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JOSEPH W. HAMPTON, .“The powers granted under the Constitution, being dcitved from the People of the United Statcs,|naj^te resumed by them, whsncver perverted to their injury or oppression.”—Madison.. -Editor and Publisher. VOLUME h\ CHARLOTTE, N. C.; APRIL 20, 1841. f NUMBER 7. T E R 31 S : The “ Mecktcnbiirg JeJ’ersonian ’* is publishod weekly, a Tico Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in advance; or Three Dollars, if not paid before the expiration of three months from the time of subscribing. Any person who will procure .ur subscriers and become responsible for their subscnptions, Fhall have a copy of the papor »jratis ;—>'•.» o{ ten sub- gcribrrs may have the paper one year for Tircnty Dollars in advancc. 'So paper will be discontinued while the subscriber owes any thing, if he is able to pay;—and a lailurc to notily the Editor of a wish 1o discontinue at least one month before the expira tion of the time paid for, will be considered a new engagement. Advertisements will be conspicuously and correctly insert- at 0?:c Dollar per square for the first insertion, and I iccn- tij-five. Cents for cach continuanco—except Court and oth^r jadicirJ advertisements, whirli will be charged ticenty-Jiteper €cnt. higher than the above rates, (owing to the delaj’-, ^fone- i tiHy, attendant upon collections). A liberal discount will be T.iade to those vt ho advi’rtisc by the year. Advt rfisenients sent iji fur publication, must be marked with the number of ins'.r- tionadctircd, or they wll be published untj forbid and charg- td accordingly. 5:;^ Loiters to the Editor, unless containing money in sums of Pir& Dollars, or over, must come free of postage, or the amount paid at the olHce here will be charg. d to the writer, in every instance, and collccicd as other accounts. PROSPECTL^S OF THE Stffcrsfontan rilHE present is the firsit etTort tiiat lias been made X to establish an organ at the birth-place of Ame rican Independence, through which the doctrines of the Democratic Party could be Ireely promulgated and defended—in which the great principles o!' Lib erty and Equality for which the Alexanders, tiio PoLKa, and their heroic compatriots perilled their all on the 20th May, 17 75, could at all times find an iinshrinking advocate. lis success rests chiefly with tiie Republican party of Mecklenburg—and to them, and the Republicans of the surroundinij country the oppeal is now made for support. The Jefiersonian will assume n.s its politi^il creed, those landmarks of the Republican Panv.^’ doc trines set forth in the Kentucky and VirgwiT Reso lutions of 1798—believing, as the under.-ignetl does, that the authors of these papers, who bore a conspicu- out» part in framing our system of Governmeni, were best qualified to hand down to posterity a correct ex position of its true spirit—the best jud/es of v. hat pov.'crs were uelegated by, and what reserved to, the States- It will oppcsf', as dangerous to our free institutions, ^h:' ‘Spirit of vioiwpoly^ whicli has been steahiiily, but Htoadily increasing in the country from the fouiida- tion of cur Government. The most odiou;=? tVature m this system i-^, that it rol»s the .maxy, bnperceptibly, to enrich tlie n:\v;—It clothes a ilw wealthy iudivi- • I’lalg with power not only to control the wages of The laborit'.g man, but al.-=o at tlu'ir y^ka.^ure inilatc ;T depress T'lo commerce an.l Kusir.i^Rs of the whole * = xr-I'.I.ig a spix"it of extravagance, wnic'i li tiTii'.i’\T\ p'..‘cuniary ruin, and too often the mor al dr-^ro.datioi\ of it?: victims. This syf^tem be thorou^hi.ij reformed, betbre we can ho];e to see set- prosp* rity smile alike upon all our ciiizL'us. To aici in producing thi.=! refon/i, will be one ol tiie inaiii object-of the Joli’en-onian. It will w:ir against c.r- L-iU'fiiC prirUcgf s, or partud und^-r wliat- cver guise granted by our Legi.'siatur.s : and, there fore, will oppose the charti-'ring of a L nited States Bank, Internal Improvements by the Federal Gov- ^''.rnment, a revival of the Tariil System, and the new federal scheme of the General Government assum- ingtopayto foreign money changers tico hundred 'tnillions of doUarSy borrowed by a lew States for local purposes. As a question of vital importance to the South, and one which, from various causes, is every dtiy assuming a more momentous and awful aspcct, the JelVcrsonian will not fail to keep its readers regu!"r’y and accurately advi.-:ed cf tlie movemcnt.j ot tni“. Mortln rn Abolitionists. It must be evitient to all 01 State of North Carolina. B>/ His ExcdUncy, JOHN M. MORE HEAD Governor^ Captain-General and Cammandcr-i?i . Chiefs in and over the State aforesaid: WHEREAS, I have been duly informed by the Proclamation of His Excellency, William Henry Harrison, President of the United States, that tiie last Monday oi' May next, (being the 31st day thereof^) has been fixed up(fli by him for tlie meeting of tlie fir.^t Session of the twenty-seventh Congress of tlie United States: nn ev’cht which ren ders it expedient and necessary that the Election ibr the Representatives from this State in the next Con gress should be iiehl at an earlier day than the usu al time of holding said Elections: Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority hi me vested, by an Act of the General Asembly of this State entitled “An Act concerning the mode of choosing Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States,” (Revised Statutes ol N. C., Chapter 72d,) and to the end, that the freemen of this State may be duly represented in the next Congress, at its first session commencing as aforesaid, I do issue this my Proclamation^ hereby commanding and requiring all Sheritl's and otiier Returning Olficers of the several Counties composing each Congressional District, to cause Polls to be opened and kept, a!ui Elections to be held, lor Representatives to tlie next Congress of the United States on Thursday, the tliirt(Tcnth day of May next, at the places established by law in their respective Counties, tor holding said Elec tions. And I do further com nand and require s;jil Sherids, and other Reiuring Otficers, to meet for the purpose of comparing the Polls, at the times and places prescribed by law for that purpose. And I do, by this, iny proclamation, further “require the Freemen of this State, to meet in their respective Counties, at the time ” aforesaid, and ‘‘at the places established by law, then and there to give their votes for Re\.resentaties” in tlie next Congr^'ss. , Done at the City of Ilnleiirh. this the twenty-second day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eiiriit hun lred and forty-one, and o!‘ the In dependence of the United States the sixtv-lifth. J. M. MOREHEAD. By the Governor: Ja : T. Litti.ejohn, Pri. Sec. 4-3 ELKCriOX. f S"1HE Citizens of Mecklen’)ur,T County are here- A by notilieil, th:it in obedience to the Proclama tion ol the Governor of this State. Poll.s will be o;>en- «'d and held at tliesever;»l Flection Precincts in said County, on llivrffdan. the \?i!h of nc.tt. to elect a member tor t!iis Distri‘t to the 27t!i Con'jrf.-s of the United States; when and where all qiialiliedj arc requested to attend and vote. TIIOS. ALEXANDER, SheritT. Charlotte, April 7, IS 11. and Stereotype I'Oiiiidrv, Vulton, Corner of Gold Street, Netc-\or/i. Cataivl>a ^prints. THE Subscriber woiii inform the public generally, that he is prepared io entertain Visiters at the above celebrated waterin[-place, and pledges himself that no eliorts shall b| spared to render comtbrtable and profitable the iv\y of all who may call on him. Terms of board iT.o^erate, to suit the times. • THOMAi HAMPTON. Lincoln count}*, N. C., April C, BlO. The Camden Journal will insert the above 3 weeks, and the Charleston Courrr, weekly, to the amount of and forward the accounts to *T. H. l»;f R_S. IIAMPTOi\’S ScIionl.for the tuition of -L* fi- Young Ladies in Music, wis opened on the 15th ultimo. She will give lesson at her residence, nearly opposite and v'ery conv'en^nt to the Female Academy, on the following terms; Per Se.'ision of five mont,U, ir^a-tlrayice $10 “ “ ‘‘ “ c\d of Ser.s. 20 Mrs. II. hopes, from her expoHence in teaching, and by nnremitting attention to t>e improvement of her pupils, to receive a shore of jfiblic patronage. Charlotte, March 5, 1811. NOTICE. A G U I C U L. T U R E . HAVING removed their sto^k of Goods to the country, and declined busiiiess in Charlotte, tfie undersigni'd earnestly renue.4 all persons ovvinu tliem, cither bv note or account iininediatidy to call and make settlement. WILLIAM ALEXAiSDh^R will remain in Charlotte to close the business ol' tlie lala concern, and it is hoped those in»lebted will not disregard this notice;—at any rate, ail are re quested to call aiitl see him on tte suliject, and such as owe accounts, a:id cannot now pay, can close them by note. The subscribers v.ill keep constantly on hand a larire and well selected stock of And every other article in ti.e mercantile line, at their stand at CLEAR CRE{*'K in this County, wh» re they will be jileased to see and accommodabj all who may favor them with a call. ALEXANDER ^ BROTHERS. Charlotte, March 23, 1811. 3-f ^"^TlLLIAM HUNTER v.onlil inform his custo V * iners a;ul the ] ubiic jrei'.eraliy. that he f till continues the IiOOK-iiL\DL\(^‘ BUSINESS at his old staiul, a few th)ors soutli-east of the Bracli Mint. He wiii b(' happy to receive orders in his line, anti pledges himself to sj>are ;io pains to give complete satistartion. Orders left at hi‘: Shop or at the OiTic“ ■•Mi'i-kl.-iilurjj Jul!V.rsoman,’‘ • iU “‘le art; —1 ! ’ rj'lIIE Subscribers t;xke tliis method of announc- fl- ing to their Iriends and the public generally, that, having p.urcliaseil the (*xti nsive and v. ell knov/n ormerly owned by Messrs. Conner and Cooke, tiiey have removed the same to tiu ir 'pre.seiit central po sition. Having made extensive revisions, additions, i and alterations, they are now prej)ared to execute i orders of any magnitude they may bti lir/ored with. i Vv'itli promptnes.-^, and on as f.ivorable terms as at | any other Foundry in America. To their new Spe- ! cimen Book, which has been recently extensively 1 circulated, thev wouKl respec.tt’nllv ri ter. j * 1 Ah article!^ manufactured by tliem sliall be of a i material equal, if not superior to any mnnut:ictin*cd i;i this country—and untlcrgo a thortmgh t^xamin.i- \ candid observers, that a portion of the ;-::rty y oi j tion as to appear i:»ce, rangin'jr. dressi ig, an»l jiroper- the South have hitherto been too sik-nt on this sub- ly as:;ortlng. All articUs cxhiliited in tlie Specim; n jert. Wcshall, therefore, without the fear of beiiig tic- Book, foriaerly i^.suod by Conner and Cooke, tog. - eroo0 23rtf. THE Subscriber respectfully- begs leave to intbrin the citizens ol Char lotte, that he has made ample arrangrni“nts to fur- ni.' ii tiu'm for another year witli first rate B E E F . He has been in the business now nearly live years, and the quality of his Beet’, and the moderate prices :it which he has hitherto sold it, he hopes will insure liini a continnnncc of liberal patronage. lie will butcher and otler in market none but Beef of the verv best qvuditw ond nicelv dre.^sed. THOMAS CJOODLAKE. March lf», ISll. 2-f nounced as an alarmist, lend oi;r hnmble aid to assist in awakening the People of the Soutii to due vigi lance and a sense of tht-ir real danger. While a portion of the columns of the Jefiersonian will be devoted to political discussion, tlie great inte rests of Morals, Literature, AcRicrLTt-xiE. and the Mechanic Arts, shall not be neglected. V^ith the choicest selections on these subjects, and a due quantity of liglit reacting, the Editor hopes to render his sheet agreeable and profitable to all classes in society. Orders for the paper, postage paid, addri '^sed to the “Editor of the jefVersonian, Ciiarlotte, N. C.,” will be promptly complied with. Postmasters are requested to act as Agents for the paper, in receiving and ibrwaniing the names oj t-'ubscribers and their bubscriptions. The Terms of the paper will be found above. JOS. W. HAMPTON. Charlotte, March 5, 1841. PLANTERS’ HOTEL, (LATE DAVIS’.) HAVING purchased the Hotel formerly Davis’, will continue the establishment on the same li beral scale a.^ heretofore, and will exert themselves to make it a desirable residence for B O A R D E R S and TRAVELLERS, as their Table vyill be al ways supplied with the best the market aflbrds, and their Bar with the best Liquors, and their Stables with attentive Ottlers and abundant provender. The establislunent will be under the exclusive management of' Thomas A. Hague, formerly of the Salisbury Hotel, North Carolina, and his long experi ence v.ill, it is confidently lioped, enable him to give general satistaction. Camden, S. C., January 29, ISll. 1—6m State o£ siofti)=©nvolina, MECKLENBURG COUNTY. Court of picas and Quarter Sessions, January Term, 1841, ORDERED by the Court, (a majority of the magistrates being present.) that notice be gi ven in the Charlotte papers, fbr all the Justices of the Peace in the County, to appear on Tuesday of April Term next, to take into consideration the pro priety of building a new Court House. t!u r with sorts to For ts sold by them, can now l)e furnisiied from this Fou:»dry without delay, witli niany since addjd. WILLIAM! HAGAR & CO. are agents for the sale of the Napier, Av'.ishin jton, and Smith Presse.s, v/hich, together with Ciiasc's, Case's, Com]>osinir Sticks, Furniture, Itik, and every article used in tlie printing business, will be kept on hand, and furnished at marmfiicturers’ prices. N. B.—No machine cast Type manufactured at this Foundr}'. New-York, February 25, 1S41. 0-3m TO TUK PUBLIC. Test, April 6,1841.—tcv.% ]B. OATES, c. c. c. OHN O’FARRELL announces to his custom- ers and t!;'' public generally, that he has dis}:o- sed of his entire stock of Groceries, Liquors, &c., to Mr. John B. Roueche of Lincolnton, and will close las business in Ciiarlotte on Tliursday of the ensu ing April Count}- Court. Until then, however, he will continue in business at his old stand, and be glad to accommodate his customers with every article in the Grocery line, on the most reasonable terms. J. O’F. gives this early notice of liis intention to clo.«e business, in order that all who owe him, either by note or book account, may have due time to come forward and make settlement, which he earnestly re quests them to do between this and Court, tor his notes and accounts must positively then be closed. Charlotte, March 5, 1841. 1-tc HEW eOMCERN. JOHN B. ROUECIIE respectfully announces to the citii^ens of Charlotte and the public general ly, that, having purchased the stock in trade of Mr. John O’Farrell he will, on or about the 1st of May, at the stand now occupied by Mr. O’Farrell, open the most extensive and complete stock of COXFECTIONAUIES, &c., ever brought to the Charlotte market. He vrill make the selection himselt', in the Charleston market, of every variety of WINES AND LIQ.UORS of the very best qualities—together with Cordials, Porter, New Ark Cider, Candies, Raisins, Almonds, Figs, Oranges, Cheese, Crackers, Fish, Fresh -Oysters, Sugars, Cotiee, Pepper, Spice^ and every other arti cle pertaining to the grocery business. As J. B. R. will make liis purchases entirely for Cash, he will be enabled to supply his customers on the most accommodating terms f’or the same article, or at short credit to responsible dealers. He solicits, and hopes to receive a liberal portion of public patronage. PROSPECT i:s Of a i)oliti'-'nI nrwspr.p: r, to be issu-Ml from the officc of “The iSordi Carolina Standard,” to be entitled TlfK i:XlKA STAXDAKD: Ti:03IAS LORING, KDITOR. IHE EXTRA STANDARD is intended to ae- comrnodal.t! those of (Mir fellow-citi'/ens who de sire a cheap j*nblic,ation, containing sound yiolitica! doctrines, a.ul t.he news of the day ; and will he pub- lislied sojui-monthly. The Editor v.'ill endeavor to make this publication acceptable to the public ; esjieci illy that portion who ari- h'ieiuHy to democratic Republican j'rinciples. The price will be ftl ]K-r year, payable in n\\ cases in adviUK e. As the price is low, tlie terms must he conqdied with—no pa'M'r \\ ill be sent to any one with out the amount of one dollah in adrcuu'c, and all }>a- pc^rs will be discontinued at the end of the year, im- less the ailvance for the second year is sent by the time the first expires. ICicelve co]>ies will be sent to one a;ldress, for one year, or to ditferent individuals, on the paj inent ol ten dollars in advance. A sj>eciincn vumher will be issued in a few days. Shonid tiie subscrijition justiiy the undcrtakinr, the first number wiil be is.suod about the 1st of May next. T. LORING. ‘ Raleigh, March 3, 1811. \V arranls, Casas, and Casa Bonds for Sale at this OfTico. Charlotte, March, 5,1841. 1-F A Hoax—Almost!—It seems that the veritable In augural Address of Gen. Harrison, was received at Erie, Pa., in the Globe, in advance of the Intelli gencer or any other paper, and was issued by the Ob server, the tlemocratic paper there, some six hours earlier than by either of the whig papers of the place. The Observer states that the leading whigs having read it over and over again, pronounced it an entire hoax, got up in ridicule of Old Tip; and although one of tlic federal papers finally issued it in an extra, the other absolutely refused to give cur rency to wliat it 0])cnly pronounced an imposition ! The next mail, much to the chagrin of these good people, brovjght the selfsame message in accredited “ whig” papers; and a powerful effort was made forthwith to discover beauties that had been so strangely overlooked, and to induce those who a few hours belbre thought it ridiculous, to sing pogans in its praise, but, at the last dates, without success!—Albany Argus. Rail Roadi in the United States.—A corespond ent of the Philadelphia Gazette saj-s:—There are now three thousand three hundred and nineteen miles of Rail Road completed, and in daily use in the United States, constructed at a cost of eighty-six millions of dollars, and yielding an average profit of seven and a half per cent. Besides these, the Rail Roads which are in progress of completion^ and those projected, will make about ten thousand miles of Rail Road in the Uniterl States From the Albany Cultivator. PLOUGHING Farmers have been considerably divided in opin- io!i on two points connected with ploughs, or rather v/ith ploughing: one of these regarding the man ner in which the furrow blice should be turned over j and the other, the depth to which hmd should be ploughed. Some have contended that the furrow slice should never be laid flat, but always in such an inclined position, that the edge of one slice should just rest on the next one, leaving under the edge so raised, a vacancy nearly as deep as the thickness of the furrow slice.—This, it is contended, is advanta geous, by liasfening decomposition, and by allovv-ing water to pass freely off without injury to young plants. Other farmers maintain as strenously, that the furrow slice should in all cases be laid perfectly flat, or reversed in such a manner that a field after ploughing should bo as level as before, the plough simply reversing the surface of the slice. In this, as in a majoiity of controverted points, our experi ence and observation leads us to conclude that both sides are partially wrong. We have found that, if on lands strong and with a tenacious or impervious subsoil, which retained fbr some time what water tell upon it, the furrow slice was slightly lapped, so as to leave a space below, young plants suffered less tVom a v/et season, or an undue accumulation of wa ter, than they Vv ould if the furrow slice was fully in verted, and the surface made smooth and even. On the contrary, we have been led to believe that on a light soil, or one inclining to be dry and porus, it was better to invert the surface completely, ana by rolling, render the surface smooth, and its particles as compact as possible. A surface so treated, will retain its moi.'ture longer than if lef‘t in a state more loose and friable, and the conducting power will be increased by the partii les being brought more close ly in contact. Let the fanner, then, ■whose subsoil is impermeable to the v^'ater, lay his furrows as dip ping as he pleases; the more space below, the bet ter lor iiim; but on a light j)orus soil, lay the sur- A»oc flat, and make it as dense as it well can be.— The benefit, which compressing sandy soils confers, is well understood in Norfolk in England, where the ^*11- '' ^ tjic turnips in the held, is considered not the least nenenciifi |»ari ui the culture required fbr the production of wheat. Nearly the same remarks may be applied to the otlier controverted point, viz: that which relates to the depth of ploughing rmlst be determined by the soil itself; by its condition, in reference to a supply of vegetabla matter in the soil, and the depth to which it has been formerly ploughed. W'here the stratum of fertile soil is thin, and the subsoil, no matter from what cause, incapable of promoting ve getation, it is bad policy to bring this infertile sub soil to the surface, as a stratum in which seeds are to germinate. And where the soil is permeable to the depth of tvrelve or eighteen inches, or as low as the plough can penetrate, and is filled vvith fertiliz ing materials, deposited by the processes of nature, or by manure applied to tlie surface in cultivation, then the plough may run deep without fear of inju ry to the present crop, and the certainty of benefit of the future ones. We think the true method of rendering any soil deep and fonile. is to plough no deeper, and bring up no more of the infertile earth at a time to tlie surface, than can be thoroughly corrected by manures, to be incorporated with it, and thus made friable and productiv-e. At each successive ploughing, if this cour.se is followed, the soil will be gradually deepened and rendered pro ductive to any desired depth. By pursuing this course of manuring and ploughing, Judge Powell rendered his soils fertile to the depth of fourteen inches, and where the roots of plants have this depth of good eartii to range in and seek their food, the farmer can hardly fail of securing first rate crops. Every part of a soil so prepared, is fit for the germination of seeds to the lowest depth to which the plough can reach; and the more tho rough the ploughing is given the greater will be the surface exposed to tlie benefits of aeration, or the ameliorating influences of the atmosphere. One of the greatest differences between the old and the new husbandry, depends on this question of plough ing. In the old mode, the plough was used year after year to same depth, and the manure ap plied with reference to the crop solely, while the im provement of the soil was wholly left out of sight. As a natural.consequence, “ there was no depth of soil,” and when manure faileil, the fertility of the land was gone, with scarcely a possibility of reno vation under such a process. In the new husbandry, the permanent improvement of the soil, by gradual manuring and deepening, is kept steadily in view; and hence the accumulation and use of manures has received an additional importance. The gar den is usually far the most fertile part of the farm, and this is brought about by the gradual incorpo ration of' manures with the subsoil raised at each successive ploughing, until the requisite depth and fertility is gained. On lands long ploughed to a uniform depth, as they were under the old system, the pressure of the plough on the same surface, gradually formed an impenetrable strata, thus form ing a fatal obstruction to the roots of plants, where it did not naturally exist. In England, on soils in clining to clay, and which have been under the plough occasionally, or almost perpetually tor centu ries, this impermeable plan is common, and one of the mos td'^cid.ed advantasres found to resv.lt from .the subsoil plough, is the breaking up and demolition of this artificial obstruction to the spread and depth of the roots of plants. On the old cultivated fields of New England, the same diiriculty exists, more or css, and can be removed, and the soil rendered fer tile by the same means so successful abroad. The too frequent ploughing of land is not to be recommended in any case, and unless absolutely re quired to destroy ibul weeds, it should receive no further moving than is requisite to fit it for a crop. The great mistake of Tull, was that ploughing or pulverization would supersede the use of manuring. But experience shows, what indeed philosophy in culcates, that beyond a certain point, ploughing is injurious; and that, though essential benefits arc de rived to the soil from tlio action of atmospheric agents, manuring in some form, is indispensable to successful farming. It may be said that an appli cation of manure should take place every time land is either ploughed or cropped. On land that haa been brought to a high state of fertility, the decom position of the rich sward will usually prove a suf^ ficient dressing for a single crop; but for a repeti tion or rotation of crops, manures cannot be held v.ithout a cerhiin deterioration of the soil, and a probable lessening of the crop. Ploughing and manuring must go together, and without tiiia com bination, each will be found defective and incapablo of producing such results as are certain to ensue when both separate processes are skilfully united. Wc are therefore disposed to consider every deci ded improvement in the plough as a sure indication of progress in agriculture: a proof that another step in the correction and dissipation of ancient error has been gained; and the way opened and the means provided for still further and more important advances. Tilling the Earth.—In tilling the earth; some peo ple go upon tlie same principle that re^.ilates their busine^ intercourse with men. They must be sure to get the adv'antage of the trade; and if this can not be secured without, they must cheat and decciva the person wiih whom they deal. They think t> practice the same artifice on old mother Earth.— You will see them on their grounds in the spring, as sly dogs, apparently calculating that the earth haa forgotten the exhausting crops that were taken, from her the last year—perhaps they will give a sprinkling of manure, and throw it on so as to make the Earth think there is a noble lot of it. Well, they go to work. But the Earth won’t be cheated. She will reward every nian according to his works, and tell the tndh i7i the aidumn. You cannot get the advan tage of her as you can with human custoTOers.—- Treat her well, and she will reward your expendi tures and toil; but attempt to cheat her, and she will make ywi s^ry fbr it when harvest comes.—Far>- Crows.—The Germantown Telegraph furnishes a timely suggestion as to the best manner of get ting rid of these troublesome birds. The following plan we are assured, has been successfully practised. Open a hole about four inches deep, and ten inch es wide, in which put a common steel-trap, near a tree or fence upon which they usually alight. Then carefully crumble earth upon the trap until it is con cealed; then put an egg near the head of the trap, and raise the earth around the hole so that tho crow cannot reach the egg without going into the hole, one side of which is left open to enable him to do so. In endeavoring to reach the egg, he gets upon the trap, which catches him by the legs, and he is then disposed of for the sea.son. A stone should be fastened to the trap, and buried, other wise he will in his exertions to get away, carrj* it so that it may be lost. Upon being caught, ho will “caw” most violently, and his companions will come to his rescue, but when they find that he has been trapped, they fly to a great height, take off and do not generally return. Should they do so, hov.-ever, and discover his carcase, they will again bccome alarmed, and will not return for the season. Southern Cultivator. Clover among Corn.—A friend of mine sowed red clov-er among his corn af’ter going through with the cultivator the last time, the seed was protected from the heat of the sun by the com ; it consequently ve getated very soon, and after the corn was cut off there was a luxuriant growth of clover, which affor ded fine pasture for several successive seasons. The red clover is an excellent manure. I have raised a fine crop of Wheat by ploughing in the second growtli after harvest.—Farmers' Companio-n. New way of raising Beets.—A writer in the Farm ers’ Cabinet says, that the best crop of beets he ever raised, was in alternate rows with corn; the corn was a full crop, and he obtained 300 bushels of beets to the acre besides. The shade of the corn seems to be useful in dry weather as the beet with the corn did better than others in an open patch along side. This was practised in Pennsylvania where it may be more successful than in colder climates, but he would sug gest to farmers who have a warm, dry soil an, expe riment on a small scale. To produce varieties in vegetation.—If any who one wishes to satisfy himself as to the change he may produce in many articles of vegetation by selecting the seed from his plants, let him tins spring plant two rows of bush beans of the same sort. On one row preserve the earliest pods that appear, removing all which appear afiewards. W^icn ripe let them be gathered and put by themselves. On the other row^ preserve those pods only which come from the stocks late—removing all the earlier ones. W^hen these are ripe also keep them by themselves Next spring plant a row ofeach, side by side, and you will be as tonished at the difference. Th^ first ripened beana will be as much earlier in bearing than the last, aff was the difference of time from gathering the seed from the two rows planted this spring. IVor is tliis all; the first will be literally bush beans, growingetifT and low”, whilst the other will send out vines and reach quite high.—The beano too witJiin the pod, as to fulness, and even color, will AiS^v.-^Maine CiUt^r.
Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
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April 20, 1841, edition 1
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