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(Mr. II ?li.) and wo hud proof of the accura- J cy of the observation, when we had the c pleasure of looking over the Western herd, J I that after using hiin six years, very few of r his stock have inherited this imperfection, a Lord Ailhorp's bull Firby evinces this re- ?. quisite in a proper degree, lie has also? j c but, indeed, it is only part of the other, for j t without it good masculine character cannot j r ex st?an excellent loin. This is a point j t in which many short horns are rather defec- j j tive, and it is one of infinite importance.? , j Add to this, that if, in many instances, the ; t length of the carcass were abated, as well t us that of the legs, a hardier animal, with 1 equal size and on a more profitable scale, i would be produced. The facilities for < making this improvement are sufficiently I numerous, the short horns being now more > t generally diffused. That wider diffusion 11 .to/-, ,nn'tin!ips the means of selecting for ! I uiav v milk ; a quality which should not be lost ; sight of: for it is the combination of p??rfrc- i tions which has conferred, and will perpetu- < ute, the superiority ofthis breed orcaitle. The colors of the improved short horns ; are red or white, or a mixture of the two, i combming in endless variety, and produ. cing, very frequently brilliant effct. The white, U is very probable they obtained from an early cross with the wild breed ; and whenever this color shows itself, it is ac- : companied, more or less, wi.h a red tinge j on the extremity ot the ear; a d siinctive i character, also of the wild cattle. No pure i improved short horns are found of any col- i ors but those above named. There is a < large coarse s1 ort hem, prevailing particu- i larly in Lincolnshire, denominated in the < quotations of the Smithfield markets "Lincoins," and generally sold at prices below | those of any other cattle. These are fre. i quently black, black and white, and i dun; but they have no further affinity with ; the improved short horns than as the latter j have been referred to for their improvement, 1 which has been accomplished to a consider. 1 able degree. A similar description of large, coarse short horns, of these objectionable colors?for they genarally accompany a bad quality of flesh?prevails in some of the midland counties. They are great con- sumers of food, gu'ty, and particularly low and bad in the loins, with exces:ive!y heavy * *1- J rr snouiuer-oiaaus. i ne owners 01 ims siuitv, however, are crossing with the improved breed ; but the duiry farm<Ts of Gloucester, shire are so much al ve to the superiority i of the short horns, that they lay hold with ' "avidity of any thing which approaches them | in color, or is called by the name. Indeed, i should this breed continue to obtain the re. < quisitc a teniion, to maintain in i's present < excellence, it is not too much to suppose < that it will, before long, alier the character j of the cattle, in most of the great breeding ? districts. It would have been thought in- t credible some years ago, but uovcrthe. i less the fact, that they are treading c'vt?*iy I on the strongholds even of the Ilerefords , t and un observing traveller, who S'-es their I colors staring to view in very unwonted sit. ? uations, must pronounce them universal in- ! trudcrs. j fr* Itf 17 -V y *?>U amA Aiiuo 104 i>it> uoi i y, niiusv uuiuuauic account of the improved short horn cattle, t our readers will duly estimate. There is i no point which he has more triumphantly 'I illustrated than the value of this breed, us tl containing a combination of perfections, it g was a point which was in a manner lost sight r of by the early improvers. They devel- i: oped the aptitude to fatten, and the early p maturity of the short horns, but they neg. t lected, and were beginning to lose, their t milking properties. This is also the grand t error of many modern breeders ; and hence arose the general impression, and founded s on careful observation, that in proportion as t the grazing properties of the beast were in. o creased, its value for the dairy was propor. h tionably diminished. h The Yorkshire cow, which now almost 1 exclusively occupies the London dairies, is an unanswerable proof of the possibility of 11 uniting the two qualities to a degree of per- 0 feet ion', but not at the same time:?they e succeed to each other, and at the periods v when it suits the convenience of the dairy- " men that they should. Twenty years ago i] the Yorkshire cow was, compared with oth. ll er breeds, as great a favorite in the London " market as at present. She yielded more milk, in proportion to the quantity of food consumed, than could be obtained from any u other breed; but when the dairymen had had 1 her about four years, she began to fail off, c and he dried her, and sold her. it took ' a long time to get mush flesh upon her * bones ; and when he calculated the expense * of bringing her into condition, he found that j; his cheapest wny was to sell her for what * she would fetch, and that seldom exceeded 5/. By degrees, however, some of the more intelligent breeders for this market began :o find that, by cautiously adopting Mr. Berry's principle of selection?by finding out an improved short horn bull, whose progeny were generajy milkers, and crossing some of the old Yorkshires with him, and then going b*ck to the pure blood?but still re? t girding the milking properties of the dum j ?and the usual tendency to possess these qualities in the offspring of the sire?they t could St length obtain a breed that had lost ^ little of the grazing prop< r,ies of the new breed, and ret^bwd, almost undiminished, the excellence of tN old breed for the pail. Thence it has happened that many of the v cows in the London daises are as fine j: specimens of the improved short horn as can possibly be produced. They do nor, ,j perhaps, yield quite so much mtlk as the old n ones, but what they do yield is of better quality ; and whether the dairyman keeps a them a twelve-month, or a little longer? ^ and this is getting more and more the habit ^ of these people?or whether he milks them ^ lor three or four years, as soon as he dries them.tliey fatten as rapidly as the most cele. brated of the improved breed. Mr. Parkin. v son gives an account of one which, after j t bei g milked on the 5ih of April, was sent j c to grass with others, and sold on the 5th of j J July, after mnety-one days grazing, having j nir-de in that t'me nearly uvo shillings a day. ' c a ? The Yorkshire cow is a fair specimen of >ne of these cows?the character of ihe nc lolderness and the Durham beautifully at ningiing. A milch cow, good for the pail al is long as she is wanted, and then quickly th mt into marketable condition, should have a t long and rather small head ; a large head- s< ;d cow will seldom fatten or yield much c< nilk. The eye should be bright, yet with i peculiar plucidness and quietness of ex- hi ircssion ; the chaps thin, and the horns, aj imali. The neck should not be so thin as 'I hat which common opinion has given to ai he milch cow. It may be thin towards the tc lead; but it must soon begin to thicken, tc md especially when it approaches theshouh J tl Jer. Th'c dewlaps should be small; the j a breast, if not so wide as in some that have ! p m unusual disposition to fatten, yet very far from being narrow, and it should project q before the legs ; the chine, to a certain de? j b grcn fleshy, and even inclining to fulness ; tf the girth behind the shoulder should be deep, a cr than it is usually found in the short horn ; e the ribs should spread out wide, so as to ;tl give as globular a form as possible to the ! n carcass, and each should project farther ti than the preceding une to the very loins, s giving, if after all ths milch cow must be a h little witier UQiOw than above, yet as mucn p breadth as can possibly be afforded to tho o more valuable parts. She should be well d formed across the hips and on the rump, h and with greater length there than tiie milk- c or generally possesses; or if a little too b short, not heavy. If she stands a little long o on the legs, it must not he too long. The d thighs somewhat thin, with a slight tenden- e cy to crookedness, or being sickichammed tl behind : the tail thick at the upper part, but c tapering below ; and she should have a mel. g low and little coarse hair. Common consent hasgivso to her large milk veins; tl although the sdh-cutaneous or milk vein c lias nothing *o do with iz';c udder, but con- , d veys the blood from the fore part of the 1 h chest and sides to the fcguiaal vein, yet a s large m:lk vein certainly indicates A strong, b ly developed vascular system?one favor- e able to secretion generally, and to that of ti milk among the rest. w The last essential in a milch cow that tl \vc shall mention is the udder, rather inelin? q ing to be large in proportion to the size of n the animal, but no: too large. It must be w sufficiently capacious to contain tho proper t< quantity of milk, but not too bulky, lest it h should thicken and become loaded with fat. ?l The skin of the udder should be thin, and d free from lumps in every part of it. The tl [eats should be of moderate size ; at equal v Jistance from each other every way ; and w :>f < qual size from the udder ;o nearly the p md, where they should run to a kind of s joint. When they are too large near the jdder, they permit the milk to How down tl oo freely trorn JhG b^g, and lodge in ihem ; A md when hey are too fc*Ood ut the extre- o [nity, the orifice is often so iargd that the h sow cannot retain her milk afer tho ^ jegins to bt> full and heavy. The udde* 1 should be of nearly equal size before and I <?i xthind,*or, if there is any difference, it should j ?>' :c broader and fuller before than behind. ' ! ' The quantity ofmilk given by some of 1' hese cows is vtrv great. It is by no means 9, incommon for them, in the beginning of he summer, to yield 30 quarts in a day ; cf here ore raro instances of their having of ivon Atinrfe . Ki*? fh?> nvera<?e measure m ,,,VM wv ? J v B - nay be estimated at 22 or 24 quarts. It a^ i said that this milk do^s not yield a pro- w iortionate qumtity of butter ; and that ah dt hough ihese cows may be valuable where W he sale of milk is the prime object, they tli vill not answer for the dairy. ,n That their milk does not contain the 1^ iame proportionate quantity of butter as tit hat from the long horns, the Scotch cattle, be r the Devons, is probably true; but we tu lave reason to believo that the difference he as been much exaggerated, and is more Jo han compensated by the additional quanti. ?t y of milk. At the firs* introduction of the th nproved breed, the prejudice against them s'" n this account was very gicat, and certain c!< xperiments were made, by the result of fn rhich it was made to appear that the milk bj f the Kyloe cow yielded double lite quan? Ity of butter that could be produced from be liut of the improved short horn. Two dc uncos were obrained from the milk of tlie te Cyloe,an J one from that of the short horn, m This aroused the advocates of the new ev treed, and they instituted their cxper ments, V\ he result of which was much less to the th lisadvantage of the short horns. Mr. Bail. ca y gives an account of on experiment made P( >y Mr. Walton, of Middleton. lie took rom his dairy six cows promiscuously, and >b;ained the following quantity of butter rom a quart of the milk of each of them. or. diets. No. 1 ... 3 6 , 2 ... I 6 | 3 1 c! 4 ... 1 JO 5 ... 1 14 6. . . i 6 10 8, which di. ^ idcd by 0, leaves nearly 1 oz. 14$ dw|s? , ir about seven.eighths of the weight of but. rp cr from the same quantity of milk. Then, he increased quantity of milk yielded by ^>I he short horn gave her decidedly the preierence, so far as the simple produce was v* :oncerned. f,s This experiment Lrouglit to light another ;ood quality in the improved short horn, *r vliich, it not al ogether unsuspected, was ai tot sufficiently ac;ed upon?that she im. rt* ?rovid as a dairy cow as she got older.? cc Hie cow, a quart of whose milk produced jj1 no re than 3 oz. of butter, was six years r< ild ; the other five were only two years old ; t all events, the experiment proved ihat icr milk was richer at six years old, than ^ l had been at two. This is a subject which ^"r leserves investigation.* jj ? *Tho facts aro not sufficiently detailed to rarrant such a conclusion. It is now known hat the last milk drawn from a cow at a milking til oatams more butter than tho first. For any i*j| hing that appoars to tho contrary tho quart romthjeow six years old may have be n the ast drawn, and that from the others, the first Irawn P'iv Chsh.vw Ga?. ' or is circulation. J uly and August arc the usu- C ial months for budding, but the cherry fre. i lucnily succeeds in Jun<\ and the nectar. r mo &c. as lato as September. The grea. f ler part of the failun sthat occur in budding ii arise from its being attempted at an improp- t sr time ; when the bark does not separate ii Freely, or when the new wood for the year s so for foimed that new unions are not c readily made. A sure indication of the r .ree being in a suitable state for budding is b he bark peeling freely ; this showing that a the cambium or new wood is at that stage o jf formation which best secures ;ho union o and consequent life of the bud. To ensure C 3uccess it is requisite that the bud should be c mature ; that the bark of the stock separate t< freely ; and that the operation be performed T in such a manner,.that the introduced bud r :omc in perfect contact with the stock. The common practice in budding is to l< separate the bud in sucli a, way that the o longer portion is below the bud ; conse. quenlly. in making the incision in the bark, 1 [for its insertion] the bud is crowded down. C wards from the cross slit of the stock. As J i: is well known however, that the elabora- c led juices that form the cambium, or new tl wood, proceeds from the leaves downwards, I it' was suggested that the cross cut made in J b?rk at the upper end of the perpendi- I Another circumstance is somewhat conJctcd with such an inquiry. The Kyloe vJ the long horn cattle seem to care little i 3out change of situation and pasture ; but c short horn is not so easily reconciled to change ; and her milk is not at first eilher ) abundant or so good as it afterwards be times. i A prejudice likewise existed, and peraps does yet in the minds of some darymen, gainst the large improved short horns.? he breed generally are great consumers ; nd it \v s also supposed that, in proportion > the condition of the cow, she was likely < ) run to flesh instead of yielding milk, lerefore a rather small cow was selected, , nd one that did not carry about her many roofs of point. That there is a great difference in the uantity of food consumed by different reeds of cattle, cannot be doubted ; and i iat the short horns occupy the highest rank mong the consumers of food is evident nough ; but we never could be persuaded j iat the difference of size in the same breed j lade any material difference in the appete, or the food consumed. When they tand side by side in the stall or the cowouse, and experience has taught us the roper average quantity of food, the little ne eats her share, and the larger one sel. om ents more, even when it is put before : or. There ere occasional d fference in the V onsumption of food by different animals, ut these arise far ofiener from constitution, r from some unknown cause, than from ifference of size. Expeiience does, howver, prove beyond the possibility of doubt iat tho larger cattle, the breed and other ircumstanccs being the same, yield the reatest quantity of milk. Experience has also proved another ling?that the good grazing points of a ow, and even her being in fair store conition do not necessarily interfero with er milking qualities. They prove that he has the disposition (o fatten about her, ut which will not bs called into injurious xcercise until, in tne natural process of me, or designedly by us she is dried. She alt yield nearly as much milk as her unirifty neighbor, and milk of a superior uality, and at four, five, or six years old, light be pitted against any Kyloe, while fc have the pledge that it will cost us little 3 prepare her for the butcher, when we ave done with her as a milker. It is on1 lis principle that many of the London airymen now act, when then they change iieir cows so frequently as they do ; but .bother this, even allowing the rapidity with ihich the beas's fatten, is the best and most rofltublc mode of management, will be the ubject of fu ure inquiry. Some time niter Mr. Walton's experiment te following observations* were made by Ir. Culvert, ofSandysike, near Brampton, n the quant:ty of butter yielded by one of is improved short-horns. The mi k was ppt and churnt d separately from that of jq other stock, and the following is the oc. Xjdt of the number of pounds of butter ' btainsJ in each week : 7, 10. 10, 12, 17' 3, 13, 13, 15. 16, 16, laa, 18,18. to, l?; 1, 13. 12. 13, J?, 11, 12, 10, 10 8, 10 , 10, 7, 7, 7. From this it appeals that there were turned 373 pounds of butter i'o the space '22 wee ks. The cow gave 28 qu3**s of ilk per day, about Midsummer, and would re rage nearly 20 quarts per day for 20 eeks. She gave more milk when she was ^pastured in the summer than when she SOflcd in the house, in eono e very hot weather. She was fame'mfc' g six weeks, frcTT? ''foul in the feet," which sscned the quantify of milk during that ne; and the experiment wit* discontinued, scause there was not a sufficient supply of mips, and the milk of the whole Dflhe ?rd was ra idly diminishing. For the first ( might after calving, she was allowed a ' tic broken corn ; and from that period to c commencement of tne turnip season, le lived entirely on grass, with some cut over, when it was necessary to shelter tier 1 om the inclement heat. The pasture was 1 f no means of a superior quality. After such a record?and it is [far from ' sing n singular one,?4i there can bo no c. >ubt," to adopt the language of the ruporr,44 of the possibility of raising a breed of f ilking short-horns, which will surpass r Try variety of cattle in the kingdom." rc may, perhaps, safely add, that we have r at breed, and that it only requires a little y iro in the selection, and in crossing, to rpetuate it. From theGenneses (New York) Farmer. J Inoculating or Budding. < The propagation of fruit may be effect. < I by planting the seeds, by grufing, and i i budding. The uncertainty whether the uit from the trees grown will be like those I : the parent, prevents much relianco for j so ice fruit on the first method, and seeds I e usually only sown to furnish stocks upon I tiich to engraft or bud. On several ac- . >unts grafting is generally preferred to i jddiug ; but instances frequently occur in < hich it is desirable to propagate choice !? uit when grafting cannot be practised. I hus in the summer season grafting is im. i acticable; but then budding comes to i lr aid, and enables us to secure the ad. intages of grafting with little comparative < sk. A bud may be considered an em. < oy plant, of the,same spepies as the parent : ee, possessing distinctly developed pans, ? id individual vitality, and of course when moved 10 a congenial place, capable of i >nt;nued growth, and a reproduction of its < iccies. In this transferrence of the bud am one place of growth to another, it is i jcessary that the plant into which tho | ansfer is made, should be of the samege- < js of plants, and even the species will I jually be found most congenial. All the irit-ties of the apple and pear may be bud- J xl together ; and the npricot, nectarine, 1 id peach may be treated in the same man. { :r. The plum and the peach are some. < lies budded on each other ; but the cherw 1 are usually confined to stocks of the < ime kind of tree. i The time of budding is partly depending i t i th? tree J'se'f, and partly on tho vigor of I puipr incision, must imve a len iency to cut t sffthe downward flow of sap, and thus retard, if not entirely preven*. in many rases, a the desired union of the bud and stock.? z To remedy this, it has born proposed by t sotne French and English fruit growers to make the cross cut at the lower end of the * incision, and then having the bark to ivhich ^ the bud is attachid longest above.the bud crowd it in the incision UDwards, instead of c downwards, as in the usual mode. This by some is co? sidered a decided improve- ( ment; but though its phi'osophy may be j plausible, its superiority in effect to the t former mode can only bo tested by experience. Every farmer should set apart a few rods of ground for nursery pjrposes, in which a supply of young trees, such as apples, peaches, plums, cherries, &c., may be ;i kept, and these, when of a suit able age, nay two or three years, should be grafted or in- 1 oculated with the choisest varieties, and then they can be transplanted, or otherwise < disposed at pleasure. Many kinds of fru.'t j trees are so short lived, particularly in our < climate, that unless some efFor s are made to ensure a supply, and renew them as they < fail by age, or other causes, we must for the ( greater part of the time be destitute of some i of the most desirable fruits. We may < mention for the convenience of those who < in moving or travelling from one part of the i country to another, would be glad to securo a supply of buds of some favorite fruit for propagation; that if the twigs on which ( good buds arc found arc cut, (and the Ion- I ger the better,) and immediately deprived of i their leaves by cut ing the leafsiem with a pair of scissors, or a" sha.p knife, and then ' wrapped in wet moss, or even wet cloths, Si they may be preserved for many da) s in u i fresh and gtate,so as scarcely to fail i of growing where skilfully luacrto^ From the American Farmer. ; norm flulticaulis and Silk flaking. Spirit of articles in the Southern (Ten. lessee) Cultivaior of 8 h May?Morns Mul- I \icaulis and, S'lk making?The Edi.or re. i jommenu'* fhis new subject, and enforces it I by the usual arguments?He sa\s ; i " Tile M? ??ra. Troadway, of this county. I living on Dig Bigby, have lately made a t purchase of cuttings and silk worm eggs to < he amount of about fifteen hundred dollars. * Fas. Walker, Esq., of this place, is also, i we are informed, making some experiments f in this new branch of business, as well as t i^vcral individuals in the different adjoining t ountietf." r And a correspondent adds? 41 Manage n5*e may. ti ? ladies of Mau- t y will dress fine. *or which I do not blame I hem if they do noi t,,e'r husbands and s athers in debt. If every farm had its mul- t crry trees and silk worms, ?Qe dressing t ould bo obtained without sending abroad ( br it. I know of no business so well SU'-f* t d for an intelligent female as the mari^g^- C nent of the sitk worm end making of silk." tl These extracts go to shew ttiat the bush t iess, as a business, is spreading far and ii vide. tl p Agricultural Convention* At a meeting of the inhabitants of St. w Andrew's Parish, held at the Club House >n tne 5 h ms ant, John Brisbane, Esq. was 11 tailed to the Chair, and Dr. George Hatg, v equesled to act as Secretary. v ' The Chairman stated that the object of f he meeting was to co-operate with other r >arts of the State, in appointing Delegates o meet in Agricultural Convention, to bo fi leld at Columbia on the fourth Monday in November next. He adverted to the great ldvautage that would result from such a :o-operation on the part of our Agriculturists mH rlfiarlv demonstrated, that theConven ion, if it did nothing else, would prove that )ur Agricultural commmumty were not t< ^together dead to th?ir own interest. 6 The objects of the me ting being thus explained, B. R. Carroll. Esq. after a few ^ explanatory remarks, offered the followng Resolutions, which were unanimously :arricd : Resolved^ That Agriculture is, in its va ioua departments, the paramount interest of >f South Carolina. c Resolved, That in otherStates, American 1 ind European, it has has been greatly im>roved by legislative aid, and tnat in South <] Carolina the same can, and of r.glu should )e done. Resolved, That the appointment of a 3oard of Agriculture?the execution of a e geographical survey of the State, and the J general diffusion of Agricultural education c tilher by means of elementary schools, or c >y the es:ablishment of Agricultural pro- ? essorshtps in our Colleges, are subjects t vhich should occupy the prominent atten- t ion of our Legislature at this time. ( Resolved, That the revenue of South a Carolina is almost entirely derived from our Vgricu turis s, and therefore lln-y have a ight to demand an appropriation of it, in >art, to the promotion of their special uteres s, and the more pro erly because heir prosperity is the basis of the prosperty of all o'her classes of the community. Resolved,T\\n\ to furih- r these views, we tarnestly recommend the ho'ding an Agicultural Convention ; and that as Colum(in is the most central position in the State ; nd it is all important that a full interchange if sentiments he had, between the members f our Legislature and the Delegates of the ^invention, we consider that place most onveniently situated for the purpose con. nnplated, und that the fourth Monday of November next be appointed the tune of neeting. Upon motion ofCoi. \V. J. Bull, the fol owing Resolutions were unanimously adptod : Resolved, That in conjunction with Dr. Tiios. Legare, Wmborn Law ton, B. R. /arroll. Contain John Rivers and Col. W. . Bull, Delegates appointed by the AgrL ultural and Police Society of James Island, hat John Brisbane, Benj. Roper, Sen. lev. Christian Ilanckel, Gilbert C. Geddes, ohrv Wilkes, R. J. Middleton ar.d Benj. rulh*r, b? appoin'ed Delegates to represent his Paris in said Convoution. Rexo/ved, That in the several Districts ind Parishes throughout the State, our citi. lens aro hereby requested to take this matfir into immediate consideration, and at the ? ? ...?/Nnr"?nrtnniltf frt PTliFf'SS nosi CUIIvuim-iii ujyuiiuiin^ .v? ~..r uch sentiments in reference, to the same as o them may seem most proper. Eesolved, That all the newspapers in the State, friendly to these subjects, are hereby 'cques:ed to give publicity to these Resolu ions, and oiherw ise to express themselves avorable to the views contemplated by hem. JOHN BRISBANE, Chairman. George Haig, Secretary. At.the Anniversary Meeting of the Agricultural Son??fy of Be.iufort District, held I5;h Junn, 1839. the following Resolutions were unanimously passed: 1st. Resolved, That wc will not relax in 3ur efforts to procure State legislation in favor of the great, but neglected interests of Agriculture. 2d. That we respond to the opinion now daily gaining ground, that an Agricultural Convention is requisite to decide upon the most effectual plan for promoting the intersst of Agriculture, and concentrating public opinion #upon that which may be prefci* red. 3 J. That wn will appo:nt Delegates to an Agricultural Convention to be held in Charleston on the 3d Monday in November next, and if it shall seem expedient, on the same day of every succeeding year. Tti se Resolutions were proposed by VVm. Elliot, Esq. President of the Socie. ly, and seconded by the Hon. R. B. Rliet,t snd after full discussion, adopted without a Jissenting voice. It was urged, in the discussion, that there were good grounds For objecting to each of [he propositions for an Agricultural Convention heretofore brought before the public ?that the proposal to convene the Convention at Columbia, or. tho week prior to the meeting of tho Legislature, would, most lik?*ly, prevent members of that body from attending; as it would add another week to he period of .heir necessary separation rrom their families?that their meeting iuring the session, would bo uniavorable to t proper deliberation, and loo late to effect til the purposes contemplated by thoso who imposed it?that an Agricultural Convenion be hold during the session, had hereofore been tried without any profitable esult. It was therefore decided, that in point of ime the 3<1 Monday in November would jo most eligible, as it would allow the reiul s, of the deliberation < f the Convention 0 be brought before the Legislature?and hat so far as the place was in question, 2 arleston wus the fittest, as moreaccessi>le to the majority of the Societies now trgamzed; as a point,in short, to which, at l.e season proposed, the representatives of he Agricultural merest fxom every District 1 the State, Would be found assembling for lie rttort1 convenient arrangement of their rivate busitfsss. Tms day being the Anniversary, theru /as a full attendance pf the members. An able A ldress was delivered by John J. V^rdier, Esq., 1st Vice Presided, for /hich h?' received the thanks of the Society, rith a request that he would furnish a copy ur publication in the Southern Agricultuisf. The following Officers were re-elected ir ihe ensuing year : YVM. ELLIOTT, President. J M. VERD1ER, 1st Vice President. EW'D. BARNWELL. 2d V. Pros. JOHN RICHARDSON, Cor. SecVy. RICll'D. REYiNOLDS,ReC. Sec'ry. Edmund Rhett, Esq. was then appointed j deliver the Address at the next Anniverary. On motion, it was ordered that the forejoing proceedings be published. JOHN RICHARDSON,Cor. Sec'ry. Rice Crop. In answer to our inquiry about the rice ropt on Cape Fear River, we are told by all he planters that it is good, better than usual; md by some in whom we can confide, that it remises to yield more plen ifully than it has lone for ten years. It is now jointing. Wilmington Advertiser. It appears to be pretty well established, ays the Baltimore Chronicle, that Lieutenant Hoore, of the U. S. Navy, has accepted the ommand of the Texas Navy, and that h t will :arry with hiin twenty or thirty of our young fficers. It is said in the Boston Atlas that /ura. Thomas Ap C. Jones, volunteered for his command, and that Lieut. Aloore, agreed o serve under him, but that the services of ?om. J. were not accented on account of hii dvaneed age CHER AW GAZETTE. FRIDAY EVENING. JULY lsl, Id39. The Agricultural ( onvention. It will be seen in the preceding coll rans that the Beaufort Agricultural Society propose the meeting of this Convention to bo held in Char eston, on the third Monday in November? and a meeting of citizens in St. Andrews Parish, propose that it be held in Columbia on the fourth Monday in November. Tbe time suggested by ihe Pee Dee Agricultural Society was the Wednesday of the first week of the session of the Legislature. Columbia is obviously, on different accounts, the suitable placet and the first week of the Legislature the proper time. Some it ode ought to be adopted o f fixing upon the day of the week. It should not be later than Wednesday, and that day would perhaps be early enough. We take the liberty of suggesting that the Souths** Agriculturist name a day and request all' the papers in the state to copy the notice. The article in this week's paper, on the origin and history of the Durhams, is long, but it Cannot be read without profit by any reflect* ing breeder of cattle. The Durhams are too great eaters for the treatment received by cattle in mc6t parts of the Southern Skates; but the general rules for improving all breeds of cattle are the same; and no breeder, on how- > ever small a scale, can study and apply them without soon experiencing sensible benefit. The Abolitionists.?As was to be ex*pected from the principles, or rather the want of principle of these reckless fanatics, their treasonable spirit begins to evince itself to../* . . _ _ ft A _ wards their State auM.orinos, as wen as 10wards the Federal Government. Among the resolutions adopted by an abolition convention recently held in Ohio was the following: 11 Resolced That we should deem obedience* especially to the law of last winter, highly iim moral" The law here refered to, we suppose, is the one to punish persons who entice or aid slaves to escape from their masters, or to remain concealed after they have escaped. The Chartists is the title assumed by & new political party in Great Britain. Their aim is 60 to extend the elective franchise as to render the House of Commons, at least, a fair representation of the people. They hold frequent public meetings, anl have held one national convention of the party. The excite* ment which they have prodaccd in some places is very great. They are circulating a petition to Par iament for a charter, or bill of rights, to be a fundamental law of the land, to which they have procured a million and a half of signatures. They iosist also upon reform on several other points. What the extent of the resolution may be, or where it will stop should it once fairly commence, it is impossu ble now to foresee. ; . _ / * The offensive personalities to which partf political editors often allow themselves to de* sccnd, in their controversies with each other, f is much to be lamented. When they havd ,! personal animosities to gratify, or personal I difficulties to settle, it w< uld surely be less dis. i creditab'e to do it in a more private way; and i let that be the end of it. Verbum sat? Wc aome time since received a paper containing a very long advertisement of a Lottery ?among the prizes in which were 8700,000, 8500,000, &c. &c. in New Orleans real estate ?with a request to publish the advertisement till January. For several reasons we declined doing so; but we see it published in a large ? """??? nnti mnar oonhnn numuer vi vjwuanyv oo, uuu u?.? v?*u?.v*? our readers against purchasing tickets. If they do, the tickets will probably be the most they will ev- r receive for their money. Mr. Webster has written a short letter from London, to the people of Massachusetts, in which he withdraws his name as a candidate for the office of President at the next election. An Ox, which is a cross of the Devon and Durham breeds, raised by the Hon. Isaac Hubbard of New Hampshire, has been sent to England for exhibition. It weighs 4,000 lbs.?age 6 years. It is thought by breeders that it might be made to weigh lOOOlbs. more. " ' Ex-Governor Swain of North Carolina, President of the University of that State, wa4 present at the celebration of the fourth of July in Fayetteville, and, by request, delivered an ., ad Jrpss on the subject of the Fayetteville and Yadkin Kail Road. Raleigh Stab.?This well conducted pa* per has come to us printed on an enlaiged sheet and with new typo. East Cc&cs.-We find in an exchange paper ' the following "cure for Rheumatism "Dissolve half an onunce of saltpetre in a pint of brandy," Whether the solution of the disease is su multaneous with that of the salt, or subseqent, the doctor saith not. An Agricultural periodical "down East* advisee to put a lump of fresh butter into the tight ear of an Ox to remove a film fron) the left eye. CROPS. The harvesting time is nearly, if not quite over, and we are glad to learn from different quarters in this section, that the wheat crop has turned out on an average to be a very heavy one. The bug made some ravages, out not extensively, we believe. The Oat crops are short in consequence of severe drought just at the time it would have grown most. Corn now looks very finely, giving the promise of a rich reward to the husbandman. [Western Carolinian. We have a fine season now. Although the ' corn has suffered from the long drought and fly, yet very little of it is seriously injured, | and "from present appearances an abundant