j i . . - . .-. - . - , V '"j JL JOLiGd m -t IT m tm toil jHi- Jiiiii r - '- - " ' " ' : "" "" " " ' " " .1-.: n v .- Lj: 1 - V' ' ' ' " " I ' fViyf,i FBIKTEI) ASD.rUBLISlIED W EEKLY BY BENJA1NIIN' ALBERTSONi AT THREE DOLLARS PER AN,lfMf ORjfwd DOLLARS FOr! SIX MOftTHS, PAYABLE IN ADCEJ -jDVa juiper dhcentinued fill direc itjns lolhaX ejfectjire gicen, and or fearagS paid but at the vptiui of the iff Mertisemcuts of no more length .Ihdtt- bntollh'jteally inscrUd three times fvr xtf doUar and Umiitj-fit'c evils f( ' Vacfc continuance ; - lotigtr rsj tlikeriisttkentg vc'dlf he conlittitccL u,Jaotherwi8e marked by the writers. adctUisemcnl ttUl be inserted for hsa " ihjinwe dollar. . - - . hfT Persons at a distance utUst accom- pahy their advertisements uilh the mo- nf t thty will not be inserted. ICT Letters "addressed to Ac Editor - msi be postpaid, or: they .will not be t The Subscribers Jiave the fleas ure nf informing their friend and tl.e )bl n:,jbat lbey i ll ave taken thtit tfunujndiou!? Store,' next door to (apt? Pickett's Tavern, where they l.ave nmv ofend and j propose to lef p c." st atuiy on an d a ge r e ra I fVrO'iment of "-.'"j " 7- -; &C . ike. tvVich ihey will sell )ovv,i for cash or iirod n e. ' ' . ' ! : Elizabeth- Vity, Dec. 23 7 IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVK AVV have .-leceiied an asortrn?nl of liudie- "and lies Morocco and bal skin SUOi:S. . , Jm:i): . Tiie exercises of this instif.unon, nil! cfi'mence ori Monday the irt oi Jaimatv next mder the direction of Mr, Thomas 'J. Hardy. 'The course: instruction. ivili conipii-sevthe vari ous branches of an, English ethjea- 'loii, and the rudiments of the Latin iang'iae. For: terms, &c. apoli -lu the teacher. - 1 I - Dy order of the Trustees. tCf Good acconniiodations for Wartiefs roav be obtained in the lov n. : Ike !3. Ti row vaw A Stouv lloise $5 feet in' front, ai4 18 feet deep, it I i two '.brick' immne)3 anu a piazza, aiid a new aie tlntise in the moM central part of Durants Neck, on the main rfild.' fl is a miwl pli?r"ihl sifunlinn fur u'ercantile business, tieirjg iu 'the mi !u of a thjckly settled tieighhor Jpod,aail convenient to several land 'pS4 on Little UWer, Albemarle bound, .and Perquimans Riter. There is on the ndioinin?' lot a npiv nouse tv here comfortable boa'id mav ie had if rcquiied; Apply to : UlUS. on the Premises. The subscriber bav-Jvf ing made arrange- 3fS nients for a reuibval .Wa foJu'bH present residence, will sell ypoa a liberal credit, that well locat- ea and improved Property in the . rHVn of Hertford winch he at this llNe occupies, embrarinor three Lots. nun a c ; . ln good repair. No property in the , J HStCSSdl V UUI IUMIC. IIU1V iown- can be belter calculated r a private, residence and at the time for businessHis present r"KC l iteen Hundred Dollars, mly JviaUun 1. 3acoclis. 7errd w. 2. C. 22. Tf p JUSTJiECEIVED Pcr Pri vlrtrt IJartjrom Tobago. ,2 Pcheons RUM ' ' For sale ly - ?eua Voiles, uu. Uizabeth-Vity, Dec. 9J . r A Just received by Schooner Philin da, L)nnell,from Anligtia via St Oar thnlofrif.iv, & also by bebr. briperb, lidpei, frorn.Contoa - - - V ; ?20 barrels BeeC 7000 lbs. Cheese, Tiisli Iitatofcs, ' Xrnnen WheclSj r Jour, &c. &c. For Sale, by A, Eobes Awn. i Eliibeth-Cily Jan. 13. : A lAat til VifcUevs Remaining in the Post-OtT.r.e. at Eh zabeth-Citty, 1st of January 1827, which if not taken out before the I st of Apt-jl next will be sent to the Gen eral iUt-Office.V . f ' ' : Wmt Apley. 2, Allen Ames, Nehe mi ah Baker 2, Obed Baker, Silas Ho'ven, Thomas W. Butler,' James Bajber, E. Oocker, Gushun ("lark. Daniel .. (Urk, Wm, 'Cooper, Eq. JasonlChase VVm. Hrpavis, Joseph r oster, t)exter Gilbert, Agness Gil i;ert, orcen, iaac oi iiiin, m. V (Jiegory, AVillis Gallop, John L. Hobejion, J. W. finton, n. Ja seal V m. N. ivev 2, Daniel J. v, A media IJaprnan, Jhn Kay, Epbraim Kite, Ambrose Knox John'' K'jhuv in, otli Clark Mucion, Catharine Mullrri, Margaret Morris, N. Miivh- ell, ' m.M. Nixon, G. P. Overman,' 1 s a a c 0 ve 1 1 u a n , i j . Prider, Kd ard eck, Uempsey I. Pendleton, kdo-r a4)u Pool, sen, Thomas Reed, Henry Readeu, W'm. D. Shephard 3,- Oiin Sears, IjUcbert E. Smith 2, Atiaa 5?iaWJ-iion persce i;, v iiiiauj in-f A. Itlli , i III. Jrt VV CJ , III. J.MI1ICI, in. ii-on, jorm u. v arrinaj'on,- - 1 - 1 T' 1 - II . ! I Anthonv U hitehurst; Richard West. f-XizahtthCily Jon. 6. ' Has . jnt deceived a large supply of Uooks, u Inch he oilers for sajeclicap- Among 1 them are the fol-, . j I : lowing : 1 The! Life and Correspondence of R. HJ Lee, in '2 vols.- Gontgatid's Najxlco-n Wain's Life of La Fay- eric Jetierson's iotes on virsrinta 1 acker. z i e' s 5000 Re c e i p t s H hh- nrofis liifVof 'W ashintjlon, in 2 volsJ aioleon's Expedition to Russia," in 2. vols. Fra n Iain's :Life and Es- Lights and Sliauovv'of Scot-j ri st IJfe Reid oil the MindPhila- m z vols. aeit Kjiowteagen riihies a n d Te sta me nts. lie side s a v a r i e t of Novels and Poms, viz :the Scot tish Chiefs, in 3yoT.4-haddptis of v aisatv, in s vol s.beau lies vh ine Criti'sU'. Glassier, 2 vofi.Yarte-r 4 Lo n d on -i-Ta 1 e s : o f I nVi e)iuifiM .t A Saijpr's Friendshij ardd- iter s iave l am ana iriiinia--ue-cision a tale -Robinson'fcrusoe, 2 vfJs.Pdpe's Works, 2y vols. Mil ton's do. do. --Washington or Liber ty Restored W reath, &c. lurje, . collection of School. Booky now ifr ?e, viz : Murray's and .' Webster V Spelling Books -Lookin g Glass- lu! uyV Grammarland Exercie Do. Iutro-1 ductjon -Do. Reader -Hi.-lory of Rm,e Do. of Greece Do. of Log land Scott's Lessons Pike's Da bolls andjJess' Arithmetics- Com mings' and, Morse's Geography wit ir ah .tlasl Walker's Dictionary, large; & small Chronology -- Glair's Lcc-j tures - Dp. Philosopli v iionnycas-j tie's Algebra- R d d i n i-i rr' s Latin Gramoiar, a,nd a number of Primers ant! soiaJl books with ictnr(o py Rooks, , Copjier J Plates Pa perj Slates,. Pencils,1 . Q'lills, lukstaiuls, Ink, &c &.c.-.i" i . ll)LD. GORnAXHJgenL FJizalelji-Cilyi vVor. 25. ... Blankb for .suits, at this dfilee! , ""I - ' ' , - "I ' - " 1 r ' " ( Farmer ?s Hcposiirj. Sketches on Agriculture. .7. 1. Cp'f IS (Ireensbtirzh, Pa. Presided of Ac IVcstiortlaiid driciiiturUl Sacieh:. It appears a be iH Cite of M newly settled countries, toj(; the sl fiearly exhausted twjfcirc rtklle iik.v proements in apricolire are courneif -ed. Suth ;wjas the case in the eastern parts of this state, unless in sTcew places whrc the kTI was alluvial, or "'from its natural aud almost inexhaustible fertility. it could scarcclyi binder aby had system of farming tA materially deteriorated. The observation of MrvKalm, a Swe dish traveller imhe account he gives of the husbandry of the then British colo nies, as he found it in 1749, is 'a corre t picture of all the ne settlements subse quently established. , '. . " They make scarcely any manure lor their corn fields, he says;. but when one piece of. by c on tin u at groutid has been exhausted cruppint;, they clear and cultivate . another piece of fresh land, ant when that is exhaled, proceed to a thy d." It isma necessary, however, to iro so far hack into -antiquity, &s those who were acquainted with that section pi the state, thmy-five years ago, and, haft seen it of late y eats, will have.perceived how much has Ix-en aded, by the im provements iji agtkuiture, to. the annua i i)ioductive value of the freehold. - ! In a country like ours, Mhere land is plenty in p oportion to the number of ii hahit'ants, and where individuals are pro prietor's of 1f rge farms, the . dispositu-i appears too . t alent to be more anxious as to tiie quantity cultivated, than th manner hi liich it shall be done. The ienip?tion is strong, hut it is i great and iadi a eirorj, Tle labor greatly in-; rreased, in procuring the same quantity, of grain from twenty, that ! rr i Kt be prof cured horn ten acres; and this different e exists between what will be estimated a i tVlrrabiy cvr.j?, one of ' tjbcf fiht f,tia!;fv lieteen tnese two poll. is exis? the prohts ot a crop, aU they wilt be in creased or diminished as they. approxim ate lo'eithtr. j In every tood system of agriculture the quality of the soil, the order in which it" shall be at tlve time cf sowm or plant ing, aud tie season for perfoiming either operation, will be considered as articles of j.rirhary importance. In clayey so i 1 s ,' p a rtic u 1 a r I y t hos e i m - prenateti with a calcareous substance, will he found from putting on the nvanure from the barn yard at ian earlier; stace! of decomposition I than on those f a flight r sandy nature, where it w ill not so rapidly decompose; ard in sue Jv soils, a-gi eater benefit will be found from.; ploughing down clover, huk heat, miiit t,or othitv tctahle substances, than in a light and sanely soil Experience has fully proved, that the more peifectly the soil is pulverized, the nior.e ca pabl- it is of eon vey ing nou nsh ment ta the tender fibre. of -the! plant.- vMis is au important desideratum in ai- nccrtturc i puncious larmer win .ai vftys have, at) eye lo this, particularly in hi caking up nvs fallows, (w hen this sys- ttnr is.pjnii-tieG ;) as, if this operation be performed n a clayey- soil, when the irnmiid is well a winter's frost w 4 IK bo he- ces?a'rv to sebarate the particles, of earth winv l iia'e been tormed into solid nu ss es - clous, j Thcie is another fut dedu cibte. from i ertasn 'philosophical print i pie's, that . tie more perfect the state of puivcj iatis ri of the earth on the surface, tr.e urtatei wiil be the miantitv of n.ois-1 lure rt taindl in it in di y ' seasons, vv hich iso, in odaition to other reasons' .furnish es a strong ii gurrient-iii lavorjot deep iningr, I'ne system orfallowing grohrd, how ever, is a most ruinous one ; i:uri its iie vessity arises from aprtvions defect in the cultivation of the ground. If a acid has been some years in blue grass, it w ill be in vain to think of phiughing it short ly before sowing wheat, and hive it in a - ny proper. clej;ree puiVerized, or ta ex-1 fertile, in thk cbure of a few years, "be pect, by a single ploujftrtg, to dctM.y jcome g'cssS boind onj the surface, and the blue grass, whkn (being an i;;dien- produce liille or mi timothy or; clover, otis 1 .$bht,) would mest assswerUy comie: ! indjjrenous grass of tle country taking its forth the next spring, and destroy all prospects of a wheat ci op. It, therefore in such cases, becomes necessity for the farmer to destroy its ssctnilaucy,. by brcakint?' 'up his fallows early in the spring r sJHTimer, expose his soil to tne exhausting lays' of the sun, v'v his K round a second ploughing -.-before bar-j ? , v ....!.. Vde 1st vol. Sniilh's Wcaltbof N (ions, pr29U r V J - , ' inj comnift hisgraiu to thc earth aI which a re necr.sarylo desirtiy this Kravs (Ainch is .Tiireisal in Pennsyhauia, ami pulverize fhe earth Whereas, by ut ting his ground in cloer, he may liavc Unfuid the; pasture during theUjme the land Is .not , oiltivated in vgratnarid bj once ploughing in thefall of the ycaf, a ,d harrowing - in his grain, have tu rouiMt-aHipetflr'cily nKaUsd ai in the other mtie ; ftcc fiom 1'U;'C. e!sr: tng cfXcctsi cf exposure; to a . somtpcT'sjU sun; enioyintr the additional ntiantttv oi past ute, and imp rov ing his soi I by plcug h -. ii in his clover, and the dec om posit ion 'f the rtxts of the plant. It is not say'tn loo much to aver, that not a singW field of blue fr ass should be permitfd in the state. Not a field should be seen. -that was riot either in gray i or clover, or some kind of-grass superior to the "cimfnon natural grass of the country ; j unless where, a corn crop had been raised toe preceding year, and when the proprietor is desirous !of putting it m fall grain with out further, exhausting the soil by a sum mer crop. The sowing of hue k heat and ploughing it ' down. . hie h' may be dne twice in the same year, would add little to the expense, and ' preat'ly to tl fertility of the soil. The first crop be ing ploughed down immediately before hardest, would, on" ploughing down the second crop in September, be deepmpos eo, anu attorn nnmeaiate nourisnmtut to the wheat Crop. The.second crop would have undergone a complete fermentation any iu the. ensuing spring, when the beneficial effects of both would be visK hie. ' ' 1 . In the present state of agriculture-. Aben so mi ny fields are suffered to giow up with Hue grass, and w here, the sys- tt-m ot tallowing so extensively preTaits, even after j stirring this ground,! Which nmrht be done ea'ijy in June, if swed .who millej, would (if the ground be of such a quality-, as to produce goU oats.) proouce an excellent , crop, wnicn mignt le cut about the first ofiSeptemrrer, pro ducidg an abundant crop oilseed j and ex i llcnt bidder, or cwn if curcailiC?,anil c-ured with the seedi tefore the same be lerlectly rrpe, would afford food for cat tle equallynutritive with th$ best thrio ;!y ai id plover hay ; .or rf ploughed down in all its luxuriance, w hat a massjof ina fiure would! be affoided ! An unjust pre judice has for some time existedjagainst raising- millet. It is true it may riot -hay answered the expectations formed res pecting it ; j nevertheless it is confidently believed thjit it could be behcfirially us ird in a judicious course of agriculture, in either of the modes before Suggested ; and if cured forjood, would add jgteatU to the resources of the barn yardan ob- r . ; -. - . i J -. -. j ject of primary importance. In England, where the whole kingdom almost is inia" state of garden cuhure,! t r ... i - . ' i - i a weea is sunerea; to go t;o jossj an is added to the barn yard fpr inar.cire. The very soot of their chimneys is pre served and used as a manure. . The importance -of a rotation of crops to a successful course of agricultu rc, falls within the bbservatipn ot jeverr some of the substances csseh'i.d one. ib the formation ol grain, become exhausted hy fa continued routine of culivatiorl. The same kind or gram snouid never - . c,sown in succession on the same; ground ; nor should more than to crops, of any kind ! g.aiu follow in immediate succession, the iritervention of rass crops being es sential to restore to the soil those sub stances necessary to produce a J perfect grain cjop, unless the supply, be fr'm- ed by the annual audition of stkble ina r.ure. '. - , ' " ; - ; . .' . No precise, uniform rule, for a rota tion of crops, can be prescribed, ?s some thing will depend on the nature of the soil, and much upoji the pafticujar state in which the ground may be at the time of commencing such a system f A. few obsjrVaTjon will, Kowever, be made, as to the pi ope recourse to pursue under particular tircunistam es. An upland luesdow, w-tie re" the advantage 'of irilga- , . , - 1 . tion does not exist, will, unless where the sil is naturally -rnist and remaikahly place. . It is true the timothy and clover may be fonger preserved by the most ex pei.sHe f ajSf possible modes of manur ing, spreading it over '-the surfarc;(wicre it is subject; to be caiTit'f off by rains, or exhaust d by the rays of the un,) or by the i.se of gypsuni, which is atso'Mo rx- p nive ur tc"tcral use in this couotry at .,p, tseiit. It such a piece ot . ground be I ploughed deep, in the month f March. a.d well harrowed ahou. planilng tiqre, i , . . ... i v wti to disturb the? sVd ch riti of corn wiil bae a batch Bf fniinuie be icatbjt; and irCthc montilof Juti1 th tniikiie may be plougnedbefi jlhe ill he decomposed Sud ifbPii tip ti afford an ; additional quantl vinitr i the n: robwt-whkbl.iUrfe-slwif ; out frutfi tthc smlk j tKii ttilL be pit. tiouble from ecds, wfcie ?4iil ildatiJ hri x he- c ase in me 1 low rotxrsdrejLe a i ' m the culuatioD of cortv &c; afrit crop, in titost cascoijc Ebuttt3!r . ne ensuini; spring suw u- grouuuwiiu barley or oati; of by cutting 'thcrotli K little after the usual timc.jp Wppirj f now generally practised; 'hich ballad miranle plan forprocjuringJa Urgt idl-. nonal qua ntUy ofte xccll em).foddef j aftd of adinj; greatly trthe -stocjof thii baprt yard, (the very best subsjsne for taf uure.) The ground may, f ft pot tott a soil, be sow cd in "wheat, yi of fall hit4 ley ; and: iff ettlier case hfiowed wtri timothy or cloverr alohepipdochij j'lf better hay and ' a larger quantity , and pd . difficulty will be ;eperiettc in cctrse q pence of tiie difTercnt Ipc-jodrat whlcbf these grasses rip'em . Th tlver stalSks w ill bt smaller and morf ' tnder lb'ut hen rais&d alone, and w ilb supponecf ly the timothy from falling do t n ur h-dirinar. in wliich taseUheS'teavei rot as well as the stalk. The llofer is :het prevented from ripening ;?.oot),' and it' w iiibe an advantage ; to tEe timotlfyrf respects its- quality, to be cutonit week vcner than is now generaryi practised. Let this cpuise be fairly trtf, by any jli 1 Vicious farmer, and it wiljever be dis- mainued. Such grass, wjU curcd Wilt alone, be equal to timikhjflbay, as now -.uredf with the feddtin ofjejgjht quat dof oats per day t.6 rach horselLCrn this stlbr j ct. I speak from experience, and wita the fullest conndene'e . When, by the prevtoysw Course ;o farming, anv piece of jhnurfd s be ( come fie froin rass, iQgbi if af good quality ro be immVd jjStely 'oy?-i; ed in some kind of grinlaccordVnrj tt the reason. If not ctitnt If iqosH- it? as will produce a good .trbp,-; it, should be sowed with sVme feirrd of -eed; with, !b6 view rff Iploughing dotyp a green crop, orifcotherwif manured, or the labor tnpbyed will ne iosi. in this cotinfi v are pasftirl fields, the system heretofore purel ought ilyt be changed as soorr as ible Let the field having the bst j sward of grass be ploughed p fqr corn, a difeciefjn respect to 1(0 rn out mea dow ' ground. Lit anfihr Held Le 1 1 1 . 1' " ! 1 - . ' ' " i" . pioug-tieu eary, ana soxeis wiui 8oih; kind of grain to be plifgied dotvn green, as before menittnd prepar atory to sowing'; iwieaiiilii li ccin rrr-. 1 l l l t ill ho ttrhnnrA1 jf - r . r of oats or barley the ensuing s'piirig, at the saxe time sowirijgltl. with clo ver, w h 1 c h may be light Iyi hai.fow ed u lipi very meuow, or ro appearance IHMI1VVHUIV I aill PJ -;WjlU' If L'flU . harrowing the clover j!ieed will: be unnecessary. The wheat field shnubt jlr br ril,Vfil tvitK ftr.Jt- ciin in ihe month of March, in the . ' '- ' . ' ' ' - I 1 -.. 7... .- " course of two or threfif years,-these' ueius nirt? uc iiiuugur-jM; .Hiiu OH rn in fwheat " once ploug jitrg will therr be sufficient, if tlic c.c ht &s ; lieert well set, whether the iiribhas ttl mowed or pastured ; a1 i ways absolv ing, ho v ever, that thj clover seed should be permitted ;tcgrow five or six. weeks betre jplim should, at that .'lime; bi&n fu blopm) -, If any of tiie fields bjintended corn, it may remain invpalfure for ,nr year long'er, ae you tbtfn depend orV the roots of the sward ira inantirR. Tjie course here reclnuiendedi f pursued,- s would, in h,; few years i r . v ', . , U j , ' change I he ty hole fabcj iolj the codn- I'rr. and rlnnhlf lK r"Papnf nrtWj,.f would-be added to tfieljeehbld. : A preaer portionii of intitistry should he directed to 'li'Mn.r. escu lent plants. -The yalfbf thru pbta-' fo a a palatable, wftbldlopie and nji tritious fond for man, a' well as ani tnal, and its producthites, are'torfl well know tt to require Jtirllher'obser- vation. The celebratffl autlior of 1 he Vealth of Nations laysi that f an acre of potaloes will pfpbice fh iree times the .olid fiouTthmerit as an a r.re cif w li pp.?sni frknW. tr fi. i & .- t

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