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71 surprise, the first part of a stalk I rut up, I I fojnd six catterpillars snugly housed in the pethofthe stalk. - This discovery led me to an examination of at least some fifty or more stalks, when to my astonishment I found the worms, some eight or ten in every stalk, and nearly all alive. My plan is, to destroy these lo^crx of cotton | immediately, and ihe only effectual mode that I know of, is to burn-the s'alks. You smuldset about it immediately, say the first rain, pulling up your stalks to he burnt, before the catterpillar should eat itself out, in the shape of a butterfly perhaps, or some other insect, ready to deposit its egg as soon as your cotton should begin to form squares or bolls. By adopting the above plan, thousands and tens of thousands may he destroyed, which will remove entirely, in my opinion, the greatest difficulty in making a crop of cotton. But, perhaps some farmers may conclude, that as planters generally plant corn after cotton, it will m ike no material difference as to Iturninnr tho&'aSks. But stop: let me ask you if you are certain that the chinch bug * is not a production of this very caiterpillar; and besides that, many farmers, notwithstanding they adopt the rotation plan of forming, are necessarily compelled to plant some cotton in the same field twice, and perhaps thrice in succession? You will excuse the dress, Mr. Editor, in which this article appeals, as mv object is simplv to elicit a degree of attention to this matter, and to draw forth from those more experienced than myself, information which will elevate the science of agriculture to a elation which it deserves. A Young Plant?.h. MESSER.3. KING & CL\Y. From ill" N?tion-.l I ,t 'I ijf-nc *r* Senate ok tiie (J. States?Extra Session. Monday, Mirch 13, 1341. Soon after the Senate came to order? %*- r? .-_ 4 - iur. (TUSIUU I Uv*c aim auuiCi>9vu HIV Striate follows: If 19. I am sure, painfully within the recollection of the Senate that, a few dnvs since, a vrrv unpleasant collision occurcd on this floor between the Senator from Kentucky and the Senator from Alabama. Any interruption of the habitual and characteristic harmony of litis laxly,or the parliamentary decorum of its proceedings, is, under any circumstances, .deeply to be regretted; but especially in the present case, inasmuch as the manifestation of heatoccurcd between Senators of such long and distinguished O r? standing. It might well be supposed that nothing but mistake or accident could have led to such a result; and thorougly convinced of this, I rise, Mr. President, to state my conviction of the existence of misapprehension, and to state succinctly the moJe in which it occured. On the occasion alluded to, the Senator from Kentucky, couceiving that the remarks of the Senator from Alabama were calculated ?nd intended to be injurious to bis character, and personally offensive, rotortcd in language of direct Affront? language which 1 am convinced he could rot have employed but under a deep sense of injury. In this view of the remarks of the Senator from Alabama, I believe he was mistaken. Indeed I am convinced, from information which has casually come to my possession, that tho Senator iroin Alabama dit not intend Jo be personally offmsive. At the bottom of this nffiir, therefore,. ihere is a misapprehension, which I announce with pleasure, and in the confi! ?nt belief tint, being annojncod, the honorable aivl distinguished St.i:mtAr<s will nermit no formal (litlicultv to arrest a;i adjustment which is earnestly demanded?"-by the Senate an 1 the conntry. Mr. Clav said he shared with thr Senator from South Carolina, Mr Preston, in the regret which he had manifested, on account of the occurence, disturbing the usual harmony and good feeling which prevails in the Senate, to which ho had ailuded; and he bore with pleasure testimony to the honorable and high-minded feelings which had prompted that Senator to make the appeal which ho had just presented. Before he, MrC., proceeded to respond particulany to that appeal, he wished to Fubmit a few general obsenatious to the Senate in regard to the privileges of Congressional or Parliamentary debate. Kvery Senator had the most perfect right to speak with the utmost freedom o, those who were in power; ho might denounce them as arbitrary, wick?l, and incompetent, and their measures as tyrannical, corrupt, and ruinous to the bc-st interest9 of the country. So it was equally right of every member to deliver his sentiments without reserve on the character of all }>ersons not members of the bo Iv, hut whose names or characters were connected with subject tin lor debate, a id til! brought before the Senate as candidates for appointment to office. All this a member has a right todo under no other rcvnonsihilil v than that which his own conscience and public opinion impose.? Enl while this right was clear and undeniable, was essential to the due discharge of official duly, and was in no case to be restrained, the same liberty did not extend to the language of Senators towards each osher, or in reference to their motives. In speaking to or of each other, the utmost reaped and decorum ought ever to he preserved, all personality avoided, and especially all imputation of improper motives. Under these impressions as to the privileges of debate, and guided by these rules, Mr. Cr had spoken, a few days si'ice, of the elder editor of the Globe newsjmpcr, whom it was then proposed to dissmiss from the office of a printer to the Senate. Had not that individual been thus legetimately and directly before the body, lie should have forborne, as he had always hitherto, in his public station, forborne, to say a word in regard to him or the paper which he edits. Notwithstanding ten "years of the most unparalleled abuse aud ?i MM??? wanton and unscrupulous attacks of himself, Mr. C. had remained silent; and so ir he should still have remained; but when rt the name of that person was directly be- e< fore the Senate, and his character and j V conduct of a public journal became a legit- | fr imate subject for its consideration, he had H felt it to be bis right to speak of him in N the terms lie had done. When, on the m next day, the Senator from Alabama, Mr. tr King, addressed the Senate, he must sav ir that while that gentleman was speaking, b< he had thought that there was, on his 01 part, a studied, a premeditated, and, as he le I hen believed, a preconcerted design to hi make an assault upon hitn and his charac- a; ter. And when the Senator concluded c< by instituting a comparison of Mr. C. to S a man whom he had, but a day before, de- j clarcd to he infamous, and of whom he hi had spoken as a common libeller, and or o his paper as libellous, he did not doubf that his object was a personal offence !o *1 Mr. C. It was under this impression that j t' Mr. 0. had addressed 'o the Chair f! remarks which he intended as a deliberate I | oflbnee to that Senator. b | But it \va * due to the S ira'or frcn Ala- b { bnmi as well as to himedfto state that lit t J had since received satisfactory i fforma | tion. on whieh he p'aced implicit rel'nfv.p j that tiiere had been no parpese or i-Pnn. \ lion on the part of that Senator <o off r i any personal affront to Mr. C. or to ca 4 i the slightest imputation on his charac'c . or - honor. Mr. C. had thr.rcfc.re been g mistaken as to the design which he hat' j j ?* c? fA nm4 I j SlippoSCU tHill iv x . . : he must have entirely mi.sapor:h.-n?'e- the h language employe.!. Rea.lv, there-o. *\ at all times promptly to repair an injury as he hoped he ever should be to repel an in- h dignity, and always taking more plca*un t< to repair than to repel, and without any s| regard to the nicely of mere technical I forms, to which those acquainted with I him well knew he never attached great a importance?under the circumstances as | thus explained, and with the understand- IV ing which he now had of the real intentions n j o! that Senator, it was with infinite pleasJ ure he now declared every epithet in the c i least derogatory to him, to his honor, or T to his character, to-be withdrawn. 01 j . [This declaration elicited a spontaneous q j burst of applause from the surrounding o audience, who had listened with eager at- < tention to all that had passed. The Chair, however, interfered, and the applause was j immediately suppressed.] I Jfr. King said: I concur with the Sena! O tor from Kentucky as to the duty which ! every Senator owes to himself and to the ; P body of which he is a member. He should p j studiously avoid all personalities, and keep p j himself strictly within the rules of order, j b j and never depart from decorum in debate, j 0 i I hnvo long been a member of this Senate, h and I can fearlessly appeal to my bro her j I Senators to say whether on any occnsion j v I have violated prescribed rules, or been ! v i ?riiiltv indnrnrnm in dnbate. I h bx...v? w. ? ? | The Senator front Kentucky, from who. ! . ever he received the information. J as rot j c been nrsii formed. That Senator having. < ;i with hi- charac'eiis'ic frankn ss, explicit- f, lv withdrawn th* injurious cxpressio 8 ic : used hv hini. I new feel myself at liberty |>i ; to state,and I do it in the same sp'i it ol frankness, that nothing which was said by rt i me was intended to be personally ofTen- j j sivc to that Senator; nor was it tny de- J (} j sign in anv manner to derogate from his i ^ ! eharacter as a gentleman or man of honor, j C) j I make this statement with pleasure; for, ^ I while I am always prepared to defend my 0 ; honor when assailed, 1 carefully avoid a!. ^ , tacking others. j0 Mr. Preston stated that he could not re- j n ; press the feelings which prompted him'o j 1 congratulate the Senate and tho country i upon the honorable adjustment of this j s painful controversy. The gentlemen p j had acted as became their high character i and distinguisned position?affording an t example for the future, of a fearless and 1 candid course under circumstances of ap- ^ i parent difficulty; while the painful sua- j () | pense in which the; Senate has been in- ! , 1 ' '* ? t I ? | _ ! A . J j ^ I velvet! lor some clays woim ue, no irusieu, j j a guaranty for the cautious maintain. ?? j j of a scrupulous focbearuncein ti* bate hue- ! 0 after. _ j '1 Again he congratulate I the geiillcuicw l ~ | : the Senate, and the country. [On the conclusion <? ft hose rfuv\vs-j> Mr. Clay rose and a.Ivaoe- <1 .o Mr. K.. : s ' and shook hands with him. amid- i??u ; ) ; a pn'a uses front S- natosa id a;i liorv ) i ' \ ; Washington K> fusb.-g ft Crvyn\ ?i !.e ' j following it ttc r h;.s recently been brought ! ' j to light by Mr. Spark**. It wis w. -. n ! i in reply to a proposition made to V? ; ! i.ngton at tho conclusion of the \\v V, j , ! certain odieer-of his army, to a- vp. crown. The following sentiment.". s k v ! the republican spirit that anirna i : ! man. . ! "Sir?With a mixture of g*r::t s:;r- !a j prise and astoeishrrfent, I have ?ca I, wi.li j ^ : attention thesentitnents you have submit- . i to my perusal, Be assured, sir, m occur! rcnce, in cou.se of the war has given me j more painful sensation than your infor| mationof there being such ideas existing sl in the army as you have expressed, and I si j must view with abnorance, and reprehend 8 ! with severity. For the present, the com i mnni/itttmi nfl'ifim u.'i 11 rr?st in mv nwn ? UlillJIVUl IV# l " ??I vwv Viw bosom, unlessome further agitation of the a matter shall make a disclosure nccessa- S rv. b 441 am much at a loss to conceive what j, part of my conduct could have given en- . couragement to an address which to me 1 i seems big with the greatest mischiefs that can befall my country. If I am not de- I d j ceived in knowledge of myself, you could n | not have found a person to whom your ^ I schemes are more disagreeable. . "Let me conjure you, then, if you have ! any regard for the corn'ry |or concern for ? me to banish these thoughts from your t minds, and never cornmuicate from yourself or any one else, a sentiment of "the like nature. c 1 I am, &c*GEO. WASHINGTON". 1 ??ggggg ??????mmmm?? Wets/ei*'* reply to lltyne. The wash- whi igton correspondent of the Boston Atlas Nor slates an anecdote in the relation to the ^ j debratioa to the celebrate reply of Mr. Webster to Mr; Hayne that has never be- ?' >re been published. At the time Mr, Sta fayne made his attack, Afr. Gales of the ope iationa! Intelligencer, who has been the ca, lost accomplished reporter in the couny, chanced to be in the Capitol. Hearig that Mr, Wsbster intended to reply, n,0; eing told by him that it would be a short not ne, he undertook once more his long neg- side ictcd vocation of a reporter. Instead ran oweverof consumeing about half an hour I 3 Mr. Webster had promised in the omrnencement, as is well known, the * enato adjourned before he had finished bar -Mr. Gales continued to take notes of evry word, in the momentary expectation rea This concluding. Unwilling to leave off before Mr. Web- I ler had finished, Mr. Gales continued j ha^ *r nexi dny until he had concluded.? ! !'.if wbe-i he enmo to look at the no'es I ' * magnitude of the (aoks tint it Vi .vjJd ; rel3 - -vr4-.' MCCi v>:, rnpoared so formi !<*.- tur 'hot hr, d: from ii v.i an imp w?bi!- j dec wi :f "the.in' oc upi c ' ? f3oo-.j.r\r. Mr ii". is'\ ;1 > i ' -i . i'n f. ?t v.*.* : .. ) - O- "... ,\ J t:r ! ' a *.aVi .2 .... 1 ^ Uli " t' 'y a ?I io iir.i * ? j e: . . : .... ' i.y exp-t'.a- ' . ' V: IV* -AO Mr. oil..; 1 hi*. trier n-i.'y . o omj/y. - -? ? ' i.. ih.i '.1 ,!?it of as- . tUn i.i r aiing his notes, a^. i* 11 a rt porter. undertook the task, and j ^ i thocou'o of a week Mc. Gales submit- ! 3d to Mr. Webster a full repor/ of his , Ea pccch in the hand writing of his wife.? j no t will he remembered that the speech of} the Ir. Web? tor was not published un^'}t|:^ fter a delay of several weeks.? I t was owing to these circumstances,. ma fr. Gales has now in his possessien the j im; otos, handsomly bound. j Fe< It is stated that Mr. Webster did not > bange five words in the whole report. ,, P P r 5>oi h'g is one of a very Few instances on recrd in which we I ave a mas'cr piece ofelo- suc no lice taken down as it fell from the lips the f the speaker. [JV. Y. Cou. and Enq. fju iIIfifiA ?rt}.tZfiTm ' mo WEDNE.SDAV MARCII *4. no< in I Wo were Lately requested by a corres- 488 ondont in Columbia to furnish a more j articular account of some successful c.\- |sor crimchts in manuring cotton which had een noticed in our columns. Asanapob let gv to our respected correspondent for act Th aving done so, we state, that under an xpectation of soon seeing thoso from *? <* . l.. i M mom me miormanon was iu nr huuiiiuu. j ? re defered writing to thcin until it has now I lay ecornc too lato tor the information to be j e.xc vailahtn for ttio proJnnt Hnnmnn. Tr? mi? oiimriji this week, however, will be found do failed account of n still more success- uni j| exjx riment by Gen. Oilier pic, reported | > the Pec Dec Agricultural Soccity and j t!n< ublishcd in their proceedings. This we ?n] ope will answer the purpose of our cor- ? ?spondent. In reply lo<nc of his queries, we state 1 lat the general practice in this neighbor- lac ood is to put the manure in the drill for the otlon. It is never, wo believe, spread J >rg rovl cast, except, as in the experiment ; " f Gen. Gillespie, when the land is very ' oth ighly manured. Then it must be done, j tic< r the cotton would die for want of earth o ( bout the roots. qu( Tlio Uto high waters carried ??*F m in / bridge.* *uc i Gco'gia and tlio lower pirt of this State.? htc laiubnrg was overflown but did not sudur very \vh really obi Wa have reen no account of an eUe'"cn of j !>0r rintrr by the United Stales Sim to. They pro. C01 ih y postponed ttie elocion till the meeting in une. wll The weai'iiiik.? i uosuay morning rioi :a.-,t week was warm and p'easant.? jhu k!io :so.\f iitoniirt^ the ground wis white rCs itv". 5v..\v f.Ji for mor"* than half ad ?e T?'J! Tic-if " :! is it fid. Iti ftah igh . ? it' . i i sOfl ?. v ' :/; .1 v;i*?i?t llU.'I.eS (I'Jf-"} at Uu tic y,: cKlfix' ; ; r.r.cOM.vN ia the{ i;ov . I ,..:j . ; Oi u new ,v . r.a led in i r?r.o tr j 1 ' r ?> i > * f: . , . v" ._ T. : ! ,vi: i. . fiV ii'i! " . ' -!^' i'/ f . ;i ? Dv.MK-: - f " *" . I r'/k :: . ' . . >:.> cUa-T pr.vj C? r.s- : . | ? ai IV. " "v. ' *.'? r!*N*ION PS. 000-3 vo-vi vore for ? : - :-.o propose I Hni;?n(l;iK*ms,and * 3d opposed; but for want of a quorum j 10 mooting adjourned for two weeks. ?la rul( The banks of Norh Carolina have again fac nspcnded specie payments. We are not ufticicntly acquainted with the circum- fr0| tanees which control banking operations j anc ithat State to say certain!y w hy her banks int, re obligedto suspend, while the banks in a|| South Carolina pay specie. One cause may j 8ha ethat the bank capital of North Caroilnais dea ;ssin proportion to the demand lor it than wit a this State, and that, therefore, the 181 anks find it necessary for the accommo- Var lation of the public, to issue a larger s]ai mount of bills in proportion to their capi- suh ol; which they might do without in the shi] east endangering t e r ?ol ey. Th 8' por ve say may be the case, we do not know By hat it is. Another and a principle cause pas ve suppose to be, that a large amount of not otton is shipped from this state to New grc fork, on which our banks realize specie, rc? 1st the amount of cotton shipped from th Carolina is comparatively small, irge share of the agricultural products North Carolina is shipped from this te and Virginia; which circumstance rates to the disadvantage of the N. olina banks; particularly whilst the w York banks are paying specie, and st of the banks south of that State are . The North Carolina banks are con. ,?red sound, and when the present deged state of the currency shall be corted they wilf doubtless pay specie. Jut why is it that the South Carolina iksareable tomaintain specie payments i ilst those south of us are not. The only j son which we can see is that our banks rc been well managed whilst the others /a not. rhe Tahiff.?Resolutions have been [ I'jl ICU *J V HIV i/wiiiiiiiiu* irn t ' 1 I es in the Legislature of Massachusetts. ^ daring that Congress without raising ; ?ccessury or r.r.rj. tfcym revenue?, or i i-'ti ig :o highdt-.irt ought, i i laying I oj'.s, >o dis ? n "it" b *tw en articles i u im i :.o ? u'iit)>:ti..o.; -.vitli oar own j aa:"u.rt.kurc3 ani tl'os * which Jo not, so j by the npmrn'ina of '.hi rjvenue laws, | fu/>/ iom s.i-'. oia?u;'a'*?tires. i';iu seems u.i .o o n' up fully to j i spirit of th > cour-roinHe i \ IS.'V2. nn.I ] jrds evidence of trie pal riot ic devotion i the Bay State 10 the Union. If our J stern and Northern fellow citizens ask J more than this no reasonable man at South, or elsewhere, can object. Such crimination as is here proposeu has been de by Congress in every act passed for posing duties from the adoption of the , deral Constitution to the present lime, was made in the compromise act itself, mo few do contend that, in making :h discrimination, Congress transcends i power delegated to it by the States.? 1 thicia nnuhin?r strict construction to a I " ? st unreasonable extreme.. It would [ be more extravagant to maintain that laying direct taxes Congress is bound to ess them equally ad valorem upon all i possessions and effects real and pertal, of every man woman and child in i country, from the pot hooks andgimto the wardrobe and cotton plantation. e power to lay imposts, duties, and set taxes is given in the same clause, follows: "Congress shall have power to and collect taxes, duties, imposts and uses" &c. The only restriction is that form'1?not upon all articles but,? roughoiU th? United States," and that ) capitation or other tax shall be laid ess in proportion to the census** &c.? ne of the framers, or early interpreters the Constitution doubted tiiat Congress 1 power, in assessing duties, to make in heavier on some articles than on oth, or to lay them on some and not on ers. And it has been a common prac* J 3 to admit free of duty, by special acts J Congress, particular articles subject to y under a general provision of law; h as organs for churches, books for rary institutions, iron for rail roads &c." ich could not be done if Congress was iged by the Constitution to tax alLim- j ts. Taxation is an evil necessarily tnccted with every Government. A >d Government allows it to he imposed ' ere it will be least burthen>omc or iniii- ! ..J is; and every wise Administration will j lay it. What the Southern States isted was not that Congress exercise ! isvrclion in determining what urtrhs aid be taxed for the snpport of the vernnient, but that it ii.>ed the faxing} vrr tr eo :sir:?in the pe ople against their J to ebar??e th ir !awl ll employments, 1 t:?at f.?r 'hi Ij. j nt of one section of ir: o.\ to -r:e.?* inj.ry of another. I v. < n .no-.* tlagra.it abase of the I . ... I ;!?' ,, ..vjf. 2>*x; theaba.se <?t"i- hvone o i i3 no coed rrn *o i for denying ?r" ,I| |{ u* t'l VI ores C.)rigr?88. Jase of Ami3Tad Africans.?In i case the Supreme Court ~of the U. tes has decreed thai the Africans he j lased from custody as freemen. The j ts of the case are as follows. I'he Laws of Spain prohibit her subjects m carrying on the African slave trade, I provido that Africans imported d her territories shall be free, and that persons engaged in their importation II, upon conviction thereof, suffer \ ith. In violation of this law a vessel ' h negroes recently from Africa, in 50, entered a port of Cuba, near Ha 1 .1- - ? 1 ! __ ! ina, anu mu im?rou-i were mjiu us i ires. Of these negroes two Spanish ; jects purchased more than 50 and I pped them from Havanna for another i t of Cuba, knowing their condition.? ! some kind of fraud, they procured a s, or clearance, signed by the Cover General of Cuba, representing the no. les to be "Ladinot" acclimated, or long idents of Cuba, without which they m could not bo slaves, as the slave trade had ti been abolished ne^Jy 20 years. The e negroes rose soon after leaving Havanna, s! and killed the capiain and cook, being all d the whites on board except Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montcz, the persons who had bought ^ them and who claimed them as slaves, These men the Africans required to nav. ^ igatc the ship towards the coast of Africa. They pretended to obey, but at night ^ they steered for the U. States, and after some days, reached the coast, where the vessel was discovered by Lieutenant Ged- ( ney of the U. S. brig Washington, who ^ took possession of it and carried it into a | port of Connecticut as a piratical vessel. ; ^ The charge of piracy was not sustained, J < but the negroes were claimed by thsSpart- 1 ish Minister as the property if Ruiz and ' Montcz; and the President was called ( upon to deliver them up under a treaty wii.i Spain which sripu'ates "that all ships \ 1 and mi.rcbandize of what nature soever, j shall be restored entire to the proprietor j as soon as due and sufficient proof shtdl : be made concerning the property thereof.';k The negroes, or rather attorneys employ, j ^ ed by benevolent individuals who cspousej their cause, denied that they were the property of the claimants, and the Presi. , dent very properly refered the question of j ^ property to the proper judicial tribunal.? J The case was tried in tiic district court of Connecticut. The decree of the court . 1 was that the negroes were not slaves, ana that thev should he delivered to the Pres. ident to he transported nt the expense of ; the government to Liberia under the law ! of Congress for the disposal of enptu reJ A!u?ui..-?. i'Vtiin this decision of the ! ' district court an appeal was taken, j 1 through the circuit court, to the Supreme j' Court, The decision of this tribunal is j that the Africans be discharged at once, j1 because they are not slaves, but freemen, !' according to the laws of Spain ; and because they do not come within the mean-; J ing of the law for transporting to Liberia, j captured Africans illegally brought into j 1 the U. States. ' 0;i board t!i - Am'."tad was a si- v,?, born such. 1 the property ?Vthe Captain. This slave the repras-ntativo? hit mister claimed, and lit! whs deliver al up lohecarriod I oine, und. r derwn of the district court of Conn iclicut. Judge Story who delivered the opinion of ihe Suprotiic Court, stated that ifthn Africans had been s sivo* aecor- ' oing to the laws <<f Spain, tin y would in like 1 in inner, t?? de!iv? rod up. The decision must I e not only satisfactory but gratifying to the wind*country, lo li north and I most. of v- ry low ] person/. An i.ttompt was in i/e.WfMSl'lflfl MSB ' was pending, to g.t up an excitement on the ; siibj el si tho -onil?. An articlo appeared in ' tiie Washington Globe, said by that paper to be ! t!;e production of "one of thefmt niin's ??f tho .South," which was afterwards issued in pa opli. J ir.i f,?riM <li^i ri!iuind .lo fi'icr Oi.t! crn editors. , Or at bust we a .pp >se *o, because wo rcccivi-d i copy ours Ivrs.and wo suv anknowlcdg 'incuts ' r ?m others t'i 11!:ey Jia.l re.reived it. Willi f.?w i, exceptions,1 oiVLVer, editors wither co, <bd it nor i guvo any aciomt of its contents so far as wo Ijservcd. Tlw o!?je :t of the writer was to make , an impression on the public min i at the south ! that tho decision of District Court was based j m llio assumption that slaves arc not to bo rc? j e ?gniz?d as pn p rly by the Federal <o rt*. So J f r. Ii??w?ver from this b<*iiig the case, the v *ry j iljer e of which lite writer was tre t'i I, h ' Ik* Imi ly of it, recognize rl.ved to be property, in ( providing for the s n render of the cipt'in- sl.ve J ; to his re) recent .lives. The decision in rcgird j I to tlij Africans was based, not on th n??UHip. I t on th it tin* Court Ji'l not recognize slaves t?-b-; ' J prop.i'U*. bit o? tin* j>roof \<i t:ik'rt'i Afi ifis i . .r?*r? not s .ves. 'i' i * w.it r < f th" p?d* i-*:.ti?n '<t tt er-'J ;o kop. * :ii i "!v on of vi* .* 'a f r i ill t hi ?*<i.ni'i ?l.? il a I :h s ? .'/ ?n bofd ' J tiio A :in>f d, l*j\vic.:ly I ' I i ;h mic . to <* .'o\v j .el to his ii"f.i! oivi'e m. Tie s 'cm it of! . itiis Lot m ?.1 i h v-- Lc.-ii its If. ? fill and eoi - ( elvo itns w r t*? i.i jub'i ' ion * I Z T ii aim I'uv i?'?:?; .i* h > (?lnh* th t i!?? j ' f u lie.uio . wasfio-ii o;i of l!i first minds o" ' ] i in sou'n, c u-.*<i W.s!?ii'glou lcft'*r te> to j' .sciihj il *o .Mr. C.ili .111. B.i. any ma.j ace .:? . , to niKl o raid til* sp-:ee!i.:p or wn.ngs of "Mr, j 1 '* " ?! i 1. . ~ I V' 1 III Ii'l, ?IIIU Will ! ?!* IJIMT?T| IJ III ^?l? i '' | dikiiug tis'i iiu ox f.om a Ihtvj co-ild : o. uh i 1 crihu il to liiin. In loj'cndeuL t>l i:s ?iyi?*. ?ts w-iiit o!"c;.iidjr, aid iiiiti-if oiin cf lb" j'i iciii t.ilmn iiu nj*the conn ry sw veil ;?* ihe liinc of it* ai.p. ar.mc, ;.r - pn.of lliut Mr. C.1W10 in wa* not t ic author. ' ' i The Hon. Sa:.il. L. Soutiiaiw, of N. j : Jersey, was elected Presi lent pro. tern. J, of the Senate, upon the Vice President's j retiring, near the close of the special ses- j sion. . _ t ? 1 Congress -ii the late session, passed an f act authorizing the Marshall of the I)is- ' t. icl to remove pauper lunatics confined f in the District, to the Lunatic Asvlurn in I " . I Baltimore, and pay for their mamtainance . there; provided their expense shall uot ' nnr nullum Tim taw tn 3 cxcecu (itiiuiim* * i?v? i??? w continue in force two years. j f ?'? i j Professed Duelist."?Mr. Wise jr took great otfonce during the debate on 1 llie treasury note bill, at the late session r of Congress because Mr. Adams charged t him with being a "professed duelist;" and I yet, while denying the charge, and exprcs- c sing his indignation at Mr. Adams for in- 4 suiting him bv repeating the charge after he had positively denied it, he at the same % me professed as follows: "I have been ^ ngaged in duels, and if such cases hould again occur, I might do a* I have one before The Washington correspondent of the i. Y. Journal of Commerce states that Jen. Robert B. Campbell, formerly of larlborough District in this state, and low of Alabama, is to be appointed (J* S. Consul at Huvannah. ? About the close of the late session of Congress, a letter was addressed to Mr,*. ifan Buren, sigiied by those members of >oth the Senate and House of Represena!ivrs who bad opposed the measures of ii-i Administration, requesting him to ac- , :cpt ti?<> compliment from them of a pub. ie dinner. The ex-President very property, though very respect fully, declined the >"er. Ogden K*>T:n:tn bus b en appointed J. S. District Attorney io New York, ; n place of I? V Bntl^r resigned. ' Daol Wkhstcb Jr. fho so i of tha v v Secretary < f i?!V\ has beer appoi,Ve ; U uef Clerk i ? State D* oarfniunt. t Expense or TiiK Mission* to 3pa!S.? According ton statement published in the National Intelligencer by the Hon. R. Hawcs. member of Congress from Kenucky the amount of money actually Irawn from the Treasury for the nission to Spain from Sept. 23rd, 1829 to Dec. 2lst 1836, being six pears and three months, was $141,785 06. There were in the time three -outfit of ^ $9000 each; one for Mr. Van Ness, ono " r ...Ul?r*d a?* kia tontf* nn/3 [Or 4*1 r {>:urv, ?:n? umi <?i i' , ?4.. jno for (ton. ivitoji. The Secretary of State alleges that Mr. Van Ness drew oa the bank r ofih. U. States in London ?>r 5126,418 41, more than he was entitled to, indthis am Mint is now claimed of him,? The Secretary alleges that Mr. V. drew for his Salary after he was recalled.? He, on the contrary insists that he was the Miniver of the country at Madrid, and ? antitled to his salary till the actual arrival of a successor to take his {>lace. These facts !\fr. Haw s savs he derives from*the public documents in the officoof the Secretary of State. 1 he President has issued a {roc I a (nation cailing an extra session of Congress to moot on the ill.st. of May. Mr. Van Iltireu lef? Wajdiinirtoo ror bis residence in. the St ate of New York, on the. UMi in*!. *'C ' PEL: imi; AukiaumAL &>. ~ CIE'Hf.' . , . At 'he Anniversary meeting of tji? pe? Dee Agricultural Society. omened hi the Female Acadeiuv in Cheravv on the 22nd February 1841. .* Gen, Jain^s Gillespie ti e President called the meeting *o order tie* proceedings ?*f the former meet in </were ?' i; read by the Secretary* . after winch U. II. Kbll<?ck, Esq. the Anniversary Orator. was called on and delivered an able and intere?iing oration. Tins being I he ihne for the t lection of inunb- rs .\?strs. B. Bryan and Edward Bovil were proposed and elected, also John Murdoch jr The Society then adj'wrm d to the Town " Ha'I, when the following premium* wcrt awarded for Agricultural product. To Gen. J inios Gnlespie, for having piishl' ed the greatest quantity at Cotton on thr 'e acres of upland [he amouii' heing 17?K> t~'i lb*. per icre of seed cotton, a silver cup of lie value of $30 00 ToSiiuuel iC<*eler f r the great est i rcu< ci <?!?'' t Sweet l e r>ro Ijrrt] tin <m:?? wre tlm o J'jr' lift (! <i (! IWl'i.'V i'llbilt !*, H ; i; iter "tl ? o! The v hli: 1 10 (10 i\> ( ?! >v ? > indun or the M!i i'T. soi! &.? fit* G?:t. G lies"? f-iir'.: i*"- tV.nr. e hun.Ired ?U?2r ^ ?' ??' r" il. \tc 'he s* -h ?\ ;i i r* !? r i ?*, ;.' ;i f -if. to., v.vs sp ir?/ .it- b' ! i, t It? f i? tfrou.tl h''J irt?k t: ?ij? w. i? .v? : c . nij/ piottjli; i:> m tit ?t.l w. it.? 10 trwli *' r vv* 5 1 "J t'(" ;ipti\ S?( urtv litis',. !* wi .nr i>u,y ni ?.*d c .-> m1 * > :im* Acre !*. Iie. e turr.iw \ upi | 'j ? n . *v"t: in : 'o y m-oi 'w <. iur <- < v. i *' * Un^.r. F< lu'ii ??),vct'. o.?; 11 iji.-i ?? i. I'ti**c lit.- av rc hrt h<1 c;.- , *.;n' f,'r. l.'r-tr - ?>T tflickfd ;i?>ies rrr.irre on 'he too* the r *.vj""S. li-tut if 13'? ?r i, 'ii" .-eed wua mooed n Plasti r??f J'.i-i#. Chopped utii wuii 9 inch ijoi6 5.ii M iv. Fu?? g Qii .May run two furrow* n each row with a sweep. ,v. ? F;rsJ h?u?iig \r?y 16.Ii and thinned M> one it id two ?u!k> ijieach iiiil; the cotton had died .on-idrrably, replanted at this hoeing for the hitd I mo. Second ploughing ilf:?y 2Ut. ran two fur. ovvi with a shove! in each row near the cet. on : June let ploughed out th" middle# with wo si ovoi furrows . June 2nd Nocd fecund 'm-,' and replant d the fourth time as the cot. on wa.-'fill! dying; thn previous replanting udcor.o upt u m ?Jt of it died. -June 23 <i -"I'Msghed third ?im-; threef**ovt 1 iirrows in a row ; June 2*h Rood thud time. July 20th Ploughed fourth time run Pagoe 'lough (inotihl 1'O.trd to the cotton) and shovel n ihe middle: July 2SI? Ifoed fourth time. Product: 5206 of seed cotton making an . iverage .f 1735 1 3ibs to tin acre. It will be observed. tint this cotton oiea eo mich as to make four replanting* necessary, ind ( ven tli??ii a perfect stand was not obtained. I'll a I attriliu e to the too great fermentation if th<? cot?on seed ;-thco<i under ibe ridge, Munbiiiing probably with the un rotted stable nation-. I: u as h pod that this rapid feriwntc* mn * oulil be chocked or carried off by. run ling a furrow on each s;de cf the ridge on the list of May and leaving it open for ? few iays, hut in t ins I was disappointed. The ihject in placing the cotton seed under the idge? was In force the plant forward early. The stable manure was spread broad cast. . 1st Because that quanti'y under the bed "