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wgTCTnw trwmmmmmm——■—m agriculture. From an essay in the American Farmer on ( the Cuj.tukk of Cotton we have made j the fallowing extracts, supposing they might furnish useful information to some | who have been long engaged in the cultiva tion of this valuable staple : Seed. —An opinion is expressed in the], Am rican Fanner, vol. 3, page 237', that the j rot is propagated by flic seed, and that it! may be avoided by selecting seed from plants j not affected. This I think is an error. first year 1 planted a crop ol any extent, (fori I have cultivated it in the small way ever since I have been a farmer,) I procured the seed from agin about 25 miles distant from j my farm, and in a neighborhood, every crop; ( of which was affected with the rot. My first! ( crop, in 1822, entirely escaped it. I think that one single pud was rotted. The 1 , crop of 1823 was, in some places, almost en tirely destroyed ; —the crop of 1824, less af fected. Fro,n these facts, 1 cannot believe ' that the rot. is propagated by the seed. An ( opinion prevails in North Carolina ; that ( the rot proceeds from defective seed, which, wh • \ planted fresh or new, will vegetate,, and that by keeping the seed to be one or more years old, these seed lose their vege tating principle, and that none dime up but such as are perfectly sound. Ily this means they obtain vigorous plants, and think their crops less affected with the rot than they were before this practice was commenced. The result of this practice is as yet uncertain ; it appears plausible, and deserves experiment. Certainly the more s mi.i I the seed, is in all other crops, the belter. Mode of Planting. —Tlie preparation of the land and Ihe mode of planting varies ( much in different neighborhoods. Some bed ( upon the old bed, after first splitting it o j pen with a large trowel hoe—some Hush | their lauds, and then bed it up by one or two cuts of a mould board plough on each | side—mini cross these beds at the distance j they intend the plants to stand, and depo site the seed in the cheeks. My expe- t riencc and observation recommend the lot lovvi ig plan—Flush up your laud as if in tended for corn ; open a furrow by one cut j of i imwol hoe plough, at the distance you wish u» plant : spread your seed in lids s furrow, and then cover it by a plough, with out any hoe, with two boards attached to * the i eye aid extending forwards. With ' an implement of this kind yoa cover the I seed with great f cility, and by this mode 1 of pi lining you preserve afresh surface, all * imporsaiit, by preventing your land from * washing into gullies—by diminishing the I los- of moisture at this critical juncture by 1 evaporation, for the more uneven the surface ’ the more rapidly it dries, and by facilitating ‘ the culture of the crop after it is up, which 1 will appear under ihe head of culture. 1 Time of Planting. — I'liis should vary 1 with tlie latitude and distance fro u the sea board. In more southern latitudes they may 1 plant much earlier than we do in Virginia; 1 bin a person living near the seaboard in * Viiginia, say at Williamsburg, may plant as soon as a Carolinian living at the distance of i: 15(t :,iili*-, from the sea.— 1 reside about 40 n mile* from the Carolina line and about 150 n from the seaboard, and in my vicinity, some a begin as soon as Ihe first week in April, v others later. If i could deposin' all my ii seed in one day, I would prefer about the g lOth of May. One of my neighbors, last v , * v O year, (ailed m a crop ol wheat, on a small t lot ol land, lie ploughed it up in May, e and planted it on the 22d of that month its produce was more abundant than any g other part of his crop. Ily planting late you a avoid the risk of planting your crop overt twice, whid.li would, at that busy season, be'b a serious !■>-*, and the further risk of havingjb your crop-tuned in its growth, by lute frost's or even odd weather, Irom the injurious A effects of which it is slow in recovering, llvl. l planting, late the seed vegetates soon—the t plants come tip with a vigorous growth, ; which they retain to their maturity ; if pro- i pcrly managed afterwards. A cotton plan | ter should plant his corn early, have every i thing in preparation for the expeditious ( planting of lus cotton, anil bv beginning a bout toe 251 h of April, will finish in good! time, il he have a full crop, sa\ live acres to each labourer—if Ins crop is less, he may begin later 1 speak of the southern pan of Viiginia. Distance and thinning. —The greatest I■ " “ distance generally between the rows is 4.) feet and the shortest IS three. Some crowd a great many plants on an am , having the rows leli in t> feet apart, and leaving the plan's only -i in 5 inches apart I'liis may answer on very thin land, but will be de structive on lien land. The distance should vary according in the fertility of the land. I pun rich tobacco land, I would advise a bou> 5 leet by twelve inches. The plants should n-.-ve ue so crowded as In interlock across the tows; for, thereby you impede the facility 4 gathering, and exclude the sun ami air, important to all crops, hut mure so to cotton than any other. 1 made more than 1000 lbs. per acre, from a lot planted 5\ feel by 18 inches, and where there was any irregularity in the distance it exceeded 18 inches. A good general rule is, to give it distance one way and crowd the plants the other, to that distance which will afford stocks enough for the strength of the land. Last year I saw a piece of rich second low ground, by the ad mission of the proprietor, an advocate for thick planting, much injured by being plant ed too thick. The rows were three feet four inches apart, and the stocks left six in ches apart in the rows—he determined to give it much greater distance in his next planting. May not the rot he promoted by the greater humidity preserved in the field by a crowded growth of plants ? Culture. —This should begin, as soon as j the plants are well up, with llnee or live tooth harrows, or trowed hoe ploughs, cut king once on each side of the plants and so (near to them as to destroy some, thereby (aiding the operation of thinning. After ihaving gone over the crop in this manner, ,tbe business of thinning going on at the same time, but after the plough. The next working should 1 u "- ploughs, bavin lar helve a si I than 1) irich* jtached to the . ! - 'tie earth to t oM follow the plo v . remove it by After this, tin together, exci or bunches ol the last plou V t ever remain, The pluughit> i ild 1 i tnree times i lengthen the that a little t th each ploughi■ ly throwing h. smother the about them, time, two in nf o same opera. advantages of planting on a Hat surface. Ily planting on high beds, you are obliged to clear away the grass with hoes, thereby increasing the labours of hoe culture, and (his cannot be done without drawing away some of the earth from the plants, which never fails to injure its growth. I have heard some experienced planters say, that yon might increase your crop by planting in checks at the distance of 3) feet by IB inches or two feet, and leaving two or three stalks in each check. Ily this means you are enabled to give one ploughing the narrow way, and thin out the cotton with more ex pet!il ion, as which, no part of the manage ment of the crop is so tedious, except the suilicring-. Hot. —This is too well known to all cot ton planters, to need any description. Much has been said respecting the causes which produced it, but as yet all is vague conjec ture. I have observed in my crops, that those spots not hitherto cultivated in cot ton were less injured by it than any other parts. lam inclined to believe it proceeds in some cases from a sudden check given to a rapid How of sap, produced by causes as yet undiscovered. 1 suggest the follow ing as probable means of diminishing its ( ravages. The seed should be thoroughly 1 dried, or kept until they are old. Shift ! your land—keep it free from grass ; but ! never accelerate its growth bv too much cut- 1 •W V j lure —give access to the sun and air, by Hie distance you plant. 'Topping. — The beneficial result of this, is as various as the experiments have been . numerous. M any experiments have been | made within the circle of my acquaintance, t and the results differing. Some gentlemen, j whose veracity is unimpeachable, have informed me, that they have attended the gathering and weighing, and that there wtis no difference in the product of the | topped and untopped cotton —while odi its, equally respectable, have assured me —that die topped cotton yielded a much j greater crop. The topping is performed at different seasons; by some, as soon asL the 15th of July, in which case it may be beneficial, but increases the labor, [ by creating the necessity of removing the suckers, a very tedious operation ; —by o thers, it is procrastinated until the last of August, after which no sin kering is requir ed. Tupping at this season i> most expe ditiously performed with long knives, or with bits of old scythe blades inserted into pieces of wood which serve as handles, by the labourers walking bri-klv along and chopping off as much ol the top as i- thought redundant. The late tupping 1 cannot be lieve will add ati', tiling to the crop, but it is serviceable in removing leaves which would be in the way of gathering, and ad mitting more sun, thereby accelerating the maturity of the crop ; for, although the cot ton will all be opened before it can be ga thered, yet tin earlier it opens the better, as pods more widely expand when they o pon early, which much assists the gather ing, and topping may further be serviceable, by curtailing the draft upon the fertility of the soil. Gathering. —Should commence as soon as the cotton begins to open ; for let the planter be us industrious as he may, the * winter will lar advance upon him before he . can finish, and will neatly expire, if he have ■ a full crop and lie without extra hands to as ‘ sist. Ike morning’s gathering, for the first l month at least, should be set i Voided for a ; half day. Some hands iu this part of the country pick out 158 lbs. a day, but such ■ cases are rare—an average of 50 lbs. a day i is thought good—however, the average should exceed that vvejght until the middle of No i vember. Some planters are in the habit, ; and it is recommended to all, of weighing ■ the gathered cotton once or twice a day, and i keeping a book in which they set down a ■ gainst each labourer’s name the ga thered. The benefit of this courso will be ■ readily perceived without any further obser l vation; and further of stimulating the ex ■ ertions of the laborers by occasional pretni i urns. This plan is highly advantageous.— t There is no crop in which so much can be r lost by negligence and indifference as in i cotton, or which can be so easily concealed ; nor is there any in which so much depends ion pratice and habit By premiums you ! afford exercise in industrious exertions, ex cite pride and emulation, and what is most » important, lighten the weight of labor by ■ the playful cheerfulness with which the task • is performed. s “ General. Ordinance, 10 2 d Section .” “ IF any person or persons should be dis covered within the limits of the city of Au .o i i ontagious dis„- i shall be itn e limits of the 'fy. ■< /enient place. ■ I 1 i ■ ,or atteu pt to pon conviction exceeding live authority of the i general Com ‘ of that body, •.m it ittention of the dinance, which ■ i. • ih> ly enforced. B\ nil i the Board of ■ unbia, in South da;.’s paper, it ,ir Vai ioloid ex -1 lie frequent iuter ac mil this, appre it those diseases d to this city.— It is therefore considered Highly important that all proper precautions should be used to prevent tiiqir introduction, and to remove them should they at any time make their appearance. For this purpose it is earnestly recoin mended to the inhabitants of Augusta, and respectfully requested of all the resident Physicians, to report immediately to one of the undersigned, should any case occur within their knowledge, withn the limits of the city, that the speediest measures may be adopted for removing the infected per son or persons, and thus to avoid the fatali ty which may result from an extensive cou inunication. Whenever it is ascertained hv a Physi cian, that any case exists, a suitable place will be provided for the reception of the patient, on application to either of the Com mittee. AUGUSTUS MOORE. JOHN VnoilE. W. C. DILLON. In conformity with a request of the Com mittee ol Health, Ordered, That Doctors Kottnon and Dent, be, and are hereby as signed to ward No. I—Doctors Clarke and Savage, to ward No. 2, and Doctors Thomp son and Cunningham, to ward No. 3, for the inspection ot any disease suspected to be infectious; and that they report thereon to the aforesaid committee, or some member thereof, as soon after as may oe convenient Jind he if further ordered, That the above named physicians do vaccinate all individu als gratuitously, who are unable to incur the regular charges of vaccination, provided they call on the physicians at their offices, from 12 to 2 o’clock each day, Sundays ex cepted. And he it further ordered, That all the < members of this society do report to the 1 Board ot Health, all suspicious cases which may come within their knowledge. And be it further ordered, T hat in doubt ful cases of supposed infection, where the ward physicians disagree, the President of \ the Medical Society, or in his absence, any physician attached to a neighboring ward, be called in consultation. Revolved, That the above orders be han ded to the Health Committee. 1 U. B. CLARKE, m. d. R. S. .17. S, A. U. July 50 3t i 1 Administrator’s Hale, Will he s.-ul on Thursday the 25ih day of Au ku-t next, at the residence of James Fonder deceased late of ScriVen county, between the hours ot ten and f or o'clock ; All tin* Reef Cattle belonging; to the estate of the said deceased, ci'nsisiug ol about seventy four head ( nore or less.) Sale to \ nhnue from day to day until the whole is sold. | t erms Osh. i (it 01 ge Robbins, Adin’r. i Scrivrn County fu! 4 1395. 5 (juardian’s Hale Wilt be go'll nu sa il' ll' th loth day of Sep tember next, at the residence of Henry Megeei ’ deceased, late of Sc iven County, 'between 1 the h ui's if 'in and '■■■ ’cl ck. A quantity of Reef ('attic, a par- I -el of S ck logs, t pettier with a number ot j . it her perishable nr ides too tedious to enumerate,: , Id as the rop» r y of the minor heirs of said ’ It ceased, for the purpose of making a division.! Terms ol sale Cash Himrm Smith. Guardian. Scriven rninti/ lul id, 1825 T2t t 7 ‘I Uouiv aiuV VvinVVug, Neatly Exfruled at this Office. \ l ow. saee. 1 mWO tracts of LAND, Iy>ng on Little River, 1 .1. Or lorn! ia County, about thiry-seven miles - from Augusta— n the premises is an excellent , 'lerci ant and a Saw Mill, in good repair, on a ;r never (filing Stream—lliere is also an excellcn ? ramed Dwelling House, and ail other neerssan out buildings—on the shove is opened land ts - work from twelve to fifteen hands, in good or - di-r for planting, with a number of excellrn’. e prings of water. Those who wish to purchase . md view tilt land, will apply to the subscribe 1 . living on the premises William Moncrief. August 2 4»i x 11 e Tax Collector’s Hale. 11 Will be sold on the firsi Tuesday in September ; next, at the Court House door, in Waynesbo g rough. Hurke county, within sale hours : u 490 Acres of Land in Hcriven county, Lot No. 184, in the 9hi District— 49o t Acres m Anpling county. Lot No. 2.25, in th y 7th District. ALSO, 490 Acres in Appling County, _ Lot No 98 in tli 2d Distr'c, I vied on as me property of.l-e 1 Gay, to sat-fy his lax for the vear 1824. Amount g 356 14. ALSO— ‘ 202 \ Acres of Land in Dooly conn * *y. 1.0 No. 45, in he ninth District, levud on " as the property of John Wiggins, to satisfy h : « 2 ax, due for the year 1824. amount 87 1-2 —AI SO— j 202§ Acres of Land, in Dooly 1 mtiutv. Lot No. 110, in the 15 h District, levied ; on a« 'he prop-rly of Hardy flay, den-ased, to ■tisfvhis Tax due for the year 1824 amount g inn \ L ;() ‘ 250 Veres of Fine Land, in Early " -.in v. Lot No 224, •» be 14 i D s rict. levie.• - - >u «s <h ■ pm erty of Hattie 1 J W m, to sails ! v her Tat due for the ve.ar 1824. amount 93 3-4 i —ALSO -490 Acres of Laud in Appling ' r"im y, Lot. No. 174, in he first D sir -:l, ■ t vied on os t lie property of K iwi F. May to sat , isf - tvs Tax due for the year 1824, amount gl 7’ ALS— O-2021 Veres in Dooly County, Lot No 239 m t 1.7 h district levied urt as the pro pty of I hn I). Fspo% to satisfy his Tax due i fir H'e year 1824, sun un g 143 3-4, ALSO— -383 Acres of Fine Land in Scriv - coil y, gr tilled lo Ezekiel \V site, on tne waters of Bea-cr Dam Creek, levied on as ihr -ronertv of Jishus K rnbnl ,*o sato fy his Tax f'tr the y a- 1824 amount gl 12 1 2. At ALS- O-490 Veres of Land in Irwin coun tv, Lo No. 63, in th t 13' b District, levied on as the property « f Willohv Mercer, to satisfy his fax, due fop the year 1821 nn amt due gl 75. Isaac Lewis, t. c. Jii'v 23, 1825 5! T n Sheriff’s Sale. Will he sold on the first Tuesday in October next at the Court House door, in Waynesborougli | Burke c uinty, within sale hours : j 14 Negroes, namely, Rob, Char oite, hallv, .1 .hn. Little Huh, Jim, Delia FhT.lida, li ck. Rachael, Jack, Venus, Exeter and Dinah. 1' If vi.d mi as the properly of Simon A Trash i to satisfy an Execution nn the foreclosure of a M r g ge oi Inv-'p of Robert E. Brodnax. Howell D. Burke, u. s. b. c. July 23, 1825 lOi r 11 Sheriff’s Hale. Will be sold on th.* firs*- Cn sday in Seplenibei next, at the Court House door, in rough, Burke County, within sde horns;— One Negro Boy, named David, evud on as the uropeny of Mi'hw Bell, dec. u sati-fy an Execution in favor ol Hiram Beb. vs. John R. M.ore. adnu. of Mathew Bell, die -ALSO— The one seventh part of Two- llnn divd acres ot I nil, adjo i g lands of Sapp and others, levied on as he properly of Anthony Bonuell, to satisfy an Execution in favor ol Mi a I V g -fins —als 150 Acres of land, adjoining lands of i) ckios oi au l thei s, lev -d o . as the proper y of James Vaughn to satisfy his Tax due for he year 1824, amouii gl 37 1-2. - ALS" — 275 Acres of land, adjoining lands o: M -rtin Herringt 111 and o:hers, levied on as the property of Charles Kimball. 1 ■ sa'isfy his Tax due for he year 1824, anmu it gl 61 4. —AT.SO— -100 Acres of land, whereon the tMeiidao' now lives, levied on us .he proper y f Nancy Dunn, lo sa'lsfy her Fax due for the year 1824, am 11 1' 87 1 2 John T. Forth, s. u. c. Julv 28 1825 5 t 11 Administrator’s Hale. On the first Tuesday in October next, will be sold at the Court-House in Waynesb rough, b permission of tlie Honorable the Inferior Cour o! Burke County : That tract of land known as No. lb. In the out district Monroe county, belonging mtho estate of Samuel Saxon, deceased, for the benefit ot the heirs and creditors William Saxon, and John Saxon, ddm’rs. I Burke county. July 1825. 5 t 5 NOTICE. j Will be sold on the first Tuesday in October ■'ext, at the Market House, in the City of Au gusla, at the ostial s de hours : One half of four and three quar ters Acres of Lund, adjoining Ware and Cole i nan, sold for the benefit of Seaborn Skinner ; minor. Livingston Skinner, Guardian August 1 3m 11 NOTICE: I 1 i LL persons indebted to the est ate of Jolts Ca j .A tumults, deceased, are requested to make immediate payment lo the subscriber, and those 1 having claims against the said estate, are required jto present them duly attested in the form and : vithin the time prescribed by law. Richard 11. Wilde, Adm’r. lun e 17 I2t 102 25 Dollars TWwarflL. ’ ja RAN A WAY from the sub j /mLgV scr ber in Lexington, Gurgia, in a RT March last, a Negro flow named SUL 1811 AM, about twenty years old, dark complexion, fivo feet lour or five inches liigh, very flesbey, stout heavy made, full face, lively and free spoken, con e liac s his eyes a little when lie looks at you, and left handed. This boy Isbam, I bought of a man who sign his name Clement Townsend, in Janu ary last. Mr. Townsend told me he bought this boy in Raleigh. North Carolina, at Sheriff sale, _ 'hut he was raised about Raleigh ; the boy told me he was raised in Raleigh, and was hired in hat place to a merchant several years, and that r Mr. Townsend, bought him of an estate of a Law ’ yer who deceased near Raleigh, a year or two ago. j If Mr, Clement Townsend sees this advertise q ment, 1 will thank him to drop me a line and say, .who he bought this boy Isham of, as I have heard (of this boy’s being in Soulh-Carolina, making his way t > Halelgh I expect. I will give fen Dollars reward to have him se > cured in any Jail, so I can get hold of him, or e i be above reward of Twenty fire Dollars, to any e person wiio will secure him in a Jail in Georgia, from some circumstances, I am led to believe that this boy may be in the possession of a white . man, who induced him to runaway—and will of. fer him for sale—l will give Fifty Dollars reward 1 for the detection of the I’hief Edward Cox. (O’ The Raleigh Register, will give this adver r tisement four or five insertions, and forward their 1 account to die. Constitutionalist for payment. , July 20, IK2-3. 4t 9 Tama Dollars VUvwavd. O VNAWAY from the subscriber, on the 21st MUi insi. a NEGRO ROY. by the name of CY, or CYRUS j about 16 or 17 years of age. He is a •Pout well made boy, bis complexion very dark, with smooth skm, ami a v-ry phasing counten i ame when 'pokeu to. Had on when he went a way, a pair of blue striped Northern homespun pantaloons, a round Jacket of the same, also a fur hat ami a pair of shoes. The ab >ve reward will ho paid to any person who will bdge him in ; nny safe Jail, so that 1 get him again, or on deli vering him to the subscriber in Align t.i. Geo. Littlcberry Hush. Ju’v 29 1825 10 TEN DOLLARS REWARD.™ Strabo A or Stolon, FROM the subscriber on Saturday night last, a likely Cites tit Sorrel HORSE, about nine ' ears old, a small white spot on the fore In ad, a blemish in hi t left eye, nicked tad, shod on his fore feet only, mane inclined to hang on both [sides of his neck. The above reward will be (paid to any person who will deliver him to ma in Augusta. Paul G. Cottle. August 5, 1825 12 GEORGIA, ? IN THE SUPERIOR COURT Columbia County 5 Fuiuat, July 22d, 1825. IT is considered by the Court, that the following persons drawn and summoned to serve as pe tit Jurors for the present term of Ibis Court, and who have made default, be fined in the following sums, and that execution be issued against them within thirty days after the adjournment of this term, unless satisfactory affidavits of their inabili yto attend be filed with the Clerk, within the aforesaid term of thirty days to wit .-—James Hat-, veil. Hez kuih Healle, Hugh Bell, Samuel Hawes, William Hatchell, William Seay, Sterling Foster, j William Cousins and Henry Burnley, each in the hum of twenty dollars. And that John H Binion, ■h.jse Morriss, German Harvey, Michael Smalley I and David Dubose, be each of them fined in the sum ot ten dollars. Taken from the .Minutes. i Gabriel Jones, J). Cleric, . July 25 1825 3 10 GEORGIA, Scviven County. IK REAS Georg Pollock, Admuvslrator *" with the will annexed, of the Estate of William Boothe, deceased, and also administrator ot the Estate of Mary Boothe, deceased. And William 11. Wade, administrator tie bonis non of the Estate of George M. Henderson, deceased, each applies for letters Dismissary. Tnese are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of (lie said deceased’s, to file their objections in this of fice, on or before the first Monday in August next, ensuing, to shew cause (if any they have) why letters His nissory should not be granted to the applicants. Given under my band at office in Jacksonbo this 28tb day of Unitary, 1825. ,6m Seaborn Goodall, cl’Jc. Georgia, liar Ice County. Court of Ordinary, .March Term, If’X'jj, ORDERED, That all applications hereafter ft* be made for Letters of Guardianship, of Minors under the age of foifteen years, shall be notified to the Clerk at least twenty days before the term of the Court at which such application is to be acted m by the Court. And that the ap plicant or applicants shall obtain from the Clerk a notice in writing, which shall he posted at the Court House door, at least twenty days before the term at which the application is to bo acted ott, signifying his or their intention to ;nako such ap plication.—Oudbbkii. That in ense the right of Guardianship occur within twenty days before the meeting of the Court as above expressed, the Court will exercise its discretion lot to the course to be pursued. J true extract from the .Minutes, Attest, Samuel Stnrges, Cl’/c. "J the Court of Oi ritnai yi April 12 ltn4m 83 N otice. ALL persons indebted to the estate of Cotton Merritt, deceased, are requested to render heir accounts in properly at'e-ted, within the tune prescribed bv law, and those indebted to said estate will make immediate payment to Comfort Merrit, Adinr’x. Burke County, May 1825 lot t 91