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Classical Teacher Wanted THE Subscriber and his associates have erected in Columbia a comfortable School House, in a retired and pleasant part of the town, for the accom modation of twenty Scholars, and they wish to pro core a TEACHER who can fit boys for college and come well recommended. The allowance for Tui tion will be Fifty Dollars a year, payable quarterly. The place can be had immediately by applying to A. BL AN DING. March 3. 9 Division Orders. HEAD QUARTERS? THIRD DIVISION. ) WrjfxssoROCGH, January 25, 1838. $ #*10L0EL George Lightner and Captain Jo scph McXplltn having been duly appointed and commissioned, the former Assistant Adjutant General, with the rank of Colonel, and the latter Di vision or Deputy Quarter Master General, with the rank of Major, tney will be obeyed and respected ac eordingly. - By order of Major General BUCHANAN. 9 Samuel H. Yongce, Aid-de-camp. Strayed or Stolen. FROM the Subscriber, living in Butcher town, above Columbia, on the night of last Sunday, a bay mare between 13 and 14 hands high, 6 or 7 years old, one glass eye, a mark like a scald on one hip and both hind legs, body marked with the traces some what. I will give five dollars for the Mare, or ten dollars, upon evidence to convict the thief. JOHN ZENONY. Feb. 23, 1833 8 2t The Patent Corn. COPY OF MR. BADEN'S LET TER. Near Nottingham, Prince Georges Co., Jan 26, 1837. SIR ?? ? I received yours of the I4th, making inqui ry respecting the " Maryland Corn," which you understand I had raised. 1 have the pleasure to say, that I have brought this corn to its high state of per fection, by carefully selecting the best seed in the field for a long course of years, having especial refer ence to those stalks which produce the most ears. Whea the corn was husked I then made a re -selec tion, taking only that which appeared sound and ful ly ripe, having a regard to the deepest and best col or, as well as to the size of the ear. In the spring, before shelling the corn, I examined it again, and se lected that which was the best in all respects Jn shewing the corn, I omitted to take the large and small kernels at both the large and small ends. I Jiave carefully followed this mode of selecting seed corn for twenty-two or twenty-three years, and still continue to do so. When I first commenced it was with a common kind of corn, for there was none oth er in this part of the country. If any other person undertook the same experiment I did not hear of it ; I do not believe others have exweised the patience to bring the experiment to the present state of per fection. At first I was troubled to find stalks with even two good ears on them ; perhaps one good ear and one small one, or one good ear and a " nubbin." It was several years before t could discover much benefit molting from my efforts ; however, at length (heqoahty and quantity began to improve, and the improvement was then very rapid. At present I do not pretend to lay up any seed without it comes from stalks which bear four, five, or six ears. I have seen staiks bearing eight ears. One of ray neighbors in formed me that he had a single stalk with ten perfect ears on it, and that he intended to send the same to the Museum at Baltimore. . In addition to the num ber of ears, and of course the great increase in quan tity anshelled, it may be mentioned, that it yields much more .than common corn when shelled. Some gentlemen, m whom I have foil confidence, informed me they shelled a barrel (ten bushels of ears) of my kind of corn, which measured a little more than six bushels. ? The common kind of corn will measure about five bushels only. I believe I raise double, or nearly so, to what I could with any other corn I have ever seen. I generally plant the corn about the first of May, and place the hills five feet apart each way, and have two stalks in a hilL I can supply you with aft the seed you may need, and I suppose I have no' in my corn-house fifty, and perhaps more stalks, with the corn on them as it grew in the field, and none with less than four, and some six or seven ears on them. I will with pleasure send you some of these stalks, and also some seed corn, if I can get an oppor tunity Early last spring I let George Law, Esq., of Balti more city, have some of this seed corn ; he sent it to his friead in Illinois, with instructions how to manage it. A few weeks since, he informed me that the in crease was one hundred and twenty bushels on an acre; that there was no corn in Illinois like it, and that it produced more fodder than any other kind. I bare supplied many friends with seed corn, but some of them have planted it with other corn, and will, I fear, find it degenerate. I have lately been inquired of if this corn was not later than other kinds ? It is rather earlier? certain ty not later. Corn planted in moist or wet soils will I not ripen, so quick as that which is planted on dry aoiL In the former there will be found more damp ness in the cob, although the kernel may appear equally ripe in both. In the two last years, the wet seasons have injured much, corn that was too early ^lofted" or housed* I believe I have answered most of your inquiries. I hope I have not exaggerated ? I have no motive for doing so. I raise but little corn to sell, as tobacco is my principal crop. Should I fail to send you some seed this spring, ^ will next summer gather some stalks with the cot n, fodder, and tassels and all, as they grow, and send to you, that you may judge So melfof the superiority of this over the common id of corn. *, Yoor's &c. THOMAS N. BADEN. Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents, Washington City. [Extract from Mr. Ellsworth's Letter.] u Patent Office, Jan. 30, 1837. " Sir : ? Hearing of some great improvement that had been made in the common corn, I addressed a letter to Mr. Baden, a highly respectable gentleman in Maryland, to ascertain what facts I could n the subject. His letter is very interesting, nnd I trans mit yott a copy of :t. This experiment of Mr. Baden shows most clearly what can be done to improve seeds, by carefully selecting each year the best kind Theoretical opinions sustain Mr. Baden : but few experiments have been tried so successfully. What iffwht be effected for agriculture by sia ilar efforts !' The lise efforts in improving the breed of animals have been crowned wita great success, especially in Europe. I avail myself oF this opportunity to send you a small sample of the corn mentioned by Mr. Ba en. I wiU only add, that I have conversed with several persons who have planted the "Baden ' com, ano the concurrent opinion of all sustains the statement made m the letter. I have a few aamples at the P?ent Office, of corn raised in this neighbor hood, which has four and five ears on a stalk : and 1 /?rtof?>inincr sir. seven, and tMKiu, ?uvu .... expect soon some stalks containing six, seven, and eight ears. If this corn were generally introduced, how greatly the amount of bread-stuffs might be in creased, without any extra labor. I hope some pub lic spirited citizens will try to improve wheat, oats, " - ?? -i _ yy mmr * iyt> barley, and other grains." The above Corn for safe by R. E. RUSSELL Ttb.Zi. Proclamation. I By his Excellency PIERCE M. BUTLER, Esquire, Governor and Commander-in-chief in and over the State of South Carolina. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Columbia, I9th Feb., 1833. WHEREAS, information has been received at this Department, that MINA McCOY did, about two years ago, feloniously steal, take, and car ry away a Negro man slave, the property of T. L. Kennedy, of Sumter District, in this State, and did also, about thesame time, feloniously steal, take, and carry away three other Negro slaves, the property of Willis Spann, of ihe District and State afore said, and hath since fled from justice ? NOW KNOW YE, That to the intent the said Mina McCoy may be brought to legal trial and con dign punishment for the crimes aforesaid, I do here by offer a reward of three hundred dollars for the apprehension and delivery of the said Mina McCoy, into any jail within this State. The said Mina Mc Coy is about five feet ten inches high, rather slen der made, weighs about 140 pounds, natural com Elexion fair, but somewhat weather beaten, dark air, thin visage, ful1 white teeth in front, and shows them very plain when laughing or in conversation, lett eye out, which is very visible, though the ball has not entirely sunk, shoulders round, with arms thrown a little forward, and voice strikingly nasal. Given under my hand and the seal of the State, this nineteenth day ot February, in the year nf our Lord one -thousand eight hundred and thirty -eight, and in the sixty-second year of the independence ol ?he United Sta.e, of America. p ^ BUTLER. rL. S.1 By order. B. H. Saxon, 8 | Secretary of State. Take Notice. THE Subscriber takes this method of informing those who are indebted to him by note or ac count, that was due on first January, 1837, that il not paid bffore return day, their notes or accounts will be put in the hands of authorized persons for collection. ROBERT WADDELL. Feb. 24, 1S38. 8? 3tis SOUTH CAROLINA? FAIRFIELD DISTRICT. j Feb. 28, 1833. TOLLED before me, by Benjamin Nickey, a bay MARE MULE, age unknown, no visible brands appraised at lhi"y#i^IOORE Q v, Polock, Solomon, Sc Co, HAVE just received and offer for sale the fol lowing: Superior Bleached Sperm Oil ; New Orleans Clarified and Lump Sugar ; Goshen Butter ; New Orleans Molasses, very fine; Piime Rice, die. ALSO, 10,000 superior quality Spanish CIGA RS, in boxes of 125 each. March 3, 1838. 9 Louisville, Cincinnati, and CHARLESTON RAIL ROAD COMPANY. WfOTICE is hereby given, that according to a re 1^1 solution of the Directors, an instalment of Five Dollars on each share in this company, is hereby called for, to be paid on or before the first Monday in A?ril next. The said payment may be made into any bank within the States of Soc^th Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, or Kentucky, in the bills of any of the said banks in good credit", or to any Director of the Grei eral Board, or to any Board ol Commis sioners appointed to receive the original subscrip ^Certificates will be forwarded to the Treasurer in Charleston, of the amounts so paid in. The Dayment of the instalment now called tor is indispensable, to enable the company to carry*on their operations. The Charleston and Hambucg Rail Road has been purchased, and the first link in the chain, ^ which is to extend across the mountains, has been laid out. A loan of a million^ of dollars under the guarantee of j the State of South Carolina, is about to be effected, and a resolution has been adopted, to put the Rail Road Bank in operation early in the fall. To secure to themselves the advantages of these measures, the stockholders are requested to comply with the requisition now made, which will enable the company to proceed vigorously with the prosecution of the work. E. H. EDWARDS, Treasurer. Feb- 28. 9 The State of South Carolina, RICHLAND DISTRICT. IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY. George W. E. Green, by Guardian, Applicant. Against Daniel H. Tillinghast,' Thomas H. Wade, Mary Wade, Ann Wade, Loui a Wade, Leroy Boyd and wile Sarah. Wm Ferguson and wife Louisa, and the Children of Humpto iWade r" appearing to my satisfaction that Daniel H. Tillinghast, Mnry Wade, Ann Wade, Louisa Wade, Leroy Boyd and wife Sarah, and the children of Hampton Wade, some of the defendants, reside without this State : It is therefore ordered, that they do appear and object to the division or sale of the real estate of Elizabeth Green, on or before the first xMon dav of May next ensu'ng, or heir cogent to the same will be entered of record JAMES S GU1GNARD, Ordinary. Columbia, 28th February, 1833. 9 ? 8w The Heirs and Represen tatives of Mrs Elizabeth ^ Green, deceased, the wife of Dr. Samuel Green, late of Columbia, deceased. In Equity. SUMTER DISTRICT-JANUARY TERM, 1838. The Winyaw Indigo Society et al,") vs. John V. Cowling and wife and J W. W. Anderson IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that John V. Cowling and Sarah J. his wife reside without the limits ot this State : It is &herefore or dered, that the saiu John V. Cowling and his wife do j appear, plead, answer or demur to the said bill with j in three months from the publication of this order, , and in default thereof, that the said bill be taken pro | confesso against them. I by order of the C<-urt. I 9? 3m JOHN B. MILLER, Corar. Edgar's Hotel. Adam Edgar begs leave to inform the Citizens of Columbia, and ail Person or Persons whatsoever, that he has again taken his old stand ; where every at' en tion will be paid to Travellers and Boarder* ; and as sures the Public generally that every effort shall be used to give satisfaction. His Table, Bar, and Stable shall have a full and constant spply of every article the market or country can afford; and his faithful Ostler Jess will at all times be found at the stable. ADAM EDGAR. N. B. As the Proprietor has been compelled reluc tantly to take possession of his old stand, he again offers it for Sale or Rent. To a competent person, of good character, the terms will be made liberal. It is unnecessary to say ajiy thing about the stand; it is known over the whole southern country. March 3. 9 R List of Letters EMAINING in the Post Office at Columbia, on the 1st March, 1838. Allen, Joseph D Allen, L C Anderson, A Allston, John A B Bates, Martha R Bryant, John Beaity, Juhn Brooks, Preston Barrett, James Barrel t. MrsJudah Bookter, C Bacon, Augustus Q Belton, H lG Bull, Wm A Bronson, Mrs Mary Butler, Mrs E Bishup. J T Bust, Wm P C Collins, Jesse Coleman, Ellen Crim, Samuel Cobb, John G 2 Collins, Ira 2 Clendenin, Nancy 2 Caldwell, Lewis M Can pbeli, R L Capers, Susan B Cullen, P W Chappell, IS ChaopelL, Margaret I* Cook, Mary Chijolm, Thomas H D Daniel, James M 2 Davis, Mrs Mary Davis, Henry Davis, Tohithy Daniels, Mrs E I H Dubose, L W E Earle, B J Edmunds, Mrs A V Edgar, Adam Edwards, John D F . Furnace, Miss Martha Fuller, Rev Richard G Gates, W Green. HP Griffin, Richard Green, L P Gibson, Nicholas George, Bobbe Geiger, I Wm Gerow, F P Gurtter, Erasmus Gibson, C U H Hunt, Wm G Hayes, Wm N Hays, Daniel Her'-emont, Aleiander Harrison, E W Uicklin, Jimes E Hiller, C M House, John Hanmon, Elias Hodge, Mary Ann Hory, D 1 He well, B F Henderson, C C 9 Herty, I E Hood, M C Joy, A E Junes, General Jones, Mrs Mary Ann K Kelly, Wm 2 Kelly, John L Lang, S 2 Lee, James Lawson, John & Co. Lewis, Miss S E Lester, Mrs L M McAIister, James D Myers, Miss Maria Myers, Mrs Phrebe 2 Mcintosh, J 2 Morgan, Joseph Marshall, Miss E Mahony, D McClennand, AW McGuinnies, W McGill, John P M Mickler, C P Price, Thomas A Posey, J B Patterson, J W R Raoul, F 2 Ray, W J L Rice, Wm Roach, A W Roach, T J Ross, John Rabb, John - Rocchietti S Smith, John (Admr. of Neil) Seigler, Daniel Simonds, L E Sair.mons, John Smith, WTm Simons, James Smith, Harvey Scoby, Mr Striplin, A 2 Striplin, E T Thomson, John D Terry, Joseph N Thomson, W R Taylor, Levy Turnipseed, Matthew W Weathers, M W Worthy, Buck Wade, T H Ward, Micajah 2 Watson, John Ware, A G Williams S or A Boden Wilson, J H Willard, N P Workman, John Wallace, Rev James Wood, K D M Wingard, Joseph Yeaman, Wm BENJAMIN RAWLS, P. M. CAPITAL PRIZE ?60,000. Brilliant and rich Scheme. 15 Drawn Numbers in each Package of 25 Tickets. Class No 1 lor 1838. ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY, for Internal Improvement in the District of Columbia. To be drawn in the city of Alexandria, D. C., On SATURDAY, the 24th day of MARCH, 1838. 75 Number Lottery ? 15 Drawn Ballots. SPLENDID SCHEME. 1 Prize of $60,000 1 . ? do .. 25,000 . 1 do 15,000 1 do 10,000 ? 1 do 9,000 1 do 8,000 1 do 7,500 1 do 7,000 1 do 6,000 1 do 5,000 1 do 4,000 1 do 3,000 1 do 2,500 1 do 2,220, 1 do 2,000 5 do ? 1,600 5 do - lt500 50 do 800 50 do 700 50 do 600 50 do 500 50 do 400 60 do 300 60 do 250 60 do 200 60 do 150 60 do 100 60 do ft) 60 do 80 60 do 70 60 do 60 120 do 50 5825 do 40 1770 do 24 7080 do 20 8850 do 16 8850 do 12 Tickets, $20 ; Halves, $10 ; Quarters, $5 ; OCT Orders from the country (free of postage) will meet with attention if addressed to D. S. GREGORY & Co., Managers, 26 Broad-street, Charleston, S. C. Feb. 10. 6? tM24 South Carolina . IN THE COMMON PLEAS. NEWBERRY DISTRICT. Dr M T Mendenhall, ) vs. > Declaration in Attachment. W W Turner. J WHEREAS the Plaintiff did this day file his declaration in the office of the Clerk of the Honorable Court, against the defendant, who is absent from and without the limits of this State, (as it is said) and having neither wife nor attorney known within the same, on whom a copy of the de claration, with a rule to plead thereto might be served : It is ordered that the defendant appear and plead to the same, within a year and a day, other wise final and absolute judgment will be given and awarded against him. y. j. Harrington, c. c. p. Office of Common Pleas, ) Newberry district, April 6th, 1837. ) June 17 24 In the Common Pleas. nes Fenton, vs. James T. Rives. , WHER EA S the Plaintiff in this action did on this day file his declaration against Jas. T. Rives the defendant who is absent from and without the limits of this State, (as it is said) & having neither wife or attorney known upon whom a copy of the above declaration wiih a role to plead thereto may be served : It is therefore in pursuance of the Acts of the General Assembly of the State in such cases made and provided. Ordered, that the defendant do plead thereto on or before the eighteenth day of October next, otherwise final and absolute judge ment will be then given and awarded against the said defendant. JAS. S.GUIGNARD, Clerk of the Court. Office of Common Pleas, ) Richland district, Oct. 17th, 1837. j Oct. 2T 42 James Fenton, , , vs. > Declaration in Attachment., BEAUTY'S EMPIRE. What avails thine iron brow. Strong one of the battle field ? Thou hast met a stronger now ? Render up thy lance and shield Yield at last ? who yielded never ; Beauty reigns on earth for ever. What avads thy purple pride, Monarch on thy golden throne ? Cast thy haughty looks aside ; Jewell'd slave, thy sovereign own. , Kneel ? thy whole allegiance give her, Beauty reign* on earth for ever. What avails thy lore severe, * Sage? by midnight taper sought ? ? Hark ! there's laughter in thine ear, And thy boasted strength is naught : Mocking all thy life's endeavor, Beauty reigns on earth for ever. Ah ! her might too well I know, Caught ? made fast ? by sweet surprise : Spare me, lips of rosy glow, Spare me, melting, sunbright eyes ! Only Death my chains can sever, Beauty rules the earth for ever. From the Charleston Courier , Feb. 27. ' PUBLIC MEETING. At a meeting of the Citizens of Charleston, held at the City Hall, last night, to receive the Report of their Delegates to the South ern Commercial Convention, his Honor, the Mayor, was called to the Chair, and H. Bai ley appointed Secretary. The Mayor stated the object of the meet ing. After which, the Hon. George M'Duf fie, one of the Delegates to the Convention, rose, and after returning his thanks for the honor conferred upon him by his being ap pointed one of the Delegates of the city, said, that although he had been engaged for nearly 20 years, , with but a brief interval, in the service of South-Carolina, and filled vari ous public situations, he doubted whether he had ever occupied one more honorable, more useful, or more important, than that of a re presentative of Charleston in the late Com mercial Convention. He then proceeded to show the indispensable necessity to the pros perity of the South of possessing a commerce under their own control; and traced the de cline which had marked the prosperity of the I South to our having permitted our commerce to be under the control of others. He con gratulated the South on the removal of some of the causes to which this drain of our pros perity was due, and upon the present signs of a reviving cdmmerce. Above all, he congrat ulated his fellow-citizens upon ihe union of feeling which prevailed to combine their ef j forts to build up again the lately depressed commercial prosperity of their country." He then pronounced an eloquent eulogium on commerce, and proceeded to show what was necessary to be done to promote the common object, and what the obstacles to be removed. Opening communications with the interior, and arranging the exchanges? edu cating our youth to commercial pursuits, which he declared to be more honorable than occupying a place at the fag end of the bar, or engaging in the miserable scrambles and squabbles of trading politicians. We want merchants, but we have capital in abundance, and every other element of commercial pros perity. We must secure the direct trade, which he contended was, from the nature of things, cheaper, and better in itself, than a circuitous trade, and its profits would be our own. He concluded with an animated appeal to the patriotism of the citizens of Charleston, who, he said, had ever been distinguished for their high minded devotion to their coun try. Never, he said, was there an occasion when their patriotic feelings and their most energetic action were invited to a more im portant object. Gen. Robert Y. Hatne also addressed the meeting in a strain of great eloquence, and concluded by offering the following pream ble and resolutions, which were seconded by C. R. Holmes, Esq., and the blank in the 5th resolution having been first filled, were unan imously adopted ; The citizens of Charleston have received with satisfaction the Report of their Dele gates to the Convention of Merchants and others, held in Augusta in October last, on the subject of establishing a direct trade with foreign countries. The harmony which marked all the proceedings of that Assembly, and the able manner in which the subject has been presented to the public in the Report to the Convention, and the Addrkss to the people of the Southern and South Western States, are calculated to make a deep impres sion on the public mind, and we trust may lead to the adoption of those measures which may eventually crown the patriotic efforts of the Convention with success. In order to contribute as far as may be in our power, to wards this most desirable object, the citizens of Charleston here assembled, do adopt the following Resolutions, viz: 1st. Resolved , That we believe it will be eminently conducive to the prosperity and welfare of the Southern States, that a direct IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADE with foreign countries should be established, and promot ed, and we entirely concur with the Conven tion, in *he opinion they have expressed, and which has been so forcibly illustrated in their Address? that' the Agricultural staples ofrtie Southern States, which form the basis of the foreign commerce of the Union, offer us fa cilities for carrying on this trade, greater than those possessed by any other portion of the Union. 2d. Resolved , That influenced by nospirit of unkindness towards our Northern brethren, and feeling in no degree jealous of their com mercial prosperity, we yet believe that it is a duty which we owe to ourselves, to use all honorable means to secure our fair share of the profits derived from the exportation ofour own productions, and the importation of those foreign goods which are received in exchange for them, which profits have heretofore been almost exclusively enjoyed by others, greatly to the injury of the South 3d. Resolved , That fully aware of the dif ficulty of changing the existing relations of commerce, or turning the current of trade I into new channels, we cordially concur in the propriety of appointing Delegates to meet the citizens of the other Southern States, in Con vention, at Augusta, on the first Monday in April next, that by wise and prudent mea sures, matured by the common counsels of all those interested, the accomplishment of our great object may be secured. 4th. Resolved , That deeply sensible of its being indispensably necessary to oursuccess, that free and direct communications should be opened, between the South Atlantic Cities and the Western States, in order to ftfrnish a market for the foreign goods which may be received in our ports, and to open a direct interior trade between the South and the West? we cordially appiove and will zeal ously support all those measures which may in our opinion be calculated to 4>p$h such communications, and establish^Suct con nections, believing that they win furnish the surest means of securing the prosperity of the Southern States, and strengthening the bonds of our Federal Union. 5th. Resolved , That influenced by these views, the following gentlemen be appointed Delegates to represent the City of Charleston in the Convention to be held in Augusta, in April next, viz: Gen. R. Y. Hayne, James Hamilton, Gen. George M'Duffie, Hon. Hen ry L. Pinckney, Hon. Thomas Bennett, John Robinson, James Adger, Col. A. P. Hayne, C. G. Memminger, Chancellor B. F. Dun kin, James Robertson, Alex. Black, A. To bias, David Alexander, R. W. Fort, L. M. Wiley, H. W. Conner, Henry Gourdin, An drew McDowall, I. E. Holmes, Judge Evans, Chancellor Harper, Judge O'Neal, Chancel lor Job Johnston, G. H. Kelsey, S. P. Ripy? Charles F. Lowndes, G. A. Trenholm, J. N. Cardozo, Ker Boyce. 6th. Resolved , That our fellow citizens in the several judicial districts of the State, be earnestly requested to hold public meetings at their respective Court Houses, to appoint Delegates to represent them in the Conven tion, and that His Honor the Mayor, in be half of the citizens, be requested to transmit copies of these proceedings to the different Districts, and take such other measures as he may think best calculated to promote our objects. 7th. Resolved , That the thanks of this meeting be presented to the Delegates whoso ably represented us at the Convention in Au gusta, in October last; to the Committee, for their report and address, and also to the Chairman aud Secretary of this meeting; and that these proceedings be published in all the gazettes of this city. The meeting then adjourned. H. L. PINCKNEY, Chairman. H. Bailet, Secretary. From the Neio York Herald. Chivalry of Rochester to Lady Head? Pro ject of Kidnapping the Lieut, Governor of Up per Canada . . . . . We regret to learn thatagrsatdealot nide ness and brutality was exhibited at the Eagle Tavern, Rochester, to Lady Head, the con sort of the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, as she passed through that city, on her way to New York. Her Ladyship was only accompanied by her daughter, and Mrs. Dal rymple, the widow of the General of that name, and sister oCSir Francis Head. They did not think it necessary to be accompanied by any gentleman ? as they thought that un protected females would find a passport every where in the gallantry and sense of honor ot the other sex, however their feelings might be excited by passing events, so thought the patriots of Rochester, ^bystander in forms us, that Lady Head aod ber female com panions had taken an extra, paid Ipeir way through to this city, and had the wag^MMn their possession. At the Eagle Tavero,y^Or Chester, where they stopped for an horr or two, a crowd collected, and were very aojwtw to know whether Sir Frauds waspres^and insisted upon knowing the fact, lq conse quence, several of the mob came room, and the clerk of the coach office made a demand for the way bill from Lady H*ad, and would not be satisfied until she delivered it up. The language of the crowd was very, violent, and the apprehensions of the ladies were very painfully excited by the menaces and curses of the persons round the house in reference to Sir Francis. Connected with this subject, we have ascer tained that, in expectation of the Lieut. Gov ernor passing that way, a gang had posted it self at Lewiston, with a view of taking pos session of his person, and carrying him to' Lockport, where the Grand Jury bad found a true bill against him, McNab and others, as being accessories in the Schlosser business. Fortunately for the honor and tranquility of these States, Sir Francis did not leave his government to escort his family, feeling fully confident thaffemales would be treated with respect every where. Had he passed through, the consequences would have been painful ; he would have resisted any indignity, and the evil passions which urged the instigators of such a plan, would have hurried them into further violence, and Lynch law might have been the result. Great Britain would have flown to aims, to avenge the insult offered to the representative of its crown, and we should have had to make a humiliating apology, or maintain an unjust course originating in vio lence, and supported by injustice. It is a bad business in every respect; and the spirit which prompts such manifestations, will yet set the frontier in a flame, unless energetically and immediately repressed. The militia of New York Stat# is estima ted at about 184,000, of which 7000 are horse and 9000 artillery. The whole num ber less by 8000 on the muster books than last year. The cause is not stated^ It is not diminished increase of populafkfti, bat perhaps greater emigration to the West. Carolina Hotel. " THIS Establishment is now placed in the most complete order for the re ception of Travellers and permanent Boarders, and the Proprietor assures those who may lavor him with their patronage, that no exertions will be spared to contribute to their comfort and convenience. The Proprietor takes this occasion to return his sincerc thanks for the very liberal support he ho* re* ceived for a series of years post, and assures his old customers that his arrangements are such as to ena ble him to offer better accommodations than at any other period since his commencement in business. 8TEWAKTV* Charleston, Jan. 20, 1838. 3 [From the Southern Literary Journal MEMOIR ON SLAVERY.? ContoiKoi. If we should refer to the common moral sense of mankind, as determined by their conduct in all ages and countries, for a stan dard of morality, it would seem to be in fa vor of Slavery. The will 0f God, aa.deter mined by utility, would be an infallible stan ^ fit, W?T .,ad a.n unerrin? measure ofutili ty. The Utilitarian Philosophy* as it h com monly understood, referring only ta the ani-*, mal wants and employments, and physical condition of man, is utterly false and degra ojng. If sufficiently extended definition be given to Utility so as to include every thing that may be a source of enjoymeutor suffer ing, it is for the naost psgt useless. How can you compare the pleasures resulting from the e*ei[cise the understanding, the taste and thejmagination, witji the animal enjoyments orthe senses? the gratification derived frogui fine poem with that of a richr banquet 7 How are we to weigh the pains and enjoyments of one man highly cultivated and of great sensi biiity, against those of many men of blunter capacity for enjoyment or suffering ? And if we could determine with certainty in what utility consists, we are so short sighted with respect to consequences? ?the remote results of our best considered actions, are so often wide of our anticipations, or contrary to them, that we should still be very much in the dark. But though we cannot arrive su absolute cer tainty with respect to the- utility of actions, it is always fairly matter , of, argument Though an imperfect standard, .it is the best we have, and perhaps the Creator did not in-* tend that we should arrive at perfect certain ty with regard to the morality, of, many ac* tions. If after the most careful examination of consequences that we are able to make, with due distrust of ourselves, we impartial) v, and in good faith, decide for that whic,h ap pears likely to produce the greatest good, we are free from moral gui/t. And I would im press most earnestly, that with our imperfect and limited faculties, and short sighted as we are to the future, we can rarely, very rarely, indeed, be justified in producing considerable,, present evil or suffering, in the expectation of remote future good ? if indeed this can ever be justified. In considering this subject, I stall not re gard it in the first instance ij) reference to the present position of the Slave-Holding States, or the difficulties which lie in the way of their emancipating their Slavey but as a naked, abstract question?whether it is better that the institution of j>raedial and do mestic Slavery should, or should not exist in civilized society. And though some of my remarks may seem to have such a tendency, let me not be understood as taking upon my self that it is bettet, t ha t it shd hid exist. God forbid that the responsibility of deciding sqcb a question should ever be. thrown .on jpe or my countrymen. Bat this I wi)l >?yt fm not without confidence, that it is in tl^e pow er of no human intellect to establish the con trary proposition ? that it is better it'.shottld not exist. This is probably known but one being, and concealed from human saga city. ' ' " i !* *? ? ? There have existed in va^'us ages^'^nd we now see existing in theiworld^ people in every stage of c ivifizatfon, ' from the most "bar barous to the most refiiied,^ l^dn, as THave said, is not bom to civilization. ' He is 'bOrp rude and ignorant.; Bift it Will be, ! suppose? admitted that it is the" dflftgW that he should attain to civilization/ religion should be.known,' tfet the com/pits and elegancies of life should be enjoyed,; that letters and arts' should be cultivated, in short, that there should be the greatest bossibfe de velopement of moral and intellectual excel lence. It can hardly be necessary to say any thing of thoscwho have extolled the superior virtu esr andenjoymerrtsof saVage 1 fife of physical wants sui(fsnfferings, of continu al insecurity, of furious'passionsand depraved' vices. Those who have, praised savage life, art those who know nothing of 'if, 'or hive become savages themselves. But as I have said, so far as reason and nniversal exjieri erice instruct ns, the institution of Slitery is an essential process in emerging frorafsavage life. It must then produce good, and pro mote the designs of the Creator. T/ VJ?' Fadd farther, that Slavery anticipates the benefits of civilization , art# retard} the evils of civilization. The former part of this prono- ; sition has been so fnlly established by ter of ?great power of thought? though T lear his practical conclusions will be found oflittle ' value? that it ishanHy necessary to ui&fyP' Property? the accumulation bf capit&'jrfr is commonly called, is the first element of civilization. But to accumulate or to use capital to any considerable exteifc the combi nation of labor is neeessaty; In feaHy1 Stages of society, when people are thinly'scattered over an extensive territory, HflrSBP ry to .extensive works canhot be commanded. Men are independent of eachofhefr. Having the command of abundance of land, no one will submit to be employed in the s^hice of his neighbor. -1 No one,* therefore, ctfn errn ploy more capital than he can trse witfihis own hands, or those of?hi* fanfily, norlpftb an income much- beyond "tbe hece^saries bf life. There can, fhertfbfe* belittle lelsttre for intellectual pursuits, <tt means of acqxtir ing the comforts or elegancies of liffe'.r It is hardly necessary to say hiowevet, thfct if email has the command of slave*, litf ibay combine labor, and use capital to any required extent, and therefore accumulate-Veakh. Heshows that no colonies have beeri *titcess$lly plant ed without -some sort o? Slaver^'i Sd we fihd the fact to be. t It is only flf* tHe Slave Holding : States of oar confederacy that wealth can be acquired by agrieulture-^whieh ? the genei ai employment Of our whole country. Among us, we know that there is no one, however humble his beginning, <rho with persevering industry, intelligence, arid orderly and virtuous habits, may not attain to considerable opulence/ So far as wealth ha9 been accumulated m the States which do not possess Slaves, it has been in cities by the pursuits of commeree, or lately, by manufac tures. But the products of Slave labftr fur nish more than two-thirds of the materials of ? The author pf "England and Amemp." -We do, however, mo?t indignantly repudiate hi? conclusion, that we are bound to inbtoit to a thrift of protection, as an expedient for retaining eur Slaves,* 'the fbrce pf Uje.wjjoie Union, bang required tapraawe very, to keepdown &? Slaves.*