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t ... v.;v 7 . r X v i asm - A-J- Jk. ; 7 ? - I 1 1 ( it, ; r UNION. THE CONSTITUTION. AND TUB LAWSTHE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY. Val.XVIII. FRIDAY AF III L 1 4, 1 837. - J, Sit w ' at'lw ft, M 1 : i "May vrikli soil , (KScrsat, '"' bUrf lltrt tw.tr i. " v : fm Fwr Cef"., " anilKb.' OS THE LE. Tll.UK, AND 4 Jtit'tc -r art.tT ror trots. t!n(a, . C Jar 5, lJ7, TV interest " agricultural suLjhms prtn to rh l"n-t4 of late ia iSi part f the LTairti Suu, and i n-'i a I fan iu other pans s Wnea we have dime with prest awking. and lb meeting of abole j,-, w.ewvs at th win "4 west, t cm U-k of aathing r!t tht'i rail toads. Its wry well, etch ia iu proper place; 04, i -V.n to me, lhat we teglcd toa B4-ii tturowa neural, noble puruit, tg nruiture. FtKinrily, this cuntry fur-Bi.-J many part of Europe, and the YU,,l.! a I.Undt, wHh bread muff; hii B. uxf-- seud ua dour. lirai. ul oivi ! io f'1 1'-miiw. and in tcliU Jlclu. trru bay. 1 tlull tun ai it it m ;k fr ! ramira of ln tiff U it ahuuld lel ate mui the in te aniiti!' f ,itiiUiiii ahtiui banba, cur tra y. ib'ia-Un r arareiiy f uionr), Mi, ImJ. a'l inJilTerruu It arnia T.i't f km, wlut lew will p.r. :.4i thrra it anneihiug wrong ia all l' . lati"g. iKrn, ihrar rtevaird and fmui tl -utij-cia id Jiciihiii, I thill e l.t hi ubir uk nf waking a few nWr t ua ilit culture of iha twrcl pota At he 7I:i PC u namner wl j.vif Farmers Kegiater, for the last , n:h, ia a piece siitued Carter, this -i.tii.i ( reasonably dib-lie(s th' 4.ertirtiia of some of his neighbors tut ihe poiatoe vinrt are poisonous to r .-.tie; or ai loat they tiecaanin them to taHi. as lor tue latter eneci. it it very MMiMe that pouioe vinet, at wt-ll as j dVr neb tucpwlent food, msy, when .a too greeihly, or too ahundauti), hi that stret. It i, howevtr, little ui i be W-J at the aeann of the year when I Mr Carter speaks f cutting his tines j !' BMvender; for then, uiarh of their i cj.e -e has uriej up, and probably f i rift to highly nutritious lustier. T.ie itvmg of the vines of the potator I' Ir it n t practised in this uis, that I katw of; but it is n il that ihey are nut aortl'y of h; hut beeaute we are too care m ;n taking every advantage olf' red u by bountiful eltinate. It may alto be oa accviuot of tlm dirTn-uliy of curing thre '. to a ii keep them in bulk. As to tlw-ir nuuitive quality, ther are very few t7-ab!es more wholrtome and nutn lii. Iny vears ago. I was informed, on vr.Wnv iarceh to h doubted, thai in U- i-l4,tj d Si 1) iimngo, horses and U'j were in nnnv parts entirely ffd all y-ir round on potato vmet; and my Hi'-ruuil aured me, that he knew a cuhivat.tr in the vicinity f Cape Fran- wn.t uiatle vearlt? about gl.,00'J, . br eii,ljng, every day, poialne vines to j th- cur, whre they were bought for the (iriunre fo nl of Hornet. mu!e, and Cat- ' Oil the plantaiimi or farm of this . ruin ator, the vines, and not the ruois, 1 're ih chief ohjct. I am glad lo h - it also in my power to stre-tlh-n the authority of Mr. Carter, -griU his experiment of planting 'i!l pot ttitn root, for the purpose of prod-icing sprout to be iransphnted in die ten"?, into the bfi.lt prepared for them. Ti.i ia a practice much followed in this t'c, and inauv person, I among the ft. think thee sprouts pr.nluce much he bet pota-.oes for the table. It is a wthnd well suited to those countries , here the sumuirr is too short to produce )he potatne in perfection by any other, rhe luual way it to prepare a nursery VJ f entail diiuii!ioiis, in a warm and 'leltered tituaiion, by manuring it high ? widt tattle iD.inire; make units in this M at very short distancet from each oth r fiom five to ten inches, and in these "'dls put s.nall potjtoo ritot. so close as h touch, and Cover them lichtlv. This auld be d-me earlier than Ihe usual ae son lot planting the crop; and for fear of InlSl, 111. a pp. m ,v tu envArwd uriih aimtv. I ... v - . ee, or some such matters. A bed hum four f,.et wide, and fifty or sixty l ,n2. will furnish sprouts enough lo P''il at least an acre of ground. It is necessary to have the beds ready to plant sprouts, so as lo take advantage of "ery ahower of rain lo transplant what i "er sprout are larce enouch. that is a i.iches high. The nursery bed will nun again be covered with a new set to P'a'd at the next aitnhlo wp-ibpr 1oet produced in this manner, are ge- ! '"any smooth and well formed, mid the jro,, ,fry abundant. Every facility nf "re.l, for the extended culti vation of this " luah!e root, is undoubtedly a great ad- ?fi ,rtr nutritive and wholesome j .,i(ju ucgree. Many planters iu this utr ft?d ihrir nrgmet Utt aeaeral axmiht r iruifly on awret pitaior, and dur ing tliai prritid. tly are all, yoiing r old. bralti.y and fak I triy little ddubt but it might be adaoueeHir ly ml tit a:ed dr tle manufartute of sugar, bich , it would probably produce ia greatet abundant, ihaa the bt ei; for ao ooly sugar caa be estractrd from its ira- ij foruted sarrhariue ntattrr. but alo i from t!ie starrh which iieuuina in great abuiuiaoce. rbia is, atleaU wrll wurth the irUl. I am. t ery respeetluliy, air, your vlx dieat tenant, , X. HERBEMONT. frank te Vw Or!- Cvi ing Titn't ' THE PRINTER. 1 Here r e stands at his Cise: his eyes : are lived on his copy, while is fingers, printer stands at the door of all their 8utes. obe 'ient to his will, coltot the h-ttc-a learning, and holds the kevs which open 3. Retohti. That the banking institu from f.eir various boses, i-nd pUe tleui iu ' lions created by the States have become togeuier so a to torra wows, aenvnees, complete anicles of nes, politicn, or li teral, re. I he niu.-u-i.in at ti.e piumi c j l arUly compete ii!t tt.e prinu-r in the rapiJitv and precision of his tiigitil mo tion, like the pUniot w lo plavs aiUi his muuc look and instrument before him, t'ie printer see and compreliea ls at a glance the ever aring rcoulu 'tis fin gers mut produce, un-i tlot a not huf.it ite a moment to perform t'te necvssvry ac tion it'i tue r piJitv of lig tame. Like notes fiom t!.e ins'.ruiuent. e-. erv leiUir, ever pue, every siup, ii c-tllc-. forl'i in its proper place, till complete ensw-in-Lle is fonne'l, whic'i t"- meinorv can t trckurc up, and whicii the mitvi c,n con ceive an I lUgeft. t ut ho dui rent are the finIeflVcui produced in lhee Uo in sunctm! i he nviHt-iun crxates series of melodious an I harmonious sounds, w liicli pe.se t!.e ear for inonu iit nd die asav: t!it fttlinc). cat or !, tie- soon linir or emhuhi iic. mild or iolent. rc excited ror a momcut -ut th c.irtn ttwii ce .ses, an ! n iU;jht ut tin rwoltec- tjon of pa.t pleasure or pain remaitw upon the mini. I!ut the printer's li ior Ijcars eerlaitin fruit; he spreaJa it'fore mankind t'ie arena of kno!ed,jc, an I wor.s witn the sigrs in the lahr:ilory of reason; he ren ts mi8eugcr to eterv oiie of the human fmilt; he invokes all men pi grmin .ticd and logtcd writfr. and to behold the he utie of trut'i, an-l seeks j bisks in the sun of popularity, which he to make the ms of mmVmJ conscious o.te to sonii tin ihtnuive soi of t of ttMise iminutthkt right witti which temterg. 'Ien'.esc r not to git e ere m m is inveoUd at hit hirt'i by nature and I (lit to ne pr(xar person; hut on the con by nature's i 'oi. Tin printer Ins been, j tnry, ch'tuld somn of hii blunder re since the fifieenth century, the fai'htul j m in uncorrected, he is sure to lav them and moit active auxiliary of Icarnins;. I a!l to tue c!wr?c of the " ignorint prin- lh.ii ihv the pnnter first struck oil i : sheet from a ro'ijh hock of t jh -from j that day we may da!" t'ie umver d siprad ! of k no ledge, and the gnht.il difr-n-f chicnit'nt of mankind from the ,'hiii Is of j ignorance, siipersution, and oppression, i From lhat day !im man gr.thi illv a Ivan- ccd to the general enjo mcnt of free, en I lightened, and republican institution; i from that dav. rovaltv an I its c incomi- tants began to decay, and fair liberty to cro- in their place. I m'ir' t continue to sho, in detail. the correctness of the general outline I have drvn; lvt the im.n"He lienefits w hich the art of printing h conferred upon minkin l, have beon descrilH I by aider an I more eloquent pens tiian mine I jet me present a single hypothesis: .np poe thai the great prol!etivene.'s. and teacher of all arts and science -suppose that the art of printing had never been discovered; at wnat a stage of projrpss would we now find naiur.l philosophy, astronomy, mechanic, navigation, and nt my arts which conduce so effectually to the comfort an.l preservation of man kind? Where would no be. those li berties we hold so lieirf Yet in the womh of futnritv. I he discoveries of a Newton would have been the treasure of j an exclusive lew. att and l-niton j would, perhaps, have never learned the first principles of mechanics; and Frank lin mi.; it never have read a book, nor published a single principle lending to the indepen lence of his country. 'I he ancients of t Jreece and Rome ccr tainlv nmii'tcred soma great nnl wise men; out tievonu tue circle in wnic t tnese leirnnd msn motel, ho.v few received glimpse of science; how few everle rn- el to read; and how difficult it was to ob tain instruction or hooks. Now, through the ag.mcv of printing, our means of ac quiring knowledge are unlimited, and its dissemination univcrsd. ihe conse- nupm-it is. that o-re it.r num ier labor to unravel and make useful the secrets of nature, an I the progress of m tiikind to wards perfection is a thou m l timss mare rapid. The printer, as an individual, comes directlv under the constant influences of the instructive -md liberal art he profess es. The printer rea I mare, and pos sesses more varied and general informa tion, than the theologian, lawver, or avowed philosopher. It is the printer's j trade to read constantly, day after day, during lia whole life; he earns hi daily bread by reading ay, aod resding alow ly and carefully, far he must follow aaJ pot ilia works we read into ttpe, let ter by truer; he most daell awhile upon every emu nee. I oe tlie merchant know the prices of cotton and other good in cjiftfcnt countries?- tiie inu-Uigeuce is pe- rused by a printer before merchant touches it. oes the politici:m tiUcuss t!ie afl"irt of n ttions? -he owes Lis know ledge to the printer, w lta is uUays ahead of him in ioint of info, mdtion. lloes the physician saidy the work of some pro found f seulapiutf let him look to the title V' ge, and he ill see t'lat he oes the work to a printer, who. has read it oe r and over to see that not a letter is I wanted, not a comma out of place. The same mav te sua o! the Uwver. the mi- ' outer. :nd the scientific mechanic I he he pnnter is a great traveller. There are few printers in the United Mates who hat e not iMted every aute in the I 'num. 'I hey re sure of fin sing a printing office, ineery ill-ge, und con5e.,uentl oonot hesitHte to travel whereter their fancy m-v lenl t'.era, sure of finding in tiieir hrotl er tjpowr.p;,ers frienis ready toas- sist I'.ein. give them wo.k, or ohtiin a situ -tion for tl.em. The pi inter is eon- se.iuenth towug'tly acqu iiuteJ wit'i his count. , in general sn 1 in 'tetnl; none e n know lietter or speak of it more cor rectly. Someriines be crmses tite Atl.in tic; n I wi tie ie prints geographies nd fiool.t of tr el, lie takes occasion to iew with is own e)es eery part of ti.e old and ne world. I he printer is alwaya a good gramma ri n; an i it fre .uentlt h ppens inm men wuoxe p otucions -.re t'Sitvnied by the pui lie, owe it to the printer tiut they are not ritten!o n sses. !ften, very of tfn. doe it KntM'it mat minuscript is put into the n of ti.e t-. pe-iHitter full of grots grammatical errors, sentences ieoid "f si'n-e, and without a single p,.int or c;.pit I letter. When this has paet! t'miutfh tiis hn ls, t' e errors are &prr ct'il. th punctuntion ami capitds i arc .11 set in tlfir prope.' pi ces. I he - lVoneeited nut -or finals iuinseif 41 utonce ur; such it the f de anil unjust phrase ijnmrant writers frequently- use. No fa V, class, or p.ofession, except those of I . an 1 phvsic, has furnished a greater p'op-Nlbn of lem I and disttn cutshe I persons- timn the printer's craft, r'rom tSe day of Fnnklin to the present time, our legislative halls, our places of honor, hive twen ornamented by talent- ... . a i . e I nrin'ers. The bar js often indebted to tse printing office for Some of its ablest members; in t' iscity we have living and prominent evampW of he fact. : tie pointers, wherever thev can unite a sufficient force, generally form them selves into a society for ihcir mutual pro tr:;bn. and for the purpose of assisting each otner in cases of need. These so- i sue, or cause to be issued, a 1 reasury cicties fix the rates of wacs, the hours i circular, the effects of which are now be of work, and provide for the sick and un-! gining to be felt throughout the whole fortunate. Thev hind tlicinseh cs by ihe commercial world; and whereas the Na- st-ictest and most honorable rules to pre- ; serve the dignity of their srt, and to de ' fend each other against the injustice of i grasping employers. If a printer should i dishonor his trade, or work under wages, ' he is immediately stigmatized and dis 1 owned. It is very rare that a printer can be induced to dishonor the pledges he has given to his fellow-workmen. LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA. 1 1 the Virginia House of Delegates, on the 29th ultimo, Mr. Garland offered the foil awing preamble and resolutions: Whereas the present disorganized slate of the money market, and the distress experienced throughout the commer cial world, have been attributed by ma ny to the efforts of Government to re store the constitutional currency of the United Slates, and a panic is now at tempted to be gotten op in su-h parts of the Union, with the view of inducing the President of the Uniteil States lo repeal the Treasury Order, issued July II, 1838: And whereas it behooves every citizen, in such a crisis, to maku a full aud can did avowal of his sentiments on the im portant subject connected with the reve nue and currency of the country: there fore 1. ReeolveJ, That the late Circular Order of the President of the United States, requiring ihe payment for sales of public lands to be made in gold and silver, in lieu of depreciated bank paper, is le gal, constitutional, and wise, well calcu lated to rcpres the enormous specula tions in public lands, to curtail the exer ire itie of bank paper, and restore the l fOBftiitatioqal ewrreney of the cnontrjr. ' 2. JletoleeJ, Tftat a repeal of said Treary Order, so hrnefinal ia iu ope ration, nuld girt additional indueemeau in the banks t overtrade, would enable peeulilor more eSeeisaliy U potte thetntelt.es of that rich domain which wa purchased by the eomma Mood and couitaon treasure nf all, and which was inten!sd as the home and it treat of the hntirst laborer; sad that such a repeal would he regarded by this iwmMi as sn ahandoumrnt tf the policy of the late Ad- min'tratinn, which had lr its object a rettortion of the constitutional eurrenev would bo regarded as a disposition to legalize the iue and notes of local State bank, and ui return to that system nf pa- ner monetr which has been ao sivnallv repudiated hv the oeonle of the United so tmeraoven with their poler, and hae uken such fast hold on the intercuts mi ihe nf..nle. Mat thev einnnt hm eradieab d. and the only means by whtch j they can be controlled and kept in their reioonahle limits is for the Federal Ro j verii'iient to adhe e strictly to the letter nf the ('onsiitnuon, and lo receive in pameni for duties, lairt, ih-bts, or alesj of public land', limiting bm gold and ad- tr, the conetiiutional currency of the United Suus and that any attempt to restore or regulate the constitutional cur rency through ihe agency nf Slate banks mutt be partial in iu operation, destruc tive to th independence of Ihe States, and inefficient as a weans to accomplish ti.e proposed end. Mr. IJarland. in presenting these reso lutions, staled (as we understand, not be ing present) that he desiteil to lay them on the table, as expressive of his own opin ion in his representative capacity, not ex pecting any action upon thi-m at this time. After some remarks by Messrs. Book er. WooU'olk, Wstkins, Hunter, and Wncher. Mr. Wilson, of B. called for the previous question; which was sus t lined, and -the resolutions were laid on the luble. Mr. Botts said he was not aware, un til this eveiunf that it waa in order for member of the House lo offer resolutions exprestive of hi own opinion on suhjeeis winch wtre not intended for the action of the House; hut as this indulgence had ht en extended to ihe member from Week leuburg. and as other had been prevent ed by ihe previous question from ex preanr.g their opiniom on the floor, he would avail himself (as he differed to widely troni the resolutions just disposed of) of the privilege of offering a sleeping or travelling companion, as the case might be, for those resolutions. They were intended as an expression of his own opinion on the subject, and he hoped . they would be laid on the table, in com j pany with those to wmcn tney were in- . : i i vt- :.i .u-. tenueu as a repiy. lie nau no mca tnat an expression of opinion on so important a question should be confined to a tingle member. lie thereupon submitted the following: Whereat Andrew Jackson, late Presi dent of the United States, did, in defiance nf the Constitution, and of all right, is- tional Legislature, being sensible of the impolicy, illegality, and unconstitutional ity nf the aforesaid Treasury circular, did, by a vote of two-thirds of both Houses, repeal the same: and whereas the said Andrew Jackson did thereupon not only refuse to sign the said law, but did pock et ihe same, in defiance nf alt law, decen cy, and common courtesy, and thereby prevent and defeat the action of Congress on the subject: Resolved, therefore, That the conduct of said Andrew Jackson deserves the cen sure of the whole people in the strongest form in which it can be visited upon him. W Mr Murdattgh seconded Mr Botts't re solution; which was also laid on the table. MASSACHUSETTS ON SLAVERY. The following resolutions were recent ly passed in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, by a vote of 378 to 16. Whereas, the Hon?? of Representatives of the United Stales, in the mouth of Januarv. in the year of our Lord one I thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven. did adopt a resolution, whereby it was ordered lhal all petitions, memorials, re solutions, propositions, or papers. Hat ing in any way. or to any extent what ever, to the subject of slavery, or ihe abo liiion of slavery, without being either printed or referred, should be laid on the table, and that no further action whatev er should be had ihereon; whereas, by the resolution aforesaid, which is adopted as a standing rule of the present House of Representatives, the petition of a large niiTther f the people ,f this comnort- Irrett miral and political evil, have been ( tiig'oed and coniemited; iherrhire, j rwrri. That the r-sluu.-n above named is an assumption of power and authority, at aaiianee with the spirit and i.tent oi the Cnoutiot of the L'iud States, and injnriou tdt th re f free Um and tree ii.nut'O"; iJut i d -es i uU u to the inhrrnt and inaiaoable rights of man; and that it leads e-aual-ly to impair those fundmrnttl priiiCtples nf natural juiice, and natural law. which sra antecedent to any writ rn ciiBtitu tiona of govern went, independeMt of them all, and essential to the seumy of free- dom in a State. ' Reiolttd. Tbat our RenaUtrs and Re- preveouures in Congress, in mainturtii.g and advocating the full right of petition, hae entitled themrelvee to the cordial approbation of the people of this eotaoon wealth. ' Fttohtd, That Congress .having- x-( elutivc legislation in the District of Co lu.nbia. possesses the rifht to aWish slaery in the said District, and that ita exercise should only be mtrsmed by a regard to ihe pub.ie good, . In the Senate -To the sarprisc .f eve ry one f.resent, says the Boston" Gasette, even the leaders of the abolition party of thin city trie Senate adopted ihe follow- ing retoluuons, after a long debait -the' - firt-t CKAMKorsiv. and the second by on- . ly oki teii'i') tote: Peiolved That Confrere having exclu sive legislation in the District of Colum bia, possesses the right to abolish slave ry and the slave trade therein; and that the eaily exercise of such right is demand ed by ihe enlightened sentiment ol ihfl civilized world, by the principles of tba revolution, and by humanity. Re$ohtJ.Thi slaw ry, being an admit ted moral and political evil, whose con tinuance, wherever it exist., is vindicat ed mainly on the ground of necessity, it should be circuir scribed within the limit of the States where it has been, already established; and lhat no new State should hereafter be admitted into the Union whose constitution of government shall sanction or permit the existence of domes tie slavery. To prevent misunderstanding in tho Southern States upon this subject, it is necessary to remark, thai the friends of Mr. Van Bure n. in Msstschuseits, are as active in this matter as others. a fact which is of course disclosed by the una nimity of the vote. The ill-timed admission of so distin guished a Southern Senator as Mr. Rives, of Virginia, lhal slavery is a gtcat evil, moral, political and social, has unfortu nately given a great stimulus to abolition movements in the North, for the aboli tionists now press upon the public with force the question Mr. Calhoun put him, when the admission was made, if slave ry is such an evil, why do you not exert yourself (in the language of the Massa chusetts resolution) to circumscribe it! Ridicule Wetf Jpplied. certain Mr. Kelly, who helps to make laws for the people of the State of Ohio, having in dulged himself in the application of some uncourteous remarks to another member, in the progress of the debate, was rather startled by a significant intimation, in re ply, that notice of the affront would be taken out of doors. Thereupon Mr. Kel ly, in great trepidation, bethought him self of making ready for a desperate en counter, add appeared, the next day, in his seal, provided with a very handaome dirk, ihe hilt ol which projected ostenta tiously from the opening of his waistcoat; whereat, as may be supposed, the law makers stared with some litde wonder and a great deal of merriment This last was increased tenfold, bow ever, the nest day, when another mem ber entered, formidably equipped with a monstrous wooden dirk, with a huge corn cob for a handle, which he allowed to project about a foot from the opening of At waistcoat, and.' taking his seat by the side of Mr. Kelly, dew forth with a great flourish, every len minutes, and made a point of exhibiting to lhat pugnacious le gislator. I he consequence may be im agined; or it it may not we are nappy w say that Mr. Kelly's cheese-toaster dis appeared in short order, and was speedi ly followed into " retiracy," by four or five others wilh which some other mem bers had thought proper to decorate their persons. A York Com. ddv. A Bird't-tye view of the Chipfrse. Suppose this earth to be a ball of one foot in diameter: on that scale of proportion the sun would be one hundred feet in di ameter, and the moon three inches. The sun would be two miles from us the moon ihtrtv feet Jupiter ten miles from the sun. and Herschel forty miles. Th loftiest mountains upon the surface of ihe earth would be one-eighlieih of an inch in height. i i i r IS ,1 E i!
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