The Litchfield County post., 1827-05-10

1 Self FIageHatien.-Mr. Moore, a mem- Der Congress from Kentucky, ill an ad- dress to his constituents, states "that he has beenassured by gentlemen representing the Southern States, that in every district or county ot those states, popular meetings will be held, and that resolutions will be adopted, containing the most solemn pledges, not to purchase any article com ing from that part of the Union, tlrat have contributed to lay so oppressive tax upon the people of the Southern States, for the purpose of pampering few wealthy stockholders of the incorporated compa- nies of New England.
 The obvions remark which suggests it. self upon this inconsiderate ebullition of political and sectional spleen is, that if our northern manufactures are not afforded 10 our southern neighbours cheaper than they need of non-intecourse to keep them out of their marketst-But if they are afforded cheaper, it will only be punishing them selves to refuse to buy them.-But all such Apprehension is wholly idle; no laws or resolutions of non-intercourse which they can form, will be sufficient to induce the great body of their people to eat or wear dear article of poor fabric, when they can get 6y book or by crook cheap one of better texture. And yet they >will--for if all the restrictive laws of the U. States could not during our embargo and non-in- tercourse system, keep out millions of British goods from being consumed ill our country, what will the laws and resolutions ot few of the Southern States effect in shutting out our northern manufactures, from people who have an interest in buy ing them !--Even Gov. Troops |" Han cock troop of horse' would not stop e. nough of our cotton to make tham a shirt piece. Utica Sentinel.
 Soratoga, county, W. Y April, 1927.
 In the spring of 1925, a few bushels of hemp seed were brought into this vicinity, which was sown and planted for the pur- pose of obtaining seed :; the quantity of seed raised the first year was about POO bushels. In the Spring of 1926, the 200 bushels were sown and planted as before, and although both seasons were very unfa- vcrable on account of severe drought, there was raised about 1900 bushels of seed and about g tons of hemp. Hemp seed has sold, this season, generally, for a- bout four dollars per bushel. There will be sown the present season,in this vicinity, six hundred acres-which will probably produce $3O,OOO dollars worth of hemp and seed. It does not require more labour per acre than a crop of wheat. Hemp is dressed 6y c machine ,Oith0ut rotting, and meets soiM e ready sale at market. Last season one and half acres produced S16O worth of hemp and seed, exclusive of the premium for dressing. The premium for dressing unrotted hemp is one third.
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 From he Hampshire Eng Telegraph.
 Curious E9sh.-The skeleton ofa very curious and rare animal has been landed here, this week, from the Diadem trans- port, which has been viewed by great number of persons, as the remains of Mermaid, but which appears, from MT. Sights description, which we subjoin, to be DugOng. Itwas shot by lieut.. Eme- ry, near the island of Mombass, and died shortly afterwards. When, seen, the body of the animal was raised considerably a. bove the surface of the water; and from the near appearance of that part of it to the human form, was then judged to be a mermaid. 1t was in company with two others, and they were all wading theIr way by means of what the spectators called their arms. Lieut.. Emery ate some ofthe flesh, which he describes as being very sa- voury. He was unable to preserve the shin but the bones are saved entire. It is rather more than five feet long. s' To the printer.-C considerable curiosity hav- ing been excited by anaccount of the land- ing at this port of the skeleton of "real mermaid" was induced to examine the subject in question. Ihave no doubt but that il is the bony fabric of an animal cal- led the Dugong, a native ofthe Indian seas, and regarded by many ofthe natives of the different islands as Royal fish; the pee culiar form of the head, more especially the lower jaw, being at once characterize tic mark-and also the form, situation, ,and number of the teeth. There are many other peculiarities, more especially the mode by which the ribs are articulated to the breast bone, and the form of the brcast bone itself, which arc highly interesting to the comparative anatOmist, and which serve