tion and wretchedness at your very doors, |
produced evidently bv ignorance and ir- j
religion? You have the divine'v appoint- J
ed means of relief in your power. \ on ,
know that the Holy Spirit who speaks in j
the Bible can disperse the thick darkness
which enshrouds the sinful soul, and apply
a healing balm to the wounded spirit:
?that there is no debasement so deep as
to be bevond the reach of its elevating
power?no terrors of guilt which its promises
cannot dispel?and no earthly condition
too desolate to be cheered by the
words of heavenly mercy. You acknowledge
that the messages of revelation are j
addressed to all classes of men,?divinely
adapted to the rich and the poor, the!
prosperous and the afflicted,?and that no |
community, no family, no individual ex-1
ists on earth, to whom the instructions of I
?the Bible are not appropriate and precious, j
If those who claim this priceless boon j
from you, were seperated from you by i
vast oceans, and could only be relieved by '
* laborious and costly efforts, the spirit of.
tfnnU innlmp vnil tfl the IIP- !
II1C HUCjA.1 XMUIU 1UV1MIV J ? - - dertaking.
But now, when the destitute ^
are ill the same village or district with ,
yourselves, and the materials of relief are ,
cheap and abundant, and when so little j
exertion is necessary to bless the poor with I
the richest treasure, and the afflicted with
heavenly consolation* can you hesitate to j
engage actively and immediately in this
labour of lore ?
We appeal further to the sacred obligations
of justice, which rest upon you as
disciples of Christ. You recognise the
Bible as the Testament of 11iin w ho died
for sinners, bequeathing a glorious inheritance
upon all men, of all classes and
conditions, who believe in His name, and
obey His Gospel. This precious document,
conveying a treasure compared to
? w hich the wealth of worlds were poor, is
in your hands, and you therefore enjoy
the opportunity of securing your title,-'.as
heirs of Go ! and joint heirs with Christ.
But some of your neighbors, who have a
right* to have it in their possession, and
may have an equal interest with yourselves.
possess it not, and are not apprised |
of its importance to them, nor of the bless.
ings it offers tf> their acceptance. Is itj
just to withhold it from them, 01 to suffer;
them to remain in ignorance of its provis-.
ions? While vou reioice in such an inos
* t" * y ?? # j
timable bequest, is it not incumbent on'j
you to make it known to all. your fellow :
heirs; especially as the Testator enjoined
upon you the performance of this sacred j
duty? What would be thought of a
legatee, who should get possession of his ;
father's will, and possess himself of all the j
property it secured to him, and wholly j
neglect to inform his brothers of its con-;
tents, though they were entitled to the j
same provision with himself, and though
he had been specially charged by his dv
iug parent, with such communication ?
Are not the cases substantially parallel?;
Is it not then undeniable, that the members i
of every congregation arc solemnly hound,
in common justice, to see to it that none j
within their bounds, or in reach of their
influence, remain destitute of the Word of;
Life? Thus the bestowment of the Bible (
upon those who do. not possess it, is not
A * 1--J ? ? ? ? limmtr nnct !
id oe rcgnru?;u as an w.i ui j .
generosity on the part of the donors, but 1
of positive duty, and sabred obligation.
May we not also appeal to these solemn
vows, hy which, as professing Christians, j
you have hound yourselves to ft self-denying,
unhesitating obedience to all the ;
commands of the Redeemer? And when
^ Iii requires you to love your enemies,
and to bless them that curse you, and to
do good to them that hate you, can you
doubt that He much more requires you to |
communicate to the poor and needy, those
blessings which He has provided and
placed in your hands for their relief?;
Are you not bound to learn of Him, and
to follow His example, who went about
doing good, preached'the Gospel to the
poor, and comforted the afflicted? And
will not this lead you to bestow the mess- j
ages of His redeeming mercy, upon those ;
w ho are perishing in guilt and ignorance, i
or crushed dowii by a load bf sorrows ? j
Can you fulfil your covenant engagements,;
while you neglect this work? And is it not
your high privilege, as well ?6 your indispensable
duty, to be Actively employed in
diffusing the records of those glad tidings,
which are designed for all people?
We confidently appeal also to that tender
compa sion for human peril and suffering,
which must characterize all, who
have the spirit of Christ. As the disci- j
pies of Him who gave His life to rescue j
the guilty from perdition, your hearts must
deeply feel for the woes and dangers of
those around you, who are pining for j
want of the bread of Life, or who are j
living without God in the world; and it
must be your anxious, irrepressible desire,
to afford relief. No cause can have
stronger claims upon your sympathy and
compassion, than the one we now affectionately
urge upon your attention. May
it not be true that whole families, within
a few miles of your house of worship, are
suffering that most terrible famine, a destitution
of the Word of God ? Can you
refuse or delay to supply them, when you
have enough and to spare? Do you not
know, that there are miserable men, very
^ near you, who are sinking into eternal ^
^ death, under that direful malady which;
kills the soul? And knowing as you do^
an infallible remedy, can you endure the
thought of permitting them to perish, in ignorance
of tine provided means of cure? j
Would that man be accounted humane
and benevolent, who should see his neighbor's
house on fire, and neglect to arouse
the sleeping family? Would he be regarded
a good man, who should refuse to j
make known an effectual antidote in his
possesion, which could stop the ravages'
of a deadly pestilence, which was sweeping
thousands to the grave? How then
can the followers of the compassionate
Redeemer he negligent and cold-hearted,
in roluejlce to the spiritual dangers and
gj| II iBIDIMLjllMUl
necessities of their fellow men? How is
it possible that a Christian can endure the
thought, that one of his neighbors should
go to eternity a stranger to the Bible?or
that one family should be trained up in
ignorance of the Holy Scriptures?or that
one desolate widow or friendless orphan
should sigh in vain for the possession of
that Holy Book, which can assuage the
anguish of a broken heart, and open fountains
of consolation to those who mourn ?
How dwelleth the love of God in him, asks
the inspired Apostle, whoseeth his brother
in need, and shutteth up his bowels of
compassion? It is no excuse for the nonperformance
of this duty, that most of
those, who are destitute of the Bible, are
so by their own fault; that they might
have obtained it if they had made proper
exertions; or that many of them do not
value it at all. These circumstances do
not diminish, in the slightest degree, the
obligation to give the Word of Life to every
man. We are bound to ?ive it, not
because men are unable to obtain it for
themselves, but because they are perishing
in destitution; not because they desire it,
bnt because they deplorably need it?
The Gospel would never have been published
to the world, had the apostles waited
until men were willing to receive it.
It always has been, and always will be,
incumbent upon Christians, to offer spiritual
blessings toal! around them, and urge
their acceptance, however great may be
their repugi.ance or opposition. Iteligcus
i-i.-.U L?? 'rtiilu nrnnrps>j hv nrOSSinff I
II Hill U?? CI CI iiisuc y , ... j o
its claims upon cold, unwilling hearts, and
its future triumphs will be achieved in
the same manner. Be assured, therefore,
brethren, that you are directed by
the spirit of Christianity to give the Bible
to all the destitute, without any reference
to their character or disposition.*
Finally, we appeal to your love to the
Cause of Christ, and your supreme desire
that men may believe on Him and
l>e saved. Devotbd as you are to the Redeemer's
kingdom, and regarding as you
must the rescue of immortal souls from
the thraldom and pollution of sin, and the
grasp of the second death, as of all things
most important, you cannot but cherish
an ardent anxiety, to see tho grand effect
of the Cospel extensively produced, in
the instruction of the ignorant, the reformation
of the vicious, the consolation
of the afflicted, and the quickening of the
spiritually dead. You are well aware,
thaf the only hope of such blessed results
is contained in the Bible, withont the
knowledge of who>e essential truths there '
can be no moral renovation. Y'ou do
not doubt, that the most profligate and
degraded may be made pteiiitent and holy
by the grace of Him who came to save
(he chief of sinners;?that the most obdurate
hearts may be subdued bv a Saviour's
love, and the darkest minds enlightened
by the Sun of Kighteoueness;?and that
the most afflicted and broken.hearted may be
comforted by the H'dy Spirit, who speaks to
man in the volume or inspired truth. When,
therefore, you see around you the children of
vice and ignorance, treasuring up wrath
against the day of wrath, can you feel that
you have done your duty, until you have at
lj"' ** 1 ,l-~? iko, Rrwil* nf fJnn. which iff
I^dbk I Ut'rru IIITKII lllttl l/wwn V. ? - ?
able to make them wise unto salvation? How
can you evince that the interests of Religion
are barest to your hearts, and that you regard
the eternal destinies of your fellow men as
pre-eminently important, while you willingly
suffer one poor \vanderer, in the way.to death,
to pursue his course, unblessed with that
message from the living God, which azures
him of the glorious provisions of grace for
those tint are lost; and freely offers him an
interest in that Saviour, who came not to call
the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Permit us in conclusion, brethren, in vipw
of all these considerations, whict) are address-,
ed tjo you as professing Christians, affectionately
and earnestly to invite you to] engage
with uej immediately and actively, in
this good work. From the accompanying
minutes.of our Convention, you will perceive
the various ways in which you can afford efficient
aid. We cannot pretend to decide in
what manner each individual congregation
should engage in promoting the general cause.
Much wil; depend upon the location and cir- ,
ruinstances of each church, as tollie department
of labour which will b* most appropriate.
But we may be allowed to soggpst >n
general,that there are pome leading measures
which may be adopted by all. One of these
is the appointment of a Committee, in each
congregation, to ascertain the number offamiles
and reading individuals within its bounds
who are without the Bible. Another is, to
correspond with the Executive Committee of
the Convention at Charleston, apprising them
of local circumstances, and FDggesiing to
them facilities for their aid and direction.
And the third is, to make the necessary ar~
rangemen's to aflbrd proper assistance aud
encouragement, to the general agent, who
will visit the churches in the proseru'icn of
bis .arduous labours. Forgive the length of
this letter. Such is the importance of the
subject that we could not persuade ourselves
to study greater brevity. We conclude, wishing
you grace, mercy, and peace from God the
Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the Farmers' Gazette.
Lucerne Again.-Ohchard Grass.
Mr. Editor4?With your permission I
will indite a short chapter on Lucerne,
and add my testimony to yours and your
correspondent's in its favor. In February J
1840, I sowed a small parcel of seed in
drills 2 feet apart, on sandy land that was
planted in Cotton the year before. From
the appearance of the stalks, I should say
its probable yield was at the rate of 600
wt. of cotton to the acre. I put the [
seed in bountifully, and they come up
well, but grew so slowly that I supposed
they were entirely too thick to thrive.
In the course of the season however, I saw
various recommendations in favor of sowing
seed bountifully, which caused me to
cast about for some other reason for the
sickly appearance of my Lucerne. Hav.
ing seen as I thought that I did, sandy
soils would answer, if sufficiently man.
urcd, I supposed my disappointment was
mmmmmmfv \ m w ?
not so much the result of a superabun
dance of silex as of the absence of man
ure. Accordingly in December or Jan
nary last, I spread a moderate coat o
cotton seed between the drills, and duj
up the ground well with a grubbing hoe
Its average height is now (April 30th
two and a half feet, and the space betweei
the rows where the stand was not injured
entirelyoccupied. An acre of such gras<
would yield an incredible amount of pro
vender, besides being a beautiful appen
dage to the homestead of the farmer. Le
farmers take the pains in preparing t
patch for Lucerne, that they generally
take for Turnips, not as a substitute, bu
in addition to Turnips, and old Butterfly's
lowing would soon have less of sadness ir
its sound, and Roshuinte would soonstrik<
a trot, and show that his name ought t(
be changed.
Orchard Grass. An experiment wai
also made with this grass at the tim<
above refered to, and like the Lucerne
its appearance during the last summer waj
very unpromising, hut it is now flourish
ing beautifully, and is from 12 to 14 in
cheshigh. I And that my horses eat i
voracously, and give it a decided prefer
ence over Lucerne.
CORN STALKS.
For the Farmers' Gazette
HOGS.
Mr. Editor :?There ha9 been mucl
said in various parts of the country, upoi
the subject of hogs, the different breeds
and the various modes of managing them
but in our state theie have been very fev
communications seen in the agricultra
works upon the sbbject. What can bi
the reason ? Has the raising of hogs beei
carried to such perfection as to reduce i
to a science ? Is there sufficient porl
raised to supply our common wants am
demands ??or are the planters all asleej
to their own interest ? The fact is, ou
planters do not raise pork sufficient fo
their own consumption, much less to sup
ply the small demands of our inland mar
kets ; consequently thousands of dollar
nre carried out of our state, annually, j
large portion of it silver taken from th
vaults of our banks, not only for pork, bu
for horses and mules; and still the scar
city of money is the common complaint
In my opinion this error might be ver
easily corrected if we would all engag
heartily in the business. The plan that
would suggest would be for each farmc
to plant less cotton and increase thegrai
? 1 u ? kamrr n i<? mil cl V fin
crop ; which giaiu u&uig juuivmhw.^ ?...
systematically consumed upon our form
in raising such domestic animals, woul
ultimately result in increasing the valu
of our lands and thef quantity of ou
cotton crops.
In my opinion in the slave holdin
states any other animal, with the excef
tionofthe horse, can be dispensed wit!
in preference to the hog; the reason is the
it affords for our negroes a more suitable
more substantial and a cheaper food tha
any other animal, and supplies our table
with a delicious ham short of which 01
southern epicures wonld not be satisfiec
The hog, then, being so- valuable, w
should study closely and experiment pai
ticularlv, to find out the m08* economic?
nl;,n af fr>ftilin(T and what snecies of ho
?0
will remunerate us best for our attentior
That there is often a great diffei
ence in the value of hogs of the sam
weight is, or ought to be, known to ever
breeder and consumer;?totheconsurm
because the flesh of some is tenderer an
sweeter than the flesh of others, and b?
cause the most valuable parts, such as th
ham, side, shoulder and lard in some ai
heavier in proportion than in others ;?1
the breeder, because one hog yields
greater weight of marketable pork, for th
same amount of food than another. .
hog of large head, ears and feet has con
monly large bones throughout, is a slo(
grower, large consumer, and unthrifty.
There are various breeds, or forms c
hogs,?I consider the name and colon
whether white or black, without the fori
a perfect matter of moonshine; but
admire a sameness in colour, as the bei
stock of our country, both cattle and ho^
differ very little in their respective colour
and the peculiarity of the colour prov<
that they have not been crossed by spi
rious animals for several generntions.For
the full colour of the spurious bloo
would occasionally show itself even aftc
being hid for several generations. Th
hogjnost commonly fed in this countr
(or I might have said starved) is the corr
mon pine rooter, called by some th
scrub hog, by some the alligator, by oil
ers the land pike. They tell for then
selves wherever seen; I can compar
them to nothing more appropriate than th
bench of an old woman's spioning whee
it has four legs, so have they. There ar
several other species of hogs intersperse
through the country, such as the Guine:
r 4' c
- the deterioration in the value of our hogs
T very much; a remedy for which I will
point out hereafter. The Thin Rind
* has been in considerable repute in some
* actions of country but I see by northern
a papers that they have gone back to the
e Berkshire which I Cbnsider preferable to
t any species of hog now known, both the
pure blood and for a cross with < the common
stock of the country. With them I
* can relate no personal experience, or very
y little, only as I have per chance seen
e them upon other fhrms. There are several
I full biooj Berkshires scatter ed through
r the country; some of the most valuaole of
which are owned bv Col. D. S. Harllee
Q
I of Cheraw (excuse me Col. for using your
name) he bred a pig last fall that weigh8
cd 67ibs. if I mistake not, at a few days
d over two months old. I have seen his
e several times and pronounce them the
ir best pigs I have ever seen. I have seen
pigs from a half hlood boar with the best
improved stock of the country, the pigs
^ raise I with others of common stock, and
* the change wis very perceptible for the
^ letter. I will not give it as my opinion
that the Berkshire will grow larger than
a some of our native hogs when fed to their
n entire satisfaction, but that they will
;g remunerate us better for our attention and
yield usmore pork upon a given quantity
j of food I have not the least shadow of
* doubt. Although I have been so slow to
e supply myself, I would advise all planter*
r* that raise their own meat to supply themil
selves with a boar at least, for I do not I
1 " D?l.? ?TUrt mnpiiu I
g constuer k. a jjcthujuuhw.. * 41c ?????
j may make silk,- but the Berkshire will
make meat.
I will now offer some suggestions for ime
proving our common stock of hogs. In
y the first place, our hogs should be shut
!r up?not in close pens ; for close confined
ment in our warm climate c luses disease,
?. as I know from experience. A woodland
ie pasture is the proper place to confine
stock hogs, and "the knife should be
promptlcy applied to every foaming pig
0 which we find around our fence. Thus
a we could secure whatever blood we might
ie wish, and would not be compelled to keep
A as is now the case, nearly as many
breeding, sows as we need pork hogs, to
feed wild cats, foxes and such like varmints.
Another advantage of enclosing J
our hogs is that we can have our pigs to
come when we wish, and only then.
r* The common custom of suffering hogs 1
ti to run till two or three years old is ex. I
1 pensive, and should he discontinued. It
3t increases the number on hand two or three
rs fold, and the expense in nearly the same
' proportion. When we open a pea or
s' pumpkin field in the fall, our hogs are
's ^ niimnrniis nnrl in snrh nnni rendition
* that they devour every thing, and scarce.
- ly begin to improve. For experiment, I
once took seven hogs, two year9 old, from
>r the woods and fattened them without the
benefit of the under crop, and the cost
was #7 per hundred- They ate seven
y bustiel* of corn each, and the price of
' corn was a dollar. Now seven bushels
e of corn will raise a hog to weigh double 1
i. the amount in one year, if properly man- ]
aged. Where there is plenty of uncul>e
tivated swamp land for hogs to run in
the number is not material; because they
require little more corn than enough to
' keep tbem gentle. But when we must
e depend chiefly on the corn crib, hogs
d ought to be slaughtered at from, eleven
i, to seventeen months old. Pig* dropped
_
. the China,^the Thin Rined, a few of the
. Berkshire, and another hog called th4
. Kentucky hog. We read and hear of
f various other names of hogs with which
T I am not familiar. They all have their
favorites and supporters ; and, in fact,
j any of them may be vastly improved in
i their form and propensity to take on flesh
? by a judicious course of feeding and
3 breeding particularly our common
breeds. I have been endeavoring for
some length of time to discard all hogs
|1 with great length of legs and shortness
of body, and to select those with the
1< shortest legs and the greatest length and
r size of body. The Guinea and China
t both have a great propensity to take on
3 flesh and are very small eaters, but do
, not acquire size ; either crossed with the
large bone breed makes a very fine hog.
The hog called the Kentucky hog from
} being purchased from the drovers from that
state, in my opinion backed by experience
i is not a desirable hog on account of the
1 1 >L - r 1 !.L ?1_ _
5 great Size uuu jeiigiii ui legs wun int*
disadvantages attending such. The
3 Kentuckians ;breed them not because
they are the most economically fed, but
because they are better roadsters. In
* j their great size and length of legs, they
t combine both the property of hog and
- horse, inasmuch as they convey their
own carcasses to a distant market; they
travel very well hut some of our native
hogsmako decidedly better racers.
But my own experience proves to me
that their form may be changed into
almost any shape in cousre of time, by
1 a careful selection of breeders. The boar
I particularly should lie selected as near
as possible of whatsoever form we would
i, have ourstccki "I have been fully satisv
fied bv mv own observation that one
j cross by a boar of any desired breed will
go further towards accomplishing the nb.
e ject pf securing form or colour, than sev.
II cral crosses by a sow. To assign any
1 other reason than facts,- developing thern.
k selves to my own observation, would be
d diving into mysteries beyond my knowlp
edge.
. Tn this one irreat cause I attribute
/
in August and September, aqd In Janua. |
ry and February ought to be slaughtered | i
in December. And we can secure their i
,
coming at these seasons by the enclosing
system. The pigs might be kept in good 1
condition till harvest, and afterwards til! 1
fall, with a small portion of oats and !
plenty of rye. They are fondest of oats;
but oatssoon rot, and rye with grass will
keep them for a length of time. It is .
uneconomical to suffer hogs ever to be. ^
come poor, or decline in flesh till slaughtered.
When I compare my own practice, '
and that of others around rne, with my '
remarks, and similar remarks which I hear ,
from others, I am reminded of the lan- i
guage of the ancient orator: ?*When I <
compare, Athenians, the speeches of some
amongst us, with their actions, I am at
a loss to reconcile what I see with what |
I hear."
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Mr. Editor, if you tnmK,uiese uwiaw .
a rainy day likely to he of service to any | (
farmer, publish, if not commit to the (
flames. A FEEDER OF SWINE.
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CONTEXTS OP TUB FARMERS' REGISTER, '
NO. IV. VOL. IX. 1
ORIGIN A t'COMMUNICATION.
Note? on tobacco culture,
Essay on calcareous earth, and remarks
on quick lime as an indirect manure,
Bounty for silk,
Melliot ' - j
Cruelty to horses. The haws and the
lampas
Notes on the Sandy Point estate, No. I.
Inquiry as to the prospects of silk culture, j
Calcareous earth discovered in a new fotm i
and In a new locality, !
Comments on the articles of the editor on
the effects of grcen-satid as manure.
Directions for collecting and preserving
specimens of grasses, ' 1
Establishment of a hoard of agriculture
by the government of Virginia,
Proposed exhibition by the Ifenrico Agricultural
and Horticultural Society.
Desultory observation on the banking system
of this country, and the effects of
its different modes of operation,
To the farmers and planters of Virginia
Monthly commercial report
On the value of field peas as a crop, and
to prevent injury tostock feeding thereon
'
Value of the Rohan Potato > <
SELECTIONS.
Essay on the cultivation of corn,
Diseases of hogs. < .
Management of bees,
On preparing night soil,
White or Belgian carrot,
White carrot,
Coal ashes,
Compessed heat fuel,
On destroying slugs by lime,
Cankvr-Worms. Chickens,
Durability of the nitrate of soda
Irrigation of rice lands by pump9,
Analysis of prairie soils, from Montgomery
county, Alabama,
iMtrare or soaa,
Action of acids in soils, .
Peat compost^ '
Failure of nitrate of soda as manure,
Seventh Agricultural meeting at Boston.
Soils and manures,
On Preparing night soil,
Silk culture. Important discovery. The
muscardine in America, ,
Destruction of snails in flower gardens,
Portraits and puffs, :
Restraining sand-drift,
Decomposition of bones,
Scot as manure,
Ad vantage of plan ting fruit trees on declivities,
Dogs, : , ,
. A principle of fencing formed according
to the laws of vegetable physiology
Proposed remedy for the confused and
contradictory state of the popular nomclature
of the grasses,
An act to establish a board of agriculture,
n Kir fliu Ilpnrirn Afrri
I ICIIIIIJIII.1 ">"' 1/11 ?<v o
cultural and Horticultural Society,
The Everglades,
Sawdust as an assistnntto manure, ,
The position oi New York in regard to
hanking and specie payments,
Dividing capital,
On the destruction of the red spider,
; Remarks on salt as manure, and for stock.
Oil dregs as manure,
Prickly comfrey,
I Flay making
I dummarv of news
* ? '
| We learn that there was a heavy frost,
j on Friday night last, over the river, in
i Christ Church Parish, and that it has dei
stroyed all the vegetation*?Charleston
Cour. May 3.
Legal Decision.?In < igle'hrorope Superior
Court, Georgia, last week, the testimony
of several witnesses was decided to be
inadmissible on the ground that they were
Universalists, not believing in a lurure slate of
rewards and punishmen's.
THE LATE DARING FORGERIES.
The following statement, from the
Louisiana Advertiser of the 24th ultimo,
will not only explain the means by which
the late forgeries on the Kentucky, Cinand
Vpw York bankers were ef
tlllliuiif U.IW * .W.. ?
fccted, but also relieve the* public mind
from every suspicion having a tendency to
implicate any officer in the New Orleans
Bank as an accoinpliancc in the knavery :
" The march of rascality and wicked|
ncss is onward. A fejlow by the name of
Matthew Draper deposited four several amounts
in the Commercial Bank of New
Orleans, between a hundred and seven
and a hundred and twenty dollars each,
on or about the 20th of il/arch, and received
certificates of deposite therefor.
With this anchor to windward, the scoundrel
oblitterated the figures and the words,
and inserted 1 twentyyone thousand Mexican
dollars,' in the hejy of the certificate;
and at the bottom, in the left hand corner,
are the figures $24,000.
f
' a
The alteration is not I perfect ftcsimle
of the original filling up, thought it i?
near enough to deceive.
The check was sold to the Girard Bank
in Philadelphia, and is now sent for payment,
endorsed by W. D. Lewis, that cashier
of that institution.
There can be no doubt that there are'
three other such checks afloat.
If forging were punished by solitary
mprisoraent for life, it would be well for
the cause of honesty." *
Interesting Fact.?A Jady arrived in
Philadelphia a few days since from Cincinnati*
mJio for many years was a member of the
leceased President's Bible class! He frenamed
for a 'ong series of years a devoted
teacher in the Episcopal Church, and this
Juty he did not abandon until up to the lime
when be left Cincinnati.?Pfula. N. Amer.
A drunken fellow in Kentucky lately set firr
o a distillery, which was- in consequence
wrnt down. An exchange paper says that
that the distillery fir*t set fne to the man, and
hen the man tired the distillery. This, we
oppose, is what a lawyer would call lex tali
mis.
Fontenelle being one day asked by a Lord
in waiting at Versailles, what difference there
was between a clock and a womnn, instantly
replied?" A clock serves to point out the
hours, an<J a woman to make us for get them."
CHER AW PRICES CURRENT.
Mat 11
RTICLES. Mt | $ C. J $ J;.
Brefin market, lb 0 'f. a 0 9
3.icon from wagons, lb 7 4 b
'by retail, lb - 9 ? 10 Butter
lb 10 a 15
Beeswax lb 25
Bagging yini 22 t 2d
Bale Rops lb Id 4 124
l/offoe lb 12 J 4 IS.
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[ Vrro.N. ' to , v m
Uorn, se irce bush , ' a 50
Floifr, Country, brl 5 ' \a 5 35 ^
Feather* fin wag, none lb .10. a IS
Fodder,- MOIbs ?$<la 10ft
Class, window 8x10, 5<tft 3 25 t 3 37ft
, - 60ft 3 50 i 71
HiJu.s, green lb 5 i' :
dry lb 10 a *
Iron lOOlba 6 50 a 6 5ft
Indigo ' lb I a 5 2
Lime cask 4 I 4 50r . ?
Lard scarce lb 11a 12
Leather, ule lb 22 t 25
Lead, bar tb 10
LogWood lb iU ? Jft ir
Molasses N. O. gnl 40 a 60
, gal 35 a 40
Mails, cut, assorted - lb 7 J a 4
??wrought lb, 10 a Id
Oats bush 33 a ' 40
Mil, currier* ft) 75 a " 1 .
?, ta'inp gal 1 25 a
?. linseed , gal I 10 a I fS
Pain's, white lead hog 3 25 a 4 50 '
1 jjj-an. brown lb 8 a 1ft
fork lOdlbi 5 50 aft. .,
The River is in good boating order.
ii i * ARRIVED.
Steamer Oseola Christian 2 dny? from
Georgetown with mere, to a Blue D'McNair ?
DC Lilly & oilier*. , \
SHE BIFF1? SALE,
BY Order of the Court of Ordina / will ba
sold at Chesterfield Court House on tb*
first .Mond iy in June next within th? legal hour*,
the real estate of .Vl.irk Rivers, deceased, in said
Di.-.r.ct consisting of one tract of Lad eou?
taming fit ly acres, more orleia, lying on Clay
Creek, bounded on the north by the Stata Una.
west and south by Win. Cariare laud, and aswt
hyr Jaime be.onging to tlw eaUte of 'i lionise
Homo.
Conditions As much cash as, will pay tho
expen-e of this sale, with a credit until the first
day of J anuary next on the balance, purchaser .
giving b>>nd oeanng interest from the day. of*
I security sud iiioi tg.ige.
2941U, mm ^'?v? # ^ ^
if required to the Ordinary. Purchaser paying
for uoocssary nop' rs.
JOHN EVANS
Slid. C. D.
Chesterfield C. H.'Miy 11, 18^1. 9ti?.f
SHERIFF'S SALE1 r
ON Wrrvs of Fieri Facia* will be sold hefore
ihu Court House oil ttie first Monday
an idiy fol.owing in Juno next uiihin ths leg.I
houri the following property viz:
112 Acros of land mo e or less bounded on the
North by Thompson* Creek, south and Weet,'
by lands belonging to the estate of Kiisha Par.
ker S n. nndii.si "y J utes G. Kelly's lands',
the separate suits 01 fi.uley St PuWe, and..VI. St
K. Hi Hey vs. Charles A. Curne.
2 L<ti in Powe Town with the improvement*
the-eon known in the plan of ssid Town hy
Nod. lrt (eigb esn) and 3d (thirty-three) containing
two aei*8. more or leis, at the several suit*
of John Fris r A t o and Mary Stineinelz v*
Hailey 6l P..we. ' y
177 Ac es of Land more or less, .whereon the
defendant jrsiii-s, adjoining the lands of P.O.
lliuson, J. P. S. v ng and William Provitf, at the
suit of Turner Bryan Ordinary vs Archibald
.VlcQnge V'
3 0 Acres of Land, more or less, whereon the ,
defendant reside*, adjoining the lands of Estate
of W Struetei, K Smith and arbors, at the suit
of Turner Bryan Ordinary va Wiii D McRae
100 Acres of Land, rn no or less, whereon the
defendant res.d -e. adjo ning the lands of Lewis *
Mellon and A Craig, at the suit of Turner Bryan
Ordinary v* Thomas Parker
197 Acres of land more oi less whereon the ,
defendant resides on Bearer Dam l<ret'k? water*
of Black Creek, bounded on the Kaxt by .Mary
Mcleod's Imtid, West by William Joftnaea's
bind, and North hy lmds belonging to Mr* Shaw
at the suit of Peter Stewart va Wil iam Diekaon
Jun '
i*aJes of pereoi.nl property wilt be advertized
in next week's Gaz ^t'e. '>
Terma?Cash, Purchasers paying for the ne..'
cessary papers. >
JOHN EVANS, SbffC D,
Sheriff's Office, Chesterfi.ld C. H. I
May 11 Mi, 1841. j
7 NOTICE. 1 .
LETTERS of udniiui-tralion on the eata e
and effrcls which were of Hogh Mclulyre,
dt ceased, having on the 8ib instant been granted
to the Suhsrri!>er by Turner Bryutt wq. vnmrary
of Chesterfield District, Ail persona having
claims against the said estate are notified to re n.
tier an account of their demands duly proven,
and all persons indebted aro requested to make
immediate piyrnent. MARKHAILEV.
May It, 1841. 26 tf
FTOTICE,
0N Monda. tho 14th day of Jam next t Witt
offer for ttaje, for Cash,*st the Court House
door in Wadcaboro, the following negro slaves*
tiz. Kphraim, Ciccro, Dave, Ben, Dicy, Lncjf*
little Frank, Mary, Rose, E'i, big Frank, Abrrm.
j Terry, Laura and Harry; levied on as the prO;w
! erty of Vincent Parsons, James Curtis and
Dudley D. Daniel, to satisfy a vend tioni Expor.a*
and special Fi. Fa. in uiy bands in 4>o* of J^L
seph Medley Adniinitrstor do bonis
Hugh McEentie debased; spiral s**d l^ens
Parsoas, James Curtis and DurJIev D TWiel
.. A- ^HiTB.
Sheriff n Ajtbwi
5t?y 4,1312. ?? ^5^
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