made Agricultural. EXTRACT. CULTURE OF INDIAN CORN. THE HE following experiment I the cultivation of Indian Corn, while I remained an exile, during the war, when to fupport my family I was compel -led to till the earth. I had read in the philofophical tranfactions an account of a fingle plant of barley, that by steeping and watering it with falt petre diffolved in water, produced two hundred and forty nine ftatks and eighteen thousand grains; and in Doctor Niewentyt, the author of the book called the Reli gious Philofopher, that in his time falt petre was fold for the purpole of husbandry, under the name of fat prolificum, or fruitful making falt. Virgil takes notice that the ancients were well acquainted with, and made ufe of lixiviums in which falt petre was diffolved, for accelerating the growth of their grain, &c. when he fays, "I have seen the seed oft temper'd for the soil, With poignant nitre or the lees of oil." POPE. There are different brines or lixiviums made ufe of for the above purpofe; fometimes lime is added to the water; at other times alhes, dung, lees of wine, dregs of olives, vitriol, allum, common falt, &c. yet I believe that none have been fo univerfal and good as falt petre. The author of Nature Difplay'd, fays" their efficacy has always been confirmed by experience; this orine fortifies the corn against several dilempers to which it is obnoxious; the brakith flavour it diffufes, difgufts and chaces away the worms and moles and field mice that would otherwife devour the corn in the earth. Experience has likewile made it evident that all lixivated feeds are improved in their fertility, and rendered. more fuccefstul." Of all this I am fully convinced after the experiments I have made for feveral years. My greatest difficulty was at fift to obtain the nitre, which I wished for this purpofe, and preferving my meat my adding it to home-made falt, the only kind then to be procured where I liv. el. I tried feveral of the methods recommende by Congrefs for extracting it from the different materials commonly used for that purpose, but withour fuccefs, until at length I difcovered a fimple procefs by which I was enabled to obtain as much as I wanted yearly for both of thofe purposes, in the courfe of a few days, and from the rife of which I derived the greatest benefit I made experiments in agriculture with the brine of nitre, on other grain as well as Indian Corn, but found it to answer beft with the Indian Corn. The method I took, The method I took, was, to steep my corn at leaft 12 hours in water, in which I had diffolved salt petre, in the proportion of an ounce to about two pints and one half of water, before I planted it, and I found by experience the following benefits refulting from it: 1t. That lefs grains mifcarried of the corn thus fteeped, than of what I had not fleeped. edly. That it came out of the ground, at least two or three days, fometimes more, the fooner for it, which was a very great advantage to it, efpecially if foon after a drought came on, as the leaves attracted the dewy moisture of the air, and greatly accelerated its growth. 3ly. That after coming up it appeared to grow much better and thriftier for it, infomuch that my neighbours were amazed at the difference between the brined and unbrined corn. 4tuly. I found that it yielded more and was much fooner ripe on account of it. I had corn ferved in the above manner a leaft three weeks fooner ripe and fit to car ry to mill, than what I did not foak. muft obferve that the foil I planted my cor in was rather dry than wet, perhaps it might not answer fo well in a cold wet foil. I am, Your humble fervant, Sonitorial Department. To aid the cause of virtue and religion. LESSON FOR NATIONS. I have been murdered, of whom fitty-five men and fifty-two women were foreign flrangers, or have not been owned. Six hundred and forty-four divorces have tak en place. One hundred and fifty-five murderers have been executed.-Tweive hundred and ten perfons have been con demned to the gallies, to the pillory, cr to chains; fixteen hundred and twenty fix to hard labour, to longer or fhorter impris orment. Sixty-four have been marked with hot irons. Among the criminals executed were feven fathers who had poil oned their children; ten husbands who had murdered their wives; fix wives who had poifoned their husbands; and fifteen children who poifoned or otherwife def troyed their parents. "During the fame period twelve thou fand feventy-fix publie women, or free walkers, have been regiftered, and have paid for the protection of the police. Fif teen hundred fifty-two kept miftrelles are noted and known at the Prefecture et Plice, and three hundred and eight public bothels have been privileged and licen fed by the Police Prefe&t at Paris. 66 PROPOSALS have been iffued 2 New-York, and may be leen at the Bal ance-Office, until the 1ft of February next. for publishing An accurate account of the Infurrection of the county of Wex ford, in Ireland, A. D. 1798 including an account of tranfa&tions preceding that event--With an Appendix-By Edward Hay, Eq. Member of the Royal Inth Academy." "This hiftory, (cbferve the publishers) fo interefting to almost every clafs of yeaders in the prefent day, as it is connected with the affairs of a country whofe fate has agitated the publick mind, in a peculiar manner, within the laft thirteen years, commences with a view of the caufes which led to the infurreétion, and proceeds with an account of the tranfactions that tock place, till the paffing of the Amnefly Bill: in this account the author has fhewn the tria neutrality of an in partial hiftorian, and unites to the character of a scholar, the geareft liberality of fentiment, and the feeling of a man. feeling of a man. The appendix contains the celebrated fpeech of Capt. Richard Sweetman, on the fubject of Catholick Emancipation." The work to be comprifed in one duodecimo volume of about 300 pages, price One Dollar, in blue boards. Literary Gleanings, FOR THE BALANCE. IN an excellent poem of Dr. PORTEUS. I find the following defcription of the King of Terrors and his attendants : "Deep in a murky cave's recess, At his right hand, nearest himself in place Of uncouth shapes, stand his dread ministers. Sudden rush forth to execute his purpose, THE following fenfible hint, is copied from a mifcellaneous volume, published in 1789: grows with their growth, and frengthens || with their strength." To our countrymen, we hope the, application is evident. If they accuftom their little ones to honeft employments (fuch as will fuit their years, conftitutions and choices) they will ilereby render them virtuous and independent citizens, a credit to themfelves, and an ornament to fociety. The confequences of a different conduct are evident." Sketches like the fubjoined, are worth preferving. This is taken from the work above mentioned: "The late King of Pruffia was celebrated for his knowledge of men: I, therefore, it was confidered as a great compliment, when on the fuperfcription of a letter to a Polish Nobleman, he wrote "to be communicated to the ornament of Human Nature;" how much greater muft the com. pliment be confidered, when in the direction of a letter to our Prefident-General Withington fome years fince, he wrote, From the oldeft General in Europe, to the greatest General in the World?" Improvement. EXTRACT. ON PRESERVING SHIPS. AT a time when timber lor fhip building is growing fcarce, except at confiderable distances from us, and likewife when our fhips and other veffels are built with much hard labour and coft, it appears pitiable to oblerve their fhort duration, as well as the imminent danger to which men and property are expofed, even many times before the danger is difcovered; and it may appear a natural enquiry what means can be deviled for more extenfive duration, as the earnest defire no doubt has been. The anfwer is plain and eafy; that which will preferve both timber and plink a number of years beyond their u full time is, SALT. The enquiry next is, how is thall be applied? Anfwer. When the timbers are prepared for ceiling, let pieces of boards be dovetailed about the floor timber heads, to the outfide plank, in each space between the timbers, to prevent it defcending too low, and when the veffel has been watered in order to find ou. the parts that might prove as leaks, and the water well drained off, let all the fpace "One ftriking feature in the political complexion of the Dutch Republick is, that the children of both fexes are, from the moment of the earliest capability, mitiated in fome line of induftrious avocation among them. Solon and Lycurgus could not have chalked out a wifer line for the fervice of the Grecian States. It was an opinion with Alexander the Great that boys nurtured and bro't up in the camp, were ever after fond of arms-and practice gave fanction to the theory. It holds equally planks be filled with falt, which need not good, that children, early trained up to be of a coftly fort. An enquiry may industry, ever incline to it in maturity-then arife, has there ever been any experi for, in the language of the poet. "it ment made of its utility? Anfwer. There between the timbers and the out and infide has been two within my knowledge; one of thofe a brigantine which I knew of being thus falted, as defcribed, and from what I have believed as good authority, I was informed she was called a good vellel. at the age of 20 years, built with common white cak timber; the other, built by myfelf in the year 1785, I lately knew to be running, and reported as a good veff]: While others, buik at the fame time, and of the fame materials, have long fince gone to decay. But it may be objected, that in fome veffels this mode of falting cannot well be done, the timbers being fo clofe together as not to admit of falt paf. fing between them. This is agreed to; but an enquiry may arife, why is this done? Is it not an undue wafte of timber, as well as injury to the veffel, thus to crowd and confine timber from any paffage of air? It certainly will appear not only ufelefs, but hurtful, and except it may be frame timbers, even in the largest fhips it may be doubtful if from four to fix inches fpace between them, may not be as well, and perhaps better than a lefs fpace. A further enquiry may arife, why the timber in a houfe is fo much more durable than in a fhip, or other veffels? Anfwer. The house timber is more open to receive air, and likewife is moftly dry, while the other is between wet and dry, otherwife, if kept in the water, would probably be more durable than if wholly dry. Why then fhould falt add to its prefervation? Anfwer. Salt poffeffes a preferving qual ity, both to vegetable and animal fubian. ces, and alfo appears to fupply the place. of the want of air.-I have heard fuch a proverb, that "the ftrength of werk is the decay of trade;" but in the prefent cafe, does it not appear needful to ieverle it? Does not the ftrength, or rather the inllnefs of timber tend to create trade? and does not a mais of crowded timber foon become a mass of rottennels? It is bevond a doubt truly the cafe. Many methods have been tried, but nearly all appear evidently to have proved abortive, even the timber from the South, obtained at a vaft expence. But in this appears an eafy and fate remedy with mall experce, when compared with the great advantages that may be hoped and reafonably expec ted to flow therefrom. This information is offered for the public good, by an old fhip carpenter, and if any further particulars are defired relative to this important conce", anplications to Robert Eafiburn, New-Bruniwick, New. Jeifey, may be expected to be aniwered. If the Printers of the different States fhould think the above worthy of their attention, it is prefumed they will give it a place in their newspapers. [NON-OFFICIAL.] Claimants for property taken by the French are informed that by calling at any office, where the Convention between the Republicks of America and France is to be feen, they will find a provifo, attached to that Convention, dated July 31, 1801, and figned Bonaparte, which propofed that the American Government renounce all pretenfions to claims on France for depredations; ratified at Washington by Prefident Jefferfon, December 21, 1801. And by reviewing the journals of Congrefs, faid Claimants will find, that on the 11th of March 1802, Mr. Grifwold brought forward the following refolution. "That it is proper to make provilion by law, towards indemnifying the merchants. of the United States, for loffes fuftained by them, from French fpoliation, the claims for which loffes having been renounced by the final ratification of the Convention with France, as published by proclamation of the Prefident of the United States." This refolution was fupported by every Federalift, in Congrefs; but the majority being Democrats, the refolution was rejected by a filent vote, and no reafons affigned.-Claimants under Jay's treaty, please to walk into the CuftomHoufe, and learn the amount of your awards for prime loss, damages, intereft, &c. The above pertinent remarks are from the New England Repertory. The editor might have added under the last head: Claimants for property taken by the Spanish are informed, that by calling upon the Prefident of the United States they may learn (unlefs it fhould be deemed a fecret of flate) that during the last feffion of congrefs Mr. Jefferfon received from our minifter in Spain, a treaty which had been negociated between him and the Spanish court, and which provided, on the part of Spain, for the payment of the claims of our citizens. He might learn further, that Mr. Jefferfon, for reafons best known to himfeif, has hitherto withheld this treaty from the fenate, and of courfe prevented it from being ratified. Be it our weekly task, To note the passing tidings of the times. Hudson, January 3, 1804. The following account is given by French paffengers, arrived at Charleston, from Cape Francois : The Cape, on the 6th of November, was on the point of being evacuated. The general in chief, Rochambeau, behaved towards the inhabitants with the greatest cruelty; he ordered the fum of 200,000 dollars to be railed by them in the courfe of four hours-this happening very fuddenly, fome of the unfortunate merchants could 6000 dollars each; they were in confenot pay their fhare, which amounted to quence imprifoned; and one of them, a well known merchant of very high refpectability, by the name of Fredon, was hot, flanding by his grave, while his brother was endeavouring, to collect the money, which was however procured five minutes after the hour appointed-but unfortunately too late. The monfter Rochambeau confilcated and took poffeffion of the houfes, goods and furniture of the commercial houfe of the Fredons-and left the furvivor to lament the lofs of a murdered brother and all his property. Preparations were made for burning bour of the Cape; orders being given to three frigates which remained in the harhave the matches ready at a moment's warning. No one can properly defcribe the fituation of the unfortunate inhabitants who remained at the Cape; no more veffels to take them away, and it being a diftance of fixty leagues through the Brigand camps to the Spanish part, a flight feemed almoft impoflible and it appeared as if a horrid fate inevitably awaited them. well as the proteftant-the infurgent as the loyalift, the ardour of patriotilm glowed with an equal heat and fervour, when call. ed on to repel a foreign ufurper. Of the late rebellion but little was heard-the chiefs had been principally arrested, and were hung out of the way. [Bofton Gazette.] Chancellor Livingston, our present ambaffador at Paris, propofes returning home in May, the state of his health is not fuch as to render abfence from home defirable. It is reported that Mr. Monroe is about to proceed to Madrid, for the purpose of urging the termination of certain arrange. ments concerning the Louifiana bounda ries, and other fubjects of negociation with the Spanish court. It is understood, however, that he returns again to London. It is alfo faid that Mr. Charles Pinckney our Minifter at Madrid has intimated to fome of his private friends, a difpofi tion to return home in the courfe of the next year. [Aurora.] The Ocean, Smith, is on fhore at the Hook, in 44 days from Liverpool. We learn by a gentleman who came paffenger in her, that they fpoke the English fleet on the 12th of Nov. in fearch of the French fleet which failed from Breft on the 8th. [Evening Post.] Late from Port-au-Prince. Kaptain Selbe, of the brig Aurora, informs, that he left Port-au-Prince on the 5th inftant, at which time intelligence had been received there that Cape Francois furrendered on the 1ft, after an obftinate engagement with the brigands; and that gen eral Rochambeau and his whole army were made prifoners of war, under the protec tion of the British. The French troops were permitted to leave the Cape, their deflination directed by the commandant of the English fquadron in the outer harbour. The brigands loft a great number of men in paffing the block houses erected by the French. Port-au-Prince continued tranquil, but many of inhabitants had left it. Cape Nichola Mole had not been evacuated on the 4th. When captain Selby paffed by he heard a tremendous cannona Arrived at this port, on Saturday laft, the fchr. Anfon, capt. Wefcoat, in 37 days from Cork. Capt. Wefcoat, left the river on the 9th Nov. but had no intercourfe with the city for five or fix days previous. His papers are therefore no later than our accounts direct from Eng-ding, and fuppofes an attack had been made land. At the time of his departure, no events of any magnitude had tranfpiredthe invasion of that kingdom, as well as England, was expected-and they were prepared at all points to receive the foeon this fubject, there appeared to be no divifion of lentiment, and no clafhing of intereft on the cheek of the catholic, as upon it by the brigands, in which case it would not, in all probability, hold out more than 5 or 6 days. Off Jeremie were feveral French cruifers, who captured all American veffels bound to places occupied by the brigands. The British frigate Tartar, had been feat against them. [Com. Adv.] From Natchez-Dec. 2. TO THE EDITOR, "A detachment of artillery (militia) and two companies of infantry failed this day for New-Orleans. The Governor goes to-morrow, escorted by the Adams troop of horse." From New-Orleans-Nov. 27. In my last I hinted my apprehenfions of the poffibility of fome difficulties occurring in the way of transferring this country to the United States.-Although we find by advices from Washington, that the fame fears prevail in the government, I have the latisfaction to inform you, that here the idea is now diffipated. The officers or commiflioners appointed for the purpofe appeared perfectly difpofed to accelerate the bufinefs. General James Wilkinfon, one of the American commiflioners, arrived here on the evening of the 25th, from Penfacola, on his way to Fort Adams, and after having paffed yesterday in company with the Governor, the Marquis de Caffa Oalvo, M. L'Auffat and the American Conful, fet out last night for his poft. The zealous attention he received from the Spanish and French commiffioners leave no room to doubt but that every thing will be fatisfactorily arranged. "The General expects to be back here by the 10th of next month; fo that we flatter ourfelves with the expectation of being enrolled under the American ftandard before the end of the year-You may rely on my punctually forwarding you an account of thefe operations, which cannot but be interesting to the whole community." NOVEMBER 29. "The French prefect, takes poffeffion of this place to morrow. The thing was fo unexpectedly announced, that it has thrown the whole town into agitation. Men who at firft were figning complimentary addreffes to him, have this day reful. ed to hold their commiffions under him. Particulars of this occurrence by the next mail. A Mr. Lyon, fon of the famous man of fpit, has arrived here, under the auspices of Gideon Granger, Efq. and is deftined. for the Poft.Office department here." Another Letter, Nov. 29. "Poffeffion is to be taken of this place to-morrow, by the Prefect, who will in the courfe of a few days deliver it to our com miffioners, who together with the troops, may be looked for in 8 or 10 days at furthereft. Every thing feems to indicate that matters will be amicably adjusted [Phil. Gaz.] here." BOSTON, DFCEMBER 20. On Thursday laft the fhip Nabby, arriv ed at Portland from Liverpool. Capt. M' Lellan, the owner, laft evening favoured us with Liverpool papers to Nov. 10, received by her. The conqueft of England had not been attempted at the time of her departure, but the papers are filled with paragraphs which fhow that the threatened vifit from the French was daily expected. If the statements, very confidently made, are to be credited, a fufficient number of boats were already prepared for the tranfportion of the gallic troops, and a large proportion of the foldiers to be employed in the expedition on the coafts ready for embarkation.-170,000 are faid to have been in the vicinity of Breft, deftined again Ireland. Bonaparte was at Paris Oct. 28. LIVERPOOL, NOVEMBER 10. Extract of a letter from London, November 8. "The note of preparation on this fide of the water has increafed in a fingular manner fince my laft:-the hotteft prefs for feamen ever known took place all down the river late on Monday evening, and of courfe a great number of men were taken; probably between the river and the Nore nearly 1000.- It is further understood that to carry the regulations lately agreed upon for refifting an invafion into the moft active and immediate effect: the Lords Lieutenants of Counties have been ordered by his Majefty's fign manuel to take the moft prompt meafures for driving cattle, removing horfes, corn, breaking up of roads, &c. The northern coaft of this kingdom is to be ftrengthened without delay-a party of the artillery, escorting 6 field pieces, 6 curricle guns, 12 ammunition waggons, bread waggons, &c. fet out on Monday from Woolwich for Tynemouth and Hull, and another detachment is ready to follow them. In fact a speedy and a terrible confli&t is now looked for with confidence, and from the peculiar ftate of this country rather courted than otherwife. "By Dutch papers it appears that the head quarters of the French and Batavian armies are fixed at Utrecht.". Difpatches have been fent to Plymouth, to be forwarded with all poffible expedition to Lord Nelfon, in the Mediterranean. They are to be fent out by the Huffar, of 38 guns, capt. Wilkinfon. Government has received undoubted intelligence of the defign of Bonaparte to attempt the landing of a confiderable force in Egypt. The Huffar will, it is faid, be followed by four fhips of the line and fome frigates, to reinforce our fleet in that quarter. By the Independence, Capt. Fleming, from Londonderry in 37 days, we have received accounts from Ireland, much later than thofe of former arrivals. Captain Fleming was in Londonderry the 16 of November, at which time nothing had been heard of the Breft fleet, fuppofed to have been deftined for Ireland. No events of importance had occurred latterly; the country was in a flate of tranquility, and the inhabitants expreffed a firm determination to oppofe to the utmoft any attempt at invafion. [N. Y. Morning Chronicle.] The Wreath. THE BALANCE NEWS-BOY'S NEW YEAR'S DDRESS. [Written by the Editor.] NG'D be the News-Boy's wonted jocund fong, more ferious to this verfe belong: e thefe, but little cause of joy e thefe, when great malignant foes r lov'd Washington, the great and good, ike thofe which fay "Thou fhalt not steal"- dam up the torrent of abuse, w'd from hireling pens, in ftreams profufe; he arrows aim'd at virtue's head's fair form a coat of mail to spread, 'd a wrong, too great for those to bear, i in filth, and breathe infectious air; ace, in Envy's bofom nurs'd er fnakès-of all thofe fnakes the worst. t refulgent Sun, whofe golden ray Knaves quit their lurking-holes, and range at wi And must we always grope our dark fome way Then let the ftorm of party-fpirit rage; Let upright freedom, fetter'd, gagg'd and bound Nor let the tyrant think himfelf more bleft, Such, fuch are my hopes-fuch my wishes ar Hudfon, January 1, 1804. PUBLISHED BY HARRY CROSWELL, Warren Street, Hudson. WHERE PRINTING IN GENERAL IS EXECUTED WI AND ACCURACY. 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