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NEW ENGLAND FARiMER. 



From lltt Jlallimore Morning Chronicle. 

 Mh. Allex — Wlun the recollections of childhood, 

 its companions, cares and pleasures, come over the 

 mind, they act on the imajiuation, a« the soft, hazy, 

 voluptuous atmosphere of an Italian sky does u])on the 

 corporeal faculties of man ; — tliey soothe our moj-t agi- 

 tated moments, and, like oil poured ujion the waves of 

 a troubled ocean, they calm the tumult of the' passions. 

 I felt the force of these remarks very strongly, a lev 

 days since, and my feelings embodied themselves in the 

 following^ lines, to a well knonn air. 



When first in childhood's happy yeiu-s, 



i:*re pleasure knew decline, 



We wonderM why the old sh' d tears 



i'ot Auld Lang Syne. 



The future then, was spread with flowers, 



Joy's sun did brightly shine, 



And we thought not then of former hours 

 Of AuUl l.ang Syne. 



Too young to know the pangs of life. 



No woe could we repine ; 



For we wept no hours with trouble rife 

 In Auld Lang Syne, 



And now, when clouds have dimmed our day, 

 When sorrows made us pine ; 



We cheer the gloom with a glimmering ray 

 Of Auld Lang Syne. 



Tis a sun bright spot on " life's dark stream," 

 Which giily e'er shall shine, 



And our happiest hoUr, is our longest dream 

 Of Auld Lang Syne. 



Then fare thee well, 'till next we meet. 

 Affection wont decline ; 



And we'll talk, when Ihtn we fondly greet, 

 Of Auld Lang Syne. 

 Ballimore, Oct. '2d. WIZZARD k Co. 



From the Charleston (3. C.) Courier. 



To the AgricuUund Society of South Carolina. 

 Gentlemicn, 



The following remarks from the recently published 

 " Travels in INew England, by i'resident Dvvight," 

 (vol. 2, p. 92,) seem to be particularly interesting at 

 the present time. If this valuable Beach Grass could 

 be introduced into our state, there is no reason to doubt 

 that it would flourish on our sea-coast ; and it might, 

 under the Divine blessing, at such places as Sullivan's 

 Island, be the means of saving many valuable lives. 

 It would be an object, too, of no small importance to 

 prevent the farther diminution of those salubrious re- 

 treats. There could be no difficulty in procuring from 

 Cape Cod, a sulficient quantity of the Grass Plants to 

 make a fair experiment. T. 



N. B. — Would not the Agricultural Society of Mas- 

 sachusetts, if applied to by our Society, furnish the 

 Plants for an experiment ? 



BEACH GRASS— ITS UTILITY. 



" On the drycst and most barreri of these 

 Sfrounds grows a Plant, which I had never be- 

 fore seen, known here by the name of Beach 

 Grass. This vegetable bears a general resem- 

 blance to sedge ; but is of a light bluish-green, 

 and of a coarse appearance. On these sands, 

 sterile as they appear, it flourishes with a strong 

 and rapid vegetation ; and, I believe, not at aU, 

 or very rarely, on any other ground: and here 

 one would naturally think nothing could grow. 



" From a Mr. Collins, now an inhabitant of 

 Plymouth, and formerly of Truro, I received 

 the following information: 



'• When he lived at Truro, the inhabitants 

 were, under liie authority of law, regularly 

 warned in the month of ;\pril (yearly) to plant 

 Beach Gra-ic, as in other towns of New-England 

 they are warned to repair Highways. You 

 will observe, that it was required by the laws of 

 the .State, and under the proper penalties for 

 disobedience — being as regular a public tax as , 



any other. The people, therefore, generally 

 attended, and performed the labor. The Gras.s 

 was (lug in bunches, in which it naturally grows; 

 and e;ich bunch divided into a number ol smaller 

 onesv These were set out in the sand at dis- 

 tances of three feet. After cue row was set, 

 others were placed behind it in such a manera^ 

 to shut up the interstices, or, as a carpenter 

 would say, so as to break the joints, it was 

 placed in th.s manner, in order to prevent the 

 Wind irom having an open course through the 

 Grass in any direction, iest it should drive the 

 sand away. When it is once set, it grows ot 

 course, and spreads with rapidity. Every bunch 

 enlarges, and, with its seeds, plants new ones 

 around it. ' The seeds are so heavy that they 

 bend the heads of the Grass, and, when ripe, 

 drop directly down by its side, wiiere they im- 

 mediately vegetate. Thus, in a short time, the 

 ground is covered. Jl'here this covering is fount! 

 none <f the sand is blown. On the contrary, it 

 is accumulated and raised continually ;is snow 

 gathers and rises among bushes or branches of 

 trees, cut and spread upon the earth. Nor does 

 the Grass merely defend the surface on which 

 it is planted, but rises as that rises, by new ac- 

 cumulations ; and always overtops the sand, 

 however high that may be raised by the wind. 



" Within the memory of my infortnant, the 

 sea broke over the beach which connects Tru- 

 ro with Provincetown, (the eastern end of which 

 for three miles, is within the limits of the for- 

 mer township,) and swept the body of it away 

 for some distance. The Beach Grass was im- 

 mediately planted on tjie spot ; in consequence 

 of which the beach znas again raised to a suji- 

 cient height, and in various places into hills. 



" The wisdom and goodness of the Creator, 

 exhibited in the formation of this plant, in this 

 place, certainly claim (he admiration and grati- 

 tude of man. But for this single, unsightly 

 vegetable, the slender barrier which here has 

 so long resisted the ravages of the ocean, had 

 not improbably been long since washed away. 

 In the ruins. Province Town and its most useful 

 harbor must have been lost ; and the relief which 

 the harbor and the inhabitants furnish to multi- 

 tudes of vessels in distress, and which no other 

 place or people could possibly furnish, must 

 have been prevented. No other plant grows 

 on this sand. The purpose for which it seems 

 to have been created, it answers easily, perman- 

 ently and perfectly'. Perhaps at some period, 

 at a more advanced state of knowledge, when 

 war shall have become less, and the advance- 

 ment of happiness more, the object of human 

 pursuit, uses of similar importance may be found 

 for most, possibly for all, other objects — howev- 

 er useless they may be thought at present, and 

 however neglected in the inquiries of man." 



Cf^ The Editor of the New England Farmer will be 

 much obliged to auy friend or correspondent who will 

 be so good as to furnish information relative to the 

 above mentioned kind of Grass. 



JOH.Y H.mCOCK. 



During the siege at Boston, General 'Wash- 

 ingloii consulted Congress upon the propriety of 

 liotnbarding the (own of Boston. Mr. Hancock 

 was then President of Congress. After Gen. 

 Washington's letter was read, a solemn silence 

 ensued. This was broken by a member making 

 a motion that the House should resolve itself 

 into a Committee of the whole, in order that 



.Mr. Hanccck m.ght give his opinion upon thi 

 .mpnnant suliject, as he was deeply interesta 

 irom hav.ng ail his estate in Boston. Aiter h' 

 tiad lelt the chair, he addressed the Cha:rmai 

 of the Comm.tiee of the whole in the foUowiuj 

 words: '-It is true. Sir, nearly all the pro 

 perty 1 have in the world is in houses and othe 

 real estate in the town of Boston ; but if th« 

 expulsion of the British army from it, and tht 

 liberties of our country require their bein| 

 burnt to ashes, issue the orders for that purpofi 

 iminediaiely." 



The Southern papers have anounced "anoth- 

 er" and •' another act" of the Cnmming and M( 

 Duffie farce. We hope that when the farce it 

 over, these Falstaffs of the age will be permit- 

 ted to retire from the stage of public life in the 

 full enjoyment of that sovereign contempt ol 

 the .•\merican public, which they so eminentljil 

 deserve. — Patriot. 



T 



U. S. LAW JOURNAL, No. 2. 



EDITED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE BAR. 



HE 2d No. of the " Laic Journal and Cirilian's 

 Jl/ogasine," is just published by 

 GR.\Y & HEWl r. New Haven, 

 W.M. A. COLEMAN, New Vork, 

 ABRAHAM SMALL, Philadelphia, 

 E. J. COALE & Co. Baltimore, 

 S. BABCOCK & Co. Charleston, S. C. 

 MUNROE & FRANCIS, Boston, 

 HENRY WHIPPLE, Salem, Mass. 

 G. Si R. WEBSTER, Albany, 

 W.M. NORilAN, Hudson, 

 and for sale by the several Agents in the different States. 



COXTEA'TS. 



Admiralty Law — Mariners' A\'ageE, 



Rand ic als. rs. Ship Hercules, 

 \\ illiams vs. Brigantiue Juno, &c. 



Decision of .tudge Livingston in the ease of the U. 

 States rs. Jacob Barker. 



Examination of Cases argned and determined in the 

 Supreme Court of Judicature of the State of N. York, 

 in the terms of May, August and October, 1821, and 

 January, 1822. 



Remarks on the Resolution of Mr. Stevenson, of Vir- 

 ginia, for the repeal of the 25th section of the Judicia* 

 ry Act of the United States. 



Review of the case of the Jeune Eugenie, determined 

 in the Circuit Court of the United States, held at Boa- 

 ton, December, 1S21. 



Penal Jurisprudence — Review of a Report made to 

 the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, on the 

 plan of a Penal Code for said State ; by Edward Liv- 

 ingston. 



Commission to take Foreign Testimony. 



Law of Corporations — Opinion of Chancellor Kent 

 and of Judge Spencer, in the case of the North River 

 Bank. 



Law of Corporations — Remarks on the case of the 

 Corporation, styled, " The Trustees of the Roman 

 Catholic Society worshipping at the Church of St. Ria- 

 ry, in the city of Philadelphia ;" by Richard H. Bayard. 



();j= .\ Digest of all the late British and American 

 Reports, which are not included in the present British 

 or American Digests, is prepsiring for the third Number 

 of this work. 



0^ The 2d No. completes 300 pages, or half the 

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 that the terms of ^||^ work are J5 the volume, payable 

 on the receipt of the 2d No. of each ; or $6, if paid at 

 the close of each volume. October 7, 1822. 



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