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TEEM STA-E wc? North-Carolina State Gazette. IL1LEI&II, (N. C.) VRH) AY, AFML 1 6, 1819. Vol. I No 16. !-- 1L I v 1 pr THOMAX IIKMMItSO.Ytjr. Scecatrri". Tioiuri awvw rr" sriii. as r itct iTiwiilnMUtiiim.il arrases, sv.aoasna a-iuaTi.itn, at rat or- Tl h tii mit, mm iu aaaraia aavsantT r ini.TWiii uss lasiar- T1IUTIMT' INml.lMTWl'T"'"'"" " NO IICE. n-W6:riWU ins rtcritH John C Stolmjn as a Ip.rtner in the Uock '' W.teh inakh,;; M fcc Tbi businew will hereafter be conducted ou.l. r the firm . I Savwre noil Steadwau A7.tui..diH.uublr necessary that kr il,U cl ll former seouU, kc earnestly u ' ' ' 1 ""J 10 make payment as so--. p L.. ;ml nurrover wai.t oT r J eusfc, compels h.ra on '"" uun' " fo- ,,!- - 11 . L . Liui wmiie.av uBinicin- ..... mem. ik "T" . ' ,,1-, . l.il utart to eoerwve hicmuic. . . v. oa id r fleet the ftin.e. JOHN Y SAVAOK that Sli- riMIE subscribers inform their friends and the rubric I . 1 l..,d. T.nctY of wslclu-j and iewrln yr -fa wvl plated work, which tliey nfter for tle M. reason able terms. Also watehmakr i-s tuols, ami maleix.s ai.n few superior clock moternents. Watches ami chvka re- '-VaTd -a- rented, SAVAGli i S I KA DM AN alci6h, March 10, 1M9. -' N. B. Obi oWl or silver received in pur men t. Hl'OlU'SoFrHK PIT. AMAIN ortwtnty one cocks l-e fought at Noith- amptoii Court Hot-, North Carolina, bv the irimats and North Caroliiiiana, for one thousand dollsrs, bi Rinin- 0.1 the second Tuesday in May next and continued uuiil Mil it. ought. 1 tm The vneqiatUed Rjcr-lkinc, TIMOLEON, WILL STAND the ensuing Season t the SnW-.rier's Stable, S miles Korth ol Wairwii.r., :.l the mo.Ute price of 35, if paid at any time within the fccnsrm ; ortln ty 6ve dollars if paid by the 25th of December neit. Fif tern dollars the si.-glelenp. s-il fifty dollars lor insurance, which will he demanded us toon ssthr. Mure proves m foul or the property 11 transferred. One dollar to uV gw.om in every instance Matet fvl at thu iieijliboihood pnw, the money for which must be sent when the Mai-ea are uken a way. The Subaeriberha provided good Ins'tnngc, both ofliih and lew land, and great eai and attention will bo paid to maret, bat will not be liable for any accidents or escapes what soever. TIMOLEON it a beautiful sorrel six year oid, five feet three inches Mid a half high, and possesses as much power andaetiviti as aoy horse ih Union. I'GOIGUKK.. TIMOLEON was gotten by the noted and famous horse, Sir Archy, his dam by the imported horse. Old Salit-am, his Grandam by old Wifdair, I) is Great t.ran.lam ly the full bred horse, IJriver, his Great, Great Great Ganrfdam by the imported hirse, Fallow, out ol"a Vampicr mare. PRKFOHMANCE. I herelt eertify, that I trained and run Uie aWe lines Hoti", Iimal nit now the propertof H. U. Johsnn, in the si.rioj 0 I HI 6, then three yean old. in a sweep Stakes, roil? h--ats at New Market, seventy subscriber 100 en trance, half forfeit : 1st heat 2d heat Timolcon, . . 1 I M. AWxander's Samho, C distanced J. Forreat's Fair Rosamond V 3 J. An eraou's Bothcruot. - 4 Tho rest of the'suiiscribers paid forf it, Timolcon distanc ed the field the 2d heat, rnnmng at his ease, first heat in one minute 51 seconds, the 2d heut,onc niinttte 49 The morning before this race, I run him a match wpaiiist Mi Worsbam'a horse Potomaok, half a mile, fer glUO, which lie won " with grea,t ease. Given under my hand. J AMKS J. HAIUIISON tie was then sold to Mr. V)vn fr two liiottaand five hundred dollara. 1 hereby certify, tliat I trained and rnn the celebrated horse Fimoleoii, for the following mccs. Full I It 10, he won the 1 at heat in the Fort Stake at New Market,, two mile heats, sis subscribers, gliOO each, First hmt. hard in hand, 70'or SO yards ahead, in three Taaimte a and 49 seconds, 2d and 3d heats for the waul of strung. Ii in the ri der, beating Mr. A. B. Diutmnond's Coquette, Mr. Wor sham's Lowly Richmond, Mr. Forrest's Grey Filly, Fair Hosamond ; and received forfeit from Mf. llarviaeii's Colt Lawrence. The next week he walked over the ilelfi. Id course for the proprietor's purse &!5Q, two mile hials And the same fall won the jockey Club purse Sifri at '1 Br borough, two mile heats ; beating Uie famems mure, LmiK Lighttoot nd Mr. HulloeVs hOrse. February, 1817, he won the aweep Stakes over the Charleston course, two mile ' heats, four subscribers, 11 dollars each, ".vinjiing the two first heats in great style, beating Mr. tiugh;Um9 Fitly "Blank, Mr. .Sparrow's Colt and Mr Avery's Colt, from Georgia, four day t afterwards1 lie v on the proprietor's purse, th.-ee mile htkLs, hard in Jtaud,al two heals ; beating Mr Hichardson's hoi-se Lycurgus, ir. binglcton's Filly ll'ar.W, ' Mr. Watson's Black-'tyed Susan, Mr Cooper's Hedtbrd horse and Mr. Taylor's mare. 7th day of May followhic, after travelling from Charleston, getting home the S20ll of March, ke won the Jockey Club at New Market, four mile lieats i beating Mr. Allen's famous and noted mare Umliu , tiard in hand, a two heats, when the conrKe was oonaidered deeper from eseessive wet weather, than it was ever ki own , before or since. This ruee was considered the bei.t four Mile race that was ever run over the course. Time, the first heat minutes and 4 seconds. Sd heat in eight minutes and 4 1-1 seconds. September, 1817 be won tbe Jockey Club purso t Warrenlon three mile heats, with neat ease ; bealiag Mr. Drumraond's horse Harwood and Mr. Woi sharo's horse Optimus At this race Isold him to Mr. Ro bert TJ. Johnson, for gilOO ; and in sen days, I offered him rlttkerate of five thousand dollars as I dkl then believe he was superior to any race horse tliAt ever turned a gravel an 00 any course in the United States. Given stoder my band at Sussex county, Virginia, this 6th of November, 1018. WILLIAM WYNX. I run Timolcon at New Market the week titer I pur chased him, three mile heats, for the proprietor's parse. three hundred dollars which he won with great ease i beat inr vWr.Woreham'a Florixel mare Thanext week he walked over the Belfield course for the Jockey Crab parse of 530 dollars. The wrt veek he walked over the Halifex Coarse or the Joekey Club purse oft hundred dollars, four mile.hea.ta The next week he walked over the Scotland Neck Tur, four mile beatforUi Jocksy Cliib Purse of 40 dollars. InJsnuory 181 8, 1 travelled him toChitrleston, where he was taken very ill with the distemper, and it was with great diffieKhegot home--hewonthe proprietor's purse very easy 1 beating .Mr. Cole "af are, Vanity. The next day af jer this raoe, I started him for the Handy Cap purse, three mile heats , and he ehoa&ed so badly in ruaninr one mile 'and quarter againtt JUr. Richarustm'a mare Transport, that I ordered tbe boy to stop him. The last fail I traiaetl him about t week before the nets commenced at Warran- ton, when he gave way entirely in one of hn fore legs, and vat BOt abb) to get out of the stable for several days. ROBERT R. JOHNSON. Warren Couaty, April' 1819 14 - ; 1 Wanted, . : , -tWO JouttaennM to the Stare or Wama-mtfac bai- Jrnaa,wboeasi (by bigreeommemledaaaoWaBd Indus. meet wnn auacxw wavea ana anaaimwiinwTnHiDi. &&Jx!j -is.tr Noficc. I IHEREBT infjrm tJl wboai liotend to notice, that on the 2i ff this iiw U I shall take the benefit of the in solvent debtor's art. Richard Smith, Hettry rf. Cannon, Rnhert Laum. Wro'dtng k Bell, John Bice of Nash, M.kca Lksutcr, Ueo psey ft ike, Lewis Hcl omin, Wil IUm Ragjn, kenniili Giilis, Thomas and JobnScoM, Jtt S II, s, Ueinmin II. Smith, Coots St Uubrrta I'atience Corman, Ajfrd lane, V iltism Polk, are sou' Crd to atttnj at thn jail dojr of Wake County and ahrw Uuh if any thev lve, wliyl sIkmiU nut avail ni)S-lfol ,'ie bcucfit of said a.-t, and William Drew, Slate's AUr r.ej f-T the Supetis r Court of ike Cou:it, St all coat lli.t came aajatnst me for wluppinp Sarah Allen. .MARTIN Al)H Api-il 8 m.8 15-lt '-7IIX STAUtl.is season, at my stable, at Macfyvluk, I f in ll ritanly ut lirauwllv, Noith-Cxrolina, 5 ini.ut Noith uf lliainsb'riih, ami 14 miles 3out!i of M(ci.U (i. Iirg Court-Mouse, anc uill Ue let to mares at ihe nxklera e price ol iMi-r.ty lOlt-irs the sr:tson. if p ud VefotT it spires, 'i twentj h-"tiilUrs, psybie tl.e iJth of IKceui'.iet: ... xt, .1!, one df.lUr I ) il.c giXKlm in every ins am-e, py.!,il- h. n '.he mares are put. y iSMSlurt s ai e larve ami e.l iucloseil, uml I id:4 .s evi I). VI if re.piiml, and every attention puid iln p.. I but na lialnlit lir rscirs or urculciilk. I hi- season to emu- ut nc- the 1st M it-rh air! r.nl the 1st o! tiim. Sljulil 1 t, (fentlc- an pivler to p t by the Ifkp or insurance lie can do a 1 by wriiing U that eil'eoi, 0.1 proportiunahle ternis with the s. a- -III HAL is 10 years old ih.s pri.ip, the hndso.tcst, mot elegant rnor, best loro td and suliia.li:l Imrie, ever on the American turf-tlla' ii ImiiiK 1 . 1 t , aline durk browu, wil!i bliH-k le;, mmne 1 i..l Uil I'crhaps there never uppcai ed on t:n: tUil j l.oiKt- si' isenei-aliy :idiiuii-il. U.-: U p'-rfui man-e:t-Sf- if they l.a. eer li.-en cq ialled in t!nw exiniii. liie n eui-.U of the different Jt.ckey Cluba, and see if tliey uie But odi reel stali-d. PrUHOitKE. lie- r.j gn' by tlip erlebrnlrd imparled horse Sir Harry t wn 1 v.. ).cl by ir 1', ur 1 . ol. ) In, r1Km by the impor ed dorse .lotl.-um vl - F.elipv) it xr.1n.l41n t) the iinpm ied iuie u-uley, t b Jnr.erack) his pit-:,; r.indiiiu by o'l AHstoll ', u),u ...e. I. the i.np.nleii n.ise nisioile. Pfc.'tFJ!tMANCK-- i.elali h- .s w :,.s old, he run a mate, 1 race which he no: Rois t?5 Parstcj, nAVf.s- ir 9itJQ pods Bar LrU AavperwaatUt will fupssnsn tbe w stole, smi havw it a ei,ht dolUrs er thaa we have hitherto had m this , u and wi.h good mausg' rueot, w . ei hicn to obtain uch sun-I n ef r. a uvia 9 cotiarasar ay ouanuy not less Au iia-bi is i-iti WA,.1,I rn.r k'. " 1 1 rati per pd Tkey hve j. ..md iu krn UoC wouia Trcr even his pio' I itids a VI I K IMD.SN tft sttsi bralil Vt ladaw Llaas I sy 10. fif Nnes riui, I bag A hnowds ai viave on lund a vartr It uf (itoorii. Dry Godt, llardwartr. Cutlery, Nun, Hues, k hkb they w ill sell eneap lor ca, as iikat arutlr is very niucii wanted. 'I knse itiddunl to Rosa ssd Parsley, are rrtjuctud to snake speed paj'neut. April I, IIIV. ti ff A. . haw prouuctivc and valuable, T.iis b J U .. ! ui (.unuuBi-iQ u evident tn i nw wiihin ouf reach jirg 1 .! trtasu.n which, if well husbarulrtl, w uu p--vr - f thr utmost value jn lxtowiojj abunja r it, ;i, n teril. a:dvt rv cxt-nsivr portion t fo,r tta.": thrrrdy increasing our politics! imp..rurrc with tlvs increase of our sources adding- e- r j; ritly to tiie sum f human hup )iius. Mi . .N. Ilctbcmont, wh se cart- atui .tuention t 1I1 i subject have fr,-:n coram- rn-.irate wi h Ins z al lor tht int. rest and success . f tii- eo-ci-ty,ha9 lakcopjins to select from a. m gst ih- . na i.e grasses about funv se cirornstif :1 rent species, snd has oll cted a cun .iJ -r- qnotity oi Heeds from ah. ut se ven si-ci ? I'iiese h IT'-rs to the soct 'y ijr distribution -and experiment; but, at the satne lime, wc wisli it t be u.ulersiood that w cons d r many o.her sprcies, firm which no ' tt,U !i:tvc-bi-e ncolh-cted, as perhaps n.uih b tie. than srae of th wh.ch are collect- d, itrid st ri rcD.mnirid f Ii tlsiir.nii-lt in- vvstii;:tti n and trial of these grasses to those with Ai,, i,uk-ls Fn.ne..c, j m.le lieats, I V" )'-" accom j.1 -hed any very 1 vt:-) -tusy, i,i ' ic. si s spi ii.g he as4ye-irs pu.'poacs tor the society, vet the) 1 Clip :'t F-iU-fteld, i mile liea., beaiiiii; Mr. ! Ii.. inf.-rr.'fl fr,.m ili. in IK. inn- 0I1I, he won Clip ft F.iU-lield, !i mile liemi, bi-atiug rinwnes -iTiejii, .sir. - iWt IU: Dioim-il, .Mr FArt Si v,'n, und tyj'illiei-, c.thriut liein ws lour iiiil titers. enter would enter :.g dust him. Same I..II, lie went to Fairfield, k be inferred, fn.m tlif I Ol! S I , t. l-'all he 1 ll1 followintr . 1 .1 . ... V 11.U C not oecn aitosrcicr mie ti ust it ma) 1 enort ri' r ih.t nut i si v,n, :,mi tttniiii-i-a, .tlinut bcuij; put up. 1 all he " ii'uuccn atiogruicr lute, n r 'mil Hour e,s, he a'iAhe jockey club purse ut arrenliMi, A ' t-Qti Vi to the duties of the ir aiiUOt a : nte'll t , but e heats, bcaiii.g AS llhvis's Little Kiliv, and levenil o- I l . 1 , . .'' rs, with Kreul east. Same Fall l-e enilo lr.l hock, j VC made S,":h ntroduf tlOll 33 may SCrVe errd for t le I'riiprietor's Purse, a i..'.f. iiets, and nutliiii); j a? an earnest of the future Utility o( this SO sturteilf.it- the jockey club pmsc, 4 mile I. eats, g-.i;i t Air. Wyim's Ctip-liefcier, and fnur i-tiiei s, which tt.cc he Inst, af. 5., una iciinj, ti.e trod ie 1 the 27th of Ju'jc, an ititercs ine addrt ss by amp 111 an injured lr;, and was I 1 1 , the sull.. Spring ho wa!,!co'0nei fayor as president rt an ag icu.tu- ral society 10 Virg'nra, tvas f'btained and ex ter winning the first lient in 7 S lei-t lie wMstuken with the cram W'th ureal ditHciillv irjt 10 iie yei.i-8 old, he !.s not tiHined, by way of recoie-rv to his injured leg Full he was five, he wiai the jockey c!u'l purse at ai-renton, 'Z miie heats, wilhuu being ever up, heating Mr. Driimtunnii'n Fmrizrl, and some olherr. Same li.ll, he wo 1 the vickey club purse, mile he its.iit Bio.ul Kock, beat ing und breaking ilnwn, t one heat, Mr. Wymi's Cup-llcaijr, in 7 4(i. H.-ime,li.l, he won the Proprietor's purse at ilel iiehf very easy, hcatmi; Mr. Ill iiinruoud's horse by Potom ic, Mr. VVj mi's iu:ire by Uedfonl, Mr. Coe's mare by Sir Harry, and three others. Spring ho w:s six years old, he won the la dl.ja' pursa at Kuirneld, mile he;tts, beat tnrec in five, beating very ensv, Mr. Mlngu's Wait-in the-Water, Mr. Watson's Saiioho, Mr Hoiiraoj sorrel mare, and tlirce others. Same spring lie won the prnprii tor's purse at New .Market, three mile heal, very easy n five fifty -two, beatingMr. Worsham's iiare by Jaofc AndrJas, Mr. Alinge's illack Kycd Susan by ir Archy, and several others. Fall he was six years old, he won the Pit)pi ietor's pui-s- at W arrenton, two mile heats, beating Mr Forrester s mare bj Sir Archy, and Mr Ti-ipp's horse by Sir Harry. Sa-ne fall he won the jockey club purse it New Market, four mile heats, miming both heats uuder -ij;la minutes, and the second heat in seven minutes fifty-six second i, a qttibktr than any hem ever run over Unit course, beating Mr. WorshaiVs mare by Jack Andrews, Mr .Jones's grey mure by Floriael, Mr. Fom-ster's Direotor by Sir Ar chy, Mr. .Vinge'a lirnwn mare by Sir Archy) and several o-tiici-s. Same tall he won the Jocicy club purse ut IielQeld, three mile heats, without being put up, beating Mr. W'ynn's young favorite and Mr I'ripp'a hor&r. Spring he was seven years old, he made a season nt Mr. '.Vin VV Vim's in Uie coun ty of Sussex, win re he as put to fifty mitres. Fall follow ing he was Ii aided and carried 10 Maryland, where he run two races, pne at Marlborough, four mile heats, seven start ing, whieh race he won very easy, running both heats uirtier eight minutes. The nest week he run :t Washington city, healing very easy, three mile heats, Dnator lirown's hon'a, G. S. Rid-ly' Penelope, Mr. Hughe's Diana, ami Governor KUgelcy's ( dekahee, first beat live fifty-nine, second heat five forty three. WILLIAM HUNT. March 1st, 1819. 1 UUitSU VN 1' lon onler of Chatham Countjr Court, issu- ed Feoruary Session 1913, v if i be let to the lowest bidder on the a4tli day id April next, at or near Nathan Stedtnan's, the building and keeping in good and constant repair, for and during the term of seven years a Bridge aoross Wo. ky Kiver, the undertiker to give bond with sufficient security" for the neriormaueu 01 uie same. TilOMAS FARlStI, KDWVKD HIVKS, i- Com'rs. THOMAS CLE.GG, 3 Aprill. 1819. 15-3t i Ilffjort of the Curatms of t'tf ;: ((ir.....i j lricidtural Soriftt. ai tUeir utihtcrryiry I arreting, hf'd in Columbia, on 'iw Ht.'i of J)t. j cembfr, 1813 fur thr pine ltng year. j The Curators of the South Caro'.it a . :;ti ' tu tttrsd Sortcf , in conl'orniitv wfth ihe j twelfth nr;?tlj o! the Corsti uti n, lu g have j to lay he!' re the Society the following ic I port of thtir iror t.cd:r:,-s. as an arol ,gv 1m i.e;t ;iai:ig a .-entc--!)ody ol important tratter to lay hel t ilie sorieiy at ill s mielii.g. :!ir; Cuir.tris hope it will l)e rentenibeiVfi, licit it hasii!y been 2 bout six moii:!is since this society wjs fust o-g:Diz?d. J hry havr hail the difficu.tit-s. usually :.neidtnt to so new ar. unclcrlaki;.g,to whose vicinity to the pine wood may alford encounter. I In-ir means and ( pporuinitirs , an opportunity ol douirr so, have I C;n limited ,- and thv most proper oh- ' seeds which ha-.e bee t eo'lected and jects of ihcir ftrt attention, as cliinaiHltil bv j "htch are oiret. l f-.r trial, re frcon the jc-l-the wants and circjtiis'.aiiccs of the coinvry . I ':,wing Spe ct.-s : II lrm Lanatus, Rmmus have btn to select. II, however, they havi; ! Srcaiinua, Cinua A;-undin.r:a, r Acmstis - 1 . . .... .v. extensivf I virj.r.a, t'asp ilum , U.yiola Uracihs. Pa- !ii..i:n CrtH (.ia'li, P-isiialum. probably a new soe-cits ; lJatiicutn Dtbile and Panicum An- I'Cp-. Ihe Digitaria Dactylon, or neruda grass, has been known to flourish it; a luxu riant m l iner, fur sevt-ra' years past, in Oiv e of t li ) :trtU of C.)!umlji;t, aod one of the rciembrrs t,f this board saw it, about two yt: s ago, thriving remarkably well, on a clay soil, i;i th; yard of Captain Cunningham, L'urciss district, in ti.is s at'. From the spVc mens of its growth, which we have seen, and fr m he eagerness with which horses, cattle .tnc h(.v j eat it, we have every rc.is.nn to heheve it r-;-pblc of forming the mut f ictilenr h'.-h larnl pasturage. It is perennial, sjt.ws .v .: out any cultivation after sowing, surviv u-.) flourishes for many year-,, and does u t the ground to bi taken from it by th- - . i, But most especially, the curi or co:-'"vt that if it should be found to fliu ish o .at. poor pine lands of this state, it nigni rtr'. vf invdluable for the purpose of he:-.j .n-ir. , arid for propagating that rqot usit'ul ;'n -v.,, more extensively in this country. If otr these views of the subject, an attempt "ha? ben nnade by one of this, board to cuuiya(e this grass n the dry sandy land of th- rjpt woods. The excessive drought indh. n rf the season has prevented its lull ue. hut we have seen enough to satify us tht its cul tivation on such lauds is practicable and wor thy of more extensive trials. The axtvntion of the curator was attracted towards the Heligoland beari iad Tahv ra wheat, by a notice in the Gazette, that R. hert ciety to themsc Kes and to our country. At a mtetinrr ol the board ' f o.a trr-i s. on Lynch & CathCr, OFPEWBSBURG VIRGWU. A R8 just receiving direct from the British Manufactories ihefolUw W GOOU9- 93 Trunks Calicoes, Chintzes trtdpruted Cambriqs, . 15 do Cambrics and Muslins plain and figured. 10 do Ginghams, 5 Bales, BombaeU tc Bom bazines, , 1 Trunk Lace Veifsj i do Shawls and Uandker . ahiefs, 4 do. Stockings, x do I apes and BoDoins, 3 do Threads, G Casts Fatent Nankeens, do Cottoo Casaimere, 4 do Testings, do Velvets and corus, do TwiH'd Deilliog, 2 do Susntnders, V do Irish L(iaeo, 9 Bales Cotton Shirting, 9 Cases Brown Linen, t do Brown Holland, 3 do Bed Ticking, 4 do' Cheeks, 6 Bales Oznaburgs, 10 do Cotton Bagging, 85 Casks Hoes, SOD Dozen Scythe Blades, SO Casks Nails, 1 do Gun and Rifle Locks, 3 do Coffee Mifls, 9 do Waffle Irons, 1 do Smith's Vices, 12 Anvils, 90 Doaen Shades and Sho vels, I Cases X Cut, Pit, It tland- Saws 1 Cask Reap Uooks, 3 do Drawmg and Cutting ivniTcs, CO Cases Guns 30 Crater Liverpool Ware. Thaae GoMa will Ve sold I Tmnetual eostamert at the ens- fomary advance and aakh purchasers will ha allowtd a libe ral disewunt. Petersburg, Ta. April Hlf. 15.W ALL thpa ubted to the f ubaribr, are requaated to come forward and maka immediate payment, ai do lonirer indulgence will be given. J. H. LANB. ' BLANKS ' , ; . " ' FOR S ALE ;AT THIS OFflCE. amioed. This en.itrhtened. nraciical rpricul turut observes, that, after fifteen r r twenty yeais' ci jf rience, ho has ascertained the im portance of cultivating certain grasses hither to not much known or attended to in this country. After many repeated comparative experiments with sundry grasses, on an ex tensive-scale, he recommends in the highest terms to the Virginia planters and farmers, the cultivation of the meadow-oat or Peru vian, and the red top or herds grasses. He represents these two grasScs as being in ma ny respects preferable even to the clover, or to any other grass with which he has ytt be come acquainted. The board cf managers, forcibly impressed with the lamentable defi ciency of good grasses in our country, and wan trie vast importance ot promoting antl encouragij.g the culture of such as might be round wt 11 adapted to cur climate and soil; and deeming it n t improbable that some of the grasses, found to succeed well in the soil and climate of Virginia, might also flourish in Carolina passed an order that a feck of the seeds of each ; f these grasses should be forthwith "procuied fr he ute- of the society. I he curators accordingly requested colonel Ha.rtpton, whoe correspondence with certain gentlemen in Virginia ati'oNlfcd him a facility in effecting .he object, to eudeavor to obtaio these seeds for thtm ; and they are happy to be able to state, on the information of colonel Hampton, that the seed of the herds-grass has already arrived and the seed of the mea dow-oat is soon expected. These seeds may be considered then as ready, and subject to the distribution and order of, the society : and it also affords the curators satisfaction to be able further to state, that the efforts of the so ciety, with regard to the cultivation of these grasses, are likely to derive material addition al confirmation, as to the results of the cul ture of them by general Hampton; who has procured a large quantity of the seeds, and is about to try the experiment on a very large scale. The curators have made sprie botanical re searches, and have found along the margins' of the water courses, and in the swampy grounds 01 our own pine lands, a great abun dance of grasses of different species, some of which are supposed to be inferior to few, if a- ny, of the imported grassei. They could 10 rv.v. ..-.I ti.i cutlery and saddlery, not Dut De impressed wiin tne opmioD, trom tne luxuriance oi tnese native grasses in an uncultivated state, spontaneously growing on all the swampy grounds of the pine lands, that these grounds are susceptible ' of being converted into excellent meadows 'These tow grounds, which are at present totally neg- lected, migjht pri bably be made m this way vt. yaluaWe as any land which is not of the very .first quality, and afford the intelligent farmer the means of , rearing a considerable stock, of cattle, which would lender, batcher's meat more plentiful and of . jt better . quality B trtlay, of London, had presented the Agri cultural b .cicty of rhi'adelphia w.th a sjjiaft sample of each of these seeds, with expecy tiors that th;y might prpve advantageous this codsfitry. It is" said, that the merit of these beans consists in theif extraordinary prolific quality, their perfect fuloess of form and thinness of skin ; and in their Tifemng much sooner than the common sorts. It is stated thev will succeed on soils not stiff ie n-.lirrll I . v (K. rAmihAn Iu.m. ' i ' v - vuiuiiiuu wsus, hqq navt pro- . duced, generally, without extra manurc.fronv sixty-four to eighty-four bushels per acre.r The principal advantages of the Tuivera Wheat ai said to consist in its probau'r. emption from the ravages of the destructive hessiao fly, in consequence of the .peculiar texture of its straw, its being less Lalsjc tw be beaten down by the winds and rains, and fryrc its being supposed to be more productive thsu any sther kind of wheat in Engla&d. Thtse represematioris of the merits of ik. . ?r. sr tides of culture induced the curator t: rx.r cise the discretion giveti them, in ei)'invtrr ing to procure a few bushels of each, t f . t'o W for the use of the society, and acco rd -..ogly" they requested Mr; Kiik,N whose cerre.s nni dence with that country, is cak;aUt d to sure success, to procure and im port for -us ., a few bushels of each. And we ate bapv:,to " be able to state from Mr. Kirk, that.thxy Wye been ordered with such precautions as willae- v cure their coming. As th,e Talivera wheatpi a spring wheat, we have , reason hope tj;ey may. arrive, in due time for planting the, en suisf season. Ilie society thtiefore, will make such order for their distribution as it may see proper i''V--. 'it To exdhttmte Mr Herbemont from . ti :bwgkiof ' cgwusm, ie w dui just 10 rcaaara, utl M WU mt Uie B7W i '- -&t--ii,'Vi't-:-r . v iv. 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The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 16, 1819, edition 1
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