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* " compensated for by the peoti-iar auvanta- { v pes fbr the improVem?#lt nnd enjoyment of' i life, which they possessed. And that tin's ; happy community have, by this system,; nnd humane economy, improved their con.. ^ d.tion to an enviable degree, scarce any t one in the remotest part of the State but t cou! I testify from hearsay at leas', were I 1 r to ^jve 't *'a local.habitation an 1 name." The misfortune attending ngricultmai t Journals, is, that instead of showing how :o , 1 reclaim worn lands, and to prevent the good from deteriorring?in short how to do j j every thing in the best and most thorough c manner?t teaches us how to wear out all j ; our lands un J reclaim none, by an extravagant and slovenly system. Accounts of v heavy planting to the hand, and large, per \ t hand produ-tioa, which are only published ! j when seasons and other ci renins'a rices eon- : spiro to ensure success, lead the hi.h rto j satisfied and humane manager to take more j5 land in'o cul ivation, as ho is ''doing no- 1 i tnine and thus he cuts do wn and wears j i out a plantation/which, by rotation, manu- j j ring, and resting, might hove been always i. kept up, and by increase! per acre pro luc- ! lion, more than rewarded its owner for the | slovenly tillage which ruined it. And the re : ( are portions of lite Si ate where th's rapid i! destruction of land, or even the increased j , quantity required by this miseta le s; f- 1 ( tern, are mr.t<-rs o fthe highest,.momcm, j uii account of the saurrMty and"dearness-of {.1 land. "Suppose, for instance, that in F?ir-|l field district, where land soils*from 6'?r> to I 25, a planter with 2d >voik rs, can, hy the*1 inod? rute and thorough system, plant to ad- j vantage on a track of 1000 acres, which ' cost him $*30,000, could he not afford to make lnss to die hand, .(and yet be doing I ! bet or,) than he could if lie doubled ti e ; quantify tended, and made 2000 acrts,! costing S 10,000, necessary ? The in1 crest i. upon tin? increased capital thus rendered ! necc.^ary, wouid be 61,400, or S70 to the naud. ' ; Nor would i bo necessary to plant dou- j! ble the quanti.yto the hand, in order to < render double the quanti v of land n* cessa- j , ry, as the one sys em would keep up (>11 j ^ that might be in cultivation, whereas the 1 other would hasten it to perfect exhaustion. ; 1 it is not all uncommon ir> the District I have ! . named, for planters'landed capital to fur \ exceed that invested in operatives, and thus I, would he, by running his tract for-n few large j crops, kdl the goose fox the egg it contain, j td. , ... -I Besi Ivs, if the enterprising planter who j ^ w'ano from n urnnd dinner and a idass of . p, _ ] choice wine and sticks his foot on 'ho f.-ni j ' cr before a cheerful Hps to determine the j I extent ofhisnoxi year's crop, happens to | calculate too largely, and ov^rplant himself,! who are to bo the victims of this ignorance, ; recM ssness or avarice ? ' it is va?n to say that 12 acres s'ovenly . ' MI ended, costs no more labor than 8 neatly i i ciitivaled. Tl>e greater the numb r ofacr- s,! the longer the time requisite ^to get over ir; and every experienced planter knows > tint a well hoed field w ill last clean double 1 ns long as one car?iess!y pissed oven I' utmost seems that negroes*and mu!o? are ' regarded us machinery in this age of "go- i * ahead." and labor saving machines. ; Besides the gratifieatioti to the humane ; mind, arising from the consciousness of a t proper regard to our peculiar responsibility ( to our operatives, another incentive to their j r good treatment may he found in the pccu- ; niary advantage to he derived from it. I ^ d,? no! h? cimte io siv. tliat those planters of my acquaintance wha have been rushes. ' have ULCUmul.ited riches s7otcer with nil j their big crop*, than those who were mo -erite and skilful: the na Ural increase of 1 whose ncgroos, alone, luis g ven them a 1 good interest upon their property.* Uj on reading over the foregoing, Mr. ; Editor. I find it much more diffuse and j desultory than perhaps will suit your Jour j t nul?hut of this you can he the judge?and i t I *ssuroyou no umbrage shall be given if it i * be soMeh-rminrd. ? A FRIEND TO MODERATION, h, in t , i< FARMERS' GAZETTE, i' ; I ~ 7: jl FRIDAY. MAY 29. 1840. I The abset ce of one of our printers has pre. ! ( vented our setting up this week the evidence !, iiV regard to General Harrison's abolitionism;, as we promised. - I ( SILK CULTURE AND VERY SUPERIOR SILK j . WORM EGGS. ' j ? * - * - ?*? r-? We have a tetter worn mrs. cjiuunur i Spann ofSumt"r District giving nn account ! i of an experiment mare by her, the presem ! < season, in silk culture, which, although nj private litter, end from u lady too, we felt j strongly tempted to present to our readers, ; knowing that all of them who take an inter- j' est in this new agricultural enterprise (now ; ' in South Carolina) would read it, as we did ' 1 ourselves, with high gratification. Mrs. j Spann commenced last year with 500 f worms, has made this season 50*hushels of j ^ cocoons, and expects, fho next year to feed j a million of worms.. She, last year, raised . "* ? m ftko nrrrre aT fho i u icw wunns iiiiiciitu iiuiu uiv ijjp-i v. j 4 same season, and expects now to make a second crop in the same way. Her co- I coons are very superior. When gathered j 1 it took Uyteigh a pound only 112, selected ; 15 160 to 'JBr not selected ; and of tkc very j smallest, 300. After the nio;h has escaped I ? the average weight of pure silk is from 7 o ; < 8 grains. Herself and her neighbor, Mrs. j < Sumter, now have a large quantity of eggs,! 1 from th? arms, to dispose of. Here ] then is an opporlun ty to procure eggs of 1 the best quality by persons wishing to com- j mence the silk culture. Of eggs procured [ immediately, enough would probably hatch, j j the present season, for a 6rst experiment,} r ' ?L'UIJ>1I HAJMM HUUTi'rhilst the greater number would not hatch 1 ill next spring. Mrs. Spunn n.igM he J idJiessed on the subjvel at Sumteivilli?.? f) )r if orders were left with us, we woulJ v ikp pleasiire in forwarding them. Only c he I irg? st and best cocoons v e ? s< Icon d o or eggs. Tne eggs noni which tli st* s forms s[ ring were cure fully selected in ^ France and Ituly for Mrs. Sum er. c I'll*? part of the business in which mos ( >orsof)s, who have not triod it, apprehend ' it/ficul y, is reeling. Oil this l ea l Mrs ' Spann sa\s, "I commenced reeling las veek on tlic Pe dnionirse reel, ai.d find not noro difficulty, nor indeed near as much as 1 had anticipated." ' 1 In other part of thq letter sho says : "So < strong is iny desire to see the silk business j irosper, and so great is my confidence in j ts ultimate scoots-;, ii a: I would, the ensu. } ng year, find a dw? lung hous?', eggs an-J j 20,000 trees for any one who would come acH rccomiwjnde 1 as to character and . capability, nr.d who wo'dd brng w ill him t he machinary and persons to operate. I ' ivou'd ask nothing the first year but that he ( tvouid instruct myself and one or two ser rants how to manage the s Ik, nd conveit , ho cocoons into a saleable arti 'le." I Do not our enterprising g ntleinqn plan- ^ ers blush to see a lady takug the lead o, 1 hem in- the introduction of a new tapl-*f , they are raising and wiling cotton at ( rom 4 'o 9 cents ? 1 Three weekly P'ptf* have lien, or are < ?iout to be issued in Georg-a till lite. Preg'IcntiHl election, a:$l. each; one, cail-d 'he Southerner, from the office of the Con. | stitu ionalist^Augu t>\. one, caKod the Demo. i ~rat. from the ofli :e of the Tele^r u)'?, S - i ( vannah, an-1 the other called the Reformer, ( from the oflije of h<; C'-rotucIo and ianiinel Augusta. Tlie two former support , Mr. Vjtu Buren, and tho other Ge :. Harri- I on. The contest is iikejy !o be as w arm * n Geprgii as in any o'her State of the | L/iron. * j Mr. C. C. Cnamberling, of New York, j ormerly for many years, a distinguished , ueniher of Congress, has been appointed | jy the Pr sident and Senate, Minister to ' Hussia. Mr A">ron Vail has also been appointed ( rj .arge d'AfTiircs to S[>ain. Gen. Baton, , tow .Minister to- Spain, of course returns 11 ?orne. Mr. N Ias, has accepted t!ie oflkc of Post Mas'er General. , Jabez \V. Huntington has been elected IT. t S. Senator by the Legislature of Connecticut, i n place of Judge Betts deceased. I Congress?In Senate the Bankruptcy )')! is suit under discission. A motion to in ( dude banks as well as individuals lias been 1 nade but not decided.In the House, Mr. Bell's bill to secure the ! reedotn of elections against undue exercise f Government patronage has been rejectedt OS to 50. The Sub-Treasury bill has at |( ength bf.n taken up A motion to strike out v he enacting clause,, in other words, to reject j p v,_ A:??,,^.An Tf ,'e a,na,t?.l I lit? Ui?rt>- UilUUI Uintuoo.v/;i. x i? he bill will pass. ' - ? Col. Preston has published in the Charles- ^ on Courier a letter to the citizens of Charles, f on stating that the reason why ho did not u "ote on .Mr. Calhoun's resolutions in regard to ^ o ilaves driven into a British port by stress of 1 veather was an accidental absence when the ( luesfion was taken. As wo published ti t 1 esolution of censure by the Charleston ' nee'.ing, justice requires of us to publish the etleralso ; which we shall do next week. j Wvn. M. Price has been arrested at the suit of the U. States, and liberated on bail to * ih^nount of 832,01)0. IIo says the Govowes him, and not he tne Govern- i "" The Ear] ot Mulgrave has arrived in Wash ngton with despatches from the British Government- Nothing further has transpired n regard to the negotiations about the boun* Jary question. We last week copied tho "uddre>s" of ho administration meeting of Charleston other sta i ig than discussing the g oimds >n which they support Mr. Van Burcn for re-election to the Presidency. We row copy on the other side extracts from a message of Gov. Ellsworth of Connecticut, and from a epeech of Judge fdnnson of Maryland at a public meeting tome weeks since hold in Baltimore ExtractsJroin Gov. Ellsworth's Message. When this Governm* nt was first estab. ished, it found a currency partly paper and jurtly meialic. Paper money had l>-on is. iued by a Bank created under an ordinance >f the old Congress, and afterwards adop ed | >y the Stale of Pennsylvania. The new ? rovernment, witnessing the 'saint iry cflTrts ' >f the Bunk ofNorth America, in 1791, in- I :orpora?ed an institution of its own. This < institution expired in 1811 ; in 1816, at the * ecommend.ation of Mr. Madison, a second 1 dank was created, v\hieh expired in 1836. { During forty years, out of fifty one, wo have ' lad a National Bank, and by means of it, 1 n, friendly co-operation with State Banks, * i currency pre-eminently convenient and s )i?hly approved. The few years we had * 10 Bank, viz. from 1780 to 1781, and from c t <: * * 811 io I81S, our finances nnd exchanges b umc in ?re.'- con u ion, as tliCy .?re at the S resent i e. u Not less observable is a system of credit, r< /Inch beginning in the searchy ofcapital in a ident to a new country, lias grown will g >ur growth and s rengthencd with our si treng'h y imparing confidence ami ac iviiv. nr intil wo have outstripped liar I money conn u ries, and acorn I sle-d in fifty y?*ars wet t! itherwiso would have required centuries. C Zredil is that connection be wen capital I3 uid labor vh c confers upon tie late r the h vp-fi o! the former; a cowieoiion mos u iiiturnl a d salutary, although by 8 ?m'* 't dranffclv overlook1d. 1 secures to indus. .. ry and - o?>d oliar?c'er the advantage of L .v. altb. I supplies the place and performs u he fucict ons of money ; and although it is a ri .L. I iat)|r? 1(1 JlDUSe, IIS IliliilUIICC UJIUII IIIjrowth of I ho I 'm'ted ritutcs hag not b'?ei) t.ffl , uglily es'irnat d. . r*-. * L< t :;s n w tun from the post to the o irest'nt cnndi ion of io country It must tl le confessed that a-change, a gieat change ?' viscome ufon us*. Look whore ttv will, tl n the norh or sou h, the past or west, at f< my branch of industry or any m erest ; to If he h _ ricult ur'st, tic munufac urer, the d neehat:i % the merchant, to those who are. p jr wlio would desire to engage in husi- p ie*S; :o the capitalist, who hoards his ? ironcy tor fear of a general bmfcrupcy ; >1 o the laborer* who is idle for wan! of em $< ploymont ; to the man of en erpris-* who a lads verv path of eiF<?n hedged up ; to If [lie debtor, who is crushed henea h the " weight of his responibihtn s ; or -finally, to | he unprecre l< nted losses and deprecia ions tl )l prop fty wl i h prostrate ill" strongest a Kid most w iry ; I say ook where you p Aiil, wo find a universal paralysis; oae t< tommoti feeling of despondency.and toocer- n nid eviden es ttia* a curr-nt '8 sweeping s through the land, cfi nging the land, chnng- (. ug the cond tion of our people more rapid, tl y bin at any ime $iwee we Itave been n tl la:ion All stand aril <Z"d, fee ing and s :onfessing th -8 ick, asking what is the n Muse, and ?1) ru shall be found the rem* C Jdy- * ft It is recently, and not un'il the derange- e ne.nt ol our currency, that the country has tl lecoine distressed. Up to 1834. with the c jxcepnon of the last war, and a few years w trecedi ig it, w h n our commerce was in- d olved in the wars which grew out of the si French revoltion ; our currency was n< t tl nfcrior to any in die world ; and such was d he fiscal system of the General Govern '' nent, that of the mill ons collected hy the (: 3 ink of the United States, not a dollar was a ost nor any charge for services nade to t< lie Government. Since 1833. the bank e tas been discarded, responsibilities liav' ? t L r> ,, u'cn repeatedly assunr-uj oy n.wu iv<* rflioers, in our mon tary hAWs. without p lie uilvico of Congr ss ; new systems of o iinance have t>een introduced, experience h las been thrown away for novelty, experi. " Tieni, revulsion has followed rev jieton, until r ive know nut wiiat is the present treasury a jystem, nor what Jt may bo to-morrow; r Irs much, however, we understand, thai Tie n e\enue is falling ofT, and C??nge-.s is sup *u .lying tiic yxhausied treasury with paper fi noney,*^* , a VVli.ntlhen, t ask. nre tiic causes of our I ffieullies ? They aft? the want ol a sound, a wiforim ar:d convenient currency; tie- Ins.-. tl A' confidence at.d credit; un'-mploved cap. i? tul and lab >r; an unsettled policy respect d ng manufactures ; opposiiton to associated ? vealth; a- restless spiri of innovation and an h xtremoenterprise u ging tho uico.isid rate s n'o speculation and hazardous traffic, a riiesv if ! mis ake not are t'te prominent auscs of our difficulties. " n,.,r,.n/'U ihnn Hops the tJnift d o um *.u? i* ii? j ? ??. ? ? ? Jlaie.s demand? Tli? ro are some wli<? a eriously urge tlnit%ct// paper should be sup- \S ?resse<i and ihe meeds substituted. In trie w Irst places nu exclusive spe< j rum wv is s mprnclieable. Allowing that wo l?av?* 70 or h Jtl.t 0d,l)00 of roin in the country, (which s lull our share of that in the world, as i e r :ourse of trade has inda'atf?'.) litis sun) is h o w y suffi -ien: f r a un tr dctrrulatoi ; i lor does ?ts accumulation here, make t o nore plenty in die hands of the peopl", b?*. e muse they prefer paper. Th-y prefer to t' eave tl.o coin in the vu d'S of Banks, and < ake for use tin* representative of coin. o li?d?? d bank hills oannot be suppressed, e viihou fi >i p rring an end t<> all banks in ? 1 lit Smies, a iri'-asur f-voJut onary and ru . c x us. A metalic currency would be-so in- ii convenient that it could not for any length- il >f time be endured. Suppose we had col r iected the necessary arr.ouot ; where is 'Ins v mass of gold ;,nd silver to be kept ? How n s lobe curried aboht T Such a cnrreue\f r oo, in its first cost, would he expensive, ll Not a dollor can-be brougd into the United ^ S ales. What a d- bl would thus be roe- fl racted in Liuropo or Sou li America to lie c rod out of our labor 7 And if all paper b cas suppress-d, nod all the s;?eeje we w :i?i*. d si was ae'uallv her", how long would u Ik, p x fore it would bo eollec ed in places of do. d josh for safe. ke< ping, with ageos to gu ird, (l coun and bundle it / Soon, cer ificah s of p Jeposit un I ord rsdra*n by deport n on p >u tltesc.ngunts, would be lo^nd equally safe n ind more conv? nient tl an the p.iss-ng of i ipecie irs' lt from hand to bund, and would ii income the circulating medium. Thus we <j ibould iiav<- n p iper currency differing in loilnng ma'erid from bank bills. Ii Con- ? >p ss Will not incorpoiati- o bank oftiic gen* v jrul charac er of those heretofore chartered, :< t the S'ates be 1* ft unmolested to charter ii nd.vidtial associate ns as tin y have always p lone. L"t thern bo careful y watch -d ; | t >i he L< gislature. place independent and iin L v igeutcentino's to observe them, and no dan t jer m ed be apprehended from incautious or t rorrupt management. Bat it is sni I that r Congress is about to exercise its consfitu t ion a I nower and to create a general currei - 'j I :y b> the independent treasury bill. (<o<* ! ,n e<l) and that since the Government has (ft*, n ermined to repudiate bank paper and pro- t> ride vaults and a?ents of its own, we may I toon expert, should tlie House of Represen- p ives, in Congress, conrur with the S:.n itc, a u turrency adequate to our necessities. This e :1J provides that the revenue of the United n int'.'S.s* all be collected by receivers gnvr~ tl I, locked up in .heir possession until drown (" >r hv 'he general government, and thin f; ler 1S43, not 1 i ? sh. ll be revived but d old and s'lvo Tms oper-t'ion we are as a jrcd wil; fill t e channel* of trade uib b touev and pine- our prosperity ob an irn. d iovahl" fou d?'ion II is this measure ? ie power ol accomp! stuiig so much stood ? t? lotii i I view it ?n ibis I g'? . ( wool I cheerful. t' / embrace it toys- If and urge i s favorable A orfij-d upon tins Assembly. But. gentle. 0 n-n, i no sue'b capaci y. In itself, n docs ri .i propose to work such re'ornry n lit its direct object is to take care of the u Jovernun nt. So far as (he measure bears .11 pon trrnV and currency, it seems to me, it h i dec dedly unfriendly. o Extracts Prom Ju'Igr Hanson's Spppch. M If tiMS become apparen1 'o the g fiit I>uVk S' if the Amor can P< ople, (saM Judge fl ) fiat (he p sent a Imimstration of their Gov- e rumem is no filled in increase or pr? serve iv l)!es-:n^a anil privileges of i^tfee and in. ' a dligenf nation ; to foster the plirStiit.s of a a iliorious, ifigbijicibs, and spirit population ; * lat it is not in accordance with tit* xw i, ft ast his oiy, or future d? stiniesofa vast Re. M uhl can Enip r*; that its prfhciples and ij le i&qrcs are as ill calculated to fonsi I d ire s ie cred.t. Strength, and resources of St ite a rivereijjn'les as they are to hind together ,j nd cement a confedera ion ; that it has ? nl''d ?o engender or keep alive a ven ration >r h- Constitution, or to cherish an ufriii- |, nahl" love for the U.uon that it has, on |, le contrary, hy incessant and unrelenting ,< ssaults upon capital, good faith, and enter- ^ rise, disuni ed the interest and thereby am asunder the goon feelings which hind len to each other: that it has destroyed that alutary confidence which is essential o this Commonwealth, and all tho communities 1 int compose it: that it has, in fine, chilled it |c arts and the hopes of the pour, and n ml the hands of the rich. It is therefore <> at we ha.I the approaching Wtiig Na io al ''(invention, to be h? ld in die city of B.iltiiore on the 4 h day of Mav next, ns an un. 8 rring harhimer to the coming of better ' lings ; that we g < et the numcnal power, s omjiosed, as u is, of all classes, and to 11 diirh the intelligence from every quarter ^ a ly adds rank to rank and squadron to t! quwlron, as a perfct manifestation of the e lorough and sweeping ehnnge in the conuct of public affairs resolved upon by the f 'eoplc. Wc rejoic/- tint our fellow ci'izens ? 1 . U II l\ U smce wnai is passeo cannot uc so f.ir benefited by present suffering as r 3 bo awakem d lo n sense of impending a * i 3 more serious and calamitous, arid of a 'hell few on avail :o perceive the inevafl mil'.'' Suiely our Administra >on . resents u? to the whole world as a nation t f contraneties and contradictions : we are eld up to oilier nations in every fantast.c ( nd antagonist posit on that u People can lie (j fgarded ; our principles and our pr.ictieo re per feet antipodes to each other ; theo.ies, abstractions, solecisms, andpar 'dox^s ?| la k" up the sum of our political economy ; c diile 'lie political empires have driven H mm their moorings the once fas!-anchored ,j x otns of die Co"Stiiution. - h Our perversions and absurditi"S indeed* s Imost nfTprd pl-uisibibty to thensseriion of |, tie nni-:ent philosopher, that th re once e*. f| sled a race of m* n of a conformation enirely ,, ifTerent from those of our g<meration? t( ^nd Alio shall undertake lo deny ilm possi. v ilifv 'hat, at some distant era, when history hall again be hand- d down Jby allegory an 'Icporv and tradition, that a people who v re perpetually moving One way and looking ? nether, shall not be represen'cd as a race v f men who carried rh> ir faces behind ihem, li 1 * 1 41 ??. no tKuoion!trno 7 no nirrx'u iuuir ?>n n?v , , , ir> singular is the incongruity between our .onJs and our actions t??a* no disinterested poet a tor ev"n ofthe prison* rige, can fail to " es ruck with amazement by professions, t ontinualiy at variance \vi li conduct, with I sill's diamcfricallv ?|?posi;o to those pro- > *s*od to I)-* intended, and ofcniiSes slrnula. h n effects, between the beginning and the v tid of which no connecting consequences v vcr exited. Vain, however, would be v io ntt"mpt to enumerate all iho inconsist- I ncies of (hose w ho d? al with the obliquity b f partisan tacticians ins'end of applying the v stablished principles of statesmen. f i'he po"r man is to be enriched by redu. ing too wages of lahor ; the rich fiPO to be^ n overished by iho hoarding of thoir gold ; v lie products of tlie earth, instead of being ^ uhurel by tho sweat of the brow, are to [ either and die adrnidsf idlenees, hunger. J nd desolation ; all surplus pro 'uco is to v -* thn fnrmnr frir ^ (II 111 ItltJ Kiuinii j ?. imu .... lie want of markets furnished by the r mplnymenls of artisans ond laborers, 8 Isheries, factories, workshops, roads nnd 8 anals ; the condition of the country is to * i" improved by arresting all imprnvenvnt; J ehts are fo be paid by the annihilation of r ropery; the interest on loans is to he 1 lischarged by borrowing from the lenders 3 f tlv capital ; gold and silver are to re- ' iresctv, instead of being represented by, 1 mper nnd cedit ; nnd <vhil>t iho precious [ netals are promised in ab 'ndancc, they are s gain buried beneath the face of the earth, * a iho vaults of hanks, or the strong boxes ! f avaricious thrift. * I) .tries'ic produc ions are to be encoura. f ;ed by bounder upon for< L?n fabrics ; an ' vii 1st ih'T*' is !o be abundance of p?ver y, ? r> furn'sh plenty of r ?cs readily converted 1 n'o li eoroclyphic shinplasfers; tins' are I' o be the only manufactories which are sure a flourish with or vvi bout a tariff?with or without foreign tee or uomesic ronsumpion?unless, indeed, the Treasury notes of lie Government should enter the list ns a ompetitor? and thus clea-ly demons'rate i he financial ability of the bend of the i rVeasury.; arid, with the aid of Mr. Buch. t in n. a eapital old Federal's', home markets F rc :o he shut up,and all labor to be rewardid at a penny a day. as in China and Cuba. f Unidst these anomalies, all banks are to be t nit down by the destruction of one, whilst \ a the place of t'i?t one thousands arc to be 1 r^e'ed r.nd fostered !>y way of proving that t * one ought ever fo liavo existed; and whilst. at one. consisting in three-fourths of its aj?i al of l>io hard earnings of husbands and uhers lor the support of widows and chil- ! ren, is to be crushed at aii hazards, myriads re to Start up with no capital at all, for the enefit of speculators nr.d adven'urers, and I ?us the Administration's sympathy for the i rpnan arid die aged soldier is to be illustra- 1 ^d. and hard money only to be trusted in 1 ie bands of absconding sub-treasurers.? J md as if ibis war upon property, upon the ( ursin's, business and enterprise of every ; inn awl a I classes of men, were not too i inch to he endured, and too gross a fraud* pon a sagacious and thinking People, their Mjra's, their religion, their elementary poical creeds, coeval with their D'iclaration I Independence, are all to be desecrated by bsdrdi les which have not even the rtbad rninence" of being compatible wfth them Ivos, ; * Most Painful Accident.?On Saturday venirg, the lady of our respected fellow, iuz^n, C iiel Jus ice Taney, met witli an evident off most painful and serious char-ctwjrw Mr. Andrews has for s^m? days t 'aft ling upon bis counter a beau'iful flower. Irs. Taney, in company whb her daqghterv fas oiiSatmd iy evening admiring the beau-, [es of ti e flower, and to get a nearer view he s:eppod around iho counter. Urffortunfly hut a few moments before, a tr pu# < oor hurl been opened behind the counter, ud through this she was precipitated .rnio ie cell ir beneath, fracturing one of h r gs above the knee, and seriously injuring et buck. We were pleased to learn* yesjrduy, that the injuries, though very ptrnful, ud not assumeJ a dangerous character. Bdh. Paper. overflow qf Tkz mississippi.' A gentleman who-lt fi N? w Orleans M ?y s\ ar.d arrived at Cincinnati on the 11 fy i the steam boat Gen. Brown, states that, early ?he wholeJlat country, from the mouth f the Ohio to New Orleans, is undet water. Departure of Missionaries.?The new hrp Gen. Harrison, Cap". Dullard, siiicd lis morning for Calcutta. She carries ou* I'veriil Missionaries, belonging to the B;>pstpersuason. Tncy took leave of their rieuds. with their prayers and wishes forie successor the cn^se in which they nr? ngaged.?Boston Transcript of Saturday. A drunkard was recently killed in upper Jansdn, by fulling down in n fit of intoxicaion, and breaking a glass bottle, containing um, in his pocket.* The broken glass cut large hole in tlie lower part of Ins stom" ch ; which occasioned Ins death. Colleges.? Tno Christian Review states hat there are ninety five college* in th?*(Jn. d States, containing abou 9.500 students, \7 nvdical schools, with about 2.750 ^tu I aits, and eight law schools, with #50 stulents.. Bendable Stone.?In the museum of lie Asiatic Society at C dcutt.a, one ohj rt of unosiy is a bending or elastic stone. Tin* trine is iiiirmrentlv of rrrnnitc. is about two rt? ?J ^ _ ml a hall (ret by nix inches in long li nnil ireadth, and about an inch thick. Tins tone being lifted at one n?l yiHJs to tie fssure, and from the huh le-ginsto bend as lie lifted end is raised, the bend npprro.c t? s earer to the further extremity. On the lift ng power becoming.relaxed, the s'oiie re., eris to its former levelCalcutta, paper. Sad Accident.?A \oung m m from Lo icl I was killed ontne Sioniniiton RiilRoad n Tuesday. He was standing on the car wiion h s h'-ad struck n bridge and killed i*m insantly. steam explosion on coxneoticut river. The new tow.boat (Ireenfield, blew up n Monday Ja*-t, about sjx miles below Nor. iiam|V.on, The captain (Uraw'o t\) w s ihntn h?gh in the n r. and l? II upon his lead In one of the freight boats nod-survived iu' a few hours. Thcengiuecr (Mr. Wood) was killed outright and one of the firemen whs thrown some distance, hut fell in the water ancL was not materially hurt. Mr. jallin, the inventor and constructor of the ">'l"*o it'nc r\n lm:iril :ind llfJS SO KPVerelv 'U||l>|0| "UO WIS uv/.?| v* <* < " ? _ .. rounded that there was little reason to hope or his recovery. Applause.?When I was a boy, I once tent to the theatre. Tne tragedy of Hamft was performed ; a play possessing seme toble thoughts, nnd much subtle immorality. The audit-nee listened with admiration and vith applause." 1 said to myself, "it must kj glorius thing to obtnirv this empire over nun's intellects and emotions." But now in Italian mountebank appeared on tlu> tnge?? man of extraordinary strength and iligbt of hand, he performed n variety of uggbng and tricks, distorted his body into i thousand surprising and unnutural pose ions. The audience were transported be;ond themselves ; if they had felt delight in Jamie", they glewed with rapture at the nountebank. They had listened with at. ention to the lofty, though they were nmrhnd nwav from ihemscjves by the mar ri'l of the strange posture. "Enough," said-| in correcting my former notion, "where is. he glory of gaining applause, or ruling nen's minds, when n greater enthusiasm is xcited hy mete bodily ngihty than was liodled by the most wonderful emanations if a transcendnnt genius." I have never orgoiten the impressions of that evening? Bufwer. Obituary, Departed this life on the morning of the 25th nst. in in the 54th year of his age, John S. vriNEMBTZ formerly of Philadelphia, but for : he last fourteen years a resident of this ! dace. It is but seldom our community has been j lallod upon to mourn a more irreparable ioss ,* i or although lie sought not honors, nor con | ended for high places,?although his voice vas not heard in the angry contentions of pub-1 ic life; but ratber sought for happiness and j entmcnt in domestic retirement, fyet hie in. i I fluence was not lost upon the community.) The door of hospitality wan always open to tjl the stranger and the way.farer, the band of charity always extended to the needy, and the heart of feeling and sympathy opened to the distressed and the oppressed. Joh.i S. JSfinemetz waa a kind and affectionate husband, an indulgent parent, a firm and sincere friend?independent in bis sentiments?just and honorable in all his transac. tions?K)f exemplary fidelity in aQ hie moral duties?high, minded?of warm and generous Feelings.?He was duly respected by all who unew him-?-hc dies lamented?and the most affectionate rec Elections of him, will ever ho cherished in %the bosom of his fami'y and friends. * ~ It is indeed too true, that be has fallen into the clay?cold abode of pale and horrible death ?hurried into the world of spirits,-where for ever rolls the vast ages of eternity?severed from the fond anticipation of life?the embra. ces of relatives and all the endearments upon earth. ?ome men meet death by decrepitude of age and pilgrimage, worn weary fif the toils of the World?the gentle flickering! of failing lift seem of thfeir own acC'ofd guilty to sink into mat In t others, the bold vigor, and ardent expec. tations of a long life, the strong arid towering flame of both body and mind, are extinguished by tfle power of that fefl destroyer of man, duMf * ^ 1 VerilyJife is but atfr&am.' Many, misfor'unes penetrate-the fewest depths of human sensibility, nay scath the very sou', but this alone is the most lacerating; nothing but Roman sterness, and the most consoling christian philosophy can enable one to bear the misfortune with feeljngs but little ruffled. Thus has our friend been torn from us ; from friendships?hopes?and dear remena. brancee. May christian fortitude sustain the . iw-- L-?_ v amtciea relatives, mac live to mourn rus wes. The regular meeting of the Chatham Society" will be held at me Male Academy * on Saturday evening next, half past seven o'clock.' I ar The public are respectfully invited td at, tend. W. L. T. PRINCE, Secretary; May 29, 1840. ii i 1 i ' I CII Ed AH PRI?E CURRENT* Feidat May 29. t ARTICLES. * PER | ? C, | | 6 Beef in market, lb. 0 7 a 0 8 Bacon froin wagons, lb 8 a 10 ??by retail, Jb II a 12 flutter lb 20 a 2d Beeswax lb 20 ( 23 Bagging yard 18 a 2d Bale Rope lb 8 a MIL Coffee lb 124 a if Cotton, lb 5 a \8| Corn, scarc3 bush 624 a 75 Flour, Country, . ' brl a 5 50 Feathers fin wag. none lb 45 a 50 Fodder, lOOlbs ' 874 a 1 tilass, window 8x10, 50ft 3 So a 3 374 ?- 10x12, 50ft 3 50 a 3 75 Hides, green lb 5 a ? dry lb 10 a Iron . lOOlbs 5 50 a 6 50 indigo Jb 75 a 2 50 Mine cask 4 a 4 50 fnrd scarce lb 11 a 124 Lo'.thcr, tfota lb 22 a 25 bar ib 10 a j<>gwood ' lb 4-10 a 15 loiasses gal 40 a 45] , N.O. gal 35 a 40 Vails, cut, assorted lb 7} a 84 ?, wrought lb * 16 a 18 Oats bush 40 - a 50 >ilt curriers gal 75 a 1 ?, lamp gal 1 25 4 ?, linseed gal I 10^ a 1 25 I'ainls* white lead keg 3 2* a 4 53 , Sean, brown lb ^ 8 a 12 . Pork Ibfllb# 5 50 % 6 Pice lOOIbs 4 a ' 5 00 Shot, bag 2 25 a 2 75 , lb 10 a 12 >'.i gar lb 8 a 1 $ <ail sack 2 00 a 3 25 ? bush 87$ a 100 Steel, American lb 10 a , English lb 14 a ?, German lb 13 a * 14 Tallow . lb - a . i?* lea,imperial lb 1 a . 1 37 ?, hyson lb 1 a 1 25 Tobacco, manufa ctufed lb 10 5 The Kivlr.?A heavy fall of rain between Saturday evening and 9 o'clock of Sunday morr. ing caused a rise of about 19 feet in the river b?. e r vi,.. 11 c.n: luru I U lilUI.IV (11IIIIUUJI ?V WWllllUOHbOU tailing oa Tuesday and continued to fall (ill -yesterday afternoon ; since which time it has risen not less than three feet, at 8 o'clock A. M. Friday, and is still rising. It wants 9 feet of being as high as it was on Monday. The rain which caused tho second rise fell in light showers from Tues. day to Thursday morning. The ligni do not yet indicate fair weather. Notice, A LARGE white cow with a red head in W. H. Snipes' mark, came to the plants, tion formerly owned by him shouts month ago. She now has a calf a week old. Aud may be had by applying to JAMES W. HILL. Mav 25ih, 1840. 29 ' 2t Insurance. TIIF. Columbia Insurance Company have instructed me that with anew of bringing the business to a close not to take any new ri>k er renew any policy from this agency Those persons having their proporty insured here will please take nolico t. at they may !o? k elsewhere for insurance when their policies ex. i). s. harl-lee, Agent. Cheraw, 22nd May, 1640. 20 . <4t { IVnticc. - * MOSES COPELAND, Thomas Copeland, Elisha Copeland, James Copeland, Mary Swor, and Dolly Cook, children of Aaron Copeland lato of Chesterfield District, South Carolina, are hereby notified, that the said Aaron Copeland died leaving a will by which a small legacy is given to each of the above named per. sons, which may be had upon application to RILAH SMITH, Executor. Clicaferfioid C. H., S. C. ) ' May 25ih, 1840. } 29 I m f 3 m - * * V