North Carolina Newspapers

urn IITITllMlltrrm. in Hi il i I Bni I S '-fci limn (ffimnilOT 1 Pil JIW. ip5h ml inntTili ITmTll ? !;. 1313. fttrftorotfjr, &lrom6;i;offiiiy, Vn 'C.:katurtUtU, November 8 1S5I.: 'Yac Turbo ro Press, BY GEORGE HOWARD, Is published weekly at TvvoDollars per year jf ).nl in advance or,Two Dollars anuFiftv Csnts at the expirationof the subscription year Advertise ments not exceeding a square will be ii -ert''! -ii One Dollar tli first.insertion, and 25 Onto for every succeeding one. Longer ones at tint rate per square. Court Orders and Judicial advertisements 25 percent, higher. V'i' 'he Sjufhr.rti itntdaid. WHY DO I LOVE T ?EE? Dearest, would you ask the flowers. Why they love the dew7? . Till they shun its gentle showers My heart must love you. Would you ask the tuneful river, hy it seeks the sea? When its flow shall cease forever, VouMI be naught to me. Nature's beautiful example, 1 to follow please: Tracing thro' her realm most ample, Sweet analogies. When the bee forsakes the blossom, And the lird the air, Seek thine image in my bosom It may not be there. But while ail bright things about me, Love's svvfici tasks pursue Flower and bird and bee would flout me. If I loved not too! Philomeli i.i. .iii'ii rrT' ,0 .w mm From the Fayelteville Carolinian. COTTON PICKING IN EDGE CO M BE Valley of the Pee Dee, 7 October 20. 1851 Dear Sir: In the. North Carolinian of the 17th Oct., and the Observer of the 16th. I notice accounts of extraordinary Cotton picking in the county of Edge- eo.nbe. You call upon the planters of the Pedee to know if they can compete r . -- . 1 -- with their Tar River friends in getting pahannock river, but was universally re out this important article of commerce, garded as being poor in quality, and al As one of them I will answer you. most without the pale ol reclamation. VVhnn Mr F took nossession. the land hw ; nnp,ht. nvnr fn.m bund red pounds, I have not heard of it; and I very much doubt whether Ihcre is one any where who can doit. It occurs to me that a lareenart of what was weigh ed in Edgecombe, was water and trash; for I a m greatly deceived if there is a man or voman in the world who can gither that much cotton, at that season, in ' flight It is true, a hand can pick (rnm i.l(.o l r 1 1" l I in VVPIill kI deal in weight. 'Will CUllUU 91(1 1 IV 3 .1 KWUVt "v.i,... rhiso-vner will start him to the field as soon ns h, M .e n holt, and tell him to pick as long as he can see one, and not mind tr:nh orirettinff all the cotton from the boils But separate the lint and seed 1 ... . " 'torn th trasn. eXDOse ll 10 a wai m sun "'ii iiusu, i- for a day or two, and I imagine the 627 ;gr 11)3. would hardly weigh quite so much It is probable, too, that a fair picker might 'i is prouauie, lOO, inai a :.m picivui mtu WvePfoowed ami-picked from the same j rows largely over a hundred pounds. At what hour did these hands com mence, and when did they quit? It is necessary to know this in order to under stan l what they really did do. About ihe 1st of October a hand ought not to commence picking cotton earlier hun 7 o'clock, (or until the sun has dried the dew,) and should quit soon after sun (Wn Of course he . ought to :rest an l,our at mid-day. This makes about ten ''ir for work. Now the true way to ,et the experlness of a hand, is to let him Pi'k a certain number of hours, directing l)if to pick out all the cotton and gather l)o trash. 4 . 1 concede that Edgecombe is "some" ia the cotton line, as well as in politics; hl,t I fear in this business she has done vm her political opponents used jesting- y ..v sue am in elections when she rolled up her hundreds of democrats has cheated a little. But be this as if may, ii is certainly one of the best counties in the Mate, and I imagine that Anson "and her neighbor Richmond will be compelled to surrender all hope of successful com petition with her in the gathering of even their favorite crop. Very respectfully, SUNSHINE. The enquiries of "Sunshine" are per haps best answered by the writer of the following article, which we also copy from the Carolinian. Ed. Press. ANSON vs. EDGECOMBE. By the following letter in the Observer of Oct 30, it appears that in the matter of cotton picking Edgecombe has been dis tanced by her sister Anson: Anson County, Oct 27, 1S51. Messrs K J. JJale $ Son : Gentle tnen : I noticed some days since, in the Observer and Carolinian, a state ment relative to cotton picking in Edg; combe county, from the Tarburough Press of the 1 1th inst., in which it is staled, that a negro boy. on the farm of Mr. J. L. IIo'uc, picked 543 lbs. of cotton in a day; and that anoiher, on the farm of Mr. Hines. pirked 62? lbs. At the close of the article referring to it, the Pcdee plant ers are called upon to equal, or beat it, if they can. Now as a farmer of Anson, I inform you that four boys, belonging to Mr. Sam- uel Birmingham, picked in one day 2,533 lbs. of cotton. Mr. Birmingham's nlan tation lies on Savannah Creek, which empties into the Pedte. Your ob't servant, JAMES S WHITE. AG RICH i TUKAL IMPROVEMENT. It gives us pleasure to cite from the Frctlenckbui j ( Va ) Herald ihe following interesting account of per io js nio.sl remarkable success in experimch'a! iarm ing yet attained in Virginia: "Sherwood Forest" Stafford County. A striking exemplification is manifest- ed in this tine estate ot the result ol .n- dustry and good judgment. Y c here. nave a iar.ii wmcn was once aimosi worm - less, now reclaimed, and productive in t!ie0f lQ r0nven!iunalitics 5fso(?tLi v highest degree. J his estate came tnlo the possession ol,a newspaper in his housev Mr. Henry Fitzhugh, a few jcars ago,i Every man ought to have honesty e and consists of some nine hundred acres. n0ugh to pay the printer. It is located along the borders o! the nap-j under cultivation yielded less than fi ve bushels of wheal to the acre. Believing ; that the farm was susceptible of improve-' ment, and possessing an indomitable en-. ergy, which is commendable in the high est degree, Mr. F. went to work with a Tjurnoc After acnuaintine himself with Ihe soils 1 . . . . . on his farm, Mr b. adopted the I'amun- . . t i.. . .r key or live hdd method oi cultivating me land. Ilavinga strong nenei in me cm- - n ry cacy of Jeep .lou(...s. the suo-soii sys- lem was adopte.l, and the results are such as almost to staler human crecunuy. t..i'A Ihere has iiever otrn a nuuiu. u. on the tarm, ana me on.y uumput ucu u. .nnliontion of lime: and after . . i i . . .1 hjs rr - - - . , , i. o nncv pi'nn oi cmver. duiue - ing the sod under. ll,e auopuon o. ' t i - i i i : " sub-soil mode of cultivating the land, is OU to tr. F; alir,ut . enlire cost for manure has not averaged a cost of ovor $300 in any given year. .,r. c. nnr, fitrA h.ishpl nf 'm nm hP ,rmvn. there was rais- fnrtir hushels. and we en last )fi-i v.t , are assured that ihe average crop, this year, of the land under cultivalion, was over forty bushels to the acre! Although this was the average, yet there was a por tion of the land that yielded much larger, in such a quantity as almost to appear in credible. About fifteen acres of the land produced eighty-six hushels to the acre! The entire crop this, season, of wheat, was rising six thousand bushels! The corn crop was on some ot the poor .st land: arid it is known the season was detrimental to the growth of this gram. Vet with all the disadvantages, Mr. P. av- gcd eight barrels, or 40 nusncis w mC era acre, and he feels confident that in 1852 wiui a lair season, he will double in quan tity his present corn crop! His entire crop of corn will be about five thousand bushels. Fifty bushels of Muffin's purple straw wheat was sowed, producing eleven hundred bushels. Twenty three bushels of Crate wheat was put in, which yielded seven hundred bushels. As an evidence of the method pursued, we may state, that in connection with a nother gentleman, Mr. F has a standing order in New York, for one tierce of seed wheat from the Baltic, each year. The general arrangement of the farm is excellent Fine large shelters are provid ed for slock a well of excellent water is in the barn yard a pen for agricultural implements each field provided with gates fencing in fine order, and all those externals which add in appearance, com fort, and advantage to a lame tract of v - 7- land. The farm occupies a decidedly pretty situation, tunning from ihe pines in the rear, with a graceful slope, down to the waters of the Rappahannock. The man inci Ihe sion overlooks the entire tract, and occu pies an elevation which render it capable of being made a charming spot. It is al ready sunounded by handsome ornamen tal trees, the walks gravelled, and partial ly environed with clusters of sweet-' I Art t I We trust the example of Mr. Fitz j ..uKu m-j uc ,,uuu..y louuweu, and we; shall soon have many handsome anil l)ro duclive farms rising up from whetc there! is nothing now save a w ilderness of pines, j hank9 dishonest monopolies, or in bc covermg the nakedness of ihe soil. Lowing upon any class privileges w hich ' 7 ( w things that every man ought to hare. Every man ought to have a! wife and the means to support her and all concomitants. Every man ought, to have business of his own to keep him employed without meddling with that of others. Every mauthil'bas business ouaht to advertise it, and if he has none he oudit to advertise for some. Every man ought to have better sense t)a!1 lo undertake to keep up with the' fjsi,0ns Every man ought to have independence! , Cnouirh lo reuder himsclf useful, in suite Every man ought to have 4 Bible and Mountain Banner. From the Nbrjolfc News. Brotherhood oj the Union Preamble and Resolution, adopted by the Su preme Circle of the Brotherhood of the Union, at its Second Annual Convoca tion, Philadelphia, Oct. 7, 1S51. The Brotherhood of the Union is an in "- nniti i ,j v. vation of Labor, the harmonious associa- ... - ri -i i ii, r..i non 01 iuuui aim v.uFmui, u.u i-hl-.u. Mnnnirriniv'il inti rf ti, tvnrlrl If !o - -, .... . ......... i- ' " . "'.. . T" rT I " " ; , - no part ... sec.anan. poht.eal or seenonn . rtnnffl it pnmnrisps in us PirrlP. mpn n ""a',ha h ' ,;nI(eil . - - .., - . Progress of our common Humanity. So. hands in uromernona, 10 aiu inc peaceiui. ... fn rjC nrpthnd of its nrrrnni7.nl ion is 1Jl n i i i : nnnnprniui. nir i n hi uri iiiiuu i ,f t if r: i, ' iT". : " Z.;!." . " , .kM' Boo,h- A,,as ,,rd,ey- VILlCI. IJUI I IJ 1 1 1 I IJ . I 1 1 til clIO V Jbll l VJ iiivi vv,u i 1 nf An- nnd it pvpIiwIps nn tnip mm ; r,? jifoliL It form of eovernmeol from its fold. Its form of government s in-First, Ihe Circle composed consists of ten or more true men; Second, 1 1 - Grand Circle, composed of the Reprcsen- tatives of subordinate Circles, and holding juiisdiction over a particular State or Ter ritory; and Third, the Supreme Circle, composed of Representatives of the entire Order, and holding a jurisdiction over all the Circles throughout the Continent cf America. Planting its foundation upon the Right of every human creature to life, liberty, land, and home to the means of temporal progress as well as of spiritual development the Brotherhood does work, with all its soul, in its every Circle and by its every member, for the' perfect fulfillment of that Right And firmly believing in this Right and its perfect Ful fill ment, the Supreme Circle of the Broth; erhood, assembled in Annual Convocation, squares. A more, interesting exhibition at Philadelphia, Oct. 7 ,T 85 1, for" itself and has rarely been witnessed in Phil uielphia. for the Brotherhood which it represents, The orator of the day was Joseph- R. does unanimously adopt the following res- Chandler. Esq. The appe.irar.ee. ot the olutions: ; orphans, numbering upwards of 300, was Resolved, That, regarding the degrada- ln,,y a beautiful sight. There wCr six lion of Labor, whether manifested in the of the finest military.-; bands of the uty in form of Wages, Slavery, Land Monopoly, procession, averaging at least fifteen per or Mathine Monopoly, as the great Evil formers each. Mams Sentinel which tramples into dust the holiest Rights 1 " of humanity, we do earnestly beseech ft Handsome Bequest. The Pittsburg our countrymen louse their most strenn- Journal says the will of the bte Dr. Hart ou3 efforts by pen, by speech, and by all ford, was proved in the Orphans' ourt on honorable means to st3y the progress of , Friday, by which he bequeathed his en this enormous wron. tire real estate, valued at from thirtv to Resolved, That Land Monopoly has forty thousand dollars, to the Allegheny desolated the Old World, and been thejOrphans' Asylum. cause of mote misery than war, pestilence or famine, so it is ihe duly of all men who love their country, to resist, by every means in their power, the perpetuation oflgreat house of lacob Little Co. is the this evil, within th3 circumference of the American Union. Resolved, That the American Congress has no right to sell the Public Lands, save in limited Quantities to actual settlers. man-lnni.( k.. i f r.,u IUIIIU u y (lie UIUVU Ullll IUII J 1 UIJI lain- ers, for the good of all future generations, these lands are held in trust by our Gov ernment for the benefit of the millions of ihe present and all future, time. To sell the public lands to grasping speculators, in immense quantities, is an act unworthy of any government claiming to be called Ropuhlican: csoiVCli. That one of the most fruitful ! causes of misery is found in special legis lalion whether in the creation of corrupt ! virtually nullifv the rights of nine-tenths of Ihe community. Resolved, That regarding the Ameri 'can continent as the promised land of down-trodden humanity, as the future homestfad. i.n ev(ry rood of its soil, of :. freemen dwelling in their own homes, on ; their own land, weaNo regard the Ameri- can Union as a sv mho I of t his truth, and have tor disuuionists. however named or styled, no feeling but sincere compassion fur their miserable error Resolved, That a copy of these rcsolu ! lions, signed by the S V andS. II . on behalf of the Officers. and Brothers of the Supreme Circle, he published; and that al j papers friendly to the cause in which we I are engaged, be requested to transfer these resolutions to their columns. Signed, (on behalf of Supreme Circle, George Lippaiw, S. VV. ' E. W. C. Greenk.S R There are some 1,100 ladies at the Woman's Rights Convention, at Worces ter, Mass., with some Bloomers. j3The Independent Order of Odd Fellows In the U. S. report the following as to their numbers and finances on .Inly 1,1851: Lodges, 2,633; members, 1S0. 376; initiations the past year, 30v,920; rev enue, $l,30y.973; appropriated for relief, ' ,ojo. I eacUonThe shi Constitution, which sailed from New York for Liver-I pool on Tuesday, is said to have taken P. Iiun(l.ed an(, twcntv.nine ,rish " ; im.grants, who were not sat.sfied w.thi America, and desirous to return to the r A own country. J3 Villain loose A scamp named 1 " ' " " r m. . . ... m - . , It' a. II or 1 iv in nnP PsoinPi rnm in1 tf P nt Kiinolrk 1 J f?eW yor't, w'l t0 Cincionali and stole fc wM tQ Im)iana and j Methodjst pl.eacher; rode circuit in La- i I ' . . grange; weni to stealing norses again, inc.. stole a man s wile in Clarke county oi that State, and is now in Louisville, en - joying his booty. Jzh gyr he remains of Slephen Girard . who left with boots and money paid him. were re interred on Tuesday last, in their A short time after his departure, the final resting place near Philadelphia, at the neighbor calls and telU the store keeper Girard College for Orphans, reared by his that the fifty dollar bill is a counterfeit, beneficence. .There Was on the occasion Consequently he reimburses 'he neighbor a most brilliant exhibition, under the di fifty dollars The purchaser of the hoots rection of the Masons, of which body having absconded with the boots and good ir. Girard was a member. The number money 'paid him, the store keeper iswilh of Masons in the- procession was about out resource. ISOO, and the Mayor and Council of the What is the loss of the store-keeper al City. with all the public officers and citi- lowing six dollars for the Tftluo of the zens, swelled the line to the length of ten boots? Netj York, Oct 24. Heavy Failure.- The failure of the great topic " of conversation to-day. and some additional failures to those that oc curred yesterday are expected. The pro bability is that this great firm will effect a compromise of their liabilities that will enable it to resume operations in a day or two. It is said that the losses incurred by the firm have been recently enormous ly large, particularly in Delaware and Hudson River Railroad stock, w hich has depreciated 40 pjer cent, in the last year. rhe contracts of the firm todelher is said to be but little sliort of S3, 000,000. Singular Test of insanity Strong efforts are beingmade by the friends of Capt. Windsor, wdio was condemned in Delaware to be executed for the murder of his wife, on the 17th inst., to procure a pardon from Gov. Ross, or a respite of sentence; and, as one reason for invoking the Executive clemency, a letter from P. A Brow-ne, of Philadelphia, has been ad dressed to the Governor, setting forh a new and certain test for insanity, and by which he declares Capt. Windsor to be laboring under mental dis-ease. Mf. Browne says: "A gentleman of great respectability of vour State sent me a look of iV.) Wind sot'srmr. with' a request tliat'l would ex amine ir by my new lest of insanity that I have discovered; and, having done so I am well persuaded that he is laboring un der that disease. 4I am willing, jf required, to explain to your Excellency ihe reasons upon which I have come to that conclusion. " Sending Letters by Telegraph It is stated that a gentleman in Newport (Ky.) is perfecting an application of electricity for propelling a box containing letters o ver wires, from place to place," on the tel egraphic principle. The experiment ov er wires of 600 yards in length, has. it is said, worked to a charm In noticing this statement, the Boston Transcript savs: We learn that parties in, this city have been for some time past experimenting for the same end with a good prospect of (success and that the project has been thought plausible by some of Ihe most practical men, ivho have contributed lib- practical men, who have conttibut erally towards its accomplishment. Southern Press. 'EBusiness Transaction -The fol- ! i,..: old one. hi it - -"- i r- . ... t was recent v introcjucea 10 a nozen inui- ' viduals none of whom answered it cor- ' rectv.The amount of Joss awarded to the storekeeper has been variously esti- . i . . I : t. : 1 niaieu i""..uh.r '" n"'3 :f0. including the boots, ami other lea- , ' A sums, l he proposition is IIIHll wcill 1 11 1 J ! ruuc s.uit; diiu liui c,aset a pa,r 0f boots for six dollars, and Jn payment offered a fifty dollar bill. The : store.keeper, not having change, went to a neighbor who changed it for him. The store-ljeep .;r settleil with his customer.