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f 1 . 1 , CiUDLni 'f jwerfal i lilclltrtnil, moral and phniral rrwartc, (he land it. ear lirri agd liomt of par. fftrtioaf," TFBUS ToDuIlnnliIdaBf(. VOL. XLIV. RALEIGH. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUG UST 17; 1853. : NO.3i. 1 f 1 V f THE XQRTH-CAROLLNA STIR. Pt nLWHED KVEKY WKDSESMT BY" kdito k ax a fso r ik to a: If paid strlct'y in advaneet tw dollars per an num) two dullara and fifty cants, if paij within il uDBtUl ; at (lire dollar) at the cud of the 5r "; - ' - "-" s- .t A h TEtt TISEMICXTS not exceeding sixteen lines will be inserted one ti me for one dollar, uJ twenty 4ve rente far ch sunsehiieut Insertion. THom of areatir Irngtb will be charged frropor- tinnally. . Court I li uers anil JumclslMveniacuiciiTs still be cbarjr.il 2 per cent. higher than the above Site. A reasenaole deduction will . be made . to those who advertise be the year. . Honk aud Job Hrhitiea; done with neatness and despatch, and on accommodating teems. -jtJ Letters to the Editor must be poet paid. Papara in toe Stater willeonfera favor by giving tue a bo re an insertion. ., 7 ' , ' ; igi3 ssLL aits sirs. -; ; '.' TUB MUTE HITMWJ; " ' on, THE DOU AND THE ASSASSIN. S ' - ' Hi ' ' -. .', BY IM. C. A. SOt'LE, , ", . Wliile travelling in 1787, through ihebeau tifiil city of Leipzig, I observed, about half a league from the rate of ihe town, a few rods from the highway, a wheel, and the bones of a chained corpse exposed to the gaze of every passer, The following; is the Jiiatory of that erimi nil, at I learned it from Ihe tins of the Judge who condueted the) trial, and condemned hi 111 to he broken alive. V . , A German butcher being benighted in the midst of a forest, t his way, 'and whiln en deavoring to gain Ihe road was attacked by three highwaymen. He was on horseback, and accompanied by a large dog. - One of ihe r ibbers seized Ihe horse hy the bridle, while the two others dragged the butcher from his saddle and felled hint. The dig leaped im mediately upon one of tlirm an) strangled liiiu ; hut Ihe other wounded the minimi so iverely that he rushed into ihe' woods, utter ing llie moat fearful howls. The hu'eher, who by this lime had disengaged himself from the grasp of ihe second robber.' drew bis knife atid killed him. . Bui at the same mo ment he received a shot from the third, he who hid just wounded the dog, and falling, w a despatched by the thief, who tound upon limi Inrge sum in gold, a silver watch,- and a lew other article f alue. He plundered (he eorpse, leaped upon ihe horse and fled. The next moruing two wood cutters hap pening in thai pi.h, wrre surprised to find three dead bodies and a large dog w ho seemed to be guarding lliem. Thev examined them and endeavored to ,-rstore life, hut ill vain. Oneajf thrift dresse i ihe wound nf the dog, gave liim,mme food, anil fought aomf walei fr1flTrTf'jrhilc the other hsslrried Iodic ticarost village m inform the niagisiraie of (he discovery,. The officer, accompanied hy aev nl attenilnnte, waa toon on the spot ; a sur geon eismined the wounds nf ihe three bod ies ; ilicy drew up a verbal prone and in terred ihvm. I 1 The dog had dragged hiinsxlf, in the course r,f aigln, when all was sjntel, 10 the corpse of his master, where he was found ihe next m (rninj. He allowed his new frit-nds tn lrea his wound, at if (oreaering lhat he musi consent to live, ihat he might one day (rrnge h murdered, he ate and drank, but would not leave lliej apou. . V He looked on quietly aa they dog the grnve, and allowed (hem u bury the bodies ; but as soon as the lurf waa replsreit, he slrelrUed himwlfnpon it, howled mournfully, and re aisled all Ihe effort of the bystander to in duce him to moa." He snapped at all who cama near him, except the woodman who had tjnikd him. - He bora his caresses, b it no sooner did the man attempt to lake his paws 1 1 remove him from the grave, than he gnash ed bis teeih, and would hare wounded him ererely if he had not quickly (led. Kvery oie admired the fidelity of (he dog,, and when ihe woodman offered to carry him food ami drink e'ery day,f that' he might riot perish, the magistrate "proposed taking up a collec tion to remunerate the man, who was poor,' and lh fulher of a large family, Willi diffi culty he wls iuduced to accept the money, b it he finally did, and from ihat moment burdened himself with the care of hie new pensioner. The details of litis horrible event were pub lished in the principal journals of die country. J. Meyer, a brothel of the butcher, reading sometime afterwards the advertisement of lb" magistrate, hastened instantly to his presence, saying he had fears wliislt l.e believed now only bio well founded, thai Irs brother had fallen into the hands of robbers, as he had left hnmei with a large sum of gold for the purchase of beeves, and had not been heard from. His suspicions were only too well confirmed When the magistr.lo related to him the conduct of a dog which he describt iy M. Meyer, accompanied by the officer and y noon at the dog perceived hit master's broth er, he howled, tapped his hands, and evinced other numerous demonstrations of joy. By different pant of, his dress, M. Meyer recog nized the. body of his brother when liiey dis interred it." 'The absence nf the gold and the walch, ihe wounds of the butcher and hi dog, those of th two oilier bodies, together with the disappearance of the horse, convinc ed the magistrate ami, the witnesses, that the deceased Had not only been assailed by the two, but also hy one ut several others, who had fled with the horse ind the plunder.' Having obtained permission, M. Meyer re moved hi brother's, corpse lo his nativo vil lage and interred it m Ihe adjoining cemetery. Tin faithful, dog followed the bwly.hiiJLjfV degree! became attached to his new master. , Every eflott wm made hy the most diligent eearcli and tliepOtir of iniinevae rewards, to discover the assassins,, But in vain i Uie hor rible tiagcdy remained an eniema. ' . r . Two years had paaaed away, and all hopes of solving ihe mystery ' vanished, when M Meyer received a letter hrging hi in to repair wiUtout delay to Leipzig lu close the ieyet of hit materaal uncle. . who desired to tee hi in before- he died.. We immediately hastened thiiher, accompanied . by his hruther'e dog, , who was his companion at all time. He ar rived loo late. IJ it relauva. had deceased the previous evening bequeathing him large I-Mi woe. He found tht city crowded ; it te "C he season ot the great fair held rrgularlv icre iwicta rear. -j .! 1 V Whde walking nukjinoriiiug on the publte sqnare, attended nsWjial hy his dog, he was astonished to behold the animal suddenly rush forward like a flash. He dashed through Ihe crowd and leaped furiously upon aa elegantly dressed youHg man, who was seated in the centre of the square, ttpon an elevated plat form creeled for the use of those spectators who desired more conveniently to witness the show." He held him by the throat with so firm a graup that he would soon have string led him had not assistance been easy render ed. They immediately chained , the dog--thinking of course he must he mad strove to kill him. M. .Meyer nihed through the crowd, and arrived in time to rescue his faith ful friend, calling eagerly in the meantime upon the hvstanders to arrest the man, for he believed bis dog recognized ia tiiui the njbr. derer 01 11 n nrotner. ; Before he had time loicxplain himself,' -tht young man profiling hy tbe tumult e'eaped. For anme mooicRtw-tJicw' thooffbt .Mevi r him self mad, and be hadj great didiciilty in per-. suading those wHg.Jlad bound the dog, Ihat die ntuhful creature was not ui itie least dun gcrotts, and begged earnestly uf thcin to re. Tease him that he might pursue the assassin He spoke in so convincing manner that his heareta finally felt persuaded of the truth of his asscitinns. anil restored Ihe dog lo his fro.'dom, who joycudy hounded 10 hia mai ler, leaped about bun a lew Hint's and then hastened away. ' He divided the crowd and was soon upon his eiicmv's track. The police, which on these occasions is very active and prompt, were immediately informed uf ihis extraordi nary eventrimd jmumbrr of officers were sonh in pursuit. . The dog became in a few m mients the object of public curiosity, and every one drew' back to give him room. Business was suspended, and the crowd col lected in groups conversing of nothing hut the dog, and the murder vthich had been commit ltd two years befoif. After a half hour's expectation, a general rush indicated that the search wasover. I'he man had stretched himself upon the ground, under the heavy folds of a double tent, and believed himself hidden. But in spile nf his fancied security the avenger had tracked him, and leaping upon him he bil him, Jute hi garments, and would hate killed him upon the spot, had not assistance rushed lo his res cue. ' L - . '-. L. Ho was immediately arrested, and led with: M. Meyer and the dog, then carefully bound, before the judge, who hardly knew what to think uf so extraordinary an affair.- Meyer related all Ihat happened two years before, and inited upon the imprisonment of the man, declaring thai he was the murderer of his brother, for hie" dog eonld not be deeeived. During all tins lime it waa almost impossidl lo hold llio animal, who seemed determined to al'ai'k the prisoner. I'pon interrogating the latter, the judge was not satisfied with his re'pties.' and ordered hitn tn be Searched There wns lounil upon htm a lurne fjnn in 1 gold, some jewels, and live watches, four nf thrm goltl and vrrv vnltiablc, while lh'. lil'ilt Was an old silver one, of but liule ronacquei.ee. As soon ns Meyer saw the'T.ist. he .declared it to be the same that hi brother wore the dav he left home, and the description of hit watch, published months previously, corrobo rated his assertions. The robber had never dared expose il, for fear thai il would lead to hia detection, aa he was well aware il had been described very minutely in all llio prin cipal journals in Ger.nany. In short.al er ihe most minute and coitvic livn legil proceedings of eight mnailts, the murderer waa condemned lo he broken alive, and his corpse lo remain chained upon the wheel ns nn example to others. On the night preceding his execution he confessed among other crimes, what till then he always denied, that he was the murderer of Meyer's brother. He gave them all tbe details, above related, and declnred that he always he'ieved tint the cursed dog died of his wounds. "Had il not been for him." he repented several times. " I should not have been her?. Nothing else could have discovered me, for I bad killed the horse and buried him with all that he wore." He expired on ihe wheel, and his was the corpse which I beheld before entering the city of Leipzig : A CdOll ONE. The New York Spirit nf the limn pub lishes ihe following- " good 'tin ;'' bonl the time of the inauguration of I'res tdrftf. Pierce, a gentleman named I'.irker, belonging to Concord, joined in the general rush to witness the great ovation. Our friend, who is an attorney of tome note, has not been much of a traveller, hut is well aware thai there are such ihingsifp the swapping of umbrellas and hats at big hotels. To guard anninst tht; loss or exchange of his now "lile," Mr. P. got a prinltn to strikcStiro off a four inch square card, upon which looked out ol the crown uf his hat, in bold two-line pica : ASA PARKE 1, . ATTORNEY AT LAW, CONCORP, NEW HAMPSHIRE,. , , Theiewssa grer.t rush at V'i!lards on in auguration day indeed Iheie was a perfect j imirvrrv where anil our lneou rarKer lounil some difficulty in getting down 10 the dinner table along with some of Ins townsmen. 1 lie dinner was a fine one, the champagne deli cious, and after an ho.ir's titling; the New Eiigl indors left the table in the merriest 11100. 1 imaginable. ... r : "Now, fellows,", said Parker, at they emerged from the dining-room " every one look out for-his own hat ; I've got a mark on mine that nobody cart mistake." But there was some sort of a mistake some where, notwithstanding. It wut, tome tim& before Mr. Parker found 4ii hat" at otl," aud( even then he labored under the impression 'thai it had grown a trifle older eince he went hi dinner;' But the placard wafn lh! crown,1 all right, and " Ai Paikeis Attorney at Law, Concord, New' Hampshire," stared him in ihe face at he looked inside. v" '" "All righl, fellowt T' an! Parker raiaing the lile lo hi gourd, ' .Nothing like m iking sure of lliingt when : ynti are going into a crowd !,. -My hat it safe anyhow." 1, ; ,. But he only put the hat . on the top of hie bead, for it wat entirely too tmall In go on. ? w.What'e the matter, Parker!" enquired oneoC ihe party at llie atUirney attempted lo pull on ihe hat. ' ' " V , "Oli, nbthliigf," lrr?ponded Parker, tgain IroUine into Ihe ha! n tilling :t's all ruht nf course ' Asi Parker, Aitoravr it-law.- Concord, ew.i. II impa'me, rertaiury-tv knew it mttst he mv' hat," and again he at. I tempted to pull the hat on. , " I 110 party BmUHU WUIU ill, ii:ijm;- ,,iiixi lef at the comical uiotiotit of the embarrasseil lawyer, lint ho did not appear in notice it, and industriously endeavored to make the hat fit somehow, tn a stale of absolute' bewilder ment, he at length turned to one of the party, and presenting ihe hat. desired him 10 fell what name wat in it. The man- read " Asa Parker, Attorney at Law, Concord, New Hampshire.". . . " All right of coiirse." exclaimed Parker, again attempting to pull on the hat, only to his greater hcwiUlennujit. ' Will yon have Ihe kindness to tell me who I am ?"soid he1, stilt mote perph xed.- Certainly,' said the man addressed; vou are Asa Parker. Attorney at Law, Concord,' New Uampslure. ml Of course,' aaid P. 'Darn it. I knew if.' Andjie made one more trial at the hat. It would be very clifficull to eav whether Mr. Parker knew himself from 'a hn'e in the ground' about this juncture 7 he looked again into the hat and read the inscription, and then at his friends,' who stilt preserved straight faces, and finally cavnl, ' (iemleinen.' aaid P., with intense gravity. if I am Asa Parker, A.tnruey at Law, Con cord, New Hampshire, and this hat belongs to Asa Parker, Attorney at Law, Concord. New Hampshire, all I hare lo say, is, that my html ha tictlled woi dy tince I went to dinner T Il is not to'd who changed Mr. Parker's card into somebody else's hat. T'R i" dTm Teople. A contributor lo the New York Times., says, as for advice, I doubt whether anyboilv newspaper cditort accepted get so much of it and care so little lor it as do publishers. Many of them can tell good storiet of their experience tins way : s. A number of years Wn, a brace of very virtuous and somew hat elderly Indies formed themselves into a committee to remonstrate with an old, prominent publisher, respecting the character of the hooks which he issued. llulwer's novels, if I rejiembcr rightly, were the special objnni of their indignation. The worthy bibliopole wat at first taken aback hv the vivacity of their assault ; put in as r plea in mitigation, thai the g 'eater porWon of his piihticalinns'were unexceptionable lo even the severest criticism on the score of moral char acter. .. .The ladies looked dubiously .over their spectacles. Have yon read this or tins or this r he asked, pointing out the titles of works in rheology. and History, and II nigra phy, and Poetry, and cverv department of literature 1 which graced liis extensive catalogue. Not one of them had the committee pcruscp. " Then, perhaps." hinted llio publisher, "you are not certain of the character of the I woriis you oejeci u; penups uu nave inn read lliem ! "Y(9, we h;nc." answered the spokes woman ; " we know their character perfectly well ; we have read every word of them. W'hv will you publish such objectionable works !" ': Mad.1111," repli"d the sly bibliopole, wi.h a bow and a smile worthy of ('h?sterlield, " we publish ihem for ladies like yourself, who will never read anything else." A rejoinder equ-il to ihat of J)r. Johnson to the lady who said to him, 'Ob, Doctor, I am so clad that yon have left all the naughty words nut of ymirdiftioiiary." " .Mada.11." replied ihe gruff lexicographer, " I See you have been looking fur liieiu." TIJR.MI' Cl'LTl !(E AT THE SOL Til This vegetable, like almos1 evorv other kind, reqdires a dilfereul culture in the South, from that which it gets at the "North. Dur winters are so mild, that the luriiip, 111 some of its varieties, will grow through tho whole winter, and the c.irelul cultivator may hive turnips filfor the table every mouth in the year, For the first full crop, plant the early wliile Hutch ; sow as soon after the tmh of July as a season offers lo vegetate the seeds; lor garden culture, sow ill drills; for field cul ture, tow broadcast. I or late erop, sow Ihe red lop, as goo-i roots, sow the large English Norfolk. The immense uiuoiuii of foliage, w ith its large succulent stem, which this tur nip producer1, should eoinuiend it lo more general culture, especially for plantation uses. Hut of all the turnips for Southern soil and Southern climes, commend us t the Kutah.iga ; like ail oilier varieties of the tur nip, they reipiirc rich ground ; lands tint have been trodden by cattle, well and deeply plow ed, suit all llio turnip iribe ; but any manure that is iliinul iting, well turned tinder, will answer. (iuano answers a Capitol purpose, I ut should he well turned under. Three hun dred pounds lo the acre will pay well in the increased production of roots. Ihe advan tage the itittabaga has over all oilier turnips, is in, the fact that it has but liule disposition lo seed in this climate; consequently its rout remain finn and sweet long after the common turnip has become, pithy and worth less I its lops are also inure valuable, fully equal to the lies! col lards. We last season look a nice e ol uetr pine land, less than half art acre, cow pen ileal it, and plowed it every good ram, from April 10 July. On the 29tli day nf July, we mixed a hair pound each; of early white Dutch and Uuta'iigi Turnip seed in a bushel of plaster, sowed broadcast, and rolled thcm-in with a heavy castiitnTTnllcTr rThe fi si day of Sep tember, our market wagon had a load of line white turnips in the market, and continued doily 10 carry them, until, we had told one hundred dollars worth ol white turnips, be sides tupplyinja large' family; as soon as Hie 'while luruipi were gone,,. Ihe Hiiiabagas took 4 marl, and were hi for the table and stock in October, epjiiiiining' to grow ..'-through the whole winter and apriu, keeping in good or der tome 30 head of cattle, supplying a large family, preserving all their good qualities until ihefiret of May. when, in clearing the ground for a garden patch, wo pulled some fifty bush els for the Imgs, .. c ' - . '. . '' Now, kind reailer.'what other crop cult he grown in this toil of the Soil,, that pay,! t well as turnips ! Remember to -plow the ground deep and ofttn,. .bc.f ire'pl intiiig, nlid took lit it iu seat in, for turiiip trine is at haniHrinen line, ix i Alexandria, Cairo, Cmittanti- ttr I I . n,l .n-il', ill a t til . ahagJ5,bro,i li;al a a general tiling, lui I w liefe landt are entirely new. and have- been m .de nvdlow with the plw it answers evert' pur pose as the i IjH'riineni abiivc trill", juittly. ""Siio tk$ fioutfi. :' . v . : ' ' " '"" ; t NAI'KOW ESCAPEOl' A MIJ'-SIONAKY I'roin letters lately received, we have Informa tion of a narrow escape from death experienced hy ltv. John A. Duller, a mistinnary of the Americaii Board at Snih' Africa. Mr. Butler was formerly a resident of Month Boston, and his large circle of friends cannot bul rejoice at his escape from the ery jaws of desih. The peril nf travelling in South Africa are most graphically' narrated in Ihe following extract from one of the letters referred lo : .Mr. Butler waa travelling to Amah Cougv-J ra, ami was forced 111 (ns way to enw Ihe liver I'mkomazi. ' " No native lieing at Itaml to manage the boat, he ventured 10 cross oil horseback, though die water was deep and lurhid. As he went oet safely; when lie returned ihe iifAtxUyJie strain ventured into the river in the tame way Vlien aboirt tw-thirds of the way across his horse sniuleuly kicked and plunged, t if to disrngagc hjmaelt'fnim his ridi-r; ami ih(! next niomeut a croi-fidde seized Mr. Butler's thigh with hi horrible jaws. The river at this place is about one hundred and fifty yards w ide, il measured at right angles to the current r but from the place wo enter lo the place we go nut, the distance is three limes as great. The water at high tide, and when the river ia not swollen, is from four toiiht or ten f et deep. On each tide the batiks are skirted w ith high grass nnd reeds. . : Mr. Butler, when lte felt the sharp teeth of lite crocodile, clung to the mane, of his horse with a death-hold. Instantly he waa dragged from the saddle; und both he and Ihe herse were floundering in water, often dragged en tirely under, and rapidly going down the am. At h'st Hie ernenuile drew lliem again to the lii nldlo of the river; but at last the horse g lined shallow water and approached ihe shore. As soon as he was within reach natives ran to hit assistance and beat olf the crocodile w ith speara and clubs. Mr. Butler was pierced with five deep gash es, and had lo-it much blood. He left all his garments, execpl his shirt and coat, bu Ihe opposite shore with a name who waa lo fol low him ; hut when die struggle commenced the native returned, and durst not venture into the water again. It waa now dark ; ar.d with out garments and weak from loss nf blood, he had seven miles lo ride He borrowed a blanket from a native, and after two houra succeeded in reaching (he tuition, nx re dea I than a ire. His horse also was terribly mangled; a foil square of the flesh and skin was lorn lnm Ins flanks. -1 he animal, it is supposed, first seized the horse ; aud, when shaken off, he caught Mr. llutler, first below the knee, and then in the thigh. "There are five or six wounds from two tn four inches lung, and from one-half to two and a half inches wide For eight or leu divs he seemed lo recover as fast us could be expected, hut was then seized with fever, wdich threatened to be fa tal. There waa a tendency lo lock-jaw." In April, Mr. llutler was neaily recoicr.d from the elleets of Ihe frightful uirray,- UNITED STATE.) AN 0 BREMEN Alt KA.N UEM EN'TS fJUAET UElJfC TION IN I'OSTAOE. A postal convention has jut been conclu ded between our l'tisl-olliee Department al Washington, anil the l'osi-nliiee of Bremen. The postage lo Ureuii n by the Bremen line is lierealier to lie ten instead ol twenty cenls the single tale ; and this latter rale is to be eliaiycd, :ds,i, on letters lo and from Bremen, lor all Slat" hejniul w hose postage to or from that city shall not exceed live cents the single rate, tin letters for Slates beyond llreinen. whose pottage 10 or from that place is over five cents, tht single rale between the 1 ,'niled State noil Bremen is tn he fifteen in stead of uve:ity cents. Therefore, il will fie perceiicd thai il is made for the nih rest ol the German Slates to sec thai their rate lu 1'rcmcii is'nol over five cents, that they may at once, if they please, enjoy the advantage. of 11 rate not exceeding fifteen cents to and from any part of the I' nited Slates. Another highly important feature in this irr.uigcneui in that the postage on pamphlets and magazines lo all Ibrcigu countries. II cepl Great Itritainand the west coast of Noulh America, Ins been reduced I'roin two cents to cue cent an ounce ; and ib.tt provision is also made to bring down literate to (.real ll.iliiu. ThU is a 1111 st important improve ment. It may be remarked ihat to the Brit ish North American Provinces our domestic: rales to the line are taken on primed matter. The following are lo be the rales of postage 011 letters of ihe weight of hall an 011100 and miller by the Cnitcd States 11 ml llreinen line of steamers,, .hereafter to sail sonii-inouihly between New-York and llreinen to go into effeel with the first out-g iinj .tcamer uflor the IO1I1 ol August current ; Hri min, - - - - - Abe-m, - - - Aii'tria, Wmre uni Province of) . UsHen. - - - -1 llnvartit, - - L'assvl, - - otmrzfc, - - llanli.tdt. - - - Kninlilwrl-on-ltie-Maia, (India, - llnieinrir, - - - - - Jlioiorer, - - - - II' llam'ttir Kiel, .... .' . . i,t.r lletiil,!il, - . ' , . I.-Ok-c. .... M'felilcnbnrifh Seawerio, - . .Mrrklenosiii flreltti, - . 'aesao, - - - 111 luHburj-, , - " - ' - - IVjrfii,, iKinji-Join and Provowcl ,-0 - Kens,, - ..... Sate-Atlptibur-rli, - - - , - Cpnts. - lo . XI . 2 - HZ . W lit - u . ' - u - u a - trl . I .' li2 -- ! . it- - H2 - . 24 . i , It . it ' M, - . az - ti u v U . ,. il IN . a r-sie. .Muiio mjaii, . ; - . ca y.iiiuur. ... Hh -myt ( Kiiur-lom of . -. He..niin'tiur-hipi, Hi-liwartjilHiiafli' ItO'lolstsilt, Ki'hearlxbu j,b-4tinJiattiit,-rt, WiirO'iillMir);, I ktiiilom ol) Newspapers, scut from the I'oiicd Siiles, must be pre-paid iwo cents each, and pamph lets and magazine one' -cent tin ounce or fraction of tin o.incc This is ihe United .Stall s pot.ag only ihe foreign pottage hat ing to be. paid at the point ol delivery. L On all printed mutter from the eooUirenl by tht United Siatcs and Bremen line, tho whole postage (li niled States and loreignj it lo be pf- paid.'. -: t. '--T ' ,- L'lipaiJ letlers, and newspaper and- tiiag'a zlues prep 1 1 ut above, for any of the follow ing couiilriut, may also be sent .by llio it re noplii, ti recce, Oenrtfarlt and lttny "(nswmrn lowns of,) Norway, St. 1'itershurg or ('iori sta.lt, Sweden and tSwiicerUmf. I'lte ctact rales to thes conn tile, to oih? as aacur tainMl, will he civru hv ihe" Urpnnrrpnl, e id p," 0 I prepav Ml ul lli0 eshfld d t'l lliem. GEOLOGICAL M' IU EY. " . ', I'. :" I ' " June 3rdrlH33." To Hi Exckllevcv, David S. Khd 1A1K 1 have hern tempted to dwell on. ihe importance of the rlovcr crop.Siccaiisc 1 deem the cultivation of this plant a the most im portant measure which the ' planter can adopt. I have alluded lo it value as a fodder .for stork, and I have also dwelt upon it impor tance at 'a fertilizer , It is true, it 1 riot so valuable for hnrsea and calde as timothy or the red lop, ttill Its qualities recommend it to planters at one of the heat crops lor the pur poses I Jiave named.'' The pea, it it true, i more easily euluvaled. and forma a aubtiiluteJ whicli wi be more prof.tahle and more pro for clover. To a person who hat been fiw Juctieo, than- the first. - Thie doctrine has tpniar Willi a tioeii growing cntintrv, it It difficult to recotirile hit niiod to a eoudilum which it so unfavorable 10 this branch nf busi-'l nest., He sees -corn fields and Wheat fields, but where are the grasses and clovers which constitute M largely rtieTood of atock ! Tit i true call 1 and horses aeeui fond ennuch of the leTvpi of Ihe Indian corn, hut of tint there is never A full supply. Corn yrt on ihe eob, it the principal article of food for horses. What is the consequence?. Half, or nlmovt half, of the Thorset are blind from lull Jut milion of ihe eyet, produced hy feeding jltit stimulating lood. Dot cows, I believe, fief- er get corn or any thing else except w het may lie said ther literally work for. Poor things, 1 hare aaid, when 1 met them grubbing in the woods, your owner deserve a shirt allowance of rorn bread, at least two (In) a in the week. Then lo tee their bags, which are about the size of a coffee cup, and to crown the whole. The girl stripping at the "tent with, one hand and hnldi'tg a half pint cup in iheolber hand to catch Ihe puny stream, and Ihe little cat-like calf bunting away on the other tide to encour age ihe poor beast to give down the precious fluid. The subject i loo serious tn be laughed al, und yet a solter man' gravity ia greatly in clined to desert him tinder ihe circumstances I have named. ' Why I it the cattle are to lean and dwarfish! Did they tpring from a little breed, like Ihe little breed of horses call ed Shetland poiiiet f Certainly not. They arc dwarfish, liule and lean because their food ia scanty aud poorly adapted to their wants. Equally true is it, that they are small and lean, because they are obliged 10 roam Ihe fields and woods hi all seasons without shelter or protection from tiorms. Il may teem unnecessary in a climate so mild a North Carolina lo provide hams for the spe cial purpose of proteclin stock. ' Facia, loveve, are strong arguments. If a well bred and portly row is brought from any clime and put upon ihe short allowance of Ihe common herd here, it will not be one genera lion before the change conies 011, and in place of a good looking progeny, they have already passed into a thin deteriorated race. The climate of North Carolina, it it true, i by no menus severe, the winter, compared w ith those of Massachusetts and New York, are mild; and yet the severity contributes directly to dwarf the animal. .With good hay and rrmilar feed, shelter would not perhaps he to uecessar) ; still, shelter and a ulHeienry of good tooii are essential to ihe maintenance or a good breed. Eveii ihe ' present breed, properly cared for, would' present "K Unk ing improvement in. a 'tingle generation. Let them, 'therefore, be fed, il will pay coir, p mud interest into 'he pockets of tlie owners. But. Ijiun ns an essential requisite In accom pany such a change, il will require the culti vation of grasses s.nd clovers The nrgu nienls for measures of this character, do not come rol dy from the possession of belter caille and a belter revenue front lheir tpecici of husbandjy. T!tij howcier, taken hy 11. self, is a suflicivni argument for the change I am advocating. Thin change requires, if at tempted, a confinement of the stock in pas tures, yards and stables; the ( fleet will he, that all the fertilizing matter derivable from this source may he saved; it becomes at once manageable, and it would follow from all litis, that the plantation itself should also undergo a material change for Ihe better. How it il with Ihe English feeder of stock f Why limy purchase, at high prices, rattle for fallen nig; and though they may expend upon the carcase a much at it hat cost lliem, end ih.erefoic make nothing when brought 10 Ihe the slaughter house, yet money it mads hy the accumulation of excremetfl. This ren ders the fie'ds green and luxuriant, grows the grain aud adds 10 lite wraith of ihe owner." So 111 tint State, a change of the kind, 1 have attempted to advocate, would. I believe, add greatly to die wealth of individuals and the State. " ' ;", . .. ' ;,. s. I am, iriott- respectfully, ; your servant, E. EMMONS. " ' Smithfiklp, June 7, 1803. To Hit Excellency, David 8. Kkip. Sir: The position which I have taken in regard to the relative value of old and new laud I made ihe subject of an address at Smithlieldon Monday evening. . I elated in the genilcuicu present fliat lands which had been tilled for hall a eertnry were now in aa good a condition to he cultivated Willi at htrgn a profit at at any former lime; that they should by nti meant be regarded ut depreciated in vulue, and Certainly noi to be looked upon at worthless or at lamb) Which should he a bandoned. Probably the common view which hat been heretofore taken of Ihe -old land) has exercised a highly iiijuiiout feeling, one which has diminished the population of ihe Stale, - Besides this ilfcct, ihe view hat operated Injuriously by. Handing at tn objec tion 10 ail atlpinpl al improvement, or at u bar lo fire institution of a better system ol meant for their reclamation, ' I' do not -pre' tend thai lire l.iiitioiss of planters to improve iilo be nitribmed entirely' to llii,-bin it i aitllicietit 10 kuow that il hut had it inllue nee, and Ihat influence it still in oprrjiion. - I linJ, liowcver, very few are willing Id admit that old landt are It valuable' at new; indeed; I fiiii nd there were lhoe pretcul who denied it point blank, . Unless h is true, let the ohjccl or tccJiiutfor the fait that England produce more urendttufle and faltims more cattle upon the'tjmn number bf. acre "of land than elie did o.ie hundred year ag) .' And Jiow, it jt, ilmay .be enquired,., that land which have been Cultivated fof two thousand years are still produciitcl . History it . in favor of ti e (hn-trrne,'" I he ' eapabililiet id toil must re main good; the power to be improved cannot tie lost 11 01111 anu wui remain. 11 is really oneof the es.eati.d,proviion 4if Protideiict to" sustain life .to lliti end, jl it , a prospriitive arrangement by which the coming gcuerelion ll m,U .nil ritoj the f mcf 1 rodii'ltiT. of tht toil and an encouragement to labor.. If we were to admit thai land were rniiiiiiu ally depreciating m fcriditv, that by no well directed labor and cxpeHiiinjre W means the produetivrncM of the soil could lie sustained, it w'mild present n, sad prospect for fi,l,irc ireucruiiotis. I'laiilers and farmer should discard lh idea that whon the origiral ele menu of fertility are '.withdrawn from the soil that - then it is of diiiiinished value and mpst, necessarily fall off continually in productiveness. The. eimirary, at I have in lunaucd, 1 believe In be true., I believe. moreover, thai an intelligent farmer may and can create, a it were, a second couditiuo hop in it, and exhaustion will lead lo Ihe in stitution ft manures which thall tuatain a tvsfecssion if profitable harvest to the end ol time- The doctrine that toils are designed 10 re. tain a permanent basis upon which lo improve, and which shall yield results successful in pro portion to ihe nioant and skill employed, it the only nnewhich it ac,-ordanl In those arrange- menit which prevail every where elae.. I em eeive that this doctrine is the only one nhich can incite ' planter or farmer to 'put forth hit energiet to lliai eztent which thall measure to him ihe capabilities of hi land: 1 do not propose to' attempt tri sustain ' lliit yicw by farther argument at hit time, my purpose in presuming it im this form it answered if I have said enough to eeureil art ettenltve reflection. I ani Sir, moil reepoctfullr yours,' -v t EE.MMO.NS; ' ' ' EvuutrrsnLLE, June 10,7853.' ' Tn Hi Excellency, David S. Kcid ' In my opinion ihere it no' heller criterion by which to judge nf tbe process of a People than hy their efforts in the improvement nf tneir land. I here may be excitement! a ru in from the ditrovet v nf rich mine of met. als, and active speculations in lliem may be going on and great investment! nf capital miy he made, but after al'; ihe prosperity of a Stale depend! upon agriculture; and acces sions lo her population by tilit class, or the institution of measures for improvement of lands already occupied, are-Ihe afel and more certain tes's of antdvanarmeiil In pros perity and wealth. ' Il may not be admilied that the rank which a people hold in civiliz- alion ran he measured by the number nl bush els nf grain it may raisc if it ia not o, il hail much to do with it, for it can uot be doubted iliul thought has been active. In, North (,rohn one - great improvement haa scarcely bee entered apon, but there are those Whonre thoiiglnful upon il this im- frnveinent es.nsistsin provjtont for pasturage, am aatitfied that in 1 In eon rat of a few yean an entire revolution will he effected iu the' mode of raising and keeping gtock; ' The picsenl tyitcm nurses in iit bosom iminortali t'and crime. l;-''a'!.'''i ''.' 1 Here it a population winch it not confined to the outskirts of civilization, but vr hleh i mingled more or lest with the body Jmlilir everywhere, and which i ileslinne of the principle of honesty (and ire. ihercforc, rerMy, when opportunity present," to lute what be. long U Mtiothnr. ' Oallle,, ahe'ep and hngt which ate allowed lo range the forestt have uo security under the present syttem nf pas turago, They are taken and appropriated by the lazy and indolent. The furl id well known, hut such art the circumslancet under wlncli Hiete thcfls are committed; ihat the guilty always escape . detection and punish. uieul, ; I In fact alone' will ultimately lead to the conttruciion nfeiiclusurre. This must lend In a riiutraetion of Uia ranges, 'i'he next step will be lo inrrrase the umoifnl of lood upon the. more limited arena.,, ,'J'he plauicr who ha a proper regard to the moral of ihe neighborhood -cannot well pursue a tysU ni which it to pregnant with evil, and which hold out.! opportunities to commit crimft under cintinYalancnt which defy d. leeiion, ; t is true we should' entertain only a feeble hops of a change, if it could not be 1 shown (hat pasturage is 9 feasible tchonif. and em be ectired by any planter or farmer who own fifty acrct.nf land, or "oven much les than thai, - If a farmer own only fifteen acre it Would be good policy to put one third of it in pasturage by pasturage I mean a provision lo keep Hock during tiiminer, upon the better grasses and not upon ihe wild grasaet and herbage of the foreei. Paslu rag" cannot beteetired In Ihe Smith egcepi' ny special means, unless it he tn Ihe higher and cooler portions nf ihit ' tceihin f ihe Union, . 'Pilhige must precede the formiuion of a pasirtro; it will not grow up of iiclf. The special meant for : ihit obicct are lliesei plowing, tnnnunitfMtnd the $ow'mx of the proper aeeil, , The plowing should lie deep, aud I would recommend a- dressing of li$nt, man pr ?Hnno prior lo plowing!" -. I he lor. roaf should he well laid, and ihe urfcn will be greatly, improved by lite roller; indeed, it ! often a rerv essrotisl nueralinri in order to secure ihe germinalina of wed.--, The I"- ! miring ifiould consist of a rnnibmation of (he iwo mmles prevalent among farmer, vizf III owing ol a crop of buck wliral, or etiver nr ihe purpose iifplou ingit in when in blossom, and the free Use of compost of marl r lint). nd peat, or any organic matter which ran he ohtaiiied frnin ihe plunlafinn. , 'I'he green Top rlioiild be Well plowed in anil covered, anil remain lienor three week. ..The tnrfa'ce it then ready to receive a dressing nf manure ;md lite iuixed grass teed consisting of or. rliardl gr.if " Timothy,- red lop, . Kentucky blue gnu. nnd clover. ; 'I'he roller should be applied after Ihe.seeif are lighdy iliagged in. It may he proper to remark thai neiiher grass nor clover ccd admit of liciug.huricd deeply. This plan may a objected . lo from ilt rx. pensc;, hut w hen couirastitd with t)C jirescji tyslein, il it not only a lock saving tclieme,, hut it it a part of die only scheme by winch slock can he imprrtl, ,- A plainer may pur. clinte It .fliu k of ihe jet, l)liilain, Devon, iyreshiror, Jerey cowt and ,lurn them upon hia' rmge, howevetgoo'l : it,may fcef, and in tes than iina year ihe flock will have, lost iis fnhiceven if he liatuceeeildMtn!laviiig fi h extraofdioary rare hit,nriinal numlicr. I'presl feed it iiicumnaiiblcwith improvement. 1 acknowledge (hat e.iltle of lhee, ran get do acciimulalu romn, lal but under the .prrtett system it it lost in Ihe winter; betide "under ihit system they never Acquire their proper sije. If the system of pnaturago cur take Ihe place of range several change will aure- I) follow, ,: Jst. Beiler hrnl of rttiilo will hev P:,me c. mmon and the email lean kind UiU disappear before them. 2d. L'uriic and j,,iml,i)ntr w ill h improved And adapted In 1 ,u. kind .if stock alurli may be kept, 3rd j I cruliz-r- will l grrade 0 rJ id wub tlirm ihe mean for lite belter Improvement nf the pl inlalion; llie fcriilizr-; si can ihrn be tired. "4ih. I'lnuistion which are exec. -live in size will he diminished; it will hd aeen that twenty acre f e,irn will produce -more than forty imperfecily cultivated, aml wilh les coal. 'Slock kepi hy pasturage in uttimcr and folded1 and foddered in winter upon hay In part,nake It psihlc--ia farl ' easy, lo secure all the fertilizing matter whieH may be produced. The want ol pasturage in North Carolina M one of the great defect' '. 111 lie htfb"ardry. ''.' ; " ' .'" , ' 1 1111 tir, a osl lespecifui'y. vour. - . '- . E. EUMO.NS; ' ' TT 'HIE "CMQl E.'' " When the Whig priy TiutT a candidate for '. Governor, whose residence happened to be 111 ihe e'nv of Raleigh,' the Standard very 11'ilu! ly, am) perllapt vefy tuccetafully, laboreil to excite prejudice against him by aoci,umg . bit lame wiih what it wat pleised in Ue nominate "th Raleigh 'Clique.' Il to hap petit that the Staudntd itself has fallen Into t ie pit which ii ditg lor the Whig candidate. In the late eonte.1 lor Congrre in Ihis dis- -trict, Mr. Venahlo, Il teems, in repelling the attacka of the Standard, Very naturally con. eluded that the editor had tome aider and a bettor about Raleigh, and, arrordingdy rave ihsin a full ehare of hi denunciation. . Thl -era repdrted la the Siinilard; .jM that print f.-ndsouta taoet dolorou eomplaini. iltar how feelingly heijieakt on the tuhjecis . 'Mr. V enablej e learn, indulged during . the late campaign In strong denunciations id what he wat pleased 10 tiyle the 'K.iletgK ' Clique.' . Thi talk aborlt Utaleigh Clique:' " it only or tffttt anil le nnwnrthy of those' who wish well to Ihe Democratic rante.'' 1 -.You arc fairly caughi Mr. Suttid.nl. Up1. on ihe teetidlony nf Mr. enable, Ihere it a "K ilcigh Cliiue." bulil belongs in the Dem.' ocralie party 1 and your, cry of."Cliqne." "Clique, heretofore, may be accounted for on Ute principle set forth in the couplet . i Tklt laief," (4 rs.'ala wv. 'i. ''. p.i ' t kid. their baai. ud inlajar." - But there) is aaid tn have been I le.iliire iit lb late contet, which, was known lo bul few ' the "Clique and a fevr ' other. '' Il hii . heed talked aboiil, we understand, in Demo- ' ' cralic circle, and we auppoe, therefore, Ihat there it Inith iq if. It is ihii : lliat the oppo- . silioil, ! Mr, Venahle by. the Raleigh . Clique," was gotten up by a distinguished as piriutio the Presidency, to pay Mr. Jof4 hi opposition ui him, in the Ballimorr (hm venlion ! ' If thi , be true, t.lhe Democraiirj y, parly ol the Dislrjcl have acted wisely 111 -refining to submit to the h'niilrol and diclaiiou -.1 of the clique" through ihe Standard. - , , yllilh. litcthln: ' . - ' '' it. ' '" " 1 ''." , That oulrageou Pierce organ, llie New ; York Herald, ia again down uport our Vir- giuil abstractionists. "' How are (he mighty fallen ! i lie tlcaceiiuantf nl Mariut and Ihe. Gracchi, of llie Calos, the Bruteaet, and ihe .lulii, made the ttibject of ridicule , and con tempt by a New J'highiml pedlar t ; There' ' are great many dp and downs in this world:! bul this is one of lliem, we are certain, tint wa never dfeampt of ia ihit lutiiiidr.' - s , ' Listen to this iinpiid:U Pierce orgjn r , . ; - ',it u itcx the cunsttiutional kink am erolchel out of the heads' of our theorizing V xr ginians and all aensible men will rejoice with exceeding great joy, , It will be a mighty eon. in in in a lion for will Virginia reduced to skirl and hone Upon the liuskt and draw nf enn itiluiionwl abairactiona, while, the (u'b'stanlial element ot Mbit right have been appropri- , led by lief neighbor. - The Pacific railroad offers t! lair invitation to the lidr-wa'ie hide bound politician lo coitfe' dovfit from hi high horse, and ire what the earth it niade of. Him if lie declinea, he mutt clear tlie track . ' and Irt ihe locomotive past.' . ' . ' f- ' "While reaching for the eo'nifrterc of Alia . he that tut, to dialler upon windy abatrae- -dont mutt be .run da n. I'he chameleon may gel fat uuonaliriosiiheria air, but the louo- ' motive It a ililTcreut sort rrf limnntl. lit is" a matter-of fact lalamander, and luxuriate tip- on hot coalt and boiling water. 4 But clear the track for Inn, give Inm a inltd lorfttng ol iron, and lie trill work ' like' 'f itan. ' He is trouger than a Inhidred elephant, and Heeler' . , than ihe wild horse of the desert. Uul he ealli for money,' and land, and active enter- . prise, - Abstraction will never do for Inm, But ihe I'ac'irte Ifailroad, it fnufh he built, Codgree'i most prepare the way 'The eoit stittiiinii it alt right, lb administration ia on . the track the people wsfil the- road and the Wtirk must he done, .We predict that llie old ' school off Yirgmia niisinfclioTtisi will be run out or down bit the f'acifie railroad, - Il will ' snort be broad day-light, even in the Dismal Swamp, the lust rehire ol Die political Jack , (lantern 4 , . ., " 'Whoni.il nlglil lone ty bis in tj Umf - llpaddl.t luswbil. oLae. - . 1'hs administration I on (he track. "Look uul for the lo'cuiiiotive when the bull ring. All aboard., ; ., . . Tie Crirrt I'ALAtt Hilt it PayX Sorti ) of lh New York paer are discussing dit qiestion whether the Urytlal Palace will pay as a speculation. Oneof ihem found an opinion1 adverse, to in pecuniar profit, on ' .1. t il 1 I- - T , . ' ine ioiiowiiij gruunua, wuicn may or ma-1101 be eorreet : '' ! " ' ' ' ' " - . The ttrucfure cost (500,000, while the cost of keeping ': thing) in order run away with $1,500 per Week tnore. T.ts ceiptt, thus far, have averaged about $8,(100 per week. Should these rerviptt coniinue umil the grant ut ground expire, two years from last May, the slock holders wilt be heated to the follow exbn.it: Cost of l.iiiUinc-, jOO.OCO ; weekly expenset' for 104 - weeks, al $1,0011 per week,' tfifl.bOO; Iwo yeirt tntercat oil liie'. cost (if building, $70,000 1 total outgoes, 2fl,0F0. Income: 101 weeks' receipts, st H.OOO pi'rwtek, 32,0OO , Value Of build' ing al4-x jiiralion of the how, $30,000 whoTfe amount of'Hceipts $882,000 Eroin thi deducrthoeitpeiulilnrev, $738 000, and we have a balance of 1156,00(7 as the net prohli of the exhihitiou; YBm whal righl'have we 19 suppose ('at the reccipil will average any such tuiri as w have fixed tipont I'or llie first ix iiiontlis the receipt may equal not inily $8,ft0(. bdt go beyond it ; hut what, will the succeeding six month dot In all proba hdi'y "dot o'er $3,000 per week. By Decem ber neftt the foreign contributions 'will enm pence leaving fir home, and wiih their de parture w ill go some of the h ading attraction of be rxliihi tin.' Now if the second si month fcav in fLOOfl p-r week, w Sat are we ui -expert 'from lb second ar ! ., Baril "iioujh to py ritrr'ni rtprn f t
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