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VOL. 8.
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Every Saturday Morning",
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TERMS :
Three dollars per annum, if paid in advance, or
Foar dollars at the end of the year.
Advertisements conspicuously inserted at 75
costs per square for the first insertion, and 37 1 cents
?w every subsequent insertion. All advertisements
?rdered in. the inside every publication ? or inserted
Otherwise than regularly, to be charged as new for
^?er y insertion. Advertisements not having the
number of insertions marked on them will be contin
>wd ti& ordered out, and?eharged accordingly. All
fcccouats for advertising, above $25 and under ?50,
cent. deduction ? above $50, 40 per cent, d^ ;
'awafe n. ?
JK.UE
^r^sr;SSlh
?~V : 7- -T-- ? JJ^vHino- school at the i
SEjto^^PPegJKATba* At this insti
X?ntone ^gj&^mbrare a more extensive j
^JSSS^haa has heretofore been taught i
. State. It is a lamentable, yet
mwefi known feet, that in Grammar Schools our
ioys are drilled long and laboriously m the arquisi- .
?%on of the Greek and Latin languages, to the utter :
neglect or their mother tongue, aa well as .Natural i
Science, Mathematics, History, &c. Of the youth, [
who are taught in Academies, rrot-**iore than cme j
foIp-ffc ever exoect to receive a Colletpatc education ,
ret the course of studies is precisely the same for
those who do not, as for those who do intend to en- j
ter College. The subscriber proposes, in our school j
at least, to remedy this evil, and to adapt the edu- j
cation of his pupils to their views in aftcr-lile. |
While he will not neglect the preparation of young i
eandemenfor CoBege, (the best security for which i
1* the uniform, success which has attended the appli- :
cation of hia scholars for admission there) he wilt in I
the instruction of others pay more especial attention i
to History, Natural Hisiorv," Book-keeping, the more <
practically useful parts of Mathematics as fully and j
extensively as is now taught in our College, .and ty
Elocution, by which is meant, not simply Oratory or ;
Declamation, but especially good readine, which is j
jo essential to every man as well as scholar. I he
Jbealthfulnesss of the location, and its remoteness
frwn ah temptations to vice or immorality of any
.kind combine advantages presented by few, perhaps
-no institution in the State. .
The scholMtic year will be divided into two ;
.equal sessions, commencing on the 1st of January >
-and ending on the 1st ot Nov. The terms per :
.session will b^lOO d-ollars, payable in advance, in- j
rdudiog all the charges tor board and tuition. \
The terms for day scholars will be 17 dO-IOO riol- i
vlars p^r session, payable in advance. Books, Sta- j
rtionary, &c. will be supplied to those, who desire ii ?
at the Columbia prices. Pupils will be received
.~akaay period of the session and charged according- i
\j-.\ hot no deduction will be made to those who
Jeave before the end of r session.
Passage can he had in the Spartanburg Stage i
from Columbia, to the Springs. .
All letters of application must be directed to the ,
subscriber at Columbia, uotil the ^iew \ ear after .
that da., ?t the Spring,. y ^ DANIEL.
D?C. 10 ^ J>2 ?
The Charleston Mercury will give the above six
weekly insertions, and forward their account to this
office for payment. !
Winn*bor&
Female Academy.
TJE duties of this Institution will be resumed on !
the first Monday in January next, under the
eare of the Misses Sims. The scholastic year will :
consist of two sessions, each 23 weeks. . j
TERMS:
SSoard, inclusive? flodging, washing, fire- wood,
and candles, per session. uu i
Reading and Spelling. . - ? V: " ??. 5 22
?The above with Writing and Arithmetic ? . o w j
*fhe above with Grammar and Geography 10 00
^-fee above with Ancient Geography, Modern
and Ancient History. . ... . ............ 12 ) J ;
The above with Astronomy, Rhetoric, Logic,
Composition, Natural Philosophy, &c. 16
?atin and Greek Languages. 20 j
Music, Piano and Guitar, each _
Useof Piano. ?; i S
Drawing and Painting rr ;
Wax {Work ^ 00 i
Fire- wood for school rooms, w
Dnncing, per quarter. ........ . . . v ..... . . ? i 00 ,
Pupils will be received at any time and wdl N* i
charged at the same rate to the end of the session ; ?
but no deduction will be made when they leave be- j
f*e the end of it. !
?' The Boarding department will be under the charge I
?f Mrs Sims, who together with the teachers vv:ll
reside in the buildings of the Institution, and pupils
boarding there will be constantly under their control.
They pledge themselves to pay every attention to
the manners and morals of the young ladies commit
ted to their care.
Boarding and tuition to be paid in advance.
UAMES B ARK LEY, 1
JOHN CAMPBELL, Trustees appoint
DAVID McDOWELL, ?edby Mount Zion
TERENCE O'H A NLON,.{ Soeiety.
WM. McCREIGHT. J
Winnsbcro', Dec. 23, 183t5. 57
?i Teacher of the French
Language Wanted .
A Frenchman fully competent to teach the
French Langnage may obtain a desirable situ
ation in the Mount Zion Academy, in Winns
?boro', South Carolina. Satisfactory testimo
nials as to character and competency will be
required. Letters on the subject to be addres
sed to J. W.HUDSON.
Winnsborou^h,S. C. Dec. 23. 57
Drills and Tledicine.
XJfURGEON'S Instruments all kinds. Paints,
Varnishes, Brushes &c.;a great variety ofPer
fomery, Shaving Soaps, and a general assortment of
Chemical preparations from the most celebrated
French Chemises, such as
Kreosote,
JSalacine, a new and va
luable Tonic,
Tannin, Pure
Veratrine ?
Extra Powdered Rhu
barb,
Rhnbarbarine,
Prusic Ac;d,
Strychnine,
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
Oil of Capivi,
" * 44 Cubebs,
14 44 Vanilla,
Citric .* cid,
Jujube Paste,
Aromatic Vinegar,
Kreosote Tooth Wash,
Chlorine do
Electric Anodyne for the
Tooth and Ear Ache.
Tonqua Beans,
Carmine, i
Pink Saucers,
Jebs Linement,
fresh Lime Juice,
Ginger Beer Powders,
Salts of Lemon
Bragg's Polishing Paste,
Cork Screws Large and
Small,
Cork pollers,
Hooting Tapers,
Lucifer Matches, English
Wakefield's CornPlaster,
TTie subscriber intending to decline the Drug busi
ness on the first of January next, he will sell to Phy
sicians and Merchants for Cash , a^^yery small ad
vance over Cost and Charges.
Tfc-?ERC1VAX.
Columbia 14 July, 1S36 20
Hygeine Pills,
Indian Specific,
Macaboy, Scotch, and
Rappee Snuff,
Cupping Cases,
HuH's Trusses
Thermometers
Hydrometers,
Ivory Nursing Tubes,
Mahogany Medicine
Chests for family use.,
Als:>, Common Chests for
Plantations.
Wholesale Grocery.
THE Country Trade is invited to call at I3J
East Bay, (South of the City Hotel,) where
* general assortment of Groceries can be furnish
p/by ' * WM. ^MARSH.
Cash given for Beeswax.
Charleston, S, C. Dec. 10 53? 6^
7 department,
Execut' Dec. 30, 1336.
nEAS, an Election was heid on the 2nd
R on day anil Tuesday in October last for a
r to fill the vacancy occasioned by the tesig
P?fon of th#i Hon. Jaracs II. Hammond, and to rep
resent the Congressional District composed of the
Districts of Richland, Lexington, Orangebnrgh and
Barnwell, in the Congress of the United States ; and
also, for a member to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the death of the Hon. Richard J. Manning, to repre
sent the Congressional District composed of the Dis
tricts of Kershaw, ^uiat^r, Lancaster and Chester
field, in the Congress of the United States: And
.whereas, it appears upon countingthe votes returned
to the Office of the Secretary of State by the mana
gers of elections, that Franklin H. Elmore and John
P. Richardson, Esquires, had the greatest number of
votes in their respective Districts: Now there
fore, I, PIERCE M. BUTLER, Governor of the
Stare of South Carolina, do hereby declare and pro
claim, that the said Franklin II. Elmore has been du
ly elected tofiil the vacancy occasioned by the resig
nation of the said James II. Hammond, and that 'he
5aid John P. Richardson has been duly elected to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the death of the said It.
J. Manning
Given under my hanl and th? Seal of the State,
this 30th day of .December, 1S3G.
PIERCE M. BUTLER.
By the Governor,
B. H. Saxon, Secretary of State.
State of South Carolina .
Proclamation by PIERCE M. BUTLER j
E<q, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
in and over the State of. South Carolina.
WHEREAS, in pursuance ef the Act of the
Legislature of this Stare, 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 that purpose, and it appears that
Waddy Thompson, Jr. has been duly elected for the
congressional district composed of Pendleton and
Greenville ; Francis W. Pickens, for the district
composed of Abbeville and Edgefield ; John K.
Griffin, for the district composed of Laurens, New
berry and Fairfield ; Franklin H. Elmore, for the
district composed of Richland, Lexington, Orange
burgh and Barnwell ; Wtn, K. Clowney, for the dis
trict composed of Union, York, Chester and Spartan
burgh ; John Campbell, for the district composed of
Geergetown, Marion, i lorry, Marlborough and Dar
lington; John P. Richardson, for the district com
posed of Kershaw, Stomrer, Lancaster an<i Cheater
field ; Robert B. Smith, for the district composed of
Beaufort and Colleton, and Hugh S. Legare, for the
district ? f Charleston. Now, therefore, I do 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. Griffin, F.
H. Elmore, Wm. K. Clowny, John Campbell, John
P. Richardson, R. B. Smith and Hugh S. Lcgare,
had a niajsrity of the votes in their respective dis
tricts aforesaid, and are duly elected Representatives
in the Congress of the United States from this State.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the State,
this 2Dth day of December, 1336.
P. M. BUTLER.
By the Governor
B. II. Saxon, Secretary of Stale.
December 31), 1336.
Law Notice.
REGG & HALL, have formed a partnership,
mJT in the Practice of Law, for Fairfield district.
J. G. PI ALL resides at Winnsborough.
January 2 1 tlM
A Card.
The su!:scr;ber has re-opened his establish
ment in Columbia S. C. and hopes to meet a
share of that patronage which was extended
to the late concern of ROCHE KANE ;
bat the bmefits of which were altogether lost
to him, from the misconduct of Kane. It is not
necessary, that the Subscriber shoul d mak
a lengthened narration of the circu instance
of this affair. It is sufficient tosav, thai he
lias been made to lose a sum which may a
mount, according to a statement received from,
and acknowledged by Kane and the Clerk
Champlain. to Ten Thousand Dollars.
The citizens of Columbia, are already well
informed of the secret departure of Kane from
Columbia; it is only necessary for the Subscri
ber to say, that this secret flight was attended
with every thing calculated To render infam
ous the name of Kane. lie lias not only com
mitted an act, which ought under any circum
stances, to b!acken the charactcr of the of
fender, but he has also availed himself of a
confidential re.'at on, in which he stood to
wards the Subscriber, to efr-ct his object with
all possible perfection. The Subscriber h^s
appealed to the legal tribunals of his country,
to restore to him a portion of the property of
which he h is been defrauded; and he trusts
that in appealing to the citizens of Columbia,
and in submitting to then this statement of
tacts, they may see in the fact of his great
loss, the clearest proofof the absence of any
participation in the actings and doings of
Kanc. Me warns all poople to be aware of so
grnat ascoundrel, a better description of whom
is given in hand-bills.
E. L. ROCHE.
Dec 31 57tf
To the Pnfc*ic.
The Subscriber deems it a duty he owes
to himself and the public, to caution them
against the impositions which may be prac
t sed upon them, by one JOIIN F. KANE,
formerly ot Columbia, S. C. The said John
F. Kane, has defrauded the subscriber of a
considerable amount of property, and has fled,
it is believed, from the limits of the State of
South Carolina. The said John F. Kane, Ins
thus proved himself a man devoid of common
honesty, and disposed to deceive and defraud
all who may place the least confidence in
him. ET. L. ROCHE.
Dec 31 - o? <f
Fire Insurance.
INSURANCE may be effected on Buildings and j
other property in this place, and in the vicinity, j
at a reasonable rate of per centage, with the Augus- !
ta Fire Insurance Company, on application in wri- j
ling, to the Agent in this place. Applications, (post
paid, in all cases,) must contain o minute description
of thi property to be insured.
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, Agent"
Columbia, Jan 24. tf 4
..School for f ivil Engineering,
GEORGETOWN, KENTUCKY.
THIS School was opened in May 1335, in con
nexion with the Georgetown College, Ky. It
will hereafter be connected with the Bacon Co lege
lately established in the sam<* place.
The great and increasing demand for Civil Engi
neers throughout the United States, affords to young
gentlemen who embark in this business, a more lu
crative salary, than any other profession in our
country.
Well instructed assistant Engineers now receive
from $ 1000 to $3000 per Annum, while Principal
i Engineers readily obtain from $4000 to !0,<K)0 a year
i Several young gentlemen have finished their
! course at this School and immediately obtained em
ployment at S 1000 to S2000 per annum.
The favourable manner in which they have been
received by the most scientific Engineers m the
Union, has induced the subscriber to extend the
course of studies ? to increase the facilities tor ac
quiring a thorough and correct practical and theo
retical knowledge of the science, and to adopt
valuable and important improvements, suggested by
the most eminent Eujmeers in ther ?United States.
A Student who has Completed a regular couree ot
Mathematics may graduate fti 'this school in six
months at an expense o^S 120 or S 150. Otters vail
require at least twelve months? all things being
favourable.
COURSE OF STUDIES AND INSTRUCTION.
1st, The full course of Mathematics studied at
West Point (Davies' Mathematics,) from Arithmetic
to Fluxions inclusive. ^ ,
2nd, Chemistry, Natural Philosophy, Geology, and
Mineralogy. . . , en
3rd, Drawing and the principles of Construction.
4th, Civil Engineering, theoretical and practi
cal. ?
The Text Books in Engineering are Sganzin,
Long, and Mahan ( Professor ot Engineering at West
point, l Wood on Rail Roads (American Edition,)
'Inland Navigation' from Brewster's Encyclopedia,
and various other works in the different departments
of Civil Engineering which will be used for works of
reference. . .
The Practical course will he attended to in the
vacations. (April and October.) During these
months the subscriber will be engaged with the Class
in a regular tour, with the Theodolite, Compass and
LeveCmafe preliminary, definitive and final sur
veys for Rail Reads, Canals, and Turnpikes-i: -
specting the public works ot the state, the Rail
Roads and Canals? the Curves, .Culverts, Bridges,
Embankments, Excavations, Incited I lanes. Locks,
Dams. &c. to conclude wr.h a Report o. tao k. urvey.
The Students of this School have the privilege ot
attending, grati9, any other department of the bacon
College, which is perhaps the most fully organized
institution in the_W est. The faculty consists of a
President and Professor of Hebrew Literature ; A
Professor of Ancient Languages ; a Professor ot
Modern Languages (a Foreigner;) a Professor ot
Metaphysics, Belles Lettres, Political Economy ore,
a Professor of Mathematics and Civil Engineering ,
a Professor of Topographical and Architectural
Drawing and fainting ; and an Assistant I hey
have likewise the free use of the Library, Philoso
phical and Chemical Apparatus.? -They are required
to observe the Rules and Regulations of the College.
Each Student who completes the course will be
furnished with a certificate of his (Qualification, made
out on parchment. ,
Expenses.? Tuition for the first session will be
$50 dollars in advance, which will include theregu
l:i r College fee of $20, the fee for the Practical Tours,
Drawing, Drawing Instruments, Materials, Station
ary, &c. Tuition for every subsequent session will
be' $30 dollars in advance, including the above items
and every expense incident to the school except
Text Books. ^
Board can be had in private families at from $40
to $45 a session, t-uel, Lights and Washing a sepa
rate chargc. Text- Books about 5*5 per session
A Student may-enter at any ft*.. J0nNS0N
Professor of Civil Engineering , Bacon College , Ky.
The following extracts of letters from two of the
most scientific men in our country, will show the
utility of this School.
Frankfort, July lfth, 1S?6. ?
I Dear Sir? The four young gentlemen from the
i Georgetown Mathematical School, who are engaged
as assistants in the Engineer corps of the State,
have performed" the duties assigned them in a very
satisfactory -manner. Among the young gentlemen
of my acquaintance who have embraced the Pro
fession of Civil Engineering, those who have been
educated at Mathematical Schools have generally
succeeded better than the graduates of our com
mon Colleges. .
A knowledge of Mineralogy and Chemistry is ol
?reat advantage to the Engineer ; and it is absolute
ly necessary that he should be acquainted wrth
Architectural or Line Drawing. The Student
should be taught the principles of construction at the
same time he is taught to make his drawing.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
? SYLVESTER WELCH,
(Engineer in Chief for the State of Ky.)
To T. F. JOHNSON, Esq. ?
j * Professor of Civil Engineering , Georgetown Ky.
Louisville, July 29th, 1835.
Sir ? It affords me pleasure to testily to the very
I correct and satisfactory manner in which the two
young gentlemen from your School have conducted
themsclvs during tke time they have been in the
service ; and the ability manifested by the prompt
and skilful discharge of their several duties, is alike
creditable to them and the character of the institution
in which they were instructed.
The Books comprised in your- course ot studies
are appropriate and well selected. I am pleased to
hear that Topographical and Architectural Drawing
is to form a part of your future course. This is an
elegant accomplishment to an Engineer, and in the
early part of his career will frequently bring him
into notice and hasten his promotion to more respon
se stations, where his talents may be fully devel
Appreciating as I do your efforts to elevate the
profession, I trust they will be crowned with success,
and I assure you it will afford me very great plea
sure to render any aid in my power to second jour
views. Your most obedient,
THOMAS F. PURCIIELL,
Engineer in Chief Lexing ton and Ohio R. R.
ToT. F. JOHNSON, Esq. . ?
Professor of Civil Engineering , Georgetown Ky.
FROM A GRADUATE OFTHE LAST SESSION.
Indianapolis, Oct. 153o.
Dear Sir. , ,
* * * We are about to commence the location
of a Canal, 3* miles in length, to meet the Central
Canal, which will take us till lato in the fall. 1 am
perfectly satisfied with my situation, and shall never
regret the money sncnt w obtaining it. I consider
the fact of my having attended your school one Ses
sion to have saved me at least three years hard la
bour, for it would have required that time (had I not
joined your Clsiss) tx> qualify mo for the discharge of
ihe duties I now have on hand. I believe this is ihe
opinion of each member of the class which gradua
ted last Session. Respectfully yours, &c.
From a Correspondent of one of the Students.
Geneva, N. Y. Oct. 29th, 1836.
Your intention of going to Georgetown, Ky. is, I
think an admirable one, and you would be very much
to blame, not to go through with it ? for, Irom all
accounts, the School in Georgetown is better adap
ted for preparing Engineers than any other m the
United States. I have spoken to several Engineers
on the Subject and they disagree in recommending
it strongly. * * * * * *
January 14
IN E<|UIT?
Richard Watson, & Martha,"!
M. Watson. I" Bill for Part*?
^ f and sale and account.
Adw. P. Vinson, and others. J
1 WILL offer for sale, by virtue of the decree in
Chancery, before the C. House m ^umbia, on
the first Monday in Feb'ry, all thattrac ofland of30>
ncres more or less, bounded by land of the late r ?
Sr". P. Vinson, W. M. Hopkins, ami lands
of Martin Marshall- Also another tract, o! 5j acres
more or les. bounded hv A. P. Vinson, the abo>c
m-y'"?cien^^eTof^vf|r^d.
January 7
ggff^=I=1pOETRY.^"!^ggISg
"iJ. TIMES GO By TURN'S. -'1
BY SOCTHWELL, A POET OF THE -SEVENTEENTH
?i f' CEXTURV.
The Jopped tree in time may grow again,
naked plants renew both fruit and flower ;
riest wight may find release of pnin,
/est soil suck in some moistening shower :
ijigoby turns, and chances change by course,
il to fair, from better hap 10 worse.
lea of fortune doth not ever flow,
jaws her favors to the lowest ebb ;
JcIhave equal times 10 come and go,
K& doth weave the fine and coarsest webb ;
?^80 great but runneth to an end ;
Nofjfep so hard but may in time amend.
Nogfevays fall of leaf, nor ever spring,
"'less night, nor yt t eternal day :
id est birds n season
ugh est storm a^ahn raarat/^n allay.
with succeeding turns Go<Kifeigeroth aD,
iceitoay-win wJiat by m isj&lSi&rwaSr
That net thtt holds no great, ^akes little fish ;
In some things all, in all things none . re crossed ;
Few all they need, but none have all they wish ;
Unmingled joys here to no man refall :
Who least, hath some, who most, hath never all.
MISCELLANEOUS,
MILITARY COURT OF INQUIRY.
Frederick, Jan. 7, 1835.
Present Maj. Gen. A. McCornb, President,
Brig. Gen, Atkinson, ) .
" " Brady, \ Associates.
Capt. S. Cooper, Judge Advocate.
I am *g*in at the reporters' table in the
Hall of the great military tribunal, with in
creased facilities for the acquisition of interest
ing incidents for your readers. The inclemcnt
weather and bad condition of the roads some
whdt retarded the arrival of the members, but
they are now all here, and will proceed with
the case of Gen, Scott in due form. The Gon.
looks indisposed; laboriously engaged durino
ibe recess, and participating in the common
catarrh of the season, he has lost much of his
rudiness. A few days, however, will restore
him to his wonted health. General Gaines
arrived yesterday in the cars from Baltimore,
and has taken lodgings at Mrs. Thomas', lie
is in fine spirits, and, as report says, is deter
mined to drag from their coverts the true cul
prit8 in the Florida case. He will ask the
Court for a subptBna for Lewis Cass, and re
quire of him the explanations so justly due to
the American people.
Proceedings of Saturday, Jan. 7th.
This was the most interesting day of the
whole session. At an early hour, the Court
room was crowded in anticipation of the ap
pearance of Major General Gaines, whose ob
jections to Major General Macomb as the pre
siding officer of this Court, have been publicly
avowed, and whose well earned fame as a sol
dier, will forever render his dear to him coun
trymen. As scoiuls the. President announced
the readiness of the Court to proceed to busi
ness, Major Gen. Scott requested that thn de
posi'.ion of Gen, Clinch in continuation of his
chain of evidence might be read. "There
were, said he, "some questions which I omit
ted to put to General Clinch, while here, Mr.
President, and I availed myself of the kind
ness of the Judge Advocate, who, in vis ting
Washington, obtained from the General in
that City, the written answers. ? 'Tis to these
I refer, and I beg that they may be read,' ?
They were read according, and are in keeping
with the testimony hitherto furnished by that
General. Other unimportant testimony was
about being read to elucidate which, General
Scott was upon the floor, when the principal
door of the chamber was thrown open and in
walked Gen. Gaines, in full uniform, wearing
the splendid sword presented to him by the
Legislature of Virginia, accompanied by two
Aids-de-Camp. ? General G., without taking
a seat, proceeded to the front of the President,
and seizing the first interval of silence, ads
dressed the Court ? "I am here, may it please
the Court, by the orders of the Secretary of
War, and I as that the Judge Advocate may
be directed to read the several orders from the
War Department on the subject.'*? 1 The
Court accordingly instructed the Judge Advo
cate to comply with the General's desire, and
the Orders, calling the Court to enquire into
the failure of the Indian Campaigns in Geor
gia and Florida, under the conduct of Major
?Grneral Scott, and the circumstances attend
ing the unauthorized publication of official
papers by Major General Gaines, were imme
diately read. During the reading General G.
remained standing, and at its completion,
observeed 'Way it please the Court, I have
been ordered to appear before you, and I have
done so ; and 1 must be allowed lo say that
the Court is'proceeding illegally. I am a party
to the trial now pending, and demand the
right of cross-questioning witnesses, examin
ing documentary evidence, &c." The Court
objected, and assured Gen. Gaines, that it
differed with him in opinion on the subject,
and hinted in very delicate terms, the expe
diency of his taking a seat, and concluded bv
assuring him, that, as soon as the case of
Gen. Scott was concluded, every facility in
the prosecution of his views should be award
ed hitn. General Gaines continued to descant
on "the illegality of the proceedings thus far,"
notwithstanding the assurances of General
Macomb, that his language at this time W3s
rather inappropriate, and his great desire that
the venerable Cl.ief would be seated. "1 come
here, Sir," he continued, "not to ask favors,
but to demand justice." "Clear the Court,"
said the President.
In a short time we re-entered the chamber,
and General Gaines was informed by the
Court, through the Judge Advocate, that "the
Court had every desire to extend to him at
the proper time, the utmost latitude in
the furtherance of his enquires; but that at
the present time, he would not be permitted
to interfere .with the hiisiness of the Court, by
the introduction of irrelevant observations, anil
that it was hoped further suggestions on the
subject would be found unnecessary " The
General continued his perpendicular position.
Lt. Morris was sworn ? 'Where and in what
capacity were you. in April last 1
Ans?At Tampa Bay ? I was commissary
of Depot.
Ceneral Gaines? "I beg leave, with due
deference, to state, Mr. President ?
General Macomb ? 'General, I repeat that
you cannot be pe.-mitte j to address the Court,
until your case is before it.'
Geflcra! C.iines? 'I appear before yoo,]?f, '
by orders," ? 1
Gen. M. ? 4 Yon will oblige the CoQ?|^jp*r? J
by your silence'? . j
Gen. G. "I protest formally against the i
course pursued by this court' ? v ' jjfc
Gen. M. ? "I have once more to say, ^sn. |
Gaines, that yon cannot be allowed to ii^r. j
fere in any way with the progress of thiejtiMl,
and a repetition ofsuch conduct will be I
ed as deliberate contempt? ]>nyb? seat?. ;
Gen. G. ? lI beg your pardon Sir; stanmng i
U a custom of mine, and I ask to b{i graj^ap]
in this* particular/!
Gen. M. 'Certainly, General ? Consu.t^iur
convenicno^ijtftung or standing? by p
ing vourseT^^wt^Will gratify the Court.
Question to Lt. Morris?' "Whe? amot
bard br^ad and bacon were ar Tamp*
when General Scott. ?
Gen. Gaines ? '*1 feel myself, Mr. Prcsl
constrained onc? more to protest agaii
la wless, mode of procedure*'
?again urge., upon
General Gaines, the importance- ol . _ _
with the desire of the Court in this matter.?
Your case, Sir, is not before us. You have
nothing to do with the matter pending, as it}
present stands. You must not interrupt ,1S*?
Gen. G. (in a lound voice) "May it please
the Court, I wish to be heard for a moment.?
I do not desire to retard its operation*, but, I
wish to protest formally against the illegally
with which it is, and has been conducted.?
The nine-first article, Mr. President, 'Ji .
Gen. Macomb ? "General Gaines, submit
your views to paper, and they will be consider
ed and regarded. Do so now or any time af
ter the adjournment of the Court this morning
will do.
Gen, (J.? "No, Sir, I will do so now.
Proceding3 were accordingly suspended to
enable the "gallant old soldier to embody bis
views, at the completion of which he-Commen
ced another address to the Court, but was a
gain interrupted by Gen. Macomb.
o. ? "I wish, Mr. President, to con.
vince this Court and the country that the who'e
tenor of its proceedings is at war with hiw,
usage and reason and ? I^, ,
Gen .M. ' General, you shall not be longer ,
tolerated in these gratuitous expressions.
The Court will confer? Clear the Court!"?
The crowd, with the two Major UeneaMe,
repaired to an antechamber, andthere awawj^tl
the second result of arbitration. Whilst there*
a feeling of profound regret at the unfortunate
causes of the estrangement of these two &&+
inent soldiers, irresistibly pervaded us.
Champions of Republican Americn, thoSL.to
whom the present generation of our coW^
trymen ever look with patriotic exu?tat!on wotB
now, without a fault of either, exhib.ted tfr
public gaze as gladitors in the political arer.a
There they stood on opposite sides of the room
encircled by their several friends, a d occa
sionly eyeing each other's manly form, with
other, I trust, than embittered reflections.?
Favorites of the nation who breasted the bay
onets of old England, side by side, and together
planted the Star-Spangled Banner of their ad .
miring countrymcn where onee- proudly
gayly and vauntingly floated the standard of
St. George. Leaders of forlorn hopes*" whose
names are patronymics for hundreds of, their
youthful fellow- citizens, and at the recital of
whose ccbiovements the stripling'* feels the
first impulses of millitaiy ambitition! Where j
and what are they now! OCrKnight?, on the j
political chess-board of the upper and lower
cabinets.
On the Te-opening, the Court, through the
President, anounced the protest of General
Gaines should bs incorporated with the pro
per documents. G<-n. Gaines then read his ac
queisence in the decision of the President of
the United States in relation to Gen. Macomb
and after the transaction of unimportant busi
n as the Court adjourned until to-morrow a?
II A- M- , ?
The opinions of the Court, as expressed to
Gen Gaines, were delivered by Maj. General
Macomb in a language and manner highly
ereditable to his Ialents and urbanity. He
urged upon his brother officer, to whom he
stood in a relation altogether unsolicited, an
adherence to a course the expediency and pro
priety of which his own judgement must ap
prove and one which thefrulesof service abso
lutely exacted.
\>% S.? General Gaines has publicly expres
sed his determination to prosecute the inqui
ries now pending to their utmost extent, and
bring the actually guilty fairly before the
world. In this he will be seconded by the
hero of Chippewa.
From the Richmond Courier.
LETTER OF JOHN RANDOLPH.
We have precureil and present to our read
ers (omitting a few sentances of no interest,)
one of the letters of the late John Randolph,
according to our promise of Monday. Few
letters more amusing than th;s have probably
over been written : ?
Roanoke, Saturday, Dec. 17th, 1831. J
Half past 12. \
Dear M
On taking out my chariot this morning, for
the first time since I got home from your
house, to clean it and the harness ? (for this
dreadful spell of weather has frozen us all up
until to davr )?the knife was found in the bot
tom of the carriage, where it must have drop
oed from a shallow waistcoat pocket, as I got
In at your door, for I missed the knife soon
afterwards ? When I got home, I had the poc
kets of the chariot starched and every thing
there taken out? and it was not until John
had searched strictly into my portmanteau and
bag, taking out every artrcle therein, that I be
came perfectly convinced, cf what 1 was be
fore inlly persuded, that 1 hsd left the knife
in my chamber at your hou.^e,on Tuesday, the
6th: and when I heard it had not been seen,
took it for granted that your little ytl'ow boy,
having "-found US' had according to the nejrro
code of morality, appropriated it tojiimself.?
In this, it seems, 1 was mistaken, and 1 ask
Uis pardon as the best amende that I can make
him ; a~d at t he same time to releive you and
Mrs.' M. from the nnplesant feeling tbat such
a su.-pecion would occas:on, I despatch this
note by a spec al messenger, although I have
a certain conveyance to morrow.
I make no apoiogy to yourself or Mrs. M.,
for the frank expression of iny suspicion, be
cause Tru'h is the goddess at whose shrine I
worship, and no Huguenot in France, of Mo
I riscoin Spai6, or Juoaizing Christian in Por
| ingai, ever paid uiorc dearly foxfcj* bcrctical
r-; , I e ;? ;;
Jcl.iVm. liian I Ijavodono i?;lm-,ng ,h? ^?1*
Ilslied cliiircll <,f faliSmi. and Grimact. t
am well n ware Uiat ladies arc as delicate si
t lev are ch#rniij)ff. wdfurw. and that in our
wtercourse ui:r>4ber? we must strain the troth
as far as ,.possjfi|e; Bronght op from tlieir
earlie st ii. Ujm?j to d.sgotae their real tents-.
inert*, (furs woman would be a monster wixi
did not f^rartse this disguise.) it is their pit*
v l'l'MfclX) insincere? arid we should despise
jf ? j'?8tly tco, if they had that manly
frank and/Un reserve which constitotesthd
or;,3Ijfe?^ our character, as the very reVenwS
(K>ts rapt heirs. We mu^t therefore keep t h<i
in K'cm^jaii^ur inter* otsrss with them, and
r ?i ?r!sf as 0ViU>0itit of honor is courage
and fronkne**, theirs is chastity and dusimu*
"%???s A' **id before, a woman whd
does notwrssemble her real feelings is 3 monl
st er of impsdenc Now, therefore, H dues s6
?r;*?v(4? Mi .Canning w o u !<} sa j\) th at troth
is vcnro&nsive t?> the ears oft lady, when t#
tnostfOf a grjitkman (her h:isbind for lai
>T0 u'l ust rare? Mrs. R.:oTB^l v
Widow, was beyond all com p iris ion the nicest
and best hnqse-wife that I eversaW. v Not one
drop of water was ever suffered to stand upon
her sideboard, except what was in the pitcher:
the house, from cellar to garret, and in evert
part, as clean as hands could make it, and
every thing -ag it should le* to Suit even, my
fastid:ous taste. ' -
I lived ther^ after my brothers death, froni
1793 lo 1810 inclusive, and never did 1 see of
sme'U any ihing to offend my senses, or n?v
imagination, but once. Except in autumn, 1
would defy you to find a leaf or a feather iA
the yard. No poultry were perm tted to ccme
into it, and we Imd no dirty ctnld-en, whito
or negro, to make litter and fifth. A strong
enclosure of gown plank; eight feet high, fen*
ced in the kitchen, ?nmic?.h*ouso, ice-hottae;
veal-house, wood^housre, (in which tlie wood
for the use of the house wad stacked away
under io?k _arid key ). The turkey mod lien
houses were in the same enclosure, which had
two doore, one next the dwelling house for the
use of the mistress and house servants, and
one large enough to admit a wajjon on the
back or north side, beyond which waa a Wc-ll
built quarter, with two brick chimnies, and
two rooms with fire places and four r noma
without, for servants. Thfcfre was aTso (What
1 had forgot,) a spinning and weaving toes**
, At night the doors of this" enclosure vreii'
locked up ? not a 'sen ant feeing allowed td
sleep within it, although every one, of the#
was in sound of the lady's bell. . _ s ^ ;
On one unhappy day in a very hot and damjf
spell of weather of long continuance, la piece
of cold lamb was brought to table that ?pf
spoiled-? the first and last instance, in pearly
fifteen years, of the slightest neglect in houae^
f hold economy- I ordered the waiter to takii
H away, it being spoiled. Mrs. R. resented
this, and flatly contradicted me; and tlthoQfb
the lamb absolutely slunk, she ate k part of it
tQ prove hor words Wv arid , was* affronted
w ith nrt e almost past forgiveness'. ? "*
i bat if. /iadoiot nfcjeed tjjf iaib, ,
have given a hint to the senriat
away; but the bonest naked J ruth 1
ba borne. .We hdd no company bu
and her younger son, then schoolboys,, *
Englishman named Snowies, who acted a a
overseer or steward, and dined with us until
he took to drink. e / ^ ^
Mrs. R. stoutly u. nic^that. the Iamb emm
be spoiled, because it had been boiled tfnljt til*
day before, and had been i n t He ice- house ever
sine. I admitted her facts, but dehied her
logic , which teas truly a iooman% < I maintsk*.
ed that the highest evidence was that of thji
senses; that we mtist reason from Acts *ben>
we could get at them; and it waa
we could not, that jt was fail
from probabilities: that the- lamb
therefore was not sound.. This al
and to prove her words, actually tnatMYflirt
to swallow halfa mouthful, which Under othe^
circumstances she would nbt have dene for *
thousand dollars.. So much for it* U*m
charming creatures, ijie salt of the rsiUH whoni
like uncle Tobv ard all other old batchelors, I.
never could thoroughly understand, for want of
the key of matrimony which alone can unlock
their secrets and rnako plain (aa e.iany a bu*
band can tell) all the.apperent eontridietiaoj
in their character. Yes, so much for the fairer
and belter part of creation, (as from my soul I
believe them to be,) but who, as the WiverJ^
man says of Kings, are kidle cattle io shoe fie*
hind. And so it ought to be; for it is the#
poor and almost only privilege to kick, whilo
we roam wheie we w ill, and they must sit stiJf
until they a e asked. I therefore, am for up
holding them in all their own proper privileges^
so l??ng as they don't encroach uport thbss Ojf
men; A woman who t msexes herself deg.Ttv%f
to be treated, and will be treated,
. As to the honesty of servants, {rlmer-a}*
wa\s thought mine " indifferent, hooeat^ -9ft
Hamlet says, and yet I shoufd have been fW#>
sorry that the boy that bears * h i/j letfer Should
find my knife, or cither ot two Iittk urchina
that you ;iee here about the yard. ^ -rc
"I didn't lake it< master,*' (for d negni^ Bet^I
ar steal*) ? *1 didn't take it, sir, I find;f^ound]
it." What virtue in terms! Corpifral Wym, a
high professor and practitiGneTin the anrt cf
taking , sU}s, Alhe ^cisecalt'iticonYEY.** 8ee
Shaksp'eare. I .never knew but three mtilaf-.
toes * hoin I believed to be hoHeit| and out of
near 300 I have not a do?en slaves that Kriti
not take, or "coTftey.? 'Jl
John is as honest ss you and t .aro. ? So is
old Ilettv, I know ? and several of her cjnfc
dren, I believe. ? Queen is very honest, she ii
too lazy to steal. Juba is so so? but not
strictly lion^si ; he is a finder sometRneS, and
can be trusted with any ihirlgbutmonevi witk
which he will biiy whiskey,' * 4
My best regards to Mrs. X
Tinly yonre^' . ? .r
i R- of Roanoke. *
MtLARcnoLv C)cccto*irc?r~On Tbci^
day last, abot^tlO o'clock," A. M. six of the
laborers on section 'JS of ihe Georgia Rail
Road, were killed, while exes vating, by l??
falling in of the ground over l heir heads. A
tunnel of about 20 feet had been diig out ; they
were working at the farthest, point, and so
sudden was the fall tbat no time for escape
was allowed. Six were killed instantly and
two others dangerously injnted. A horse cart
standing at or near the entrance of the tint
nel was a'so crushed by the maff of eartlf$
I the horse escaped unhurt ? Augusta Cknm*