Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-07-10

account OF some canoes or non descript
boats, which had lately arrived st the
Port Of Reading, after pleasan, voy
age Of 1--we DAYS, via Union Canal
Twelve days previous, IL was said, the
timber Of which they we're built, was
glowing 10 the forest II was put to.
gether with no other tools than a ham.
mer, hand saw, broad axe, a draw.
ing knife, and an suger. The distance
tioated was about two hundred miles,
aud no accident has happened.
At Orange Farm, two miles from
baltimore, may be seen a pump work
ed by small pointer dog. This pump
is more than fifty feet in length and
the working of il was heretofore the ia =
tiguing labour of two men. To the dog
It is mere play. He, at his pleasure,
either walks, trots, or lies down
When only walking, there is sufh
cient discharge OF water for all the pur q.
poses OF dairy. The water never
ceases to flow, but during the very
short intervals when the dog may be
lying down. From its thus flowing, it
has become very cold and sweet-and
il is thence believed, thst the water Of
most pumps would be thus greatly im-
proved.
The principal benefit, however, held
QUITO the community from this appa.
ratus, is that every farmer may have,
at the most convenient place near his
house, dairy as complete as il he
bad a good spring on the identical
spot. The water from the pump will,
indeed, be more abundant and gene
rally much colder than water from a
spring.
The dog, to be kept in motion, re.
quifes not the attention of any person;
all that rs necessary is occasionally 10
give him a drink.
The pointer has been selected only on
account of his sprightliness.
This apparatus costs only about SIS
dollars, and therefore il is within the
reach of every landholder. II NAV,
more over, not only be erected by all in
the country, but by many in our cities
.Amsriean Farmer.
Newspapers end other periodical publica.
tions in ths United STATES.
The Traveller, publishe ed in Philadel-
phla, furnishes list OF all the newspa-
pers and other periodicals in the coun-
try, OF which the editor has thus far
been able to obtain the names. The list
not entirely complete, affords us the
means Of presenting the following gene.
raj statements. semiweekly papers
should be added to the New York list
In Maine are 90; in Massachusetts
10; in N. Hampshire IT; in Vermont,
81; in Rhode Island, IL; in Connecticut,
40; in New York, 1856; in New Jersey,
al in Pennsylvania, i69; in Delaware,
q; in Maryland, so; in the District of
Columbia. 8; 10 Virginia, 81; in North
Carolina, Is; in S. Carolina, 10; Geor-
gia, Is, in Florida, Q; in Ilabams, 10;
in Louisiana, 10; in Mississippi, 7; in
Tennessee, s; 10 Kentucky. IS; in O.
hio, 65; in lndans, 10, in Michigan, q;
Illinois, d; Missouri, 8; Arkansas, /;
Cherokee Nation,
The Daily papers are confined to a
few of the principal cities, and are as
follows: In Boston, s; in New York, II;
in Albany. 8; 10 Rochester, 4; in Phil
adelpbia, 8; in Baltimore, 5; in Wash.
ington, $; in Alexandria, ]; in Rich
mond, /; in Norfolk, /; in Charleston,
a; in Savannah. Q; in New Orleans, 5,
in Cincinnati, |.
The great bulk are of course weekly
country newspapers, the price OF which
is generally two dollars a year in the
states north of North Carolina, including
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. South Of
these the prices are generally three dol
lars and above.
Among the papers published 10 Penn
sylyania, are % IL the German language.
These, with the exception of the New
Orleans papers which are partly in
French, and the two Spanish papers and
one French paper in this city, are all
we recollect in the foreign language.
W Y Daily .4drsrfiser.
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