JOSEI’H W. HAMPTON,
.“The powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the People of the United States, may be resmned by them, whenever perverted to .heir injury or opprc3sion“-^(^^~
-Editor aird Publislier
VOLUME 2,
CHARLOTTE, N. C., APRIL 12, 1842.
T K II 31 S
The ’ ibiir^ Jtjr^^rsonian^' is published weekly, at
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crnt. higher tliau the al«ov>> rates, (.)wing to th' delay, gene
rally, attendant i:j)oii eullt''i;,»n.-«). A liberal diseoinit will be
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5^ Letters to the Kditor, uni', ss containing inuney m sum.'?
of Five Dollar,^, »r over, must come free of p>stagC; or the
amount paid at the olVice h; re will be charged to the writer,
; I eviry instance, and collected as other accounts.
DR. C. J. FOX
Has just roccivcti a large and general assortment of
MEDICINES,
Dye-StufTs, Perfumery, Thompsonian
Medicines, Wines and Spirits lor
medical use,
And a variety of other articles, all of which lie
warrants genuine, and will sell low for cash.
Charlotte, April 27, 1810. 8....F
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Weekly Alnianac lor April, 184*-^.
DA vs.
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II Thursday,
n Friday,
]i) Saturday,
17 Stiuday,
H Monday.
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() 30 1 First Uviarter, IR 1 .At.
t) 31 I Full iMoon, '..’ i 6 3 E
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^Htoriitey . lcav\..ca'
WOULD inlorni .such of hi.s friend;: as desire
liis professional services-, that lie has removed
. ,s Ollit'e to Mr. Johnson's brick house, two doors
;il-'VQ tin.- (.'aroliiia Inn.” wluTr! he may he ibund
at all times, unless n*‘crssari!y aiisent.
(‘hariotte, Fcbinarv13...f
--a
I>r. .1. 31. IJjippoWt
HAS reiuovod to iIm' OtKce directly op
posite M;ij. Jost-ph Sniitlfs Hotel, where
liO may be Ibund by his iVionds and tiie
public, and c;nsnlted at all times, unless
My ('n^a;^fd.
A rep')/ t has bct n indubtriotisly circulated j
fr>'cL rel.iiivt* to hj^ ciiarges. 'riieyhave been f
> i)i:-iu!ieed c.Ktrav;t!Tant. He takes this opportunity j
’ I .-t ill' h) t!ie juildic. tiiat he hohls liimselt’ready at j
:-MV t;;ui‘. to cni!ip:u'c char»ies. and \veifh his service |
ui;!i any ol’tin* Faculty. Me wishes it to be dis-!
under.->tcMul. that bi.s CIIAlU.il’bS shall in all j
U KA.'.'NA!;I.i:. i
■ir!...tf i
I© jjrap CSoo5j&, .cij
JFV#* the (Jash only!
All persons that wish to buy Goods clieap,
find it to their interest to call on the subscriber
before purchasini^, as I am detorntined to sell as low
\ as any Cash or Credit Store in town.
! n. R WILLL\MS.
Cntarlotte, Jan. 11, 1S12. 41....tf
-^^’d persons indebted to the subscriber, must
p«^y
I^ast Call :
^OTICE is hereby given to all person.s indebted
.1 1 to me by note, that their papers arc placed in
the hands of Col. Jno, \V. Pott.=5, and all tliose who
do not call on him and settle Itelor** April Court
next, may calculate on paying cost to a deail cer
tainty.” Having purchased land, I ani compelled
(o make this call for money.
WM. G. POTT??.
January 4, IS 12. 13...tc
\ NUMBER 57.
A c; Ji I C U L T U R K.
Skins!—Skins !!—Skins
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I. I-'!-
THI'i subscribers oITlt for sal*' at their House,
back ot‘ J. B. Kerr’s Hotel,
Deer Skins dressed willi Ijnir.
•• •’ witluHit hair
•• Jjutr.
riear
Sheep •• with w )id,
" without wool.
Conn anil Otter Skins ilressed, which tiiey oiler
for sale cheap ibr CASH, or in exchange lor other
raw Skins.
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j\oticc!
Ford
1V']'' will sell ;if PuMic Sale, at Jieatty s
▼ 7 Linc jlti 'ounty. X. on the Il'Ji of April.
i.etwoen
THinrV \M) FORTY LIKELY
('‘>ns'stinui rj Mc'-ha.nics ttf fill hititls : lihick-
snnj/ts^ Shoi’tnak' r.. 'I'nincrs, ('nrpniters. t^';.
1 Ijf’ negroes are all oriroud families.—"We will also
sell ;i larLTf number of
1' sittU
ADAM SIT.ER,
MARTL\ FVllMSKLL.
;hrulott.‘, Feb. 2\. 1842. 51...if
??4tniy Muless.
his place,
outlui 17th inst., three Brown MULKS.
1 will lit^erally reward any person that
, will bring them to mu, or give infonnti-
tion so that 1 can get them.
' -A [u;intity ot‘Dacon ruul Lanl for side.
I * J. B. HEPailFORD.
j Charlotte, JX. C., March 27, 1812.
^ X. B. I. or my agent, will be Ibinid at Col. ^L \V.
Alexander's Hotel.
a. JL ^
{(H' niPROYKi) snrcic;)
\ h\]U,J] XUMIlElt or
SHEEP,
[Sf/.coni/. owl mix'd:)
A (UHkj) STOCK or
HOC,iS,
Homes and Jflulea;
fe^v (iooil Thills?s Yet^
AXD
JWort
bnaniiMR ? 1
I® L
n,nj.
J ipKnihfif of Vnni^ J^oddcr
(Did Oats;
WXUOl^S,
Ploughs, and
All kinds of l'trmiag TooU.
I'he Xegro properly will be sold on a crcdit of j directs.
THFi Proprietor of the CONCORD'
C(JFFEE-I101’SF.'* would itilorm his
customers and the public (generally, that
his Stock of GROCFiRIFjS, and lancy
! articles to tickle the palate, is yet quite full, and h(^
I respectfully invites all to give him a call and be
, their own judge.
He would also state, that ho cxpects in a phort
time to receive the most splendid and choice Stock
of articles in his line ever brought to this region o
country, when ho will be fully prepared to please
the tas*te of the nio?t fastidious.
F. n. ROUECHE.
( 'oncord. X. C,, Di',c. 28, 1811. ^2..,y
Taken Up,
jk ?^'D conunitted to the Jail of this county, on the
,/V 27th of September last, a Negro man, about 20
I years of age, round lull face, smooth forehead, thick
■ Iii)s, and flat nose, five feet 7 or 8 inches high, with
j a scar on the fore finger of the left hand, made, he
1 stiys, by a cutting knife. The owner is recpiested to
; come Ibrward, prove proporty, pay charges, and
‘ take him away, or he will be dt'.alt with as the law
tw(dve months with interest from the day of Sah;,
tlie purchaser to give bond aiul approved security. I
Terms as to the other property, will be made known '
on the day of sale.
M. HOKE. } Exr's of R. H.
H. W. BURTOX. i Burton, dec’d
^5' We will al.so dispose of several tracts of val
uable land in the neighborhood of Beattv's Ford, at
private sale.
M. H. }
H. W. B. S Exr's.
Lmcoln co., X. C., ^Larch 16, 1842. 54....ts.
T. N. ALEXANDER, Sherill.
Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 19, 1841.
32...F
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PERSONS who have filed the first Volume of the
''Mecklenburg Jvffersonian^^^ (just completed) and
wish it bound, will please hand in their orders to
the subscriber, and they shall be executed nccatiy
and without delay. WM. HUNTER.
March 8, 1842.
Coach Making*
JOB PRINTINC.
Vy E are prcjmrcl at this Office witli a handsome
supplj ol 1 ani'y Typo, to exccute all kinds of
iviiibc^ais-
Jefiersonian Olfjep. f *har!»)t*f\9 1811
THE Subscribers having entered in
to copartnership, will carry on the above
business in all its various branches, at
the old stand formerly owned by Mr.
Carter Crittenden, opposite tlie Jail.—
All work WARRANTED;—and Re
pairing done at the shortest notice, for moderate
chargcs. CHARLES OVERMAN,
JOSHUA TROTTER.
Charlotte. Juire 15. 1841. I'-ni
Remarks on Seeds and Socdsnien—Sowing Sucds, causos of
failur'', &.C.
The production of living plants from small grains
oi seed dropped in the earth, is one of the most
wonderful and beautiful operations of Nature.—
W’’hen examined by the light of Science, it i« found
to be efi'ectcd l>y the combined agency of earth, air,
moisture and lieat; and to insure succes.s itia neces
sary that these four elements be combined in due
but different proportions, according to the nature
and habits of the diirerent kinds of seeds. Hence
arises the difllculty of some kinds to vegotate; and
the uncertainty which gardorners generally feel re
specting many of th(‘ir crops until they see the
yovmg plants appear. Hence, also, arise most of
the coniplaints which are made to seedsmen, and the
censures which are unjustly cast upon them by in
experienced cultivat ors.
In order to explain this subject, and with a view
to lessen the evil, tho Proprietor of the Rochester
Seed Store has added the testimony of several
highly resi)CctablQ and successful cidtivators in the
country, and some accounts of their methods of
preparing and sowing several of the most important
kinds of seeds that lue liable to fail with carcless
management.
The Editor of the Albanj' Cultivator speaking
on this general subject,* says :—
“ Seeds often fail to grow; and the seedsman is
faulted for vending bail seeds, when the cause of
their not growing is owin^’ to the gardener or plan
ter. To induce germination, moisture, atmospheric
air, and a certain temperature, are indispensable;
aiul it is also retpusite that light be excluded from
the seed, until the nutrimert of the seed is exhaust
ed, or until the root can dra\v nourishment from the
soil. Tiic first effect of the air, heat, and moisture,
upon the seed is, to change its properties—to con
vert its starch into sugar—info a sort of milky pulp,
the proper food of the embryo plant. If at this
stage, the seed becomes dry, its vitality is believed
to be destroye d ; but if these agents are permitted
to use their influence, the contents of the seed swell
b\ degrees, tmd the fir.st noini of tho future root ha
ving fbrmed, breaks through tlie shell in a downward
direction, and about the same time the first point of
the future stem comes forth in an upward direction.
The presence of the air, heat, and moisture are as
imlispensable to the growth of the plant, as they are
to the germination of the seed.
•• Xow it often happens, that when seeds are plant
ed in fresh stirred ground, or when the soil is moist,
they undergo the incipient progress of fermentation,
and the earth not being pressed upon them, :ind dry
weather ensuing, tl*e moisture is abstracted, and the
seeds perish. Too much moisture is also of’ten de
structive ‘lO the vital princiide of seeds—and otliers
again are buried too deep to be vivified by solar
and atmosjdieric influence. The first object in plant
ing, therefbre, should be to place the seed just so
far under the surface, and so to cover it widi earth,
as shall barely secure to it a constant supply of
moisture. There are many seeds, as of the carrot,
parsnip, orchard grass, vfec., which if not previously
steeped, or the soil well pulverized and pressed up
on them, fail to gniw for want of moisture. Hence,
in sow’ing orchard grass, it is found prudent to
spread it upon a Hoor and sprinkle it with water be
fore it is sown, and to pass a roller over tho ground
after the seed is sown ; and hence, in light garden
mould, it is advisable to press with the hoo or spade,
the earth upon all light seeds after they are sown.”
OX SOWING FLOWER SEEDS.
David Thomti.^, an experienced and very success
ful Florist remarks :—X. G. Farmer, vol. 1. p. 50.
“ For large seeds, like the Bean or the Pea, a
coarsc soil is well adivpted, as they can force their
way to the surface from any moderate depth; but
small seeds require dill'erent treatment; and we lay
, ii down as a sale rule, the liner the seed, the finer
shouhl be the soil.
How docs Nature, exemplifying Supreme Wis
dom, SOW’ her most delicate seeds? She scatters
them on the shady ground, trusting to the rain or
the frost to cover them, (of course slightly,) and
they germinate before the sun has acquired pow
er enough to scorch them. Tho dust like seeds
of the Orchis and Cypripedium sometimes grow in
beds of damp moss.
Common garden loam, whether clayey or sandy,
is much improved b}’^ a dressing of vegetable earth
from the woods, well mixed before the planting. If
prepared in the preceding autumn, and pulverized
by the frost, all the better.
Such a soil is ftivorable to seeds of almost any
kind; but essential to the finer and more delicate
sorts. The preparation of the soil alone, how’ever,
is not enough. Fine seeds may be smothered if co
vered from more than one eigth to half an inch
deep; and their short roots may be parched if ex
posed to the sun except in morning and evening.—
To a fine soil, therefore, we must add the protection
or shade, and in time of drought, a regular supply
of moiature. If the secils are sown in an open bor
der, a sprinkUng of water in the evenings is best,
but carefully abstain from applying bo much as will
bake the ground.’’
ON PREPARING AND SOWING ONION
SEED.
W. Risley—(X. G- Farmer, vol. 2, page 38.)
ty four hours—some seeds being slower to admit
moisture than others, is the difference in time rr qui-
red. After soaking, drain off the water, and mix
file seeds with a sufficient quantity of air to absorb
the moisture remaining on the seeds; stir them of
ten that they may vegetate evenly, and keep them
in a moderate degree of warmth and moisture un
til they are sprouted, when they are ready to put in
to the ground. If the weather should be unfavora
ble, put the seeds in a cool place, which will check
their growtli.
It was left in that situation until the time of sow
ing. In April, as soon as the soil was saifficiently
dry, the plougliing was commenced, and the second
day, at night, the sowing was finished, with seed
prepared as before stated. Li one week the onions
were up, rows were soon visible near twenty rods
and no tvpf‘d.«; yet appeared. The operation of gtir-
rmg the soil with rakes and hoes was tlien commen
ced, and the weeds w*ere not suffered to grow du
ring the summer. (It is a mistaken notion that it is
not timo to hoc a garden until it is green with
weeds.) The first of September the onions were
harvested, and the product was over trvo ihonsand
bushels of fine onions from two and a half acres.’’
ON SOAKING MANGEL WURTZEL SEED.
J. Rapaljee says, (X. G. Farmer, vol. 1, p. 149,)
“I prepared half an acre for Mangel Wurtzel, and
obtained the seed from your agent at Canandaigua.
After soaking the seed one day, I commenced sow
ing; but rain camo on, and the soil being rather
clayey, it w’as a whole week before I could sow the
remainder. The seed w*as soaked all this time, and
supposing it was spoiled or injured,! sowed it thick
er than usual, and had not enough to finish the
ground. Accordingly 1 sent to the same place and
got more seed, and sowed the remainder witiiout
any soaking; so that pan of my grouncl was sow
ed with seed soaked one day, another part one week
and a third part not at alL
Now for the result:—Tiie pait soaked one week, ;
came up first, and much too thickly ;—the part soak- j
ed one day came up slov.Iy and very thinly; while |
the part not soaked did not come up at all. Thus
showing conclusively, the necessity of thoroughly
soaking these seeds, and the little danger there is
to be apprehended from soaking too long. I am
confident that inattention to this subject, is the most j vou»- tree
frequent cause of the failure of the Mangel ^V’■urtz- i
cl and Sufjar Beet seeds.”
make laws for our government, etc., why may wc
not do likewise, to improve our farms, fill our store
houses, make what we want, and render ourselves
comparatively independent. I can see no reason
why we may not lorm such societies in one or more
places in every county. The room for improve-
niciit in cur flirms is without bounds, tlic ncccssity
for it is equally so. There are minds capable of
leading in this matter, and if their mamas will let
them out, there are certainly children enough in
this science to make a re.spectable school. Such
societies are productive of good, and attended with
no ev'il. If every man in the country w’as informed
that he could make two dollars by goinji to court, to
one at home every man would go to court. And
where is the man that would plough two days if*he
could do the same in one, or make only one bushel
of corn when he could in the same time make two 7
No wliere. And yei ii.o of these socie
ties, the combination of practice, theory and coun
cil, lead in a degree to like results, and no one heeds
it! A vast improvement in agriculture in our coun
try has been made in a few years, and it has all
been effected by these means.— Cannot the people
of Ilendorson, Buncombe, Haywood, Yancv, &c.,
follow m the wake ot’counties and States on all sides
01 us? I taink taey can, and sincerely hopo tliey
will. Let some one make liio. call in each of these
comities fdi’ a meeUng. and soe wiiat can bo done.
I am a novice in tlie .‘science, a beginner in practice,
and a babe in turce, or I would give one “• Jericho”
blast with my “ram’s horn,’’in Henderson countv,
at least. I should not iiave troubled you with this
sad epistle had I not thouglii tiiat ^ two heads were
better than one,” even if one was own. Pull
the strings again,” and sec if someihiiig can't bo
done. If’ it cannot, I intend to let t?i.! v.-oiid bee f lliat
is the Messenger v/orhl,) v.hat kiad of farniHrs
WE BE.
Rcspccifu'.iy,
J. M. I-T.
NEW GROUNDS.
From :i conversation with our friciii!, Air. TJiOi;;-
as S. Dickens, whose practical knowledge of farm
ing is equal to that of an_v genticman witli wiioin
wx arc aqoainted, we derive tho following hints Ibr
the management of new grounds :
in springe .sunnacr, whilst
sap is in full flow; tiiis expculite.^ extremcK' the
^TT-u- ^ , - decay of the atump? tmd Jreat advu;itt>‘'-e is
William Garbutt, (N. G. Tar. vol. ]. t). 20.j savs. i • j u .
{ , 1 • # • ,• 1 1 nr ' ' j obtamed b\ cutiing your trees as close tis ptsssibic
‘•Much complaint is sometime made about Mange I,1 i
T,- , , \ c? T. . 1 M- to tiie grouad: yom- sw;iig!ctree tncn passes over
Wurtzel and Sugar Beet seed fai lug to grow ' , . , , ,
rru , ... . ° top 01 tiie .-tnmp. ;uid you can p1ou>t1i much
Ihese seeds are not quite as sure of ve£ietation :is "• • . •
T . , , , “ , i closer to it; Ijesides, the saving ol hre-wood is con-
some Kinds; still, if rifjhtlv prepared, and sown j it i .i • ,
. „ ’ • , , • , ! , Uitl-'rable, and if thetree 1.S a tiiii'.cr on;' every bodv
when the ground is m good condition, before the ! fi,, i ii ■ ;
,, , , I .1 M, ,, > •, I tiie most valuable partis Ihtitn.-'xt the ground,
weather becomes too dry, they w’lll verv seldom fai . A ^ ^ ,
rj,, 1 1 111 / / • C, : * ,• 1remoMhg jc)ur tirc-wooo. nev. r oulii the lars
llie seed should be soaked in soft w’ater, staiu iiii^ i -.u . • . .
, . , 1 ^ i iindleaves, butpennitthem{orajn;u:iunonthesurfacc
in a warm place,yo/' three orjuur days beiore sow- •
iiifr. The shell of the seed is very hard and re- !
^ thov worp cnt -ivMrn f o ,:;ip
quires a long time soaking for it to become softened
60 that the germ can burst it open. I have some
times known it fail after being soaked, owing to late
sow'ing and dry Vvcaiher.”
Planting too deeply.—In vol. 1, p. 97, W'’. R. Smith
states that he “planted lialf an acre of Mangel
Wurtzel with tw’o pounds of seed from the Roches
ter Seed Store. In a few days some scattering
plants made their appearance. ^ * W\dl,
nearly two weeks after I was surprized to find a fair
number of plants just peeping through, and from
their weak and thin appearance, evidently wearied
w'ith their journey to the surface, which they never
could have reached, if the soil had not bean light.*’
Parsnip, Carrot, Celery a7id Parslaj are
all slow' to vegetable, and if sown late and dry
weather succeeds, they will not of'ten come up.
These seeds should be sown early, in line soil, rol
led or pressed dow’ii and kept moist. INIr. Gen.
Shefi'er of WHiatland, raises l;\rge quantities of car-
years, it
they were cut when tl.e
greatly decayed. Proceed, tin'!!, to fallow your
ground, turning under every thing that tiie plough
can manage; ii any large sticks remain undecay-
ed, they must of course bo removed by hand. This
fallowing shouhl be done durinu' tlie fall or winter.
In tlie spring, plant your corn and take a little pains
to cover it with dirt as free from tho trash as possi
ble. The process of decay still goes on, and a
quantity of decomposed vegetahlo matter is obtain
ed, much greater in quality and quantity than could
have been derived from the ashes of'tlie burnt trash.
Mr. Dickens, whose experience is very great, and
wdio attends to every operation on his farm in per
son, informs us, that this system v,*;is once acciden
tally pursued, because it was not convenient to fbl-
lov.^ the old. and favorite, plan of buruing. He was
astonished ai the result; iic of courso continued it,
ami he as.surcs us that he has never seen such crops
of new ground corn as it is sure to produce.
Here, again, is the cover allbrded lo the land for
rots for feeding. He soaked the seed 48 hours, then | two years producing extraordinary effects. Mr.
rolls it in plaster, and when sown covers it from one | Dickens gave no credit to this fact; but v/eare satit-
halfto three quarters of an inch deep.—(X. G. Far. tied that the oflice of covering and sheltering alone
vol. 2, p. 181.)
Cucumbcr, Mellon and Squash Seeds, seldom lose
their vitality by age or otherwise ; but when sown
they of’ten fail to grow, owing to the ground being
cold or w’et. These, and souie other seeds, will in
variably rot if sowm too early—before the ground
is sufficiently warm. I/inia licans and Sicect Com
often fail from the same causes. ^
Egg Plant Seed will not vegetato in the open j
orround—it requires a good hoi-bed
which the trash had performed lor two year.-?, would
have been worth more than any benefits that could
have been obtained bv burning.—Southern Planter.
THE TERRIBLE DEATH OF POTTER.
The following I’roin the Red lliver Republican,
i is a more ininuie account of the dreadful Tragedy
of the death of the notorious Potter. It was sug
gested to us on publisiiing the /iist account that it
say
i looked very much like a hotix. We admitted it to
Locust Seed must be thoroughly scalded, by pour- j v^jj-y extraordinary and jnliuman complexion :
ing boiling hot water and letting it soak 24 hours, j remarked that wo were crcdulous enough to be-
Xew (iencsse Farmtr. | heve it because of the charticter and deeds of Pot-
_ ; The liv(S 01 violent and lawless men termin-
I'roni tiio .\shcville ^Icssongcr.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.
Gbntlkmen : I noticed an appeal of yours some
time since, suggesting the importance of, and the
advantages to be derived from the formation of
such societies in the W'estcrn counties of this State.
First sofik the &e6ds in wat.cr from six to twf'n-
ate in viulen.'c sufficiently ol’ttn to bear out the
scriptiirnl ordinance, that ••whosoever sheddeth
man’s blood by man shall iii^; blood boshed.'’
The notorious Col. Potter, of North Carolina, is
no more. 'Phe Caddo (iazette gives the particu
lars of his death, which was caused by his being
shot with his own gun. Rose, the man w'ho shot
The subject must have struck the minds of every | one time bis dearest friend, but they
sensible agriculturist a thousand times, as one of 1 fell out about a piece of land a widow of Rose’s
trreat importance to his interest and profit, and to brother settled on, which Potter claimed. After
the growth and improvement of our beloved country, j his return from Congress, Potter, with a party ol
A-riculturc is no lablc-larming is no sham-ktbcr i meri.wcnt to Rose’s hot:se, to take him and chastisr,
” dii^-race-conscquently, every atica.i.t to i.n- “> kill him, but he ...anagoc to escapc,
tnd foster the farming interest, ehould bo | ‘letermined to t^o the same to lotter.-ihu
and foster ^ ^ t Tiazette s account oi the aflaa- continues;
On the moining of the 1st instant, the party of
Rose reached the house of Potter before any of his
people were up, and secreted themselves in the sta
ble. Several of Potter’s friends remained with him
that night, and as they came to the stable in tho
morning to feed their horses, they were seized one
by one, and put under such durance, as to be una
ble to give any alarm. In this manner they suc
ceeded in capturing six, As the seventh man came
out he espied Rose and aUempted to return to the
panics to administer justice, to unite and council 1 house, but before he could reach it, the contents of
ciicli other on ulumst every subject, to ossetrible to | a doidib' barrel shat a;„n tvoj.' ponr.'d in'., i.i-- t.ac-l.-
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viewed with respect, and attended to with no ordinary
decrree of interest. But alas! the moth, rust, and
mo°uld of bygone days still co\cr our farm yard
skirts, and we malce no etTort to shake them off. W^e
steer on in ihe same track our fathers did, through
thick and thin, swamps and quagmires, notwith
standing we see beiter ways whited out to us on
all sides. If it is so necessary to assemble with
corn-stalks, plough-handels, &c., to do “military
duty” in order for improvement, to collect in com-