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Copy of a Letter from Mr, Secretory Webster to the Senators from Massachusetts whilst the Fiscal Corporation bill, which had passed the House of Representatives, was depending in the Semite, At6CST2-% 1941, Gentlemen: As you spoke last evening of the general policy of tlm Whigs, undcr the present posture of affairs, relative to the Bank Bill, I am willing to place you in full possession of my opinion on that subject, It is not necessary to go further hack into the history of the past, than the introduction of the present measure into the House of Representatives, That introduction took place within two or three days after the President's disapproval of the former bill ; and I have not the slightest doubt that it was honestly and fairly intended as a measure likely to meet the President's approbation. 1 ftoawt believe that one in fifty of the WHitgs had any sinister design whatever, if there was an individual who had such design. But 1 know that the President had keen troubled in regard to the former hill being desirous, on the one hand, to meet rhe wishes of the friends, if he could, ?i*?d, on the otlier, to do justice to his own opinions. (laving returned this first hill with his objections, a new one was presented in the House, and appeared to he making rapid progress. I know the President regretted this, nod wished the whole subject might hav been postponed. At thes me time, I believe he was disposed to consider, calmly and conscientiously, whatever other measure might b< prcsenteu to him. But, in the meantime, Mr. Butt's ven extraoid nary letter made its appearance Mr. Boils is a Whig of eminence and influcnce in our ranks. I need not recal to your mind the contents of the letter. It is enough to say, that it purported tha the Whigs designed to circumvent then own President; to "head him" as tinexpression was, and to place him in v condition of embarrassment. From that moment, I felt that it was tin* dutv of the Whigs to forltear from pressing the Bank bill further, at the present time. I thought it was' hut just in them to give decisive proof that they entertained no such purpose as seemed to be imputed to them. And, since there was reason to believe that the President would be glad of time, for information and reflec. tion, l?efore being called on to form an opinion on another plan for a Bank?a plan somewhat new to the country?I thought his known wishes out to be complied with. I think so so still. I think this is n course just to the President, and wise on behalf of the Whig party. A decisive rebuke ought, in my judg- | meiiL, to l>e given to the intie ation, from whatever quarter, of a disposition among 1 the Whigs to embarrass the President. This ?s the main ground of my opinion; ' aind such a rebuke, I think, would he found in the general resolution of the party to postpone further proceedigs on the subject io the next session, now only a little more thaa three months off. Toe session has been fruitful of impor. tant acts. The wants of the Treasury have been supplied; provisions have been made for Fortifications and for the Novy ; the rpp'-al of the Sub-Treasury lias parsed ; the Bankrupt Bill, that great measure of justice and benevolence, has been carried through ; and the Land Bill seems about to receive the sanction of r* In nil these measures, forming a mass of legislation more important. I will venture to say, than all the proceedings of Conn re* for many years past, the President has cordially concurred. I agree that the currency question is, nevertheless the great question before the country ; hut, considering what has already been accomplished in regard to other things?considering the difference of opinion which exists upon this remaining one?and considering, especially, that >i is the duty of the Whigs effectually to repel and put down any supposition that Ahey are endeavoring to put the Presiden.t in a condition in which he must act jinder restraint or embarrassment, I am fully *rd entirely persuaded that the Bank subject should be postponed to the next session, [ am, gentlemen, your friend and obedient servant, DAXCjEL WEBSTER. To Messrs. Batks and Choatf, Senators from Massachusetts. - 1 -I'll c. ?Y TIIE 1'RESIDENT OF TH$ UNITED STARS OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION. Wh ereas it has come to the knowledge M the<*overnv\e?t of the .United States tiiM ayadiy secret Lodges. Clubs, or AsMw^alions exist on the Northern Frontier; that *he jRw*n'?e;s of these Lodges are hound together tiy secret oaths ; that they have coliex-tid fire-arms and other milltary muleftaL, afld secreted them ie sundry places; and that it is their purpose to violate the laws of their country by making military and lawless incursions, w hen opportunity shall offer, into the Territories of a Power with which the United Stales are at peace: and whereas it is known that travelling agitators, from both sides of the. Jine,< visit these Lodges, and harangue the members in secret meeting, stimulating tfhein to illegal acts; arid whereas the same persons are known to levy contributions on the ignorant and credulous for I their own benefit, thus supporting and \ enriching themselves by the basest means: a and whereas the unlawful intentions of c the members of these Lodges have already s been manifested in an attempt to destroy j the lives and property of the inhabitants r of Chippewa, in Canada, and the public j property of the British Government there t being: Now. therefore, I, John Tyler, t President of the United States, do issue t this my proclamation, admonishing all i such evil-minded persons of the condign 1 punishment which is certain to overtake | them ; assuring them that the laws of the s United States will be rigorously executed i against their illegal acts; and,that if in any \ lawless incursion into Canrda they fall < into the hands of the British authorities | i they will not be reclaimed as American | - " ? .?i.. i... j citizens, nor any mierrerence muuu uj | ( this Government in their behalf. I And I exhort all well-meaning but de- , luded persons who may have joined these , Lodges immediately to abandon them, | and to have nothing more to do with their , secret meetings, or unlawful oaths, as they ? would avoid serious consequences to them- < selves. And I expect the intelligent and , J well-disposed members of the community ( to frown on all these unlawful combina- j | tions and illegal proceedings, and to assist ( the Government in maintaining the j peace of the country against the mischie- ( vou9 consequences of the acts of these j violators of the law. I Given under my hand, at the city of , Washington, the twenty.fifth day of | September. A. D. [l. s. ] one thousand | eight hundred and forty-one, and of , the Independence of the United States | the sixty-sixth. , John tyt.::r. , By the President: Daniel Wkbstkr. Secretary of State. the president's pkocl am xtion, &c. . 1 F.om the Time* and Evening Stir. We subjoin the Proclamation of President Tyler calling upon all evil-minded J persons on the Northern frontier, who J lave any designs against the Canadas. ' fo disperse, and requiring of every good < citizen a course of conduct necessary to ? maintain the relations of amity existing * with Great Britain. There is a fitness < -ir*d ni-/?nrif.iv in thiw ston nt the nrosent ....V. J , - , . .. moment. It will not only serve to satisfy ? England of the pacific and friendly dis- r position which governs our councils and t intentions, but, on the eve of the McLeod ' ' trial, should any outbreak occur, show ? ' that the federal Government has not | been unmindful of its duties. We fenr, c ; however, in this mattej, that paper procla- a ! mations will not prove more efficient j p J than paper blockades have in times past. I An efficient military force along the lines, authorized by Congress, will be the only f means to check the movements of these r ; Canadian sympathizers and the erectiou t i of these hunters' lodges. We certainly d I have no disposition to censure Mr. Van .j Rirkn unnecessarily, now that he is in r retirement, but much of the troubles of. li this Canada outbreak are to be traced to I p his wavering, unsettled policy. At the J A very commencement of this affair, before r Van Renssalaer occupi'd Navy Island, d and consequently prior to the burning of fi the Caroline this paper repeatedly urged p the President to adopt strong measures | f to arrest the ringleaders, and terminate a the difficulties then on the threshold ; but s> Mr. Van Burkn was a candidate for re- : b election, and he calculated the hazards of j v checking an outbreak in the Western Dis- v trict and in Michigan as affecting his po- ! t litical prospects. He sent agents to look j f into the alfair, but it was not until Cana- ; li da had been invaded and serious mischief li ensued that he could he prevailed upon to issue his proclamation, which, however, ' produced no effect. Thev had greater o apprehensions of the British forces in Up- e per Canada than from any threats of t condign punishment from Washington, i: Since that time, the leaders in the revolt have not been idle, and persons of des- r perate fortunes have associated together s to renew their attempts on Canada at a suitable period ; and they believe the trial ! of McLcod offers an available opportuni- t ! tv to get up a new sympathy should he be j ! acquitted, and, if convicted, to raise n v ' /-li.innr fnr hi? evpmtmn : and. in either } I case, to assume a position calculated to s : involve the two countries in war. It is i: not proclamations, therefore, that can n J prevent this issue?it is a powerful mili- t I tarv force, which should he placed along n | the lines. Not only the disposable troops I of the United States should he ordered in t ! that direction, but the Governor should j he requested to call out a regiment in J each county on the borders of Lakes Erie 'and Ontario, to be kept encamped and | ready to unite at any moment for the preservation of peace and the diversion of | the insurgents. The State may confi- * i dently rely on Congress to make the necessary appropriations to defray the ex- f < penses, and the Governor has both ener- * gy and capacity to carry out such ' instructions successfully. There is no ' question between Great Britain and the ' I United States but this which threatens I . * * ? *1?: - : i.i. i? I flDy, IQKtrrU|)llun uj mcir uiiiiumimo icii(ions, and this single question is fraught ' with danger, and must be met with ( j promptness. It is exped'ent, therefore. 1 | to prevent tiie evils, and this uncalled for issue of war, at any cost, by the presence 1 of a powerful military force until this vexed ' question is settled. Ivk\t of Land.?It is stated that in ' Rngland, in agricultural districts, the rent 1 of land has increased since 1775 from four to ten-fold, and this excessive in- 1 ; crease in rent has extended to even the 1 West ern Isles of Scotland; for in a Intel1 advertisement it is stated by the seller that one of the farms in the Island ,ot* > North l-ist, which is let on lease, whereof 118 years are still unexpired, at JCIO 2s.' ! 4d. wouId now let at ?250. 1 The Shower of Blood.?Prof. Troost \ irs published a long article in the Nash* r dlle Banner, with reference to the recent c ihower of blood which occured at Leban. i m, Tenn. on the 17th ult. Theexplan. i ition which he gives of this remarkable I >benomenon differs essentially from that < >f Prof. Hallowed. He took especial f mins to investigate all the facts and in < he case, and says there can be no doubt hat the drops of blood found upon the obacco leaves did really fall from a smail ed cloud passing swiftly from East to West. 1 he extent of the shower was >om forty to sixty yards in breadth, and ?ix or eight hundred in length : it was binly scattered, probably a drop every :en or fifteen feet irregularly dispersed. 1 Some of the pieces which fell were nearly 1 two inches long. Prof. Troost believes the fragments to be animal matter, but Joes not consider any part of them to be 1 >lood. There was about them an often. * jive smell of putrid matter, and the fibres 1 were distinctly visible. On exposing the ! jarticles to the action of heat, they were J iftertftd nrerisplv na n ni<.#?<? ??* 1 ? --- ?'J ?W %m U| l/W?" | 4 There is no doubt," says the Professor, j "that this substance is animal matter,;! ind belongs to our globe." He then enumerated many instances in which remarkable showers have been observed, from the year 472 to the presept day. If the ' facts as stated by him are correct, there :an be no ground for the explanation of . Prof. Hallowell that the matter was thrown oft* hv insects in their chrysalis state. Prof. Troosi ascriber it to the action ofa hiirrioin..'. which, in: thinks, may lave taken up part of an. animal which ' vas in u state of dirompo.sition and have j ^ irought it in contact with an electric! i ;Ioud, in which :i w.?> kept in a state up- ( jroaching to a partial liouiitv or viscosity. Phuad. Gazette* ^ prom the nkw york. commercial ad- ( vkrtiskk. Kidmappino.?Accounts have reached | ^iew York, through various channels, that ( lames Grogan. one of the Canadian ref- , igeos, who has heen living for the last two j >r three years ut Alburgh in Vermont, i lear the Canada line, has been seized by | t party of dragoons from Canada, and :onveyed to ,1/ontreal, where he has been odged in prison. He is by birth a citi. :en of the United States, but was long a esident in Canada, took part in there. ( icllion, and fled after its suppression. He | s believed to have been an active insti. ( fa tor of all the border forays, burnings, tc. that have taken place since the final j verthrow of the rebels. The following j iccount of Ins arrest is given by acorrcs- ] >ondent of the Express : I "ranklin County. Vt., Sept. 22, 1841. | On Saturdav James Grogan returned 1 rom Michigan to Alburgh When his , ~ ~ I eturn was known across the lin?:s, Cap. | nin Jones, of her Majesty's service, or. lered the dragoons on Sunday to go to I Uburgh and capture bim. Grogan that , light slept at his brother-in-law's, Wil* iam Brown's, who is a farmer of most res- | cctable standing, About two o'clock on . londay morning Brown's house was sur- j [ minded by a detachment of British sol. |, iers, his house ;forced, and himself and j | lrnilv forbid to make any alarm under , enality of death. They proceeded to the , ?ed-rooin where Grogan slept, who, awa- ( kened by the noise, defended himself till , everely wounded in the legs and thighs j ( v bayonets, when he was overpowered, J trapped in a buffalo robe, thrown into a ! ragon, and carried across the line, some wo and a half or three miles distant, and rorri thence toClarensvilic. On Monday ; e was carried east to Missisquoi bay. eavilv ironed, and sent to iVfontreal. Last evening the news arrived at St. Ubans. A public meeting was held. or. [ani/.ed. and a committee appointed toi xamine into the transaction, and report j his evening, to which time the meeting J s adjourned. I have not time to write more. In my ! text I will givM you the circumstances, as upporled by legal proof. Yours, XY. The other accounts are substantially he same. Brown's house, where the ar , 'est was made, is said to be four milevithin the boundary line?that, is, on thes /ermont side. The merits of the tran'l?n-.??l nn cl-iiu If Rrnwn's hnilse tlVHWII uv punu >| .. .. s in fact on the Cuauda side, our Govern- , nent can have nothing to say in the mater; if not, Grogan will of course be de- , nanded. and no doubt given up. One of the accounts savs that the cop- , ors were not soldiers but volunteers, and , icle?J without authority. STEAM TKAVKLLi N;' ON COMMON* ROADS | 1 A London pain r stalo ;i??t on>- r.i ."Jeneral Stean* Get;: ?:* V .ci?es recer.- ! Iv performed a ;:s:r- ? v from 7 ?' . |! niles in 25 or minute*, .a at the ram >f 15 or 10 mil.-?an hour. It is added. 1 hat, but for otKfructui thai were en- 1 wintered, in the slrt|?e oftlocks of sheep. ' arts and horse?., 20 miles aft iio.tr would ' lave readily beet, obtained. 'I'iie account 1 jfoceeds: 1 ' One fact, however, seemed to be es- 1 aldished?namely that the new steam, coach is capable of running on ordinary j j roads with speed, economy, and sait-iv. i The noise of the engine is scarcely per-1 cepttble ; there is neither stocks nor a visi-11 tile escape of steain, and the boiler is construed of numerous pipes, so that if one, I or even two, should burst, thelmiler is re- 1 lieved and all danger avoided. To enter 1 1 into any description of the carriage would he foreign to our purpose, hut we cannot avoid noticing the extremely ingenious contrivance which blows and keeps the fire alive. The facility, loo, with which the engine is managed is truly remarka- ( ^)je, an instance of which appeared in the descent from tho Camden Villas. A cow suddenly rushed across the road when the coach was at full speed, and had the *vc. licle been drawn bv bortet a collision i nusthave taken place, and no doubt seri* 'i ?U5i consequences would have resulted ; vhereas the engineer, with a precision i vhich must be seen to be duly apprecia* ed, steered, we cannot say drove, the :oaeh clear of the animal. We may also nention, that though several flocks of iheep were met or; passed, yet, without tignally checking the speed, the engineer irove through them. To describe the :arriage we have only to say that the vheels are very broad, and that in the * xrtion allotted to pasxengers it resembles :he open carriages on the railroads. The itcikere sit behind, and the whole complewent of passengers was 16. Several members of Parliament were passengers, ind one lady." The new revenue law will go into ope. ution on the 1st proximo, it may prouuce changes in the state of our trade, of which the extent csmnot yet be foreseen. At present, our trade with the Continent of Europe, and with France particularly, is in a condition which, it would seem, unwise legislation can alone have brought lbout. It is almost altogether in the hands of the foreigners. Of the packet ships recently arrived from France, with rery valuable cargoes, four-fifths of these, certainly, and perhaps nine-tenths, were for foreign account, or consigned to forsign houses here. With the intelligence, industry, and enterprise of the American merchant, it is quite impossible that any ?.qval competition should have shut him nut *o completely from the French tradei in.; therefore it is we say that unwise legislation must be at the hottom of it. On 1 this ground, as well ns many others, there J must he a general revision of the tariff at { lhe next session of Congress, to com- i mence on the first A/onday of Decern-1 her. In anticipation of new duties on silks,; and other merchandize the produce of, France, now free, very large assortments have arrived and are arriving; so that the calculation of revenue from this source) will, for the first portion of the current i fiscal year, be disappointed, tiie country 1 being stocked with free goods. N. Y. American. i iYet/j York, September 27. Wfc _ Naval Reception of the rninck de ; Foinville.?The reception of the Prince j le Joinville hy the officers of our Navv; lias been marked with all the courtesy Jue to no distinguished a visiter. On the irrival of Lfi Belle Poule a salute was! fired, which was promptly returned by the United States ship North Carolina. The Prince soon after visited the North Caro- ' inn, and the visit was next day returned ; Dy Commodore Perry, who in the mean-1 lime had directed the civilities of the port j ind the conveniences of the dock-yard to be tendered for the use of the Prince's ihips. On Saturday, agreeably to invitation, the Prince visited the Navy Yard and Brooklyn, where a salute of 21 guns was fired on his arrival. A full garrison of marines and a voluntee. company, who bad handsomely offered their services, were drawn up in the yard to receive bim, the band playing a national air, anil the tri-colored flag flying on the ships of war. After visiting the commandant's quarters and receiving the hospitalities of the Navy, the Prince visited the ships in ordinary and the steamer Missouri, the workshops, rope.walks, <fce. with nil of which he expressed himself highly pleased, j and with the general arrangements of the i yard. On leaving the yard, a salute due to the naval rank of the Prince was fired, which was duly acknowledged on his arrival on board La Belle Poule.?Express. Runts in Central America.?For1 ?l 4i__ r?u I some IH11C piUtl inc v>iic * a nr:i ? icucc ichsthnl, attache of the Austrian Legn. lion, has been exploreing the rnins of Ccn. tral America. Perhaps no one better fit. feci for this labor thanthis gentlemen, could have been induced to undertake it. Be-1 longing to a noble family of eminent attain, jinents in scieuce, his labor was undeita- j ken merely for the advancement of sci. once itself, and with the expectation of no reward hut ths reputation that should follow his successes. This gentlemen travelled by himself, lived like the Indians, and at night en. camped on the ground asoncofthem. He has spent the las: nine months in that1 l ime has been amon? the ruins of cities j ? o where the foot of man uever was before, itnd which are unknown even to the most recent travellers. He mentions the ruircs of one colonade, where there are yet ten rows of columns, in each of which iue 48 columns? in all 480 columns.? He had with iiim a complete Deguerrco. iy.>e apparatus, and with it has taken a great number of excellent impressions.? fhis often required two Indians to hold liis table against the force of the wind, two also to keep steady the apparatus, oth?rs to protect it from the sun, dsc. We bad yesterday the pleasure of seeing these impressions at his hotel, and they surpass iny tiling of tho kind which we haveI seen, in distinctness and excellenc. From i the impression, when magnified, he has made drawings which show the original, by their richness elegance and finish, to he the work of a highly cultivated people. Thi* imr?rrssions nf ITvmiil when com- I pared wish the sketches of Palenque, show \ for more advanced state of cultivation by the inhabitants of the former place.? The ornaments on the temples signify that tlieir religion was of a most sensual kind. In some future years it is expected that this invaluable collection, with the result r>f these labors, will be given to the public; And when it is to be recollected that Austria has in her possession theoriginel manuscripts, and the drawing of the Cortez who invaded Mexico, with which these may be compared, it may be hoped that i some light will be thrown on the charac- ( ter of that wonderful people who preced- I ed us on this continent.?Jour, of Com * merce. c ? c In a sort of general review of the do. mestic and foreign policy followed by the late Ministers, the London Globe, has the following temperate remarks on the case I of JfcLeod. The Globe% it may be re. * membered, was Lord Palmerston's unoffi I cial organ, uud the remarks we quote may < he looked upon probably as an exposition ' of his ideas.?Com. Adv. 44 The only real difficulty with which ' the Tories will have to contend, in refer- I ence to our position with foreign States, will be the affair of Mr. McLeod ; and ev. en with respect to this the Whig Govern- ( ment has so well prepared the way, that a < safe and honorable issue from the dilemma that treatens may be calculated upon with a confidence almost approaching to certainty. There i9 no doubt that, should the tribunal at New York pass an unfav L I . I' . iL. f I . oraoie veruici, me uviit'rm uuvcriimcui of the United States will at once demand | the prisoner's release, though it cannot 1 interfere until the verdict has been given. Its inability to take this step in the first instance may be?indeed in our opinion | undoubtedly is?a defect in the American ^ Constitution; but would there be either dignity or policy in our demanding of the : General Government the performance of 1 an act which it cannot accomplish with- ' out risking a civil war in its own domin? 1 ions, and which it could not refuse to comply with but at the certainty of the i immediate commencement of hostilities | on the part of the British Government ? j Lord Palmerston has already conimunica. | ted to the American authorities the no. , cessity f?r the instant release of Mc.Lnod, ( should he he endangered by a hostile 11 verdict of the court w here he is about to | be tr:ed. ( " But any further step, while it would | not better the condition of the prisoner, would assuredly involve the Government' of the United Slates in immediate war | witli us, or a conflict with one of its own States that would he placed toward it in a position of defiance solely by an iinpol- ( itic act of useless precipitance on the part ( of the English ministry. The present question of a demand on ourside, and the ability of'the United States authorities to comply with it. lias been compared not 1 inaptly with the demand of the Russian < Gavernrnent, in the reign of Queen An. ne, for the release of the ambassador from the Court of St. Petersbusg, who was confined for debt, but whom by the law of England the Sovereign could not set at lil?eriy. Russia was satisfied by the explanation .of the difficulty, though the object of imprisonment was no less than I tie representative of the Emperor himself and an act of Parliament was very properly passed to prevent n recurrence of;, a similar circumstance. We agree with | the Timrs, that England may have a right to demand such an enactment from the American Government, to obviate the possibility of such nnother cause of dtsagrcemerit as that which has unhappily a. risen; but we are not justified in demanding a violation of its own laws as the price at which our friendship is to he preserved; for the offier of an alternative which it is known could not be complied with, would evince a determination fm war inconsistent alike with reason and with policy." An arrival from Rio Jankrjo brings accounts of the coronation and consecration of the Emporerof Rrazil, Don Pudro II. The Commercial Advertiser's Letter of July HO. from Rio Janeiro, contains the ; following additional information: "On Afondav 198 emigrants, hound from i England to New Holland, were brought into this port, having been taken off a wreck, 300 miles from Rio, by a French \ whaler?18 persons were lost. The ship | was set on fire bv the second mate, who i went below with a candle to draw spirits, j | They lost literally every thing hut their j I lives and what thev had on at the time, j Tliou oro nrtiv rin a umnll ivlnnrl in the ' I ..v^ . bny, where thev are receiving every at. tention from the English Consul nnd he.! nevolent friends here, both English and American. " You will also see a notice of a voting i Englishman, of 19 years of ng<\ who, af. i ter making use of his employer's money,! and losing by gambling, dec., some 7,090 | or 8,000 nnlreas, blew his brains out. He ! had been ever, to this time, regarded as a J respectable and honewt young man. He j had had a good education, having been . blessed with pious parents, his father he. I ing a clergyman of the English Church. I FROM THE NORTHERN FRONTIER. Correspondence of the N. Y. American. ^ li* * * * u QmiT 1 LI 1 .IbliOf ur>i ?* I The patriots have, since the removal of the United States Aimy from Buffalo, again made this neighborhood the scene) of their operations, in order, if they can, to embroil both countries in war. Last week they made an attempt to blow up two of her Majesty's steamboats Iving at anchor in the Niagara river, at Chippewa. Lett had laid this nefarious plot, and since his arrest is said to have boasted to Gov. Scward, at Auburn, " thai he had been recently in Canada, and would have been successful if* he had not been captured!" He also acknowledged being the actor at the destruction of Brock's monument, and of a recent blowing up of one of the locks on the Welland Canal! The machine consisted of two cases containing 150 pounds of powder. They were each placed on a frame one hundred yards apart, (but connected by a rope,) with a leaden pipe and fuse therein insorted, and thus towed from Grand Island, 1 9 ind sent drifting towards the vessels. 3ne only of the casks exploded, but, moe^ 'ortunately, prematurely, being 300 yard?* rhart of the mark?otherwise every souk >n board, with the vessel, must have been lestroyed. A SENSIBLE WOXAX. A newly licensed Grog.seller, anxious to have something new and striking as a lign for his establishment, asked his wife to devise one for him. as she possessed tine taste. "No," said she. "it is a dirty business you are going into, I will have nothing to do with it!" The husband i nsisted, however, and told her that he had paid for his license and was determined to retail. 44 Well, then," said his wife,4 just paint a great big horn, and yourself cradling out at the liUle end of it." S. C. Temperance Advo. C H EBAVV GAZETTE. " WEDNESDAY, Octobkk 6,1841. We had a light frost in this neighbor* hood, on the mornings of Monday and Tuesday. The trial of McLcod did not commenca the early part of last week as was expected. Tiie delay wns owing to the absence of witnesses both for and against the prosecution, it v.is thought probable by persons on the spot ihat I lie trial might not commence before the present week. There secm9 to t>e little or no excitement ill the neighborhood. 'The general impression there is said to lie that McLeod is innocent and must be acquitted. The border ^patriots" may siiborne witnesses to testify falsely against hitn ; but the testimony proving tn.it be could not have ^ been present at tne attack on the Caro line is represented as !>eirig clear and t on. elusive* and the witnesses ummpeacttahie. See Mr. Bell's statement on fourth page. The Hon. John Greig, who was etoct. ed to Congress in place of Mr. Granger when the latter was appointed Post Mi** tcr General, has resigned to give the pco? pie of Ins district an opportunity of again electing Mr. Granger, "who is their tirst choice." The National Intelligencer of the 24th? Sept. says: "We understand that tho Hon. Thomas D. Sumter has been detained in this city, since the adjournment of Congress, by severe iilness." Some children, at Germnntnwn, Pn.f finding an old box of shoe blacking in n garret, tasted and relished it. They all partook of it and were made sick, hut they all recovered except one who died. Lord Sydenham, late Governor Gene ml of the Canada*, died at Kingston, on the 19th. Sept. of lockjaw, caused by a fracture of the leg. A most waxro* outuaob.?The free blacks connected with the Methodist I Church, at Mnysville, Ky., lately built * church mostly at their own expense. A ^ rnoh assembled around it a few days since, and tore it down, without provocation of any kind. Some outrages previously committed by free blacks at Cincinnati, by which some white persons were killed was probably the cause which excited the mob against the blacks. The population of South Carolina, ac? cording to the late census is as follows: Whites, 259,002. Free colored, A,279. Slaves, 327,15*. Total, 594,439. The 'News Ac Planters'' Gazette," of Washington, Ga., has announced its determination to support Hf.xry Clyy as a candidate for the Presidency at the next election. SAFETY OF SI B TKK ASfli fCH. E. S. Prcscott. Receiver r: ihc land olfi<*e, at Chicago . as issued a handbill stating that the innd office at that place had been entered, and the suh-Treasury safe opened by false keys. The amount of money taken was 811,488, nearly $11,000 of it in specie. ? ?" It is understood, says the National In* telligenrer, that the Hon. John McLean has declined accepting the office of Sec re* tary of War. Mr. Clav, on his way home, was met, says the Wheeling Gazette, five or six miles from town by an immense concourse of our citizens accompanied by the City Blues' Brass Band, and escorted into town hy a large procession. Un tfteir arrival at the hotel, the assembled multi. tude were addressed hy Mr. Clay and Mr. White of Indiana. Such was the anxiety of tho people to see him that a large number assembled again after dark about the hotel, when Mr. Clay again addressed them, as did some of the other members of Congress in obedience to calls from the crowd.