Daily National Intelligencer and Washington Express from Washington, District of Columbia (2024)

August 31, 1843

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Daily National Intelligencer and Washington Expressi

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Washington, District of Columbia

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Thursday, August 31, 1843

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VICTOR HUGO ON EUROPEAN ARCHTTECTUltE about one hundred 1 JJ I2P0 ug Mrs A Haring purchaied the entire interest of Sea fraiia'A I 2 2 21 9 6 5 Alexander McWilliams Harvey Liudly Thoma Howard 'Johnson Eliot rannn am corner of lltb street and Penn ar WAN TIED (3000 for 3 years to be secured on property situated on Pennsylvania arenas which rent for (1200 per ahaum BRADLEY 4 THRVSTOW DESIRABLE BUILDING LOT AT PUBLIC AUCTION IN THE IRST On ri day evening next the 1st September at ba the pre mu we shall sell Lot No 11 in Square No' 77 in the irst Ward This lot fronts 56 feet 10 inches on 22 street west be tween North and I street run back to a 30 feet alley and contains 4417 square feet of ground 1' i Tkrm One fiftB cash and the balance in six twelve eigh teen pnd twenty four months with interest i DYER A CO nag 3tif Globe 1 Auctioneers '4 MB BS SEMINARY on 8th street be JL tween and is now open for the reeeptiin oj pupils She gratefully Acknowledge the liberal encouragement already received and respectfully solicits continuance of the favor of her friends and the public generally Sug 3t 90 PARENTS AND A lady from JL Europe Who has had uch expenencetin teaching is de sirous of a situation a Governess in a family She would under take to give an English education in its several tranches includ I ing writing and arithmetic also rench and fancy work Her I first object being to fortn the mind of her pupil on the basis religion aud morality her aysteni has heretofore obtained for her the suffrage of those parent who bare entrusted her with the I important charge A residence in the South would be preferred 1 Address letters (post paid) to Miss pMt ofhee New York aug 30 31 fj' CARRIAGES AT On Thursday after noon August 31st at 5 I will sell in front of my store a handsome assortment of Carriages to close advances they are made by some of the best builders in the United Statesiso several second hand Carriages with a good lot of second hand Saddles Harness Ac viz: 1 handsome blue lined Barouche New York build 1 Barouche drab llhed for four persons with seat for dri ver leather falling top i 1 very handsome new style Chariottee with glass doors sunk bottom splashers over the wheels for one or two horses and was built to order for 450 Buggy wagons leather falling top square Carriages and Sulkey Aft the above are new second hanYd Buggy 2 Barouche large square Carriage for aix persons one or two horses 30 du MARSHALL Auct Ti a I copartnership heretofore existing under the firm ofWm Geo Stettiniua ia Ibis day diasolved by mutual consent All persona indebted to the la'p firm will confer a favor by pieking immediate aettlement to Geo Stettiniua who ia full au thorized to settle the same WM STETTINIUS i GEO STETTINIUS SELECT CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL Mr SA UNDEHS will re open hi School on Monday September 4tb at the new budding erected for the pur pose on streetbetween 6th and 7th Bata limiUil number of pupil isreceired 1 Application may made to Mr al his residence 'at Mie Polk's Pennsylrania avenue daily between tbe hour of 12 and 3 ana 21 3taw6wif in bounden duty talks apd talk big too and tbe smaller tbe State the louder bigger nod fiercer it members talk Well when a critter talk for tlk sske jist to base a speech in the paper to send to home and not for any other atriLly purptt out electioneering our folk call it Buncombe Now tbe Slate Maine is a great place for Buncombe it members for years threatened to run font of England with all steam on and sink her about the boundary line soled a million of dollars payable in pine logsand spruce boards up to Bangor mills and called out a hundred thousand militia (only they never come) to captur' a saw mill to New Brunswick Buncombe: all that flourish about ght Sar'ch was Bun combe all that brag abopt hanging your Canada sheriff was Buncombe all tbe speeches about the Caroline and Cre ole and Riht SarcbJ was Buncombe In abort almost all said in Congress ini the colonies (for we set the fashions to them a Parpi gal do to our milliner) and all over America is Sam Slick fti England Late Duel Iffany thing were wanting to strip the horrible practice of duelling of that unhappy idea of chivalry and honor with which in moat minds it is blindly associated it mustsurely be found in the circ*mstance of tbe late duel between Co) awcett andLiut Munro The connexion between the parties a connexion approaching to that of brolhera the very unjultil)able tonduct throughout of him who appears successively to have insulted challenged and slain hi near connexion the recent merits of the officer who has fallen and hi late return to big country and family from the scene of his distinction all these things combine to swell the indignation with whfchj we contemplate the fate of this fresh victim to the miserable conventionalities of society But let the conduct of Mr Munro have been ever so unpar donable in urging and 'of the seconds ever so criminal in allowing of this almost tfnnatural quarrel we must not con fine our hard word to them' The inquest has placed before Colonel account bearing every appearance qf truth of the circ*mstance of the dispute and we mustay tbat never wa a case in which a result which shock the whole world wa more plainly deducible from principle ef feeling and action Which that world ackndwiedge ap plauds nay even enforce If we may rely on the ex parte statement which we possess Mr Munro indeed behaved with violence and brutality Colonel awcett like a gentleman throughout and at first with a much forbearance a could have been wished or expected But in reading that state ment with all the responsive expression! of insult resent ment or defiance which it contains it is impossible to voyl seeing that both have their share in urging on the fatal conclusion that Col awcett spirited and gentlemanly his conduct will be thought by most men wa a little careful ks Mr Munio himself to avoid the meeting which ha taken place that he thought it due Io society due to himself due to: hi to invite by a plain in nuendo this unhappy mode of settling" his difference and to use words in hissub equent letter which could scarcely be taken otherwise than a a repetition or enforcement ot the alleged insult Col awcett presents tbe sad picture of anhonorable and gallant tpan neither rude nor quarrelsome throwing away hi life because he is impregnated with the miserable notions of the paramount duty of resenting an ap proach tOiflit contradiction and of welcoming a duel the moment it seems to be tbleatened It is i Col aw cett is according to the ordinary rulee of eocietyy more than blameless in this matter and because acting within those conventional rule' be hsfi hi clear share of the responsibili ty of urging matters to this a conclusion which the suppression or omission of a very few phrase might have avoided we charge society iuelf with it share qf the crime it ia therefore we ssy that! shocked a we may be at the result we must look nearer jhqme than tbe actual criminals if our indignation is to reach jsll who are directly indirectly chargeable with it The verdict could scarcely have been other than it was Vyhelber or not it is a wise or just law which includes under tbetretnendou sentence qf even the surgeon who bs nb influence over thy progress of the quarrel whose only dffic it is to avert its worse results and whose continued atlendsnce on a wounded man it is most necessary to purchase event by Impunity however this may be wecannot for a moment doubt and a case ba now arisen in which few probably will doubt that the sentence of" wil ful ia the only one which tbe law could jusily pro nounce against those really involved We ssy of this and we say of every similar case if there be extenuating circum stances let those circ*mstance be taken a a plea for extend ing that exlrsjudicial tnerpy which it is the gracious office of the Crown to dispense But lei it be and we trust to see the day when it will ba that the mao whqdelibera tely goes to Chalk arm or Hsewhete to shoot bi fellow man and doe shoot huh is a murderer Whatever be hi motive whether absolute revenge or the less atrocious bjit not les wholly inexcusable fear of being thought a coward or an irrational habit of acquiescence in the demand of society the law should have but oae name for bi act He is subject to no physical necessity it is tnere quibble tv ssy he is de fending either hi honor or hi life He doe not discrove slander or annul an injury by killing bi slanderer He can not plead the necessity of defending a life which nothing but' hi own act ha put in any jeoparuy If the challenger he is avenging or affecting to avenge himself and nothing more if tbe challenged he Is defending himrelf by tbe death oi his opponent because be ba not the independence or the courage to rpair what he has done wrong or to refuse sat (a it is called) for what he has done right But rrvenge or frivolity or pusillanimity or habit must not be allowed to impose their fantastic and unchristian notions on le law of England They have too long done to but we trust the time of their dominion is passing Duelling has become generally ridiculous when not ridiculous hatefultnd requires but a blow from authority to become tbe crime of a past age Our day baa plenty of its own to antwer for 1st at least get rid of this inherited stain which is scarcely ours It is upheld by a mere shadow an opinion tn imagi nation Men of sense despise it men of feligitn bate it men of determination rebel against it That judicial brand which the present appearance of tbe case before most imperatively calla for will only teal a conclusion to which tbe sober opin ion of England has long since pointed But we hear it sug gested and we cannot wonder at the suggestion that under the circ*mstance of tbe case we cannot expect an effectual prosecution If it so turp out if feelings which we do not dare to blame interfere to shelter from justiceacrime so laden with aggravation at the present appears to bs if English law I so inefficient that it cannot be brought to bear upon guilt of the first magnitude without the aid of those whom a more cogent it may be a higher power forbids to move if if prove to be a matter of private choice whether the price of murder shall or shall not be exacted by that power whosff office it ia to wa'ch over human life and which beareth not the sword in we may perhaps Je forced to resign ourselves to the present result But we must claim for the future that our criminal procedure be no longer trusted to the hesitating hands of individual Ths supreme authority of tbe State must not only lend its name tp a prosecutor but as lume the conduct of prosecutions which involve in them some ot the highest duties which that authority is commweioned to fulfil Timet i ROxM LATE ENGLISH PAPERS RECEIVED AT TH1 OICE Apprkuensiox or Opfendir in ranc and America Two bill were read a second time on Monday night in tbe House of Commons aud ordered to be committed giving ef fect to a convention between the Governments of these two countries atd England for the apprehension of certain offend ers found within the respective terntorie It is provided by the bills that persons who have committed offence in rance or America for murder attempt at murder forgery or a frau dulent bankruptcy shall be taken before magistrates and detained on evidence (a copy of the depositions taken on getting a warrant being received in evidence) until they can be sent to the places where tbe alleged offences were commit ted provided that such removal shall take place within two months otherwise the parties to bedischarged The bill fr itting to rauceisto extend until January next and rnaylbe continued and that respecting America until the treaty! i terminated Of course similar measures will be passed by tbe Legislatures of rance and America to effect the appre hension of person who may commit crimes in this country and take their departure to either place a somewhat common mode of proceeding by fraudulent bankrupts The peasantry throughout Germiny ar by no mean at present in an enviable position Tfi harvest last year was a deficient one especially in Saxony fcnd Thuringia and rye is at present so scarce a to be equal fti price in many parts of Germany to wheat Tne effect of dear bread throughout may be seen and felrby all persons engaged in trade with the interior Notwithstanding the extremely low prices of sugar coffee and moat articles of daily use the consumption is fall ing off andz'the importer are all suffering losses ortu nately the' harvest is at hand and there is a prospect of brilliant one It would now be a favorable moment for the British Government to come forward boldly and obtain tbeofasent of Parliament to negotiate wjth the German Govern ments for a reduction of their import duties on manufactured goods based upon the permission to introduce German corn into England at a fixed duty The German States are essen tially agricultural and it may be now seen by the distressed condition of their manufactures that it is upon the home sale and not is in Great Britain upon their etport trade their exisiencOdepends Stranoc and atal Accident John Ralph shoemaker Nairn 26 years of sge while working at his business about a fortnight ago touched the point of one of bi fingers with the shoe rssp which be was handling and ruffled the akin a little de took ho farther notice of the circ*mstance for tome days but the pain increased to tn intolerable degree and hi arm swelled and became inflamed It immediately affected his body and endfid in mortification and death on the 28th Scoteman 1 I A resolution has actually passed in the Hungarian Diet al Presburgb to petition the Emperor to keep the member of the Imperial family to their (todies of the Hungarian lan guage a difficult task even for a German mouth Mr Everett (the American Minister) is a grave quiet intelligent looking man He ia an admirable speaker His voice is his delivery impressive The matter of hi speech on Thursday at the Derby Agricultural estival proved him to be a thinker Mr Everett was received by tbe meeting with the utmost enthusiasm He acknowledged the kindness of bis recep tion in a very becoming manner He 'dwelt on the feeling of pride with which he look back to hi Anglo Saxon de scent and then with infinite good tste he avoided all those perilous themes on which Lord Hardwick had expatiated in connexion with the state of public feeling io tbe United States end with the differences of sentiment which distin guish the governor from the people of that country Extractor a letter from Brighton: Sunday morning a somewbat'extraordioary scone was presented at the Hanover Chapel 'a dissenting place of worship in this town The congregation amounting to between 200 and 300 assembled at the usual hour in the expectation of hearing a yon ng m'n ister who was either about to purchase the chapel or rent it of the Rey Mr Edwards tbe present owner The young minister had preached several Sunday at he same chapel and waa become a grfiat favorite Shortly before eleven he' walked into the vestry room and was soon follow ed by MrEdwards and an elderly gentleman At the ap pointed time for commencing the service the congregation were surprised to see Mr Edwards enter the reading desk and commence tbe service In a moment afterwards the young minister came out of tbe vestry with hi bat in bi hand and walked out of the chapel Nearly the whole of tbe congregation immediately quitted their pew followed their favorite to a chapel in tbe London road' leaving Mr Edward almost colice This singular scene has given rise to much inquiry as to the The progress of Anglo rench railway has certainly for sometime past at least been uch to dishearten parlies in clined to invest their money therein for what with the vexa tious delay and restriction of the rench Government and the disinclination of Parisian'cspability to engage iwthecon tracts it would seem that there was but a remote chance of the projected lines being early formed One good effect how ever must result from this apathy as well as from the deter mination of the English companies not to sreept tbe restric tive term offered to them It will teach the rench Govern ment ths its public improvement will not bo undertaken by private individuals unless these latter derive a fair advantage therefrom and that the conditions granted with respect to the first railways formed (tbe Pari add Rouen and tbe Paris and Orleans) are not one jot too favorable to induce people to invest their money in foreign securities for it is clear the required amount cannot ba raised in rance I China A Berlin correspondent writes on the' 11th inst We have received letters from our fellow countryman tbe missionary Gutzlaff in China stating that be hadasceitained that the art of constructing buildings castirdo of which the English pretend Io have lately been the first discoverers has been practised for centuries in the Chinese empire Gutzlaff has found on the lop of a hill near the town of Tsing Kiang ou in tb province of Kiang Nan a pagoda' entirely composed of cast iron It ia covered with bas reliefs andinscriptions which from their forms characters and dates show that they are aa old aa the dynasty of Tang which was upon the throne as far back as from the fifth to the tenth century of tbe Christian era Il is in the shape of an octagon pyramid is forty feet in height and eight feet in di ameter at tbe base It ba seven stories each containing ex tremely curious historical pictures Gutzlaff represent thi monument a being strikingly elegant ted surpassing in this respect every thing of tbe kind he had previously seen in Chins i The Dowager Lady Byron (widow of the poet) is now re siding at het seat Market Bosworth Leicestershire and we are pleased to bear is in a far better state of health than her ladyship has enjoyed for soma time past 1 Italian rontier June 28 The lata event in Spain have produced a great commotion among the humeroua Car list residing at our different Courts A great many have already set out for rance or Portugal to avail themselves of any chance that might offer for their unfortunate Prince It ha been observed that they latterly have bad considerable sum of money at their command from whs! sources is of course entirely matter of supposition I i Prague July 5 Il i a most cheering proof of the excel lent state of the Austrian finance that tbe new loan of forty millions of florins which our Government ha negotiated for the purpose of finishing all tbe projected railways and at an interest of five percent Is eagerly taken here as well as at Breslau and Berlin at 107 to 108 Prize ight tor Two Hundred One of the best fought and protracted prize fight ever witnessed took place on Tuesday Bear Stratford upon between two of the middle weights viz Ned Adams of Londonand John Sinclair ajia the Liverpool Slasher The battle was on of thoe that excited unoaual interest a it wa to tectthemerit of the London and Lancashire boxing school The men fought a desperate battle last winter when Sinclair lest by falling foully that is intentionally on bis adversary They are ten stone men Adam being a delicate'man bat of great science and Sinclair being a robust enduring fellow but not a refined arena artist He is what is called an insatiable receiver but he does not pay with interest The men fought for three hour and forty minutes and were at length so much exhausted Adssss from giving and Sinclair from receiving' blows that they could not walk from their corner the ormerly men used to be brought to the scratch carried in their seconds arms but such a bar baroe practice having caused several death new rule for fighting have been drawn op according to which men most walk of tbemselve to the scratch and when unable to do so tbe fight ia stopped On Tuesday tbe combatant being un able to comply with these rules the umpires interfered and declared the contest drawn battle The fight is to be re newed at some future period to be agreed to by the backers and referee amily When the late Lord Erskine then going the circuit was asked by hi landlord how he had slept be replied Union i strength a fact of which some of your inmate seem to be unaware for had the fieak been unani mous lt night' they might have pushed me out of iets exclaimed Boniface affecting great astyiihment I was not aware that I had a single one in the house" believe you retorted his lordship they are all married and have uncommonly large IVet Monthly Magazine Buncombe Buncombe I said pray what ia Did you never bearof Buncombe No Why you mean to say you know what that 1 do not Not Buncombe Why there is more of it to iv ova ocoita every winter man would paper every room in Government House and then curl the hair of every gal in tbe town Not to hear of Buncombe I why how you talk No Well if that pass 1 I thought every body that word tell you then what Buncombe is All over America every place likes to hear of it mem ber to Congress and see tBeir speeches and if they they send a piece to the paper if iheir member died a natetal death or was skivered with a Bowie knife for they hante seen bis speeches lately and hi friend sre anxious to know bi fate Our free and enlightened citizens dont ap probate silent members it dont seem tq them a if Squash vile or Punkinville or Lumbertown wa right represented unless Squuhville or Punkinville or Lumbertown makes few! Mf Kdowd ayDd fenjetl tw Bo every ftllej TO PARENTS AND The subscriber has ust' received from the North a large of School Books' The best editions have been carefully selected and well bound consisting of every kind of school book abd other requisites that are need in tbs District and ths surrounding coun try and will be soJd at unusually low prices I ARNHAM cog 26 Washihoton January 28 1843 Mr Joseph Ef Hover: Sir I I have examined and used a part of the specimen of ink which you left with me and (tin prepared to sfteak favorably of them both Since I began to use metallic pens I have never been able to obtain ink which would not more 'ordess corrode and speedily tjestroy them Your appear to be free from every corrosive Ingredient Tjie maiking ink pos sesses in tny opinion all the qualities which are requisite to give to the article a very high character Yours respectfully aug 20 8' i' HALL "pi RICHARD KEY WATTS i 1 MAOISTRATX ASD CONVEYANCER i II Qorner of Penney Ivania (venae and I Oth tr et south ide Is Kts LEI' CHMAN V'NbKMINAKY tor Young Lv Ladle etreet between Sixth and Saenih near theiGcneral Poet Office re comlnence qn tbe 1st Mor'day of September nextl "BOARDERS The chareee for the echolaetie year to those who reside in the family ae 200 jjMhich include board tuition in all the branches of a thorough Enliah education tuition in tbe rench language instruction in the rudiments of MuMe and Drawing lecture oaariou subject Ta mentioned belojr and also the advantage of speaking the rench and German languages io the family and of culdrating a taste for music by attending or joiningWiih the family in the performance of duetts quartettes in iheir pri rate circle i 1 Extra charge see programme DAY SCHOLARS I Junior the Eoglisb brioches rudiments bf mu sic snd drawing tod lectures payable quarterly in advance (6 I rench 33 stationery Ac (I Senior Claeeeo or tbe English branches rudiments of mu sic end drawing and lectures payable quarterly in advance 810 I Preucb 6 stationery Ac 31 The system of instruction pursued in this Seminary is upon the must approved European plan ths tendency of which is to stor tbe mind of lbs pupil with useful knowledge snd not to load ths memory with barren facts but to exercise and improve the powers i of thought and judgm nt and to develop the taste aiming at tbe i great object of rendering them useful and happy or the accomplishment of this object the Principal add Id the ordinary branches of a thorough English education 1st Music 2d Drawing and Bd Lectures on various subject i or tbe terms of other branches Ac see programme 'which can be obtained at rhe Seminary1 july 2awtfif brother in the above concern the buaioeaa will in future be con ducted by the subscriber at the old aland where I shall beznap py to see all my old friends and cudtonUra who have so bearally patronized us for many years1 aug 29 3tif Global GEO STEJT INlUS HUNDRED CITY LOTS OR SAMUEL KING Land and General Agent having connected with hit other bustneaa an Agency for the purchase and sale of Real Eatita in the city and its vicinity invites those who bar propertv for eale to plane description thereof upon his Re gister and those desirous of making purchase to call and ex amine hi Lists He now offer for sale upon accommodating term upwards of 600 Lots (some very desirably sitdhied and some already improv ed) situated in the fallowing squares West of 4 6 1720 24 28 32 33 37 42 43 54 55 56 63 69 84 100 south of 104 107 117 128 14U 156 157 168 169 161 169 171 172 178 184 185 186 192 193 195 198 210 218 219 221 223 226 231 239 247 254 254 263 284 287 290 320 335 346 354 363 364 393 396 405 439 east of 475 490 603 508 north of5U8 309 533536 644 555 south of 593 594695 698610 853 673 688 731 734 south of 744 792 810 817 821 843 847 864 874 895 904 965 1036 1043 1048 1067 1070 1072 1098 1100 1112 1114 southeast of 1 1 14 11 17 and 1 130 Reser vations A and 10 i I A first quality Piano also a large lot of Dry Goods principal ly Carpeting wanted in exchange for unimproved Lots I3T Office south side of between 13 th and 1 4tb streets aug 16 eo2wif BLACK The above link is kept constantly on hand by ARNHAM corner of lltb street and Pennsylvania avenue who is agent for the manfacturer and will suoply the trade at manufacturer prices wholesale and re tail This ink has acquired a celebrated character and is in ex tensive uss 'The following certificates are from Dr Thomas Jones of th a Patent Office and Dr Hall late Professor of Chemistry at tbs Medical College of this eity I 'WashinutOn January 28 1843 Mr Joseph Hover: Sir: I have made use of your Blapk Ink sufficiently longto ascertain that it possesses all the desira ble qualities which are necessary in the employment of steel pens mere fully than any kind of ink that 1 had previously essayed and I I are "got pretty wall through the catalogue 1 bare net taken the trouble to test it chemically as this has been already done by othere whose certificates hre as satisfactory to ma as though the experiments had been made by vself I i THOMAS JONES IWS ANDMRS 'I EMALE SK6IINA JvJL RY Caplfol H11L In this Setuiuaiy all branches of an English sdueati(i will be taught in the inoat aatiafaotory manner also Latin rench Spanish and Italian Stated Lec tures will be given on Natural Philosophy Chemistry and As tronomy with ad extensive apparatus Arrangements have been made such aa to justify an increase of ach ara A rench gentle man of the highest reputation as a teacher is to have charge ot the class epeaking the rench in this class only there vw 1( an I extra charge of (5 each Weekly reports ef recitations and de portment wilt be sent to parents regularly Public examiuaona at Christmas and August bolydays when there will be a distrl button Jf premiaius rewards of merit Ac Gfeatand Special effoits will be unceasingly made to give pupils a thorough and! practicafknowledge qf their studies 1 1 Txbms 34 to 3i0 par qusiter depending bn studies pursued No extra charge foretudies in any nf the above languages except the class mentioned 4 Drawing and painting in waler colors by Mr Gibeon per term only 34 I Painting in oil colors by Mr Gibson per term only 35 His charge ftr ths same in other school and at hi studio are six sad tan dollars The science txf Music will be taught as a daily exercise The School wall commence on the first Monday tn September Victor Hugo whose architectural knowledg sod 'taste are prominent in hi writing ha lately made sour on the Rhine and published an account thereof We Annex a spe cimen of hi work Cologne i a Gothic city siill loitering in the epoch of the Gaul rankfort and Mayeuce are also Gothic but tireiicbiiig on the revival of the arts and in some revpect cor rupted by the rusticated and Chinese There ia consequent ly somethin a lemish about Mayonce and rankfort which distinguished them from the other Rhenish cities One per ceives at Cologne that the austere projector of the Cathedral Master Gerard Master Arnold and Master Jean long con trolled with their authority the last? of the city There four great shadows have watched over Cologne for the lapse of four centuries: projecting the churches of Hectrud and Han ti the tomb of Tbeophauia and the gilt chamber of the Eleven Thousand Virgins intercepting the influx lof epuridus taste slow to tolerate the almost classical imagination of the revival of the arts maintaining the purity of Gdthic archi tecture weeding tbe endive work of Louis XV where ever? they made their appearance maintaining in all the sharpness of their outline the carved gablea of the struc ture of the fourteenth century and overawed only (like the lion by tbe braying of the' ass) by the numerous innovations of the Parisian architects of the present century I At Mayence and rankfort the architecture pf the Ru ben schaol prevails the vigorous and flowing outline the rich fantasies of landers superabundance of liron trelliswork overcharged with flowers and animals an endless va riety of angle ana turret indication of a florid complex ion and plethoric temperament possessing more health than i beauty a profusion of maakaj triton naiad flespy exagge rations of Pagan sculpture overwrought embellishments andhyperbolical design all that ia exorbitant and magnificent in bad taste have invaded tfie city since the commencement of the seventeenth centuryfeathering and festqoningi ac cording to their poetic fancies the ancient and solemn Ger manic architeOKtre of the city Soon as tbe bird fly May ehce and rankfort the one on tbe Rhine the other on the having the same position a Cologne partake necessa rily of the same plan (Upon tbe oppoeite bank the bridge of boats of Mayence has created Castel Just as the' stone bridge of rankfort created Bachehausen and the bridge of Cologne 1 A still more quaint and vigorous specimen of his fanciful manner! bis account of rankfort i On emerging from the Judengesae I discovered the an cient town It was there 1 made my entry into rankfort rank'ort is the city of caryatides Never did 1 beholdhuch amiultilode or robust porters' Impossible to have tortured ortwisted wood marble and bronze with more copious inven tion or mor diversified cruelty Whichever waji you turn' figures of'all periods lyles and sexes age and phantasma 'gjtrias writhe under the weight of enormous masse Horn ed satyrs nymph with lemish busts dwarfs giants sphinx es dragons angels devils supernatural bein'gi (elected by some magician who fearlessly dived into every mythology at ofice are imprisoned under the entablatures impoats and ar chitraves half sealed into the wall Some balconies others towers while some les puissant have horse on their A few are fated to bear aloft some' audacious negro of bronze with a gilt tin itoga or some Roman Emperor in stone with all the pomp of coatumeof Louis XIV includ ing bis wig armchair eatrade the table with the crown the canopy with sumptuous draperies a colossal embodification of an engraving by Audrap carved in relief upon monblitbe went feet high These immense monument are signs of inns (nd under suicb Titanic burdens the caryatides groan in tail possi ble posturt of rage grief and fatigue Some bend their hiinds other half turn round other rest their band upon bipe' or compress their cheat about to bursti Here some disdainful Hercules support a six storied bbuse upon one shoulder while with the arm that is free he dare the gating public There a hump backed Vulean aiding1 him self with hi knee or wretched sirens whose scaly tail lie crushed by the remorseless stone exasperated ebuneraa fu riously devouring each I other some crying some laughing bilteily others making grimace at the passer by I I retnark edithat the wine house re eeboing with tbe ring of glasses rested upon carvatide It etm to be the custom of the old fieeburghvr of rankfort to pile their goods and chattels upon tbe shoulder of agooizeld ITT EJi HOUSE ACA EM The duties of this JUL institution will be resumed on riday next 1st September The course of study is extensive embracing th the common ESglisn branches tbe Latin Greek and rench practicalknowledge of Mensuration Surveying with the use iqf the com pais aqd the higher mathematics The teiit books in the last are of Professor Davies of West Point in the English department it is our aim to impart a thorough knowledge of the studies! most needed to fit the pupil1 for active life Peqmadt hip Arithmetic Grammar and Composi tion and ibe History of our own country 11 the Classical department scholars are prepared fur admis sion into any class at collage A courie nf Lectures on History Natural Philosophy and As tronomy Will be delivered during the term without exua charge The ndu ber of pupil is limited and care will bctakcn to make the schudl aa selecl as possible A fe vacancies filled on early application I pLAfeSiCALANDMATHEMATICALSEMlNA The exercises of this Seminary will be resumed in th Hall of the ranklin Engine house oe Pennsylvania avenue on JMonday September 4th The scholastic year will be divided iute four Leruia commencing respectively on tbe first Monday of SeptemBfcr 23d of November I5ih of ebruary and Bth of May Terms iq advance aud graduation as heretofore tf JI Thomas MeKenuati Washington Pennsylvania Hon John Leeds Karr Easton Maryland a IHon Abel Upshur Secretary of State (lev George Lemmon Warrenton Virginia Rev John Mines Rockville Maryland Rey John Smith Washington of Columbia be following are respectfully referred to as patrone of tha Seminary Son Charles 4 Wickliffe Posmaeter General i don Henry A Wise Accomac county Virginia Albion Parris Comptroller Washington Dtst of Columbia A William Selden United Stales Treasurer? do da do Tully Wise irst Auditor do do Captain William Maynadier United States Army Mr Penrose Solicitor of the Treasury i JOHN NEELY OUAKIIING AND DAY Mrs BhzbB 9 CHabd Bvaa jespectfully inform her friend and the pub lic iChat herUtoarding and Day School for Young Ladies will re opqn on Monday the 1 1 lb September at the corner of and Sth street i i Ik this Inttitutiow all the branches of a thorough Elnglisb and rench education will be taught by competent and experienced teach ere JThe house be considerably enlarged rendering it qae Of thd most pleasant and spacious iu tbe city Its location central and unsurpassed for health or refretoent jl 8 Board and Tuition in English snd Preach par annum Ji Day'Scholare English irst Cliss par quarter English Second do do Eoglisb Third do do rench per quarter 4 Nusic Dancing Drawing Ac at charges or further particulars apply to th Principal July 2aw2m WITOUNTAIN OLD WHEAT LOUR The sub JL scriber has for sale a few barrels of foe best quality of Wiota Wheat amily lour Parsons desiring lour greatly superior to the common family brands can ba suited A small two story Brick Dwelling on Gay strsetiin a good neighborhood for rent Apply to the subscriber at ths Custom House Georgetown sag 7t HENRY ADDISON handsome mahogany furni jrUREPlANO ORTE HAIR MATTRESSES have just received on consignment from the North lot d( very handsome snd fashionable Mahogany Sofa Rocker and Ottoman 1 very 'rich Damask (sample) Parlor Chmr fine toned and fashionable German Piano Porte Mahogany hair seat Parlor Chairs Cane diuo very rich Mahogany marble top Toilet Bureaus with a variety of Rocking Chain of any price and' a final! lot of very superior hair Mattresses All of which will be found uncommonly low ii" ROBERT DYER 4 aug 3Q 3tjf i Globe Auctioneer M7ASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL for YOUNG Tbe aebscribers having bean in i duced to believe that not withstanding the nuuiirous bchool now in the city a scholastic institute which should offer to young gentlemen peculiar advantages for acq tiring a knowledge stance sound and practical of the Latin Gieek rench anJ Spanish I languages and whose advantages for instruction in MathematicsBelles Lettres Ac' should be inferior te thoee of no other would meet with support and encouragement have resolved te unite their energies anabilitiee in an effort to establish iu Washington jBoch an institution i i Oilheir qualifichtiona for the accomplishment of such an eutar pribe and of theircompeieocy to conduct a school of this charac ter in all its departments they would prefer that parents should judge from actual experiment and personal observation rather than from any description of their own To induce parents Cheq to entrust to tbeiraia for a limited time their sons or warda with view to the 'experiment alluded to they have published a prospectus embracing a full view of their inode of instruction and discipline of the dburse of studies to be pursued and containing terms testimonials Ac To this prospectus copies of which may be procured at Mr arnham's bookstore they respectfully call the attention c4f pi rents snd beg leave only to state that a period nf nearly twenty years £aa elapsed since they completed their studies at their re i spsciive universities and entered upon the duties of that profes tioQ in tbe practice of which they have bkeo constantly engaged that (hie office wag originally astumed by them notes a ismpo i ary not ms a means of support while waiting or prepar ing for some other station nor as a last resort after a failure in other projects or pnrsuhs but as their firt and unbiassed choice that It has since been practised hot because it presented to them faire? prospects far fame or emoluments than other vocations to which they migbj foars devoted their talents and acquirements but simply because they preferred this profession to any ofoer I lr ARNOLD DCL 1 A GIRAULT' A Ml aug 2aw8t Washington August 3 1843 tlPPlStt ANI) LEECIlER HUNGER of I fars his seiVlcas to the citizens ofWahington and vici nity! Persons desiring his attendance will be promptly warted upon by leaving ler address at the Drug Store of Mr Huri baugb corner of Seventh and streets or at the residence of the subscriber Sixth street near 'i i He is permitted to refec Is the following medical gentlemen i rederick MayjM D5 Alexander McWilliams U8US1D Lb Thomas MillertjM Joseph Borsowai Smoot aug eodSwif BURNISHED RtHIMR ANO ROARRIWC i ENGLISH having returned from her visit to the North takes Chis opportunity to inform the public that the is now prepared to accommodate a meas of six or eight Boarders Her rooms are pleasant and airy and con be obtained either with nr without board Mrs residence ia on the weft side of 7ih street few dooiM above the office of the National Intelligencer Persons wishing board or tooim wiihoutboard are fsvited to call Alio for reut a good brick and Carriage House or terma inquire on the premises eolw BREWERY AT PRIVATE SAL OR OR Thiseelebrstejesuiblishmal in Washington city on Rod: Creek near Gepfgetown basing a brewing capacity of 5500 to 6000 barrelXer annum with Ute most approved modern machinery andyirraugemen's is na offered at private sale or it will be rented to a good substantia tenant on favorable terms ou application to 4 JlIHiZ AUMSSJa I Pres'dsnt and Bank Georgetown maV 5 2aWl(tf CHOOL BOOKSlargs aasortment for sale at ABN writ tlYth 51H9I Md 1 i tor from the ground They are said to go to th depth of tree or and I am disposed to think this statement correct though some think they go much lower coming out they can work their way through tbe hardest ground but this year they were so favored by rain that I cannotpeak positively of their performance in this tei pt A neighbor of mine however snd bis onmosl sokmnCj declared tA rae and other that in cutting down a young chestnut tree this spring they found two of them in its body through Which they had ascended about a foot above' the Surface of the earth They come up mostly in the night akd squads numbering from two to two foundred under the setup treeat the sathe time Daring the seventeen years thatf tey are in tbe ground they probably do not depart from Jxeath the tree or bush) fintwhicL tbe egg have been deposited New sdpplies continue to come up for twenty o( thirty foy On i the morning of tbe 20lh of June I isaw from one tojwo hun dred of the By in two small' apple trees that alone ujton the top lof a neighboring mountain in the ipidille 'of a field that bad evidently been produced frcni bug the Igbt before The trees though small were old and grew nearly together and the eggs no doubt had beqn'jlepooited iri them Jrom observing their progress in two locslitiei am dis posed to believe that the life of the individual ifly is about seventeen days which if true is a very retraikabf circum tynce Ip one of those localities near my wherel kpt a close Watch for them they were first seen olhe 25 of May and on the 12th of June they were firs focovered tu be dying inconsiderable number about the kte lce lhey continued to die daily without their numbeseerhing td be diminished until about tifo 26 of June affljr which they were bat little seen or heard Thia sudden sijpnce the more remarkable a it wa not accompanied wh a cor responding increase of the dead Afew eier were occasionally heard a late as tbe 10th of July' do not inhabit'all the woods but confine' almost entirely to1 the tktrt thereof And thoughyery nu arerou in one piece of woods for half a mile or a miu in thb' adjacent wood there may notbe one zThus they niJoke thelr appearance as interval tnrougnoivine country gAa soon as the bug (or worm) comes out qf tb'ground itclimbs up the nearest tree 'ot bush or upon thejfice snd tra short time the back'plit for kbout the paceroYhalf ah irwh and thefly gradually work bi way out which pfoces he drswaevery portion of hi bodyj to the tj of bi top nails oht of it corresponding portion of shelly ucepling tlfe wings rwhich having been closely folded small wing cases are gradually expanded under the ingeoce of light and air The fly is at first white but soon tlir black wah red eyes and a yellow border on it wing I ha no VY upon it the is found however upop tbe bark of the annual locust When jn their feeble state hogs poultry snd aris destroy great number "jrhe hog also root UKXd de vqur still foore a they approach the surface of' tbe arth Jn two Or three days if tbe weather i warmj corn mence singing at first low and feebly but in abqua week lire singing become loud and frbm a Ijyle after daybreak until hear night Tbey also sing a through thi night when it is warm When) the wtfother is cool they are scarcely heard day or n'ght Urge number are ringing together they can be heard nearlfe pTheir instrument of music is a kind of tambdoretituated under tha wing of tbe males etween the thorax aqd abdo myn It ey terror part is convex with several bands qr cord stretched across it Their note may be represented thus jvbir oir thus chq like one calling hog ata distance the voice being prolonged anf elevaftj at tbq first syllable and short and low k(therlat? These infosthey repeal at intervals of a few seconds When a'large jjpmber are heard singing at a little distance the first nothly are distinguished and there is then an the concluding note is only beard wh'en nearJ "The 5ody is stretched out iq sounding tbe first note and relaxed'gain inounding the second There is a stronrr cord like 'nuscle reaching from! he sternum to the back tq which the labour et js attached it is no doubt bjrlhe rapid contrsr Tion of this muscle that the membrane is made to vibrate They commenced copulating when from ten totweedays old and in two or three day jnore began to depoi their eggs or this1 purpose they select the small branebiwof al most any tree or bush at baud excepting such as pinf or ce dar (though it is not true that they never lig hi Upqu these la) They penetrate the bark and ap wood and Ctfolinue to pierce the latter lengthwise the limb to th ovpositer' again at ibe same point the pierce again at an acute angle with rhe first along the branch on on or more side thereof In each of these place tb if de pofite from twenty four to thirty six eggs two row 'each side of the angle and from six to nine in a row Wbjfnonly on( fly deposits in a branch jt is not apt to die unswathe deposits is made in a small and tender part' btjt often happen that several will deposit in the same bran )t snd pierce it in so many' place that it is killed to a certaiqlxtent Where they have been very numerous the trees are n'r seen wuvuv ws tun 3 UK VC 3UCU llttf killed bythetn "They select the parix of the ire uf finger to that of a quill I jThe ovipckiier ia well woiibyof I attention and Mf think I have unravelled its different parti and discovered mo du will endeavor to describe it' It is' tat quite half an inch long curved at it larger end with a re sembltng a lance The curved end hi a strong rfktacijlar' insertion near tbe middle of the abdomen and embjced by the vulva When at rest it lies enclosed in a htjh It consist of threq the middle or lance serves a a sbppdrt to tbe others aud two side piece slide upon the middle piece by a tongue and grodvei each On the upper surface of the lance proper there areso deli cate grooves in which the tongue of the side piece work The sides of the lance or it edges run in grooves obe side pieces Tbqends of the side pieces embracing th'head of the lance are finished exteriorly like a rasp and ter innate in sharp cutting edges or point Each side piece iworked by a strong muscle and can be thrust out or retraced with' great force and rapidity and it i by this alternate (Rusting aud retracting of them that the puncture is madeIn the process of bdring the instrument is drawn out abo(jt every fifteen seconds if to bring away the file dust TTie eggs are passed down in the grooves of the side pieces ap nicely packed two and two in a leaning posture They nerally hatch in August (or July) and insect drops im' '1 mediately on'the ground and begin to borrow Tbey foedJ none and continue to live until bis body becomesa dried and empty shell The small variety differs from the large first 'jt their song which is of a different lone and consists of majjjf mork note It may be represented thus Pit cha a pp cha a pit cha a pit cha pit cha chit 'chit chit chit chit cjt chit chit chit chi chit thit chit chit chit chit iiAt the end of this song they generally change their pcritiilSi to an other branch or tree and then sing again At a Imle die tanee when a number are singing the tael note sjgheare heard resembling much the loud chirpings of jrrpw Secondly in their remaining in the trees almost excHjsivelyo high up that they cannot be reached consequently it is exceedingly difficult to cepture one of them until the season when they become week They seeqi tbksve a great partiality for hickory and maple trees Tbe larger sorf light upon trees bushes fences or in the fields itulkcrimi nately and may be captured with ease They also "ton fine themselves to the skirls of the woods the have found in tbeiinterior Thirdly they make their appetence a week or ten days later and continue longer ourthlill htfve reason to believe tbe female makes her depdsite enlfrely on the under surface of the branch and tbatno decay 'ensues therefrom ifthly they are by no means a numerous as tbe other kind i J' It is an impression with many that the puncture of tbe lo cust is poisonous to tbe tree It is not 6 a thousands of twig are pierced that do not die It ha been stated aq that several individuals have been killed in thi county Uy the sting of the female but I certainly' am unable to put any faith in such a statement unless fully authenticated Very respectfully I am your obedient and humble sd i ROB PEYTS)N To Mabkoe Jr Esq Ccrrerponding Secretary of the National Inetitfe I have enclosed you some one two others in process of sliding off the side piece fry put ting them inwarm water you can probably easily ermine them Th microscope would reveal their parts mir pert fectly I send also seme branches if the mail wjutake them JP Mathematical teacher wante a persob is wanted to take chergs of the Mathematical De partment of a private institute st some distance from foe city' The highest qualification will be insisted on and the beat testimonials erf character The salary is liberal and not dependence the amount of patronage I Stott (post paid) Norfolk Ya ug 34 CAPITOL HILL CLASSICAL In this inslitsliou instruction will be given in the rench Spanish Italian anj German The Greek and Latin Will bo taught in foe meet thorough manner also the ordinary branches nzltah eancauoo the hizharueoartments of Mathematics etieal Surveyin and Civil Enxineerin Botas Natural Pbilqaophy Cbqmistry and Astronomy Regular lectureson tbe subjcMt of Natural PUilcsaphy Chemistry Ac will be giwn with a new snd extensive apparatus These science will Xe treated ib these lecturya in tbe mpst familiar and interest ing manner calculated to impsrtto the pupil sound pract cal knowledge of their principles sod utility All mere show of knowledge will be discarded Marked thoroughness shall bell manifested by each scholar in hi several studies al cur quarterly examination advantage of quarterly public examinations aawell as annual must be obvious to all parent anxious to see and know the reel improvement of their children Owing co foe necessity of rejecting already several applications a gentleman of merit as teacher is to be employed aa an asaistanu Beside the languages as shove any science taught in any college of the Union may berebe pursued and to any desirable extant School to be every way Select and shall inferior in advantage to no other indeed we are willing to guaranty to parents full satisfac tion 1 Very special attention paitPto the moral as well as intellect tual training of pupils Drawing and Painting st very reduce price by Mr Gibson as in Mr Seminary (See above Txrms 36 50 to 312 0 depending on studies pursued Extras a is similar school for fbel and stationery No extra charge for rench though special attention will be given both in speaking and translating I Music laoght as a science As referees we refer to our putrohs generally aug dlwif Th School will commence on foe first Monday in September ty Tbps Af Principal A HoLSapox Arisran iWB MS DYs Seminary for Young Ladies cornerxf ft and 9th street will recommence on Mon jay September 4fof 1843 aug 23 sol wAd I amjuk uiic uutiuiru (Geographer seem I However without I will confine myeelt VALUABLE IMPROVED PROPERTY AT PUBLIC Will be effered for sale on Thors dayutbe Oth October next at 4 two valoable brick dwel ling house end brick baek buildings nearly new on lot 1 and 2 in Square 255 situated on the corner of 13fo snd streets within vkry short distance of the publioDepartrnents The situation is healthy and th bouse have been constantly occupied since they were built" This isa grod opportunity of making profita ble Investment' I The terms are One third eash and the balance In six'and twelve months th note to be satisfactorily secured bearing tn terebt or further information inquire nf I I ROBT DYER 4 CQ a jg 29 eodAds Glebe Auctioneers TBAINTING AND DRAWING Mr AL Wm A PaATT respectfully inform his pupil and friends that hi private classes Will reopeb the first week In September as follows: The Capitol Hill class will meet him at foe former school room on Wednesday 6J September at 8 A when the future arrangements will be made known 3 The Cential class formerly held in Mias school room 9th street st Mrs Jn future on lllh street west side immediately above Pennsylvania (venue on Tuesday 5fo Sept at 3 and on Saturday at' 1 1 A Tbe Georgetown class as last session on Wednesday at 3 o'clock I I eolsr NATIONAL INSTITUTE PAPERS 'i Navy DtARTMZNTfAuousT 14 1843 I have the honor to enclose a copy of a letter from Commands Powcix of the United States Navy accompanied with four boxes of shell and fossils collected on the western coast of lorid i The detailed report of Mr Conrad (alluded to by Com mander Powkll ha not yet reached the Department very respectfully your obedient servant I 1 DAVID HENSHAW To Maok Jr Esq I i 1 Carreeponding Secretary of the National Inetitute Washington iAdgust 12 1843 Sib I have the honor to inform you that I have caused several boxes of shell and fossil which were collected on the western coast of lorida by Mr Conbad naturalist to I bo sent to the Navy Department wi The collection were made under the countenance of the lata Secretary tof the Navy Mr Uphub for the purpose of adding to the etore of the National Institute for the further illustration of American concbology and I will express the hope that humble ss this contribution may be it will be re ceived a an earnest bf the desire of thei Navy to share the labor 6f our follow citizen in the cause of science fiflr Conrad wilt make a detailed report which I doubt i not will be creditable to himself and acceptable to the In stitution i I I am very respectfully your obedient servant POWELL Commander United Stater Navy Hon David Hinshaw I Secretary of the'Navy i i 1 ort LcavbnworthJ August 6 1843 SntJn my first leisure since my return frotn the late excursion to the Mexican frontier I address you on a subject which may prove of appropriate interest io ths National In stitute 1 think I can announce the discovery of a new grains one which I am very sapgatne will be founds valu able addition to the national agricultural interest The In stitute affords me an only opportunity of rendering availa ble by communicating it with samples of tbe grain to en i lightened practical agriculturist in the Eastern States In travelling from ort Leavenworth about one hundred mile to the southwest we first see the gras bythis name alone the subject of thi letter is known to the wanderer to the ar West Advancing in the same course on the Sant road this very gradually increases in quantity until at the Pawnee ortof th Arkansasabout21 deg west longitude it very abruptly becomes not only a prevailing grovyth but the almost exclusive vegetable pro duction and there loo is observed as abrupt a change in the general appearance soil of the country So far though almost destitute of trees it is tolerably watered and preserve the general character of tbe loamy soil found in the State of fidlisaouri beyond it'becomea hilly and sandy and no branch of running waler beyond the immediate level bot tom of the Arkansas river is found in and fifty miles that I have passed over profoundly ignorant of these regions) further general description at present I to as correct description as possible of the 11 buffalo It prevail or flourishes then only unshaded and on tbe billy poor (tbinoiled) country described it is found in the Ar kansas bottoms but seldom on the lower level In tbe country northeast of it peculiar region it i only seen on tbe poorest spot (sand resting on clay) and in the road it is ol apale green falling it takes a slight root on tbe joints of ths stalk these joint are' eight or ten in number nd are four or five inches apart This peculiarity i only observ ed on a close inspection for tbe joint also sending up short stem on which is found the grain snd slender blades it resembles an unthrifty blue grass and like that it forma a sod and a smoother and far harder one About barvest time the country turns to tbe yellowish brown color of our ripe grain fields and in extensive views the eye is only re lieved by the green of a single variety of spice weed which dot the smooth brown surface of the earth Thus so short and very withered in appearance it seetns wholly insuffi cient to support animal life whilst proving with it grain riqh and ample food for counties buffaloes and also for the diminutive but far more numerous prairie a bur rowing animal which I believe a distinct 'genu these are only found whee the grass grows and it would seem where th soil is argillaceous thi double coincidence 1 attribute to the protection' which day gives to their burrow it pot be ing percolated by water Tbe buffalo too is seldom seen far from ffie grass (in this section of lhejr range at least) Some eay the gras will only grow where the buffalo is found that it disappear a they recede or a found red mile we eee it almost continually in th road when little or none other ia tu be found If this goes to prove that trampling is essential to its growth the above idea ia strengthened by our knowledge that the immense herds of buffalo must sub ject it fully to thi treatment I think I nowhere saw the grass in quantity ungrsxed by the buffalo jn the lower river bottoms amid the succulent green rich I looking grass several species untouched by the buffalo little patches of this were observed closely eaten After tbe last winter and spring of unheard of severity and backwardness 'we found the buffaloee quite fat on the 13fo of Jane Our dragoon horses had to subsist for some time on thia gras their be ing able to do so at all so closely grazed a' we found it and under the necessary restriction of a 22 feet picket rope would seem to prove it extraordinary nutrition Only one otbet fact will I mention and I do not explain it I found it on liny return near Council Grove about the middle of July I in the road taller and than almost any I hid seen earlier and furthe to the West I shall send you by the first opportunity a half pint of the grain' which I picked with my own fingers: it cin be gathered in no other way My view is that it 'will prove if successfully introduced a valuable pasture for sheep and cattle on grounds in the Eastern and Northeastern States where nothing will grow so welL If their most barren hill can be i converted into a rich pasture of a new plant combining the qualities of aigrain and pasture grass I imagine it will be a great improvement I am disposed to think it peculiarly adapted to the pasture ol sheep which thrive too I believe naturally on hills 5 1 wilt venture to sdd no suggestion as to the experiment of growing it I give the facts on which en intelligent sgri culturist will found conclusions more likely to prove just than any that can be expected of a dragoon I am sir with high respect your most obedient servant i ST GEOJ COOKE Captain of Dragoone To Mabkoc Jr Esq 'j I Correcpaauiing Secretary oj the National Inetitute THE CICADA SEPTEMDECIM oa SEVENTEEN YEAR LOCUST I As it appeared in auquier county Va in 843 'p Dur Sta: Your kind acknowledgment of the receipt of the locust which I sent you for the Institute reached me a few days after being forwarded by you You eay therein that a paper en the subject of thia insect cannot fail to prove very interesting in a country where the locust periodically Encouraged in thi manner I have determined to send you my obeervations as though very imperfect they may add to the knowledge on the subject ri inding that the book to which I bad accex contained but little and inaccurate inforuAtion concerning this (insect and the notice in the newspaper being full of erfoi 1 wrote to Dr Smith of Baltimore for bi realise but from some cause unknown I have not received it Had I seen it I might have deemed my labor unnecessary I will further premise that my knowledge of entomology goes no further than my own limited observations and very limited reading having access to no technicsl work upon the subject Tho specimen which I sent you are evidently different the smaller being a variety that had not attracted the atten tion of any one before far aa my information goes Of tbe larger sort (he male1 is one inch and a quarter long the female one iuch aod an eighth Their girth around tbe bhdy and wing is from one inch and three eighths to an inch and a half Of the smaller variety the male is a little over an inch and the female seven eighth of an inch long 'There is no other difference in their appearance bat their habits are unlike in several respect as will be seen irst of the lai ger sort: They commenced appearing in this county from the 20th to the 25th of May and continued to increase in number until the 10th or 12th of Jane Thebug ori worm from which the fly is produced is of a yellowish clay color with six legs two ore are much broader and stronger in their middle portion than the rest are armed with teeth end set somewhat obliquely to the body 'With these they make their way through the earth They have so woutb buU wfcWl Mwy wk thq aoi iiE.

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