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I - - and condition Tor a year, is saved to the1 feeder, bes'des an equal expence in atten.' k dunce. It is precisely so with our crops, k One wpli fcd acre u more profitable, dwn' three poor fed ucrta, because it requires but one-third of ttie labor, and will, oftentimts, give an equal or greater product.? Take Indian corn for example, the average product of which 1 will assume to be thirty bushels an acre. Now if we make an acre of suitable soil rich with twenty.five loads of unfermcnted dung, and tend- the crop well, we may g .1 ninety I ushols of corn from the aero?unJ tho amount has oftener *becn swelled to one hundred and ono hundi ed and tweiry. Mere, then, is a net gain of sixty bushels by feeding an acre w< II, oyer the Bet gain of an acre not fed at all In regard to theeroslof tho manure, call it, if you please, $25, J?nJ consider it capital expended. If you deduct this from the profits of the well fed acre, there would atill remain a difference ia favor of the latter. ? r according to the common scale oi prices, oi $35. If you merely charge the interest on tt?e outlay, this would be $1 50, and would, . diminish tho p.(Terence between the good and bad acre but this amount, or would leave the crop on the rich acre Worth 859 more than that 3n the poor acre. Estimate fanner's corn crop at ten acres, and you will perceive that the cultivator of the ten rich acres realizes a net $580 more than the cal.ivator of the ten poor acres. Carry out this comparison to the products of the whole farm, and we shall at onco discover why the good farmer finds a profit in an outlay every four years of $20 an acre, in enriching his lands. But if we suppose? what is, in fact, the truth, that the lung manor.', which causes this grea; increase in the corn crop, is as good for the next crop as i: would have been had rt been summer yarded, us was once, and is now often the ens", the absolute additional expense is nothing?the food of the corn crop is abso"km-iy saved to the farm, i might carry these illustrations to other crops, to farms, and to districts of country, in my journeyinj?s in the slates of New York and New Jersey, i have seen nany farms, and some districts, where the intrinsic value of lands has been enhanced a thousaud per cunt, or n a ten (old degree, by the almost magic influence of improved husbandry, based upon the principle of working no more land than can be kept rich and worked well. These facts suggest to the farmer whe would keep the fertility and productivities* liuis soil, the necessity of? 1st, Consuming his crops, as far ns is practicable, upon his farm, or returning tc it an equivalent, in manure, for what he carries off: 2d, Of carefully husbanding every ani. mal and vegetable substance which lie car command, of pn serving it from waste, and of faithfully and judiciously applying to the soil, as food for h;.s crops ; and 3d, Of studying those laws of nature - - - ? ?- _ wmcn govern, io a greater or tcss rxicn.j (lie whole business of the farm, and which can never bo violated with "impunity. From the New York Herafd. New political changes?Elect'on of Hun ter, Speaker of the House?Triumph and reorganization of the States Rights party ?Nomination of John C. Calhoun or Gtsr.eral Scott jor the next Presidency. Ti? changes in the political gnle now blowing over the country, arc ns r >|>id*aS those uf the iiurrican, as explained by Cp&y; rthe gieat meteorological philosopher of the nineteenth cen:ury. A few days ago the wind blew from the we?% and now, after a lull, which generally lakes plucc in the centre of the hurricane, it begins !o come upon us from the Soutn in smart breezes ncconi. panted with glimpses of sunshine and shower. Dropping metapltor, the election for Speaker, of R. M. T. Hunter, an indopendcut Slates Rights poH'ician from Virginia, ix o ne of the most remarkable events of the <J??y. Wo have already revealed some ot the causes which produced this astounding result?but the halt'of the sccreis are un4*. told, unknown, undreamed of. Our infor.ration from Washington cornes from the i ight quarter, und we now promulgate to . the north, that the e!ect:on of Mr. Hunter is the signal for" a re-organ Nation of the great Slates' Rights party of the Union, with Jou.u C. Calhoun or General Scott for their next Presidential candidate, iu the election of 1840. Xhts is the end and aim of alt the recent movements and counter-movements in Congress?the electioneering for speaker?the defeat of bo:h the whig and loco fee? candidates, and the triumph of an independent states rights man, iti luvor of the separation of b?nk and state, but against the re-eltciion of Martin Van Buren for the presidency. We further hear that Mr. Hunter will appo:nt the committees of the House, w ith n view to a full and searching investigation ^ of the defalcations and rogueries of the present party in power. In this policy he only carries out the real views of Mr. Calhoun, who will now the master spirit of *L ? * ' ?1 ?i..uco nnr) tnLo me suues ngm pariv m ui,u the lead, even of the Whigs, in making war upnn the derelictions and disl?onesty of the administration. The cabinet of tho White House will carry, without any opposition, their Independent Treasury system, but that very success is the knell of their defeat and disssoiution. In tho broad and lutiluditndinariun principles of the Whig party, as taught by Wekster and Clay, the States Right party do not agree--hence their sc. pnratioo and re*orgaoiza;ion, under Culhoun in the Senate arid Hunter in the House in order to restore, as they believe, the economy and simplicity of tho time of Jefferson. A few diiys will make further and more extraordinary developments. We were the first journal to give the public a true so. iution of the state of parties in Congress, end to name, iti advance of the event, the very person who would be elected Speaker. We have equally accurate informattoe on other important 4arrangements, which arc rot yet ripe for our columns; but a few d?iva of pleasant weather will rt?*k? itioifi mo. In the meantime, we have faOooMol i.?. the States' Right parry of the " * T southern and western states will hold a convention next strrnur in Richmond, Virginia, and there, after due deliberation, raise their flag, "and nominate. JOHN C. CALHOUN, of South Carolina. OR GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT, of Virginia. FOR PRESIDENT. JOHN TYLER, OF VIRGINIA. Fo* VICE PRESIDENT. Under this flag, it is expected that Geor gin, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Mississippi will vote for the States Rights party ; and, in consequence thereof no election b? ing made by the people, the throe candidates, Van Buren, Harrison and Calhoun or Scott, will be carried into the present House of Representatives for their selection. Gen-"Harrison has no great force in the South, and cannot take any ol their votes ; Mr. Calhoun, however, will defeat Mr. Van Btirefi there, and stand a much better chance in the House, for th?* satno reason that Hunter has done in regard to Speaker, than either Harrison or Van Bu en. In fact, it may be said that in 'he present state of parti?s throughout tho Union, John C. Calhoun and the State Rights party hold the balance of power, and can determine who sh >11 or who shall not be the next President. Clay and Webster are on tin; wane and Scott and Calhoun in the uscerr'ant. What a strnuge turn things are taking ! Who wouid have dreamed of these events, we now view, a month ago ? None?no not one. important development -An editorial article in the New York Courier Enquirer of tho 20.h ul>., in relation to a charge against the house of Ba. ring, Brothers & Co. of London, former Agents of the Bank of the United States deeply involving the honor of :li?t house, has excited great sensation among the monied and coinrnerci.nl classes of New York. The substance of this charge is con, tainnd in the following statement fiotn that paper: We charged that, on the 23d of August, Baring, Brotherr& Co. after being ir.fo mi ad by Mr. J iudon on the 20th ol August . that he would require some half million sier, ling on the 26tli, and being assured by them I there would be no difficulty in raising it I upon the Stntu,stocksf &c. offered as secu; ritv,?addressed a li tter to their agent in this country, divulging the fact that such i applications had been made, declaring their determination not to aid him and annnunc. i ing that he must inevitably fail on the 28th. > We now reiterate the charge ; and to ; exhibit the disgraceful conduct of this house towards the B ink of the United , Slates, we s*atp furiher that a merchant of i this city shipped a valuable cargo to Sr. I Petersburg. (Russia,) with orders ?o remit i ilie proceeds without delay to Mr. Jaudon in London, to me? t his engagements with i the Bank of the United Slates or its agency , in that city. The cargo arrived iir due i time, and was disposed of agreeably to the orders of the shipper ; but the agent or con. sigee In St. Petersburgh has advised tho house here that he has not remi led the funds as directed, because letters have been received in St. Petersburg from the house of Barings B others 6c Co. announcin ; the probable fa lure of Mr. Jaudon, on the 26th August!! And he further adv sen the shipper,?that in consequence of such information, he had remitted the proreeds of the cargo in question to the house of Messrs. Burings, Brothers 6c Co., to be by them passed over to Mr. Jaudon, in the event of his note having been dishonored !! Again : two merchants Philadelphia shipped two d fie rent cargoes to Montevideo, (South America.) with instructions to the.\r consignees to remit the proceeds without delay to Mr. Jaudon in London to meet their engagements with the Bank of the Udited Slates which had furnished in part the funds for purchasing the enrgoes. Their " Agent or Consignee, replies, thai letters had been received in that city, from the house of B;?rngs, Brodiers 6c Co., announcing the probable failure of VIr. Jaudon on the 26th a Mirnct #nH tftai he therefore retains their VI it ia*fM ? ? funds tn Montevideo until further instructions ! * The consequence is that one of the houses alluded to hud its bills dishonored in London !! ! A villain named Jan.es K r patrick, rep. resenting himself to be a widower, having a plantation in Missouii, and assuming extreme piety, gained the affections of a widow in Alton III., who had a handsome property, and though aged 65, was m>irri?'d to her.?He soon prevailed on her to nell her propery, giving him possession of the proceeds, with which he sturted off, with a horse and wagon, bought with his wife's money, to sell " Gun's Domestic Medicine," and some other books, and has not since been heard of, leaving (he deceived widow sick and destitute. Is was soon ascertained, that he had absconded from Missouri, leav. ?ng a wife to^hom he hud been 43 years married, in a destitute condition, ho owning no property thers of any k'nd. Alexander's Messenger. ADVERTISEMENTS IN NEWSPAPERS. We find in an exchange, a paragraph upon this subject, which we think contains a good deal of wholesome truth and sound advice. 14 If a dealer has any articles of which he wishes to make a quick turn, and | consequen'ly is willing to sell at a small profit, he is sure to advertise h ; but if he means to make a large profit out of his customers, ho is generally rather sly about ? . Men and women who have their eye-teeth cut, never trade at a store where they do not advertise." Small Pox at Boston.?The whole num. b^r of cases, up to December 9, as reported by a committee of physicians, is 248. The committee subjoin the following remarks, as illustration of the protective power ofvaccination, as now generally practised in this city. The whole number of slight cases reported is 145 ; severe do. 51; fatal 21.?Making the slight cases to the rest as about two to one. The persons reported as immediately exposed to the disease, are 1592?of whom 64 only are known to have jjtty taken the disease, or about one in 23. Of o the 22 cases which proved fa'al, IB were ( in persons never vaccinated, nor protected bjr previous small pox, being nearly six out ot seven. Of the remaining four, two hoJ 1 been vncinnateJ, and two had hud the small S pox,one by inoculation, and the oher in <1 the natural way. Assuming the population r of the city at 80,000, and the number of cases at 300, the proportion of inhabitants, e who have taken the disc ise is 1 to 2S6 ?i The number of deaths which have occurred I is 22, which being averaged on the forego ^ ing population, is one in 3636, and of those vaccinated only one in 4l),000. The fore-1 r going results, added to the fact that it is now ( nearly half a century since small pox has r spread in this cry to any alarming degree, 1 will enable the Association and the public to form some estimate of the value of the pi elective power of vaccination in this com- I * ua oammiltoo j 2 IIJUUI1J* ft Ul lll*i VIMIfNII' vv? ? Jacob Bigklow. Chairman. I important decisii <n of the federal court. The Natchez FreeTradersays : u We 1 learn from undoubted authority ihat a most important decision has been made by the j Federal Court at Jackson. Judge Gholson . presiding, in ; he case of Hickman, vs. Rose by which the doctrine is established, that all contract for negroes brought into the Stale of Mississippi and sold u aa merchandise,* I subsequent to the 1st day of May, in the year 1833, are illegal, and, as such are null and void. This decision must of ncess ty, nave an important bearing on Missi sippi debts to nor hern negro traders, lo the amount of at least two millions of dollars. It is based on ihe second sec.ion of the article under the head of4 slaves/ in the amended constimiiou rf the State, in these words : 44 Sec. 2. The introduction of slaves into this Siate as merchandise or for sule, shall be prohibited from and after ihe first day of May# 1833 : Provided, That the actual settlers shall not be prohibited from purchasing slaves n any State in thi< Union, and bringing thrm into this Sta e for their ( own individual use, un d the year 1845." A I t'lo boy age j n.tie years, lell into n vat of ho' water, a1 a brewery in Rochester, New-York, and was scalded to death. Robert E. B. Bet \ h r, formerly a member ofcongi ess, from the Tuscaloosa Dsrict, Alabama, has g.ven up the practice of law. taken orders for preaching, and gone to Texas. We notice by un old paper, published forty years ago, that by the then Constitu. lion of Now Jersey unmarried women and widows (of that State) who were of full age, un I uMwn wnnli 1.33 dollars cl^ar estate.had a right ?o voie it) all elections. House of Rpresentatives, Dec. 30. 1 ho folllowing gen lemon were announced as having been appointed by the Speaker to compose the Standing Committees of the House .* Of Elections.?Messrs. Campbell, ofS. C. Hives, nt'Va. Fillmore, of N. Y. Med. full, ofO. Crabh, of Ala. Brown, of Tenu. Fisher. ?1 N. C. Sini'h, of Conn. Bolts, of Va. Of Ways and Means.?Messrs. Jones, of Va. Biddle, of P?. Artnerton, of N. H. Lawrence, of M iss. Bhmf, of S. C. Vanderpo? I, of N. Y. Bvans, of Me. Connor, of N. C. Cooper, ol Ga. Of Claims.?M ssrs. Dtwson, of Ga. Rus** I, ol N. Y. Banks, of Va. G'd.iinji*. ofO. Williams, of N. H. G-ntry, of Tenn. Hill, of N. C. Galbraitli, of Peun. Mallorv. of N. Y. On Commerce.?Messrs. Cur lis, of N. Y. tli!leii, M?l. While,of La. Burke, of N. H. Toiand, of Penn. aberslmm, of Ga. Purris,ol Maine, Butts, of Va. Weller, of 10. I ^ r> , T M aoera PftrlUin of I un t'uouc O Reynolds, of 111* Lincoln, of M iss.Crnry, I of Mich. White, of Rv Fisher of N. ('. Gur. land,of Va. Hubbard, of Ala. Thompson, of Miss. i On the Post OJjp.ce and Past Roads.? , Messrs. McKay, of N. C. Hopkins, of Vu. } Chapman, of Ala. M irvin, of N. Y. Lead i beiler, of 0. J. L. Williams, of Tenn. An. < dcrson, of Ky. Butler, ofS. C. Drown, of Miss. For the District of Columbia.?Messrs. W. C* Johnson, of M l. C. H. Williams, of Tenn Beirne, of Va. Clark,of N. Y. Da. ( vt-e, of M<. Graham of N. C. Cranston, of I R. 1. Black, of Ga. Hawkins* of N. C. On the Judiciary.?Messrs. Sergeant, of P<-nn. Crary, of Mich. Hoffman, of N. Y [ Turney, of Tenn. Mason of O. Samuels, of Va. Colquit', of Ga. Siorrs, of Conn. Barn- 1 ard, NY. J On Revolutionary Claims.?Messrs. , Craig, of Va. Randolph, of NV J. Half* of u Vt. Taliaferro, of Vu. Parmenter, of Mass i Montgomery, of N. C. Rogers, of S, C. ?' Ely, ofN- Y. Sweanngen, of O. I On Public Expenditures.?Messrs. ' Briggs, of Muss. Smith, of Me. Bond of 0- j Raridenof la. Duncan, of 0. Crockett, of j Tenn. Hall, of Vt. Watterson, of Ttno. I m. r?..i,^k nr p:, < lULUUIIUii) VI I Ml On Private Land Claims.?Messrs. | Casey, of III. Garland, of La. Calhoun, of Mas*. Dillet, ol Ala. Wick, of la. Bu ler, ( of Ky. Hastings, of Muss. Jameson, o( Mo. While of La. ' On Manufactures.?Messrs. J. Q. Ad ? nms, of Mass. vihbet, of Go. Slude, of Vt. ? Tillinghast, of R. 1. Worthing on, of M L i Dromgoole, rf Vn. Mitchell, of N. Y. I Eastman, of N. H. John Davis, of Peun. 1 On Agriculture.?Messrs. Deberry, ol ? N. C. Dennis, of Md. McClelan, of Tenn. ' Smith of Vt. Hammond, of Pn. Shaw, ol | N. H. Sweeny, of 0. Doig, of N. Y. Hook, < of Pa. On Indian Affairs.?Messrs. Bell, of Tenn. Lewis Williams, of N. C. Alford, of ] Ga. Cross, of Ark. Chinn,of La. Shepard, 1 of N. C. Lucas, pf Ga. Hum, of N. Y. J. * VV. Davis, of la. ! On Military Affairs.?Messrs. Cave ' Johnson, of Tenn. Thompson, of S. C. c Miller, of Mo. Coles, of Vn. Kemble, of ( N. Y. Allen, of Ohio, Monroe, ofN. Y. < Sumter, of S. C. Goggm, ofVa. r On the Militia.?Messrs. Keim, of Penn. I Carter, of TenD. Griffin of S. C. Wagner, i fPenn. P. F. Thomas, of Md. Goode, of v )hio, Rogers, of N. York, Triplet!* of Ky. v lidgwoy, of Ohio 4 , f On Naval Affairs.?Messrs. F. t Thotnas, ot Mil. Reed, M iss. Holmes, of \ I. C.King, of Ua. Grinnelf.of N. Y. An- f erson, of Maine. Robinson, dt Del. Hollo- c nan, of Va. Proffit, of la. S On Foreign Affair*.?Messrs. Pick- 1 ns, ol S. C. Cashing, of Mass. Dromgoole, ?f V?. Granger, of N. Y. Bynum, of N. C. I lawes, of Ky. Howard, of lu. Everett, of i /l. Clifford, of Maine. V On the Territories.?Messrs. Pope, , >f Kv. Jenifer, of Md Ran soy, of Penn. , Campbell, of Tenn. Stuart, of 111. Brewster, . >f N. Y. Dnvis, of Ky. Moatanya,of N. Y. , ?me, of N. Y. On Revolutionary Pensions.?Messrs. Taliaferro, of Vh. Curr, of la. Andrews, of [{v. Sfenrod, of Va. Rayner, ol N. C. EldDaves, of Penn. Br.ockway, ofConn. Toy or. of Ohio, Hand, ol N. Y. On Invalid Pensions.?Messrs. Slierrod Williams, ofKy. Morris, of Ohio, Chitenden, of N. Y. Doan, ol Ohio, Strong, of Nf. Y. Randall, of Maine. Morris, of Penn. Palen, of N. Y. Edwards, of PMnn. On Roads and Canals ?M- s*rs. Ogle, af P?, Graves, of Ky. Carroll, of Md. Hill, [>l V i. Smith, of la. Starkweather, of Ohio. Ravner. of N. C. Colnuitt, of Ga. Black well, of Tenn. On Patents.?Mnssrs. Fletcher, of Vi. B"atty, of Pa. Prentiss, ofN. Y. Newhard, of Pa. Paynter, of Pa. On the Public Buildings and Grounds. ?M< ssn. Lincoln, of Mass. Petpkin, of Penn. Leonard, of N. Y. Keim, of Penn. Hastings. 01 Ohio. On Revisal and Unfinished Busjness.?Messrs. Peck. of N. Y. Parish, of Omo, Jackson, of N. Y. James, of Pa. Dana, of N. Y. Of Accounts.?Messrs. Johnson, of V??. Lawrence, of Mass. Johnston, of N. M irehand, of Pa. Floyd, of N. Y. On Mileage.?Messrs. Williams, of Conn. Williams, of Mass. Morgan, of N. Y. Lett, of Peon. Allen, ofN. Y. On the Expenditures of the State Department.?Messrs. Underwood, of Ken. Bynum. of N. C. Crubb, of Ala. Lowell, of Me. Trumbull, of Conn. On the Expenditures of the Treas dry Department.?Messrs Evans, of Me. Atberion, of N. EL Osborne, uf Conn. Warren, of Geo Jones, of N. Y. On the Expenditures of the War Department. Messrs. Garland, ol La. How ard, of Ind. Wagner, of N. Y. Holmes, of S. C. Cooper, of Penn. On the Expenditures of the Navv Department.?Messrs. Saltons-all, of Mass. Van Jerpocf, of N. Y. Simonton, of Penn. Green, of Ken. (Jerry, of Penn. On the Expenditures of the Post Office Department?Messrs, Martin,ofN. Y. Boyd, of Ken. Lowell, of Me. Davis, of Ken Brown, of N. Y. On the Expenditures on Public Buildings.?Messrs. Sianfy.ofN. C Fornaiice. of Penn. Ga;es, ofN. Y. Heurv, of Puma U--I w v i j<l i || u| 11* & F A Ol E K S' G A Z ETTE. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1839 The coiuuunication relating to the K v. Mr. Pierpont we are obliged to po tpone till next week, for reasons which we will explain to the writer. We are indebted to ;he Hon John Camp* bell, and the Hon. Thomas P. Sumter for sundry valuable documents; and we art indebted to som" Post Muster* for hastening the speed of sunt documents, (as well as all papers, directed io ijs from Washington to Petersburg inclusive) b> giving them a rid'* on the Wilmington and Hamburg rail roads. Persons wishing to give directions in regard to advertisements or their papers, will please send them in writing to tho office. Verbal messages are sometimes sent by the apprentices, which are liable to be either forgotten or misunderstood. Raleigh Reoister.?This highly respectab e paper has just entered upon its 41st year and made its appearance in an entirely new and elegant dress. It :s beautifully printed on excellent paper, and is to be issued henceforth twice a week. It is announced on the cover of tho Decembor number of the Southern Agriculturist, that the work is henceforth to be discontinued. The cause doubtless is want of patronage. Southern Planters must understand better than they now do, how much they need improvement in the science and aft of Agriculture, before they will give. I competent support to a work that costs thein any more that what is next to nothing. In place of the Southern Agriculturist will be published the "Southern Compendium of Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic and Rural Gconomy, Literature, the Arts and Sciences, Sporting Intelligence &c." to be conducted t>y John D. Legare, the former Editor of the S. Agriculturist. We shall insert the Prospectus of the new periodical next week. A fire lately occurred in Charleston which destroyed the Office of the Charles, on Observer, wi.h the mail book and most )f the publishing materials. The paper is iusp^nded for about three weeks till new materials for printing it shall be received >om New York ; when it will re.upper in iew dress, und somewhat enlarged. The iLo.m.l on ovtr, In hn en. JUIlOr IIOS ISOUbU ? ... n.?v.. ... iriis the good offices of the friends of the jnper in cxtendingitscirculuiion and means if influence under this loss. The National Silk Farmer.?This is he tide of a New Periodical to be publisher! n Philadelphia, under the patronage of the 'National Association for the promotion of Silk Culture in the United Slates." We tave received an impression of the >utside pages of the first No. in advance i >f its regular publication; which was to commence on Thursday 2d. inst. It is a teat sheet of good size, in quarto form, to i >o issued weekly at $2. per annum always < n advance. From the specimen before us vo feel warranted in recommending the 10 vork as well worthy of' patronage from ** arsons engaged in the silk culture. It is 1st he only toeek/y periodical in the country de. re< roted to the silk business; and is issued th rom the fountain hen<f*of that department >f our agtirultural economy. John R. Savage, No. 45Chesnut Shfcet, Pha. pub. a | isher?Subscriptions received atihisofficci ,je We copy from the work*the foliowtn?of. esi "era, which some of our readers m ght do nc well to take up. jj, In order to promote the extensive circub pU ation of the National Silk Farmer among a| agriculturists throughout the country, the th publisher offers the following desirable premiums : cc To the person procuring twenty si^bscrL ni bers, und remitting the money for the same, tJ] a copy of the Farmer, and one of Chepey's M silk reels, value six dollars. m fe To the person, fifty subscribers, and re? w milling the money, a copv of the Farmer, J. and a Piedmonteso silk reel, value fifteen dollars. Or, if preferred, a commission equivalent j to the price of a reel may be deducted, and ^ the balance remitted. The reels will be . boxed up and directed as may be ordered, j" The remittances should be in notes current in Philadelphia, and the postage paid. ? h For various short articles relathig to og- ^ ricultural subjects see fourth page. I y Congress. We have no paper from Washington later than Dec. 31, though we . suppose? there are by this time some on ! r their way back to us from Augusta Ga. c wiii her they are now sent in tM?; first place, a We have u lerer, dawd and postmarked, I Jan. 3. and received this morning which p says: "The New Jersey contested elec. f lion, upon which considerable excitement fstill exists, has been of such engrossing in- p tcresi as to have occupied the almost undi- [ vided attention of the House ofRepresen. < tatives, up to this period, near ihe close of the fifth week of the session." r In the Senate Mr. Calhoun has introduced c a bill to cpde the public lands 10 the states t in which iliey lie, and is said, during a brief c sparring between himself and Mr. Clavon t the subject, to have avowed his adhesion to the A minis ration. v FROFI1S Ok SILK CULT URE. r s ESTIMATES. I J Thu following, shewing tho produce of silk te the acre, according to the estimates of tho ^ several persons therein natned, is takon from Roberts'* Silk Manual, 4th edition, p. 30. The value of Silk per pound is stated in this table at $4 whi h was tho price, thrco or four years agot when the Manual was written,* but it is now ( $G. for good silk, or ono third higher. Names of the Estimated No. parties. oflbs.ofSilk. Amounts 1 Mr. BalifF (loiilt, 137 $548 1 2 Mr. DTIoinnrguc, 212 968 3 The Editor, 180 720 < 4 Mr. Fitch, 155 620 | 5 Mr. Tufts, 155 620 ( ? \f w Xtnri'Q. 116 580 I 7 Mr. Smith,' 18U 72 > 1 8 Mr Fallcy, 18 72 1 9 Columbian Magazine, 61 22 i 10 Count Dandolo, aver. 198 792 j 1! Miss Rhodes, 27 I(?8 i 12 M. Lambruschina, 129C 5184 13 Mr. (ienct, 866 2864 14 Mr. Bradley, 334 1332 | 15 4 Mae achuai'tts'ladies. 105 420 ! 16 Mr. Pnrmentier, 490 490 Totals, 39?9 16,086 Total of all the estimates, SI 6,084 Average product per acre $1,005 j The average proceeds per acre, at present , prices, would be $1500, supposing tno silk to be | properly reeled and from worms properly attend* od to. Some of the estimates, however, arc too high, whilst others aro too !;w, This Mr. Rob. ( orts knew, but ho took such estimates, supported ^ by respectable authori'y, as he found. He sus* ^ poets that in tho work from which No. 12 is , taken?a translation from tho French?the j translator may have mistaken, the weight of | cocoons for that of reeled silk. No. 13 is by a ^ Frenchman famous as French Minister at j Washington during part of tho French Rcvolu. j. tion, and af erwards settled in tho United States, r Bci g of ardont temperament, and anxious, c faom a conviction of the great profit to boderi* ved from silk culture, to introduce it into h s G adopted country, he doubtless, in tho ardor of hit Q zeal, took the highest estimates he could find, ^ supported by respectable authori'y. ? "* . - t lft!_ 1 _ 1 _ F uount Dinaoio, irom wnom no. iuis ia*cn. is ^ considered, on all hands, the very highest author* ity on all su jccts connected with the silk cul- j tare in France. He makes tho average product f per acre to be 198 lb. which at $6 would bring ^ $1188. This, then, may be taken as the average product from standard white mulbery trees in c France; for this was the kind of trees commonly used in that country when Dandolo wrote, and as the Carolinas are known to be not less t favorable to the growth of the mulberry than r France an equal quantity might be expected j hero, from old standard trees. But cvon j, the multicaulis, which is so much more pro. t| duclive of leaves in proportion to the wood Q than the white mulberry, cannot when kept cut ^ down to the hedge form,?as is the universal practice in this country?be made to yield so j great a quantity of leaves to the acre as n standard trees, because the whole mass of (| growing foliage wants so much of being as deep R or high, though it may possibly be somewhat ^ more dense. It is to be borne in mind, however, ^ that although the gross product per acre is not 60 great from hedge as from standard troes, yi't c the product in proportion to tire expense of money ^ and labor is greater. ' j Mr. Roberts enters into a calculation) pp. 34, 35 to shew that an acre of multicaulis, at four years old, will feed a million of worms, which would produce 333} lb. of reeled silk; much more ? than Dandolo's statement of the product from Btandard while mulberries. But if the land is ^ made rich enough for this, which might perhaps be done, the leaves would in that eaee ho too r succulent to support the worm in full health, or ^ produco fino silk. In the ^arqjfeas, however he important question is, How much can bo mad? fi the hand,4toa not iiow much to tbe acre* ring tliat hands cost so much, and acres so tie; and seeing also that silk culture certainly juires less land to either the hand or tlie profits am any other agricultural occupation. ACTUAL RESULTS. But so many in this country have now made beginning in the silk culture that we are not pendent upon foreign authorities and mere timatee to guide is in tin inquiry whether or >t it may be made a profitable busiiiess~ umerous ezperiinen|e have boon made and iblishcd in detail. To the actual results of few of these we invite attention, presenting en in a condensed form, to save rcom, 1. Mr. Aaron Clapp, of Hartford, Conn, xn a imrnunication published in one of the November Jmbers of Morris's iSilk Farmer, States that in ie second week of May last, he planted an aero id a quarter of Multicaulis in furrows thrco et apart, laying down the routs and trees, ithoul cutting, and thewtovering them up, On ie first, second and third weeks in June, tho 'orms fed from these trees were hatched, and lade 50 bushels of excellent cocoons: What 3 reeled produced one pound ?*f silk to. tho ishel, which ho siys "is pronounced by good idgcs to be beltof than the imported." Morn laves, \to says, were 'eft on the trees than wero alhored; shewing that he might have made at iast 100 lb, of reeled silk, from his acru and a uarter, with only a lew weeks labor of a fow and*; that too, the season the trees were (anted* and in the climate of New England 'here the growth of foliage is less than half 'hat it is in the southern states, He could iavc sold 100 lb. of silk for $600. His worms eqnircd attention for seven weeks. Abundaet xpericnco proves that in this climate worms need ttcntion not more than from three to five weokn. Ar Clapp the first threa weeks employed two icrBons, one to gather the leaves, the other to aoA !\nil ntfrtnit to ?Hn ffArmn tha fourth and [fth weeks, four person* , tho sixth week, two icrsons, and the seventh, one. He weighed his eaves and found that 80 lb. of leaves mode 2 lb, >f silk. His cocooners and fixtures were very inconvoliont, and he had the leaves gathered one by >ne to avoid injuring the buds. He thinks hat with a convenient cocoonery, and thu labor >f two moio handj for two weeks, ho could atend to a million of worms; and a million of vorms are allowed to produce 333| lb. of silk ; vhich at $6 would be $2,000. The labor of ccling would be necessary in addition to that of ittending to the worms, ftut good cocoons* in reeled, sell at $5 pt r bushel, at which price the 1331 bushels would bring $1666. Mr. Clapp, in the s&mo publication states tho 'oliowing facts. The following will fully prove that (he statement which i have given is not extravigunt. Cupt. James Marsh, of Hartford, raised his s-ason one and a half bushel of cocoons Yom two square rods of ground, equal to 107} bushels to the acre, and at $5 the jushei would amount to $537 50. ? _ S. B. Goodwin, of YVethcrsfield, gathered this 8'-ason 3575 pounds of muhicaulia leaves from one.fourth of an acre of ground, equal to 14,300 pounds of leaves to un acre; iti>d allowing that eighty pounds of leaves will make one pound of silk,it would practice 178 pounds and 12 ounces, and at $6 u pound would amount to $1068. Dr. Holt, of Glastenbury, obtained 70 pounds of multicnulis leaves at one time picking from the rod of ground, equal to 11,2U0 pounds to the acre, Mr. Churth of Be;lilcm? from five years' mniinit cilk fmm different ~Apc~l IflllW ??' ? Kperics of mulberry, is fully saiisfied that the mulucuul s will make equally os pood, 9 if nut superior, to any other kind. Mr. C. further states he has repeotedly obtained one pound of reeled silk from lbs. of cocoons, although it cannot generally be axpec'ud, 2. Mr. J. Dan forth of Hartford, in a comrouni. sation dated Sept. 19th, 1838 and addressed to be Coramittce|nn Silk ofthe American Institute, vhich was published in tho Journal ot that Association, states that about the middle of May, I w38, he measured off the eighth of an acre of ight sandy land, considered good corn land, and dantf d in H 780 Morus M.dticaulis troes, huvng had their tops partially or wholly killed iy the severe froit of tho preceding winter.? The worms fed on these trees made 9 bushels of tocoons, which, as far as reeled, yielded one tound of silk to the bushel. This is at the rate if 72 lb. of silk to tho acre. The whole weight if leaves gathered was 1164 lb. which divided ?y 9 gives 129J as the weight of leaves to the lound of silk. The most of the worms were of he small two crop kind, which made cocoons equiring 4.000 to yield a pound of silk. Tho eaves having been weiglied at gathered, it was bund that these 4,000 worms consumed 144 lb. )f the large worms, called at the north, six reeks worms, thero were 5,000; 2500 of the . - .i -1 j- j j _im. ocoona maae oy mese yieiucu u puunu m hik nd this number consumed 90 lb. of leaves. It i evident, then, that it is moro profitable to fcdd be large worm than tho small one, in the inverse alio of 90 to 144. It is also evident ^hat if the 1641b. ofleavoshad been fed entirely to the irge worm, the quantity of silk would have been + be quotient of 1164 divided by 90, that is, a little ver 12 9.10 lb. from the eighth of an acre ; or he rate of more than 113 lb. to the acre, and his in Connecticut, the first year. In the intro. uction to Mr. Danforlh's statement he says .* I would first premiso that in making a trial of le silk culture, it was my deaire to adopt a lode which coald be followed hy our agricultu. ists at large, rather than to the greatest < ossible quantity of silk that cotfWbe produced ora a given portion of land." Towards the lose of bis statement, he aJds; "Every one rho takes op the culture of silk is surprised at J urfi.nl, it i, nrndnM><) ; lo ease ana cerHim/ ? .?.? -?...vm.. t? . nd of tbui experiment it may bo observed that one of the persons who took eve of tie trees, athered the leaves, or fed the worms, had ever sen a tree or silk worm before.** It is to this silk made by Mr. Danforth that be Richmond Enquirer of Feb. 12, 1836, efers in an article from which we extract the blowing passages. Silk Culture.?The spirit is ceru'nly moving our fellow-citizens. Oa