Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-11-17
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Sugar Cane IN Mnryiand.-A fine stalk of su-
gar cane, four inches in circumference and more
than four feet high. was brought to our office yes
terdav. from the farm Of VIM. l.. Brent. Esq. in
Prince Georges county, who planted one or two
hundred canes. by way of experiment IN May
last. The cane which we saw, appeared to be
we'll ripene,, the juice abundant and sweet, and
TO all appearance as fine. we understood, as II It
had been the product of Louisiana. Its maturity
is not alone evidence of the extreme mi!dness OF
our present autumn. bat shows also we think, that
the plant is susceptible of being accIimated in la
tltudes much higher than those to which its cul-
ture has been hitherto conhned.-NGi Int.
NasS
South Carolina Sir and Its ~BEmpefacture.-
We have in our possession a pair of silk stock
ings. the material of which was raised BIZ Miss
Harriet VIM of Winsboroush in Fairfield Dis
trict. aud knit by that Young lady's hands; which
every one to whom we have shown them, pro-
nounce beautiful. They certainly are beyond
any idea we had formed of the perfection which
this interesting culture had reached. in South
Carolina. Ii is almost impossible to distinguish
them from the finest specimens Of woven hosiery,
aud thew cntitIe .ou' fair friend TO very great
praise of patriotism and ingenuity. Such a spc-
cimen in our opinion settles the practicabiiity
of silk cultivation in our State. -Canden Jour.
AsSS
Pork.-The season has now arrived when We
are accustomed to prepare for our years supply
Of Polk. To give our readers some information
upon the probable prospects of what may DC the
quantity and prices IN this market, we lay before
them the following extract of a letter from a gen
tleman travelling in the West. to his friend III
this neighborhood. There have been a few
droves ofhogs here already. for which S4, so has
been asked:-Lynehbrg Ftrginim.
..SuELByvILLE (Ky.) Oct. 10, 1850.
"The drought. from the county of GreenbrIer,
in Virginia, to this place. has been excessive
| am credibly informed they had Only one or two
light showers since the first of July. The con-
sequence is that | have found travelling extreme
" expensive and announcement. Water Is ex-
ceedingly scarce and bad, as YOU will at once
understand when | tell YOU that most of the large
creeks and rivers are entirely dried up. except
now and then a deep hole in the bed of IA stream.
The crop i'm this country is much shorter than 1t
has been known for many years; but am old
there is GOOD deal of old corn in the country.
ST. have. with a view to advise my friends,
made all the enquiry | could, along the road. as
70 the number of hogs that vii, be driven to FT-
einia this fall. but the wary kentuck'ans are
yerv costive ON the subject. and seem very I'M
willing to answer enquiries which may effect their
interests. have, however, cleaned enough out
of them 10 satisfy myself that there is at present
=, greater NUMBER of hogs in Kentucky than have
been here for many wears. The profitable prices OF
the last wear induced many.of the traders togo into
the States of Indiana and Ohio to purchase hogs.
which were driven over last spring. to be iatten-
ed here. These hogs, with what they raise here,
makes the supply much larger than usual. Up
IN mi, fact YOU NAV RELY. They say, however,
that OWING to the scantiness of the crop. many OF
those hogs cannot be fattened: in addition TO
which, they also say, that the high price of grain
anon the road will deter many persons from driv-
inr. and thus the supply to Virginia will be less
tlan that of the last year. | have no doubt how
ever. that there is old corn enough in the coun-