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period other spmptoms appear, indicating | rupture or inflammation, or the approach of j death without either. These, and the treat- ! ment they demand, I ne?d tiot describe. The I horse niaycther be cured, or a veterinarian may be obtained before inflammation or other consequences of the distension can take place. Treatvienl of Colic.?The treatment con- ! *i?ls in arresting the fermentation, and in ro.esfaiihshing the digestive powers. There are many things that will do both. In mild cases a g-?od domestic remedy in common use among old-fashioned people who have never ; heard of inflamed, spasmed, or strangulated bowels, is whiskey and pepper, or gin and 1 pepper. About half a tumb er of spirits with j a tvttlgDoonful of pepper, given in a quart ; i bottle of mi)k or warm water, will often afford j immediate relief. If the pain do not abate iu i twenty or thirty minutes, the dose may be repeated, and even a third dose is in some ; cases necessary. Four ounces of spirits of} turpentine, with twice as much sweet oil, is J much stronger, but if the horse is much averse to the medicine, turpentine is not always quite , s^fe. ... / . "There is, however, a belter remedy, which . should always be in readiness wherever sev- ; eral draught horses are kept. Take a quart' of brandy, add to it four ounces of sweet! spirit of nitre, and three ounces of cloves. In eight days this mixture or tincture is ready for use; the cloves may still remain in the bottle, but they are not to be given. Set the : | bottle past, and put a label upon it?call it the ( "Colic Mixture " The dose is six ounces, to j bo given in a quart of milk or wtrm water) every fifteen or twenty miuu'es till the horse ! be cured. Keep his head straight, and not ' > -too high when it is given. Do not pu I out his tongue, as some stupid people do when giving a drink. If the horse be very violent, ?et him into a wide open place, where you will ' ave room to go about him. If he will not stand till the drink be given, watch him when down, and give it, though he be lying, when, ever you can get him to take a mouthful. But give (he dose' as quickly as possible. After thai, rub the belly with a soft wisp, walk the horse about very slowly, or give him a good ; bed, and roorr. to roll. In eighty cases out of "ninety this treatment will succeed, provided the medicine be got over the horse's throat be. fore his bowels become inflamed, orstrangulat- j ted, or burst. The delay of half an hour may be fatal. When the second does not produce relief, , the third may be of double rr treble s renyt h. I have given a full quart in about an hour, but the horse was very ill. j 1 In many cases the horse takes ill diring the }j night, and is far gone before he is discovered l in the morning. In such a case this remedy j lotjr prove too late, or it may not be proper ; ptili, if the belly be swelled, let it be given, un- , few the veterinary surgeon can be procured iinmediately. In all cases it is proper to send for .him kt the beginning. You or your servants may not be able to give the medicine, or the tbseasemay have produced some other, which this med.cine will not cure. If the vetcrinar. ian can be got in -a few minutes, do nothing , till he comes But do not wait long. The horse is sometimes found dead in the , morning?his belly is always much swelled, , and the owner is suspicious of poisoning. I have known much vegetation arise from such suspicion, when a single glance at the belly might hsve shown from what the horse die d Then* is no poison that will produce this stvelUng? which is sometimes so great as to burst j tlie surcingle, _Qn dissection the stomach is .frequently huret, the belly lull of food, wafer --- ? i:? 1 WTi. ana air, anu wit? ui<i}>nragin rtipiurcu. ?? ijcu death ir flow, the bowels are always intensely inflamed, sometimes burst, and often twisted. Htft tfrese things will never happen when the treatment I have recommended is adopted at ' tKe very beginning. . 1 horse sometimes takes the disease ou i ' Inroad. If his pace be fast he should 6topat once, to push hun on beyond a walk, even for a short distance, is certain death. The bowels are displaced, twisted, and strangulated, partly by the distension, but aided a great j deal by the exertion?and no im dicine will re. store them to their proper position. A usslkaf- ( Ur the medicine is good, and the pace should 1 pass a walk. Contents of the Farmers' Register, No. IX. Vol VIII. Original Communications. New practices. Clover after corn.? , Clearing land by b' Iting. Blue grass, wire grnss, &c. ( Correspondence between the Agricultural , Society of Si. John's, Colleton, S. C., and | the Editor. * Experiment of d<*ep tillage, and breaking ( the roots of corn. * ! ( The proper cultivation of, and annu.il !( crops for peach orchards. J | Dry. measures of capacity. > Three- 1-rers from Gen' ral Washington !. to Col. Edward Cwrrington. Death of Dr. Perrine. The many-headed wheat. s OJd wheat lor seed. I f Calcareous earth for manute in Loudoun [ county. | < Remarks on the foregoing commm i :a- : < tion. Editorial pud* direct. Aid of the legislature and of ngricul.urnl \ , societies required to improve the condition s of |?oor cultivators. J ^ Experiment of silk-worms reared in the v open air. r Cutting down and stacking corn. I Marling combined with vegetable man- ; f ore9. ! ( Monthly commercial report. | Selections. {i ? Burning coal mines. j' Cultivation of peas. | * Important?eastern lands. ^ ) Bark bread in Norway. 1 Blue grass. ] . Culture of blue grass. 1 A new and effectual method to kyanize 1 timber. * Rat-Catchrrs nnJ rat-catching. 1 Failure of Inte broods of silk-*orins. 1 Preservation of cabbages. Caterpillar in the cotton. Tarring trees to protect them from the canker worm. Reeling wlk in Philadelphia. Rhode Island agriculture. Report of the Rotch firm, N. Provi i d?mce. Canals ond rail-roads of Virginia. Retard ng the hatching of eggs, causes of sickness and death of worms, during the c summer of 1840, &c. " Cleaning clover seed. . 1 Im)*irtanee of protecting birds. c The ooval urtificial Wate*. power, con- c trusted oy the Sh.kers of Canterbury. 1 Olcra so ip- -v.- " . , F Protract'tl vitality of seeds. ?' Period <jf gestation in cow's. The shuwl-gual in Europe and Austra- j ii> Orchard destroyed by the canker worms. ] Poultry. * A niido e against, toice. Wheat culture. . Potatoes (Voin the seed. ' * : * On preparation of manure. Boiled food for poultry. Stucco- wash. Second meeting of the English Royal ? - ? l O \gricuunrai oocie y. Crearn-pot CAttle, and TV'n Uiils farm. Lightening rods lor burns. Pasture. Wheat sowing* Separation of limn from magnesia. Tropical products of the Florida islets. The massacre at Indian Key. The many headed wheat. Ami-magnesia. Worms in peach frees. Increasing demand for cranberries. Lime and marsh mud. Mar) land State Agricultural Society. Aiiific;al grasses, &e. CONTENTS OF TIIE SOUTHERN CABrNET FOR SEPTEMBER. Chemical Combinations?Analysis of Soils. 13y C. On making of Manures. Rv Colleton. On the Cultivation of Pine Plains.' By Cotton. Agricultural Survey continued. By the Editor. Green Crops as a Manure. By Chas. Wm. Snnons, Esq. Lucerne. By Vir. On t he Formation of Sulphate of Lime ?in reply to " W. L." By C. Agricultural Implements. By the Editor. Don't Kill your B?*es. Plantation Gardens.?Turnips?Carro's Parsnips Beets and Salsaly?Peas. By the Editor. On the Cultivation of Pelagonium, (GUI'inium ) as practised at tin? R'ghi Honortble the E ?r! of Egremorit's, Pol worth 3u ;sex. By Mr. Gourde Harrison, undergurdencr there. Notices of Errata, and Further Observations on Manuring Cotton. By W. B. Sen brook, Esq. Tales Sketches &cc. A Sketch of the Island of Madeira in the yenr 1836. By Capt. G. T. of South Carolina, (Concluded.) Francis Olderhy.? A Tale. By a Plain Gentleman, (Concluded.) The Dying Hebrew's Prayer. The Death of Parker. A Tale of the Revolution. By J. LovcwelPs Fight. By Suhn Smith, Esq. Scenes from ilie Drama of History,? Scene I. Denmark?The passage of the Ice. The Atmospheric Rai'-wnv Currages. Agricultural Items The Durham Cow uBlossom"; To have Large Flowers on Spring Brocoli; Irish node of obtaining early Cauliflowers; New node of Destroying *he Black Grub, or Cut Worm; Cough in Horses, Miscellaneous Items. Extraordinary Discovery; Present, to Prince Albert; The Dangucrrotype; Power ?f Ifluniriniii'* f.nut/inif it fn tli<* I.nrrlt Ph. lestrairsm Extraordinary. The way thky d<? thngs in Kkntucky. ?The Jessuinine County Agricultural Soci. it'y of Kentucky ,offered :h" following pr minim, to be delivered at their second- Annual Exhibition, which was to have been held on the 6th and 7ih inst : For the best Stallions, Colts, Mares, F I"i .?s, Jacks. Jennets, Mules, Mule Colts, Carriage and Riding Horses, Cows, Bulls, Htiers, [Jogs. Ploughs, 6 or more acres of IVheat* Corn or Hemp, piece of Bagging :oil of B ile Rope, &o. 44 Silver Cups, ;aeh valued at 810. For various nr i* lcs < ? > ? c ii 1... r ?p >r uomosiio aianuuuuure, n sem ui i ca*>oons, &c? valued each nt $5, and for the ?est "uliivated tract of bind of 50 or more teres, a set of silvcrspoons, valued at 825. The notice which vye copied some weeks tincefrom the New York star, relative to t newlv invented portable Saw Mill, by Col. Inmilton, of that city, has el cited consicL lable attention among the planters of the south West, and we hsve been assured that f it answered the purpose contemplated by he inventor, many of them could be dispo, < d of in that section of our co jntry. In inswor to enquiries of us upon the 6ubjeCl, ve would say, that we know nothing more >f the machine than what the account pub. ished from the S ar, and that subjoined by he Editor of the Philadelphia United S ates daz'-' te, furnishes ; but shall forward a pa>er coistu inng tiiisjnoticeto the invc ntor,wi:h lie hope that we may be furnished wi h a nore minute description of the Mill, and >u'*li testimonials of its ability to perform vhat is promised, as may induce confi lence n I hp s imc. Whilst mmn this sulliret. We >vou!d remind our friends, that Mr. Page, ttn ngrmous mechanic of this city, has inven. ed a machine, which he is confident will nniwerall the purposes claimed for Col. HunIton's, mill of which we hope to give a fu.'i lescripiion at on early day. American Farmer. " The Portable Sawi/tg and Slitting Ur/l."?When in New York la few days ;ince, I went with a friend to. look at Colme Hamilton's (52 Wall street) above iaine.1 Mill, and I must confess, that it ?far jxcceda nil anticipations I had formed of it, rom the newspaper notices I had read?it s so simple, and withal, complete w ithin itself, "th,t it must in my opinion supersede ill saw mills now in use?rbeing capable of >eing worked with manual, horse, steam,or vater power, and requiring only one fourth >f ihtwsamc work of the ordinary mills. One if these mil's, complete, will hoi cost more hen $200 to $300, and pot weigh inoro tlwffl. fifom^six to nine hundred pounds, i Two men can easily load u mill into a who. on, cart it five wi les, and put it in operation { the same day with horse power, (t will euUis much lun'ber in a given time, as any mil! ever made, and the work as well done. For ship, mahogany and marble yards, it must he-of great v;due, and I would advise those of our < T'Zena engaged In those departuients, to endeavor to secure rights without delay.. The lumber merchant of the J country will requ re a hint to spur him fori ward where his in erest is at sake. U. S. Gaz. / '?,s Ou? .Timrnal of t'otnmbrcc. : V/Ui i crputiucuvv v? ?..? v ^ - i CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN BRITISH INDIA. London Aug, 31*1 1840. Tlrs subject has for for many years occupVd tiie attont on of English capitalists, boi ii is only w>thin the Inst year or two ih.it uny very serious efforts have been made to reduce the theories ndvnnced to uny practical result. There has been ? -growing anxiety in this country to render the manufacturer of Cotton goods, if not independent of the United States for the raw rn iteriul, at all events less dependent than ' lie hitherto has been; and a ver) strong | feeling appears to exist here that at no f very distant day, British manufactured cotton goods may ho formed entirely of cot. ton raised in the Indian Empire. Since the trade lias been thrown open with India, and monopolies of the East India Company half 1 crushed, i! not annihilated, privuteenterprise j has been directee to this important brnnch j of trade, and s-veral of the most scientific and practical men in the United States, oc. cupied ii? the growth of cotton, have been closely quest.onod and consulted as to the propriety and prospects of similar planta. (ions on the other side of the Cape of Good Hopo. From all ihe information that has y? t been gleaned, the inquirers appear to be sat.sficd the re is no insuperable bur, rational ohjec.i m, or even feasible reason, why j cotton should not be equally as well j grown in India ns in the South of the Una ted Slates; and having engaged many firstrate overseers from Soulii Carolina, it ; seeing iliey are resolved to go seriously and strenuously to work to test the experiment. Four gentlemen,of considerable intelligence, and 'rotn whit I learn, who have been all their lives engaged upr?n cotton plantations -I rr .1 o. 1 #, Ill (lie: UUIUMJ oi-itrs, nave tunvwu in . ?>? country wiihin th<> last fortnighf, and are about proceeding for India, to superintend plantations, either formed, or about to bo ! torin? d, in the presidencies of Bombay and Bengal. Very roeen lv a special meeting of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce was convened for express purpose of entertnin. ing this interesting question, and as the doings on that orc'is oii are so important to to your merchanis and southern friends, I w II endeavor to give you a sketch of the * proceedings. On the table were three jpecij mens of lud-a grown Cotton, from the same ' piece of land, and they hail all undergone J * neoftlie first operations of manufacture." Two of th? so specimens had been gin! and in the usu il way. and the third j had been operated upon by a machine for j ginning,' cthe invention of Messrs. Fawcett & Co., of Liverpool, nnd owing to its superior appearance and cleanliness, was admitted to be worth "n farihmg to -three i eights of penny" more than those speci' me ns which had been prepared in theordi: onrv manner adop'el in the United States. The Chairman of the Chamber, Mr. J. B. Smith, expressed liunself in very sanguine terms. "There was nothing," he observed, "in the course which the Chamber had pursued, that could afford the least ground of jealousy ou the part of our brethren in the United j States. The Chamber, he had no doubt, were ; ail wishful that we should deal with our Colonj ies in their produce, rather than with other 1 and independent countries. Tney had no wish i tr? mil rlnurn crrnu/fh nf Hntlnn in anv COUn. .w | b-~ t L y ?7, try. O? tho contrary, it was their wish j that it should be cultivated wherever it was possible." It appears thai the East India directors find! ing that a number of spirited individuals had ! resolved upon the cultivation of Cotton in In' f dia, made a virtue of necessity, and set about i inquiring into the possibility of the thing for | themselves. The consequence of their re; searcheswas a report which Mr. Smith, at tho ; conclusion of his address, introduced and which : was read to the Chamber, i That report, framed evidently with great care and tho result of the minutest investiga. ; tion, is a document almost too important for condensation, but as it is more than probable ; that you will give it at some futute day, entire, I will merely run over its contents. It begins | by stating that "The question of obtaining cotton from various countries must necessarr ! ly be interesting to a manufacturing community whose prosperity greatly depends upon a plentiful and steady supply of the raw material, since it mmt be obvious that securi y against the cont n/en ies ol faling crops, political disagreement, or unsteadiness of price, arising from speculative combinations, must be in pro portion to the number of channels from whence | we derive our supplies." The Chamber is i then congratulated on the progress made for ! obtaining * an increased supply and improved quality t>f East India cotton," and a description is g ven of the successful manner in which cotton has been cleaned in Bombay. The mode of performing it, however, is declared to | bo both slow and expensive, requiring tome rtkcif>liariirn I cLrill tn mnof fY\a s\+1 inrnrtcn II in. | IllbUIIOllUUI r? I il IV IIIWW kliw I'tlll/l TV ICQ III* | supers ble obstacles to a greatly extended proj duction of cotton jn the colonies. M To aid in ' the enterprise, all transit duties have been aj-boltshed in Bombay, and the same policy is a* j bout being adopted in Madras. The Governor j General 01 India has offered three prizei for the | growth of a certain quantity and quality of cotion. The tirst 20,000 rupees?ihe second 10 000 rupees?and the third 5,000 rupees. Captain Biylis was dispatched by the India goveminent to the United States for the purpose of engaging competent persons to superintend the culture, and has succeeded in his mission. He is'on the point of returning to India with a collect iou of a considerable qnantity of seeds, ! and also with several American saw gins for cleanmg cotton. The several gentlemen who had consented to accompany Captain Bayhs from the United States to the East indies, had been introduced to the Committee of the Chamber, and had pointed out to them the deficiencies of Indian ! cotton, " particularly in reference to its clean lincss and Irregularity of staple, both of whi h I they expressed confidence in being able to im- | prove." The same mills have been set up in | Liverpool, and on the 17th of July last, soine members ofihe Court of Directors of the East I tidia Company, With several gentlemen of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, assembled ' at the former place * to witness the experiment ' to be made in the machinary for cleaning cot- i ton." A repetition of these experimentaw as i also made at Manchester, and the result was | that the Directors of both bodies 44 consider those experiment to be, on the whole, highly satisfactory, as proving, beyond a doubt, the , practicability of cleaning I ndia cotton with the American saw-gin ; although it is evident, at 1 i the same time, that personal skill and expert J ence will be requisite to adapt the machino to : the particular species of cotton it is intended l to operate upon." I The special report of the Directors of the | Chamber then goes on to state that - it appears | to be a very judicious arrangement which the Hon. East India Company has adopted, viz: to send over to India, with the machines,sev- ' eral talented and experienced gentlemen, natives of the United States of America, and brought up as cotton planters, who will be able to give a new impulse to the growth of cotton in India, and to devise and carry into effect the best methods of driving the saw-gin, and applying that machine to the very important purpose of cleaning the cotton so produced." The vital imporrance of the American saw?" ?:h l- ?- ?? -mi Mmamka, gins Will UC OCCII Bl Ulll/C WIICII juu ivuiuih?v> that with one of these machines 1100 lbs. to 1200 lbs. weight of clean cotton can be pro* duced per day, whilst the machine used in Iu* dia, the Chinka, can only prepare from 3d lbs* to 40 lbs. per day. The machine, also, that has been invented by Messrs. Fawcett & Co. is stated to be even a decided improvement upon the American saw-gin, so that every opportunity is now given to the growers of cotton in India to compete with the American market. The planters who have been engaged from the United States, are so engaged for five years, aud their experiments are to be carried out on a most extensive scale. There can be i no doubt that with such a wealthy body as the Lords of Leadenhall street?the Bast India Company?to back and support thein through all their endeavors, something will now be done. New York, Oct. 8. Mikitxry Movements.?On the 1st instant a detachment of 213 recruits, for the 1st regiment of infantry, embarked on board the ship Leopard, bound for Tampa Bay, Florida. Captain I'egram commanding the detachment, with Lieutenants Reynolds, Lancaster. Caldwell. and Carpenter, attached to the command. These officers all belong to the 1st regiineut of infantry. On the 3d instant another detachment of 239 returns for the 5th regiment of infantry, embarked on board the ship Moslem also bound infantry, in command of the detachment, with for Tampa Bay. Captain Hoffman, of the 6th Lieutenants Monroe, Lovell, Armistead, Mc~ Clay, and Irwin, of the same regiment, attached to the command. On the 6th instant* a third detachment of 143 recruits, for the 2d regiment of infantry, left Governor's Island, and took passage on board the ship Jehn Cumming, for Savannah, and thence will take other convcypnce for St. Augustine;. Lieut. Penrose, 2d infantry comminds this detachment. The following officers are with him: Lieutenant Tilden and Bacon, 2d infantry?Liutenant Johnson, 3d infantry, and Lieutenants Sherman and Field, 3 artillery?Com. Adv. from the richmond whio. hm.i 1 <l~ II tf-J IiWlT* WW CC/?54CJ ttf?* wip ii(?f (yi/m Mr. Watkins Leigh, in hi* speech on Monday, evening, stated some circumstances, which may be interesting to our readers, at the present moment, to learn. Mr. Leigh stated that in the winter of 1814-T5 he was at Washington, and lodged a*. Crawford's Hotel, where wore Mr. Webster, Mr. Madison, Mason, of New Hampshire, Messrs. Gaston and Stanford, of N. Carolina, and several other members of Congress?that the Hartford Convention was the general subject of conversation ' - -that he remembers perfectly well to have 1 conversed with Mr. YVebeter on the subject? 1 that Mr. Webster disapproved of the Convenvention, as au indiscreet and ill.judged meassure, although he did not at all believe that any of its members entertained any purpose of dividing the Union, or any other evd purpose whatever. Mr. Leigh said ho remembered perfectly well, that h<\ Webster, mentioned the names of one or mote persons, members of the Convention, who, he was persnaded, labored rather to allay than increase the excitement then existing in New England and the North., New Orleans Oct. 6.?More Catcrpill. ars.?We acknowledge the receipt of another cnnsignuient of caterpillars. They are from Valeutine Dalton Esq. of Baton Ronge, Mr. D. informs us .'hat he has about one hundred t acres planted, snd that on Tuesday last he discovered the worms had attacked hia cotton, all of which was destroyed in three days. He will not realize one-fourth of his anticipated crop. Sucb intelligence as we daily receive of the destruction of the cotton crops is truly melancholy, and the rapidity with which the caterpillars commit their ravage is quite furi prising. When once they make their appearance on a crop its destruction is inevitable. Picayune. The effect of habit on the infant mind.?I trust every thing to habit; habit upon which, in all ages, the law.giver, as well as the _-L?t i ._i~ u:. . BCnooilllABicr, iiao iii.iiuijr |i?tbu in* icmbiiw | habit which makes every thing easy, and casts all difficulties upon the deviation 'from the wonted couse. Make sobriety a habit, and intemperance will be hateful and hard; make > prudence a habit, and reckless profligacy will be as contrary to the nature of the child grown an adult, as the most attrocious crimes sre to any of your lordships.' Give a child the habit of sacredly regarding the truth?of carefully , respecting the property of others ; of scrupulously abstaining from all acts of improvidence which can involve him in distress, and he will just as likely think of rushing into the element in which he cannot breathe, as lying, or cheating, or stealing.?Lord Brougham. TRADE OF NEW ORLEANS. From the. N. 0. Courier. No other city in the Union can show a list equally greut or valuable of American produce. Look Ht a few it??ms : ( Cotton, 989,702 bales. I Sugar (conjectured), 115,000 hhds. Tobacco, 43 3887 hhds. Flour, 498,972 bbls. I Bacon and Pork, 6.000,000 lbs. Corn, 800,000 bushels. I Lend, 320,000 quintals. Besides a variety of articles, and some . . mi I of diem in considerable quantities, inn 1 whole, even at the present low prices, may 1 be valued at sixty millions of dollars. These valuable products have afforded freights to 122 sea vessels. and 1058 steam g ooats, besides some thousands of fl it boats. a surges, arid pirogues. o The receipts of whiskey, nt New Orl-nns, a during the last twelve months, are s? t down ! a it 55001) bbis., and the exports at 10,00) y bbls. Are we to iuf'-r from this, that one e million s:X hundred thousand gallons oI p whiskep linve been swallowed, in one year. ' by the people of this Slate ? We trust not. d h Commerce of Quebec.?There Ind nr. rived at Quebec this year, prior to the 3d s ins'. 1130 vessels, comprisngan aggregate ? of 388,448 tons, which is an increase of tj 221 vessels, and 85,137 tons upon last year j v tosamodite. There has b<*cn exported L from Quebec this year, 131,552 hbls flour ; j <] last year, dnring the entire season. 4^.427 n bbls. Emigrants arrived this year to 3rd , inst. 22.065. Last yn .r to s?ine dale, t 5214. Ashes shipped this year 1124 bbls ; f t-_. Qnn i.uu u lasi yCUT, QUI UU?># , D Wresting Match.?Bruin worsted.? t Two boys", brothers, digging potatoes in a j. field Near London, U. C were attacked n ( few days since by a she bear, and the eldest j thrown with much violence upon the t ground. After this part of the introduction was over, the other brother seized his spade and dealt such a severo blow upon the head , of mndam Bruin as to cause her cry pecca. f vi and cut for the woods. Of course the eldest boy attributes iiis preservation to tlm s courage and intrepidity ot his litde eompan , ion. . , Tender Avowal in the Way of Trade:? ! f A young and pretty girl stepped into a store where a spruce young man, who had long | been enumerated but dared no sp?nk, stood behind toe counter seiliog dry goods. In or- ' der to reinuin as lorg as possible, sho cheapened every tiling. At last she said " I believe you think I am cheating you." " Oh, no," said the youngster, ' to me you j are always fair." 4* Well," whispered the lady, blushing ns she laid an emphases ou ( the word,'4! would riot stay so long bargaining if you were not so dear." Bible Convention.?Those who nrc fumiliar with the history ot tho L) s rihution the B:ble in South Carolina, remecniier that J in Deceinber, 2829, a Convention composed of Delcgutes from our different local B hie ^ Societies, was held at Columbia, which resuited, it is believed, in the subsequent supply of almost every part of the S.ule, with copies of the Word of God. It is apprehended, however, that the changes so often taking place in our population, together with other cnus'-s, mid'T it j necessary that the same laudable objoat j should again be undertaken. Accordingly, another Convention was proposed to.he held at the same place in Decerning. 1737, which from untoward circumstances, faded of afToct. As there is ground for apprehending, that the need for continued und active exertions in this great and good causes, is scarce!y in any degrcu diminished, the Bible Soc:e:y of Charleston, reap r.tfully invites all kindrod Societies throughout the 8 ?*fo, and the friends of the object generally, to appoint and send Delegates, to a Convention proposed to meet at Columbia,, on the first Tuesday in December next, for the pur. pose of devising and currying out such measures as may be deemed best suited to supply, and keep supplied, every reading individual in the Commonweal b, willing to receive it, with a compl 'tu copy of the Holy Scriptures. The object commends itself, we tru*\ to most who are friendly to th* besi interests of tln ir fellow men. Editors in the S ate, are respectfully requested to give this paper an early and prominent insertion in their; columns; and Clergymen, whoso approbu i tion it may meet, are earnesly solicied to | read it publicly to their congregations, at ari early date, and to co-opcrute in the measti res proposed, in such way as they may dewn bf-sf. DANIEL RAVF.NEL, Presi.Unl,'' W. II Barnwell, Thomas Small. B. G-il deslevde, Charl* s E-imonston, Committee op Board Managers Bible Society, Charleston. Washington, Oct. I3:h Three Stat* elections are to take place this weok. To day in Pennsylvania, for 28 members of Congress, a part of the State Senate, and lor the whole House of Representatives. In Ohio, to-day, an election will beheld for Governor. 19 members of Congress, a part ol the State Senate, and the whole of the Iow?-r FIousc. The election in New Jersey commences :o-day, and continues till Wednesday evening. Both Houses of the Legislature are to be chosen, which have the appointment of the Governer and U..ited States Senator. Nat. Intel I. witty reparte A Frenchman once trading in market. was interrupted by an impertinent would be -waggish sort of a fellow, who ridiculed him, by immituting his imperfect manner of speaking the English language. After patiently listening to him for some iimm, the Frenchman cooly replied: "Mine, fine friend, you vud do well to stop now; for if Samson had made no better use of do jaw bone of an ass dun you do, he would never have killed so many FJistiuns." TAKEWELL EYES. A very respectable physician informs us that he was recently called to prescibe in the case of a person who was suffering under a severe chronic tnflimmation of th?* ryes, one of which was so much disused to threaten a total extinction of the sight.? Perceiving that the morbid condition of these delicate organs was occasioned by inebriate nabits, and the only hope of their cure tho entire abandonment of strong drink, he required his patient to substitute pure wuter for bis usual spirituous potations, and the assurance was given that (hit injunction would ,.b< obeyed. But some time pass :d aw?iy, and his eyes eviden'ly row worse; tho physician -knew the cause, n'l was willihg tliat hi* patient from his v\ i) experience, should know the cause Iso. Arlowgth llie m:>n *becor.irjg mucli larmed, said to Ins physician, %'Doctor, did ou say I miistgivo up brandy, or lose my >es?v?not brandy pnly," replied the hvsician, Mint oil spirituous drinks."? Tnen fitrewrll eyes*"'--said'tho infatuated runkard; drink i must and will; I cannot elp it.'' .... . ..'I his may be regarded ns n srrong case; uch it is, but not stronger than trU'-; and by d'means an unfr?*rpient one. There are lotisaads around us so enslaved by' vliiat ice, that they will sacrifice lieme, family, nd friends?-the dearest enjoyments of lomestic bliss?reputation, health, and lift* tsHf, rather than abandon this vile habit of tsing'strong drink. The drunkard truly leserves couimis* rat-ion. By indulgence, lis appetite has become uncontrollable, indhe is scarcely better flitted to ho entrustid with self government, than the inmates f a niad-house. If he does-not abandon lis cups aloge'h'T, he cannot resist tho nultipli'jd temptations which the grog-shops n ibis city present, nnd shame nnd dpgnu Ltion are his certain end.?N. Y. Sun. ? . i: " ' I We copy die . following'*De*cripfif?r-of ho man who did not pay Jftir -hi* pajier/' jrpm one of our Western exrhnng'S.l ' You claim fo be a human b--ing? Why, iir; if you have a soiil, ten thousand rif its tize would ha*e more room in rim shell of* + .1 - n nustard seed, than a irog in m? racinc. 3cean. N iy, more?ten thousand soul* ike your's might colonize oil tin* point of a -ainbrie needle, and 1 Ve for "fifty years, nereosn;ftn ? ratio equal to tho lri?4i pei?s?nts; and should limy lln;n have a civil-**!, lie vanquished party would liavo mountain* ?nd viil|.-ys to relr?'ut to,.t?-n days* journey dF. VVuy, mail, neighbor Gripe** soul ia is liiucii hrg"f dim your**, ns n saw-mill og is k?r??"rrtl?aii ? tlir ad of ? spider** .veb; and his can hardly be drseermsl by he ail of a mieroscopotliat magnfirs a nilliou of times." Nkw Oklkans. Oct. 8.?A blmyiy tmg. 'Ay.? The "Olive Branch" of th" 231 ult., luhlished at Monroe, in this S;ate,contain* he account of a fatal and bloody rencontre which lately occurred on Bayou Mason, in die Parish of CarrilH. The particulars were given to the edior of the Olive Branch by a g- ntleman from Lake Providence. It appears that suspicion hud long keen i nter! lim d of a secret association of ro' ? hers on Island No. 92 in the Mississippi. The wholu country wa* rife with accounts of tli ir depredations. Af:?r the late mur. der of a Mr. YVcbb, on Bfiyou Mason, it became the determination ol the people' to use every riieft'n* for* their externlmalion.? Oiio of the clan,' o man by tii? nam? ui 1,-iverty, was known to be at the house of Garret t P. lioii'ns, on l|i? Bayou, and was exstensively known as a negro Ihicf. Mr. Win. A. CJoinnn, depu'y sheriff of Car. roll, "det*rmn?d to arrest biin-i and for thai purpose started, in company with |hr<*e others, in pursuit. On arriving war the house they sdp rated, Cloman and ope of toe men goioj; in frun', an i this other two to the back part. Laveiiy, in tM mean, time, hud been iuiorm-d ihtrtMhero was a warrant out for himv and wlu?n he apied Cloman and his companion ncaring tlio house he snitched up a double barreled gun and rush? d to the door.': Clomut commanded him to surrender, lie then naked Cloinan if he intended to shoot him. Cloman replied that unless he surrendered ho most curl a inly would.' * At this instant they ^ hotn raised their guu?:*fcnd fired so nearly together that tlie clifT rence could scarcely lie dis'innuished. Cloman was shot.with a double bam led shotgun, nnd. fell dead on die spot, one buckshot entering his throat, another his chic, and twelve just lx*Iowv the ? ... i rill.. K:< 11M. MOS". li.ivrr.y WII.N XHUI wiin moi u , both entering iho left side, one just below the mpp'e/and tile u lier about I mo incites o the right, n lit:je above. lie did[flip fall, but grasped bis gun with desperate ness,and attempted to rock the otber bar. rel. lie was tjj^u fired on by C toman's companion, vvfto, missing bun, rushed forward himI knocked him down with the but of ?ii* gun^ f At this instant one of the men who bad gone to the bark part of the bouse came up, au?f placing the muzzle of his gun against Ctvtriy's bead, fired, scattering bis brains oV- r the yard. The neighbors soon assembled, and under a great deaf of excitement; a hole was dug ill the earth, and L tverty, boots, shoes, hat and all, were pitched in and covered up. Calico Printing,?A friertd wfKr pretsesses an extensive correspondence, lias col. 'ected the following liters,- which we-ire permitted to lay before our rewfors*7 - Cotton goods Printed in the Uuifed States per Anrtum. States. Factories. Yds pr an. Ay. valiTot. val. N. Hampshire,, 2 5,546,667 IS etc.'$721,066 Massachusetts, ]0 39,162/667 " 4,831,146 Rliole Island, 9 26,624,000 ? 3,461,220 Connfc-licui, (none) New York 7.12,202,667 9 fts. 1,098.240 New Jersey, . 2 6,101,334 ? 549,120 Pennsylvania, 4 8,874,667 ** 798,720 Maryland, 2 :2,600,000 8ets- 208,000 36 100,112002 $11,667,512 There nre no Punt works in any of the other State*;'?^-N. Y; Jour. 6oih. Colonizing. rr-'I'lie Const iiution.of Muino requires voters to reside three rnnnihg in tho ^ State previous to the election. A short time before the lain election it is stuted that a judge made a decision that a t'eposilo of clotlies-rousfituted a .residence, and large numbers .of indivio'uals from abroad, of bo:li parties, sent their clothes in'o the State three mon'lis before the election, and. when the time came round went there and. voted, arid curried their wardrobes home with tlvm. .... ^ A S gnhoard near Shreswhury has the following olasical insorip,on?rf-4'All persons found fyghting trusprissih ofr this^robtrd will bo execu'.ej with the ^tmdst 'W^gcf of3hu lsw.n ' ' * ' i