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'.3 K1 i 'I H m 1 If ii ft AGlllVULlUlU'. Frum the (Southern Cultivator. CULTUitK OF CORN. AVe have lo thank oar frie nd Rulhrrford for ih su!jined letter, git ing hi ejperi itu nts in (lie culture nf turn on a new vt Uin. We are the more obliged lo linn, who we knuw to be young farmer, be csune of llie excellence of his essmple to the ull men. in giving u the result of hit rxpnitnenl an example which we trust will tint be lost on our planter generally. The experiment speak for iielf. and we command the letter to the fateful coiiMiler aliiin of nur readers let them reflect upon ita trull. a and improve upon ita sugges tion. Cratrord Co., Sep. 15, 1843. Metra. Editors The communication which 1 a mi about to make, I designed mi king to the Albany Cultivator laat year, and would have dune ao had it not been for my aerin to appearing in the public printa. I at several time thought of making the communication over a hctirioua name, but reflected that facte are not to ant to be received aa uclt, unle a man vouchee for their truth in M own proper name.- It may be proper lo tar, in the outaet, that lam cultiva'ing land on Flint river which I teltled aonie four year aince for sT father, and which, in the common lan guage here, it "a rich at land ever geta lobe." Lit year I planted for exprritne nt one acre of corn in the following manner: I he ground wan first broken very deep and then laid uftlwo feet each way the corn planted in the che.ka and covered with the foot. When it wa up about half leg high, 1 had it flat weeded and thinned to one atalk. When silking I had it flat weeded again, and thi finished (be cultivation it never having been plowed at all. About the time the corn wa grown, a tevere wind pro-trateditineverl place, to that 1 fear ed my experiment would fail at laat. In addition to (hit ditatter, it being in an ex po ted tituation, tquirrel detroyed a good deal the ouuide row wai, I think, entirely consumed. At proper time I bad what was left gathered, ahucked out, and measured the ears in barrel in the same manner as we purchase and sell corn. 1 had one barrel shelled, and a I had no measure upon which to depend, I weighed the corn thus shelled. According to the weight of this barrel, the produoe of the a ere, as gathered, was five thousand one humlredend four pounds. Now. fanners differ as to the weight of a buahel or corn. In the Southern States it varies from SO to 56 pound t the latter be ing the maximum weight. This I allowed, aud you will perceive upon calculation, that this will make it 91 bushels and near. , ly half peck. I have given yon (he result of an exper iment tried under many diasdvantages. I will now give you the reasons which induc ed me to plant as I did. It is a fact well known, that corn maturea better in a cold er climate than ours, and from this 1 in ferred that it suffered too much from the intense and collected heat -of the sun in our climate. This is one reason why I plant ed so close, for when grown in miiMum raer, the ground, end therefore the roots, would be protected from the sun by ' the ; shade of the corn itself. An other reason was, that in appropriating a given number of stalk to the acre, they had better be planteil at equal Uistanca flora each other in ever direction, to that the roots of ne stalk will not interfere, with those of another. By this sytem you make it more profitable, as every par ticle of earth will be reached by the root, and no portion of toil be free from effort while other portion are overtasked. Another reason was that when planted ao as to shade the ground, (trange as it appears,) it would batter stand a drought, by .preventing the largest portion of a shower from evaporaling.as it is the case where the sun has Iree access to the around. . That this idea may not appear to novel, I ask you to reflect that the spots which remain mow lor the longest time in the woods are those which are covered with the densest crowlh. Another wss, that it wuulJ sve labor in the cultivation; for when the corn is high enough to ahade the eround, weed and erase cease tit Jlourish. And still another reason was, that it saved the necessity of cutting the roots with the plow. 1 know this is a controverted point among practi cal farmers but I would just ss soon ex pect that aa animal would be more thrift bv havinir his limba broken or Ilia mouil lacerated, at to tunpoe that a plant would be more vigorous in enntequenee of having its leaves or roiilt injured. , The utter, re table nhiaolnsr teaches , terve a the mouth, and the former a the lunga, of plants - It baa again been obj-cted, that such clow Diamine prevented the corn r.nm rrttinr air. which wa neceary for Jih-altU. . It has seeded, strange that1 this objection should have been urgel, for if. a philosopher were experimenting in pQci'niic, hf would hardly J his re civer wat "air-tight" t it had a crackof tm ful i t. Finally, Messrs. Editors, we ra y theorize on the subject aa much at we. pie, and (here may be aa many old ci ion urged as it it poesible to produce, jet unmeet dented success and a full ib' will answer t em all at leait to my tat UUt tioji.' ' '- ;. ' v , ' ' ' Ta i"weie twe other acres connected wim U'na upon tybith the ext arimfnt was tried, part oa one side and part on the o tter, planted and cultivated in the usual ay. The product i.fbuth together scarce ly equalled the one I report, though the corn dad been worked oftener. This year I hae planted some 8 or 10 aerea after pretty murh the same plan, -ml it is deci dedly the best corn I liae; the freest from w-ed and gr, and will doubtless pro duce double of sny other corn on the plan tation, thoug'i the land is equally good elsewhere. I am your friend, truly, William Rutherford. Jr. CORN STAL SYRUP ; or, good molasses if you pltaie. Process for making srup from the com mon corn stalk: The corn should be planted o thick upon the ground that it will not ear, and whenever there should come s shoot it must be taken off. The stalk sh'Mild be cut about the time the fod der is ripe enough lo pull. The f tslks should be ground immediately on being cut, for if suffered to remain a few hours in the sun the juice will Sour and injure the syr up. The common sugar milt is all that is nereary to exprea the juice from the talk. which should be taken Immediately and boiled until the syrup become of pro per thickness. Care should be taken not to boil loo rapidly When the syrup begins tn get thick, for at this stage it is esiily burnt, and give a diisgreeable taste to the syrup. We have a specimen of syrup in our of fice, whith can be seen by all who take interest in msnufscturing their own molas e, made at the plantation ot Mr. James Ellison, in Talbot county, and Irom the vpeciinen we hesitate not to ssy that a good yrup can be made of the corn atalk as of any other article in the world. Geo. Enq. I MPROVEMKNT IN COTTON. A very aingular, and, we believe, unpre cedented fact ia now offered to (he Ameri can people, as a practical commentary on the Tariff. Cotlon is at this lime higher in thi country than in Europe. Three targe hip, averaging over a . thousand tons earh, sailed from New York the last week full freighted with country produce and manufacturee, but with only 190 bale ofColtoa. How ia thi to be accounted for? Why simply thus. Our Manufac ture North and South, are soively em ployed. The Tariff has gived them buii ne, they are now furnishing the China and East India Marketa with their fabrics, consuming every day more and more of the raw material, and thus furnishing 'h Sou thern Planter, a aure and certain market for (heir produce. The quantity of Cot ton bought in New York, alone, for Home manufactures, average 8009 bags per week. Will some of our learned writers on the Tariff question, who know more in their closest in an hour, than a practical Mer chant can learn in a lifo time tell us, what would be the price of Cotton at thi time, if we were without a home market. Fizure it out Gentlemen, you can make eomething out of it, that will satisfy the the Democracy. JUDGE MCLEAN OF OHIO. A correspondent 'of the Chartotteaville, Advocate, furnishes an extract of a letter from Judge McLean which is appended. Judge McLean alway oecupiea an impor tant position in the public eye; and if he live he will probably a atill more important one, in the course of dozen years. The letter is dated 10th August. '43 and was not written for publication: The office of President in my opinion. has been lowered, and also the character of the Country, at home aud abroad, by the means used to secure tnat otuce. High as the Presidency of this great nation is, it may be reached at too great a price. It sinks be low iheanibiuon of an honorable mind, when it ia attainable oidy by a sacrifice of the loft iest putrtolism. Not to name others, we have in the elevation of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, examples of a hiih and hon orable ambition which ia worthy of imi tation, these eminent men, when named Tor the onice ol frcaulenl, re posing on what they had done and what their known capaciliea enabled them lo do, in the highest public trusts, neither look nor seemed to take any agency in their own ad- vencement. For mantr years I have been deeply im pressed with the injustice, the corrupting nd ruinous e flee la ot political partixanaliip, I la introduction into the federal Govern meut, has well nigh tuiiied our beloved country. Before this bane had perverted our moral sense, our love of country, and, ao far aa politics are concerned, almokt even- noble feeling of the heait. we were happy. aaa people, m the enjoyment ol gieat ani uninterrupted prosperity. And whatever mavl be aaid to the contrary, thia terrible evil lie at the foundation of all our em'iar rasaments. It hat been mainly iusirumen tal in the commercial revulnions we have witnessed, and it has prostrated our political morality. Our pecuniary losses within few years past, are almost beyond the now er of computation; but these are scarcely worthy ol consideration, in comparison wiu the loss, It miy be the irreparable loss, of moral force in our institutions. That man most be blind to the admonitions of history who supposes that a free government can be long sustained, which addresses itself, with all its influence, to the baser passions bf our nature. Such a course lead to a widely diffused corruption and conaequent ruin. In aiy judgment, nothing can res cue our government from thia the common fate of republics, but a change in ila political W:- .: U. .1 f, action. Thia action must oe elevated. It must reach ' and rouse the motal tone of the nation1 Instead of administering to the orostituUilj appetites of dem'aeorues, ynnt rest no a virtuous andsjj enlightened public opinion. It moat gaihertlrenth by its sci moral strength. .Ita aim should be the general good. The chief of llit gov-, ernment in making appointments to office should carry out the principles of thevirtu ons Monroe, who, on a certan person being recommended to him for an office, as i per sonal friend, with good qualifications, re marked, with earnestness: "No mail can feel more grateful man I do for personi acts of kindness, but in making this apponkment I have a high public duty to perforin, and inustlouk to the public interet " A departure from these principle 4 rove me, reluctantly, from political life; and in all sincerity I assure you that there is no political office, not eren the Presidency, could tempt me again into politics, on prin ciples opposed to those which I approve atd on which I endeavor to act. Pledges when given by a candidate tr public favor should be received with suspi cion, a they are generally madelo answ;r a particular purpose and sre seldom remedi ed. No one, perhaps, should be named (it the Presidency whose opinions, on tie leading topics of the day, are unknown io the public. Until within a few years pait, pledges were not required from the canti dates for the chief magistracy. And I mty ask what good has resulted from this inns vation. Has it made our Chief Magistrates more faithful to the constitution and t their general duties? Let a comparison of our late history with the past, answer thia question. Who thought of asking a pledge from the venerated fathers of (he tepublic above named! A sound head and an honest heart, I think, sre the best pledges. These will rarely fail, whilst experience shows that pledges sre made to4e broken. No one who ia namnd for the Chief Mag istracy, from a respectable source should feel himself at liberty to say that he would decline a nomination for that office. But I beg you to believe, my dear air, that this re mark is not prompted by a vanity which lead me to suppose, that my name could be favorably considered by the contemplated Whig Convention. The frieids of Mr. Clay, in consideration of eminent qulaifica tions and long public service, are looking with no ordinary solicitude to his nomina tion. And I asure you, that I have no wish by the obtrusion of my name to seprate ray friends, if I have any from their present as sociations. I do not desire and would not receive the Presidency, if within my reach, as the instrument ot a party. Indeed I should count it no honor, to have my name associated with the downward course of our Government, and such a course is accelera ted and only accelerated, bv ultra partyism. To bring back the Government to ita old foundations, to restore its lost character, ita former, purity, eneriry and elevation, would be an achievement second only to that of Washington's. An achievement which would make any individual the favored son of his Country. Of this who would not be proud: and abort of this object, no honest men can desire the Presidency. With the grestcst respecll am, Your grateful and obd't serv't, JOHN McLEAN. CRUEL MURDER. A dastardly and cruel murder was recent committed near Knoxville, Tennessee, upon the person of an old Revolutionary sol dier. He had been to Knoxville to receive his pension, and on his return home was murdered by some fiend in human shape, for the miserable pitance which his country's gratitude had given him, to cheer his decli ning days. The brave old man who had perilled life on the battle field in defence of hia country, and passed unscathed through the fiery ordeal of freedom s noblest sttrug- cle, was doomed to fall at last beneath the coward blow of a dastardly assassin' The murderer hsd not been arrested at the last advices, hut it is so to be hoped dial the re tribution of heaven will soon overtake him. Mr. CALHOUN ON THE TARIFF, The annexed paragraph will show what opinions were once held by Mr. Calhoun, in regard to a tariff. If he is correctly un derstood now he hat turned a complete somerset; TO THE ADVOCATES OF FREE TRADE. Hit following is an extract of a speech delivered by Julia C. Calhoun, on the Ta riff .f 1816. Mr. Calboun said: That he was no manufacturer! that cominr. from the South, he and his constit uenis had no inteiest bat in the cultivation of tha toil.' That te afford manufacturers ample pro lection, would enable the farmer to tell hit product high, and buy all hit waata and conveniences ol lite-theap. Tnat t Tariff of protection wat of vita importance to the security and permanent prosperity of the uuion. That it would produce an interest strictly American, as much at agriculture and far mure to than commerce and navi cation. That it would produce a new and moat powerful cement, far out weighing any ob jections that might be oiged agatbtt the system. That it would preserve as from a new and terrible danger DISUNION against which we ought lo be perpetually guard ed. And that it would afford to the cotton aud woolen manufacturer protection ahic would place them bj ond the reach of con tingency. Thi t tame Calhoun it now oppord to all protection, tn I is one of the leaders of wnicn ne onre sain -ini oniy cement which unit-'d them wat the cohesive now it i er ol public plunder. Botton ,1ll i. J . " ' From the Gsorfla Journal. " THE CAUSE OP THE PEOPLE TRIUMPHANT. VICTORY! !VIC TORY!! I 1 them among us and in rejoiceinjr at the I success which has bern achieved through We congratulate the PEOPLE of Ucor- their aid; the Whig Party will not fail to gia upon the result of the late elections. The gjve thrtt time three eheert, for the moun eneniy has been met, i!ie battle has been . tain region of Georgia, bravely fought, and VICTORY haa becn In every other section of the-State, the achieved by those who rallied to the stan- batthj has been bravely fought. In MOR dard, borne so gallandy by CRAWFORD, OAN, where disaffection for some years STEPHENS and CIUPBELL. ,Againdo has shown its face, the Whi;r pirit pre we congratulate the PEOPLE upon their, vailed, and a full ticket to the Legislature achievements. It ia to them tl.at Georgia has been returned. In HENRY, our is indebted for the proud station which she friends have done well. They have sent now occupies, and it is to them, for the fu-1 to thejSenateourold acquaintance, MOSE- uire, we must 100a to sustain ner in uer . present aliitirae. Party drill haa received a rheck whicfty the leaders of party must long rememher,atid Democracy not that old fashioned Democracywhich recognized at leaders such men as Wa4i. Crowford the talented Cobb, and the cliUalrous Tat nall but modern. Tammany ITall Dk mocraoy stands defeated in Georglarby that Republican spirit which will ever show it sell, when the people of Georgia feel that the time for action has arrived. But above all haa CALHOUN1SM received a death blow in the defeat of COOPER. The old p amn ix have fearfully resented the dictation of the leaden of the June Convention, and, by their acts, shown to their Nullipyino all'ikb, that rule, they no longer ahall & lhat from being Captains of the host, they must for the future, occupy some more humble sta tion. The election of CRAWFORD forms a most glorious epoch in the history of our party in Georgia. For yeara and years past has the Slate been governed in one branch or other of the Government, by the opposite party. When we had the Governor in 1838 nd V, they haa the legislature and when we had the Legislature in 1840, thev had the Governor. But now every thing is ight The Whige have the Legislature, the Governor and every branch of the Gov ernment. Ian even our opponents com plain, when, for twelve long years we have been contending for so desired an object, we now rejoice at its accomplishment? We feel that they cannot, and without having ny disposition to crow over a defeated ad versary, we must nevertheless exautt in no measured terms, but most joyously proclaim our VICTORY, ao that from one end of the land to the other, upon the wings of the wind the glad tidings may be borne, until it shall reacn him at ashlaid, wno is recognizee, aa our orbat lbadbb, andunder whose banner we have yet to achieve another conquest. REJOICE then. People of Georgia, RE JOICE, lor great haa been your deliver ance ! 1 It is not lo one section of the State, or to io othet, lhat we are indebted for our de- verance. The spirit was every where. n the mountains, in the midlands, on the seabord, it breathed upon the patriot, and nerved him to Use performance of ditty. rhe ballot-box waa loaded with Whig suf fragea, and the tale which they told, now fiords eonsolstion to a people long oppress d by misrule and corruption. Here, at the very seat of Government, in OLD BALD WIN, did the people rally and pat their seal of condemnation upon tht past. Men of all parties rallied to the Whig Banner, and aided to rescue their Mate. Jed on by ONE who haa lor years proved himself in vincible in their rank, many of those who HAD BERN OP TUB DKMOCRATIO PARTY, ral lied to the Whig banner, and aided with en thusiastic ' spirit to defeat the foe. XVobly did our 'county sustain herself in the con test. Every influence was brought out lo defeat us, but signally did it all fail. The election of tha whole Whig ticket to the legislature, snd a clear a a in of 69 vote for Governor, from last year, placea oni county when all circumstances are taken into con aideration. in the first rank of those whose revolution has been complete. OF OLD WILK.IXVSOJN we must next speak. A clear majority for CRAW FORD of 70 votes! How nobly have the Deo Die of that (rood old county sustained themselves! With what pride do we look upon her hardy population! For many years have the people mere oeen enaea- voring to sever party enacmes, oia party ties, & in 1843 has thefglorious deliverance been accomplished. Oive us VViL.ft.lIN SON forever!! BURKE, REPUBLICAN BURKE, is atrain at her post. Clouded for a short time was her political horixon, but the re cent strife with her political elements, has resulted in a clear sky, and a bright sun warming and gladdening the hearts of her nntriotic sons. At the toiai deliverance of BURKE from modern Democratic rule let the Whigs every where rejoice ! I ! Make wav lor UL.D UtlAi MA.M! as she roes, it was once taid by the Demo crats. so goes the State! A mistake then, as it is the truth kowT J he vy nigs ot Chatham deserve much applause. With a full representation in the Legislature, a majority of 60 for Governor, and a clear gain from last year of 187, deserves she not rounds ot appiauset inrcecnecrs then, for old Chatham ! ! !! CHEROKEE and FLOYD have done their work in earnest. These counties have both given a handsome majority for CRAWFORD, and sent Whigs to th Legislature. In the former all are Whigs and in the latter, we nave the benator and a Representative. In all the other Cher okee Counties that have been beard from great changes have taken place favorable .a Ik. t.iivmn..mrtm Ml IV hi n,ini.tnln. I A revolution has been going on in that IIIO BUlBHVVliH III ITIIIK 'l iuviiiv.i important section of Georgia, which proves that the people of the mountain region of the State, are no longer disposed to sub mit without resistance to the maladminis tration of the Government, both State and Federal. The dictation of their former leaders they.or many of them hare spurn ed, and under the Whig banner they have commenced a political battle which is to end only with the election of II E N R Y C L A V lo the first gift in the power of the American people to bestow. Rizht i gladly do we hold out to our new allien in tho f"!hornl:p Cnnntv the ritrht hnml nf fellowship. Proudly do we welcome l, , and to the House a staunch W biff. In PUTNAM, the residence of Messrs? Branham Bledsoe, who put forth on the eve of the election that letter about Henry Clay, and where it was confidently asser ted that the Democratic candidate for Gov ernor would gain largely on the Whig vote, CRAWFORD received a larger majority than usual. In HOUSTON, the Whigs behaved most gallantly; and in SCRlVEN modern Democracy has been totally routed. i Troup, Greene, Elbert, Harris, Newton Oglethorpe, Clarke, Jones, Hancock, Stew arl, Upaon, Richmond, Laurens, and in truth, our friends in every county in Geor gia, manfully stood dp in the contest. In some placet Whigs. were few,, but those few failed not to do their duty. Even in Bulloch, where, last year, we had but four votes, this year the rora has increased to pivk and twenty for CRAWFORD. Nevet was a battle better fought; never was an overthrow more complete; neveT was a victory more honorable achieved!! From the Macon Messenger. RECAPITULATION. The above returns from members of the Leg islature are from 84 eounlies nine to be Heard from. In them the Whigs have elected to both booses, 167?rthe Democrats 107. The remain ing counties will reduce the Whig majority to about 40. In the Senate, -the Whig- havs elected 46 members, two of whom are claimed as doubt ful by the Democrats. In the eouaiiee to be heard from the Whigs will hsve two or thiee Senators, which will give them a majority 47 being the number required. We think we can safely aalculate on it; but at all events, the ma- ority in the Senate must be very small. By a hasty calculation we have made of the votes for Governor snd Members of Congress in 83 counties, we have the fallowing reaulu Crawford, 36,031 Cooper, 31,763 Crawford' majority, 4,233 Stephen, 36,010 Chappell, 35,088 Stark, '31,381 Johnson, 30,930 Stephens' majority over Johnson 5, (WO McDonald'a majority over Dawsoo io 1841, was 4,186. Democratio majority last year, about 3,000. LETTER FROM Mr. CLAY. The following letter is from the Hon. Henry Clay to us, in reply uncertain In terrogatories, propounded by us in a letter dated August 23, 1843, a copy of which, we insert below. A portion of our letter was dictated (or, at least a request was made, and the questions written out,) by one of the most prominent democrats in Georgia; so far, as relates to the (list two questions. The views of Mr. Clay meet our most hearty approbation they are, indeed, th very sine qua non of our principles. We hope those of our friends, who have, in private conversation, pledged themselves to lis to support the whig party, provided an answer from Mr. Clsy should be received and which answer should be repugnant to a high Protective Tariff will not forget their piomises when they read hia letter. Let every democrat read the letter and jet it not be charged upon us any more, that we are "high Protective Tariff " men. The letter of Mr Clay, dated 13th Sept last, did not reach us until the 3td inst. I.aGrang Herald. LaGrange, Ga.t Jtug. 22,1843. Dear Sir: Permit me, though a stran ger, to propound a few important questions io yoc, relative io your present views, inue pendent of what they may have been here tofoie. I request yonr attention, particularly, be cause I have contracted for, and am about to establish a press, tc, and contemplate pub lishing a newspnner here, to be styled ' The LagTange Herald." Likewise a Clay Club has been organized, consisting of a large number of our citizens. Besides the ardu ous duties of the Editorial Department will devolvs npon me in its commencement, and I desire to know precisely, in what manner I am to meet the Democracy in their numer ous modes of attack. P'ease state if your views ef the Protect ive policy of 1832 have undergone any mo dification, and to What extent?. And would vou, if you had it in your power, go for a bill as protective in its Principles, as the Tariff Act of 1832. Please state your present convictions, with re pect to a Tariff? Whai the extent of your Tariff measures are, &c.f With most profound respect, I am, dear sir, your obedient servant. ' f , uku.-sson. Hon. II. Clay, Ashland, Ky. ' Ashland, 18th Sept! 1843, Dear sir;--! received your favor, id- dressing some inqujiies to me, in respect to thf policy of protecting American intercs te, On that aultierl I hava f r licy expressed my sentiments, will,;, ' lait two yeara. In iheSSenate of the V..-.. Stales, earl v last rear. I fullv , i j -"weu a views, aud what I saiJ was) published. " bout the same timr, I communicated- the answer which I UansmuteiLf . ! addressed to me, bya committee Ci f? g'wlaiure of New YT which waa D,i. lished! I again expt, ised my opfmoD, i, reply to a letter which 1 received from a kl low citizen of Philadelphia, requesting me slate the principles of he Whignarty. 4 statement of them, as unden7d by m, wa accordingly made. am gtiow eoa. spicuously published at tht? ,id of maor n i lie liioi c&yiCBBIOIl U By p. pinion, is contained in a letter which I re cently addressed lo Nashville, and of wVich I now transmit you a copy. If you j seen these various expression of the opi. inns which I hold on the s fljtcl of your lei. ter, I presume you would not have deemed h necessary to address me. " m. - - i ..t. i , i lie sum ami auu!uuu.-e oi wnicn I con ceive to be the true policy of the U. Su1 e, w in respect lo a 1 anlf may be briefly slated. In conformity with the principle announced in the compromise act, 1 thiak, that white, er revenue is necessary to an economical and honest adtuiuislrntbn of the Genoa Government, ought lo be derived from du ties, imposed on Foreign imports. And 1 believe that, in establishing a Tariff of tliot- duties, such a . disci limitation ought lobe made, a will incidentally afford reacnnabl protection to our national interests. I think there is no danger of a high tariff being ever established; that of 1828 wm eminendy deserving that denomination. I was not in Congress when it passed, and did not vote tor it; but, with its history, and with the circumstances which gave birth lo it, I am well acquainted. They were high ly discreditable to American legislation, sail 1 hope for its honor, will never be again re peated. ' After my return to Congresa in 1831, mv efforts were directed to the modification and reduction of the rates of duty contained in tht act of 1828. The act of 1832 ereaili reduced and modified ihem; and the act of 1833, commonly called the compromise act, still further reduced end modified them. The act which passed at the Extra Sesiion of 1841, which I suppporled, was connntu to the free articles. 1 had resigned uiy seat in the Senate when the act of 1842 passed. Generally, the duties which it imposes, are lower than those in the act of 1832 And. without intending lo express any onmioa upon every item oi this last land, 1 would say, that I think the provisions, in the main, are wise and proper, u there be any ex cesses or defects in4t, of which I have not the means here of iudeinir) they oufrhttobs coriected. My opinion, that there is no dancer he re- after of a High Tariff, is founded on the gratifying fact, that our manufactures have now laked a deep root. In iheir infancy they needed a greater measure of protection; out, aa tney grow and advance, they acquire strengh and stability, and, consequently, w require less protection. Even now, some branches of them are able lo maintain, ia distant marketa, successful competition with rival foreign manufactures. Hoping that this letter may be satisfactniy to you, and afford all the information yot desire, land tendering my grateful acknow ledgments for the friendly feelings and sen timents entertained by you towards me, , I am, with great respect, ;( Your obedient servant, i IL CLAY. X DREADFUL ACCIDENT. On Friday, the 22d ultimo, Eliarda Bald win, son of Timothy O. Baldwin, of Chili, climed a tree for the purpose of procur ing honey. When 83 feet from tht ground, having first put a rope around hat body and fastened il to a tree, he com menced cutting the branches containioj the honey. 1 he limb on which he wtj standing gave way. ,,, Ho made a spring, in order, as is tup posed, to grasp another branch; but the rope slipped over his head and the unfofr tunate man fell. He strusk 20 feet from the tree he had climbed, between two trees crowinir from one root, formin? t triangle, his head striking a log. it it wonderful that he was" not instantly killed, and still more so that he vet survives: yet such is the fact, and there is a prospect of l:. ... "n- l " i i. ' uii iciuriij. iiu uuiit-s were urotcn, (i Kuchtsler Democrat, ANOTHER PLUNDERER DIS. 1 COVERED. It is said that a Locofoco Land Receiver in the Western Part of the State, has re cently been detected in buying up Land Bonds, with the otate s money and poetf ing the discount! , So we go. More "Ms" Scrip" operations! tVhere sleeps li'0 dignation of the Statesman Where''011 llCanttriJ Jin til A tttfatjilt (AiHArf IlOf lonir, ye voters of Ohio, will ye be ridden. by LocofocoismT VhiO State journal, t A SCORPION IN LOGWOOD A man enMfA nn Dr. DeVBH OO Monday morning in great anxiety, bringing (III!. DVVIU" av. . . . t AI came out from the hollow end of a sac' logwood which he was sawing, "j one of his fingers. The finger was g000 deal swolen and the inflamation was rP idly increasing. ' The circumstances too that some cantion is necessary in dealiif with hollovr wood from the climate w Captii pers. j ..t .., JOB PRINTING Neatly executed at this Office.
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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