VOt,. XV. NO. 5. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



37 



Mr VVerster's Country Seat. — The Taun- 

 ton Whig contains the following sketch of Mr 

 Weh-ler's country seat in MaishfieM, Mass. 



" The country seat is situated in Marslifield 

 about tliirty miles in a soutlieily direction fconi 

 Boston, and lying on what is generally denominated 

 the North Shore. The " modest mansion " of the 

 Senator stands upon a liroken and beautifully di- 

 versified plain. A short distance to the west, this 

 plain abruptly rises into a swell, which, broken 

 by liills of various dimensions, finally towers into 

 a lofty summit, adorned and variegated by Irwiis 

 and forest trees. A mile to the east, spreads the 

 broad expanse of the ocean. 1 he mansion is a 

 neat and commodious edifice, of two stories, with 

 an attic surrounded by a broad and beautiful pi- 

 azza, supported by doric columa, calling to njind 

 Cicero's description of a house, wliicli a distin- 

 fjuished and respected cliaractershould choose for 

 his residence. " It is neither small, mean, or sor- 

 did ; nor on the other hand, enlarged with profane 

 and wanton extravagance." 



The furniture, though not indicative of lavish 

 expenditure, has a propriety of adaptation, and in- 

 dicates a refinement of taste. The walls of one of 

 of the rooms are decorateil with paintings of a ru- 

 ral character, some of which are interesting illus- 

 trations of the scenes of the chase in the different 

 stages of its progress; while the shelves of his li- 

 brary are filled wilh vnlumcs of such a desciiption, 

 as reveal a hint that IMr Webster goes not there 

 for clients, nor for the stu<ly of politics, but to en 

 joy the quietude of retirement, the amusements of 

 the chase, the relaxation of country life, and the 

 healthful exercise and invigorating influences of 

 agricultural pursuits. An otiservatory whii-h he 

 has erected, commands a vast extent of the ocean, 

 and surrounding country ; with a glass, Cape Cod 

 and <^ape Ann were sometimes visible. Mr Web- 

 ster occupies and cultivates, what were once two 

 very large farms, on one of whiidi he lias.novv 

 growing upwards of ten thousand white mulberry 

 trees. He keeps a stock of from sixty to seventy 

 head of cattle, with the usual qi ota of horses, 

 hogs, poultry, &c. and employs from tweity to 

 thirty hands. — L. I. Star. 



The Change. — It is interesting, sometimes to 

 look back and note the changes that have been 

 wrought in regaril to the use of ardent spirits. 

 We are informed that there have been, at one 

 time, as many as ten taverns in Northampton, re- 

 tailing ardent spirits, besides quite a number nf 

 groceries, one of which afforded a profit of .§1200 

 a year, from the sale of ardent spirits alone. Now 

 there are no groceries, which retail ardent spirits, 

 and but five taverns. 'I'he travel is much more 

 tlian it was when there were ten public houses; 

 they were supported from the profits of their bars. 

 There is probably unich less retailed at the hotcds 

 now, than there was at an equal nundier in times 

 past. Then every body drank, and in no small 

 quantity. Tlie farmer coidd scarcely go into his 

 fi-^ld without calling once or twice to make a 

 dram ; and it was difficult to go amiss of taverns. 



The tax upon the connniinity of sujtporting so 

 many taverns and rum groceries was inuuense. 

 All the energies of the people were consumed to 

 supply the community with rum. We often won- 

 der that they got along as well in the world as 

 they did. We are a'rnost astonished that they 

 were not all drunkard*. But the change! '1 he 

 profits of rum are going down, and the profits of 



industry are rising up. All classes, but the rum- 

 selling class, are making more money now than 

 they were ten years ago. Industry meets with 

 her reward. The mechanic and farmer thrive. 

 O, thou monster! 



' If we had'st no name by which to know thee, 

 We would call thee Devil.' — Hampshire Guz. 



PoPULATmN OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1836. 



— The population of the United States, at the pres- 

 ent time, may be a|)proximately estimated as fol- 

 lows: — 



Maine, the northeastern most, 555,000 



New Hampshire, south of Maine, 300,000 



Vermont, bordering Canada, .S30,000 



Massachusetts, more densely peopled, 700,000 



Rhode Island, with the least territory, IK 000 



Connecticut, the most agrarian, 320,000 



Aggregate of the N. Eastern States, 2,315,0((' 



New York the most populous, 2,400,000 



■ New Jersey, the thoroughfare state, 360,000 



Pennsylvania, the banking state, 1,600,000 



Delaware, ti.e narrowest state, 90,000 



Maryland, the water state, 500,000 



Aggregate ofthe Middle States, 4,050,000 



Virginia, the largest state, 1,360,000 



North Carolina, the modest state. 800,000 



South Carolina, the Palmetto state, 650,000 



Georgia, the southeasternmest, 620.000 



Aggregate pf the Southern States, 3,430,(00 



Ohio, the thrifty state, 1,300,000 



Kentucky, the bagging state, 800,000 



Indiana, the improving state, 550,000 



Illinois, the prairie state, 320,000 



Michigan, the lake state, 120,000 



Missouri, the iiorihwestennost, 250,000 



Aggregate ofthe Western States, 3,340,000 



Tennessee, the central state, 900,000 



Louisiana, the southwesternmost, 350,000 



Alabama, the river state, 500,000 



Arkansas, the least populous, 70,000 



Great Rail Road Convention The Knox- 



ville Convention adjourned on the Sih instant, 

 having been characterized throughout by the ut- 

 most hirmony in its deliberations. The report of 

 the general committee of fortytive, recommending 

 that the railroad from Cincinnati to Charleston 

 should run ihrough the valley of the French 

 Broad river, over the Blue Ridge into the heart of 

 South Carolina, was unanimously adopted. The 

 convention also unanimously determined to adopt 

 the reconmiendaliou of the general comujittee, to 

 admit the state of Georgia to construct a branch 

 from any point in that state to unite witli the main 

 road at or near Knoxville, admitting her to equal 

 participation of the advantages of the road with 

 the parties to the original charter. The thanks 

 of the convention were awarded to Gen. Hayne, 

 its president, for the able manner iji which he had 

 presided over their deliberations, or which he re- 

 turned his acknowledgements in a happy and im- 

 pressive speech. The road, it is estiin.nted, will 

 cost about nintteen millions of dollars. — jYational 

 Intelligencer. 



Aggregate ofthe S. Western States, 2,220,000 



District of Columbia, 



Florida, the most extensive coast, 



Wisconsin territory, 



Oregon, or the Far West, 



50,000 



50,000 



20,000 



5,000 



125,000 

 400,000 



Aggregate ofthe Territories, 

 Indians, 



The entire population within the limits of the 

 United States, Indians included, amounts there- 

 fore to sixteen millions six hundred and eighty 

 thousand souls. — Bast. Com. Gaz. 



A Gre«< iaunrfn/, or washing and ironing es- 

 tablishment, in Newton, is nearly finished. Dr. 

 J. B. Brown, of Boston, is the ])roprietor. The 

 laundry building is one hundred and thirty by 

 thirty feet. This conqirises what is called the 

 " wet room," where all the washing is to be done, 

 an.^ all the water wheels, dash wheels, calen- 

 ders, niairglefi,&c, are situateil, all of which are to 

 he moved by water power ; it also contains the 

 " drying room," 80 by 25 feet : the " ironing room," 

 w ith furnaces for heating flat irons, where 50 fe- 

 males can comfortably be employed ; assorting 

 rooms, counting rooms, &c. 



SiGNOR Segato's Discovery. — Under this title 

 there is an article co|«ied into the National Ga- 

 zette of Monday, from "The Southern Medical 

 and Surgical Journal," which is exceedingly cu- 

 rious. 



It relates the discovery, by the Italian chemist 

 above named, of a mode of so in.lurating, or in 

 fact, petrifying, perishable substances, as without 

 altering their form or even color, t > preserve them 

 against all change or decay — in their natural pro- 

 portions and expression. 



1 he human body may be so |)reserved entire 

 — or any parts of it — nay, the very blood, the 

 heart's blood may he turned to stone. It is, in- 

 deed, st«te<l by the National Gazette, that an 

 American larly had written liome from Florence, 

 that having, in consequence of indisposition, been 

 bled, she had sent a howl of the fluid to Signor 

 Segato, to have it petrified, and woidd send home 

 the product to her frit-nds, "to be cut into rings." 



Little did Shakspeare dream, when in the "an- 

 gry parley " between the Cassius and Brutus he 

 makes the latter say, 



*' For I woalri rather coin my heart, 



And drop my blood for drachi »." &.0- 



that this beautifully figurative iiliTStration of disin- 

 terestedness, might one day become a mere mat- 

 ter of fact. Yet now, rings, seals, counters, coins, 

 may hp dropped from the bleeding arm. But we 

 are wrong in saying may — might have been, is 

 unfortunately now the on!y applicable phrase; for 

 the same periodical which communicates the de- 

 tails of this interesting discovery, adds that its in- 

 genious inventor had just died, and with him the 

 secret of bis art. — A'. Y. American. 



Fever and Ague. — A strong decoction of 

 white ash bark, drank phntilid y, on the first 

 sym|itoms of fever and ague, will generally have 

 the efl'ect of arresting the disease. We have for 

 two seasons tried it with deci<Icd success, and 

 have witnessed its beneficial effects on others. '1 he 

 remedy may not be iufalhble, but it is worth a 

 trial by those who are afilicted with that distress- 

 ing comp aint. We are not sure that the white 

 ash grows on the I^land, but it is quite plentiful 

 on the Connecticut side of the Sound. — Jamaica 

 Farmer. 



