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i * i _?i j asmnsaassasBSsesesaeaam [No. Iff.] wr. BY TH0MA8 W LORRAIN, TWO MOM IIUW W ?W?, AM ??? *M?I CUT*A on ricmmmmx rrmtcT. ' is, IVfwM 8HbcrJpri**~Fprt* l>oUm pcrannum; p*jr * ivhlo 1* advance...,Hdjp?.to bo d'*comtn<wd, boUt 1 MtcMnaci are pj& j fourteen linen, tiucrted ?nve cenu, nixl forty cwufw rtt nnil in Uie tome proportion mUr ofUncv iuu.ui IT ACIHIC (JLTUttB. The Fnrmtr, a Forfait.?" The cultivation of the toll gives health and vtjror to the body,and purity end tranquility to the mind. The hu? man form attaint in /he Inborn of tho field its utmost development. The full chest, the inus cular and hrawtiy arm, and tho toil-strung Hi new, are the reward of the husbandman. He preserves with nature all his relations. He eve ry where contemplates order, cconomy and peace) anil his soul is fdled with a delightful harmony. The reasons returns with unerring regularity; nothing is in vain; every thing pro 8Cesses towards some end for which'it had been esl^ned by the e.*??rnnl wisdom, and every thing iittnins this end, without interference and with* out confusion, amidst the lofty hut transporting music of the spheres. The cultivator of the Roil is indeed a patriot. Tho habits formed in his youth never desert Ins age. The very trees and rocks among which he Tta? grown up, are objects of his auction. He loves tho soil which hns rewarded his labors, and he finds music in the echo of his nativo hills." SYSTEMATIC AGRICULTURE. , Extract from on Oration delivered by Dr. Mitchell, before the Agricutural Society or New* York, ?m the tenth of January, seventeen hun dred unii nine-two.?*' Hitherto tlie American husbnndtnan has cultivated a soil, enriched for agoH by the yearly addition of a fresh stratum of mould. Prom the first existence of vegetation upon the dry land, decayed plants have contin ually furnished a supply of manure, which the winds and the rain have liberally spread abroad. Ah the supply was annually greater than the consumption, the earth, unexhausted by its pro ductions, increased in fertility. The thick lay er of vegetable mould which covered the face of the earth was a store -hou so of food fur plants, and their quantity was greatly increased by the conversion of wood into ashes by clearing. U not wonderful then, that for some *_ .?* - -? " - - - c , VI ? ??" " self, to make plants grow with their former lux uriance. This may be called fAs ara of ?mafic agriculture, when man taking the earth from nature's hand, bare of manure, Is so to manage and dispose it artificially, that it shall yield nim first a subsistence, and then an over plus to grow wealthy upon. How far art may go in this species of improvement is yet unknown, as the ultimatum infertility has never yet been readied. As far as experiment* have been made, we find the earth liberally affording; its produce, in proportion to the labour and skill z .lestowed in its tillage ; and an the ingenuity nnd invention of man may increase to an un known and inconsiderable degree, no may the ? improvement*! and arrangements of husbandry keep pace therewith, until the most fruitful spot that now exists, may produce a tenfold quantity, and the land which now supports an liundred men, give equal enjoy ment to a thousand/' ALOK9. i Few person* in this country know any other use of tne aloe than the medicine which it af- 1 fords i but it serves for a number of other bene ficial purposes in the countries where it grows. In (he East-Indies, aloes are employed as a var nish to preserve wood from worms end other in sects i and skins, and even living animal*, are anointed with itfor the same reason. The havoc committed by the white cits in India flint sug Jested the trial of aloe juice, to protect Wood rom them ? fur which purpose the juice is either u <cd uh extracted, or in solution by somo solvent. Aloes have also been found effectual in preserv icy; ships from the ravages of the worm, and the udhe*ionof harnatles. Tlie ship's bottom, for this purpose K smeared with a composition of heiiatic aloe*, turpentine, tallow nnd white lead, , An aquatic solution of hepatic aloes preserves yonng plants from destruction by insects, and niso ilrad animals mid vegetables from putrefac , tioit i which renders it of great use in tho cabi ! nets of naturalist*. The spirituous extract is Jltest for the purpose, though in thi-t respect it iiJ inferior to that of ranthsrides, prepared by infu sing two grain* in one otinro of spirits, whirh , has lieen found to Ihj *o etiert'ial in the ext'irjuiti | on of bugs. IVrnur assert*, that a simple de coction of aloe* communirfites a fine brown co lor to wool. Kuhrnni, of Florence^ has extract ed a beautiful violet color, which resists the a t ids and alkalis, from tho juice of the fresh loaves of the atoe exposed to .the air bv degrees. The liquid first become* red, and at the etui of a < ertain neriod turns to $ beautiful purple violet, which adhere* to *ilkby simple immersion, with out the aid of acids^r-Xoti. rap. ' \ Peach 7Wj.~-The following preventive a< | gainst grub* in peach trees, will be found on ex 1 perimefit of great advantage to those who are j fond of cultivating that excellent fruit. ? Tho I ? grub Worm is supposed to originate in the egg ??f a wasp, laid within the bark tit the surface of ?Ho ground > and being hatched iu the spring of the year, destroy* the tr?e as it root*, occasion ing a copious oozing of the gum In the pert af? feoted?aswellesinthe trunk end branchesjn the leeveeturn yellow, and the fruit drops off ?? mo?t umoqm set In order to prevent this, dig away the ground deer from th* bottom of the stock | end, after poking lit all the worms from under the berk, end cleaning off the gum which Had been dlsctiarged, pet the ports end Ml round the tree with e mixture of one third tar Und two thirds soap fet, or elush, end leave the roots uncovered till dry, when the ground rosy be filled round ee before. If the brenchee are affected, dear out the worms end pey the uerts with the mixture | but, In compounding tills, avoid putting more tar than one third, as it would bind the tree, end prevent its bearing. GEORGIA*! BUG All. An article under this head has been copied in* to many of the southern prints, from Niles* Re Kistar, stating the ousntlty of Mugar msdo by Major llutler end Mr. M'Quecn. Tho princt Ele factH in the articles alluded to, are correct, ut tho inference* tend to mislead and therefore injuro tho cause, instead of promoting it. That a ccrtsin quantity of land has produced a given quantity of sugar, say that 85 acres yielded 1 4 0,0001 be. end that one fourth of an acre upon Havannah river, has produced 600lbs. of dry, mercantile sugar, Is generally believed* and un derstood to be true. But tno quantity which can he made to each hand, is by no means ascer tained yet, as it may require six or eight hands to harvest an<| manufacture what one could cul tivate, and therefore the celculation in the a bovo piece, of such enormous returns per hand is quite out of the question. It is enough for tho cause of sugar, that it has yielded a* far north as 8avaunah river* at a rate which would be considered ample in the West-Indies, and that it can be manufactured from October to the last of January. If, therefore, we cannot make it cheeper end to more edvantego than in tho W. Indies, It must be 6ur own fault? ?a v. R*p Receipt to fm WfW/-Tike two end a half ! doyen new laid Eggs to a Pipe of wine or the like proportion to a quarter cask? separate the yolk from the white, and beat the shells and whites together to a sillabub t then put into the wino and stir it immediately, with a stick for 13 minutes, and in ten days It will be fine* It a a full pipe It will take 13 daye to be well fined. l\wTntelligenck. ? INTRRR8TINO DfcCUKR. We have been favored with the following De cree, in a caw that ha? excited and ?hould ex Mur.aNWbett, ") vii. v Decree nl?i, en order pro confe?*o. 8ir John N'iabett. 3 The bill state*, that Maria Nisbett, the com plninant, intermarried with Sir John NUbctt, in November, 1797. That in June following the intermarriage, on the pretence of attending to his pecuniary concerns in Kngland, he left the complainant in a stato of pregnancy. That since that time defendant has informed complai nant thot never did intend to return to Ameri ca. That ongoing away he made no provision for tho maintenance of complninant, and she sought and obtained an asylum in her father's houve. That for sis years she remained in this situation* and when she wroto ho returned no answers to her letters. That at the end of Ha!d time, the death of her child and the con tumely with which she had been treated, had so far impaired her health, that she resolved to vi nit Kngland. Upon her arrival she was recog nised by defendant as his lawful wife, and a greed to live with her again if she would take a house in London. That she did no and sup ported her establishment there at a great eft? ponse, and the said defendant lived with her nearly six months, but during that time he par* ricd on an unchaste and unlawful commerce with divers loose women. That she bore the whole expense of the establishment in London, and upon her intimating to defendant, that it was inconvenient and tnat he ought to bear a part, he left Iter with little ceremony, and went into tho country with a certain Madame Ximenes of loose character. That it became impossible1 for complainant to live any longer the subject of insult and she left Kngland. That she return ed to her father's house, where she lived live vears, when she again returned to Kngland. ? That upon meeting with her husband he receiv ed her with expressions of regret, and treated her coldly and cruelly, and lived in a state of public prostitution with said Madame Ximcnes. 1 who, complainant was informed, had assumed complainant's name. That complainant., upon her intermarriage with defendant, brought nim 1 5001, and her two visits to Kngland costlier That as her patrimony was nearly ex hausted, she required of defendant to make *omo provision for her future separate mainten ance. That he represented his income to be htnall. but nettled .1001. per annum upon her. ? That his fortune has lately been much increas ed by tho expiration of hin leases in Hcotland and other causes, and the deed of separation was purposely left open for an addition there to in case of an accession to his fortune. That his estate in Hcotland produces, with attention, at 40001. per annum, and his estate here, which is subject to the jurisdiction of this Court, brings him an income of obout COOOl. Complainant therefore prays for alimony in proportion to the increase of defendant's fortune. ? Tho defendant has held out in contempt of the Court, and has not filed his nnswer t the bill has been ordered to be taken pro confewt, and the allegation* in the sahio are to be* taken as true. The deed of separation hat been relied | tt pea a* * bar to complainant's claim t it is c? tended that it ia only upon the ground of impli contract that the Court can interfere | that 1 CM* led PI r the ?hats the door to inqulrj, as to defendant'* act and the agreement contained in it* ia a fjjjpponsation for the injur/. All this would bo frueiftha deedJiad etpreued that the allow ance was in lien or in m rtfhtr clmiii toalimo* njri but that claim has been loft open by the Mtttfbo to the deed. The true construction of frhich J take to be# that if she chusea to forfeit the penalty nnnoxed, her claim is not barred.? 8Ha naa made her election* and must par costs as tho penalty. Ilia allegations in her b(ll have merit*, which I think the court bound to recog* Hi* leaving her, in the fimt instance, In inch a delicate and helpless situation, wan cruel in the extreme* Her undertaking two voyages to lSngland, to reclaim him from his evil practices, shews the constancy of her affection, and her ?trong iesire to perform all tlie duties of a wife. 1$ut how was she treated ? With that kind of contumcly which a delicate mind cannot brook ) and whicn, upon persons of her sex, inflicts a wound nut easilv healed. In the incan time. " he has wasted his living with harlot*," and natt become largel v indebted here. He has held out in contempt of the Court, although he has property within its jurisdiction, lie is badly ad vi sed, but not by Ids Counsel here. As hi* creditor ia wUtinjr to wait for hi? debt , it ought not to interfere with the allowaucc to his wife, since defendant has sufficient for Ids reasonable support abroad. It was contend ed by complainant** Counsel, that she is enti tled to alimony back from the filing of the bill, according to the decision in the case of Jallineau vs. Jalliucau. liut that case does not apply here t there was no agreement there , which, in this case, 1 think, virtually excludes such al lowance. Therefore it is decreed, that defen dant's agent James Carson, do pay over yearly on tho 1st day of May, into the hands of the commissioners for complainant, a* alimony froip the amount of defendant's crops, the sum of 93000, including and taking in the annuity --which sum is equal toone third of the average of defendant's nett income, both here and in Graft Britain, as was reported by tho commissi oiier. That the said James Carson be empow ered to retain the remainder of fcaid crops, in satisfaction of his debt, and until tho same be ftitly paid. That defendant be perpetually en joinea from selling hi* estate here.? That com plainant have leave to apply for increase of said sum upon any increase of defendant's fortune 5 and that agreeably to her deed, she do pay the cafe of this suit. WM D(mRlN j AMR8, , l am inclined to think thu deed of se paration was unreasonable, and therefore ought to be set aside. Hut the counsel on both sides having agreed to receive the decretal order in its present form, and uot to appeal, I was indu ced to accede. \v. l). j. mo* a mti: mxrof r*n?. CURIOUS CASK. At (lie last Middlesex session, an appeal was heard respecting the settlement of a pauper, which turned upon extreme niceties, anil a Hord ed ample scope for the wit of Mr. Uurney, an counsel for the parish of Acton, and Mr. Adol plius for that of Hammersmith. The house in which the pauper had alodging was situated part ly in the two parishes \ the front of it was in the former parish, but the greater part of it was In Hammersmith, to which the parish rates and du ties were naid. Within the house and a little from the Iroct, ran a sewer underneath which divided the two p^ishos \ and over the arch of the sewer stood the pauper's bed. At the head of the bedstead there was I foot 04 inchos of it in the parish of Acton and 1 foot 8 inchcs of it in that of Hammersmith j at tho foot of tlio bedstead there was 1 foot 5J inches of it in Acton and 8 feel of it in Hammersmith. Mr. Gurhey for the parish of A. said this was a point of extreme nicety for tho court to decide t for in order to come at aright judgment, it would be in a manner necessary to dissect the pauper limb by limb, and say how much of this leg or that arm lay, when he waa In bed, in each parish ! It appeared by the measurement of the model, that at the foot of the bed tliero was 7 inches more of it in the parish of Hammersmith, than in that of Acton t a very material differ ence, more than compensating for an inch and a half at the head of the bed, which happened to \tv more in Acton than in Hammersmith. It was clvar, from this, that the greater part of the pauper** body, when in !>cd, lay in the parish of Ifammeramitn. And although it might be con tended on the other side, that the proportion of the pauper's head was in the parish of Acton, nnd that tho head was tho noblest part of the hod) i yet it was well known not to be always so. Indeed the difference at the head of the hod was ho Htnall against the small parish of Ac ton, that if the pauper's none had been put a lit tle nwry, it would have lain in the parish of Hammersmith. Mr. Adolphus for the parish of Hammersmith, said, that his learned friend nhould not have talked of noses. [Mr. Gurney, " Indeed no man has n better right to talk of them."} Well then, his learned friend, who. like tho traveller through Htruaburgh, seemed to liave heen to the Promontory of Noses, and to have brought one of the goodliest he could find, had urged his cause in n very ingenious manner. Hut it was not by the twisting of no* ses that the court would decide. An old man# such as they had seen the pauper to be. would naturally lie crouching in bed \ especially when removed from hh wife, he could disp0H0 his limbs as he p!ea?"d for his own ea?a and com fort.? There could lie very littlo of a man's bo dy, who, like the pauper, nan only alwut .1 f<* J high, in the lower n?rt of a Iwd f? fct .1 inches long. Mr. Adolnhus tlien handed up the chair man (Mr. Watson) a very ingenious ami ac curate model of the houie, ln:d-?tend, and sew er? made by Mr. Mooring.? The learned Chairman having consulted a few minutes w:ii Mr. Ser jeant Belden (the only other Magistrate on thv bench with him) declared that it was their opi nion the paupers settlement was in Acton pa rish as from the model, they were of opinion that he would incline towards the front of tlio bed, or at least the most vital parts of his body would be In that direction. ? Liverpool paper. "^"otbeaby. LANCASTRIAN SCHOOLS. [The following remarks, extracted from a " re ply to the Vligtnia Argus on the Lancastrian system," by the editor of the l'ctcrsburs Intel ligencer, are given with the view of exciting en quiry en the subject.] lite editors of the Virginia Argus have com mented at some length upon the lew strictures which we made upon I*ancastrian Schools. We have expressed our decided disapprobation of the Lancastrian system, principally upon three grounds. 1st. As being calculated to render youth mere machines, and to destroy all the fa culties of the understanding f 2d. As having a tendency to produce an inequality among the citizens of the United States ; Silly. By gene rating vicious habits from a numerous associa tion of children, as practised in the Lancastrian Schools. '11 been The many plans of education which have ?en invented for the improvement of youth, all seem to be founded upon two different sys tems formed for the diffusion of knowledge.? - One of thc.so supposes that the powers o? the mind in youth, are best advanced by cultivating the memory alone, and throwing in a store of words and a mass of tinconnected facts, without attention to method or arrangement. This is the plan which has been adopted by the clerical order, and the priesthood in all ages as best an swering their purposesof deception. The Lan castrian School proceeds upon the t?amej>rinci pie, but only a more extended scale. By this system the teacher has onlv to destroy the un derstanding of one boy, which he uses ns a tool to produce a similar effect upon a second j the second acts the part of a parrot to a third ; and the third re-echoes the words to a fourth | un til a whole assembly of little children are speed ily converted into speaking machines. The an cient system was more slow in its operation t ? the Lancastrian scheme much more expedition?. The first occupied one mnn Ave years topr?.d* thirty fools, Hut in a well organised Lanci trian inHtiliilinti. ?n ;n/l?u?. r-n ? tec <anrns .... ... ui j^Biiinuu tittlirnK 1 triati institution, an industrious fellow may fa bricate five hundred automatons in a twelve I month. Tito opposite system to this, assumes reason for its guide, and regards memory as po enndary to the judgment. It teaches the mind of youth to recollect nothing but what previous reflection has demonstrated to be necessary .? It informs the youngpupilof the various advan tages resulting from'litcrature before it instructs him in the alpnatot. It teaches him none of the arts and sciences until his mind compre hends and is convinced of tho importance of each* It particularly inculcates as a Almlainen ? tal maxim that no assertion is to be 'received as true until confirmed by experience or intellec tual demonstration. It never permits thepu I til to be made the slave of superstition, of pre ? udiceor of tyranny. It renders him in lii.-* earliest years familiar with the ideas of equali ty and independence. With respect to the ac quirement of language. he is taught to speak it before he reads It ; and he is taught to read it before the philosophy of grammar is explained to him. Ho is made to advance In the jpath of nature and not in the artificial road or peda gogues and grammatical rulemakers. This sys tem will never answer thcLancastrian precept on It requires an attention and care which ono man can only bestow upon a few. It requires the teacher to be every moment with his pupil, to observe all his inclinations and to witness all hisactions. Yet it is an education) that every Virginian can afford to give to his children. W"u would limit every elementary school to this de scription, to the number of fifteen. The sum of four hundred dollars per aunutri, would be sufficient for this purpose. County Charity Schools upon the same principle, might be c stablishcd for those whom mixfortuno, or some other cause had rendered unable to educate their children. 2d. The Lancastrian system will also have a tendency to produce an inequality among the citizens of tho United States. Few reflecting and independent men will ever commit thoir children to the direction of such an institution. There will be a perpetual line of distinction drawn between those who have been educated at these confnsed seminaries of mechanics I e rudition, and between thoso whose minds ha v. been cultivated in early youth with care end at tention, and who have always hsd examples of virtue placed before them, under the most at ? tractive form. 3d. Nothing is more certain than in these kind of public schools, the most vicious habit* are contracted, particularly in the esrly yearn of vouth. vAt tnis jteriod of life, it were to l>? desired that alj parents could ^ive their chil dren a domestic education. The had habits too frequently imbibed in school, counterbalance all the beneficial effects of a classical education. The benefit resulting from rending the best clas sical authors in the original vanishes, when cow feared pith the multiplicity of idle and diasipftt^ ' ed ideas which the mind of a boy receives that associates with many others of his own age.-*? All the best writers on the subject of education have agreed on this print. 'litis circumstance ?therefore alone would be a safikietu objection against the Lancastrian sy