JOSKPH W. HAMPTON,
-“The poNvt rs granted multr the Constitution, bung derived from the People of the United States, may be resumed by them, whenever perverted to their injury or oppression.”—Madison..
-£ditor and Publislier.
VOUJiME I, i
CHARLOTTE, N. C., MAY 11, 1841.
NUMBER 10.
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PROSPF.CTUS OF THE
3^rcltltnliuvfl Sffffrieom'an
The pro: *‘-nt i.T the liri?’. otr.rt tuut h.ib bc« n liiado
to o.-^iablisli an organ at th*; bir^li-pluot. of Ame
rican Indcptndcnce, through whioii thr doctrinos of
tho Democri'.tic c; uid be freely promulsiatod
and defended—in ■vvliieh tlie groat principle:^ of liib-
crty and Equality for wliich tlic ALKXANnrus, the
1’oi.KtJ, and th‘‘ir horoic cou;patriots perilled their all
on the ^'Oth May, 1775. could at ail ‘iint s lind an
rin.shriiikin;^ advocatc. Furcess- restt: chieHyvvith
the Kcjv.iblican party of Mecklenburfr—and to them,
and fhf Krpubhoanis of tlio surrounding countr\ the
appeal is now mad*'- for Mipport.
The Jedersonian Vvdl! a.-sumr a^^ it^; pohtical crv->ed,
those landniarkt^ of tlie Republican Party, tlu* doc-
I'rincs t ferth i;: the Kentucliy and Virginia Reso-
lutior.s of 171*8—brlievin;:. as tlie underKiuned does,
tb.at tl.e aut'i'.or of these papers, ■'.vhobore acon.- picu-
ou^• prirtin framir.^ cur ; y~t“m of Government, wi-re
bct?t (uiulifiri to h:;nd dov.n ‘o posterity a correct (“X-
pos'iti '!! of it.s true spirit—‘hi* best judges of wliat
pov.-'Tfc were dei>; gated by, ani v h'i‘ re.-erved to,
the Siatc^:.
It vill a.; ' *'■ lii^titulior.f;,
A v Li h La;; b n stealthily, but
n *!:• '’.'untrv from thi; founda-
P O K T II Y
ill op^'
the i virit c:
ttea.lily iuer^''*'-i!ij in •!
tion of I;ur (' .‘V* rii'i'iv' c-'iou.-i featnrt'
in thii’ 111 T'Kit it rol'S the v.vv, j';'.’/' rrrpUb/i/.
to enrich tlic ry.y \—it elo'thc!^ a fe v/v.ealihy iadi\i-_
dual.'vd*h pov.er not only to control the waives ol
the laboring.: but aLo at th ir plea.-:ure lo iullate
or 'rr .- • c .-mraer'' and b^^ine.'S of the v.-hule
Cov,ii*r\ —t'X i*u\^ a spirit ol' oxtravagance, w\iioh it
ierminat i'' pecuniary ruin, and too often the mor
al dojjradation of itt- vii'timrj. Tlui Ky.stem must be
th0','0U£^hi'i 7\-fo7', ^• J. bi lore v. e oan Lope to sec j.et
tied pro.sperify sir;;!' - alike upon nil our citizen.s. To
aid in producm.fi tiii.s rofj/ i'u v. ili be one ol tlie main
oltjeets of the Jeffvrponian. It will war asxainst e.v-
chi-b'h'c privil- or partial /cirudatio}}, under what
ever granted by our Legi.'kiturcs : and. tin re-
fore, will oppoi.e the chartering of a Unit(*d State.s
IJank. Intmial Lmprovements by the Federal Gov
ernment. a revival jf the TaritV System, and the new
fed ral ^'''iierne of the General Govt^rnment assum-
intr pay to f rr i-rn inon.ey ciianger.^ tiro hundred
villU'ns c/o.vr:b ;rrov.'cd by a fcv,' i?tat-..s fur
local purp .■^;‘^■^
A'^ a of ■' it:d uripcr'ar.rt the South,
and one which, from \arious c.iW;-ir, i v-ry d;iy
at-sun.'.ni? a more momentous a.nd av. f il at];f'i.‘, tlie
Jeli'cr. '>Tuan will not ftiil to k' p it r*' tder.-- regularly
and acruratfly :^d^■i.'■•ed of tJi- movements of the
Northern Abolitionists. It must bo evidt nt to all
caiidid ob.'.; rvt r.^;, ♦hat a portion of tiie party press of
the South have hitht rto be* n too silent on this stib-
ject Wr fhrdl, therefore, without the. tear of being de
nounced us -‘M al:irud; t, lend o'tr hv.mbb*- aid to assist
in uwakerung tlie People of the iSovith to due vigi
lance and a sen: of their real dang' r.
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will be de moted to p'-litical di.scussion, tlie great inte
rests of Morals, Litekatuhk, AGiticri/nrni:, and
the Mfciiamc Arts, .shall not be. neglecte'd. With
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JOS. \V. HAMPTON.
Charlotte, March 5, l ~'ll.
VvTIO ARE THE FREE ?
BY .TOHN CRITCIILEY PRINCE, ESd.
We copy, says a 1:;;-' F-aglish paper, the following verses
from ‘‘the Ch;ipl( t, a i’o. tieal ofilrhig of the Lyerum’s I5a-
zar,” Manchester. Thr j'if'ec' is a wonhy gift to the cause of
popular education, I'v, we beh ve, an operative:
Who art' tiie Free ?
TIk y who have scorntd the- tyrant and his rod.
And bow’d in worship iinto none but God ;
They who Inve iu:uli‘ the conqueror’s "lory dim —
T’nehain’d in soul, thoui;h m.inaelifl in limb—
Unwarp’d by prejudice—unawed by wrong;
Friends to the wiak, and fenrlers of the strong;
They who could eh-mgt not with theehanging hour.
The self snme men in jierd and in powi r;
True to th- law of riuht, as warmly projie
To grant nnoi'v r's as maintain tluir own ;
Foes of opprt .'S.on, wh( r. so’er it be—
These are the prou.ily Fn e!
^Vho nre the Great ?
Th y who liav.. bul«!ly ventured to i.xplore
Unsounded ,‘-;e:is, and lands unknown bcfon—
Soar’d on the win.-s of sci>, nc(?, wide and far,
;\I-jasured the sun, ajul w ii'h’d each distant star—
I’ieret-d th-,- dark d. p'.hs nf ocean and of lar’li,
And brought uneounti.d Wi)ndi-rs into birih—
lltpcU’d tlu- pi •■'tib ne‘,', restriuni.d thi“ storm.
And givt n i>.' w bi auty to ih.' human form—
^\*aken’d die voiec of r.asoi:, anci uiifurled
The paire of trufiiiul kiiowkdLrt' to tlie world :
They who liave toil'd and studied for mankind—
Arousvd the .-^lumbirin" virtiKs of tiu' mind—
Taught us a thousand blt ssiui;:; to create :—
Till se arc the nobly Great !
^Vho ar-.' the wise ?
Ttii-y who iiav.' uov ni'd with a sci^eontrol
Each Will an ' b-in ;ul passion of the soul—
Curb’d th ■ stronij; impiiis-- of all fi. ree desires,
Hut k pt ahv aiV fiioa’s purer fires ;
'I'll, y who haVv’ pa.'.~t I the labyrinth of life,
Without one hour of wc.ikness or of strife;
Pr» pared tael; eiiaiiife of lurtaiie t.) endure ;
iluiiiblf tho’ neb. anci (iignihni though poor—
‘Skill'd in th ■ latr iit mov nieiits of the h. art—
Learn'd in th • lore which .Nature can impart—
Tiaehing liiat suv et {ihilo.-^ojthy aloud,
Which sees the sdwr lining ofth” cloud.
Looking for ;jood in all lu iit ath the skits :
Thtie art the truly wir'-l
Who are tb»e I>1' .-^t ?
They w’no have kept tlu ir sympathies awnke,
And scatten d joy for mon than eu.stom’s saki ;
Steadfast and tender in the hour of need,
Gende in thought—b nevolent in d'-ed;
Whose looks hav. power to make dissension ccas- —
Whose smil- s are plensruit, and whose words are peace ;
They who h ive i;v. d as liarml ?.« as the dove,
Tcaclurs of truth and ministers of love;
Love for all mortal power—all mental grace—
Lovu for tlie humblest of th. human race—
Love for that tranquil joy that virtm* brin'js—
Love f.ir the Giv^ r of all goodly thing=;
True follow, rs of that soul-e.xalting plan,
Whic’n Chri^^t laid down to bb ss and govern ni'i’:.
They who can cahnly linger at the la.-t,
Surv* y ihr> future and rieall the pa.-t;
set. What think you of tlio odd half of a pair of
scissors? it can’t well cut any—it may possibly
do to scrape a trencher.
Pray make my compliments and best Avishes ac
ceptable to your bride. I am old and heavy, or I
should e’er this have pvesentc'd them in person. 1
shall mnke small use of the old man’s privilege,
that of giving advice to yoimgcr friends. Treat
your wife ;ihvay.s w’ith respect, it will procure res
pect to yon. not from h* r only, but from all that ob
serve it. Never use a slighting expression to her,
even in jt'si; for slights in jest, after frequtnt bandy
ing.'!, are apt to end in angry earnest. Be studious
in your profession, and you will be l. ar)i*d. Be
sober and temperate, and you will be healty. Be
in general virtuous, and you v.ill he hapj>y. At
least you will by such conduct, stand the best chance
for such conseque)ic s. I pray C4od to bless you
both! being ever your aflectionate friend.—B.
Ancxdote of Roger Sherman.—The following
is relat^-d of Roger Minot Sherman;
The Rev. Mr. B., an exceedingly dull and pro.'=!y
clergyman, was engaged by a neighboring congre
gation to preach for them : but they disliked him so
much, that after the first Sunday, they looked the
church doors, and had no services at all. The re-
yc-rend gentleman, liowcver, was not to be “ done”
in this mtuiner. He remained in the town, and
every Sunday, twice a day, presented himself at the
church door in full cannonicals, and demanded ad
mission. At tlie close of the term for which lie
was engngtd, h^lt^mployed Mr. Sherman to bring
will remain bo, eo long as it ia kept distinct from
other varieties.
Another experiment wag combined by mo mth
the above, viz : The first matured caxa of good
form and size were always selected for seed. By
this process I was able in five years to make my
new variety from 15 to 20 day^ earlier than the Si
oux or any other variety. I had green corn on my
table for some years, two weeks earlier than the ht>
tels who obtained early corn from Norfolk. I beg
to obBerve that the Smith’s early white has but eight
rows and the Sioux (the female parent) twelve ;
a suk :igainst the panibh for his salary. Thad^*us | now to account for this. After I had prodnced tho
Bf4ts. the lavxyc-r for the parish, when the case was variety, I was Btill desirous of putting it upon a
brought on lor trial, turned to Mr. Sherman and smaller cob : hence I planted it with the sugar corn,
And wi:h •’in*
Fi el wt II assur
Then wait in n
•ne ’,vhi.d» triumph.- c'v r pain,
li ;Iicy hav. not livid r.. v ;hi;
’.e>.‘ their hour of fin:il rest :
1 lies • are tht; only HI st!
3IISCi:i^LAXY.
NOTICE.
HAVIaG removed their stock of Goods to tho
country, and deciinod business in Charlotto,
the undersigned earnestly request all persons owing
them, (ither bv note or account, immediately to rail
and make sc-ttiement. WILLIAM ALEXANDER
will remain in Charlotte to closc the burduess ol llie
late concern, and it is hoped those indebted wall
not disregard this notice;—at any rate, all are re-
ipiested to call and see him on the subject, and such
as owe accounts, and cannot nov.’ pay, can close them
by note.
The subscribers \\ill keep constantly on hand a
k'lrge and well selected stock of
And every other article in the mercantile line, at
their st;in‘d at CLEAR CREEK in this County,
where they will be plea?jcd to ::>i c and accommodate
all who may fuvor them with a call.
ALEXA?>'DER & BROTHERS.
Charlotte, March 23, 1S41. 3-f
ELECTION.
The Citizena of MecAlr.nburg County arc here
by notified, that in obedience to the*Proclama
tion of the Governor of this State, Polls v/ill be open
ed and held at the several Election Precincts in said
County, on Thursday, the l^th of May 7ic.7't, to elect
member for this District to the 27th Congress
of the United States; when and where all qualified,
are requested to attend and vote.
THOS. N. ALEXANDER, Sheriif.
^'hrirlQUe, April 7, 1R41
EARLY MARRIAGE.
The following is the opinion of Dr. Franklin,
as expi’esscd in a ktter to his friend, John Alleyne:
“ De.vr. Jack : \ ou d» siri', you s;iy, my imp.ar-
tial thoughts on the subject of an tarly iiuirriage.
by wav of answer to the numberless objections
which have been made by nuinoi'ous ])ersons to your
own. You may remember w'heii you consulted
me on the occasion, that I thought youth on both
sides to be no objection. Indeed, from the mar-
riage.s which have fallen muler my observation, I
am rather inclined to think that early ones stand
tho best chance for happiness. 'i'he tempers
and habits of the young are not yet become so stiff
and uncomplying as wIk n more advanced in life ;
they form mure asiiy to each other, and lu nce
many occasions of disgust are removed. And if
youth has less of that prudence waiicb. is necessary
} to manage a family. }’ct the })arents ;uid (Ider fri nds
I of young married persons are generallv at hand, to
I afibrd their advice, which amply supplies that de-
! lect; and by early marriage youth is sooner form
ed to regular useful life; and possibly some of these
accidents or connections that might have injured the
constitution or reputation, or both, arc thereby hap
pily prevented.
Particular eircumstancf?^ of paiticular persons
may possibly sometimes make it prudent to delay
enteiing into that state; but in gf neral, W’hen nature
has rendered our bodi s fit for it, the presumption is
in nature’s favor, that she has not judged amiss in
making us desire it Late marriages are often too,
attended with this further inconvenience, that there
is not the .same chance that the parents shall live
to see their offspring educated. “ Late children,”
says the Spanish Proverb, ‘-are eaily orphans;” a
melancholy reflection to those w^hose case it may
be ! Willi us in America, marriages are generally
in the morning of life; our children are therefore
educated and settled in the world by noon; and
thus our business being done, wo have an afternoon
and evening of cheerful labor lo ourselves, such as
our friend at present enjoys.
In fine, I am glad you are married, and congra
tulate you most cordially upon it. You are now in
the w’^ay of becoming a useful citizen, and you have
escaped the unnatural state, of celibacy for life, the
fate of many 'vho never intended it, but who, hav
ing too long postponed the change of their condi
tion, find at length that it is too late to think of it;
and so live all their lives in a situation that greatly
lessens a man’s value. An odd volume of a set of
books, bears not tho value of its proportion to th
GRATITT’DE OF THE ELEPHANT.
Kli'phants not only obey the voice of their keep
ers in his pre.sence. but some ('ven iu his ..bsence
will perform tasks u'hich have been explained to
them. ‘I have set n two (says M. D’Osbonville)
occupied in beating down a wall which their keep
ers dtstined them to do, and ( iicouragfd them by :i
promise of fruit and li(|uor. Tin y cotnbined their
eflbits. ;>n.l doubling up th' ir trunks, which were
guarded from injury by leather, thrust them against
the .‘Strongest part ofthe wall,and by reiterated shocks
continued their (.flbrts, carefullv' ol serving and fol
lowing with their ( yes th(' elTect of the equilibi iuni;
at last, when it was sulliciently loosenid. making
one viidt nt jiush, they suddt nly dr* w back together,
that they might not be woundt d, and the whole
came tumbling to tin- ground.’
A soklier at Pontlicii rry was ticcustomed to give
treats to an tdephant every lime he received his jiay:
and having one day Ix-come intoxicatf d. and be ing
pursued by the guard, he took refuge under the ele
phant and there fell fast asleep. The guard in
vain attrm])ted to drttg him from this assylum, as
the animal defended him with its trunk'. On awa
kening, however, the soldi'-r became dreadfully
alarmed at finding himself inuh r such an enormous
creature. 'I’iie eh'pliant perci-iving his fears, im
mediately carre.-^sed him v.ith his trunk.
The f'ollowimr instance of the sagacity of an ele
phant is r late-d by Dr. Dar\\ in, who had it from
some g* n*lfin' ii (d' utiboun lel veracitv who had
resided in our Kast India settb mi nts. The ( le-
! jdiants that are- used to carry tlie bacgage of the
I armies are j;ut under the care of a native Flindos-
I tan; and wliilc this jierson and his wife go into the
woods to collect leaves and bianclus for tlie aniinars
food, they fix iiim to the r»omid by a length of
chain, and frujmntly h ave a child, yet unable to
walk, under his pu»tcction, which the intelii£r(^nt
animal iK»T only defends, but us it creeps about.
wIkii it arrives near the extremity of the chain. In-
wraps his trunk gently round and brings it again
into thecfntre of tin' circle.
The (lejdiant shoAvcd, by constant fiagfllation of
his person, that In* was much annoyed 1 y his perse
cutors the musqitoes; and the keeper brought ;i lit
tie naked black thing, as round as a ball, a child,
laid it down bt for(' the animal, with two words of
Hindostinee, “ Watch it, ' and th n vvalked away
into th(' to'Aii. The elephant immediately broke
j oft’ the large.st part of the bouirh, so as to make a
I smaller at: 1 more convenient whisk, and directed
his whole atteiition to the child, gently fanning the
little lump of It.Jian ink. rni 1 driving away every
mosquito v,h;':ii came U'ar it: this he continued for
upwanis .if i.' o hours, regiirdles^ of himself', until
tho keeper n tuni' ;1. it uas really a beaw-ifiil
sight, and cinising much refit ctidii Here was a
monster, whose bulk exceeded that of the infnit by
tit least t n thousand tim( s, acknowledging that the
image of his Maker, even the lowest di grec of per-,
fection, was divine—sib ntly proving the truth of
the s icred annoimcernent, tb.at ( iod had ‘ given to
m;m dominion over the beasts of the fit,Id.’
said—"Brother Sherman, is not this rather a sin-
gtdar principle—a man wishing to be paid for not
p.-eachin-g! ” B;other Betts,” was the laconic re
ply, if you bad e ver hc/’rd .:i?/ clic?it, you w'ould
not tlihik so! ”
A Cl nod One.—A new appointed watchman of a
bank, a few' days ago, wa:S accosted in the street
with * halloe Joe, has th- liank.been robbed lately
The quick retort was, ‘No!’ it is not worth rob-
bnifj:! ’
using the latter as the female. The result was tho
eight rows. I also once took a notion to give it a
red cob, and had no difficulty in doing so, by using
the red cob sugar corn as the female, but I recrossed
and got rid of the red cob again, because it stained
the lip.-? and fingers while eating it.
Excuse this from an old admire.
GIDEOJ; B. SMITH.
* I wonder iiow they make lucifer matches,”
said a young married lady to her husband, with
whom she was always quarrelling. “ The process
is v('ry simple—I once made one,” replied he.
" How did you manage it ?” The husband prefer-
reil to Ivave the reply to her imagination.
('o}ifes.^ion—A young convert in the cotmtry
recently got up and was making a confession .«:ome=-
what after tliis sort, viz ; " I have been very wicked,
indetd I have; I have cheated many persons, very
many; but I will restore four fold;” v/hcn he was
interrupted by an old lady thus;—“ U’e// 1 should^
thiiUc It fore yov roiiffss viuch. vou'd hetfer marry
yiunrjj Stcldtiiis as you agreed, to !
GOOD CULTURE the MOST PROFITABLE.
Land that is worth cultivating at all, is v.^orth
cultivating well. If, therefore, an individual finds
himself in the possession of a farm which w’ill not
reimburse the expense of good husbandry, he had
better abandon it at once, for all experience teaches,
that no man can alTord to be a farmer under a sys-
tcm of bad husbandry. The earth w'as not made
for thriftless, inefficient, or unskillful cuUivatioUj
nor will it yield to such its full increase.
No farmer should feel that he discharges hia
whole duty, unless the etlect of his cultivation ia to
make his farm better every year. He may be euro
tjilit it is captible of an indefinite improvement, and
his constant aim should be, increase and multiply
its resources and productive power. The question
should not be. whether fifty or an hundred dollars,
' judiciously expended in labor or otherwise, will add
! so much to the saleable value of his estate, but
i whether he can receive it back again wdth good in-
1 tercst. Ilis mode of cultivation should not be based
on any idea of the present or prospcctivo value of
I his farm in the market, bat on that of a permanent
I and continued po.ssession from generation to genera-
I tion ; and that if liC does not reap all the benefits
1 himself, he is laying vip a certain treasure for his
■ descendants.—Xt ir Et)eland I'armcr.
Trom the Cultivator.
EXI'ERI?-rr.NTS IN PRODUCING DIPROVED VA
RIETIES OF IXDIAX COliX.
In tho l.'ist number of the Cultivator (page 51) I
observe the following remark by the conductor:—
‘‘ Tiie idea of improving our corn by artificial cros
sing. is novel, yet perfectly philosophical.”
Some ten or twelve yea^s since, I instituted a
series of experiments in crossing difi’erent varieties
of corn, and was perfectly successful. The variety
of corn named in Dr, Brown’s list (page 33 of the
same number) ‘*No. 16, Pennsylvania 8 rows, called
Smith’s early white,” was the re.sult of one of the
experiments. It was produced by what we call the
” Tvscarora. or New-York cheat,” with tlie
I From th^! 'Winyaw Observ-:i.
! Mr. EniToii: I send you the following, W’hich will
liO dcuLf be of considerable interest to all farmers.
In the spring of 182-5, Mr. of District in
this State, was very much pestered with rats.—
They collected in such numbers about his barn and
stables, as to give, at a distimce, the sound of a
parcel of pigs in tlie shocks, &c. They destroyed
nearly twenty bushels of corn and peas before any
stratagem could be fallen upon to destroy them: at
lengtJihe was told by a friend tlie Jasmine blossom
would elTectually take them all away. Accordingly
a large quantity of vines and blossoms were procu*
red and tlirowm in the corn house, stables, &c., and
in less than two weeks there was not a rat or
mouse to be heard on the place. These blossoms
(No. 9 of Dr. Brown s list.) From the parentage | q\iite a pleasant and agreeable smell, but aro
of this new variety, you Would naturally expect a j poisonous. This ia fact, for it came under tho
OBSERVER,
i very poisonous.
mulatto color ; but 1 will explain v. hy it is pure ! Qijgervation of
.‘I Gond Toast.—Amon^r Toasts given at a
recent Whig celebration at Ogdensburg, X. York,
was the following;
Woman.—A moth('r she rherishes and corrects
us—a sister, slu' consult.-^ us, a ^^weetheart, she co
quets and conquers us—:i wile she comforts and
confides in us—without her what would become of
us?”
Become of us ? Some of us, you mean. Man
without a woman, is like a shell without the oyster,
just like it. In oiu’ sin:ple and himible opinion,
more like that than any tiling (Ise. One good cait
load of oyster shells, is worth more than any two
old musty, crabbed, dried up old bachelors. ho
decides against us? We appeal to all the sensibh'
men, (that is all that are married,) and all the pretty
women in the world.—Pittsburg American.
There! you may go up to the head! What do
you know about the w'oith of old bachelors ?—
They have been the geatest bem-factors of mankind.
f\ristotle, Raphael. Michael Ang'lo, Bacon, Locke,
Newton; all were old bachelors. And were not
these men worth “a cait load of oyster-shells? ’—
Petrarch was a bachelor, and Laura was an old
maid. And don’t you know', ]\Ir. American, that
tlie tAvo best female wu'iters in this country, are old
maids? Washington Irving, is a bachelor; al
though he says,
he is proud,
“Aye, prouder than the proudest, when his arms
Around that form of loveliness are flung,
And when those melting eyes are on him hung,
And when those lips are moving in sweet tones,
That tell whate’cr the words, that she owms
No other for her love,”
WHio buj's sugar for the boys, and ‘dols’ for the
little girls? W'ho take the children out riding
and go wdth the young ladies to singing schools,
sewing societies, and concerts! Old bachelors.—
Out upon you !—Cleveland Advertiser.
Sam Slick says, if ever you want to read a man,
do the simple, and he thinks he has a soft horn to
deal wdth; and w'hile he s’poses he is playin’ you
ofi’, you are puttin’ the leake into him without his
seein’ it. Now' if you put on the knowin’, it puts him
on his guard directly, and he fights as shy as a coon.
Talkin’ cute looks knavish, but talkin’ soft looks
sappy. Nothing will make a feller bark up a
w'ron? tree lik ' that
white, as I go along. I had two objects in v.ev/,.
tiie one to get the large white grains of the Tusca-1
rora on the small cob oi the Sioux ; and the other i
to produce a variety earlier than either, if poesible. |
To accomplish my object, I planted a piece ot ;
ground, say the eighth of an acre, with both varie
ties, one in each alternate hill; but ;is the Tuscaro-
ra was known to me to be from 15 to 20 days later
than the Sioux, I planted the latter 15 days after
the former was planted. Now, the process of cros
sing is performed in the following manner. The
I'rom th: Providence Republican Herald.
GO TO WORK TIIE RIGHT W’AY.
ADDRESSED TO FARMERS.
I am sorry there is so much nec-d of tho admo
nitions I am tiboiit to give. Depend upon it, you
do not “ u-ork it right,'' or you would make j^our
fanns ju5t tv.’ice as valuable they now are.—
Many of you farm too much. You wotild find it
much more profittible to farm twenty acres well,
variety that has the cob that I wish to retain, is used 1 than lorty by halve?. The last season I made my
as the* female, and as the tassels (male, flowers) ap-| grounds prodtioc one huudred bushels of Indian
pear, they are carefully cut oil and suppressed; the ; corn to the acrc. Is this not much better than a
variety whose grain I wish to get, is used as the | cQTiimon crop of thirty or forty bushels! You will
male, audits tassels are allowed to grow. It is un- | say it is, nnd wuth the same breath ask
how I manage to make it prodtico so plentifully?
]\ly land being much, infested with ground micc,
or moles, and overrun with grubs and other vermin,
I put on early in the month of March, about seven
bushels of salt to tho acre, w’hich thoroughly de
necessary to interfere with the female flower.s (the
silk.) The cars of corn produced by the Sioux
hills had the lorm ami size ol cob of the Sioux, but
the grain was a beautiful sulphur color, and of the
fornrof the Tuscarora, though'smaller. This corn
I planted next year and the result was a beautiful
variegation of‘the grains, of pure yellow and pure | stroys all kind of vermin, being an excellent .strong
w’hite, though all the grains were alike as to size ! manure, and ploughed and harrowed the ground
and shape. The cream color had evidently return- ! oyer and over until it became completely mellow;
ed to its original elements. I then carefully selec- j j ^ad every corn hole filled with long manure,
ted the white grains, and planted them the third dropping my corn, (whicli had been pre
viously soaked in v;arm w'ater,) I scattered a pint
year, and the result was the establishment of the
variety called ^‘Smith’s early white.” (I do not un
derstand how or whence Dr. Brow^n obtained the
name of Pfinnsylvania 8 rows.)
My experiments established the fact, satisfactori
ly to my mind, that you can place the grains of any
variety of corn upon the cob of any other variety,
by the process detailed above ; and that there is no
object more worthy the attention of farmers than im
provements of this kind. You have only to regulate
the time of planting eacli variety, to correspond
w'ith the time of fiow'cring. I ought to observe, that
if you do not destroy the tassels of the varietj' that
has the objectionable grain, the crossing will not be
so perfect, because the impregnation will be-from
two males instead of one, and consequently the
grains produced will be various. The crossing is
equally important in producing the large late kinds
small and early. You can gel the tall Virginia
corn (that is the grain of it) upon the early dwarf
stalks. Indeed, you may vary it almost at pleasure.
As you will perceive above, it requires three yearii
to accomplish the object perfectly. The first year
cffects the crossing; the second year, certain char
acteristics return to their original elements, such as
the color, and somewhat of tlic flinty qua lity j the
third year the new variety is produced perfect; and
of lime over every hill, and then covered the whole
with a little mellow earth. In about a week tho
corn began to come up plentifully, after which I nur
sed it w'jth the plough and hoe, every other w’eek
for eight v/eeks, at w'hich time it w^as as high os my
head, and not a spire of it v/as destroyed cither by
frost, grub or birds, i\Iy other things I manured
and equally well, and I have been amply paid for
my extra care and trouble, as I raised more than
twice as much per acre as any of my neighbors,
and did it in much less time. I mean, i got all my
harvesting done two or three weeks before many
others. This ia accomplished in a great measure
by redeeming time j rising betw een three and four
o’clock in the morning, then if the day be sultry
and hot, I lie by from 12 to 3, and rest, I then feel
refreshed and able to work till quite dark. This I
call “ working it right,'* whereas, should I lay in
bed until the sun be up and shame me, haunt the ta»
vern at night, drink too much whiskey, but half
manure, half plough, half plant, half nurse, half
harvest, and do every thing by halves, I surely
should not ^^work ifright^' nor ^ct^half a Crop^