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?l* ' T " r 4 jjfc - , -j ":fr * ' ' ' . , ' ? * ' ' J* . .x ? '-* 3BL i' t j?d 1 A ' -* . y ' * f ? warn* mwmmwmm* ' ' . VOLUME VI. CIIERAW. SOUTH-CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1^41. NUMBER 26*! *, ' ' ,????????wmrnmmmmmmmmmmrnmmmmmmmmm??i??? By Iff. Iff AC LEAK. Ttmscs:?Published weekly at three dollars a year; with an addition, when not paid within three months, of twenty per cent per annum. Two new subscribers may take the paper at fire dollars in advance; ana ten at twenty. Foot subscribers, n??t receiving their papers in town, may pay a year's subscription with ten dollars, In advance. A year's subscription always due in advance. Papers not discontinued to solvent subscribers in arrears. Advertisements not exceeding 16 lines inserted ? rl-.111? tlin fisot llina fiA w onnfc Oflpfl VI W'llV VIIU IllPt IIIIIO) n IB vi IMIJ uvufevr uhsequont 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 f insertions is not marked on tl?e copy, the advertisement will bo inserted, and churged till trdered out. O" 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. 1 do not think that it would answer to sow it in any land, that you might wish to put in crop, as when once set, it can never be Q eradicated ; but for a permanent pasture, it would be invaluable. You can pasture it from April to October, and the roots 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 have cut it when it was too full of juice, and therefore would evaporate too much. I do not speak from experience, never having tried to make hay with it. If however it would make good I hay, I am satisfied it could be cut twice in the year. The history of the grass is this,?my Father, ahout 50 years ago, imported some hemp seed from the Mediterranean, in which it is supposed some 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; bethinks it a very fine grass. From the ? ? small patch sown on the head of. Beaver Creek, it has spread entirely along the whole course of the creek to Broad River. And I have no doubt that in time it will reach the Ocean. If you 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 freelv 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 your whole plantation in a short time. If however, you wish to try it, I will have Komej 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 ho a fact, as the writer seems to fancy, this grass may possiblv prove in some degree inimical to the 1 usual practice of the exclusive cotton planter, owing to the remarkable tenacity with which it retains possession of the soil; yet, to the farmer whose object is mixed ' hisbandrv, or who produces a general rotation of crops, this property would cease 1 l- ? j *o De an onjecuun , ana iu me gr*- < zier or stock grower, it would he a high j recommendation ; and on the whole, we have little doubt that it would he a valuable acquisition to our farms. To our southern farmers, where the various departments of husbandry arecombined on the same plantation, as is usually the case with us, the temporariness, 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 _ . _ 1 it i.i i i season, also tnrougn tne winter oy njeans j of its large tap roots, an excellent range for ho?js. The exception that our friend j takes in regard to its unfitness for hay, in j* consequence of its succulency or juiciness, j ^ 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 t ? 1 measuraDiy removea. This grass it appears, was introduced into S. Carolina, from a country situated j in nearly our own parallel of latitude, with j a quantity of hemp-seed ; from wh:ch cir- j cumstance we would reasonably infer j 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 our climate would be equally favorable to the production of this grass. We would be pleased to receive further I ti informatian on the subject from any one si acquainted with it, in regard to its prop- tl erties, its habits, the kind of soil most fav- p! orable to its production &c.?Ed. Far. i Ado, hi tl The following remarks are extracred w from an address by the late Gen. William e: R. Davie, President of the Agricultural la Society of South-Carolina, before that w body, at their anniversary meeting, at bi Columbia, on the 8th of December, 1818. The cultivation of the grasses naturally ol connects itself with this part of our gener- w al plan of improvement, and I am happy ? to be authorised to say. from the experi- s< ence of several yer.rs, that almost all the a cultivated grasses of foreign extraction n succeed well in the middle and upper Ii ranges of the state, where, fortunately, all si the necessary varieties of soil and sitna- 51 tion may be found congenial to their cul- 1^ ture. For the purpose of being fed green rj to horses or cattle, I have no knowledge of any grass superior to the Lucerne ; un- 0 der Droner cultivation it may be cut eight o ! i 1 . ' * w or nine times in common seasons, com- t| mencing in March, and continuing till 0i the] hard frosts in the latter end of antumn. Being cut before it is in full gi bloom, it immediately springs up from p the stumps, and its uncommonly strong ja and deep rQot preserves it from the com- 0 mon effects of drought. Its culture is w easy and simple ; in France it is cultivated n broad-cast, with the advantage of irriga- b tion. In this mode I have not succeeded, but it never fails in the drill on any good soil. Lucerne was among the earliest of the cultivated grasses; in Italy it w^s one of the fruits of Roman conquest; in Upper Egypt it has been used time immemo- 1 rial, not only as the food of cattle but of f< man. h Red clover grows luxuriantly in the ,t< range of country I have mentioned, on suitable soils. This grass is properly the n native of a clay soil, but will succeed al- p most on any, in proportion to the goodness tl of the land. The extraordinary success w with which this giass has been cultivated e in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, v for the purpose of food forstock of every o kind, and above all, as an improving crop, I; gives it an unquestionable claim upon the n attention of the planter and farmer. t\ There is no danger of wandering, in the f, mazes of theory on this subject; the practical results of thirty years' experi* | ^ ence in those states furnish an infallible | guide. Among the narrow leafed grasses, the j ^ dog's foot, as it is called with us, deserves particular attention ; it appears congenial to our climate, and grows luxuriantly on any rich so l, howevpr dry the situation P' may be. This grass mixes well with the P' red clover, supports it from falling when luxuriant,'and cuts to advantage, at the in same time while it improves the hay, and n contributes to its preservation when hou- e1 sed or stacked. The timothy and white- y< top or feather grass succeed generally on 3 wet meadows ; hut timothy justly valued fc as a hay for horses, seems peculiar to a fi| colder climate ; it grows luxuriantly, almost spontaneously, on our mountains, ^ while in the lower range of the state, it . * 1 * ' TC languishes, and is soon succeeded by the wild or native'grasses. " . V- [fj The herds grass might be cultivated j c' with the greatest successjn the soft lioggy j ^ lands in the lower parts of the state, j A There are few grasses more valuable for j 01 hay, while it gives strength and .consis- j c< tence to the surface of the most spongy ! gi hog, converting morasses, which are not w only useless in their present state, but be even a dangerous nuisance in a neighbor- fb hood, into valuable and productive land. q. Drought, the greater enemy of this branch ^u of agriculture, never effects the herd-grass when cultivated upon this, which is its pe- j culiar soil. The inland swamp formerly cultivated in rice, and now generally abandoned, would form excellent meadow and grazing farms, equal to any in Europe ^ or America, with the aid of this grass, i and the native grasses of the country; I , y a *\ A A 1 1 1 it am connaeni, mai me.se lanus inrown iniu j 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 expec- i jjj tations of the planter. I wish it to be un- | derstood. that I consider the business of j aj the grazier as perfectly distinct from that ^ of the breeder of cattle. The white clover yields but little food, and soon becomes dangenerous to horses jt when pastured, and cannot be connected 1 advantageously like its relative with any A ? ? T SVsieni Ol iiliprovnucMi. i wmiun ^ er close this short view of the grasses w without recommending to the attention o( the society the Sainfoin, a grass so highly ^ esteemed by the French farmers, that they cannoni/.ed it under this singular appella- ^ tion. The English farmers speak of it in w terms of the highest approbation ; it is, they *n( say, the best hay hitherto known for horses; j1( many farmers keep them the whole winter upon it with very little corn, and the hor- ra ses remain fat and in tine condition ; ta even post horses thrive well upon it. and .... . 1 ' , m next to corn nothing will keep them in ac such order ; it may be mowed ten years successively, and may be afterwards pastured with advantage for three years. as This is the language of the English farm- ^c ers, and it requires only a moment's re- or flection to observe how extremely interes. jj m ng this grass would he to the planter ibjected to such an immense expense ii re support of the horses and mules em loyed in the culture of corn and cotton do not know whether any experimen as been made of its culture in thi:s state le European farmers all agree,?that it i mong the first profitable grasses, and fa xeeeding any yet propagated on poo ind?it will succeed on almost any soi iiich is mixed with rocks, or that has i ottorn of firm adhesive clay. In moist rich soils, the native grasse f our countrv make excellent meadow ith proper attention to eradicate th 'eed9 and drain the boggy parts; th :ythe improves the quality of the grow nd where the soil is rich or properly ma ured. it will yield an abundant crop t may be observed where the meadow till remain, which were made by the firs 3ttlers, the native grasses have general f succeeded to the timothy, without ope iting any injury to the farmer. I have dwelt on this subject because a pinion had prevailed, that few or non f the foreign cultivated grasses woul irive in our climate, and from the irnperi lis consideration, that this branch c nriculture must form the basis of thn ^stem of improvement, which can alon rove effectual to restore our exhauste LJids. "An assured and plentiful suppl f wholesome food for .stock during th inter, enables them to multiply thei umbers, while in their turn they contri ute to the-fertility of the soil, and th jpport and! comfort of man." For the S. C. Temperance Advocaft TURNIPS. Mr. Editor,?Not having failed torais 'urnipsfrom thn summer or fall sowing >r thirty years, I have been astonished t ear of so many failures, amongst plan irs, in a thing so easily made certain With many, I suppose the cause is mer eglect or laziness. Such are not to b ittied, and it is fruitless labour toinstruc lem. But as there are many other rho labour earndsily and fail for want c xperience, I may confer a particular fs ourupon such, by giving them the resu f my experience. My plan jias been not or f to make sure a crop of Turnips; but t lake the lot of ground rich. For thes vo objects, in July I fence in the k >r the succeeding year ; say one acr >r every 10 cows to be* penned. Covf ie lot with litter. In the winter ploug up deeply. Pen the shucks and strai itended for winter food lor rue cows up 11 fho lot and feed them there throug )o winter. In March, plough up th it again, and in May give it a thir loaghing, and July a fourth. By thi Ian of fallowing, tlu* insects and weed r grass arc not only destroyed, hut loisturc retained, so that a drought wii ot prevent a stand of turnips, scarce!' rer. And to make it still more certaii ou can divide the lot so as to niak sowings, thus having I! chances to om o 7 o >r a crop. And the first sowing wil low its fa.lure in time to sow again. Of all the r?ot crops for cows, I thin) irnips the most valuable, both as reJatc > tint quantity produced from the groum ad there convenience iu using. In ou iniate there i$ no necessity for housing iem, or to raise them, only as used.? nd if boiled with a l'ttlc chopped con peas, there is no better food for milcl mvs. I heard some persons talk o wing a turnip flavor to milk and butle here cows are fed upon turnips. If thi ; the fact my taste is insensible of it. Nei er can any jjof my family discover sue! ivor when our milk-cows are fed upoi mips. We however generally boil then ith kitchen slop and mix a litttle chop :d "rain with them. . J. D. d Dots ix Hcrses. Sir,?At page 177 of the Cabinet fo te last year, I see slacked lime recom ended for the botts in hordes, in portion f a table spoonful three times a week it in eases of violent attack this remedy ould be too slow in its operations. A neighbor called on me with a horsi ?ry much affected in this way, and re jested me to give him a teacup full o ack pepper and a pint of whiskey hich he administered, but without effect though he promised that the horse wouh ? i r A i-i 5 relieved in a iew minutes ; ne tnnre re determined to give him more pcppei id whiskey, but I remonstrated agains , and strongly recommended a pint o olasses which he at length consented tc y ; this relieved the horse instantly, anc i a few minutes he hitched him to his agon and drove off. In another case, a friend had g:iven hi? irse, while in the most excrutiatin^ tin from this disorder, a gill of turpennc, and afterwards black pepper and hiskey declining to try the molasses, as 3 considered it too simple a remedy; the irse at lenghth appearing in tho last exeinity, he consented to administer tH olasses; the effect was almost ins.u..: neous, and in ten minutes the horse is feeding. Now I cannot otherwise ;count for the sudden effectual relief itained from the use of molasses in this sorder, than by supposing that so soon the molasses enters the stomach of the ?rse, the botts quit their hold and feed s it, and this gives the horse instant ref, and effect a permanent cure. Would t '* some of your readers try the remedy, r i wpart through the pages of the Cabi - the result, stating also their opininions . garding tuis view of the case, t - Farmers' Cabinet, 10 m ' If the distress of the horae was rec r caused by bots, the manner in which r molasses releived him was doubtless t ' suggested by the correspondent of 1 Cabinet. But the cure cannot props s be said to have been permanent. So k \ as the bots remain in the stomach of B horse there is danger of their renew a j the attack on it. Has calomel ever b< ' tried as a remedy for bots ? It is of i. an effectual remedy for worms in childr 9 The juice of elder leaves, combined u i* - .... " a. bottle of castor oil might be worth I inn. The larve cf most flies have an vincible repugnance to the elder leav n and so have the flies themselves. ? Ed. Far. Gaz (I . 1 From the Farmers Advocate t Save your ashes. e Take leeched ashes and drop a ha d ful on the corn when planting; dry as y is better but after the soap is made, e contents of the ley-hopper should ir saved for corn planting. Dry as i- should be sowed two or three bushels e an acre of wheat, two or three times, the Sprirg, either in heavy dews or m ing rain. ' The n anure of ashes or lime used i ^ lop dresser, is not near all the berie e there are several, kinds of . insects mat r,t ally interrupted in their ravages,- on ? green growing grain. If you have no ' roof anc a floor for keeping ashes please to make them, and preserve all c that does not get used for ley. e Sandy ground will show a greater 'erence in produce from their use, t ? sterile clay, so far as I have tried. ^ Manuie should all oe taken to !* ileld frori the barn-yard, then plough one, two or ten acres that cannot be i I lured, according to circumstances?s some with corn broad cast?and s< j with oats, when the corn tassels, i the oats heads, turn them in witl f plough; this course will greatly as ^ the soil. Times are generallv too busy wl shocks are taken off the ground, c ^ would say?turn in the stubble, moc ately deep, there will come a growtl ^ turn in for manure, before the coming frost?or an an excellent pasture for n s cows. A SUBSCRIBER 11th 2nd mo. 1841. a i. . From the Maine Farmer. ^ REMARKS UPON ORCHARDS, AND NOTICE (1 A NURSERY. In looking over the Maine Farmer, ? 8th, No 48th, I find an Editorial arti< ' headed, why not raise more appl The subject I think is worthy the att < tion of every farmer, as I believe that s nough has been stated, and upon good ] thority to satisfy the minds of nearly r! that apples may be raised so as to be mi r cheaper food for cattle and hogs than_ latoes. But are not farmers grow 1 to remiss in paying proper attention their orchards^ and in setting out yoi ^ ones to take the place of old and decay ones ? and there are many of this cl r in Maine, which in my opinion have s s ered premature decay on acconnt of n * management in pruning* as well as fr 1 other causes. Heavy pruning, I beli 1 ;it all times to be very injurious, it s said that experience is the best sch master, and I think I have some in t respect, for I have nearly ruined < small orchard by pruning heavy, and so heavy as I have seen many otln r But as far as my observation has ext * ded, I think it is almost as sure a waj 8 spoil an orchard to cut off large lirr ' and sometimes a number as I have se from the same tree, with an axe oi coarse saw and apply nothing to wood toshield it from the air, as it wo f be to cut: it up by the roots. As many of our orchards are past c , would it not be worth taking some pa 1 to rear up more trees before the old o - are entirely done. And [ believe th are but few farmers but might with t fling expense set out a sufficient sup f of choice fruit trees, to furnish fruit ' family use, and then I would not recc ' mend the poorest kinds for stock. I believe it is allowed that most kii of fruit trees do best set in single rows, r along roc d fences and fields, in whi ' rifnofinno nro flronrrallv mOSt D CIlUUlKillO Vlll/I Ul v i-w.... _ . 1 . O ' I I ductive, and much more convenient th 5 to fence out some acres of our best la i for that purpose. From the VVinyah Observer. Mr. Editor?I send you the followii , which will be of considerable interest all farmers. In the spring cfl825, A of Districtin this State, w very much pestered with rats. They c lected in such numbers about bis ba and stables, as to give, at a distance, I sound of a parcel of pigs in the shoe! 4&c. They destroyed nearly twenty bm els of corn and peas before any strata# t * & 4 md could be fallen upon to destroy them ; nt net length he was told by a friepd that the re- Jasmine blossom would effectually take them all away. Accordingly a large quantity of vines and blossoms were pro cured and thrown in the corn house, stay bles, &c. and in less than two weeks there, the was mot a rat or mouse to be heard on the hat place These blossoms have quite a plea ^ ant and agreeable smell, but are very poi, eonous. This is fact, for It came under r ^ the observation of OBSERVER. >ng the TO KILL BEDBUGS. jn<y Mr. Jonas Bacon of Unionvillc states ? to us-that gun-camphor and bar-soap will Jen effectually destroy that midnight robber, ten the bed-bug?he mixes one ounce of the en. camphor, well pulverised, with two ounces rj(jj of the soap?this mixture is easily applied to the crevices where the hugs harbor. ry- ? ?From the Frankfort Commonwealth. inSOMETHING ABOUT AN OWL. es ' l mnn nncrht not to be hooted at, if he " ?t, does tell a story about an owl, provided the anecdote tends to the promotion of the great interests of agricultura. And ' we. may as wpll promise here, that we do not mean to talk about one of those little nd- screeching things that sits on the eves of ihes houses during the livelong night, watch-. the ing for mice, and uttering the most be piercing lamentations ajl the while. No ^es indeed: we are alluding to one of those 1 on whapping big fellows who sometimes .^D raises a war-hoop right over your head as 1,st" you are riding through the dark roods, and makes vou feel for a moment, as if 9S & .your scalp was gone. Speak of your hair 0 j] standing on end, at tales of ghosts, and t^e all that sort of stuff! Those are mere 1 a fije-side affairs and don't last much lon. ger than you are toasting your shins. dry But if you wish to know something of a shock that will drive through your bones dif- into the marrow, just go by yourself han through a beech flat of a dark night, with your mind running upon Indians,'robbers, the and other suck swefet fnncie?, until you i up feel as if you had'nt half an inch of breath ma- any. how?then let one of those night 30W eagles . thunder?wlioo hoo, whoo-hoo, >me whoohopagh into your lugs, and you'll and think that you've become an eternal fixl a ture in the shades. It does to laugh at isist when you get home, but for the moment it is capitally horrific. There are many ben people who never saw one of those big >r I owls, or heard one either, and we will ler- therefore for their benefit, say he is a i to large bird with a huge head, a profusion of of rusty feathers, a round grey eye that lilk seems to look 'everlastingly ahead and ricrht through every thing that is before ~ o * it, has very formidable talons, and, in a word, is the king of all things that fly in the dark. He iscarniverous in his appe: of tites, and walks into young ribbits, patridges, and that kind of fry, with remar. ' ol. kahle unction. He does not make friends rle- of many living things, which probably arises from his habits of midnight assasen* sination, and skulking when the rest of e" the world is not in motion. He moves like a shadow, not making the least jj noise in his flight, and he is, upon the .whole,-a most excellent pattern for a cut throat.' Yet with all his advantages of j (o size, position and profession, he is not ing suffered to he the sole maraudej upon the ing great common of the poultry yard, for he lass has an enemy of a most determined and ! ufF- implacable character. The enemy is not I ois- as might he sepposed, armed with weap- j om onsof war equal to himself, nor with the eve same awful voice, nor even with the s ime | *s fierceness of the eye, yet he makes up ' . wun combination vigilance what he L:_ f O wants in strength, and just let an owl show himself in the light of the sun, and ? _ i i . forthwith a legion of Crows will be upon 3rs' him such a clatter about his ears that he en* will find the very day hideous, and igno*? minously fly before the black regiments ' that are charging upon him. And this hrinnrj lisi tn rtiir fitOTV. " ?? ---- JA farmer living in this county, has been so exceedingly annoyed with crows that he was willing to hunt them hy militia companies?to offer rewards for their are heads, to poison them or kill them off by ins a legislative tax. Year hy year he was nes molested by those depredators, who would er.e tear up his corn by the acre, pick out the eyes of his lambs, fly off with his chick. P'y ens, and annoy him in every conceiva^or ble way. It was in vain .that he took up ,m* his gun upon his shoulder and went in pursuit, no caution that he could devise could bring him in shooting distande.? ay The rascals would caw at him, and caw J 'c^ at him, and snigger to see how he "lard-1 - ' i' i-i ) ed the earth" as ne waiKen aioug ??t a um ,an day, vainly following on their provoking ,n^ 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 manjr ner in which he should redress his WTongs ras and like a true philosopher, he sat him. 0|. self diligently to the study of the nature "' U/> kmii Cr\t in/1 naif all t h a i r irn nJ a?#v?n tuuuu uui ail uibii he system of sentinels, their notes of alarm, j ks, their sounds of encouragement, &c., but ?h. from these he could gain no knowledge, \ sra that would avail him. a While, however, he was one day , watching a large flock, j)is attention was arrested by an unusual commotion among the black scoundrels, and ford)with they all darted in one direction. ^He beheld in his surprise a simultaneous attack upon a large owl who had imprudently ventured forth into the light, qpd such another battle he never did see until at last the owl was (airly vanquished by the crows, and made rather a precipitate retreat. Our farmer was too interested a spectator of the combat not to reflect [ much upon its character and result, ami all at orice it occurred to him that, if by* ' any means he could get possession of an 1 owl he could make him decoy the crows i within a reasonable distance* Luckily for him, he was soon enabled by a successful six t, to break the wing of one of the h.r rest of the tribe, and he lo3t no time in " W' f putting his scheme in operation. 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 but conspicuous in the field, A lad was sent up the tree put the owl upon his perch and the farmer enscqned himself in Ihe corner of one of the panels. Scarcely were the.se completed before a distant and wc'l 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. MHa, Ha, cried the farmer; 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 flv at the owl, and ever and anon the far* ' iner 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 hai)g of the game. For, at each dreary 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 ag gravating and insulting behaviour. This would exasperate 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 as much as to say u dont we niok 'em." The slaughter was continued until the 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 * manoeurve repeated, and with the same success, until nearly every crow about the the plantation had been killed. The fame of this affair soon spread to the surrounding plantations and every neighbor borrowed the owl and put him to the same successful and profitable purpose. As rr 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 Gis-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 i the Elk horn. This was a new and untried element to him, and like other renowned warriors and statesmen he was lost in venturing upon an experiment. That ha was put to a great public use, l thpr* ia nn Hniiht. and if over a bill is again introduced into the Legislators " Providing for the killing of crows," it would be but an act of justice to put in a section directing a monument to be crec? ted to Joe. Davis's Owl. Whoever doubts the truth of the story has only to try the experiment with an owl, and he 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 inhab. itant 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 months in the Town where be offers to vote, having paid a tax within two years, unless exempted therefrom by law. In Rhode Island, no Constitution? By y~xi a ? U ^ -1?- If nil Pfoomon vaIo Unaner ui timm-s it. an u%,v..u^.. In Connecticut, every white male citizen, having a legal residence of six months, with a freehold of seven dollars per annum, and every white male enrolled in the militia one year, or being exempted from military duty by law, havmgpaid a State tax wirhin the year, and of good moral character. In Vermont, every man of quiet and peaceable behaviour, one year in the State. In New Jersey, all inhabitants with 12 months residence, worth a clear estate of 50/ Proclamation money. In Pennsylvania, every freeman who has resided two years in the State, and paid a tax, and the sons of such, between ' / twenty-one and twenty-two, without the payment of tax. In Maryland, all free white males 21 years of age, having resided one year in the State, and six months in the county* In North Carolina, all freemen with a freehold of 50 acres, and a residence of * - Senators; and all fr 12* oft ^ ** " --r?.