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company only with two COUlltincr out and ndiiiatin* tjitavlll tot* ton plunder, a tomahawk wiM^Sri-ieU irfj hia brain. His head ?n aa.vd (from hit body and borne in triumph to^KshingionJ then the seat of governmesjl .tljs Mis* | . sissippi Territory. dV' | The head of Mason was jpflTkooWft and | recognized by many; aMMueolifisd by a)t Who read the4>roeidvuni from the head so entirely corremflpiUng description giren of itflP tjfce #*leieoce of ccrtaiu scars antmflW^pr Ijphrks.? Some delay, howemypccurred in paying orer the reward, jfe0?ag to the slender um 01 me treasury.' in the mean time a great assemblage fm all the adjacent country had taken pM*? to vi*w the grim and ghastly head the robber ehief.? They were not less Umpired with a curiosity to see and converw with the individuals whose prowess had Aelirered the country of so great a scourge. Among these spccutors were the sons of Mr. W., who, unfortunately forthese traitors,pmmfd lately roco<rnized Jnem as eompenlons of Mason in the tu$mcry of their father. ^ It is uflTfeccsaary to say thai treachery met itsvfust reward, and that justice was ' also <u lis tied. The reward was not ?nlv , Withheld, hut the robberewere Imprisoned, end on the evidence of the W'e, condemned and executed at Greenville, Jefferson county. The baud of Meaoh being thus deprived of its leader and two of its most efficient JS__ J J *?- ? ?* 1 ncui uivpvrscu nuu uou uiq couuiry.?? That vast wilderness, though much contrscted by acquisition from the Indiana, still presents ample haunts to the banditti, but the genius of Fulton hat pointed out a mode of transportation so safe, efficient and expeditious, that no inducement is held out to them and the silent forest is now as safe for the traveller, as the paved streets and silent walks of the city. i 8ERGEANTJASPER. The following account of this dauntless patriot soldier, we copy from the44 Charles-1 ton Mercury " The deed of noble daring recorded below, has long been familiar to ua. On the anniversaries of the 28th of Juoer and the 4th of July, the sons of Carolina, in their flowing cops, ever freshly remember him. An attempt is going to be made to get a pension for his daughter, who is living, and in want. For the uonor ?i our country, let it not prove unsuccessful, "William Jasper emigrated at an early age from Ireland, and settled and married in one of the ii\teror districts of S Carolina, previone to the Revolution. Imbued with a national hatred of tyrants, he naturally embraced with ardor the cause of the Revolution and was among the first who took up arflra and joined the troops which Carolina marshalled at Fort Moultrie for the defence of the harbor of Charleston. Upon the memorable 28th of June, 1776, and when the fire upon iL. I . iL. 1? i .?a. a I? xi * xr* nc iuk was iiic uuuesi, me uug-sian was struck down by a cannon ball, and the colors, precipitated with it over the walls of the fort. Dismay struck consternation into the hearts of the assembled citizens, who, from the wharves of the city, witnessed the fight, for they thought for a moment that it was lost; but the gallant Jasper was seen rushing over the ramparts ?he recovered the colors?he mounts the perilous height?he turns?waves the colors in the face of the enemy, and hurraing and shouting 44 God save liberty and my country!" fixed them in their position and resumed his place at the guns. Heroism like this excited a corresponding enthusiam; the next day Governor Rutledge visited the slaughter pen, called for Jasper, and offered him a commission. 44 No, sir! I am more at home, and can be more useful as I am.*' 44 Noble Jasperl accept then this sword," B nil lllo V.it.ll.n.u Li-- U!_ ? uu II1U UAW!.ill.ul/J |UCDOIIlCU mill Ills U W III Often did he make it drink the best blood of the enemy. He was a powerful man, strong active, intelligent, and of the most fearless courage; eminent in partisan warefare, ever hovering around the skirts of Royalists, he struck them many a terrible blow, and carried off many a precious prize. Implicit confidence was placed in him by the American officers, and he was allowed to pirk a few daring spirits like his own, and go and come when and where he pleased- {Scarcely was a battle fought in the South' between '76 and 79 without the aid of the Sergeant, and many acts as daring as that of the celebrated Rescueare told by fond tradition. Thus he went on, proving the wisdom of those institutions that have made America the terror of the oppressors, as well as the asylum of the oppressed, until the period of the disastrous attack of the combined French und American arms to dislodge the British from Savannah, on the 9th of October, 1779. It was unsuccessful. The colors of the regiment to which Jasper belonged uere presented to it, with a special charge from ifie noble donor, Mrs. Elliott to Jasper, to "guard them well." Those colors were successively borne by Lieutenants Bushe and Hume upon thai fatal day, and both were killed, Jasper was resolved that they should not fall into the hands of the enemy, and made a prodiguous effort to carry them off In that desperate act he was mortally wounded, and there closed his - .btilliant career. Thus has this gallant "soldier, though serving in the ranks, renown and on historical name, < __>* _ f % , " -r-k * V*- - tef ja-^vsu to evoked Hi happiest?flfbrt* So ?iru^raS hi? actions, md Mr own uleata^iuwiMmMi Mr,White, 1nhis painting o#the ?R$tcat#, * hat profed the glorious boarer of the noble art. fit alMPhr*J#sMI|Am been made illustrious by Wt tmn AKmid by the tribute of -genius. '- v -A Frtm the Souiktm TWs Accumulation of PsoPMTt.?I sup* pose the progress and delineation of fa mi* ly fortunes hare been essentially the same fin all parts of the wofld, if wo except I those countries in which the laws of s^ ' tail and primogeniture preserve the olddet ; son from the reverses which otherwise would inevitably ensue. A young man comes in the city from his I respectable home of industry in thecoun* | try. . He comes with energy of character, i .?j i.j ?-i ?j ' * mm' uu juuuBinuuf niuiUi ana is inurea 10 economy. He hat nothing to depend upon but hit own' resources of diligence rod fidelity. . . After t few days he commences busU nets for himself. His oalv capital is* a good name and business talents. These goide him to wealth. lit a few years he is found one of the most 6]pulent and influential merchants in the city. And the country boy who comes into Washington street, as he did, in search of a fortune, now looks up to him with reverence, as one of the noblest of the land. I / This is the*history of many of the first merchants of Boston and New York. These poor country boys with the virtues which are nurtured in an economical home, come into our great cities and take the lead in law, in politics, in merchandize. There are exceptions but this is the general rule in all the principal cities in this country and in England. What is the subsequent history? The sons and daughters of this new rich man, find a very different cradle from that which their father found in his paternal home. Profusion and splendor are all arotfnd them. Their father trod a painted floor, or perhaps ate his bread and milk from an earthern bowl or the tin dipper. They move in apartments furnished with splendour, take their coffee from cups of silver, lam not saying that 1 this is wrong, but simply describing the < I process which I apprehend is general, i Under these influences they have many imaginary wants, and the profusion around them destroys all habits of economy.? The sons feel that tlicy are not dependent upon their own exertions f >r support; that their father is rich; that he will set them op in business, and they think that properly will flow in upon them as easily as it follows the well directed efforts of their I father's strong mind. They form no habits of close application. They have received no instructions in the hard but useful school of adversity. The father has felt that in amassing propertv he was promoting the welfare of his family. He( 1-1 I _ 1_ I L , I C ?? wouia dc ncn, anu ne lias laueu a snare. The father dies. The property i8 divided. The sons are in business, their habits are such that they cannot avoid heavy expenditures, and they cannot endure the rigor or unwearied exertion. Their father commenced at the bottom of the ladder and gradually ascended. He came from the farm house, and rose by degrees to opulence and luxury. The sons commenced at the lop of the ladder and go down. Year after year the property dwindles away, and the children arc soon fairly down in the walks of obscurity and poverty. The son of the coachman and his master change places. The one with his wife and children on the inside seat, and the other with whip and rein mounts the box. It is thus the wheel is continually revolving. And this is not through the caprices of blind fortune, but through the operation of clearly defined and natural muses. Now here is the snare in which he falls who will be rich, lie may be laboring all his life for the accumulation of property, and that very property be the cause of the ruin of his family. The exposure of the (laughters happiness may he still greater than that of the sons. When an affectionate hearted lady awakes to the consciousness that her husband has taken her hut as the necessary encumbrance to her father's property, the measure of liei ' wretchedness is almost full. The danger of an unhappy marriage is under ail circumstances great. Even \yhen there is no allurement to the connection, but coogeniality of tasts and affection, the number of ill sorted anil discordant unions is fearfully great. Hut chances of happiness which a young lady with an independent fortune has are very small indeed.- The very fuel that she has moneywill be regarded as an objection by many of the best names and heaits, while the frivolous and the heartless and profligate will dock around her. An ingenious young man shrinks from the imputation of marrying her for money, and he fears to take as a companion through life's hard pilgrimage one who has been nurtured in fashion and luxury. Thus does a man not unfreqtientiy labor for his whole life to accumulate property which ruins his sons and daughters. lie neglects God, gives himself no time for preparation for another world, and when age and infirmities press - . v ' ' K'^r.rSs^i.i ?l3! of the snip*s Mi ling, she grounded on Governor's Island, In the harbn* and , lout two of bar anchora, which detained , bit 84 boors*. The passage ?n exceedingly boisterous; and on the second day out, a f ouog Frenchman, cabin passenger, committed suicide by laudanum and a ra- , zor, without any apparent cause, except it is conjectured, disappointment in lift,.. as the papers be left seemed to indicate?; not lion pecuniary causes, it is beliefed,! as 7000 francs in specie were fouud In his <. t.M.L U. L.J *iJ?I ? 1 ? MM Ik* UV l?>U lOVHICU BU11IC JTVUI ID Idf . neighborhood of Baltimore, and was a naturalized citizen of the United States. His name was Hercules Pasquet, son of one of Napoleon's captains of grenadiers. On the 19th at night, there was a dreadful squall, and two large meteors appeared in the rigging resembling two large bright stars, one on the masthead and Oie other 1 on the yard arm But the most rare event 1 that occurred in the train of unusual inci- J dents for the fleet but monotonous passage Of a packet ship, was the sudden ar- j rival on board, Jan. 29th lat. 49 18, and | Ion. II 47, about 600 miles from Havre, i1 of an immense flock of land birds, which 1 completely covered the deck, and seemed 1 in a half starved and exhausted condition. 1 The passengers and crew caught over a 1 100 of them, and they consisted chiefly 1 of the nimble little brown sparrow which I is seeu twitteriug on all the eaves in Europe. Also, there were three beautiful 1 black birds speckled with while spots and 1 ruby colored necks; there was also a so- 1 litary snipe. No doubt these feathered 1 visitors, wandering about for some new re- j sidence in the severe winter which has pas- ' sed in Europe, were caught in some vjolent gale and borne unconsciously to sea, where they vainly sought refuge on the ship's deck, which proved any thing pro- 1 bably but an ark of safety. A 9 a^ Agricultural. ECONOMY OF FODDEK. 1 BY REV. II. COLMAN. Let us compare the value of hay with j other crops for the feeding of stock. An ' acre of hay yields one ton and a half of 1 vegetable food; an acre of carrots or 1 Swedish turnips will yield from ten t?J' * twenty tons, say fifteen tons, which is b) ' no means an exaggerated estimate. Crops 1 at the rale of twenty-five tons of carrots 1 and twenty-two of Swedish turnips to the I acre, have been raised among us, and ' much larger than these are upon record. I By an experiment it has been ascertain- 1 ed that three working horses fifteen and a'1 half hands high consumed at the rate of 1 two hundred and twenty-four pounds of 1 hay per week, or five tons one thousand I five hundred and forty-eight pounds of buy per year, besides, twelve gallons of oats each per week, or seventy-eight bushels I by the year. An unworked horse con* ' sutned at the rate of four and one quarter ' tons of hay by the year. The produce therefore of nearly six acres of land in this mode of feeding, is necessary to sup-1 port a working horse by the year; but half J an acre 01 carrots at ouu bushels to the acre, with the addition of chopped straw, will, while the season for their use lasts, do it as well, if not better. These things do not admit of doubt; they have been subjects of accurate tiial. It is believed, that the value of a bushel of Indian corn in straw and meal, wilt keep a healthy horse in good condition for work a week. An acre of Indian corn, which yields sixty bushels will be ample for the support of a horse through the year. Now it is for the farmer to consider, whether it be better to maintain his horse upon the produce of half an acre of carrots, which can be cultivated at an expense not graatly exceeding the ex x. 1 1 / - e - - peuse 01 nan an acre 01 potatoes; or upon half an acre of rtiia baga, which can he raised as a second crop at less expense than potatoes; or upon the grain produce of an acre of Indian corn; or on the other hand, upon the produce of six acres in hay and grain, for six acres will hardly do more than to yield heftrly six tons of hay and seventy or eighty bushels of oats.? The same economy might be as success fully introduced into the feeding of our neat cattle. I have known a yoke of f xen engaged in the labor of a farm, to be kept three months in winter, in good wooking condition, upon one bushel of Indian meal, and about twenty-five cents worth of straw per week; and my own team was never in better condition for ap- i pearance and lubor, than when fed wholiy 1 upon a liberal supply of rula baga and I the coarsest fodder. But it has been as- ( cerlained by accurate measurement, that an unworked ox put up on good old liay, i consumed at the rate of 33lbs. per day, I or 23Ilbs. per wepk, which is upwards of | six tons per year of 2000lbs. to the ton. J There must then be a great saving between 1 feeding in the wav referred to or upon < English hay; and fenglish hay alone, in 1 any quantity, without grain or vegetables i is not sufficient for any hard working ani- I mal. t SOAKING CORN TO FEED HORSES. 1 A gentleman, who resides in Baltimore ( county, and who is one of the most sue- i cessful farmers in our vicinity, informed us c k few days since, that he saved at least one- f third of his corn by the manner in which lie h ** z . 4 * ' * * '' ^ III |J?U wftjr, the^SoL become so softened th?| the horses sbtnums ihe whole of them. md they in tlnis made to add fully one- j third more io bin stock of feed. He^as-. sared us, that his horses eat the cobs with avidity, keep in good order, and are just as competent to perform. plantation labor as when they consunted the grain alone. The success of our informant should stimulate his agricultural brethren to follow his example, as the labor of preparation is nothing, compared with the great saving effected.? Farmer <J* Gardiner. MR. DIDDLE* We think the Globe and other Democratic papers only show their want of decency by complaining of the great /Enoncial operations of Mr. Biddle. Having his name up, as a great financier, that gentleman may now do as he listeth.? j This seems to be a well settled point, so far as the refined and intellectual^portion j of the people are concerned?and who in the deuce cares about the thoughts, opinions. the nrpimlirPA Itr thn naatinn, the feelings, or the interests, of the rough, motley mass of what are termed ordinary people? Mr. Biddle is making money. If he heretofore lost millions in his wellfought political battles, he is now in a fair way to make up f >r late expenditures and be ready to advance a few millions to aid his friends in the next political campaign. That he is a bold financier, is proved by the free use lie makes of the notes of the late Bank of the U. States without authority of the law and in contempt of every principle of moral right; that lie is skilful is demonstrated by his successful opposition to a general resumption of specie payments. "We can tell the Editors of the Globe that Mr. Biddle is a great man; a great financier; a leading and controlling statesman; and that is not all. He is the most adroit screw-driver living. By putting liis grappling irons on the old notes of the late Bank he has been enabled to weild millions effectively, which have 110 legal or real existence, and thus causes thoumuds to look up to and adore him. Thus, oo, he doubles his effective capital; and, is a necessary consequence, doubles his lower, both in and out of Congress. He | understands tire principle, that money is power, and acts on it?so judiciously and energetically, that many of the public men of the nution dare not say their souls 1 are their own, and ihe great Whig party are kept in such a position thai they must go for Mr. Biddle's bank or no bank at all. Thus Mr. Biddle grasps and wields power. Thus he rules the Whig politicians and the Whig banks. And, we j hazzard but little in saying, should he have his way for three years to come, he will be able to rule the whole country with 44 the utmost ease and precision." The British stockholders of the bank of the United States admire Mr. Biddle more than ever. With an invisible razor, he is shaving the country to the quick, whilst he is holding it in a position that will enable him to continue to shave it; and, at the same time, he extort nraise from all I " the decency for Ids liberality, when they should really be admiring his dexterity. Now to the point: Mr. Biddle not only commands the banks, Congress and many of the State Legislatures, but he has tuken charge of the cotton crop of the country, and commenced regulating foreign and domestic exchanges. And the way he operates "is a sin to Crockett." It is astonishing his financiering and merchandising are not admired by the Globe whilst all the decent Whig papers arc lauding both with all their might and all their souls. Ye gods! how sleek he cuts, and how deep too! At this moment Mr. .Biddle is pouring out the "old notes" freely again. 11c has | agents now advertising in Cincinnatti, St. Louis, Louisville, and almost every where else, for the notes of the cotton growing States, which he purchases at ten or fifteen per cent discount with the 44 old; notes. The Southern motley is sent home (to the South,) and invested in cotton. There, the banka that keep accounts with the great Mr. Biddle are authorized to sell exchanges on the North? to draw on Mr. Riddl<??unit in ">ceiio payments for the bills, in Southern money at ten or twelve per cent, discount?the profits on the bills being invested in more cotton. Thus the financier makes, on an average, ten per cent, in the purchase of Southern funds, and an excess over ten per cent, in the sale of exchange 011 the North sufficient .to pay commissions? leaving a clear gain of twenty per cent. ?n forty days* use of the old notes."? 1 Every live millions oi "old notes" are i nade good, by this mode of operation, | "of cotton to the amount of six millions, l ind to prevent his business from being in- i ured, he forces the bunks of Tennessee, i Mississippi, &c. to keep their paper suf- i iciently debased to eualle him to use it idvantageous, by employing them to sell xchange on the North at an extravagant >remium. In this part of the operation ! tc fleeces Southern merchants and South I ., a 4* Aim^Vfcbks?IAai %fWcarestTiie British iliffholdqw of Mr. Hid die's bank do not, vftre tery sure. i Now we appeal to tlic (*lobe"'to bay tffcether the stockholders of the Bank of the United States of Pennsylvania were not right Id voting, a few weeks since, a service of piste to Mr. Biddle, worth TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, for his eftorts in their behalf, and the dexterity ho has "manifested as a president of the institution, since the general suspension of specie payments? We desire as honest (not a partisan) answer to this question. ' RESOLUTIONS QF THE LATE COMMERCIAL CONVENTION AT AUGUSTA. 1. Resolved, That adirect trade is the natural channel of communication between nations, which oflft.to eachjother the best market for their mutual productions; and that the iutervention of a third party must operate as a tax upon the exchanges between them; * 2. Resolved, That the Southern and South-western States of this Union aflord those staples with which arc purchased nearly the whole foreign imports of the country; that they are tlie consumers of a large portion of these imports, ami ought naturally themselves to furnish the clian* ncl through which the exchange is made; that Jon no occasion have their citizens been found incapable of maintaining* themselves in fair competition with other sections; and that the diversion of their trade from its natural channels, must have been brought about by the unequal action of the federal government, or by the abstraction of our people towards oilier pur- . suits 3. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Convention such a state of things should no longer continue; that the present condition of the commercial relations of the country, and the disruption of the existing channels of trade, afford an opportunity of breaking down the trammels which have so long fettered our commerce, and of restoring to the South its natural advantages; and that it is incumbent upon euery man who has at heart the good of his country, to lend his best exertions to the promotion ot these objects and to establish our trade upon a sound and permanent basis. 4. Resolved, That this Convention is fully aware of thfc diflicultios to l c overcome in the prosecution of their enterprise; but nothing daunted thereby, and fully relying upon the ptiblic spirit and zealous co-operation of their fellow citizens, they are determined to advance with untiring perscveranc<; and with that vciw, do earnestly recommend the adoption of the following measures. 1. That an effort should he made to afford tx> the importers and purchasers at Southern seaports, the same facilities which aac offered elsewhere; and with this view it is recommended that the Banks in the seaports should immediately apply a I portion of their respective capitals, to the purchase of foreign exchange, and to the procurement of credits or funds in Europe; and that they should afford the same to the importing merchants upon a discount or collateral pledge of such good paper us he may take take from the merchants of the interior, and that this accommodation be afforded as well upon paper having more than six months lo run, as upon that having less; and that the Banks ol the interior co-operate by collecting and remitting the proceeds of such paper to the banks on the sea const; that they maintain the credit of their bills, and keep down the exchanges by redeeming their own paper at the seaports; and that on the other hand the banks in the Southern Atlantic cities make arrangements bv which the D ? notes of all of them shall be at par iu each. | i nat with a view to the important I subjects of equalizing the exchanges l>c| twern Southern and South-western Slates i and Territories, this Convention earnestly ! recommend to the various Banks of the principal cities of those States, or such as j inay be conveniently located, to receive the bills of each other in their general busiuess, and tp adopt such arrangements for settlements, at short periods, as they may deem suitable and proper; the Banks against whom the balance should fall, to furnish .funds for the settlement of the ? same, or to pay an interest of six per cent from the period of settlement, and that a committee of live be appointed to take such measures as, in their judgement, will carry fully into effect the preceding recommendations. 3, That the Merchants of the South and South-West, be earnestly recommended to give preference to the importers in their own markets, and that they afford them an opportunity of fair competition with other sections, by making their first calls for purchases at Southern and Southwestern seaports; and on the other hand, that the Merchants at the sea-ports shall, forthwith, set about importing such stocks of goods, as will ensure, at fair rates, a supply to the demand from the merchants of the interior. A Tk-I ?* ---1 -iV ' -x* x nui un umiivsi uiMi Himcii more should be made to draw home the capita) invested by (he South in Banks and Companies abroad; and lo employ the same, together with such surplus capital as exists at home, in mercantile operations; and that with this view men of influence and character be earnestly invited to afford the benefit of their example, hy entering ioto Limited Partnerships, under the laws lately passed by the States of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Ten* nessee and Bio rid a.