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established by tne Congress of '89, and, up

to this dov, it had been again ana again amd on under almost every Administration, and sanctioned by all the distinguished pjiriote, with greater or lees restriction, who nave had the direction of our nutional ufjm n Wus it in the establishment of an army and navy, or in a system of internal improvements? Why, in reality, the participation of the Government in internal improvements was hrst brought about under that Chief Magistrate who was called the lather of democracy, and to whose authority no man more readily defers than the Senator from South Carolina. He knew it was under the compact with Ohio that intomal improvements were first sanctioned ; but without the authority of the Constitution to make appropriations for such a purpose, no compact could cooler upon Congress the power. Where, thou, was the tendency to consolidation manifested by Congress during the progress of this Government? The Senator from South Carolina had spoken of the vast revenues which had been oollected under the laws which had been passed for the protection of American industry ; nd especially under the tariff of 16'24. These revenues had enabled the Government to pay the public debt. But the accumulation of a surplus revenue had never been nn object with the friends of the tariff. So far from thoir looking to an accumulation of revenue, the friends of that measure were reproached with having adopted a system of policy that would bankrupt the Treasury, and render a resort to direct taxation imperatively necessary. The very fear of dimin ishing the revenue prevented some members from giving their assent to the bill which pasted at that time, who would otherwise have been favorably disposed towards it. He had very little to say in relation to Presidential elections, and the share taken by different parties in them; but if those who contributed in 1828 to the elevation of the present Chief Magistrate, and who, by doing SO, had brought such a train of ills on the country, could find a consolation in their own hearts, he would be the last to bereave them afit. We have been told, said Mr. C, that '.hey contributed to tliat event in order to avoid the protective policy. They hoped that his (the President's) opinions were more favorable to thoir interest than were these of his competitor, yet he voted for the tariff of 1624. Let us look, said Mr. C, and see, also, whether they were not practising something like (to call it by no harsher term) a misconconception on each other. If they supported to the tariff, did they not support him on the grounds ofa secret and undivulged opposition? And were they not co-operating with the State of Pennsylvania and other parts of the Union, which supported him because of his friendship for the tariff, and where there was scarcely an individual who did not believe him to be as much devoted to the protective policy as any man in the country? This, howover, was a kuHjaH hp would not further enlarge on the present Chief Magistrate was supported and was elected, it seems, under hopes that he would lessen the evils of the tariff. He trusted that his election would impress the people of this country with one important truth, which deserved general inculcation, that it is a duty they owe themselves and their dearest interests, in the selection of a Chief Magistrate, to look well to his previous character, conduct, and habits; to ascertain his principles, to scrutinize his motives of action; to examine his passions, prejudices, and temper of mind, and to weigh well, ID all respects, the consequences likely to ensue from their choice, and not to decide under the pressure ofa single grievance, real or imaginary. Well ; success followed the exertions of the Senator from South Carolina, and those with whom he co-operated, in the elevation of the present Chief Magistrate ; and what has followed? Where are the principles which brought him into power? Which of the various parties who combined to secure his elevation, has not been disappointed? What are the distinct principles of this Administration? Is it in favor of the Tariff? No. Against it? No. in liver of Internal Improvements? Yes. A'net them? Yes. ForNullification? Yes, t which emanates from Washington. Against Nullification? Yes, that of the State of South Carolina, hit for State Rights? Yes, look at the opening message of December, 1832: that was a thorough-going State Eights paper; strong enough to satisfy the Senator from South Carolina, or the most ardent of that school. Is it against States1 Bights f Yes, look at the proclamation of UM next short week ? that proclamation which according to the Senator from south Car olina, had outstripped all the doctrines of consolidation ever before advanced in this country. Mr. C. thought the proclamation take it as a whole,(ahhough there were many parts of it that met with his approbation) as ultra as ever came trom the m m high toned of any party that ever existed in this coun try. What had we got by the election of this phief Magistrate, he would ask the Senator from SiMith Carolina? No! he would not taunt that gentleman with such an inquiry ; he would rather ask some of the friends of the President what were his principles. When the historian, or biographer, some future Plutarch,comes to write the great men who have been elevated tothe office of President, he would fihd some leading measures by which each of our former Presidents had been distinguished. Mr. Jefferson, for instance, for the reform he introduced in our institutions, find for the acquisition of LouMaa. In the administration of the other Presidents something renmrkable would also be found, characteristic of the Chief, or of bis term. But what had distinguished the character of (hi Administration? Why, his friend from South Carolina, who had renounced his first opinions of the President, and who supported his first election from the purest and most disinterested motives, without being influenced by one particle of rmbition, would be somewhat embarrassed to solve the problem. What were his (the President's)

principles? For3aiik?No. Against it? or pieasju, that he might freely 4ulg No; for he is in favor of forty of them, if this chPed propensity thev are under his exclusive control, and re- And to encourage our zeal and patience, sponsible to him alone. When the future we have the animating assurance, that the historian shall inquire what were the distin- Colony, planted by this Society, has pros, guislnng traits, the predominating principles percd beyond all example. As one lllusof this Administration, what would he say, tration,I have collated the piorainent hHa did notknow what thev were unless they dents com er led with the Colony planter

consisted inpure. simple, unadulterated Jacksonism. " Down with the Bank; down with Internnal Improvements ; down with the hr mnricun System : down with the best Currency that any country every had; down with the Constitution ; but give us pure, aim-1 p!c. unadulterated JaekbOiiisni" "Hurra for Jackson !" 1 Mr. C. then moved to refer the bill to the Commettec on the Judiciary. SPEECH OF MR. ERELL GH YSEN j

At a meeting of the American Cofonua-itwo

tion Society, met in the Representatives Hallon Monday the'MhJan. 1834: Mit. Fheunohi'Vsek addressed the meet-! ing as follows :- Mr. PreSidont,-Wc meet under peculiarly interesting circumstances. The Society i ,i,.im., 5. i,i ,u.i, n, ,,,iv w. judices that assailed it; and the public mind had become, not only reconciled, hut enlistod in its purposes and plans, when new and unexpected opposition arises much at It from its former friends and patrons. It is a striking illustration of the moral paradox, that extremes are often so near, as to nroach almost to fellovvshii). While "I,lftritv wrs cmwnina the labors of the Socie-I WUb IIIU iilUUIB VI Hit wvjvh;...i,Kih rml, ron-1 V. " J""".": " . spicuous rank among kindred settlemen'.s.und j far in advance of most of them when sci ence, civilization and religion were setting a seal to this benignant scheme when Heaven smiled upon it and the good of the earth rejoiced in its success ofa sudden,the harsh sounds of hostility break upon us, and the Colony with its friends, its objects and all that pertain to it, is denounced us a heartless design to perpetuate shivery. Now, Sir, I propose to treat these adversaries, kindly and respectfully ; we do not wish to disturb their opinions, nor, where they strive lawfully, to interrupt their operations. But when they, so far forget the law of Christian courtesy, as to impeach the motives of the Colonization Society, we must exercise the right of self-defence. To repel injurious charges to vindicate insulted purity of purI pose, and re-affirm the beneficient tendenScies of our enterprise, become high and coI gent duties. ! The friends of Colonization, in very faithfulness, cannot remain silent, and suffer this strange wildfire to run along the ground and consume and destroy the fairest fruits of a most blessed scheme of mercy. Sir, we : owe it to these misguided men themselves, to ! interpose between them and their measures and save the country from their disastrousconsequences. Two objections have been, with many more. Clamorously -.;ou aguu... iiiu re ty :- That it obstructs the progress of emancipation, and is cruel and oppressive towards the bond and the free. It is really I diflicultto treat with any gravity, so absurd 1 a proposition, as the first of these objections. Bo far is it from any shadow of reality, that it is emancipation which chiefly supplies materials for the Colony its best aliment I is furnished here. The great inajority of the colonists is composed of men, lately I slaves, who have been liberated by southern proprietors, that they might enjoy the bless ings promised to them at Liberia. An obstruction to emancipation! What, Sir, to congregate three thousand colored freemen on the coast of Africa to gather around them the lights ot science and religion to start them on the career of virtuous and useful enterprise, and open to their aspirations, all the avenues of honorable ambition. This,I should deem, Sir, would be the last spot on earth, towards which op pression would turn its concern, unless it I might bc,indeea,to blot it from existence. I Equally fanciful, is the charge of cruelty, I towards the emigrants. The essence of the complaint is, that any should be persua ded to encounterthe penis uf seeking a new home in Africa. It is a sickly sensibility ! Seeking anew home. Why, the whole earth is, at this moment, moved by just such a purpose and has been from the beginning. Ever since the Father of the faithful left his own Urofthe Chaldees, man has been literally a pilgrim on the face of the earth. All the wanderings of his descendants prove it. How inconstant and unstable their abode! and now how scattered among the nations! Sir, where would have been the triumphs of learning and genius in Greece and Rome, but for Colonization? The light of science owes most of its expansion to this oppressive emigration. And when Roman glory declined, the Scandinavian birth place of nations, poured forth unnumOered hosts upon the south of Europe while English history and the English language are full of the memorial ol Danish,Saxon and Norman irruptions, And, Mr. President, who und what arc we, but children of Colonists'! Where, but for this, would now be, these broad foundations ol national liberty and human happiness these splendid creations of genius and science where, the high hopes of fifteen millions of freemen ? And as 1 lovk around me, I behold many distinguished Colonists who, ten, twenty and thirty years ago, struck their adventurous footsteps into the rich forests of the west, and there planted the germs of liberty; and alter trainintr un other noble sisters to become members of our f,reat contederacy,lmvc come up, hither, to mingle their counsels and cares for the general welfare. Sir, if the eye could sweep the whole Atlantic board, from the ocean to the mountains, we should behold it alive with emigration multitudes urging their way towards the abundant rewards leld out, to encourage and animate the en-

terprisesof industry and virtue. Why, Mr. forming a camp, which is to contain bePresident, it is man's delighthis restless iween 30.000 and 40.000 men.

spirit loves it; and be would scalo any bar-

ner, at tho promptings of curiosity, ctenceby aniwering in the firmestand most hough -

Jamestown, Virginia, in May, 1807 jtben consisted of one hundred per

which number, bofow Septembe year, was reduced to fifty aud to thirty-eight, when a reinforce' hundred and twenty arrived. further addition of one hundred 80nB W11S niudc,and the Color ed to five hundred souls, l dence, extravagance und c were reduced in six m u i sons ; i in 1011, the Colony " hundred; in 1022, niore populous, when it was j Indians and three hundred a, c u' clild''e "c T1,e ?.oraW Wl''f,b frf LeCJ dissolved, r.nd the Colony ."amis of the iung-and enjo; and protection ot the crown. : e h'nun oi i - V .... , . W 7n i ' : ? , Z r" ,w v" f , plon a,'d mo lnan, ,000 persons ha. 1 '' ulv lu HP' ? ap-;liu"e seventeen J ears, toe mow ,. .oral 111 lwn "s 10 louu I""0"" 1 v line Liberia, with no governmental patronage, . .. . .. n and wuhout royal smiles or favor, against ,-.A ,l ,,r;,Ji,. ""u 1 ,T:V; in twelve brief years, enrolls about three thousand souls. Still, we hear, that Liberia is an hindrance to freedom. Sir, the cause of human liberty has never been more effectually plead. She stands, as its beacon light, for the whole earth. The wondering nations are turning their eyes towards the illuminated spot; aud as they gaze upon its moral beauties, bright hopes unfelt before, spring up in theheart,that man's universal redemption is sure. Like the star in the East, which announced the Saviour to the astonished M igi, it points tothe advent of the same Redeemer, coming in the power of His spirit, to roll away the darkness of u thousand generations. Yes, Sir, there is hope for Africa. God, I believe, is preparing his way before Him. The harvest begins to ripen and the slumber of ages will soort be broken and those beams of light that now refresh our hopes, will expand and spread through the Heuvcns,utttil they shall be lost in the splendors of an eternal day. FOHUIGtV AFRICA. THE NIOEU EXPEDITION. Accounts of this expedition, up to the 5th January, have been received. At that date Lander was on board the Curlew Bhip of war, on ma " ' ' V the purpose of procuring a pu...ie.. pecu of goods for the markets in the interior of which he had not previously taken a sufficient supply. If successful in this object.it was nis intention to return to the mouth of the Nun; thence to ascend the Niger for ihe third time, and endeavor to penetrate as far up the river as Boussa. Previous to his last return to the coast, Lander and Lieutenant Allen has fortunately reached Rubbah, o Rabba, (a large Falah town,) in the iron steamboat ; and tor the space ot thirteen or fourteen days, had maintained a friendly intercourse, and carried on an advantageous trade with its inhabitants. The depth of water at that place was between two and three fathoms, and far as could be seen beyond it, the Niger was free from rocks and other obstructions, and assumed a majestic and very encouraging appearance. This important town is inhabited by Fulaths and negroes, and realizes the expectations that had been formed of it as regards ils extent, its wealth, and its population, A few Tuai'icks, from the borders of the desert, nnd other Arabs, were observed by our countrymen in the streets of Rabbah. Another important feature is, our travelers ascended the river Tshadda as high as 150 miles from the junction with the Niger. At that poin', and at some distance below and above it, the river was found to be intersected with islands, and comparatively shallow, alternately becoming narrow, in proportion to ils channels was free from, or obsiructed by, these islands. No trace of its inhabitants appeared on the banks of this river; and Lander and his valuable coadjutor were compelled to return to the Niger for Want of prov isions. All the natives in this part of the country agree in the assertion that the Tshaca communicates with Lake . shad, the inland ""HJfl They do not hazard tbi: tore, but state it wi:h e known and undisputed and near Atia, Lander h. a mud fort, which will i ofa depot for British go been named English i culiar facilities for ti part of the country. TI Constantinople, . around us has ijnco cidedly warlike appeal arming with great ac Commander in chief of expectcdly been sent to . under his command thi. there. A portion of these will be along the coast of the Gulfs of Soros and Enos: the remainder will reinforce the garrison of the Dardenellcs. The most pressing orders have been sent to the iron works at Samakoy. Fresh re-inforcemcnts have been sent to Sivas, where Redsehid Mehemet Pacha is After throwing tho gauntlet to England

tone Lord Ponsonby 's questions, the Sul-

tin is giving by these preparation, on incontrovertible proof of his determination to nsist, should other powers attempt obliging rim to renounce his late engagements to vards Russia. EGYPT. We find the following interesting letter lewindria, February 3d, in the MomId of March 31st: radictory opinions prevalent restate of this country .demand that taken in the examination of icted wi:h it. Mehemet Ali jated a military power capaiding the attacks of the Sultan. - well as among the troops, ' continues, as if a new distant. It is said that to disarming Mehemet Ali, si spelled in the Egyptian .unmcd Alv, has declared his j i i ., I JC'iin proviunu u je-oiv i n Franco to ureat jvi am, ... 1 - ...l.nrl AifllAi. lit tll. : O .01 IO be UlUitJWU Vlllil HJ

Autocrat. j ")Ule 10 l"eri esiucmiii sucu urign, n of Osman Naureddin Bey j he is an honorable ;ind an honest man. c of'Eypt to that oftho Sul-jFar from me tu iiiijjute sucli plots loaiiy ugrea impression here; but now i 0f his constitutional advisers. But it is accused of being a coward, and tlie fol- cannot be denied, for il cannot be touting anecdote is current on the subject, j ccacC) tm n,urc 1S at Washington a iome time after the return of the fleet from : cabal, secret hut not unseen, who lake he expedition aguinst the Sultan's arma- j a(iVtUlla,e 0f i(lt. President's impctuosiaient Mohammed Aly, addressing Osman, 0f ti,aratt(.r. HII(J l,is prejudices, and siid," I find you have had a great opporUi-j of u Ulllance wil ,ity oi distmgu.sh.ng yoursell, but you ios 1 1 Y ? tQ of

I' It Will IieVCI' DlTHuUb jeiUIII. X uiwutiiii1 ' ' .....''...., , n,r,r ThiR it will never perhaps return, i inougni 1 UUl'""-' mm! u Uvuv. v. ..v.. lemurk is described M painful to Osman, its of superior attainments, having

liecn educated in France. Mohammed Aly lor Andrew Jackson, 1 aid noi vote ui has, as his friends assert, declared that he j this cabal; and, while he remains under did not give such sanguinary orders to the their control, 1 will not regard him as Government of Cundia as Osman Bey pre-: (ie man whom 1 humbly labored lo ex tends. He had commanded that some ex- j ftt Jshal uok upon him as 1 do upon amples should Uc made, but not hangings by a 0n,er men, as " enemies in war, in wholesale. It would have exceedingly ser- ice fri(,11(ls, j wi su3Ulill i,im whet, ved the character of Osman, if he had retir- . ,)jm t TTA hifnS : 7o not. For himself, personally, I or Osman's retreat is said to be in his dread ' u ' ' , oflbrahan. Pacha, whose bravery is undis- j ve more that, feelings ofre,pccl-I puted, and who is here described as the idol Lave feelings ol affection; and the d.i; of his shoulders, and who has not seen Osman j when he shall emerge from behind the B;:v since the inglorious exhibition of the na-; curtain of that cabal I hat obscures him val force of 1832. This accounts for the now the day he shall discard those irterror of the refugee, who according to ru- responsible advisers, unknown to our mor has, however, been well treated by the Constitution and moral habits, and worSultan. . (by only of the anti-chambers of a royal Mohammed Aly is expected to quitCairo pftac wl0 lave lr0wn a temporary for the Delta shortly after the Beiram, which r well-earned fame that &&X?&&Z&iv " " cd by the Viceroy to postpone the visit until empathies and passions. He need not the next year, when the Viceroy hopes to! have appealed lo my sympathies, they proceed thither. are hII with him. He need not have There are numbers of refugees here ea-, appealed lo our passions, if his argu-

V I1U b'JilCiD KJl CUUOIivi 7 O cer for employment, from Poland, Naples,

and Piedmont, and also some French Car-; grav hairs, his long service to the e. Mohammed Aly published a notice j siate, his Revolutionary wounds. For be itme, J.;-'W bii j;ray hairs, in your name I tell him, the Polish refugees. This was aur.buted tb W(. u Ms ZlJl a wish to conciliate Russia, and General , (( , (w Dembin6ki, whose acceptance of employ- . . .. . r '. . men. from ihe Viceroy is stated to have oris- j w" we honor hi... ; hut, for Ins invaen from a wish to serve his countrymen, has slon ofoU1, r,l,lf we will oppose him. resigned, and is now about to return to He calls upon us, by his vast personal France, accompanied by some Poles lately i popularity, to rally around him: 1 tell arrived. him, thai, with this free and intelligent Mohammed Aly having paid 5000 pur- ; people, men are nothing principles are ses to the Sultan, under the name ofa pre-j every thing. sent, the latter demands 30,000 additional is j "Such is the eventful crisis fellow arrears of taxes due to the Porte. There ; citizens, in which our country stands, arc 7,000 ready, which may be sent if tarn- W,rtt sUa be done? Shall we submit?

qu.iiuyecpre.erveo.nmctoeiweenu.e Great Powers. Mohammed Aly professes it lu ,',m!,inl uyitli hie ttfcunnt nrtcilmn na Un w uJ viiVHWM. ivvii, jsut...uii, utj u. hlUuitaai; nnt a iilii.t." I, flio P.i-fo hill his immense nrrmarations would seem to in - dicate that ha wiliIk but a favorable oDnortu - nity of declaring his independence, and leav g , in;4 the Turks to their fate separately, while ho establishes an Arab Egyptian dynasty. FRANCE. Thus remarks the Liverpool Morcury of April 4,h, the hrst act ol a new struggle between despotism nnd constitutional principles in France may now be said to have fairly commenced, and a short time will show whether the citizen King, Louis Pliillippe, will have any cause to thank his Ministers for having set it on foot. M. Pages, who gave the emphatic denun ciation ot the oppressive law, which we have ami vl uiu U MIlWPJVti law, WHICH WU IlilVU ., i , j , , , rledabove,is described by tho Journal , inse of Debates as an austere religious man, who will obey his conscience, and strictly perform all, hat he has promised or threatened to do. True as tho needle to the Dole to the cause of liberty throughout tho world, the venerable and venerated LA FAYETTE. though enable to take part in the discussions, i . i. X-..P , i lost not a moment in entering a brief but rgctic protest against this new act of tyy. And there can be no doubt but the itiirienis expressed by these patriots arc hose of the people of Fiance. The law against which they protest places ery project, whether civil, political, morrehgious, or mercantile whether it be building of a church, the foundation ofa 'I, the formation of a rail-road or canal fact, every thing requiring tho co-opc-n of twenty persons, at the mercy of the .misters for tho time being under their absolute and irresponsible control! And his precious law, so much better suited to the meridian of Constantinople or St. Petersburgh than to that of Paris in the 10th century, is declared to be perpetual, Ihe Minis ters who proposed it having declared that to limit its duration even to 5, 10, or 20 years, would be to endanger the monarchy. The Liverpool Mercury sayp, a much less time than the shortest of these periods will show that they have strange notions of perpetuity. The peoplo who shed their blood like water, rather than submit to tho despotism of Charles X. and Polignac, will hardly crouch beneath it, even when it comes from a " citizen King," by whom those who set him on the throne, bavo been most grossly abused, insulted, and betrayed.

Fhiilippe is a worse tyrant thau Chvles X.

The latter only acted on ms principles; tiie former is a traitor to the principles which he formerly avowed, and to which he owes his elevation. We have little doubt that his pe&J tidy wi;; fhor.iy mee: wicn its luuig puww men, end th?., too, in despite of the mem bers of the Holy Alliance to conciliated whom seems to have been the sole ouject oi his policy for some time past. Of his qualifications as a member of that junto, Nicholas himself cannot now entertain a doubt, but whether wi;h his seat there, the people of France will permit him to retain the sovereignty, remains to be seen. ESTEACTFK JM MR. HAltPEll's fPEECM. At a late mett'ng in Baltimore. 'Tbt; eigne of (lie times, follow citizens, arc indeed portentous, i may be niisUkeii J hope I am but 1 think 1 th clearly see linn a coiispn.ny cxisis m is country nay, in this Government; against the very existence ol the Bonnie the United Stales, far iroin ine io l t I ' , .1 ,1 . ,1 , which he does not perceive the end, and r- - , , . for which those base advisers are not responsible themselves. When I voted l ... .1ia.. r,. I i I i t menls were sound. He reminds us of Sh;il, e Amc!ri(:a:l S(;na,e become ,le mute inglorious ttlavcb" of tile Lxecu- . . ! "Vti Never! never! Let us stand by ! 'he Senate in the day of this assault 1 we must choose between an Execulive and n Senate, our liberties will he more secure without an Executive than without uSeiiate. Rcmeniberlliat when the Roman Senate was silenced, the Roman people were enslaved." TWENTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Fill ST SKSSION. IN SENATE. Wednespav, May 7, 1834. The following Resolutions relative to the President's Protest, wore passed to-wit: Resolved, That tho protest communicated ,L U ,U j. I .1 T to the Senate on ihe 17th msiunt, by the Pre- ,.. n . ,u. . , 3 Z T ,Bb'a"e PuwerB nh f" " 11 W'Ch fX""' fCn WJi JWt Mhonty ot the two Houses of Congresr, and inconsistent with the Constitution otthe United States. Resolved, That while the Senate is, and A.,A.,.;n u. i.. ... .i n I w ruce'vo "om 1,0 1 K' S'uent all such messatjesand cianmuntca ions as the Constitution und laws and the usual course ol business authorize him to transmit to it, yet it cunnot recognise any right in him to make a formal protest against votes and proceedings of the Senate, declaring such votes and proceedings to be illegal and unconstitutional, and requesting the Senate to enter such Protest on its Journals. Resolved, That the aforesaid Protest is a breach of the privileges oftho Senate, and that it be not entered on tho Journal. Resolved, That the President, of the Unit ed States has no right to send a Protest to the Senate against any of its proceedings. The voto was the same on each of the Resolutions, to-wit : YEAS. Messrs. Bell, Bibb, Black, Calhoun, Clay, Clayton. Ewihjf.Frelinvhii Kent, Knight, Leigh, Moore, Naudain, Poindextor, Porter, Prentiss, Preston, Robbinr, Silsbce, Smith, Southard, Spraguc, Swift, Tomlinson, Tylor, Waggaman, Webster. 27. NAYS. Messrs. Benton, Brown, Forsyth, Grundy, Hendricks, Hill, King of Alabama, King of Georgia, Linn, McKoan, Shep ey, Tallmadge, Tipton, White, Wilkins, Wright. 16. Thus the Protest baa met tho fate it deserved,

AORICUIrURAeU

On caterpillars, by George Webster, of Albany, N. Y. From my experience, J am fully satisfied our fruit trees may be preserved from thai dreadful insect, the caterpillar, in a very sure und easy way. In the year 1804,1 he large elm at our corner was near ly stript of its leavps by a small catterpiller. Various modes to destroy them were made use of, such as covering the trees with tar, fob oil, and drowning theirnests, but without any good effect. Some day in the month of July I was standing at our door, when a genl Ionian fo in Niskayi'na was passing by. He uccosed me in words like these: ' George, is n pity to lose so fine a tree." In answer " We made use of various erti cles to destroy them, but wi.hout success." " Send" saj s he "and get a little sulphur and bore in'.o the tree about six inches, and till it with sulphur and niv word for it, not a caterpillar shall' be seen after forty-eight hours." " Will you stay and see it "done." " I will." says he. The hole was bored, the sulphur put in, and a piece of wood the size ofa cork drove in strongly, to prevent the sap or sulphur oosing out. In u less time than he mentioned, there was not the vestige of ft catterpillur on the tree. Soon after, a large catterpillur appeared on our poplar;-, in fix.ii, of my house: every tree was served in the same way as the eim had been, and the result the same while mv neighbors cut down those fine trees, because they were very much alarmed (hut the insect was that, very venomous repiiie called the asp." A few days afterwards I dis covered that a very beautiful p!uuib-troe in my yard was attacked by the caterpillar; the same course was pursued, and the result the same. I have followed this practice every year since 1805, w hen I discovered these insects on my trees, nnd never has there been a caterpillar on my trees after fortyeight hours. It has been tried in New-York and Pennsylvania, where 1 have bean present, and in the western parts o! this stale. In no case has it to my knowledge or belief, failed. Twoineu ftreeofficient to go through un orchard or forest of iiOQ trees in a day. P. S. 1 have strong oresentiments in my mind, that if applied to our peach, plum or cherry trees, it would prevent the black rust. We tried this experiment on cherry trees in Cesar-Creek township in this county, in the month of June last ; and found that in less 'han forty eight hours there was not a worm on the trees; nor did they return. Editou Whig. PHILADELPHIA COUNCILS. The city of Philadelphia is. a large holder ol real property and slocks by the legacy of Stephen Girard, &c. They memorialized congress, and sent a committee to Washington with it. That commiltec has recently reported and the following parts of their report we think ought to be preserved. Shortly alter llieir arrival it. Wliingion, the committee addr ,sed a note tothe president of I lie United Stales, couched in the most respectful terms, requesting that he would have the goodness to appoint a time when it would be agreeable to him to receive (hem for the purpose of expressing lo him the viewa uf councils, in relation to the official object of th oir visit to Washington. On the same evening they received from him, with feelings which they will notdescr,be,the following very unequivocal denial, viz: 'Washington, April 7th, 1831. "Gbmtlemkn. In reply to your note of this evening expressing a wish to present to me the icws ol ihe select and common councils of Philadelphia, in relation to the propriety of rechartcringthct bankof the United State.-,and restoring lo it the depositee of public money, I have to observe thai it will give me pleasure to see you as individuals, but not for the purposeofdijcussiiig those subjects, at any lime to-morrow between 10 and i l o'clock. Whatever you may please to communicate, as a committee, if made in writing, will becheerfully received and considered. For reasons which have been made public, I hold no communication with committees on such subjects that are not made in writing. Iain very respectfully, your obedient servant. ANDREW JACKSON. Messrs. R M. Houstin, George S. Schotl, and others, committee, on behalf of the select and common councils of Philadel' phia. On the same evening the committee returned the followinL' reply. " To the president of the U. S. Sib: Wo respectfully acknowledge the receipt of your note, in reply to our communication uf this evening, iiiiilduly appreciate your invitnthm to see us " a individuals." Under any other circumstances) we should have given respectful attention lo this invivitation. But not having come to this city " u,s individuals," but " as a committee from the. sele. t and common councils of the at) of Philadelphia, if we arc not permitted to appear in that character and " to discuss" those matters of deep interest to our constituents which SotMod us to be sent here, wo fool constrained, by u sense of what is duo to them, notto appear in any other. R.M. HOUSTIN, GEO. 8. SCHOTT, JOS. B. SMITH, JOSHUA LIPPINCOTT, JOHN P. WETHERILL Washington, April 7th 1834 . Details are given of an earthquake which has destroyed the city of Pasto, in New ureaaoa, wnich are truly diilreesing