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far less than it would be, should the pre sen rsystem be continued. But there may be some who may admit thia to be true, and yet object that the advantages which I anticipate from, the measure would be purchased, on the ppjof the old States, at too great i sacrifice. It would be pre mature to undertake to answer this objec tion before it is ascertained what portion of the proceeds should he left to the States, and what paid over to the Government; and this cannot be done till after a labori ous investigation, as has been stated. All I maintain at present is, that. the portion allotted to the States should be not only just and liberal, but such as would inter est them in preserving the arrangement. Thus far it would be obviously the interests of both parties, as has been shown In the meantime, I have suggested an equal division of the proceeds, under the belief -that it would be satisfactory to the new States, and probably not far from the di vision which a rigid investigation would establish. But of one thing I feel assured, that, when the subject is fully examined, it will be ascertained that an apportionment of the proceeds may he fixed on, which will give to the Government, a sum per acre as large, or not much less, on all the lands which might thereafter be disposed of, as it has received for what has been dis. posed of since the present price was fixed, - and which would leave, at the same time, to the States a liberal and satisfactory al lowance. If this should prove to he the fact, the interest of all parties, even in a pecuniary point of view, would be recon S ciled. But that would be taking too nar ro';' a view of this important subject. To determine correctly the true interest of the parties in this arrangement. we must raise our eyes above pecuniary considerations to the far more interesting view-the po litical bearing of ihe measure. Thus view ed. the gain to both, and to the whole Uniot. would be incalculable. The new States would gain the ownership and ad ministration of heir whole domain-a gan not more essential to their own indepen dence than to the convenience of their citi zens, who would thereby have their claims, connected with the public lands, adjus-ed by their own Legislature, instead of being dragged to a great distance from home to awair the tardy and uncertain action of Congress. But their greatest gaih would be, elevated to an equality with the other States in all respects, and exempted from the controlling influence of the Govern ment,arising from a widely expanded sys ten of land offices. To the Union the gain would not be less important. Coo.ress%%ould be reliev ed from an immense and increasing mass of business, which now-consumes at least one third of its time, and be left free to turn its attention to other subjects of deep interest, which it is now compelled to neg lect. The sessions would be greatly short ened-a matter of importance, not only in a pecuniary, but still more in a politi cal point of view. But these. though im portant, are but minor advantages. There -are others immeasurably greater. It would close our land offices in the new States, and, with them, the door to the vast pa tronage and influence whi-h they place in the hands of the Executive. Who can estimate this advantage! Who is there, that has a particle of patriotism or love of Republicac institutions, who would not rejoice at the reduction of such immense patronage, made not only without injur, but with advantage to the public? When ive add to this that, it would remove all catues of conflict betweenthe new and old Sie that it would withdraw from the Pr-si tial contest the public tands. that prolific uirce of corrutption) in the hands of the prl igate; and finally, that it would save our st and noble domain itself fronm being squa~ndet ed in the st rutgle, it is hard - ly in the -wer ohfealculation to estimate the advanag that would result. Having now jggested what I believe to be the proper 1i1icy, to he pursuetd in re lation to the pulWic lands within the new States, and htasti raced the advantages of the tneasure I ha uggested for consider ation, the nextl tiotn is, nave we the right to distpo the public lands in the manner pr , I would not have sup. posed tha uld have been a doubt on this poi had not the Senator from Massachuset Ir. Webster] raised it on this, as well as, foriner occasion. The constitution giv Congress, expressly. the right to publi -Js; and why ntay they not dispose to the States as wvell as to individuals n see no reason, and never have heari assigned. WVe are in ,he daily hahil king arants to the States for puliin es, and if we may grant, may not w Iso sell or dispose of them, as I have d? The lands belong to the Stat -their confederate character, as has. ted; anad Cotigress is the trustee to dis hem for the common benefit. hs bound, in the fulfilment of their trust; ,a ose of them to the best advantage; and i g disposition proposed be the best for a concerned, Congress has not only the to make it, but would be bound by the t so to do. Entertaining these views, ay be asked why 1 have not brought ward the measure this session? My~ r is,there is not time, at the presen session, to digest and carry thron.u ' ure of so mucn importance, anda g so many and such conflicting7 sts. But I pledge myself, if pr e next ses sion, tointroduce it at- rly day, and to use my best effo it to a de cision. If I catn no other meas are relating to pub ds shall take pre cedence of it. I .haveonow p ed my vtews as to the'polf t o be adopted in re ference t te ods within the new Sta ow remains, in conclusion, to. .y reason for voting against the eng, ent of this bill. .B that nothing short of a radical e' a policy, such as that proposed, can arrest the evils apprehended fromt the : present system, I am-of the opinion, that till some permanent remedy can be ap --:plied, that the proper course is to vote a -gainst all partial and temporary expedients -like the present; and I shall, in conformity to that opinion, give my vote against tbis bill. I believe it to be the course, not only the best calculated to ineure, in the end, the application of a permanent and eflicient remedy, but also to prevent. in the intem mediate period- the misuhise naturally re sulting from the present system. But in addition to these ceneral reasons, there are others neainst this particular measure, sur ficient to induce me to vote against it. Passing others by,. IshaI. only notice one: . This bill ispressed on the Senate,on the ground among other reasons, that it is a financial measure. It is stated that the Treasury is deficient, and that one of the effects of the reduction of the price of the public lande. would be a present increase of the revenue from 'hat source. I am not prepared to say whether 'such would he the fact, not having examined the point sufficientiv to form an opinion; but if it should he so, it would to me constitute an objection instead of a recommendation. It is admitted that the increase of the reve nue would he temporary. and he followed in a short time by a corresponding redne tion. Now. if T am not mistaken. the in come of this and the ensning year. will without further addition to the revenue, be sufficient to meet the expenditures, with due economy. and timelv anti judicious retrenchment. The pinch will be in the t~wo subsequent years-'41 and '42-when six-tenths of the entire reduction tinder the compromiee act will take place. The difficulty will he in passine through those two years- and this hill. considered as a measure of revenue. instead of passine now, ought to be postponed until then. Its passage at this time,would but increase the difficulty two years hence. Whatever it might add to the income of this and the next year, would serve but to increase their expenditures to the same extent. Experience has taught us that our expen ditures increase with our income: and that if there be money in the Treasury. it will be spent. regardless of consequences. The result would he that. instead of aid ing the Government to meet the fiscal cri sis of'41 and '42 by increasing it- income then. it would cotmpel it to meet it uinder the great disadvantanes of the increased expenditures with diminished meane. Under this belief, if there were no other objections; I would feel myself compelled to vote naginot the bill. Domestic News. CONGRESSIONAL. From the Correspondence of the Charleston Cour. WASHINGTON. Feb. '. Both Houses are engaged, to day, upon private bills. The House of Representa. tives has cleared off every undisputed pri vate bill from the calendar-a thing which has not occurred here for years before. This week has, upon the whole, been one of business. The Senate have passed the bill. allowing a drawback upon foreign hemp, manufactured into cordage, by a large majority. This measure has been pending for seventeen years and, at last, has received the sanction of one body. It was formerly opposed by agricultural interests, but that opposition has been withdrawn. Mr. Clay. himself an exten sive hempgrower, advocated the bill, and argued that, while it benefitted our uaviga tion, it would be of no disservice to our agriculture-for American hemp would not make good cordage. Mr. Calhoun expressed his satisfaction at finding these protection principles giving way before experience. 'hey were all burdensome upon some branch of home industry or other, and the cotton-growers had to bear the brunt of the whole. All the loss, he said, fell on them. In the House, to-day, there was a de bate, during the morning hour, upon the subject of the late report of the Committee of Ways 'and Means on the "state of the finances and the expenditures of the gov erumenat.'' Some strong interests nave become combined in opposition to the principles and recommendations of thisc r-eport. Oat the othe-r hiiad, thet nLpor't is warmnly suipported by those who are in favor of carrying ouat toe principle laid down in the 4th elatise of the :Jd sechiion of the compromise act, viz:-that, after the 30th ,June, 1842, "duties shall be laid fom the purpose of raising such revenue as may be5 necessary to an economical administra Lion of the government." The reducetion; of expenditures must begin somewhere, and begin soon, or some means must be resorted to for supplying tihe Treasury. Mr. Rhett spoke, to-day, in support of the views of the report, and, in the course of hib, remarks, touched upon the now much miooted topic of the obligation of the cotmapromise act. He avoA'ed his own de termniuation and that of his constituents to adhere to the provisins of that act, an good faanh; but, if te oppoitents of thme act intenaded to annul it. the sooner they dial at the better. Gol. Bemnton had deciared an unacoampromising war upmon the comtapan mise. In every debate he gives it a hit. More than once lhe has made contemptuous allusions to the "dumv irate or trum virate" by which it was framed; and declared that it w as of no force or obligation. February. 5. In the Senate, to-day, M r Pierce, of N. H . presented a memorial from a number of oflicers of the line of the armny on the subject of the invidious and unjust distinc tion made by existing laws in favor of the oilicers of the statT, as to the rate of pay. &c. The memorialists complain, and with much reason, that, under the present arrangement, offheers of the staff, stationed at this city, receive more pay thurm officers of the same grade in the lane, who are ex posed 1t all the dangers and hardships of actual service, and to thme great expensies incident to frequent changes of station and service. A Captain in the stall receives four hundred and twenty dollars a . year more than a Captain ini the line; and yet we have among the Captains of the line some veterans whto have served as officers, even since the year 1808. One of these gentlemen was said, itt the debate on the army bill last year, to he the oldest Captain in any military service in the world. There is no doubt that promotion is . more rapid in the staff than in-the line, while, at the same time, the rate of pay is.bigher, -which is altogether wrong. This Senate spent some time in the con sideration of Mr. Benton's bill fot the arm ed occupation of Florida. Mr. Preston made.a speech in oppositioni to the bill. Some time was spent in executive busi niess. in the House, the discussion of the trer its of the late report froma the Committee on Finance, as ton the state of the Treasury, was resumed for a short time during the morning hour. The Hious. wenr into Committee on the bill making appropria tions for the support of 'be army, for the year1839. Mr. Thompson, of S. C. made some animated remarks in..9pposition to the.general polidy of the administration, and in reply to some previous 'rmarks from Mr. Pickens, and Mr. Murray, of Ky, Mr. T. said, inter aiuz, that it was the design of the administration to gull the South into the belief, that it would sup port Southern priucples. But if the South fell into tis trap, it would be against light and knowledge, and he proceeded to argue that the course ol' the adiniuistration had uot been such as ought to recommend it to the South. Tbe bill was finally reported, with some anendtents, to the House. . The Investigating Committee will, it is said, return early next week. February, 6. In the Senate. to-day, Mr. Morris, oh Ohio, made an extraordinary abolition movement. He said, some time ago, in d'ebate, that the time would soon come when the people of Ohio would understand and support his views on every subject. Verily, he diust be pretty well understood by this time. Mr. Morris odiered a long resolution, declaring, among other things, tnat the people of any of the 6tates have as gliod a right to petition Gongress for the abolition of slavery in the District of Co luinuia, or for the prohibition of the ad mission of any news laves States into the Union, as they have to petition at on any other subject. Another of the-resolutions instructs the Committee on the Judicary to inquire and report as to the power of Congress, to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. Some objection was made to the reception of the resolution, but the % ice President decided that the resolution was oll'ered by the gent letan on his own responsibility. as a Senator, anti that it was now regularly before the Seniate. The resolution lies on the table, liable to be cal led tip for consideration at any time. The bill providing for the arned occu paiiou of Florida was indefinitely postipon. el, 23 to, 19, but a motion to reconsider i.As vote was entered. In the House, the military appropriation bill was discused-ihe question being on a totion from Mr. Mercer to insert an item of $:30,U0for surveys, Mr. Mason. of Ohito, inade a long speech in support of thi, motion, and it was opposed by Dr. Taylor, of N. Y. and others. The old in ternal improvement policy was fully dis cussed in this debate. Febroary 7. The question of aboiition was inciden tally the theine oftdiscussion in theSenate. again this morning. A petition was pre seated by Mr. Clay, of Kentucky, from the cities of this District, asking ithat Con gress would not interfere in their domes tic relations. On this subject Mr. Clay caie out in a hold aRnd maily manner, and was highly complimented by Mr. Cal houn, for the avowal he had made. Mr. Calhoun said lie might now consider abo lition as done, fairly at an end! Mr. Clay placed the abolitionists in three different classes in this country. First, those who, from feelings of Plilaoithropyland humani. ty, were opposed to the existence ofslavery. Second, those who were apparently aboli tionists and sought to ingratiate themselves with the first class for sinister purposes, endeavoring' to make them believe that liberty of speech, the right of petition and ieedom of the )ress,were attempted to be infringed by the South. Third, those who were ultra abolitionists, and sought to attain their ends, reckless of all conse quences, of the rights of propertyrof hoh or, of patriotisum, of all those feelings that should bind the people of these confedera ted States in one firm bond of union, brotherhood and luve. Whlat was it toa unts class, that they abould overthrow the~ fairest fabric ever r ared by human wisdom --a government, in the suce-ss of which, were involved the btest hopes of mankitit. Mr. Clay took a constitutional view of the subject and denied the power of Congress to interfere with slavery in this district, without a palpable breach of faith, and ,n;hmittedl to the good sense of the peopl'e. .whether if the power was expressed, it wvoul'l be wvise or pohitie., or safe, to inter fere with the existing domestic institutions. He occupied the Senate about two hours. and the petition was ordered to be printed and( laid on the table. In the Houtse of Representatives, to-day .llr. Johnson, from Matyland, from the Seleci Committee on- Public Lands, on le!ave made the following report: Resolved. That the committee report to the House, and ask leave to be dischargedl from the furt her enuisideration of thbe sub ject matters referred to them, and that the journal of the Commiittee be reported and published. Resolved further, That the Committee dleemn it inexpedient to take further steps on the ,ubject of the public lands this ses sion. Mr. Robertson moved to recommit the report. wvith instructions to report a. joint resolution to the following effect, viz: That hereafter the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause separate accounts to be kept of all money paid into the TJrea sury on'account of sales oft bNe public lands, to he disposed of in the manner hereinaf ter provided, unless- by law specially di rected, viz: He shall, on the first day of July after the next census, and thereafter semi-annually on the first day of'July and January in every year, divide all thbe said money then in the Treasury, among the several States of the Union toi the ratio of their federal members: Provided nevert he less. That not~hilg herein consainedaball be construed to prohibit the appropriation of the proceeds of the public laads, or su'ch portion thereof as may be requisite, to meset the necessary expenses of Government fcr any year,in which the receipt from customs and other sources of revenue shall be esti mated to fall below - mzillions of dollai, and when it shall be deemed proper on that accou ni to apply the said proceeds by special appropriation, to supply the defi ciency and meet those expenditures. Provided also. That in the event of a w ar with the U. S. and any foreign power, the said semi-annual division shall .eeasf and be suspended during the continuance of such war. Provided moreover, That nothing herein contained, shall beconstrued toimnpair the right and obligation of Congress whenever it'shall satisfactorily appear that benefits fro the use of the nublia .funde- or -the proceeds thereof, have been heretofore, or shall be hereafter conferred on particular States, to extend as. far as practicable to e;ach and all the States in their due and just proportions, who may require, or be willing to accept them, similar benefits up on the same or equivalent terms. After some remarks from Mr Robert son, in support of his motion, Mr. Dunn moved to amend by adding after the first proviso, "first paying to the States in which such lands are situate, 12J per cent of the proceeds of the public lands sold within such States respectively.' The huur having expired, without ta king the question, the 11ouse passed to the oruers of the day. Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, presented a petition signed by several thousand citi zens of that State, soliciting the entire repeal of the act providing for the numu a lization ol foreigners, and that Government will make provision by law, for the protec tion of the United States froua the audis criminate influx of foreign enigranis, botp of which they deem necessary for the pro servation of our republic, and glorious in stitulions. on motion of Mr. Johnson, the petition was ordered to be printed and referred to a Committee on the % hole. Alter the reference of some Executive Communications, on motion of 3r. Cam breleug, the House resumed the considera tion of the Army Appropriation Bill. The question pending was on the motion of Mr. Mercer, to amend, by inserting $30,OW0 for surveys,under the act of I2-44. Messrs. hiercer and larvin, gav: their views at much length. At the conclusion of the remarks of the latter, the amend ment was citoff by the previous question, and tie bill read a third tune and passed. Extracts from the Sipech of Ma. Pakw Tss. OJ AiSs. on the bejaicutions of the touveinent. Delivered AFriday, Diec. Zb, 13d. I have no hope of reform in the party in pJOw er; my only hope is, that the People couvinced of their hypocris) and wicked ness, will burl thetu fron tlie high places they nave so l-.g disraced. i hai a con suwniationti so devoutly to be wished for way be obtaind, let us unite in exnibitang to tue country their true principles; let us fasten upon them,ihe rcsponsiaflty of their actions. In this patriotic worn, I trust I shali bud with tie miy hounorable friend from Uarohna, who sits near ine, (31r. Picten5.) Often has he led the fierce as sault against tblese very corruptions. "Has Ins band waxed weak, or his heart waxed cold," that his war-cry has not yet tiugled in our ears! Surely the "uhrn ot Roland" wall sound again; surely in this, his lavonte battle, he will strike one more blow ior Uristendln before he renounces the cross and assumes the turban. sir. I see bvy his flashing eye, his soul as with us; thespirit of the past is rising before hun: lie recollects that many moons baye not yet waxed and waned,since this very parcy, who now clain ham as an ally, crouched and howled like anl exorcised demon beneath the magic of his burning words. Let him come out from among timri- lie and his friends for they are not of them; eagles mate not with kites and carrion crows. bir, I should rejoice to see the gallant gentleman resume his originial position. I should be proud to win my spurs under so well-approved and accomplished a lader. Let ine call to his mind a fable with which lie is doubtless familimar; A gaunt and ruveilnus wolf; hastily gorgiiag tile spoils ol some plundering expeutoiun, as choked by a bone, and lay at the point of Licath. A stork haipp,-iaed to be passing ihai way, and moved my an ill judged pity, e'xtended :ner long nueis downa the w-.,f's iruat, and extracted the bonu. Upo., maodestly suggesuing tale propriety of~ some reward lor so gen':rous an act, the siork was told, with a wolfish scowl, that she uught wo consider herself fiirtuanate that her aiead was not bitteni oll'during die operation. Now, I take it tha' it requires no name ritten beneath this picture, to enable the mioet obtuse to recognize in the ravenous wolf the present party in pow er. The picture wall also call to uiiud how this party, some years ago, while gorgiug, with wolfish appetite, upon the "apo:is," got a bone in its throat, and lay at the point of dissolu lion. . I leave it to the sagacity ofthe gen theman from douth Carolina to finish the resemblance; to say who acted towards ihe Admninistrationi ihe part of the benev olent stork, and to retlect upola the boon she is likely to receive for her kindness. ABoLITIoN IN DsiawAaE.--The fol lowing brief but significant report was lately made in the Legislature of D~elaware by Mr. Jones, of Wilmington: "Mr. Jones on Friday presented the following report: "Tme committee to whom was referred the petition of'3[9 'woomen of the city of Wilmington and county of Newo Castle,' pra ying for the abolition of slavery through out this State, g leave to report: "That they consider the petitioning of 'woomen to our National and State Legis latures (which they regret to see is becom ingso general -a practice) as derogatory from that refinement and delicacy, which should. under all circumstances, accompa may the female character, and as an unwar ranted interference in subjects that should more properly belong to their fathers, hus bands, or brothers. '' "Your committee are also decidedli of the opinion that .the petitioners whose names are affixed to the memorial under consideration, would confer more real ben efit upon society, if they hereafier confined their attention to matters of a domestic na ture, and would be miore solicitous to mend the garments of their husbands and chil dren: than to patch the breaches of the laws and Constitution." Eztraet of a letter received in Savannah, dated S-r. AuoUsTrNE, Feb. 9th, 1839. An oflicer just arrived from Picolata re ports that Capt. Lloyd Beall, with a party of the gj dragorms, had just taken and sent in, from near-Lake Opopka, a party of eighteen Indians-eight of them warriors. Two of -the wzrrriors are near. relations of Wild Cat, and another is acousin of Sam Jones. wvhich last reportsi ait- Sam Jones says that he will hang :any Indian who talks of coming in, or any white nian who somes tn himt. EDGEFIELD C. H. - THuISDAr. FFraUAay 21, I8M9. We are indebted to the Hon. F. W. Pickens, for sundry public documents. It is searcely necessary to call the at tention of our readers, to the speech of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, on the graduation bill. The disposition of the public land., has been a queatio verata-a vexed ques tion for many years. How they will ulti mately be disposed of, is uncertain. The whole subject will probably, at an early day, be called up again at the next session of Congress. New Line of Stages.-A new mail line has been established, between this place and Columbia, S. C. The line is tri weekly, and is owned by Messrs. Douglas & Ward. The mail is carried in backs, which are new, elegant, and sufficiently large. Two of them bear the euphonious titles of Santa tosa, and Mariana. The New Court House.-T he new Court House is now coupleted, and we invite the citizens of the District. and strangers, to come and see it. It is a large and no ble looking building, standing on the west ern side of the great road leading to the upper country, and but a few yards dis tant from the site of the old Court House. The building is of brick, and is two tstories in height. In the lower story, there are six rooms-the Sheriff's office, the Glerk's, the Commissioner's in Equity, the Ordin ary's, a Jury room, and a small apartment adjacent to the Clerk's office. A long and spacious passage runs between the rooms. The front of the edifice is at the eastern end, and is painted so as to resemble granite. By a noble flight of granite steps, protected by black iron rail ings, the visitor ascends into the Porti. co, which is supported by four massy columns. From thence, he enters the Court room, which is large and spacious, and contains a sufiicient number of win dows. Besides the seat for the Judge, which is neat, and those for the Jury, there are others arranged conveniently for spec ta.prs. In the Court room there is a large semi-circular table, fur the gentlemen of the bar. In the western end of the upper story, there are two Jury rooms, and a small retiring room, situated immediately in the rear of the Judge's seat. As the visi tor enters the village by either of the great thoroughfares. the Court House presents a commanding appearance, and immediate ly attracts his attention. In conclusion, it may be truly said, that the style of ihe building is chaste, and. that it is an orua Inent to the village. Publication of the Laws.-The Georgia papers are filled with the Acts, which were passed at the recent session of the Gleor gia Legislaiture. WVe are pleased to see this. The law which authorises and piays lor the pulication of all-the Acts oh As sembly in that State, is most excelleiji. We recommteud the passage ot such a law, in douth Carolina. Besides benefittitng that most useful class of citizens, the Printer., this law would he of' great advan tage to the public at large. It is certainly of great concernment to every citizen, to know what has been dune by the men, whom he has selected for his. representa tives. How is he to know, unless the acts of those representatives are published in the newspaper.! According to the pres ent system, printers genterally publish on Liy a list of the acts. It cannot be expect ed that they should publish the proceed ings of the Legislature at lull length, nith out remuneration, to the exclusion of oth er tatier, for which they are paid. It ar gues well for the intelligence of' any coun try, to have the acts of its government, wade known to all its citizens. In tue early. ages of the Roman Republic, the laws were carefully concealed from the Plebeians, by the Patricians, in order to keep the common people in ignorance, and to strengthen their own power. A. the people becamie more enlightened, and more sensible of their own rights, the laws which were enacted, were made public. Afl'airs thus continued, until the overthrow of the Republic, and 'the commencement of Imperial power, under Augustus. The arts and polite literature, indeed flourish ed under the Emperors for a season, but the laws were only known to the people, in their despotic oppression. Liberty was at an end, and a night of barbarism short ly enveloped the world. In our own day, we find that it is the policy of all arbatrary governments, to keep the people in igno rance of the laws. Look at Russia ! Her fifty millions kitow nothing of law, save from the ukases "fher irrespoausible Au tocrat; and even these are perverted and construed, by the magistrates and petty governors, to the oppression of the people. Great Britain, and our own country. are indebted for all their high inteiligence, and indomitable spirit of liberty, to the publi city which is given to the acts of their go vernments. In making these remarks, we intend to cast no reflection upon the legis Jawrs of Sonnth C!arolina. Wa respnctfr-L ly request them to easet sueh a Jaw' as we bsve- proposed, pro bino ublico, for the publie good. Law Court of Appeals.-dI'he following gentlemen were admitted, on the 12th inst. to practice Law in the Superior andrnfe rior Courts of Law in this State vi:- -- Messrs. Thomas P. Butler, of Greenville. Charles C. Hay, Benjamin Elliott, -. A. Hurlbut, Lambert J. Jones, Samuel Law rence, W. H. Lee, Benjamin C. Pressly, 3. Harleston Read, Jr., F. Delesseline Richardson, John J. Seibels, J. W. Wil kinson, and J. Smith Whitakqr. Parere subjeis - Dateare superibo. Spare the vanquished--wage war against the haughty. This should be the motto of every ed& tor. So long as his opponent advocates principles which he believes to be wrong, he should resist him manfully, but when he quits the field,beshould not pursue him, and attempt to destroy him. We have been pained to see the manner in which some Whig'editors bitterly revile the Washington Chronicle, which has just ter-" minated its existence. Let them take care, lest the old saying should be applied to them, that "the ass kicketh the dead lion." The practice, which has now become re ry common, of exulting over a fallen ad.. versary, is unmanly and ungenerous. We eschew it In the changes of parties, which are constantly going on, no editgr knows how long his party will be in the ascendant. He should be cautious: how he triumphs over a prostrate opponent. The Georgia Journal is now under the management of a new editor, Mr. James H. R. Washington. His introductory re rarks are worthy of all commendation. Bei.ag ourselves but tyros in the art editori al, we shall endeavor to follow the course laid down by our brother of the quill: We make the following extract: To the corps editorial, we present our acknowledgements for the friendly man ner, in which they have generally herald ed our approach; and sincerely desiring, that nothing may occur to mar the pleas ant relations that now subsist, we tender to them all, the hand of courtesy and'good fellowship. "Aware of the perils by which we are environed, we are consoled by.the reflee tion, that we shall be sustained by the kind indulgence of our patrons, and the lenien cy of those who have themselves been call ed to tread the thorny way. Connected with this subject, there is one thing which has often occurred to us with great force: It is this, there ;s too much-bickering and jealousy generally mauifested by the edi torial fraternity in political discussions. "To bear and forbear," is a christian max im.. ail iiould be carried into unikersal privtice. For ourselves, orrassumingile eonduct of a punlic Journal, we have firm ly resolved, to preserve a dignifieda nd if possible, a reapecifeu deportment towards all the fraternty; and from then we shall er pect a return of civilities." Sidney Rigdon, one of the leaders of the religious sect of Mormons, who it will lie remembered, were drivin from their settlements, in Missouri, has been for some time part. confined in jail in that State. He has recetitly written a letter to the Ed itor of the Si. Louts Evening Gazette, in which he describes the sufferings of his sect. He says, that they tave been much injured by mobs, who have wantonly de stroyed their property and provisions, in consequence of which, the women and children have suffered greatly, and inany have diedi He Rays, that the State of. Missouri, has taken no measures to punish titese lawless depredators. This earnest and affecting letter cannot but call forth the public sympathy. The Mormons, as a sect, we believe, exist no longer in Iii-. souri. We hope their sufierings illi soon be at an end. From the statements annexed to the re port, of the Director of the bint, of the United States, it appears that the coinage of the Mint, at Philadelphia, in the year 1838. was as follows: Eagles, $72,000 Half eagles, . - 1,482,940 Quarter eagles,. 117,575 Half dollars, quarter- dollars dimes and half dimes, 2,293,000 Cents, 63,702 33,979,217 The Coinage at the brandl mints was as follows: At Charlotte, 20,780 pieces. of gold. $84,165 At Dahlohnega, 20,583 do. 102,915 At N. Orleans, 102,430 silver, . 40,243 64,206,540 The gold deposited for coinage. at -the. Mint of the United States, Philadelpliia, from the mines of the U. States, was in a mount as follows: Virginia., from 1829 to 1838,. inclusive, 482,000 N. Carolina, from 1824 to 1838, 2,648,500 S. Carolina,from 1829 to 1838 340,500 Georaia, from 1830 to 1838. I.799,900 Tennessee, from 1831 to 1830, 13.900 Other sources, .13,400 65,298.200 John S. Copdell, Esq. is re-elected Pie sident of the Bank of South. Carolina. The Branch of the Bank of the Stateot Alabama, at Mobile. has <uspended speciA payment of all sums abovq $10. . ...,..e y