The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-04-04
JOURNAL
OF rms
American silk Society,
AND
RURAL ECONOMIST

| n T Convention which met Al Baltimore on
-~ the ilih of December last, eUmpVscd uf q
gre number Of gentlemen from various pate
Of the onion. distinguished Tor theI public ser
vices, patriotism, aud practical intelligence,
the following resolutions wee unanimously
adopted. after full disr ussion, IN Abe course ii
which . great mass Of taCts and valuable IN.
formation was elieHedg ..
Rtsoired. That il isihe deliberate o, ininn nf
this Convention. that Silk may be grown IN all
the GDiled States, not only for dones &c IuT-
poses. but as . valuable article of commercial
EXPORT thereby fiying an active emrloymrn at
| 10 American labor, aud retaining millions OF
d"llaus 10 our countty. that are annually sent
out of IL for the purchase nf slken goods.
Rtsolptds 9'Dat a National SILK Journal ought
to be established under The auspIt es OF the Tx
ecnlIvs COMMITTEE. and all the funds over and
above ue support Of said paper ought TO he
devoted to the advancement tf tie Silk cause
ia the United States
| Under the latter resolution tie subscribe
has been solicited 20 assume tie tdItuII3l gu
peTIn,endence o! the Journal 20 be pub ished
| by the Society. Aud now, with not the least
abatement of that fondness mot to say passion ]
TOR rural life, aad all lie pursuits. whoa prOmp
ted him eIghIsel years sinse Co issue the FL 81
number 0f the old American Farmer, he 10 but
too happy 10 salute once more his Old friends
and correspondents, promising TO deserve new
ones by The most sssILuous endessoTs fnot in
compatible with strict attention 10 his official
duties to accelerate the growth and progress
OF what he il convinced is destined TO become
a great branch &c national industry, bringing
into active exercise much &c The now unpto.
ductne tailoring power of the county. giving
comiolt 10 The widow and The orphan, by ClTeT
n HAM Ifnki Ia nd
| rnent; aud making. M the aggrt gate, . large
addition to the wealth and prosperity Of our
beinyed Union.
Though SILK, and every thing connected lib
its production, and all Improvements in ma
chInery for lis preparation aud manufacture,
all constitute the chief design aud aiBI sc the
Journal; for the sake Of agreeable AID useful
variety, considerable portion of iis pages wilt
be Dedicated 10 the justly popular and kindred
subiseis of Horticulture, horticulture. and Rural
and DOmtsiie Economy Hence the sdjunetise
little Rural economist"
J. s. SKINNER.
The Journal of the American Silk Society
will be published monthly, 10 pamphlet form.
Each number will contain thirty two psges,
printed on new type and handsome paper, viii,
Q printed colored cover.
i Al persons friendly to the obieess cf the
Journal. will please collect at once and trans.
NIT the subscription money Of those who ms
feel disposed TO patronage II.
TERMS.
Two dollars q year, OF six copies for Ten dol.
lars. always to be paid beforethe work is cent.
All subscriptions 10 begin with the first MN.
Der Of the year, and in no care will the work
be sent 20 any subscriber longer than il shall
have been paid for.
paid, to GIDEON B. SMITH, Corresponding See.
Rotary TO the Society.
All Editors Of papers who may desire 10 see
Silk added 70 the list Of American Staples, and
who will have the kindness TO give this PROS
Pectus a lev insertions. will be entitlea TO q
copy Of the Journal.
FebrosFs, fs59. So