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From the Southern Cultivator.
C»ri a fkrmer buy his meat chea
per than he can raise it at
!?
It it a commonplace remark with a class
of slip-shod tort of planters, that “a man
can buy .hia meat cheaper than he can raise
it.” At some particular junctures, when
corn is high and meat low, this may be
momentonljr the case, if cotton happens to
bear a fair price at the time. Taken fora
series of years, this maxim is devoid of truth
qrwt ruinous to individuals and the country
in its effects. And what guananty has he
that the supply of meat from abroad may
cot fall short; as has been tbe case this
year with mules ? And no circumstance
tends more to bring about that result, than
the late very low prices, which arc calcu
lated to dishearten tbe Tennesseean, and
prevent his bringing tbe former quantity to
market. This year meat has been unusu
ally low, and that very fact may add 50
per cent, to its price another year, and the
meat buying farmer will find himself at the
morcy of the Tennesseean. To reason by
analogy this will very likely happen. Any
one can recollect that in 1843, good mules
sold here from $30 to $35, ana the same
dracription brought $75 this past winter.—
What safeguard has the planter who raises
neither meat or mules, against these peri
odical revulsions in the market of those ar
ticles?—revulsions dependant on the laws
of supply anil demand, which his helpless
situation prevents him from avert ing from
bis own door. A planter who raises corn,
near a large market town, may sometimes
make money by selling his corn at a high
price, which usually happens once or so in
a season, and buying his meat. But the
C t moss of farmers live at a distance
i a market, and have no such advanta
ges. But if even this one turns speculator
and sells com to buy meat, he will find, in
an average of years, he will make but lit
tle by it.
Let u9 examine the question of meat'
buying closely. Say two acres of land
will produce a bag of cotton weighing 400
pounds; this, at five cents, willnc$20.—
What would this same two acres of ground
produce, if cultivated in corn and fed to
tour hogs of a year old ? We have estima
ted that it produces 8’.M) weight of seed cot
ton to the acre, according to the above cal
culation, and land which yields that much
cotton will bring 40 bushefsof corn. Well,
that would be 40 bushels of corn, which,
fed to four hogs of a year old, at the rate
of 10 bushels to each, would make each
one weigh certainly 175 poundsnet. Mul
tiply this by four, and we have 700 pounds
of pork as the result, which at three cents
per pound, is $21—a difference of a dollar
against the theory of “it is cheaper to buy
than to raise,” with the additional advan
tage of placing the farmer above the con
tingencies of a short supply and high pri-
0C9.
Since wo began this article, in lookin^
over our papers, the following apposite re
marks of the Albany Cultivator, on the
subject of the pork market, lias met our
rye, and we transfer it here 03 n corrobora
tion of our suppositions. We had suppos-
id, in the usual course of things, this fine
tuation might take place, and it seems that
in fact it has taken place sooner than we ex.
peeled
place, may there not be a decline in cotton? try
such things take place occasion!?, as he is
aware; and, instead of purchasing his
meat with cotton at five cents, or, in other
words, giving a pound of cotton for a pound
of meat, may not cotton fall to four cents ?
In that case it makes the difference stand
against his theory at $19, or very near one
hundred per cent.
We trust that we have shown, that if at
particular times, for a short period' at best,
the planter does well to buy his supply of
meat, with the proceeds of bis cotton and
com, in the main that plan is destructive of
his own interests, and in a high degree pre
judicial to the general welfare and prosper
ity of the community at large. The far
mer is truly the bone and sinew of the
country. His prosperity makes all others
prosperous, and his ruin is succeeded by a
destruction to all other callings. If col-
lectivelv, the farmers of a country pursue
a correct policy, which results happily to
themselves, the whole land smiles; if they
itursue the infatuated course, heretofore
ollowed in Georgia, the country is clad i;
tbe lugubrious raiment of sack-cloth and
ashes. When will the farmers of Georgia
S ursue their true interests, and raise the
ejected head of their beloved State.
J. B. L.
Macon, Go., Jlpril, 1845.
sojoined as to require no caulking,
of her cabins, which h
ta«ntCTr been renewed, is con-
iidcrably worn, but not a* much so asabrickra-stone
floor would have been. In 1801, during tbe war he-
tween England and Denmark, she mounted 44 puns,
with which she did rood eervice. She n a good sail
er, and so dry as scarcely ever to require the use of
her pumps. 8fae was handsomely decorated with
flags and brilliantly lidded, mile we were there
a Banish man-of-war bng arrived, whose officers came
on board the “ Johanna Maria” and helped to enliven
both tbe Danes and the supper.”
From the Cultivator.
Preparation and use of charcoal
In the winter and spring of 1842,1 made
and applied several thousand bushels of
coal, mostly combined with the covering of
earth and ashes of the pits; not doubling
that coal, lying on or about the surface of
the earth, absorbs ammonia in dry weather,
and gives it to tbe earth in wet weather.—
I would not have it finer than-the ends
of my fingers, and unavoidably down to
dust; for it is evident that in proportion to
the pulverization, 60 are the pores destroy
ed. Towards the close of my operations,
my preparation of the coal was to hum tv o
or three pits on the same ground, mixing
and casting back the same earth and coaI
for covering ; by which, and a little extra
labor wilb a shovel or hoe, the coal was
pulverized to my liking. As to the effect
of the pure coal which l pulverized and
cast into my caule yard, I cannot speak, as
no test was attempted, but never expect to
do the like again ; for why should I use
coal to secure my already acquired capital,
when straw or leaves would answer the
same purpose. Better use the coal broad
cast to extract and secure capital from the
universal fund. Remember that in my
operations, the coal, the covering earth,
(which is always filled with valuable salts)
and the ashes were mixed together. This
compound was carted out ana cast on land
in wheat, com land, oat land, meadow and
pasture grounds. The effect on wheat and
com, apparent and decisive, say improve
ment 15 to 20 per cent; both wheat and
corn land inclined to white clay. Effect on
clny not visible ; land, white clay. Effect
on meadow very evident, the grass being
lifted thereby from 5 to 6 incites on both
dry and wet land. The grass consisted of
of greensward, alias Kentucky blue grass,
and red clover. # #
The earth from a coal pit I would esti
mate at the outset, to at least as much as
the coal; but as the coal is a permanent
actor and reactor, it may ultimately perhaps
be worth 100 per cent, or even 1,000 per
that
wood work i* as •
sound as when the was laVnchci Her hull, unlike TT/STORY of tlx: American Revolution, wil
other vessls constructed ofribe and plank, is of timber, fl Mans and otheT Illustrations, by the Rev. J. 1
The floor m one Blake, D. D.
To Rent. *
T WO Stores in the lower story of the Patriot
building, and one Tenement in tbe second rtory,
o be completed by the 1st day of June.
N. TIFT.
april 16, 1848. 1 tf
Lumber and Jfleal,
F OR sale at the Kinebafoonc Mills, two miles
corth of Albany. Orders for Lumber promptly
attended to. TIFT & BRISBANE.
April 16,1845. 1 • tf.
President JUaxcsps Iletnains.
J UST published by the subscriber, inane beauti
ful octavo volume, the Liteian Remains of the
Rev. Jonathan Maxcy, D. D. the Second President
of Brown University, Providence, R. I. and Subse
quently of Union College, Schcnectaday, N. Y. and
fortlic last sixteen years of his life, of South Caroli
na College.
Dr. Maxcy was one of the most distinguished pul
pit orators this country has produced. Although
a Baptist, such was his reputation as a schollar and
a divine, that in 1802, be was called to sui 1 —
Tie Young Orator, and New York Class Book.
By J. L. Blake, D. D.
Classical Spelling Bade, Containing rales and
asons for English Orthography and Pronunciation.
By Rev. A. B. Chapin, A. M.
(We have received copies of the above valuable
School Books Gun Mr. Alexander V. Blake, Pub
lisher and Bookseller, T7 Fulton street New York,
and after a perusal of their Contents, recommend
their use in our Schools.
Wc arc authorized by Mr. Blake to order any
Books which may be required for the nse of Schools
or Libraries, and it will give ns pleasure to confer
such favors.)
April 16, 1845.
Baker mortgage Sale.
W ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in June next,
before the Court House door In the town of
Newton, Baker County, the following property to wit;
Two negro slaves: -Rachael, 35 yean old, and
Elvira, 11 yjaraold; levied on as the property of
John Craves, to satisfy one mortgage fi fa (tom Ba
ker Inferior Court: John Alexander vs.' John Graves.
Property pointed out in said fi fit.
Also, one negro girl, called Mariah, to satisfy one
Mortgage fi fit from Baker Inferior Court: James
Walker vs. Asa Sinquefiidd. Property pointed out
in said fi fa. , ,
GEORGE W. COLLIER, Sh’ff.
the Presidency of Union College, the Rev. Ji
Edwards D. D. an Institution always under tbe con
trol of another denomination.
From the Protestant Churchman.
“ The collection of literary remains now publish
ed, in the language of the venerable President of
Union College, will justly be considered “ a treasure
by those pupils of his who remain to reverence his
memory, as well as “a valuable contribution to our
American literature.”
From the Baptist Memorial.
“ He was unsurpassed, in his day, for elegance
and vigor as a writer, while, as an elegant speaker,
he was acknowledgedly pre-eminent tie may with
propriety be denominated the American Robert Hall.
No other denomination would have allowed such a
star as Maxcy to have remained so long in obscurity.”
Although if may be supposed that this volume
will be sought and read with eagerness by American
Scholars and clergymen generally, yet as he was a
Baptist and at one time presided over the principal
Baptist University in this country, every Baptist cler
gyman and scholar should posses a copy of it. Price
I'm Dollars. For Ten Dollars, fi
Baker, Sheriff’s Sales.
ron test.
TJj’ILL be sold, before the court house door in
v v. the town of Newton, on the first Tuesday in
June next, the following proju-rty, to wit:
The south half of lot of land, No. 343, in the 3d
district of Baker county, well improved, and lot of
land No. 139, in the 7th district of Baker county,
with improvements thereon; levied on as the proper
ty of John C. Sutton, to satisfy a fi-fa, from Baker
Superior court, Josiah Pope vs. John Sutton. Pro
perty pointed out by Sutton.
Also, three lots of land adjoining, in the 3d dis
trict of Baker comity, Nos. 195,81,304; levied on
as the property of Marion M. Skaggs, to satisfy a
fi-fa, from Baker Superior court, Francis M. Ruse,
vs Marion M. Skaggs. Property pointed out by
ars. For Ten
forwarded by mail
or otherwise, six copies will be sent. For sale by
ALEXANDER “
April 16, 1845.
V. BLAKE,
77 Fulton street, N. Y.
1
“ Dbviciekct it? the Supply op Pork. cctU more than the earth.
ron 1844.—Wc arc not surprised at the
falling off in the amount of pork slaugh
tered in the West last season. From 1838
to 1841, it is well known that an excite
ment, amounting almost to a mania, pre
vailed through the country in relation to
hogs. .Improved breeds were sought after
with great avidity, and in many instances
■very nigh prices were paid, particularly for
Hcrshircs. The natural consequence of
this excitement was, first, that unusual
numbers of hogs were reared ond fattened,
and of course the pork market was glutted.
The unprecedentedly low prices of pork in
the western markets, for the years 1841 to
1843, proved almost ruinous to those farm
ers who relied on that article for their chief
income. Many farmers were forced to sell
their bogs for no more than a dollar and
fifty cents per hundred, ‘dead weight,’ and
in some instances for less. They could
fibt.fttand such low prices, and hence fol
lowed the second result of the former ex
citement, viz: the raising of but n small
number Of hogs, and the falling off in the
quantity of pork killed in the Western coun
try lasv year. We sec it stated in various
papers that the amount packed at Cincin
nati Inst year was less by one-third than for
the ycdr previous. At St. Louis it is said
the. decrease is stiH greater; and through
the Stele Of lUtaofe there is said to have
been a falling off iH from one-third to one-
balf: Ih Oufat the falling off was much
jjreatW, ris Wc nrc informed, nt the interior
slaughtering places, that at Cincinnati.—
In the SOjoty valley, for instance, where
the number .slaughtered at nine places in
IMS tftihil!!,800, the number for 1844 is
qnly-48,350. ..It seems probable, from pre
sent prospects, that pork .will command at
Teast risjriUtierating prices the coming, fall,
and those tenners Wfio had 4he foresight to
< see this, and have Wisely provided Uiem-
celvte with a sufficient stock of a Mod
^ircedof hogs, will ho likely to reap their
• So wb may expedt an increase of price,
for some rime to come, and the tame cau
ses-which have produced-thb reaction in
Ohio, will probably develoge themselves in
"" ” in time to affect the
f pork here. Now
e planter, who pur-
at three cents;
Cents for it the next!
r calculation above will
stand affected by it. . The 70ft. pound
meat at that increased.price would be wi
$35, which would bo a difference of'
against bis anti-meat raising system, i
«hOo theee serious changes are taking
My manner of spreading this manure, is
by casting it from the cart in such quantity
as to blacken the earth handsomely, and
for obvious reasons always keeping the cart
on the wind side.
If Liebig’s theory as to the action of coal
be right, then it must act profitably on all
lands wanting manure, except such as arc
continually wet; but on clay grounds,
plowed down, it has tlit! additional
virtue of opening the pores. If then coal
be used separately, I would plow it into
clay grounds ; and if burnt earth and ash
es be used separately, I would cast these
on sandy grounds. * • *
common schools; but it is believed to be so compre
hensive sml derated in its character, as to bo accep
table in Academics and High Schools as well as
Coliego*.
Tito present volume, we consider a valuable intro
duction to the study of Roman and Grecian Antiqui
ties in a form more attractive than the other works
now in we. The work wOl be (bond eminently use
ful in schools nd oother seminaries of learning.
Protestant Churchman.
Governor of Oregon.—The Halifax Her
ald savs “ Wc have it upon good authority,
that Sir George Simpson, a passenger m
the Caledonia, for Boston, goes out as Gov
ernor of Oregon Territory.” If so, the
question of right and possession will be
brought to a speedy issue.—Balt. Sun.
We suspect there is some mistake in the
above. Sir George Simpson has been act
ing as deputy (or resident) governor of the
Hudson’s Bay Company, (the governor
himself being in London) and we doubt
very much whether the deputy governor of
the Hudson’s Bay Company has not been
mistaken for a Governor of Oregon. It is
! also a questionable problem whether the
crown would, or perhaps could appoint, un
der present circumstances, a governor of
Oregon. But if the above paragraph
should prove to be correct, it remains to be
shown now far this overt act of appointing
a governor of the Oregon Territory does
not amount to a sort of livery of Seisin;
whether Great Britain is not claiming of
right, the territory over which she appoints
an active governor; and whether the Brit
ish minislry can properiy reconcile the ob
jections which they are making to the PreS-
dent’s simple declaration in bis inaugural,
to an Acr of this description.—Washington
Union.
SALT! SALT!!
April 16,
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endfy, on as reasonable terms, FOR CA&II,
bp bought in this market; and respectfully iolic£
the patronage of the pnhUc generally. Among hii
assortment can be found 6
Rio and Cuba Cofiee. (Manilla and Ky. Twine
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Floor, Northern and Wes. Nails and Spikes,
* ten >- P-wder and Shot,
Bacon, Country and Wes- Percussion Cans* Flint.
oEW, ar '
Soap (varieties of) Sbingfinir hatchets.
Tobacco, (various brands) ColliwdW™^
Snuff (botUcs &IAukto) Weeding A Patent Hoc,.
Sperm & TUfew Candies, Table Salt and Brooms,
cheese, Butter, Molases and Svran.
Snic« & Kind. Bagging Mess and Primel&k,
Manilla and Ky. Rope. Whiskey Ac. &c.
- „ JOHN JACKSON.
Albany, Geo. april 16,1846. 1 tf
DRY ROODS.
J OHN JACKSON offers for rale at bis old stand
a general assortment of DRY GOODS. Alio
Cotton Yarns, and Cotton Ounabnrgs, which will be
sold for Cash only at Factory Prices.
Allany, April 16,1845. 1 3t
SALT.
Q Aft Sacks Liverpool ground Salt in fine order
UVU now in Store and for sale by
JOHN JACKSON.
April 26, 1845. 1 3t
JRO.V.
An A A or assorted width*, and qnalki«
OUlflf now on hand and for sale lour by
JOHN JACKSON.
Albany, April 16, 1845. 1 3t
_ Also, the lot of land whereon Sparkman Bowen
lives, in the 3d district of Raker county, No. not
known, and one black horse; levied on as the pro
perty of Bowen, and one sorrel horse, levied on as
the property of John L. F. Kemp, to satisfy a fi-fa,
from Baker Superior court, William Smith, vs. John
L. F. Kemp, and Sparkman Bowen principal, and
John Colley, security on appeal. Property pointed
out by Colley.
Also, lot of land No. 62, in the 7th district of Ba
ker county; levied on as the property of Hampton
N. Dozier, to satisfy a fi-fa, from Baker Superior
court, John C. Sutton, vs. Hampton N. Dozier. Pro
perty pointed out by Plaintilf.
Abo, lot of land, No. 145 in the 7th district of
Baker county; levied on as the property of David
Hudlcr. to satisfy a Justice court fi-fa, Daniel B.
Sheffield, vs. David Iludler; levied and returned to
me by a Constable.
Also, one Brown end one roan mule, and one small
road waggon and harness; levied on as the property
of Thomas T. M’Collum, to satisfy several fi-fas.
from Randolph Superior court, John N. Bled so, and
others vs. Micajah Bateman, and Titos. T. M’Ctd-
lum. Property pointed out by M’CoUum.
Also, one negro girl about 12 years old, by tho
name of Jane; levied on as the property of Benja
min Johnson, to satisfy several fi-fas. from Baker
Superior court, Garay Kitchens, and ntlmro vs. Ben
jamin Johnson. Property pointed out by Johnson.
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very youth has its advantages, and we shall endeant
to give them fall piay, by encouraging fresh and vig
orous exhibitions of toe mind of our own country.
That this is • pre-eminently too land of original
thought, our Potent Office, our werksbqa, our fields
and omr rivers abundantly illustrate. In the Fine
Arte, American genius bos produced works of which
which any nation might be proud.: We are already
rivaling oW Europe m every deportment of inven
tion, save only in that of literature. Even in this,
on independent assertion of thought and feeling h»
commenced, which the American positing ■ml char
acter demand, atri ore calculated to develope. Mca
here stand to each other in new and advanced rela
turns. An expression that shall be tone to these con
ditions, most give to ourUtentnre new uni origiua!
forms. ItwiDnCeoMingiy be one of the ehensbed
objects of our Magazine, to faster by all .toe means is
our power, every impulse of native and original gen-
While nothing of a sectarian pr partisan character
wffl be admitted intqoar pages, wo ehtdl by no means
shrink from discussing religious and political topic*.
They involve the higlwst interests of man, and at
the present, more thunatany post period, attract the
serious attention efril reflectint
The intent* which toe mutoThas in tbe efficiency
and diameter of the Anny and Navy, will chum fir
bedh services a prominent place in oor cuhnns. Oo
Navaland Military Officers have often shown flat
ceicna ine nonoroi ineir country
able contributors will he secured i
TMa Magazine will also be d
which tho Geoseu Aistoricat.
tally publish much of its most'
portions of its domestic and fa
rommmjjcatknV 1 , IcctUFCR and
may potjscsa a general value.
Wetwlieve Wo that,
Vintages. Georgia Res nearest
Indies, nearly cr qntte .an^hmrired years ago. We It boa W rerimmebded by some of the firit
hnverineehma lurited by Cfeyg PthrittT.who cominanda teachers and scholars ; and ft should be naed inev-
her, to an entertainment cn board. 8he i* truly s ery young ladies school, especially, in the country,
wonderful vessel. Her great age is indicated by er- April 16, 1845. 1
NEW SPRING GOODS.
Pf>HE~EhdwcribenhaYe fast recetrrd an asaort- hi
to yoong hufie* and too oldest JL mentor DRY GOODS adapted to the season,
41 which they oficr at low pricfiBj
. Jj' - ' HUNT & PYNCHON.
Albany, April, 18,1845. 1 st
a t™° expression to southern interests,
published by W.TnottKzWJU
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