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a Efficiency of air and heat into it to
admit of exhalation. Almdft every thing
< r^-^^fed fibieaf fe^. e^—,*^
of our fcnfes, is ihidoubtedly manure, and
that of the strongest kind : It those
particles when expended, did not light
again, our air would be so impregnated
1 with them that we could not exitt ; but
they float with the air, and if they light
on any body that is already pregnated,
or impenetrable, they then take their
flight again as the heat increases, and so
continue floating ,until they meet with
some body that will receive them : And
how call we fatisfaaorily account for the
support of round noles and hills, which
have a continual walh from them, unless
it is in this manner ? These hills, from
their elevated situation, have a greater
opportunity of collecting the nitrous or
manuring particles, than the level land
has, which in fomp measure fuppliep the
aforefaid, loss. It is obvious that there
is a continual agitation in the spirit of
the eahh, and in particular in that part
which produces or goes into vegetation,
or,, How could that vegetation be produ
ced ? And it is perceivable that if wa
ter, or any kind of fluid yas, poured oh
the hard ground, it would not penetrate
qjnto it with that ease, and in as short a
tpace of time, as it would in loose o'r
mellow ground. Therefore I conceive,
that the most effectual method to get our
land to catch and contain this manure,
is to plough deep and often ; by this
means the foil is made deeper, and of con
sequence capable of receiving a greater
quantity of those salts, and of continuing
the moisture; if a drought should arife,'
turning the raw or uncharged ground up,
makes a vacmty, into which those fluid
particles,as soon as they touch the ground
are admitted, and have an easy commu
nication with the different particles of the
furface of the earth : Thus by turning
the ground repeatedly, the whole foil has
an opportunity of being equally preg
nated. I have tried the experiment for
three fumnlers raft, and find it will an
swer our purpose, for railing wheat, as
well, if not better, than the manufe we
cart. I must confefs/thp cause I was not
able to account for, until last summer ;
and in order to give it an effectual trial,
1 was induced to plough a poor piece of
Icomy ground five times (which the sum
mer before had produced but I poor crbp
learned SELF-DEFENCE wrote under
the signature of the SAILOR, and that
he carried that piece upon ' Universal
Salvation' to N y to recommend it
to his friends as his own incomparable
production, I believe was never doubted,
altho' he has the confidence to deny iz.
For that reason he has endeavored to
impose upon the public that they might
believe he was not the author of the
BAILOR. O scandalous ! This is very
c!ofe home, Mr. Printer, but it is almost
impossible to refill the dictates of reason
and conscience, for Solomon again fays
*' answer a fool according to his foil,, left
be become wife in bis own conceit."
I HAVE been induced to believe, from
the experiments made by chymifts, &
different writers on the nature or qualities
of bodies, chat there are great quantities
of alkaline or nitrous and Sulphurous par
ticles floating in the air, to make our
high or cry grounds rich enough to bring
forth any kind of vegetation in great abun
dance (without bzing at the pains of
carting manure for some miles, as some
have to do) provided we could prepare
our ground to catch and mafee it fafcep
ble of those particles. That this is the
case, common observation in some mea
fard will teach us : For when paring by
a heap of manure the smell is immedi
ately affected ; those particles which ex
cite the ferifation of smelling, are the
more subtle or refined parts of that ma
nure, which are continually flying erf
until its force is exhausted, or until there
is a hard compact body of groiTer mat
ter formed round it, that will not fuffer
From the gos H EN[/>ee#.] repository.
Messrs. Printers,
Ifend you a few hints of mv opinion of ma
nuring ground, and an experiment that I
have made of the fame, which method I
do not recoiled having been prefribed by
an, who have written on the fubjed —
If you think them worthy a place in your
uJeful Repository, publish them as soon as
convenient, that such of your readers as
7niv be di/po/ed to tr, the experiment, may
have an opportunity before this season is
too far fbent.
PHILANTHROPOS.
March, 1791.
Agricultural Repository.
of rye) exclafive of three extraordinary
harrowings, judgment fill directing re
gular intervals between each ploughing
—and my return of wheat off that fame
is equal to that of the bell manured
ground with common tillage.—
Attention ought to be paid when we are
preparing the fallow ground, left .here be
at any time a cruft, formed on the top of
the ground as is common by hard rains,
before it has an opportunity of being
pregnated; in that case, I conceive that
harrowing in some measure will answer
the purpose of ploughing. It generally
has been the practice in this quarter to
plough only twice if the ground was not
foddy, and three times at most ; but
where there is no sod, and the ground
has lain idle, all will grant that that
ground is poor, therefore I conceive
ought co be ploughed the oftenein order
to make it rich The above rule will
not only hold good to enrich poor ground
but will be of great advantage to tem
per ground that is coo strong for the pro
ducing ot wheat, as it will in that case
admit of an easy and greater exhaltation.
Whoever are disposed to try the aforef^id
experiment, will find that their return
will be nearly double to that of the usual
way, and the trouble of the two or three
last ploughings not equal to that of
carrying manure, which last mentioned
manure can be preserved for summer crops
tnac have not the fame advantage, from
the early and speedy cultivation of the
foil, and at a season when those partcles
do nut fly so plentifully as at that season
when we are preparing the ground for
the reception of winter grain.
Ulfler Count, Montgomery Farmer,
July 31st, 1790.
" My wife's brother arrived her° last
Monday, in fourteen days from Fort
Erie, where he Went last November. —
:VhJle th^rf, he law a Shawanee
Indian ^ffTnad been in the battle offihe
Miami, and had loft his rifle. The e
vent of this unfortunate re.encounter is
very differently explained from what we
have it. It appears that the barbarians
availed themselves of the total eclipse of
the moon in the evening, under this veil
they ftol^ unperceived within a little dis
tance of our camp, and then rushed sud
denly on our men with upifted toma
hawks, looking and ading like so many
furies broke loose from the infernal re
gions !—Having in part satiated their
bloody appetites, they fell back into a
thicket of hazzles, gave one fire, and
then retreated till day break :—What
followed the next day , corroborates the
accounts we hav'e had. Col. Brandt
loft a cousin in the battle. The Indians
loft in all, forty killed & fifteen wound
ed. The garrison at Detroit, supplied
the Indians with two arid a half pounds
of powder each, and shot equivalent,
prior to their march ; and since their
return they furhifhed all those who loft
their rifles, with new ones» All the
garrisons to the westward are double
manned ; at Niagara they have laid in
three years provisions, and increased
their heavy cannon.
" The Indian further adds, that the
fayages kept the, field ; and that our
army had not an bpportunity of burying
their dead."
Os latest EUROPEAN NEWS.
London, Jan. sh 179 f :
" To an American the found of liberty
is familiar, and from the experience of
its good effects must wilh it to be ex
tensively felt. To you, my dear iir, I
communicate with peculiar pleasure its
progress in France. As a friend to the
rights of men, & to the French nation,
you will heartily rejoice at the present
state of the Revolution being beyond a
doubt secure. I form my opinion on
late fads, and from authentick informa
tion # its unparralleled tranquil state.
''The ARREARS of 1790 were or
dered 10 be paid the firft of the present
Extras? of a letter from a gentleman of re
fpeaabilit, in Montgomery county, to his
friend in this city, dated Feb. 12.
" T)LE ISE to inform Mr. -, that
JL the man killed on the Ohio, in a
boat with my brother, was from Phila
delphia—another was killed about the
famh time from this flats moving down
with his family
BOSTON, MARCH ^g.
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATION.
By Yesterday's Mail.
ALBANY, FEB. 21.
month, and were to be paid off at one
stroke, beginning alphabetically with
the creditors ; we are to presume from
this chat the INTEREST of 1789 is al
read, difeharged; the COMPENSATI
ONS for the clergy are ready; the Cler
gy will hardly run from so fdlid a bene
fit ; it is not only a vote past, but gold
and silver is ready to comply with it.
This fund has been raised from lands
fold, from other contingencies, and to
entitle then to this, they must fubferibf
to the civil constitution, formed by the
National Affemblv. The King has
SIGNED THE DECREE, obliging
this, and has also CONFIRMED the
decree requiring ABSENTEES to take
the Ciofc oath. Co,nt a" Artois, (the
K ng's, brother is negotiating for his re
turn. Trie driflocrats write difpondingly.
" The Cornmotions which have lately
diftraded France are fappreffed.—The
disturbances have probably broke out
where the greatest force was. The EM
PEROR will not support the Aridocra
tick cause: he is of a pacific disposition.
— The Spanish Monarch is- much engaged
in European Politicks (betides he has
dorpethek concerns enough to arrest his
at ^ ion). The CLERGY's OPPOSI
TION will be weakened. The Pope,
has given pis liberty to the Clergy to
fubferibe to toe civic oath : And some of
the fubjeds of the Pope, have adopted
the French Constitution, and sent it
with their deciion, to the Pope for his
approbation."
Joshua Sumner,. Cone Et.
John F. Carmichael; N.Jerfa.
+Qo^ssss s()^©Q^QtyQ^^
A young farrow
COW will be exchanged for a new milch
COW, and the odds given. Enquire of
the Printers M^rth—26.
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Arrangement of the 2d Regiment of the U
nited States.
JOHN DOUGHTY, Nra-Jerfa.
iMaj.Lemuel Trefcott, 1 Maf
2Maj.John Burnham, )facbu
3Maj.Jonathan Hart, Conn.
Captains.
I Robert Kirkwood, Delaw.
2 Thomas Hunt, . Map.
3 John Mills, Ditto.
4 John Pray, Ditto.
5 Rich. Brook Roberts, S.C.
6 John H. Buelj Connect.
7 David Sayles, R. IJland.
8 Jonathan Cass, N. Hamp.
9 Coriftant Freeman^ Miff.
io Patrick Phelon, Ditto.
II Thomas H. Cuthing, Dif/o.
12 Joseph Shaylor, Conn.
Lieutenants;
I Samuel Newman^ Mtf
2 Bezaleel Howe, N. Hamp.
3 Henry Sherman, jr.R.„<%
4 Daniel Bradley, Connect.
5 John Platt, Delaware.
6 William Richard, Masc
7 Richard S. Howe, Ditto.
8 Richard H. Greaton,D/7/o.
9 John Higginfon, Ditto.
io Winslow Warren, Ditto.
II Rtfflfell Biffell, Connect.
12 Francis Huger, S.Carolina.
Ensigns.
i Martin B.Sohier, Waff.
2 Richard Edwards; Ditto.
3 Edward Miller, Conned.
4 John Thompson, Ditto,
5 George Tillinghaft, R.^la.
6 Jofepn S. Gilman, N.Ham.
7 Joseph Peirce, jun. Mafo
8 David Cobb, jun; Ditto.
9 John Dickinson, , S.Carol,
io Thortias Duff, Delaware,
i I Edward Turner, Mas.
12 Theodore Sedgwick,3d, do.
Surgeon,
William Euftis, Mass,
Surg. Mates.
MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.
^The perjon who took a bu
feel of Rye (thro' mistake) in lieu of a bu
feel Corn, from the lower mill, in Exeter;
is requeued to return it and receive his
Corn. " Honesty is the belt policy."
To the enterprizing Young Men
of Naw-Hampfeire.
A N opportunity is now pre
-1 A fenced of becoming acquainted with
that celebrated Western Country.
which the Poet had in view in the fol
lowing lines—
'Let's rife ^go where happier climes inv te,
'Thro' midland seas and regions of delight ;
'Where fair OHIO rolls her amber tide,
'And naturE blossoms in her virgin
PRIDE.'
Congress finding the troops in aaual ser
vice infufficient for the protection of the
Weftern Frontiers of the Country, have
ordered another regiment to be raised for
the purpose, and assigned one company
to this, fate, to the command of which
the fubicriber has the honour to be ap
pointed.
The term for which the non-commissi
oned officers and privates are to be enlist
ed, is three years, unless sooner dilcharg
ed. They must be healthy, robust, and,
in every refped, found men—and not
less than five feet fix inches in heighth,
without shoes. Those who are desirous
of serving their country in this honorable
employment, are requeued to call on the
fupferiber, in Exeter, (the place of ren
dezvous^ where good provisions will be
issued for their support and convenient
barracks provided for, their accommoda
tion. A bounty of fix dollars will be
given every man. As the funds of .ne
United States are on such a refpeftablc
footing as to insure a punftual payment
of the wages stipulated, and a constant
supply of cloathing, provisions, &c, it is
expected a fufficient number of young
men, of respectable charaders, will im
mediately appear to compleat the com:
pany. Such enterprizing persons as
have long had an inclination to explore
the VefluSn country, with a view of be
coming settlers, should they find a place
to their mind, may now have an oppor
tunity of obtaining all the knowledge
concerning it they can desire, without
any expence; and they are particularly
invied to embrace.it. For further in
formation bn the fubjed, apply to
JONA. CASS, Commanding
[Officer of said company.
Exeter, March 22d, 1791.
tf,The federal Printers in this fate are
requeued to give the above a publication ire
their re/peaive , ap ers.'
fc^plPe have received federal
meddling pieces, re,peeing Detector and
Self-Defence, which are toe infpid to have
a publication. g'Th Peotical Scrap con
cerning young F....'j defending a chimney,
tSc. is too personal.
EXETER (Saturd.)Ma, c 6 26;
. Mr. raneet;
^ YI7HEREAS it has been insinuated
— VV to me, and I.have been of opi
nion that a certain gentleman in this
town was the author of a piece published
in your paper several weeks part under
the signature of DETECTOR, and upon
a supposition that he was the writer of
said piece I have.reported that he really
was, greatly to the prejudice of the gen,
tieman—but I have firice been convinced
that he was not any way concerned in
that abusive affair. Therefore, in justice
to the gentleman's character, I have been
induced to give your readers this infor
mation, least the gentleman ffiould be
censured for an affair he is entirely inno
cent of. SELF-DEFENCE.
, SEASON,..
1 bat beautiful and well-approved Young
HORSE, ^
A^^N deer;
U ' e f°° r
PY="™=^ n fl years old next
v 1 June, is full bloou-
I 1ed —°f a gen,eel
size an d figure—
^caL_:±Lj= mooves gracefully,
and from the excellent quality of his
Colts, he needs no further recommenda
tion. He will be kept constantly at the
little Village, in Deerfield, as usual—•
where, also—
Good Pasturing may be had
for Mares, at far /hillings per month.
Deerfield, March lift, 1791,
AT EIGHTEEN SHILLINGS FOR THE
to COVER,