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/ suc- Ivator or ly of va- Iwith- >eiri£ riNGs, fattlc, ikiiiii m free al- Jscri- )0 or Itheir |A. |pa- by |orjs*, tu mi- luye |e it tha- ind ar- ve Lfh iiU- )nu 'he ffiwliktvbxira llUltll' 0' JOSEPH W. HAMPTON,- “The powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the People of the United States, may be resumed by them, wiiencver perverted to their injury or oppression.”- ■^Tadison.. -Editor and Publisher. VOLUME I, \ CHARLOTTE, N. C„ OCTOBER 19, 1841. I NUMBER 32. TERMS; The Mcrklcnhitrg Jcjfersonian^' is published weekly, at 'Afo DoUars and Fifty Ccnt.^, if paid in advance; or Three DoUarf!, if not paid before the expiration of three months from the time of subscribing. Any person who will procure si.r sxibscribcrs and bccome responsible for their subscriptions, shall have a copy of the pai)cr gratis or, a club ot ten sub scribers may have tlie i)ap(-r one ycai- for TiceiUu Dollars in advance. 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A;i\erti>enicnts stnt in for pubiieation. must be ip.arl;ed witli the number of inser tions desired, or liif’v v.ill be pubhslu-'d uiilil forbid and cnarg- id accordinirly. Leittr.>; to the Ediror. unics.^'containing money in ?inus of Fire Dollar.-', or ovt r, inu.-t conn fr« i oi postage, or the aiiiount paid at tlie ofiiet* ht io will be-^'iiarsfcd to the \\riter, II evt.Tv in>:anc(‘, and eolit'crcd (ih- r ae/m’iKtH. Weolx'lv Alinairao lor October. 1811. railv, I. n li' 'I'ut'sduy. ‘20 Wodnes.iay, *Jl Thursday. 22 Friday, ' 2;^ Saiurday. Sunday. 'In Mondav. t ] R'.t;". i ' Tu 0 I 31 6 ■ 20 B j :^-2 G ! ^3 5 ! 6 j -i:, G i ;SG G 1 •>(') •M - I D. H. M. ^ Last Uuarter, 7 •> .o-t E. Xew 3Ioon l i 11 11 !M. First Uuartrr. 21 IG M. FuU.Mo.,mi. 30 U 1131. THE CULTIVATOR, A consolidafion of fiuel’s Cultivator and the Cn';i.“sec I-arnifr. WH-LI.S GAYLORD & LUTHER TUCKER, Editor-^. l^ro^p>:ctus of Vol. f^. for IS-U. rpiHK Cri/riv.NTOR wa.'; ostahlished to improve JL and elevato tlic Agriculture oi'the country ; to srivo a proper tone to the morale and mind nt' the lanner; to sIioav hun the dignity and importance o his prolcj-.^ion : to .store his niinJ with useful know led^e. anil convince him that 'vvhilc all classes arc amfmust he more or less dependant on each otlter, he alone of the whole c:;n make any near approach to independence. It'there is one tlii;’-' moic tlian another, which in iliis country givt - n inan snperi- oritv over his lellow men. it is knoTvletliie; and this kiiowledire.—knowledge which is essential to t!ie siiocf'ss- ol'the thrincr as to otlicr men.—it is the lc- .^^iin of tiie C'nliivator to aid in irnparting. The voliune for ISIO. is filled entirely with Okigin-VI. Communications, embracing: artick s^lrotr. about C^orrespondenls. troui a’lnost evorv J^tate in the L nion. If an increase of .subscription beyond any prece ill th-' }iitorv of Agricultural Journal.^,—-if the rilniOhl un inini-u's voice' of the public press in our the mviltiiude of private yet llattering tes- limonials we have recidved. aihh'd to a circulation anionatin!! the iirst year to i'wKN rv-Two Tnou.'*.\M)j maybe adniifted as"evidence, then w« have certain ly inost abundant reason to be gratilied with the suc cess u liifji has attended the Union of the Cultivator and the (retie.see Farmer. iVo expense has been or will he .spared to render the Cultivator worthy of the patronaire it has received. In the ninnber. va riety and excellence of its 1llu.sth,vtions. it is witii- ovit a rival at home cn* abroad, the last volume bcMng einbellisli'^d wilh nearly ( )nc Ht NDRi;n Enguavin(;s. illustrating the iniprovrd breeds of Plorsea. C'alth*. l-^heep. J>\vine. nuihlinir. Iniplemenr-’, cVc.. making the Cultivator, all thini^s considered, it is believed, th.e Cheapest Airrieuitural Paper ever published in this (-r any o:!u;r c-ani’ry- 7'Ef*MS—Onc Doi.t.An per aimum—Six copies tor —the tn >nf*v to be remitted in ailv'anee. free oi‘pos:age, A cointni.. ion f)f‘JM per »-eiit. v. il! be al lowed to A fronts who v, ill obtain 2'> or more subscri bers. and 2-3 per cent, to those v.ho obtain ino or more. Ail subscrij)tions to commence with a vo lume. I’ostmasU rs and genliemen dispo^^ed to lend then* influence to ail the cauf>e *>f Airriculture. are re- specifullv recinested to act as aireuts. Addresi; .IKSSH P,UIi:L &. CO. PROSPECTUS. THE undersigned proposes to publish a Donio- cratic Newspaper, under the title of “The Index,” to be edited in Washington city, and printed in Al exandria, District of Columbia, three times a week during the session of Congress, and twice a week the remainder of the year, at five dollars per annum. The first number to be issued about the 1st oi Sep tember next. There is a demand for a paper of this description, at the point indicated. The call is creditable to the vigilance which dictates it, and shows a proper ap preciation of the exigency of the times. Tiie criti cal condition in w’hich we find the great and perma nent interests of the country, resulting Irom an ex- traordinarv combination of men and circumstances, all antagonist to the just and abiding principles of the Democratic party.' anti the injury likely to ensue from a system of measures which there is every rea son to believe that combination is about to establish, will, we doubt not, insure the co-operation of the true friends of the Constitution, in all Avell directed etibrts to resi.st it. So far as the abilities of gentle men high in public confidence can be employed to etiect this object, we have an assurance of their aid, and rely upon the Republicans of the surrounding coimtry for a corrfsponding evidence of there ap probation and support. We look upon the present as the inost important juncture for the re establishment or final overthrow of the Ilepublican party, w'hich has occurred since the termination of tlie hist century. The celebrated report ot Mr. ^ladisoii ol that day asserted the true creed, and sustained it by an argument wliicli has never been answered, and is unanswerable. The external party badges of fomer times need not novr be recapitulated. The intrinsic grounds ot separation at the first still exist; and the princi- ]>les whii'h animated and separated the Federal tVomthe Republican party have not remitted in their operation. A fundamental ditl’erence of opinion in the interpretation of the Constitution, and as to the powers of the General Government, severs now. as in earlier times, the latitudinarian from his oppo nent. Parties in their ascendency have fluctuated alternately; it is a fallacy, iheretbre, to say that cer tain points of difference being removed, the Federal party, as such, is extinct. The opposing principles of construction, above referred to, are destined to remain in permanent conllict as long as our Govern ment exists. A crisis is at hand. The shadows that hang over the face of the future must soon pass away, and then we shall know whether .Tou.n Tyler ot Virginia is politically a Iriend or toe—whether he will, in the hour of extremity and danger, stand up for the Con stitution and his ofi-repeateil and long-cherished principles, or yield to the intluence ol those who de sire to use, but will never sustain him “ ' ges are highly improper, that having often been found injurious to the health and character of the stock : the use of bucks of the pure Dishley orBake- well stock ha.*?, with feeveral coarse flocks of sheep, WATER-PROOF DUBBNIG FOR LEATHER. Keep your feet dry and your head cool.—To ren der leather water-proof, and at the same time to pre serve its elasticity, is a matter of great importance, been attended with no sensible advantne^e. owin" to ! as it increases its durability, and protects those who A G IM V U 1^ T U H K BREEDIXG. IVIany of our farmers sceni to con.^ider that it is sufficient tor them to purchase a good stoci^, a?nl that the system of scientific breeumg is much too com plicated tor them. We assure them that they may continue the plan of im]»0!itation until all their means are exhausted—their stock will continue to degenerate unless they lear.i to sustain and improve it by juilicious crosshig. To assist them in etlect- ing this object, we quote the tbllowing remarks from a work of Mr. Cline, who was one ot' the most celebrated anatomists and authors England ever produced : ‘‘Although the form of domestic animals has been greatly improved by selecting with care those possessed ot the best shape tor breeding, yet the theory of improvement has not been no well under stood, that rules could he laid down tor directing the practice in every case; and although the c.vlernai this cause, the characters and habits of the breeds being so widely dissimilar. Whenever, then, cross breeding is attempted, care ought ui*c&ys to be ta ken to do it gradually, and to rear the progeny in a proper manner; and when tlie matching is con ducted progressively, and with di^ attention to the diversity of habit in the animals^ it succeeds well; ilic chicWrrt being, to begin ^raduaTl? at and m process of tune, as the blood of one family is di minished; that of the other Vv’ill be increased, till improvement to the degree wished for be attained by gradual approximation. ••Tlie great improvement of the breed of horses in England arose irom crossing with those dimimi- tive stallions. Barbs and Arabians; and the intro duction of Flemish mares w'as the source of im provement in the larger breeil of cart horses ; the form of the swine has also been greatly improved Ity cro.ssing with ♦he small Chinese boar: but when it became the fa.shion in London to drive large bay horses in carriages, the tiirmers in Yorkshire put their marcs to much larger horses than usual, and thus did infinite mischief to their breed, by produ cing a race of small chested, long-legged^ large- II** is our !oe. who does his country vv'rong.” It he ])rovc a , Iriend. we mustdelcnd him ; if a ibe, condemri liim— as we ift) tor measures, not iihmi ; anil we estimate and m(‘a-;tn'e bv the Democratic stamlaril ot 1 liomas .letferson. • i ' ta conclusion, we would direct attention to the Ja- cilities and advantages attending this locatimi. Our coniigiuiv to ihe (*apitol of the Union, and the resi dence ot'Nir. .Tk.-^se E. Dow (one ot the I'lditors) be- ini there, will enable us to give tlni political news and proceedings of Congress as early as the papers printed in Washington. ^V'e are siiuated in fhe midst of severed Congressional districts ol \ irginia and Maryland, whose commerce flows hither, and whose peopleware at present overwhelmed by papers of an opposite ch.iracter. |I3^Communicalions tor publication, or orders for the paper, v»*ill meet with prompt attention by be ing adtlressel io the proprietor and piibli.sher, at Alexandria, D. C. JOIIX M. .K)HXSOX. Oct. 12, IS 11. PlIOSPECTUS OF jrijr Stncoju Ktputincan. I T was the intention of the undersio-ned to issue a form has been much studied and the proportions boned worthless animals; and a similar project was well ascertained, these arc but indications ot inter- j adopted in Normandy, tor the purpose of c^'Iarging nal structure,—the principles of improving it must, therefore, be tbunded on a knowledge of the struc ture anl use of the internal parts; and of these, the Iu7igs are of the first importance ; it is on their size and soundness that the strength and health of an animal principally tlepend, the pow’cr of convening food into nourishment being in proportion to their size, an animal with large lungs being capable of converting a given l^uantily of food into more nou rishment than one Avith smaller lungs, and therefore a greater aptitude to fatten. The external indica tions of the size of the lungs are, the form and size of the chest, but a deep chest is not capacious, un less it be proportionally broad. The is the cavity formed by the junctiofi of the haunch-bones with the bone of the rump, and it is essential that this cavity should be large and capacious; its size is indicated by the width of the hips and the breadth of the tAvist; which is tliejunc tijn ot the thighs—the breadth of the loins being ai~ wav.s in prupnrtiuu to inai ol’ mu clicstts and pel vis. The head should be small; the length of the neck in proportion to the height of the animal; tlie mue- ch’s and tendons largo, the strength of the animal depending more on the muscles or tendons than on the bones; many animals witlilarge bones are still weak, and those that are pefectly nourished during their growth have their bones otten disproponional- ly large. A compact, round made body, a deep, lull chest, a broad loin, full flank and straight back, a small head and clean chaps, with fine tapering neck, limbs and bones not coarse and large, a soft but not thick skin, with sot't fine hair, are amongst the chief marks of a good kind. “It has been generally supposed, that the breed of animals is improved by the largest males; this oj)inion has done considerable mischief, and proba bly would have done more, if it had not been coun teracted by the desire of selecting animals of the Pi merit irv Joiii’iiiil of Bankiiiai: Wll.LIAM 31. GOUGE. OF PHILADELPniA. *rospectus some time previous to the commence- t of the prest'iit (the 5th) Volume ot’lhis paper ; but some arranuements becoming necessary, and which could not be tdli’cted at an earlier lay, this Prospectus Avas unavoidably delayed until fhe j)re- sent lime. The. undersigned has now Ihe gratification of be- . ing able to as:sur(; the iriends of the paper, and oi I the cause m which it is engaged, that the Lincoln ■ Republican is now placed on a sure foundation; and that nothing is wanting to ensure its lonir continua tion. but the exi'rtions of its friends ; and he would take this occasion to call upon them to bestir them selves in its behalf. He cannot deem it nece?.?ary to say more than that the lancohi R‘publican will continue to pur sue the course it has heretoibre marked out. Its doctrines are, and will be, the docfrinex of the Re publican School of '98 & ’99; and it will, as hereto- This Journal v*’ill contain— 1.4. A new edition ot’*• A Short History of Pa per Money and Banking in the Ignited States, ’ by VV*m. M. Gouge, Avith corrections and additions, '■ringing the nru’rative doAvn to the present time. .’^d. Essays on Banking, Currency, Exchanges and kindred topic.=. in which efforts Avill be made to place these subjecls n\ the dearest light possible. 3d. A semi-monthly revicAv of the times, embra cing the most important eAents. especially those Avhich affect the general operations of business. 4th. Such miscellaneous matter as Avill, Avhile it Avill add to the interests of the Avork. subserve its main object. Avliich is that of shoAving the true cha racter oi'our j)aper money and banking system, and The etfect it has on the morals and happiness of the ditVerent clas.ses of the community. This Journal Avill be especially intended for Far mers and Mechanics, but it is hoped it Avill not prove unuseful to Merchants and other productive mem bers of society. It Avill be published once every tAA*o Aveeks. Each numi>er Avill contain sixteen pages octavo, double column, Avith the leaves stitched and cut, thus uni ting the advantages of the open sheet AA'ith a form coiwenient tor binding. The paper Avill be fair and the type good. 1 he price Avill be For one copy, one dollar and filty ccnts a year. Foi four copies, five dollars, or one dollar and tAventy-fivc cents each. For ten copies, ten dollars, or one dollar each. Ill all cases, subscriptions must he paid in advance. WILLIAM HUNTER Avould inform hie custo mers and the public generally, that he still continues the BOOK-BINDING BUSINESS at his old stand, a few doors south-east of the Branch Mint He Avill be happy to receive orders in his line, and pledges himselt to spare no pains to give complete satisfaction. Orders left at his Shop, or nt the Office of the “ Mecklcnburg Jeffersonian,’^ a\m11 receive immediate aUcntion. [Charlotte, March 5.1841 tore, endeavor to shoAV, that cA'cry tleparture Irom them, in the administration of the atVairs of the Go- verimient, is sub\'ersive ot the rights ot the States and of the liberties of the people ; and thoretbre, it is only by a strict adherence to them, that those rights and those liberties can be preserved. These are the opinions of the undersigned; and so long as 1h(^ popiM* remains imder his control, such shall be the doctrines it will cudcav(/r to incul(*.ate. Though not personally inter(‘sted, the undersign ed cannot refrain from calling on the opponents of a National Bank, a high and ruinous Taritf, a Dis tribution of the proceeds of the Public lands, an as sumption of the State Debts by the General Go- A'ernment, and of Abolitionism and all its horrors— on the friends of State Rights Republicanism, the uncompromising opponents of all the dangerous doc trines of Federalism, to rally around and sustain the Republican presses of the country. For, it is obvi ous, that to tlie supineness of the Democracy in this respect, and to the A'igilance of the Federalists, may be traced the defeat of the Republican party at the late elections; and in a change of conduct, andin that only, may the Democracy hope for a change of poAver. Terms.—Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if paid in advance; three dollars if payment be withheld three months. No paper- Avill be discontinued until all arreara ges are paid. A failure to order a discontinuance, Avill be con sidered a neAV engagement. Postage in all cases must be paid. ROBT. WILLIAMSON, Jr., Editor. Lincolnton, July 14, 1841. best form aud proportions which arc rarely to be met with in those of the largest size ; experience apply it to shoes or boots from the mischiev^ous ef- tects arising from damp or wet feet. The following recipe followed out carefully, it is belieA’^ed, Avil! ef fect this object. Take a pint of linseed oil, two ounces of bees-Avax, two ounces of spirits of turpen tine, and a half an ounce of Burgundy pitch, and slowly melt them together, continuing to stir them so as thorc^ighly to incorporate thpm, careful not to «>et fhe mas.> on fir'?, as the ingredients are all combustible. When this compound cools, it Avill be found to be about as elastic as leather ought to be. If it AA’ore liarder, it Avould causc the leather to crack or break Avhen bent; and if it were softer, Avater would enter and Avash it out. To apply it, re-melt it, Avarm the shoes, or bopts, and put it on Avith a i small brush or a sponge, or piece of cloth tied on ! the end of a stick; continue to*s*Avarra it in till the leather is Avell saturated Avith it, and particularly the bottoms of the soles and heels. It should al ways be applied when the boots or shoes are neAv, and then lay them by to season some time before Avearing. Leather thus treated will be found im pervious to Avater, and Avill wear twice as long as that to which it has not been applied. The writer has used this article for many years, and can testify I to the great benefits deiiv'ed from it; and he has no their breed of horses, by the use of the Holsicin stal- doubt but his shoemaker’s bill has been reduced to lion, by Avliich the best breed of horses in France * one half by the use of this composition; and what Avould have been spoiled, had not the farmeis di.sco- J been saA'ed by doctors bill he is unable to esti- Acred their mistake in time, by observing their oil-1 mate. spring much inferior in fiirm, to thai produced by j Connnon grease applied to leather tends to rot it^ their own horses.*’ j and it is soon Avashed out in AA’et AA'eather. O. I Farmer's Cabinet. HOW TO IMPROVE A POOR HILL SIDE. A re»l, poor, parched up, unproductiA’e hill side, is one of the most uncomely f'eatures belonging to a tarnj. There are, hoAveA'cr, many Avays of enrich ing poor spots of land, but at present Ave Avill men tion but three modes. 1st. In hauling stable manure, leaA'Cs from the Avoods, mould, and often by liming, poor land may be made quite fertile, but this mode is so expensive that it Avill admit of but small portions being improv ed. If land is enriched by the best stable dung, in three or tour years tire operation must be repeated, or switl deterioration takes place. lid. By so wing se veral of the grasses on the same land, and gr\zing sloek upon it, it may be enriched very fast. If tliis is the plan adopted, atler grazing tAA'o or three years at mos:t, the land might be turned OA'er in the fall and sown in Avheat or rye—if in the latter, it might be pastured till A.pril, and then it AA'ould bear a cora crop. Auer taking off the A\’heat or Indian corn, if cloA’cr iiad been upon the ground, a good stand Avilt soon appear. When this is the case, it may be grazed the sccond and third years, or if de.sired, a crop of hay may be taken ofl'each sea.^^on. and then it Avill afford some good grassing. By managing lands thus, it may be made A*ery rich in a tew years, and yield a constant profit to the* OAvner. Oil. We do not entertain a doubt, btU Jerusalem Artichokes on hill sides, and exhausted spots of land, if eaten in the Avinter by hogs, Avill make land very rich. In the first place, Artichokes afford an abun dance of ibliage Avhich shades the ground in summer. and falls after frost, is coA'ered by the rooting of the has proved that crossing has only succeeded, in an hogs, and rots in a short time. In the second place, eminent degree, in those instances in Avhich the tc- j sA\’ine give large (quantities of the very best manure, males were larger than in the usual proportion ofte- while rooting after their lood.—We do not say that males to males, and that it lias generally failed when j any one of the foregoing modes^ is to be adopted to j sessed the art of tempering copper tools so as to^cut the males Avere disproportionally large. If a AA’^ell | the rejection of the rest, but all should be pursued the hardest granite Avith the most minute and bril- GREEN AND DRY WOOD. It is judiciously remarked, in the Maine Farmer, that a cord of Green W'cod contains 1^443 pounds- of AA’ater, equal to about one hogshead and two barrels. This should be borne in mind by those Avho haul Avood to market; for by cutting down the wood and suffering it to dry some time before it is brought to market, causes the load, (a cord) to be more than a thousand pounds lighter, and of courso hauling Avood is so much less injurious to the horses that draw' it. Besides this advantage to the AA'ood- seller, the Avood-buyer Avould have a much better fire. Many regard it as extravagant to burn dry Avood, because it burns out faster than the green. So it does, but your room gets the advantage of be ing vA'eli and quickly warmed by the dry AA’ood, Avhile a green Avood fire keeps you shivering for hours, and Avhen it burns down, your room is not half Avarmed; for the very good reason, that a largo portion of the heat has been carried up the chimney, in the form of steam from the moist Avood. In a Town like ours, AA’here there are no chim ney sweeps, there is another advantage in using dry AA'ood: chimneys do not so soon become foul, Avhich lessens the danger of the house taken fire from sparks, or flakes of burning soot. S. C. Temperance Advocate. RAILWAY AND STEAM-POWER 3,600 YEARS AGO. The lost Arts of the Ancient Egyptians.—If the Thebans 1800 years before Christ, kncAA' Icss^ in some departments of useful knoAvledge than our selves, they also in others knew more. 7’hey pos- tormed large buck be put to small ewes, the lambs Avill not be so aa'cII shaped as their parent; but if a good small buck be put to larger ewes, the lambs Avill be of an improA'cd form; the improAxment de pends on this principle, that the poAver of the female as far as the farmer’s means will permit. to supply her offspring tvith nourishment, is in pro- jg season for sowing most of liant precision. This art we have lost. Again, Avhat mechanical means had they to raise and fix [From the Temperance Advocate.] . the enormous imj)0sts on the lintels of their temples Neavberry. Sept. 10, 1S41. atKarnac? Architects noAv cenfess that they could nr ^ T \ . n I u 1 not raise them by the usual mechanical nowers Mr. EniTOR,—It has repeatedly been observed,; ^ \ ,, , ?! V ’ ^ ^ . - 1 hese means must, therefore, be put to the account JOB PRINTING. WE are prepared at this Office with a handsome supply of Fancy Type, to execute all kinds o tC46 twUin^ in a very superior style, and at short notice Orders AA-ill be thankfully received. .Teffersonian Office. Charlotte, March 9, 184L portion to her size and the power ot nourishing her self from the excellence of her constitution. The size of the foetus is generally in proportion to that of the female parent, and, Iheretbre, A\dien she is disproportionately small, the quantity of nourishment is disproportionally small, and her offspring has all the disjtrojjortions of a star\'eling; but when tlie fe male, from her size and good constitution, is more adequate to the nourishment ol a fcetus ot a male smaller than herself, the growth will be proportion ately larger; the larger female has also a greater quantity of milk, and her offspring is more abun dantly supplied with nourishment after birth. To produce the most perfectly formed animal, abundant nourishment is necessary from the earliest period of its existence, until its groAVtli is complete. “ To obtain animals with large lungs, crossing is the most expeditious method, because Avell form ed females may be selected from a variety of a large size, to be put to a Avell formed male that is rather smaller; by such a mode of crossing, the lungs and heart become larger in consequence of a peculiarity in the circulation of the foetus, which causes a larger proportion ol the blood, un der such circumstances, to be distributed to the lunge than to other parts of the body, and as the shape and size of the chest depend upon that ot the lungs, hence arises the remarkably large chest, Avhich is produced by crossing females Avhich arc larger than the males; but this practice must be limited, for it may be carried to such an extent that the bulk of the body might be so disproportioned to the size of the limbs, as to prevent the animal from moving Avith sufficient facility, so that, where activi ty is required, this practice must not be extended so far as in those Avhich are intended for the food of man. The kinds of animals selected for cross-breeding ought never to be of very different habits and sizes, for notAvithstanding the confessed advantages deriv ed from cross-breeding, yet, great or sudden chan the cuItiA'atcd gra.sscs in this climate. It is, there of the “ lost arts.” That they Avere familiar Avith the principle of Artesian AA*ells has been lately proA'- fore, proper that those Avho desire to soav them, ed by engineering inATstigations carried on Avhilo should have the seed in readiness in fall time. But. boring foi AAater in the great oasis. That they hoAV are we to do this ? Last year, I had an order forwarded to the North early in June, and certainly expected the seed before September. But it did not arrive until the last of February, or beginning of March. The consequence Avas, that be fore the grass had time to take root, it AA’as parched by the summer heat. Besides, the price charged by the Northern seedsman—if voii sc?id an order, and are not on the spot, to check their extortion—is so ex orbitant that you cannot aflbrd to purchase. At the A-ery time, that by the prices current of the Al bany CultiA^ator, Clover seed is selling at ^5, you Avill be apt to be charged ^7 and $8, at the North ern seed stores. This, Avith the freight and delay, puts it out of the question to depend on such people. We are noAv exceedingly anxious throughout this District, to get Herds grass seed. 1 believe one hundred bushels Avould sell, at reasonable pri ces. on next sale day. I have little doubt indeed it has been repeatedly mentioned, that if the North. Cdrolina 'icagons AA'ouid bring doAvn Herds grass seed, they could sell it freely and profitably. I know, that in this District, they Avould meet a ready market, and find it as good an article as they could carry. I belieA^e the same might be said of York, Chester, Fairfield, Laurens, Abbeville, &c. Of this District I am certain. I Avi::h, sir. you Avould call their attention to this subject. Omega. Mr. Cambreletig, our late Minister to Russia, ar rived accompanied by his lady, in the Great West ern, on Thursday evening, after an absence of tAVO A'cars in Europe Averc acquainted Avith the principle of the railroad, is obvious, that is to say, they had artificial cause- Avays, levelled, direct and grooA'ed, (the grooA-^es be ing anointed Avith oil.) for the conA'eyance from great distances of enormous blocks of stone, entire stone temples, and colossal statues of half the height of the monument. Remnants of iron, it is said, have lately been found in these grooves. Finally, M. Arago has argued, that they not only possessed a know'ledge of steam poAver, Avhich they employed in the cavern mysteries of their Pagan free-mason* ry, (the oldest in the AA^orld, of Avhich the pyramids Avere the lodges,) but that the modern steam engine is deiived, through Solomen de Caus, the prede cessor of Worcester, from the invention of Hero, the Egyptian engineer. — Westminster Review. Irritable Christians.—We cut the following from the Religious Magazine, and commend it to the attention of Christians of irritable temperament: There Avas a clergyman Avho often became quite vexed at finding his little grand children in his study. One day one of these little children was standing by his mother’s side, and she was speaking to him of heaven. “ Ma,” said he, “ I don’t Avant to go to heaven.'* “ Don’t want to go to heaA’en?” “ No, ma. I’m sure I don’t.” “ Why not ? my son.” “ Why, grandpa Avill be there, won’t he ?” “ Why, yes, I hope he Avill.” « W'ell, jusi as soon as he secs us, he will come scolding along, and say, whew ! whew ! whew !— what a>Tt these hoys here for ? I don’t Avant to go to heaven if grandpa is going to be there.” “ Patrick, you fool, Avhat makes yt>u stale so softiy after that Rabbit, when your gun has no lock on it? ' “ Hush! bush! mv darJint, the rabbit don’t kooAV that
Mecklenburg Jeffersonian (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Oct. 19, 1841, edition 1
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