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thore is not one smith in fifty who is not guilty of the error here exposed; and ?n>tli errors are some tunes productive of serious evils, especially, as we ail h:.va htuiil, in the mutter of a horse shoe. Voufs, II, T. % . BREEDING/ Many of our farmers seem to consider that it is sufficient for them to purchase u good stock, and that the system of scientific breeding is much too complicated tor them. We assure them that they may continue the plan of importation Until nil their means are exhausted? liteir stock will continue to degenerate unlets they learn to sustain and improve it ??y judicious crossing To assist them in 1 ' A I Eh otiecling mts onjeci we vpmu ming remarks from a work (.f Mr. CliiujV, who was one of the most celebrated anatomists and authors Engkir.d ever produced i "Although the Form of domestic anion is has he'ert greatly improved hv selec. ting with care those possessed of the best shape for breeding, yet the theory of improvement has not been so well umV-. stood* that rules could he laid down for directing Ihe practice in every case ; and although the external form has been much studied and the proportions well ascertained, these are hut indications of hit rnal .structure,?the principles of improv ing it must, therefore, he founded on a knowledge of the structure and use of the internal parts; and of these, the lungs nr?? til ujf nr.il ihi|m?m;iim; , n i.>Vii ?izcand ?olindiicss Hint the strength and Utsillh of the animal principally depend the power of converting fend into nourishment heing in proportion to their size, an anirna! with large lungs being capable of converting a given quantify of fo >H into more nourishment t! in one v. itii smaller lung*, atid therefore .having a greater aptitude to Fatten. The Firm 'and size of the chest, hut * deep chest is not capaciou-, unites it lie proportionally broad. Tliepelvis is the cavity formed !>v ti e junction of the haunch-hones with the hone of the rump, and it i> esseutail lh; t this cavity should be large and capacious; ilssize is indicated by the width of the lops and the breadth of the twist?which is the junction ol the tbigs?the breadth * of the loins being always in proportion to that of the chest and pelvis. The head Iwtn'/I <m-.iI! the h?n<rtii of the lierk 0,,v,,,? w * J nin proportion to tho height c>?* lite animal; the muscles and tendons large, the strength of the animal depending more on the muscles or tendons than on the hones; many animals with large hones are still weak, and those that are imperfectly nourished during their grown!:, have their hones often disproportionately large. A compact, round made hod\,a d e >, full chest, a hroad loin, lull tla.'ik nnd straight hack, a small head and clean chaps, with fine tapering neck,limits and hones not coarse and large, a soft hut not t tick skin, with soft and fine hair, are amongst the chief marks of a goo 1 kith:. It lias been generally supposed, that the breed of animals is improved hv the largest males: this opinion has done considerable mischief, and prohabiy would have clone more, if it hnd pot heen counteracted by the desire of selecting anitnals of the best form and proportions - * - > ' - * . ^ which lire rarely to t>e met vim in musi; ol' the largest size; experience has pro. ved that crossing has only .mioco.kil. in mi eminent deg ee, in those instances in which cite females were larger than in the usual proportion of females to males, and that it has generally failed when the males were disproportionately large. It a well formed large bock l?e put to small ewes, the lambs* will not t)e so well shaped as their parent ; hut if a good small huek i??: put to larger ewes, the lanilis will he of an improved form : the improve, inent depends on this principle, that the power of the female Co supply her* off cpung Willi nourishment is iu proportion to hef size and fhc power of nourishing herself from the excellence of her con. stitution. The size of the foetus is generally iii urooortion to that of the female --- f - r jarent, uod, therefore, when she isdispro. poruonan-ty small, the quantity of novrishnietH is disproportionately small, ami her olfspring haji all the disproportions of n atarvttlicg : hut when the female, from her size and good constitution, is more adequate to the nourishment of a fajesiis of a male smaller than herself, the gr? wth will he [>ro|K>rlionatcly larger; the lar. ger female has also n greater quantity of tnilk. ;?? d her offspring is more abundant. Iv supplied with nourishment after hirtn. To produce the most pefectly firmed animal, abundant nourishment is ;iee.eswary from the earliest period of its ex islencc, until ilsgrowth is complete. To obtain animals with large lungs, fronting is the most expeditions method, because well formed females ninv be so. beted from ? variety of a large size, to be * n ' put to a well tunned male that is rather .smaller; by such a mode of crossing, tin4 lungs ami heart become larger in conseqmuce of a peculiarity in the circulation of the (aetus, which causes a larger proportion of the blood, under such circum, stances, to fee distributed to the lungs tbau io other parts of the body, and as the 'rape and size of the chest depend upon c 4'? ' ? ? uofl.'oa ll>&? pAm ir. lllill Ut II1C IUII^9( IIC1H/C ai rnva tuv ...... -kably large chest, which id produced by crossing with females that are larger than the males : but this practice must he Inn. ite<?, for it may l>e carried to such a a extent that the hulk of the body might he ?0 dispropeftioued to a:-- of the liir.V, a? wsgjBggfrgg ,.: .Tie . i :vxf.:"'_ - . to prevent the animal from moving with; i sufficient facility, so that where activity j1 is required, this practice must not he eJU; tended.so far in those which are intended : for the food of man. The kind of ani-' inals selected for cross-breeding ought ' i ? , never to be of very different hah.ts and ; sizes, for notwithstanding the confessed advantages derived from cross.breeding, yet, great or sudden changes are highly improper, that having often heen found | injurious to the health and character of i the stock: the use of bucks of the pure Dishly or Bukevell stock has, with seve- ; ral course docks of sheep, been attended ; with no sensible advantage, owing t?? this ; j cause, the chnracters and habits of the j i breeds being so widely dissimilar.? \ | Whenever, then, crossbreeding is at- j J tempted, care ought always to he taken j .Id fh? ii irradiiiillv. and to rear the pn>ge- : J "" "" * fc ?. Jriyina proper manner; and when the; matching is conducted progressively, and with due attention 'o the diversity of habit in the animals, it succeeds well ; i the chief art being, to begin gradually at ! CD j first, and in process of time, as the Mood ( [ of one family ?s diminished, that of the < i other will he increased, till improvement i t<? t ie degree wish d for he attained hy , gradual uppro.x.(nation. "The great improvement of the breed ! , of borsrs .11 E gland arose from crossing j with those diminutive stallions, Barbs i , and Arabians: and the introduction of j j i'letii.sh mares was the source ofiinprovc- ! i iiient in the larger breed of cart horses; > | the form of the swine has also becngreat Iv improved by crossing with the small ! i Chinese boar: but when it became the j j fashion m London to drive large hay hor- | r I i srr in carriages, the farmers in Yorkshire 1 I ~ ' j i 'air iii. :r marcs to much larger horses < than usual, and tints did infinite mischief | to tiu ir breed, by producing a race of) j smali-oiiesled, long-legged, large-boned, j w?u tiiioss animals ; and a similar project I was adopted in Normandy, for the purnose of enlarging their breed of horses, j ? o O J t by the use of the Holsten stallion, by . wiiirh the best breed of horses in France j j would have been spoiled, bad not the far- J mers discovered their mistake in time, 1 , . . i by observing the offspring much inferior | in form, to that produced by their own \ horses. I ' I TRCAT.MENT OK COWS. A writer in the New ringland Farmer asserts that experience lias satisfied him i of the impropriety of high feeding before j parturition. It leads, he says, to swollen J ; hags and difficulty of labor. On tiic con. irarv, by a more meagre diet for several weeks, tJio.se difficulties are avoided, ] whilst an equal quantity of milk can be [ produced by a generous after keep* , RLANCHOLY RKSULT OF CUPIDITY.? j The Louisville Journal states that two or J three weeks ago three hundred foreign emigrants arrived at the Belize below ! New Orleans. The city authorities hear- i i ing of their arrival, arid anxious that they i j siiould not full victims to the yellow fev- ! ers, sent a deputation, warning them not to en'er theciiv, and offering to furnish j , them with the means of subsistence until the pestilence sh? uid subside. The emigrn-its thought thai it w s all a Yankee j tri/'lr ? \v e are told. ' said thev to the 1 deputation. 44 that wo ran make three do!- ! lars a duv in New Orleans; if the an- j thnriiies will pay us that, we will stay wh?-rc we are?if not, not." The poor ' ! fellows hastened to the city; and, at the ; 1 Inst dates, it is said that not one of them j was living.?_V. Y. Srn. , The reporters of the Canadian papers ! at MeLeod's trial (savs the New York ' Express] seem to have heen a good deal ! , surprised to find the Yankees so quiet I ' and orderly n people, and that the laws I were actually administered with impar- i j tiaity. As the trial proceeded they were forced to own the injustice of their pre- J conceived opinions, and in their letters j ! they make.a frank acknowledgment to ' that- The correspondent of the St. Ca- i i therino's Journal, writing while tiie trial I was still going on, says: ' o Vow. as to the iurv, a more intclli. gent. upright. and honest set of men could I not ho elected within the limits of this continent. They are, to a man, relirjious, mikI members of the Temperance So- i ei.'tv ; this I knew, for they all occupy j a room adjoining mv own, at tiie Tern- j perance Mouse in this eitv. And further, in relation to the attending the trial, I have not seen as much confusion or dis- j turhance, or any indications of the like j nature, as would cause annoyance to the j most devout worshippers in any Christian j , meeting that I ever attended, and Jt is so j I very different from what I anticipated 1 that I have no words to express my ad- j in:'it>n ami feelings upon the subject : j ind I have no hesitation in declaring that i I I do not believe that a more fair and im- j I partial investigation, in a cause of life ; j and death, was ever held in any country." j j Toe Montreal Courier says : j " The noble manner in which Mr. Mc- > bend's ease was conducted by Mr. Span. ; cer has railed forth a general exprdssion j oj'approbation, and it is felt that if the - - ? -1 I- !*\ i*r, i n I ! senumcrjis exprosseu uv uxu , ; are comon to many of his countrymen, | | there can he little danger of hostilities a. i 1 rising between the two countries. The j j ' orrcs^Mmlent of the Herald, writing from 1 ! Uti^a, notices the generous warmth man! ifested hv the counsel, and infers from it j * that the animosity which we believe to ! exist in the United' States against Eng! y j land and Englishmen is not so acritninous j | as we famuv' Microscopical Socikty.?A numcr- j. j oils meeting of the members of this new j and ilourisbing society was held vester Up "* '" r.".'PJ11 I'J'1' tliiy evening in the rooms of the Horticul- th r!iinl Society, Regent street, Professor, ei Richard Owen. F: R. S. in the chair, ct Mr. Quekctt, the secretary, made an in- tf tcrestlng communication on somceutezoa found on the body of a; water-rat, which lo pave rise to an interesting discussion on vi the various parasites inhabiting different! th species of animals. On the human body j fi thirteen different species were found, all! !>' varying in form, according to the different; ai parts or surfaces which they were destined nr to inhabit. The parasites on birds were i h large and singular in form, varying with | 01 every different species ; but tkose inhabt- j 01 ting mammalia, which had been little no- j ticed, opened an almost entire new field i w ofrescaich. These it was probable, also I li varied with every different species, as was j ci well known to fur dealers, with their dif- J h erent articles of commerce. It also appear- ? ti ?i .. x . 1 i i ? i ! eu ifiiii uunTKiii ?iiu>tc? iiciu wieir several ( a; sorts ot parasites, and it was suggested j I that this discussion would rive rise to an ' b entirely original and greatly interesting ! d< subject of inquiry. Mr. Quekett also j K noticed four species of eutezoa found i n in tiie lungs of a porpoise; and a corn- ) p municah.rn was made on thestornata of; rr plants, fr??;n which it appeared that their i lii natural form was pellucid, but that they fi were closed by pellicles of air, carrying h before it a bubble of gelatinous mucus. e bullish Paper. ; o i ! v A SlNNULAK I) U AT II.?Mr. IIbNRY j jj f'ooHDOB of Framingham, Massachus- | p setts, a very worthy young man died on j t! S iturdny last, in consequence, as his I n physicians suppose, of poison communica- - ft tr I to bis blood bv a razor with which he , t< sl aved himself soon utter he had shaved | si the faces of bis dece ised father. j r< The father was a patriot <>f the Revo. ! [ lotion, a pensioner, and advanced bo- j V vond the ageof eighty,and in shaving the ' c face of the corpse the razor drew a little i J( blood. The son, w ithout wiping 1 he raz-; f< or, made use of it to shave his own face, i tl on which he also drew blooj, and he made use of the same lather and brush which t n lie had used on the corpse. Soon aft lir? M his face became much swollen, and he j j, gradually grow worse for about ten days, ( |t being rnucli of that tune in great torture, i| till lie died. r, (J Some Abolition gentry of Rostm on j ? Saturday last dragged Mr. Harrington,1 ' the respectable Conductor of the Eastern f) ? i\ ? /i . rpi j I' Kail Koad, into trie r??uee i.ouru i ne . ' n gram mo n ol ini? accusation against Mr. w Ha r ngton co: sisn d in his having com? ? p nutted an n-s lull upon one 3/nnn, an a- |hoiiiion dentist. It seemN that a meeting was to ho hold in Salem to express a little ^ negro indication against the Kail Koad j( (Company lor refusing to permit the blacks a to occupy the >ame ears with the white ^ passengers. This Doc I or Mann and sev. ^ eral of his friends were/mine to that meev . o ting, and took along with ihein a black man, as it would seem, for the express ^ purpose of rearing the regulation of the J' Company. The negro, after us were all j ^ seated in the ear, was told gently and .1 respectably' that he could not go i:i that [ (j ear?that one in every respect as good y was provided for people of his colour, and ^ he must go into that. He refused, and (j the white negroes around him insisted on ^ Irs staying where he was. He was then put out hy force,and Mann and his com. j peers did ail they could to prevent the 1 expulsion, but it was of no avail?not only I (. the negro hut his hackers were forced i j, out : an.d for this offence against the ma- j v jesiv of the ehonv gentleman and his hot- ! a tie. holders, the Conductor was brought j (J before the Police Court. That Court, i (] jjion a fair hearing from all parties, pro. j ^ nounrcd the regulation of the Company !p .1 perfectly proper one, declared the con- \ ^ duet of Mr. Harrington and his assistants ! v completely justifiable and ordered him to , ^ bo . 1 chfc g d ? V. N. Co: r Euq. I j From tile National intelligencer. A TOUR TO THJ? WSST, OR THK NSCSSSITV I r OF A NATIONAL CURRENCY. f j Washington, October 10,1841. ! c Business of an urgent nature compelled , u mo in early spring to visit the far West; j 0 and it became a matter of consideration i e to know what means should bo prepared j / to smooth my path, and give a welcome | passport to the necos.aries of life; upon ; what road to direct my solitary way, so as p to secure ease, rest, ami comfort?for we t arc often tantalized with these delights, j t and yet they are beyond our reach* are j } involved in pecuniary difficulties, wheu I f bv a little care we might have moved a- 1 r long in safety. : d So I resolved to ho cuusiious. and silver, : a and gold being out of the question, 1 pro. (. " ""'I Vir,rini:? niiH entrusted mv is V/Il k V-U * II J ' ? ? J ? safely on the national road, and almost 1 v with tiie rapidity of thought was convoy- ! h ed over the mountains and the plains that 1 t; lie nevorid, and found myselfon the hunks i 'I of iho Ohio in less time than was former- a Iv required for a trip from Winchester to c Alexandria. i a Foi ling some disposition to learn as : a well as travel, I took passage on an Ohio | li trading boat, and it was nut long before I v begun to he initiated into the mysteries of p currency. I pair! my fare, and, in so do- ' b ing. was cornpelle ! to change a twenty j ^ dollar noie on the Farmer's Bank of A ir- j o gin?a, and received a flood of shinplas- | i; ers arid a three.<i;?!!ar note on the Bank ' e of West Union, Ohio, not worth the light j h it would take to set it on fire, and it \v,n I a finally disposed of, in the vicinity ot West i t! Union, lor a breakfast of about par value with itself; it just had the name. Liberated from thejliltle boat, and freed j n Ironi me >hiu i\urpui^; ?m iiicoc imcu iiLii i i* jars, I could not help drawing a compari- i c son, between a broad national currency, b which is erjnal to all our w ants, and the '1 issuesof this lif.'le bank, whose notes are t/ not current among its officers, and which it are palmed offi upon the ignorant and un tt suspicious, and asking whether it were t< not fat better for the interest of the many a LJ.-rjJLtLiJL: ." * ' x , ? lat they should be paid their dues in the irrency of a nntional bank, than be for;d to take such notes in payment for leir many toil. However, it will not do to dwell too >ng on thin matter, for I am forced to isit Tennesee, and take mv course irough the new settlements of Kentucky, nding mv way to the towns and villages y the true chops on the sides of the trees, fid dragging my feet through mud and lire, until it was the happiest feeling to ehold the humble cabin of the hardy piaeer, and satiate my voracious appetite a his homely fare. But it was not long before I left the ood-chonper, and found my way to high fe and Tennesee money There I revived a note on the State Bank, of one undred dollars, and returning into Kenjckv, at no great distance from that imginarv line which divides the two States, realized the effects of a local, currency, v being forced to exchange the hundred nllar bill for eighty-eight dollars of lentucky'money ; and with this dear innoy I attempted to return to my native lace, hut I assure you I have in.'t with luch di.liculty. In Virginia and Maryi.id I have been compelled to deposite ve times the amount which was due, and ave been detained for the purposes of xchange. Af M nvsviHe I attempted lo procure j rirginia rnouoy, but tailed. At Whe(elig a second attempt was made, l)'it it roved unsuccessful, However, fearing lat the Kentucky money would no g'? I uich further, I exchanged fifty dollars lenfucky for the notes of the North wes,*rn Hank of Virginia, and some other mail hills, which paid mv way until 1 cached Frederick town, Mar, Ian I. There met with difficulty, for neither the Wheeling money nor the Kentucky was urrent ; hilt,.as a great favor, the land>rd received n live dollar hill (Wheeling) . ir iny breakfast and dinner, and gave ic change iy two one-dollar notes of J rmif* Pennsylvania hank, one dollar B ilti- j lore and Ohio Railroad, and the balance , l Good Intent .shinplastor-?all, accord- ! ig to his say, so current ; hut, not one undred yards from the door, all except ir railroad money, was refused at the lilrond office; hut, having another fifty entsof railroad scrip. I lound my way lo i farper's Ferry. But there the North- i '( .stern Bank was in even worse repute ! inn in Maryland ; and I placed in the J andsofthe agent $10 as a deposite. and ; fas carried to Winchester, at which lace [ was detained two days?i:i g tng shaved?Kentucky money at twelve er cent, and Northwestern Bank at ten. i These things force me to tiie conclus- i in that this great country is deserving of bettler and more honest currency, and j lat tluise who have received our conn- I enee ought to give it, and protect us in ! ur rights and the enjoyment of our pro- i ertv. These things are harrn?sing the ! o r? i cople anil gradually undermining tiio j onfidence which the confidence whi'di liey have reposed. Ami if this stale of tiings is not stayed, it does not require inch philosophy to divine the result. Vhcn the law sleeps, physical force has :s course; n ud ami.] its many acts ofj'is. ice is corn mingled much to make the cart sick and tremble. A FARM EH. Railway Traffic.?One week's re. cipts from the principal lines of railway a Great Britain, according to our last week's returns, amounted to ?97.fi70 ou capital of ?37,000.00'.). Deducting 'tic half for expenses, which is full as auch as they average, there remains a ia!ance for dividend of about 7 percent., iroving at once that railway speculations lave not !>een so unproductive as some I'oiild represent; for although there lias icen a loss (or rather no profit) on some ines, if is more than made up from nthirs. The country at large, therefore, has iecn rather a gainer in regard to invest, nent of capital, to say nothing of the inmonse benefits conferred on the whole innimiinity in making and keeping those indertokings in rep tir, as well as i.i the heaper, speedier, and safer mode oftravlling to which they have given birth.? luilicrtt/ Times A Politician's Gamut.?When Na toleon escaped front Eiba and returned o France, the Monitfur. &c.t announced he event as follows: 1st announcement larch, 1315. The monster has escaped rorn the place of his banishment; ho has un away from Elba, 2d. The C'orsican r.ngoon (!'"gor) has landed at Cape Ju* n. 3d. The tiger has shown himself at rap ; the troops are advancing on all ides, in order to arrest his progress ; he nil conclude his miserable adventure by incoming a wanderer among the inouriuins; he cannot possibly escape. 4'h. The monster has reallv advanced as far s Grenoble ; we know not ?o what trealicry to ascribe it, 5th. The tyrant is dually at Lvons. Fear and terror soizII at his appearance. 6th. The usurper as ventured in approach to he capital rithin sixty hours' march. 7th. Bona* arte is advancing hv forced marches; ! ut it is impossible he should reach Paris, ith. Napoleon will reach un^er the walls f Pans to morrow. 6f'ri. The Emperor < at Fontainhleau. 10th. Yesterday vening Mis Majesty the E uporor made is public centry, and arrived at the pal nnfhtnff CM n PVPi'H 1 t'U III lllCT | IIIU.,11^ IIVUIMI4 V>*? V..WWWW 1 !?e universe I joy ! Somnambulism Extraordinary.?A lost extraordinary feat was performed 1st we?k by a gentleman of Cayuga ounty, [ V. Y.) engaged as a juror, and >dging in one of the hotels at Auburn ^he jurv had been engaged on a very ying ease for several hours?not rloslg their labors till near midnight, soon af. ix which the individual alluded to r jtired ) rest. To make use of bis owncxplantion since, he had not boon Jong asleep before his mind became greatly agitated, a He imagined himself attacked by a body s of Indians, from whom, in attempting to r flee, he jumped out of bed, and, after; p a few well-directed blows at the window, j v bounded out. Tue distance from the j window to the ground i* twenty feet. : and ^ a 5o!id walk of limestone was there to re- j ceive him.. His alarm still continued, ; . and he started off* to escape the imaginary 1 * I c] foe, for some fifty rods, when he was overtaken by some gentlemen, who lodging in the same room, had been awakened by his movements only in time to wit- ! ness his exit from the window, and had j proceeded with all haste for his recovery. When taken he was still asleep, and so continued till aflpr his return to the Exchange in their care. Singular enough, 2 a slight pain and a little blistering of his 1 feet are the only inconvenience this- notable exploit has occasioned the performer. VERMONT. ! i From the Message of Governor Paine, of | Vermont to the Legislature of that State, j now in session, we copy the following para- j graphs, relating to the institutions and politics of the Un on: "The attention of the people of the whole ( Union h is been directed, by events which , J lieve occurred within the last few yea-s, to < certain amendments which are deemed es>eniial in the Federal Constitution. The undue , stimulus to ambition which is thought to bo , southed by the prospect of the Presid iitial j j iiffie befay enioved hv its occupant for a sec- j o:i<i tern. of f.mr years, h is created great [ altnn t<?r tiie b<tUue?? of the powers of' the General Government. Experience has cer. taiiily proved thar. if there is any duugt-r of ? that oalance being desiroyed, H arises from the ecus'ant eiihr is ;:f the Execu ive department to cxtmi i its patronage anil power. That such eiForis have Frequently been '< made to enable the President to secure u ! re-election, can hardly he doubled; and; it is to lie feared that tiiev will continue ' to he too often made, so long as human nature remains unchanged. V general complaint, arising from the : same well-grounded apprehension, exists ! as to the President's power of removal from ofiiee. The ('onstitutiori directly ' gives him no such power, hut he has heen j allowed to take it by implication, 11 is 1 difficult to imagine ho;v it should ever i have been derived from that provision in J the Constitution which authorizes him ! to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate to appoint" all odicors. "Tut; President and Senate are jointly tnade the appointing power, and, /in the j absence of all other provisions on the 1 subject, one would have supposed they J must aUo be jointly the removing power. ! But the President claims to exercise it j alone, and more frequently exercises it j without any cause, except for the politi, cal opinions of those removed, than from ; an impartial regard to the faithful per formauee of the public service, which forms the sole argument in favor of Us ex.stance. For if the Constitution designed to give such a power to the Presi- ; dent, it must have boon for the purpose ; of enabling him to make removals requi- j 1 red !>v the public good. Hut it has been i t j perverted to a totally din rent purpose ? that of enabling hnn to reward Ins sup- j porters, strengthen his iufluuuco, and so- j cure 'lis own re-election. Another similar subject, to wiiicli I would invite your particular attention, is the power of the Power of the President to veto which have been passed by both I Houses of Congress. This is the only monarchical feature in our form of gov-! eminent, and it isdiliicult to understand how it should ever have boon engrafted j upon republican institutions. It wa's ' I probably taken, without much redaction j us to its consequences, from the British j Constitution, which vests u similar power j in the King, out only to protect his own ! i prerogative from encroachment. Even ! for this purpose, however, it has not been j exercised i?y him for more than two cenj turios. 'l\ie early settlers of Vermont ! j were too jealous ef l;l>?;rt y to allow such n 1 i power any place in our Constitution, j form a just notion of the magniJ turle of the veto power, ns it may he ex- ; , ercised by the President, we must keep : constantly in view that to prevent the ' passage of wholesome and necersnry laws ' is as bad as to pass those which are inisj chievous. The power to make all laws 1 might he as properly entrusted to the j President as the power to prevent all j ' laws. The history of all legislation 1 . proves tiiat a majority of two thirds can | seldom he obtained on disputed ques. I tions ; and to allow (he President to re! sist the enactment of such laws ns he j pleases, unless passec by so large a majority, is in effect to reposu in one man ; almost the entire power of legislation.? 1 ! But the President not only claims the rioiit to exercise the veto power whenev i ~ , ' . . I i er he pleases, hut to exercise it as lie un- | I . , derst.ni.ls tiie Constitution, without any { regard to tfie decisions of the Supreme J I Court, or to the precedents established J by his predecessors. Me appears to hp ! I uncontrolled in its exorcise, either by law i I or precedent, and to have nothing to con-j ; suit but*hisown conscience, and nothing I to regard hut itis own character for con- j sistoricv. I "If he is right, we may hid farewell to j i to 111 stability in our institutions. Every lour years tnelaws of the country may be changed, and its business embarrassed 1 and destroyed by the constitutional scruples of a now President. The tariff, the I hank, the distribution of the: revenue from ! the public lands, internal improvement, | all the great measures for the welfare of ! the country, will lie constitutional or un. constitutional just as the President may i happen to Ik? selected from one part oi the U nion or the other. "[ submit to your consideration whether it is not cxpeJient to propose an mendment of the Constitution* which hall render the President ineligible to * e-elcction, and which shall modify, hiiif owers of removal from office, and of preenting the passage of laws by Congress. "For myself, I confess that I cannot loubt that, if such amendment should be dopted by the requisite number of States, t woidd greatly contribute to perpetuate >ur free Government." ' ELECTRO MAONETIQUC LOCOMOT^r*. Translated, for the National Intelligencer rom the Echo du Mande, savant No. 633, Paris, 4th Aug. 1841. A letter has been received from Leip :ig, dated 23d July, stating that Mr. Lews Gabriel Stockner, a mechanician of hat city, has just finished an Electro Magnetic Locomotive, the greatest pert >f which is constructed after Mr. Wngler's plan, and which has been purchased >y the Germanic Diet. This locomotive s of seven horse power, and will draw hree cars full of passengers. It costs ibout $1,000, instead of $7,500, the cost )f a common steam locoruotire; the sup)ly for it amounts to not more than 60 rents per day. The experiments which have been nade with Mr. Stock.er's locomotive on :he railroad between Leipzig and Dresden eft nothing to be ditdred. south carolina college. The Camden Journal recommends Judge O'Neall for (he Presidency of (He College. W'e still hope the health of Mr. Barnwell will permit hiin to resume a station which he hns filled so signally to the honor and benefit of the State.?Charles* to n Mercury. We fully concur with the Mercury, The nomination of Judge O'Nenll is a good one, hut the Temperance Advocate w says it has it 41 from unquestionable authority, that Judge O'Noall will not permit his name lo go before the Board of Trustees, nor would he accept the office if tendeicd hi in and in the strengthening hope that Mr. Barnwell wiil be able to resume the station, we cannot doubt that no one else will he chosen, till his inability to resume it. is placed beyond til doubt. South Carolinian. gold 3iink in union. Our estimable friend, Dr. Moore, Cashier of the Branch Rank in this piacer politely shewed us yesterday, some remarkably rich specimens of ore from a Vein Mine lately commenced in Union District, about twelve miles above the Court House, called Nott's Mine. In three or four small pieces of rock there were estimated to be fifty to seventy dollars worth of gold ; and among them was a piece of solid gold in its natural state, worth twenty-five dollars. South Carolinian. i f * * From tho South Carolinian. COL. MAXCV URKGM. The last Temperance A lcocrtte, in stating the result of the late election for Colonel, pays the following just and well, merited tribute t<? the sterling worth of litis estimable officer and gentleman, whose wlioln character reflects thb highest credit on the noble example, of an honored and respected'aire, who has long made his name almost synonimous with rigid honesty and integrity, and modest and unassuming devotion to lite public good. _ , . ' Richland District ha.^ reason to he proud of this high-minded and honorable 2 young officer. It bus long been said, that a candidate in Richland District must treat to liquor, or lose Ills elect h*n? in other words, must resort to bribery, or he defeated. Cnpt Gregg, however, with a purity of principle and moral firmness, that reflect ten-fold more honor on him than tho official distinction he has gained, determined to run simply on his own merits as a gentleman and an officer? scorning office if he had to creep into it through tin* low and degrading path of treating and bribery, fie did not run as * i - A 1' ? 1 a Temperance man, lor ho la not n member of a T?'iii|M'ranee Society?He simply announced his determination to treat no man for bis vote. This he scrupulously adhered to,'and old Richland has shown that she can appreciate and honor the man who has the virtue and rnornl courage to act the high-minded gentleman, in an Rlection canvass, as well as in the nocial circle. Wc hope the day is not distant* when far higher honors shall evince toCo!. iVlaxcy Ciregg that his talents, integrity, nnd gentlemanly hearing, are fuHy appreciated by the citizens of Richlandi District." t ' "GLORIOUS UNCERTAINTY !" . ' John VV. Stevens was lecently tried ii* Winchester, Va. for robbing the mail, ft was shown in evidence that this man - i 'n_ ,k-. was SUSpCCieU. 1U ui'MXi mm 111 mo act, letters containing money were deposited in the mail, which were to be withdrawn if he did not purloin them*? fie took them from the office, abstracted the money and the letters were found in his possession.. Yet the Judge charged the Jury that the letters were fictitious, and the robber teas acquitted! Last week a body of Mormons, numbering about seventy individual*, pawed through Montreal on their way to Nauvoow Illinois, to join their fellow fanatics in that settlement. They wern from Gloucester, England, and ' - ? . ... _ ni arrived at (Quebec in the t^oinns. xmrjr ?|rpear to be quiet, inoffensive people, and pot*, sessed of some means. They call themselves the "Latfes Day Saints," or Mormons, from having adopted the book of .Viormon as a part of divine revelation, they behove in the in the efficacy of prayer as a means of curing all diseases. One of their children, when at the immigrant sheds, was seized with toothach, and Ivro of them laying their hands on her head, prayed that the Ahuigbty would be pleaded to releive her. We do not know whether the deluded creatures had their delusion si rengthencd or weakened by the w* suit.?Montreal Herald. ^ * ' k ?