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'*■'’** J 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. | < 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.