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PARODY ON THB DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. The Salisbury (N’.C.) Watchman tells a story of a tavern-keeper who having grown rich grew very careless; nnd so offended the lawyers by whom his house had for years becu filled, that during one crowded session of the court, they with one accord forsook him, leaving behind them tlie following parody on the declar ation of Independence: “ When, the course of human events, it becomes necessary fora half-fed, impos ed-on set of men, to dissolve the band of landlord and boarder, a decent respect lor the opinion of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which have impelled them to tho separation. We hold these truths to he self-evident: that all men are created with stomachs; that tiiey are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; among which are, that no man should be com pelled to starve, out of mere compliance to a landlord, and that every man has a right to fill his stomach and wet his whis tle with die best dial’s going. The history of the present landlord of the White Lion is a history of repeated insults, exactions and injuries, all having in direct object the establishment of ab solute tyranny over our stomachs and throats. so prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused to keep any thing to drink but bald-faced whiskey. He has refused to set upon his table for dinner anything but turnip soup, with a little tough beef and sour krmit, which are not wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has refused to let his only servant, blink-eyed Joe, put more than six grains of coffee in one gallon of water. He has turned loose a multitude ol inusquitoes to assail us in the peaceful hours of the night and eat our substance. He has kept up in our beds and bed steads standing armies of* merciless sava ges whose rule of warfare is undistin guished destruction. He has excited domestic insurrection among us by taking hitters before break last, and making his wife and servants do the same before dinner, whereby there is often the deuce to pay. He has waged cruel war against na ture herself, by feeding our horses with broom-straw, and carrying them off to drink where swine refused to wallow. He has protected one-eyed Joe in his villany, in the robbery of our jugs, by pretending to give him a mock trial, al'tei sharing with him the spoil. He has cut off our trade with foreign ( ports and brought in his own bald-face whiskey, when we had sent him to buy better liquor abroad ; and with a perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, he has been known to drink our fo reign spirits, and fill up our bottles with his own dire potions. He has imposed taxes upon us to an enormous amount without our consent and without any rule but his own arbitrary will and pleasure. A landlord whoso character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, and a master, is unfit to keep a boarding house for Cherokee Indians. Nor have we been wanting in our at tentions to Mrs. B. and Mrs. Sally. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, but the}’ have been deaf to the voice of justice; we are, therefore, constrained to hold all three of the parties alike inimical to our well being and re gardless of our comfort. We therefore make this solemn decla ration of our final separation from our landlord, and cast our defiance in his teeth.” A Factory Girl. —The Kennebec Jour nal gives the following description of the romantic adventures of a New England Factory Girl: “Miss Irene Nichols, daughter of Mr- Nathaniel‘Nichols, of Monmouth, Kenne bec county, while at work in a factory at Dorchester, Mass., some four years since, was offered very liberal wages to go to Mexico and engage in a factory just es tablished there. She with eight others, accepted the offer. Whilst there, she be came acquainted with Ferrera, the pre sent revolting and successful General, with whom she contracted marriage.— She made a visit to her friends in Maine last summer, during which site received frequent letters from Ferreca. She left here in July or August lust for Mexico, via New York, where she obtained a license, anti was united in marriage to General Ferrera, by his reptesentative, the Gen . cral not being able to leave Mexico—a 6tep rendered necessary, as the parties were both Protestants, anti could not he married in Mexico, a Catholic country. Ferrera is now President of Mexico, hav ing his head quarters at the National Pa lace in the city, and this Keunebec Fac tory girl now ‘revels in the halls of the ( Monlezumas.’ General Ferrera is of’Ger man extraction, and we are given to un derstand is an ardent admirer of the in stitutions of this country, ttnd would not he opposed to the union of Mexico with the United States. A .society, exteusivel in its ramifications, already exists in Mex ico, with a view to the accomplishment of such a project.” Some counterfeit half dollars are in cir culation, dated 1838; lace of liberty well done, reverse not so well. They are light er in weight than the genuine coin. Several-thousand barrels of Apples have lieen shipped from the United States for Liverpool and London. American apples are esteemed a luxury in England. r """ ' ‘I would advise you to put vour head in a dye tub; 'ijs rather red,’ said a joker to a sandy haired girl. ‘ln return, sir, I would advise you to put yours in an oven, .or us rather soft,’ wait the ptptnpUfcplv. POLITICAL. i ATTACK ON MR. CALHOUN—THE TEXAS QUESTION. We regret to perceive what appears to us simultaneous and preconcerted attacks on Mr. Calhoun, in Democratic papers in this city, and in Philadelphia, arising, we apprehend, from an impression that he possibly may have a direct or contingent influence in the next administration, and it is supposed that a concerted attack may have the tendency to kill him offbefore the new President takes his oath of office.— The pretext is, his mismanagement of the Texas affair; the blunders of Mr. Shannon and the Secretary’s defence of slaver}-, and the Democratic journals on these points find themselves comfortably condi tioned, vis a vis with the Whig press; com pagnons (lu voyage, very agreeable while the union exists, hut we apprehend very difficult to shake off on arriving at the end of the journey; particularly when the Dem ocratic editors find themselves stopped at the Democratic toll-gates—for nothing more trite and true, “if you are compelled to join political enemies to put down polit ical friends, it is very difficult to shake off the alliance;” nnd praises of strong Dem ocratic journals from the Whig press, are deemed suspicious compliments at best. But we are yet to learn that Mr. Calhoun has mismanaged the Texas business; and we must bear in mind, that those who seek to jiull him down are quasi Texas men; they only went for Texas because the peo ple who supported Polk were in favor of annexation. Now the election is over, they wish to cut loose from Texas, but at the same time cut off those friends of the new President who were honestly in fa vor of bringing that republic into the Union. In what has Mr. Calhoun failed to sustain his high reputation? President Tyler and Mr. Calhoun early perceived that Great Britain had its eye fixed steadi ly on Mexico, Texas, and Oregon, and in connection with these important posses sions, a canal at the Isthmus of Panama to unite the Atlantic and Pacific—Oregon, in order to monopolise the trade to China and India, and Texas, as a commercial depot to distribute her manufactures through the Southern and Western States; and a control over Mexico, in order to close every market but the British one to her. By means of this accumulated pow er and impregnable position, Great Bri tain controls the commerce of the Gulf of Mexico down the Bay of Honduras and Central America, and on the Pacific, the great gate or outlet to that sea, together with California, and thus commands, di rects, controls, and monopolises the trade to India, the Pacific, and the whole Gulf of Mexico. The scheme was a grand one, and easily accomplished. Mexico was in her power. Her mines were pledged for a debt of eighty millions—the only diffi culty was to shut out the United States from acquiring Texas, atid make a dash at Oregon. Mexico having no claim on Tex as, and without the power to reconquer that teiritory, is urged by England to move an army towards the frontiers, to 'threaten war with the United States if an nexation is attempted. England does not I stop here. France is invoked to join in remonstrance against annexation under the cloak of slavery, and Texas is tempt ed by brilliant offers of a recognition of her independence, offers of money, and acom tuereial treaty, to refuse becoming an in tegral part of the United States. All was done in conformity to tlie usual commer cial policy of England. What were we to do? Sit down quietly and see our great, hold, and commercial rival securing the keys of the Atlantic, of tlie Pacific, and tlie Indian oceans; forcing her manuCtc j tures through the South and West, and destroying our national industry at the | North —clasping us around the waist so | closely that we could not move—menu Icing our slave States, trampling upon our I manufactures, crippling our commerce, ! and shackling our resources? No, no.— Mr. Calhoun, in an able letter to our Min ister in France, unmasked the whole plot, and showed up the naked deformity of the slave movement. Texas said, “we are still in favor of annexation,” and Mr. Shannon is instititled to detail our views and intentions to Mexico, and propose to consummate the arrangements in a friend ly spirit, and even to give Mexico an in demnity where she has no claim to any. What followed? Tlie Mexican Secretary of Stair, under tlie influence of the British minister a£ (he city of Mexico, says, in ef fect, to Mr. Shannon, “you are a set of. rascals who long have meditated to rob us —a nation of cheats, without honor or good faith;” and the Congress of J/exico, under tlie influence of the same British minister, unauimously endorses the decla rations aud opinions of their Secretary. — The American minister, under these reite-, rated insults, suspends his intercourse with that Government. Now, had Mr. Calhoun backed out from annexation, sub mitted to the insults of Mexico, and allow-j cd Greal Britain to triumph over u$ and j consummated our political and commcr- j cial downfall, the very editors who attempt to proscribe him for having stood firm; and done his duty as a true American, j would have proclaimed him a coward and j a traitor, who had abandoned the honor and interests of bis country! But who in our country opposes the annexation of Texas with most violence? The men who j opposed the late war with England. And are they governed in this opposition by a regard for the good faith wc owe to Mex ico, and their horror at the extension of. slavery? Not in the least. Their hostil ity now, as it was in 1798, in 1812, in 1810, and at this day, is to prevent the South being strengthened by any acces sion of territory; they opposed the pur chase ol Louisiana and Texas, and at a later day opposed the transfer of Texas tor Florida; and now, tor the same rea sons, viz: hatred to the South, they op- J*>se tiie re-anoexation of Texas, and be come mere whipper«-in of England, and to this they owe their own positive ulti mate ruin; and this is the party, Messrs, j Democratic Editors, in which you are dove-tailed, for the sole object of breaking down Mr. Calhoun. You would get up a quarrel with the South, with Mr. Calhoun and his friends, to embarrass your own candidate, Col. Polk, whom you have as sisted to elect, on the very threshhold of! his new duties;you would, by an uncalled for, preconcerted, and combined attack, seek to break down a prominent friend of Mr. Polk, and one who has done much to | elect him. Suppose you succeed, are you quite sure that any in your interest would occupy the position of Mr. Calhoun? — Suppose it should so have happened, that Col. Polk is a firm friend of Mr. Calhoun, i who advised him to accept from Presi dent Tyler the post he occupies—who ap proves of all he has done for annexation — where are you then? When Gen. Jack son came into power, the same intrigue was got up against Calhoun; it succeeded —hut laid train of terrible evils, national and political, which at this day is still felt, and it finally overthrew many who are now thinking of getting up the same in trigue against him under Col. Polk. We hope that every leading and distinguished Democrat will keep clear of the pit which these worthy editors have dug for Mr. Calhoun. England is not to succeed a gaiust us—the jieople will prevent it; Tex as and Oregon must he ours; beware, therefore, of the pit; if you tumble into it by accident, no one. will pity you; if you walk into it by design, you will find at the bottom the whole Whig party; you fall into their arms, and never escape from their affectionate embrace hereafter. Be cautious.— Noah's Messenger. COJUGK E SSIO A A 1. . Congress. —The Washington Globe of the 29th says : In the Senate, to day. the joint resolu tion which passed the House for annexing Texas to the United States was read twice, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, on the motion of Mr. Archer. The Hon. John A. Dix, elected by the legislature of New York to he a senator from State to fill the vacancy oc casioned by the resignation of the Hon. Silas Wright, was qualified and took his seat. Mr. Berrien reported from the Ju diciary Committee a bill to amend the naturalization law. The bill, we believe, tloes not extend die probationary period ol foreigners, but throw's many restric tions around the system. The Senate, after spending the most of the day in the discussion of the bill reducing the rates of postage, and correcting die abusr of the franking . privilge, went into, the consideration of executive business*, and then adjourned. The House, this morning, immediately i after the reading of the journal, resolved j itself into a committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and the pending question being laid aside, took up the bill from the Senate to purchase 1, 500 copies iof Greenbow’s history of Oregon, which, after a debate, was passed—yeas 10(1, j nays 79. The Committee then took up the bill for the occupation of the Oregon | Territory, and after spending some time jin debate thereon, the Committee rose | and the House adjourned. Previous to adjournment, Mr. McClernard, from the j Committee on Public Lands, by general consent, reported a bill for the sale of the mineral lands in the State of Illinois, and : the Territories of lowa and Wisconsin ; ! which was referred to the Committee of the Whole on the stale of the Union. CT’The following is an analysis of tlie vote in the House of Representatives, on the joint resolution for the annexation of 'Texas to the Union. This analysis was transmitted mush} a friend nowin Wash ton City.— Constitutionalist. Ayes Noes. Dem. Whig. Dem. Whig. Maine, 10 4 2 New Hampshire, 2 0 2 0 Vermont, 0 0 1 3 Massachusetts, 10 1 8 Rhode Island, 0 o o 2 Connecticut, 3 0 1 0 New York, 9 0 14 10 ; New Jersey, 3 0 0 1 Pennsylvania, 10 0 0 13 Delaware, 0 0 0 1 i Maryland, 0 0 0 5 Virginia, 10 1 0 3 North Carolina, 5 0 0 4 South Carolina, 7 0 0 0 Georgia, G 2 0 “ 0 Alabama, G 1 0 0 Mississippi, 4 0 0 0 Louisiana, 4 0 0 o Ohio, 9 0 2 , 10 Indiana, 8 0 0 2 Illinois, goo i Kentucky, 5 0 0 5 Tennessee, 6 4 0 o Missouri, 5 0 0 0 Michigan, 10 2 0 Arkansas, 10 0 o 112 8 S-’S 70 Milton Brown, on leave, introduced die following ; joint resolution : Joint Resolution declaring the terms on which I Congress will admit Texas into the Union as a 1 Stair. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress doth content that the territory properly included within, and rightfully belonging to the’republic of Texas, may lie erect ed into anew State, to l*e called the State of Tex- j as, with a republican form of government, to he : adopted by the people ol said republic, by deputies , in convention assembled, with the consent of I lie existing government, in order that the same may lie admitted as one of the States ofthis Union. Sec. ‘2. And be it further resolved, That the fore going consent ofCyngress is given upon the follow ing conditions, and with the following guaranties, to-wit: First. Said State to be formed, subject to the adjustment by this government of all questions of boundary that may arise with other governments; and the constitution thereof, with the proper evi dence ol its adoption by the people of said repub lic of Texas, shall be transmitted to the President of the United States, to be laid before Congress for its final action, on or before the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. Second. Said State, when admitted into the fi ion, after ceding to the Luiied States all mines, minerals, salt lakes and springs, and also all public edifices, liirlificaiions, barracks, ports and harbors, i navv and navy-vards, docks, magazines, arms, ar- I maiiienis, and all other properly and means per- j raining to the public delence belonging to said re- 1 public of Texas, shall retain all the public funds, j debts, taxes, and dues of every kind which may be long to, or be due and owing said republic; and shall j also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands ! Iving within its limits, to be applied to the payment j of the debts nnd liabilities of said republic of Texas; ! and the residue of said lands, after discharging said j debts and liabilities, to Ite disposed of as said Slate 1 mav direct; hut in no event are said debts and lia bilities to ticcome a charge upon the government of | the United States. Third. NerV States, of convenient size, and hav ing sufficient population, may hereafter, by the con sent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the federal constitution. And such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thir ty minutes north laiimde. commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall Ite admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may desire. A G RI C l LT 1 RAL. Ta the Plnntri" nn<! Fnrnirrs of (jrorgin. At a recent meeting in this city of a large number of the Agriculturists of Bibb countv, convened for the purpose of forming an Agri cultural Society, the undersigned were up pointed a Committee to address you with the view of soliciting Vour co-operation in a unit ed effort, to removb as fur as practicable, the evils in which theihole planting interest is in volved. A crisis las arrived when the grow ers of the great staple of the South can no lon ger remain inactiie—when they must cither abandon in part its cultivation or be compelled to submit to a veiy inadequate remuneration fur their industry. You need not be told that cotton cannot be g-own, wi'li any profit at tlie prices which the crop of the past year has commanded, and vhich must continue to pre vail, so long as tha supply so largely exceeds the demand. Cotton perhaps more than any other crop exhausts the soil. By its culture therefore, you suffer, not only in the inade quate compensation for your labor, but in the constantly diminishing value of the lands upon wlfch it is grown. To snti-fy tlie most incredulous that tlie real j cause of low prices, is the cxc< ss of production, i let us for a moment look at facts. Go to any i part of the world where cotton is used at all, and you will fin and a super abundant supply Front tlie most careful and minute examina tion, it is ascertained, that the stock nowin Europe, at the rate of consumption of tlie past year, is equal, at tlie lowest estimate, to the wants of the trade for nine months. In addi tion to this, the largest crop ever made is now j going forward. This, if the consumption con-1 t nue the same, will he a sufficient supply for eighteen months more, so that by the beginning i ol January next, the stock wiil be equal to the j consumption of a whole year. With these Bets staring us in the face, what reason have we to anticipate any materia] advance in jui ces ? \\ hut is there in prospect that is not dark and gloomy? If we go,on as we have don", what have we to expect, but lower prices j still—an accumulation of the evils which now oppress us 1 It is true tlie present low prices j may »nd probably will inctease consumption; police too may load tlie British manufacturer, ! in ■ id r that lie may ent.ee us to continue the culture, to grant us an additional pittance to present quotations, but to neither of these soui ces can we look with confidence, for any sub stantial and permanent relief. If we are wil ling to occupy the position, in which the sub jects ot British India ure placed by the iron rule of their nnstcis, to have meted to us just that compensation for our labor which upon a nice calculation, will enable us to subsist and furnish for o' hers the materials for their pros perity, we need only to pursue our present course and that result will m< vitubly and speedi ly be accomplished. Shall the people of the South however, by their own sup neness, by the absence of prudent forethought and ener gy, suffer tlie i'selves to he overwhelmed by the ruin which i< impending over them? Could the growers of cotton be taught to regard their true interests, to act in concert, as they I ave the power in their own hands, they could fix their own price upon the product of their labor, and make their occupation one of the most pro fi'able the world lias ever known. Thev are their own worst enemies, the authors and tlie solo authors of all their misfoitunes. We are not of that class who expect to find a remedy for tlie evils of which we complain, in resolu tions of county meetings, in State Conventions, or in the mutual pledges of our fellow-citizens. These may coir ml the action of a portion of tlie community, while others will be stimulated by thisveiy movement to supply the deficien cy thus created, that they may profit by the sacrifices tlie more generous and patriotic have made for the genera! g od. If relief be found, other and more rational expedients must be adopted. Men are controlled by in terest. and through this medium they must be appro idled. To divest them from their pre sent seif-destroying policy, they must not only be thoroughly convinced of the real cause of their embarrassments and of the remedy, but they must also have demonstrated to them, that the e are other pursuits and occupations which will yield to labor a profitable return. That such can be found there can be no doubt.— The lime was. when the cotton plant was un known to us, and prosperity prevailed through out our country. The Indigo which its intro duction supplanted, lias as an article of trafic, been entirely banished from amongst us. In dia now entoys its monopoly, hut it is not cer tain she could retain it, were wc, possessing as we do superior intelligence and skill, to con tend for it. Madder it is said, is peculiarly adapted to our soil an ! climate, and well re pays the labor bestowed upon its cultivation, The Palma- Christi lor the manufacture of Cas tor-oil, has its claims to consideration, and the little attention which has been paid to tlie Mul berry and Silk-worm, conclusively prove that the making of silk is not a speculation of the Morus MultiiauUs stamp. We here take the liberty of stating‘hat one of the most intelli gent and practical farmers of this county, who for the last two years has had his cocoonery in successful operation, and whom we have often seen dressed (coat, pantaloons, vest, stockings, | and gloves,) in silk of his own manufacture, | has realized a return for his labor and invest- ment, more than twice the amount upon the same expenditure, of the most successful cot. ton planter in the State. What lie bus done others can accomplish. In most of the lower counties of the State, there arc immense Pine barrens, yielding but little if any income to their owners. Why may not these a» well as other portions of the country, become the pustules of large flocks of sheep, and the trees he rendered productive by the manufacture of Turpentine, Rosin, and Tar? The truth is, we have heretofore found the growing of cotton profitable, aud satisfied with that, wc have made but little investigation into the extent of the resources which a kind Providence lias bestowed upon ns in rich abun dance. With almost every variety of soil and elimate, what is there that the real or irmgiin. ry wants of our race can demand that we can not supply ? In this wid*- range what is there that to a greater or less extent, cannot be turn ed to some profitable accounts. Admit howev er, that none of these pursuits should be profita ble, cr if you please, that lliey should be alto gether unproductive, vet regarding it as un deniably tine, that one hall the crops of cotton now made will bring as much as the whole, nothing would be lost. r I he labor thus divert ed from the cctton-field would reduce the ex tent of that crop, and in the ratio ot reduction enhance the pi ice of that made. In other States where our staple is grown, the oppression which weighs so heavily upon us, is also experienced. In some parts of Louisiana, w here cottou has long been advan tageously raised, it is to be supplanted by the Sugar care. In Florida and some of the lower counties of Alabama and this State, it will give place to Tobacco. Throughout the whole cot ton growing region, a spirit of inquiry has re cently been excited, and is every day becom ing more intense and extended. While there fore we are striving to avert a common evil, we may be stimulated in our ellbrts, by the knowledge that others, who are suffering with u*, are uniting their efforts with ours, for its re ! inoval. In connection with this subject, there aie other considerations to which we respectfully invite voor attention. Why should a barrel of flour ever be imported into this State ? We have lands on which the finest wheat can he grown, mills in which it cun he manufactured, and water-power to propel as many more as tho necessities of tlie country shall demand.— Why should we annually send to the Western S ales hundred of thousands of dollars b r Hor ses, Mule*, and (logs, when we have around us every facility for raising them ourselves ? The following statement furnished by the Keeper of the Toll-gate on the French Broad River in North Carolina, will give some idea of the amount of stock annually brought into South Carolina and Georgia. Horses *sc Mules. Hogs. Black Cattle Sheep. In 1840 5181 * 5*2.255 32'3 3*45 “ 1841 5833 54,786 3048 2357 “ 1842 3840 62,649 3318 3192 •• 1843 4361 52,612 3333 3565 19,213 222,302 12,943 12,35# “ 2H9IJ 4702 2656 2101 Sl.aoi 227,004 15,7)09 14,460 This it w.ll be remembered is the stock that p .ssed the Cumber'and mountain at one only of Us gaps, and by no means embraces all that is annual y brought into tlie.-c two States. A geu'lemau from Kentucky who for years past has been largely engagi and in the stock trade ill this State, and who possesses ample means ot correct ndbrination, has kindly furnished us with nil estimate of the amount and vnlu ■ of stork brought into this Slate during the present winter for our uwu use and consumption, nous. From Kentucy and Tennessee l«y James town route, 23.000 From Kentucky l»y Cumhe*land Route, 76.000—for* Georgia, 10.000 From W est Teuue«see and N. Alabama, 10,000 In all 43.000 at $5 50 per head. 6192,500 Horses and Mt»i“si*y the same routes 8,000 ui 70 dollars per head. 560 000 Making tlie enormous sum of $752,000 witbuul any .dlnwu ice fur tlie E icon iir.- purled from N. Orleans, or that brought to us by wagons front Tennessee. L uge as is this estimate,our Kentucky friend assures us that tlie aulojnt of stock brought this yi ar to Georgia is unprecedentedly small. Can we prosperought we to prosper, when with out cutlou a dreg in tha markets ot tlie world, ou account of us superabundance, we suffer from sheer oegligenoe, or careless mdit ference, our wealth unis to be drained Iroin us in a con-tunt and copious stream, and that, tors, to a quarter whence all their exactin', s aic m tlio precious metals, creating der iigemeu s in our currency, and whence we gel no return, except it be indirectly in the limited purchase oI fabrics made of our cotiou ? It may bo said we have no pastures in which to rai-e out j slock; and that it requires too much corn and small grain to sustain them. Apart of our cotion fields should, as they can he*, converted into pastures, and a portion of the labor bestow ed upon them snouid be devoted to the giow : ing of provisions. By this division of labor tlie ■ great desideratum will, at least, bo partially ob tained ; the diminution of tlie amount of cotton, I and the consequent enhancement of its value. Upon another subject the growers of cotton have evinced a fatuity not less reprehensible and ruinous than upon that to which we have just adverted. While, for years past, they have been computing one* with another to make die largest crop; 10 increase tne evils, they have left to otheis who have no interest in the matter to foster and extend the consumption. As we have it in our power to diminish the on«', so al so may we largely extend the other. Without specifying other instances where we may give a prelei'eiieu to fabrics made of our ou u staple, why should we be tributary to Russia, Scotland, India, or even our own Kentucky for our bug ging and r-ipe, when in our own cotton, and that too, of tlie must infi rior quality, for which, at at best, we aie but illy paid, we have a suitable substitute ? Is it objected that buyers prefer cotton jiacked in bagging, and with rope made of hemp or grass ? L> t liie piuctice be univer sal, ami their objections will be removed. The truth is, tlieie is no force in this objection, and especially with regard to bagging. A heavy, well manufactured article, experience has al ready proven, is as readily accepted as that made of any other material. Here it will at once be perceived an immense amount can bo consumed. By its consumption in this way that amount is not only taken from the market, hut the enormous sums now sent abroad for these articles may be kept at home. The crop of the last year is generally estimated at 2,500,- 000 bales. On *J;6 supposition th“'. halo requires five yards ol bagging, which in being manufactured will consume twelve pounds of cotton, the bagging for the crop will consume 102,500 bales of 400 pounds. On the suppo sition that the rope necessary for each bale is lour pounds, consuming six pounds in the man ufacture, the ropo for the crop will require 81,- 250 bales of 400 pounds. In these two items then, with such a crop as the last year’s, we may annually keep from the market 243,750 bales of cotton. Would not this be real and substantial relief! If a year ago it had been authentically announced at Manchester, or up on change, at Liverpool or New York, that 200,000 hales of cotion had been suddenly de stroyed, it would have been followed by an lo- stantaneous advance. It it were even now an nounced that that number of bales were abstrac ted from the present stock, wc might confident ly anticipate an advartco that would amply re ward the labors of tlie past year, and give some promise of remuneration for our next crop. Another subject closely allied to that just no ticed, we will litre briefly present to your con sideration— the establishment amongst us of manufactures. Here another aveaue is open ed to our enterprise, and one which both imme diately und indirectly can diminish the produc tion of our staple. But beside this, other in ducements are now held out, to tempt us to en ter upon this new field of labor. We have the wborn we can op vrehend no “ turn outs’' f higher wages, a climate which does not demand raw material at rmr otvn door—operative! f ' ihe intermission of labor during the incleme?! eies of winter; We have a supply of Wat power unsurpassed by that in any other part of the world, and in the experiments already maffi. an ample guaranty of success. But without further comment upon these various remedies, or notice of others that mini,, he suggested, we come now to the important inquiry, how can any of these be brought in. to efficient action ; in what way can the 5 great reform in our agricultural pursuits, which all admit to be necessary, be accomplished ? If every man is left to his own unaided effort* nothing will be done. Time will indeed work out the cure, not, however, until all 1 have suffer ed, and thousands have i>een driven into irre mediable poverty. An invading foe mav march in triumph over the most pnpn] ou ' s country, when each of its citizens meets him singly ; but let all unite their energies and |fij first onset is followed by bis overthrow. ]„ other States agricultural societies have been formed, and have proved efficient agents in ad. vaccing the cause to which they are devoted. In these associations, the science, skill, discove rt! sand improvements of one member become the property of all. Here a spirit of emulation may be excited, which will call into exercise the noblest efforts for the general good. Here more effectually than in any other wav, mav be indelibly impressed upon tha minds of a il the suicidal policy of the excessive production of cotton ; and here, with the force of demon stration, can lie pointed out those other pur suits to which a portion of the labor of tlie coun try can most successfully be diverted. If our barren fields are ever to be resuscitated, and those now productive are to be retained in Unit condition; if our farms are to be our homes and by our industry taste nnd improvement ren dered our cherished homes while we live, and the homes of our children when we are gone; if that propensity for locomotion nnd emigra tion which, in every view, is one of the direst calamities that uffects our social relation*, is ever to he banished from amongst us, what agency better adopted to secure these r suits can be devised than that now recommended.? Let every county in the State have its Agri cultural Society, with is fr qnent meeting* fiif the discussion of topics corr ected with its interests—let these meet annually by represen tation in a State Convent ion—lot other cotton growing States imitate .the example, and if dm spirit which animates the whole is worthy tl • object in view, tlie day will not lie distant when the South may be redeemed reg< nr ruled, nnd di-enthrallcd. We repeat, that in the resolu tions and mutual pledges of ottr fellow-citizens with reference to tlie extent of their cotton crops, we place no reliance, hut m the agency of well directed Agricultural Societies, enlight ening the great missol the people with re gard to the cause of their difficul ies, pointing out to then# tlie most successful modes for i's removal, and presenting to tliem inducements for the r adoption and practical application, wo do beli ve that much may he nccoinp'lghed. If this instnini' utali'y cannot succeed mine other will. If this fail, we are without hope and “ heweis of wood and drawers of water” as wc now are to the princely monnthrtiirers, we shall soon find ou selves too poor and ton weak to render even that service, and when it shall lie too In’c, have forced upon us the hu miliating truth that we have li en our own de stroyers. Confiding then as we do in the effi ciency of tins agency if properly conducted, ami regarding the present ns a period which calls loud y upon every plunder nnd f..rmer, and especially upon every grower of cotton to protect his interest, wo respecifidly recom mend to )on the formal ion of Association* in your respective counties to net in concert whit tlie Society which we represent. Let its make the effort. If we net systematically, wisely, zealously, we shall not be alone. Oar iate res's, tlie in'erests of posteri'y, the interests of our country demand the effort. If we accom plish any tli'ug the icwa and is our own. If we fail, bavin.' faithfully discharged otir duty, ami the ruin now impending over us cannot lie averted, we shall at least have the cnu.*ol»'ion of knowing that none can say nfus, “ ye did it.” With great respect, vourob’t serv’ts.. i>. C. CAMRBELL. E. A. N l-S BET, T. G. HOLT, JAMES SMITH. . JOHN l>. WINN- Macon, Jan. 28, 1845. llecorcnj of Properly. —The following circumstance: is as true ns it is singular. A few years ago two gentlemen, who had been left executors to the will ot a friend, on examining the property, Ib.mcl a scrap of paper on which was written, “Seven Hundred Pounds in Till.” This they took in the literal sense, and examined till his apartments carefully, hut in vain.— They sold his collection ot Iwioks to a lx»ok seller, an.d paid the legacies in propnitioii. The singularity of the circumstance occa sioned them frequently to converse about it, and they recollected among the books sold (which bad taken place upwards of seven weeks before,) there was a folio ed ition of Tillotson’s Sermons. The pro bability ofthis being what was alluded to by the word “Till” on the piece ot paper, made one of them immediately wait upon the bookseller who had purchased the books, anti ask him il he had the edition of Tillotson, which had been among t>e books sold to him; on his replying in tk aflirmative, and the volumes being bant cd down, the gentleman immediately pur chased them, s>nd on carefully examining the leaves, louuJ bank notes, »m c ) persetl in various places of the vbd ll S J the amount of seven hundred pounds. But what is jierhaps no less remarks that the preceding, the bookseller ed hi in that a gentleman at CambnUge* reading in his catalogue of this edition he sold, had written to him, and > might he sent to Cambridge, wti |C 1 accordingly done; but the books swering the gentleman’s espeotattPH* - had been in the shop m period of this very singular djscovc >• Odd Fellow. Santa Anna routed ! I ] IC frotn Mexico bring intelligences perate battle having bcenloug . plains of Appan, between p a _ the one side, and Bravo and e P, : n redes on the other, which re sU taken total rout ol the former wbP '' captive—-500 men reported to ** vc killed. Bravo was ou his rr J‘ , . rc '■ ncr , capital with Santa Anna as »fl P roU(e j Paredes was in pursuit V' troops.