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lie now tin Is higher sources ot pleasure tinu j ih'" tii* a:re ; a place which he never vi.si ed. 1 Ano h'-r you' > who came It) the city at the .same time ami Irom the p'\ce with turn, took lodging* at ? house wi h so ..e ihcatro going young men, wasprevaied upon to go for once?lieu again, and. again he- : came loose in his princioh^lM,J 'dabits; one j s.ep led on to another, until ine went head- , long to rum, and fh'md an infamous grave ! And tais, he remarked, had been the sad history of m any who with him began ;heir career to 'life? Winsloio. SEARUUIN v rOK AT ION. The following sketch is ir?? n the last j number of die Temperance tales, em i-'J , * /Is 3/"Me<ltcine" It is pirtof the re!a- ( t ion of one of the tra tellers who IbriwJ the ; ineo igrnoos gtoup .*it the coun'rv tavern, i HTo think flie narrator ono of W ijor 1 ).?wning's kinsmen. No wonder Mr. Snivel ;d.iio>t * died a laughing."?Clare-mount w o Eagle. CrisiOy Snivel, t!ie tailor's wife, got a going as bad as anv on'i in : but Snivel pooty mucn brak heron it. Ye see he put a mcicin't. She was Uj*)n gin then. So jshe won' o Merrick's shop and told him his ..... .t.A ll.i h her. and t?oi so lie JiUI ?JI?? IIUl .4^.v.?_ _ 'flllMI'lV. 0I? Vl'l W't CiJCU "ci uniri'iiis .uhj 'sheVi no sooner got into the house, than unbeknown to her. he put a m,,t:ee into mat. So site went to Merrick again, and told iiiin his brandy served her jest as b id as the gn did. So she got a I ttle J lanky ? and 'twusiit' in the house long before Snivel tiad a motif in that loo. S ie go . that way to think sperrit was'nl jc?s: the diing lor h**r stomach, but she never suspected the leastest about the mctie. About a month ar'er a) dozen wiiimiin, may he more, knn to spend the utcinoon at M.ss Snivel's house. So ye see, as sae had the good stuff by her, and could't make no us? on'i li Tself, on uccount of her pet.klar week stomach, and as most on'ein was aiiiri somehow, rm J took | a leetle now and then as rnedson, siie tren- I ted 'em all, and was as liberal wi b i',as if j 'twas o' no more vally tlian ruin water. "Some on 'em took gin, and some on Vm j took brandy, and some on Vm took Jima. I I... D..? mfil-o -t milt. t,' ,| tT# r W.'llc'l : IN V 1'Ul Ulil III umi?v u italic v? .. ?... ^ 'twas they took. I' set em a diatterin i ke j all possess-d for 'bout halfun hour. Then, i one arter another, they begun to feel a lce:le cju.tlly ; and, at last they got a goiu every one on* em. Such a time Sniv< I says he never heer'd tell on. Ho was a work n in his shop at the beginnin on't. So, when he he? r'J the first noise he peeked through the keyhole, and he said he thought he j should *a died a laughing. So he ran back : into the shop, for far they would suspect j so thin, and he fi ll lo work cuttin out a pair j o' rigirnental smalls for General Twe? zes ; -but be laugh* d so, that be spoilt the bre< clres, and cut'em by mistake artcr Parson Do. arm's measure, so that the jineral could'nt *u got into 'em at no rate ancr they was made up ; and being of a bright yalli r they wauhihu a l><n iiw ih:n?? for a minister fio how. So ye see, twas a to !e los-J. Dot the t end o; ihe joke wasn't like to cotne out so pleasant. Sevral on 'em had a na'rrar .squeak on';, and old Miss II inks eenamos | wrenched herself 10 death. line the best u' ] the hUii i m telj yo, Not a soul ori j 'em ever suspec ed the leastest trick, andf Merrick got such a baJ name for selling j liquor that wasnt ginivinc, that he lost a'- i most ail his custom in our town artcr that. ; Snivel got confoundedly scarf, for nrter a } while, he thought it was suph a good s orv fce could'nt keep it to himself no how ; so he told roun I to one and an other, and at last it got to Squire Pionk'sears, and the squirttold Snivel that ifolJ Miss Hanks, who was : aihn a lung spell, should happen to pop o.T afore the year was out, hwould be manslnr ter, as sure as fate. Howsomever, the oU woman's a livin yet; but she han't taken a drop siuce that day. A number on 'em hasn't. So good's come ou on't arter all. The scholar of Hieroclcs examined the top of his leaky wine cask, and could find no crack ; yet the l.quor escaped, and tne case seemed to inexplicable an-J hopeless. ^ When advised to examine the bottom, lie ; flew into an ungovernable passion, exclaim. | ing "Fool! don't you see that the wine dis- ; appears, not from the botom of the cask, } bo* from the top?" Such appears to b the ! wisdom of the ruling politicians of tiiis ! coun'ty in the manngem nt of iis public | uifairs : and the expedient which the> have > udoped from ume to time to repair the j mischief dono by fl.c destruct on ot the U. ?>. R.nk. proves them to be at least as wise * ' /\f urmmnt (1^ SHJfl.ly 'JJi'/iijivu sviiv/uii ui iii\V oiiviwui philosopher They inspire tlieir followers - *ith rag?- against t'?e derangements of the cum ncy, .ml ih?' leakage ??f their pocke s; *?ir r?*v? r extend ih* ir inquiries to the pri- j .. r? c.uisV. T ey fn upon tie pirticular point of* 'o?hi ! ins i?y aNtis?' all w'to would direct i h- Mi to ? r mo e Chtus'', as speculators,! dreamers, u:mk agents, an J 'l,<J like. Con- j Cerned onlv in curing symp o"18' they s,,(,m j Ciirelt ss or unc nsciousof the i.Tgauic mis. | chief. It is us if they were to s"t about j correcting th error of a watch by pushing ! i?ie hands back wards and forwards instead j of procuring a better regulation of tie.'' woriks. | They have brought us into a state of' things out of which no man of foresight sens ' his way ;and yet obstinately refuse to go to the root of the evil?to ies ore the ancient, i long-tried policy which would idcn-ify the j Government with the common interest, and j hawvuiize it w;th the common feeling. To J restpre by reformation would be a censure j upon their past course. This is a frightful j sign . and there is no hope of a pormment re-establishment of the prosperity of the country, but in hastrniug on the popular movement which now promises 10 give us | a Congress with claims to tlie confidence and afll-ctiuus of the People.?Newark D. Adv. I PHRENOLOGY IN pllHV \\elearn from various sources, lliat (or some months past there has been quite an iDterest in the science of phrenology inCiru, c.nn.vti, the " great emporium of the west." j fa the moath of November, a phrenological ; society was organised, and has been sustained with much interest through the winter. ; This society was incorpora ed in January, I bv the stale* legislature of Ohio, under quite t flattering prospects. ^ i < It appears that the effect of the increased h interest manifested in behalt of phrenology, j ' was to call into the field some opposers. J.' Or. Collyer, who bad been chiefly instru- h menial in the formation of the society, and I in creating the interest on the subject, tvhs [ i the leading advocate of the science, and |: ab'y a.jswerc-l objections brought against it l Professor Caldwell, of Louisville, Kv. I (who was at that time in correspondence h with Dr. Collyer), having heard that Prs. j< M'Dow 11 and Harrison had mad * an atiuck i on phrenology, wrote to Dr. Collyer as fol. i< i lows : ? 44 Yoti mention that Dr. AT Do well expressed h s regret that Mr. Combe and my- ' se;f were not present on the occasion, that i ' - " ft ..I J; ! I In: mi^nt have tlio snusiiicuon or - ciippru^ j j our combs.' In reply to that vaunt, (for j such it k, you are authorised to show io j ! D s. M'Dowell and Ha-rison the following j p .nu'raph :? * F. 1!? -r :iiwl hn'h mT itw.m r M nrgrm tr> j put on paper, and commit to press, their i objections to phrenology, and favour m * | x\ ith a copv of that pabMcat-on. To that pubb'ca ioti I pledge rmself to reply ; and jf-t at)' n!iij!? ened public judge of theissu \ j i I I mean that - will reply to the publication, j provided its one an I spirit be respe tfub: ! and suet asrire becoming i i a philosophic- j i al discussion. But sliouM it consist ofa cant, ; ' I rant denunciation, or <m attempt at ridicule, j i I m iy oossibly deem and pronounce it un.' | wor'by'of niit Kv. But let the professors dis [ cuss the su jcci in a manner worthy of the j science, and of the station which they thorn- i selves hol J, an I repeat that they shall hear ? from uie. " ByMr. Neville, of Cincinnati, I sent-' last summer fioin Harrodsburgh a verbal.' challenge tothe same efT ct Profes-or Mus r sey, u ho, I was told, made a fierce attack j' on phrenology. That chal engo I now re-;1 rvnif in r imr nml inn >ii<n ,.f I'w.rftr ?/ , i * ?? i ?n^ j "iivi j *#ii ?? hi ii"??i iv/ ; commun e ?te it to lum. A nvre wordy do. bate on nhrcnology is bu' li tie else than an ! outpo jring ol breath whi< It the wind soon j dissipates, and the matter is forgotten. Not j so with a book or pamphlet ; it remains u j lasting tecord to the credit or discredit ofils , author. To such an ordeal atone, there- : fore, uin I willing to resort. Siy to the j gentlemen, that, with due resp ct, f thus J tender to ih?*ni inv gage, and defy them to j lift ft in a style of knightly courtesy* ** Your obedient servant, * Charles Caadwell. i ' ,c November 21st, 1839.'* j The Cincinnati Daily News (to which we j arep rtly indebted for the above information made the lollowing statement in reference to j Dr. C i Id well's communication :? f 44 Tuis is open, bold, end fair ; and if the ! wrrrtltv jnwA-wto vr-minrrrrrrmnt | tboir opposition, tiie public will have pre. | sented to ihem much better means ofjudg- I mg as regards the correctness or incorrect- j (jess of ihe positions advanced by either! nartv, To Drs. Ca!d?vc!l, Harrison, M'- j 1 ? ^4 . | Dowel!, and Mussey, we oiler one coiumil * of our paper each day,in which they shall, if they think proper, state their objections ; and arguments. The only condition we would imist, on. is that al. parties hold in mind that public instruction is the great objert." J J .... , .i _ _? t When wo rend me auove suiieua-uo, wc hoped to see a fair, candid, and honourable ' discussion lake pk ce upon the meri's of I phrenology. Hut we have looked nearly j live months in vain for any answer from t these gendemen to Dr. Caldwell's com. J munication. t We think it due to trutli and justice to ? give publicity to the above facsflirough the * Phrenological Journal, not only that the ' public generally may be made acquainted t with them, but that they may be preserved , from oblivion for future reference. Thrilling Incident in Congress!! When Mr. Cambreleng moved in Sat*r- i day nig it's sitting, that the House go into ^1 Comnn tee of the whole on the state of the i1 Union, to take up certain appropriation i1 IvJ ? . [ I ? ? . . I Mr. Chambers asked to withdraw the I( motion to enable h'm (Mr. C.) to make a : ( stu'emeni; ami Mr. Cumbrelt-ng having 1 withdrawn his motion, Mr. Chambers said ;1 that the statemen' he wished to make relu- 5 ted to a matter affecting himself, in some I degree, and would therefore barely submit 1 it to the House to co in the matter what j; micht set m right and proper. lie said he ! had for some weeks past, and during the | la>t session, been wa\laid about the roun- ' da and on the stairs and passages of the * Capiiol by a lean, hungry, starveddooking 1 man, who met him at ever} turn, and the ^ vision of whoso ghis ly face haunted him ' even in his hours of rest. This man has ' been one of the real laboring men?a sub- ' contractor?who had inacudrtimzed the bcau'iful aventie in front of the Capitol dur} ing a period of deep calamity and dis ress ' in he city, when the cholera prevai ej.? 1 riie superintendent of the work having re- 1 .yorvci the right to abrogate the coniract ol * auy delay or suspension of the woik, re. ? fused permit the contractor io suspend it, 1 but sent physicians among the laborers to j8 advise them Z10' 1? early in the morn- j ' ing or lute in ill*.' evening, and not to work ' hard at any time. .Disease, d'*ath and alarm i;i?porst'd the grea'er part of t'le operative fore, the contractor wa? ruined and, the subcontractor was involved u ail the worst 1 consequences ofthe fai'ure, and "? debt for < a great part of the labor. \ He hail repeatedly been imprioonsd for j debt, and separated from an interesting t family for want of bread to feed them ; dis- t ease had followed, and the man was now, ? and had been for many months hers solicit, c ing justice at the hands ofthe Government, t in a sa e of actual suffering for the com. c forts of life, while this Government owed r him upwards of five thousand dollars, which : for years he lias been begging for-.-yes beg- t sriiisi for justice?for he is broken in spirit, I md suffering has aimost made him mad.? I fiie Senate (Mr, C.snid) had ut last passed 1 1 bill for his relief, and this day while the * House was in session, the committee over 1 tvhich lie had the honor to preside (and it ivns a high honor to preside over that com- 1 mi:tec, for tiiey earned their daily bread) liad examined the bill, and ordered him to s isk leave to report it without amendment, 1 and ask a departure from a.'l the rules which ( night obs ruct its commitment to a com- * inittee of the whole ; and he would even ' ask that it should go to the committee of the ' whole on the state ot the Union. * Mr. C. begged leave to add that he had < some doubt whether this man had not to- ( Jay committed a breach ofthe privilege of i the House, for when ihe Committee of Claims, emergeJ from their room, the poor fellow, as usual, was in waiing at the door < in fear and irambling, and on being told the < committee had decided to recommend to | the House to pass h.s bill, and that every ef- i fort would bo made to get it through, bis s sallow face turned pale as death, and the j fountains of liis eyas overflowed, and lite j members of the committee, without excep- 5 lion, though not greatly given to the "melt- i illil morni,''inhn'iLm tlvt? poor fpl'nuds un- i digndiej expression of feeling. Ho unfor- 1 uiiate man, again saw in prospect his suf- i feting wife and litdeones assembled around t him, and himself from the danuer of a re- ( turn to his prison ; it depended upon tins I House whether it should be so or not. 1 [Too good feeling of the House was man- j if? sted by a general cry of "leave, leave." j c T ic bill was afterwards specially taken up s in committee, reported to the House, and 1 :>assed after 4 o'clock in the morning. 1 I\at. Intel. It > r Jumping Land Claims. ! He who first squ its on a lot of wild land, jy putting up a log house, is considered by he regular squat.ers as owing the claim.? Nevertheless, another of ep comes, and in a light gtMs up another log house, and claims he lot as his. This second operation they rail jumping the claim. The following nc- v :ount of these pioneer eflbr.s to sustain law t md order, we take from the letter of an Illi ? i* t 1 -i r* / ? \ f mis settler. published iu the uangor f Maine) ; Whig: [ *4ln returning from It., I found aq old man lamed Merryfield, of my acquaintance, af- ji or men to rout a party offifn-en scoundrels t ivho had jumped his claim the niglit before. The party M. had missed had proceeded to- t ivards his house (three miles,J and he turned Dut lor more. 1 jumped on a horse and fob j owed us fast as possible. I found the par? L v just ready to proceed to the premises.? ^ 3n seeing me and learning that I had gained ny case, a very important one j.wt then, hev cheered me lustily. We started, tweny-three of us, not one armed, (or our ohect was peace not tear. We found the ruf. lians ready to receive us, making use of the {, ??u>c, built of largo oak logs, Q8 a fort, each j jt them having a rifle, and ni*"**4'' *vn<* M>wie knives. We parleyed with them a vhiie, when they told us they should kill the list man who touched the house. We vere now armed with hickory clubs, and I >ve proceeded to business by hitching two ,-oke ofoxCA 10 ot,c corner of tlve house.? f r..e Jumpers, seeing fh s. stationeu them- . .elves outside at the two corners facing the * >n?* a: which we made the attack, their guns *; tnd pistols cocked, and aimed at us, as they c laid, to fire when wo should give the word f o me oxen. Without hesitating we gave J1 lie word, and down came one end of the ~ iou.se, Tnis settled the question. The *1 umners did n >t lire, and w.-, giving ihem hree hearty cheers drew the logs off to v Mr. M's hou-e The day but one after, c hey carnc on again in large numbers, wherejpon seventy-five of us went down and gave iome of them a severe fogging, burnt up heir hay. and made them agree to leave !.e claim." The next Congress.?The result of the I Uonneeticut election has secured to the i Whigs a majority in the popular branch of 1 ue next Congress. In seventeen S a'es, f he elections already held give the Whigs a t majority of 6 out of 158 members. As, a iowever, five of the New Jersey Whigs f nust give place to five Van Buren men, and 'J jne.PennsNlvanian Van Burenite to a Whig, I [Inger-oll to Nay lor,) the Administration fc najority may be stated, so far, as two. In r ;his estimate, Messrs Campbell and Tnomp. s son, of this State, are counted as Whigs, r [of which we are not sure, nod especially as f o the former,) and (he Georgia Delegation c js Whigs also. There are nine States yet r o choose members ofCongresu, amounting 1 n number to 54. In the late Congress these i 51 membt-rs stood, Wh:gs and ( VirginiaJ 3 Conservatives, 53, V. B. 31; giving a Whig t ind Conservative majority of 22, deducing g from which the V. B. majority of 2 of the < nembers already elected, a:id there will be i eft 11 Whig and Conservative majority of t JO in the next Congress, if the Whigs hold t heir own in the coming elections. The t Wh gs will probably gain a few members, nid some of the Conservatives will go for he A ministration ; and the ultimate Whig n:?joriiy, will probably not very much from ? wen y. This result will have been brought 1 tbout by Mr. V. B's obstinate adherence to he specie)# feature of the Sub-Treasury r ciieme, against the will of the people. Let c inn hasten to abandon this groun I, and all nay yet be well.?Charleston Cour. } . Burlington. (Vt.) April 5. c Things are in a sad state at the North, j [Iardlv a night passes without a burning on v inesideor the other. On Friday of last j. veek, a barn and shed owned by Charles ( Miller, of i>t. Armand, were burned down, j, ogetlier with their contents, consisting of sight horses, ten cows, two oxen, five calves, ind a large quantify of hay. The Missis. * |ut)i Standard says that the perpetrators of v lus act were tiaced several nules in the dir. * ction of Swanton, but that suspicion does '' lot fix upon any person in particular. As c 1 matter of course, this led to retaliation, ' ind, on tho following eights two barns were c ; juwd on this side?one of which, we be-1 ieve, was owned by John Barr. Esq. of c) rlighgate. Two companies of the High- re pile militia were under arms on Monday, I Y< ind a gentleman who came through on I St Tuesday informs us that excitement was tit j in ts highest pitch. We further learn that the tvv ncentliaries on this side were, in one in- j hit stance, recognised as belonging to the vol- j a, inteers. They were fired upon, and return- < be ?d the shot, but without any effect on either j loi side. A messenger has gone to Shorchani, j o represent the matter to Gov. Jennison. j Are hope his Excellency will adopt prompt i Tt ind efficient measures to ormg 10 justice ,,u ivery individual concerned in th"se ntro-1 re jous deeds, whether citizen or refugee, jag Free Press. / "? | be A writer in the 41 Yankee Farmer" gives j ar me or two excellent hints in regard to the j 'ondkion in which the leaves of the Mu!- j jerryshould be given to silk worms, and 0,5 he best mode of preserving them. He as- i sel signs abundant reasons why leaves should ; l^( xt uyd in a wetted state, and cities an ex. j >erimerit, accidently made, in which if was ' ?* ihewn that they may be made to retain their ; reslness for weeks by the process of salt- J ing. This latter suggestion is particularly j valuable in northern climates, where the fol- ; c age may be destroyed by early frost before j he wortns have done feeding, and where; jfconsequerce the certainty of provision for | Jtcni is a mater of much moment. It is >voll known that hr.y is improved by being ! |ra iiitrrci, and saved bam,'ess from the effects ,c*1 i heating or moulding, when in large mas- | ar< ics, and a similar process might be of great i 0 itihly in the treatment of vrgetable growths. i The preservative quality ofxalt is universally , mown and practised upon in regard to ani. I Tn nal food, which is made through its agency,! 0!1 o retain its soundness without losing anvof l',( is good qualities.?Bait. American* ex JUST LEGISLATION". I ^ Tiie Legislature of Masssachusetts have >assed an act which contains the following . 1 irovisions: ,s Sec. 2. Whenever any property of the 10 aloe of fifty dollars or more shall be des- es royed, or be injured to that amount, by a iy m' tersons to the number of twelve or more, co ioioosly, routously. or tutnultuous assem- 8,1 led, the city or town within which said j 'l,l "ftiMptw wr>? ciniatHil shall be liable to iu? | ca r.V,,W.V " ? lemnify the own r thereof to the amount of nree-fourths of the value of tlx* property ;o d stroyed, or the amount of such injury hereto, to be recovered in an action of (he :ase in any Court proper to try tlte same : Provided, The owner of such property shall P1 ise all roaaonable diligence to prevent its les'ruction or injury by such unlawful us. emblv, and to procure the conviction of the illhndcrs. Sec. 3. Any city or town which shall P* >ay any sum under the provisions of the 111 ireceding section may recover the same gainst any or all of the persons who shall ave Uesiroyed or injured such property*. ? , " rNew York, April 9. An unknown man died at Bellcvue Hos- j lital under the following circumstances: dn Sunday afternoon, he w-s one of the tassengers in the Harlem railroad cars.? pi When near the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, cu iie IT*!? eoing at the ran- of 20 miles an A iour, his hat biew" oil" intd 'he road, and he, ifa Icispite tne eflonsof the agent and ui.'iers to T< revent him, descended the stairs andjumped iff after it. Ho cleared the cur, but fell lacktvard with so rnucli force as to fracture wr lis skull. He was removd to the surgery of is )r. Sargent, and subsequently to the Belle- an ue Hospital, where he died about two se< iVInek vester av morning. The evidence iilly exouerates the agents of the company j rom any blame in the matter. j of m< From the Staunton Spectator A/arch 21. ^ PASS THRO* THE BLUE RIDGE. jeJ The lap in the Blue . idge, which has ajj' >een so much talked of recent'y, as affordng nn advantageous passage for a Ruil ioad, was vtshed on Friday last by several oh gentlemen of this place, and we are gra'ified o learn from the id, that they found it to be hii ill which the favorable lepresentations we 80 lad heard of it ha < induced us to expect, tin Hk* pass is about five or six miles below be locktish Gap, and on nearly a direct line ha letween this place and Charlottesville. The W( nountain, at that point, we understand, pre- Qf enta no appearance of depression which is to doubt the reason it has so long escaped lublic attention. Tho passage is opened co in this side by a draft between two parallel ra: idges, which penetrates the mountain near. an y a level, lor three milrs..w -.Here a 101 larrow belt, or ridge, two or three hundred ea rards in wid h, is interposed, whic' it will fro tc necessary to tunnel. A ridge is then itruck on the other side which affords an >asy descent to the country below. This I Pa s certainly a most important discovery for he Valley, and we are pleased to learn ca hat steps have been taken to bring it to the uk >arly notice of the Legislature. A Good One.?A prolessor lecturing on ele lent, observed that one of ihe most con- ca ipicuous properties was the power ofexpand. be ng all bodies. A humerous student present ^, irose from his seat and asked,4t is that the 1 eason ihe days arc longer in warm than in :old weather !'' by . cu NewYori. April 8. 1839. * ' uvt The incendiaries are yet at work on the /rrmont frontier, the Canadians coming tver to our side, and tho refugees going over se; nto Canada. The excitement there is at a svv cry high pitch, and the state of feeling truly ^ amentable. Messengers have been sent to Jot. Jennison to represent the matter to co link lv^ ^cciDEiNT.?A. young man named Jacob ioffinan, while the Locofoco procession k'as passing through Spring street, between Vaahingtoit and Greenwich, fell from one of | ho carS, and the succeeding one, before he 1 ould recover himself, passing over his body, i nstnritly killed him. He has left a wife and I hilcf. | he Immense claim of Property.?A joiirnman printer, named Smith Harpending, a siderit of Tennessee, but formerly of New ork. has instituted a claim, in the United ates Circuit Court, to an immense estate that city, the value of which is ubou* enty-five millions of dollars. He makes s claim as heir at law, ip a direct line, to tract comprising about sixteen acres, iundcd by Broadway. Maiden, Lane Ful n, Nassau, an J John streets. Evils of Temperance.? The Lynn roe man says that the cause of temperance is had an '* unfavorable" effect upon 'he ceipts of our alms house. A few years \o we had men enough to make, in shoe., aking and repairing of roads, over ?2,000, sides carrying on the farm. Nov there t? not enough to carry 0:1 the fumn. Massachusetts License Law.?After a tcossiotl of nine days, the house of reprematives of Massachusetts have rejected i new license hill, called the bill of com. omise, reported by Mr. Bliss, by a vote 288 to 252, thus sustaining the law of last ar prohibiting the sale of ardent spirits io amities iess than fifteen gallons, arid a boh rug the licenses of taverns.?Jour, of Uiiode Llano.? The legislature have aio enacted as law putting it in the nowej towns ami cities to put a veto upon the ifiic in ardent spirits, and die city of Prov. nice iiQ9 done if, by a majority of 99. We a glad there is decision and firmness mc where.? Ibid. The Illinois House of Rkpkesenta. f'E8 has passed a bill pio'iibittng betting elections by penalty not exceeding one )usand dollarra, and imprisonment not :o coed thirty days. Verify the western states are taking the id in moral reform. One way to Break up Drunkeries.?It stated in a Kentucky paper that tlie unty courts in that state are aulhoriz d to tablish the rate of charges for taverns, for jals, liquor, &c. In Lewis county 1 he ur protiibiied, under heavy penalities, the le of liquor at such establishments at a Efher rate tiian one cent per gdl. Tiiis used a general closing of doors among - .1 I.? >- Dm /i/innlt; VV;l>J rpllfiVl (I " uriiuktri^^f hliu lire wwaii*j " > ? ? once of its deadliest cjrse. ? Temperance azette. Cincinnati.?The city council have sscil an ordinance abolishing the licensing Coffee houses and por;cr houses within a city or Cincinnati, and limning the nur?~ r of taverns in said city. The first to take eff-ct from the 1st day April, of the present year ; the latter limng the taverns to 33, and for the accomition of travellers only, from January, $40.? Welscrn Christian Adoocale. ;ti i; n awgazet i e. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 19. 1839. The Editor of the Cheraw Gazette will take easure in receiving and forwarding the imes of new eubscr.bers to the Southern griculturiat, particularly if accoompanied by r cash, as subscriptions ought always I BE. Roberts Silk Manuel.?Tins valuable little irk has readied the fourth edition ; which evidence both of the excellence of the work d the spread of the silk culture, -t or price c advertisement. Sale of Morus Multicaulis.?A gentleman this town bought a few weeks since 100U >rus multicaulis buds, which he planted d which are now beginning co put forth tvts an' appear above ground- He has eady sold the roots of all trees which these ds may produce the present season, with iy two inches of the main stock, at two ruired and twentyfee dollars ' reserving to nscif all the cuttings. Suppose that only Oof the buds should grow, ani that ?se should pn-duce only the average num. r of40 buds or cuttings, he will next winter ve 32,000 buds, which at 3 cents each, >uld bring him ?900 ; and at the low price one cent, ?320. We have never heard read of multicaulis cuttings selling in this untry for less than one cent per bud, and very rely for less than two cents. We know of other sale of multicaulis buds enough ia-iiiis .vn to plant two thirds of an acre at 3 cents ch. The buds to be delivered next 6eason m the crop now in the ground. "The Bowie Knife" is the title of a new per, published in Mississ-ppi. We have re. ived the first No. but find nothing in it indi. live of the character which the name might luce one to expect. The Administration party have carried the iction in the city of New York, electing their ndidatesfor Mayor, and 24 out of 34 memrs of Council. The Mayor elect is Isaac S. irian. The number of cases of small pox reported the physicians of Newbern, as having ocrred in that town is 35. The number of cai at the time of the report was 3. The Legislature of Virginia, at the lute ssion, directed the governor to present a ord to Col. Archibald Henderson of the arine Corps, for his gallantry and good nduct on board the frigate Constitution ien|engaged with the Cyaneand Lavant, ring the last war with Great Britain. Texas has appointed commissioners, of 10m Gen. Hamilton of this 6tate is one, to gociute a loan in Europe. Silk Culture. Extensive preparations -are making and avy capitals have been put in requisition, to I extend greatly this business the coming tea 6on, particularly in the middle elatesd where wc think it can be managed with the greatest economy; while the northern and eastern states will probably be found to excel in growing the sugar beet, as this is more properly the beet zone?the root grown here abound** ing more in sacharinc matter than that grown at the south. This is inferred from the feet, that tho beet grown the northern departments of France furnishes a richer juice than that grown in the southern departments.?Kultivai (or. [If the culture of the beet for sugar should" , prove as profitable as the silk culture or moro I so, in the northern and eastern states, it would lessen the "prospective competition in the siiic culture, without limiting the productiveness of agricultural labor in the country. The more luxuriant growth of the mulberry, and especi* ally the greater length of the summers, in the ' middle and southern states give them a great j advantage over the north and east in the silk 1 culture. If therefore the former can substitute ! sugar with profit it will prove an incalculable j advantg\ie to both. Ed. Gazette.] i j Eur the Cherkur Gazette. | PEE DEE AGRICULTURAL SO. j C1ETY. . \*V Pursuant to public notice n lar??o an<f re; ?pcctnbie meeting of ine ciizeps of Ches- . i lerQvki ar.fi the adjoining Districts was heUl j at Stinen.eiz's Hotel in Cheraw on Friday 1 the 7th inst. in order to form an Agricultu~ rul Society. On motion of Mr. Wright,j Col. Jolrn Campbell, of Marlboro District ; was ca!M to the chair, and D. S. Harlleo ; appo n ed Secret ry. After a handsome t address from the chairman seritng forth the i ? objects of lite mooting, it was, oa motion I of Gen. James GJIcspie, Resolved that a j commntcc of seven be appointed lo draft a | constitution and rules for the Society, The | chair announced the following commiti tee. ! (i n. James Gillespie, of Marlborough, i Doctor Thomas Smith of Dadmgton, G. II. Kol o< k of Marlboro, Doctor T. K Poire, of Cneraw, Doctor M. MacL**ari* of Cneraw, M ?j. W. T. Ellerbe, of Marl, . * o _r n i UorOUgll, JOtm IW^cis, ui u uim^vu, On motion, Mr. Jumes Wright of Cheraw, ; was added to tnc committee, i Ttie committee then retired to prepare their report and alter consultation offered the fo lovring constitution whiclrwM adop. ted by the Soc ety, viz. Constitution of the Pee Pee Agricultural Society? j Article 1. This Society shall bo known : by the name of the Pee Dec Agriculture ! Society. . Art. 2. There shall be two regular meet. ' mgs of ti?is Society in On-raw in every ' year; v>z. on the 22nd February, and | :hc Friday before the 3d Monday in Octo| hoi; the meeiiug iu February to be the | Anmvt rsary m?-e:ing. | Art. 3. The officers of ibis Society dialF. be a President,four V ice Presidents,a Trca. | surer, Recording secretary and correspond* ! ing s -cretaty. ! A*;. 4. All the officers si mil be. elected I annually at the February meeting by u majority of the votes given and by bul lot. And in ease the society shall la*] to make eh c tion at (be annual meeting those then in office shall bold their offices until elections are made, which may be done ut the next regular meeting. Ar . 5 1: snail b<; the duty of the Pres. id* ni to piesidc at all meetings of the so. j ci- ty and ;o perform ud the duties apper. I taining to u pn siding officer in deliberative j bod.es; it slmli be bis duty to call special I iviiPiiPuoii itM muv ihinlr nrmu>r MVIIV ??V |?1V|#V|| or when h - may be requested to do so by six members of the society. It shall also be his uury to appoint such committees as tho society may direct and any others ho may think proper. In the absence of the President, <lk? senior Vice President shall act as President. A it. 6 It shall be the duty of the Trensurer to r ceive and keep safe the monies and other property of (he society to make regular entries in a book to be kept for thai purpose of all receipts and expenditures on account of the society and to report thereon at that the annual meeting. Art. 7. The Recording Secretary shall keep the general proceedings of the society and read the journals of the proceeding meet ng immediately after the society is called 10 order. Art, 8. The Coiresponing Secretary shall corresponding with other agricultural societies and perform all other duties appertaining to his office that are conducive to the great, objects of the Society. Art. 9. No person shall become a mem. . bcr of this society until he shall have paid fifteen dollars and signed this constitution. Ar. 10. No person shall be admitted a member of this society where there aro more than two opposing votes. - - i ft* - > Art. 11. Eleven memuers snail consu* ] tu.'e a quorum to transact business. Art. 12. There shall be on annual tax paid by each member at the anniversary meeting of the Society. If any member neglects to pay said tax, after having been called on for the same,until the next regular meeting of the society he shall be consid* ered as withdrawing from the society and his name shall fcbe stricken from the roll of members. 1 Art. 13. The Society shall annually or ! ot;ener ofrr premiums on live-stock on ar? j 'ides of Agricultural ptoductions and on : articles used in Agriculture. ' j Art. 14. Every competitor for premiums I whi?rr? thn cnhipcr fr?r which the nremium 10 claimed is not,exhibited, shall produce the certificate of two respectable persons, of tho truth of his statement in relation thereto. Art. 16. An anniversary address shall be delivered b v some member of the socio* | ty to be elected at tho previous anniversary meeting. Art. 17. No alteration sh !l be made to this constitution unless approved of by two thirds of the members present at a regular meeting: After the adoption of the constitution* ? -- ?