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(DAY MORNING, AUGLh I 23
FUR TIIK HKFLKCTUH.
WATERING G WIDENS
s,—l liave often heard it said that
" watering of garden vegetables in
would cause them to wither and
han they would by the elFects of
p. I was at a loss to account for
ad heard it so often repeated that I
ed to believe in the existence of the
I asked myself, was irrigation so
|»er countries, so hurtful in this?—
and at the foot of the Pyrennees,
Bee and in Spains where streams How-
it mountain can be directedand spread
every thing is enriched and brought
[irrigation. Even wheat fields have
acted in numerous rills through them,
oduct is increased nearly one half
i. In China, water is raised by
rts and conducted with much labor,
Belli, for in China, little is done by
lls(l.mean four legged brutes)and mu-
t tins half savage and illiterate nation
grirulture, and if it was uot sotne-
lgressinn,,l could here show that the
bed and stationary condition of sci-
filization in China is owing to theii
alphabet. Without an alphabet to a
tan can have much learning, and
of the nation will have none at all,
ion. In Pennsylvania and in Cohee
.'distinguished from Tuckahoe Vir-
ows are produced in high land, if the
fconduct a rill of wafer still higher,
[what the original aridity and sterility
[the furimw of a plough can 1*1.11 round
conduct the water, all below becomes
“ the people of color as hnndiucti for life ; yet have
we not been encouraged by the expressed or im
plied declaration of all these, to layout the mo
ney we have earned by the sweat of our brows
in this species of property ? This l leave for the
candid to determine, and give it the most liberal
construction.
The people of color hid no share in freeing
our country from the yoke of tyranny ; they had
no voice in the primitive councils of independent
America; and therefore, if the fathers of our
country had in view their emancipation, why was
this ground not occupied at an earlier period, be
fore the evil arose so high, and before the people
of the United States became so much, and so ge
nerally interested in an,opposite course ? It may
be.said that its neglect heretofore, is no reason
why we should not employ means at this time for
our own security. This I do admit, but at the
same time would suggest what appears to me
most probable, that as there has been so little
said or done upon the subject heretofore, it seems
to argue that the constitution was not intended
be realized, unless a different course should mark
the conduct of bur statesmen.
AMAD1S,
Putnam county, August 10, 1818.
On Sunday morning last, the following con
victs made their escape from the penitentiary, by
boring with a screw „;iger through the south door
of the building: viz. Cornelius Price, William
Hood, Joseph Williams, Benjamin' T. Burton,
and Juhn O’Bryan.
Mr-Whitlow, (says a northern paperj the cele
brated botanist, has lately discovered a plant,
which.grows to the height of forty feet, in the
form of a vine, and contains in its stalk, after the
rind is taken otf, a staple that is equal, if not su
perior to cotton ; and he is of opinion that it may
be cultivated in any part of the United States.
,A police officer of the city of New-York, sent
to Canada for the purpose, has taken into posses
sion thirty-five plates of different bunks in the
to have a bearing of this kind at all, when it United States, trom a set of counterfeiters.—
speaks so emphatically of freedom; and hence 1
think we might conclude, that the principles of
oor government are not opposed to slavery : hnd
moreover, I have never-seen or heard sufficient
evidence, that the plan of emancipation here al
luded to, promises the least security, against-the
danger to be apprehended from them ; but it ap
pears to me, that it would in practice be found to
increase rather^han diminish our cause of dread,
as I shall hereafter consider. ...
We will next enquire how far policy will se
cond the idea of emancipation—Whether the best
interests of onr country demand a revocation of
those laws, which oblige the slave to obey bis mas
ter, and lastly, whether it appears to be good
policy, for.the legislature of any individual state,
so strenuously to oppose the traffic. As before
observed,.when the shores of America were de
clared to be exempt from the British yoke, we
found those people of color in, bondage among
us ; we had but two alternatives then presented
to us, viz. cither to set them at liberty, unite our
fates to theirs, and receive them as our equals in
every respect, or to hold them still as we received
them. slaves for life. Now it can easily be in
ferred. that there is an utter inconsistency in the
idea, that we should have emancipated them, at
“ M '» 311 nelowuecomesl the dawn of our independence; for their habit:.,
n and abundance. \\ hat, tlioug.it <lispr>siitioi!s, &c. were so nearly allied to the
akes Georgia gardens an exception, j s !lV age kind, that we. should, in the strictest sense,
principles and practices ? As l uas have at once pree pitated ourselves from the sum-
ontenteil with the simple assertion ol | mit ()f delight down to the shadow of disgrace,
Idetermined to know the why and the I by .placing ourselves upon an equality with them,
-believing indeed at the outset that 1| an j mixing our blood .with theirs : and on the o-
tlie situation of those philosopher
their brains t > discover the caus
hi h never had existence. A lew buck
pliers j ti, er hand, had they been set at liberty at
es ot e ar |y period, without receivi/ig oar welconi
that
Iconic as
. . . I equals, and without having a voire in the cotn-
Iter, applied at different times ami un-l (Il on coiihcils of our country, their jealousy would
Jent circumstances, taug.it mo all that. been awakened, theirsavage disposition un
furled, and their opportunity being good, they
would perhaps, long ere this, have realized to us
. ... the evil that we now so much dread. If this then
ofa hot sun, or in the evening when j p, e a correct view, how can it be said that policy
allies were hot from the day s exposure, ever demanded their emancipation ? Are not the
pessary to know.
1 that if wafer was too cold when ap-
ymild often do harm, also if applied un-|
lied to the root of the plant and not to
, and branches. Avoiding all these in
jitber way of proceeding I found to be
| way.
jntl let the Water stand in tubs and
ome hours before being used, that it
lire the temperature of a benignant! tuein at present,
’rain, and late in (lie eenirg, nl'ui [ ■ ■■ ■ .
Jnce of the sun is gone, after a cooling'
Fallen, after the vegetables have acquir-
patbral and healthy temperature, apply
i a watering pot, whose nozzle is co-
a. dilated cap, full of perforations,
the water in imitation of a natural
and the influence on vegetables ami
features of our government still essentially the
same ? And if it was supposed to be true policy
to retain them as slaves, I would ask is it not so,
even 11 a greater degree, at this time ? It appears
to me that every circumstance which stands in
relation to the subject, is opposed to liberating
Then upon the most simple
plan of reasoning, i woum observe, that like
causes produce like eifei ts, and as our govern-
ment is identically tt.e nine now that it ever has
been, since ifa organization as a republic, we may
justly conclude, that policy calls aloud lor their
submission now if ever it did. Therefore instead
of proclaiming on the house t ip as it were, that
None of them were on the banks of Georgia.
The Cumberland bank at Portland, has been
entered by means of false keys, and robbed of
two hundred thousand dollars.
Seven gcptleincji have contributed the sum of
thirty-three thousand dollars, to establish a Lan
caster Seminary in Cincinnatti, Ohio.
In Boston the whole number of deaths in the
month of July were but 73 ; the population ex
ceeds 40,000.—In Philadelphia 77 died the first
week in the present month.
The account published a few weeks ago of the
cession of the Floridas to the United States, has
eventuated in a mere hoax.
A woman in Baltimore, by the name of Fors
ter, stabbed tier husband to the heart with a fork,
who instantly expired. She was immediately
committed to prison.
The commissioners appointed by the last legis
lature uf Virginia, to select an eligible situation
whereon to erect a university of the state, have
reported in favor of Gharlotteville.
The Oneida Indians, New-York, have recent
ly formed among themselves a society for the
promotion of agriculture
A Mr. Buffington, in the state of Ncw-Vork,
has bored to the depth of 632 feet through rock,
in search of salt water, and proposes to perse
vere in the search
A Tennessee paper states, that a man in Frank
lin county, sold his wife for three hundred and
twenty-five dollars.
A Pennsylvania paper says, that the valuable
properties of the eye stone, aie possessed in a
grain of flax seed.
A Vermont pa;“-r gives an account of an abor
tive attempt to commit robbery, on the highway,
in the vicinity of Brattleborougli; and adds that
this is the first foot pad ever known in Vermont.
A new Georgia Justice.—Since the Iast Geor
gia lustice was printed, many years have elaps
ed, ill the course of which our laws must have
undergone radical changes. This circumstance
together with the increased population of the
state and the- augmentation of civil officers of
every kind, render another edition not only de-
ery variety and species, will be most by ;ll , trtiemv, we ba
in the absence of rain, w hile other that we ar« l*i-a
we are positively afraid our throats will be cut sirabie, but almost indispensable. To supply
lie tic
and
,ve been burnt up, mine has been kept j inasmuch as slavery has been so long
nate to that one- the wants of the community in this particular
|read hiin not. And the Editors of the Journal, about two months
j improving state; and with littl
i-e obtained ail abundance of every gar-
action.—If it rains, l let it rain ; if it
have no occasion to murmur, as t o
ny brother farmers do, at the dispen-
Proyiijence. Ileaven has bounteous-
pd flowing streams upon his land and
khaustible reservoirs of water in its bo-
I though he has doomed man to earn his
khe sweat of his brow, he has endowed
Intelligence to apply his labor usefully.
1 a thousand wavs of raising water; a
lerent modes by wheels. I shall on a
asion treat of some of these ; at. pre-
a-j past, issued Proposals for publishing “ A new,
us, and as there are so many of that class and Greatly improved, Georgia Justice”—emu
in our country, it is truly my opinion, that we
had better hold out the idea, that we feel perfect
ly secure in their submission, and enact laws
particularly strict, that may tend moie,effectual
ly to keep them in awe. This course appears to
me to proipis’e fairer, under existing circumstan
ces, than that which secnls tube vindicated bv a
number of our reputable citizens. In regard to
the interference of any individual state legisla
ture upon the subject, it appears to me to stand
in opposition to right reason. I' 1 a national point
of view, I feel my interest, strongly connected
with that nf the most distant citizen of the Uni-
loubte forcing pump, that will cost
! dol'ars, is an excellent, machine, ami
Iso to throw water over houses and
ool the atmosphere, or extinguish fires,
ye before said, a watering pot an-
well for gardens.
AN OAKMULGEE FARMER.
fOR Tilt RtFLKCTOR.
XIIF. NEGRO TRAFFIC,
ifor—There have been and now are
Bences of opinion, in regard to the poli-
|ral states in the Union, in relation to
negroes. Some have affirmed that
[ comport .with the principles of our
t, to hold the people of color in sub
Bhers have.declared, that our best noli-
bud against slavery, &c. I would ob-
[ the ideas I propose to offer upon the
: not influenced by any motive which
Ipposition to moral rectitude. “All
: nature free,” stands engraven upon
,of our government,,a sentiment wor-
iieads that adopted it, and should be
. nrost sacred in every American ho
llow far, in the present state of things,
J will warrant the principle to extend,
III to consider. At the time the con
ceived the sanction of the American
__ / was common among us this was
hat honorable body, who fulfilled the
1 happy task, of framing the basis of
it was know n to the first American
jid every subordinate council through-
»3,were fully apprised that we held
Id only say that in watering gardens, j t e j states. We are all united as a body politic;
we are all bound to support the rights of free
dom—of our country ; and it appears to me to
be a liberal sentiment to say, that as we are e-
qual sharers of all the blessings which grow out
of our happy form of government, that we are
in the same ratio, bound to hear a part of every
evil? which, in relation Co the people of the Uni
ted States, is general. Hence, we might con
clude, that .it savors of apostacy in any state, to
take up and act decidedly upon a subject, which
appears, to be referable to the, national council a-
lone. For as policy appears to dictate, that we
should retain our slaves in perfect submission,
and as we do retain them as specific property, 1
do contend that all laws that go to effect the traf
fic should have an equal bearing throughout the
United States ; ami hence we conclude, that the
subject is not a proper one to be acted upon by
any individual state legislature.
Ami now, in the close of this essay, I would
observe, that I wish nothing that I have advanced
to be construed as opposing, the best interests of
my country ; for,I do affirm, that there does not
exist within the buunds of the United States, a
citizen whose zeal for the welfare ol his country
transceuds my own. But let me address myself
to the heart of my country, and tell them, that 1
awfully fear, that by making so much ado about
slavery, they are laying the axe at the root of the
tree of liberty, and’using the means best calcu
lated to procure hands to hew it down ; and al
though I may be deemed paradoxical in making
this declaration, yet when days that are now in
the womb of time shall come forth, I sincerely
hope that the evils 1 have here suggested may not
prising, in addition to the usual matter, the du
ties ot Clerks, Sheriffs* Coroners and Consta
bles, Tax-Collectors and Receivers of Tax-Re
turns, Executors, Administrators and Guardians,
various useful forms, and other valuable informa
tion.. From the liberal encouragement already
received, it is probable the requisite number ol
subscribers will be obtained, to ensure its publi
cation.
The utility of auch.a work, if faithfully execut
ed, no one can doubt. In this respect, we can
only repeat the assurance, that our best exer
tions will be used, and no expense will be spared
to make it equal public expectation, and render
it worthy of general patronage. The great la
bor attending the compilation, and the time
which will be afterwards consumed in revising it
by .competent legal characters, being determined
to have the work as perfect as human skill and
industry can mpke it, will protract its publica
tion to a later period than.we wished. We can
not, in answer to the numerous enquiries on tilis
subject, promise its appearance till the latter
partot next year, when it will certainly be rea-
ly fur delivery to subscribers. The longest period
has been stated, to prevent disappointment.
In a country like ours, where the people have
so large a share in the management of the gov
ernment, and where many citizens are occasion
ally called upon, by the demise of relatives and
friends, to the performance of other inteiesting
duties besides thosa they owe their country, it is
all-important that the mass of our free popula
tion be correctly informed, respecting the laws
under which 1 they live. Perhaps no better meth
od can be devised,for the attainment of this end,
than by furnishing those intrusted with the man
agement of the affairs of deceased persons, and
particularly that class of useful citizens, Judi
cial and ministerial officers, who have to bear the
burden of deciding petty disputes, with a com-
pend of the law, and the forms by which it ad
ministered.
Such is the object of the work now offered tv
the public. We only ask in its behalf, a sup
port commensurate with its obiious utility.
Persons holding subscription papers, will please
rctupn them as 60in as they are filled.
Georgia Journal.
Anecdote.—After the defeat of Craddock, th#
governor of Pennsylvania prevailed with me
[Franklin] to take charge of our northwestern
trontier, which was infested by the enemy, Indi
ans, and provide for the defence of the inhabit
ants by raising troops and building a line of forts.
I undertook the military business, though I did
not conceive myself well qualified for it. I hail
but little difficulty in raising men, having soon
500 men under my command. My son was m y
aid ile camp and of great use to me.
We had for our chaplain a zealous presbyte-
rian minister, .Mr. Beatty, who complained tn
me, that the men did not generally attend hia
prayers and exhortations. When they enlisted*
they were promised, besides pay and provisions,
a gill of rum a day, which was punctually served
out to them, half in the morning and half in this
evening; and I observed. theySverc punctual in
attending to receive it: upon which I said to
Mr. Beatty, •“ it is perhaps below the dignity of
your profession to act as steward of the rum;
but if you were to distribute it out only just af
ter prayers, you would have them all about you.*’
He liked the thought, undertook the task, and
with the help of a few hands to measure out the
liquor, executed it to satisfaction; and never
were prayers more generally and more punctu
ally attended. , ——-
Remarkable discovery of a murder.—The mur
derer of Mr. Martin, receiver of taxes at Bilgny,
(says a letter from Bar-sur-Aube,) was discover
ed a few days ago in the most singular manner,
and arrested. The crime was committed on the
9th February, on the high road, at one o’clock
lithe afternoon. The shot entered Mr. Mar
tin’s heart, anil he fell down dead. He was re
turning from collecting, and had only 130 franca
about him, of which he was robbed, as well as
of his watch and a ring. The charge of the gun
was rammed down with a written paper. This
had been carefully taken up. and carried away
witn the body. The-writing was still legible.-—
On this piece of paper there were expressions
which are used in glass manufactories, and *
date of near 15 years back. Upon this single in
dication, thejudge went to the owner of the glass
manufactory at Bilgny, examined his books anil
succeeded in finding an article relative to the
delivery of some glass, of which the paper iu
question was th^ bill of parcels.. The suspicion
immediately'fell on the son in-law of this indivi
dual: the latter had been out of the country for
ten years. Order was given to arrest the.person
suspected.' When the officers came to him, lie
was on his knees, praying. In his fright he con
fessed the deed on the spot.
Prophecy.—In anecdotes or the life of bishop
Watson lately published, we meet with the fol
lowing prediction made by the bishop in 1804.
“ The death of a single prince in any part of
Europe, remarkable either for wisdom or folly,
renders political conjectures of future contin
gencies so extremely uncertain, that I seldom in
dulge myself in forming them ; yet it seems fo
me probable that Europe will soon be divided a-
mong three powers, Fi ance, Austria and Russia ;
anil that in half a century between two, Franco
and Russia; and that America will become tho
greatest naval power on the globe and l.e replen
ished by migrations of oppressed ami •discontent
ed people from every part of Europe.”
It will be recollected, that last fall, a number
of English officers, commanded by one Colonel
M’Donald, arrived at Ameli, island, for the pur
pose of joining General M’Gregar. After tho
occupation of the island by the American troops,
they sailed in a Patriot privateer for St. Barthol
omews, whence they directed their steps to the
Main. We have understood from good authori
ty, that Colonel M’Donald and eleven others
landed, in the month of May, somewhere on the
Oronuxo, intending to join a body of Patriot for
ces which were saul to Ue stationed there. They,
however, accidentally fell in with a small, party
ot Royalists, who summoned, or ordered them
to surrender. This they refused to do—an ac
tion ensued and they were all cut off to a man.
As the late ot these unfortunate men is not ge
nerally known, we think it our dutv to puutiait
the account for the mlormation of' the families
and friends they may have on the other side of
tile Atlantic. The above information is from a
source that can be relied ou.—Charleston Times.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
A speculative treatise oil Dreams by 41 Morpheus,” uml
lines l») 44 P. G.” will be given in our next.
44 Amarillo,” No. 2, has been received.
married,
In Milleitgeville, on Thursday evening last, by the Rev.
Mr. Shackleford, Mr. Augustm J. Drown to Ladoiska
Few, both of th.s place.
DIED, •
In Liberty county, on the 2d ult. Dr. John Cocke In
Franklin county, N. C. a short time since, Col. Thomas
Sherrod and Mr. John Gober, both soldiers under Wasli-
.ngtunat Hruddock’s defeat. In Philadelphia, Patrick
Savage, esq. 11. U. Majesty’s consul for the state of Vir
ginia. Near Petersburg, field-marshal prince’Barclay
de l olly, of wounds of received at the battle of Waterloo
GEORGIA, JONES COUNTY.
Jones Superior Court, August Term, 1818—pre
sent liis honor Judge Strung.
O N the petition of John B. E. Elliin, stating
that he was in possession of an original bond for
titles given Alexander U. Kenedy and JnhivlI. Kenedy,
to the said John 11. E. for lot' number UJ m the county
.4* Jones, made the 29th day of November, 1817, con
ditioned to be void upon them, the said Alexander ami
John H. making and causing to be made on the first day
of February then next, a good and sulJic.ei>t title to said
lot of land, and that he has lost or misla'd the same, so
that he cannot find it.—On motion of James Frierson, at
torney tin 4 the appelant, it is ordered, that a copy > f
said bond be established in lieu of the original, at the
next term of tb s court, unless cause be shewn to ihe
contrary 1 and that a copy of this rule be published 111
one of the public Gazettes of this state once a month tor
ix months —A true copy from the minutes, this 20i!i
day of August, 1818.
GREENE WHATLEY C, s. C.
WANTED,
V YOUNG man to keep BAR, to whom libe
ral wages will he given.—None need apply
without good recommendations., *■
• 1. ROl'SSEAV*