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DqR NORWICH SUBSCR I BERB,--ilhould they not receive their papers in the usual way next week, il l please to call for them at t he P os t Offi ce. Science of Mechanics. (Continued from No. 1 6.) . -

PowER.-Another kind of water-wheel lias b ee n recently and extensively introd uced, whieh is ope rated by the re-action of a stream of water, which is forced into the centre of the wheel, and thence horizontally out through several apertures in its periphery ; hence this wheel is called the re..acting water-wheel. The motion of tllese wheels, is hori zontal, and the apertu res by which the water es capes are so arranged that the direction of the es caping water is nearly parallel to tae p erip hery ; and as considerable Torce is required to overcome the inertia of the wa te r, and force it rapidly out of the wheel i n directions contrary to that. in which the wheel is supposed to be moving, so there must ne cessarily be a correspon di n g re-action on the inte rior surfaces of the wheel w h ich i mpels it i n the d i rection contrary to the motion of the water. The greatest quantity of power that can p o ssi bly be d e rived frem a .fall of water by wheels of this kind, however, is somewhat less than one fourth part of the whole power of t11e water. If tht', head of wa ter be eight fect, o r four I bR. per square inch, and each aperture is equal to fou r square i nches, then i f the whole weight or w a t e r be applied to force i t sel f o u t thro u g h the said a p e rtu re s, while the wheel re mains s tati on ary or at rest, the re-action would be 16 I b s. , or nearly equal to the press u re ; and the ve loc i ty 01' t h e water through th e apertures w o u ld be at the ra te of about 20 feet per second. But if the wheel is ill Illotion equal to 10 fee t per s e c ond equal to h a l f of the natural velocity of the water, which is in fact the most advantagfous motion that a re-acting wheel can have-lhen the actual mo tion of the escaping current, is redu ced to ten feet per secolld alsl) ; all J as the re-act'ion of a fluid al ways corresponJs to the resistance M i ne rtia, and to itli momentum ; and as the momentum of a fluid with a velocity o f 10 fe et per seeotld i s o n l y one -aurth of that of 20 leet per seco nd, i t follows that f the r e -a c ti on of the water on t.he wheel when in motion, is o n l y 4 I bs., or one fourth of that on a wheel at rest. T his is not the (Jnly disadvantage 'of a re-acting wa ter wheel ; fo r in most cases the wa ter is made to c ua nge its direction by an angle, at least once before reaching the centre of the wheel ; and again in p a ss ing thence to the apertu res ; and in each of the changes of direction nearly one fourth of the m o m e n tu m of the wa te r is lost. Be sides this, if the p e nt-s loc k or Bpout that conducts the water to the wheel, is not very large, there will be a considerable part of the power of the water lost by chok i n g in the channel _ This theory would bring the power of a re-ac.. g wheel, to correspond nearly, with th e result of an experiment on a re acting wheel ily Ol i ve r Evanlt-which was on e 9th of the whole power of the wate r. In treating of these several disadvantages, however, it may be observed that we have m ad e no allowance for any riction 01 the water, in p assin g through ilie chan f nels, &c. We consider the friction of a fluid i n p ass ing through a st rai gh t or curved smooth chan nel, to be merely nominal nothing to be discovered. I f a small tape r i n g tube projects fro m the bo tto m of a cask 01' c i s tern of water, and lhc p oi nt or extremi y of the tu be is turned upward, a stream or jet of the water will be }Jrojected as high as th e surface of the water in the vessel, with the exceptio n of what little it Ill ay be retarded by atmospheric res ista n c e. To be continued. ___

To WRITE ON PAPER WITH GOLD O R S I LVER. M ak e a sizing as strong as wil l flow freely from B A IMITAT I ON PAINTING.-T his bra nc h has prob abl y the pen, by dissol ving equal quantities of gum ara never been so much in vogue as at pre se n t. Imita b ic and loaf sugar in water : write with this on paper or pre ten d e d i mi tatio n s of o ak, m aple, maho tions and let it d ry : then moisten the pape r by breathing gany, or marble, may be seen on three-fourths of N on it, I'lr by hol di ng it over hot water and immedi the doors of houses in the cities, besides wainscot ; ately lay pieces of gold or s i l ve r leaf on the lines of A model for a steam battery, on a new plan, is ing, chimney pieces and fu rn i tu r e. The gro u nds Z the writing, preslling them down gently with a d ry being constructed in t h is city, an d will probably be or f this work are painted with common oil paints, hair pencil. Otherwise, brllsh gold or silver bronze exhibited w he n completed. It i s expected to flIr and of colors corresponding with t he lightest parts lightly over the writing ; but this will not have so nish more efficient protection than any thing hither of the m ater ial s intended to be i m i tated. The brilliant an appearance. Allow the s i z i n g to dry to introdueed. groul'ld for maple, is a straw color made of white again, and then brush off the redundant go l d or colored with chrome yellow and yellow lead slightly A Vicksburg, ( Miss. ) paper describes, as a silver wiili co t tOQ. This writing, (if performed with ochre. When this i s dry,a thin coat ofterra-de-sienna great curiosity, a protuberance on an oyster-shell, in leaf gold or silver) .may be b urn ish ed wi th a flint gro u nd in water slightly aweetened with sugar ; and pe rfect resemblance of a dog's head. Probably burnisher or a cornelian or bloodstone. Gold let while this coat remains moist, the d eepe r sh ades, some one of the oyster's projenitresses wal frigh t ters IDay also be written or drawn with a ha i r pencil termed graining, are laid on with a peculiar flat ened by a dog. by mean s of gold bronze, mixed with weak gum brush called a grainer. The firs t staining is usual We l earn from the Albany Knickbocker, that the water, to which may be added a l ittle 1J0lution o f ly appl ie d by a piece of cotton cloth, and so thin as to show the ground color through it. 'rhis staining ELECTR O-MAGNETIC T E L EGRAPH .-In o u r last soap, which wiII make it run more n�eely. But no lad ies of' that city, in making the customary calls of is then rubbed off, or removed from such parts as number we explained the principle of th e induction preparation of solution of gold has yet been dis the season, on Friday last, had to proceed-not to say paddle-through the stre e ts in b oats, on the are intended to remain l i ght, with a p iece of cork. of magnetism by electricity. We here present a covered, which may be easily revived o n p ape r. -occasion. If bircls'-eyes i n the wood are to be represented, a front view of an electro -U-magnet, with its north ETC H I N G L ETTERS OR F LOWERS 01( GLASS . of cork with several points formed on the and south poles, N., S., a n d with a helix coiled on flat piece A d a m s el in Ayrshire, Scotland, having two lov Select a piece of glass that is thia{ a nd straight, edge thereof! is used. It is important that the learn each prong, whereby the current of galvanic flui d and lay a coat of melted beeswax on the fairest ers, afld not knowing which to prefer, settled the er should have several varnished pieces of the real is mad e to pass sev eral hundred times round each side ; then, with a needle, penknife, or any other matter by ma r ry i ng one, and immediately eloping wood before him while practising, to gu i de him in proug of the magnet, in its progress through the convenient pointed instrument, trace any design, or with the other. forming the grains and shades, which must be per circuit from the negative to the positive poles of ilie picture, (which being placed under the glass, may In th e bill before Congress for t h e occup ation o f or formed b e f e ilie gra in in g is dry. In case of any battery. C e r tai n indispensable rules a re to be ob be seen through the wax ;) or form a ny letters or Oregon, it is provided that every white male settler mistake, the whole m ay be washed off wi t h water, served i n coiling this wire in the formation of a he figures on the glass, carefully cu tti ng or scoring who is over 18 years of age, shall receive 140 acres and the work re-com me nced. When this graining l i x, in order to produce the strongest attractive pr quite th rough the wax, and making the lines large of land. is dry, it must receive a coat of copal varnish. In perty in the magnet. The prO I!.tess of the wire in or small as occasion may requi re. Then warm a imitatioa of birch> the same color is used for the the spiral coil, must be from tel Mr. John B Gough and lady have, it is reported, _ght, or in the piece of the wax, so as to form it into a roll, about ground, and either te rra-de-s i en na or umber, may direction of the thread of a cuumron screw ; and i f one-fourth of a n inch in d i ame te r ; lay this roll been invited by E x-Gove r no r Cox of Virginia to be used fo r s tain in g and graining. For imitations of the wire is coiled back to wards the point of its com round the wo r k upon the glass, and preIs it down so spend the winter with him at his residence, anI! that oak, the ground color is sli gh tl y tinged with veni menceme n t ill for m i ng a Ilecond tier, it must be as to make it adhere to the glass, thus forming a b o r they will accept of the invitation. tian red, sometimes approaching a salmon color. doubled in It short bou t, so as to run parallel to the der. Then take some finely powdered fluat e of The editor of the Louisville Courier says he h as The p rinci pal color used in graining, is terra-de first tier, that the wires may not cross e ach other. lime, and strew it ev en ly over the glass, o n the "scuffled with poverty from his you th up, and were In this In forming the helix or helices on an U magnet, the sienna, with occasionally burnt-umber. waxed side, that it m ay fill all the lines in the wa x ; he now to be relieved from his soeiety, it would be branch, a tool similar to a comb, made of soft wood, coil may be continuous from one prong to the other, and then ge n tl y pour upon it, so as not to displace a sort .)f d eprivation. " is used in removing the staining i n streaks, length or separate coils may be made. firit on one prong the powder, as much sulphuric acid, diluted with wise : and a p iece of cork is used in focming the cross and then o n the other, wh i ch is the most common An E n gl ish paper states that twenty-one pounds thrice its weight of water, as is sufficient to cover lights. The. deeper graining is made with a grain method : th e two coils bein g connected by a single of iron have been made into wire upwards of 1 1 1 the powdered flu ate of lime. Let e very thin g re or i ng brush as b ef e directed. . Either of the ground wire, as shewn in the e ngravi ng. The armature A, miles in length. A p a rt o f the w ire was humorous m ain in this stat e for th ree hours ; then pour off th e colors before Itentioned, will answer for mahogany B, is a simple bar of soft iron, and is s tro n gl y at ly converted into a barrister's wig. mixture, and clean the glass by washing it wi th imitations. The principal and almost exclusive tracted to tile poles of the magnet, while the wires, The figures which were spi r it s of turpentine. The p rope r ty held by Trinity Church in this city color used for staining and graining, is burnt terra c and z are co nn ec te d to the copper and zinc plates scored in t he wax, w i l l be lound engraven 011 the is estimated to be worth one hundred millions of ugh s om e tim es venitian red is u s e d of ilie batte ry ; but if de-sienna ; tho this connection be broken and glass ; while the pa rts which the wax covered, will dollars ! the i nj unctio n " lay not up for yourselvea in staining, and occasionally burnt umber or gum renewed 500 times per minute, and at ilie distance be uncarroded . Thill glass plate may be charged treasures upon earth," to the c ontra ry notwitil asph altum, in the d ark es t shades. In th i s process, of fifty m il es from the magnet, the a ttract i on be with i n k, (or any thick oil paint, ) and impressions standing. a part of the graining i s applied, and blended with t ween the magnet and the ar matu re will be as often ---may be taken from i t 011 p ap er, the same as from actory ever ator The machinery f the first cotton f the staining by h av in g a soft stiff brush passed (lver suspended and renewed. The strongest batteries, copper-plates, only caution is requisite, that the glass tempted i n. Florida, recently arrived at Pensacola. it : after which the sh arpe r shades are formed by and which are p refe rred for th e magnetic telegraph, be not broken by the pressure. Note.-the fluoric We see no reason why the enterprise should not the g rai ner; The graining colors for this work, may however, are the " Grove's batteries," i m pe rfectly acid, which is par tly absorbed by the water in the prove highly successful. be ground i n a m ix ture of oil and sp i r its of turpen described in a former number ; bot evea this may above process, being very corrosive, should not be tine, and this is, in some respects, less difficul t to probably be su pe rs ede d by Dr. Page's improved A Ger man paper states that the Jewish Reform suffered to touch the h an d s, n or a ny v a.luabl e ve ssel manage, than the water staining, though there is magneto-electrical machine, by which a sufficient Committee, sit t i ng at Fran kfor t, has decid ed that w nateve r. acilitation in the process. Imitations of marble current of electricity is prod uced, WitilOUt the use le ss f -.-.-,,,,.,.&. the J e i sh Sabbath shall be hencefo rth kept on New Inventions. are pro duce d on white, or light slate-colored of any battery whatever, and of which we shall give Sunday. ---grounds, and the shading colors,-which are round a description in a future number. IMPll OVED V l s E.-A Mr. Matthews, of Bangor, A dreadli:d case of attempted sui cid e has been rein oil,-are applicd immediately to the ground co ou r first page we have lJrellellted un ellgra Me., has in vented a new iron bench-vise, which, in ( On lor, and blended the re wi ili b efo re the fo r mer b egin s ving and description of a telegraph machine-not stead of the usual screw and pivot of common vises, ported, in which a man blew his own brains (!Iut w ith a pair o bellows. It is thou ght the p u o r fellow has f to dry. The shading used in light marbles, is ge the m achi ne already in u se, but a valuable improve has two screws both ope r a ti n g at the sam e time, and nerally a mixture of blue, black and whi te, though ment, and one that may possibly astonish even Pro in equal pro po r t i o n s by meani of an endless chain sustained no serious injury however. occallionally, green, yellow, and red, ar e ..use d ; fessor Morse h i mse l f. As ili is description proper attached to both. This aarangement brings the By an error of types, in one of our exchange pa true m a rble bei ng olten found shaded with each of ly constitutes a part of our treatise on the aubject jawil of the vi s e to bear exactly square, however pers, the word " holidays," is made to read " hoti those colors. In i m i tatin g the E gypt i an marbftl, the of Galvanism, we shall not p rocee d Jurther w ith the widely distended by the screw. dags." Though this err o r is not so qu aint ail Borne -,.,.. . ground is painted nearly black, and the graining s ubje c t in iliii number. ) o the rs, it is at least, very uncouth. MA l'S IIIl H. E LI EF.-A gentleman in this c i ty has or clouding is formed with various l ighter colors To be cou tinued . An Ohio pape r reports the marriage of Joseph d i sco v ere d a m e tho d of producillg, maps with surfa -.--In al l attempts at imitation, the practitioner should W. Ladu to Louisa T. Orris, i n a bu ggy waggon, in " BOS'fON, Dec. 28, 1 815. ces emboaed and co l ored accord ing to nature, in a be furnished wiili choice specimens of the real arti " MR. E D l To R ,- S i r : I was very m uc h oblige d ma.nn er to shew a complete view of the sec tion of front of Millis's Hotel, in Montau. The parties be cle, and imitate by sight and judgment ; as no spe long to ShalervilIe, and were in a hurry. cific rules can possibly Ite given whereby he can for the trouble yeu took in your last pa per, to en country therei n represented, including mountains, plain to me why three times the p o we r was appl ied rivers, cities, roads and plains. Models of the coun succeed wiiliout a sampl e. It i s no sm al l job to count a m illion. A llowin g a to the apple, thrown from the ra il ro ad car, &c., but try are first made in wax or plaster which is r e ver To be continued. p e rs on to count one hundred and tirty per minute for ..., ,.. #. .... .., to m e it is s ti ll quite incomprehensible. Does not sed with coppe r by the electro-moulding process, ten hours each day, eleven days would be requ ire d SPLEND I D IRON BRIDGE OVER TH E N E VA .-the man, when he stands upon the ice, without fric and this moulding embedded in tin, serves as a die to accomplish the feat. Messrs. Bu ry, C u rtis, and Kennedy, the celebrated tion, exert twice the power iliat he would if he stood on which the paper map is moulded after having engineers of Liverpool, have received instructions One thousand live hogs lately arrived at Cincin upon the floor of the car ? S u ppose iliat the man been p ri n te d in l ith o graph ic colors c? rrespon d i n g to from the Emperor of R ussi a to cOlliltruct an iron stood upon ice, when he gave th e apple its fi rst ve ilie mouW in dimension, and to the natural appear nati from th e north p ar t of the S tate of Ohio, having bridge of powerful dimensions to be erected over locity, would he not then exert two po wers, jUit all ance of the country in colors. They will be sure to travelled on the route at the rate of fifteen miles per the r iv er Neva, a t S t'- Petersburg. This river is at much as when he stood upon the i ce, in the car 1 come into extclJsive use if afforded at m o de rate pri ces. hour-by railroad. present crossed by three bridges of boats only, and -. You may think my questions too r i d i cul ous to be Some of the Boston papers are puffing the neat in the winter season the d a mage done to them by SPLE N D I D D E Po'f.-Thc llew depot o r th e Boston n oti ce d. I should like an answer, but if you have ly executed bills of the new Boylston Bank. We the ice is so considerable that it has been deter and Mai ne Railroad, now nearly completed, will be any thing of more i m po r ta nce to fi ll the c o l u m n s of mined to erect the bridge in question ; and it is pro the most splend id in the United S tates, and perhaps should like to know whether ilie ed i tors get each a your paper, lay m in e aside. bable, at a future time, tile other two will be re in the wor l d. I t is situated on the west front of the copy of th e work ' (Continued from No. 16,) -

The Art of Paintinr.

Galvanism. (Continued from No. 16.)

Curious Arts.

placed by bridgea of iron. The length of this bridge is 1078 feet, and wiII consist of seven arches -the centre one being 166 feet span ; and the three on e ach side 143 feet, 125 f eet, and ] 07 feet, respec ti vely. A separate arch at one en d will be d evote d to a swi ve l-b ri dge, 70 fee t wide, by which vessels can be ad mitted to the custom house. Total weight of iron in this enormous structure will be nearly 10,000 tons, or about five times the quantity which was employ e d in t he Men ai bridge ; the cost of the iron alone will exceed � 109,000. CASUALTY ON -'rR E

her way from Zanesville, to New Orleans, struck a snag and immediately turned bottom up. There were about 90 passengers on board, of whom filLy pe rishe d by d rowning, or by Ireezing after reaching the s ho re. It is truly surprising that Government continues to neglect so important a work as the im provement of navigation on this river. We have not as certa ine d at w h at price human lives are va l u ed by Congress, but there can be no doubt that .. �.,.,."",.__ AT'l'RAc'rION OF GRAvlTy.-AlI bo di es have a nat- $ 100,000 appropr iat e d to clearing the Missis!'ippi ural te n d e n cy to approach each other. An i ns tance River, woul d save more than o n e hundred l ives of this, on a m i n ute scale, m ay be seen by p la cin g The river might be dragged, and the snags remo several small pieces of cork or other light substances ved twice a year, at an expense which would hard on the surface of a vessel of water, near the centre, ly be missed from the useless naval appropriations. but a small distance apart. They will soon be seen correspondent HARD S E R v l to approach each other until they meet ; after which of the S un, that in the case of Knapp recently tried the whole will move .towards the nearest side of the in th is city on a charge of murder, the jury were vessel, unless some other solid object is p l aced in locked up in the court room without any th in g to e at, contact with one side of the vessel, in which case they or accommodations of any Idnd ; and that after reough farther distant. will move towards that maining there twenty homs, t h ey we re t old tha t T R I A L OF P lI. ISO N E R s. -Th e jail at Whitesboro' there was no u se in en te rta ini n l! any hope of being l a tel y took fi r e, and the prisoners were released ; discharged, but would be kept without eating, twen Under but instead ot' making their escape, they rendered ty-four hours longer unless they agreed. efficient service in su b du i ng the fire, and when tha t these circumstances there was no alternative ; they was extinguished, they r etur n e d voluntar i ly to their m us t agree right or wrong : and as several of them cells. This incident shews what class of men are were already sick and their lives in danger, one p a r subjected to the rigid cruelty of imprisonment, by tion of them were compelled to submit to a verdict the more mal icious creditors, who escape ilie mis- c on t rary to the ir own d ecide d judgment. Thus was fortunes of poverty. t Wl importWlt caee decided by a mere rme of chance.

tile 1 9th ult. the s tea m b oa t Belle Z ane, while on

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We m ay not be a ble to m ak e this case clear to o u r respected correspondent. As we have said be fore, this point in natural philosophy, is v e ry difficult to demonstrate, although it is fully es tabl is he d by experiment. To the first quelition in the above, we answer, No ; for if the man, while projecting the apple, stands firmly on the floor of the car, he Itill exer t!! two powers, one of which is applied to the apple, and the other, in re- action, on the car, which deprives the car of part of its momentum. We ad mit that in this case the bodily exer t ion is less, be cause a less relative motion is r equ i re d : but ilie a c tual power applied is the l!Iame. In answer to the s e co n d question, we would say that if the man stood on ice, in the 6rst instance a dou bl e power would be required i n effe cting the first proj ec ti on. We are aware that this opens the way for the argument that a double power would also be e x e rted, even iI he stood on fi rm earth in the first instance, because one powe r is applied by re-action, to t h e earth ; an d on this ground it would appear that si:c powers, in stead of f o u r, are requh'ed to produce double velo city. But the fact is, that when a power of re-ac tion is a p plie d to the earth-terra 6rma-it is never brought into the account : otherwise, every single vel6city would re qu ire a d ou b l e power, and a double velocity would require the exertion of six powers not 8-instead of four. The reason why six pow ers only, instead 01 e ig h t, are exerted in this case, is because the duration o f the re-action against the carili, is only half as long, as in case of a single ve locity projection ; and the power elFerted in re-ac tion must be in pr opo rti on to the time multilJlied by the f orce appli ed, and not acco rd i n g to the force alone. But, as before remarked, no allowance is made for re-action against the e ar th, or any per manent object. If " an Investigator " does not un d erstand this, ne is at li b e rty to enquire f rther. u ..

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old Haymarket Square, Boston, and is 200 feet in len g th, eighty feet wide, and two stories h i gh. The front is beautifully ornamented w i th Corinhtian co

lumns of red sienite, with face brick both in front and th e sides. The upper story i s to be a large pu blic hall t we n ty feet high, and wei I ventilated. T h e large fre igh t Depot on Canal street, farther to the north, is five hundred feet long, and fifty i n width. The whole arrangement i s on a most magnificent scale, and so near to the centre of business, that ilie road can hardly fai l to co m m and a most extenuive travel.

that snow has fallen on the Alleghany mountains to the depth of two and a halffeet, and was still falling. A beggar at E di nb urgh was recently examined, and found to possess a consid era b le amount of mo ney in ilie b anks. A b a nk deposite receipt of near ly $300 was found in his pocket.

vicinity or Wheeling. The Wheel i ng papers report

The V irgi n i ans must ha ve. fine sleighing in the

" Pompey," said a good-natured gentleman to h is colored man, " I di d not know till to-day that you

TRADI:: O f' SOUTHPORT, WISCONSIN.-Thc S ou th. A marriage bas been recently r epo r ted in Arkan port American gives a statistical report of the pro ductions and trade of that Territory, which is truly sas, of a man wh o has four wives, to a lady who surprising. The amount of wheat from the port of has three hu sb a n d s, all l i vi ng. The husbands and Southport alone, during the past season, is stated s t wives were probably all contented. 188,252 bushelEl ; also 1300 barrels o f flour ; 7,928 There is a factory building in Preston, England, Ibs. of wool ; 38,440 Ibs. of hides ; 1,800 Ibe. calf which covers an acre and a half of ground, and con skins, besides considerable quantities of grass seed, tainli 1650 p airs of looms, attended by 825 hands, furs, &c., all to gethe r amou n tin g in valu e to $ 143, though the building is only one story high. 360. The wheat� remaining in store on the 9 th ul!., Singing has become a popular branch of educa was 42,279 b ushels. It wiII thus be seen that South port, though seldom heard from in the A tlantic tion in the common schools of Boston. The exer ata tes, is a place of extensive an d rapidly i ncreas in g cise of lIinging is believed to be of great value in promoting the healthy conditien of the vocal organs. i mpo rtan c e.

had been wllipped last week." " Didn't you,massa1" replied Pomp, " why I knew it in the time of it."

Rothschild, of Frankfort, now last approaching to s trated i n a frie ndly way with her physician on the inefficiency of his prescriptions. '( Indeed, madam," replied the doctor, " unfortunately we cannot make you yeunger." " You mistake, docter," rejoined the wi tty old lady, " it is older, not younger, that I desire to become." h e r h undre tll year, b eing a l i t tl e indisposed remon

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The skeleton of the giant lately found 50 feet below the surface of th e earth, in Tennessee, h as been put together I d set up, at N ash v ille, and stands about 16 feet high. Watches are manufactured at Ge R e va, less than one-eighth of an inch thick ; yet they are good time�keepers, and said to be du rable. They are elegantly finished, though la rge in circumference.

ed people on the gove rnment lands nor ili of the Grand River, in Michigan. The purpose is to set

A p roject is on too t to e stabli sh a colony of color

tle an entire county with blacks exclusively.

Thirty-twG editors of newspapers in the British AFFLICTloN.-The family of Amos Kendall have West Ind ie s, and twenty-two members of Legisla been subjected to a large share of te afflictions of tive Councils, are coloreu me n, several of whom are this world within a few mon ths past. His son, it wil l negroes. be remembered', was shot in a street fight ; a nd more The q uantity of flou r used as hair-powder, in the recently his wife's father and brother have been burn British army, at one t i m e, was estimated to be e qu al ed to death by a prairie fire in Missouri. to the bread rations of fifty thousand people. --

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