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OOMiffiBlA, S. C. MARCH 35, 1837
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? COLOMBIA, T3L3S3C?3
rs PUBLISHED BY
. A. -S*. JOHNSTON,
..... Every Saturday Morning,
v OD EVERY WEDNESDAY AX D SATURDAY M0RKI5G
t ?3RCTG THE 5ESSIOX OV THE LEGISLATURE.
TERMS:
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Four dollars at the end of the year.
Advertisements conspicuously inserted at 75:
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for every subsequent insertion. All advertisements
ordered in the inside every publication ? or inserted:
otherwise than regularly, to be charged as new for
. . every insertion- Advertisements not having the
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.... tied riS. ordered out, and- charged accordingly. All
accounts Jor advertising, above $25 and under $50,
25 per cent, deduction? above $50, 40 per cent, de
i- d notion. "
Pot aloe. Oats.
JUST received a few bushels of this valuable
grain, from Thorburn of New York, weighing 50
lbs per bushel. Also three bushels of the eight that
Mr rots of Chestef raised from one quart of the
Potato Oats, weighing 45 lbs to the bushel.
?.1 the Gr<t7$*i i ? Apple Trees, Pear Trees, Green
Gage Pinmb Trees, Damson ditto, Peach do. Some
very rare Pig Trees ] Ornamental Trees and shrub
bery ; 1000 Giant Asparagus Roots ; Chinese OJian
?hus or rree of Heaven, with leaves 4 leet
Willow leaved Catalba, beautiful flowers ; Stercula
Plaiinafblia or varnish tree, leaves like a lady's para
sol ; Moss Rosm; Lady Banksea Roses ; Velvet do.
N.B. The subscriber can always be found at the
Seed Store or at the Garden.
R. E. RUSSELL,
j?n 13 i Seedsman and. Maris t.
Cilumbia, February 11, 1837.
Saluda *Hanuf acturing Co -
Resolved, by the Board of Directors of
Saluda Manufacturing Company, That the
Books shall be opened on the 1st day of March
next, at the counting house of D. & J . Ewart
&? Co., for an additional subscription of one
hundred thousand dollars to the capital Stoclr
of the Company. New subscribers will be
admitted into the Company on the same terms
and on the same conditioos of original sub
scribers. Ten dollars a share on each share
of one hundred dollars, will be required at time
of subscribing, and ten dollars a share at the
end of each and every sixty days thereafter,
until the whole will be paid. A failure to com~
ply with these terms, will, inure in a forfeiture
of the stock for the benefit of the Company.
The Company having one fourth of the mill
filled with machinery, and now in operation,
r and another fourth in progress of setting up,
are able to calculate to a reasonable degree of
. certainty, the value of their undertaking. To
. nuke the establishment available to the full
extent of which it is capable, they have come
.to the determination, provided they can sell
, the stock, to- fill the mill from the basement to
the attic story. The citizens of our State, and
particularly the present stockholders, are called
upon to aid in an undertaking which will be a
"Credit to our State, and will most un<|trestiatt?J.
? abiv eACecd im> pfOfimbli ui piiuuimj newte"*
any joiBt stock company within the State.
DAVID EWART, Presidents
lidiBgtoD Academy.
npBE Trustees of this institution having pro
*- cured the services of Major Lemuel Boozer,
as Principal, k is now open 'for the reception of
Stedents. Those who desire it wtH be prepared for
admission into the higher classesof the South Caro*
lina College. Of the healthiness and many other
advantages and conveniencea.pf this institution, it is
unnecessary to speak for they are already sufficiently
"known to the community. . > *
Students w3i.be taught the Classics at from $8 to
per Quarter; s The higher branches of Mathe
matics at thesame prices, Sseuyand English Gram
mar, CeographyV ^tbm$fcv$c. at $4,00 per Quar
y ** ?i-?Iji?' V. ~.i
Good boarding can be procured at $8 per month,
?xchcrive of washing &c- ^vr
- MOS. H.
- -
EPHRAIM COtRt^V
^ *N- H.' ftAIDfAli' e t 'i - ? - Trustees.
SIQJT MILLER ^
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wi
Keasbn at Mr* J. O
Singjflioo s
14 miles -IjefOW^Co
lumbia, and^Wj^Iy^fo^Wes -at each single
leap, itfjhe season,, tfbfcfc roayjje discWged^;
the payment* of &2,if paid by the first w
"$25 to insure xmare with feat, and 25'cents to tfle
be paid as soon - as ther
to be.. with, - foal "qr ^part^ with^
pi* Witt be paid to -prevent accideotsor
? responsibility for eitherif they" occur,
j gratftirgraitt fed at.-$3 per week-.'
for Further particulars, see hand
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> T*YLt)R, Manager.
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^^iIiiyI Care^Vcu v ?
RICHLAND DISTRICT. , * i k ?>
H^Opifcr opoRDiiVAltY;
^ ?.ownanii^e^ lir- "L ' \ >'
eiirei, Appaconi v- K-, - t .
' * ' -'vs. -T;- ^ -?
Hazidell Grant and Sally his wife, rHeire and Renre
W>i IjIteiad Jfautyjus wife, seniatives of Ben
f jamin Hodge, d?
his wife, ' .'-'"*7 -
.fiiswife^
rhis wife,
^^.. Hodge, &
Pefendanta ? j ^ V" .
r appewzus to my satisfaction tRat Handel Grant
jl and Sally bis wife, John Miiier,_?U3d Mary his
"wiife^JbrdOn LecTand Lettey "his eife, and Reuben
Cosad,ibixr of the,.defendants, restie- without this
State ; it is therefore ordered that they do appear and
object to tlie division or sale of the real estate of
BenjammHo^e; oB or before the firstday of May;
aextror their consent to- the same wifi be entered on
record
_ JAMES S. GUIGNAfiD, O. R. D.
3fa?k8,I83!r 10 %
^^feould these hours not^suiti alterations ean*be'
made so as to aceoDamodate'all persons.
If the growa ysuoe gentiemen of the toWtf wiH
form a Class, they will be attemled to with pleasure,
nov 19 3t 47L E.C. BREEpiN.
liOtc .Votice.
,r ; ' GREGG & ADDISON, V* "
HAVE renewed their Partnership, in the prac
tice of Law far Lexingtoo District.
jUarch 11th ' ^
? BICHAiWJE. .
^HECKSat bj
Agent Bank of Charleston.
Jfov 29 ' 49
PROSPECTUS.
OF THE
Sonthern Christian Advo
cate.
AT the late General Conferrence of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church resolutions were passed,
authorizing the publication of weekly religious papers,
on. the same footing with the Christian Advocate
and Journal (ot New York,) and the Western Cris
tian Advocate (Cincinnati,) at Richmond, Nashville,
and Cliarleston. At Nashville, the paper thus au
thorized, has already been isstied. The one intended
for Richmond, will, we doubt not, soon be put forth.
And the Georgia and South Carolina Annual Confe
rences, for whose districts the paper at Charleston
is especially intended, hcve tach taken measures
for its early publication. .
The Act of the General Conference authorizing
these publication*, was called for by the Southern
Delegates, on thfe ground of its being necessary to
an equal distribution of the Church's press to all
parts.of her communion ; and especially, in view of
the peculiar political aspect of the times. Within
the range contemplated for the paper at Charles
ton, leaving equal scope for those at Richmond
and Nashville, there are about fifty thousand whites
in the membership of the Church. Here then are,
probably, ten tnonsand Methodist families, and a
MUch greater number attached to the Methodists who
have no weekly paper published among them.?
This, under any circumstances, might be held a
sufficient reason for the publication we propose ;
but considered in connexion with the feefins which
is known to pervade all classes of men- on tie sub
ject of our domestic institutions, it not -only justifies
onr undertaking as one that-is expedient, but strong
ly urges it as necessary to the Cnnrch.
We propose, therefore, to publish at the city of
Charleston, as soon as the subscription list shall war
rant it, a weekly religous paper, to be entitled -the
Southern Christian Advocate, which shall be zeal-j"
ously dftY?teu to the promotion of good' morals and. 1
UVOlIHg VU kUC Vliu<y? Him ?- - , ,, ,,
ward the cause Christian benevolenCf; as embodiedin
the Bible, Missionary, Sunday-Scooi, Tra#
Temperance Societies. ?- ? -s.
This paper shall be printed on an imperia! sheet
of th&same size and quality with that of the Chris
tian^Mvocate of New York with," new type, long
primer; and the typography in all respects, shall
closely resemble the New \ ork paper.
The price will be three dollars, to be paid in ad
vance.
Subscriptions paid within one month after recei
ving the first number, either to the publisher or an
authorized Agent, will be considered as in advance.
In any case of discontinuance during the year, the
subscription for the year must be paid, and postage
of the order to discontinue.
All communications, whether of business or matter
for publication, unless remitting money or subscrip
tions, to the amount of ten dollars, must be post
paid.
Communications involving facts, or respecting
persons, as accounts of revivalsof religious meetings,
obituary notices, biographies, &c. must be accompa
nied with the writer's name. ,
Communications may be addresed to the Rev .
William Capers,('harleston, orto either of the Pasto
ral Ministers of the Methoidst Episcopal Church in
this city, who are members of fee Publishing Com
mittee. > .? " . v * -
The Itinerant Ministers and Preachers of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, are all authorized
Agents of the Southern Christian Advocate, to
whom payments may be made. -v
The proceeds of this paper, as a part of the General
Book Concern, will be equally divided among all
the Annual Conferences, to be applied in spreading
Che Gospel, and aiding distressed and superannuated
Ministers, and the Widows and Orphans of those
who have died in the work.
WIJXIAM CAPERS. Editor.
Publishing- Committee ? Nicholas Talley, George F.
Pierce, Band En|iMi, Whkeford Smith iun. James
24 8 tf
Beat this who Cafti.
WE do challenge the worldly simplify" or im
prove the principle of Cooper s Tumbling
Shaft horse power. C ? v- - - )
It has only 2 small cast wheela^ooe with 29 cogs
and the other 9, with which any jinOtion or' power
that's required for Cotton Gins, horse ^Mfflsvtarijing
Laythes, Wheat or Rice Machines, can be. obtained .
The cost is not half That "of any; of the old plans,
is much easier propefledi-an&more durable. v.
The said power is now iis operation, in the "Jo??f
William W. Purse, Cabinet Maker, near the Com
mercial Bauk, where it caii he seen at ani
Aay person or person^ wishing to purchase the right
for Machines or Districts,. wifl, apply Jo'Dr. Treoe
rick'W. Green, eur agent, just below the Branch
Bank, who will make conveyances for the sfcme^?v5
- ROBERT M. MAUB?U^
' JOHSfcW. IANGH&I? *
? j - ? ? - - -? . i t ri'n'^ - -
fWlBDE Subscriber begsjeave^o inform, hiafee^ej
?conducted vy ;y ?
public patronage.. . .?**?-?;? v
P This Establishment is m ey^,Wy^ated&:
render comfort bat&t&the traveller ond permanent
boarder C every exertion will be giv en "ifii the - pari. a
of the proprietor to ac^mmodate^those vqhomajr
fevor htm with * call. , ? :
Yorkvifle, S.C. J*pvlst,"1837. | , 2 ^
SOr* The . Charleston Courier w3I polish the
above, weekly, ior three months, ' and r "
account to meatYorkyille..;,
k
THE extensive ?tare Ifouse opp<^t& the Bfanch
Bank, at present, occupied
session eiven on the first aay of-fr ebrusry n^Jfw.'
Enqmxe of ? ' F/yr. jsiiJEN. *
r Tamjary21 *
m
r and ?afra
ne oeiongs w wuikp ^uwuiw of "Chester district,
So. Ck. ?0Finston is about 37. years of age, five feet
four inches higfchasjost all the Angers fromthe.lefr:
hand andseveral ofnjs frontteeth. The owner ss,
requested to- come for ward, prove his prope?y, pay
charges and take Mm away. - * .'.c ?? %
t ~ iJflESSEjXffiBRUHL, S. R. D.
t ' FehraarjrSSW, 18?T ' ; - 8 :v'
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South Carolina. '
UNION DISTRICT.
Joshua WSburn, Applicant.
VS.. " ^ "
Mrs. Aiina Alexander, & others Def ts.
l appearing to my satisfaction that Randolph
jm. Alexander, Simp?on Alexander, John Alexander,
i Lewis Alexander, WHKam Alexander, A'. JTDin and
his wife Charaatte, Bi Po wers, aoel ^is wife SaHy/J
J. WnUairi80trandhis wife Pofty? Samj?on Alexan- 1
der, and WmT Sutler and his yrrfe Elizabethi' aU.de- I
fondants' fh this case, reode without the state,' It is
^therefore ordjwed*.that they appear and object to'the
sale or division of tfie real estate nf John Alexander,
decU, "ofl; or b^a. m
their consent win be enterea of recorn. ?. - ; i
* "C- J-^J:>PRATT, O. ?Ur
Qrdinarjr's^Jffice.v ^ - c^'vV
Febroary 12th,' 1837. J ^7- .. ^ ' .
Maroh-is r ^ . r^.r^:^;u^8t
: c" To Contractors.
THE Commissioners of Public" Bnildii^s for
Laurens district* will contract for the building
of a Court.Hoose ior said -District "on Monday.. the
10th t^ay orApril ne^ per?ona wishing to tindortake
the work, can. aeea^Iliuitf the Hoase.^ calUpgJCtt];}
the Commis?ioneis at .IJfcirens Coaft'aottfe^^By
order cif the Board. ,;r - ^
?J- TH0S? F* JONES, t&airirian.
March 13, 1837 " ^ , 11 3i
From Blackwood's Edinburg Magazine.
THE SISTER'S GRAVE.
BY A YOUNG LADY.
I had a little sister once, '
And she was wondrous feir ;
Like twined liuks of the yellow gold
Was the waving of her hair.
Her face was like a day in Juno,
When all is sweet and still,
And the shadows of the summer clouds
Creep softly o'er the hill.
O, my sister's voice ? I hear it yet,
It comes upon mine ear,
Like the singing of the joyous bin!,
When the summer months are near.
Sometimes the notes would rise at eve,,
So fairy-like and wild,
My mother thought a spirit sang,
And not the gentle child.
But then we heard the little feet
Come dancing to the door,
And met the gaze of brighter eyes
? Than ever spirit wore. ^
And she would enter full of glee
Her long fair tresses. bound
With a garland of the simple flowers,
By mountain streamlets found.
She never bore ihe garden's pride,
The red rose, en her breast ;
Our own sweet wild flower ever loved
The other wild flowers best.
{ ...
T-Iake^tBem she seemed to cause no toil,
? no pain or care,
"Sot to "bask and bloom on a lonely spot
* . In the warm and sunny air.
And oh ! like them as they come in Spring
And with Summer's fate decay
She passed with the sun's last parting smile
from life's rough path away.
i
And when she died, ? neath an old oak-tre<3
. . My sister's grave was made ;
For, when on earth, she used to love
Its dark and pensive shade.
And every Spring in that old tree
The song^biruff build their nests,
And wild-Howere blow on the soft green-turf
, Where my dead sister rests :
AndilieMyWrenof our village say
That On my sister's tomb.
The wild-flowere are the last that lade
And the first that ever bloom.
' There is no stone raised there to tell
" My sister's name and age,
For that dear name in every heart
Is car v ad on memory's page.
. ' V i y
We miss beria the hour of joy,
For when all hearts were light,
> There was no step so gay as her's,
- No eyes so glad and bright
We raise hec nv the hour of woe,
' Fbr then she tried to cheer,
And the soothing words of the pious chid
Could dry the mourner's tear.
, , , * . ?. 5 . . - f
Even when she erred, we could not elide,
Fbr thougli the fault was small,
She always mourned so much? and sued
For parson from us all.
She was too pure for earthly love ?
Strength to our hearts was given, /
And we yielded her in her childhood'/ light,
' KrirhtPr ir K^^ ? ?
AN INGENIOUS TRICK.
An English paper relates the following in
genious mode of " raising the wind" practised
by a'musician, on the credulity of tie inhab
itants of a -country town, not long since : ?
: -H A foreigner named Vogei, a celebrated
flute player, advertised a concert foe his bene
fit, and in order to attract those wto
?T ? - ? had no music m their sotis,
.S* And were, not toov'd by Concord) of sweet
V-* ? - sounds," ' ; . j
he announced that between the actahe would
exhibit ah extraordinary Jfeet ?ever ijefore wit
nessed in Europe, fle.#ouUi bold jn his left
band a gfes "of wine, and- would- alj>w six of
the strongest; men in tfre? town to' hold his
arB^and^twithstanding all ^t heir ^fforis to
^^fen^ljimt would ^rink the wine i So nov
el and so surpassing: a display of' "stc ngt h , as
it- wasr H^tqr^y^^arded^ ^Uractid, a very
?rowded^ bouse^and, expectation \?s on the
t^jo^'when'ouriiero appeared rop; the stage
in hand, and politely invito any half
dozen of theaadience to- come .fojward and
-test.' ?ejeraI gen
Uen^n/amcK^twhotn was the Miry or of the.
v advanced to tbe$tage, and
& acra of VogeV apparently
iformance of his promised feat
ionv ww a n awful
&enoer vm t^und hero,
? ,-JSvho badpinioned him,
?r.. English, ? Jpnt^lraen are
iAre yoy quite aurei you have
id 1 The answer 'basing been,
affirmative, by a very confident
-uya^fu^ijc^jB^'to whom it ? was addressed,
"Vogel/lo thVln finite amusement of the spec
tatorsv and teIthe no small surprise of- the
"'irim 'advancing his right arm,
?iifefel^ery coolly took the wineglass
jrwiurtHl lefCbandi *ai lowing very politely
tothelSalf dozen -ger^Temen said,-" Jontceli
tlie" honor to drink all your good
beakh/' and attbe same time quaffing off
aio wine,' amidst the laughter and univer
isal-criee of" Bravo, bravo, well done Vogcl,f
^ It cannot 6e denied that Vogel literary
redeemed his pledge; the condition was, that
his arm ^iould be held, but not a word was
said al>out ;,jbis hand;-Ire very ingeniously
ava iled Jurasel f <6f tbe oversight , nor could he
be fairly cbarged wi^i- resorting to trick or
subterfuge.'v" ;
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D^ABial^^iMAdNANellTY.
During the first winterJ tfiat passed at vienna,
in 167%, t becaineicqUainted with the coqnt,
and counters P^dotskfeShe^ wag one ofthe J
.most beautiful and accom p! i&hed __ women of
high rank, whom I have seen on the conti
nient. Hsjr. husband a great Polish nobleman
" hereditary cup hearer, or u grand echanfiion
offthexrtfwn, had become in some measure
4ir Austrian/subject in consequence of the
j^t^pAtrtotism of Poland, which took place
in 1772. Hia patrimonal estate, lying princi
pally In, that southern portion of the kingdom
Whichiktl totbeshartf of Maria Theresa, he
ofconrse repaired frequently to Vienna; be^
t ween which capital and Warsaw he divided
bis time. During the winter of 1776, as the
-oQlht and cOiinteOTi Pod?)tski Were on their
way from Vienna to Cracow, the wolves which
-abound in the Carnathian" mountains, ^rendered
morer than ordinarily bold and ferocionsj. In
conseqnence of the severity of the season
I descending in great number, began to follow
i the carriage between the two little towns of
! Oswiezk and Zitor ; the latter of which places
I is only a few leagues distant from Cracow. ?
! Of two servants who attended him," one had
been sent forward to Zitor for the purpose of
I procuring post horses. The other/* Hydoc,
to whom he was attached on account Of his i
fidelity, finding tiio wolves r&pidly gaining
ground on them, rode up, and exhorted the
count to permit him to abandon to thc?e ani
mals his horse, as such a prey would naturally
arrest their impetuosity, and allow time for
the count and countess to reach Zitor. ?
Podotski immediately agreed to the proposal
and the Heyduc, mounting behind the carriage
left his horse, who was soon overtaken and
torn into a thousand pieces.
They continued their journey meanwhile
with all posible speed in the hope of getting
to the town, from which they were at an in
considerable distance. But tl.eir horses were
bad; and the wolves become more ravenous,
as well as eager, by having tasted blood al
reany u-rrp ? W this
extremity, the , Heyduc said* to his master,
"there is only one way lefc^to save us. We
shall ali be devoured in a few minutes, f am
ready to sacrifice myself, by -going to meet the
wolves, if you will swear to he a father to my
wife and children. 1 shall be destroyed ; but
while they arc occupied in falling upon me,
you may escape." Podatski, after a moment's
reluctance to accept the offer pressed never
theless by the prospect of immincut destruc
tion to them all, and seeing no prospect of
other means of extrication, consented, and
assured him that if ho were capable of de*
voiingMiiinself for their common preservation,
his faniily should find in him a constant prON
tector. The Heyduc instantly descending
advanced to meet the wolves who surrounded
and soon despatched him. But his rnagnanU
mous sacrifice of himself in checking the .
ardor ol their pursuit, allowed count Pgdotski
time to reach the gates of Zitor in, safety, 1 be
lieve count Podotski has religiously fulfilled
his engagement, to befriend the family of his
faithful servant. I cannot say that I have
heard him relate this story himself; but I have
received from those persons who knew its
authenticity, and who recounted it to me at
Vienna, while the count was engaged in the
same room at play, in the hotel of the French
ambassador, the Baren De Breteuil, only
about two years after it took place. An in
stance of of prompt, cool and general act of
devotion, is perhaps not to be found in the
history of mankind, nor ought its value
to be in any degree diminished by the
consideration than even if *the Heydnc had
not acted as he did, they must all probably
have perished together.
From the Nat'cmal Intelligencer.
THE VICE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS.
Richard M. Johnson, of Kentucky, Vice
President elect, being on Saturday last conduc
ted to the Secretary's table of the Senate
by Mr. Grundy, and the oath to support the
Constitution of the United States having been
administered to him, Mr. King vacated the
chair, and TVfr. Johnson hi? seat as Vice
nf 1 inirai >i.' < ~ . n ? ?, ,
of the Senate. The following were his re
marks on that occasion :
Gentlemen of the Senatb : In enter*
ing upon the discharge of the duties of the I
presiding officer of this body, the necessity of
addressing its members has been very much !
lessened, if not superseded, by the opportunity
afforded me of preseniing some of my senti
ments when I accepted the situation.
I cannot, however, permit the present occa
sion to pass without aofain tendering to you
my grateful acknowledgments for the honor
conferred upon me by your choice.
There is not, in my opinion, upon this
globa, a legislative body more respectable and
more exalted in character, than the Senate of
the United States; and there is not, perhaps,
a deliberative assembly existing where the
presiding officer has less difficulty in preserv
ing order. This facility is attributable prin
cipally to twoj causes: the intelligence and
patriotism of the members who compose the
body, and that personal respect and courtesy
which have always been extended from one
member to another in its deliberations. These
qualities have a tendency to produce a unity t
of design, and a mutual confidence, in the
ultimate object of all, whatever difference of
opinion may exist in relation to the means of
gaining the common end ; and inculcate that
sentiment of equality among the members
which enstitutes the essential principle of our
free institutions, and which will never cease to
animate a body so enlightened as this.- *I*hese
reflections have mitigated the intense anxiety
of mind, and well-founded apprehensions,
arising from a consciousness of my own7defi>
ciency of qualifications to preside over tbip
elevated body. ?*> / / ?>"
In the exercise of the powers .conferred
upon me by the Constitution, it shall be 'my
effort to pursue that course of conduct which
has recommended me to the consideration of
my'fellow-citizens? a faithful discharge &F my
public duties to the extent of my abilities, and
in a manner that shall seem best calculated to
gi ve "satisfaction to all- Contempla ting the
duties "and ceremonies of this day, it might
be considered improper in me to consume any
more of your time bj[ adverting to other subv
jects, however relevant to the new position
which I now occupy. I shall therefore close
rny temarks'By informing the. Senate that I
am now ready to proiceed with the business for
which we aic assembled. _ ? > .
From the National Inteuigene?r.
The President and Congress. ? The
Following is a copy' of a bill which passed
both Houses of Congress by. majorities pf con
siderably" more than two to one | _ which, was
sent to the President " of the United. States
several days before the end of the 'session for
his approbation ; but which he neither ap
proved "nor disapproved, but withlield from the
action of Congress and thus evaded the ia-^
junctions -of the Censtitntion, and defeated
the fail 1 : '
AN ACT designating ancf limiting the funds'
receivable for 'the revenue of.-tbe United
States. X -y.' ' >;> ?" '* . : -
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States ;\o?
' America inJCoilgress assembled, That the
Secretary of. the Treasury, be, and hereby is,
^required to.' adopt such measure* as he may
deem necessary to effect a collection of the
public revenues of the United States, whether
arising from duties, taxes, ri*>h ,
lands, in the manner and on tlie?|$iicip!efcf
herein provided ; that is, that no suphd uties,
taxes, debts, or sums of money '*bayabW^i)jr
lands, shall be collected or received othervv'Se
than in the legal currency ot th? J
States, or in notes of banks whic6>kto
ble and paid on demand in the sa d : 1
rency of tue United States, under
ing restrictions and conditions i
such notes, to wit : from aod after the
of this act, the notes of no baik wlia
issue or circulate bills or note^of a less
ruination than five dollars ffhailMte'reccived on
accoant of the public dues, 'and firojb and
after the thirtieth day of Dccembeti^riihteeu
hundred and ihicty-nine, the notes jTfto bank
which shall issue or circulate bills or/notes of
a less denomjuation-than tenv dollar/ shall be
receivable ;v and from and after thef' th.rtieth
day of December, one thousaud eigK hundred
and forty one, the Tike prohibition shall be
extended to the notes of all bank a tsajri ng Jai lis
or notes of a Jess denomi nattq^jtoi.- 1 vfenf r
dollars. - , ' *"*'
' ; Sec. 2. And be it further ehacte*rThat no }
notes 6haH be received by the collectors -or
receivers of the public money which the banks,
in which they are .to be deposited, shall noK
under the supervision and .control of the Sec
retary of the Treasury, agree to pass to the
credit of the United Sfates as cash : Provided,
That, if any deposit bank shall refuse to. re
ceive and pass to the. credit of the United
States as cash any notes receivable under the
provisions ol this acti which said bank in" the
ordinary course of business, receives on gene
ral deposite,-the Secretary-of the Treasury is
hereby authorized to .withdraw the pabiic
deposites from said bank. v
Sec. 3, "And be it further enacted, That
this act shall notbeso construed as to prohibit "
receivers or collectors: of the dues of the
Government from receiving for the public
lands any kind of land scrip or Treasuijr
certificates new authorized by law* .but the?
same shall hereafter be received for tbevj
public lands? in the same way and manner^
as has heretofore been practised, and it Bhatt
not be lawful for the Secretary of the Trea-.
sury to make any discrimination in the funds
receivable between the different branches of
the public revenue, except as is provided in
this section.' ?> . " *
. JAMES K. POLK, ' i
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
W. R. KING, *.
President of the Senate protempore.
I certify that this bill did oi . jinate - in the
Senate.
ASBURY BICKINS, Secretary: " "
In the Globe of yesterday morning we find
the following publication- of a paper,' expla'.
natory'of the fate of the above bill, which
the President did not address to the body in.
which the bill originated, but has caused to be
published in the official paper : ..5
Reasons of President Jackson for not acting
definitively on the bill entitled ~.<4An act
designating and limiting the funds receiva*
ble for the revenues of tha United Slates."
The bill from the Senate entitled "An act
designating
to rr.y hands yesterday, at two\fclock/fc~
On perusing it, 1 found its provisions so cocn^
plex and uncertain, that 1 deemed it necessary
to obtain the opioion of the Attorney Genet al
of the United States, on several important
questions, touching its construction and eifect,
before I could decide on the disposition to be
made of it. ,
The Attorney General took up the subject |
immediately, and his reply was reported to
me this day at five o'clock, P. M. As this
officer, after a careful and laborious esami*
nation of the bill, and a distinct expression
of his opinion on the points proposed to him,
still came to the conclusion that the construc
tion of the bill, should it become a law, would
be yet a subject of much perplexity and doubt,
(a view of the bill entirely coincident with my
own) and as 1 cannot think it proper, in a
matter of such vital interest, amj of such con
stant application, to approve a bill so liable to
diversity of interpretations, and more espe
cially as I have not had time time, admid the
duties constantly pressing on raer to give the
subject that deliberate consideration which its
importance demands, I am cc^rained to
retain this bill, without acting definitively
thereon ; and to the end that jny reasons for
this Btep may be folly understood, l-?ball.
cause this paper, with; the opinion of the 1
A ttorney General , and t he > J>itt . i n questioo, *
to be deposited io the Department of (he State.
ANDREW j&GKSOR*
Washington, March 3, i before I2 P, M* .
FROM ST. AUGUSTINE.
The schr. S . ji-~MiHe, Cajrt.. SqutJiwick
arrived" ai this port last evening from St.
Augustine. We iearn from <^iifc,S/that
few moments before he left, ao express ar
rived from Picoiata, dated thesaine morning,
(18th in8t.) which . slated that the Indians
attacked that place the evening previous, and
were beaten off; the bugle was sounding, as
the Mills was leaving the wharf, for Capt.
Hannon's Company to muster and march
forthwith to Picclatar Cipt, S. did not learn
the particulars of the attack at Picoiata; it
was reported that the Indians carried off some
horses with them. ?* * - \ * ?
The Herald- of ther 15th inst. says, **The
bodv of Lt. who. was killed iy the
blowing up^of the steam boat Dolphin , on the
17tlr Dec. last* -was found on the. beach a few
miles north of this city, on Thursday last.
OCH CORRESPOND!: XT-]
" J ' > He?ld Office, )
St. Auoustike, March 17, 1837. J
i- v TH&, notorious Andrew Gue , captured I
^Tlik Negro, belonging to Capt. Gue of this
"city, who ranaway from his master in Jane
last, was captured on Thursday morning at
4 A. fit. > by a detachment of six men, under
-Lieut. John Fereira, of Capt. Hanson's com
pany of^Mounted Volunteers. Andrew is a
yoang negro, not exceeding 21 years of age,
and active and enterprising. He went off aud
joined the Indians, and after being with them
some weeks lie returned clandestinely to
town, and held a meeting witn some of bis ;
.friends and enticed some of them off. At.
this time, hestatedi that he had become fiigh
in the confidence of the Indians, and he only
wanted a white man's scalp to make him
great man. On several occasions since, he
has made his appearance in the vicinity, and
was withtlje gang of negroca whea Capt.
Hiuson kil0d *Joha.Ca)SWv at which lime he
teceiTed l^^gjrowds. Ifc aays h*bl*d cod'
siderabfy, untilhis strength wan almost gone,
and since that time he his not seen or spo
ken lo any per^jy^U,gir?> :i He hatrremained
in the neighborhood of the pi ice he was
wounded, *ubsisiing on {Orta, until, he
wa* induced, from hunger to come to our
neighborhood for provision, and vvuich result*
ed in bis capture. Andreas la in prison.
We have uot seen hum , fy* understand he
gives the details, of a plot which was formed
by the Indians and Neggfoe^ to > attack and
born the town. So many reports and stories
ire in circulajtionastowhat he says. it is
difficult to believe tUem, and ire will not
repeat them. An Express arrived here from
Qcn J ess u p this morninjft bringing despatches
as lote as the 121 h Jr Mareli ? Wc under
stand he is not so singuine as to ihe result
of the treaty, lately entered in^ '. witb the
Chieis, aa the letters published in bur last,
lie expressed douhts as to the skifity of the
flfcicfo; to govern tbgir^people, and^articu
terlv iherr young menr^He *lao, doubts the
faith i^Philip the Chief of the T^koliky
Indiana. - Philip has a force of 400 men it is
said. A turntway nam^d Smart be
longing to the estates of the late Pablo Saba
ti, Esq., who went off some time test summer,
has nlso made his appearance in tbis vicinity.
He met e negro woman about half a mile
froav^own^and told his name, and threatened
to Jiill her if she told tlie whites that lie was
in the neighborhood. " A m^' of mert have
g5ne out to endeavor to-wprehend him.
' From the Chronicle end Sentinel Extra.
AUGUSTA, Geo.
We received this* eeenig^a jalap fiom the
effice of'lhe Savannall Georgian, containing
the following, highly* gratifying intelligence,
and hasten to lay it before our readerf. The
Florida war may be cpnaidcred at aa.end.
? ' \Z ? ?/ r Oirtiog, i
Savannah,' March 16.? 2 P. M. \
IMPORTANT FftOM FUMHM.
The steamboat Charleston, Capt. Bonnell,
arrived this , morning from Garey's Ferry,
Florida, and convey* Jthe gratifying intelli
gence that hosttf iea have ceased, and a treaty
Itad been concluded with Jumper and other
Clucfs.^VVa. have bees fa?ored-by several
gentlemen with the following extracts of let
ters, which induce us, tVlMgth. to believe
-that a termination of this savage and bloody
warfare may be effected, and our gallant army*
relieved from a duty which they have met
with alacrity, while Weeding Florida will ob
iain that repose, her suffering inhabitants so
much iiecd- ? ?*' *
TOapt. Harris is tlig. boorce gfdespstehf,
and has a copy of t he treaty wiihlbe-iodtan*,
.We learn thai PhUip afWHlM i*py had
not signed the treaLy. Micanopy says, that
he has beea blamed for being against the war
??that if they made * treaty he would *ign it
?that Paynes treaty will be recognized.
Extract of a letter dated .
"Camp ruts Fort Dana, )
. March A 1887.^
M returned- last niglilfrona* very disagree
We U?'fgrea-^Uf'ol
was n nit h worse than merchtatf^e expecta
tion of meeting an enemy? for tfcfcli there was
excitement. The General ia iMjnflflUV W *
large party coming in, but it is very doubtlul
whether tho otiiers want peace. ; -
"Jumper was in camp yesterday, and brings
word from Micanopy tnat be will agree to amy
thing that Jumper says, .and that when a day
is fixed upon he will.comera with bis people,
their wi^es, children and goods.
?4 lie says that Jumper is h's sense bearer.
In fact, they tell us that the Governor is an
idiot, and too fat to come, and does not like
to le i ve home, and many^ other tales which
nay or may not be troe. ^
It is curious that Osoola has been invested
by the, whites with so many virtues and so
much authority, for the truth is he never ha#
been nor is he, a cbieTjof any note among
them, and bis namo is never mentioned unless
he mllpquired for. -:i. V ? ? / ?. '> ' -
??He is said to be a good warrior?has tried
to save the lives of aornenegro prisoners and
one JBxptess, who was kilwffi aai has only
two or three followers, and tf?t his word is
not more thin that of any good warrioca among
thcm. ' "
"*Qen. Jesup is sure of one thing, that *r
the other tribes dont chose peace nesv cnongb
of the Seminoles,proffer, joi?,himtn act a* -
guides in thi* ijit copatry,. off which aohttle
Lbeen,nayet,exp^. ..
Twelve hostages have faaea living in camp
for ten days past, and otheim-hava been co^
-?Miuica 5; 1887? afternoon.
Jhiwo jart been attenipig the talk between
the head Chiefs of the hoetiles and Gen. Jes
up: Jumper says he will not fight any more?
nor -cant fight a whole nation Tike us? we are
too numerous, and hia feelings _were hurt in
finding his own relations (the Creeks) fighting
against them too.
Micanopy has sent out the talk, and if any
of the Indians refuse to come in they will set
tle :it themselves.
*f\Vhen the General pushed him a little
about the time of their coming to Tampa?he ?
said, that if he agreed to hurry in, it might be
supposed they wcreecared, which was not the-*
caB0 ? they were anxious for peace and would'
come in. ^ .v * .
"After a.shert conversation General Jesup
oave him till to-morrow evening or the next
morning to consulthis brethren and the Creeks
and give his answer.1'
TREATY CONCLUDED.
"March 0 ? afternoon. '
- ??Jumpen Cloud, Holatouchey, and others,
have just signeda treaty of the following ef
fect. All hostilities are to cease from this >
time, and by the 1st of April all the Indiana
are to be south*of t lie Bill?bdfo,Ii!d of aline
drawn Bast through Fort Foster.
?* fly the Itkh of April all are to be in at.
Tampa with their families to take transports
for the West. All the privileges of the treaty
of Payne's landing are secured them, they are :
to be paid for their Cattle and pomes, and to
receive rations. . Hostages remain with us. .
??ln ten days Micanopy is to come in, and
stay where tbe Commanding General chooees.^_
The negross that are bona nde their own, are
also secured to them." o