V^ol. VIII.— No. 7. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



53 



St of such fertility. An avenue, McAdamiztd 

 he true EngUsli style, leads tliiough a rich ami 



Ihnsive lawn to the mansion, which is finely 



llled with aged elms, locust and chesnut. 



»» hin twenty paces of the front door, a copious 



ife clear stream winds through tlie grass, aflbrd- 

 a sup|)ly of pure water, and adding much to 

 charms of the landscape. A small lake, stud- 

 with grassy islets, is visible from the window, 

 one side, the view is terminated by a forest of 

 riginal and stately i)ines ; on the other, by a 

 id and beautiful sheet of water, four miles in 



W :nt, with long ranges of the Green Mountains 



« ^''erniont in the distance. The mansion itself 

 ipacious, neat, and commodious, I'ossessing 

 ry requisite save one, to render the wealthy 

 hospitable proprietor happy. Participating in 

 he comforts of his residence, we next morning 

 1 a visit to his neighbor. Col. Young, who has 

 ly exchanged the din of politics and the tur- 

 of public life, for rural quiet and independ- 



^p afforded by his 300 acres. We found him 

 is favorite retreat, his garden, with his hands 

 neared with mud in transplanting cauliflowers, 

 feels the same enthusiasm in horticulture, as 

 friend Delavan does in farming ; and bolii 

 e given a powerful impulse to improvements 

 heir respective pursuits. 



ou will jjerceive by the foregoing sketch of 

 rambles, protracted much beyoini my expecta- 

 s, that some of the most wealthy, intelligent, 

 distinguished men in the state of New York, 

 actively employed in the noblest of ail pur- 

 s, the cultivation of the soil. Agricultural so- 



i'ies, established several years since under the 

 pices of that enlightened and illustrious states- 

 1, De Witt Clinton, gave an impetus to improve- 



^ Its in rural economy, the salutary influence of 

 ch is still felt in the community. Happy 

 lid it be, in my opinion, for the interests of 

 state, if some of the eminent individuals whom 



II' ive named, and others engaged in the same 

 suits, were called to public stations, where their 

 rts might be directed to the re-establishment 

 systerei which has been prematurely aban- 

 ed." 



\afdy Tubts for Skips. — The London Atlas 

 es that an important discovery has lately been 

 le by a Mr Ralph Watson, for preventing the 

 idering of ships at sea, by the insertion of 

 s between decks. Mr Watson proposes to 

 )loy tubes, made of copper, (or any other sub- 

 ice equally secure,) of a cylindrical form, ter- 

 ating at each extremity, by convex or semi- 

 )ular ends; the whole to be hermetically sealed, 

 to contain in number and capacity, a bulk or 

 ntity of atmospheric air equal to counterbal- 

 e that extra portion of the weight or specific 

 nty of the ship and her contents, which other- 



,- }, in case of leak, and the ship filling with 

 er, would cause her to sink. The N. Y. Cou- 

 remarks on this contrivance " We claim the 

 rity of the invention of Safety Tub.?s for 

 IS, steamboats, and all kinds of vessels &c., in 



lli alf of our adopted citizen Edmund Charles 

 tET." And states that a patent was obtained 

 this, together with other improvements by M. 

 let in 1825. 



" DESTROYING INSECTS BY STEAM. 

 ?he plan of steaming vessels for the purpose 

 tilling vermin and insects, and more particu- 

 Y the white ant, is cotniug into use in ludia. 



The Comet steamboat was hauled alongside a 

 merchant vessel, and by means of apparatus pre- 

 pared for the occasion, her steam was applied to 

 that purpose in this vessel for .several hours; the 

 object was most completely attained. In addition 

 to the certainty of this mode of eflecting it, an- 

 other valuable proof of its su[)eriority to smoking 

 was displayed in this instance. Every leaky place 

 in the vessel was shown, by the water oozing out 

 of it ; and in this manner, several leaks, which 

 could not before be discovered, were made mani- 

 fest. The steam itself, which escaped like smoke, 

 could not he seen in the daylight, but the water 

 oozing out is, of course, visible in any light. The 

 expense of this mode of cleansing a vessel is very 

 moderate, and far more complete than any yet 

 known ; in fact, no other has yet been found ef- 

 fectually to destroy the white ant; not even sink- 

 ing vessels, we believe, which is infinitely more 

 tedious, and more expensive, and, with large ships 

 out of the question. 



Indigo. — The art of making indigo, it appears, 

 has not been forgotten in South Carolina. A 

 commercial house in New York lately received 

 parcels of South Carolina indigo, amouiiting in 

 the vvhols to more iLan four thousand pounds, the 

 quality of which, taking the range of the grades, 

 is said to be equal to any of foreign growth. 



Mhviation of pain in the Gout. — The applica- 

 tion of carded cotton to burns and scaldings is 

 now 60 generally approved of, that most families, 

 especially wli^ro there are children, have it lying 

 by them, ready for use ; and in this shajie it is sold 

 in the furnishing shops. About a twelvemonth 

 ago, a gentleman in the city, while writhing under 

 the gout, read in the newspapers some instances 

 of the success of this article in burns, and it 

 struck him that it might operate in a similar man- 

 ner, and with equal advantage upon his burning 

 toe. He accordingly got his foot swathed in 

 carded cotton, and in twelve or fourteen hours 

 the inflammation disappeared, and the pain along 

 with it. He has had several threatenings of re- 

 turn since, but the cotton is immediately had re- 

 course to, and to it, he ascribes the speedy remo- 

 val of the pain. To say that this ap[)lication will 

 afford similar relief to all persons, or even at all 

 times, to the same person, would be quackery, 

 but it certainly appears to be a harmless experi- 

 ment in an excruciating' ailment. — Glasgow Herald. 



Fiom the N. Y. Com. Advertiser. 



Concentrated Syrup of Liverwort. — This prep- 

 aration to which we have before invited attention, 

 has, we learn, been found very useful in many re- 

 cent cases of pulmonary complaints. It has never 

 been known to do harm, while there are many 

 well authenticated instances of its utility. As 

 many were induced to try its efficacy by our 

 former notice, we republish an article then insert- 

 ed. The syrup may be had of J. P. Carrol, 

 No. 25, John street. 



HEALING POWERS OF THE LIVERWORT. 



A. P., a young man between 25 and 30 years 

 of age, has been apparently in consumption for 

 two years, or more. 



In the winter of 1827-8, he was confined to 

 his room with every symptom of confirmed con- 

 sumption ; ])ulse 110 to the minute ; hectic fever, 

 incessant cough, with expectoration of matter. 



which in March amounted to full a pint a day, 

 night sweats, debility, and great emaciation. 



After having tried the usual means to no effect, 

 the Liverwort was resorted to. It was first taken 

 in decoction without any apparent benefit; a con- 

 centrated syrup was then taken, and to the aston- 

 ishment of all his friends he rajiidly recovered so 

 far as to be able to attend to business', and the 

 summer following worked a small ganlen, and lias 

 continued mending gradually in health and flesh 

 to this date. 



.Yew Lebanon, J)pril 16, 1829. 



N. B. The above account is taken from the 

 case book of the Physician to the Society of Sha- 

 kers in New Lebanon, and may be relied on as 

 correct. 



Geological Phenomenon. — Soiue months since, in 

 the act of boring for salt water, on the land of Mr 

 Lemuel Stockton, situated in the county of Cum- 

 berland, (Kentucky) a vein of pure oil was struck, 

 from which it is almost incredible what (piantities 

 of the substance issued. The discharges were by 

 floods, at intervals of from 2 to 5 mi^iutes, at each 

 flow vomiting forth many barrels of pure oil. I 

 witnessed myself, on a shaft that stood upright by 

 the aperture in the rock from which it issued, 

 marlis of the oil twenty-five or thirty feet perpen- 

 dicularly above the rock. These floods continued 

 for three or four weeks, when they subsided to a 

 constant stream, affording many thousand gallons 

 per day. This well is between a quarter and a 

 half a mile from the bank of Cumberland river, 

 on a small rill down which it runs into the river. 

 It was traced as far down the Cumberland as Gal- 

 latin, in Sumner county, nearly 500 miles — for 

 many miles it covered the whole surface of the 

 river, and its marks are now found ou the rocks 

 on each bank. About two miles below the point 

 at which it touched the river, it was fired by a 

 boy, and the effect is said to have been grand be- 

 yond descrij/tion. An old gentleman who wit- 

 nessed it, says he has seen several cities on fire, 

 but that he never beheld anything like tlie flames 

 which rose from the bosom of the Cumberland 

 to touch the very clouds, (his own words.) The 

 oil has a very strong scent, and was, while it is- 

 sued in great quantities, smelt at the distance of 5 

 or 6 miles above its entrance into the river. The 

 odor is disagreeable to all persons who have in- 

 haled it except three, two others and myself. 



The oil is so very jienetrating, that no barrels 

 which could be procured, retained it jierfectly. 

 Some few barrels were filled and put into the 

 ground. They have caulked the aperture in the 

 rock, in order to procure what remains, but it is 

 feared the harvest is over. — JVashville Banner. 



ELEVATION OF SCITE AND OF CHAR- 

 ACTER. 



Any man in any country will enjoy higher and 

 better spirits in travelling along an elevated open 

 road, than he will along a bottom confined by 

 hedges: and the same will be the effect of living 

 in a house in a high situation. Even a house the 

 priiicii)al floor of which is ascended by a few steps 

 is felt to be more dignified, and known to be drier 

 and healthier, than one to which you descend by 

 a few steps ; and there can be but little doubt 

 that the mere circumstance of a man in London 

 lodging on the parlor floor or on the first floor, 

 will have an influence on his sentiments and char- 

 acter. In the endeavors of the wealthy of any 



