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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 "