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HW?sa??? Iv, she drives ilie melancholic patient to solitud', u here, by blooding over ihe subject ui his insanity, he increases his disease. W e are accustomed to hear of the salutary kindness of nature in alarming us with h&ht-, to prompt us to seek for a remedy, but, \ I. There are cases, in whi ii she refuses to send tins harbinger oi the evils which threaten her, as in the aneurism, scirriius, [first stage of cancer,] and stone in the bladder. \ II. There are cases, where the pain is not proportioned to the danger, as in the tetanus consumption, and dropsy oi the head* And, VIif. There are cases where the pain is overproportioncd to the clanger, as in the paronychia and tootli-achc. This is a short account of the operations of nature in the discus* s of civilized nations. A lunatic might as well plead against the sequestration of his estate, because he once enjoyed the full exercise of his reason, or because he still had lucid intervals, as nature ho exempted from the charges we have brought against Iter. Public Lands. Preemption Rights. Extra t from the Speech of Mr. Eicivg of Ohio, in ihe V. S. Senate, on tie bt.l to restrict the sale of public lands to ac? taal settlers. "If it become a fixed principle that the actual settlor or occupant gets the land which he may select, at $1 'do per acre, then will arise contests and con 11.cts between individuals about the possession of favorite and valuable tracts. First, it will be a race, who shall get on first tj take possesssiou. Then a conflict to keep i. The first who gets or, if the tract be very valuable, is likely to be driven ofT by a strongirhind, with the loss, perhaps, of a limb, and soin times of life. Alio h r yet strong? .Ipii'oo #,fF tli?> ci'rnnd "nr. *-T UV.llV,IiIilUll univa vv.. tuai senior," and they in turn have to dcf nd their possessions against a fourth: and aU apply in ttfir order to the Register and Receiver, and make the necessary aflidavirs to obt.un their titles. Cases of this kind are constantly occurring, even now. A friend of mine, in the other House, who recently travelled through Wisconsin and par of Illinois, informed mc that when at Mineral Point he heard a conflict for the possession of a lead mine spoken of, not ?<s an extraordinary but as a recent incident. Two parties who contended for the mine, drove each other away, and alternately took possession four or five times, with the loss of several lives. One of the party who succeeded in keeping - possession, and who had killed a young man in one of their engagements, was quieuy amusing himself in a store or tavern u short time after, when a young woman addressed him. and inquired his name. He told it; and she at onCe drew a pistol from under her cloak, and shot him through. Private re venge in these cases seems to bo the only redress for murder, as the law takes no notice of incidents so common and so unimper ant. I am Told that in travelling through the * fine lands in the Northwest you will see these "actual settlements and improvements" constantly forming. If it is prairie, they merely run a furrow round if. It it is a choice piece of woodland that is to be held by improvement, they will fell trees all around it, so that the top of one wiil lap on to the slump of another; then the woodlaud is enclosed, and the party is entitled to it, as an actual settler. And perhaps it is the only spo; of woods within many miles in the midst of a broad prairie, and therefore* of immense value. If the woody island be very large, it becomes the subject of a kind of joint s ock company, or association, who all unite to i% improve it," and to secure each other in the possession of it. I find the following advertisement in a Chicago paper: sETTLERS, ATTENTION*. Notice is herebv given, that the semi annual meeting of the Big Woods Claim Association will meet at the house of Thomas I'axton, on the east side of the Big Woods, on Saturday, the 4th day of Fobruary next, at ten o'clock A. M., when a g uvrul attendance is requested. January 3d. John Warne. The particular character and purposo of these associations I will show by and by more fully. There is a false face constantly put upon this subject, not intentionally, but from a mistaken notion of the thing, h;' gentlemen who urge, with so much Zealand ^severance, the claims of the squatters to the on which they int: jJe. Gentlemen represent the squatters generally as poor men, seeking a freehold 5ind a home, willing to pay for the land on which they settle, but unable to do so, because the lands are not in market, and cannot be purchased. But how is the fact? You have more than one hundred millions of acres of land, a large portion of it excellent land, constantly in market, and onen ' ~ m/ ' | to entry at 81 25 pt. acre; hut there is not much speculation in purchasing this, and therefore these "poor that get:tlemen speak of, seeking a home, pass it by, and go habitually to the lands that are not in market; and they will continue to do so, let you push your surveys and sales i tp whatever point you may. Triw1 the improvements by whicli, under : tliis bill, trap squatters arc permitted to gain a right to the land. ^ We had that subject ] under consideration last year, and the proof was ample that, in a vast number of cases,j I should think a majority" of cases, the improvement was merely colprab/c, for tho purj>o?c of enabling the individual to get! the land, but having nothing actual or sub. stantial about it; and this bill requires no i subsient: il occupation cr cultivation. Tiic | individual, to give him a title to his preemption, must have "actually occupid and ! cultivated t!;e tract for six months before tltfi 1st of December 1S3G." "Actually occupied and cultivated." I Jow occupied? Not by residing on it; -for that is not ne. cessary to make an occupation in law. rnu?b I less in tiic opinion of the two witnesses who J | an; to makeaffidavit te the occupation. lie j i mav fro on the ground, mark the trees il: C C 7 ; there he any, and burn a brush-heap, and j j continue to go upon it once a month for i the six months, claiming to occupy, and he j , will make out his occupancy, lie must : j also "cultivateThis, I am told, is done j by building a lit:ie pen of rails, and sowing j ' oats or turnips or radishes upon ten or i twelve square feet of ground; and thus the, ."actual settler" occupies and cultivates" i and becomes the meritorious recipient of j | your large bounty. Mv colleague informs j : me that he travelled through a part of these ; public lands not long since, last summer, I i believe, and be saw great numbers of these ; little netts, with something growing in j them. 1 did not think to ask him whether j ! they were squar.; or triangular, built with j ; three rails or iour. [Mr. Morris. They were triangular, j | built with three rails.] | i Mr. Favint,. I should have guessed so, j j for the economy of labor is important, and ' ; the "actual sct'ilcr" could thus save onej [ rail for the whole height of his pen?no | 1 small matter. But afier proving this occu- j par.cy and cultivation, these actual settlers : j sell their claim at an advance of some two j or three hundred dollars, to iarge capital-; is:s, who have their agents always at hand, j ready to purchase, and they go again be- j yond the survey, and "actually cultivate" j another pen full of something that will; * i -- i ?n Ti?..? j grow 1:1 a s.mue, aim soji iijj.mi. j. huj squaring becomes a regular profession. ' A gentleman lately from Chicago informs j mo that he know a great number of the pre. j j cmption claimants about that place some i years ago, who got their claims allowed and J (shortly alter disappeared, he knew not' where; but last summer as he was going j { ccross the country to the Prairie du Chicn,1 i he found and recognised ilicm as old ac- ? oainlaaces. They w*crc on the fine lands j upon Rock river, waiting to take advantage ! i of the next pre-emption law. I do not say j j that this is tiic habit of all who squat upon 1 i the public land for the purpose of obtaining j j a pre-emption ; 1 am aware that it is not; I { but it is the business of many, and most of ; the pre-emptions fall into and pass through ; the hands of those who are employed tor ] j the purpose by the large capitalists, or who ! ' go in advance of him, and eater for him. j The pre-emption laws (for we have tried ! them for a few years pas?) have already j ; produced a most fruitful crop of fraud and j perjury. From papers sent each year to : the Committee on Public Lands, it appears ; that in many cases even the pretence of; j possession or cultivation was not resorted to j j in order to get a pre-emption or a float,' ; which could be laid on the finest land in tiie 1 United States?the choicest and most commanding spo's, and take them at$l 25 ; per acre. There was actually set up some-! ! where in Louisiana a manufactory of afii- ! J daviis, in which the whole proof, with the 1 justice's ccnificate, and every thing else nc- J ' ccssnrv for the commencement of the title, '< I were forged, leavicg a blank for the name ' j of the occupant and the tract of land.? ! 1 Tlmrn now nomlinn n mse of a French J ? , - , ! settler by the name of Baubicn, who, about , the year 1904, got permission to put up his { j hut under the guns of the Ynited States ! I fort at Chicago. When the pre-emption j j law was passed, as the United S ates had j not sold this fort, he claimed it as a pre- i j eruption. lie was several times refused,; ' but at last his claim was admitted by the i register and receiver, and he got his ceni- ' ! ficate; his application for a patent is now i ; pending. I understand that the land he I j claims on this state of his case is worth ! } more than a miliion of dollars. That in j ! order to obtain an influence, and a power j ! by which it should be secured, he has dfs- j ! posed of parts of it, on very cheap terms, i to men of high political standing, wherev j er lie could find them. A valuable part of j' ; ii, I am told, is now owned by members of1 | Congress, and God knows to what point i | this interest and influence mav at last ex-1 j tend, far enough, I presume, to secure the { niviniiotinn nf* n nfilmit Ft ic n cnKifft 1 y VliltUiUklV" Vt u J.'uivuu 11 to u J ' worthy the inquiry of a committee oi' Con-1 g.-css. _ ! j These pre-emption laws have not only 1 i produced violence and bloodshed among. hose who strove as rivals for a choice j j spot; they have not only produced fraud j j and perjury, and corruption, hut they have j . taught your citizens to despise your laws, j to resist by violence their due operation, J and form great and extensive combina( tions to oppose them. It is well known by | those who have attended the sales of public lands in the Northwest, that violence and ! intimidation are used at those sales, and in j , the presence of the officers of the United j i States, to pyt down competition. Men who j j arc occupants. orp,Tn'eri^ s0> or w?10 j buy the privilege of coming 'n as an oc* J ; cupant, and I am told that any ouP may i | buy that privilege of the association for ? ' five or ten dollars, gather together in a ! i group by the stand at the place of sale, j and when a tract which thov have selected 1 : . , . . is proclaimed, some one wno lias a good , ' strong voice cries out " pre-emption and , then, wo to the man who ventures to bid for j it. It is, as a matter of course, struck off! at Si 23 per acre. Associations arc now ! forming over the whole northwestern conntry, the object of which appears to bei-! | ther to bind tbe laws to the purpose of the j combination, or to put clown law by numbers and organization, if not by force. I;1 hold in my hand the constitution and by-1' laws ot one of these societies, which was j1 forwarded me bv a prominent member, ac-' companied by a letter, in which he seems i' to claim my approbation of its object. I j1 nope it may be read. ! [The Secretary here read the paper al- ' ' lluded to, which is too long for insertion ' entire; but the following are two of the 1 I principal articles : 1 'Art. llt.i. Ixcsoh'cdy That, before the * land is offered for sale, each district shall ? select a bidder to stand and bid off all ? claims in the claimant's name, and that, il i necessary, each settler will constantly at- * tend the sale, prcparedto aid each other to * the full evVnt nf our abilhv in obtmin?' < cverv claimant's lanJ at Government" * puce. "Ar.r. 13:h. Resolved, Thct wo will each use our endeavors to advance the setdement of the country, by inviting our friends and acquaintance to join us, under the lull assurance that we shall obtain our rights, and that :t is now perfec.ly as safe to go on improving the public lands as though we a!read) had our titles from Government."] This requires no comment; it is a Government established in a Government? impcrium in imperio. It does not profess to be subordinate to the laws of the Union, but in opposition to them, and its object is to embarrass their operations and destroy their force. I had hoped, ct lac last session, that we 1 ad got clear of this pre-emption system, with all i;s m.schiefs, and all its demoralizaiioti; but a desperate effort is now made to revive it, and, it' once more revived, it is fastened upon us, and forever. fFrom the Baltimore Arncrican] THE GROWING CROPS?BREAD STUFFS. We have as yet seen but few accoonts in relation to the condition and promise of the growing wheat crop Maryland. The partial reports which have reached us arc unfavorable, but liujvs \vere entertain*.a that a propitious season might yet impart an improved aspect to the appearance ol the fields. A letter to the Editors of the National Intelligencer, from the mountain region ol Virginia, dated the 28th ultimo, says:? ' Our wheat crop is miserable, and beyond recovery. In some instances the wheat land has been broken up, and prepared for oats or corn. But the farmers are having a fine season for sowing oats and planting corn, which I trust will continue and compensate somewhat for the almost entire fail urc of the wheat crop. The market of Breadstuff* is on the decline, in all the principal Atlantic ports, in consequence of the large stocks of foreign wheats on hand, and the expectation of supplies from the interior on the opening of the canals and rivers. It is stated that there are about 10d,(J00 bushels of wheal and rye, and front 30,000 barfels of flour at Pittsburg, waiting to he forwarded to Philadelphia by the Pcnsylvania canals.? In the city of New York, the Western flour is said to amount to 30,000 barrels, and the North River just about to open. The stoeksofForeign Wheat in that market unsold are said to amount to at least half a million of bushels. In Baltimare there is unsold a considerable amount of Foreign Wheat. A correspondent ofihe New York American, who writes on the side of the distilleries, admits that the quantity of grain distilled annually in the cities of New York and Brooklyn alone, amounts to 12,000,000 bushels! The following remarks on the subject of imported wheats arc from the Philadelphia Commercial List of Saturday. FOREIGN WAEAT. "The first supplies (of Wheat) may, and "no doubt will, bo drawn from BondUas it. r *%i:i l-nmaiiu, out as mosi 01 me wneai ? I ' in Bond has been there lor three or "fouryears, it is not likely that any quan4itify of really good quality can be there "obtained." The above is from an article which appeared in our paper on the 1st of October lust, relative to the ''Foreign and Domestie Grain Trade" of this country. We claim attention to it at present, in consequence of the circumstances which have since attended that trade. It is well known that the first arrivals of wheat last fall, were from Bond in England, and none ot it proved perfectly sound. The same was the case with the heavy importations which succeeded front the Noth of Europe, without the Baltic. A large portion of this wheat was taken as it arrived bv millions, * ' who had then some domestic wheat on hand, and from the mixture they were enabled to make a flour that went into pretty AAnon ?\# n?n U Knn aiii* i nto IMrtT I^HICIUI lUUOU UIIMIIMJ* ?? liv If UUI IIIIVI IWI 1 1 communications closed for the winter, and domestic wheat could no longer be had to mix with the foreign, flour was made exclusively of the iatter, which however, has been found not to suit the taste of the American consumer, and at prices much below that of domestic flour, the sales of it through the winter have been vcrv inconO w siderable. The favorable sales of foreign wheat in the fall, have produced heavy importations in the interim, and the stock in New York is now considered large, but, unfortunately, not one-tenth of it is admitted to be perfectly sound. Millers that could not buy in the winter, as communication witii their mills was closed, are unwilling to buy now, (except some very select samples) because they cannot obtain domestic Wheat to mix' with the foreign. Nor is .! . I I i tlmf tlm IVl'llnfe mere ino icnsi f.uuspv??* ?? ? ???~ -.-mtvi* around New \ork. Philadelphia and Baltimore will be able to obtaii; such a quantity of domestic wheat, as would enable them to work up much of the foreign before another harvest. Thus an; we placed in the singular situation of possessing in the three principal llour marts, as much wheat as, if sound, would make a quantity of flour equal to inspected in two weeks last spring in these three places together and on which we arc relying for bread, but which is unavailable, because of its quality, and because Millers possess not the means ofimproving the quality to auv extent.? Had the imported wheat proved sound, it would now lind a pretty ready market at fair prices. But, under these circumstances, it is to be apprehended that importers will sustain losses on it as it js understood that less than $2 per bushel they will! lot, on an average, be remunerated on late I lraivals. Information of the state of our narkets has already gone out, that will .top further shipments from Europe, and ind circumstances may arise, that will in! ;<" ? the holders foreign wheat, at nnv further materi;il depression, to take the benefit of drawback, and re-export it to Kuropr. Tlicv had better lc us starve for wheat bread, than bring in unsound wheat. I IVlieat.?A very large sale of wheat was i made in New York on Monday, at a decline | forty cents on the bushel. The supply of i wheat is very large, and prices must decline I still farther. The ship St. Lawrence, bei longing to this port, iias just arrived there ! with a full cargo.?Prov. Jour. ' We arc sorry to say that die wheat crop ! in tins county, (Washington, Md.) is geni ernllv very unpromising, that, 111 many inj stances our farmers believe they will noi ; rcnp as much as they sowed, and that, in other instances they are ploughing up their I fields. Tnis, with the derangement in the money market presents rather a cheerless prospect for the coming year. | Horgcrstown Torchlight. > The Growing Grain.?VYc regret to say that the present appearance of the growing grain in this region, is anv tiling bur promi. ; sing. It is still hoped lhat a favorable seaJ son will improve its condition, don grant that it may.?Frederic/down Examiner. j . A LARGE EAR OF CORN. 1 We learn I rum the " Advocate" publish. Ted at Denton, Caroline county, Md. thai \i Edward Carpenter of Tuckahoe Neck in j that county, raised the past season, an ear 1 of corn hn\ ing on it fourteen hundred and eighty grains. If the grains arc largo j this ear would yield considerably above a quart of corn., While on the subject of large ears, wc might as well make our grateful acknowl. ' j edgements to our friend of the Advocate, ; j lor his present of a small number of grains ;! taken from an ear on which were T2O0 j grains.?Farm, fy Gard. Dutlon Corn.?It is stated in the Hamp. shire Gazette, that Mr. Dowers last year raised 10*2^ bushels of this variety of corn to the acre, with little or more labor and expense, than is usually attending the cuitiI vation of an acre of corn, where but 4C bushscls arc harvested. The corn was j planted in hills 2? feet apart and 4 stalks in ' 1 " l I mo nil!; it was not toppeu, aim uui up uuuui , | the 20:!i of September.?Ibid. ,! To destroy Lice on catl/e.?1. Make a | decoction of tobacco, or an ointment ol ; Scotch snuff and fish oil, and wasii, or rut ! the infested parts. j 2. Make a strong tea of Lark-spurs and wash the animal in all parts where tin ', lice abound, and they will be speedily erad. ' icatod. ! GEN. JACKSON AND JUDGE WHITE. j In his testimony before the Investigating | Committee ol the Houses of Representa. tives at the late sesssion of Congress, Judge j Wiiiti: states the facts hereto subjoined.? Judge White then officiated as President 01 J the Senate. Nothing supposable for ? j Piesident to attempt couid bj more reprci hensiblo than this effort to direct, through I the appointment of a committee, the legis, latioii of Congress. Judge White's state | ment is made l?pcn oath.?Nat. Intel. j "During this saino session of 1838, ii I will be remembered, the United Stales seemj cd to be on the eve of a civil war with South . Carolina, on account of the tariff*; and that ! a bill was sent to the House of Rcprescnj tatives from the Treasury Departmen', proj posing a modification and reduction ot it; i that the provisions of that bill were so chanJ ged in the House, that it became very unI acceptable to a large majority, and had no i prospect of finally passing; that, in- this < state of things, and after what was called j the Force bill had been considerably dis| cussed in the Senate, Mr. Clay introduced i what is commonly called the Compromise : bill; ar.d upon its second reading it had been : referred to a select committee, composed of 1 seven members. This commitee it was i my duty, as presiding officer, to appoint.? I Refore the members were named, I rccciv cd a note from the President, cequesting me ! to go to his house, as he wished to see j me. 1 returned for answer, that while the : CJ.i.Mconn if wnc niif r?f mv nmv. OCilittw has hi anoii/u ii ??iw i or to go; but as soon as it adjourned, I would call on him. 1 felt the high respon. ; sibility which rested on mc in appointing | the committee : the late of the bill, in a good j degree, depended upon .t; and if the bill :} failed, we would probably be involved in a most painful conflict. I endeavored to make the best selection I could, by taking some .tariff men, some anti-tariff, one nullifier, . and Mr. Clay himself?hopingthat if a majority .of a committee, in which all interests [and views were represented, could agree on I any thing, it was likely it would pass. Tai king these principles for my guide, I wrote down the name of seven member*-', Mr. Clayton, of Delaware, being one : and, im. mediately before we adjourned, handed I he ? names to the Secretary, with directions to | put them on the journal, and in the course i of the evening waited on the President.? \ ? ^ , . ? . i Soon alter we mot, no mentioned mat he i iia-1 wished to sec me on the subject of np! noiutinga committee 0:1 Mr. Clay's bill, to ; ask that Mr Ciayton might not he put on I it: as he was hostile to the Administration, ! and unfriendly to Mr. McLanc, he feared he j would use his endeavor to have a prcfer[ ence given 10 Mr. Clay's bill over that of : the Secretary of the Treasury, or words to ! that elF-ct. I observed in answer, that it i would always give me great pleasure lo ! to conform to the wishes of my political : friends, whenever I could do so with proprie; ty;4but that the Treasury bill had been so ! altered and mangled, and tiia;, as I under-! ; stood, in a good degree, by the votes of his | own party, thai it iiad but few friends; that j i wo seemed to be on the eve of a civil war,! I and bat, for the sake of averting such a' calamity* t would further ail in my power; any measure, come from whom it might, ; which would give peatc tot 10 country; and j that any bill, having that tor its oh e:t, wases-; teemed by me a measure above parly; and j anvman who was the author of it was we!-? r?., -p' [.<? erodd b? g'lrfl It" i\ But, at ail events, it was too l ite to talk on ! i oil tlic subject, as I had handed the names 1 of the committee to the Secretary before we' < adjouiirned; and that as I had a very high j < ' opinion of Mr. Clayton's talents and liberal J i feelings,. I had put him on the committee, i < without knowing he was personally unkind : | to the Secretary of the Treasury. lie then j asked me if I could not see the Secretary of! < the Senate that evening, and substitute some other name for Mr. Clayton, before tin: journal was made up: I told him I could j not?in my judgment it would be u rong : and then the interview terminated." COUNSELLOR WILLIAM SAMPSON. The death of this distinguished man took place in New York several months since ! .l.. i?.! e at... rnnnliron in n clinrf. ! 11 H_T liUI'UI Ul il|V> 1<>^1|V>|JUII.UII) ill > U. ?... noi ice of his eventful lilt, records the following scene, in which he wus chief actor : An anecdote is recorded of his forensic courage at this time which strikingly illus trates the dignity and moral firmness of his character. At one time of the government prosecutions before the bloody Norbury, suborned witness was brought 10 prove what ' was then the seal of condemnation and deadi, ' that the prisoner was a United Irish man, and adm.nistcred the sacred oa.li of this society, involving the penally of death, and others according to the form which was produced. A leer of satisfaction, never absent from his face while the death of his victim ' w is in prospect iigiited up the b.o t d eye I 01 the judge, when the intrepid counsel rook the paper in his hand, and in an emphatic ' * f 111 1 j tone wiucn communueu anu arrcsicu uwfu11 tituj, he called upon ihe court and jury to hear the oath, for taking and administering which they were about to condemn a fellow creature to the gallows, he then to the as| tonisliment of all, mounted the witness l>ox, | and read with a voice of which the bold and earnest tones were rendered still more impressive by his manner; " in the presence ! of God I do voluniarily declare 1 will perse* i vere in endeavoring to form a brotherhood of affection among Itishmcn of every relig. \ ious persuasion, and that 1 will also perse* vera in my endeavors :o obtain an equal. | full and adequate representation of all the people of Ireland." He paused a moment, looking up to the | jury and the judge, and then while the a;, ten; ion of every one was riveted on him turned round to the witness hy his side? , " Is this the only oath the prisoner at the r bar administered to vou ?" ( "It is." " Is the taking of this oath, the only cere- j I; mony required to make an United Irish. man ?" "It is." " Tiie advocate looked at the judge, the i jury and the court, and lifting the Bible from j the desk before him while his commanding j figure was raised to the fullest height, he ' strongly repeated again those memorable j words, solemnly kissed it, and said " So help ' * i mr find. " I nmv nail vntir lnrdshio and the i ' j jury to bear witness that J, too, am an Uni-! j ted Irishman, He then turned to the Crown I Lawyer and added ; 44 Mr. At.orney Geni oral, you may file your process if you j please, there is r.o need for perjury in your j witness." ') The effect was irresistible, lie left the box and sat down, and almost immediately after 1 ' the prisoner was acquitted ; bur from that j ' j time Sampson was marked out lor sacrifice, j . i ? j A fOUNDUNG. ' j | Our community here and hereabouts has j , i been thrown in'.o an agony of curiosity and i suspicion about a certain Utile fatherless rc. ; sponsibilily that was Iclt at the house of Dr. (| John Knup in the German settlement below , j this Town The little young thing was I II snugly stoned away in a basket of clean ; | white wool with six or seven elegant little ' j dresses?aprons?caps?bibs and ail. The J , i Doctor being a humane man, ofcourso took i ' ' * ? - - - -1 I ' it in : and m reply to any mierence mat | might be drawn from his being selected as j j the sponsor, tve learn that the clothes are { I too fashionably cut to be country made : j and we understand that certain old maids j of the neighborhood, who have held divers : convocations over the little stranger, declare : that they can see from its airs and motions ! already, that it is city bred. Salisbury Watchman. j ! Trial of B. Rathbun.?This great finan. | cial criminal arrived at Batavin, N. V., on the 27th uk., to tak?' his trial tor the numcr. I I ou.s and extensive forgeries in which he lias | been engaged, or implicated A great con; course of lawyers, wiincsses and spectators, i have Hocked to the scene of trial. Three i j indictments were found against Rathbun, i j by the Grand Jury of Gennessco Country, j j in Oct. last, apd his trial was then put oH'; j i 011 his affidavit alleging the absence of ma.. 1 teria! witnesses. j ~ . - !' Arrival gJ the Trench Minister?The . Frigate Sirenc Com. Puporter, having on board M. Lapoktier, Minister from France I to the United States, arrived in Hampton |1 I I?nrwl? nn ttm Atl? inc' ! I I \/4i VUV/ AVI i Miu I ! "Legislative Blunder.?Tiienew bank, j; j of the mammoth species, chartered at the I < j late session of the Missouri Legislature, j i meets with an odd difficulty in going into |; j operation. The law was introduced in ; ( j January, ordering the books of subscription j ! to be open in Februaryi next'?it was delay-! j ed, and passed \vithou> altering that clause,! \ I on the 2.1 of February ; so that February j f |4 next,' means February in 18:39?a palpa.; ? j ble oversight, which, however, there is no , r , way to remedy but by a special session of ; 1 j the Legislature. The intent of legislators, j s , cannot weigh against a specific dire ct.oi of f ! the law, and so the bank lies over for a I year." a Missionary Service.?A numerous and j a deeply micros cd .assemblage, at the Circn- I c lar Church, on Sunday night last, witnessed j t! the designation of the Jlev. Dvek Ball, and b Mrs. L. If. Ball, his lady, of this city, as j o Missionary and Assistant Missionary to be j v\ stationed, at Singapore, aud in conjunction j with three other Missionaries, already on or ! L near !> ** sno*. n;y. .anot'",r, Mr, r-w at Princeton, New Jersey, to sail in company with them, to conduct a Mission Seminary chiefly for the purpose of educating a band af native Missionaries to spread the Gospel in their own benighted land, comprising South Eastern Asia and the Indian Archipelago. The ceremonies and services were of the most solemn, imposing, and uflecting character, uccompanied with the richest strains of sacred n.ucc* Charleston Courier. We learn from good authority, (says th<J Baltimore American,) that the President ; has expressed a warm and decided interest in favor of the South Sea expedition, and that every thing promises a speedy complet irin 1I if* monei 1 **/?o u* Ja uvu wi?v jiii y nj lis UC* purture. Mexico.?44 The Norfolk Beacon of Saturday says: Lieutenant Tatnall, of {lie navy, who conveyed Santa Anna to Mexico, informs the editors of the Globe that the reported cold reception given to Santa Anno, was altogether a misrepresentation. He was welcomed with great enthusiasm by the great body of his countrymen. Lieuten-on: Tatnall remained a week with Santa Anna after he landed; during which time,the news of his return had reached the capital, and many other important points, from all of which, letters giving accounts of demonsiration of great joy for the deliverance of Santa Anna, were received bv him.-? L.cu cnant Tatnall believes the invasion oL Texas will not be repeated. The military pr.parafious of Busuuncnte are considered' by intelligent persons as intended to maintain ins auuioritv at home, against the pop? ulurity of Santa Anna with the people." Correspondence of the Charleston Courier Washington, April 6, 1837. Mr. Reuben M. Whitney applied yesterday to our Court, preparatory to his taking the benefit of the insolvent act, and filed in the Clerk's office the usual schedule of debts and assets. The day of hearing is fixed ro im nAt 1UI X IIUH) HI" 1UUI IIIOIUllll I'llttll. uvt heard wlrther there is any intention to oppose him or whether any one is able to file, any ailegaiions lor that purpose. The notice of tins act, which will be found in the papers of this morning, has filled every one with as'onis rr.e ., as it was generally belie red that l ie was in the receipt of a salary from h D> posite Banks h r beyond what . he requited for his annual expenditure. It is no: above eight or ten weeks since that ho gave a most splendid party, declaring that it should eclipse any party given in Washington during the winter. Natural and artificial (lowers were strewed in profusion about the supper table; the lights were dazzling, and i he music was surpass-iug. The cost of that supper was said, at the time, to be above 1000 dollars, yet in his schedule he returns the whole value of his property, carriage, horses, plate, and furniture, as on ly 3000 dollars. feo that the supper cost him .about one third of what he was worth in property. His schedule of his debts is very terrific. To.one creditor ([I. Gates k Co. of Canada) he owes above 41,000 dollars; and to a firm in Philadelphia, (Wiggins & Co.) 85,000 dollars; and to the rest of his creditors his schedule shews him to be in debted to the amount of nearly 60,000 dol lars. This is an alarming debtor and creditor account for one who is supposed to* have been basking for some years in the sunshine of executive patronage, and to have onjoytd unusual money facilities iit consequence of the position he has occupied in reference to the Deposite Banks. It is hard to account for the utter destitution of means which this schedule presents, and, as a natural consequence, many rumors disadvantageous to Mr. Whitney will be circulated. T iere has been a gr? a' full in the priceof i he Western lands in the hands of speculators. In New York, a few days ago, a holder ol Ilinoisc lands who had held them at 20 dollars, and had been offered 10 dollars an acre tor some of them, could obtain no better bid than Si 50. There arc great speculators here who will be sorely pushed to fulfil their contracts, now that their bills * arc on the point of falling due. Gratifying News.?!n th^ midst of the gloomy intelligence of commercial disasters which it is our daily task to lay before our renders wc arc happy to furnish an item of a more pleasing interest to some of our fellow citizens, received vcstcrdav. v We have been shewn a letter from the Department of State at .Washington, which states, that information has recently been received at the Department, from our Minister in London, that the British Government has admitted the justice of the claim of the owners of cotton Slaves wrecked in (lie American vessels "Ccmel and Encomium." on the Bahama Banks some years since, and subsequently seized and liberated by the local authorities of those islands, whereby the pi opreitors experienced a loss of their property. The Department now calls upon the owners of such Slaves^ to furnish on oath, a list of the same, their ftges, sexes, dec. &c. to be transmitted to our Diplomatic Representatives London, \) serve as a basis upon which to fix the ' imount of indemnification justly due to the :laimants.?Charleston Courier. Ixol in Cotton.?Dr. Robert R. Harden, yell known ?o many of our readers by his igricultunil writings, has published in tbo Sou'hern Recorder of the 2S.ii ifit.; an inteesting essay on the Ro: in Cotton. Wo lave not room for the entire article at pre-, cnt ; but must content ourselves with tho, olio wing brief notice. The conclusion tha )oo or arrives at, from close observation r.d a great number of experiments, is that lie Ro: in Co fon is caused by" a diseased nd morbid condition of the seed ?producd from the Colion as well as the seed being irotvn together in large quantities, the bulk cingso great that the seed becomes heated r diseased, not so much as to prevent vegation, but to produce an unhealthy pJant." The it in uly Vr. 11. proposes is the foliwing: