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vmuiu^uJ whose a*t< Itave ,*.0 casual, a r.od J&rM' \ at ike silk businessi is {Mtciktiitfii, wit is oak \ evon in its wildest t that f momna by w hich J fruition of this great M t? Wt know well t an M uniliwiUiii " at OUrccurse hsenjKy ndiiy pursued sf, regi ^ro?toasjthtt?wi> in ? sod tlpwrastn ;?kd ri more tr? slniwr speculation upon fsncy stoi*ks<-in o ? r words, a humbug. Well let us look >i j/sm 3umt<an. tu.vm ,m k? .i is nAfi n ^ ? - ?-- W ?w "WW U? ?W,WVV,W trees lathe country. Suppose tho wh< * . of these tree* to be devoted to the miking . "> silk next jeer, what will bo tin* result T Th ?U1 inuks slioi*180,000 bushels of ccvot . the first ytjw, which at $3, will be $540,0 or 180,(09 pounds of raw silk win at fill wilt be $800,000, add tlua aupposi offrjr tree wit be so employed, and evi M' . *** " reeled* nJ every pound of i sold, iv wilt not bo ooosiJerod unn Hpf MfhtUf to deduotWnv.lyilr of the a be estimate oh~abte?*i?t of the jrery lai v/ por.iua of the, trfilJha wore mis ~ eaflL j^jlpt will not, under boppeaed ^cufostaiwei* be uppropriu toawtktng sitfc.-*veu though trvey are j sold at alL But to take the proposition il Steeds without deduction, and etc ? are sbnli not have one-twenuetb part i lor Ho cap conaumpi ion, end at least chc sa amount for exportation, ar at least foriy4 \mvem ua macb n$ ve cam produca Prone I ire wwehave, #vwri though the businl ^ibould produce its reauta with mathemaiii jRpceci?ial? -rKfOfy Utogrow and yield its I quota of silk, without accident, or deducti >aa any cause whatever. But upon 1 . fairest cakvUtHMN and allowances for I numerous casuulitiss attending) ull I Kim tf ura, al least double tb? number of tn wiU ha required ta produce the above resu owe year with another, and coneequen " * our deficiency of product will be doubled practice and therefore we shall want am ^Hmes much aa wo can produce w ith < - The speculation in multicuulis" aa il called, is the beat aod only means by wh a sufficient supply of (rets can be ob a i ill ttia country, for the pro-Hie.ion of quantity of eilk ooctaaary. for homo c< . wmpuoti ana exporta^on. We have shot to o?r own satisfaction at least, that country wants at least ninety time* roaoy tree* as we now psoases*. if price of trees be reduced, so that there be no object in raising them to soli, the i business will be confined to a very timi amomt; for H must be borne in mind t the ailk culture ip to be carried on .by peer classes mostly, who have nenlr. r 1: Mr capital to raise trew.f Capitalists p doc* trey? and the poor classes uso tlu ? If the capitalists abandon the props gat MBBatH of trees, their propagation trous< s ; sno epuulists see nO prospect of profitable . ftwWfrom ttieir iovestineuis, they a ban' Hm> speculation of course. Some of I TU Oct. Sidtt?y Wflfcar of Brinkisyvi ?. C. saddles the right boras with Utd *'S hatnbog." lis elu what is humbug T / " ?t?SW?r*. that it im ditotmlm ? .k. -iuu w_ # "*** & ' '/ """? *??? ropresentatiooe in regard to any fact or all?| r Amp. Wo* who doceivoa th? pabtie in rcg**< ilk culture and nmlbeiry eulturo, tho friend tho buiieil who doal only in truth* and f? or iu oppoMBto who knowand iwm toearo he ing about truth- or fioti in tho Ww, and c utile h* ridioul? and childish hlabbor t Tho fMMOU being tho dooeivara, tb*y are tho hi Will bo producer* of silk, tat they will nerei thO principal pro&uv.ri. Tho buoineoo will far* tnaoy yoaro, ho tho princifatbuainUa of and wealthy soclion of this count il n?o&tablo.?inote so than ether'a^ntWaa VwCopotW&a?.why will they not follow it ? < n^re ih?atnwb>ld, end lb? warn. ? * ? ,:; ?* ?> ?? 'h*? ?<?-r?ld; JSn# W? K Witt require threw yon r? roorv, MM ovwty 1r? MM wry bud be planted ?) tiom nosf*1 ? *i?tence wili be devoted to mkima ??k, it wttl require six or seven * J WAgtoauco fit full uppty of trees, uimI not It* ' * lmg bat thp oootmustioa of the purchase j| Und sale of Ute buds at pretty high prices, oan accomplish it in M?Wd. l'?t time. Theodore ? the sp^culu ion in mulftcaulis" hi* is no humbug, in this view ofthe ease, ? Nor lie,, ix it a humbug, wbrii *e consider the intrin lex sip value of thw article, to which we now "he proceed. of A HOW kind ofcotton aoed ie selling ' ? ul? South Carolina at $5 per quart. Why T I to Simply because it is n belter kind :hun that my ordinary planted, being more productive, lite And of a bettor staple. At the same time i?a ordinary cotton seed b frequently given ess away and even used ns manure. Tito p!nn no- hereof cotton do not consider it?? n humbug" ma or q * mere speculation" to give at the rate mo of eis* hundred and sixty dollars a bushel nt- for the seed of u kind ot cotton that is butter 1 AL A- * - - - - ? iuu man uk Kinu now in ujo,tne Seed ol wlijcn Vo tliay can get for nothing ; and well they m my not, lor in the en 1 this hgb price is ed, more titan repaid by the produce. So it i* w with the niliiticnults. Three rents wonts be a htgn price to give for a single bud of n Es multiculisor any other tree ; hut when it is il considered time tbiasingle bud w >11 produce u lti?? tree five to eight P-et high in one season, the the price p ?id for the original bud diminishes to es- the merest trifle. What other kind of trees hat otri b? obtained as cnesplv 1 The most w? common orchard fruit trees cannot be oh. not mined is cheaply as you can obtain inulti are' ctulis trees by purchasing tlw? buds nt tlir? e rd cents each. Look at it. You must first >ur raise a stock from the stoou. which req-iircs dl. one yeai ; you rrust then obtain scions to bud them wi:h, and thus another year is as gone ; on tbo third year you have your tub peach tree rondy to plaot. Now suppose a you could get buds of pea<h trees that th- would, id six months, produce good bearing lto peach trees, would you consider throe cants 00 each a high price for them ? The value jle of an oniric consists in the amount of a I. of vantage its possession confers upon the pos. tiy sessor j and the purchaser of on article must ns of course consider that the possession of it 00 ta worth more to hint til ?n the amount of tch mon y tie gives fi?r it. No w? 't*.<T how ng vastly the original possessor may have oh. ;ry tained it, nor how cheaply he can obtain. ii)k more.df it can lie made to produce more bu- value limn ilm >??i.i r... : ? .? .<? I', ?" tve it rltcap to bini. Is the value of w.iter iho rgo |ea* b'-causo iteos s usnuthtdg ? The very i?:d (act that thn mui icuulis is so easily mult iihe; plied and m? rspi-lly grown, pr< ves the great id value of the butltr or cu tings that produce- it. sot Th? intrinsic value of tho article for propa* i ?, giion or for the production of mulberry orbid jchards, therefore, we consider even higher t'lk than i: hn? ever soIJ for yet, if the silk busiind nos* itself bo not u a humbug and to tli?> >00 consideration. of this part of the subject we rth now proceed. J110 The silk business ihtn humbug. That 7? atik can be produced for home consumption and Cor exportation in all the United States, has been prove I. It is r.ow a regular busi f*J /less and a piofrihle one in many states of |ji |bo Union, nod is null) mlnf/U'l m bu ? -(?r -? ? *? " "" |""" ? gre ? over ihe whole extent of our country by the want of mulberry trees. Tno late 'ie exhibition at the American Insi'uto ut '*n. Now York, of till descrition* of silk, frmn ,,)8 tho cocoon to 'he most beautifully finished ''* and fincet fabrics, would have astounded '|y nil doubters oa the subject. The editor o! the Now York Commornial,*n a notice of etjf the exhibition, makes lids remark : " We ",4r al uda to a circular or ovul tab!", upon which uro collected various specimens ol ? f 18 branch of industry which is now oxci log tne ch attention of very many of our most enteried ?i .... ? prising citizens, an.i in which a large am hi m '',e <,?!' capita! isj-dreudy invested. It is indeed 3U* u matter of agreeable surprise to in>p?rt the various specimens of silk, and to mark t"H the progress which has already be-n m ide ?* in its growth and manufacture." Uachand ull of the producers of those sp< cimcns tealify to tjie profitable* of the business. They ire Satisfied, even in this infantile st.ve ol the business, with -t* profits. The people of Economy, Pennsylvania* have mado the ' the growth and in inufacturo of silk a consider i. *nd ble branch of tlioir busness for tn my years j ro~ past, and the silk gooJs they produce are of un* a quality thai will secure them preference in any marker. We have now before us ' ' ton specimens of tin ir goods, embracing re^ dress silks, vestings, ribbons, &,\, which ttiey regularly make, from the feeding o! ..!? worms io tl?e finis ied goods, and weh Which they keep their s ow supplied lor ro tail Irude. Th?-s? people do no: pursue spe<H?.' dive obj'-ct*. They do. not waste bnd their limn and capital upon unproductive subjects* It is ruir, therefore, to conclud V* that the silk business is profitable, or the) I to would not pursue it. That it is practicable ol noeda no argument. Tito Let that it ia paruod at all | roves its practicability, nli- Ut no one suppose that, bccaiiue wo ad. lea' duce only one instance ot the profimbl pur* ?P* unit of the silk business, there art* no others im' in the Country. ,Tncre urea great nu/nbr; but tlio fuel thut it ih pmfi ubl? with o#?o, is ??r uufticient to ptove thut it may he profitable bo with all who pursue it with proper uiteniiiui. be. The siik business, therefore, is rio hum. m bug now. Much leas will it bo t*o constdry. erud wlton it shut! come fairly and fully into >ro. operation in .our country?~u consummation tay wbiob tho writer of this hopes to live to see, iks and which hu will ace should lie live ten years. Let ua look nt this humbug us it IV* 'hfitt pn*tpt iualf. We-hull Uihold u ?a largelwTp^^cJuss of ill-! community, that now can scarct^elm-twenty ceota u day B^ 1 a-^ Sl^thiiii wwfluM> and P^wowhioh pittnnco * they tnuH live?liv* did we say Y no, en- 1 dure which piita ice tlwy niuM I afl^iao rent* end support--. -or sustain < hf?tnhalfados<-n helplesaTittle ones?these i wo ahull see totntortably providing for them* selves by making ailk Our worn-out < .fields and waste lauds will then be covered i with mulberry orchards, and dotted with < the comfortable cottages and oocoonuries of i silk growers? -(for bo it remembered, we 1 do not want nn acre of land now in profita- i ble tillage in other brunches of itgncul ur?*.) Our shipping wdl then be carrying from, instead of bringing to, our shores. $20,000,000 worth of silk ; and then we shall ace nil Europe indebted to us. the balance of trude will bo reversed, it will be is our favour, nd wo shall then regulate the money market of the world. ^ Then specie will corny to us from ull nations, and then we shall be.iu fact as well ns in name, emphatically an iiidcj*mdent people. All thin may seem wild and extravagant ; but look at it. if we cmii contrive to do without importing $20,000,000 of any goods now inmportcd, end to export SdO.OOO.OOOof a new article,do we not in effct make a difT rence in our favour on the balance sheet of $40,000,000 ? The balance of trade has seldom be?n thit < much against us, and indeed it could no' be for any length of time ; but it has hi ways been nguinst us ton greater or less amoun', and w;!l continue (obi-so uri'il we can do. j vidope same new resource, .?produce some , new article, which other nations will but , and this now article has h?-en difovered in silk. \N o have shown that wo can m tk" i silk j that wo ran inakoun hundred millions word) annually without prejudice to any < other staple, thero cin be no doubt. We have shown that we can make it profitably, i aqfl therefore that we can supply our own i consumption, which wiU save us twenty millions at least ; and if wu ran supply our < homo demand, wecsn export it ; tor, if wo i can make s'll%nt a price and of a quality | that will induce our people 10 use it in pre- i feronco to the impor ?d ar:trio, we caq m ike it at n price and of a quaff y that will enable us to s< II it in foreign conn ries, and-there- I fore we shall export It. Wtth silk Vo ran t reverse the balance of trade and br Pg a'l i Europe in debt to us. Therefore, lite silk business that now occupies the ?nK-ution of so many of our onturpi izing ctt zona* is no I humbug , neither is the inul icaulis speculation a humbug. G. B. S. i From the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Po3t. silk. ( Though little appears to bo said, durhy | he universal depression winch extsfp | 'hrougbou the business community, en the j subject of the S lk cul-ure, its friepds m?y I rest assured that cr.ueh is doing und more , io contemplation. Several meetings of t!v? j friends of lb s great cause, ti ive bevu l?e td\J a during the present month in tais ci y/wluctp | liave resulted in the formation of a " N itiotv < ai Association lorthr promotion of the Silk Culture in the Umi<d sJtoi <*??," from . which' the happiest results are nuticipu e I. Ttie j business of ihe soc ely will la> ni inuged by a | president, (if cen vico-presidan'*, tog-- Icr wi'h twenty.one directors nnd oilier officers, who have been si-k'c:cil from among lit;? most <iisiin#ui?hud individuals hi this mid the different states. Five dollars con st it u es an annual, and twenty-fivo dollars a life membership. The funds w uc:? may be realised are to ba exp mdod, under the riir <: ion of (he Associa'inn, in the purchase of cocoons, raw silk. buJ manufactured fa. i brics ; and in securing the best reds < and o her implements required for the silk business ihronghou the whole process of manufacture. An extensive, permanent, < and free exhibition of ail m liters r la:ing to he silk business from its incipient to its perfect stages, aro among the objects conteinplaiad by the association, with a view of furnishing s rangers who may visit the city, as well as the public generally, a< all nines, with an opportunity of cxumuiing 'or themselves, ns to the actual progress and probn. bin success of the silk culture. Tin* aoeie. ly has already secured mine valuable xpe- | cim*ns from I'm manufactory of J. W. (I .I!. Mount Pleas.ml, Ouo, which uro unions !? most perfect and beautifully finish.-il omU wis imvu yet examine I, no Withstanding Mr. W. only embarked in the enterprise last *piing. Among them uro several specimens i of hroiul, ri *h ribbons, of various patterns, and fully eq<iat, so fur as our judgment go< s, to'any imported. S i p rfect arc his urr inge. inonts, that he is alp-ady enabled to take any pattern or figure, however dilficuk, an I in the courH" of three or four hoifts have Ins arrangements com pie. ted for transferring litem to his looms, m which seven p.eces of wide ribuons arc wove at one time, and at lli.. I 1- -t - <>i un'7 uuu'ir<u yurus p?T ?inv. Itich silt; plush (or hat manufacture.* .in i ather purposes, were among the specimen*, ami Mr. G himself wore a han dsouie % Ik velvet vi st, created from materials that lust spring were in the bu<J?his goo Is have actually been manufacture ! or produced from thu inoitis niul'icuuhs net out I .st spring. Mr, G. VV. Ash, of this city, also exhibited hi tin- meeting on Tuesday even ing, silk of a beautiful soft, rich a-.d glossy appearance and of very superior qua ity ; lilt* value of a portion of which was greatly enhanced Irom the fact of its having been , reeled from perforated cocoons. Tins association, which is to b" essentially N itional m its Character, obj cts and op. oration is destined hrpro<e a most v dun de and important auxiliary it the promo ion of the Silk culture in this country, and all who , feel an interest the mutter, shoeld hasten to forward their names as members, wh ? > can be done, we suppose, through the mud. Inm Af _f.l. r_l. " , ...... ... . iiii 111 mr; niimwuiu yi nilfiiii'Ji. who, we ar<' informed, huvo Ix iui lorted officers of the association. viz. N c Piddle, Esq. Hr?-??i?lent. Jotin II. \Vi|. lot* Treasurer; Mr. N. Sirgcnt, Ke? cording SecfHi&ry.; Mr. J??lin Cluik, C\ rresponding Secretury Of tin1 Vi-c Pr? *i dents we are only utile to mention the names of P. S. Duponceau. thu (loo. U. B. Wull, of New Jersey ; Hon. Wm. C. Hives of Virginia ; Calvin Blythe, Esq.; Jonathan Krb.rt*, and others of Pennsylvania. Other nations, for less favourably sitae. !ixl than a largo |K>rlio? of our own h :s proved itself to bo, nre successfully advancing in this business, es witness tho following extract. u Tne cultivation of Silk in Prus. i'v% is yearly increasing, notwithstanding tint frosts which das troy every winter, a considerable number erf mulberry trees, |? the neighborhood of Potsdam there are now 278 plantations of thut tree. Last year's croo exceeded 13,01)0 lbs. of Silk of an excellent quality, which sold ut the rate of 30f to 37f |e-r pound." ilsre is what Prussia has dono arid yctt although largo portions of our soil and c|i? mate are satisfactorily ascertained to lie lull v nqual to the bust portion of China, wo still find ignorance and narrow mildness striving to excite prejudice and distrust on this most important topic. Wo behold France standing in pro d defiance on her immense trensur s of solid specie, the fruits of her Silk produces while England is drained of her last d dlar,?and America is suflbring font importing every thiug, and exporting comparatively nothing. Bu< every indication is favorable now, and the Silk culture is mosi assffTedly destined to achieve a glorious triumph in sp to of temporary depressions or opposition of the dogs in the inangcr. PHILOSOPHY or ADVUHTIVlN'G. A Is'e numb, r of Chambers* Edinburgh Journal contains a very interes ing article nn the subject of advertising in the public naiMTs. bv nn "Old Tr desman. " 11 IM I ideas on the subject are certainly worth the attention of nil who ur<* anxious for business, And arc simply and bra fly as follows firs utility of fr-qiier.t aul regul ?r advertising is this .there is at all nines a large class of iH'tsnns, IhiiIi in country and town, who tiavn no fixed places for the purchase of certain necessary articles, and are ready io he swayd and towards any particular place which is constantly brought under heir view. IndifF rent to u!l. they yield without hesitation to the first who usks. Then, in the country, u considerable number oI persons, who wish a supply of thurn. naturdly op-n h comrajuka ion with i'nat address, whic'.i, perhaps, leads to much ulterior business-.. Pcunle in the are country also liable to be favorably impressed by the frequ nt sight.of the name in the new spaper. The iidvortisin party acqoi esd stinctinn in their eyes, and thus they are led, m mak. in? a choice, to pr 'fi r hi n. But t?y far -ne most important el fee I of advertizing is one uf art indirect u ?ture, tuat conveys iho iin pressinu that I he party?pretending or no pretending, quaekish or not quackis't?t, uixious tor business. One who is anxious for business, is uuawiidabiy Hiip|H?xeJ to be industrious, atten'ive, civil does every tiling ilijihe neater and most trad-sin in I ke man iter, utid in general uh?hb o%ery o.xpfditmt 10 I'llWru timl utieufAt Ink e.10 nmaea Ihwutl* course like to purchase un K?r these cirurnstiincuR, the ays em of udv? Tbsing assunn? lliein that so -h circuiiuartces exst at this particui ir s!ioj?, they select ii urcord-ngly. Such arc the opinions of the old tradesman alluded to, an<i tliey arc certainly supported by fact tv for wherever a regular system of adverising is |ira? rised, and no back-drawing or unconquerable r.ircums a ace exist, it is usually sen to be a tend d with u consid) rnt>|e share of success too. (t.?e feature in ttie philosophy ol t ie subject imis' he carefully attended t/?. ,\ f dm and untpqucn' system of advertizing ?lo?-# u,? succeed even in proportion. ' Drink deep nr taste not the Pierian Spring. Sunday Atlas. jJov Marc* and Senator Tallmadqk or New York.?Gov. M ircy in hit moasago to tlio L"gial kture of Now York in 1&37, endorsed tho nub.treasury scheme, than recently, recom. mended to Confront by thu Pro'ideut. It ap. peurs however that up to a very short time bo. fore the date of that luetstge, Gov. M. ox. pressed himself as oppoacd to tho uieaauro which the in t*sig^ mippo. teJ, and no satisfic* lory reason for the change haa boen published. Tiio following I otters and introduction were published m th'- Now Yolk pipers a little bo. fore tho late election in that xtalo. Wo copy thuin, not ho much am an article of nowi, as to exemplify the degree of reliance to bo placed on thu prof, ksioii* ofpolilie.il loaders. Mr. Tnl!madge u w ll b? remembered, I ins cnnrg'hl on difT'ient occasions, thai ii _ _ t( - * uovernor wurey previous to inn extra sea. sum of Congress, in 1637, advised him lo oppose liie Sub-Tre.,*ury Scheme, and after the extra session, approved of his opposition to it. To bring ho matter to un issue between die parties, wo are authorized and requested to say, that immediately on the receipt of fie Argus coniu ning the article above ullu'dod 10, Mr. Tulhnadge nd tressed to (Jov. Marcy, ai Albany, itm following letter, winch w is mailed at Poughkeepsic on the 10th of October. PoUGUKF.r.p-iR, CVt. 15, 1639. Sir: I have staled on ditferent occai'ons lliatpree/'ous to the extra session of Congress in 1837, you advised me,at my house, lo oppose Hie Sub-Treasury S heme, il Mr. V jii lluren a'ioul>l recommend i; ; thut af. ter the ex ra session, on board of the steam* boot you approved of my course in oppos. ii'iz it. and condemned Mr V ... flu, r<?*OiiHiv i) Jirt<r it, and ti.iid iii itjou would not endorse it in your message to the Legislature. Such opinions i also understand you fiecly expressed to others. 1 msli you to sav, whether you deny the trudi ol the above statement, or whether, in the article in th-? A h try Argn, oft'o 14'h .est., vou iju\c author a.'J or iiitctided a Jo. Ill il ol I. Very respce. fully. Your ol.'t si-rv't, N. I'. Tallmador. lion. W.i: L. Marcy. | To tins It tier no .ijfcter fins been returned t?y Gov. M.trey, tnthoujjh in utly two weeks huve elapsed since its receipt by liitn indue course tnnib Mr. Tollniudjje bos waited tliis l< ngtli of time for the express purpose of giving Gov. Marcy ample op ,? portunrty to respond to it, and his refusal to answer is considered on admission of its truth. But Mr. T. does not choose to rest ii here. * At the tiirio lit addressed tho .tetter to Gov. Marcy,ho alio addressed one to G'*n. Lev; Hubbofl. His answer is us follows; Itiiaca. Oct. It) 1, 1839. Dear Sir?! yesterday received your letter of the 15th inst. I was in Now York at the close of the extra session in 1837, and know tha: Gov. Marcy.wns there, and returned soon after. A few days after his return to Albany, ho told mo, nt his houso, that ho had return -d in tho boat with you ; and then expressed much gratification nt the course pursued by yojrselfand tho Conservatives in Congress. He, ut thcsimu time, strongly und openly condemned tho Suh-Treasury Scheme recommended by Mr. Van Buret!, and expressed his dissatisfaction nt ihe courso of tho VVash-ngton Gtobo und tho leading Loco Focos in this State. During the extra session trod after it, / h?d sovrul conversations with Gov. Marry, in all of which he expressed tho sumo vietys. His opin ons wero freely made known to any of his political friends who were near him. I was not then n state officer, but I know that a difference of opinion, exis ed between the state officers in reference to the Sub-Treasury Selrnne, nnd Guv. M ircy declared to ine, that on the reception of the special message he hud, in presence of several of the state officers, openly expressed his disapprobation of 'h* President's recommendation. Titer* things were no? secie'a. Tuev were known to hundreds in the party, who then b' lievd thin if Gov M.ircy should come out in bin mic'ss igo, and take the grounds lie h id taken in his conversations, li<? woul I be sustained by tho great body of the people of this State. Since your political consistency nnd inicgrily have been called in question, for supporting, in 1838 nnd 183'J, the m"R?. ures which Gov. M a rev and many lending mouthers of the party openly supported with you in 1837,1 have deemed it dutj. oil two occasions, where \0U were pres?sit, to st itu verbally, tho substance of tins I t. tor,?I refer to tho recent Conservative State Convention nt Syracuse, and tho Conservative County Convent on ut ihs place. Very r- s|v?cifuliy. Your oh'i serv'i, LEVI LUBHEL. lion. X P. Tai.lmado1:. (?on. 11 .bb II was the lato Adjutant Ceii'Tal ol ihis State?appointed bv Gov Murcy. T HE FLA) KI DA WAIX. From ihr quarter from wh en the follow, ing itr i< In comes, we presume hot en ire .chance may be piicvKi upon its statcinents : From tho Army and N*vy Chrcniclc, Oct. 31. Florida War.?Tlv season (or active op1 rations having le'urned. tin-1 the public mind, in t >e A row as wi II as out of i , in; mg somewtiju ag.tated by the contrad.ctorv nature of the reports in encuhton, wo have in.til.l iiifltnru tlioft UII mi.fLt iiiT/.r.!! /.i %r ......... J ...... ..x. .. WM readers what measures were-con emulated, in the approach.ng campaign. G<?n. Taylor, by the zealous and in ?-l}|. gent discharge of his duties, having given satisfaction to the Dpurtiuent, will cuntiti tic in command. Tt ie troops now in Flifida are the third regiment of snidery, a portion of the sc. cond dragosns, and tint fimt, m Mixtit an t sevruth regiment* of iiilhntry. T ie third ar:.licry, having IJecn n?u? h reduced, will be sent to the mtfth, and be relieved* by the first nrilkry, which has been rerru ted, and is now full, TliU companies of the M>-cond dragoons I:nit arrived at N<-w York in the HpritfgiM-ing now full also, w II return to Florida ; utid the regiments ot infantry now '.hero will remain. It is intended o drive tlui etu my o.it of ihn settlements by occupying the country w.tlun and north of a line drawn froui I'ilat kft 10 tne mown 01 mo ? iliilaroocneo, including Fort K ng ; thence, along the western cu>i?t, to the A ppiitnchicula ; an I by maintaining posts at low down as (lie mouth of the Witiil'?coi?clieo. Tho inhabitants will be armed, ami the dofutice of their fireside* and neighborhoods confided to them, with such assistance from the r< gul.its as c casion may call for. The pus s on the roast at Tampa Bay will he continued, with such others as the Commanding General may find expedient. Cxporionru having mournfully proved tin icn ructicuhility of forcing '.he Indians from their swamps and hammocks, so familiar tc them, but accessible to us. no further at. :empts will at present he made ; leaving -c time and the gradual spread of the settlemen s the accompliduncut ol an object unattainable by arms. The report so extensively circulated ol conferences between the Se-'retary of VVai and Major Generals Macomb and Beott arc | entirely u i hout found it ion ; no such com lerenccs have been held. Equally nnfoumied is that of sending seven thousand troop* to Florida ; if ail our regulars now out o! the territory were taken ?rom their prevent I *i.ii ii>iik, mcy would not uinount to tin number nnirv-d. Th? Northern, Noi'.tr. 1 western ami Southwestern frontiers nr? I quilt; lis much exposed, ami stand us much in need of defence as docs the Territory ??l Florida. Tlicro Ims been iio <!i > ig;i ent'T| tam* d heretofore o|' sending the eighth in litntrv imo Fiornl.1, it# pn'sence being con sidered osseniid to the main * !;:.ore of n? u iraiay oo th; herder# of Canada. T.'i? fourth artillery wi.l be h.utioucd botwrei Fort Niagara atal IIuiFdlo. It is brli -V'td ttui' some additional smal vessels will be built or purchased, and sen ri>f?o rem irks were preparrc for iho Chron iclo of October 21, but sinco tlmy were u utter information has been received which renders i inexpedient o withdraw the 1st .atillory at pro ont from the Canada Frontier. 1'ho third wil | thwrcforo remain in Florida until the oxijp ncei ot tlio ? rvioo at othcFpoints will allow of iti 1 being relieved. t t<r iho coast of Florida, to prevent deprw - * m datious by the Indians upon wrecked ves- 1 sols and their crows. Connected with the foregoing remarks, a retrospect of recent event? in Florida will not ho inappropriate. During the last session of Congress on appropriation of $5,000 was ma do "for tho purpose of holding n treaty with the Semi, nolo Indians." In virtue of this appropriation, Gem ml Macomb vsassont to Florida; and, boing tho (xuaeral-tn.chief of the Army, it was though) that his rank would have more weight and isduenco with the Indians than a civilian co-dd liuve. General Macomb held cor^'renccs with some of tho chiefs, and fnully entered into an agreemont (the*-* was no written treaty) with Chitto T**tonugg<\ the neknowiedged sue. cessorpf Ar-pLucki, or Sam Jones ; ('ho latter >1 is understood, lias never held or cxo>cwud any military command, but stands it; the light of a counsellor among Ins tube.) One of me stipulations of this agreement was die establishment of n trading post near the mouth of S)nnbel river. The mission of Col. IIarnkv to carry intocflect tliis k ipulation, the surprise of his party, the inftsS' ere of a por ion, and tho escape of tho ifst, arc familiar to all. Sam Jones and his tribe were at the tiino in the vioni itv of Fort Lauderdale, distant about 100 miles, and have not only dcrfied nil participation in, or knowledge of. tho massacre, but up to tho latest advices continue to manifest n neu ral deposition ami an Intcntiun to abide by tho agreement made with G-n-nl Macomb. The approaching campaign, then, wif] p irtuko more of a defensive than offensive chiracter, as it will be confined to drivim* the Indiana from tho s'tled portions of Florida, where they have committed depredations almost wi hout clteck. It having ? born found impossible to force the Indians- Jj from their fastnesses, any further attempt to effect that ohj?ct would only be attended with u need less sncr fico ?f lifo and money. A moving scene. 1 Tito Rockvdle Recorder gives the fol. lowing description of a pathetic seen", j vvh.ch r< cen |y occurred at P- r.b, Upper Cumin. The prisoner was indicted for tho i murjer of his son in-law.* I "Peihtps we should notice that, during I tho investigation, the widow of the decens- IL ed, who was at .he same time tho daughter of the prisoner, was on tho part of the tie. |^i fence, hrough* into court to bo sworn. S!*? 7^ appeafoJ in mourning?pale, thin. an<\ j gre it!) discomposed ; and it was only with V* eX'-r ion on her pari that she could keep tj co-npoted -enough to apeak; however* M, nothing very ma*' rial was elicited from her. I / Ife feelings tiequon ly overcame Iter,otul slm burs'eu' into loud sobs, at one of which f t'mea sho cast her eyes upon 'he prisoner, * and scicelled * father ! father /* Tho 1 ' I court, of course, oider>-d her removal ; shu f M hud to pass If r fa her, to w hom she exfen- J dud her hand in tho mi 1st of h<-r sobs and l/Hfl shrii-k s of .fyjhrr * J'alh(r /' Tho old mat>, m tears, rcic-hed out his hand to his wi?\ cd daughter; the hand which, at tho insti. ga ion of his h--art, had been the means alike of her misery and his own ; she received it, and was taken away. The see do was tragical, ?nd, though, between thesu humli'e individuals, brought -tears to many nn e\c.M important decision ? habeas corpvs case. On the '21st Sfp'ember 'ast. John S hiey win imprisoned irid'-r un affidavit, charg. ing lum with tho er'me of murder, in the o of M ssijs pp. Ho obtained ? writ of *" A h.ilwas corpitm firosi the Com me* ?n! Cour% ^ in his uffi lav it that he wo* ' ii izen of 1 o - : . r- ! - 1 iti sMMMippi?w.it innocent o' ?e charge? _ J and that his rigbu as an Nmerican were violated. On the 5th ins!, the case? was tried. It appears that ntliccof the arrest and deten. lion ha I been given 'o the Covo'nor i t Mississippi, findao answer had been received. It was urgnJ for the prisoner, th.it no chnrgd had beerunado against him in Mi.*.. s ssi, pi, nor haOdio Governor demanded that he should b delivered up. That tin; Constitution of thi United States only uL lows the arrest of? person already charged m.h a crime in oic s ate, and fleeing.into another. Tint htwus deprived of his right , of trial, w inch he demanded. That there i was no law authorising Itis detention. That i he should hi discharged. The Attorney Genera! stated, that die .<* I practice in such cases always had b-cn, for the R- cordi-r 'o inform the Governor ol the X. . - oimii; wHTf inc crime is charged to have i Ih-c'ii commuted, of the proceedings, anJ after wuringn reasonable time, without an answer and n demand, to discharge the ? or Koner from custody, lie buhrriuid the case to the Court. His honor Judge Watt*, in remanding the prisoner in n custody, ohs'-rvvd, thuttl." I states owe certain duties to ouch other, besides those prescribed hy thr Constitution? that the nrrest of persons in ciis?*s like the present, he considered ono of those duties*. He considered that sufficient time had not i elapsed to hear fioui the Govt rnor of M>s. r j sibs'ppi, and after such time should lapse, 1 | the Court would, on application, order the ' prisoner to be disclmrgi J from custody. . J N. Oilcans Bulletin. SUKOICAL oPKKATION. pj Tho curious surgical operation ol su:>. p!vin?r the loss of n nose was perforate ! ui Albany last week by Professor M arch, of ^ ihe Medical College, with complete success. In this cnso the patients nose was entirely , gone, and Us loss w?? supplied by detach, ! mg sufficient skin from the forehcud, lo iv | i?itr tt connected between t'-o eyebrows, und I bringing down, and moulding it into the t form of a nose, the raw and bleeding surface being closely oppl ed to a similar raw . surface made upon r u nuirgn of the for- i * met nose, to which adhesion is affected. J I The Albany Argus adds that the patient is jfl j ? resident ol thai city, and sustained the j , painful and Icdinu# operation with signal fl II fortitude, nnd ut its termination rose from I the opera'ttig table, and w* Itcd tn'o on ; d- 1