Southern planter., 1832-02-25

The Legislature ofAlabama lately incorpors,ed |
company, authorizing capital Of IS, 100000, for
the construction ofa rail road to connect the Ala. |
bama River with ihe Tennessee.
The Charleston alercury states that letters have
been received ~ th9t city announcing the appoint.
mcnt by the President, of Hugh s. I.eparc. as
Charge de' Afdircs in Belgium
Mr. Hogan, of Mobile, lately introduced into tho
Senate Of Alabama, NATURALIZATION resolutions
They we're indefinitely postponed, four only voting
or them. n
We learn iha, the Rev NJ, Capers, whose elo,
quence and zeal have been 50 deeply Cclt in this
place, is 10 be stationed in Charleston for the next
year He is succeeded here by the Rev. Mr. Free
man.
Emigration 10 he Choctair purchase The CO.
lumbus Advocate of the 7h instant, states that
within The preceding six days, four hundred and
/ nineteen emlgrants had arrived at that place. ON
their way to the Cboctaw purchase.
During the late severe weather, the Mississippi
river was frozen over at Randolph, town in Ten
nesseo, situated about one hundred and eighty five
miles below the mouth Of the Ohio.
Petitions for iweniy-seven new banks have been
presented to the House Of Assembly which is now
in session at Albany, N X.
!
new bank, 10 be called the "Bank Of Zanesville,' y
with Capital of $500, ,0o0
Bank Capital In the state of New York ihoro
are sixty nine solvent Banks,a and the whole amount
of banking capital, actually paid in, is S24I33e6O
The Bank of England had notes amounting TO
upwards Of eighty millions Of dollars in circulation,
in the year 1880.
| Mr. Giard "A book might be, and probably
enough, will be, filled with anecdotes of tho late
Stephen Girard lie has given two millions, the
interest ofwhich is $4,000, per annum, for pub
lie school. The management is exclusively confid.
ed 10 Idymen. Once on a time, il is said applica-
ton was made to him TO assist in building a new
Methodist Church in Philadelphia, Methodist, what
is thatg All, il must be from method; methodical;
that is good; ! give you $1,000 Shortly after,
the Minister Of a new Church Of another denomin-
alton, Dr.. -, also called: Mr. G. handed him a
check of 500 The Rev. Doctor looked AT the
check then at the donOr--and at length ventured
to speak of his disappointment, that the sum was
but half that given 10 the Methodists. 'Ahn said
Mr.. G. 'hand me the check as if TO correct his
mistake. The check was given him, when he In
dignantly tore il up, and sent the clergyman away
empty, TO reflect upon his presumptiOn--his at
tempt TO dictate in matter of charity " II.
Sentinel
TRADE or New ORLEANS ~ During the year
ending the 3 LIST of Decemberlast, ,O59 steamboats,
arrived at New Orleans, 'he aggregate freighis Of
which amounted to l95,096 tons. During tho
same year, 2,O40 fiat boats arrived at tho same port
for which the aggregate amount Of wharfage paid,
was Sl7,320 The amount of freight is not given.
OF the fiat boats $50 were from Pennsylvania, 4IO
from Ohio, 90 from Virginia, SOC from Kentucky,
} 99l from Indiana, 30 from Missouri, 10 from hi
, nois, 225 from Tennessee, ITO from Alabama, 25
from Arkansas, so from Mississippi, aud / 81 from
Louisiana.
The House of Representatives az Washington has
been engaged in an important subject, the AppOr
tionmenl Bill, or the ratio Of representation Mr.
Adams, on the 18th inst expressed his preference
of $4,000 TO 48,OO0-the ratio reported by the
Committee Of the House. II is desired that the
old states should not lose members, and on the 9th
7 er hand that the House of Representatives be moi
rendered too numerous both very serious consd
emtons.
1 Winter exhibition, by the Horticultural Soeie
~ Of Charleston, recently took place in that CITY,
Amongthe rare articles exhibited was a Cabbage
. by Mr.. George Cox, the weight of which was NOR,
) than twenty-tlroe pounds and two remarkably fin,
! Caulifowers, the weight Of the largest of which
+. was nine poun,s The Charleston Mercury SAYS
Il "--Nr j. d. Legare sent seven varites OF Turnips
most Of them for exhibition only, they consisted
the Red Rutabaga Hanover, Yellow Stone, Vel
. low Scotch, Yellow Maltese, Round Black In new
4 Variety and Red Top'd. The Yellow Maltese il
= most beautiful Turnip, and said to be very fin,
for the table. The Round Black, is remarkable
Goris excellent coat, which is entirely black an,
knotted the fiat is very white, and We arc inform
ed that the flavor was peculiarly delicate and fine
Mr. Legare also sent Kolhi Rabi, Salsapy and
81 head of Variegated Borecole. Mr.. James Mat
:, thews sent some very fine long Blood Beeis, als'
Is Orange CARROTS and Lettuces"
n Itsreporied that Thomas p. Moore, our presen
l. Minister Plenipoentiary at Bogota is TO return
= home, and that James Shannon of Lexington vii
(. be sent thither as Charge d'Aaaires-
7, Thomas Tredwell, the last survivor Of the con
y yontion which framed the constitution Of the stat
y of New-York, in 1777, died at Beekmantown
l. Clinton county, on the 80 ult. at the age of88.
y Planting MulLwy Irees.--We are frequentl
q bsked at what distance we would plant white mul
e berry trees, for the purpose of feeding silk worms
ft be intended TO form full grown trees, thirty fec
apart ench way, probably the nearest that it wou,
u Be advisable 10 plant them. Where land is abund
E. hnt, forty feet would be preferable. The full grow
re tree generally covers circle of twenty-five feet di