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CO.VSECIUTED TO .VORTIi &f0IAtf X'IRTL'E J.VD LIBER TJ Proprietor and Publi$her. - r Tfcrce Dollar$ if not paid in threi c month VOL--1. ciKi:i:isioi:oi GJi, n. c. wkdJvesday, September i i, i83o. ' f NO--24 A -1 THE QREE.VSBOROUGH PATRIOT 15 PUBLISHED tr C.3V. B. I3VAKS, Every II d m d V r I h The Patriot i published weekly, at two doNj proved, he gathered six tons in One year. Hrs ner annum, only, if paid within three , , ., , . , J months ; if not "paid in that time, three dol. 1 est'mate enclosing marling, manur lars I ing, and settling to grass four acres, at one No subscriber will be received for a ho ter hundred dollars per acre, and the land period than x months; and orders for the , dj t d from lhe usua puri,0ses of naoer niust be accompanied with the cash "u; " i i wtfen beyond the Sme. agriculture, at twenty-five dollars per a- A failure to order a discontinuance within the cre amounting in the whole to five hun year, will be considered a new engagement ; . (red dollars. The Capital thus invested, and no paper wi 11 1 be discontinued until all fc . f d d fa arrearages are paid. . . . . jJ. ..".y .""i advertisements, not exceeding eiRhteeh lilies of interest upon this sum, together Wllh the printed -matter wilt be neatly inserted three j Cost 0f cutting and securing the Il3y, which times tor one aouar , anu iwemy mc ten. , greater length 1 in the same proportion. LETTERS to the Editor must be post otherwise they will not be heeded. IUI r-HSIB Ui.tlkit.Ulllh -fv w - AID, . O R I C UL. T VR A t. From the Farmer 5c Gardener- Experiments of the injury to corn cause bp gathering the joaaer. Several purifications in the Rrgister have Itated the increase of Indian corn, matured with the blades and tops. The common usage in this country, which I have followed is, to gather the blades as Eoon as they begin to spot, and to cui the tops immediately upon securing the blades. About first of September last, I etript the blades from several rows in one of my corn fields, leaving a row altcr . nately undisturbed ; and cut the tops a bout the 7tb of the month, in like manner. As I designed to make a fair and satisfac tory experiment, I suffered both blades & tops to be much withered before 1 took them from the stalks. The last of Novem ber J gathered thFcorh from the stripped and unstripped .ro.ws, when it was dry, "and in good condition, and put it a vay in my barn in separate parcels, in the shucks, from both of which I husked out, the 6th ofthe present month, one hundred ears, without particular selection, and now sub join their weight and measurement. I am tensible that this experiment will not pre cisely correspond with others which may b& made. The result of such experiments willhiidluetK coil, the goodness of the crop the manner of planting, lind the maturity of the corn at the time the blades and tops are gath ered. My- experiment was made from a .field planted tour feet each way, which had an early, vigorous growth, unchecked by insects or di ought and which produced more than forty-five bushels to the acre. 1 made other different trials upon the par cels I have mentioned, both by weight and measurement, which I think unne cessary to state, as they all tended to the Lj?8"PU?LJ?.!?.!!'- J but perhaps, I ought not omit to mention, that the weight of the Cobs of the unstript corn was double the weight of the stnpt, as it proves that sub - ilractirg the blades and tops dries up that part of the plant which immediately sup .. phes afiment to the fcrain. To this cause I also attribute the perfection of the grain to the end of the cob of the unstnpped corn whilst that on the . stripped had, for :thirisVpart witheredi perishedj 1 00 ears of Indian corn matured 1 . xn cob, . . - -.. ' J do. shelled, 64 , do measurement, 26 quarts, 1 pint ..lftO eart of Indian corn stripped of ). ' blades and tops: weight on cob, ) -do. shelled - , v - 50 41 do, measurement 21 quarts. have long desired to abandon gather ing fodder; but it is bard to depart from common usage, especially, if the deviation has the appearance of negligence. The month of September is usually devoted bv farmers to this work; the dews are then heavy, and highly injurious to labourers; - it is-theeason tor intermittent levers, -- which I believe 8re often contracted in this employment. The month, of Septem her mieht be most usefully devoted to drawine out marl and other manures, and preparing fallows for wheat. When the w heat is sown and the corn gathered at v full: maturity, the corn stalks with the blades and tops?, afJTord some provender and excellent litter for cattle. Few tar mar have such fjoatinu capital, as justify them in entering upon the schemes ottm . crovement without calculating the cost and probable Tesult. The provender af forded by Indian corn Cannot be abandon - etT. f unless an equivalent be supplied. A farm divided into four or. five fields, of r forty acres each, and one of them annual ly in Indian corn, will not produce fodder beyond Gve hundred pounds to (he acre I equally to ten tons. Four acres eet in or chard grass and clover, will, if marled and manured, in two cuttings yield ten tons ol hav. A gentleman in an adjoining county, iff whom I hare entire corutdence, assur ed me that from one acre, verv hizhlv im f ima,e .A orty -tive dollars, is the price to hp naid annually for hay, in lieu ol blades and tops. A field of forty acres of ' Indian corn which now yields, under the old system of gathering, forty bushels to the acre equal to one thousand bushels, if mv fYnerimrnf, or that of others, be not j - fallacious will produce an additional fifth. (I . . r .1 1 ...... u...t amounting to one uiuusanu nine nuuuicu and thirty-three and a third bushels ; there--by producing' a gain of three hundred and thirty-thn c and a thiid bushel equal, at fifty cents a bushel to one hundred and sixty six dollars and two thirds, to which is to be ftdded the value of the labour sa ved, and the grazing after the hay is se cured, which is wt.iih something. If a lot be once well set in orchard grass and occaoiounilV Pressed with manure from the stable, "where, the grass is fed it will remain in a state of ttaidimiuichcd produc tion for many years in" this I (eel confi dence, from my own observation. I have but one pit of blue marl in which 1 have found 'gunpowder m Ifexhibirrno lime by-the test of aeidi. There is no green sand but it has many shining particles, and a sulphurous smell. It ret tins the impression of large shells, and some sharks' teeth, in a stale of per fect soundness, have been found. I hav supposed that the hardness of the teeth has resisted the agents which decomposed the shells. On this subject, Mr. Newton's essay in the Register is highly instruc tive. I have long thought that this pit contained properties, fertilizing beyond lime. "It does not by the test of acids ex hibit lime equal 'to another pit ; yet it has been uniformly quickei in its action, ana greater in it product. 1 am pleased that J specimens of the gunpowder man munu in Virginia, have been sent to Professor Rogers. Agriculture stands indebted to him for much useful information. I left a specimen, taken frorri my pit, with our Fiofeasor Ducatel. If the properties, sug gested by Mr. Iscwton, shall be found in them, ir addition to my own personal ben fit. I shall feel gratified that this source of improvement is common to Vngmia and Maryland. As this article contains little more than a statement of facts, I have subjoined my name in attestament of their accuracy. WILMUl 'TAR MIC.U ALL. Why shouldn't a Farmer bwu a thing or two? Why should not a tanner know more than other rolks ? 1 hey certainly ought to, for they have in th;s country more to do than others. They' hav to make more use of the powers or law of nature than other folks; they have o use the elements for tools they are in deed practical chemists (whether they are aware of it or not,) for they have to make use of the various substances which nature gave them ithey have to combine, separate, modifv and change both simples and compounds. Their farm is at one and the same time a laboratory 6z a work shop, and in proportion as they operate in such a way as to anord the several el ements of which the substances arc com posed and upon whom they are operating, disunite or combine, will be their success. Tbey depend on the vegetable world for subsistence their labor is among and up on the plants of the 'earth why should they not know the proper name and na-4 - - - ture of every tree and herb and plant? They have to contend with insect and animals why should they not know the habits andthe natures of these as well or better than" any other class of people. They have to work, upon the earth, they have to put it in a condition to bear a eood croD; thev have tochance the state of it and adapt it to. tfcjf various purposes and crops, why should they not know more and better respecting . the ingreui -entB of their 6oil the vanou3 mineral or fossil' substances which they, may find ei ther upon their own or other's farms? Thev have' to 'discern the tice of the sky,' and watch the changes of the atmosphere ahce to the changes of the weather, tern peratu as much the atmos teorol must They must take advantage of the pnnci- pies of mechanics and the application of mauiemaiics io pracntai nc. i mcic any good reason why they bhould not know as iliUUll yJY Iliuicilldil uint.iD, lutuuii inu re, &c. Why should they not know by no mean8 ,isten Tne conveyed the ! invention nfUitPr. fn ih -i ! or more of; the -composition of acCused before another magistrate who are equal to the oen of th Rnnt. f mJ"; phere, and the science or. me-i committed him to iail without hesitation. nA .,! NU- T..-2Li.. s . H , ----- - j ,1V4 i,t xcevauc;ui9,.iu irue excel- i ogy than any other people! I hey They day of trial come and ftlr. 5loyne- lence, utility, and dignity;, tv 1- use tools or impiements of labour, ban happened to be one of the jury. -Thjc -BoufcyihA'mtonttnhi tnA7lL - science of Mechanics or Natural lJhiloso-conviction. The foreman made his re phy? Injthis country they have to contri- port to the judge, who reproached Mr. bute largely to the support and formation Moynehan severely with his obstinacy, of government, and upon them depends The latter however was not to be moved, the eleclion of rulers and law; makers and the jssuc,J.vaa (as the rumor goes) that why should they not understand the fun- the jut y kishtd and the prisoner was set at damental principles ol national law po- liberty, - . i litical science and political .'econoim? When the judge had returned to his They have to administer to the sickness of lodgings he could not avoid reflecting on animals under their charge heal wounds the extraordinary character of this man, and restore health why should they not1 who had thus, to gratify a favorite theory perfectly understand comparative anato- let a murderer loose upon society & ?et up my, at least, and also physiology and the ymp:omsund treatment of diseases as well as any others? Indeed so wide is the field of his labours, ?o numerous the obiecls with which he is v.-o:Mf:t:ttd, to various the operations which' lie has to perform, that we verily think -that a far mer ought to l.t; the mort learned upon earth. Cut t an a mp.n conquer or J mike himself perfectly familiar with every judgerocwigc, "you miiy i emember a fcie zee and every thing? By no means conversation which we had sometime yet nevertheless he should have his mind since on thc subject of circumstantial cv so well plored with the geneial principles idence?' of all the fCietice;:, tjiat he canjbe guidtd 'Perfectly well,' replied the judge. iy them whon it becomes ne cessary t tie 4 1 told your - lordship then,' said Mr. more particular, and to know when he Muynthan, 'that the time might yet nr employs a man devoted particularly- to a- riverwhen I bhould have an opportunity of ny one branch, whether he is competent making voun' a convert to my opinion," loathe task, -and will drsclnrgc his duty to That time, Mr, Moynehan, is cetainly him with fidelity and precision. :yetJto come, for i never knew a case eo -Maine 'Fanptr;; clcai ly -against you, a that which ve have irwA irt.ntiy May I ; request to know ClllLUiMS UAL EVIDENCE. TlaJC your worship,' sarSthe eldest of the three accusers, 'this Aov aoiy son ' Ned were at work together jest an1 they had ?ome vwrds comm' which nobody then took much notice of. Rut tins morning it so happened that I went to work, lit .your honor's pra- tee garden agreeaoie to oidtiers. ' u was r r.iv. nn 1 ..YnfrW in bo i'iri imoi. ihf . j y . ..t . - ground, which 1 knew to be plcasin1 to your honor, but I was overtaken on the uic Mayer ni ;c uecra-eu.-N. road by these , two neighbors, so the The judge st irtcd buck in hror. three of U3 went on together with our Ves,' said he, ;it happened tfnvUiat spades in our hands. When we come in- morning that I was in? -the lie-Id before ay to the field it was just the du.k o'dawn ofo,y workmen. .The deceased was the 'Stop,' says this man hereto me, 'don't ,irst who niade appearance, and I re you hear proanin?' 'I hear something,' buVed him for hia neglect. Being a man says I, 'but I made nothing ol il. ihinkiii' of a hot temper, he- answered me with it was the wind.' Tis not the wind,1 more than equal warmth, and I lest all says hcf.'buUoucone that-got a bad hurt, command -ol mine. I struck him he an' there they are!' -Sure enough at . returned the blow I held the pitchfork that miiiulc we seen this boy here ii)in' to make off with a pitchfork', this pitch- tork here in his hand, but we pinned him. Little I knew what rise he -was her' putfin'.it.to. 1 wish I had no more to j leti: it's clear I aimed -your worship's pravi"iCl arquittal. iees. ve lounu my ooy a dead corpse m the furrow, an' there -a the villyan that doiie iC'I-I-lI-C-irilr- '".L'.i t he two other witnesses ' being exam in ed, corroborated in all circumstances the evidence given by the first. Having pa tiently heard all they had to say, and tind- uig that they had not detected the man in the very act, Moynehan, seemed desirous to dismiss the case. It was true, he said. " they had found a man on ithe spot with the bloody weapon iii his band, and with uis hands on the dead body. 1 his and bis precipitate flight when 6ten, and the disagreement of the previous evening, were strong circumstances, yet they did not amount to actual evidence of j.uilt, and he called on the prisoner for his ex planation. The unhappy man turned pale and red alternately, and trembled as if his doorri Ind been already fixed. He acknowledg ed the dispute, and indeed all the circum stances deposed by his accusers, yet he attested heaven that he was'wholly guilt less. v '1 went into the field,' said he, to my work, an' I fqund the corpse before mc in the furrowran the pitchtork lyin a- near it, an' while 1 was feelin' him to see i i i - ft i j - . L"m S "!"!?Se l", and also secretary, has left on "V, r 7 "V -UUUB " 8n 1 toon me ; record the following testimony: 'the Bi pitch fork with me . n.m, fright.'' jble contains the laws of God's kingdom Mr. DJoynenan, wno seemed affected in '""g"' - uj iuc puor lenow 8 anxiety, was so far from iudpin? him onit. iy, that be petemptorilvretuVedto i . 'i ri j . ' ui. will j aut vi v.uiiiuiiiiui. min iton nil hie in.! fluenceiodiisuide the friend, of .he devCH, rK "C" STTL.ir . ... . . . ij m 'Vn tliid- hnwvir ihov iwnntrl 1 -w "zi - evidence was the same as before the judge his old acquaintance. To the wnuiu wuun, cm-cjii. w iiiuj inc testimony seemed conclusive, tie, how- a M I nwuiu iiui luigii iu inu inuuui in a his own solitary judgment against the u- nanimdus conviction of a crowded. court, So deeply did it prey upon his mind, that lie sent for Moynehi, in order that they mwht exchsne some rtiiict conversation on the subject. The hater readily attend ed on his- summons. - i 'My serious ,-,i 8 1 i l Mr. M yncl lynenan , wun a air on ni'.inng tiie cause of me 1 . f A i yourre'asons for such : extraordinary peri: evenncetd give it no Irarsticr name?1' My reasons are at your lordship's ser vice,' answered Mr. Moynehan, 'provided 'hat 1 h;iv your solumn word of honor not to divulge them uunng my own life- II an;. .The.' judge, w ithout liesitaticn, gave him x. i tWJpromise tie uesueo. "radmit, my lord said Moynehnn, thot this - caaC-haa alt tne strength ot tircum- c,rt,,,,rtG8t,,,,MJ .""iucii- necessary, but I TtKtuKl not in coni.cier.rr; convict the ; prisoner; AM MYSELF . ,n mv arid ff'lled hini to the llano, anu tvnn one more diow i less than one hour utter, the prisoner -f-"was brought before, mc. Judge whether l hl not-reason to be constant in my ver- I'he judge ke pt hi? promise, but from that day 'lot ward he was much- more caiitious iii recti yig circumstaotuiLlevi der.ee on a caplai chu; THE- BIBLE. Mr. Knifoii. It is a chmmon thinj,' to hear lnlidcis arrogate to . themselves the. name of r-' ilosophcrs, as though indeed philosophy confuted in doubling. The few extracts Winch' fdl low, will show iii what light some, acknowledged to be a mong the most eminent philosophers of modern times, have viewed the sacred wiitings. Similar quotations might be multiplied; but it was once said in relation to certain unbelievers, 'If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." Dr. Robinson, the natural philoaopher,! also fellow of the Royal Society, and of the College of Physicians, says 'The Scrip ture? of the Old and New Testament con lain a system of human nature, the grand est, the most extensive and complete, that was ever divulged fo mankind since the foundation of nature. ' Dr. Grewi who. was -much engaged "0 the publication of the philosophical trans actions of iheJToyal Societv, of which he injbia Ipwer world: and religion is o far ; . I t h? hT Wl? ba?PhH . is the highest point and perfectlonjn irom be tht in 7 " -i - " . ' il. n..j ii...ti. r- ti i . ! prisoner ' Ji'l ,mA' "i! . " ' . '. ' iiuuuiiB, icniarn.8. 'lq , writers, irom ine 1 - i the Iioval Societv.t arid iwhn in thm i9nj guage of Boerhave, 'was the ornament of "i M me age ana country, aay s 'The Diblft i matchless volume and it is impoesiblo " we can study it tdo much or esteem it fort 4 J I,;, .i.i.. : - n Locke has said, 'Morality becomes aV geniieman, not merely ai -a man, but io order to do his business as a rentleman. and the nfioralitiriheeobDeLdbthia'J: ceed that of nil othpr h Aft 1 ft I A ft I A flmm a m. V K man a full knowledge oflrue morality""! would send him to no book but the New icsiament. .. -.r 4 ,,i Sir Isaac Newton, whose ecience'was "." truth, aid the foundation of whose knowl-, ' ' edge of it was philosophy says, ( account tlc Scriptures of God to be the most sub-' lime phlowpbv'.?.Ijl-:.i - C u-tu. JiJi a 1 he learned Chillingworth, whose pow- eras a reasoner. and whom .nA. Liil . "V VUIIUVI RUU discrimination, as a philosopher, have ' iwiiu i-oiuiiicuoauons ot L.ocke himself. nrfthfa hia rnrRr!nn.n l iU. til '-'- I hlein the following expressive way: Pro ': pose to me any thin? out. of the Bible 'and V inquire whether 1 believe it or not,-and ' ib' ecm it never so incomprehensible to hu- itl.' '- t m-iii leason; i win SUDSCDbe to it W th. hand aiid heart, as knowinp iio dpmnrikK i ration can be stronger than thrsGW'iay f&r said soitherejoit Uvmst bt true'' 1 T;;1 It might fi'lhcolumnref vnuriJournillt wun i iic uuu- nadirs vy inose wno uttered f .' ,; sentiments like lhoe which 1 have select- V i ed.Let those who have been accustom- ed to think the Bible as fit only for the oW " al of tbe aged or the recluse turn ta its i nations.--A nd tothe,Bcrpticarttei'aie .tT 'jy in the 1 aiiguge ol Ur. Y oung' "JLgTL Retire and'read thy 'Bible be y,' y ' ? Tlicrc truth ntound of sovrelftn aid to peacet Ah do not priae- them less because ihhnircclTr s" tlieu and t Line art apt to do. t ,v v ''t i If not inspired, that pregnant page hath tood,' ' ' J i Time'b tr-.isutv ! and theswriiuler of the wie ' i'- : . . , I . FROM THE COLVJUHA TElXSCCtE i. -Z 'J - We have received froin a bookseller, a ddcorated volume, HiWmaflypiates, )ri aplen-" "-"a ? 'hiiig U pretty. !ut we demand to know, why ii was sent to iu! Does tfio Publisher ex pect us not only to countenance, but actual ly to puir (and perhaps cveii practice!) the' tai-y and cruel sport, '.-upon Mliich bo haV Tv asicd ho much good print and paper? rt Our x irtHinanon soaii oo expressed in tno words ot Hyroii, which wo udopt,; verse" and , , prose. ''' ,ll" ,'t'"lL And anglinff, toohat solitary vice,-,-- y-rj '- Wha'cve'i' IzaaKWalton sings or says, u ' i he quaint, old, cruel CBMomh. in his gullet Should .have a honb,juhi a stnUl trout to pull it. - " It ihv hook) shpin Jhaetaught "nToi:7 humanity at kast. This sentimenralnvage," j'1 whom it ia the mode to "quetOA amolisJhe 1 novelist!,' to shew their sympathy for innoce? sports and old flQmfs, teaohc? how to sew upC inr, ami uiuuK iimir ipgs uj woj ui.expcr- imnnt. ill A.tdlfinn In ihn art it UT.rA inrt- tfw. crudest.' the 'p.nl!p5t?"'and th-trmrrf t -..L', .rotumlnrl anffll., Tl,n ,.-Sir."Tl?"-t.1. : ' 1 , T i beauties of nature, but the angW ; merelv tliinRs of his dish of fish; be has no 'leisufd to take bis eycB from off the stream: sml single bite is orth more r:tp birh Mn alt ihe - & Scenery around. Besides, some fish hiio " best on a rainy day. The whale, phartand ' " the tunny fishery have , omewhar.of nohl and perilous in ilicm even net fishery,' trail- JU ing, &e., are more liamano and useful." ButT I angling! rjo.nncler caa bea good roan,- : A Western (ILlnt. A rnrrMnnnvisnl f ' i' one of the Eastern nancrs. writing i r. -1 M Louisville, gives the following portrait bf av Kentucky eafnc : v -J 1 have said the Louisvillians'can boast ot r T' one thing they can of two, I ho best publie:' " house in the Weal, and the tallest man in U I rdiritrnihim TIipv pUIIaimt n.l .uJ.-. ' may, not only this, but any other country, Io"-' ' " 5 exhibit whit ihey can a youth, 19 vears ol H nzc. measurcing 7 feet inches In height I I have seen him, and without knowing h. length, should judge it to be nearer 10 than 7 feeil 1 conversed with him, but with dif- rr-.rl... l: . . ucuuy. oiauuiug on me ground and con- .'it veising with a man in a steeple, or holding 1 1 converse wun me spirits oi ine ciorids, is ni easy matter. - He informed me that at the v age ofl?fewas unusually small :anJ ' ' ' rrrnu'lnrv l 1. inAha I )a I acf tdi rtn a ..ni: ? 4 Wo' of bpinir still on the increase, IIU nac-- riotism who can dohbt ?;He stands cx I stood, when saw hitn, a living . monument to ins country's greatness. IU is pot cor-: pulent but ratheAienderhenel! ApcIk laller ne reall. is.but reanf. J.ai taller than he really is-'but really .ehoUffh as th.iT-flrd knnwu s Ail,? r r- - . .1. 1 1 il ,t.i i 1- even if toe land be map approved eiaie;
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