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r II 1 si ft 1 D.1 'Si,'' 1. ,V NORTH CAROLINA mmmmmmmm.kmmmmkmmmmmmmmmmmm A:A frnci tbrrmtrh the mnnth nf Dprpmlr T-...T 1 1 THE (TWILIGHT HOUR. 1 iWith twilight comes the hour to rove, . ' I When' Spring hath clothed the earth bioom And trom each lawn and blossom w - The balmy breezes waft perj-1 . 1 O then, beneath the deergnS V Of pehoent boughs. '"TfJ? While doves th 'plaints resume, . And sigh an'i1 e away jjgjj that, hour ! for,0, how blest i '. -?nis care-worn bosom 6ft hath been, When o'er it stole the halcyon' rest That brood3 andbreathes;in such a scene'. 'Twasthen wiih deepest power, I ween, ; My purer thoughts renewed their sway, j Tul far, from-ancy's sky serene, " i -Each worldly cloud had passed away. Hail to that hour! for with it still Return those dreams of youthful blL?, .That tuned my soul to rapture's thrill, -Ere aught in life was judged amiss': '.Mild twilight hour ! how soft the kiss Thy breath ofbalm vouchsafes my brow ! O, fleet not past or leave me this,: : " The holy calm that soothes me now ! TH fc THREE lio MES. (1VT.W i' tKv hftrT..?" I nsted a child . -"t - .-IWho, iti th inomihg air, I V Was twining; flowers most sweet and wild Tn irarlanda for her hair:1 . ''My home," the happy heart replied,- . ; And smiled in childish glee, ! -? Is. odthe suriny mountain side j. f Where oft winds wander free." j' (. O! blessings fall on artless yuth, , ' : -And all its rosy hours, , r "When every word is-Joy and.truth, And treasures live in flowers ! " Where is tliy home?" I asked of one Who bent with flushing face, To hear a warrior's tender tone ( In the wild wood's secret place ; She spoke not, but her varying cheek i The tale might well impart ; I he home of; her young spirit meek VV as m a kindred heart. Ah I souls that well might soar above. I To earth wul fondly chng. And build their hopes on human love, That light and lragiiej thing ! ! ;v Where is thy liome, thou lonely man V I asked a pilgrim grey, , AVho came, with furrowed brow, and wan, Slow musing on his Way ; a - j He paused, and with a solemn mien v Upturned his holy eyes, . ;H TJie land I seek thou ne'er hast seen, ! Mv home is in the skies !' O ! blest thrice blest ! the heart must be ; To whom such thoughts are given, f T hat walks from worldly fetters free; : Its only home in heaven ! " Jrom the Englishman's Magazine. 1 NAPOLEON'S TOM B. . i ' ! BY A VETERAN. i I spent all save the daw,ning of a long day of hard service, far from the din of European strife, under' the scorching skies of the East. Ien amidst the forests' of Nepaulihe name ; o Bonaparte sounded like a spell. Vhilehis ambition was condemned, his genius : was ad mired, his' misfortunes deplored; often have I wished to encounter him face to face; the clos est approach however, that fortune enabled mo to make to him, was by, a pilgrimage to his tpmbl . . . . i? When at St. He'ena, I started one morning with a small party oi brother onicers, to survey the spot where the remains of the world's agitator arc deposited. . The peculiarities of the locality have been laid before the public so often and so amply, on canvass and on pa- Mr, that farther description is needless. The j-Character of the scene is profound and lawful loneliness a -dell girt in by huge naked hills not an object of vegetable life to relieve the v general aspect ordesertedness, except the few ! Weeping willows which droop above the grave. y The feeling of solitude is heightened by an ; echo, that responds, on the least elevation of the voice. ; With .what singular emotions I 4o ok my stand upon the "slab, which sheltered the dust of him for whom the crowns, thrones and sceptres, he wrung from their possessors, 1 would of themselves have furnished, materials ? for a monument! lhere the restless was at rest; there- the Emperor of the French, King ot Italy, rrotcctor ot the vonlederation ot the 1 Rhine, Grand aster of the Legion of Honour, reposed with almost as little sepulchral pomp :: as thc humble, tenant of a countr- chiirch-yard. ; - . After life's fitful fever, he sleeps wlK' ' I withdrew my foot: removed with my hand . kerchief, the traces it had left uponUhe stone, and gave a tear to the fate of the exiled I, also, ;' was a soldier of fortune our party cjuitted the place with dejected faces, and scarcely a word J Avas spoken until we reached our quarters. On the following morning a French frigate ' arrived from the. Isle of Bourbon,jhaving on board a regiment of artillery. The officers, so j licited and obtained permission to pay a tribute j bf "respect J to their old leader's ashes. I ac ! eompamed them to the ground, and rarely have , l witnessed enthusiasm like theirs. On the ; way not an eye was dry, and some who had : served immediately under "the Emperor," wept aloud. As they drew nearer to the spot, their ! step became hurried and irregular, but the mo ment they saw the tomb, they formed two deep, and advanced with uncovered heads, folded arms r ,and' slow and npnsivft nnre. Whon within jfive or six yards of their destination, they lfroke, off into single files, .and surrounding the ; grave, at uniform intervals, knelt silently down. 'rhe commander of the frigate and the others ,in .succession, according to their rank, then kissed the slab :. when they arose every lip Was , fixed, every bosom full. ; , ; In ftwt days susequently, the officers of .both countries met at Soliman's table; and after dinner the first toast proposed by the French commodore was " The King tf England.' An English; gentleman returned thanks, and pro - posed Thetmemory of that Great Warrior , Napoleon Bonaparte." The pledge went soil emnly round, each wearing, in honour of the mighty dead, a sprig of his guardian willow. ' Portrait of the Russian Commander. Field-Iarshal Count, Diebitsch is a little fat, t plethoric looking man, something? less than - live feet high ;5 he has a very large head, with Jong; black Hair, small piercing eyes, and a complexion of the deepest scarlet, alike ex 'ijfessiye oris devotion to, 6pld punch and ofa SENTINEL j AND NWBEllN COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCER. 2prnin Irascibility of temper, which has elici ted vrom the troops, to the proud title of Zalbal lianski, the additional one of the Semavar (or the Tea-kettle.) He is the second son of a Prussian officer, who was of the Stan oflred erick. At an early age he entered the Russian amy, anuon u commission n ine impc rial Guard. It was at this time that the King ol JPrussia came onlavisitto the Kussian auio- crat, and it 1 so happened thai it was Captain Diebitsch's turn of dutv to mount guard on the royal visitor. ! TheEmperor foresaw the ridicu- . i lous figure the little Captain would cut ai m r.xJH j. iipaippH a fHpnd neauoimeian grenaaiers,aiv,T - - - delicatelv to hint to him that it would oe agree- able tohis Imperial Master if he would resign the ffuard to a brother omcer. . Away,goe me friend, meets the Iitue apiaui, aim uiuimy o i .. . 1 li. tells him that the Emperor wishes him not to mount guard with) his company ; for, addsi he, Emperetir dit, et il faut convenir, que voux avez V exterisux terrible.''1 This "delicate ' 1 i- m - a m - avez 1 .: t l . 1 1 111111 seen at the head of troops not remarkable for hnt his f-iprinr wns.tnn tprrm s in ne ffooa iooks, so irriiatea me mture nero oi mc 11 1 . 1 .1 f . 1 c i n-iir--. v. w..: 1 - i. nf tom. . "1 . 1 , .: . pci, .iic ucKgcu lUiCMgu, uuviu.iui..riuuV ma 4 4-1 1 - ---- --.- - ni inn v 1 only, but the commission he held in the itus- and being a Prussian, anu no. a Russian subject, desired to be allowed to return to his native country. The Emperor Alex- ander", who appears to have formed a just esti T . I mate of his talents, easily found means to paci fv him, bv I eivirte: him promotion in the line. He has T subsequently made himself so usful in that part of the! service, where beauty was nnf nr snphsah P. that hp atft hmDerOT Dia- . . - . . i . , , . T-i 11 -11. a . il 1 ! j xi - 1 i..rt' ,.rV,;v, iiiuiuivtwuu.vi - 1 J I c.p.n n m ai inn nea oi ihk uenerai oiau, wmn c;t,t;nn hA wh.n t),o rpicrnincr P.mneror appointed him to succeed Count Wittgenstein in the chief command. He is a Protestant. ! The French Journals, which in 1815, were ; subject to the Censorship, announced tne es- cape ot iMapoieon irom iiDa, nis progress unu i k n n 1 f ' J entrance into Pans, in this ingenious manner; March 9 Cannibal has escaped from his den 10, the Corsican Monster has landed at Cape Juan 11, the Tiger has arrived at Gap 12, !the Wild Beasi slept at Grenoble 13, the Tyrant ha, nSPfl W T.-nn 114. the Ifsurver t I 1 . -r-k.- 1 i -L i .j - is directing nis steps to Uijon, out tne laiuuui and brave cbuntr v people, have risen en mass, ' i and surrounded him on all sides 17, Bonaparte IS sixtv leagues from the eapital, and has had the cood ortune to escape his pursuers iy, Bonaparte advances rapidly, but will never enter Pans 20, to morrow JSapoleon will ar rive near our walls 21, the Emperor is at Fontainbleau 22, HIS MAJESTY THE EM PEROR arrived at night at the Tuilleries a- mid the joyous cheers of his devoted and faith ful subjects. Anecdote of John Randolph. When Henry Clay Was. speaker of the House of Representa tives, and J. Randolph a member of that body, the. latter indulged himself in drawing a fancy portrait, in something like the following words : We will suppose, Mr. Speaker, a youngnan born in Virerinia, destitute of principle, who had spent his patrimony in dissipation and gambling, removed to Kentucky, and by some lucky chance lsj elected to the state ture ; we will go further, sir, and suppose him elected a member of this House, and still fur ther sir, and suppose .him raised to the ele vated station of ; the presiding officer of this very house, and suppose that he now sits in the chair pointing his long sarcastic finger at Mr. Clay, who immediately called Mr. Randolph to order. Mr. R. iannealed to the house, which supported the call to order by the Speaker. Mr. Randolph then rose, and in a manner peculiar to himself, observed, I drew a picture trom imaginaticBn-r-vou applied it to yourself and the House have confirmed its application. Conn. Advocate. Happiness. True' happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and i noise ; it arises inUhe first place from the eniovment of - j oners self; and in the next frp"m the friendship and conversation of a few select companions : it loVes shade and solitude, and naturally haunts groves and fountains, fields and meadows; in short, it feels every thing it wants within itself, and receives no addition from multitudes of wiinesses anu spectators, un the contrary, . , " laise happiness loves to be in a crowd, and to draw the eyes ot the world upon her. I She uucs nui receiyaany satisiaction irom me ap- ap- piaubu wnicn sne gives nerselt, but trom the admiration Which she raises in others. She 1 1 1 ' t I .' . : 'a. .f flourishes in courts and palaces, theatres and as- 11- -ly. semDiies, ana leels the realities of existence but when she is looked upon. Addison. j. no x-ivuaurcis or Jijaw. we learn that a young gentleman of the bar of this city, who enjoys considerable eminence as' a pleader, was recently engaged by an individual of for tune to contest the rightr to an estate, of the value of which, the attorney was to receive one-fourth for his services if successful. He succeeded, and his portion of the spoil is esti- maiea at mirty thousand dollars. Phild. Inq. . f Indian Eloquence. The following is ex tracted from a late speech before the Govern or and Assembly of Pennsylvania, by thej Chief oi tne luenomonies. it has all the figurative energy of Indian eloquence. j 'Brother We see your Council House It is large and .beautiful. But the Council House of the Red Man is much larger. The earth is the floor the clear sky is the roof- a blazing fire is the chair of the CJhip.f Oratnr and le green grass the seats of our Chiefs. You speak by papers, and record your words in books ( but we speak from our hearts, and memory records our words in the hearts of our people." : - i ! - ' , Negative Goodness.- Some people seem to plunge themselves upon the notion that they never didjany harfh, though every body can testify that -they never did any'oodf. So far as public evils can be cured by letting; them alone, so far they are excellent reformers. An editor lately closed a flattering obituary by boasting that the deceased never had made an enemy during his life. Another editor re marked that in all probabilityr he never under took to do any good in the world, for no such person ever failed of making enemies. There is some truth in this. Jenkins, the celebrated writing master, used to say that if people even suspectea a man oi iryuig mV , would try to kill him. venge for the severity ot tms tesumuny, , people called Jenkins crazy. History is, aiM LL,h on the side of Jenkins in this mat- ter. Who ever did any good, or attempted any, wunuu, "-- -,;HM,s from ness irom menus, anastw - proiessea supporters .. , flnvp.e. K Never did any harm ! Never made mics ! Is this thy utmosi ciauu, , citizen ! The same my oe;- - w. I . m nx tin w r n j ftf hfltfirs diock, a don, a wax iiimgc " Y7ralmed MnQtwnrfhv ritirftn thou shalt be embaimea. - v ,-7- w is- thou dost 1 nou dost deserve a . deserve to have what thou nasi or neaa: yremus uj 3... . -- x . 1 , 111, vtm si ir n m t 1 v n j x - xr iww r 1 that in precisely tbeJra. rnimtrv ik M n that tne marca uj ST."K woM takeare- - 1 - r . uwiiiiiia ." i . .. ... kr t- y i uiai iiic ausuiuiuw ,1 l . rtinrt n I it . I ir.ii ax uiu decent society. This is hot the case. rnorrane movement am- however, ana some ui yu j c .Aimri-v rpai nrfi v i ot wlmn assure menu 4V,o nmp ot tA,A V UWv I .1 li. tiu,, f ii o ntv have an am- r rt a iQcniiiiuniP iifi ir.n . iaiau t ' 1 vi c ittiix rrrnti- bition tor wnisKers, auu -3:1,1. ly mis aosuru wium, i.-6v r on their faces so as to give tnem u ance ot wearing tnese -6 y- - .1 lU.i HlfTTlllCOfl IIH VP. I Several ol tne souer sex uiu ugU1u at thP thftatre and in our puonc pro- mpn;ii p. v k 1 1 1 r 1 1 1 .r. Liici laouv' " " i rrpHitahlpto delicacv and beyond the preroga- Credltahie tO aeiicacy, auu u x. It should oe irowneu uuvYi DVtneCOmmonCOIlseiHyiCVCiv ituitmuv 1 .1 r rm.-r minina cniTii.. I - l "J i . 1 I t-. i .-;vi .root nn nnno nt thp. temaie sreu-iiui ah mc auuuai vivuuuh - 0 dpr have whiskers, but a species which, above -11 ntliorc o Hpliratp woman would dlSUKe lO CtlA UUlVldl V. w v- - pattern after. A dandy witlimustachios is bad enouffh in all conscience, but a woman in whis kers ye Brummels-'tis monstrous 3ick- nelVs Philadelphia Reporter. Napoleon's Sacrifice orHuJib Life. . . 1 f j Never was there a conquerer who fired more cannon IOUornt more Dailies ur uvci more thrdnes than Napoleon. But we cannot annrpriate the deeree and quality of his glorY without weiffhinsr the means he possessea, anu -ri ,7 " . o. - 1 1 .i 1 1 I-.a --ffii9?ol n rl I a . " . li- U- --i:r.l-rl PriiinTli fnr OUtI me rt suits uc aiunipnoiitu. ixwv.6. . present purpose will be gained if we set before us the mere resources oi nesn anu uiuuu wmtn he called into play, from the rupture oi the peace of Amiens, of 1804, down to his event- tuLexit. At that time he had, as ne aeciareu t . m A w to Lord Whitworth, an army on foot of 480,000 men. i ne decree oi tne 1 vemose, au m. in arrear $u,uuu; onto r ioreai, ,u 120,000; ditto 6 ditto, au XI. 120,000 ; ditto 25 Ventose, au XIII. 2,000; ditto 3 Germinal, au XIII. 30,000; ditto 27 Nivose, au XIII. 60,000, ditto 3 Aug. 1806, 80,000 ; ditto 4 Dec. ditto, 80,000; ditto, 7 April, 1807,80,000; ditto, 21 Jan. 1808, 80,000; ditto, 10 Sept. ditto 16P,0UU ; ditto, 25 April, 1809, 40,000 ; ditto 5 Oct. ditto. 36,000; ditto, 13 Uec. lWIU, lbU,UUU; ditto. Holland, Rome, Tuscany and the Hanseatic Towns 1808-9. 10. 11, 065; ditto, 20 Dec. 1811, 120,000; ditto 13 March, 1812, 100,000; ditto, 11 Jan. 1814, 150,000; ditto, ditto; (Guards of Honour,) 10,000 ; ditto, 3 AprilJ 1813, (classes 1807, 1812,) 80,000; ditto, ditto, (National Guard,) 90,000-, ditto, 24 Aug. 1813, (Dep. of the South,) 30,000 ; ditto,19 Oct. ditto, (remaining Dep.) 120,000; ditto, ditto", (a lass 1815,) 160,000 ; ditto, 15 Nov. 1813, (arrears 1804, 1814,) 300,000. Total of levies, 2,965, 965. This detail, which is derived from Na- poleon's .official journal, the Moniteur, under the several dates, is deficient in the excesses which were raised beyond the levies ; but even it we deduct the home casualties, as well as the 300,000 men disbanded in 1815, we shall be much under the mark in affiriming, that he slaughtered two millions and a half of human beings, and these all Frenchmen. But we have yet to add the thousands and tens of thousands of Germans, Swiss, Poles, Italians, Neapoletans. Illyrians, whom he forced under his eagles, and at a moderate computation te computation. I O J M. these cannot have fallen short of half a million It is obviously just to assume, that the number who fell on the side of his adversaries was equal to that against which they were brought Here then are our data for ascertaining that th latter vpars nf his trlnrv were nurehased at I W M. A W M. J .M. O . J no less a cost than six millions ot human lives. This horrible inroad on the fairest portion of the population of Europe resulted in the aban- aonment ol every conquerea territory, tne bringing 61 foreign enemies twice within tour and twenty months, under the walls of Paris, and the erasure of his; name from the records of dominion ! O euros homimum ! O quantem est in rebus inane. Liverpool Albion. A Nicei Morality. Some time since, a gentleman-farmer was bargaining with a pig-driver in Corchester market, for two pigs, when the latter, to bestow a good character on the anim als, observed, "You,ll find them 'ere a couple of as good moral pigs as ever you clapped eyes on." " Whak do you mean, my good friend ?" asked the gentleman. -WJay, your honour, you'll find eni as good moral pigs as ever was, go where you will for the next." "But what do you mean by moral i" " Why, moraZpigs, your honour : pigs as '11 eat their allowance any day, and do credit to their keeper." Taller From the London Court Journal. THE TUNNEL OF SEMIRAMIS. All Europe is looking forward with anxietv to see if the great undertaking, the object of which; is to unite tpe two shores of the Thames by a subterranean gallery under the bed of the river will be completed; if so, it will be in the present times a work of art truly singular in its kind. Yet, notwithstanding this idea has brought so much honor on the English Engi neer, the great Semiramis, nearly 3894 years ago, accomplished a similar work of art, on an immense scale, under the Euphrates, which Philostratu mentions in general terms, but of which Diodorus o Sicily, gives a minute des cription, which we trust our readers will find interesting. j After the fortunate and highly gifted woman, and Queen of the Assyrian Empire, had by the foundation of Babiion, in the year 2064 B. C. rendered her name more immortal than that of her husband, Ninjus, who founded the well known city of Nineveh; she caused two mag nificent royal palaces to be erected on the most elevated spots of either shore of the Rn- phrates, which flowed through the midst of . iarffest citv of antiquity. An tblses in length, built ii TCo HWtinn of hvdraulic architec- - r idW formed the communi- ture of the present jdaylormedne co cation nP Queen Lushed to be able I to pass unseen ir(rauuC snore t0 the other. The ! plan of a subterra- Herv was soon formed; but Senriramis . - , Mr Brunei. m r.n more secuie muuvi 1 1 ill 1 1 iiux kjxu ' " the lowest parts Q( Babylon was cho- en with a reservoir excavated three hundrea sen, wiin a rebcrvu stratum (thirty-seven ana a ui j fppt Hn. into which the river " when tne ction of the tun- ftmTTlpnrRfi on drv ffround and m open . 7 J 0 . . . 1 Thft length of it was something aooui w. , inner width, fifteen ; Lnd its height, not reckoning the arch of the iuur huuujcu ? vault, twelve feeM The arch and s.de wal.s - i ' formed of burnt bricks, which, being were twenty bricks thick, made at least twelve ieet, as tneir oricjis uv uu autuuuw . than mirs. After the comDieuon OI Uie wum, w w w J. the whole tunnel on either side was smeared with bnild hitlimen till it acquired a coating w in tbln 7 four-Babylonian ells.) - - 'aaA ;to its former "-Vf tunnel en- - , - ". wi,:-u.ril1 istd in PinCPfl Willi IlTHril UflLm Y llllll O v.w-'- MVvu Ji Zl- n r tne ume 01 yrus, 00 B. C. or 15Ut Diodorus concludes j r i . tnus: " ine wnoie wor was tumi , A l,r ftipfnrP. tn the seven ua. ' 8V' : ' i i . i . j & A w vA1.ic.iirm cu li. cimn p a mil nnnn. hl ifriNL iiilv uiuusauu an. "'-iv ------ v , , . . worKmen musi nave uecu cmwui .--6 1 1 I . I- imnlnir1 fllinnfT , these seven days. Hut, as regards tne excava- tion nf the rpsprvnir. the QlSDOSltlOnS mUSt have been much more gigantic, it being easy . w- w - 7 m m . m to calculate that with the employment of two t millions of workmen, it would not be comple ted in less than ten years. A oroiect is on foot to make a rail-way across the Isthmus of Suez, and carrying over it vessels mi me Heaviest uunueii num uiciucunv,iiuuuii to the Red Sea. The vessels are to be piaceo on the rail-way, out of the water, by means of Morton's patent slips, and tnence transponeu 1T.-4--.--V- 1 w- 4lion r r YCTfwirtf . . . , ., r ?Vi nrrncif o coo Vr moons nf lnrrmrt?f.ive ov,i """ - r steam engines. The difficulties are said to be less iormioaDie man mose which nave uccu overcome in the construction of some ot the English rail-roads; and the Pacha ofr Egypt is . - reported to have employed an engineer to in Upect the patent slips. The proposition has oeen suDmitteo in a paper Deiore me oocieiy of Arts in London. Thus the rail-way mania--for we cannot yet bring ourselves to look at it in any other light is diffusing itself over the world, and seems likely to spread until it shall have cured itself by some sudden and irreparable explosion. SONNET From Noctes Ambrosian.e. Jabies Hogg. I'll sing you ane o' the bonniest sangs you ever heard in a' your born days. I dinna ken that I ever wrote a better ane myself. It is by a friend o' mine as yet an obscure man Henry Rid dell t'ither day a shepherd like myseil but now a student. Song To the Air of " Lord Lennox." l. When the glen is all still, save the stream from the fountain; When the shepherd has ceased o'er the heather to roam ; ! And the wail of the plover awakes on the mountain, Inviting his love to return to her home ; There meet me, my Mary, adown by the wild-wood, Where violets and daisies sleep sail in the dew ; Our bliss shall be sweet as the visions of childhood, And pure as the Heaven's own orient blue. 2. Thy locks shall be braided with pearls of the gloaming; 1 hy cheek shall be lann'd by the breeze of the lawn; i a is-a r ' The Angel of Love shall be 'ware of thy coming, And hover around thee till rise of the dawn, O, Mary ! no transports of Heaven's decreeing Can equal the joys of such meeting to me; ro l"e ugmi "iineeyeistne nome otmy beinj J " u augamw u ee. North. Beautiful, indeed, James. Mr. Riddell is a man of much merit, and deserves encouragement. Retort Courteous." Hold your tongue for a fool!" was the polite recommendation of an Irish husband. Sure then, you're going to spake yourself!" was the I VyVV-,- AVlJf VI Ulb V L1C lo the lovers of Good Rkfii. Put two quarts of molasses into a keg with ten gauons cooi water, lioil two ounces al spice, two ounces ginger, two ounces hops, and half a pint of Indian meal, in two or three quarts of water about an hour; strain it into the keg while hot, add one pint of yeast ; shake it well together, stop the kOifnearlv tight, and ici ii bianu auout twenty-lour hours, when It will be fit for use. The whole expense of this quantity will not exceed three shillings. AGRICULTURAL. USHf G MARSH MUD FOR MANURE, liCotton Seed and so forth," the fruits of ten years practical experience. Mr. Skinner ' Sir In the fall of the year 1818 pretty late in the fall too, (I shall be as concise as possible) I had a small field containing about four acres, adjoining a swamp, not then and not yet "drained and cleared." This field, if I may use the term, was the very essence of sterility, and under the best culture -hitherto had produced nothing but sassafras bushes, hog weeds and maycocks, &.c. what Doctor Mitchell would very properly call the "-passiflora cerulea." I say this field I was deter mined to make a bold push to improve, for the sake of setting off my farm on the "country high road side." The plan proposed was short, decisive, avail ing, and what every one may do likewise. A strong well made horse cart and a good mule were provided, and delivered! into the hands of two young men, with a spade for each. Thus provided, and the very poor: miserable sterile silicious four acres "checked off;" as we call it the " boysjset to work4)ick and Tom," rolled up their breeches above their knees-L went into the hitherto useless boo-, and con stantly carted out heavy blue mud, the compofst of nature and ages, and such as (Earl Stimpsck nor any one may hope to equalize in stercora nes and the like. And half a bushel at least of this compost of nature was thrown from the cart on each check, as we call it, and there suffered to lie and rot, and be acted on bv ry, : rep wry, , nu umu uie iunaay0f April, wi ti Keep memorandum books.) The surrounaing sana was nauiea on top of the blue compost, and two or three of the good wg d Ued 6 a growth was immediate, rapid, vigorous,, and FT - a par oi me auju..us u . we same quauty, uui uuv uiauuiou y Mas in the same f way but although it nourished some at nrst, ana promised well ... , -.r i ,i . even to tne end oi iVKiy, yei wnen me sun be. gano same imenseiy not, as u uues wnn us in Jnlv and the other summer months .ik - .- - ---- - "V' l"c corn Degan 10 iaae ana lose us natural green for the more brilliant colour of the rutabaga ana pumpum. iiiesunmier uyuuugs uiunaer 1 r .,r-,itri .m . snowers iei4 m vam uu uua unguium son, in on this unfruitful which nought was congenial but the sassafras, the hog weed and the passiflora: it was aban Oonea as 01 "no avail," until turtner riches drawn from the swamp which, if w-e were will not "drain and 4ryV let us draw manure from in this way. ( These swamps are the banks which hold all the valuable effects of their neighbours, the hills, which lift their heads in my country with such "majesty po- verty." i tie value ol cotton seed as a manure. in another, when my "hand and head" are more in tune. A SWAMPER OF CAROLINA. P, S. I forgot to mention the great sur- prise expressed oy the truly court- going i - j ucign-wms goi vncingc cucteu m uie LlH "-acf Ammnns" nil nf xvWfc T tA , r , V 7 V; i . - -,1U I h nnfi o irrn i m finii inn 1 11 nn -v nicni jl uau uianu i jl uivuh i.ii. tuu. ui umiiot 1 - ,v , , . .6 mvnn mnrl 1 TrtM- tia ftl-llll' l'ft llOh n w ! swamp mu"i i" ,uiuu .u;ri can r armer, AGRICULTURAL AXIOMS. In no department is Bacon's celebrated maxim "knowledge is power" more true than in re gard to agriculture : hence no tarmer can be accqunted skilful in his profession who docs not avail himself of the information to be ;de- rived from the experience of others, and who uucd nut xui.jiuc o ivauwiug vf nuouanury i by the perusal ot tne ablest works that have been written on that subject. It is absurd to I rv m a 4 Yo f tli r inmyviiinto f 5 . . . . .1 -1 , , imagine, mat tne communication 01 Knowledge L ir nrinf in rr wfiirti ha nrnmnfpH tfif nVliron-n. 1 i" ...v... j.. . -- v.v- ment of every other art, should be of no use in agriculture. Endeavour to raise good grain, for it will al ways sell, even in years of plenty; whereas it is only in dear and scarce seasons that there is a demand for grain of an inferior quality. Let your stock of cattle horses, &c. be of the best sorts, and more remarkable for real utility than for beauty or fashion. Be not above your profession, and always consider it as the first that any man can follow. Admit no guest into your house, who can not live upon the productions of his own country. j No farmer ought to undertake to cultivate any more land than he can stock and manage to ad vantage. It is better to till 20 acres well, than 100 in a slovenly manner. A man's owning a large farm is no exeuse for imperfect tillage. What he cannot im prove he need not undertake to cultivate. Most of our lands in the vicinity of villages, if left to the operation of nature, will sdon be profi table for fuel and timber. Large pastures' may be profitable with no other labour than what is necessary to keep them clear of bushes. i But to run over 20 acres of ploughed land or mowing land, for what, with good cultivation, may; be 'obtained from five acres, is the quin tessence of bad husbandry. i? A large farm without skill, capital, or indus try, is a plague to its owner. It is like what somebody said of selfrighteousness, the more you have of it the worse you arc off. Be not afraid of trying experiments ; but let them be on a small scale at first, and few at a time. , - ' " '. " ; THE CELEBRATED HORSE GILES SCROGG11VS, W ill stand the en suing Spring sea son, commencing the first of March, and ending the first of July, in Newbern and Kington 4 days of the week in each place alternately ; & will ston nnp rfnv ui James S. Edmondson's, Esq. Coxe's Bridge. of Lenoir County, and one day at the Mill of John Harris, Esq. Core Creek, Craven Coun ty, in going to and from the above places. GILES SCWGGIJYS IZ a beaijtiful blood bay, with black legs, mane and tail, with a beautiful coat of hair, indica ting great purity of blood. He will be seven years old this Spring, and is sixteen hands high, with great muscular power. All his points are fine; and from the evcpll f hU pedigree, he is well calculated to improve the stock of blood horses. Giles Scroggins was sired by theelebra ted Sir Archy, his dam by the imported Bed fordimported Dare Devil Wildair Apollo Mercury imported Fearnaught imported Jolly Roger, out of Grinnel's imported Mare STEPHEN SAMPSON, Agent December, 1830 tf 1 "genu p-Jr- .Giles Scroggins will stand, while in the neighborhood of Newbern, at the Stable of' ur. vvilliam n. street, one mile Town, on the Neuse Road. from DOMESTIC In which $200 may be gained by investing $2 1-2. SCHEME. Prizes. . Elegant Tilbury Set superior Plated Carriare Harness. Value 7P 00 -40 j 27 25 25 16 16 25 25 10 f $550 Set Brass mounted Harness fortwo Horses, Set first rate Plated Gig Harness, Set do. do. ! do. Set Bup'r. Japanned do. do. Set do. do. do. . do. Set do. do. do. do. Set da do, do. do. Saddle and Bridle, Lames1 Saddle and Bridle, Pair elegant Percussion Pistols Pair do. do. . 13 Prizes. 220 Tickets, at $2 50. I 4 i 0
Newbern Sentinel (New Bern, N.C.)
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May 20, 1831, edition 1
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