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4 P?rt ?f the resolution, urging, as h>s chief ar- ' gument, that the presence of the desks, ren- ] dering members very comfortable and afford^ ( ing them facilities lor writing letters, &c. prevented gentlemen addressing the House from being fully sensible how weary it often was of | listening to their speeches. Were this accom-; modation removed, the House would be obliged to listen ; and then it would soon be perceived j when a speaker was wearying the House, and no one nad hardihood enough to induce hirn Jong to persevere against a general expression | of fatigue and ennui. He appeal d to the rapid despatch of business in the British Parliament as an illustration of his position. I When Mr. Lewis Williams moved to lay the resolution on the table, cariied, 119 to 55. 'Mr. Coles of Va. moved an smendtnent to | the rules similar to the one offered by Mr. Thomson, regarding petitions, &e. on the sub-, iect of slavery. This grave rise to a discussion # " 0 W which lasted till the time of adjournment. The time of the House on the 15th, 16th and 17th, was mostly occupied in discussing different propositions to adopt a rule in , regard to the disposal to be made of abolition petitions. The motion before the 1 House is one of Mr. VV, Thomson to adopt < a rule similar to those of th?? few last ses- < sions. Amendments have been proposed } by different individuals, but no question has been taken except on a motion for the pre- \ vious question, which was lost. farmers* GAZETTE. J FRIDAY, JANUARY 24. 1840. I Under the present apportio? ment of Repre- ' sentatives in this state, Chesterfield District is 1 entitled to two; '^Marlborough two; Darling, two; Marion three; Prince George (Winyaw) three; All Saints one; Claremont three; | Clarendon two. i Tn* Tax Act.?The Act to raise supplies for 1840 passed by the last session of the Le41 gislature imposes a tax of ore eighth of one i per cent on all purchases and sales by brokers. ; The Charleston Mercury charges that the ( part of the act imposing this tax was "smugD 1 .gled" into the bill, somehow and somewhere ( ?how and where uncertain. It says: **\Ve ^ understand that the Charleston Delegation one and all have returned an 41ignoramus" to ' all questions about thiajremarkable novelty? 5 even the Chairman of the Committee who ' reported the Bill, washes bis hands of al participation." And again ; 4 On enquiry, we are assured that no such clause was contained in the Bill when it passed the third reading in * the House, and that therefoie it must have ^ been introduced into the Bill on its hn.il read- r ing in the Senate, and the fact of such an 1 amendment, wrs unknown in the House." v Whether there was any fraud or smuggling in the case we do not pretend to determine; but the want of knowledge on the subject by the parties consulted by the editor of the Mercury we consider hardly prima facie cv?- c dence of the fact. There is so much petty J legislation done in regard to matters that 1 might as well be committed to local boards, and so much of what is mere matter of form, t that it requres more patience than falls to the e lot of most men, to be always attentive to the t details of every bill on its passage ; and rs- , peciallv towards the close of every session, .ipKmi knO'tioc-D nfiwnrn Uml it linrpim' t 'nrnitirK \M V IV I J nun 10 llUi l?t.u VIM at such a gallop rg rate. To a casual spectator it must ba more a matter of surprise a that members know a lit lie of what is carried 1 through, than that any part of it should escape their notice. c Spanish cigars arc made to order in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and a great , ^ abundance of sparkling champaigne from the ? orchards of New Jersey. < The bill more eppectuai.lt to secure < public money in the hands of officer9, j &p. called the sub trea8urt bill. This bill now before the United States Se- i nate, requires the collectors in the principal t ports to make weekly reports ol moneys, bonds, * &c. received, and furnish a copy each to the ^ Secretary of the Treasury, the Treasurer, the ; First Auditor and the naval officers of the f port. Collectors of other ports are to make ( reports monthly to the three first nnmed of the | above officers. All money paid to colloctors p shall be placed to the credit only of the Trea- j r surer. Tho district attorneys at the principal ' ports shall make weekly reports to the Secre- J. tary of the Treasury, the Treasurer, the Col- 0 lector and the Solicitor of the Treasury of all h bonds put iulo their hands for collection, and of 3 all judgments obtained, &c. At othrer ports, c monthly returns are to be made Marshall?, c Clerks of district courts, Registers of land of- e fices, and all other persons who receive or are 1 concerned in receiving' or collecting public mo- J neys are to make similar reports. The d:ffer- j ent officers to whom the reports are made are required to examine, record, compare, sign, * countersign, &c. &c, ' All collectors and other officers rcqair d to j make reports, are required also to make quar- , terly returns of their accounts to the Treasu- < ry Department. If these returns are not re- I ceived within one week of the time when they ' might arrive in due course of mail, suit is to , be forthwith commenced against the officers for any apparent defalcation in his account. The books and accounts of co'Iectors, receivers, &c. are to be examined at the pleasure of the Secretary of the Treasury, and always as often as once a year. Bonds may be increased in amount, strengthened, &c. when necessary. The making a false entry on his books by any officer, or us'ng the public money for private purposes, as loaning, speculation &c. is made felony, punishable by fine equal to the false entry or embezzlement, and by imprisonment from two to five years. These are th?* leading provisions of the bill. U. S. Bank or Pennsylvania ?A bill has been introduced into the Legislature of Pennsylvania to repeal the act incorporating thi> hank, but authorizing it to close its business under the corporate name. A resolution has also been introduced, requiring the banks of the State to resume specie payments by th [e>t Feb. 1840, under penalty df the forfeiture of their charters. Osmyn B?ker, the Wtt.g candidate, has been elded io fill the vacancy in the M ?ssachus'it.s delegation in Congress, and has taken his seat. Hun ry D. Gilpin of Pennsylvania has been appointed by the President and Senate, A torney General of the United St ?tos, in the pi tee of Felix Grundy resigned. Southern Flanter.?We hove received the firs number of this period.cal. It is ft ell filled and well printed. We anticipate j much b' nefit from it to the planting interest of the state. { ? i The Cultivator and Genesee Farmer.? , These very valuable period ca Is have been 1 united, and Mr. Luther Tucker the editor 1 of the Gennesee Farmer has become associated with Mr. Willis G.aylnn<l in the man- { igement of the paper. It is published at f Albany, under the title of the Cultivator.? ' The high character of the Gennesee Farm- * ?r in the hands of Mr. Tucker is sufficient | Juarantio to the public of what the puhlica* s lion is to be. The first number has been re- < seived, and must be highly gratifying to the I old friends of th" work. ' t - The Franklin Farmer.?T >is excellent i periodical has changed hands and home.? ! [t is henceforth to be publish d m Lexington, K). and di ed by J. C. Noble. Smuggling the Mail.?One part of the route between Washington and Philadt Iphia, ( * contract fur carrying the anil by railroad & steamboats had either ex p red or been rescinded, and the Poat Master Genera' and* rtook to send it by special agents as \ 'heir private baggage. This was done for I i *hort time, w hen it was discovered, and I ifopped by an agent of one of the compa. I res. It appears from the ofti ial canvass of the * rote of Massachusetts for Governor that Harms Morton received ihe previse num. ( >er of votes necessary to elect him, and no f rtore. The whole number of votes was * 02.066 ; necessary to a choice 51,034; vhich was the number received by Morion. tfROFI 1S OF SILK CULIURE. We, too weeks auo, had a long editorial I >n this subject, and promised to resume it ast week. Ttie (oliowing remarks were n type but crowded out. ( Our remarks two weeks ago were under I he heads of "E^ima.es" based on expert- ! ,nce; 4'Actual Results;" 4,Cost of Produc. f ion," and "Product to the Uml; all upon be supposi:'on t* at only a single crop is' | n ?df, or a single brood of worms raised in t :ic season. It is now well ascertained that ' i succession of several crops injtlie Season ( nay be made. j At "least six crops might be made; < >r more, because, in the heat of summer, 1 he worms grow more rapidly and spin earlier 1 han in spring; and because the worms equirmg lit'le labor during the first 8 or 10 ' Jays, a succeeding brood might be brought out < hat length of time before their predecessors , lease to feed. The judicious and cautious j 3ideon D. Smith, during the first nine months >1 the Silk Journal, conducted by him, insisted Jiat the single crop plan was, upon the whole, >est; but the mass of evidence, going to prove hat subsequent crops are as profitable, to 9ay * he least, as the first, having satisfied him of ? ns error,he has come out in favor of successive 1 irons.and shows that in Maryland 8 crops might \ >e made in a season, beginning on the 15th. of . May. If right can be made in Maryland* ten ; :an be made here. Ten crops of 40 lb. or ?ven 3U lb. each crop to the hand, would cor- 1 ainly be a large as well ag a very profitable iroduct, at even one third the present market t trice of ttie article. But hands could not t nake I his much and raise provisions. No one, | lowevcr, who ha"s looked into the subject, can ? ntertain a rational doubt that four or five rops in the season can be made in this cli aati, with a full provision crop by the same ( tands, or that the tabor may be so bestowed 1 .s to produce crops in this proportion. Four f r..r\a n( dO !h rarh tn the hand would be. in i ill 160 lb. and, at present prices $960, cr fiv? ( imps 200 lb. and $12H0. It is pJa;n then that | lilk will bear a reduction of half the present ( >rice, and its culture be still an immensity jrofitable business?moreen than cotton plant- ' ng in Alabama, or even sugar making tn Louisiana. ! OBJECTIONS ANSWERED. I But is said these prices cannot last; every j body will be making gilk directly and the jrice will be down to nothing. It is true that j :he price must after a time, decline. The ] Jisproportion between the profi's of labor bestowed on silk culture and other agricultural productions is too great to be very durable.? ' Still a change is not likely to take place very 1 rapidly. All experience proves the great body 1 if Agriculturists to be slow in changing f.otn ane staple product to another especially when , the change involves modes of labor entirety lew to them. And it is known to silk dealers ihat the price of silk has been rising rapidly for several years Although there has been an increased production, it has not kept pace with the increased demand. Silk to the amount of 15 or 20 millions of dollars is now annually imported into this country, and one year it was nearly 23 millions. A9 the domestic production is increased the demand will? also increase. By the tune fifteen millions worth shall be produced, tho demand will have increased fifty, herhaps a hundred per cent.? In the mean tune, if the great nations of the arth continue at peace, the European demand wil. continue to increase, probably as hetvto:orc, with more rapidity than the supply; and even now, 6ays the Journal of the American Silk Society, No. 2. p. 47. "it is well ascertained, by correspondence with the manufacturers and silk dealers in England and France, that they stand ready to take from fifty to sixty millions worth of out raw sitk annually.*' Let no one then fear a sudden and very JL' XI -* % A-l AW ? great reduction in the price of silk. Silk i' not an article of limited or precarious de. maud, nor its culture an untried or doubtfu exp'Timcnt 5 biit a business which has beer carried-on wi:h profit in different conn ritr.< and lor many centuries. No quantity to be produced in the United S'a ?*.s for a number of years, can materially affect tli* price. Before this cah happen, those who com menco the culture forthwith will have cause to rejoice at their good fortune. If the price were to fall from ?6 10 S'i 50 the pound of raw silk?of which during ihe life rime of the present generation there is not the remotest probata itv, but supposing to be the case?the business wou a Jnll he preferable in every resjiect to cot'an culture in this c|imat<\ In Fr.mce, where sdk culture is conduct, ed generally in a very loose and slovenly manner, it is still found remunerating, an i is gradually extending. When conducted wiih skiil the profits are very great, although the white mulberry is he kind in use, and no more than a single crop in the s< ason is 3vrr attempted. Until recently, it -was nipposed the culture would nor succeed so ar north as the metropolis in mar couniry 3U? in a''Report to the Royal and Central Society ol Agriculture on the Mulberry and Silk worms in the environs ol Paris," transa ed for the Silk Grower, and published in he July and August numbers of that perioinal, we find the following sentence: "The srofits of his new production are enormous; [>ut it requires a knowledge and at ention which are found only among learned and enlightened proprietors," Owing to the ihrewd observing and practical character of mr p< ople in this country, it is proved by ibundant experience that thry need no more feara/n,,' to enable them to make the profits jf silk culture "enormous" than enough to [ ad and understand Roberts's or Dennis's Manual, and some on" of our silk Journals. But t is somr times said, the recent sudden lepr-ss'on m the price of Morns Mulurau is s evidence "hat the public have lost confidence in the Silk culture, as a profi *?blbusiness. No man who can s<e an iii'di beyond his nose could think so, in view o> the facts. Js the sudden depression in the riricc of hogs in Ken'ucky, Ohio and Indiina any evidence that t'?e public have los: confidence in pork ami bacon as a savoury tild nutritious article of diet ? Hardly any lung now commands cash except cotton uid the immediate necessaries of life.? Cotton sells ( hough at a reduced price) >e *ause in ihe present dearth of specie ii tupplies the place of that article for remit. ance by deb or* to Europe and of cours", >y debtors at the South to creditors at the lorth; Now whilst the multicaulisi? down is the ime for planters to procure i', and pr?*pare or silk culture. The very best curings in tie court'ry?such as will grow with almost is much cert ijutv as root-d plants in even jur worst seasons?can now be bought ai 1 - ? _ / )ne Cent pel* liti<I ; or in large quantri. s ror ess. From 1600 to 2.000 are enough to nock an nere as thi<*klv at they ougli per trips to s an I in this climate ; and would tost only $16 to $20. Is one retl' a tree 00 high? In Fr ince white mulb- rry rees Vorn die nursery cost about 18 cents ; and hen they require tile labor of planting, and Wo or six years of cultivation he ore they tear stripping 10 feed the worm; whereas he mullicaulis cuitmgs need only be stuek n tli" ground, which an expert hand may Jo pissing along at the rate of a md? an nour, planting at a dis ance of about thro [bet in the row ; and thev yitdd tee first year m> re than leaves enougli to py all xpenses; the second year an nbun lant rop. F?>r the trees; holes three f*et in di meter ought to be dug ; which have to be Hied up wbh earth dug from the surlace. I'la itmg 100 frees would be a great .Say's .\ork for a hand, wliils: Horn 10,000 10 12,000 cuttings could be planted in (lie same time afier the ground is plough* d.? Suppose (lie white inulb-rry to be sis valua >!e the first and every subsequent year, as he mul icaulis, still it would bo cheaper to >ay a cent a bu I lor good cuttings than to sike the trees without charge, owing to the lilference in the exp use ol pi mting. Many stand back from a fear of d.fficuU y in prosecuting the work. The experience if all who have tred it proves such fears lo ) * groundless. Pioeure Roberta's Manual, ind begin w lli a few worms. You will .oon s e hr?r? is neither mystery nor diffi. :ulty. Reeling is ilie o'llv process which t requires tune to learn. But even in this, iract.ce soon rn ?kes perfect. In the metrn line, if \ ou make a large quantity of coioohs and do not wish to hire a reeler, sell hem unreeled, or send them to bo reeled in shares ; which may be done next season iither in this place or Fayetteville. We would urge no one to give up a good business at once to enter upon the silk culurc. The hotter course is to enter upon it k'r adually ; extending your operations as >ou gain expedience. Still, the sooner a person engag. s in it, the longer time will lie have to avail himself of the present very nigh prices ; which alter a time must decline, until they approach nearer the proportionate price of other agncul.uru! productions. We shall at present notice only one more obstacle which deters men from commencing the silk culture ; that is cotcardice.? Some are convinced, but fear to be laughed at by ignorant, croaking, snarling neigh" bo s. To such we address no argument. A coward is not to be reasoned with. Bv and by, we shall see them sneaking intc the camp to claim a share in the spoils o victory. But suppose the silk culture, diflbrinc from all things else, should faUily past ex > /i lnp? nraifu nnhk tfltnklii prri uiiu ai iam |iiuv^ uuj'iuuiuvr still inuliiCMulis fields would be worih tei times theifr cost, as summer pastures I'o horses, cattle, nnd it is said also, lor hogs especially those breeds of bogs which thrivi ou grass* Mr* Gideon B. Smith has ai article on this subject in the Journal of th American Silk Society, and copied into th Silk Grower for May 1839, in which h says, "I know from Experience that Mul berry leaves increase tho quantity ond [irr ??a?mammm ? prove] the cjiiality of the milk and butter.'1 . And perhaps nothing cl9e can be planted in | land that will yield as great quanti y of 11 green food to the acre. The ttev. Mr. ij McLean of New Jersey gathered, at the i rate oi 10 304 lb. per acre, the season the tr< es were planted ; Mr. Dauforth ot Con. necticuf, also gat here . at tbe rate of 9512 lb. the 4ir?f season ; and Mr. Goodwin at (tie rate of 14.300 lb Trees a.tain to more than double I be grow: h in a season in the Ckirolinas thd.i they do in New Jersey and Connecticut, and bear larger h aves. Suppose the vVeight of leaves to be o <1 y double, then we Shall have the first season Iroin 19.000 to 20,000 lb. and aftewards more than 28,000 lb. But suppose the annual product to be only 20,000 lb. or even 15,000 or 10.000, and from what other vegetable growth can so much green food be obtained for live stock at so little cost ? j The only expense necessary after the first yeurs,cnliivation '8 perhaps an annual plowing and keeping up cross fences io confine stoek to limited portions of the pasture at a time. Derangement of the currency?Mr. VVebsters remedy.?On the recent return ( home of Mr. Webster from Europe, a meet' ing was held in Boston to welcome him. The I i meeting was organized by appointing Daniel P. King, President, assisted by six Vice Presidents. When Mr. Webster entered the room he wa9 briefly addressed and welcomed by the President, and replied in a speech, mostly political, of more than an hour's length. From a brief sketch of it published in the Daily Advertiser, wc take the following paragraph. After a short allusion to his interest in the agricultural improvements of tne mother coun try, Mr. W. Bpoke of the financial changes 1 L L? J J fliniA Kg loft A rtlpnpjl. wrucii iiiiu imiiB|iiicu oiinytj i|U .v.. ? He traced the changes cf commercial embarrassment from 1S33 to the present time, he dwelt on the evils of the present state of the currency, andstid that the financial plan propos d by the Geuord Government offered no alleviation. To offer some relief, however, w?ts the duty of Government, as the States had surrendered powers to it for that very purpose. He touched on the inipractirabiiiiy of a wholly metallic currency in a country and under a government like Ours ; he exhumed the close connexion between the diflercul branches <if domestic in do-try, and, hav ng i hus shown the vas importance of Some measure of relief, he stated that he believed the first step should be the creation of a national insti. totion, not precisely line the old Na'ional B inks, for circumstances were changed?but intere-ted, perhaps, in the commercial dealings of the country?a i institution of issue rather tfian deposite not acting for profits, but solely for the regulation of the currency. Mit. Calhoun and the President.?We last week copied the report by the National Intelligencer of the personal debate in the Senate between Mr. Clay and Mr. Calhoun. The report in the Globe was on some points more full. We quote below what Mr. C. is reported to have said in regard to his relations to the President. But said Mr. C I will assure the Senator, if th? re were pledges in his case there were none in mine. I have terminated iny iorg suspended personal int< rcouree with the President, without the slightest pledge, understanding, or compromise, on either s'dit. I would be the last to receive or exact such.? The transi mn from their forth r to their p esent personal relation was easy an.i nafu ral, requiring nothing of the kind. It gives me pleasure to say thus openly that I have approved of all the leading measures of tfie President, since he took the fixecut ve chair, simply because tin y acc. rd with the principles and policy on which I have long acted, and Often openly avowed The change, then, in our personal relations, had simply followed that of our political. Nor was it made suddmily, ?- ? r i? . us I in? Senator marges. so far irom it, more I thin two years have elapsed since I gave a | decided support to the leading measure of the ! Executive, and on whichjalmost all others since have turned. This long <nfer\ ul \ as permitted to pass, in order tlut his acts might give assurance whether there was a comcid nee between our political views as ;o th? princ iples an which the Govesnmrnt should be adI ministered, before our personal relations ; should be changed. 1 deemed i due to both thus long to delay the change, among other reasons to discountenance such idle rumors as the Senator alludes to. That lite political course might be judged (said Mr.. Calhoun) j by the object he had in view, and not the suspicion and jealousy of his political opponents j he would repeat w hat lie had said, at the last session, was his object. It is, said li'% to, obliterate all those measures which had originated in the national c onsolidation school of poll ics, and especially the Sonator's famous American system, winch he believed to be | hostile to the Constitution and the genius ot j system, and tlm real source of ali the disorders and danger.i to which the country was, or had been, subject. This done, he was fov giving the Government a fresh departure, in the direction in which Jefferson and his associates would give, were they now ahve and at the helm. He stood where he had always stood, on the old State Rig,'its ground. His change of personal relation, which gave so much concern to the Senator, so far from involving any change in his principles or doctrines, grew out of litem. I Njfw Y.irir avn Vihoivi(tov. Sew nrd ill his recent annual message to the Legislature of New Vork, notices thn d*'. mand made upon him by the Governor of Virginia us follows. " A requisition was made upon me in July I last, by the Executive of Virginia, for tlx* delivery of three persons as lugirivcs from , justice, charged with having feloniously st'o. Icn rt negro slave in that State. | declined > to comply with the requisition, upon the f grounds that the right to demand arid tho re. ciproca! obligations to surrender fu'git've.' I from justice between ibe sovereign and in. ilep ndent nations, as defined oy the Inwsol , nations, include ouiy those cases in whici i the acts continuing the offence charged an r recognised as crimes by the universal lawi ; of all civilized countries ; that the ohjeci o e the provision contained in the constitutioi n of the United States, au horifling the dcmaia e and surrender of fugitives charged with tr? a e son, felony or 'other crime, w is to recog o n'2e und establish this principle of the-lav I- of nations in tho mutual relations of th i- States as independent, equal, and sovereig communities ; that the acts charged upon Iheplersons demanded Were not recognized ' a* cr.miOdl by the laws of th's St in*, or by the universal laws of all civilized '-ountries; and thatcons?'OU'fitly the case did not fall wiilun the proviso of the Uuded Stales Constitution. " The Gov. of Virginia i7* his last annual message referred the subject to the consideration of die legislature of that Stafd, and declared that my construction of the Cons'l tut 1011 ol tue LJ. Stales could not be acquits, ^ed in or submitted to. He added, tual if it were allowed to prevail* and no relief could be obtained against what he designated as a flagrant invasion of the rights of Virginia, either by an amendment of the const.tutiou of the U. Slates, or by the notion of tlie legislature of Virginia, it migbf ultimately be. come the important and solemn duty of Virgin a to appeal from the cancelled obligations <f the national oompac to original rights and the laws ofself-p!reserva:ion. 4* I confess my surprise that it should, in any part ofthe Union, be regarded as a new and startling doctrine, that the Constitutional power of the Executive of any other S ate to demand the surrender of a citiz'rt of this S:ate, to be carried to :he former, and tried for an offence committed* there, is hmited to cases in which the offence charged is recog nized as criminal by the statute I iws of this S ate, by ihecammon law, jr by the univ ertal laws of mankm f. Nor can I withhold tiie expression of my sincere regret that a construction of the constitution, manifestly necessary to maintain the sovereign'y of this S ate and the personal rights of her citizens, should be regarded by the Execu live ot Virginia as justifying, in any Contin gency, a menace ot secession from the Union. " I ni? suDject is one wnicn npperiams m i the Exeru ive department. Trie duties of that department, in such cases, art* prescrihrd by the constitution of the Uniied States, and not by the constitution and laws of the State. Nevertheless, the respect I enteriain for tt?e Executive of Virginia, as well as the deference 1 owe tb the Legislature of "ts Sta e, induce me to transmit herewith ihe corresp<?nd?;rce which has taken place, W iilst t cannot b" denied ihat slaves es aping into N w York must bo given up the governor con ends thai the state is still at liber y to pro ect her ci:ifcens in prbruj ring slaves to escape ino the Slate, and in st"a!.ng .hem from their tnas ers. We repeat what we said last week that carrying in o permanent operation such a doctrine by any S. ?to ought immediately to lead to the exclusion of such Slate and its citizens from all the privileges and immunises of oth^r members ot the eon ed racy. NEW ORLEANS, JAJ*. 7 ? Texas.?By the arrival of 'he steam ship New York, Captain Wright, in 35 hours fnxii Galveston, we have dates to the. 2d inst, thos from Houston are only to the 27th ult. The New York reports having passed an up-river steam boat, about 30 miles below the city sunk to her hurricane deck?did not ascertain particulars. . We have since learned, that it is the Wdli3in Wallace, which slipped off the vv.iys at one of our chip yards a few nights since. John R. Jones has been appointed po^tmas. ter general of Texas: the steam boat Dayton, designed for tnc Brazos trade, had arrived from this city at Galveston on the 2*>ih ult. Forty seven ljuil Ings were in process ot erection at Galveston. A wharf nearly one..third I -.f ? ?L /iork il\l.a nf nnrmtttifinr troo_ ui a (lint; ill icng u, uaj*o w y * 5 sols of any size to moor along.-ide and unload, had also been erected. The sab of lots which took p..ico on the 23d, was very well attended and a large number sold at prices varying from three hundred dollars to as many thousind8. The subjoined estimate of t'le expenses and probable receipts for the ens ling year ij given in the report of th-? Secretary of the Trea ury:?Civil, $276 ObO; C?vil Contingent, $71.00(1; Naval; 550,57S; Military. $.w95:13; Mail transportations. $40,000; Previous l.abil. ities, $449,818; Direct taxes and land dues, $.)00.000; Let sales in Austin and Calhoun. Daniel S in to i has b'-en < I cteJ a S nstor of tin; Onited Stat?i from the State of Pennsylvania, to till the vacancy oocasoned by the e\p ration of the t< rm of service of Mr. MrKeutl. He was elect I by a unauitnotis party vote (alter a previous caucus decision. Letters from New (Means b-ing inform, ation that Co I. Bee bus been appoin ed Minister to the Untied S at-s from the Republic of Texas, vice Gen. Diinlap. Col. Bee, it wdl be recollec'ed, was the Minister deputed from Texas to the Republic of Mexico, bat wus not receiv d by the latter. Bite of a Cat.?it is stated in the Boston Medical Journal that tlie bite of an enraged cat will produce a violent species of hydrord.nttin. in illustration nf tvliir.h lite fidlrtu; r ? - ;? ? .~.,v"4 tng insuncc is given. " A milkman hiving rrm*Vked a rat often corning to s:eul milk in his dairy, lay in wait for it, an I attacked ii with a hatcHct. There was a considerable contest, until ot last the ca', unable U> avoid a blow, leaped at the man and s/.ized him by the chin whence there wfcs no possibility of detach, ing it, save by cutting off it* head. The patient was carried to the hospital, and th? prevctabvosjof hydrophobia applied. Og.th< 22d day the fatal symptoms made their appoaraace. He experienced much difficult} in swallowing water, but this he overcame Willi great Tot* itude. The difficulty increa S"d the wound became bad, the patient grev I furious, endeavering to bite every one tha i came near him, was bound in chains on( immediately broke them in pieces, leaper 1 from bed, ran up and down the hospital, at tempting to bite all he met, tdl reaching thi I outer door, io order to escape, he was seizet With a shivering and fell dead. Oil diSsec tion, the appearance of this case was precis s e|y (lie Siime as those of hydrophobia." t H II " I I ? ] Notice. ^ hive constituted Mr. FellLx Long zaj ager - JL fdr the purpose of renting out my houses an ?cJllecting rents as they become due. v JOSHUA LAZARUS, e Chcraw Jan. 23 I84QI. n 11 Sin. J Copartnership Notice. THE Business of the Tannery heretofore conducted undor the firm of J. Liza rues &.Co. and that of tbo Sadlery and Harness Manufactory Conducted by Mr. Sam!. Keeler, will be hereafter carried on under the firm of A. J. Mosses & Co. JOSHUA LAZARUS. A. J. MOSES. Cheraw Jan. 20th 18 JO. . , 11 Sin Spring Grove Academy. l\djD Trustees of "Spring Grove Academy,'* take pleasure iri announcing to the public, that they .<43Ve again employed, Miss Sarah Mc.AIpen to t:*ke charge of this Institution. Miss McAIpen has had charge of- this Academy for the last two yenrs, and nas given universal satisfaction to those who have patronized her. , * The exercises will be resumed on .the 1st Monday in February next* under the direction and control of the Trustees. Terms of Tuition. For Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic, (per quarter,) . #3 00 " The above, with Geography, En. gli h Grammar, History, and Philosophy, 4 00 " Needle Work, 00 " Drawing and Painting, 1 00 Boys under 12 years of age will be admitted. The above Academy is situated near Cedar I Hill, Anson county. N. C., in one of the most healthy and moral neighborhoods in the State. (D* Board can be had in respectable families at $0 per month. *" i Jan. 24.1840. 3t Notice. THE Subscriber having disposed of his entire stock in trade earnestly calls on all those indebted to him or the late firm of Scott & Keeler to call and sett!c the same before the first of March. Those who neglect to do so will find their accounts in the hands of an Attorney for collection without discrimination. S. KEELER. Cheraw 25th Jan. 1840. 11 tf * ' 11 1 J ? ? ? ? ' ' ? . I > wf State of South Carolina, CHESTERFIELD DISTRICT. Gillam King, applicant, vs. Winifred King, (Widow) Levi Sowel and Gilled his wife, Wm. King, John Moore and Elizabeth his wife, Nancy Newman, James SutrcrS sod Clarissa his wife, John Sugg*, Simon Bradshaw and Winifred his wife, Alien Thomas, Surges Bass and Pethina his wife, William Hudson and Celia his wife, Wifliani Bass and Mill/ his wife, Daniel Harrin and Gtlla his wife, William Jordan and Delilah his wife, Henry Blackwel! and Elizabeth his wife, Miry Jowers, Geo. lowers, James N. Jowers, Margaret D. Jowcrs, Winifred A. Jowers, and Adeline L. Jowers, Defendants. It appearing to my satisfaction that Simon Bradshaw and Winifred his wife, and Allen ThomaS, three of the defendants, reside without the limits of this State. It w-therefore ordered, that they be and appear helore me in the Court of Ordinary for this District, to be holden on Monday the 17th day of February next, to show cause, if any tli^y can, why the re ^1 estate of George King, deceased, should r.ot be sold or divided, or their consent will be entered of record. Given under my hand and ' seal th s 15th day of December, 1839. TURNER BRYAN, L. S. Jan. 24. O. C. D the neatest and cheapest cocnthy publication in the united STATES! THE WOUNT PI.riSAST SILK CCLTUHHr AND FAKNERS' JIINUIL, A monthly Publication devoted 4o tM> i Growth of Silk; Manufacture of Beet Sugar\ and life Improvement of Agriculture, Hortwvl*. ture, and Rural and Domestic Economy : has just been improved and enlarged, and ia now the neatest and cheapest Publication of th* kind issued from any country office ip the United States. Each number contains 24 octavo pages, wi?h the addition of a cover and % a neatly executed frontispiece, oxlnbitinrf the S.lk-worm in its various stages : and wdl be delivered to single Subscribers at the remarkably low priee of On* Dollar, per annum payable in advance ; or, Seven copies will km forwarded for Five Dollars?Fifteen copied for Ten Dollars?25 copies for Fifteen Dollars. or 40 coDies for Twenty Dollars, for one year, according to orders. Orders for this work, postage paid, addressed to AtTfeft & Miller, Brandonville P. O Preston counlyt Virginia will receive proinp attention. inrEditors who will publish the above (and this note) a few timer, and announce themselves se agents for this work, will receive two copies for one year, which will be sent V* th'-m as 6oon as their papers are received containing the advertisement. I CHEiXw" PKICE Cl'KBpT. Friday, January 24. ARTICLES. PER | # C. | $ C. Beet'in market, lb 0 5 a 0 7 Bacon from wagons, lb 11 a 12 by retail, lb 14 a 15 Butter lb 15 a 2,1 Beeswax lb 20 a 23 Bagging yard 18 a 25 Bale R >po lb 10 a Cotfe^ lb 124 a 15 Cotto.v, lb 7 t 8 Corn, scarce 62* a flour. Country, scarce '>rl 4 75 a 5 1 Feathers fin wagons .lb 45 a 50 Fodder. lOOlbs 87* a 1 Glass, window 8x10, 50ft 3 *>5 a 3 37^ ?" 10x12, 50ft 3 50 a 3 75 UI065, green ID a a ' dry lb 40 a Iron 1 OOlbs 5 50 a 6 50 Indigo lb 75 a 2 50 . Lime ca.?-k 4 a 4 50 , Lard ecarco lb !1 a 12$ Leather, sole lb 22 a 25 Lead, bar tb JO a . r Logwood lb JO a J5 ? Molasses gal 45 a 50 , N. O. gal SO a 62* Nails, cut, assorted lb 7} a 0 ' . wrought lb 16 a 1*8 ' Oats bush 54 a 50 ] Oil, curriers gal 75 a I . J ?, lamp gal 1 25 a . ?? linrecd gal I 10 a 1 23 ?l-:? - I-* J i <i or _ t <! imuf, wmtc leau Keg J a 4 e , Span, brown lb . 8 a 12 J Pork lOOlbs 5 50 a 6 . Rice 1001b? 5 a 6 u Shot, bag 2 $0 a , 18 IS* a 13 Sugar lb 1ft a 12$ * Salt sack 3 25 a 3 50 ?? bush 1 25 a 1 50 Steol, American lb IP .a English lb . 14 a ld .German lb 12 a 14 Tallow lb a; 12 | Tea .imperial lb 1 < a 1374 ?, hyson lb 1 a J 25 Tobacco, manufactured IS JQ pf '