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Report on the Agricultural Stati^ice of Marlborough District, read before the "Pee Dee Agricultural Society, at its Semi-an* nual meeting, in October 18139, by Oen Jno. McQueen. The committee appointed by llm Society nt its June meeting, to take nnd report a ^ statistical account of the agricultural inter. ^ csts of Marlboro' Disriet siute ; thnt the general indifference prevailing with planter*, both us to ilie quantity of Ian 1 cultivated by theni, auJ its nett product p$y ?*nders it exceedingly < 1 i Hi cutfcjBESBHgJ'uC!; report ns woul l ho entirely to themselves and devoid of suinayMlRr Yet from tlie best exertions they d^KmWrusc, and the most ncimrate information In their power, tlicy br .Tu-.vo that the following tnay be as correct as can nt any time be made in the sumo way, nnd under the same circumstances. There was cultivated in ?orn in |h'* vcai 1538, 21,f>3l iicick, which yielded 210,050 bushels ; making an average, of a fewquarts less than 10 bushels per acre.? IM * ? * * * wis in r.nitou f-I.HMy acres, wliich yielded 4 938 bales; rrul in the alweiice of ?ny (k>Iter du'a, if we suppose; each liale to contain i i 00 pounds of seed cotton it in ikes 5,4."31,8DO pounds, and an average of 421 p lunJs and u fraction |>or acre; or suppose 1200 pounds of seed cotton lo the bale (which would p i haps be a more correct eslunate n? tbo weigh' of dm b d< s rnngtd froaa 300 to -l-'iO pounds) mak s an iv rage of w ;Iimi a fraction of 400 pour <!s per acre, 1 set pnl. r of n gtoes is 3 130. and ttio amount ot money paid tor lnciti, horses, mules, bacon and pork i. $"?.0SS. It would perhaps liuVi lie. n b i r, if he i ronilU'ttCe (lid been able to r port the p c. cisu number of h ?eds employed in rcving! rhc above production ; bat as the varie y of negroes on p'uuta ions is so great, from the aged, to those Inn just able to commence some service, it would be imprae icable lo extract from tlm'>tlgs . them, the exact amount of labor engaged ; and th rcfore tin entire number of slaves is tendered. The committee were not i< quired to lake any account of smalt grain, bu' as the planters luive, for the last few years, endeavored, more generally to raise t'mir own flour, ii is deemed aft a matter of no iiieonsidernbiH iin jKiituuce to their interest, ued some u tenti#n was tlu'roforc pel to it. by which six or seven thousand buslu ls were found to lmvn been made, piincipdlv on the uplands of tho District, averaging n very satisfac'ory production ro tie* aero, and making flour equal to any from nnv oilier section. The lands eidtivaled in corn and cotton vary from the best low lar ds on the river, j to the lightest and most exhausted sand lulls; and of course yielded a corresponding production; but wlK.-'licr upon the beat or m<?st exhausted Ijh.Is tho committee have been most decidedly impressed with the whole some advantages arising from tho process of manuring?even with decayed vegetable matter, which requires hut lit'lp preparation to render i valuable, and which abundantly surrounds the field of idniost every planter. Although no great qunntitv of litis manure has yet been used in the District, it is pleasing to find that the minds of our plant, ors are now rapidly, turning to this sheet nnehor of their agricultural interests, and to believe that the time is not far distant when thousands of acre s of our now nlmost barren lands, wid smile with such harves us will well reward ihe laborer for his toil. Although your committee could wish, for lite interest of our plunters, that tho sum reported us having been paid for foreign horses, mules, pork, <Vc. were less thgn it is, yet they are satisfied, laid the account Iv-en taken a few years ago, it would have bcco cons dernbly larger; and that the planters have now pretty generally ascertained, the folly of oinploying all their efforts in the production of nny one s'aple ;?when, iriey receive ns prico m one nana, iney extend it with the other, to some foreigner, for the actual necessaries of their own subsist tencc, and such too, as they might raise with the same, or less labor, than that with which they have in fact procured them. JOHN McQUBEN, Chairman. ] roni tne hoston Courier. PLOUGHING AND PLOUGHS. Ploughing ts considered by all farmets qn the most important agricultural operation, either as * regards the uflbiddiate crop, or the future nnd permanent improvement of the ao.l. The farmer, who so manages Ins fn ld, as to produce, in the m.iin, tho great, est reward for the labor and e pense b< s. towed, will undoubtedly be considered as acting with a sounder discretion, tfwn ho ? V ^ iBM Jl JV D C CllERAW ! whose sole object is a present crop, wiihout regarding the permanent improvefcien' of his fields. To deepen the soil,%y bringing to the surface a each successive, ploughing, n portion of the poorer sub-soil, anil th< r?hy exposing it to the enriching influence of the atmosphere, and to cover up hii I preserve from washing rains, and wasting rains,and wasting winds, the light vegetable matter upon the surface, as well us to facilitate the subsequent operations of -be husbandmen, are tho only imporiunt uses of ^ inc piougn. .Our old Adds are rnp dly nppronrliing to it state oftittor Htferliry. - At each succ ssivo rotation of crops the vegetable mould ii be. coming tliiunr, and the product l'-ss ; and tlwplough, in the hands of most farnn rs, so fuir from deepening the soil, and mcreus-, ins I s powers or producing, is really exhausting it of all its natural friility ; and will soon render it. ns has nlreudy boon done in some pariS Qf our country by tli?* same mcina|BPH|H||^|iVe waste, unfit lor 'MiiuUMB^.j'lJwIS&tlnassur'-, wlnoli our faflsS|HH^H^SlgKjhv surface, wliiuh^^^^^J^H^^^^^HEiotctMitunts, has ' <1 STT'^ ' h I'1, il'fTV|yfVBmSeaJUpP^^TpMd"TMR')'At'l. nil tyVe ft i\ Mum I haveVJumuB^VKjAhAITs of l i d ill ? -"Y lltJ?wPT? 1 Mnine, wujch,UitK^|P||fsa|('>, were cover d wi h thick M,fvh!|t would have seemed nu cxtiaMjMSg^gtPt u of food for vfTgiti'ion, by mcsnA^^^gjlouuh, robbed of evry particle of y'^HMMe *us:enunce, and now absolutely nbanduuod by dm occupant as uortbl' SS. Strunncns tho BsttlrtiwTfeay went i' is iieverdieless true^ tfcgtWMhucr* g-'ii'-rally plough too much. i"Hkft(|Vdbor?. r sub-sod. v\h c!) is turned u bylltleyftpst'plnupliin;;. instead of being kept dprdFtflW* surface, till it has become enri' # by ^WiKuV?? and ex- I posure to the air, is hytmgss1 {doughing itnme lia'cly turned l>a<'k Mg4iM|o^fa. col and lifeless bed ; and the lifch >*W^yhtb|?t>(nould, instea I of being kepi bstMSKWllHl ljiiMO fn of the crop, is, hy <Hh'ol cross pinny Ui'?. brought thesur 'am, mil I I,,,vi u\\u\ hy wtfltfsj or w us .I'd away l?v r.<i. s. Tim manlier of plough-cg, an ' t IjuJ ?*f plnug , which is used liv most linnets, have dan n lenilfifk to (lioiiirsli t it 1111 ;i 1 of in (j m d t r:i' t\ ?d i o ? *i! W'-t ploughs but li .!< d.ir r;ng |,) ci. ion from rniiiii) n w edges, t ie ground is not t .r.c <1 over, but crowned into i. or i|.? :.er<?ws lopped upon each other in muc.i a hi.oilier as to expose nuu i of its lo st propr i'ties to waste. T e wri er lias ns?*er taine l from actual experiment, that an a?'re of find yielding not more til ill a ton of hay to tlm acre, at the usual ho isnn of ploug ing greensward, say theteirh n! M a\ , contains I more than welve lam ??f vegetable mailer, roiisikl'fg ot lt?e roots and to,.s o* gr iss mid other vegetable remains upon t:.c snr are. Su It a me ho of p!on diing, t a n. as will he hi ?: euleulnted tos<ue for Ha* belt'I'd of the crop, this muss oi etira'hiiig substance, the farmer should on liesi a e to adopt. B? compeloily mvi rung the sward, and laying t as flat and smooth as the na'tirc of the ground will admit, and then cultivating the crops without d spiriting the sod, with the application of a light dressing of compost, land may not only be k?pt in heart, hut wonderfully improved, With one ploughir.g m t us wav, and spreading on one top dressing of compost manure, of about t?ven'y earl loads to the acre, and mixing it finely with the poor earth at the surface, I have | raised i wo crops of grain or roots, nnd laid j ho land to grass. In the ordinary way of cul ivating, four ploughing*, ns many times h mowing, and two dressings of manure, onerous dured necessary. i have then slaved three ploughings, nnd ns many hirrowinps, one dressing of manure, and ut the same time have deepened, und permanently improved the soil, ?r.d more than doubled my crops. Ten y?-nrs ago, I wan upon the point of abandoning some of mv old fields in d< spair. They had been col oaed in the usual mode of ploughing and cropping, alternately under the plough, and in grass, and had become so impoverished, that the produets were insufficient to cover the expense of cultivation. The same piece of land, which gave mo ono ton of hay, will now, nt the same distance of time after laying to grass, givo me three. In ihc cuhivution of land, which has been a year or more under the plough, nearly th?- same course is to he pursued, especially win II it is Inlt'ndnH in u?m tuln-ut n* ? ?.. -- ... nilVUt %J>I J plough your land so as to turn und?T the rich mould,bring to th? surface n portion ol the fresh earth that h?s never before be< n disturbed by the plotig'i, and mix this well, (if the proceeding crops have not been well manured) wth a light dressing of well rotted compost, and from twenty to fifty bushel* of slaked liine to the acre, and I am confident you will never require a Legislative bounty, as nn inducement to cultivate whe it. Good ploughing cannot he eflfec ed with, out ploughs suitably adapted to the purpose. Iu this all irn|K>rUut agricultural implement, I venture the assrrlio:), without fear of contradiction,, t!mt tlie Americans have made greater, and morn useiul unprovemeius in us adaption mid fitness (or ihe designed purpose, wiitun tl?? lust twenty years, than have been made in Great Britain for ncen ury. From a conviction of the mdisp. nsible necessity of good ploughing to a sue\ ' Cr A 2 ' .1 d r e a RIDAY EVENING, DEC l Another ndvnhtngn (trending ih" prruli u a ror strurlion of Messrs. Proo'y & M-airs plough, is it*durability. When th? resist) ance is ull upon oiih Hide of the Ih hui, iltere . ^tnust b?- n constant tendency of the ploug.i * to tip* Irlt, or land sido : the ft ict on in her i bv increased in this part, nnd the ?p.ir, of j course, is great' r ; but when the beam is * placed more over the centre of the plough, | a id ttie resis ouce which it :.us to encounter, ? is upon both sides of the beam, its movement i is more regular, and iho friction equal in all > p ns. Tuesc uro som'< of the peculiar t properties of this plough, which give it u dc' cid d preference to any o'h? r now 111 use. i Oa confering with some of my neighbor*. ! relaiixe to the work of Piouty dc Mears* > plough, it is believed, that in ploughing a ft flett of ten acres, tho an ount of labor suv ed, added to the amount gained in cause. quenre o'lhc improved tilth, when compar. ed with the work of any other plough, is fully equal to the price paid for it. E. P. Lexington, M iss. From the New England Fanner. BURYING BIKs IN WINTER. Our last swarm came otT in June, and notwithstanding the old adage thai "a swarm in June is not wortli a spoon" we should re* | fuse an offer of two spoons for this, and ' more, unless they were vry nice and very heavy. True, tie quun'ity o( honey which they have gathered is* not very great, but, I'rou'v At M? iir's I'lluniixi from lie ti.i'iit, u p u?:ui f.n ili-r" iuijiiovcJ ei?* .iron pl< >ugl| i'l.fi pr?'va |i j* ' irtii-ul y w.th nil j I .ughs, w nli I|t?< tf*c< plmil of In; I s nam ? that llv- force ncev-s.iry in the draught, is not i|?j'li' 'I dir r ly lo the centre ol r<sis| unco. \V titers on this subject, as well as prue ifil t winers, have owed in tli ir notion. 11iiiI tin; Inwii) should ho plans! dime ly ovr t io I iid sido oi piougn and that th out of ill cool or, or itio position of die s and .rd, should ho squ iro, or at a Pglll angles wall h" cut ol ho ahum, dunking thai f the share and coulter make an acute angle on tho land >ido, tho plough will incline to Call to'he right. Th s would be the ten. denoo, unl S3 tho other ports of the pi .ugh are so constructed as to resist nnd overcome this inclination. By so pi icing the coulter as to r.iriii an acu o angle with tho plane of tho share, on the land side, the leum is brought more directly over the C"ntro of the p ough, as is the caso with Prouty A: Mear's improved plough, and thereby the power n 'Cc8sary to move .1, is applied more direcily lo the centre of resistance, .,nd tlx* force required to move n, and ovorcom# hs resistance, is of course legs than when . - Il l * 1 _ f _ . 1 l app'K-u on ono siue. i cannoi ociior in kc myself understood, than by supposing the land, or left hand sido of a harrow, to be kept oil u airtight linn with the line of drnuglr. it will ruoddy bo perceived that tin* lorcn necessary to draw it when so |>l.ired, w ill or greater tlmn if drown in the usual way, by applying the drought to lit* centre. This is dectdely one of llie most valuable improvements in the construction of the plough, hat has been mud?m modern times, and for whieh the public are indebted to tho ingenuity and skill of Messrs. Prouty Ar M -nrs. A greater ease nfdrungtv is not the only advantage resulting from this tinproveniunt. Another and |K*rhaps greater benefit to its perfect adaption to the end do. signed is by leaving the ground in the best possible, condition. Tito ucutc nn. I?, whieh is made in the land side of tho furrow slice, by the peculi r construction of tins plough, enables toe ploiighm >n to lay the furrows together, like rest her .edged hoards. Tuts. Ill irreeiiNvtar . iu ?... <!< i ruble, ?s the grass is thereby prevented from springing up l>?-iw en the lurro* slices much moro ? tf< dually, lum wmn the furrows are cut at right an les. Tin-grass i* completely shut in, and willjuu ripen out* jure tiie crop, or increase the labor ofcultivRtion. Not only in greensward, hu: in old ground, the superior manner in which the work is done by this plough is very perceptible. There is no tendency to croud lue ground in'o ridges : th< sod is t k n up, mi it w? rc. ail'1 turned over, and l?ll loov, and in the b st s ntc to derive vcge ablc uliinoiil from 'lie air, und to enable ihu roots ol Lplmita to penetrate, und atrdio down in i search ol food. ERST V . 1 H E R A W r, SOUTH-CAROLINA, F C'Ksru! tlllapo, near-twenty yeiira ago I per MilkIh.I tliu p'-raon, who occup e<l iIkj farn f now own, (o hciiJ lo Kmtlnii'J for an i n proved Scotch plough. (I think Small'* which was highly recommended in tin? ngri ml ural publ ratio s of tit it tune. Tun was before the inlrudacl on of the cu*t iro plough into tln.H pa t ol tin* country. Tin plough caino. and I n.ust con rxa I wai ? resit y nsto.iiahcdut the fin of it. line as much disappointed when I wi uess' d i > great 0|ior?:ioiir. A huge, mishapper cumbiiMitioii < f wood and iron, it w is th laughing stock o'* my neighbors, who a' onco denounced me at a book farmer." The plough was |.nd aside, and has been kept for show,'and in const'uction anH i workmanship* when compared with Ameri[ can ploughs, furnishes a striking illustrate ol tho superior skill nn I Ingenuity of our own mechanics, over of tense ??f* Europe. ! can now do twice as murh work, arid d i infinitely butter, with Prouty & Meant' improved plough, with ono horse, md a single tiai.d, Hiiin a yoke ol oxen and a horse, and ono additional band to drive, could do with the f.nnous Scotch plough. Public attr'ii ion was first awakened to tho subject of improvements upon the old fashioned, wedge.like plough, bv the wri"ings of Mr. J< iFcrson, who in 1798. pub. lialu-d Ins new tueory of the construction of the moid,I hoard, formed upon mathematical md philosophical prineiplcs. It was in consequence, of a suggestion from lum, thai llobeit tSinidi, oi P< nn*\Ivania, in 1^03, substiiuted the cast iron for the woodoo niouj'i board, for which ho ob ui .cd a patcut. This was the commencement of u scries ol improve;inputs wt'ich Imvo resulted in the substitution ofenst Iron ilir uit pans of lie plough, exc pt iho beam and handles, mid su< h lias been the progress in reducing mis implement to a li;n< ss for the purpusi s designed. 'but tiie American cast :r<?n plough, as now cons:rui-'rd. may in iru li l)i- c nsidcrod, lis il litis been denominated, the niost important instrument known l<? in ill. Abou' Meon \e.ir* niiico the cast ron share raine iu'o general use in this p n t ol the eountry. ?Vuod's Tyro*?. Hitch, cock's. I loward'a uud l.u t of nil Prouly A: .M car's, have each had their ahmvof public favor, I have particularly attended 10 the operation of all these, and noticed the delects and excellencies of each. About Helve y. art. ago, Hitchcock's plcugh, ih"ii ii j. ner il use, a> d lug l\ npp.ov <i by ihe lam.i rs ol Nea ^ ?ik, >vmn .itliodu *ed in'o Ins .S .m I-v Mr I*r??till\. who wasw II u*. tiiiuu. .l> m pi a l.c.il use, is h il a? ihe . ii. i til lue pf uyh. II . s *i nc?* in ;e, | i i(. , t,y , * met u. i a' ski'!, fmitl I in u lin.c, d to 'i ill i inoi.s a !. e oi itiiakei 'im 'inrf impro em its in : Ms u'i.iil'Ii. ant uuiui Mo u hid slice. v?i noj Wl sue IIIVOS, UP think amply sufficient for their s "pp'y. We ] ( propose burying hem through tut* winter,n I practice which wo have a lop o.l in two sue- I , eessive years, and lin?l we continued it th" | t 'bird, our old colony, instead of coming 'o j an u mi tin ij > <!, <??vl4 errvbil,]y have been j in existence now through its decendunts. My method ofburving bees is as follows. I The operation is performed the la*: of No; veniber. The pit in which ihey are placed | is dug considerably larger than ilv loves, in . every respect. On the ho out of the pi ( two sticks say of ?ennthng, four inches . square, iir<- so placed that a cavity inn\ b?i left into which the water if there is nv o ?\ settle and run otT without injurv to the be- s. j Oil the se blocks 1 I iy my floor hoard whieh should ue sound and "ul! ail inch thick ; if j more, no matter. The top of the hive should be covered wi h a two inch plank, or f more 1 csnveuient, a piece of wide thick slab wi h | the rounding side up, so that if lb? frost , ' < <un * not. null lin.lt-v r:;5iiii full n> ? j - I i"V"' ;*s i. r?ol to c irry the w ater from over ; tun iiivi- uu.i tu*11 it iu o t'ic pit below.? i Sir?*v n> | en place! us C<*inpactN :?k nin\ ; *m< .in iini tlie lii,e# unil tin*?*i?itli (liriiwu on 1 k<i .s 10 form a cpHi* nl?*iv?? it. wliiet. *in JpiTites is ? r*i??* to urn (ti?* vvnt<w 14 it lulls. With r*-g ird Co tlwil* pth of boning w*j can only ??y. lb . in out firm r ' .<(>< rtrncnlH, ?e in \<r s ink t'u* :oj? of the 1 lijvr liciow the Burl'-co. Whether it wi.uld ! be well to do to tie cannot vay. Some, when burying their bo*?, drive down a stuke ' Itnir tin- Inn*! *?n tln-y to mlim ttin air ; Iiiii we do not see why a stake, drove with lie ourtb rompai'tU placed round it, can form an utr bole more tli m tin' o.ir'n its?if. And if u could, we do nor sec the n"Genuity I oi u, lor the object ot Mirying bees is to put tic rn us much :in m iv be it: a ra e of dor' mancy .brooch the winter, by which their slock of pmvigioiiM is lengthened out, to so| cure them from sodden and often fatal rltnn1 ges from heat and cold und from storms ami sunshine. In s lecting a place for bury ing, it is im. ' portant tliat a dry one should oc chosen, and j ' tot prefer ona ttiftt is cold to n warm one, ?.n'l could we regulate the condi io:i of the earth around them, we would freeze it the ! night ufter their burial, and keep it frozen i until tune for their exhumation in the ; spring. j .We, in both ins'nnces of our former bury. I ing, took tln m up s..me of the last days ->f Mirch, and all 'lie 'lead we found from the I four hives thus kept would not hall fill a person's hand, and on exposure to the sun and j atmosphere, the living weru as bright and | (lively us though they had known no winter, j I and thev pave sw irms curlier and mnro : ; frequently than (Jul the hives that were not ' buried, the ensuing summer. F*oin tlio Cliarlckton Courier. Mes>r*. Editor*.? It not intruding on your columns, the following wriiHo rnny no. bo ultogftle r unprofitable ; particularly at this season of iho year, when planters hud run sad experience, that a change of over, leers is actually indispensable for the bolter regulation an i successful management of heir agricultural interest*. Permit mi? the*) to muke a few remarks on the qualifications and duties of ovf.KsEF.rs, flat plunters m?y escape t e too fre. client imposition o! those men, who are d?-s. note in every respect of those qualities oa vliich the successful and proper manage, neat of the planter's interest entire'y de : f ml. 1 ni. "E.tpcriencia docet" is n truth to winch every man or hus.nrsg will readly testify, and I know of no business r at denai.ds more of this ingredient than the lusuit-ss devolving on tin* Overseer; and vlulu experience may justly include every c her qudhfirn ion, yet tiuman nature teach ' es tlmt tln rc are such characters in the ? I world us knotc u great deal hilt do nothing? . j to such riisractnts I'm A|M>?iiu may 11 havo alluded wlv n ho suld, "llo that i knoteeih to do good and docth it not, to I to loin it is sew" I; 2nd. The Ovrrteer should lie a man (to I' ut? the tsnjuage of Solomon) thilt can "dis i ern both time and judgment," not only how 1 to do, but when, us a considerable and im4 BE Tl * J? T 1 Z Eif. i.MCLfl C. 1839. . r porfnnt end may be aownplished by this i knowledge, which may have given origin 'o the well-known maxim, "A stitch in 1 time, saves nine.** 3 J. An Overaeef should understand hit business in surh a manner, (but he may be able to hav? big arrangements well ahead, flint be may the better embrace any advantage ihnt may present itself in the executing of toe same. 4tb. The Ovorseer should s'udy the na ure and disposition of bis employer, and nsf'ir as in bis power,(consis'ctit wl'h what is right and josi) acquiesce in nil bis orders mid teqiiis's; and sbnuld the Employer extend mii order contrary 'o bis inn-rest or in i.ny way confuse the arrangement of plant >1100 work, it *lu?uM b" pointed out to 1 the Employer by the Overjrtr, mod if thn Employer still wishes ins order* c-rried into execution, it is the duty of the Overseer to obey, and note ti e swuo ou hfs plurital.on day book. 5 h. Tin* Overseer should endeavor to find out 'he ability, character and disposition of .Ik* people under Ins charge, so that he may apportion hia work to ?heir several ubil it s. yet without any apparent or visible distinction, and as regards their character Ihi will scarcely meet any difficulty. fith, Tue Overseer shou d havir a tolcra? ble knowledge of physic, that ho may be i abb* to adminiM <r mcdicim properly, when] sicknessdemands, and for this knowledge' | every Overseer should be in possession of j "EweIPs Modi "hi Companion,*' by the frc.} <juent perusal of which ho will find great ' goo I resulting from little knowledge?or in ' other words, a h tl?: knowledge ofmcdicim \ may do wonders n: tunes. A day journal \ > should certainly he kept. | Tin. I< lu Injihly desirable that nn Over ' seer shoul I have somu knowledge of surge.' \ ry. tliat lie may be aide Willi safety to open j a vein, extract a tooth, or bandage a broken i I nib. | 8tti. An Overseer should be a humane j lliun. retll'lllber iho ininn'i'on 1 ... IIWII VI VUI I Lord, "Be \ ? merciful," at the isme tune j without p:tr ihiity. "Thit wrvnnl which j known:h hi* niaiti r'* 'will and dm-th it NOT, j shall hi* beaten with many ulripes," and 'that servant wliich did not know it shell have n few. ( hat is, if wo linvo n to bo. ; li vt' hr had nil opportunity of knowing the j dti y imposed.) j 9:h. An overseer should have Somo ^ knowledge of Carpenter** work, for every ( experienced Overseer will testify with tne j thai the set of "blue cloths'' nro the almost j solo idlers on every plantation and where they nie not under the control of some posi- i *iv sufieriet* ndent, a year's work has been | i eln tit of a it.ree month's job. I nth* To conclude, sn Overseer should t* a coner, luniksr, industrious, humane and knowing man, a man of truth and man that fcaretli his Creator." Such a man I recommend without any hesitation to e very Planter who may wish order,discipline and subordination, the only way to the successful mae.ag. of the agricultural interest. AN OVERSEER. j AfirUCUL I UAL CONVENTION. The follow ing list of delegates we copy from the Columbia Telescope. From MarlboroughJnme* Gillespie, John McQueen, W T E.lerhe, Chesterfield Thomas E Powe, J Wlight, Marten Tlinmas Evans, B .Moody, W ilium Evans Edgefield. W Brook", A P Butler, J .ines Terry, J O Nicholson, Darlington. T'lomns E Me|ver, Thomas P Lidc, W 11 Cannon, sr. J F Ervin, W Wingato Fairfield J J Myers, J B Davis, W K Davis, J H M ans, E'lwunJ Means, D Elkin Chester T W Moore, J D Craw fur J Richland. j F H Ebnore, Ruber. \V Gibbes, | Junit s Gregg. Robert Henry, Sumter, John P Richardson, J umr* B Richards n, | I). St P l)uBo*e, Tlmmu J Wilder, j Istac Le o r. J W English, Anderson and Pickens, J W Morris, JPR.d. J N Garvin. Jesse M'Kitiney, Thomas Pinckney, Spartanhurgh, (1 (1 Tuompsou, Jotm Crawford, Jobn W Hunt, Samuel N Evans, Wm K Pool.., Orange and Si. Matthews, John M Ftlder, S Glover, S B Daiglit, Jacob JS.iowman, Ehsba Tyler, . D F Jamison, Lancaster. n..~: at ' n " i j r i^rocKtii, M Clinton, John M llonkin, VS in Reed, Abbeville, John A Calhoun, P F Moragne, A B Arnold, James Fair, D L Wuid'uw, George M'Duflio, Newberry, Simeon Fuir. Greenville, Bannister IlarnicelL | Conri?'a R Carroll, J !! Hammond^ WSR 'yiH 4'U W Udmorc Sims, James D Fiwm Lexington. t J A Addison, L Pou, * t . .8k' i'? % * ? ' pe . ' ' -* , . yJP * -u ,. . t **? . .. . ;. c ? a ' > , ' "v* i .. .* 4* III I I ? ?? ? NUMBER 4.> J C Geiger, W F Ftreivtl L Boox'T, H i DwHtbnMn* St. Phil/fp's and St. Michael*.. F DQ iash, W Washington* 4 St. John*e Berkely. . John fl Dawson, P P Palmer. St. Andrew'*, v W Lawton, R R Carrol!* Wm J Bull, St. John's Colleton. W M Murray J Jenkins Mickle, St. Helena Island. J A Scott. rrinre William's. John E Frampton. ^ * " Pnnce George Winy aw. R F W 'AUs.on. .4// Saints. B F Dunkin. Tlio commiren of fifteen, to prepare bit* ' siness for the Convention were, B R Car* roll W T Ellerbe, TIk>s. Evans, W B Cannon, J as. B Davis, J Gregg, W Reynolds, J P Rirhnnl.ton, A B Arnold, J H Hammond, F D Quash, J Ar Scott, B Dunkin, W BrookS and F MasN^y. On the second evening of the meeting following Additional delegates wen present. From Fairfield.?' W J. AlsKto, John ? M. Robertson. Burrel B. Cook. v From Sumlcr.?lion. J. S. Rtcbordson. 5* From Anderson.?J. B. Reed, T. E. Calhoun. * " * From Rich/and.?R. II. Goodwyn, D, D. FcnW. From Edgefield.?M- Watson. From Lexington.? II. Atrthu*. From Union. ? Z. P. Ilerndon. From Prince George Winytnb.?Thos. G. Carr. The President called for the Report of tl?e Com mitt? of fife* n, who thf Chairman, It. It.Cjrrtdl. F.vq. submitted tlio following RF.POll r. TlmComrnttee nppointed to prepare busi. nc?s for the A gricul.urat Cowvewtion, leave respectfully to rrpor'r That after on enquiry n which the w qtimen^of the difFrrent sections of our State have been con* suited, they ore of opinion that the follow* ing subjects n re lit andpvopwr for the consideration of thr. convention, vit t 1. The crea ton by ihe Legislature, of nn Agricultural professorship Hi the Sooth Carolina College, 2. The appropriation by the b"gid>. tuic of u sum of momy to defray the expctic s of a Geological and Agricultural Survey of the State. 3. The establishment cfan Agricultural j School in some central and Itcolthy position s of the State. M 4- The establishment of r.ftaW. Board of Agriculture, to ment at Columbia or soiiK'where t-lnc io tho State. 5. The introduction into our free schooo!* of some elementary work en Agncul ure. ' In li'riting their rocommendotion to the proposiiion* alhidi d to, the comasittee have , done so with the vow of not crowding updii the concvntion the coos deration of too many to ice of abounding interest. They believe that the fault of our Agricultural uas m rcioiqra ocei^ihtt nttomplod too much, nnd done too little, doping, there-fore, that they have' selected such matters ns wiii interest the convention, they bog to bo discharged from die further consideration of the subject." The Report having been laid before the Convention for discussion, Charles R. Carroll, Rsq.,a?f Irrssod the Chair in support of its recommendations. Ho was followed by J.nnes 11. Hammond, Esq.* in opposition, John A. CNlhoun, Esq., and B. R Carroll, Esq., spoke in reply to Col. Hammooed. B. K. Carrol, Esq., moved to consider the propositions of the report separately, and to add to the first and second propositions* * J the words, * and that the snme be reernn- . * mended to tho Legislature ; so that they would rend as follows : 1. The crettion, by the Legislature, of ?n Agricultural Professorship in tlie South Carolina College, and thai the same be rr. ? commanded to iho LegisU'um. 2. The appropriation, by the Lcgisla. lure of a sum of morn-v to defray the expenres of a Geological and Agricultural * survey of tim State, and that the same be rnrommenUt-d to the Legislature. Col. Hammond moved to lay the first proportion on the tabic, wl.tch wua agreed to.?>ila ttien moved to lay theeeeond pro. position o.;tlw table, which was rejected. ! The Aya not being aa'Lfied, the votes were I taken -y tollers, when it mis found that there I were 31 Ayes and 57 Noea. So the eac* ond proposition was before tl?e meeting. I H. il. Thomson, Esq. moved, " That upon ibut proposition! there should bo a division' of the question, and tliat the 7 vote should be taken on lite propriety ot recommending a Geological survey apart from an A gs cultural survey" This rm> inn was under discasaion, when it was moved by Dr. Arnold, that the Convention do now adjourn, to meet oo to morrow evening at 51.2 o'clock. The Convention then ndjourncd. ? ROBERT. W. GIBBBS. Sea'y. 1 Wednesday. Nov. 27, 1839. The ConvtHi'ion ?r?a organised at the hour appointed. The minute* of the prcr* J iooa meeiinff were read. gj Th? Pre-?/>r?? stated that \h? Cnnv#nt?on was prep*red Tor business, and that the sub- Q jeet for their consideration wat M the pro- ( pneiy of rerorantendiog to the Lofiali tHip J a Geological survey apart from an A fried, tural survey of the State.** Gee. McDufia addrawed the Convention ji