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gray ww H six gallons of water in a boiler, wiih twelve pounds of salt, twelve ounces of salt?p<tre, and two quarts of molasses. This I stir sufficiently to dissolve the salt, &c., und let it boil and skim it. I then let it cool and pour it on my ham, ana in one week I have smoked harn, very lender, of an excellent flavor, and well smoked. When the wentlier becomes warm, there will be a scum rise on the pickle. By keeping my ham under pickle, it will keep the year round. It is belter to have a good white oak barrcl than any other. Try it,and if von ever had meat smoked earlier after killing, and more palatable, please in orm the public through the columns of your paper. Yours, &c. H. FOWLER. Hanover, Mich. March 7, 1839. Extract of a letter from a highly respectable ; source, dated. j u Near KnoxviUet Sept. 2(5. Knoxvilfe is perfectly healthy, although j oil our watercourses there is considerable j s.ckness. Crops were never so abundant. ?f am only a small farmer, and yer, on j ti?t* pfanta'ion I live on, with f ur constant hands, 1 wiifrrib 3000 bushels of Corn, and have stacked up more, than 1000 d >zen j oats, b-sides whe at, rye, potatoes and hay in proj>oriion. The reflection is painful? that with a I ke abundance scattered every where over East Tennesee, nothing can be sold, nothing converted into money. The Ken u?ky drovers are driving their hogs over here, and fattening them on our fields, or a gieat deal of our grain would scarcely pay us for the gathering?sooner or later we must meet the demands of foreign corinv'Tce in your sea .port, or tho granary of j Tcanesoe become a deserted waste. SiLK CULTURE, From the Journal of tho American Siik Society. j KEEPING OF MULTICAULIS OVEB WINTER. numbers of muliicaulis trees trill bo taken up thin full and kept out of the I ground uii winter, for purposes of sale, and I by many, under an apprehension, that they will be injured by the inclemencies of the Benson, it is deemed proper to devote a por. tion of the present number, to the best mode j of preserving them. Let us be understood, however ; if the trees are growing on high dry situations, (the more stoney and grav. city the better,) and the trees are not want-1 ed for any purpose tili the opening of spring, the best and most certain nv'thod of preserving ?hpm, is to leave them where tkev are. In such situati ns wo have never known a tree, cr a limb, or even a bud, to I bo injured by winter. This is our own I practice invariably. We never ever even lake off the cuttings we intend to plant in the soring till we have go? the ground ready fot theiif, tn March or April.* But where early frrors, and late spells of warm weathcr between thom, late planting, <5cc. have caused a considerable quantity of unripened wood at the extremities to remain at the fall of the Lnf, all this' unripened woo I should i !?*? nmt nfFht'form the s were cold approaches ?say immediately after the leaves have! fallen.?and buried in the ground as follows: j select the highest and the driest situation in field or garden if possible on the north side of 9 house, barn, or high board fence, (but not nnder trees,) where the sun never shines in winter. Lay the cu'tings on the fop of the ground, side by side, near together but not touching, cover the first layer with loose fine earth one inch. Then lay on another layer of cuttings, side by side, as before, and then another layer ofj earth, and so on Mi you have laid ail the cuttings down, taking care to press the earth i firmly. Then throw on earth, covering! the who! * about one fool deep, and packing ! the surface firmly, and forming the top of j * * *1 ?1 !%** if nf U ' tho pile into me s'?aj>c v?? iw.#. house, that if may throw off iho water. If you have one thousand branches you wish to preserve, Jay down one hundred in each layer, and thus you will have ten layers. The earth which you use should bo taken from a ditch which you w il dig around the pile ; and this ditch will serve us n drain to draw off the water from the pil" ofcu tings. Cure must be taken that no inters:ices be left among the cuttings, as the confined air in them will cause mildew, and of course the loss of the cuttings. The situation should bo protected from the sun as much as possible, that the pile may remain frozen all winter, as it is the occasional freezing and thawing that injures unripenod wood. It should not bo exposed to the dripping from the eaves of the house, or from trees, as ihnt saturates die pile with water. This unri pened wood, thu9 preserved, if taken from tho pile in the spring and immediately planted, without unnecessary exposure to the a >, will grow and make as fine trees as j tho best matured wood. Where trees must neccens?>rdy be taken * ~?1 />!!? r?f it?o crroiind dunni? w 11. J vp anu acjit ?. ..? b o ter, the bust mode of preserving tltem, is to | bury their roots in the ground in an erect j posi;ion, in some situation perfectly protec-1 ted from the sun. Where a large numb?r fire to be protected, a long shed that will shelter them from the sun, should be erected, open at the sides and ends, that a free passage may be afforded for the air. The m< un lion should bo the highest and driest ut command, and the more open to a northurn exposure the better. Once for nil, let it be said, that the morus muliicaulis is never injured by cold, however intense it may be ; that they are only in-; juird in winter by the sudden application j ofhent while in a frozen stcte ; and that the j only pro'ectioo they require during winter,! is to be protected from H?AT,,at all times. Supposing that a shed, as*above mentioned, has been erected for the purpose, tlf& trees may be set as close ns jiossibie, merely throwing a lililu earth between the rocrs, and when ull are sot, the trees left standing at if they had grown there. If any part of the roots appear above ground, they should be covered by the application of a shotfcUull of earth. If the soil be of a sandy ^Uality, it is' the bust. Clay soil * Farther Soatb it should be earlier, say when the bads begin to swell, which in this neighborhood it commonly in February.?Eo. Cm. should be avoided, as it cannot be placed about the roots whhout leaving cavities, which w iil cause mildew. Collars, open at the north and south sides, will answer a good purpose, provid d they are on high situations ; but if at tho foot of hills, they will not do, unless on the north side of the foil, as th<y nro apt to be too damp, and thus in w irm spells of weather, to engender mildew. Tne next best plan for the preservation of trees. is that laid down for the preservetion of unripe wood, at the beginning of this paper. It is a very lalorious plan whpre a largo number of trees are ;o be preserved, but is worthy of ull the labour ro? quired in the present state of things?where the tree is so valuable. When trees have been preserved by burying, as in the case of unripe wood they are in so delicate a condition in the spring as to be incapable of bearing much exposure to the dry atmosphere without injury, and. therefore, should be planted as soon as possible after being tuken our of the pile. When tr< cs are preserved in close eel lars,in sand, they are apt to become mildewed, and of course killed. If they are entirely buried insand in a close cellar, they are often preserved in perfect condition, but are liable to grow, from the warmth of the cellar, and thu3 become injured. In such cases the only remedy is to ventilate ihc cellar by opening windows on the i orth orc?:,!h sides, and keening ice in there?. | lr, and thus cooling it. Take it for granted, that you cannot hurt tin trees by cold in any situation where the sun cannot shine on them. B ; careful of the roo's of the trees, when taken up from the ground where they grow, the roots should no: be expose to the sun, n'?r to frcs* i t th" open ar. For ift'ie root be injured by drying or by frost, the whole tree may be lost. The root is the most delicate part of the tree, and when that is injured, the whole tree is almost certain to be lost. If the root be frozen, and suddenly exposed to the sun. the tree is inevitably destroyed. We have seen trees that presented a fine healthy appearance, thoy looked plump, the buds sound; but on examining the roo's we found tbem shrivelled, or mildewed, in spots, the bark ro ten and easily removed These would generally be taken for good trees for cuttings, and we have seen many such sol J for propagation. But on cutting up those trees into cuuings there will npp-'ar a dark coloured ring around the wood under the bark, showing that lias decay has commenced. Toe buds of ;he cuttings will generally gro.v an nch or two. but then, not being cap ihleofmaking roo'f. ;h'y wither end die. We have soon mil. lions of cuttings fail from tnis cause, and in this way the past season. The cause of the injury wa9, probably, the freezing of the roots and their exposure to sun or air while so frozen ; or the roots may have become shrivelled and dry from exposure, and thus lost their vital cirru! t on. The mtilticauhis may be k *pt in peifi'Ct condition from the fail of the leul in tae fall, till late planting lime in the spring ; may b<transported from country to country, and passed from hand to hand with proper care. From the time it ceus* 8 growing in the fall, till the proper season for its commencing growth again in the spring, it may witn proper attention be used as an article of merchandise, with perfect safety. But it cannot stand every thing.* The roots must never be allowed to become dry, nor will it do to keep tiiein moist by the application of water. They must be able to take up from the surrounding medium, whether thai be earth, moss, or sand, that peculiar moisture, (or water in an extremely minute division of its panicles,) ad ?p:ed to the extremely small absorbent vessel of its routs. You will drown n tn-e by a long combined immersion in water, as well as an animal ; whereas, if the roots had been surrounded by moist earth, or moss, it could have imbibed a sufficient d gree of mois'ure to preserve i'. Keep the roots from becoming dry by exposure to the air, light, or sun, and from being froz *n ; or, if frozen, from exposure to the uir, light, or sunshine, and you may rely upon the trees bring preserved. Purchasers op trees are cautioned against receiving, either in the fab, winter, or spring, any tree as sound, the bark of which has become shrivelled. It is as much a sign of death in vegetal ion, hs is the recession of the blood from the surface of animals a sign of death in them. It is true that the multicauiis is se tenacious of life that we can sometimes resuscitate a tree after the hark has become shrivelled and dry ; but it is difficult, and not often accomplish, el. At all even', purchasersahoul i uev?t receive trees in that condition. We attri. bute most of the failures of cuttings the past season, to the bad condition of the cuttings planted. We saw many trees sold, and planted too, the bark of which hud become perfectly shrivelled and dry, and were greatly surprised at the singular delusion of both seller and bujer. Let purchasers also examine the boots ofthe trees they purchase. If they are shrivelled and very dry, or if the bark be rotten to any extent, reject them ; for, though the tops be plump and fresh, the injury to the roots will have extended to the whole top under the b rk, though it cannot !>es'*en. As above remarked, on curing the body of the tree, a dark colour will |be observed around the surface of the wood under the bark, and the cuttings will not make roots. g. b b. National Conventin of Silk Growers. We lea-n from a gentleman in this city, who is deeply interested in the silk cubure, that a Convention to promote the cultiva. tion and manufacture of silk in the United States is to be held in this city on the 10 h of Deoember, next at which it is expected that there will be an attendance of delegates from every Congressional district in the Un. ion, as well as from the Territories and the District ofColumbia. This will be the most important as well as :ho mqst numerous assembly ever known in this country?silk culture being destined to become one of the most extensivo branches of American industry. * ? m , , f ? It has b^on suggested that the distant States and Territories should appoint their representatives and delegates in Congress members of this Convention, as tiiey will ' c necessarily be in Washington at ihe time, r andean then attend tho sitting of the Con- i vention without prejudice to as public busi? t ness. ? Arrangements are being made to accom- \ odato as many as 1,000 delegates, and for the exhibition of the many specimens of Am- t erican mauufactured silk to be brought in I competition for the very valuable prizes so i generously offered by the American Silk c Society. t It is desirable that the various silk com- i panies in ?he country immediately appoint t their delegates, and announce their names, ? in the agricultural or siik papers, and for- I ward a copy of the paper to tho Society at Washington, so that a correct lis' of the tie- 1 legates may be made in anticipation ofthe r Convention meeting ; and every newspaper t in tho country favorable to silk culture J should publish this or some similar notice of the Convention us early as poss:ble. < Nat. Intel. f Silk Culture ix tiie Sandwich Islands. 1 ?The ship Lausanne, now about sailing ' with Missionaries lo the Sandwich Islands, 1 dual wo are toKJ, lias procurej uveniy uusuels, or more of cucoons for this kinJ of man- ' agernent. He will doubtless have a large 1 quantity of eggs, and may fill his po ke.s to ovei flowing ; but it will be at the expense ' ot honest, but credulous, purchasers. The I injur ous effects aiso, which such specula- ' tions bavo upon the silk enterprise in this * country, cannot b? Mf mm?*i 1 and cents. Tne man who sells shads eggs, 1 white mustard, seed, &c. for silk worm eggs, unJount-'dly injures the cause of silk ( culture ; but in a far less degree than the man who palms off upon an unsuspecting 1 novice, the genuine article, but of u quality, 5 nod in a condition, which renders it worth- * less, if beginners would succeed, they 1 must exercise a great degree of care and ( caution aho-t these apparently small mat- 1 ters?lor upon tnem tneir successor iailure 1 principally depends, it is believed there will be good eggs enough in market, to sup. ( ply the wun'8 of all, und we would adviso ail to obtain tlteir supplies ot regular and re. ' sponsible dealers, in preference io hawkers, 1 whatever may be their pretensions. MULTICAULI8 TREES TRAVELLING WEST. < Nearly nil the Urge parcels of the Morus Muuicaulis growing in the vicitrly of (his i city, hnce been purcnased lor the Western < States, and are to take their departure by ? (tie canai be fine it closes, us that is the more i economical mode of transportation. This i must, of course, cJisappoint many?as it was I supposed these parcels would be disposed of by auction sales?and several parcels were ' advertised, but have now been withdrawn. I The price" of ihe most diminitive trees at ! the West is 50 to 75 cents each ; and those < of 2 to 4 foot in height sell r adily at a doL ' lar and upwards, thereby ofFm-ig a great ! inducement on the score of profit these i hurd time6.?N. Y. Star. Frosts Nipping the MullicauUs. ?The I premature severe Irosts which have visited < the North, have arrested the growiii there < of the multicauhs tiees, and as it is only the ' most propitious season which will allow of 1 their maturity in that latitude, the quantity I from that quarter, which the last season fur* 1 i.Uhed such .imples uppli. s, will consequen - < ly be cut short. T?.e tre?'S grown in the New.England i Stutcs the present season, ore at best but of i very small size, owing to the season,?and 1 it will, thoreiore, be a great d sappointrnent I to purchasers, if the early frosts snould ron- i der such as they have altogether unsalea* < hie.?id. Sale of Mullicaulis.?We understand, i says the Elizabeth City, (N. C.,) Phenix, that a smail lot of Morus Multicauhs trees, I raised by Mr. Matthew G. Fcrebce, was re- i cently sold at Deep Creek, at per < tree. They are from cuttings of this year, < and have not been turned down, but arc not < remarkable for stze or beauty. i takes out a lurg) number of trees of the J j morus multicnulis, for the purpose of form-' iug plantations there. These Islands are ! very favorably located for tlio culture of 1 he tree, and liie rearing of the siik-worm ; und a new ami wide field will, no doubt, be 1 opened there for the sale of mulicauhs trees. 1 Those comprising the present shipment 1 were purchased front the plantations at Piiioliinw SlO<) ner hundred, tliev being 1 * * ? r ' * 0 of'a large size, and carefully selected. ( New York Star. SILK WORM EGGS. The great demand for silk worm eggs, and iho extravagant prices ihey have corn- ' I munded il.e past sitison, have induced many ' persons to ay in large s ocks for the supply ol the demand, which is reasonably expecu ed to be great another year, it is desirable that an umple quantity be preserved, in orI der that all may bo able 10 procure them 1 at fair prices ; nut it is more important that hey be of a quality that will not disappoint the expectations of the feeder. Nothing is inore discouraging to the beginner in siIk culiure, than a firmly of diseased and dying' silk worms?<ud such lie ma. rest assured wilt be Ins experience unless ne vake* especial care to furnish himself with good eggs. To bo good must be laid by large ami nealthy mollis, and be curefuly kept through tne winter. Tnere is no difficulty in saving good eggs, if tne proper method is pursuea ; but ii out, they will be of an inter, tor quality, if not eutircly worthless. Judging from present appearances, there will be large quantities of eggs thrown into 1 the market,, the coming fall and spring, most of which will beof litiieor no value. * We near of individuals industriously en- 1 gaged in hunting up cocoons lor the purpose 1 of increasing their sock of eggs?i is said 1 they purchase tnnail lot* here nnd ih'TO, i and mix them up together without regard to ' quality, or vui iety?make no selection from ' the largest and firmest coccoons from the ' common mass, but suffer the moths to eut ' out of all and lay their eggs. Ono indivi. ? ' t 1 I- 1 8USPENST0N OP SPEC IB PAYMENTS. New York, Oct. There was gre ?t exci emcntin Wall sireef in Wednesday, in consequence of an snlouncement of the U. S. Bank of Pennsylrania would no longer he paid at their counor. Post-notes to the amount or40 or >0,000 dollars were due on that day, and vere protested for non payment. On Thursday morning intelligence was receiv. d from PhiladHphi ? that the Bank of the J. States, and nearly all the other bank9 n that city, and in Baltimore, had suspen. led specie payments. It is supposed that he banks generally in the Middle and South?rn States will follow this example ; but that hose of New York, <ew England, and some of the Western States will continue 0 fulfil their promises. The best account and explanation we iave been oble to find of this mortifying novemcnt, are contained n the following :.\;rucU from Philadelphia letters and p t jers. A letter dated Philadelphia, Wednesday, Dot. 9 h s iys; 4,Our B inks have this day wspend? d specie payments. Tim drain jpon them for a few weeks past has been mormous, and nothing is coming in from lie West. A meeting was held yesterday jpon the subject, at which five, including United States and Girard, voted for a suspension, and nine against it* This morn, ing the U. States notified others that they nad determined to suspend, and of course [he ot ters, who had opposed it, were then forced imo it. They pay for the present their five dollar bills. The Baltimore Banks, 1 learn, have determined to do the same thing to day. The Farmers' Bank at Reading, in this State stopped payment yesterday. S ocks advanced somewhat to-dav; Vicksburg wont up to 38; Kentucky to 75; U- S. Bank to 101. The Bank of Pennsylvania extended tier discount line. Now they have stopped, they must ail do the same. The (Philadelphia) National Gazette ol Wednesday evening says: "A combination of adverse circumstances has reluctanily compelled the Banks ol this city to resort to a temporary suspension of specie payments. The failure of thu harvest in England last your, oaus -d a demand upon the Bank of England f?r more t >an six millions of pounds sterling, abou thirty million of dollars, wide i was drawn and silver from i:s vaults and exported to the continent to pay for grain. This wi hJrawal of so large an amount ol specie, produced at once a depression in the value of cotton and other American produce, and of course lessened our means in England of paying for the lar ?o amount of importations of foreign merchandize. There has therefore been a continu"d drain upon our Banks for specie to ship to Europe to supply this deficiency* * Nothing can be more honorable to the character of our merchants, than the sacrifices they have made to support their credit both at home and abroad, lu this honorable strugglo to maintain trivuJalQ the OQWnVTCial character of our country, thv>y have received every support which was in the powtr of the Bank* 10 render ih< m. There is However a point in human tiffiirs, when Hfpr servution is the first law of nature. That period is now arrived ; every effort lias been made by our Banks to sfem the orrent, hut in vain. In support of this declaration it is only necessary to siute, hat since the late resnm. ition of specie payments, the Bank of the Uni ed States hus paid out in specie up. wards of twenty millions of dollars. In adJl.itm to till*, iliu Lbiok lmm made great hocntices to support lite cause of internal imrovements, not only in Pennsy vmia but Is*; w lie re, Ol the ability of our Banks to meet all heir engagements, no one can doubt. The >afoty of a Bank does not consist in the unount of specie idle in its vaults, but in he ample security which it holds of its debt, jrs. All that the Banks require, is, tune o collect the debts due to them, to enable hem to resume specie payments." The Philadelphia Gazette of the same lale says : The affair is not one of choice, by the Banks, bur?a mvessity not arising out of . lack of power to continue specie pay. nents, but of self preservation, under the orm of keeping the specie from being irained out oi 'he country. This necessity has its chief c ?uso in the 'evulsion of the opium trade wish the C'bin* ssf, a trade of, say fifty millions! The inurument of this trade is known to be opiam. Tins drug can no longer be employed is an article of'exchange with the people. Specie, therefore must take the place of it. I' m Bank of England fairly reeled under ihese liduigs from China?and was forced to make a loan of the Bank of France, and into the issue of two pound notes. The balance i?f trade being against us demands came over here for specie, and every packet ship went out carrying uwuy from a half 10 million of dollars. This was the great cause of the late striclure in our Banks' discounts?he Binks ould not discount paper, because their is* sues came back upon them directly, for spe. cic. Tue merchants were bleeding at every pore. Trade and commerce wore literally stopped. To aid as, far as possi. ble the Banks, (or some of (Item) gave their credit to the merchants under tho form ol Fust-notes, payable four, or six, or eight months ahead, hoping by tho time they arrived at maturity thut tho pressure might beconic relaxed. But this d;fi not afford tho relief. The merchants, manufacturers find mechanics, were yet suffering. This suffering was not confined to this city. New York felt it under all its forms of severity, ?as indeed did all our cities, and .he whole country. What, uuder such circumstances was tc be done ? The Banks are just as good and better, and more solid under a sea sot of suspension, as under its opposite. The obligation to pay out specie, to be taker out of" the country, no longer existing theii sp .cie remaining secure in their vaults, anc | the cause that forced them to suspend d:sI counting, bring removed, a relief cun now be extendi 10 a suffering people, by relax., ing their o*ders for curtails, as well as by suitable aids through discounts. But besides the foreign demands for spe. cie, the recent fires in New York and in this city have made a call for the relief of the, sufferers, under all their terms, for at least one miiiion and a half of dollars. This is j an addition to the previous pressure. The j calamity required to be met?but the Banks j could not meet this additional demand, except at the loss of just that much of specie to the country. There is great relief at the bottom of this suspension. Let the people regard it in its irun light, and it will be every where applau* dud. Tne means required for rebuilding our burnt districts, both here and in New York, can now be had?and this will be to set thousands of mechanics and working men to work, who must otherwise have remained idle." The question will naturally be asked, What effjet will the suspension in Phi adphia have upon the banks in this city and State and in New England ? There is o difference in op'nions on this point. A correspondent of the Journal ol Commerce says : ** The natural and necessary effect will i be relief to all othor places, and especially to Now York, whence Philadelphia has takken large sums for export and otherwise by ? 'l? "f P?ct Vnlp<. wliir-h n.iwt nnw i t IU O'UVrf VI V*l? AlVlvwy ff B0Vr, ceas?. 44 The effect his been to cornel the Banks of New York to contract their engagements and place themselves in a position of positive safely, and tlietr deposites und circulation are so reduced that with about four million dollars in specie they are beyond the reach of any contingency. 44 The export demand for specie has been more for the wnnts of the Bank than *or the regulur trade, and as our crops ore near at hand, anu the amount due abroad small, we look fora gradual amelioration in the mon^y market, and a feeling of increased confidence and security." In its notice of tho suspensions by tho Philadelphia Banks, the Philadelphia Sentinel, an Admiuis:ration paper, makes the followiug remarks : 44 The opinion has been gaining ground for some weeks past, that it was expedient 10 resort to this measure, in order to prevent ex emive failures on iho part of our mer. chao s and trudurs, which would uliimately prove disastrous to the community as well as to the banks. Experience seems to have shown the correctness of the opinion entertained by the directors ofseverul of our bunks, ti.Ht the resump ion of specie payments was premature, and that tlie countrywas not prepared for it. The consequence has been another suspension in Philadelphia, winch wiil probably be followed by a!! tin* bunks in the Uni n." 44 The situation of h se corporations is truly emburrasng. They had co course left but to ruin many of their customers, and oppress the wholu mercantile community, or suspend specie payments and throw themselves on the mercy ot the Legislature. They have chosen the latter alternative, and if they act in the sp.rit of liberality they may rest satisfied that while the representatives of the People will assuredly embrace the opportunity now pres* ntcd radically to reform the bunking system, and correct existing ubuses, they will not wantonly do any thing to injure fair and well-conducted institutions-" New York Oct. 10. The excitement in *Vnil street und .ts subui Ua la prolonged but ibo banks 4tuvtt . bravely stood the run w hich has been made upen them. On comparing accounts yes terduy, they found they liu<J $4,UU0 00U of specie hi ihcir vaults, and, unless tneir largo depositors draw upon them?meu who soein to be most interested in their solvency?it is hurdly possible for the Public, even if disposed, to drive them into a suspension. They hold their heads hig 1 payout cheerfuly, and even discount some, and U is the general opinion that they will weather the storm. S ocks to.dny have lullen, but not so much as was to be expected. The United States Bank slock has been disposed of at 93. After ail, there is no great panic. The following correspondence we copy not as a party thing but as an i em of news. invitation or mr. clay. The Committee which was lately deputed, by a large Convention of the citizens of Tennessee assembled at Nashville, to proceed to A*hland and invite Mr. Ciay to visa Nashville, performed that duty by fpairing to Lexington and addressing to him the following note : Phenix Hotel, Lexington, Septembfr 21, 1839. Sir The undersigned, representing a large convention of your fellow-cilizens of Tennessee, assembled in the city of Nashviilc on the 9th instant, reached this place last evening, and, in discharge of an agreeriuiv. have now the honor to enclose you the accompanying record of the proceedings, under ihe instructions of which they have been delegated to act. Considering the point whence the expression eminates, the undersigned can readily imugine the emotions which this spontaneous effusion of public confidence must excite in your breast; und they can fuithlully enhance the value of the tribute by bearing witness to its sincerity. It is, sir, the sober second verdict of honest men, rendered upon u patient reconsideration of all the tc stiinor.y, and w ill serve to streng hen the reliance of a suffering patriot upon the slow but certaiu verdict of the real People. The undersigned would but half acquit their tusk if they did not testify to the character ai d numbers of tln-ir constituents, ?nd to the zeal and unanimity with which the distinguished compliments they bear >ou were adopted. The public feeling that gave them birth is not limited to Nashville and its vicinity, nor to any chosen body of 1 your fellov7-<??ti?et)s of Tennessee. It per. rades the community every where, and the jnrticular objects of this communication vere originally favored and principally >roug;it about by that great disinterested di. vision of society who have no views upon )ffice, and look alone to the success of prin iple and the general good of the country. Phis last consideration must suggest pertuasionsyou would not willingly slight or lisregard, and cannot be without its faVor. tble influence over the answer you may be )leased to charge the undersigned with on heir return to their constituents. The undersigned will not disguise their ndividuai satisfaction that they have been jharged with this agreeable duty; nor can hey withhold the expression of their earnest expectations upon the results of their mis* tion. Tendering the assurance of their profonnd personal respect and political confi. Jence, they have the honor to subscribe :hemselves your obedient friends, BOYD MoNAlRY, S. V. D. STOUT, B. S. WELLKR, J. A BATTLE, J.J. HVNTOiVfe W. H. HORN** J P. W. BROWN, W. F. TANNEHILL,J C. C. NORVELL. To which Mr. Clay returned the following reply t Ashland. Sept. 23,1889. Gextlkneiv : In acknowledging the receipt of :h?? note which you did me the honor to address to me the 2lst inst. transmitting a copy of the proceedings of a large meeting of my fellow-cit zcns of Tennessee, assembled at Nashville on the 9ih instant, tendering the hospitalities of that city, and inviting me to visit Tennessee this Fall, 1 assure you, with the most perfect truth and sincerity, that I have never received a aimi. lar compliment with more heartfelt satisfaction. Considering the place whence this gratifying testimony proceeds, the high char* acter of those who have concurred in rendering it, and the distinguished manner in wh;ch it ha9 been borne 10 me by personal and political friends, it demands the expression of my profound and great ful acknowledgments. It occasions me pninfui *md inexpressible regret not to be able ?t once and without hesitation to accept an invitation which has coine to me under such flattering and friendly auspices. But I have just ter minated a long and arduous journey, nnd my health is not good, as you must yourselves have perceived. My private affairs, too, and the preparations for another jour, ney which I must shortly undertake to Washington, require the constant application of all my at.eniion during the intermediate time. Under these circumstances, I cannot venture to make a positive engage, mem to visit Tennessee the present Autmn. Ail, upon that subject, that I dare promise is, that if, contrary to my expectations, I should be able to make the necessary arrangements for my journey to Wosington, and I should find my health sufficiently ree>tahlislied, I u ill, with the greatest pleasure, visit Tuonessee prior to the approaeiiiog session of Congress. But, if i should not be able to do so, I will certainly, if my life and health are spared, after my return from Congress, avail myaclf of that opportunity of making your State a visit. 1 request, gentlemen, that you will convey :o my fellow-citizens of Tennessee whom you represent, my deep sense of the kind expression will) which they have been pleased to honor me. Nowhere, during a long public career, huve i been more misL u.ideis ood or misrepresented than in your Stote. From no St ate therefore could such iMBtiiiig language come to me with more sincere satisfaction, i am truly thankful for being permitted to live down the culumnies of which there and elsewln-re 1 have been iho object. And it should be encouraging and consoling to public men, who strive honesily and faithfully to serve their country, that if a wrong verdict is sometimes precipe ately rcnderred with erroneous views, and under the operation of passion or prejudice justice is finally administered with absolute certainty. 1 hope, gentlemen, that you will assist me in makirg acceptable the reasons which constrain me to torcgo the pleasure of an immediate acceptance of the invitation which you have had the goadoess to deliver. And 1 cannot conclude without tendering to you, collectively and individually, my respectful thanks and my great obligations lor the kind and friendly manner in r Inch you have executed a commission involving necessarily much personal inconvenience. I add, also, assurance s of the cordial esteem and regard with which I am, Your friend and obedient servant, H. CLAY. To Messrs. Boyd McNairy, B. 8. Wcller, &c. &c. EUROPEAN NEWS. Extracs from the correspondence of the New. New York Courier & Enquirer per the Steam er Liverpool, arrived in New York on the 10th. London, Sep:. 10th. Preceding all other matters at the present moment, is the unexpected arid extraordinary occurence respecting the French agency of the Bank of the United States. On the night of Friday last arrived in London an express ro Mr. Lnudon, informing him that on that day the house of Hottig? ur, the Paris agents ot the bunk, had refused to accept the usual bills which had been drawn from Philadelphia against con.. 8ignment8 ofeotton to Havre de Grace and 1 " pwnrnw* io in* VlJriOUS Oinur jwua ui nauw,? Hi.u ... tell'gence was entirely unexpected by Mr. Jiiudon, who,?though the most prominent ?uropeun agent of the Bank of the United States,?has not professed any direct connexion with the Parisian agents of the bank, and consequently then learned for the first time that the house of Hottingeur had come to so extraordinary a determination as to refuse the bills of an establishment from which they have derived so very beneficial an interest during an agency of twenty years Se ting off instantly for Paris, Mr. Jaudon arrived in that capita! on Monday, and at once removed all the difficulties of