The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1828-11-01
THE SUGAR CANE IN ALARAMA
Fron the aLabama Joarnal. Sentenlher 26.

! Colonel Hooks brought to town last Saturday a
stock OF Sugar Cane four feet long, one inch and
seven-eghths in diameter, having about Joints now
ripe, raised on his common farming land, and cutva-
ted In the same manner with his corn and cotton
gentleman who has resided in Louisiana for five wears
has lately seen the Cane growing on Colonel Hooks
plantation, and says he never saw better The seed
winch was brought from Louisiana did not appear e.
| qual to the Cane it has produced The Hon. Boiling
Hall and Colonel Creyon purchased seed cane in COM
pany with Colonel Hooks and have also succeeded
| beyond expectation. The Cane raised ON their plan
tahons, also is larger than the seed.
Colonel Hooks planted about two and a half acres
OF land, in drills about six feet and hills from two to
three feet distant. He made many iudcious expert
mens from which it appears, that whole stalks, when
planted as seed, produce better than cuttings and
that the richest soil does not yield well as the poor
est and rather sandy, MANFRED like his corn, with a
handful of cotton seed on HILL He saws that after
the planting the Sugar Cane requires no more trou
BILE than cotton drill corn 1t is reasonable to be-
lleve that the will produce Sugar proportioned
to Its appearance. Our enterprsing planters will
thus be supplied with new staple, far more profa-
BILE than cotton.
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Natural Carioshy.-A piece of a cedar tree in a
perfect state of preseryation has been left at our Office
which is stated to have been found in digging well
IN York. Upper Canada, at the distance of 80 feet be-
low the surface. 1t imbedded in strata of solid
blue clay, and must have been perfectly excluded from
the contact Of air water the fibre of the woods
solid and perfect, and possesses all the elasticity of
limb fresh from the tree, although it must in all proba-
bllity have remained for ages in the bowels of the
earth The distance of the we'll from the bay is about
80 rods. ~ Y CON- Adp.
1t is worthy of remark that the packet ships Pacific
and SuIly sailed from this port the 10th of July,
for their respective destinations and arrived out on
the same day. On their return they both sailed again
on the day, and in together having on both
passages, passed through the Narrows within half an
hour OF each other NeW York Courier.
The Winebagoes seemed to be really amused last
evening" at Peales Museum by the exhibition of Phan-
tasnagora. Their wonder was also excited by the
upon the air pump, atmospheric pressure,
&c The old Chief returned his thanks to Mr. Peale
He said these things too great forthen to under
stand. They must come from the Great Spirit
~ Y. CON- Ado
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Dancing Hoases.-We glad TO perceive that the Police
paying these sinks of abomnaon. Alder
man Valentine with posse of constabes, translated the
contents of of these establishments the wach-house
he other evenings Foryseven brought up next
ng in the Police office, and seventeen sent to the Penen
ary vagrans Among the number brought up were
al females, servants in respectable families.
Nc York paper
A profitable tree-Nrr Samuel R. Johnson, of Charles
oMn informs that he has this year received the sum of
40 30 for the produce of single plum tree, of the White
iape species. The is old.