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.
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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
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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 '