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Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-11

OFFCE OF THE WAsHiNGT ION MARINE IN SUR
~ hNCE COMPANY OF the city Of New Yosk, January
siV. The Board Of Director, have this day declared
and after the isth r,t ' -
Transfer Book closed from 9Th to lsh inclusive.
jaelv' WM ~ RIRp Secretary,
Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-01-11

Shz- FOR LIVEkfOUL.--rsckets q the 18th January
MN The splendS Packet Ship stephen Whitney
sz~ Captain w. c. Thompson, burhen 1000 tons, Will
sail as above her regular day.
Hsvng very splendid accommodations fer cabin I'd cabin
and storage pasenger persons intending to embark should
embrace very favorable opportunity by making immed
ate application board. foot Of Naidsa lane, to
jas GLOVER X MeMURRAH, 90 South st.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

The TongucleSS Horse.-Wc purposeIy
use the definite article in this case, for we
verify believe that the quadruped, whose
strange eventiul history, we are about to
narrate, is the only ,ongueless horse in the
world. A highly respectable gentleman OF
this city, one ofour personal friends, informs
US that, about three weeks since, one OF his
servants got toolishly angry with his horse
brutdliy tore out the ANIMALS tongue by
the roots, to the very bone-so as to remove
every vcs,igc, Of that important, appendage,
to both man and beast. The poor creature
langushed for a while, bu, soon thoroughly
recoyered-and now eats and drinks freely
and is fat, hearty, and irlsky; and may be
seen by any one, who wishes to indulge ms
curiosity in that way, or whose scep.Iclsn
demands the occuldr Demonstrations Char
CoUr.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

Legislature Anecdote. The following is
an extract from a speech of Mr.. Profit Of
Indiana, a few days since:
Mr., Speaker, this passage between my
colleague and the gentleman from Pennsyl,
vaniu, reminds me OF circumstance which
occurred 10 the Indiana Legislature. lhad
made some remarks sir, upon subject OF
some importance, Twas followed by gen.
tleman in opposition, who immediately com.
menced disappearing my language. |
corrected him, sir. He received my ex-
PLANTATION apparently in all sincerity, but
continued TO misrepresen, me. | again,
sir, with some little warmth, corrected hun
and complained of the course he seemed de.
termned to pursue. The gentleman, after
moments hesitation, cast an lmpIorlDg
look upon me, and with rauch candor said
Wen, Mr.. Profit, know that you did not
exactly use the language attributed TO you
but sir, have been for six weeks preparing
speech on this subject and, IN order to
give il effect, it is necessary for some person
TO use the language attributed to you.
know of 10 person who can stand II better
than yourself, and SO you must excuse me.
(Great laughtor.)
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[ NUMBER 30.

end another call will be made for five mil.
lions more before the session rises. lie did
not close this address until near o'clock.
Mr.. Everett then obtained she floor, bu:
yielded il to MIR. pickens, TO reply TO some
remarks Of Mr.. Graves which had borne
severely on the political course Of Mr.. +.
and his friends.
After Mr. p. had spoken for some time,
Mr.. Everett said he had yielded the floor
for explanation, but no, for long speech.
Mr.. T.. took his seat, and Mr. Graves
asked aud obtained leave for few remarks
in reply. After which, Mr.. Everett took the
floor, and replied to the remarks Of Mr..
Plckens Of last evening, as TO the critical
condition OF our Foreign relations. Mr.. +.
ywho is a member Of the Committee on For
eign Atiairs) expressed his decided conyc.
ton tina, there is no immediate danger Of
hostilities between this Country aud Grea!
Britain.
Mr.. Fisher next spoke in favor Of the
bill. hlr. Bell followed. His .emarks
chiefly related TO the condition of our Wes-
tern frontier. The debate was continued by
Messrs. Smith, Monroe, Davis, Of Kentucky,
Morgan, Ramsey, Cooper and Davis, of 10.
diana. The Ist named gentleman was on
the floor, when our Correspondent closed
his letter.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16
March 81.


found after making my last communica.
ton, that the motion made for an adjourn
men; OF The House Of Representatives TIL
Monday, was not carried. 1t, of course,
met on Saturday. Mr.. w. Thompson first
rose, aud gave notice, that when Mr.. Dun.
can appeared in the Hall, he should ask
leave Of the House for FIVE minutes for O
personal explanatory
The Speaker laid before the House, com.
municatious from the Secretly of War,
Postmaster General and Packet n relation
to the New Jersey election.
Mr.. MedlII (who was entitled to the hoor)
then addressed the House to the close of the
morning hour on the printing question con-
nected with the New Jersey election, with.
out finishing his speech.
On motion, the House spent the remain.
der Of the day on a number Of bills Cor the
relief Of private claimants. The bill to
amend an act to remit duties on certain
goods destroyed by the great fire in New
York in December, 1885, was postponed
till the 4th of Ap!a.
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the House, giving to said committee power
to send for persons and papers. After some
debate, questions we're taken separately first
on the Resolution and then on the Preamble
the former was passed unanimously, aud the
latter was rejected, 90 to Il.
ltappears that the Act OF lS25, conferred
on the Clerk in common with Members oil
Congress, the privilege of ranking letters
and packets not exceeding two ounces, ex
cepting only documents printed by order OF
either House aud the only change IN the
law made BY the act Of S27 was, 10 remove
the limitation Of two ounces on the Clerk s
frank, 50 that he may now send and receive
by mail packets not exceeding three pounds.
And though the Clerk has no authority BY
this Act, to frank any packets for Members,
il seems 10 have been a common practice
Of both the present Clerk and his predeces.
sors, when asked to do so, and until now, no
objections have been made TO It, and mem
bers have, IN this way, sent bundles Of their
Speeches, and other political papers, for
distribution amongst their constituents.
On Wednesday, the Senate sat most OF
the day with closed doors on Executive bust.
ness. A few memorials we're received, and
some Reports Of Committees made. MIR.
Norvel introduced bill fixing the time Of
meeting of the next session of Congress on
the second Tuesday in November next.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

conducted into that. Ii The earth Of the
pit is too absorbent, it may be clayed but
unless II IS very porous, il will soon cease
TO absorb the fluid conducted into il. The
reservoir should never be allowed TO over
flow, but when filled should DO taken out
and by means Of cheap apparatus drawn
by oxen, distributed over the surface of
grass lands, or those intended for crops.
But we hear some one Directing, that all
this may be well enough, but i, will cost a
good deal, and take much hard work to car,
this earth 10 the yards, or distribute the con.
tents Of the reservoir. Soft will and what
permanent benefit is acquired that does not
cost the farmer hard work. The only qucs.
ton il, whether the work is pfoGtably ex.
pended il so, the more work there IS done
on 4 farm the better. If farmer by EN-
ploying oac man for SIX months of the year,
IN converting the manure OF his yards INTO
compost by placing in 1t a iew hundred
loads Of earth, turf, muck, &c. TO absorb
the moisture Of the yard, and be thoroughly
mixed BY the feet Of cattle during tho win
ter, or IN distributing daily the proceeds Of
the reservoir, should ouly add enough to
the proceeds Of the farm to pay nis men SO
employed, he might consider the work done
as the most proiitably expended Of any on
his farm, since the benefits are rot confined
10 a single year, or CROP, but 10 many sue
ccfsiye ones. There is not capital enough
10 tho shape Of labor, usually employed Oh
our farms; and we doubt not, there arc
many farmers who complain they are los
lng money by hiring one nan, would make
money by hiring tao. Not, indeed, unless
the capital or labor was well directed, and
the same may be said of capital employ.
cd IN my other way.
Farmers, 10 general have little idea Of
the improvement, tina, might be made in this
respect, or the amount Of their available
means in the matter of manures. There
are many farmers 10 the country who think
they do wonders if they use one hundred
and fifty or two hundred loads Of manure
annually, when they could, and should il
they would corsuli their own interests, use
five hundred or cue thousand 10 the same
hme. II does not require large stock 10
give Gee hundred loads Of compost or ma
nuro 10 the farm, # business is managed
right. A single example IN proof must suf
fee, though hundreds might be adduced.-
Mr.. " ID. Clark, Jr. Of Northampton, Mass,
keeps an average stock ofe lghtswlne three
horses. and eight oxen and cows, from this
stock he made from June, ] 81, TO June,
ls3s, nine hundred and twenty loads OF
first rate manure, as his excellent crops
most abundan,ly testified. Mr. Clark used
Tor compost three hundred loads Of sods
aud two hundred and forty seven loads Of
swamp muck. His yards we're supplied
with corn stalks and refuse hay during the
winter. and hrakes and weeds during the
summer, and cleared out twice during the
year.
It is an honor to a man TO labor when
his Efforts are calculated 10 ensure success
but 10 labor hard when working tends 10 no
profitable results, belrays a want of that
iorelhought and Intelligence which should
characterize the American Farmer Cen
Farmer,
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

Wood Acqmtted,-James Wood, of Phil.
adephla, Confeetioner, who murdered his
daughter last Summer under circumstances
of great brutality, has been acquitted ca the
plea of insanity. No wonder that the bru.
tai passions Of men are kept under so little
restraint, when chances of conviction are
next to impossibillty. The certainty OF ten
years confinement in Penltentiafy, would
90 farther in restraining the murderer's
arm, than the uncertainty of Capital exc
cution.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

Sad CASUALTY. Female Heroism.-
We learn that while two small chlldren-a
son and daughter of Paul Ellis Jr. of South
Dedham-werepi picking cramberrIes togeta-
or on Tuesday last, both fell into the water.
lady in the ueighborhood seeing or hear
ing them, FASTENED to the spot by wadlng
i'll the water mp 10 her neck, succeeded IN
rescuing the BOY, but the girl was drowned
before she could be succoured.--BoScn
her. Adr,
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

A Melancholy accident and CUlpd5Ie
Foliy. On Saturday last, Mrs. McGilve.
~, residing on Second street above Oak,
took out pistol belonging 70 her husband,
who is absent, which had been laid by a
long time, to clean 1t. SupposIng It not
loaded, she put a cap on aud snapped IN at
a Mrs. Ennis, merely with view of soaring
her. 1t did not 90 of, and pursuing her
amusement, she put on another cap, and
vent 10 the House Of Mr.. Richard Russell
neghbor, who was standing ~ his door.
Ailer some frivolous remark, abe snapped
the pistol at his face when It went oil, the
contents, leadeu ball. entering the iett
eye, and passing quite through the head,
came out at the back Of the neck, MIR. Rus.
sci fell back into the house, and about four
o'clock IN the evening, expired.
From this unfortunate circumstance, Mrs.
McGiIvcry became almost frantic. After
the act, she was taken before magistrate
where all the facts were inquired into, when
she was discharged, there being no evidence
of maIlce on tho contrary, all the testimony
tended to show, that it was the result of her
ignorance of the pistol being loaded. Mr.
Russell, wo understand, was sober, indus
trious man, the owner OF the diving bell
aud has for some time been engaged II
raising goods from sunken vessels. lie has
len wife and several chlldren.--S. Loui'
Republican.
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The Senate did not NEE. on Saturday.

APRIL /.
The House of Representatives was prln.
cipaIy engaged on Monday in receiving
and dlsposing petitions, and IN attending to
business Of minor importance. The Senate
discussed the bill just received from the
House authorizing the issue of Five Millions
IN Treasury Notes. Messrs. Hubbard,
Buchanan, Benton, Webster, Preston and
Smith of Indiana, took part in the debate
The bill finally passed, % votes TO s. The
negative votes were Messrs. Benton, Clay,
of Ky, Clayton, Davis, Merrick, Preston,
Ruggles and White.
To day, Mr. Medill occupied the morning
hour in defence of the majority of the Com
mittee Of Elections against charges made
against them by the minority.
The bill from the Senate for securing tho
public money in the hands of the Govern.
ment Officers was taken up. Mr.. Wise
thought It ought to be referred to Com
mittee composed of Swartwout and Price.
Ii was subsequently referred to the Commit.
Tee of WAYS and Means.
The bill for securing the freedom Of Elec.
tons, was next taken up, on which MIR. Bell
spoke at CT lslderable length.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

The Senate again took up Mr.. Lumpkin's
Resolution for adJourning in May, but after
some debate, the subject was laid on the IA.
BILE, 90 votes 10 II.
The Cumberland Read bill next came up,
when MIR. Wright took The floor in reply to
Mr.. Clay, of Ala.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

Ga Friday, the House at once resolved
itself into a Committee of the whole on the
Treasury Note bill mir. Dawson in the
Chair when Mr.. Graves resumed his
Speech, and went at large into the various
topics connected with the bill, In reference
to what MIR. Pickens, had said of the pro
sent CT ne g replied, that there was always
sucho il Gas when money was wanted
that the present bill provided five millions
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

Arisioeracy.-We hear often. now q.
days, the terms AriStoerdey and Democra.
cy. They are, undoubtedly, used by many,
sihou, any definite knowledge Of their
meaning and by others, are dosIguedly mis-.
applied. When General Foy, the celebrat.
ed French Orator, was asked in the Cham
Der Of Deputies, what he meant, when he
applied the term ArisIocracy, he replied as
follows:
Aris,ocracy | will tell you what |
mean. Arisiocracy is the league, the con.
dliion Of those who wish 10 consume with.
out producing, to live without working, to
occupy all tho offices without beng quail.
fed to I'LL them, 10 carry of all the honors
without having deserved them-thas is arls'
tocracy"
The portrait Of the Administration party
is SO well drawn here, that there is no ne.
cessty Of writing underneath the picture
f." This is the man, and THAI the horse"
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

Who lriH get the Nation out Of The
Md 1'-It was related few days since, by
a gentleman from the western part Of Hi.
nois, that an old gentleman Of that State,
who had been a s,anch supporter Of Gene.
raj jackson, and even OF Martin Van Buren,
in 1896, called 10 see friend Of his in
Springfield, warm Harrison man,
Z" And you think tina, old Tipp. can bring
the Governmen, back to lis former purity 2
said the Harrison man.
~ DO" said his friend. "For remem.
Der, many years ago, when | was driving
my team TO Nad River Mills, that my wegou
got into a mire hole, from which the horses
could not dyaw it. While in this dilemma
Gen. Harrison came riding by. Without
delay the old General dlsmounted, pulled OIL
his coat, and putting his shoulder to the
wheel. helped me to &C, my wagon out oil
the rui. Tie Peoples wagon Of the Gov.
eminent is in the mire.hole Of corruption,
aGd firmly believe that General Harrison
is the only man whose services the People
will accept in helping them to get il out once
more on hard ground.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16
VOLUME XII
I'll. Holton, Proprietor and Publisher.
TER s.:

TicO Dollars and Fifty Gents ifpaid in advance
Three Dollars il not paid within three months
And Three Dollars and Fifty Gents if not paid
mill after the expiration of the gear. No paper
discontinued until all arrearages are paid, except
al the option of the Editor.
square nc lines or less, this sized typel for the
FIRST insertion, and % cents for each continuance
Court advertisements and sherlfis' salee charged
o5 per cent. higher; and deduction of 33l per
cent will be made from the regular prices, for ad-
yertiscrs by the year,
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

In tho Senate, on Friday, number of
petitions we're presented. MIR. Merrlck Of
fered q Resolution instructing the Commit.
tee on Pensions, to enquire into the expedi.
ency OF making suitable provisions for oil
widows Of officers and soldiers Of the Revo.
utionary War who have not formed any
subsequent matrimonial connexion.
The bill more efeciualy 10 secure pub.
llc money in the hands of Officers aud Agents
Of the Government, and TO punish public de-
fauIters, was read the third time and passed.
And the Cumberland Road bill was taken
up and discussed, but 10 decision had upon
it. The Senate adjourned to Monday.
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sh

4. How j r b i'll nigh, be avoided if men
,o' ap.a X ,sssed ar.ts that they had heard
"e'er ~ f',.7nt; 4th 1 mn ,he;r Immediate
,;.h,, =. Il Ensign fultlmato constNNca.
cos which J }', .... sapsG sssht produce
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

A DiaHferested Legisldtor.-At a re-
cent Wing meeting at the Lafayette la.
Court House, several fine speeches were
made. Of one Of them the Lafayette Free
Press says:
Dir. John Mccormick arose and stated
IN few words, an incident in the life Of
W. Ii. Harrison while Delegate from the
north western territory TO Congress. lie
said the election Of Harrison as Delegate
had been opposed by many persons who
had settled upon the lands of his iather.ln.
law, John c. Symmes, but were unable TO
pay for them, and wished the assistance Of
Congress, in which they were opposed by
Symmes, who at that time owned large
tract of land extending from the Great to
the Little Miami. Contrary 10 the expec.
lallons Of those men, however, Harrison
generously sacrificed his own interests,
connected as they were with his ialhcr.ln.
law ~ and advocated aud procured for these
very men the indulgence they required !;
and he likewise, by interchangeable exerIion,
procured the passage Of law for selling
The public lands IN tracts Of 100 acres, IN.
stead Of 1900 acres as il had been before,
although ia direct opposition 10 his own pc.
cunIary interests aud thus he has acted III
all the public trusts coniided 10 him; al.
ways prcierring the greatest good Of the
greatest number" TO his own aegrandlze.
uent.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

The Senate was again on Thursday, prln-
cipaly engaged on Executive business. A
few memorials were received, aud the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs made an untavora.
BILE report on re memorial OF the Admins.
traitor Of John B. flaming, late Purser IT
the Navy.
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AGENTS.

AGENTS.
col r. NJ Cochran, Mecklenburg, N. c.
Chss. W. Harris. Mill Grove, n. {.
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Among the Resolutions presented to the
House on Monday, was one by Mr.. Chltien.
dep. in relation to the FrankIng privilege,
which produced some excitement amongst
the members. ltappears that the Clerk OF
the House had made a communication to
some members "a copy Of which had been
published in the Globe Of the 2lst lnst.)
charging them not only with gross violations
of official duty, but with either forging his
name, or obtaining it from him by means Of
misrepresentation, for the purpose Of trans
hitting by mail packages, consisting Of
Blank franks, under the frank Of "Hugh
Garland, Clerk" with the intention to cheat
and defraud the revenue. MIR. Chittenden'
resolution, preceded by preamble stating
the above facts, proposed the appointment o.
committee 10 investigate the charges con
talucd 10 said communication, aud report tC
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-04-16

The Senate, after receiving few petit
tious and reports, went into the consldera'
ton of Executive business, and sat with clos
ed doors the remainder of the day.
Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1840-11-25
TRIIST SALE.

A r. the request of Cyrus s. Akin, and =. b.
IN Drake. ofthe Columbus Tombigby Trans
portation Company, of Columbus, Mississippi
we will, by virtue of a trust deed, executed by
William j. Estes, of the county of Lowndes,
and Stale of Mississippi, on the tenth day OF
April, A. ID. 1888, to us as trustees, to secure
the payment of a certainsstock note therein
described. which said deed has been duly re-
corded, offer for sale to the highest bidder, on
Monday the
Tuenty third day of Nor. 1910.
between the hours of 10 O'Clock A. M. and A
p. M. at the Court House in the town OF Co.
lumbus, county of Lowndes, and state of Mis-
sissippi, for ready money in specie or the notes
of specie paving banks on demand, the whole
of the following tracts or parcels of land, lying
and being in the county of Choctaw, and State
of Mississippi, with the improvements thereon,
namely:
The west halfof the south west Or,
of section, number ten, in Township,
number twenty, north, of range num-
Der twelve east, The east half of the
south east quarter, of section number
nine, in township number twenty, N.
of Range number twelve, east; The
east half of the South East quarter OF
section number thirty four, in town
ship number twenty, of range, number
nine east, The west half south west
quarter and west half north west
of section number two, in township
number nineteen, north, of range num-
Der nine east; The west half of the
south east quarter, and west half of the
south east quarter of section number
four, in township nineteen, north, Of
range, number nine, east, containing
in all five hundred and fifty one, and
15-100 acres.
Or so much thereof as may be sufficient
to satisfy and fully pay off the amount due OF
the third instalment of twenty per cent or
the capital stock decaredto fall due and paya.
| bic, by the Board of Directors of said Com
pany, on the first day of May last, together
With all arrears on former instalments and al
cost and expense attending said sale.
OVID p. BROWN, ra.o
| WIN. p, FULLER, AiuS'eee'
) Dated, October q, I940
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