The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-05-02

Judge Spencer to MIR Hopkins of Gene
va, on the CsIlure OF Silk. lie considers
q farm OF 90 acres of the white mulbury,
10 years old, would yieid net profit of
8 ta $1,000 per annum--t that the enor-
nous ANNUAL drain of Q millions of dol-
lars for foreign silks, Exceeding all our
bread s,uffs exported, demands our seii-
cns attention and that the part Of the
ss1to between Skeneatelss and Lake Erie
from It's known congenialilyy to delicate
fruit rees, would probably be very favor
nhio to the mulbury Since l760, silk
has been raised id W.ndham, Connect-
cut, about the latitude Of Albany. Mr.
Deliomorgue, who was brought up at
Nismes in the midst of the sIkprovinccs
of France, tertities to the excellent quail
ty or ths Asnericnn cocoons, and the large
quantity yielded by them.
x One ounce oil seed, according TO Judge
Spencer, properly sown, after the ground
Il thoroughly ploughed, or dug and har-
rowcd, or rskcd and sown in drills, three
feet apart, will give abont $4,000
yauns trees. They must be kept free
from weeds and cattle. At two years
they are fit to be placed in an orchard =
TO ~ feet apart, at right angles. The
subsequent culture may be conducted by
women and children-plucking the leaves
end FEEDING the worm until the cocoons
are formed These last reelcd from the
tibres Of several cocoonssst once, accord
ing to the tissue required. Hitherto it
was found necessary to spool the silk be-
fore il could be twisted. The newly in
vented reel OF two Americans, Messrs.
Gay g. Mosely, however, receives the
ihsead Oh sgpois, aud thus avoided the
labor and wasiage of the old process
The reeiing directly on the spoc4s, over
comes the grea! obstacle that existed, aud
is n great convenience for transporting
ihe silk. An Ingenious woman may
learn The use Of the reel in short time.
Judge Spencer recommends the tend-
ing OF the Cocoons as most, profitable
work for AIMS houses. lie thinks the
Chinese muherrv propably too delicate
for our climate, and prefers the white, or
.Morus .1lbd, as more hardy, and fully Ca
.pable Of sustaining all the vlcissitudes of
our atmosphere. lie earnestly recon-
snChuS thC sthuic, dio =" P"'
sue, as we trust he will, the investigation
of this important subject.
Breach of Marriage Promise. In the
Court Of Common Pleas. on Friday, the
Jury in the case Of Margaret Dnsmoor
vs. Andrix A. Foster, found that he made
and broke his promise of marriage to her,
and assessed her damages at FIFTY dol
lars! Whether the smallness of the dam
ages is owing TO his being worth no more
as husband, or whether because for his
neglect she dismissed him, and absoived
him from the promise, IN whole or in part,
or whether because Judge Ward told the
Jury that what was enough to compeh-
safe young woman who worked in a
book bindery would be much smaller
sum than what would compensate lady
Of fortune, we do not know. We doubt
much the correctness Of the Judges re-
mark if he made it. A broken heart is a
broken heart whether the woman be rich
or poor, and for broken arm, poor
man who depended upon his labor for an
honest living, ought to have more COM
pensation than man Of fortune who never
earns the salt he eats. Boston Trans.
Ar GUN.-A young gentleman of
Cincinnati has nearly completed an air
gun, which he thinks will supcrcede all
other guns. Ii is so constructed that by
turning a crank, which can be d0e by a
boy, 1t will discharge 60 balls per minute,
and that with force of 1870 pounds on
each bail, whicl. is do uble the force on a
a rifle ball the balls are placed in a fun
mel on the top Of the gun from which they
run in as fast as they are discharged.
On the same principle he intends to in.
vent musket which can be handled with
as much ease as the common muskets
and be no heavier and on the same
principle balls Of any size can be dischar-
ged by any person.
The Providence Railroad will open on
the first of June with the exception of a
short distance in Canton, where the ledge
il vet cutting through. which will not be
finished ill the fourth of July. In the
mean time, passengers will be conveyed
round that by stages.
Sale Of Wool. Claremont IN. FL.
paper says, that DR.. Leonard Jarvis, o
that town, sold few days since, $4,000
pounds Of wool-all of his own raising
and received for the same about $i4 900
. The steamboat President, Admiral K
s. Bunker, arrived at New York on III,
1 1.-THE inst, from Providence, in Joutee'
hours and nine Misunderstanding tho short
est passage ever made between those TIVE
places with the same tides, by more thar
two hours.
A write in the New York Star, nomi