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THE -WESTMoIT : AilOLIM AI J i -IKS M i T PKUMSTKO TO TUB VITtP STATM 8 ma COfttTtTVTIOff, HOI fBOHISITKO ST IT TO THt STATES, All BC1IBVSD TO TUB STATS BKsrftCTI VKIV, Ok TO TNI MOpt. AwWmMll 10 l CoSsfi'WlO", ArffVs X . I at IS. AUSTIN A: C, F. FISHER, NO. VIII, OF VOL. XIX. SALISBURY, N.-C, UGUST 3, 1838. ItXTOR A.fD PROPRIETORS, ( (.YO. MOM COMUEXCXE.T, OH) ( NEW TERMS i tlx Western Caroiiaiaa is peblishsd svery Fai- .i it Two Dollars per lum if paid in suvsuce, j eo uwisrs in uij vui u w - patuua of three nton'its. 4 Na MtMf will be d.eontinul until til arrearef ea L anlaaS tt lb doKrettoS) of U Editor 1 Ml) a kjarf la notify the Editors of a wih to discontinue, the ol ysar, will be eonaiJersd II Daw en- v, (-- TBaas or tBTHTwnwi JtertieentenU will ba conapiciiously snd correct! jj.iei1. st m dollar per square lor ths 6rst Inanition, L,e6HMiets will be charged ! p"f cant muff than the ikM aricaa. A SeduclKW w per cam irwa L' regular prices will ba mad to yearly advertisers. TO COIIUrOXDUTI. brtera stressed loth Editors, must io til Usee be HP"- frfllS iiew and aoUuulml Steam Boat, Coppered t ana Copper fsstaoed, built eipeelv (or the Inde brtween Ihia plaoe, Ucorgwtowa tod I harlca L), will is tery altort lino be in readincaa to rt- a frrif bt. fihifxwre are eofiTiJeftlly aaeured that in caeee of V low ruer IM-ir coooa win ixn im cnainrti, aa . . . i . i Lftcient number of lightere hare been provided to Uur the delivery of gooda, directed ti be hip- Hby tbia boat. but unr.u, itaident ol Merchanla' and rtaotera' B. B. Cum 7 real liny Cberaw, July 4th. 183. Ct L DEFERRED ARTICLED. I mumm BUrlxm The elect bn in thia Ktate htt vaalted i a complete triumph of the hip. They uvt elected the Governor, the enure delegation to L,iM. and a lartre maioritr in both bratichca (A the LtfiaUtar. I Warm W'Uktr. The ptpere from ercry qnartcrof lie Union, complain of the eiceaaive warm weather. ne Thermometer ranged from Oil W deg. in I'biladeU Uia in the hade, about the name iu Ntthville, except Lae day it wav ai high aa 06 degree. CoMtmr nrht.Thtt veara ago, the merchant M North Carolina were in flu habit of bringing iron the North an itnmeoae quantity of Cutton J'anw, generally of wretched quality, upon which ha couaumer paid not only fall the charge of a 3oUa traaaportatioo to and frorft the North, but a Leafy profit to tha Northern manufacturer. Since that time, the numeroua r actonei put in operation In tbia Slate, have not only atopped the importation W Yarn, but produced a eurplu lor exportation Af have heretofore noticed the aliipment of yarnv fmm a Factory in this place ; and on Saturday InM share arrived here 1 0,0t0 I be. Irom one etllib Wat m the interior, on ite way to that great mart Where all thing find their value and a ready ante, New York. The period cannot be diatant, when the entire demand for cotton ekha, welt as varm, ie North Carolina, .will be eupplied by North Caro haa industry. Nothing could contribute more to the independence and proeperttr of the state. There ta oo buiMoeWh'ich, well conducted, yield a better return than the cotton manufacture, and do place better adapted for it aucceaa than Fayette ville.-j ... . . On the aaiaa day, there arrived here, alao, be tween aii and eeveo ton of Copper Ore, from liuil ford in wagons, for want of a better conveyance. rayUevilU Obterver, Dtatk from Rupturt of the Spleen. A man in vincinnaiti, while wrestling with a companion lull tod after complaining of severe pain in the abdo. toea, expired in '20 minutes. On examination of tte body, it appexured that the injury received waa a rupture of the spleeu. Hemorhage was probably ae cause ol death. Dreadful Famine in India. -The overland des patch from India (via Marseilles) arrived in Lon don, bringa intelligence from Calcutta and Madras to the middle and from Bombay to the end of March.- The accounts of the progress of the fam ne in the western provinces are most horrible; the inhabitant of the Agra are compelled to forego fneir evening drives on account of the intolerable effluvia arising from the dead bodies surrounding the station. A email river, near Cawnpore, is said to be titterally choked with the corpses of the Ijuiltitudes starred to death. A relief fund has o opened in Calcutta, and on 15th of March the (atMcnptions amounted to above 40,000 rupees. Ixlraordinary EUttncal PaenojnfitgitjrrAjnost Tngular appearance in the heaven is described in fh Carrolton (Mrs.) Enquirer, aa having been wit. Posed in that neighborhood on the night of the 30th r or some time previous, there had been an ex cesaiv drought. On that night, about 8 o'clock fhe air became clouded, the cloud running gener lly South, and for two hour there was a continual discharge of electricity all around the borixoo. 8u,rert a there shotirom the pointed tkwda a bril nant volley of sparks, exceedingly bright. Some idling toward tha earth. nthAra runninir'ln a ciff. g eourse, crossing nearly .. th whole fim These luminous sparks shot forth sometimes large singly, and at others branching out in every direction in the most splendid arborescent manner, are told, for we did not witness it, that the wne was bae of the most georgeous and beautiful w witnessed. The whole atmosphere appeared ttacommonally charged with the electric fluid the rxdiant flashes assumed sometimes, the form of waves "I'jjht rolling sritb velocity tb, wart' the heavens -nd tre awiJ to hav been paiuful to tlx eye f.om their frequency. These (rki, which were vivid ly brilliant, resembled Urge Ulls of fir suddenly struck with a hammer, sud flying about iu the moat fantastic manner. Others have compared lham to tbe spark's autnetiinea produced by the blow-pipe of metal betted to inienaity. Ml.SCtLLANEOU.S ia AS AFFECTliVO NARRATIVE, The following very touching statement is from an account given by Mr. Merrill, of Mobile, one of I be survivors Irom lite wreck of lb I'uhuki, to the editor! ol the American. , The sinking of the hull and the partim of the promenade dock, as have bean heretofore related, threw lhM who weie on it into the sea, and among uieiu nr. Merrill, uis wile and cbild. Uemg an excellent swimmer, be was enabled to sustain bth, although the difficulty of so doing was great- incruasea by Uio close clinging or the molher to e child. . . t While thus engaged, a boy of twelve er fourteen years caught bold of him for help, and he too waa suatiined, until Mr. M. priofd to hiiu to mount fragment of the wreck floating near. The boy jre -Imgly ajMuuied on il, and seemed to be au to maintain hunarlf thai Mr. M. asked bim in lake tus child on the fragment, which the lad readily acceedrd to. Mr. M. was now able lo bestow his whole strength in sustaining his wife, wneu, to lus horror, he felt hinisell chisped from otuiiui, around the lower part ot hi body, by the rot) group or A stout, athletic mau,evidoutly strug gling for hit'. An inula ut was su the lent lo satisfy Mr. M. that the grasp of (he man would drown them all, and telling his wile thai this would he the case without he could extricate himself, ho anked her lo rally her trngth fur aj) effort lo reach a piece ol (lie w rtck close by, to which she consent ed, luring her a punh towards it with as much power as hi pocuhur situation would allow him to do, be saw her gnin it. In the meantime his own esse called for immediate relitif, but he found bim If, on making the effort, utterly unable to gain a release from the powerful hold which was fastened around bis body with an iron firmness. There was but one hope left, and there was not a moment al owed him lo deliberate on it. Mr. M. had been a expert swimmer and diver when a boy, and to sink unuVr the waves with a man clinging lo him waa the Inst the only renort remaining. They went down together, and the man relaxed his hold before Mr. M. a urea h became exhauxted. On ri sing agitiu towards ihn surface he atruck aininnt pieces of the wreck which were now floating over hun, and after aoine difficulty cleared them so as to breathe again, but wo tanking around he eouM discover neither hi wife nor hi child, nor the boy 1 Wbal had occurred during (he hnel spire that lie was beuealh the wave, he knew not, but he neither heard nor aaw them any more. From Mn. Sigovrnfg'i Lettert. NEW ENGLAND INDUSTRY. I have snen no class ol people, among whom a more ctlicimil system of industry and economy ol time was established, than the agricultural popula lion of New England. Their possessions are not uihcieutiy large to allow waste ol any description Hence every article stems to be carefully tsiima led, and applied to its best use. Their mode of life is a favorable to cheerfulness and health, as it is eminent in indusirrT r The farmer, rising with the dawn, attends to those employments which are necessary for the family, and proceeds early with his sons or assis tants, to their department of daily labor. The birds enliven them with their song, and lambs gambol, while the patient ox marks the deep furrow, or the grain is committed to the earlb, or the tall gins humbled beneath the scythe, or the stutelv corn freed from the intrusion of, weeds. Fitting tasks are proportioned to the younger ones, that no hand may be idle, fa the interior of the house an en'inl diligence prevails. The elder daughters take wilting part with the mother, in every domestic toil. The chit dreo who are too small to be useful, proceed to school, kindly leading the little ones whocansearce ly walk. Perhaps the aged crawl-mother, a wel come and honored lumate, amuses i tie ruddy infant thai she may release a st ronger hand for toil. I he sound of the wheel, and the vigorous strokes of the loom are heard. The fleece of the sheep are wrought up, amid the cbeerlul song of sisters. ICemeinber ing that the fabrica which they produce, will guard those whom they love, from the blast of winter, the bloom deepen on their cheek with the pleasing consciousness ot useiui inuusiry. ' In the simple and abundant supply of a table from their own resources, which shall refresh those who return weary from the field, all are interested The hov who bringa his mmhar iU veget ble, selects a e&lad which his own hand cultivated with some portion of the pride with which Diocle ian pointed to the cabbages which he bad reared The daughter, who gathers treasures from the nest of the poultry that she feeds, delights to tell their history, and to number her young ducks as they swim forthdjoldly on the pond. The bees, whose hive, range near the door, add a desert to their re yield pure nutriment for the little ones, ror their bread they have " sown, and reaped, and gathered into barns the flesh is from ihoir own flocks the know when the first 'berries ripen, and when the chesnut will be in its thorny sheath in the forest. The happy farmer at his independent table, need pot envy the luxury of kings. . , The active matron strives to lessen the expenses of ner husband and to increase bis gains. She sends to market the wealth of her dairy, and the surplus produce of her loom. ' She instructs her daughters by their diligence to have a purse of their own, from which to furnish the mora delicate part ol their wardrobe, end to relieve the poor. Iu the lung evenings of winter, aha pliee the needle, or knits stocking with them, or maintains the quiet music of the lis x-wheel, from whence linen is pre pared lor the family. She incites them never to eat tho bread of idleness, and aa they have been trained, so will lUy train others again j for the seeds ol industry are perennial. 1 be bitter and brother, bavmg recess from their its of busier seasons, read aloud such books as are procured from tha public library, and knowledge thus entering in with industry, and domestic order, orm a hallowed alliance. I he most sheltered wrner by the ample lire-side is reserved lor lbs hoary grand parents, who, la plenty and pious con tent, pass the eve of a well-spent life. 1 he sacred hymn and prsver, rising daily from such households, is acceptable to lies van. To their humble scenery, some of our wisest and most lluatrious men, rulers of the people, sages and in terpreters of till law of God, look back tenderly, as their birth place. Tbev love to acknowledge thai ia the ioduetry and discipline of early years, was laid the Touudation of their grealnees. aaaaaaaaaaMwa From the Oid Monthly Magettne. THE CUP OF POISON. Weevil, unfortunate as be was ia bis jokes, was no lose so in bis more serious attempts; bis whole career was one grand mistake eloping with sweet young lady who was reported " to bo a tor tune, he discovered, too late to retract, that she was the dowerless dsughter of an extravagant in solvent. To add to bis disappointment. Mrs. Wee vil proved an incorrigible shrew, whose eloquent tongue annoyed bim unceasingly Proud, however, of his boasted tact and abilities, Weevil resolved Iu tamo her ; and after pondering for some month upon the subject, resolved to put in iorm me louowing novoi sua extraordinary ex pertinent. Having purchased some white arsenic, upon tha paper of which was duly printed " arsenic poison he consigned the deleterious mineral to the flames, and replenished the invelope with the while sugar W atching Ins opportunity wheu Mrs. Weevil was in her tauntruaaa, he calmly proceeded to the closet, and pouring out a cup of milk, mixed up the sweet potation. " June," cried he, in a melancholy tone, stirring the portion with the (ore finger of his right hand, ' Jane, listen to me for a few short moments I shall not be s burden to you. " His look end impressive manner silenced the storm. Quaffing the draught at one gulp, he cast the cup iuuftho grate, and threw (fie paper upon the ground.. . " What have you doner shrieked Mrs. Weevil snatching up the paper, and turning pale as Parian marolf. " Poison ! " muttered Jesse, wilh'the moat thril ling tragedy look he could assume ; and clappiug his hands lo his free, be buried his bead in the cusb his of the sopha A shriek, followed by an awful silence, ensued Jesse ventured to peep between bis fingers, expect ing tu see hi rib extended oo ibo hearth rug in a swoon, but she had vanished Wh ere the dickens ii -die gonel w cried be, ri sing. "Jane no answer. Me rested upon u elbow and listened- A trampling of many feet up on the stairs aroused him from his posture; and the next moment his belter ball rushed wildly into the rooir., followed by. three men and 4 he -servant maid My dear M.. Weevil said the foremost gen- tlemau in black, in whom Jesse recognized a neigh bonug apothecary ; " what could have compelled you to this rash act I Weevil was really alarmed by the crowd which he had so unexpectedly brought about hi ears. " What act r demanded Weevil. " You have swallowed poison !M " Nonsense nuuseuse " iwiil Weevil. Where is tho cup, ma'am I" 44 He has thrown it away," replied Mrs. Weevil sobbing aloud ; " but here is the horrible paper 1 he apatliocary looked at the paper, shook bis head, shrugged his shoulders, and then looked sig tuncantly at his assistant, who immediately laid Violent hands upon the disconcerted Weevil, and threw him at full length upon the soft " What in the devil are you about T demanded Jcsso, glaring wildly upon the medical operator, aa he drew a stomach pump from his coat pocket " You must submit, air," said he, resistance wil avail you nothing. " Pooh I pooh ! nonsense pon my soul twas only a joke 1 a mere ruse don't be a fool," cried Jesse, struggling. " May 1 die if The forcible introduction of the admirable ma chiner put an end to .further opposition. Weevi! kicked and plunged in vain. The whole operation was admirably performed i and', feeble, spiritless, andexhauncoTtheTinronunaTe patient was leR ex tended on the couch. The apothecary promised to send a composing draught immediately, and left him in the meanwhile, to the tender care of h wife, who alternately wept and scolded ; winding up her hysterical hsiangus with a bitter remark upon his cruelty in wishing to leave her unprovid ed for I Death of a Hermit. An inquest was held on the 4th of July, over the body of Hope Peterkiu, Scotchman, aged about 45 years, found drowned the Passaic river, a short distance below this city It appeared by the evidence of some boys on the shore at the time, that he went into the river bathe, and swam out into the middle of the river and attempted to return, but soon sung out for help and began to sink, and before assistance could reach him, disappeared. His body was recovered in short time, but too late to save bis lite. I he ver diet of the iurv was "accidental death by drown ins while bathing in the river." Hope was the as. son of a Scotch Presbyterian Clergyman, and came to this country lo seek bis fortune about 19 years ago. lis first established himself ia the bleach ing business at the Eoglnh Neighborhood in Ber gen county and succeeding to bis satisfaction, dis posed of his property there and went to the South. lere be (all into the hands of sharpers and lost all biapropsrty. He became disheartened, dejected, and disgus ted with the world, and wandered from place to place, until he finally reached Newark, about sti years) ago. He obtained permission to build him self s small but in the woods, oearlhe Passaic riv er, where he lived a secluded hermit's life, entirely alone, occasionally working htt the neighbours, to enable bim to procure the purees ries of life, lie was, 10 the language of those best acquainted with him, one of the boneatest men living. In Ms youth he had received a liberal education and waa a first rale scholar. He spent most of bis time in read ing and writing. Ilia remarks on certain pass ges of the Bible, writeo ia the margin, show tnit be was no stranger to its contents. He left no pro perty, excepting a gresl number of letters from his friends and correspondents in this country and io Europe, and a large bundle of manuscripts of his own writing. Hope bad never been married, and the reason he gave for remaining singh was that he bad been enraged to a ladv in Scotland, and nev er to the day ofhis death, did he abandon the idea of yet being able to return and fulfill but engagement witb ner. Rework Eaglt. From (A SntknlU Whig. DEATH OF AN OLD PATRIOT. THE LA8T SOLDIER OF THE OLD FRENCH WAR LN CANADA GONE Died In Warren county, Tennessee, on the 8tb of June, Mr. JOHN LUSK, (pronounced Liak in bis native Dutch) at the advsnced age ofooe hun dred and four years. He waa born on Stateo Is land, New York, on the Sth Nov. 1731, and was of Dutch extraction. Mr. Lusk was in regular ser vice tu well niffh sixtv vears 1 Ha commenced his career in the army in the war Acadie, commonly ' i . . . Called the r rench war, when about twenty years of age and served through tbe whole or it. He was a soldier at the siege of Quebec fought in (be memorable action of the plains of Abraham, seven ty-nine years ago ssw the brave lien. Wolf fall : and participated in all the sufferings and hardships of that arduous and memorable campaign.. He was also at the conquest of .Acadie, now caned Newfoundland, by Gens. Amherst and Shirley j and assisted in the dispersion of the captured r rench through the colonies of New England, by tbe Anglo Americans. . . Iff. Lusk early enlisted In (be wtrof tu Re vo lution and fought like a soldier and a pal riot till its close. He was attached to tbe expedition to Can ada under Gen. Arnold, waa at the building of Fort Edward, and waa there wounded. He waa in the battle of Saratoga, where Burgoine surrendered and was at tbe aiege of Yorktown, and bad (he sin gular and remarkable fortune to aee Cornwallis surrender to Gen. Washington. Uo the restoration of pear the old soldier laid down his musket and his knapsack-for awhile, but be did not remain long in inactivity. Tbe "piping times of peace . were no tiroes tor bim. He left PI ' lnou as be esteemed it, oq 4be first opportunity, and enlisted in tbe army of Gen. Wayne, against the Indians, nothing daunted by-tbe.terrorsof'the- wilderness or the stratagems -of the powerful and wily foe, though he bad already weathered the storms of sixty wintersr' ' At the close of this brilliant and successful cam- Ciign, he joined the regular army under Col. But r, and was stated at West Point in this Slate, now called Kingston. While at bis station he be came renowned for bis skill at catching Juh from Clinch river, out at last the brave old man, be ing worn down with age and infirmities, waa dis- tbarged-ss unfit lor duty, when near eighty years of age. He left tbe army in entire destitution, and subsisted for several years upon the cold charities of the world, together with the little pittance he earned by bis daily labor as a proost maker. On the passage ol the Pension Law iu 1818, he avail ed himself of its privileges, and from that time has been furnished with all the necessaries of life. Mr. L. retained (o (he last all his faculties except that of eight, which for the but ton years bad been growing dim. He waa a man of remarkable strength of constitution, and elasticity of frames- He never had a spell ,ol sickness in bis life I lie wss in the habit of valking to the town of Mc- Minville, a distance of seven miles, and back again in tbe same day, and this too after he hsd reached one hundred years of age retaining the perfect upright Torm and firm step and movement of a sol dier till the lasU- 4 Thus lived and died one of (he most remarkable men of (he age. He was witness to more remark ifctensVehTsTperhaps, than any man living. W hat revolutions have not rolled over tbe earth since he waa born I He waa almost coeval witb our colonial history. He was an old man when this nation commenced its career. He haa seen empires rise end fall, thrones demolished, and new kingdoms spring to existence, since he hung upon his moth er's bieast twenty -five hundred millions of the race have lived and died. But I he old man has gone to Tus father s at last . Feaee be (o his meaoory, and may the grass grow green upon the Patriot's London is the largest "and, richest city in the world,, occupying a surface 'of 82 square miles, thickly planted with bouses, mostly three, four and five stories high. It contained, in 1 831 ,a popula tion of 1,471,410. It consists of London City, Westminster City, Finsbury, Marylebone, Tower Hamlotsf Soulhwark, and Lambeth districts. Poutton. AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. . - IMPROVEMENT OF LAND. The modes of improvement beat adapts to out soil, climate and circumstance, and which therw lore particularly deserve our attention, may l mnv mod up and combined in the Mowing simple means, vit I 1. Manuring. 2nd. Good ploughing. , 9. I be cultivation or artificial rrasses, and f to. Inclosing. These means if skilfully and btdustrU ously spplied, will be found to constitute jhe most eubctual modes of improving those vast bodies of exhausted lands with which our 8tale too unfWtu. , natelv abounds, and which ara thai wrinelual of solicitude. There msv be other modes which may be prelerabls (br land io good beail, but there are none which will be found to promote the ins provement of lands deficient in fortuity ia so cbee p. certain and rapid a manner. , An opiuion too generally prevails with farmers, especially those who have not made the expert- wnt, that the common resources lor manuring am scanty and unequal to tha end of fertilising a pour soil. This opinion is tbe offspring of a want of in dustry or skill lo collect, or eorobme them with the other specified mesne. Iy preserving every species of litter, especially com stocks, and apply iug it before or about the commencement ' of (or- mentation ; by penning tbeir pens witb leaves or straw, and folding them on litter in winter j and by fireaerving the manure arising Irom both means, rom being wasted by prematura putrescence of vvsporatioo, a poor farm may be gradually ira proved, until it will yield internal resources, ads. quale to a copious annual manuring of one sevsnlb at bast of its arable contents. .By good ploughing, is principally lobe, under stood deep ploughing, which may be considered as -tha) basis of all other improvements, as upon it do pend the improvement and preservation of tbe sot I. If manure ie to be applied lo the soil, deep plough ing is rendered highly necessary to insure and pro long its effects by deputing deep, thereby eecu ring it from evaporation and from being washed off ' by rain. Deep ploughing is hs only sure remedy against washing in hilly lands, particularly if com bined with horizontal ploughing. All worn-out fields, which have been turned out and grownup in broom sedge, may be bigbly in proved by inclosing them and ploughing (hem deep, so as completely to turn under the broom straw and letting them lie one yetr. By that period such fields will have Improved suflieientlv to pro' duce a respectable crop of corn, provided ibey hsve been strictly inclosed and mil stock prevented front treading the ground ) in tbia case the ground will be preserved light and loose during the year it is inclosed, and the broom sedge will become soffi i JeUotry sotted U benefit the easn. -This fact it warranted by repeated observation and experience. Perhaps it may be unoeceeaary to remark, thai lb longer such fields which are ploughed in this wsy are inclosed, and A crop kept ofT, the more rapidly they will improve. The cultivation of artificial grasses is highly in." dispensable in this system of improvement. It U a maxim in agriculture, which is as true at any . axiom in science, that land which is-not under (be K- ugh and which is at rest, should be in grass e advantages of resting land under grass are mi- - roerous ; tu root hold the soil together and there by effectually prevent lbs land from washing, il af ford to it shade in thal aummer, and wuriiith ld T" the winter, and is at tbe earns time drawing sup plies of manure from Ue atmosphere thrw-lj thaw :. - vegetable process, lobs given to the earth through ye agency of the plonghy l.l j. : -t t :r '- i ne cultivation ot grasses gives to tha plough its greatest efficacy ; because the "advantages of good ploughing towards improving the soil, depend in a -great degree upon turning a cpat of vegetable mat -ter below the surface, and thus protecting it against the effects of heat,' moisture and air, until ita fer tilizing principles are caught and absorbed bv the crop, instead f being evaporated into the atmos phere. Manure is vegetable matter, and of courts) vegetablee are manure. By cultivating grasses, we prepare a valuable auxiliary for-the plough, from which it derives its chief effect in fertilising the earth and thereby provide a copious supply of food or manure for other crops. Inclosing vastly aocele rates the process fir in proving tbe soil, by increasing the quantity of veg. stable matter or manure to be turned under by the piougn. io practise iU successfully, however, it -must be combined with some resources equivalent to tho loss of the scant v nastursse. from which it ' excludes ths emaciated cattle. Artificial rrazimr and hay meadows, of high or lowland, ia a re source, by which, whilst nineteen acres are manu- ring themselves without human toil, one may be 7 r made to produce more grass, than tbe whole (wen- ' (y nowdoinnd atocksevei7kM.tnaybathue-- rendered Infinitely more valuable, both for furnish ing subsistence to man, and for fertilising the earth. : It remains new' only to point nut InenneTRT which the proposed system of improvement, may be practised to the greatest advantage. Every farm where there is a sufficiency of open land, should be laid off into four divisions (reserving enough for jots for hay and grazing) and each di - !i!m ). a . t A . S i "a a a a on tu cunauiuia a sniu ; tnese snius should be under one fence, cross fences being entirely exclu ded, for the purpose of carrying eflectually into " aetsiias)4hrc4e cession should betnut in Indian corn, to be follow- -ed by wheat, and then to remain at rest inclosed ' and ungrazed for two years and a half. Accord ing lo this plan, one half of the farm, wift be in grain; and the other half inclosed and at rest j the ground reserved Tor the stock should be laid off in to lots and highly manured and put in some clean ing crop, to be followed by smell grain, on which grass seed should be sown. To illustrate this plan, . let ua suppose a farm to consist of five hundred Ths author's remarks are confined to North-Carolina, yet they nay be well spplied lo several of the ad joining States. . , i m :" '. '
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