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hl$ courtesy, in limu for liira to provide another guct in your place, should I' ""a y ou ilcc'iitic. .. Vt. liitcinner, who is nil. thorny io all atTtirs of th mouth ."says. quotingi? rnanuel dee Amphitiyontxhnl v not cvcnucula iipcir can dispense with the obligation a man U under, - of giving too entertainment for which ho baa scut out invitations, which ha vo been accepted B in sucn cxtrcrno cases, his place ma) ue filled by his friend 6,r executor.; Now eve. ry reasonable person must ttiloW that the duties which invitation, imposes arc, like other" social duties. reciprocal; and al. though we do not agree with th Court Qaslronomique that n certificate ; from a Shcrifl's officer, a Doctor,' or an undcrta. ker, a re the only ptens Which are admissible Wdisortgngouno who has accepted an inv'u taiion, and though wo Would' Sllow him the liberty orchansinr his mind provided he docs In time and gives his friend due. in 'formation it U Indispensible that ho do not. by forgetting this ,' last ' item, subject his friend to tho moriificntion of discovering, At the latest moment, that his tuble is to be Lu half filled." But we a re departing trom the ubjoct wo were requested to notice; and ocjj pardon of Juveni." Dmbtiess the - yy w. J,-- - -v. :0: .ft . .'! . r.nr ;. . .. ' Hi J ng win prevent nis tuning mho so gross ;andyet too conimon-a neglect of good Manners. , '" .?v' '' '.. : . Jt i somewhat surprising , that 'tho pro. prieties of Note.wridng should bo so little .regarded id this country, when wo consid cr that it is on important branch of genteel ' education, nnd brought jnlo almost naiiv use.';.' It is truo that no man can expect to reap-renown from his possession of tins ac. complishment in its greatest perfection : any morn than from his habit of 'speaking correct English,' or wearing a well fitting coot;; But tho want of it is as unbecoming, and must ho as uncomfortable is tho re. verse of cither of the others. " The young gentleman who should find himself nt a loss fiow to framo a reply to a note, must feel as painful a sense of embarrassment as the mctn I wlvi.Tiilroduccd into" ' a drawing room without knowing any of the rules of proper behaviour. Ceremony may indeed bo dispensed with by permission, af all tinies ; a man may send a verbal message . In nr........ U.lu1. H..I. n. tw.. k-l ft 11 U V, V U lU'J 4 i.VT.l- III V.1.UI - HliiiuiuinIV mil liitiigj .toy j . I. -..- vaue grace and nq oflbnee taken, provided friend bo indulgent. B'tt it is best as a general rulo to guard ngainst misundor. alanding, by observing tho , rules prescri " ted by flood breeding. Their hnbitual nc. gleet is far from being a' mark of Independ ence J it shows not only n want "of refine. merit in manners, but of that refinement of feeling for others- -that truo benevolence of which good breeding is tho representative, nncLwhero it is j wanting the substance. We descryo not only to bo laughed at, but blamed, when we continue to neglect rules founded ip good morals, as well as stamp, ed bv the sanction of civilized society. S. d. Temperance Advocate. ' '- !, iv HTIiM TrAiirti IlTAlnl I Alt. 1 ' , ' I Wo "ilVe lonitccn seouttomed to comidcr thb the moxt Infernal transaction In the history 'of crime. It has appeared to n In Uw dim ft. tiont of the pot Iika a dark cloud, where lun. binma of irttinl hriirhtnfM wrro losinff them. oirea, ana red iiiuning wanioncu in gumu; fiorror. Indeed soma hiro lonj ga Ceased to rennon about it at all, and now only imagine Talk to them of tho French Revolution, and they fancy onw hideous lemon ha bren conjured up ' from tlie rca!ma of ehoai fold llicir linnda over thoir eyes, and try to rxnreiae it withnhricka. How few of u aro ftccimtotned to think of thia great and inovitablo result with e.ilmncss. How few of us direct our attention to' the twMily.fivo millions of suffering Sanwulottrs waiting yatienlly for hour together In lont B.ikers Qaetie to obtain a morel of broad for their half starved ofTsprinjr. No, ws think of the Guillotine, of the blood tliat 41 j : i : ... i nj 1 Mjna r il... JlffWUU inHn WUUIVTBIICIU ailU lUim Tiliin,il inv inist unccrrm ninui disarrangement of all the grades of sociHy, and the- fearful wreck of time honored formulas ; and then cincln lfl that under thcaa xircomtneJs, incnlcullle misery must have been tho doom of all. Wo rashly imngine too, that tho mast rrimjinj oppression would be . f .ii . . i . 1. 1 t ii.. i ... : t. tandiny all tnu", it Anenna happen that stronjrear. nest man, yelrprd Thomas Carlyle, who seems to abominate a lie above all tliinjti humin or hell. lsh, and whmu clear vision would be tno last to seo us odjcci aimir, nas inia ok, - mere m no pc. tiod to be m:t wi'h in which the general twenty five millions of Fran oe suftorod less than In this -frrbid whle!i thry name lldgn of Terror O this everlatinf din, how wonderfully it deceives ua. . And 1 it true then that durinj all that tim j. ab.-Mit which so much noise has b -en mtde in those iattw year, thi Frcneh people I any emphaii. .ally the French people were blesseiLwiih soim. tirf sleep, s-veeler dreams, and brighter morn in jf hope tbantbiy had bet-n for centuries before? .. i n . .i. t .on .j- SVCII WW mj IIIVIIII. I I I'll mm"' ji.ni iv, ii. MS.ftlAltlam . mitf.'ljut Anil Ulllli. - V.aT thd. Mir - ibllowm? years aristoerney was wnlcltcd and noisy. Tbrro lice the oilh-renee. II lite stream of misery flows tranquilly along between the banks of eosJom, do p and dork as it nny bo, we notice it not. liut lt it ouea nverkan its Kir. Tiers, roar and fosm, then, though it be desiccated of half its waters. It has thousands of ow.lonokers, cutting the air with their gesUeuhMing bands, and mil nr. rn. trn. with Ihcir Wide mouinsv II Uiat Jteijn of Terror, some ten thousand pcoplo were lain. Dad enough, truly. Neverthrkss they naks'bat a email fraction of tho anmber ef sol. diere avha) bad been butchered in many gentle- jjianly war wiiicn history naa never seen ni io rneattoo. T strange, how sweetly a man ean stie, sad bow low and musical will be his death enog if he ean only have his brains Mown out or his bowels pnnetwed m Chrjetian-liko manner. Cut rear n a dark, grisi Guillotine, and chop his head off is) a way that is a little unusual, do it e. er so smoothly, and his funeral wll wilt be a spi. rit yoioa making sad moadioga through ever las tini agefc T& Clmc. . . FM South AMEktci.U, fe.. M. sclwoner Hornet, at Jamaica from Cha "gres, brlncrs accounts of a great battlo be. twcea the Bolivians under. Gen. Bolivian, and the Peruvians under Gen. tSamarra, which was won by the irirmcr. Tho battle it is said, lasted only 80(roinutea, yet there were killed, wounded, ortaken prisoners, 4f,tb Peruvians, about 3,000 men out ( n,opy of 4,000 ; while, tho loss of the Boliyiaas, in killed and wounded,-was on. fir 130. vThe Bolivian force amotgitrMl to -7,000 mi During the aetfontha Prnsi. JentofPefa, Gon. Gamarra, . was shot. Gamarra, our arodera may rameaiber, had " ..Jl . Tlj-krLirta M annnntca si nvwn. incettioia wr ocacrai wnnurcx . a-nrtf in IT.OM WASHINGTON. ' : ... t ' uioutU ct iLn Ecs ioa, Wo have arrived at tho middle vt the fourth moni'i f tho Session of Congress without any one of the great questions, for tho decision of which the whole- country is looking With anxious suspense, having' yet been brought to n final Issue; though a great deal has been done in the way of dis. cussion as well as preparation of business. Advances are, moreover," every day made towards such reforms as appear to bo re quired by- alleged and supposed excesses of abuses in the public expenditure ; among which the reader cannot fail to note the mo. tions on Saturday lust, in tho House of Re. presentatives, by the Chairman of the Com. mitteo on Ways and Means, a, strongly indicative of the current of opinion in that body, i Some reports havesl.Ho been made from the several committees on public ex. penditures, and others aro daily expected, besides the long.tooked.fcr rtport of :the New ' York - Commission? which have thrown, and will continue to" throw,' much light upon the manner in which public af. fairs have been and ought to be administer. ed. Propositions that have been mndo by individual members, for special and pnrli. cular reforms, will doubtless bo found in many instances to bo fully sustained and borne out by tho facts which theso reports .will disclose.' -.Tho results of all thisdcvel. opementand preparation would keep both Houses of Congress busy enough for a twelvemonth, independently of tho great param unt questions concerning tho reve. nue and tho currency which may bo expect ed fora number of weeks to occupy their attention to the exclusion of almost all other business. Indeed, if tho- edifice of legislation at this Session were to bear any proportion to tho scaffolding, it would bo a jirotiigiou structure; ' . . f W hilo tho Si-natn has continued engaged in the interesting debate on tho comprehen sive series of propositions by "Mr." Clay being In reality waiting tho "action of tho llouiJo of Represcntarivcs on the leading questiens involved in these resolutions tho IIouso of Representatives, having for a lima suspended tho consideration of the General Appropriation Bill, has taken up tho bill to provide, by authorizing a suffi. icnt loan, for the immediate deficiency in iuo-nieaonesaytoablotheGoTenn tnent to comply with its existing engage, nctiti. On this bill a debate, as lutitudin. o is as the whole field of political controver sy, and having very little .relation to the question realty involved in the bill, has sprung up, and threatens, unless stayed by somewiso restraint, to endure,' for any thing we can seo to prevent it,' lor the wholo remainder of tho session. This debate has, as far as it has gono on afford(Hoodenough for comment, in no merry vain, n7id yet in somo of its aspects-, in itsconnexions and its - conjunctions as well as its abstractions, it does furnish matter for mirth rather than for any nppo. site sentiment. Who but must smile at thisproposition for an extended loan being opposed, now with fierce denunciation and anon with excruciating rai!crjrLbyertojn genflemen wTiodeservo to be esteemed lea. dersof tho parly styling itself Democrat, ic," and styled by otlicrs Loco foco 7" By somo of these gentlemen an irrepressi. bio indignation is felt and expressed at the nttrocity of this project for a National Debt. Others, innocents that they1 nrc, have ho namo fursucli a perfidy to Whig principles,: and Whig profe ssions I No mortar man, instructed only by "the vche. menco of these exnansions cf sentimt nt. coiild fora moment suppose that it is a b'rl la pay debts contracted by themselves that tho n:em!crs of this respectable party arc declaiming against, let, every mn, l common information, knows that the bill now before tho II iuc (as was equally true oi mo Lin ijiii nnn t!io i reasury-notc Bill of tho Extra Session) is a bill to pro vide fir payment, in part, of tho debt con tracted previous to the 4th day of March, 1 a 1 1 . by t he).ateAumi nt-llro t ton. WJi'i can choose but laugh, when ho heurs the very party, by whom ilus debt was con- trncted anI entailed upon tho country, charging the Whig, tor the very act nfpn. vi'hnglhq Ways and Means to pay that debt, wiiVeritfn National Debt 7 Hap. py Tor tno counrry (was il not 7) tlianhese same Whigs got tho reins out yf tho hands of theso icnl economists at tho end of the 1 ist four.yenrs, r-Heaven knows where Ihev would have Innuuu us, hnymsr contn- ved, during those f ur short years of pro- found peace, to spend seventccn nitllions ofsuqilus revenue which thev-ibund. in the Treasury, and to contract n ".debt of some twenty millions of dollars besidis; and, wjmt is the worst of it, without leaving any thing to show for tho enormous expenditure. tinsiiicrini, nowever ttwt tno iwcusw tlon fthis matter would be at this moment as rrritch out of place in our columns as we consider it to be ill-timed elsewhere upon a Juration of providing for the instant and un. i-niablc necessities of tho. Treasury, we rrsist-the-temptation" to pursue il. The present emergency demands prompt action, and rmt prolonsod debate. Every moment wa-tts-d in nredfess debate by which we monn dukite aside fmm the q testion is an additional affliction of disgraco upon tht Nution, whose dinhonored promissory notes are nl ready running down in ow, two, and three per cent, below tho par of current bank notes, because no means have been provMed wherewith to pay them. It is to be hoped therefore, that tho debate ill; be speedily brought to a close ; an I if thera be no other way by which decisions upon, question of this urgency can be arrived at, it will become the inevitable duty of the majority of the IIouso of Representatives to establish audi rulea as will enable them to bring pending questions to the vote when they have been debated long enough to ex. haust their merits. . J v' ,A proposition, bavinjj inriew tb bring, ing of questions to a decision n the Haust af. tpra reasonable conaumption of time upon them in Coromitleenf the Whole; was. as the reader may recollect,, made by Whig meaber of'.bo fjouso of Repwseoiaiiyw some dsjya 10, Bhd is now lyiri moo fte table. Upon that motion, and tlig aort of opposition that ens been cLcred to it, wc had intcudt d here to add a few obscrva. tions, but are obliged by the interruption of other engagements, to defer them lo an. other occasiou. iVot.-ihl. ; . JFroia tho New York Tribune. Wj v rJ:! 'Z .: Washinqton, March 10. ; The rumors of a disruption in the ronlis of tho Locos ore not without' foundation! The movement of the radicals.in be'.ialf of Col. Johnson for tho Presidency has pro, duccd a serious fracas among the friends of Calhoun, Van Buren, Benton, and Buch. onan, and measures are now; in progress to arrest tho premature action of the Colo nel's corps in the several States. ; - recent, ly heard the nomination of Col. Johnson in the West pronounced factious and disor. ganizing ; and at the samo tipo it was said that unless he submit his claims to the decision of a National Convention ho will assuredly be proscribed by "the party par excellence ! Tho advocates of the ''He. ro of tho Into War" aro not to be cajoled by the shallow device uf another Conven tion. " They wi ll remember tho Insult put upon him at the last assemblage at Balti more, when tho managers deemed it advi sable to forbear making a . nomination for Vice President, j It was well understood at the time that the nomination was declin ed in obedience to the prejudices of tho Southern portion of the party, who protest, oil they would not as a unit '- support the 1 icktt of Van liuren and Johns n. With, nut professing t bo the political or person, al friend of Col. Johnson, I am free to say that he is by no means the most exception. able of tho candidates of the Loco Foco party. Ho is brave, patriotic .and gene, rous.ond if the country shall again bo doomed to submit to their rule, I do not know but its interests and honor would be quite as well protected under tho adininis (ration of Harrison's "brother in arms as undefthat of any of his named compcti. tors. ; - - ' u The nomination of Mr. Graham for the P. O. of your city is becoming daily more popular here, and I sincerely hope it will be confirmed without much opposition. The disappointed applicants, mny express oppo- aptlointment, but tlfenuliiciaL -U-r-r j r city it is expected will op. hn S..nm Jill Kw. sition to the largo in you provo it..: Tho Senate will probably-act upon it to-morrow or next day. Smith of Me. for Comptroller. A few unimportant appointments were confirmed this morning. Yours, -LEON. At fault again. In Mr. Henry's 'late speech, ho. had a good deal to say about tho Bank investigations,' instituted at the last session of our Legislature, and insinuated that there was somo concert between the Committee and Banks, and that, tho ques. tions propounded by tho committee to the Presidents ofthoso Institutions, were drawn up by a Whig, so ns to enable- the Banks to gloss over matters and make every thing appear smooth. ' A correspondent of the " Fayettcvillo 0bserverlin.aho.Jast4unu ber of that paper, states as a fart within his own know ledeo tlat William II. Hay. tcootl, Jr. Esq., of thiseity, was the author of tho questions propounded through the Locofoco Chnlrmnn of tho committee! Really Mr. Henry must be more circunr. sped in his outgivings and conjectures, or ho will not his best friends in trouble. RaUtgh Register. 1 Lvsurbecthk in Sasta Martha. The following particulars in connc cliott with this outbreak we derive from Captain J. D. Williams, lato commander ol tho stenmer Union, passenger by the British brig Eliz nlieth Price, from Santa Martha. Capt. Wi!liamn, who enmo down tho river M.ig. dulena, was taken prisoner by the revolu lionists,' confined seven "months nnd pliin dered of property to the value of S 10,000. The American Consul, who certr.inly can. not be an AnTericnnrpercmpttirtty'Trfitsed his assistance or protection. Capt. W. and oi her Americans readily, however, obtain, od protection from the DriiUh minister, and was at last jndi bted lor his escape to Capt. Price, op he Elizabeth. " Four or five Am ericans were still in tho provinceTwithoiil protection, and having also been plundered, aro without nvans. The U. S. brig of war Dolphin, li ft Sunta Martha for the United Slates, most probably misled by. tho false information of the American Consul, with out nffirdinghny assistance. Apalachko lu Journal. Tub Bkdfobd,'Mi7rder Tlie man who was discovered murdered on Thursday, near the Railroad, is ascertained to he Jj. ci ib G ra sjey , of90 Jl idgc streilJJe w York, where he has a wifo . and two cliHd ren." Ho was a tailor. 4 1 is. wifu was in Bn klyn yesterday afiernoiin and recogni zihI the body. S!m says h i home on Wi dncsdny logo to East New York, o hire a hous', and took his gun with him but no dog. His apprentice, about 20 years of sge, nccomp. cd him. The boy who also carried a gun, says that they parted nt the edge of tho wotxls eouth of tho Railnwd, and agreed to meet at a certain point at the end of the wood. He waited a long time, and after going round tho woods, came home to New York. On Thursday he went all day in search of bis master.- On Friday he went a far as the foll.gate near Bedford, where he learned that the body of his master was at the Coroners office in Brooklyn. Tbe boywe are told is not in custody. The dog is kept as a witness. Our police are onthealertand .will we think soon discover the truth of this matter. Urooi. fa Star. ;. . " . A Knermsa ONt- " Is Jonathan Dum- !y here V" asked a rather country looking fellow, bolting into a printing office. i -,. I don't know, such a nun,' said the foreman- '- - l ; "" . Don know him." said vny be icouTt:noarSa,lw.,,. w:4 THE MESSEUGER. ' '" V. R. M'A,Nnlty & J. ROBERTS, ID ITOilS.' ;: : Friday,- April,!,' 1 810. ,;";;';jrir, Ileury's letter: ; . Tho editor of the Lincoln Republican having accepted our terms, wo shall pub Hsirtho letter ofllonL LI D. Henry accept, ing the nomination as a candidate for Go. vcrnor. ncxt week. Wo would have pub. lished it long sinco tiod tho editor of the Republican, or any other respectable gen. tlcman of bis party, ha v requested -it. But as It "was a 'party' paper in the strictest sense, we did not consider St at all obliga. toryupon us to give it a place In our .col' umns unless by request from some respect able source. We are not afraid of the light," nor have wo any sort of wish what- ever to conceal from the public any thing from any quarter that may tend directly or indirecly to promote tho public interest. And in order that public interest - may be the more certainly and fully secured, , we are willing, nay, desirous that every mca. sure in which the public good may be thought to lie, may not only bo brought be. fore the community, but that the T different views taken of theso measures, by. those in, or seeking after offico. may also have a full and impartial hearing. As to tho letter of Mr. Henry in question, wc aro free and canon! to say, that in our opinion it abounds in indirect, if not direct misrepresentations, sophism, and unfairness. We suppose Mr, Henry has somo views of State policy, but what they are wo do not learn from his letter. Tins is devoted almost exclusively to national politics, and would, wo think, havo come with much better crace from a candidate for Congress than for Governor. Iljsjvkwsadiffexent Wtl)8e . ; ii i and sul entertain : nevertheless, we have , . . , , no fears in spreading them before our read ers. We are harnessed in no party tra. ccs, and have no interest in tho political views which we entertain, save that which is common to oil the count ry. 1 Wo believe that a National Bank, a Pro. lective Tariff, , ono Presidential Term, a Restriction of tho Veto Power, a Lessening of Executive Patronage, and a Curtailing of many of the Public Fxpcnses, aro mat ters of great importance to tho Whole coun try. If Mr. Henry, or any one else, can show us that these measures are impolitic, and unsafe, we will most unhesitatingly re cant. That showing, however, must be dotlc"711ioTby nbuse7o ud dclna"g6gtcnlpa lifc dering to the prejudices of l ho illiterate, but by well established data, and logical infer, enccs. It is an easy matter tb rail ogains. a United States Bank, but to substitute something that will meet tho commercial wants of the country as efficiently and ful ly as this did, is what has never yet been done. Any person can declaim ngaiiTst a Protective TarkTi but an attempt to carry on the affairs of Government wiinout it, nnd a National Dink, has resulted in Na tional Bankruptcy, or the next thing to it ; while unpreccdertr'd embarrassment nnd distress pervades the wluile country. In conclusion vu would just say, thnt wc. are satisfied with the exposition of Mr. H's views on National politics, and aro fully satisfied thnrthey ardmpolitic and unsafe; Wo wnuld like, however, to learn some thing of his views of State policy. What measures will he recommend if -elected Governor (of which we think there is little or no probability) for tho restoring, tis far as can bo under our Federal relations, the prosperity of our State? Particularly its Finances? What of our present school law, and Juernry fund ? What projects of Internal Improvements has ho to ofler, and in a word, wbu twill he fry to effect for our good? ... ' " Fiass. i There has lately been a destracf ive fire at Columbus, Ga. One hundred thousand dollars worth of property was-eonwuned. "At Wilming ton, in this State, a valuable strain saw mill was burnt, on the 1 7th nit. A few days after,' a Urjre turpentine distillery in Martin county, in this State, was consumed by fire. Baksscttct. The last Rulberlbid Intelligencer contains a notice of seven persona in that county whcThave filed their petition, praying to be de clared bankrupts. A late number of the Western Weekly Review, published at Franklin, Tenn., records ninety-five applications from the middle district of that Slate. Another very destructive fire lately occur. red in New Orleans. The loss of property was immense. Foaonro. A man calling himself Shepperd, lately forged a check en the Branch Bank of the State at Wilmington, for sis tXotuand ioUart, drew the money, but was afterwards arrested, and most, if not ail of the money recovered. ffj A free negro was lately: condemned to be bong at Tarboro', ta this State, for forcibly enter, big a boos and stealing a tteeaafer whiskey I ; . A irrw Wbto Sciatob. - Charles M. Coorad his been elected United StXtea Senator from loo isiasa, fa phes f Alcwndef Moutoa, resigned. -! f ' ' - - . Inrastou c 1 Texas by rscxlmr By rcfcrcpce to the sews articles in another part of this wctk's paper, it will be seen that Tex as has been invaded by a large Mexican force. What the result will be is hard to guess.. Santa Anna, it b said, swears he will never slop until ho has planted his standard on the banks of the Sa bine ; and, in return the Tcxians swear that they will not stop uutil they plant theirs in the city of Mexico. ' - - 1 ' - Meetings have been called already in different parts ef the Southern States, having for their ob- ject the collecting of volunteers, to aid the Tex. inns, - la the present condition of our country, hundreds out of regular employment, and ready to catch at any project that ofTors them gain, we make, no doubt but that many citizens of the Uni ted States will eagerly hearken to the call which the President af Texas has made for help. ,.. v r for the Messenger. , gricnktnral Societies. .. Gentlbmkx: I noticed an 'anneal of yours somo titno since, suggesting tho im portance of, and tho advantngos to bo de rived from the formation of such societies in tho Western counties of this State. The subject must have struck the minds of very sensible agriculturist a thousand times, as ono of great importance to his interest and profit , and to tho growth and improvement of our beloved country. Agriculture is no fable farming is no sham labor is no dis grace -consequently, every attempt to im.' Erove and fosterthe farming interest, should o viewed wUv respect, and attended to with no ordinary degree of interest. JBut alas! the moth, rust, and mould of bygone days still cover our farm yard ! sfch tsand wo make no effort to shako them off. :- We slbcr on in the same track' our fathers did,' through thick and thin, swamps and quag mires, notwithstanding we see better ways pointed out to tis on all sides. ' If it is so necessary to assemble with corn-stalks, plough-handles, Sec, to do ' military duty" n order for improvement, to collect in companies to administer justice, to unite nnd council each other on almost every sub ject, to assemble to make laws far our go vernment, etc., why may we not do likei wise, to improve our farms, fill our store, houses, mako what We want, and rende? ourselves comparatively independent. 1 such societies in onoor more places in every . TLr,.:!!.. county. The room for improvement in our farms is without bounds, the necessity for it iscqually so. There aro minds capable of leading in this matter, and if their ma mas will let them out, there are certainly children enough in this science to make, a re. spectabto school. Such societies are pro. ductive of great good, and attended with no evil. If every man in tho country was in farmed that he could make two dollars by going to court, to ono at home, every man would goto court. And where is theman that would plough two days if ho could do tho same in one, or mako only one bushel of corn when he could in tho samo timo mako two! Nowhere. And yet the for mation of theso societies, the combination of practice, theory and council, lend in a degree to like results, and no ono heeds it! K vast impfdvcTnchTT country has been made in a few years, nnd it has ull been effected by theso means.. Cannot the oop!c of Henderson, Buncombe flavwood. Yancv. &c.. follow in the wake of counties and States on all sides of us? I think they can,' and sincerely hope ihiy will. Li t some ono make the call in each of these counties for n meeting, and see what con bo done. I am a novieo in tlf science, a beginner in practice, nnd a bubo in frce, or I would give one "Jericho" blast w ith my " ram's horn, in Henderson comty,nt least. I should not have troubled you with this sad epistle had I not thought that " two head were brttrr than one," even if one was my own. ;V Pull the string, again, nnd see if something can tbo done. If il cannot,-1 fhtrhd to let the world see (thnt is the Mi'Ksrnecr world,) what kind of farthers WE BE. Respectfully, . i-X-jj A shock for the West! We have already recorded the decisive voto by which tho British House of Com mons has sustained Sir Robert Peel in re. pulsing any modification of the Corn-Laws which shall operate in our behalf as a prac tical amelioration of the present restrictive policy. Tho reduction acceded to may let Lin a few more bushels from England's im- mediate neighbors, uermany and Poland; but long before we can hear that tho price has risen and the duty fallen there, the needed supply will bo obtained from those countries, the price go up ngain,nndany grain which may have started from this country will be met by high duties and low price," To Wcertain ruin or the rash ad venturer who ships it. This policy was resolved on after full debate, in which the Whig lenders did their utmost for free trade in crain.and were defeated by the decisive majority of 123 in 575 votes.- Great Br, tnin bv thU 'vote utterly refuses to tune American grain for her manufactures. Shall we continue lo buy them ? - But this is not all. The policy of Great Britain dors net atop here, but strikeijtneyi. end falaf blow at the lucrative Canadian Trade of our Northern frontier. - A bill has been submitted to the House of Corrrmoos by Mr. Gladstone, one of the new Ministry, enthtcd An Act to" regulate Colonial Cos- j torn Dudes," which walks right into the j Niagara's turnpike; and, as it is supported ry the lenders W both parties,Jts passage is beyond doubt Its character may be judged by the following extract from its au thor's Speecht . V- , " The principal exemption from duty he propof.es.. to remove, were those of grain and wheat flour, and salt meat provisions. He believed that it was the general desire of the people of Canada, that a law should be imposed vpon alt provisions coming in from America, especially, those kinds already mentioned. The theory of the biw was to give- an advantage to Canadian produce in the British marLcU 'A distinction should be oad ia fevprof tbo Canadian fenaer. . . .. . " tie would, tlieriforc," prpposo a duty ox 2d. a barrel upon fmit dried or salted, 3a. upon pickled iis'.i, upon butter 8s. perewt' upon cheese 5. per cwt.", &a.- lie would not projxo rftoro tlian 3s. quarter upon wheat coming from the United States. This would bo done principally in refereaco to tho fact tliat Cahada had already sent considcrablu quantities of grain and flour to other parts of the empire and six wat likely to send much ' greater supplies iehen her apabcililies teas developed.'" ' ,'1, , We are Dot sure thut tins rluty of 3s. per quarter (nine cents a btrsfre!) on wheat wilL suffice to stop its flowing down the St. Law rence, though we scriotwTy hope it my.--i Every bushel so sent is directed sy the 8W. tish CormLnwa from paying transportation and toll to tho Eric Canal and front swclfv ing the commerce and trade ol New.York. Tho efToct of the present arrangement is to send the produce of the country into Cana. da to be manufbetured. and thence by a difficult and dangerous navigation to Great Britain the difficulties being compensated by exemption front-tbo-Corn-Lawsf-and-our city thus doubly injured by them. If Great Britain has cropped this effectually, what say yfu, Buffalo and Clcaveland? Shall wo hove any. more attacks from you on Gen. Tullmadgc'a Speech 1 -New.York Tribune: 'K'.v--v,.;""- u Snot mi GRANxr. Mr: Cauiocs it efll-ctu-ally " shot his granny" tlie other day. In the Son. ate, that we hardly thought he would open his mouth again this (Session, tliough we see he hat been mukingasecc!i on Mr. Clay's Resolutions. -Mr. Simmons of Uhode Tuland, it seems, was ma. king an excellent JSporeh In support of tho sumo Resolutions, during which bo muds Mr. Calhtum wince many timos. At length, he arraigned bim upon the subject of tlie Compromire Act, and charged him with having voted for tbd Hotiwtalu. ation principle in that Act. . - : t ' ' i - - M Never," never," V mtvRR,H said Mr. Calhoun. "The Senator from South Carolina certainly did," responded Mr. Simmons, " 1 have seen tho record!" , ' -- " Never," "rer," returned Mr. Cullioun. I believed the provision unconstitutional.", . .. - . , " Weil," suiJ Mr, Simmons, "I will not mis. represent the Senator. . ' Let us see the Record. Mr. Calhoun. Bring It Mr. Secretary,' t Mr. Secretary vanuihrd from the Chamber tike a Lo comotive ovtr a Railroad track, and Mr. Calhoun in closo pursuit at his heels. v .... Mr. Simmons continued, While tho gentle, man is hunting up his authority I will ' continue my Speech Mr.g.wcjt. on for t-n nwwatesr when hTpopped Mr. Calhoua with book open and the page turned. - . . ., t Air. Simmons was interrupted in s hurry to make the explanation and Mr. Calhoun was up in a hurry, lie commenced reading, wltf-n loand behold, Mr. Simmons wns right and Mr Culhoim wrong ! lie had forgotten his own mnceuttitutioH. al vote, and reud the evidence of his own slmino to the Senate. As a moment before he had come into the Chamber plumed, booted and spurred, ho now mado his exit tike a dog with his tail between his legs.- Mr. Callmun was now much longer ab. sent and did not moke his entrants until Mr. Sim mons had closed. Raleigh Register. z I Kew groands, ' ,! " From a conversation with our friend, Mr. Thomas S. Dickens, whose practiul knowl edge of firming is eqiiul to that of any gen tlcman with whom wu urc. acquainted, wo derive the following hints for the manage, mcnt of new grounds:;" . v , . - , Cut down your tiers in spring or sum, rmrwliilst tlmaop is tnfull H.jwTlhiscxr licdites extremely the decay of the stumps and lum. . Great advantage is obtained by cutting your trees as closo as possible to the ground : your swingletrio then pnsses over tho top of tho. stump, nnd you can plough much closer to :t; Usides.the saving of firewood U considerable, and if the tnu U u timber one, every body knows tlie most valuable part is that next the ground. Af ter removing your firo.wjod, nr.ver burn tho laps and leaves, but permit them to re main tioii the surface of the land, two years, if possible by that time, if jhey were cut w lie n tlie sap was up, they will bo greatly decayed. Procc-cd, then, tofakw your ground, turning under every thing thnt 'ho plough cau nvtiiago; if any largo sticks n oviin undecuyed, jtlx-y must of , course bo removed by hand. This fallow, ing should bq done during the iuU or win. ter. In the spring, plant your n and ta ke n little pn i nsrtor cover itwith dirt as free from tho trash ns possible Tho pro cess of deeny still g')es on, and a iyiauiiiy of decomposed vetctuble matter isoUakied, much greater in quality nnd quantity than could have been derived from the ashes of the burnt trash. , : : 1 "" . MrDicken-whoso experience is very great, and who attends to every operation od his farm in jerson, infivrms us,' that this system was once accidentally pursued, be. cause jt wns not convenient to follow the old, and favorite, plan of burning, ' Ho was " astonished at the result ; he of course con tinued it, and ho assures us that he bus never seen such crops of new ground corn as it Is sure to produce. r . v , Here: pgain is the rover atiorued'to tho land for two years producing extraordinary effects. Mr. Dicken cave no credit tuthis- furt; but we are satisfied that the office of covering and sheltering iiloqe which tho trash bad performed for two years, would have been worth mora than any benefits that coolo1 have been obtained by buming. Southern Planter. ( , . . " Fhom Texas. Advices from Galveston to tho 24th of February have been n eeiv. i-d at TJew Orleans.' - In" the vessel tlwt brought litem came "passengers James Flamilton.E-tq. nnd Hon. air. Danjrerfield, Si'crttary of the Texan Treasury. Tlie Mexican vessel copturru by Commodore Moore hnd arrived at Galveston f sho prov. cdtobo tho. Progress,' a small schooner, with a ca ro of flour, susar, end coffee, and not the schooner of war, as rrporUd. r iiiy thousand dollars of the! ISxchrquer Bill have been putin circulation; No more is to bo paid out "present." Th6 - BritUh barque Buoyant, was last recently : off-tho mouth of the Brazos tuver, where she was anchorcd,"receiving a cargo of cotton.1" In a gale she parted her .cables, ' and :weni tashore. The Captain,' first and second mates and four men were drowned. She had 150 bales of cotton on board. A new fori has been furnished at the east rod of Galveston Island, and two of the sit gun" boloDgfng to it raourtcd. ; r' ' . '
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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