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a day at a time, smoke their cigars, and in. duigetheir cogitations thence arii-ing, without fear of being disturbed by customers. This is certainly very easy tunc*. < ' w A Lssson for Scolding Wives.?"And I dare say you have scolded your wife very often, Newman," slid I, once. Old Newman looked down, and the wife took up the reply. 44 Never to signify?and if he has, I deserved it." 44 And I dare say, if the truth were told, you have scolded him quite as often." 44 Nay," said the old woman, with a beauty of kindness which all the poetry in the world cannot excel, 44 how can a wife scold her good man, who has been working for her and her |ittlc ones all the day ? It may be for a man to be peevish, for it is he who bears the crosses of the world; but who should make him forget them but hi? own wife ? And she had best, for her own 1 - **? 1 '? ?? ^ trhon i ns m?K.e?ior noooay can ?wuu mum ............. ing is all on one side."?Buliccr's Student. The Cincinnati Gazette states that the number of Ilogs already packed in that city up to the 20th \jlt-, is estimated at bet ween seventy and eighty thousand. A larger proportion than usual have been converted into Lard and Bacon. The price of Hogg ranges at from $1 75 to ?2, according to quality. A Yankee in Captivity.?The Brooklyn Star, states, that a letter fras recently been received in that city from Harvey Winchell, one of the persons captured with the Santa Fc expedition. He writes from Jalapa, Republic of Mexico, where he has opened a school with flattering success.? Among his pupils, is the daughter of Santa Anna; she is about sixteen years old, and could not write her name when she commenced with him, but has improved rapidly. To Catch Rats.?An Ohio paper says that as many as thirty-six rats have been taken in one night by the following plan : take a smooth kettle, fill it to within six inches of the top with water, cover the surface with chafl'or bran, then place it in the evening where the rats harbor. Isle or Pixes.?The Navy Department it is said, immediately on receip; of Commander Mackenzie's despatches, ordered a vessel of war to proceed with all despatch from Norfolk to this Island, which lies off Cape Antonio, Cuba, in latitude 21, 31. The Island has but few houses on it, which arc concealed in bushes?is of considerable extent, and has good wells of water. Chicago.?Seven years ago, the exports from PhiAaorn trpre &100i') : this rpar tllPV have reached 6" v" ? j over $350,000, although the prices of the same articles are at least from 30 to 50 per cent, lower than last year. The Edinburgh Medical Journal gives an account of a case, in which a man reduced to almost a dying state by hcemoptysis, was cured, and restored to health, by means of transfusion of blood from the veins of a goat. The number of convicts received into the State Penisentiary of Tennessee, from the 21st January. 1631, to the 28th October, 1842, is six hundred and two?an average of about one a week. To the Times.?It is stated that the low prices of produce, and competition, have reduced ^ board in Washington, from $10 and $15 a week, to $3 and $4, at which prices many of the members of Congress are said to have contracted for : the winter. A cargo of 10,000 bushels of wheat has arrived at New York from Valparaiso. Extract from a letter received in this city, dated Macon, Jan. 4, 1843.?44 Recently a man travelling homeward from this place was shot on the road leading to Miiledgcville. He was not killed, I bus severely wounded. Ho was shot, it is sup- ; posed, with a view to being robbed ; the perpetrator not as yet detected. The gentleman shot was .named Taylor, and lives in "SVilkcs Co., Ga." Char. Courier. SvMfTOMS OF A PRECOCIOUS SPRING.?Wc ob. served a peach tree in bloom, on Sunday last, in the yard of one of our next door neighbors in Wentwortb street.?I bid. Mr; Clay has accepted an invitation to visit Baton Rouge, and will attend the Agricultural Fair to be held at that place, on the 8th and 10th irjsf.?N. O. Dee, 3 d inst. Military RiGirre.?James Henry, of the Boston JLancers, "was recently tried in that city for j striking one Stanley severely with the flat of his sword in clearing a parade-ground on which the J-ancers were exercising?Henry being a sentinel. /Iudfcg Thatcher, charged that a rrt'litary corps who take off their ground for a parade, and give fair notice thereof, have a right to keep it clear of A ' I Imsotirvan jmruucrB, even oj jortc. a u*. wvou^v found a verdict of Not Guilty. The scales falling?sight bestowed.?The ' following resolution was adopted and published by : a late Democratic meeting at Frankfort. Ky. Retulvtd, That Daniel Webster and John C. Spencer, the brightest luminaries of the Whig Sky, have, in their transit to democracy, formed a halo of glory around their principles. " Water Running up Hill.?Dr. Smith, j in a recent lecture on geology, at New j York, mentioned a curious circumstance connected with the Mississippi river. It runs from north to south, and its mouth is actually four miles higher than its source, a result due to the centrifugal motion of the earth. Thirteen miles is the differ nee between the equatorial and polar radius; and the river in -2,000 miles has to rise one-third of this distance, it being the height of the equator above the pole. If this centrifugal force were not continned, the rivers would flow back, and the ocean wou^l overflow the land. W%r C. Preston.?flic needs no 44 Honorable" prefix to Ins name w hose heart is the rfcat of honor, nnd the abode of every n>*r?iy virtue.) This gentleman is again a private citizen, domiciled in our quiet village, and we find him still the ftamo kind, affable, and benevolent citizen he ever was. Office, honors, and the homage and ndultalion of the gr^1 have not altered him one iota in his char, jtvlcr; they have neither changed the cur _ ! rent of his affections, nor corrupted the benevolent impulses of his heart. Those chords of sympathy, which were always in harmony with the nobler feelings of our , nature, still retain their elasticity in his , breast, and respond, as they were wont to do, to the touch of the unfortunate. We j were led to these remarks by having witj nessrd. on Tuesday evening Inst, an act | of mora! grandeur and benevolence on his j part, that has raised him, in our estnnaJ tion, to an elevation from which the cai nriro nf man rannnt rn?l him rlnwn. , -- ? ? Sometimo during tho last summer, a I dreadful murder was committed upon the bo.lv of a white man in this District.? j Several negroes attached to' the plantation of Col. Richard Singleton, weresus. r pectod of having committed it, and a number of them were arrested, confined *Li?d examined, from time to time, without eliciting any clue to the bloody deed ; and all were finally discharged but four, (who belonged to a trust estate under the : care of Col. Singleton.) Efforts were | made to induco a confession, from some ' of these individuals, and after some time a negro named Joe, pretended to give a circumstantial detail of the horrible deed, affixing the murder to two others, named O ' Paul and Bacchus. On Joe's evidence, 1 before a Court of Free-holders, they were | condemned to be hung. After sentence, however, testimony was discovered that , j went to prove ari alibi i and Joe's con| duct, moreover, induced the suspicion that I he had testifid falsely. On these grounds ( i an application was inade to Judge Earl | I for a new trial, and William C. Preston | j stepped forward, without fee or reward, | I to advocate the claims of these poor un- {, fortunate negroes to a new trial! And | fie did most eloquently advocate them, in ( a speech of about half an hour's length, j while a large concourse of citizens, with \ on it nr attr>ntinn nnri lirenthloss Silence. ~"b~* , , listened to the well known tones of his j j mellow voice, and gratefully recognized j ( him as the same philanthropic individual, j who, in days of yore, had plead many a ! poor man's cause, at the same bur, without j ' I fee or reward / j' " Far more true j<jy Marcellus exiled feels, Than Ccesar with a Senate at his heels." Columbia Ckron. ; { j THE CURRENCY QUESTION. In regard to the Exchequer plan, we j c have sometimes heard a sentiment of this f sort expressed :?u Let the country sutler I " till it is willing to coine hack, as it must j * do, to an old fashioned national bank ; wo ; v want no half-way measures." It is well j ' known that we have always expressed our ; ; preference for a national bank under pro- j 1 per regulations; but we despair of being 1 v able to obtain such an institution in the j ^ present state of tilings. Besides, do people reflect or^vhat is now and what would be the position of the country, if a charter 1 of a national bank were obtained and pre- , sented to the public for organization ? Do they not perceive that confidence is so j prostrated in inonied corporations, and I the resources of the country are so redu- j . ced, that it would be utterly impossible to j ^ get thestock filled up? Are they not aware ? that some incipient measures are requisite ^ to revive confidence,without which a bank j chater would remain a dead letter upon the statute hook ? It sceins to us that the first (| step is to regulate exchanges, so as to set (j business going, to enable different sections of the Union to interchange their produce ^ or transmit it to market, to establish a j uniform and fixed system of rates, time j and manner, upon which merchants, who ^ are the producers' agents, can fully de- . pend ; and thus to divest enterprise of the f hazards ot speculation, and give it healthy [ n action by moderate and reliable profits, j 8 This much at least the Exchequer and its j H branches will accomplish, and though it ! j will not add any thing to the actual cnpi- n tal ot the country, as in fact a national i bank would not, it would systematize the _ action of a portion of what we have and t make it useful in our exchanges, w hile as s things now are it is wholly idle. The si- c tuation of the country is just this: Mo- j t ney is heaped up in one place; one kind \ , of produce is accumulated in another;'c another species is huddled together in a I ( third, and merchandize is piled up in a | fourth place ; the holders of these various j , kinds of prorerty have no confidence in 11 eachoher; they stand looking at each j j other with mutual distrust, while their j t property is depreciating on hand, and the t real i:?tate that produces it and stores it 4 falls with it, .*?oJ partakes of the general stagnation. Is it not plain, that if another party, w ho had the confidence of all,should intervene and say, ''Trust me to exchange your property and relieve this inaction," he would he trusted and would j accomplish a great good ? This the gov- r ernment proposes to do through the Exchequ :r and its branches, and properly < guarded and managed, there is no sort of ? doubt that it will afford exactly the kind | ----- - - r.?." i of relief tne country warns nrsi, umi upuu j the way for returning prosperity.?N. Y. i ' Commercial Advertiser. < I ! 1 Rifle Shooting.?We wore present | i on Monday at an exhibition of the skill j of Mr. A. Clark in Rifle Shooting, with I ki<s nourlir invprilpil I? I ft A and it 18 truly ! ",0 V ? 7 wonderful with what precision it will send a ball at a distance heretofore considered too great for any thing like certainty.? The target was the figure of a stag, punt, ed white, in front of a board fence, and Mr. (J. fired at 400 yards distance. There I was considerable wind, an obstacle always I increasing with the distance, yet out of 25 shots 14 struck the body of the animal, two directly in the region of the heart, i.l and the others between that point and ine i hips. No shot was found over two feet 1 frorn the centie, and the average was not ov? r 1-2 inches fr<up the heart. Every ball completely penetrated a three inch plank.?N*. Y. American. The Black Tongue.?We have no- . liccd in several papers accounts of o fear, fill epidemic, said to he prevailing in the neighborhood of Rallston, but met will] no precise description of it except in a letter to the editors of (ho Huston Mail dated the 4lh .instant, The writer savs a niimher of persons have diecf-ot this dis. ease, and thus describes its appenrance : "The disease sometimes commences with a swelling of the gland of the throat, hut more generally I believe with a sore, ncss at the lower extremity or ' roots' ol the tongue. The tongue snort, become* swelled to an enormous size, and, unlu>a soon relieved, begins to turn black, very nearlv resembling mortification, which V . soon causes death. I belreve there has heen scarcely a cascwhere. a person survived the disease after the. blackness he. gan to set in upon the tongue."?Com. Ad. Cuba and Uayti ?We find in the Courier des E'.ats Unis an extract from the Port au Prince Patriot of December 21, which we translate as follows: N. }r. Com. Ado. * On Wednesday Inst arrived the steam frigate Congreso, the captain of which had been sent by the Captain General of Cuba to inquire into the facts relating to the capture of the two Spanish vessels. Being informed that thev""brid alreadv been restored to their owners, Vifid bail set sail for Havana, he wrote, iC iti sard,' a letter to the President, expressing bis thanks for ibis act of justice, and asking copies of all the papers, whtcluwetc giVCn to hini. Having learned that a protest had been made before the French ^onsul bv the Spanish captains, he obtained a copy af this also, and then wrote another letter to the President, demanding indemnification of two thousand dallars for the Spaniards, and satisfaction for ihe insult to the Spanish flag. These demands-not heing acceded to, he sailed on the following Friday to make his report to tile Captain General." : 1 The Manifeste of December 18 is much ess guarded in its language than the Pariole. It affirms that the Spanish vessels -vcre overhauled on suspicion of heing enraged in smuggling, and were detained jnly long enough for an examination of heir papers?cries aloud against the insolence of the Captain General and his imissary in demanding indemnification? ixhorts the Haytiens to resent and resist uch audacity?and concludes-w*h a very ignifioant hint that Cuba is but a little vav from Ilayti, and that it woukl be easy or the Haytiens to land on the coast af Juba at night and carry fire and sword nto the plantations, thus avenging their vrongs and 1. berating tbeir c us laved irethren. * From the N. O. Bulletin, Jerri. 2. FROM YUCATAN. ' Bv Ihe Rosario, which arrived on S it irday from Cnmpeachy and Sisal we have eccived our regular files of Mcrida papers i> . i. 'ft 0 trio SI 01 LfCCOIimer. I IICM- gn?iua* ontain Cnmpeachy reports to the 19lh. Ip to that day, nnth ng decisive had been one by ciliier of the behggrrcnts. The Irxicuns were still in possesion of the eignts in the rear of the city, uhrch thev ad fortified; arid transported thence nine of the heavy cannon from (he (junaloupe. From these, shells had been j hrown, some of which entered the city nd did trifling damage in burning a few hnnties. On the 17th a sortie was made v the beseiged. A column of 1300 strong andean attack on the Mexican position t Lerrna, distant about three leagues rum the city walls. The enemy.having eceived intelligence of the. movement, nnde ready resistance, and one of the teamers having taken a position t-lvnt enhlod In r to bear upon the assailants with icrguns, the Campeacheanbsrclrred withiut any success, after ihe loss of 3 or 4 nen, ... . The Mexicans are receiving, reinforce* nents from Tohasco and V era Cruz, and applies of provisions, and appear -to feel :onfident of ultimate suecess in th# honest. On the other hand, the Y'uc&tenos. hough ;h y boast not, appear equally :onfi lent they will triumphantly, dufend heir rights. jjf. ... A brig and schooner. supposed.Mo.be Vmerican, had been captured by IhcMexi. ran squadron, in attempting to evade the dockade. With these two exeiqvtioOs, he many traders of the port had succeeded in entering the port, and departing lafely, CONGRESS. ... From the Correspondence of the Char. Coufier. Washington, Dec. ,'60. This being private bdl day, 4r# the rlousc, it was necessary to *uspegd. the ules in order to proceed with the ? - a I .ion of the 15ank nipt Act. a crnvv-oj^vas gathered in the galleries to hear Mr. Mardiall, of Kentucky. But t;.o House reused to suspend the rules?112 to GO? not quite two thirds. The strength of Lire affirmative vote shews, however, the extreme desire of the House to prosecute the discussion on the Repeal bill, and to bring that matter to a close. The House occupied the day with the private calendar. The Senate, to day, took np the hill providing for the occupation and settlement of the Territory of Oregon. The hill is prefaced by a preamble which asserts that the title of the United Smtes is certain, and will never be abandoned. This refers to the fact of the postponement of the negotiation for settling tiiis Boundary w ith Great Bri'ain. The bill provides for a chain of military posts from scmu point on the Missouri, or Arkansas rive., to the valley of the Ore. gon, and also u' the mouth of the Columbia river. It also provides for the (Men. sjon of a portion of the laws of the United Stales over the Territory. Washington, Jan. 4. Mr. Calhoun, this morning, in present. .' injjn memorial for the repeal of the B;ink 5 rupt Act, t?*>k occasion to say that h i whs in favor of tho repeal, as lie held th i law lobe inexpedient and uncons'ilutien , ai. Mr. Tallmadge thereupon presentei l , tvi o remonstrances against the n p-al . ! an ! said he hoped the Committee on tit Judiciary would h> modify the law as t i render it both constitutional nod expedi ent. An effort is to be made to retail J .the prospective features of the Act, am pi the compulsory process. .. J- Th e Senate, t<vday, settled the Oregoi . i boundary question. hy passing the htil fo the occupation and settlement ot tha Territory. There is no doubt, liiat undo i the inducements of this law, there will hi J a vast emigration to the O egoo. The debate on the proposition to repea t U?- Bankrupt Act, still engrosses the Hons* to the exclusion of every thing else. Verj few of the speakers touch the real merit! of the question. The statu of parties i: alone spoken of. Mr. Bowne, of New j York, a loco, made a conciliatory speed in regard to Tyler; so much so that he was accused of being a' Tylcrite. Mr, Buwne condemned the bigotry of his friends, who had said they would not re. ceive Mr. Webster and Mr. Spencer intc their ranks,?for he said that even lit ' ^ \ ftwf /tneo q fi/l ^ M r. DOWIIC^ W?3 a icuciaiiai vnvv, <?.iu such were a good many more of his friends whom he saw now around him ! Mr. Mcrriwether undertook to prove that the democratic party were broken m pieces, and could not be re-united under any leader. Mr. Pickens spoke in favor of the repeal of the act, which lie considered as unconditional. Mr. .McDuffie was in the Senate today. lie does not appear to he in good health. He was at the President s House on Monday, and seemed to attract much attention. He was leaning on the arm of Mr, Pickens. ;Vlr. Calhoun was also present, and was almost us much remarked as lite President himself. Washington, Jan. 5. The Oregon bill, which was yesterday passed without opposition to a thitd reading, in the Senate,. was arrested in its 1 course, this morning, by Mr. Calhoun. The bill came up for its third reading, and was about to pass in silence, when Mr. Calhoun stated that the hill, in his ( pinion, wa3 one of the most important that ever passed. He wished to examine it in reference to our treaty stipulations, and see if it did not conflict with them.? Tno hill, upon this, was laid aside, with trie: reluctant consent of its author, Dr. j league (Mr. Gushing) some hard rubs as j he went along. The old gentleman was ' in n perfect rage. He submitted an amend. mcnt to the motion requiring that the hill ! should he so framed as not to east any re['flection on the judicial tribunal which irn. posed the fine; and also requiring tlx Committee to report their opinion on tlu circumstances of (Jon. Jack son's eondjet which led to his being fined. Mr. C.J. I ngersoli spoke very eloquent ' ! ly in support of the proposition to reinii i the fmp. Washington, Jan. 9. This was quite a stirring day in tin Ltlil II. The House this morning, took up for a while, the bill to remit General Jackson's fine with interest. Mr. Adams opposed it very vehemently, as introducing a dangerous principle; and he called on ihe Mouse to ascertain and clearly define J what principles they meant to establish by this bill. Me would vote lor the bdl on no other ground than as a donation to Andrew Jackson, and this he would do cheerfully hut for the reason that he was opposed to the policy of pensioning Kx Presidents. Mr. Cushing made an eloquent hnr. nngue in support of the measure, and proposed to celebrate the anniversary of the hattle of New Orleans, by its passage.? The subject will come up again to-morrow*. The threadbare political debate on the bankrupt act was continued in the House, and without ativ prospect of termination We had to d:?v, speeches from three York democrats, Mr. Gordon strongly censured the lineral views taken yesterday. by bis colleague Mr. Howne, and made a declaration which his colleague was to take to himself, that federalists were never to he trusted, in the demo era tic ranks. Washington. Jan. 0. There are a few s)mplornsin the House and out of it of an approaching outbreak between the Calhoun men and Van fluren men. Hut the subject is chiefly confined to private conversation as yet. The Senate has confirmed very few nominations as yet. The post captaincy, rnude vacant by the death of Capt Gallagher, has been filled by the promotion of Commander Wyman. The Navy appropriation lull is likely to be kept back some time. Theie will he a strong opposition to the appropriation of some three hundred thousand dollars fur | the African squadron, rendered necessary i by the stipulations of the late treaty with Great Britain. In the; Senate, to day, there was nothing of importance. A bill wan passed, after much discussion, to enable those citizens ' of the United States, who are placed bevond the borders of the United States, by the new boundary line with Texas, to return into the United States with their slaves. The House took up the motion to instruct the Committee on the Judiciary to j report a hill to remit the fine imposed on Gen. Jackson, at New Oileans, in 1815. I Mr. Adams made a bitter speech against j the motion, and ridiculed the President's i recommendation of the measure in his message. He said it was intended to catch a few Jackson men, and to secure the feelings of Jackson himself in favor ] of the administration. He gave his col. . | House. Mr. Botfs pave notice that he e j would to-morrow bring forward hrs long e ' threatened article* of impe.ictiment - against John Tyler. The notice was not J ! regarded in a serious light. It occasioni, cd more merriment than any thing else, el Mr. Fillmore then made ?n argumeno 1 tive report against the Exchequer scheme , which Wag referred to them. He stated a that the report was unanimously concurred in hy the Committee. Mr. .Vherton, a democratic membr.ro' ii' the Committee, then made another report r from the minority of the Committee, and t concluding with a resolution directing r that Committee to report a bill for the I I . _ 1 " I A f _ _ _ I* A I e j ucuer Keeping, a.snursemeni, arc. or ine i public monies?meaning the Sub-'l*rcus ' ury bill. 2 A debate ensued in which it appeared ' I hat the whig majority of the Committee J * were in favor of an old fashioned Nation * al Hank and nothing short of it; and that ' the democrat minority were for the Sub i Treasury and nothing beyond it. Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky made a hu morous speech in support of a national > bank. In the Senate, the Oregon bill was taken up, and Mr. Calhoun, at whose in! stance it was laid aside, spoke about half I an hour ngainst the bill?endeavoring to show that it conflicted with the stipula.j lions of the convention with CJreat Hrif. ain, whereby both nations were precluded from exercising the exclusive right of occupying the territory. Mr. Choate was of the same opinion, and Mr. McRoberts and Mr. Henderson of a contraryopinion. Mr. Calhoun will reply to-morrow. i i-'-n j"" ; - ; - j " ~~n , xiUfii CtlKttAW GAZETTE. Chesaw, Tuesday, January 17, 15*43. TO~ VKIN TEKS. i Wanted at this office a printer of good charac| tcr and industrious habits who lias 6crvcd a regu lar apprenticeship to the business. Letters, postage paid, will be immediately answered. The degree of L. L. D. lias been conferred by the University of Alabama upon Mr. Simms, editor of the Magnolia, and author of the History of South Carolina, and some tales of fiction. The Camden Journal has made its appearance in a new dress and enlarged form. Among the publications which we found on our j table on our late return home was a sermon by the ' ! Rev. Mr. Tuokmvkli., Professor of Sacred Liter- ' ature and the Evidences of Christianity in the ! South Carolina College, preached on the occasion j of the death of Benjamin R. Maybin, of the i Freshman class, for which we suppose we arc in. ' dobted to the publisher. It is a very able and very | : eloquent discourse, distinguished alike for pure ( evangelical doctrine, and powerful argument.? | It docs great honor to the institution from which it emanates. When the advocates of sound mor- < uls and revealed truth, a few ye ire since, raised , their voice against the influence of infidelity and t consequent immorality sustained by the Trustees t of the college, they were denounced as enemies to f the institution. They professed to be, and as a time has proved, they were, its best friends. They q iiitrtnpofl Hww who differed from them to make v'ljajn ugvu ?mv-v .. the trial of giving a predominance in the constitu t tion of the Faculty, to men of Christian character, f and pledged their judgment and their character that the college would soon regain its former po- r | pularity and prosperity. Truth was on their side, j, ! and by her ail-powerful voice compelled the Trust- t ! ecs to inake the experiment. The result is known, t and the experiment will not again be made?at j least not during the lifetime of the present genera, tion?of giving to infidelity a predominance, or even a prom nence, in the com|X>sition of the Faculty of the South Carolina College. So long p as the Faculty shall continue to bo distinguished t fur talents and learning, and the influence of their character and princ'plcs shall be, as it now is, in favor of sound morals and lite religion of the Bible, t j the college will continue to flourish. The profess- ( or of "Sacred Literature and the Evidences oi , ' Christianity," whilst the present duties arc attach- ( ed to his otfico, exerts a much greater influence up- , on the moral character of tiic students than any t j other member of the Faculty, supposing him to be j a man of suitable character and attainments; the ( public, therefore, owe many thanks to the Trustees ! for filling the office with such men as Mr. Thorn- t wrll and his accomplished, pious, and deservedly j popular predecessor. j The Sermon before us was published by Mr. Wf.ir, at the Chronicle Office in Columbia, and < ; does credit to the printer. The work is well exc. | cutcd with beautiful, clear type upon good paper, j It is not common to sec similar work so well done < | even in the Northern cities. I i Farmers' Register.?We have received the December number of this periodical, which is the last that is to be issued under the management of Mr. Rl*ffin, who has conducted the work with eminent skill and ability since its commencement ten ye trs ago. We sincerely regret that he finds it 1 j neccsairy now to retire from it; hut we arc much ' j gratified that it is still to be continued under the managomcnt of Thomas S. Pleasants, Esq., who, we understand, is a practical agriculturist and well qualified for conducting such a periodical. The I following is the table of contents of the number before us : Original CjmmunicalioM.?A cheap under, drain ; Artesian wells in Alabama ; Time of ripening of wheat 011 the south side of James River; Another 4 amende honorable.' Renewal of the rotation discussion proposed ; Account of the oper. ation of M'Cormick's reaper; Editorial notices to subscribers ; the Mediterranean wheat; Hemp culture for North Carolina; Report to the State j Board of Agriculture on the 4 Obslaclcs to im- j provemcnt, eauscd by operation of the laws, or j governmental regulation'; Notes on the Sandy \ i Point estate, No. 6 ; Recent and extensive marling in S.Carolina; ("heap marling; First labors of a working Agricultural Society. StUctwns? Butter making; Fatal effects of' ' castor oil on a horse ; A million of dollars lost an- j ' nuallv in Massachussetts; Worms in the head of sheep; Experiments with corn sown broad-cast; Successful manufacture of cornstalk molasses; ' " *- r r.\./vi;iiii onrrMnnnd><nM of AJbanv I H.Xiracis mini uiig..... _ Cultivator; Bokhara clover. Soiling ; New method of crafting apple. trcc?; to kill wcctlw; Ex' penhc of fences; Address to tlac Agricultural So | ciety of Albemarle; The garden pail; New horae shoe i Public sale of provisions at Liverpool, on- ^ der the new tariff. Thi Magnolia^?The January number of this popular Southern periodical is before us, and con. tains its usual variety of instructive and entertain. inz articles. *. " ? . v :? . . * The Legislature of Missouri have nominated Martin Van Burcn, and Richard'M. Johnson fos the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United States. . ' " " t The papers state that Ames Kendall is new in jail for debt. ? ? The stockholders of the Bank of the State #Jf Nirtk Carolina have adopted a resolution that they would bring the business of the Bank to a close provided the Legislature should instruct it? agent to vote for such a meesure. f r' ' . < ? Wc invite attention to the Prospectus of The Planter, to be published in Columbia and edited by the Rev. J. J. Dlsosr. Mr. Dubosc acquired great popular.ty as an able and entertaining srri. ter whilst editor of the South Carolina Temper* ancc Advocate. We wish him great success in his new undertaking. Wc are sure be will deserve it s ' Comparative THiurrixEss or thjc Durham and Native Cattle.?One of the Editors of the American Agrirulturitt, furnishes in the December number of that valuable petibdicilt Notes of a Journey from Buffalo to New York. Aftfcr some account of the stock of Col. Sherwood, hear Aul < i' ' burn, he adds as follows : ' " But wc have not space to dwell further upon these animals, and lurn to their man* ner of feeding ,which is precisely like that of (he common stock of the country, among good farmers. ' Col. has commenced with straw and cornstalks, and when these are all g no, and not ill then, will he begin with li s hay. Ho has a large lot of ruta baga ^ in s o o, which he is lecdirg out moderate* !y, to some of the younger animals, and .1. _ -iJ - ...ill u ..._. i-.. (lit; UlUfl (lilt's Will UK IV li IUW4IU5 s|'l>l'gt if* any fall away, or a cow has a calf by her side. Kept in this way, the thorough* hred and grades, show a decided superior, itv in size, and thiift, over the native animals, side by side, led precisely alike.? We wish every farmer in the county would call upon Cul. Sherwood, and saiis. fy themselves as to ttie correctness of what we assert, and if thev are convinced of its truth, advance a slcp fartherf and lake home a Durham bull tcith them,** CONGRESS. v . In the Senate the bill to t3ke possession of. the Oregon Territory wan still under discussion on the lltli instant. Mr. Tappan and Mr. Linn had ipokcn in favor of it; Mr. Benton was lo speak 3n the same side, and Mr. Calhoun was expected to conclude the debate. - * ' The bill to refund the fine of $1,009 imposed >n Gen. Jackson by Judge Hall at New Orleans, vhich had been referred to the Committee on he Judiciary, was reported by that committee on he 10th with an amendment go ng to restore the i ic with interest but in language not .mpugningthe ict of the Judge, or justifying that of the General, rhe fate of the bill seems doubtful.. ., In thj Ho jsc of Representatives Mr. Botts in. reduced articles ori the 10th, impeaching the 'resident for abuse of power, usurpation of power ri various instances &c. &c. See , and moved a csclution to raise a committee of nine, to inquire nto the truth of the charges, collect and report the estimony &c. But the House refuicd to appoint he committee by a vote of ?3 to 127. ?So the mpcachmcnt has been put to sleep. ,f ~~ " . x important from mexico. The Nc v York Union his tha following im> xjrtant news from Mexico, received by the barque \nahuac, at that port: " Vera Cruz, December 19, 1842. The news from the city of Mexico j* most incrcsting. Gen. Guttcrez. of San Luis, ?ha* de:1 ired for a dissolution of Centres*, and the naming >f a new body by Santa A.via .to form a new ^one'itution for the country. A similar rrxrve is nade in Puebla by Gen. Can tlzo. This news waa lent by express to Mexico to Gen. Tornbl, Minster of War, who immcdiate'y made it knownto Congress. This body replied that they were the real n-pre. tentative* of the country, and would not be driven, rom their scats except by force of arms. This is jurely a military movement > News has arrived here, from the west, of I he >ccupation of Monterey, a town in California^ ly Commodore Jones, of the frigate United States?nd corvette Cyane. He held the town about two [fays and then gave it up. declaring that he took he town in consequence of a report that war was declared by the United States against Mexico. The Mexican General in command gave information of a body 3,000 Tcxians marching to.* wards Rio Grande. Cumpeachy still- holds out against the Government of Mexico: "The gar-* rison of this city (Vera Cruz) is momentarily ex.* pcctcd to declare in favor of the revolution against Congress. Mr W. E. Dryden, with seven other Americans, who had been confined nearly twelve months in Chihuahua, have been liberated by the Mexi. can Government through the interposition of the United States Minister. -/ W ith regard to the fate of Midshipman Spencer, we have seen nothing which appeals to us more true and just, than the following remarks of'the' Editor of tin; Philadelphia United States Gazette:: ** We believe there is not oac who has heard of the mutiny and death of the young man Spencer, that has not mourned over tlte grief that has pierced (he heart of his father. Not a father, nor a mother, hut has felt and mourned for the mourning father of the young man?and felt, also, that the smitten parent, when he heard of the death of hia son, would, like David of old, under similar cit.. cumstanccs, go to his chamber and weep, and al. most say with the aff icted monarch, " My son, my son, would to God I had died for thec." Hut this sympathy must not let ns do injustice to those t 'I? nf it,* V?w who have vindicated uie eu?i?v>*. - tJ and the laws of the land. Mournfal experience has shown that !o be the son of honorable parents, and the object of promise and expectation, is not always to be honorable, nor to fulfil promise and '* exjy cfc tion; and crime, if committed; cannot