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f«i dtmeuucnj. 1:hefe kettles (tould be fixed in a row, the fmalltli at one end, the middle iized next, and the laryrcft at tlie otli- er end.—When there is a quantity of lap collected, put a< much in the la;grit kettle as can be corivei •imrly boiled til it; then ill row in as much lime or lve m maybe dee- iiied ueccfTary to make the iiq< or granu.ate. Keep a moderate fire for fome time, a::d as :he fcum rifes, take it ofT with a ikimmer ; after the liquor is pretty clear, raereafe the fire and boi) it brifkty, till h much i-j evap¬ orated, as that which remains may be boikd in the middle kettle ;* into which the li¬ quor mult be (trained through a blanket ; under this kettle, keep a frood fire, and t:tke off the fcum a^ k riles. As loon as the li¬ quor is taken from the large, and put into the middle kettle, frefh lap mult be put in¬ to the former, and treated as btflre directed, and fu on, till all the fap is boil'-"1. When the liquor is luMciently evaporat¬ ed in the middle kettle, to admit its being Boiled in the fmallcli, it muft be put into the laft, where it muft be boiled, until it gets to i thefe Items were dug, when the produce weighed 23 pounds, whereas the feed pota¬ toe did not wuVh quite two ounces. Each of the potatoes on an average mcafured fix inches in length and the fame in circumfer¬ ence. It is of a red color, and is remarka¬ bly dry and mealy, and it is believed, had this potatoe been planted in March, that the produce would have been at leait equal to three bufhels. What a valuable difcovery this is to the poor cottager.—London p. Ft -qui the R 0 -v.-; /. Visitor. hi a (banger us your only escufej and to that circumtfance you aie indebted for your life. Tour companion, however, had not that exenfe, and ought, therefore to have an- Miliiary movement. Natchez, Jan. 14—Moiufeyjtf prcls arrived at cantonment W-.n*3"*1' , , Wjfn,ngtoni i..» a proper confiitcncv to make fugar. When the liquor is taken from the middle kettle into the fmalleit, the former muft be fupoli- ed, as before directed, from the largell, with frefh fap. The liquor, in the fmall kettle, muft be boiled brilkly, until it gets pretty thick, when the fire mould be lefTencd, to prevent its burning. When the liquor riles in the kettle, a piece of butter or fftt, the fize of a hazle nut, may be thrown in ; if this quantity docs not make it boil flat, more mould be added, until it anfwers the ptn- pofe, and this mult be repeated as often as the liquor riles. When it is boiled enough, wluch may be known by the manneif of its roping between the thumb and linger, it mull be put into a cooler or tub, when the fmall kettle mult be fupplie 1 with liquor from the middle fized one, that with more from the largeft, and the large one with frefh fap, as before directed. When one tniid of the lap, that has been collected, [s boikd and put into the cooler, ft mult be Mined brilkly about with a ftim'ng Mick (which may be made like a fmall paddle) until it grains, wht-n it may be left (if Up bufiircft has beer well done) until another third of the liquor h boiled, and put into the cooler : it muft be then moved about with the Bir¬ ring itick, until it is well mixed together__ when the remainder of the liquor is boikd and put into the eoohr, it mult again be moved about with the [luring itick, until the whole is well mixed, when it mull be put into moulds ; earthen would be bed ; but wooden moulds may be rrradc to anfwer the purp.de, by nailing or pinning four boards together, fo fhaped as to make the mouici one inch diameter at the bottom, and ten or SOJP MAKING. IT Js cuilomary with houfe- kecpers, as well as profefied foap- boiiers, to mix lime with their aflies previous to drawing oil t.ie lye. The confideration or the edi¬ fice which is performed by the lime, viz. that of abftraciing the iixed air, which would otherwife prevent the union of the rat and lye, has fiiggefted the following experiment, which has proved fat- A * A. isfactory. To a large kettle of lye, while on the fire, was added a quarter of a peck of quicklime ; this was ftir- red till the whole was nearly boil¬ ing, and then poured into tubs to fettle. The fat now being fet over the fire and melted, the clear he was gradually added, when an ;il- mol! inllantaneous union took place ; the remit of which was a foap of the fincft quality. The whole procefs occupied about two hours. N. B. It is fuppofed that foap ts made with the great eft Tuccefs in the increafe of the moon. A mul¬ titude of well authenticated facts render it certain that the influence of the moon on vegetation, on the finking of manure, &c. is very con- Gderable. Does not this fubject do lerve philofophical inveiligation ? CUvtKJUj'iJ WS" «»*» l»*/w "uvi.»-- -■ quent behavior, it is fair enough to iuppol that the hint, not 4I to meddle with th fairs of ft at.-,'" was not lolt upon him. Bad as fuch a lyltem of efpionage mud be confided to have been, the tyranny oi it bears no proportion to that which the decree of the French Emperor has now eiiablilhed. A man was not obliged to hire a mam de place, or to go into a gondola ; and when in the bofom of his family, might venture to fpeak with fume decree of confidence. But, under the prefent regime, that is impofubre. The fenfe of fecmity which the domettic circle is calculated to mfpire, is extinct, and a joke, an expreiHon uttered in the moment of conviviality or padion, might be the oc- cafion of his death. The principle of univerfal efpionage has been long acted upon by the French Empe¬ ror ; but, until now, it was not embodied into a law. Even during his confulfnip, the feverity of the fyltem of police, by far exceeded that which was eftahh'ihed, for a very different purpofe, by the celebrated with orders from general Hampton f immediate movement of t[ie arm« ' that lime the greateft activity has pi frtid the troops (Jjffcrnded the river £ft^ We have gea told that this mv^ made hi comequenee of 1 by general Hampton frwlll x ur[ ^ that g-oveii-or Folch h ft^ngtljeainTl? bile and d»awmg all the truun frJo ?' °f mfor™ re«ive om Fort 8tod cola to that yo'iut Wc learn that gOTernor Holmes U ceived a defpatch from Port St. §t» * which confirms the account of p t2 ftrengtheiiing himfelf at Mobile, h? tainly extremely probahle that the wj^w my will delceudio N. Orleans, from wheilW it will be conveyed by water to the contention. po'iit in Sartiiic. This h proved by Moii lieur d wlrat happened to captain Auvergne, after his aired and commital to the temple. Up¬ on paffing tluough one room to another, def¬ ined f t the place of his confinement, }lt- 1>jw, lying on a 11 raw bed,' an emaciated wretch, who, upon his entrance, exclaimed, u Mon Dleu ! un autre witime /" and then funk down apparent I)- exhausted. The Eng- lifhman's hearr was aifected, and he alked the jailer if he could procure him feme thing to eat, giving inm a guinea tor the pnrpole. The jailer returned foon with a cold fowl and a bottle ol wine, and offered the cll'inge ol the guinea to captain Auvergne, which the latter dcfired him to keep for his trcn- ble, at the fame time requelVing him, as a r t- Ex.."/■aS j"ror? me Government paper oftlxHa- vatina, dated January 5. "An order having been ifTued by the Su- perior Government to collect all the Amcr. ican chcefe imported into this city, with a view to prevent the dreadful confequenpes. which 0:1 repeated occalions, had arifen todif. ilrcnt perfons who had eaten it ; a quantity was depofited in the public (tore, until the analyfis committed to the care of the Royal College of Phylicians were concluded. Up- oil opening the door of faid 'doreon the31 ft December laft, a number of rats were found dead which had eaten of the chcefe; this mu pro f is a fnfhcient recommendation to the public, that loo much precaution cannot be taken loi the care ofheallh.,, co'uuung o r 1 in i\ twelve inches at the top ; the length may te two feet, or two feet and an half—thefe moulds muft be clofely (topped at the fmall ends, with old coarfe linen, or fome fuch thing, and fet up with fomething to ftay them ; the fugnr mull then be taken from ihe cooler, and poured into the moulds— next morning t}ie (toppers mult be taken out, and the moulds be put on troughs, or fome refTe to drain their mobiles. In the evening the loaves mull be pierced at the ima 1 ends, to make them run their fyr„p rieely-thismay be done by driving a wood. £n pin, (lhaped like a marling fpike) three or four inches up the loaf; after which they mult be left to drain their molaffcs, which will be done in a morter or longer time, ac¬ cording as the fugar has been boiled. No part of the buftnefs requires greater attention than granulating or grainfng the iugar in the cooler, and afterwards frequent¬ ly obferving the ftate it is in—if too thick, it may be remedied by boiling the remaining liquor lower, than that which was boiled be¬ fore—if too thin, by ftirnng the cooler a- gain, and boiling the remainder of the li¬ quor higher, or more. A SUGAR BOILER. Cj^The making of fugar is quite common and eafy with a ftngle kettle of any lizc. Anecdote.—A countryman from the wilds of Cumberland, feveral years ago, came to London on fome bufincls refpecting Ins un¬ cle's affairs, who had died inteftate, and had left two young children without a guardian or executor. Before departing from home the man had cf^t advice as to the mode of conducting himlelf, but not being much ver- fed in the technical lore of the inns of court, had fubftituted in his mind exprefiions more familiar. On knoekinjr at the door of the civilian to whom he had been recommended, the gentleman himfelf came ' > ?.dmit him ; when the Cambrian acceded him as follows : —" Pray fir, does there a civil villain live here?"—" What !" fays the other, "do you come to in full me ?"—" Yes, iir," faid the countryman, " I came on purpofe ; my uncle is dead detejled} he has left two young infidels, and I am come to fee if I can be their executioner /" vor, to let the unfortunate priionc next apartment come in to partake of the re- frefhment. The keeper of the prilon was not entirely ft for his office. He looked :t the captain for fome moments in ftlence, but '" a very lignifieant manner. At length lie uttered in a low tone of vorce, « imez vans tranquilk, won amix ,\jl un m«Uian" and im¬ mediately quitted the apartment. L pon inquiring: afterwards as 10 tlic hVni- r • • • itcalion ol the term '* mouton?' capta.in Au¬ vergne was informed that it meant a defcrip* tion ol fpy, whofe buBnefsit Avas, under pre¬ tence of being confined by government, to in/innate himfelf into the confidence of real prifoners, and to make a faithful report of whatever they might utter In tiie moments of irritation. Horrid Murder and Suicide! t Norfolk., Jan. 28. — lr fo ahnoft impof- fible tor the imagination to conceive a more hcrnble and tragical event in a civil&ed coffl' a 1 I mitmty, than the one which we li.ive now the dilagieeabie tails of announcing, and in re- i which Lhe pen recoils with hor¬ ror. The paiticulars of this abominable deed we Irave from a young man who was a dii- tant fpctf ator of this (hocking catal!rop!i'% as given before tin- coroner's inqueli About oneo'cloJv P. M. on Saturdav lalt, a voun^ man named l>u id Fra-ik, wlio was in the employ of Mrs, Collins, of this borough «* the I walking with Mils Am. Collins, I v ldeft daughter *.f bis eninlover fa charming },umgguior 14 years ofage/oaaaO oppofite her mother's refulenoe, n„j D(f "^"•*n tome nptrmpa \^^r*- ->•- ....._i ^ vfl wrnc had ome negroes were at FROM THE UNITED STATES. O t& da * Some liquorficuld he left h the !orV Lt- l£««rz!™^ ^^<**n ™Jd he a Bonaparte's Decree relative to Servants. This laft addition to the Code Napoleon, with many traits of novelty in it, is not per¬ fectly original. The valets de place in Paris, were fuppoled, and the gondoliers in Venice were known to be the agents of their respec¬ tive governments, and under the direct con¬ trol of the police. The celebrated marquis d*Arjjens yives us a curious inltancc of the CI O vigilance and induftrv of the latter in the discharge of their honorable office. A Frenchman being in a gondola, in company with a Venetian, who was a (tranger to him, according to the laudable habit of his conn- tiymen, fays the marquis, began to expatiate IMPORTANT ! Baltimore, Feb. 19.—From a fource the moil resectable we are informed, that Mr. Morier, Britifli charge des afFairsJias madeknovvii to our government, that the offi¬ cial information (made public) from Mr. RuiTcll, that the French decrees are not revoked, will be fully credited by the Bvitifh gov¬ ernment—and that they will be compelled to confider a continu¬ ance of the non-intercourfe againft them exclufively, as a menfure of hojiility, demanding immediate jtcps to meet it. him was un.clea tlnmb andfoiger* ivcen the V POTATOES. ■om the very extraordinary ......produce of one potatoe planted, whole, it is evident that lhe cultivation of that ufefnl loot in this country io merely in its infancy. In the latter end of June kill, Mr. Fnizer, Sloane- Squaie, planted in his garden a new fpecies of potatoe, \shieii, ill I he coui fe of his bo- tanical id. ;uches he brought lall fprin;< from vere ftnCtures upon that of Venice. The Granger was filent, but the Frencliman pe-,, h;ve,edm his loquacity until they paiLj. lhe fol owing „Ight he was feized in h:s bed by the officers of the ftnte mquilito^ and, lufpectmg the caufe, while tiny were « cmf 'g m, U\ ri]>n> "" P~'Cil cmf not loud but deep," again,! the p<£ hdyofh:slatec<m,!)amon,vvhomhe, nau,. S? a"^' fl,Pr'0fed to be the His altoiummeiu, however, ueffed, wl K informe r. . may be rati y when upon bnng introduced into '-, ar,e lubterr.nean hall he law the fuppof w Mile he • Lated from Buenos Avres. Fdr,la,j , 7._Captam Gardner, of the [lip tame, arrived bcl„w from Buenos Avres. fflbrm..that «*eo he failed that port was blockaded by the Mftttte Videa fouadrnn, conftftiDg of tW(, crvat* three brigs, one fchooner and one felucca, Ad. De'Conrcv commanding the bnnlh f.padron on the l««Ml ftatron, had i„iiil,,l on raifi„K „,«. blockade as refp,a,-d Engl* veffekl the tquadron gave way, at the feme time the gt>v- mment of Monte Video protetted a.^init ^conduaoftheBritifi, Admiral. lee.-- number of dapl,,,,,^-,, all,,, ,l,o,l,. ;.r b d d ,,io ^ <)f , -M-etedthev would be obliged to de- ," : lh5 Junta *t Buem»» Ayrea were ::::r';;:;;.' fi«»^ ^ ,„,.•., ,,„;,, ,:„;.;; ';-,UII^ga„ army. Id v.hij, J.c, fuc. -A)!.-^..a,,yn:un,:;nr,orNo,.1i;Amere" ^>HTcbe^fc»th?«J ^^ raF'dl>- The „•;,..]., ;,„,, ;„r „, i, ,, : l a fcuhar mode Rf cultivation, thS t \t Z ? '" """-"^'T «pea«ioa of n! ,?* '" '* '"'""»" »K«V o '"""'"'/""-. ^aeb njeafn, :„,, |„ l,n.-tIl T\ \ ', "'■" ll"" "' "'« follow,',,, v,w. . « .oamh^ ""c ofihe .....H \v, ,:, . '• '•)'V *U»lw of ftate. • " ' « " pan with ,• ad not proceeded many paces during A« ■itnefs' obfervafion, when lie perceived Frank encircle Mifs C\ waifl wilhhiSar(fl when me fuddenly turned from him, uttered a moil violent Ihriek. and inftantly fell I „ on which Frank immediately ran to the ad. joining creek and threw himfelf into it, ap. parently with the intention of drowning himfelf) in which being baffled by the fy! lounefs of the water, he returned to the mure, which he had no iooner regained, than he alio fell. The witnefs, on perceiving thefe Iirangc unaccountable proceedings,pro: cured a canoe and cioned the creek,without delay, when on attempting to raife the ycun» lady (little dreaming of her melancholy fate) perceived her throat cut from ear to ear!!! r\s fofm as he recovered from the Ihock which fo horrid a fpe&acle naturally proju- ced, he approached the young man whom he found weltering in blood, and on examina- tion he found his throat cut fo effeftualiy that his head was nearly fevered from his body ! 1 ! — Fie was Ijfelefe, but the denia¬ ble weapon with which he had rendered him. felf fo, (a I'hort butcher's knife} n died in his hand. Frank was a well conducted young mas of a bo ut 21 years of acre, and laid to be of j refpeclaBIe family in or contiguous to Rich¬ mond—but from the fuperfcription of a one of his letters handed us this morning, ful* peer, he is from Washington city. There are ^ai ions and con trad iden-y reports afloat as to the motives of his committing this (in- bolical act ; but the one molt prevalent ii, th.it of being th waned in his affection tor the J'oung innocent who fell a siciiin totist«* merit y --------- Watfrford, Dec. 2f____About iw months ago a lady purchafed a puppyinthc llret ts, fiDin n woman w^D wai cxpnfiflfl11 to i'ale, v\^i<;h was admired by every p^'11 tici! law It lot the pr-cnli.ir beauty of itsh.iir* and the Ii• 11 • 11 < Is of iis 11 \ 1 u 1 e. A f"vv&fl fiiiee p >or ilnilis v/.is taken ill, and d«M her f;u.4,all the fem d« ti-UulsamlaW*^ in ti;e |),ni!!i \m-ic c,.,,limit ft) rlu-ii i"W' aftu ihe h riltfi of ihe animal. Ahvr r^i f.lfKsirig, the e.uih ol thr illm& iv4S *»; eu-J. A . flic ;nr\v I •,;..,■! |.(. p;iH> rwrKS* •■ 6'.- Jiiirrt fr,n an , h'uu! 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