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The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-25

100000 CAPITAL.
TINE NEW YORK CONTRIBUTTONSHIP
Il FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (ofice No.
81 Wall strcet) insures buildings in general, mer-
ehandise, household furniture, and every description
of personal property, against loss or damage by
fire; also, aganst hazards Of inland transportation
J. SMYTH ROGERS, President.
r. w. MARTIN, Secretary.
DmEcroRs.
]. smv,h Rogers. Ferdinand Suydam,
James Mcbride, Peter 4. Nevius,
John Adams, William Lcggat,
Jobn Hseeerty, Richard Irwin,
GuIian G. Verplanck, K. ID. Hurlbut
John Johnston, George p. Pollen,
Joseph Kernochan, William Colgate,
Joseph Stuart, Lowell Holbrook,
John ]. Palmer, Caleb Barstow,
Henry Parrish, - Thomas p. Norris
Reuben Withers, Robert Colgate.
William Scott,
VIM. M. RANDOLPH,
Agent for the company,
Opposite Browns Hotel.
The agent is prepared TO issue policies, at low
rates, against all losses accustomed by fires, in the
city or country. at
Aug. ll-eo6t
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-25
SUSQUEHANNA STONE, BALTIMORE
BRICKS, AND WASHINGTON LIME.

Aug. 9-1aw4w
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MnREoIEsTIoNs AND ANsM FRS.
nrpHARMAcY

 What is Pharmac,l fhe science of concealinR how little Can be done 10 assist nature. What is the genuine name for Drugsl Stuff. What is the best method to procure harkl Throw physic the dogs
 What is oplhamia9 The science of "mnding your eye"
 What is the probable cause of cataract? Water on the brain.
 When may a cold be said 10 be caught When Vour after it.
 What would you call slight attack of fever and agne? No great shakes
 What S dissection? Critical cutting up. Can you dissec yourself! Yes. Howl Open your heart to a friend.
 What is pailenll Generally, anything else. What is rhe most prevalent cause of ill hunor! Too much ble.
 What would you lake to drive ii out? A cab. What is sphebolonyl Skiifnl bleeding. State the most efftctual time to bleed The mo meni your patient becomes convaescent, then put m your bill; delay is dangerous, and health un- grateful.
 What would you call violent outbreak3 Rash! What is the usual result of affection of Iie heart Increase of Sighs. Can the patient get assistancel Yes. How! By ringing the belle. How IS the heart enlarged? At the expense of the corporation
 What is corn? The result of feeling tight, ir your boots. State the easiest way to cut corns? Swear them of.
 What is the greatest enemy of health! HiGt living
 nat would you call high lylngl Going out on lark.
 Where is lhe best place 10 examine diseases9 Al magistrh te's office. Why! Because there they lodge all comp laints. - [Boston Post.
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TIE GREAT RACE The fifth great seclional match between ihe North and the South for s20 900, four mile hra,s comes oll lhe Hnon Course, l.. l.. at one o't lock lo.morraw, and k exciting much heber degree oi interest than my previous one The New York Spnit of the Times of Sainlday says the odds have veere1 abGu since ihe arrival of Fashon on Wednesday, On Mendhy 100 to 90 was freely offered that Peytona won tue lst heat, and the same odds laid that the horse which the 1si heat won the money On Wednesday and Thursday however, Fashion became rather the iavorite and betting was free that sh would not only win ihe lst heat but the race. Before ihe Peytona will be backed hy small odds 10 win the let heat, if not the race, by the heavy betting men; with lhe "uuisi- ders" Fashion will have the call, but great odds will be bet on either side The betting is "even" that no heat is run m l0 Both horses are in su- perb order-both m the hauds of the most sk fu trainers and ockies m the country. Fashion, now 8 years old, will carry l23 lbs; Peylona, years, HIS lbs. Fashions weight Is lhe salRe she took up
 last year, but Peylona carries l lbs. more than she did before in her with Blue Dick, al New Orleans, in December last, she carried l07 lbs 5 year old, but she is abund ny able To master this
 increased weight, being mare of prodigous size and strength. Some idea ol the number of specta- tors who are expected to be in attendance, may be gathered from the announcement of the Long Island Railroad Company that they have one hundred cars with nine powerful locomotives in readiness, and that each train will accommodate three thousand per- sons. T Pennsy lyanian.
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THE TRANsIT OF MERcURY.-We learn from the Astronomers of the High School Observatory !, that the transit of Mercury he Sth. fulfilled their predictions il a most reala kahle manner. The ba- ginning and cnd took place about a minute and a almanac.
 An ingenious contrvance WAS restored to, by which the disc of the was thrown upon a screen, with the planet Mercury as Il round back spot il aiIer the fashion of d solar Microscope, that the nu- merous visitors al that institution enabled, all the same time, watch the progress of the planet from lts enitance to it's departure.
 This shows the progress ol this science towards perfection. Surh announcements in the las, century were liahle ip an error of quarter of an hour.
 As an illustration of the precision a,lainabe in this science with the perfect instruments now in use |, informed thai the diameter of Mercury, as measured bv the Fraunhoier Fiarmic ter, diff fered from that given i'owne's almanac only in the hundrcdIhs of a second -l Phil. U. S. Gazette.
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SILK CULTURE IN SOUTH CARoLIEA.-We take pleasore, says the Savannah Republican. m giving place 10 the following extract o letter from a planter of much experience in Barnwell District, South Carolina. It is dated at Swallow Savannah, April 29lh. The writer is lheorist. and his state ment may be relied upon with perfect confidence. He says:
 '' propose 10 give you some of the results of our brief experience in the Silk business, presumng thai it may be fservice t0 your agricu,sral readers. have between five and six hundred young and thrifty msorus muiicauius trees, which have reared at very little trouble cost At the proper season for feed. ing, was fortunately able to secure abou 10, 900 eggs through the kindness of Dr. Sydney Smith, of Rnbertve. They matched in March, aud my wife with such of her house servants as could be spared, commenced attending them with such fixtures as l could hurriedlv put up. They grew finely, and about one half of them have wound mp. The cocoons are so superior that will give you the following statement 10 show that our State and climate are peculiarly adapted to the successful culture of Silk.
 'In Cobbs Manuel, page 79. it is stated that of silk raised in Georgia in the early settlement of the colony. 200 cocoons weighed pound. In Mas sachusets Of cocoons raised by Mrs Davenport. 206 weighed one yonnd-he does not state whether they were weighed before the chrysiles were killed In the same note he states that oi cocoons raised by Mir. D'Homergue, al Philadelphia, from eggs pro cured in South Carolina, 3S7 weighed one pound.
 "Now, the cocoons raised by Mrs. A, with but little aitention are superior all these. Eight days after, being spun wien just gathered and cleared of floss, we selected one hundred and eighy-two which weighed pound. Three hundred, taken promscu- ously, ghed pound, and $500, taken in the game manner, measure one bushel.
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The refusal of the mission to England by hr. pickens, of South Carolina, s saId to have been placed upon the ground, that the Statesmen of South Carolina--sonetinles tt is sad more sweepinRly. the Statesmen of the Sourh-ought not to take office under the general government until Southern views are predominant in the alminisraiion. This reason not given when Mr. CALHOUN nor when Mr. ELMoRR declined the same mission. IL is some thing unexpected, too from Mr. PIcKENs, who we remember, the reputed author of . letter from Tennessee 10 the Richmond Enquirer, much com menfed upon during the last summer, in South Caro- lima, wherever Mir. PoLK's posltIon on the yexed question oi the tariff vouched for as perfect ly satisfactory We hope, therefore, that there is some this statement, and that there is no concert ed understanding among any portion of the demo- cratic party to withhold their confidence from Mir POLK, and stand aloof from his adminisra tion up- ayowed grounds of distrust in its political s0und- ness. We told that efforts have been made 10
 induce Mir ELMoRE [, reconsider the urgency of the reasons of personal inconvenience alleged as the cause of his acceptance. In the event of his de- cIining. Mir. RHETT or Mir. HOLMES is spoken of as likely receive lhe offer.
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HOSPITALITY ,-The Island of St. Domingo, says the NewYork Sun, retains much of it's primitive hospitality. Capt. Spencer, of the Admiral Col poys, wrecked on that Island, has returned with his crew to Bermuda, and in crossing the Isaad to St. Pierre Martinique, he particularly refers to the hos p,ialiiy shewn to him and by the family of ras cher De La Pagere, the family of Josephine, pro- pretors of the fine plantation, Petit Greneda. For nearly two monlhs-the period of Captain Spencer stay here-did this noble family continue unrelaxed ia their humane assduity and kindness to render the strangers ihl own among them in every respect com foriable and happy. Such disinterested and ever green benevoence is worthy of the most ardent eulo- gium Madame de la THscher (Baroness) IS con nected by consanguinily with he late Empress Jose phine. The Baron, her husband. is old warrior, He was one of Napoeons officers al the great bat ile of Ausierlitz. The plantation of this fine family enjoy that with dignity which home in the luxurious tropics is amply calculated 10 besow.- [PhIladelphi Sentinel
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Tnlal amonn, ;. .s1e food, ,OOO se ,OOu. .OO0

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 From this table it appears that, on importalions made in the year ending July ls. l844, and valued al about sixteen millions oi dollars, the of duties actually paid into the Treasury was about nine mil lliona of dollars These questions now naturally arise: From whose toll and labor this heavy tri. bute ol nine millions exacied? Was the loss sus- ained by the foreign producers by the home con. of ibe arlictsl Have the prices of ,he arli- cles, enuinera ed above, fallen since the larff act was passed in lS42l How have lhe prices of agri- cultural produce, compared lately, with ihe prices previous to lhe imposition of the Tariff These are all questions which appeal directly to the inter ests of the great mass of the people. To minds of surprise that two opinions should exisi.''
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-,,ICU.Y..ECTv INSURANCE co

I lA -. .-, :. ,,.,, of fNew-York-A Dii dend of rwENTYTHREE AMI A hALs PER CENT declared the Gh inst Caplta 10 SIX nuRDgLo AID sIxTY.sEvEN THOutAND D"LLASs' TotJ million ofdnllars .,,. Persona ' no did business wi tho Agency dutus ne wear iust eu led i'll receive their Dividends m Sfripin February. ..n.. Applications for INSURANCE W i'll he received a the once of the gency corner of St Francis and kovhss'l "P stairs. janlel ROBERT S. BUNKER. ARenl
 nT HAVILAND, CLARK & CO.,, IMPORT FRS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS iI Drugs and meuicihes Surgical and Dental Instruments Chemicals, Perfnmery Brushes, Window Glass, Paints. Oils. Dye Siuhs, &c'
 Nos. 45 and 47 Water street-MOBlLE'
 HAvfTAND, REESE q Co, New-York.
 UAvILAND, IfARRAL & ALLEN, Charleston, s. v. HAvILAND, RIsLEY & Co, Augusta, Ga. dec2 lcmo rrCHINA, Glass, EarthenNvRre and Cut- IERY-WHoLEsALE AND RETAIL.-The subscriber Is now receiving an extensive Of the above ari- clea hich he offers Ht the Invest prices.
 novl4 JAS. MASrERSON, Importer, 34 Water-si
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Dates from New York yesterday of the 18th inst.
 Cotton continued -iendy and enquiry good Sales or Nonday I2h. according to the Herald, 2OOO bales
 According the Courier, the demand WAS moderate Al Saturdays pIices.
 Foreign exchange quoted, Sterling 9I 99i Francs 25
 Sales on Saturday (says the Expressly 3OOt bales md at tar prices Buyers free and al though there is no change in rates prices obtained more freely.
 Al SAVANNAH. week ending 10th, sales of cotton re- 5405a; mil 56ji; md fair 5iGG! fair and fully fair 6l
 6i good 6tc Arrived during the week ,4sS bales Receipts date 2sO 425 bales Stuck 4SsSs bales. Ex change London siaO52 In freights chanas-iast Liverpool engagement 7l6d third round bales. One ve-sc loading for Iavrs at sc for square and lc for resnd.
 remarked in the Republican price cnrren all the vessels in port engaged. and several vessels would find sm pioymenl both foreign aud coastwi'e.
 The NEw ORLEANS Dee of Monday says: The colt on mand which resulted in sales to the of uly 3O10 bales at vory steady prices. The limited quantity offer ing prevents the business from being eXended- The arrivals begin exhibit very material filling off, and it s now generally estimated that the receipts pro- per this port will exceed 960OlO bales, afer de- ducting about l5,O bales cf Texn received by the way Red River. The total crop Of the U have and again stated, will amount 10 about J, 400 OOO bales.
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THE GAnEsTER.-At the time of the earb quake in l6iI, Major k. was amur'ng himself al a game of enchre, in which be delighed to Indulpe with some oi his friends I he shock at tIs monen, was so severe as to cause his friends to spring 10 their feet and make for inc door "Play .ni inc hand-play ou, the hand," said the Major, "Ear,l. quake, M"jo' ---arthquake!" erred some one.- "Weli," VA. his cool advice, "lel it quake-you ant stop it."
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The advertisement of lhe Postmaster General for fifteen thousand scales for he of his depart has set Yankee ingenuity 10 work to some purpose. Mir. Poor, of the firm of Lows, Ball < Co.,. has con slrnced very ingenious ba lance by inserting rod into body of quicksilver, enclosed in glass tube -the sinking and rising of the rod indicate the OK acl weight upon the top of it, where the scale rests.
 MT. Daniel K Pratt, who Is employed al the shol, of Mr. Carlton, Mo- F Beace street. has produced |, similar piece of workmanship. except that the rotl rests upon wire spring instead of being emerged il, quicksilver.-l Boston Post.
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MARINE NEWS.
Port of Mobiie--May a1. Is4o.
CLEARED.

CLEARED Ship Tarqnin, Moody, for lIavre, by Bell Jr. 5srk Rose stanlish, Spencer, for Glasgow, by Reid G Bark Isabella, Kelly, for Liverpool, by Gwa,hmey Furles & co,
 ARRIVED. Ship Robert Isaac, Bsrrell, from Iavre to master. Srhr Bella del Mar, indhll. from Matagorda, Texas. with 256 bales cotton 10 Ru1ey. Mann & steam schr Lion, Drew, fin New-OrleHns. Steamboat J Day, Reyn0 ds i'm New Orleans.
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BOILING PoTAToEs.-Not one housekeeper out of ten knows how to boil potatoes properly. Here is an lrIsh method, one of the hest we know. Clean wash the potatoes and leave ile skin on them bring the water to boil and throw them in. As SOON as boled snfi enough for A fork to be easilv thrust through them das, some cold water into the pot let the potat,es remain about two three minutes, and then pour of the water. This done half remove the pot lid and let the potatoes remain over slow fire till the steam is e,aporated, then peel and set them on the table in an open dish Potatoes of good
 kind thus cooked will always be sweet. dry and
 mealy. A covered dish is bad for potatoes, as 1t keeps the steam in and make them sofi and walerys
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The Cincinnati Enquirer sums up the operations of the tariff thus:
 ''We have before ns inc inportations of foreign goods for lhe year ISii, and the amount of duties actually paid into our Trrdsury under he present tariti law. From ibis authentic source will se- lecl list, including some ol the most essential ne cessaries, together with their value and the duties actually paId n 1914, to which we insiie the atten-
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recovered by a PERPETUAL CALENDAR-A deaf mute named VIM DARLINGTON. presents himself to the citizens of Mobile author and der ofa PERPETUAL CALENDAR, or an Alma mac for past, present. and future years. correctly giving the days of the month and the days of ,he week. with directions for using il, an ilisrai ed with ser,es of practical exercises in chronology It's is practically acknowledged by ry that knows what day of the week his birthday 
 The Calendar may be so arranged for 1s45, as to he referred to quickly and conveniently than all AImanacs and Calendars for the current year.
 Mir. Darlington, intending To stay here for few days, will sell his Calendar about the principal pa ces of business. In stead of selling it at dwelling houses, he leaves it at the Book stores of Messrs, Allen and Sumwali, where il must if particularly wanted. be spplied for immediately.
 3JPrce 20 cents. my12
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nnAGnGHr1NS

Per steam schr Lion from New-orleans-smith, Dab- ney coi c W DorrHnce; Fry, Bliss & CO., R ; Bunker; L Merchant co; Devnei Gas Co; Robinson, Capt Drew.
 Fer steamboat James l. Day rom New Orleans Stiles x coi A 4 $ Wolf; Campbell, Owen X co, John O'Reiley & COS Wilson X May; C Foote co, Rug-l, Mann & Mallory X Ro-s; Foster & Batelie; Smith, Dlbney x co; ] Chamberlain; C w Dorran ce; X r II tll; Goldsmith & Haber; Il Huber; Leavens x Ma lone; DeGTushe G Marsh; A Noel
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Hr Calhoun is now al his res ,deuce near ,h,. clace hnsly engaged in aaricutural pursu,s. He seems in have entirely recovered irom the attack of sickness whlch he A,d al Washington. ''""'''
 We understand lhal his correspondence ia l,r,.. and we thInk 1t nothing but right to remind ,ho.s who write 10 him business of their own. ,h,, s no Ionger ep ,s the rapkng privilege and tha, b,s l.osase pill must be a heavy one.--Pendleton Me.. srnqer.
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JOKES FROM PUNcH.-The wlt of that fellow Punch, IS absolutely inexhaustable. We have gath benefit of our laughter loving readers.
 The Duke of Saxe Coburg, n London paper states, has been ''pronounced out cf dangn by his physi cians."
 NOf to be Ouidone-Al Waterloo, a Highland re- giment and the Scots Greys met in the ihickest of the fight, and raised the of sSCotand for ever w Irish dragoon.
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NEW ORLEANS-PeF steam schr Li0n--l0 hhls pork 29 do vinegar TO do me lU do bread 50 do flour, 53O pcs baRsng 2 cks bacon 96 sks corn, 2U ton. ohiuery, lS0 bales hay.
 NEW-ORLEANS-Per steamboat James l. Day-i cks bbls bac0n 96 do whiskey 24 do pork 6 do eggs l3b do non 25 kegs lnrd 2l bXs tobacco, 12 sheep.
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CANDLES THAT DO NOT NEED sNUFFiNG.- Candles may be made to burn their wicks by sataratng them with a strong solution of nilre, and then thoroughly drying hem. The cause of the wicks of the candles refusing burn, is, that the air can moi get access to them. The nitre, however. at a high temperature. will supply oxygen enough for this purpcso-[ Mich. Farmer.
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The 'Plebian" newspaper ofNewY York has been discontinued, and the list of subscribers transferred to lhe New York Morning News, democratic JonrnaI lldt is rapidly acquiring an extensive cncu- latiln, and is conducted with ability, industry and independence.
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asAzaR Nt.EIGyR.

Per steamboat James l. Day from New Orleans mesdamea Thompson. Goodwin IliIl, Lnranr Captains buard, Adams, McAlpin. SuttuD, Col PObe, Messrs W Thonipson ane, Hanna, Townsend, smith, Smrlzer, Marsh. Harvey. Battle MesIre Iugefso, Smith, trury, Evrms, Goodwin, Fearn, Hunt, Newman, Noonan, Fin- l-}, Trone Master SuIon-l3 on deck,
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The public are informed that the "mok1AN SPRINGS" will be open for the reception oi F'st- tors from ihe 10th May till the Ist November.
 The subscribers pledge themseves 10 use every means 10 contribute to the comfort aud pleasure oI their guests. c,-. The waters are White and Black Sulphur, Caieb- vae. Copperas, Limestone and pure Free Stone, and have been by persons competent io Jadge not inferior in medicinal properties io any waters m ,he country They are situated amorg the "ountalnf- 2O nj es south of Huntsville, in section of county aboundnp m beautiful scenery and natural curiofsies, and in point of health this location is unEurpassed The improvements elegant and sufficient Tor the accommodation of 300 persons.
 Te mss 25 Der innnh and no ertrds-veTy liberal deductions made to families, and to persons remain ing the season A post office is established at 'he Snr,ugs. and permanent hotel kept there, located on inc Memphis and Augusta InaIi road, "h'ch road crosses the Huntsville and Tnscaoosa maj yoad ten miles from the Springs, a "Ol,ander,
 where four hors post coaches from the north, south, east and west iniersect.
 To our friends and the public we gay "coDe one. come all B For further particulars. address
 F T. MANNING, Esq,
 Post Master, Morgan Springs, Ala. Dr G. F. MANNING, Huntsville.
 or Major GEO. B. CTTHERALL, my19 145Mmo al Mobile or Tuscal"osa
 I-Anv editor Presiding ost of the Staie) puhlIfh- ing this notice for months and sending copy of Ia- per to Morgan Springs will be entitled to board for one month.
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AaAsrATIc PRINTING - It appear. from An ar tice n the Boston Daily Advertiser, that ih's ingen- ,"us method oi copying, which has been lately pro- gated in Eng land with such flourish of trumpeis, IS in truth an American invention. h the Nnth A. mercan Review of October l840 is specimen of lhIs process, the invention o which is due to Mir. Joseph Dixon, formerly of Salem and now of Taunton. This specimen Is a copy from Greek deed, which transferred from engraving made in Rerne WHhOm injuyy 10 the original print A more curious speci- men is in Dr. Potter's work entitled "The Princi- ples of Science applied 10 the Useful Ars,'' book prepared by him for the Common School Library, and published in that series This is al page perfect lv copied from hook of Oriental Criticism which must have been printed more than century ago. The transfer made with several other experi- ments by Mir. Dixon at the Mechanics Fair in l840, and many persons will remember the curious puIi tv and success of the process This !cai copied restored unnjured 10 the book from which it was taken. Mir. Dxon's invention dates lal back as lS32. volume published some yeaIs since by Dr.. Potter, says
 Mir Dixon's mode of transfer is applicable to any printing whether old recent. He fret spreads a liquid. the composition of which he keets secret over The page of print to be copied This page Is then iai't Dn li,hograPIc stone to which, heing pressed, il immediately conveys reversed fat si- mile of itself. From this stone, copies multi piled. al pleasure in the usual manner of hogratb
 c printing The essential peculiarly of the process Ia consist Tn the properties Of the fluid applied 10 the surface oi the print by which the orgiua ink however d, jed and hardened by age, is made 10 act the stone with an influence precisely similar 10 that produced by the common hthrographic drawing IL is exceedingly curious, and adds greatly to the value of the discovery that all tais Id done without m. slightest iarnIsh the orgnal priht the least ,lininution in any way, of its clearness depth o color. Tine whole is done with such lecmy, that a page has been taken from volume, transferred t9 stoae, several copies printed from it, and ihe leaf restore 10 it's place, in it's original state in sixteen IaInnes.
 iii woul be interesting If our hmils would per. mi, to gile history of the steps of Mir. Dixon's discov.iy, as !, would furnish another example nf the htpp, inH ,ence of science in conducting in- genus s;niier 10 a successful issue. The dscove- " nci1ental, hut was the result of patient and hong c,.ntnued research.
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U~ DOuS"2

LIVERP0OL-Per bark IsabelIa-976 bales cotton. HAVRE-Per ship Tarquin--l939 bales cotton, 45O bdls hides.
 GLAsGOW-Pet bark Rose standish-12l6 bls cotton.