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Frjn Ike WOskingti* dontli/ut:on. MOVEMENTS IN PARLIAMENT— OREGON. Those are extraordinary tunes. Great e- vcnts are in cmhrvo. TbB government ami the politicians of Etirdft°» an 1 the enemies of repub. liam liberty o'ri Our own continent, ure in the of Meas)’ schemes and plots to clip the Jinfr of the young American giant, and rob him of his strength ; or to prepare to overpower him in their own time and way. They would -S* adly quench the light of his example by de- TARIFF POSITIONS DEFINED—WHIG AND DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINES. Wo have great ditliculty in finding out what sort of a tariff modern Democracy is in favor of. Will the Nashville Union inform us ? In order to induce it to do so, we will tell it frank ly and explicitly what kind of a tariff we are in favor of, and shall strenuously advocate. \Ve are in favor, in the first place, then, of raising not a cent more of revenue than will suffice for an economical administration of the Govern ment. In raising the amount necessary for that purpose, we are in favor of affording ad- Tlie Course was not in good order, being very dry and in some parts letlock-deep with sand and dust. This was more unfavorable to Fashion than to Poytona, the latter being the strongest horse. The excitement was great when the horsci appeared at the tap of the drum, and betting be* COMMUNICATIONS. ties, on sucli articles as are exclusively ot for eign growth or manufacture.—Nashville M hig. \ In the first position laid down in this extract, we most heartily concur—not one cent more of revenue ought to bs collected than will sup. port an economical administration of the Gov ernment—and wc will add, that every cent of revenue collected, whether from the public lands or i'rom impost duties, should be fiithful- ly applied to the current expenses of the G«y- ernment. If the Whig agrees with us in this, it of course gives up tlio distribution policy.— The next posiiion laid down in the extract is involved in such a confusion o( undefined terms that it conveys no distinct idea. “ Ad- iquale protection /” Wlial is meant by “ad equate" protection ? Is it a rate of duties ad equate for revenue purposes, or adequate for manufacturing cupidity ? In 1810, Mr. Clay said “ the protection of the Compromise act will be adequate, in most, if not as to all in terests.” In 1842 the Whigs iu Congress thought that, to givo “adequate protection to home industry,” the average rate of duties then in force ought o he doubled, and therefore pas. sed the present tariff' law.' Is 30 per cent, on his might was better developed; and, they see Nn his rapid growth and ripening manhood, sufficient evidence that his strength and power, notwithstanding his character for justice, peace, and good temper, nro greatly to be dreaded. All are willing to put out his eyes, but who shall first bind him ? Tlio course now pursued by British states men, must eheit the attention and arouso the feelings of the most apathetic. Wc see them departing from a long settled principle of do mestic policy; braving the displeasure and the discontent of all those who synipatli'se with the Established Church; making the lar gest appropriation in money, and the greatest concession in principle, in favour of Catholici ty, that has ever taken place since the Refor mation- And for what ? Why as Sir Rodf.ht Reel says, “on the horizon of the West there is a cloud—a cloud, small, but threatening future darknessand in order to prepare for the sweeping storm which may burst from that cloud ho makes l aslo to conciliate Ireland. Hu makes extraordinary concessions to the Roman Catholics. He declares, in reference to those who for centuries have been disfran chised, that “he considered the pormament fi fiecol { on oods adequate protection? And endowment of Mnynooth College just to tie j j g jgQ per cent, on coarse cotton goods noth- Roniun Catholics of Ireland. It womd P'°_ j„„ more than adequate protection ? 11 Home duce n kindly feelmgin Ireland among the pco- i° dustry Wi.at is meant by these termst pic—it wou'd produce great good. I know Is the labor of the farmer embraced as well as not what tho consequences may bo in respect |||elol , of tile mcc l.anic, and also the capital of to the kindly intentions between Ireland and , he wea j t j iy manufacturer! “ The highest or this country. I do not rest the measure on sn/ p cientl hi „ h (tulies /•> Prohibitory duties any question of mere compact. I say, without ^ the /lihest _ u t!)at the moa ni«.g !” Sev- hesitation, you | en , 7 . fjve j 0 )er ccnt . OI1 sugnr> and about the same on iron, are now the dot es imposed— Are these sufficiently high 1 But“ sutlicien ly high” for what l For revenue or for mere protection to home industry, and which branch of home industry—the agricultural, the me chanic, or the manufacturing! Amidst this jargon of indefinite and vague generalities the Whig loses itself, and yet professes to givo an explicit and frantt. definition of its tariff posi tion ! And lie prefaces his remarks with the complaint that he has -‘great difficulty in find ing out what sort of a tariff modern Democra cy is in favor of.” It is certainly true that the tariff ques tion always has been one of difficulty, from the fact that the terms employed in dis cussing it arc vague and indefinite. Mr. Fos ter felt this truth in 1839, when lie declared that “ the mysteries of a system which steals, in silent impunity, from unconscious purses moy easily deceive a well-informed communi ty, whilst it imposes heavy burdens on their industry.” Iftlie suggestion of the Whig to its friends to abandon the use of the term “ in cidental protection” was enlarged and adopt ed, so as to reject altogether the term “protec tion” and adopt the true word taxation in our discussions, the question would be relieved of its difficulty. This however would not suit the purposes of modern Whigism—the strength of its argument lies in the flippant use of sucli vote-catching terms as “ protection to homo in dustry”—“a home market”—and sucli indefi nite and mysterious expressions; and to give up these would be tantamount to a surrender of the high tariff policy. An equitable system of taxation, whether by the direct or indirect policy, is tli.it in which “every citizen pays according to his wealth and means.' 1 In arranging a tariff' of duties, this cardinal principle should be kept in view as far as practicable. This was the great prin ciple in the compromise act of 1833, in which duties were imposed according to the value of the articles imported. It is the total disregard of this fundamental doctrine of justice and eq uity in the present tariff law that we condemn. It was in view of this same principle that Mr. Polk declared in his Inaugural Address: “ All are equally entitled to the fostering care and protection of the Government. In exercising a sound discretion in laying dis criminating duties within the limit prescribed, (the revenue limit,) care should be taken that it be done in a manner not to benefit the weal thy few at the expense of the toiling millions, by taxing lowest the luxuries or articles of su perior quality and high price, which can only be consumed by the wealthy; and highest the necessaries of life, or articles of coarse quality and low price, which the poor and great mass of our people must consume. The burdens of Government should, as far as practicable, be distributed justly and equally among all class es of our population.” In this extract will be recognised in explicit Iangunge the great principle on which the peo ple of Tennessee stood united a few yeais since. How perfectly Mr. Polk’s views ac cord with those so eloquently expressed by Mr. Foster in 1839, when he advocated the entire repeal of the duty on sa’t. [ New York Plc- bian. for the telegraph and republic. Mr. Editor: If the Whigs are distinguished for any one talent more than another, it bare faced impudence. The Recorder and some other kindred prints coolly complain that the came sfill more favorable to the Southern liorsi j Demociats should have the assurance to even when she was stripped. The North had beca ta |k about running a candidate in opposition to backing Fashion heavily, but there was now i Governor Crawford. “ Why is it,” ask they, disposition to hedge, and odds could be had o» j .«that lie should be opposed, seeing lie makes Peytona. Both horses appeared to be perfectly so good a Governor? Tlie great restorer of right, although Pnvtona had rather the most Georgia’s credit it can be nothing but factious lively and gamely look. Roth horses have been described in several of the city papers, acd we think it useless to repeat the description. The horses got off well together at the first start, Peytona having the inside, which she kept, as well as the lead, and won the first heat by three lengths, amid tlie shouts of the excited crowd. The betting was now 100 to 50, and even occasionally larger odds on the Southern horse, and few takers. When the horses came up for tho second heat, they did not appear to have cooled off well, Fashion being apparently the most distressed. After one false start they wont offat a slashing pace, Fashion getting the inside. During the first three miles the horses ran together with opposition"! Now in the first place, I ask when did ever a Whig, or rather a Federalist, forbear to hurl from office any and every De mocrat whenever they have had the power, no matter how able and faithful they were. Wlien dd they or Governor Crawford, ever confer tffice on a Democrat ? Ah ! but, say they, we die Whigs, have all the talent, all the virtue, sll the law and order—in short, we are horn to rule ! Well, gentlemen, I beg pardon, I en tertain very littlo respect for your ‘divine rights.* It may bo that you are all you pretend —it may be that you were * foreordained’ to govern Democrats—yet, nevertheless, poor re bellious sinners that we are, we shall vote you and your divine rights into a ‘cocked hat,’ so scarcely a perceptible difference between them, that you will have cause once more to sit down and the interest in the raco became intense.— 1 and pondvr upon the ‘inscrutable decrees of of Providence.’ But to return to his Excellency. Now the Democrats canr.ot be so easily gulled as you supposed. They aro capable of seeing and despising Whig nonsense. They know and it was evident that her immense stride was do- acknowledge that there has been a Crawford When they passed the judges’ stand on the fourth mile Peytona was scarcely the breadth of tin ear behind. Both jockeys were plying spurs and cowbiding the horses to their utmost speed. On the last quarter Peytona made a brush and confederacy which exists in that country against the British connection." And he admits, be fore lie assumed an altitude of defiance to wards this country, tiiat lie had anx ously stoop ed to conciliate Ireland, llis words are: “Yet I did feel it to he my duty—tlio duty of the first minister of the Crown—to state that, if our rights were invaded, we were determined and prepared to maintain them- I aver that, when I was called upon to make that declara tion, I did recollect with satisfaction and con- solation, that the day before J had sent a mes sage of peace to Ireland." That is he had sent O’Connell word that an appropriation of twenty-six thousand pounds should be made to Mnynooth College, and that Queen Victoria and* Prince Albert should be sent to visit and amuse them during the summer. For which O'Connell breaks forth in fresh terms of abuse upon tho peoplo of the United States, and threatens to “bring down frem his proud flight the American Eagle.” The British Premier knows what he risks in endeavoring to soothe Ireland, and even looks to the probability of losing his place; yet, so anxious is he to con ciliate the sons of Erin, and to enlist their feelings against us, that he is willing that the Cabinet of which ho is a member should be broken up, and pledges himself to support the .one that may succeed him, in the line of policy towards this country, which he was then pur suing. Wc do not doubt the sincerity of Sir Robert Peel, when he declares the most anxious de sire to settle the Oregon question by negotia tion-even amicable negotiation; but we are not inattentive to the demonstrations which his government is making to illustrate and enforce these amicab’h wishes. At the moment of the final effort to settle by negotiation the Maine boundary, they threw some fifteen thousand regular troops into Canada, near the line in dispute. So now, they are not merely risking everything to allay discontent in Ireland, but eight thousand additional troops are hastened off to join the unusual number already in Cana da. Large numbers of soldiers, also, are pla ced in tho West Indies. Immense depots of coal, munitions of war, four thousand beef-cat tle, and dupl cute machinery for steam-ships, are put in convenient position at Bermuda.— Choice ships of war, with picked crews, are despatched, it is believed, to the mouth of the Columbia river. And the extraordinary sum of eight millions of pounds is put at the control of Ministers, to enlarge and strengthen the na vy for any contingency. These are the means which John Bull adopts to hasten amicable negotiations and insure peaceful results! So far as these proceedings arc any part of n menace, or intended to support an attitude of defiance in reference to the assertion and en forcement of our just title to Oregon, they will not weigh tho inilucnco of a feather; neither will they prevent an amicable adjustment of tho question, if that is attainable, without the suirender of our honor or our rights. The course of Sir Robert Peel, however, most clear ly shows tho ilillicultics of his position, and that the very means to which lie resorts to appease Ireland, hut exasperates die pub ic mind and spreads new difficulties amongst all those who are opp*»si;d to the Catholics. It was hut tho other day that this same Ministry, which is now so conciliatory, sent thirty thousand troops to Ireland, es evidenco of their friendly feelings, and to nsi isi the development of that republi can spirit which was then so generally mani festing itself in the movements of the Iiish peo ple ! How far Sir Robert will be able to sur mount the difficulties in which he is placed, re mains to be seen. In the meantime, wc look with feelings of pride and pleasure upon our own position, in contrasting its strength and security, with j hat of Great Britain. A government springing from the will of the people, lias its efficiency and strength in the fact, that those who are cal led to administer it, must agree in sentiment with those who created it. Mr. Polk chosen as ho has been, as well for his thorough Democ racy, ns for liis perfect agreement in opinion with those who elected him, in regard to our national rights now called in question, knows that lie will he sustained and supported by the whole people, first in all proper efforts to ad just our rights by negotiation, and ultimately, if necessary, to the last extremity of life and for tune in defending them hv force. {£/** John P. Ilalc is lecturing in various parts of tho State, advocating his re election to congress. Wlmt a modest fellow Jack is. The federal papers give very favorable notices of > .s efforts, and seem to think him quite ail ac- quUition to tlie ranks of their party. Jack we presume feels at home again, as much so as he did when ho peddled coffin hand bills through Strafford county.—Nashua Gazette. ing the business. Coming down the straight turn to the judges’ stand she gained slightly at every jump and came in (Fashion under whip and spur) winning the heat and race by half a length. The shout that rent the welkin was the signal for the transfer of at least one hundred thousand dollars from the pockets of the North to the pockets of the South. The time, it will he seen, was not very good, the first heat being seconds longer than Fashion’s first heat with Boston. The fust heat was run in 7 394, and the second in 745. Peytona lias now won for her owners $62,- 003 in purses in six years, never having been beaten. She has probably won much more for them in side bets. Having conquered the vic tor of twenty three fields, she may he considered the paramour horse on the Turf iu this coua- lr J\ . This has bren »nc of the most exciting races the North has ever known, and as Fashion was freely backed until within a few days, by our sporting circles, we suppose Park Row and Vesey stree t are nearly cleaned out.—N. Y: Tribune. Recites.— Perfume for Gloves.—Take of damask or rose scent half an ounce, the spirit of cloves and mace, each, a drachm ; frankin cense, a quarter of an ounce. Mix them to gether, and lay them in papers, and when hard, press the gloves; they will take tlie scent in twenty-four hours, and hardly ever lose it. To perfume Clothes.—Take of oven-dried best cloves, cedar and rhubard wood, each one ounce, beat them to a powder and sprinkle them in a box or chest, where they will create a most beautiful scent, and preserve the appar el against moths. To restore bad Yeast.—Mix with it a little flour, sugar, salt, brandy, and heor, and these will confer on it all the qualities of good yeast. Good yeast may also be mndu by adding tho same mixture to the grounds of ale. To restore Flowers.—Most flowers begin to droop and fade after being kept during twenty-four houis in water. Place the flowers in scalding water deep enough to cover about one-third of the length of the stem; by the time the water has become cold, the flowers will have become erect and fresh; cut off the ends* and put them into cold water. To destroy insects on Plants.—Tic up sc me flour of sulphur in a piece of nmslin cr fine linen, and with this the leaves of the young plants should be dusted; or it may be thrown on them by means of a common swans-dowo puff, or even by a dredging box. Useful Directions.—New iron should he very gradually heated at first; after it has be come inured to the heat, it is not us likely to crack. It is a good plan to put new earthen-ware into cold water, and let it heat gradually until it boils—then cool again. Brown earthen ware, particularly, may be toughened in this way. A handful of rye or wheat bran .thrown in while it is bo.ling, will preserve the glazingV so that it will not be destroyed by acid or salt. The ofteaer carpets are shaken the longer they will wear; the dirt that collects under them grinds out the threads. If you wish to preserve fine teeth,^always clean then thoroughly after you have eaten your last meal at night. Woolens should he washed in very hot suds, and not rinsed. Lukewarm water shrinks them. When molasses is used in cooking, it is a great improvement to boil and skim it before you use it. It takes oJt the unpleasant raw tasie, and makes it almost as good as sugar. It is easy to have a supply of horse-radish all winter. Have a quantity grated while the root is in perfection, put it in bottles, fill it with vinegar, and keep it corked tight. Do not wrap knives and forks in woolens; wrap them in good strong paper.—Sfecl is in jured by lying in woolens. on whom God had bestowed a giant intellect, but they also know that great men die and leave a litter of pigmies to their name—tiiat talent is not hereditary nor diffusive among collaterals, and while Whigs are shouting and blowing their ram’s horns loud enough to shake down tho walls of Jericho, over every thing that bears the name of Crawford, the Dem- crats will inform them that William H. Craw ford is dead, and that nil who hear his name are very good citizens! His Excellency has had the singular good luck to be ‘left alone in his glory,’ under the amended constitution, njpi troublesome Legisla ture meets to annoy him. But let not either him nor his knights of brass ‘lay tho flattering unction to their souls,’ tiiat because they have basked in tho sun ‘during the long summer’s day’ that there are no thunderbolts in store for them. I now write only to warn them that the lime is it hand when they must forego their ‘ tilthv dalliantjo’ and ‘ prepare to guard.’ PORCUPINE. I seldom fail to make a fine crop of turnips of some kind. A good many of my triends tell me tiiat it is a matter of great importance that turnips should be sowed in the old of the moon; and if this is true it ought to be known, and if it is all tt ridiculous whim, that ought to he known also; for persons that have to wait till the moon fulls, sometimes like the Spartans, lose the favorable time for action, and so make poor turnips. I don’t intend to say that the moon has no influence in such cases, for I don’t know positively that it lias none; hut perhaps I have a right to tell whut 1 do know; and I certainly do know that I have cultivated tur nips with considerable success for a long time without paying the least attention to either the moon or stars. In foreign countries, and even Were the Norti ge pame,i politically, a, .he u eccle.i.,,;. I!) some 01 the far oft states, I learn the people cally,from tlie South, her hold upon slavery would ontiraly have every thing in much treater perfection > censc ’ precisely what Northern Abolitionists Ilian vve nave the same tilings here ill Creoigia* . It ou«zlit to be understood and remembered, that the eccle- Their sun somehow shines much more clear siastical separation which tins taken place, was forced upon and bright than the sun we have here in Geor- j gw. I lie lightning is more forked than our [ avoided.” lightning, anil dashes about frntn plaGo to place | We record the education of the masses as the strongest ! safeguard ami defence to our liberties, and cherish tlie | hope that the day is not far distant, when it will he a rare circumstance to meet one so illiterate as not to l»e able to , read and write.—Grand,Jury presentments of Houston \ county, April Term, 1845. ttnlly silenced because he was a slaveholder, not by pur chase, but by marriage. The separation in the Piesbyteii- an Church, although not made iti strict accordance with geo graphical lines, was, we have no doubt, precipitated by the same question which has now divided the Baptists and Methodists. Thus a line of demarkation has been drawn between almost the entire body of Northern and Southern Christians, and henceforth those of each section will act independently of, each. “YVhat political consequences may ultimately flow from the separation, it is impossible to foresee. Hut it is obvious that the bonds of our national union are weekend thereby. The American Hible. Tract, and Missionary Societies, which have had the wisdom to adhere to their appropriate work, without tnmirg asi^e to questions with which they have nothing to do, will still operate to some extent as a bond of union, but tlie strongest bond—that which united tlie more than% million Methodist church members through- out tlie Union in a compact mass, and the half a million of Baptists—is broken. Southern ministers and delegates will •no longer come to the North to be insulted—and ss they are beyond the reach, so the)* are, in n great measure, be yond the influence of Northern ecclesiastical associations. THE RACE. This great contest for superiority in horse flesh between the North and tho South drew to gether a larger collection of people than we hairs ever before seen at the Union Course. From an early hour in the morning until about noon the streets in the neighborhood of the Ferries were jammed with all kinds of vehicles waiting their turn to cross. Every thing upon wheels, from the showy turn-out of the millonairc or tlie dan dy to wagon of the vender of clams, was put in requisition to convey the lovers of sport to the Course. Tho largest number of foot passen gers went over the South Ferry and took the Itnilroad, but a largo number also went over tho Fulton Ferry. From good authority wo learn that 35,000 persons crossed tlie South Ferry and 20,000 the Fulton Ferry, up to 10 p . in o re S ,onsl u P on the^ upper Mississippi, du- o’clock. Tlie Railroad Company carried in r ' n o l ^ ie * ftSt winter. I ho mineral lands of Unprecedented Trotting.—A great trotting match came oft*at Albany on Monday. Gen eral Dunham’s mare was entered to trot one hundred miles in ten hours, in harness. Tho feat »vas accomplished, and more than accom plished. The animal trotted one hundred and one miles within the time, and had twelve min utes to spare—time, nine hours and forty tight minutes, ( viz: from 6 A. M. til! 12 minutes before 4 P. M.) The last mile was accom plished in 4 minutes, and the animal, after having the usual attentions, appeared as fresh os if nothing had happened. Our Mineral Wealth.—Upwards of forty new lead mines have been opened in the mi- round numbers 30,000 passengers to and from the Course at an average of something over 50 cents each, which will make no inconsiderable addition to their week’s income. The Compa ny received on the last great race day about $4,000. The gathering on the Course was much lar ger than we have evcrscen there,and accordin' Iowa and Wisconsin aro supposed to he more productive of this metal then the whole of Eu rope, with the exception of Great Brittan. Packed lip Humanity.—A Baltimore pa per states that information has been received in that city of a negro servant girl, belonging to Mr. Benjamin Ross, who has been missing for some time. It appears froin the facts that FOR THE TELEGRAPH AND REPUBLIC. Mr. Editor: I am pleased—very much pleased nt the determination expressed in the last number of your paper, to exclude from its columns thedscussic n of the merits or demerits of any candidate for Governor, whose uame will be submi'ted to the Democratic Conven tion to assemble next month in Miiledgeville.— Will not the other Democratic papers pursue the same prudent course? Surely they need not lie told of its great importance to the party at this moment. In your last to\ you speak warmly in reference to tho approaching elec tion for Governor, and with the confide ce of a mind firmly assured of success- In this you arc l ight, perfectly right. Alai mod, wearied, and disgusted, with the principles an I policy of the whig party of Georgia, a very large ma jority of her people look forward to the .over throw of this party next fall, ns uti event as cer tain as die connection between cause and ef fect. The political schemers who constituted a powerful and tyrauical majority in the last Legislature, and their leader the present incum bent of the Executive chair, will soon receive their just reward at tlie hands of tin honest and indignant constituency. Tlie Senatorial dis trict b ll—the measure which was to bind the young lion of democracy in fetters, will as sig nally fail to accomplish the object of its nuthois, asuid the Congressional district bill. „ After the passage of these execrable parly measures, it was the favorite boast of the whig members of tlie Lcgis'attireof 1843, (with sour honorable exceptions,) that the democratic par ty of Georgia would never he able to engage in another struggle for Rs principles; and that henceforth the whig* would control both branch es of the Legislature—a majority in Congress, and the Executive office at Miiledgeville.— They were then warned of their folly and mad ness, and told by at least one democratic mem ber of the Legislature that they were only forg- ing chains for themselves. How terribly true was the remark I Asa parly the whigs are very unfortunate. Who has not observed that the harder the whigs work to establish their ptinciples. the farther do the people move off from them ? Like the lover in Drydcn, “The more he strove To od vance his suit, tlie farther from her lore.” Filled with vanity and self-conceit they de lude themselves into the idea that to win the affections of the masses, specious promises alone arc necessary; and that to entangle the public judgment, it is only necessary to call public attention to the policy adopted by George W. Crawford, Esq. for restoring the lost credit of the State, and particularly of the Central Bank. Web upon web do these po litical spiders weave around the public mind ; but with a suitable candidate for Governor and a united party, vve may very safely hid defi- an.ee to our political enemies. LUMLEY. in half the time that our lightning does. Th thunder, too, is much better than any thunder we have here in these backwoods. The days, nights, weeks, months and years, are much longer atul more numerous than ours. Now in these countries we may expect that turnips, and every thing else, grow to an amazing size. One man informed me that the turnips in his country were generally two feet in diameter; and another one, (n yankee this time) gave pretty much the same account of the turnips in the country where he was raised. He said he had seen ruta bagas considerably larger than any nail keg. I thought ho was taxing my credulity too high, and was about to enter my protest; hut lie proved it every word by an other yankee, and so set that to rest and put me to silence. But it is not a matter of so much conse quence to us how turnips grow in other coun tries, ns it is how they grow here. I learn from agricultural papers that thirty tons of turnips is a good crop in any country, and I am well satisfied we can make that much here. The winter before last I found a spring turnip in my patch that weighed 84 pounds; uml last winter I found a ruta bagu that weighed 13 pounds when first pulled and washed, and I hear of larger ones in the neighborhood. Last year I cultivated for the first time what I have called the seven-top or salad turnip. This tur nip must I think he fine for cattle or sheep. Some of them have very fine roots, and at the timo when stock arc in most need of green food, they throw out a top that is calculated to astonish persons unacquainted with the article. A. E. ERNEST. Til TELEGRAPH AID liEITOIC. Tuesday, May 27, 1S45. FOR THE TELEGRAPH AND REPUBLIC. Mr. Editor—I have been asked a good ma ny questions first and last, about turnips, my inode of cultivating them, See., and should you allow me to respond to these questions through your paper, it would save me from much talk ing, and pet haps benefit such persons as have not adopted a better mode of cultivating the article than the plan I have adopted. It is useless to cultivate turnips on poor land. Land to produce good turnips ought to be rich enough to produce at least thirty bushels of corn to the acre, and before the seed aro sown the ground ought to be put in good order. After putting the ground in good order, then run furrows two feet apart with a very narrow scooter that is too much worn for any other service, and in these furrows sprinkle tho seed and cover them by running another furrow with the same scooter in the edge of the first furrow. Then wo have a piece of timber of proper weight, and cut in suitable shape for sliding with handles like a plow; to tin's we hitch a mule and slido it over the drills. This causes the ground to retain the moisture lon ger than it would otherwise do. Then we let matters rest till the plants get about the size of a dollar, when we hoe them, and thin them to the best estimates reached 70,000 persons.— have transpired, that she had been safely de- out to a stand, leaving them two feet apart in 1 he stands were all crowded to the utmost ex- | livered in York, Pa., as per invoice, snugly | the drills. This leaves.over 11,000 turnips to . ... . . per invoice, snugly tent; the track was so much encumbered that a packed away in u good sized box adapted to strong pohee force could scarcely keep i t free her dimensions. This is an entirely novel for the running horses, and the field was full of i style of abducting slaves, we apprehend, and carriages and omnibusses filled with passen- 1 ntay serve us a caution to common carrie rs, as gers. In ihe members’stand were about sixtv the same system might possibly be practised on packed away in a good sized box adapted to I tho acre, and left that distance and properly her dimensions. This is an entirely novel I cultivated, they grow very large. I sow ruta ladies, belonging to tho first, families ofthc citv. sys a larger scale. bagas from the 15th of July to the 20th of An. gust, and should they tail to come up or stand I sow winter turnips in the missing places, and should they fail I sow spring turnips—so that Office Telegraph & Republic, 1 Macon, May 27th, 1845. ) The ni-w post-office law going into operation on the I*t of July, will deprive Postmasters of the privilege of franking. Wc hope our subscribers in the country will avail themselves of the intervening time to re mit their respective dues to this office for sub scriptions, and save us the postage that rnu.-t accrue after that period. Arrangements have been made to ( iilargeand issue this paper on a new press and type on and after the first of July. Willi tlie commencement of the approa citing campaign the Telegraph will be prepared to bear its portion of the “dust and heat"’of buttle. If not as ably, it will at least as zeal ously sustain the consecrated and time-honored principles'of Republicanism as any journal in the State. Will our friends aid us by tl.eir co-operation ? Hereafter, cut.I the present mail arrange ments from tlie east are changed, this paper will be issued on Wednesdays, instead of Tues days as formerly. RELIGIOUS DISUNION. We transfer to our columns to-day the fol lowing well timed and truthful article on the results of the recent religious conventions, from the New York Journal of Commerce. It is most true, as the Journal remarks, that the ec clesiastical separations which have taken place have been forced upon the South by the viru lence and violence of Northern men. The nar row-minded bigots who have forced these divi- ions while they have justly made themselves the ridicule as well as the contempt of the liberal and enlightened, even in their own States, must be awarded full credit for that worldly wisdom ; that self-denying spirit so frequently displayed by those who fly to the church for sanctuary from their vices and regard all others as “ outside barbarians.” They have very modestly taken care because they had the pow er to retain all the money and valuable proper ty belonging to the common fund, contributed by the South as well as by the Noith for the Bible, Missionary, and other charitable purpo ses. But whatever consequences may hereafter flow from these separations calculated to wea ken the bonds of the union or the great cause of Christian progress and toleration will be deep- ■ ly regretted by the South, hut cannot in any way he chargeable to the people of this sec- : tion of the union, because they have forborn i and entreated for peace and toleration, until they were unable longer to hear the insults and persecutions heaped upon them by their north- j ern brethren. For our own part, while we deplore these separations, and look upon each as so many links struck from the glorious chain \ of union which binds ns as one people, we can not hut applaud the moderation and dignity as j well as the spirit of the southern clergy evinced throughout these angry discussions. ••Thrice is he termed who hath his quarrel just/* From the M Y. Journal of Commerce. THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. Scarcely any thin" 1ms occurred of late, more deeply to be • regretted "than the division of some of our principal religions | connections by geographical lines. Our readers are aware i that a Southern Methodist Convention is, or has recently j been, in session at Louisville, Ky., and a Southern Baptist Convention at Augusta, Ga., and that both have adopted | measures fora separation from their brethren at the North, j And why 1 Not from choice, but from necessity. Not be cause they lacked Christian charity toward their Northern 5 brethren, but because they found it was impossible to meet them on equal terms ; because in fact, whenever they met, . Slavery, Slavery, SLAVERY, was the perpetual, never- ' ceasing song sounded in their ears, and often in tones of bit- | terness bordering upon malignity, and of censure indlscrim- J mating and without measure. At the last General Confer ence of the Methodist Church, a Southern Bishop was vir- j These are the aspirations of men who wish well to their country, but when and how are they to he realized ? The public lands of Georgia, a portion of which if applied to pur poses of common school education, would havo given us a system equal to any in the world in point of endowments, are all gone through the maelstrom of the lottery wheel, and to tlio permanent benefit of few, very few. The spij rit of demagogues ruled the hour, and poster ity will mourn over the wrong. Are we to look to “the poor school funds,” to educuto that host of boys and girls whose parents are in reduced circumstances? It is a mockery; no care and attention, if bestowed — which never has been — can galvanise that into use fulness. In the first place, the amount receiv ed by each county, is utterly insufficient; in the next place, it is rarely applied judiciously, even when it is applied for any other than pri vate uses, by those who have charge of it; and in the lust place, the plan is uncongenial to the feelings of our population; many are notable to educate their children at their own expense, and unwilling to have them educated by what they esteem charity, and none like to have their offspring pointed out in a large school,and dis tinguished as hetr-ficiaries. “Tlie poor school system,” of this State, has been successful in hut one object of iu author, to procure him a seat in the Senate of the United States; it has failed in every other end. It stands in our statistics us so many empty words, only to ntock at the rising gen eration, who crave knowledge and hope for it, from such a source. It.is a very Tantalus cup, promising much and yielding nothing. Will some statesman — if nil that race have not dwindled into mere party politicians — deviso- a feasible plan of common -schools, and bring to its aid a well directed zeal and talent suffi cient to ensure its adoption, and thereby win for himself a name which shall endure beyond the term of an office or even a life time, and with it the gratitude of other generations I Conscious as every one must bo, that re publican institutions are based on the intelli gence of the people, it is startling to think of the deficiency in the simplest rudiments of ed ucation, disclosed by the last census; and no steps in progress to diminish the evil. What are paper constitutions guarantying rights to an ignorant people? Look at the South Amer ican re; 111 hlics. at Mexico, with institutions mo delled after our own ; their permanence was insured as much as words could avail, but there was something more wanting—an enlightened people ; this they had not, and free institutions have failed it: consequence. Our government, although many invasions have-been made on its purity, is dear to us ; and in order to retain it as it is, it behooves every man to reflect that our population doubling itself as it does every twenty-five years, is multiplying in that ratio the number of persons illy qualified to under stand their rights, from a want of education. Any one who troubles himself to think, looks on at the tempest of excitement which precedes the election of aPresident; hears the shallow* sophistry of demagogues; sees the paltry ap peals to the vilest prejudices, by emblems, signs, and catch-words; and wonders that there are any so ignorant as to be deluded by such des- picablo expedients. Yet both parties havo resorted to them. Can there be a more hu miliating inference than tlie only one which tho people are to draw from all this—that politi cians think appeals to their understan iing use less, and play on their prejudices as with so many children. As the population of tins country grows more dense, and if ignorance is to increase with it, what must those periodical excitements result in finally ? History teaches tis that tlie government may gradually lose its characteristics, until it lias assumed an entirely different form, insensibly to the people. Rome was a republic in tlie days of Cato, and wc find it still called by that name under Caligula! The artful Octa vius, in the interval, had while retaining an cient forms and names, to lull the jealousy of tlie people, stripped it of every attribute of a» popular government, and-prepared the way fur open despotism under his successors. Wlmt safeguard is there that our government may not undergo a similar change? And while- wo hold on tenaciously to empty names, every es sential of a constitutional government may gliJ 13 imperceptibly from us. Tlie only safeguard H an enlightened people. The Oregon Question. The Washington Union speaking of the Ore gon question, says: ?r suggests arbitration. iu declined this proposition i-uer—and declined it. it i* sa We are content We un hen id. The New York Gout dersfnnd that Mr. Calh< made by the British M upon grounds of the strongest character, to wait lor the publication of that document, with the ge ^ end remark, that it is seldom, if ever, that tlie unip> ra 8 e u a third power has been able to settle satisfactory the con troversy between two Slates in relation to disputed terr *