THE MIXERS’ AND FARMERS’ JOURx\AL.
rOETRV.
SriMRLUJHT.
I love the otarlight, for thu «ky
1* blue and briflit,
And all the thoUBUidi s^ar-beatns lie,
Tocfcther blended on mine eye,
111 MIC kind light
And thoii2h I love the moon, when aha
* Hath puled them all,
Sheeting the sky, like earth and sea,
In her more siin^de uiujesty.
With silver pall.
I sometimes wish that she were gone.
That 1 might look
Upon the stars, as one by one
They flash, like jewel truths, upon
High Heaven’s book.
Ye signal fires along the deep
Of trackless air,—
Far watchers of a world asleep,—
Ye long have kept and long shall keep
Your vigils there;
Whose wand’ring spirits wheel their flight
With songs acd lyres,
From star to star, in robes of white.
And find a day without a nighty
Among your fires.
Shine on until the latter day
Of doom shall come :
And then, when earth has (ia.wj away.
Let every star shoot down a ray
To guide us home
ECTIcTv^T" _
From the National Intelligcncer.
Mk.‘'sks. KmroRs: The following brief
sketch of U ASHiMiTON is from the pen of
James K. Casky, of Clermont, near Bulli-
more. I iiavc taken it from the letters of
tliat gentleman to an estt'eined and valued
friend, who has long been a rc8j)ectal>le re
sident of this city.
“WA.SHINGTOX.
“ There is not the slightest thing con-
IK'Cted with tl»e memory of Washington
which his countr)' desires to forget. Even
this (>vaise, simple as it iinduubtedly is, has
never yet been rrached by any other chief-
tiiin, within the admitted records of human
virtue. Thus history presents him iu all the
remarkable siugiciiess, and the undissem-
bied grandeur, of his nature. Cold>bIoxiHJ
be has been called. Cold-blooded! Whut
share have the passions in the c6niposition
of greatness? The passions, merely of;
themselves, or in their ordinarj acceptation,
cun have no share in the com}X)sition of
greatness; but the passions, as forces, act
ing upon, and aiding the mmd, without ab
solutely controlling its determinations, b?-
come to •■•an the precious sources of all that i
is great or noble in sentiment and in action.:
This was the patriotism of Washington— I
the love of our countr\-—that relink and :
raised principle of public honor, that subtle ;
thing which combines and confounds our j
pride with our felicity, and which, at the |
call of danger or of glorj", quickens into ^
life and energy all tbs dormant greatness of
an empire. 'J'hese were the passions ofj
Washington—the blended interests of wis
dom, of virtne, and of genius. These were
l?ie passions of Newton in tho closet, of
Chatham m the Cabinet, of Clay in the Se-
rate, and of Washingto-v every where,
wlicther adoring his God in the forest, or
defending his countr}' iu the field. His am
bition, too, was chaste as the moimtain snow
—unstained even by the blood of an enemy
wantonly shed. He won the p«jpularity of
his country, without touching her revenues
—he wielded her power, without exciting
her suspicion ; and, by the common consent
of mankind, he has sustained, if not exhaas-
ted, the highest [niblic honors of the world.
In his time, nullification would have lieen
still born. Contemporaneously it assur-
fcilly could not have existed even for a sin
gle month ; and the vulpine policy, the ea
ger seivility of the day, which, at home or
abroa«l, bloats the honor of the land, would
iisclf have withered before the stern and the
iaaudible glance oftlEORui: VVashi.ngton.
“Whenever or however we look at the
character of W'ashin;'ton, it is always up
right, always true and vertical, even to the
utmost point which bounds our view of hu
man affairs. Ilcnca it is that his fame, in
all places, at all times, and under each and
every vicissitmle of political conflict, has
uniformly and ditccfly found its way to the
hearts of the people. Even the nation
whose power and prowess of seven long
years were rebuked liy his steady genius, is
now rising up in honest adniirat’.oii of his
lalx>rs, his victories and his virtues. It was
his glory, and his alone, to regenerate those
whom he subdued. His mind was distinct,
his purpose fair, his power invincible. His
fMlucation was iilain and sound. He gave
himoelf entirely up to (he service of his
country. In tem[)er [lerfeftly cheerful.—
la taste, too, sutliciently refined, without
curiouL-ly prying into those rich treasures
ond undoubted gems of the intelUxt which
lie entoml)etl in the dead languages. Ro
mans buried, in one common grave, th;
Kpirit and the barbarism of confjuered na
tions. Washington respected all that was
great, and rew.-rvcd all that was wise, even
in the institutions »f tlie foe. He caught
the lightning, whilst he siiencc'l thu thun
ders, of the enemy.”
Prince Midnight.—At a late lecture de-
livered by Mr. H. K. Dwighf, at Clinton
Ha’ll, on the political condition of Kurofte,
he had fjccasii-n to touch on the character
of Metternich, the prime Minister of Aus-
tria. He depicted him as a man devoid of
ov-‘ry prinfMple of rectitude; anl the most
inimitablo liar in the world—but tdliug hi.«j
lies with .«uch a grace, and so making the
worst appear the better reason, a» to over
reach every bixly with whom he oamc in
contact. He called him the nnvnarch of
Eiiro[)c; and declared he exerciscd greater
power than Napoleon had ever done in the
height of his glory. He said he had spir«
in every court of Ihc continent—embracing
men in every station, from (ho noblcaun
to the humble waiter—from the highest to
the lowest; that his system oi’ espionage
entered into the semiiiatiofe of learning,
making the professors spies ujwn their stu
dents, and the students upon the professors
—and every liody spies upon one another.
Ho said that he had lieen untiring in his
emicavoi-s to extinguish intellectual light
and glimmering of liberty among the peo
ple ; and t'lat hence, he was sometimes
called among tlio (icrinans, Prince stiller-
niicht—signifying in Engli.sh midnight—
an appropriate name for one who was en
deavoring to involve the world in complete
darkness. He declared that his influence
was greater than had lK!en tiiat of all the
Jesuits put together in tiie time of the gii;at-
»!st power. Witli all tins inlluence, ho rep
resented him as not only destitute of all
public truth and honesty, but as a man of
the most notoriously IkuI private character;
the great secret of his inlhience lieing i!ie
paying every man his price, who is willing
to act as uniier-viliaiti or petty t \ rant to the
great liead and chief.
X. {.'onstclhition.
From the Chiitlian Alnuinne for 18.S2.
The great bulk of mankind must always
get their living by cultivating the Soil. 'I’he
character of fafmers, therefore, settles the
charactcr of tho community in general.—
The profits of farming are slow, but sure.
The goo] larnicr grows rich simply by
the increased vahio which he every year
gives to his farm. His buildings and fen
ces are yearly growing better, his cattle
growing lietter, his toois growing l»etter,
his soil growing bt'tfor. His debts also
growing less, and his business more easy of
managemcU; so that by the time of life
in which care becomes burilensonie, he gen-
emlly finds himself in a situation to travel
tho downhill of life with a good degree of
comfort.
The poor farmer, on the other hand, is
tho reverse of all this. His atiiiirs, so tar
as they dejiend on his niaiia:;enM'iit, grow
worse and worse. His fixtures decay, and
are patched up s» as to do for the present;
his soil is impoverished ; his debts increase;
his cares and perplexities multiply ; and he i
finds himself, when old age untits him for i
the burden, obliged to mortgage, or sell his i
tiirm, and to live on thu pittance which his j
properly has gained in value by the rise ot
prices around him.
1’he greatest calamity to a farmer is a t
heavy debt. A fire is nothing to it, Ije-
caus- the flames do not exact interest.
Th.? eye of the master «loes more work
than Ixjth his hands; but it must lie an eye
wide awake. There is a di.Tercrice between
eyes and no eyes.
To save expense and la'oor is ready mo
ney in alt business; but in rirnting it is
ready money with interest, liocause it saves
time, which is more valuable than money.
General Diviiiionx oj" a Farm.
1. Assign as much ot your farm to the
plough as you can manure thoroughly, with
; plaster or strong manure.
2. Keep no more for mowing than you
can conaihie on your farm with profitable
stock, unless in the neighborhood of some
large town, wht-re the sale of hay will pur
chase manure.
3. Keep no more stock upon your farm
than you can keep well.
4. If it is an object to incrnasc pnstunigc,
it can be done by division fences to a very
great extent.
Iforxm.
Let every horse you keep Ik? a goofl one,
because ho eats no more than n common,
hack, and he will do more service, aiul sell
lor something if you wish to part with him.
A /irodiictice Finn.
The Alms House farm in iSahim, .Mass.,
contains 3-j acres. In it was in a
wild state, and covered with rocks. 'I'he
pau|)ors of the town wcrn placed ii[K>n it,
under tlie care of .Mr. i’oint ( ptoii. In
1''!’^, the produce was as lollows, viz. p>rk
killed, weight, 7,!*fi0 poiuuls ; I J live pigs
sold On hand, -u pigs, 100 bush
els of corn, bushels of potatoes, 900
IiubIicIs of turnips, 3 tf»ns of scjuashCi:, und
oO tons of puiiif/kins, Ix.'siiles fiirni«hmg all
the common summer vewntables of the aims
house. In a few years the exjiensc of the
public poor were reduced from ten thousand
dollars a year to less thari one hundred dol
lars, besides a great increase of good order,
morality and happiness.
The Scifnre of Iluxharulrtj.
All nature is governed by fixed laws or
principles, and the true art of hiislmndry
consists in a correct knowledge of thes!
principles, with their a[>plication to every
plant, every soil, and every change in the
season.
'I’iie design of cultivation is to assist na
ture.
AVe govern nature only by obeying her
laws.
'I'liere is no soil so gfKxl but it may b»:
exhausted and riiirn;d by bad tillage; and
there is none so bad but it may be rendered
I'citilu U’it can U; bwarded.
. '! . J|»"' !'. . '■^'-■1' \
Cri.TlV.\TItN OF S1I.K.
I have Urtig and eurnestly devoted much
tiine mid attention to thi^ subject, from a
conviction, that the United Htotes at large,
particularly the Sf-uth^irn and Mildle States,
and more particularly the Eastern Shore of
MarjMnd and Virginia, und the State of
Delaware, are well adapted to this s|«*cies
of agricultiM-al production ; and that tho ma
ny millions annually sent abroad tor Silk in
its various forms, might 1h' saved to the
country without any material addition to its
expense or labor. I have for several years
kept Silk Worms and iiianugcd them thro'
tho wliide process, and therefore speak from
practical knowledge. It is a fact, which
ought to be published and circulated through-
fiut this union, that one acre of land will
produce in Silk more than double the value
that it will in any other production what
ever: and this too with less labor than the
same land would require iu the prrnluction
of any other crop. It is stated, and I be
lieve ii|)on good authority, that lour acn-s of
land planted with Mulberry near Boston,
have supplied food forasnmiiy Silk Worms
as n.ado 4vi0 [lounds of Silk, worth three
dollars and fift) cents a poutui—the four a-
cn's jirotlucuig fourteen hundred and seven
ty dollars ; and all the lalior was jwrformcd
by fimrgirls, whose attention was rcqui.'x-d
but for a short |>eriod in the year. Now
whore is the land and what else is the aiti
tle, that will alford such a product, with s«)
little lalx'r? 'I'he whole process is extreme
ly simple, so much so, that children and
suj>cranniiated servants, are as capable of
attending to it as any other pprsyjn; and I
would suggest, that the iK'cupants of our
I’lKir House, and those of similar institu
tions throughout the country, could not bt>
b*-ttOr or more profitably employed than in
the culture of Silk. 'I’he farm attached to
our Ahr/s-Housf; would not oidy maintain
the pau|M!rs of the City and County, but re
turn a hundsjnie revenue to the trexsury.—
It is hoiK'd that this stiggesiion will receive
the attention it dcsorvcs from the propir
authorities.
'I'he opinions as to the liest mo!e of plant
ing anti cultivating the 'ilulU-rry, are vari
ous. Either of the fL.llowing, however, ap
pears to the w riter to poss».*ss all the neces-
s.iry advantages: Fir.'t, sow the wed
hroatl-ciift, and the sccond year the young
plant will Sc‘ fit for ^>0*1 lr the Worms,
when it may l>e mowed as wanted, like clo
ver, and the whole of tlie shrub will lie w»
tenticr that the worms will eat the greater
part of it. S'cond, st)W the stred in drills,
and allow the shrulis to attain the height of
three to four foct, which will retpiin' thrf'C
years, when the leaves, tftgeihcr with the
lender part of the branches, may Iw gather-
»•(!, as wunit'd, (itr the Worms. In this pro
cess, the shrubs should be k»-pt from attain
ing t>o great a height, l.y cutting oil' the
toj) limlK, which niiiy lie used for feeding
the W orms. 'I’he latter prf>ecss admits of
culturing for the purpose of keeping down
weeds and nurturing the young trees.—
Uoth *if these proct.sM-s are adapted to ex
tensive estaldisiniients, and pruhably pro
duce more Mulljorry foliage than the same
ground would do if of;rupieil with full grown
trees, Iwsides Siiving the lalior neccssarily
retpiired by the latter in gathering the leaves.
I'or small establishment', for tiirmers, and
tliose who have large trees already growing,
full grown trees may lie used, tlie lalior of
gathering the leaves l>eing, in their case,
the only objection to them. 'I'ho 11 hilv
Mulbcrrtj is generally pre|;rred, and [>ro-
bably makes the finest .Silk ; though the
common Black has been found to answer
very well.
Directions fur Ike mannsrmrnt of the Silk U’orm.
In the Spring, when the teni|>erature is
at "0^ or upwards, ami the .Mull>err\ leaves
of the sizo ofa silver dtdiar or largiT, bring
out tho eggs and lay ihem on the table pre
pared fir that purpose, in a «lry airy room,
partially darkened. In from four to eight
flavs the worms will Ic.ivo the eggs. They
will be about the siz'’ of tiio smallest of the
little red ants that inli'st our hous€!s. Im
mediately prfx;ure a few .MullK:rry leaves
and la\ them close beside the Worms, tal;-
iii;» care not to cover the eggs w ith them,
as there will lie many not hatched, which
the leaves would cxil and probably prevent,
certainly rr:tarfl in the process of hatching.
\stlist as the leaves liocomc wiltetl, lay on
fresh onT, and once in three days remove
the dry leaves and rubbish, v\hicb you will
lie enabled to do by laving the fresh leaves
lieside the dry ones, when tho W'orms will
h’ave tho latter and take to the former.—
Fresh leaves will be required three times a
day for the first twenty days, after which
they ought to lie laid on as often night and
day as they are devoured f>r liecoiiie dry,
and after this time the dry rmes need not be
removed, as they w ill Ih‘ ho nearly consum-
• ■d, and the Worms will have become so
vi^jorous, that no injury will be derived by
the Worms from them. ’I’he leaves must
l>e free from wet and lilth when given to the
W'orms.
'I’he weather ought to lie pleasant and
s/ tllefl b(:fore the eggs are brou:ht out for
hatching. 'I'he rtioin must b« free from to
bacco smoke or other efiluvium, and per
sons must not bf; [lermitted to bn^aihe on
the vvrjrins, as they are very sensitive, and
the human breath is very otl!>nsive even to
irormH “ of a larger grow th.” Ifa cold sfKdl
of weather hap|K.'n, a little fire must be kept
in the r>om, as also if it lie very damp—in
the latter case, a little pulveri/^d sult|R-tre,
say half a suiull thimble full, uhuuld be
sprinkled on a shovel of fircconls in the
middle of the room, (.’are must be taken
to keep anis from the worms, as I have had
fiill grown worms not only killed, but en
tirely devoured in one night by the com
mon little red ant.
At fii-st a thousand worms will only re
quire lialf a dozen leaves at a time, which
sliouhl Ix^ torn in pieces, the more widely
to diMributethem; after the twentieth day,
they w ill eat a full grown leaf each in the
course of the day, and ot\eii more. You
will find it a great advantage to give them
as much as thi-y can eat, night and day af
ter the UOth day from hatching-—they will
iK'gin to spin the sooner for it. About the
(ith, 10th, 10th and 2'Jddays the worms will
shed their skins, at which times they ap
pear stupid and sickly. If at any lime nny
of the worms are sick, which w ill lie easily
observed, remove them to another table, as
there is danger that they wilt infect the oth
ers. 'J'he worms must not be too much
crowdetl on the table; a thousand, full
grown, will require a table three feet wide
and twelve long.
■ Bt tween the JJflth and 30th the worms
b'gin to spin, and must be atttinded to ac
cordingly. 'I’hey will cease eating, wan
der about, become partially traiispamit in
their bodies, and leave fibrc-s of silk, resemb
ling those of a spider, tin the leaves in their
path, 'i’hese thingsobser\c*d, lift ihe worm
exhibiting them, L\ means ofa leaf on which
It is fovmd, and carry it to twigs or leaves
pn |>ared for it, which will lie descrilied
presently—it will stion begin to spin, and
I'eipiircs no further atti ntiort till its cocoon
or kill of silk is completed.
Tliere are various things for the worms
to spin on, the best of which, according to
my e.riierienceaie c/a.'!«ti/ haves, (.iatlter
a p;iri*v.-l tif cheiJiiut twigs well hung with
leaves, and lay them on a table near that
on which the worms are fet ding, and when
a worm begins to spin place it on the ches-
nut leaves. 'I'he leaves wIhmi gathered
gretjn, soon b»-jjin to curl, and the worm will
spin its cocixjn in its cavity. W here clies-
nut leaves are not at hand, chinquopin, or
chf^stiut oak will answer. Another mode is
to gather siobII twigs, such as are used for
stable brooms and ue&ve them into little
arbors, trees, Ac. and place the worms on
them. Some erect these arbors, d:c. on
the table with the Worms, and leave the
worms to cliii.h of their own accord, when
they are prepiired to spin ; but i have found
it l«?tter, esjiecially in the management of
a small number, to place the woriiis oo the
bu«hes niysell".
'I’he worms that begin to npin each day,
should lie kept so|ianite, and on the Bth tlay
from the commencenient of spinning the co
coons or balls of silk, should l>e removed,
and those intended for silk, '-tripi>ed of tin*
loose coarse silk, calletl tow, must be put in
an oven about half heated, and Uiked fi>r
half an hour, for the piir|H> « of smothering
the insccts, which, if not thus killed, w ill
work out of the cocoon and spoil the silk.
Care mii.it li*j taken that tl»e oven iic iMit
hot enough to scorch the siik. After this
the cocixiris may l>e laid away for reeling.
'I’hecoeiKins t'rom w hich the eggs are ex
pected for a future crop, mu^t be taken on
the Hth day from the comnieiicement of spin
ning and laid in rows about a foot ajwirt on
white paper, either on th« tliKirof a dry ai
ry chamber or on a table. 'I’hroi! or four
cocoons may lie liesideeach other, the w hole
touehinj' lengthwinfr, in a row. In from
to 12 days, (he worm will have changed
its form to that tif a gray ish liutlerily or
miller, and will come out of the cocoon;
and in 21 to :(> hours the female will com
mence laying eggs on the pajK-r b* tween
the rows c)f cocoons. 'I’here will l>o abtiut
an eipial iiiinil>er of males and ftmiales, anil
each lemah-will lay Hlioiit l'»0 egc;s, ofat
first, a iK-auti.iil sulphur color, alxiut the
size of rnustaid seed. In a lay or two, the
eggs liccome of u blii«ish black color, to
the naked eye, but when s'en through a
microscojic, they are lieautifiilly speckled,
like stinic kinds of binl's eg;s. 'I'host; that
remain yellow or of a sulphur color, have
not lieen fecundated by the male, nnil are
good for nothing. As the Hies ceah” lay ing,
the eggs must U; removed on the pn|HT to
a cool dry place for future use. It is not
necessary to keep them in a tempt.rance of
4'i or i'lO degr(!es to prevent their s|)oiling
as has lieeii asserted ; the only injury they
are liable to fmm a high tenqierature is
that of hatrhintr, which, after the Spring,
they will not lie apt to do in any teni|M;ra-
ture lower lhan 7.'i deg. 'I’hey ought to bo
kept in a dry place to prevent mildew which
would Im* injurious, protected from insects,
and where they will have the benefit of air.
'I’he Hies out nothing after leaving the co
coon and die m a fewdaysafterlay ing their
eggs.
'I'he cocoons from which you ex[)oct silk,
after having bc‘on baked, as alnive, may Ik;
reeled at any time after your attention to
Ihe other parts of the process ceases, Ibr
whi( h pur[n)se, [Hit alioiit fifly of theiii into
a kettle of water of a temperature so high
only as you ni.iy put your hand in wilhont
acaulding,(at which it must be steatlily kept,
by means ofooalsunder the kettl‘,)ai)d with
a wisp of twigs stir them alnAit briskly till
you observe Ihe end ofa fibre of silk stick
ing to it, when you must secure it and pro
ceed as b'fore until you have as many fibres
as yt.u wish fiir a strarnl of the threail you
intend, say 15 or 20, then join them and' at
tach Ihoin to a reel and wind olf the silk,
carefully observing whca a libre breaks to j
secure it or another that the thread may
not be diminislied. Some only wind 4, 5,
or 0 fibres in a strand, and doublb tho
strand after reeling. The bars of the reel
should be pretty long, that you may spread
out the silk without letting the strans touch
until the first laid on be dry, as th« gum
in Ihe silk will make them adhere. In this
way proceed till you have reeled all the co
coons. 'J’he silk may now be wound from
the skein into balls and twisted with a com
mon .spinning wheel, and doubled, as may
be retiuired for sewing thread,' or twist for
weaving; atler which, it must be boiled for
four or live hours in water in w hich a little
soap is put, and then well rinsed in clear
water for the purpose of freomg it from tl»o
gum with which it is incumbered, when the
silk will be for use. It will be white of
cotirse, and if other colors are wanted it
must be dyed.
It is projier hero to remark that the Silk
culture is naturally divided into two bran
ches, both of which can hardly be advan
tageously combined in the same establish
ment, w hen carried o»i a large scale—tho
production of cocoons, being the first, and
the remainder of the process the second.
When the culture of silk shall become ex
tensive, factories ought, and no doubt will
be establishetl, to purchase the cocoons and
manufucture the silk.
It may be calculated that an acre of ground
will atlurd mulberry leaves enough to pro
duce from /iO to I.'iO pounds of silk ; Thai
1000 worms will proiliice from half a pound
to a pound of silk; that fitly pounids of
loaves w ill be required to feed 1000 worms,
and that a common fiill grown mulberry
tree will atlord from one to two and .some
times throe hundrtnl pomids of leaves. A
tree the toliage of which, if well and thick
ly set, will rnojiHure ten feet stpiare as it
stands, bo calculated toaHord lOU (MHiodsof
leaves without injury to it^ health.
It v^ill lie oUwrveil that these diroctimis
arc intended only for the management of u
small number of worms by farmers and
tithers who intend only to make a few
pounds of silk annually; the deviation from
them, however, requiri'd in the conduct of
extensive establishments arc very simple,
and will suggest themselves. They are
merely the pmviding ofa separate house a-
da|*tol to the |iurposo, with appropriate ta
llies, in the form of shelves, fijr the accom-
ilation of the worms, und a few others of
little moment.
GIDEON B. S.MITII.
The irny to l^oterty.—A farmer in Mas
sachusetts has given a short history of his
exjierience in actjuiring and loosing proper
ty. About :.*0 years ago he began with lit
tle, and by industry and ecouomy adiled
something to his property every year—*
liuilt a house, tht>n a Inrn, bougiit several
lots of land, and though he had a large fam
ily, continued to thrive, until he owned a
g'KHi (nrtn and convenient buildings, and
owed no man a cent. All things went on
nell until a neighlK)ring farm wsis otlered
for sale, w hich he purchastHl; ho paid tor
a part of it from his-)wn fimds, and borrow
ed the remainder at the bank. This was
the first step in the down-hill roaii. W lien
the iKink debt came due he wont to another
bank and liorrowtn] m»mey to pay the first;
he cttntiiiued to run from bank to bank for
some time, tlie ilebi constantly increasing.
Ho now concluded to try speculation, in or-
tlor to extricate himself from his embarrass
ment; he obtained more money from tho
banks, and purcliased droves of cattle, sheep,
and hogs, in the western country, which ho
•hove lo Brighton and other markets; lie
hist money on every drove, and became
more and more involved; he mortgaged
one of his farms to the Hospital Life Insur
ance (.'ompany, l>ut this did not save him,
his personal prop«‘rty was attache*! and s.)iti
at aiiclion, his n al estate went to pay hi:*
creditors, and in a few years nearly all his
properly was gone. He concludes his com-
iniiiiication with the following warning :—
“ Let all w lio are not under the same ron-
(leiiiiiation take warning by me, and flisi
from the liaiiks, and Boston loans, or pov
erty and misery await them.’’
Trtrr\rnrlous Erplosiort.—'Hie dimstroin
effects of gunpowder was very forcibly ex
hibited t>n 'I’hursday evening lost, at tlin
store of Mr. Harvey KoT}iia,in the town of
(treonsburgh, in this countv. About seven
o'clock, the owner having (eft the store (or
a few niiiiiitcs, the fire from Ihe stove by
some means cominmicated to a cask of pow
der, which expltxlcd with a tiomendous
nols«'‘, deinolisliitig the store and .scattering
Its contents anil fragments in every direc
tion. Providentially, no pi.-rson was in or
near the building at the moment of the ac-
ciilent; a sheti adjoining, containing hay,
caught fire, but was soon extinguished.—
'I’he pocket InKikof Mr. R. containing sev
eral hundred dollars in bills, was fimnd in
the field, a eonsid(^^lbI* distance from tliO
scone of desfriiclion. 'I’he conclusion pro-
(liM cd by this explosion was felt fi>r miles
round, and excited a good tieal of astonish
ment among the inhahitanls.
Wfxtehinter lIcrnhL
sm:fiIPFS’ DKKDS,
l.'iiidH wilil for 'I’uxi’n; ('or r.ioiiU w>M
under It ot'I'ii ri I'licihfi; uiiil lor (/iiuis
sold umli r u \\ rilol' \ uililiwiii lixponah—for nuIb
nt this t lllire.
Warrantee l)enh- f,r r.mie (if ij,is Otfiee,