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NliVV VOIiK. 

 The results of Ihe l:itc cpn'us nf thi? ftate arp 

 given in fhe All>;iiiy piijiers; imni which il ap- 

 pears Ihat the whole population is now l,G1(i, 

 450 ; and the gain in the population of the 

 stale since 1820, is 2l'^,(\iS. The report of the 

 Secretary made to hoth legislative houses, con- 

 tains many inleresling and nscful staiislical facts. 

 There are 55 counties in the state. 



CVNAL COMMFRCE. 



In 1821, fhe nnmher of canal boat arrivals 

 and departures, at Ihe port of.Mliany, was 2G72. 

 During Ihe last year there were 11,594 arrivals 

 and departures at the same port. 



SI'l':i;M Oif,. 

 On the fir«t of September, 182!. il wns esti- 

 innted that the qu.intjty of Spermaceli Oil on 

 hand in the United Si.ites, was about 2,725,000 

 gnlhins. Bctucon that dale and the first .of 

 September, 1825, there were brought into the 

 [>ort of Nantucket, 50,7C5 barrels; and into 

 i\ew I5edford, 25,651 barrt-ls — these two ilems, 

 equal to 2,375.(100 gallons, added to the qiianti- 



Brevet cClnvenlinn fur Jive, i/enrx, graiilfd to Mr. 

 Cheiicaux of l^aris, for a ncro strap fur whet- 

 ling ra'ors- 



M.\NiVKll OF raRPARINO THK STRAi'. 



Take il piece of conMnon leather, leave it io 

 soak in warm water, and then rub it over with 

 a matter composed of ihe tilings of cast steel 

 dissolved in aqua fortis, made red hot in a cru- 



ly on hand, as above, make an air-regate of 5,- '^'^^''^ "'"' POunded Io reduce it Io powder. 

 200,0(X) ijallon-, 3,3;30,()OO of which, as nearly i 1"*"^ "'eagre composition of a red colour, 

 as could'i.e ascertained, remained unconsnmed without any sort ol mixture o( oilorgiease, 



or unapproprialed at the latter period. L'()un 

 the Island of Nantucket alone, there were up- 

 waids ot' 2,000,000 gallons. — jYanliickct Inii. 



MERIT AND VIRTUE. 

 At the last annual silting nf the French Acndp- 

 my, the prize of 100,000 francs, for "merit and 

 virtue," was awarded to Pieiro Martin, a poor 

 day-labor^'r, who. having married a poor girl who 

 bad three blind brnthers, and an intirm father, 

 maintained them by his Inhor, and would JulTer 

 none of them to a«k alms, though he had tlueo 

 children of his own to support. Ue worked 

 night and day, depriving himself of sustenance. 

 that they should not want, till he frequently lell 

 down from over exertion and want of food. — 

 The second prize, of .°i.(KlO (ranrs, was given I 

 to a poor girl named Hcrmitte, who look a poor j 

 deaf and dumb child under her protection, and 

 without any knowledge of the methods in use,! 

 succeede<l in leaching lier little protege to read j 

 and write. V arious other rewards were distribu- 

 ted on similar grounds. The prizes, for pub- 

 lications conducive to mora|s and virtue, were 

 nwarded to the l!aron de Gerando, for a work 

 on "Moral improvement, or Self Education,"' 

 and to the work of Ihe late Madame Campan, 

 "Go Education" — Ckiistian Observer, A'uv. 1825. 



A special depnsile in foreign coins, made 

 some lime since by the United Slates' Bank in 

 our Branch, has, we undersland, within a few 



will make the strap diirerent from all those hi- 

 therto manuf.iclnred, and cause it to produce an 

 edge preferable to that given by Ihe hone or 

 polisher. 



SYPHON. 

 An improvement on this instrument has been 

 days been forwarded to Piiiladel|diia, lor the i made at Paris, by Mr Bnntem, instrnmentmaker 

 [iraiseworthy objecl of being recoined into half'qnai Pellilier. No 2G so as to save the necessity 

 and quarter dollars, vviiich are much vvanted I of sfiction. Near Ihe lop of Ihe outer and long- 

 here ; and in that shape, are not likely Io be i er branch, just below the bend of the syphon, a 

 willnhawn for ex|)ort. — A'. Y. piipcr. | ball is blown of suitable size. On filling this 



= I branch, {together with the bulb,) with a fluid. 



We have had an. opportunity of examining 1 -flopping Ihe end of the lube with the linger, 

 Ihe models of two miul machines, invented by | inid then immersing the short leg in Ihe liquor 

 :Hr. Knight. One ol lliem is intendotl Io be wor- 

 ked by steam, upon a large scale, from 12 to 50 

 horse power; the other is U|>oii a less extensive 

 scale, and is adapted to horse power. This 

 gentleman has also invented a self-discharging 

 scow, to receive Ihe mud from these machines, 

 "hich in our opinion, will be found, ujion trial, 

 tci be of great utility. The very great sim)jli- 

 cily by which power is imparled to these ma- 

 chines, is perhaps not tlie least commendable 

 (lart of ihem, inasmuch as il both lessens their 

 liwl cost and llie exjiensc of all subsequent re- 

 pairs. — Bait, t'hroji. 



to be drawn oti", the operation will go on at 

 pleasure. 



It is said in the Washington Gazette, that a 

 son of Bolivar, .mil a son of Prince Mural, will 

 become students, at Ihe ensuing term, al iLe Vir- 

 ginia University. 



A NorfoTk Farmer, from three polaloe?, 

 weighing 18 oz. last year raised 4 bushels and 

 a half, fair sized, and weighing 270 pounds. 



We find in a Mexican paper a project tor the 

 establishment of a regular trade from Ihe nfes- 

 ternpart of l!ie couiilry to the Fast Indies, imder 

 the direction ot a company. The objecl is to j 

 render Mexico Ihe place of depot for lbs com- j 

 merce between Europe and Ihe East; md this, j 

 it is supposed, if once accomplished, would give j 

 the same direction to that from the United Slates 

 and South Americi to .\sia. — There is little ap- 

 pearance of feasibility in the project as long a* 

 the expenses and risk of transportation across 

 the country are so great as al present; but the 

 proposition of such plans is a favorable indica- 

 tion ol liie incipient enterprise of the country, 

 so long repressed by the oppressive policy ol 

 Spain. — jV. York Dai. Adv. 



Wet Feet. — How often do we see people 

 trampling about in Ihe mud, wilh leather soaked 

 through, and huw often do such poeple when 

 they reluin honie, sit down by the fire side and 

 permit their feel to dry, withoul changing eith- 

 er Stockings or shoes. Can we then w under at 

 the Coughing and barking and rheumatism and 

 inflammation, which enable the doctors to ride 

 in their carriages? Wet fuct mo.-l commonly 

 produce affections of Ihe throat and lniig> ; and 

 when such diseases have once taken place, 'the 

 house is on fire' — danger is not (ar oir, there- 

 fore lei us entreat our readers, no matter how 

 Leallhy, to guard against wet feel. — J\hd. Adv. 



CSnJlectiait River. — Iir the contemplated im- 

 (irovemenls of the Cennecticut, it is calculated, 

 The game i« verv abundant in Michigan thisilbal it will require 17 miles of Canal, 41 Locks, 

 season, and the white biinlers are making money j and 202 mile? of slack water navigation in the 

 fast. If the ln<lians could be persuaded to kill ilistance, from Barnet to Hartford, of 210 miles, 

 wolves, this counlrv would Ire filled with deer; i The descent is 420 feet, and the computed cost 

 but they sav that "a wolf is their brotber, and ' of the work is upwards of one million ol dollars, 

 lives by hiinlinar deer, like themselves. 'I'hcv [ r=^=^ 



never kill an animal for its skin alone, hut only j The Fayettevjlle Sp„tinc4 states "Ibal Icad.lone^s 

 ... 1 1 I- I loiind 111 ireat aluinclarce, in Hocl<inp;ham country, 1>. 



when Its carcase is wanted lor lood. ^ ^^ ^^-^^,^^ ,|i,rov«,ed by a person « ho was plough- 



iiig ; Ihe share of liis plough was suddenly disengaged 

 IVoni its place, and clui.g to loadsloot sn strongly as to 

 rec;iiire considerable exertion to extricate il." Our 

 norlhi rn farmers are sometimes sadly annoyed hy stones 

 producing similar (fleets, and not unfreqiieutly have a 

 plonghehaie broken by the violence of the shock. 



We piinisli the coiners of base money, because 

 they injure and invade the properly of the pub- 

 lic ; hilt It is notorious, that during the last 25 

 vears, the good people of these realms have lost 

 over ten millions sterling by Ihe failure of coun- 

 try hankers, and it would be extremely difficult 

 to show, Ihal ibiring the same period they have 

 lost i;iOO,000 by the base metallic money. 



Luud'in paper. 



Good earing. — We h.Tve recently made an ex- 

 periment in the way of eating, on a ham, cured 

 with pyToiii' neons ncn/, by II. G. llenshaw, ot 

 Ibis town, and found the quality of it to lie very 

 tine. It )'., in all respects, etfual to that cured 

 by smoking ; and m neatness and cleanliness il is 

 superior. — Mass. Spy. 



An efficacious remedy is used for the innueii- 

 za, which* is drinking very plentifully of barley 

 water, sweetened wilh brown sugar, and strong- 

 ly impreenaled wilh acid, and observing a strict 

 diet— A".' Y. Eve. Post. 



The ?tate of North Carolina has adopted the only 

 child (a daughter) of the gallant Captain Bliikely ; and 

 has appropriated COO dollars annually lor her support 

 and education. 7 he young lady is now a resident in 

 Massaehusetts. It has also appropiinted 250 dollars 

 per am nni for the education of a sen ol Col. Forsyth, 

 who fell on the Canada border duriug the late war. 



07ncf.— -Since 1808, the duties on wines imported 

 into the United Stales have been increased and the 

 consumption very much diiiiinishi d. This is another 

 proof that two and two do not always make four in 

 pclitiral economy — as the net revenue from wines is 

 probably much less than when the duties were low. 



Cuban C. Verplanck and Jesse Buel have been ap- 

 pointed, by the joint concurrence of both houses. Reg- 

 ents of the Univeisity of New-York to supply the va- 

 cancies occasioned by the d. ath of Mathtw Clerkson 

 and the resignatiou ol'Henry Rutgers. 



