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WASHINGTON, Nov. II, I549.
What with paint, whilrwash aud shining
bricks they have made Washington quite a
1ourishing city. New houses have been built,
and old ones renovated since my absence, and
accommodations prepared for goody number
OF visitors during the ensuing session. And
what session it will be No doubt one ofthc
most interesting ones since the establishment or
The Federal Union. Not that political parties
are near balanced but the fact that great
questions are to be tried will give it pith and
moment.
The administration will present itself with a
bold minority 10 the nation: the opposition
bearing down the administration, will be with.
out an acknowledged leader. The fact cannot
be disguised, questions and measures have
waxed superior 10 men, and party organizations
will break down before new organizations.
The South seems to be resolved on an aiti
tude OF deteace--a species of armed neutrality
which, if adhered 10 generally, cannot fail to
command respect. The hpnors of Office, and
but their distribution watched over with jealous
care. Calhoun is TO be the conservative Cato
who is to dispute the power to imperial Caesar
lfl comprehend the Southern feeling cor
rectly, they would even give the Speakership to
Northern man, provided he will give bonds
as TO his being right on the slave question {;
Northern men incline toward Cobb or McLane.
Mcdowell is the representative ofthe Bentoni.
an views.
AS an evidence Of the elective affinity exer.
csed by the slave question, you may consider
soon appear in the public prints-signed not by
Calhoun men, but by Whigs-Whigs to the
back bone-aarned at the Free Soil attitude
OF the administration.
SOUND ADvIcE.-The agricultural depart.
ment of the Muscogee Democrat contains the
following very sound and sensible suggestions
to the Farmers OF the South. Let them heed
its counsels:
Farmers, beware of Speculation.--Past ex-
perience should warn us Of the danger to the
Farmer. of sudden rise in Cotton. Lands and
negroes advance in the same proportion, and
in too many instances. we see the Farmer
crazy to invest the proceeds Of his crop, in e1-
tended plantations and in extra negroes, and this
Too, when the initiate. prices Of cotton in
duce every kind Of property to sell for more
than its real value. Look around you and be-
hold how many Of your neighbors and friends
have been ruined or deeply injured by rash
speculalions in times of cotton excitement. II
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you know what to do with, improve the lands
you already cultivate. Beaulify and adorn the
homestead. and if your heart is near bursting
with the idea Of extending the field Of your oP.
erations, jus, increase the area Of your Kitchen
Garden, and encourage your children in the
culture Of flowers.
Husband all the resources of your plantation
for low priced cotton crop; study, and apply
the ,nanures; experiment with fruits and grass.
es try the different breeds OF stock, and when
another four cent cotton crop is raised, you may
be found. like unto the wise Virgins, with your
clamps trimmed and burning" And if land
and negroes you must have, wait until cotton
is down, and then youcan enter the market with
the cash in hand, and make your own selection,
almost at your own prices. But above ALL
whether cotton Is high or low, keep out OF debt.
Whether you can have all acre Of land, or
single negro, keep out Of debt; but if you are
determined to purchase on credit, trusting 10
still higher rise to meet your payments, let me
recommend you to take one Of Reuben Rich's
Patent Cast Iron Water Wheels, fit it snugly
around your neck, and lay yourself careiy down
in the bed Of the River! The loss to your
family will be nothing in comparison with the
living incumbrancc, of the day aud night dreams,
of that worst Of all Of human slavery, the thral.
dom Of debt.
SOUTHERN AcTIoN.-Inlimatcly associated
with every movement in relation to Southern
rights, is the name Of Mr.. Calhoun. There is
much truth and force in some Of the remarks OF
our correspondent in another column ; Tor, as far
as our observation has extended, the South, in
her political history, has been content with the
shadow, and permitted the substance 10 he en-.
ioyed by others.
We are much pleased with the idea of the
embodiment Of our principles if we have
rights under the constitution, why not unite and
place before the people, as the e%p"ncnt OF the
one and the advocate Of the other, Il candidate
for the Presidency. Party connections ana the
ndspositon of the people Of the South to mar
row down to sectional issues general principles
of national policy, have hitherto prevented them
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