For President— James Talwadge.
Vice Presidents—John W. Gill, of
aio; Dr. D. Stebbins, of Massachu
tts; H. Pilkins, of Connecticut, Ci. W.
urry, of New Jersey.
Secretaries —James Harrison, of Cbn
“Cticut; Jacob C. Parsons, of New!
Messrs. Barbour, Smith, Gill, Conant
id Danforth, were appointed the busi-i
ss Committee.
The President on taking the Chuirj
dressed the Convention briefly' upon
e importance of the Silk business, and*
pressed the belief that the proceedings*
the Convention would he productive of I
much good. In the afternoon the Con- 1
. vention visited the fair in a body, and ex- i
amined the specimens of American Siiks i
exhibited there. |
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From the Columliia Planter. <
Anomalous Disease of Horses.
There occurs in some horses, between i
the ages of three and six, between theji
bridle tooth and grienders, a small Jong j
tooth, without roots, and not inserted in a ;
socket, but merely in the gum of the up
per m-
It has never been alluded to in anv sys-
Item of farming, but our planters can trace!
its existence in this State for more than
* half a century.
It may, and doubtless does occur, in
.horses of any shaped head; but in the
three cases on my own farm, it was in
horses of disked heads. One had gone
entirely blind before I was apprised of the
cause, and the other two I immediately
relieved by extracting the blind teeth.
Hundreds of instances could be adduced
of the existence of blind teeth, and the
destruction of sight, when not extracted.
_*No horse has ever been seen with them
at mature age, haring good ei/es.
It is conjectured by some to be peculi
ar to Indian corn feeding, by others to a
hot climate. The three cases under my
observation, were raised on my own farm;
and not having ever seen any' allusion
elsewhere, I am inclined to believe it is
confined to the South.
1 The modus agendi upon the eyes, 1
know not. It may possibly be in con
tact with a nerve, but I think it most like
* ly affects this tender organ *by irritating
' its fleshy bed in masticating, as it has an
1 elastic hold, and sinks a little with mo
* derate pressure. If owners of horses will
‘ examine for them when the eyes of their
horses are weak, and extract them, this
essential sense may be saved.
Fairfield.
J _W§o¥itAWE(p»§.: r: '
; ' From the N. O. Crescent Cilv.
■ Union of tlic Atlantic with the I’aciHt*.
} Our readers are probably aware that
* one of our scientific citizens, Mr. Whea
’’ ton, Minister of the United States at
1 i Berlin, has lately furnished a very remark -
’ j nb(c paper to the Scientific Institute at
Washington, on the two grand projects
“' which now ngitatethe European commer
-1 jcial world ; first, the junction of the great
'.Oceans, the Pacific and the Atlantic, by
'cutting through the isthmus of Panama;
1 and secondly, the uniting of the Red Sea
‘■with the Mediterranean, by a similar ope
ration on the isthmus of Suez.—These
I projects are particularly characteristic of
the spirit of the age, in which daringen
’ terprisc for the facilitating of the onward
' march of t rade—the reciprocal exchange
iof the productions of regions the most re
‘ mote—thus bringing into amicable rela
' | lions the various brandies of the human
‘ family, are pre-eminently conspicuous.
' The dreams of insatiable ambition, the
restless desires of ferocious conquest
“ which have for centuries unhappily mark
bed the predominant spirits that have
’| swayed the different governments of the
iearth, seem to have all subsided before tin
’ ienlightenment of the mind ; and the vio
-1 lent and unreasoning influence of the
'■ sword is in a fairway of yielding to the
j dictates of humanity—to be replaced by
“: the peaceful competition of the merchant.
1 i The latter of these two schemes is of
‘ | very secondary consideration to us, since
;\ve are so far removed from the scene of
paction, although if it overreach comple-
f l l ion, we must necessarily feel in somede
bgree the effect here. But in Europe it
will occasion a complete revolution in the
- system of carrying; Great Britain will
l possess in it a bridge whose two extremi
- tics, by means of steamers, will respec
lively reach her own doors, and her vas
■ Oriental possessions, while France and
|jßussia will be brought into such close
■j proximity with her dearest interests, that
I will almost annihilate that security, which
iher maritime superiority has always giv
ien her
It is. however, the artificial union of
■ the two great oceans that will exercise the
greatest influence here, in all that res
.peels our continually increasing com
merce, and which, giving us a superiori
ty in the eastern trade, will speedily raise
lour prosperity to a height which ccntu
jries, perhaps, passed in the present state
jof the commercial world, would not have
(enabled us to attain.
It appears that there was originally five
points on wi|icfl|g|ngincers proposed to i
jeffect the but, accord
ing to Mr. Wheaton, three of them have i
AUGUSTA, GA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1813.
been renounced as impracticable. The
remaining two are those offered by the
isthmus of Panama and that of Nicara
gua, each offering its peculiar advanta
ges. A few months ago, we recollect
seeing in this city an American citizen
who had been for some years exploring
the latter, and from the papers he expos
ed to us, containing a survey of the land,
about the route marked out by him, as al
so that of the river St. John, which falls
into the Gulf of Papayou, in the Pacific.-
we were of opinion, that an excollent
opening was offered to the government
ifor undertaking the enterprise. This
gentleman is now we believe in Wash
ington, prosecuting his endeavors to in
spire the authorities with his peculiar
.ideas.
From the first discovery of the Pacific
Ocean, by Vasco Nunez, to the present
time, it has always been a great desider
atum with the merchant and the travel
• ler, to connect the two oceans, but three |
I centuries have elapsed without any thin';'
' of a practical nature being attempted.!
■ Until very recently, it was supposed that;
> a great inequality of height in their wa
ters-existed, and that it was probable, if
■ ever the union was effected, it would sub-;
f merge the whole of the southern part of
‘ jthe continent. This idea took its rise
; from some fancied analogy between the
'jPacific and the Atlantic, and the Medi
al terranean and the Red Seas; the latter
two. as was well known to the ancient.
Ilexhibiting this remarkable phenomenon.
• Lloyd, the Engineer, in the years 1828
- and ’29, by a series of observations un-j
: der the auspices of Bolivar, complete y
il removed this impression, which had been
- combatted hypothetically by Humboldt.
1 proving that although there was a differ
r ence in their level, (seven feet) it was
*quite unimportant, as to its effect in the
canal contemplated.
The work in question is now in the
1 hands of a French house, Solomon, Taile
& Co., and the whole is now in active
- operation. They had already macadam-1
jizedaroad from thc*Bayof Chorreru, on
the Pacific, to the junction of the Rio
1 Trididad, with the river Rio Grande,
• when a new method was discovered by
f the French engineers, which afford eve
- rv advantage necessary to complete na
vigation. The project has now taken a
S l fresh course, and a few short years can
•jonly elapse before it will be finished.—A
1 jdoep canal is in process of formation, he-j
tween the Rio Chagres and the Rio,
•i Grande, which will be perfectly clear of
1 locks, and afford an uninterrupted route
• to the ships of the largest burthen from
‘ one ocean to the other.
• YVhen we reflect on the immense dimi
• nution of space to be traversed by ves
‘ sols from the United States to the west
: ern shores of the great continent of Asia,
• which the success of this noble project
- will occasion, a diminution of at least
‘ 10,000 miles, we cannot sufficiently fe
• imitate ourselves on the immense advan
} tages with which the work is pregnant
to every branch of our trade and com
• merce, and the only source of regret to us
' is, that our glorious republic, allowed the
a distant European to take the initiative in
it. Things, however, will change, and
• it is to be hoped that something will be
done by the government to obtain for us
- some interest in the immediate working
\ of the scheme after its completion.
• A most exhilirating vista discloses it
• self to us in evisaging the future—Chi
na, Japan, and “all the gorgeous east”
I will shower on us their productions, with
• the friendly profusion of a neighbor hand,
• whilst with the exchange for them of our
t various articles of high civilization, the
- light of our divine creed will tend to arne
-1 liorate the depraved social, moral and re
■jiigious condition in which the inhabitants
of those ancient regions have unhappily
| subsisted for ages !
The Working Mechanic.
We cannot say too much in behalf of'
' the working mechanic, who is constant
ly striving to make himself known, not
jonly in becoming a proficient in his busi-l
ness, but who is every day raising him
self to eminence by the course of his;
habits. A young man who has nothing '
to depend upon but his character and the
labor of his own hands, for his elevation '
in the world, can, notwithstanding, ar-j*
rive to the highest pitch of greatness, to|
the most elevated ranks in thecommuni-j
tv, and not unfrequently to the highest
grade of national honor. And while we ‘
remark thus, we are happy to place to the
credit of the mechanic, the fact that he
ranks with that class of citizens who are I
the most likely with judicious manage- t
ment, to become the welcome possessors'
of American popularity in every grade
and form it assumes. Roger Sherman
was once seated upon the shoemaker’s
bench with his lapstone upon his knees,
ind it was thefe doubtless, that he first ru
minated upon his first adventures. Are
you a young mechanic? Determine at 1
once to trace his history, and resolve to
j make yourself a greater man, even, than
I Roger Sherman. —American Farmer and
Mechanic.
A Printer Bov. —A correspondent of
I the Providente Journal says, “John Neal
!is a living illustration of what a man can
| do. He has made himself. From the |
j humble occupation of a printer’s appren
tice lie has risen to a proud eminence a
mong our literary men. He is every
where known, and wherever he goes ea
, ger crowds throng to listen to his spirited
. and soul stirring eloquence.”
i
Uncle Benjamin’s Sermon. I|
Not many hours ago 1 heard Uncle J
; Benjamin discussing this matter to his!,
(son, who was complaining of the pres
j ture.
“Rely upon it, Sammy,” said the old]
jman, as he leaned on his staff, with his•
I gray locks flowing in the breeze of a
|May morning, “murmuring pays no bills.”!
II have been an observer any time these,
j fifty years, and I never saw a man helped!
out of a hole by cursing his horses. Be|
as quiet as you can, for nothing will grow!
under a moving harrow, and discontent
harrows the mind. Matters arc bad, 1
acknowledge, but no ulcer is any the bet-!
ter for fingering. The more you groan,
the poorer you grow.
“Repining at losses is only putting pep
per into a sore eye. Crops will fail in;
all soils, and wc may be thankful that we
have not a famine. Besides, I always
took notice that whenever I felt the rod]
pretty smartly, it was as much as to say. i
•Here is something which you have got
to learn.’ Sammy, don’t forget that your
schooling is not over yet, though you
have a wife and two children.”
1 “Aye,” cried Sammy, “you may say
; that, and a mother-in-law, and two ap
prentices into the bargain ; and I should
like to know what a poor man can learn
here, when the greatest scholars and law
yers are at loggerheads, and can’t for
their lives tell what has become of the
hard money.”
“Softly, Sammy, I am older than you.
! I have not got those gray hairs and this
crooked back without some burdens. 1
] could tell you stories o( the days of con
-1 tinental money, when my grandfather us
ed to stuff a sulky-box with bills to pay
for a yearling or a wheat fan, and when!
the Jersey woman used thorns for pins
' anti laid their teapots away in the garret.
[ You may learn these seven things :
! First: that you have saved too little
1 and spent too much. I never taught you
’ to beainiscr, but I have seen you giving
’ your dollar for a ‘notion,’ when you might
have laid one-half aside for charity, and
! one half aside for a rainy day.
! “Secondly: that you have gone too
much upon credit. I always told yon cre-
I Jit was a shadow; it shows that there is
ja substance behind, which casts the sha.
dow ; hut a small body may cast a great
’er shadow; and no wise man will follow
’ the shadow any further than he can see
■the substance. You may «<|w learn that
‘ you have followed the opmfon and fash
! ion of others, until you have beendecoy
|ed into a bog.
1 “Thirdly: that you have been in toe
’ much haste to become rich. Slow and
'easy wins the race.
“Fourthly : that no course of life can
Ibe depended upon as always prosperous.
I am afraid the younger race of working
men in America have had a notion that
j nobody would go to ruin on this side of
the water. Providence has greatly bless
ed ns, but we have become presumptuous.
.; “ Fifthly : that you have been thank
ful enough to God for his benefits in past
times.
“Sixthly: that you may be thankful
our lot is no worse. We might have fa
(mine or pestilence, or war, tyranny, or
all together.
“ And, lastly, to end my sermon, you 1
may learn to offer, with more understand- '
ing, the prayer of your infancy, ‘Give us 1
this day our daily bread.’”
The old man ceased, and Sammy put 1
on his apron, and told Dick to blow away 1
at the forge bellows.
A* ,
Getting Rich.
Keep at it—dig. dig, dig, if you would
become rich—stop for nothing—drive i
ahead—neglect friends—despise the poor n
[One Dollar a Year.
—scorn benevolence—wear out your
constitution, and as sure as you live
wealth will pour in upon you like a flood,
i But remember—it must be a comfortable
reflection that you have worn yourself
.out in accumulating property, while death
will soon stare you in the face. l r e who
; would bo rich—who leave no path untried
to add to your coffers—do not forget, we
pray you, that you must die and leave
[your property to other hands. Tell us,
(would it not bo better to enjoy life, by
■ having every tiling that is really necessa
ry, in doing good to others—assisting the
(poor and needy, and in laying up a trea
sure' above ? Just believe it and you will
ibe tenfold more happy—enjoy more of the
happiness of life—live to a greater age,
and finally die in peace.— Portland Tri
bune.
——
The Sailor shipwrecked on Land*
If an honest heart beats in one bosom
more warmly than in another, it is in
that of the brave American Tar. Wheth
er it be the many dangers that beset him
on a perilous voyage, or a sense of loneli
ness while rocked upon the mountainous
• wave, that leads him to cherish and lock
up with sacred care his affections and the
; better feelings of his nature, and keep
them untouched by the scenes of vice and
; temptation ot which he must often be a
witness, certain it is that the American
sailor is more sensitive to wrong, and
more keenly touched by misfortune, than
any other individual in the world. It
jmay bo that his adventurous life, teach
ing him, as it must, to cling to his ship
mates as to his all—strengthens his no
bler and kinder feelings, and warms into
ilivelier action than the more momentous
'and peaceful life of the landsman. A
i sailor, who had been long absent on a
j voyage, came into port the other day,
'I immediately left Boston on a visit to his
friends in Vermont, whom he had left in
| health a number of years before. Upon
his arrival at the spot, the lighthearted tar
found that they had all died in his long
1 absence. Even the bright eyed girl
whom he had left in all her virgin bloom—
and to whom he was betrothed—she who
• year after year had anxiously watched
1 tor his return—slept beneath the cold
I sods oft he valley!—He retraced his steps,
and when we met him on his return he
was seated by the road side weeping like
• a child. *A feeling of loneliness had
come over the noble hearted fellow that
touched a chord in his bosom which all
s the loneliness of the ocean could not
reach. His home desolate—the cherish
ed of his heart, and the loved of his youth
—his affianced bride—the sturdy oak the
lUly that bloomed in its shade—gone—all
iigone forever!—The sailor was ship
! wrecked on land, and the bold heart who
. had withstood the beating of the surge
and the mountain waves; who had brav
’ ed the perils of the deep in the midnight
II storm without the trembling of a nerve or
: the blink of an eye—had now lest sight
I of his polar star, and bitterly wept at the
1 desolation which had come upon him.
Such a man has treasures within his bos
> otn above any price— treasures which are
■ the fruits of a noble nature alone, and
■ can l>e found imbedded in none other
. than an honest man.— Claremont Eagle.
Catling Ketort.
Two gentlemen, Mr. D. and Mr. L.,
stood candidates for a seat in the legis
• lature oi New \ork. They were vio
lently opposed to each other in politics.
■ By some artifice, Mr. D. gained the elec
tion. When he was returning home,
j much elated by his success, he met an ac
-1 quaintanco, to whom he observed, ‘Well,
l have got the election : L. was no match
1 lor me. I’ll tell you how I flung him.
If there happened any Dutch voters, I
• could talk Dutch with them— and there
I had the advantage of him. If there
1 were any Frenchmen, I could talk French
' with them— and there I had the advan
’age of him. But as to L., he was a
' clever, honest, sensible little fellow.’
Yes, sir,’ replies the gentleman, ‘ and
!here he had the advantage of you *
Temptation.— You know not the
power of temptation. Associate with a
vicious person but one day, and yoo re
ceive a serious injury; then what must
follow if you are on the strictest terms of
intimacy with such a character ? By lit
tle and little you will lie assimilated to
his practices, till at length you become
his equal.
A modern Historian thinks that Co
lumbus is entitled to no great for having
discovered the American continent. H«
lays it was so large he coulcTni irell have
mused it.