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cirteagpe 'f charlestoa Patriot. WASHINGTON, April 4. Intiie.Senate this morning, there were as usual; numerous petitions against the annexation of Texas, or any change in theyresent tariff act. fi-. Breeze introduced a bill author ising the sale of the several mineral lands in the Territories. He also gave noice of a bril.to abolish the West Point Acad emy. In. the House, the consideration of the Army Retrenchment bill was received in Committee of the Whole. Ater a speech from Mr. Coles, an amid neet'"was agreed to which. abol ishes punishment by stripes in the Army, and substitute imprisonment at hard labor for a term of years. not less than one, and not more than six. Mr. Holmes moved to amend the bill by providing that in future no private soldier shall be compelled to attend a place of worship where such attendance is prohib ited4by the church to which he belongs. Mr..H. made a brief but pointed speech, in support of his amendment. Mr. Petii, of Ia., followed: He said he was glad ;to find one gentleman liberal enough to agree with him in part, in cor vecting the religious abuses of the Army. He wished, however, Mr. H. had gone further and abolished the obligation to at tend-any place of worshtp. He would, however, accept-the amendment submitted on the principle, that "half a loaf is better than no bread." Mr. P. then expressed his regret that he was prevailed upon the other day to withdraw his amendment abolishing the office of Chaplain in the army. From what he had heard since, he was convinced that those Chaplain enjoy ed a sinecure ; for they were very . remiss in the performance of their duty. In cou clusion, Mr. P. hoped the law.would be amended so that the Heads difDepartments and all other officers of government would be compelled to attend some place of wor ship. He could not see why the private soldier should be controlled in this respect any more than they. After further debate between Messrs. Hale, Carroll, Black, and others, the amendment of Mr. Holmes was rejected. The bill was then reported to the House, and the amendments of-the Committee of the Whole concurred in. The bill was then read a third time and passed -by a vote of 109 to 36. It is thought that numerous additional amend ments will be made by the Senate. The various reports from the miunority of the Select Committee on the Massachu setts resolution, were taken up and order ed to be printed. The Pension and Fortification bills, as amended by the Senate, were taken up and the amendments referred. The joint resolution of the Senate, fix ing the 27th of May as the day of adjourn ment, was next taken up. Mr. Dromgoole moved to postpone its further consideration till the 12th of May, by which time, he thought, the House would be better able to judge as to the time it would require to despatch the bu. sines of the country. After a call of the House, the question was put, and the mo tion: prevailed. The vote was 91 to 75. Nothing else of importance transpired. April 5. IJ the Senate atiadditional regiment of memorials i favor'of the present tariff, werepresented and referred. . Mr. Buch anan. lone presented fifteen from Penn M. Evans submitted a resolustion,wvhich lies over one day, calling upon the Presi dent for copies of any corresponidence be tween this country and Great Britain, on the subject of annexation of Texas. The President. is requested'- tp .say whether Great Britain3 has, attempted to interfere in any way~ whatever. It is understood that the reaIgbject 'of the resolution is to procure a copy of the despatch' of Lord Aberdeen, which was communicated to the -President atthis time the new British Man ister presented his cr~dentials. This des parchWilI show that Great Britamn desires no political" connexion withi Texas, but one of a commercial, character -onff. Mr. Bayard called u~p the bill, explan aior 'of the'act to regulate~the N-ivy." The bill' provides thiat-i the officers and crews of wrecked vessels shall be com pnsated for their losses,'provided a Court Martial decjde that the wreck was not * caused b ineligence. a This bill was: opposed by Mr. Alleni on the gyound that it- would lead to neghi gence,'antI defe'nded 'by Messrs. Choate and Stiyatd. At the request of Mr. Buch anait,.it twas thein laid aside. Mrf. 25sple offered a resolution which lies over~,for one day, calling on the Pres .ident for'in'formnatiofl, relative to. the con -dition of claims of our citizess against the Republic of Columbia .and, whether it is expedient that the payment be enforc~ed. After the reception of memorials against the annexation of Texas,.tpe Cumberland Road~bill was agaip taggn-up and debated, without any-final actiaguntil the adjourn Intspe Hions., after'debate, 10,000 extra copiei of the minority report 'o Cotmmi: ttee ofWays end Means, on the tariff, was ordered to.be'printed. . The bill providing for the improvement of certain harbors atnd rivers was then ta ken up is. Committee of the Whole. A long debate on -a motiern to increase .framn $50,000 to $100,000 'the appropria tion to'r the improveme~nt of the Ohio river, -' above th."-Falls'.ny Lonisville. . Finally the motion prevailed.. The debate was then-renewed on a mo tion to ad $100,000-to the sum appropri ated for the river below the- falls.. Mr. Davis, of Kent ely,.advocated the appropriation and enlarged on the extrav agant administration of Mr. Van Buren, and the delit of 8 millions he left for the W to ne wasglad to find one Whi~g ge ntlqnconsctentious enough to admit thatiliadlebt~was but eight millions ; -beae irIgthe last Presidential elec tion, it waU obstinately repeated, in vari ous quai-ten, that the amount was 30 mil ioas. Mr P. thed:-ezplained how the 8 millionsiWas 'made up. ;First there was the de5taessumed~ by-tthis' Government, which' the District owed. :to 'Holland, amountisgo neat-ly a miilhon.and a half. Ne w.as the great' amount "of Ti-easury notes issued during. tho .last war, &c.- . After the disporing of this,.Mr. P. procee ded to reply to.othri ciarge's iwhich had beeut made against the Democratic Party. In the course of his remarks he paid a high compliment to Mr. Calhoun, and said that he was one of the. brightest stars that ever shone in the galaxy of American -states men. The debate, which was purely of a party character, was continued, without taking the question, until the adjournment. It will be remembered that in the sum mer of 1842, the celebrated Mr. Colt,"ex hibited the power of his submarine battery, by blowing up a vessel on the Potomac, at the distance of nine miles. He is again in the city, and is making preparations for another grand experiment. He proposes to explode'a vessel, under full sail, on its way to our Navy Yard. If he can accom plitsh this, the advocates of reduction of the Army and Navy will have something like a tangible argument. A pril 6. The Senate was not in session to-day, it being their practice to devote one day per week to business in the Committee Room. M r. Choate has given notice that he will on Monday call up the report of the Fi nance Committee on the modification of the Tariff. In the House, the consideration of the bill making appropriation for the improve ment of certain harbors and rivers, was re sumed in Committee of the Whole, with the understanding that all debate shall cease at 2 o'clock. The question pending was still on the amendment of Mr. Hoge, to strike out $180,000 and insert "$223,000 for the im provement of the Ohio River, below the Falls at Louisville. and of the Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois. and Arkansas rivers." After a somewhat tedious debate, the amendment was concurred in. Several other amendmeuts were sub mitted and rejected. The hour of two hav ing arrived, the debate terminated. and the question was put on about fifty add tional amendments, nearly all of which were rejected by acclamation. Mr. Weller moved to add an additional section. appropriating $75,000 for the con tinuation of the Cumberland Road. Mr. Holmes, of S. C., moved to amend this it ation by. adding "five million of dol lars for continuing the said koad to Ore gon." When this was read by the Clerk. a burst of laughter arose, which lasted se'eral minutes. Every one saw the drift of the satire. The amendment, was of course rejected, as was also that of Mr Weller. Mr. McConnel moved to amend by inser ting $50,000- for the improvement of Salt River. This the Committee agreed to amidst roars of laughter, it evidently be ing the general understanding that the bill will be rejected. Finally the Committee rose and repor ted the bill, when without taking the ques. tion on the amendments, a motion to ad journ prevailed. As the death of Mr. Moore, one of the Representatives from Ohio, will be an nounced on Monday. I presume no busi ness of importance will be transacted on .that day. On Tuesday, the Tariff Bill will be ta kei up, and considered from day to day until finally disposed of. It is understood that not more 'hau a week or ten days will be allowed for debate. As the House is tnanifesting a disposi tion to despatch all the important busi ness in s summary a manner, I presume there will be no dif~culty in-the way of an adjournment by'thc end of May, unless something unexpected shall transpire. A pril 8. -No legislative business was transactedt today in either bratnch of Congress. In the Senate. the death of Mr. Moore, late a Representative from Obio, was atn nonneed by Mr. Tappatn. Hie pronounced a brief Eulogy on the deceased, of wvhose theological principles, however, he kntew noihing. But, said Mr. T., I knowv that his life was pure, and in the words of the poet, -For forms of faith, let senseless zealots fght, -. ' His cant be wrong, whose life is in the right. The tysual resolutions were then adop ted, after which the Senate, out of respect to the memory of the deceased, immedi ately a'djourned. *In the House, the same melancholy duty was performed by Mr. Walker, whet a motion to adjourn was made and carried. Several oilher members are in a very low state of health. A pril 9. In the Senate there were some scores of memorials from the Northern and Eas tern States, in favor of the present tariff; also against th'e annexation of Texas. Mr. Buchanan presented a memorial from respectable citizens of Lancaster Co. Per.nsy yania, under the following circum siances. It appears that after the battle of the Brandy winie, several hundred sick soldiers were taken care of by a seet called the Seventh day Baptists, then residing in the above county. About two hundred of the soldiers died, and were buried by their kind friends on a romantic spot, called Mount Zion. The place is now overgrown .w ith bratmbles, and the present inhabitants desire to raise a Monument to the memorry of ihe brave men who are there entomhed. To aid them in this, they ask .the aid of Congress. Trhe me moriai w as referred. - A great number of reports of.a private character . were: made. from Committee, after which the Senate resumed the con ideration of the tariff resolution from the Finance Committee, recommending the indeiniie postponement of Mr. McDuffie's tariff bill. Mr. Berriein having the floor, spoke -at *great lengthb denying' the Constitutional power ofthe-Senste tojtake cognizance of such a hill.' Mr. Colquitt has the floor to-morrow. The Senate then spen't. a. short time in Executive Sssion. The following, nomi nations were cotifrmed, viz: Senator R. W. King, as Minister to France, andl Go ernor Shinnon as Minister to Mexico. The confrmation of Mr. King caused no ittl surprise. -ted fsm In the House, after th isposlofsm unimportant business, .Mrs McKay muoved to g in oitee of the Whole, re the purpose of takingup the .taritt bill. - The. mot ifailed.. Yas 80-Nays 84..: He I will rpnew it to-norrow, probably with better success. - -Mr. Tibbalt movvl to suspend the roles for the purpose of ofering a resolution pro viding that all dcbat'on the old harbor bill should cease at 4 o'cock. The motion to suspend succeeded ; trier which. a tedious debate arose on the'esolution, the main point io dispute being as to the origin-of propositions to close debate at a certain hour. Each party Lail the blame on the other. Finally, the retolution was laid on table. The House then wett into Committee and took up .the above bill, without any understanding, however as to the time fur terminating the debate. Mr. Simons moved t.add $20,000 for Bridgeport Harbor. On this amendment a debate arose, du ring which Mr. Holmes expressed his as tonishment that the bil should have been taken up at all. Afte' they had cut down the army and navy to-the lowest possible scale, be was not prepied to see this sys tem of internal improvenent presse.d for ward, which would swillotv up millions and drain the Treasury however ample our means. He called ipon every friend of State Rights to oppoe the bill. Mr. Paine resumed aul concluded a po litical speech he commented on a former occasion. He went on tc shew from the newspapers, that the Whgs'have ditierent principles for different paus of the country, etc. He then caused to be read at the clerk's desk a song from the "Clay Min strel." Mr. J. R. Ingersoll tboight it had better be sung, To this Mr. Payne said he had no objection, provided the gentleman would act as leader. (Lead cheers.) The clerk then read tie song. At the end of every second line here was a cho rus of "Hurra ! burrs! lurra !" These words the clerk was loudly called upon to sing, but that proving no part of his busi ness, he did not comply. The song coecluded as bllows: I re:kon he will win the iny. So boys, three cheers for lenry Clay. Hlurra! hurra! hurra! When the book vasclosed there ivas the greatest uproar I ever hearl,-both parties enjoying the joke. Mr. Payne resumed, aid argued that these songs shewed that the Whigs in tended-to open the campaign (it 1844 in the same manner they.hat carried on that of 1840, viz: by a constant hurr ! When he concluded, the pending ttendnent was agreed to. Several otheri were rejected; after which, the Committee rose and the House adjourned. April 10. In the Senate an unusually large num ber of Memorials in favcr of the present tariff, were p'esented and teferred. Among them was one numerouslysigned from cit izens of Richmond. Va. Mr Crit tenden, 'n presenting one of a similar character, took occasion to express his conviction, that so far as the Senate is concerned, no change till be made in the tariff the present sesson. On motion of Mr. Wright, a resolution was adopted directing the Judiciary Com mittee :o inquire into the expediency and constitutionality of authorizing the Presi dent to commute all sentences of death against criminals, into simprisonmen for life. Mr. W. said for himself he expressed no opinion upon the subject. He offered the resolution at the request of others. - Mr. Evans reported a bill, authorizing the payment of uncancelled Treasury notes, in all eases where persotis may have received the anme ini good faith. After the. dieposatl of a mass or unim portant business, the Senate resumed the ronideration of the tariff resolution. Mr. Colquitt havitng the flour, spoke for some honrb in reply to his -colleague, Mr. Berrien yesterday. In the House, it will be recollected that otte weeks ago, Mr. Kennedy, of Ky., offered a resolution, calling on the Huse to adopt cerain sentiments of General .fackson, rebative to protection. To this M r. Brown, of Indiana, bty way of amoend met.offered a resolution calling on the House to adopt the following latiguage alleged to have been used by Mr Clay. -Carry out the principles of the Cornpro mise Act, look to revenue alotie for the support of Government. I had hoped That question had been put to rest. There is no necessity for protection." The''correcttess of the extract being doubted, the matter was laid over until Mr. Brown shall have heard from the ed itor, of the "Ohio Statesman," from which paper the extract had been copied. This mnorning Mr. Brown again called the -attention of the H ouse to the subject. - e said that in looking over the files of the National Intelligencer, he had come across a speech made by Mr. Clay in reply to Mr. Woodbury, in 1842, where, if not the same words, the same sentiments as those embodied in the extract were to be found. Portions of- the speech in question were then r 1(1 by the Clerk. Mr. ,;hite, of- K'., replied : Wit hout imputing any thing personal to Mr. -B., he again deet .-ed that the extract in thie reso lutien of that gentleman, was a falsehood and a forgery. Mr. W. then called atten tion to the speech just read. From that it appeared that -the language actually used by Mr. Clay, was "there is no necessity of protection, for protection," that is for the sake of protection. Mr. WV. concluded by repeating that during the whole course of the public life of Mr. Clay..be never declared in an unquali8ed -mantner that there ssas no necessity fhr protection. The matter having been disposed of, the House adlopted a resolution, orderitng the printing of 1500 Maps to illustrate the experitments of Professor Espy, on the theory of storms. Mr. Dromgoole moved :o go into Com mittee of the Whole, for the purpose of taking up the tariff hill. The motion was rejected. Yeas 86-Nays 87. Mr. J. R. Ingersoll moved to suspend the rules for the purpose of oflering a res olution, making the tarifi hill the special order for the lust Tuesday in December next. After a call of the House the rules were suspended. Mr. Drorngoole moved to amend the resolution so as to-make .the tariff bill the special order for to-morrowv. The motnsion f'ailed. Yasn 8t..Nays 92. The question was thec put on tberesO uion to make the bill the special order or the last.Tuesday in. December. Tile esult was--Yeas 83. Nays 100. So the esolution teas rejected. These votes are onsidered as indicative ot an intention to ci upon the tariff question, but not of its tassage. Mr. M'Kay, with a view of saving time, nd of co-.ning to the point at once, moved tsuspension of the rules, for the purpose >f offering a resolution making the tariff yill.thespecial order for Monday next, and ,very day thereafter until finally disposed >f. The rules were not suspended. The vote was, yeas 101; nays 76; not two birds. A message was received from the Pres dont, in answer to a resolution, transmit ting copies of all correspondence relative o the Dorr troubles in Rhode Island. It was referred to the Special Committee on that subject. Mr. Ingersoll, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, rported a bill for the re lief of the owners of the Spanish schooner Amistad. The bill appropriates $70.000 as a compensation for the "illegal deten tion of satd schooner. and the illegal libe ration of slaves." The accompanying re port sets forth that although the judicial tribunals may err. Congress ought to shew to the world that justice shall be done. llISCELLANEOUS. From the Soth-Cacolinian. SEABaooK's ESSAY oN THE CoTToN P La NT. "A Memoir of the Origin, Cultivation, and uses of Cotto, from the earliest ages to the present time, with especial refer ence to the Sea-Island Cotton Plant, in cluding the improvements in its cultiva. lion, and the preparation of the wool. &c. in Georgia and South-Carolina; read be fore the Agricultural Society of St. John's Colleton, Nov. 13th, 1843. a'id the State Agricultural Society of South Carolina, Dec. 6th, 1743, and by both Societies or dered to be published. By Whitfield B. Seabrook, President of the State Agricul tural Society of South Carolina, Charles ton : Printed by Miller & Browne, No. 4, Broad s-reet, 1844." This is an admirable production, of great interest and value to the - people of the South, and especially the producers of that great staple article which has, in a remarkably brief period of time, effected the most wonderful revolution ever known in the industrial pursuits and avocat ions of mankind. It is a, work long needed; for it is remarkable, considering the pres ent general use of cotton, how little is known, even among those most familiar with it, of its origin and progress to the present time, and especially of its great antiquity. The pamphlet comprises 62 pages, and we have rarely if ever met with a work on any subject in which so vast a fund of information has been compressed into so small a space. Its estimable au thor is one of the most enlightened and liberal-minded citizens of our State-i true Carolina gentleman, in the most ele vated sense of the term-who after many years of active and efficient service in the councils of the State, has devoted, in his signally dignified and honorable retirement the effirts of a highly cultivated mind and ardent patriotism to the improvement of the first and best interest of his beloved State-her Agricultural interest. It is indeed strange, that this interest should have been of all others the most neglected and depressed ; and probably no otne has done more to arouse and aid the present general spirit of enquiry in it, than the able author of thtis adtmirnble work. His efforts have been most active and unucea sing for years, utnder the most discouraging athy and indifference, which woultd have overcome any zeal but the most generous and determined, stimulated by thte warm est and most disinterested patriofismn. His numerous able newspaper andl pamuphilet essays have been marked by thte same er dent desire to- advance the interests anid elevate the character of the South, anud es pecially those of South Carolina-a State whose ntame has ever been as mausic in his ear; and-her honor andI character as dear to hitm as his own, and the chief objects of his gallantt and chivalric devotion. But we are wvanderiug ftrom outr purpose-from the book to the man-as. indeedl, is not easy to avoid by those who knowv him, anid sympathize in his ancient Carolina feel tug. From the N. Y. Journal of Comrn. WASHINGTON, March 30. Gen.- Henderson arrived on Thu'rsdayv; Mr. Calhoun, yesterday. The Treaty of Annexation of Texas to the United Stateb will nowv he negotiated. andc in a short ime be laid before the Sennte for ratification. In comnmercisl parlance, I confirm my letter of the 28th inst. Neither the Go vernment nor the people of Texas will cosent to any postponement of the ques tion of Annexation beyond the Session of Congress. The national enthusiasm of the people of Texas, in view of the pros pect of Annexation is overwhelmitng and irrepressible. If the Government of the United States postpone or refuse to ratify a treaty of A ntexation, the revulsion of the public mtnd in Texas will prove fatal to any farther negotiation on this subject; and General Henderson, as he is believed to be instrueled, will proceed to England and negotiate with duat government a commercal treaty on the basis of free trade, which will for ever put at rest any farther desire ro the part of the people of Texas to be annexed to the United States. Texas will become a great commercial depot for the trade of Entglatnd and other European powers. The commerce of Texas, Mexico, and Central Amnerica, will e lost to thtis country. The Agricultuaral interests of Texas will 'oecome antagonis tical to the agriculturel interests of our Southern States; and in a few years, Texas will raise every bale of Cot vtn ne cessary for the consumption of the En aish Manufactories. English emigration, Englisht Capital, Englisht conmerce, Etn glish enterprise, and English influence, will overwhelm and swvallowv up every thing that is Artmericain, anti estrange the people of Texas from their loyalty to the United States. What will the Senuate do ? Nous VEaaoris. Governor Briggs of Massachusetts, in a temperance mneeting- held at the Boston Stae Houe,. that in 81 toiasnbins of than State, thirteen thousand .drjnukards have been restored to sobriety through the in* I strumentality of theWashitgtonineTort. THE DIssoLUTIoN oFTHE EU'ow. The Philadelphia- U. S. Onzette coptes the following from the New Ycrk .Amer-: ican, which, adds the. Gazette, we copy to condemn. Without Texas, Slavery must die our within a short period in the U. States. With Texes it.cannot he perpetual long but yet long enough to gratify the present generation, and induce. them to move Heaven and earth-no "iot heaven, for heaven must frown upon such an attempt -but Earth and Hell to accomplish the annexation. The Free States-we warn them-must not be lulled into inaction by the pause as to the treaty: though that courso may he abandoned, the annexation, by act of Con gress. oill be attempted, and unless over whelhned by such ekpression of popular indignation as shall prove irresistible, it will succeed. We say this advisedly upon information not to be disregarded and with a full, deliberate, and unshaken conviction that annexation, come in a hat shape it may, IS AND SHOULD BE THE DISSOLUTION or -rt: UNOIN. -The Philadelphia Gazette then rebukes this miserable threat at length. - It is not a wonder that a threat, to dis solve the Union fromsuch a quarter, ex cites as much mirth as it does indignation. It coimes first from a handful of men, with out the industry to build up a party. or the moral courage to execute a threat, or with enough of numbers to form a single regi ment of the line. Who is the Editor that utters this threat? The man who officially excused the.Brit ish not firing upon and killing the Ameri cans in the Dartmoor Prison! Recent Valuable American Invention. One of the most elegant coverings for beds is the fabric which bears the name of Marseilles quilt. It is woven in the hand looms of Europe,.and as that mode of npanufacture is slo-v and required an ex perienced workman'to each loom. It has hktherto not been made in this country, but imported from abroad. An ingenious artisan in Massachusett, has lately invented, we are told, a method of making Marseilles quilts with as much facility as the common brown sheetings wvhic h costs nine cents a yard. A power loom, driven by steam. envolves the beau tiful tissues'finished with great regularity and symmetry; the raised figures, on its surface exhibiting almost every imagina ble variety of pattern. A. little girl, or any inexperienced person, may attend several looms at .once. The price of the fabric can only exceed that of common brown sheetings by the cost of the waae rial, inasmuch as the labor of producing it is no greater. Ingrain carpets, which form the princi pal cov-ering of ourjloors. are also woven in Europe by hand looms. and the. ex pense of employing the necessary work men has hindered the extensive introduc tion of the manufacture into this countrt. The person to whom we have already al luded, has invented a power loom for wea ving ingrain carpets with the same rapid ity that the lo.ms of our factories turn out the plainest and coarsest fabric. A certain rich capitalist at the eastward has expen ded, we are told, $80,000 in assisting the inventor in his various experiments to bring it to perfection, which he has al length succeeded in doing. A little girl stands at the machinery and tends four or fve looms; which jerk out the fabric with incrediblo rapidity. As the principal ex pense of making this kind of carpeting has hitherto been the cost of the labor, thet price will be greatly redluced by this in, venttion. Its atathor has been offered, wt have been assured, 80,0001 for the patenmi right in England, but ibis, his obligation.~ to the capitalist who has furnished binr with the means of bringing it to perfection forbids himt to accept.-N. Y. Eve. Post New invention.- A set of C ar penter' Platnes made. of cast- iron has been showt to us by Mr. E. W. Johnson, Lombard street. near Light, wihi is the Agent fbo their sale in this city. The invention ii that of Mr. William Foster, and the arii eles a-c of Mairyland I ron, cast anti fini~hc< at 'he works of the Savage Cotton Facto rv near this city. These tools are but a triflue heavier than those of wood, and cos the same price; and as they are made o, material which cunnot warp or spring, thu advaonae they possess over others is ap parent. We learn that at the Navy Yard: at Washington and Philadelphia 'hese casi itron planes are used to great advautagie and preferred to all others.-BaLL. Amer There is a Machine in operation at Piuts burg which amakes wvrought iron spikes, o any size, with great despatch. . The Machine is red by one or two hands, as the case may be, with red hot iron. o the size of the spikes required, and th4 way it chews up the hot metal and spit: out the hot spikes is no wvays slow ! Thi head is formed by one movement of a die whilst a pair of-we don't know what they are called--chiseLs, we presume, point thi spikes, which drops as another is iniroduc ed, the size hcing easily changed by meani of regulating screws, in a few minutes, a the owner may debire, to any require< len7ti: or thinkness. The White Slave Tradie.--Thbe foreigt powers." observes the Siecle, "make great boast of their zeal for the abolition o the slave trade, and they allow the Turk to sell and buy white women for the ba rons." "Doritng the meonth of Januari last," says the Nationel, "the Pasha o Trebizonde forwarded to Constantinopli a cargo consisting of 230 Circassian slaves mostly young women, intended for thu Sultan's harem. This traffic is a direc violation of the treaties of Adhrianople. I is expected that the Russian Ambhassado will protest against this act, particularly a there are several Russian subjects aimonij those slaves. A practical comment on the remark "If laws are enacted making offence: against chastitv punisha ble, they will nevei he enforced,"~ is found in 'he fullowing item, taken from a Philadelphia paper: A Seducer Sentenced.-On the 16th uit a m... fr... re contyv Pa., wna sea. tenced. to.'be Iieuitentiary n jAlig # .ciTi one yejtt, onvcte - seduition-under heseapg histi:h'at er passed:'at glie-lest seessio'uidf te Peuny' vania Leg isituire.. lii rat.geest vicrionunder the new act n r This.la..b , ' d exe'ainj jt'dlyentiit=tO - as full of meanifiy a-those. whose 'nl3fhope oh escape now as, ih concealieni ofr tieir crimes. The 4 many in ihecommunitynwho;laugh,at the idea- .of-legislating on a subjeeLt liket who, if the.truthvereknownwere loo ing wiiro it tliung i1cliade at the present state of publis ee'et _ We ate.nforuaed, ' good pn thatthe atetjuidicitilldersioni p ~ - -portant cases ';redenil firied, h have produced:i runipreceden d.mbvo meat among tbe patrpna death, and' hat some, whose sliding down the fearful steep~iav4y . solved on reforntuion. The. praoide ofGud. and the voice-of crushed, degraded humanity iii every direction,. seem to be calling on the friends~otvirtuefor united action-also, to-." be steadfast, irmii able always abounding in the work oftheLord.:. -Advocate of Moral Refurns Lucky Hit.-An old building, about i; be pulled down, in the-Bowterv;waigare A for $30 to two Irishmen,- on conditioau ey would remnve it. They went to work'at it, and in tearing open sorse of thed ion' coating.:found a jug; wvhich.orezamiatapig proved to be-a mnoneyjugcotainting, itls said ,$9,000 in-old cin This 'a a good prize..-NV. Y. Y. American Manufacture of Porcelain.-T we-gpa p' alemen trom.England are about etabIW , ig hemselves at St.. Louis, where they purpose -riaanufacturing, on an- extenswea scale. queens :Ind porcelain aware. for the common earthenwarp, and;foihe vessels in which-the queenwarb is burn abounds -in the v;cinity of St.Tsis Porcelain clay, equal to that used In - land, is fouad n i he-several coungaesi :thp State of Missouri. Frauds of the Revenue T b Mail says: "On examination o casks at the Custom House -,srte9ay, which have been invoiced and ;entered as containing "kelp," or sea-weed, iffee ar tiele, it was discovered that they cotitaled=. but a trife'of that. nrticle, whileitre maining space was filled with-i:- g.! number of packages of .English Hosueip The sea-weed ihus served in- a *two fold capacity, that of concealing the ;ae.char acter of the goods and of preserving them against the attacks of insects. We s he somewhere heard of "sea-Weed -aroun d Clam," but this is the first time we -ever knew that article to be packed'witbhIadies New Antiseptic --It is stated fi Vr ena that the Abbe Baldaconni, oftbe ix -eum of Natural History of that city has composed a-Solution of sal ammoniac and corrosive sublimate, wbich -has tbeueffect of giving to articles immersed in illhe hardnessof stone, without injury to their natural color. Even the flesh of auimals thus treated acquires this hardness, and gives, out, when struck, a metalic sound' Possib!y this may be the -art posseissed by' the late Signor Sigato, of -Tuscany, mentioned by' Di. Mott, and other tourists -a marvellous and almost incredible pro= cess by which he could petrify every ant isal substance, and had actually made a mosaic work centre-table composed of dilferent pieces of various parts of the human body-the liver, heart, lungs, &c. Sigato died without divulging the chemical discovery, and probably the German Abbe may have hit upon the same process. Dr. Mo"t obsterves (apeaking of Sigato) that "this u xtraordinary man must have inherited the magic shield of Perseus, which, with the snaky tresses of the .Gor .Ion Mendusa's head, enabled to convert any thing touched into stone." From the Teinperance Adsocate. Hoos' I loos! H oos! In reply to the itnquiry of tbq. Farmer's Miscellany, in relation to a publication in the Advocate, while under the control of Mr. Martio, the late Editor, we - publish the following note from Dr. P. We.bave not yet availed ourself of the invitation of Dr. Parker, to inspect his Stock, but mean to do so at the earliest opportunity, arnd give our readers the benefit of our cogitation on the subject of flogs. Edward J. Arthw, Esq. . Decar Sir,-The piece alluded to by the - Yorkville paper, as having been published iin the Temperance Advocate, relative to my hogs, made particular mention of thrse Berkshire Pigs, which the editor supposed would average 'over two hundred pounds.' supposing his estimate too high, when -they were 7 months old, and very soon after Mr. Martin saw them-I weighed one of them-result 270 lbs. I thought - e weighed the heaviest; it was how ever doubt ful as they were all oaf very near the same size. These pigs were the pro duce of a sowv I bought of Mr Bement, of Albany, and by a remarkably fine boar of Col. Hampton's If you take pleasure in looking at fite Hogs, call when conveia ient and see my stock. Yours truly, J. W. Panasa. The Origin of Having Goals Ameng Horse.-Tlie smell of Goats, of their urine and dttng, is said to drive away ser pents, vipers, and other venomous crea tures the dung, if immediately applied, rto cure their bites and those of mad -dogs: They are said to prevent the farey, scab glandJers, staggers, and other epidemical diseases in horses, &c., by their disagreea ~ble smell, which drives away the animhal! euke that causes these distempers. -- Ruin's Doidfgs.-We learn from-s tte Portland Advertiser, that Mrs. IhetsyBe mis. wife of a respectable shoemaker, was on Monday taken before a magtstrate charged with an assault on the person of her own son. It appeared in evidence, that at the timie the dleed was committed, the woman w as partiully-intoxicated ; that she ordlered ahe - boy to go to' th'e stolinof Mr. Samuel Qumy o ~l ite rum. The boy denin fand thie moth'er seizingc an -axe stetick hi severe clip over the skull, which damd near endah Igering his life. . -She wras ordered to recog niie with sureties in alhe sam of forer dot