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sliackles of parly, wliicli liis generous spirit could 

 no lonifer broolc. Men love independence in 

 themseiveg, and thini< they admire it in others. 

 Above ail they admire it in nn editor. An inde- 

 pendent pres.-s is the beau ideal, the lieautiRd thinir, 

 of their admiration. Especially in a free country 

 nnd among an intelligent fuid moral people, every 

 body s.iys the press sliould he independent. Yel 

 how low there are who mean by this any thin<i but 

 a press wliich will reiterate just what they them- 

 selves think and believe. To be unconvinced by 

 arnfumentp which are so convincinf;, and to differ in 

 opinion from men so universally in tiie right as 

 themselves, is a kind of independence wliich few 

 men will endure. They cannot understand how 

 any can be so perverse as to differ from tliem, 

 except under the influence of some bank or other 

 hot-sprins of corruption. There is nothing about 

 which men desire an independent press so much 

 as in politics ; and there is no topic on which they 

 bear independence so poorly. About these matters 

 there is nothing excites more anfrer than simple 

 statements of well authenticated facts. Even 

 some good men get so hecrazcd, that although 

 they will labor industriously and give their money 

 freely to support and spread the truth in other 

 departments, ihey will not consent to have a news- 

 paper about their premises unless it will repeat 

 all the falsehoods, vituperation and personal 

 blackguard of the party p.ress. 



Bonaparte wrote to his wife very truly, "There 

 are no such slaves as we." So it is generally. 

 The higher men rise in nnihorily as it is called, 

 the more com|)letely are Iheyf^ubject to the con- 

 trol of those whom they govern. The more they 

 succeed in the accumuliifion of money or power, 

 the more they render themselves dependent. True 

 independence is best secured in narrow circles, by 

 prudence, industry, and integrity, and a generous 

 distribution oC surplus possessions to supply the 

 deficiencies of others. 



" SHIPPED IN GOOD ORDKR AND WIuLL CON- 

 DITIONED." 



From tlie Alexandria Gazelle. 



The following remnant ofthe early times, when 

 women were willing lo get married, and not 

 ashamed to own it, is a letter accompanyinrr a ship- 

 ment of marriageable ladies, made from England 

 to the colony in Virginia. It is dated, — 



London, /Jognst 21, 1621. 



" We send you a ship ; one widow and eleven 

 maids, for wives of the people of Virginia : there 

 hath been especial care had in ilie choice of them, 

 for there hath not one of them been received but 

 upon good commendations. 



"In case they cannot be presently married, we 

 desire that they may be put with several house- 

 liolders that have wives, until they can be provid- 

 ed with husbands. There are nearly fifty more 

 that are shortly to come, and are sent by our Hon. 

 Lord and Treasurer, the Earl of Southampton, 

 and certain worthy gentlemen, who, taking into 

 consideration that the plantation can never flourish 

 till families be planteii, and the respect of wives 

 and children for their people on the soil, therefore 

 having given this Tair beginning; reimbursing of 

 whoee charges, it is ordered (hat every man that 

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I marries them, give one hundred and twenty 



j pounds of best leaf tobacco lor each of them. 



I "We desire that the marriage be free, according 



I to nature, and we would not have thoie maids 



: deceived and marry to servants; but only (o such 



i freemen or tenants as have means lo maintain 



them. We pray you, therefore, to he fathers of 



(liem in this business, not enforcing them to marry 



against their wills." 



aiA NUKES. 



From llio New England Fortner. 



! Experiments are reported as having been re- 

 cently made in England with saltpetre, with much 

 success. In the cases referred to it was applied to 

 wheat but its api)lication toother crops has proved 

 equally favorable and encouraging. It is not a 

 new experiment. VVe know several cases in this 

 country of its successful application, of which we 

 shall speak herealfer ; but we shall give the 

 experiment now referred to in detail, because it 

 seems to have been made with considerable care, 

 and its results are professedly given with exact- 

 ness. 



The Harleston (England) Fartners' Club put it 

 to their members as a subject of the highest mo- 

 ment, to make exact observation and experiments 

 with various manures. Certainly no matter con- 

 nected with the improvement of agriculture can 

 he of more importance. — At a recent meeting the 

 subject of saltpetre was discussed. Various expe- 

 riments were reported. VVe select one of the 

 strongest cases, they say, " the application of 

 saltpetre as a top-dressing to wheat alter peaee, 

 on a light land with a gravelly subsoil." 



''One hundred weight per acre was sown by 

 hand on the 6th of April, and to prevent any error 

 which might have arisen from a difl'erence in soil 

 of one side of the field from another, the saltpetre 

 was carefully applied on every two alternate 

 ridges. The two crops were reaped, stacked, and 

 thrashed separately; and the result was an in- 

 crease of six bushels of wheat, and upvvards of two 

 and a half hundred of straw per acre, obtained at 

 an outlay of 27s. sterling only, as follows: 

 Produce per acre of wheat which had St. lb. 

 been manured with saltpetre, 160 2^ 



Produce without saltpetre, 133 12A 



Increase, 26 4 



Produce per acre of straw with salt- Cwi. Si. Jb. 

 petre, 23 4 13 



'< " " without saltpetre, 20 7 8 



Increase 2 5 5 



Cost of the saltpetre was 27s. sterling per cwt. 

 The wheat of course was winter wheat, and it was 

 sown broadcast. A stone is 14 lbs. 



The society proceed to report :~''Il i.-^ the 

 unanimous opinion of this meeting, that saltpetre 

 is a most valuable addition to our list of manures. 

 Strong evidence has been given of the benefits 

 conferred by it on wheat, clover, and other layers, 

 and tares on light land ; and on clover layers on 

 heavy land : in each case the saltpetre was applied 

 in the month of April, and at the rate of one hun- 

 dred weight per acre. The effect would probably 

 be increased (but thi? i? at present unsupported by 



