The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-04-07
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.

bills. was taken at S IL So"
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
Western Piaistcr an excellent ma
nure for the lands on the sea shore,
where that of Nova Scotia is of no va
lue at all.
E.ctracf Of letter from gentleman
in Seuth Carolina, 10 a mercantile
house IN yVe1v- York.
"You must rccollect, when was in
Albany, that purcha sed ton OF plals-
ter brought from Manlius, in your state /;
which | took home with me, and at
the proper season put it on piece OF
land which had teen very much ex-
hausied with crops of cotton and indigo.
The result has far exceeded my most
sanguinc expectations. You Will also
recollect In at l Informed you that
Nova Scotia plaster had no effect on
our lands near the sea-board, and that |
purchased the ton above mentioned,
merely as an experiment.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania ad.
journed on the 25th ult. a highly i'm
portant act was passed before the ad
iournmcnt, an act which stamps cha
racter of intelligence and liberality on
the state, appropriating nearly half a
million of dollars for Internal Improve
ments. This sum is large, compared
with the revenue and annual expendi-
lures of the state, and may be expected
to produce important benefits, not only
Al hKtk al, lit oF phIlo.
delphia Mar. Inte'.
The people Of Savannah, with a lau-
dable zeal for the improvement OF the
health and character of the city, have
taken into consideration the evils ari
sing from the rice lands contiguous to
it, and have determined in favor of gil
wing 10 the proprietors of those lands
at the rate of forty dollars per acre, Gin
all 10000 dollars, as an inducement to
abandon the qyet cultivation OF rice, and
adopt the dry mode. This change, by
draining the marshy low grounds, will
il is supposed, free the city from the
insaiubrity which,in the sumHer months
causes so extensive migration north
ward or westward of all whose means
enable them 10 abandon their ordinary
vocations for so long time. This OBJ.
ject accomplished, Savannah will soon
stand ia the first grade of American CT
ties. 10.
Compliment from the Wess 10 The East
During the recent session of the
Kentucky Legislature, a bill to encou'
rage imports of merchandise through
the port of New Orleans, by cxempting
from taxation goods SO Imported, gave
rise TO an animated discussion which
resulted in the adoption of the measure
by a great majority. Mr.. Birncy il
opposing the bill, observed, :" 1t is GU
good or bad fortune TO be connected If
trade and commerce with the populou'
cities of the cas-. He considered !
our good fortune for there our MGR
chants imhibe taste for learning, phi
losophy and religion. To this con
nexion we owe our refinement, our me
:ality, our Bible societies, our teach
crs and our literary establishments
Loo; az the contrast. Look q: The con
sequences Of connection with New
Drleans-she has 90 Institutions 0
lcarning-.no purity III her morais--i
depfaved apd corrupt. She has n
schools but for cock Il Citing and gari
she has theatre open on san
aay, that day devoted by Va 10 the ~
mighty God--Why, sir, instead Of fol
ing with transport into the embrace Q
hiu5hinE modesty, will We rush int
.hc Burning arms OF harlo. 20 70.
Tho London Courier Of the 2ist jar
contains long accounts Of the trials {
the rioters, some OF whom have bee
found guilty. II would appear that n
Iury we're much inclined 20 bc mercif,
10 these unfortunate men IS they &C
Quilted four of them mich 10 the SIT,
prise OF the Judge. New jurymen wer
20 be impanncilcd to try The others.
CURIOUS,