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which he finally shipped per brig Swan,
that port, and consigned to the above hous
All his creditors were sati-fiod of the vt?r
ty of his representations, except the hou
of Heberton, Heiskiil d: Hopkins- Tin
felt somewhat suspicious, and writing 1
express to their correspond *nt at New 0
-cans, were informed in reply that M?ssr
Alaurin & Co. knew nothing of the indi\
dual alluded to?that the letter cf credit w
a forgery?that the !et;er of introduction w
probably one also, and tha\ in fine, t
drafts were valueless, and the dealers h
been completely defrauded in the transa
tion.?iV. F. Com. fyEnq.
From the National Intelligencer.
editors' correspondence.
New York, May 28.
The great and continued derangemt
ofthe domestic exchanges, the fluctaati
state of the currency, the timidity and i?n
icty of moneyed men, all indicate a yet i
settled sate oftlie money market. A I?*t
by Alexander Hamilton, of ihis city, son
the great man of that name, has bear, pi
l shcd, and is attracting much atteutk
After setting forth the present labyrin'h
which our money affairs at present, are.
proposes the creation of a State bank of
sues, (foreach State, and the restriction
private banks to circulation, discount, a
deposite. 44 If correspon dug banks."
adds, 44 should be established in tbe ot'i
States, thoy would afford a comph* e bu
for the successful employment of a N ilior
Bank similarly restricted and organiz -d.
Important News we h ive from Sum iti
The ship Aribulla has arrived at Bust
from Smrapoor, where she left the U.
ship Columbia, Com. Reed. The IT.
ship John Adams was standing into Sine
poor Roads when the Arabella left.
Com. Reed received information of 1
'capture of the E? lips?-, ofSaf m, at Colo
bo, and immediately repair d to the \V
coast. On his arrival, after endeavor
(unsuccsfullv) to negotiate for the delivi
of the Mandarins, and res itu:ionoftlies'o
property, Q iada Batloo was bomhurc
two hours December 23 I. one fort desr
cd, and tho other consid rahly i-ajured. J
1st, Muckie was barm by tin; Columbia e
John Adams. After cannonading
place, 400 men were lan led from li?? slii
and the town and forts des royed, wi I
considerable quantity of pepjn'r, neither s
sustaining any loss the Mai ?ys all retr?
ting into the jungle. No part of the pr<
erty capturedm the Ed'pse was recover
IVopI; were quite star I d th s mom
upon learning that a little tk'ng was com
into the haroor, puzzling observes to dec
^ upon the charart? r of the craft. It v
9 -soon, however, found out that tins thing v
a little iron s'canvT of only fifteen to
which had come all the way front Londi
She is bull entirely of iron, t' e pieces I
ing rivetted together, and is 71 feet loi
while her breadth at midships is only
feet. The steam-engine is in the stern. S
used hor sails only on the passage, and li
been forty.five days in coming. Tne vc
age is considered an act of great temeri
Ilername is Robert Stockton, and she is
tended for the Delaware and Raritan Car
I am told. She will attract great attenti
when her arrival is known throughout l
city.
Singular toss of Muscular Pouccr.?T
following singular ease is related by I
Smith, in the Medical and Surgical Joi
nal ;
A man has been walking the streets
Boston. lately, from the eastward, who 1
suffered such a perfect loss of contr*c
power in the posterior muscles of the ne
that ha is wholly unable to hoIJ up
bead. Such is riie sensation of weij
and so inconvenient is it to have it dar
ling, as it were, on the breast, wholly in <
fering w th he use of tlio eyes or mot
that a somewhat complicated m iclfne I)
been invented expressly to remedy t
case. An iron rod runs down the lin e
the spine, supported by straps from t
hips upwards, encircling the body. Up
the top of the rod e broad band embrac
the forehead, and thus the organs of vi&i
are kept on a horizontal line?and thus t
poor fellow threads his way over the ci
hooped up almost like a cask. How o
rnirable, simple and symmetrical is the c
paratus nature employs?snugly pack
Jtwuy on the bock of the neck, whi
maintains the head in an upright conditi
far more perfectly than the clumsy cont
vances of man, when his ingenuity has be
taxed to the utmost.
The Theory of Money and Banks Invc
tigalcd.?By George Tucker, Professor
Moral Philosophy to the University of Vi
ginia. 1 vol. 12mo. pp. 412, Bosto
C. C. Little and J. Brown.?In these tim
/in Ilim/a/I ii?Arl;I
nuuu ncanjf IIIV niiuiu tuin^u ?w??u
beginning to find that Money is an cngii
that will bear no trifling with?a lessi
taught by the most grievous sufferingevery
production that has for its object tl
enlightening of men's minds in regard
so important a matter as the workings
said engine should receive high attentio
and, if found to possMss value, its auth
should have awarded him that great prai
which is ever the desert of public benefa
tors. We believe that a careful study
Professor Tucker's work, by our capitals
and business men, and the community
large, cannot fail to be attended \vi;h tl
most desirable results. The author goi
thoroughly into his subjpet, and discussi
it in a manner that shows he has broug
to bear upon it all the energies of a powc
ful and original mind. The work
divided i to two parts. Part 1, whi<
contnint; seventeen chnD'ers. treats entire
on "Moneyand Part II, coniainir
nineteen chapters, is "O.i Credit at
Banks." Tne Appendix contains a lar;
amount of sta is ical information,
respect to literary execution, the work
worthy the very highest encomiums, as
renders a subject, in itself dry an J uniute
osting, even lively and agreeable. T1
publishers have bestowed upon it a mo
captivating dress, as >bey uniformly t
to all their publications. A comparison of it.
c. in this last point, with the best printed
i- London books, would cause no inferiority
! in it to be discovered,
y Boston Morning Post.
/y
T- Post scr |)t ( f a letter received by a Mers.
chant of New.Orleans, from a corresponti
dent in Warren county, Mississippi.?The
as young cotton throughout this part of the
as country is likely to be cut oil by the insects,
he M <ny plantations hav^ planted two or litre
ad times over, and they still eat it off as fast as
c- it cont? s out of the ground. A great deal
ofcoton has been already it retrievably destroyed
; and unless they cease their ravag
es soon, it will bo so late thai it will be use.
less to r plant I have he ml from van .us
parts of thocoun ry, < xtending from Natchez
to Jackson, Yuz<>o, Lake Washington,
and the upper Parishes of Louisiana; an I
nS if the destruction should be as extensive as
1X* I fear there is reason to apprehend, God
1,1 only kno as what the people will do.
ler ' R. P. R.
of
d>* We have carefully examined sppci'b.
mens of the New Pavement, or Pain
vmg Cement, invented, by Mr. C. Pohe
I.dlicr of this cry, and our conclu?s
siun is very positive?It will do. This
^ Cement4 s icks like a brother,'and cinnot
nd fail to do good service. It can be manuhe
factored at one dollar and a sixth a ton?
' r t iat is the cement iiseJf in wnico the pav.
SJS ing stones are to be imbedded ; and you
nil m iy use brick ats, irregular stones, or any
| thing else to fill up the pavement, for winch
' two incites' d-pth will answer as well as
0,1 twenty, giving a smooth surface. The
S. pavement is c ?st in large blocks or tables of
si c to ten feet each way and may be laid
down us compact and well.jointed as a mar- j
bl" floor. It will stand 2D degrees ofhea',
'ie and is most durable. As to knocking a
m* s one out of it, ?t would be far eas.er to
's; k .o.k out a corner of the As'or House by
ino running a coach against it. Specimens of
3fy the Pavement inay be seen in the pass ive
l?;n way of the II ilf of Record.?N. Y. Mer~
1(,,1 curij.
?y- ?
an. Fugitive S/jws.? Pan Curonicle states
md taut t ie ditlerences which have so Ion# exthe
is e?i between Maryland and P?mnsylvarii t,
ips in regard to the constitutional right of rei
a c:aimin? lugit ve slaves, are in pioper train
hip 'or amicable and final udjus men . The
a- sta r of P nnsylvamu lias accp ed the proup
position which our Commissioner, Mr.
ed. M-'rediih, was instruc ed to oiler, and a law
ing has j)asseiJ, by which the gr-a' qu 'stion of
ing the constitution il power ol S ate Legislati n
.d over this subject is o be submitted 10 the
ras determinat on of the Supremo Court of the
ns United S a:es. The cases of Be mis and
ns. o hers, will betaken to this tribunal, and
jn. point, raised, which must decide the const'be
tu tonality of the laws which have been put
ig, in force in some of the free states relative
10 o fugitive slaves.?[Baltimore Post.
?s CH Kit AW GAZETTE!
>y- -
ty. FRIDAY EVENING, JUNb 7, IotJ.
in. Persons who advertise in our columns will
??k , _
ot'' Dear m m nd that when they do not specify uie
j number of insertions, their advertisements are
continued and charged tilll ordered out; unless
^ there is something on the face of the adver^
tisement itself which shews how long it ought
* to be published. It must be manifest to any
person, upon the least reflection that this is
0j- the only practicable rule. We cannot be judge
las ^or everY person how long he ought to adveriJ(.
tise. If, under our rule, printed on the first
ck page of every paper (and the rule, too, of all
his other publishers of newspapers) men's adver pi*
tisements are cotinued and cha-ged longer
'? than they wish the fault is their own, r.ot ours.
;r- "
,!'1 Journal of the American Silk Society.?The
ieading article in the May No. of this valuable
I o *
llc periodical is an account of the m inner of reeling
silk. The second article will be lound on
our first, page. It contains, besides, several
on other valuable articles,
es
m The American Farmer.?Mr. J. S. Skinner,
li?* the founder ol this adovrable work has resumed
c>'? the editorial management of it. A better edito:
could not be obtained in the country. Sec
the Prospectus among our advertisements ?
We most cordially recommend the work to the
patronage of agr.cultural readers,
ru We copy from the American Farmer the !
ea Advertisement of the euiior and his son, for the
benefit of those of our readers who may wish
j to procure cattle, hogs&c. of improved breeds,
0f silk worm eggs &c. The character of Mr.
jr. ; Skinner secures purchasers against imposition.
n; Another Silk Manual.?Mr. W Homergue,
e.s a well informed and highly respectable
,s Frenchman, who emigrated to this country
ion vears ago, ha3 published a silk manual
3n B
which, like most works on a popular subject,
lie *s h'ghly puffed br the corps editorial; many |
to of whom are as competent judges of a work
of on the silk culture as they are of the comparn,
ative merits of the "Independent Treasury"
or and the Dank Dcposite systems of keeping
1 j:_l.?: .i? ? ...) i n?
J'- ciuu uisuuiswjg u;u itucnat revenue, mi. x/ ;
c# Homergue was brought up to the silk businces
and is favorably known in this country from
ts his publications on the subject. His present
al work is, no doubt, well worth reading by
10
s those who are endeavoring to acquaint them?s
selves with the best mode of raising siik ; but
lit the writer is too antiquated and European in
r- his notions to bo relied on as an exclusive
is guide. When he first came to this country he
-Ii produced a very general impression that
I}" by his writings that reeling silk wa3 so dclicate
and dificult a work 39 to require years of
i(^ apprenticeship to qualify a person for it. But
it ha3 proved otherwise in the hands of our
. practical countrymen. Many who had never
jt seen a silk-reel have made their own reels,
r and, on the first trial, reeled merchantable
,e silk. Mr. D'll now ridicules tiie idea of the
ts manufacture of silk in this country, as much as
Jo he did ten years ago that of reeling it by
novfcos. He labors to shew that the skill
necessary in the operation can be acquired
only slowly and by long experienoe; and
therefore, while he encourages the country
to extend the culture of silk, he urges them to i
i
reel it, which he is now convinced they can ;
do, and then send it across the Atlantic to be ;
manufactured. He will soon learn however j
that the Yankees can manufacture as well as j
reel it. His manual will prove profitable to ,
those who have read that of Roberts, Ken- !
rick or Cobb, the best of which !9 Roberts'.
|
Fall returns of the Virginia election have I
not yet reached us. The Whigs have probably
elected 7 or 8 members of Congress, the !
Administration party 8 or 10, and the Con- ,
servatives one or two. The result of the j
election of memb rs to tbp state legislature j
yet doubtful?It is probable the Whigs and ]
Conservatives on joint ballot may constitute;
the majority, it thc-y will act together.
Mnrus Mul/icauhs.?We fear that great
frauds have been practised in the sales of this
articlo. The who:e country is rife Witu expressions
of disappointment at the Very small
proportion of mulberry root3 and cuttings
which have vegetated. One gentleman who
has gone largely into the culture, informs us
that he docs Hot think more than 10 cuttings
out of a 1000 have come up of those planted by
him.? Wilmington (Ar. C.) Advertiser.
[Impositions were to be expected from the
avidity with which men almo-t every where
grasped at any thing called Morus Multicaulis.
The experience of the present year
will teach purchasers to buy only from dealers
or raisers of well known character, and to be
careful also that even the genuine article has
not been too long out of ground. For tena.
O D
cious as the multicaulis is of life it may be kill?
J U.t fa??A*A fmpfmnnf 1
cu uy IUU Dotic U^uuiivm?.J
Contents of Farmers' Register, No. 5, To7.
F7Z.
Original Communications.
Statement of the cost and profits of an experiment
in feeding hogs.
Essay on Vegetable Fhysiology (continued)
Cnapter IX,
Chapter X,
Ch ipter XI,
Efficts of fraudulent banking and paper money
or. agricultural interests.
The "marl indictor" not a new spcci06.
Superiority of blue marl.
Proceeding of the Chuckatuci; Agricultural
Club.
Remedy for the glanders and blind staggers in
ho. sos. Effectual remedy for worms m chil.
dren.
Expenses and net profits of M. Aman6 Carrier's
white mulberry plantation.
Comparative value of the whito and Chinese mulberry
trees.
A first experiment of rearing silk-worms, under
very disadvantageous circumstances.
Rose bushes.
' Ttie wheat crop.
Mammoth" silk-worms' eggs, and successive
crops.
Selections.
I he Daguerrotypc.
On corn and its culture.
j Shaker's establishments
Ruta buga.
Alchemy of the dust hole.
Heading down peach trees.
j Account oftho culture of silk in Italy.
I To prevent crows from pjlling up corn.
Condition and prospects of agriculturo in Jamai.
ca.
Experiments on carrots.
# Method of perforating glass.
Tlio deepest Artesiau well.
On the use made of leaves in Italy, for feeding
cattle.
j Mineral tar, or pyroiigncous liquor, for protec
tiou of walls ot mausonry ot mud.
j Preserving specimens of plants,
j Kyanizing wood.
! Agricultural publications in the United States.
Cost of broeding horses of racing stock.
| Extraordinary sale of Hereford cattle,
i The cocoonery? xtures?feeding silk-worms.
Malaria?its effects in producing country and
' other fevers.
Of the effects of water in the agriculture ot Italy
Experiments on manures, Ate.
The properties of flowers.
ooverer's bead quarters.
After this week, the Governor's Head Quarters
will be at Abbeville Court House, until
about the 17th July next, when he expects to
attend the Brigade Encampment near the
Limestone Springs Spartanburgh District, on
the 2&lof tnat mouth.
APPOINTMEHTS BY I HE GOVERNOR.
The Rev. P. J. Shand, of Columbia, and the
Rev. Dr. Win. Capers, of Charleston, Commissioners,
under the Act for the relief of the
Deaf and Dumb.
Col. 1). J. McC >rd, of Columbia, to comnilo
and HirrriRt thp Statutes of this StatP. vino
r"~ * b'? ?
Dr. Cooper, deceas *.d
New York, May 2G.
From France we have Parisian news to
April 24. The turn of the tide is clearly in favor
of the King. No Ministry is yet formed,
and 11 is not probable there will be one till he
is satisfied with its composition.
Columbia, May 23 ?On Dits.?Chnn
celior David Johnson is spoken of as the
next Governor, and will probably be Heated.
It is rumored tha: Judge O'Neal vv.ll
be a condidato for Congress, in Gen. Grif
fin's D strict, who declines a re-election *
and that Judge Earle will be a candidate in
place of Gen. Thompson. If all these
things arc carried out, what a charge wo will
have among the Judges! So much for
Madam Rumor.
? ,
a rom mexico.
New Orleans, May 21, 1839.
By the schooner Water Wiich, which
sailed from Vera Cruz on the 19th instant,
intelligence has been received ofan import
very disastrous to the cause of Federalism.
Our only hope is that it may turn out to be
a false rumor. On the 6th instant on express
reached Vt ra Cruz from the interior,
bringing information that a pitched battle
had been fought in the neighborhood of
Puebla, between the army of the Governrnent
and the Federalists, ,n which the latter
sustained a total defeat with immense loss, followed
by the dispers on of their forces.
Gener.tl Mexia, it is said, was captured nnd
afterwards shot by orderof Santa Ana. The
two o her leaders in the insurrection, Generals
Urrea and Escalada, effected their escape.
The Government troops were under
the command of General Valencia. If
the rcpor* be* true, the effect of tins victory
will bo to restore u temporary quiet to Mex- j
CO. f
f
The Pendleton M> ss nger, a paper pub. *
lished uenr Mr. Calhovn's residence, and |
supposed by many to indicate his views,
says ;
" In the contest for the Presidency, the T a
Messenger will not enn r the list ; exceut so d
far as to approve or disapprove the acts of
the contending parties as they may accord :
or disagree with the cardinal doctrinal of its 2
faith. Not approving the mode in which c
the incumbent received his nomination, we / v
can see no reason who a similar convention,
isuch as is proposed, to nominate a candid- a
ate to opposite him, should receive our sane, f
tion. The opinions of those who differ *
with us will be treated with respect, and we '
will nndttavni.r in nil rasestn maintain the .
dignity as well as independence of the j t
press."
]
A strong Treaty.?We men'ioned yes- j
t^rday that the treaty of division between *
noirana ana Ceigium, was signed on the
19th of April, by the representatives of those ; ,
kingJoms, and of the five powers under
whose management it has been negociated. 1
At the same time treaties were signed be
tween each of the two and each of the other
five powers?all likewise bearing thesignatures
of all the representatives. A London
paper states tha' in the completion of these
diplomatic documents, the papers received
3000 signatures. Each of the representatives
af the five powers, England, F rance,
Russia Prussia, and Austria, signed his name
216 times. More than 1200 seals were
affixed to t epapers, and no less than 20 attaches
of the different embassies were employe
I in getting the papers ready. If there
is any virtue in signatures, these ought to be
binding treaties.?N. Y. Com. Adv.
v u
ENGLAND. i
From the N. Y. Courier aad & Enquirer.
By the packet sh p Burgundy, Captain
Rocxett announced Friday from Havre,
we have received P;irls journals to ihe 8th
and Hivre to the 9.1? ultimo. In tiie latter
\vn found a small slip of pap'-r on whic.i
was stamped " Telegraphic despatch. The
British Ministry has resigned en masse, on
a minority of 5 on Jamaica."
Tnis important news is fully confirmed
by'the London Tim ?s of the 9th, one of
which papers was brought by a passenger
in the Burgundy, and for the use of which
we arc indebted to the office of the American.
By the ex racts we give below, it wll be
seen that on the procedmg day, Viscount
Melbourne, the Prime Minister, announc
ed io the House of Lords, and Lord J. Rus.
sell, the Secretary of the Home Depart,
mcnt, to the House of Commons, that the
Ministers had tendered their resignation to
neQieen, and that she had accepted it.
The immediate cause assign'd by th?m is
j ibe sniali rnajoriy of five winch they obtainj
cd on the Jamaica B II, to which we alluded
yesterday, but there vyere no douht other reasons.
For some past it has b?*en very evident
that they eld office at the pleasure of
the Tory party. The Radical members,
or the Roman Catholic members, for the
nilrrifvr .-?! oirlin. nf lliu tvvn laffpi* nnrlioc
l?M|||l/? I */ U A iliu I" W pui UVJJ
ad Jed to the Tory vote, was sufficient to
place tliem in a minority ; and although the
Whig Minis ry were willing to go all lengths
to Conciliate the Roman Catholics, they very
generally avowed their determination to
oppose the ultra measures of reform called
j for by the Radicals.
i re-ixstateme.N't of the old british ministry.
*
At 3 o'clock on Saturday morning, the
Great Western arrived, in thirteen days
from Bristol. By her we have London papers
to the lOtlj ultimo, and Liverpool of
j the same date. The lateness of the hour
! at which we received our papers prevents
I our giving more than a mere sketch of tljci.*
contertf:.
Sir Robert Peel had received the commands
of the Queen to lorm a new ministry?but,
after a few days triul, he found
there wjs no ch mce to form one that
would command the confidence of the pcopie.
At the outset a difference took i lace
with the Queen, ft resulted in the Queen
sending for Lord Melbourne, who wi h his
coadjutors were reinstate!. The House
had adjourned to the 27th Ma)'.
S U ill iK A U I
Tho Connecticut Legislature is flooded with
petitions for divorces. List Monday one nuptial
nn Tnpsdav three others, on
| Wednesday two more, and tho table was groan- j
ing under a load of applications.
Tho tunhel in Alleghany county, Md., through ]
which the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal isinten- ;
dod to flow, is nearly done. It is 3U00 feet
through solid rock. 360 feet below the surface. (
The New Orleans Be slates that the Express <
Mail is to be discontinued at the expiration of the
present contract.
Xeic.Orleans, May 24.?Yesterday afternoon, '
about 4 o'clock, Mr. Maillot, attached to the
auction establishment of Mr. J. B. Blache, was '
stabbed in a quarrel with a man named \Vm. 1
Hughes, belonging to the Conti-strect he tel.? 5
The affair took place in the hotel.
The story that the friends of Mr. Webster had ?
contributed 065,000 to pay his debts is untrue.
Queen Victoria is paying tho debts of her in- g
solvent father out of her own income.
Tho Lewistown Telegraph states that no loss
than seven hundred persons have crossed at 1
<?a I 1
with a view of taking up their residence in this
counlty. 1
A white woman charged with killing hor two ^
children by throwing tbem into a well, was tried
at the Superior Court of Fairfax, (Va.) on Wed- ,
nesday, and found guilty. She was sentenced to
the Penitentiary for a term of five years.
On the 20th of April, the British steam packet
Urgent burst both of her boilers just as she was
about to leave the dock at Liverpool. When the J
explosion took place, the passengers and mails *
were all on board, but the passengers happening, ^
most fortunately, to be all assembled on the quur P
ter deck, escaped injury,
Welland Canal.?There were sixty.six pas- *
sages up and down the Welland Canal during tho
month of April of the present year. Tho aggre.
gate passages in April, 1838, were only sixteen
?thuB showing a three, fold increase the present
as compared with th" last rear.
The Govarnor of Now York has granted
eprievo of one month to Wilbur, who was sen-'
e.iced to have b)en executed on tko 523d inst.,
"or the murder of Barber. Tins is done for the
mrpose of enabling his counsel to apply to the
Supreme Court for a new trial on the ground that
he Jury in this case had two bottles of rum in
heir room while deliberating on a verdict.
Homicide.?On tho 11th inst. an altercation
ook place near Huntsville between Mr. Mann
id a .Mr. Livermau, in which the latter was shot
lown dead. Mann lias been committed to jail.
Fratricjde.-"?-A f.nv days since, twobrotlkr?
n Lincoln county, Mo. of the name of Piummcr
;ot excited in a family fjuarrel, and in an unguurled
moment one of them struck tho other dead !
vith a pitchfork. Both of them Had wives, wno
vere spectators of this bloody tragedy.
A She Sailor.?Brg, Wil.iim, O'.is iloired
it Boston November 2*th for ll ivannah, and
jrocecdcd thenco to New Orleans, whore she arivad
February 13th. Tin boarding officer at
\Tew Orleans, in miking his return of the crew,
stated that they were the same that had left B ison
in the bug, but adds, "Charles Lord proves
o be a woman in disguise."
The Hartford Review gives an account of two
Ulliputians nnjace, who are trom46to 5l)
inches in height. They are brothers ; the eldest
Is 50 years of age, is married, and has a family
of six children. The youngest is about 45.
Both smart and active, and have the appearance
of a couple of old boys.
There is a factory of mils and bia&s in Lincoln
county N. C,
At the hanging of a man lately in Warren
county N. C. tor murdering his nephew the, rope
broke, and it became necessary to procure an.
other. A pull at the sheriff's neck would make
him furnish a better rope next time.
Gen. Lenor, of Wilkes county N. C. is dead.
James Nack, a deaf mute is about to publish a
volume of poeins in New York.
Sketches ofU. S. Senators.?W. M. Morri
son of Washington, has published a small vo'ume
under the above title, containing sketches o' Cl.iy,
Webeter, Ca.houn, Wright, Rives, and most of
the distinguished Senators. Tho sko chcs are
all eulogistic and natural, and may be read with
inter st.
Foul Murder.?We learn from the Athens
Republican, that Mr. John P. White, a citizen
of Miss, on his way to North Caro ina, w b
murdered and robbe 1 near that place on the 8th
inst. He was apparently shot through the
back in the public highway, and hauled some
distance into the wood and rifled of his money?'$500,
however, concealed in the lining of
his inexpressibles, was not found.
A late Dublin paper contains the account of
an awful Are in which not less than six human
beings were burnt aiive. It occurred in a
chandler's establisment tn Mary street, at the
midnight hour: the flames originated in the
boiling over of a cauldron of fat.
The original name of the Mississippi, according
to Dani 1 Coxp, who wrote a book on the
Sou'h-V\ est in 1722, was Meschacebe ; cebe
meaning rich, and Mescha great.
The editor of : he Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post has lately paid a visit to a large
field of Morus Multicaubs, and thus writes ol
the plants; "They have been i.nder ground
but about two weeks, and are already up six
inches."
The question of the concurrence of Kentuckj
in the Bill to incorporate the iSouth-Westerr
Rail Road Bank, is beginning to excite grea
interest in that State. It will probably ope
rate ma'erially in the coming electioi. for mem
bers of the Legislature.
T . V ?? V.onn rlrtf wtnrt in ho A KJPmllltf CoTl
JL I 11 aO UUUIUVU ?u b?*v w.
nccticut 146 Jo 46 that the credit of the state
will not be loaned to railroad companies.
A Lotg Zitte.?Onthe lltli inst., there was
lying between Little Falls and Herkimer,
New-York awaiting the repair of a breach ir
the i',rie ('anal, a line of canal boats ten miles
in length. It is supposed it would require a
fortnight to get them through the locks.
Fourth of July.
At a inocting of the Citizens convened in tin
Council Chamber, on the 29th ult. A L. Bontor
Esq. was elected Oaator, and L. B. Prince Esq
Reader of the Declaration of Independence, oi
the approaching anivcrsary of American Inde.
pondoncc.
The followinggentlempn constitute the Oommittee
of arrangements, VV. H. Snipes, D. S
II irllee, C. Lynch, J. J. .Marshall, A. Hopton,
James Wright, and B. Mcintosh Esqrs
CHERAVY PRICE CURRENT.
Juno 7.
Oacf in market, lb 6 8
Bacon from wagons, lb 11 12$
by retail, lb 12$ 154
Butter lb 15 25
Beeswax lb . 22 21
" 1 io
Digging jratu tv | 40
Bale rope lb '2*
Coffee lb ,2* 15
CoTTO.V, ' 12* 15*
Corn bushel) 87* ion
Flour Country,* brl 5 00 6 55
Feathers from wagons Jb 40 45
Fodder. t 100 120
tlides green lb. 5
dry lb i
[r0n 1 OOlbs 5 50 t>5
Indigo lb 75 25"
Lin?? cask 400 4 50
Lard lb 12* 15
Leather role lb 22 25
Lead bar *b 10
Logwood lb 10 15
Ylolasses gal 45 50
VowOrloans gal _ 50 62*
Vails cut assorted lb 74 9
wrought lb 16 18
Dats bushel 50
_)il curriers gal ?5 100
lamp '25
linseed HI 125
Caints white lead keg 325 452
Spanish brown lb 8 12*
>ork 10011)8 8Q0 1000
lico lOOlbs 550 625
Shot, Bag 250
.. lb 225
Jljirjlf lb 10 12*
Jalt sack 2 75 300
salt bush 100
Steel American lb 10 12*
English lb 14
German lb 12 14
fallow lb 10 121
Pea imperial lb 100 137$
hyson lb 100
robacco manufactured lb 10 50
Vindow glass 8 x 0 50ft 3$ 3|
10 x 13$ 3|
i ??? .
An Important Job.
4 Contract for reparing the Court House and
Jail for Marion District will be let out by
he Commissioners of Public Buildings on the
irst Monday in July next at Marion Court House;
iroposals addressed to the subscriber by that
ime will be attended to. Those desiring a profit,
ble business would do well to give this prompt
ttention.
By order of the Board Commissioners
Public Buildingw.
A. L.SCARBOROUGH.
80 ?.
, Notice. .
f JlHECrediton of John G. McKenzie, who
JL intend availing themselves of the .benefit
under his assignment, are nereby notified to
present til ir dam n.is duly authenticated to his
assignees, o . or before the first day of August
next, other.vi>c ih y will be excluded.
J.C. WAlteVVORrH.i Ac ?
J. W. iii.AKii.NbV. J A*<>gwo?.
June 1st ib.y.
30 tr.
To the Headers 01 the American
Farmer.
Many years since, the undersigned established
t e old American Farmer. Witnout waiting fot
a single subscriber it was thrown before the public,
in the confidence that the greatest interest
otihe country needed and would gi^o support to
u journal noil stiy devoted to its benefit. TiiuT
confidence was lu iv iustificd 1)7 the result. ii?e
p tper suon obt in-d a wido dhcuiation, and became
the vehicle for disseminating the discoveries
of scientific resc uch, and the results of practical
exjter.cnca. Men of the most careful ob6Crvilion
ai.d the highest order of talents, made
I it the medium for communicating their knowlege
on every branch of agriculture and rural econotny.
No periodical that ever was published, could
shew among its contributors a more honorablo
a'ray of names illustrious or every thing t hat
can confer enviable distinction.
Practical Agriculture, therefore too much regarded
us an umntellcclua! if not vulgar employment,
soon took its just rank at the head of honorable
put suits. A thirst for dessertations on its
various branches was quickly engendered, and
success in any one of them w*s esteemed a high
honor. Even the gallant Chauncey was made
Preeident of an Agricultural Society, and was
proud to come in for the premium for the second
best sow!
To gratify the appetite for agricultural reading,
which increased by what it ftd upon, other
and more able periodicals sprung up and grew
apace in various parts of the country, until at
present they are to be found pouring light and
knowledge, and leading to practical improvements,
in every state in tho Union. Many of
them are conducted with an industry that never
tires, and with consummate ability, and at a price
to excite wonder how they can live. Under
ihese circumstances Jie reader will naturally inquire,
what motive could lead me to resume the
conduct of the American Farmer, lately in such
competent and able hands ? Tho answer is b
plain one, and the only difficulty in giving it is
to obviate the appearance of egotism and obtruding
private concerns and views on the public
, ?ar.
On the first of June I shall be relieved by the
pleasure of the President, of an important public
trust, confided to me it may be, longer than may
have comported with my deserts, but surrendered.
thank liod, without any charge agamsi my Honour
or punctuality. The want of employmeiBt
is of all things the most irksome, not to say
dangerous ; it being said that an idle man's head
is the Devil's work-shop. Something must be
done, tiicrefore, as well from necessity as ci.otce,
and whether under adverse or prosperous fortune,
' no employment of the mind is so congenial to
> mine, as when it is engaged in entei prises and
f studies of general utility, embracing the inter[
osts and promoting the happiness of all class**?
and especially a<? those enterprises and pursuits
may be connected with Agriculture, and the sciences
and internal improve ents which may be
r made accessary to the dignity an profit of that
) pre-eminent calling: and hence my renewed
t connection with the American Farmer, stxTSpir
it of the Agricultural Journals of lbs dsy.
Mr. Robirfs, who is one ofthc best men and
be$t writers of his day, has been, more for amusement
than profit, for some years past conducting
this paper. lie has become engaged in pursuits
' which will he equally useful, and it may be hoped,
for his own good sake, more profitable. Tho
i printer and proprietor,?Mr. Sands?finding me
, laying on iny oars, has applied to me to take the
l work in hand, an as it will bring with it My.
. Rob< rts' good will, I h ivo consented to do it,
pour passer le temps, and for the love of the
thing! It is with better grace, therefore, that
I c hi solicit the patronage of my friends and the
' public, for it w ill be b? stowed not on me. but on
a worthier, man and a cause, which is the cause
of the country.
; I have recommended the proprietor to enlarge
i the paper, and to give it somewhat more the ap.
. pearance and character of a miscellaneous, and
i nefrs-paper, without abridging the agricultural
m ittcr. "Under rny advice and management it
will be dedicated uiostespccially to the dis>emination
ofinforniation on Agriculture cenerallv?
and especially on the branches?Si k, the culture
of the Boot, with a view t the manufacture of
sugar, and of the Vine fur the rake of the grape
and wine, I shall also take measures that it con.
tain the best information at home and from
abroad, as to the prices of cotton and tobacco,
and statistics of the trade in these commodities.
All improvements in Agricultural Implements,
and in the breed and rearing of Domestic Ani.
mals, will have tln ir full thare of attention.?
When these subjects have been taken care of,
the slate and progress of our Internal Improve,
ments will be noticed, and essays on the general
principles of Political Economy will be admitted
?but p irty politics, in which all distinguishing
and fundamental principles have bceu too much
i lost sight of, will be carefully eschewed.
One thing of real utility may be promised to
every patron of the American Farmer?a real
bona file, not a stereotype, price current of the
principal commodities which f rmera and planters
have to buy and scl\ though this i? adesim r.
j atum already supplied, on ec I- much more ex.
I endive than we can <<r should think it necessary
! t? co it, by our wortuy f ierid Lylord, whose in.
j defatigablo industiy in that line ought to be sup.
ported by all farmers as well as mer hants.
J. S.SKINNKR.
Cr"The American Farmer and Spirit of the
j Agricu'tur I Journals of the day, will be pub!
lishcd evory Wcduesd ty, at $2,50 per anmm if
paid in advance, or $3 if not p>id within six
months, which will be strictly nforced?or $10
in advance for five subsciibrs. Publication
offic<\ North st. opposite the Franklin B nk.
03Postmaster* are riquested to act as agents ?
letters on business ot the office, to be addressed
to S S tTto publish- r.
.tgiicuiiural Agency.
J. S. Skinner, late Postniatter of Baltimore,
and now agiin Editor of the American Farmer,
and his son T. B. Skiftn-r, offi r their services to
tho Agricultural community, as Agents for the
j sale or purchase of Real Estato, Domestic Animals
of improved breeds, Garden and Field Seeds,
and Seed grain of the best kinds and quality?
Agricultural Implements, Fruit Trees, and Mo.
rus Multicaulis Trees?Silk-worm Eggs, Ma.
chinery, and all things connected with the Silk
Culture. V
They will use their anxious endeavours to tho
end that those who employ them shall not be imposed
on by spurious or ill made animals, seed
grain, trees, machinery or implements. A mod.
er?te commission will be charged. All letters
addressod, post paid, to either of the subscribers
will be attended to, and answered with promplr
I ness and punctuality.
J. S. SKINNER. /BaXm0Tt
T B SKIN OCR \ hal"u,Te\
James W. Hum,
RESPECTFULLY informs his customers
and tho Public generally, that his wheat
Mill s in first rate order for grinding. All who
intend to favor him with their custom are
earnestly requested to havo their whoat well
cleaned before it is sent to t'-.e mills if thc^
want good flour. Whoat w:i! be ground on tM^ ?
same terms as last year .
V. 1939. 29?? w