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jf' * < 'J* Vv*' * VOLUME VI By iff. MAC LEAK. , Tanas:?Published weekly at three dollars a year; with an addition, when not paid within three months, of twenty per cent per annum. Two new subscribe re inay take the paper at fire dollars in advance; ana ten at twenty. Four subscribers, not receiving their papers in town, may pay a year's subscription with ten dollars, In advance. A yoar's subscription always due in advance. Pipers not discontinued to solvent subscribers in arrears. Advertisements not exceeding 16 lines inserted r one Hollar the first time, and fifty cents each ubsequent time. For insertions at intervals of two weeks 75 cents after the first, and a dollar if the intervals are longer. Payment due in advance for advertisements. When the number vf insertions is not marked on tlie copy, the advertisement will be inserted, and churged till trdered out. D* The postage must be paid on letters to the editor on the business of the office. Buck Head S. C. Dec. 23rd. 1840. Dear Sir,?Yours of the 9th, last month I have just received, and hasten to reply to your inquiries, respecting the grass which I have on my plantation. I do not think that it would answer to sow ft in any land, that you might wish to'put in crop, as when once set, it can never be j(L eradicated ; but for a permanent pasture, it would be invaluable. You can pasture ' '?? * ??1 nnJ tka mnta I II ITOHI A^l II IU vtiuuci, anu mo i wvw ' would afford prime pasturage for hogs in the winter. It is not a Rye grass, bu more of an Oat grass. I do not think it would do for hay, as you would hare cut it when it was too full of juice, and therefore would evapor-! ate too much. I do not speak from experience, never having tried to make hay with it. If however it would make good hay, I am satisfied it could be cut twice j in the year. \ The history of the grass is this,?my Father, about 50 years ago, imported some hemp seed from the Mediterranean, in which it is supposed somo of the seed of the grass was, it never having been observed before ; in the field, where the hemp was sown, a few heads were carefully collected and sowed by my father ; he thinks it a very fine grass. From the small patch sown on the head of. Beaver Creek, it has spread entirely along the I whole course of the creek to Broad River. And I have no doubt that in time it will _ reach the Ocean. If yon have any rich marshy low ground, unfit for cultivation, you would find it of great advantage to sow it in this grass, for grazing purposes; hut as I have already said, I would not advise it to be planted in crop land, as the labor of cultivating it in crop, is immense; I would freely give $2000 to have it removed from my plantation. You could make a tolerable crop of corn (say two thirds) on land set with it. It would not do in small grain of any kind, as the seed of the grass and the grains would ripen about the same time, and you would have it scattered all ever y?ur ^ whole plantation in a short time. If however, you wish to try it, I will have seme^ of the seed gathered for you. I am sure I can gather 50 bushels. I would be glad to see you at any time, and take pleasure in shewing it to you on my | plantation; you would be surprised at the luxuriance of it. - In July you might almost tie it over your head, on horse back on the river bottoms. 'Respectfully. * Should it turn out to be a fact, as the writer seems to fancy, this grass may possibly prove in some degree inimical to the usual practice of the exclusive cotton romarlraKlo tonnrifv |/IfV IIIC! ) UVTIll^ IV HIV ?VIMV? nitviv with which it retains possession of the soil; yet, to the farmer whose object is mixed hishandrv, or who produces a general ro. tation of crops, this property would cease to be an objection; and to the grazier or stock grower, it would be a high recommendation ; and on the whole, we have little doubt that it would be a valuable acquisition to our farms. To our southern farmers, where the various departments of husbandry are combined on the same plantation, as is usually the case with us, the temporeriness, which from some cause, seems peculiar to nearly all the cultivated grasses, in our latitude, is a material objection, particularly for permanent pastures, to which this, from the foregoing description appears to be exempt; thus furnishing with its luxuriant foliage a durable and excellent pasturage for other stock throughout the grazing season, also through the winter by means of its large tap roots, an excellent range for hogs. The exception that our friend takes in regard to its unfitness for hay, in |? consequence of its succulency or juiciness, causing too much evaporation, is, we think, an objectin of little import, except in difficult weather, and even then, by the late modes of curing hay, that difficulty is measurably removed. This grass it appears, was introduced into S. Carolina, from a country situated in nearly our own parallel of latitude, with a quantity of hemp-seed ; from wh:ch circumstance we would reasonably infer that the same climate was equally favorable to both productions: and as probably no eountry is capable of surpassing the United States, in the production of hemp, the idea would be naturally suggested, that oor climate would be equally favorable to the production of this grass. 5 CHJbi | We would be pleased to receive further informatian on the subject from any one acquainted with it, in regard to its properties, its habits, the kind of soil most favorable to its production &c.?Ed. Far. I Ado, i The following remarks are extracred from an address by the late Gen. William R. Davie, President of the Agricultural ! Society of South-Carolina, before that body, at their anniversary meeting, at Columbia, on the 8th of December, 1818. The cultivation of the grasses naturally connects itself with this part of our general plan of improvement, and I am happy to be authorised to say. from the experience of several years, that almost all the cultivated grasses of foreign extraction succeed well in the middle and uppei ranges of the state, where, fortunately, all the necessary varieties of soil and sitna| tion may be found congenial to their cub | ture. For the purpose of being fed green to horses or cattle, I have no knowledge of any grass superior to the Lucerne ; under proper cultivation it may be cut eighl or nine times in comihon seasons, commencing in March,, and continuing till the] hard frosts, in the latter end of autumn. Being cut before it is in full " 4 ? ' ? _ a bloom, it immediately springs up rrom the stumps, and its uncommonly strong and deep rpot preserves it from the com; mon effects of drought. Its culture is easy and simple; in France it is cultivated broad-cast, with the advantage of irrigation. In this mode I have not succeeded, but it never fails in the drill on any good soil. Lucerne was among the earliest ol the cultivated grasses; in Italy it was one of the fruits of Roman conquest; in Upper Egypt it has been usCd time immemorial, not only as the food of cattle but ol man. Red clover grows luxuriantly in the range of country I have mentioned, or suitable soils. This grass is properly the native of a clay soil, but will succeed al most on any, in proportion to the goodness of the land. The extraordinary success with which this grass has been cultivatei in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia for the purpose of food forstock of ever) kind, and above all, as an improving crop I gives it an unquestionable claim upon the (attention of the planter and farmer. There is no danger of wandering, in the mazes of theory on this subject; the practical results of thirty years' experi ' - f I /V ll!Ll _ ence in tnoso states iarnisn an lniaiuuie guide. Among the nnrrow leafed grasses, the dog's foot, as it is called with us, deserves particular attention; it appears congenial to our climate, and grows luxuriantly on any rich soil, howevpr dry t|ie situation may be. This grass mixes weH with the red clover, supports it from falling when luxuriant,'and cuts to advantage, at the same time while it improves? the hay, anc contributes to its preservation when housed or stacked. The timothy and whitetop or feather grass succeed generally or wet meadows ; but timothy justly valued as a hay for horses, seems peculiar to a colder climate ; it grows luxuriantly, almost spontaneously, on our mountains, while in the lower range of the state, il languishes,apd issoqu succeeded by the wild or hative'grasses. j )+ The herds grabs' might be cultivated with the greatest success in the soft boggy lands in the lower parts of the state. There are few trasses more valuable foi * c V hay, while it gives strength and .consistence to the surface of .the most spongy hog, converting morasses, which are not only useless in their present state, but even a dangerous nuisance in a neighborhood, into valuable and productive land. Drought, the greater enemy of this branch of agriculture, never effects the herd-grass when cultivated upon this, which is its peculiar soil. The inland swamp formerly I cultivated in rice, and now generally aj bandoned, would form excellent meadow , and grazing farms, equal to any in Europe or America, with the aid of this grass, and the native grasses of the country ; 1 am confident, that these lands thrown into this mode of culture, might be improved tenfold in their value; the profits of the grazier are certain and annuul, and secured from those accidents of seasons, which frequently blast the best founded expectations of the Dlanter. I wish it to be un derstood. that I consider the business of the grazier as perfectly distinct from thai of the breeder of cattle. The white clover yields but little food, and soon becomes dangenerous to horses when pastured, and cannot be connected advantageously like its relative with any system of improvement. I cannot, how. er close this short view of the grasses without recommending to the attention of the society the Sainfoin, a grass so highly esteemed by the French farmers, that they cannonized it under this singular appellation. The English farmers speak of it in terms of the highest approbation ; it is, they say, the best hay hitherto known for horses; many farmers keep them the whole winter upon it with very little corn, and the horses remain fat and in fine condition ; even post horses thrive well upon it, and next to corn nothing will keep them in such order ; it may be mowed ten yean successively, and may be afterwards pastured with advantage for three years. This is the language of the English farmers, and it requires only a moment's reflection to observe how extremely interes MtB (B 4 RAW, SOUTH-0AKOL1IM % ting this grass would he to the planter, subjected to such an immense expense in the support of the horses and mules employed in the culture of corn and cotton. I do not know whether any experiment has been made of its culture in this state; the European farmers all agree,.that it is among the first profitable grasses, and far i exceeding any yet propagated on poor land?it will succeed on almost any soil which is mixed with rocks, or that has a bottom of firm adhesive clay. In moist rich soils, th3 native grasses of our country make excellent meadow, with proper attention to eradicate the weeds and drain the boggy parts; the scythe improves the quality of the grass, and where the soil is rich or properly mai nured, it will yield an abundant crop. ' It may be observed where the meadows t still remain, which were made by the first settlers, the native grasses have general ly succeeded to the timothy, without ope-] 1 rating any injury to the farmer. 5 I have dwelt on this subject because an opinion had prevailed, that few or none t of the foreign cultivated grasses would I thrive in our climate, and from the irnperiI ous consideration, that this branch ofi agriculture must form the basis of that I system of improvement, which can alone 1 prove effectual to restore our exhausted i lands. M An assured and plentiful supply of wholesome food for .stock during the ! winter, enables them to multiply their I numbers, while in their turn they contri buteto the-fertility of the soil, and the j support and comfort of man." F For the S. C. Temperance Advocate, t TURNIPS. Mr. Editor,?Not having failed to raise . Turnips from the summer or fall sowing, f for thirty years, I have been astonished to hear of so many failures, amongst plan; ,ters, in a thing so easily made certain i With many, I suppose the cause is mere ? neglect or laziness. Such are not to be . pittied, and it is fruitless labour to instruct j them. But as there are many others 3 who labour earndstly and fail for want ol I experience, I may confer a particular fa, voirr upon such, by giving them the result r of my experience. My plan,ha? been not on, ly to make sure a crop of Turnips; but to * make the lot of ground rich. For these - two objects, in July I lcncc in the lot ' f? rr voflf SJ)V OnG BCTC rur uiu j v??? y ?j ! for every 10 cows to be penned. Covet the lot with litter. In the winter plough ' it up deeply. Pen the shucks and straw intended for winter food lor nie cows upj on the lot and feed them there through I the winter. In March, plough up the ( lot again, and in May give it a third , ploughing, and July a fourth. By this > plan of fallowing, th,? insects and weeds t or grass are not only destroyed, hut a : moisture retained, so that a drought will I not prevent a stand of turnips, scarcely ever. And to make it still more certain you can divide the lot so as to make j 1 3 sowings, thus having 3 chances to one . for a orop. And the first sowing will j 1 show its failure in time to sow again. Of all the reot crops for cows, I think | turnips the most valuable, both as relates! J to the quantity produced from the ground tand.therq cpnymuedce io using. In our [ j lltftiaie there iitto necessity for housing - j them, or to raise them, only as used.? j And if foiled with a l'ttlc chopped corn j or peas, there is no better food for milch i cows. I heard some persons talk of ! giving a turnip flavor to milk and butter : where cows are fed upon turnips. Ifthis ; be the fact my taste is insensible of it. Neither can anyjofmy family discover such flavor when our milk-cows are fed upon turnips. We however generally boil them 1 with kitchen slop and mix a litttle chopped grain with them. . J. D. Bots in Hcrses. Sir,?At page 177 of the Cabinet for . the last year, I see slacked lime recommended for the botta in hordes, in portions of a table spoonful three times a week ; ! but in eases of violent attack this remedy would be too slow in its operations. A neighbor callecf on me with a horse very much affected in this way, and requested me to give him a teacup full of black pepper and a pint of whiskey, 1 which he administered, but without effect, although he promised that the horse would ' be relieved in a few minutes; he therefore determined to give him more pepper ' and whiskey, but I remonstrated against 1 it, and strongly recommended a pint of 1 molasses whicb he at length consented to try ; this relieved the horse instantly, and " in a few minutes he hitched him to his ! wagon and drove off". ' ^ o In another case, a friend had given his horse, while in the most excrutiating pain from this disorder, a gill of turpen' tine, and afterwards black pepper and I whiskey declining to try the molasses, as he considered it too simple a remedy; the ; horse at lenghth appearing in the last extremity, he consented to administer the molasses; the effect was almost instan. taneous, and in ten minutes the horse was feeding. Now I cannot otherwise account for the sudden effectual relief 1 obtained from the use of molasses in this disorder, than by supposing that so soon as the molasses enters the stomach of the horse, the botts quit their hold and feed on it, and this gives the horse instant re. lief, and effect a permanent cure. Would f .* w. t - L2, 1841. could be fallen upon to destroy them ; at i length he was told by a friend- that the \ Jasmine blossom would effectually take 2 them all away. Accordingly a large t quantity of vines and blossoms were pro- 8 cured and thrown in the corn house, sla- j bles, &c. and in less than two weeks there, was mot a rat or mouse to be heard on the place These blossoms have quite a plea ) nnd agreeable smell, but are very poi- j a ' i ' ' i': ?Jjffl w ii *M ? . I * ' X V, WEDNESDAY, MAY ] some of your readers try the remedy, and repart through the pages of the Cabinet the result, stating also their epininions regarding this view of the case. Farmers' Cabinet. If the distress of the horse was really caused by bots. the manner in which the molasses releived him was doubtless that it suggested by the correspondent of the Cabinet. But the cure cannot properly be said to have been permanent. So long as the bots remain in the stomach of the horse there is danger of their renewing the attack on it. Has calomel ever been tried as a. remedy for bots ? It is often an effectual remedy for worms in children. The juice of elder leaves, combined with a bottle of castor oil might be worth tryinn. The larve cfmost flies have an invincible repugnance to the elder leaves ; and so have the flies themselves. Ed. Fab. Gaz. From the Farmers Advocate. Savk your ashcs. rr, i 1 1 1 1 1 1 aK? leecueu hsiius <mu uiup a uauufal on the corn when planting ; dry ashes is better but after the soap is made, the contents of the ley.hopper should be saved for corn planting. Dry ashes should be sowed two or three bushels on an acre of wheat, two or three tirpes. In the Sprihg, either in heavy dews or misting rain. The manure of ashes or lime used as a top dresser, is not near all the beriefit; there are several kinds of. insects materially interrupted in their ravages,* on the green growing grain. If you have not a roof and a floor for keeping ashes,? please to make them, and preserve all dry that does not get used for ley. Sandy ground will show a greater difference in produce from their use, than sterile clay, so far as I have tried. Manure should all oe taken to the field from the barn-yard, then plough up one, two or ten acres that cannot be manured, according to circumstances?sow J some with corn broad cast?and some with oats, when the corn tassels, and the oats heads, turn them in with a plough; this course will greatly assist the scil. Times are generally too busy when shocks are taken off the ground, or I would say?turn in the stubble, moderately deep, there will come a growth to turn in for manure, before the coming of frost?or an an excellent pasture for milk cows. A SUBSCRIBER. 11th 2nd mo. 1841. 1 <. From the Maine Farmer. I r-DnvnRrFiiBns AND NOTICE OP ULJlAnnj i m v.. , A NURSERY. In looking over the Maine Farmer, Vol. 8th, No 48th, I find an Editorial article, headed, why not raise more apples" The subject 1 think is worthy the attention of every farmer, as I believe that enough has been stated, and upon good authority to satisfy the minds of nearly all, I that apples may be raised so as to be n^uch cheaper food for cattlo and hogs thaitrlfltatoes. But are not farmers growing to remiss in paying proper attention to their orchards^ and in setting out ypung ones to take the place of old and decaying ones? and there are many of this class in Maine, which in my opinion have suffered premature decay on acconnt of mismanagement in pruning^ as well as from other causes. Heavy pruning, I believe at all times to be very injurious. It is said that experience is the best school master, and I think I have some in this respect, for I have nearly ruined one small orchard by pruning heavy, and not so heavy as I have seen many others. But as far as my observation has extended, I think it is almost as sure a way to spoil an orchard to cut off large limbs, and sometimes a number as I have seen, from the same tree, with an axe or a coarse saw and apply nothing to the wood toshield it from the air, as it would be to cut it up by the roots. As many of our orchards are past cure would it not be worth taking some pains to rear up more trees before the old ones A * ? J T fkoro I nrc ennreiy done, aiiu & ucii^to mvn. are but few farmers but migfit with tri. fling expense set out a sufficient supply of choice fruit trees, to furnish fruit for family use, and then I would not recommend the poorest kinds for stock. I believe it is allowed that most kinds of fruit trees do best set in single rows, as along road fences and fields, in which situations they are generally most productive, and much more convenient than to fence out some acres of our best land for that purpose. From tbe Winyah Observer. Mr. Editor?I send you the following, which will be of considerable interest to all farmers. In the spring cf 1825, Mr. of District in this State, was very much pestered with rats. They collected in such numbers about bis barn and stables, as to give, at a distance, tbe sound of a parcel of pigs in the shocks, <fcc. They destroyed nearly twenty bush, els of corn and peas before any stratagem - - - tonous. This is fact, for It came under ' the observation of OBSEkVER. ( t TO KILL BED BUGS. 5 Mr. Jonas Bacon of Unionville states i to us-that gun-camphor and bar-soap will , effectually destroy that midnight robber, , the bed.bug?he mixes one ounce of the ( camphor, well pulverised, with two ounces , of the soap?this mixture is easily applied to the crevices where the hugs harbor. From the Frankfort Commonwealth. \ SOMETHING ABOUT AN OWL. A man ought not to lie hooted at, if he does tell a story about an owl, provided the anecdote tends tp the promotion of the great interests of agriculture. And we. may as w6ll promise here, that we do not mean to talk about one of those little screeching things that sits on the eves of houses during the livedong night, watch- I ing for mice, and uttering the most piercing lamentations all the while. No indeed: we are alluding to one of those j whapping big fellows who sometimes raises a war-hoop right over your head as you are riding through the dark voods, and makes you feel for a moment, as if your scalp was gone. Speak of your hair standing on end, at tales of ghosts, and all that sort of stuff! Those ore mere fije-side affairs and don't last much longer than you are toasting your shins. But if you wish to know something of a ! shock that will drive through your bones into the marrow, just go by yourself through a beech flat of a dark night, with your inind running upon Indians/robbers, r and other such sweet fancies until you feel as if you had'nt half an inch of breath any how?then let one of those night eagles . thunder?whoo hoo, whoo-hoo, whoo hopagh into your lugs, and you'll Kink that vou've become an eternal fix "" / ? turc in the shades. It does to laugh at when you get home, but for the moment it is capitally horrific. There are many people who never saw one of those big owls, or heard one either, and we will therefore for their benefit, sav he is a * ? large hird with a huge head, a profusion of rusty feathers, a round grey eye that seems to look everlastingly ahead and right through every thing that is before it, has very formidable talons, and, in a word, is the king of all things that fly in the dark. He iscarniverous in his appetites, and walks into young ribbits, pat. ridges, and that kind of fry, with remarkable unction. He does not make friends of many living things, which probably arises from his habits of midnight assassination, and skulking when the rest of the world is not in motion. He moves like. a shadow, not making the least noise in his flight, and he is, upon the .fyhole,-a most excellent pattern for a cut I throat.'^ Yet with all his advantages of size, position and profession, he is not suffered to be the sole maraudej upon the great common of the poultry yard, for he has an e*nemy of a most determined and implacable character. The enemy is not as might be seppo3ed, armed with weaponsof war equal to himself, nor with the same awful voice, nor even with thesime fierceness of the eye, yet he makes up with combination vigilance what be wants in strength, and just let an owl show himself in the light of the sun, and j forthwith a lesion of Crows will be upon j " o him such a clatter about his ears that he I will find the very day hideous, and igno- I minously fly before the black regiments that are charging upon him. And this brings us to our story. A farmer living in this county, has been so exceedingly annoyed with crows that! he was willing to hunt them by militia companies?to offer rewards for their heads, to poison them or kill them off by a legislative tax. Year by year he was molested by those depredators, who would tear up his corn by the acre, pick out the j ei'esof his Iambs, fly off with his chick. | ~ J ens, and annoy him in every conceivable way. It was in vain .that he took up his gun upon his shoulder and went in pursuit, no caution that he could devise could bring him in shooting distande.? The rascals would caw at him, and caw at him, and snigger to see how he "lard- . ed the earth" as he walked along of a hot day, vainly following on their provoking banters. Neither he nor his man of straw in the field, was the least terror to the evil doers, and they plundered with perfeet impunity. Our Franklin Farmer meditated long and deeply upon the manner in which he should redress his wrongs | and like a true philosopher, he sal himj self diligently to the study of the nature of crows. He soon found out all their , system of sentinels, their notes of alarm, j their sounds of enamragement, &c., but from these he could gain no knowledge j ] that would avail him. ? ^ ,) 4 . 5J* " * '0. ' ' >: ^ '.*i -i'y ' **. . J If 'm C ' % *, f* iy r.u 4 " . ' ' . ;%? =gagp NUMBER 26< / i i While, however, he was one day vatching a large flock, pis attention was irrested by an unusnal commotion among he hlack'scoundrels, and fordiwith they ill darted in one directioo. *He beheld n his surprise' a simultaneous attack ipon a large owl who had imprudently k ventured forth into the light, qpd such mother battle he never did see until at ast the owl was fairly vanquished by the :rows, and made rather a precipitate reTeat. Our farmer was too interested a spectator of the combat not to reflect much upon its character and result, and ill at orice it occurred to him that, if by* my means he could get possession of an r)wl he could make him decoy the crows within a reasonable distance. Luckily for him, he was soon enabled by a successful slut, to break t|ie wing of one of the Lt rest of the tribe, and he lost no time in toputting his scheme in operation. - * . a Accordingly, at early dawn he sallied forth with dire intent, and surcharged with the-spirit of extermination and venom. He selected a tree near to bis fence hut conspicuous in the field. A lad was sent up the tree put the owl upon his perch and the farmer enscqned himself in the corner of one of the panels.. Scarcely Were these completed before a distant and well known caw, broke upon his ear, and anon the air was darkened with a flight of crows, all making like the Cuirassiers upon the Scotch Grays, a furious onslaugh upon the* wounded enemy. aHa, Ha, cried the tarnier; I've got you at last!" and bang went his gun, and down tumbled a couple of crows. But the fire of the gun had no effect upon the rest. They still continued in furious rage, to fly at the owl, and ever and anon the farmer would fire away and at every crack he brought 'em. Faith, but it was a goodly sight to see how soon the owl got into the hang of the game. For, at each dieary pause, while the farmer was reloading ?the sagacious captive would ruffle his feathers and snap his bills together, and manifest to his enemies the most aggravating and insulting behaviour. This would esasperate them: beyond bounds, and at him they would come again?bang would go the gun. and at every crack the owl fairly chuckled with delight, giving one of those knowing winks, which was ss much as to say udont wa ntofe 'em.* The slaughter was continued until tbe farmer desisted, from mere weariness. He then went home like a conquoror with his heaps of slain, and gave his new ally a stupendous feast on the bodies of his slaughtered foes. Every day was this manceurve repented, and with the same success, until nearly every crow about the the plantation had been killed. Tbe fame of this attair soon spread to tne sur? rounding plantations and every neighbor borrowed the owl and put him to the same successful and profitable purpose. As it ay be supposed, good care was taken of the owl, and for two seasons he was- the greatest benefactor of the neighborhood, and had been the death of as many of his foes as Ghen Gia-Khan or Napoleon, Unluckily on one occasion he sallied forth alone from his confinement, and not being able to fly, he attempted to swim across the Elk horn. This was a hew and on* - - - - k -. tried element to him, and like other re* nowned warriors and statesmen be was lost in venturing upon an experiment. That ha was put. to a great public use, there is no doubt, and if ever a bill is again introduced into the Legislature " Providing for the killing of crows," it would be but an act of justice to put in t section directing a monument to be erec* ted to Joe. Davis's Owl. Whoever doubts the truth of the story has only to try the experiment with an owl, and hp will soon find that there is no joke in the matter. RIGHT OF VOTING. AS EXERCISED IN THE SEVERAL STATES. In New Hampshire, every male inhabitant 21 years of age* three months in the state?Students, Paupers, &c. excepted. In Massachusetts, every male citizen, Paupers, and persons under guardianship, excepted, one year in the State, and six in the Town where he offers to vote, having paid a tax within two years, unless exempted therefrom by law. In Rhode Island, no Constitution?By Charter of Charles II. all freemen vote. 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