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mcr even-in tho interior—it will not ngnin re .ipj-e, mile* the former barUer.nis m il senseless practice ol exhaustion nnd neg- ligenco be again adopted. II lime can be had. even at a cost of twenty cents n bushel, I would, in all cases, spread it on the land, after the first crop of peas had been turned under, to the amount of fifteen or twenty bushels per acre. . This quantity will great ly benefit the land,. ..apd enable the owner shortly to repeat the application of a like quantity. (From tbo Farmer nml Planter.) Mixed Hinhititdry. Messrs. Buttons:—1 hold it essential to aucccs* in the cultivation of the soil, that we must not only mako enough cor.i for our own use but some to spare. It matters not if ov- eryownerofa few acres did it, it is no less necessary. The “stranger within out gates” needs refreshment, nnd our neighbor, though he be nil ininsto of u factory of Lowell or Lynn, though he grows onions in Wethers field, 1 must be fed, nnd we will lie paid there by. The growing of n bountiful supply of corn will enable us to rear our own pork, raise colls, calves nnd lambs, and thus ndd to our independence I bolievo this policy pur sued by the sluve holding stales for out two years, would settle the vexed question, and we would make laws for America. Blit there is a stopping place even in this. We must not run in to another extreme. Go to plant ing of corn. The ono crop systom will not do for any people. That we may acquire mi independence tho most cerlnin, we must, as said, resort to a mixed husbandry—not rely upon corn to taise every* tiling, and our cotton for sale— wo wouid soon seo our crops incro’so to an amazing extent. Corn makes Int mules, strong and willing hands jlarge manure banks, —no others are worth n bnuboe, unless w o smack our lip i at the idea of an oyster bank and these make cotton grow nobly. We must use uats nnd wheat, perhaps liar- ley, for winter toed of stock, we must have grass for summer feed, and good liny for win ter. By thus dividing our attention, we have the short gun among black birds, in lieu ol the rifle, which, though true to the mark, may not bo in suitable hands. And lurther, we will he compelled to change tlie crops on our lands, give them on occasional respilq from the ever tormenting plow Hero is n hasty outline of ibe proceedings 1 deem host to be pursued in all times ; mid certainly we can better nil’ord to addoplit 11010, with cot ton at 12i at present mid 15 in tho distance. The minotlie are to bo filled up. And wheth er the writer can find tune to do ns w oll as he is competent, or whether lie lie compe tent, or whether among your readers ho w ill find help, are questions in the wombol time, and not now necossnry to ho touched. Let them hide their lime. In the mean time, I hope certm’n good nnd true friends in that part of our loved land, who linvo used the 11 nom de guerre” of Broomsedge, Coke, &c. &C-, will hold themselves ready to givo a long pull, a strong pull, nind u pull altogether! that we, by our united exertions, mny wake up some gifted ono of Carolina to lead us on to ngricultural independence. Some of the parts to constitute (his whole may be hero noted, that the sheet ho iillod.- AmJllg these may be placed good and pro per tools. I do not know tliut I am compe tent to instruct, but ns I only intend that my v ritings shall never bo other than leading to enquiry, l will not liesitulo. At this writing, l do not known a solitary- tool used on a farm, but what can lie improv ed; speaking now of the country generally, and particularly ns 1 knew the upper districts when I was some younger- The genuine Colin’s axe, or Hunt’s, or Simmons’ or Un- u’areso far superior to those of my youn- ;er days, that no one enn hesitate. The Jcovell hoe is better worth the price, No. 1, $7 50; No. 3, $8; No. 3 $8 50; No. 4, $9 pr dozen, New York prices, than are the old “ Carolina” at nothing, and tho handles thrown in. The various improvod plows, lor land and particular work, are in the smno category, drawing prices from 73 cents to $1 12.jt cents., according to size, thirteen .out of every dozen, arc better than two out l have tried p'robalify" a'greatcr variety or implements than any other man of my means in the South I mny be accused of egotism, but if telling what 1 believe is truth, with an eye singly to my country’s good ho egotism. 1 brave the rebuke if I can induce impiove- meat. i have tried wrought plows, made in ltiyown shop—brought in litis country, and from other states— tho cast plow-, wiili wrought bar and share—with cast bar and share—different makes and divers patterns— the steel plow mould, slinro and bar. I lim e used steel and iron lines, steel und iron spades,steel and iron rake3, &c., &c., und 1 have the proud satisfaction to here acknowl edge my indebtedness to mechanics and man ufacturers lor my many presents from Cliicu- § o, Boston and New Orleans. If wo Would erive tho full benefit of our labor, w e must call to our aid the mechanic, lie is our mniu sheet, and when we equip our vessel we must look well to that point. How many readers oftliis journal linvo ev er tried.the economy of a Sinclair straw cut ter, 9 inch, $25; 11 inch, $2s ; 14 inch-, $45, ('size of cylinder on which knives arc placed._) 1 know many who regard them as follies. But when you have to feed fifteen to thirty horses, and from fifty to one hun dred head of cattle, you will find tho straw- cutter will save fodder, shuolcs, liny, pea vines, Sec., every winter to pay for it. Sinclair’s corn and cob crusher at $33, or the better article, Beal’s, at $50 — wlm would think of them ? Yet, my country, EtK; a-lmil lhe cob is only fit to expand the stomach, no nutriment, only to save fodder and hoy, how long befoie the time in gall; ering fodder, audthe less land for hay, would pay all expenses THE COUiilEU. 11iore was no indeutity of feeling or opinion, wring 11 spirit of Improvement and care. Agrlcul- S THURSDAY MUYIN3, ATRTL IO^ 1851 J. KNOW LBS, EDITOR. “ Should Gojuircas til any lime exhibit ils purpose to tear upon nur property, or withhold our just coiuliltilwnnl rights, we stand ready to vindicate those rights, in the Union as long las possible,and pul of the Union when toe arc left no other alternative." W. P Wilkins, Esq., is authorised to act as Agent for this paper Ho w ill attend the Suporior Couits in most ol the C"Uiiiies of this Circuit, nnd wo hopo out fiiends will avail themselves ol this opportunity to sub scribe. (Xg» Tbo accounts of ibe old firm of the “Engl" & Bulletin” nro in the bands of Air. \V. tor immediate settlement. F. M. Eddi.eman is nulhorisod to net as our Agent, in Atlanta Georgia. 113 H Is ft fends of COL D. S PR I NX UP announce 1 hfii na ,cn li hoe for IMl .AIMKil GENERAL of the till Itrig.-nic* lUrll IJivl iott, U. M. For tint Courier. UNION RALLY. THE UNION PARTY OF FLOYD County, arc ie.jnested to meet ut the Coint Hotiso in Home, on tho 1st Tueul iy in Muy next, for the purpose of {selecting deleguteuto thoGuhornatnri.il Convention to bo held ut Milledgeville in June i.exi* MANY C1T1ZI0XS. Agricultural- A communication ovpr ill.* signature* of "A Fiienfi to Scientific Agriculture,” in our paper lo-tby, will attract nnd interest our renders generally, nnd we trope the writer will givo us inoie of lire “same sort.' In regard to the time for holding n meeting, prelimi nary to the organic it ion of mi Agiiculturni .Society for rliiscoon'y, wo would suggest the early part of Mny, (perli ips the first Tuesday) ns n suitable time In the meantime let nil concerned labor to awaken ii jlrop r (merest upon this subjout Sheep IIU'HA*:mv.—Tli-* Southern Cultivator for Ap il, romniiH sjme interesting article j upon th sim- portrint subject. We purpose 10 give them to our rea ders' hereafters Another Cuban Expedition- For 1 he lu-t lew days the,e have been. rumors nflont 111 our c.ty, of nnuilnr expedition ngamst Cuba, and quite n number ot yuuug men from Rome and its vi* ciiriiy have left, it is supposed, 10 join in tbip rather delloat • nnd hazardous enterprise. It is also 'qinoretl that this new m >vem til is s mct.oned.if not promoted by men of influence mid official standing in tieorgia and other Southern States. We understand tho ex* pcJilion i* t.» an.1 fro.n Savannah on Snturday next No space for comment at presnl* #3*Wo neglected to cull tho attention of our fair readers to the advertisement of Mrs. Adkins, w ho it wijl be seen proposes to give lessons in tho mnnuf.icture of fruits und /low ers, from wax, &t\ Wo trust she will, he iherally patronized by tho y^ung ladies of Home and ils vicinity. ThcWaather. C *op3, Ac. For the last fe.v weeks n\u have had fine spring,weather, which our hirmeri, ;seom to have improved to the best advantage in pre paring their grounds and casting in their seeds. The wheat und oat crops.at this time are unusually promising, having greatly improved within the last few days. There is also a fine prospect of an abundant supply of peaches, apples, and other fruits. For the last two years, ilte farmers in this region have made but short crops; this year, there is at present, a prospect of large crops, and* good pi ices, for every thing they raise Our Merchants h ive now generally re ceived their Stock of Spring Goods. Last week Messrs. Culmt, Sullivan & Go., Dennis Hunt, and Steam & Co., 'appeared in our advertising columns with large und attract ive assortments} this week Messrs Johnson,' Pope & Go , make their graceful how to the public,-and offer a very haudsomo and select stock at their Granite Stoiu:. We again say to our,friends In tbo adjoining counties, t hat they can be supplied at Homo with every thing they need, in the Dry Goods nnd Grocery line, at nu de a e prices. Ea in. We were visire l on Monday by a very- heavy rain which has done, wo fear, consi derable injury t » the crops on tbo river, nnd They were in tjw.great matte r ns far asun der as tho poles'. To connect their naincp, I is btit to contrast them.* The one the Glo rious Father of his'country, revered his God and loved the Bible and has transmitted a e- putatlon lustrous with the glory of vir ue and piety, America’s proudest inheritance The other scolled at religidti—rderided piety^, and as the assailant of Christianity . is. re membered, as the silly fool is remembered, who essayed to pluck the sun' from the•skya Paine’s folly is his/ame, and his shame his glo ry. Men should beware how they givo prominence nnd countenance to the vicious without intending if; they may do itwalculiv- blo mischief—betray religion and virtue- nnd spread moral havoc among the rising generation. We hope tho unguarded enco miums pronounced upon this had man may bo carefully scrutinized, and all injuiry be thus averted. To propagate the opinions of Paine, is to that extent, to corrupt tho world, and insult God. Floyd. For the Courier. Mr. Editor :—It is with great pleasure tlmt I no* lice in your paper nil ollort to awaken an intorust in Cherokee, Gu. upon tho subject of Agricultural Socle* ties. Why is it that Cherokee, Ike " garden spot*’ iff Geo gia, destined to be tho garden of the world, should be behind till other sections of country in ef forts for the improvement and extension of agricul tural science 1 We have a soil, fertile almost be yond comparison—a climate, delightful and un surpassed tor hcallhlulucss—adapted not only to the growth of our great southern ample, but to that of clover in perfection ; nearly, if not all tho culti vated trusses, grain, etc. Thus otferi' g at our huiids the means of raising our own stock nnd pro visions,and rendering us independent of any itSsta- tuuco in tho support of our farms, at tho snino time that it provides ns with the means of rondqfing our lands everlastingly fertile. What need Chero- ko 1 Georgia to be dependant upon othor sections ol the world for any tiling that can bo raised in a temperate climate. We can grow above an average crop of cotton of an average quality; largely over n'n average, crop of corn, pens, potatoes, etc, ; wh.ijc small grain oannrobably be grown (witticize ami attention) 10 Ai good adv.intngo as in any j part: of the world. OurcomDofa superior «jual ity—- our whent (whou oiirefullv grown) inferior to none, and indeed it is known tlmt Floyd county Ims sent better sample of wheat to Jh*.* Patent Offiee, than any other section or part of tho world, except per haps, a small satnplo sunt from llussiu.* Our cli mate and soil is unsurpassed for the growth ol ve getables. Irish potatoes carefully cultivated, will yield as good u return in Fioyd county, ns in Mas sachusetts, makimr a stnnll allowance for diifer- enoc in priee. Wo can surpass our strictly cotton growing sections in nearly all garden vegetables.—• Our cliinnt..' is admirably adapted to the production of English pens, oitio ts, carrots, beets, otu., both as guidwMt nnd field crops. ^Wluit need then have we to depend upon Maine, Massachusetts uiul New York, for Irish putatos; or upon Connecticut for on ions. Our fruit with a little care need be surpas sed by none. As good samples of upples Wore sold in Route hist winter ns the vulh-y of Luke Chain- plain can produce.' IMilches umt vltwriit* will yield fully un average return; while wo lmve tho advan tage of our more southern neighbors in being ena bled to grow currents, goosebeirius, better, ptiurs, strawberries und grapes, and with a little cure, ns good figs. in addition to-.lie Inet that we can produce to ad vantage, nearly every thing grown In tho IT. S. (with the exception of sugar cane and oranges,) we have advantages for keeping up and improving our lun s superior tj any other section of the Union. Clover cun be grown in us large quantities hsut’he Xordi, while we have the additional advantage of raising large crops of the roio-pca as a fertilizer.— Wo have,doubtless in our lime stone section, quar ries 01 gvpsum that can be made avuliable; or gran ting tlmt wo have, not, wo have immense quantities of common blue limestone which can he ground up, nnd will answer neurly tho mono. purpose, .thus rendering us independent of tho North or Tennes see, lor i’laister for ugriouUorut purposes. Wedinvc Indites which, can bo onsily quurried'out'nmi ground, making an exceedingly valuable applica lion to hinds. Those applications tnnde even .upon tho crops of ornb-grass wide h cover our Holds eve ry year, and turned under with tho plow, will feii sure to them everlasting fertility. It would take more time than I imvo to spate, and much tupre space than you vould be willing to allowanoj in your columns, to enumerate one half tho udvauta go5 which our section,ot Goorgiu possesses, in point of forlilby, easily cultivated land, valuable timber, available manures, wator power fo-manufacturing purposes, iron, plumbago, probably coal, lead mines, marble, facilities for reaching marke*., &c, Tho question now arises as to the best means ofap- prourinting to ourselves, to tho greatest extent, the unsurpassed natural advantages offered at our bunds. We find tlmt by tho assistance ol Agricultural ^o’ cietics and .Publications, science is last reducing tho sterile soil of many parts of Now England into turalFaifstuo plcasnnt things. We have tho means of entering Into firiendly competition with our neigh bors In nearly all tho pursuits of every day lift.— *Wci*have ono day in the year that tho gourtty ns it whole may meet, (unbiased by any polilicalfeeling) Tor tho : Intefohahge of Idoas, and fVlondlycougratu- latldn upon thpir udyanocment in prosperity and hn|)plne89. Here are exhibited the products of our ..forms, our orchards nnd manufactories, our stock; any new Invention that Ts miidV, is bore t-xhiblted, and its merits tested. Our wives, swoetlieurts nml daughters, add lustre And encouragement to our cf- foi ta by. thpi c prpteucu, ex b ib) tl ng the prod uci of the) r dafrics, tlieii rioWer gardens, grueu-liouses,aiul their needlework, liojipy iiTtUdkiiowictlge tlmt there day in euclt year, when they may meet the sterner, sex without anticipating tho scenes of liseord Which jar our political meetings..! would.be pleased to see you step forward ns an advocate of improvement in agriculture In ull Its branches, and would suggest to you, tlmt youounnot tend thu support of the co lumns of your valuable paper, to any better cause than the immediate establishment in the Counties of Cherokee, of Agricultural -Societies. Can you not suggest some time and place, at which lho citizens of Floyd county may meet for organizing a society! and also some phm for ihoir organization. Luuis hear from you. A Fiuknd to SciKNtiFic Agriculture. Rome, April 1S51. tion which has so afflicted the country.— How much better would it have been' to spend rite money npp'opriuted lo nbotitintf! lectures, to abolitionf prints*'jand.for. n|I the other ga^ to sending thesgifpoor tplo in their midst to tvpluce N^hero they bid have secured happiness and indepenr greatly washed tho uplands. Jack Frcst the moat fertile nnd beautiful larms—increasing bo- was filso'/een lurking about tho fields on VVeJuc^day morning, , but his depredations were not serious. For the1 Courier. Tout Paine ami the Southern r. It is w 1111 jovial ilmi 1 u.ue uo.ict;4 in the iast-Southerner un indirei't del'etice, ut least by indorsement, of the clmraclcr and clnims iif tlie avowed and shameh'/is ijtfidel, Tom Paine. This reaici is sliiiied hy tmmv who look soberly at tiro nt’.erejU of soiSietj' and and tlie virtue ol the young nnd unthinking. Christianity, as an instiiitliotf, is in no peril vVe o( the South have u jaundiced eye I from these covert attacks. Paine assaulted Every thing we view looks liko gold—cost tj*. Why should we not regard these nrat ters as un investment? If my $50 .corn and i ... , ,. cob crusher will pay interest say 7 per cent, 'ddellect confexscdl. and wear and tear, is it apt as guud an invest ment as to buy land and negroes? If my .$45 straw editor saves me only 25 per com. jean l make other use of any dimes moio beu- ieficially? It has.been'; iri .use for ten years. Iso might I go through tho entire cula- implements, even to a gimblct.— vo already went n few lines beyond 1 length of uti article, und close if, your brother in every >he divine system with all tho violence of a | wicked heart and in the full stiength of an strong nnd acute, hut surviving his hate the religion of the Son of Uod, has pushed lar, and wide its eouquerts moving on majestic and resistless us tlie ocean against some puny harrier. Though ChrisRKIty has nothing to fear from this source and these causes the morals of unwa ry individuals may le tainted and society piuro or less corrupted. To multiply the admirers of Paine, as the.-e injudicious pane- gor.es is calculated to do among, a ci /class, is to increase the euemies of hd put in peril: ull llie coi ymnl all calculation, the valno of.ttio, luntt. mainly by the ussistoiloo of 8tutu and Agricultural Souiutics, Furmer’s Clubs. Agricultural powers, &c., tt(;;t a spirit of improvunmitt, untl tbo knowledge nternary lor tlie successfjil prosecatiou of suoli im- provemont Is jinptirtcd to our commtmity. if . tia.l un Agricultural Society tbr each of tlto Clio, kec comities, the good Which such societies could tio is incalculable. Each mouther of these Socie ties by title..dins their meetings, is thrown directly into contact with ouch ami every other member in ■lie discussion, in a friendly way, of subjects of dt cetood vital importance to hlmsel!—thus eliciting lahd imparling iulormution upon subjects directly concerning his every day pursuits, Such discus sion gives rise immediately lo strict inquiry into the questions agitate I, amt uumbci less experiments am iimnediaiely cotnmvnced with ft view of arriv ing nt tho truth, besides the good accruing direct ly 10 the member-, these societies arc cf immense honctit to the community at large. They patronise directly mid eueuurngu'manufactories of agricultu ral implements, pl.ustcr and bone mills, etoj, at tlie same time that tliey exert a Ijeuelleial elfect upon all the pursuits ol life. Any fact that imiy be brought 10 tight by the mettmgs, experiments, nnd premi ums of such souietic.-;. belong to and urn appropri ated by the wlioleeqmiiiunity. Agricultural Fairs are to the people a line advertizing mediilon- Ail superior sued, stock, agricultural or inuclpmicul im plements, vegetabl es,fruits, flowers, etc., ere a'ecer- tnihvd by comparison to be supertqr, tbits resulting in itmneifiute ndv.inlngo nnd gnul fiontian of tho ox- " - coitjmitjiie would lmve securi denco — Wash A From tlie Suuthern Presbyterian. Ctlifomia and its Influence. Tho oltttiinlflg of Califnrnin by this Gov ernment, und the peopling of it by aniullnw- ing of population train almost all nations 01 the earth, must be regarded us utnung the must remarkable occurteucus in the history of nur world. Tlmt the English, language was to became thn medium of communion lion for thewholo family of matt ; mid that the pervading spirit of tho people of thc-c states was to mould the charuetei, reform the Governments nnd direct the enterprises of the world at lurge, were idoas tlmt have long stood torih with almost the certainty of re voided fuels Tliut ull this would he done hut tlmt it would be the work of perhaps itmny ages, wits tho prevailing belief. Mira cles.no ono looked lor, nnd yel ( without miracle, how could there be any speedy nc cnmplishmout of these gioat ends ? I'tte light has gleamed upon us. Now. wo behold tho commenced work ; and il needs pruphctic ghince to gather full confidence of ■ts speedy accomplishment. Maugre nil tlmt has been shocking in the scenes of California life, und morally pernicious in Culilbrnift 111 tlueuce, it needs not be doubted that the dis covery of tho goid of tlmt tegion, hns result ed in n higher advancement of civilization, n wider diffusion of the English tongue, n mure full conviction of the excellency of tho religion of the Bible, and it more deep im hilling of tho spirit of our institutions, w itliin the p st three years, thun many scores of years could otherwise lmve piodueed. This is not only what we should imturully infer from sho state of tliiugs known there to ex ist ; but wo now lmve the full confirmation of the fuel from those ivIn in that busy lit lmve witnessed the effects of this vast com mingling. On ibis subject the Alta Cali/or nia thus speaks : •‘This great metropolis of the western seas, built upon more hills limn Rome wax, built ulimx.it in n 4 <t.y,’ mmlaius. .n population of twenly-thieeo thousand, who attracted by the spin tiling of gold, lmve come hither from every pwl of the habitable globe, From the sunny climes of .Spuin nnd Italy, from till* fairy lands of I’ersiunnd Arabia, from the le gions of snow und ioe m Norway nnd Russia, !r in the corn and vine lands of pleasant Franco, from tho Uiiusli isles and colonie-, from the green South America, from the im perial dominions of the near relative of the Sun and Moon, nnd from the golden island ol the Pacific, they lmve como in myriuds to Cnlifornia. In our streets the fair European justlcs with tho swarthy Kanaka or the dar ker Hindoo ; tho pious Mussulman says his daily prayers, as he passes the churches of theChristinn ; the calculating German drives Im-d bargains wi.li the versatile Frenchman, und the stiff-made Yankee daily deals with the long-tailed Chinaman. * uch an omnium gatherum of.humanUy was never before wit- uesseU lirtlic -wtirlil’-v LmWy* -TRa gnJdnti charm has spoken lho“open sosame” to the brazen gates and lofty walls that have here tofore inclosed a nation of millions, and the whole world hns sent her representatives in gieat convention to u little spot tlmt lour years ago was known only ns a rosorl for whalers or merchant ve-scls who were on the Pacific coast. “No man cun accurately calculate the re sult of this union, hut its eliccts must he grand and lasting. '1 he southron of Europe will return lo his home ; the fur clad north erner will again visit tho opld land of his childhood; tho light-limbed oriental will go hack to his fairy land ; tho long tailed child of the sin will enter again his noble wull ; the boarded Turk will once more listen lo the muezziin ns it is sounded from the minarets, and the unsophisticated children of the sea will return to ihoir flowery islnnds But all will carry hack with them a knowledge of the English lnnguago, an idea of tho Amer ican institutions and liberties, a portion of the energy qml ardor of tlm great Anglo-Saxon race, nnd on understanding of the blessed principles of Him whoso precepts will yet spread peace among the nations, nnd mako the wilderness bud und blossom as the rose- tree. “The discovery of gold in California has done more to advance the rau>e of civiliza tion and the spread of enlightened and Chris tian institutions, than any other one fact brought lo light within the last century ” l et this state of things continue—tmv, go on nnd iqcrease from year lu.year, utfflw ho does not see that the transfused genius of this people must soon pervade tho whole oarlli ? The Li)rd hasten it in his lime ; und especially ttccpimmny this transfusion with the light of his own truth and the tei|o- vating influence of his own Spirit. The Mechanics' Mass Meeting—What is to be Done—and How is it to be Done? The call for the M ass''Meeting bl the Me chanics, on the 4th ofJuly next, has created some considerable speculation ns to the ob jects to be attempted or accomplished. In the: first place, im purpose will ho to aitompt to elevate tile ehnrncterof lahyr, by securing to it nn equality, in law,-with wealth; by abolishing mechanical employments in the Penitentiary ; hy. prohibiting employ ment of negroes, in mechanical trados (ex cepting such us farmers may require upon their own plantations,); and likewise to tuko counsel together, upon any and every ques tion uiieciing the rights of labor, its rewards or its character. Tlie. moclnmies and laboring classes cun- not recognize '‘tho written reason" and soundness of the public policy of a law which gives to landlords or wonlthy men the right to obtain judgment nt tho first lorm Cor rout, while tho laborer or mechanic has to wail until (he second term of court to obtain his j idgmcht. Tho mechanics imulio nnd recoil from tho policy of the .Slate which places so low 1111 e.xiiuia 0 upon mechanical pursuits, t ns to adopt them as 11 punishment for mnlelm lors or the convicts in the penitentiary. If there is humanity displayed in this attempt to ele vate convicts, it is ut the expe.-se of the me chanical class only. If all other prulessiuus in the indignity, The mechanics would be the Inst to complain. The mechanics complain against the poli cy of allowing negroes to he onguged in me- c.hquiciil pursuits : 1st, Because the law prohibiting negroes from contracting lor and doing work on their own account, is only 'violated by pretexts nnd evasions, in opposition to tlto policy of tlie law 2d, Because tho most vicious, drunken, dangerous and corrupting class of colored persons in this Stale me tlie negro mechan ics' 3d, Because it detracts from tlie character ol mechanical .employmeals, and w hile it de ters, iu many cuses, tho more imeiligent and rexpectable from engoging in liaise pursuits, il likewise brings into the trades many per sons who ure ineutnlly und motrally unsuited to them. 4lh, Because, if it was 11 wise policy to prohibit negroes from coulruciin. lor work, ffnoredy protecting wliito employers and contractors,,) it would be nn equitable policy to prohibit negro, s from either oontr tctii g or or working til iiiccliuiiicnl trades, and 11.u- protect white journeymen ns well as while contractors. To gleet these end*, und all otiiors calcu lated to benefit tlie industrial classes, a Muss Meeting of tlie Mechanics of tlie Stine Inis been cttlfed. And how is it probable thnl these meas ures can lie accomplished? t his is an impor tant question, upon which mlierenoes of Dpi ,- 4ot> may tio very liuneslly coieriuiuod. The plan which I believe lias obtained the most favor, is that ofcircula ingn petition through out the Stnte, und obtaining signature! to a petition to tho next I egisletu^e, praying loi a reponl-nr a modification of tho obnoxious laws, and the pa.sage of such other acta as 1 lie judgment nl the Legislature mliy deem ade piute to satisfy 1 he reusmmhlo dennind- uf the mechanics nnd laboring classes of tlie State. Now, in conclusion, if there nro any ob jection* to tlie policy of the mechanics, it is lobs liopcd tlmt they will find-utterance through the press, tlmt 1 ho public sentiment of the Stuto may he fully eilliglitcned iipon it before the meeting of tlie Legislature. A Mechanic. {^Editors throughout tho State will con fer a favor hy publishing tlie foiegoing.— American.Machanic. South Cahuuna.—Mr. Webster disclose- in his speech at Annnpolis -tho-probable puli j cy of tho administration toward South Unro- lina in euse that Sluie attempts secession. Mr VYehstor says : “Leave them to their own ein.xiderntioo. Let them dwell in fojjkxsiou many days uod inwardly digest it. (Applause nod laughter ) And so fur ns 1 have any voice in tlie coun cils of tlie rounlry, this meditation of theirs shall never lie disturbed ; not a breath- shall rufile their sensibility until it comes to a point where something is done that nmyunls lo nn nctuul conflict win. tlie Uonsiitutioo. —(Applause.) Tub State op Appaiiis.—Tlie Alexandria (Vo, Gazette says : “Our country is now eminently prosperous imd linppy, Were it not for tlie movements of Abqlilinnjsts at the North and Disuniouists at tlie Sonili, there would lie nothing loobscuie tlto bright est sun that over shoite upop u great nation And how readily could tlie clouds that hover upon us lie dissipated, il men would only act w ith cnlmness und reason, and with a duo regard to their own inteie-ts und welfuio.— l'o see tlie peoplo of the United States, har- rassed as tliey are by u band of factionists at one extremity, and a coione of mad politi emits at the oilier, is provoking enough ; nor is it easy to measure hingutigo w hen we are the visit of several distinguished members l. our Congress to tbe Captain-General, ondyet were not known to those gentlemen before*, they left Havana. Boston and the South,—An extensive dealer in Boston received last week a letter from Alabama, iu which the wriler.says . “Wo nre voty sorry to see “law loving?' Massachusetts outstrip South Carolina' in, Nullification ; os much for tho private es teem we hold Iter in, ns beenuse it wilt force- us in self-defence to break oif our business connections there. It would bo suicidal, to, expose any. wares iu this part of fbecountry,, in thtf present state of footing, purchased; im Boston.” ■ . MciNrosrt IN tub FtEL^I-rlt will seen by another Modern Philanthropy Illustrated.— From the returns tvo published yestndny, it appears that tlto citizens ol Georgin lmve sent through tlto American Coluization Society 551; coloured, peoplo to Liberia, where tliey will aid in founding Republican institutions, and in civilizing tlie African races. Mas sachusetts bus sent but one coloured person ■in all litis time, and we suppose that An weut ot Ids fiw'o accord. Of all. tlie hard drinking, destitute and thoroughly wretched coloured people that infest some of the lotvost dens ot 'Boston, and who pro found in the other (owns m.» u -i,. w»? &ir«I a Finally, however, those families and ngitn tors must ho put down by the overwhelming force of public sentiment.” Cuba.— Rumored Outbreak.—Tho New Orleans Daily' Delia ol tlie 29th ull. says— ,'flie various rumors respecting un outbreak ip Culm, referred to by the Picayune of litis morning, lmve their origin in tlto fact, w ell known, that it large number, of the patriots have been leaving Havana, since the 10th of this month, for Vuelta Abujn, wit.i a view of joining the hevolutionury movement ns soon IIS It breaks out. This movumenl Ims been Imsle.ted by the orders which have been is sued for the turesl of the leading patriots in Havana, and in other parts of tlto island. A considerable number Uf them have retired to tlie mountains, carrying with them nn entire company* of Spanish Soldiers, which was sta tioned at San Cristobal, at tlto foot of the Cuzco mountains, nud many deserters from the army. -Those mountains njibrd retreats inaccessible lo the Spanish authorities. oof of the secrecy, with wlnch .thi reference to tho . ... column, that the Utvion men off Mplntosli, county, whigs and detn icrats have already moved in the metier of the Gubernatorial! and Congressional elbctiotiB. 'Wo are glodl to sce.it, and hope other counties will follow the exnuiplo. The appointment, indiscriuw mutely, of whigs nnd democrats as delegates* to tliH-distriot and Stnte conventions, us hast been dune in McIntosh, confirms us in the* opinion we lmve all along enter,nined-lhtit the* Union party remains intact and firm in the* position it assumed Inst foil. Alt tho efforts that have been made or that mny he made tor seduce such democrats as the Hon. Charles, Spaldino und others from the Union ranks, will be found unavniling.— Sav Rep It is said that Mr. Washington, proprietor' of tlie Mount Vernon estate, was oskad by- the Preddent on Friday, the price at which, the United Stnl s Government could pur chase Mount Vernon fora Military Asylum; and that the reply was, tlmt for two hundred acres around the mnnsiott, lie would ask two, lnindied thousand dollars Mr. W. remarked! thn! the ofl'er of two hundred thousand dbl'-. Ittrs hud been made by privn'e individuals, atid that, of course, ho would expect the- goverment to pay. New Motive PotvEn.-LAn engine hns been, completed nt the American Machine Works,, in Springfield, in which air takes the place- of njoiim ns (lie expansive force. It is to be- sent to thn World’s Fair. It is said to work, well, and shows that air can produce the same cflfact as steam, with one-twentieih part of the fuel, nnd less danger of explosion. A patent has been secured; If all this be true, the inventor must have found some.new way of making available a force which hns often, been tried I efore with no success to be coin, piud with steam power. Mr- Wopster nnd his Old Schoolmaster: Wc learn from the Gloucester (Moss.J News of the 5th instant that Colonel James I'nppan, a venerable citizen of that town, now eighty-four years of nge, has the honor- of being otto of Mr Webster’s oarliest teach ers ; it 'ins moro limn sixty years ago. The, old gentlomnn regards with nn honest pride- lira limra of Ills illu-trl. us pupil, and a few days .since addressed to It im a letter, recount ing to him some incidents of his public life b with n brief sketch Of his own ups nnd downs since ho taught school nt “New . Sa lisbury.’’ The letter was promptly answer ed and enclosed wns a fifty dollar bank note., “ Wo iloulit,” suys tlie Gloucester Notes, "if any letter that Mr. Webster Ims written to public bodies, or any of tlie thousand gn and nol-le 'cts of his life, reflect more ciq upon him than this kind letter and generous gift t» his eged and unfortunate bid sdhoo muster.. It was only by such That we induced tlie old gentleman to ellt ns to make public an act which wns.-Qxnpl ly intended to be private, mid he oply yielt ed because convinced flmt it did honor tel character and heart of his distinguished j pil. . - ■■■'.'"L.-, “Washington, Feb. 26, 1861., ‘Master Ta span: 1 thunk you for.yc letter, and am rejoiced to know that you 1 yet among tlie living. I remember you pe lecily well ns a.teacher in my infant y« I suppose my mother must lmve touglil to read very early, as I lmve never been to recollect tlie time when J could not j the Bilile. I think Master Cliuse was oiirhest sefflohnasier, probably uhtinlwi three or 'imr years old. Then eame Masle Tnppnu. You boarded at our house;’ sometimes,! think, in the familyTif Benjamin tin 11 born, our neighbor; the h man. Most of those v*hom you knfiw_ ‘New Salisbury’ Ituve gone to their gravi Mr. John Sanborn, the son uf Bonjaiu* yet living, urid is aboutyour ago. Mr. Colby, who married my oldest softer. S mill, is also livnijr. On the ‘Nori.1 Mr. Benjamin Hunton and on tli Road’ is Mr. Benjamin I’ettlngail; »if none else among the living v"‘ would probably reineinli^r. “'You have indeed lived uichequoi l hope you hnYg bcen able to bear pro r with meekness, and adversity wltb -phtii These things nre nil ordored for - us, ITir • pr llinn vo could order them for outsell We may pray for oqr ctuily breud; pi ay fur the furgivness of sins; wo limy to be kept from temptation, pqd I ha kingdom qi Got) muy comp inigs.and men, und his will e"erywlipii be done, yond tlijs, wo baldly know for wi better than ,w,e. know: sure thin His eye epd His lov" are upon us, end around ps, eve.. liliankyon again, my goocUo'fi for \ our kind letlor, \f hieh has 11« ny sleeping recollections; and witi wishes, 1 remain, 1 -, Your friend nnd pupil, “DANIEI ™ “Mr. James Tappan. Pennsylvania doing Senate of the .Stale of Per sed u bill to repeal the 1 1847 which forbids the j wenlth to be used f* s'' leged fugitives. .., r u £ tmes. 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