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JL anim*? im^er the saddle-*? inleas nna rnn J content himaelf- with- a moderato jjait, j when if a faat walker can he had that will f+t over the ground at the rate of five mile* an hour, a compromise is th-n offared between ease and *{H'cd, and it is fjr each to deciie according to his fan y. If gnnd working oxen ere chaired. end j Hereford* or Devon* are not to he pro. J rnred, a* v??u cannot sec the precise form j or character in either the h.iM or cow. reltct ?uch aa in their ganornl cnrifonna. Hon. approach nearest the mode!*required; t?ut much more, is to be relied on in using such as belong to gool working families. a r?rm MAivkaivVtjir relieved from the ttnwieldines* of the more bulky ox, should bo aelertod with longer I??g*; lighter carraj*; firmer muscle; medium bono; planting shoulder; uoll knit withers; brood cheat spreading the fore legs well, ) Vet not too deep; rib* well arched imme- i <ti*f#dy behind the shoulder*, affording ampla room for the heart and lunga to play, nnd reaching well hack and near the hip*; a broad level hack; and most especially a fine open countenance, with M much Intelligence, and as kindly dis position as possible. Such an animal j with proper attention and feod, will nearly j r*MA vp to the horso in capacity and i endurance, and when loosed from the j yoke, will fatten kindly and |>?V the j gmzimr aa generously a* the ploughman. The and Hereford and their ] croaaas/ though unequalled for the yoke. j are not surpassed for grazing and the | epamblee. Ifcowe aro wanted for the dairy, look to c food milking race on bo'h ii h*. This i* not lesa important in too male than the fasBila. Hi* maternal ancestry, should ! throughout possess this quality. The 1 cow, besides affording a largu supply of j rich mdk, should exhihit'as nearly as: P"s0ibie, certain developments of form, as j being much more likely to have received Her character through iior descent, and j wwt probably secure its perpetuation in j her progeny. The color with some is paramount. Red, and nothing h it red, win answer for their complexion; hut whtls w? allow a partial tv for this color, nrtd dtav^hat it ran he buttered, we must acknowledge have seen choice milkers of"elrnn?t every Hue. Rod, though in ?*ur optnten desirable, h not absolutely e-n?entt?l. she should have a i^ng, though light heed; e clear placid eve: a I tag <htn ear; small, waxy, tarring horns; or no horns at ail, (!*or we never ?w * txJled, nr hornless cow, that was not a 4 g<x?t uttlker; though the Gailo vav* are de ted 'tis character;) a thin, slender'neck; without'dew.lap; full chest; clean, stra ght r ' J* X* l^hr be'oro and heavy holrnd; tail well * eot on, Mf *cd tapering; broad, level back ; large, w*u developed milking veins ; large u4<i?r and radiating teats, (standing or point:i . i .t i-_ . e a % m- L OTj* ir'>ra xne uagt;i.nn<j nair, ana sou mellow skin ; as litilo otf<ti as possible; oood ctmu'iiuon; hardy; quiet in the picture; ,?>? ts<)d and pl*as*nt in ner disposition. If j*q have a pood breed, ind ?*n<>us to the soil, possessive these qualities 10 a ?>r?*at d? ; ?T?i?, hs cautious of Clianrj'rjcr, for nothing is j mf ?p%rr* i*ip*rtCTi?e to stock than to be adap'ed ; %*?ml**dilxr**U. There >? an adapUfnn tn ' *Sd and character when judiciously mannyd. lti*enatbly acquired by all kindst?r their peculiar locating and feed, and inju'iea have been rur a.'^d by hasiy innovations, -tint year* have hardly rectified. Afoet of the short fcorar afford ? valuable cross fcn^iiio dairy whert the pastures are abundan*. th mjh i there are some exception* them ** ! tttUienr; bot with scant herbage and indtfter. > cut Wder. *raa'?!**r hardy ani na!s "to the tnaeet hornj't whose ancestry for generations "base been inured to privation, ar? unq tcsiiona* j biy to b# preferred. If the object i? exclusively to raise beef, in | ??rjj rnuiuri'), ?P?<ii K'je, jiiSl proportion* i and NtatTtfui symmetry. with i r?pni and] economical conversion of vegetable into ani- j *?al food, the "horr horn* cannot be surpassed. ! Th? great t'-z* and short l>g* of this valuable j breed are, however, impediments to his safe , and easy conveyance to market, and when an economical transportation b not afforded to those remote from it; a cross giving more length of ieg without impairing the f.it'ing qualiies may ho found peculiarly desirable. This can be eff" cfed by bo?h the Hereford* and Devon*, and without any sacrifice of fat. ting properties; and where the f<*cd is occ*. | e*oa fly short, perhaps either ot the last ! mentioned would be a proper aubsiitute for the Durhitn If sheep are the objects of improvement, the first thing to consider is, what we most in them; a heavy carcass, rich and j juicy for the table, with indifferent or medium i wool; or email carcase and a choice fl*cce. J If the latter, wesnust lock to the Memo and 6ax?n alone, as afford pj i'J but in 'be price t va of soch. particular regard should be had j to a sound, healthy constitution It is a mis j taken opinion, onfor unately practised to the J ??? or thousands, that a fine woolod aiuvp w ascoesarify a tender one. Whosever prattle vo thii theory, pract'6"* '?? an unnecessary lo.-i. Tee Alarums bav.o been brought to perfection on the cold mountain* of Spain with an average latitude of the Sta'e of New I York; and 'ho si!ken> woolcd Saxon* hace attained their unrivalled o*cei!?^co in latitude 6! degracs, under the ch'dmg ir.fluenco oftho C'joberg nowa. And farther, if a sickly or j deiicate constitution the necessary appen. dn?o of a fine fleece, we Khould unhesitatingly say, abandon them altogether. Jmperfoc. tioo and disease in tbe animal iram*, are en y to be tolerated in man; nor scare Iv tlien, but where the electric fire of genius blaze* so . intensely, that the vessel which supplier the ?:1 is hidden by the flame. But we shall show in soitie subsequent number that tho fiuest wool can covur a good carcass and a found ona too. If a larger animal is required, affording a t - -1 l _? i. r n . I jJirpe innuga m*a<um q-jaj ;y or neeco,Ai: ie i aff Tdfd in th?* tt"U'h Down. {In this invalua-. fel# variety, every ?hin^ bur the* Wl^riivi or Ka'on coat can be found. If desirable still | further to enlarge the care ?ps and lengthen j ?i the expense of its rinennse, we j ^11-ws; *o the Cotsw.'iki, the Lincolnshire j Mm the Buapweif; but care mutt be ukeii, | if these Li?t breeds are selected, that the feed i 1 1 - -? * ? - v | J ? U.nn. 1 Be wn^inenea *na tntcKeneo, *"u ? ia.g<i F?rigf pa>videdv for tney "anrmt be sustained on ;h? penurHjus pa*rurp<?, that would affrd lh*i forcn*r ai> abundant ?uupiy. In breeding ^-rv^fiwa ei?Hir o/ the abov?-, we must rej- ct all ^ ofEil; and if we must have | fr;nwi *i~AlVtei tti'-m t>e ai #n?!) a* possible^ j TT.J *?/- t:?a >?! :.o "amo; taperirjj neck of moderate Je:?Tth, firmly sot into the oh**#*, which, as in ail the preceding animals, must he win?\ Jeep and projecting ; broad ami l??ve! back; round, plump andVmmvh throughout; legs standing w;de and etraight and hui of moderate length; an i the skin m?-liow and elastic. With such a form, we are sure to find a good constitution and rapid tendency to fat. Need describe the pig? The characteristic* of what every body koepa ahould be universally known: and there are few who havo nut well noted the differ *nce between iho oa*y, penile, quiet feeder, and the roami'n?, restlt'S*, thriftless gnrtnandiftor. The first is a pleasant appendage to every gentle, mm'* ?>r poor man's stock ; the last ought to ?o driven beyond tho Mississippi with the wolf and catamount tribe, as their worthy <*o. plunderers of tht produc's of civilizod l?fe. The pig, then, should have a short, fine snout; an eye that will not look you out of countenancu-i-no'hingof the vertnillion huo ; a mouse e<?r wo pief:r; (tboigh oth'T? that prefer large *iai njiy hi Com poll'd to tako a flop ear with it;) a lijjhtjtw l; a short nec ; captious chest; b;o?d b?ck. a little crowning if rery 'oog- ?r pir. f:ctly level if aviy short; belly well let down; hg* short' and standing on tho toes ; b oad in < d?-p h im?, tail small and wwll sat up with a kink or two in it; httlo hair and no bristles, a soft handler; quiet hibit?; and any color you pleaso. He should mature and fitteu at j any age between nine and eighteen months; 1 e*? moderately. <nd oonvoit into p ok on eq iitaMo shares wh jtovor food ho iak?* ; returning as near <>nc?roJr'h in weight as {"Oasibls when nutritoos. or if oouser and lighter, as much as he can afford. To all this, tho f rmor may say, this is s vrr ?>*..,thnMtf a?rt vftk aru u'illin? to coneod ) o it may bn tr*n ennogh. but ttnf<jrtur?ntely wcaro beyond th j reach of auc'i improve oeut; our I neighbor* have not thi* line rock, nor have, we '.he means to go abroad and pracure it. Well, j tkrtn. g^ntlMTlM). w w'j'l udvisn you wlnt to do. For -voir broud?-ra u?e tho vary biat animtla j-.?i have or c?n proc^rr*. *?d if access to a male utook in.mil of t e ri^ht kind om bo had, do .'t b'liton up your peokoif when the p-ice it stitod. hut pay iheraily. Kvory pinny tius expended, is Ft>d erh ?U ?eatl*red Ou a fertile anil that in a few months wjli return you ton or twenty fold And whou 10 ir yann; *tock i-? pr-*duc d. dou't e:l your heat filler brcau-e aho will bring a fjw dollars n>o<e thm sn indifFer^nt one; or wo k her tillaupvrauuu tad, sou br> ed from sorm orvjv ysda, because sho is fit for nothing elfo. Do j't t>ko your bo-t caif to the butcher end r<nsn tho others beoinee th-var^ worthl ** to him; Inn ire your bsat, yo&r very belt hnifer, ?nrt ii" your neighbors hive nut a better iull than vour b'?' c?w aifirda. aave that f ?r use, though his wrcas should He worthless when you havo done with him, which it is not. If ynursheep are of the common kind*, any of the improved rums will benefit them, but do not attempt mixing the improved breeds, unless you are a skilful and experienced breeder. They have bean brought to their present perfection only by careful and judicious crojsing. 4 - ?1?'? uKjutfln tbio nirn /\ n liinucitv i; i < i?s in >v iiiuuiiiu >ii>- .Vn^ijiistmrsnt, and from two racos eminent in their own peculiar. excellence, you may got a third wiih most of tho fault* and scarcely any of the merits of either. The po ntaof a highly im?roved breed are hkn the well balanced elements in a chemical compound, that arc brought together and sustained by thoir just proportions, scientifically arranged ; if another element be presented or an excess of what is already held in combination, a diatur. Sing principle is afforded, that bv its attraction, resolves the elements into new and mischievous combinations, that ueressive generations may be required to re-establish. Rut no danger neod be apprehended by crossing on to an indiifercut stock?it might be difficult to make it worse, and there are ninety nine chances in a hundred that it will he made better. it is no reasonable objection to the ambitious though circumscribed farmer, that he cannot proceed sn'rapidly in his improvements if limited to selections not embiacing the choicest broods; or con fined to crossing as bis solo means of advancement. Wnoevcr considers the immense difference between tho various races of domestic stock, originally, and not rcmotelv, perhaps, deriving their pxi*. tcnee from lhe same head, will be', struck with tho rapid deterioration or improvement, resulting in a few generations from two opposite modes of treatment. As an apt illustration of the effect of food, climate and managfonent, w? would.point' to tho English carriage and cart horses, and tho Shetland pony?tho Short horns, and tho Kvloo and Kerry cattle?tho Downs and Cotswolds and their meagre, rniafchapen progenitors?the improved pig every where, and the wolfish character of the wild boar acquired in two or three generation*, Hi:f i driven info tho forests and abandoned to himself, Rut wo need not further particularize, as every intelligent and observing fanner will find .-.bundant illustrations if his range of observation be sufficiently extensive. American Agriculturist. CU7.XIZXI T.JOCESS OK KETHFYINO HUMAN rLKsn. Tho most novel and piquant treat of nil other* io me in the beautiful capital of pinr*nrt. mv several visits to Signor ! 4 ??"?- " "? Sigate. n scientific gentleman possessed nf a wonderful art unique and unknown to all the world beside. Incredible, if not marvellous, as it may seem, he had discovered a chemical process by w hich he could actually petrifying very short time, every animal substance, preserving permanently, and with minute accuracy its form and internal texture, and in such a state of slony h:irdness that it could ha sawod into slabs and elegantly polished ! fie had in this way formed a museum of variousanimals, such as frogs, fishes, toads*snakes, and a great variety of purls of ihe human body in a natural and discased state. In mv pi esc nee, he threw the human liver, lungs, hearf, and other parts thus petrified, about, the floor with perfect impunity, and without the least injury be- ' * " -? O.:o ? |,n ) irig done to mem. omi hhhk tunwu.-., .... had, with Italian taste, cut them into small polished sqtnres, and arranged them into complete tahlea of mosaic work ! so that it g ive him as much delight as it did mc astonishment, to find that I could with my finger designate to him, on this precious centre tahl for a surgeon's draw, itig room, the appropriate name and i.r.s'ic'C r.fc?r!? individu-I ^hiocf P?^ -> - spread out Jtefohe mo in n pathological chart of real npe.cimens. Thtis a piiluinnary tub-rc'e or ulrer here, a hydatid of ' the liver there, a cicatrix in the brain in another compartment, and a calculus in the kidney, or ossification of the heart's auricle* and valves in a fourth. It struck mo that, for all anatomical and surgical purposes, and all objects of natural hi.sto. ry, this was an art of inappreciable value, and tho most desirable ever discovered ; and with that view I conversed with him relative! to a visit to our country, believ. ing it would he of national importance if we could hauo the benefit of his sarvi. cos. I cvon entered into some preliminaries of n negotiation with the design of ohtaining him for my own purposes, hut I found him sadlv involved in debt and that ; his demands wore to he complied with. I, however made him liberal offers, and I # . w did not entirely despair that he would j have acceded to them, when to my regret [ about threw weeks after we left Florence, j I wa9 informed by loiter, that he was ! suddenly attacked with a violent inflammation of the lungs, which proved fatal, and what is as much to he deplored, that his ^unprecedented discovery died with him. Ho never woulir~HTvntgir~Tne least pirt of his marvelous process, hut when pressed by me on the subject, hinted that he had acquired it in his various journey* in remote Eastorn countries; and it is fondly to ho hoped that ?*me one may ere long appear who, in pursuing this inquiry, will he eiianied t? recover the art among those people from whom he intimated he had obtained it. It is worthy of observation, how, in this extraordinary prooe**, art accomplishes in *o brief a time, what nature require* so lnng n period to e(T?*ct, and then never with anything comparable to the perfection. w? may *ny almost identity, with which this mode preserve* an r.xnc.ifac simile of the original; in truth, the origiial ilself. In this surprising and almost magic nrt, n?t only, a* wo have *aid, tho exterior outline is faithful and exactly represented, hut also the minute and delicate interior arrangement* of structure ad.ni rnhly perp< trated ; an, for example, the entire viscera, of tho chost and abdomen, with all their varied and beautiful convo. lutions, were clearly exhibited, retaining oven the color* of hlunj vessel*, in prepa ration* of ?Vrtg*, birds, and othor animal*, besides the human body. Dr. Mott's Travels. CO>WRfcS& ArroiTioKMXNr *TLL. Apkil 2G:h. 1*41. fn tho Senate the apportionment hill was takon tip in Committee of the whole. I The stale of tho question was as follows: Mr. llalsted, from the Cnnimitte on Elections, had moved lo suspend tho hill* by adding the following as section 2: And be it further enacted, That each State shall be divided, bv the Legislature thereof, into as many districts, composed of contiguous territory, as shall he equal to tho number of Representatives to which said State rnav be entitjed in thflL House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, and that each of tho said districts shall elect one Representative. To which amendment Mr. Campbell, of South Ofirolini, had moved the following amendment: That in every case where a State is entitled to moro than one Representative, the number to which rnch State shalt be entitled under this apportionment shall he elected by MHtneta composed of con1 tiguous territory equal in number to tho j number of Representatives to which said State may bn entitled, nn one district electing more than one Repr ?*nntative. Which said amendment Mr. H ihtei. had, on behalf of tho Committee of Elections, accepted as a modification of the they had a stronger voice Chan Che .largest S'atr* who went on the district jilan: while New Jeroey, in *uch a ca?e, made her voice tell at si*? the fyke of New amendment reoorlo J from that commits Various objection* wore made to the amendment by different members on different ground*. Mr. Underweod took the ground that the amendment was not in order became it proposed to Congress to do that which it had no constitutional power to do. vix. direct the State Legislatures how to act in tho mutter of Slato Elections to Congress. Mr. HiMed replied, and quoted the Constitution, which declares that Congress had power to appoint the time, place, and manner of holding State elections. Mr. Colquit danicd tho const.tuMonalitv of such r law as tho amendment proposed, and inquired if a Stato should re' fuse to obey, how it was going to bo enforced? He hoped tho gentleman would consent to withdraw the amendment. Mr. Halsttid sail ha cnull not do so having been ordered to move it. Mr. Colquit than said ho should move as an amendment that the State of Georgia be expected from the operation of the law. [A laugh.] Mr. Campbell, of South Carolina, supported the amendment, and contended that in this, thn popular branch of tho Legislature, the true principle of the Constitution was, that minorities as well as ol./tiii! Ko ronrniinnln'l* kut I il?lj*fi llirj wo mil where the general ticket system prevailed the voire of the minority was suppressed. \lr. C.'s motive in costun ling for this a. rnendment was a desire to preserve the influence of I tie small Sates. Georgia. New Jersey, and Alabama now elector! by general ticket; and the consequence was, that, though they were entitled to comparatively small numbers of Repre* ^tentative*, )' t. on all party questions York, numerous as wan her delegation, told hut a* two. The large State*, feeli?)? I hi* would soon report to the plan ol n general ticket, and tfvn what heiMm* of thn influence of tho small S ares' They must be lost and swallowed up Should New York, for example, re* rt tc that system, though her population mighl be so equally divided that one party ex needed the other but by a single man. th< preponderance of that one man woulc give to tho State forty votes on that flooi in favor of hi* aide of the question: ? power equal to one-sixth of ad the rest ol the Union. On all the ouestions poculiai ' t ( I (o Southern interest*, tho Northern States owing to the district system. were now divided, while the Southern voted in wolid phalanx: hut let the general ticket prevail and they would overwhelm tho South, He had one? doubted the constitutionality of the amendment, hut. on full examination, hts doubts had been removed, the conatitutienarohjection was wholly tech nieal. Mr. Tillinghut thought the objection urged by Mr. Onderwood strong, and th* gentleman fro n South Carolina secmo* to feel its force. The? Constitution re served to the States tho right to r?g ilatc the time, place, and manner.of State e lections just as they pleased, until Con gre.ss" should take up tho .subjoct and aei upon it i Congress had not yet done thi<; and tillthen.it had no right todirect the States how to act in the matter. The a. mendment did not legislate, but called on tho States to legislate, which was quite another thing. Mr. Stanly replied to some of the points nftho constitutional argument o those who had opposed the amendment insisting that Congress w.u not obliged l< exercise at once nil the powers committee to 't by the Constitution in relation to th< regulations of the time, place, and man ner of holding elections in the Stases: i might exert a part and reserve a part, a pleasure, as it constantly had done in re ference to other subjects where if* power.were more than one. Thus it had power to regulate commerce with foreign na lions and between the States and wit!the Indian tribes: rould it not reguUt* foreign commerce unless it regulated, by the same act. our commerce with the In di.n tribes? Mr. 3. went into several ;f lustrations to confirm this postion, doriv ; ed from the ordinary practice of the Gov ernment. It had acted for a long peritv ; on naturalization, vet not an bankruptcy hoth being included in the same chuseo the Constitution: so it might erect a for1 and do nothing in relation to dock-yards though the power ov.v hoth was given a / the same time. This question was, hap pilv, free from all connexion with pari} politic*. fie advertod to the ease witl" which a few of the larger State*, by adop ting the general ticket plan, might con trol the legislation of Congress, andnrgu ?d the expediency of preventing this by districting all the Stitea. Ho was *ur< .prised the .gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Under wood) should have spoken *r lightly of the danger of Executive patron age ineorrupting the House: if that was r danger to ho sneered at. then the wholt body of the complaints of the Whig part;, far years had been directed against hum hug. and the replies of their opponent* were as great a humbug as tho complaint Ha hoped the amendment would prevail as ho wasconfidont the general adoptior of the district system would bo of Ihi great' st public advantage. Mr. (ioggin invited the attention o Congress to the expos.ti n, by ;1fr. Mad ison. in the Virginia Convention, of tfv doctrine of the Constitution in relation fr tse power of Congress to regulate thr time, place, and manner of State elections for Congress. Alter dwelling On tho high and pure character of the deceased pa. triot, and his authority on all constitution, j al subjects. Mr.G. quoted from the re. port of the debates in the Convention a speech of Mr. M. at consul, rahle length. Mr. G. admitted that in strictness Con. gress did posses* tho power to district the States, hut protected against its exercise as a most odious use of authority Hn appealed to the committee not to disturb a state of things which hah existed sn long. The power was intended only to he used in the last resort, in case the States should neglect or refine tonct, in order that the wheels of the General Government might not slop. Tne amendment was wholly unexpected, and its he. ing thils suddenly sprung upon the Mouse excited great surpriso. Mr. G. had no objection to tho district system in itself: he preferred it; he even abhorred the mode of elorting by general ticket; but he protested against Congressional action on the P . . subject, because it might hereafter fix the general ticket system on all the States; for if Congress could enjoin the one they could the other. Mr. Arnold claimed tho floor; but, after some dispute, it was given by the Chair to Mr. Colquit, who was understood by the Reporter as not urging the amendment L 1 ' rA >if ai.nlrart r>f (nYr>imf 1 f l n tr ntj niu y "ici nn * np'in,,,, .... y..? t m Georgia from thecffVct tolho amendment ?f Mr. Halsted, a* amended bv Mr. Campbell, of South Carolina.) Mr. C. wont into a speech, marked by hi* usual decree of animation, in defence of the P # # doctrine of State rights, which he considered as invaded by the amendment pro. posed. He was against the exorcise even of all doubtful poweis by the Genera! Government; far more when the power was clearly against the Constitution. That instrument recognised the States as whole tnd entire, nnd not as brok^up into fragments; it knew of no such thing as nnv division of a State. It gave the power of election to the entire people of - . i? C._._ -I 1 II (lit? OlttlC IIUMC l? inn nv ? nurbordinate division of it* own powers, that was a que* tion for its own sovereign* tv; but Congress could ootdo it.- To en* force the district tystpm up^rva sovereign , State went to abridge both the right* of . others and the q ratification* of memhors. (Jnder the*pretext of regulating the inan? ner 'of election*, it did virtually touch f tho substance of the elective power, which . i* modified and restrained. It was inten. > dod by the Cons'itutinii, and just in itself, t that large S'ate* should have in the (louse of Representatives, more power than the t sraa'l ones. Ha bad no fear of the abuses ; I ,.f it,?Ip n/itvr>r His onlv fear was the ??l ?!?%' ! ? - / r assumption by Congress of powers which ( i it did not posse**. If the smaller States f should he overrun by the larger in this i ' House, they had their ample remedy in , the other. , Mr. Campbell, of South Carolina, oh- j I served, tha; the gentleman seemed to de. sire that States should he as much repre. j . sent^d in this Houses* they were at the' r other end of the Capitol. Mr. C. retaliated by charging Mr. 5 Colquit with having forgotten much of his own State rights doctrine, and went on' to nrguo with increasing ardor against the j i power of Congress to district a State ' without the previous consent of the Pro. I pie of the States indeed, the right even of : the Stale Legislature to do this was doubt* 5 fill. Mr. C. here went into a reference to tho practice in his own State, which h id alternately adopted the district plan I and the plan hy general ticket. If the : power proposed in the amendment should be attempted to he exercised hy Con* gress, he predicted that the People, of all I parties, would rise up and resist it. They i would resist the assumption of all powers iot specifically g anted hy the Constitu 1 rion. Mr. Arnold said he wai on this floor rorninally a Whig?nominally, merely. V laugh,] Ho was elected on an indemndent ticket, and believed he was a rue Domocrat. He would "dcline his! losilion." He believed that all power nested in the hands of the People. That v;iH Ir?e grand tunctamentai platform on vbich he stood ; and standing on that, he i lvorated the position taken by the genh*man from South Carolina, [Mr. J. Campbell.) Another fundamental pr\n? i eiple was that the majority should govern; and that the minority have rights, and should bo heard, because (he warning voice of the minority did a great deal of good. If this position was true, he said. this amendment ought to He adooted And ho was astonished that it should I meet with such determined oppo-dtior. , from any quarter, especially from those f! professing to call themselves Democrats.t Ife Regretted that no many Whigs, with , whom it was his honor to act, wero found" t in opposition to this amendment. llo> waa astonished at the speech of the gen< tlemen from Georgia, (Mr, Colquitt, who) profrsspd to be a democrat dved in the wool. His position and argumont* went to make a perfect machine and instrument of the People, who ought to he free agents -i The general ticket s)*tem, which the I gentleman advocated, wonld give rise to; i ik_. riMtfsk rlonro/>a(o^ 1 I ur: Cft ui'US n>nicnii nw mu^ic u-jn vwm.*#-. > by gentleman on thi? floor. A few lead ing politician* would meet together and i nominate their candidate*, and the Peo pie would vote nntireW in the dark for ' men they had nevot seen. The People wrre not in favor of it. He knew hut one instance where if had hnen submitted ro the People, that was in Alabama. , where the democratic party had a majori. ? ty of sown ten or twelve thousand and ? j where party lin-a were drawn a* rigidly (V* anywhere. The democratic people f ! thoro had come forward and p issed their I censure on what the L"g stature had clone, ?i and went fur the repeal of the law estah> I lishing the general ticket system. Uns less they allowed the People to know toeir candidates, and not rote ?or those who i I were nominated by a dark caucus, they { said the People were incapable ofself-gov. j ernment. ! The amendmont was a question of ex i ' pedicncy ontifdy. ft invotad no constilutional question, ff the Government j was to he a free Government?if it was 1 j to stand, and ihe People were to take an interest in if, tbey must adopt the general i ticket system. Ifo wodd trust to the People to select their candidates sooner than he would to politicians, ft appeared 1 to him most astonishing, as the gentleman from Georgia had proceeded in his remarks, that he should have had such a ie; pngnanceto being elected by his neighbors 1 Iitt ihnjn whr? Lrrinw him h?nt. fie I thought no man <mghl to be afraid to mib jeer himself to that ordeal. He was as. tonished that the gentleman had advocated the general ticket system so strenu ously, he would not say furiously, considering, the gentleman worn. [A laugh.] If he (Mr. A ) felt in that way?if he thought it was n ecus jar v for his election O ? that strangers should vote for him, he would vote for the general ticket system without giving his reasons. The general ticket system destroyed the principles of democratic Government. By it the majority could not govern, and the voice of the minority was often drow. ned, because in one half of the States the voice of ono man in an election would stifle the will of the wholo minority, fie referred to the adoption of the general ticket system in Tcnnesee in 1922 by 1 the Van Burcn party, and to the fact 1 that in 1840 that verv law which was a. dopted for the benefit of Mr. Van Buren cut him off from any vote in that State at all. [The debate was continued with considersbe animation till th- 3d May, whan it was terminated by rota of the [louse, and the , amendment requiring the States to adopt the 1 district system was agreed to by a vote of 95 J to 9J. The bill, after questions had been U* ken and lost on amendments proposing to < c iange the ratio of representation, was repor- ' ted to the House by the Committee of the Whole, and the amendments adopted in eom. , mittec coneured in, The vote on the amend- ? metvt tns4f the' ebctw* ?f repee?enuthpet 1 ... .. * ' by diatrieta aroon 10t U 90 Tfco bill ?ru then ordered to be eftgroaaed.] Correapondence of th- Ciarl#st?>n Coariar WAftuiffCTox. May | There i? a rumor that aoiuff diaaenaion and commotion took place in the cabinet yeeter* day, in regard to the Rhode inland cat*?.the queMtion being on theexpcJiency of complying with a requisition fern the Governor of tho Stale, for troopj to protect the legitimato gov^nme.t from domeatic violence. Tfceee "cabinet council*," *hich are now called eve* ry day, and to which every qoeetion, from tho higheal to the ami Ilea*, ia aubmitted, have resulted in an important but not uneipected manner. They have rendered the President hitnsolf a mere cypher in fbe Government?a on of under clerk to the coun<i!"-?th',T havf g ven predominance to the npiai.*s' and poi'df of particular members of tho Council?aa4 of coarse, have disappointed, defeated, and disgusted the other mem here. That the pre* ent cabinet can hold together, under auch ctf? , cumat .nee*, it would be absurd t<? believe. There is a story afloat that Mr. Cu?bmg i? about to take up his residence here, as* the inference if that he ia shortly to ceme (* to the cabinet. In consequence of the stand taken by the Senate agai.st the President's oominatieee, the Clay Whigs are te be removed from offi<JJ"%nd also a portion of the locos. Orders were eeut to the PniladeLhi i Custom House on Friday, (or ?he removal of thirty vi fht subordinate officers in that department, and' th ? appointment of the Preaident'a friends.?> Several removals are about to take place. Lord Ashburton gets along quietly, but it ie believed rapidly, in hia important negotiation. Ha ia altnoal ev?ry d-ty with Mr. Webster. He give*, frequently, small dmmg parties, which, it ia said, are very pleasant He ?s decidedly ;? man of business and the negotis* tiun will soon be broughtto a practical isanr in his bin s. Tne Preaident has comma nested te Congr-Sithe whole budget of information in hie P'???ci?iion ?*tt the subject of the New Yerk Custom House investigation. It retired the fierce discussion between the Wh>{? and the President's /.friends en this subject. The "guard** rallied and attacked Mr. Adama and * Mr. S an y with great terocity. S.r. Wsse'e speech last night in defence of the President was replete with the mo?t vehement invective against Mr. St-nly and o'her Whigs. The ' guard'* and the iocoa united in ordering 4U the documents to be printed t- gether. A/r. Poindexter's report is the ra st stinging and irritating thing that has appeared for some tune. There ts rte do*b\ from all accounts, that it is wHlten With great power and ictte* ness. Among oiher things it chargec that the Beaton and Lowell Woollen Manufacturer# intrigued with Mr. Collector HwtT, te increase the valuation of imported Woollens so high as | to exclude them rrmn the market. The I 'enures were founded ou this valuation, and ( the allegation of felt* and fraudulent invoices. Mr. Curtis, it is fiir her alleged, was ?ppointed by this sam?* inflie?ce? and with the understanding that he wt*n d continue the same system. 11 is further alleged that the extras a. ' gance and corruption of the administration ef Mr. Curtis surpass that of Mr. Heyt or Mr. Swartwout. There art also many disc Insures and tharg'-a in relation te the employment and use ot the patronage of this department for poTtieal effvt. The whole Light Hsn?e system appears to hare brca one ef election* eermg. Tft? Hvna'c s pursuing a very radical ewers# j: in regard to expenditures. They nave refused to restore the ralarr of ItKX) dollars te thn Consul at Par s. But ene motive f?r with. fioldmg thn mUrjr in. no davbi, di?apar*b*ti?n of ?.ho 4ppoia;meni of the pre ten'. incftifcbeot f Hie office. . it e?em? probable that the Senate will aba refuse to authorise the appropriation for C4r? tain booka ordsred in the laat Congress, for ih?? members, by a simple resolution of the House, offered, aa- Mr. Wright said, at t"t ! last hour of the last day of tha srasvon, by Ur. Mitchell of ft. Y. This will be repatlulam. BANKRUPT LAW KXflA(NI9? "Simho, what your opinion oh dat bankrup law?'' "b Tink him firs Tate, Pompey I imply for do application miself." *SJi?st explain him principles.** Why. yon see hoat now??je*t lend me , ; dot half dollar you got for white*wa?h* . _ _ i? ing. (Pompey hands him the money, and Sainbo deliberately puts it into hia pock* et.) "Dare, den, new I owes de shoemaker treo shilling end you half dollar,, beside the grocer's bill; now dis half dollar in all de property I got; I divides him according to do debts." Pompey?"I take dat half dollar back." S*mbo?(with amaaement) "Do you tink dis child green? I'm a bankrup; you gets your share wid de odder credi* tors. Dan when ( work hard all the week for tree dollar, hnrd heart creditors no take it way fro' dis nigger?bless de book* rup law." 'thr tunr cuanqkdSomo five woek* since the Washing. Ionian* applied to (he keeper of a fash, ionahle house in Broadway, N? York for the use of his hall to meet in. He agreed to let them have it by paying a goad round sum. and smiled at the foolish . Washingtonian* for presuming to hold a temperance^ meeting there ! However, the room was engaged, and the meeting well attended; it was engaged again, and the second time it was crowded, to the great detriment of the har.room?-and it was surprising to see how liberally {he Washingtonians shelled out to defray the expenses of the meeting. The hall was applied again : 4 you cannot hare it!' was the reply. There was no smile but en ? the contrary, his face assumed an air which is so peculiar to his glass in this age of water.working wonders. PrsrKAKct: wrreooT sau. ? nieb?us jd k, J. Guwpnrwiim, and f Andrew* charg* w?U> ft eon?jMraev tn defrsud. See.. *? . '* ; the United State* ?< re on frtdij chirgad fro n ball for fotare bei I no ipp ir.ftt c-'Utn for Dnran fm.n Iho W" ih, in.jori j .f W.Ua.lphu Cowl of S? ion*. We'ter. old. ?t *on of Got F?iri*W. ef M*b?e, ia veu?. *nd son of Edwavd Kaettafy, ,(th? s?OM .lgt. w?r? tfro?r? near 3*jc <M . of B W t*?) WOT /. V* . .?* *