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* Misce&a&eaw. Correspondence of Mhe Charleston Courier. 0 s TO I Feb. 4. Mr. Tappan, the Senator from Otio, and brother of Arthur Tappan, of New Yot k, has been accused, out ounly former ly, b'ut recenly, of abolitionism. Actions spe.-k louder tnan professioni. Mr. 1iapi pan has, this day, cleared his 'skirts frot the abominable thing, iBy a course more bold and open than any other cnator or imembcr from any ton-lave holding State has yet taken. M r. Tappan stated that hc had received a number of abolition petitions with the request that lie would present them. He siid, he could not comply with the request; and he begged leave to gie his reasons in full for refusing to present them. His-rea 'sons" he proceeded to give at length: and to prevent all mistake or nisrepreseutation he read theim-they are sach as the Sonti npprove and ba- e always contended for, When he concluded, 51r. Preston rose and .exprssid his satisfadtion at the declara iinus of the Senator, and said that no dif ference in political views should -prevent him from thanking the Senator, it the name of the Souih und of .ur comnmnon country, for the manly and firm stand..he had ti'aken on tbis occaisison. Mr. Calhoun an I several other Southern Sentators came 1i Mr.Tappan's seat, and tookl hun b1y he handwith ) eni tt apparent technlg. This incident is the more itutcrcstipg, in - uc as Mr. TnppOn is tite intiediate cccssor of a gentleni(. r.Morris) whose -ild and fanaticalif not treasouable,course on this subject, is fresh in the memory of all. The most extravagant, and incendi ".y abohtion speech that I ever read or hdnrd . was one delivered by this Senator Morris last year-in reply if I recollect uright, to N1r. Clay. it was no ordinary declantatiod. The inan was in earnest, and well matured what he said. I re memberthe remark of a dist: - gishied Sen ator-" he is nakintg a great spece.' The Ohio Senator said, he was goin heine to set a light. on every hill-to rally hi -ple &C. Dut it appears that his light has gone out, and that lie himself has been consigned to merited oblivion; and he is succeeded by tn individual of the same political party, noinuititlly, >ut of very different notions on this subjeet. - The assumption of the State debts rns again debated to day. Air. Phelps, of Vt. spoke against the report. 1 must say that, in common with others, I was titter ly disappointed in the speech, considering the hi-h reputation Mr. P. brought rjh him. Mr. Calhoun took the floor, and tOe subtject was passed over to give himl) an opportunity to speak tn-morrow. The Senate was enigaged all day in electing a Chaplain. Mr. Bates wat, choscu, Correspondekfnce of the Char!cston Courier. WAntoToN, Feb 5. Mr. Calhoun, to-day, made one of his most successful speeches, in the Sentme, on the report against the assumptiim of the State Debts. He conmew.ed his re marks by saying he had repeatedly heard it said that this repnrt was uncalled for, and that the resolutions with which it con cludes were idle, nrgatory, and abstract propositionts. lie could tnot help asking 1himset, ir Of this were true. how it hni pened that this report created here so iu tense at excitement, and that there wis so great an anxiety to avoid a direct vote on the resolutions. To this I(piry there was bnt one solution: Disguke it as gen tlemetn may, there is at tite bottom of this measure, a most deep and nitatiig qlues tionthe asstmtiiion of the State debts. Movemen's were goinig on ini livor oh as sumptiotn. within anid withoutt tese w tlls, and on both sides or the Atlanttic-mot ;, direct assumiptson-folr that wottld he ab su'rd. and harmlest-but ant assumtmn tit by the distribtutioui of the public latnds a mnong the States. T1hie question waus a deep one, and would exert tucht intflience on the p)obey ofithis count ry for some yenus to come. It was ptregnatnt witht conise quences of thte utmnost ma..nitude, bothm im-l mnediate and remote. lie ithen went on to trace these consequenlces. lit the first place, it would subitract from the public Treasury the amounit paid for the pnhhec lands. We held these lands, as trustees for the States, anidcoutld not alienate themt withoutt a violation of the trust and of thte. compact. The fiscal cteet of this witht drawal from the common funod of suchi an amount woul.l be a deficiency in the rove nue. Even with the revenue fromt the lands, there would be a deficiency in the revene, withiout the most rig!id economy, for thte next len years. lie estimated tite average reeipts from the sale of the lands at five mnillions of dollatrs for somie years to come. This deficietncy must be made up by new daties to the amounrt of five ili lions. Therefore, the scheme of distribu tion of the receipts from the lands wouldI be precisely thle same, in en'ect. as impos ing new duties to the atmount of five .mik lions, for the purpose of distributinig it a mong the States. The first elfort upon the States themselves would be-to encour age them in their hareer of wild ext rava gance. .Upon the receipt of a revenume of five milliotns,they wottld borrow new loians from Europe, to the amonnt oif eighty or a hundred millions. An immediate ex pansion of the currency wvould follow,--end the manutfacturing interest, already pros trate, would call otit for protcti'n. In te first place, 'ive shoukti have a tarifT for revenue, looking towards protection. *It would begin moderately, as it did iit 1816. but there was a principle of expansion in. herent in the~ system.. Tile farther we~ went in it, the greater would be thte neces sity for increasinig it. lie gave an interest ing view 'if the progres of thte tariaf from 1816, till the time wheti it was arrestedl by the compromise act and showed thtat tit project would revise the protective tarifi. and result in crippiling and oppressmtg the South, without permanent benefit to tihe North. We expressed the opinion that thogh the States were in debt. tliere wva not one of thtem which was tnot ablie anui willing to meet all its engag.emients. F~or i own State he would answer that she would pay to te tuttermost farthing ial hter debts, at whtatever ittco wempienrce to her self. Mr. Prestat" rld some remarks shwing that thme Senat e couild not nouv he popry called utpon to express anopinion n all the subjects embraced in the rep-orta the revenue &ce., moved tilay the sulject on,the table. it-had. been distinctly ad-. mitted that there was no propositlou here to assume the state debts,. and therefore, any vote on that quesiou'Would be nuga tory. le expressed his gratification also at the admission that the States were wil ling and aile to pay their debts. The inn tion to lay on the table was lost, 16 to 29. The report was then ordered to be printed. Jo the House, there was nti immense number of petitions preseuled on private. aud local subjects. You will see that the President, by a message sent to the House yesterdny.points o't some losses ro the revenue in conse ienaCice of somejudicial colstrtiCtions oft he tariff; and warns Congress that it is time tor them to prepare the means for meet ing a deficiency in the revenue. Correspondencc of the Charlcston Courier. WAsINGToN, Feb. 6, 1810. J1 the House, to-day, little was done, except to receive petitions. Among them presented, were many from niamiafireturers of variousarticles, praying for proteclive duties. There were many also froimi manufacturesofwool represet)ing that the duties on woolens are evaded by fraud and pcjttry, and calling upon Conaress to send a Committee to N. York, and other ports, to investigate the sulrct and ny ply a remedy for the evil. The maniufac turing imterest is in a very depressed state -nd we have had warnig, from nytiv narters, ofa dispositdon, on the part ofits friends, to call on H ercules again. Mr. Davis, Senator from Mass., and others, have lately feclared, on the floor of Con ress, that if Congress supposed that the Eastern States would rest satisfied with the horizontal dutics of the Compromise Tariff, they would find thenselves much mistaken. Air. Calhoun tells them that all the TarilTs in the world will never relieve them, nor enable them to compete with foreian manufactures, even in the home market. Ile said, iii his speech vesterlaV, that the expansion of tie currency and1 the consequent enhancement of the cost of produetion, woubl neutralize the eflects of any Tariff. Ile told them that they wan ted a sound, stable, and uniform currency -and, that thi<t, with free trade, wouhd enable them to command. not only the home market, hut to export our cotton to Europe. and to all parts of the world, in ihe form of yarns or goods. In the Senate, to-dny, there was some discussion on lr. Preston's resolution, calling upon.the Secretary of the Treasury tostate whether the usual approprintitins (about $900,000) for the Cumberland Road, nre indivied in the estimates for the present year. The Secretary ofthe Treasury estina ted the whole expenditures of the current iiscal year, at about 820,.00U.000, and trongly intimated that Congress inst leep within that sum, or provide for a de ficicy. It now appears, that there will be a very large deficit; aind thiat the appro priations for the continuance (ftlho Cum berland Road, are not embraced in the es tintes. Mr. Preston wished the informiation, he said, in order to defeat the appropriation, if he could. Tie friends of the Ron, contended that, even if tIe Executive did not recommen.t the appropriation, it would he no arg-u ment agatust it. Alr. Smith, of India.. said that hollh parties, in the West, vied wit h each other, in sipportiiig this Road: and that the President wa;s there represci rei by his friends. as a firtm advocate of the work. lo other parts of the Union, Mr. Van Buren had been represen'ed as in opponent of thle road. flur. Whlite, of Idia., entered into an argument in favor of the work. February 7. In the Senate, to-ay, Mr. Preston tiade another ineffectumal at temnpt to call up his resutnion, directing the Secretary of the Testry 10 st ate whet heri the appropria - non for the Cumblerlatnd road was emibra ee-l in ihe estimatedl expetnditure of twventy millions for t he corretnt year. A long dlis eCti55on ngntin tooik plnee aon the subject. It was contended ihamt the adlministrat ion was playitng fast and loose in regard to the Cmerlanid Rad; that they were for it in the wvest, and against itt the South. It was conceided, otn all sides, that the appro prition referred to was not in the enti mates, and that the motney for the woirk mst he borrowed, or raised biy an isue of Treasury notes. The Senatie refused to take tip the resolution by a large ma jority. The suggestion made in the following paragraph, 'aken from a Hunts ville Alai bam, paper, deserves the atiention of lant ers generally--ptritenarly whlile Cotton is at its present low price-who should certainly not only economize in the particular referred to.hnut in every other practical mode withini their power: "WVe have before .us a sample of Cotton Bagging, manufactured on the plantation or1r. Ransom Fowikes, in this'eonrary. The thread was spun wi-b a common~ pinintg snachine, and ihe hatnds engaged, averaged from otne to one and .a half yards. each per day. The baggiig is of a very sit perior quality, and Mr. F. is of opinion that platnters generally can manufacture a stliiiency for their own use, at times when their hanide catnot -be emp~loyed in their lieldse. . It wiould certainly he a great saving to each planter, could he be. enat bled himself to make this indispensable irticle; especially in times like the present, when entton is unusually low and bagging extravagantly high. ST. A UG USTrINE, Feb. 7. The Bloodhounds, latey received from Cub, have been subjected to nmany expe rimene, the restults of which have been very satisfactory. They follow a trail t wety-fotur hours old with rapidity and iccuracy. Some of them are to be emr ,lyed bty the troops now scouring !-e countrv hetween the mouths of the Wa assesa and Shawannee rivers, Micano , &c. The Quarantine Laws are in force at this place, and operate on all vessels comn ig front the north of Charleston. A lso, il cotmuntcation between this City and Picolata, is forbiddlen 'under a penalty ..f .50.-Charlestonl Courier. From the Charlestn Mtrcury. OUR NEXT GQVERNOR. The writer in the Courier of-yesterday. signs himself "The Louzr -Country," for a partisan of Judge Johason, very incon sislently objects to the time at which iMr. ticharilson's nomination was made in this paper. lie saty: "It is somevhat unusual to make the Govenor's election the sahject of a news paper notice at a Ilday im ditant, aid I was sorry to see the artivo in the Mlercury. I would be uni illing, therefore, to depart from ajusily lime bonored custom, and to follow an eiample whiet I feel no incli nation to santition, were it not for the con sideration that a silence on this subject might imply an acquiescence in the notmi nation which has bccn made." Now if the writer will overlook the files oft he Columbia papers, he will find that Juidge Johnson was proposed by his frieds as a candidato for Governor in the Tele scope, six nontIs at least ago, perhups more; but we will not he sure as to the time. It was then considered as a move or the Preston or Clay men-and the noma ination was then objected to strongly by the Cohtnbia Carolinian, on the grottud of the Judge being of the Bank and Clay party-and not therefore a.proper choice for this Stute-so we heard no more of it. We remember too, that Governor Noble, was nentioned in the papers s a fit caIndi daelhr Governor, at the session of the Legislature, preceeding his election. So that if there has been such a "4ime hon ored coutom" of silence as the writer speaks of, our nomination of Mr.- Richard son was not the first exception to it, It was generally known here at the time of Johnson's former nomination, that it was the result or the little Clay caucus pieced out of the Commercial Convention of last Sp ing. So much for the 'vriter's Consistent objection as to the discussion preceeding Mr. R's nomination, not having been more grneral. We presume that this publication in the Courier is tihe revival of the same time sus pended movement. If so, we have little fearofrits effecting the prospects we enter tain for the Democratic candidate. Mr, Richardson's character for public ability an] iitegrity-and private honor-and the s: rengi It which his politicall friends re. cognize in him as theirs, place him cer taiilv bevond danger from the candidate of a defeated minority as an opponent. We mean no dispiaragement to Judge Johnson: we respect him highly-but we deem that his advocate has iiijred him by bringing him forward as the rallying point ora hopetlesn contest. We give in-day, the remirks of the ller cury, in bringing forwarJ thi name of otir !ate ReIrcsentative in Congress, the Ion. Join P. Richardson- as a candidate for Governor, as alko those of the Carolinian. at Columbia. We have liever known a nonination to so important an office to meet universally, so cordial a reception. Coming from tiie source it does, too, it atifords Ihe highest evidence that our old jirty (liviiflns are entirely healed. Indeed, we never doubted the sincerity of either party, in the compromise, at the session of 18:0. and ii effecting which Gol. Richard son, then a Senator from Clarentlen, took so promintient a prt.-CamtdenrJour. Ohio Legislature.-!n the fHtso of Representatives of Ohio a resolution ha1b been adopted instrueting the Committee on Bnnks and the Currency to report to thei( I louse a bill mtaking it an i'enree punisha. ue by confitninent in the Penitentiar, for aniy leiigthi of time not exceeding seVen. nor It-s than threp years. fr tihe directiors or. olicers of any laikine In-tititions w ith in the St ate, to issiue, for c'ircu lation with in the State or elsewhvlere, post notes or hill s payable on tinme. Tlhie sam te m mittee were at the same time directed ii inqutire into the expediency of maaking aill post niotes previontaly issued, payutble on demand in gobil and silver, at t he couniten of the batnks issuing them. A resolu tiot. stating that slavery is ani institution recog nized by the Constitution, was passed by a large majority-two only voting in the negative. Another resolution on the samte subject dleclared that "the unlawful, un-. w ise, andc unepnstituttional itnterfcrence of the fantatical abolitionistsofthe N)orth with the domiestic insttittions orthe Suthern States, was highly criminal. .Dr. Duncan, of Ohio. in i.is speech on the New Jersey contested electin, stattedl the following facts; "Butt, sir, iw have the "publie money and the public time" heeni wasted by speechest ami w ho is it t hat has thtus wa~sted the "public money and the public time," by speakinig? My diary will show, n hich I wais indluced to keep ini conseqnteace oft ihe charge of the waste of the "public money and th~e public ime," made tupon the De mocracy by the time and money saving modern Whizs! "On the first eleveni days of the sessioni there were two htundred spegehes made by the Whigs, and ninety four by the.Demo crats. . * ---.* "The joturnals will show thiat nearly all the miotions-mnade anid the questions 6ua or der raised to cotnsume time, and stave off the organization of rhe House, were made and supportedl by the Whigs.". Public Lands.-The President has ad vertised the sale of .the Puiei L ands, to take p lace as follows: It Missouri, at jhe Land Ollce at Springfield, on thte 4th of M:y next; at the.office at Fayette. ott thea 11ith; at the office at Palmara, on the 18th; nnd as the office at Lexington, otn the 25th. In Iotoa Territor,on the 4th of lay next, at the Office at.Dubuitque, and in contin uatiotn at the samie office on the I8tht. In Ilinois, at Chicago, on the 4th of May nxt, and at Galena, on the l8th. "Each sale will lie kept open two weeks, (untless the lands are sooner disposed of.) and no lotger," Election of BishoP-We learn that -the Rev. Dr. C. .. (Gadsden, hong the pions and esteemed ReetorofSt Philip's Chuarch is thisecity, was vesterday elected, hv the Episcopalinn Cotivention, in session ini titis ci'y, Bishop of the Dioes~s of Soth Carolina. bty a mtajority of one vote amnong the Clergy, and of seven votes, amtong the lay delegates, wh io were members of te Convetntion. Dr. Gadsden competitor for ,b ithe nc van th e. Stenpnen Rlliott, the gificd, admired and pious- Professor ofsacred literature in the South Carolina College. EDGEFIELD C. It. TnurasoAy, FEBRUARY 20, 1840. To Conntr:sPoNDENTs.---" Brevitas," Innovator," and "X.." are unavoidubly postpnned. Thev will be attended to in our next. We have receved from our ntentive Represent ativ:, the lion. F. W. Pickens, several papers. We have received from the Hon. S. H. Butler, a pamriplilet copy of his '-Remarks on the resolution of Mr. Waddy Thompson, jun., to amend the rules relative to the re ception and disposal ofaholition petiliins." rhe remarks of Mr. Butler, are spirited, and his arguments are forcible. le takes the true ground on the right of petition, We will endeavor to publish his speech. Co NetcATIoss;-We have at differ cut times, teecived a number of commu nieitions, on various subjects. As the poet Martial said of his verses, "Some were good, some were bad, somi were very bad." However, we have .made a selection from these favors, and our readers have had an opportunity of judging for them selves. There is a c rian.. kind of these favors, which we are alwtys delighted to receive. We sufijoin a copy of one. 4Mr. Editor, You will be so good as to send vonrwval uable paper to - , directed to this P 0111ce. 1 enclose you dollars. Yours, verb Respecfully, A. B." We alicays, have room to attend locorn tunications of this character, let them he as many as they may. Any gentilenien who will send us such farorp, need never fear that their names will be crowded out of tOe columns of our subscription book. hy the press of other mttWer. NEXT GOV.RNOR. We publish to-day the articles signed "Edge fi Id" and "Up Counry," though we do not anpprove of ti:e sentiments contained in either. %Ve are still of the opinion, that Me discussion, of this slbject, is rather premature, aid did not intend to altide to it again so rzoon: but it is proper, perhaps, that we shonld take some notice of the articles above mentioned. The claims of Judge Johnson and Colonel lammond, to the oflice of Governor, are re spectively urged by our Correspondents. No one can entertain higher admiration for the character of Judge Johiison, than we do; but it is unneceary to discuss his claims, to the office, since it is generally understood, that he neithet is, nor will be a Candidate. ror the character and talents of Coh Ham mond we. also. entertain the igiest possible respect. We neither couid nor would speak of hint, but in terms the kindest rnd most coi. plimenutary. Fnter'ainiig for hun the feelings whiclh we dip. we hope lie will not bocone a Canididate, since all parties, so far as we can searn. are disptosedi. ntonnimousty to support Col. Ric hardsoni. Aiod inudeed, we think it onty an act of instice to Col. R. atid to his party-, that thte cihice shonld be conferred upotn hitm. We wvere enemies in war; but in peace we de sire to he friends, and nowi is the time to seal those fotintains of bittertness, whicht have, al-. readly, been suffered to flow too long. If the tin forttunte dimencuties, wvhich have so long divided tfids and kindred, is cver to be settietd, this is the day. We have beetn the predotminanit par ty, arid for the iast eight years hatve dealt out. to our friends, everj' office, of honor or profit, in the State. We have had, in succession, five Governors of our owvn party, arid three fronm this section of the State. It is inconsisteht with that spirit, of generosity andl magnanitnity, of which we so uchi boast, longer to use those advantages, over otur oppone ti. wv ch for tune lias t' rownt into mitr hands. In additiotn to all this, Cul Richardson is free from every ob jection. Even our Cotrrespondetnts, acknowl edge his lah gnaliticsandqualifications.and thits admit that it is merely a matter of personal feeling-a preferetnce of individuals. Cot. R. is a gentletman of talenits, and character above reproach. ie hits bteen an able advocate, in Congress, of the Sub-Treasury, and indeed of all the leading measures sustained by the State, at this da'y, and deserves no less, at our hands, thian the office which his friends desire to con fer upon him. *The nomination of Cot. Richardson, by "that part of the State R ights party,"(the Sub-T'rease ry)"of which the editor" (of the Mer enry) "is the repttted and recognised or gan," is as honorable to themselves. as it must be gratifyltne to his frietids. The ofer of the Gnhiernatorjl Chair to Col. Richardson, by the State Rigyat party, is, wve think..more consitent wvith its digtit~ and character for enerosity, andI is. certainly, more grateful to our feelings, than a sullen and "silent acqies cence" in this promuotion. We see nothiing to prevent t' e fulfilment of oui- predictions. "that all parties, in the Sta:e, would unite in his support," unless his con nexioni with Mr Calhioui. .his devotion to the uib-Trearinry. and his open otpposition to Mr. Clay. shonl ine'cu thaet retnant of a party, known as the "Preston factiotn," to op pose him. D. Ir is a matter of some interest na curi osity, te) look back intol history, and read the opitnions wvhich were entertained of ou~r country, by Brttish statesmen and writt-rs, a little mnore than a century ago. Dean Swift, in a pamnphleL wvritten in the .,e.. 1720. e1'aking about the denrcsscd condition ofIreland, a short time prcvious. says, "it is clear, that some linisters in those times, were apt, from their high ele vation, to look down upon this kingdom, as if it had been one of their colonies of outcats in America." Colonies ofouteass! Tenpora muLantur e nos ntuamur in ilis. These colonies of outcasts have now he come a miuhty and a boundless empire. No longer the vassals, they hare beeante the equals of Britaiu-the mistress of the seas! Once liut plantations, they are now the nurseries of millions of freemen. Could Milhon, Haintlen, and oilier free bold spirits of the seventeenth century, have had a prophetic view of the glories of this land; could they but have known that liberty for wh.ch they toiled and bled, alas! in vain, would have found a resting place in this continent, what happiness would have been theirs? "They died without the sight!" But their descendants have beheld it, and we enjoy the fruits of their mighty labors. It is no loss of honor to submit to the Lion. But who with the figure of I man, can think with patience, of being devour. ed alive by a rail-The Drapier's Letters. The Whigs recently said that it was bet ter for the Government to b6 iwallowed up b) Henry Clay, the Lion, willh his 50 mil ;ion bank, than for the Treasury bags to be gnaweed through, and taken off by the big Rat, Martin, and his fami!y of sub Treasury mice! We have received a numberof the "Tus caloosa Whig," edited by Cyrus B. Bald win. The principles of the editor are Whig. He supports Wm. 11. Harrison, for- the Presidency, and John Tyler for the Vice-Presideucy. The scheme of banks found as little fa vor with the sagacious politicians of the last century, as it does with those of the present. Dr. Swift, who was remiarkally keen and long-sighted in almost all tant ters, in a pamphlet ealled, "A proposal lbor the universal use of Irish mauufactures," written in Ireland, in 1720, speaks thus nbout a grand bank--. heme. which was got tip in Dublin. "I cannot forbear saying one word up on a thing they call a bank, which I hear is projectig in this town. I never saw the proposals. nor understand any one par tictlar of their scheme: what I w i6h fbr at presetit, is only a staficient provision of hemp and caps and bells, to distribute ac cording to the several degrees of Honesty aid pr-udence in some persons. I hear only Of a monstrotus sunt already namted; and if others do not soon hear of it too, aid hear it with a vengeance, itien ant I a gentle Ian of less satracity than myself, and very few besides, take me to lie. And the jest will b. still the better, if it be true, asjodi cions persons have assured me. that one half of this money will lie real. and tl other half alhogeihier imaginary. The matter will be liko-wise much iendcd, if the inerchants contiutte to ca ry oli our gold and our Goldsmiths to melt down out heavy silver." Let the advoaentes .f paper baonks ponder well upon this extract, and learn wisdom. DEFiNITIoNs FROM A MoDRt-N Dic Tin NARY. Patronage.-Subscribing to a newspa - per several years, and c-ursingw a printer for presentinig his bill at the expiration of the time. Advice.-Making your own stuggestions to an editor, in what mannter to conduct his paper. Gratitude-Finding fault of an editor, for making corrections andt omnisions~ in yotur wretched, tneramimatient comttuni cations, about nothing Generosity.-Sendintg a bong, tiresome a:rticle to a printer, postatge utnpaid. *Reason for subscribing to a Newspaper -[i order to have your own learned arti cles inserted ia it. Editor-A slave at the beek atnd call of 10,000 n.asters-one who -gets mtore kicks than half-pence. THE CaEDIT S~sTEM.-The following remarks'on this stubjeci, ne copy from the Savannah Georgian. Alt behoves the press of this State to as sumne a new position as regards the eredlit which prevails itn their hbisiness to such an extent, as to impair their usefulntess, and in too many instatnces. to deprive the-m of those returns for their nientat.pand bodihy lahfors which every tnuttshounld reap, anid which itre essential to preserve that itnde pendent attitude which a free press, as a sntintel on the wateh-tower, should never "Myie. than se en years have passed since wve commencedl the eun'uct of TaE GEORGIAN. During that period there are nt a few .paperv in the State w'hich have c hanged hands; the condnietore, in mtanty istanc-es donhtless,'fitditng it an tuniprofitai ble busines~ to struggle with a system which takes money outt of thteiruuwn pockets, in the form of materials anid dlevotedt labor, to fill those of delinquent subiscrib'ers atnd advet sers. The rcmedly is in the htatnds of t he conductors of the press. Let t hem coin menee by refausitng ctredit itn every instatnce, ini whic-h atn agent has now to hbe paid to collevt their demtands, and we believe ibhe main cause of thieir heavy losses will be re move-d. The patrons of the prss to, are interested, so will their ability, in every way, lhe augmtented, anid the papecr- of Gergia lie enable to rnzish moure info~rma ior. to their readlers. Instructions.-Tl'he Legislatutre oif Ma - ryland have passed Resolutions inastr-ur ting the Senators in Congress from that State, (Mesirs. Mierricke atnd Spence, hoth tokigs) to vote for the Subh-Trasurty, atnd otherwise support the policy of tbc Admin Communications. AIa. EDITr I perceive that the Hon. John P. Rich ardmon has bseeti nominated by the Charles Ion Mercury. as thesticcessor ofGovernor Noble, and 1hat the oiher city papers, i ith the - Carolinian." at Columbia, have responded favorably to it. A small para graph n hich appeared in a recent No. of the Advertiser," has been seized upon, and republished iu these papers, doutit less with the view of creating the impres sioni, that the nomination is approved in tis section or the State. During the past year, the names of three gentlemen have been suggested for this imporirin, station; Chatncelor David Jorison, Col. Ham moud, and Col. Richrison. ' The fact is now stared by the Charleston.press, that their respective claims were caivassed at the recent session of the Legislainre, and - that with wonderful inanimity, the Mem bers fixed upon Col. Richardson. Now sir, this is news to me. With as free an intercourse with the Members, as any ed itor of a newspaper in the State, and with the very best opportunities for ascertain ing the prevailing seniments of that body, ou this or any other subject, I hesitate not to say, that so far as I know any thing- a bout it, neither Col. Richardson, or --any one else, teos fxed upon. This very imn portant move must have been confined to a few, or I should have heard of it. The truth is, sir, that if sifted to the hotom, it wil he foun that many leading Mcmbers of the Legislature, were not- in the secret. I know the fact that one, a member ol the old Union Party, to whom the public as signs as high a place, as to any man on the floor of the House of Representatives; never heard of it, until be read it in the newspapers. Wh o then are the actors behind the curtain ? From what source did the editors alluded to, derive their in forration as to the nomitntion by the Le gislature? Who are the individuals who have taken upon-t henselves, the responsi' hility of making the Legislature of South Carolina speak out whether it wills or noi. and pledge itself to a particular maitn a year in advance ? These questions are not usked in an offiensive spirit ; but there is a mystery in this niatrer, which should he expbained. Against Col. Richardson, I have nothing to say. But I ant yet to learn his supe riority over Col. Hammond. I challenge a comparison of the two, and am not a fraid of the result. Col. Richardson has been to Congress. and so has Col. Ham motid. The tiomer, held hir sent for ma ny years ; the latter, was forced, from ill healih, to resign, before, I think, he finish ed his first term. What Carolinian can. forget the impression which Col. Hatm miond made in Cotigress ? Thousands in the State. %%ill bear witness. that no mem her from South Carolina, at least, in our day, ever matde a nore favorable impres sion. Brief as was his Congressional ca reer, he contributed to the solid reputation of his native State, and left behind him a character for talent and chivalry, %% hich will not ie soon forgotten. Educated to the Bar, now a Planter, with an intellect of uicomnion promise, etiriched'andeutti vated by varied and exteisive reading and foreign iravel, a State Rights, Suh-Traeu- - ury man, with morn palifieations above re)roach, now in the fur vigor of his lifd, 1 must believe that the Legislature of South Carolina will avail itself of the op portunity naain to call him into pulic service, and elevale him to the Chief Ma. gistrary of the State. UP C)UNTRY. The Mercury and Carolinian vil plese copy the above. l,'ew eeutcrrences, however in-probale -. antd out oh the natuaral rorder cf t.t i., cotild have taiken ptlace', whinch woulhIthave creati-d greater sutrprise in tis seetion of th. State, thatt the late announemtent in the Nereury, in termos of tnqualhifled eulo gy and commnendation of1 Col. John P. Richardson, as at catndidate for the offiee of Govertnor, at the next. election. It is veryv crtnitn, thtat in this quarter, the pee pie were totally utnpreparud for such at de monstirtin front the editor of thtat ptaper, at the very comnccement of the camn paign, and at the verv tomecnt wheni it was rumoniredthait the'diflierent aspiratuts for this ellice, nere matrnouvering in thne. field, preparatory to thte approaching con nest. Foi muyself, I must hte allowed to sav, in atll sitncerit y, thatt I wasirruck with aniazemletm, and ihr a time lost in the va riotts conjeettlres, to which this strange editoial tanottuvre. gave rise. I regard it as ra sign of sotme enntsequenc, butt of what furt her, and possibuly highter pulrposes, it is iended to prepare thte way, I att not a ble to deteu mtine. I am not stflcienitly famailiar witht the recondite acts of ptolitical diplomacy, or favotred with the light of such revelations, as wiit)'ennh'e me to de tmotnstrate t his ptolitical ptroblen . At first, I was inclined to regaird it as a mnere rnrse, played off~ by the editor, (pr the, purpose of ehreeting a temp joratry diversion, while he wats dexterously pireparing to make a more itmportatnt tmov.e otn the political chess hoard. But a tmore careful perusal confirmed the opinion, itat the editor in tended, with deliberate purpose for weal or woe, to give in his adhesion to the for tttnes otf Col. Richardson. From thte terms in which the editor lasts brought .the maame attd pretensiotns of Col. R. beforo the public, we are warranted in the con clusiotn, t hat Col. R. is to he the candidate (If that pertion of the State Rights ptarty, of ni hich the editor is the reputed, antd re cogntisued organ. Ilie laudatory notices of Col. R., atnd his~ stodied omfission of even the natmes of several other no less mecrito riouis gentlenteit, ont w homn te pubalic eye had been ditectedl, as probabrile candidates for this high office, justify the foregoing cottchiusinnt. I have nt a wvoid to say3, it) droation oif t he hiigh character, w hich he edirnir has bieen ple::sed to assign to Col. R. I know the gentleman, an'd dluly atppteciatte hris tmany eceetllent qutalities, atid piersontal wvorth. Nay, morei Ilenter ?aitn for hint the highest ptersonal resnect; aind dimI I permit thte kittd relations of old acqua~iiintane, anid thtesentimentsotfeust' ertl sitd consideration, whtich it has intspired, to infituence tily cottrse in the selection of a nerson, for this high uohmce, I shouldl he pre pa~redl for tmttte thatn a qiit acqaiescence in the nton.ination of ('ol. II. hlut fte re Ia-itis nfrmiveie, (t uno nocrni-lh the