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fttirh ft* lye fm:n spent ashes, the urine M
of animal?, soap subs, which are valuable jj
for mixing in with the compost heap, j |
There is another powerlul stimulant, for j
decomposing composts, and that is animal j
matter. Anther Young says, if we mistake
not, **that tiic carcass of (lead a horse 1
when cut up and mixed with a heap,.will j
thoroughly decompose twenty loads of
compost." Farmers will do well to think
?e *w.? irn.cnf ciuiuld loose an animal
?>i tl(l9| <IIIU II lll\. j
by accident, or oilier misfortune, in. j
stead of hauling it by'the roadside or in j
the field, there to he left for the passer
hv to gaze on, and to pnluto the air, let j
him take it to his compost, .and if the !
carcass is large cut it up, and mixing it j
in the hi ap.
We are one of those, who helievo in '
the doctrine that every acre of land,;
which has been worn out by tlie old sys. |
torn of husbandry, can by proper manage-1
ment he made juntas good as it original, i
ly was, before the plow ever entered it.? j
Attd if the farmer upon the worn out soil, j
ohouid ask us hew it can he done, we {
should at once point to tho compost
heap; and tell him that nature has.
provided every thing for hini that she i
- ' can, and ho go and collect the j
materials together, - and that he need}
not repine, for tho more geniai climes, !
in the "Far Westbut th it ho can stay
in eld Connecticut a spell longer yet.
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Uiio idoQ fi'.nrc, iinu wu ii-t*u uwnt# n
is well known tint in old Connecticut,
Monday (* the regular "washing day,"
rain or shine, and there is not much comf?rt
taken neither, I think, that is if any
of us "Lords of Creation" are about the
house. The idea is this, that the fanner
. on that day should have a barrel a**:
by the door, and then tell the "wife."
when she sets done washing, to put the
suds in that barrel. Of course she will j
?;sk vmt. "what you want them are suT j
for V3 in that caaa, you've nothing to do
but tell h:*r at once, t tat you want them
to put on to the co.npost heap. She'll |
nave um.
Yours truly,
L. DURAND. !
Derby, Ct. t J:iy 6, I $4*2.
CURING COS!*.
Moat of our render* are donbtic* nware j
Hat m tho Northern States where our j
Indian corn or Maizo is cultivated,'
he farmers are in the habit of cutting I
C> 1
?t up by. the roots in fathering if, and j
curing stalks and nl! together, instead of!
. ?
str pping off the fodder and ears separately j
?* we do, and leaving tlie stalks to be
vrsi4^. Kxoevienco has taught them that
thin jh hy far the most economical mode
- of using the crop?as the labor of gath. :
cring it is less and tho amount of food from
he ears, leaves, and stalks in far great
cr.
Ait . Angus Morrison of our vicinity has
{ * several years gathered part of his crops J
on this plan, and assures us that he
ha* no doubt tho amount of food secured
to ftis slock is increased it by fifty ]
per cent. Ho is however, like every !
ct ?cr sound practical man, averse to re. j
<~mnniendi?? any thing new, until well j
rc^uiatecl experiments, for more than i
u *
%ne reason and by several farmers, ha\ej
imfficiently demonstrated its utility. He !
recommends that every onn wishing to !
atnsfy himself as to the advantages of the
of cutting corn by the roots and cunngali
together, show hi this year meas. j
vro o tf equal portions of u field of the j
n.inic quality of corn and trv the new ,
nhtn on one of them against the old plan j
on tiie other ; and then as ho foods to his
utoek, ascertain which goes furthest in |
furnishing them proper food.
Mr. Morrison's timo and mode of cut- j
ting is as follows: Corn after it gory into
the roasting tar state swells out its)
milky grains and keeps thorn plump and j
- < .? I ?..a !
full until ju-^t oetoro uiey nitrucu '?*??.? ;
mature ; they then begin to shrink away j
to nearly half its size in the roasting can
k!?!c. Juvt as it (tegins to shrink, the
corn is rut, and .Mr. Morrison has found ;
that the shrinking will he retarded, and !
the grain remain plumper on stalks which
are cut and at that period than on stalk* j
weifered to stand untouched in the field, !
As he cut?, he shocks it around trees three ;
or four feet deep ; or if on old land where
trees are not plentiful, he gets forks and
poles, drives two forks in the ground at
the distance and (nils a polo from one to
the other at top, and leans his stalks!
against this polo on each side to t o depth
of three or four feet. U?-re he let his corn '
i ,
remain until housing time when the cars'1
ore cither taken otF and housed separately
or are let": on the stalks and fed with j
thrm to his stock. Cure must be taken j,
that every stalk is thoroughly <iry audi,
cured before it is housed, as otherwise j.
the whole will !?c apt to spoil. If there j i
is not house room for the whole {as the ' i
I H tt t ...I I,,, .w.#| I I
ou;;{ win no great) ir.r crop uoiy >" *,??* > . in
stacks, or put together in large piles J'
with board shelters over thorn. j '
The grain and the leaves proper or i *
fodder of a corn crop saved in this way i 1
arc riot only found to be undiminished in js
their qualify and quantity as food, hut i1
trio shucks and whole KJaiku retaining ' ^
' t
their nutritive principles are nUo h.g!,!? ; v
r?h*hed by stock and have been found a* j
valuable food as tkn fodder saved in tlw-1 j
usual manner. | y
We hope that many of r.nr farmers will j e
fry jhc? experiments Mr. Morrison roeorn. j t
Menils?-and in the mean time reqnes: : 1
who havo already experimented on,
ft.e subject !o send us the results. It is i
getting to he time when all should m ho | f
f? r curing and gathering' t
I heir corn crop-, n:;d articles on the sub. j
|ect would bo particularly interesting and
perhaps useful.?S. IV. Farmer.
Froaithc Western Farmer un<l Gardoncr.
Mississippi, is assure :lv for once awake
to her own interest, there is no kind of
question of tins fact, the improvement
nere is not seen, or felt by the casual observer,
not confined to th* mere making
of pork, nor of what may be termed absolute
necessaries; there is better ploughing.
belter fencing, gardens well filled and
well cultivated, orchards commencing. as
well m? a great, yes a very groat improvement
in nerds of cattle, s.ieep and hogs,
i make no question, that should our staple
continue at its depressed price, that we
will rear horses and mules, and provide
much of our coarser clothing. Already
have we within striking distance of us.
eight stallions of good blood?six of them
vvulun some 35 nidus?only uno jack I
know of. All this improvement has been
brought about, within a very short period,
and from the interest, taken in the sub
ject, by all parties, wo can announce the
joyful tidings, that farming is destined lo
receive new light from Mississippi?and
why not I We have a population not to
be surpassed in intelligence, energy and
induswy by any other of our sister iStates,
we have citizens whoso years were matured
in almost every state, they have
moved nero with much of the knowledge
of those, with whom they wore reared,
und without much of that prejudice, that
is inherent in ail countries where nothing
is seen, but what is (hero done. I can
name a farmer w an has turnod over all hi*
land with a two horse Peacock ploughdeep,
his fencing, very superior, and I
venture, never did he see this in Virgini..
?he lias been convinced that this is tin
only niodo to improve his farm (not ver\
small either) and return to his granarit-.*
an ample ) icld.
1 can name another, who has flusho
nearly all h:s corn land Mimlar, even following
after toe two horse plough, with a
mil tongue?need 1 say ne seds pork am.
I ird?hut t ctnil I sit here ail the night,
und mention ins.unce^, I. a reiliy would
astonish the visitor here in 37 or '38.
Much of iIns improvement has been
caused by the harduess of the times, but
much has been brought about, by farming
{ - pors, and the untiring energies of seve
ral, who have led elfin this pleasing matter.
One thing is as much n matter of sur
prise as any other. We have now two
farming papers in Mississippi, with a fair
prospect of the third, though individually
I tear the attempt may injure all. I* were
better for us to sustain one well, than
merely to keep alive three. I would we
coi|!d keep all tid'ee "roiling:" the South
Western Farmer of II tyrnond, you will
perceive is making a very good figure for
/ i . .
:u arc now remiy Mir ueiu^ iui u^.ou,
he hew oranches being- from -1 to 5 feet
?ng- '
C.*n$ op.-Appli: True*.?Mr. Eoitoj:
?Travelling through the United Sta.tes,
n Ig10, '-11 nod '4'J, I observed the apple
reus were becoming very scrubbed, aoj
the stait, especially a* hut tew ot us nave
ever written for ine public. Were it not
for voar well timed article in your April
9 * 1
No., I would bespeak for it, the light of
your countenance?out, as I know the
interest of the VV. Fanner and Gardener,
and it will not, nay cannot clash, I take
this opportunity of saying to tho farmers
of the cotton region, they will do woil to
subscribe. I k???w it will contain much,
very valuable matter, even of prime necessity
to them. [ know manv of the
individuals who contribute, and know
them to be intelligent and practical men.
While we in this region, need something
to instruct us of home products,, we
need something to givo more enlarged
views of farming, ami I would suppose,
many of your Northern neighbors, who
have a pride to he learned in their profession.
would also subscribe, if i; were
only to see?:iow does tho su my South.
.So friends of tho North, evton I to this
Southern bantling your aid?why not ?
Wo subscribe to yours by scores, many of
us take three or lour of \ ours. Let those
good and true men, Messrs. North and
Jenkins of Raymond, Miss., see your
hand, with the needful?** Lo as yon
would bo dune by."
P.
Clatkmont aurskkv?Silk Culture?
Wo promised in our last In revert
again to Mr. Sinclaii's success in the
feeding of silk worms, and we now redeem
that pledge.
Mr. Sinclair's cocoonery is a frame
huihiin stories high; built, as all such
establishments should he, cheaply an?t,
with n single eye to convenience. In
I he cocoonery there have been three
men ar.d one hoy employed front the commencement
of the season, one of the former
has an interest with Mr. S and the
t thcr two are there for instruction. With
this sir.a'! force, the establishment will
make (he pr< s ?nt season cocoons worth
31500, and will prove, for tl.e time occupied,
the most profitable part of the business
of the farm, in the gathering of ih<- j
food for the worms, much tunc is econo j
iniseu, the brandies being cut with a |
scythe and brought in on a hand-cart, anil i
strij>t as led to ihe worms. The feeding
shelves, are made of straw, which are at(ached
to frames, hy being crossed with
twine ; the straws being sufTiriently open
to admit of the passage of ordure and offii
to the shelves below. Mr. S. caucus
line to lie daily sprinkled on the wonn>
is they are engaged at feeding, by which
nenns the apartments are kept perfectly
weet and the worms healthy?at all
'tents >uch have been the result ot hi>
iresrnt year's feeding, notwithstanding
he numerous rains which finvo fallen
inre the beginning of the season.
To shew the vast advantage of feeding
a 11:is* way from the moms mu.'ticaulis.
ve wiil simply sti*te, that those first mow- I
1 ? " i - r _ i._:_ j
the Louisiana purchase should now he repaid
to the Treasury ??hinds already far
overpaid in the steamboats that move
through them nnd the immense national
resources they have conferred ? The Senator
from South Carolina might exercise
his chivalric spirit on the question ; hit |
he would find that the strength and valor ,
of a Richard of the lion's heart would he ;
necessary to give him victory over a poll. ,
cy so beneficent to tiin country, and on
which its a fleet inns were so much fixed. ,
Mr. Preston replied that his friend, ;
from Indiana not only made him a kn.ghl
errant, but furnished ready-made wind.
mills for him to tilt at. His purpose wn*
nothing so great, nothing so airy; but-a
particular etfect; definite and even min- ^
uto. ' ... c
The tronernl oolicv of ovtin<Ttii?hinrr h
these Indian titles was one ft If, from the a
beginning of the Government, to (>e of *
high national hnportanrv*, and of Very high I'
co.icero to the entire West, in especial. c'
established. As cider is coin? oul ,n
fashion, try how your holies, cows, and
swine will relish a feed of those sorts you
used to grind up for cider. Apple trees
in general, produce tho greatest profit for
the labor, of any crop produced on a .farm,
and if well attended, will pay 51) per
cent clear gain, on ull outlays.?lb.
B. K. Dodge. .
CONGRiSSS.
Senate.
July 29th. "
After some other morning busines, Mr.
Pre .ton railed up his resolution, directing
i-hat all sums henceforth appropriated for
rxtinguishing the Indian title f'?r lands
should be taken from the sales of the lands
themselves so purchased.
Mr. White regretted the bringing for
ward of such a proposition, of which the
terms, as exhibited by tho resolution itself.seemed
to him loose and ill-considered,
for a thing involving such important,
intereds, and so high apart of a great
syste n of party and of public action, lie
was surprised that tho ab!o Senator who
had moved it should, at so lato and so
embarrassed a p- riod of legislation, have
thought fit to p-oposo what must necessaj
rilv excite much debate, that could lead
i to no action, or none lhat was safe.
; Mr. Prcsioti said that th<; Senator's surprise
would not have been excited, if he
! had considered the possibility of a coni
juncture in which it might he necessary
; entirely to repeal the distribution act.
That act and the entire policy be did not)
? I..., r.._ .. |
I mean 10 niiiicK, nut u? pioviuc mi u pm;
ticulnr case likely to arise. The Treasury
! was utterly empty, the loan had failed.
Suppose, then, a State interest of high
importance demands that wo seize the
.occasion of extinguishing the Indian title
to lands within n State, is this to he n
charge upon the already exhausted Treasury
?
What would be the difference in this
i case between giving to a State this sum
! out of your empty Treasury, and thus extinguishing
the Indian claim ? I am not
n n
t making an imaginary case, hut stat'ng a
I real one. Either, then, this important
; policy with regard to Indian lands within
a State must cease, or under the present
state of the finances, the distribution must,
to this extent, bo waived. To Senators,
personally, thisstate of things, if it is toadmit
of no exception, involves the necessity
of voting against any Indian treaty of
the sort, for carrying which into effect
the means cannot he taken from your absolutely
beggared resources.
He trusted that, if the resolutions were
' to be referred, (as the Sena ?>r had moved
' to do,) it would be to the Committee on
j Indian Affairs. To send it to that of his
| able friend of the Committee on Public
Lands would be?devoted as he was to
! the opposite policy?sending it to the
| lion's den.
i Mr. Allen here arose, and, in his usual
\ein. re declaimed a great deal of what
I Mr. Preston had uttered ; but without
| much improving it, in cither manner.or
j mutter. Distribution was (he maintained
j with great vehemence) infinitely worse
; than a national bunk, arid worse, nbsfrac|
tedly, than a tariff. What nn abstract
j tariff is Mr. Allen did not let us know.,,
j He ended by proposing an amendment
| which would make " all other lands," as
j well as those included in Mr. P.'s fe.solution.
subject to the payment for these
purchases. So that here we have, once
more, the whole distribution re-opened at
the present stage of affairs.
I Mr, Wnite replied, urging concisely
' the many strong objections which lie both
to the resolution and the amendment. ;
| Whv not as well ask that the Florida or i
1 many of the apples inferior in size and
flavor. The inhabitants ascribed these
cfT'Cts to the apple tree worm, {"believe
they are all mistaken. Why do they not
destroy the worms ; it is very easy to be
done. Lime water, or strong Roap suds,
thrown on thern will give them a quietus.
t ? u...,.a,.rtr orrfain rho defect is owinir
I mil, Iinntivi) vw.? ?
to no other cause than lopping tho trees
I in the month of March and ApriLLct them
alono until after they are out of blossom,
and then from that timo, until tho leave*
fall, trim and lop them. If you are doubtful
of tho good effect of this treatmont.
just try one or two of tho worst trees in
your orchards, and you .will soo a great I
| change in them in jess than two. years. I
Instead of putting out suckers, as it is
I generally called, tho trees will grow
; smooth and thriftly, and the fruit become
! smooth and fine, with a great increase in
I size arid flavor. I hav8 tried the expert*
iment, and found it to succeed beyond
my expectations. Tho best manure I
ever found for nn orchard is to draw fresh
earth from a distnnco and throw a few
shovel fulls carelessly near the root of the
tro'\s, but not to touch the trunk.
If you think this hint worth a place inyour
useful-paper,, perhaps, some ono bo-ides
myself-may try the experiment. Apples
are deemed by many a worthless crop i
since the temperance societies have been j
- - . . n
elude in its provisions " the marine corps."
Mr. Cal'ioun asked if negroes were allowed
lo be enlisted under the provisions
of the bill ? Because, if so, he should suggest
an amendment limiting them to the
places of cooks and stewards.
Mr. Bayard replied that they would,
hut he did not anticipate any abuse grow,
ing out of this circumstance ; so far as he
was concerned, ho did not think it a matter
of much consequence, hut while he
did not desire to be considered as nccepting
the amendment, he did not wish to
he regarded as opposing it, and would prefer
that the denctc should act upon the
proposition.
Mr. Calhoun thought, after the case of
Lieut. Hooe, which nad created so much
excitement, they should ho cautions how
they permitted negroes to enlist into the
naval service of the United States. Bosides,
in his opinion, it was wrong to bring
those who sustained the honor and glory
1 I?fil h I Kxa
Oi our nauonfl! iirms III kumau ???m mu
alack race.
Mr. Bayard said the allusion of the
Senator from South Carolina was with re
gard to the admission of testimony, which
might ho disposed of in some other way,
either !>y statute or by regulation of the
Department.
Mr. Calhoun hoped no objection would
be made to such an amendment. There
wan a very deep prejudice wnich ought to
be respoctcd. Ii was not confined entirely
loth- South, hut was felt more or less at
the North. This prejudice leads to an
entire separation of"the two races. Besides,
there wcro the local laws of the South
in relation to these people, which forbid
them from being brought into Southern
ports. Charleston had put these laws
into force, and had trouble with. Great
Britain in relation to them ; hut the latter
had yielded fie thought thrro were plenty
of honest tars, good fighting sailors, to
he had, without having recourse to the
enlistment of negroes. Some respect
should be shown to tho prejudices of a
largo.port ion of this [Joion.
Mr. Tnppan thought the amendment
ought not to prevail. If evil had not rei
r A'. .?novrr havim?
SUIieu iroin um;i iiuiiiut>?. 0
been made heretofore, why make it now /
It wn.i well known how 111fTicu11 it was to
procure sailors to man our vessels of war,
and there mi^lit bo cases where we should
have to resort to it aznin.
O ^
The discussion was continued by
Messrs. Phelps, Calhoun, Archer, Kenton,
Bayard, Clayton, Woodbury, and others,
when on motion of Mr. Preston the hill
was so amended n.s to include the army. |
Mr. Kin<j suggested that musicians"
he added, and the amendment then read:
hat no blacks should he enlisted in the ,
irrny, navy, or marine co.ps, except as]
rooks, stewards, servants, and musicians.
The question was then taken on tho nnendinent
and decided as follows: Yeas
II ; Na vs 16.
The bill was then ordered to be enjrossed.
The Rhode Island State prisoners conined
in Bristol jail, made an attempt to
r PVuliv ntrrlil
SC.ipc I rum tw.. ...... * ...p...
1st. Thov succeeded in making a large
perture in the wall of the prison, but
zero detected before they had accornlished
their undertaking by the guard or?
uty outside.
He was himself warmly favorable to it,
and wished, by such means as he had now
proposed, to put it in his own power to
support it. Tho source from which I
would draw it (said he) is one whose vast,
stream widening and deepening as it flows,
lias roiled so mighty a tide of wealth and
population to your Western border. Out
of this???
[Here the Senator was seized with n
violent fit of coughing, and got completely
choked. A page brought him a glass
of water, which he swallowed, recovering
his breath and his metaphor at once, and
turning the very accident into an illustra
Hon.] .
We ask you but one little cup of wafer
to relieve our throats parched with thirst.
Refuse not a drop from this perpetual fount
of national refreshment toStatos suffering
a universal distress, and the whole waters
ot whose prosperity have sunk away.
.1 he Senator speaks of this as a blow at
the land distribution, and scerns to think
iha-t all other questions arc to vield to that.
Let every thing else suffer as it may, that
in to remain untouched, unhurt. Yet
what is there in all our public interests or
policy or service which is not now struck
at;? Wo arc assailing (ho whole system
of public compensations; an effort has
begun to reduce largely your own pay ;
the military establishment, weak as it is,
is made the object of heavy reduction ; (he
navy, however popular, is not to come off
unscathed. But, heavy as is the hand
which must bo laid on every thing else,
the land distribution must not suffer even
the weight of a finger.
On this Mr. Crittenden took the floor,
entering with minuteness into details of
duties, prices, and all oilier such dull hut
useful things, as it is a pity thai one like
him should ever, in this work-day world,
have to speak upon. It was chopping
wood with a Da mucus blade.
Ho showed that the du'y of five centu
he at moat thirty-thrce and a third per
cent, on the prices at Louisville; and surely
that was as fit a point at w hich to fix
the valuation as the place of foreign production.
The like facts he made apparcut
as to nale rope.
Mi. Calhoun replied .at snmo length,
contending that (he value of bugging was
to be estimated by the price at Inverness
or Dundee, whence, and not from Kentucky.
his region was supplied. There
it cost 9J cents ; so that this duty would be
63 per cent,
July 27th.?The bill to regulato enlisinnnis
in the naval service of the United
States, camo up in its order, when?
' Mr. Bavard explained the object of the
hill ,mH moved to so amend it as to in
C'llLIMW G.VZr.T TE i'
? F
CinSKAW, lUESi)AV, August o, 18*,:. t
?- t
Laroe Beet.?V**e yesterday received from Mr. *
Gandy, overseer of Col. Williams, of Society Hill, j ^
a beet which measures 23J inches round, and I
| weighed with the top, 13? lb. Without the top 12
: . 'I 1 1 1 1 1U T. ?...o ..{..J m <. t
j 11 wcigneu xi j tu. n ?uo i?ku w u. gmucji, on j
j the isinglass had on the river. In the garden wo 1
j understand there are others nearly or quite as '
large.
The Utility.-?We were one of a small party
which went down the river a few miles, la t j
Saturday on toard this steamer, on a trial excur- i
sio.i after the works of her engine had been taken j
to pieces for cica lin^. She ran a'most as smooth, i
r , ?
ly as if she were floating in the air, and in every
rcspett performed most admirably. Though light,
1 she seems, so far as we can judge, quite strong
enough for river navigation. It would be impor.
i s hie for any boat to be more completely under
: roitrol of the rudder. She is newly painted and
j Ioj'-s as fresh and cle n as ;he did when firct
j from the hands of the builder.
! The Farm House of tiie nineteenth cen.
! tcry, or the Encyclopedia of Practical Agricul|
ture. We have received the first No. of this
work, the prospectus of which our readers have
seen in our columns for some *ime. The work
i will prove of great value to our country. Our
1 i system of agriculture has been adopted chiefly <
'j from Great Britain. Of French agriculture.
I which has its peculiarities, and some advantages,
; little is known in this country. The present pub.
lication will make it known; and every intelligent
agriculturist will find in it much instruction. ?
Southern Literary Messenger.?The August
No. of this neatly printed and well conducted
, periodical has been out for a week. Among the
tracts from his " article."?" Did you not," lie <
; wrifes, addressing the editor, "after the passage j r
of the ordinance, become the purchaser of several > r
I hogs at reduced prices, and send them to your
plantation - "?Again : " when .you were pur. , ?
chasing your neighbours' hogs at a eke p rate to "
j stock your plantation"?an: st I! ag in - CW<1
J you have succeeded in purchasing the hogs of yo r v
j neighbours, from time to tim~, *vcn at a sac ifice?
I you would be in favor of the ordinance. * j
| We scarcely knew, at first, how it would be 0
' proper to reply to such language. We do not c.?. : e
j timate the discernment and honesty of the writer n
. so low as to suppose it possible that he, for a mo- !
ment, believed his allegation to be true. Why i
then make the statements ? Evidently, because S
j lie was hard run for arguments to support a bad &
j cause; and could neither find nor invent any that
: he considered better. But evca if the statements ; J
were true, what br/iriug have they on the question ? j I
j How do the motives, real or alleged, c f those who ' c
advocate or oppose a measure, vary the intriruic e'
merits of the measure itself??But to return to 0
the purchase of our hogs. We, last year, on the ' tl
repeated application of the owners of three sows, j
bought them, paying for each, with her litter of! y
pigs, ten dollars; which was their fu'l value.
j And this was the opinion expressed, at the time,
by the present 44 One of the lb," in regard to two ^
at least of the sows and their pigs. For, being a
man of an inquisitive tum of m;nd, when he learnt
that we had bought them he asked at what price.
We replied,44 Twenty dollars." 44 Twenty dollars a
piece ?" he exclaimed. 44 No, for the two," we ^
answered. 44 That's about their worth," was his
reply. When and why the change, it is not44 pur- "
ticularly" necessary at this time to inquire further.
His estimate of the value of hog meat seems to 7
rise as the market price falls.?The above were ^
all the ho ^s which we bought in or about town a
since 44 the passage of the ordinance," except two
pigs from 44 One of the Sixteen," for which we
paid his price, .$31, and the highest price ever ll
asked or paid for such pigs in this port of the
country, 50 ^ as we h ive ever beard. If, how. .
111
ever, 14 One of the Sixteen" his now changed his
mind, and thinks that he sold hi3 pigs 44 at a sacrinee,"
and that wc bought them 44 at reduced ^
price*," and 44 at a cheap rate.'4 wc hereby en- .
articles are, Extracts from the Journal of an
American 0Seer?Northern Rambles?Tho Pa|
triotism of St. Paul?Our Younger poets?The ,
; Rights of Women?History of the Knights of
. Malta.
Riot in Philadelphia.?The negroes and abolitionists
undertook an anniversary celebration of ,
Emancipation in Jamaica on the first instant, and
marched in procession. Several boys undertook
to disturb the blacks in the procession ; the blacks
resented, and a riot followed in which some guns
w re fired; several persons were severely wounded :
oa both sides. A church and another building '
occcupicd by the blacks were set on fire an l ,
burned down. The firemen made no effort to
save these buildings, but prevented the fire from
extending to other houses.
The State Elections took place in North Carolina,
last Thu'sday. We have accounts only
tUtt f!r?r in p/innfirfl Tn
Richmond, Morchead received 655, Henry 92; |
in Anson, Morehead 995, (one account slates I
993,) Henry 3?2; in Stanly, Morehead 595, !
Henry 60.
Wc have not room for remarks on the communication
signed " Middle Country," but refer our
readers to it. We arc sure they will generally ap:
prove it.
" One of the Sixteen" has been received. Wc
, offered space for the defence of the M hog law,"
ani, as the presrnt co:vdidate for occupying the
I space expresses himself,44 Particularly to tiie S:z!
teen." But we also promised to confine them to
, j the 44 rules of order." The present writer, after
' all his corrections, violates these rules, in at least
' two particulars. Ho impugns the motives of those
from whom he differs ; and he indulges himself
in uncalled-for personalities. Besides which, he docs
not conffnc himself to the question in debate. A
! I * #
considerable part of his 44 article," and "purticu- '
, larly" his personalities relate as much to the Pyra. j mids
of Egypt as to the "hog law." If he will
make another effort at correction, and bring his ;
' production within the 44 rules of order," he shall be I (
* * 4
| allowed reasonable space, as another rcprcsenta- j"
i tivc of the 44 Sixteen," in both Village Politics, J
and Literary Composition, if he so choose.
We should stop here, had not 44 One of the six- J 9
| teen" given so much publicity to his production ; c
' by exhibiting and reading it from store to 6torc, j
' as to call for a correction of some of his fact*. , r
' And first, those embraced in the tollowing ex- : 1
p?C to furnish him with from 50 to 100 similar
iiga at more 44 reduced prices," and at shorter noice
than wc gave him, when we engaged only
wo. Come, neighbour, if you wish to make up
our 44 sacrifice" with interest, 44 here's a chance.44
Vhat say you 7
Another correction: Referring to the poet who
appeared in our columns last week in defence of
he 44 hog law," 41 One of the Sixteen" makes the
following statement ?44 You say that 4the sixteen4
aave chosen this writer as there representative-44
Good Sir, we never taid, nor meant, nor wrote,
ncr printed any such thing. He was u there"
representative as the only person who appeared in
our columns on "then." behalf. And this we
suppose is all that any body understood by our
saying in reference to "there" relation to him.
One of the sixteen" seems aggrieved because, as
he states, wc 44 have placed them all with this
writer. \\ c had nothing to do with placing anv
of them. They choae 44 there" own places, and
he chose his place among them.?44 One of the
Sixteen" must be the only person who could understand
us as intending to ridicule or treat with
the slightest disrespect 44 the sixteen," who,
as a whole, we venture to say, are as respectable
and worthy a body of sixteen as can be found to.
gcthcr on a secular day, once in a hog's age, in
any village within a day a ride of the Tee Dee.
But 44 there" cause, and 14 there" mode of mas.
aging it is a different thing altogether, iftd a fit
subject for a light paragraph if occasion call.?
And wc mistake 44 there" character if this would
offend them or44 hurt4 there' feelings." -?44 One of
the sixteen" infers that we intended, last week,
to designate the mover of the previous question
at the late 44 town meeting" as the author of the
anti-hog poetry which we published. The infer,
ence was not warranted by our language; but as
it was drawn, we hereby give notice that we did
not intend to " particular" ize at all. That the
poetry was written by somebody is clear, That it
was in defence of the anti-hog-law, we consider
clear too. And that the author therein and thart,
fore represented the 44 sixteen" whether one of tfegoa
or not, and whether known to any of them or not,
is all the inference for which in this 44 particular"
we intended to lay, or did lay, any foundation.
44 One of the Sixteen" intimates that he is now
willing to meet u* in 44 public debate." The chat,
hnge is rather out of season, neighbor. Wfcgn
did this appetite for public debate come to you V
It seems as unstable as your estimate of the
value of hog meat Why, if eager for debate, did
you, at the last 44 town-meeting," move to put us
in the chair ? And then, as soon as the subject
for debate was brought forward, why were you so
44 particularly" careful to spring up, and moro to
cut off debate by the previous qu:st on ? Suppose
we should become a great deal prouder than we
are of our rhetorical powers, and should turn
mountebank, and agree to take pert in such
set exhibition on the 14 bog hw," is it alto,
gcthcr ccrtiin that your appetite would hold out?
Who can tell, f:om the part, that you would not
again move to put us in the chiir,?or move the
previous question ?
We repeat that these remarks are made upon a
communication which wc do not publish, onJj because
they arc called for by the publicity given to it
by the author himself.?Distant readers are not to infor
that our quiet townsmen are getting each other
by the ears about the anti-hog ordinance. When
there vcas any talk on the subject?and it tjas very
little?almost every tiling which we Beard was
more in jest than in serious earnest. If there was
the slightest manifestation of warmth anywhere,
we saw nothing of it in colloquial circles. And
yet slight symptoms of abnormal irritation would
not be altogether unnatural in systems disturbed
by a tacit consciousness of the intrinsic riliosity
of " there" cause.
CONGRESS.
The Senate is still* occupied on the Revenue
or Tariff bill. Numerous amendments have been
proposed and all rejected. The present probability
is, that the bill wdl pass as it did the House, ^
without any amendment. On a motion to strike
out the distribution clause the vote stood 22 to
2o.
In the House, the bill from the Senate for the
corgonization of the army was the principal sub.
ect, the House had closed the debate on the bill
in the 3d, and it doubtless passed on the 4th.
The morning hour is spent generally in debating
esolutions from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
ipon a refusal of the Secretary of V?'ar to oomnunicate
information called for by the House in
elation to Indian affairs. The following are the
esolutions:
Resolved, That the House of Representatives
as a right to demand from the Executive such
iformation as may be in his possession, relating
a subjects of the deliberations of the House, and
rithin the sphere of its legitimate powers.
Resolved, That the reports and facts called for
y the House of Representatives, by its resolution
f the 18th ultimo, related to subjects of its delib.
rations, and were within the sphere of its legitilatc
powers, and should have been communica;i.
Therefore,
Resolved,, That the President of the United
itatcs be requested to cause to be communicated
j this House 44 the several reports lately made to
le Department" of War, by Lieutenant Colonel
litchcock, relative to the affairs of the Cherokee
ndians, together with all information communis
atcd by him concerning the frauds he n^s chafg.
d to investigate; also, all facts in the poescssion
f the Executive, 44 from any source, relating to
ic subject."
Mr. Fillmore, member of Congress from New
'ork, has signified to his constituents his in'enon
not to be a candidate for re-election.
Congressional Courtesy.?We find in the
ayettcvillc Carolinian a paragraph from which
'e quote the following:
44 In the recent debate in Congress, on the Nsry
ill, Mr. Adams uses the following genteel epithets ^
wards Mr. Wise. He calls him 44 a demon of
til?44 a foul fiend"?44 a false, base and cor.
jpt heart, filled with low and mean motive#."
iasc retorts by calling Mr. Adams '! a bul- dog!"
-44 an old man going fast to hell; w full 01 M**
cc and mischief, that hell could not hold him
ad as tiicre were many negroes there, he wou; 1
.tate an insurrection in hell, unlet* the devil
lould protest again*t the Almighty* tending bun
icrc !" ?Whether
the Carolinian copies oorredtly or net
e are unaMe to say, for the editor docs not &*
s authority. \ :r \ it
Since the aborc was in type we bare Ttyd the
bate between Messrs. Adams sad Wire, The
ovc is nearer a fair than a caricature ie-boont of