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I which docs not
iforthefln* three
must rttollfd (hut
eommenee, they will
and that without an ad
i of capital, they will con
mow to tor near fifty years,
y philanthropist should urge the ad
iof the l)'?t?m,.M account of the
feet K would produce on our
b people. Every one sees thedeplo
cffccts produced by the use of ardent
a. Excessive indulgence in the use of
, is the consumiocand degrading vice
of the country. Introduce.the cultivate of
vine; furnish to the pcoplo a substitute
mpre tilcusant( and less intoxica
te a lew years* we have no doubt
il drunkard would be rarely seen.
.Hy and religion unite, in <V iringsuch
it change in the moral habits of the country.
It onl) remains for those who arc InRunici <1
by their dictates, and have the menus neces
sary to accomplish it, to enter at once upon
the system. By prosecuting it diltgcnUv.
they will be while producing a prcat public
benefit promoting essentially, their tcu?!>oi-iil
Interests.
CULTIVATION OF THE VINE.
\ Thus It appears from the statements of
Chaptal, which have beenbrouglit into view in
the above table, that ten acres of the vine* in
France produced ninety hogsheads, of 63 tfnl
Ion* eavli, valued at y5K4 l>3; that the ex
pense of culthating those ten arret amount
to ?350 79; tliut an interest of ten per cent
en those expenses umuunt to (35 67; and that
the indemnity of from H to 10 per cent for
loss of crops amount to $60 03, leaving a
nett profit on the ten act cs, of 5136 14, or
fl3M for eavh acre.
A small cnmncuiation, though double the
pett product ot an acre of corn or wheat in
the United State* in ordinary timer. In
Francc the ucrc ot vine i? considered more
|>rnducti>c than an ucrc ot wheat.
- Having arrived, with some labor, at the
above tesult, we Khali, after a few prclimi
nary observations, profit of the elements it
fornishea, hi the pleasingtaskof exhibiting
the probable cost, expense of cultivation,
and product of ten ucrcs of vine, judicious
ly planted in the United Kutcs in n genial
Soil and climate. The high pricc of wines
in the United State arises?
Int. From being purchased abroad, from
jjthc wine merchant, (not the proprietor,)
? who has his profit on the wine, nnd w ho sad
? dies it with as many charge*, in preparing
It for shipping, as his conscience dictate*.
, 2d. Freight,
3rd. Insurance.
4th. Commission, wharfage, drayagc, and
. storage.
5th. Duties, which arc very high.
k 6th. The Americun merchant and dealer's
/.profit.
The chcapct.t wine imported in the Uni
fttates is common < In ret, wnirli usuillv *el!s
St Irom 35 to 35 dollars the linjrulieai) of 6.1
gallons; and the most indifferent white
vines brought to can market sell from iocts
to $1 30 per gallon.
The few native wines we already have,
command n'better price than tbeve two
' qualities of foreign wine*. Mr. Adium,
whose vineyard is situated on the hills, two
miles north of Washington, finds no difficulty
in disposing of his at two dollar* the gallon.
Mr. Eichelbergcr, of York, in l'cnus) l\ an w,
*rhohas twenty ucrcs of vine*, obtains read.
' If $2 per gallon for hi*. The currant wines,
In considerable quantities in Ulmdc
_ sell rapidly at one dollar per gallon
?n-t#* merchant's store; ami the wines of
iVevay, on the Ohio, have l>cen selling, for
several years past, at f l 50.
to the above tables, it will
be seen that the French acre of vine* produ
ces from three to nineteen hogsheads, ac
cording to the soil, climate and mode of cul
tivating. Some of the proprietors uim at
quality, others at quantity, according to the
reputation of their growth*. The first are
ooment with Irom four to six hogsheads the
?ere; the second frequently reap three times
that quantity. In examining Chaptal, and
others, it is found, by taking the vineyard^ of
France together, one year with another, that
they produce on an average, 8 hogsheads,
pomcons, or muids, which are the same thing,
to the acre.
The half hectare arpent, d^acre of France.
Is one-fifth larger than the Amcricani of
course, we shall be safe in dttlculating that
one acre of vines, when in mil bearing and
vigor, will produce in the United States six
lionheads of wine.
Admitting these facts of quantity per acre,
and price per gallon, and having before us.
proper data tor arriving at the expenses of
cultivation, we challenge the most scrupu
lous economic to refute the following esti
ilftate of the cost of ten acrca of American
Vines, the expense of bultivating them, and
the neat product per acre.
ftkUtnunM of the probable to*t of a vine? j
yard of ten acre?.
10 aeres of a light dry ?oil can be had
MfiOper mm. tf.'oo
A good post and rail fcncc 200
The e*pe?4ee of planting 10 teres,
I Of cultivating them for five
if% when the vine la in fall bear
win amount; according to Mr.
teftenttr*e* estfanate, whorea
from the best of all expericni e,
1 experiment?the acre,
to two hundred and fifty dot
It year* which, for five years,
? 1950
Interest on these annual advan
f cent for 5, 4, ; >?
iints to 375
Mm
ofthUchapt.
tea Bute* than in FromT, And we have
been gratified to find that Mv. Kichelhergcr,
a thrifty, intelligent, Pennsylvania furmar,
beara us oat in that opinion, for he atatea
(using his own worth",} ft J rutculafe it ro4t
mp SfSfleratre to /i/ant my vine* until they
brffmn to Srmr the third ?/rar,M which ?*
twenty-five <lollara the rtCit; wh^Kua ac
cording to Chnptal, theatrr/inr cost of the
conclusiou of ten iKmtf, vines in ,T range,
hogsheads, props, Ike. included, is $34 the
ac.re. Rut as Mr. Elchdherger -has kaid
nothing in his letter about prr.ps, bngahc'vH,
Ike. and as it appears he created hi* vine*
yard by ftrovining,? we shall not In opr es
timate follow c itner, Imt make n liberal al
lowanc.c for contingencies which cannot be
foreseen hi new establishments.
CJrcu/in,<Ii,ce?annual cdvance$ f:r (tiUl
vathn?nnil tint firodutt of tin .Imerican
x inryufd of ten uerr*.
PRODUCE.
6 hogshead?, of 63 pilous each is
I <-o hogslicHds for ten actes, or
| 37^0 |i?iluuii, at $1 ?3,780 CO
I Chaptnl include* in his advan
| rev for cultivation, hogsheads,
I props, jh 'its manure, rye-straw
Mid widows for tying the vinci>;
all of which amount* as wili be
seen al the foot of the third
column of tbr last tabic, to
<7350 50 the ten acres which sum
?c will double, to be on the
safe side, and deduct from the
gross pruducc T01 00
o.orw oo
| Dcdurt for the Interest )0
j per cel.ton this nd\.?iu-c
<.? $701 10
i Ten per cent on the pros*
j produce for loss of
j crops 378 ('0
l
i Nctt produce of the \ inc
{ wird of 10 aens $2,(iZQ SO
41.1 10
| Or {263 an ncrc?a result wh.ch ?e
trust offers a suflicicnt cncr-urngemtnt to
' every reasonable proprietor of tin v?il toeom
j menee the grvut work cf planting the vine.
| Mr. Adluui in liin minute cwlciilut ons, pare
.'lira of the fourth volume of that valuable
work the American Farmer, nutkes the nctt
product per acre 220 dollars. According to
Mr. J-'teliclbcrger and Couut Clmptid's es
timates of the expense* of cultivation, the
product of ten of our acrcs of vines will be as
follows:
MCHKLOrRCKR.
J'roducr nf ten acres.
i CO 'r-o^sluud.-t, 37HO gallons
j ul f.l 00
DKDUCT.
I Aunual i.dvunqcs per ucre, 25
! <l?i|l.ii-? 5250
Ten per ccnt interest there
j on
j Ten |il7 ecnt iiwli r.init) on
gross produce lor less of
crops * 375
ri.j 00
pr-'dut'c of t*>c tinacrcft jJ,127 00
Or >J1? "0 pi i at i?,
Ml AI'TAL.
t*wlucr oj trti ncr:t.
(U hogshead:, 37^.0 g: lion?,
at jjfl $3,780 00
DhOl'CT.
Advances for rultiv.it.on,
including hogshead >,
props, &c. fee. at $35
peracrc 350 70
10 per cent interest there
on 35 7
JO per cent on gross pro
duce as an indemnity for
loss of crops 37* 00
763 Cfi
Nctt product of *?ic ten
acres 53,016 14
Or J301 80 per acrc.
Should the fastidious doubt thin product,
let (in then estimate the wine at 7% rent* tUc
gallon, and the result will be as follows:
According to our calcula
tion, that Is, (VMthllngthc
expenses \A cultivation
in Vrnnce, 3780 gallons
for 10 acres, at 73 cts. ?2#33
Deduct advances for r,ulti
vMtion in France fur 10
acres , <701 00
Ten pee cent on tl>c ad
vances 70 10
Ten per cent on croas re
venue for Io*? of crops 2' 3 AO
?1,034 60
Nctt product for 10 acrcs f 1,760 40
Producing on 100 acres, a
nett revenue of 517,80t
Or nett product per nrrc
*17* 04.
According to Mr. Kirhel
hergcr's calrulation of
J?23 per aero for cultiva
tion??780 gallon* for 10
acres, at 7S cents. $2,333
Deduct advancea for cul
tivation at $)U th? nc.ro,
for 10 acrcs gjt0 00
T en percent Interest there
on 23 00
T?n per cent on gross rc
, venue for loss of crops 2*3 30
???> $33Bt30
Nett prrVuct for lOacres, $7,276 30
Or #997 64 per acre. *
Producing on }0Q acres, a
mr"
imm
* to jwr c cut on these ??1- .
?y0**S ** OP
Tin per ci'iit (At groat piy
duee forlofs ofcrops 833 50
??$?
N.ett brodmt on 10 acres, $7,166 50
Or 5*216 65 peracra. .
Producing mi 100 at res, a
?3),665
i *.f. '
? In these calculations, we l??vc taken no
notice n?, other profit* than those arising
front th&hiice of the giapc, though it muu
be i?\>vmR to nil who re licet on the subjert,
Un?t hi a .(t*mtry where wcilfe only begin
ning to create vine) **ils, the profits arising
from the sale oft ho siipt or cutttngs, frotu
continual and Increasing demand, must be
great* ? v vM? ?? lv&|
Many proprietors will t*t. f\V?$ confine
themselves tu the vineyards, containing
iV? in two to ten arret* and it will not be ex*
travngunt to suppoie It possible that the
ule of the slips nmjr pay fur the expense of
the cultivation. Mr. Prince; otfner of the
valuable botanic garden at Flushing, L. I.
in New-York sells no dips hut for his young
wine vines, he asks Ml***, for each, and one
dollar for each Mock of table grape*. *
Mr. Allium, near Washington, find* a
ready sale for hit slips Of cuttings at the fol
lowing rates i
Table graps, malmsey, chasselas, sweet
water, meunicr or miller of burgundy, and
luibclln, at one dollurtlie doxen. ,
For lib wine gn?i>es, he received three
hundred dollars a yeqr for fohr years at one
to two dollars tier hundred Mips, and Mr.
Kichclbergcr, ci York, Pennsylvania, aells
all his cuttings at thirty dollars the thou*
sund.
The drying of grap'cs to make raisins be
fore tlie vmehcfltsin a sufficient quantity to
make whir, though a small resource iu to
die revenue, must prove as agreeable an
acquisition to our country house wives, us
their poach cloth and dried apples.
There Smoother little product, which isnc
ver brought into view, called in French pic
quette, (sorrv onpaltry wine.) When the
gri pes have been Mifficlcntly nrcffed, one t.f
the heads of two or three old hogsheads is
taken out, am! the skills are thrown into them,
until they are half full, when water is poured
on them until it ri?es to the chime of the
cask;the mixture is then occasionally stir
red, and the lipier run off into unother yes*
sel. It makes u very agreeable beverage,
?es -milling much our cider, and isdnnk im
mediately, or through the winter by the pea
sunts.
W'c cannot ennrhtde t'.i:* chnptcr without
observing that it appears to us, no sugar or
cotton planti.tion. in their best comlition, and
niobt flourish ii>|! periods; no fpecics of ag
riculture, in tiie iK-vt ?'tiln, or horticulture, ill
rich gardens in the vicinity of large city mar*
kcto, ever produced such profit* as tne vine
would yiclu for a century to come, if proper
ly cultivated in the United iitate*.
The heuvy impest on foreign wine* ope
rates not only as u protec ting duty, but cs a
prodigious bouuty.
The vincvahf^ of the middling classes
about itordc-iiux, when the ocean is free, and
foreign markets onen *to them, yield from
2,000 to 10,C0fr; dollars a year to the proprie*
' torn. The estate ofChateau Marguux which
produces about 400 hogsheads a year, was
sold when wc resided in Bordeaux, fot
800,000 inurs, 5160,000.?-Its wines in the
vats on the lees, in the yenr 1814, sold for
3C00 franc*, $600 the tun of four hogsheads.
Let the planters of Virginia, a state unrivall
ed in its climate coil, and water courses, and
I which aJioutids in the best sites in the world
1 for vineyards, examine carefully these com
putut'oiis, andthen rail or reason metaphysi
cally if they can, against innovations.
| If u young proprietor who had just come
i to his estate, in that beautiful section of our
| country, would set seriously to work in plant
ing the vine, before he arrived nt the middle
age of man, he would inevitably become the
richest planter in the state.
I Of the old planter*, we ca;.not expect
much rcfornvitibn, for
H ll*Mi? rre ?iut>l*nrn iSimi^s.
And mIm ii a limit if Inrtinilof forty,
'J lie ruling jtswion grown to naughty,
iiu clipping ot it*
York, (Pcttn.) 4th June, 1824.
Dkar 8m?Yours of the 3th till. camc
A'ifc to hand, aAd being somewhat unwell
mutt be on apjmloRy for my not replying
sooner. 1 will now attempt it, and to your
fii-kt <picsti?>n:
So//.?Mine inn slaty ridge, In a limestone
country, un<l 1 presume their is lime stone
under it.
Plunting.?l planted my vines in rows, by
dipping a trench four feet tang, and ubout
nine inches wide, and fifteen inches deep.
In thli I planted at eaeh end, two cuttings,
about three nod a half or four feet long, let
ting two hnds appear on each vine above
ground, then 1 fillet up the trench, pneking
(MgWmnd pretty tk4itj then four lect from
the end of this trench, I dtij; another, similar
and planted ' in the fame way, and to on
until! the row waft finished. My this nuKle
the vines arc two in a place, and each two,
four fvet from the next in the row. The
next row I planted twelve feet from the first,
in the same way. The second year, nnd
third year, wlun the shnots were long
enough, I dug a trench erossways, from eaeh
row, four feet long towards the opiiosite
row, ?nd laid down the brand" c% or snooty
from the fiv*t planted rows, in them, letting
the ends of the two vines be a litte above the
ground; by this means two rows in the
twelve feetintervmlure formed, which makes
stl the rows four feet apart.
J*rnntn/r.+~'VUo first year nonej the so*
eond year very Hute: the third year I cat
them off eighteen incites from th? ground, in
March} the fourth year I cut them from two
to three feet high, taking away all but eoe
branch from each vhie for trailing, to make
the new rows, or for cuttings to set elaewhere.
Some of the vines bare grapes the thMt
year, on the shoots whi *
mid. S
the vine from the grape* aM tW prevent
them from coming toperfection.
^.Uuthcr-inr?1 ctft the clutters ofT and <snr
Kthem to the press. The epoch ot matu
y Is about the first of October. X mash
them, the g *;*s well, end then press them
like cider, *c. Ccc. &c. ? ? ,? t;
? e * .? ? e e
tilvulitf it cost me seventy
live dollars per sere to plant and attcad to
the vines, until they began to hear the third
year.
Qaantity.?In four acres about one fourth
bore grape the third year, and 1 made about
three, barrels of wine i the fourth year 1
made'thirteen barrelst the AJth fear thirty
? (>arrch, (fifteen and a half hogsheads.)
t I. must olMer\e, that many of the vines
re young, as I took away many that were
of a gjKMt sort, and replaced them, and
barrelst the fifth yearthirty
our barrels, (fifteen and a half hogshead*.)
Bn; " ' J
were
not ? p .
the first vines were two years old, and in
some places three, before they were suffi
ciently long to trail, and form the intermedi
ate rows; so that in the. fifth year, sbme were
but two, and some three years old, of course
not In a bearing condition. I think 1 may
safely say, not more than half were In a
bearing cundKton.*
J'rlce We got for the first wine, four
dohart firr gallon. Afterward* we told at
three, and we are now telling at two dollart
the gallon.
Cutting**?The la* season we sold four
teen thousand, about four feet long, at thirty
dollar* tier thoutand, $420.
Your* See.
THOMAS EIC HRLBRRGEH.
Wn.Lik, Esq. Auditor, Washington.
?'t hirty on* barnlf, or fifteen an I * half
hopliMili frum four ncm, wltirh only pr?idiicad
half a fmjsli aqual to wren and three-forth hog*
hradt par acra. Mr. Eich?lb<tjr(r ?#jr?, in a hi
tar to Mr. Adlum, puMUhad soma Kma mgn, that a
farmer experienced in vine*, and a rwnorrtibia
man, who knows what he if about, had offered
liim two huodred dollar* nn acre per annum lor
hii vineyard, wliich ha ri(t?ed.
" Signi of the Timet."?Another tign,
and an appalling one it is to Messrs. Adams,
Clay and NVvbstcr, is to l>c found in the
fact, tUut the Illinois legislature, in which
body the affiliated presses asserted Mr.
Adam* was all omnipotent, has passed a re
solution, by a vote of 10 to 11, recommend
ing Andrew Jnckson as the successor of John
Quincy Ad ami:?And as Illinois now has a
general ticket law, the whole state at the
next election, will ratify and confirm the re*
solution of the legislature.
Another tign is, that Isaac Hill, the vete
ran editor ot the New-Hampshire Patriot,
who was lately dismissed by Mr. Clay, has
been elected to the Senate of that state, by a
triumphant and overwhelming majority, al
though opposed by an administration candid
ate.
Another 4/^1 is, that the venerable (Jet*
Pcarcc, a decided friend of Andrew Jackson,
lias been elected, without opposition. Gov
ernor of the State of New-Hampshire.
We might continue to multiply these tignt
if it were deemed necessary} but the above
will be sulRcicut for the prc?cut. We shall
give others hereafter.
Petersburg Republican.
GRAND MECHANICAL
aSOUKlMlttSOSr*
TO OK tru* OM THE MAIN STRUCT NT.XT
noon TO MR. MALI.'* BRICK IIOL'SK
Open from 9 o'clock in the morning,
until 9 in the evening
Thin Grand Instrument present* a full
and beautifal nllcgorkitl rep
resentation of the
TREATY OF GHENT,
Between the Ukitkd States of Amkri
ca and Great Hhitaim, recording the most
glorious event In the American History.
All the figures of thi* Instrument are beau*
tifhlly executed, moving naturally, as if alive,
in to ingenious a manner an must astonish
and delight the admiring Spectator.
?/ Admittance 60 eenU, Children huff prire
FKLIX MARKS.
April 13 IS 1
The Courtof Appeals.
Wll.f. mi In Columbia on Monday the 7lli
dny of May nest, and tnmmmfl* with ibt
Middle Clrmlt, TIhi lunine#* i?f |Ih> Wr*l ern
Circuit will commfnw on Thursday the 17ih day
<it May. TIm Ihi?Iwh o? 'be Bouilitrn Cliciiil
) will l?n tnVrn np on Thursday the 2-lth of Mar,
entnmenrlnx with I he Aii|teaU from Kdrfefleld dlv
trlet TbobedneMof tae Northern <:i< nit will
rommrtiM on Monday lhe 4iH day of Jtm**| and
the Appeal* from Barnwell dirirlrt will be taken
np on M'ntdey the t lib day of June.
By order of the Court,
JAMF.ft S. UU|ON AHI*, Cbrl
April 12 - ?rt a.
Company Ordois.
Columbia, Oth April, I Hi7.
HF. TVpnMican L'*ht Infantry Company,
will parade on Saturday, Hie I4?h ln?t. H ten
?'?lock, A. M ?t wlilrli time ili? utsatbtr* will
teed pMpured to lira at a t*ri<n.
fey order of Cut*. Arthnr,
J. H. PARK, O n
? ? i 11 ? " ??< <???? lie i ?*mm* m
Dtoolutioti of Co-partncrfthip.
MB pwtMk. arc hereby Irdomed that the e?.
* between* tip.
!?? VM ?5
attention to I
Wo really comtttUte the
perty In havtag upo^hdr tide r
workmen, mcl) good and tree ^
Editors of the -HkhrooMl Itnquw,
United &Utes Telegraph, and nunjr
equally talented nad determined,.
U more, above ther?achof treai . .
What think you Mr. Clay?
Such paper* oug^tto be Kipportad end
read with attention, particularly at this time,
when the adniinial ration party >re exerting
all their eflbrta to destroy the atttltyjMd lib
erty of the press, llcboi but little love for
lite country, *ho to opposed to a frit japs.
TUB PRESIDENCY.
On this question we fcrc not Inclined <o bo
noby, or to bo continually telling who we
art for or agafa*. It would matter Hut
little, did we differ in opinion with the major
part of the'people of this state; wc know
their character too well tosupposefora mo
ment, that they would mftr themselves to
bo either led or driven cantrarr to their con
victions. This la as it ought tb be, ai\d wc
confess it aflbrds ua no amall legrcc jf satis
faction to know that our sentiments on this
aubjcct are in accordanue with their*. It is
true that Mr. Adama has some Mends in
different parts of the state, who are highly
rc*j>cc table, but they cannot effect any thing
for him in thia business. At the last elec
tion, but few voices were h$ard against the
gallant defender of Orleans, and he has done
nothing since to forfeit the good opinion of
Carolina. No, nor he never can. Wc know
him, we love lum, and we shall think of no
other,?wc ataitd or fall by bia side. Wo
would therefore aay to our distant frflfed*,
speculation aaidc aa to the vote of South Ca
rolina, remember her vote la '<2* end you
know her vote in '29. - No earthly power
con prevent it; it waa Jackson and Calhoun
before, It will be Jackson and Calhoun again,
aud that w ithout opposition. Our oonfldcncc
I \ these distinguished patriots has ripened into
maturity, and it cannot be rfuken or chang
ed by any thing coming from.any of the ad
vocates ol the. present administration.
However, let them rant and rave, H la the
last resort of u blind and desperado (action.
We were told when the prssent adminis
tration came into power, that it would be
come mom and more obnoxious to the people
as It advanced in age. This we partially, be
lieved, but we never imagined for a mo
ment, that it could ereir have created such a
general and well founded dtssatirfsction, aa
what seems to pervade the whole country?
what a " sign of the times."
CON. BOI.IVAR.
In this day*s paper will be found a letter
from this distinguished individual, exprfcr*
aive of his determination to surrender up-to
his country all the power which had been en
trusted to his keeping. Many will doubt
the sincerity of liU language, and taduige
themselves iu vague suspicions, and hmagige
a thousand tilings that perhsps Bolivar' ne
ver thought of. Bat these kind bt pedple
would assail the purity of the Ood of holi
ness?and reason would fail to convince
them of their absurdity. To such we would
say. believe and think as yoa please, only a?
low us the s^me privilege. Bolltar Is he
man, and of cousc haa faults?but we know
not the man who is superior to him, pr whose
fame will add more lustre to the page of Mv
tory. Ma country never has, nor never will
be blessed with a more devoted ami disin
terested patriot. We haxard the assertion,
and who will not when they rend his com
munication and think of whst he has done*
So far Bolivar haa been great, and he will be
so till the day of his death, and will die aa
a great man should, without fear, and without
reproach.
a i L i > 'ir "?*'
! liltllHJF. CKLP.BKATION. "
[ If any individual ?u? deserve a monument
to perpetuate his memory, he Hchlf dote
who is the author and flnisler of a good
Bridge. For although a nation is benefited by
tlie triumph of heir arms, and the conquest of
tier foes, yet it is purchased at the expense of
blood) ami if we have caese to rvjoicr, our
}oy Is accompanied with team and lameito*
tionsi but it is not so with the *orka of In
dustry and artwnd blood need I* shed?uO
battle fought} no cause foe the cry of the or
phan, or the tears of the widow 1 the en It
effected, alt is Joy ami glsdnms^?for aft la
benefited.
Nothing Is of mere Infinite edvanc ge thafr
roads and bridgee* and Iv? who 1
?fc been