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A<m KI c ULTURAL.
"management of horses—fat-
TENNING.
To fatten a horse in a short space of time
has generally been considered a very great
art, and attended with much difficulty. Some
authors are of opinion, it is necessaiy for a
horse to swallow a certain quantity of medi
cine, to produce the desired effect; while oth
ers rely on an uncommon or peculiar kind of
feed; but experience has proved that both o
pinions are erroneous, and that the few simples
which I shall here recommend, together with
good rubbing and a particular manner of feed
ing, will accomplish the fattening of a horse
that is not a garron or extremely poor, within
three or four weeks. After your stable is pre
pared, (as directed in page 47;) provide a
plenty of good sweet corn, hominy, oats, bran
and fodder; also a sufficient quantity of straw
to keep him with a comfortable and clean bed;
then notice the condition of the animal, for the
purpose of bleeding in the neck. Should he
he very poor take from him only one quart of
blood;if in tolerable plight two quarts—repeat
ing the bleeding at the expiration of every S
or lOdays, until he is fat.—Take of flaxseed
one pint, boil it to a strong tea of one quart;
take of powdered brimstone, one table spoon
ful; saltpetre, one tea spoonful, of bran, one
and a half gallons; mix them all together, scal
ding the bran with the tea, forming a mash;
which may be given every Sth day; not per
mitting the horse to drink cold water for 8 or
10 hours afterwards. Take of assafeedita
(which can be procured from any apothecary’s
shop) half an ounce; wrap it in a clean linen
Tag, and nail it in the bottom of the manger
’’where the animal is fed; at first the horse will
eat unwillingly where it is placed, but in a few
Jays he will grow remarkably foud of it.
When you commence kind treatment to
words a horse that has been cruelly used, let
it be with great caution, or you may produce
aifounderor some other injury; those service
able animals being too often hard used and
half starved. —For two or three days, allow
ance a horse (you contemplate fattening) to
two and a half gallons a day, 6 or 8 bundles of
dodder, or an equal quantity of hay; after
which you may keep your rack constantly full
of long food, and never permit the manger to
be entirely empty; taking care to change the
food every day, giving the largest portion of
bran, viz; bran and hominy, bran and oats,
bran and corn, bran alone, oats, corn, hominy,
&c. &c. —The food moistened occasionally
with sassafras tea, produces an admirable ef
fect; it whets the appetite, enriches the blood;
and opens the bowels. Whenevera horse is
fed, all dust, sour food, &c., should be remov
cd from his manger, which should be washed
twice a week with vinegar and salt; this kind
of attention will aid the appetite and keep the
manger sweet and clean. If the season of the
vear you undertake to fatten affords green
food of any kind, a little, about 12 o’clock,
would assist you much in accomplishing your
object. In the bucket in which you water,
throw a handful ofsalt, two or three times a
week; it becomes very grateful to the taste, af
ter a few day’s confinement, and will prevent
his pawing and eating dirt. If the object is to
fatten a horso as speedily as possible giving to
him unusual life and spirits, he should not be
brought out of the stable, nor even led to wa
ter. But if flesh is to be placed upon a litorse
to render hard service, I would recommend
moderate exercise once every three days, care
fully avoiding fretting or alarming him; more
injury may be done a horso by fretting him
one day than you can remove in a week by
the kindest treatment. The hoofe should be
cleaned out every morning and evening, stuf
fed with clay and salt, or fresh cow manure,
keep the feet cool and prevent a swelling in the
legs. A plenty of good rubbing is absolutely
for the placing of flesh speedily on
a horse; and blankets aw a covering, at any
time except the summer months, will place on
his coat of hair a beautiful gloss, and add much
to his comfort and apparent value.-PotAel Far
rier.
From the New England Farmer.
PREPARATION OF SEED CORN.
Mr. Fessenden-.—\ have notibed sundry
■communications upon the best method of pre
paring seed corn for planting, with a view to
prevent crows from pulling up the corn, &c.
Much has been said about soaking the seed in
coperas water, and it would seem that thetjues-,
tion was now settled by general consent, that
this mode is the only safe preventive in the
ear, but my own and my neighbours’ export,
once has brought us to a different conclusion.
'Wo were in the habit ol using the*coperas wa
ter for several years, and at first, (as is the
case many times with new experiment?,) we
were disposed to believe that it had the desired
effort, but upon further experiment we found
that t:.e crows made the same depredations up.
on the seed soaked wilh-cop|>oras as with that
which bad no preparation before planting. 1
could if necessary cite sundry careful experi
ments which brought us to thieconclusion, but
I take the liberty to state the resuk of another
experiment which has had the experience of
my neigbors for the last three or four years,
and 1 believe without a single instance of fail
ure so Far as 1 hi»ve ascertained the fact; it is
as follows; to a half bushel of seed corn take
one pint of tar, more or less; let it be warmed!
over a moderate lire until it will run freely;!
’hen put it into the corn, at the same time stir-'
ring it up until it be all coated ever with tar; i
you may then add ground plaster of paris, or
wood ashes (as is most convenient, cither will
answer,) and stir it until the kernels will sepa
rate and will not adhere to your fingers; you
may handle it when cooled without the least
inconvenience, when planting. The first im
pression from the appearance of the seed after
it has gone through the foregoing process is,
that it will not vegetate; but three or four
years of actual experience among farmers who
raise from two to five hundred bnshels of indian
corn each, annually, has settled that question
beyond a doubt, —and the crows never have
pulled up more than two or three hills in any
one field, and have never carried even that
away, but have left the field instantly, without
ever returning to renew the experiment,—and
in addition to this, the corn has never been in
fested by the wire worm, which has been ma
ny times very destructive to the crop, nor has
any other animal or reptile been yet found who
was fond of making a meal of tarred corn.
1 confess when this mode was first proposed
I was very faithless; I doubted whether seed
would vegetate, and if it did, I had my doubts
whether the tar would not be detrimental to
the crop-, bnt I am convinced that tar is so far
from being injurious to the crop, that 1 now be
lieve that it teot only guards the crop against
birds and insects, but is salutary to the growth
ofthe corn.—ls you see fit to insert the fore
going in your useful paper,(although past seed
time,) it may at least give time for corn grow
ers to inqui re into the truth of the facts herein
stated, and I hope may result in some benefit
to the community; and you will gratify one at
least who inhabits the
Valley of Connecticut.
CULTURE OF CORN.
To Hie Editors of the Enquirer:
Gentlemen, —I have had it in contempla
tion for some time, to expose my views through
the medium of your paper, relative to the cul
tivation of corn. It has been a custom in Vir
ginia, for some time, to cultivate this crop by
cross-ploughing, or ploughing it Loth ways;
by which means the land is destroyed by
washing rains, and the soaking and dripping of
the strength down the plough furrows. Mv
plan to prevent this distressing disaster, is to
plough the high land in 'large furrows around
the hill: to let the plough cut very deep, and
turn down the hill. By this course, there may
be one third more ploughing done per day.—
After having completed all the ploughing, run
a large rake-harrow over it, and make it fine.
It will then be ready for planting. Take a
•shovel plough, and lay-it offuponsthe horizon
tal plan, leaving a space of about six feet be
tween, each row in the shovel-furrow, run a
coulter about eight or nine inches, the furrows
of which will close up, and upon'this plant the
corn leaving a space of about two feet between
each hill of corn—cover it with the foot, and
press the dirt down to the corn, vvh-’ch will
prevent the land from baking, matte it retain
the moisture much longer, and the corn will
come up sooner and better. By thus using
the shovel-plough and coulter together when
planting, the corn will stand a drought much
longer. When it is time to commence weed
ing, run the coulter very deep on each side of
the corn, and as near as possible, weed after it.
After getting over with the hoe, run the sho.
vol-plough next to the corn on each side then
foliowon with a small plough and run a fur
row next to each shovel furrow, which will
make four furrows to the row. After running
over all the crop in this manner, turn back
with the small ploughs, and break out the mid
dles. After breaking ont all the middles, be
gin again, and run four more furrows the se
cond time, next to the corn, with a plough that
turns well, sons to lap the dirt across the row;
end after getting over with the four furpows,
break the middles. The last plobgliing should
be followed by the hoes; and after getting over
with them, run twice in each row with a small
idrag-harrow, three feet wide, and having nine
teeth; which will complete the highland crop.
By pursuing the above course, there will be
much more corn made, and the land will be
exempt from washing rains.
The flat land should be thrown into beds, to
prevent its sobbing; and the corn planted as a
bove directed. When it is time to weed it,run
a small plough with the bar ofit next to the
corn, say eighteen inches off; which will throw
the dirt into the water furrows. Run again
the second time, with the bur very near the
co?n, throwing the dirt into the first furrow.
The hoes should follow this ploughing, and
put a little dirt to the com. So soon as the
corn will bear the dirt, it should be put to it,
by a plough that will turn well, so as to lap in
properly, which will prevent the glass from
drawing the corn. After getting over with
the bedded in this way, begin again, and run
one furrow next to each of those already run;
which will make four furrows to each row;
then go on to break out the middles. The
whole ofthe above cultivation, will take ten
furrows to the row. Wind up by running the
small drag-harrow twice in each row. It will
bo well to let the hoes go ever and cut out the
weeds, &c., which will be between the stalks
of corn.
1 have no hesitation in saying if the above
course was pursued.that the farmer would stive
his land, raise a better crop of corn with less
labor, and the succeeding year reap a much
belter crop of wheat.
A Farmer o» Louisa.
Fattening Jairts with pointers.— There is
groat profit in feeding geese, turkies, and fowls
of every sort, with potatoes and meal mixed:
they will fatten in nearly one half the time
I that they will on any kind of corn, or even
meal itself. The po’atoes ni;*»t be bruised
* fine while hot, and the meal added, when the!
’mess is given to them.—s'oe. of A?!«.
UOV B£ T CALENDAR. j
SUPERIOR COURTS*
January.
Ist Monday, Richmond,
2d " Chatham,
February.
Ist Monday, Stewart,
“ Floyd,
Paulding,Thursday before
2d Monday, Clark;
“ Bibb,
“ Macon,
“ Randolph,
“ Cass,
3d “ Walton,
*■ Crawford,
“ Early,
“ Cherokee,
4th “ Baker,
“ Jackson,
“ Meriwether,
“ Forsyth,
“ Upsoa,
Lee, Thursday after,
March.
Ist Monday, Cowetaa,
“ Lumpkin,
“ Pike,
“ Sumpter,
“ Taliaferro,
2d “■ Columbia,
“ Fayette,
“ Greene,
“ Laurens,
" *• Madison,
“ Marion,
“ Monroe,
“ Morgan,
“ Gwinnett,
Union,
Gilmer, Wednesday after,
3d Monday. Butts,
*• Elbert,
“ DeKalb,
“ Hall,
Putnam,
“ Tailbat,
“ Murray,
4th “ Bullock.
'• Cobb, ,
“ Dooly,
Newton,
“ Walker,
“ Washington, ■
" Wilkes,
Effingham,Thursday after i
April,
Ist Monday, Warren,
•• Wilkinson.
“ Campbell,
2.1 " Carroll,
** Dade,
•“ Camden,
“ Hancock,
“ Harris, >
" Lenny,
“ Franklin,
“ Montgomery
“ Twiggs,
Tatnall, Thursday after,
Wayne, “ “
3d Monday, Emanuel,
“ Habersham,
“ Heard,
“ Glynn,
“ Jones,
“ Muscogee,
“ Oglethorpe,
“ Pulaski,
Mclntosh,Thursday after,
4th Monday, Scriven,
“ Lincoln,
“ Rabun,
“ Jasper,
“ Telfair,
“ Houston,
“ Troup,
“ Liberty,
Irwin, Thursday after,
Bryan, Wednesday after,
May,
det Monday, Burke,
.< Appling,
Ware, Thursday after, •
2d Monday, Chatham, •
“ Lowndes, ;
3J “ jJefferson,
“ Thomas, ;
4th “ Decatur, :
UNITED STATES COURT,
Sixth Circuit for the district, of ’Georgia—-James M
Wayne, Circuit Judge—At Savannah, Thursday after
the Ist Monday 3d May—Milledgeville, Thursday
after the Ist Monday Bth November —Rules day, the
Ist Mondays in each month, upon which days all writs
are returnable to the Clerk’s office in Savannah.
District Court—Jeremiah Cuyler, Judge—ln Sa.
vannah, 2d Tueaday 13th February—2d Tuesday Bth
May—2d Tuesday 14th August—SdTuesday 13th No
vember.
LAW.
rBKHE undersigned will attend in all the
H. Counties of the Cherokee Circuit, Habersham
and Raburn ofthe Western, and Cobb of the Coweta
Circuit, and also the Counties of Benton and Chero
kee Ala. All business directed to their address Cass
ville, Ga. will receive prompt and punctual attention-
WILLIAM 11. STEELMAN,
JOHN W. 11. UNDERWOOD.
Feb. 10. 4- w. Gmo.
Georgia, Walker county.
WHEREAS Robert Allen applies to me for
Letters of Administration on the Estate of
John Gilbert, late of Jackson county, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors, to be and appear
at my office within the time prescribed by law,to shew
cause, if any exist, why said letters sliould not be
granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 22d day of Jan
uary, 1838,
JOHN CALDWELL, o. c. c. o.
Jan. 26. 2 30d.
Stale Rights Hotel,
CANTON, GEO-
FBXIIE subscriber respectfully informs his friends
E and the public, that he has removed from his ol«»
stand upon the west part <■( khe public >«;u.»re to ibe
house -formerly occupied by B F Juhason. lie .-»«
sure# thoae-who may favor him with a-c-jil, that r.«-|*
ing-will be wanting on ins part t.rrnur 'litmtun
eomfortaMe. iHis Table ami 8 abies wtl, be iurmsl.e.
with the best the country affords
B. I’ DANIEL
Canton, Jan. 19—1—wGw.
June.
Ist Monday, Baldwin,.
“ Richmond,
August.
Ist Monday, Stewart,
“ Flovd,
2d “ Clark,
“ Bibb.
Randolph,
‘‘ Uass,
Macon,
3d “ Walton,
‘‘ Crawford,
“ Early,
“ Cherokee,
4th “ Baker,
Jacksbn,
“ Emanuel,
•• Upson;
•« Meriwether,
“ Forsyth,
Lee, Thursday after,
September.
Ist Monday, Pike,
“ Gilmer,
“ Taliaferro,
“ Coweta,
“ Lumpkin,
2d “ Columbia
“ Madison
“ Morgan
“ Laurens
“ Monroe
“ Fayette
“ Greene
“ Marion
“ Gwinnett
Union
3.1 i, Elbert
>. Butts
*< DeKalb
Hall
‘‘ Talbot
t ‘ Murray
i ‘ Putnam
~ Newton
Cobb
I Walker
*. BulloCli
u Dooly
“ Washington
| “ Wilkes
i October.
Ist Monday, Warren
“ Wilkinson
“ Campbell
‘‘ Montgomery
2d Hancock
Franklin
Camden
Twiggs
Dade
. Henry
Carrol
, Harris
3d Emanurfl
Oglethorpe
Habersham
,* Jones
Pulaski
Heard
Muscogee
4th ‘ Scriven
‘ Lincoln
Rabun
M Jasper
Telfair
<■ Houston
“ Troup
November.
Bulloch, Wednesday be
fore the Ist Monday
Effingham, Friday after,
the Ist Monday,
2d Monday, Jefferson
3d “ Burke
“ Applying
Ware, Thursday after
Lowndes, Monday after,
Thomas, Mom thereafter,
Decatur, “ “
• 4th Monday, Camden
■ Wayne, Thursday after
; Glynn, Monday thereafter
■ Mclntosh, Thursday “
; Liberty, Monday, “
1 Bryan, Wednesday “
NOTICE.
FHIHE Sheriff’s Sales of Paulding county, will in
JL future, be published in the Western Georgian.
Also, the businessof the Clerks of said county.
BARNABAS PACE, c. o. o.
THOMAS A. CIIISLOMN, c. s. c.
THOMAS DUNLAP, Shff.
Feb. 24. G. 4t.
NOTfCE.
THE Sheriffs Sales of Forsyth county, will in
future, be published in the Western Georgian.
JAMES ROBERTS, Shff.
Feb. 24. 6 4t.
GEORGIA, FLO YD COUNTY.
ITI Will Sue Yoil...r|i
NOW let me tell all those that are indebted to me
this is the last time I will ask them for money.
For if they do not call on N. Yarbrough of this place,
by the 10th day of March next, and settle my demands
they may expect to pay cost.
WILLIAM K. BUYERS.
Rome, Feb. 17 s^ s tf.
JL A W.
THE Sttiisctibers will attend the Superior Courts
of the Cherokee Circuit, Georgia, and the Courts
of Cherokee and Benton, m Alabama. AH business
entrusted to their care, will be -promptly attended to.
LUMPKIN & WRIGHT.
Rome, Feb. 2. 3. ts. _ _
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i has been accomplished; we have given to books wings,
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continent, carrying society to the secluded, occupa
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to a.literatxy bangust, more than .wo folds accessible;
we ga.ve and, shall continue to give in the quorto li
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propose to give a volume in the same period for less
than four cents a week, and to add as a piquant sea
soning .to the dish, a lew columns of lite
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of the day. We know by experience and calculations
that we can go still further in the niattc.r.af reducti an,
and wc feel that there is still y.er.ge enough for us to
aim at offering to an increasing literary appetite., that
mental food which it craves.
The Select Circulating Library, now as ever so
great a favorite, will continue to .make its .weekly vis.
ue, audio be.issued in a form for binding and preser
vation, and its ( price and form will remain the same.
But we shall hut-he (first .week of January, 1837, issue
a huge sheet of the size'of the largest newspaper ol
America, but on very superior paper; filled with books
of the newest and most entertaining, though in ihctr
several departments.of Novels.'Tales, Voyages, Tra
vels, &.C. select in their character, joined with read
ing such as should fill a weekly newspaper. By this
method we hope to accomplish a -great good- to enli
ven and enlighten the family circle, anil to give to it,
at an expense which shall be no .consideration to any,
a mass of reading that in book .form would alarm the
pockets of the prudent, and .to do it in a lYinftlier.ihat
the most sceptical shall acknowledge, ".the power
ol concentration can no further go.” No book -which
appears in Waldie’s Quarto Library, will >be .publish
ed in the Omnibus, which will be an entirely distinct
periodical.
TERMS.
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Friday Morning, printed on paper of a quality superior
to any other weekly sheet, and of the hugest size. It
will contain,
Ist. Books, the newest and best that can be pro
cured, equal every work t<> a London duodecimo vol
ume, embracing Novels, Travels, Memoirs. &c. and j
only chargeable with newspaper postage.
2d. Literary reviews, tales, sketches, notices of ’
books, and information from “ the world of letters,” ol [
every description. <
3d. The news of the week concentrated to a small j
compass, but in sufficient.amouut to embrace a know
ledge, of the principal avents, ,political ami miscella
. neous of Europe and America.
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As the arrangements for the prosecution .of this
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prietor lias redeemed all hia,pledges to a generous pub- j
iic for many years, no fear of the non-fuHillment of !
the contract can be felt. The Omnibus will he regu
gularly issued; and will contain ma year, reading mat
ter equal in amount to two volumes of Ree’s Cyclope.
dia for the small sum mentioned above.
Address post paid,
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4G Garpenter St. Philadelphia*
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-*■ from Decatur to this office arrrives eve
ry Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at .5 o’- '
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Thursday and Sunday mornings, at 5 o’clock.
The Stages from Carrollton & Spring. Place
meets at this office on every Monday, Wed- i
nesday and Friday, at 6 o’clock P. M., and
leaves on every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday mornings at 4 o’clock. Tbe mall for
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ture.
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Walker county, leaves on every Tuesday
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ning at 5 o’clock.
The mail from Jacksonville, Alabama, car
ried by Stage, arrives at this office .on every
Tuesday and Saturday, al 12 O-’clock, and
leaves in an hour after its arrival on each day.
T he mail conveyed on horse*back from
Fayetteville to this oflice, arrives on every
Wednesday at 6 o’clock, P. M., and departs on
very Thursday, at 6 o’clock, A. M.
Rome. Geo., Feb. 5, 1838.
l>r. A. PATTERSON
BEING permanently located in Rome, Floyd
county, lenders his services to the Citizens
generally, ui the practice of Medicine and its collate
ral branches.
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.... OFTHE
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TO be published at Washington, quarterly, in an
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cal, but as that at which the Southern States can ba
united upon the undertaking, with the greatest, ease,
and with lhe completes! exemption from all State or
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Ofthe matter, three. ) shall con
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These must, as. literary -works at least, return as age.
neral rule, somewhat towards lhat older method, now
almost forgotten, and give a regular analysis of the
book reviewed, if it be ol any merit. In Pointes and
upon Occasional Topics, there may be a greater liber,
ty of deviating into mere disquisition.
In this portion of lhe Review*, there will be given,
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ter. Its execution w ill a’waya be committed to the
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i such a,s tan scarcely be so well effected in any other
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Occasional Retrospective Reviews will also he em.
bodied in this part of the plan, with a view of favoring
in a certain degree, the more curious studies; or to rt *
I vi ve the knowledge ol importaiu books, forgotten in the
conltfsioh of mod er.hi learning.
Writers will be led, of regular purpose to give their
papers, wherever the stihjcct will permit, t'he form ol
a service; in order not ot,l-y that they may thus afford
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A body of Misce'Uaiswfl (any siiinfe . r XLß(p.')>will form
the subordinate and more amusing part of the Journal
Its contents will be eamew-hat vano.us; but will, for tihe
most part, consist ol short Literary Notii-.esv Biblio.
graphical Articles; a critical list of New
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In Communications, the most compressei'l tnb.de •<>‘f
writing will be every where required. Paper* iiiu
| which the works <ld not bear a just proportion to t'ho
information conveyed or the effect intended, will bn
either rejected, without sciuple, or abridgrd, tvphotit
mercy*
To warrant this exaction, the it.-ttrd rate of conypetr
safiondovwniieirs .will he advanced to 2 I 2 ikdlnis pnr
printed a |ii'.ice that'Wiiliil r lair r< numeration
to lhe'trtleiiis and labor whidh we wish to secure.
Os this revival of a Review of the South, the pur.
pose is. to give once more to our repion, 6now < iiihv
ently needing it) an Jfnterpreler and .a-dedender ; tint
common Represent.rnwe of our tlnst tuitions, acid of tlm
Mimi itself among us. Such in that great
of Opinion, where the fates ol civilized nations mte-now
so largely settled, we do not/posses? and we htrue .td'.
ready strfJared imnch for it. litis time to make nur.
selves understood and respected lh<«re. 'Die Jirnrmd
which shall -Ho this, imust combine tlm general strengh
of all who, throughout tLe.South, levy rhe country,
and arc capable of doing it mtellcetcd i.ei vme. ill tnn.vt
then be, not-the Champion or the propagandist of’lo
cal opinions, but‘the friend of all that pursue the cub.
lie good. -Into the vulgar methods of Politics, debas
ed by Partisan rancour, or corrupted by the interest,
oroverburne by the popular passion of he Imnr, it must
! not-lull —(From it, the pride ol the Nidldmr .m-ust re-
I cei-veino-tlimiimtion, lire dididity ol the Unimiists no
| reproach : lit mitsfbc iv, vantage ground to cither part,
i nor serve but a-6 nn equal field, where they will only
I contend which shall most advance the cause of the
< South, and of that oljei doctrine-of Jeffersonian State
i Kights, avowed by bm-h parties alike, and-now tlm
; only hope of-rallying tmd of ri-si'ii:t!i> the country.
To vindicate, lh< n, our peculiar Jnvfitutioni.; to to.
I bcl with argument, lest presently we >be'forct-d to re
) bel with arms, all interference ttiidli >ou.-dortiestic con
I dition,against the wild ride <«f ant-re Chance aml'Ci.r
■ ruption, to it[ hold a iR« publican and (Fedeiraihve, asd .«*
tinguished from a Demoorirtic and Consolidating ad
ministration of tfie Nuimnid affairs, from the dtsot.
ders of the Central government. Where Reform is
hopeless, and even useless, t-dl you have given your
selves stronger aud wiser local syskmts—to dried the,
i public view towards a imine policy of the State, capn
. ble, through itself, to confer upon hr -the blessings of
j wellordered Liberty, expected in v..:,i from the Fe
d ral Tower; from the delusion ol Party Politics abroad
to call home the who and bravo have often raised
petty States iiito-noblc and prosperous Commonwealth ;
to attach men, if possible, to their birth place, and
‘ convert them from wandering and t-tlfish adventurers,
I into ci izens, the lovers.of civilization, to re.animate
public spirit, and give it purpose, as well as energy;
to hold, over parties and 'Politicians, the tribunal of a
Public opinion far different from that idle and corrupt
one, of which the newspaper Press is the voter;; for
these purposes, to diffuse through the land, sound and
well considered public doctrines, with (knowledge and
Taste, their natural allies, such will <bo the general
aim of that literary league, among the ibeat talents of
the country, which has-been set on foot in the present
undertaking.
Os its critical purposes, it is not necessary to speak
so minutely. In general, it will of course strive to
guide the popular taste towards the -best sources in
knowledge, and the truest.models in /Elegant -Letters.
Jts judgments will however, found themselves uporf
the dentof.his temporary renown, nor that of his birth
on this or the other side of the Atlantic. (Towards
the few good writers, the want of cultivation has yet
permitted us have in ztinerica, it will know how to be
respectful. But in l»iteratnre, as lately in Trade, w>
shall insist that no man's had,comrnodilybe forced up*
on us, under patriotic pretences. Upon all that school
of writained.
fUpon the .Literature of mere amuseniont, existence
enjoyed by this literary grass, which .flourishes green
ly in the morning, and is cut down and flung away be.
fore the night. Life is too short, Art too long, and
Learning grown too prolific, for people. to occupy ihem,
selves more than an instant with (bad ’books, while
sush great bodies of good ones are at their command.
Professor of Anatomy, Medical (Col lego, S. C.
Charleston sth Feb. 1838.
NOTICE.
THE Sheriffs Sales.for J-’loyd county, will for the
future, be published in the Western Georgian.
All Letters on business connected with their office.,
must come Post Paid, otherwise they will not be at
tended to.
WILLIAM R. WILLIAMSON, Sh’ff.
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