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tiie p'Miods above mentioned these changes . t j btee in tit- horse; lunch depends o;i ; his cons button: wh iher he be a late or, earlv fun! t also up <n the manner Li which he has boen reared, as to food and shelter,' &< . The coim r tooth, too, might remain j a link? fiodo'A af.tT die age of seven, hut ! tho appearance is still very uni.ko the mere sh-ll.s, which li.ey are, at the age of six. srpsnt'.r. CAX::. Tim L-idies* Annual Register ft;r 1539. now published,says: The following jveoipe will njahn a Jontiy Cake fit for our Alder nioii or Mayor, or Motor,or any oilier (hit* i diary ot :he land.?I):i!lin:orc Pet. Com Ah4'. Take one quart of m lie, throe eggs, one tenspooufu! sakera'us, one teacup of wheat flour, and io 'inn meal, sufficient to make u hatter of the consistency of pan-cakes. Hake quick, it) pans previously button d, ;;n 1 cat war.)), th either butler or milk. The A iJi ion of wheat flour will bo found to he a great improvement in the art cf making these cakes. New material to Ic applied io Dwelli.iq Houses, to render t'tem capable of resibling fre. About the middle of November, ISfiT, the scientific world was somewhat s'ar.lrd by observing, in the tew-papers, an announcement that a discovery had been ro ?.in 1 i) rfcered. o? a m 'tonal to he ,*>p. plied to dwelling ho ises, capable of entireiy resisting the action of lire ; that an ex. pertinent was to he m :do to prove i s tin a. cy,nt White Conduit I louse, Xov. 2o. ISG7. and that the presence of a'l parlies con corned was requested to view the exhibition. Jt might have been supposed the answer to t is appeal woul 1 have been universal ; and, as parties generally attend where there is nothing to pay, and fh y really are interested, that half London would have been present on the occason. But. unfortunately,John Bat! has hmi * Wolf!" shouted to him so often of j it", mighty dis* covericS have turned out " such fantastic tricks," that he has grown sceptical inder d. There \va?, however, a tolerably numerous party collected at While Conduit House on the day of exp'Tuacnt, some, of course, interested in its success ; others, perhaps; equally so in its downfall. The matgrl d is, in -appearance, ?i cement, and, l.ko it may bo applied with the trowel, or with a - brush in the manner of pain*. Mr. Dew. ittc, the inventor of this composition, considcrs that it should he applied to the timber of a house while bud ling, about a quarter "fo" . c\i- tr iimv 11.' crntiliivi',! ui (Ml liii ii K|iv.i\ ? VI II instead of common plasUr now in use, as it can be worked with equal tac:!t! v. an J polished and puintc I the same. Sufficient quantity has not y< t been prepared !o form any certain estimate of ihcexp* use ; but 'ac * considers that the cost of |>n piling the v whole of the timbers of an 8 or 10 roomed l ouse won!J not exceed 30.C or 10T. For the expert men% two hit!? woo Jen houses had been constructed ; the one prepared interiorly, with the e.xeiior just washo over to show tho nature of :ho composition and . the other !?'ft in its natural st.de. These were filled u i'h shavings and fin d ; the one not prepared was, of course, immediately one mass of fi one while ilio o l;cr rais ed every effort to ignite i\ It was delightful, at th>s moment, to watch tho disappointment of the oppositionists, who afterwards took an unrair and anvantage of u neglect on the part of the proprietors. When the burning masS'of the unprepared house was at its greatest heat, they busied themselves to turn it round close upon the other building, though Mr. Dewhlo assured them that the exterior of the building was not prepared. Afersomc time it began to burn, and-thc-v gloried in their triumph, until the one budding, having burnt its .if out, drop pod to the ground, and discovered the side of the other partial!)* burnt awav ; but with .the inside coating and the rest of the building as perfect an 1 ui.hirnvd rs if it had never been touched, noUthhs'anding the furnace heat that had been applied to boih sides of :t. The persons assembled, among whom were Mr. Harry, ar:d other eminent architects and scientific ncor.l \ declared ? - - ^ I I ? thernsi Ives perfectly satisfied ofthc complete succtss of ihe muteria!; the only hope expressed was to see the experiment tried on a larger scale, when the proprietors s all be belter prepared for it. Convinced of i s perfect efficacy and value. I irust tliey will immediately set about preparing a more extensive trial, to prrvc to those - who are so - anxious, to throw cold water on the invention, that it is of no more use in shopping their progress, than i: would he in s'epping the progress of the flam< s when wh< n we .. hall enjoy the secuiiy <f having our houses prt pared with she r cornposi ion. [December, 1817, Arch. Mjg. Ail ERIC AN S!Lh*. J-Th$ signs are most auspicious that \uare about to snake a very importan' addition to the number and value of the products of American Industry, by adding Silk to the list of our staples. As a measure tending to embody and diffuse widely and most efficiently u'l information to be gathered on the growth and manufacture of s.lk, from ho !m??U sniirros nr homo ami abroad. I be ble Convention at Baltimore unanimously recomended the establishment of a Journal \io be devokd to these objects; and happily, as we think, for the success and usefulness of the measure, th^y have solicited Mr. Skin, ner, the founder of the old American Farm. er, and the Turf Register, to h ome the; editor of hits national work. A portion, oftheSdk J >artr.l, which is to consist of thirty-'.w.) j> ges monthly. wiij he s- t Hp:?rt j forAhe.kindreiJ subjects of agriculture, ho,*'.culture, and rural economy. Tne price,' is $2 per aruium. Mr. Skinnei, express- ! ing his conviction that the culture of sJk is destined to be, and that speedily, an objecti of profitable employment for much of the no v unproductive laboring capacity of the : couu ry, and to add very.largely 'o the ! wealth of the nation, has accep cd the! itioti of the Society to conduct the j ? n-J \vj?!' I**, ?!?:!? ** ^nd at'eution.; 'consistently wish a strict discharge of his I |< official duties" as postmaster. The first : t numb r will appear in the course of the j pre sent month. ! a Another striking sign ??f the success of j ( tlie s:ik culture is the offer of a weauhy ;; house of Cl.usgow, in SeoJand, to establish 11 in Virginia a manufactory which shall de- ! i mau l annually -"$1110,00J worth of raw silk- i < , ~y.it. InleU. j i i Doms>tic Silk The Ijermantown ! < , Tek gr;tj li says there is in tint place, a j : manuftclury of sewing silk from the do- ', ] mes ie material ; and the article which is | there produced, is far superior, in cicry res- ! ( p ct,to die best imported Italian, as it re- : ' gards ever.ess of thread, strength snd ben ! y of lustre. The tailors prcter it infinitely | ; :o the impoiteJ : nr.d the dumind already I for it in Fhiiladelphia, is more than one !iun- ! ( j drul per cent greater than the supply. l ite ; ' manufacturers sent 1"> pounds to nur ct j within the post week, for winch a very high i! price was realized.---[lla/Lanorc iVan- | | serif!. 1KNIFK AND FORK FACTORY OF < i i g. a.nd p. n. hopes. portland. 1 I A c v days since?at our own request 5 ?we were politely introduced into this Fac- j lory, by one of the proprietor0. We hud ! seen before a lew specimens of thoir man ufieture, and liad heard soup thing of the . extent and pertoano.i to which they were ! ; carrying dieir new invention; but we ac1 knowledge ourssSves happi'y surprised and ( , happily disappoialeJ. About a year since, \ ; it occurred to the Messrs. Ropes, tli.it a ! ' valuable improvement might be made in i j manufacturing the common table knife and j ; fork. Tlieir inventive genius was imme. j ; diateiy taxed for such an article. In the j course of a few months, these articles were j ! constructed, and a Rati nt obtained for the j j exclusive manufacture, sale and use, of. ! knives and forks, which are superior to any ! tiling else ever before presented to the pub- i j lie, either in Europe or America. We may i well indeed be surprised that two young ; ; men?almost boys indeed?should have, in | the compass of a single year, produced an \ art cle which for its perfection, outvies all j that the mechanists of Europe have been ! ' able to produce for centuries. The superiority oftbe.se knives arid forks ! consUts, chiefly, 1.?In the facts that the j | articles are made wholly of cast slccl; 2? j Tins is done without welding?the start? i ; or that part which is inserted into the ban- j die,?and the blade being all of one piece. ; 3?They are all cut rut Ly a die, so that ' i their appearance and size are perfectly the same. 4?They ere polished lengthwise, which gives a much smoother surface, and \ 1 much higher polish?but which has neve j been practised heretofore in tire old conn, j frior. W/. inn< n/l.l lll.'lf 1! *'? fork 1 < 9lf)f I jH.'.I.. ..w... 'j -va- ~ ..~t hardened, which leaves it with such clasti. ci v, that al hough you press the tines together, they will spring bade like steel tempered fur the purpose. The English j kni.'c, it wi 1 he recollected, is made ot two ' pi- c< s, the blade ot*steel, and the start, of | iron, and ihc:i welded together. Their | foiks are usually made of iron. i ^ . J 'i he factory, established in th s city by j ; the Messrs. Hopes, is now in successful operation making perhaps a knife every minute in the day, complete ; und al! this by hands that r.ev?r be for a saw a knife nvtde. The wholo process we would e'etad, were this our pr< sent object; but it is ! : o'. We call the attention of our readers i o it merely for theii pecuniary benefit. ; Many of the table knives now in use are [ very poor, and yet they cost as much or more than lh:s beautiful and well made article; as Mr. Ropes informs us, that he j can furnish them at a cheaper rate, than ; those imported from Europe. We advise, 1 f ii i . i . tiiereiorc, nil our rentiers, 10 purcnso >,0 ! table knife, bat sucli nsare manufactured! at t!.o above establishment. From the view | J ?vc row tuko of if, we doubt indeed, if, a ' ] few yours hence, there wiil be any others to \ .purchase, as they will probably, by the | : cheapn<-ss and superiority of iheir articles, en irely prevent the importation of the lor- i I cign ones.?Maine Wesley an Journal. I ' " CONFESSION OF SAMUEL WALKER AND CLARENDON DIX. ' His par:tier was the man who murder* d , , Air. Parker, nt tiiC Mechanics 8 tv:ng Hunk, j Louisville, Kentucky. My name is Samuel Waikor. I wac , born in this cijy of New York in the year' | 1812, my parents were rich and well 'o do j in the world. I was educated for a lawyer,: f but did not choose to finish my education,; ! so runaway from home, in the year 1824,! j and came to the western country, where' j my principal theatre of action was laid, j I Nothing of importance occured to tne till j j I reached Ciucinnatti, where 1 became .nr. | nuaintcd wi.h a incut insinv ri\cr charac. tors?bo\s Lkc mysclfi who persuaded me ' o go on the river. I d;d so, and immediate' \ ' Iv went as cabin boy, on the old steamboatj j Caledonia, commanded by John Basse!!. j ! Iii this manner though not the most res-j1 ; pcctable occupation in the world, I made i , my living for some six or eight months, , ! getting a salary ot sx, seven and eight dol- j ; | lurs per month. Being what is called a j pretty smart hoy, [ thought that was too j j little (or me to have, and so came to the j ; conclusion, to be better paid by helping : | myself from the passengers pockets, when | I I they were asleep. The liist thing I did of j t | this* kind, was robbing a gentleman of his j t pocket book on board the old Filiciana, j i whilst she was lymg at the wharf; to which j 5 boat I then belonged. This circumstance 1 < I .1 1.f* i 1.1.......... I . 1 suppose." lUO piltJilC liuo HOW uciuiviMn?\?ii. c The nc\! thing I had a hand i:>, was J ( robbing ;i fj)t boatman of about seven or i i ~ . I eight hundred dollars, and a great quantity ; \ of jewelry.?This was done on tlio Levee j t in New Qrleans shortly after J left the Fe- !) liciana. A short titric after lliis robbery, I t I went to Natchez, where I robbed several a persons. I then left there and went te t Memphis, where I robbed a passenger on v th eol 1 Uncle Sam. I then left Natchez i< and went to Louisville, where I lived for very r r;ear three years tvi'hout dmncj ??nv iVng ! mm * i-'- myii?Mu?nTnnya^ >ut rob litilo children of their money when ! hey hud been sent on errands. j | During the stay in this place I became j i icqnainicd with Geo. Love:!, Jones, {i louver, and Thompson, who have j ill since been hung, and committed with j hem, at different times, the following drep- | edutious, viz : In the first place we ail j shipped on board a flat boat, bound fur New j Orleans, lur which we were to get twenty- j five dollars a piece. All things went tub j ?robly well on hoard, till wc got between Padauch and the month of Ohio, between which places, we killed the owner of the boat and Lrother. Wo threw them both overboard, run the boat to Memphis where we said our cargo and boat, for which we Ltoi 8-1.374?which we divided among four of us : viz: Lovett, Jones, Thompson, and myself?so oncli having 81,003 50 c "nts we conduced to go to New Orleans ?so we got on board the old Cincinnntia at Memphis, and went to New Orleans j At this place we staid nearly all winter, j .anil all- we Jcno was to kill one man, back j of mother Gordon's big house, on Girard ; street, ftpd also buried him there. This j was in the year 1$30 ; I 13 years of j age, and having committed so many depre- ! dations, I was highly honored by the hon- j orable Board of Common Scoundrels, rob- j bers and murderers. They all said I was a j smart hoy?a great man?and that if ? v? r ' I was hung, f would be an honor to the ir1 profession. So, wiili all of these induce- i men's I convened in their profession. The next tiling I did, was, to kill a man over tiio'river opposite New Orleans, and' robb"d him of 814,000 in the (Jn ted i States, Louisiana and New York money. Fins was in the month of March, 1831. After this I got on board the old steamer Farmer, and from thence to Weeling, Va. where I robbed a man of a horse and 8500, and rode back to Marietta, where 1 sold my horse for 875. I then got on the steamer Statesman, Captain Forsyth, and robbed the Clerk's drawer of 8300; a gen- j tleman's pocket bock of SI20, and another nf lii? n-cl/vlj -i i>/1 'runLr 1111.1 thru tViMlf SisllftIV ' at Guliopolis. From th?;rc I stoic another j horse from a Mr. Hereford, and went to Portsmouth, where i robb: d the Exchange Hotel drawer of seventy-three dollars.?I then shipped on hoard the LutleSPY, and ( went to Cincinnati!. This was in the fail ; of J 821.?I then got on board of the Midi.' igan. Captain Swan and (J tp'uin Scot', and j remained on her as cabin boy, 2 J steward,; and steward, for nearly two years, without committing any depredations whatever; then I thought I had lived an honest life too j long, and went to Louisville, in November, j 18S2, on the steamer Helen "Mar, Cap?, j Fuller, on which passage I robbed several ; deck passengers, and a cabin passenger of: about 523 dollars altogether. 1 then staid j in Louisville till the summer of 1834?when j 1 shipped on hoard of steamer Gasman, I Capt. CLAREFDON DIX, as steward of j her. There I shall give an account how i wc worked together?and from it hope the ! steamboat men, from Captain to the mean- j est station on a steamboat, may learn to sliun all bad practices?and also I hope, it ' may put owners on their gu irJ?in the 1 first place to inquire into the character fi every commander of .a steamboat, with the j strictest scrutiny ; also to commanders of steamboats, I would say, be careful who j you hire for any situation whatever, even ! to a fire man ;?if I choose to disclose I names, people who are now highly honored J and respected by all who knew them would j socn be knocked from the stations lli v J now liii and be damned for ever. Hut this j is not going on with what concerns me, for j I know that my lime in this world is but j short-.-so to go on with my story. Directly alter the Galenian left Louis- j villi?, I was watching all the passengers to , si e who had money and who had not. [ Amongst the res', I observed an ; aged gentleman w ith about $6000 ' in specie in his trunk ; he came to j me and said, .Steward, if you will put my j trunk tn oiy state room 1 will give you a I dollar ; certainly, says 1 ; and Jinmcauixiy j did so. After we got 'in the state room,; from amongst the passe, gers I inquired ot j him where lie went aslicre at ? He told j me that he got out at Smilhlnrd ; so I was j d* tin mined that lie should not carry Ins j trunk ashore with all that money in if, nor j got any of it. So knowing that we would J reach Smith! md at day-light in the morn- I ing, 1 intended to take it that night wh.cn he I was asleep ; and ahout 12 o'clock I went j into lee door an t there found Cap'. Dix robbing the trunk. Sajs f, hold on C?p* : tain, that's my game-.-and I see plainly ! It is yotn's?s > let's divide, and looking j at that instant on the bed where the oil man lay, ! saw the blood gushing from his heart, and a dagger laying by his side.-.- 1 riien savs Dix to me if von are rnv friend, I . J . ( v ' and this is your game only stick will) ine j and 1 will make your fortune*-.'?so come : let us take and throw this old son of a i b c!i in the river, bo we opened | the window,.**.! got on the outside of it and j Cap'. Dix handed his head to me. I then ; put my arm around his head, and body, and j gave him one pitch in the river-?taking a j good care to throw the bed clothes over i w tli him. After this atluir, he told me that j i must go as a passenger. Accordingly j when we came to Louisville, the crew was j paid off--he hired an entire new one- ; having a black steward and cook always ill he quit the boat; and I went passenger j .ip anJ down several times ; and it not bong worth while to relate every circuni-; stance, I travelled as a sportsman, and in :i?njuuction with Captain Dix robbed paster.ger after pass* nger, every trip, until wo juit her. lie then went up the river top >omc place, and I believe got married to a roung lady by whom he had one child. He ! hcncctne down to Louisville about three ! ears ago, and boarded with a lady by the | i lame ofCarroI/, who still lives in thisplaco,! I ind to itiv knowledge he hns not Iipah r?u . he river since, only when she hed her child, < yhen it was about three weeks old. I be-I' eve he went up to Maysville to see her and I < emuined. ' A. shor* tree 'T, he '?rnhn h *e WP g '" ' ?- " Louisville, and 1 think, ho has n<>t been away I < from it since. I lo st II hoarde I at Mr. Car- i roh's till las! summer, when ho removed to , ; the (lalt lions to hoard. I was boarding,! 1 (under another nam *. which I shall no' His- j ( c lose, tor reasons that i liave wi'hin my Jt breast concerning a young lady at tli?* Lou s.. | > viile Hotel,) and l.ved an honest life, till last j I la!) ?~\VI;en he came to mc one day, and ! told me he was out (it money, and told me j j he was of money, aid in debt greatly for instance, the last ten d>vs, he had received > three letters from Ins wife and that he wanted j ] to go home and see her. But says he. Til , ] mow my brains to the devil, belore I will go there without plenty of money. 1 have a , plan laid 10 get some considerable quur- | tity, it you will assist nv) in it* Says I, con. , tifinly I Will, and accordingly, the following i pkm was bid :?lie told me that I must J , come to the Gait House at 12 o'clock, the j, day Mr. Parker was murdered by him : ac- j, cordingly I did so. Now says he I am i acquainted and slightly related with Parker, j the Clerk of the Mechanics Savings Institu'ion, and can get admission at any tim \ Nov says ho, give mc your dirk. I told I rim I had no weapons with mc?never worn 1 it.cm. S::ys !ln;1 have got a p:s'.o! that j will do the business for him ; so he went | away and goi one. He ihcn came back, | and just as he did, a young man w l.om he called Julius or Julian, went from the Bank,' him and 1 standing together at the lamp post j of Lynch's Garden?he left me, and went j lo the window of the Bank as I came from j i\ Julian said to him, are you not going !o dinner? No, says he, 1 do not feel like i eating.?Julian went on, and ne came uncle :o mo, and said that I must wait till I saw , Julibn comeback?and then come by the door and whistle Yankee Doodle. He then went to the Bank door, and I crossed the ; street to the corner of Pearl street and so down as far Maxwells hook store. I then saw Julian returning to the Bank?walked; last; got ahead of him, and went past the door and whistled according to promise, and so passed on to the corner, and kept skulking about till the alarm was raised hv ! O , * Julian. 1 then left the spot immediately, 1 an I wen: home and changed my clothes,put 011 false whiskers, and went along to the Bank ; and in the crowd I robbed a man of his handkerchief and pocket book ! containing 81509 in Kentucky money.? This was a young man who had an old ! greasy white hat, broad brim, Kentucky j Jeans coat, striped cassinetj pantaloons, and check shirt. The pocket book was all ' tore in a strait piece and had G. K. H. of New York written on it. The jenson why : I so minutely describe him is because his I mouey lays buried near Mill creek bridge,: under a li tie house Cell?First and last re-1 trent in Cincinnati. My life is nownt an end ; and I have but j a few moments to live ; therefore, my young ; companions I would ask of you who die; . n a ho/1 nn' n r?nrw!i Prlmillll fir'-. 1 fore an ear lily f r. b u 11 a I !?I would ask of' you, !o live nn honest life. So farewell, SAMUL WALKER, j DesceipUon of his dying moments, by a 1 young man who took care of him. For about an hour before he died he ; was crazy, and wou! I not let tnc leave his j bedside. He would clasp my hands tight i and give some hor: rid oath kevery mo-i menf. Withinabout ten minutes of dying, | he said?44 See, there the devil has com forme, ha !*.- Look tliere he sits that w j murdered. Dix-. -look .'--look, there's , Scott and his brother that we threw eveu j board at Paduach ! And yes, there's Dix j m tin- Devil's paws, grinning at me. Look ! ; Look ! Go away you d , leave go I say?leave go, you d j J villain you d J rascal," and ; then drew his last breath. GIDEON E. SMITH. GOOD BREEDING. The following anecdote is related by Mr. Walker in his amusing and instructing j publication.4 The Original,' as a Hording ( a fine instance of the value of good breeding 1 or poli'eness, even in circumstances where i it could not be expeceJ to produce any ! personal advantage. 4' An Englishman m iking the grand lour j towards the middle ot the last century, when travellers were more objects of attention than at present, on arriving at Turin sauntered out to see the place*.?Ho hap. pened to meet a regiment of infantry re- , turning from parade, and taking a position to sec it pass, a young captain, evidently ! desirous to make a display before the stranger, in crossing ono of the numerous \va- 1 tereourses with which the city is intersected, I missed his footing, and in trying to save ' himself lost his hat. The exhibition was ; truly unfortunate-...the spectators laughed, and looked at the Englishman, expecting ! him to iaugh too. On the contrary, he not only retained his composure, but promptly advanced to where the hat had rolled, and j taking it up, presented it with an air of unaffected kindness to its confused owner, j The officer received it with a hlush ofsur prise and gratitude, and hurried to rejoin ' iiis company- There was a murmur of app!ans<\ and the stranger passed on. Though the scene of a moment, and j without a word spoken, it touched every heart?not with admiration for a mcredis- j piny of politeness, but with a warmer fee!- i ing for a proof of that true charity ' which t nr-ver faileth/ On the regiment being dis- i i missed, lite captain, who was a young man ; i of consideration, in glowing terms related j tho circumstance to the colonel. The colonel immediately mentioned it to the gen erul in command, and when the English. ; i man returned to his hotel, an aid-de camp | i waited to request his company to dinner at } < head quarters. In the evening he was car- i < ried to court?.at that time, as Lord Giles- ' l ler/ield tells us, the most brilliant court in i Europe, and was received with particular I attention.?Of course during his slay at I Turin he was invited every where ; and i :>n his departure he was loaded with le'tcrs ? ? >1 introduction to the different States ofi [''dv Thus a private gent'oman cf tvo1'- I 0 ? ? _ :ra!c means by n graceful impulse of Chris,i, i;in teeling, was enabled to travel through i 1 foreign country, thou of the highest in- , crest for its society as well as for the charms it s'ill possesses, with more real (lisjticlioti and advantages titan can he dciived Voin the mere areuinsaiices of birth un- { fortune, even the most splendid. From tlie Lexington Intelligencer, Jan. 15.] ! COL. .MS:>LUIXGEn's SPEECH. We arc much indeb'ed to a highly into]. I irront friend for the subjoined sp r;ted and' inrarosting sh' t**h ol the address of Col. | Memmingcrto both Houses of the Hegisla-' i..?. l<V il it; l-i?t Tlifi warm nrnisf' IU . V_ , Wl I 4. I .un? ..... . ... |.. v... , , bestotv: I upon Mr. M's powers as a speak, i er l>y our friend, although highly Haltering,; was no doubt fully oarri'd. We have sen | no one who listened to the address, who hns j not spoken of it in the most exnl.cd and enthusiastic terms. Tim writer of the sketch was a tiis inguishod member of die Lcgis'a urr, a: die last session, and took a prominent pirt in opposi ion (o I granting ih'binfcing privileges asked for by'So'ian Carolina* Ho now acknov\l- i edges his conviction of the error under 1 which he labored, by the overwhelming argumen s, and facts, adduce! by Col. M., is as solicitous for the success of the mca- I sure, a? uv was then v.armly arid consci- j ea'iously > pposcd to ih Frankfort, (Ky.) J.m. 10. 1839. ; Col. .Vemmminger.?Dear Bryant j The two houses, to day, took their seats J in the B"jncsen:ai:vt'.s51 loll, Messrs. Speak its Le'cher :.n I'Wickhtle presiding. Near' two hundred ladies,iv< ro within the b:r of! the Hous'\ and he lower and upper ga'ler- | ics were crowded with nil z"es an I strangers. Members of Congress, former rnenib* rs ofti.e House, <5cc.. were invited ] to take seats among the members. I avail-. ed myself of the invitation, and took a favorable position for lie iring the speak' r, and not a word escaped rile. The Com | mil:ce* for waiting on Mr. Mcmminger, in-: formed Mr. L"te!u r dial the Commissioner from South Ca.oliin was present. Mr.' Lot* her uioso, and addressing Mr. Mem t nvngcr, remarked thai the (Senate an ! - - 3 iIons'- o! Ivfpres T.Wvt'.s orhon'iii-fcy w? re j ready to receive any communication he misfit have to make from Lis S ate. Tiie Carolinian then rose, an I spoke '.wo and a iirdf hours. 1 havo heard all the? prominent orators of our own * State. and ! some distinguished rp.-n ol'theoihcr States, among whom wire \Vol?s:cr and IIjyn an ! I am constrained to say that although 1 Mr. Memmingcr is comparatively unknoun to f.imo, I have never 1 slerieJ to any man ; with more lively interest. I took r:o notes i of his address and can on y give a faint j outline of the heads of his argument, and a j partial shadow of his manner and medio I. : tie began by expressing himself s'T.si-' hie of the marked respect which t!:c Ken-j tucky Legislature had shewn hirn, by permitting nim to address th?'in in person ; lie j felt that he was among Kentuckians, who! had made themselves known for that cour. tfsy, which, wiulst it distinguished others, I reflected still greater honor upon themselves. Me came to a-k their favcruilo consideration of a subject of eminent interest to the State of South Carolina. Me came not a the .-gent of an individual or naniber of individuals, nor as the organ of a chartered ci mpany, but as the reprcsenta'ivj of the republic of South Carol, nu, who by deputing him to appear before them, designed to show te Iter sister Kentucky her most d s. anguished respect, and the intense interest which s:Pteok in the object of his mission, lie came not as a messenger of discard, but of amity : and he wished, before entering upon the d scuss oa of the subject j which lie desired io lay before th'-m, (the I granting a bunk-to aid in making a road i from Charleston to:h" 0 iio river.) to brush ' away some of the cobwebs which shrouded the suhji ct. This had been termed here and elsewhere a scheme of Nuiiflcation? a design against ihe liberties of the country ' ?its end the dissoluiji) of I lie Union?a s : vera nee of the Sates. I stand here !o re., pel the unmanly insinuation with the indig. nation which it deserves. Thurl back the I base imputa ion, nnd pronounce it false and i calumnious. Djring tl;at fearful -crisis,! wlien tho por:s on the sua coast were manned with armed soldiers, and the genera gov rnrnent was hurrying its troops to the port of Charleston?u lien real or imaginary oppression, dwelt on by eloquence which these States have not seen surpassed, had goaded our people to madness?and the j knife began to be whetted for civil war, I j was one of that small ban I who .stood up j and declared, the Union shall be prrserved.! If, when ancient walls were bat'ered down, j 'tivns thought glorious to fall 111 the breach, j I believe it no less the honor and duty of a good citizen to peril, as Ic'iJ then, his life for the perpetuity of his country: Such j was my determination then, when stirroun- j ded by ditficulties which i.o man hero ca i conceive, and such are my feelings now, 1 i am for the Union still, and Heaven I boars me witness, that I am naw willing to i lay down my life, ifnecessary, for the lm-j ion of these Slate, i stand lira re a Car- j olinian, a Kentuckian, a American?youri brother?not a foreigner.* Is not that! {.said Mr. JVJ. pointing to a painting of i Washington) your father and my father, } who won for us a common name and a j common heritage ! Then, in his name 1; claim brotherhoo J ; and .in his memory ( (nninfinrr ?n I.n F .tv favetto who first set! loot upon Carolina soil, as lie rushed to j Dur icseuc, I claim lor us a common sympathy ! Mr. M. then went on to shew that the rail road project hail originated else where than iii Carolina, and that the Unionists in Car. a!ina were among the first to advocate its laims. Ho then went into the considera. ion of the rail road. Was it useful-.,*, was t practicable ? He proved it practicable l)y the actual surveys : no ascent from Charleston to the top of the Alleghany | nountains being more than 00 feet to the i1 ; i * M'Clung of M'leon, had spoken of the 1 sank ae foreign Ac, mile, whilst other roads in I he Union were in actual operation, with grades of upwards of 60 feet to the mile. The whole road from Cum Wort to the Ohio, passing through Lexington,only requiring perhaps, one inclined piano, with a stationary engine at the Kentucky river: whilst other roads, crossing the mountains, required C or 7, or nine?for instance, the Baltimore and Lliio Rail Road. He read the report of a distinguishi'd engineer, shewing that it was tho :'.s uidl as !lit* lu'?! r_ , r; ? ,rom tno Atlant c to the Cities of Louisville o, (yincinnati. We did not (said lie) desert c (ho n ime of men, and should not be so bold as to ciuim .brotherhood with the 'other S a'es, if" m; confessed ourselves unable to do what thev were doing?or rather, ?f whilst they climbed the mountains, We should r.ot he able to moke a road, where nature seemed to have opened the way for the very purpose. Was it useful ? He was one of those who b -Iieved that no: a sparrow fell to the ground without Heaven's wiil and he could r.ot but leg rd the omens of the seasons as, favoring his project. Your boasted rivers have been drained, in a manner heretofore almost unknown by the summer's heat; whilst they are now locked up by tho/rosta of winter. Your necessaries of consumption, salt, sugar and coffee, are 190 per cent, higher than they are now on the seai'>: rd?l!;c very breeze, which has, for the ast four days, been blowing with the warmth of spring from tbe South, seems to woo you to her borders, and remind you of our cobimon <!"stiny and kindred cliine. He contended that barter was the best trade and that our live stock coulJ be exchanged tn the West Indies for sugar and coffee.'That large numbers of horses and mules were shipped from the North, to the West Indies' and exchanged for sugar, molasses. to the injury of the sale of K?>tiiij'akv mules and horses, be ? 9 cause the traders of Charleston could not tai.c g'occri-s?not having a back country to vend them, unhss by means of a rail road. He showed that Kentucky bogging was excluded horn Ids State by the foreign manufacture, because of the cost of getting it there ; whilst the planters preferred tho Kentucky, if they could get it. He demonstrated to die conviction of all that it w ould he our in crest to bacon our hogs in Kentucky, and seed he bacon by the road. He shewed, from tabular statistics, that the number ol hogs from Iv nlucky was gradually diminishing their place being supplied by bacon from Cincinnati, Missouri, &c., lie he lived that fimd'y tho hog would become ex iuct. Experiment had proved that Charleston eo;.!d import goods as as cheaply as New York, having cotton, tho thing Europeans most wanted, and a port always free from ice, and safe from the gradual shoaling ol the backs. Beta r for us to bring our goods dhce.ly. from Charleston, wi.h one shipment, than from the East with a dez'-n by canal. lake, rail road, &c. Charleston buys all our products, New York nothing. He dilated upon the mineral wealth of the mountains, and up??n the mad, as a bond of Union. if the i oad was practicable ; end usefuly then the means necessary for its completion were to he used?A bank was necessary. T! e long lime before such a road could return a profitable dividend, de.erred persons from investing their cap .?! ia% llm >?/> 1 / I l\i?f K,? mnnnc r?f th % | liUl III lliu I uau ?, ijC4b \*j invuua v? ? i bank, they woul i receive an immediate | interest?some remuneration for the inertne.ss of the road investment, The Bank , was then su siJi. ry io the road. Me was of unpolitical par v? which, was jealous of alt | bunks although h*: bfliuwd bunks i cces* |sary in a commercial and civilized community, he did not know that he should go for the bunk, if separated from the Joad ; fur as it was it was dependent upon tho road. For each share in the bank, tho s oc kuoMcr was compelled to take substantially two shares in the ro id ; so that as tho bank capital increased the road must bo made, or the charter lorfcited. Ho then went on t" show that the bank was safe* and that sijo paper would always be redeemable, bee mse it was restricted to an issue of only 82 for one in specio, whilo others, the most solvent banks, were allow* od to issue iliree to one?and safe, becr.uso the whole amount of the rail road stock* would be double that of the bank stock* was pledged for t:.e redemption of its issues, &c. lie explained how the bank would reduce the present burthensomc rate of exchange between this and the South ; and how it would add to the prosperity, by stimulating industry and develeping the dormant resources and mh.erai wealth of the country* But I weary you with dry enumeration, fie at length concluded by alluding to the attempts of designing men in tho North to injure the cause; by the cry of mad dog; 'twas usual, in such cases, to kill the dog, and then enquire of it was mad. They have the same design, by the cry of disunion* If a road was to be made?forsooth the Suuth designed ? Southern Confederacy ; if a depressed people be convened together in a peaceable manner, to consult about the means of direct importation, and Southern commerce, to feed the hungry months and herstarving people, and stay the tide of emigration, there was some disunion in it. Was there not some danger from that quarter, whence there was such an affected sensibility 1 The times seemr.d portentous?he wished to bind the Union by bonds of mu!ual interest and frequent intercourse?lie now called upon Kentucky to como forwardi and sustain her reputaiion for l.beraality and patriotism, and assist him in making this road* But if you do not; tf you are blind the mutual interests which impel us together; if you steel your hearts against theappeas of a common danger, and refuse the co-optration which we invoke, then be it so?I have discharged my dtrty. -If the cafns^ truphe shall come?If these States shall b* rest asunder?if the stars and stripes shall be torn and scattered to the four quarters of the heavens, and onr once glorious and