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the western carolinian ,, 1 , 1 ', ) wi:,:s>„',„,:,.,iiy.',:,.'.,.-.,.i:.-n.ii:-.s,y,,:s„v tm ooxsrmmon rob p.ohibtthd bl ■,- lu ,„,: - , v ,',.-, i ,<,: n v ,.,,„,,,:,,,, pm s : ny i.v „« ,-., th , : pbohlb - amendments ta the constitution article x h austin n ('. f fisher \ gfiltorh and proprietors s salikiujuy jv c september <>, t838 k no mil of vol xix ) no from ci)mmi:.\ci:m/:.\t i>-,i terms op carolinian j the woslorn cr 111.1.111 is published every em j no i two hod per annum if paid in advance r q w o dollars and fifty cents if rtol paid before the ex pirstion of mi ml o \,, paper will he discontinued until all nrrenrni.es ira paid unless at the discretion of the ed dor ami s failure lo notify the editors of a wish lo discontinue & t tlie nnd ol n 7 ar will be cuu.-i lered a a new in | cently received a letter from an old delinqneni tub i scnber forking over the money due uml express i u.g in liiinnst remorse of conscience for having inn lung deprived lum of hit jusl dues what a i bloi will be wiped ..... f , the fair face ol cri-ul , when men hull understand distinctly thai cheating u poor printer is an unpardonable sin lernal thu ii pi ings only v..in lhe leu-paper pre i lo the gov it ii.'i.l ofa i'ree peo ple — i ie|i ihen our wishes — ii appriso ihem of nur wui iis ii en i ne lo lln ear ul p ner lhe bless lllgt ol lhe g l en 1 1 iii r the unii mei i.fllu upure d vi ilu is in , i all tlio newspaper loom wilh ihe most practical morality in roports of crime ami punishment ynu md a daily warning againsl temptation nol a case in ihe police court inul a single trial d a wretched outcast r train tiling felon hu dues uut preach us the avi iiii lesson yy error conducts o guilt hba guilt reaps its bit tur fruit of anguish and dograduiion nur is even ( ilu all tn newspaper is the familiar bond ilmt mods together ....... and iiiuu nu matter what may be the distance of climate or the difference ufraco it is a law bunk fur tin indolent a lermon for ihe thoughtless n library for lhe pour ; il may stimu late hn iiio-i indifferent — it iniiy instruct the mosl profound such are tlie real advantages lhe sub stantial utility uf the newspaper press these u spite of all iis abuses have made it lhe boasl of lib ei iv , lhe glory of civilization for them i ia ihal il ha i.e n likened lu lhe mr we breathe ; for like lhc tur il is ibe circulator uf light ; nn.l like lhe air il dispenses lu us nil lu lhe 111 lined nud ... lho i proudest ll.e c million glory ofthe sun of truth — itttltrrr there he comet his eager tongue whisking out of ins mouth b cup in lus hand tu hold blood nud cuveied willi n scaly skin ot gold and green ;' — as he described him so he drew inm these stories nre scarcely credible yet thero can be mi doubt uf heir accuracy another friend on whose veracity i have ilm fullest dependence called ono evening on lllake nml found him sitting with n pencil uud a pinml drawing a portrait with nil the seeming anxiety nf a man who is conscious thai in his ent n fastidious litter ; he looked drew nnd i lied ngain yet no living soul was visible — ' disturb me nbl sail he in n whisper 1 have ' sitting iu ui silting lo yon i excluimed hi astonished visil ir ' wliurc i he nnd whal i be i — i see nu une ' ihii i sen him sir tin sweied 111 ike haughtily ' there he is his mime i lot ; yuu mny reud of linn in tho scripture he is silling for hia portrait — family library v x — lives of the artist j imagination he yy hu com oives 1 being slill in re i en h nun u ngainsl the nbjecl nf his prejudice bo cause he has no reason for lus wrath trust nut i appeal nice either for g i or for evil do nol iin i sgiui iiiiii ihe first lha llus person is un nilgol of light and that a child of darkness till i rial is 1 1 im e let the clinr n ter of each individual bs as an mn iied can u iin liar of judgement ; he should be considered imiuci ui of guile ill ll.e contrary is proved :-.. i do is in i m i'mstc i wnh discrs i i u a i wo nre bound tu real nil with kindness nnd liiiiiinniiy our confidence i reserved foi a few — in iiii wise liy wary and deliberate trial should the characters ol indivi mils !„• ntudiod before «, venture in form nny opinion tbornon in llus wise may we bo hai united lo discard all viilgurnnil idle prejudices in this wis ily can we rsca|ie imp di in for on examination it is loo frequently fuund ihal n pleasing oxlerior sninotiiuea cnnceiil lhe blnekesl hourl while true virtue is nol seldom hid den under a rough and unprepossessing a.l.ln'.--.h ii i ■"■.." '.• ' - advertisements will !»■conspicuously nml correctly . m i one iiollai per qunre lor lhe lii-i insortion te„i -., . in for each continuonco our snd judicial advertisement ill ho charged '._•' pnr cenl mora thall iheuboni price a deduction uf ij per eonl frum h ill is iiiad • 1,1 yearly advertisers ijcttori addressed lo tlie editors inu.l in all i asea be post pu jfankee enterprise an emigranl frum massachusetts of middfo age snd very respectable appearance stepped into our oiliic accompanied bj his - bout 9 yeard id on monday we learn from lum thai he hnd ar rived in mr country about -,, miiiith ago afti i one uf the must adventurous nverlund journeys evor undertaken we hope to pblnin from him ii full account of his tour uml in the me an pj-esi i our readers wuh uie following brief outline his mi aa is ism ii pratt of middlobornugh plymouth county massachusetts -., ship carpnntor by occupation having a family of six or uighl childr de dent solely upon in labor and being with liiiuilre.ls.il others thrown oul of employ in ilie prostration of business in new england in may he formed ihe design of taking ins two oldest buys nnd selling ofl for this country on foot with luu to design was lo execute placing ins wife and youngest children wnh n relulion he started on the l w th nf muy willi lus suns une aged nine and lhe other six without a cebl of money in his pocket und im uther arailnhles lhan a ktiapsaok of cluthes and provisions nnd a carpenter's steel square the first day he entered rhode island where be sold his square fur n quarter dollar anil i'uui p.-i half penny ill cenis which procured ihem some ilnilg to eat and lodging the nexl day after reaching 20 miles by he middle ofthe afternoon ihoy stopped at a farm house where mr pratt in quired if they didn't want some odd jobs f car pentering done shelves pul up — windows tighten ed or loosened — dunrs hung ur repaired — hen-coops made — roofs mended — any thing in in line to pay for staying over night ?" " certainly was ihe re ply come in and we'll bel vou to work so well satisfied was lhe former with his services ihnl on parting early next morning he filled lus knap sack with provisions to last through tlm day the next afternoon he stopped in like manner ami mel with the like reception und thus he continued all lhe way in rutlaln un lake erie sumi-times in rainy weather he would remain a day with ins husi and nn one or two occasion received a few shil lings for his work bid the whole amount added together of he money thai came intn lus i ids up ! lu the time he arrived at chicago did not amount i t i five dollars on reaching the erie canal he endeavored to work it passage for his buys by dri ving ihe imrses himself j hut findjtfg thai ihis wn u h not keep him in lood lie left tliecunal and resumed the pedestrian journey on arriving ni buffalo his offer to wurk ins passage tu detroit was readily in cepted ; and upon landing at the lal.er pl ice each resumed his tramp with great cheerfulness in passing over the prairies of michigan tbey one day attracted the notice of n company t f slags passengers who insisted upon giving the boy so i!t unii accordingly took ihem on ten miles lo the di iiing-liuuse where ihey also gave ihem iheirdinner nnd made up fur them a contribution of sixty-two nml a half cents eluding laborers in great demand in this state our accommodating pedestrian worke i one day in the prairies at mowing for which he go one dollar and sixty cents and on another day hough anxious to " get on he stopped id lay a burn floor yet all his receipts up io his entering chicago as before stated did not amount lo five dollars at chicago he worked a week by whicb his purse was so far replenished as to enable inn to reach here much richer than when he left mas sachusetts miscell in eoajss egyptian maniacs i'he insane in egypt are treated either as beasts of prey or os smuts — holy persons maniacs who , havo liis of raving accompanied with violence in ei'iiures and attempts to injure those round them are chained conducted to cairo and pladfed in a eeiieial depot m which they nresullereil tn remain herded together without anv attempts being made ip preserve ihe least degn-r ul cleanliness iu the place or in iheir persons tbey eat sleep nnd spend all their lime in the same apartment ; tlie nir of which of course becomes insufferably offen sive the only remedy used in the treatment of insanity is a hrulli made of serpents and adminis tered at every new moon to lhe nfljiclod as lu tin insane who are iuofloiisive or compara tively so that is those who do not by their con duct endanger the jives and safely of the people thev are allowed tu roam about entirely lice so far indeed from being molested they are generally treated with signal distinction thev pass through out egypt for saints il is sufficient even for n person lo be rather unreasonable or somewhat ori ginal in order to obtain this title we in this country are not quite su obliging — the crowd with us are content to invest a mini who utters incolie rcni-ies nud goes about promising to cure all dis eases by a process peculiar and known only lo him self with the character of a wonderful doctor — this variety of insanity — a true monomania en lists in llie united slates very general admiration and respect ; nnd its incongruities nre certified tn as sii many miracles l.y professors of law physic and divinity a present miracle tlioy cry ! und althuiigh no isidy can see it but themselves lhe world gund hiitureilly takes their hallucinations ns evidences to show that insanity is wisdom and im pudence noble disinterestedness m ilaiiuuiit lulls us of n young innn nineteen years nf age belonging lo the class of the harm less insane in egypt who was held in grent v-ene ratinn by the people he was tall thin nnd with distort 1 legs ; he goes entirely naked and though il rams in ili.tt country many munlhs in the year he has constantly refused to wear nny clothes — this whim increases the respect felt fur him nml it is said lhat the deity gives him the power of re islingcuhl lie never accepts money hut willing ly lakes bread and fruits he courses nil day after the dogs w inch aro also privileged characters in turkish towns : al night be sleeps in the open street wilhoul being injured by the humidity nf the atmosphere whenever he siis down he is surrounded by a crowd : inc women nnd children all cine to consult him ; and the women uru espe cially persevering in their questions die following anecdote is related on the same authority with the foregoing ns a fact coining under die immediate nntice of the narrator " last winter during the month of the rama ilan i was e he divan of the governor of roeotta ; hen there a win was brought iu on lhe shoulders o a 111:111 who snid that an arab had given a blow j with his slick to llie saint and that he had met j ilh this hitter bemoaning his treatment in the bazar i'he governor immediately issued un order : lo despatch two soldiers in quest oi the person afho had given he blow ; and whilst his order was be log executed lie a man of sixty yours of age had be saint brought up and overwhelmed him with caresses gave him sweetmeats sugar plums are and even went su far us lu kiss liis hands thei r arab who had been so unfortunate astostrike the crazy ho ly . was on brought in with his arms : lied behind him : bo was nsked why he hud struck ' lni worthy snint ' u id will out waiting fur nn an swar be wns thrown down and ordered to receive has until th taint should intercede for bim mwut n inm i red lashes having been given and ihe juui n i seeming in any great luirrv to usk liir his rurgivenesa i ,- uld not says m haimonl bear it ny longer nml i obtained pardon for the poorsuf r who was obliged to go and kiss the hands and j of the person who had jusl before been lushing " i here is another f inese itinerant maniacs al rbi whose reputation is prodigious lie is an ! ' v i to the usual treatment uf this class ;' rot though subject t violent fits of anger und i*ii,ii..ss during which be throws whatever comes w hu hands ut the passers by he ia s.ill nil wed go al large one day ihn 1 passed near hi ha usl daunt he threw a stone at me which very pplly only grazed my clothes this man is fur re "!,' t "' 7 mr "" t -' '■"■• "''■" " u " w ' '"' lms l,e nation of peri ruling ntany miracles jagllwulsturali from li atht i stunt's lust i)n,/s of hi radon , int dteep ploughing continued from our last v i ■: a i ' \ ms the tragic fiile of ihe cities of pompeii and herculnneura forms a terrific pig in biatury — there had nol beon any previous eruption of vesu vius i ir several centuries n eu.oriul nfsuchaa i-yent could be foiiiid since historian hnd existed in record its phenomena i'he whole mountain was nverabaded wuh forest trees and the mos luxu riant vines nnd vegelniinu a retreat for winch main il says the gods of pleasure uml uf gaiety forsook ih ir iu st favored abode whal a horrid surprise then it musl have been tn the inhabitant ul those ill-fated cities tu behold the sudden and violent eruption which spread desolation around i \*> l.ile the inhabitants of pompeii were consider ing whether it would in safer to ll.e ur remain a tremendous shower ul hot-boiling mud and gruvel sudden y descended on them burying the whole city sixty feel deep during another period nf i 1 . is dreadful eruption torrents of lava rolling oyer ilerciilniieiiiu buried il forever one hundred foot j deep in whal is now of course a solid mass ull ruck tins event happened near eighteen ceniu-l ru-s ngu uud wns equ ,'., fatal lo many nlher hciiul liful towus which stuod thicl upon the dulighnull oi \ t ja-^^^^^^^^^^m but perhaps the most valuable of all lhe effect resulting from deep ploughing is that it in a great measure preserves an equal quantity of moisture in the soil ; for us we seldom have a rain so great as io produce un unhealthy stagnation of water aboul the roots of plants set in a soil auven or eight inches deep ; so on tho contrary we scarcely ever have a drought of so long continuance as to extract all tlie isluie in ilia depth ; for it i io lio re membered thai after a few inches nearest the sur limo moisture is xtraclud by slow degrees thus for instance il it requires une hot duy lo dry thu firsl inch probably it will require ihreo for tho second six or more for tho third and su on per haps nearly in geometrical progression ■to de-ei ibe the conversations which llhiko held i.i prose wilh demons and in verse with angels wuuld iill volume nud uu ordinary gallery cnuld nol contain ul tin bends which he drew of bis vis iounry visitauts thai all ibis was real he him sell inii-i sincerely believed ; nay su infectlious was ills en iiii uasin lhat sunn acute qlldsei blc persons who heard him expatiate shook iheir beads and hinted ihal he was an extraordinary mnn nud ihut there might be something u the matter om ol ins brethren an artist i borne nute employed him frequently „, drawing the portraits uf ihosa who app.-arcil lu linn in his v isiuns the musl propi i lous lime for llu.se uiigel-visits was from miie al night till live ill the morning : anil so docile were ins spiritual sitters that tbey appeared ut the wish ui his li ii-nils sometimes however the shape which ho desired lo draw wus long in appearing and he i d wilh ins pencil und puper ready uud lus eyes idly roaming in vacuuey ; nl nt once the vision came upon him and he began lo worhlikeone possessed lie was icipiesled t.i ill it w the likeness of sir \\ illi iiii wallace — the eye of blake sparkled for he admired heroes william wallace he ex claimed i see iiiiii now — there there how noble he looks reach me my things having drawn li.r sunn lime with the same care of hand ind slea dines nl eye its il u living sitter hud been before him i'd ike topi suddenly and said ' i cannot fin ish him — edward ll.e firsl has slipped in between hitn and inc that's lucky snid ins friend for 1 waul lhe purl.uil of kdivanl luu — lilal.e look another sheet of p per and sketched the features i i'liiiiiiigi.'ni-i upon which lus majesty politely buys like men nnd to admit ihom tniu company vanished and ihe art isl finished the head of wal and introduce them into business at a very early | ac e and pray sir said a gentleman who period of life this not only renders thero super heard blake's friend tell his slnry — was sir w ill tkiul forward and conceited but is very liable to iom wulluce 9 heroic looking msn and whai injure ilu-ir constitutions by ihe effects nf harass i t personage was edwardl ' the answer was ; ing ernes aud too close confinement al n period of • there ihey are sir b,,ih framed und hanging on life when ihu proper development of the system ibe well hebiud vuu judjre for yourself ' ' i look and he security of its future strength and vigour d •-,.,. j informant and satv two wsrlikq heads un l.e.-t promoted by gaiety ami cheoih.luess n of the ska ol cm mun life that of wallace was mind and the eunstiiiit exercise of lhe body iu lhe uo ble nnd heroic thai ol edward stern and bloody open nir besides when introduced .< urly mto j t firsl had the front of a god the latter tho as the « rid the n.-e liable to he thrown into the soci -, poet of a demon : , iv u a lass nf men by whom ihey are too ofteu i the friend wl obliged me willi those anecdotes initiated into the paths of vice at un b ge when ihey on observing the interest which i took in the sub cannot !>,• expected to possess sufficient firmness hectsdid i knovmuch about rlahe l.was his com and strength uf mm to enable them lo withstand ; panion for nine years i have sat beside him from ten temptation health character and happiness are ut night till .") in the morning bome rimes slumber in t.ns maimer shipwrecked and the most brilliant j ng and sometimes waking hut blake never slept ; prospects f a lung and useful life destroyed in tbe i im ut w ith a pen il aud paper drawing purli-ails of very outset those whom i mosl desired lo see i will show a boy taken from school at the early period i v ,, ui sir some u these work he look out a thought necessary to enable him ... commence the ' large book filled with drawings qpened ii and ton bus u ss ,,!' life can have acquired very little gener t limied • observ tin poetic fervor nf that luce it al knowledge or taste for literary pursuit being i i pindar as he stood u conqueror in the olympic confuted ul day in studying ihe technicalities of n games and this lovely creature is cpritiua who profession br intbeoooupetions of a counting house conquered in poetry in the nine place thai lady („• req nre relaxation und a muse men l in iho eve ,- i i courtesan with the imnudeg.ee which niug arid hence he hns little opportunity fbr iu is | art of her profession she stept in between blake creasing his slock of knowledge even should he and corinnn and he was obliged lo paint her lo by successful induslrj . accumulate n large fortune i get her away there ! ihut is a face ofa diflferenl he will be deprii d himself of the advantages and stamp can you eonjocture who he is some satisfaction resulting from the pursuit of liteiature scoiindrej i should think sir there now thai am ...- unfilled li 1 1 mixing with pleasure in the [ i h strong proyf uf ihe accuracy of blake he is k'i d i ths very imlividunl task-mas ts slew in egypt and win i his 41,10 who this isl other than a ihi sir ' vuu are rij.lii it i ihe idd and llus is remarkable two hi nameless one is a great lawyer i wish i dins name him — is a su ll iin th is it her he i nuw ! — r itself — it s the head of lloiod ; i.iieni uiiicer in the army ! ' s hook and taking oul a small pan it drawer said llus is the list in yous but ii is ihe greatest cu only look at the splendor of the co original character of the thing i • a naked figure with strong body — wuh burning eyes which long fur 1 fiice worthy of n murderer hold ip iu its clawed hands uut of which to dunk i 11 ver saw any shape did 1 ever see any col ring su ruri — a kind of glistening green and intifuilv varnished ilu what iu lhe ' ll is n ghost sir — ibe host of a lizitiun id the thing ' ii saw ihis ,' i said i'll tell yuu iill ubuut il n inm une evening mil found blake itilly excited ho luld me he hud il llnng — the ghost oi a lieu and 1 drawing of bun i inquired lid he i wish i hnd hut i sliull if iin he looked earnestly int a room und then said hern l.e is , lings i shall keep my cyos 01 bim visions op blake the artist thus it appears from the foregoing observations thnt by this mode of practice lhe great lus sus tained by tea siting an evil sn much lo be dreaded in this country is avoided ; lha whatever manures iire nppl.ed 1u e safely deposited uud will net wilh lull effect ; ihut the growing plants are abundantly supplied during the whulo of their growth bnlh summer and winter crops with un o|ieii soil fur a iree extension of their roots and also wilh a regu lar supply of moisture so that tluiir growth i at in time impeded by any small irregularity of sea suti the depth of soil being to them with respect to wet mid dry what llio ocean is tu small islands v illi respect to heat anil cold ; lhe means of a tole rably regular tea pero ure " what thought can roach whul language enn ex rest the ii,_..nie the h runs uf ihal hour ! an earth beneath that threatened to nevour — an almosphero that burned nud eh died — ashes that tel for rain — thunders lhat roared above — thunder that groaned and beflved below and bolid darkness round i can readily iinricipale the remarks of our stick lers for uld practices on what ha been advanced this reasoning ny they well applies to mi deep oil but in pour shallow soils let him beware ul ibe yellow clay he dead earth lest ihe valuo nf his land proves in be the price of his too adven turous experiments but let me ask them have thoy n-ver seen lho eftocts nf earths taken out of cellars and wells when applied to pour innd ? have they never observed the luxuriant growth ol grass uud weens ut tho edge of a bank inkcti from a mill-race or huge ditch and frequently on the very tup when flat enough fo retain moisture for my own pail i have long been in llie habit of observing these lliings nnd ilu not recnllcct that i ever saw nny enrth taken from a considerable depth below ilu surface which was capable of being pulverized by frost or tillage without evident advantage even when clay has boon applied to clay and sand lo and seeing this is the fuct is there any good reason for supposing ihut us we ascend toward the surface such a difference will bo found in the pro perties of the earth that this will render thc same hind sterile that the uthnr will enrich i confess i see rone ; i cannot oven see why we mny not wuh propriety suppose ihnt tho first ix inches of enrth next below the usual ploughing should be possessed of ull the fertilising qualities ihnt thi suine kind of earth would be if found six feet below it would kiioui then ihnt by this mode of culti vation deep ploughing un exhausted land the quantity of il would nut only bo increased hm actually enriched on lands covered with two or three inches of ricli mould it will probably have a contrary ellect in sumo degree yet even in this case ihe advantages resulting from an increase of quantity will be fuund abundantly o overbalance the small abatement in quality , theii prejudices in all probability have proceed ed from injudicjous experiments ; very few planters i icnk up grniiinl iu the full in the spring iheir teams are often weak uml were ihey disposed lo pl.mgh a spot deeper than usual wuuld very likely chnuse lu do it when wel un account of its being easier performed ; soon niter which tlio emp is tu he planted ur sowed which proves the wins fur lhe experiment uud tin planter is disgusted with tlie practice : he informs ins neighbors of the ill ice sof his experiments i nnd perhaps .. whols neighborhood is thereby afresh confirmed in their funnel belief that ihe good old way is best — to ph ui;li as deep as ihev i'm i i duck soil and deeper ploughing land thai contains a considerable por tion nf clay in ii dale too met ... break aa ibe fur row leaves the plough is thereby rendered mure compact ,- and when hardened hv ibe sun becomes entirely unfitted for the production of vegetables , ami i scarcely to be red iced hy uny succeeding tillage during the same summer ind 1,1 believe ml lung short of a winter's frost will ellcctuiilly pulverise it the best devised system of prectico may be rendered entirely abortive hy being put nil o the bands of unskilful practitioners to execute lands thai are to be ploughed inuoh deeper than usual ought to be broken up in the fall ; and would be the better to is ridged lhat more surface might im exposed lo lhe frost : if omitted till spring it oughl in is done us soon ns it bee lies dry enough tu lireuk freely before ihe plough : no crop should be pul iu thai sensuii that requires be seeded be lure it can have several ploughing and hurruwings nl proper intervals ; otherwise the expectation uf thu cultivator will probably be blasted thst like au ocean of black witters whelmed and pressed upon the earth he arrived nt peoria on the hit of july having walked with his boys upwards of 1,0.111 i „'"., wnh nut once appealing to lhe sympnthiea of mu bene volent fur n shilling nnd accepting nothing save his acquiescence in the stage contribution to his boys wilhoul rendering whal was deemed a fair equiva lent — peoria register prejudice against phrbons the world universally condemns tlie indulgence of personal prejudices hut individually l.e prac ice is too often carried to an extent us unjust ■■<• it is criminal to assume an opinion of ihe char acter and disposition of any uu wilhoul either knowing ur even seeing inm appears al firsl blglll nn act nol very accountable in n reasoning being ; lint though ii mny iu n measure be accounted for ve ii tendency towardathe manifestation i il,ac companied with n disposition lo yi hi in all oases iu iis impulse reflects little honor her on the lead or ibe heart of him who display it and yet uu whal principle shall il be explained li u man wlm in other respects is n reasonable being should net 111 su unreasonable u manner coming events are said to cast their shadows before and assuredly there is frequently a depression 1 n.u.r immediately preceding the oooiironc of an in usu al misfortune the origin of which we are unat.lt to ascertain we feels preanutimeril that something more than common i a boot to happen we a re con scious of the vicinity nf danger lull we knnw nut from what quarter ur al w but tune in expect if the nerves are unsettled though we sutler no defi nite trouble the newspaper press to the shed of pajier a inch yuu see on yuur la ble serving ynu 0 regularly and studied by you wiili so much ease ihe four quarters of lhe globe • ntribole all tbeir intelligence is one feci lo mankind discovered by s,,,,ie scholar m the ihr 1 1 . • - - 1 end uf lie cnr.il i ten in one bet vou will s.-e 11 ii 1 iiiiii ui -, il 1 , 11 paragraph ol . ir news pip.-r is there any abuse of your laws u is the newspnpi 1 press ihnt drags 1 lo day 1 lie ie any invi nu 11 yvhich will uigmi-nl your comforts ur sharpen your industry ! ills b the 1 w paper thai 11 i hi familiar lo y.u all i he newspaper is lhe chronicle of civilisation the common u evoir into which every sir am pours ns living waters 111 i nl which ..: iy man mny come nnd drink il is lhe n v.po . thai gives lo liberty ita practical lib , its constant observation us perpetual vigilance its tinr.-liixiiig activity the newspaper it a tlni ly an ! sleepless wai-hii..,i thai reports to you cv ery danger wh.ch menaces lhe institutions of vour country , uml its interests at home and abroad — the new pap'-r in inn legislation of public opinion mid ii inforn ■1 1 opts di tin bi is i legislation thus keeping up hat con tan sympathy that good un demanding between people and legislators which conduces ... the mtuulcuuucimimiriler and prevents our prejudices tuwnn iiiil.y i.luals probably have their origin in a similar in inner a.i indefinnbli fear unsocountablj arises within us leading us lo suspect that all intercourse with tbe object ofour prejudice will he productive of evil : ihal there most be some radical d feci to his characl ir with which we nre uiiarqiin iuti',1 j 1 llierc is no good in him : hu we have no substantial reason for llie rooted dislike which we have conceived we fear we know no whal anil we lly frnm ive know not whom tho injustice of this li if conduct i verv sppa reni a mnn is thus at once condemned withoutjo irial and the animosity c uieeived againsl him fre quently gathers strength and virulence irom tin in tu d f the world.^-twc or three clergy ' jjt "•» « recently pu forth works predicting the imu r ''-' e ",'',"' '' lo world sometime between dl i to all such propeeifis we have lull " en incredulous ; but are free to confess that ¥ • ks ihe following which we cut from lln 1 , i une are strongly eorrolkirative of the truth ' ( prediction when tailor and printer is nx ','" u " s '' bb « in 0 •* f 1 ' he s l ! wen alarming , r x -*' tlcinnri now residing in this citv who for i . published a p ip er iu connecticut has re \ iho stern necessity of revolu.ioo li-.nni.ius tin tbe tyrant liad a chamber constructed in lhe form ofa human car su that he might learn every rn mor every whisper that circulated in the market place what lus ch unlier wu in the tyrant lhe
Object Description
Title | Western Carolinian |
Masthead | Western Carolinian |
Date | 1838-09-06 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 06 |
Year | 1838 |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 13 |
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Description | The September 6, 1783 issue of the Western Carolinian a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Title | Western Carolinian |
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Date | 1838-09-06 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 06 |
Year | 1838 |
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Page | 1 |
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Publisher | Krider & Bingham |
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United States North Carolina Rowan County Salisbury |
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Description | An archive of The Western Carolinian a historic newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
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Language | eng |
FullText | the western carolinian ,, 1 , 1 ', ) wi:,:s>„',„,:,.,iiy.',:,.'.,.-.,.i:.-n.ii:-.s,y,,:s„v tm ooxsrmmon rob p.ohibtthd bl ■,- lu ,„,: - , v ,',.-, i ,<,: n v ,.,,„,,,:,,,, pm s : ny i.v „« ,-., th , : pbohlb - amendments ta the constitution article x h austin n ('. f fisher \ gfiltorh and proprietors s salikiujuy jv c september <>, t838 k no mil of vol xix ) no from ci)mmi:.\ci:m/:.\t i>-,i terms op carolinian j the woslorn cr 111.1.111 is published every em j no i two hod per annum if paid in advance r q w o dollars and fifty cents if rtol paid before the ex pirstion of mi ml o \,, paper will he discontinued until all nrrenrni.es ira paid unless at the discretion of the ed dor ami s failure lo notify the editors of a wish lo discontinue & t tlie nnd ol n 7 ar will be cuu.-i lered a a new in | cently received a letter from an old delinqneni tub i scnber forking over the money due uml express i u.g in liiinnst remorse of conscience for having inn lung deprived lum of hit jusl dues what a i bloi will be wiped ..... f , the fair face ol cri-ul , when men hull understand distinctly thai cheating u poor printer is an unpardonable sin lernal thu ii pi ings only v..in lhe leu-paper pre i lo the gov it ii.'i.l ofa i'ree peo ple — i ie|i ihen our wishes — ii appriso ihem of nur wui iis ii en i ne lo lln ear ul p ner lhe bless lllgt ol lhe g l en 1 1 iii r the unii mei i.fllu upure d vi ilu is in , i all tlio newspaper loom wilh ihe most practical morality in roports of crime ami punishment ynu md a daily warning againsl temptation nol a case in ihe police court inul a single trial d a wretched outcast r train tiling felon hu dues uut preach us the avi iiii lesson yy error conducts o guilt hba guilt reaps its bit tur fruit of anguish and dograduiion nur is even ( ilu all tn newspaper is the familiar bond ilmt mods together ....... and iiiuu nu matter what may be the distance of climate or the difference ufraco it is a law bunk fur tin indolent a lermon for ihe thoughtless n library for lhe pour ; il may stimu late hn iiio-i indifferent — it iniiy instruct the mosl profound such are tlie real advantages lhe sub stantial utility uf the newspaper press these u spite of all iis abuses have made it lhe boasl of lib ei iv , lhe glory of civilization for them i ia ihal il ha i.e n likened lu lhe mr we breathe ; for like lhc tur il is ibe circulator uf light ; nn.l like lhe air il dispenses lu us nil lu lhe 111 lined nud ... lho i proudest ll.e c million glory ofthe sun of truth — itttltrrr there he comet his eager tongue whisking out of ins mouth b cup in lus hand tu hold blood nud cuveied willi n scaly skin ot gold and green ;' — as he described him so he drew inm these stories nre scarcely credible yet thero can be mi doubt uf heir accuracy another friend on whose veracity i have ilm fullest dependence called ono evening on lllake nml found him sitting with n pencil uud a pinml drawing a portrait with nil the seeming anxiety nf a man who is conscious thai in his ent n fastidious litter ; he looked drew nnd i lied ngain yet no living soul was visible — ' disturb me nbl sail he in n whisper 1 have ' sitting iu ui silting lo yon i excluimed hi astonished visil ir ' wliurc i he nnd whal i be i — i see nu une ' ihii i sen him sir tin sweied 111 ike haughtily ' there he is his mime i lot ; yuu mny reud of linn in tho scripture he is silling for hia portrait — family library v x — lives of the artist j imagination he yy hu com oives 1 being slill in re i en h nun u ngainsl the nbjecl nf his prejudice bo cause he has no reason for lus wrath trust nut i appeal nice either for g i or for evil do nol iin i sgiui iiiiii ihe first lha llus person is un nilgol of light and that a child of darkness till i rial is 1 1 im e let the clinr n ter of each individual bs as an mn iied can u iin liar of judgement ; he should be considered imiuci ui of guile ill ll.e contrary is proved :-.. i do is in i m i'mstc i wnh discrs i i u a i wo nre bound tu real nil with kindness nnd liiiiiinniiy our confidence i reserved foi a few — in iiii wise liy wary and deliberate trial should the characters ol indivi mils !„• ntudiod before «, venture in form nny opinion tbornon in llus wise may we bo hai united lo discard all viilgurnnil idle prejudices in this wis ily can we rsca|ie imp di in for on examination it is loo frequently fuund ihal n pleasing oxlerior sninotiiuea cnnceiil lhe blnekesl hourl while true virtue is nol seldom hid den under a rough and unprepossessing a.l.ln'.--.h ii i ■"■.." '.• ' - advertisements will !»■conspicuously nml correctly . m i one iiollai per qunre lor lhe lii-i insortion te„i -., . in for each continuonco our snd judicial advertisement ill ho charged '._•' pnr cenl mora thall iheuboni price a deduction uf ij per eonl frum h ill is iiiad • 1,1 yearly advertisers ijcttori addressed lo tlie editors inu.l in all i asea be post pu jfankee enterprise an emigranl frum massachusetts of middfo age snd very respectable appearance stepped into our oiliic accompanied bj his - bout 9 yeard id on monday we learn from lum thai he hnd ar rived in mr country about -,, miiiith ago afti i one uf the must adventurous nverlund journeys evor undertaken we hope to pblnin from him ii full account of his tour uml in the me an pj-esi i our readers wuh uie following brief outline his mi aa is ism ii pratt of middlobornugh plymouth county massachusetts -., ship carpnntor by occupation having a family of six or uighl childr de dent solely upon in labor and being with liiiuilre.ls.il others thrown oul of employ in ilie prostration of business in new england in may he formed ihe design of taking ins two oldest buys nnd selling ofl for this country on foot with luu to design was lo execute placing ins wife and youngest children wnh n relulion he started on the l w th nf muy willi lus suns une aged nine and lhe other six without a cebl of money in his pocket und im uther arailnhles lhan a ktiapsaok of cluthes and provisions nnd a carpenter's steel square the first day he entered rhode island where be sold his square fur n quarter dollar anil i'uui p.-i half penny ill cenis which procured ihem some ilnilg to eat and lodging the nexl day after reaching 20 miles by he middle ofthe afternoon ihoy stopped at a farm house where mr pratt in quired if they didn't want some odd jobs f car pentering done shelves pul up — windows tighten ed or loosened — dunrs hung ur repaired — hen-coops made — roofs mended — any thing in in line to pay for staying over night ?" " certainly was ihe re ply come in and we'll bel vou to work so well satisfied was lhe former with his services ihnl on parting early next morning he filled lus knap sack with provisions to last through tlm day the next afternoon he stopped in like manner ami mel with the like reception und thus he continued all lhe way in rutlaln un lake erie sumi-times in rainy weather he would remain a day with ins husi and nn one or two occasion received a few shil lings for his work bid the whole amount added together of he money thai came intn lus i ids up ! lu the time he arrived at chicago did not amount i t i five dollars on reaching the erie canal he endeavored to work it passage for his buys by dri ving ihe imrses himself j hut findjtfg thai ihis wn u h not keep him in lood lie left tliecunal and resumed the pedestrian journey on arriving ni buffalo his offer to wurk ins passage tu detroit was readily in cepted ; and upon landing at the lal.er pl ice each resumed his tramp with great cheerfulness in passing over the prairies of michigan tbey one day attracted the notice of n company t f slags passengers who insisted upon giving the boy so i!t unii accordingly took ihem on ten miles lo the di iiing-liuuse where ihey also gave ihem iheirdinner nnd made up fur them a contribution of sixty-two nml a half cents eluding laborers in great demand in this state our accommodating pedestrian worke i one day in the prairies at mowing for which he go one dollar and sixty cents and on another day hough anxious to " get on he stopped id lay a burn floor yet all his receipts up io his entering chicago as before stated did not amount lo five dollars at chicago he worked a week by whicb his purse was so far replenished as to enable inn to reach here much richer than when he left mas sachusetts miscell in eoajss egyptian maniacs i'he insane in egypt are treated either as beasts of prey or os smuts — holy persons maniacs who , havo liis of raving accompanied with violence in ei'iiures and attempts to injure those round them are chained conducted to cairo and pladfed in a eeiieial depot m which they nresullereil tn remain herded together without anv attempts being made ip preserve ihe least degn-r ul cleanliness iu the place or in iheir persons tbey eat sleep nnd spend all their lime in the same apartment ; tlie nir of which of course becomes insufferably offen sive the only remedy used in the treatment of insanity is a hrulli made of serpents and adminis tered at every new moon to lhe nfljiclod as lu tin insane who are iuofloiisive or compara tively so that is those who do not by their con duct endanger the jives and safely of the people thev are allowed tu roam about entirely lice so far indeed from being molested they are generally treated with signal distinction thev pass through out egypt for saints il is sufficient even for n person lo be rather unreasonable or somewhat ori ginal in order to obtain this title we in this country are not quite su obliging — the crowd with us are content to invest a mini who utters incolie rcni-ies nud goes about promising to cure all dis eases by a process peculiar and known only lo him self with the character of a wonderful doctor — this variety of insanity — a true monomania en lists in llie united slates very general admiration and respect ; nnd its incongruities nre certified tn as sii many miracles l.y professors of law physic and divinity a present miracle tlioy cry ! und althuiigh no isidy can see it but themselves lhe world gund hiitureilly takes their hallucinations ns evidences to show that insanity is wisdom and im pudence noble disinterestedness m ilaiiuuiit lulls us of n young innn nineteen years nf age belonging lo the class of the harm less insane in egypt who was held in grent v-ene ratinn by the people he was tall thin nnd with distort 1 legs ; he goes entirely naked and though il rams in ili.tt country many munlhs in the year he has constantly refused to wear nny clothes — this whim increases the respect felt fur him nml it is said lhat the deity gives him the power of re islingcuhl lie never accepts money hut willing ly lakes bread and fruits he courses nil day after the dogs w inch aro also privileged characters in turkish towns : al night be sleeps in the open street wilhoul being injured by the humidity nf the atmosphere whenever he siis down he is surrounded by a crowd : inc women nnd children all cine to consult him ; and the women uru espe cially persevering in their questions die following anecdote is related on the same authority with the foregoing ns a fact coining under die immediate nntice of the narrator " last winter during the month of the rama ilan i was e he divan of the governor of roeotta ; hen there a win was brought iu on lhe shoulders o a 111:111 who snid that an arab had given a blow j with his slick to llie saint and that he had met j ilh this hitter bemoaning his treatment in the bazar i'he governor immediately issued un order : lo despatch two soldiers in quest oi the person afho had given he blow ; and whilst his order was be log executed lie a man of sixty yours of age had be saint brought up and overwhelmed him with caresses gave him sweetmeats sugar plums are and even went su far us lu kiss liis hands thei r arab who had been so unfortunate astostrike the crazy ho ly . was on brought in with his arms : lied behind him : bo was nsked why he hud struck ' lni worthy snint ' u id will out waiting fur nn an swar be wns thrown down and ordered to receive has until th taint should intercede for bim mwut n inm i red lashes having been given and ihe juui n i seeming in any great luirrv to usk liir his rurgivenesa i ,- uld not says m haimonl bear it ny longer nml i obtained pardon for the poorsuf r who was obliged to go and kiss the hands and j of the person who had jusl before been lushing " i here is another f inese itinerant maniacs al rbi whose reputation is prodigious lie is an ! ' v i to the usual treatment uf this class ;' rot though subject t violent fits of anger und i*ii,ii..ss during which be throws whatever comes w hu hands ut the passers by he ia s.ill nil wed go al large one day ihn 1 passed near hi ha usl daunt he threw a stone at me which very pplly only grazed my clothes this man is fur re "!,' t "' 7 mr "" t -' '■"■• "''■" " u " w ' '"' lms l,e nation of peri ruling ntany miracles jagllwulsturali from li atht i stunt's lust i)n,/s of hi radon , int dteep ploughing continued from our last v i ■: a i ' \ ms the tragic fiile of ihe cities of pompeii and herculnneura forms a terrific pig in biatury — there had nol beon any previous eruption of vesu vius i ir several centuries n eu.oriul nfsuchaa i-yent could be foiiiid since historian hnd existed in record its phenomena i'he whole mountain was nverabaded wuh forest trees and the mos luxu riant vines nnd vegelniinu a retreat for winch main il says the gods of pleasure uml uf gaiety forsook ih ir iu st favored abode whal a horrid surprise then it musl have been tn the inhabitant ul those ill-fated cities tu behold the sudden and violent eruption which spread desolation around i \*> l.ile the inhabitants of pompeii were consider ing whether it would in safer to ll.e ur remain a tremendous shower ul hot-boiling mud and gruvel sudden y descended on them burying the whole city sixty feel deep during another period nf i 1 . is dreadful eruption torrents of lava rolling oyer ilerciilniieiiiu buried il forever one hundred foot j deep in whal is now of course a solid mass ull ruck tins event happened near eighteen ceniu-l ru-s ngu uud wns equ ,'., fatal lo many nlher hciiul liful towus which stuod thicl upon the dulighnull oi \ t ja-^^^^^^^^^^m but perhaps the most valuable of all lhe effect resulting from deep ploughing is that it in a great measure preserves an equal quantity of moisture in the soil ; for us we seldom have a rain so great as io produce un unhealthy stagnation of water aboul the roots of plants set in a soil auven or eight inches deep ; so on tho contrary we scarcely ever have a drought of so long continuance as to extract all tlie isluie in ilia depth ; for it i io lio re membered thai after a few inches nearest the sur limo moisture is xtraclud by slow degrees thus for instance il it requires une hot duy lo dry thu firsl inch probably it will require ihreo for tho second six or more for tho third and su on per haps nearly in geometrical progression ■to de-ei ibe the conversations which llhiko held i.i prose wilh demons and in verse with angels wuuld iill volume nud uu ordinary gallery cnuld nol contain ul tin bends which he drew of bis vis iounry visitauts thai all ibis was real he him sell inii-i sincerely believed ; nay su infectlious was ills en iiii uasin lhat sunn acute qlldsei blc persons who heard him expatiate shook iheir beads and hinted ihal he was an extraordinary mnn nud ihut there might be something u the matter om ol ins brethren an artist i borne nute employed him frequently „, drawing the portraits uf ihosa who app.-arcil lu linn in his v isiuns the musl propi i lous lime for llu.se uiigel-visits was from miie al night till live ill the morning : anil so docile were ins spiritual sitters that tbey appeared ut the wish ui his li ii-nils sometimes however the shape which ho desired lo draw wus long in appearing and he i d wilh ins pencil und puper ready uud lus eyes idly roaming in vacuuey ; nl nt once the vision came upon him and he began lo worhlikeone possessed lie was icipiesled t.i ill it w the likeness of sir \\ illi iiii wallace — the eye of blake sparkled for he admired heroes william wallace he ex claimed i see iiiiii now — there there how noble he looks reach me my things having drawn li.r sunn lime with the same care of hand ind slea dines nl eye its il u living sitter hud been before him i'd ike topi suddenly and said ' i cannot fin ish him — edward ll.e firsl has slipped in between hitn and inc that's lucky snid ins friend for 1 waul lhe purl.uil of kdivanl luu — lilal.e look another sheet of p per and sketched the features i i'liiiiiiigi.'ni-i upon which lus majesty politely buys like men nnd to admit ihom tniu company vanished and ihe art isl finished the head of wal and introduce them into business at a very early | ac e and pray sir said a gentleman who period of life this not only renders thero super heard blake's friend tell his slnry — was sir w ill tkiul forward and conceited but is very liable to iom wulluce 9 heroic looking msn and whai injure ilu-ir constitutions by ihe effects nf harass i t personage was edwardl ' the answer was ; ing ernes aud too close confinement al n period of • there ihey are sir b,,ih framed und hanging on life when ihu proper development of the system ibe well hebiud vuu judjre for yourself ' ' i look and he security of its future strength and vigour d •-,.,. j informant and satv two wsrlikq heads un l.e.-t promoted by gaiety ami cheoih.luess n of the ska ol cm mun life that of wallace was mind and the eunstiiiit exercise of lhe body iu lhe uo ble nnd heroic thai ol edward stern and bloody open nir besides when introduced .< urly mto j t firsl had the front of a god the latter tho as the « rid the n.-e liable to he thrown into the soci -, poet of a demon : , iv u a lass nf men by whom ihey are too ofteu i the friend wl obliged me willi those anecdotes initiated into the paths of vice at un b ge when ihey on observing the interest which i took in the sub cannot !>,• expected to possess sufficient firmness hectsdid i knovmuch about rlahe l.was his com and strength uf mm to enable them lo withstand ; panion for nine years i have sat beside him from ten temptation health character and happiness are ut night till .") in the morning bome rimes slumber in t.ns maimer shipwrecked and the most brilliant j ng and sometimes waking hut blake never slept ; prospects f a lung and useful life destroyed in tbe i im ut w ith a pen il aud paper drawing purli-ails of very outset those whom i mosl desired lo see i will show a boy taken from school at the early period i v ,, ui sir some u these work he look out a thought necessary to enable him ... commence the ' large book filled with drawings qpened ii and ton bus u ss ,,!' life can have acquired very little gener t limied • observ tin poetic fervor nf that luce it al knowledge or taste for literary pursuit being i i pindar as he stood u conqueror in the olympic confuted ul day in studying ihe technicalities of n games and this lovely creature is cpritiua who profession br intbeoooupetions of a counting house conquered in poetry in the nine place thai lady („• req nre relaxation und a muse men l in iho eve ,- i i courtesan with the imnudeg.ee which niug arid hence he hns little opportunity fbr iu is | art of her profession she stept in between blake creasing his slock of knowledge even should he and corinnn and he was obliged lo paint her lo by successful induslrj . accumulate n large fortune i get her away there ! ihut is a face ofa diflferenl he will be deprii d himself of the advantages and stamp can you eonjocture who he is some satisfaction resulting from the pursuit of liteiature scoiindrej i should think sir there now thai am ...- unfilled li 1 1 mixing with pleasure in the [ i h strong proyf uf ihe accuracy of blake he is k'i d i ths very imlividunl task-mas ts slew in egypt and win i his 41,10 who this isl other than a ihi sir ' vuu are rij.lii it i ihe idd and llus is remarkable two hi nameless one is a great lawyer i wish i dins name him — is a su ll iin th is it her he i nuw ! — r itself — it s the head of lloiod ; i.iieni uiiicer in the army ! ' s hook and taking oul a small pan it drawer said llus is the list in yous but ii is ihe greatest cu only look at the splendor of the co original character of the thing i • a naked figure with strong body — wuh burning eyes which long fur 1 fiice worthy of n murderer hold ip iu its clawed hands uut of which to dunk i 11 ver saw any shape did 1 ever see any col ring su ruri — a kind of glistening green and intifuilv varnished ilu what iu lhe ' ll is n ghost sir — ibe host of a lizitiun id the thing ' ii saw ihis ,' i said i'll tell yuu iill ubuut il n inm une evening mil found blake itilly excited ho luld me he hud il llnng — the ghost oi a lieu and 1 drawing of bun i inquired lid he i wish i hnd hut i sliull if iin he looked earnestly int a room und then said hern l.e is , lings i shall keep my cyos 01 bim visions op blake the artist thus it appears from the foregoing observations thnt by this mode of practice lhe great lus sus tained by tea siting an evil sn much lo be dreaded in this country is avoided ; lha whatever manures iire nppl.ed 1u e safely deposited uud will net wilh lull effect ; ihut the growing plants are abundantly supplied during the whulo of their growth bnlh summer and winter crops with un o|ieii soil fur a iree extension of their roots and also wilh a regu lar supply of moisture so that tluiir growth i at in time impeded by any small irregularity of sea suti the depth of soil being to them with respect to wet mid dry what llio ocean is tu small islands v illi respect to heat anil cold ; lhe means of a tole rably regular tea pero ure " what thought can roach whul language enn ex rest the ii,_..nie the h runs uf ihal hour ! an earth beneath that threatened to nevour — an almosphero that burned nud eh died — ashes that tel for rain — thunders lhat roared above — thunder that groaned and beflved below and bolid darkness round i can readily iinricipale the remarks of our stick lers for uld practices on what ha been advanced this reasoning ny they well applies to mi deep oil but in pour shallow soils let him beware ul ibe yellow clay he dead earth lest ihe valuo nf his land proves in be the price of his too adven turous experiments but let me ask them have thoy n-ver seen lho eftocts nf earths taken out of cellars and wells when applied to pour innd ? have they never observed the luxuriant growth ol grass uud weens ut tho edge of a bank inkcti from a mill-race or huge ditch and frequently on the very tup when flat enough fo retain moisture for my own pail i have long been in llie habit of observing these lliings nnd ilu not recnllcct that i ever saw nny enrth taken from a considerable depth below ilu surface which was capable of being pulverized by frost or tillage without evident advantage even when clay has boon applied to clay and sand lo and seeing this is the fuct is there any good reason for supposing ihut us we ascend toward the surface such a difference will bo found in the pro perties of the earth that this will render thc same hind sterile that the uthnr will enrich i confess i see rone ; i cannot oven see why we mny not wuh propriety suppose ihnt tho first ix inches of enrth next below the usual ploughing should be possessed of ull the fertilising qualities ihnt thi suine kind of earth would be if found six feet below it would kiioui then ihnt by this mode of culti vation deep ploughing un exhausted land the quantity of il would nut only bo increased hm actually enriched on lands covered with two or three inches of ricli mould it will probably have a contrary ellect in sumo degree yet even in this case ihe advantages resulting from an increase of quantity will be fuund abundantly o overbalance the small abatement in quality , theii prejudices in all probability have proceed ed from injudicjous experiments ; very few planters i icnk up grniiinl iu the full in the spring iheir teams are often weak uml were ihey disposed lo pl.mgh a spot deeper than usual wuuld very likely chnuse lu do it when wel un account of its being easier performed ; soon niter which tlio emp is tu he planted ur sowed which proves the wins fur lhe experiment uud tin planter is disgusted with tlie practice : he informs ins neighbors of the ill ice sof his experiments i nnd perhaps .. whols neighborhood is thereby afresh confirmed in their funnel belief that ihe good old way is best — to ph ui;li as deep as ihev i'm i i duck soil and deeper ploughing land thai contains a considerable por tion nf clay in ii dale too met ... break aa ibe fur row leaves the plough is thereby rendered mure compact ,- and when hardened hv ibe sun becomes entirely unfitted for the production of vegetables , ami i scarcely to be red iced hy uny succeeding tillage during the same summer ind 1,1 believe ml lung short of a winter's frost will ellcctuiilly pulverise it the best devised system of prectico may be rendered entirely abortive hy being put nil o the bands of unskilful practitioners to execute lands thai are to be ploughed inuoh deeper than usual ought to be broken up in the fall ; and would be the better to is ridged lhat more surface might im exposed lo lhe frost : if omitted till spring it oughl in is done us soon ns it bee lies dry enough tu lireuk freely before ihe plough : no crop should be pul iu thai sensuii that requires be seeded be lure it can have several ploughing and hurruwings nl proper intervals ; otherwise the expectation uf thu cultivator will probably be blasted thst like au ocean of black witters whelmed and pressed upon the earth he arrived nt peoria on the hit of july having walked with his boys upwards of 1,0.111 i „'"., wnh nut once appealing to lhe sympnthiea of mu bene volent fur n shilling nnd accepting nothing save his acquiescence in the stage contribution to his boys wilhoul rendering whal was deemed a fair equiva lent — peoria register prejudice against phrbons the world universally condemns tlie indulgence of personal prejudices hut individually l.e prac ice is too often carried to an extent us unjust ■■<• it is criminal to assume an opinion of ihe char acter and disposition of any uu wilhoul either knowing ur even seeing inm appears al firsl blglll nn act nol very accountable in n reasoning being ; lint though ii mny iu n measure be accounted for ve ii tendency towardathe manifestation i il,ac companied with n disposition lo yi hi in all oases iu iis impulse reflects little honor her on the lead or ibe heart of him who display it and yet uu whal principle shall il be explained li u man wlm in other respects is n reasonable being should net 111 su unreasonable u manner coming events are said to cast their shadows before and assuredly there is frequently a depression 1 n.u.r immediately preceding the oooiironc of an in usu al misfortune the origin of which we are unat.lt to ascertain we feels preanutimeril that something more than common i a boot to happen we a re con scious of the vicinity nf danger lull we knnw nut from what quarter ur al w but tune in expect if the nerves are unsettled though we sutler no defi nite trouble the newspaper press to the shed of pajier a inch yuu see on yuur la ble serving ynu 0 regularly and studied by you wiili so much ease ihe four quarters of lhe globe • ntribole all tbeir intelligence is one feci lo mankind discovered by s,,,,ie scholar m the ihr 1 1 . • - - 1 end uf lie cnr.il i ten in one bet vou will s.-e 11 ii 1 iiiiii ui -, il 1 , 11 paragraph ol . ir news pip.-r is there any abuse of your laws u is the newspnpi 1 press ihnt drags 1 lo day 1 lie ie any invi nu 11 yvhich will uigmi-nl your comforts ur sharpen your industry ! ills b the 1 w paper thai 11 i hi familiar lo y.u all i he newspaper is lhe chronicle of civilisation the common u evoir into which every sir am pours ns living waters 111 i nl which ..: iy man mny come nnd drink il is lhe n v.po . thai gives lo liberty ita practical lib , its constant observation us perpetual vigilance its tinr.-liixiiig activity the newspaper it a tlni ly an ! sleepless wai-hii..,i thai reports to you cv ery danger wh.ch menaces lhe institutions of vour country , uml its interests at home and abroad — the new pap'-r in inn legislation of public opinion mid ii inforn ■1 1 opts di tin bi is i legislation thus keeping up hat con tan sympathy that good un demanding between people and legislators which conduces ... the mtuulcuuucimimiriler and prevents our prejudices tuwnn iiiil.y i.luals probably have their origin in a similar in inner a.i indefinnbli fear unsocountablj arises within us leading us lo suspect that all intercourse with tbe object ofour prejudice will he productive of evil : ihal there most be some radical d feci to his characl ir with which we nre uiiarqiin iuti',1 j 1 llierc is no good in him : hu we have no substantial reason for llie rooted dislike which we have conceived we fear we know no whal anil we lly frnm ive know not whom tho injustice of this li if conduct i verv sppa reni a mnn is thus at once condemned withoutjo irial and the animosity c uieeived againsl him fre quently gathers strength and virulence irom tin in tu d f the world.^-twc or three clergy ' jjt "•» « recently pu forth works predicting the imu r ''-' e ",'',"' '' lo world sometime between dl i to all such propeeifis we have lull " en incredulous ; but are free to confess that ¥ • ks ihe following which we cut from lln 1 , i une are strongly eorrolkirative of the truth ' ( prediction when tailor and printer is nx ','" u " s '' bb « in 0 •* f 1 ' he s l ! wen alarming , r x -*' tlcinnri now residing in this citv who for i . published a p ip er iu connecticut has re \ iho stern necessity of revolu.ioo li-.nni.ius tin tbe tyrant liad a chamber constructed in lhe form ofa human car su that he might learn every rn mor every whisper that circulated in the market place what lus ch unlier wu in the tyrant lhe |