Vol. X.— No. 14. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



107 



Corresponding Members •Umitled. E. S. H. 



Leonard, M. D. Providtnce, R. I. Gen. Joshua 

 W)ngale,jr. Portland, .Me. 



FRUITS EXHIBITED. 



The Fruit presented was uncommonly fine. The 

 principal contributors were Mr Prince of Long Isl- 

 and, N. Y., J. Lowell, Esq., S. G. Perkins, Esq., and 

 Gorham Parsons, Esq., in this vicinity. 



Pears. — A pear from the garden of Dr Jackson, 

 name unknown. — Long Rosewater, from W. Prince, 

 Flusliing, Long Island, not in eating. — St Germain, 

 from the same. — Colmar Souverain, large and melt- 

 ing, of an excellent flavor, from the same. From R. 

 Tooliey, a pear, name unknown, not in eating. — From 

 the same, Tarling, a pear not in eating. — From the 

 same, Martin Sec, a pear not in eating. — From E. M. 

 Richards, Monsieur Jean. — From the same, Plait's 

 Bergamot. — From E. Crafts, Marie Louise, melting 

 and excellent. — From Mr J. Clapp, Soutli Reading, 

 a pear, not in eating. — From Mr E. Crafts, one of 

 Mr Knight's varieties of pears.— From Mr E. M. 

 Richards, Crassane, a choice pear, fine and melting. 

 From R. Manning, several of Piatt's Bergamot. — 

 From the same, Holland Green, Cox No. 90. — From 

 S. G. Perkins, Esf,. a pear, supposed to be the Win- 

 ter Bergamot of Coxe. — From the same, Beze de 

 Casey, good. — From the same. Doyenne d'Hiver, a 

 beautiful pear, and a good bearer. — From Mrs Par- 

 rnentier, Brooklyn, N. Y., Passe Colmar, sent by 

 Hon. J. Lowell, not in eating.— From the garden of 

 Jonathan French, tree from J. Blootlg-ood, pear, 

 name unknown, very fine. — From Gorham Parsons, 

 Esq., Gloria, a pear not in eating. — From W. Prince, 

 Ronville, (New Diihamel) or Martin Sire of Quin- 

 tinye and Evelyn, Martin Sire or Ronville of the 

 old Duhamel, and of Rozicr, Miller and Forsyth, not 

 in eating. 



Apples.— From S. G. Perkins, Esq., Nonsuch, 

 large and fine.— From R. Manning, \Vine Apple, 

 Coxe, No. 34, imported from Philadelphia, good. — 

 From W. Prince, American Black Apple. — From the 

 same, Gestruden, a German Apple. — From Philip P. 

 Spalding, Seedling Apples ; will keep till March ; 

 the tree a great bearer. 



Quinces. — From Mr W. Prince, small apple 

 shaped Quince; Musk Quince ; Portugal Quince; 

 large French Quince ; pear shaped Quince; Scar- 

 let flowering Quince, and Bl.ack flowering Quince. 



From Mr ' . Prince, Fruits called Shaddocks. 



Grapes. — From Mr R. Manning, Isabella Grapes, 

 from the Garden of Mr Stephen Driver, jun. of Sa- 

 lem. The vine is 3 years old, and this season pro- 

 duced 20G bunches of Grapes, of large size and well 

 ripened. It is trained to the side of a building, and 

 has been pruned winter and summer like a foreign 

 vine. The grapes were the finest that have been 

 presented this year, very sweet, and of good flavor. 

 — By Edward Sharp, Dorchester, seedling Grapes, 

 fair and good. 



Fine Sweet Potatoes, by Mr R. Toohey. 



A new coflTee pot has been invented in Paris, by 

 which the coflfee is made without evaporation, the 

 lamp extinguishes itself as soon as the coft'ee is made 

 the water comes down on the cotTee of its own accord, 

 in a boiling state, which retains in the cofl^ee the 

 whole of its aroma ; and in addition to this judging 

 by the prints of the vessel, which we have seen, it 

 makes a very handsome ornament. — London Globe. 



Valuable Discovery. — We learn that a gentleman 

 of this city has invented an improvement in the Fme 

 Arts, by which tne representations of portraits, min- 

 iatures, &c. are rendered more perfect and natural. 

 Tliis is effectfid by a process never before made use 

 of, and by methods hitherto undiscovered in this or 

 any other country. A patent for this invention, we 

 understand, is about to be taken out; after which 

 the public will have opportunitiesof inspecting spec- 

 imens. — til. 



RAILROADS. 



• llbany and Buffah — Boston and Ontario. — The 

 project of a railroad to run parallel with the Erie 

 Canal through its whole length, and on its very 

 route a|)peais to be seriously entertained in New 

 York. The expense is estimated at $7,000,000, 

 for a single track. Notices are given of two up- 

 jjlicalions to be made to the Lcgisluture at its next 

 session for acts of incorporation for this object, but 

 it is supposed that the two sets of petitioners will 

 unite in one act. The opinion is expressed in the 

 newspapers that the stock wnuld be immediately 

 taken up. Wealthy capitalists are concerned in the 

 applications. 



We have heretofore .said as inucli perhaps as be- 

 comes us, and more than was useful on the subject 

 of a railroad from Boston to Loire Ontario. We do 

 ardently ilesire that some wealthy, iiilelljgent and 

 patriotic gentleman of this good city .ind stale, 

 would take up this subject, and give it a careful ex- 

 amination. It does indeed appear to us that such a 

 golden opportunity to increase and secure unbound- 

 ed and permanent business, and a solid, and benefi- 

 cial political influence was never before ofttred to 

 an enterprising community ; certaiidy jt was never 

 before rejected. What is it .-' No less than connect- 

 ing Boston by an easier and shorter route than from 

 Albany to Buffalo with all the lakes, harbors and 

 rivers and other inland navigation that New York 

 has access to by her canal (and proposes to have 

 with new facilities, liy a railroad,) — but also with 

 the noble Lake Ontario, one of the chains, which 

 neither of the above works can directly touch .' 



Is this nothing ? Does not every argument in 

 fjvor of constructing a railroad alongside of the 

 Canal apply with tenfold force in favor of such a 

 work from Boston to all the Lakes ? The bare 

 naming of this project alarmed the people of Buffalo 

 ami they sent forth their fears and their chagrin, all 

 natural enough, in paragraphs signifying the diffi- 

 culties and depreciating the advantages of it, and 

 running down to the lowest degree, and grievous- 

 ly misrepresenting the Welland Canal. Their ex- 

 citement has now taken a much more sensible and 

 manly direction. They have held a meeting, re- 

 solved to apply as soon as inay be for a charter for 

 their railroad, and have issued a circular iipmi it, 

 which we have not seen. The report ofMr flui/- 

 wajd on the Boston and Ontario Railroad contains 

 a great deal of valuable and gratifying information. 

 For our part we think that we could do nothing 

 that would so .attach the West to us, and induce 

 the habit of acting with us on great political ques- 

 tions afiecling the business and livelihood of the 

 citizens of Boston, Massachusetts, and the whole 

 North as to construct this Railway. Will otn- 

 statesmen look at it ? Mr Hayward has recon- 

 noitred routes, and obtained accurate surveys as 

 far as Lake Champlain. He estimates the whole 

 expense of a single track at about $3,600,000, and 

 of a double one at about $-5,000,000. — .Mass. Jour- 

 nal. 



Delatcare and Hudson Canal. — It appears that 

 between the 5th and 24th of September, 70 vessels 

 of different descriptions cleared at Rondout, loaded 

 with Lackawana coal, and bound on various destina- 

 tions. 13 were bound to Providence, 3 to Ports- 

 mouth, 2 to Fall River, 2 to Salem, 1 to Newport, 1 

 to Bristol, 1 to New Haven, 1 to Portland, 1 to Bos- 

 ton, 1 to Haverhill, I to Plymouth, 5 to Albany, 3 to 

 Hudson, G to Newburg, 4 to Athens, 1 to Manhattan- 

 ville, 3 to Williamsburg, 1 to Troy, 1 to Yonkers, 1 

 to Greenwich, 1 to FishkUl, 1 to Poughkeepsie, and 

 1 14 to New York. One vessel carried 44G tons. 



FACTORIES AT TROY, FALL RIVER, MS. 

 From a communication in the New York Ameri- 

 can Advocate, we compile the following information, 

 respecting the factories at Troy, Ms. The river falls 

 128 feet in 150 rods, forming 9 dams, with about 14 

 feet fall to each. This place is at the head of Mount 

 Hope Bay, and near Taunton river. The harbor 

 will admit any ships which plough the ocean. 

 cotton factories. 



sptiiiHes Innma lianrls lb5i. cotton. 



Troy Man'g co. 3892 109 150 300,000 



Pocasset man'g co. 2000 65 70 84,000 



Buffington's factory 500 18 20 30,000 



Hawes & co's. do. 700 20 20 10,000 



Chase& Luther's do. 15,3G 60 70 128,000 



A. & J. Shove's do. 1,500 46 50 100,000 



D. J. Olney's do. 900 24 30 50,000 



Massasoit do. 10,000 350 400 810,000 



Fall River do. 32,50 90 140 224,000 



Dexter.Wh.&co.do.GOO 20 25 44,000 



T. Shove's do. 1000 31 26 52,500 



Shove&Slades' 'do. ' — 22 .52,500 



Annawan company 5580 206 250 365,000 



Total, 31,458 1041 1276 2,290,000 



It is a safe calculation to estimate 4 yards of 

 cloth from a pound of cotton, which would make 

 9,160,000 yards, amounting at an average of 10 

 cents, to $916,000 00 



Deduct cost of the cotton, 229,000 00 



which leaves the sum of 687,000 00 



produced to the country by the labor of 1276 opera- 

 tives, aided by machinery. 



In addition to the above, there are at the above 

 village, — 



S. Shove & Co.'s sattinet factory, employing 

 150 hands, value of goods manufactured per year, 

 $195,000. 



A. Robeson's print factory, where 16,800 yards 

 are bleached and printed daily, employing 360 

 hands. 



Fall River Iron Works company, manufacture 

 1000 tons of iron yearly. 



O. S. Hawes &. Co.'s machine shop, employs 30 

 hands. 



Brayton, Slade & Co.'s machinists, employ 25 

 hands. 



The water power which moves this quantity of 

 machinery, rises in a pond, only 3 miles distant : 

 most all the investments have been made within 6 

 or 7 years. The village contains about 5000 inhab- 

 itants — and 7 places olf public worship. The hands 

 employed in the factories are Uhs females, who are 



represented as well dressed and well behaved. 



Roc. Dai. Adv. 



PATERSON, N. J. 



It is stated this place is fast rising in wealth and 

 manufacturing importance: all the dwellings in the 

 village are full : the following new factories'are now 

 in progress or completed : 



2 for cotton goods ; 



1 for cotton goods and making machinery ; 



1 for cotton goods and mill-wright work ; 



1 for woollen goods ; 



1 for gilt buttons and other articles. 



We should say that Patorson was in the full tide 

 of successful experiment. — lb. 



Niles' Register estimates that thj various man- 

 ufactories' of Baltimore, create a vnlue of S5,000 - 

 000 per annum. One coacli factory employs 80 

 persons. 



'Cranberry day' is hereafter to be a festival at 

 Barnstable, Ms. The Journal states that the town 

 authorities had forbidden this valuable berry to be 

 taken from the bogs on Sandy Neck, until ripe, and 

 then pay a stipulated pan to the town. Sept. 20, 

 was the day appointed, and 300 men, women and 

 children had a fine frolic. Wet weather has jjroba- 

 bly reduced the crop one half; but from 150 to 

 200 bushels were picked. 



