upnn the other, the hotter will thoy be
masticated and the more nourishment will!
they afford.
Like their owners, cnttic relish variety,
iithI it is well in very the kinds of food
frequently?? foddering of corn stalks or
stover, daily, is relished not only by ani.
owls that are made to eat ineen hay, but '
also by those which aro plentifully fed 1
~tfrith hay of the finest quality.
Roots are fed out profusely bv some (
farmers to their stock. That they are
valuable, no one doubts?but we have ,
sometimes" thought that where more than !
a peck or at most a pock and a half per
" day ts given to a cow, that the execs*
nhoye this quantity is much less serviceable
than the first peck. A large quantify
i* top loosening, and produces an ir- ;
ritation which causes much of the lood ;
to pas* off too rapidly, and before it has ;
given out the nourishment it would have
furnished had it hcen longer retained.
Where such results follow, though your
jpiH'k may thrive?-yet the keeping is e\tiuusive.
We deem it doubtful whether i
the use of toots diminishes to anv c.oiisid- j
entitle extent the quantity of hay which j
an animal requires; hut where roots are j
used, meaner hay will answer the pur- '
pose, and the stock will come out in a :
much better condition in the spring.
Be regular in your hours of feeding, j
This regularity contributes much to the ;
qttier and contentment of all animals.
Keep the barn Hoor clean: a broom j
should always he kept there, ar.d frequent* :
? ly used. Save every thing that the stock I
can be made to eat. The time spent in
the harn in preparing the food and in j
keeping the animal* clean and comfortable.
is far from being thrown awav.
W; ler .should alwn\s he; in the harn- |
vartl. and it is desirable to have it under ,
* I
cover.
The trstimonv in regard to the ecorio i
v r
H?V of chopping hay and straw, is strong
and full.?Netr Eng. Farmer.
* "*
agricultural society of the united
states.
The Committee, appointed by the Ag
rictillural Society of the United State* to J
select llie officers of the Society to serve j
until the first general meeting and e.xliibi- ,
lion on the 4lh day of May next, have
tnei, and du hereby recommend utnl rcpori j
the following gentlemen to till the offices i
annexed to their ri sjiectivo names. The j
Recording Secretary is tequcMed to pub- ;
hsli the Imm, and give special information j
to each individual of his selection.
levi woomuky,
Chairman for Committee. ;
President?Jnino* iM. Garuett.
Corresponding Secretary John S. j
Skinner.
Recording Secretary?John P. Call a n. j
Treasurer?Edward 1 Iyer.
Board of Control?Levi W??odKurv, i
Eiwha Whittlesey, Alexander iluuUr, i
J.ohn A. Smith, VV. J. Stone.
Vice Pi t*i(Ljnt$.
Maine Gtairge Evans.
N'ew Hampshire Isaac Hill.
Massachusetts B. F. French.
, Connecticut Eli lv>*s
Rhode biltlhi Gov. Fe liner.
Vermont VViiiiain Jar vis.
New York C. H. Bemenl.
New Jersey (j. S. Urw?.
Pennsylvania G orge >1. Koim.
Delaware *J. W. Thompson.
Mary la n J Tliomas E'ln rv.
Virginia Edmund Knttiu.
North Carolina Edmund |)c tarry.
South Carolina Wade Hampton.
Georgia W. Lumpkin.
Alabama Dixon H. Lewis, j
Louisiana Alex. Moiiion.
Arkansas Archibald Yell.
Tennessee F. H. Guidon.
\f Vi' Phillnw
;Y? c|f*
Kentucky (.Mullen Allan.
Missouri Lewis F. Linn.
Illinois A. W. Snyder.
Indiana 8oio:i Rohinsin,
Michigan Isaac E. Crarv.
v f Ohm John isiin^s.
District of Columbia H. L- Ellsworth.
Fonda R W Williams.
|owh Timothy Davis. |
W i*cons:n lienrv Dodge.
The Vice Presidents of Virginia. Ma
^ n
rvland. District of Columbia. IVnnsvlvn- .
nia, and Delaware, arc ex-officio mem- I
bpr*of the Board of Control.
J. F. CALLAN.
Rne. Secretary, i
LAW OF SOUTH CAKOtHA !
Am act to jirerent the Citizen* of Ne.tr
York from carry nig SI ace# or person*
held to service, out of ihis Slate, ami to ,
prevent the. escape of Persons charged \
?mi / ^ V Jw> oonnifrt iOMr.?n n ' /i an f 'wtmii
u. ? f? tw \ / t/ric*
1. Be it enacted, by the S-nate and!
Houae of Representatives, now rii<-t and
Mining in General Assembly. and by tinauthority
of the same, 'J hat it ahaII not
be lawful for any vessel ol any size or de. I
script ion, owned in whole or in part, m |
commandedor navigated, bv any citizen ,
or -resident of" the State of New York, or
uy such vessel owned in whole or in p:.rt
commanded or navigated, by any oilun
person than an actual inhabitant and res
ident of t'ais State, and departing from
any port in this Mate for any port in the
Mate of New Ymk, to depart from this
State, or out of any bay. river, creek, or
other water course, of this S<ato, until
said vessel has undergone the inspection .
provided fo in this Act. and until the otli- I
er provision* hereof, shall.have been complied
with: Protvhd. That nothing here
in combined shall apply to any foreign or:
national vessel.
. . lit Be itfvrlh;r cmrc/ed. That no such
vessel a? is bereinhetore described, shal,
?agih.frwn. any port in this Mate, or da
x part from the jurisdiction of this. Stale,
DOtil such vessel shall have been in>jx ? tod
tv an inspector* or other pi rst.i
. f< f tW* -X* - " ' ' 1
rranwiimin 11'? uw?? ""i
authorized to act under the provisions of.
this Act, to see that no slave, or person !i
held to service or labor, in this Srnte, j ?
shall he concealed on hoard of such *es. ;
sel, and until the commander thereof shell j
have received n certiHcate of inspection (I
from such officer; and if any such vessel ' i
shall depart froin this State without such ' 1
certificate of inspection, the captain or j <
owner thereof, shall forfeit and pay thei!
sum of five hundred dollars, to he recov. J1
ered by any person who will sue for the I i
same in any court of record in this State, i1
bv indictment or information, or by action
of debt in the name of the (Governor, for ; '<
the benefit of such person, on the bond ;
hereinafter required to betaken.
111. Bui/further enactedf That when- 1
ever any vessel, owned in whole or in ji
part, or commanded or navigated, by anv ! i
citizen or resident of* New York, shall j <
coirie into this State, no irmttcr from i
what port, it shall he the duty of the in- I'
spector, or ether olficer hereby authorized :
to act, to take and keep possession nf said j <
vessel, until ihe master or owner, or i
some other person for him or them, shallj i
have executed a bond, payable lo the ,
Governor of this State, with two or more ;
sureties, satisfactory to the officer inking I j
the bond, inhabitants of this State, in the : <
penalty of one thousand dollars, condition. '
ed to pay and satisfy all judgments which I i
may be rendered in consequence of the J
violation of any of the provisions of this ji
Vet; and particularly to pay and satisfy the
owner ol anv slave which may he carried , <
away in such vessel, the full value of such : <
slave, with ail other damages sustained j|
thereby by such owner; or if the captain 11
or master of such vessel shall allege His <
inability to give security, then it shall he >
ins duty to deliver up the papers of his ; I
vessel to tile Inspector, to he retained by i
him till the departure thereof, and shall' I
moreover make affidavit before some <
magistrate, tiiat he will not depart with I
tii> vessel, or suffer the same to sail from : i
life port or harbor in whieh she may be.' i
until the inspection hereh\ required shall i l
have been completed; and moreover, that <
ue will noi carry, or suffer to be carried Jl
out of this .State, anv person, in violation 11
of the provisions of this Act. And if the j
captain or owner, or some other person <
for them, shall fail or refuse to comply i
with the foregoing requisitions, the said i
. i
Inspector or other omrer, or any ponce i
r>ffi< cr hy him appointed for that purpose, i
(authority Co appoint whom is hereby giv.
L*n to such Inspector or other officer.)
shall take and hold possession of said ve>- i
%t-1, until she is about to depart out of (hi- I
jurisdiction of this Stale; and during (Ik* I
lime such vessel shall he in possession of I
mich officer, heshall he entitled tndomnnd <
and receive the sum of three dollars per i
diem, to he paid by the captain or ownc ,
I hereof; and lor payment of which the i
vessel .shall ho liable, and she mav he held I
until the same be paid: Provided never- I
'hrlts.s. That the muster, o. owner, of each I
1 the vessels constituting the severni <
lines of packets now trading, or which I
hi.iv hereafter he trading regularly be. i
[ween Charleston and New York, inny hi ?
xruullcd, instead of giving a bond or I.
Nicli arrival ill this 6'iule, to give one i
Kind in the penality of one thousand do!
ars, conditioned to pay and satisfy a)!
udginenls w hich inay he rendered in con
.eijuenre of the violation of anv provisioi
it tins Act, at any lime within one yeai
roin the dale thereof.
IV. Be it further evaded. That no pi I
>t. acting under the authority of the laws
if this State, or oilier person, shall piloi \
nit of the jurisdiction or this State, anv
mrh vessel ns is described in this Ad
... 1. I 1. U?n .* ?Ut ** i rvrt.l ^Ivt, II i\#\t
IVIIIt'll nna iffVI vii# cimivtiI) ui nunii iivi
lnhit to hun the certificate of inspection
hereby required : and if any pilot, or nth- ,
person. shall violate the provisions of this
Act, he shall forfeit and pay the sum ol
not less than ten. nor more than one hufi*
dr?*d dollars, nnc.haif of which shall go to 1
the informer, and in default of payment. 1
the per>on so eon' icterl shall be imprison '
ed not less than one raotiih, nor more
than ttiree months. 1
V. /?< it fvrilier enacted. That every pi- 1
lot. or other peson, uhoshall detect anv '
such vessel in attempting to depart rrotn i
tins Stale, without such certificate of in. j I
?pecliOn, or shall detect or discover on i
hoard of any vessel whatever, any slave, ,
or person held to service or labor, in this I
State, or any person charged with the J
commission of any crime, uud?T the laws | (
of this State, such slave or person being j
therein concealed in order to depart, or i
he curried out of the jurisdiction of this j
Slate, shall l>c entitledto a reward ot
five hundred dollars, (ofoe recovered by
actio.) of debt, upon the bond hereinbelore
required lobe executed in the name
of the <i >vertior, for the benefit of such
pilot or other person, if any such bond
shall have been given, and if not, bv aclion
of dent in the name of the pilot, a.
gainst the owner or master thereof, and
the said vessel shall be moreover liable
for the payment of the same, and may be
attached for that purpose.
VI. Be it further enacted, That if.
upon such inspection, or in any other'
manner, any slave or slaves, or person j
held to service or labor, or any person j
charged with any crime, be found eon.1
cealed on board of any vessel whatever. j'
for the purpose aforesaid, or said vessel be !
detected in the act of leaving ihis Slate,;
with any such person on board, the cap.!?
tain and owner shall forfeit and pay the I
sum of five hundred dollars, to he reeov. j,
ered against the obligors oil lie hood he- j (
fore mentioned, in ihe name of the State, j
in case the person s - found on board be a (
person charged with any crime; and in
case the person found on hoard be a slave, j
or fugitive from service, the captain or |
owner shall forfeit and pay his or her val- |
ue, together with all costs, to he recover- 1'
ed by owner by action of debt on'1
said bond, in any court of record in I his j'
Stale, in the name of the Governor, for j
!hc bi itefi? of such owner; and the said !
vessel shall moreover be liable for all pen
nlties imposed by virtue of any other law
of tins State.
VII. Br it further enacted. That the
Executive of this State, be anil he is hereby
auth< rized and required, to appoint
one or more Iii-peetors at Charleston.
Georgetown and Beaufort, and at such
other places as he shall deem it expedient
for the (hie execution of the provisions of
this Act; and that in all places where no
inspector may he appointed, the Sheriff,
of the District, either in person or by deputy.
sliall act as Inspector, and per'onn
all tin ties required by this Act to be performed
bv an Inspector.
VUI. Be. It further, enacted, That for
every inspection under this Act, the In*
specter or other officer, shall he entitled
to demand and receive the suit! of ten
dollars, for the payment of which such
vessel shall he liable; and the said Inspector
or other officer, may s ;ize and hold
her until the same is paid, together with
all charges incurred in taking care of the
vessel, as well as in enforcing the pay.
ment of the same,
IX. Be. itfurlher enacted, That if any
Inspector or other officer, shall have reasoil
to suspect that lie will be; obstructed
nr opposed in the discharge of any duty
required of him under this Act, ho shall
have power to summon and command the
force of the District, to aid Kith in the
fliarhnreM itl' wiifti fllitv* uhvl iivrtri.* nr>r<nn
whoshall resist or obstruct any Inspector
r>r other officer, in the peT I on mi nc.a or
discharge of such duty, shall he deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con.
viction thereof, ahull he fined and trifpri*.
i>ned as iti other eases of misdemeanor.
X. Be it further, enacted,.' That the
bonds authorized and required to he taken
under this Act, shall be executed before
the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas,
nr a Magistrate of tile District, and stall
l>e lodger! with the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas of the District, and be
safely k<*pi by tiim in his office. For
taking every such bond, the said Clerk,
nr Magi.si rale, shall demand and have
the foe of one dollar, to he paid at the
time by the person executing the same.
XI. lie it fur:her enacted, That in all
questions us to residence and citizenship,
Irising under this Act, the onus probamli
hull rest upon the person claiming to be
? citizen and resident of this State, or
Stale other than New York.
XII. Be it further enacted, That this
Art shall commence and he in force, from (
itnd after the first day of May, otic !
thousand eight hundred and tort)-two; j
hut that the Governor of this State may. 1
?y proclamation, suspend the operation I
r>f the same, until the end of the succeed- i
ng session of the Legislature of this !
Stale* whenever bestially officially inlor- j
mod that the Executive of New York,shall :
have bona fide consented fe> comply with i
iliedcniasd of the Executive of Virginia, j
for the surrender of Peter Johnson, Ed. ;
ward Smith, and Isaac Gauscy. as fugt. !
lives from justice, and be satisfied that j
ihe law of New York, of the sixth of May, j
ighteen hundred and forty, enfitlcil ari '
Act to extend the right of trial by jury," j
tashccn rr|K:aled bv that State.
In the Senate House, the seventeenth j
day of j-ecemker, in the year of our,
T.nrrt. nn/> fhmtx'ind I'Jfrhf hrrnrlr/'rt /inri i
-??" .? *
forty-one, ami in the sixty sixth year
o f the Sovereignty and Independence
of the United States of America.
AN(?()S I'ATTKRSON, Puesident of.
the Senate?
IV. F. COLLOCK, Speaker of the House
of H rprr.xcnla. i iws.
KARTHQUAKK IX CKXTJtAL AXKRICA.
From the Conro Semcnario del Salvador.
UIGWTHL lXTKLLtUKXCR FRO* COSTA
RICA.
The earlhqunke w.i's so sudden (hat
hose 'person* who escaped had hardly
irno to gel out of their houses before the j
fulling of I he walls.
In a second, the Department of Cart*,
jo has Income a total ruin. .The destruction
is so groat, that the site of any pa",
iiciilar edifice is hardly to Ikj distinguish.
;d among the ruins. In the city, the
louses, even to the stone work were
thrown upward hv the shock, and fell
down again in heaps of rubbish.
It is painful to dwell upon this event.
1'he loss of life is very great among all
[ lasses?all ages; the number is not even
to he estimated ut ibe present moment.
The inhabitants of those villages in the
Department, which have 'suffered the
least, have assembled hv order of the
|
llovernmcrii, with spade* mid picks, to
lisinter the hodiew. They are now hard
it work, and will continue digging while
necessary, People perished iu the streets,
n the pi )/.;<s, and in the churches, a!I
?ur provisions are beneath the ruins, and
we are suffering a horrible state of want,
which ts likely t? continue, for the fences
having been tnrown dew;., the cattle are
destroying all they can reach. In Turidaba,
Tresrois, Cartage, Paraiso, Ujaines,
ind even to the vicinity of.Mutiim, there
is not left a single shed; and in every one
if the valleys, and on the haciendas, we
find proportionate destruction.
From Sam Jo.>e to this place, nnd to
Al'ijtiehi, the ruin is considerable. In
Shii Jose, a numl>er of edifices were
thrown down, and those houses that are
standing are uninhabitable. IVe are bardly
belter off hi this city; and Alajuela
tins hired worse thari we have. 'Irniirpiiliiia
Bouilia and his family are amnnjj
(hose taken from the ruin*. They are
alive, hut bruised and crippled. The
number of sufferers is very great. Bodies
are disinterred that c imiot lie recognised
siiajtcles*, masses und headless trunks; to
every thing in horrible contusion. . Up
the present moment, there bn? been no
eruption irom the in igiiboriug .'volcano;
; the shocks continue without cessation?
mid iio one can tell how it will end.
i Ti.? oreal shock took place at six
o'clock oil the morning of the second of
September.
Kroin the KavettcviHe Observer.
KXIMlXATfON AT KLOBAL COLLKKK.
'J'he Committee which was delegated
from the Board of Trustees to attend the
' Examination at Florai College, at the
; close of the first Session, made a Report
^ from w hich the following is an extract;?
' The tirsi Class in English Grammar
'consisted of about, twenty Students. The
} facility with which these corrected false
English, and applied Rules in Parsing,
j indicated close application to, and iut
, accurate knowledge of their studies. The
; second Class, consisting often, are on
; respectable standing* and showed evident
; marks of application.
j Tii#1 lirst (.'lass in Bofarv, equally nu.
j rnerous with the first in (jraiitiiim, did
| well. The second also.
! A Class in Chemistry acquired much
j credit.
The examination of a Class in Genme.
try passed oH' tolerably well. Had its
members been less agitated, they would
I have acquitted themselves better.
The Ciass in Natural Fudosuphhy dc;
serves praise.
I The Heading and SjH-lling Class did
well in Spelling The Readers progressed
| with ease, and were generally correct in
j pronunciation; but were deficient hi other
respects.
I The First Class in Arithmetic was
large, and gave great satisfaction. Toe
Rules were at command, and applied 1111:
dcrstandmglv.
I
The Second Class did not perform
quite so well.
Miss Mary R. McRac, Miss Elizabeth
Me Each i n, and Miss Caroline M-Eichi
ern, constililted the Class in Rhetoric.
Tuev wore prepared as lar ;*s die doth
i page hi Emir's Lectures, and examined
| in tire diopter on Tas?e. They wore
highly approved.
j A Chws was examined ill Grimsliaw's
! History of the CJmted Stales, and nieri|
ted much praise.
| Th*r First Class in Geography was
highly ciHinnendr I. The second w as
not cqiKil to the First. In this branch of
study, n little girl, about nine years of
ofagtvcainc forward to Ih* examined n.
lone. Her name is Marry Ann McKinTion.
Questions were rapwhy propounded
anda>promptly answered by the little
Student. It appeared as if she hud made
the to wr of (lie Earth, and become ac.
qualified with every kindred and tpugue
and mtlion ami people.
The Specimens in Drawingnnd Fainting
skewed taste and judgment.
' t* i :L:. _ _j
tiiu l,oj>y hooks exnionea cviocni improvement.
The hand.writing was characterized
by case and regularity.
The wond day of the Examination
was now for spent, when the Musical
Class. numbering fifteen. was called up-,
i Each in b<-r trirn played nmlsnngr Miss
! Martha Crawford and Miss Mary Ann
| Fnirlcv had made some advances in the
j study arwl practice of Music before fliey
came to (his I n.^t i I lit ton. They still
hold thrrr supciioritv. Those who were
heat qualified to judge of the proficiency
made by the members of this Class, gave
them moth praise. We can not dismiss
this subject, without notice of a display
made together on the Piano, by two mem
hers of this Cias*. viz.: Miss Marv Ann
Harllee of Cheraw, hoih equal in size and
! in age, 1*2 or 13, whose performance excited
much admiration. %
Lastly, as if l>v enchantment, all the
I Students were formed into a semi.circle
| around the Piano, ami joined the Itistruc,
tress in singing that beaiitilul little song,
| Home, sweet Home." The sympathy
-of ho many silver voices lloating on the
mellifiuous tones of the Piano, reached the
i listening ear with thrilling effect. The
1 occasion was an appropriate one. They
i now took leave of each oliier with lender
i regret, though the plar.d sensations of
1 iVweet Home still nlaved oi. (heir checks.
j The assemblage of spectators was nil*
| meroiia and respectah.e. The College
j Hall, though large, could not contain
I them all. They tnunifestt d a lively in*
| terest in the occurences of the day, and
I on the ;>nrt of the Indies, the anxiety, was
j intense. They were pleased to see the
Sun of Science shedding its balmy inttu*
| ence over the land ; feeling that nothing
could elevate the female character to its
; proper rank so effectually ns this mental
; culture. Such were the happy result-*
at the termination of the First Session at
| Floral College. A happy prcsoge of the
future, whose * coming events cast their
shadows before."
t
TTIK oLUKN TtMKS.
The modern fashion adopted hv our
belles of wearing hustles is not so new
as many persons imagine. In 4he reign
' nf James 1. the fashion of ladies wenrin*'
I
1 verdingladcs. in order tn make themselves
i to have enormously largo hips, appoors
| to hove reached its height; and about
i the same perns! the men adopted the
plan of stuffing their trunk hose tor the
same purpose. A writer of the day de.
scribes these stuffed trunk liose as a kind
of 4iverdingale breeches." Tins ridieu,
tous custom occasionally led the wearers
1 into awkward predicament*. On one 00
I ension it is related thai a young man so
dressed and distended with bran, while in
1 conversation with snine. ladies, unfnrtu:
rudely tore his hose with a nail and all
! the. bran escaped, leaving him so much
reduced in size as to he scarcely reoog]
nizablt*. At one time n law was passed
prohibiting the men n^ainat wearing their
.breeches stuffed with bays; and a man
having been taken before a justice on ,pp.
? i ' w 'it
position of infringing this law established o
his innocence l?v drawing forth the .slat, z
fing, which consisted of a pair of shoots, a
i two table cloths. ten napkins. four shirts, ;
i a brush, a comh, night raps, and some i M
i other minor ai tieles. The ladies, wh>o j j*
I were the first to s? t the fashion in this; |
, way, were not a whit behind the gentle- | ..
I men in the size In which they distended i
! themselves; hut whether the gentlemen [ '*
! of the pres nt dav will have the gallantry ; 11
I to follow the fAsition of the ladies, and ' r
j adopt the hustle breeches vet remains tu ! *'
j he seen. London Tims. i ?<
I CHERAW GAZETTE. jc
i WEDNESDAY, January 12* M42. jj
The following is an extract from in- I i
. struct ions to postmasters issued from the I s
Post Office Department during its admin- * e
i nitration hv Mr. Kendall, antl rei>eafed a
: i * ' t
uirder the administration of the Present
! Po.?t Master General:
, j?
14A Postmaster innv enclose monev in r
: "a letter to the publisher of a newspaper,
! "to p:i)r the subscription of a third person, v
1"and fr.\nk the letter, if written or signed [ t
"by hiin.seIf." j j
We ro.'urn our thanks to the Hon. ,c
' t
] Messrs. C.t/npbell Rnd Sumter for valauble f
j public documents. j ^
The peopl.? /if Monpro.se, I.ova, in the j *
I neighborhood of the Mormons, have held
; a public meeting# and passed resolutions I .
j very peremptorily ?*a 11 in<j uimh the M'?r- ! 1
| mons to depart forthwith from that
f neighborhood. The Mormons, seem froin I
I't
i nil accounts of them, to be a peacehle in- '
| ||
i offensive people. who mind their own .
{ . U
I business and let other people alone; and
| y t wherever thev settle they seem to l>e
j most cruelly persecuted. This pcrsecu- \
j lion attracts more attention, and jvuhaps j
! more converts to the Mormon superstition
' than Htiy other cause. ^
h
More than 15,000 iiave been paid for j c
I Castor itemis, in the village of Edwards. r
ville, Illinois, the past season, for the pur- | ri
pose of making Castor oil Clarified J
Castor oil, mixed with one third spirits j
I of turpentine, is found to he excellent !11
j lamn ,nil, and costs less in the North- ?
western states than spenu oil. '
. w
A paper is alsiut to he published in fa. "
diana, to advocate the election of Judge , c
McLean, of the Supreme Court, to the !
Presidency. I
I t<
Extensive beds of gypsum, or Piaster P
j of Paris, have been discovered in M.chi- ?
fian. j h
k' im*i iat ill* of I l\o # a I loona *M i.'on rd /?Vil ?i
J .V ?un|iMii> ui mi* i i nir.
/ n*nd upwards, in Rho le Inland, have vo. . pi
! fed for the constitution proposed l?y the | '?
! late popular convention. J
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CONGRESS. [?
N?? business has yet licen done in ei- | i?
liter house. In the S-.innte, llie debate j
nn the President's Kiwal Agon? or I u
! Board of Exchequer" is still e inlinued. "
i .Mr. Mangum of N. made mi nlile
i speech against the measure; Mr. Hunt- I."
j iri?*;?>n of Comieeiioiii followed on the ' s<
I s.iiH.f side. .Mr. Bales of lMnSsachusetis si
next made a short and temperate speech, c
in which, without expressing any npin B
ion of the President's plan, he r^cuin.
m-oided that the Senate, instead of the
i
| present denunciatory discussion/' pro.
cued and endeavor to do something lnr
the relief of tlie. country. If they cuild
not earrv siieh a hill as they wished, lie si
! was of opinion that they ought to adopt It
j the liest they could carrv into oflfecf, and ia<
| let it lie improved hereafter if it should
not lie found to answer. Mr. Bnrrow,
'of Louisiana, and Mr. More head, of Kv f !j
i I'oltou/cil in ili>(I eoiiileoiiKition of tile
! plan. Mr. Simmons of R. f. was for \
\ inking up the n!?n, and modifying it. ^
AH these arc: Wing*. Jfr. Woodbury. r(
! of New Hampshire, D mncrat, had (lie j
i Hour for Jinuary fltii. Tu? motion he. ; r!
1 lore the Senate is tiiat of Mr. Tallmadge It
; to refer the. hill and report to a select j d
; committee. ' I)
i In the House of Representatives the t!
! debate, on the motion lo refer that part . l'
of the President's message which relates \ u
to the Tariff, and Domestic: Jftrmfae. jr<
; tores, was brought to a close hy the: P?e. . 1
> vioits question, on the 3d of January.?
1: was determined lo refer that part ?l <t|
j the message to the Committee on J/.iiui. j;
f - * - ? ? ? .T I It.t / b. ,n tri Hon /\ I
' (?l f'l VI re>, I ll.*n*nil ??l tiii; vuiiiiiniiri <>i j |f
, Ways and il/emis, by a vote ol 104 t?i | (l
i 9o.' " jw
i Nothing impnr ant has since been ci
i done l?v the House. ! ci
HI
In the preceding columns will he found : b
the act passed by the (ioneral Assembly '
of this m a tea t its late meeting, to pre. j ^
j vent citizens of New York from stealing j
; slaves and carrying 'hem ??ut of tlm slate.
! This act is, in its general provisions, a n
! copy- of an act parsed bv tlie (Truer a I A>- ! "
1 senib|v of Virginia, in retaliation upon .
j New York for a refusal by her Governor '
and the subsequent concurrence of the n
Assembly, to deliver three men ch t'ged j
in Virginia witli the crime of stealing j f
j sfaves.the property of citizens of that sta'e , c
Whether or not the provisions of the f
act eoufiict with that cluiu* o. the iron- ;
Mitutiofi which gives Congress (he power i
: pi regulate commerce among the states, *
! sh question for decision by the judicial r
rihutiaUoftiie country, and in the last?^
esort.-by the. Sitprciue Court of the Uni- 11
uJ Status. The civil lolaiioiM of citizoiia ^
' one slate to other states, and to citiotis
of i;ther states are federal relation*
nd as such the regulation of tlieio ij|
Jijiressly provided fur in the constitution;
r power is g.ven to Congress to provide
i?r it. Taw was necessary to prevenl
lie conflicts which most arise out of dif*ro?U-states
iiodertnkwg 1o lejnshitfl'
gainst each other. In the ease liefore
s, however, Congiess has failed to disiiarge
the duly assigned to it hy th?r
oust i tut ion, and *it therefore ctevidVe*
ipon the slams to take care of themsplres.
Sesv York has undertaken to shield her
iiizcns from punisnmeiit for thu crime
if stealing a certain species of property
n oiiier slates. The other states ere,,
hereforo, driven te the necessity of seeng
to it that the citizens of Noir Yorlt
hall be prevented fr mi stealing theproprty.
Virginia and South Carolina haver
.trendy taken tiieir stand, and will ivkin*ain
it la; the consequences what they
uny; unless either New York ah?Hl nt.
ictic, or the Federal, Legislature sludl d?v
is duty.
Toe position tnken by Governor S*rurtl
of New York, in which heiwsusiii'ied
hy the Gc.nrml AsueioMy nl* tfur
hate, that the stealing of slaves is 1st *
* * /'{hp* (/ _
rimtnul ofFeneo under the cohsijtufHMi ra
he United Slates, oc.c use it is not ?stog?lized
lo Is? such hy the liM^HiiWfriil'I'letr
fork, is-as ulwurd.Hs.it is illegal, 'fclw
'Vlcral Const it lit ion is the *suj>refnc* fc?w
>f the land" in xYeir York as well ii*
ivety other state of the Union ; AfidtUftt
nsiruinent in recognizing slavery, nt?o?gnzes
nil the relat o >s i.icid nt to
he liahility of those who tivspjuwagninsl
iiese rehuions to punishment. The po.
ition of Gov. Seward is that the mcsrtug
of the term "crime" in the clnuetr oT
lie constitntion which provides for the- ^
ell very of fugitives I rom justice, is lo no
eltiV l?y the colons>n law meaning oF
lie t r.n ; tuat, at, common law ste.ali?f
rr.son< .a not a crime, and cannot there*
are lie u crime in the in -andig of the
wistiUTi *>n. Tnc common law doe* not
eeogmsc slavery nor, ui course, tlie
mutton* g. owing out of it, hut the contiiution
dots. Auuin this country, Inn
onstitutiun is not sulssrdinnte to them
union law, out the common law to the
[institution, where*liey con**in cmilliH..
he inclining of tin: term at common law
onid doubtless lie held oy all. to Is? lU
leaning in the constitution, where tlur
onstitution itself does u?>i expressly, or
v implication, provide differently. If?
?r instance, Virginia suofdd pass an net
I render it 'or.mmal m mat slate for narmit
to chastise his crtild, and h citizen
fV.nv York should he demanded hv the
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l.tcculive of Virginia at n fugitive fr?an t
is! ice, Smoause, during a brief sojourn in
at slate, or hi passing through it, he
li rushed <iis child lor sonic dehthjtyourv,
ion the Lveeiitiv'o of No*4 York might.
i.rly take Midler iimicf Un common Urn
tthn.lHiu of the term "crime," and urise
to deliver ui?- |>er?oii 'claimed as a lnvitive
tro.ii justice. 'I'tie ?si?e, However
ouid he different, if thedoii.stjtuttmi took.
wuv iiom p.iroius tin: common law riglifi
f chastising iheir children.
A new (inventor ha* by lhi*ttimn heeib
luuguralt-d in New Vr?rk, or wnl very
Kin lie, ami a new Legislature is in nea.
on. U iieluer tiiuy will relinquish tar
ntinue the hostrle attitude* assumed hy ^.
leir predecessor--to the JSoutn will soot* ||
n known.
Since the nhovc wa? in typo w? have
:ccived the message of Cii.v. Seward Uv
le Legislature at the opening of the *nu
on which has just ruiuipeiictd. Thedliiuoor
IS ills atlnsioil to tllC VlfirinUh
r~ "'n ' * o
nd liuorgia controversy.
"I lay before yon n law of Virginia, rnf11
htteJ to embarrass our <>iiiqnil.rre,*?
'lie effect of the act is postponed until
lay n?\\i, ami lIn; (?overnor is atilhori.
mi turiiicr to siisjk'ikJ it whenever theNectiliw
authority of this sta'c shall stir.
;nder l href? puson* heretofore demanded .
v the Lieutenant Governor of that Com.
lonwoilth as fugitives from justice, miiiI
io Legislature snail repeal the law exleiu
lug the trial hy jury. 1 have rcspectftdr
r informed the authorities of Virginia
tut my convictions of lue illegality 91f
tat requisition are unchanged ; and lhag
IthouguNuw Yoik. from motives of self"
spec! ami devotion, to, the Union. wHI
ot retaliate, nor even remonstrate*. yet
In? cannot consent to leiuain a respond.
mi, since Virginia nut seen tit in trans,
end the sphere assigned to tier hy (he
Vcierul Cons.if.tion, and lo puss an ng.
r< ssive Inwj hat thai (his slate wiil.cbier*
illy return to a discussion <tl* the subject,
till a sincere desire (o arrive.at a i ptv
nsion mutually satisfactory and comin~
ive to ihe ?ene:al harmony, whenever
le effect of that unfortunate statute ?hal
i removed by the action of our si>tuf
tale, or by.an overruling decision of th*
'uprcinu Court of the United flutes.
The Legislature v\ til decide whether
lie trial by jury shall tie relinquished*
nd whether a State, which arkjiouledges ^
in natural im quality of men, apd nofKV
iiical im quality which may not ultimate*
V he removed, shall wrest that precirui*
hie d fr in those only, whose freedom is
? t-ni? II rnnIT WnlllflT lif
vnim u, h"? ?i? hi mil pk
heir own. out because 4 In yrcolcat of Alt
irimes was ewnmiiicd neaiiiAt their ad*
as-ors. Taii^w as we have been by lb#
in n <ts "f the C"')siiiutiou, end uin^l
impnatically by ibe statesmen of Virfctua.
we raniiot renounce I bo principle,
nal all men are born free and equal. nor
inv of its b ^iiiuialc co.i.scqacne* >. Dot
ve can* nevertheless, give to Virginia,
md ??* l ho w hole American tamily,
iledys of jK.aeet aileciioi. aiiu feaJay to