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About Augusta herald. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1799-1822 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1818)
Plauter’a Repository. Vbr u»k of wo'lung ’mpfovci»«nt« on the t»rth i« noth more jeluhifol to »«> on<ieb«»t.hed ■uml, tlnn <ll th* tain glorj. which can be ocijii r€d from <*i , * le m6 * l “ n ‘ n * terruptei oareer of con^ueeu. WA9MIN6TOX. From the Fhil American Cenlinel. In my first number, after some intro ductoiy observations, I treated of the nature of soils, and the most judicious way of managing them, kc. In the second number, 1 treated of manures, and those most proper lor different soils, kc. I shall now give you a short Essay on the Improvement of Wet Land, Ploughing vj Fallow*, fitc, which, I trust, will prove ot essential benefit to many of my brother Farmers. But when I realize, that nearly one half of all your wealthy merchants own countty seats, with plantations attached, and are now nominal, or theoretical farmers, I leel encouraged to hope (as four paper is extensively taken by them) that these Essays wnl pum: moie generally useful, than 1 first apprehended they would do. Improvement of Wet Lands. The fit st and principal improvement of wet lands, is draining, without which the greatest quantity of'he beat manure wt'l uove ineffectual, and for want ot p oper drains, the stagnated waters coi rupt the natural nourishment, so es sentially necesstuy for producing sweet herbage; but when the cause is re moved, the effect will cease. 1 hose luxuiiaot, noxious weeds, or coarse grass, being deprived ol their nourish m*nt, of course die, and sweet whole some herbage naturrally succeeds, with out manure. The greatest attention should be paid to the si nation ’.'.nd declivity ol the ground { t;>e duches at the lowest pail of the land should he fi »i opened of sufficient dep h and r «c (according to the nature ot the sc) Irotn two to three feet deep and fiom one to one and a half wide at bottom and from two to three feet wide at top ; which slope will prevent the aides itom falling in with rain or frosts. Small or leading drains should be made, fr >m fifteen to eighteen inches deep; ei.,nt inches wide at bittom, and about fourteen or fit een at the top ; extending thmugn th* most holiow, and from ’he lowest to the highest parts j of the land. These branches or small [ drains should he, in distance apart (in 1 proportion to the springs and wetness of the soil) cut uefoss the gtound, sutfi cieot to convey the water into the latge drains. The almost immediate and wonder ful effects of t.,us Unhung low and wet land-,, are too obvtout and surprising to req tire any comment. I have, the suc ceeding year, had as fine a crop ot aweet and fine grass, as on any pstl ot my farm. Ploughing of Fallows. Ploughing ol Fallows is preparing the land by ploughing and menu, ing, recovering that spirit lost in tillage or sweetening and destroying those parti cles hurtful to vegetation. The most attentive observations and experiments have instructed me, that When grazing lauds ave intend d to be btoken up. the latter part ol Sept, mbt r or h ginr, tig of October is the most ,<d v»n agr ous ae.ison. At that fine vege tation begins to decline, consequently the pioduee of the land is of but little value till the succ.-eu tig sp.iog. The ground, as soon as broken up, thou d be rolled with a heavy rol ler j th* sward by that means will be so closed, that the heat and moisture will cause a speedy fermentation, and rot the award mote In October and No vember, than it wou d in the following month. It should be harrowed, that the earth may be loosened and prepat ed to tccover the bench s of the air, rain and frosts. The latter end of November or be ginning of December, it may be ob liquely ploughed as de» p as the staple will admit. By this nude, the baulks that were made at the fust ploughing will be corrected. The land being thus left in its rough state, wnl be exposed to the winter frost, which will penetrate the hard clods, and by its expansive force, great ly assist in pulverising the soil. In the month of March or April, ac cording to the season or climate, the land should be again rolled, to break the remaming clods; which being im pressed into the gtound must be loosen ed and pulverised by Itairowtng. In this state the earth should remain for a week or ten days to teceive further benefi from toe atmosphere—hen plougtl for t lie ci p. Tins method of cultivation fully prova the great advantage of good tillage. A PENN FARMER. *** KeguUtious establishing the Custoniurv FUEU.H I', between havauuab mid Augusta, ma> fie had at tins Uikce. THE RUINS. BV SELLECK OSBORNW. I’ve seen in twilight’s penaive hoar, The moss-clad dome, the muuld’ring tow’r In awful ruin stand— That dome where greatful voices sung, That tow’r whose chiming mneic rung, Majestically grand! I’ve seen ’mid sculptur’d pride, the tomb Where heroes slept in silent gloom, Uneoncious of their fame— Those who with laurel honors crown’d Among their foes spread terror round, Aud gain’d—an empty uante. I’ve seen in death’s dark mansion laid, The ruins of a beauteous maid, Cadaverous and pale! That maiden, who, while life remain'd, O’er rival charms in triumph reign’d, The mistress of the vale. I’ve seen where dungeon damps abide, A youth, admir’d in manhood’s pride, In fancied greatness rave 1 He, w ho in reason’s happier day, Was virtuous, witty, noble, gay, Learn’d, generous, and brave. Nor dome, nop tow’r in twilight shade ; Nor hero fali’n, nor beauteous maid To ruin all consign’d— Can with such pathos touch the breast, As (on the manick’s form imprest) THE RUINS OF A NOBLE MIND I Scraps for the Ladies. Communicated for the Boston Gazette, j The longer a woman remains single, the more apprehensive will she he of entering into the s - ate of wedlock At seventeen or eighteen a girl will plunge into it often without fear or wit 5 —at twenty, she will begin to think;— at twenty-four, will weigh and disenmi nate; —at twenty eight, will be afraid of venturing ;—at thiity. will turn about, and look down the hill she has ascended, and sometimes rejoice, and sometimes repent, that she has gamed that sum mit. At every age on this side of matrimo ny it will lie found, that a Parent’* j wings are the most effectual safeguards j of Daughters bom the villainous bitds | of prey that hover o nund them. It is as necessary to direct Daugh ters in the choice of iheii female com /tuition*, as it is to guard them against the designs of artful nten. Women run into extremes, and are generally better or wo se than ni*-n. Women ate seldom chea'cd but they a e accessory to it; for if they did not fi , ter themsrhes, men could not so easily impose upon them. Men ate apt to think of women a* they do of books; and say, the finest of them will not enduie a thorough exami nation. ’Tis much with wedlo k as with our Elixers and Antidotes: there goes a thousand ingred.sms to the lnakm, of the composition ; hut then ii they be not timid, ptoportionid, and prepared acceding to art, ’tisan tnjuiy to us ra ther than a re'irf. A man, who flatters a woman, hopes ei'her to find her a fool, or to make her one. Women should be early taught to think highly of their sex; for their pi ids oben suppoits virtue. The pen next to the needle, of all employments, whether for improve ment or amusement, is the most pro per and best adapted to the genius of women The woman who neglects the utejul and the ilegant, which distinguish her 1 t x, lor the sake of obtaining the iearn- I ing which is supposed peculiar to men, incurs more contempt lor what she foregoes, than she gams credit by what she acquires. «A V ANN AH UIYKH Navigation Company. ►j" It is suggested to connect with the above company an lusurauce Of fice. and to increase the capital to oue million dollars. When it is consider : cd that there is annually from fifty tu one hundred thousand dollars sent | abroad for this purpose, and the obsta -1 eles thrown in the wav of recovery from the underwriters—something of t jp- kind is a desideratum which lias ij e eit long wanting. June :2fl 103 | NOTICE. VLL persons having demands a gainst the Estate ts Robert j \Y ark, lute of Edgcfied District, de 1 ceased, will present the same, and hose indebted will please make pay meat to either of the Executors, a Peggy Ware, F.x'rx. Nicholas Ware,) t*j Robert Ware, C *- George Ware, j * August 11 12 NOTICE. IN consequence ct Mi. B. M'Kinnf retiring from Bus ness, the b,ub scribers have to announce a content plated dissolution of their concern, ans that all transactions after the first cl next month, will be conducted by thcii successors, SCARBROUGH $ M- K.INNE 5 who they respectfully be> leave to recommend to the same con fidence and encouragement that ha; been so kindly confered on them. Barna M'Kinne & Co. Savannah. Jan. 24, IB 18. 61 THE SUBSCRIBERS, ITNDER the firm of SCAR- J BROUGH d} - M'K-INNE, (suc • cessors to Lasna M‘Kinnb &e Co.) having formed a connexion in business m this place, they beg leave to offer i their sei vices as GENERAL COM MISSION ME R ( HANTS. William Scarbrough, Joseph P. M'Kinne. Savannah, Jail. 24, 1818. 61 & M‘KINNE Sf Co. will make advances on Produce lodged : with them to be forwa-ded their friends I Scarbrough and M‘Kinke, for sale Should the Savannah Market not of fer acceptable advant iges, the Produce (at the option of the. owner) will then be forwarded to the Northward, ®r to a port in (T eat-Britain or France, an* I in all ins ances, (for th? enstomary Commission) they will guarantee the responsibility < f rhe panv’s to whom it mrv br consigned for sale. lufutfa, Jan. 30, 1818. 61 Notice. rgV!K fitou of Dickinson & Thomt ft. son. vi 3 dissolved on the 14. h i instant in mutual consent, ail demands j for and n-: the late firm, will he I 9e«icd ' v , 'oey Dickinson. Cosbey Dickinson, Isham Thompson. Febmar 17 66 Isham Thompson, V\ T ILL continue the AUCTION ▼ T and COMMISSION BUSI ; NESS, under the Globe-Tavern— I Where he will use his exertions te render satisfaction to all those who inay commit business to his charge. February 17 66 Bank State of Georgia, } Savannah, 21 Aug. 1818. RESOLVED, that 20 per cent, of the Capital S;o;k of this Bank ■ be and the s ,me is hereby requited to be paid ,n, oh or before the li si Mon day in November next, by the Stock holders thereof—the same to be paid in Specie or Biiis of either the Bankt of Georgia. By Or dr* of thr Board, Anthony Porter, Cashier. .Vote —Stockholders may pay their S2O per share at the Principal bank m Savannah, or at either of the Branches in Milledgevillc, Washington and Augusta, and obtain a Receipt from the Cashier oa the back of their Scrip Certi ficates for the payment thereof Planter’s Bank. THE directors having resolved on calling in the whole amount due on the capital stock NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on ail shares, on which sixty dol lars have been paid in, twenty doilais ate required to be paid on or befoie 1 uesriay, the lsthof December next, and the remaining twenty dollars, on 01 before Friday, 12th of February, 1819. Holders of shares on which mole than sixty dollars have been paid, are called upon to pay one half of the arncum due on the'r stock, on or bofore each of the above mentioned days. Payments are to be made in spe cie, or in notes of the hanks of th ; s state. J. Marshal, Cashier. Savannah, May 13, ISIS 20: t 92 'notice. ! pel sons indebted to Doctot JL M’Whorter, will please to come forward and settle their accounts, as further indulgence cannot be given He is sorry to be compelled tn justice to himself to give a notice of this kind ; but as his own endeavors to obtain what is due to him, have been ex temely un j availing, he is obliged to have recourse , to the asistance of others, who may pio ' bably be more successful. If satisfac tory arrangements are not made within a month from this time, all accounts and nates due him will be placed without ex ception in the hands of the proper cl ficers. J. G. MWVhorter. j September 4 19 postponed! ; r l''HE sale of the peisonal property i of Charles Rice, late of Franklin county, deceased, ts petponed until i the first Fridav in October next. John Duncan. Adm'r. Mary Rice, Jdru'x. August 11 1 .17 Valuable Property FOR SALE. rHE subscriber, contemplating a removal to the western country, tffers for sale his PLANTATION in Columbia county, on German’s cieek, 28 miles above Augusta, on the road eading from thence to Wrightsboro’. 1 his tract contains between eleven and j twelve hundted acres, of which about four hundred are cleared and well fenced On the premises ate a Dwel ling House, Distilleiy, (tin House, and j Cotton Gin, together with every neces- | sary out building; also a Well of very j good water in the yaid, convenient 1 Springs, and an extensive Orchaid, • containing between four and five thou- j sand selected Fruit Trees. Getmany’s creek runs nearly through the middle of the tract, and a Saw Mill might be worked to advantage as the Land is well timbered. It may be considered as healthy as any situation in the coun try. For further particulars apply to the subscriber residing on the premi ses. George Weiesinger. August 7 11 FOR SALE, A VALUABLE Tract of LAND, on Savannah River, containing four hundred and twenty-seven acres of Land, one half of which is excellent, say first quality high Land forty or fif ty acres under cultivation and in good repair; there is likewise on it an ex cellent Giist Mill, running two pair of stones, a good Saw Mill, a two story framed Dwelling House, together with other necessary out buildings, all in good repair and in high operation at this time. The above property will be sold a bargain—For further particulars apply to the subscriber, in Cambridge, or Mr. James Bickley, at Bickley’s Store, in Abbeville District, S. C. Waller O. Bickley, Executor oj Jostfih Bickley. Jaly 21 t 12 1 6 ENTERTAINMENT. THE Subscriber takes this method to inform his fiends and the public, who m.,y wish to sptnd the ensuing summer among the Mountains, that he continues his TAVERN and j HOARDING HOUSE, in Ashville, Norih-Uarolina, thirty-two miles east of the Warm Springs, for the recep tion and accommodation of those who may wish to call on him. His BOARD ING HOUSE is large and commodi ously situated, so as to render ease and pleasure to these who may occuppy it Also, contiguous to which house, are other houses for persons or families who may wish to live more retired.— His Bar is supplied with the best of foreign and domestic Spirits, and Sta hles well furnished with Foiage. The Roads up the country are generally in better order thau formerly. The Warm Springs have been recently leased by a gentleman from the south, and who will, nr* doubt, give a general satisfac tion. James Patton. Ashville, N. C. Ma> 19 92 HEALTiSYSITUATION. THOMAS UUS ON. from Charlotte , N. C. HAS opened a Boarding House in Jackson county, at Jefferson. Families removing from the lower counties, and travellers, may be assured of comfort and convenience, if they please to call upon him. April 24 85 NOTICEr VLL persons having in their pos session Propetty, Books, or Pa- ! per*. belonging to Jamss Roy. a de ceased Alien, who died without Will and without Heirs, are required to de liver them to the subscriber. Those indebted to the said James Roy, are desired to make payment, and those having claims to p'esm' them to Isaac Herbert, Escheator, Richmond County , Geo. tZj* The Editors of the Charleston Courier and Savannah Rr/iublican, are i requ-sted to insert the above advertise ment in their respective papers, once a week, for six weeks, and forward their accounts to this Office for pay ment. August 11 ts 12 i GEORGIA, Richmond county. ALL Persons who are indebted to | the Estate of William Bruce, an ; a.icn and Native of Great-Brit, in, and ate of Augusta and county afortsaid. deceased, are requested to make pay ment to the subscriber, and those Per sons to whom the Estate is indebted, will please lender in tneir accounts pro perly ittes f ed, for a settiemen>. Isaac Herbert, Eschcatar. 1 Aiaicii 31 78 NOTICE. ALL persons having any demands against the Estate of the late Col. John Milton, will render in their ac counts to the subscriber for payment, and all persons indebted will please make pavmtnt without delav to Hannah E. Milton, Extr’x. Wayncsborough, July 14. 3m 4 NOTICE. ALL persons inuebted to the late firm of Daniel Starnes & Co. ; *re informed that their respective notes ; and accounts have been placed in my i hands for collection, as Guardian for | the minors of said deceased It is i hoped that every person indebted to j said estate, will avail themselves of this j opportunity to call and make an early j settlement, or their notes and accounts i will be placed in the hands of the pro per officers for collection, without any< desetimination. S. Russell, Guardian for the minors of D. Starnes. May 22 93 ~noticE THE Copartnership heretofore ex istisg under the firm of Flewel lin & Dickinson, is hereby dissolved by mutual consent. Taylor Flewellin, Hez. Dickinson. August l 10 NOTICE.” ALL persons indebted to the late firm of T. 8c E. Flewellin, are requested to make immediate payment to John C. H«lcom3e, who is duly au thorised to settle the business of that concern, also to act for me during my absence. ' Taylor Flewellin. July 31 9 Sheriffs’ Sales. On the first luesday in October next, at franklin Court -house , within the legal hours, will be sold, Two Huudred and Ten Acres of LAND, in Franklin county, on the waters •! Gumlog creek, adjoining John Neal, and others, at present whereon William Scott now lives, ex ecuted as his property to satisfy Ter rell & Holly—pointed out by the defen dant. Tho. Payne, d. s. August 12 18 ALSO, One Negro Woman, named MOLLEY, taken as the property of J tin I’ligg, at the insrartce of Benja min Baker, indorsee of Sam. G. Cloud, and by defendant pointed out: H. Terrell, sh’ff. July 29 18 Sheriff’s Sale. Will be sold on the firs t Tuesday in Oc tober next, at the Court house in the town oj Haynesboroutrh, Burke coun ty within the usual sale hours : One Hundred and Fifty Acres of Pine LAND, more or less, adjoin- N | | n 8 Lands of Blass klarvy, and others, t * ev * c d on and reiurned to me by a Cun j as the property of G. B Mat vey, to satisfy seven small exec utions issued by the Justices court, and re turned to me by a Constable, in favor of William Stone. Thomas Burk, s. b. c. August 18 16 Ten Dollars Reward. RANaW A\ from the Subscriber, a Negro Wench named BETTY, aged about 45 years, rather infiim and sickly, had on when she left, either a blue homespun or yellow flannel. Hav ing formerly resided in Savanßah, has probably endeavored to make her way for that place. Patroons of boats and others are cautioned against receiving or harboring the said Negro. Any one giving information where the same* wench is, or lodging her in the nearest jail, will receive the above reward. William M‘Harg. January 20 5 E stray. GEORGIA, Scriven County. SAMUEL CHARLTON, of Capt. Parymun Moody’s District, in this county, tolls before me, this fourth of July, 1818, a bay HORSE, thirteen hands and a half high, branded thus E. L. on the right hip, switch tail, some saddle spots, shod before, in good or der, twelve or thirteen years old, ap praised John Nesstnith and Garret Freeman, at thirty five dollars. H. H. Redding, J. P. A true extract taken from the Records. j Given under my hand at Offiee, in Jacksonboroueh. sth Aug 1818. Seaborn Goodall, Clerk. PUBI.ISH-ED EVERY TUESDAY FRIDAY, BY WILLIAM J. BUNCK, August a Georgia. AT FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM, Tnyah'le in Advance.
