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>*? gfarhitthttt rublishku bv kr1df.1 & i?im.«a>r aliifciv\3t!tri tc^&bihl msotjm 1 1830 vol i;.;....-ko 8 the wester cwomntas ut published every tiics day ut tlfltee dollars per annum payable at the end of every six months possess rould have so fallen from the proud and enviable station in which it has hitherto stood : we did not imagine that a man so qualified to plead the cause of his country could ever stoop to the humiliating office of j poet laureat gilding the corruptions of courts and offering up incense to the power that despises his homage what ! io see charles phillips reiterating tlie rhapsodies oi burke and the coiur/ioii place of the courier ! to see charles phillips hying to the throne and to the altar from the fury of the refor mers and seeking refuge under the wing of george the fourth from the wild democracy of such men as liurdett and hobhouse and bentham surely ! surely ! this is an unwor thy office for such a mind ! and whence this wondrous transformation ? unde dertvala eludes are the times so bad that the wages of patriotism are no longer worthy ofthe law yer's ambition ? have the labors of thc pat riot been so unprofitable that it is considered prudent to turn upon the people whose breath first wanned him into life ; and to build upon their ruin that solid and substantial liveli hood which no storms can shake nor reverse can diminish if any man in ireland can point out to us a production more disgusting or more degrading with the exception ol a speech falsely attributed to baron smuh said to be lately delivered to the mullingar grand jury we shall be much obliged to the ingenious intpiirer into the natural curiosities of the present age we greatly lament this sad and dismal falling off we lament mure for the sake of ireland than of mr phillips but ireland is no more she has no induce ments to hold to her children ! the genius she daily brings forth abandons her ; for she no longer enjoys the power of rewarding its struggle in the cause — her most favored off spring go out on a voyage of discovery to find a resting place no matter where — whether in the bosom of sidmouth or castlereagh — grenville or gray ! and we therefore should not wonder if charles phillips is found among the wanderers from his native shore — casting about for some safe retreat where in his old age he may shelter himself and his children from the storms of adversity peared on this side of the ocean — not alone ilu • cciie aiiciam i i'l.ri zia , • the ',''"■■..:<:!■ib ■'- k ~ t formed a line in the sali>.".i canal the troops kmw thc several letters which w have^s called out on the occasion formed on the bor ceived from our western coriespontlcnts con ders ofthe channel and the towing path was corning the celebration of the 4th of july em tho actually crowded with men women and chil borders e«f the great western canal wc extract dren groups of people were scattered tllc following interesting remarks from one of through the fields which overlooked the iran hem quil bosom of the waters and the road to sa ,* * ,. " among other tlan which ?■i-i-i i • i i i • caucht mv attention was the number ol indiana una exhibited nothhig but lite and animation who h uttcnded the celebration i should think 1 he whole company moved on irom the basin that ll)cre we ,. e between one and two hundred at the junction ol the great western anel the present some of them dressed in the gaudy salina canals to the salina basin under the costume of the it i'.cs they stood gazing in discharge ol cannon with the strains of mu mute admiration at the now bi:cncs continually sic and the cheering shouts of thousands — bursting upon tie ir astonished i^lit ilcie tlu-y as the boats entered the basin they gave saw thousands of people crowding in like a tor three cheers and were answered from the '' c,,t ivo,n every porter the great western shore by the roaring of cannon aud the accla ca . , ! ui ' . or , in otl , cr "> aih ; ? nv « r oi one hundred mations of pride and triumph it is probable m,lc , 3 n length opened in a leu months by the , . '. , , r , ', iituieis ol lhc white men anel as iar as thru eyes that from eight to ten thousand people were cquw rcach covepcj . vhh boat8 0jk , ski|ts . t)ic now assembled and on which ever side the 5tandal . d 3 nnd banners ofthe military waving in eye was turned every thing was joyful grand ninmph and glisteninff in tbe sun ; the music of and magnificent standards were living in several bands filled the ileitis with melody ; the every direction music was heard from the eat guns shaking the hills with thunder ; and different boats the troops were drawn up in l»>e shouts and cheerings of many thousands martial array and delight and animation rending the heavens all these things were in beamed on every countenance the company j ict;cl calculated to astonish the poor itnli ins anel here formed in order under the marshals of induce them to think that a ki id ol supernatural 1 i i „ , , . i i . i spirit was chancing the face ot that country which the cl-.v antl proceeded to the bower erected «... •, , t r ft . ., r , • ! , ,. , ,. . was lately a wilderness 1 must confess that the lor the occasion on the high grounds which g . , u of [^ indi|(ns cag „ doud vc1 . command a view ok the onondaga lake and ,,; imk and f()1 . a moitient darkened the splenditf partook of the great national festival in a scenery that imparted so much pleasure here manner that comported wilh the nature of the uaid i to myself ar the iei-.iii.uits of powerful institution anel the character of a free people tribes and nations who once winged the arrow his excellency governor clinton hadlp ur8ucd l,,e monsters ofthe wilderness and sung been expressly invited to visit the great west ! '! ic son s 3 of wa ' 1 ov r er thes f '« n ' " er .° „., .„„ i ,,- „ • „ i i i i they ence met the foe anel trampled on their ern canal on this occasion and had accord • - . . , , ,, .- ' ,- : . . , , , c r-i • et , • , enemies in tne pride and exultation ol victory : ingly proceeded irom utica to salina tn thc ucyc t , ome | eafd lhc thundcrs of the ' t new and beautiful baik called the 0««rfa spirit in his wrath and shrunk from the light chief in company with a number oi distin 1 n i ngs of liia eye ! here they once indulged in guished citizens it is needless te say that he 1 ui c bold und rapid eloquence of nature as they was received with every demonstration of met in their councils of war and alone forgot tho enthusiasm and respect ) majesty of their species as tlicy fell down to wor 1 he return of our national anniversary was | ship the god of their fathers ! but here alas i indeed a proud day to the western district are 1 thut remains what a comment on the no one who witne'ssed the numerous meet 1 changes of the moral universe what a picture ingatsalina but called to mind the enter of ' u njan instability 1 heir power is withered ?. , ... , , . , as god in his oncer withers the verdure ol the prising character o the state and the rapid riem alul lhdr nili)lhc . s aro scattered as the march ofpower and refinement m the western j wi|ldsof hcavci1 d i b8 i pate t iic seeds in harvest world twenty-five years ago the ian est j t ;, lh . here they come ; poor weak humbled portion of the country bordering on the great | anel despised to behold the rejoicings ofthe white lakes in our own r.iate were covered with i men in the bosom of tlieir own country whero dark forests and remained tlie retrials of the marriage feast of their grandfathers may have barbarism on the very spot where the eel been celebrated all this may bc right fhe cbration took place—where thousands of cit liljc ° r civilization rolls on from the east to the bens had assembled—where the genius of wc «* with ceaseless power and civilized nations • ii , , i and savage tribes must stand in silence and nelp civihzation had wrought her wonders and b . . . , . . v , ' , , , ° ii lessness and behold us progress vo arm can planted her monuments nay where the wa be ,. fted o arrest u _ n ' j n , cl . ; ijlorpmcd ta ters ol the great western canal now gliding 8top its colirse . _\ f ew mnvt . ycar9 , ., n i eve „ along in silent majesty and almost induced t ] lt . he vesligcs of former tribes will he extinct us a belief that every thing was the illusion ol j ; |, ( .-,. f 0o tsteps will he followed by the pressing enchantment — but a t\:w short years since i pursuit of civilization to the rocky mountains not a settlement could be found this coun 1 and over the extended s;.inc of thc anne , lo iho try is now the seat of mt:rnl and physical shore of the great western ocean none will be strength the field of tnterprise the nursery eft to wail over the desolations of revolution of staiesn.cn ana jurists anel the sites of cit ; ;' nd ;'"' ve ry cabins in which they sharpened their , •,, ii , , _,_...*„ hatchets or smoked thecahitnut,wi i be examined ies and villages lhe late commemoration ,. r . . . . .. , . , , ° , .- t ,. us the remains of antmiuly by the scurclunc eye which drew togetlii-r manv ol our most elis , , ■i^^j ttnguished citizens irom ol i t to prove ln in ni^^tej i \ oj vr boldness have induced lo flow in pe'nrefol grandeur over hills and val s antl which will se:';n blend tlie waves of tlie ocean and the lakes a nl mingle them to the latest ages of the world c_jn"o paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the discretion of the editors whoever will become responsible for the payment of nine papers shall receive a tenth gratia anv terms will be inserted on the customary no advertisement inserted until it lias been paid for or its payment assumed by some person in ibis town or its vicinity cj'all letters to the editor must be post-paid or they will not be attended to guie\31it\31\al like thefrst mortals ble.it ia he from debts end usury and business five with his own team who ploughs the soil which i;-rui''fiil once confessed hia father a toil a hint to cor.v pljmwers dr moore of maryland who has written a treatise on agriculture asserts that agriculture is more followed and less understood than any other mechanical branch in thc united states he says if good ground is cultivated in a proper manner every person may plant two hills of corn for one hc does now on the same ground and the corn will he equally as good which is a double crop he further says the general aver age depth of corn ground as broken up and planted is about three and a half to four inches ; and that one week's hot sun after the ground bce*.omes droughty will dry the ground and scorch the corn so as to stop its growth hut to plough up your ground eight inches deep your corn will stand growing a three weeks drought ; and if you plough twelve or fouiteen inches deep il will grow every day during a six or seven weeks drought i have muelc an experiment and i think with success ; and have saved a large portion of the labor of deep ploughing and gained some of its advantages i break up and strike out my corn ground in the old usual way : the furrow i plant what will the irish bar say to this motely production — this splendid profusion of balder dash ? what will george the fourth say to the man who has the front to insult the mem ory of his father with fulsomeness of pane gyric which alfred or henry the fourth would blush to hear ? it is one argument more in addition to the many we could state to demonstrate the havoc and desolation which the union is making on the finest in tellects anel most brilliant talents our country might boast of we need not conclude by saying that if our tears could obliterate this disgraceful record irom the life of charles phillips we should give t.hcm freely not more for the sake of an old friend than for the honor ofour common country iin i run a single coulter ten or eleven inches deep in the centre of the furrow and plant on that mark when my corn is up i run a bar wheat'once round in each corn row anel make my icon iter plough follow in the same furrow as deep es formerly : thus every corn row has three coulter furrows fourteen or fifteen inches deep around the whole the doctor asserts t'.iat corn roots run no deeper than you break anel cultivate your ground anel this gives pasture for the roots with this small addition of labor in a corn crop such a dry summer us hist wus this plan will i;iv*e a third or fourth or fifth more corn attention ought always to be paid in laying by corn thc last ploughing never to plough every row but every other one throughout the field in dry weather then turn and plough up those left hut e!o not act the fool and cut all thc roots thc same day and stop the growth of your corn as there is neit a doubt but lud',000 barrels of corn arc destroyed very dry season by ploughing every row mom thk aliianf (.\*. t statesman csyp'at western celebyation we have not yet received all the details of the great western commemoration of our national independence on the borders ofthe grand canal ; we have however through the kindness of eiur correspondents been able te collect the following interesting facts agreeably to previous arrangements a vast number of citizens from ontario cayuga oneida madison seneca genesee anel sev eral other counties assembled in the vicinity of salina on the morning of the anniversary the different divisions ed boats which had proceeded from the eastern and western ex tremities ol the canal as well as from various j point on tlie line assembled at the stations : assignee them by the general committee ofj arrangement anel under the discharge ofj j cannon accompanied by several bands of mu 1 i sic proceeded to the basin at the junction ofj ! the salina branch with the grand canal — the passengers here disembarked from the different boats and the collection of people became immense at the discharge ejf sig ; nal guns a procession was formed and cs jeorti.d by detachments of militia proceeded i to the place appointed for the exert 4es of tin • day after the ceremonies were closed iii a manner iiigh.v honorable to those who par ticipated in their performance me were : given by the marshal's ofthe day to proceed to s-»lit,a the pla e selected for refreshment j i a spectacle s here presented novel ami j grand wyonel any thing which has \ ..'. j run fill \, hstf.km i alli.1.1 ', . i ••'• hree systems of government iu rendering a iv imftaw^tl'mi liv.v.k y\vz^^h people great and happy since this method messrs ldiiors in your last paper uneler uie head of of celebrating the ith of julv lias been com the tin cu it ' i sec some vvcll-ni tuning persons arc , ° . i , 1 . -. . ii i makinjr an attempt to cxpeisc the deoamiig effects of in menced we anxiously hope that ll will long »,,„,„,,,,,. (: ,; i i r . | :!,,, : l:„l to .' -. and every be adopted anel cherished we would be friend of moralite , religion and good order must wish happy to see the people ofthe west assemble success to the uneti taking hut sirs this disgraceful 1 iii e 1 _. .. . i practice does nol alone cxisl in vour town : vou mav sets every year on the borders o the great west i .„ ,. ; , ,, ,„.,,„. ,.,„„,.,, „.,, ourco , npam „ lmsll ,... e-rn canal and while they pertorm those devo — u | our tax-gat-ierirgs — at u the law days nm in short lions that are calculated to perpetuate the re l<»»k where you will anil :!: sigrs of this crying bin publican institutions established by our lath b ' ow . t j t 1 " "• ,. 1 4 tin club will pro on and i . '. attack tins ilcmr.--,dizing ami corrupting p]-.it-.tice-,whcrev ers also recollect the importance ol prosecu ,. ; •„ ,„,,, ,. is -, ls bloated .„.,| i ,:. 4 ountcnanc ( — ting those public improvements that serve to whether in the higher or lower valks if society — wheth cement the union ofthe slates create circu in ball-rooms oral tin sat.ire',av.n'.«lit's frolic in the , , . i • i • i • ini'uii tun i send you a pamphlet written bv lii-imai late and retain wealth in the nation anel give ,, ; .,.,., . uj ,„•■si -,..\, .-,-.,, mill tl./.i i luaoofthel wee olir republic a more enviable lank on the of intemperate rinkin it is full of fj-ooet sense und theatre of empires written in language ■sil imil-rstootl i have markc-d ,,. ., ,, , , , . _, , with mv pencil sue h p:issajr as i wish you to extract tor i mally although we had not the pleasure yom , t b . , .•■„., . ,„ , nifty „ ei haps elo'somg wliii b li ii i ■■i ______________________________________________ com mos sense c'r every one can test this system by a trial of one or more acres movi tur imsinivv rtiinttn at belfast speech of cul wcr.llor phillips at sli^y on the ad-lrcs to the king we have this moment laid down the dub lin journal in which we read the last speech of this celebrated irish barrister printed by his own authority ; antl though theie are few men to whose superior talents aud to whose kind dispositions wc were more willing to hear our humble attestation yet we should be guilty of a gros abandonment of public duty if we were to suffer our feelings for tlie man te interfere between the politician anel our country or to oppress our indignation at the semiments delivered by mr phillips ut the late meeting at sligo because we have more than once had reason to join in the praises lavishly and mj justly bestowed by his countrymen on ms formei effort we »'•-> t»*si wc did not think it possible f .» such 1 iud as ib.it which tve conceived li ih_;>s t t.w u olldeu taken place in the united states yet we are not insensible to the feelings and sentiments that were breathed bv those who visitt tl the ," ' i " t ts " probably u single can c tends so m::r'i to the debasement and demoraliz ition of thc human family as the intemperate use of ardt •" rfi ■' ■'.- — - " i iii tiios'e prolific source of mischief anel mis eiy says an able paper drags in _*■> triiin almost • y j t les •>! mil'i which '.; : , lhc poor in relation to poverty j c it may be cjpt place vi rejoicing \\ e cat h the enthusiasm and recipr cate the pride and joy which marked the brilliant festivities oi that memo ruble day that dawned with so much glory ti :'. ■tiiajesti waters that enttpri-ce and
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Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1820-08-01 |
Month | 08 |
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Year | 1820 |
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Year | 1820 |
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FullText | >*? gfarhitthttt rublishku bv kr1df.1 & i?im.«a>r aliifciv\3t!tri tc^&bihl msotjm 1 1830 vol i;.;....-ko 8 the wester cwomntas ut published every tiics day ut tlfltee dollars per annum payable at the end of every six months possess rould have so fallen from the proud and enviable station in which it has hitherto stood : we did not imagine that a man so qualified to plead the cause of his country could ever stoop to the humiliating office of j poet laureat gilding the corruptions of courts and offering up incense to the power that despises his homage what ! io see charles phillips reiterating tlie rhapsodies oi burke and the coiur/ioii place of the courier ! to see charles phillips hying to the throne and to the altar from the fury of the refor mers and seeking refuge under the wing of george the fourth from the wild democracy of such men as liurdett and hobhouse and bentham surely ! surely ! this is an unwor thy office for such a mind ! and whence this wondrous transformation ? unde dertvala eludes are the times so bad that the wages of patriotism are no longer worthy ofthe law yer's ambition ? have the labors of thc pat riot been so unprofitable that it is considered prudent to turn upon the people whose breath first wanned him into life ; and to build upon their ruin that solid and substantial liveli hood which no storms can shake nor reverse can diminish if any man in ireland can point out to us a production more disgusting or more degrading with the exception ol a speech falsely attributed to baron smuh said to be lately delivered to the mullingar grand jury we shall be much obliged to the ingenious intpiirer into the natural curiosities of the present age we greatly lament this sad and dismal falling off we lament mure for the sake of ireland than of mr phillips but ireland is no more she has no induce ments to hold to her children ! the genius she daily brings forth abandons her ; for she no longer enjoys the power of rewarding its struggle in the cause — her most favored off spring go out on a voyage of discovery to find a resting place no matter where — whether in the bosom of sidmouth or castlereagh — grenville or gray ! and we therefore should not wonder if charles phillips is found among the wanderers from his native shore — casting about for some safe retreat where in his old age he may shelter himself and his children from the storms of adversity peared on this side of the ocean — not alone ilu • cciie aiiciam i i'l.ri zia , • the ',''"■■..:<:!■ib ■'- k ~ t formed a line in the sali>.".i canal the troops kmw thc several letters which w have^s called out on the occasion formed on the bor ceived from our western coriespontlcnts con ders ofthe channel and the towing path was corning the celebration of the 4th of july em tho actually crowded with men women and chil borders e«f the great western canal wc extract dren groups of people were scattered tllc following interesting remarks from one of through the fields which overlooked the iran hem quil bosom of the waters and the road to sa ,* * ,. " among other tlan which ?■i-i-i i • i i i • caucht mv attention was the number ol indiana una exhibited nothhig but lite and animation who h uttcnded the celebration i should think 1 he whole company moved on irom the basin that ll)cre we ,. e between one and two hundred at the junction ol the great western anel the present some of them dressed in the gaudy salina canals to the salina basin under the costume of the it i'.cs they stood gazing in discharge ol cannon with the strains of mu mute admiration at the now bi:cncs continually sic and the cheering shouts of thousands — bursting upon tie ir astonished i^lit ilcie tlu-y as the boats entered the basin they gave saw thousands of people crowding in like a tor three cheers and were answered from the '' c,,t ivo,n every porter the great western shore by the roaring of cannon aud the accla ca . , ! ui ' . or , in otl , cr "> aih ; ? nv « r oi one hundred mations of pride and triumph it is probable m,lc , 3 n length opened in a leu months by the , . '. , , r , ', iituieis ol lhc white men anel as iar as thru eyes that from eight to ten thousand people were cquw rcach covepcj . vhh boat8 0jk , ski|ts . t)ic now assembled and on which ever side the 5tandal . d 3 nnd banners ofthe military waving in eye was turned every thing was joyful grand ninmph and glisteninff in tbe sun ; the music of and magnificent standards were living in several bands filled the ileitis with melody ; the every direction music was heard from the eat guns shaking the hills with thunder ; and different boats the troops were drawn up in l»>e shouts and cheerings of many thousands martial array and delight and animation rending the heavens all these things were in beamed on every countenance the company j ict;cl calculated to astonish the poor itnli ins anel here formed in order under the marshals of induce them to think that a ki id ol supernatural 1 i i „ , , . i i . i spirit was chancing the face ot that country which the cl-.v antl proceeded to the bower erected «... •, , t r ft . ., r , • ! , ,. , ,. . was lately a wilderness 1 must confess that the lor the occasion on the high grounds which g . , u of [^ indi|(ns cag „ doud vc1 . command a view ok the onondaga lake and ,,; imk and f()1 . a moitient darkened the splenditf partook of the great national festival in a scenery that imparted so much pleasure here manner that comported wilh the nature of the uaid i to myself ar the iei-.iii.uits of powerful institution anel the character of a free people tribes and nations who once winged the arrow his excellency governor clinton hadlp ur8ucd l,,e monsters ofthe wilderness and sung been expressly invited to visit the great west ! '! ic son s 3 of wa ' 1 ov r er thes f '« n ' " er .° „., .„„ i ,,- „ • „ i i i i they ence met the foe anel trampled on their ern canal on this occasion and had accord • - . . , , ,, .- ' ,- : . . , , , c r-i • et , • , enemies in tne pride and exultation ol victory : ingly proceeded irom utica to salina tn thc ucyc t , ome | eafd lhc thundcrs of the ' t new and beautiful baik called the 0««rfa spirit in his wrath and shrunk from the light chief in company with a number oi distin 1 n i ngs of liia eye ! here they once indulged in guished citizens it is needless te say that he 1 ui c bold und rapid eloquence of nature as they was received with every demonstration of met in their councils of war and alone forgot tho enthusiasm and respect ) majesty of their species as tlicy fell down to wor 1 he return of our national anniversary was | ship the god of their fathers ! but here alas i indeed a proud day to the western district are 1 thut remains what a comment on the no one who witne'ssed the numerous meet 1 changes of the moral universe what a picture ingatsalina but called to mind the enter of ' u njan instability 1 heir power is withered ?. , ... , , . , as god in his oncer withers the verdure ol the prising character o the state and the rapid riem alul lhdr nili)lhc . s aro scattered as the march ofpower and refinement m the western j wi|ldsof hcavci1 d i b8 i pate t iic seeds in harvest world twenty-five years ago the ian est j t ;, lh . here they come ; poor weak humbled portion of the country bordering on the great | anel despised to behold the rejoicings ofthe white lakes in our own r.iate were covered with i men in the bosom of tlieir own country whero dark forests and remained tlie retrials of the marriage feast of their grandfathers may have barbarism on the very spot where the eel been celebrated all this may bc right fhe cbration took place—where thousands of cit liljc ° r civilization rolls on from the east to the bens had assembled—where the genius of wc «* with ceaseless power and civilized nations • ii , , i and savage tribes must stand in silence and nelp civihzation had wrought her wonders and b . . . , . . v , ' , , , ° ii lessness and behold us progress vo arm can planted her monuments nay where the wa be ,. fted o arrest u _ n ' j n , cl . ; ijlorpmcd ta ters ol the great western canal now gliding 8top its colirse . _\ f ew mnvt . ycar9 , ., n i eve „ along in silent majesty and almost induced t ] lt . he vesligcs of former tribes will he extinct us a belief that every thing was the illusion ol j ; |, ( .-,. f 0o tsteps will he followed by the pressing enchantment — but a t\:w short years since i pursuit of civilization to the rocky mountains not a settlement could be found this coun 1 and over the extended s;.inc of thc anne , lo iho try is now the seat of mt:rnl and physical shore of the great western ocean none will be strength the field of tnterprise the nursery eft to wail over the desolations of revolution of staiesn.cn ana jurists anel the sites of cit ; ;' nd ;'"' ve ry cabins in which they sharpened their , •,, ii , , _,_...*„ hatchets or smoked thecahitnut,wi i be examined ies and villages lhe late commemoration ,. r . . . . .. , . , , ° , .- t ,. us the remains of antmiuly by the scurclunc eye which drew togetlii-r manv ol our most elis , , ■i^^j ttnguished citizens irom ol i t to prove ln in ni^^tej i \ oj vr boldness have induced lo flow in pe'nrefol grandeur over hills and val s antl which will se:';n blend tlie waves of tlie ocean and the lakes a nl mingle them to the latest ages of the world c_jn"o paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the discretion of the editors whoever will become responsible for the payment of nine papers shall receive a tenth gratia anv terms will be inserted on the customary no advertisement inserted until it lias been paid for or its payment assumed by some person in ibis town or its vicinity cj'all letters to the editor must be post-paid or they will not be attended to guie\31it\31\al like thefrst mortals ble.it ia he from debts end usury and business five with his own team who ploughs the soil which i;-rui''fiil once confessed hia father a toil a hint to cor.v pljmwers dr moore of maryland who has written a treatise on agriculture asserts that agriculture is more followed and less understood than any other mechanical branch in thc united states he says if good ground is cultivated in a proper manner every person may plant two hills of corn for one hc does now on the same ground and the corn will he equally as good which is a double crop he further says the general aver age depth of corn ground as broken up and planted is about three and a half to four inches ; and that one week's hot sun after the ground bce*.omes droughty will dry the ground and scorch the corn so as to stop its growth hut to plough up your ground eight inches deep your corn will stand growing a three weeks drought ; and if you plough twelve or fouiteen inches deep il will grow every day during a six or seven weeks drought i have muelc an experiment and i think with success ; and have saved a large portion of the labor of deep ploughing and gained some of its advantages i break up and strike out my corn ground in the old usual way : the furrow i plant what will the irish bar say to this motely production — this splendid profusion of balder dash ? what will george the fourth say to the man who has the front to insult the mem ory of his father with fulsomeness of pane gyric which alfred or henry the fourth would blush to hear ? it is one argument more in addition to the many we could state to demonstrate the havoc and desolation which the union is making on the finest in tellects anel most brilliant talents our country might boast of we need not conclude by saying that if our tears could obliterate this disgraceful record irom the life of charles phillips we should give t.hcm freely not more for the sake of an old friend than for the honor ofour common country iin i run a single coulter ten or eleven inches deep in the centre of the furrow and plant on that mark when my corn is up i run a bar wheat'once round in each corn row anel make my icon iter plough follow in the same furrow as deep es formerly : thus every corn row has three coulter furrows fourteen or fifteen inches deep around the whole the doctor asserts t'.iat corn roots run no deeper than you break anel cultivate your ground anel this gives pasture for the roots with this small addition of labor in a corn crop such a dry summer us hist wus this plan will i;iv*e a third or fourth or fifth more corn attention ought always to be paid in laying by corn thc last ploughing never to plough every row but every other one throughout the field in dry weather then turn and plough up those left hut e!o not act the fool and cut all thc roots thc same day and stop the growth of your corn as there is neit a doubt but lud',000 barrels of corn arc destroyed very dry season by ploughing every row mom thk aliianf (.\*. t statesman csyp'at western celebyation we have not yet received all the details of the great western commemoration of our national independence on the borders ofthe grand canal ; we have however through the kindness of eiur correspondents been able te collect the following interesting facts agreeably to previous arrangements a vast number of citizens from ontario cayuga oneida madison seneca genesee anel sev eral other counties assembled in the vicinity of salina on the morning of the anniversary the different divisions ed boats which had proceeded from the eastern and western ex tremities ol the canal as well as from various j point on tlie line assembled at the stations : assignee them by the general committee ofj arrangement anel under the discharge ofj j cannon accompanied by several bands of mu 1 i sic proceeded to the basin at the junction ofj ! the salina branch with the grand canal — the passengers here disembarked from the different boats and the collection of people became immense at the discharge ejf sig ; nal guns a procession was formed and cs jeorti.d by detachments of militia proceeded i to the place appointed for the exert 4es of tin • day after the ceremonies were closed iii a manner iiigh.v honorable to those who par ticipated in their performance me were : given by the marshal's ofthe day to proceed to s-»lit,a the pla e selected for refreshment j i a spectacle s here presented novel ami j grand wyonel any thing which has \ ..'. j run fill \, hstf.km i alli.1.1 ', . i ••'• hree systems of government iu rendering a iv imftaw^tl'mi liv.v.k y\vz^^h people great and happy since this method messrs ldiiors in your last paper uneler uie head of of celebrating the ith of julv lias been com the tin cu it ' i sec some vvcll-ni tuning persons arc , ° . i , 1 . -. . ii i makinjr an attempt to cxpeisc the deoamiig effects of in menced we anxiously hope that ll will long »,,„,„,,,,,. (: ,; i i r . | :!,,, : l:„l to .' -. and every be adopted anel cherished we would be friend of moralite , religion and good order must wish happy to see the people ofthe west assemble success to the uneti taking hut sirs this disgraceful 1 iii e 1 _. .. . i practice does nol alone cxisl in vour town : vou mav sets every year on the borders o the great west i .„ ,. ; , ,, ,„.,,„. ,.,„„,.,, „.,, ourco , npam „ lmsll ,... e-rn canal and while they pertorm those devo — u | our tax-gat-ierirgs — at u the law days nm in short lions that are calculated to perpetuate the re l<»»k where you will anil :!: sigrs of this crying bin publican institutions established by our lath b ' ow . t j t 1 " "• ,. 1 4 tin club will pro on and i . '. attack tins ilcmr.--,dizing ami corrupting p]-.it-.tice-,whcrev ers also recollect the importance ol prosecu ,. ; •„ ,„,,, ,. is -, ls bloated .„.,| i ,:. 4 ountcnanc ( — ting those public improvements that serve to whether in the higher or lower valks if society — wheth cement the union ofthe slates create circu in ball-rooms oral tin sat.ire',av.n'.«lit's frolic in the , , . i • i • i • ini'uii tun i send you a pamphlet written bv lii-imai late and retain wealth in the nation anel give ,, ; .,.,., . uj ,„•■si -,..\, .-,-.,, mill tl./.i i luaoofthel wee olir republic a more enviable lank on the of intemperate rinkin it is full of fj-ooet sense und theatre of empires written in language ■sil imil-rstootl i have markc-d ,,. ., ,, , , , . _, , with mv pencil sue h p:issajr as i wish you to extract tor i mally although we had not the pleasure yom , t b . , .•■„., . ,„ , nifty „ ei haps elo'somg wliii b li ii i ■■i ______________________________________________ com mos sense c'r every one can test this system by a trial of one or more acres movi tur imsinivv rtiinttn at belfast speech of cul wcr.llor phillips at sli^y on the ad-lrcs to the king we have this moment laid down the dub lin journal in which we read the last speech of this celebrated irish barrister printed by his own authority ; antl though theie are few men to whose superior talents aud to whose kind dispositions wc were more willing to hear our humble attestation yet we should be guilty of a gros abandonment of public duty if we were to suffer our feelings for tlie man te interfere between the politician anel our country or to oppress our indignation at the semiments delivered by mr phillips ut the late meeting at sligo because we have more than once had reason to join in the praises lavishly and mj justly bestowed by his countrymen on ms formei effort we »'•-> t»*si wc did not think it possible f .» such 1 iud as ib.it which tve conceived li ih_;>s t t.w u olldeu taken place in the united states yet we are not insensible to the feelings and sentiments that were breathed bv those who visitt tl the ," ' i " t ts " probably u single can c tends so m::r'i to the debasement and demoraliz ition of thc human family as the intemperate use of ardt •" rfi ■' ■'.- — - " i iii tiios'e prolific source of mischief anel mis eiy says an able paper drags in _*■> triiin almost • y j t les •>! mil'i which '.; : , lhc poor in relation to poverty j c it may be cjpt place vi rejoicing \\ e cat h the enthusiasm and recipr cate the pride and joy which marked the brilliant festivities oi that memo ruble day that dawned with so much glory ti :'. ■tiiajesti waters that enttpri-ce and |