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J 'OR T11E HF.LAIVAHS GAZETTE.
To the Fanners of the State
of Delaware.
From the late improvement in the
navigation of the Schuylkill above tide
water, an opportunity is now offered to
you of getting Lime for the purpose of
manuring your lands on much mote rea
sonable terms than heretofore,
Lime Stone is now brought down the
Schuylkill and sold at the tide, where the
shallops from the different landings can
receive it, at Two Dollars per perch.
Kilns are erecting in different neigh
borhoods along the River lor supplying
Little for manure ; but in no place can
they be erected with more advantage than
at the different landings in the State of
Delaware, where wood is much cheaper
than at the Kilns in Philadelphia and
Chester counties.
For the purpose of aiding the mer
chants at the landings and farmers in
their different neighborhoods, in the de
termination to pursue this useful scheme,
the following accurate statement has been
obtained from the lime burners :
Lime Kilns are constructed at the
sides of hills ; the stone is put in at the
top, the fire, of course, at thp bottom,
ant! the Lime, when burnt, taken out at
the fire hole ; the hills at the different
landings, but particularly at Cantwell's
Bridge, afford fine scites for kilns—a
kiln should be large enough to bum 7 oi
800 bushels at a lime.
5 perch of stone makes 100 bush
els lime—for a kiln of 700
bushels sav 35 perch at 2 dolls. 70
Freighlof 35 perch
6 hands one day, if the stone is
handy, will set a kiln,
14 cords of wood will burn such a
kiln, at 83 per cord,
For burning, the regular charge is
35
6
42
8
8161 00
which gives 700 bushels for 161 dollars ;
or 23 cents per bushel at the landing.
The price of lime at Wilmington is
from 38 to 40 cts. per bush. Farmers
in the upper part of this State put a
great deal of lime on their land.—The
farmers in tlifc lower parts now hav. it
in their power to get lime lower than
those in the upper part. Every judici
ous farmer that has wood and not too
distant Irom the landing will, at once,
see the advantage of erecting a kiln,
if not for himself at least in conjunction
with his neighbors, and go to improving,
in a few years the crops may easily be
doubled.
Friend to Improvements.
From Itetf's Philadelphia Gazette.
Steam Boat Vesta.
Tlie statement with respect to fire
on hoard of her on the l'Jlh instant.
made hy some person without Ihr
authority or knowledge of those in
tcrcsted. has found its way into the
public priais, and which intimates
that a valuable Bucket, was almost
wholly burnt up. at (lie instant when
her expensive repairs were just corn
pit-led, ard that the Sleani packet line
between Baltimore und Philadelphia,
by Elkron and Wilmington, was brokg
up ; this has not only been affirmed
iu Baltimore, hut in the streets ol
riiiladi-lphia.
The facts are—that the vessel was
discovered to he on lire shortly after
the passengers left her. on Saturday
morning lint she was not burnt to the
water's edge : hy the activity of the
citizens much was saved, while con
siderable damage has been done, hut
not irreparable as stated. After a
survey, which the American Fire In
surance L'ompitny generously submit
ted, to the owners, their Ship
penter, Joiner and Engineer, who
have estimated the w hole damage at
three thousand dollars only, and the
office promptly paid the loss on the
whole amount insured without mur
mer or deduction, and from the ma
terials already prepared, and the
number of hands employed, she will
be put in complete order in a short
time with a very important improve
ment, viz, 'he partitions, which sepa
rate the lore and after cabins from
the machinery and lurnances, tire to
he made of boiler iron and without
doors, which neglect might leave open.
Thus, if a fire shall unfortunately
take place in one part of the vessei.
the other two parts, will he safely
located by the interposition of the
plate iron partition. The daily line
of Steam Packets between Philadel
phia and Baltimore by way of NV il
uiington and Elkton, has suffered no
inconvenience except on the niorniug
of tlie day when the lire took place.
Printers who inserted the report re
ferred unto, will oblige the Company
by giving these facts publicity through
the same channel.
C'at
WILLIAM YOUNG.
Treasurer for the Companj.
Philadelphia, July SOtlj, 1817 .
From the Boston Clironiole and Pa
triot, July 30.
„ Latest Fr<\m Lisbon.
Yesterday arrived at this port the
ship Thomas Epes, Ellery, master,
in 48 days from Lisbon, with 284,000
for the U. States Bank, and 234,000
for the owners and sundry others.
Cargo salt and fruit, to D A I Sar
gent.
About June the 1st. a number of
persons were arrested in Lisbon on n
charge of a conspiracy to overthrow
the government, among whom were
many of the first inhabitants of the
city. No passeugcr or supercargo,
can land in Lisbou, unless he brings
a passport from the. Portuguese Min
ister or Consul. A violation of this
subjects the vessel to detention, and
the captain to difficulty.
An expedition of a frigate and two
small vessels was fitting out for Per
nambuco.
Ship Canton, Ilimllcy, of Boston,
sailed about 3d June for Canton.
Markets dull for Am. produce ;
Hour 12 n 13 currency.
Left, brig Sailor B»y, Philadelphia
to sail the 12 ; ship Rose-in Bloom,
N. York, discharging ; brig Luna,
Boston loading ; brig American, N.
York, discharging ; ship Philip, Ta
bes, Norfolk, about sailing for Liver
pool ; sehr. Charles, K. Morry, dis
charging-; ship N. Jersy, Alexan
dria ; brig Three Sisters, Norfolk,
just arr.
Spoke, July 13, lat. 43, 16, N. Ion
52, 30, W. ship Montesquieu, 33 days
from Amsterdam, for Philadelphia.
By tiie com. Hull, arrived at this
port yesterday,.from Liverpool, we
learn that general Savary had been
arrested at Trieste, and conducted by
the order of the Emperor of Austria
to a fortress in Hungary. The com.
Hull has brought from England, be
tween 000 and 700 barrels of Pork,
to
to
Prices of flour, at Montserat, July
12. 822; corn meal §10. At Grenada,
July 5, flour was 820. „ „ , .
At. i. Mer. Jidvt.
British West Indies.
A report .having been incireulation
that some of the British Islands have
been opened to American vessels, we
have ascertained that the rumor arose
from letters of the 12(ii of July, from
Montserat; which slate that the Isl
ands of St. Kilts and Nevis are open*
ed to the importation of American
produce, in British vessels, from the
Islands of St. EuStatia and St. Bar
tholomews.
Norfolk, July 30.
From the Mediterranean.
Anchored in Hampton (toads, yes
terday afternoon, Lite U. 8. Siiip Al
ert, E. 1*. Kennedy, Esq. "ominandcr.'
57 days train Gibraltar. Through the
politeness of Captain Kennedy and
live of tlie officers, who came up lat«
last n ght in a pilothoat. we are in
debted for the following information.
The Alert left Mahon the—May,
and touched at Gibealtar, whence-she
sailed for tlie United States on the 3d
June, and arrived off St. Mary's on
of the light-house on Monday, waiting
the 18th iust. sim-c which she lias
been heating on the coast, endeavoring
She was abreast
to make this poet.
for a pilot.
The frigate United States had sail
ed the day
previous for Mahon, with
I, Mr.
who was not in good health.
Tlie United 8iw( es ship Erie, was
behind the Ruck.
Shale!«, on board,
our Consu
Two Imliamen. (names not known)
from Northern ports of the U. Slai.s.
were at Gibraltar, one of them having
on board Mr. T. \V. Baiuhridgr,
nephew of commodore Bainbndge,
who has arrived here in the Alert.
We learn with much regret, that
eapt. Walter Stewart, late commun»
der of the Alert, died at Mahon on
tne 13th of May last the day after
his arrival at that place—and Lieut.
G. \V. Spooner, of the Washington,
about the last of the same montli
lieu! Dudley, also had paid the debt
of nature,
The following U. S. vessels were at
Mahon, when the Alert sailed—The
Washington 74, undergoing repairs; fri
gate Constellation, and ships Peacock
and Spark. The officers and crews of the
squadron were in good health ; the frigate
U. States or ship Erie was to sai! for the
U. States with despatches, in about a
month after the Alert.
The following officers of the squadron,
came passengers in the Alert :
Lieutenants Pierce, Rousseau, Ramsay,
Gaunt, Connover, Belt, Forest, Boorman,
Ja». Nicholson, Ten Eick, Breese, and
Nuby.
Midshipmen Cooke, Nixon, Montgom
ery, and Lee.
Lieut. Rousseau is bearer of despatch
es from com. Cliauncey, and lieut. Ram
say from Mr. Shaler, to government.
Our informants heard nothing of the
outrages said to have been recently com
tnitted on the coast of Algiers under the
sanction of the Dey.
Commodore Cliauncey was on the eve
of departure for an excursion to Rome,
«
for which purpose a commodious barge
was in preparation
The Cleopatra'« Barge was at Gibral
tar. an object of general admiration.
The Dey of Algier« is placing his for
tresses in the best order—he is stated
to be indefatigable of b >dy, and a man of
quick and accurate perceptions.
aimer. Beacon.
Bank Information.
We have information, (says the
Enquirer) that on the 17th inst. a
meeting was held at Philadelphia, of
the cashiers of the Stute Banks of
New-York. Philadelphia, Baltimore.
Georgetown, Alexandria, and of
Virginia, for the purpose of making
some arrangements for equalizing
commercial exchange. Hitherto it is
well known how many inconveniences
have attended this operation. A mer
chant in one town had occasion to
transfer money to mother. If the
exchange was against him, he had to
l-uy a private bill at a premium, or
to go to a broker's
his hank notes into i ose of the city
which he had to mai;- a remittance.
The Bank of the United States,
indeed, is doing a grea deni of remove
tliis embarrassment. By depositing
notes in the Branch if this city, for
instance, you may gerrrally obtain .
bill in lave*' of your correspondent,
upon tlie cashiers of tie United States
Branuhes elsewhere, with the excep
tion, perhaps, of that of New York.
The State Banks were too saga
cious not to see the consequences of
this cours«' of liusinctf. Most of the
capital devoted to exchanges, began
to pour itself into lie U. S. Bank.
Deposits were made in its branches
lor the purpose of rbtuining bills :
And some persons wio were in the
habit of dealing abroad, began to fall
into the haliit of doing business with
the U. S. Bank, in {reference to the
State-Banks.
To remove, if possible, this incon
venience, which liegen to grow upon
them, and add to tbs facility of re
mittance, the meeting of the cashiers
we have alluded to, is supposed to
have taken pla« e. The cashiers of
the above-named State Bard s, (the
Bank of the U. S. nut being present
by any representative,) entered into
an arrangement, by which it was a
grecd that the State Banks should
draw and re-draw U(«oa each other,
as hud once lieen tilt; ease, should
have regular settlements of these
transactions, anil white ver balance
«ouvert his
to be discharged in specie. Some,
however, suppose, that the banks of
New-York may not be willing to ac
cede to this arrangement—the hal
ance of trade with the other dealing
towns, being at present in favor of
New-York.
This community have certainly si
leep interest in tliis question. Out
circulating medium will become mon
fixed in its value when this operation
The notes of
.ill the banks, for instance, which an
parties to this arrangement, wiii rise
to (or nearer to) par, as some of the
other hanks may receive them hy
way of deposilc. The moment a hank
«■«reives them, they rise of course, i:
its own market, to tlie par ot its own
paper.—»Vat. Jnf.
becomes a general one.
New-York, July 30.
Cannon Founder ;/ —The proving
and inspection of nearly ninety tons of
cannon took place last week, at the
new foundcry lately established by
Peter Towns-nd, Esq. on Chambers'
Creek, Newburgh. They are tlie
first cannon ever mnnufivtured in the
state of New York, and for smooth
ness of surface, hardness of metal, A
accuracy of btfring, never were ex
celled. The whole quantity passed
the" ordeal" of double charges, ant!
the most serotinous inspection, with
out a single condemnation. Thirty
tons more are nearly completed. We
learn that some very valuable iin
provepients have been made in the
mode of boring and (lrillit.g. The es
tablish ment is on a large scale, con
sisting of two furnaces aud four boring
mills, Ac. which does great credit to
the indefatiguable proprietor, and
worthy of the state of New, York.
The metal used is exclusively from
the Monroe blast furnace, owned also
by Mr. T 'ownsend, aud made of the
well known sterling ore. Advocate.
Norfolk, July 26,
Inhuman Traffic.
The sehr Louisa, which arrived at this
port on the 22d of last month, under
Dutch colours, frsm St. Bartholomews,
was, on Saturday last, seized for selling
four of her crew , ( Blacks ) as slaves. It
is generally believed, that the Louisa was
originally fitted out as a Carthagcnian,
privateer, and assumed that or any other
appearance, as circumstances might re
quire.—The Negroes that she sold have
heed stopped, and are lodged in the jail
of Elizabeth City, N. C.—They are sold
to some Georgia speculators. The cap
« am of the Louisa, Remson.has made his
escape.
(Hotel It. It Book.
AGRICULTURAL.
/
From the Boston Intelligenter.
Of the management of exhausted
■ Ground.
By exhausting ground the farmer
is to understand such as has been in
its nature tolerable good, but has been
drained by repeated or ill managed
crops, beyond what the common man
ures are able to supply.
This is the case of a great deal of
land, in this part of the country ; and
if those who complain would use the
proper means they would find the
damage not so hard to he repaired
they imagine. Long fallows will re*
cover the most exhausted land, pro
vided it has been ever good, and the
ground be sufficiently broken during
the following : hut in this case the
labor and time necessary for the re
eruit weary the farmer, because he
receives no present benefit. It will
be more agreeable to him to lny out
more expense, and to reap a more
immediate return. Where there are
several inches of good soil heiow the
utmost depths to which the plough
lias ever gone, the whole business is
to cut deeper, and turn it up. For
this, purpose, if the four eoullered
plougii he hroiiglil into the ground,
and set to its proper depth of cutting,
it will go three, four or even five in
ches below what other ploughs have
dune ; and will bring up an absolute
lied of new mould. The old exhaust
ed part of the soil will tie hurried at
the depth where this lny ; and this,
which is of the nature of virgin mould,
will he the proper seat of the next
crop. The advantages of virgin
mould are well known ; and this pari
of the soil, which will be thus turned
up after such absolute and unexhaust
ed rest, will he perfectly of that qua!
ity. The roots of corn and of the
plants cultivated by the farmer, seek
their nourishment where the earth is
broken by tillage to give them pas
sage. The preeeediiig crops upon
such grounds have been fed by that
part of the soil only, which has been
wrought in tillage ; and this parr
which is now broken for the first
time, having been firm and solid nt
its proper depth, has denied them all
admittance.—Therefore it is now in
full strength. The farmer will sre
that it is by his crops, and tie is to
manage it in this maimer. He must
take care that his four coultered
plough eut up this under part of the
soil every where, and in all parts e
qu.dly. lie mutt, sec that tlie pari
thus brought up make the surface of
the whole field, aud that the old top
tie every where harried. This once
done, there is to be no more of the
deep ploughing : the common courst
of work is to be continued, and thi«
new earth very well broken. After
this it is to be sown us other good
land ; and refreshed in the same m m
ner with manures ; and after % course
oC-many years, it will he proper I«:
bring on again the deep cutting for
oonltered plough ; and burying the
upper soil, to bring up again that
which lud been in the preceding time
the exhausted surface.—It will have
received new streugili from its long
rest, and from the vapours from he
iow, and will be as rich as the for
mer.
a
as
AM ANA.
From the National Intelligencer.
There has been much enquiry prnong
the farmers in the southern states res
pecting the best mode of destroying the
onion or garlic in our wheat fields. If
you think proper to give a place in your
paper to tlie following, for the benefit of
the public, you can do so. About the
110th October, 1816, I fallowed a lot of
about 5 acres, that bad been at all times,
for years back, full of garlic. 1 ploughed
it not more than 4 inches deep; l then
sowed my wheat on the land without a
second ploughing, and dragged it in with
an iron tooth barrow. When we came
to reap our wheat this year we found
neither garlic nor cockle in my wheat,
though it was full of both for years back;
perhaps there never was cleaner *heat
than tilgt raised on this lot the present
year.
Respectfully, yours,
St. Mary's county,
15th July, 1817.
Hull's Cultivation.
The following strongly authentica
ted certificate lias been forwarded to
us for publication hy a very respecta
ble friend, who says its truth may lie
certainly relied on, as indeed we should
have been certain irom the signatures:
We the undersigned have this day
personally attended to the gathering
anti measuring a portion of the best
of an experiment accordin': to Mr.
Jno. Hall's plan of culliratiog Indian
Corn, on Mr. George L. Brent's
farm, and do hereby certify that the
yield, as gathered, and measured in
our preseore, was at the rate df twen
ly three and three fourths barrels to
the cultivated acre, or one hundred
and eighteen bushels and three pe«'ks.
We also certify that the ground on
which this experiment was made is so
exceedingly sterile, being selected «u
that account, that it wouid not have
yielded as much corn as would luivo
paid the expence of cultivation.
Gerard Alexander, Sr.
Hawkins Hoard.
Bernard I loot', Jr.
Lewis Jenkins,
John Wiutt.
Prince William Co. Virginia,
near Dumfries, Nov. 8, 18111.
The File.
For the purpose of sharpening scvtht
blades, the use of the file in many pa.rts-of
Virginia has entirely superseded the
whetstone and the common grindstone.
A correspondent informs us. that from
experience he hasfound ibis change to be
a very great saving in time and expense.
The file is said to give a much more
suitable edge for cutting straw and one
whetting, with it is equal to three of
fonr in the common way—after the first
grinding.
Baltimore, Aug. L
C. Hughes, Junr. Esq. of this city, and
his lady, have arrived safely at Stock
holm: their reception theie, particulaly
by the Royal Family, has been highly
gratifying.
Mr. Hughes was appointed Secretary,
of the American legation at the Court of
Sweden; and, during the absence of Mr.
Russell, Charge des Affaires of the Uni*
ted States at that court.—Fed. Gaz,
The elegant Steam Boat Virginia,
captain John Ferguson, (intended to ply
between Baltimore and Norfolk) made
her first passage to Norfolk in the short
period of twenty-three hours.
Eal. Tel.
The Carthagcnian privateer brig
Patriota Com. 1'ayter which has bee«
for some days in Hampton Roads,
proceeded to sea on tlie 24th ult. hav*
ing rc-shipped the erew that had a
Imadoned lier — »V. F . Gaz.
The laird of Me Nab was writing to one
of his friends from an Edinburg coffee
house, when a gentleman of his acquaint
ance observed that he was setting at defi
ance the laws of orthography and tram
taar. "Blast your eyes," exclaimed tjte
highland chieftain, "how can a man write
grammar with a pen like this?" .
MARRIED,
Onthe22d of July last, at White House,
the seat of Mrs. E. Tilghman, by ill*
Rev Mr. Moynihan, HENRY TILGH
MAN, Lsq. of Kw ,. County, to flits« M.
N. HALL, of Queen Anne'* County.
Eastern Shore, Maryland.
DIED,
At Pass Christian, near New-Orleans,
on Friday tlie 27th of June last, after a
lingering illness, lieutenant CH ARLES
U. HOPKINS, of the 8th re,invent U.
S. Infantry. He has left a wife and two
small children to lament the loss of gn
affectionate husband and a kind and bene
volent parent.
$300 Reward.
Escaped from the Public Jail of New
castle County, on tlie evening of Sunday
the 27th day of July last, a negro Servant
named DAVID, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches
high, atliletick, well made, and very ac
tive,.of a light color for a negro and haa
a scar upon the back of one ot his hands :
His clothing consisted of two pair ol Pan
taloons, (one of nankeen the other of
colored domestic) an old waistcoat, muslin
shirt, and an old wool hat—It is supposed
that he will change his name, us he once
broke jail in Easton, in the year 1316,
and assumed the name ot Harry, and
was afterwards taken in Penns*lvania
and committed to New Castle Jail, as «
runaway. The above Reward will be giv
en to any person apprehending the said
Negro and delivering him el the public
prison of New Castle County, state of
Delaware.
Kdround W. Barker.
New Castle, Aug. 1.—6—4t
Public Vendue.
The subscriber being about to remove
from the state of Delaware, will expos«
to sale, for cash , at his dwelling house in
the town «sf New-Castle, on Tuesday the
12th instant, ail his household and kitchen
furniture consisting of beds, bedsteads
and bedding ; breakfast, dining, and card
tables ; chairs. Ike—The furniture is of
good quality, principally new atid in
good order ; a new eight day clack ; four
stoves—one of 10, one of 9, and one of 6
plates ; also, one open stove, with sundry
other articles too tedious to enumerate.
He will, also, on the same day expose
to sale, his two Brick dwelling houses
and lots in the town of New-Castle afore
said, either together or separate to suit
purchasers. The sales to begin at !0
o'clock on said day, when attendance will
be given and the terms made known, by
William ( arriva».
Ncw-Caatlè, August 6, 1817.
N. B. All persons indebted to the sub
scriber are requested to make payment
on or before the day of sale ; and those
to whom be is indebted to pltsent their
accounts for settlement. W C.
2t.