Spirit of the age., 1853-06-01

SUCCESSFUL r ARMING ON THE EASTERN SHORE
a correspondent of the Centreville Times re-
iates the success of a farmer of that county by |
a ioefai use OF manure. 1t appears he purcha- |
seq the farm in 1874, (previous 10 which ii
scarcely produced enough to support family |
anq since then. now nine years, he has used
lO,s98 bushels of ashes, II 1865 bushels ofstone
lints 300 of shell lime. besides street
maaure, in all costing 50 224 68 In l844the |
produce of the farm sold for S491 So, and was
gradually increased until 1852. when it sod
for S3 50i Al. The sales of the nine wears
amour! to Sl6,2l5 90, or Sl2,99O 50 over and
above the cost of the manure. At the rate of
| the yield of l844 the aggregate sales of the
nine years you'd have amounted to only S4,-
424 %, so tlat he has clear gain, from pro-
duce alone, ,ff So 566 80, by the application of
manure for bne years; in addition to which his
farm. of 308acres, which, in 1910, was asses
sed at S4,92S is, this year assessed at SlO,-
79O- increase in value. $5,852 During the
nine years u also sold 900 worth of wood
and rails, mixing total increase of Sl6,3l8I
80.
~ ThdB baltimore Sun says that quite an
active busiaess is going on in coal in that city,
and that bew trade in the article has sprung
up. Withh few feeks past one agency has
shipped ostr four thousand tons to Havana,
where it iscoming much into use, and is fast
taking thei place of English coal shipped TO
that port. This coal is brought from Cumber-
land, lSO miles, by the Baltimore and Ohio
| Railroad. Were connection now completed
/ between the n. c. coal mines and Beaufort har-
Dor, TINS trade with Havana, would certainly
be monopolized BY Beaufort The North Caro-
line harbor possesses every advantage to com
, pete successfully with any more northern port.
| 'h1rlacfOn nd ii, 70 L. IL
; ed with coal in addition to the numerous de-
pots of coal in Central America for the use of
steamers in the California trade. Is it not then
the true interest of the State and of her citi-
Zens to push forward the road from Goldsboro
to Beaufort forthwith, and then construct a
branch from. the most convenient point on the
Central Road direct to the Coal mines?
CENTRAL ROAD Three cargoes of iron for
the Central Road have reached Wilmington
from Wales, making altogether between five
and six hundred tons. Between three and four
hundred tons have already been delivered at
the junction, and the remainder will be brought
up during the present week The track layers
will commence their work sometime next week
To lay a mile requires 81 tons of iron, conse
quentIy enough is on hand to lay six miles
4 Before that has been completed other cargoes
are expected, to arrive. The Bridge over Little
River is entirely completed, except enclosing
i t. 'rsss, sssi,aATeady for the track.
Tue Norfolk papers are complaining of
e practice among some oftheir merchants ofsend
: ing their jobs ofprinting to be done in Balti
more and other northern cities, because they
can save few cents by the operation. ThI
: practice has obtained in more places than Nor
:, folk. We have known jobs sent off from thi
section to other places, that could have beel
= done as we'll and us cheaply at home. AVeseI
i dom say anything about such small matters be
. cause it argues ltleness that is scarcely wort
e notice. 1t is true that dividing the patronage
the press in any particular locality abates tn
y means OF preparing to do the finer kinds G
e job-Work, but then, those who send their wor
: off have the proud felicity Of feeling that the
:, u have saved pcayune Or two, and that particl
lar piece of coin looks about the size of th
,e fore wheel of a wagon to some folks.
n. Nail GROWING IN THE FLEsH.-A at
y writer in the Ohio Cultivator' gives the foloy
ing remedy Cut Il notch in the middle Of IL
nail every time the nail is pared. The dispo
tion to close the notch draws the nail up fro
: the sides. 1t cured mine after had suffere
r weeks with its fostering.
s. Scientific american
y ATTEMPT TO KILL-On Saturday nio
az last, while Mr.. Parson Pittman of Newber
~ was closing his front window, before retrir
'U to bed. some unknown person discharged a pi
:, tol at him and fed. The ball struck the wi
IL dow casing within few inches of Mr. Pittma
C No particular person we believe, is suspect
t. of the dia6olical intent.
. MYsTERIoUs.-W learn that while diooil
rv the grave Of Mr.. T. Jarnigan. who died
ia Wayne County, the latter part of April las
r. which at his own request was located betwe
of those of his two former wives, the skeleton
I'll horse and that of d man, apparently his rid
NJ were found. An iron strrup was also fou
tie at the same spot, all apparently deposited the
&C. a considerable time since.
RICH COPPER NINE.-We have seen in t
20 hands of one Of the Lessees of the Albrig
aC Copper Mine, in Chatham, some specimens
ore much richer than those first obtaine
a. and learn from him, that at the depth of tn
s5e teen feet solid body of pure copper, eley
lo- inches thick, had been found. It's extent
tl e[F wisth and length, has not yet been ascerta
ck- ed.-Fay. Obs.
III LARGE Liquor SEIZURE IN MAINE.-AtA A
is gusta, Maine, on the 18th inst, Marshal Jor
seized forty or fifty barrels of different kir
8 OF liquors, amounting in all to about thirte
hundred and forty five gallons, which had be
Of brought from Boston.
, OF SOUTHERN BAPTIST CoNvENTIoN-Th
va; nual convention of the Daptists Of the South,
or States was held last week in Baltimore. Gu
Ia !; an amount Of business was dispatched by
n Convention, and all in the best spirit. Amo
IN IN the North Carolinans appointed to Office
IL. the Convention. we find Rev. Samuel Wait
lex made Vice President of the Bible Board, r
lrg VIM Hooper m.de Vice President Of
nng' Board Of Domestic Missions and j J. Jan
llu' made Vice President Of the 'Board of
ma eign Missions
ooi' A resolution being introduced to establis
me- Mission in New Orleans, and recommend
ma' the raising of SIS, 900 in aid thereof, provi
can half the amount could be raised in that G
'ro' a subscription paper was handed about
~ mar Convention with the design Of procuring
m other half -Four thousand Dollars were /
lam raised; among the sums guaranteed we
1oa' S25 by the Baptist Church in New-Brrne
Den Der S25 by the first Baptist Church of Wilm
i"J' ton.
torClemens has announced himseI
,1',r d,r Independent candidate for Governor of All
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