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kEDGEIJFELD ADVERTISE54,
Dettejar's ifee-nnm oI. pasve
TheeDofllargand Finfy5Cents
i diefore teexitratoO of.Sx
Moths frjk tie date of enhbeerl tion
ou4 fr DoUarsif(not paid withia twelve
&bj;. Subscribersouto(the State are
to pay in advance.
So'ubser'pdeft received ravIess than
y pearod-nbp2pdper. discontlaed until
al ~rrearages are paid. exceptat the op
tAl subieriptIoniwilt be eoiatted on
less otherwine ordered befo the expIr
lon of theysar..~
by persos procuring 1p-Sihheerbers
4ecoming reis nsibl.ff'the same
I receive the sixth cop 4 aWis.
Aduertiments conspicuois y inserted ut
62 cents p. *quare,(StJiPes or less,)
j.br the fiet itsertion, and 41Mts. foreach
optinace .Those pubhushed- 0onthly.
er qutteIdy villb chari 1;per squar
?er eeh liertloon. Adtsements uo:
~-1 iki g the nainber of ins. dea marked
1ill be dontiene i ordered
at dnchaed acordi50
t conttinintions a se~d to the
pet paid. will i"jzroznptly kd
a t attended to.
Per LegiaO Mhe.
Ter &areMaj. J. 3aser,
T.J HlerE4
TllmanS Waion,
-Dr. ONicale
-. N oaGerge Boswell
-& James Tempkinu
DrW . -Griffin.
Wiley Harrison Esq.
Diwon Atkinson. r.q.
? The friends of t. .
WILLIA .iSunoancv in As a audcda' e fur
thoJeofsheriff. -
a 5 : tf - 2
gr The ftienda of Capt
henof Ienisda Shubel
WAYfianooee masandidato ror
the:OffooffTaxCiector, of Edgefield Dis
? The frieUds of Capt.
W. L. COLEMAN. annocee hin avs.
candidate for Ordinary of Edgetield Dis
trict. 'Jan 19 - if 51
3PThe friends of Wn. J.
St~NS, Esq., anoeunce him as a candidate
fbr he afice of Oedinary. of Edgegeld District.
- Se ri. if 31.
The fteeas of Colonel J.
hILL announce binm sa condidate for the of
fice of Ordinary, of Edgefiki District.
A t 26 tf 30
.'The friendsofCol. W.
H. MOSS, announce him as a caudidate
for the office of Ordinary of Edgefield Dis
Sheriffs Sale.
. Y virtue of sundry writs of Fieri Pa
cias. , shall proceed tl at Edge
e4l Court House, outbe first Monday cnd
nTesday of July next, the followin;r pro
Daniel Bird vs. Mary Hill.on. hinse
.and lot is abe Village o Edgefield. adjoin
A'glots ofDr. E. J. Mims and S. Lequeux.
Abner Perrin vs. James Beauford. one
swnealbrse.
Daniel Boone vs.John MIcCrary, Samu
e:~2gry, and others, one bay horse. the
prpry of Samuel McCrsry.
Bryat &%Ninor vs. Richard Key, one
* - '~t&1 Penn & Co. vs. Rolin
Einhdeuoanbtiidredaeresof land iore or
less adjo imesnlnGoleman. and oibers.
. ,Morrisoss/hr. es? Catherine Cobb.
res'tzJoseph. ends.bhr. s. the same,
3 e ne house and lot in thesowoof.Hambug~.
"kowin as half of lot N[o.~120. eornering on
Mairket stad Meresi~ treets.
-AbnerPerrn?'vs. Julhn G. Sialnaker.
land David ..tialoaker. she tract of land
* where. Dateid Salnaker live.
*> Eodoti Tueker, hr. vs. Margarc' Ogil
~the. Hiugh M. Qt'arles, br. vs. the same~
- vri. tract ofland where defendant livei'.
Ptenn, Rogers & Co. for Penn' & Bran
ose~h k.-Barden., one gra llars..
Charles Lamar,w,. Julius Hu erd. Johno
B fowad and RuidophCrr20eraf
areor tess. adjoining J. lHen.osn
,[a arndZfambo. levied on a, the
""""~(Itlas and Johin Howard.
<, ~ ya VCles Mitrhell and
t .ofland where John
li v.Benjamin Cato,
(.erya- Cato and
-aOliver,
anEorlies,
Oti Secess.
Frm the N. V. Merkaaic.
TRYING TO PL.A.E E.VERYBODY
ITS TO iDITORS.
One reader ries, ygtr strain's too grave.
Too much morality you have,
Too much abont religion:
Give me mime witch and wizzard tales,
Of slip..hod ghosts with fins and scales,
And feaihets likea pigeon.
I love to read, another cries.
Those monstroas fashionable lies
In other words tho-s nvrls,
Composed of kis, of prieist. or lords,
Of border wars, and Gothie hordes,
That used to live ill hovels.
No. no. eries one. we've had enough
Of such coufounded love-sick stul',
To ciaze the fairereation:
Givo 03 some recent foreiun news.
Of Rusmians. Turks. the Poles. or Jews,
Or any other niation.
The man of dull eholastic lore
Would like to see a litde more
Of fist rate scraps of Latin:
The gioce- a'n would learn the price
Of tea and sugar. fruit and rice;
The draper, milk and satin.
Another cries, I want more fun,
A witty anecdote, or piuu.
A rebu or i riddle;
Some wish C'r Parliamntrary niewi,
And some perhapo of %% ioer view,
Would rather Ilear a tiddlo.
The critic. too. of classic skill,
Mast dip in gall his gander qu~il
And scrawl against the pam;
Of allstbe literary fools. --
tisred u', in colagesand schools.
Ule cutpha- mat" caper._
Another e --
A jambled
Y'
* -,
It
I want to hear of deaths. says one,
Or peo Ile totally undone
Vy losses, fire, or rrer;
Another answers. full as wise.
I'd rather have the fall .nd rise.
- Ofracoon skirs and beaver.
Some signify a secret wish
For now and then a favorite dish
Of politics to suit them;
But here we rest with perfect case.
For shouki they siren the moon was cbeese,
We nerer should counute them.
Or grave. or humorous, wild or tame;
Lolly or low, 'tis all the same,
Too haughty or too humble;
So, biother editors. pursue
The patih that sems the best to you.
And lot the grsanblers grunable.
From the same.
Friends of Freedom. swell the song,
Young asi old the strain prolong.
Make the Temperance army strong,
And on to Victory.
Lift your banners! let them ware!
Onward umarch a woil:4 :n "ave.
Who -would till a drunkard's grave.
And hear his infatny.
Shink not when the foe a ppears.
Shun the coward's guilty fers
Hear the shiteks. behold the Wearm
Of ruin'd families.
Raise the cry in every spot,
"Touch not-Taste not-Hanidie not.''
Who would be a drunken sot,
*The arors ofoiseries.
Guive the aching bosom rest,
Carry joy to every breast,
Hake the wretched diunkard blest,
By living soberly.
Raise the' glorious watdhword high.
- Toeh noct-Tasta not-till you die."
Let the echo reach the ..ky,
And earth keep jubilee.
God or msercy. hear us p lead,
For thy help we intercede.
See how manty bo,.omas bleed,
And heal thems speedily.
Ha~sen. Lord, the happy day,
Whent beneath thy genmal ray,
Temperance all the aorI shall sway,
-And reigi triumphantly.
* 1*?scelaesus.
EMP'LoY~ihT OF FiAALES tN TUE ENG'
List MINES.
It appears that thie' euinymoV'ent of fe.
tmalesm the coal mines iechiefly confined
M56rkslhire, Lancaser, Cheshire. and the
eset 0' bentland and South W ales; and the
ntVligefrUeti's prrisel on boys, as e
ohor:6ru notice, a qal se
to ui;.fat. -not onrly .are girh
f~~e-as .'htrrier.," Ior their greait
5~jU4 theyare taken) in 'he nilet
' eme'ge thant knys, from a
twien infaastiey ar.. the
Is imJ OIIOII tn
der female-, themselves give or the i
ship the' undergo. One says. '1 - -
iu lardhill mine. We hurry the cart
pushing behind, iut I freqently d
with ropes and chains as the horses d -
It a dirty, slavish work, and the w.
quite covers our ankles. I kriock my b
against the rocks, as they awe not so b:
as I am, and they cause me go stoop a
makes my back ache." Another gives
following dreadful description of what ii.
have to undergo. -My employment
carrying coal. Am frequently work
from tour in the morning till six at nig
and every other week I work night wo
I then go dow n at two in the day a
come up at rout or six in the morning.
Two vears ago the pit closed in ul
thirteen of us, and we were without fr
and light two days; nearly one day v
were up to our chins in water" O
space will not permit U tn multiply su
extracts; and we must therefore conte
ourselves withstating generally that the
is no variation in any part of the vrlumir
ons evidence collected on this subject
young girls bein; employed in coal min:.
except that their labor is more severo, v.
treatment more cruel, if possible, in
east of Scotland than elsewhere.
Nor are young. or even married
men, much hetttr ofl thanm the girls. .
ne Harris. aged 15. "heartily bated it.
It was no woman's work, nor is it go
for any body; but I am obliged to the work
as father hipwks (hows) the coals below."
Janet Dunchn, aged 17, "was a coal
bearer at Henmuir pit. The carts she
pusbed contained 3 rwt. of coals, and it
"was very severe wark cpecially wh.:a tee
haal to stay before the carts to prevent their
coming down 0too fast; they frequently run
too quick anid knock us down. Is able to
sa thut the ht;rdest duy-light work is in
finitely superior to the Iest of coal work.
Margaret Drysdale. aged 15, -did not like
the work, wit h-'r mother was dead, anid
her father took ter down, and she had no
choice. Iler employment is to draw carls,
ind she had btrnte-s or drag ropels njike
the horse,." One wore. Kathar'
.....an . nt; nor can any one
fort on adequato idea of it without in
spccting the plates which represent it in
the piarliamentar) report.
Well may the report say, that "when
the nature of this horrible labor is taken
into consideration-it extreme severity
its regular duration of from 12 to 14 hours
daily-the damp, heated, and unwhole
some atmosphere ofa coal mino, and the
tender ago and sex of the workera-a pic
ture is presented of deadly physical op
pression ani systematic slavery, of which
I couscientiously believe no one unacquain
ted with such facts would credit the exis
tence in the British dominions."
Married women are chiefly employed in
filling. riddling, and carrying, and the Igbor
impo,ed upon them is excessive. The
reason given by one wit ness (he-rselt' mar
ried) why they undertake such work at all,
is -that if the w'men did not work below,
the children wouil. no't 6 ;own sooon."
The same witness s.&! ttat she w-itght
till a simne 14 nitIts n o --' :!',!ed her
leg and loot that she eould .4a --ang; ated
and that the oppression o- al bearing is
such as to injure thet it after life, few
exi~sting~ whose legs are not injtur-..or ehe
their han.-ches, beflore they are 30. Whtt
other troub'les timrried women undetr~o
from a moccupattn so unnatural fort then.
will be seen froam te following brief ab
stracets:
June Johnson. aged 29-"I could carry
two hmundlred weight wheni 15years of age
but tiow feel the weakntese upon mue frotm
the stains. I have been married nearly
10 )ears and have- had four children. and
have usually wroug~ht till within a day of
the childl's tbirth. Many women lose their
strength early from over work,andl get injur
e-d in their t.icks andl lees."
Jane- Peacock,aged 40-"I have wrought
in the bowels of the earth 33 years, Have
been married 2I3 years. anmd hadl nine chil
dren. two still tiornt, anid they were so from
oppressive witrk. A vast numiber of wo
tmen have deadh children mnd falso births.
which ar", wairse, as they are net able. in
work after the latter. It is only horse
work, and rius the women. ii crushes
their haunches, bends their ancles, and
makes them old woment at 40." d
Isabel Wilson. aged 38-"Wheti on
St. Johna's work I was a carrier of coals,
whi- caused me to tmiscarry five times,
imoa the "trains. and I was very ill atfier
each."
itibth M'Neil--"I knew a~ woman
who came op. and the child was ho,. in
the field next the coal htill. Women fre
qtuently miscarry below, and stnl'er after."
Jane Wood--The sorpre work causis
women musch trouble. They frequently
have premature births. My neighbor Jen
nsy M'Doinild haslta ill for dx months,
and William King's *lif' lately dted from
miscarriage; und a vast-numnber of-waomes
guffer fcoa taimitar causes,
Iandeed, ,tti. the married wometn anid
there. were many, examned, relate thoit
excperience ta the~game purport, and itma
he asked wihoult esxiggeration, whotlacr
suchi a- system ean h e- regairded as uny
thiglathan murderous .tisnot forw
assign where thn blame
- cot forbear inserting a sig
, Ifrom the evidence of an
e Bextet. "The work,"
- o fit for women, and the
Y rent it if they labored more
ed, hen. about - this place
i r wives to work in the mines.
-rs seem to encourage it-at
,4*- tasters never interfere to pre
g as all this is, there issome
X7 -e so behind. The demur
i. - femalee, old and young, is
C- ane their .oppression. . We
ventura to describe it4 ex
- he voA orthe commission
r -Ad that as britAy as pos
";,- -r1h west rid
--"saynihe report, "Ias far
aigronid employment.
-4_ Imab on of sex,. but the lahor
rently among both sex
comparatively rare for
ar get the conia, allho'
4 instances in which lhe
form even this work.
- %.the coal pit* in this
- r,. in a state of perfect
are if this state assistel in
nnak-. of all ages, frnm
, opld t woman of twenty
d he,Cg themselve- quite
tie v .t,
-dcc acy remarked in this
d 01r (from Appendix,
) be cenfimed to the
hIIill Pits; hut in all ef
.t degree very slightly
IClessness. In nono do
y other dre" than a fnn
1emales aid teothe breech
ear a' a protaetin) againi-t
%whiet posse- froimt a :ir
.aist between their I. gs ta
drawinA, more than n
1; and the-e tw'o very
ient are rarely retnarked
m Welistrict. In fact, 'the
'..essor that-the magnitude of the
evil 0 I us, even so .riefly. tio enter
into su .setiis of it, .:ir mus we o pp-l
that men merely rliird tl nelety
on en gthe mouth f a he pi,. 'hou:;.
the %we have quont of %oull i-t-in lt
refer. tir conduct under ::riwnd, abut
dance . evidence ib -cniterrd he ugh iho"
reporit , they have no, eiucn movire de-ti
cacy 4 ir recreaiosti stnt orcupation
abovejoned than in their ltb irs below.
The men meetto fghit nel wre..tle in con
plete indity, except t heir cleogs; anidI t hough
the women af'ect finery when they are
"holidaying," they are nut at all shy of
such e"ibitions, nor at any time sensitive
about x' Waring ialf naked themselve.
-Al es of wtitesse," says the re-,
port, "* thestronxv-st testimnony to the
immoralef'ects of the practice of females
workitkini mines." "4 wish the govern
ment"syone witncss.(a collier,) "would
expel gls and females froan mine,..
I caif" etoof.that they are inmoral;
and r* fcertain that thei girl. are wor-e,
in pointof morals, than the men, ani u4e
more iiaecomtlanguage." "It is int ois
sible," sitys another, -for girls too renint
modetgho are in pits. regularly inoitei
with sueN.company, and hearin sucI lani
guage usihoy do. I have wtorkeal myse-lf
in pits fbir above ten years. where girls were
contantly elmployedl, atnd can safely say
that it isan aboinable system." "Where
ri rls ai4.qmployed," is the testimonuy of
Iir lseof h3ekin',haw, "the immnor
alities Ia tised are' most scandlous," and
alr. Sad)rgegenl of Bartnsley, whose
pr enatflbles. him to know intimately
the haL, .f the miners armund thinm, con
lirus it 6mihese sarikitng words-'i strong
ly dia'pI@tf femles being in pits; liae
tftnale . ;,eter is taotally destroyed by it;
theirhit (l and feelings nre altoghter dif
ferent;iheY can neither discharge the du
ties of wives or mothers. It is a brutahi
sing pfRtice."
ThooUs.W lson esq of the Banks Silk
stone, and-owner of three colliers, though
.ati.IIdibhst ,'the employment of females
of angr age, in mitnes is most objectiona
ble" t,&vetheless of opinion that it
wouldtimposeible for any. indivdual to
ut amsend tpht.. "1 should rejoice to soc
$t pntfad'to, butin the present feeling
of the. .diin no individual would succeed
in stop Ii I in a neighborhood where it
prvait ~ uease the men would immedi
ately ggithose pits where their daughters
are em -e" .Of the correctness of
this opi ,bwver, there may be some
doubtlR'emiDsehiefseems to have arisen
from tIW practice ofi theuasters (for some
reasoal.ortber) allowing the men to fnd
their,0W.ijaIdthWeragand, burriers. "1r.
Hitoo,'(Wl&an," say3 Mr. sub-commlis
sionerEennedy, "told me that ho should
be gladsatuliscontianue.the employment of
afemalesinuikisigqen but that- it was a cus
In :nwA~teDn o 6p5their ownodrawers,
ad'th metaiitsido t interfere."
Why't~d na4 intfrejs~pot shown.
Tley bvnterfered is other districts, and
with the geet.happy rsuts for. .we .Bud
gelB ocCmmbeland.purntamand North
Imbjdter~5 now an "absolute ex
ciusion or all female workers. exept in one
old colliery belonging to the Earl of Laos
dale."
We may conclude this branch of the
subject in the words of sub-commissioner
Symonds, that "under no conceivable cir
cums'auee is any one sort of employment
in colleries proper for females; anui that
the practice is flarantly disgraceful to a
Christian as well as a civilized country."
Indian Pun.-One of the earliest settlers
around Lake Champlain. was Col. Edward
Ravmun. lie understood the character
and disposition of the natives of the forest,
and lived with them in much harnony;
frequently employing Them to row him up
and down the lake as lie had occasion. Oue
stout fellow by the name of Bigbear, had
his wigwam it no trent distance from the
Colonel's dwelling, and was "(ten there.
The Colonel, having occaion 1o vi~it some
distant shore of the lake. employed Biig
bear to row him in hii canoe. On their
return. they pissed near a hiah, yet slop
ing ledge ,I* rocks. on wich lay an iln
menqe number of rattlesnakes asleep and
hasking in the sun. The ludi.en ;ave a
peneirattin, look at the Colonel, and thus
inquired, -*Rayinun love fcn !" "YVV,
was the reply. ''Well then, lUaymun have
fin: mind ladian. nd hold a glum." So
ho rowed along silent a.!d solow, and cut a
crotch stick from a bunch of hazels upon
the hank. "Sieady ntow, hole a glum,
Ravmun," said he as he clapped the crotch
astride the neck of a serpent that was
asleep close to tha edge of the water.
'Take utm now, linymaun; hold faS3."
The Colonel then took hold of the stick,
keeping the serpeut down, while Bigbear
tied up a little sack of powder, putting otne
end of a slow match therein. lie then
made it fast to the snake's tail and touched
fire t) the match, gave onlers to "let tim
go.*' at the same time pushed off from the
Jbore; the snake bei'ng litleruted, crawled
awny to his dett. The Indian immediate
1) then stoood up and clapping hi hands,
iTaking as loud a noise us poseble, and
., . .... ...,.,,..a-o 1 mivention. Out
Bigbear. from the beginning to the end,
was a- grave as a jurige. ciot moving a
inu-le, andi having not the lea.t show of
isitbilil v in his ounteiance. This is trily
.trrne'teristic of the Americnn Aborigine';
wh.t c:neess the e:alility of lau.:hrer in
ra. hats oi. efeci 1poen them; ehe% amy
iove Imn, but never in tie smallest degree
exhibit that chtrarter in their looks.
Xcelent. -A friend of omrs on being as
ked why he did not take tte udvaitage of
tie Ba:ukrupt Law, replied: I am alreaty
except-the eash. To spare ten dolla s
for the incipient ree. is what I don't know
how to do. Ilow can a fellow spare what
he n-ver h:ts! E very dollar I get is sito
ken for twice before it comes, besiles hav
ing t wo absolute nnd essential call,# waiting
for its arrival. So that an X to lay asile,
or to devote to any new purpose. is an
xcesively stravagnent xtremo i'f impossi
hdity, froma the xtratrdil.ary xecution of
which I 4hould tie xreeiingly %ilerated to
e xoneratcl. Indeed it would xpand my
xiiguihel stacies, and xcind, xorcisc,
purgate. xirpuage and ?terminate a le:;ion
- xerracialtin'aty xa:i zeraied and xquisitely
xeerabl- sacerbations, anl xterior xcresen
reiv. runtinually shihited in unxampled and
inhaustible, 'inxplicable xcentricity of
cess, if I could spect toiescape the itrinsic
xcorintion of so spensive an zaction, and
xerei,e. ijilain avid xpress the xuberaat
andI salted xultations ofa freeman shunmed
frmv along spatriation, and once more
haling the excellent atmosphere of ster
nal liberty, without being shorted to xpose
i an uploring samination, the xfoliated
-ondition of my schequer. Xcuse tmy
xceptiou to a lawlid spedient, which, more
thani any sperimnent itaint, xerts an) xtetm
pore agenecy in the stinction of xelusive
acioni, and stends xphicir aid ii xtricaiing
an~ ssicented xtract of misfortune from the
xciting sigency of his xtraneous circum
staces.- Randolph Herald.
Soliloquey of a Loajer.-afkrt a sleigh
ridepree-"lt's a man's unture, I believe,
and we can't help it no how. As for me,
wish [ was a pig : there's some sense in
eing a pig wot's fat. Pigs don't have
to speculate and bust ; pigs .never, go a
sleigh-riding, quarrel with iheir daddies-lu
law wot was to be, got into sprees, and
make tarnal fools of themselves. Pigs is
decent behaved people and gOod citizens,
though they aint got no wote. And then
they hava't got no old clothes to put on o
cold mornings, when they get up; they
don't have to be darnin' and paichin' thetr
own pants; they don't wear old bats on
their heads, nor have they to ask' people
for 'em. Cold wittals is plent7 for pigs.
My eyes! if I was a jolly fat ptg belonging
to respectable people, it would, be tanta
mount to nothing with me, who was presi
dent. Who ever seed one pig sit tin' on a
cold curb-stone, rabbitn' anothor pig's head
wt got chucked out of a sleigh? Pig's
has too much sense to be catched ridin,'
if so bas they nnhelp it. I wish I was
one, and cut of this ere scrape.- It's true,
pigs has the troubles like human'.; consta
bles catch aem, dogp bite 'mem, and pigs is
somemsdUseovrsukersa mean But
pigs never run their noses into scrapes
coazingthem to believe its ran as we do.
I never seed a pig go the whole hog in my
lire, sept on rum cherries."-Er. paper.
- AMECAN FRUITS.
One of most successful and intelligent
cittivators of the grape in this country is
Mr. Longworth of Cincinnatti. He. how
ever, has given upmostly, ifnot altogether.
the attempt to cultivate the European'
species. and has taken pains to procure
some of the best varieties ofthe indigenous
vine. There ara as Many dilerent kinds .
of the native grape as of the European. -
and our forests have been imperfecily ex
ploreil for the finest.
i the May nuher of the Iforticultu
rat Magazine. just published by I. Pos,
of thi city, is the following letter fromt
Mr. Longworth.-Neo York Post.
--I was surprised on reading a enema
nic:tion in your Mmznzine, (Vol. VI. p.
:11.) frorn an intellitet gentleman at
Mnrett?,. Ohio, in which he speaks of the
lqanella gralpe as the heet nativegrapecul
tiveted by them, and that they'mnenco -
n1ing i for the tabl-s as soon as itassumes
a redt color. I should suppose he alluded
fi t - lilanl Mnleira, did lie not speak of
that grape in a subsequent pait orhis letter.
I have ceased to cultivate-the Isabella "for
near twenty years, deeming It,-interior, as
a table and wine grape, to mast others.
He gives it the preference over the Ca
tairi-. as a table grape with us, It ripens
badly, and is subject to rot, and in its best
,ste far inferior to the Catawba either for
the table or for wine. I havehad bunches
or the Catawba to weigh twenty four oun
ces.
..I have a white variety of the Calawba.
nuI another Catawba producing fruit a
third larger than the Catawba of Adilum.
I say the Catawba of Adlud fur Mlajor Ad
lum was the first zo bring it into notice.
"I have three varieties of native grapes,
which I consider far superior to the Ca
awba for the table. They have none of
the hard pulp common to the Catawba,
"'"sancadel, and the Isabella.
will give five hundred dollars for a root of
a native grape that, in quality of the fruit
anti size of the bunch. shall surpass i.
The other two are equally good for the tao.
hie, perfectly hardy, greatgrower, but the
hunches of the fruit are not so large.
"I was surprised, when east. to find no
good aive grapes. At mydiffierentvine
yards. I have nbout sixty acres in grapes.
itt not all in he::ring. Last seasnn. I had
not hnlf a crop. with the exception of one
vineyard. vhere the rrtuit was abundant
anti fine. I made about two hundred bar
rels or wine and some brandy. I am now -
raising large ettainitics of vines from tho
seedt of my best varieties of native grape,
having cleared a piece of new land express
ly for that purpose.
&-The Bland grape is not a native. It
was introduced into Virginia frm France.
about fifty years since. by a French gentle
man, as I w'ns informed by General Har
rison. who knew the gensteman. and had
seen the fruit on his table, more than forty
years since. It is a good .ble grape, but
subject to mildew, ani does not always
ripen its wood or its fruit.
"Yours. respectfully.
N. .ONGWORTH.
Cincinnati, Ohio, March, 1842."
Astrs oN coTToi.
We copy the following exutset from a letter
received by the editor of thn Cultivator. fro
S. W. Cole. Esq., or Wudesboro, North CaU
oiinat.
"ThisCt. (Anton.) Is a 6na farming section,
and is thte only county int the state well adapted
to the raising of couon. Here we raise a larg
qantity (or this section of the union..ad our
plantess aire devoting more care to the improve
ment of their plantations. The best amanre .
for cotton is ashes. My mode of putting it on
i thist I run a scntter furrow, then Iromt a bas
ket or box scatter about 35 bushels per acre ini
the furrow thus opened, and then -rath a dagoet
make the cotton ridge. I tried ashes and cot
ton seed as a manure last year, in the amno
fiei, and used the same qgtantity of eacht. The
ashe udofar thebetotton; t took an catty
start, looked green and fresh, whilst that plant.
ed on the ground manured with cotton seed;
looked yelw a long time. and never recover-.
ed the cec it received at first cotming up."
WhEaAT :Nt GREAT URITAIN.
It is stated in 1780, l150,000.00(fbushelswere
the entire product of Great Britain. In 1840 ir
had inci'eased to 410,000.000. The entire grain
product of England is now seven hundred miu
lions of buisielat per annum, andl it is believed
by scientitic authorities, that thtis vast amount
may in a few years be doubled.
r.AnoK Pte.
esr.Editors-I would beg the liberty of
seding you the weight of four pisreared, 1at~
ted and killed by Ms. Vmnderlin,F .eof this ,
town. They were a cross of the Brsi&
witho common ho. Thefour were alf
one litter, and 9nmonib and 8 days old,
kiled. Theweefeedi wihstop frome
ose, until Sept. 1st, thea they received
potss with one bushel ot meal,:
eqal parts Of corn, Oats ard pe.t
eta ofpotatosntil the20th of
killed.' No ), 483 lhew No.2.40
368b.N.-4.3sb.. Groes
AeagWeight~ 39fit.--Mdy
vermop, next .
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