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ripen : rje would come up, for some imes
I would sow broad cast rye, and lot rny cattle
eat ofF most of ihc rye. The next
spring and summer I let it rest, and that fall,
out; and the next year I planted corn, and
listed in nil the stubble, dee. In the month
of July and August, (for I always Jay by
corn by the 4th of July,) I would cover not
only that part of rny corn which I hud ma- j
nured with oats, peas, &cM but all my corn {
ground, on an average one inch thick with |
pine straw, leaves, &c., which did protect
. it from the influence of the sun : 1 would let
thes'raw, dec. lie till full and winter, then ;
list in for cotton, d;t:.
I am aware the question will naturally |
arise, "If you plan? much you can'i do all i
r.i! . fi !
this;" I aJmit the tact; Wougu I'iiwii you
what you can do ; you can plant enough j
to make as much corn as you will use, and j
n grept deal to sell : you can plant 0 acres j
of corn and 8 of cotton to the hand?which
will be 147 bushels com and 4 bags of cot- i
ion, unJ you won't have to work but 8
hours out of 24 to do it. And if you will
follow up litis scheme of planting, you wilt
say what signifies be ter times ln
privateer.
From the Carolina Planter.
sheep.
. ? Tb'TO is no species of stock more essen.
tially necessary to a planting establishment
than a flock of cho:ce sheep: they are
easily kept, and at a less expense than any
, other domestic animal, and are all important
to good living as well as to domestic
economy. 1 have always bad a flock
since I commenced planting?and confiu.
uw to make, as I have done since 1815, the
greater portion of my people's winter clothing
from their woo!.
I believe J yas the tirst to in'roaucetne
African or^roadtaif on the Conga ree in
1823. They ore remarkable f?>r quantity
of wool and ihrifines?, and crossed slightly
with the Merino are much improved both
id fleece and the qua'ity of the'r meat.?
They ?re not so beau ii'ul and full shaped
as the Sou h Down or B ikewcll, nor so
large as the latter, hut for all the purposes
of domest ic use, I think arc preferable to
anv variety tve have. From a Ram I got j
in Virginia, I hatj yearly a el'p of from 9 to ;
12 lbs. of unwashed wool. A flock off
these in good order, with a large propor- j
lion of wethers from 4 to 6 years old, would j
yield on an average with us from 0 to 9 j
lbs. of wool.
The fine Merino has gone out with us- - j
they are too small and their wool too fine ;
for domestic use : the African having hav- !
ing coarse and long wool?is just the thing j
for our plantation operatives, and it is for i
this reason 1 have adhered tothem as much'
ns possible, notwithstanding the strong ,
temptation before me, in the beautiful Sheep
of my neighbor, Col. Hampton.
The cross he has of the South Down and
B ikewell, or Leicester, constitute the very I
perfection of the animal, to my eye, so fur as
form, <S:c. are concerned?and have hut the !
solitary objection of the short wool and not
enough of if. This objection, however, is ,
one which is seldom urgt<J and rarely regarded,
as most, if not ul! planters in the
middle and low country buy all their negro
clothing, ft should not be ao, however. 1
think it could be easily shewn that all made
on a plantation is that much saved.
fi'i I?i?1,1...
1I1C Ultljr UH III Wiving iicuuujr win;- (i 10
to keep just enough, and no more than can
ho well attended to?to shift them frequent
ly from one fHd or pasture to another?to
select only the best lambs, and k?-ep no inferior
ones of any nge?and never have a
lamb yeaned ufter Cnristmas.
To insure this last recommendation, the
Ram is kept separate from the Ewes until i
tho 1st May ; from that time he r emains with
them till the 1st August. In May thenorbage
and grass puts up, this is succeeded by
tho run of the oat fit-ids, and these again by I
our pea and corn fields in the full, in O.-tc., j
ber and November, when the lambs begin j
to make their appearance. This course j
insures the ewes to be fa!, and to yield an j
abundant supply to their young of rich !
nourishment. Lambs dropt at this season I
suffer but little, if any, front cold, and are \
well grown, and in full time for **green I
peasa desideratum of no small conse- ;
querce to those who are lovers of good !
things.
The lambs should bo castrated at about1
10 days old?jf put off, the operation is attended
with danger: at this age they do
not regard it, but if left, as is very commonly
the case? until tiny are 3 or 4 months
old*- half are lost.
CONGAREE.
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TIGBf I?A iNG.
Extract from a Trad, by Dr. Wm. A.
r Alcott.
After explaining and illustrating the ruinnous
eff ete of tight lacing on personal
comfort, beauty, and health, the author inquires
whether any thing con be done toi
arrest the further progress of the evil, and !
if so, what can be done 1 la answer to the |
inquiry he snys?
.. 'iv _ ? .l : > i ... i_ !
r " 1 ne urst ining is io sui a gu??u cxaiupie.
And herein, .perhaps, is tho most difficult
part of all. It is comparatively ea<y for
mothers and teachers to tell their children
and pupils how they ought to do; but to
what will their good advice amount, if they
do not set a corresponding example ? And
yet there are many who say?perhaps in
sincerity, too,such is the warping, debilialing
effect of any sort of slavery on the ,
\l mind?as others have said of spirits, tobac. \
<o, opium, snuff, tea, coffee, <kc., that they
havo used the unnatural and unnecessary
support ?o long, that however wrong in the
nature of things its use may be, they cannot,
themselves, do without it.
Let mothers and teachers?we speak of
those who are truly enlightened?do as they,
may in regard to setting an example, they
must, as Christians?is any thing, indeed
but ihe murderers of their children?train
. up their families to freedom of body as well
us to freedom of mjnd. It is difficult for us
to think, with *any good degree of complacency;
of the mother who, while nhe under
stands this subject, will still bring up her
children to the use of a tight dress. tl
Few persons can be found who admi nr
that I hey themselves dress tightly enough to w
do any harm. 0;hers do, they will admit, w
and they themselves may have done so in o
former years ; but of lute they dress loosely,
wry loosely indeed. And they probably d
think so. Yet we have known persons e
entertain this notion, who never, in their b
lives, put on a dress by their own unaiJed p
efforts. It required the main strength of n
one or two strong female assistants. Such v
is the power of habit, and the infatuation of v
slavery. I
There are not a few good people, however,
who are wanting in the moral courage no- ti
cessary to reform*'ion. They would gladly v
change their habits, they say, and dress cor- v
recly ; but then how would"they look / t
They dare not, for their lives, be thus singul. c
jar. Wo p ty those who make this objection i
I to changing their habits, for wo know they c
j ate sorely tried. Nevertheless, as surly
! as we ought to obey God ntther than man. t
I so surely is it our duty to go forward and 1
; do what we believe to be our duty, all np e
! pen ranees to the con'rary notwithstanding, t
Pf??ss.maker3 may, and in our opinion <
j ought to do something in this matter. Let
j it b? remember *(J, we say once more, thr
| we spe ik of those who understand the he- 1
j man constito i m and its laws, and tlie t< rj
riole evils of tight.lacing, and who acknowli
edge titc force of moral obligation; for we
i havo little if nr.y hope of others. Tltedres*j
maker might do a very great work ind? <d,
; if sic would. There is a wi le difference
| between persuading every fern do who has
?' a - new dress, to have it as loose as possible.
.1 ? ? t"'? 'HIMn llll/iaiUI rllT I|<IP_IIC
tn'j urging u'"i< uiu ii uwbif>11^, ..?
has sometimes been done?in ordf'r to in. J
duce iter to have it ns tight as possible.
; What if it will not sit quite so well?what
th ?n.? She might s'ate the case plainly, (
> placing her own heal h and her da y to Iter t
' race into one end of the scales, and a per- j
! verted taste and tyrannical fashion into the j
(other, and leave her to deide for liers?df .
i w!iat she should do. But 1 ss tha- this, as
i it appears to up, the truly Christian dress
' maker cannot do. She has no right o he
voluntarily an instrument iu destroying her
fellow creatures, to secure to hers?if ?li"
reputation of being considered accomplished
in her profession.
This, wcare aware is requ'ring of a single
occupation more ihan will bo readily '
granted. \\ liy, it will be asked, shall th'? 1
dress.maker sacrifice her own pepuniary in.
terest in this y, morwa thean persons of other
occupations? But we have nor said 1
said that she should. We would require
Christmas of evrry occupation?the B b!?requires,
it, and how can they do less ??to i
put duty in the foreground, and sell-interest |
| in the shade. I
Not that wc are ignorant, wholly so, of j
the difficulties which dress.makers have to [
encounter in the progress of these labors, j
j Tliey have not only to meet their own con|
victions of duty, but also the prejudices of ,
i their customers.
1 ^ #
i A conscientious dress-maker once said t
to a voung lady, a factory girl?" You dress '
too tightly ; your waist is very small indeed* *
" It is much larger than I wish it was," she
; replied, very pcrilv. What con a dress
maker do unJersuch circumstances ? Nev. 1
erlheless, it is her duty to do all she can ; '
and the difficulties which she has to ericoun- r
ter only ineienso her obligations.
We have already, said that in our own
opinion it behoves all who have it in their I
power, to cry aloud and spare not, through I
the medium of the press. But we may do ,
do something in various ways, both single .
" handed and associated. Mothers may do 1
much. Teachers of our various grades of 1
of schools m ay do much. Physicians may \
j do much. And we also conceive that min. (
I isters of the gospel may do much ; if not
I by their preaching, at leost by their conversation.
Nay more ; every individual may }
\ do much?especially every influential indi. \
vi iual?and who is not influential ? Does
' not every person, from the highest to the t
lowest, have his share of influence ? Who .
is thcro to be found that is not looking at
the example of somebody else in these, os
W 'll as ali other matters ? It seems to us s
that the influence of example, as a means 1
of instruction?especially the example of 1
tho^e individuals to whom the com nunity
are accustomed to look up?has never as i
yet been sufficiently understood.
*We have alluded to ministers, and haz- c
arded the opinion, that much might be done c
to effect a reformation in regard to dress, j
by their agency and influence. We think j
that their efforts would be greatly aided by r
the example of their families. Such efforts i
and such examples, very iortunutcdy, are p
not wanting. We have of late come in fi
contact with several. More than this ; our e
ministers are beginning to suggest plans for 0
the reformation of others. It may not be *
amiss to present one very plausible plan, j,
suggested by a minister of tho gospel in this g
state, in a letter of very recent date. He t
first endeavors to show that mankind ore
governed by passion much more than by t
reason ; and secondly that on this account
it is almost useless to talk, write lecture, &c., <
longer on the snbject of a reform in ^
dress, till some definite plan of action is b
adopted. He then proceeds as follows . r
"The human family are governed as much s
by passion us by reason. As long as it is 0
fashionable to dress tight not more than
one in a hundred of our young ladies will J
have reason, and principle and indepen. c
dence enough to dress as they ought. To
be nut of the fashion, is to them like being ti
out of the world. Shall we then accomplish w
much until we make some definite move, h
ment to change the fashion ? This wa? n
our first efficient effort in the cause of tern- J
+ b
perance. c
" Suppose, then, that an attempt be madp, fc
definitely, to introduce a new fashion. Let &
a few ladies of taste, judgement and principle,
unite to devise a fashion of a dress suited to
the frame and constitution of woman. A 01
little counsel from one hke yourself, who is ^
familiar w ith the structure of the houset
might bo very beneficial. to
L ,l&
*
44 So far as appearance is concerned, any ?:
jing which is fashionable looks well to the C(
mltitude ; but still, a fashion which is made ?
nth reference to health and character, g
ould have greatly the advantage in a virtu- j
us community. . tt
44 Lot us. then, try to get a fashion well- c
eviscd% and then lot the effort b? made to ti
nlist votaries. Lei the fiends of reform e
egin by example, with resolu'ion and.inde/ (
endenre to carry it through, and miglr we ?
tot hope to carry the thing so far in a li.tle f,
kiiile, that nu adherence to n bad fishion t
I'ould be considered rather as a token of ti
i id morals ?" t
Whether the particular plan here sugges- a
ed shall or shall not be hereafter adopted,
ve do ardently hope the friends of reform
viH keep the sul>jcct of dress in agitation
ill something is done. M e hope mosi ?rlendy?r.ay,
we believe?it w II not he per.
nitted to rest till the human body?is re1
e ned from it- degradation. J
We have alluded in a proceeding page, to 5
he saying of a mtn*h esteemed individual, v
ately deceased,* that if the present fashions, f
;speeia!ly as regards tress, are to continue,
he present race will be extinguished in two
>r three centuries. f
* The late William Sullivan, L. L.D., of Bos.
on.
1
FARMERS' GAZETTE, j
FRIDAY. MAY 1. 1840.
r
TO PRiNTRRS.
Wanted at tins office tor a few weeks a '
fouroeyman Printer.
J
One of those blunders which sometimes
)ccur in printing offices, was committed in I
making up our form last week. The printer t
olaced the account of Mr. Clay's rema ks on
he Maine boundary question, at the c'ese of ,
i sketch of a party skirmish in the House. r
t
A Naval Court Martial lias been ordered (
o meet on the first Monday in May fur the t
rial of Commodore Elliot.
I
Virginia Election.?The State election i
lasjust been held in Virginia. Out of 40 <
nembers of whose election an account has <
reached us, the Whigs have gained 4, '
f
The Camden Journal and other papers give '
Jotice of mad dogs in their vicinity. 1
s
Harrison Meeting i* Charleston.?A
meeting of the friends of Gen. Harrison was
iield in Charleston on the 23d, April. Among '
:ho?e present whose names are introduced in:o
a sketch of the proceedings furnished by
he Courier, were Messrs. J. L. I'ettigru. and '
Hugh t-. Legare, and Drs. S. H. Dickson, ,
R,? ad, Wilkinson, Porcher, and De La Motta. ,
rke meeting was addressed by Me&tfrs: Pettijrur,
Legaro, Geo. S. Bryan and E.%S. Thora- I
is, editor, formerly of the Charleston City '
jazctte, and latterly, of a paper in Cincinnati. !
i
Gen. Dunlap, late Minister Plenopoteotiary <
)t the Republic of Texas, to the United Statra '
laving been recalled, Barnard E. Bee is
|
tow Charge d'Affairs at Washington.
Two Missionaries eaten by Savages, i
Messrs. Williams and Harris, two English '
Missionaries have been killed and eaten by ^
he inhabitants of Ewnmango, one of the (
>Jew Hebrides Islands. The intelligence (
s furnished by a letter from a person who
vas with them, end was pursued, but es- '
aped, nt the time .h'*y were k lM. They
Fere missionaries 10 New Sou'h Wales and
?rere on a visit to tlio Island on which they (
vere killed. (
The petitions sent to Crongre39 for laving a
luty on imported silks, now admitted free, and
he favor ehnwn to these petitions in the Sen. s
ite, by Messrs. Clay and Buchanan, are now
iltrcting considerable attention in France.?
\11 the leading newspapers have taken up the
lubject. The Journal des Debats says;
It is seriously agitated at Washington to
mpose upon silks a duty of twenty per cent,
?that is to say, the maximum of the Ameri.
:an tariff?from the 1st of July; 1842. In the
ourse of last January, Mr. Clay presented peitions
to that e J, and recommended them to
he Senate. More recently ano'her Senator,Mr.
Juchanan, advocated the same measure, with
eference to the interests of the Treasury.?
rhis consideration, it is to be feared, will be
owerful with Congress, by reas< n of the deficit
in the Federal finances?adeficit inconsidrable,
indeed, and easly to be supplied by the
ild residuary funds, but there must be prepara.
ion for extraordinary demands. Under all
ircumstances, the project of the duty on silks
r a strong temptation ; it w uld yield a large
urn. This subject eminently claims the atlenion
oJ?ihe French Government.
he Temps (now a Ministerial paper) sounds t
he alarm in this strain:
o
"Customs Tariff\ Menace of the United fa
States.?A grave occurrence threatens the n
nanufactorics of Lyons. The question has
een adduced and debated at Washington, of r
aising to twenty per cent, the duty on foreign
ilka. Notwithstanding the very liberal ideas 11
f the statesmen of that oountiy, it is to be 11
I U M 4 t Ln jkf T1 _
;areu mm me iicccoounre ui uie treasury 11
rill determine that destructive measure. It is n
ot to be doubted that so hign a duty would
ause, immediately, a considerable decrease tj
i the consumption of the article. We trust. %
berefore, that the President of our Council L
rill bestir himself to prevent the threat from
eing executed. The United States have u
eed of us as much as vre of them. H strict- te
r speaking, they can do without our silks, j|
ecause that, indeed, is, for all nations, a merhandise
of luxury, they could not dispense, f
ira long time, with our consumption of their
ytton. e
n
The following is a paragraph from an article q,
n the subject in the La Press^ considered
te ablest Journal m France. w
Numerous petitions and fiscal exigencies w
ue excited Congress to entertain the scheme
f[laying a maximum duty on our silks. That ct
ountry, which a few years ago, boasted so gi
iucIi of being free from debt, has now a heavy re
>a J, and. what is worse, begins to experience w
deficiency of moans to discharge it. In adition
to these impulses, there is a desire to re. ai
iliate upon France. The (Jmted|Statcs have
omplained, for a considerable time, that their 'u
reaty of commerce with France, which will tti
xpire in 1842, ha proved for them a bad or ; tli
K?rs bargain, ( un marche de dupes ') Their ' ft.
xpnrts to us consist of little else than cotton. | )r
nd fali far short in amount of their imports .
rom Franco. Hence, each year, an exporla- j ,
on of specie, which exhausts the reserve of 1
he precious metals is indispensable to support '
he enormous mas6 of American paper money, c
nd thus contributes to multiply crises. t<
n
CONGRESS. A
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Senate. v
ti
Mr. Clayton front the Committee on the
idic-iary reported a bankrupt bill,''on the v
121. April, li provides only for cases ?f 0
oluntarv bankrnptHiicy. Tlie committee "
ould not ugrre up-n a general bankrupt
till. The bill reported was ordered to De u
trinted.
House of Representatives. [j
This branch of Congress has for some e
nne been engag d ir. discussing I he rneris
?f the present Administration, and of Gen. !
t r? ^
Harrison as a candidate lor tin Presidency. n
The hill tiontinall\ betore the I tons- , and on <
vhich tins debate arose, is one making ap- ll
rropiia'ions forme civil and diplomats ex*
lenses o( the Government. On the 21s.
n
\p- i! while this subject was up, a regular ^
\ghl took place in the Hall, between two of vt
he memb rs, ?he proceedings in regard ro
which we copy somewhat abridged from
he National Intelligencer follows;
Tiie House resolved itself into Commit- a
ee of the Whole on the state of the Union, t<
Mr Casey of Illinois in the chair,) on the |j
nil nmk 'ig appropriations for the civil und b
hplom ittc expenses of the Government for p
ne v? ar 1840. d
Mr. Sihonsfall, who was entitled to 'he h
3 ?or, proceeded to address the committee in p
ply to remarks made yesterday hy his p
oil'ague, (Mr. Payment"-r.) In he course <1
if h:s remarks, and amongst other tilings, n
VIr. S. commented on an article which ap h
icnred m ihe "Globe" of last ev? mug, head- -h
d "Federal.Tricks;" and yielded the floor tl
o Mr Wise to make certain explanations r
;s 'o the subject mutter ol which that ar- q
iele treated. During these explanations, w
VIr. Hopkins, ol V rgmia, wis also two or ti
liree time* on tue floor in reply to Mr. ii
W isc. it
Mr. Sd'onstall, perceiving that the ex- r
jlareiiioiis, interrogatories and answers h
growing out of this matter were likely to lie q
Tended to some considerable leng h, had c
ts"n to claim the fin- r? a
When, suddenly on the extreme left of t1
he Chair, and almost in the corner, Messrs. b
iarland, of Louisiana, and Bynum, of c
North Carolina, were perceived 'o be in Ii
. lose <nd very violent personal conflict, b
linclung each other,- and interchanging t
lows. '
A general rush was made to the spot f
rom all parts of t lie Hill; amidst which (
*ere heard loud hn<I repeated calls for the
Speaker. Mr. B ?nks, of Virgi ia and oth- t
?rs succeeded" in interposing between and i
leparating Messrs. Garland and By num ; ?
:ho committee rose informally and hi violent "
confusion, and the Speaker resumed the \
choir. s
All this occurred in much less time than a
s required for ?"0 narration ; and in a few I
Moments, something like order having been r
restored? s
Mr. Wise moved that the two gentlemen (
[Messrs Garland and Bynum) betaken into f
'us ody by the Sergeant-ot-Arms. a
Mr. Morgan inquired who was entitled to I
he floor 1
The Speaker said he had taken the chair I1
vithout the committee having risen, for the
uirpose of bringing the House to order.? a
ricu'ing no motion made, and the House t
r : - I _ I l _ i.
eiusing, as n i'-emtu, iu i?kh any oraer, 11
ie would iiguin give place lo the chairman 11
>f the Whole; ?
[Tho motion of Mr. Wise was distinctly f<
ward bv the Reporter just nt tho ongK hut "
irobably did not reach the ear of the Speak- d
ir, owing to the noise.]
Mr. Dromgoole said he was hot for per- M
nittwig tho chairman to resume his seat, ?
vithout express ng the hope that the mem- *
lers of the House would now unite with c
lim in enforcing order. He (Mr. D.) knew d
io;hing of he commencement of this diffi. g
:ulty, or of the language which passed be- n
ween the parte s ; nor did he intend to im- a
>u'e fault to any one. He felt, therefore, a
erfertlv disinterested in calling upon the c
nembers of the House to unite with him in
oppressing these disorders. It was due to ti
lurselves?it whs due to the character of
he country. When a disorder of this kind
icrurred, it was the duty of the Honse, Ul
ielore proceeding to other business, to take b
nensures to prevent its recurrence.
Mr. Briggs (who speaks, unlortuna'ely, tt
rom position where it is impossible to hear
.nra iknn nno.h.-iir nf u'hni he ti:i vut urna CI
ndorstoo'l to say that he hoped the gentlenan
from Virginia (Mr. Dromgoole) would B
ot conclude without submitting a mot on. at
Mr. Wise rose to ask the Chuir to inform G
ie House Hiat was the parliamentary
ourso m such matters 1 c<
T!.e Speaker war unders'ood to say it 81
roald be parliamentary 10 raise a commitjh
for the purpose.of investigating the facts.
: had also been the practice to put a spe.
iftn motion to the House itself. Hereto- S(
>re the House had not gone father than to ej
nrpfain a mo ion submitted to iiself and bt
oi to send the matter to a committee of in- ^
u,ry- di
Mr* Underwood said he had been here
nme >ears, and that the scenes which, he
itnessed during the present session were
ery different from those he had been ac- th
r . ?
istomed lo see some years ago. He re- 1
etted thut such scenes should have occur. 0
d i they had had an effect on his feelings ^
Inch he would not attempt to describe ;
id ho must he permitted to make this reark,
that, unless some steps were taken
r the purpose of producing a change in
e manner of conducting busin"ss here, re
is body might as well be dissolved, and
s members return to their homes. The V
it'-rests of the nation required it ; it was ^
idisp nsahly necessairy ; something must ^
e done ; and unless a change could he ef. ^
icted, the dissolution ef the body was in- ^
citable. Tne nation would not longer 111
tl'Talo such scenes ; the Government could <:'
ot command the respect of ih?* People.? ff
is the Speaker had intimated that it was S
arlianicntary to raise a committee to in- *
est'gate the facts, he would submit a mo- ^
on accordingly.
Mr. (J- th'*n submitted a rcsolu ion pro
iding for the appoininient of a committee r<
f five. Tnis resolution was subsequently ^
ltidifiad, and, as adopted, will be found be* P
)W. Mr.
Briggs hoped there would be a ^
nauimous concurrence in this proposition. (>
Mr Connor concurred, he said, in the ?
ropriciy of the investiga'ion ; and whoever
ligtii be in fault, let trim be held up lo the ?
oucry. He said a melancholy change
std ta.k n place within a few years m the "
haracter and feelings of th.'House. It had e
een obvious, for some time pas'i to all the '*
i m tiers of the House, as well as to visit*
rs and siranuers in this city, that some. r
1 ng was requisite to be done to sustain n
-I ..f.i.r.k.j,. T| t?
!? OriHT anu UII || iy Ul Ii'19 UUU). I liuard?o
had been members of it forrr;erJy, well w
tune i bend what its character was in times '!
one by ; and at least half of the gentlemen ''
^ho wer now members knew how sad a
hange had i;>k? n place in the course of a r.
wy?ars. fl?; l>*|iev**d lie might appeal
i the Speaker, who had, within no distant ^
me. witnessed scenes not precisely such
s had taken place to-day, hut of acharuc- 2
T approaching to if. Those cases had "
eeh crushed?the pride of the House liad
ieen appealed to?gentlemen had inter- v
osed for its credit?and, as f;c had said, '
ie cases had been Crushed. But -now it G
id come to tins (and he meant nothing P
ersonal to any one) that the most disres
ec'ful language was used, no: only in un- M
er currents, hut in the House; indeed, he H
light subtly venture to say that he had w
eard as much of vulgarity and abuse as 0
h h id ever freard upon court greens, or at *
ic tails of a muster in the district lie rep. ^
esetlfed. Order, morality, peace?all reu?re
that some steps be taken ; and if .here
rere a majority of the friends of order in 1
us House, let them now un te with li m f'
a pu ting down this (ell spirit, calculated as .
t was?and he spoke it with shame?to !
uin the character of ibis House, and to 1
ring the country into disrespect and obli- c
uy Ami miglit he not, in this connexion, s
all the attention of gentlemen to the char- f:
cter of the proceedings of tho House for '
he lust ten or fifteen days ? What had they 1
ieen but a successive arra'gnmcnt on the 1
ine eide, and defence on the other, of the v
I .** r .1 ri J ...I i.? J r
ngn otncers or me uovcrumein,? wn? <mu
leen denounced as scoundrels, and every
idng else h it was bad 1 Such might be the
act?he w.us not sure to vindicate those oficers.
He stood tnere as the hieud of orler.
Mr. C. then ailudedto the several cases
if breucti of privilege which had occurred
n former yars, and concluded by saying
hat he insisted upon it, as had been well
mid by the gentlenvn from Kentucky, (Mr.
Jnderwood.) tlmt if a stop was not put to
luch proce?;ding.s, they had better adjourn
tnd go home to their constituents, and tell
hem that they could not do the busim-ss
of the eoun'n ?that party (or a worse)
pint had seized upon the Representatives
if the People?which amoun ed to a denial
if the transaction of their business, and to
in entire bunishment of law or order in the [
douse ,
Mr. Ui derwood then presented his reso- '
t'on, modified so as to read as follows: f
Resolved, Thai a committee of five be (
ppointed to investigate the facts relative r
.U? J! 1 I I t.Jon/to ...l.i/.C C
J uir uiMurutT itnu pcrsuuai *wirm o v?u^n
as taken place between two of its members v
3 wit. Rice Garland and Jesse A. Bynum, (
nd that said committee have power to send r
3r persons and papers, and that said comnittee
report with all practicable despatch 1
le .acts of the case.
Mr. Briggs(whocouldscarce!y be heard) *
raa understood to say that the proceedings
f the House had reached a point now at
'hich a pause must be made. This dis- P
ourteous language, tins personal abuse,
lis vulgarity of expression, which, as the s
cntl* man from Nor.h Carolina (Mr. Con- ii
or) had intimated, could not be surpassed ?
t the corners of the highways, had led to a
n act of personal violence in the face of .he a
ountry. h
Mr. Andrews moved the previocs ques- V
on. y
And there was a second. ti
And the main question (being on the o
doption of the resolution) was ordered to c
e now taken, and, being taken? v tf
Che resolution was unanimossly adop- u
d. o
The Speaker announced the committe to o
ansist of the following gentlemen .
Messrs. Cnderwood, of Kentucky, d
utler, of Kentucky ; Briggs, of Massachu- ^
?ns ; Olinoru, 01 Maine; and Looper, ot c.
rt'orgia. h
And, on motion of Mr. Wise, the said b
3mmittee had liberty to sit during the ses- ^
on of the House. n
[According to the accounts of letter wrL jj
rs, Mr. Bynum was particularly outra~ ^
'ous. He drew his knife but too lato for Si
cecution. As he was dragged off, he b
andished it in the air, applying terms ^
e most vulgar abuse to antagonist, and
iring him to follow. The committee had
>t reported at the date of the last account, g,
Since the above was in type we learn c<
at the committee leported on the 24th.? ^
'ho report consisted of a mere statement ^
f ihe facts which was ordered to be print
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New York, April ?2.
New York and Virginia.?Most of our
aders are aware (hat a controversy is pen.
ng between the S;ates of Now York.and
irginin, growing out of the refusal of Gov.
award to deliver up to the authorities of
irginia, three colored men, residents of %
us Siate, viz. Peter Johnson, Edward
m;th, and Isaac Gransey, who had been delanded
by the Governor of Virginia on a
large of theft, in stealing a slave within
ie jurisdiction ard against the laws of this
tate. At the recent session of the Virginia
?egislature, resolutions we repassed to t lie
fleet that the reasons assigned by Governor -*
ieward for refusing the surrender, are
wholly unsatisfactory," and that the act of
fusal cannot be acquiesced in. Also re.
uesting the Governor to renew his corres.
ondence with Governor Seward, asking
im to review the grounds of bis decision.
Accordingly Governor Gilmer has address.
d a long and able communication toGovrnor
Seward, dated April 6th, Vhich tho
itter has submitted to the consideration of
r.oniclnlti^ npprtmiinnied hv a brief
ui , fessngp,
in which he expresses a desire that
tie opinion of the Executive and of the Gen.
ra| Assembly of Virginia may he consider(I
under the most favorable auspices, and
hat his own may be submitted to the most
iffid examination. The manner of GoverorGilm'T's
communication is entirely cour ous,
nnd the matter, as we said before, is
/nighty and convincing. He plan's himself f pen
the national compact?the Consfituon
of the United S'ates,?and shows th at it
oes distinctly, and almost in so many words,
pquirethe surrender ol parties charged nnd
emnaded, as are the three colored nv-n in ^
juesrion. And to make the case stronger,
ik quotes from the decisions of our own Jud- - *
:?'S, in perfect accoqjjjnce with the position
ssum-d by Virginia ?n the present case.
\ will con cnt myself (siywGov. Gilmer) * *
vith inviting your Excellency's attention to
In- case of Clark, a fugitive from the state
if Rhode Island, and decided in your su- reme
court. In this casn it was assumed,
liat no "-crime" had been committed, or
ras in fact irnpu'.'d to the fugitive inasmuch
s the effence charged upon him would only
/arrant proceedings of a civd nature in his
wn Stale. Cri'ef Justice Savage, in delivering
the opinion o'* the court,sayw;?** TIkj
irst answer is, that the statute of Khode Is- i
md is not properly before us. An offence
if a highly immoral character is stated in
be warrant, and is certified by the Govcrtor
of Ri,o.lf Island to have been pinde crinmal
b\ Pa* laws of that State. This is ev?
lence enough in this stage of the preceednes."
He proceeds* again thus : ** Had
iur Const i uiion and laws been silent on this
ubj.-ct, and no conventional arrangement
(\isted between theseverul States composng
our con'ederacy, it may be conceded
Imt the pra -lice arising from tbo comity of
iution.8 would be applicable, and before, wo
vould surrender in one state any persoa.den
indid by another as a fugitive from j?#? .
ipp ir would be ourdu'v to examin* ino
' " ^ * ,'-~W- ~
ho evidence of the alleged crime, and lw
mlisfied that no reasonable doubt existed ne
o his guilt. But under our Federal Gov.
srnment this matter has been regulated, and
ve are nor I eft to the uncertainty arising
'rom an inquiry in one stale into the p?rtir.?
jlarsof an offence committed in another.?
il?re th?,n(the Federal Constitution.) itthe
aw on the subject, a positive regulation, and
antamount to- a treaty stipulation ; and we
tre no; to resort to the eomity of nations fur
3ur guidance. Every person who is charged
witti a erirni- in any S at'?, and shall flee
n o annth'T. shall he -lelivered.
It is prop'-r to add, th it the Legislature
)( Virginia, in connexion with the proceedngs
above indicated, resolved that if tho
oursM pursued bv the Executive of New
fork should be sanctioned by the Slate,
meaning, probably, the Legislature,] and
lerslstcd in, "it will become the solemn du?f
Virginia 'o adopt the most decisive and
fficiVnt measures for the protection of her
it Zens, and the maintenance of rights
vhich she cannot and will not, unJer any
ircumstances, surrender or abandon," A
esoiution was also passed* requesting the
Jovernor to open a correspondence with
he Executive of each slave holding State,
oliciiing their "co-opcration in any necesary
and proper measures of redress which
Virginia may be forced to adopt."
A controversy of a similar character is
lending between Georgia and Maine,
The question, in its bcaribg upon the
lave-holding States, is one of manifeat
mportauce; for if men from the free
hates may enter the slave-holding States
nd carry off slaves, or entice them away,
nd there is no redress to the master, he
olds his1 property" by a very frail tenure.
Ve have no doubt that within the last five
ears, many hundreds of slaves hav* been
ius carried off and smuggled into Canada,
r elsewhere, and that there are regular re*
eivers and agents at different points along
le most feasible routes, in the free States,
'hose business it is to facilitate the process
f escape. For further particulars, enquire
f the Aboliiionists.i
. .We make these observations that our reaers
may sec, if they did not see before that
ie controversy is one which wHI necessarily
xcite a deep interest, throughout the slaveoldins
Slates, and esoeciaflv those which %
order on the free States. It is not that
rirgmia cares for the three men abore
amed, one way or the other. She would
ever hare troubled herself to look after
>em, were it not for the principle involved,
md this movement is designed* we pre*
jme, not for their individual punishment,
ut to deter others from similar conduct,
y securing the acknowledgement of the
ght of demand, and the necessity of sur;nder.
If our Legislature are about to take
round on the subject, we trust they will
insider the matter well at the outset?
1 hile we acknowledge the Caostitution, let
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