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Mil f ! f f ! Jii GAM T r.oirai tftf .nff t f Htif titm ar ', ntt ui e ri"i(irio bv r to fee r, c.t. ro rm trtrsa t.r. Titi.r,i. t ra rora.-4aU,,, i il CW.u.W, AmU 1 v nsiinic,) KAI.ISI1UIIY, N. C, KOVIiMIlKIt J, 183a . no xxr.oK voi. xix. So. vr"ii coirvorrifr.vrisa -To my late PatronH,;;,; ! . - t1 k tba MMtaf Unt Amu . y i . r-a-v r tbM4 (' I soK-ci.af M I A rnuuth f I 'I"'1 ;' MtU- W. -tg. Ilk UOilt " tMt M " im w -f r i i.r , ! t tatef , I ,1 .Ut U I IHT 111! Mtl r . . LJ to " what tet mJ I AiMt 1 tm, ly CH pm mj tmU JU4 W. L.U Ed. West Care, jtfCU KZSZA. CJIAKACTCOS, AND LX " M asaiaaftiBaaa 111." A FAMILY PiCltRC, I LrttU Georgia family. Il U lair tp .Mafl0'f faMulta garlly,el lb hdt 1 1 Wth, ar praui af g 4 mn, good j tI Mfrv4 BmU. T U Mini, IImi sr L, w tW art H tujf 4r cuunlry, simJ lb MfTM m goma4 tl all wbr LbMtl a4 Mftwrt rvl by tU rulalMt but I IM mf CMI I" 'TlU BKMJT 01 nuinl. aa f(f IM 0M f I'l vtbetmceor hi DaM aod cirrvmauacro. T lliu cUm 14 Mr. aad Mra. Itotlvr, IM Uvdi im U kich I akwl lo WriM. Gilbert, L drwUM mm i IM IhwUmI ami Kliu uf im IvwtoUiMldf artMtolcdwiialMiubulli, it, mir MM) aad mu trr arterardta'linil Tkrf UJ Um Mmri abtil tied! PwmIm, m I u0 Ntaiber tawif fuuixl ait al ibeir hMi la fu ewr of Im trmiinjt, Im wik lurae bM riiii( cbiUrto. Uy im it, Dm,' Mid Gilbert. 1 lud bnca ibiukio tuf PkM fMl f KiUrtWf ui twwa wiib )w ikit aabjct I aod ibar wirt caa U a tenor 4lbaaaov,bu AbrabamM with m, arbuac mm w bub mpect, and tabv wall acl a unt- tMwaaaaV 'It tL mid Cita, Id m bmr jrouni.' U aboukj tr b blri wiib ctuMrrn, j-3 fclmbij t thilej let It M a fuiKiamentuI law i't i ib4 atlbr of im, rrrr interfere viib V aWiftuM of im bf.aiibr bbfTial,i m tba mroct (m cbilJren.' , . TaifcM rvk I , banyutMcriU. WbMa'ekiM ia eirract4 by MM uf u. Ir ikj! l ber titaod lo k Um frf aundoiwica orm 1 11 ' U ilwi aWou Mvamy fc-artf rioticf i '.' 'Ist at aewr corrvct a cliili'in a aaioo. 'TkarVfruTf uf h rul I fllv admit i but 1 nr (bat I tWI M alwaya b atk lo cmtf.ny li HiftuMUOM. , 1 iU,Mwew,endetort(HKii. 'Wtfl,ifyiM will do jour bel, I ahall beMliTx-d. 'Lh aa, m iar aa il i preriicallfjiitrodure ra ir caiWrwj, tb umvrilly uliniOCU pnu- 'TVumrriiiiaVfiniiarukhu-tiaiKl. I know hj bilk at jm efiucil f pd f?riitfJ f aiaaj and much tf ilnwa iruicipler tb are anivenally admifed.' . , ';0,twUI U jtt mor aretific. I be m atuarraally admitiod thst fort, ahould lrv4tkmnt: (Md ihti iKMieioulijLJ,f yon i bo ara inrjp.blf of utKlertridy1g lha w.. wwdaofaiWilh iheMjajimplMI )nuld ivj emKfho la iirmjmbia otSjisiinyjiiiking twa rijtu and wrong, nr until he ahall ha "J'fc'awirotdof tba wnniff.anJ tauphl tnavotd it. priaciplea teem wry ratnatla to trHi,' d Biw, but they never can be applied tu cbiL "a. If yo du not eorrect a child until it ia ul.l J ,0 fcara from precept the difference bo ri1u and wrong, lher will be no living in u H t cm firat fire or ail yt ar ol Gilbert received the mmnf mfn. with linn, and entered Unnn liuiir rtnlinffil In ker that they were arriHieoua. She main W ber own Verv well, bul Gilbert had certnii.lv MraoUge of ber hitho argameot. All he " y, bowever, did out in the Kat abake her Weoce ia her rmininn. Iniat lenstb anrMnlAil In 'mnA T iririi iiiti. WrofGihirU '" ' L u w ,,. l wa better aatiafiiHl of fTwinj ,n ,if( hai) tnj hat tffl boh L "u 01 Compromise Ihia matter. - I'll f f m: if 6vfir I correct a child before It vL? t0 inntruclion fntm pre j, a aa not approve of my conduct, I will rTJ?.06" do le again. ., ' precept, and then pro- ."). (awl G Urf !..,. r.:. 0.ie JV b fundamentnla, and we may 7 irtjit a others Iq future adjustment. Lt .uT.Wwai our children in the nonwhaical ?:T prevalent .mr vii mri,CUHir,7 amonr rnotners. u ia CTkil,aMI!pr0,remH,t itt tM econd' ww i ' . 1 bava no doubt ehildren would apeak their IT M,eorrecty lt years old, as nsimled, and observed, that this waa such a ut? T thU G,,lr, rather reluctantly. wlS ra,w,hfte, ,bi eonversation, Gil- r Kb a f t dcuahlor. Iu V:ia raw-M tU.M.aAvriba iwu irud. lUrvAar . be rcie4 a third iha Aril wbicb becalM abrwiMra. . Hha and kMiolnta da if. id U.iUil, m im (n uf fine Thk hA ib. name VIU Aa(Mioa, aAr le bfutUrauf ba e u. tl a M'M aww awMie a ax ret af aimiw anAoika, cr mj an i nve knurs (I fik from Im fcm.U rd.) whew, by way of ana-i.W.a prewmad mV f"" . AamMM hi 2d vaa man nmn li bi. UMbert aiprwd rrgrH.lbal m bad nrf rrvd htaa until n,Mi.i orW lUl lU iew might UarbiaMiad bum. lwf thuctlj b,4 Im, !. U-i'fd my nama Bp. IM nrmi bm, axl rave am lU anviUre f rairrr la be rkMi than fit at nci ' I ellrJ the NwMoaie, v1 1 mc '.be datnarcb. aoJ U,Lved iwrle of ttinie. Ia Ihia aery Iriumt bant and Uu UUa uto ura. iidiu-r cl.o he Hat if her i . . '. I. " CM now turucHj Mr allaoimn la iLiiirllera. and i the abort apace i4 five tear produced three, thai a -ir! MMM have beeii prwod of. Their natrwe, in llm wrtjer . ihrir bin ha. l.uut. C.ln-n ahd Karab, Il wa noe of Mra. Oailrr'a maaima, If mi have any thin It do, do il al one,' and aU aeriiMd lo bave bwa g'Hremrd by ihia aaalira in makina; up ber bnulv I Lt SarabcomulBtrd ihe Number tf br chitdren. fuho wm abuul a rear old. when 1 waa araia at Gilban'a fr Ihe eveninj. lie waa are led by the upper ladle wiib Ihe chd Iron in kit arm, addreae. e nnrii io hie, when I call! hie attee ! lo Ihe child, who waa juaf in the art of putting ma ongire into IM W.wof Im eandl. Gilbert Jerked bint awav auduVolv whirb an diaaoniMiried and iueoMnd llaatar J.4in iamee Gilbert. lhl be acreaNMid inauldrably. Gilbert Icaiaed bim, paired mm, walked aim, and w hi led lo bimt but be could uf d i .tract hie attention from Ihe randle. le remuved bint out of iht of the lummanr. bul thai only made rwattert worae, lie now commenced hit Biat Irawtn in Ihe 1 princinlee of fond jftrvem- iikmh He bmughl the child loearda Ihe randle, and the nearer II appni-bed the more pacified il mvame. I he chil l eiiorwH itt arm In catch the blate, and Gilbert bre il el.iwty loeanla the flame until the hand came nearly in contact with il, when je anaiclied ii away.eryins bonny finniear which h by inlerpn-iaiiim, voull burn vour f,ngra H .uu aim i ewtianjn-d ttnilrs, but neither of at ia any thing. lVihl C4MHtrued Iki mt wanton teaiin. and tMTanie if poawble, more ountreprou than ever. Gilbert now rewirted loanaher etpedieol. He put Lit own flnera into the Wie, with Irew them and. dpiily, blew ihem, ahm k Ibem, and gave every sign of acute jrony." Thia n4 only quieted, but de. lixhted Ihe child, who aigniuVd lo him lo do il again. le ul ant I v perceived (what waa practicallv deinon atreted th minute arieraarda,) that Ihe child wt put in a moat dungeruua interpretation upon bit last itWtrat ioa. He determined, therefore, not lo re pent it. The child not atifUl with the epnrt, de termined to repeat it himself; which the father op. Iiosing, be began to reach and cry aa before. ibere waa bul one eiperinrnt left : end thai waa, lo let Ihe child feel the flame a little. Thia be re- eutved I try but hw to conduct it properly wtt not ao easily settled. Il would not do to allow the in font to put bia hand into the blaze 1 becauae. it would either burn il loo liillo, or too much. He there. re reaolved lo direct the hand to a point ao near Ihe flnm,that the increasing heat woull induce Ihe child lo withdraw hit band himself. V Accordingly, e brought lh exterxled arm, slowly towards the me) lM child becoming moraod more impa tient with every moment poatponement of its grali- ficition, until the hand came within about an inch of the wick, when he held the child stationary. But nhn would n4 let his hand remain stationary, nor at the chosen point, lie kept snatching at the can dle.lill finding all hit effort fruit lew, he threw him self violently bock, gave his father a tremendous thump on the none with the back of his head, and ickwl and acreamed moat nutrajtebusly. J . You little rascal,' aaid Gilbert, I've a good mind to give you a good spanking. r 1 dive him lo me, snic Mrs. Under. You'd better not lake him.' aaid Gilbert, in an under lone, while he ia ia euch a passion.' No danger, md she ; hand him lo me. , At she received him, bush, air V said she sharp. y t and Ihe child huthed instantly and was asleep in a lew minutes. Strange said Duller. bow much sooner Ihe mother acquirea control over a child than the 'Not at all. aaid Mrs. lluller. You would have controlled hint as easily aa I did, if you had given him tho same lesson bef irehnud that I gnve dim. He cot in lust such an uproar the other day. and "finding nothing eta wou)d qtiiot him, I apnnked nit of him ; and I have had no trouble in quiet ing him since. ' . , wl begin to think Duller, aaid I 14 that F.tixti waa ia right the only points of difference between ou, touching , the management of children. olwerved that you addressed the child just now, in the gibWiwh which you ao much condemned brforft you became a father; and though it seemed ridiculous enough, especially in you, I think il would bave appeared still more ridiculous, if you had said to a child so young, r John, my eon, do not put your fingers into the flume of the candle, it will burn them. And ymirjejperirnent has taught you the aheotute iinpossihiliiylif governing children of verv tender years, by preacrile'd rule." 'invrik." nnt aon j whom he named , I am half inrlihed lo your opinion " aaid But 4 bifj "bert, after the two grand-fnthera ' er. Eliaia'a diicipline has , performed eeveral fterwil ,rou,rnn na,net hich ha had , good ofTicea It has relieved ua of John inmjffi-r-" fouriill. f"' ' " l hM mm ,0 eond temper "e motuba and aii daya thereafter he at itt first appearance, and it haa learned bin: the metnmj i t -!, (huth.J whi. b w.U tAa a.ip. ply lb f'lwU crmiiun, and alwaja fraeara hi.a bf ismn$ enlawriit. .vr, Ihia caee, M an trm le m ruU, raiUr than refainat xfil. Afar a cbikl grit old eitiub loaodaralaiid m langiMfe of MMrtHttoe, be alniulJ alwaya be pre.MMiiWted brAre k ie MfM.hed." t.IiM azia juried m wiib ti e, anj an arrti ml aiMMKt, U wbicb Gilbert mIoacH bit wife m Ml .re br) wiib M better rflWt epn br i-ljj. The matter waa referred lo me, and I d. ci.M Ihia lime in bvut uf the wif ralbar MijO ilk. J. ar i . . 4 r wi,m m tumngri tut aiawiica, Gilbert now Kiard.himetf fir an argument a little more oWutaW lhk that frum which Lm able tiue, e-all be 'iirucaod.' . I'rucred wberer aaid I. With ur rraMML, ' !' I" l0 fMa, aahl I ttcept that Jour II" II1UI1I ao. W rwllv reterned be. Mhal ie verv nro. i-w i aiMi prmrm vo iomim brat imue I'tf lira r j. j . . . . . . . i i . oeriM. of my waa a oolruaraa that aba should j ... r : acWct. There may be tnort emind ohiloaonrf ia it J rejoiiMMl I, lhaa al Brat aichl appears. Y -ir wife II m mw ' M 9 mJ ' ' w baa already proved berarlf to be a better iode of ineae maiiera I nan sotk ofM put l.relherj and 1 Ihink I Miideraiand why It ia ao. 8 M baa bad ten lime lb eiprrtenc m the in ibal we bave bad Her habile of life bate bee domealie I she hat children '411 age, and under all eircun-iaocea and from Mitre la Uemy three eh eupplird ber mother place In ber fcther'a family.' 1 A pretty handsome retreat.' aaid Gilbert. Long bef!r the second sun arrived al lb rr- tMing tgt Gilbert iMicalrd, an n-servodly, ia f. vor m bis wire cooteuung bimaelf wnb tb sub ordinate station of ber miouterMl officer) ia which be H ecuted her orders ia caae requirmf mora phvsical atnmgth Iban ah poaaeaaed. Passing over lb iotermediala period. I now in- Iroduc th reader lo Ihia tmily, after mt of IM cbilJren bad reecbed the age of reaaon.' In contemplating the arene which 1 am about lo sketch, h will be pleased to turn bia tboughle occasional, ly to Gilbert's 'principle of good governmsul.' Sarah wm about to years and a Ivtirold, when Gilbert invited me to breakfast with h'na one Do- cember's morning near the Christmas holidays. II waa Ihe morning appointed for bis secoud kill iog of bop t wbicb, aa lbs souther reader knows, ia a aort of family carnival in Georgia I went. and found all the children al home, and Gilbert's mother ailde-l lo the family circle. J.thn aud Aa bad reached the age when I hey were permitted lo take aeatsal the first table j though upon Ibis occaaioa J bn being engaged about th pork did not avail bimaelf of bia priviliget (he reat of Ihe children ware taught to wail fr lh second table. Breakfast wm announced, and after ihe adults and Anna .had dVanatched their meal, the ehildren were summoned. As they had hxen taught not to seat them I res at the table until I hey were bidden, as there were some few preparatory arrangements to be made, they all fathered round Ihe fire, cla (no roue "With the events of the morning. Uv Joky,' said William, did'ut that old black barrak weigh a heap! ' Look here young gentleman, aaid bia mother, ' where did you pick op eucb language as thai ! Now let me ever bear you bijocknut or tv-inf any thing else again, and lie by jocky you with a 111 warrant yoo. But the black barren,' aaid George, 4 didn weigh ta much fur bia eise at the bob-tail speckle, though.' Hedid' lledidW '" 'Hush your disputing thia instant atop it you ahall aoi contradict each other in thai manner. And lei ua bear no more of your hog pea wonder no body wants lo hear Ihem.' At this instant William snatched a pig-tail out of Isaac's hand. Ma, said Iwac, make Dill gi me muk tail. ' Fob William give him his thing. Aod, if! waa near you I'd bni your ears for that snatching. Mr. Butler, you really will have to take Ibal follow in hand.' He's getting ao that I caa do nothing' ith him.' - " 4 If he don't behave himself,' said Duller eareloe. y,1 just turn him over to me ; I reckon I caa man. age him.' 4 M,' aaid Bill,' he took my Hath IIukV Idid'nt,' r "You din? V Don't I lell you to hush your disputing. 4 Well ma, uncle York gave il lo me. 4He dirfnt i uncle Monday gave it lo me. 4 He d.d.t., He did.1 . 1fr?reriW)t1srTo1 hetween the two diapulants, which ailenCed them for a few moments. 4 ' - At Ihia juncture,. Miw Rebeca fried out with a burnt finger ; which she received in cooking another pig tail. The burn was so slight that she forgot il as her mother jerked her from the fire, i. You little iaen,' aaid the mother, 4whal pneae. se yoa lo be a fumbling about ihe fire ! Mr. Duller beseech you lo forbid Ihe negroe giving these children any more of these poison pig tails. They are a source of endless torment. And now young goiiilemen one and all of you -the neit one of you that bung one ot those things into Ihia house again lit bo his ears aa hmg aa I can find him, Now remember it. Come along to your breuklnet. In a little time after some caitroyery about places which was arretted by the mother's eye, they were all seated; John who had dropped in, in the mean time, tailing hit father's seat . 4 It a-ap II aaid JVilliain,M'o,ft, that what I love.' 4 Hool ' aaid Itaic, 4Spare-riba !' lhat'a what I love ' ' Well cease your gab, arid eat what's act before yu wiih.ji CMeinla, No boJy care what o love r what )ih donl l ive.' fjouaa,' said Abraham, 4 1 doot love aouas-f woul 1'nl rai sou la'ul fill for a dog lo vaU' (Get uawri rirll frum. lb ubk. and mtrcb out of lb bouae wind to b-ara beilsf ataimrr. .a mm a ' . . 1 1; m bouwi il say yo abU t souae, vuu eat il. lo you hear me sir.. Abraham raked bimaehf leidy out of bis eeat. anal aDored slowly ua, aaatwg a kmgtag In4 at lb many gOQ liiings o IM tU WUlcb M ItMUcbl -'mmi ir a uk teai. , Ma, aaid be M he retired, 4 1 wiah you'd aaak 4 w miii qwi hiugumg at as' ' William, ' I'rs as (real a mind M I ever bad I do any thing ia my l.fo, to eead yo froia lb and not H 0 eel on awatibful. I deamae thai abomuiabl UiaooMtiua ya) bav, of rsriictag al your brother aaiaiUrtuM. Remember air. WMiftdofnoaesvaf be that ia rladat eatamiika nan not M tMipomaMd.' ' MtJ said Abraham, 4 mav iM I come to aay breakCut.' Yes, if yo think yoa caa now bsbav yourself wiib oeeenry.' Aorahara teturnedl and they all brok forth il 4 M,' may'oi ! ka'va aom tauUgtf Mt, I want aom spa re-no. Ma I a'a'l gi M eaW Ma, if yoa pleaae nuia let as bava aom bam gravy, and sons') fried bomoey, and aom rgg, and 1 And aom of every thing eej tbi table I so noose Pitt Awa your plalss avary tot of yo. Gsorts wballl )o bare.' . , , Dome tuddgf, and anme fried potato. ' Joha, help yoafr brother George.' I Te U cewoiuird in ear. artt , THE "KEY OP DEATH." , la the eollectioa of Ihe curioailio preaerved la lb Areeual at Yoic, there ie a ky, uf which lb folluwwg amguUr tradileai ia related I 44 Abuul lb ytar 1(500, one of Ibea dangerous an, ia whom eitraordinary ttleot ia only Ihe fear ful sou roe of Ciim and wicbeduea beyond thai of rdiuary meo, cam to establish bimaelf as a mer chant or trader ia Venice. Tb stranger, wIuum mum WBaTebaldo, became snaruored of lb daugh ter of a u ancient house, already atoaaeed toaoutuer. Ie demanded ber in marriage, aod waa of emires rejected, foraged at ibis, he studied bow to be revenged. I'rofiiurKily skilled ia lb mechauicsl aria, he allowed himself no rest uutil be had invent ad the moat foru.idaU weapon which could be im agmed. This waa a key of a Urge site, tb ban. die of which wm an conatruatod, that it could be turned round with little difficulty. When turn ed, it discovered a apring, which, on pn-dWre, lauoched froni the other end a needle or lancet such auUle tineas, that il aulered into lh flesh and buried itaelf there without leavinaT eateroal tree. Tebaldo wailed in diaguiee, al lh door of lb church ia which tb ataidea whom be loved was about l re ceivelhe nuptial benediction. The aasassib seifl the leoder steel, unpercieved io the breast of tba brid. g room. The wouodod ma a bad ou suspicion of io jury, but,Deixad with audilea and sharp paia ia lb midst of lb ceremony, ha fainted, and was earned lo bia bouse amid lb lamentations of the bri lal par ly. Vain waa all Ihe skill of lb physicians, who could out divme th cause of this strange illueaa, and in a few daya he died. " JfTebalda again demanded the hand of lb mai den from her parent, and received a eecond refu sal. They too perished miserably in a few daya. Tb alarm which these deaths, wbicb appeared al most miraculous, eicited lb utmost vigilance of the magiatratet; and when on close examination of tbe bodies, the ama!! iostrumeot was found in the Eangrened flesh, terror Vu univeraalt every one weed for hit own hie. The maiden, thnt cruelly orphaned, had paaaed tbe first months of morning in a convent, when I e baton. Hoping to ben Mr lo his will, entreated to epeak with her al lb grate. Tbe face of the foreigner had baeo ever displeasing lo her, bul aineo th death of all those most dear lo ber, it had become odious, (at though ah had a presentment of hia guilt) and ber reply waa most decisive in the negative. Tebaldo, beyond himself with rage, attempted to wound her through th grate and succeeded; tbe obscurity of ihe place prevented bis movement from being observed. Ou her return In ber room the madden fcl a pain in her breast and uncovering it, she found il spotted, with a ain gle drop of blood. The pain increased, the eur geone who hastened to her asmt,uieftaght by the. past, wasted uoliiM in conjecture, but cutting deep into Ihe wounded part extracted the need I before any mortal mischief bad commenced, and saved the hie of the Indy. I be stale inquisitions used every mra na to discover the band which doalt these irui- diuus and irresistible blows. The vinit of Tebaldo tg t.hr. rPTffl cuyd mmneKm lo fall heavily npow him. His house waa curefolly searched, the tufa, moua weapon discovered, and he perished on the gibocU.4 i..,. ...... --- -" ; .;; : ;. r " ( rare i honesty. ;;: The followiug circumstancea are-related in an English paper t '" v..-' -.-.-v, A farmer called! on Finwilliam f represent that hi crop of wheat had been seriously injured in "a fit-Id adjoining a certain wood, where hia hounds haa during the winter gone to hunt. He stated thai the young wheat had been ao cut up and da tmyed, that io aotiie' parts b could inot hope for any produce. 'r. v ' -. jrWelt my friend," taid hi Lnrdhip. 44 1 era aware that we have freauontlv tet4n that fluid, nitlhai we have done Considerable injury, and if you can procure an . estimate on tlio loan you have auatained,'! will repay you." The farmer replied that, anticipating hia lord ship's coiwideration and kindness, he had requented a friend to assist him in estimating the damage, and ihev 'thouirht thaL aa the crop hud been entirely destroyed, 50 would not mora than pay him. Im Har imtaadiataly gf bim m avoMry. A a IM harveat, buwever, a,tnclHl, k tWl .raw, and m pUoae t lt a Id that ware lran.pt-; IM cor wadUaatnMj Bm4 luimm Tb laraasr went ague t la kw JJ.ip, Uif. duced.aeidt "I am eoms, sy lord, ae-MttMif tbe kUI f ba amuag earb a Wuoi." IImj orVri)ip taaaasMl; recoiWdad (U ctrewwa. " WtO, aay fl-iead, 14 , atlo yn tm&cmvA t raimwsrai yo t yaar Ur Ya aty rd. I bv tm4 thai I bav sustain m kaa al all, fur www lb bras has asaat rut s lb bud, th crop i tbe emef premuaag. aaal 1 bav Iberalore brougM lb SJM b.k agat." "AWT atcUuiwrd lb vwwraUa Crl, iki i wkal I bke this is wbal Mgbt I be bet ma 99A Sua lit Iboa eoiered int eoavraalia wub lb far. mar, aakiug aume xna about bia family r hew amMckildrMMbaV. IImi lurdahw tbe Mil amab Mm aod rwwrnutg, prcaratad the dr. mer a ckarh for 1100. "Take care of ihia. aod wImm tmt alJorf ana U M age, preaent M I bias, and tall bias lb i Ibal produced We kMw 4 which a t adatiea. tU 1 otence r th wavtoaa di4aye4 by Ibia tJlwutriuua BMoi for, wbiJ aWng axUe act at geroarty, b waa handing down a twesue of iotegnty I atkotber geoeraUo. - AGIUCULv HINTS SUGGESTED It) SI Til E IMPROVEUE.TT OP AtiiUCULTUKE a ff, CAIOU.XA. It moat h lb eaoae of deep regret I evry r. al frarud of North Carolina I aw tb atat mi Ag nctillur among m rvdurod I lb owat abb- twajaaada of acre of bad are anaually sWioyad and mu boat etliaeM are desrrung thru eiboat4 fhrma aad euMgiaueg I mw ctasutrva. - Agncullure, inatead of baing pursued aaoa lb ratiooal piaa uf imptovtxaeul td of he6g aeet iutuaotice, reaprcied, ewoouraged aad r4romau at, u the Oooirary, fuimved upo pnacipUe W IrucUve lu lb Uad aad thereJur, Vtrucuv a lh atreugth aud pr openly of tb But, mJ r omuim orgUicled aod drgradej. Why w agriculltus thus aegleetedaaJ aVgradel m North Carolina I Our sod and chmate, (gi war. ally apaaluug) ar rq-ial u ibaa aaoy f war aia lT tJuiea al ar hapjHly calculated I reward th Uboli of Im huabaadmaa it tb osoat bouutifyl manuer. Our ttiai ia tMerlacted with aumaroua rivers, mteoded by Mture u a asauy buka lo btod u umx doeHy together ia a fitesidly aad coeaeaer cutl intercuurse - and lo eocuurag th culuvai of lit soil io iMreaaa iia various products, by aff wig Imi a qtiick and cheap (.renepurtatioa lo mar keU lu otberckate. enjoying oo better aalural ad rantagea than we aoasas, we aa agriculture Dour. I thing populaUo wcreatiog avert bum kuo4 and ndoared lo hia miiv aput, because from it ha derives ample eubwaieac, cuutfort aod kwpputeaa. way is lot not tb cast ia JVurth Can4; I It may be traced la two caefrs ' aegieet tafia toroal iajprovtfnool aod I a want of aaowbalga eaoog brmers m t th heat aaode of cultivatiag lb eoir od a Boal and a.nulatioa lo effcet tunprova. omhus tbereto. - - Wis goverameota have, in aQ age. beatow4 . particular attentive towrda iuteroaJ iinprovemeol M being obiect of th first Importance i M they particularly promot tb prosperity of agncuitgr, uuu which th alwngth and lodrpeodenc of avrr Ml io muet aVpiNtd. - In all countries where sgriculture hat Aairwhed, it baa brea fuuad, thai its proaperiiy wm protMt4 id proportion to th. increase uf tuicraal laprov. ux-ofa. Nothing give a more eUutw awing loaf riculture, tbaa roads, csmU, aod inujrior Mvijaiion. They open oew caWa l of comnjuoicatioa mw fronts tu property and atiiaulal pruVemeots, out ooly in buabiodry bul Ui all branches of eia. . ptoymeut, to which labor aud capital are prufiiably applied. ". It baa been stated I bat the wretched system of agriculture listing among ua, wm also owing I lb want of iufur ovation ia farmers, u lo tbe best mndea of cultivating tb soil, or of e mulatto aod teal to make improvement. To teat tb oorrecU nea of this o anion, we ueed only cast our eye over lb otat, and observ thousands ot acre of hod Con pletoly worn out, washed into gulliea, aud turn ed out si a common fields and farm in a atat of wretched foo I on producing scanty crops hardly Worth the labor of cultivation lb ej stem of term ing itself being one of eihaustioa aod impoverish, nwuf, instead of renovation and improvement. TtJBTTJirpnjprtrtorrof the anil hrthii Sure; shouli"" nave wu im sunjeci tn agricuiiure so vrng m a siaie if almost total neglect and inatlerJion, haa alwaya beeo to me, not only a .ourca of p.4gnanl rertt, but of otter astoniahraent. , No l.iitd.iolJors of our country exceed, and a great proportion do not equal Ihem, in intelligence, education or mental acquire, ment. Yet they have suffered the cultivation of lh toil, upon bkh not only their own subsistence and happinesa depend, but that t l their pieriiy, io re main witliout change or amelioration, torn geoers- lion to generation. To aid improvcH ants, (in hint') the grasses ahould be brought more generally into cultivation among us; they have hitherto been too mu.h, or I niiU aay, almost eotirely neglwted. By cultivating them, we should raiwe more bread aud more meat by cultivating thewi, in preparing mca-iowe and U turfed standing pasture lor snc, v w . enablea to exciuoe lire oin u -' arable land, and thus raf.Mly faciUtate their im provement um'er the inclosing a) stem. m The present mode of wpportipg stock w princi pally from lb corn house. By w'ecting u cul tur of graatra, tba stock ia oamtaUvti ( f wt -f TUIIAL- 1 L . m&K.A wa
Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Nov. 1, 1838, edition 1
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