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itctrdu; amongst which, as of the greatest eeneral interest, we may instance, from an examination of the file of bills, those authori zing the relinquishment of the 16th secl;on:> ted for the use of schools, and the ent:\ of other lands in lieu thereof; to revive and contince in force the act "to provide for per sons who were disabled by known^ wounds received in the Revolutionary war to pro vide for the erection and repair of custom houses, (at Philadelphia and New Orleans ;) to authorize the Ohio Rail road Company to locate a road through the public lands ; to give effect to the 8th article of the treaty of 1819 with Spain ; to provide for the legal adjudica tion of the Bastrop, Maison Rouge, and other grants in Louisiana gand Arkansas; a bill in amendment of the acts respecting the judicial system of the United*States ; a bill to authorize the President of the United "States to furnish certain ordnance to the seve ral States; the bill to rebuild the General Post Office Building, and for other purposes ; the bill to provide for the transportation of the mails upon rail roads, &c. As one effect of the loose mode of doing business in Congress, we cannot but regret that among the lost bills is almost every bill, sent by the Senate* for objects within the Territories of Florida and Wisconsin ; which Unkindness to these younger children of our Union we the more regret on account of the worthy Delegates from these Territories, Whose estimable characters, and indefatigable exertions in getting them through the Senate, deserved better treatment from the House m | which they sit. Nor less, certainly, do we regret thai tLe liberal and enlightened inten tions "of the Senate to erect a Hospital in i this city, and to establish a .Crimnal Court in j this District, shared the same fate as the j Territorial bills. Of the private bill5, not acted on, the num> < t . ber is large, we believe, beyond all former; example." The number reported in the House , ?f Representatives, and never acted upon in any manner, amounted to several hundred. ? Such are the results of the session, as we hastiJv gathe* them. From the Richmond. Whig. Mr. Calboun and Mr. Preston are represen ted to have made powerful speeches on the subject of disturbing the Tariff Compromise. "Thcv exposed the double dealing of the North i in relation to past Tariff*, and shewed that if ! we of the South permitted the question again j to be opened* we wovld have no guarantee, that we would not again be plundered by another , high protective Tariff. "Mr. Calhoun (says i the Reformer) gave a history of the secret ; manosuverings during the debate on the fam oqs "bill of abominations" of 1827, and of the part acted on that occasion bv Mr. Van Buren , and his present associates, 't'hey had deceiv- j ed the South then by pledges which they did not redeem, and he was unwilling to trust them , again. He used the remarkable words of Mr. i Tazewell to Mr Van Buren on that occasion, i when the latter came to apologize for his false- [ hood and treachery: "Sir, you have deceived ' me once? -this is your fault, but if you deceive me again, it will be mine !" Messrs Calhoun and Preston both declared the opinion that "the friends of the bill did not expect or intend it to pass : and that the arti cles selected, which were in conflict with the compromise bill, were put in the bill for the purpose of defeating its passage. They adver ted to the time ? the last days of the session ? as evidence of t he 6m t that they had no serious intention of reducing the revenue at all. ? i They pointed to the devisions in the ranks | oftbe paj&y, as an indication, of the absence of i common principles upon this subject ? one 1 portion of the members openly declaring war j 00 the threshhold against all reduction, and j another advocating redaction. They profess- j ed their unabated hostility to the protective j policy, and their willingness to repeal the du ties under 20 per cent, on all articles impor They would go to the furthest extent inceduc^1-? revenue without disturbing the They ^ not w*sk t0 ?Pen 1 sufroet or^er t0 distract and agitate ; thewtmw, and U> mlke the controversy the ; mean? .fstrengthing the political po.verofthe | Government-"" From Poulson's American Advertiser. BENTON AND HIS k^DISIi. When Benton, bursting with po.^p and im- i portance, sent his expunging pen to tf?e Pre- j sident, he, doubtless, expected some better j ?compliment and reward, than a prorais? ?f i having the goose quill returned to him at | death of the old General. ? He probably fei* i the same sort of disappointment that fell to the j lot of another great man in the following sto ry. By the by, I presume that the President j wrote his letter to the investigating Commit tee with Benton's pen. Louis XI (of France,) when he was the Dauphin, went sometimes to the House of a ^peasant to eat fru: v ? after he came to the throne, -the peasant brought him a radish from iiis garden, of extraordinary size. The King, knowing the good intentions of the peasant, gave him a thousand crowns. The lord of the village hearing of this liberality, flattered him self that if he presented the King with a fine horse, his fortune would at once be made. ? therefore went with it to Court. The King praised the horse highly. He ordered the radish to be brought to him. ? Here, said he, is , a -radish, more rare of its kiii^J than your horse. , 1 give it to you and thank you. Poor Benton will have to wait for his radish j until his King dies. j ? sffaanj ?n^e wing of the eld gander that has been feeding For.Qiany years on the lawn of the palace; and that the sensitive old creature, when he heard ^ the dishonor of his feather, drowned himself in n Ooose Creek." Senator Benton, never theless, intends to move for some posthumous honors to the gander who produced the quill, Which consummated the work of expunging. It will be referred to a Select Committee, to be called the " Goose Committee ." Mr. Ben^ ton will, Of course, be Chairman. These are but rumors, and may not be true; but there is nothing mprobable now for the great Senator ? to propose, or for the Senate to do. LIST OF ACTS. Passed at the Second Session of the Twenty-Fourth Congress. Afl act making appropriations for the civil and diplomatic expenses of Government for the year 1837. An act making appropriations for the cur rent expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfill! ing treaty stipulations with the vtu rious Indian tribes, for the year 1837. Joint resolution to grant a pension to Susan Decatur, widow of the -iate Stephen Decatur. An act to change the title of certain officers of the Navy. An act making appropriations for the naval service for the year 1S37. An act to provide for the payment of horses and other property lost or destroyed in the military service of "the United States. An act making appropriations for the pay ment of the revolutionary and other pensioners of the United States, for the year 1637. f An act supplementary to the act entitled i "An act establishing a Mint, and regulating i the coins of the United States." An act to authorize certain Rail Road com panies to construct R^il Roads tliFough the i public lands in the Territory of 1- lorida. An act making appropriations k>r the sup ' port of the Army forthe year 183/. An act to regulate, in certain cases, the disposition of the proceeds of lands ceded by ! Indian tribes to the United States. i An act making an appropriation tor the i suopression ot Indian hostilities. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to ' establish branches of the Mint ot the U. o. 1 passed t lie 30 day of March, lb3o. An act to admit the State of Michigan into I the Union upon an equal footing with the ! original States. . , ... 1 An act to extend the limits ot the port ot I New Orleans. . . . . An act to suspend certain provisions o "An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports/' approved the fourteenth dav of July, 18-1-. An act making an additional appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities tor the Vt^ar 1837. ^ An act to provide for the support of the Military Academy of the United States for | the vear 1837. , An act to provide for certain harbors, for the removal of obstructions in and at t ic mouths of certain rivers, and tor other pur poses, during the year 1837. An act to provide for continuing the con struction and repair ol certain roads, and or other purposes, during the year 1837. An act to authorize and sanction the sales of reserves provided for Creek Indians in the treaty, March 24, 182*2, in certain cases, and for other purposes. An act explanatory of the act entitled 'An ac orantinor iialf-pav to widows and orphans whetv their husbands and fathers have died of wounds received in the military service the United States, and for other purposes." An act making appropriations for building light-houses, light-boats, beacon-lights, buoys, and dolphins forthe year 1837. An act concerning pilots. Joint resolutions to enable the Postmaster General more readily to change the com', mencement of the contract year in the 1 ost Office Department. Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive from the Bank of the United States, under the Pennsylvania charter, payment for the stock of the United States in the late Bank of the United States. An act to provide for t-he enlistment of boys for the naval service, and to extend the term of the enlistment of seamen. An act to extend for a longer period the several acts now in force for the reliet of certain insolvent debtors of the U. States. An act to continue in force for a limited time the act entitled "An act to carry into ef^ feet a convention between the United States and Spain." An act to provide for the adjustment of title and final disposition of the four reserved sec tions in the tract of country allotted to the Tombeckbee Association forithe encourage meneof the cultivation of the vine and olive. An act to give the approval and comfirma^ tion of Congress to three several acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, incorporating banks. The London Morning Chronicle thus speaks of the United States We are struck with the extraordinary tact, that the mercantile community of the United States have able to sustain themselves in the face of ..he specie measures of the General Government, the like of which are without a parallel in his torv. If the British Government had acted, or were now to act, towards their commercial in terests, for one month, as the American Gov ernment has done towards their merchants, for the last six months, all England would have boen bankrupt, and a general revolution would have taken place long since." Raleigh and Columbta Rail Road ? A meet in cr vvas held in this City, on Tuesday last, for the purpose of adopting effective measures for prosecuting the Rail- Road from this City to the South Carolina ime, through Moore and Richmond counties? a charter for which was granted by the Legislature. About eighty thousand do'lars were promptly subscribed, and we have no doubt that the subscription, in a few davs, will reach $100,000. This is a very handsome subscription, indeed, considering that our Citizens had previously invested more than ?200,000 in the Gaston Rail Road. It v> roves that we have an energy to carry on wo-rks. of useful improvement, which is not to be palsied by tl>e cold neglect of the Legisla ture. ? Raleigh Register. Crockv^ry, China, and Glass Ware. rflpHE Subscriber has just received a splendid as _h_ sortmcnt of Crockery, China and Glass Ware, imported to order, consisting of entire new pattern Blue Printed Plates, Dishes, Soup and Sauce Tu reens. Sauce Boats, Covered Dishes, Sallad Bowls, Hot Water Plates and Dishes, Gravy Dishes, Bakers, Pickles, Fish Drainers, Muffin Plates, Custard Cups, Water Pitchers and Fruit Baskets. As all the above to match. Dinner Sets can be made up in quantities to suit families. Blue printed Tea, Sugar and Cream Pots, Cups and Saucers, Bowls, Mugs, Ewers and Basins, some ' extra large Soap Boxes and Tooth Brushes, Trays, Covered Chambers. &c. Together with an assort ment of Common Ware. CHINA. White and Gold aud plain White China, Tea and White China Dinner Sets, ; Sets, White and Guki and plain White China Oups^ i and Saucers, Bowls and Saucers, Tea and Cup i Plates, Butter Pots, Segar Stands, Covered Mugs, I with names, and Mottoc Fruit Baskets. Bowls, &c. GLASS. Rich Cut and Plain Decanters, Pitchers, Tum 1 biers, Wines, Cordials, Jelly s, Champagnes, Lemon j ades, Hook Glasses, Goblets, "u!ter Pots, Bowls, | Dishes, Candle and Astral Lamp-Shades, Salt I Cellers, Cellery Glasses, Lamp Glasses, Lamps, ! Glass Jars, and Liquor-Cases, &c Also, Knives & Forks, Astral Lamps, Tea & Bread Trays, i Andirons, Brass & Green Fenders, Nursery Fenders, ! Shovel and Tongs, Spittoons, Ch.ifiing Dishes, Oil ! Cloth and India Table Mats, Japan Suear Boxes, i Snuffers and Stands, Nut Crackers, Brooms and ! Brushes, Bellows, Cork Screws, Looking Glasses, from one to five Drawers. ; Nest Tubs, Brass and Iron bound Buckets, Iron i bound Churns, Market, Clothes, and Fancy Baskets, i Fishing Baskets, Nest Wooden Sugar Boxes, &c. j &c. Perrons wanting any of the above articles are requested to call and examine for themselves J. D. MO R D EC A I. No. 3 New Brick Range. March 11, 1337 10 Ct *11 mis ion House. Greenville S. C. raiHE Subscriber having purchased this well iL known establishment, lias made ample provi sion lor the accommodation ot Boarders and Travel lers. The rooms are large and airy, and well suited I for single perrons, or families, who may wish to visit this delightful climate during the Summer months. His personal attention, with an experienced House keeper and Bar kee[>er, will be given to the super i intendanee of the business ; and he pledges himself i that no pains shall be spared to give entire satisfac tion to all who mav call. JOHN T. COLE-MAN. Ftbmi.y ls37 11 It Qoiumfjia <?clcstope* i SATURDAY. MARCH IS, J 837. For an account of the doings of the late Congress, see article from the National Intek I ligencer. | See the communication proposing an excel j lent plan for the establishment of a school of Ci vil Engineering. o o Senators Calhom and Preston have arrived I in Charleston, where a public dinner was to be given then on Thursday. Freedom and Philantlirophy at home. The I Middletown, (Connecticut,) Sentinel, of Feb. | 3, 1837, contains the following advertisement. u NOTICE.- ? The POOR of the Town of Chatham ? will be SOLI) on the first Monday in Aprd 1837, at j the house of T. Pen field, Esq., ati) o'clock in the forc I noon.'" "The friends of the administration have been baff led in their attempts to reduce the Tariff and the Re venue?but they will not relax their efforts. ? [En quirer. "Baffled"! How, and by whom, when they have an irresistible majority in both houses of Con gress, and therefore do just as thev please 1 If they are baffled, it can only be because they are determined to be so. The good People of Virginia have not yet found out who it is that was elected their Gov-' ernor, by the Legislature, about two montiis ago. Several of the newspapers of that State are still disputing vehemently about it The Richmond Enquirer says. " We are authorised to state, that the name of the Government elect is Duvid Campbell ? and not David A. or David II. Campbell." JACKSON ANTHOLOGY. The concluding period of the administration of the distinguished individual who has just ceased to be President of the United Stages, has produced an especial quantity of the mag^ nificent panegyric that has been so bountifully and justly showered upon his whole career. Injustice to his memory, and to the genius of his eulogists, we select a few specimens. ?'Andrew Jackson has no equal ; his whole life is a miracle , Examine him i? every stage of his exis tence, and we are impelled to exclaim, wonderjut man ! reared by Providence to guide the destinies o his Country, and to exhibit the perfectien and moral eranueur of humau nature. s ? * * ? * I said, sir, that Andrew Jackson stood alone.? Where can you find his fellow! Look among the sovereigns of the earth. Look where you will, and you look in vain. Go to the records of the mighty dead, and .where will you find his equal I * * * * * I esteem him one ofthe greatest of men, and purest of patriots ! His cotemporaries will go down to poster ity with him. His coadjutors will gather lustre irom his fame, and his revilens though they may not bask in the effulgence of this great luminary, yet they may continue to be seen as spots upon it, hke the spow which bedim the great ori of day .?Speech oj Mr. Dana , in the U. S. Senate. "I am proud to be called Gen. Jackson's do?.' ? Speech of Mr. Boon , of Ohio , in the House of Rqne sentatives. "Sir, while painting , history , poetry , music , and sculpture were giving greenness to his immortality, the Senate ofthe United States were denouncing him in the Seminole war. Sickening with the same feel ings that were pained at hearing Ansudes called the Just, the detractors of Andrew Jackson loathed the beau ideal of his character."? Speech of Mr. Rip ley, of Louisiana, in the House oj Representatives. The power of-panegyric here displayed has never been to our knowledge equalled, except in an instance that we lately had occasion to mention, when an inspired admirer of Mr. Van Buren's pronounced him " dignified " and vigorous Ofthe three specimens given above, each has its peculiar merit. Mr. Dana excels in sublimity ?Mr. Boon in the art of saying much in a few words ? and Mr. Ripley in compre hensiveness. The combination of all the sister arts to "give greenness to the immortality of An drew Jackson, is an idea as beautiful as it is just. Let us ' see how each of them has performed her part. Painting has-bedizzened his long visage upon a thousand sign -posts. History has dictated Eaton's life of the Gen eral. Poetry has produced the charming lines beginning, ';God save General Jackson, Whom the British turned their backs on? At the battle of New Orleans ! " Music has given us "Jackson's March" almost equal in harmony to "God save the King" or "Jim Crow." Sculpture , doubtless, would have adcJrned the City of Jackson with the utmost splendors ot her art, if that City had not so suddenly disappeared in the mud. In publishing, a week or two ago, the speech of Mr. Thompson, of Feby 7th, on the Adams question, we took the first copy that came into our hands, which was an imperfict newspaper one. To make it complete, we now add the re ferences. Mr. T. in comparing the professions i ?vith the acts of the people of the region that I claims to be so eminently Philanthropic, makes the tolioWing exumia * ? 1 ' cords ofthe Pilgrim Fathers and their immedi ate discendant.8. Freedom of opinion and of speech, and sympathies with the Indian and African, are the three great to pics of New England cant of the present day. How long has it been thus, vide the following extracts from Neal's History of New-England ; to say nothing of that glorious act for securing the freedom of opiri ion and the press, the sedition law, which had the united supported of New England. The New Engenders their magistrates to take speedy measures against the Anabaptists. Neal's History of New England, 1 vol. 279. Thrft wejc published shortly after for religious opinions, viz: John Clarke, fined ?20 or to~be whipp ed. John Crandall, X5 or whipped. Obadiah Holmes, j?*30. ? 1 vol. 230-1, Holmes received 30 lashes at the whipping post. 1 vol. 283. . And John Stone and John Hazewell, were each fined 40 shillings, <ir to be whipped, for shaking hands with him and praising God for his courage and con stancy. ? 1 vol. 283. The government of New England proceeded against the Quakers as it had done against the Ana baptists, by fines, imprisonment, and whipping, and these proving ineffectual, they put 3 or 4 to death. 1 vol. 191. They imprison and banish Mary Fisher and Ann Austin, for being Quakers. ? 1 vol. 272-3. Laws against Quakers. ? 1 vol. 293-4. Micholas Upshall, aged 60 years, was fined and banished lor speaking against that law. Mary Clarke, whipped 20 stripes for being a ker and coining into New-England, 1657. ? vol. 1, 2lJ5. Ch. Holder and John Copeland cach received 30 lashes, and 9 weeks imprisonment for the same ? 295. ~ Laws passed to cut off the ears of Quaker men and whip the women, and for boring their ton gues with hot irons.? 295-7. I folder, Copeland. and Iioane. lost their earn. ? 297. ^Several others whipped and imprisoned. ? I \ol. Law to ship thorn to Harba and Virginia, and si!-' then us shirts. ? 3J1. families ruined by fines, ? 30"). Law io put them to death. ? 30G-7. Marmaduke Stevenson and Win, Robinson, han z cd. ? 300. Mary Dyer also hanged. ? 300. Others banished.? 312, 13, 11. Lxtracts from Hutchinson's History ofMassachu setts ? account ol the l'equad war. "The Indians soon climbed to the tup of thr- pali sades to avoid the fire, and so exposed themselves to the English bullets; others forced their way out of the fort, and if any of them broke through the English, the allied Indians were in a rins^ at some distance, so that few i (any escaped There were 60 or 70 wigwam?, and it was imagined (bur or five hundred lYquads, men, vxtmen and children. Few il any escaped." 1 vol. page 78. "The Indians in alliance with the English, (i, c, Colonists) bad taken ten males and females; four of the males were disposed cf, one Jo ench of our Na cceras, the rest put to ihc sword. Four of the fe males were left at the fort ? the other lour carried to Connecticut, where the Indians challenged them as their prize ; they were sacrificed to end the dispute, 79. Many of the captives were sent to Bermudas for and sold slaves. The l'equad tribe was wholly extinguished." 80, AH these atrocities were perpetruted in the name of Cod, and to cUj him service: Hear E. C. u That it was evident that Cod had chosen New England to plant his people in, and that it would be displeasing unto him thai hid work should be hindered." In the account of the war with the Narragansets this is found: "They began to fire the wigwams ? in many of them the Indian women and childreu perished. ' 298. The Termination of Philip's war. ? 14 A great ma ny of Vie chiefs were executed at Boston and Ply month and most ot the rest were sold and shipped off for slaves to Burmudasand other parts." 307. "The hand of the great Philip, a hero and patriot, was cut off ; and," says the historian, ' produced a handsome penny, many having a curiosity to see it." "The ruling passion strong in war as in death." " The government increased the premium for Indian scaljis and captives to one hundred pounds This encouofcged John Love well to raise a company of volunteer^ to go out upon an Indian hunting. ? January 5th, he brought to Poston a captive and a scalp. Goingouta second time he discovered ton Indians round a (ire, all asleep : he ordered part of his company to fire, who killed three; the other seven as they were rising up were sent to rest again by the other part of the company. The ten scalps were brought to Boston ." 14 Keing whipped by the Indiana in one of these Indian hunts, ths historian says, "This misfortune discouraged Indian huntings:" The new oppointments made by the Presi dent and confirmed by the Senate, are lis foK fo\V8. Joel U. Poinsett, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of War. George M. Dallas, ofPennsylvania.to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary to the Court of His Majesty the Em perior of ali the Russias. Henry Wheaton to the Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of His Majesty the King of Prussia. William H Haywood, of North Carolina, to be Charge d'Affaires to the Kin# of Bel O O gium. Alcee La Branche, of Louisiana, to be Charge d'Affaires to the Republic of Texas. William W. Chew, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of the Legation of the United States to the Court of His Majesty the Em peror of all the Russias. Powhatan Ellis, to be Envoy Extraordi^ nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico. Abraham Van Buren to the Secretary un der the 6th section of the act to reorganize the General Land Office, approved the 4th day of July, 1836. John Bell to be Surveyor of Public Lands acquired by the treaty with the Chickasaw In dians. . William Smith, of Alabama, and John Catron, of Tennessee, to the Judges of the Supreme Court, Th-3 Cabinet is now composed of the follow ing persons. John Forsyth, Secretary of State. Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury. J. R. Poinsett, Secretary of War. M. Dickerson, Secretary of the Navy. B. F. Butler, Attorney General. ? Amos Kendall, Postmaster General. SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL EOR ENGI NEERS. If South Carolina expects to carry through her great works and to sustaiu th?m ? if she expects to keep even , pace with the rest of (he Union in the course of improvement, she must not be dependent on other States for the science which suc.h efforts require. Our own young men must be educated for the purpose. The Military School at West Point cannotsupply one tenth of the engineers which will be required ; and besides, the education there is so much of it military , that at least two years are lost to those who intend to confine themselves to civd engi neering. Other States have found it necessary to erect Schools for this purpose ; Kentucky has a school for Engineers at Georgetown ; Ohio at Cin cinnati, and Indiana at Madison. In these, young men are taught French, drawing, mathematics, and engineering, and in two years complete their course ; so that with two subsequent years in the field on a canal, rail road, or other Improvement, under a skil ful engineer, the practical as w ell as theoretical part of the science is well acquired. One who is well advanced in mathematics and French, can be pre pared for the field in one year ? the two years after wra"ds employed in some work, will cost the student nothing but hid clothes, as his services will entitle him to his support and expenses there. It will thus be seen that ibis course of education will be attend ed with less expense than any other professional one ; and no other promises as great remuneration as this. The time for South Carolina to act in this matter is most propitious. Extensive works are about being undertaken in this and the adjoining States, where a wide field for improvement in this science will be open, and where skill and industry will be amply rewarded. These considerations have suggested the follow ing plan. The Rice Creek Springs are now unoc cupied. There aregood buildings there to accommo date the teachers, a steward, and at least sixtv stu dents. The situation is central to the btato? le rd j tireo, ?na as neauny as any in Oh.n... i*he"pfecc contains about three huudred acres, ? which, with all the buildings, can be purchased for $2,800, and $1,200 more will put it in repair and sup ply the necessaiy apparatus for the school. Four thousand dollars, therefore, must be raised, and il is proposed to do this in shares ol" two hundred dollars cacn. The association will then consist of twenty gentlemen, under whose direction the school will be. They will appoint the principal teacher, prescribe rules for the government of the institution, and fix the rates of tuition and board. The principal may j be permitted to engage his own assistants, and rely on the fees of tuition for his remuneration. The be nefit to the contributors who purchase the place will be the preference they will have to name students for admission into the school. It is expected that at least forty students will enter their names as soon as it is known that the plan is perfected and com petent teachers engaged. Put to ascertain what number of students may be depended on, gentler men wishing to send are requested to dron a line to one of the undersigned as soon as possible ,as it is desirable that the school should be opened by the firstof May. There is no doubt that the association can be formed, and measures are taking to engage competent toachero. A. PLANDING, P. M. BUTLER, WADE HAMPTON, B. T. ELMO HE, M. II. I) E LEON. March Is! Newspapers favorable to this scheme are respect fully requested to give the above a gratuitous inser tion. Mr. Editor: The Mercury and the Telescojte, arc usually regarded abroad, as exhibiting more nearly than any other papers the leading opinions of South Carolina on the passing politics of the day. A comment appeared in, the Mercury of the 14th inst., on m. Vato BWen's Inaugu | ral Address, which 1 do riot believe is, and 1 Jiiii quite snre outfit not to be a lair exposition j of the public s ?nt.ment 111 this State. It is no? from any merit i:i the j-tile of ibis I critique, t.'iu! I call your no.ic<> toward it, tor ! a writ.', r who can talk of entombing the Con I stitutiou in an apple dumpling, is hardly at liberty to find fault with other people's non sense ? nor is it from any argument it contains thai public attention should be drawn toward it.f r of any tiling like ^argument, it is per fectly innocent ? but from the ill tempered virulence that pervade sthat article, and its un!air perversion of Mr. Van Buren's senti ments and promises. I am no advocate for any of General Jack son's doctrines or conduct ; nor can any friend to his country approve of the influ ence which has so much contributed to elevate Mr. Van Buren to the i'iesidency. But. if a poli'ician is to be regarded as hav ing comm. tied an unpardonable crime, be cause be has profited by the good opinion of his friends m Irs pursuit of the highest wlfice i ithu'U. States, I fear wcshonlu find very few candidates gu.liless of that offence, whether they belong to the North or to the South. Mr. Van Buren delivered his Inaugural Address, at a moment when the excitement concerning the slavery question was at the very highest. The public at large were in doubt what view the new President would take of that question, and on which side his gnat influence would be thrown. To satisfy public anxiety, lie declares in sitoug language, tha' unless in the (impossible) case of the Slave Siat< s them .elves wishing it, he sha'l think it his duty to veto any bill for abolishing Slavery in the district of Columbia. And what reason could he have, for making this declaration but that he deemed himself sanc tioned by the Constitution which he professes to regard as the Polar star of his conduct 1 It must arise from a strange pervers. ty of intellect, that such a veto is considered as a boon held out by^Mr. Van Buren, and not a declaration founded on a sense of constitutional duty ! "Gentlemen (says a Debtor to his Creditors) I am about retiring' from business, but when ever you send in your claims upon me, I pro mise you they shall be punctually pa,d." Oh, oh, says a creditor, so sir, /he payment of our debts against you, is to depend upon your promise , is it 1 You promise forsooth ! sir. we despise your prom ise ; we are not lu be insulted in this xoay. No, sir% our debts are secured by law sir : yes sir, by the law of the land sir , and a fig for your promises. Do yon mean to insult us sir , by substituting your promise for a positive duly? No, no sir, we are not such fools as you take us to be ! To whom in such a case would that, epithet apply] Hitherto, Mr. Vap Buren, young in office seems willing to go with the South, full as far as the South had any reason to expect from him under existing circumstances. Is it a crime in Mr. Van. Buren that he is willing ia some great and leading questions to adopt the Southern side, and to pledge himself to do so? Why are we to abuse a man for proffered friendship, when we nave no good reason to doubt his sincerity 1 Men who have lived in the world, well know how much more, easy it is to make an enemy than a friend. If the sentiments of this very weak writer were the real senti ments of South Carolina, which they an not, would not Mr. Van Buren.be justified in say^ ing, "if you are oft-nded Qt my proffers of friendship-wf I can do nothing to please you ? be it so. I might as well try the opposite course." Whatever Mr. Van Buren's general poli-' tics may be, it is much to 0 soon to pronounce him incorrigible. He is evidently a naari of talents and a gentleman ; and will be very apt to consider his own interest not in a nar row but an enlarged point of view. He u upon his trial before the public ; and he ia entitled to reasonable time and fair play. On our parts it is neither.wise nor honest to con-1 demn prematurely. None of us would like to be so treated ourselves. Nor do we gain any thing by indulging in needless acrimony of expression, or cherishing the very bitternesa of party warfare. A NULLIFIED MARRIED In Newberry district on Thursday evening the 9th inst., by H. K. Boyd, Esq. Mr. James Gald-' well, to Miss Jame Davenfo*t, all of Newberry District. < _ , Died ? On the 4th inst. of a short, but painful ill ness, Ophelia Martha Bronsox, only daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Bronson, of this plaoe, aged 2 years 8 months and 4 days. j - The deceased, was, for her age, the most interest ing, the most affectionate, and the most kind- The friends of this lovely child, and all who knew her or who had ever seen her, took much notice of her obe dience to er parents, her affectionate disposition, and her activity to please all, who was around her. ? I can very readily say, where is the parent, who would not mourn much at the loss of s>;ch a child ; where is the man or woman, relative or not, who would not shed many tears for the loss of soch a child ; there is none. But the little soul has departed, she has gone to a home from whence no traveller returns : she has gen-; beyound this vrf of teari: she now rests in the arms of him who w ill protect her from all troubles; in heaven her little spirit dwells, where theffe is no pain. The tender bud has gone, To a fairer world above, And left her parents quite forlorn To follow her, to God. A FRIEND. Died in Winnsborough on the 5th instant, John Walter, infant son of Coin. William and Mrs. Caroline Moore, aged one year and six months. , DIED, on Saturday the 4th inst, Augustus Par ish at his residence, in Chester District, between Fishing Creek and Catawba River. The subject of this obituary was from his ytfUth, a man of unquestionable veracity; And entirely free from the prevalent sin of our country intemperance. The church may lament the loss of so conspicuous member, and the Slate may mourn ths ravages made by death on a citizen so worthy and tMiivereaU ly beloved ! r' . 11 Havre , Feb. 3. ? Our market is still unsettled ? we have received these ten days, 23,000 bales, and our stock amounts to 71,000 bales. Holders show great eagerness to sell, but there is no demand for Cotton. JSa'es are reported at a decline of2 a 3 f since last week. A parcel of 6000 bales Upland, middling, and fair, sold at 12Gf duty paid; since then, the tran sactions have been so irregular, that it would be dif ficult to state the extent ol the decline. "We hope this panic will not prevail much longer, ? the interior being in want ofCotton? but our prices cannot improve unless the demand revives." "Liverpool, Feb. 2.? Our Cotton Market has been very heavy since our last. The prices of new Ame rican in particular, have declined materially ? in fact both new and old arc rendered nominal in prices, in I a great degree by the desire to sell. The demand is i nift so freely, buyers, little as they want, are afraid of being templed by low ofTer#, and will not not pur. chase beyond their immediate wants. The sales on Saturday, were 1500 bales ; on Monday, 30C0 bales; on Tuesday, 1500 balcs|, yesterday, 1500 bales : and prices are a i lower than the quotations in the Trice Current." "Liverpool Feb. 3 ? The sales ofCotton to-day, ! have been about l&rt) bale*-; and such is the pressure j in the market, that prices have further declined I to ; per lb." To the Public. ENTI.EMEN; having been so unfortunate it is entirely useless for me lo try to pay my credi tors, unless some indulgence can be given me, loosing 1 1 head horses, one negro, and property I have none. Gentlemen, Your's most respectfully, JOS. BROWN. March 13th/1537 II w Sheriff's Sales. \ TILL by So\l before the Court IFouse in tke ' town of( Columbia on' the first 3Jond<jjr and lurs.lay i,, April n^xt, -on ?undr^ tf'ntfc bf liv'ri facias, within the leeal hours of sale? , One hundred a?ros of I .and more or less, situate m Kichl.iiitl district on both sides of the toad lead ing from Columbia to Kiev Creek. .Spring*, hounded by lands bolonem- to the Lllatc bf John D Brown, pines S. Cmgnard and l^mas <fc Dnrii, at the tti*t of A. M. \\ hue, vs. A. T. Smith and M. A.F&ust. Cue hundred and twenty six acre# of Land, more or Iras bounded by Eli ''roswell, l)r. Percival, I^ority and Jatues '1'. Wade'* land, tu the suit of thb State, vs. Jonathan Manor. Terras cash, purchasers to pay lor SheritTs papers. ? JESSE DEBRUHLjS. R. D: Sherifl's Office, Columbia, ) March 13, 1837. S . . * Ii?Kow Ware, Wood Screws, fcad Irons, &f. TUK IIOWEL WORItS COMPANY, No23S Water, noar Beekman-si reet, New York, Have rcccn ed the past season, and tr? now con stantly receiving large and extensivo additions td their Stock of tlir abovs Goods, which now cop ai.it s oi' i he following assortment, suitablb for tae Southern and VI tstern Marke U, vii : Holloa: Ware oi Superior Quality, eonftiftting bf about 15J0 Tona, vii. Pots of 22 different sixes, from 3-9 to 50 GtillodJ. Keulea, 15 sizes, irom 3-S to l&G&Uons. Bakopana. or Oveus, 7 different size*. Tea Ke.tlts, 6 "'.do. Skillet.*, 6 doi Flat Spidote, (J <faj Covered Spiders, 2 d". (iriddlev, 4 dd; Firo Dogs, 6 dd. Wagon Hones, from 1 1-2 to 4 3-4 inches. Curt do " 5 to 7 inches. . . Wood Screws, 00,000 Gross, Iron and Brass, froid 3-8 in. \o. 3, to 3 in. No. 24 of t superior quality, and finish, and lessthau "James" impbrted prices. Sad Irons assorted in Casks of about 900 Ibi, eacti; for retailing. N Tailors, aiu) Hatters' Irons, aisorted sizes. Sash W eights, 100 Tons, assort^ frdm 1 3-4 to 20 Dirt Bells for Pbintutious , Steam Boat*, Churches, &tL made to Order ? also, Steam Engines other and Machiuery made to older. The above as ortment of Goods, ie particularly recommended to the attention of Soutkermmd We*-' tern Men funis , and are o ft'c re d for sale fit the loir* est prices, and upou the most favouraable terms ; l| is believed to be the largest and best assortment eVer offered for sole, by any one establishment ill UUf United States. . ^ Merchant*, by forwarding a request pAr Mail, can have a primed circular with description of goodai prices, and terms, from which no deviation is ever made, furnished by return of MaiL AD Orders Will receive immediate attentiou. ? New York, MarchfTth, 1837 ' 11, It at Just Received, Henrietta temple, in 2 vbu. ., v -? ?, The Partisan leader; a tale of the future, 2 Tdls.' Letters to Young Ladies ; by Mr*. Sigoulney. Washington's Life it French. ; ~ ; . Lady of the Lake, in fine binding. Language of Flowers, . ^ - y,. Lord Byron's Works, in fine and pldn binding.' Authon's Horace, small editipn. Evenings at llortie T.,r'-?*j ? The Missouri Harmony. .. ft* Memoirs of Aaron Burr, with miscellaneous selec tions fr.ua his correspondence '.in 2 volt.) , . , . The Confessions of an elderly Genttemon, illustrated by six Female Portraits; by tile CwBHii Ht Blessington.. .?? Thos Moore's Poetical Works, including his Melodies/ Ballads, See. complete in one voL &y_' The Parent's Assistant, complete in one voL /V A fresh supply of American Almanacs, and Jlepoei* tory of Osoful Knowledge, for 1837, also thi for mer numbers from its commencement, 1830. r Fluid Iuk, in pints ami half bottles. . A fretdi supply of the Rev. Robt. Meane' Sermotvt in pkin and fine binding. s > for sal<\ by B. D. PtANT. March 15, 1837 II # AKentioa Cavalry. Y Oil aro hereby ordered to parade in front at the Court Uouse on Saturday the tkhinst. at iro'eWk A. M. armed and equipped fa JnspftCtio^ and drilL By order of tlto Captain^. BLACKi.flLA A Court Martial will be held to the Town Hafl mt, 10 o'clock, A. M. on the same day lor the trial of defaulters at the last parade. 3Ian*h 18 . '' ' "? 1 ' ? ? i To Contractors; THE Commissioners of Public Buildinga for. 1 Aurons district, will contract for the building of a Court House for said District on l^ondfty.Che 10th < ay of April next, persons wishing to undertake the work, can see a plan of the Iiouae,'bjr calling ari the Commissioners at Laurens Conrt Hoixie. By order of the Board. ? TIIOS. F. JONES, Chairman. March 13, 1837 - ? 11 ? i South Carolina . UNION DISTRICT. Joshua Wilburn, Applicant." , vs. Mrs. Anna Alexander, & others Defts. r' appearing to my satisfaction that Randolph Alexander. Simpson Alexander, 'John Alexander^ Lewis Alexander, WJIiam Alexander, A Flinn ana his wife Charlotte,: B. Powers, and his wife Sally, J. Williamson and his wife Polly. ?ampdon Alexa|i-; der, and Wm. Butler and his Wife Elizabeth,* *11 de fendants in this rase, repide without the Btftte, Itir therefore ordered, that they appear and ohject to tW sale or division of the real estate of John Alefander,^ dee'd., on or before the first day of May next, or their consent will be entered of recoid. .. v J, J. PRATT, O. U. 0. Ordinary's Office. ) February 12th, 1837. J ' ' March 18 ' 11 8t - n Equity. LAURENS DISTRICT. Elizaboth EHlen, 1 George TDillard, and [ ^ wife, and others. J, , ^ IT appearing to my satisfaction that Martha fil ter, Amelia Potts, Francis Fincher, and S&raif his wife; Joseph Garret, Noah Garrett, Ellen Garrett* Jesse Garrett, and Elizabeth his wife, James White, and Mary his Tsifjp, and Pbebe Garrett, in the above stated case, Reside CronT and tne /iriiits of this State: it is . ordered/ that they dtf plead, answer or demurr to the bill of complaim within three months from the publication hereof or the same will be taKen pro confesso, as to them w. r. farl?vj'c;e.l'd/ Commissioner's Office, > March 6tS, 183f f. March 18 it Carolina HoteL ... BROAD-STREET, CHARLESTON, SO. CA. T HI) Subscriber having entirely completed h# arrangements, forthe re-openlrig ofnis Estab lishment, (partially destroved by. the Iate fire,) on a, much more extensive scale than before, begs leave to inform hia friends and the public, that he js now prepared to accommodate .Travellers, Boarders, an<^ private Families, in a style equal to any other House of the kind in the Tnion. - 1 Private Parlours can be engaged, and every ftc? coramodation and cotnfort afforded? and ft is tke inf. tention of the Proprietor to give entire satisfettiftn Uf thbse who may favor hith M^th tlieir custom. . ANGPS STEWART. March 1 1 11 Clark's Hoiei. t I HAVE the pleasure t6 inform the public that thp' above Hotel will be opeftcd on Saturday, the' 1 1th instant, by Mepsrs. J. M. Koach, & A. Thomp son, for the accomodation of all respectable perao^ that may think proner 'o call. I have no hesitaMon m recommending thorn as well qualified to keep well legulated, quiet, orderly jio^ise, and have pcf iloubt but i hey will pive generel satisfacuon to tlemtn and ladies. Eat: h 6f those gentlemev rave assieted mc m the hotel fijr several yca'ra* J. W. CLARK, former Prdpiwelor. JAMES M. ROACH, i Present ProfH f A. THOMPSON, S ***** < , March 11 ; 10 The (Charleston Courier and Merci/ry, f iro rp i an, Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel,. , ville Standard of I'nion, and Mobile C<3 __ _ j Advertiser, will insert the above weeUy faj fkM 1 months and forward theiraccount?to the timS/wHMt