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0 SOUTHERN RECORDER. VOL. II. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1021. No. 10. PUBLISHED WEEKLY, (on Tuesdays) hy s. era ytl-lyd n. m. orme, AT THREE DOLLARS. IN ADVANCE, OR YOUR DOLLARS AT THE EXPIRATION OF THE TEAR. tu Advertisements conspicuously inserted at : the customary rates. A0\V\CY\aTY\L1\i. I ROM rile AMERICA DEEP PLOUGHING, Wot requisite in the cultivation of corn after planting. Mr. Skinner, That corn docs not require deep cul tivating, is a fact that you may give to vour correspondents without the fear of contradiction from those who practically know any thing upon the subject ; pro- sided, it all times, sir, the field has been well broken, that is, ploughed not less than six or eight inches deep. And what is then wanting is to keep the ground clean. The power and vigour of the corn plant is not generally understood ; but if any of your friends will give them- selves the trouble to open a piece of ground twelve inches deep, and plant it in corn, they will find when it has obtain ed its growth, that the greater part of the roots have reached the hard pan, below the loose earth. Hence it is, sir, that this plant rarely fails to give a good crop upon land that is well opened—the crop of 1U10 hid no rain after it was eight or ten inches high, and yet I made nearly the half of a full crop. Twenty years ago my land was too sandy and light to grow wheat ; by this kind of cultivation, und a very liberal use of plaster of Paris and grass seeds, I now make good crops of wheat, say from tw elve to seventeen bushels for one seeded. My best crops have invariably followed that of corn ; far strange as it may appear, I have f :i! . j»,l s*v lime* on* nfnovon In tn-tlte wheat I upon a clover lay ; i have therefore, n- bandoned all fallow for wheat. The summer fallow I consider a beautiful preparation for wheat, aod a kind of cul tivation well calculated to improve land; but as I have many dependents, I have found it necessary to grow great quanti ties of corn for their comfort.—Fanner* have a notion that they must cultivate their land with a view to its protection from the rays of the sun; this will he found to be one of the follies that time has sanctified. Upon my experience, I venture to say, that the sun will fatten and fructify the soil. I advance nothing upon the credit of philosophy or specu lation. Ifa farmer will plough well, and mix, and separate the parts of his soil, it will, if poor, soon acquire its pristine power ; beyond (his he may not expect to go, without the aid of manure. Cap tain Smith, who has given us the history of the settlement of Virginia, states that bis average crops ot wheat exceeded that of the average crop of England about ten bushels per acre ; how will the com parison now hold ? Is not the average crop of England more than double that of Virginia ? I blush, sir, when 1 say 1 believe that this is making the most of our case. 1 will not attempt to explain all the causes which led to this mon strous change—it i* siilhcicnt for my purpose to name two of them—devotion lo the hi,oiled horse, which created the necessity of.i plough corresponding with his power*—this was a little wriggling thing called a Dutch plough. Hod the Deni been called upon lor two agents by which the soil of a country should he destroyed in a given time, I ain persuad ed that with all hi* experience and ob servation, he could not have produced any thing better. Those wretched n- gents opened the earth, perhaps two in ches deep, and to keep down grass and Weeds it was necessary to cross plough every tenor twelve days—every gust swept away the greater part ol the joose earth, and this process weut on until the soil was all swept away, when the land was abandoned as useless. No grass cooled or ornamented the hosoin of this persecuted soil, save that which the bounty of nature gave. Necessity cal led loudly for change, nor called in vain. Industry and skill are now busy in re pairing the breach, and we have every reason to believe that they will receive their reward. ....... A VIRGINIAN. plough ; I then cross ploughed it to the depth of about four inches—then with the same instrument, threw four furrows together four feet apart from centre lo centre, dressed them over with a hoe, which formed a flat bed, between two and three teet wide on the top—I then trenched the beds thus formed cross- ways, with a rake made of wood two feet long, having three teeth, one in the cen tre and one at each end, making three trenches at a time, one foot apart; and planted my seed the lirst day of July, which I think too late, My Ruta Baga had a had chance to succeed well, the season was loo wet ; the earth was per fectly saturated with water for week*, nay, I may say months, after the seed was planted ; it came up badly and did not grow till late in September, when the weather became a little drier. On the third Saturday in September, I pulled up two roots promiscuously ; one of which weighed live pounds and three fourths, the other six and three fourth lbs. after the tops were cut oiF; nt which time (the weather being warm) these were in a line growing state. From this result l am clearly of opinion, that there is no situation between Long Is- I ind and Charleston, that is not congeni al to the growth of liuta Haga. provided the soil is suitable. 1 can discover no good reason why it should not grow at any intermediate, situation, when it is proven that it will grow well lit re and in New-York. Although my turnips are r.ot very large, the experiment is entire ly satisfactory to me, and I am sure the Ituta Baga, under favorable circumstan ces, will grow as well here, as at “ Bot- ley” or “ Long Island.” I hope the Albemarle farmers wilt not be discouraged. I think they will find by perseverance, that instead of a “ nice little bit of a turnip,” they will huve a tine, large, deliglitlul turnip. They are me most delicious tattle turnip I ever tasted, and valuable for feeding cattle, hogs and poultry, and some horses will eat them. witui»» l ' ,,0H '(’. *•) , *' 1 , *' ,S ’J' Extract from remarks on the culture of RUTA BAGA. shall confine my remarks principal- o the culture ofthe Ruta Raga, foar- frnm th* very unfavorable account -n of it by the Albemarle Farmer, o rs may he deterred from cultivating •ven making an experiment on the ore of that very valuable article ol essr.ee. Mr experiment was made t piece of flat pine barren of a fine 1y soil, very poor, anil in its natural c could not produce more than from to eight bushel* of Indian corn per ,. I cu t off the timber and penned ut one hundred head of cattle on it, e acre) from the first week in the ith of May, till the las! week in June, len bad the roots grubbed out, and jghed it up with • common cutter GEOGRAPHY AND SOIL OF FLORIDA. ritOM Darby's MV Mill H on FLORIDA. This country, as ceded to the United States, by the recent ratitied treaty with Spam, has the Atlantic ocean and the Ba hama channel to the east ; Florida or Cuba channel south ; the Gulf of Mexico west and south-west; Perdido hay and river west ; and Alabama and Georgia to the north. Miles. Florida lias no exterior limit on (lie At- Inntic oremi,tielween Itie inootli ol "t. Mary's river amt Cape Sable .... 450 Upon the Gull' ol Manic i between Cape Sable and the inlet ot'Perdido - - - - Ono Interior limits; with Alabama, up the PerJidn,anJ to the 31 deg. N bit. - - - 40 Along Alelinmn nod N. lat. til deg. to the right b ink of Ciintnhooche river - - - 110 Thence with Georgia, down Chatnhoo* che, to tin* junction of that itreeui and Flint river - - 40 Thence lotheeourcn ot St. Mary’s river Mo Down the s'. .Alary - to the mouth • - Ho Having nn outline of • .... 1400 Area, 64,600 square mile*, equal to 34,911,000 acres. Of this superficies, there lies south ofN. Lit. 30 deg. 39,900 square miles, 23,536,000 acres ; and north of N. lat. 30 deg. 14,700 square miles, 9,408,000 acres. Extreme south, N. I it. 2.7deg. nearly; extreme north, N. lat. 31 deg. und pos sessing u range of 6 degrees of latitude. The soil of Florida is divisible into three grand varieties ; pine barrens, sa vannahs, and marshes. Other varieties have been given by some authors, hut are mere shades of admixture, or points and lines of contact between the three foregoing. Pine forest land, here, a- elsewhere, is remarkable for its sterility m the production of the domesticated species of plants, though productive in an indefinite variety of indigenous ve getables. The soil of the pine woods ot Florida is, perhaps, as indy as in any other part ofthe United .States. A ridge of dry, and in a great part ot unwooded hills or hillocks, destitute of water, ex tends from Eukelanoke Swamp, to an unknown distance southward, we*t ot St. John's and Nassau livers. This ridge, no doubt, sinks into the common level of the country before reaching the cape ; or perhaps even the latitude ol 27 deg. Savannah, or prairieTand,in Florida, is in strictness mere varieties of swamp. The former is, indeed, part of the latter, M idi elevation sufliciont to admit culture without artificial drainage. The prairie grounds of Florida, being composed ot so great n part of animal exuviae, are gene rally productive, hut are confined in ex tent. Their nature will appear more clear by reference to cur description ol St John’s river. Swamp* or marshes, next to pine woods, cover the largest portion ot I lo- rida. A *mall share of these flat regions may be reclaimed, hut the fir greater part being morasses, are beyond the or dinary powers of human melioration.— On some points of consideration the F lo- rida swamps may he considered valua ble ; they are in many places covered with excellent timber, and, where ot proper tenacity would afford good graz ing for cattle Another variety of soil occurs in Flori da, called hammock land. This species forms in most instances an interval be tween the pine tracts and the marshes or savannahs, and indeed in no respect differs from the latter, except in being covered with wood. The hammock land, not only of Florida, but of all the southern section of the United States, yields, next to river alluvion, the be«t arable soil. In Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, the hammock lands form much the largest part of live cultivated surface. The quality of the soil alter nates from that of Savannah and river alluvion, to that ofthe most unproductive pine barren*. Bay galls or wet spongy spot*, very frequently deteriorate ham mock land. This inconvenience is les sened by a slight, and removed by a con siderable inclination of surface. To tho,e who visit Florida with high- raised opinions in lavor of its natural ad vantage-, much disappointment is in store; but tho«e who commence an ex amination of this country with expecta tions lo meet with nothing hut sterility, w ill not he les«, but more agreeably dis appointed than the former class. In a space so extensive, and with adiinnteso , many spots have concentrated all the rich features of a tropical physiogno my. When it is considered, that when compared with the entire area, so small i part of any equal surface in the United Stales is actually cultivated, it may be conceded, that if one twentieth part ol its superficies can be brought under the lominion of the orchard, the scythe, or the plough, that, even in an agricultural point of view, F'lorida is an invaluable acquisition to the people of the United States. It may be repeated, that the whole eninsuta owes its existence to mineral and animal deposition. As fir as the on Ins line of operations, which the pre cipitale and unexpected retreat ofthe French did not enable Inin to complete. During the 100 days, Bonaparte promo ted him to the rank of l.ieut. Gen. of Engineeis, and nt Waterloo, he served as engineer aid de camp to his chief, and had the honor of carrying, at a i.ioment of extreme peril, the last order which the Emperor gave on the field. He left France after this decisive battle, ac companied by the regrets and admiration of bit military nssonatei. The Empe ror of Russia, it is understood, tendered him an asylum, and cmplov nir.-nt in hi. dominions, hut he preferred trusting In, fortunes in this republic, where, if his destinies are less brilli nit he was assured of the sympathies and p.ilrounge of a brave and enlightened people. With letters from the Marquis do la Fayette, ho addressed himself to our Government. The Secretary of War had too much sagacity not to perceive the immense benefits rcvilling from the employment of one ofthe first practical Engineers in Europe, his services were consequently secured, end Ins labors were forthwith commenced. These have relation to a military survey of our Coast, from the District of Maine to New- Orleans, and to a projection of such For tifications, as may be necessary for its defence. In the prosecution of these ob jects, lie has been engaged with intromit ted vigor and perseverance for the last four or live years ; he has traversed with the activity and vivacity of youth, all the varieties of our climates and sur face, anil at the close of each excursion, in conjunction with hi* patriotic and en lightened associates, M'Kea and Totten, lias decided on the plans and proliles of those works, which we hope the false e- concmy of out country, will not prevent from rising in majestic immortality, on The times are hard, quoth the landlord, because iny rents have fallen from DO to 7D per relit. They are hard, says the landholder, be cause my land bus depreciated DO per rent. They an peculiarly hard, says tbe queru lous manuf-vliii'er, because the Mrili.ii goods ore pouring in upon us, anfl banishing from the markets the products of my looms.—My workshops are falling into rum, and'my fa mily going lo beggary. 'Flic married man exclaims against the times, because it is so hard to support his family—and the old maid re-echoes the erv because the times are too hard “ to marry or lie given in marriage.” Every man and woman has his or her pe culiar cause of complaint, as it w as in the days of Horace when lie asks Mteernas Qai lit, Mtecenns, quant sibi sortem, i.c. Cast your eyes, in fact, wherever you will, nod you see long fares, aod catch tile ac cents of lamentation and despair. Tin* poor are poorer, mol the rich—but where are they ? No man will wear the eap—nobody lias the reputation of it, except the adventurer ill the lottery, no less worthy than fortunate, who draws the prize of one hundred thousand dollars ? But prizes do not cornu every day, no more than “ one swallow makes a summer.” Tile whole country, indeed, seems covered w itIv mourn ing—and if you judge from (lie universal complaint, one would think that we are go ing headlong into the gulf of ruin. lint let us take a view of things in general ; and ask—Are we like famished inhabitants of a besieged rity r No—bread was never cheaper in the world than it is at this mo ment. Is toharco low ?— It is lower than it was three years ago—but higher than it was some years ago. Are goods dear 1 No—Ihe merchant's compl lint is, they are so cheap, that they can scarcely lie imported. Domestic goods too are on -Lean Itiatthe manufacturer complains of being starved by the importer. “Every thing then is low;—we are all But pause, my friend, ther arts nor science*—in short, improve* inent is backward. Such were the pretty expressions for wliirh«we stood indebted to those pinks of erudition! (erudites a la vio lets.)* .Vo great a pleasure do tee ever lake in speaking ill of another. But that great jodg« of (he truth of things, who known Imw to confute untruth and render justice, time, we may say, has presented us as we are, to Ihe admiration of Fmrope. How thuse obsti nately incredulous compassionate us—who for no other reason than their arrogance dare to {insult the brilliant history of late eveuts! Wretches! arc ye not the same who styl ed (he illustrious people of Spain a nation of slates, who till lately trembled under the lash ofthe Prince of Peace?—Lid you riot range in the lowest class of nations the Por tuguese, Ilia slates of foreign domination and incapable of blushing for her cnain*?— Torn now therefore your views to three fa mous nations. Their names are already graven in history a* is our own. These na tions are w bat of late they were not, and wo too ate what we were not neither. They have passed from thraldom fo liberty, from ignominy to triumph, from wretched ness to happiness. We also merit a like for tune—we too ran refute the calumnies of our enemies. Ignorantii! Do you believe that a great people, the people of the two Sicilies, might lie contained in a single ca pital? Peruse our history, which ascends much higher than the (jtli of July, and you w ill see public spirit, patriotism, gericruut ideas, heroic valor, manifested in the frequent vicissitudes of our monarchy. The peopln reduced to Ihe capital, overturned iu 17U an unstable and chimerical republic, which a foreign oppressor had founded. A short lime previously, this people in the gorges of the Appenninc, made the conquerors of F'uropo tremble, and drank their blood on the field of battle. This people in 1806 revived in the remotest of their provinces, the illustri ous examples of the ardent courage of tha Bruciani, and sacrificed to their distracted country, and tu their legitimate abliorrancr, those French legions who had triumphed o- thc most warlike rations of Europe, at earth has been penetrated, tin* inference | the surface of those waters, over which I It you get less lor bread, you give moment.—If all 11,1^ hive ^i'alleT why I "* Lo,li \“! ““'' Marengo. is supported by facts. '1 ho entire terti lity found on detached spot* is due to ani mal matter. By means of this class of substances, a* the original sand batiks rose above the waves, a scanty vegeta tion was funned, which in the lapse of countless ages has clothed this recently formed expanse with herbage. We may. from what has been established, safely form the induction, that the soil of Flo rida, like that of all low barren regions, situated near the tropic*, is much more favorable lo the production of orchard fruit tree*, than to grasses, esculent roots, or othcrsnimal or short lived field orgar- den vegetables. riion riir. rmiuiiroi roi'aira. TO THE EDITOR. SIR—In your paper of Wednesday I observe you have republished a para graph from tin- Boston Ccntinel, which contains a gross error. It is there ■dated that (veu. Bernard, who was once a General oili. er in the French Army, is now a Second Lieutenant in our Corps of Engineers, General Bernard, in fart, occupies nn military rank in ourscrvice; ifthegene- ral gov ernment had been disposed to have conferred an bunor on him, they wool I not have insulted hi* I dim fortunes bv a commission so little ‘’om uonsur.ilc with the distinguished station lie held iu the army of Napoleon, and with his own il- lustrous merit*. Although his name is placed m tlm Army Register at tin* fool of that portion ol it assigned lo the Corps of Fingiueers, he cannot be said to belong to that body, lie i*, in fact,at the head nifiranco. they would lie calculated to coaler an in domitable security. The presence and influence of Gen. Bernard, have given a new ami decided tone to those branches of the .Military Art in which he is most conversant.— Grc.it accuracy, associated ailli enlarged combination, characterize the topogra phical school which has risen under his auspices. It is known that he has intro duced many practical improvement* in relation to the ascertainment oflcvel and distance, which aru not treated of in book*, and were consequently not iu use in our country. Uin. Bernard will probably conclude bis Atlantic surveys .N projection*, during tbe present year ; and early in the F’all. Col. Totten and himself, will commence mi inspection ofthe Ohio and Mi.-sissippi. This service in it* relations to the milita ry defence of the western country inns' be ofthe last importance. It ha* been the good fortune of Gen. Bernard, to hive such associate! a* M'Kea and Totten, the genius and valor of whom, are identified with the best, the most valuable, and most glorious memo rials of our country.—To them the asso ciation must lie precious A: inestimable. Their rare mid admirable capacities must nave been essentially quickened and ex panded, by an intercourse with a Vete ran, whose genius has been amnliliod by i war of twenty years, rendered memo rable by prodigies of srience, and bv miracle* of human enlcrprize and exer tion, which fling the wonders of Anti quity into the shade of comiur.ilivc in-ig- ol’tlie Board ot Fortifications ; and for hi* services ns a Civil and Military En gineer, obtains the emolument* of a Bri gadier-General. There is no act of the present adini- mstration, more wise it liberal, than the employment it ha* given to this merito rious individual, whose fortune*, whose talents, and private virtue*, render him altogether one of the mo*t interesting strangers who has visited our country.— A brief sketch of hi- pn*t fortunes and present service-, will, 1 trust, not bo un acceptable. General Bernard entered the French service when quilu u youth, with the rank of a subaltern, being, however, deeply ver*cd in those branches of the element* ofthe military art w In. h may lie •aid to form the classics of the science. In the campaign ofltalv, as a Lieutenant, lie attracted the notice ofthe Emperor by being the first to cnter.i town win. h was taken by escalade ; this recommend ed to hi to tbe patrnnugo ofl.i* Cl.itt, unit bis rise was rapid aod brilliant. He ucconvpaned Ihe Emperor through al most all liis campaigns, mid had the hon or to render on many occasions, the mo-t important services. At the battle of VVagi au), as a field engineer, he dis tinguished himself in a very eminent de gree ; m.lent there was no eveutlul en gagement or important work which cha racterized the power of Napoleon, nt which lie was not present and contribu ted the contingent of his genius, lie was employed on the gigantic works nt Cherbourg, and was engaged with Carnot in constructing the memorable defences of Antwerp. When the Emperor ad vanced to Moscow, he confided to Ber nard the arrangement of the field works There are *onto, porhnpv, who might question the policy of putting a foreign.r in possession of the knowledge of the very keys of our country ; hot those who know Gen. Bernard, those who have had ail opportunity of understanding the high character for rid dily nn.) pri vate worth which he has enjoyed iu Eu rope, during tins most evil 11.»»—*, are conscious that there is no reposition of private honor or public conii tenon which would not he safe in his cualmlv. It would perhaps be impossible Instate a circumstance more conclusive ofthe nminblenes* of his cheneler, than the fact of his having been placed at the head of a Board, composed of the most jcnloii and ambition* spirits in our Army, with out exciling iu them any oilier than feelings uf unbounded friendship and re S|>OCt. Your reader* will now understand that Gen. Bernini, Ihe veteran of twenty campaigns, and tlm bearer of many scars won in the service of his country, is no: a sec 'ltd Lieutenant in our army. The Boston editor* must indeed have gone a wool gathering, lor a discovery and an assertion, in winch folly, and a want of consideration, arc about equivalent. [Philo Mile,.] From the Ridisosn rosrii.ER. H ARD TIMES. It i* the fashion to cry out Hard Times— an age of embarrassments—an untrampled pressure—and such like expression*. I-el us see in wll»t sense these sayings nrr true ; for it is right lo see tilings precisely as they are. The times are hard, says one, because wheat end corn .are low. The times art very hard, say* the roer- rhant, beeause cloths have fallen fiv« dollars lu the yard—and nobody buys. nearly in tin. scale of value, they are compara tively ns valuable nstliey formerly were.— F'.ggs, vegetables, bacon, meats of most sorts, groceries, clothes, houses, most things Hut vvr want, have fallen ill price, though not ex actly in the same proportion—and luill a dollar will now go nearly us far as a dollar would go formerly. “ Aye, but there's the mb.” Every tiling may have fallen—but money has risen in va lue. •* It is because that article has risen iu price (say* the unhappy debtor.) that so nany complaints are echoed through the ■oui.lry. Tile debts we owe are to be I anil ill this appreciated standard of value. \Vc have to p.iy the same number of dollars, which we eoulracted to pay—while the pro perty we hold,though it henrsthe same com parative value with other articles of proper ty, is worth levs in dollars and cent*. It re quires, therefore, twice or three times the quantity of property to pay our debts ns it did at the muineiit of contracting them.— Tills is the cause of my own difliculties, whatever may be the cave with others who are not in debt. ■And this indeed is the true secret of the embarrassments wo hear of. It in not, that tile cause is a general one, but (bat it is fa -limn >hlc to employ the language of com plaint Those who arc out uf debt nr. scarcely worse ..ITlhiu they Were before— Labour still bear* Borne value—ut least Un- cone proportion as the other aiticle* which the labourer may afford to purchase. Those, therefore, who arc nut in debt, ought scarcely lo complain of the times.— It is they only who are ground down by their ancient engagements, who may com plain with some grace. But why do they complain? Does whining ever relieve the necessities of the poor ? Is it not rattier the part of a man In put his shoulders to the wheel—do the best lie can—put forth all tin- lac allies which his situation permits— work anil Slice 7 Are not industry anil eco nomy the tw o great pill irs of national pros perity ? Some men may thrive hy specu- I it ion. Fortneu may smile propitiously up on nilirt*. But these con-litute the trcep- lion— end not the rule. For one who gets rich in this way, tiler.- are hundreds who ob tain u competency by a labor that never winks, and a frugal.ly that never tires.— Look around us, aod see lire pillars that have It. in laid prostrate. Are most of them your pain*..taking, li oil-working, ami saving men, or men who w i.ltetl to take bold strides to fortune ? many of them are honest, ho norable —and some of them industrious men — hot those, who woikid slow and winked nn, are now enjoying their competency in iti-ntment. It was the tortoise who ne ver itnpt that outstripped Ihe hare—The surest path to competency is the old one of Industry and Frugality. V Mill HI .\\ Iraa-lalL-d from tbe government Madrid Ga zette of January It. NAPLES AND HER PROVINCES. Naples, 12th of Dec. A provincial work publishes the notices and reflections, which follow, on Xaplesand the provinces. It has been hitherto believed that our king dom, whose inland provinces arc ill adapted for foreign commerce, was far behind other countries of Italy, in culture and cultivation. Some foreign literati, more solicitous about uttering fine phrases, than thoroughly ac quainting themselves withthecountry where they travelled—some tourists, scampering over cur kingdoms poet haste, and judging of them with singular lightness—painted the people of the two Sicilies rather in colour* of poetic fancy than with those of truth and history. In that kingdom, ’(was said, all is capital—an immense head placed upon a rude anil unshapen hn«t—a Thebes forex- ample, in the centre of Rceotia. Survey her roe. i lanvilie*. ns fnl.d lo ih-m »s t,. it.,..- Pri: cc dcriv ing their origin from the despotism of few, from the iniquitous arts of* the court, from baseness in power,from pensioned tree- son, and from u foreign and ignorant diets- ture, rallied around their father and king ■id proclaimed liberty and obtained it.— Then they- equalled themselves at every e- pncli—were polished, enlightened, brave, de nted to their common country, notwith standing that foreigners would neither con fess nor acknowledge it. They were (no same in Monteforte near the great rork, ami tile same among the eruggy brakes of Cala bria. What marvel then, iliat having reach 'd a sublimity so brilliant,—enviable in the yes of those who know ns, and incredible lo those who will not know us, public spirit should now have attained union in four pro vince* ! Will it he for love, of liberty ?— Will it he from attachment to sacred inde pendence, to Ihe glory nfking and country P What province of onr territory, of those e- qually precious when they suddenly organ ize so many civic battalions, ought to bo called tile frst? Let us not stick precisely to their geographical position. Whoever contemplates us in a picture of our ow n drawing, as he who lives Jn our company, must honor and do us justice—he who tun* de his view only to In-hold uv in the work* of worthless writers, let him listen to facta licit he may be convinced,and so he shall re cognize us. Aeri-zzo*.—A people of noble patriot ism and tried valor. These are onr Spartans who guard the Appeunine Tlieimnpybr.— Their ent .usiasm is incredible—their peete- niary donations, offers ami daily trials of vir tue render them highly worthy of their au- cicut renown. Mousse.—The name of this prnvisre has been often honored in onr national jour nals with such eulogies us swell ihe good pa triot’s pride. TirnitA de Laror.—Soldiers, proprie tors and citizens emulate each other in do- serving well ofthe public cause—sometimes by entreating tho parliament to employ them, ut other* by virtuous feats of every sort. 1’rovince or Nai-les.—Rivals the oth er* in civic virtues and in attachment to tho constitution. I’nixc-IVADO CiTFRio*.—Celebrated for its patriotism, and worthy its valor ofthe. best of all political causen Tbe flame uf amor patriic appears there in all ranks. Princifado Ulterior. -The cradle, Ihe glorious cradle of onr liberty. It cannot be asked in this prim ipality—Where are the citizens and patriots l Ou the oontrary one must enquire—Is there any who is not of this class 1 Basilicata. A province admirrlde for its elevated character, fur its warm and lefty public spirit. F'rum the palace to the cot- tag*. from the magistrate to the tenant, froth the proprietor to the day-labourer, we And nought hut a continued chain of civic heart*, worthy of the country of f)r«ffa. Capitanata. It abounds with proprie tors, aud consequently, the divine (assien for freedom is excessively a-d.-ot. Tier a* de Bari.—Well known in ouv politics! change-for its liberal spirit—though never so great as al-the present crisis. Li beral opinions and patriotic virtues jointly with civilization are there diffused through all classes. Terra de Otranto, (countryof Otraw- to.)—Famous for its ancient culture, which has been acknowledged hitherto by the haughty dissimulation of stranger*.' Tho spirit of liberal patriotism that animates this beautiful province is likewise of ancient date. Its history is well known—and it has giveu great men to the nation, of whom it '• now more worthy than ever. In the present era of our glory it hat diatinguiaheditaeif by ma ny a v irtuona deed, by tending an expediti on of volunteers to tM army, and by Ksae designs to liberal as to reflect honor 0*00 00 provinces, and you shall encounter nothing I * Th* Soperdclt! men, with a acre iprinkg but gross ignorance—thfro they bate nci- hnjortioctur* of literature, ii *