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AGRICULTURE.
rj a jr. Uccrdt.
linvIiVs; the Farmer's simple life!
I low !ire tli" j 'V it yields?
1',: fr.'m the world's tempestuous strife,
Y :?c, anid the scented fields!
Y':i m' T'iiivj with roseate hue,
0r iho f.ir hills away,
f.. -;tr'S bru h the silvery dew,
Te-H (he welcoming da'
Vv'h-n S !' first bnm ia glory glows,
A'i.l !t!v:lie the sky-lark's song,
p:,.,u..,, to Ids t.dl the Farmer goes,
With cheerful steps along.
Vv'i'ile nen broods o'er tlie sultry sky,
Aid smibe.uns fierce are cast,
Yii"!v the cool streamlet wanders by,
lie shares his sweet rrpasti
twilight's gentlest shadows fall
Mvz the darkening plain,
i;. list'; his fiithfu! Wiiteh-dog's call,
To warn the listening train.
).v.vii ilie green lane young hurrying feet
Their eiger pathway press;
l.wrd ears come in joy to greet,
And claim their sire's caress.
ln, when the evening prayer is said,
And heaven wish praise is blest.
How sweet reclines his weaiy head
On slumber's couch cf rest!
.Wr cerm that fenrs Ids dreams alarm,
Nor cares, with barking din:
Without, his dogs will guard from harm;
And all is peace within.
0!'. yr who ran in fdlv's race,
Tn win a worthless prize!
f.'ni. from the simple tale we trace,
V. here true contentment lies!
11 ! monarch! flushed with glory's pride!
Thou painted, gilded thing!
Iif to the free-born farmer's side,
And leara to be a king!
VIRGINIA COMMERCIAL CON
VENTION. The Convention met at Norfolk, on
Vi V:i:csday, the lGth inst. and wasorgani--1
by t he appointment of the folio wing
facers: John Tyler, President. Wright
'I't'hgalr, 1st Vice President. Corbin
Braxton, 2d Vice President. John II.
Sutler, Secretary. James Macfarland and
T!lmis H. Eliis Assistant Secretaries.
Rev. Mr. Dilbrcl!,C7m?A:m. Elias Guy,
iant at Arms.
Abut one hundred and twenty-five de
r;!'cs attended, among whom were the
fevintrfrom this State: Halifax Major
Wilcox, Rice B. Pierce, T. Wyalt.
(;.'C5. county John Wiley, Riddick
vlc?, Rums K. Speed, Willis F. Rid-l-l
Iiiddick Catling, A. Wr. Parker,
W. Cooper. Hertford county E.
B-Scal, John V. Soul ha 1 1, Abner Ilar
1, Andrew Moore. EdentonWm. C.
"arrcsi.
Committees were appointed to consider
ai'l reportupon the objects of this Con
tention; on Internal improvements; and,
01 -VieuUure. After which,
tirr- S"ar offered the following resolu
'rS which were by his request laid upon
0 Jablc, and were afterwards referred, on
"oiionofMr. Murdaugh, to the committee
un internal Improvement:
I. Kesolved, In the opinion of this Con
jion, that a liberal system of Internal
Vemenl is ,aebcst foundation for a di-
1 1'npori trade, and the means of eflec-
'? it.
pr,t . 1 nai in auuition 10 the cen-
vantages of a judicious system of In
dust 1 provemcm m stimulating the in
mtL' ,LveloPinS the resources, and aug-
tfTert i l l" 01 me 3laleJ 1,3 ""imate
t will be to relieve tho people of all
taxa
non whalsoe.w-T.
in'J?'SOi VCt1, That 11 ten(ls inevitably to
tu,.. ; e the Population of the state, and by
5 Increasing it, l0 diminish the amount
izen of the r hy Gach "t
i ine Commonwealth.
solved. That another effect of a lib-
Mlirn.
j oral system of internal improvements will
- ...rge meraase in the value of property
m Me Western portion of Virginia, which
incrc-.se will tend to lessen the taxes of the
j'cvjpie OI cistern Virginia, by promoting
b--"- quality m the burdensof Taxation.
o. Resolved, As the opinion of this Con
vention, Unt fJr ,ie three reison9 ,.,st na
med U ls the pCCI1iar i,ltcrestof ,ir,pcop!e
of Eastern Virginia to favor a liberal system
Internal Improvement.
G. Resolved, That the people of Eastern
V irginia have nothing to apprehend from
tic competition of Western produce with
tllcI.r own: first, because there is great dis
similarity in the productions of the East ami
the West: secondly, admitting nn immense
supply from the West, a coumcrvailing de
mand will exist for that snppU-: thirdly,
because the coneentrjtion of produce of all
kinds in our cities, will attract large capita!
thither to enter into competition for the
purchase of that produce, which competi
tion is, of all others, the most beneficial to
the agricultural interest; fmnhlv, because
cuucenirauon ol product will buiM up our
Liiiusanu inus lurnish a homo marker fin-
hc produce of the f.rmer; fifthly, because
me people ot Cistern irginia realise the
projjf in the purchase and rc-s ileof western
productions; and lastly, because the gener
al advantage of a good system of internal
improvements, particularly in securiug a
Dir.'ct Import Tru-do wih its numerous
br-nr-fils, will fir more limn neutralize the
lis idvantages of this competition, even ad
mitting it to exist.
7. Hesolccd, As 1he opinion of the
Committee, that a judicious system of In
ternal Improvement is the best means of
pneuring a bountiful fund for the purpose
of General Education, as the only effectual
plan short of diicct Taxation.
8. Itcsnfreif, That the people of West
ern Virginia are called on by the highest
considerations of their own interest to give
up once ami entirely the system of local
improvements, until the general lines of
communication shall have been completed.
9. Jusolecd, That the Legislature sin
j called upon by the strongest considerations
ot policy, to complete at the earliest prac
ticable day, the .lames River and the Ka
nawha Improvement, and the South West
ern Rail Road from some point on the
James River Canal to the Tennessee line.
10. llcsolved, That in constructingtbese,
the most important public improvements
of Virginia, it is policy to conduct them
on state account.
11. Resolved, That it is indispensable M'"' t0 Pugh your ground this fail. In
that a sinking fund should be at once pro-! ploughing recollect the deeper you pene
vided to pay the interest on such su:r s as ! '' earth the belter. Having so
may be borrowed from time to time to ! ploughed youi -ground, leave the furrows
carry on the public works of the state; and in the rough umil spring, to receive the bo
Ihit'to 1 his end, the surrdus revenue of the pcfits enuring from she frost and snow. As
United States on deposite with the State
of Virginia, should be added to the perma
nent Internal Improvement fund of the
Commonwealth.
12. Resolved, That the openingof lines
of communication between the East and
the West, and the South West, is indispen
sable to the encouragement, of manufac
tures in Virginia, an object of the
highest
moment when we reflect that themcrchan
Rze transported into the State consists to
a very considerable extent, of the manu-
factercs of the Northern States: and when
we look to the vast market with such lines
of communication would open for our ma
nufactures' in the great vallicsof the Ohio
and Mississippi Rivers.
Mr. Segar then offered a resolution in
structing the Committee to make the reso
lutions the basis of the action of the Com
mittee, but subsequently withdrew it.
Considerable debate ensued on these as
well as several other resolutions which
were submitted. Tlie Herald remarks:
Yestcrday the Convention was occupied
during the whole day in a highly interest
ing debate on the resolutions offered by Mr.
Segar, on the day previous, and referred to
the committee on Internal Improvement,
by whom they were reported to tlie Con-
uy vuw 1 j i
vention with amendments, which, howev- l
er did not affect the main principle.
Tho resolutions were vigorously oppo
sed by Messrs. Venable of Prince Ed
ward, Hubard of Norfolk borough, and
A. W. Venable of Mecklenburg, (repre
senting Halifax, N. C.) each, however,
(and the former most emphatically) dis
claiming all hostility to thu abstract ques
tion of Internal Improvement; but rever
sing the position that the direct trade is
dependent on "a liberal system of Internal
Improvement," they contended that it
could be established by other means, and
that Internal Improvement must follow as
an auxiliary.
They were replied to by Messrs. Segar
and James of Richmond, with arguments
drawn from facts and statistics, in the every
day experience and knowledge of men ol
business, clearly demonstrating that without
such a plan of Internal Improvements as
shall open a direct communication between
the tide waters of Virginia and the Wes
tern Country, the direct foreign importing
and exporting trade will be impracticable;
as it must continue as heretofore to be "en-
lirnrf i ii
Tavborough, (Edgecombe County, JT. C.) Saturday, Xovwhcr 24,
grosser! by those of our sister States who
nave such communications.
In conclusion, it will be seen, 1 hat the
first series of resolutions was adopted by
the Convention, who have thus affirmed
the essential proposition, that "a liberal
system of Internal Improvement is one of
me best foundations for a direet trade."
nalejqh and Columbia road. The
Subscribers to the Stock of this road assem
ble J at the Office of the Raleigh and Gist-m
Compiny, on Monday last, for the purpose
o organization. Col Wr,i. Robirds, of
Granville, was called to the Chair, and
Weston ii. Giles appointed Secretary.
Judge Cameron, on behalf of the Commis
sioners appointed toopen Hooksof Subscrip
tion at Raleigh, made a written Report, sta
ting that three hundred thousind dollars
had been subscribed in Stock of said Com
pany; which being the amount required by
Act of Assembly, to secure the charter, and
a majority of said toei; beinghere represent
feu. tlie meeting, on motion of E. B. Free-
man, Esq Y. proceeded to elect, by ballot,
a I resident and 5 Dire
hrectors to manage the
concerns of the Compiny. The following
gentlemen were found to have, each, a ma
jority of the whole number of votes cast,
and were declared, duly elected, viz:
George Wr. Mordeeai, President; Duncan
Cameron, William Moylan, J. W. Haw
kins, Charles Manly and Thomas P. Dev
ereux, Directors.
The Company then adjourned, to meet
again in this City on the "first Monday in
June, 1839 Ral. Reg.
Morns Mutticauhs TenChincfc Mul
berry Trees were sold a few days since, at
Richmond, Vn. for S'25 each Cash. And
it is stated in the Petersburg Intelligencer,
that Mr. John L. Williams, Jr. of Bruns
wick County, has jus't sold his stock of Trees,
&c. for $ 1 5,000. His price was 17 cents
per foot, without the lateral branches. The
first Tree he planted was in March 1S37,
and his total outlay not more than
A word to mulberry cullurhls. In
the selection of giouiul for your next
spring's culture, choose a high situation
with a southern cxpoMin-, alight loamy, san
dy or gravtdly soil, .-.: h a porous su!i soil.
rYhvex)Osurc ned th". :?.? we name, are the
best for the mulberry culture. After 3-011
have made your selection of ground, there is
one thing which we wish you to bear in
mind it is this that it is absolutely er.seu-
soon as the frost is out of tlie. ground in the
spring, cross plough, lay .-lx'yo'.ir furrows,
manure thorn with well rotted manure or
compost, an! plant out your mulberrries
whether cuttings or trees. Once planted
they must ha kepi clear, and the ground
wcli stirred. The same culture ihat a skil
ful husdandman gives to a icell tilled corn
field, will answer for treMulbcrry, but iet
no man expect fine trees il he designs to
play the part ot a sloven.
Farmer and Gardner.
Trial for Murder. We Icarn from the
Sangamon Journal, that the trial of Henry
B. Truelf, forthe murder of Dr. Early some
time last winter, commenced on the morn
ing of the 9th inst., and occupied the attcn
tionofthc Court until the evening of the
13th, when, after a retirement of one hour
and forty minutes, ttie Jury returned a ver
dict of"ATo Guilty." "Twenty persons
were challenged peremptorily, and three or
400 for cause. Herald.
This is the case in which a brother aven
ged a gross insult upon his sister, by putting
the aggressor to death. 1 he deceased, by
imposing a false tale upon the young lady,
prevailed upon her to set out with him in a
sleigh to visit a friend. Having conveyed
!-n t .-v .1 ilacnl'tlri rtl-ii Il f in 1. Irk i rrtrtct lV.nl
' . , . , , . ,
attempt upon ner, iroin which she with
. i . w , , . .
known the offender had the audacity to al
lege that the lady acted in concert with him,
for her own dishonor. For this. the brother
shot him down as he would have shot down
a rabid beast of prey, and as such he de
served to be considered. Illinois paper.
CCpWilliam Stewart, recently convict
ed in Baltimore of the murder of his father,
was yesterday brought up for sentence.
The Judge having asked if he had any
thing to say why sentence should not be
pronounced, the prisoner presented the fol
lowing as an answer :
"Before the Court proceeds to pass upon
me the sentence of the law, 1 beg to de
clare in its presence, and before God and
man, that I am innocent of the murder of
my father.
"The whole course of my life and char
acter, the affection I bore him while living,
and the sorrow with which I mourn his
cruel and untimely death, alike repel the
suspicion and crime for which I have been
tried, and forbid that the circumstances by
mi m
1838,
.which I
i was surrounded ought to be con
strued into evidence of my guilt. It i?,
however, the will of an inscrutable Provi
dencethat I should he thus situated, and I
here call to witness all who are present,
and this honorable Court, which is about
to sentence me, that the blood of my father
was not shed by me, and that I am inno
cent and guiltless of the dreadful deed.
"I bow with a broken spirit, but con
scious innocence, to my tloom, in fervent
hope that time and an overruling God will
make my innocence manifest to the world.
WILLIAM STEWART."
This answer, the Court remarked, was
merely an asseveration of innocence, and
could be of no avail to him now; he had
been tried by a jury of Ids country, and
a verdict had pronounced him guilty. The
court sentenced him to he confined in the
penitentiary until the 30th of August,
1S5G, one-twentieth of which term would
be in solitary confinement.
(fyThe schooner Portsmouth, Captain
Halt, after having made under her com
mander 153 successful voyages from this
port to Norfolk, struck in going thither on
the night of the 31st, on Hog Island, near
Cape Henry, and immediately bilged.
The passengers survived a perilous night,&
were taken off by the schr. Edmond, with
the loss of all their effects. A servant
man died from the cold.
jIn a quarrel in a field between two
men, named Bowes and McDonald, near
Buffalo, the latter being struck with a
stake, made at the assailant with a cradle
scythe, and completely severed his head
from the body.
Qp The Stale of Indiana has G,000 men
at work on her railways and canals. The
works of internal improvement, already
begun and proceeding towards completion
with unexampled rapidity in the States of
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan, will
cost forty-eight millions, when finished.
CCTWillnm L. Yancy of South Caro
lina, indicted for the murder of Dr. Earle
in an election quarrel, has been sentenced
to one year imprisonment and a fine of
1500.
ijyA correspondent, under date of
New Philadelphia, Ohio, November 2, in
forms us of the result of a trial of some in
terest, in the court of Tuscarawas county,
the verdict in. which was rendered on the
day of his Utter. It will be remembered
that about tu'o years ago, a draft on Massil-
Ion Bank for S400 was taken from the
Po-t Office at Canton, Ohio, altered to 7,
400, presented, and cashed. The princi
pal engaged in it, named Anderson, was
tiken, tried, and convicted; but, owing to
a flaw in the indictment, found by the court
in bank, was, by accomplices, permitted to
escape. A few months since he was reta
ken, tried, and imprisoned. He accused
Van Rensselaer, then postmaster at Canton,
of beinir an accomplice. Mr. V. R. was
very wealthy, and the case created great
excitement. His trial was, therefore, re
moved to Tuscarawas county, and tried at
this term of the court for that county. Our
correspondent says :
"The case has lasted three days, and last
night, about midnight, the jury returned a
verdict of cuilty. This case was removed
from Stark county, and, on account of the
wealth and standing of the prisoner, and
the extensive frauds committed through the
Post Office, it has caused great excitement
Messrs. Loomis and Lahan prosecuted
and a host, at the head of which stands Mr.
Ewing, defended.
This case has disclosed a set of the most
abandoned villians, and the most extensive
robbing of the mail, forgeries, &c. I have
ever witnessed.
"To day he is undergoing a trial for a si
milar forgery and fraud on the Canton
Bank. This will take to day, and perhaps
to morrow. Wheeling limes.
Young men beware. We heard of an old
centleman ooce who had three daughters
all of whom were marriageable. A young
buck went a wooing the youngest and final
ly got her consent to take him 'for better or
J " .XT , ..Ill II
worse, upon application to me oiu ieuow
for his consent, he flew into a violent rage,
declaring that no man should pick his
daughters, in that way,' and it he wishes to
get into his family, he might marry the ol
dest, cr leave the house forthwith.
Carolina Gazelle.
A Hint to the Ladies. In singing let
the words of the song be distinctly heard.
Hence the tone of an accompanying instru
ment ought to be kept entirely subordinate
to the voice. The sentiment in some lot
our English songs, is worth much more
than the melodious noise of our best sing
ers. In fact, without it, it is not singing, but
mere warbling, in which the birds can be3t
them greatly. Carolina Watchman.
Texas. Intelligence from San Augus
tine, under date of 17th October, states that
the Indians and Mexicans threaten anoth
er hostile movement against the white set
tlements. Gen. Rusk had thought proper
to order out two hundred fighting men in
addition to the number already in the
field, a force deemed amply sufficient to
check further depredations and put an end
to hostilities.
JThe King of Naples has recently
published a law against duelling. ' A chal
lenge to fight, cither written or verbal, sub
jects the person to imprisonment, the loss
of public pensions, &c. If a challenge is
accepted, and the parties do not meet, the
punishment is banishment; if the duel takes
place, and death ensue, the crime is to be
punished as assassination; the person killed
to be buried in a profane place, without
funeral ceremony, and without monument.
Seconds to be punished as principals.
A Mermaid, and no Mistake. A very
general disbelief in the existence of the
Mermaid is likely to receive a severe shock
from the truth of the following statement :
A creature in every respect answering the
usual description of the "sea-woman," has
biien caught in the salmon nets at Hunne
raw Point, near Fahan, County Donegal.
She is at present under the protection of a
gentleman of that neighborhood, who has
kindly permitted the country people, who
are flocking in Jiundreds about the place, to
"see and believe." The members of the
Londonderry Natural History Society are
to investigate this extraordinary phenome
non, forthe purpose of sending an imme
diate report of their observations to tho
British Association.
Derry (Ireland) Herald
(7 A correspondence between a Yan
kee schoolmaster, in Mississippi, and his
mother in Maine :
May 15, 183S.
"Dear Son Come home. A rolling
stone gathers no moss.
Your affectionate mother, till death. "
July 4, 183S.
"Dear Mother I wont. Come here.
A setting hen never gets fat.
Your dutiful and obedient son."
(jThc celebrated Maria Monk has
confessed that her story about the Convent,
in Montreal, is a complete fissue of false
hoods. She says that the details of her
story were chiefly arranged from the lead
ing character of the questions put to her
by those who had her in charge. Thus is
exploded one of the humbugs of the day.
(jJThc Farmer's Register proposes
that each of the successful cultivators of
the Mulberry, who have recently made
large sums from their sales, should appro
priate one dollar of-every hundred of their
clear gain for the use of Gideon B. Smith,
Esq. to whose efforts the introduction of
the Morns Multicaulis is mainly owing.
Mr. Ruffin heads the list with SlOO, and
requests all who approve the scheme, to re
mit their names and amounts to him, to be
disposed of by a committee for the benefit
of Mr. Smith.
Sam Houston's Eloquence A gentle
man direct from Texas informs us, that
President Houston has been addressing
public meetings in Texas, on the land law
and Indian affairs. Four weeks ago he made
the following hit at the American land-spec
ulators: "They come," said he, , "like the
swarm of locusts .that joversprcad Egypt,
bearing famine on theij wings, and- uttering
but the single hungry cry of lajid! land!
land! Yet, let the land they so much covet
be invaded by the Mexicans, or a straggling
band of Indians, & these men are the first to
fly over the Sabine. Had I had the creating
of Texas, 1 would have made the Sabine as
wide as the Atlantic, to hem in such distard
ly fugitives." Natcher Free Trader.
Summary Justice. At Nacogdoches
a few weeks ago, a man named Vann, a
blacksmith, having taken offence at some
remarks of Judge. of that place, at
tacked him with a gun in his hand. The
Judge attempted to wrest the gun from
him, but finding himself in imminent dan
ger, laid his assailant dead with a knife.
Dreadful Death. A most afHictingac
cident occurred a tew davs sinepin th
neighborhood of Roseville, Muskingum
county, Ohio. A youth named Howard.
the son of a widow, while attending a
thrashing machine became entangled in the
spikes and was drawn in. In the twink
ling of an eye his arm was severed from his
body, and his head crushed. He breathed
but twice afterwards.
r?PThp f rial nf dwntkms for the mur
der of Pitman at the White Sulphur
Springs, has been postponed till the ensu
ing spring. r
?"rDThcrelie:icu9 orders in Havana have
been levied on by the government to the
amount of two millions of dollars, to bo
fterwards reimburses.