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AGRICULTURAL.
Prom the Now York Former.
PRUNING THE VINE.
I have but little experience in ihe culliva-
d’on ol' the vine, bat I have reflected much on
the subject, and the common practice Ims ap
peared to me erroneous Moat of our book#
direct to shorten the bearing branches to tho
three joints and to limit the branches of grapes
to 3 on each branch. It is obvious Hibi the
main «tork receive the tinu.il • u PI , ty** [ every three or tour years
whirli im thus crowded into a few Miortoneo i * J ,
brunette*. and a superabundance of moisture I haVB »" owo c f vpr - v faf '"«’ ,h “‘ ,le r f e
nTproduced in the bearing branches and (ruil « flood crop of tvhca. ot corn or ol fl«.x,&c-
hereon ,• more than can be d.gcslcd or ass.m-! u l ,on '^«vcr»l years m .uc
Trier mi» ■ And why? Because every suenen
ilated. Milldew is the inevitable cont'*quencp e * J 1
. l j is.missurt uf P ant tabes from the Boil n unccific food
td tins superabundance ol moisture# lsisimd ■ , ... * , r .
Of bis praettee, 1 would recon.ma.td to trim " h,ch oU *' fl ° ,akfi * 1 h »
* off all fhe aide branches dose the main stock. •*» ■PP I *« “ " nd w " h , h "
leaving only four or five bearing branches nour. dtiFerwc^ 'l.ni gran, consumes morethan
the top of each vino; those branches should - f' 33 ol " ,0 . food ‘-‘•".•non to ho I, and .here-
” ’ - - ■ foro sooner tmprovorishea tho soil.
nut det( riersting in quantity, and generally in
.nudity. No land, can be subjected in perpet
ual tillage, w.thoiil a greater supply of manure
hen most farmers ar able to give it. The
.■raises will run out, in the one, nnd fertility
•till become exhausted in the other. There
.,rn comparatively few meadows, which, il
drained (nnd if wet they will not produce fine
grasses) will not yield good gram, roots or
pulse. And there is tin tillsgo lund but will
produce grass. Alternation of crops is the
mam spring of profitable farming. Grass and
grain are in this way made to benefit each
other. The roots and haulm of gross become
food for ihe grain ; while tho culture of grain
pulverizes and ameliorates tlm soil for the
succeeding crop of grass. Good economy
requires, that the meadow shoud be ploughed,
nod tho ploughed land stocked with grass,
whenever a manifest diminution in Ihe crop is
perceptible. Upon light soils, v/her. even well
managed, this wi'l ordinarily happen once in
Experience must
deem them of too little consequence, now tbit the
community is saliilh'd with regard t« tlie source from
which (hey emineicd, to bestow a eingie (bought oa
them.
i top
never be shortened, 1 think, bin be trained in
open order, so as to allow a free circulation
of air and be allowed to run us long, und to
produce as many leaves and bunches of fruit
us they please. The leaves «ro tho nnhirtj; —
evaporate ry vessels of ell vegetables, by j
means of which nature throws off into them-."
mosphere those principles which would bo
injutmus to the plant if retained, nnd I think,' -
should never bo removed. If this practice i
be rightly understood uml pursued, 1 beliuvo (
we shall tear no moro of milldow. Such arc j
my impressions of this subject; und I remain '
your-, etc. It- M. W. !
Middlesex, April 19, 1332. j
J. It.
Tho Southern Banner.
EDITED HY ALBAN CHASE AND ALFRED >1. NIsBET.
Tuesday, June 19,
FUlt PRESIDENT
ANDUEW JACKSON.
FOU VICE-PRESIDENT
MARTIN VAN JiUREN.
CULTURE OF STRAWBERRIES.
FnAi3ir.ii. Fraoabia.
This ia a getms of fruit bearing lierlmcfons
{ ilanu, of which thero arc. few in the vegetable
ingJnm that can equal the Strawberry in
Wboleaomnness and excellence. The fruit is
supposed to receive its mime from tho ancient
practice of leaving straw between the rows,
which keeps the ground moist find ihe fruit
clean. They are nativo of temperate or cold
climates, as of Europe and America. The
frim. though termed a berry, is, in correct bn-
f inical language, a fleshy receptacle, studded
with seeds. It is universally grateful alone,
or with sugar, cream or wine, nnd has Iho ■?l«*""«« h«jua» re'urnad from (he Oto-
property, so valuable (hr and stomachs, of j . “
not undergoing tho acetous fermentation.
The following ticket noiiiiiinlcd by, and will, Ihe
consent of, lbs Republican members ot'tho present Le
gisliluru is submitted to our Republican Fellow citizens
ua tlio TROUP Ticket for Congress at the entuin
clt'chon:
Hl-NKY BRANHAM, ofPulnsui,
AUULSi'IN S. CLAYTON, I Clark,
THOMAS F. FOSTER, ofUrccnc,
ltOlihit L. GAMBLE. ofJelferson,
UtOKUK It. GILMKlt, ol Ogle lliorpo,
CHARt.ES E. HAYNES, of Hancock,
5EABUUN JONEb, of Muscepoc,
JAMES M. IVAYNE,uf Chatham,
RICHARD H. WILDE, ol Richmond.
Tin Chetokeee.—Wu have learned from an intelli-
Pnysiciuns concur in placing Strawberries in
their small calaloguo of pleasant remedies;
they nave properties which render them, in
iiiu-t conditions of the animal frame, positively
salutary ; they dissolve ihojar-sriou# incrusta
tion# of the teeth; thoy promote perspiration.
Persona afflicted with tho gout, have found
relief from using them very largely; so have
patients in eases of the stone; and Hoffman
states that he ha# known consumptive peuplo
cured by them. The bark of the root is as
tringent.
In cultivating tlio Strawberry, on open situ
ation and rich loamy noil, rather strong, it rn-
Washuigion City, and that he hud ascertained from an
inuividuai io the contidence of tboae priviledged gentle
men a man of intellqren.o and standing among the
Indiana—that the delegation caino to Ihe conclusion,
before leaving Uaslnuglun, to treat with tho General
tiuvernment in Ucrebcr licit. They have been doubt
less advised to lino cuuriu by their prelundcd friends at
U aahinglon. The Cherokee excitement is lou patent an
engine against General Jackson, tur Messrs. Clay, Cat
lioun, & Co. to relinquish at the present important crisis
—and hence Ihe pumponeincnt of tla aeltlcnient until
alter the Presidential election.
Tin Correspondent of the jiugmta Chronicle and Frank-
The Federal Union and Marlin Fern Buren.—The Fe
deral Union of l lie 7th ioal, in a long tirade against
Mr; Van Buren anil the Baltimore Convention, .ays
among other thins* equally ridiculous, that Mr. Van
Buren is no friend of General Jackson I This precious
assertion reminds us very forcibl) of the charge made,
sometime sine?, apain.t the General by the redoubta
ble Col. Crocket of Tennessee,viz: thar Jaektm was not
n Jarkton, bill an Main's man”—there i« about d*
much good sense tn the one as in the other. Those
editor* are peculiarly unfortunate in their selection of
friends fur Gencrol Jackson; not many years ago they
contended llmt the high priest of their political faith,
John C. Calhoun,was the most disintercsted,pure and
undctili-d friend, Gen. Jackson had about him—the
General however, knew his real, a* well as Ins preten
ded fiiends, and in despite of Messrs. Polliill und Cuth-
bert, kicked John C. Culltuun into Nullification.
Noiv those very gentlemen, who ought to have profited
by this experiment, must pertinaciously conic forward
again, and charge. Uenoiat Jackson with the stupidity
of not being able to distinguish between Ida fiends and
foes! And lhat Mr. Van Buren who has suffered per
secution in Ihe cause of Jackson and his administration
—who is decidedly the warmest and most influential
friend ho has, and ill wlium the General reposes the
most unbounded confidence, is no friend of his at all
at all I
We seriously think the General ought to rccom
mend, ill hie nest message In Congress, the propriety
of creating a new department—expressly for the pur
pose of attaching to hi* cabinet Messrs. Polliill &
Cuihbcit as toilers to kit Excellency—wc do not mean
such as were whilom attached to the liouscliold of
Royally in England, broth tasters—Hut ns friend tasters
to the President, whose duty it shall bo to lick those
about his person in order to distinguish Id* true friends
from those lhat are poison. But to be serious—gentle
men it wont Un—you had belter dot! at once the Jack-
son mantle, it sils very uneasy on your shoulders—
John C. Cslhouu lias given it a pull in one way—the
Bank of tlio United Stales in unuther, and now Mr.
Van Buren comes forward and unlooses Iho very clasp
itself! Truly the old, oriqi.ia!, and true Jackson gar
ment, which you huvr so long und so Imae'ingly spor
ted, now hang* about you m a most sad and pitiable
state of discomfiture and confusion.
litis article of tho treaty is exactly in point, ondl. Tl | e £*•*" “7". "no man ioEngt*b|
nno«.. . v , _ i r * | is attseked by the Cholera, wl.n pays prompt v for ki.
is confirmation full of the yew# I have sul>- j New , pl p er *. 1. attack. Jermeers wHhoot ezeemi'n i
milted. Instead of furthering hi# aim, “ Jus- h^pjt uvery p.obable the Cholera will soon be in this
tiee” could not hnvn made a quotation more country. We take Rye, Corn, Oats,and Cosh.
suicidal. One would have been led to con
clude from the imposing character “ Justice”
assumed, that he would have been the last
man to make a communication “calculated to
mislead the public mind but I have too
much confidence in the penetration of the pub
lic mind to believe lhat it is capable of being
misled by so novel an iden a# tbul which serve#
him at the winding up of hia piece. “ And I
would ask any conscientious man,which would
be the most crying “ sin” for iho officer# of the
General Government to allow one Indian to
purchase from another Indian an improvement
nnd seH the same to Iho U. 8. for the use of
Georgia, or for a “ Surveyor*' to survey and
occupy the Indian land without any purchase
whatever?” This is certainly the strangest
witn the exception of the Nullifiore, are alio taking tl ,
>■ . ' i same entires. If Congress should pass Mr. Met -
conception I have ever me with, and it be- M amended by Mr. Adsme, it would meet
tin Colltge.—Wo csnuul descrihu our fcelinga on rea-
uumi umi ricu manly.miiu rumur dimmiisi iv . . . , , .
qiurrd for most varieties ! und from their largo | d,,, « ,llu y»nU* c -te«.n ut Dr. by the Dr. lumsell,
1 .... . « .... in Ihn .aril Oirnnirln. npltm
muss of foliage and flowers, they must, till Hie j ,l “ , i “‘ ‘? ,romc ! c * bcUu, ,hun b > c0l "' , * r ' n « “‘•‘l'^ r ‘ u
t'ridt is set. have cuprous supples of wnlcr . !"«>«-> «">«btnu.t have .men in the n,.ad of-my Urn
The row fcqliure is host cnlculiited to produce
fruit: and frequent renewal insures vignrous
•plants, us wall us largo fruit. Some mako
bed* of single rows from twelvn tn eigheen
mi tres apart, according to the aoris; others
form a bed with two rows eighteen inches
usnuder. If several beds be intended, n apnea
>-f two feet may be left between each bed a# a
path; Had in the second or third aoason, Iho
paths may be manured or dug, to admit of the
runners taking mot; hy this means, a renewal
may be made often, and the old stools being
lukeu away, leaves (paces between tho bed#
aa before. Or new plantations may bo mndu
every season; its nfiur Ihe root* are fairly es
tablished, they multiply spontaneously every
summer, as well' by tuckers from the parent
stem, as by the numerous runners, oil of
which, rooting and forming a plant at every
jo.nt, require only removal to a spot where
there is room for them to flourish. If taken
off and planted in row# in August and Sepiem*
her, they will produce finu fruit the following
reason, and will bear in full perfection tho se
cond summer. A plantation of the Alpine
yields fruit (he same year lhat it is made.
The Wood and the Alpine come regulatly
from seed, from which finer fruit may tie pro
duced than from offsets. The other specie#
ere uniformly propagated hy ofliiets, except
the intention bo to try from new varieties.
'I he Alpine and Wood species may be planted
m situations rather cool and shady, in order
Hint they may produre their fruit late in the
reason, which is desirable. The {Strawberry,
with a little trouble of choosing a succession
•fsoris, may be forced #o as to be had at the
deasari every month in ihe year; though du
ring the winter months they have not much
^"'‘’ —MgntuFs Young Gardner*$ Jtiit.
tanty'idhd.
Prom tht (itmettu Farmer.
alternate husbandry.
There ere few stronger indications of bad
husbandry, to a secluded mt.,d, than nre fur-
mshed by the advertisements h, the „st e of
farms.—" Suitably divided info wtadotez, pas-
lure and plough land,” are common r -coin-
mendations, showing that the old system still
prevails of assigning to etch of those object,
a portion of the fsrm io perpetuity,—in despite
ciu Toby" when bo made a captive of the impudent lly
that assailed his nose with ft much pcrtiuacily, but
winch could not by its buzzing, destroy the cqumiuity
ol his disposition, ur excite in his mind, one feeling other
than that of commiseration. Wu could, like my
Lucie I oby," crush the insect, but cannot find it in uur
heart* to du so, neitberaro weyct disposed to soy as lie
did "go |K)or devil tin* world is wide enough lur both
you uiid me.” Bclurc we do sn, we deem it best to
read it another short lecture in ordet that, when it shall
have regained its liberty, it may bo belter prs| ared to
encounter Ihe butfc-lings of the woi Id, und to near clear
elthoso Raps, fly trap* and cobwebs, which besot lire
way, and otten prove destructive even to the must con-
eiucralc and wily of Iho entomological race.
The Dr. boosts of bn having obtained “flattering"
letters from soversl highly eminent gontlcnicu of this
place, recommending him as a suitable person to fill
Hie Chemical chair in the University of Alabama—that
lie " holds them as tho best mcmonals ul his life,” and
tucls himself humbled under such Jlalterlng testimonial*,
Jf-c.” Now wo did not e*y that the Dr. had never re.
ceivcd such Isvuur*. but nedtd say, and still say, that
bis application to the Faculty ot Fraimlin College as a
budy, lor such tcsiimuuiels, was rejected. By liisint-
purtumiies, it is (rue, he succeeded in obtaining from a
low individual* something lie calls “ tlaueriug testimo
nials”— nnd well may lie led lirmsdl husnbUU, at least,
under sums of them. We would advise the Dr. in or
der lhat there may bo no mistake in the matter, lu
come out like a man and publish those “ honorable
testimonials” to Ihs word ; being dis|iosed to do him
justice, we w-iil! gladly furnish every facility in our pow
er, to cnablo tiuu to do to. Ifho wilt forward them lu
us we will not only give them a place in our paper, but
attend tu his request, and republish with them his late
vindication.
Tuu Dr. endeavours by using a very poor trick to
throw us iutbe wrong on the subject ol his application
lor a situation in Franklin College; ha denies that he
ever was a candidate for a professorship in tbe College,
becauee forsooth no “vecancy bid occurred in tbe
chemical department of tbe iustilufion for tbe loot 9 or
10 yoara”—now tide we very well know to be the tact;
but, oe well if we recollect, Ihe piece be wee tnxioui
jo obtain, be dignified hy giving to it himself the impo*
sjo,! appellation of “ adjunct professorship of chemistry,”
and Jteuce we were induced ia giving that importance
to tbs aspirations of his geutua which they so well do.
serve, called it too, (sad very politely we think) a Pro
fessorship, And we present! the Dr. will not have the
tfronlatytodsny that he either did himself, or through
his friend^ endeavour to obtain the dignified office of
assistant in tbit department—eria other words *- mi-
admonitions of common seosa. No meadows
will bear cutting many successive years, with-
of tiro example of hei.er hu.b.ndry, ,a„d \h„
nHrimnilinna rttfnminmt sonu l^ _ .... . ' * . 0
With regard to other matter* contained in bit vindica
tion, touching the prosperity of Ihe College, Ac.; we
for tur southern bskneR.
Messrs. Editors,—In your paper of the 12th
instant, I noticed u commnniralion signed
“ Justice,” in answer to “ A SurveyorI ant
uot desirous of entering the fluid of controver
sy with this writer, nor would it seem necessa
ry, either for my own saku or that of tire pub
lic, fur a# it and you eun readily-perceive, ho
has not ventured to encounter, for the purpose
of refulation, tlio facts and statements which I
communicated.
Ho snya my communication is “ calculated
to mislead the public mind, and lo cast unjust
cenBure upon the officer# of the Generul Go
vernment,” &c. 1 should certainly abhor my
self, if I thought 1 could be justly regarded by
an honest community aa oni. desirous or in
any way endeavoring to mislead public opin
ion, or to curI unmerited rebuke upon a faith
ful officer. With some of those officers I am
acquainted, and beliovo them to be men of
respectability, and true to the trust reposed in
them by the General Government. Rut gen
tlemen, I would refer you lo the full, plain nnd
satisfactory statement in a late number of your
puper, ul one ol tho Government officers,
Reuben Thornton, Esq.) lo show that Ire has
differed in opinion with, nnd highly disapproves
of, Ihe course pursued by some of the officers
concerned in the Cherokee enrollment j and it
will also bo seen by tho reply of the Secretary
of War to one of Wr. Thornton’s letters, that
the Government will not lend its sanction to
the plun of ono Indian’s purchasing the im
provements of others, having them valued aa
their own, &c. and the buyers permitted as be
fore lo remain in the territory. It matters not
with mo, whether those Indian# havo been
paid off in merchandise, 11 Slock,Cattle,Hogs,”
and tho like, or not; there may not have been
tnoro than ono instance of merchandise having
been paid to Ind.inns fur their improvements,
nor do I pretend lo charge the vendor of this
article with any intention to practice fraud up
on the Government; but gentlemen, Mr. Jus
tice or Mr. any one else, would fail to convince
me that il is just or expedient, as he seems to
intimate, for uny officer of Government, to
pay Ihe monoy appropriated for the removal of
tho Cherokees West of the Mississippi, to any
Indian or Indians, and still suffer them as bo-
fore stated, to remain on Georgia’s land.—
Would not this defeat the very intention of
that appropriation ? What I would ask are Ihe
evident objects which il contemplated ? Un
deniably the removal of the Indians, and the
indemnifying them lor tho losses they sustain
by that removal. And is the policy which
“Justice" admits lo have been pursued calcu
lated lo promote either.of those paramount
objects? No, is the,emphatic answer, for
rarry out the policy to the extent which il will
undoubtedly reach, if not arrested, and what
will be the consequence? Cannot the influ
ential nnd wealthy class of Indians—cannot
one wealthy ludian purchase the improvements
of twenty common Indians, at a roduced price,
emigrate to the West with the money, and
leave the twenty Indians behind in the nation;
thus to nay the least of if, but illy advancing
the known wishes of the two Governments,
depriving the Indigos of tho equivalent they
would otherwise have obtained, and leaving
them (after the very inadequate pittance they
heve received, ia wasted and gone) of an im
portant stimulus to emigration.
Now you will ohaerve that “Justice” speak*
of an article io Ihe treaty of 1828, “ which
provides to pay Cherokee emigrants, (mark
this wurd) full value for all improvements they
might abandon." Now I would atk, is the
Government bound to pay any Indian for his
improvement, unless he emigratss or unless he
abandons the country I Nay, would it be just
dealing towards the Indian ur Georgia t Out
of his own mouth I would condemn him, for,
trnys upon the fnce of it a most unpardonable
want of reflection, of candour or of informa
tion. Because u man is commissioned to sur
vey a district, he must need# also occupy it!
This no one will question, is an age of im
provement in nearly all the pursuit# of socie
ty, but I must be allowed lo say that many
more such specimens an the above would be
Merely dispiriting to the “ marclt of mind,” at
least in sound logic-
What object ho expected to nerve hy making
mention of this new kind of occupancy, f. know
not, unless it was fur tire purpose of advancing
" Indian philanthropy,” for it is notorious Hint
it hoed# not reason or argument; but howev
er this may be, I cannot but consider it pecu
liarly unfortunate, for what ever impression
the former part of his article might have made
upon a considerate mind, this lust resort lot
justification from statements, must havo been
fatal to that impression.
Whether it i# a “ crying sin” to survey the
Cherokee country or not, il is not for me now
to discuss or determine; I had no agency in
the passage of the law authorizing that mea
sure, though 1 have been appointed one of tire
agents in carrying it into operation. But there
is no provision in that law, empowering “ A
Surveyor," or surveyors, to occupy the district
or section he runs, or uny other part of the
Nation; nor do I believe that there is, or has
been, a solitary surveyor employed in this
work, who wishes to occupy a particle of tire
Indian land, until they can do it upon terms
the most fair and honorable.
A SURVEYOR.
It is seiil to be a difficult thing for a shad to climb a
tree tail foremost. We never witnessed tn experimcit
of the kind, and therefore dare aot hazard an 0 pj lll0 ‘
about the matter. '
A citizen of Panqnier county, Vir. recently sent lSef
his own children, lawfully bora in wedlock, tu ih« same
school at one and the same period of time. It would
havo been cheaper for bint to have had a aehool-niastcr
of bis own.
We are glad to learn (says the National Intellicm.
cer oflhe 2d instant,) that Mr. Wilde, of Georgia,
has been prevented by severe indisposition from lukino
his seat in the House of Representatives Tor b i vi-mI
weeks, is now convalescent, and may be expected to
resumo R ia a few days.— Atlanta Courier.
Several of the moderate newspapers in the interior of
Pennsylvania are coming out in lavorofMr. Mcl.ua, ’a
tariff bill. The leading papers in the Southern si
'tire Nullifiera, are alio t»k „, „
.. ->■—>-« — y
probation of ninc-tcatlia of the people.—.Vaj Vj*
( airier and Enquirer.
Doctor Condict of Now Jersey, has made several at
tempts lo paas through the House of Representative"
resolutions to enquire into the private opinions r,f ||,i,
President. Thu Home would not swallow hi. uhv.;,
-Ibid. F ,wc *
The last New York Enquirer contains the whole
proceedings of the laic dinner given in that city to our
dislinguished fellow citizen, Washington Irving. They
ere highly imeresting, but for the nant of room w« are
only enabled, ut present, to lay before our readers the
following address of Mr. Irving:
Mr. Irving on rising tvas greatly agitated by
Iho warm cheers with which he "was hniled.
lie observed, lhat he believed most of his
hearers were sensible ofhis being wholy unus-
ed io public speaking, but ho should he wan
ting in tho feelings ol human nature if he watt
not roused and excited by the prosent scene.
After renewed cheering he proceeded id, as
nearly as can be recollected, Ihe folio,wn->
words “ 1 find myself, after a long absence
of seventeen years, surrounded by the friends
of my youth—by thoso whom in my early days
i was accustomed lo look un to with vnrtnrn -
fOR THE SOUTHERN DANNER.
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION,
BY TIIE GEORGIA GUARDS
The undersigned, appointed at the last parade of the
Georgia Guards, a committee to prepare toasts, and
make arrangements fir tho celebration of the Fifty-
Sixth Anniversary of American Independence, take
pleasure in announcing to the public, that in pursuance
of an election held for that purpose on the 22d or Feb
ruary last, Junius Hillycr, Esq. will deliver an oration
on the -till of July, at half past 10 o’clock, in the Bap
tist Church, and B. Thomas Pope, Esq. will read ihe
Declaration of Independence.
. They have moreover,engaged the services of their re
spected fellow citizen, William B. Moreland, Eiq. lo
prepare a splendid burbacuc at Independence Grove,
on tho Western border of the Town, at half past t
o’clock,?. M. The committee in behalf ol thoconi-
>any, moat cordially invite the citizens of Alliens and
t* vicinity, to unite with them in the patriotic lestives
oflhe day, and have opened for that purpose subscrip
tion lists at tho stores of G. W.Shawund J.C. Edwards,
where thoy are requested to call at an early day, and
leave their signatures.
ROBERT B. HOUGH TON,
JAMES C. F.DWARS, I 3
S. D. MITCHELL, ) i.
E. K. CLARK,
P. H. MOORE.
fC7» The members ol tho company, previous to tho
*' dal, o
repast, will slioot for a Silver Me-
raented Musket.
, and neatly orna-
H. E. M. C. M.
SUMMARY.
Dr. Howe.—We It-arn from the Courier, that Dr.
Howe lias been releasod from imprisonment at Berlin.
Ilia brother has received a letter from him, doled Lon
don, April 28th. It mokes no mention of the timo or
mode of liberation, from which it is inferred that he
had written other and previous letters not yet recei
ved.— Boston Transcript.
By the Will of Goethe, it is provided that until the
year 1850 his apartments are to be continued in their
present state, and'thal none of the literary and scienti
fic treasures he had collected shill be disposed of un
til that period.—Ibid.
Mr. McDuffie, in conclusion of hia late eloquent
(seech on tho Tariff, says: " I testify to this House, in
the presence of our common God, that, if this system
be not abandoned, South Carolina will not submit to
it fivo months longer 11’*
Monishing Performance—In this place, last week—
A Yankee named Hougbion, and oalliug lumsell a tiro
King, in the space of two days killed nine eats, and got
13 dollars in debt, after which he decamped.—Columbia
Telescope.
A letter from Washington, addressed to the editor of
the Philadelphia National Gazette, speaks in high
terms of f. I r. M’Duffie’s speech against the Tariff “ Hu
speech,” says the letter " as i heard several northern
members and others say, and os I thought myself, was
exceedingly able. 1 never heard any one who im
pressed me with a higher idea of his powers of analy
sis, and stronger and cogent reasoning.”
The Rev. G. 0. Andrew, of Georgia, and the Rev.
John Emory, of New York, lisve been elected Bishops
in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Two young Poles who touk part ia the defence of
Warsaw, havo arrived in Philadelphia, bringing re
spectable credentials. They- are said to desire employ
meat.
Col. John Milton,, tbe nullification candidate for
Congress, his come out in sn address to Mr. Bartlett,
of the Columbus Democrat, which occupies nearly ten
columns.
Half of the interest of (he Augusta Conztitutionalist
ha* been disposed of to Peter C. Uuicu, Esq. lately
one of Ihe Editors of the Georgia Journal.
Audubon, tbu Ornithologist, arrived at Charleston
on Tuesday lost, with his two szoistanU, in the Reven
ue Cutter Marion, after a tour through Ihe Florida
Keys. The Courier states that they have brought up
wards of 600 birds, some e( them heretofore entirely
unknown.—ioc. Republican.
ddtanct qf Intellect.—We find a lively remark on this
subject in one of the English Magazines “ Ah, my
dear Mr. B. I fear this is all the goad the march afio-
tellect it likely to do.”—“ March of intelloet I my dear
madam, I begin to think that is put, and that it must
now be ths -ipeil of intellect, oqo meets so many
fools t”
was accustomed lo look up to with venera
tion—by oilters, who though personally new
lo tne, 1 recognize a# the sons of the patri
archs ol my native city. Tho manner in
which 1 have been received by iht-ni, ha# ren
dered this the proudest, Hie happiest moment
of my life. And what has rendered it more
poignant is, that I had been led at limes, to
doubt my standing in the affections of my
countrymen. Rumor# and suggestion# bad
reuched me [hero Mr. 1 betrayed much emo
tion] that absence had impaired their kind
feelings—that they considered me alienated
in heart from my country. Gontlumen, 1 ua9
too proud lo vindicato myself from such n
charge; nor should 1 have alluded io it at iIiin
time, if tho warm and affectionate reception I
havo met with on all sides since my landing,
and tho overpowering testimonial# of regard
here offered me, had not proved that my mis
givings were groundless. (Cheers and clap
ping hero interrupted tire speaker a lew mo
ments.) Never, certainly,did a man return lo
his iiutive place after so long an absence un
der happier auspiceB. On evry sido I sec
change it is true, Imt they are tire changes of
tapid improvement and growing prosperity j
even the countenance# of my old ussociaies
und townsmen, huveappeared tome but slight
ly aflccled by lire lapse of years, tliougii per
haps it was the glow of ancient ftieodsitip
and hearllelt welcome burning from tln-m,
that prevented mo from seeing the ravages of
lime.
As to my native city, from Ihe tur.o I ap
proached the coast 1 had indications of its
growing greatness. YVo had scarce descried
the land, when a thousand sails ol all descrip
tion# gloaming along tho horizon, and nil
standing to or from one point, showed that wo
were lit the neighborhood of n vast commer
cial emporium. As 1 sailed up our beautiful
buy, with a heart swelling with old reel flec
tions and delightful associations, I was aston
ished to see its once wild features brightening
with populous villages and noble piles, und n
scenungcity,extending itself over heights I hud
oft seen covered with green forests [alluding,
probably, to Brooklyn und GowannasJ. But
botv shall I describe fny emotions, when our
city rose to sight, sealed in ihu midst of iln
watery domain, stretching uwuy to n vast ex
tent ; when I beheld a glorious sunshine light
ing up the skies and domes, and some familiar
tu memory, others new und unknown, and
beaming upon a forest of masts of every na
tion, extending as far as tho eye could reach-
1 have gazed with admiration upon many u fuir
city and stalely harbour, but my admiration
was cold and tnefcctual, for 1 was a stranger,
and had no property in the soil. Hore, how
ever, my heart throbbed with pride und joy as
I admired—1 had a birtli-nght iit (be brilliant
scene before mo:
"This was my own my native land.”
Mr. Irving was here interrupted by im*
mense applause: when ihe cheering had sub
sided be went on as tallows. “ It bus been
asked “ Can 1 bo content to live in this coun
try ?" Whoever asks lhat question must have
but an inadequate idea of its blessings and de.
lights. W bat sacrifice of enjoymonls have I
to rcconsile myself to ? 1 come from gloom
ier climes to oue of brilliant sunshine and in
spiring purity. 1 come from countries lower
ing with doubt and danger, where the rich mar.
trembles and the poor man frown*—where all
repine at the present and dread the future.
1 come from ’these, to a country where all is
life and animation; where 1 bear oo every
aide the sound of exultation; where every one
■peaks of the past with triumph, the present
with delight* the future with growing and con
fident anticipation. Is this not a community
in which one may rejoice to live I Is this not
a city by which one may be proud to be recei
ved as the son t Is this not * land in which
one may be happy to fix his destiny, and am*
Linen—it possible, to fouud a name?” (A
burst of applause, when Mr. Irving quickly