rhe Senate have bcew again tlus morning
thrown -jntoa- dra.state.of, excitement,
in eifttseee'ot
Swift; of the resbhf tions of thp Legislature
d itfemori-i
V. f- tYrn . fkhni ii nn hf slaverV 111 the iilS
trit Tjfl TcrrtiorlesL and in new States Wat
mW hereafter be admitted ; ' to prohibitrtW
slave trade between 1 Uie States, and against
the annexation ot Texas. .- V-
; . On hjs motion iojprint and lathe d
, meats on thie table, ji discussiojn arose, feino.
lar in characterj, tof mat bi yesterday. ,
Mr. Calhoun desiretl that tip 'resolutions
might be received and laid bit the table,
pledging himself, to call themj tt as early
as he could prepare himself to place tlfe mat
ter, in its true light. : ' - ; r U
Mr. King thought the paper a high-toned,
deeD and deliberate libeL and 'insult to the
South, and hoped itj would not be received.
iJThe debate was continued a considerable
time, till finally, Mp. Swift withdrew the
, memorial, with a jiotiee he sliould re-present
t on Tuesday next. He subsequently
offered a large, number of petitions from
Vermont, on the same subject, which were
rejected: During this debate, the galleries
were crowded with spectators.and the floor
with Members of the House, all eager lis
teners to a subject which, it is but too evi
dent, will lead to much, excitement in this
Congress.- " - . -I " j
'."'iThe House of Hepresentatives went into
-Committee of tlie Athole on the state of the
Union, (Mr. J. Q. Adams in the Chair,) up
on" the reference ol the rreuiuenva Alessage
-i-the question beiri on the motion to rcjer
so much of the President s iMessacre as re
lates to Finance, to the Committee onAVays
and Means.
, 1 Messrs. DuxcAJof Oliio, a'nd IIolsey,
of Q&f, spoke in support oi the motion, ana
Messrs. -Williams, of Tennessee,' and Cur
tis, of Mass. against it.
' ' The debate involves all the measures and
principles of the Message, especially in re
lation to Finance.
- Vtdnmlaij, Dec. 20, 1837.
Mr.. Slade. of Vermont, on presenting an
7 - ' m -"W,
Abolition PetitioA' a$4 moving: ita reference,
proceeded to addfessi the Houser not only
on the subject of reference, which was the
. oner finder consideration but also on the mer
its of slavery in general. He was inter
rupted by the Speakjer, hy whom he ".was
requested to Confine jhis remarks to the sub
. ject bf commitment alone. Mr. Slade bo w
ed to the opinion of jthe Chair, but modified
liis motion s.o as to Instruct the committee
to :;report a bill abolishing slavery within
."the district. At'thi stage of proceeding,
V-MrLegaVe asked peirmission to make a few
- T ' 1 I '11,' 1 .1'
' ' f t-r 1 1. X
'.sider what he was doing. He supplicated
i him for the sake of! his own constituents,
for the sake of those! of Mr. L., for the sake
of all, to pause and seriously to rellect be
frtrp hp tnrttr QtmtViprlRtpn nn thft oronnd he-
fore him. Mr. L's constituents had not
directed him thus to interfere, but, as a man,
as an American citizen, he would supplicate
the gentleman -to take further time to cojo-
, i -r n . . 1 i : i
BlUCl,. XL iy Vit UUQ) ( UlC gcuucuiau liau
saidy. that a spirit had been awakened an
this subject which could never be suppress
ed or chidden into submission, when the
most solemn and. explicit contracts forbade
. its indulgence, when the" agitation of the
question might involve the fate of a nation,
of a continent, nay, of the entire world, let
that gentleman Tie assured, (and he warned
him not in the language" of defiance, for that
he well knew brave men every where de
spised,) out lei tne gentleman oe wen as
sure that that spirit 'would be encountered
by "another as, incapable to tne lull ot being
' repressed by any hiinian power. If the
question must be forced upon them, they
' were perfectly and promptly ready to take
up the gauntlet. ' 9 .!,
,1, Mr. Slade resumed ii$ remarks, and again
wandering from his proper subject, much
confusion began to take place, and he was
'cessity and propriety! of confining himself
stricdy . to, the question under debate. He
wascalled to order by JVIr. Wise, who ob
sefved that the gentleman had wantonly
discussed the abstract qiiestiort of slavery
going, baclt to tlie, very rst day of the crea
tion, instead of slaverjy .as it existed in the
'-District. . ' y -
.Mr. Slade proceeded, and was about tcf
go back and show what had been the feel
.ing iii". Virginia formerly, when Mr.: Wise
rose - with warmth and asked all his col
leagues ta retire with him from the Hall.
MfjHolsey requested the Georgia, delega
tion to do the same. ; Mr: Khett observed
that the S. Carolina delegation had already
"rfnnitprt tntrplhfir. and aorpod tn mnpl tlnt!
afternoon, in one of the committee-rooms.' !
Much agitation prevailed, and Mr. Rhetti
asked if the. gentleman had, a right to dis-l
nnfatinrll nf slavprv in Virrrir5' I
: , ' - j ( .
He thought not, and invited the whole South-i
em delegation, to meet forthwjth'in the com-
lr .t- t: -mil- 1
vindicated his own course; -said What his
pwnffeeiings were might be easily cohjec-i
tnred, and that he would have restrained the:
discussion had it beeli in his power. i
'After a few remarks by various members
on the question ot oraer, amidst much con
fusion, and excitement, an adjournment was
moved and carried, i , '
- Oh that evening, a meeting tdok place oy
th"e Anthem rnembers, the result of which
may be gathered from the ' following Letter
V.; m-.n. 1. ill '.
lyr : wmt" c aic mucutcu iu " ail aiiemive
inena at v asnmgion ; .
!
V J ' ' W-ASHUfOTpN,- Dsq.;;21, 1837.
Bear Sir You will have seen with pain
no doubt the exciting incidents which; oc
curred in the H6use"4of Represeiitotives yes
terota;yj ,prod of
a fanatic Member ftom Vermont oiamedf
Bli7t)hexSoJuUiem Members had
agreed to meet fot consultation, rafter the
aujournment ot tne tioiise. . - .
They-rfnet accordihgly: in the . District
Committep Hoom, aniMf, Jattqs, of Vir
ffinisi presided."'' Several propositions were
Inade. Among: others', Mri Wise; proposed
thal one Senator and lour Members oi tne
House should constitute tx vonimuiee, to
; report a' plaj ot operation. . Mr. itenciier
"wished one frdiiV e aeh State ; and that they
be instructed to, report this morning at U
fclocli." Mr. Senator 'Calhoun, :f South
Carolina, wislied prompaction, arfd offered
an amehdment, wjiiehjwas adopted, that the
Committee consist of j three Senators .and
three. Representatives.! - r v
Mr. Cr t tfenden , of Kentucky, M r. L utli-
bert, of Georgia, Mr. King, of Alabama;
Mr. Wise, of Virginia;, Mr. Yell, of Arkan-,
- - t -a r rri - ' r m " 1
sas, anu Mr. . 1 urner, 01 l ennessee, were
appointed a Committee, with instructions to
report to an adjourned meeting in the Even
ing at 7 o'clock.
At 7 o'clock, the meeting again convened,
and aftef'a protracted debate, until near 12
o'clock at niffht, it was agreed to present to
theNHpuse a Resolution (in substance that of
Mr. Finckner, whicre was adopted by tne,
last Congress) to lav all Abolition Petitions
on the table, without debate.- .
The meeting also - passed a resolution,
tliat the members from each slave-holding
State appoint one of their number to form
a General Committee, with power to re
port a plan of proceeding, to be hereafter
pursued by the Southern representatives
ini Congress. !
Presuming that you will be anxious to
learn the proceedings of the Sou thern Mem
bers I send you the above summary. : The
course they resolved on is one of modera
tion, and does honor I think to their good
sense and discretion, j "' The violent portion
of them were disappointed, for ; there were
some, (of the further South) Who were
desirous, it is said, to take advantage of the
occurrence to urge the whole South to ex
tremities. Tennessee was, with one excep
tion, for temperate measures, Kentucky
Hnanimous on the same side, North-Caro
lina, I am told, also in favor of the same
course, but whether) unanimous or not I
dont know. .
; 4 o'clock, P.M.
The House lias agreed to the resolution
reported by the Committee by a majority
of two to one, and so an extinguisher is put
on agitation for the future at least as re
gards this Congress; Yon will find the
resolution and votes In the Intelligencer.
You must not be led into Uie error of in
ferring that those who voted against the re
solution are opposed to its object or favor
the Abolitionists. They merely go;on the
ground that the Constitutional right of Pe
tition is involved not that they would touch
Slavery in the District. There would not
not have been ten votes for Slade's motion,
and one of those who voted against the
Southern Resolutionltold me he would shed
the last drop of his blood, if necessary, to
defend Southern rights and Southern Insti
tutions. Correspondence of the Bait. Chronicle.
Wasfijiglofi, Dec. 21, 1837.
This, morning, as soon as the journal was
read, Mr. Slade made; a motion that the
record be sq amended, as to- disclose the
fact, that Jhe objection now made to his
proceeding, in consequence of an alleged
departure from order, in his yesterday's
speech, was one which had already been
made and withdrawn,' ami after which he
proceeded beyond the objectionable point,
in his remarks. '
The House refused permission for such
amendment of the journal.
' The mebting of Southern -delegates last
evening, resulted (after much warm and
earnest debate,) in deputing Mr. Patton,
of Va., to propose to to the' House a Reso
lution, that all Abolition Petitions, of eve
ery
'ed,
shade, which may be hereafter "receiv
shall be received, and laid on the table with
out reading, printing, or reference.
Mr. Patton moved that he be permitted
to, offer such resolution: Mr. Adams ob
jecting, Mr. Pattox sked for -the suspen
sion of the rules, in ofder to enable him to
offer it, and Mr. Cushman asked for the
yeas and nays which being ordered, dis
closed the following v6te, for the suspension
of the rules'. Yeas, 135 Nays, 66.
When this, decision was anitounced, Mr.
Patton rose, and remarked that he offered
this resolution, (alrove described) in the
spirit of peace and harrriony. It was in
tended, he said, to extinguish, and "not to
kindle a flame, in the country. It was , a
.concession that was made, not without diffi
culty, by many of theigentlemen represent
ing Southern interests but it was offered in
the hope that it would allay,-and not ex-
asperate and excite feeling. He should
therefore demand the Previous Question.
"Mr. Adams ,rose, amidst loud cries of
order, and observed that "the ffentleman
. o
from Virginia had prefaced his motion with
remarks," and vas proceeding, when a
cry of ORDER ! arose from every . part of
me nuusc, anu in luiits more sieutorian man
all the rest combined, from the lips of ' Mr:
Haynss, and down sit ; Mr. Adams, coin-'
pletely discomfited.
The several questions of seconding the
call for the previous question," and of put-tuig-
the main question, were then put; . 124
meraBersia majority of the JIousc,) deciding
the seconding of the call; and the following
te, takea byreas and; hays, decided that
iy uiMii HMcst10T on tne resolution, should
be put, 129 yeas frilnays.
..1X7"! ttT
nen mr. yv ise s kajne Avas called, he
lid not reply, although hVjvas within the
bar. .After the call, Mr. Wise rose and
asked to be .excused from votins he held
it was a eubj ect 4ipon which it wasopr0per
for the JHouse to act. The Chair deeding
that.the request was not 'made in time, -JiRr
W. voted in the affirmative. .
The main qnestion, being on the adoption
of the relution1 was lien put, ano; decided
as follows, Veas 1 24 nays 75;
" Whep Jdr. Adams' name was called, on
the above decision, that e-enileman rose,
and,-(nothing daunted by.thc whirlwind and 1
dm Ot;UKl-JjK I UKUJtiiK 1. UrtJJX.xv -
which literally bawled arou net his. ears, a-;
wakening even tlie echoes of that, resound?
iti2 liall, deliberately and firmly responded
in these words : .- "I hold the resolution to;
a violation of the Constitution of the
United 'States, if tltejiglits of fnh) yon
"stituents, imd of the people of the United
" States to pethion, and my own right .4 o
"freeedom of speech as a member of this
"House.".. . . V. - . ;
Tr Swvrxi of N. C. and Mr. Wise- of
Va., rose and refused to vote at -all on the
question,' not thinking ' it a fittfiig subject
for legislative action. . A.,.'
f Mr. Adams then moved that his; answer
be entered bn'the journal: and, the chair
deciding that it was not In order he moved
to have his motion and that decision cf the
Speaker entered. , T
And thus ended the contest for the time.
May it never be. renewed yet I fear.
This luckless district seems, to be the
very butt and mark for all the arrows of
outrage, at the hands of the abolitionists oil
the one hand, and this administraion on the
other.. While the above scene was going
on in the House, Silas Wright was push
ing his scandalous Loco ' Foco Bill, in the
Senate ;-the object of which is to force
the Banks in the district into the measure
of not issuing small notes, and of making
it" highly penal for corporations or individ
uals to do so. This.is a hard case. These
people see the common sense of their own
constituents at home to be opposed to their
rascally Loco Focoisni, and seeking a
victim for their nostrums, pounce upon the
inhabitants of this district, as the only
ones within their reach.
Wright, Bexton and Niles went for
the Bill. Hubbard for tlie Bill with a dif
ference, and Clay against the whole policy
of it, most ably and eloquently. The de
bate is not concluded yet. Heaven help
this -District, and deliver it from the incubus
of Abolitionism and Loco Focoisni,, togeth
er ! ' . . :
In the House, the reference of the. Mes
sage was once more taken up, in committee
of the whole, (Mr. Adams in the chair,)
and after some squibbing, of rather a mud
throwing character, between Duncan I of
Ohio,' and Ewing of Indiana, Mr. Under
wood went very ably into the cordial sup
port of Mr. Cushing's amendment, and ex
amined the President's allusions, in the
Message, seriatim, as to the present con
dition of our affairs. Each department
was shown to be full of errors of adminis
tration, and loudly calling for reform.'---The
Navy, the War, the Post Office, the
State and Treasury Departments were all
examined, and abuses shown in a masterly
manner.
Mr- Sawyer of N. C. went into an ela
borate and minute series of allegations ! a
gainst the management of the Navy De
partment, in relation to the Exploring Bx
pedifion. He was;very severe upon Mr.
Dickerson.
The Committee then rose, and after some
incidental business, the House adjourned,
in a state more calm than yesterday even
ing seemed to promise. J
Carre.-ijiolidcnc-e of the Baltimore Patriot.
Washington, Dec. 22, 1837.
In the House, this morning Mr. Adams
rose, and remarked that, as ..the Yeas and
Nays of yesterday were not called over by
tha Clerk as lie read the Journal, he could
not tell whether the motion he had yester
day made to have his answer entered upon
the record, had been recorded or not. That
answer, it will be remembered, was in the
following words, -and was returned, when
Mr. Adams' name was called, on the ques
tion, upon tlie adoption of Mr. Patton's
resolution, as to the abolition petitions.
'I consider the resolution as a violation
"of the Constitution of the United States,
"of the rights of my constituents aud of the
"people of the United States to petition,
"and of my right to freedom of speech as
"a member of this House;1"
Mr. Boon moved to lay the motion to; a
mend the Journal, on the table, which was
carried, Mr. Adams assenting to that mode
of disposing of the subject, as his object
would thereby be obtained, of making his
statement of yesterday a part of the record.
Messrs. Cambreleng and Whittlesey
combined their forces to-day, and secured
the whole of it for reports from committees,
and private business. And so was the day
spent, busily and without debate.
Among the reports of committee, I noted
as important, a bill from the Committee on
Commerce, presented by Mr. Smith, the.
chairman of that committee, providing for
the entire reorganization of the Treasury
Department. This bill was read twice and
referred to the committee of the whole
House, 6n the state of the Union. .
; The bill restraining Persons and Corpor
ations from issuing small .notes (under five
dollars) and individuals from passing them,
within this District, passed the Senate,
this morning, after much discussion to be
engrossed and read a third time.
iMrrCtAV and Mr. Preston very elo
quently opposed this iniquitous measure,
and showed the' miserable pretence- of re
form, under which jt was brought forward,"
and urged upOn the Senate, by a commit-?
fee, -carrying out the measures and wishes
ofthisoco foco administration. They shew
ed that, unable to bring their wretched ma
noeuvres to bear at home, they come here"
j to force their nostrums upon, this helpless
"un;i, wiHjre uie victims would cnieny be
the poor and ignorant, who mostly used
this currency, which the wretched" finan
cial system of the Executive,' or father its
want of all system, has imposed upon the
whole country.
The chief ; supporters of the measure
Xere, Messrs. Wright,-.Benton, Bedford
Jwyn, and Hubbard, and the like, and
after tinkering the bill awhilo -. wUIl sfin'dry,
amendments, they squeezed if through, not
a negative voice being heard against its en
grossment and third Teadhig:?and why ? -Every-Senator
that had, :any moce respect
for liimself. than he had for his party, had
left his seat, in disgustr ; ' . ,
-Thus does this luckless,- this ill- fatetl
district suffer, one day from- abolitionists;
and the next from Loco-Focos. Jrut 4hi&
bill will hardly pass the House: - ; . ;
"'iAxi. Clay was very able in his exposi
tion of this odious measure, as a part of the
currency system of the political quacks'of
the day land eloquently" appealed to the
House," to. the. representatives of -the
people, who Jiad hitherto so gloriously
checked its progress, to come again to the
rescue : and so they will ; ; r
P U B h I C LANDS
We have seen but little said on that part
.-of the President' Message, which recom-r
mends the graduation of the. price of pub
lic lauds. iTo us of the old Srates, it is a
matter of fearful moment.' Let it, be re
meinbered, that tlie President also recom
mends that squatters who have gone with
out pretence of claim upon the Public's
Laud," shall have the preference or pre-emption
right in purchasing. Who, let us ask,
will fix the value of all this immense body
of land" to be brought into market? Answer,
Officers chosen by Martin Van Bufeji. Will
they be few? W'e cannot, hope it. Will
they be pure and disinterested, faithful to
thepublic interest? ,A Look at the land offi
cers heretofore emoloved in surveying, sel-'
ling and receiving money.- .These Officers
will' most probably be from the -hew States,
who have heretofore insisted that they ought
to have the domain within their own States
for nothing: Will jiot these officers endea
vor to ohtuin the same for their States by
reducing the price to small fractions of the
true value ?
But will not sops be thrown to the squat
ters by these creatures of Van BureivSp that
their. pre-empUve laud may be obtained for
nothing? It seems to us a most magnifi
cent, scheme of speculation and fraud to buy
up partizans in the new States, and to .se
cure to Mr. Van Bureii a ry-inforcement of
patronage. With these assessors riding all
overnhe country, visiting every squatter's
land, accompanied with retinues of jobbers
and speculators, will no electioneering be
done ? Will no votes be" bought ? Will
no public property be thro wu away upon
these unworthy obtruders"? . Mr. Van Bu
ren sees that his popularity is on the wane
that without some new windfall he is ut
terly gone -hence this, the grandest of all
his electioneering Schemes. Will the old
States who have stood up against the direct
surrender of their common freehold, per
mit it to be squandered and thrown away by
indirect means ?. Will the new States who
have put their veto on Martin Van Buren,
because of his trickery and intrigue, now
sanction that same course of policy because
the least worthy of their population may be
benefitted by it. Justice forbid!
Salisbury TVatchmun.
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION
The Exhibition of the Agricultural Socie
ty of Hardy county, Va., took place on
Thursday the 2.7th ult., near Moorefield, a
full account of which is given in the Win
chester Republican. It was the first Ex
liibition of the Society. The day was very
unfavorable it rained heavily but the in
terest which had been excited, and the
spirit of just emulation which had been
aroused, brought a large number of people
together, and covered the field with fine
Stock of every description. And the Ladies'
Department, although thinly supplied with
.subjects for exhibition, was not .wanting in
skill, taste, or ingenuity. A great number
of Premiums were awarded.
James Williams, George Fisher, and J.
Hopewell produced satisfactory evidence of
the quantity of Corn raised on an acre of
ground. Mr. William's measured 157.
bushels 1 peck 3 quarts" and 4 pint; Mr.
Fisher's. 138 bushels 3 pecks 6 quarts and
I pint; and Miv Hopewell's 1 18 bushels.
A premium of one Cup awarded to James
yilliams for the best acre of Corn.
It will not, perhaps, be out of place to
state the mode of cultivation pursued by the
gentlemen contending for the. premium of
fered for the best acre of corn, especially
the method that Mr. Williams adopted to
raise so large a quantity on an acre of
ground..
Mr. Williams- flushed the ground as
deep as possible with a two-horse plough,
sin March, and in May harrowed and fur
rowed it 3 feet by 2, and planted his corn .
; When upJie harrowed it again, and then
thinned' it tp 3 and 4 stalks in jthe hill
hoed it twice, and ploughed it four times,
Mr. Fisher planted his corn aftr r
paring the ground as above) 3 feet by 2,
in hills i-hoed it when nn hqrrnw
three, times, arid ploughed it the same num
ber of times thinned it twice; and suckered.
it once. . . . : ;
Mr. Hopewell planted about one-third of
an acre in hills, 3 feet by- 2 the remain
der' was drilled 1 foot apart in rows 3i feet
apart hoed it 3 times, and ploughed it the
same number of times. - ' -
It is. proper to remark that Mr. Williams
did not jjlant or cultivate his '. corn with a
vie w to the premium, but culti vated as was
his usual custom. The other fre.ntlp.wpn
planted and cultivated theirs" with a view tol
the exhibition. , - . - - j
George C. Harness produced satisfactory
evidence of the quantity of Wheat raised on
an acre of ground. It jneasured26 bushels.
A premium of half a dozen Desert Spoons
awarded to JG. C. Harness.
The wheat crop' wa so much injured by
the rust that the farmers generally thought
iti useless td rneasuririt whh'$i1veyt? oVtlio
p'reniium -MC" .Hatuess siyf
member 'of the. Society who tooke? trouWd
to measure;. -Jlie yield, ' a, coilkidera;ble
sraaU for thfs country, ; though pretty good
for the last crop; 'k. 0r 0
;. ers dWef in
risked oCaniged ; mhrwho, -wUh .his
harmshenr. Tearied against" the side of, toc.
immense- vault absorbeoriri TfleditotidnMjt
must be a fearful -hfe.7-" v " - - -
The old "inaii looked; at Jne withtfad
fast but Sbme what vacant stare, and then n
half brokeiisentciices
where. is there not on the earth, or be-,
neath it in the mountain' or in the 'valley
on the -ocean or in ' the , quiet of nature's
most hidden spot wjere is there hot" dan-:
ger? where has' not death left" some token
of his presence ?" "True," I replied- W
the vicissitudes of life are various ;j the-satf
or seeks his living on the waters,; and.. he
knows each moment that they may engilph.
him the hunter seeks -death in?thoild.
woods and the soldier in the battlp field--and
tlie miner kno ws, not but the spot
he now stands to-morrow: may t be his
tomb." . ' . . ' '" . '
"It is so, indeed," replied the old man-
"we find death in the means we seek to
perpetuate life tis a strange riddle who
shall solve it ?"
"Have you long followed this .-occupation.?"
I asked; somewhat struck with .1 the
old man's manner. -' ;., "
"From a boy I drew my first breatli in
the min'es-.I shall yield: it up m: their
gloom." j ; , - ' -
4You have seen some of those ; vkissi-'
tudes,' said I, "to which yon have-now,
alluded.?' 1 - ,-
"Yes,' he repKedj with a-.faltering voice
"J have. There was a time that three tall
boys looked up to me and called roe father
They were sturdy striplings-!"-. Now -.it
seems but yesterday they, stood before me
so proud in their strength and lulled too
with a father's vanity. But the tord chas
tened! the proud heart. , , Where are
now ? -I saw the - youngest lie was the
dearest of the flock his mother's spirit
seemed to have settled on him crushed at
ny, feet a bleeding vinass. We were to
gether so near that his hot blood sprung
up into my face. Molten lead had been less
lasting than thpse.fearful drops. One mo-
jsient and his light laugh was in my ears ;
the next, and the large, mass-came; Hhere
was no cry no look ot terror but the
transition to eternity was as the lightningrs
flash and my pnor boy lay crushed beneath
the fearful load. Ir was an awful moment
but time that-changeth all. things brought
relief and I had still. iwo sons. But. my
cup of affliction was riot yet full. They
too were taken from me. Side by side
they died not as' their brother but the
fire damp caught their breath, and left them
scorched and lifeless. They brought- them
home to the old man his fair jewels than
whom earth's richest treasures in his sight
bad no -price and told him - that lie was
childlesa and alone. It is a strange decree
that the old plant should thus survive th
stripling things it shaded,-and for whom if
wo uld have-died a thousand, times It is
not surprising that I hotild wish to die here
in the mines ?'! , j
"You hare indeed,' I replied,- "drank -of
affliction. Whence did you derive conso
lation ?" I . . ' ""
The. old man looked up -"From heaven
God gave and he hath" taken away
blessed, bejiis name." I bowed my ' head
to the miner's ious prayer--and the old
man passed on. . . x
Thompsonian Doctors The following
amusing report is given in the Charleston
Courier of a late xlebate in the South Caro
lina Legislature :
" The bill to exempt Thompsonian prac
titioners from the penalties . of the Medical
Law of 1817, was taken up for a second
reading. ylVIr. WiiiTEFiEtD advocated the
bill and riiade an -elaborate defence in favor
of the Thompsonian system and In eulogy
of the vegetable medicine, told a story ot a
fight between a frg and a spider, in which,
every tiiW the; frog was wounded, hejeap
ed to a neighboring herb, which was found
on examination, to furnish an antidote for
the spider's ''poispn. . Mr. Myers matl&vi
humorous speech, . and read humorous, ex
tracts in ridicule of the Thompsonian' sys
tem, ancf told & couuterstory, of a fight-be-tween
a steam doctor and a Snake, in'which
the doctor was so strongfy impregnated with
lobelia, &c. that when the snake bit him,
the snake was killed and not the doctor!-
Mr. R. G . M ills supported tlie bill on th
hground that th act of 1817 involved an. ab
surdity, in notorBiddin the. Thompsonian
practice, and yet makings it penal to take pay
for the practice,- Mr. Memminger preferred
enure repeal ot the, act of-18 17. to such
a modification as th' ohe proposed, which
y r"" s"x 'wuyawiaus ejcciusiye. aavan
tages;, Mrr Adams (opposed the bill on like
grounds, and because it was unfavorable to
science, and moved to postpone the bill to
the 1st of Janiiarv. Tb
L ried by a large 'majority." '. i - . '
' r . n . . . : I -
Since the returns- of the-Elections of S
Tork; . and thei-ther States;: which havs
thrown off the shackles of. Van Bureisn4
odt Van-Bufen friends have . made wonde r
ful ' discoveries; . For instance. - thv have
discovered that it is wrong - to 'rejoice ovt j-
cal victories that; fTririfl- the pannon
afid 'otSfir-manifffctatTTkna l,u A r
xjasionis.highlyimprperr Poor fellows
vl I VJ 1111 HUUil VJi
we. lo not' much hlaroe them ; We suppo-
that the news itself left their -nerves in
state little able. tJjearthe rept of eannoi
But, in the name of wonder, fiow comes it
that theiretvea have' discovered none" ff
this repugnance to firing of cannon, ar.l
erery pthfir manifestation of 1 friumph, : t
the result of elections for the . last eigt l
years? Ahl is the boot on the other le?--
'Againjttifersayr' thatfiel meatte ' i,, -1
Crl ay'retainit! ;
Yhigs?w6uldttever haVo. attained thl k
-&'Smvur Ti.Vf ,111 cn.-. f as.
U 7-.ii - " V- ' "-Jse, ti-
they oanr squeeiEe.dut . ot thfefr rU.t
;' i
rhe- h(,wihg?judicious and weil-tin.
dnadnmon from the RicKmnn Wkl. le,!
VWi oiir cordiataDnrolMtinn av 1 eftU
Well ooiisidofea and observed bvl
ery.'thmkinnr patriot -
sWe wisb to?mpress'tmj Whi?s itli
iraporrancs 0f notonjy indulging charity 4
forbearance amonghemselvos, bfit to av
that proscriptiye violence and partisan hC
otry.(the distmguishmgr4raits of. Jaeks0n" '
tsm)-wlnch their brilliant trhimltenSi' -
sa strongly, to engender. We desiro to 2 ' '
the V bigs victorious, and to carry out tl)ej.
priiiaiples, but, in doing so, to act the m
Qt liberal and enlightened patriots and states '
inen. - Ue are not Stfeh partisans as to e
sire a changeof rulers, merely to get auofl" ?
er set as violent, pr;osoriptive, and rabid. v't
jvish for the change", for the peace and we!
fare, and the happiness and glory -jof xh
country. If success were unfortunately w 1
render the Whigs frantic and furiousf or to
express the whole' in ohe' word, JadcsoiiL
m men- iee.nngs ana policy, we should eea
to exuu in. meir trnimphs, beeause
would then coase to be Whigs."
thev
CHARACTER one of (Ire few Ijmai,, .
thorough brbtt $ostf Old Sir Archjv U now
ofFerrdfor sale vtrrv lj-v, or to farm out next
season, if pplichtioji be in:ic!e !y t lie - 1st ttj
Marcli nt-xt, qr snoncr. j
CH5tACTkl if.sinjr 1.? years old, U a I
He..i)tifii1 d er sorrel, 5 fret 3 inclies(high,
bee n successful in run ;"; at HilLsboniugh an;' I
other place. :''
CIIA-IJACTEU was jrnt by the afelebiate-l
OW Sir Archy .Jus dam by ihe impnited Druid -
grandiiin, ; t1H- famous M:iik Anthonv
lis great graivbinvby the impoi tcil OKI Jollvi ,
Ilosrff. otit ot ii tlurrotiffluJiretl Wace XTarf
Turf Jiegister, Vol. 5.) His Cofts are lare -jm
likely. To be convince d of" this fsct, it is on)'
1 n y ul(
b
neccsary 'o visit t'ofnoim Ami see theru. Jlein
'ver stockeil, 1 havf a few fine blocxled Marts
in foal by Ch iracter, tyry cheup. Game and
scr, and be yoiir ow n jitfge. For furtjje-r par
ticulais, app"y to . S.KTII JONK-.
Jhiniona, near It:iVeih N. C.
December 26, 1837 3
Standard, til! I'orbul.'
9-t
jLuitioriai vgnvcniion,
i T a Convention of EWtors lie!l in tins Cif '
j on the 1st. of November 1837, certain regu
lations for live future government of llie frater
nity in North-Carolina were agreed on. Will;
a view of ascertaining' whether they would prove
iicceptabte to the members c f the Corps Ed i to
nal, Who were unable to attend, nd be rstifie
by them, the undersigned were appointed"
Committee of CoiTe-iio;idence U beimr u ii-
uerstotxl, that if three-fourths of the Editors of"
the State should signify their assent to the prm
ceedinffs in ciuestion, that the' sime: shoo d
thenceforth be cons:dered obligatory aid bind-
inff on the parties concerned. -" 3 " j
Trw? uodersHiedr have jjischarged tire iuty Jr
assigHt-d them,- and more than the required
number have responded affirmativeh . ; One or . ,
two Editors, ia ctiiiequencer of their peculiav'i
local position, 'think "ibeir interests may be aH
feet cd by a strict adherence U -the .Table of'
Prices adopted, and though they yield their
assent to the whole rvjuhitions, they evidently
do o with reluctance. The undersigned, there
fore, as the organs of the Con vention, respect-
runy recommenci to lUar brettire thrqugnott
the State to take its proceedm'gs as a rule .foi
tlie 'government of their professional coutsjj
tiereufiercorifbrniing as strictly iliereto at ejy
tAft iff contract and local eircumstunces zoiil fieiy
ml.
JOSEPH GALES & SON,'
THOMAS lAlltlNG,
THOMAS J. liEMA Y
Raleigh, Jan. 1,1838.-
Committef
200
RAW IJ ELS OF COUN wantrd t, the
Raleigh Paper Mill, for which the high
est Market price-will be iiven by the..$ubscri
bcr. WM. NVSIIAUCK
ItileiRh, Jan. 1838. : J
OXFORD JTIAL.13
' ' . C
H E prominent advantages of this Insti
I tut iu, render it peculiavly deserving 'th
notice of I'arer.ts and Go .rdians. j: s- .
Oxfoid is.stifpasi.ed by no village "of the South
in its lie'altluulneys, pleasant location, goou o 4
ciety ami heedont from ditsipatiob. . - Ia,
pi consuertfe anammenis m iii jisivuvr j,
teiuific knowletlge, arquirtd.in cKngLnd, ltdy ..
anu France iltf is not oniy wen verjM
Greek and Latin Classics, but fajniija-jvith
Motle.ro Langutg-efc and U the mi mei wisp ran
ches of Pnystcsl, lathtmvtical, Wv) ;nd I in
tel'ecfna I Science'. ' . . --: i'
In tiainiog the Studenls to repVct their
Teachers their companions and' 4ht rnielves,
strict reg.rl will be had to inculcate virtuou
principles, honorable feelings and genCemmdy
conduct, 'l ire government will be parental
nther than severe; and' the Snidents nimds di
rected to habits of industry, accurate ubserra
tion and deep enqu'ry. .J : '.f .
.-Mr. T. Hi6i3rs, a graduate of. an European
College, a nd an excellent etashicai scnoiar, $ .j,
engaged for the enstiing yeurto instrttct Ave, jti !
nior classt s. " r "'-'C -- "s- '
CI-ssicalSti tents vill be prepared to enter
the Fieshmtin ortheiSophomore classagrsea- ,
bly to fie course fitudies prescrnbedlby the f!
University of the StaW. Terms CUrtfcaU St u-
. dents 1,5,00, EnghslH Irom uu- iu; wy;;
per session. - .
Fi enclj. " ' - - -
50Per set;
" C 3 les. ui week, s. - 7-.-Snanish.
V - - - . -A$l0 00
Extra.
The Tujtion ft es are rvqui.red Mn advance i
and the amount, of half a session wilt jbetlf'
smallest charge ' , ' f I
I he first fessibn of 1838 vill beiiin brt ffitf
OCbf, Jtrmts Nutiall w wilV'n-toeire i
ia select numbef Students lttbodet tb! ,
im media' e care of the FjrincrpaTtha TdI re i
side wjh uiem. Terrns ergut-ilollars PeB ""V1 - f
m advance. ;5loatd cn atso be had in,
respectable famHii for" $8 to $10 ye monh.
Jtevisert Sta twtes
ffJUST received, and for sale at thefjNortli
4d). Caroiina Book Store, the Kevised StatHtes
of the State of North Carolina: Vj "
Dec.22v?837 . "r jt 9
BmOT vat sure thar we "i 0
tridlreihem anvtdms:fnf nAu.rL t
221 of.January, anH'tth'e ExamiinitiorK a-JH h(S J
on Monday nl 'Ousday the 18th and i9th;of. 1
3un-. ! f 1VV ORUKU OF TltE TUU&TKKS.
Oxford. N;Ci, Dec1, 1837. V 9! it,bt $
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