The Arkansas advocate., 1831-02-16

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 dozen times day, is never thought off, Bos-
 lon Courier.
 From fhe Coastifuiionalsi
 The secretary of the Navy proposes to aban- don the attempt made by the Government to es- tabllsh plantations of Live Oak. He supposcs the Navy can neverbe in want of this timber, when it is indigenous to the coasts of the United States from the St. May's to the Saline; and he does not perceive the necessity of culivatinp lit from Me.5eom. Ne are not prepared to speak
 with certainty upon this subject, but it is orc of heilrstlmportance, ,and much cautionand investi- gation sould be exercised before the policy al-
 ready adopted is abandoned. The Live Oak. #
 we mistake not, is found to he North of the St.
 Mary's, but We think Mir. White, of Florida.
 who is opposed to the Sceretary's views. is cor
 rect when he says, "the Live Oak is found spafseiy scattered al most remote distances. aLd
 iii small bodies. If artificial culture be moi re- sorted to, and the fires kertout of the Reserya- tions there will not be enough in fifty years. b build West India squadrons' Yls s..,,,,, att thorlty declares sthere are 7G,G00 live oak ttecs upon the land purchased by the Government; winch in century or even quarter, will be worth ten times the amount ever expended upon them." The idea Of planting Acorfs for the | Ii. euted-by those who do not remember how true itis that Isarge Oaks from little Aeorns grow The most venerable grove " 2 hays ever s,.,.,,
 was of Live Oak, the Acorns of which had been planted seventy years ago. Whoevervisits Bo-
 naveature, near Savannah, will see that it is not mpracticable 10 cultivate plantations of these noble trees. And in the woods of Florida. avcn~ ues of Live Oak are found, planted. il is suppos- ed, by a race long since extinct--a race. civil. ized and industrious--of whose existcnce no cv, ideneesn now remain-Abut the scattcredard worn implements ot hnsbandry found ir the sol--fhe l traces of roads, and these majestic trees. | short Passage from R1tssia.--The brig Kfem- lin, Hall, arrn ed at Boston on Friday evening
 from Cronstadt, having left that place as late as l the 2lst of November. and Elsineur on the 29th. We learn from our Boston Correspondent, that i Capt. Hall gives tie following information: | When he lettSt. Petersburgit was said large
 division of the Russian army had marched for l the western frontier, and various reasons for
 such course were reported ;some said that the troops were to assist the King of Prussia. who feared trouble in his domnons; some that they
 were intended 10 watch the movements of inc Emperor of Austria, with respect to the prov- inces of Wallachia and Moldavia; but Capt. II. heard no one attribute the movement to any ex- Ipectation of war with France.
 About 5000 persons had beenattackcd at Mos
 COW by tie prevailing disease, of whom about
 cne half had died. The Contagon had not
 spread 10 St. Petersburg, and vigorous measures
 were still pursued to prevent its farther progress
 although at the last accounts from Moscow the disease was in a manner abating.
 N. r .Ner. ad. ] Longevity of Geese.--An article has recently heen travelling the rounds ef tic public jour nas, stating that geese hardly ever survive the
 age of fifty years. Mir. Alvan Mead, of Horse neck, Greenwich, told us few days since. that his father had owned two female geese, hatch ed in Greenwich, which died last winter, at the
 advanced age of eighty.1fse. years. The death
 of one was occasioned by being run over, while
 in good health, by horse; the other died of old
 age, being blind and lame. What is remarka- ble they both had their regular broods oi gos.
 lips annually, until the year before their deaths. l Mir. Mead's father received these geese from his
 mother long before the revolution; soon afse.
 the British took possession of New York, inc
 war sswaxing hot, on the borders of iiorseneok,
 he removed his family to Salem, ir the State of New York, and took the geese win him; fl}ey
 were then over thirty years of age. After t1e lclose of the war, the old gentleman removed
 isEnily back to Hefseneek, at the advanced lage of mnety-two years, enjoying good health,
 land in possession of all his laculties.-Stanlfo Sentinel. s.zs-a l U. Bank.-Tht directors of this institution lhave declared dividend of three and half lper cent, on the capital stock, for the last six
 months.