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■ DARIEN - mSt G AZETTE. Vnl fII I Darien <oa3ette .i.VD PUBLISHED BY ■ >g. F. GKANDISON’. I (ON THE BAY) fier annum, jvincible in advance. If 18/Vom f/ie Constitutionalist. ik PRINTER) il| The fallowing tract IB ruitivation of the vine by T. [Hack, Esq. was republished at the |Bst of Kiac B igs. Several geu |Hii of distinction are of opinion it Ijßlesd to a more effectual way of |kg Vineyaids in this contry. [Hat our country is naturally fitted tß.n purpose is undeniably evi ent, IMUie spontaneous production of the [3 in every part of the sea coast, to Maine, and to the |Stards as far as we know any thing >FiB productions. Hhichis the best of these grapes re gHs to be inquired: but it <s ascei ktl that several kinds of them are Hior for wine, 10 any of those call ■uiopean grapes, hitherto impor- Hto this country. For example Bor bullet grape of Carolina, the Hn grape of Virginia, and Coopers Be of New Jersey; all of which ■ our climate perfectly well with- Hovering; and their fruit not being Bed by frost, as all the European Hes are known to he, is improved I slight frost. Os the E . lopean ■es the downey leafed vines have Hnponant advantage, that the down ■res them from the ravages of the B>"£- These grapes are the “Mil- Bt/rgundy” the “White Mnillo” Bhove all othe"s the “Genuine To ■ which to the advantage of the B leaf, adds that of producing the ■wine in the world; and growing It or ten degrees further north than , Ire, may be relied on to stand our > late as well as our own vines Thus nr preface—what follows may be lidered as a simple plain lesson, lit shall be ihe consideration ot a ■e vine, because if the cultivation lie vine is well understood the ap- Btionofihai knowledge to any num lis an operation of plain common B. In February take a single joint Be vine you choose; the genuine ■ay if you can find it, cut it off half Bh above the eye, and again ai two Bes below the eye, cover each end ■ a sticking plaster of any kind, and Hit in a pot ol garden mould (a- I six inches in diameter and ungla ■} The eye of tlie cutting must be Bred with earth and then watered Bttle the ground; after this, lay ■an inch of hotse dung on the sur ■to keep it from becoming dry and B Piace the pot in your hot bed, Bared for raising your cabbage Bs, whenever that is ready. The ■ will require no further care than ■extended to your cabbage plants, ■ore than one shoot rises from the I rub off all but the strongest; about ■first of June turn out the vine from Boland set it in your garden or at the I or north end of your house, whre- Bit can beprotteced from violence. Bill grow in any soil, but like any B’ plant will thrive best in the rich- Boils. When first removed, water Ia distance from the plant so as to B the earth towards the plant,instead ■ washing the ground from it. If 1 water it afterwards, pour the wa- Ia trench at least 18 inches from I plant; lor unless this precaution ised, watering does more harm than id, and does mostinjuty in the dri time. As the vine shoots up it st be supported from falling. other care than keeping the und clear of weeds is necessary dur the first summer. In November, ight covering of straw or corn Its is beneficial in preventing a !2 ' n g and tljawingjjof the vine. In iruary it must be trimmed; and e commences what I conceive to be sole difficulty in cultivating the e viz: to determine at which of the !S it is to be cut off. What is here >it to be said deserves the more at ■ion, as it applies to every succeed cuuing of the vine in every stage D V.RIEA , (uEOttGIA,) ofils existence, goes directly to the ground and piinciple of its cultivation, and will not be found in any author who has written on the subject. Every joint of a grape vine has its) own separate pith Thfe most impor- { tarn circumstance commences at the lowest leaf, that nas a opposite j to the leaf. A solid woouy substance passing 1 1 om the leafto the clasper,! through the vine and connecting them [ together, cuts off entirely the couitati-j ni at ion between the pith aqd the joint | below, with that of the joint next obove; j and so on upwards at every joint • through the whole length ol the vine. • And it is a circumstance not iess im-; portant to be known and kepi in mind; that all the eyes below the first clas-; per are formed in the bosom of small-! er more feeble leaves; and that the’ base of these eyes does not extend a-j cross the vine so as to emit ely cut off’ the pith of the joint below from that of the joint next above it: these eyes are therefore imperfect, and whene-j ver you trim the vine, ought to Be rob bed off. If at the first trimming of the vine 1 we begin to apply piinciple above laid i down, and it is here only, that there can be any difficultv in tne application of it; and this difficulty can only .vrise from the circumstance of so very fee ble a growth in the vine as not to have produced a clasper in any part of it which will seldom happen; but if it should, the vine should be cut off half an inch above the lowest strong full eye; othei wise it is to becu 1 off half an inch above uiefirs clasper, and in both cases ail the eyes below ate carefully to be rubbed off. The eye thus left on, will sometimes pro duce more than one shoot, in wnich case all but the strongest should be rubbed off’ and that supported from falling down; which, except the keep ing of the ground clear from weeds is all the ca e necessary the first year.— In November this shoot is again to be covered as before directed, and in the following February is again tobe cut off just above the second lowest clas per; that is, leaving on two eyes to shoot this season, and again rubbing off I ail the eves below the lowest clasper. ; B >th these shoots should be permitted to grow to their utmost leng'h, which if the soil be favorable will be verX considerable, and there will be reason to hope for fruit the next -eason. Here you ought to be apprized that the lowest clasper appears higher up on some kinds of tne vine than others; on some it appeals at the third leaf, on some at the fourth and on some kinds as high up as the fifth leaf, but the same rule, is to be alike applied and all and evei y eve below the lowest clasper is to he rubbed off. In the 3d February cutting, three eyet on each shoot may be left on, and nos more, however strong the shoot may be. From this time forward all the side branches ft om the shoots of t he year are to be rubbed off, taking great care not to injure the leaf from whence they spring,'which is the nurse of the bud at the root of its stem. At the 4th time of cutting the vine, and from that time forward it may be j cut abort the last of October, four eyes j on eac h shoot may be left, and at the sth ; cutting five eyes mav be left on each j shoot, but more than five eyes on a shoot j ought never to be left on, even in the i most vigorous state of growth at any j age of the vine; for however pleasing; the increase for the year may be, the J injury therehy done to the vine will be seen and lamented in the following and probably many succeeding years. If it be inquired why a single eye is recommended, rather than a cutting of 16 inches long, it is replied, that roots; shooting from a single eye are exlu- ; sively from itself and are much the ; strongest, and strike more directly i downward: the shoot from it has less ! pith in it, the wood is firmer and shor- 1 ter jointed “and comes sooner into full bearing, arid appears to be the most hcaithy vine, and to those important advantages may be truly added that a thousand plants fit to set out, may be raised from a single eye with less labor and within iess space, either in a hot bed or open ground, than a hundred plants can be raised from long cuttings; which have not that I know of, ode single ad vantage in their favour: and in anew country it is of no small consideration that the same cjitting will produce five times the number ol plants. As to the manner of accommodating your vine to its sitlation, an active im-j, Cquat ana <£jract 3|uptice. TUESDAY, MARCH. 8, 18^5. magniation would suggest a vluine on i the subject and possibly, unluckilyjmiss the only direction suited to the case; | but fortunately, the last is that a very | smalt snare of common sense, will in all cases supply the deficiency,and v rjy j little more will he tequired to apply j ; the principle and practice here iaid | down to a hundred o” a thousand vines, | whenever the people of the country shall feel the advantage or necessity of raising Vineyards for a suppW of wine !wi hin ourselves. A few examples by men of your standing will lead them into practice in the only way in which s we can hope for speedy success. And I pledge myself to you who her you ; immediately succeed or not, you will deiive a plesure from the attempt itself I that shall amply satisfy you for every ’ expense of fnoney or time it shall cost j you. Spouing with the long branches, i bending them into festoons, and mark ing the growth of the fine cluster from tne upper bends, that in this way may | be prserved and occasaionallv display ing them at the festive board, nas the happiest effect on the human mind— such as Buonaparte never felt. These are the proper play-things of great men: had Gen. Washington to this day I would have said to him“ one thing thou lackest yet” in that after sav ing a world from a polii cat deluge, thou hast not planted a Vine-yard. T. MALLACK. Judge Peters. QCj’So vine should have more than ten shoots. Mr. Bunce. The importance attached to the subject above treated, by such distinguished individuals, makes it de sirable that the true maner of trimming orpiuning Vines, should be known; and it is likely the want of success here is entirely attributable to this cause. A SUBSCRIBER. EXTRACT From Mr. Biddle's Address befor the Fhili delphia Society for promoting 1 Agriculture. ‘lf I have failed to prove, ’says Mr. Biddle, ‘ that the pursuitsofagriculture maybe as lucrative as other employ ments, it will be an easier task to vin dicate their plessures and tneii import ance. I need not dwell on that retire ment, one of the purest enjoyments of this life, and the best preparation for the furture; on those healthful occupa tions, on that calmness of mind, on *hat high spirit of manliness and independ ence, which naturally belong to that condition. These ate attractions which must have been roots in the human heart, since they have in all time s facin ated once the imagination and won the judgment of men. But I may he allow ed 10 say, that, in this nation, agricul ture is probably destined to attain its highest honors, and that the country life of America ought to possess peculiar attractions. The pure and splendid in stitutions of this people have embodied the brightest dreems of those high spirits, who in other times and in other lands, have lamented or struggled a gainst oppression; they have realized the fine conceptions whieh speculative | men have imagined, which wise men planned, or brave men vainly pe ished in attempting to establish. Their in , fluence in reclaiming the lost dignity |of man, and inspiring the loftiest feel | ings of personal independence, may be j traced in every condition of our citizens; but, as all objects are most distinct by insulation, their effects are pecularly obvious in the country. ‘The American farmer is the exclu aive, absolute, uncontrolled proprietor of the soil. His tenure is not from the government; the government derives its power from him. There is nothing above him but God and the laws; no hereditary authority usurping the dis tinctions of personal genius; no estab lished church spreading its dark sha dow between him and heaver.. His frugal goverment neither desires nor dares to oppress the soil; and the altars of religion are supported only by the voluntary offerings of sincere piety.— His pursuits, which no perversion can render injurious to any, are directed to the common benefit of all. In multi plying the bounties of Providence, in the improvement and embelishment of the soil in the case of the inferior ani mals committed to his 1 charge, he will find an ever varying & interesting em ployment, dignified'by the union of the liberal studies,enlivened by the exercise of a simple and generous hospitality. ,Hia charater assumes a loftier influence over the public liberty. It may not be fo’etold 10 wuat dangers this coun try is desdned, when its swelling poula tion. its expanding territory, its daily complicating interests,shall awake the latent passions of men, and reveal the vulnerable points of out institutions.— But, whenever these penis come, its most steadfast security, its unfailing re liance, will be ontnat column of landed propoi ietors—the men of the soil and of the country—standing aloof from the passions which agitate denser r.ommu uitiv s, well educated, brave, and inde pendent, the friends of the government without solicting its favors, the advo ca'es of the people without desending ?*> flatter their passionsphese men nurtur ed like theii own forests, may yet inter pose between the factions of the coun try, to heal, to defend, and to save.’ Communicated for the Nashville Ga zette. THE NOVICE, No 2. ■ - Nune adhibe puro Pect'tri verba, puer ; nune te melioribu3 offer Quo semil est imbuta reams, servabit odoum Testaihu [Horace. Now pliantly inure Your mind to virtue,while your heart is pufe. Now suck in wisdom, for the vessel, well With liquor season’d long retains Ihe smell [ Francis . Man is endowed With faculties pe culiar to himscif alone, and which ex alts him above every other part of cre ation He is capable oi reasoning, and of deducing with clearness, effects from the most abstruse and remote causes. He possesses a mind for pry ing inro the arcana of nature, and un folding her mysteries The most diffi cult philosophical questions are read ily solved by the force of.his intellect, and seem at once, to become plain and simple. From a state of natire, rude and uncultivated, he has advanced step by step, until he has acquiied in a good degree, correct notions of the universe. Hebcholsthc beauty—the otder, and the harmony of the works of nature, and he uudei stands their uni ty. Os all the beings that God has cie ated, he alone is capable of distinguish ing between good and evil—between virtue and vice. There is something implanted within his breast, that makes him recoil at the very thought of com mitting certain climes inimical to the welfare of his fellow beings; and which makes him view with horror and dis gust, the perpetration of those crimes by others; unless by being long accus tomed to scenes of wickedness, his heart has become insensible to. all the natural feelings of humanity. Then if man possesses such a superi ority over every other part of creation, the mind is at once led to conclude that he was intended for purposes, far more important—far more noble, than the inferior orders of beings. Tiffs we are taught “by the revelation w.hich God has given to man.” But aside from the light thus, afforded us, nature, rea son and the inate principles of our own breasts, all with one voice, proclaim the truth of this position. We are taught to believe that aftet we have ac ted our part in “the drama of human affairs.” we will have to act a part far mote noble or far more wretched in a future state; and that the happiness or misery of futurity depends upon the manner in which we acquit ourselves here. < Hence then, the importance of our pursuing such a course here, as will insure happiness in a future exis tence. , But to turn our attention to another point. It is, I believe, a principle uni versally conceded, that it is the duty of each individual, to contribute as much as may be within the reach of his power, to the benefit—to the ad vancement of the interest and welfare of the society to which he belongs.— Then, in order to do this, there is a certain course of conduct necessary to be addobted, which I believe every man* common sense will point, out if he will strictly attend to it. Every in dividual has it in his power to contri pute more or less to the public weal, just as the God of nature may have en dowed him with capacity. It is not to be expected that every man can make himself a philosopher a states man, an orator, or a poet. Nor is it expected every man can, if he pleases, like a Newton “go to the utmost bar riers of creation;” or reason with the profoundity of a Lock; or with a Mil ton “pass the bounds of flaming space.” These men were possessed of minds of a superior order-such as are rearly to be found. But most men possess suf ficient capacity to make lbemsehes e .spec.labie, and become,useful in some particular sphere, if they puisue pro* per measures. Here it is necessaty to r ma.k. that notwithstanding the intellect >1 man, he ap. ears 10 think, and to act in a gteai degree from habit, and may per haps be justly called a being oi habit. Should any one be disposed to doubt this principle, let him only observe tne actions of man in his daily intercom se with them. How often do we see men attached to a certain sect of religion ists—conforming to all their ceiemou ies, and believing theirs the only ortho dox religion, many b. cause they were taught it in childhood. Being long accustomed to their forms—their thoughts having long run in the same channel, it becomes entirely habitual. ! Asa farther illustration, how many men do we see, who are addicted to the vice of drunkenness fiom habit Thcv commence by degress, but the ’ ofter.er they quaff the inebriating bowl, the more then appetites crave it. It at length becomes habitual. Just let the most intempeiate man lestrain himself to; a while; no matter how ar duous it may at first be, he at length finds he can’t do it without difficulty Hence the influence of habit. If there is any one who stil’ doubts the correct ness of the principle, let him be con vinced by taking a little notice of him self. How many acts does he perform through the day without ever thinking. How naturally, and how regularly does his mind recur to some particular thing to which he has accustomed him i self? Let him answer these ques tions, and he will have little difficulty in discovering my position to be cor rect. Then if men act so much from ha bit, it will require no extraoi dinary ex eition ol mental strength, to discover the importance of forming correct ha bits; and not oniy correct, but earlif habits , in order that we may be ena bled to accomplish the objects, lor which we were brought into existence and to discharge the obligations we are under to society. If a man expects to figure with any tolerable degree ot applause in any particular sphere, it is important that he should, at an early period, nio.ild his habits and mabneis to suit it. If he expects to move in the higher c ir cles of society, all will agree that he should be educated with a view to that object. For if you take a rustic who has arrived at the years of maiuiiu,and who has never been accustomed to any society but that of the unpollished pea santry of the country, and with all hia awkwardness and vulgarity ot man ners, place him in a drawing-room in a polished assembly, he will make a truly ridiculous appearance: noi will he ever acquire that ease and smooth ness of manne-s, possessed by those who have been raised in the more pol ished circles. Then he who has any regard for his fu ture welfare, has the good of his country at heart, and he who looks for ward to the period when he may have it in his power to act a conspicuous and and usetul part in the buisy scenes of active life, should endeavor to lay the foundation which- will remain un shaken through every viscissitude, while the mind is yet tender, and sus ceptible of lasting impressions. And the more so, in a country like ours, where the distinction of nobility is un known; where all, at their birth, are on an equal footing; wheie worth is rewarded, whether found “in the pal ace or in the cottage;” where he who has sprung from the deepest obscurity, may obtain the highest that can be conferred By his country, as the re ward of his merit. Each one should look forward to the attainment of some . distinguished station, and his conduct should comport'with the high object in view. His motto should be, “Ak mini et fiaterc asto ,” I stand to my God and my country. In this way he might reasonably hope for succes, but should he fall short ot the distinc tion to which he aspires, still he will have formed such habits as will ensure him, at least a respectable standing in life. It should be the object of parents, and unquestionably it is their duty, to endeavor to impress the youthful minds of their rising sons and daughters, with the highest veneration for virtue and morality. The> should endeavor to fashion their habits to most punctilious /\ ‘o. 10.