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I- rm FTP! "A TP1 .TMUltUUUUUa 5HITI fitOlHI Tiwtrhl ii Mtllrrliisr, ertl 4 jktilfaj itinnti, III liti tftht tfrti ind Soitit f inf fffrtlBtn ' " .' irsi:S-TTr Julian iiid ;;XQL. XLTII. f BUM. -If ami tuUtif la eivaaaa, Msar e-j ( $1 M If H4 erltbla at tbi aa4 t at aasl r .1 '- ' J'- ...... . . . BVSMISIKO. I !" fl !" hrtiiuwrties II, Hi I f ereet "'" . Jf rem lbs Working Farmer. I ETTEH OF ADVlCfi ON THE ANAL- , ySlSOFASOII.. n-- t ' "NtwtH, Feb. 10, 1861. Mr. 'in ri, Warren, Somerset Co., N. J. 'Dew SirsThe Billowing k an analysis of your soil, nude by Mr. W. II . Bradley, per column No. 1. The necessary amend ments are given under No. 2 : ' aaALVStS. -Organic Batter) -ttiliea, No, I. No. 2. 10. eo 87. i a 8.85 3.10 .43 trace. .33 .03 t Iron and manganese, Lime, Magnraia, r Sulphuric scid. Pboapborie aeitti .' CMorioe, Potash, ' Hoda, 3. 1. A. S. 3. 4. .07 .81 Carbonic acid. Yoa will perceive by the above that your ' toil i deficient of . 1st. Organic matter, td. IJme. '3d. Sulphuric acid. 4th. Phosphoric acid. lh. Chlorine, ' 6lh. Soda." ". 7ih Potash. ' I. Organic Mller.-'VKa deficiency mad fcei upplief Tn""e"!MiideraWe- qtrantity; and in the absence of this amendment, the free use of barn-yard manure would be ex penaive without corresponding advantages.a It m ut be e v ideii I lo y 6u that i Hott o- attd (87 per cent, of jilas and only 8 per cent, of alumina) cannot in its present state be re lenlive of manures, and that the more volatile portfons ill be bat in pait in the aimpa pbera before planU ean make uae of then, and thi must continue lo be the case until the organic matter is considerably incieased. It il true that alumina will retain ammonia, but even with this constituent your soil is moder ately charged, and therefore il is advisable to add muck, leave from the woods, and the black earth which you (late you will have in large qnantine, from the removal of fence. &e, these will furnish an amendment, by proper eomposung, which will render the (oil ralentiv of manure tut carbon, which i equally valuable with alumina for thin pur pose, results from such decompositions, as arely as from the close burning of vegetable substances. In the meantime all putrescent manures re sident in the soil should be treated so as to oonvert their rarltonate of ammonia into sul phate of ammonia, and prevent unnecessary loss by evaporation. For the more rapid dc comnosit on of the organic substances before named, compost Ihetn with four bushels of - ' each rorrfof the stilt and lime mixture, made. a directed tn-tfce Working Farmer.- - - As you hats plenty of the cheap organic tub taurea to be decomposed, you ran pre pare during the following summer sufficient quantity for two or three year' ue. When lh muck, leave, and black soil have been fully treated with the salt and lime mixture, so a lo hat Mtirely pulverulent, it is called prqmrtd much, and of this material you can not have too large a qaantily, for it is not on ly needed by-tbaorW lm vUk.la ,dM, or for other smendinents, many of which are capable of rendering die coarsest muck valu able. Yoarsnil ab v)eeda"orgnie amendment of animal origin, for in addition lo the neces sary increase of il power la renin ammo nia, it is now most sadly in want of it pre sence, and in a form not to be readily volatil ized. " -v.. You state that you can procure woollen rag at I cent per pound, ana at such a price tbry may bs plowed deeply under your soil taiak advantages. Yoa also slat that hair ean he had cheaply from a factory in your neigh borhood this may also be added with advan tage, without being composted previously with other substances. Charcoal dust can be had in your neighborhood for ten cent or. teas per bushel, and at thai price s top-dressing after, plowing in woollen rag or hair, sad before harrowing, woidd pay. As your fields are not all required for crops ttii season, you might raise a crop of clover ' on aome of them, and lop-dress We Cor plow Ins; under the elover with prepared muck, aon aaiaing th amendment hereafter named. .' In your stables, Iwrtl-yaid, arid pigpena, van tlia prepared muck freely, in the manner so often described in my paper. Thia free us ol prepared muck, while it renders both ife'.f and tlis manures composted with it more valuable, will slao prepare the soil lo retain manures when added. - " As yaa havs not now quantity of pre pared muck oa hiaj&I suggest that raw muck, van when freshly mixed with the salt and lima mixture, will be found tn prove a good manure in your soil for potatoes, besides pre paring the (oil for future crop. 'The rich dry compost earth taken form on-1 der your barn, may be used wiib greet profit af deodorizer of night-soil, and which, when composted, is the bast wtsaar known, as the food of man cwntatM all the requirement of both soils and plants. - td. Z.ijw. Thia amendment need nol be added separately, as it will find its way to ha aoil in sufficient quantities through the salt and lime mixture and other amendments con taining lime. , You should also uae plaster of j pan (nilpaaie or lime) freely about your stable h will add to the health ofyonr cat tle by absorbing lu gases given off, and on afterward reaching the soil will contribute tn apply the deficiency of sulphuric acid and kme.. ' '3rd. Suhhurit n'(. Thi amendment v anil a sspfilied, by iha. aoanpost racootHMad- M betaw for Inn) year a as, marksd A. HtK PkttpUrie AdA.-- eowpost x.V- ti , athsnd nth. CkUrin ana &J-Both cMorina and soda, ther being the only eom-J portent of eoraaoa aJt, . will ba supplied by j lha salt and lime mixture recommended so- 4m No. 1 '-.VAnjBiA..!-,y fcs,,:i?i -' T-.WaJ. Thi amendment can be rea dily supplied by the as of wood-ashes, or the ' snarling of the potash ' warhouses, but in no rase ahould it le applied to the soil without first performing the duty of donomnosinf the iviuok aud other materials required fat com- post, tut -liich purpose it (liouid he added at the lime of composting with tlie aalt and lime IHiaiVlw. J HUB T"W will icbuiit I'Uiii.v I.i . -ii.. r . ' :I mat an we irquiirmcnn m your suit are cs aily and cheaply procured, and after their continued use Tor two seaiona, roor aoil will be tufliciently in balance to enable yon to uae the farm manure with profit, which cannot be done at Ibis time. You will observe that 1 have recommended the use of ni&ht-toil, which I understand you' can procure. Tbi or anme other xotixd manure will be post lively necetsary tj give activity lo plania. and enable Ihem to uae up the inorganic conatiw enut you are about to add t for althnugli plant cannot aurreed in soils deficient of their inorganic constituent, Will it is equally true thatlhey requre lite stimulating c (Tec is of am monia to enable them to uae the pabulum pre sented. You need not add the missing magnrsia, for it is required in minute quantities, and the limestone of your vicinity is ao charged with magnesia, that the use of wit and lime will furnish il. You need' not attempt to add the whole re quired quantity to your (oil in one, two, or three years, but by continuing the use of the amendments recommended, with relerence l the roUtir proportions only, you will ob tain full crops, and eventually place our soil in condition to be worked -wlth-i very slight quantities of farm or other ma nure. Thus fur I have advised you for your future progress but aa the 'preparations of murk, tic, cannot be made in lime for your opera tions of this spiing, let me recotumond for immediate use the following compost, which I have before referred to aa compost A. A. 0Q"rb.-f- Peruvian. iaua,. composted with 150 Hi, of bone-dust previously dissolved in dilute sulphuric acid as recommended in the Working 1'ar- " "mtir",' " " " i bushel 0f Jitter of pari ('sulphate of lime.) 12 bushels of charcoal dusl. The ahove should lie together one week or more before use, so that the ammonia of the guann may change to sulphate of ammonia, and cease to lie volatile. A few day before plowing your aoil and using the above1, tup-dress with ten bushels of the salt and lime mixture per acre, but do not use il loo freihly in.ide, as it should have gone through the chemical changes from salt and lime, to chloride of lime aud carbon 'le of soda, (See p. 4, vol. i, and p. 279, vol. iii.) before use. Compost A will equal in effect ten loads of table manure applied 10 one acre, and for many crop a still greater, while it cost will not exceed C10, an amount but litde, if any,, greater than the cost of carting, handling, and spreading it equivalent of barn-yard ma nure. AH this you can be prepared for in time lor apring worR, having the whole sum mer for preparation or muck, Ac, in lime for fall manuring. You will readily see by referring lo Ihe an alysis of guano, that when the bones dissolv ed in uioliurie-acid are . .nulled, and the toils top-dressed wltti Ibe salt" arid lime hiixiuie, that all the missing constituents ol your soil will be there in about the required relative proportions,' and in auch admixture as to lie parmaneul in lhair character, at least until used up by growing plants. For root and other marketable eropa, you will find the quantity of compost A may be doubled for each acre with profit, while for crops of less value the amount Haled will be UuuU to ; bsujielfc w 1 remain sir, your ipeclAiI ' """"""" -'"" Jas. J. Mpe, Coniulting Jgricutluriit. EXPERIMENT WITH GUANO. Accomac C. H., Va, Nov. 12, 1851. Mr, Editor : -Being a young farmer, and desirous of contributing my mile lo the ad caneement of Agriculture, snd gaining all the information 1 can on the subject, I this year instituted the following experiment win guano, which you may publish if you deem them worthy a placa in the column of the farmer. I selected part of my field of very poor sandv land (the poorest I could find) and ap plied guan as follows, per acre : No. I. 200 lbs. broadcast. No. 3. -200 lb in the hill, mixed with twice it bulk of rich earth. No, 8. 100 lb, in the hill, with five parts of earth. No. 4. 100 lb, in the hill, with four of earth and one powdered charcoal. No. S. Entirely uomanured. I mixed lh guaio applied in the hill with earth, for the purpose of diluting it, as il were, so is not lo be in loo small a bulk, and not tn destroy any seed that might come in contact with it, as il is said frequenily to do. As other reason was, Ihe convenience af applica tion. My mode of applying it in the hill was a follow : 'There are in one aere, at 3 leet B annhe spusre, 3136 hills, and in one bushel about 308 (Jills; so that ten bushels or 2000 gills, will give not quite one gill, or shout sn ordinary handful a taken from a banket, to each hill So by mixing 4h guano I wished lo put on one acre at 80 lb, to ihe bushel, (since found more accurately to be 50 lbs.) with earth in such proportion a lo make ten bushels, I had about a handful per hill. . To apply it, I let hand take each a bask et of the mixture, and drop a handful in each hill, at the asm time kicking a little dirt from the aide of die furrow oa it, lo keep the corn from contract with Ihe guano. That manured io the hill grew the most luxuriantly from the lime of roming up, till it was waist high and began to shoot then the roots having got beyond the guano into the unipsnured ground, it did not grow fast nor shoot so well, ss that manured broadcast with guano, which also kept green Ihe longed. That gunoid-in the" hill, thoogtt week younger than my first plalinft wa the rt from which I saved the fodder. I think sll the Hails, sa Mil mj HIV HVIH It was planted April .23th, and gathered ov. 1 1 tn : we season being a very ary one. tha pioduce was s fbllewst f ir ..; Ha.t-4 llslsr,s 'r aaanasas ansa, N. la W !t.X-3I . . . . . . 5..J-1, . ;,- " " !' k.-i .- .)- , a.-t H.-zi , ,,.. ,. Coat of guano at $13 per ton, and gain for eorn at 8 per bbt and final gaiu and loss, r twfr feUowai RALEIGH, WEDNESDAY MQliNltfG, AVOW M." 1852. So. t. (m ea4 I , ft' 7 13 T3, Im t i Ns.. - - ih - art l 2 Ss.3. " " l I Hpis 1 St.. IN X J7 " 17 IJ5S II sh 10 Thus, by an expenditure' of 813 80 for guano alone, leaving estof application and charcoal out of the question, 1 made the very handsome ram nf the 813 50, s loss of 80 cents. This little. los, however, I very wil lingly submit to, aa it may save me some dollar, for I m satisfied corn is not the crop for guann ; hut wheat and oals, in my opin ion, will better repay its application. 1 have tried it in the Garden on various vegetables, and in various ways, and uniform ly with success, which in some ease was al most miraculous. I tried il on sweet potatoes, but the experiment not being properly con ducted, 1 will not dcTi'il it, more especially as I have prolonged this, my first communica tion, to an unexpected length. A o Rico i. a, Jr. We must refer our young correspondent to his own figures in pari, for , an answer to his questions and want nf success. Sf he had tresteil 2(10 pounds ol guann with five bushels of bone dusl dissolved in sulphur ic acid, and then with a sufficient quantity of charcoal dust, he would probably have doub led, his crop. lr will ho observed that the last item gives him again nftl 07J, being the largest gain, and probably due lo the use nf the small qiia'iiity of charcoal dust named. Gus in should bo composted with charcoal dusl and welted with ihe solution of bones in dilute sulphuric arid, a month or more before being used. The dissolved hone will supply phos phoric acid, sulphuric acid and lime, while the charcoal dust will retain any ammonia which may oV'scT Tree ' frfjrn The sulphuric scid, or not rendered non-volatile by its pres-1 dice. We should suppose that in experiment- 1 ,- 2," -8; -prorraWT' -nine-tenths - of "the" ammonia was lost m the I'niopherf , and Ihe reason why the broad east application was more effective, was d.ie in part to the fact, thai the ercalei division of ihe guano through the whole soil, caused more of the guano to be retained un til the plants could make use of il, instead of permitting its escape into ihe atmosphere. Try again, "Agrieula, jr.," and you will find a profit instead of a loss, by the plan we have proposed. Ed, IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. For the last four years we have made free use of phosphate nf lime in all the known forms, and have continually urged upon our readers necessity of its spp'ication ; we have also urged the use of ammonia in some form, for from our practice we continued lo find that phosphoric acid and ammonia held first place in the scale of constituents found in farm-yard and stable manure, and that these constituents were always found lo be the first exhausted by severe cropping. We also found that by add ing one dullar' worth of ammonia and super phosphate of lime, (so prepared a to prevent the lost of the ammonia by evaporation) to five loads ol barnyard or even stable manure, dial it doubled ita yalue for prc$i.Cl, pi)t:.. poses? " We recommended guano so composted to render the ammonia leu volatile, and we did so chiefly because the guano contained both phosphate of lime nd ammonia, aud partly because the other ingredient of guano where such aa are required a amend ments. We were well convinced then, aa we are now from more extended experience, that guano doe not contain in large an amount of phosphate of lime aa could be used with profit. iff eomparworr with ' rt ntbe-wlegrattt, and therefore recommended Ihe addition of phos phate in a soluble form, by converting bone . by solution ill sulph uric arid into uptr-fth)t-phatt of time, and mixing this with guano, ts the best and cheapest general manure for those who could nol procure large quantities of night soil at amall cost. We found that beyond the quantity of man ures made on our farm, we eould use large quantities with profit; snd notwithstanding that by composting the result of our (tablet, etc., with iwamp muck, w could increase lb quantity greatly, still the use of aupet-phos-phatsof limeand guano, properly prepared, was evidently highly f rofitable; and for many crops and in some localities we used no other manures. We long since ceased to cart atable manures from the stablcaof Newark and should noil willing to pay the expense of cartage on stable manure given us at two miles distance, if w could obtain the properly prepared phos phate of lime and guano at fair price. The calculation may be fairly made thus, supposing the stable manors to cost nothing ! Carta of 3 bslf-conls of stable nan. art far t ailks, st 73 smlt par lo, X,S0 Turaiaf I kair-sonit twin la samr-wi 1,00 Cania ml to Um laid aaa prMiunf at M aanw CM We find by experiment thai 600 lbs, of true super-phosphate of lime and guano, is fully equal in effect to 30- half-eords nf (table ma nure, and it may be carted and aprcad in one load and at one time: , 1 to lbs, af mpor-photpbat of Haw and giiaae at 2) acuta tl,V Cartntg and sowiag Gain hf Its as ever Ik aartar of ita bu ataaara alaus. 3I, These facts W induced ni to recommend it use for those who had nol a sufficient quantity of manure on their own firm, snd but few fanners esn bava sufficient tu wnrk their farms lo the- beat advantage. Many also had ascertained that, full ma nuring would pay larger profit than partial manuring, and were willing tn use full quan tities even where tha stable manure would com 91 or more per half-cord, in addition to the expenses as abov. To such we recom mended the use of euper-phoaphaie of lime and guano, with uch slight additions of con stituent! not contained in gOTmo.se might be required. and in. JWt. Xi.idWL lbe result fully satisfying ihe psrlie of it economy, flmifhe "difficulty h-vaberntotmieaTethepiaT uper-phophate of lima, and for each farmer lo manufacture for himself seemed almost im practicable. The rwk from handling sulphuric add, chance of breakage of carboys, damage vessels in which lha arid waa placed with the bonea, difficulty of procuring bonedtist st less than 43 cents per bushel, and sulphuric acid at less than 21 or 3 cent per lb., ijiprsctica bility of always getting tha booodust in a dry and unswollsa stain, tor it is capable ef taking pearing quite dry and indeed when the cost from buying at retail, and the labor waa taken into account, a mixture of 75 lha. of pure super-phosphate of lime and 23 lh. of pur Pe ruvian guann could not be made-fur less than 3 cent per pound. Under these circumstances we endeavored lo induce capitalist lo manufacture the requir ed article largely, and tn supply farmers at a fair price : it waa evident that by manufactu ringtheir own sulphuric scid at the place wheie required lo be used, and buying Ihe bones and guano in large quantities, they could supply the farmers with a pur articla ready made at 2J reins per pound, and still mak a fair profit, for Ihe use of their capital. Until very lutely. however, we CPU Id not iultice any one lo undertake the proposed manufacture Within the last week we have succeeded, and and at au early date a factory will ho establish ed for ii manufacture, which for a lima H least will be under our superintendence, the proprietors have agreed lo manufacture il as we may direct, and to supply it lo farmers al 2 cents per pound, decreasing the. price at any lime when the cost of the raw materials would permit. Our .publisher, Mr. Fred'k McCready, will be ihe general agent for the manufacturers, and his office is in ihe Ameri can Institute Building, No. 331 Uroadway, New York. Notice will he given aa soon as the new manure is ready fur sale. Eo. forking Farmer. PLOWINHEAVY SOlIs WHEN WET. Sandy or light loams which require com pacting, may be plowed in spring before they , become peYleclly dry and powdery, but clayey soils which are already too letenliie of mois ture, should not he disturbed until fairly dry. j It" inust be evidelil to the mftsi caauat'obsBrver, I that the action of the mould hoard of any plow, must be to compress the aoil turned by ttie pio w IS'eiacTtf Viif 'ele1Sr oTlhe WeTglfl' and U'lmciiy of the removed poriious, and as clay is maleable and but slightly ct -stic, it ii ii : r t. n : . ..I will ma Bwru atC""1 "i"', i-uiiifip,-u. will do il more harm than ran he remedied bv Iwenly after plowing in dry weather. If you have a field which is not ready for the plow early enough for apring crops, make up your mind to umier-drain it during sum mer, and do not sub-soil plow it until after il ha been under-drained. Next fall have it ridged and bark furrowed, so a tn ensure ita hetrg rendered pulverulent by next winter' frosts. If anv field be so sandy aa to be entirely loo free for mid-summer use, apply the roller to it next full, and leave it levelled surface du ring winter, and it will be lesa blowey next aummcr. If your aoil is inclined In lump in plowing, use decomposed muck-or charcoal dust when ever you can, end correct its lex lure. Use the roller on such soils before harrowing one rolling and one harrowing will do more good than five harrowing without the roller. Do no feur itfat a large roller will compact Ihe soil loany material depth, and if you walk af ter lha i'jler'uuwiliiu-i'i'il'1 kle deep. Light aeed which destroy by the sun's heat or from two deep planting, like the carrot, parsnip, &c, should be rolled so that each seed may be touched in all its parts by the soil, and be thus prevented from baking. Many weeds about coming through the soil are destroyed by the roller from the breaking of their crown by the pressure downwards of their upright steins, and many crowns are freed from their roots. Soils when compressed on Ihe immediate surface, do nol harbor in w-cta w when-reft rmrhA,aafRK" Working Farmer, - POTATO..JWJT-".- Mr- Editor: There may be some of your readers who are so unfortunate aa tn have their potato crop affected with rot in the cellar;-which waa my misfortune in I860, in one portion of the crop to a great extent. When discovered, I at once turned them over removing ill that were affected j but th-.it did not arrest its progress. We again turned tliero, aud look al ihe rale of one bnshel air slacked lime snd two bushel charcoal dust to the hundred bushels of potatoes, snd lilierally spripkled them when turning. The effect were magical l the whole atmosphere of the cellar was purified, the disease- arrested, and even the partially decayed part dried up. We feel assured that any who try it will ar rive al tlie sums hsppy result. Your' truly. Farm Journal.' R. Ileirr. Mr. Buist, author of the Family Kitrhen Gardener, is csreful experimenter, snd w shall try his experiment fairly Ibis year. Our practice is lo use the dry chsrcnal from ths locomotive, to be found al every railroad depot Ed. SOOT AS A MANURE. We copy from the journal of the English Royal Agricultural Society, giving an ac count of ths mode of cultivation snd use of soot, by Mr. Dimmery. The general prioa is sixpence per bushd j ihe quantity used nn the farm is upwards nf three thousand bushels a year, one-half of which is applied to the potato, snd the oilier lo Ihe wheat crop, A large Dock of cheep give 'tail dres,' preparatory to turnips, which follow Ihe wheat, snd intervene between il and the potatoes. It is not the present objeot to enter into sny further detail of the pirttcu lar routine, but merely lo make use of the preceding quotation as I prelude to the ques tion of soot si a manure. Ve hare not,' says Mr, Morion, 'been shle lo obtain from Mr. Dimmery sny idea of how soot art iu producing such effects, as it evidently does both on the potato and whralcrop; the effect of it is particularly evident on the wheat, fir however sickly itb-oks in the spring. Its color and the vigor of it growth is changed in a feyrdiye after H'has- hewn applied. What ever may be thought of the limited and special application of soot, yet where it tfurj suit, and is proved by crmtnramr fact- to be mt nendy useful, even when spplird in quantity so (mall ss twenty-five Imahels to the acre, in such places il is, to sll available intents and 1 purposes, the very compound itself which eorn prme the essentials of tha vaulted, mystified preparation of carbon, that now bores the im agination. . Soot l the purest carbonized pro duel of mineral coal i it contains oily and t aliliced resinous mailer, snd. above! sll, I ft xed neutral salt of ammonia, which is perfect- of it ammonia nil more powerful alkrli dis-J place n; then, a hy mixture, with lime, potaMi or nwta, the volatile amtnonis is liberated, and revealed hy ha pungent odor. Without s verting- what may or what may not be the notnno oealaofsny nostrum, we unhesimliuglr etTer s strong opinion of the efficacy os'ioi au efficacy not In be rivalled or surpassed liy ami known preparation whose chirt component is free carbon." American' b'etei, ," , : 1 t ' ' . I GREAT CHOI'S OF CORN. . "To show what an American anil and eli- ntaie hare done, aud are capable of doing wJ give below a statement of the on-mono crops of corn grown in Kentucky in the year 1850. There were nine competitors, and the surface in cuhivalion ten acrea hy each competitor. Their names and the product nf e-jch jirrscre were as follows : J. Malson,87 barrels, 4 bushels, aid one quart. I'eter Pcan, 37 barrels, 4 bushels, S. II. Chew, 271 barrels, , J. Iliilchcriift. 23 barrel. ' -Vameter, 81 barrels and 3J bushels. II. Hedges, 21 barrels and 2 bushels. E. W. Hoekacay, 20 barrel. Dr. B. W. Dudley, ( barrels. , II. Vanion, 19 barrels and 9 bushels. "The niniely acres ruliivaled for premiums yielded 10,060 bnshels ami 10 quarts, being an average nf 121 bushels and 21 quart per anre." Dr. Dnniii Let't ardrk on u7'kt Si inly of Soil;" in Patent Offic Jieport, 1330. C n r r a I o at I . SENATE. Washington, April 1, 162. - "The STOatecommcrrmflTlrw-ri2t Numerous petitions were, presented against the externum ol woodwrih patent. , j Mrr-Da warm presented 'a -witirt-tesolufion of the Legislature of New Mexico, asking, that two reg unetMsof iroops be raised for ihe protection of thai territory against the Indian. Mr. Fish presented several memorials from New York asking Ihe passago of laws to et couragu reciprocal tiade with Canada. .Mr. UioadlieaJ moved mat an additional ineinbei he appointed on lha committee nn Claims, in consequence of tha protracted ill uess and consequent absence nf Ihe Senator from Indiana, (Mr. Whitcomb.) Agreed to. WIIITNXT RAILROAD. Mr. Rusk, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, reported by iiulruc. tion of ihe majority oi'lhc Commute I bill granting land to Asa Whitney for Ilia con struction of a Railroad to the Perifie.- Mr. Rusk laid he was opposed to the hill as reported, snd when it came up he would move important alterations. Mr. Gwin gave notice dial when the. bill came up he would mora to strike out Mr. Whitney' name. He waii opposed to Whit ney and to i liiincy a plan. 1 he bill waa or dered to be printed. JAPAN EIPKDIT10M , , , , , lertlay, calling, upon tlie .ci'.retry ol me i vy lo comunic ue lo the Senate ihe object of the naval expedition recently, ordered lo the Indian Ocean; and also to communicate copies of the nistruouuu lo the. commanders, waa taken up. - t r t :' Mr. Uorlnnd modified it. so as in address the resolution to Ihe President' Ihe United Stales, and lo read, "that the Information be communicated, if. nol Incompatible with the. public interest. . ' ' ' . .'n ..-i.ri.Mangefn aswl' h" waa oppusd t the- resolution. If it war adopted, and lha Pres ident were lo answer llial it would he incom - patihle with fxtbtie - ioiefesl lo -forus-ik the- in iurmalion paked for, it would give some grounds for the declaration that ihe expedition was sent out with hostile purpoaes, All on- demand that it is imiMirtant to have Ihe com mercial interest of tlie country extended in those eastern ae a; all kuwv. that American sailors and other who have been so fortunate a to be east upon the shores of Japan, have been treated with great barbarity, and that something ought to be done for their protee. tlon. The only way lo treat with barbarians is tn treat them sharlarian. A atrong fore in that quarter, and I few bomb shells, would have greater effect upon them than my other means. He tnonght this mailer eould be, safely, snd ought to be, left in the bands of the Government. He thought that proper degree of confidence ought tn be given lo the Administration, and that it should be presum ed they were not acting adversely to tlie inter ests ol the country. A sure n ihe Presi dent answer that this information cannot be given without prejudice to the public- interest, the antagonistic! paper of the eouutry will declare that the diuinistr .o hi tenl oni an expedition to maks open war upon in in nocent and harmless people. , '. , , - He looked upon thi mailer with no party jiew. He are indifTarent aa In lha htfineaee upon parlies. " He considered both partiee pretty well dislocated aud broken in die mid dle, and h hud but little interest, in the mat ler, fur he had become pretty much of an out sider in politics, j. Another reason why Ihe rail should not be mad was, thil when thi President answered dial it would be ineois. paiible with the public interests to furnish the information, that answer Would put all the other nation of the world on the ipti trier, and then our commercial rival would lake meal ures to cnunlerael, if not defeat altogether, the . object of the expedition) we might thereby come Into collision with tome of them; and ss our sailors are not dip wed te lake blows without returning .tliem, who could leH th .consequences' II could suppose many tea-' son, why an expedition should be sent lo Ja pan, awl he thought lb larger the fore ihe better would be the result; snd M sua of difficulties, he believed I fi borab-htUs ! would effect more with the barbarian than all the diplomacy of I Talleyrand. Mr? Borland said he nave heard ef a reso lution of thia kind .rejected before. . No one pretended in ay that tlie Adiniuitraiion had d-Kte anything wbivH wa notfor lb good f ihe country, but the government of this eonn t y wss i lie people, and Congress wer nolh ing but the agents of the people; and the pen-' pie bad I right to know ilia object and pur pose of every movement, particularly those involving perhaps large expenditure of the public money. It had been laid the Admin istration was In minority in both House,' and thai lha majority having tha eon trot of ihe nurse-string, wars alone? responsibls'for JhsvfHiUia eapoadtlae 'I'bi Waa tnifi and before he foulJ Vote for appropriation! to pay die exieires nf thia expedition, ha desired In know its object and purpoan. k M r. G win Hid he was opposed to lha res olution. . Tjuj 'vjdjfan t" Jjpaa " "" o( great importance, rnd he Imped it would ba nrt-ot, . It wj easier in enijecltiru how inch en expeditiou would be beneficial io the ration; but it would never do to advis the world nf our object md purpose.- -. He hoped lha resoluHon would lie over fur lew days. Mr. icmietd aJ he bonea lh rxpednion would be acnl nu , Ii was one of great jm porlance sad would re ult in great benefits. Il had received letter from California lust night, from an officer of the United State, in which it was stated that snma lixty nf the Japne had been picked up by U, 8. Veat ela in Wrecks, and Were ' pining In relnrn art their own coamiry. II lliiniglil tlii circuia- sunoa aflordod n eicallenl and favorable np- pmtonity for lh, cipe-liuon W approach Ja pan, hy restoring ihcm lo their native laud,, Ther could nol he sent home except in i Government aesant, '"fur" inerchlntmeit were unwilling to risk hnding in thai country. Ja pan was becoming a point of great lute rest m tlie wwrkl..M..Aj:ff. .,.-(,. Mr. Hals wa oppose J lo thu rciolution. lie eould nee a great object in lending nut thi expedition. Nine niilhotis were appropria ted annually for the support of ihe Ivy. On half of Jls officers were ' waiting orders. and tlii cjpeditulli was sertt out ss a rrftans of expending the millions appropriated fcr the-: nvy. l lie frrsidoiil. tn answer to a ds-4 inanu why ba sent eertniH Iroops . to a furl down south, replied dial he was t oniinander in Chief of the. Army might lie not answer this resolution in llie same manner, that he was Commander-in-Chief "of the Army hnd Naryf The Exploring Etpeditirn hid been sent out',' "arid il 'was i'finf paid for' f t;"'Tfcat was the greatest humbng ere heard tif; and this may be of the lame character! but it be Ihe PiVriuVm to decide. ' c ' i. .w , .1 .Mr: Uadgerergild not tigrr with Ml. nor land, thai there aliould be notliing secretin the adininutiaUnn of the affairs of llie Gov ernment, It is all very true that tlx people were th nivurcijhs, and the Government was administered by tlmir seriauts. ic'and that no interests are to he advanced hut those of lha people, whn have lha right M know what i going on; but whilo ihii was good in . theory, it would not - hold out in pracura in nl casus. The interests andobjscuof a fam ily of twenty millions might he. discussed v ponly and freely, but in this case lit m ike these interests known lo the family was to In firm the world. ' ' -' Mr. Borland (aid he had no objection In what Mr. Dadgor had laid,' thai while It would he well enough fur a man lo discuss family matter over die breakfast table, uo wise man would eMail in the neighborhood to bear them. There were many thing effecting the puhlie inlerast of which-it wa not dvi.i(bl to in form the world. Treaties wer discussed and considered ecrrtly and for manifest eaiid - eraiions uf public policy; t 7 , . Air. Cass said. that, bv the naners titer nsvitt pcditionawMtlu?a start. Now what reasonable objectinn can thrre be to informing Congress in advance of the general objects uf lint expedition? ',rhfi maybeiccret purposes and reason which could properly be withheld, -but its general ob ject could be inadr known. , If lh President stated uiul certain , matter could not be dis closed without injury to public interests, very well; but if llie resolution was passed, would it not follow that you refuse io ealt for thai iiimfiiBriitTH'whiciiir known? 1 be President ie Die Commander - in-Cb'usf, but while he .can order lreoi, and Cjmgre-eanmH; -Conre hat th p rwcr to withholil the supplies, end Congress ha the right lo refuse supplies, if il choose, unless the object uf the expedition be mad known. Suppoce thrf-President Was to nrder ihe whole nival force loth Banks of Newfoundland, or withdraw lh troop (rrinj the frontier lo this city, cnuld not Congrea refuse the supplii- iinles Ihe object of these dispositions of ihe force were made known! ' In this way Con. arer nas a ciieek upon ine rresideni, it ca disband ihe whole Army and Navy at wilt. Congress nuglit it lessl to know ihe general objeel of lbs xpeditian, in order lo hv aome reason for voting any appropriation for in txpciisea. , Italmuld hsvpaoiue knowledge of the nurnose of the eiocdillon to iustify il for voting for I lax on the people lo'defray it expense. ' II nauT no doubt the ixpeduton waweent nut for ry good reasons. i-; 4't m Mr. Seward said thai while he did not know but llial ha would ultimately tola for Ihe res olution, bi wa not prepared lo lay thai he would vote for it lo-dny,, 'J'hrre might be danger io pasiing it hastily, while there could be horie In allotvinf h "In' tie o fofa few dy. Ill thmirtit il highly proper that tb (kvernment should send out such an exntNli Hon aa this was said la bo. The trade of the east haa been is the hands of thi European powers, sndi no sr. , Vut two hundred year lliey have, by means of naval expedition and otherwise, cnuirolod snd parceled out the trade of the East among themselves, and now one naiion monopolises the whole trade of Japan. With him il wa not question Why the ex p ditiow wa ssiit, but why ona had not besj Ml 4fbrsu ft v4i Mr. IlaysrJ ntovetl lo - iiriki out tlist part of Inn resolution calling for lha copiel of the instructions to the I oinmander. k Mr. Borland said that Ilia resnlution now gave lo Ihe President a discretion what In end and what not lo send. " Mf. II lie laid he d-d not expect to be Pre idem rery soon; but from a siesirs so defund i led by ths Chairman. v . i thi ennsiiuitiottal power, which Mr. Cn I Oen. J. (1. By num. C. L Ilarria, O. W. might, at no distant day. . if lha wislie of hi j Baxter, William Smith, Jr., Hij. Asm Big friends prevailed, be called upon t xeres", I gcrslaff, Maj. II. ISlanlnn, Col. Jess J. Webb hi maintained that tin oonsiituHori, if it meant i R- McFarland, Ef)., W. M. Shipp, J. anyihing, meenl that tha President, Com. madr-in-Chief of Uio Army and Navy, bad ths (tower lo order this exuecitioa, and Con greeahad no ' light W doiiiand oC bim hia ra,- stin. Sllr.'jCiss'pueircouUn3in4lii.il Congress had tha right to know what- w lo b4una with the Army and Navr' before voting- lup- ni;a - " - : i. : 'I .;.-- v., . . . Mr. Dawson said that thi whole nratler had grown out of newspaper ' publication. For year past the United Stale bnd had, a squadron In ths West indies, .ml mi tut hid asked' llie' reason; snd now, bemitse li t h the eve of sn electivn, gettltetuMi demand Iu know tha object' -of sembag out . squadron, not fillad out usiler spprepriatiool already made fcr krfHiig W -d.ot.-Ul ihra.argiud how impolitic it wmild be bi iuf-m ihe world of lha ehject nf this vlpediliun, if it had any p-eialobject. iS . -t -Air. Rusk said th?L from llie oprtd'llion' lo ' tha insolation, it would sppesr lhat tllel Wss ' nme IU)endou secret W thi mallCr. Mr, B.dftr said thai he opposed trie) rcso. I n tlon -because It wa eiilwcoming Wsj with cut prCeeilenl woild do aa good, slid thigh dis Riurk hlnav. i-. f -. . .--1 - . -s i iMauguro said lie would sShw HtoVI In, . Iay(llis rrsohitKui on lha labia, no a final, disposition of il, but so as td have titrle ID ix-1 ' amine ihe matter, and with a view of railing il up again wlieu tne euale knew more a., bout it. ' ' ' , ' 1 ' Mr. Mangum luhseqnenily withdrew huf raotinn, al the request of Mr. Shields. Mr. Shields honed Mr Barnard' saacadV mrut wosld be agreed m. ..The . instrnrtino In i Osinmanding officers ought lo be cousnWrs cd eonfiJenliaU . . , , '' - tt Mr. Mangum renewed hil mutton, snd tt wa r-jecled a follow: - - - " T4 -Mfssre." Badfer.' Bi-noke. Clarke (Jnooer, Dawionv Fih, Foot, IIwto, H!b,I Mangum, Millar, .Morton, Seward, Saaithi mt dcrwuod, 1'phno. W'tUer 17. - . i N vs. Messrs, ,A dams, Uaynsrd, fiorland,, Bradbury, RriHlhrnd, Cass, Chase, Dodge, ( Wis.J Dodge. (Iowa) Douglas, Downs, Feleli, llamlni, June, (Iowa,) ones, (Tennj Kinj, Malloryi Norris Hnk Sebastian, Sliields,-' Hpfliariee; Hamner, Walker. 24. ' "" ,Mi Uaytira s amenihueal wa aaxt grd (, A,yos,24 Noe ll. -.ii V. ' ..Mr. Slucklt moved to imetid by inserting in ths resolution lh word"lorca" before ob-T jeet, mi a lo mike tha rail for the (ore and -object nf the naial expedition. ' Agreed lo. " rMr.' Weller id he would have, on tins (jnesiMin.'ln vol differ, ntly from thosawtlh ' whnin ha acted 'generally. -" If mnf narhy -would now ri and sav ilitl he bnd gnmind f ir biilievjtig ibis expedition Was sent out from . 'anylinpnipce nioiive or wiib any btlir jurVf " poin ihan In promote tlie interest and welfare t . of ltu country, Ita would vote f resnhi. , lion. ' He believed tlie expedition would ef- ect great benefit to the interest of llie Country. If llie resolution wa passed, and tha Prral-' lilsnnliould answer that iu objanl carina hwl . disclosed without injury In ths publie mi teres!, i then llie wprld i advised that there ts somn-j thing in be don? by this expedition wbicii, they will seek to defeat, II had no mors r confidence Iu thi idirtiuiatralinn than oiliers, but they ire placed in power by the people, and araeniiilsd lo con (I dene. Na on ha a right to presume that lliay are doing say thing' to tin detriment nf tha public, to tare is. lias hoped the reaolulHni would nol paa. t , ..n, , Mr. (iwin, wiili.1 view to having in Es. ecutive 8,-ssinn, moved that the n solution be, postponed till to-mnrmw. Agreed to. Ayei, 23; Noes, I6Y - i?1'"'::i :J ' 7"."""'" 'v "' WI11Q MEETING IN RUTHERFORD . ' TON. , . ' A large and enrlyisiast'ie Whig meeting as acmblwl na Ihe Btbrltut.. in lbs Court Ilodt - "e4,,bUKl when on motion of 0. W. B ixler. Fa)., Co!,' O, ). Uigan wa called Ui tlis Chair, and LV UpntCIdr drexsed tha aaaeuuig l soma length, and oa-'4 eluded by moving th appointment of cwn-v-mittes of, five to prepare resolution for Ilia, consideration nf the meeting, The ' shairman appointed Col. Jesse Jf.1 Webb, Robert McFarland, Andrew FlaCk, Jr., Robert Mclean end i. U. Ilynuin. '- 1 - While the , coininiile were abaanl, Mr. Baxter was called upon and addressed the meeting. 1 he committee rclornwj, and 1 siiuuihumi me i.inowing preamuieanu rasoiu- snbumted the following pit'amble and lions. ;" Wnriia It i proposed to hold Vnveo-" -tlon in Raleigh en lh 28lh or April next, lor nominal! W big candidate far tiovernw t And whereas, w desire to eo-operats .with tlio, wings throughout the Sutf in redceminj North Carolina (inm it present Dvmucrano misrule, and in rescuing ths Constiiuiion froii, Ihe polluting hand of designing di.'tnaBngties, . Be it Ihereliiro. ' ' ' : Betetrtf, That th ebalnaiui nfttii mnstlnj appoint 'JM dalecate to Nprcscjt JtalbaHue. county iu Slid convention. . , ... (, . , . j Ittiolm, Thai having been lh first eonntj- in the Bute to present th nasi of that nnn 't.' triot and fUen ad meats of U'hi priaei-l JUIIN kfcUU. i:q., If Caswell, fr to anV f tiuvernur, and having always sine bean willing and aniieua tu sustain hiui, we again prosi . i bins te th pmrpW of North Carulina, a the mari whe can relm th State.-: - r- v i-o" JlcHtlrnt That in th (vent th uelegate ap' . pointed to attenl, the Stat Convention lnll not U able to b present,' Uiey be utburiselio ' ponint ob'tltutm. n t .ilemilmi. That the chairman acpoinl sa d'tl -egatea ta meet delegates frura ether saaati in; Ihe District, at Ashavilln, at such tint aa amy bsreafW b damsnHsted, tq elect a delngiU Iu th Whig Xatioiml tivBlion, and aUw to ji-' puint sa Kleator for thi llistriot, - ,' U'nhnl, That th firm and patriotic tAti taken and mtlutiiu jd hy Mm.i.as l'ni.aonr.,, in bshalf f tbeConatilatlua and Its eompnm. am entitle hiut ta tbs 1 gratitude of (vary kirrt of lus country, aud wa tWrfiire aaeet ewdinllr rsosuonweud bim a a aaltahl peraoa t be pr-; srnted to the people ef lb United that, a tu Whigmndidnt fir tli Presidency, ' 1 . toM That th sours punned hylh Hut.. Gaorgo .. Badgr, our cWnaior in Cunsress, in , djoouiwlng tb How.faogle I eVwirin uf ir.ier, ventiun r intwrferene in th attture of tha na tions f K rope, and la sustaining tlx poliev of lieorg WasbiogKin, th father uf hi war.try,, mast with ear most eurdial approbcttun. ud. that the (liairaa hi of Ibis Beating b dirsot, (3 eominunicate a epy of tbi retolulitm, wita our luAtika, fvr Iu potrkitic and tatuuuilik DJIIW. : ,: ..- i'V .... :. ')' ., Delegate to the Slat Couvrniion, ansoiu-. B. Sloan, Col. J. M. Hanu'lton, B, Ledbeiicr Maj. B. II. PadSetl, Robert MeL-an, CI. C. J, Welih, Uen. (J W. l,ng. Col. . W. A. I'nnnel. R, O, Twill, M. H. Kilpatrtek, and jCol, M. O. Dtekeraon, indon motion A. Q. t.og. n wa iij.!(i. . . lJcli-gatL-s lo - Dixttict Convention: 1'. I C.ilkey, M. W. Davis. C-d. W, II. Melton, Wm. M. Shipp, CJ. W. Baxter. J. W. Hat--ris, Jas. WhitesiJa, M. Lynch, Tuliver Day; vi and J. O. Byunin. f i Retained, That the- Mountain Banner he requested W publish Ih proceMdiitf; of litis inelinj". snd that' lira Asliville Me.onifer d other Whig paperslhroiighoul Ihe ittaie, be , requested to copy thm. - - - - 4. C. LOQAJi, Vhm. ., C.X. JIaaRU& -SirCii. e.' .f :', it I,,
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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