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crop wiil bless the exertions of the husbandman. We understand that the crop of \V heat in this vicinity is unprecedented. [Charlotte (N. C.) Journal. . m Contents ol Tlio Formers' Register. NUMBER VI. VOLUME VII. ORIOZNAL COMMUNICATIONS. Essay on Vegetable Physiology (continued) Chap. XII, Chap. XIII, Chap. XIV. SuggeBti ns in regard to bnilding fences and log-houses Two-crop silk-worms. Fixtures for feeding and spinning. Measurement of granaries and coru-cribs. Chmareof Italy, and of the Piedmont and valley counties o; Virginia. Counter estimat s <md objections to the a!leged profits of mulberry and silk-culture. New obstacles to the trophical p'ant scheme. Comparison o? mulberry and silk estimates Tne 44 marl indicator" not the14 veronica anagalhV'nor the " veronica becrabunga." Remarks on tiie vegetable kingdom. The 4* mam noth" eiik-worms' eggs, and the mniinito nfrhniro umrtniT rliffiirpnl Itlndli. Kl"uuul: v* v'""vw "'"""li Comparative weights of cocoons of different varieties <ff silk worms. Progress o silk-culture in Virginia. The mulberry crop, and prices. State of crops. Liming, Osage orange seeds. SELECTIONS. Culture of the potato. On lime as manure. Price of Durham cattle. To cure egg-sue King dogs. Management of bees. Grease as barometers. Manufacture cf cheese from potatos, Perfect agriculture adverse to fences. New herbage plants. Method of causing cabbages to head during winter. Saving green peas. History of the improved Durham 6hort-horn breed of cattle, No. 1. No. 2. The law incorporating the41 Trophical Plant Company," and address to the friends of the enterprise. English (or common) turnips. Periodicals often affect those who do not read tbem. Planting seed ends of potatoes. Comparative nutritive qualties of roots. Hen coops. Soap making. Sheep ticks. Cure tor grubs in head of sheep. Pruning. New mode ofbreaking oxen. Husbandry in China. Grub worm. Eggs. Feeding milch-cows. On the preservation of the health otnogfCCS. Decline of southern commerce. Progress of silk-culture in the neighborhood of Philadelphia. The system of husbandry practised ia Loudoun county in 1818. COMMUNICATED. Mr. Editor?I rite tu you to enfonn you of >? fn tkin.ra thai hi'inpnd iu me a fu dase asro. " V?4.4i6- ....... .-rr ^ In the lurst place you must no thai I am 19 yertj old and my name you will tine at the bottum of this here letter. Daddy lived hear or nere here till i wus about 15 yer, an then he movd down to Alerbamer ater sellin his farm hear. When I wus there we didnt live nere eny fokes an I never seed eny gals but cussin Nance, and the way she is a raity smart gal aint nobodys bisseniss. When I lived hear ? seed nte smart of ga.'s ?*for thear wus Mary an Sal Dawson an Jiney From an. Now iwixt you an me, Marv Dausen wus a raal hansum gal and I wanted to marry her when I cum back from the west if she lovd me then like she did when I went off Now old Squire Dausons bruther he dide and left every spek uf his propity tu Sail and Aiary?Now the ole sqire he is as clever a man as ever chawd a chaw of tobacker, but what must he do but he must post off Mary to 1 wun of these here galls colleges?an send her j he did; an she had jest got back too weak6 afore I got hear. The old squire they all sed had quit his old house and gone to a faehunable house in the middle of this ere town. Now I aint ben used to these fashunab!e quality houses at all?but I lhaut 1 wood go an sic | Mary eny how. So 1 went thoar last thursday j evewn and when I got most to the gait I lound ' "" * * ?- - *?? * Uaiica Pniw Kmrf Mary jesi a guemg iu iub nuu??*. w* uiU.e, and when I seed her I wus almost 6orry enuf to cry. She went etoopin almost bent duble as bad a* cousin Zeiksgranmamy the year afore ehe died, and says I tu myself Miry always wus a ridin the wildest kind o' horses an some on them creeturs is throne and hert hur. But howsumever I tried to look as dont kere as I coud and follered her intu the house. She had just tuk of her bonnit an was standin afore a grate big glas with gilted goold all around the egges. " hoddy mis Mary" sed I?44 I'm raley mity glad to see you, an coussin Nance wood tu, for she sent hoddy tu yu." When I wus a sayin this I wus a going up towards her to shake hands with her but she draud- back, and I reckened may be she didnt remember me and so I ketched her by t ie hand and give her a rite harty Bhake eny how. She looked sorter mad an wauked toards the doar. I'm Bill Dixon says I, dont you recollect me. Mr. Dixon says she (she had always cauled me Bill afore this time) I presumd you had lurnt how to treat a lady before this time and not be shakin hands with her that away. 1 beg your pardin miss Mary says I, I've always been used to ehakin hands with fokes. Jist then hur rauther cum in an Mary went out. Itelled her who I wus ah ehaked fians with her, but I tell you wha I didnt reach out my han afore she reached out hern to me fust. She axt me all about mutrjer and cuasin Nance an daddy, and the craps, and then after we had tauked a good while, Marm says I, aint miss Mary sick. No says she, poor creeter, but she is in a mity delicate way indede?she has been quite nurvus now for sum time?Mara says I4 1 was sorter skeercd that she had the consumtive or somthin else of the kind she looked so thin and lean. La! Mr. Dixon, says she, you dont no nuthin; thats only from lacin genteely. And whut makes her back squinch up sol said I. She looked sorter mad but looked pleased agin in a littel while, and stiffnin up her hed, sed I suppose as you have ben Jivin out to the west for a long time you dont no nothin about the fa6huns. No mam said I? Well sur says she its nuthing but the greshin ben, an go whear you will you aint agoing to find eny body hanr-um unles she has it. 1 told her if I wu6 to do so at home, fokes wood think old Charley had throne me and broak my back in tu or that I wus a mocking daddy's broken back sow. She sed that we bacwoods west, em fokes must be mity unhappy because they coundeut git the inlightinment of something, I dont no what she called it but I believe it was cilivivation. I told her we didnt warnt eny of that stuff for we made plenty of corn and cottin. She looked at me like she thaut I wus a mity fule, but I looked at her like I knoed she was wun. But I got up an told her good by and pushed off. if you dont git tired of this 1 '11 rite agin. Yr hurbel sarvt BILL DIXON. SEIZURE OF AMERICAN FISHERMEN. ] We staied a few days s?nce, says the New I York Courier and Enquirer, that the Secreta- I ry or the Treasury had despatched the United | States revenue cutter Hamilton, captain Sturgis, from Boston, on a cruize to Yarmouth V and its vicinity, to inquire into the circumstan- ,J ces under which many of our fishing vessels had been seized during the present season by c the British authorities in Nova Scotia. Cap . r Sturgis, accompanied by Mr Barnes, the Na- f val officer of Boston, immediately proceeded to e Yarmouth in the Hamilton, and thence uo the Bay of Funday, to Brier Island and near Digby. (j The Hamilton also crossed over to Mo .nt Dessert in Mane, where she landed two American fishermen taken on board at Yar- 0 mouth. Captain Sturgis was absent but nine I days on the cruize, having sai.ed ei ht hundred q miles and ncountered much heavy weather, s We find in the Boston Morning Post, a letter from Henry A. Grantham, Esq, Consular agent of the United States for the port ot Yarmouth, addressed to captain Sturgis, and givmg the facts in relation to four of the seizures . It is stated by the Post to be the general opin- ( 1 ion at Yarmouth that many of the seizures had been made without sufficient cause, and that the greater number of them would be released c by the Court of Vice Admiralty of Halifax. ? Augusta and the South Carolina Canal J and Rail Road Company?At ?n adjourned meeetiug of the citizens of Augusta, h**Id on tire 29th ult., the Conimitiee to whom v was referred the application of ih<* SouthCarolina Caual nnd R >il Road Company d to terminate their Rail lioad and- eaaoluh I 1 .. I- A .?rr1-QiinptoH rt'snllltlflflS in ' U ucpui ill au^uotti| iv|iunvu . favor of graa ing the application, uport like restrictions with those imposed on he Geor- j gia R til Road and Banking Company, in t relation to a R xil Road from Savannah, and t on the further restriction that the depot of n :he Company shall not be South of R??y- t nolds.street, West of Campbell street, nor 111 East of Ell ott street, and upon such other ? restrictions as theCi y Council shall deem ( expedient?the property of the Company 0 no; to be exempt from taxation. Rcsolu. r lions were at th-same time reported m favor r of a con inuous Rail Ro ?d communication t he.ween Savannah and Augusa, and of a proposing to the City Council to guarantee J the bonds of the Georgia R ?il Road and Bunking Company, or subscribe for stock j, of that Company to an amount not exceed- g in^ $300,000, a id also in favor of applying r to the legislature of Georgia for aid in im- c proving ho navigation of the Savannah r River. These last mentioned resolutions i were adopted ; but for the resolu ions relatu-*<r to the South-Carolina Canal and Rail ^ Roaci Company, Mr. \V. M. D'Antignac, 0 ofthe Comm:vVef,? offered a substitute, calling f the application ofti*? Company a *' Charles- b ton effort to destroy Sa^nnah, and make a Augusta completely sufo:or>i?Dt 10 h?T," c and declaring** that it would not oii[v he inexpedient, but greatly prejudicial to t'ie a best interests of both Augusta and Savannah a to permit the South-Carolma Rail Road to u terminate within the corporate limits of that ir city.'* o On motion of Gen. Glascock both sets 0 of resolutions were laid on the table lor the h present, and a resolution was adopted to ap- Cl point a Committee of five to enquire into the expediency of recommending to the City Council tho purchase of the two bridges across tho Savannuh ; and to ascertain on o: what terms the purchase can bo made, p The meeting the.i adjourned to meet again c when the Committee ol five should be ready u to report. f.1 - - .??r ?k:? " We rpgrei 10 perceive m? iuhu m n.ia ^ I meeting in reference to Charleston, styled n by Mr, D'Antignac 4* the great rival" of rr Augus a, 41 the only one from which we ei need apprehend any danger." Is Augusta about to forget the ben?fi s our Rail Road c< has already conferred upon her?is she ob. livious of her rejoicing at its cons ruction Ql ?is she disposed to adopt ih?? narrow and g illiberal and mistaken p ?licv of throwing ob- ti stacles in the way of intereommunicaiion with her neighbor ? But we await further developements before we draw our couclu- E sions.?Char. Courirr. I the maine question. The conjecture, that the visit of Mr. Sec. * retary Forsyth to the State of Maine had a some connexion with the controversy he- 6( t ween the United States and Great Britain b concerning the Northeastern boundary ft question, is confirmed by the subjoined ex- w tract from a leading Whig journal in Maine. 81 From tho fact of the Secretary having con- a suited not only the Governor of the Sta'e, but other prominent individuals, and of both political parties, we draw two inferences, t] both of which are, as far as they go, grati- 8 lying to us as Nat onal politicians, viz. w Firs',?That the conferences between!^ tho Secretary of Stato and the Governor j 6 of M line have not been in thoir offi- 11 cial capacities, and that tho Executive 11 has therefore not recognized the right of any State in this Union to prescribe the terms of negotiation between the Uniied Stales and any foreign Power : and, sec- r ondiy, that there is an earnest and sincere v desire on the part of the Executive to bring this unhappy controversy with Great Britain J to a prompt and amicable close, on such a terms as shall be acceptable to the Public c of Maine, without distinction of party.? Xsat. Intel. . c FROM TH.E KENNEBEC (MAINE) JOURNAL. The Joint Commission.?In the Kenne bee Journal of May *21sl we published the f, letter of Mr. Stevenson, our M nister in a London, with an extract from * commuui. ti cation of Lord Pulmerston of April 3, pro- 1' posing a joint commission to survey and 1 settle the Northeastern boundary line, from which we learnt that the British Goverment had subnr itted to ours a 44 draft of a convention for the purpose of regulating the proceedings ofthe commissioners." Until re- v cently wc have been in ignorance of the g nature of this 44 draft," but arc now compelled to say that our worst apprehensions are fully realized. We are not able to inform our readers by authority of the precise terms of this *4 draft," but can say that they ( are wholly inadmissible. i Mr. Forsyth, the U. S. Secretary ofState, f has been here, where the Governor an 1 tl | Council arc in session. While in Portland a Fist week he had a conference with Gw. is ^airfield, Mr. Williams, Gov. Kent, Col. t* ) ivies, and others, who met him there on lis invitation, and submitted to them the >roposition of the Bri:ish Government. They were unanimous in the opinion that dame could not agree to it, and they regar[ d it only as calculated, ifnot designed to 1 nake a furtherund severer test of the patient V orbcarance of the State, by delaying any fi quitable settlement. p What actton the Governor a d Council p nay take on the subject we do not know. 1 mt understand that tue G ivernor and the s ither gentlemen who were consulted at tl 'orlland complied with Mr. Forsyth's re. t [uest by making a counter proposition, n uch as they thoug it M im-would agree to. e ti MR. JOUDON. 0 The London correspondent of the New o fork Courier and Enquirer holds the following e anguage with refereuce to Mr Jaudon and c lis agency : J "It may be im^rtant to explain the true ^ ircumstances ot the closing of the London gency ot the United States Bank, in reply to much distorted and entirely unfounded state- r nent which appearei in the city art'Cle oitne n London Times, of Monday Ia6t, and which will tl robably be seized upon with avidity for ex- h ract and comment, by the American editors ^ /ho are hostile to the interests of'lie Bank. , In the Times it is represented' ?hat Mr. Jauon is about to wind up his agency and leave P England, in consequence of tho want of Me- ? ess which has attended his mission in this lountry , whereas, I am enabled to assert, on he riost unquestionable authority, that Mr. audon is certainly about to make preparaions for winding up his affairs and returning q o the United States, in the course of some six lonths from the present time; but the discon- 8 inuance of the special agency in England has P io connection whatsoever, with such circum- c tance as are s ? falsely set forward by the tl Time*, for the mission of this gentleman was tl tever intended to be permanent, but arose only h >ut of the extraordinary slate of the money a narket succeeding the panic of 1836 / and low the business being brought into 6atisfac. ory train, it is intended that the permanent . gency of the Bank of the United States is to ti e urn mro the hands of the eminent house of n Jarmg, Brothers & Co. These are tho plain b ircumstances of ihecase in answer to the ina- y ignant assertions of the Tunes, against a ;e tlernan whose ability and gentb-manly maners have procured for him an influence in the 1 ity oi London, which show how ably he has '' eprosented the Bank of the United States. c o IMPORTANT LAW CASE. 0 In the Vice Chancellor's Court of Orange h /O., New York.?-Bell vs. Corporation of City (| f New York.?In this case George Dummer, Esq. for his mother, Mrs. Bell, has recovered y a decision of the Court of Chancery of Ornge county, N Y., that valuable property w ailed Blackwell Island* near New >ork City, o n which thejeorporation, at a very great cx- a enso have recently erected their Penitentiary, nd other public works. This island is valued a i towards o half a million of dollars. We ' imsn.tnnt \arrrx 1 npinoinUc arfl nuersiw-*u ???/ iuij/viv?uk .vg... r.,.v.r.? ? ivo!ved ill decision. It is thg first case f the kind that ever been brought before P r courts, although Wd jearn that there have a een frequent decisions in uader ^e v otnmon law similar to this. IVG vlpubt a fu.l t! import of the case will be published. a u rvEw havpv. (Ct.) June 3-T. The venerable Col. Trumbull, aid-de-camp : f General Washington, and the historical . ainter of our country, 19 now residing in this ity with Professor Silliman, who is connected r_( ith his famiiy by marriage. He some years li' nee presented his whole collection of pain- tl ngs to Yale College, and they are now ex- r< ibited here in a fine building, erected for their ?ception. I am informed that he still spends luch of his time in painting, although over ighfy year* of a^e. ? One of the finest private librariee in the 1 uun'ry is that belonging to I thiol Town, Esq. v le celebrated architect. He has recently cj reeled a spacious building on a design of his ^ wn for its reception. Mrs. Sigourney has iven a description of the building and its con- , gnts in the Ladies Magazine. " w The Sac and Fox War Party.?The 0 luriington (Iowa) Gazette of the 8th ult. says ,a -"A gentleman direct from the agency on the it )en Moines infroms us that the war party of le Sacs and Foxes, of which we 6po.<e some >uror five weeks ago, returned some days tnce, bringing with them eight scalps, about y, n equal number of squaws as prisoners, and 5 everal horses. The Indians thus cruelly 1 utchered were of the Omaha tribe, from the . )i6souri. The party consisted of ten men, rith their squaws; and although only eight e calps were brought in, it is supposed that not li emgu; mau coto^u. ? New York, July 4th. [ A hornble loss of life has just occurred on be Harlem railroad. The locomotive, atI6th P treet, ran off the track, and, when the people a rere engaged in pitting it on, the boner burst, s nd killed several persons immediately, and 5 orribly mutilated others. The amount ol the fi acrifice of lite, 1 am i ot now able to ascer- c am. The engineer probably forgot to let off ^ he steam when the locomotive stopped. rj women?abolition. The following resolution was adopted at a ecent meeting of the Anti-slavery Society, J? 44 Resolved, That the roll of this meeting be nadc by placing thereon the names of all per. ons, male and female, who are delegates from ny auxiliary society, or members of this So- si iety." o Accordingly a number of women were ad- fe nited as delegates, with the privilege ot Ci noalfinor. vntincr. anh vor/moin/t m*#>rv other j rw ? e' >"*?- ........6 - a ight appertaining to male members. It 6eems that a portion of this Society are ' ur beginning the work of Abolition at home, md emancipating the women from slavery to r< he men. It was by this party that the reso- ir ution was carried. As we understand them, ft hey propose to compass the following ends; 0 1. To free the women from the men. ft 2. To free children from their parents. a 3. To free apprentices from their masters. 4. To free the negroes. ' Or, to s -m up the whole matter in a few aj vords, to free every body, black and white, IS ;reat and small, from the control of a suporior. e< [Globe. UNEXAMPLED SPEED IN LAKE STEAMING. The fine steam b >at Illinois p iss-id from tv Chicago to BufTalo, (1047 miles,) last week, di n sixtv hoars. This is the greatest speed, bi or the distance, on record. Which is at st be rate of 17 miles and 45 hundredths of bi . mile, say 17 1-2 miles per hour !?That e1 j four handrcd and seventeen miles and one mth of a mile every twenty four hours ! ! -N. Y. Star. From the Saratoga Exchange. mournful casualty. We are informed that a child aged about 0 years, the daughter of Mr. Abraham Velch, who resides about ten miles in the jrest, North of Lake Pleasant, was torn in lieces, and almost entirely devoured, by a anther ofthe largest size,on Monday week. ?he child was playing on the bank of a mall stream, within sight and hearing of he house, when the panther sprang from a hicket of hemlock, and seized her by the icck, and after dragging her into the thickt, proceeded to devour her at leisure. The aether of the little girl had gone to a spring . few rods helow the house, for the purpose f obiaining a pail of water, and she returnu just in time to see the monster leap the reek with the last remaining limb of her iaughior hanging from his mouth. Mrs. Velch comprehended at a glance the exeqt of the calamity, and she immediately an for her husband, who was engaged in lakiog shingles, nearly a mile and a half in 10 woods from the house. He immcdia'cstoried in pursuit of the ferocious animal lit did not suceed in capturing him. All liut could be found of the little sufferer was a* .of tw frock, and some hair, all clotted ilid-matted in blood. From the National Intelligencer. THE MORMONS, Have excited a good deal of interest in Cincinnati, where one of the sect has been iving ? history of that people, end of the executions to which they have been reentiy expose i in Missouri. It is stated, in lie report given in the Cincinnati News, lat they were ruthlessly driven from their omes, their properly destroyed, the women nd children forced into the woods, withut shelter from the inclemency of the wea* ler ofJanuary, where they roamed about II their feet became so sore that their cnciics trackod them by their footprints of lood. The Mormons stated that there tore instances where men were murdered i cold blood, and boys who had taken shel r from the fury of the mob were dragged rom their hiding places, and, after being ruelly maltreated, deliberately shot. In ne case an ol I man, a soldier of the Revolution, was pursued by a mob, but, finding e could not escape, turned and supplicated leir mercy. The reply he reoeived was a hot from a rifle, which wounded him morally ; he still besought them to .'-parehim, rhen one of the party picked up a scythe, r sickle, and literally hacked him to pieces s he lay on the ground. Thomas Morris, formerly U. S. Senator, ddressrd the meeting: 41 lie said he had been in the vicinity of bese transactions, and had taken some ains lo acquaint himself with the facts ; nd, from all he could learn, the Mormons rere an industrious and harmless people; bat no specific charge had been brought gainst them by the Executive of Missouri, !tU4bit their persecution was for no other a^sou than that their religion gave offence j a ,*3oh?for causes which may at any mc induct same persecution of any iligious sect in OUT He said lie be" eved the statements rrtaJd & be true, and lat they were corroborated by those >vho esided in the vicinity of their occurrence/1 HORRID. "^fTuesday last, osa little son of Mr. 'hos. Eager, of the Mansion riou.h ;n this illage, was playing with a large and feroi ious bull-dog, ihe dog suddenly turned upon im, and fastening upon his face, tore and icerated him in the most shocking manner, iting through his cheeks and tongue. It >as with some difficu'ty that he was driven ff nnH the little sufferer rescued from cer tin death.?N. Biver(Sing Sing) Chron:le. JUSTICE'S COURT?SERVICES OF BROKERS. An action was brought into tins Court, esterday morning, before Justice Merrill. y Aaron Dow, real estate broker to re. over pay for services performed under ie following circumstances. A person mployed Mr. Dow to dispose of a dwelng house, fixing the price at $2000. Mr. low advertised it, and took other measures > effect a sale, and was soon off red $1600, )r it, by a person, whom Mr, D. very romp ly referred to the owner, not having uthorhy ;o reduce the price. This man ubsequently became the purchaser ut 11600, and the owner rcfus- d to pay the till price allowed in other cases, (1 per enti] because Mr. Dow ha J not made the n-gain, and completed the sale himself. Court was of opinion that Mr. Dow ad performed the most important part of ie business,and was entitled to the usual er centage, and accordingly gave a verdict irthe plaintiff.?Boston Atlas, SINGULAR JUSTICE. We observe, by the result of a recent jit in New Orleans, that in that state the wner of a slave is civilly responsible for slonies committed by his slaves. In the ise referred to the plaintiff obtainei a verin for S1250 and costs. The following re the circumstances : on the night of the th June last year, the plaintiff's office was jbbed of $1,400 in Texas notes, and $150 i gold. Three blacks were apprehended >r the robbery. On one of them, the slave f the defendant, $100 of the money was >und, and $500 of it were recovered from person to whom ho had passed it. The resent claim was for the loss of the bailee stolen, reducing the Texas money to [ew-Orleans par value, and it was award. 3. THE SPIRIT OF OUR CITY. The spirit of improvement is actively at ork in our city. Not only is the burnt istrict in King and Meeting.streets rapidly scorning thronged with noble stores and ructures, not only has the great Hotel sen rebuilt, with greater elegance than for, but other parts of the city respond to the like influence, nnd nmong proofs of ti gratifying fact, are the granite fronts whii Prioleau's Range and other stores on Eui Buy have assumed.?Charleston Cour. Cotton Mancfactgiiies. The Mer mack Company at Lowell, Was9., cleared per centum the last eix months, of which th divided seven per cent, or ,$800,000 to surpl fund. s u ji n a n y. Missing Vessel.?Tho Bremen brig imel Williams, maetor. which left Bremen on the IE November last for Now Orlo ;ns, with 95 p scngers. has not since been heard from. A Dr. Barber of New York advertises in Charleston paper, that ho is about to open school for young gentlemen from seven to J years of age. The last Survivor.?'The only trco in In< pondence Square, Philadelphia, which stood the timo of tho Declaration of Indcpondcn is a large buttonwood, near the South-westc corner of the .ot. It will be readily distinguisli from its younger brethren by its size and hoa aspect. Two deaf mutes who had absconded from t Institution at New York, were recently found Canajoharie, applying for employmont as vault and tumblors to a circus company. recent firo at Philadelphia, the anato ical preparations for the illustration of co partive an tomy, collected after tho labor years by Dr. Richard Harlan, now in Euro were totally destroyed. Appropos.?The cabinet maker who has advertisement of ready made coffins in the i triot, appeared considerably edified with the i iiation it occupied last week?next to a j advertisement.?Greensboro' Patriot. A firo occurred in Elm Street New York the 30th June and destroyed a large amount property. It originated in a distillery. The drartd tluko of Russia, was "all the rag in Londui, ut lato dates. ** * ? r ranCQ IS cumpaiam VIJ Richmond Medical College.?This insti tnn for its first session (1838?9) had a class 46 students, of whom 14 graduaded. T winter session will commence on the 21st Oc ber. The Hon. William C. Preston and fum passed through Ruthcrfordton, N. C., on the 11 uit., on a visit to Virginia. A poor woman on boad the John B steamer burnt on the St. Lawrence, lost six < of nine children she had with her. Anotl woman attached a rope to a Newfoundland d< which nobly swam ashore with her, and tl saved her life.* All the castings, of shafting, heavy gearii &c? for the Cane Creek Cotton Factory, Chatham County N. C., were made upon spot, from pig metal brought in wagons from iron region of that state. Ex Governor Tyler, of Va., of whose W1 ism, some doubts had been expressed, 1 i avowed his preference for Mr. Clay, as n President, overall otheis who have been nam I There aro four thousand female teachers n ! actively engaged in the common schools Massachusetts. The Rev. Dr. Ilawks has published the volume of his "Contributions to the Eclesiasti History of the United States." This volu ' relates to the Protestant Episcopal Church Maryland. Marriage?The Hon. Jesse A.Bynum, me ber of tho last Congress, from N. Carolina. Mrs. Emeline Bray, of tho Parish of Rapi til. The Post Master General has contracted carrying the mail daily between Charleston : Hamburg by the railroad. The Hon. A. S. Clayton died at his reside j in Athens, Georgia, on tho 21st of last mon Judge C/ayton was one of the most cmin< | men whom Georgia has produced. Governor Gilmer is so dangerously ill that recovery is disjwjrcd of. The new exchange in New York, in proc j pf erection, covers an acre of ground, and v I cost nearly ?1,500,000. Princeton College.?This institution c< tlnucs to show a flourishing number of studer The catalogue give^a list of? resident gradual 75 seniors, PO juniors, 74 sophomores, and freshmen. Hostilities have commenced between Turl and Egypt. Mr. Aborcomby late speaker of the House Commons has been raised to the British IV age. Lord John Russel has given notice in t House of Lords that he should offer resoltitic affirming the principle of a union of the Cat das. An attempt to enter Buckingham (t Queen's) Palace, by an insane man, who si that he had come there for tho purpose of killi the Queen was frustrated. The Three Graces.?John Grace, Willh Grace, and Sam Graci were arrested, in Get gia, on the 11th ult, for horsestealing. ' * I 1110 ClCCirO-UlttgiiUUt in iii. I York city now think they have power enough move a press. Three severe shocks of earthquake were < perienced at Aguadilla, Porto Rico, on t io 1( inst., but no damage was done to property. G. VtT. Cjbo has been convicted, at Can: daigur., (N. Y.) of making war upon our Car dian neighbors and sentenced to 12 month's i I prisonment and ?20 fine. | The War Department has ordered all gai blcrs to be removed from the territoiy of t western Indians, and their return to be previ ted by military force if necessary. The millers in Rochester, N. Y. who h bought largely of wheat, on speculation, it eupposod will now loose about half a million dollars by the fall in price from tho abunda crop. The Internal Improvement Bill, which fina passed the L' gislature of Pennsylvania on t last day of the recent session, contains app priations to tho amount of ?2,054,000. A Biography of Dr. Cooper is to be prep: cd by his son-in law, Dr. Manners. Valuable Race Horse.?The cclebrat race horse Boston, was lateiy sold to A James Long, of Washington city, for ?12,5< Rich Fiddler.?The celebrated Pagan is said to have realized two millions of doll; by fiddling. The Alexandria Gazetto says that Mr. Seld* late unsuccessful candidate for Congress, fr Richmond, (Va.) has been appointed Treasu of the U. S. in place of Mr. Campbell remove The New Albany (la ) Argus says, that G Stapp, as Fund Commissioner ha6 negotiated Indiana, a loan of ?4,000,000, to be approprra to the prosecution of Internal Improvements. " * * * w/tnaii'nrl Tho Aberdeen ^onBiuuuuj IU1IOO, iCVVITUU the last arrival from England, announces 1 loss of seven vessels in the Gulf of Riga, on I 25th of May. Mr. M'Duffie has arrived at home. Tho hap result of his late mission is a just 6nbject of c< gratulation to his fellow citizens. Mrs. Sigoumey is to edit the Religious S venir, for 1840. The Hon. J B. Sutherland, of PennsyJ nia, has published a Congressional Manual. A horse lately trotted in harness on race course near New York 3 miles ic minutes 41 secondr, carrying of 145 lb. in 1 6ulkey. " ' 11 ]is "If the devil should lose his tail whore would cb ho get another ?w * In a gin shop, to be suro, because there they ab-TAiL bad spirits." I,, i CHEKAW P??ICE CURRENT. r? Friday, July 12.Beet'in market, ibl Of 8 ln? Bacon from wagons, .lb II I2i by retail, lb 12$ 154 Cutter lb J5 25 = Rccswat ib 22 24 gagging Jar(, f 18 25 : Bale rope Jb . 10 I2i ith Soffco i ir? ae. S?TT0N' M 14 L?rn ? bushel S7$ 100 ; Flour Country, brl 5 00 C 45 i a Feathers from wagort* jh 40 50 a! Fodder. 100 125 en 1 Uide9 green 11) ^ dry lb 10 le. iron lOOlbs 5 50 650 at Indigo lb 75 250 ce. Lime cask 400 4 50 rn; Lard lb 12J 15 ied; Lcathor sole , lb 22 25 ry j Lead bar ih 10 j Logwood lb 10 15 be 1 Molasses gal 45 50 at | New Orleans ga! ( 50 | GS* " 1 - ' * il 1 11 1 n L,rs; i^auscuiassonea id i? j ' ' j wrought lb lb 18 Oats bushel 50 m*, Oil curriers gal 75 J00 f! |amp J 25 DC ! linseed i HO J25 r ' j Paints white lead . keg 325 452 J Spanish brown lb 8 121 i111 Pork lOOlbs . 800 1000 \ Rico lOOlbs 550 625 ?t- . Shot, Ba? ogi mU| " . Jbl 225 " | Sugar lb ( 10 12^ on Salt aack 2 75 300 of, Fait bush 100 Steel American lb 10 12$ rev | English lb 14 German lb 12 24 i Tallow lb 10 12 j Tea imperial lb 100 137$ tu. , hyson lb 100 ?f | Tobacco manufactured lb 10 50 'i10; Window glass 8x10 5'Jft 3$ 3| t0' j 10 x 3$ S| , ily j CI1A1ILEST03 MARKET. ith july 6,1839. ujj Cotton-.?We have but a single sale to record 3Ut since our last, viz. 100 bags Upland, at 13 ccnti ier per lb. ^ It was confidently believed by many in the early part of the week, that the first favorable 1 8 intelligence from Europe, Would cause a reaction in the business of our staples, but the result hat nP? proved otherwise, the accounts per (he Live?* in pool, which exhibit a decided improvement l'ie abroad, have fai ed to excite a corresponding th? influence here, and business is worso now than before her arrival. - ? iig- Rice,?133 tierces were sold at from $4f to lias $4 5-8 per cwi. . . ext Rough Rice.?700 bushels brought $1 12$ >ed. per bushel. ow Flour.?30 bbls. Canal sold for $8$ pet in bbl.; and 125 do Richmond Country; at $7$ ft *. . . ? 2^ Grain.?There were ho arrivals of Grain ~ i Since our last?prices remain nominal. Hay.?400 bales came to hand and sold at froiti $1 to SI 6 per cwt. 1 Groceries.?50 hhds. Muscovado Sugar sola a 7$ a 9 1.2 cents per lb ; 20 bogs Cuba Cofied !m* at 11 cents; and 20 hhds. Nuevitas Molasses, 10 at 40 cents per gallon. The stocks at present ?.e? are light ana markets firm. Bacon.?750 Baltimore Hams brought 16 cents for per lb. We quote Hams at 13 a 17; Sides 12; ind arid Shoulders at 10 a 11 cents. Lard?Is selling at tetail for 12 L2 cents pet nee lb. ^h. . Salt.?1000 sacks Liverpool sold for $1 5.8 out and 390 ut #1$. ????nmmmamm mm ? his the ess Southern Silk Journal ('ill and farmer's register. )tg A monthly Periodical of thirty-two octavo es, pages, with printed cover, in style and 24 manner equal to the Journal of the American Si/k Society. lc* Publication appears under th* auepi. JL ci-8 of Tbe Southern Silk and Agricultural ?f Society, lately organized at CoJumbue. Ga. for er* the purpose of i roinoting the culture of SiJk in the South, and ol disseminating correct scientific he information on th; subject of Agriculture ift ins general. ia. To control on the one hand, the present, so called wild and wrecklesa spirit of speculation in j,e tho Mulberry, and on the other, to prove that jjd Silk may, and ought to become a Southern sta. nty pie, shall be the primary object of this Journal; ? whilst at the same time, its pages are to be made the medium of conveying to tho planter and farmer, the most interesting and important in* )r~ formation on every subject embraced in tlio wUe range of husbandry. ,w The experience of other sections of the co*ns to try, have clearly shown the benefits derived from the application of science to the cultivation of* *x. the soil, and the entire practicability of embody* )th ing tho necessary information in the pagci of such a work. ln. The experience of the South has convinced la. all, tl at uuless such a work is adapted to yuf tn. clmiate, soil and peculiar system of Agriculture, its usefulness will be extremely limited. To this end, the services of several scientific rTi" and practical agriculturalists of distinclion have 10 been secured as correspondents, whoso commui* 5n" cations will inouthly enrich the pages of the . Journal, and render it well worthy of universal ia. patronage. Her central position in the most fertile plant. 0 ing region of the South, her location on the IU great thoroughfare between the North and New .. Orleans, and her ready communication by inl'M* . ^ with every section of the ccuntry, have all cohspifed to induce the Society to seleet t ohimbus, r0* as the most eligible point for its publication. The Journal and Rrgutor will be edited by the undersigned, and published at the office of the Columbus Enquirer, at the low rate ol 2 dollars per annum, payable invariably iu advance. Ir. S. T. CHAPMAN, JO. WILLY WILLIAMS, mi Communications to be directed, post paid, to ars S. t. CHAPMAN, ; Cor. Sec. So. Silk and Agr. Society, en, Columbus, Ga. June, 1839* ? NOTICE. * |,n fTJlHE Subscriber intends to relinquish his fQ' JL business in this place after the first of Oct. ted ncxt> Tiiose who are indebted to him will confer t by favor by paying. , , - . [Jjq He has a good assortment of Plain, Jappaned tj10 and Block '1'in Ware, which will be sold for less than the usual prices ; also a lot oi Cast Iron )py Stoves and Stove Pipe which can be fitted ready in to put up next winter, by those who will want them, aud they can be had at a reduced pnec" S. HERVEV. va- Cfieraw, July 12, 1839. 35?2t a WANTED |f 7 A GOOD MILCH COW. luquiro at this he jflA. office. July, 121839 95 tf , *:. I