Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-23

esqs. These mstructions Were drawn oy ga
mdei Adams, WHO was one of the committee,
appointed 10y the town, for that suppose
These Instructions are a sample of that sim
phcity, parity and harmony ofstYle Which dis
tinsuished all the productions of MIR. Adams
pen. i wshl could transcribe The whole bnt
the paragraph most directly TO the present.
purpose, is The following:
But what suil heghtens our apprehension is that
these unexpected proceedings may he preparatory to
new lANArioNs upon us. For, ii our trade may be
taxed why not our lands Why tie produce of rnr
lands, and every thing possess make nse Of g.
'his,we apprehehd, annhiates our CharteT right 10
govern anGinS oarseives IL strikes BRUSH pii
eses which as we have forfeited them ~. hold
ia common with our fellow Subjects, he ate natives OF
hitain u taxes are laid mpou us III shape wi,h-
out our having legal re"reseniatoH whte the, are
aia aIewe not reduced 'i"n The character OF ve sub
Jtcts 10 the miserable state ofmisCrableSlavcs 90
This whole work was published more than
year before Mr. Henry's resolutions were NOV
ed or composed.
Excuse the trouble give you. and believe
ne TO be, SIr. your Obliged friend and humble
servant, JOHN ADAMS.
WILLIAM WRIT, Esq.
attorney general Of the y. States.
MIR. NILEs-I here send you three great ou-
'horitieS, James Otis, ONenbridge Thatcher
and Samuel Adams, all supported by almost
an unanimous vote of the town OF Boston, all
containing every principle, every sentiment
aud every idea III MIR. Heiuy's resolutions. at
Ieas! year before he moved them. or c0mpos-
ed them. Indeed this was COMMONPLACE Ian.
guage in Boston and Massachusetts in tie
mouths OF all men, but the ministerial people
IL was not uncommon to hear the question
- For what have we fought against France :
ihe French are l:ore humane 20 their slaves
Your humble servant,
JOHN ADAMS.
Mast Interesting 70 Planters ard 5IaarG7cfnyer,
we have head "a AZ.
made by Nh. WbtlON, well kuOwu for HIS botanical
ab"rs wh0 has travelled latels through the svuthsrn
states aud IS ut present delivering lectures "a Butauy
and Natural History IN the city Of Richmond. Hr
Nhiiiow has tound plant which grows 10 the height
" iViH ''eS, u, ne iofm CT vine and Contains within
ms sta%, a'tc the rnd IS taken away, staple, equal
u not superior to cotton. Nr. whtov is of opinion
shaIlhIs plant may be cultivated in the u
states We have specimen of the piant aud are
satisfied of lis gr,a Importance.
THE FLOWN GRASS.
The British AgicultuTa'isls at present entirely
occupied IN Specu'a IONS respecting the Flown Grass
we are io'd all ,he East indies ENJOY the ! riauce
ot this Suecu;ent Grass That st. Helena ,uitivaies
success siuiy That Denmark eXuits the complete as.
'ohsDhient "i TINS " geiabe equally productive cold
climates as IN warm, aud that The Emperor Alexander
has sent person OF science Confecle to Learn III
cultivation ofthe Flown.
IMPORTANT TRUTHS IHNEGETATION
There no author To- whom he lover Vt ie studies
Botany aud Natural History is more indebted than 10
Ms. lbbeson. This lady, lor mapy years past has
h'sh nueiatisSbe IN her researches into natre...
Scarcely day elapsss Withuut valuable discovery
being announced nom he pen Mrs. lhhe tsull Ilt
pIalse-woIthy ans EOroas example OI young La
dies ut virginia 10 follow How much emeritoTIons
would II oe, oI fashionable fair hunting after
the wonders OF Nature than visitn. the shop OF the
miner, and spending their tine at balls and t
As 1t may be satisfactory well amusing know The
principal discoveries made by this scientific lady, we
give the principal fruits OF her industry.
l. There is no perspiIaiion in plants
2. ' here rs no circuiation Of sap
s. The spiral wire is the muscle OF the piaut
L. The leaves are the lungs OF tue plant.
o. The different divisions the leaves are formed of
the elongations q" the bark and inner bark vessels
IT, The hairs and instruments o. that kind are the
means which nature takes the different Juices
according TO Their various anites. That figures
are taken for preparation bat reality liquids re-
ceived from the Atmosphere and flowing into the plant
not jnice running from it.
Z. The root is the Laboratory of all plants
g. The heart of the seeds is formed IN the eXtremies
oil the side roots.
0. The flower is also formed In the middle root aud
the pollen in the top ROOT.
10. The Corolla of flower is formed hy bubbles of
wafer, places III Iows OWes5lii beauty and the light
ness ofs tint TO the refractiOn and rejection Of the
sun or the drops ofwater which form its peiuaM.
II. The root and leaves of plant will most exactly
mark not only what is the soil in which they originally
grow, hut the situation from which they come whether
i0dter plant or dry Plant, rock r1iev plant
H. The water, aud sen-waieT, and rock plants alone
be said to have direct airyesses though they are
innnd IN Parasite aud eaily spring plants, such The
Crocus and the Hyacuth
10. The ieai all its mechanism to the eatherer
alone. Petersburg Intsk.
NGtlndI CuriostieS.- ship Foster, from
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