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tion and wretchedness at your very doors,
produced evidently bv ignorance and irreligioo?
You have the divine'y appoint- i
ed moans of relief in your power. \ on j
know that the Holy Spirit who speaks in i
the Bible can disperse the thick darkness i i
which enshrouds the sinful soul, and np- i
o flinty halm to the wounded spirit: ?
Y*J U UVUIIK& ww- -
that there is no debasement so deep as i
to be beyond the reach of its elevating i
power?no terrors of guilt which its promises
cannot dispel??and no earthly condition
too desolate to be cheered by the
words of heavenly mere)*. You acknow- <
ledge that the messages of revelation are <
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:
?the Bible are not appropriate and precious, j
If those who claim this priceless boon
from you, were seperated from you bv i <
vast oceans, and could only be relieved by ! i
* laborious and costly efforts, the spirit of j
the Gospel would incline you to the un-!
dertaking. But now, when the destitute ' i
are in the same village or district with ; I
yourselves, and the materials of relief are ,1
cheap and abundant, and when so little 11
exertion is necessary to bless the poor with I?
the richest treasure, and the afflicted with
heavenly consolation, can you hesitate to j i
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 j
Bible as the Testament of Iliin who died ;
for sinners, bequeathing a glorious inherilance
upon all men, of all classes and
conditions, who believe in His name, and
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obey His Uospel. i mis precious uocu- |
inent, conveying a treasure compared to i
jg. which the wealth of worlds were poor, is
in your hands, and you therefore enjoy i
the opportunity of securing your title,-'.as,
heir s of God 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 arc not apprised j
of its importance to them, nor of the bless-:
i.ugs it offers tf> their acceptance. Is it (
just to withhold it from them, 01 to softer;
them to remain in ignorance of its provisions?
While you rejoice in such an inestimable
bequest, is it not incumbent on
you to make it known to all. your fellow j
heirs; especially as the Testator enjoined ;
upon you the performance of this sacred ;
duty? What would be thought of a
legatee, who should get possession of his ,
fathers will, and possess himself of all the
property it secured to him, and wholly ,
neglect to inform hi9 brothers of its contents,
though they were entitled to the
same provision with himself, and though (
he had been specially charged by his dy- '
iug parent, with such communication ? <
Are the cases substantially parallel?; 1
Is it not then undeniable, that the members I'
of every congregation arc solemnly bound,1 j
in common justice, to see to it that none |,
within their bounds, or in reach of their' ;
influence, remain destitute of the Word of!
Life? Thus the bestow ment of the Bible ^!
upon those who do not possess it, is not . 1
to be regarded as an act of bounty and 11
generosity on the part of the donors, but ! (
of positive duty, and sacred obligation.
Ma v we not also appeal to those solemn !,
vows, hv which, as professing Christians, j
you have bound yourselves to a sclf-de-' i
nying, unhesitating obedience to all the;
commands of the Redeemer? And when
H s 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 (Jospel to the
poor, and comforted the afflicted? And !
w ill not this lead you to bestow the mess.;
ncrpis of His redeeming mere v. unon those !
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who are perishing in guilt and ignorance, :
or crushed down by a load of sorrows ?'
Can vou fulfil vourcovenant engagements.;
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while vou neglect this work? And is it not
your high privilege, as well as your indispensable
duty, to be actively employed in
diffusing the records of those glad tidings, j
w hich are designed for all people?
We confidently appeal also to that tender
compa sion for human peril and snf-!
fering, which must characterize all, who
have the spirit of Christ. As the disci j
pies of Him who gave His life to rescue ;
the guilty from perdition, your hearts must
deeply feel for the woes and dangers of
those around you, who are pining for:
want of the bread of Life, or who are
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
A'vivktvnaAirvM thon rvno ?i T?% nrktlf f) fl ur* I
i uiii|;d^iuii) man 111^ uuv " nwn uuvv ,
tionately urge upon your attention. May
it not he true that whole families, withi.i'
a few miles of your house of worship, are j
suffering that most terrible famine, a destitution
of the Word of Ood ? Can you j
refuse or delay to supply them, when you '
have enough and to spare? Do you not
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Know, um mere are nusornoic im n, vcrv
i
w near you, w ho are sinking into eternal
^ death, under that direful malady which,
kills the soul? And know ing as you do(
an infallible remedy, can you endure the :
thought of permitting them to perish, in
ignorance of the provided means of cure?;
Would that man be accounted humane j
and benevolent, who should see his neighJjor's
house on f re, and neglect to arouse j
the sleeping family? Would he he re-1
yarded a good man, who should refuse to |
make known an effectual antidote in his
possession, 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 ne gligent and cold-hearted, >
!ij TQftreZzt to the spiritual dangers and |
necessities of thtir follow 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 ofGon in him, asks
the inspired Apostle, whosecth his brother
in need, and shuttcth up his bowels of
compassion? It is noexcu.se for the nonperformance
of this duty, that most of
those, who are destitute of the Bible, are
<3r? hv 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 toevery
man. We are bound to give 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 spirittial
blessings to all around them, and urge
their acceptance, however great may be
their repugi ance or opposition. Religcus
truth has ever made progress, by pressing
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
be saved. Devothd as vou are to the Re
deemer'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 ail things
mo.>t important, you cannot but cherish
an ardent anxiety, to see the grand effect
of the Gospel 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 whose essential truths there
can be no moral renovation. Y'ou do
not doubt, that the most profligate and
degraded may be made penitent and holv
by the grace of Him who came to save
the chief of sinners;?that the most obdura
to hearts may be subdued bv a Saviour's
love, and the darkest minds enlighten-,
by the Sun of KighteouFness;?and, that
the most afflicted and broken.hearted may be
romforfod by the Holy Spirit, who speaks to
;nan in the volume of inspired truih. When,
i,.r*n cpp nrniiml vou the children of
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tice ami ignorance, treasuring up wrath
against the day of wrath, can you foe! that
you have done your d Jty, unt il you have at
least?fft'fcd them that Book of God, wh'ch is
able to make thorn wise unto salvation? IIow I
ran yon evince that the interests of Religion
are dearest to your hearts, and that you regard
the eternal destinies of your fellow men as
| re-emint fitly important, while you willingly
suffer one poor wanderer, in the way to death, i
ro pursue his course, unblessed with that
message from the living God, which assures
him of the glorious provisions of grace for j
those that are lost; and freely offers htm an
interest in that Saviour, who came not to call I
the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Permit os in conclusion, brethren, in vi.ew
of all those considerations, which are address* ,
ed to you as professing Christians, affectionately
and earnestly to invite you to") engage
with us; "immediately and actively, in
this good' work. From the accompanying
mioutos.of our Convention, you will perceive
the various ways in which you can afford efficient
aid. We cannot pretend ta decide in
what manner each individual congr-gation
should engage in promoting the general cause.
V.uch vvil; depend upon the location and circumstance*
of each church, as tolhe department
of labour v hicli will b* most appropriate.
But we may he allowed to suggest in i
general,ihat there are pome leading measures j
which may he adopted by all. One of these j
is, the appointment of a Committee, in each
congregation, to ascertain the numl er 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 suggesting to j
them facilities for their aid and direction. |
And th? third is, to make the necessary ar- j
rang'-ments to afiurd proper assistance and
encouragement, to the general agent, who J
will visit the churches in the prosecu'icn of!
bis arduous labours. Torgive the length ot j
this letter. Such is the importance of the 1
subject that we could not persuade ourselves j
to study greater brevity. We conclude, wish- j
ing you grace, mercy, and peace from God the
Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.
For the Fanners' Gazette.
Lucernf. Again.-Orchard Grass.
Mr. Editor'?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
1940, 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 000
wt. of cotton to the acre. I put the
seed in bountifully, and they come up
well, hut 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 bonntifui!v, which caused me to
cast about for some other reason for the
sickly appearance of my Lucerne. Having
seen as I thought that I did, sandy
soils would answer, if sufficiently manured,
I supposed my disappointment was
?wiium mmmmm*
not so much the result of a superabun- t
dance! of silex as of the absence of man- I
ure. Accordingly in December or /an- ^
uarv last, I spread a moderate coat of v
cotton seed between the drills, and dug I
up the ground well with a grubbing hoe. ?
Its average height is now (April 30th) a
two and a half feet, and the space between tl
the rows where the stand was not injured, b
entirelyoccupied. An acre of such grass b
would yield an incredible amount of pro
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vender, besides being a beautiful appen- '
dage to the homestead of the farmer. Let
farmers take the pains in preparing a j
patch for Lucerne, that they generally sj
tntfP for Turning not as a substitute, but b
"*,w ? 1"?
in addition to Turnips, and old Butterfly's fl
lowing would soon have less of sadness in u
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its sound, and Rosviante would soon strike ^
a trot, and show that his name ought to ^
be changed.
Orchard Grass. An experiment was js
also made with this grass at the time g
above refered to, and like the Lucerne, d
its appearance during the last summer was K
very unpromising, hut it is now flourish, jj
ing beautifully, and is from 12 to 14 incheshigh.
I find , that my horses eat it C(
voracously, and give it a decided prefer- h
ence over Lucerne. - o
CORN STALKS. ti
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For the Farmers' Gazette
HOGS. 11
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Mr. Editor :?There ha9 been much
a
said in various parts of the country, upon p
the subject of hogs, the different breeds, a
and the various modes of managing them, h
hut in our state theie have been very few fi
communications seen in the agricultral c
works upon the stibject. What can be ?
the reason ? Has the raising of hogs been
carried to such perfection as to reduce it D
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lo a science ? Is there suthcient porK S(
raised to supply our common wants and d
demands ??or are the planters all asleep e
to their own interest ? The fact is, our . '
planters do not raise pork sufficient for
their ov/n consumption, much less to sup.
ply the small demands of our inland mar. ^
kets; consequently thousands of dollars m
nre carried out of our state, annually, a p
l arge portion of it silver taken from the ^
j
vaults of our banks, not only for pork, but
for horses and mules; and still the scar. ^
n
city of money is the common complaint. c
In my opinion this error might be very |j
easily corrected if we would all engage t!
heartily in the business. The plan that I f<
would suggest would be for each farmer
to plant less cotton and increase the grain
crop ; which grain being judiciously and \
systematically consumed upon our farms c
in raising such domestic animals, would o
ultimately result in increasing the value s<
of our lands and thO* quantity of our
cotton crops. P
In my opinion in the slave holding 11
states any other a nimal, with the excep. ^
tionofthe horse, can be dispensed with ()
in preference to the hog; the reason is that
it affords for our negroes a more suitable a s<
more substantial and a cheaper food than e
any other animal, and supplies our tables r
with a delicious ham short of which our ^
southern epicures wonld not be satisfied. ^
The hog, then, being so valuable, we g
should study closely and experiment par. tl
ticularlv, to find out the most economical s
-r 1 o??,l tvlinf cipmpq ftf hoiT C
piu.il Ul ICCUIII^ UIIU 1? ?m. 0
will remunerate U9 best for our attention. 71
That there is often a great differ- n
ence in the value of hogs of the same
weight is, or ought to be, known to every j
breeder and consumer;?to the consumer u
because the flesh of some is tenderer and n
sweeter than the flesh of others, and be- 8
cause the most valuable parts, such a9 the P
s
ham, side, shoulder and lard in some are
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heavier in proportion than in others ;?to
the breeder, because one hog yields a. v
greater weight of marketable pork, for the v
same amount of food than another. A a
hog of large head, ears and feet has com- ^
f
monly large bones throughout, is a slow
grower, large consumer, and unthrifty.
There are various breeds, or forms of .
hogs,?I consider the name and colour,
whether white or black, without the form t
a perfect matter of moonshine; but I p
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aumire a sameness hi coiour, as uie ues
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stock of our country, both cattle and hogs 1
differ very little in their respective colours; ^
and the peculiarity of the colour proves ^
that they have not been crossed by spu- t
rious animals for several generations.? |<
For the full colour of tho spurious blood o
would occasionally show itself even after t
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being hid for several generations. The
hog most commonly fed in this country ^
(or I might have said starved) is the com- c
mon pine rooter, called by some the 0
scrub hog, by some the alligator, by ofh- tl
ers the land pike. They tell for them. a
selves wherever seen; I can compare *
them to nothing more appropriate than the 1
bench of an old woman's spinning wheel; ^
it has four legs, so have they. There are ^
several other species of hogs interspersed 0
through the country, such as the Guinea, t
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he China,>!ie Thin Rined, a few ot the
Berkshire, end another hog called th4
Centucky hog. We read and hear of
arious other names of hogs with which
am not familiar. They all have their
avorites ami supporters ; and, in fact,
ny of them may be vastly improved in
tieir form ar d propensity to take on flesh
y a judicicus course of feeding and
reeding particularly our common
reeds. I have been endeavoring for
ome length of time to discard all hogs
dth great length of legs and shortness
f body, and to select those with the
liorl.est legs and the greatest length and
ze of body. The Guinea and China
oth have a great propensity to take on
esh and are very small eaters, but do
ot acquire size either crossed with the
irge bone breed makes a very fine hog.
'he hog called the Kentucky hog from
eing purchased from the drovers from that
;ate, in my opinion backed by experience
i not a desirable hog on account of the
reat size and length of legs with the
isadvantagea attending such. The
lentuckians ;breojd them not because
ley are the most economically fed, but
ecau.se they are better roadsters. In
leir great size and length of legs, they
ombine both the property of hog and
orse, inasmuch as they convey their
wncarcasses to a distant market; they
avel very well but some of our native
ogs make decidedly better racers.
But my own experience proves to me
lat their form may he changed into
Imost any shape in cousre of time, by
careful selection of breeders. The boar
articularly should lie selected as near
s possible of whatsoever form we would
av our stccki '1 have been fully satised
by mv own observation that one
ross by a boar of any desired breed will
o further towards accomplishing the ob?ct
of securing form or colour, than sev.
ral crosses by a sow. To assign any
ther reason than facts,developing them,
elves to my own observation, would be
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iving into m;r9tcries beyona my Knowidge.
To this one great cause I attribute
le deterioration in the value of our hogs
cry much; a. remedy for which I will
oint out hereafter. The Thin Rind
a9 been in considerable repute in some
actions of country but I see by northern
apers that they have gone hack to the
lerkshire which I Ctonsider preferable to
ny species of hog now known, both the
ure blood and for a cross with the com.
ion 9tock of the country. With them I
an relate no personal experience, or very
ttle, only as I have per chance seen
lem upon other farm9. There are several
jli b'ooij Berkshires scatter ed through
le country; 9ome of the most valuaole of
hich are owned by Col. D. S. Harllee
f Cheraw (excuse mo Col. for using your
amc) he bred a pig last fall that weighd
67ibs. if I mistake not, at a few days
ver two months old. I have seen his
evcr.il times aDd pronounce thorn the
est pigs I have ever seen. I have 9een
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igs from a bait blood boar witn me dcsi
improved stock of the country, the pigs
nise 1 with others of common stock, and
be change was very perceptible for the
ettcr. I will not give it ns my opinion
bat the Berkshire will grow larger than
ome of our naive hogs when fed to their
ntire satisfaction, but that they will
emunerate us letter for our attention and
ield usmore pork upon a given quantity
f food I have not the least shadow of
ouhf. Although I have heen so slow to
apply myself, I would advise all planters
hat raise their own meat to supply themelves
with a boar at least, for I do not
onsider k a Berkomania. The morns
lay make silk,, but the Berkshire will
nake meat.
I will now ofilrsome suggestions for im.
ro
iroving our common stock of hogs. In
he first place, our hogs should he shut
ip?not in doss pens ; for close confine
!
nent in our warm climate c uiseg disease,
81 know from experience. A woodland
iasture is the proper place to confine
tock hogs, and -the knife should be
iromptley applied to every foaming pig
vhich we find around our fence. Thus
ve could secure whatever blood we might
I'ish, and would not be compelled to keep
s is now the case, nearly as many
reeding sows as we need pork hogs, to
ced wild cats, foxes and such like varnints.
Another advantage of enclosing
ur hogs is that we can have our pigs to
omewhen we wish, and only then.
The common custom of suffering hogs
o run till two or three years old is exonsive,
and should be discontinued. It
ncreases the number on hand two or three
old, and the ex >ense in nearly the same
roportion. When we open a pea or
umpkin field in the fall, our hogs arc
o numerous and in such poor condition
hat they devour every thing, and scarcey
begin to improve. For experiment, I
nee took seven hogs, two years old, from
he woods and fattened them without the
>enefit of the under crop, and the cost
ras $7 per hundred. They ate seven
usnels of corn each, and the price of
orn was a dollar. Now seven bushels
f corn will raise a hog to weigh double
he amount in oieyear, if properly man.
gcd. Where there is plenty of unculivated
swamp land for hogs to run in
he number is not material; because they
equire little more corn than enough to
eep them gentle. But when we must
epend chiefly on the corn crib, hogs
ught tc he slaughtered at froip eleven
o seventeen moaths old. Pigt dropped
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??ab ii Mini mmmammmmmm
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I in August and September, aqdin JanuaI
ry and February ought to be slaughtered
in December. And we can secure their
coming at these seasons by the enclosing
system. The pigs might be kept in good
condition till harvest, and afterwards till
fall, with a small portion of oats and
plenty of rye. They are fondest of oats;
hut oats soon rot, and rye with grass will
; keep them for a length of time. It is
I uneconomical to suffer hogs ever to become
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 language
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."
Mr. Editor, if you think, these labors ol
a rainy day likely to be of service to any
farmer, publish, if not commit to the
flames. A FEEDER OF SWINE.
CONTENTS OP TIIB FARMERS' REGISTER,
NO. IV. VOL. IX.
ORIGIM AL COMMUNICATION.
Notes on tobacco culture,
Essay on calcareous earth, and remarks
on quick lime as an indirect manure,
Bounty for silk,
Melliot '
Cruelty to horses. The haws - and the
lampas
Notes on the Sandy Point estate, No. I.
Inquiry as to the prospects of silk culture,
Calcareous earth discovered in a new fotm
and in a new locality,
Comments on the articles of the editor on
the effects of green-satid as manure.
Directions for collecting and preserving
specimens of grasses,
Establishment of a board of agriculture
by the government of Virginia,
Propo5;ea exhibition by the Henrico Agricultural
and Horticultural Society.
Desultory observation on the banking sys.
tern of this country, and the effects o!
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 there
on
Value of the Rohan Potato
SELECTIONS.
Essay on the cultivation of corn,
' Diseases of hogs. r.
Management of bees,
On preparing night soil,
White or Belgian carrot,
White carrot,
Coal ashes,
Compessed heat fuel,
On destroying slugs by lime,
Cankvr-tforms. Chickens,
'Durability of the nitrate of soda
Irrigation of rice lands by pumps,
Analysis of prairie soils, from Montgom
ery county, Alabama,
Nitrate of soda,
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,
Advantage of planting fruit trees on de
clivities,
Dogs,
A principle of fencing formed according
to the laws of vegetable physiology
Proposed remedy for the confused ant
contradictory state of the popular nom
cloture of the grasses,
An act to establish a board of agriculture,
Premiums offered hv the Henrico Agri
cultural and Horticultural Society,
! The Everglades,
l Sawdust as an assistant to manure,
The position of New York in regard tc
hanking and specie payments,
Dividing capital,
On the destruction of the red spider,
Remarks on salt as manure, and for stock
j Oil dregs as manure,
Pricklv comfrey,
Hay making
Summary 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.?CharleStor
Cour. May 3.
Legal Decision.?In < >gle'hrornpe Sa
peiior Court, Georgia, last week, the tcsti,
inony of several witnesses was decided to h*
j inadmissible on the ground tliat they wert
Universaliste, not believing in a lurure slate o
I rewards and ptinishmen's.
I
THE LATE DARING FORGERIES.
The following statement, from the
j Louisiana Advertiser of the 24th ultimo,
. will not onlv exnlain the means hv which
t/ I
the late forgeries on the Kentucky, Cincinnati,
and New York bankers were ef.
fected, but also relieve the1 public mind
from every suspicion having a tendency tc
implicate any officer in the New Orleans
Bank as an accoinpliancc in the knavery :
"The inarch of rascality and wicked,
ncss is onward. A fellow by the name oj
I Matthew Draper deposited four several a.
[ mounls in the Commercial Bank of New
I Orleans, between a hundred and seven
J _ I 1?..I nnJ 'u-nntir rlnlln on on
i RDO 3, Iiuuurcu Clliu ifliiUi f vuwaij
on or about the 20th of il/arch, end received
certificates of deposite tr^erefor,
With this anchor to windward, the scoun
drcl obliterated the figures and the words
and inserted 1 twentywone thousand Mexi
can dollars,' in the ho^y of the certificate;
and at the bottom, in the left hand corner,
are the figure* 824,000.
i
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| The alteration is not 4 perfect fac sim*
11 ile of the original titling up, thought it i*
near enough to deceive.
The check was sold to the Girard Bank
in Philadelphia, and is now sent for pay*
ment, endorsed by W. D. Lewis, that cashier
of that institution. >
There! can be no doubt that there tre
three other such checks afloat.
If forging were punished by solitary
imprisoraent for life, it would be well for
the cause of honesty."
Interesting Fact.?A Jady arrived in
Philadelphia a few days since from Cincinnati*
who for many years waa a member of the
deceased President's Bible class! He re.
niained for a 'ong series of years a devoted
teacher in the Episcopal Church, and this
duty he did not abandon unril up to the lime
when he left Cincinnati.?Phtla. N. Airier,.A
drunken fellow in Kentucky lately set fireto
a distillery, which was- in consequence
? - -I A
burnt down. An pxch&ng* paper says uiai
that the distillery first set fne to the man, and
th??n the man tired the distillery. Thif, we
suppose, is what a lawyer would call lex tali
anis.
Fonfenelle being one day asked by a Lord
in waiting at Versailles, what difference there
was between a dork and a woman, instan'Jy
replied?"A clock serves to point nut the
hours, ana a woman to make us forger, them."
CHE RAW PRICES CURRENT.
- May. 11
RTTCLES. rat I $ C. | $ fe
fbefin market, lb 0 'f> a 0 g
B.ipon from wagons, lb 7 a &
-by retail, lb - 9 ? 10
Butter lb 10 1 15
Beeswax lb A a 25
Bagging yard 22 1 2d
Bale Ropt lb 10 a 13|
Coffee lb I2J a , 15
Cotton. ' lb ,6 1 ]D|
Corn, scarce bu?h C . a 5#.
Kloifr, Country, brl 5 ' r.a 5 25 ' Feathers
ftn wag* none lb ,40 a 4S
Fodder,- lOOIhs 7$"' a 10ft
Glass, window 8x10, 50lt 3 25 a 3 37^
j , 10x12, 50ft 3 50 a 3 7
liiJes, green lb 5 |i,
dry lb 18 I ',
Iron ' lOOlbs 5 50 a 6 5ft
Indigo ' lb 1 a 5 3
Lime cask 4 a 4 50"
p Lard scarce lb 11a 19
Leather, ole lb 22 a 25
Lead, bar ib 10 a
Logwood lb 10 a 15 ' f
Molasses N. O. gal 40 a 50
| , v gal 35 a 40
Nails, cut, assorted - lb 7$. a 8
?-.wrought ib. 10 a ll
Oats bush 33 a ' 40
( Oil, curriers f?l 75 . a 1 .
?, lamp gal 1 25 a
?. linseed . gal I 10 a 1 95 .
1 Paints, white lend keg 3 25 a 4 50 ' V
! ??, span, brown lb 8 a IT <
i Pork lOOlbs 5 50 a I ,
The Riv<jr is tn good boating order*
ARRIVE I).
Sieamer Oaeola Christian 2 days from
Gtorgeibwn with mtfrc. to a Bine i)\tfcN*ir
0 C Lilly & others.
SHERIFF'S SALE,
BY 0;der of the Court of Ordina y will ba
sold at Chesterfield Court Heusc on the
* first Mundiy in Junonoxt within the legal hours
the rejl estate o.' .VI irk Rivera, deceased, in said
Di.' rict couawtiiig of one tract of land Cou?
taming fn ty iters*, more or less, lying on Clay
i'r?. ir hrtiuuiad on the north by tho 6tote hue,
w?'st and south by Wtrt. Carters Jaud, and east
by Janus be.onguig 10 liio estate of 'J liouiu*
Homo.
Conditions As moch cash as will pay the
'expense of this sale, with a credit uutil the linst
day of J miiary next on the bulance. purchaser .
* giving b-nd hearing interest from the day of
sale, with good personal security aud moi tg-ge,
if required to the Ordinary. Purchaser paying
for uuccssary nap rs.
JOHN EVANS
Slid. C. D.
Chesterfield C. li.'Miy 11, 18^1. 2t>? f
SHERIFF'S SALEiT
ON WrrH of Fieri Facim will be sold before
the Court House on the first Monti-y
an i d iy fol owing in Juno next within the leg I
r hours the following property viz:
112 Acros of l-imt mo e or leas bounded on the
. North by Thompson* Creek, south nnd West,
' by lands belonging to the estate of Klisha. Par.
* kor S n. and.E si ny J mes G. Kelly's land a*,
the separut.- suits o. fi.uley & PoWc, aud .VI. dt
* K. Ha tiny Vs. Charles A. Curne.
2 L-its in Povve Town with the improvement
tiiereon known in liie plan of said Town by
Nos. lrt (eigh cen) and 3d (thirty-three) containing
two acies, more or lets, at'the several suns
of John Fr is r A Co and Mary Stineinetz va
Hailoy & P'.we.
177 A<; es of Lvnd more or less, .whereon the
defendant / siu-g. adjoining the lands of P. G.
I (liuson, J. P. S. v ng and William Trovitt, at the
Miit of Turner Bryan Ordinary vs Archibald
McQiage
3 U Acres of Land, more or less, whereen tho
defendant reside--, adjoining the lands of EMate
of W JStrcetei, K Smith and arbara, at the su:t
of Turner f >ry.1 n Ordinary vs Win D McRae
100 Acres of I*?nd. m no or loss, whereon the
def ndant res:d ?. adjo uing the lands of Lewis *
Mellon and A Craig, at tho suit of Turner Bryan
' Ordinary vs Thomas Parker
1 197 Acr s of land more oi less whereon the
defendant resides on Bearer Dam Creek, waters
I of Black Crrek, bounded on the East by Alary
McL oil's land, West by William Johnson's
land, and North by 1 mds belonging to Mrs Sbaw
at the suit of Peter Stcwart \s Wil iarn Diekson
Jun '
" J!?aies of persoi.nl property will be advertized
j in next week's GaZ 't'e.
Terms?Cash, Purchasers paying for the ne?.
' cessary papers.
JOHN EVANS, ShfTC D%
Qi...:rr>. nav. (!hn?liir fi Id C. H. )
U1ICI 111 o \'IIIVV) VfMVWV*.. - ,
May llih, 1841. (
, Notice. ~
LETTERS of tulnunMrulion on the esta
and eft:cts which were of Hugh Mclutyre,
dt uaaaed, having on the 8lli instant heen granted
to the Subscriber by Turner Dryau Eeq.Ordioai
ry of Chesterfield District. Ad persons having
> claims agiinst the said estate are notified to ren.
i der an account of their demands duly proven,
and all persons indebted are requested to m?ko
immediate piyraeot. MAUKHAILEV.
May 11, 1841. 26 tf
NOTICE. ""
Monday the 14th day of June neSt I Will
-a~ - r... r..u ? t thp Pntirt HbUte
' XT uner lor oaio, iui vobn, ??. ?< -?.. ?
! door in Wadcaboro, the following negro slaves,
viz. Bahrain), Cicero, Dave, Ben, Dicy, Li:cy*
1 littlo Frank, Mary, Rose, E'i, big Frank, Abrrm.
Terry, Latin and llarry; levied on > the pro;u
, ertv of Vincent Par^ona, James Cum# and
Dudley D. Daniel, tosatiafy a vend Uoni Exponas
and special Fi. Fa. iu my hunds in 4?0i- ofl
' eeph Medley Adfuiuftrntor de bonis
' Hugh McKenzie deeded; against s*'d
; Persoas, James Cunis and Duriler D. T)*Hel
? .f wnrrts.
Sheriff0 Ajitwi CvaMf,
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