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I i C. Jr. L c il r c t . l..d r: t!. J ,e ;bt ,ve b:en i:.rr - liy Ilf j i" , ; jrvicc o! I i I ! J i 1 Z UU i W .1 v I J ' .iGiL-at Urit:.'..J. 'i . so :i attracts J f :. :t C3 year 177u, iLu. s , ,ir.lyti-..jt: j .. v ,o c.v;ited in E;.0!ai:d tl.-t the dt-' rover mWh; to conveyed thither in ? v.i? "cargo i.f wheat. '. TLaohnn there v.-.: .. .t, tint ths Cj crnrneivt led: ep t'.e r ; " the Privy Councils-it d.y rftci diy, ani :dy dsUting what mcas: 1 i Lo adopted to ..ard ofT llio danger ci' a c .3 entity mure to ba d.-.adcdf .ns ihcy well ':r. linn the phgrs rr ti. Icnco; cxpr. :s were sent ufl in ,Jrcc. lions to llio cuicrs i.f t!u cuii ;U i..o out. , pcrtsr resptclitr; the examination of er - .J C ::UcU'j .vrillen to ' tba -ami . !or.i in ljarce, Austria, PnVu, ar.J Ainjica,.to gixin that hiforiivilij;i, of went of whLh they wcr'o now lj lji: IbK: ; and :,o i:;;-ort-nt was tha buii;;jsi docnicd, that the V.dnutcj of th council, rni tbu docutn ? collsti-J from, f.!l upwards cf 200 c "iiva pnr'cs.V. (Kirfiy nnJ Spcncs, i. tJ): On t!.o 23ih of Junp of that year, rrdcr in c):::cil is issued prohibiting th- entrance into Great Dritain of wheat raised in any of iho territories of the United States j iutcn ling, by this measure, to" keep out tho much. dreaded enemy Soon af. ter llo arrival of iho news of tin ordorth? supremo cxecuiivo conucil of Pennsylvania tddrcs.d a letter of inquiry to iho Phila delphia SoekMy for Pomoting Agriculture' who promptly replied that the plain of the wheat alono vvas injured, and that tho insert was not propagated by sowing the ;ian whih '.grew on fields ir.Lctcd with it. -The pruhi. bltalion was doul'.ljss based on tho crroniis rrprcsentationjof Sir Joseph D-inlss and Dr. Dlagden, which, they continued to enforce, . cvnnufier they were belter instructed by Ir. Currie. It is sufteicutly-remarkable, that, although tho wheat was prohibited an cn'. ;lfy," it was allowed to be stored ;"so that the " Hessian' fly, if concealed amorg" the grain, would, after ail, have had'a good opportunity lo c'fcapc intd the country. In cght r. ten .rnor.th-, the Government bought tho impVU- Toned wheat at prima cost, kiln-dried it, and rc.sold it at great loss, and uhv.ost. itii'medi. 'ntcly took off the prohibitaiioo. (M.-oir of . Currie,' ii, Co.) - , ... ' '' lu tho tours? of a ToV years after thi , lha Hessian ,fly'was found in every . i,ar: ..our ruhivatcd. From -tho rcriod cf the Revolution down to tho pre sent tin:?, no insect hi tJ bnd haj rtcoivcJ si? hi" ::i public attcntioaof has cailcJ ;out so rnany scores of r.igc . f observation and . - spcculati:' ' through rr.. -I; cotv.i.un " . iher.i all the i . . live .-rk, r: -iicu'r-1 journclj, and ;in tly cohunues its destru- rr.--.l-j v'r t it i-?3 hi!f a century ' ; -i v.?.s unoriginal i .f r.:ji.u. :y cr was imparted by the . . is n question 1 yet settled. St-:-U 'A'.' - U - sec: t: d.'ecussion ..i .led .to rc'..'.'-:-ry crder, an cx - j n Jltwd i.: the cene jal.... i...;t in Yet, i:i tho u W . . 0 i i ' l II. ... . f. a t. ?ral .vcr- 1 ' . i: jc..:.try. v j l y ;.'V ! - i previ. eximlna, .. .'.I qu-HT.ed To-rnil v j f iil-w This i.. , frtc:.!, " 'cue-! ... 'tic:,., .-'toe-::-,-;: "Sv;i:::r! sect as 1 . , . . Isp ; - D. :d s, i.h me i:i (An: ii, ir e i c j Lt. ny i-n "y, incur r a Ti c II: July, , T ,u give lit, (: vie ill!., :r I to J 1 i. it. p. (cw remarks red r ! ':;, m'I",,',!i c? . t if another in t by v.l.ie'i tho f gV:; "5 r-fin'i-tion, th r probably su.... i leutify l!it? it. tis: Tho II ' r: :i i':r!med -p.d tedi'j- ' . . : to c : !:r:!cal dr- re 10 tr :.V. ', ! Ci, . j a t sec, Willi I.-JU, ts, ..;:. tliorar, L t head is mall and dpred ; t!:a j (ji rn3uth.fvc!ois)'are tl;rec or four j-dr.v I t' 1 basnl ono bring the smallest; iho nntc- : arc about h(,'f- as, Innj Is the body, and ci sitcach of from Id lo 17 o'v I i )ints, ' .side" tho basl Joint, which aj ; nrs doul!e;Jhe wins are ' large,1 hairy i Jed at the lip, nndli'ive each two or three longitudinal nerv. ures; the nbdotii-j is of a lawny red, and furnished, irrr ihtiy, with many black hairs; consists of seven rings or Segments, besides the uvipositor, whieh is of, two aides, and of a roso-redjcolof ; tho oiipositvjr, when extend, ed to. the utmost, is about om-t I 3 "as long r.3 iht abifornen ; "leng'h of bo ' '"'orri lho Cr. at of ih head to the end of Jth. ..bdotnen. about onc.elghth of an inch; the legs arc long end blender,-palo rec(fOndt covered sparsely with dn rk ; haii. JThcr maiti is equal in size to tho ftotlc, but generally less black; with an", tchr.aj' somewhat longer, ; and about three fourths.thc lontli't.f the body. , Tho joints of ihc Qntenntqaro globular," tind -ligl.ily separa. ted from each oi! t.' Several other species of tho genjs cecidemyiao't on? closely allied to it, arejpornmon. in 'this region - But the Hessian fljf is tho .lirgcst:and darkest of our Epecics wilu which I nm acquainted."-' Tho eggs o'reiduid in the long creases or furrows of tho upper surface of the leaves (i. e. tho blade br strap. shaped part) of the.youtg wheat p!art." f While depositing Lor eggs the insect stasia vlu her Hen 1 to v. a tnc point ur cxtrcmjly of tlie leaf, and at various dis- Ur.ccs L.tjtecti tho point: anU where the leal j-.it.s r.nd .surrounds t!ic st tlk. Thy number found on ii single leaf vari-M from a single egg up to Uiirty, or even more. Theeiigs i abdlit a'fifiieth'of a;, inch long, cylindrical, rounded, at the ends, glossy and translucent,- of a pale red color, becoming, in.a few hours, i irregularly spotted, with deeper red.'. Between its exclusion arid its hutching, licso red spots oro continually changing in number, size, andT posittpn ;and sometimes nearly al disap pear. Aclinic while before hatching two lateral rows of opaque white spots, about ten in number; can be seen. in! each egg. - In four days, more or less', according to the wcatheV, ihe egg ia h'atched ; -ihe'littlo wrinkled nng. got or Idrva, creeps I out of Ihc delicate mem. brahous jjgg skin, crawls down tho leaf,Vn. cra''lbej sheath, und proceeds along j the stalk i usually as far as the next joint below;. H : j iv fastens, kngihwise, and head down v.ard., to tho tender stalk, and lives upon ihe sap. , ltiuoes not gnaw the stain, nor does it enter tho central cavity thereof but, as the larva increases in 6ize, it gradually becomes imbedded in the "suostancetf the stalk. V-After taking its station, the larva moves, no rriore, gradually loses its :reddish color and wrinkled appearance, becomes plump and tor. iJ, is at first semiiranslucent, and then more ..d k6i3 clouded wiih internal white spctj ; . :.J, when near maturity, lha middle of tho i.'.rsti" parts , is of a greenish color..' In five or six weeks (varying with the season) the larva logins to turn brown,' and soon be. comes ff a bright chest nut color. In this state, ho insect bars some resemblance to a fiix seed ; and r observers speak of this us ilirfax seed state,' - The larva h:.s now be. corr.3 a chrysalis, or pupa, and lakes no more food. The a within gradu illy cleaves olT fr.v..i i!.a cuter tk:::. cr.d iv.i iz c :ftw o cr thne ks, is cr" ly dct:c so that1 the skin of th rva (now ;,d brdorid, and of a sort of leathciw ..iiure) hr.? 1 " -ic n casabr shell or-' the pupa in. '-!. i is, of cc-jrs,' in siz r.nc -. 4 - , ... "-' " " " f -f:o t: larva : i: is oval, tu'-m b:r.:ctii,"ar.d cf the sar. ci..."- f fi..3 sulk ; C t t- 'rr.cn'.?, i ,-irvo ko.o i.o ci un;3 I l ) c! '.:h jf ft car.tr:;cu iale; jtl, "t ' : "ac!i!iS r-d i: sk::i Lti vi covered ir.:cj;lo-cle; .. tio;; Jut before cvoiu'.Ioa, v.e find ho pu- pa invested ia a'Wic&W r.:cibrans,'Crcarf, varf Itil I toU - r v r . . Li a f. : ! i r . i cr' itetione; g' c ' ti, no i 3 rial.; nt the nvr.r 1, ly tucking cf the plant, iLcy icrcasa in brcotr.e full r.nd hard, ard, p.c.vsir d.- ; !y ir' iho st ti ' . , t' irp-iir its f j.vih ; and ii i - ir r.v r i -Jt f t:u.; is , I.'. . J. i'rrv . t! v;!nmpoveria'..-, aJ.:i.. L-. : ii: but when i'..j j;. I: r:-tnt, v,ird,'c- j'.i own we!;;,:.!, or pei; -sa!!; to break down. ti Tl.eirj-!.y!' 1 Si C" hv t: cx:.:u- y tho pressure on the yielding I' rsix weeks tho larv 'ton fctdini. ; i t.u.or skin tui: brown, ar.d. within this LrowrJ an i L-lhcry cr.se ' l! pupa pass the wintei generally, a littlo below tho surface of l! : earth.- In April and May the. fly i again. found depositing her eggs on tho same wheat, (viz; that from jraiii sown the pre. ceding ."utumn,) and also on the : i::g wliCnt. w!;ich has: just come up. These eg hatch, and the larva' therefrom operate in the same manner as those of the aututnn previous. -Th: ' va become p'jpa about the middle of June. ' ,,o flies which lay their eggs iu the spring, are probably in part from the "pupa vyhich became such late in the preceding uu tumn!? and partly from pupa contained in stubble left the p it reding summer. The pc. riod 6f the exist.... j of thejlessian fly in the pupa or flax-seed "stc-lo ici exceedingly varia bier 1 Afier rrvoc!: ( L..rvation, my own opin ion is, that, in general pupa which become such late in the autumn evolve the winsod ii. . - - o . , 'sect partly during the next spring, and partly in the summer and autumn following.: r Those jpupa? which become: such about June evolve the winged, insect partly during the next au turrin. and partly during the year succeed. Tiie Hessian fl is attacked by numV foes, which, in vafious,stages of its cxi-.: :.ee, d 'stroy a , large part of.eyery generation.- Whether it has, m its winged state, any ene. mics, except tho ordinary destroyers of flies, I: know not.'- The. eggs, while lyin on the leaves of thq young plant; are visited L a very minute four.winged insect j (a species of pla. tygaster,) which lays in them its own eggs. From later observationit'appears that, ' eca. sioually, as many as five - 'or six eggs of, this parasite arc laid in a single egg.of the Hessian fly,. 'The latter egg hatches and becpmrYa pupa, as us'qul;but from ihc pupa case, in- stead of tho Hessian fly , issues one or more ofth'ese minute parasite.?. - -- . ' The pupa, while' imbedded in the stalk are attacked bv.at least three dillercnt minute parasites, (four.wirigcd hymenoptera,) which, boring through the sheath of. tho stalk, depo sile their rggs in the body within; and the la iter' is finally devoured by ihe parasite larva. These aie iho principal means by. which the multiplication of the Hessian fly is restrained within tolcrublc limit?. -' v " ' - - Although the loss anhually sustained by the wheat growers of this country, in consequence of the ravages of the Hessian fly,: is severe, yet it it well. r.: 'i impossible to ;asce.rtain even its probablo;.mouat. As- long since as 1800, Dr. S. L..Mitchill, of New. York, at Grmcd'lhat t!.e ' insect is more formidable to us than. would ! e an-G"ryof tweoty'lhou sani Hessiar-s.' : !8'J 1, President Dwight, of Yale Co'l-'-, i marked that this insect is feeble and hclptcs im ihc extreme, defence, less against the least enemy, arid crushed by they most delicate touch ; yet, for many years, it has taxed r this country'annually, more, perhaps than a millioa of dollars"."-' At ihe present day, ? amount of ..the injury inflict, cd probably iar exceeds .what it was forty years since; and to discover some -feasible mode of exterminating the insect, or, at least, pf. arresting its ravages, is an object cf great importance to this co-jr.iry. " . ' - - -i ,Yarious rc:r?Ji . I measures -havCj from lime to tirr.?, toca proposed ; -most of .which I will here state. " . . . r? ;"- - 1st. Siccpi-"; the seed -wheat in elder-juice, sr.'.otion cf i..te, L ,;.!ing water, .or other li-qui-ls; or r.'.Irj in lim, a;'3, or sorro t.:her substr.r.eo, in or.!, r to, kill lheegg-. -Ci :.It!'.3 f--3i:f v II-:: '-.p. fly tire ret on e . l" it by sue, -ro- ces::,. C:v: the plant, t '.."; rr. rt." i . ir- f (.i.ver:cr.a Meee- t.e cerv" c' w...J fremT,c:" in a"! mads its appear ree i',- iv, 47.) This-rccom- ' fi ' ''- ' t vaL'-, d. Hngtheyou:..; v. hi at with inf.:-! .... c! Jt r aa 1 with other tu-tps. ; Il succcfc-.iul, ,l ich is -;ite uncertain, it j I;t:n i!:-:t :!:-o:3 r.:.-.s-ures arc irnpracticaL.j on a Iut;e tcr.le. 7:h. Sowing winter . heat ver; h.to i:i tl.c cel-mnVsjlh-t V.u'Zy t.M bc tnctiy d!.. ap; eared hef )re the plants ::: lar chough to be all '-cd. Nt doubt ibis p'an i to so..-. -extent useful, ' "tho wheal s-nvn late is i.i great d mgeroi t riohing during tho "winter. The fly wi'.lrf course attack it in the spring, yet one att will do less damage than tvo. Cth.-o. .g oats early in autumn gn the in tended wheat. field.-, h is supposed "the fly will lay its eggs on the plant ; then let them bo ploughed in, and ihe.wheav sown.. The fly i. ,ving nearly exhausted itself on ih"" cats, the wheat 'will suflor less.. . This plan t "iy possibly be of some partial utility: - - ' "9th. Drawing a heavy roller oer the young wheat both in autumn and spring. -This pro cess musLba .useful in crushing many, eggs and larva;. - '- ' . : - r - 10. Permitting sheep r -d other animals to grazj the wheat-fielos w'. v the insects are laying tl.Jr eggs. . T these .rneans large numbers of. tl. j c . . , bo devoured .with the leaves.. . ; ; ? - - 11. Burning the stubble imrncdiattly hfier harvest, and ploiihin in the remains. , Tnis is by far the most practicable and effectual mode of exterminating the insect, or at ieastj of checking its increase. In the stubble are manypupce of Jhe fly , at this time completely in out power ;if, in' reaping, the, stubble js left high, the fire would sweep . rapidly over a field, and destroy nearly all these pupce ; the L ich escaped the fire, would, by the pleego, bo buried so deep as to perish in the earth ; mere ploughing in of the" stubble tnut be t highly useful. If the two rccomn:. 1 -tions Jast named were thoroughly put in m lice overjhe. whole countrj 'not only upon wheat, but also op m; and. baric , and any qlhcrplants attackt . y tho Hessian fly the ravages-of this insect would,. iil all probabili. tyi ere long, become scarcely ;wor. by of no. ticc'-,. k''-f! ":-lv:' s'-:..' "-"" ; : It may not be improper, in ib's place, to state, that the foreoiri account ' the habits ;" ... " - v. -. - -.o , C r " . . of ihe Hessian fly, is derived from my own long-continued - observations," and thai 1 h;ve moreover endcavoied to consult -J. tho p ipers of any importance which havu been published on the ciibjort. , .r,'. - . Theiu arc in the United Sir.' brside.s the ''eFiian fly,' sever l other inscta which at. tack iie w heat while -in the field Th"- : per sons who assert: that tho' former hu i. ggs on the grain in the spike or head, hive un- doubtedly mistaken for the Hessian fly some one of these other i. cts. The following brief notices of.the mora important i)I l!i! enemies, I have abridged from the accoui i comprised in Dr. T. W. Harris1, - Treaties on some of tlie insects' of New Eng7andf u.hJi are injurious tJ vegctio.i ; (Giimb. ItiU: 459 pges, 8vo.,) a work of great interest and value. '. 4 ' In it tho inquirer wiU find a faithful digest of all the reliable information we have on the numerous insects" ' which : injure our . plants, fruits; and -trees; and, in addition, he-will learn the. means of defence, -.so far as any have - been-discovered.: -The book ought to be in -the hands of -every intelligent farmer and orchardist. . -. 1 ' -: .1. A grain, moth (Angoumois . moth alucifx cc, "-Oli v.) probably the s?. me as dcsciibcd ly Colonel Carter, in the Trznsac- American Phtusr-Jitca'.. hocitty, volom6i;i77i ; ' by J- L' :in, Mease's --, volums'ih tc hfU: 1812. It isabui. ihrce-ci; ,1 .t of an inch I .r.r'n-hcn its wings are .... ; .:r"s a: jf a Jiht brown satin l upper jr and h-tre, c-evcring the body lioriinla'.ly :.levc,- L-..L dr -t a Utile at the &t-s. . D'.cr w ir; -i and th : rest of the body are Cih-co! ir-rH-3 r- An lays her eggs f'dly on ihj c. :. ycu. cr.tt: ; r.r.J tender grain' jn th :!J; each r, ;: .r"fratn these'.rggs selects a'sir!-; ' -irrows ir. j , .?id rem concealed, -1 v - lh: v.ithir. St:jecting the -r:.:T :t:"a he.it cf 1G7 deg. Fr.hr., for twelve hoursj in an oven, will kill t: e insect. Ilirby.) is a small orange coki.e 1 iwo-winged vut, which jay? 1:3 zv Ll -' 1 I r l.t-.-c. i . ap; 't.!,'." ..ut ,1.. ' .n. t Lo r. o. c-rf.::i k: ctc: rni: t! in- i :et u r its n ' , , , n rd fr.i n U t' e three, th. . e ure probt. ! I b!y uther it.owels more or leis i: Je.i.'es to oi wheat crops Mu.It i Lwi n ; A i;i cur j ver'v.is r y:-t their I.4LI.3 ') rrlllll'f I ii ' .re ir.' - : ' et! , - : !. ritre I, and many cf tl.J cr"-u;;;- - c..f. ceiitradlctcry. It is gaally to I 1 that ill who Vr t!'3 'op port: !:v ' deavor to r.. ' rcful clerv:1-' and communicate tliem to the public.. , ?- . - These observations must be accompanied by accurate decriptions of tho insect under examination, and in its various stages; other, wise, most of the labor will be spent in vmij." A).icrican Hemp. -Ctpei imeQis were made at Louisville, a few days ago, with ? nnchino fur testing t' e strer.gih of cordage t'. inufac.. tured from Hemp, which showed that Ameri. can Hemp, in.-.. .d of sufilringh a comparh son with thcUusiian article, giincd by t he in. ves;igrtion,. Inthe test of larger cordage, the Kentucky article sustained a. much greater weight than tliat imported from Russia, " -Thin shoes are worn in winter by high spi. riled young ladies who would rathe r d'.i than con; their-beautiful feet. , - No widow ii so. utterly widowed . in her circumstances as she who has a drunken hus band; no orphan sa perfectly destitute as ht; who has t ' nken father. ; .. "A lead t;:;r.2 of considerable value has been discovered near Lexington, Val, on the farm . of-Mrs. Daxter. A fossil tut ;!j t ihieeu ' 0 nod .en h-et high, it is s,uiJ, has rcu..Iy been found in the Himahiy s mountain- in Abi i. - Oil Monday, .two you: jlers,' of Pliila. delj.hia j "went oM"1 ar.d f ;:0..: j duel, On -.. aa. slightly vi. ...ltd in fc jhe back -and his I. : -.-as s:;ii' - ' l t.g... . I'rt.i. .1 .t atlJ C ..day, between the !!e !:;.!:, employed, on it Richmond. Pai" No the r:;il-i . : J near -"'.' - i v!. fa account. . v Lm-ston, .e ut of Texas, is "deliver. .s in. New Orleans. A . .1 n 'e sa v s , wi t h mo r e C , t , .... : .. tr; ;t ; ' " . palateable, people al tn,..i, 1 uergy and ei.terprise. a dealer adverti: j hberaily, f infer 4hat.hc hnsan a&sortrnent ho io :.ot o1 On th 27 dry, in I to havp examined by ell. t, a xvoiker in an iron foun i , . was injured : by haying u ' of 1: iron poured on him. ' O.I iunsday219 cinigrantsarrivet?? fiom Ireland, at Piiilidelphia. - . -. - -r - Rev. C. A. Foster incontinently resigned ihe office of Principal of the" FtmaleTnstitute at Holly Springs, Miss., a few'wet-ks s;4xe;io consequfmcc of a difTtcnlty which arose from his having made matrimonial proposals tosev. oral of the young laJi. who wcro pupils at the It.atitute. Rejiort gav a much worse fcatu to the causo of his abdication!.. - "; Worlli Carolina f"c:icry. ; We arc satisfied th -1 e t . e is less k now n abroad, than any other in 1 Uuion, and one of. the reasons is,--the mot interesting parts of it are not visited by strangers at all, and but too rarely , by our ow n citizens. A cor respondent describes in thispapor, some of ihe scenes with which our state aoounds, and the grandeur of which .would compensate an European tourist for all his trouble and cx pense in reaching it. ; The New Yorkers al most run inad about the ; wild an J I - auliful scenery' of, the North Iiivcr, when it i' ntli irg like so-grand, rcrr.ant e cr bcetl, as that .erv w lie re lo be met with in c t own mountains.. Lathe traveller, in r:arch c." ! . :th, cr the picl-ere 7:-, 1 tj cer ::.!rc:... V.'c -:-.rr: c-.int:..',' Jn.d. c; t-l r i. i-- ir!;!!r" -ext ,cy - ' r t! ... ' rnPir- aroi o, a, LO'. J ! i. Vv'. v- R1 LeCO;:.' v !.es - nt- t;3 j 1 -. ::r resort of nl! il.: Union. $ - - - fail.ionuLleV'of,' lb' No one died from the e fleets of injuries received on the Uairwn race ccurse, t'tt seve ral Lt.:j-jt..;!o. j have taken place ;a cohse; qecacc of the ecidcpti; . ::J J L. leir i.! 1 1 u i..v Jo: el i, r.t'.J i rflK.T i i, w; it... t, . . eere - .. I ... 1 v i .it .:ea usl. ti - r l . cn received with pi ' h t' e mcol. ur.af.ect.. :nJI i re. ... . nc i ' - ."f.Kcting dif, .:.a-aioa' e lore the loss of a kind -rocs man, and 'an able, in; .es;: i'Jtr.t brother, we feel that our ; ri.ii are almost overwhelmed in tho at t-ahimiiy which has befallen his family; 1 tr, country. .-".' . , That for candor, ami bilitif : nnd !: : ':t'r i:1 private, and for firmness, in. ,f u. fence, ability, and generous devotion" m i . .:c L,o, we, in all stneenty, declare our U.-f lhat f w !. ve equalled and none sur ! in ' 1 -;o wohh we now commcmo. ... i.ij 0s"a tribute of respect td or vLi.;'.J. ;.r.d beloved brollier we will .r ci..; - o:w;er left arm for threo months,' :v.l recor.viend that our brethren through, out ihf D -tiict do the same." . - irje.V .', Tnat these resolutions be trans 4 "tu d by lite Secretary to the papers of the D. irict for publication; Viih a request bV " thuotlier. jprira of tho State jepublish tho " iamo, .- - - .".'?''' It wna rnov: J and carried that R. R, Heatij;'. C. R. Kinney and J. C. D. Ehr hghaus, Vii appointed u Com nittee to tranemil a copy of thrsB resoluik l: tW fipily of the deceas.' '..J J . ' " 'J...i j v-u, iiiiu- t-spri ss our oeep couooience wiin then in their oercavement, - 7 .;..r.:...wfc-H.iI3ATTLE,.CAVli , B. M. Baxter, 5cc. ' . ITuhavay Staves Gran Batih Tho . . Hi'gerstown lurch L'g'.. and New publish" accounts of a grand b title" that canv: on .Monday mornin ; bctwrn twelvo rum" -way slaves fi 0 .1 Lecsbur, Va., and 'n ight' -" Cert, e er l;.-- citizens t! butithbuig, T'd.. iney wert;;.. pu- - d on the rc-' ' to rrmit'.. jurg'by fir. Ad; v it:i : h u k , Jr., at clock in lie morning. ni . . ''ng thv.-m to bo ru..aways, he a- ' " lariiicLi i!o citizens of Smfthl -:rg,'and a pari'-' ty consisting of Mr. flank, Consta! !?' Flora Jos. VValtrmyre, Heriiy Lyday, Jr., Calvin " -Shoop, Wra. McCoy, Jos. D.;Price and Jvhri . 1 Diamond,- started in pursuit. Upon overlai kitv the nrgrces they were commanded td' bait, when they drew themselves up in balllei ot der j their Lader exclaiming to them, 4tNowj Loys, u u c n .you, tignt. ii;cy were armed with pistols amd tomahawks, and trrK mediately. - commenced . an attack oU ih& whiles fei'ing several of them to the. earth at the oniet. The w! ';.o being nn'tricd, cx-" cept with bludgeons, found themselves engar?- ' ed in rather an (ineqUal and , hazardous con3 test; Krpcaicdly the negroe -yvre knocked down , but they rt turned lo the contest with rfc. , doubled fury, rnd being all stout uridatbletio men, were rather hard to handle. - Constoblo Flora was lwic knocked down Pilce had hid - j anii nearly severed, aha4 the bone broken by ai; b'ow from a tomahawk he had a pistol snap.?- pod al him which very .fortunately failed to gp'" ot7 McCoy Isad h:s shoulder dislocated-Lyf... day received a wound in the fchoulder'lrom a -tiimahawk Shank was several times felled to , ,! the earth, aud the whole party . more'or less injured. . ' Howeer, afier a 'desperate contest, the whites succeeded in carrying off one prls- oner in an almost hopeless condition t lth two pis'0'5 and tivo tomanawks, wnicn were wr. ited from the hands of the negroes. An- oiher nrgrd,- fcfadly. wounded, after foiio'whlg- his: companions a mile or two upon' their 're treat, gave himself up. We also learn that iwo more of the gang wero arrested nearLeit-, ertbu'rg. BzJlimcre Sun. - V ' ' ." Tlic Unty bt the VItisi. 'r ;'Wo hearti'y coincide in the sentiments can gained in the following article from, the Alex andria Gazette: . , ' " " ' We spoku the other ddy, of tho c. ,---iina-lion of the Whigs to make no luciioe - t po 1 vition to tlie present Administration, but, to t permit it,-without, hindrance from tl em, to shape its policy, develope its views, and ; lace thejship of .State on the tack w hich it i i in tended to make for the next', four 'years. At the same lime we stated that it was "equally the intention of the Whigs to keep a'waich ful eye upon those, in power, , tt scan: their course with attention, and : VMw their move- V ments with a vigilance 1 iil'never lire. This is a duty ih y owe ....mselves and lu the country and, in 1I10 language of an el-iqut-hl English writer, applied to his political ' opinions in his own c rt.try, - a 1 1 the more d, if ibis party in jower should be' found iicting vviihout any fixed principles, covering ' nv.r i's intercistt el vit ws .i:h the semblance of ojdnion, and sh:; ing its coat e, 'professed. Jy, hy ihc; popularity ol political ere ed real. ly, by that convc r.ient needle, which, wide as, its otci' itio'-j t. .y be, always dips to itself" And, we cannot but think that the intelligence iif the country h.. dreody detected and mark- td this dip of, the po i ical needle, as exempli fied in numerous .'.-aes which, ha e 6ccimd since th admiustratun;coharnenced lis labor of love in the dispensation of power and' pa u ron-.ge of-the government.-.- As'-lhe gicnt -woik gocs-on, and the ; :i:Lts of the Presidential contest ccrr.j in to beg for ari ' to receive their rewardsj we 1 dl .coe mon e-f these illustrations - 'Alreclv 13 rr.ar.. . that in tho bestowal have been n. , 'e to r" e.t.j( t.S, ten C r.. . e friend ruined . r. "rsouti: . ana op. o-mourner dui ois appointtd,rh.rgrined,ond mortified jiartizans, wtiq bear their repulse wiih ill-conctaled vex-: fttioii, and will take hereafter an c; prtunity - . . . . 1 i i astab under the fifth rib," where thev to gi ve can gratify their. rcen-, and contribute to work their own er. Js. The disposition is man- ifes' 'now the execution ef the .esign wi!' ... i Jj": U country, cuV. ; .'..- i'-- ;.:r l"JT3:ai: if