American Coast Pilot, by L. Furling, Newburyport, 1800. Geography of J. Payne, 4 vols., 8vo., New York, 1800. Roman Conversations, by J. Wilcocks, 2 vols., 8vo., London, 1797. Recherches Physiques sur le Feu, par Marat, 8vo., Paris, 1780, by J. Vaughan.

Deposited with the society, by William Loughton Smith, Esq., a very valuable collection of engravings, and books relative thereto; sent to this country, from Italy, by his brother, Joseph Smith, Esq., in prosecution of a plan to promote a taste for the arts in the United States.

To the Editor of the Norristown Register.

Sir,

I wish, through the medium of your paper, to inform the neighbour ing farmers, that they may have an opportunity of seeing that great est of all modern improvements in agriculture, the thrashing machine. It is needless to quote authorities for the advantages it possesses over thrashing by the flail, or treading by horses, I will only observe, that the machine erected in my barn, by Mr. David Prentice, is of the most approved kind, and clears out the grain without breaking the straw. It is calculated for two horses.

A trial was made of it last week in the presence of Dr. Mease, of Philadelphia. The horses being engaged, a pair of oxen were yoked to it. We first tried oats, when it thrashed and winnowed twelve bushels per hour. We then counted out three dozen sheaves of wheat, which were thrashed in eleven minutes. With a pair of horses, instead of oxen, it will move about one third faster, which is at the rate of sixteen bushels of oats, or two hundred and sixty sheaves of wheat, in an hour.

The holidays have prevented our proceeding with it, but I purpose to have it going on Monday next.

WILLIAM BAKEWELL.

Failand Ford, Jan. 1st. 1805.

Mr. Thomas Beatt has constructed a grist-mill, saw-mill, and fullingmill, to go with the tide (or any stream of an equal force).

The grist-mill has two pairs of stones, and is so constructed as to grind both together, or separate, with either flood or ebb, or the one with the flood and the other with the ebb.

The saw-mill and fulling-mill work on the same principle, either together or separate, with either flood or ebb.

The whole works on a water/ wheel that rises and falls with the tide or stream, and will work each mill separate, or either two or all together.

The model has been placed divers times on different places on the tide, and in the presence of a number of respectable citizens and men of mechanical genius, and is found to completely answer the end designed.

Mr. Beatt is a native of New Jersey, and a citizen of the township of Greenwich, in the county of Gloucester.

A model of this curious machine is in my possession, and may be seen gratis, by any citizen inclined to view the same.

JOHN FIRTH.

Barnsborough, Gloucester county, New Jersey, January 1, 1805.

Presqu'ile, Jan. 27.

We have had a very hard winter, so far; a great deal of snow; but people are healthy, and trade encreases every day. Above 4000 barrels of salt have been hauled over from this place to La Bœuff, this winter; and traders are sending down to Buffaloe, for more, to be sent on the ice, on sleds:-there is now advertisements up, for 30 to fetch salt upon the ice. What a vast benefit the salt trade will be to this country! The salt taken over to La Bouff, and sent down the river, this last fall and winter, has caused a great deal of money to be

left in this country: a great deal of salt has gone down as far as Cincinnati. There are, this winter, between 30 and 40 flat-bottomed boats building at La Buff, to carry salt, and other produce, down French Creek against the spring opens, to go to Cincinnati ; and there is a vessel building here, to sail on the lake. You may form an idea of the great advantages this country will receive from such an extensive trade as will be here in a short time. If we view its growth, what may we calculate on in ten years, from the present! Three years ago, the salt brought here was scarce sufficient to supply the people of this place; and now we can send five thousand barrels down the Alleghany. Land is ris ing to a great price; a few weeks ago, a tract of 400 acres sold for ten dollars fifty cents per acre.

The number of barrels of pickled fish inspected in Massachusetts, according to the report of the Inspector General, from April 1, 1804, to January, 1805, was 19,163; half do.

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yarn of the size of seven hundred, at the rate of fifteen dozen in twelve hours, though it be constructed for spinning only fifteen threads at a time. It may be easily altered to spin yarn of any size in common Machines of this kind can be made either upon a small scale, to work by the hand of the attendant, or on a larger, to go by means of horses or water. After the portion of cotton, which each of the saws gives to their respective brushes, has passed through the cards and rollers which prepare and stretch them small enough for threads, without interfering, in the least degree, with each other, they are twisted close to the rollers, and gently taken on by the spools, which are regularly filled by means of another part of the machine which slowly recedes and returns for that purpose. Two sets of spools will suffice, as a reel is fixed at one end to reel one set while the other set is filling. The yarn spun by it is equal or superior to that spun upon the common family wheels.

COTTON MACHINE.

The ginning and carding part of this machine was invented some time ago, by Mr. M‘Bride, in South Carolina, before he moved to this state, and may be used with great advantage by private families. He has lately, after many trials and much labour, constructed it to gin, to card, and to spin at the same time, by the turning of one wheel. It requires daily one person to attend it. It is not necessary to stop the machine, except for the purpose of mending a broken thread, or of taking away the full spools and putting empty ones in their places.The threads break very seldom, and, by paying more attention to the workmanship, the inventor believes, that this inconvenience will be almost wholly removed. It spins

MARRIAGES.

February 9. AT Philadelphia, Mr. William Kennedy to Mrs. Pervian.

25. At Philadelphia, Mr. William Robinson, of Chester county, to Miss Mary Morrison.

28. At Philadelphia, Mr. William Bryant, cabinet maker, to Miss Margaret Delavau daughter of Mr. John Delavau, of Southwark.

March 1. Mr. Joshua Cresson to Miss Hannah Roper.

7. At Trenton, New Jersey, at the Friends' meeting-house, Mr. Joseph Abbot, of Nottingham, to Miss Ann Rickey, daughter of John Rickey, merchant.

At Philadelphia, Mr. John W. Scott, late editor and proprietor of the Philadelphia Repository, to Miss Jane Cooper.

At Philadelphia, Mr. William Cummings to Miss Mary Mullikin.

DEATHS.

January 30. IN the Pennsylvania hospital, Mr. Isaac M'Hugh, printer, late of Washington, Pennsylvania, in the 22d year of his age.

31. In Donegal township, Lancaster county, Alexander Lowery, Esq. Mr. Lowery was in his 79th or 80th year, and died much regretted, by his numerous friends and acquaintances. Through all the various walks of life, he was sociable, kind, and hospitable.

February 3. At Baltimore, Capt. Jeremiah Yellot, merchant, of that city, after a lingering illness.

His resignation under his affliction was conformable with his life, exemplary, firm, and characteristic of a reconciled christian. Blessed with a large portion of the good things of this world, he used them correspondent to the apparent will of the Giver: liberal in his charities to the poor, bountiful to the meritorious in distress, and humane to all, few men have lived more beloved, few men have died whose loss will be more sensibly felt, than that of the deceased.

It is said, that after making ample provision for his wife and family, he hath willed considerable donations to charitable and public purposes in Baltimore.

4. At Haverhill, Massachusetts, the Rev. Hezekiah Smith, D. D., pastor of the baptist church in that place, and one of the fellows of Brown university, in the state of Rhode Island.

At two o'clock, the corpse was removed into the meeting-house, when the Rev. Dr. Stillman, in a judicious and well adapted discourse, founded on Acts xiii, 36, addressed a very crowded and deeply affected audience. After the public services, the body, preceded by the Merrimack Humane Society, Fire Society, &c. and followed by the mour

ners, neighbouring clergy, and a numerous procession of citizens, was conveyed to the still chambers of the dead.

This amiable man was born on Long Island, state of New York, April 21, 1737. He was a happy instance of early piety, as appears by his making a public profession of religion before he was 19 years of age. He was a graduate at Princeton college, at which university he took his master's degree, in 1765. The year preceding this, he visited New England, and preached in various places, and among christians of different denominations, to general acceptance.

His labours having been peculiarly blessed to many in the town of Haverhill, a baptist church was formed, in 1765, and Mr. Smith invited to take the pastoral charge. Yielding to their solicitations, he was installed, November 12, 1766.

He continued in the successful discharge of his pastoral duties, until the commencement of the American revolution. Though engaged in the sacred office, he did not relinquish his rights as a citizen. He saw, with deep concern, the freedom of his country invaded, and felt too sensibly interested to remain a silent spectator. Therefore, while the storm was increasing, and the fate of his country hung in awful suspence, his patriotic ardour compelled him to take a decided part. Accordingly, in 1776, he accepted an appointment from congress, as a chaplain in the army of the United States, in which service he continued until honourably discharged, in 1780. Such was his exemplary dignified behaviour, during his residence in the army, as to gain him the highest confidence and esteem of the officers, as well as the most affectionate regards of the men. Often did he expose his own life to danger in the time of battle, whilst encouraging and animating the soldiers, and in soothing the sorrows of the wounded and dying. Having finished the term of his engagement in the army, he returned to his be

loved flock, and resumed again his pastoral functions.

As a preacher, Dr. Smith was equalled by few. His subjects were well chosen, and always evangelic. His voice was strong and commanding, and his manner solemn and impressive. In the endearing relations of husband, father, pastor, friend, he was faithful and most tenderly affectionate. He delighted in alleviating distress, and in making all around him happy.

In the death of this good man, science has lost a most zealous friend and patron. His unwearied exertions for the promotion of literature, as well as his personal donations, are well known, and will long be remembered.

His family and flock most sensibly feel his loss, as do his brethren in the ministry; whilst the town at large, many in the vicinity, a numerous circle of acquaintance, all mingle their sympathizing tears.

"Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, from henceforth: yea, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labours, and their works do follow them."

Lately, in Amwell, New Jersey, - Naylor, aged about 103 years. She was born in that neighbourhood, in its first settlement. Her husband was killed in Braddock's expedition, in the year 1755, since which time she has remained a widow, being left with nine children. She enjoyed good health until within twenty-four hours of her decease, and last summer could walk two or three miles. It is remarkable, that, for upwards of fifty years past, her whole diet consisted of bohea tea and a little bread and butter, three times a day; and her amusement was continually smoking tobacco.

6. At New York, Mr. Gabriel W. Ludlow, in the 71st year of his age,

7. At Philadelphia, after a lingering illness, Mr. John M'Pherson, confectioner. He has left, to lament his removal, an affectionate wife and five small children. In him his family lost a kind husband

and a tender parent, society a valuable member, and his intimates a steady and a scrupulously honest friend. Of him it may be truly said, that his life was exemplary and pious, and his steps, in the christian race, firm, and characteristic of one who sought a better country.

At Philadelphia, of the small-pox, in the 30th year of her age, Mrs. Charlotte Lillibridge, consort of captain Robert Lillibridge, and daughter of the late Thomas Sabins, of Providence, Rhode Island.

9. At Philadelphia, in the 63d year of her age, Mrs. Rebecca Mayburry, relict of Thomas Mayburry, Esq., formerly of Potts-town, and daughter of the late Mr. Jeremiah Warder, merchant, of Philadelphia.

Of this worthy lady it can be truly said, that, in the several important relations of friend, wife, and mother, her conduct has been not merely blameless, but meritorious in a high degree. Benignity of disposition and genuine piety were the leading, but not the only ornaments of her character. By these she endeared herself to all her friends, and bequeathed to them, in the tenour of a long life, an example no less worthy to be admired than imitated.

At Philadelphia, Mr. Joseph Hardy, a worthy man, and a respectable citizen.

At Philadelphia, Mr. Robert Bishop.

In New York, the Hon. John Sloss Hobart, in the 67th year of his age, judge of the district court of New York. In the death of judge H, another of our revolutionary patriots has left the stage. During the war, he was employed in some of the most confidential and influential situations in New York, and always acquitted himself to public satis faction. Mr. Jay, Mr. Hobart, and Mr. Yates were the three judges of the supreme court first appointed after the revolution. This situation he held for many years. He was once elected senator of the United States. Of judge Hobart it may with truth be said, that, from his

his earliest manhood to his death, no man ever sustained a more blameless and unspotted character.

In Nantucket, the Hon. Stephen Hussey, Esq., aged 69 years and 6 months, chief justice of the court of common pleas, and collector of the customs. In the year 1766, he was chosen a representative to the general court at Boston, and continued a representative successively, from the year 1768 until 1775; and at the close of the American revolutionary war, he took his seat in the first congress of the United States. He then received his commission as a civil magistrate and collector of the customs, both of which places he filled with satisfaction to the general government and his fellow citizens, and presided as chief justice of the country, until the year previous to his death. He was of a mild, happy disposition and temper; an agreeable address; truly religious; indefatigable in fulfilling the duties of his office; no partizan, but an invaluable friend to the best interests of his country. He has left a widow and five children to bewail his loss. In Wilton, Connecticut, Mrs. Rachel Betts, aged 102 years. She had enjoyed good health till within a few days of her death, which was occasioned by a fall upon the ice.

Medical Theses, selected from among the Inaugural Dissertations, published and defended by the Graduates in Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, and of other Medical Schools in the United States; with an Introduction, Appendix, and occasional Notes, by Charles Caldwell, M. D., editor of the work.-Thomas and William Bradford, 2 dollars, in boards.

Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Correspondence of Sir William Jones, by Lord Teignmouth.-Poyntell and Co., 2 dollars, 75 cents.

A Treatise on Fractures, Luxations, and other Affections of the Bones, by J. P. Desault. Translated from the French, by Charles Caldwell, M. D.-2 dollars, 75 cents, for the translator.

NOTES FROM THE EDITOR.

THE editor was beginning to fear that his agreeable and valuable correspondent, Sabina, had laid aside the pen, when he received her communication. Unfortunately, it was a few hours too late for insertion in the present number, but it shall have due place in the next. Every thing from this hand is received with gratitude and pleasure. An old critic tells us, that a middling

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valued in proportion to their rarity, even a middling poet deserves to be highly prized. How much then must we value one above mediocrity!

A description, with a plate annexed, of a recent improvement in the steam engine will be inserted in our next; together with several other communications, received in the course of the present month.