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tcX Hampton, who has ttteuD ienptttf d Tien Italy tome wf the tl 'f 'be Lu,t tla, Ka poTttrly prcscatrd the society ith a pick Xifil. Tlui grass ha Wn cxti'-ed hi tigh terms at a grata fur ft-rtilixWig latda, and ocr taioly deserves a trkl in ear country. These -ceds are ready for distribution according 10 erdtr. ' The curators have procured eboit half a fasfccl of lentils for the c'tttyi which mrt rely for dhtrihmio). Tne lentils is a pc icS of vetch, which has bat hitherto bcea iouch "cultivated in this country. TheHoo. Williim J jhnson has presented the adety with a small ouantby cf Oneida Vhrassid to be iouicenous abiut nme of cur western lakes. Whu are i s peculiar merits he curators are n.t informed, but as it is a new wheat it will be gratifying to try it, and peihaps it rmy be l-utid to possess ome important, adv-intacs. It is read f.r distribution. As the curators conceive that th? tim? is cot far divan', when timber and live fences must become cbjeos of primary considera tion with planers and farmers in many p ins i mrrs are am flicicntly lng to bring it to of ibis state, ih.-y have dircrttd th.-ir nun. tion, in a smalldrgree, toward-, laying afoun datioo for ascertaining tome speciis of t'.mbi-r i vc know, hive been tnado in Carolina we grouadVa UjWf fea&ired.tod , tl Uatta wtrt occasiottacf waurcc o urvw.-, the nch alluvial taads, near water cxmms, would be found more coegnxal to this grass, and produce it ia aattch swora luxaruoce The curators art so deeply impressed with a prospect of auctess in the culurauoa of this grass, la this country, that they cat. not dis miss the subject without adding a few' mere observation, with a view ot attracting attcn- j lioo tc wards ft, as, in their estimation, it ia peca!iarly adapted totur soil aad dim at. Itj is a trite, and we apprehend, a correct pin-j ke, thai the greatest obstacle to the growth of the grasses ia our cKmate, is the long and . iotense beau of our southern sua. Ihcguio-J ca-grass is a native of a hot climate, and best; is so congenial to its nature, that according j to the hut rt of this plant as far as we have i beco ne acquainted wuli it, th most luxuriant and abundant growth of it has always been found in ihe warmest climate. The mot reasonable apprehension of failure then, in cur climate- i. from the cppesiic caue ; there I 1:1 oi'iiic ira.iuu w t taai v u i iuhi .kka,it will tali car. f iUelf." Taia M tat ly acea.t 4 the tlt el the Geiaea-grss ia cYrtdiaa wkheca fad, aad this, yea ercrife, is of a tittering character, aad wed calculated U tsCaars; ta farther itUmpU. Tk. Bit bm! iateettin elpwitaca af whica we kite aa accaaot, ia by DocUr S. Brows, af Naicaei. lVctoc Brawa aayathstuiis aaasa rrr. Mr. OetUar, at PerctBeU, sear Frt Adams, plaated abaat Ike etgklk of an acre ot very ferula land, with plants abtained of Mr. Manswn. ia the first sod seomd week in Mar. They grew withvat say trvuble except that wf cutilng down the Brat growin til weeis. un LheCOih of Jane, be bfgsn ta cot it lor the use till grass, ike intelfijtat hrmtr will saoa pir ceia taa adraatasa f caltivating it,iastead of tratting to tSa acaatyaapply af alatfes which bt abuias Iraat sus cora-helJi with sacn a waU o(lirsal kasaaa Uboar. A Pcaasyl. raaUfaraser, ka knaa the adtaataga of a riasethy ir clover ssesdaw, contiders it a fully to spend tine ia ce'dectiog cora klsdr s. If Oainea-grss saccaeds as wed' with others sr-d in every sesoo st it kas drae this seasoa with me, anil as it has dona in the Wet ladies far more than hlf a centvry, tha panters f tio sautli wdl bate aw reston t envy their north ern neiliHours their luxuriant alsver pastaret, nr thtlr ouinema rick of timothy hay. aea daws arc eenerailv the wt fertile al every of the p4oori hores and male, and continaed Harm where ihev exist, and their value is aug mented bv their cooiizvity t the farm hoeses. If Gainea-grai isubtituted fur clover, timothy and lucerne, st leat seven eighth of all tha ruuuds appropriated to these crops will be given t' the cultivator for the purpose vf raising soh sivtence for tlie human specie." Thee Xe riments and reservation of Dctr Drown, tf geiher it!i st.e Mtnple v uurselve have had o l its rowili in Colombia, have inspired the cti r4ti r wi:.i angoine expectslions that the Gjiasa "rj3 tany prove an invaluable acquiti. r,'rlt nt frfrv tK Kt-lfarx- f li t w nraia I li jwever, and ( nm the t xperimcuts which. Which miffht be worth cul.iva inr. and the most elig'ble th.ubs for live fcnciug. Frnm ft sm.d! experiment which has been actually roaJe,they hive ascrtaioed that the commcn locust (l-'obinia Pseudo Acacia) will thrive exceedingly well on our poorest sand hilts.al re sanguii.e in drawing the inference, tha' this apprehension is nut well founded. Itj may be true, ih;.t the r ci8 liny not be able to ! sustain the sevcti.y ol'our w'mters, and there-j fre mav not be perennial. It m-y likevise trur, ih it i ur summers are loo bhort to en-: though it is never f.ucd in this state, except i ib!e it li mature its etk for futuie propa- bn river lands or the rich-M soils. W hrti wt cons der th great value of this trce,th beau, ty of its foliagt, the quickness of its growth, aad ihe grea; duTabdisy rf its timber, ap praochi. g nearer to in '.esti uct bility thari pc. hi'p any other known s ji d ; we cannot, coi a't-.ntly with our sns? of duty, lurbcai" r -tomaiending the cultiva i. n of it on our d- aar.dy iaudb, particuli. ly in t!ie vicini y l our towns where u o d for fuel posts for fen ces, and timb-.r fur mechanical purposes, art Already an object of very considerable inter est and must constantly become im rc and taorc o. As an in'.rductlon to ih; enquiry for th most eligible shrUbs for live fencing the cu rators have caused to be 'collected seme .ftht the native haws of this conntiy. with which gentlemen rn;iy cngige in some 9mj!l rape-r -ment?, which may tend to hed light ou this aubjert, and enable them to ascertain thei SiiiiablentSi r unsuitabltne'S for this pu -poae. These haws are ready for distribu tion accord rg to otder. But the shrub which has excited the most lively interest in the" ihii?d f rhe board, it the mespilua pyracas tha, which is also a spe cies of thorn. From the disci iption give:, of Uds shrilb by Mr. Mane, of Columbia fjisifictt in the Memoirs of the PhilaUeii h;a Society for prolhotir g Agr:cultur:, &ir. a e. - u .. ... I... r.. wen as 1 1 tun m vciu.i, u uium cu us uv vii ml Maxcy, Eq. an culighf:j"-d gengleman nf Maryland, deeplv devcudto agricultural im provemtns whohas ac ua'.ly trudit in fe-uc-ng-t, i his own phu.taii!) ; we cannot but rc comme&d the culture of it in this state in the atrencest terms. Mr. Muxcyiias pclitvly favored two of the mMnbtis of this b arti, Mr. Herbemont and Doctor Dav is, w'uh cmisiderable auantitv ot the berries rf this thorn, which they off r to divide with the sr, iety, for the purpose of mote vaiif dtxperi meats in the hands of several, than couid be .be made in their own ha.ls alone. We have learned that these seed have been shipped to Charleston some time ago wheie, it is pr ba blc, they have arrived ut fr m the 1 wness cf the ri cr and the d fficulty of obtaii.i. g freightage they have not yet come to hand, but we hope they may arrive in time for sub jecting them to the proper process of vgta- " -' f J : Maneand his piospects of success with it are ao flattering, that we must be g the indul gence of the society, while we read ta them hit communication eathc subject $ We wid cloae pur remaiks oo the pyracati- - tha. by observiug that Mr. Herbemont has ... . - . . ..L! . . J . ' lew plants ot it growing in nis garoco in Co lumbia, which, as far aa can be inferred from thi present perid of vhfir growth, promise to succeed very well. A vety small attempt has also been made by the same gentleman, at the cultivation of the Gairea-crass f fanicum AUisaimum.l A very amah quantity of the seed j were procur ed at a late period cf the spring, and cn'.y tT' seeds came up. Ihe season was pecu liarly dry and uutavorabie, so that the expe riuient was not as satisfactory as it otherwise n trht have been. One of the plants was di vided int . twenty-eight parts and transplant ed. They took, ard grew well, and were cut five times with only an interval of two weeks between each cutting. Some of the crass thus cut was made ituo bay, and proved to be' 1 most excellent ,foddr. The other plant,' which had not been divided, grew to even and tight feet high, and was cut only once at the close of thcaeasou, and tna grass of that cutting,- weighed, greeny thirty-six ftmods. It cured nto an excellent sweet scented aou haw- l ntse plants were cuiuvat V ti th rae' high sandy land of Columbia in. . tne enesi season ever xuwu. u uw mc ! - J a k a n.nM m Im, Iam- JU- mIui. tkMu .Mill tlilrlt. 'i "ly iccporta&t, wc refer cue reader, to Vol. JU. p. 42, Apiencux,oftbe Trausacuoas of tha f biladfeljAU Ag ' tiwUtntat Soci. . 'v :CSn5V.' . gitioii. IMeVrrdieless, it u already proved that it is capable (if attaining a most luxuri ant g'owth, sufficiently so lor allbrrlirg the m st abundant harvests of hay, and from this consideration, it will still be an object cf qreat importance to introduTe it into our coun try. The seed may, probably, be imported from the West Indie on easy terms. And if it should reahze the expectations rated lv the specimens we have seen, it wiil yield so abundant and rich a crp of provcudt-r as ' to an. ply justify the expense uud labour of an ah rual seeding. Whilst we are on 'his subject, we would beg leave to introduce a few extracts of the history of this grass. We are aware that these rensarks, concerning it, are well known to many members of this societj-, but there may be others who have not y et had an op portunity of perusing them, to whom they may perhaps be acceptable. In Hryan ICdWarda's history of Jamaica, he a-a that a Guiaea-grass inayUe considered as next t the mij;ar cane in point of importance, an most of the grazing farms, thi l.iglioQt the island, were originally created, ami aie still "'imported chiefly by means of this herbage. lle. ee, (he. plenty l h irned cAttle, both fur the jutchor aad planter, is such, that few markets i't Europe can furnish Ireef ata cheaper rate or fa hi'tlcr quality than Jamaica. Perhaps the j set'.lements of most of the north side parishes are wholly owing to the introduction of this oxclleiit" piuss, which happened about fifty .ears ago, the seeds having tieeii brought Itoin tlie cuusti of Uuinea as I". otl fr some bird which were presented to Mi- Eilix, chief justice ol the island Fortunately thu Lirds did i t Jive to con sume t-K' whole stuck, and the i en aiiuler hi'ing carles ly thrown into a IVnce, gtew and nour ished, and it was not long before the eagerness, dip!aved by thli cutllf, to reach the grass at ' tracted Mr. KHw' nO"ice, and induced him to co'lf.ct and propogile the seed, winch now thrive in xuie of the ino:-t rocky parts of the is- land, bestowing verdure and leitdity on lands which otherwise would not no worth cultiva- ti 'ii. 1 nis is tae n si accouut we can nou ot this graas and if we liad no other iuduceinents to a ttial of It than its success iu the island of Jmuica, where it appears, accoiding to a fur' thcr account o it in the Memoirs ot lite rlilla delphia society, that this grass is now cultivated ou a most extensive scale, aud that many lields, cuntaininz (ruin Seven hundred to eudit hun dred acres, are under tint cultivation ,rwe pre sume, we should, from this alone, be encouraged to prosecute the cultivation of it Indeed it would appear surprising that this grass should have been so longand so successfully cultiva ted so coiiticiou to Carolina a the., island of Ja n&ica, and that we ulio dd remain sognoraut ot its atiaptionto uuraoiianu cliuiatcsr were it not that agricultural iinpruveneata' are always introduced with difficulty, aud with still more difficulty propagated by the individual efforts ot any people. We find that Mr. H. Laurens did actually introduce the tiuiuea-grass into Carolina several ears ago, and probably, be cairse no sqoh association as this society then existed, as a medium af dissemination, and as incentive to emulation in precutiog to satisfactory results any hint for improvement, the cultivation of this grass has made no great er advances in this country. It is sati'actory, however to find that Mr. Lauraus has given to the public an account of his experiment with it fur one year. In the Domestic Encyclopaedia, we find, under the article Guinea-grass, the following account cf this experiment i " In the last spiing, says Mr. Laurens, 1 procured from Jamaica three half pints of Guiuea-erass seed, which I planted in drills of one . fourth of an acre of very indilterent land. Ihe. seeds f.piung end soon covered the ground with grass four feet high aud upwards. Being desirious of sowius as much seed as possible, I cut only .1 one buoule of grass' lor horses, they ate it all with great avidity, in August I tooK one ot i be grass roots and divided it into twenty-eight prfrtii which Were i or mediately replanted j every part tooK rootanu me wooie are growing now very, finely, and seediug. 1 aaVot opinion, this to supJy them tih asmach as they could est r it during the hole samraer. l)n the S5th September he wrote tne he had cut it four times. From twenty roaU he nhtsiord at the fourth cutting two heodred and Guy pounds of j. rreu ;rat, and iutwo weeks he would cut itsmn, the tilth time. Doctor llrown again ayg.. 1 ilnl not liegin to cut that v bich I had planted in Natchez, until the lGth of July. I then weighed the produce of one eed in the presence nt a nuiiiOer of entlf men at Mr. Kohi'i tiii'. I.of rl. Outs hundred and silt v-tour ita'k. from it n. ' tn to our state, and accordingly, they have seven fcethigli, growing Iroai one root, weired ; recently made an effort for procuring a buauel of together thiity pounds. At Mr. Winn's tavern : ll,e "' Jamaica ; but whether they may ou the lOsh September, a second cuttir.g from j be alle succeed in obtaining it or nut, is un nc seed weighed thii tv-fivepouiid. The num- ertain- 'ri'ey can perceive no impropriety, ber of stalks was one hundred and eightv-lour, however, that the society should make an or. som of which, measured ten feet eleven'iuclsi ,lcr ,or its distribution in the eveut ot its arri in length. Some parts of the lot in Natehex i vioi in due time for planting. The curator very poor soil, and the grass on those places ha seen intimations that attempts were ahout did'not grow higher tUn sit tr seven faet.l to ",a',e 10 cultivate this grass ia Kentucky Hi on a - rod soil in a faorab'.o seasuu ia this!a,lJ eve" ia En?lnd, but they cannot but llat cliuute, 1 am persuaded it is a very moderate1 tcr themselves that the climate of Carolina holds estimate to allow to every square yuid ten outrauch greater encouragemeut fur the suc pouudsata cutting, when we cut onlv tllee:c0',,u, cultivaton ol this southern grass tha a times in a season, this uould ri. ihirtv I ",Ure northern latuujwi, aua n, iu tnose cli- equar yartl, or one hundred ,,,ates, they can he induced by its neh anu lux- we, stroti"- itounds to everv and forty-seven thousand pounds green grass to, 0,'ant growth, to endeavor t cultivate it, the acre"." -Wo mav here remark that Iron, a! 111 Carolina, certainly ought to feel much stro comparison between the product of one seed ini cr incentives, and more sanguine expectations Natchez, by Doctor Brown, and the product of j u wtcess. one seed in Columbia, by Mr. Herbemont, we! 1)'"'ection, for thf culture of this grass may hive good encouragement to further and exten-, ue found in Doctor Martin's edition of Milli sive trials. Doctor Rrown,it is true produced ; nec'8 Gardener's Dicliunary, under the article a much larger quantity than Mr. Herbemont ; Ut,cus Pertusus to which uereter those who but it must be recollected that Doctor BrowuV niJtT he desirious of information on this subject grew on the fertile lands of the Mississippi, and Mi. iinbciflont's on (he poor land of Columbia. Anil if the plant in Columbia was so luxuriant, wiiat may wo not expect from the rich alluvial lands of our water course?. When we recol- London Corn Ejechane, February 22. Although the ports are now shut against fo- lecttiiat the land of Columbia is very elevated reign wheat, and the supply of English sinalL and thirsty, and the soil sandy and poor ; and yet the prices were not so brisk as on Friday. that the last season was the dyest ever known; and yet that the plant cultivated here produced li om one seed thirty-six pouuds at ope cntting; we certainly have solid ground ot encourage J he fnncess ot Wales is making piepara tions fur a trip to the Holy Land. Mr. Lamb is elected a representative in the British Parliament from Westminster Major meiit for attempting it on our richer boils. And Caitwight and Mr. Hobhouse were atsocandi even with regard to our apprehensions, that it may not prove perennial in our climate ; and that it may not have length of summer sufficient to mature it seeds, we would remark, that we perceive some reasons for hoping that on further trials our apprehensions may pro ve to be not well founded j for you may recgllect that Mr. Laurens, speaking of the appearance of his transplanted roots, says, jthe whole are now growing very finely & seeding." And again, he aa; b, irotn lormer cipenenoe l have reason to dates. The noli was a scene ot cammotioit from the address of Hunt, liurdett, & Co. The charge of the body of the King is vested in the Duke of York, who is to have lOyOOO pounds a year allowed to his private purse. Carlile, who kept a book shop in Fleet-street London, wai sent to Newgate on the 1 1th of Fe bruary fur selling Paine'9 age of Reason ; but was afterwards bailed. Madrid is sail to be tranquil, but Spain is HI - leu with hordes ol Uanditti. believe that the Guinea-grass ts perennial." BeJ Pearas guerrillas had beaten the Royalists on sides these reasons for hoping that it may prove j three different points, Cedenohad dislodged the pereniai, anu mature its seeds in our climate,! Spaniards Iroiu lorralva, where they had 400 u aic eiicourneu train me following remarks ! men. ot Uoctar Brown. He says, I find very little London, Feb. 24. uifficulty in collecting the seed. 1 have ulrea-l The funds continue te decline, without any dy obtained a bushel of seed in return for three j reason' being assigned the Bank is narrowing or four spooalulis which I sowed un my lot in jits discounts. Some failures have taken place town. I cut oif about tw o feet of the ton w ith Kleven failures art aaid to have occurred at arass will make the best pasture we can wis! tor. Y From former experience, I have reason to believe the Guinea-grass is pereniai. If. is eati. the panicle as soon as the seed begins to fall and after it is dry comb out the seeds with a coarse comb. 1 hope to collect at least two bush els of seed during the autumn." And he fur-, thei remarks, that Mr. Murtson, another experi mentalist in this culture, informed him that Mr. Laurens was correct and that thu rnnta which he examined in the last springwere perJ iceuy greet., otputuog lortk agreat number of shoots." If, therefore, the seeds come to perfec tion at Natchez, 8t the plant is ;hcre perennial, we nave reason to hope that it may ultimately prove so here. Doctor Brown, ia speaking of the anil best adapted to' the culture of this grass, says,' that ' a rich black mould and a soil somewhat inoUt. I think produces the most luxtiriaat grass, but iJ i 5i j uii'e ciperieutcouinissuDjeci." He is so much encouraged from his expariments, that he goes on to say, he hflpes before many years it will be tried in every climate in the U. nited States, and on every variety of soil. No kind of grass with which I am acquainted, sup ports the heat of the sun so well j and this pro perty, was it evn less productive, would re. commend it to the notice of the agriculturist : for from the first af July until it is killed by the autumnal frosts it will afford constant and a bondant supply of green food ; and consequent ly enable the tarmer, whatever may happen to his other meadows, to lay up a plentiful stock ofhayforthe winter. If the hay is cut before the grass is grown too tall, Jes? than two days' sunshine will dry it completely ' It is uncom monly fragrant, and horses prefer it to the bast corn blades." He further areues in favor of its culture, that an acre of corn will not yield. more man irom live hundred to one thousand pounds of dry' blades. Considerable labour is necessary in gathering them j, they are preser ved with difficulty , as we cannot choose a favoura ble season ; and with us they ire . always to be carried to the stack on the backs of labourers As tbe Guinea-grass, on the contrary, retains its verdure for several months, we can always cut it when the weather is most promising. W e oan cultivate it en most plantations near the place where we wish to teed it or it may be carted out of the enclosure where it grows. If subsequent experience should confirm the prin cipal tacts which 1 hive stated with regard to Manchester. The following communication from the Go vernor at Gibralter, respecting the plague at Al gters and Tunis has been made by the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council to the Commission ers of Customs. " Gibralter, Jan. 48 -SIR I have just received an official letter trom Minorca, ol the 8th ultimo, informing me that a vessel had arrived there from Tunis, af ter a passage of 8 day a bringing accounts that the deaths in that city amounted to above 400 per diem. The master of the vessel reported, that, just before he sailed, he heard that the deaths had increased to above six hundred pet diem.. , " A Dutch, frigate had just arrived at Mahon, from Algiers, bringing despatches up to the 15 th alt. hv which it a impure, tlmtfrpch stinfkfcfif K plague had taken place in that city. The conta gion was supposed to have been re-introduced by persons who accompanied the Bey of Con stantinas, CaliHa, with the quarterly payment for the Algerine Government. (Signed) , .r ... GEORGE DON. P. S. The deaths by the plague, at Tunis according to the official returns, from the first of November, to the first ot Dec. amounted to 12,117. ' - GEORGE DON. " His Excellency Sir II. Wellesley." BOMBAY. On Friday the 6th of Nov. Capt. Adams, and Lieut. DArcy, of his Majesty's 17th Dragoons, having been found euilty by that Jury at Bombay, of seuding a challenge to Mr. Norrts, in his official capacity ai magistrate of Kaira, were brought up to receive sentence, when, after a deliberation of some length, hfe-. Court sentenced them to 11 months imprison ment in Bombay jail. Wager of fffe. The British Parliament have abolished the cruel and absurd law, sanc tioning the termination of disputes by individ ual combat - Whatever' ' mteht have been its uses in uic oaroarous ages when it found ita war into tne ttrttish sUtate books, it wax mx- inififl that it ui.. n.n i:n.-..- O uvn UlSl MW W VITlt(. UVl.
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