1824.] 



Literary and Miteellaneous Intelligence. 357 



Tlie " Journal of liducation,'' published 

 by the Society for the Amelioration of 

 Elementary Instruetioii ; the "Journal of 

 the Society of Christian Morals ;" and 

 " the Family Library/'— require a parti- 

 cular mention. 



The " Asiatic Journal" is published by 

 the Society that bears that name. 



"The French Annals" by Messrs. Le- 

 noir and Mondor, are especially devoted 

 to Architecture, National Monuments, 

 Antiquities, and the Fine Arts. 



" The Mirror,'' which appeared every 

 niorninir, contained sentimental pieces, 

 skilfully delineating manners, attacking 

 opinions under the dominion of prejudice, 

 viewing customs and scenes, ridiculous or 

 pleasant, with a critical eye ; it was a 

 work addressed to the imagination, and is 

 now turned over to two or three light 

 productions, " Le Diablo Boitenx,'' " Le 

 Corsaire," and " La Pandore:'' these are 

 too recent to give any very distinct idea of 

 them. 



— In this siitnmary of periodical works, 

 none of them arc exclusively literary. 

 This laciine, however, appears to be 

 at lenf^th filled up by " Le Mcrcure <hi 

 dix iRUvicme Siecle," consisting of lite- 

 rary materials, in prose anil verse, on 

 aa indelinite variety of subjects: it is a 

 weekly |)ublication. 



UNITED STATES. 



A Idler from New Orleans announces 

 the culture and growth of the Chinese 

 Iicrb, green tea, by a Mr. Mallet, oh 

 liis plantation in Louisiana. It occupies 

 a considerable extent, near the banks of 

 the rivpr Amite. The climate seems 

 to favour the growth of this i)lant ; and 

 the proprietor thinks that, with duo 

 care, it will succeed. A sample of 

 liyson tea, which accompanied the letter, 

 was very agreeable to the fasle. A pre- 

 paration by the Chinese, in rolling over 

 the leaves, and jicrfuming it with some 

 essence, appear to be ail that is wanting 

 to resemble exactly what is imported 

 from Cliina. 



Of statistic particulars relative to the 

 United Slates, the following are given 

 as authenlic:— 3000 students in the 

 Colleges, that confer degrees ; 1200 in 

 various academics; 500 in theological 

 seminaries ; above lUOO law students ; 

 and 500,f)00 young persons in public 

 schools. Physicians, about 10,000 ; 

 advocates, more than GOOO ; churches 

 anil chapels, UOOO ; and ecclesiastics, 

 5000. Patents for inventions, discove- 

 ries, improvements in -Ihe arts, 4400. 

 'J'hc |>rfnting of books costs annually 

 l)etwccii two and three millions of dol- 

 lars. Is' umber uf journals in the couu- 



try, about 1000 ; steam-boals, more 

 than 100 : these, in general, ellect their 

 passage in one third less time than the 

 English. Physicians w ho do not think 

 the yellow-fever contagious to those 

 who do, in the proportion of 567 to 28. 



The American journals report an ex- 

 peditioii, by Majur Lono, with a de- 

 tachment ot the army, to the north-west 

 extremity of the United States. Of 

 4000 miles which they traversed, 3000 

 were over deserts. They set out from 

 Philadelphia in April, and returned in 

 October. They met with no sinister 

 accidents, and were well received every 

 where by the Indians. Their return 

 was by Lake Superior. 



The " National Calendar and Annii- 

 ary" of the United States, for 182,3, 

 contains the following paragraph rela- 

 tive to emigrations: — "ISy diU'erent 

 vessels that arrived in our ports, in the 

 years 1821 and 22, were conveyed 

 20,201 passengers, of whom 3,&69 were 

 citizens of the United Stales. Of the 

 10,252 emigrant foreigners, 8,284 were 

 from England ; 685 were French ; Ger- 

 mans, 486 ; Si>auiards, 400; and Hol- 

 landers, 112." The author of the 

 "Annuary" divides the emigrants into 

 four classes: the first, called productive- 

 useful, contains 4,940 individuals, all 

 brought up to some trade. In the 

 United States are as many tailors, 

 bakers, masons, labouring men, &c. as 

 arc wanted ; but they arc deficient in 

 woikmen for their irtamifactnres. Tli« 

 situation of these, ibr want of skill and 

 practice, is less advantageous than in 

 other branches of industry. In the 

 other classes are 5,069 individuals, here 

 called unprodnctive-useful, 4.59 unj)ro- 

 ductive, and 9,321 variously unproduc- 

 tive, including women and cliildren. 

 There is also a list of patents fur 1822. 

 They are to the number of 194: of 

 which eleven are for the improvcnjcnt 

 of ploughs; twenty-two for new instru- 

 ments and modes of labouring in agri- 

 culture; fil'teen for economical grates, 

 furnaces, fire-i)laccs; nine relate to the 

 building of ships; and three have been 

 grante<l to the inventor of the domestic 

 tclegraiih, to a lever for raising weighty 

 articles perpendicularly, and to the in- 

 ventor of a process for transmitting any 

 im|)ression of jiuper on wood. — Another 

 jntercsting list is that ofdilfcrent works 

 deposited in the oflice of the Secretary 

 for the Interior, in the same year. It 

 contains nincly-five: twenty arc dic- 

 tionaries, grauiuiurs, ur elementary 

 works 



