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H Hi Thursday, there was evidence submitted 10 the public, which was calculated to shake the scepticism of the most inc. ed dous.? Mr. Olmstead, from East Hartford, Connecticut, appeared in the capitol with a tabhon which wcro spreud the most splendid specimens of silk we ever beheld ; ail from American worms, fed on American leaves, by American hands. There was raw, twisted and sewing silk, of various colors. Among them, were forty-four large hanks of silk, of the most glossy appearance.? Tho dies were singularly d< licat" and rich, particularly the Idac. Those skeins ore equal, if not superior, to the finest French or Chinese silks. The weight of the whole was probably between four and five pounds, (besides a specimen of w oven and sprigged satin, from a loom in Beaver, Pennsylvania.) The whole was raised on the one-sixteenth part of an acre of land. * * About 5,000 of the worms were fed on 18U pounds of leaves, an J the product ot them was two bushels of cocoons, or two pounds of silk. Tliis establishes the fact, that ninety pounds of leaves of the moras mu?ticau!i3 arc sufficient to produco one pound of silk. He thinks die pro ducts ol the eighth of an acre would have been more than 1,200 pounds of leaves; but being short of worms he had use for no more than 1,164 lbs. If we take the estimate of 1,200 lbs. of leaves to the eighth of an acre, as a basis, the product of an acre would be over 100 lbs. of silk; but allo?vinj even 100 lbs. to the acre the silk, as manufactured into sewing'silk, being worth $10 per pound, the produce of one acre of land would bo $1,000 besides multiplying the trees for market.' This statement astonislres us. We look ?. the liberty in a good-humored way to warn Mr. O. against humbugging the natives, and running the whole country mad. H appears to us to be a plain, sensible man, and to be conscientious in Ills calculations. He said at once that he would, like the old hero, take the responsibility, and that he was perfectly satisfied the experiment would succed in the United Stales?that the tobacco lands ot Virginia would not prove nearly as projective?;hat in North and South Carolina*, the average crop of upland co;ton was 150 lbs. and the medium K?i"A ..... 1 in J" iv,v was UUk y^l v,i ins mat Georgia, the average crop to the acre was 200 lbs. at twelve and a half cents?and that it would thus take forty acres of cotton to equal the production of one acre of silk in Connecticut, fie says that the raw silk worth from $0 to $7 a pound?and he concludes that it will cost 82 to raise it for market. 3. The Rev. l>. V. McLean of Freehold, N. J. ia a paper eubmiited by him to the American Silk Convention, December 1838, and published in tho Journal ol the American Silk Society, No. 1, statc? that from tho 16th. of an acre planted by him in M ilticaulis roots, to the spring of 1938, he ma lo 31 Ij. 14 oz. of cocoons, the same season ; which is at the rate of 510 lb. of cocoons, or 51 lb. of reel, d 9ilk to the acre. His trees averaged not more than three feet in height during the whole season ; and in writing to the editors of the American Silk Grower, Sept. 20th. 1935, he says, 44 the trees do not appear now to have loat any of tneir foliage." In the statement to the Convention he says, 44 owing to the impossibility, of procuring eggst and to the fact that my worms were all fed before my trees had attained much more than half their growth,! did uot feed half the worms I had leaves to feed. In this opinion, every wUn hn* *enn mv trees juuivivui oim ii mww ?9 concurs." Trees from roots in South Carolina and in land too, not very rich, would have grown more than double the height those of Mr. McLean did, and would have produced more than double the amouut of leaves ; and, of course, would have been sufficient to feed more than four times the number of worms which he fed. Trees from cuttings here average six or seven feet the first season, and more if the land is good, a9 may be seen by inspection of the troes growing in this town and neighborhood. 4. Mr. McLeau has also published in the Journal of the American Silk Society the result of his experience in tlae Silk culture the past season. He planted a quarter of an acre in roots, layers and cuttings, mostly roots, all of the growth of 1838, in a heavy clay soil.? All experienced culturists know such soil to be unfavorable to the multicauiis, and the leaves grown on it to be unfavorable to the worm.? Tr?<? ttrmw hadlv. averacrincr onlv about """ *""v" b'"" J * o ? o * 3 1-2 feet in height. He gathered from the quarter of an acre 2576 lb. of leaves ; the number of worms fed was about 40,000; weight of cocoons 130 lb. when flossed and eorted, there were left 126 lb. which produced 12 lb. of reeled silk, 16 ounces to the pound,? at the rate of 49 lb. per acre; besides floas and defective ccccone. it required in this experiment about 214 or 215 lb. of leaves to produce 1 It), of silk ; whereas Mr. Clapp (see above) found 80 lb. of leaves sufficient; and Mr. Dan* forth 90 lb. when he fed the six weeks worm. To what is the difference to bo ascribed ? It must be to the kind of worms fed, to the attention bestowed, or to the soil in which the trees grew ; perhaps to all these causes. Worms when well fed and kept clean, consume fewer leaves whilst they make larger and better cocoons, than when badly attended to. So, ^ as the editor of the Silk Journal correctly remarks, it actually costs less to make cocoons worth $5, the bushel than cocoons worth $3. "... .ImiKt enma AatanY in X HVIU WaOf UUJV/I1U uvuwif wv/Miv wvivw ?? Mr. McLean's last experiment; for in France it is found that from 112 to 150 lb. of white mulberry leaves produce a pound of silk; and it requires a much less quantity of muliicaulis leaves; because the worm thrives better on them, and is there much less waste of stems which the worms leave. But supposing an acre to produce only 48 lb. of silk in New Jeraeywith the manage men that might be expected generally from agriculturists, much ] more might be produced either of the Car-( olinas. But suppose that even here I only 48 lb. cou?d be produced ; this ! would sell for $288; and as the cost of pro- j duction is estimated by competent judges at #2. per pound, the clear profit per acre would ' be ?192. Let those we make only 10 bushels of com and 800 lb. of seed cotton to the acre (and how many make less) alter a whole year's hard work, look at this, and then calculate how much of clear profit they make to the acre. If they cvuld clear $100 to the acre a* cotton and corn planting they would consider J it a splendid business. And why not resort to a business at which, if all the admitted laws ot evidence are not deceptive, they could make much greater profit, and much more easily too, than they mike their prosent pittance of /?nrn and cotton 1 We might greatly extend this list of experiments, but if the facts already stated do not produce conviction no repetition of similar facts would. We shall therefore close this head, not with a further detail of experiments, but with an expression of opinion founded on experience by a practical business man of respectability and judgment, himself the owner of the largest cocoonery in the United States. The following is an extract i from a letter from Mr. Philip Physick, of | , Philadelphia, son of the late Dr. Physick, to the late Matthew Carey. (See Journal of the American Silk Seciety. No 9. p. 308.) ' I am told told they have circu'ated a report far and wide, that I purpose selling off my whole s!ock ; that having tried the experinient fully, i Inve found it would not do, have become tired of nnd abandoned it But, sir, wh.it is the truth 1 why, so far from being tired of and abandoning it, I leel gratified beyond measure, at having commoncod it, nor could I possibly poini out any o her occupation so likely to please the gener. lity of mankind as this?ho whole process from hatching the eggs to manufacturing the most costly brocades, being reple'e with interest in all i ss'ages?aye, und with profit too for, from the experience of this summer, I feel perfec ly certain wo can raise, upon a very moderate calculation, from the 100,000 nmliicaul's trees I propose to r<'serve for my own use, out of 400,000 I'have now growing, to plant my whole larm of sixty acres, very thickly with tliem next year?not to sell, but to supply my cocoonery witu foliage for 15.000,000 of worms, intended to be raised the year after next. My land is by no means in a high state of cultivation, yet 1 feel certain that he ubove number of worms can be fed from its produce when the trcs are two years old; and as l.OOJ.OOO produce 3331.3 lbs. of raw silk 15.000,000 produce j 5000 lbs. worth 850.000 when eonver.ed into sewing silk, at a cost of one dollar per poun I; which 1 am to! i is amp'c when done on a large scale, from which deduct 8500'), and ,'Sio n< tt profit from my sixty acres o*' land, will Iki 845.000.?I allow no:hing to pay for rearing the worms berautse w icn mul icaulis becomes plentiful, wo shall mow it down and throw it, stems and all, 'o the worm ; the diminished expense of which, ogetber with our present sta'e botin-y, being amply sufficient to cover In s item. Perhaps you will consider m extravagant in my calculation*. What ! m thinks i hear you say, 845,000 from six y acres of thin land in one year, imj>os*ible ! Be a* sured, however my dear sir, that I was only a little while ago?not a ye ?r?more sceptical upon this subject, than the most perfect infidel to my present statement can Ikj now ; but having carefully examined facts and practice only?theory being totally disregarded?I cannot resist credence to :he in iss niVvidi'Mce I meet with both from mv own | experience an J lhat of others warranting tlio assertion tiiut the nbove is only a part of what can bo accomplished, il energy, enterprise, and a small capital, go hand in hand to work,11 COST OP PRODUCT!'?*. The cost of producing silk will, of course^ like that of other Agricultural uroducts, vary somewhat, according to climate, soil, price of labor, good or bad management, Stc. and according also to the fixtures of the cocoonery. But the variation is not very great, according j to the different estimates of numerous cultu- j nsts in different parts of the country. The general estimate is about two dollars per j pound of reeled silk, not including the cost of I trees or cocoonery. We know that numerous estimates much lower have been published, and supported, too, by very respectable authorities; but we think it safest to rely upon none but estimates founded upon actual expe. rience in jhis country; though further expert, ence will doubtless enable culturista to produce silk at less expense than they now do. A few estimate the expense higher thari'two dollars. Mr Chauncoy Stone, of Burlington, N. S. after being engaged in the culture two years, says, in answer to inquiries by a Committee of Congress, 44 We can feed the silk worms, and reel the silk at an expense not over two dollars and fifty cents per pound." Mr. D. V. McLean, (whose experiments are refered to above) says, after two years' experience. ,,In regard to the cost of production, it is confidently asserted by many that it can be produced at $2 per lb. Mine cost me much more than this. My experience however satisfies mc that it can be produced for $2.25 per lb. and I incline to the belief that it may be made at an expense of $2 per pound." (See Jour. Am. S. S. Society, for Nov. and Farmer*s Register, for Dec.} Mr. McLean makes his estimates, upon the supposition that the worms are fed without hurdles. These are all the estimates which wc remember to have seen from persons engaged in the business that exceed $2. per lb. Col. Hugh Craig, of this district, who has for the las tour or five years, made from 13 to 15 pounds of reeled silk annually, and is now about to make silk culture his chief agricultural occupation, informs us that, after a careful estimate of all the expenses, he cannot bring them up to $2 per lb. For the information of persons at a distance not acquainted witli Col' Craig, we may state that he is a highly respectable and intelligent planter, who formerly represented this district in the State Legislature, and is now a minister of the Gospel.? There is no gentleman whose statements and estimates are entitled fuller confidence. Wo might quote very many estimates at ?'2. but we consider it unnecessary, as this is the estimate generally made; and the above statements shew that it cannot be far from the truth. The present price of raw silk bo'h in this country and in Prance, being 95. it follows that every man who is able to fix up a cheap cocoonery and get him a stock of trees, may then realize annual'y three to one for every dollar laid out in the culture of silk. If a man has oniy $500 in money in possession, or at command, he may realize from it the first year $1500, the second year $4500, the third, 813,500, the fourth, $40,500 and so on, in geometrical proportion, suppo-ing present prices to continue ; and the decline is aot likely to be very great in four or five years. Suppose the annual proceeds from this business to be only double the expense, (and there is no probabili ty of so low a reduction for years to come,) then if a m m s arts with a 81,000, he will realize the first year, $2,000, the serond, I 84.000, tho third, 88,000, the fourth, $16,000 &c. product to ths hand. A French writer, Amahs Carrie*, of R>. dez, undertook some years since, an experiment, to determine the practicability of intro j nt; r??*u?-i, no mu i Ijree with us in putting the labor of making 100 lb. of silk as low, at least, as two hands and a half. Now Jet us suppose the planter or farmer, to substitute silk for cotton, and make only one crop. Capt. Vanderford of this town cointnduced feeding his worms, the white mammoth, last spring, on the first of April, and they coased to eat and commenced spinning before the 30th of the same month. For a planter miking a crop it would be better to delay hatching out his worms till about the 10th April. By that time he might have all his lands broken up, and tne corn planted in hin light 1 nds, and p irtly plowed over. Whilst a few of his h inds would now be required in the cocoonery and mulberry field, the plow hands might ail remain in the corn field till the 17th of the month, and half of them till 21th. After this all hands would he requ red by the silk crop for two loeeks, and mighr ihen return to the corn field, except the little labor necessary to gather the cocoons, and attend to the mnths s ivt*d for eggs. Corn might still be planted, after tho 10th of May, and yield tn abundant crop. The silk might be re led when convenient, yielding 100 lb. to 2 1-2 h mds or 200 lb. to5 han-ig;* which at present prices would be $1200, or $240 to the hand ; whilst the corn crop m ght be a!m'?t as large as if ho other crop had been made; and the whole autumn and winter, except the short titae required for gathering the com would b * left for repairing fences, gathering materials for manure) attending to livestock die. Now $140 'o ilie hand is high enough to assume as the average product at cotton planting in the Carolinas. Suppose the expense to the h ind including the current price of labor (kept up by Alabama prices) to be only $90 though it is higher, and the nett income per hard is then only $50 ; whereas from a single crop of silk in the season, it is $130, or the difference between 00 and 240; to say nothing of the greater quantity of corn, pork and beef, made, and the greater number of horses raised , and leaving out of the account too the improvement of land. In addition to all this, let the planter only fancy the additional comfort which himself, h t hands, his horses and cattle would enjoy from substituting silk for cotton. Those who raise wheat and oats would not find a crop of silk to interfere in the leasr with either the sowing or reaping seasons of these grains. The preceding calculations are based upon the supposition that only a single crop of silk is made in the season. But it is now placed beyond doubt* by numerous experiments, both in this country and France, that silk worm eggs may be Kept from hatching to any time during tne season, or even from year to year, by placing them '-arty enough in winter, in an ice house, or in a dry well, where the temperature is below 57 degrees of Farenheit.? When brought out and exposed to a gradually increased temperature, they hatch and produce as healthy worms as if hatched in the spring. By pursuing this course a succession of crops * 40 lb, to the band*. ducing'profitably the culture ot siik so tar nortn i in France as Rodez, and published the result,' with an accurate detail of all expenses incur-1 red. The work was translated for the Farmers' Register, and published last spring in thai valuable periodical. The quantity of cocoons made in 1C33 was 923 lb equal to, say, 93 lb. raw silk. Owing to the climare, the kind of worm, or some other cause, the worms needed 02 days of at ention; and the labor bestowed was 62 days of a man, 33 days of a woman, and 16 days of a child. The kind of tree fed from was the white mulberry, and some of *' * J ? * ? ? ?L..U A?li nhlnrr utein stanuara irees wmuii iruuucu to gather the leaven. Leaves from the multicaulis might be gathered with, certainly, loss than hall the labor required to gather from the white mulberry. But suppose the saving of labor sufficient only to increase the quantity of silk from 93 lb. to 100 lb. then the labor required to produce 100 lb. of silk would be that of a full hand for the whole time of feeding, that of a woman for two days more than half this time, and that of a boy for a little more than a fourth. In this climate he best worms need attention only from 30 to 35 day*, perhaps not I so long when well fed. Mr. Ch ltmcey Ston?, in his letter to the | Congressional Committee above refered to, says that to attend to worms enough to make 1(X) lb. of silk, requires, for the first aeek, one hand, for the second week, a hand and a bor, and after the second week an additional hand. | Mr. Gideon B Smith, in a short treatise on silk cul'ure written by him some years ago, and before the multicaulis had been cultivated to any e.xtwnt in thik country, say-*:?"The nu nber of h inds necessiry for a million of worms" which make 333 1 3 lb. silk "will be two the first week, four the second, eight the third, and sixteen to twenty, th? remainder of the feeding season ; one half of which in ?v be boys and girls." To 'his statement Mr. Roberts, author of the Si<k Manual adds the following note ; "This has relation to worms fed on the white mulberry ; if they be ied on multicaulis, upwards of50 percent ofthe cost of laborers may be saved " Mr. R ?berts himself 6ays: "We believe that for the first of the six feeding weeks, .one woinin will be sufficient to attend the designated number of worms, [1,000.0001 that two will be sufficient for the second week, and from that period five children in addition will be necessary."? Manual pp. 35?40. *T,L- ' ? ??* oafiefipfl milRt HOW a may be produced in this climate, from the early part of April, to the middle or latter part of October, that is for more than six months. At least six crops might then be made; the silk Journal estimates the number of crops which can be made in Maryland, beginning the 19th of May at 8. If 8 can be made there 10 can be made here. But we must slop, we shall resume the subject next week. Mr. Grundy when he heard of his election to the U. S. Senate by the Legislature of Tennessee, went home, to that state, resigned his seat, and immediately became a candidate -or re-election. The reason assigned ror this is 'hat whilst he was Attorney Gencral of th- United Sta'es, and in the discharge of his ofticaii duties, spent his time at Washington, he did not consider himself an | inhabitant of Tennessee, which the constitution requires a^Senator from the state to be. He informed the Legislature that he had resigned his office at Washington and returned noine^to become an "inhabitant" of the state, and adds that whether he is to continue in private life or return to the Senate depends entirely on the Legislature, fie was immediately re-el 'cted. Suppose when the term to which Mr. Grundy has now been elected shall be about to expire, and the Legislature is about to enter upon another election, that Mr. Grundy should then be in Washington sitting as a Senator in Congress, would he in that Case, be any more an inhabitant of Tettn'essee than when he was attorney General, and especially if any emerge..cy should require Congress to remain in session the whole year If not would it be necessarv for him to resign and go home before he could be eligible J A boat with 75 kegs of powder on board | was accidtntly blown up near Lynchburg, Va. on the 2^th D *r. Six boats near it were blown up by the explosion, nnd four men killed, the tlier h mds being absent. 0.1 thefouith page wtli ho found on extract from a Fourth ol July oration by Gen. Harrison, u few years ngo, in which he tak's occasion to express his opinions on j the suhj?x;t of abolition. As various statemen s have ben mad'* in r?*ganJ to his opinions on this subject and we aim to give our reader correct information as far as our limits will enable us on all subjects of interest to the public, whether they bear on party politics or not, and as we suppose Gen. H irrison to know his own opinions beuer 'h in do soin,% odi"rs who uri Jertak > to say for turn what they are, wojeopy the extract as we find it in a respectable exc mnge pap T, Since the outer form of our piper was printed we find in the Cnarleston Courier another extract from whdt we suppose to be the same oration, and subjoin it, j "Should I i?e asked, if there be no Way by which the General Government can aid j the cause of emincip iti m ? 1 answer, tint it has been long been an o'?ject near my heirt to see the whole of the surplus naionnl revenue appropriated to li?t owj rt. With the sanction of the States holding slaves, there appears to rn no constitutional abjection o its being thus applied, emnraemg, not only the c donizr inn of those that may be otherwise freed, but the purchase of the freedom of o hers. B? a zealous prosecution of a plan forme I u on th s basis we in ght look forward to a day no fur dis aot, when the Nnrih American sun would noi look down upon a slave." jTiie article ?n a proceeding co!umn from ih" N w York II rai l in Hu ion Co the canlidites for the presidency, may have no oilier foundation than in the imagination of of the writeror such a movemen as that spoken of may have been seriously contemplated, and may be thought of yK, for ought we know. But we have seen no ment oil of it any where els'*. This article night have been .brown our as a mere feeler of the public pulse. Annual Treasorv Report. This document is much too long tor our columns. Its most important points as stated in the National Intelligencer as follows ; Firs', the sta e of the Treasury. On this head, the "available balance of money in the Treasury on the 31st of December, 1839," is stated at 91.556 384. Secondly, the amount of moneys estimated to be necessary for the service of the next yar. Tnose are estimated to amount to "at leas? $31.152.106 of which it is computed that $20,009,000 will be expended within that y ar for ordinary purposes, or two millions and three fourths m >re, includng the redemption of Treasury N ?tes." Thirdly, to meet this expenditure,the cusoms, .land ?!? ?, and miscellaneous services nire es'im ifed to amount withm the year to *|f2S 000,000. and, with the bulancc estima* lad trt be in the Treasury on the l<t January 1^4 i, to constitute the sum ol $20,150,. 388 as * the ( ffl ient means" for 1840. Fourthly, 'he amount of imports and ex?* - _ - M _ P ? | ports. The amount 01 nxporis tor ino year i ending S 'pt',Mib *r 30, 1839, is estimated to | have been $118,633,000 being an excess ver those of 1838 of $9,893,388, Uf the whole exports, only $17,408,000 vvere of foreign origin* The Imports for the same period are estimated to have amounted to aboui $151,700,000, being an excess to the large extent of $12,892,350 over those during the previous year. Contents of Formers1 Register' No. 12 Vol V1L Original Communication. D senses peculiar to cattle. Remedies. 'fliH increase of insects caused by the non-grazing system. Mode of preparing land for ruta baga. Yield of three acres. . u hotfings down" in the swamps (concluded) Pennsylvania farming. Green crops for manure. ;w Distemper," or murrain among cattle. Lime for the mountain tauds? Promiscuous remarks. Proceedings of the North Anna Agricutural Associa ioa. Cultivation of sugar-beet. On under draining. Brjef no'ice of Indian Key, written by a you^g girl. \ ?~ Experinient'of compost manure fof corn. Growth of moru9 muiticaulis on soil almost purely calcareous, Erasures of subscriptions for non-pay. menf, Monthly commercial report, SELECTIONS, The London cattle markets, The London dairies, Letters from a young farmer to Mr. Jamieson. (concluded,) On breeding and rearing horses for agricultural purposes, Agricultural ar.d rural economy of France, Legislative aid to agriculture, An extensive piggery, Rev, D. V. Mc'Leans experiment in silkculture, Messrs. Cheney's experiment of feeding, The natural and artificial systems, Greatest known yield of corn, A large hog, flog manure, Okra or Alvarado cotton, Address to the Agricultural Society of Fredericksburg, Ruta bagn and the garden flea, B us in horses. Murrain in cuttle, Diaricea in horses, Remarks on fruit trees, How to dry pumpkins, D-'sjcr ption of a farm in the western extremity of eastern Ro*s, Ross-shire, (Scotland,) Cupitnl profitably invested in agriculture, Winter butter, Apple molasses, Improved nrrthodof training faspberrics, The following is the concluding paragfaph of th" President's Message, which we were unable to make room for last week. My own exertions in the furtherance of these desirable objects have been bestowed throughout my official career with a zeal that ia nourished htr arHr>nt wiulmft fnr tlm trt>lf:irn of" mv rnunLrv. J ? -? - -- ?J J1 and by an unlimited relimce on tho wisdom that murks its ultimate decision on all great and controverted questions, Impressed with the solemn obligations imposed upon me by the Constitution, desirous also of laying before my foIlovr.ciliz?ue, with whose confidence and support I have been so highly honored, such measures as appear to me conducive to their prosperity?and anxious to strbmit to th.er fullest consideration the grounds upon which my opinions are formed, I havo on this, is on preceding occasions, freoly off?red my views on tho?e points of domestic policy that seem, at the prosent time, most p eminently to require tho action of the Government. I know that they will receive from Congress t at full and aide consideration which the importance of the subjects merit, and I can reneat the assurance heretofore made, tint I shall cheerfully and readily co operate with you in every measure that will tend to promote tho welfare of the Union. M. VAN BUREN. December 2, 1839. ORB AT YIELD OP COTTON IN KDGBPJBLD. We are informed, upon highly rospectable authority, that Mr. Kilcrease, a cotton planter, residing in this District, wih average ten hales to the hand. We call this excellent cropping, in Any section of coun ry, hut we consider it extraordinary for Edgefield, even in her palmiest days, hot none who tilt land resembling t hat of Mr. Kilcrease, think of emigrating. Edgefield Observer. OUR RAIL ROAD The cars went yesterday to Rocky Mount, leaving seven miles only of tho Road unfinishA a iko fiat S2tn/*biinl/lopa1 mootirirr it atio j tu* rtb ItlC IIOl WVV?MV?V?V| VWII0 V WW ? sup used the wh ile line of the Rait Road would be ready for use by New. year's day, bur owing to had weather, and other un-antic? pat?*d liidr inres, the last seven miles will not be open much, if any before the flret of Feb. j ruary. Wilmington (N. C.) Chronicle. Col. Prbatons Attitude in Politics. A Washington Correspondent orthc Cioirleson Courier, after slating that all the Nulli. fi-Ts in the cry turned out in n Ixxly to the Presidents levee on die first of January, ex* cept Col. Preston, proceeds as follows : "I have heard an excellent jeu d'esprit of Mr. P., by tin? way, wli ch, as it cuts both sides, may as w II be lolJ. A distinguished Senator was remarking to Mr. Preston, that ( from the present position of paries, he was ' not able to uncertain to what class he (Mr. P.) belonged, and as the remark implied a question, the -south Carolina Senator replied, j tnat before leaving home, lie had witnessed an amusing scene, which fully illustrated j his present position: two negroes, one a slave and the oilier free, were engaged in a \ violent quarrel, concerning the merits of I their respective sitututions; towards the j close of the urguinen', the slave exclaimed that his antagonist was a rascal, thief, good < for nothing, and, to cap the climax of opproiiium, said he, "and besides, you d?n trigger, you ami got no master. Another Co respondent of the Courier I StflN'H M'a Co'. Prr<toi| wn?s a !*vn??. E9=SBB9egBBBE99aHBBSBS=9ift ] ' Groceries at Wholesale. THE Subscriber! have recently made such ! arrangements as will enable them to keep : a mil assortment of Groceries, Wines, Liquors, . &.c. for sale, by the package, at rates equally low with those of Charleston, adding ihe freight only Merchants having* occasion to order , heavy goods in the Grocery line for return j freight for their Boat, may depend upon having ' their orders faithfully and satisfaetorily executed if entrusted to us The subsribers purchase | their leading articles in all oases from first hands and aro determined to disposo of them at a very ' small advance. D. 8. COLWELL. & Co. Georgetown, 8. C. January 3, 1840. 9 tf J Morus Multicaulis. "inHE subscriber has for sale a large number 2l of Morus Multioaulis cuttings. In the . qualities which give value for planting, viz: i sizb and maturity or wood, tney are oenev- ed not to be surpassed, perhaps not equalled by < any others forsale in the United States. This is 1 owing to the great distance allowed in plant- ing as well as to suitable soil and good cultivation. Owing to the present scarcity of money, and the conseqent depression in the price of every thing else, they are offered at a very reduced price. Persons wishing to purchase should apply early because aU not engaged are now offered in a distant market. Besides, if not soM before Spring the price may then be higher. Printed directions for plant ing and col ivating will be furnished without charge to those who purchase. M. MACLEAtf. Chertrw S. C. December 4th 16311. Notice." ' ; . . THE fifteenth day of January , Instaaf, the day fixed for the creoitqto of Jqhrf STaltoy & Co. wishing to taVe beheff&pider their assignment, to come in and aigilou. Such creditors as do not cose in ob or before that day, will be precluded from any WhCfit ldcW said assignment. ' - -V D. *t ALLOY. ; ' A. M. MclVER. 5 Assi?n'-e?.January 9,1840. ? * Dissolution of Copartnership, THE Copartnership under the firm orW> s L. Robeson & Co. is this day dissolve? by mutual consent. Ail persona indebted to the said concern are required to make immediate payment, as further indulgence cannot bo g??cn. Either of the Copartners is authorised to receive payment and give discbargee. Tho business in future will be carried on by Peter L. Robesrfn. WILLIAM L. ROBESON. PETER L. ROBESON. Chcstorfield Court House, ) December 31st 1S39. ( r Land for Sale. TH E Subscriber offers for sale his tract of laud lying in the Beauty Spot about four miles North East of BennettsriUa containing about Scrontecfl Hundred Acres, considered to be equal if not superior to any body of land in the District, the whole will bo sold in & body^ojL^^^^^^ in separate tracts to suit purchasers. Persors^**?^! desirous to purchase will plotso call on the subscriber on tho premises and examine the land for themselves, A. BREEDON. January 6, 1810. ? 1L_ ^ Darlington Female Seminary THE duties of >his institution will be returned on tho 1st of January and continued during tho year 1840 under tho direction of Mot. S. C. < ? Hawlbt and Mis4? E. G. IIoolf.. The plan of instruction pursued will compre. hond a thorough and substantia! course of Eng. lish Education, together with the more liberal branches of polite learning usually pu sued in similar institutions in our Country, including, the Greek, Latin & French Languages, History, Botany, Rhetoric, Mental A Natural Philosophy Chemistry, Geometry, A'gebra Ac. Ac. No Exertions will be spared on tho part of the instructors, to render the seminary of the first rank. TERMS. The Elementary Department. per quarter ' $4.00 Intermediate 7,00 Higher classes including Greek & Latin 10,00 Lessons in French 5,00 December, 24th 1839. A. DROMGOOLE SIMS* President of the Board. P. S. Instructions in drawing and Music with the piano will also be given hy Miss A. ThrooJ> recently from Vermont. Instructions in forming Wax Flotoete by Throop together with lessons in Crr. *Ue and the other branches of ornamental needle work. Music on tho Piano prr quarter ?10.00 Drawing and Painting 5,00 Instruetiona in WaXj Flower a and Fruit per courae 8,00 A two The Academy will be opened on the Second Monday in January under the man. agement of Mr^J.E. Dargan. Rates Ac as in the Female Semxninsry. A. D. S. December 24, 1839. 7 51 The Charle ton Obsorver and S. C. Temper, anco Advocate will insert the abote each, three times and forward their accounts. * A List of Letters REMAINING in the Post office at Che raw December 31, 1839, which if not called for before the first of April next, will be rent to the General Tostoffice as "Dead Letters." . BROWN BRYAN, P. M. ^ Buturn Jesse Miller Jonathan Britt Thomas P. MrDougald Daniel Bowman R. T. McMillan Miss J. G. Codington D. A. 4 C#" Campaign Denjirr.in v'?nn.,t n, ' t-hwliolm JC L. McMillan John D. Doheon D. A. McLean David rMc.ru,. Dean Moses R.rtly Martha J. Dinwiddio James M. 2 Rasco Aquilla Eosterling Henry Smith Wm- n. EtomM. F.T. Scott Lewis H. Gulliver IJ. S. Smith M. Mrs. ,, , Smith Elizabeth Mr?. [Iarreli Jarnca Smith B. C. Hur.UWiUi.m2 i ?r. TU,mM G. Fiukina W. Smith Archibald S. lackson W.J. Rct, Smith Ann MieeS . , Smith John M. Lynch Thomas Lindsey Jameifc. ThomasRicc HoreeJcaeW. TUomj eon George H. ' Malloy Duncan Watte Catharine Vfartin J. Juiiua Williams John, Attorney Viendenhall David B. 2 at Law. January 10, 1840. 9 tf " 11 ?? p?* CHEttAW PHICE CURRENT. I?n tff\ > ?t f AMMAMS irt injiiAii ?#auuatj 11/. articles. per | ft C] j ft C. Beef in market, lb 0 5 a 0 7 Bacon from wagons, lb !l a 12 by retail, lb 14 a IS ' Butter lb 15 a 25 Beeswax !h 20 a 23 Bagging yard 18 a 25 Bale Rope lb 10 a 12$ * Coffee lb 12$ a 15 Cotton, lb 8 a 9* Corn bush 62$ a Flour, Country, tcarco brl 4 75 a 6 Feathers fin wagon* lb 40 a 45 Fodder. ' lOOlbs 871 a 1 Class, window 8x10, 5uft 3 25 a 3 37$ , "10* 12, 50fl 3 50 a 3 75 Hide*, green lb 5 a dry lb 10 a Iron iOOlbs 5 50 a 6 50 [ndigo lb 75 a 2 50 Lime cask 4 a 4 50 Lard lb 11 a 12J Leather, sole lb 22 a 25 Lead, bar ib 10 4 ' * Lojnrood r Ib 10 a 15 Molasses gal 45 a 50 ? , N.O. * gal 50 a ' 62* Nails, cut, assorted lb 7) I 9 - - , wrought lb 16 a 18 Data bosh 54 a 50 Oil, curriers *\1 75 4 1 ?, lamp gal 1 2o a ?-, linseed gal I 10 a .1 25 Paints, white lead keg 3 25 a 4 52 , 8pan. brown lb 8 a 12 Pork 1001b? 5 50 a 6 Rice lOOlba 5 a 6 Shot, bag 2 50 a s - lb 22? a 13 Sugar Ib 10 a 134 Salt sack 3 25 a 5-6<* ? . bush 1 25 a 150 ' Steel, American lb 10 & . ??,English lb 14 au*r t ,German lb I? 4 ' |4" Tallow , ' " o5; . -