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FARMERS' REGIS T E R 



HUNTING A NEGRO SLAVE IN KliW HAMP- 

 SIllRi:. 



From tlic Concord (IV. II,) Paliiot. 



Our village was thrown into coiifiiFion on Thurs- 

 day Irjst by the escii[)e and euhseciueiit capture of 

 a runaway slave. Not, however, hy those " mon- 

 sters ill human Hjrni," " slavcliolders," nor yet 

 '* pro-slavery norlherners," but by veriiable abo- 

 litionists, who are as ihey terni iheniselves, the 

 " exclusive li-iendsol'lhe |)oordown-irodden slave." 

 The slave has been harbored or rather confined 

 here lor a lew days past, and is supposed to be 

 one of tlie gauij recently landed in the vicinity of 

 Nevvburyporl, and who are now prowling about 

 the woods there, greatly to the terror ofihe female 

 portion o( the community. If we may believe the 

 abolitionists, he is to be sent towiirds Canada, as 

 soon as suilicient money and cloihmg can be i'ur- 

 nished lor the purpose. JMeaniime, if ihe asser- 

 tions of our most respectable citizens are worth 

 any thing, he is forced to submit to a drudgery 

 liere, compared with which the tyranny under 

 which he suflered beyond the Potomac, is not a 

 circumstance. The conduct of the slave confirms 

 this, ./^ciions speaU louder than u'orrfs. 



On the above mentioned day, he escaped from 

 " durance vile," and taking the road over the Free 

 Bridge, run lor the woods, was pursued, captured, 

 and placed in a wagon to be brought back. When 

 within one mile of the village the carriage was 

 upset, one of the rnen was severely injureil — the 

 liorse came dashing at full speed into the village ' 

 with the (ore wheels of the wagon, and the slave 

 again took to his heels. He fied wi'h the speed 

 of a frightened deer, but with lijr less discretion. ' 

 He made tracks across the interval towards the 

 village, pursued by all the men and boys who 

 could be induced to join in the chase; was recap- 

 tured, collared by the editor of the Herald of 

 Freedom, and dragged through the streets to the 

 abolition head-quarters, where it is said he was 

 lied up in a barn with a rope. It is said he wishes 



to get back to his master, realizing probably Ibr 

 the first time the truth of the couplet 

 " Tis better fkr to bear the ills we feel. 

 Than fly to others that we know not of." 

 His captors are a class of abolitionists, yclepped 

 non-resistants, non-governmentists, &c. The con- 

 sistency of their course, to say noihing of the 

 right thus to harbor a man contrary to the laws of 

 the land, or to detain him against his own wishes, 

 passeih our com|>rehensioM. " But there are 

 many things in heaven and earth not dreamed of 

 in our philosophy." 



MONTHLY COMMKHCIAL REPORT, 



The dull season in commerce has now arrived ; 

 but in Virginia, the succession of crops keeps up 

 some activity in business during nearly the whole 

 year. Tobacco has been the engrossing article (or 

 some weeks or months past, and is now about to be 

 succeeded by the new crop of wheat. There is little 

 change to notice in the price of any article during 

 the month. Supplies o(" tobacco continue large, 

 and prices remain steady. Lugs 3^ to 4^, common 

 leaf 5 to 6^, and belter sorts 7 to JO, with higher 

 rates (or Jancy qualities. Many vessels are now 

 loading in James river Ibr various ports in Europe. 



As is invariably the case every year toward the 

 approach of Jiarvest in England, the state of the 

 weather that prevailed at the latest dates influences 

 our markets : clouds create speculation, and sun- 

 shine destroys it. The steamers reported bad 

 weather at the commencement o( this month, and 

 a small advance in the price of wheat and fJour is 

 the consequence. The frequent rains here have 

 somewhat retarded the thrasliing of wheat, the 

 price of which is about a dollar, and some sales at 

 S^l 05. Canal flour, $4^-; Richmond city mills, 

 Sj^oil, Ibr export to South Americii. Corn, 48 to 50 

 cents. Exchange on England lias declined to 10^ 

 to 11 per cent, premium, and on ISew York to 3 

 to 3i. X. 



July 25, 1840. 



CONTKNTS OF THE FARMERS^ REGISTER, NO. VI. VOL. VIII. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Page 

 Analogy of the generation and reproduction of 



plants and animals 385 



Dr. VVilliaiii B. Smitli's ''Remarks on the ve- 

 getable kingdom, soils, Stc." - - . 386 

 Silk-culture in Brunswick county - - . - 402 



Explanations 404 



Editorial remarks on calcareous earths and 



soils ....... .107 



The results of marling in the country about 



Williamsburg J 15 



Insects. Indian corn. Millet ... 444 

 Extracts from private correspondence and re- 

 marks thereon 445 



Investigation of the effects of marling - - 446 



Monthly commercial report - - . . 44s 



SELECTIONS. 



The Deanston frequent drain system - - 388 



Scalding seeds beibre planting - - . 390 



Agriculture of France (concluded) - - 391 



Notes on northern silk-cul'iure (concluded) - 396 



Ploughing in crops (or matuiro - - - 398 



Cora sown broadcast -100 



Woodland rye 



Lucerne ....... 



Spinning perforated cocoons ... 



Haying. Early gathering . - - . 



Chinch bug --.-... 



Indian cotton ...... 



Remarks on calcareous earths and soils - 



Profits of sheep, and other good notions - 



Hoeing ruta baga - 



Sunflower seed oil ..... 



The striped bug ...... 



Bees - 



Formation of the lagoon islands ... 



Of growing orchard grass with red clover 



University of Virginia ..... 



William and Mary College . - . - 



Improvement by rail-roads and canals - 



Growing apple and pear trees by grafting upon 

 the roots 



Method of cropping one- quarter of an acre - 



I'roper regard to, and manageme'it of, slaves - 



Journal of a recent visit to the principal vine- 

 yards of Spain and France - - - 



Hunting a negro slave in New Hampshire 



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