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with more or less care?but then fir the most part, cure ceases?they svem to think that to plant is enough?that the fruit-tree, like an oak or Jin ash. which na.ure made more hardv, for obvious reasons, may he 1 rfi to grow an J take care of itself; whereas fruit trees, in their nature and design, demand attention and culture? to plant a peach or an appr.cot.or a pear or an apple, and leave them to shift for themselves, with out bein:* nurtured, and manured, and defended l-om numerous enemies, is just about as unreasonable and ridiculous, as it would be to leave a child or a coit to take ^ care of themselves. The worm at the root, the moss on its body, nnd the catterpillaron i;s boughs, are to be looked after, removed and destroyed, as a colt or a child are to he tlou'uded and s a mi from worms within, anc vermin wkhemf. The 6rst tiling is to go! into ? good Stock, *;iilroico variety of fruits ; and we JVouldrec^|iH/Hjtnd the you tig farmci to hfg n with a/c?o'ofthe best kinds?not ;c ;M^m;)t at ft*.st foo much variety. Let you: - catalogue be sho.t; but loVfcli be good. 'Flit S'dcc ton must depend un the objects yoi f? View. anTtliiv.se again in some mea^ v'V*r locality. If near enough U mark -t ?> make n .m object, then youi ') 111. Civ .?Y1 UjN,f L? well ill t;K7i\.C ? u IIV1K n -- be, :f you soi-k o;?lv \o provide fruit To your'own table f or cider for your owi drinking, or for s:tk\ -We I it-1 v nvJ', s;i y two i^eks since, n the table o( our worthy friend,<Gol. Wilkinson, of Pniiudelphia, than -w???m no mar belter knows n good horsiyflofhow to tak< care of him, with a delightful apple callec the Roman stem?They are f?-r sale b) Mr. Thomas ILnieoek, at his nursery, r.eai Hu.Tngton. Of apj les it might he sufHcien 10 Ixigin with large yellow bough?summci bearrn en?II iiuho, or red seek no*durthei ?b> li fl jw r?vsh?rp-oose?Roman s em ?New on pippin?Pomino D'Api. "i have named theip in the order of their ripening.?For early bearing aft"f pluuting an 1 most abundant yield, llief "cider apple" js recommended. in New Knglund, sioeel Rpples are growing into great repute as nu. tn'ioos and every economical food for hogs ?bu; the best eating apple we have ever seen is one which belongs to, uod has been nursed in'o irrn.jt excellence- und notorieiv, " r if it has not b_cn manufactured, by Dr. Thomas YVi!son, an old friend and brother fox.hunter, residing near Rock Hall, in this State?a moo fond of a good d g, and, as wight be inferred, with a taste for other good things. By-the-bje, as we apprehend some ol our very finest old apples have be. come o*iinct, why may we not hope 8nd believe, that new varieties may come, into existence. We do not recollect the" name of the n'ppte which was sent us by Dr. Wih son soon af er the last Cattle Show at E ?s ton ; but we would sooner own, much more have made such an apple, by any promological cross, than to have taken the premium lor any any cross of Bakewel! upon South down or long, upon ShortJiorn. Of pears we should be content 19 h ive in their season the different Bcurres?la wit, toe iul'eon*; or summer. thelar^e sugar, and the butter Ir-usce?the sec We pear ana a smal'ish, bell shaped crisp juicy sweet pftoT, teat grew in our grandmother's garden, nearly opposite to, but a little south-west o: the grave yard?The tree stood near the pilings, so well remembered, because thosi that fell outside were considered len prize but not perhaps quilt so sweet as those that were picked up by stealth on the inside, probably the.sweeter for being stolen, However, the scckle?rpesr is good enougl for us?such us our lamented friend H, Thompson, was wont to bring us in from Ciifton, and such us grow in perfection a Uloudcap, and in season, ucompany or pre reede his forty year old wine at the tabic o i s proprietor. But it was far fiom our design to write r dissertation on fruits, or to enumerate lli< b?st varieties?Our purpose was merely t( deprecate tlie culpable neglect of orchart and garden, by the generality of souihert - 'planters and farmers?and to inculcate th< uhsointe oi onrietv of every vounzr eenile -? ri ^ % * u w man in tlio country making himsulf famd iar with the different sorts, and tire art ofen grafting, cultivating and pmaerving them ls.it not probable thnt in every county t well managed nurst ry would prove to b? a very profitable investment and use o capital and tone t Hundreds who w ill no take the pains to write off to a distance, foi fruiS restrained sometimes by indolence and too often by a well founded apprehension of being cheated, would nevertbeles! Invest, largely, if the nursery was withir their reach, and conducted by a gen'Iemai of unquestionable character and intelligence?And who, vve ask, can name n pro fessmn or modo of coming at an hones m livelihood, more praisewortliy, distinguislirc and honorable ??praiseworthy in the high. degree fur its utility, and the innocent enjoyments to which it would contribute? distinguished, as it is not a common em * pLoyment for gentlemen?and honorablt nod elegant, bccauste, if well conducted*. ii requires industry, and implies rare, refined and in some respects classical studies a no *. knowledge. Sincerely do we wish thnt some more competent pen would take up, and do justice to the subject. From the Carolina Flanter. r * ~ Report of Committee on Corn, of the Monticello Planters' Society. , The Comoiitteo to whom was referred cerlai'n experiments relative to the production of the corn crop, report . 1st. As relates to the depth of ploughing in the preparation ofgrounJ, aud the cultivation of corn. Evpe rimcnts were made in breaking up cliff-rent lots fio;n 11 to 9 inches deep, wi;h more and less aud without manure, 3 feet <li*gh, run down and spread off as deep as " the ground was ploughcJ. Tint seasons, 'however. where the experiments were made mrtic not sue!: as to wet the ground n.ore than 2 or 3 inches deep from the time the ' corn was planted until ecring time; therefore ihoduep roots received no; the benefit or 11 }'*i i ' ! the rains, As the corn root*, however, 1 i ! ran freely doivn to and upon the suh.sur-1 | ; face, \ oar connnit'ee are convinced, that if S ' : 0:1 cf or two seasons, of rain had ex'ended to ' '> j the fuli depth of tho plough, tnoisturo-J wouid not only have been retained, hut if j i j the So l or manure extended the depth of I ; the plongh, the product would have bein I , : -thereby increased in proportion to the d? p h i an ! fertility of the soil in which the roo s 1 had space to fijed upon. Your coinrrvnee, . j however, from their observations, do not l ; ; behove that it is profitable- to-ploiigh as d? p i f; alter the first {'toughing as when the ground j , i is broken up, but injurious?that tho 2nd i ! and other plougliings should not e tend I ! over 2 or3mches deep, and if no: broken : ! up more than 3 inches, should he reduced i | to one or two inches' deep in the 2 las: t j ploughing;?. ; j 2nd. As relates to the dep:b of deposit ' r 1 ing the seed below the surface, your corn- < ) [ mittee made e.vptrimcntjrof from two io r j to four incises under the level of th'* surface, i i j not covering with more than 2 inches of i II earth (in general,) nor less than an in-'h, 1 - j where manure was added freely. Your ) j comm-ttce also tried various depths of r i planting-wirhout manure in low and uplands 1 1 ; on a level* and to <1 inches below the level. r i The results were such as lo fully change > I their previously imbibed opinions, espf*< ial- 1 I ly with one of our committee, who ha ' 1 t J long adopted the practice of laying th" seed - i low but Covering only with the common I l ; depth of earth?but when tried row by row i j in various qualities of land, the results have I i convinced your committee, that low lands 1 f ' should not bo. planted lower than the surface r i level, and uplands fin inch or two be n level. 1 t I The drrp planting was considerably re- J ' i tarded in the spring growth, the stalks run 1 | up in proportion to depth more spindling ' i j and die production less. These aro the i j facts of last year's trials, which, with us, 1 was a very dry spring and summer?and 1 , from our observations we thus reason upon 1 '; the question. Tnv seed being low it totes ' !! the advantages in a great degree of (lie : spring sun ne<;es ,ary to its early growtn ; 1 i j that aft'T the corn is advanced to a height : j of 3 or 4 feet, the roots will go down to the ' i ! depth of the ploughing, al any rale, so as ' I to receive moisture or nutriment. It is true I s1 that roots branch out from the 2nd joint 1 | when deep planted, and thereby aid in the 1 ; i production; but by our experiments, thi9 i j advantage was secured by throwing up a 1 j high bod to the corn with a plough wc call 1 I ; the twister, which will throw the earth to the ' 3d joint if necessary. J I | 3d. Your committee, according to re. i; quest, made various experiments with what I | is called stimulus manures, viz: Nitre, salt, . lirno, ashes?five rows of each, with the I : seed soaked ia a strong liquid preparation ' t ' of each of ihe above articles, witn stable ! ! | and seed manure added inthedrill. Also ' i: 5 rows of each, in addition to I ho seed being I i ! soaked, had the manures sprinkled wi h ihc : j liquids. The lime and ashes were also (; added "in substance to other rows ; while 5 , ' other rows were planted with manure , II without the liquids or stimulus in substance. , i j Other rows wore planted without any ma,! our*. ,: The results were, that where the nitre, LI suk lime or ashes were used, no advantages i: in vegetation, growth or production, could ! he discovered in the leas? degree whatever, , | either upon low or up lands. > | It may l>e that stimulus manures may increase the pea crop, as the fact is estab. j lishad that the gypsum or plaster produces ? : an extraordinary ?fleet io the growth of . j peas, which is equal if not superior in our i j climate when turned under green, to the t ! edict of Clover at tiie North. Wr, how ' ever, are satisfied that in the production of f corn or cotton, (having tried them wit j each) that our climate aud soils do not re i | quire the aid of these stimulus manures in ? j the growing of those plants. > j 4th. We also tried tho experiment of i . soakingcorn and cotton seed in liquid mai i nure from the stable yards, und are satisfi- d ' of a considerable advantage in promoting a speedy and lively germination, especially of the cotton seed, which by a quick vegetation gets ahead of the grass, and bv its coming . up with a longer stem renders its culiva. } tion much eas er. ! | All the observations made from, the above f; experiments on corn planting, were from t j corn planted very early in March. If plant- i r : i>. 4nril nr Mav thA ewrlh wou'd likidv ... - .T - -- " -J j ?; be sufficiently warm to the depth of 3 or j*four inches to germinate and promote the 3; growth of the plant when young. Yet even i ? ! in April or May the cold rains may k"cp ?i the roots too wet and cold for a lively j growth ; for the month of May is more gen. j eraily too wet limn too dry lor corn, espe- : t j cially in flat lands, and all the advantages 1 otherways can be secured by throwing up < - to the corn with a twister, or drawing up | t with the hoc, at the time needed. We therefore do uot know but the deep > plang might be best if planted late in the ?j season ; our reasoning would go 10 favour t! that supposition?and it is probable that it , j is Horn experiments made in late planting I ' that many planters have drawn conclusions in favour of planting so much below the level of the surface. j Our experiments also to confirm the pr*. . ftrence of covering with a narrow plough j (where the earth is well pulverized and clear j of trash,) to the hoc. When a narrow ! plough is run on each side, it exposes the i drill or hill more to the sun, and is I ss 1 1 linlJo fr>*hn fiilrnn nn hv hirrt? Pirluciio of I . HllUIV VW -..v.. -r ? ? I ' the advantages or saving labour: nnd if the i middles are not immediate broken up, less l ' liable to be washed up hv the rains. < JON. DAVIS. . Chairman of tke Committee. j Mr. Editoh : ^ ^ I The Monticello Planters Society having i ! d'r.-e td that the lleport of thier Comrni.tiv | on Corn should ho published, nod being a 1 : member of that committee, and placed under circumstances that rendered it ne- s i ue&sary te? restrict my views^vithin limits i j which prevented a full detail of last years' t ; experiment?, especially as relates to manures i fc r ' ' ^ * it-mey therefore contribute to the declared purpows of the association, and perhaps o he planting interest, to offer the following additional observations. Upon one acre s"! apart for experimenting in Corn culture, I. put three hundred bushels of Cotton seed and several wagon loads stable manure. The design was to irv fd ep ploughi. g (a: feast nine inches solid earth, and twelv incites hO't ptdveiz d). would no supply space and moisturto bear out the crop. wi?i?*h was left at the d.stance of one and-n.hall fi-'-t in the .frill and lour (ret in the st p. from row to r<uv. Tli : S'a soti proving so dry that the ground was raft m :de wet m >re than two or three inches deep from the time of planting ( he first week of March} until August* cut off the crop almost entirely. Bv 'he experi ment, however, the following facts were discovered ; 1st. the corn root-" will run. as deep as the plough enters ; and where t!?" ear.'li is pulver z '.j eight or twelve niches deep, all ihe rains that fill on the ground are absorbed and w ill not run ofTJ even from descend ng ground. We ?e| io.n have a rain in July which tvou.d extend its moisture even to six inch s d a p, tae time most needed ; if however tn Inn or July one rain should fall, so as to saTur.it lno whole depth of ton or'twrlve inches, it would he sufficiently retained to* mufti re the eroy. ttrd. High, r manuring requires h proportionatc watering,?a long received opinion. Another experiment was tried when rather too l ite (the last of July) hy lurnud|t '? spring from i s ditch through thq corn rows below the fountain, with the seme good t'IF'cts as rains would have produced : tm rn can therefore hp but little doubt that those who have lands In-low a free, neverlading fountian of water, may add as much manure as they please with a profi proportipna'e. and by irrigation, deep ploughing, find manuring, pro luce one bun ir-'d bushels, or more per acre. If so, what is the value of such a i acre? And ire there not many pi inters in our own rate who h ive at least a small portion of lands tl us 8 Mated, and who could try th experiment ? With a f-w acres, I have prepared with ditches leading from a bold running spring, designed to try the virtu" of manure combined with irriga ion, the presen* year; it is liop -d o hers of the committee may try tho same experiment, so as to make ample test imony of the results in dif. Ferent ways and on different soils. If til'' production should be seven'y or eighty bushels per acre, ail expenses will soon be ? - * J i !.L - pnia, jijj ! vv'im mieres!. With ihe result of irrign'ing lands, as practisfJ in Europe and elsewhere, and of late at the North, all before us, is it not 5 rang ill t no a t< mp s of he kind have been made in So. C?.. unless hy her ri'*fr )|.inters, in tins interes'ing brunch of Agicul-'ur ? JONATHAN DAVIS. From the Decade Phi ofophique. Memoir of a ne w method of PmnUngw>Lh . Milk. By A. A Cadet de Vaiix. Member of the Academical Society of Sciences. u I published, in the * Fouille de Culture*. ;eur, but at n time wh n the thoughts of eve. ry one were absorbed bv the public misfortunes, a singular economical process for painting, which the want of ma'''rials indu:ed m(i to substitute, instead of painting in listeniper. Take skimmed milk, one quart?fresh stocked lime, six ounces?oil of caraway, or I nseed/ir nuf, four ounces?Spanish,whin*, say wliuin.', five p muds. Put the lime into i vessel of stone wore, and pour upon it a sufficient qu nitjiy of milk, to make a smnlh mixture; then add the oil by degree* itirring trie mixture wi'h a small wooden ipatula ; then add the remainder of 'he milk, and finally the Spanish white.?Skimmed milk, in summer, is of en curdled, but ibis is of no consequence, as its fluidi y is soon restored by its con'act with In* lime. It is, however, absolutely necessary ihat it cUftiilri fir,! Ki? miiir fi>r in iii:il rase. il would Ibrm with the lime a kind of calcareous are. late, suseept'ble of attracting moisture. The limo is slacked by plunging it into water, drawing i fcout, and suffering it to fall to pieces in the air. For painting white, ihe o<l of caraway is to he preferred* as it is crJorless ; for p aiming with the ochres, the com monest lamp oil may he used. The oil, wh? n mixed wnh the milk and lime, disappears. b-ing entirely dissolved by ihe lime, and forms, with it, a calcareous snap. The Spanish white mus* be crumbled, and gently spread on t'te surface of the liquid, bv which ii is gra in lly imbibed ami at last sinks. It must then tie stirred with a s irk. Ttiis paint -a colored hke distemper, with charcoal, levigated with water, yellow ochre, dee. One of the proper jes of my paint, which w may term Milk Distemper Paint, (Pelnture au lait de trempe') is hut it will k ep fof whole months and requires neuher limo nor fire. In ten minutes we may prepare enough of it to paint a w hole house ; the above quant'tv being sufficient to paint the first layer of six toiscs. One may sleep in a chamber the first night nf;er - . i fVT I ; II IS p-il. i>ew WU'XJ rripii|?:<j \\\u cuui ings. 1 have since givn a greater d> gre?* of solidity to this method of painting, for it lias b-en my aim. not only o substitute it u, itie place of panning in distemper, but ul?o Lif oil paint. Resinous milk Painting. For work out of doors 1 aJd o the above pain ?slacked lane, 2 oz,?oil, 2 oz ? white Burgundy pitch, 2 c?z. The pitch is to bo melted in oil, by a gentle heat, nod Jed to the ni'lk an I oil. In cold wen titer, the mixture should be wanned, to prevent :l?n nitr*h fmm rnnhnir. and fo fiici'ihite r< "" r, v ? ? -- - " " un'on with the milk "fid <?ib This painting Ins some analogy with that known by tius name of Eneaslic," . I would iwn ly observe ;ha! I have used lie above mix1 nres more or tesg extensive ly or several years, and 'hat I tvm perfectly jatisfi d, i:i my own mind, that by proper Mention in mixing and applying, it may be Tiade, nol only a cheap and economical, hut x durable subs:iiuto for ordinary pain s. Its J&' ' v -* jjppoaranre, when applied to the ext-rior ot buildings, is more beauiful than 'hat of the best German lead?having a fine glossy suifaee, otr! wijen pu-on by a workman, e> qu ijly os impervious to water. 'x '?u Experimentalist. * . . -'F /V R M E US' GAZETTE. FKJOAY, AI'RIL 3 1610. \V<- re'urn our thanks to the Hon. -Thos. ; D? Sumter for iiis polite attention in s< n.liug | us numerous valuable public documents. | The Raleili & Gaston Rail Road ha^ been completed and the cars now run to Raleigh. The American Farmers' Companion. ?'This is th*? till" of .i n w p'Tiodicul published in Phdadelphi i tnd of a Inch we have j received the first three numbers. It is J 1 issued .monthly, each No. containing 32 p.igesoffl vo. siz ; neatly prnt-'d on good j j paper ; and conducted wi h judg-wiii, spirit ' j and ability . Price only one dollar per j annum. Oi lers for the work mav*be;i>d. ' I 1 I dressed, post paid, to Francis Wilson, No. I 07, South 2d. droet, Pha The eduor of tin C->lunt'?ia Carolinian i tak s to heart more ihan *e expected our I fivw words of rebuke for introducing a privily quarrel into the newspapers, and for intimating that the people of the state were about to fake sides in the quarrel, and make it the basis of a new organization of parties. His sensibibility on the subject is a good sign. He also seems niort fif d ai our co. pytftg from ano Iht paper a pnragiaph par. fUMjhn iz ng ti e parties fo 'be alleged qtinrref, ai'ier his myst'T'Ous bints and sombre predictions in regard o it had been circulated in all pans of rl?e state For surh mortification we see no good cause. Although we do no; 'certainly" know for v\ Inch oft he parin*, h" inten led 10 m ike hat tie, nod although ?t*.y i re not ve.erans m the field, hi II either i of ihem would surely he a ver\ respeclaMe leader in a f ilial warfare. We iherefoie. see no good reason for his bejag nshuned ?.f seeing ilieir names announced. The wrong done was in bringing the uffiir be fore the public a* ail, and not in gratifying a very natural and very innocent curiosi ty, lo know, al er this had b- en done, who the pard's 'o it went. Another thing of which he now seems ashamed is that he made a pr'vute quarrel, or personal difficulty the basis of his predicted n<f\v organization of panes, and mtiman s thai it was not done by him.? i^After quoting the words of our rebuke he adds i?t jm rte**Uu>cic "Ahhoughwo tufficenl* lv shewed that the one refered to by us was not a private qua ml." Let us refer, then, to. the language which he used, arid S'-e what it does shew. It is ns follows, the It dies being ours. "A serious persor.ol difficulty, fostered and prorfucod, we believe, by men inimical io Mr. Caliioun, and to the present state of things in this state, and 'ounded on charges whi<*h we believe, yea, we may almost s ?y we know, to bo untrue, ?has arisen be;ween txoo gentlemen, alik- friendly to Mr. Caliioun, and nigh in sihmoii and in (he confidence of the people; and thrrats a re said to have been hastily made, and public m* asnr -s suddenly taken, under a oust "ken sense of wrong, founded on these charges. wiucn forebode distraction division and ?hscord in ours ate." "These gentlemen are alike personally and politically very dear 10 us, and we e iriiestlv 'rust 'h.?t their misunderstanding m>y he reconciled, and t-mt they will uin e in reined) ing/tie unpleasant consequences which .are resulting from it.? That ihey can do this entifly is doubtful." r 1 .!.? -..ui... 'II Hie icuu IS (Prsi'VHmi hi ,o mc puuiiv. detriment the people shall know" &*. _ Again nfler saying ih ?t -'oik of this per aonul d'Jjicuhy .namly" sprung the opposition to Col. Richardson as a candidate for Gov rnor, and exacting candidates for he sMP* legislator* not to commit theinselvs on that (ju? ? on. he a 'ds : *|f they d- ei le otherwise, and hastily, they will see fiiend r s'nu against friend, to an 'extent they now I ttledr am of; and will find their prespnt pnliicil relations broken up, themselves thrown amo.ij men they never anlicipal'd as associates, and he poli ics o! tne slate involved in confusion worse confounded. " No connn -nt is necessary to ah< w whe h'T the predieted, or apprehended .new organization of parties was to be based on a "personal difficulty," or some important principle. If the latter why was it given up on lite adjustment of the personal difficulty? ?And why did lire Carolinian expect this to be the case? It is however another good sign to see it ashamed of such ground , and' back out from it. ! ( fCilio //ji#//''h .r? Iwv.n Mr?pr?<PVPre'l if)." <1 ....... r . jho Carolinian would, f??*\ orx l rational douhr, have again characterized us and all others w o might not engag. in ji, and on Ins side, and win all his a*nl too, as part and parcel, if no* the vary son! and body, of '{lie d- sj.pcra'e Clay und B >nk faction in ibis State." For this is bis st? reotypo charge against all ui evry party from ?hom |je diif rs so inuc i as to look fur hard u.itn? s to euli thern. In tbis ro$;>ect he reminds us of a little two year old prattler, who when offended, by whomsoever und howsoever, always cries out, 14 You had" "you bad" w V* -' . '? ' -y''' . "you had".?4tD sperate Clay and Bank faction" is the Carolinian's standing phrase for "You bad." CONGRESS. In the Sonafc notfimg of interest is doing; a great part of tbo time has latterly been span* m executive session, considering a treaty with the . eneka Indians, which was finally ratified The ohjfction paid to be made to it is some alleged unfair: ess in the negotiation. In the House of Representatives the mornj ing hour is daily consumed in debate on the report relative to the N w Jersey election.? The motion before the house on the subject is to print the evidence before the committee and their journal. The Sub-1 reasury bill from the Senate, wnicit had b< en refored to the Committee of Ways and Means, has, after several weeks, been reported by that Soramiltee without amendment. But the daily order of the day and the subject which occupies the principal part of the time of the House, is the bill providing for the issuing of 5,(100,000 of Treasury notes. The admin titration party were anxious to pfcs the bill without delay, owing to some pi casing demands on thfj Treasury. The opposition pariy, on ihedther hand, were determined to debate the matter. The struggle gave ris? | on the 24th, and 25th. March to very singular ! ?I - ~ ? '11? LI....?. ...? ? In ^ninmitlPP pri'ui'cuiugB. i iic tiuuei' waw i?? of the w.ole, and the majority determined not to rigo cvithout reporting the bill to the House* where debate might be arreted by aid of the previous question and the bill be pamed; while the minority were equally determined that the committee should not report th bill,, at that aitting. So many administration members were absent that a quorum could not be formed without some of the Whigs. When the hour was getting late and no one was disposed to make a speech, motion after mo tion was made ?o rise and report the bill.? On these motions si many Whigs always refa. sed to answer to their names that a quorum never voted. The committee, according to the rules, were then obliged to rise, and report the fact that there was no quorum. When this was done, with the Speaker in the chair, the Whigs voted, making a quorum. Bui the bill was technically before the-committee, and the House could not act on it till the committee should report it. This the committee could not do for want of a quorum. There were repeated calls of the House, but they availed nothing. A quorum could never be found voting in committee. The struggle was kepi up all night of the 24th, and till 5 o'clock or the evening of the 25th. when the majoritj finally yielded and adjetirned. The debate was again resinned on the 26th, and 27th. On the 27ih. the bill passed its last reading by a vote of 115 to 70. It was taken up in the Senate on Monday the 28th. and carried through all its stages al once. The vote on the passage stood 25 to 8. From the National Intelligencer. TUB NK.H? .SESSION OF THE HOUSE. The silting of the House of Rcpr'sentn. tiveg, which commenced at 12 M. on Tut sJay, and ended a: 5 P. M. ou Wedn-sduy, (losing twenty-nine hours,) will.bo muior . I T?1 u I II. qdm; in nisiory. i uuugu ruuucrv ^m nui^ may form to themselves*&n ?dea of such * scene as a popular body exhibits undirsu'l circumstances, they con hardly imagine i o their minds with'any thing like the vivid ii? hs of reality. The following sketch, bj a spectator, will serve to assist irnaginattOi in the attempt to do so . At my Boarding hoose, Washington, March, 25, 12 M. Messrs. Gales &Scuton; You have, at all the world knows, some curuiua sconeiu Washington ; but.I think thu ofihe las twenty.four hours goes "a little beyoti' your ordinur," as douce Davy Deans wonlc prob.hly have said. The Treasury Ndu .Bill having been four.days before toe House the measure being a favorite one, the incessi y for some relief to the Treasury im minent, and the majori y of the House pos sessingihe power to pass it, they fem ti have come to the determination, in Coo grcssional phrase, to "sit out the hill." Ac curlingly, when the usual hour oi adjourn merit arrived, gentlemen occupying lh< floor in opposition having repeatedly giv?*i way for a motion to adjourn, that motioi j wan always promptly negatived; lights weri brought into the Hull?the messengers tfrec seen trimming the lumps?members wcr returnng from the refectory?and the usus indications w?re given of a nigh: session Some of ihe elder and feebler geriikm-i of the House wertrseen taking their cloak and hats, and from simultaneous movement among those known to be of opposite side in politics, it was known Pint many ha< agreed 4?to pair-oft*," as it is term- d,- lenv ing the. poli u:ul balance an equiion of st I tne same value as w??uld be should the remain. Now might you see party lender in hve.com* rs, m s ort hut earnest consul tmion ; then you might tr.ee the adjutant gliding among the seats, and apparent I; conveying intimations of a concerted move ncnt ; and now, t'.e spe< cius having r losed ihe two armies reased to. manoeuvre, am came to thr pass de charge; in honed*; - phrase, they "left off quarrelling, and cam to fight iig.M "Yt as and nays!" "yen hum I" r?>.:n nn.It?d iliromrli the Flal . ~~n~ whenever a motion was midu to adjourn mid it was-presently found that,while the ma jority was Imuvv on the one sid?'i v z. not t adjourn, the minority became so verv sma1 on tti(? other .liar their united vot'*s foiled t make up a quorum : and, fiom the vrr significant tone irr which the words Mcour tho negatives" were uttered, the Adminis tra'ion members become conscious thnr thei adversaries had dulk'ii on a device which if persisted in would frustrate the power c I their own numbers, decided as was thei . * * # majority: Their leaders now looked lik? hounds who, from full cry, suddenly find ^ ih'-mselvos at fault, and run about in all dir ctions smelling for the lost scent. The House bcing in Committee of the Whole, whenever they found no quorum voting, jvcre obliged, by the parliamentary usage, to rise and report that fact to the House.? W uen this was done, and the House was again in session as a House, behold a quo. rum instantly appeared ; and then, by the same law, they were obliged to return into committee again. This happened so often hat at length gentlemen of the Administra* trat.on side became irritated, remonstrated, demanded that members should bo counted <n their seats, whether they had voted or no, <nd at length came to insist thai .individuals, bv name, be compelled to vote. Such a motion having been made in one case, a voice rried out, in the confusion ofsounds which filled ihe Chamber, "How are you gointf to do it ? and the query wag succeed* ed by shouts of Inughter,mingied with sounds of vexation. It was curious to watch the various efT-c's produced by the scene on different animal andsnental temperaqpnts.? Some yawned feaifully, {for it now was growing toward midnight;) others cursed ?nd swore ; others shook their sides with merriment; o herrreasooed and remonstrated w ith their neighbors.; some very eorp* > posed'y.stretched themselves upon the sofas, having first borrowed chair-cushions enough to support their somnolent heads; others bivouacked on three chairs, while some not fiudir.g other.convenient couch, str?* ched themselyes flat on the floor of the o s'% with perbn^s a. volume "of the laws of the United States as their pillow. "Wakw me when the vote c.imes, won't you T" cries one. "Ob, come/' says a more pacific spirit, "come, come; it's no use to play this gmieany longer; let's give it * fivo it up answers a more fiery friend ; "give ^ up ? Never. I'll sit here till to morrow nglit first; I'll sit here a month before IM tjive ut? to these cgpsed Whigs." ' "A month ?" exclaims a still more chavolrous * '$?' gentleman from a seat near by ; "ill sit here to ail e c nity but we'll 'get the b;H out of con>mi?t?e." "But I've had no dinner." "D?u the dinner; wh ? cams for dinmr T I 's have the bill.'-. "Well," sighs forth a corpj!e>it member, "I believe 1*11 go down lo P' tuhorm's, and get something to eat.w? "Mr Chairman," uow cries a shrill voice 'com the centre of the Hull, "is it in order fur gentlemen to vote to keep us here in commi tee nil.nigh', wliilo they are lying on txe floor going to sleep/ Here are two of them, sir lymg kicking about on the flooris ii in or l* r. Mr. Chairman t Then came | oils of th? House ; and whilo the worn1 down Clerk was shouting out the names of : th - ro l,souv were holding colloquies and telli jug-good dories in the lobby ; while the little r messenger, boy s, 'he.jmereuries of the House, > were chasing each o her round the huge mnrhlepi|)urs, and throwing paper balls* at P th^ir comrades. As 1 sat gazing en. this very curious scene, I was startled by a .rich, t melodious voice ut rn/ e^rr car rolling up? in the Sweetest tio'n% alio lines,? "Oh, there's not to the wide worlds valley i f(> sweet, As lire v.ile'of A /oco, where the wild waters * mee The sound proceeded from a member of portly, figure from f|p4ttiribe&6tefn portion of the Union, whoTeemed greatlyto enjoy the fun. It was momeafeitV, and was lost in the general, wdl-susWfaedr multifarious 1 roar, which was ho great as nfcjn to compel the Clerk to stop and report tflflhe. Chair that he could nflt hear therresponses of^Jie members. The unhappy Speuker (yet he 1 did not look unhappy?he never docs) who # 1 occupi d chirfly (whilst the House was in Comrn rt'?e of the \Vhol?) in passing from his own apartments to the Chair, and back 1 again. ' As soon as the Committee of the Whole would find itself without a quorum, and was therefore compelled to rise, a messenger wns sent for the Speaker ; ho busti led into me Hall, and, ascending with ddfbei rate step Iik lofty seat, proclaimed the fact r which hud just been reported to him by tho I .-hairman ; then followed a motion to adI journ ; then lie veao#nd nays were demon* - ded with a shout, (the cry for yeas and nay* . was the chief speech made during tl?e night;) and, having sat his weary half hour tq listen. : to 'he roll, und have the yeas andhgf* cor rected, (by adding the names of gentfgman > who perhups hud been napping, pcrraps tai* - king so loud that they did not hear the Clerk when their names were called,) he announced the vote, and a quorum being now pree sen*t he summoned the chairman of the * ? Committee of the Whole again to his post; i they made (heir official bow to each other* a and th? n away went tho Speaker again, till u the same e&ergency should, a few minutes a after, cull him back into tho Mall, i! Thus roiled tho hours away. Candles, i. burned down to their sockets, forming pie[t turesque grottoes of spermaceti nsthey de* s chned ; Ininj* went out in suffucuting fumes., s Some insisted on having n window up; oth. s> t-rs on having it down. The poSw messcru I gurs gap^d wearily , one d?xk Was relieved - by another at the )ea and nay book; one II appeal after another was made to gentle* v men's magnanimity, to their regard for the s dig-wiy of the Houso and the reputation of . the 'country, but they were lost in cries of s order !" 44 not debateable !'* H go on f >' y -* yeas and nays !" A; length the pure and pen ply light of morI, nitig began o dawn through the great with d windows of the Hall, presenting by its hea.. r v? nly calmness and beauty a lovely contrast - i ?- r?: l._ .t_ ; i.L -c i ? I' 10 i e gurre oi iigma, in? smoxu 01 i<uup3, ^ ? und all ihc crowded tumult within. II Presently the monotony of the confusion ; -r-if such a phrrse may bo allowed me, it i. exactly expresses the truth?was broken by r> the entrance of the Sergeant-at-Arms with h a wlioJe bevy of captive members, whom he .. o trad roused up from their various places ^ y ;r?t remem, and taken" into custody.M ' lie * a reported his doings to the Chair ; and then i- these delinquents, one by onetwere brought r up to the bullying, and tfWiged to give an i, account of themselves. " Mr. A B, you d have absented yourse^'Owh tliefjouse Jurr tng its sittings, contrary to law, and without im