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- r r - 1 T r . T 4 : Si - '' . , EES ' - DHrA? -AND COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. TUESDAY, . BY JOEL H.MUSE & DANIEL DAVIES, i f .1 V' SD.tbfiS AXD PROPRIETORS. ' ' For the Weekly ....S2, In advance; UmiM it Ki i Months.. V :S3 oo 14 Hates of Advertising : ; t)ae 4tx. flrBt Inaerton 50 cents. . ' 25 f 100 " 2 00 ' " 1 tXXT. ....$ s oo .... 14 00 .... 20 00 .... 25 O "-J I , second d. ...... -! I one monlti ... . ! j two months...... j . 8 Dae squ&rc U ndJ-. 3 00 " Two sqnaret. 5 00.... 6 MOUTHS. ..$5 00 ... ..8 00 .. .. 12 00 ... fThree squares Four square 9 oo 15 00 hjAdvertfscm.nUllnsi.rted Sperfal or Bihop- Notice UrTcbusod oocrttir more than .the isove -e banded in they will be insert mi IfSfand charged 50 cents for the first insertion and 25 cts. for each continuance . - ; liberal discount to yearly advertiacrs. toTgX:oung townsman desirous . TO BE A FARMER. If you would be' a farmed, know All other crafts you must forego. And have sufficient skill and pelf, And oversee the work yourself, i Tig not enough to buy the land, 'N And take the tools by sUrts in hand, ' th work to other men, And only see them, now and then, But 'early rise and always say, Come on my lads, this is the way ! And have a help who will not say I cannot reap or work at hay ; But good to work when orit or in, r And finish what she does begin- With such a help your hduse will be ' A pattern, sure, of industry. , . i Tjs then good fare will not,.be lost, But always mind to count the cost ; For if your fare exceeds your purse, ji You bring ujon your house a curse y ( " it. yo, mind for nicknacks have no itching, x I But strivt to' have a well-stored kitchen, h With dairy clean and cellar dry, " That you may sell and never buy j The produce of the well-tiU'd ground, f Where all things needed do aTxiund, ! tf you would now begin 'aright, j: Have bouse arid bam both dry and tight, Writh carts and tools both good and sound, And plough not left upon the ground, U For out of place and out;of time . -I ' Will never suit, in this my ryhme. Book knowledge is not very good,, ii Unless by use 'tis understood, i "i But be yourself a living book, , i Wherein your help may always lank. Be sure to have your feriee compIete t With ot.and posts both tight and neat ; I For if yaujr cattle find the way . j To break your fence, they'll go astray, i While others breaking frdm without, I ; They'll spoil your crops without a doubt; l ? If you should chance to have a wish fi. To shoot a bird or catch fish, ! . Beware and never let it be, L -A check to your own industry: I . . Although all work and never play Made Jack a dolt, so people say; But let the play and work succeed,: And soon youfrknow what's meant by ned: -But all I've said, or ten times more, Would be a stubble on the shore. Unless you soek, nor seek in vain, But ask in faith tiltyou obtain The blessings Go'd lErough Christ has given, To guide on earthy and draw to heaven. (Uir'uitiari Visitor T ! clay. CARDS. T. L. HALL, FORMERLY PROPRIETOR rtF TITR GASTON HOUSE, NEWBERN, N.C., 1NOW AT Tilfl jWESTfcR HOTEL, ; CCURTLANDT ST. (NEAR BROADWAY), jVhcrerke will be pleased to see Southerners in gene- - ' ral who visit th city. I-wly i JAMES ft. AVER ITT, ATTORNEY AXD COUNSELLOR AT LAW, j: I NE WBERX, A. 6' , jWiLL attekd the Cocrts of Craven, Jo es and O'n- iow, jina win promptly axiena xo an ousmess en ! trusted to bis care. 27-ly j T. J. HUGIIKS, DEADER IN NA VAT. STORES. COMMISSION MERCHANT IN FORK, BAC0NT, LARD AND SUGAR ; Comer East Front and South Front streets, S ' AS!) j NKWBER5, N. C, 4V. B. The Trads supplied at a discount. 3 tf WM. H. 0MVER &Ca, ' COMMISSION MERCHANTS, : j DEALERS IN EVEUY VARIETY OF AGRICULTURAL Casliugs, IMPLEMENTS, Fertilizers, I LIME, CALCINED PLASTER, CMENT MARBLE DUST, IRON and STEEL, IRON AXLES and SPRINGS. India Rubber and Leather Bapdinsr, I Tlubber and Hemp Packing, Lace Leather. Ki vets and ; ' Burrs, Hardware, Nails, tcr ; Particular attention given to the sale of Produce, 2-2x0 also to yRtxexufig and Fbncardirtg Goods. (HART & BROTHER, Till. Shlfit Irnn and tnnniw VhrAw J -w -mmm r V JJF A m J ; AND DEALER IS Stoves and Japanned Ware, Corner of Br&id and Middle xtreeta. ! t (One door South of the Court-house ; 3-tf j NEWBERN, N.C. GEORGE ALLEN, DEALER IN FANCY AND STAPLE j Dny goods, Hoots, Shoes and Cfaitcrs, Hats, iSsc, .o.., NEWBERN, X.C. Bauks's Candy Manufactory : I 'MQi -B)liEiRiY9 - M Pfl f . n ' T.' c td r r t vi uiwuijiamcu vrmi me money prompiiy i executed. J-2t ' ' J. S. BANKS. Agent: j JOXATII AIV W II A LEY, CLOCK AND WATCH MAKER; JLBBl-S COSTAJSTLY OX If aSD AN KICELLEjfY AS-OHTMEXT OP j WATCHES, CLOCKS, 1 i And Jef?ely of all khids tAU Work done at the shortest notieei and in j vforkmatilike manner. I J. WHALEY, (Sign of the Watch), Craven sf'.,Ntvbfm j j WILLIAM I1AV, HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL h Painter and Gilder, MIDDLE STREET, ! (two doobs below POLLOK street), j I NEWBERN, N.C. MILLINERY CARD Mrs IV EY and Mrs. MISSILLIRR Am sow pesisq an elegant assortment of Sf rtxg iilusebt, to which they mvi e the attention rFtheii friends In itown and countrT. Bleaching and Trim ming done in good style and at short notice. Dressing in ail its branches. Cutting and fit tinjr by measurement: a29-tf v - LZ3;- WW 'W- m. STTGTW- I t? l .IT (r Q DEVOTED TO POLITICS, - : JOEL II. MU8 K DAVIES, Vol. I. THE HISTORY OF THE DEMOCRATIC ' ' . ' PARTY. trThose who are attached to the democratic party may well feel a warm glow of pride and satisfaction when they look back to the glo rious history of that organization which; commencing its career with the existence of our government, has ddministejed, it so tri umphantly and brilliantly, with but brief in tervals, ever since. There are but few things which inspire more pleasurable emotions than happy memories of the past ; and that or ganization or association which has ah hon orable history appeals most strongly to the confidence and ieelings of men. The annals of 'our country, for the last sixty or seventy years, are thickly strewed with the story of the continued and repeated triumphs of the derrtocratic p'afty, and of its illustrious repre sentative men, over trie opposition which his been arrayed against it in so many forms and phases. The sympathies of youth; and of all vvno admire greatness: and gltfry, jcannot but bejnHstecT ihitvor of that party 'which has given to the najoriten or eleven of its fifteen presidents ; which has persistently shaped its nationLpdlicy,; whibh has originated and carried every great measure tha"t hais tended to .the aggrandizement and honor of the cottri- try ; which has. always been lnteiisely patri otic and American in its feeling i j which has never once -striick 'the flag of its organization, but which has successfully beaten and over whelmed half a dozen different "parties and combinations that have been arrayed against .it, land which his, ov6r and bver again, been endorsed as the only party that was fit to rule and shape the destinies of America .When it commenced its remarkable career of jtrrairiph-, the Union consisted of bjut thirteen states, and, under its auspices, j against a tremendous opposition, nineteen hew states have been added to its national constellation. It acquired an empire from France and an other from Mexico; it brought a separate re public (Texas) into the Union ; won the gold en; soil of California, and, by these immense acquisitions, it made our boundary extend from one great ocean of the world to the other for the Atlantic washes its eastern and the Pacific its western shore. It looks forward to the time when Cuba, the queen bf the An tilles and the gem of the Gulf of Mexico shall be added to csur brilliant coronet, jand wlien mauifest destiny' shall 6arry Arrierican in stitutions and the American flag into realms that at present lie, far beyond our political vi- sion. rio oxner political organization mat was ever formed in this Union is calculated to in spire these feelings, but, on the contrary, they call up reminiscences that we would fain ban ish forever from our recollection. ' In the com mencement of our history, the Federal party was the great oppenent of the Democracy. At its head we're many of the illirstrious patriots of the revolution. It cc'rrtaiiied a large amount of private respectability and public virtue; and at first it here off the laurels of success from its great antagonist. . But, alas ! follies and treasons scon dark encd'its escutcheon ; its high handed proceedings, under the administration of John Adam's, in 1798, and its want of pa triotism and its British proclivities during the war of 1812 ; its malignant violence against its country in that struggle, finished I its carder, and ever since the name of ' federalist,' in a political: sense, has been considered; to be op prrobiousT Next came the ' national republi cans,' a' high-sounding designation, but its career was ephemeral and britf, and is asso ciated in our mind with exploded! and erro neous ideas of government, whose history it is unpleasant to recall, since they are only redo lent of defeat. Then came the anti-masen crusade, which, for a while, in sorrle sections of the country, was very popular, sweeping everything before it, and threatening that venerable jand illus trious society with ruin, as well as; the time honored democratic party,- against whom it was politically arrayed. But the tornado soon spent its force j those who had been large ly governed by impulse and feeling In s'upport of it became sensible that' their feaTs of Ma sonry were but a phantom, conjured; up by de signing political demagogues and knaves for their oAvn benefit, and in a few jyears the crusade was dismissed as a' most ridiculous and ill-advised political movement, v It's successor in the political field was the Whig organiza tion that name having been chose because it was identified with illustrious revolutionary memories, and, therefore, likely to be popular. rori twenty years it struggled hard aga.nst the Democracy. It was led by rrrerrof geriius and talent it was powerful m numbers, but - ir i i i v V . it uccompusneu noming. as, its; measures were behind the progressive spirit of the age, and were lacking in genuine American teeling, the masses felt that it could never be entrusted with the direction of the government. When its great leaders were laid in their graves, it wa3 disbanded by its adherents as a failure, as they hastened to connect themselves with other organizations. . With the career 'of 'the two parties which rose upon its ruin", the so called ' American' and 'Republican,' our read ers are familiar, and we think aU will agree that they have conferred no glory upon the country and reflected' no mstre updh their or ganizations. Defeat and disaster hare thus far attended them; althbilgfi in: their infancy, they aro characterized by the dotage of age, and it requires no sneer to predict! that in a short time they will follow their successors to ihe tomb of an unregretted past, -and that a new organization will take their places to confront and to be subdued in turn by the (Democracy.' ' jU .,. ; Amid all these mutations and changes the latter have pnreerved unbroken their organi 1 13 COMMERCE, DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN NEWS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION, ETC. -.ir-r- -- -."Lr, . .l.- . : , , 1 ; . - "OOMMERCE NEWBERN, TUESDAY; AUGUST 16, 1858. Nation arid principles They have seen, succes sively the fall of ' Federal f National, 'Re publican,' Antimasonic,, Whig and they are about to witness the complete collapse of their Republican American opponents. Their flag, wnich was first given to the breeze by Jeffer son, ahd which' was carried through his ad ministration and that of Madison and Monroe -a long period of twenty-four years and which was teraporarilyjowered by the younger Adams, was again taken up ' td win fresh victories,. by the hero and patriot Jackson which has acquired uew and recent glories by Van Bureu, Tyler, Polk, Pierce and BucMnah, our later chief magistrates -stili waves in triumph over the national halls in Washington. With the exception of the brief and inglorious administration of John &. Adams, the ephe meral reign of Hajriapfi and the weak Taylor Fillmore dynalty, the Democ racy have been in j power uninterrupted iuce 1801. So long a tenure Bpf popular favor, in a' republican coun try, extended to' i?ie organisation,, is most re markable, and Conclusively proves that t its administration musf' have been signally suc cessful and saljsfactory in every respect, aud reflects the highest honor uponiL'By the past we judge of the futttfe, and Its adherents have a right to expect 'the confidence of the men of the present time by pointing to what it has alreadyjlorwrfor the glory and prosperity of the country: Like a glorious oldtree, which has withstooa' tne storma- of 'centuries, and which continues to plant its roots deeper and deeper in the artrf, arid become hiore firmly fixed by the lapse "of 'time, so the'Ddmocracy, by its long ahd prosperous reign, have gained in the public confidence, .and are now more impregnable to assault-Irian ever in their past history. Citi. Enquirer 1S60. The campaign is already in full blast, and there will be no diminution of the excitement until about the 6 th of November, 1&G0, when the telegraph wires will tell the whole story. These never-eiiding and, always-beginning po litical agitations must be partly attributed to the practice of the Presidential candidates of late years making declarations of an irrevoca ble purpose, to retire at the end of a single brief term of service and partly, at the pres ent time, from an apprenensiou mat me con test is to be strictly a sectional one, which may involve serious consequences to the Union. So long as there exists any well-fotthded doubts in regard to the permanency of the Union of the States, of course there must be a detri mental restraint imposed upon various business of enterprise. The capitalist looks both to the safety and permanency of his investments ; ahd in a disruption of the Confederacy, any one can foresee a disastrous depreciation in almost every description of values. The me chanic, the farmer,- the merchant, the manu facturer, the importer -indeed all trades and professions would be rriofe or less affected. But why should the contest be a sectional one ? Why should not every citizen sit down and read Washington's' Farewell Address from beginning to end, and then resolve that it shall not be a battle of the sections ? Noth ing would be easier-certaiuly nothing could be more patriotic. Asa Democrat, we invite the-co-operation of Republicans, Americans, foreigners and natives we care not what party they may have belonged to, so they will unite with us heredfter in preserving the Union, and in defending the constitutional rights and equality of all sections and of every citizen. Why should not the Republicans of New England do this 2 They have only to say, what their representatives said in Con gress, that any new State may-be admitted, with or without slavery, as its own inhabit ants shall determine. The South will not in sist on having slaves in a new State, if the inhabitants will not own th em . A nd the N orth ought not to demand the confiscation or ex pulsion of such property if the people of a new State desires to possess it. If it be dis pleasing to a farmer from the North, in a new State," to see negroes plowing' air adjoining field, belonging to his neighbor,- does not thb same contaminatiorf eist.in the free States, where colored laborers may be sren in every field ? A negro is a negro anywhere, and nowhere is he elevated to the level of the white man. 'I hen why should not the Republicans of New England abandon1 sectional leaders and go for the Union ? Why not belong to a Na tional Party, and enjoy a just and proportion ate share of the "Federal patronage? Why eialt Ht few demagogue's, withefut merit or adequate qualifications, to prominent positions, and exclude themselves from office f Would a sectional triumph realize them Federal ap pointments ? What did Washington say ? How many golden eggs were obtained by killing the prolific goose ? A sectional triumph would be a r ederal death i-JrhiL South. Mon. A Step it the Right Direction. A Correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, writing irom Salisbury, N. U., says : As an item of news I wrjte to mention thnt a Northern gentleman engaged in business" in this place, has just retumedf fro'rn Saratoga. New York, arid reports but a single South erner at the place: lie further reports our Northern friends- as rather disturbed at this absence of many of their best customers. - - As I came over the railroad an immense flood of travelers Were oh" their Way to the Virginia Springs. I hope this straw shows that the wind is setting for a steady blow in the right direction.'; I Savannah, August 4. To-day the first bale of new cotton this season arrived at the i Savannah market. It comes from Florida. VSR"'"1 4."5t"; IS INC." i Mew Gold Digrgius. There being considerable eicitement at present about the newly-discovered mines, and likely to be more, the fol lowing articles will giye some interest ing1 information about the locality. WHEEE IS FEAZER'S RIVER ? The recent discoveries of gold on Fra zerl's River will lead riiany to examine their maps in vain for the purpose of find iug the precise locality of the now im portant stream. ; Frazer's Kiver empties into the Gulf tif eotgiapa branch of Puget's Sound, a fet. miles Jorth of the 49th parallel, which is the boundary between our ter ritory and the British possessions: Its head-waters interlock with those, of the Columbia and the Athabasca. For the firs't half of its course it ruris in a south erly direction, when it turns westward! At the .distance of 160 miles from its mquth it is joined by Thompson's River, a considerable stream flowing from, the eastward: :The Cascade f ange of mouh taitisi which may be regarded as a con tinuation of the Sierra Nevada, ceases I Aii-f?"' -a. -in : 1 ' here. At tne junction 01 trie two rivers; and in the immediate vicinity, lie. the diggins which afe causing so much ei citement on the Pacific Coast; i They have been worked mbSre or less since last summer, but ther..real importance was not ascertained until lately. , qrt Langle, the lowest post of the Hudson Bay Company on Frazer's River, is situated oh the left bank, about 25 mi es from its mouth. Thus far the stream is navigable for vessels of con siderable burden. The next post is Fort Hcipe, at the mouth of Que"que-alla Iliv er, 69 miles above Fort'Langley. To the! Falls' is 12 miles father, and thence to Thompson's .River Forks is 55 miles. Thus, the wrhole distance from the mouth of Frazer's River to the gold diggins at Thompson's River is 160 miles, or there- aboiat. . I Above Fort LarTgley the rivor is prac- a slow and tedious navigation but af- ter pas$ing the ' Falls' canoes only can be used: But the journey must really be made on foot from the Falls, and is exceedingly laborious and rugged. There arc no horses or mules to be procured in all that region. j ;'t is by the route above indicated that most of the gold-seekers will find their waly to the new7 places. There is, hov ever, another route via the Columbia River and the Dalles ; but the distance is 400 or 500 .miles: ; j The latitude of.th'e Thompson's River Forks is about 50 307, or nearly 300 miles further north than Quebec. But it must be remembered that the climate on the Pacific coast is mild in compari son with that of similar latitudes east of the Rocky mountains; It will be evident, eveit from this im perfect description, that the Frazer Riv er jmines are not easy of access. The country is wild, mountainous and nearly inaccessible. Bti men trained in Cali fornia are hot easily daunted. They can, doubtless, force their way wheraver gold invites them to gdv New York lribune; HOW THE ERAZER GOLD MINES E THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS WERE DISCOV ERED, j The Sari Francisco correspondent of the New York Tribune thus describes the manner in which the gold was discovered pri Fra2er River. He says : 'The : first white miner that worked on Frazer's river was a Scotchman, named Adams. He happened to be traveling through' New Caledonia early last year on his wTay to see some rela; tives, and he stopped at, one of the trad ing posts of the Hudson's Bay Company ; where he met a brother bawny, ana an old acquaintance, named McLane. The lal ter entertained him in a friendly man ner and told him how the Indians living: or Frazer's river had been bringing gold diist to the post to trade with, saying that they had dug it on the river bank; te statement, was listened to by Aci- s with greedy ears, and his resolution s soon taken to examine into the mat- for himself.' He had been' a miner irf California, audjknew how tor go to work. He accordingly provided himself with a pick" shovel, and a large tin pan, and went to t5'e dwelling-place of a certain family that had been in- ,thc habit of bringing gcicf arict the gold dust to the pist? He found the squaws engaged in vashirig i baskets, and he soon satisfied himself by washing a few pans of gravel that he was hV rich digginsr He returned tc the ost, madV a roc&er, purchased some provisions, went back to his dig gins, hired a coliple of Indians to help him, and worked industriously for thre months, in which time he dug upwards of $1,000. During all this time he never saw a white man save when he went to the post to purchase provisions, for which he was compelled to pay extravagant -U EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. S 1 - No. 4, ; prices, flour at Si per pound being. the ! cheapest article. 1 1 j In the autumn he became tired of lit ing away from white society, and went jdown to Puget's Sound; where he en gaged as a sailor on board the American steamer Constitution. He told his story there, showed his gold dust, arid attempt- Jed to induce various' persons ib return ;with him, but did not succeed. for a Jong time. Finally, in November last, he found ;three brother sailors, who went with him. They arrived at the diggins on Frazer's river, seven miles above the mouth of fThdmpson's river, about the middle of IDecember ; and there they rem'ained at fvvork until March, w hen their provisions igave out, when twd df therri went down 'to Fort Langley and brought a canoe load of provisions and trinkets for the In dian tradewith which they forthwith re- milieu. j. iiuy were me uuiy wane mi ners on the Hver during the winter. One of Adams's partners is now in this city, and on his authority I give these state ments: , r- I 4 While the water was low they never rfiade less than $8 a day, and sometimes as high as 850; and none of them knew more than that to be made by any one, though they were told that persons of their acquaintance were riiakltig as much aj 160 and 8g00 a day, The winter wa cold, arid they lost about a hionth's tork on account of the frost and ice. One of the party, a Canadian, had his feet badly frost-bitten, and he has gone ip th Sahdvvich Islands to take life easy, ujnless he gets well. Snow fell three feet, biut did not last long. There was no rkin, and it is said that little rairi ever falls tie Frazer Valley:' Abbt thirty-fife years ago, there lived iri the towii df Hi. a certain Dr. T., who became very much enamored of a beautiful young "lad j"; who resided in the same town. Ih the course .of time they were engaged to be married. ,The doc tbr was a strong arid; decided Babtist. Thev wTere sitting together one evening, talkihg of their approaching nuptials, w-hen the doctor remarked: I am thinking, my dear, of twro events which I shall number; among the hap piest of my life.' ' ' And pray what may that be, doctor V remarked the lady.' The one is the hour when I shall call you wife for the first time.' And the other?' It is when' wre shall present our first born for baptism.' ' What, sprinkling V , Yes, my dear, sprinkling.' . . Never shall a child of mine be sprink led.' ' Every child of mine shall be sprink led.' - They shall .be, ha ?' 1 Yes, my love.' t v Well, sir, I can tell you, then, that your babies won't be my babies. So, good night sir.' , The lady left the room, and the doc- , . j - , tor left th house: The seqiial to this true siory was mat meaocior never max ried, and the lady is an old maid: The Properties of a Gtood Wife:' A good wife otghi; to be like three things, which three things she ought not to be like: ? .. , First She should be like a snail, al t ' i i i - ways Keeping witnin ner own nouse but she should not be like a snail, carry ing all she has upon her back. Second She should be like an echo, speak when she is spoken to but she should riot be like an echo"; always to have the last word. ( . Third She should be like a town clock, always keeping; time and regular ity but she should not be like a town clock, speaking so loud that all the town may hear her. A Great Curiosity. The Daltoh (Ga.) Times says : 1 . Last Sabbath we met, in this city, a man by the name of 3Ieredith Holland, native of Monroe county, Kentucky, j who can certainly Deat tnc world, matn ematically. . He can answer any propo sitibri which may be submitted to him', and do it without a moment s delay. We asked hirri how many seconds there had the question been stated, when the answer was accurately given.' This man looked like an ignorant be ing ;' and Tf it were not for the extraor dinary, mathematical gift with which he has been efiu'dwecf; lie would be regard ed as almost an idiot.- He has travelled in company with several gentlemen orer a large portion of Europe, and is about starting on a tour throughout the Uni ted States. He declares that every an swer is presented to his mind simulta neously -with the question ; and that, therefore, he undergoes no mental efforts in these mathematical exhibitions,' i J IT. S. Agricultural Hiircati. ' t Our agricultural readers are deeply inl1 teresieu m xne- controversy mat is waecd concerning the Agric'ultural proceedings of the Patent pffice, which are also in teresting to all: who watch the proceed- lncrs nf rrnrornmnnf vtJtl- ' -rnfnmrrr.. v 4 limitation of duties arid pdwers.i The' Neork Tribune says : j i . Tnc carelessness or quackery of this 5vciuuieui.f,;6teuuuyinff'' ousmess naa already been repeatedly, jiinted at in nu merous , agticujtural joijrnaisi some of which Have eVIji gone bq far as to charge that j the ju.rcKLse dHd disitbution had Regenerated into a rneaii job for lining the pockets of the Ivinctionaries fconcern fed id it: JVilf the tcHtten or published quacKery oi yqmmissioner llolt that has proved so intoferable to Mr. Lahdrelh; His isupeHor knowledge of the business has enabled him to detect it, ahd his peii has laid it bare, with ah application of caustic so scotching as to be quite out of place, as a tprtilizer, yet capital as a dressing. ; - ; . .1 . - The Pennsylvania Horticultural So ciety has specifically charged that the majority of sees distributed by the Pat ent Office wer such as previous expe rience had prqved to be cf little or nd value in this. cuintrjr, and so common as to be had at 4 very village store. The.' Dresent Commissinnp.r bimsplf has cil tributed roots nd bulbs such as can be had at any ahcjlioti, ahd grafts that exist in every nursef y: His attention has been directed to thojse abuses ; but his yindP cation,' now gtlappled with byMrilLan dreth; gives little , promise of their being corrected., Sjieaking ofl seeds of the Brassica tribe,uch as cabbage, turnips, &c:,! the Corrfmissionef sa)! they, are more valuable vhen raised in Europe. Mr: Lahdfetn sbmphatically contradicts this; Mnd His liIofig experience and un doubted integrity will go very, fair with the public; t ,! . , Ii Mr. Laridretji follows up his denial with a well-tin!red reproach: . H( i Are youino greatly in error in per mitting your office to decry the produce of you f country ? Is it hot enough that all who are sirtilarly engaged with my self ishduld cptend unprotected against foreign com petition arid tbe cdmpetition of the Patent Ofitpc, with the public purse and the publiCfmail at lts command, but that you shdrijll proclaim in an official paper that which is absolutely unsupport edlby facts V Ii , ? jThe fact is that foreign cabbage seed is never impbrfed except; when, the crop fails here. ESyen then, Mr. Laridretli says, that not iri one solitary instance which has come under his notice has this foreign seed prbduced a head of any val ue, except of ejirly cabbage. It is quite o o noI iim :Even the jrutajbaga,, irom English seed, though Jrisually pure, sometimes grows with an e&rigated crown "necky" besides,- it nralt 1 always1 of necessity,' be One yeaf did when planted, while the xitoiiocxii llpliS ' 111 BCdSUll fui SUlllg the same yeafll a matter of impdrtattce at the SoUth: An advertisement of a well-knowri New York seed house, now before me, Quotes all varieties of Ameri can turnip ana ruta ,baa sefed at fifty per cent, highdt than the imported cer tainly not because the foreign is better, as you so confldehtly declare.' j! r . At a meeting of the Philadelphia Ag ricultural Society, Mr. Landreth exhib ited fifty-two Specimens bf turnips, all raised by himfrom European seed, in cluding three Varieties from the Patent Office. The greater portion proved ,td be decidedly inferior to the old kinds . raised in thii 4bunt ry, and two only were considered wTojith propagating. He says the fact admits of tio dispule that En glish seed is fbf but little value when sown: under (ah American sun.' He dlrarges the Commissioner broadly, sayr irigi- . .. -.-., - ii ' ':' Not only af you flooding the country with old and discarded varieties of seeai but are actually importing from England tuTmp seed of a variety which originated on my own gripunds, which I specifically named (adopted abfoad),! arid of which I distributect upwards of! six thousand pound raised by myself last season.' This is fairy.running the seed into the ground, and putting thej Commissioner,' instead oi vne? seeu, iliiuuuu a icauwr vv nrr t n o t3iti io ti lt , is ini cti i i rii ; dinary abuse if money and power con . tinued in the dpings of the Patent Office f Why are thousands annually squandered on the purchase and distribution of for eign seeds, sorrte of which turn out to be me viiesi weqas : jur. uauuieiu uii the veil, and closes his excoriating letter by revealing ihe secret. When Judge Mason came fin as Commissioner, ; Mr; Landreth waited on him, arid represent- ' ed to him thejfblly and evil of this pro- ceedirig. The- Commissioner admitted that Government was wrong in giving away seeds tHat might be bought any where in the country. He thought the funds should jjbe exclusively devoted to j obtaining frolh rernote 1 countries such ; plants, &c:, as might not reach us through commercial cHannels. But he soon dis- ' covered that fgarden seeds, no matter I how commonjtvere demanded in unmea sured quaritityjby members of .Congress; I They made capital at home. I) id not the onion-seed drw tears from Mr. Bfgter ? j Must not :the wdmert at hdme be com plimented with something for their gar-1 aens : ior, inougn navmg no voies mem- i vho have. Such was the pressure that r Judge Mason? yielded, sent a clerk to London and Paris' iri pursuit of seeds . under difficutiies, and he spent' 830,000 at a single sed store; when varieties of ; infinitely greater value1 might have beeii' in r i n r nomra i. . no nrarripp rm k nrn root and brafheh. MrJ Landreth's brief -exposition show? conclusivelv that arr - n w
The Daily Delta (New Bern, N.C.)
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Aug. 16, 1858, edition 1
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