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* i . < . > ? -:75Si .. . Vv ' " flfe ' * / f ' 4 * i , ^/m ^ '$ > ' '?' T . j? . '' - L gtitB <8Wim&W MBWBmWWMMo ' VOLUME VII CHLRAW. SOUTH-CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1842 NUMBE I 10. 1 ? ? By M. ?AC LEAI. Tarn us:?Publi?h<Hi weekly at three do'tart .1 year; with an addition, when not pud within three months, of twenty per cent per annum. Two new *u!wrri!>ers may take the paper at fir* dollar* in advance; aim ten at twenty Four subscribers, not cee?:vio?? their paper* in town, may pay a year's subscription with tun dollar*, in advance. A year's subscription always due in advance. : Papers not disconUuued to ttUxnt subscribers in arrears. Advertisement* not exceeding (filines inserted or one dollar the first time, .md fifty cents each uhset|iititt> lime. For insertions at interval* of t vo weeks 7.i ovnl* alter ine first, and a dollar if tho intervals ace longer. Payment due in odv tttee for advertisement*. When tin* iiutuiter of iu?errioNS is not marked on tin* copy, tit** Advertisement will be inserted, "{j tktffJli til ?pfrrtil nnf." Tj*The postage must lie paid ??u letters to the ifitMT mi tlui of the tifHec. 4L W&TllPmf&s From the S. C. Temj>erance AH vacate. VIk. Muituk :?Since I la*t addressed you, and even since our State AgrieulJural meeting. !)r Fisher has inanufac. tur?d Cotton Bagging of Cot ion. at the : JS dud* Cotton factory, which he propose* to seil at 'JO cent* per yard. It is 44 . inches, and a very heavy substalit al ar tele, and hy all who have seen it, pro. Honored incomparably superior to any bulging j i had r? p?-atcdlv conversed with some ??l the Coluinhia cotton buyers oil tins subject, and their uniform exception to hogging made of cotton, was, that it would not liear the application of the U?le Hooks. (. In wevor. always conjee- i lured this prejudice bused mote upon the Io>s they would individually sustain ill 4 their s(iecu!ations upon hemp Imaging than any reality as lo the fact. i accordingly took a sample from Dr. Fisher, lo such as had so expressed theiit- j selves, and afir?r (rial with the hooks. I hey were entirely satisfied, that it would li<H?k better tiian itenip bagging. and in ?Very particular, far preferable; iitde. pendent of a reduction of from 4 to 6 cents per yard cheaper. I also exhibited it to several planters, who were also pleased, and [ do not l*e Itcve that there i?w)<r. any tiling that can occur to arrest its exclusive substitution lor kr.mp bagging. In addition to what I have formerly j ?aidon this subject, (and what (consider | a* most material, as having Ixten onetted j in my remarks published in your last pa- i per, on the resolutions there referred to.) I would like for tin* attention of Cotton i'iuiitcr* to be directed to the fact, that I In* recent demand, by our navv. f r water rolt?*d Inuop. will not onlv pei{> t i At** the prc-ent hit?ft price of It. in,?. uui much uurca.se it. J This fact, when properly considered, w iil convince every planter of the impe. rutus nccussiiy on our part, of using cve-# ry possible means to hasten this effort. My paf.icular object, however, in this * communication. is to furnish your renders with an extract of a letter from Or. Hiving*, of Sparluiibiirgh. whose experience, character and intrili. 'lice are ton j wrll known to need uiiv endorsement as to ftia statement. The amount of the necessary rna. ehinery. with a suitable site arui buildinifs. containing the gee ring, &c. 8:te house ami greriuo. (suppose it.) would cost 80,000 00 2 I'll rustles of 72 spindles each, one fi|. lint;, and one warp frame, at 80 per spin. HI". 864 00 9 Cards 8>50 each. v* i ti freight, 1,600 00 8 Looms, war. tier and unool. er. do. 800 00 1 Draw'g. frame nod spindle do. 550 00 Preparation and contingents, 500 00 4514 00 810514 00 Expense nf o|?erating & con* tingcitts. 812 00 per week. 5456 lb*. of Cotton, at 6 cents per ll?. *207 56 Loss in Cotton M0 20 75 12?8270 091-2 Counting the spindle to hike off 4 ? hanks per spindle of his No. I, per day, equal to four pounds, and llie loom to weave it up, von would have 228 yards of bagging, weighing 2 pounds per yard, \ and cost ill cotton two pounds at six I cents. 00 12 Loss. 1-10. 1 2 mills, Spinning and weav. ing per yard. 2 4 Interest on capital at 7 per cent. 8 12 Insurance, ware and I tans 6 |.2 I 17. 3<ostpr. yd. I never have Hern engaged in making bagging, therefore, I cannot say to you that tn\ st*tem?*nts should he relied on. i But I tliitrk ?h*'\ ait not far from the I | (ruth. [ am of the opinion, if the manu, faeturer could count oil three cents per yard profit, it would justify hm in the undertaking. A Bagging establishment would do much better attached to a Cot. ; ton Mill, they then could workup the j worst, and the cost would not he so tnuch as I have estimated." I have presented this statement, with the 'tope that many may emhark in the busi ?ess. There arc many planters, who have mill houses and .nchioery erected, j whi -ft Irom competition, and the now} com nun use *f Horse Mills, are but par. tiallv employed, and some, even entirely abandoned for want ?f custom. many, hore is an opening for r deeming their lust cap.tal. cspeciailv hearing it in miiid, that the first item of six thousand ( dollars is already expended, and but ! 4")14 dollars is r -quired to perfect the ' machinery. Recommending most earnestly. for the present, all cvftm Planters to encourage such, I remain yours, vYc.^ Jamks B. Davis. From the Conn c.tieut Farm rs' Gazette. i crop of corn-stacks. Permit me to mention an experiment j made hy myself at Washington, on the j subject of fod ler. Noticing the statement male in the Fr ncii periodicals, tha the stalks of corn (maize) contained one half as much saccharine matter as cune, and j knowing that my ancestors made their. molasses during tae revolutionary war j from these stalk*, i sovve I four and a half; bushels of common corn, broadcast, and harrowed in the same. This lahor was easily performed t?v a si gle inon with a ' team (the plowing included) in a day. j Having soaked the corn in saltpetre wa. I ter, it took a rapid start, over topped the wi eds, and covered the ground with a ' forest of stalks. When fairly tasselled, I cut the same, which i fed to cattle, horses 1 and hogs, hoth green and dry. If fed to I swine after lieing cured, it was cut and I fermented with chop or hraii. Being j hii kiii. In naxurluin itm n i:intilv. F mens. ! IIIMIWUt" % W ?<?V t t y J nre<j ?i few square feet o; ilu; stoutest. [ ! f? >u imJ I had 5 I lis. of given fodder per i square fnot; this may not seem incrcdi. , hie, and it is prohahlv less than wuat would grow on the rich lands of the West; j if, however, we consider there are 43,560 ' >quure feet in an acre, we shall obtain 2?7,800 Ihs., equal to 108 1-2 tons of green fodder? I cut tiie first crop the early part of July and plowed an I sowed the same land ; again, and took a seco id crop two thirds a large, and even trie J a third on 'lie | 8 tine laud, but it did out rea?*h over ten j i inches before t ie frost seized it. Persons ; who have only asm ii patch of ground I mil) try this experi ucnt to advantage, and till their iiarnsw tli fodder. In curing stalks, it is rerommended to place the small end on the ground, with the hutts upward, to guard against the absorption of moisture from the wet ground. Whoever will try the experi. ment of cutting flowers, and putting some , on damp flannel, or into water, and hang, ing up others in the sun, will see the ad. vantage of curing fodder in the way I have mentioned. Should any fear the stalks wo ild not stand upon the small end, a few ro.vseould In* left to support the > ?? ?r > Tl11 a]. (Vinuiuue;.?uon. tl. Ij. r*uxirvriu. i I Driving Cattlr ?I have often wit. ' 1 riessseu tile infliction of cruelties on diinib beasts accused of suitenness, bv .persons j attempting to lead or drive an animal alone. This subject was brought to mind so forcibly a few davs since,by a neighbor j sending a boy to lend a heifer a distance of several tniles, by a rope at iached to her hori.s a ul nose, that I determined to , write a line upon it. The restivene.su oft cattle, in such cases, is caused by skittish, nem, The remedy is simple and efficient, Fasten a hoard before the face, in the usual manner of blinding hreaehv* cattle, and the vildest cow or heifer may he led or drive i with perfect ease.?Maine Cm/- j ticalor. I *ln N *w England cattle are called brtachy which brea . through fences. j Ykuktation ofskkiis. j An article recently appeared in th? ! Hartford Courant, on the subject of the vegetation of the seeds nl plants, by heing placed on the surface of the untitled ground. A correspondent says it reminds him of a similar experiment, made in Conventrv Conn., some twenty-live years a.;o. by the Rev. Ahel Abbott, as follows: ? He o -ciipied a small rough farm, and having a pasture very thick v covered with sin ill hushes brakes. <fcc? be cut them do vn, and lai 1 potatoes on the surface,at suitable distances, and then the bushes Ate., over them adding some straw, enough to cover them so thick as ?o keep them moist and did nothing more to them ; untill autumn; when he removed the covering and found a line crop of potatoes on the s irlace of the ground, waiting only to be picked up! Verv respectfully. J- F. JUDl). Hai'tfurd. Oct. il, 1341. | Ct. fu.,iters. Gaxl'e OX SAVING LIQUID XANCRF. By Mr. Matthew Marrnnduke Milhurn, Tliropofield, Thrisk, Yorkshire. It i? an unaccountable circumstance, thai while mnny thousands of pounds are yearly expended by the agriculturists of Cireal Britain in the purchase of artificial and extraneous manures, so little attention is paid to the collecting, preparing, and using of that which is always within their reach. There can bo little doubt, that, in one shajie or another, as mucn available innnure is actually wasted and las I, us would have, if applied to the land, have an effect equal to tiie whole of tlio lime, hones, rftj*M]ust? <!cc., which are annually purchased. Wilh very few exceptions, the generality of farmers allow the whole of the urine made by their stock, the drainage oftlie fold-yards, and the liquid from the mix- j ens, (Hung.hillx,) Co run down home .sower ai d enrich the rank grass and wee is which it approaches, or ruri into soine distant river. The writer of this report had his atten. lion directed to the utility of liquid ma nure from the following circumstance: ?The liquid from the fold yard?which hy the way w is originally a quadrangular court-yard, in entirely paved, and lies ra. ! I her high?ran for several years down 1 an open drain belonging to nn adjoining I neighbor. For a considerable period the s wer was not cleaned out, and in consequence of the yard-drains being partly blocked, up permission was asked to clean out the gewer. The contents, after l?eing allowed lo drv, were put upon a light poor, sandy soil, as a dressing for autuui. nal sown tares The consequence was, t^t though the soil had grown, comparaol\, nothing for a long time, such a crop of tares was obtained as is seldom witnessed. The same piece was sown with lares the following y *ar,?contrary, it will perhaps tie said, to good farming. ?and another beautiful crop was obtained. Indeed the power oft lie sewer clearings seemed to be double that of terinented farm-yard manure; ami peculiarly adaptcd to promote the full development and vigorous vegetation of the plants. The next object of the writer was to save a portion at least of this fertili/.ing mixture, and he determined upon i ?he construction of a tank to collect a , manure so valuable. There were one or two slight difficulties to encounter,?first <*- f . ...i A.....I (tie summon w me i.trniMi au *?.?? ? m<?. level, and continued to lie so lor several hundred yards from the premises; and, in the next place, the soil and subsoil were exceedingly porous, and at some depth spring v. These difficulties ero, however, ovcrc mie, and a full year's experience of the effects of the application has been had. in order to methodize, he will treat separately of the nature of the liquid oia. nure, of the mode of its application, of the efTects produced, and of the construetion of tanks and other receptacles for snving it. The liquid manure which the writer has applied consists of the drainage from the cow.house, calf-house, pig-cot, and fold-yard. Gratis are placed in the difi*. erent places whence it is derived, and tin. der-drauis to convey the liquor to the ta -.k The cows aie principally store animals, fed on turnips, with a little hay at night; the calves are fed on turnips, linseed-cake, or porridge and hav ; n.e ptf.8 are fattening ones, fed principally on barley.meal; and the fold.yard wis in it (lie dung from every kind of stock; besides, a lew store cattle and pigs are kept in it. The dung is mixed indiscriminately. and remninsn lew weeks previously to itsheing carted to the mixen. The fold-yard is open to the weather, and as the hnmmels and some of the farmhuildings. are not spouted, a great quantity of the soluble parts of the dung and decomposed straw passes off wilh the drainage. The writer is not sure whether this is as rich as the urine and such parts id' the dung as it carries in solution from the interior of the buildings; but it is a valuable manure which would otherwise he lost, and. were it not in any way j applied to I he land, would he entirely was1 ted. Complaints have been made of the dose drains stopping up with residuum. Mine are perfectly open. Stopping arises either from the under drians not having \ sufficient fall, or from the tank not being | emptied as soon as it is full, i In a dry season, of course, less drain, ago proceeds from the fold.yard, hut it [ makes no difference as respects the drain, age from the huildi.igs; and in the hitter caw the fermentation of the liquid manure proceeds much more rapidly than when there is mere drainage from the fold-yard. I When the temperature is not too low, a white creamy fluid covers the surface of the liquor in the tank, and a black sedi. meiil subsides to the bottom. This indi. j cates the incipient fermentation of the j liquid, and adds inuch to its efficacy, i When the quantity of rain which falls j is verv grout, the tank is soon filled ; and j of course must be emptied before it can have uud* rgonc any fcr;nenlivo process. ?> % TheHirine in such case is perfectly raw, j < but il is so much diluted by the excess of: t wutcr As to counteract any injurious ef- < feet* upon the crop to which it is applied, j Although there can be no doubt that, in ' I its fermentative state, the liquor is much i more c mceutrated and powerful in its i effects, still, as urine contains food for I plants in a state of solution, and, when i sufficiently diluted, is of great service, 1 from my own experience it seems to he < necessary to apply it in much greater I quantities wtien uhfermenteil to produce I the same effects upon the crop. I U^mpfunately from its jiosition the re. j porter is una Me "to collect the urine of the | horses; this is a great disadvantage, us I lilt* ammonia which the urine of horses . contains would tend very materially to j excite fermentation in (he mass, which, | as it is, contains too much of t\e excre- i ments of colder animals readily to fer. , m?*nt.* I Too liquid in summer s somewhat dit- j | 1m j*l\oruf?toe l^ikirt tliol irm/lo I i III 119 11 *mii MIUI nvmr I i in winter; it depends entirely upon the | drainage from the fold-yard, the washings , it may l>e called, of manure gone through (he first stage of fermentation ; hut the ; i height of the teni|>erature induces fe*- j mentation rapidly; it becomes speedi- , ly putrescent; the black residuum is eve !, more liberally deposited than ill winte , ' i as well as a green vegetable mucus sus. , pended in the body of the tank. At the commencement of the applica- , tion of thp liquid manure, the writer was anxious not to expend a large sum on the instruments lor removing the liquor, at h ast until lie was satisfied of its practical 1 utility in increasing productiveness. His j method of removing it was indeed a pri- j mitivc one, and one which required n 1 great deal of time, and caused -some in. c onvenience. The liquid was baled oil of the tink l>v pails, to which cords we?e a.ttaclie I, and conveyed to the field in two Mige culw in a cart, and again haled from ineso and spread upon the land. So satisfied is he now, however, as to the value >f th plan, that lie has had a water-cart cons ructed, on a very simple aqd inex pens.ve plan, viz., a large pipe fixed on a pair of low wheels and axletree, to which a pi r of shafts are attached. A large hole is made in the top of!lie cart to pour in the liquid, another at the end, which is closed Willi a plug; to this%. perforated oblong box may be attached, which spread the liquid as the horse proceeds, I and removes any unpleasant effects to } whicij the former rallier primitive plan is j necessarily liable. A wooden pump with j a leathern tube attached might be added to raise the liquid fro in the tank into the water cart. Tin; writer has used the liquid manurp, {, hitherto, invariably in dressing grass | Ian,I, and froru November till April. Since the last-named period the liquid has Is;en poured upon a compost*heap eonsiting of quitch roots, and somu very imperfectly made manure, which plan he prefers to the burning of the quitch. A fine rich compost is made, which he intends also to lav upon the grass land. He was de. lerred from applying the liquid manure to the grass in the summer season,, from i 1 the idea that it might, ih hot weather, destroy the vegetative power of the gross, or, uti ler any circumstances, render it so unpalatable to the stock as to prevent , their eating it. In detailing the results of its application, the writer conceives he cannot do it inore simply than by stating the facts i of tic experiments he has himself con- ! ducted. Almost immediately after the tank was made n very heavy thund rstorm, preceding a long successio.. of j heavy rains, occurred ; the consequence , was, that having then very little stock in i the houses,and little manure in the fold 1 i* it r i l! vanl, the tank was shortly run or coiorea ; water,?*if rain-water very slightly ini- j pregnated with decomposed or excreinon- j Utious inattcr. The tank was necessari. ! Iv at once emptied) and its contents pour- j ed on a pasture growing verv indifferent j herbage; the sod sandy, with a slight I mixture of undecomposed vegetable mat- [ ler ; subsoil a sharp yellow and gra\ sand j impregnated with oxide of iron. Up to j the present time (Sept. 11, 1840,) I can ! perreive no difference between the part of i the field where the liquid manure, was poured and the part without anv application. This ex|icriiiient was made about the first of Novernlar ; tlie quantity laid j on was about 800 to 1200 gallons per acre. The same quantity, as nearly as ran he estimated, was applied in every experiment made. The second experiment was also tried on a pasture, soil sandy, subsoil sandv gr.ivel,und perfectly drv though undrain. j ed. Two thirds of the field were mnnti- , red with rotten chaff mixed with horse j litter,and well rotted ill the month of ; February. The remaining third was wa- j | u-reit with the tank liquor, now consisting j i | * I'll? addition n| to much as couid be col. i Jerti'd r f the human urine a? d excrement* of the farm would be still more valuable.?110. i F. R. i i if the drainage from the whole of the m {lock as stated above in the month of lie. > .. emuer anc January. The spring ap- v ,)earanee of the grass was altogether in n avor of the part manured with the liquid P nanure, both ill the deepness of its green f n its tidiness, and in its thickness upon c [he ground. The held was depastured j svitli milch-cows, and as soon as they ; were turned upon it, they eat up the j jrass whew the liquid had been applied j' long before the other was comparatively | touched, and have maintained a decided ! reference to it up to the present tiige i&J i? close and even ns a fawn, white in some i 1 t i parts of the field the grass is quite neg- 1 looted. From this the writer inters, tout ,1 ioino principle has been supplied lo the j1 grasses on this piece much more fnvora- j 1 !>le to the developeiricnt of their charac- J' (eristic qualities than on the remainder ' iif the held, animals always chousing sueii ( plants as are in the grea tent perfect ion: ( lie has no doubt, that, had the whole of j I hi* grass been cut, a most decided supe- (, riorily would have been manifested on i the niece watered with the tank.liquor. j i The next experiment was made on a i meadow. The liquid was applied in Feb- 1 rimry ; it had fermented, and black residuum had formed very liberally. Part of the tield was manured with a rich mix* ture of ashes and night soil; the remain, der no manure whatever; soil, a cold 1 gray sand ; subsoil, adhesive silt, ralner ; spungv, and not efficiently drained. The j precise spot where the liquid manure had been applied could be marked to a yard , up to the time of mowing, and the grass was equally good with that manured with i ihe ashes ami night soil. Indeed it had j j so overgrown, that the bog was spoiled by , over.luxuriance. The last experiment was on a sandy j soil, where potatoes and Swede turnips j had been loddered up, to the Ittlii May. j lie grass was eaten verv close, and oil a \ light burning sand little cut of grass could lie expected after that period- Part was watered with the liquid manure. That part where it was applied mmmi < aveout a rich luxuriant herbage, and contained j three times as much grass as any other part of the field. It is refused, however, j by the stock, being probably applied too j late, some of the effluvia po?sihly is still detected by the animals. | Perhaps the writer may mention, that . a relative of his has a deep well 111 the middle of his fold-vard, which is now a kind of receptacle for a portion of the j drainage; this he empties when the man- ( ore is removed, and spreads it ever a pad- j dock, winch he mows eveiy vcar for i soiling his draught-horses ; it gives pe haps three times as much grass as u: y other part of his farm of an equal ex ei. ? The soil is a cold retentive clay. The construction of tanks is tie nex , important question. That of the writer is 44 a hrirk in Iqngth," in walling, piaster- j ed with Roman cement, and flagged over the top. one of the flags being moved hie; I the drains into it are all covered, and no j stranger could he conscious of its existence ' In some situations, with natural falls, &<*., it might he buillt upon the surface, and ' I he liquid ulh'wed to pass through open i drains, clnvt d and puddled. As the former t is the most eflicit nt and commodious, < method, the writer will give an estiin c, ' for cutting*, walling, plastering, -tod covering u tank of (he following diun ns .uis ' viz: Feet inches. Length (within,) 13 6 Width, 6 6 A 1AI I t_ Depth, 0 ??= lyj cud Cutting at 3d. per cubic vurd (over all.]" ' ?0 7 6 i Waiting, including brick and mor I nr. 4s., 6 8 0 J Plastering and cement, 0 16 0 Covering and Hags, 2 15 I) j j ?10 6 6 | This would he n tank sufficiently capa- | cious for a farm of 150 to 200 acres. Receptacles of a more simple ami inex. pensive nature might ho constructed, which would answer s,?me of the ends of a more complete lank. A pond in a suit* able situation might be adapted to the. purpose; it, would, however, be subjic ed ! in oYri>>siv.. dilutions.'so much so as to ! weaken the manmeam! very much ma teria'ly increase the expense of c. r jge, with lest# actual benefit 10 the lend. A tank might he mode under a shed. and composed of Walls of clay, and cover- 1 ed with slabs of hoarding, or any ret iiawr : hoarding. The expense of such a recip. [ lade would ho .somewhere as under, dim- i ensions at in the preceding en so, viz:? 1 Cutting at 3d per yard, -CO 7 0 Clay and carting 0 14 0 Board and covering 0 5 0 j ?16 0 j I* 1A k?i<u4,-ar hn anhiurt lO RUtfi'V fn I J I WfMJiu nwwr'vi) #%?> ? frosty weather, as well as in extreme J drought, and would bo liable lo be j-erfor- ; ated by worms. For very small farms, or for the a I.' lament* or gardens of cottager*, ono or a ' xoriiw of large cask* might l?a inserted > in the ground with a conducting drain or! channel over the whole. This might be effected at a very trifling ex;*en??e$ and l!ic atl\anfagea revolting from It wo?ild L? rery great. The writer knew* an in. lance of a small receptacle ofthhr kind, rherethe owner ha* but one pig; hema'ihowever, by its aid in Iris garden, l<y [row astonishing ctopx. nnrf has garden reduce lie h earlier and superior to rnotf f his neighbor. ' ^ 4 , LA WS OF SOUTH i AROL1NA. AN ACT ro KXTP.NDTHK RlOHT OF CliAlMUf** tci Jurors. - v 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and met ami uttmg in General Assembly, and by the* luthority of the* same, That hereafter, itt til civil cases in which a Jw.y shall ber iiip.iiiiieiltHi, oetorifttiey shall l>e cnarged with the trial of any issue. each party dull have the right to challenge, without ause shown, two of the Jury an im|>aaidled ; and in all criminal case*, in the' [Jourts of General Sessions, wherein challenge without csusc is not allowed by Liw, the defendant shall have the right to' challenge, without cause shown. Iwo.of [he Jury, before thev arc sworn to try the iraverse ; and the places of the Jurors so challenged, shall be su|?pltcd as low pro-' bided by law tor completing; a punnel. AN ACT To Prevent thk Emancipation of Slavics, and for othkk Purposes. 1. Be if enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and utting in General Assembly, and by tbe minority of the same, That any hi quest, deed. or trust, or conveyance, intended to hike effect after the death of the owner, whereby tbe removal of any slave or slaves, without the limits of thi* Stat-, is secured or intended, with a view to the emancipation of slave or slaves, shall I* utterly void and of no effect, to the extent of such provision; and every such slave, so bequeathed, or otherwise settled or conveyed, shall become assets in thw bands of any executor or administrator, and be subject to the payment of debts, or to distribution amongst tbe distributees or next of kin. or to escheat, as ibough no such will or other conveyance ha* been made. ,-SU il. That anv sift of any slave or 0 f W daves, hotel flu. ler maue, b\ need or otherwise, accompanied by a trust, secret or expressed, that the donee shall remove , such sinvp or slaves from the limits of this State, with the purpose of emancipation* shall be void and of no effect, and every such donee or trustee shall be liable to d?. liver up the same, or held to account for the value thereof, for the benefit of ther distributees-, or next of kin. III. That any bequest gift, or eon* veyance, ol any slave or slaves, accom* panied with a trust or confidence, either secret or expressed, that such slave or slaves shall be held in nominal servitude only, shall be void and of no affect; and every donee or trustee, holding under > 8 ipIi bequest, gift, or enmeyancu, shall t e liable to deliver up such slave or slaves, or i.eld to ? c.??tnt for the value, f??r the henetu of the distributees, or next of kin, or the person making such bequest, gift, or conveyance, IV. Thai every devise or bequest, to% slave or slaves, or to any person, upon a trust or confidence, secret or expressed, for the benefit of any slave ur slaves,shall he null and void. AN ACT To SUSPBVD THK KLRCnOTX Ot MlfKflBRf OF CONGRBS8 PROM THIS STATK. B- i! eiwc'ed, hy the Senate cut Hnti<? of Repn sentatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and Ik the authority of the mine, That so much of an act entitled 'an Act prescribing, on the part of 1 he State, the time, places, and manicr. of hiding elections for Representatives in the Congress of the United, States " as directs the elections id members of the House of Representatives of the Unued States, from this Si-Jte. to he held at the same tune as the elections of mcirrlx.'rs of the State Legislature, he, and the same is hereby, suspended; and the Managers of Elections, at the next general elections in this State, are herd)/ directed and required, not to open polls for the election ij* Representatives in Congress: Prodded. hotcecer, That nothing herein contained shall he coiisfro* <t ikn KvAnilivH from issilliu? "I l"? " "? ? " ? writs of election ol in m'?ers o! Congress* ? to fill vacancies oe< asumed by death. resignation <?r other causes, as now provided lor by luw. AN ACT T? MAKK TTJK UNLAWFUL WMPPINO OK BKATlNG OF A SLAVJE AN INDICT AII LIE OKFKNCE. Be it enacted* by the Honorable (he Senate and House of Representatives, now inet and sitting in Gem-ral Assembly, and by the authority of the same. Thar if -1\ ~ _ "?U? itny pfrMm, iilici mo in uir* Act, shall unlawfully vrk*p f>? hrat ni?y slave, not und?-r his orkpr-y:finrg?, will*, out sufficient provocation* by'wen! or net*, such person, on heing indicted and coo. victed thereof, shall bo punished by tine xrr iffiprisonment, at tlie discretion of the Court; the' imprisonment not to exceed six months, and the fine not to exceed fire hundred dol'a.s. [From the London Examiner.] "Cftl; * Clirul.ito* aud New \W