BY A. S. JOHNSTON. NEC DEESSE, NEC SUPERESSE REIPUBLlCiE. VOL. SS-NOi 58. COLUMBIA, S. C. JANUARY 7, 183T PUBLISHED WEE] $3 PER AN Y AND SATURDAY MORKIKG ? THING THE SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. TERMS: dollars per annum, if paid in advance, or w?' dollars at the end of t be year. "Adveetisexxxts conspicuously inserted at 75 >ts per square for the first insertion, and 37 i cents every subsequent insertion. -All advertisements ' m the inside every publication ? or inserted se than regularly, to be charged r? insertion. Advertisements it of be contin charged accordingly. All advertising, above $25 and under $50. deduction ? above $50, 40 per cent, de per Subscriber will, on January next, open Springs m ,iti? intended to embrace a ?n** of studies, than has hereto i Academies in this State. It is a B known factv?hat;in ~G*a aredrifled long andlamf theGr^*^.l*w* _?jot thei race, Math m ' yw-pr :he conrse of , _ who dow*, , J College. The L least, to remedy tins Icf bis he wili ?.the uniform. . cation. of his: the instructioc History, N? ?practically usefa 9th of >1 at the this insti extensive taught I ntable, yet Schools our the arquisi to the otter as Natural Of the youth, 'nore than one education ; ly the same for i do intend to en in our school i to adapt the edu- j views in after-life. I ^ ition of young i best security for which j it has attended the appli- j admission there) he wili in ! pay more especial attention ; \ Book-keeping, the more f Mathematics as fully and I tight in ' our College, and to ' it, not simply Oratory or [y good reading^ which is as well aa .scholar. The location, and. its remoteness to vice or immorality ef any es presented by few, perhaps fat State. will be divided into two on the 1st of January Nov. The terms per > lyahie in advance, in cliarges for Iward and tuition. -Bill for account and Division. A. Wallace & Sal- v "ly Cheanut" BY order ef the"*^>?*Bi^of Chancery, I will offej for sate to the hignHtbidder, on Thursday the 12th of January next, atlKe plantation of the Use John C. Taytar in Richlan^Wl the Stock of -CMfeHogs, Mule*, Horses, Cort^Fodder and pkiUa:\oflrM|fHK* ~ . I _ ' > Tentfc, for all sums under $20 cash -gvar.ff credit of 12 months, interest fromduj w purchasers giving a "bankable note and good per?ok -security. All the articles will be delivered on the da v of saW^j-- ?* V. JAJfES L. jCLARK, C. E. R. D. T*c.U V\ 56 . -sums Large Estate ^alc is:E(ivrrY. Wb.'B. Yate? and Jane 1 '?* \. bis wife, vs Andrew i Bill for division and ac- , Wallace and* Sally i: count. I Cfeesaut Taylor. BY artier frsm the Gourt of Equity, I wfll offer fer sale before the C^urt House in Columbia, on the 2d Monday in Jaqpar^next, al! that splendidand well known plantation ?n ^ Waterree Kiyer, Iving on both sides of the River, consisting of the follow ing tracts of land, to wit - ^ ^ ' r ^ One^ract^f 10CX> acres inert or less,Js?ng in Sum ter on the East side of the Wuerree River, being the same tract conveyed by CKesnut and John C. Taylor, the 25th ^farch 181^aIso a tract of SQQjacres lying in Richlanc^on tffc West side of the ? River, being same conveyed * John C. Taylor bv John'Chesnut, the 25th Mareh 1^8 ? also a tract ot 414 i acies lyingm Richland, bein%^e same con veyed i>y Bobert jEngiish to John Ta^or, gr the 2S& Qkt, l883? ako, another tract called the Ballard tzaet, of 320 acres, in Richland; all the aVpve tracts * *"? a each other, and form one of the b^ plauta tin the district, making in all, acre*._ SUA4 i* buvuwvtiv^ , ^ Also 60 xetv prime ana likely negroes. Terms safe 1, 2, 3 and 4 years, interest from date-pay. .afcie aowrily, bond, mortgage and good ' persy^j security? *pqrchasers lo pay for all necessary pape^ ^Ssfo positive. . JAMESLL. CLARK, C. E. R. D. ._ Dec. 16th 1S36 ~ 54?3 Wholesale Crrocerv. + W" ? - f*XHB Country Trade is invited to call at 189 of the City Hotel,) where a general assortment of Groceries can be fornish ?d by ^ WM. MARSff. . . iCT Cash grreo fix Beeawax. * * C%aTbxsto*. S. C. I>ee: !0 $3? 6t I Executive department, \ \ 1*00#" 1836. f? WHEREAS, an Election vva?^^, . J 3jfndajr *nd Tuesday in October member *o fill die vacancy occasioned by the resig-^ nation *>f the Hon. James H. Hammond, and to rep resent the Congressional District composed of the jligyiyiy^JSicb i and. Lexington, Orangebnrgh and-, ' 1 "I? Congress of the United States ; and the death^e!!^r ^ vacancy occasioned hy illr* i"n tfnn rtf*!*"4 J. Mwwimg,-to repre - Con^,. v^o.uhhI Disti'iciscomposed of the liis- 1 j tricts of Kershaw, Sumter, Lancaster and Chester I field, in the Congress of the United States : And i whereas, it appears upon counting the votes returned j to the Office of the Secretary of State by the manaji gers of elections, that Franklin H. Elmore and JoEm P. Richardson, Esquires, had the greatest number of votes in their respective Districts: Nqjv there fore/!, PIERCE M. BUTLER, Governor of the State of "South Carolina, do hereby declare and pro claim, that the said Franklin H, Ehnore has been du ly elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig nation of the said James H. Hammond, and that 'he said John P. Richardson has been duly elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the said it J. Manning. Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 30th dav of December, 1836. PIERCE M. BUTLER. By the Governor, B. H. Saxon*, Secretary of State. State of South Carolina . Prodamalion by PIERCE M. BUTLER j E*q, Governor and Commander-in- Chvf i . in and over the Slate of South Carolina. WHEREAS, in pursuance of the" Act of the - Legislature of this Staie, the votes for mem bers of the twenty-fifth Congress have been count ed in the presence of the Governor, by Commission ers appointed for lhat purpose, and it appears that Waddy Thompson, Jr. has been duly elected for the congressional district composed of Pendleton and (ireenville ; Frunois W. Pickens, for the district j. composed of Abbeville and Edgefield ; John K. Griffin, for the district comp>?ed of Laurens, New : berry and Fairfield; Franknlf H. Elmore, for the district composed of Richland, Lexington, Orange burgh and Barnwell; Win. K. Clowriey, for the dis trict composed of Union, Y?.rk, Chester and Spartan : burgh r John Campbell,. for the district composed of (feergetorwn, Marion. "Horry, Marlborough and Dar lington ; John P. Richardson, for the district com posed of Kershaw, Somter, Lancaster ano Chester? field ; Robert B. Smith, for the district composed of Beaufort and Colleton, and Hugh S. Legare, for tiie district f Charleston. Now, therefore, Kdo issue this my Proclamation, notifying and declaring, ac cording to the provisions of the said Act; that Wad dy Thompson, jr. F. W. Pickens, John K.Gjsffin, F. H. Elmore, Wm. K.Cfowny, John Campbell, John .P. Richardson, R. B. Smith and Hugh S. Legare, had n majority ot the votes in their respective dis tricts aforesaid, and are duly elected Representatives mihe Congress of the United States from this Mate. r> Given under my hand and the Seal of the State, this 29th day of December, 1836. . P. M. BUTLER. By the G*yorSor. B. H. Saxon, Secretary of State. ? December 30, 1836.^ - j-.-* r . ? , ? , Banii of Jhe State ot South Carolina , Ch rlsston, 23th Dec. 1S36. A Selection will be held at the Bank on Monday 16fb January next, for a Cashier of the Br nch [ Bank at Co urabia, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the election, of Thoma3 Harrison to the office of Pre sident of that Branch. " The Cashier will have a salary of Eighteep'Jiun dred Dollars, and will be required togive bond with S several good securities in the sum of Fifty Thousand : dollars. Applicants will forward the ,names of their I securities to the President of the Bank, before the Ida of election. CHAS. M. FURMaN, v 57 . tf > Cashier. Southern Kevie *?. Encouraged by a belief, that the Southern Re view would receive a liberal patronage generally, and especially in the Southern and South Western States, the undersigned proposes to revive it, under auspices which promise fully to sustain the reputa tion, which the lare Southern Review, during its brief existence, had earned. ?. It- will be published in Washington, and edited by a gentleman, whose high character and superior at^ tainments guarantee t n -it, aided, as he will be, by the ablest writers and statesmen of the Union, the work will take rank at once amon0r the ablest and best periodicals of the age- ^ 4 - Theteondition of the South, and the crisis pro educed by the Revolution in Texas demands that there should be some abler and more authoritative exponent of public opinion than the newspa per press ? that there should be some acknowledged i^rgan of Southern sentiment, elevated above all the considerations oC mere personal ambitition, in which patrifea of every p*rty may commune together, -and labo*, for the preservation of the republic Some experience admonishes the undersigned, that to obtain a subscription which WAl remunerate his own labor and expenditure, will require an active co-operatioQ on the veart of those who desire the accomplishment of this undertaking, and with this view, iL has be?n suggested, anthhe begs leave to urge upon all suc^, and especially the young men, '^o organize committees, aud by subdividing their respective towns, cifes, counties and districts, apply totech individuals as>jay be. induced to subscribe, u pon.appli cation. Mart* persons have expressed a wiflingjaess to contribute^ fund to be applied to ward Editor's salary, *^d in payment for com i, municatil^u It is suggested. that the subscription of such, if should *>e t^gn and, when paid, placed in thew.uk of Chariest^ to be applied to these objects bjihe Pvesident Cashier of the j Bank and the polisher, as a cc^^tee for that j P '?he Southern Review will be publis^d quarterly, i will contain 275 to 300 ejtges, at five d<%re per an : num, payable in ndvtnceSi^ommittees Individu als obtaining subscribers, %stfLforward t1^ names and subscription to Washingifcff.% All contrymjons I to the Editorial fund, will be fbt^hicd to theXjasij. i ier of the Bank of Charleston, 'andWnced ro-^e credit of the Editorial fund of the SontWrn R. vie!,* j \ DCFF^EEN/' Resolution adopted by the South CaroRfl^ocieiy \ for the Advancement of Learning. . Resolved, That t|is Society approve of Gfcaeml Green's proposaiumto revive the So other { yikw, under the Eiorial charge of Judge UrsHkA, ' arid, taking into ccpside ration the claims whicirk ^11 have upon the public, and the duty of ever^ to assist in pl?ing the work in a prosperous wr^ition, would uee its friends, and especially the memifers 0f this Sfciety, to aid m obtaining Sub scribe** and contrifutions therefor. v 3 WE HARPER, feting President of. S. C: Society > for Advancement of Learnmxr. " 1 Dec. 24 5o ? ? - EDUCATION! MOUNT ZION ACADEMY. THE exercises of this Institution will be resum ed on the 1st Monday in January neit, under th&rcare of J. W. Hudson and B. F. Wilkinson (at present a tutor in South Carolina College) with a competent assistant. The scholastic year will consist of two sessions ; . the 1st commencing on 2nd January, Ending 1st June; ! the 2nd commencing 2nd June, ending 1st November. TERMS. Tuition and Boarding, including lodging, washing and firewood per session $100 TERMS FOR DAY SCHOLARS. Classical Department. Latin, Greek, Algebra, Geometry, (including practi fcar-cal Surveying,) Natural Philosophy, English and * Q^J^i^GojTiposition, Mythology, Ancient and Mod ? 1 and Modern Geography, per session . ? .$23 00 Reading and Spelling. ^ fl|| The above with Writing and.Aitrhincltic 10 00 Do. do. English Grammar and^Jeography . . 12 00 For fire-wood for the school rooms per session .... 50 An additional charge of $20 per session will be made for Tuition in the French language. A student wilt be received at any time, and will Rbe charged at the same rate to the end of the session; ' but no deduction will be made where he leaves be fore the end of it. , Boarding and Tuition to be paid half-yearly in advance. J. W. Hudson and B. F. Wilkinson, will residein the buildings of the Institution, and students boarding there will be constantly under their care. They pledge themselves that every exertion shall be made to prevent the formation of bad habits. The following are the principal text books used in* this Institution. * Latin Grammar, (Gould's Edition,) Latin Reader, Pboedrus, Virgil" (Cooper's,) Horace, Doering's or Anthon's, Salfust (Anthon's,) Cicero's Orations, Anthon's Prosody, Tacitus (Valpey's,) Juvenal, Adam's Roman Antiquities, Robinson's Antiquities of Greece, Mair's Introduction, Anthon's edition o Valpey's Greek Grammar, Xenophon's Cyripsedia' Xenophon's Anabasis, Homer (Felton's or Valpey's,) Greek Lexicon, Donnegan's is preferred, but Picker ing's, Parkhursts or Grove's may be used. Geome try, Davies' edition of Legendre's, Algebra, Davies' edition of Bourden's, Arithmetic (Emerson's 3rd part and Smith's,) Surveying, (Davies' and Flints;) Latin Synonymes,v(Domesnil's or Hill's ;) Valpey's Etymological Dictionary, Ainsworth's Latin Diction ary, (the London edition is best ;) Classical Dictiona ry, ( Anthon's edition of Lempriere ;) Woodbridge's Geography, Butler's Ancicnt Geography and Atlas, Blair's Lectures. Students coming to this institution are requested not 10 bring with them translations of any of tho Authors read in school- Ten or twelve students be sides those already engaged, may obtain boarding in Mr. Hudson's family, by making immediate applica tion. v Letters on the subject to be addressed to J. W. HUDSON. Winnsborough , S. C. Nov. 4th , 1836. - The Southern Times, The Mercury, Christian Herald, Cheraw, will insert the above twice a week .until the 1st of February, and forward their accounts to J. W. Hudson for payment. Nov. 5 45 tf T Columbia Female Academy. HE following regulations have been recently _ adopted by the Trustees of this Institution. 1. The scholastic year shall hereafter be divided into two sessions ; the one to commence on the first Monday in October and terminate the last day of February ; ibe other to commence on the 1st day of March, and end the 3 1st day of July. 2. At the end of the summer session there shall be a "vacation of two months, embracing the months of August and September. % -v 3. The Board and Tuition wiO hereafter be charged by the session, one half payable in advance, the resi due at any time during the session. 4. No pupil shall be received for less than a ses sion or the unexpired residuum thereof. 5. The price of board, including lodging, washing, fuel and candles, shall be $100 a session. -6. The price of tuition shall be at the following rates persesyiop : For the lower branches of English, including Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Orthogra phy $16, Q0 For the same, together with all the higher v * -V branches of English, including Geography with the use of the Globes, History, Ancient and Modern, Grammar, Rhetoric, Compo sition, Natural, Moral and Intellectual Phi losophy, Chemistry, Botany, Geology, Mathematics, &c $25,00 For the same, together with the Latin and Greek Languages. ........ 36,00 For French, Spanish, or Italian 16,00 For Music .* 25,00 Entrance to Musical Department. 5,00 Use of Pianc. : ? . . .4,00 Fon Needle Work, Drawing and Painting each . 16,00 For Wax Work, Ebony ?Work, and Japaning each per course. ................ i. . .8,000 For other Ornamental Branches a separate charge will be made, corresponding with the foregoing rates, - T < . .? . The Dancing Department will be under the charg ofW. C. "Breed in, who has taught with distinguished success in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and whose moral worth is equal to his professional skill. He i3 expected to arrive in Columbia about the 15ih of October, and in addition to his services at the Academy, will open a school in the town for the benefit of the citizens generally. . The neit session will commence on Monday next, the 3d. of October. There is a prospect of obtain ing shortly a male assistant of high qualifications. Tne patrons of the Academy may rely on the unwe iried exertions of the undersigned to render the course of instruction as useful and comprehen sive as at any institution in our country. ? . .. >'? ? ' A. C. SMITH, Principal. Columbia Female Academy . Oct i . Fire Insurance. FSUR A.NCE may be effected on Buildings and other property in this place, and in the vicinity, at a reasonable rate of per centage, with the Augus ta Fire Insurance Company, on application in wri ting, to the Agent in this place. Applications, (post paid, in all eases,} must contain a minute description of the property to be insured. WILLIAMCUNNINGHAM, Agent Columbia, Jan 24. . tf . V 4 Bauble and Single Barrelled . -Guns. -- ; " CONSISTING of London Wire Twist, Damas cus and Plain Barrels, are just received; *and . will be sold at low prices by ROBERT WADDELL. November 4 - - 45 i * South Carolina, .'union district,. ? '??In- Chancery . * 'p Williss Benson, Bill for Partition. vs, Gabriel Benson, James Benson Nimrod Benson and others It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that Gabriel Benson, James Benson, Nimrod Ben son, Jeremiah Gregory and Theresa his wife, Nan TV Walker, and the heirs at Law, of Ignatius Sjokes and Rebecca his wife, James Stokes and E^rabeth his. wife, Moses Foster r and Polly his wife) defendants in the above stated case, and heirs vt ]aw of Abnfer Benson, late of UnionDistrict, Lrefcc. 1836. \ 0. WALLACE, C. E. U. r>?f 12 X. v S3 if JI I SC E M , A > K O I * . From the United States Telegraph.. Washington City, Dec. 19, 1836. i Dear Sir: I have noticed that the Tele graph, since i's management fell into your hands ? and I must do it the justice to say that it hos at all times been consistent on the same : subject ? has directed itself' to the purpose of | advising the slaveholding States of the dan gers with which they a' e surrounded. : Von have ad nonished the Soul h that the j abolitionists in the North ? re neither f w nor i impotent, and if you will accept praise from 1 me, 1 will award to you its meed for having j done your duty. I I am a New England man, ?'by birth, cdiN i cation, and principle," and a close attention } to thftfliihject fas enabled me to discuss it with ! irttSSom auU c< rrectnessT EeTTrrr t^ll yon at I the onset, that the abolitionists do contemplate ! not only the abolition of slavery in the Dis ! trict of Columbia, but i's. abolition throughout ! the slaveholaing States. Their march is I onward, And no matter whether they be con-* j sidered as enthusiasts, fanatics, df mad inen i they have but one end in view, and that is the ! total abrogation of slavery in the Union. They are zealous, industrious, rich, and tal ented, and I know not how they can be impe ded in their progress. Those who tell you that they are impotent, and weak in numberr feeble in resotirces, without talents and with" out means, tell you that which is false, and would delude and betray you. I profess to be as well acquainted with this subject as any man in the United States can be. and I may add,*I obtained my information at the expense of all I possessed. Whon, in the year 1832, the spirit lition first assumed an imposin the North,. I was the proprietor of a flourishing' nrtfS]5aper publication. ? I met the fanatics, as they were then called, at the threshold, "with firebrands and mf them ? until he is enabled to ascertain the state of the ! pulse.; If the wealth of the cburch will lis^ ten to abolition doctrines, he openly espouses the cause ? if it be opposed to the crusaders, he holds on for awhile, and proclaims himself a friend of colonization. There is but a step between colonization and anti-slavery ; the one ? look at the conversion of Doctor Chan ning, Arthur Tappan, and GSrrett Smith? begets the other. .. - It is thus that anti-slavery finds its way to tbe church ; and when once entered, ?t takes so deep a root that irs abrogation is utterly im*. possible ; like the torrents of tjie Niagara, it sweeps all into orte common vorlex ! Anti -slavery pervades every nook ant! cor ner of New . England society ; jt is to be found in the- stews, in the house of the publi can, at the hustings^ in the senate, -in the church, in the forttfn, in the market-place, in the nursery, in the cottage, in - the palace, m tbe cradle, and on the couch of expiring age. It is thrumbod on the piano, engrafted into ballad and son?, is sermonized by the parscn, immortalized by the orator, prayed for in the chapel, is the burden of the monthly conccrt and prayer, receives the widow's mite and the rich'man's thousands, is r.haunted by the urchin and eulogized by the matron. It is made the associate of all associations, is em blazened by the jewels of the boarding school miss,* and imprinted on the toys of childhood. In a word, it has circulated itself through the veins and arteries of all classes of New Eng land socicty. * Whilst the Presidential election was pend ing, political partisans on both sides manage cd to keep it, to a certain extent*^ from the polls. Each party was anxious lent till the contest v deemed in* s R':od8 Inland, however, it was somewhat poli j tica!. In Vermont nnd Rhode-Island, the i abolitionists voted for Gen. Harrison; in Mas saciiusetts they went to a man for Mr. Van Buren. As a party, they had not organized for action on the Presidential election, and therefore were govcrned-in their votes by ca ! price and local consqferations. Ah a party; however, they avowed?- their hostility to Judge White, because he was a s'aveholder; and in Vermont and Rhode Island they voted for Gen. Harrison, because he had said in-one of his letters something about appropriating the sur* plus revenue to theiobro atlon of negro stnv>. ery. fn Massachusetts they voted for Mr. Van Huren, bccause he was from a nonsrteveholding State, and because of their abhorrence of Ed ward Everett, tjie then candidate far Gover nor. W With the election of Mr* Van -ihev are now piMflgeily- satisfied; and when tfra struggle for his Selection shall take plac?, all New England ? "a')} the nonslaveholding States ? will be governed in their votes by nis avow, als in referenced? slavery. Can you doubt what will be fyfe avowsf, when he looks at the electoral votes ofN^tv York, Pennsylvania and New Englandjp^ The SoujJrlia* elected Mr. Van Buren, and she mu?tre answerable to herseif for the consequences of het^ashness. ?6he possessed power of placin^ifii beyond the pale of j Executive influence ancf patronage, and if she does not yet realize t$ 5 enormity of her error. 'orward you this unttymen of the no alarmist. !d. But let remote when century will re time, and, in madness and e sad spec-' waft upon I shall be most happily disappointed, must settle the matteriwith herself and God. 1. have been indu note, bytJj?-i*"?rTt?ear m #r=^5ya sense of dutv. could not alarm you ifl me tell you, that the day i the crusaders of the ninetee' peat the atrocities of the ol the execution of their design desperation, f -esent to the tacle ?f desolated fields and citi the gale the parent's moans and cry, and strew the plain with bJ mouldering carcasses. If the to herself, let her look to the predlc COTT JN MAT&BR.t *"Asan evidence of the arts resoB^I to by the anti-slavery party to carry Iheife designs into the execution. I beg leaye to, relate an incident. The day before i left New Eogland, I directed a white servant girl attached tamy family to get my writing materials, ^he girl obeyed, and-as she placed them on the* table, Jhe threw down a toy in the shape of? cock* ade. It was composed of blaek clothSlid in, the centre of it was a field surrounded by spatigles. I asked her what it was. % i? a pen, wiper, said she, and, oh sir, I hop?*you will keep it. Curiosity prompted me to look on it, when, to my astonishment, 1 found the following words on its field : ?' Lcfcs thp pen plead the cause of the slava." I ask ed the girl where she got il, and was inform ed that some hundreds of them had been dis tributed at the last monthly concert for pray er ! - Correspondence of the Baltimore Chronicle. MILITARY COURT OF INQUIRY. Proceedings of Thursday, Dec 22d. " Frederick Dec. 22d, 1?36. It having been generally known through the City and its neighborhood, . that : Gen. I Clinch would present his important testimony this morning, an unusally large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, honored this day's sitting of the Court with their presence. ? With Captain VVaite of the. Quarter-Mas ter's Department of the Army of Florida, and JLt. Locke formerly a commissary of sub sistance, the Court had but little business. Their testimony being mostly explanatory, and of the character of much that has preced ed it, I shall pass it over and proceed to say what I know -of Clinch. . The General is in the vicinity of fifty, hair inclined to grey, brows and eyes YVefoterian, six feet in height, and tout ensemble, that of one accustomed io the exercise of authority. From the jocose character of his incidental observations whilst engaged in attesting, we should imagine that his health and spirit sur vive the effects of his many arduous services in the field ; and though withdrawn from the service? of his country, he retains the posses sion of a soldiers attributes. There is per haps, no one in the army, or out of it, whose opinion in matters connected With the South ern Indians,- could be so advantageously con sulted as his ; with the Creeks and Seininoles, he is particularly familiar. Surrounded by circumstances, which render the retention of his commission, and obligation to those who conferred it, and possessing a frank and fear less spirit he long ago in the strongest lan guage, called the attention of the War Departs ment to thj probability of a protracted and sanguinary contest with these people and urged a timely recourse to, the requisite pre cautio'>s. His opinions were disregarded, and the disastrous consequences are known to the nation. "I shall n?'t, Mr, President," said Gen. Scott "propound to witness, the usual introductory questions ; shall not ask General Clinch, to tell the Court or the people, the character of the relation he held to me in the Florida war. ? As second in command his pos ition was too conspicious to demand designa* tion at this time, or in this placc ? I shall ; therefore, with your permission dispense with | the leading queries." The General's replies; were cleariy confirmatory of all the statements' adduced by previous witnesses, and wholly exonerating Scott from the smallest share in the failure of the Florida compaigns. The most interesting scene of the morning, was the direct examination of the witness by Gen. Macomb. Ue was a veteran who had refused the proffer ofhigh rank from the President himself ; one who had hunted the savage foe in the prairie and the hammock ; and uncon nected with the rivalries of military aspirants or political jugglers, and present only from a sense of duty to fiis countrymen, lie it wae to whom the President directed the Judge Advocate to propound the following question, and he it was, who annexed to U ita very per tinent response; '* '?? Question ? General, what in your opinion, led to the fail^re-of our compa^a^ogjonda, under thee ' ~ " promptly and efficiently against along ago suggested lo that high It was not until too late lhat he di his dreams of political preferment,1 his attention to bleeding and sufterii It was then imposition td^lo more " a handful of regulars to massacre; provided and gallant volunteers to starvation ; the liability of our govc suppress a savage insurrection, and' acter of our gallant oftieora to set ma d vers ion. Question. "Are the Seminole* g l?TS 7" Answer. ''Ws where they have" tage of ground and numbers." Question. Were your troo by th^m?" Answer. "No.M Question. "Are the Seminofeg ped ?" Answer. "I never inspected tbi Question. 44 What was the of disease among the Florida troops 1 Answer. " Excessive fatigue fn through \ he hammocks all day, tnd proper rest at night? Meagre die? insofficiency of that ? want of water able clothing, and the general disprritit cumstances associated with these cit Question. 44 Was the water for the the troops generally bad V* Answer. 4tIt was sometimes so thick*, wi* had great difficulty in swallowing mfs the water of stagnant pools, andi and loaded of course, withanimalcul?'* Question. "Did Major General in zeal and solicitude iu bringing a rapid conclusion!" Answer,. "No." 1 have thrown; together, in a condfe^IJ form nearly all of, the* principa I intrrogitita-/ and replies, and feel assured that if nur state ment does not accord with the Journal of the ' Court in identity of language, it at least does ' in a fatihfui portraiture of the spirit of the ex? " amimtion ; 1 had' designed taking notes, Alt an intimation frorh the Court that general comments would be preferable to detailed of. ficial laSnutia, and that t he v would unhesits* tingly veto the publication of all reports the latter character y and having no desirft to nmtnappdsitely to tnp desire of the distill' guished and honorable gentlemen composing the Court, f very nafttrally abandoned the project. 1 hare also, always omited the in* traduction of -matters relating to the business of the quartermaster's and commissioner's^ paitments the namfcnfciNi inquiries before the Coort on the subject of transportation, perioda at which streams were forded, bridges and cause- ways buillt, horses drowB4lee r~-a medium of direct sa4 ap preciable tm^P^agiee, not the Yadi vscux of afield adjutant. ISjoibe accuracy of all I have published, the Couit^Qjigfcoss who have nessed its proceedings, wffljWlMWagr^" General Clinch handed to the Court < of official-letters. to the War Department on the . subject of the Seminotes, Tliey jij pies of tho^transmitted to the Adjutan eral of the Army, before the late war that people, ahd 4tre filled wfth unportcu for assistance from tlie general Governmei^U General Macomb being somewhat -tardy in directing the Judge Advocate to 4reai them* General Clinch observed, * let them reacl idf# there is nothing treasonable in them,'' . ^ i Gen. Scott, on' the conclusionwthe exam* i nation ef Gen< Clinch, rose and observed, ; that he believed he had no right to request at*' adjournment, but that he would be gratifie56*^ the Court in having his case set aside- >for few days, for the reasons previous^ git"" He had a heavy mass of documents to ret re-unite and condense, and ^stated, time would be lost by the arrangemerji pio posed. The President observed that tJbe Conft would commence every day as usUal, wad when ready for adjournment, would signify its will to that effect.? That for the present. the Court stoo l adjourned until ttMnorroMl 10 o'clock. . The Court stood adjourottTaCN cordingly. W ?' Postscript. ? Friday Dec; 33d. 11 o'clock* A. M. The Court have adjourned to meet on the 4th of January 1837, at half past 1, IV BL ik-u;. ' *Fr~ Distressing Cos? of Hydrophobia. ? Nathan Smith, a resident* of Stanhope, Sussex co* New Jersey, was at a store in that town, id June last, w