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nn B-GA-ROE TIMU I. IEIMi Mitr. JglM.aiBH1ln',mW-4krttwtwtr-Bwl id iikil rnwini, UlUlf If W U. U hat sf sir aRrciii7r Emm IMA STAR VOL. XLH. AGRIClJlVtTHAI GARDENING. Kui rio oi CVup. ! What in meant by the rotation of crop ' t llu rotation of erupt is meant a regu lar meerMU crops, "sit that the same kinds I shall not follow immediately. q Why i a change d( cropi to be recom mended ? K. Since plant" oll' ort consume the same elements ol food contained in the foil,' it follows that the eoiitinueil cultivation of ihe nmc plant will, more or 'es' tleprive ihe soil of the elements on which they feed. y. Continue. .A. Where frequent anil ahumlant manuring is git en, regard u rotations is of no great im portance, but in a garden poorly manured, anil where, therefore, ihe dependence it onjthe soil iiim'II' for the nourishment oflhe crops, a rotation of them is absolutely necessary. Q. Hut are then- not many perennial plants which must remain in the same ground for several years ? A. Such perennial vee tables-sa asparagus, sea-kale rhubarb, and artichokes, ought not to br displaced within less than .eight or nine cars, or until they Itg4-ta-.(ai! ; but those valuable vegetables are so amply manured ev ry year that they do not depend much on the oil for their support; yet where plantations of such perennials are broken tip, vegetable of entirely different classes should be put ill their room. j y. What does Mr. .Vbcrcrombie say on this subject ' A. .Mr. Abercrombic says: " We will sup pose a strawberry plantation requiring to be renewed and the stools seldom continue ful ly productive moreibantbree orfouryean instead ol introducing young strawucrry plants into the same bed, root out the old plantation entirely, and let it be succeeded by a crop of beans, or of some other esculent, or good-lor-. jiiB) root. dial, uiiy i lUITerewt in eoiMitito tiun and habits. And let the new plantation of strawberries follow some light crop which left the ground in a good slate, or which allows them to be trenche4..t.v,JU.0p.wJlicJlJIWike,, deep and occupy the ground long, should be succeeded by plants which pierce but a little way under the surface " Q. What is the simplest rule to be -obserr -ed as to the rotations of annuals and bien nials ! . . --, r i A. The most simple rule as to the rotations of annual and biennial vegetables i", that HW snoiiiu succufHi eacn ouicr as iieuny as possi ble in dillcrejit classes; for instance, the le guminous class, (peas, beans, and Itidnej Ik am.) which hare deep-growing roots, should le followed by some of the numerous caTjb;ige clasa, w hich comprises cauliflowers, brocolies, and turnips : the onion, or bulbous class, may best succeed the carrot or parsnip, or any oth er such deep-rooted kinds. Q. Does garden soil reqin'riTrest between the different rotations ? A. .No soil to which manures can be appli ed ever requires what, is called rest ; the soil :n-ver becomes, as it were, tired of producing; all it requires is to be refreshed wiui those substances winch may nave been consumed by the plants it has nourished. If left unsown bv the hand of man, it w ill produce rotations of weeds rather than be at rest. Q. Is it not desirable to have within jlic year as many rotations as possible. A. The greatest profit is drawn from gar dens in which the crops arc raised and con sumed tri rapid sitreession."' Thir market gar dener who can clear out a squre of any sort ill vegetables in a single week, and re-sow or re-plant it immediately Willi another kind of plants, makes more of his ground than the ,. person, who . consumes his vvegetaluW.very slowly, and yet docs not break up a square mini the whole crop on it has been cleared oil. The season for a new crop is often lost by such delay. J Q. In what" way, then, may the rotations be most speedily made in a private garden, from which the vegetables are very gradually withdrawn ? A. Care should be taken, if possible, to clear off one row before another is entered upon, in order- to prepare grotiud, without loss of time, for the commencement of a new ro tation, which may bo proceeded with by gra dual towing or planting. Thus, instead of selecting up and down in a square the most forward cabbages, it may be better, when the ground is wanted and the season presses, for a new crop, to cut all the heads of one row before any of another be cut, even though these may be a little more advanced. The loss of a good season may be the consequence of wailing for the further growth of those plants that are in the way. Q. By what other means may quick rota tions be encouraged in gardens from which small supplies of any particular vegetables are required f , A. By taking care not to sow or plant more space with any crop dun will be wanted at - ny particular season, no loss of time or of ground will be occasioned. Some allowance should always be made for waste-and fail, ures. Q. What else should be observed as to ro tations ? ' A. The seasons should be attended to, so that each rotation shall come as much as pos sible in its proper month or week, or in its due turn. Q. May not the varieties of, soil in the same garden, or the nature of the aspect and shelter, render it expedient always to sow, or planteeruin'kiuds of vegetables in the)same por tions of ths garden, and thereby derange the course of rotations f A. The peculiar condition of soil, aspect. and shelter, may render particular portions of a garden more fit than others for certain kinds of vegetables: in such cases, the regular and sjsUal course "of rotations may be dispensed with ; but still many changes may be made in the successions of even the few vegetables '""ed 'a those particular parts of the gar- NATIVE FRUITS. There are many good rruit through the .,. ., -imrn io. rriush unseen and waste their sweetness on the desert air" with- out She festering care or the horticulturist It n generally admitted that die scuppcrnong frape lis irae child of She muscadine Mow M wu nyariaizeo: to eliange the color of skin anil improve its aroma, m e do not know, but in all us habit it is precisely like the musca. ne; aad aeed planted from it produce the blackest luad-esT swaseedme. iThere fs i fpe abounding all ,re, the Smjlhera States, by many called the summer grape. It pomi tn any kind of soil, and like the muscadine, runt hundreds of feci, and bears fruit from bottom to lop. .There are two vine of grapes iu this vicinity growing wild, and running o yrr immense treeauthat in 11 their habits are like the summer grape with branches formed like iu Jk'et one is a white grape with a most delicious pulp, unsurpassed by any in culti vation, the other black, but equally as good; die summer grape it an acid, unpalatable fruit, yet, we doubt not, by' tome freak of na ture, hat produced both these varieties. We nre taking measures to propagate from these two varieties and hope to be able to give a good account of them. Who knows but one may turn out a "IJiana, and the. other an " Isabella !" We should preserve our na tives, and experiment with them. The wild grape does not grow easily from cuttings ; it may be grafted-or layered, which it to cover the limbs with earth for a few inches, and they readily strike root.-: There- is one delicious fruit common all over the South, growing wild in old. fields, on . hill, sides, around- -ditches, which , jf it look the green boase to perfect, would figure largely. at the deserts of the wealthy; but as they- spontaneously: come forth, they are left at worthless to man. We tpeak of the May pop, a fruit superior to pomegranate, and we verily believe equal to the best Cuba orange There are other fruits neglected because tlicy are commcn. Who ever eat a full ripe persimmon that did not consider it equal lo the best of plums and yet the persimmon tree is suffered to grow wild, without any attempt to improve its qualities by culture ; and France, England, and the Northern States supply us with plum trees, .v,wsw"vwwT,t.. breeding of curculios. : Let us iinprove the fruit adapted to ourown soil and climate first, ami then acclimate others. The persimmon is the1 true American date, and might be made u.rss,of,iuiu South From tlbe Southern Christian Advocate. A NEWAM) VALUABLE CLOVER J-w.t'Utt.TH'E!!JU'l'I L ' : During lliepast spring I was much interest ed in examininga new species of clover, which is raised by two genilethiftT in the vicinity of lorkland, Ala. Inn clover, when growing, before blossoming, tesembles the red clover in tome respects, but in others it is entirely differ ent. I he blossom is yellow, and toe seed re semblcs the bean K'luipe, though U is but little, larger than the seed of the red clover', and is contained iu a very singular burr, which is a- bout the size ol a large pea.- Again, this grass, Lroota and alL.jliesannualljr.tXcL.j!ieame piece of land need never be toon but once, as the seed is'produced in very great abundance, and comet up very freely and surely every autumn. Again, it it entirely a fall and win ter grass. I t commence gro w ing in October, and gaows on finely through the. Whole win ter, affording the finest pasturage, end contin ues, to grow well, if pastured, until the first or May ; about this time the teed begin to ripen, and the grass gradually diet, and leaves the ground . -thickly, covered: .witk. the dead branches and teed. When the cool full rains and dew s return, it tlieu re-appears, and grows (-as belore stated; ' I have said that it yie'ds an abundant crop of seed ; indeed, the quantity of seed is so great, that it t a striking and very important peculiarity. 1 r roni my uwn observations, and from what one of the gentlemen above alluded to has told me, I am well satisfied that it will y ieidrou good faml," "atieasf 50 bushVIsrprob; ably 100 bushels of seed in llier burr per acre, and this will be amply snllicient to sow 15 or 20 acres thickly. This will render the clover exceedingly valuable to every South eWp1$nHrTiWtai clover, he will raise seed enough to sow 100 acres or cotton land, and thus secure a rich reward of grass to cover the land during the winter, and protect it from washing rains, and afford him tlie beat . pasture in the orld. This is not mere fancy, for its growth on fair land is as luxuriant as lever saw of the red do- ver.on the finest land in Virginia or Kentucky. I carefully examined a lot of this clover, which was closely grazed to the first of. March last. and abont the first -of May great many of its btanchet were four feet long. I have often admired the luxuriant pastures and meadows on the rich valley of the Uluo, but 1 think 1 never saw a belter crop ol grass in all my life than that was. ,.Any person who may be desirous of getting further mlormation about tnis grass, can ob tain it by writing to Dr. II. i. ivcnnon or Mr. t'. Knedccor, rorklanil, All, Jneiettera should be post paid, as this it without their knowledge. j Mv apology for troubling yon -with this communication, I'll one is needed,) it litis : t waa brought up in agricultural pursuits, in the rich and beautiful valley of Ihe Ohio, where the fertility of their lands is easily increased an hundred fold, by a judicious system of gras sing ; and ever since I became a citizen of the South. I have regretted to see her riches) land rapidly wasting away without hope of future improvements; and I desire, as a fin cere lover of my adopted home, to call the attention of planters to the above named grass, because I firmly believe it can be madeincal culably valuable lo planting interests of the South. N. Forklaud, Ala. . . . . HILL MANURING., ; -; is n custom prevailing in some There places, which I think cannot be approved of by the best farmers namely, manuring the corn crop in the hill, with barn-yard manure. In behalf or the custom It is urged that a greater quantity of corn In the acre, ran be raised in Ibis way, and thai the manure can be made lo cover a greater space-. The fact is, it is forcing system ; the idea is the mak ing a good crop, not the general improvement or the land.- If the season prove moist, a good crop may; doubtless, be raised in the wsy named ; but should the season prove dry, Ihe manure 1n the hill riultt il iniaWVmbra than' benefit the crop. The only advantage gain ed, is hi giving the . corn a start. As to cov ering over a greater space or ground, I can onlv say that I think an even culture the greatest beauty of farming, and my dislike to the system in question is, that it. militates a gainst this. Corn is a crop, Ihe roots of whieh win OMpcvery where in search of food; if manure is spread evenly over .the surface a toon a the roots of corn begin to extend themselves thejr will be sure Iu find it, and at a time, and in such quantitv, a i best suit ed to the growth and development of the plsnt sud the ensuing season our ry will WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1851. not rest upon an uneven field of oats: here a tall cluster of spires, and there an -army of dwarls. I have stood some distance off and looked over a field treated in this way, and eoufd count, where everv ( hill of corn had been the season before- Such a system o nusbandry it not calculated to impiovt our worn-out land. ; We want an even culture calculated to benefit the whole, not a part of tiieianu. uroaucast applications or manure, evenly spread over the surface, are always . the best. . C. lf'.inthtr1lbany Cultivator. WWS OF .OIlTil CAROLINA. jr. to probib viCTil0itrrTt c- . ! AN ACT prohibit obstruction! to cart ways in Chero- - tee county. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General As sembly of the State of North-Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same. that when any cart way is or shall be here after laid out, in the county of C herokee, ac cording to 33rd section . of the one hundred and fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes, and the petitioner shall have paid the damage as sessed, it shall not be lawful Air any one to ob struct the tame by erecting or keeping any gate or bars' across tuch road or earl way, under the penally nf five dollars for every week tuch obstruction shall be continued ; to be lecover ed before any justice of the peace. Ratified 27th January, 1851. A.N ACT To amend an act, passed at tho session of 18 lt IV, sntillea An Act to open ana improve the road trom satnthiel Stone s, in tursvthe coun tun, in ntiw.aumjfe,. Sec. I . Be it efiacled by the General As sembly of ths TSl;ooT North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted Dy the authority or the tame. That the road from Glenn Vlord, on the Yad- at the road it at present xlorated and at the present grade, and shall beNtept in repair other roadt are in this State. E Sec. S.w Be,, it further .wtacteuVXhat ill act shall be in force from and after its ratifica tion, and that all laws and clauses of lawt, earn ing within the purview and meaning of this act, be, and the tame are hereby repealed. - LKatificil XBth January, IB01.J ' . AN ACT ... Concerning Rutherford. SeivJ H enacted by the GetieralAs seniblyof the Stale oOiorih Carolina, and it is hereby enacted bv the aiithoritv of the same. That Win. 11 Miller and Albert G Logan, of the county of KutlierloriU.JV.illiairi M. Carson and Wm. Murphy, of the county of McDowell, be appointed commissioners to lay off a road from the town of RuthcrfordtoQ to the town of Ma rion, the nearest and most practicable route. -Sec. Be it further enacted, That W.' II Miller and A. G. Logan of Ihe (aid county of Rutherford ; David Lorpening, J. 11. rcarson, of the county of Burke, be appointed commis sioners to lay off a road from Kutherfordtoit to Morganion, the nearest and most practicable route ; .audabal lUc commissioners on the part of Rutherford county lay off a public road fioni Kullierlordton to the South Carolina line, 'lhe"hp"are'sr and'mosf'pfacireable. route, to wards Spartanburg Court House. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of said commissioners to proceed to lay off said-roads as soon as practicable, having taken an oath before the clerks of their respective county courts to discharge llieir du ly with a faithful ''ob jeYvarrce1- of the gootf of- the public, and a due regard to private inter est; they shall make the said road and asses the damages sustained by any person tliroafV whose lands the said roads may pass, and shall 'matte 1 Velufii'of their 'jirocceditig" iii ' wriiingr to their respective county courts. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the county courts of the coun ties where the damage is assessed, to direct the payment of said damage oirt of the county fund : FrovUtd, that if either the county or the individual over whose lauds the road may pass, and for which damage may be as sise j, shall be dissatisfied with the amount awarded by said commissioners, cither party shall have the right of appeal.tu. -the . Superior court of law, and the same proceedings shall be had to obtain Ihe right of way and ascer tain die damages sustained, as are now provi ded by taw, where public roada are laid out and established by courts and juries. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the county courts of the counties thiougli which the roads may pass to appoint overseers over laid roads, dividing the same into such sections as they sec proper, and as sign the hands to each section; and any over seer nelectinj to.open and work out said road or roads,' tliaii be liable lo indictment and punished as overseen are now proW'led by law.?J sec. t). oe it lurther enacted, i hat salu roads, when established, are ilcchrcd to be public road. Sec. 7. lie it further enacted. 1 hat this act shall be in force from and after its ratifica- on. Ratified 20th January, 1851. AN ACT To prevont more effectually the corruption of the slave population, -Seci 1 . Be il enacted by (he general Assem bly of the Statu of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Tim hereafter it shall not be lawful .for any lute person lo play with any slave or slaves at any gameof cards, or at any game or hazard or chance whatsoever, whether for money, liqjoror property or not; and - any person so offending shall be subject In indictment, and. on conviction, shall be fined or imprisoned at the discretion of the court: Frovidtd that such imprisonment ;JlhirJtexeeed six months. , Ratified 28th January, 1851. i ,, , ' - . ; . , u ' .. . : v-. ::-; - AX ACT Te-rv-Tieol asffwit'Of fc oarsJ., jAssesably of 18-1-chapter Vi. entitled an act to amend an act, passed at the lan Session of ths (icne rnl Assembly entitled "An Act to provide for the apprehension of runaway slaves in the Ureat lismal Swampand for other purposes," Sec. 1. Ue it enacted by the General As sembly ol the State of North Carolina, and it it hereby enacted by the authority of the same. Thstlh c of th4 ienenil - Aeee'mhly uf ths j Hesston of 1844- V, Chapter va, entitled in act to ainrml an act, passed at the last Gene ral Assembly entitled an art to provide for the apprehrnsioA-oi runaway slave in the Great Dismal Swalnp, be, tnd the aame it hereby repealed, so far as tht same relate to the cm- fen and resident of the countict or Besufort and Hyde. fit it lurther enacted. That this aevJl be in force front and after its ratifica tion. - I- EKatiGrd 28th-January, 185U- i--;.v AN ACT -To facilitate the taking of testimony before re feree, arbritratort or other commissioners. , Set,. 1. Be it enacted by the General As sembly of the State or North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority or the same. That hereafter when- all order of teference or order to take testimony, shall be made in any suit pending in either of the Courts of this Slate, it thall be lawful for either the Clerk of the Court in which such order mav be made, or the persons to whom the tame may be di rected, to issue subpoenas or other legal pro cess tn compel the attendence of witnesses; and anv referee, arbitrator or commissioner. to whom anv such order may issue, snail have lull power ami authority to administer oaths, and to record the default of witnesses in like manner as is now . allowed by law in the several Courts of this Slate. Sec. 2. Be it furdier enacted. That when ever the default, of sov witness may be record ed as prescribed in the above section, the sarrie shall be eeruhed m writing, to lite t-oun in which the iuit may be pcndiiig, and record ed by the Clerk or laid Court in the proper cato, which thall be deemed a sufficient re cord on which to ground a icirtfuciat against such defaulting witness at the instance of the parly injured thereby. , v. Sec. 3. lie it lurther enacted, mat an persons summoned a .witnesses before any Clerk, Clerk and master in Equity, referee, arbitrator, or other coininissioiiw asherein prescribed, shall be entitled to receive-we tame pay at is now allowed ti other witness es; their attendance to' be proved before the person or persons taking their testimony auu tjxca Uie other cqsu in sucn iutt: Ratified S4lh January, IH51.J ., AN ACT rntiMminir jionsi&ii-wtna. ' " 7' Sec. TT" B enac ted by the G eTieraTXi tembty of the State or North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority or the same, That one Commissioner shall have power lo take deposition hereafter, in all cases what ever; and that all laws and clauses of lawt requiring any greater number, be, and the is lierrbv renealcd. ' Sec4 1. Be icfurtheriiacted.Thal thit art shall be in loree trom ami aiicr mnuiKuw. Ratified 28th January. 1851. ' ':' AN ACT f To autlionis the investment of trust runds in .t the bonds and certmcutes ol the BtaK. . Sec. 1. Be M enacted bv the General Asscnv bly or the State of North-Carolina, and it is heieby ncled by the authority of the ame. That il shall ami may be lawM for all guardi ans, executors and oilier- person holding money in trust for the benefit of other, to in vest the same iu an) bondt or certificate! which have been or may hereafter be iisued bv this State, or which ihe State may in any maimer bo held as responsible by endorscmenl or otherwise. SccTirAhd tie it further enacted,. That for all such investments thus made on account of any trust funds whatever, it shall be law ful for the persons making the same to settle and pay off the debts or obligations on account of which the said moneys may have been held, by tne transfer of any bond or certificate, which they well as in discharge of any interest which may have accrued on the same, any law to the coil' trarv notwithstanding. Ratified 281h January, 1851. RESOLUTION Concerninjg Acts of Assembly. . Resolved, Thai the Secretary of Stale have all the Acts of Assembly hereafter fur nished the several Clerks or the several Coun ties in this State, well bound in good leather, for the use or their respective offices. 2. Resolved, That it shall be the duty of die clerks of trie several county courts or this Slate to furnish the 'Secretary of Slate, dur ing the month of November, 185'4, and eve ry two ve-'r thereafter, with a correct list of all tho justices of the I'cacc in their respec. live counties. Ratified 28th January, 1851. V.. RESOLUTION To authorise the l'rvsident and Directors of the Literary Kund to loan three thousand dollars tn "'Chowan Keiimlo Institute." Resolved, That the President and Direct ors of tlia Literary Fund be authoiised to loan to the " Chowan Female Institute," the sum of three thousand dollars, out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, when the Trustees WT said Institute shall give bond and sufficient security for safely of said loan, and the payment of the interest semi-annually ; when i.'ic I'resident a:?d Directors of the Lit erary Furid thai! have on hand that amount or money uninvested, or not required Ibf the purpose or common schools. Ratified I Jill January, 1851. A RESOLUTION Authorising a loan of two thousand d liars to the Trustees of Mount 1'leasant Academy, in the eounty of C'lierokeo. Resolved, That the President and Directors of the Literary Board are hereby instructed to loan to tlie Trustees of Mount Pleasant Academy, ir. the county , of 'Cherokee, two thousand jlollars, the same being secured by bond and good personal security, and the in terest accruing thereon paid semi-annually, provided. Ihe Literary Board may have any money on hand not already invested, or like ly lo be called for, fur common school pur poses. . Ratified 8ih January, 1851. RESOLUTION Concerning the State Arsenal at r'ayetteville. Resolved, That Duncan G. McRae be au thorized to have the State Arsenal, at Fayette' villr.-so torwrarted and repaired; -frre-4 serve the armt ol Ihe Slate; and that Ihe Governor be authorized lo draw on the Trees urer for moneys lo defrayjlhe expenses of the same, not' exceeding six hundred dollars. " Ratified 28th January, 1851.1 RESOLUTIONS, , " I. Resolved, Thai ten acre of the unsttrt veyed land, in the county of Cherokee, be longing lo ihe Stale, be, and is'hereby riven o the Bnptiat denomination in the vicinity of rort llembree, for ihe purpose of building a church thereon. 2. Reswlved further, That the Secretary of j aiate oe authorized to issue a grant for the n turveyed and . same, after it (hall have been itt boundaries described, on condition that ten cents per acre be paid to the agent of the Matey ana bis receipt Torwarded lo the Secre tary. v- . Ratified 28th January, 1851. RESOLUTIONS 7 To appoint certain persona commissioners lo to nuke aa award in the ease of the Literary I Board and tbt Messrs. Cosby. , . j Wumu a difference has arisen between tlie Literary Board and the Messrs. Cosby, the contractors for the building of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and it being desirable to have the matter settled at an early day and lo the tatisfaciion or the parties interested: I . Oe it thtrrtbrt Rttolvtd, .That Thomas D. Hogg and William V. Collins, together with James r.. Allen,, of Uxlord, and Jacob W. Holt, of Warrentonr be appointed com iiiissioners to Settle the matter iu dispute, ac cording to the principles or .equity and jus tice ; and thai their award, or the award or any three of them, thall be final ; and that the Literary Board be authorised to execute the same 2. Ketolvtd fUrther, That -Messrs. Allen and Holt be allowed five dollars per day for their attendance on said board, to be paid ac- corning 10 ine awaru oi taiu commissionrrs." i; .- .i i , ' i Kutified 28th January, I851.J . ' - RESOLUTION For the relief of certain purchasers of Choroket - land, residinc In Macon oountr. .. Resolved, That the benefits of sri act or tlie present session of the Genera! Assembly, to-rrroviderelief loT'wmtrrTWWhasert"tJf Cherokee lauds, shall be extended as well lo those purchasers in Macon county who bought iu 1830, aa those who bought hi 1838, Ratified 28ih January, 1851. . f From the ltlchmond Timet. THE EARTH'S ROTATION RENDER. . lEP-.VISIBLE..;, , v vn,;.-; . Who is there that has not heard men deny (long since Ihe days of Galileo) the fact of the earth's rotation nn its axis f We, at least, have known mors than one instance of stub born incredulity, antT, if the truth could be disclosed, we suspect about half of every civ ilized community, lo say nothing of Ihe sav ages, believe, in their heard, that there is no reality in whsr tlieastroijpnlers "say-iabny t tlie piatter. Sonic palpable, easily intelligi- ble uemonatrauon oi the tact, is therelore highlv'dejirable, not merely as a contribution lo tcienee, but for the 'pur poss "of dissi paling popular error. ' The last advices from Europe contain descriptions of a remarkably beauti ful and ingenious experiment, which may now be seen in Paris, and may actually be said to make ihe rotation of ihe earth visible I asked eye. We subjoin an account of it, though not a pertectly sausiactory one. Iron a Lon don paper, which, with a highly discreditable jealousy, fail to mention the name of Ihe in ventor, who is M. Foucalt, a young French Savant, who wav recently, very - near reoettM mg the high honour of being chosen as the successor of Gay Luisac in the Academy of .Sciences. If his reputation' rested on nolh ing betide this experiment, his name would be indelibly written on the roll of lame. The Paris correspondent -of the National Intelligencer gives a translation of M. Fou call's exposition or his experiment! which we have not by u as ws i; write. It inay aid hc reader, however', 16 tate,1n'addition to the ex planation of ihe London Globe ,'thal the great i r .L I.. I :.. I- t principle oi inc penuuiuin in us simple lorm or a ball suspended by a wire or lliretd, sup posed to be a mere line wilhoul weight, is that Whe n the ball is once tittt in motion, ft ilt vi brate in the same plane, in reference lo sbso-1 lute space, without respect to any change of position In the opposite extremity ol the wire, or the point of suspension, v If tlie earth re volves on it axis once in twenty-four hours, the point of suspension or such a pendulum must, of course, in that time, describe a cir cle. But, ir the ball of a pendulum, capable of vibrating for twenty hour, move during that whole period in the tame plane in which it starts, the revolution of the earth must cause the ball to describe i ai every"vibraiibii"over a horiiontal surface beneath It, a slighdy differ ent line, until, in six hours, it apparent plane of vibration shall have described a quadrant, in twelve a semi-circle, and in twenty-four a complete circle, .11. roucalt verilied tin re, soiling, by the extremely simple contrivance described in the billowing article, and by means or which one may see as direct an ef. feci of the earth s rotation, as Hie apparent revolution of Ihe suit, but which it la impos siblc lo explain with that hypothesis. From the London Globe, April 5. THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH . RENDERED VISIBLE, . The experiment now being exhibited in Paris, by which the diurnal rotation of the earth it rendered palpable In the tenses, is one of the most remarkable of the modern verifi cations ol theory. Although tlie demonstra tion bv which the rotation of the earth has luen established be such as to carry a convic Uon to tlie minds of all who are capable of comprehending it, lo which nothing can be imsgineu mj an." v.,,-.-.. . ..... ertheless even tin! hJural philosopher himsc! cannot regard the present itperisienl : without r..t:..... r I Lu...i M iini'aciinn. and to me great mass, to wnom mo Fumpn catcd physical phenomena by which the rOta tion of the earth has been established are in comprehensible, thii experiment is invaluable. At the centre or the dome or Ihe Pantheon a fine wire 1 attached, from which a sphere ol metal, four or five inches in diameter,. is sus pended so as to hang near the floor of the building. This apparatus is put in vibration afii'r the mariner of a "pendulum. Under, and coneentrieal with, it, is placed a circular table, some twenty feet in diameter, the cir cumference of which is divided into degrees, minutes,ic, and the divisions numliered. - No; it ean-be short ty;the"most eletteW- ry principles. o merhtuios, thtt, supposing the earth lo have the diurnal motion upon it axis which is Impuied lo It, nd; which ex plains the phenomena of day and night, Vc., the plane-in whirh this pendulum vibrates will not be e flee led by this diurnal motion, but will maintain strictly the same dueclion dur ing twefitr-fotrr mmrsr Irrthis interval, how ever, the- table over which the pendulum is sustiended will continually ehange its posiiion a eowpiate revolution round its centre, - - aW, liiea, the table thus revolves, snd the praevium which vibrates over it does not rt volve, the consequence ft that a line trared upon the table by a point projecting from the , bottom of the ball will change iu direction t relatively lo the table, from minute U minute and from hour lo hour, so that if such point were a pencil and that paper were spread up on tue table, tlie course formed by this pencil ouring twenty-lour hour would lorn, a ivs tem of lines radiating from the centre ol the table, and the two lines formed after the in terval of one hour would alwava lorm an an gle with each other of 15 deg, being thelwen- Y . . Prt ol Ihj eircumrereoee.. Now this i tcdered actually visible to the crowds which daily Mock to Ihe Pantheon lo witness this remarkable experiment. The practised eye of a correct observer, especially If aided oy a proper optical instrument, may actually see the motion which ihe table has, in com mon with the earth, under the pendulum, be tween two successive vibrations. It is, in fact, apparent that the ball, or rather the point attached to the bottom of Ihe hall, does not return precisely to the ssme point of the cir- cuinfeiencs or the table aflor two successive vibrations. Thus ia rendered visible the motion which the table has in common with the earth. It is true thai, correctly speaking-, the table does not luru round it own eeutre ; but turns round the axis of the earth nevertheless, ihe effect of the motion relatively to the pendulum sus pended pver the centre .of the lable, is precise ly the same as it would be if the -table moved once in twenty-four hours round its own cen tre, for although the table be turned, in com mon wiui the surface of Ihe earth, round the earth's axis, the point of suspension of Ihe penuuiuin is turned slsn in the tame time roaiiul the same xrrbemg-eoritinusilly hiaM Mineo vertical above the centre of the lab e, I he plane in which . the ' pendulum vibrates does not, however,, partake ol tins motion and, consequently has the - appearance of re. volv ble, while, in reality, it is the table which re volves once iu twenty-four hours under it KNOWLEDGE IS DEMOCRATIC. the few remark which we are now about lo make, are applicable lo men df everv aire nd in every condition or lifts, "''Knowledge it power:' wealth is only desirable because of those tilings which il can purchase to gratify the desires, but there are somo things which cannot be purchased with wealth, and knowl edge is one of then). Wealth can purchase houses, Inndsi adherrilW, snd. .bauble honors, and a man may sit down and entoy these things at once. An heir lo tn einpird. may be born. he may be the legal successor lo tbroiies. ar- jnies, and navies; over sll these lie may ex ercise dominion and be their 'possessor, hut no man was ever born sn heir to knowledge.. An idiot may be born a prince or lord, a fool among beggars, while the son of a bcgrfiir may be more than a prince among kings slid more' tnsn a lined lord among magnates, i Books, teachers, and money may be lavished Iu oro. cure knowledge, but the individual cannot ob tain it from leathers or books, without per sonal effort. , Knowledge can only be obtain-, ed-by-labonnd wjthoirtnhis w msnW'rib-' lain ii ; anu nowever poor a man may be, if he labors W acquire kno vledge,. he cannot fail uf success occor Jin ryes aceonlinir -to iha amount oflabor he expend in the search of it. 1 he noble and magnate of European nation are well aware of the "power of know ledge." , Thi i the reason- why ihev have endowed splendid colleges to which they send their, sOns to labor as anr plebian's tewfr mirirt labor, in acquiring knowledge.,. . Knowledge, therefore, is democratic ! it' is true that- more timot and means may; be .at the' command nf tlie rich than the poer, and in this respect Ihe .former nave me ucciueu auvanwgc . buy they are urougni w incsaine icvei in one re ft pec I, they must work. JJnc acquires know- ledge faster ihan another,' a'l' iiave- not. the same faculties, nut talent is in the mass. The majority of great men hv sprung from the people. ) Shaktpeare, Newton, Franklin, Walts, Burns, Fulton, Ac.,-were nien of the people, Ihe workers plebian born, but kings of mind, while crowned monarclis beside them sre but kings or mud. , : There is another wrong notion- abroad re specting .,,!r,-.mW..me-!-,lPP0' that a man cannot be learned unlu.-.s he is t great astronomer, or can speak twenty or thir IV lans-uaget, and so on ; and others that i man must be profoundly acquainted w illl all tlie sciences. J here are very tew who ac quire a profound knowledge of more ihan one science, as a single science requires a lifetime of study. Such men as Humboldt and Hen- ry.are exceptions ;but although a lew men be come eminent in aa number or sciences, the fact is beyond dis-puie, that a man must pur sue continually onrbranch or science to be, come profoundly versed and eminent in it We talk of this and that influence, levelling ihe mass ol men upwards, hut the great dela tor and democratic reformer is knowledge, The well behaved inlelligeut man is respected although he may be poor, anil we Svisli tins fact to be spread far and wide, and' to be fell by every man. The possessor of knowledge who enjoy the simple pleasure of reading, is more rich strictly speaking, than the rich igno rant man" and he feels conscious, that he has the means of gratifying a desire of enjoying an enjoyment (tautological though the expres sion be) of s more pleasurable "nature than any which ran be enjoyed by ihe most weal thy barbarian who eannnt snv his A 11 C. ' . Scientific .'Imeririut. . Tun: a Dh Qi'lNcxv, llm English opium alcr, is llius described Pja(Corri.-poiideiil ol Worcester paper: , , , ,. ' I hive met De Quincey in the course of my peregrinations over tins 'terraqueous loll,' and I can assure you thai the physique of thai celebrated wrjt hit lucubrations, .Men ul genius have been mere parodies of llut fine physiealisin which ladies commonly designate manhood ; and I'e (jiuncey caw certainly ttrengtliens the rule, He il one of the smallest legged, smallest IxhTi. ed"; Ind' WtwVirtertuafed effigiesnhe fiu'man form divine, that one could meet in a crowded city durings day's walk. .'And if one adds lo this hguro elothes that are neither lashionably cut, nor fastidiously adjusted, he will haves tolerably rough idea of , Do Quincry 's outer man. But then hi brow, that pushes hi ob trusiv hal to ths bark of Jiis heatL. and -his Itltle grey ey'e that do not eein to look out, but lo be ever turned inward;' sounding the depths of hi imagination, and searching out ihenterir.C htt-aot, ,a4itraJogiet.ar something that you woulut seared a week to And the mates tn, snd then you would be dis appointed, ... ' ' : . - NO; 19 "De Ouincrv nnm nWiL f J ' romantic rural village, once the wiJCTtri'ol Sir Walter Scott, about sevtn iniles fern Ed-' inbureh. Scotland. rKjM Tm. dauchter Wslcliesover biai.end where he ith wonder of ihe rountry people for miles srotrnd. Thry cannot hndentand whv oa fair day, at all hours, that little man with a brown coat. and thtr woolly hat, r always climbing hills, anil wandering among the shady woods, a if ha sought something be rould never rind. And then, whv on cold, anil wet iisy, he walks along the highway between two pile of (tones, transferring them singly from one point to the other. 1 he fact it that tlie do uni which De Quincry consumed iri hi younger dars i - now consuming him j and unless he walks ten mile a day, fair or foul, he cannot secure hi maximum of two hour deep during ihe night. Thi exercise he easily secures in pleasant weather ; when the weather is not , he transfers his heap of stones, and makes ht ten iniles in this way. This profound logician, and "eminent. -scholar, is impressed 1 with the preposterous idea that he bears a livi; , lug hippopotamus, or some such aiiimaj, in his stomach j and il is said that h manifests eon- derable tensillvenes if any of h friends doubt ihe fact. : , . r ?"! Christopher North, the antithesis of D Quincey in every tespcel, save in contempt uir mo sumptuary laws, once asked the latter how he fell Ah Said De Quincey, laying his hand on his waitl-coat, ' with a melancholy look and shako of the head, tliisaniinat troubles me. Job ill Then Coin and lei us give the Ani mal some soup, replied the Professor with a laugh. It was dinner lime, and De Quince v-did i'W.li;!.,0.,,;''! proposal, but he did not wtHsi. iu uigesi me uoutit thai Was implied iu 'Old Kit't' witticism." i ' - RoBHCMt ix Ti rkcv. The New Ynrk Tribune translates ihe following letter from foil- - luiy, itau-ii .iiarcn i : - . r j "... . j,. v - A good de .1 of excitement ha been pro duced in Smyrna by th operations of a large 1 gang of banditti, who for several year have .' been levying on the Proviiircs, and a part of " whom have lately been seized and put in prt- sort. ' Certain English commercial houses. which have hitherto utained a character of high respectability, are implicated as confed erates and receiver of the stolen good. I'heie Englishmen attempted lo bribe the mh- hers In silence, and promised ihemVieaid of " their , reprosentslives, when they should be brought lo trial. 'The robbers accepted the terms, and refused to make any disclosure tu the police.. It waa not till thry "were put lo torture that they made tome hulf-coiifeaion. 1 he Englishmen who were implicated were : not prepared for this, and ihey began lo fear the sentence of banishment, which Halil Pa- - cha had already moved against tliem at the Sublime Porta. -1 heir guilt having been made public, they applied lo th English Consul, who was thrown Into a stale of ureal excite-. ment, and appealing t a reetmt ensclnient. lemanded Ihe abolition of torture. This offi cial made the case known at Constantinople. . anu in" iinei oi ins rouce wat ucposej ana ........ I I. !.. iO.; .1.::.! .1.. .1... ... ' arrested. Ir ia-fenerarly thought that the English Government will obtain ihe clearing of its subjects, unless it withholds iu demands. in order lo hive an occasion lo repeal the ex ploits which it performed the last year m Greece and Portugal. We have recently had fresh accounts of aa indomitable robber-chief, who, -with ciibt cmradcs7Bhaertfa He lately stopped a caravan at IS v mollis, four hours from tint eily, and finding a parrel a inong ilia booty directed In an Engliihmaa named lfoiilaine, ha -ani it to him at once, as. , ..lokeii ot graUhide .foe ,4he aersise -?eir- -derrd by his countrymen to the banditti. The same Fra Diavolo, who fell in with two Englishmen, the brothers Wilkins, in s re- mote spot, contented himself with taking their horses in exchange for his own, which were 1,-ed. IK-kir Aga, the leader ol the irregular troops which were sent out against the rob ber, committed so" many extortion on Ihe peasantry, and , wat so evidently on terms' with thu' banditti, that he waa recalled in dou ble quick lime," On coining to th I'shee of ) tlie outraged Governor, be received S flogging was thrown down stair, and put into piison; a proof, as our journals 'say, thai we live in one nf the most civilized of Stalest and yet we see now the biotner-ln-iaw of the dtiliati w orks as a common porter, and a high olliciul , is treated si a pauper, without having urns) ' enough to blow hit brain oui, - Tiik Hii.i. Discovksv Ik Dtoi taHxuTvrx. The last utiniber of the Daguerreau Joui- nal, printed in .ew V ork city, contains a com municatiun from Mi1. Hill, relative to his nielh- " od nf producing a variety of lints or col- in the same a plate. The editor, in fire fuc in the letter, sayr i thai the views of ihe andscapesby this process are unequalled; ths flower garden, with all its variety or bloom ing flowers, can be imprinted with a degree of exactness snd brilliancy whirh ieilugoih- erastonishing. It will probably besix months before the discovery 'it ready for Die publid. Mr. Hilt, in order tn almw that he ean pro-' due more than one eolor al once on a plate. tays he has produced seversl portraits, one oft laboring man, with a sunburnt face, very red cheek and lips, blue eyes, auburn hair, the cravat red and blue ; and all the colors am de veloped with truthfulness. A collection of small painti, red, yellow, blue, and combine- - lions oi tnrstv lornung seven shades l red, as many of yellow, three of blue, live nf green, three lints of purple, making in all twenty-eight hue, were represented on llns date to the very tint, except the chrome yel ow, a eolor which he hat die moat difficulty -lith, but which he Ihiukt he rtn overcome. I Some of the Philadelphia editors have rit'i.t iics.setl the Iruitl ol the discovery, and testify iniisluvor. ' - Thk Moon I)AorKaao-rvrt;n. The nw- Uni Journal sav I that Ml. J. L. Whinnle. the . '1ditfhguishryuf:Igcrre6tyie!,iiassiie -.- wuh the aid of.Mr. Itoiul, I ainbrtilgeasimno mor, in taking view of the lurface of Ihe moon, a it appear through the great lelrs- cope at'Uie Observatory.. The Journal has ' seen, two daguerreotype representing the . moon as il appeared on Monday and Thursday- nighw 4' ir week; -'t'he moimtains rnd vallevaoflhe mnoa are very disiinetly definrd On the plate, and it is believed that by the aid ; . of these representations, taken at ditferent ybSMueieiW(aa-'H)ss;s.-KeigklanJ deatU- may be listeria met!. lUe unporUDee ox Ibeee . eaperiuient will be duly spprcriattd by the Sitrni.n4ner. . . . V 1 1 1
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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