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It is said in the New York papers that the newly ap- 

 pointed collector of that port is still " literally besieged 

 by applicants lor office," from morning till night. This 

 is truly the age of oflice-seeking. 



"Daring the past week," says the Augusta (Ga.) 

 Chronicle, "there has been quite an animated demand 

 for specie-paying country notes. It has resulted in some 

 measure from the plaintili's in execution refusing to re- 

 ceive the notes of suspended banks. This lias been 

 (he case latterly, in different parts of the state ; and 

 Tuesday last, being sheriff's sale day, those who wish- 

 ed to make purchases were obliged to supply them- 

 selves with the better currency. Sales of property to 

 some extent were made at our market house yesterday 

 for specie-paying notes, and we were surprised to find 

 that the sales were made at good prices." Such would 

 be the case in Virginia, and thus a sound currency be 

 restored, if the bank suspension were not legalized. 

 As law is beginning to operate on the Georgia " spe- 

 cie-paying" banks, (that is, paying specie wlien forced 

 to it,) we trust the operation will there continue. 



The British ships of war continue their outrages up- 

 on American vessels. The Baltimore Sun says that 

 "Captain Wyse, of the Leonidas, at this port from Rio 

 de Janeiro, states that on the 16th of March, in lat. 9 

 30 S. long. 35 47 W. he was fired into and brought to, 

 by the British sloop of war Rose; the boat sent on 

 board, the papers demanded and examined, under the 

 plea of supposition that she was a slaver. Alter de- 

 taining hiin for some time she was allowed to proceed.'' 



It has been proposed in the JNtvv York legislature to 

 discharge McLeod. The discussion thereupon is still 

 going on. The conduct of the British in the alfair lor 



which he is imprisoned, (the attack on and burning of 

 the Caroline,) was boldly and ably defended by mem- 

 bers in the debate. If not thus discharged, McLeod 

 will no doubt be acquitted when tried. 



The British steam ship, Columbia, arrived at Boston 

 on the evening of the 20th, bringing accounts 15 days 

 later — to the 4th inst. No important news. 



The intelligence received from the United States 

 had been deemed pacific, and had allayed the war ex- 

 citement and feeling 'in England. It had also caused 

 cotton to fall one-eighth of a penny. Flour had also 

 fallen. 



There had been a revolutionary movement in Mar- 

 seilles, which had been easily and promptly put down 

 by the police. Fourteen of the insurgents were made 

 prisoners, and the rest were dispersed. 



In New York (in consequence of the news from 

 England) cotton fell a quarter of a cent, (April 21st.) 

 A cartjo of southern corn sold at 42^ cents. In Rich- 

 mond, corn 45 to 47 cents — and small quantities have 

 sold at 50 cents. (22d.) 



From January 1 to April 1, there have been reported 

 in the newspapers 74 murders and 63 suicides which 

 have occurred in the United States. 



" A few nights since, twelve negroes, belonging to 

 the Rev. Wesley Adams, of Jefferson county, Florida, 

 were burnt to death. They were all in one building, 

 and it is supposed were suffocated, and rendered insen- 

 sible, as they gave no alarm, and when the doors were 

 opened uttered not a groan." 



" We learn from the Savannah papers of Saturday, 

 that the Planters' Bank of that city had been robbed of 

 #37,000." 



CONTENTS OF THE FARMERS REGISTER, NO. IV. VOL,. IX. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Page 

 Notes on tobacco culture, - - - - lyS 



Essay on calcareous earth, and remarks on quick- 

 lime as an indirect manure, - - 202 

 Bounty for silk, .... 209 

 Melilot ----- 210 

 Cruelty to horses. The haws and the lampas - 212 

 Notes on the Sandy Point estate. No. I. - 213 

 Inquiry as to the prospects of silk culture, « 216 

 Calcareous earth discovered in a new Ibrm and in 



a new locality, .... 217 



Comments on the articles of the editor on the ef- 

 fects of green-sand as manure, - - 233 

 Directions for collecting and preserving speci- 

 mens of grasses, .... 238 

 Establishment of a board of agriculture by the go- 

 vernment of Virginia, - - - 239 

 Proposed exhibition by the Henrico Agricultural 



and Horticultural Society, - - - 240 



Desultory observations on the banking system of 

 this country, and the effects of its different 

 modes of operation, - - . . 244 



To the farmers and planters of Virginia - 248 



Monthly commercial report - - . 251 



On the value of field peas as a crop, and to pre- 

 vent injury to stock feeding thereon - 251 

 Value of the Rohan Potato - . 252 



SELECTIONS. 



Essay on the cultivation of corn, - - 193 



Diseases of hogs, - - . . 201 



Management of bees, .... 207 



On preparing night soil, ... 207 



White or Belgian canot, - . . 208 



White carrot, - - . . 209 



Coal ashes, ..... 209 



Compressed peat fuel, . - . 211 



On destroying slugs by lime, - . . 216 



Canker-worms. Chickens, - - 218 



Durability of the nitrate of soda 



Irrigation of rice lands by pumps, 



Analysis of prairie soils, from Montgomery coun- 

 ty, Alabama, 



Nitrate of soda, .... 



Action of acids in soils, ... 



Peat compost, . - - - . 



Failure of nitrate of soda as manure. 



Seventh agricultural meeting at Boston. Soils and 

 manures, .... 



On preparing night soil, ... 



Silk culture. Important discovery. The muscar- 

 dine in America, .... 



Destruction of snails in flower gardens, 



Portraits and pulls, . . . - 



Restraining sand-drift, ... 



Decomposition of bones, ... 



Soot as manure, .... 



Advantage of planting fruit trees on declivities. 



Dogs, ..... 



A principle of fencing, formed according to the 

 laws of vegetable physiology, - 



Proposed remedy for the confused and contradic- 

 tory state of the popular nomenclature of the 

 grasses, - - - - - 



An act to establish a board of agriculture. 



Premiums offered by the Henrico Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society, ... 



The Everglades, - - . . 



Sawdust as an assistant to manure, - . - 



The position of New York in regard to banking 

 and specie payments, 



Dividing capital, .... 



On the destruction of the red spider. 



Remarks on salt as manure, and for stock. 



Oil dregs as manure, ... 



Prickly comfrey, .... 



Hay making . . . . 



Summary of news .... 



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