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Whole No. 519.
Tarhorough, (Edgecombe County, X. C.J Friday, September 5, 1834.
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From l he Farmer's ttegistrr.
On flickering Corn. I hatl the plea
sure, a few years ago, to spend a day in
company with old Mr. Macon, of North
Carolina, when our conversation was
principally on subjects of agriculture; and
among others, the cultivation of Indian
corn. Atier having inquired, whether I
h;ui the suckers which grew from tho
roots of the corn pulled oil as is the com
mon practice, and received my answer iu
the affirmative, he informed me that he
had suffered them to remain, having from
repealed experiments, ascertained that
limy did not injure the corn; hut on the
contrary, the suckers more frequency
than otherwise produced good ears of
corn; and that if they failed to do so, there
was an increase of fodder. 1 have since
tried the experiment and witnessed the
following results: That after carefully
examining the ears of corn on the talks
producing suckers, they were found to he
as good as the ears on the surrounding
stalks not producing them that a large
majority of the suckers produced good
corn, though the cars generally were
smaller than those on the mother stalk,
and that (of course) there was an increase
of fodder. Without entering into an in
quiry, whether corn ought not to he plan
ted so thick as to prevent its producing
suckers, (if thick planting will prevent it,
of which I am not sure,) or whether the
pulling them off may not injure the corn,
by inffictiug wounds on the stalks, I can
now safely recommend Mr. Macon's prac
tice, as saving the time ami labor of pull
ing offsuckers, and what is of more con
sequence, as producing an increase of
the corpof corn and fodder. I ought to
add, that none but the suckers growing
from the root ought to be suffered to re
main. W. M. WATKLNS.
Charlotte Co., March 4.
Senate of the United States. It does
not appear to be generally known that
the terms ofthe following United States
Senators expire at the end of the ap
proaching session of Congress.
Mr. Sprague, of Maine,
Mr. liell, New Hampshire,
Mr. Silsbee, Massachusetts,
Mr. Knight, Rhode Island,
Mr. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey,
Mr. Clayton,
Mr. Leigh,
Mr. lirown,
Mr. Calhoun,
Mr. King,
Mr. liibb,
Mr. White,
Mr. VVaggaman,
Mr. Poindexter,
Mr. King,
Mr. Kohinson,
Delaware,
Virginia,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia,
Kentucky,
Tennessee,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
Alabama,
Illinois.
Besides the above, there are three va
cancies by resignations to be filled, viz.
from Pennsylvania, in place of Mr. Wil
kins; from Georgia, in place of Mr. For
syth; and from Maryland, in place of Mr.
Chambers. The elections now in prog
ress, therefore, are more than usually in
teresting, for they are to decide the com
plexion ofthe next Senate,
tt?Tho frequency of balloon ascen
sions lately iu our city, has occasioned
numerous inquiries as to the rapidity with
which balloons can be carried through
the air. The experiments witnessed
here, have generally been performed in
calms or with light winds, so that no tri
al was made of speed. That, of course,
depends upon the magnitude of the bal
loon, the strength ofthe wind, the weights
&c. attached Jo it. The highest velnri.
ly yet attained by any aeronaut, '13, we be
lieve, that of M.'Oai nerin at London, in
1802, and at Paris in 1807. Iu the latter
case, the circumstances were singular,
and the peril of the voyager great. He
ascended at night, and going up with un
usual rapidity, soon found himself at an
immense distance above the clouds.
When he attempted to arrest his upward
progress, ho found that the apparatus for
discharging the gas was, from some ac
cident, unmanageable. The rarefaction
ot the air caused the gas in the balloon
so to expand, that there was danger of its
bursting. To relieve this pressure he
cut a hole in the silk to allow the gas to
escape, but the consequence was that the
balloon began to descend with fearful ve
locity. To counteract this he threw out
ballast, and rose again. This alternated
for some time, during which he encounter
ed a thunder storm in the clouds, and af
ter rising and sinking for eight hours, was
dashed against the mountains. He land
ed at Mont Tonuerre, 300 miles from
Paris. Taking into the estimate the di
rection in which he went, and the risings
and sinkings ofthe balloon, the velocity
is considered to have been about eighty
miles an hour.
The velocity of M. Garneriu's balloon
in 1802, when he ascended in London,
and landed at Colchester, was G49J feet
the minute, or about seventy miles an
hour, a rate that would carry it round the
world in a fortnight.
At tht! second ascension of our towns
man, Mr. Mills, he was driven across the i
Chesapeake Hay, a distance of fourteen
miles, in seventeen minutes not much
short of a mile per minute... Balt.Amcr.
give such an impulse to the work as to
insure its completion within the shortest
period of time contemplated.
Norfolk Herald.
The Comet of 1759. It would seem,
from an article, published in a Dutch pa
per, in the city of Philadelphia, that the
Comet, which we heard so much talk a
bout some time since, is to make its ap
pearance during the present summer.
The wise men and astronomers, have on
ly missed their calculations one year, and
Davy Crockett's services will yet be re
quired to perform the duties for which he
was appointed by the President to stand
upon the Allegany mountains and wring
off its tail.
Melancholy Occurrence. A rencoun
ter took place on the 14th ult. at Jack
son, the seat of Government of Mississip
pi, between Gen. Augustus Albert Allen,
and Alexander McClung, Eqrs. in which
the former was shot in the chin. Gen.
Allen, it was expected, even as late as
Saturday morning, would recover; but be
fore night Death claimed his victim.
7 We learn that an affray occurred in
Richmond, on Thursday last, between
J. 11. Pleasants, Senior Editor of the
Whig, and Peter V. Daniel, of the Exec
utive Council, in which the latter is re
ported to have been severely handled.
Mr. Pleasants suspected Mr. Daniel of
beinjr the author of an article signed
"Station
and made an attack upon him nccordin"
ly . rede r 1 ckab u rg A ren a .
07s" At Mechanicshurg, Penn., a most
awful scene, the effect of a stroke of
lightning, was lately exhibited at the
house of Mr. Poorman of that village.
It appears the family were sitting togeth
er iu a room when the house was struck,
and a part ofthe fluid entering the room,
struck his daughter, aged 22, and a son,
about 17, and deprived them instantly of
life. They were silting very near each
other when struck, and so immediate was
their death that they moved not from their
seats, but retained their position in their
chairs, the head of the young man re
clining on the shoulder of the sister.
The unfortunate event had cast a gloom
over the w hole village. The bodies were
interred in one grave, and were followed
by a number whose countenances spoke
their sorrow.
Fayrttcvillc, (Tenn.) July 3.
Distressing. Seldom, if ever, have we
been called upon to notice a more dis
tressing visitation of Providence, than
our worthy citizen, Wm. Edminston,
Esq. of this county, has been called upon
in the Enquirer of that day,, to experience. On Saturday last, about
4, P. M. just as his hands had housed
the last load of an exuberant wheat bar
vest, and were probably rejoicing that it
was saved from an approaching shower,
the barn was struck with lightning, it was
consumed with all its contents, and mel
ancholy to relate, his third son, Thomas,
a promising youth about ten years of age,
three of his servants, a negro man, wo
man, and boy, were killed by the electric
fluid the man and bov were consumed
Horrid Murder. A most horrid mur
der was perpetrated in this place on
Thursday night Inst by a negro man, the
properly of Mr. Kichard Chilton, of this
vicinity, on the person of Mr. Edward
Jones, one of our most respected fellow
citizens. The facts are briefly these:
Mr. J. as was his habit on retiring to bed,
went into his yard, for the purpose of see
ing that every thing was safe and secure,
when he encountered a negro fellow
armed with an axe. We understand that
the negro told him that he absconded
from his master, and that he was resolv
ed not to be taken alive. A rencountre
commenced between them, of the precise
particulars of which we are not informed,
but which resulted in the death of Mr.
Jones, his head being nearly severed in
twain by a blow from the axe on the pos
terior region, immediately below the
crown, besides other wounds on various
parts of the body. The negro almost
immediately and voluntarily surrendered
himself into the hands of justice, and is
now in jail, awaiting his trial.
Lynchburg Vir'n. Aug. 18.
The Rail Road. The provisions of
the law authorising a subscription by the
Stale, of two-fifths of the stock of the
Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail Road
Company, having been fully complied
with on the part of the company, the Pres
ident has applied for and obtained an or
der for the payment of the same. It is
scarcely necessary to add, that this will
ough, we feel called on to give a state
ment of the actual extent to which thev
were prosecuted. On Saturday, Sunday,
and Monday evenings last, the first out
breakings of a riotous disposition were
exhibited, and the windows, ot Uie houses
of several of the colored people were bro
ken partly through the prevalent spirit of
jealousy and animosity which pervades
the country respecting that class of the
population. On 1 uesday night, howev-
r, the disorder broke out more violently;
the passions of the persons who took part
in the mob, and who generally consisted
of minors with some older not more re
flecting heads among them, having been
hred by a disturbance in the early part of
the evening, represented by some as an
attack by the blacks on a white man go
ing to watch a lot on the outskirts of the
town, and by others as defence of their
property when assailed by violence. A
band of persons consisting in ail of not
more than fifty, then collected, and mar
ched to that part ofthe borough generally
occupied by the colored population, at
tacked and injured a number of the hous
es with stones, disturbed the quiet ofthe
place by shouting, and fired off" guns oc
casionally, though without any serious re
sult. After thus keeping the citizens in
consternation, and preventing them fro til
retiring to rest before one o'clock iu the
morning, they at length dispersed. On
Wednesday evening aiown meeting was
held, and measures taken by organizing
a special police to put ah end to all viola
tions of order and quiet from every quar
ter. This body of men have since their
appointment patroled the streets, and wo
are happy to say that this borough is a
gain restored to its usual peace and tran
quility without any other violent occur
rences. Columbia, (Pa.) Spy.
with the building.
Suicide! The following is an extract
of a letter from a gentleman in Franklin
county to a friend iu this place, dated
29ih of July, 1834:
"A party of gentlemen went out deer
driving on yesterday, amongst whom was
Mr. John Wade, one of our worthiest
citizens. After they had taken their
stands, Mr. W. tied a siring to his foot
and then to the trigger of his gun, and
placing the muzzle to his forehead, blew
off the whole ofthe upper part of his head.
In this situation he was found by his wife,
who, knowing that he had fired before the
hounds had started, dashed off to the
stand, (which was near his house,) to see
what was the matter and what must
have been the horror and the anguish of
that best of women when she saw her hus
band, you can readily imagine. Mr.
Wade had been in a state of partial de
rangement for some time."
Danville Va. Observer,
OlAs exaggerated accounts have gone
abroad respecting the disturbances of the
peace which have occurred in our bor-
An Incident. The following particu
lars have been related to us. On Satur
day night last, about eleven o'clock, a
watchman was decoyed by the cry of
murder, into the residence of a colored
family in Apple street, in the northern
part of the Liberties. As soon as he en
tered the house, he was knocked down
and attacked in the most furious manner
by the inmates. The alarm was imme
diately given, and several persons who
happened to be in the neighborhood has
tened to his assistance. The blacks ef
fected their escape, and have not yet
been arrested. The watchman was se
verely injured. On Sunday evening a
large crowd assembled in the neighbor
hood of the dwelling, but owing to the
exertions of the police, no attempt at riot
made. We presume the cause of tho
outrage on the part of the blacks, was a
spirit of revenge for the wrong inflicted
on their brethren during the recent dis
graceful riots. We are not surprised at
such a feeling, but we again solemnly
urge upon the colored people of Philadel
phia to remain quiet, especially while the
excitement continues. Any other course
will greatly disadvantage them. The
present feeling on the part of the public
is one of deep commiseration and sym
pathy for the unoffending sufferers, and if
this feeling is not cheeked or changed by
imprudent conduct like that referred to
above, ample compensation will be made
to those whose houses were broken into
and property destroyed during the recent
disgraceful riots. ...Philadelphia Inqui'r.
Nose Pulling, a Dollar a Pull In
Boston, the city of steady habits, not long
since, Mr. L. Crane, took the liberty of
pulling the nose of a Mr. Callcnder, a
schoolmaster. Mr. Callender straight
way prosecuted Mr. Crane, and the court
directed the nose fuller to pay the nosc
pullee the sum of one dollar. Thus a de
cision has been given that a pull at a
man's nose is worth just one dollar.
GT'Thc Ohio Tobacco crop of the pre
sent year will be upwards of 10,000 hhds.