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Thence they spread by degrees, and before the whole body politic is completely infected, the first patients are in a fair way of recovery. Thus it has happened with the batik mania. Jt began in New England, but the good people there, al-. ways excepting little Rhodelsland, having past flic crisis the example afforded by a return to reason!' will I hope be as extensively followed, as that'ol their losing it. From thence it has passed intq. the middle and western states, which are no\y" laving under the influence of this disease, which however, has changed its character, from involun tary madness to|cool calculating wilful delusion. Virginia most narrowly escaped, the session be fore the last; and the other southern stiff's along the Atlantic seem, with the exception of Georgia, to be tolerable quiescent at present. When ,the middle states have sufficiently burnt their fingers to come to their senses, or to recover those prih- ciples they seem to have forgotten, their neigh bors of the south, may possibly, seize the cast off old fashioned coal, and strut about in it, un til they are fairly clothed in rags. The univer sal diffusion of this mischievous apd ruinous pa per system, may therefore be retarded for a while by this course ; and it is to be hoped there will always be a considerable portion of the body politic sufficiently soicnd, to neutralize in some degree, the folly or corruption of the rest. The habit and the power of emigrating from the sphere of actioh, occupied by the paper sys tem, to the new states and frontiers, not yet cursed with its baneful influence, is another cause that will retard the consummation of the paper system, in the total ruin of the lower and mid dle classes. And here is the true secret of the unparalclled emigrations of the last three or four years. The people of middling property, find ing themselves incapable, in consequence of the high price of subsistence, and the tax of the pa per aristocracy, of living in the enjoyments of their usual comforts—emigrate as far from the sphere of banks as possible. They go where there is no bank tax to pay. Formerly it was the people of no property that emigrated to the west —now it is the people of moderate independence, who cannot enjoy their usual comforts at home, and fly to the west, as an asylum. But they will fly in vain, if the mad ndschievous—or rather the unprincipled system of banking continues to be adopted with such hungry avidity by the spe culators of that region. The system will in time depopulate the new states, as it is now depopu lating tlie old. The emigrant will pass them by, and seek yet further, in the recesses of the for est, or the boundless prairi?s,fora cheap country —the object of every poor man's pilgrimage.— "When tlie vacuin is filled up, then and not till then will our fate become the fate of England— splendid misery ! In the mean time however we are paying our twenty millions of taxes to the pa per aristocracy—our laborers are impoverished —our'fai'mers are driven from their homes to the west, and nobody prospers but brokers, specula tors and bank directors. The nation is enfeebled into a bloated mass, whose strongest limbs are crippled by the oppression of a system partial to one part, and ruinous to every other—Its very appearauce of wealth is nothing but splendid beggary—for in the absence of silver and gold, its enormous barthens of paper rags add nothing to the means of happiness—still less to its real strength. The strength and resources of every state, arc those widen can be brought into opera tion in time of public danger. The paper mon ster turns traitor to the country when its services are most wanted. It must lie pampered with new immunities, &. conciliated by the sacrifice ot new victims; and even then it will give its aid only at the price of the sacrifice of the public interest. He it the people forgot the last war, its triumphs, its mortifications and its lessons ? Have they forgot the gambols of the paper aristocracy— which levied an usurious interest on the govern ment, and repaid the authors of its existence, by making a speculation on their necessities ? In assisting to put down if possible, a system thus recommended by nothing but the mischiefs it produces, I seek to make myself agreeable to no particular class of men, except honest ones. I know not what revolutions its downfall may produce, in the different states, nor can I con ceive of any, but such as must be salutary. The writers who have connected it with the views, and interest of party, may have pure intentions, but ‘.hey have not sought their accomplishment by means equally pure. The banking system seems to have little to do with party, for both parties appear equally willing to partake its gains and to assist most lovingly at the apothesis of every new bank. If we look at the votes of le gislatures, we shall see all parties confounded together. The subject appears to have nothing to do with the present political struggles, and if it should ever be made a party question, the truth will be buried in tire rubbish of political al tercation, and passion will decide this great ques tion. instead of facts and reasonings. My sole and only object in these letters is to destroy the paper system of banking, not by a change of one man for another, but by a change in the feelings and opinions of the people, who alone can and will put it down, simply by withdrawing their confidence from [dishonored] paper money. No revolution of parties, which relieves the people from a tax of twenty millions, and destroys a privileged order which revels in the spoils of in dustry, can be otherwise than salutary in its con sequences. to the glory and happiness of this country. But let us not confound things together that have no connection in nature or in tact.— The present administration has no community of cause with the paper banking system. Before I conclude this letter, let me not forget to express my surprise at the profound silence of the public papers, so obstinately preserved on this momentous question. It cannot assuredly be from a mistaken* idea that the subject is of no manner of consequence. The paper system must either be a blessing or a curse. If the first, it certainly ought to be vindicated from the charges brought against it; if the second it is the duty of & Free Press to appear in behalf of th.c.people. Let not this dean silence be mista ken, sir—it is not the silence of contempt, but of cowardice. Yet if these watchful guardians of the lowly, deceived and Oppressed, find it worth their-while to be silent—they certainly might Jind it still more -profitable, to -appear in (leisure of this grateful paper order of nobility,- jLheir paper system. (Jr perhaps as both parv Jaeaare equally deep-in the sin of the system, they don't just now peiceive any party purpose to be gained-by their interference. Or perliaps jhe powerful influence that lias thus muzzled the ppess, in its prospective wisdom, hopes that by bending down in the acquiesence of silent humili ty, the storm will soon blow over, and fltey may hold their heads higher than ever. Let them not hplicye— ; let them not ever hope it. Thedestroying angel of truth is gone forth against them, the spi rit of enquiry which will yet in spite ^>f the si- lencp of the press, pervade all classes on this, the most impprtantsubject whffchbaS'befen brought before the people since the adoption of the con- 1 stitution, must and will eventually lead to a final decision. It cannot die a natural death—it must either be deposed and strangled, or it will become our tyrant. As it respects myself—I for one, “ while 1 live and move, and have a being” will never let it rest. 1 devote myself to watching its progress, exposing its effects, and denouncing its mischief, until the system shall have arrived at its consummation, in the total subjection and abject pauperism of tl(e people—-or until they rise in their might, and put it down never to rise again. [The editor takes the liberty to add, that the lime is believed to be at hand when a liberated press will thunder awful truths into the hearts of the guilty, and rouse the people to an emancipa tion of themselves. As yet, with one or two ex ceptions, the city newspapers tremble at the very mention of a stam! against a system, acknowledg ed wrong in itself and ruinous in its consequen ces—for the core of the polluted excrescence is in them; and the idea of annihilation fetters the will to essay its extraction. But we shall do better alter a little while—many enlightened e- ditors in country places have nobly stepped for ward—a wholesome reaction will be produced, and truth shall prevail. Such has been the ani mation caused by the essays on banking in this paper that, by republications and otherwise, I am convinced they are considered by at least fifty thousand, perliaps by an hundred thousand men. I know that ini various parts of the country the neighbors regularly collect by dozens to hear the Register read.] ' AGRICULTURAL. CHEAP METHOD OF FATTENING CATTLE. There is a way to fatten cattle, in the absence of the common means, scarcely inferior to the best, as the following insU ices will prove. 1 fatted an ox and a three year old heifer, the win ter past, without either corn or potatoes, for less expense than even that of common keeping, by a preparation of cut straw, &c. as follows : I boil ed about two quarts of flaxseed and sprinkled it on cut straw, which had been previously scalded and seasoned with salt, together with some oil cake and oatmeal, working them together in a tub with a short pitchfork, till the whole became an oily mush. 1 fattened the heifer first. She was of the common size, and in good order to winter. I gave her about three pecks, which she ate voraciously, and in the course of four days, when the seed was gone, she was visibly altered. I fed tier regularly in this way about two months, in which time she had eaten about one bushel of boiled flaxseed, with the other ingredients in pro portion, when she was butchered. She weighed 584 pounds, 84 pounds of which was tallow.— She would not nave sold, before fattening, for more than 16 dollars. 1 sold two quarters of her for 18 dolls,-13 cts. She cost me not more than 10 dolls, exclusive of the hay she ate, which was chiefly scalded, as above. On the 1st of Feb. I began with the ox. I fed him about three inontli9, but not altogether as well as 1 did theheifer. He digested about one pint of flaxseed a day, pre pared as above, which I suppose formed half the fat in these two cattle. The ox was short, mea sured 7 feet 2 inches, and when killed weighed 1082 pounds, and had 180 pounds of tallow. He cost me while fattening, 25 cents a day—he had previously cost me 35. My net gain inTattening these two cattle was more than all I have cleared before in fattening oxen and cows in 15 years, and this is owing, I think, chiefly to the use ot flaxseed. I never fattened cattle that appeared so calm, so hearty, and digested ail their fare with so much natural ease and regularity a»' these. I would therefore recommend the above prepara tion to the attention of farmers as a good subr stitute for corn. I kept my cows on it alone in the month of March, for one third the expense of hay. It makes rich milk and excellent flutter. Con. Agri. Almanack. FRENCH TURNIPS. ’, Mr. Editor,—I raise my French TTijrnips in the hills of corn in the fielll. My method is ei ther to sow the seed among the manure that is to be put in the holes, as I cart it on to the field, or put a few seeds on the manure after it is put into the hole. If too many come up 1 pull out at the second hoeing of the corn so as to leave one or two in each hill, standing in the most suitable part. There is no difficulty in raising any quan tity you please, and I am of the opinion that they do not diminish the crop of corn, and" they are but little in the way of the hoc. It is a good plan to mix the seeds of the yellow and the white kinds. The yellow are better for use the fore part of winter and the white in the latter part, spring and summer. Farmers please to try the method. Some persons say, that if they are planted so early as Indian corn, they will not be good, experience, however, jwdl -teach them the contrary. The saving of time by this meth od, (instead of transplanting) may be easily cal culated. Much has been said, written, and "printed, res pecting the best mode of planting potatoes. I will relate some of my experience : It is said to be the best schoolmaster. A few years ago I planted near the middle of a small field four rows twenty hills each, in the following manner, in one row 1 put one large potato in a ‘hill, in another three small one*, in a third four pieces cut from large potatoes, in the fourth four or five eyes dug out of large potatoes with a penknife. Those hills planted with pieces and eyes, came -Out of the ground soonest. They were all hoe- ed and manured alike, and the produce was most in the row planted with one potato. That planted with pieces the next most; but there was not a large difference in any of them. I presume there were not a peck in the twenty bills more in those that had the most in them, than in those that had the least, and the potatoes '•were as large and sizable in the row plant ed with eyes as any. Four years ago, I planted a potato of the pur ple kind, (not red, brown or bine,) it is a small bodied potato, rather long, with purple streaks inside, and a purple colour on the outside when the skin is rubbed off", it is not a very common potato among farmers. The potato weighed four ounces, I cut it into twenty-two pieces, I plant ed the pieces in a trench on the outside of my garden next to the grass ground, about six inch es asunder eighteen of them vegitated. I hoed them about three times, and the produce wits two hundred and sixty-foUr tolerable sized pota toes, many of them much larger than the one I planted, and measured about three pecks. Exeter Watchman. A Receipt for making Manure from Clay.— On a spot of clay ground take half a cord of good dry wood, cut it oft'different lengths, from two to four feet, and pile it up in the manner of set ting up wood in a coal pit, with kindlers in the centre, then dig or cut up the sods around it, and cover over the pile of w'ood one thickness—next make a channel from the centre of the wood to the outward edge of the circle intended to be occupied by the body of clay. This channel inust be formed of sods or turf, and a foot in height by a foot in breadth, in form of an arch— it is for the purpose of setting fire to the pile and keeping up a current of air to the centre. Thus prepared,dig up the clay ro^nd about and throw it on the pile, covering the whole with an equal thickness, two, four, six, eight, ten, or more feet, and set the wood on fire, keeping the channel open to admit air—the mass becomes heated in a short time, and the whole bod y of clay burns until it decomposes and is reduced to ash es—the longer it burns the greater the heat, and the quantity may he increased at pleasure with out any additional fuel—care must he taken night and day that the fire does not break forth, and some sods or clay should he kept constantly ready to prevent the heat from escaping until a sufficient quantity is obtained, (as long as it is fed it will never tease burning.) When enough is burned, let it alone, the fire will break out and soon extinguish. When cool, the ashes thus pro duced are fit for use and may be put on clay land in the same manner as wood ashes, and will have an astonishing effect in producing prodigious crops of either grass, grain or any other vegeta ble substance. It is a cheap and very lasting manure, and was communicated from a Quaker in England to Mr. Meriott, near Hudson, from whom I learned this, and who by actual experi ment last year, proved its astonishing utility. James Rilet. Elizabeth Town, N. J. Oct. 29,18ir. For the reflection of Farmers.—“An experi ment has been made (says Mr. Livingston) to as certain the difference between dew-water and rain-water, by putting an equal quantity of each iu different vessels, and setting them in the sun to dry away. The result was that the sediment, or settlings of the dew-water, were in a greater quantity, blacker and richer, than that of the rain-water.” Hew is therefore, more fertilizing, and this is the reason why lands will be more be- nefitted by being constantly ploughed when the dew is on them. FOREIGN. Two long bulletins are published in the Phila delphia Aurora, from the liberating army of Ven ezuela, dated the 19th and 28th ot Marcli, The first states that general Paez was charged with placing St. Fernando and the province of Varinas in a state of security ; that general Morillo re treated precipitately to Valencia with his whole force and the royal brigadier La Torre abandoned the Villa de Cura. General Paez established his head quarters in St. Fernando on the 7"th, mak ing the royal commander prisoner and all who remained of his garrison. After various manceu- vres a general action took place on the 16th at Semen, which issued completely in favor of the patriot forces. The royal army lost 600 men killed, besides a great number wounded, among whom was Morillo himself, mortally, with many other officers. The patriot generals Urdenata and Valdez were slightly wounded. The last bulletin states, that the hrmy being concentrated at Rastro, the general in chief transferred his head-quarters to Calabosa, where he arrived on the 20th. General Anzoategui was charged with the command of the place, and general Saraza with the exterior country. On the 22d advice was received of the approach of a body of the enemy, in consequence the ar my was put in movement; but the enemy get ting notice of their approach made a precipitate escape. The army followed and on the 26th des cried the enemy on the heights of Ortez. The order of attack was given, and notwithstanding the position was an advantageous one, having in front ravines and declivities, the enemy wa9 dis lodged, after an engagement which continued from 11 in the forenoon until night, when under cover of night the enemy made their escape, leaving the ground covered with dead and wound ed, and abandoning also their stores, ammuni tion, &c. In this action, colonel Vasguez was mortally wounded ; but the patriot loss was in considerable. Polar ice in the TFest Indies.—A gentleman who recently arrived from New Orleans in forms us that on the passage, floating ice was fallen in witli in the open ocean, outside of the gulph stream, in the 29th degree of latitude. Tins is much further south than we have ever be fore heurd of ice hiving been observed at sea. DOMESTIC. The Grand Canal.—The Grand Canal f ortm necting the waters of lake Ontario with those of the Atlantic ocean, is in a progressive state ft is known that the authority hitherto cranio,! , tiie state of New-York, is to connect the Send! with the Mohawk rivers, and the commissi,,,,, have determined to vary the direction of tl, e r*! 1 templated line, so that the canal shall begin Utica instead of Rome on the Mohawk, ft- considered that in the different sections of till various contracts there have been excavated . i embanked during the last season about 15 m ,| And what is more important, the experience S’ tained during the last year, has proved that tk actual expenses will not exceed the estimates b! in many instances have fallen short of them,’ The state of New-York may indulge the pm.,) reflection, that 9he possesses within herself a, genius, the skill, the enterprizc, and all the™ ther means, requisite to the accomplishment rf an internal navigation, whose utility will surpass any work of the kind which preceding age, 1,^! accomplished. .The situation and extent of th* great lakes, connected together artd stretch™, through several degrees of latitude ami Ion? tude, and the wonderful facilities of the counter intervening between them and the tide-waters^ the Hudson, appear to have been designed bvna. ture to tempt the improving industry of man... To join the east to the west—to unite the4j|| e . grees of latitude on lake Champlain with the f«. thest verge of lake Superior—to connect the whole with the ocean, and to bestow the blessing of an easy intercommunication upon the million of human beings who are destined to flourish a- longthose extended lines,are within the resin*, ces of the people of this state. It rarely fall), to the lot of the limited powers (if man, to coo. fer any signal, extensive and lasting benefit up. on the human race : hut the achievement of iha magnificent enterprise, surpassing in its effect] all the ordinary attainments of human imbecility, would seem, in no partial degree, to emulate i(# bounty of Heaven itself, which showers its best- dictions upon whole states and kingdoms. Port Folio. Something useful,—Mr. Anthony Tiemana, of this city, has obtained letters patent for i* application of the agency of Dogs as a new t. *. er to various useful purposes, such as, for pimp ing water, irrigating meadows, gardens, ic. grinding paint, corn, bark, and other rrticlj. turning the grindstone, the lathe, can ing spinning machines, washing machines, w t/"» churns, assisting rope makers, threshing cleaning grain, cutting 9traw, tobacco, shire -s, dye-wood, &c. chopping meat, See. amifu-i great variety of purposes where the intellip .a and activitv of the dog will prove highly econs mical and profitable. The requisite machittij is Simple, and constructed with little expen*. Able dogs can easily be produced and trained for this object. Those which Mr. Tiemann has t». ployed for some years, have invariably tea healthy and robust, and apparently delighted with their employment. It is said that the us ing of labour and expense is almost incalculable. By these means a very interesting portion of tin animal creation, hitherto more or less prescribed, is made subservient to some of the most .useful purposes. Canine agency, applied as before sta ted, is already in operation in this city and neigh- borhood. Mr. Tiemann intends to apply thesamt power for propelling beats, for which he has also obtained a patent.—American Monthly .Magazine, SAW-GIN BUSIN'ESsT~~ T HE subscriber returns his thanks to thepub- lie for the liberal encouragement which lie received in his business, and informs them (hit lie has declined the same, and recommends Mr. A. J. Brown, as lie is a good workman, and will work on my plan generally; Mr. Brown In! worked witli me some time and I think him able to give satisfaction. elisha reid. T HE subscriber respectfully informs the pub lic, that he has made a choice collection J materials, and is now ready to make engagmenti for the approaching season—he will pursue Mr. Reid’s great improvement, viz: that of facing the breast with steel, which makes them last much longer, and gin infinitely better. Tho* who wish to purchase, had better apply early, w that they may be suited as to the size. He lias a likely, smart voung fellow, win is an excellent brick layer and plasterer, tbalk will dispose of on reasonable terms for cash. A. J. BROWS. *** Liberal wages will be given to a good Jour neyman. Miliedgeville, June 15. LAND ANITmILLS FOR SALEr I AM anxious to sell my land and mills it Morgan county, 6 miles from Madison, the f iremises are valuable, the situation high .M* leathy, good water, a saw and grist mill, three storieshigli, two pair of stones, two bolting chests) and gets 1800 to 2000 bushels of toll corn in the year ; 385 acres very fertile land, 68 acres clear ed, al! in cotton, and looks well—I will give im mediate possession, or wait until Christmas- * will also sell my miller, who is young and likely, with or without his family, with or without.the mill—his family consists of a wife and six chil dren, all bright mud a toes ; the four eldest art ^irls, and all are as likely a9 any in the United states. I will venture, as a miller, shoemaker, and cooper, that he is not excelled by any per son, in these branches, in this state, and a9go“d a field hand as any. Persons desirous of p» [ * chasing, are earnestly solicited to come and see- • — « "peter ferrl May 31. FOR SALE 7 . A HOUSE and Lot, joining Abram Borland and Jas. Gamble—The lot contains one fourth of an acre, has on it a new djvelljng-house, smoke-house and kitchen!. A'fso a lijcely mulat to girl, about nine yeara oM, for further informa tion apply to ELISHA BETTS Miliedgeville, June 20, 1418-