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mmmm muu ifatTThecassof Vermont is more In point. She ’reason* that Induce me M favor annexation upon waa a separate and independent community, whir i So principle* elated, a Government of her own. Sho waa not even one oftha original revolting thirteen coloniea. She had never been united In the old Confederation, and did not recognise the juriediction of the United States. •{Mr. Collamar, of Vermont, interrupted, and anid, that Vermont did at that time fully recognise) the authority of the United Slates.] Mr. 'Stephens. Yes, sir; but not oerr her.— She recognised the authority of the United States as we do that of Frunce or England, or any other foreign Power. She was a distinct, independent Government within herself. Sho had her own Constitution, Legislature,Executlvo, Judiciary, and Military establishment, and exercised ail the facul ties of a sovereign and independent Slate. Sho had her own post office department, ami revenue laws and regulations of trade. The United Stutes did not attempt to exorcise nny jurisdiction over iter. — The gentleman from Vermont says that New York claimed jurisdiction over, end finally gave her con. sent for the admission of Vermont ns a Slate.— This is true, liut Vermont did not recognise the jurisdiction of New York ; she bade dehnnee to ii. And after years had rolled on in this situation, sho treated with Now York as one sovereign trouts with another, and puid thirty thousand dollars to New York, fora relinquishment of that jurisdic. lion which she would notallow to bo exercised, and was then admitted into the Union as one of the States, These are the facts of that case. Again: from the contemporaneous history of the times, is it a violent presumption to suppose that the con vention, at the time this clause of the Constitution was Inserted, were looking to the probability of some of the other British colonies throwing otl'llio government of ilia mother country, and uniting with its ? We know thut the old Articles of Confedera tion hau been adopted with that view, for they con tained an express provision, that— ••Canada, acceding to this Confederation, and "joining in the moasuresof the United States, shall "be admitted into and entitled to all the advantages “of this Union ; but no oilier colony shall bo ud- "mitted into the same, unless such aJmissiun be agreed to by nine Stutes.” And ns we Know iltut the object of lhe Constitu tion was to remodel the Union, and enlarge the powers of Congress, as well ns llie general powers oft he Government—and we find in the present Constitution the clause which it contains in rela tion to the admission of new Slates, in lien of the one just staled in the Articles of Confederation—is it not reasonable to suppose thut the same idea was still retained, and instead of requiring the consent of nine States, or two-thirds, for the admission of any but Canada, that it was the intention for the fu ture to put them all upon the seme footing, and leave it with Congress to udittit them, if a case should arise ? And is it not presumable, thut if the inten tion had been to withdraw the privilege before ex tended to Canada in express terms, it would Imve been done in terms equally plain and explicit ? But again : It has been said, that whatever Con gress does in its legislative capacity is of a muni- cipal character, and purtukes of tile nature of luws, which are subject to repeal ; that in this xvay one Congress cannot bind another succeeding one ; and that, though such a measure ns is proposed might be adopted this session, yet the next one might re peal it, and there is nothing in the Constitution to prevent i', &c. Bui is it true that Congres can do nothing legislatively which is not municipal in its nature, and subject to repeal? It certainly is not. So fur from this being correct, I will venture to af firm that no action of Congress which proposes terms to oilier parlies can ever bo constitutionally repealed after the terms Imve been acceded to, and rights and interests have thereby accrued. Besides charters, we have u number of such ucts. All our acts reluting to patents and land grants arc of this class. And how did this Government become possessed of the fertile and extensive lands of Alu- bama and Mississippi, but by legislative compact and agreement with the State of Georgia, by which they were ceded ? And could that, or any other similar compact, be repealed 1 And how does a leg islative compact between litis Government and a foreign Stale so dilfer in its nature or municipal character from a similar one with one of the States of the Union, us to be entirely null and void, while tlie latter remains good, effectual, and binding l But I cunnoldweil upon this. Another objection offered is, that if Texas should be admitted as a Stale, she could not he constitu tionally represented on this floor and in the Senate for some time ; for the Constitution declares, thut “no person shall be a Representative who shall not “have attained to the age of twenty-five years, and itMfiiT. m TwnYiiiffir |Yi f iMumamask wi-f • m "i—!l■■■■rttajg And, to becin negatively, 1 will stats that I am not at all influenced by the military view which some gentlemen have with much earnestness pre sented. It will add but little strength In my opin. ion, to our Southwestern border in thut particular. Such at lonst was the view cntertuiiieJ when our claim was relinquished. Tito idea that an nrtny landing in Texas, and marching several hundred miles over her lowlands to attack tlio city of New Orleans,! consider almost prepostorons. Oilier considerations opart, Texas bus no ports of suffi cient depth of water ut the bar to allow large ships to enter, us we see by the report of the surveys of tho coast before us. Galveston is the best port, and thut has hut twclvo feet of water at the bar.— A man of war could never enter one of her bur- bora. Neither tint I much influenced by the pecuniary advantages to bo derived from tho union of that country with this—the benefits of trade, commerce. &c. So far us these are concerned, the uccessiou will be to the interests exclusively of the North and West. That section which l represent will have no purt or siiurc in them. Tho North will have an enlarged market for their manufactures, and will have a new competitor in the field against llie South, in tho growth of the raw material which sho now lias to hoy, and by which site will bo ena bled to gel it cheaper. The snoto with the West with their brendstuffs; while tho South will Itavo nothing to sell to tho people of Texas, but will feel sorely Iter formidable competition in tltc pro duction of cotton and sugar, her great staples. If l looked to those views, therefore, only, I should most certainly oppose it, in behalf of my section ; for 1 take it for grouted that, notwithstanding the same staples might and would be grown in Texas, whailiui io ilio Union or out of It, yet they would not be grown to such extent, and the whole resource of the country would never bo so speedily and fully developed out of the Union, ns they will be if once brought within the wholesome influence of our luws and institutions. I am lion ever, influenced by other considerations. These I will state. In tlie first place, the people of that country are mostly emigrants from litis. They are of tiro Am- erico-Anglo-Saxon race. They are from us. and of us, bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh.— Our sympathies ure with them; and they have an attachment for our institutions and form of govern, ment, and, in their struggles for tho estahlhhment of tho same, it is hut natural that we should be dis posed to extend thorn a helping hand, though our in. dividual interests may not ho thereby advanced. Again : I consider it important lliat the cotton and sugar growing.into rests of litis continent, us far ns possible, should be subject to tho samo laws—to prevent undue advantages, secured by treaty, sepa rate regulations of trude.or otherwise, in the mar- kets of tho world. If Texas should remain out of the Union, and a rivnlship should spring up there to the staples of the South, our interests might bo greatly injured by regulations with other countries, partial to theirs, and discriminating against ours.— This cannot be, if the whole be made subject to the same laws and policy. Again: a large section of that country lios upon navigablu waters flowing in to the Mississippi, nud must always seek a market through the outlet of that river. Mure than three- hundred thousand dollars worth of cotton, produc ed in Texas year before last, was shipped from New Orleans; first paying a duty upon entering llie limits of our country, nnd then being entitled to tho drawback upon final shipment. Ail tills is inconvenient, nud will continue to increase. And the history of the world shows the necessity, for llie peace and quiet of a country, that the naviga tion of waters should be free and equal to those who livo upon tltoii 1 borders. The people of the Western country, on the upper Mississippi nnd its branches, fell tlie difficulties attending a contrary state of tilings when Spain held the mouth of tho noble stream. Our commerce, upon arriving at New Orleans, was subject to onerous restrictions ; difficulties threatening the peace of litis country were tho result ; and to avoid them was perhaps the controlling reason with Mr. Jefferson fur tlie acquisition of Louisiana. To avoid similar ones between this Government nnd the people of that section to which I have alluded, it is important that it should be brought into this Union, Again -• I am in favor of it, because it will afford an outlet,a retreat, foronr accumulating popululiun. It will open a ne.v field for the pioneer. Our peo. pie aro disposed to roam. They like new countries and new lunds , and there they will have opened up a great Southwest within our own country, to which the tide of emigration may fiotv—to which our people may go, fur the purpose of gain, ndven. “been seven years a citizen oj the United States," I tore, and enterprise, carrying with them their cus &c., and ‘ no person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Bge of thirty 1 years, nnd been nine years a citizen of the United Stales," &. And as the people of Texas are not citizens of the United Stales, it would require seven and nine years, respectively, before members tu tlie House and Senate could be chosen, which is wholly inconsis tent, it is said, whith the idea of the constitutional toms, their habits, their laws, and “household gods” without incurring tho liability of expatriation, or forfeiting the inestimable rights and privileges of being American citizens. With this question is also to be decided another and greuter one ; which is, whether tltc limits of this Republic ure ever to bo enlarged ? This is an important step in settling tlie principle of our ftt- admission of her as a State. But what is to bo tin- lure extension. Nor do I concur with gentlemen derslood by these clauses of the Constitution ? The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Dromguols) yeslor. day said that they applied only to naturalized for eigners ; that residents of foreign acquired territo ry, as in the case of Louisiana, became citizens immediately, without naturalization ; and there fore these clauses of the Constitution did not refer to that class of citizens. This may he a correct answer to the objection; but I have another in my mind, which seems tome muclt more satisfactory. It is founded in the nature of our Government nnd the meaning of the term United States. What ure we to understand by the United States ? No partic ular number of States, certainly, for an indefinite time; no particular, unvarying naiiunu! iden tity, as wo speak of England or France ; but such Stales and such country ns muy be united ut any given time under the Constitution. Tlie United Slates, at first, were but eleven, afterwards tlrir. who seem to apprehend so much danger from that quarter. We were the other day reminded by rho gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Collamar) of the growth of tire Roman Empire, which went on in creasing and enlarging until it became unwieldy, and fell of its own weight, und of tire present ex- tent of Englnnd, stretching to all sections of the world, governing one-sixth of the human family, and which is now hardly able to keep together its extensive parts. But there is a wide difference be tween these cases. Rome extended her dominions by conquests. She made the rude inhabitants of Iter provinces subjects and slaves. She compelled them to bear the yoke ; jugum subire was the re. quisition of Iter chieftains, and none who were overcome by tier arms could escape tltc ignominy. England extends her dominion uud power upon a dilfereut principle;. Hers is the principle of col- onizution. Her distant provinces and dependen- teen,and now twenty-six ; and to he a citizen of | cies are subject to Iter laws, but are deprived of the United States is to be a citizen of either or any t the right of representation. But with us n new sys- one of them. All that is nesessary to comply with tern has commenced, suited to und characteristic of tb> '8e requisitions of lire Constitution is, that the i tlie age. It is, if you please, the system of con- member or Senator, when he takes his seat, sltall j federation of Status, or it Republic formed by llie have been a citizen of one of the States fur tiio time | union of tlie people of separate independent Stutes required, IfTexas be admitted, as proposed, site I or communities, yielding so much of (lie national immediately becomes one of the United States ; f character of sovereign powers as are necessary for and the member coining here, who shall have beon 'national and foreign purposes, nnd retaining all a citizen of that country for seven years, will of others, for local ami domestic objects to themselves course have been a citizen of one o( the turn Unit- separately und severally. And who sltall under- ed States for the time required. This must Imve take to say to what extent this system may not go? been tho case with North Carolina and Rhode Is- ' Mr. Madison laid down the rule, in speuking of our here then—to Baltimore ; now it require* but an instant, as quick as thought or lightning; and, with comparatively a emu-1 amount of funde; the sarnie facilities could be extended to Boston, Cincinnati, and Now Orleans, or even to Astoria upun the Pa cific. Wo live, sir, not only in a new hemisphere, but in n new age; and we Imve started a new systom of Government, os new nnd as different from those of llie old world as the Baconian syatom nfphylosophy was novel and different from tho Aristotlean, und destined, perhaps, to produce quite as groat a revo. lulion in the moral uud political world as his did on the scientific. Ours is the true American system, and, though it is still regarded by some as un e x periment, yet, so far, it has succeeded beyond tho expectations of inuuy of its best friends. A ltd who is prepared now to rise up and say, “ Thus for it slmll go, uud no farther!” But ! am in favor of this measure for anothr rea son, It is, ns the honorable chairman of llie C om- mitlec oti Foreign Adairs suid in his ope ning speech, in ono sense and in one view, a sectional question—a Southern question, it will not pro mote our pecuniary interests, hut it willgive us po litical weight nud importance ; un i to this view I tun nut insensible. Ami though 1 Imve a patriotism, thut embraces, I trust, all parts of tltc Union, uiuii wuicli causes mo to rejoice to seo all prosperous- nnd Imppy ; and though 1 believe ) am from the in licence of unjust prejudices and jealousies toward* any part or section, yet I must confess that my feelings of attachment arc most ardent low mill that witlr which all nry interests and associations arc identified. And is it not natural and excusable that they should be l Tire South is my home—my fa ther land. There sleep the ashes of my sire and grnndsiros; there aro my hopes and prospects; with her my fortunes are cusl; her fate is my fate, and her destiny my destiny. Nor do I wish “to hoax” gentlemen from other sections upon this point, us some Imve intimated. I am candid and trunk in my acknowledgment. This acquisition will give additional power to the Southwestern section id tho National councils ; nnd for litis purpose I want it —not that I arn desirous to see un extension of rha •‘area of -slavery,” as some gentlemen have said its effects would be. I tun no defender of slavery in tiro abstract. Liberty ul ‘ays Imd charms for mo. and I would rejoice to see ull the sous of Adam's, family, in every land and clime, in tho enjoyment of those rights which are set forth in our Declara tion of Independence as “naturul and inalienable,” if a stern necessity, bearing the marks and imprestt of tltc hand of the Creator himself, did not in some- cases, interpose nnd prevent. Such is the case- with lho States where slavery now exists. But have no wish to seo it extended to countries ; unci if the annexation of Texas were for the sole pur pose of extending slavery where it does not now nnd would not otherwise exist, l should oppose it. This is not its object, nor will it ho its effect.— Slavery already exists in Texas, and will continue to exist there. The same necessity that prevails in tho Southern States prevails there, and will prevail wherever tho Anglo-Saxon and African races are blended in the same proportions, it mutters not, so fur ns this institution is concerned, in the ah. struct, whether Texas be in the Union or out ofit. That, therefore, is not my object ; hut it is tho po. iilica 1 advantages it will secure, with tlie question settled ns proposed—leaving no door open for fu. lure agiimion—and thus preserving u proper bal ance between '.lie different soctions of the country. This is my object ; un is it not proper and right ? If we look around, we see tlie East, by her econ omy, Iter industry and enterprise, by her commerce navigation, und mechanic arts, growing opulent, strong, and powerful. Tlie West, which u few yeurs ago was nothing but an unbroken wilderness, embracing the broad and fertile valley of the iViis- sissippi, where the voice of civilization was ne ver heard, is now teeming with its millions of popula tion, The tide of emigration, still rolling in that direction; has nlreudv readied ilte base of tire Rocky Mountains, and will soon break over those lofty barriers and lie diffused in the extensive plains of Oregon. Already llie West vies for the uscen. deucy on this floor; and why should not the South also be advancing ? Aro Iter limits never to bo on- arged, and her influence and power never to be in. creased? Is she to be left behind in tin's race for distinction und aggrandizement, if you please ?— As one of Iter sous, I say no. Lei her, loo, oilier the glorious rivnlship ; i.ot with feelings of strife, jealousy, or envy—such sentiments are not charac teristic of Iter people—hut with aspirations prompt, ed liv the spirit of a laudable emulation und an honorable ambition. linaand Vermont, before alluded to; for befure North Carolina canto in, as I have said, llto Union was formed, the Government was organized, and the Unitod Stales, as then formed under tho Con stitution,'were well known. North Cnrulimt was not one of them she was a State to herself, with her own Government. Witen she consented to come in, and did come in, she then became one of the Unitod States ; and though Iter members had never been citizens of tire then Government, yet they had been citizens of one of those Stntes which formed the Government at that time, und were con. stilulionally admitted. So witli Rhode Island uf. terwards ; nnd particularly so with Vermont.— Her people never Imd been citizens of thu United Slutoi, and had never acknowledged themselves to be citizens oftlie Uuited States, and had never ac- knowledged themselves to be citizens of either of the old thirteen Slates. And yet when she was admitted, she became ono of the Slates of tile Uni. on and her people, who had been her citizens for seven and nine years, had been citizens for those respective terms of one, of the United Stales, as they then existed ; and so will it be with Texas and her citizens, if she be admitted into the common fraternity of States. But 1 have oil timo to notice more of the objec tions. I have only glanced at the most prominent of them ; and I shall now briefly state tome of the system, which lie called the “busis of unmixed nnd exteusivo republics,” that the “ natural limit" to which it muy gu is “that distance from the centre which will burely allow the representatives of the peoplo to meet us often as may be necessary for the administration of public affairs.” And upon this rule, in consideration of the improvement of the age, the facilities of travel und tho transmission of intelligence, who can 6ay thut this entire conti nent is too wide uud extensive ? Tlie distance front this place to Oregon and California, in a lew years, will be travelled in as short a time ns it was to Georgia when Mr. Mudison wrote. Then it re. quired from twonly to thirty iluys for a Representa tive from that Stato, our extreme Soul Invest at that time, to come to tho seat of Government; and now tlie same distance is porforinod in threo days. And Representatives from Louisiana, five or six hundred miles the other side, now require less than half of the timo then required by those from Geor gia, to come from their remote districts. * And who cun tell what improvement for lire speed of travel are yet in store ? New elements in nature are be ing daily brought into subserviency to man. W hen Madison penned the remarks I have quoted, in 17- 87, tho power of steam was unknown, and oilier wgenoie* now used were not dreamed of. Then it would havo required a whole day to have got news from this place—not this city, for there was none Potato Sugar—Tlie growers of pota toes in the British kingdom are likely to be benefittod by the exertions oftlie home sugar manufacturers; who are now determined to purchase all that conics within their reach. At the manufactory of potato sugar at Strat ford, iu Essex, nnd other places, we under stand that the “fruit of the earth,” (potato,) will lie taken in any quantity, and ut n fair price. We have no doubt that the juice of tho cano is superior to the meal oftlie pota to hut we have positive proof theut the pota to can make up in quantity what is deficient in quality, nnd asnoone can question tlie nu triment in the potato, we do not see why po tato sugar should not he as advantageous to the dinner table ; Ire this ns it may, we have it on good authority that three tons of tlie raw material will produce one ton of the manufactured nrticle, and consequently the British manufacturer can successfully com pete with the foreign and colonial producer, and pay the same duty ns that which is levi ed on the sugar imported from the colonies. London Price Current. Corn-Stalk Sugar.—In our May num ber oftlie volume for 1844, we gave a com munication on this subject from Mr. John Beal, of New Harmony, Indiana. It njt- peurs that Mr. B. has been still more suc cessful tho present yeur than lie was last.— We nrc informed that he has made three hundred nnd ninety-five pounds of good su gar this seuson, from tho corn-stalks which grew on three-quarters of an acre, which is at the rute of five hundred pounds per acre. His plan is said to he as follows : When the curs begin to form they are pulled off.— When the leaves are dead about halfway up, the stnlk is stripped of leaves, cut up nt the root, the top cut off, nnd then ground in u sugnr mill. Twenty stulks will yield about one pound and a half, and of this thre e- fourths is grained sugar. Mr. B. made eighty pounds in a day, with u simple appa ratus of his own construction. Five hundred pounds, at four cents per pound, is twenty dollars per acre. It would have produced, say fifty bushels of corn, at twenty-five cents, or twclvo dollars anil a half.—Albany Cull. A Warning to Farmers,—Yesterday morning several loads of large, well fatted und well dressed hogs were brought into the inurkct, but they were all more or less taint ed . They were loaded upon the sleds be fore the animal heat had entirely left the body, and though hut a few hours Imd elaps ed they Imd become tainted. It often Imp- pens that hogs are brought into market fro zen upon the surface, while taint is working at the back bone, on account ot not being able to get clear of the Quintal heat. Haste in getting hogs to mapket, in such rases, is productive uf^reaTWaste.—Bangor Courier. (coakuroroBici ohm cmatarro* counts*.] Wash! noton Feb. 18; The roar of artillery from Capital Hill, this even ing,announced die arrival in die cars from Baltimore of the President elect. He was accompanied by the Vice President elect who had joined him at Bal timore, nnd also by his lady and private Secretary, and by Col. WilfiantO. Butler,of Kentucky. lie was met by n deputation of twenty-five gentlemen, mostly members of Congress, and every one in fa- vorof annexation. Vermont was not represented, tor the reason that’ no Texas man from that State could be found. Mr. Polk was addressed by a member of llie Democratic Club of the city, nnd welcomed. Ilis replj wits brief and neat, nnd expressive of his plensuro ul tho renewal of old associations nnd ac- quuintnnces here. After this, Mr. Polk, leaning on tho arm of Mr. A. V. Brown, of Tennessee, nnd also supported by Mr. Henri of tlie Spectator, walked to the National Hulel, where, soon ufter, lie received tho visits of citizens uud members of Congress w ho chose to nvuil themselves of tho op. porlunity ot paying their respects. 1 saw Mr. Polk lor n moment. He nppeured to lie somewhat jaded, but in goud health. He lias looks much older limn when lie was Speaker of the House, anil his hair has become quite gray. The Senate chamber was crowded to-day. much interest being manifested in the Texas debate. Mr. Morchcud, of Kentucky, opened the discussion, i bring deputed to discharge thisduty, in consequence 'of Mr. Archer’* ill health. Mr. Morchead discharged the duty inn credita ble manner, uud met w ith respectful attention from the Senate and the auditors. Tho mot ion under discussion is to postpone in- • ieffiitileiy tlie joint resolutions from thu House for t .he annexation of Texas. Mr. M. first gave his reasons for opposing the bil i )n the ground of expediency, lie objected to fur t.her extension of territory, und to llie breach of nn tiona! faith which tho measure implied, so long ns i t was without tho usseut of -Mexico, lie object ■ :d also to the measure for the reason that it was proposed and advocated ns tho means of promoting thu interests of one particular section of tho coun try. He ulso opposed it, because i' was urged for the purpose of extending uud strengthening the in stitution of slavery. As n slaveholder nnd n rep resentative from n slaveholding State, lie protested cd against legislation on this subject, for if by u bare majority of Congress, slavery could be ex tend by law, it could also bo circumscribed by law. and if the factional purtv should obtain n majority they would avail themselves of this precedent to justify their interference with tho subject. Hi admitted tlio constitutional power to annex foreigt territory by treaty, but argued ut length to show that it could not be done by legislative act. Mr. Huclmnaii has tltc floor for a reply. The bill for llie admission of Iowa and Florida as States were passed in the House, but llie pro vision for erecting East Florida into a separate State after she shall have u population of thirty ft thousand, was stricken out from the bill. Washington, Feb. 14. Tlie city is fust filling np with strangers, and in number clay or two, it will bo difficult to obtain ac commodations here. There ure strong hints in tho Nashville Un ion, that no aspirant to the Presidency, and no great man of tho democratic party will be admit, ted into Mr. Polk’s counsels. It being admitted that Mr. Calhoun will retire, it has been supposed that either Mr. Buchanan or Mr. Woodbury, would bo called to the Slate Department. But to day it is trongly rumored that Mr. Walker, of Mississippi is to fill that post. The prospects of annexation are becoming more clouded. 'I’lie Democratic Senators have had two meetings on tho subject, nnd Imve appointed a corn, miitee to report on the subject. The aim of tlie consultation was to unite the party upon Mr, Ben ton’s bill, but I learn that if it obtain a majority in tlio caucus, it will be strenuously opposed in the Sonate liy tlio Suo'.li Carolina Senators. Mr. Buolmnan made an admirable speech to-day jin support of the joint resolutions from the Huuwo for tho annexation of Texas. Ho had a crowded i uudilory, consisting of members of thu House, of tltc Cabinet, and of foreign Ministers, ns well as of the ladies, with whom Mr. Buchanan seems to ben favorite—for himself if not for his cause. Mr. B. dissipated all doubts as to tho constitution. J alitv oftlie measure proposed by the House, show, irtg that foreign Territory could be acquired by law as well as by treuty, und that the power of ucqui. sition bv treaty w as implied from the express pow er given for llie admission of new States. As to tlie expediency oftlie measure, he showed that it would promote the harmony and perpetuity of the Union; that it would uphold and promote the interests of commerce, navigation nnd manufac tures ; that it would rescue us from the danger of aggression on our southern border ; tlmt it would gradually draw the sluves from llie Nortli to tho South, and lead to tile final extinction of slavery in God’s own lime ; that it would be it perpetual bond of peace with Great Britain, because it made Iter dependent on us for tho supply of tho great staple on which so much of her power and glory was founded; &c. Mr. B. remarked, that but for the question of slavery, the country would bo unanimously in fa vor of this measure ; and lie pointed out tlie fully of now opening a question which, twenty-five years ago, agitated the country to its centre. Mr. llivcs is to givo his views to morrow. I learn tlmt eighteen Senators, pitted against each other, are to speak on the subject. According to this, the decision oftlie question may not bo expect ed till llie close of the session ; und there will be no time left for the discussion oftlie Oregon ques tion. The House was m-dav engaged in the consider- tion of the bills making appropiiations fur (lie Mil itary Academy und for Naval Service, both of which met with opposition from the radicals, but which finally passed. Sweet Potatoes, may lie planted in rid ges by throwing three furrows together, then draw the dirt upon both sides with a hoc or rake; open a trench on the top, nnd drop the slips five or six inches apart. Keep them in a warm cellar, in u garner, with chaff or dry dirt around them. Plunt in May, and he sure to dig after the first frost has bitten the leaves. American Bagging.—The production of Bagging in the United Stntes, ns we learn from tlie forth-coming report oftlie Commis sioner of Pensions, is increasing fast. In Kcntucliy last year there were 500 linnd- looms in operation, nnd each of these manu facture 400 yards, on an average, per week, or 20,000 yards per month, or 10,000,000 a year. Besides there nre five power loom factories, in Indiana, Kcntuckey, and Ohio, which produce 3,800,000. Iu Tennessee 80 Imnd-looins produce 1,200,000 yards.— Fifty Imnd-looins iu Missouri produce 750,- 000 yards. The total amount of Bugging estimated for the yeur, and manufactured in 1844 in the West, is 15,750,000. The average quantity of bagging used in baling Cotton is six yards to tho bale ; and the amount manufactured iu the year would bule 2,635,000 bales of cotton.—More than enough for the cotton cropof’41 and ’45 by a large quantity.—N. Y. Express. “I feel too lazy to work,’ said a loafer, ondlhave no time to play : I think I’ll go to bed nnd split the difference.” Dun of Mbs’Canda.—One of th# saddest and most affecting incident# that we have ever been called upon to "ecord—infinitely more touching than the most highly wrought catastrophe of ro. mnnee is the death of lb e beautiful, tlio charming, thu fascinating Mia# Canda. alia was the cynosure of nil eyes and hearts in our refined nnd fashionable circles—the darling and worship „f father, mother, and llie more intimate among re- lutives ond frionds, who knew her best and there- fore loved her most. Our readers are prohubly already familiar with the circumstances of this most afflicting domestic tragedy. Miss Canda wus returning homo witli Iter lather, nnd a young lady friend, from hor seventeenth birth day festival, which had been celebrated with tlio usual innocent rites, nt tho house of a neighbor. Stopping to leave their young ft lend nl Iter residence iu Waver, ly place, Mr. Cauda handed up llto sloiis, und ush. ered her into llie vostibulc, while tlio driver left his reins,and walked backwards and forwards by tho side of the carriage, to warm himself, leaving Miss Canda fur a moment ulone. Suildonly the horses look fright nt something, arid dushed furiously awuv, eluding thu efforts of the driver to regain possession of the reins. Tho lather returned to tlie street, ond found the carriugo gone. Hurry ing home in alarm, he ascertained that his daugh ter hud not nrrived ; nud while the family wore hastening oft’ in scurchof their lost child, n hasty summons arrived for them to repair to the New York Hotel, where they found her lying insensible upon a sofa, and her beautiful temples clotted with blood. Site never ngnie opened her eyes or spoke; and in abuul half uu hour Iter gentle spirit went to heaven. It is supposed tIt it site had leaped from tlio carriage, and fallen with hur head upon tlie pavement. She was found near the side walk, nt tho corner of Broadway and VVuverly I’iuce, by two gentlemen, who immediately carried Iter to tlio Hotel, where she was recognized. Such is the sad history of litis most melancholy affair. The gloom created by the event was deep and universal, and tho geiternl grief of llto large circle of society in which the deceased moved, an ornament and a bles sing, wus attested by llto vast concourse of sytnpa. tinsel's who assembled at the church of Vincent de St. Paul, to witness the last sorrowful rites. Borne from tho joyous (estivul, with Iter heart full of bright memories of the past and pleasant dreams of the future, what it picture of youthful loveliness and innocence did not this fair creature present ! Where, on earth, could be found u fair er or happier being 1 But what n contrast wrought in a few brief niomen's, by the relentless hand uf fate ! that white and sunny brow stained with blood —these red lips pule with death—that snowy bus. som petrified to marble beneath the breath of tho destroy'd—those golden dreams fled with tlio pure spirit tu God, and tlie hearth nnd home so lately ringing with her merry laugh, desoiato for ever, more ! What imnginuiiou can fail to complete the picture ? N. i r . Wall Street Reporter. The utili'y of the Coston Light, invented by Benjamin Franklin Coston, of llie U. 8. navy, has been lolly listed in its application to light house purposes. It has been in use for more than a year at tite Christiana light.house, near Wilmington, Delaware, nnd has proved to be not only tho safest, but tlie most brilliant, uniform, nnd cheap liy lit that enn be used. Its general adoption will, it is stated, save to the Government at least $150,000 per an num. The Hon Mr. Nnuduin, the collector of llie port of Wilmington, nnd formerly a Senator of the United Stutes, pronounces it, iu iiis report, n great triumph of American ingenuity nnd skill. Balt. Amer. Coal Dost for Straw berries.—Dr. C. Dean, of South Plyinpton, writes to llie editor of tlio Ploughman, that Inst November he sot out twenty- four of Hovey’s seedlingslrawberries ; that sever al of them produced fruit last summer ; and that lie put coal dust about some of thorn, und that theso were the ones that bore fruit; tlie others boro none. Soil and Situation.—Tho best soil for the straw- berry is a deep riclt loam, though it will succeed nud hear on nny soil which is fertile. Tho situa tion should bo open nnd well exposed to light and uir. It succeeds very well when planted in single rows und edgings. The alpine und wood straw- berries may bo placed in a more slmdy situation than the Olliers; it is during hot and dry seasons of tlie year thut they tire intended chiefly for bear ing. They nre consequently well adapted to cdg. ings for shrubbery. When llto soil is rich, the ud. vantages of employing strawberries fur edging is great, as they succeed in such soils much better when in single rows than when crowded together in a bed.—Al. Cal. Making Jelley.—Those who would make fine jelley, should always avoid boiling tlie juice of that fruit, when it is desirable to Imve the nrticle, when made retain the flavour of tlio fruit from which it was prepared. After the juice is pressed from llie fruit, nnd the proper quantity of sugar added to it, lot it ho heated untd the stigar.is dissolved ; after litis is effected, no further Item is required. Prolific Cows.— Mr. Jothum B. Pratt of this town, owns three cows which nroilte offspring of ono birth. They ure five years old, and imve liud fourteen calves. They ure of the samo color and height.— Worcester Spy. SrLtNTs. — When llie splint is forming, the horse is frequently laine. The periosteum or membrane cover ing tho bone is painfully stretched, but when this mem brane lias accommodated itself to tho tumor that ex tended it, the lameness subsides and altogether disap pears, unless the splint he in a situation iu which it in. terferes with the action of some tendon or ligament, or in tlie immediate neighborhood of n joint, Pressing upon a ligament or tendon, it may cause inflammation of those substances; or, being close to a joint, it may interfere with its action. Splints, then,do not necessa- rily cause unsoundness, and may not lessen in tho slightest degree tlio action or value of the horse. All depends on their situation. The treatment of splints, if it ho worth while to med dle with them, is exceedingly simple. The hair should ibe cl soiy elmved elf round the tumor ; a little stromr mercurial ointment rubbed In for two days, and this should bo followed by an active blister. If the splint beef recent formation, it will usually yield to tins, or to a second blister. Should it resist these applications it can rarely bo advisable to cauterize tho part, unless the tumor interferes materially with the suspensory ligament; for it not unfrequenlly happens that, sltho’ the splint may havo apparently resisted tins treatment, it will afterwards, and at no great distance of time, be. gin rapidly to lessen, and quite disappear.— Youatl’s Treatise on the Horse. CMillie,■ sf BtessiagtuD. Marguerite. Power, by marriage Marguerite C,„>„ Countess of Blessingfon, was horn in Ireland ,,r«5 tie parentage, sometime rewards there™ lattes .Jt, the last century. After Mr. Macaulay's laahi,,,. I . Ilf John Wilson Broker for proving troma pari ,|, e n>,r . that Madame D’Arblay Imd told a fib in print abiXtS age, wo aro not disposed to question the . ' 7 * r years winch Lady Blessington, in pleasant whiJL • f with her friends, admits to have seen. ai, | ever, we may safety say, already found a place in St*' a fashionable lady called, in sheer 'gnoranc.e „ta 1,1 joct, Hint odious hook, Mrs. Dallam's Middle she need care little about years rarivim, wo, , pleasant recollections, when she ennmither con.'i • by turning from her glass to the glowing cans.,.'"? 1 Lawrence, and sec reliecte'd in ciidurino co on I “ * 'ho reach of everything but accident alone, thou* s" 1 * of dewy light” which awake the slumbcrimr .noiiT* poet like Lord Byron. If ••what Lawrence"S ", f ' well” is not enough to subdue tho cruel force of , she can turn to her portrait in tlie present |{„ va | A i”' my exhibition, and sec how youthful she looks ;, r ' D’Orsay’s eyes and Count D’Orsay's cauvassMl'u?' portrait in the ‘Pictorial Times’ may awake -I 1 lcr ct to triumph in the field ot passionate panegyric* 1 * The first English lady who wrote English noici,^ Aphra Forbes, who flourished in ihu reign of If Charles II. Pope commemorates her in a ceiiA couplet, and Snullierne took his story ofOromotr her novel. A long period elapsed before another P lisli woman undertook the composition of s j nin i n *' ry in English prose. Sarah Fielding, IJeury p.pj 7 sister, was the next in point of time, and tier St!*'"® ? David Simple stiff deserves to live, though a l* i Simple Ins nutdono Ins elder brother |y av ,j came the youthful Fanny Burney with her interest' ••Evelina,” making a st ir and ferment, which Faun, r gas she did, so long alter its fii st reputationh,/™.' by was led in her old age to believe that this aC o, all sho remembered in her girlhood was no'himr r dream. Miss Burney was followed by Mrs'. ItadchflK and hv Mrs. Inchbald. I lian came Jane l’-irier and lt ria Edgeworth, when the genius of Sir Waiter made this way of writing at once popular and caldiHo The desire was mistaken for tiio skill, anil the h-verf writing a novel in throe volumes spread like i|,i> „|J!! Ihrougliall degrees and gradationeof society, ’j' 0 | v written and appeared in print was tlio best proof of! polite andcarefut education. 1 ” J Lady Blessington has distinguished herself i„ a world of letters by prose sketches and i.iisrollancon. poems, by stories in three volumes, and bv b M '! itorial undertakings. Many tilings have contribute! to raise her to her present position of p„|,. u | beyond the general merits of her works. The elm™ ot title, her indisputable taste in the fine arN above all, her beauty, have been all aimer t(l assisting excellences to support her literary trout"/ tioil. Very mediocre talent has often •: ;ust j( into notice with only one half the acluiiion.il rccom indidations which Lady Blessington can bring tobci support. Without ever having written a line La',), Blessington would, in al! probability, have been as widely known as she is now well' known ; thouah beauty and rank are two such powerful auxihara-i 111 aid of •■>")’ netv literary undertaking, <l,at i| le poor est production of the Minerva press would wnhiheii aid be ballooned into notice. It is the grave tin; brings every reputation down to its proper level. We have no wish to underrate the many cxcellenciei which English admiration finds so readily in the works of Lady Blessington. Sketches of society, of English life and English manners, are so uttiveisally weicom* to the bulk of ordinary readers, that when they roine re. commended to us by unusual excellences ami ihe con. currmg qualities of rank and fashion, they command a sale and acquire a reputation far berond tlie cemtuon run of similar publications. When a' lady condescends to write, whose equipage arrests the attention of the thousands that throng daily the fashionable locaiitiesof London, she is all ilte time, as her carriage rolls on from street to street, creating a new class uf readers. Struck with the appearance of her equipage, they are anxious to ascertain how its owner looks, thicks, ten and writes; the circulating libraries gain now subicri. hers, and Ltdy Blessington extends in this way tlie rep. utu t iuu of her genius. In 1823, tiie literary talents of Lady Blessington found her further favor in the eyes of Lord Byron; bttl the whole of her literary reputation with the oublic liar been acquired since that time, and her printed wnrki already extend over twenty volumes. We confess our. selves very ill-fitted to criticise at length tho painted productions of Lady Blessington, “ The Victims of So piety” and ‘‘The Repealers” have found particu ar favot in the eyes of those whose range of rending isstil 1 confined to the shelves of a circulating library. Del ••Strathern” shares public favor in the “SundayTimes’ with tho police-reports of that clever paper: while liei "Idler iu Italy” and her ‘‘Conversations with Lord By roll” have made their way to tho sympathies uf tbt more general reader. There is n stanza in pope with which it is our wish It conclude this character— In beauty and wit, Yellow Locust.—If you have hut little fencing timber fit for posts on your farm, sow a few pounds of yellow locust seed, and when the plants are two years old, they may lie transplanted. In twelve years from the time the seed is sown, yuu may begin to cut them for posts. Say you, twelve years is a 'long while to wait; hut you should recollect that every farmer lias some spot where they might he grown, which is now unproductive ; and that as fencing is n dear nrticle, every farmer should endeavor to grow his own timber. American Farmer. No itnl i To questionymirempire hnsdared; Rut men ul discerning. “John, I wish it was ns much the fashion to trade wives as it is to trade horses.” “ Why so, Pete |M “ I’d cheat somebody most shockin’ bad, afore night.” A fashionable lady bc'ng asked Itotv she liked the dinner given at a distinguished poet’s, her reply was—“The dinner was ex pended, hut my scat was so promote from the nick-nacks, that I could not ratify my appe tite, and tho pickled cherries are such a de fect on my head that I had a motion to leave the table ; but Mr. gave me some hartshorn resolved in water which bereaved me.” Mixing Soils.—Some nine or ten years ago in tbt early part i f my farming, 1 had occasion to deepen I well some six or right feet. The earth thrown outwit a tenacious blue clay, just damp enough to cut into lumps, and adhesive enough to remain so. After fin ishing the well, the mail who had charge of the farm was at a less to know where to deposit it. HavingS hare sandy knoll iu one of the fields, which was not in aptly termed‘personal property,’ from its being wafted about hv every breeze, here today and there tomorrow, it occurred to me that the claywould hold thesamlanfi form a suil. I accordingly ordered it deposited Ihert in heaps, the samo as if manure. This was in thesuu* mer. In tho fall the lumps wore scattered over the surface, and left to tho action of tho rain and frost. In the spring, it was found to have broken down, crum bled, and slaked like lime. These heaps were reduced and the clay evenly spread over the surface. The field received a coal of manure, was ploughed and sownwitk oats and peas. 'That, where tlio clay was applied pro. duced the largest and most vigorous growtli cl any oil er part ui the field. In the fall it was sown with tjl and seeded down with timothy and clover. The rys as well as the clover was much more vigorous and heavier on that than any other part of the field. In fact, the person who occupied the farm after I left it, informed me that he lost his crop of grass un that part in, consequenco of its lodging. Thus the jtrrsmal tvu made real or fast property, and remains so to the pr«- cut day. Having experienced such beneficial effects Inmrak ing clay with sand, 1 was afterwards induced to Iff what effect sand would have on a rather retentive soil- The garden at Three Hills Farm is a stiff clay loau resting on a strong tenacious clay subsoil, rather in- c lined to moisture. The second year after I purcliMfd and took possession of it, I caused a coat of sand, ites six tu eight inches in depth to be put on one of tbs squares, which was spaded in with the manure, and 1- liad tlio satisfaction to witness the most gratifying happy results—tlio crop on that square was far superi or to any oilier in the garden. Since then I have fix ed over live hundred one-horse cart loads of sand toh* put nt the garden, and the effect is still visible altiioagk-- the sand lias disappeared Extract from Mr, C'.e>- Bcmcnt's Address before lie llausutanic Society. Chinese Worship.—Kneeling down in front olfi* altar, the suppliant to tho particu.ar god in whose bos* it lias boon erected, and whose figure was represent!* immediately behind it, commenced by repeatedly b*M ing Iiis head, each time touching the ground, siglimfr. and reciting in a low tone of voice, certain words. dA I attendant priest then placed in Iiis hands I wo piece* bamboo, the two being about the shape and size of •F’ -..no, divided longitudinally; again bowing, he tbrt* these upon the stone pavement before him, the po**' and the bystanders, as well as himself, intently obier*-- ing Iiihv they should fall; this he repeated many t'®*: At each cast there was a slight exclamation from ereff line around him—sometimes in a tone of plesut* sometimes in that of disappointment, according I* ®' way iu which the pieces of wood rested. This species of hazard, himself versus tlio god—a fins, >•* corpulent gentleman—ho continued, with varied*#*- cess, for a considerable timo; at length, making 1 lucky hit, ho suddenly jumped up, apparently 1 pleased with his throw, and retiring, gave • next expectant for equal good fortune.—Captain t*** ing home’s Recollections. Death of Cattle fbom Dry Foddeh.— Grant, Esq. of Davenport, Iowa, informs us ts* turning Ins cattle into the fields, after the corn i* r ! llicrrd last fall, several of them died from eooatipxjjp lThe death of the animals waa so sudden, th* 1 vjj I nltich gave a good ntees of milk at night, « ere „ ^ .the next morning: and oxen which worked ,t '* ever in the morning, died in the afternoon- having loat several of the heard, among w ‘ ,l 5* l g valuable Durham bull, Mr. G. aaved. the remain* administering heavy doses of Epsom silt#.—A*»-