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LlLi ii r Ul.- -ma roaia not iiuu4tis ttmi'MirTiTnii ma tunar irrrtua, una rsoniiwmi r If To th. iruM, a si 011 to tti a an rat -rr.i mnv, ua to ru ra.trta. Ami-flmtnlt to tit Co-untht,., ,', x. 3f l AUSTIN & U l l'lSUKU, r.ptTOR am rnorRir.ru. ) ; s NO. VII, or VOL. XIX. (so. from co.vyr.scr.xEST, 8AMSHURY, N. C" JULY 27, 18:18. fez : ; rrillS i new and substantial 8tM Boat, CfMr ..J (Vnner faststad. buill expressly for lb iki -I i .i i T ii I W Chi iUe, Georgetown and Charltw. Imi, will lo T7 abort tut b i readme to r. frffifht. Hi.inM.ra arc eofifidentlf assured that ia tan of "' .. i 'in... i. ... . a low nvsr Irt! go"" w " "i ulKtow nunwr w nger - "o a t . a I - -J . ud.i 1 a I.J Aim. fittura th neiivsry w g "r rwidcot ol Merchsots' and Planters' 8. B. Com f"!? f .1.. i.L IMA Ml toeraw, juiy am, ' 1) EL I' I DlXrll 1 cXibscribar having ! mxrn mails aa sr. hnab4 with BCCVCH from err I wrk, jib ownty,- MMictfutly lo ftjroiatnacitJMM af Bt)tNirr and its vicinity, that tttlU Msr m cffwf lb 1.1 llnuaa. ersrv Tuwdir. Thursday, od 8urJy ncmtn tile th 37Ui mC Tb fctoWnber. alw vkhi lo fur a tan on or wq btieiitoto"! m m irY, aucb arrangrnaou caa aa maoa aa win jtmnjr kin n" 001 w "I " . iiiwki 011 1 n. MiafJ.JljgU MIHCKLLANK0U3 HOW TO aiOOSB A GOOD HUSBAND. Whoa vou ar a fooni man of mod, raapect fij, retiring maonere,oC giwo to prula, lo aailv, or JUttery, ba win man a a gooo nuauana , wr m , ba IM aama kind otto toward bia wifo aAer inafiag ibat bo u bewra. WbM you ana a voting man w irugai ana uhjub. Iriaui babiu, no fort una buotf r, but who would Uka a wife fur toe value of heraell, and not lor the aaka of ber wealth, that men win make a gond hu band, fur hia aflbcttua will out decreaae, neitlier will be bring himed' or bia partner to want or poverty. Wbea you aee a young man, whoae mannr-ra are ef tbt boiaieroua and dwguating kind, with M biW tnoughlo carry tbem any where, and vanity enough to oMke biro think every one interior 10 ninuwii do not marry buo girle, for 4k never will make a good butband. w ban you ace a young "" "u heat endeavor (6 raiae hiutwlf froin obacurity lo credit, character and affluence, by hia owa menu, marry biro i ho will make good buauand,aiKlone worth having. Whco you aee young nun uepending aolely lor hia raputatioo aod eUndiag in axiety, upon the wealth of bia Ntlrar or other relatione ooo i mar. ry kirn, fur goodneaa aake, be iritt make poor huaband. When you ate a young roan ooo half of bi lime emploved in adorning hi peraon, or riding tnrouvD iha atreeta in gig, who leavee hia dubta unpaid, although frequently demanded never, never do you marry him ; for be will, in every reepect, mate a bad huaband. When you aee a young man who never engagea id any afire v a or quarrele by day, nor fulliea by aiuht. and whoae generaf conduct m not of ao mean a character aa lo make him wih to conceal his aaiua ; and doea not keep low company, nor oreea the Sabbath, nor uae profane language, but wboee bee i aero regularly at the church where he ought to be ho will certainly irake a good huaband. When a young roan, who ia below jou in wealth, offtTs'you marriage," doo't deem it a disgrace, but Mnnto hit characters and If you find ir cornea- pond with theae direction, take bim, and you will act a good huaband. Neter make money an object of marringa j for M you do, depend upon it, aa a balance Tor lite good, you will oct a bad huaband. When you aee a young man who ia attentive and kind to hia aiatera or aged mother, who ia out aahamed to be aeen ia the atreeta with the woman ahogave hi;n birth, and nursed him, aupporting aer weak and tottering frame upon hia arm, and who will attend lo al her little want with filial krveflcctiotvand tenderneee take him girl, who onn get him ; no matter wbut hia circumstance in lira are, he i truly worth the winning, aod will lo a tertainty make a good huuUnd, Lastly, alwaya eiamine into character, conduct and motivea, and when you (Hid theae good quel tie in a young man, then may you be sure he will piake a good husband. GreenvilU Mountaineer. HYDROPHOBIA. The following account of a novel and simple me fhnd of curing thia awful disease, deservea the at tention of every one ; for in spite of the assertions of many wise ones to the contrary, we cannot, in fhe tace of so much evidence lo the contrary, be ieve that . the disease Joee rot iit. r PAtlS ACAUEMT OF CIENCE.. M. Buisson writet to claim as hia a email treatise pa Hydrophobia, addressed to the Academv ao far Jack-a4833t and aigned with a gingleirriTtat i tie caae relerred to in that treatise was his own ; the particulars, and the mode of cure adopted were aatoiiowa: He hid been called to visit a woman whofor Jure day waa said to be euflering 4inder this dia eaae. 8he bad the usual symptoms constrict ions oi the throat, inability to swallow, abundant secra neighbors said that she had, been bitten by a mad oog about forty days before. At her own urgent entreaties she waa bled, aod died a few hours after, waa expected. - " " M. RiiifMon, who had his hand covered with Wood, incautiously cteahaed them with a towel hicb had been ued to wipe the mouth of the pa cot. H then had ao tilceratioo upon one of bi imgnra, yet tbougtil it safTictont to wash off the tph ye, mat adhered, wub a Jmjo water TU ninth day aftf r, brinf in nia f lfi4.Ti be wal uiljrn!y aid with a io in bi thioat, and t4, dill greater, in hia e) ta, The aaliva waa cotititmally pnurmg into hia mouth J tU inre- i'W or corranl of air, the sij-ht of brilliant bo da, give him a painful wrMalmn bia Unit ap peared lo him ao light, that ha f. Ii a ibougk ha could leap lo a prodiguMM haight be a)iirMiiced, w aaid, a wiata in run and Uia, tMt wm, but ail mala and inanimate bod. Filially, he drank with didkulty, and In aighl uf water was at ill mora di treaaiug In bim than tlte pain in bia throat I brae symptom occurred every five minute, and it appeared in him aa iboitgH the pain cow. mettord io the addcled finger, and ettended lltence up lo Ibe shoulder. IVm the whole of the aymfrfom, he Jtdgrd himaelf a fire ted with hydrophobia, and reaotved lo terminate hia Ufa by atiflir.g bimdf in a vapev bath. Having eiilered me U thia purp., ha eauaed the Ut lo b raised lo 42 deg (107 6f(. 34 min. Fahl.,) wlim he waa equally eurpnwd and dVligh'ed lo find himaelf free of all complaint. He If A (he bathing room wed, dined heartily, awl drank more than usual. ' 8inre that time, he aay, he hae treated In the aanve manner more than ait hty pemm mttm, in far of whom the symptom, bad dechred ihemaelvea, and in no can haa he fiiWnl eicept in lhal of one child, seven year old, who drnd in the bath. The mode of treatment he recommence ia, 'hat the peraon bittra aliould Uka a certain number of va por baths (common! called Kuasian,) and abiuld induce, every night, a violent rrptralion, by wrapping himaelf in flannel and covering himarlf with a feather bed the transpiration ia favored by drinking freely of a decoction of anmparilla. He declarea, ao convinced ia he of the efficacy of thia mode of treatment, lhal ba will aufler hiav elf lo be inoculated with the diaraer, Aa a proof of the utility uf comooe and continued peramratiwn. be relatee Ih Cllowmg anecdote : A relative of the muatrian U retry ai bilteo by a mad of, al the same lime with man? other perwme, who all died of hydrophobia. For bia part, feeling the first symptoms of the disease, be look to dancing, night and day, aaying, thai he iruked to die fatly. lie recovered. M. Buiiwnn also, citea the old atory of dancing being a remedy for the bile of a tarentulo, and drawa etteiitioo-to the fact, that the animal in whom thia madnesa i moat frequently found to de velupe itaelf poritaneouly , are doge, wolvrn, and foiea which never rrpire. Lexdon Alktmtum. A SCENE IN JIAVANNA.' It tii in llie latter end of Ibe month of Decern for, 183-, that my Uimhpm obliged me lo embark in tbe brig Havauna, for the port of ihe aame oame on the Inland of Cuba. With the exception of hav iog one or two uf our light spara carried away, and our ateward waahod overboard duiing what tbe Bilore call a " cat aquall w arrived aaft'ly at our deatined haven, and aAer a vcxtius detent hhi of aome little time, were permitted by the u high digniianea of tbe city, lo land. At the chwa of a pleasant, but rather aultry day having been buaily employed, and tiling faiiitued thereby, I entered one of the old princely rifor which thia place ia ctiatinguwhed. All the cotl parian tablca which were arranged about the room were filled when 1 entered, boo of Ihe occupant were drinking, amoking, playing at card aud dice. reading the late imper aod converting juoud, which, with various orders given in Spanish and French, aod tbe bustling movement of the numer oua waiter, who with their white apron and unin telligible convorwatioB among t beowelvee,-added $ol a little to the excitement of ihe acene. I waa about retiring when a table at the far end of the room waa. vacated by a party of geoUemen, and ordering the waiter to bring me a few cigar and a cup of strong coflbe, I took up ao evening paper, and a midat graceful wreatheaof smoke which ascended from my " Havana," waa in a short lime lost in Peculation upon the refined aumecta of cotton, su gar and tobacco. Tbe hour was growing late moat ot the tables were vacant throwing my cloak, ovecmy abouU dera and casting a quarter doubloon on Ihe table,! waa about to make my exit, when my Attention waa suddenly arrested by the angry and vehement talking oi three gentlemen, who at that moment entered. . Thinking at firat they were all Spaniards, 1 waa about paeting on, when an imperfect ac quaintance which the younger man displayed with the Spanish tongue cauetd me to pause and view bim attentively. He was not mom than two or three and twenty yeara old ; hia figure was slight but of the most symmetrical proportions; hia eyes were of an uncommon brilliance, black and apart ling, and he being at the lime under great excite ment, they were fearful lo look upon. Holding hi hat for the purpose of cooling hi heated brow, hi noble forehead waa brought to view, over which the short dark curl hungjyith ft natural grace. Ifi companions, with both of whom he appeared ta be al variance,- wore h"4 h athlet io-men f and from their peculiar dress and certain provincialism of which in their excited humor they were gutltyr proclaimed them to my practised ear, to be native of old Spain. ty "Enough haa been aaid 6eigor,w exclaimed the young man,. to the tallest and most gentleman ly looking stranger. " In refusing to give you im mediate satisfaction, I acted from motives which vou can neither understand nor appreciate : but ftOase Mdjijigsrrflftaly.Jaagtt " 1 , l ., L .111 have expressed yourself; worda which would have disgraced a highwayman amona; bia. companions, rather than add to the reputation of a descendant of one af the nobleglamilief jpold CsiSlile has in duced me to chamjw jny reaolution and now seig' nor, altbouch being a atranger and hot possessing a friend ia the cily lo whom" I can apjily in this emergency, yet 1 am prepared be on the ground at the time, which your own second may appoint. He shall make all tqe necessary arrangements- trusting in your honor, thut nothing ahull be doneMecty lie writes from tho understanding whereas utiUirly.' lUnng much prepoaaeaaod with the comluct and apoearance of Ih young atranger, and aoow ipg lhal the propoMtioa would give hi aJvtnary a great adtantaga if accepted, I aJiaiwed, and goo tly taking bim aaide, rvoctfully flerd bim my service whirb, hanot wishing lo embroil a atran. gr in quarral of bia own, weuUl wot lor ama time Cunaml but diacove ring during our confer ation that he waa my owa countryman and Aoier lean, I would litteo lo hia cljeciioo rxj longer, to iprHng a good dial of gratitude for my kind. wm, s I mi termed it, he again advanced toward hi former company. "Brigtior," be calmly eg. clainx-d, "our coulee! wilt now b rallier mora equal. I have found a friend, and propose that. inatead of NMirmng gray I gray mirta, Una very nigni ooTiue our quoadon. U will bride ibe guard and pasa outside the wait." r. In vain I endeavored t diaauace Mm from thi starting pmrmeituw and hi opponent being ih challengrd parly, could not, of course, obiecl. Having eecrctly procured pistol, we allied from the cafe. It waa a beautiful night tbe pule full moon, alternately obscured by light iWcy cloud, or hinitig out in Ihe full refulgence T it beauty, caurnng- the object around lo assume a dreamy and speculative appearance '.he green and lofty tree w hirh surround the city the shipping at anchor in ihe magnificent bay ihe tall aptre of ihe numer ou cathedral, aeeo dimly in the distance all ap peared lo bnar a aomure and unaarlhly arprcl. with anuM trilling excuse, and a tew dollar to appear Ike ternier Conscience of the sentinel, ws were permuted lo leave the city. On our way to ih mora secluded pert of ihe auburb. La Grand. which I found to be the eirrr' name, and w ho waa of I ranch extjaclion, recounted lo me the cir cumstance which brought about tbe affair, upon wiucn wo were then engaged. II appeared lhal be bad only arrived that morning from New Or leaat htstdijxn waa, llie diacovery and reclama tion, if possible, of a long absent acJ wayward brother who, from aoote information, he had re ceived from a friend in JSew Orleans, waaeuppti io no at prefect in the ciiy. I hiokuig that aome of ibe splendid gambling house were the uhM likely place lo find him, be entered several, and not wishing to appear aiugular, he played a little in each. In one, he had met tbe tail Hpaniaid, bis adversary they were playing at tbe tnble aome miunoeraam!ing occurred between Ihem in rcia lion lo the card thinking himaelf insulted, (he ftpantaad, after aome words hsd pased preabnted lum hia cant. Kememtjering hia purpose in visit ing Havana, he atated lo (be gentlemao'a friend that pcruliar bumneaa claimed hia sole attention. and bg(d lo have the meeting deferred lor one week, at the end of which time they ahould assured lv hear from him. So aaying he left the houne. The Snniard, mistaking hi nature, following with hia friend aiuf overtook mm as he was entering the cafe in ahiha I met him. II concluded by giv. ing me aome utile instruction In relation to hia af- c: -i i i 'i t ii i i mir, niiuiu iin mm wnicn ne considered more than likely aa he had been out of practice for aome length uf time. We had now arrived at the proper station after i little conversation with my brother second, our men, with pistols in their hsnds, were stationed at he distance of ten pacea. I waa to give the word. "All ready ; waa the reply. " One two three four The Spaniard'a ball whined passed the head of La brand, just slightly clipping hia ear. Aa the word was given, I looked tnwarda my frend hi piHtol, which he had not risrharged, waa held mo tionless by his side. Hia face was of Ibe appear ance uClhe.dedrbi ero-wraja-liatlaaa, i the ehmv my dew stood upon hia forehead I aimroached jtrarfn time to secure him in my extended arma he had awooned with difficulty w restored him. The first word he ottered explained all " My oroiner mv near, long lost brother I h exclaim ed " it ia he I " It appeared that on our arrivol at the selected spot, ihe supposed Bpmiardhad removed hiscloak and hat. On his forehaJ a deep and einciilar formed scar had boen discovered. It wa lhal hich led to hia reconifiotu to. their. buvbood Jay lio hoi) himaelf accidentally inflicted the wound upon his brotherand hia life, mi consenoencei being for some time despaired of. . The circumstance made en abiding impression on hi mind. In iheir former meetioira the brother had retained his cloak and hat, thai in order to ren der his disguise complete, he had studied the dialect of Castile, and assumed the name of one of the old est families. They advanced. I shall never forget that mee. ting. I have seen. the greetings of long absent friends I have seen the mother tremulously press her lovely daughter to her bosom lately escaped from the grasp of destruction. 1 have seen the ther'a manly cheek suffused with teqdernesuJr hia eve beam with delight as he welcomed tlJro- digal son, ooce agaio to-hi firesidef these have T 1 seen, theoe may time obliterate. The circum stances of the cawi sihe situation of 4iie midnight hour, all, all, forbid, that 1 should ..etrlorget4ho scene to Havana. ; The London Sun thus notices Mr. Cooper's novel, " Homeward Bound," which ia forthcoming from the American press: T . nrmignou ..... snmng narrauve m r. ioper ia in his lenient, for the scene t laid on hoard thn ooani mo American pat-Ret amp montauic, and wea.rjjnir chnrac I. I 141 1 tH .1 iers, half-liindmen, half-seamen, whirJithe author- as in the memorable instance of the ' Pilot," pourtrnye withi vigor and life-like animation. It is doing hirl Adore than justice when we say, thnt, aa a navalmtvelist, he is by far the best of the day. Captain Marryatl may have equal knowl edge as indeed he has shown in his first and best novel, n Peter Simple" of nautical matters f but be has not th same energyvth same command of apt imagery, and the same hearty relish of his sub - Cotpef wrilea from the feeling, which, in work ! ik-tioa, where Hie miwd require, and a prepared Ur atciirmetit, carriee all before it. Cvea with the recoilectiuo of Ih M PiliHH preening on our thought, we fi-el little hesitation in ataling lhal UiinMward IfcajMT anDiMt4 aa it l. but w hope, io ba fmtbed are long) is the. beat of all it author's naval novel. Th utlrraat never 0r for an inetanl. Tltara are ao epaaMlical mum In the narrative, nor irrelevant digression I 11, on lb contrary, the tale progreawi atraighl forward al the rata or ten knota an hour, I do plot U almiie, aod hereia is almwa the great skill id the novelist, in making ao much out of such ebwlor materials aa Folding did in hia last and not least amuetng work, Iba " Voyage lo Liabtm." . CURB THE DROPSi. Th blowing article came tu our hand from a movl napoclabl source, aid wa strongly racoui mend it lu th ttuiwn uf our reader. Sarai Estrarl from a Ulier written by a eery inirfifraJ and rtnctkl$ au, fJrd in Aaina, April 0, 1M8. " k - -w-; M I am knowing to two extremely distressing ca- i of Dronsv beinff auddenlv relieved bv the mean of the bark of hlder. One a womaa advanced in yeara, io lb laM alage of lb diaeaae, who lot a brotuer a anort Urn previous, by th aame dieae. The other a young womaa w ho had been confined to tier bed, Tor nearly twelve mouths (four of which, previous lo January last, alio wa unable to li down,) and whoa atrength waa almost exhausted, ia now wholly fro Iroin dropsy and recovering atrength in a manner surprising and unexpected. Otber ease lea aggravating have been cured by th same. The recipe ii "Take! we handful! of the green or Inner bark of the whit common Elder, alcep it in two quart uf wbit Lisbon wine, twenty-four hour, take a gill of ibe) win io tb morning, fasting, or more if it can ba bo roe or if more convenient, in tbe morning, or part about noon, on an empty stomach. The eflect of th bark prepared aa above, or the pressed juice from the leave (full grown) which had been ded,with aucce when wine could not be procured, is, ibat it promotca all ibe animal aecretioo necewiary to health, which ia Ih cauae of it salutary effocl in dropsy. Ureal debility will alwaya follow tbe us of powerful evacuanta. and the best medical wri ter now recommend atrfririoai Aliment a the beat medicine in every, even in extreme caaca of debili ty. Th bark and leave of h elder have been long known aa powerful evacuant, and not tit rein ed unsafe. Yet caution ia recommended in using the buda, aa their elloct is esteemed, and has been found dangerooa in aom caao." Tit JUmopkert.i-Tbn atmosphere I an ele men! which we cannot aee, but wfiich'w feel in vesting u wherever we go, who donify we can meaaura to a certain height ; whoae purity is essen tial lo existence ; whoae elastic preaMire on the lung, and around the frame, preserve man in thai noble altitude which lift hi head toward Ihe skies, and bids him seek therefor an eternal home, Tbe atinophere is neither an evaporation from earth nor sea, but a serrate element, bound to tb globe and perpetually accompanying il in it theaanrr Ua we for an instant im erne, thai we are indebted for Ihe atmosphere on ly to some fortuitous accident T If there were no atmosphere, and if we could possibly exist without one, we should be unable to hear jhi souodof the .moat puirtirJiilArliUery .j oven thougl it were dis charged of I lie distance of a single pace. VVe aliould be deprived of the muaie ofthe sea, the minstrelsy of the woods, ef all the artificial combinations, of aweel sounds, and uf Ihe fascinating tunes of the human voice itself. We might' make our wanta and feelings perceptible to each other by signs and gesticulations, but the tongue would be condemned lo irremediable sileuce. Tbe deliberation of as semblies of men, from which laws and and the or der of society have eruinaled, could never have ta ken pace.Xh..tribe3of mankind would wander over the earth in savage groupr, jnnpaUe. of civil. aaiion.and the only art which they could ever know would be thos alnna thai might enable them to dcatroy each other Quarterly Review. Immentily of Creation. Someastrooomerthave computed that there are not fewer than seventy five million of auna, having like our aun, nume roua pianola revolving round them. The solar ayatem or that to which we belong, hue about thir ty pJaiwla, primary and secondary, bcloning lo it. The circular lield of space which it occupies is in diameter about three thousand six bntidred mil lions of miles, and that which itcontrola much great er. Th sun, which is nearest neighbor to us, is called Sirius, distant from our sufr about twenty- two bill ons of miles. Now, if all the fixed stars were as dintant from each other as Sirius is from our unror if our solar system be the average mftgni tudVofall the system of the seventy-five millions of sun, whose imagination can irram ihn i.nmnn : xviZ. ' 17, . 7 any oi cruaiiou i uu cm. survey a pianei, con-.i .i-": ' ... c... ' nit r.: i.i- i taining soventy-five millions of circular fields, each ten billions of mile in diameter t Such however, i one of the plantations of Him, who has mea cured tho waters in the hollow of his hand meted j w , with a spn-omprehendert the dual i ... ... 1 .... llw, mar,u : . .aaM-nA ..;.uj .k- -f.. .. . j drdert of the Tout Master General. Letter postage is to be charged on all handbilla written or printed; prices current, sealed or unsealed; pro posal for new publications, circulars, lottery bill and advertisements, blankfforms,- deed law process, policies of insurance, and manuscript copy for pub lication. Aim letter postage on all tickets that re closely envcloped and sealed, to what they con (tain cannot bo khowm ACUICULTUUAL DEPARTMENT. ' IMPROVEMENT OF U.NfJ, Agriculture, aa an art, eonit, not io lmjovr uhing, but in fortilamg lb ami, and makmgil inure productivf than to Its natural state. Kich is tb elloct of every aicciea of sttkutture, which can apir to th character of an art. It objoct being lo furmh man with substance, comfort and bappioeaa, whatever dufeala that obiact, U a chrue ol lb first magoiludo. Il ahould tlierefiir bo our aludy to improve or to fcrtiliM our land, knowing that fertility ia l;i first and grand otgnct lo be at. tawed, a upon thi only caa good system of ag riculture be f Mindod. , Of what avail i Ih beat nh talion of crops, th first eootrived Implementa of " nttabandry, or lb moat ierfoct ao of unplcnvefif, when applied to a barren sot! t. It i absurd to talk of a good ay stem of agriculture without discover.' ing, thai every eucb system, lo be good for any thing, must be bottom! upon, fertility. He for therefore, w lannch into any system, kit us first . learn how to enrich our land. Tb diiposition of . our oi and climate to reward auahandry bountiful. , lv, ia exibited io ibe great crop which are pro duced On good land under khnt any apeciea cfcul. tivation. Hiisiaacorwiderationof high ncourg mcnt, and ahould indue oa lo mak il lb first object of our effort to improve our land; a without ef- h feeling this, all other agricultural object, benel-." eial lo oureelve or our couulry, mut fail- Rut instead of attending to thia first and imnor. tni.l h.L.!..I. I- .' I.. t ! I I J . ..... .iun.ipiv in agriculture, now wiueiy on wiuv part from it i for one acre annually enriched, al loaat twemy are imoveriiihod. " . . . ,, - What ia now th present practice) of our firmer I Their practic ia Ut clear piec of land every year, wbtcb ia commonly continued until tbert aa . iittlaor nor wood kn, either for fuel or fboce) aod ve often it happen that ia Iha latter Mage of thia erroneous conduct, more than half their cleared land ia ao far exhausted, aa not to ba worth eulti. vatioo more acre ol which, than tbey annually clear, it is amply within their power lei reclaioi and render aa fertile aa il aver waa, and with half th expense ; yet, strange tb tell, every acre ia beg. lected, while Ih clearing busioes ia pursued with avidity, until at length th fatal blow U struck and necessity compel them to part with their aiurdered . estatea for a trifle, and seek refuge ia t mw coun try. , '..''' -' ' ..'".'.-'."'' '.' A many are still engaged m tb ruinoupraclic . of destroy ing their lands, lhy are requested to paua and seriously consider Iba conaequeoee of such a a) stem. A system of agriculture whoa tender. . cy i to make land annually Iom fertile, muat final., ly terminal in ita Impoverishment : and coo, qudntly, ia the want aod misery of ka cultivator. It i well koowq how prtme childrea are to follow -the exampU of their parent ; if there was no other evidence, Ihe conduct of our armcYa ia full proof of il, who have from ago 16 ag lollowad th beat ' en track of their father of cutting dowo .their wood and exhuting their land. How can t fa ther reconcil it lo bia conscience, when b coo. ider lhal ayatem of fanning which he U puraui ing must finally terminal io lb6ooequonccjut' mentioned, and although ho may not lira toexp. rienoa them, yet hi posterity may, who by fore of example, will naturally adopt he aame ayatem. now this consideration may weigh on tbajniiKia of other I know hot, buf I must confess that it ba great weight with me; and if ther wai no other, it would induce ma lo uso all my effort to pursua a '. good system of agriculture), in order that my po. terity might follow ihe example, and in Couequeooo ofl 'n9yb7(l)pl awbaiataono, xomfort and todW- v- pendence. - : t Alt that ia necessary, to induce farmers to chamra their ayatem of agriculture, from on of axhauetimT"" and impoverishment, to ooo of renovation and im. 1 provment, ta to convince them of its practicability and utility. Farmera iu general, are rational and " intelligent, and when reasooa of such weight are presented to Jheir njinda aa to aaiiafy them that their present modes of agriculture are imperfect ' , and and ruinous, tbey will readily abandon them, " and sdopt those which are calculated not only to - -be more prjfi table to them and thai posterity, bot " also more beneficial to their country, i 2 L . It ha been found in every district and country " ' where agriculture it conducted upon a rational plan. and i consequently in an improved aod flourishing condition, that it ii much easier, cheaper, and more profitable lo improve exhausted lands, tharrto cut -down and reduce to cultivation uncleared or wood ' lands. - Exhaualed lands that have Aeen -renovated, far " exceeded in uniformly profitable product, any thing anown oy mo cuuivaiora oi newiy cieared,landai Such lands may, aod do. throw ud luxursnl crona. ' for a abort period ; but their continuance, In a con. -atant and systematical succession, ia not experU enccd. When t hoy rare exhausted by bad man agement, other land's must be sought for ; to be al so worn out uyjiimilar ill treatment. lo farmera of well aod joug' cultivated fields, nowr wwh to sac- rifice their wood lands, to the acqusition of a new - "i aojMuurea-ot-jaBova old lands. t I '"in I all cleared lands that have been exhausted by long cultivation, few atumpa or root are to b found; hence, three acres of such land can be eulti- ' vated with more ease and less labor, than one acre of new ground sand it must be acknowledged by u tk.i l..k. -J .: ...Li-i . ' " L."""J UJ'"L.gJaMJB,nijraiaryao-'- gruoaii acre oi ground, cut down tha tree upon it, tan its rsiitf aiitii siuiIaaa a ....... . a maul rails and enclose it coulter it and arenar- it for cultivation ; would be more than sufficient to collect and make manure enough to manure double thai, quantity of land, so as to produce far more abundant crops, v And every acre made by an improved manage- -meof, to produce aa much aa two acres, is in eflbct the addition of a ne Caere ; with tbe great advan- tages of enabling us to preserve our wood land for fuel, fences aud building of contracting tbe apace to be cultivated and of shortning the distance of transportation between tbe field aod tbe bar or
Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)
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July 27, 1838, edition 1
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