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Dogs And Sheep

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
December
Year
1842
Copyright
Public Domain
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A late address before a South Carolina Ags ricultufal Society saya: [ ihink J cansay with fruth, that the agricultura of no country can be consideied as prosperoue, when more dogs are to be found than sbeep." But if the interest of agriculturc require more dogs than sheep, then the greater mimber of dogs would indícate the highest prosperity. Tliey undcrstand in South Carolina how to obtain wool from the backs of northern sheep with the paper of bankrupttj; andas for dogs- they have to fence in the whole plantation with theni, against their otvn laboréis, bcsides a corps of Body Guard for special emergencies. Southjrn agrkullurc needs far more dogs than I iheep.Florida Tigcrs.-One of these ferociouc animáis (saya the St. Augustine News, of the 12th inst.,) which are very numerous in our Territory, was killed a few days since, nbout eight miles from our city . He measured from the tip of the tail to the nose, eight fect 6ix inche8. There are largo manufactories of oil from lard in different parts of the country; at Cincinnati, Philadelphia, New York, one or two places on the Mississippi river, and álso at Rochester and Cleveland; and we understand that manufactories will soon be in operation in two or threo toirns in j I Wisconsin. The demand that will soon bo croated for lard must give it a steady market and a price which will make it an object for the farmers of the west to engnge in its production as a more permanent business.Lard OU, tj-c - Ka lamazoo s nover far behind m any important enterprize. We underBtnnd the Messrs. Clarkes of this villoo-e. have W progross of erection, n building „tended fbi the manufacture of oiJ, and stearine from Jard. Kal. Gaz. The Slave Case.- The Norfolk Herald is very indignat at the result of the case of the slave Latinier, in Boston. It eays: "Thus, then, the compact between the states [ has been vichted by Blasaachusetts; and t uponanappJiciition, by the pnrty aggrievod! to the Supremo Court of tliu United States for redress against the State of Massachusetts' to tne ftul amount of his loss and datrin ge bis claitn shall be rejected, the great compact which binds tliese latea togelher inone Federal Union, wjU be to all intenta and purposes dissolved." One would think that the ouly valnoble purpose of the Union, in the estitnation of sucn persons, was its secunty to slave I fy. We are for standing by all the compromisos and guaranteea of tlití constitution, as it has beenhanded don to usfrom oor fkthersbut we cannot bit think that its wise framers had some other object in view than merely to rurnwh the means of and sendimr back ninaway negroes. - Dct. Adv.4 Texas.- We have the Texas Farmer, pubJished at Washington, orthe 5th instant. Ii says ihnt the Indians did not appear at tht Waco-viliage on the L4th ultimo, fo negotiate a twaty, as they had promised, but the I'exan comtnissioners report'd that the-Indians ahout 5,000 in nurubér, were on their way to tho trealy ground. 'CLe Congress was to assemble at WasJ - ington on the I5th, and therèby, it seeins, tlie citizens of Austin have been lloing a piece oí naiiffhUnesd very lidie to their credit. The President sent a messeneer to Áustin, somewhcre about the út, in a two-hoise vragon, withinstructions to brinjr cértajn qantilies of Government paper, quills, &c.,thenlymg at Austin; but the citizéne, nftei coneuhing in public meeting-, protested ogüinst the retnoral of o ny of the Government property, and lot content with that, cut off the ears, 'manes md taüs of the horses! The New Orleans papers have Galveston idvices to the 16th, but there is little or no(hng new. Volhing whatever from the sent of var- if any such aeat there k.-JYew York Commercial ddvertiser.Bankrvpls.-lt is eslimated that aboul 25,000 persons in the United States have already applied for the benefit ofthe bankrup! Jaw. The Wabash Courier, says, We should not be surprised ïf Lard Oil and Corn Sugar manufacturing would become, in a year or two thestaple business ofthe Wabash VaJlev.'' Lard OU. - A Mr. Bebee ofl Missouri, advertised for five thousand hogs, at Hannibal in that stnte, and proposes to manufacture them intolard oil! Trying times these for the "entire nog" race! Dickens says, whenever an Englishman would cry "All right!" an American cries "Go ahead! ' whioh is somewhat exprestive of the national character ofthe two countries. 05$ 10, 039,050, is of Treaeury notes were outstanding on the lstull. The Florida war debts are not yet puid, in fact. The people must be taxed more heavily yet. American Tasles. - Rev. Theo. Parker says, "We are a grave,a very sober people we have no national amusemeut, except Bankinand the Credit System. We Must Coxsou-datk. - When a great edifice is to be erected, thö architect (irst lays the foundation, nid then gives it time to settle, and become Consolidated, béfore he puts pn the superstructure. That is precisely the procesa now going on with the Liberty party. VVe have luid our foundations broad and deep. in the tñeá apiri (a tbat have supported us, and what we now need is to become Consolidated into n united and liomogeneous mnss. Until tiiis is done. 1 1 is too soon to expect the supersiructure to b put on. - We must loara to undevstand one anothor, and to confide in one another. so that every man mny feel secure oi the fidelity of every othcr, so that we ourselvcs slinll fully appreciate our great object, so that no nion can be bought or driven, or persuaded to abandon hts principies, or lose sight of his great object, even long enough to givc a single vote. When wc become a perfect army, when we learn to trust ourselves and trust one another, or. in otlicr words. as soon as we have provcd ourselves trust worthy. the public wili believe that we nre sincere nnd deterniineí), and then they will seo the necessity of taking up the Liberty question, to have it iinally disposed of, that the other great questions may Üten come up!with a ctiance oí oeing seitleu. - Lmannator.- - - - - m- Mm Vompuratioc statement of the annual cxpenA6q the pólice f orce of Birmwzham and. the svè eminent of America. BIRMI.NGHAM PÓLICE - PER ANNUJI. L 1 Chicf Conunissioner, 70( 1 Chief Suporinlerxiint. 3J( 4 Supcriniendents, 150. cach, Gü( 10 Inspectors, 001. cüch, ï.OHC J2 Sub-Inspeclors, 70Z. each, 48C 12 Sergennts, 60. each, 7(j 12 Com. Seargennts, 5VI. ]0s. eacb. 3fl 8 Horse Patrol. & nccoutremenis, &c 1 OOt,' 320 Prívales, 40. 16s. each, 13,056 Contingent expenses, j joOO tt o L20,3-16 United States of Ajikrica- per assvu. r i , . Dollars. President of America, 25.000 Vice-President, 5 000 Sccrelary of State, 6000 Secretary ol War, 6,'oOO Secretary of Navy, 0,000 A Chief Jusiice, 6000 Sa Judgea, 30,000 ] 90,009 Being in English Money, L30.812 'Excess" of tlie Birmingham poiicc force over lie entire charge of tho civil Government of the vhole of the United States of America, 9,034?.

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