TO 



THE GENESEE PAR3IER 



March 5, 1831 



will prevent the sap from souring, and also be 

 useful in cleansing the syrup, by neutralizing 

 the galic acid contained in the sap. 



GENERAL I<AWS OF VEGETATION. 



M. M. Gay Lussac andThenard have dedu- 

 ced three propositions which they have called 

 Jaws, from their experiments on vegetable sub- 

 stances. 



1st. That a vegetable substance is always 

 acid, whenever the oxygen it contains is to the 

 hydrogen in a greater proportion than in wa- 

 ter. 



2d. That a vegetable substance is always re- 

 sinous, or oily, or spiritous, whenever its oxy- 

 gen is in a smaller proportion to the hydrogen, 

 than exists in water. 



3d. That a vegetable substance is neither a- 



oid or resinous, but is either saccharine or muci- 

 laginous, or analagous to woody fibre or starch, 

 whenever the oxygen and hydrogen in it are in 

 the same proportions as water. 



THE WINTER. 



The month of December was very uniform- 

 iy cold, with little snow, and no sleighing, 

 which rendered it unfavorable for business. — 

 Travelling was for the most part very bad. 



January was also distinguished for the gen- 

 eral severity of the cold, during the entire 

 month. The mean temperature, for every 

 flay was 21° above zero, and the extreme cold 

 on one day, (21st) at sunrise, 2° below Zero. 

 From the 19th of this month to the present date 

 42 days inclusive, the sleighing has been unin- 

 terruptedly good; the wastes have been re- 

 newed by frequent light falls of snow, which 

 with two exceptions, have not encumbered the 

 travelling, even for a short period. 



On the 1st day of February, snow fell to the 

 depth of 12 inches, and on the 3d to 6 inches, 

 both from the east and south east. On the 22d 

 and 23d, snow fell to the depth of 12 inches, 

 also from the south-east and east. The snows 

 have not been drift ed here as elsewhere, and 

 we have heard of no interruption in the travel- 

 ling generally. 



The mean daily temperature of Feb. was 

 23 9-10° above Zero, and the extreme cold at 

 sunrise on the 7th, was 4° below Zero. This 

 at sunrise, was undoubtedly the coldest regis- 

 ter in this plice* for the season. 



To-day persons from the country complain 

 of poor sleighing for the first time since the 

 19th January, on the account of there not be- 

 ing sufficient depth of snow. 



For the transaction of business generally, 

 tfiis has undoubtedly been one of our moat fa- 

 vorablo winters, and the snowy mantle that 

 during the coldest season has enwrapped the 

 earth must have preserved from blight, all that 

 in autumn was entrusted to her bosom, and 

 with it, the fondest hopes of the agriculturist. 

 «— -— * » # 



IT Several communications are in type, 

 which have been necessarily omitted— they 

 will appear in the next number. 



Who is the best Politician ? Not he who 

 ridca the fence till he sees which side is the 

 strongest, or who intrigues with the ignorant, 

 the vicious and the profligate, to get himself 

 into office. But ho who reads candidly, im- 

 parts the information he has acquired hoiicSty, 

 and isfaifnful in all situations. 



From the Philadelphia Price Current. 

 Inspections of wheat and ryo flour, and corn 

 meal, in the principal ports of the V ■ S for the 

 year 1830, including the preceding nine years . 



Albany 

 New York 

 Philadelphia 

 Baltimore 

 Georget'n DC. 

 Alexandria do. 

 Frederics'g Va 

 Falmouth Va. 

 Richmond Va. 

 Petersburg 

 N.Orl'nsyear ) 

 end'gSep30 j 



Total— 1330 

 1829 

 1828 

 1827 

 1826 

 1825 

 1824 

 1823 

 1822 



Wheat 

 Flour. 



Barrels, 



42,215 



827,370 



473.876 



597,804 



139,713 



187,432 



79,336 



46,406 



251,024 



72,000 



133,700 



Rye 



Flour. 



Br'U. 



15,191 



21,712 



4,436 



12 



Corn Meal. 



2,851,876 

 2,225,132 

 2,245,257 

 2,061,459 

 2,031,558 

 1,882,611 

 1,714,410 

 1,557,724 

 1,599,973 



41,351 

 77,945 

 55,239 

 34,487 

 27,282 

 57,419 

 68,380 

 76 620 

 59,363 



Hhds. 



10,316 



7,498 

 558 



1821 1 1,707,350143,976 



18,372 

 17,891 

 19,178 

 16.869 

 18,619 

 14,781 

 17,192 

 14,705 

 15,157 

 17,449 



Brls. 



9,663 

 19,949 

 5,458 



35,070 

 51,666 

 8,958 

 51,192 

 36,979 

 51,297 

 7o,415 

 36 863 

 32,274 

 40,693 



Quantities of flour and grain exported from 

 the United States, from October 1 1821, to 

 September 30, 1830 i 



Wheat Rye Corn 

 Flour. Flour. Meal 



1830 

 1829 

 1828 

 1827 

 1826 

 1825 

 1824 

 1828 

 1822 

 1821 



Barrels. 



1,225,881 

 837,385 

 860,809 

 865,491 

 857,820 

 813,906 

 996,792 

 756,702 

 827,865 



1,056,119 



Brls 

 26,298 

 34,191 

 22 214 

 13^45 

 14,472 

 29,545 

 ,31,879 

 25,666 

 19,971 

 23,523 



Barrels 

 145,301 

 173,776 

 174,639 

 131,041 

 158,625 

 187,285 

 162,723 

 141,50] 

 148,288 

 131,669 



Wheat 



Bush 



45,289 



4,007 



8,906 



22,182 



45,166 



17,960 



20,373 



4,272 



4,418 



25,812! 



Corn. 



Bush 

 444,107 

 897.656 

 704,902 

 978,664 

 505,381 

 869,644 

 779,297 

 749,034 

 509,098 

 607,277 



HYDROPHOBIA. 



The following remedy has been used 

 by Lord Hossmore, in his kennel, for 

 some years, and by gentlemen and sports- 

 men of his lordship's acquaintance, in 

 the King's county in Ireland. One re- 

 ference will be sufficient for the present. 

 A hound, having all the appearances of 

 madness, bit several hounds in the pack 

 of a Mr. Freeman ; he was killed ; the 

 medicine was immediately applied to all 

 the rest, bit and not bit, save one, on 

 which the experiment was not tried ; he 

 died raving mad ; none of the rest show 

 ed any appearance of infection. The 

 sooner it can be applied the better. Af- 

 ter the lapse of 12 or 24 hours, the reme- 

 dy might succoed in a case or two, but 

 would fail in others. No kennel should 

 be without this roedicir.e. Any chymist 

 can determine how long it will keep. — 

 Six ounees filings of pewter, six ounces 

 rue, four ounces garlic, four ounces of 

 mitliridate or Venice treacle ; cut the rue 

 and garlic small, mix them with three 

 quarts of strong beer, or white wine, in 

 a vessel that can be slopped close, put it 

 into a pwt of water, with b*y tied about it 

 lo prevent it from being brokeji against 

 the sides oi" the pot when the water is 

 bailing) let it sijnmtj over a slow fire 



three or four hours, thet, squeeze the li- 

 quor from the herbs, and bottle it for use 

 and seal the cork. How to apply it: — 

 for a dog, one table spoonful the first day, 

 '.wo the second, three the third, four the 

 fourth, and five the fifth ; continue to 

 give five for four mornings more: nine 

 mornings in all. The same quantity to 

 a man or woman, making allowances for 

 robus; or less vigorous frames : to a child 

 half the quantity. If a poultice can be 

 applied to the wound, let it be of the 

 squeezed herbs hot. 



CULTIVATION OF THE TEA PLAST AT THE 

 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 



The colonists at the Cape have beer, 

 for some time speculating on the cultiva- 

 tion of the tea plant. The South Afri- 

 can Advertiser states, that IVr. Rhenius, 

 one of the governors of the Cape, raised- 

 tea sufficient for his own consumption. 

 It states that the tea plant is hardy and 

 vigorous, and will grow any where, from 

 the Equator to the 45th degree of lati- 

 tude, but the best tea is produced between 

 25 and 32 degrees of latitude. It is sup- 

 posed, if Chinese acquainted with the 

 cultivation could be induced to come to 

 the Cape, even for a time, that under their 

 instruction it might be brought to perfec- 

 tion; but the great difficulty appears to 

 be, how to induce such Chinese to come 

 among them ; for which they seem to 

 build their hope on the effect of opening 

 the trade between England and China, 

 which they suppose will cause a much 

 greater number of Chineso than hereto- 

 fore to visit England and the colonies i'r. 

 the line of voyage. 



WOOL. 



There has been a good demand for the 

 various kind- ; Fleeces are very scarce 

 and may be considered a shade higher. 

 A sale of about 20,000 lbs. Saxony Woo* 

 of various casts, imported in the ship 

 Courier, from Londm, has recently been 

 made at 91c. per lb ; 54 bags Wool from 

 one of the Western States, were sold 

 here at auction on the 17th, at the fol- 

 lowing prices — unwashed full blood and 

 high grade fleeces, 85c. 6 mos. ; pulled 

 Lntnb'a, rather ordinary, 49c. 6 mos. : 

 1100 lbs. superfine, pulled in this city, 

 46c. cosh ; a few other inconsiderable 

 lots, were sold at varieus prices. — [Bost. 

 Cour. 



RAW SILK. 



The following fads from the work of K 

 Randall, esq., in the library of cougreis, being 

 a view of the silk trade, and the measures oi 

 the British government relative thereto, will 

 shew Iho immense value of this article of com- 

 merce. 



During the term of seven years, from 1521 

 to 1823, there were imported into Great Bri- 

 tain. '24,157,516 pounds of raw silk, which, at 

 $5 the pound, cost gl 20,787, 5S0- It also 

 appears from the same work, that daring the 

 like number of years, there was imported ot' 

 llus article bojn lt£Ty afom;,, to flip value of 

 $59,88l,«fc. 



