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? , r-*^' 1 1 * 1 ! gg n plank floor and plenty of dry litter, the i sleeping apartment commuriica iog.\vith q i good yard to cxerc'.sa nnd root and wallow in, and a stronjj post placed upright noar I the centre for hint to rub ngaiosh < During the interim between the spring- ? end fall seasons, it would be greatly condufive to the health, vigor and longevity of < the boar, if he could havo a run in a cool I grass pasture, with clear sweet water passing through i\ nnd take lighter food dun < when in service, and yet sufficiently nutri- i tious to keep Kin) in fair store order. A I gootl animal thus treated, may lust ten or ? twelve years nnd get excellent stoHi from i first to lest. Do' groat care must be taken j that he be not ?verteorked; this is deemed 1 very essential. It is the great f*?ult of us j s Americans, that when we have obtained a 1t male that has any way distinguished itself, | ' instead of husbanding its resources, we use j i i; too much, and this is one great reason why ! i the stock of such animals so often d sap | i points the public. I understand that particular | i ?' ? ? t % *. -L ? . I J I ? Jtingiusn LrecGors, twiti meir ds/ji rorse.s auu : < hulls to about thirty females, and often as \ < twenty < r five and twen.y. What their U"? j t sage \* for hoars I do not know, hut snspect-j ' that it would ho 'ess than here allowed. It j 1 will dc cd-nittcd however, that individual j ' tn*!cs may serve well a greater number i than limited bbov\ but my principle, is no* j t to wurk lh*m up to their full capacity, ifer- j < ror must be commuted, it is better that :t be < on the safe side. j! Unless ft sow were vrrvconrsn, and the j ' object was to fine her, l would not oil w j < her to breed til! e ighteen months old, and ;f j ' something extra was desired, she ought j ( not to come in under two years,!' there is no check in growth, nnd the j first litter is usually as good ns any subsequent on*. She ought to be tak, | ?*ii up and occupy a place alone, either in a pasture or pen similar to that described for the ?n?tr, one month previous io furrowing, brf ccnht on kept good and siriotly watched when t xpeefd to bring forh. As s soon as dropped, see that the pigs arc clea- < red and take the teat, and the dam lid of 1 the pl.-jccn'a nu 1 that carried offand buried. ? The watching should continue a day or two ' longer, til! the pigs get a lht\? strong and t lively, as the sows ?r?'so heavy r.s to endnn- 11 gcr their being lain cr trod upon and killed. I One pig more saved thsn leaving the sow | to herself, amply repays all this extra atfrn- ( lion. Although objections are made to < giving food immediately after farrowi- g, 1 < can see no reason in them; the poor animal i is faint and dry and requires nourishment, and | j my rule is to feed litem with swill in a mod. j < vraic qunn'ity a little more than blood warm j as soon as they will gel up and eat it. This 1 is gradually thickened the next day, and b i the time the pigs are a week old, the dam J b allowed to cat all it will without cloying, r A mixture of oat and pea ?r Indian meal, of | one part of either the latter to three parts of t the former is highly recommended for nur- j sing, together with an equal quantity of < steamed vegetables. As soon as the pigs w ill < oat a small open door should be placed in ? ' - j * i ? ? ?. i+rt ^ VV jta iUU rt r >10 UC ( separate from the sows^a trough set in and ; tnilk with a light mixture of oat meal poured ' '*" 1% ?- > ' PU rr *r\r\ tltt er Itfiii/iA ihlt KI\W. 1 ?wr iitrrni. i ti.a ? innKj ...v. | . and adds much to the growth of the p'gs, j r they wean then without scouring.losing con. 1 r di;ion in the least, or being checked in their r growth, ft is generally thought that pigs t do as well to be weaned ut six weeks old as v later, as the little milk each then gets is oh. j mined by more or less quarreling, and adds j( m dis:aste to their other tood; h-s'des it is a \ great consideration to get them off the sow us soon as possible. High? or ten great pips < lugging at her breast for two or throe months f is hard to be borne, and frequen ly verv p? r- t melons to her teats. In weaning, all but j -or.e should be taken off, put the dam on j short allowance, and in two days take the t remaining pig away, allowing it at first to ? draw ?l? breast twice a day, and then dim- I iuish till once in two or throe days during u j week, then turn the sow out to grt.ss ar.d l leave off entirely, and commence gradually j flitting her into condiion again. The I Iterkshiros are great milkers, and must bo t well attended to lit weaning time, or their 1 breast will fill. bcccmo caked and swollen, | ond finally ulcerate and be th? cause some- i limes of the dt-Qth of the sow. i Two liners ar*< allowed per annum, nml a f reference for farrowing in this climate, is i given to the months of A pril and September, i Farther south later and earlier will answer. 1 A pig when first dropped is a very tender ? animal, and if the wea her he loo cold it I will perish; the dam also is likely to become ravenous and devour her offspring, or refuse I to nurse it. Sows are belter to bo always \ separate, but with the owner of a large herd, t this is inconvenient and adds greatly to the i expense of keeping them. One must do I ?s wcil ns be can in this particular,but when 1 nearly of a size and tolerab'y peaceable four f may be kept together in pen, and u dozen i or so in pasture. The breed greatly de- : ciJeson this point. For instance, 1 could j 1 keep a hundred Chinese together without ! i quarrelling or accidents, they are so good t natured md quiet, but then again they hud- c * .die too close, ar.d so war.t as much scpara- I ring as others. These being srmiler and i - - .? - .i _ n...i. .1.: . of quiCKer roaiuniy man me ocrRwi.rcs, mci i tiOws may come in at a year old, and w hen I c full grown, great care must be taken about a overfeeding and keeping them too confined. I The bellies of this stock are now nearly t drugging on the ground, though they have 1 had no other food since the forepart of t Way, than what thry have found in a poor s grass pasture. Those I have sold west get f sc fat on shack by November as to be hardly a able to waddle, and make the nicest of pork a without further feeding. In England they j are ctdied par excellence, the 41 gentleman's [ 1102," and though their pork inclines rather j t<fi much to ltd, still it is so sweet and deli. c cnte that it is preferred by those who can i afford it. The crosses of these with the j Yorkshires are in great repute at the Smith- < fieM market, and L will add that what little r ling been thus made hero takes the prefer. t t ace. The barns well boiled and eaten r cold, seem absolutely to dissolve in the ! t xnouih without mastication. The av- (< trage weight of my Improved Chi. )eso may be at eighteen months old from two hundred to two hundred and ifty pounds. Occasionally they will 50 older to three hundred and even four inndred pounds, but this is very rare. Though small, they Imve proved to the oth ?r races of hogs, what the Arabians have to itorsns, the foundation of all improvement. The render may have surmised from my observations on breeding, at least some of the causes why the Berkshires with you have not come up to the full sizes so often stated hy the cas ern breeder that they nr. rive at, but lest he may not yet thoroughly indcristand the demerits of the case, n justice to both seller and purchaser, I ;holl proceed briefly to state them. Suppose hen that we start with a pair o1' Berkshires Vom unexcep ionable stock, the produee nay deteriorate in size, either from too jreat affinity in blood of the parents, breed, ng too younger twoold,ortoomu< li. Keeping too fat, (which hy the way is not ofieo ho case) too poor, or too confined?from Jisenges known and unknown, from run s ;hat will occasionally be dropped, from scantiness and improprr ty of food t<> :he pig, and occasionally, over which no one has control and]} that ch?*ck its ^owtli- from sufferings through the in. mention of the transporters to itspl i< e ^f destination, and finally from uep- \ 1 1 -?(. ./? Dunlin ttrwtfl I .'rm uexTiorunon iihio uic< mimals that arc every way right, ar*- rare, vciy rare indeed, and when at last obtained, 'annot be too highly cherished. That I her.' iiay be an increased effort to produce thern hroughout the United States, is the ardent Jesiro of, Your obt. serviint, A B. Allen. From the Journal of the American Silk Society CULTIVATION OF THE AlOKUS MULTICAULIS. by gideon b. smith. Soil and Situation. Sandy sods and high >i nations are always to be selected, if possible. The sod can scarcely he too sandy, indeed the finest trees the writer ever saw, jrew :n a soil too sandy for any o'her crop. Fhe next best is a light mould, and next o hjs ordinary soil. The best shia? ons arid! si lcs, and the northern sides p >r iculur y ; the next, the lops of hiils, and third, any righ tableland from which water natuially , Irains off during winter. It these soils are :apab!e of pro luring moderate crops o :orn, liiey are ricn cuaugn ior im- iuun?-uj | jco, an ! ought not to be manured. If tbe ground te too rich, nnd especially in l -vel situations, tbe tree is kept growing too late n the fall, and does not mature its wood icforethe colli si ason arrives, and h-nc is ncapabale of withstanding seve:e frosts, [t is to litis grand error, of planting 'n nth grounds, that the i lea that morns mtilticMUis will not stand the winter, is to be at;ribued, at least in part, ('dose pi .nt ng b> ing ino.her cause.) Soils on which a good ;rop of corn, or potatoes or oiber n?o s, ?rcw last year, are abundantly rich for the tiulberry. _ I?ihe land 1??? tw?ij limed, all lie better; arid if not, a good dressing of 10 to 50 bushels to the acre will be useful. Vhero the land is very poor, or when it s de ermmed to apply manure, old w< II ottej stable manure may be applied, VV. II o:ted cow yard manure is better limn horse Manure ; but Li nk vegetable mould fr< m he w oods is best of all, and may be applied ....I. ...uni lu.rw.fti ll'lnih Ifarinrn ic n?irt ?mi ...... ~ ... t should be spread broad cutt and ploughed it?vi ry little b'liefit will be derived from tii'nuring in the hill.' rrepurat'On of llic soil. The grow d night to have b< en well ploughed in the all; but it will do in the spring. Where he ground is not naturally v? ry I ght and lorous, it should he ploughed as deep as >os>db!o,that the roots may readily point, toe deeply, and thus escape the effects of jumm- r thoughts, besides receiving all ti e jenefi s of summer rains. This is a very gr< at advantage, and ought not to bo omitled. After the first derp ploughing, if the 10ii be light levtlling Hnd pulv?rizmg if by harrowing, is all thai is necessary. Heavy sods mnst be cross ploughed until they are well prepared. Alter the ground has been Roughed and harrowed, it m?iy be laid off n lows by a small seed plough, for plant^S The best f ine for planting the ru'tings, s as soon us the ground can be got ready n the spring. They will not grow enough o bo injured by any frost that may occur; jor will any dogrce of frost injure the cutings in the grnunJ. " m. r Uu/trngs. L'tycrs, tec. 1 lierQ are [our ?inds of cuttings, viz .* long callings, (:h<? ivholo branch,) short cuttings (the branch* >s or o her wood, cut in pieces six 'o twelve ncltcs long.) double cuttings, (with two >uds,) and single cuttings,) with one bud.) jong cuttings are laid lengthwise in the arrow, the butt end of the second being ibout one foot from the top end of the first, Hid covered about two inches d<*?p, with a joe. The objections to this mode arc, that f nil the buds grow, the trees will stand too :lose, and cannot make good trees; if they io not ail grow, there is a loss of all the >uds that fa I. Short cuttings are planted n the same way, and are subject to the same Ejections, but in a less degree. Both are ronsiileied by the writer as afib ding no kdvantage over r,ingle cuttings, and as high* y objectionable on accou..t of the expense, he first requiring five to ten times ns many >uds to plant an a?*re, and the second three o six times as many as are required w ith ingle cuttings. Besides all this, if any >art of a long cutting becomes diseased, md rots, the whole length of it is apt to be ifFected and lost ; whereas had it been cut nto single or double cuttings, many or the >uds might probably have been saved.? Vgoin, if one bud gets a start befoie the >thers, it is very apt to attract all the sap of he cutting, and thus prevent the others from jrowing; and if it do not do this, it will g'-njrofy cause the others to be of a small sit.''. rhe trees, also, raised from long cut' ngs, ire necessarily clustered in small groups, md measurably deprived of a free circulaion of air, and ol the advantages of the tun's rays,?all wlfch prevent the maturity of wood, and a full development of the branche s. The writer does not consider the chance of a bud's growing, enhanced in the least by its being on a long brunch. He believes, (and bis belief is founded upon bis expe. rienee, as well as upon reason.) that the whole embryo of the future tree is confined in the bud and its latent roots, and that it properly managed, no other part of the parent wood is necessary, than just enough to furnish the foetal circulation until the bud opens its leaves and forms roots, and this is only about one inch of the cut ing. The writer has no iced repeatedly, that when a i long branch has been' planted, good sized rees haregiown with scarcely any roots of thpir own ; being lef, like a he rich man's son, indepenala-nt of s< |f-ex? rtion, they were not under the neoessry of making anyderiving their radical supplies from roots formed on other parts of the branch.? V ' Double cu tings are liable to the same objections, hut in a still smaller, indo< d in a very sm di degree, trie only considerable objection being their requiring just double the number of buds to plant nn aer" tha' are required by siegl" cuttin .s. Ttiey m-i v be pi anted in the same manner as long an I short cuttings, or as single cuttings, without niaferi I disadvantage m ei'her. The wri ter prefers, however, plaming them as h<* do? s single cuttings. Ii is believed hy lli?writcr, that if ten thousand hu Is be planted, five thousand in double cuttings and fi\e thousand in single curings, there nil fie fi tv percent, more 'rees obtained, and those 1 / !. i. ? |*.M of a more uniform s Z", auu or o<:u?t iurm, from tli*? single cu 'nigs linn from th?double cuflinjs?more especially if the ground be san-ly. L"t m here observe, ilia sand is nn invaluable ingredient in the soil for s r king all kinds of cut ings ; and if a small qwinti'y were nut in the furrows before putting in the eu'tings, (especially where the soil itself is not very sandy,) the cuttings would s rike roof much more redi ly. Single cuttings are planted by sticking liein do vn obliquely, tlx* top leanin.' to tienorth an I the hud on the south side of the curing, and rovorng them with a hoe abou* wo iuch'-s d'-ep?that is. ahoii' two m-he* of earth being covered over the hud, and pressed firmly w ith the hoe or th" foot.? Sonvimes 'le y ?re plan'ed hv merely I tying them H :t in the furrow, the hud upp'-r. ntost, cov? red witli two inches of ear h, anu pressed firmly ; and I ?>rn not prepared to say that the first ma1 hod has any advantage ov? r this ; indeed 1 can mru on<-. Tbey are also plant- il by merely dropping tbem in tin; furrow, like dropping corn, wit a out reference to Hie situation oi tne bud, and they seem to d very v\eif. VV.n-n tlihud happens to b?- on the und- r side of toe cutting, hwever, the nee has to make its """ jir/innrt th? nf the cu tug. loses 'imo, mid do?s not make as handsome a ree. Layers, properly so called* ar? brunches of the tree bout down mid confined to the ground with a loike i s i k, mid rover d over \vi h ?ur;h. Wi h morus inult caiillti tiiis iiiodr is rnfir ly usi-less# Bji l.iyrrs are also fbimrdb) laying down tin wt'oln tree* root and all, in the litirow, ami 'Irs is considered by some the most certain meiho i of obtaining trees. 1 thick layering in'nll its forms more objectionable ilinn long cti'iings Tito trees never in ike good r. ots, they grew iri clusters, and ol cours* do not make as fine tr es, us cuttings ; and. besides, it is impossible that more iliun onefourtli, iflliat many, of the buds can ever grow. This will appear evident from tinfact, that in those places where layers and long cuttings are plante t, they consider that ten fold is u large allowance for ilnmult pli.'uiion of the tr< e. Now it wool ) he a very small, tree, t^af li.-id not fortv hu Is, and if so. those who make this allowance must calculate that only one hud in four will grow. The writer of this never yet failed to make three out of four buds, grow hy planting single cuttings. Th' ie is one othei kmi of cu ling that must not be overlooked?it may be called a variety of the single cutting. It is the joint of the nt iin stern of trees from which the branches have been cut ofF. If lite branch was of any considcraule size, sa\ the size of a small quill, there will be latent hu'ts, one on each side of the base of the branch, and when the tree is growing, as soon as the branch is cut off, hese buds will gen' rally each s? nd forih a branch. S wh?*n the tree is cut up into cuttings, if these joints be planted, they will generally send for h two shoots, and some;nn?s even lour. 1, therefore, usually split tnescj intsthrough the middle of the base of die branrh, in such a mariner as to b-ave half of iJi -s ump of the branch on each division of the join'. I always prefer these joints to cuttings inken from branches, as they are equally certain to grow, and generally produce two trees each. 1 Preparation of cuttings is very simple. Long cuttings require none; short cut. tings only rrqu're tfiat the brandies or main stem of the tiec be cut with a sharp knift* into pieces six to twelve inches long.? Double cuttings contain only two buds.? The branch is to be cut with a sharp knife, halfan inch below a bud, holding the top end jj\' the branch in the hand, and cutting below the; bu J each time, t uis leaving th smooth cut on the end below the bud. Singl?* cu'tings are divided in the same way, except that but one bud is left on each cutting. The cuttings should be planted as soon as possible after being cut. The Distance ;hcy should he planted depends upon the object in view and the quantity of land at d sposal. If a permanent plantation for making silk be the object, throws should be six feet apart at least, and the plants three feet apart in the row. in this wav. 2.420 trei'S mav be olanted unon ?j * ? > ? r an acre. It must be observed, that when the tn-os are planted too close together, hey tici her mate as fine treess nor mature tl?"ir wood as well as when allowed n proper distance. Sun Hilda free circulation of air, are essential to the p"rfoction of any vege_ table, The foliage of the multicaulis is so large and so abundant, that, when the trees stand close toge'ber, it is impossible for the . . .. -.3 9Un's rays to penetrate 10 the wood, or the air to pass freely among fliem. and hence the wood is prevented from maturing. I nave seen large fields of them standing so closely that not the smallest spare of the ground could be discerned without putting i the branehes aside; and when I have be**n \ told that these trees were killed, by the ensuing winter, I was bv no means surprised ?the wonder is they were not killed hy the | sul ry heats of summer also. To insure the hardiness of the mul icaulis, they must ; he planted at least three feet apart each way, on high si uations northern exposures, and in hglif or sandy soils, no. :oo rieh. The Cultivation of the inul icaulis is simply that of keeping weeds, dte. from growing, and stirring the earth occasionally with the hoe or :he cultivator. Grass and weeds are very apt to get a start in the spring, and < they must be pulled out by hand caref jlly, < when they grow near :he young sprouts of the cu tings. When the cultivator is used, ir should b" done wiih care to avoid breaking off the young plants, as they are very 1 easily rles royed in this way. If a severe ' drought o *eurs b< fore the euttings have fair- 1 i -1? - ? I? -t. ? ?!/! u., taru11 r IV lilKm riHII, I lit;J SUMJIU U<" ntn ?? ! I^u every evening ; nnci at nny time in the sum mer, free watering during very dry weather ' wiil r- pay ih?* labour ten-fold. Siight sprink- 1 lings of water do no good,? ind indeed do < "arm. by forming a crust and causing th" ground to b ike. A large fi' ld may be < watcied by the use o'a horse and cart ?vi?h a hogshead, with a sni dl canvass or leather hose io water upon the plan s ns the cur' 1 passes along between the rows. |1 Leaves may he gathered from the young trees at any ime without injury to the plants. I would not, however recommend taking more t'mo two.thirds of the leaves, and then only from the lower part of the ( frees, leaving the tops and on Is uf the branches unto mhed. Where the trees are planted close together, oven the trees will he benefitted by ibis parted defoliation, (but under no other circuins'a?e? s,) by the more 1 free adrn ss on of the sun's rays, an I of air, urn ng*t Ibern. It is very bad -philosophy 1 to suppose that depriving lie trees of l-aves e;?n h ive the ff ct of ripening the wood j when they stand at a prop- r distance, as t'.o | leaves are jest as necessary to the proper grow:lt ami maturity of the wood as the roots are. 1 The above are the wri er's views on the subject of cultivating fin* ntuiticaulis. He I is aware that hey difFer widely from the < opinions and practice of mm\ others, on I | th? refer* he submits them wi.h great d-Terence. The practice he lays down has al , ways been emment y succefsftil with him- i s' H, and lie sees no r *ason why it should nor be with oilier*. O pom s ro ni?: i?''J with the subject wiil be discussed in heir proper'sen sons. [Mr. Smith, the wr ter of the above article was tho first to bring tho Morns Maltiranlis into notice in this country, and the person who commenced the prop igU ion of it frein single bud cuttings. Hn lias bul considerable capo ri-nce in its cultivation, and is a man of correct observation, as w il as ol remark ibly sound ju !g ent. Wo have thoicfere copied his directions for cultivating fho Multicmlis without alteration, ex opt the omission of a few paragraphs; and add a few r un rks suggested by our own experience anil reading. When the land in which the trees are to stand is prepared, it is best to plant the cuttings thore at first. This saves the labor of transpl intulion ' and tho trees grow better than when crowded [ in a nursery. If only part of the land is prepared, the rows may be of half the width, and the trees in the r.?w, at half the distance, at which they are to stand permanently. The succeeding spring every second row, and every second tree in the re naining rows may be removed. Young trees suffer less from standing close in the rows than from the rows boing close. The land ought to bo dug up or plowed a short time befoie l-~ > ?? ..I.n?..U It ia hn;tcr in sene kilo UI v I rating the cuttings, to cut half an inch above the bud, than half an inch below it. as advised by Mr. Smith. For the bud will bo nearer the upper end, and therefore nearer th air, its natural clornont, than if at the lower end, and the sprout will al-'o have a 8uort r distance to force its way through the soil, which in a dry season is no unimportant a vantage. The cutting ought to be set perpendicularly, and not with an inclination, tor the very obvious reason that with the upper end at a given diotince from the surface, the lower end will be deeper, and the plant will of course suffer less in case ol spring drought. The ground should be drawn over the cutting when planted, and pressed very little if at all. Without pressure it becomes hard enough if not too hard, for the tender sprout to force its way through in case of a dry season. The Rev. Sidney Wellor of North Carolina, who first introduced the practice of dropping the cuttings horizonlallyand covering them like corn, has found that they do not succeed so well in this w y as when planted erect. Some have recommended soaking the cuttings before plant, ing; but experience has proved the practice to bo decidedly injurious. Some first open a hole with a slick and drop in the cutting. The earth cannot bo made to lie as cl aely in contact wit the cutting when this is dono as when the nolo is made by the rutting itself; nor is there the least danger of injuring the cutting by slick in? it into the earth when the soil is as well pulverized at it ought to bo. The upper cud of the cutting ought not to bo more than two inches below the surface of the ground. Of 22 cuttings pi.uiteu last spring in a garden in this town, with the upper end about three inches under ground, only two grew ; whereas of 22 planted in an adjoining row, at the same time, from the same stock and in the same way, except that the upper ends were only about two inches, or a little less, under ground, twenty grew. Cuttings with the wood not perfectly mature hardly ever grow. If planted at all it should bo to themselves wlicro they may bo often watered.? Small cuttings are much inoro apt to fail than large ones. The best way to manage small trees and branchos is to lay them down without cutling and cover them with the large end throe or four inches under ground and Iho small end at the surface. VVoeds and grass which spring up before the cutting, or while the sprout is rotj 40 - tender, should be palled up with the fingers, or carefully cut away with a sharp and light hoe s< before they cxtond their roots; otherwise the II tender roots thrown out by the cutting will be ti injured in removing them. It is often necessary Si to tseed boforo the sprout from the cutting ap. o pears above ground. Eo. Fae. Gaz.J " FARMERS' GAZETTE, a FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 31, 1840, * "Frances" next week. * The Eulogium on Gen Hayne by Gen. Mc- n Duffie is to be delivered on the 13 h inst. u The American Silk Grower, published at Burlington, N. J. has been merged in the st Journal of the American Silk Society publish- n ed at Baltimore. z ?? ' o The reader will find on the fourth page the f bill proposed by Judge O'Neal and A)r. Rhett s to the joint committee ?o whom wa* refered to n the Temperance memorials at the last session f* of the Legislature. r The Legislature of Virginia have ballotted Si S times for U. S. Senator Mr. Rive?, tho r first day received 83 votes, and 82 the second w Jay. Judge Mason received from 79 to 81.-? c Whole number of votes 166, necessary to a s' choice 84. " S Another fire lateiy occurred in New York r city, on South and Front screets which de- r stroyed property valued at #2 (XX),000. tl It Commodore Chauncey lately died at Wash- 3 ingtou. cl According to the Tax Act of last Session of U o the Legislature, the bills oT bank9 which do not pay Rjocie are not to be received in pay c ment for Taxes. The Cheraw, George Town, t Camden and Columbia Rinks, and the Bank d of Charleston, and Bink of the State of S. C- :i all pay specie; and of course their bills are r receivable for taxes. Whether the Hamburg ' Bank pays specie or not, we do not know. If 1 it does, the only banks in the State which do 1 not are those in Charleston net above named. a The Banks.?The South Carolinian of ?' Columbia in referring to the act of the Leg is- G lature requiring Tax Collectors to receive in '' payment of taxes the notes of none but ?ue- c cie paying banks uses the following lan- 0 gr?'ag?t- v A'I that we know of, as certainly paying spec e, or that the people would certainly be ^ safe in holding their notes for taxe -, till they , hear again from the Comptroller Ge or .1, are the Bank of the Slate tho Commercial Bank, * ol Columbia, and the Bank of Charleston. iv .u:_ l:.??u.. ?n ,u? ' i~ uw ui.s isi nut Mating utcranjr mat on un. ^ banks in the ' tate not here named have bus- ( p- nded specie payment?, and that of course their bills mus. be refused by Tax Collectors, and by all who are gathering money to pay r their taxes But the eflvct which the para- n graph is calculated, if n <t designed to produce, is the same as if it contained such a slateincut, 1 _________________ i Mr Walker has been re-elected U. 8. Sena- < tor from Mississippi. ' f The message of Gov. Morton of Massachusetts recommends the r peal of the 15 gallon law. The Governor will of course secure the ^ striped pig'* influence at the next election. 1 S. W. DuBose Esq. has been elected Clerk for Darlington District. Mr Webster, of Massachuselts, and Mr. ^ Tal mage, recently elected by the Legi.-lature ol Pennsylvania, have taken their seats in the ( U. S. Senate. The remains of Gen. Ilayne have been removed from Ashville, where he died to Charles- ' ton. v 1 j The Blood Hounds.?From a no ice in the Washington Globe it appears that the t Federal Government had no agency what- | ever in she importation of the bloodhounds , and their trainers brought from Cuba to , Florida. It seems to have been done by ( the authorities of the Territory itself , The New Jersey Election.?The ^ Governor of New Jersey sent a special message to both houses of Assembly of (hut < - ? * f l.? 1 nil ftnmr.l .intuit in ifonu ( S.dlC U' I IIIC iti" ui i i iFiiipi.i iimi^ in s rong language of the course of the U. S. i House of Representatives in excluding five of the persons commissioned as members of that body from the state of New Jersey. For a copy of tins Message and other document exhibiting both sides of the question, we are indebted to (lie lion. Thomas D. Sumter. 7 he question is of sufficient im porta nee to call for our copying the rcsolulions reported by the join' conmntteo to whom was referred the Governor's Me?. sage. They were doubtless adopted by both branches of the Legislature. They are as follows : Be it resolved, by the Council and General Assembly or Neio Jersey, That the state of N?*w Jersey became a party to the Union upon the express con iition, embodied in the constitution,that in common with h< r 1 sister states, she should be at all times entitled to a number of m tmbersof tho House of Representatives proportioned to her po. pulation, and that by the laws passed in pursuance of that constitution she is now entitled to six repres'-n atives. And be it resolved by the authority aforesaid, That until Congress shall by law make some regulation of the subject, the leg slat C ? I. -* .4- I ai. .* . i* la ure 01 eucn siaie nu? uy me constitution iuii and exclusive power to proscribe4* the tinrvs, places, and manner of holding elections for representatives," which necessarily includes the power to prescribe the manner in which the result of those eloc ions shall bo ascertain^ and cretified. * > y * y * 4 And be it resolved by the authority H lid, That as the legislature of New Joewy fl as prescribed a commission granted by B le governor under the great seil of tho B late, us the only mode in which the election fl fher representatives shall be officially cer- /B fied, such a commission issued in due form flaw confers upon each pernor u- u/!^m JKj^k is gran ed a full and perfect rigfl'1 nd exercise all the ponera and pr.'scntaiive of the state, until a on?titut'd and organized House of mia'ives, after due examination, shall riertinfy adjudged that he is not elected or^^^B ot qualified ; and that any oilier mode of I iTidying such dection is utterly invalid and nknowu to the laws of New Jersey. And be it resolved by the authority afore lid, That a House of Representatives cano* be constitutionally and lawfully organied and invested with any au'hority, judicial r legislative while a single representative om any s ate, duly returned and commis- I toned according to tho laws of that state, i excluded from his seat or denied the ex- ' rcise ot the fights and privileges of a rep. j sentfttive. And be it resolved by the authority afore ! lid, That the lute acts of a portion of the presentatives from the several states, by hich five of 'lie persons who were duly ommixsioned under the grtot seal of tho < tate of New J rsey, as her representatives ! 1 the twenty.s xth Congress of the United !iat< s, wer?- prevented from exercising their iglits and discharging t'teir duties as such fpresentatives. wer? a papable violation of ' >ie constitution and of the parliamentary ' iw established by reason and unvarying u- I igc, a precedent of most alarming and angerous character, ami a gross ouiruge pnn the r'ghts and fee rngs of the people f New J -r.-^py. I Therefore It it resolved by the authority voresuid, Thiit, in th" name and behalf I iie jx opl'r of the Ntate of New Jersey, we I lo hereby Kol. mnl} PROTEST agamst the I c's nfores .M, us unconstitutional, unwar- R Mil d ind u ijust, and against any assump- I "hi by the remnin:ng representatives from ho seven, | etites of the right or authority M o exerc-s^ any of the powers conferred up?n u constitutional House of Representatives, H ind mora especi ?lly against the attempt to ^ naci any law for regulating the collection ir disbursement of ihe public revenue for lisposing of the public lands, or the pro- | eeda. hereof; for imposing any tax or duty, ir for the appor ionmcn? of representatives I hall have been res:ored to the rights of | rbich they huv been wrongfully deprived. Aid be it resolved by the auhority aforeaid, Ti n: a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions, cer ified un Ut the jre.it s< h! of ibe g ?ie, which since seventeen undrcd und st venty-s x has tKen, and stiii s the constitu ional and cherished emblem ?f th? sovereignty of New Jersey, be trans mi'ed :?the Hon. K. M. T. Hunter, a repvseutntive from Virginia, with a request hnt he will la.v the same before the other pres'-n atives from the several states now issembled at Washington. And he it resolved hy the authority aforetaid, That a ropy thereof bo transmitted to he governor of each of the several states >t the Union, with a request that he will auso the same to be lnid before the legis. tun* thereof; also to each of the senators ind of the six representatives of this state. Accompanying these reso!u:ions and the Governor's Message is a list of what are tllegod to be illegal voters who voted for ho Van Buren Cand dates for Congress imounting to 243. Tax on Brokers.?From the following ffc history, taken from the Charleston Mercury, ;>f the manner in which the clause imposing his tax was introduced into the tax net, it ippears ih it there was no "smuggling" in h- case. The indignation of the "Charles, on D> legation" and other honorable and ipnsitive de'egations, under suspicion that here wag, appears therefore to have been 'premature!" It is evident, as we once before suggested, that the amendment passed the Uouse through inattention of the members to its business. If any have cause af indig lation it is the people whose s rvan;s take their money for services thus performed. But to the history: The proposition to tax the Brokers origi. nu'ed with Mr. Higgins, a member of the 3"iafe Irom Newberry?a gentlemen well known and universally respected throughout the State. Early in the session* he submit* *d his proposition to a member of the House who suggested the rate of laxatioii which he adopted. - flo drew up the clause with the assis ance of two other members of the Mouse, and then carried it to the Chairman Pnmmiiiiip nn Pinnnrn / Mr. UJ M?V# WVMIUMI IV* w ? ?* ?%?. y ? ? ^ before the bill to raise supplies had received its first reading in the Senate, with a request that he would submi it to his Committee wh'-n the bill came before them. He consented to do so, but insisted that if the mea. surfs should be opposed in Committee, lie (Mr. Higgins) should attend and explain trie obj c:s of r, or if it should be opposed in the Sena e that he should defend it, to wliim lie agreed. (Mr. [Jiooins was not a member of the Finance Commit ee at the last Session.] The clause was reported, unci Mie intention of the S nute called par(icularly to it as an ammendment, by the Chairman of the Finance Committee, on . the second renting of the Tax Bill. It pas. * s? d without opposition mid the biJl went to ho House for a final reading with this clause. ?There was nothing irregular about it. Wo have before us a letter fro in a member of he House stating that he voted for the am? im?Ht IV.. ?r?? further authorized to ?? -? staie that the clause was shewn to two gentlemen of ;lie Charleston delegation in the House, b'-fore it was referred to the Senate Committee. One of these gentlemen, we presume, whs Mr. Memminger, who has al. ready explained his connection with tho measure, as well as the manner in which it was taken up in the House. It seems to have been adopted because nobody /