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Anniversary Oration by My. Wm. T. Ellerbe, berore the Fee Dee Agricultural Socie y, February 22d, 1840. Mr. pRtsiDEXT & Gentlemen. You have assembled to-day to coromem0 orate the first Anniversary ofyour Society, ?the objects of which, hive b-^n so fully developed a: the three previous meetings that I deem it uunecessary lo say anythins? (briber, upon this occasion ; but will V; proceed, at once to advert brh fly to a few promanent subjects for your consid ration. The scope of coun ry embraced by tinPee Dee Agricultural Society include* every variety of soil from the lightest upland to the richest alluvial bottom, all and each of whieh having peculiar distinguis'ing features, requiring not only a different mode of culture but a particular adaptation for a beneficial product. Some of our lands arc best sui?ed to Co'ton whilst grain would be most profitable in oti ers. Deep ploughing would perhaps be highly ben-ficiai with one description, whilst with another it migh be injurious. To be sure experience has taught us something under (his head, hu We need the aid of accurate scien rfic experiment and without it we must be content to grope our way in da< kne*s, with no prospect of arriving at satisfactory results. No I class of the community are so tenac< ous of' long established cus om and habits as the tillers of the soil, and this perhaps mny he h salutary b irrier against wild and impracticable llit ore s, but it is not less an obstacle against useful tmprovemen's. ?' I know that it-may be said and very justly too that most of Hie works tha* h vn been published upon the suhjee' of Agriculture re not applicable to our condition, and that we can learn but little from books { which will bo extensively useful,?but we have a resource in that science whor? re suits are as eertain as mathematical de BionsirwiDQ, sua are uppn^mn iw , soil and cfimc, and better than all, entirely within the comprehension and use, of every liberally educated Planter, I allude to Chemestry as applied to Agriculture, If our ancestors had b *'B gui led by the light which the eminently useful brtrnchoPScience could have shed upon their pursuits, the present condition of the country would have been widely different, what that difference would have been I will pot undertake to say; but this at loast will b" acknowledged that in The making and application of manures and the adaptation of par icular plants to the soil best suited to their production, would have advanced far be)ond the point which the dear bought experience of many years, has but so imperfectly tauglrt. The great variety of soil which I have before alluded to as embraced witlrn the sphere of your operations, would have been entirely wiUmd its control, and to be changed at will as with the magicians wind. I have as little re?p?ct for m< re book phot ing, and those eternal experimenters that re catching at every wild and impracticable notion afloat, m?re!y because it is new, as any one. But when Science sheds her effulgent rays upon our path, we cm be sure thai we are on firm ground, and rmy then advance with * firm step and cert lin prospect of attaining lhe desired end. No great improvement can be achieved in Agricul u/e with the application of Chemistry particular ly where the land* are worn as much as our own; surely much more can be done than has been even under present circum stances. But wiih its powerful aid no obstacle would be too great to surmount, and improvement would be easy and rapi I.? Amongst the most prominent defects in our system of Agriculture, is that of planting too much and manuring too little. We. have carried this skinning m ?de of culture (as it has been termed) to as great extent perhaps as any other por ion of the State, and have received the just and inevitable reward which, ever follows so short sighted a poli& cy. It wouM bo absurd to suppose that anv Planter would be able to manure all the land he cultivates with the usu >\ means wo make use of fur that purpose; bu tV-re are others beside arid within reach wnich we have not availed ourselves of. I allude more particularly to green crops to be ploughed under before the maturity of their seeds. The cheapness of land affords gre?t facilities for this manner of manuring. I feel confident when fully tested it will meet with general approbation, especially upon stiff and impermeable clays, There is another defect and one not less prejudicial |0 success, than thai just alluded to,?it is the \rant of sys'cm in mana6crnuat. I am s&jjt dl M J1JVD CI mmamummmmBanEm inn jiiuwttaBEaBaBagggg?? CUE * , w*H aware of ;he many diffieulries the Planter would have to contend against in introducing perfect order and regularity in every department of his business?it is nevertheless highly essential that it should be done, but th:s can flot be accomplished unless the Overseer is an intelligent and faithful man ; much will dep'-rtd upon him under all circumstances. How essential then is it to the interest of she Planter, to raise the condition of this most useful! class of the com-** muniiy. It can alone be done bu by re. warding the competontand fiithful with goo I wages and entirely discarding the trifluig and inefficient. Ii is a great error to corn> mil to pref-r an Overseer l>*cause he can be obtained cheap; a hundred or two dollars, is n m tfW not to b? considered, even With him w;?o_ has not innre than ten hands?his qualifications should be the sol" ecommend.it.on. A man may be of un'mpeacheablfi integrity, and good deportment yet be useless and inefficient as ? manager. He mu?! combine other qualifi. cations w.th these?firmness, precision and energy; a quick apprehension and grea industry, and vigilance. It requires such qualifications, as these to make a good manager und carry imo complete and suecessful opf,ra ion the business of a well organ ged phtita ion. '' Toe custom of changing your Overseers every year or two is a very pernicious one, it w >ul<i be far t?etter ro retain them for a term of years. Stability accompanied with n fair remuneration, would bo one of the strongest inducements, to fill the pr .fession with enterprising and in'?lligent young men. The inconvenience and risk of chting every year makes the pursuit a forhtdmg one, and it will never be otherwise u.tl* ss we alter the terms und conditions pf ein.ployment. It is to the merest of both parties? he employer and overseer, that the station should be permanent, and if this was well understood at the beginning it would be one of the most powerful incentives to exertion. Ho would look upon the plaVation as bis home and look up to you as bis best fr end and adviser, and should receive at, your h tnds that k'nduess and for bearance w ich your fai.'hfuf and confi lential agent would deserve. I have thus touched upon this subject because I believe it to b one of the grea est m ignitude, your success in a greater or less degree must ultimately depend upon this class of the com inunitv. Toe first and most important consideraiions then, are,?plant less ; mi nure more; and establish sytrern and order in the government of your plantations;? uMih/vif it vnnr ff?fK?rt? at imnrovement will J ? ?? be perplexing and abortive. Tlie means of manuring are sea:ttred around you in pto fusion, order and system will not less de. p*nd upon you tha i*your overeseer. Then* is an other highly important consideration which I will bwfly allude '0 as it materially affects the profits of the Planter: it is to produce upon the plantation as far as possible that winch is needed to' bo consumed by th ? plantation. T? at w? should combine to a fe'-rt iin extent, what is usually term?h1 Fanning, with our planting, is not alone practicable but highly neccessary.?There is no animal more easily raised and rapidly propagated than the Hog, under proper management, and nothing but negligence and a wretched economy can evr force the planter to purchase a lb. of Pork. It can be raised both cheap* r and af a better quality than it can possibly be purchased of the western drovers. There can be no * 1 * ~ tr urwl ifArtrl D'MIfir lll'ltt* IU Hit: pi U3JJVI Iijr uu>? manag-menl of a planter, ihan to know where the hogs were raised that f d his Negroes, It is not alone ruinous to the individual himself, but bad policy as a gen-, oral principle, and opperahs injuriously upon the Slate at large, for it will t ike now nearly a lb. of good cotton to purchase a lb. of Pork, and what is the immediate con sequence?it converts the western specula tor?the I log drover into a cotton planter to nearly ttie amount of Pork sold. This perhaps at first may annear paradoxical 1 will illustrate it by a familiar example.? You make a bargain with a neighbor to furnish you with Pork for tlje n?*xt y? ac, tins will enabk- you o lessen your corn crop uud plant more co! on, and on tne other hand he musi lessen his cotton crop and plant more corn to ennWe him to comply with his contract,?it makes no diff renoe whether you pay him in cotton or money? he is to all intent* and purnos- s, a cotton producer to the amount of Pork sold you. Too amount orcotton brought to the Ciie. raw market uud- r this arrangement would nei her be increased nor lessen-'d. But with the w<*s ern drover the matter is widely different. You make n section of country produce coticn not congenial to its grow h and consequently increase its production, to the amount of pork purchased from him. If the cotton could bo produced cheaper *'?" ?U?. /...I.'..ml. I, nnnnnlt it ivmilti !m lUUU I'll- jjui t\ it \rauuuiy k uwuiva ww even men b id policy in the extreme; and under.?!l circumsjnuc?i in which b may be viewed it is suicidal. In relation to mules and horses this fact may not be true to the same extent as it is wi lt Pork, but there canqot be a doubt thai it is to our bes' interest to raise as many as is practicable, you can clothe your nagroes wait quite as much economy as you can fond litem. The material that you are aula to make would no' alone be be ter but much cheaper than any thing else could be that would approach its qua'ity. Wi n I say it is both practicable and necessary to connect to some extent farming will) planting, I mean to say that it should extend no? further than it is subservient to the uses of the plantation. For * & EBS' a E R JI ir 4 ??? Kill Ull JMIIWBMBPB?H?BB ? RAW, SOUTH-CAR OLIN/ instance instead of those miserable half e starved creatures, that would perplex the o Zootomisi from th-ir'anatomy, to s?y to h what class jif animals they belonged, and b which pass currenrjundrr the aume of catfle? a -it would bo far better to hare a very few of . the oes? breed that could be procured, just c so many- us could he conveniently kept in ? good condition. They would be much more p profitable, and would be a pleasure insead v of a pain to look open them, it is to this tl extent fttmiug should be conn cted wijh ?> planting no more. - ^ The preseu quiet condition of our state t' is odinirub'y propitious 'o inculea'e the it patr otic und worthy or>jeo:a of your Socio* b ty, a 'inv* more favourable hag uot presen- * tad kg'if within the |.tgv twenty years T e ?? violence and d scord of purism* is bushed v and peace and harmony now reign w ithin ? her borderi. ? Tlnrre appears too in the distance the H dawn of a brighter, day Upon our * cause. The interest so lately exciten ? throughout the s'ate upon the subject, can- ? not subside without benefioiJ results,and so t( fivourable nfi oppor unity should not be suffered to p iss without b^ing unproved, vi We must be united and actuned by one *< iinnuls!* as one man. and our crlnrious cause d will soon command that influence and notice ei ' which its Vast importance so justly ent lie i s lu to, and those who profess ro be your law- P onk'-ra would not then dare to repeat the * insult in refusing to grant a pit anee to w a Ivance th^ great int"rest of lire sta e ; you > who pay the taxes and whose skill and in C{ dustry is the only capital known in Sou h c< Carolina, you are o h<? dented a mere m?> h of that you co.-i rbut'-d \ourso!v<s, whils^ H millions are sqi mdered upon ill managed it1 schemes that can novrr reiurn the hulf of *' 1**4? I interest upon the c.ipial invented < .It v a moiety of I he zenl and eloquence which have b"en so !ib"rally expend'-d upon other, p subjects, had been <j?fVo'ed fo the cause o' ^ Agriculture, we wolud have not now b????n ^ under the hurnilia ing ne'-rssry of pledging E the state to foreign Capi ;?li?'8. - ~ ^ * Is is not a singular fner, that among the many distinguished m*m which our State has produced, not one hiss h#*.n conspicuous for 1,1 nis zealous advocacy of the grcause of Agriculture? iheirpi;rio is?n.eloquence and high intellectual endowments we never for a moment questioned, for we all feel proud of thern. But how this greit interest should have been p isse' byw. b source n nonce,- ^ whilst other m ilt TS of far less importance, have received tho most profound Mtt?*?i ion is impossible to conjecture; it is to be hoped, though that the day is not far dis'ant wheh o the Planters homseives will awaken to a full u1 sens", not alone of tln*ir individual interact,- nr (>ut to he honour and proapury of the Stale ft at large. * V One of the causes of the ktow advance h ment of Agriculture in our State, may he l? i raced to this fact,?thai mou, of the young it men who have the advantages of a collegi- at ate educa:ion, turn their attention to other p pursuits,?some one of the learned profes- ct sions as they are termed. So much profound V 1 Timing as it is presumed they hav?? acquired sl must not be thrown away upon the barren: c' and uninter -shng pursuit of honestly making *i their bread, or becoming skilled in the man- in ag* ment of the estate it is hoped they will si inherit. Law or medicine he muRt study cl without any reference to his capacity to he iti i . i i ,.:.i I L ui uisunguisiieu m auu wnai is uui >00 frequently the consequence, his young 1 hopes crumble to the grouftd, his bright til visions of fame are closed in darkness.? 1c Tne be-t en"niie?/)f his life ar* frittered d< away, and all for what J To be an adept in p< t e chi<anry and low cunning of the village n lawyer on I tie no le?s douh ful feme of the tt village qj.u'k. I do not allude to the talen- nr ted hut indigent young man who is striving hi with every nerve, to acquire a fair feme, o and nn honest livelihood ?but that univer- it sal propensity throughout the country to pi resort to these professions rather than any o other pursuir; and not unfivquendy among st tiiose, who have sufficient means to begin e as Agriculturists. And in the majority of g cases those who would thus commence with g a lirle, would in the end be the most skil* o lul and sucCcs^'ul planters. How (lien is ti his to bo rem. died ? By loping off some of w the usi-less fl imnsery whioh is neither under, ti s:ood nor reine-inhered if it was ar.d substi- it tu ing >n t >e course of education something 11 n relation to the culture and production of a the soil, which would be bo'h interesting 0 and ?useful ever after. For the hidden 11 secrutsof nature, and its tnisterinu* opera- u 'ions when once unlol led >o the view* im i rt press ?? cnarin :it?t is no' easily ouuteraiea. There is a peculiar adaptation in tho f?u- c man mind for receiving these soft and t( enchanting impressions, which is a source n of unalloyed happiness under all tha ? vicisi'U'lcs of life. > 11 b From the Franklin Farmer. b We are glad to find that so much interest it lias been oxei.ed on the subject of breeding ti horses for purpose* of utility. It is a s very important sul?j:*ct; and we ore t sincerely gratified that the premiums i? which we offend for essays upon it, n have induced some of the most in- n leiligent breeders in the United States to a nivor th?* public with iheir opinions and ex- 1 perienco. We thought, at the time ti?e es- c say of Mr. Williams and that of Judge t U'-illy were published, ha. the subject- h would be examine I by oth'rs. Tno follow, t ing is from the pen of on intelligent and v shrewd observer, and wi.rhal a glorious feL ti low, whom, whenever we read his private epistles, we can't help believing > a whole, ft sould Kentuckiun. We should like, nlall * .f '* .. ^ * * '* * * -if V *"-& OAS f f| a ' _Jr *?> , '^V; - *-,.. I D V E 'j i V? ' ..- :,, t^. BBBgfHUiaHlBMaBWI?B??B L, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, ] , * vi'Bts, to snow him our moles or^iarming, ur stock of horses, asses, mules, cattle and ogsj and particularly to show him our lue-fcrass pas:urei and give I im a taste of Kentucky barbecue. W*? foresee, we think, that there is to ome a centroverey on this subject of breed. ?g horses for'work. The opinions of our resent correspondent will probably prooke a reply from some of rhe advocates of ie thorough bred*. We shall not engage i the controversy, otherwise than to stimu. Ue .he opposing parties to write the besi ?ey ean in favor of their respective ' opinio*, and to sustain their opinions by the t?t proofs they can brim? for warn. In fact, te *ive not yet had sutSoient experienco ii tneiijhjfjcf, to avow a permanent conunion. As far as our opinions have been >nn -d, rney are in favor only of a portion f blood in.the farm horse. Wp know that lis is also the opin on of many old luriner*; nd we have heard bui few, if any. express preference for the thorough breds for. mik horr-s; and even if they were proveni be tho bos', at their present prices they ould not b<* generally us-d. What other uriefy or br< ed of horse then, or how cross* i or mixed, will beat answer our every ay purposes, we I'm vp to be shown by oth. rs. Wh have heard both the essays, uluied to above, much commended ; but our resent wriier discovers that they are ?' artauea, ui some poin'?, with each other, 'uile he is himself to some ext?*nt, at va. ificw with both. But all of them have srtainly wriien well and their po forman>mj u/.ll ha ? b I o.i Ii in i-rn-f nnrf nrofil. W*' ope ha! those, ol whatevershadt ofopintoti i regard to the kind of horse best sui ed for etv r *1 us- ? who d? e<n the subject not yet k'tfturted, will tayor our renders with their ew? on this interesting subject. W- b !i?*ve a large horse, in whole or in irt a Clttuveland Bay, was brought to [enoeky last year by som" gentlein in ol ayette, wh'fh bad* been .imported from Sughind by Mr. VVeddle of New York.? rhup* those who brought bun he, e, woul't e wdling to ftvor us with, a statement of v? reasons which Jed them 10 anticipate an nprorpiiient in the character of heir stock. y introducing this new at a I Iron. HEEDING MORSES FoR PURP03 ES Ofr U riL.IT Y. Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1940. ro the Editor of the Franklin Farmer: 1 have observed, with much pleasure, jrpe recent articles in your excellent paper, n the subject of *4Morses for agricu! ural urposes1' ; but those mos. especiajly com tending themselves to the attention of the irmer, are the prizo essays by Messrs. I iMiiamaand B'*atty and a mor* recent one y Crofts." This subject is more peeu arly appropriate in tliese iron times% when is necessary to bring every thing to the an lard of utility, and when it becomes rudent people to r duce ail luxuries to imfortsand all eomforato necassnrics.?1Mb nt Amflrlnnm. hntvt'VPr.hrotKihi un in Hi pervuding abundance, it is burd to dit. ri(ninateb"iwHen . such as would be condered luxuries in Europe, nnl necessaries i this country; the first having become > common h?*re as nor unfrequ??ni|y to be lased with rhe latter, and probably among tern h!1, hMre is no ii??m of such unl mited ad extmvacant indulgence, ?s horse. JU?k. 'o become awate of the extent to which lis Jhsi has been carried, we have but to >ok at the vast sums that huve been expen. ^d within 'he last twenty vara in the imDrt dion of bloods. ' Estimate tile immense nmka* and ?A?t nf anAMihft nmtMila UIIIU'vl UIIU VI Oj/VI iroughout the country, then add the aL lost incredible number of road add farm arses, that bu: for the indulgence of their wn- r's pride and fancy, (luxury,) might luch better be annihilated entirely, or their luces, when indispensable, supplied wi'ti xen or mules that could perform the necestry labor at balf-the com j and, in addition, very young blood, must have bis crack elding and every boy his poney, the agrebate of which is an annual expenditure f in.lliont hai might be saved, without par cular inconvenience. But this taste always has prevailed, and will probably connue so to do io the end of t me, and if not' male, has been so long indulged in, as to lake it a useless undertaking io attempt bolishing it We must, therefore, content jrselves with the more reasonable and neraps equally beneficial tusk of endeavoring 3 diiert the popular will. Wia never required at all, horses may be endered valuable to the full amount of their ost, provided there is proper attention paid i breeding exclusively lor utility. Ia the naunerof doing this, however, your prize ssays arc at total variance ; the firs' giving nqaalmed preference to the "thoroughir?'d for work"?the last asserting very rondly, that "experience has sho*n( both a England and in America, tnnt heises of tie pure and unmixed blood, though very aititble lor racing, are no: the host adapted 0 farming pnrpos'-s." With this last opinon, I am fully disposed to coincide; .for milling can be plainer, than that the fiery, rrepression ardor, the quick and sudden, ilinos; electrical motion, the indonii'aljion. ike spirit and courage of the thoioug'i bred, :on*t<;uie an excess or the qualities easeflial o a more servile animal, Occasionally 1 tl orougti bred may be found, uniting all he b' si horse attributes in such just and veil balanced proportions, as :o enti'.Je him o stand as a model of the prince of beasts. -Such arc, however, exceptions that only ?rove the rule. . The properties required for forming pur BETT r iz E tt. I I I IIIIII <1111 II I III III 1840. in ii 'in ?i mSSSSaSm poses are very comprehensively stated in Jurtg B any * essay a "good conshtulion, gen leness and evenness of temper, docili y, steadiness of movement, capacity to endure ntpa ly and constant-labor, great: muscular power, durability, hardiness ; easy to be kepr in onter with moderate feeding;" i | to which, if we add symmetry of form. fine j action and appearance, sufficient spirit and a quick pace , when called opoij for it? wha' more is required, for the gentleman's horse? Can these properties be united? To a great extent we think they can. And the advantage of adopting this principle j would he gre it; for in breeding such a race, all the progeny would be certain <o find a ready and profitable sale, as tb? choicest in form, spirit and character would conommd higher prices for the "fancyyVwhife the m d'Ocre would answer every purpose for i the norstf of "all work." But how is this, combiner ion to be obtained? Your first' esSav. I Mr Williams') snvs, "import u bay | Turk, ii bay B it b a CWvelatid Buy and a Bay Dny ; your second (Jud^e Betty's) though recommending a jirlrci'ous selection ol domestic animal* a* br?ieders, yet clearly prefers, as conferring "incalculable benefits on the agriculturists of the coUnrv, the importation of several piir of tne Black Carthorse, ihe Suffolk Punch and the Cleave, laud B >y to commence a stock with." But the best English au liorties say, **tiie true | Suffolk, like the Cleaveland, is now pearly | extinct," and of the heavy blacK horse, ad Is, j "these are adapted mor for .show und pa| rude, and to grat fv lhe umbi ion one has j to outvie his neighbor, than for-ativ peculiar , utility." VVlnle Crofts,' quo ing the redoubtable N inro l, certainly a great au 1 ifiontv, says we must go ?o France for the .Mignt carl horse and the black-roan stall. oris." ; W th entire concurrence in the b-Iief as to tlip ultimate suck's at judicious xperi inents in crossing with the fujftngn breeds, "I h ll hntk tltyt-l'if* object of producing the most useful and valuctbfr animal would re. qure more outlay of cajnial. time ohservalion and experience, than American breeders have to devote to U \ and at any rate, could not be ob ai "d. except through several generations. England was at nn incredible expense, and from the time of Athelsfane to (ieorge I. a (wriod of more th iri eight center es* before obtaining a good rac *r ; and Bikewell, in our day, to improve the snort lived sheep* took a wltolo long life and spent thousand* of pounds.? What tlipn ib tn t?e done? Whv the mos: obvious tin g in the world?just lay aside . the telescopes and spy glasses that have been used to look arrows the Atlantic, and pu' on the r?ld spectacles nod examine ?he sto<*k ofihe Northern members of the fam Iy compact, and see ifthev have anything indig'-nousto he soil and clitna e ulap ed to the present subject. Though they have not said, or written, or sported so much on the subject of horses as their u>untry-m''n south of M?son and Dixon's I ne, yet, the Yankees, with all their notions and indefatigable zeal, have not been altogether idle or uaeuterprwnein flits matter. It *s vastly to be regretted, however, that they huve not adopted some regular, scientific and smained system of breeding, for the want of which some of their best and most useful bloolg, over imported, ll'ivo become measurably extinct by irtfu* ion into the general mass? and though fhts I mass has thereby. been greatly improved, 1 yet from the tv-glect to porfie uate the con rentrnted essence ofthiq experiment, it must t* sought for, if at all, w lit some modifiestions. / * v- - * |* I cannot spoak certain'y of any distinctly characterised race as existing :there new, al'hough there is no portion of the Union where better roadsters, and the every day farm horse afe found in greater proportions I A race existed, a few years smce, in Vermont, called the "Morgan horse,' valuable, enduring, active, and evefy way fitted for hard firm or road service, and of good ac. tiori and reasonable size and appearunre.? Rut .it is now, unfortunately, almost extinct. It was made by a cross of the stout tho-rough-bred on the hardy Canadian trotting mare, and this proJuceda stallion on the "na'ive Vermonters. These horses have b-en repeatedly tried at the South- and W"st- by marl eon ractors as stagers, and it was found that they would go much faster, .ive g harder pull, and endure twice as long. On the road and in service, as the 1 1 ?- ...S?U... if Irnniitn KloruJ Krpfj liirger IlUrstVi WIIHUUI nuo 11I ?IVv there. A mnmoraWe instance of this kind took place on the road between Baltimore and Washington. About ten years since, u new line of stnges^sfarting wnh Vermont horses in opposition to the old line wjth the Ion*-backed, leggy, cow-h?re!ed, Pennsylvaman, reduced the time between the two places, one hnlf. New York, probably, combines a great, er excellency itf practical blood, than any Stale in 'he Unam. Sue has had her Du. roc, her Mt'njhrino, her Messenger and Eclipse, and lastly, herB II founder a'pure blooded* imported trolter, of gp*at and do. served celebrity as a stock horse, having been used for the last twelve years on Long Island and the Hudson river countries.? From a combination of these, she annually ! pre luces a la rge stock of serviceable animals, unsurpassed and unsurpassable. Many of them s II, as soon as fitted'for market, for $ ^00 to #500 tor actual s-rvice, while some of the fancy and fast goers* bring from one to three thousand dollars. Tom Thumb was a New York horse, a mixture of blood and dung-hill, so far as I could learn ; and after beating every thing known in this country, in the trotting line, uas shipped to * % y-* . ?. 4 * ^\ i irjj > " *?' -*#?' % ^ "SB "Sfiic <& *t 2ijt M? *3j& ' H i -*ni 1 A *. * "* ^ ** * NUMBER It. ? ^ * ;- \ MiMMBaBg^iiiMgi -c' vc * * " . * ^->. . v * / . y*&? ?? Englnnd for a high price and there woo with ease against the _ best horses that could be produced. But his beat time, when in America, cannot compare with what a crock .trolter will-how do. To trot a mile witbfa 2m. 35s. to 2m. 45s. is not eofisidered extra, ordinary in New York and Philadelphia.? Dutchman, in his great cnafthi?f tfaflrf* mtlee against time, last season, carryjpg 145 lbs. weight, did-the first mils tA im.' 34s. the second ih 2m. 284*, and the third in 2m. 30s.| making three miles'in 7m. 32s. Now this is a speed, taktag into cons:deration the difference of wei^tis, ah most equal to good racing. Long Island weights, for nged geldirtgs, is 123 lbs. Dutchman carried twenty twe pounds over this. Seven popnd is con. stdored equal to a (Fstance of 240 yards.? Now allowing for this, and considering that he would average the above speed for foflff miles, (which it is confidently thought he can do,) the performance would require hot 9m 2s. f believe a race of four milna. done in eight minutes, is considered pretty fair time the world over. In the way of trotters and roadsters, the Bellfotwders seem to bd carrying away the palm just now, uniting as (hey do, the best English and American racing and trotting blood; end when bred on to good, hardy, common niarea, produou at once, a substantial, fine appearing, serviceable animal. I wilt here give you the description of one that bee been standing at Buffalo for the last, three years, that you may see how near this style of horge would, on large, heavy marts, raee; # ? the ideas of your stock breeders. Bellfoiinder was bred by T. T. K ssam, Esq., on Long Island, Now York, gnd wee got by the imported Bel)founder, the celebrated Norfolk trotter, that went nine mflea * in Ns than thirty minutes, and kis owner then challenged to trot seventeen and a half miles within an hour, which -was not accepted. His grand dam was,Velocity, by Hap Hazzard, by Sir Ptfer out of Bliss Henry by English Eclipse?all racers of the first repute. Lady Alport was get by. Memhrino, l?e toimported Messenger, dam by Tippoo Sam, drc. <kc. Velocii) tro'ted 28 miles in one hour and 47 minutes* The present Beilfbunder was foaled in JpiB? 1830. and when five years old trotted purer the Hurlaem course, N. Y., a fraction ifeort of a mile, in 2m. 4&. He was hut par. tially trained, and of such spirit as" it was difficult to curb to a trot. A stallion on this gate is never considered as manageable as if made a gelding. It is, however, under all arcumsionces, > good aphud, anil , . indicates great capabilities for his stock.? Bellfounder's colour is a dark, darted bay, a small star to the forefiqad, one white foot black legs, mane and tail. Re i| sixteen hands high, neat head, fine arched neck, short strong back, with deep dies*, long un. der the belly and powerful, .well developed 8 ifle, legs moderate as to length, joints strong, compact and well knit, smooth fiat legs, with a pastern sufficiently elastic, but shorter and stronger than that pf the racer. Bis weight, in ordinary <0esh, 1300 lbs., and it is confidently believed that he possesses all tho requisites for service, so well enumerated by Judge Bcatty. 1 would especially commend his docility of tamper, for lie is ns playful and obedient to 3* proper * groom, even when in season, as, a well, trained puppy. While standing here, he has been put to mares of every variety 5$ color, from white up tojet bl uk, and still every colt yet dropped has been of a beuU- J*,"" tifuf ulood bay and very much after the.call % of the horse. This is an important coo wS.lnpall/in C\?* tKnan ivlni nnnfpmnl.to KriMilf. V?SVtW| %M IUI MVWV ?*UV k?? vw^i iiig matches. _ > BelUbundcr is now at Cleaveland, Ohio, wh?*re it has bwn -contemplated to let bim ^ s and the coming season. - No definite ar. " rnngemant, however, has yet beeo made regarding him, I would respectfully call die attention of your spirited breeders to this most useful and excellent horse.- ' He has cohered but RmXedli/ every season since ho was fire years old, and is now-in admirable vigor nod constitution; In addition to his fast trotting, he is a great waiter ?five miles an hour being very easy for him, and hid groom asserts that he one*, walled six miles within this timeaad would^ engage any day to walic bins six mites fa one hour and ten minutes. For any furtber particulare regarding him, please to address tits owner, Mr. Samnel Allen, at Clrdevifiet Ohio. Good trotting horses are coming more and more into repute, not only at home but abroad, and could our great stock growing States be better employed now in these hard times, than in growing well matched, ^aer. lu knM?? f Thpen anirtiala VIW6QIIIO lifll I nuiov't > --w ore in great demand and ever wilt be in the Atlantic towns and cities, and good matches there always command a high prioe end > sell readily; $400 to $1000 a pair is not at ail uncommon. Russia is at present, paying great nttcntioe to this department of stock ; tro'ters there, of a first rate repute, A bring an immense high price and are bred not only for the road, but as an efficient arm of cavalry service. I have repeatedly seen about twenty thousand imperial horse guards, (probably as splendid a military show as the world can make,) under service and many of their evolutions, I noticed, 'were in a fast trot; and one of the pastimes of the Emperor Nicholas and the oobility and gentlemen of Russia, the winter 1 spent at St. Petetebarg, was to attend the .. jg* trotting matches on -the frozen surface of the river $eve. t Your obvdiunt servant, A. B* ALLEN, - I