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'? rlJ.Y sip JK ijf iftft l? if ? #OT '|i| s\ & MB tit A*' '< ^"V>" ^'SAi ' ' ^ !W , rfi - W rm-vmm , Mrs*-' w ?wmm&w <?m>Trmmwit??m? :;v^;^?! % *' .'/... <?!, , ' .?, w ;: : <? '! ,\i fl%j rVjfl.ljM J ;i't;bLUMIfi VIII. CIIERAW. SOUTII-CAKOLINA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1813. NUMBKRW"" r, c ?"|5?rt w*H-.*?f ? - ? - - . 1 ^ ^ k. i * }- > I - ? ? - - - ' j^EKAW GAZETTE. \J CttBRAW, Tubsday, Jan-vary 3, 1843. During the nlisenrc of the Editor payments duo to him may b? mado to Mr. Westervklt. Wo are indebted to tho attention of tlic Hon. John Campbell for copies of tlic President's mcs. Ago and accompanying documents, for which wo keg to ofior him our grateful acknowledgements. ' Wo regret that we are compelled this week, from the sickness of somo of tho persons employed in our office, to iasuo the present number in the form of a half sheet; but trust our subscribers will accept thie apology in oxtcnuation. Wo ha vo been induced to issue it thus for the convenience of our advertising patrons. v William IIknhy Haywood, Jun., wan, on the I v 93lh ult., elected by the Ljvisl lluic or North ! t Carolina, Senator to Congress. Tiic vote stood? 0 for Haywood 95; for Craiiam 09. i ~~ 6 Mr. Clay visited Natchez on the 6th of Dee.., mnd New Orleans on the '22 I, at both of which places ho wjb most enthusiastically welcomed. The officrra appointed to compose the Court [ g Of Inquiry into the late circumstances on board . the United States bri?j Sirnsn, are Commodores ^ sfkwart, J.vcoj Jonks, and Dallas : Jud^c Ad. ocatc, Oqde.s I1osfman. '1'nc opinion of a Court thus constituted will command the public conli. j; dense and respect. z The Court convened on board the N'r/ft Carolina, at the navy yard, Brooklyn, on Wednesday the 28th ult , at h iif past 11 o'clo k. T.'ie oattis )>tvinj been ad.niuis'.ere.l, Mr. Iloil'.n ;n read the orJer, convening the CjU t, fro.n the Navy I)e. a pjrtuienl,?after which Coin nunJer Mackenzie ' mule a request to the Court that he be allowed d the assistance of Mr. IIouc, not as counsel, but to ri Itko notes of the proceedings, and to aid him in [ c writiii- other matters nectss.*rv to lie put on paper, j ? ? Oa accon.it of the non-arrival <>f certain LtU.s, j ulluJed to in fie coin sponhu :c ??f tlic Secretary of the Navy, Mr. llifiinan proposed tin adourn- 11 inent, which boinj agreed to, the Court ndjcurm'd | 'I to (i)oct next day, at hilf past 11 ohl\>:!t. i ' Cooky's Lady's Book.?We have received loo it January number of this cicgint periodical in :?d- n vancc of tho regular day of publication, and find o it a ridi treat both for the rya and tha inin J. The ci publisher seems to liave supisicJ nil bid previous a! cfTo.ta to gratify the taste of his subscribe:s; ami rr the embellishments which iceompauy it are a proof ii of the high state of excellence to which the tine arts have attained in this country. Of the four si engravings, the first, " Devotion," u mezzotint, in ft a work of great nvrit, an-* in worth inorc than the tc price of the number. Tne coloring of tlie pi itcs : t alone, is stated to have cost upwards of 01,03 ). ! a| Ttio literary portion of the work is ull t!ie produe. j U tion of American ladies, with tiic sale exception i hi of an :irticlo l?y Miss JoaNS.a IhiLLiK. The sub- J di juribcrs' num'tcrs, it is?tatcd, will he forwarded in y a few days, us fast as issue:! from the press. j t! Tub Bud iut.? I'.io I>a,?.exp vt.-J annual re. (/ port of the Secretary >f t!?c Treasury has arrived 1 p at last, and passess s the ran; m rit of hoin^ short, p It consists, in truth, of little more then a trinst.i; t a of the national balance sheet for t!ie dyin-j year, ! s: au 1 the tuual estimates, in the gross, for the year a to co ne. Ills saTuestioris are few, and his rccom- I p inundations fewer s'i 1. He docs, indeed, shadow \ o fortlt a project for raising three millions more of ? re von ue, but vent ares not plainly to say that he ' c means a very proper duty upon Tka and Cof/kk. This is abaut all.?Cjhi. A lcrrt. 9i THE BANKRUPT IAW Is safe for the residue of this week ; the bill ' t> to repeal it hnvinj been laid aside in the Home 1 of Representatives yestcrduy i a order t > go on with \hc Appropriation Bill, tiio immediate pitman of > which was almost a matter of certainty. The ; ? Bankrupt Repeal bill cannot now be renamed i.o ! s that body before Monday next Let not the friends ' (j of the law, however, deceive themselves with ful.-e ! t, hopes as to its fate inCongross. A l?ill will certainly ' n pass for tho repeal of the Bankrupt Act, in part, if ' w not in whole,before many weeks. Whether it will ' (j be roiitv.ilt.'il or mo lifted nn from I hi* first il.iv of this . - r - V I (J session, or from the date of the repealing or modi. ! (j fying art, is not certain.?Nat. Intell. of Dec. 13. ; w . THE CIV1I, APPROPRIATION* RIM., ju tor the first h ilf of the ensuing year, which |> iss- j cd the House of Represent itivrs on the 22.1, was next day taken tip in the Senile, on tin: report of . its Committee of Ways and .Means, gone through, i passed, and returned to the House of Represents, j tivos?was afterwards enrolled and Finned by the j j1 officers of both Houses?and now only requires j (if it be not already signed,) the signature of tbc President to become a \nvr.?Ibid. \ London correspondent of the N. Y. Commcr. V eial Advertiser, ppcaking of tbo immense import. " snoe of tlio Into E istern conquests to Great Dri. ' tain, nnJ of the sunshine of prosperity which has ' it Idnnlv nnrl imexoiielndlv illinnim.il Imr 1 ~r j ..... g.vru...; jioliticul atmosphere, concludes in the following strong and energetic languugo concerning the ? credit of the United States abroad : ? c It is deeply painful for any true American to i( turn from thia scone of glories and (successes, to tho f dark and sombre aspect of affairs nt home. Eng. , 1 uid, with an infinite amount of actu al causes of i distress and embarrassment, is prosper ous in spite of ! c them all. Oppress-d with tuxat; >u, and Lornc 1 ? down by pecuniary liabil tics f.ir beymi I hgr p-c- ! sent resources, she still enjoys a quiet at horn and 1 | n credit ubroi.l wii'uli no other cou ltry can up- 1 ( provh. "The United States, on the other hand, free j from t!io rooted evils which ding around this conntry, with liabilitica which aro to their rc?oure.es ( ns a drop to no o<?c in; with no domestic disiflVe. j j ton and no foreign f??>; seem to he forfeiting their i , r?s;?ec(ahility *.t hon- with ? rapidity only ? > lw ' , ;qu ailed by the certainty of their utter want of t ; rod it abroad ! , i " I speak this in bitterness of licurt; and I as.! i suro you that as an American, sensitive to his i tountry's honor and reputation, I blush every liine t hat country is named. J t '* I will not pursue this strain ; hut if my coun. t rymcn could see how the land which Washing. ' f on saved, and to which the eyes of every lover of | t lolitical and religious freedom in Europe and j 5 hroughout the world had for so many years been s iirned with a reverence that made thn name j t ' American" a pissport for the traveller in every j b calm ; could they, I say, see how that country j t< s reviled and derided, and feel as I do the justice j h if every reproach which is uttered against her, " hey would unite in one gigantic elVort to rctrievo icr national character, and set on foot a moral re- g 'o'.ution before which the physical struggle of " so- li 'cnty-six" should " pale its ineffectual rays," U vhilo America resumed her proud position among lie nations of the c^rtli; and Iter sons, in the Ijnd / if strangers, should oneo more know the lofty sa. fi isfaetion of hearing their country named with re- F pcct and regarJed with affection. c " 1 am yours truly, o "A Yankee in Ixjndon." s At a MCRTiva of the Washington Temperance iooiety, held in tho M. E. Church, 1 R;s:lced, That the first meeting in next month, o 11 i I??* III ??\tn /*fanei.lorfihnn #1*^% I - H -- ?? w-.-v ??? ?? > ?' | 11 ropricly of altering und amending the constitution I f, f this Society, an 1 that this resolution bo pub. J r, slicd weekly until that time, in the Fanners' Ga- e elte. n " ' f I Correspondence of the N. Y. Evening Pest. jj London, Dee. 3. I presume tliat euch a brief su.-nmury as can be j s ccoinplislied within the limits ol' a letter, of the j . npotmt news from India and China, will be If lecmed insutlicient to gratify the curiosity ?.f your ; (| coders, anl that you will copy in full the accounts j orilaiiicd in the London journals. It will be un- I |. icccfwary, therefore, 'or mo to trouble you with ! etuils. j Th" nows is in every way satis "actory?the tri- () niphs very complete. The people liero rejoice hat a wasting an 1 dangerous war has hum ended () i Afghanistan, an i that the slaughter of an in- ? Slcnsive people h is been stopped in China ; and j, is to be hopc-1 that tile advantages which may , jsult to civilization from three hundred millions f people being brought into contact with the otlir nations of the earth, after having been so n hangely and etfcctuully isolated for centuries, ^ l ty counterbalance the cviIb which have been p( lllictcd. I The terms arc all that Engl in J could have dc- p red. Lasting poucc and friendship between the (, *?o countries?tin live principal ports of China ,| > be thrown open, which is probably only a stop <g iwards unrestricted trade?consular officers to be ^ ppointcd, and ah intercourse to be conducted on ;s :rms of perfect equality. llorig Kong island to fl e ceded to tlte British forever?and 21,0113,0 )0 ot till.ira, in uddition to the five "r six millions last y car, to be paid towards defraying the expens es ol ?a war. The Fre:t-h Journalists, who arc terri- ,j ly gulled at lii_- nows, having predicted Ihut the S1 '.lines'j war would be interminable, and ruinous |( England, lii.it that the Emperor will endeavor ,. t evade the treaty as soon as the British troops j rc withdrawn. This, however, is scarcely to be apposed. Tne lesson must have been an cflcctti- ,i 1 one which caused him to accede to the present - rms, an I agree to receive barbarians "on terms ( f equality." Tins English might have carried on i, pcrations in t'.io vicinity of Canton for bah* a cntury without making un impression on tin n 11 l.'il u'lnn >? ....... IV......I I1...I o? J "t ? ?? "l,,; ..V Imngly fo-tiir ! city after another fell under the s| :d an I black outer barbarians?that the rcsis. nice of his bravest Tartar ho! tiers was vain? ,j tat tit" jeeat canal, the main artery of his c:n'.re, would soon bo in the power of the enemy, !( ? J all communication stopped?that the full of ingpo was ut hand, and that of I'ckiri probably 0 at far distant?then it was seen that further oppo. -j ilioii w is hopeless, and could only lead to the ? ow.tfall of liis dynasty. It is not likely th it 1 (> lacso lessons will be spc.'dily fo.gattcn, or tint j j ifiingenicnts of u treaty will bo attempted, wliirh -i; rill be cert an to be followed by prompt and j , eadly retaliation. The Emperor and li s man. I s arias now know tho sort of people with whom ' hey have to deal, and tho haughty contempt I (| rhieh Chin i Ins either felt or ntTuctcJ to feel, for j 11 other 11 itions, is probably ut an end forever. J (| It is impossible to estimate the cons-q aenees i (| rhieh may result from the teeming, the wealthy, I ,. lie luxurious inhabitants of China being brought i ?; r> a II ito contact with the rest of mankind. It is an j, ra in the world's history?another marvellous feat s icrforincd by tbc people of that small northern Is- ! (j ind, which exercises, under Providence, an in- ? luence on tlio utl'tirs of the CJlobe, little short of airaculuus. (, Quo of tho first effects pro lined by tho news, f| ims an additional demand fi.r American Cotton j | a the Liverpool market. It is tlius that the na- 1 a ions of the earth hang together ; the successes of | ^ ho British troops i:i China, raise the value of I -1 Jnitcd States produce! Already does Man h.s. ; c cr hegin to speculate, and the only fear 1b, that ! .j ivorlooking the fact that a demand for foreign j ( foods on tlic part of the Chinese, must ho of gr.?. ! | hi il growth, lirr manufacturers will glut the mar. ! j lets of Ningpoo and Foo.ohoo.foo with fubri -s , j or which tiieir new Asiatic customers have yet j j o acquire a taste. j ,, There is ono incident in Sir ilenry Pottingor's . IcBpalchvH which ia very stri'a.ng, and which c pi i!b ^ iny thing recorded in Greek or Roman history. ; , i'.ie Tartar General who commanded at Cbing. i j '{nitnT.Vnrt- rift ttru\n :t?; In ct ;t' #V?t -.11 mmc !??oi ro ! irod to Ii'sh house, coinin inJed his utrvunts to set t on fire, an:l soatirv; himself in a i h lir, pcri?!ic<J , n tlic flames! Honor to his memory. j , Tim late struggle has clearly elieited the fu<*t, h?tt!io Tartar or M uttchou r.ico r::ict at tiro ( veso.it time, as a distinct military trine, tn tin. , nnm^ & hut'hty superiority over t!ie native Chi | rt-so. Infinitely superior to the latter in valor, | ind oil soldierly qualities, tlioy seem to havo n untamed, up to the present period, the demeanor >nd privilege* of a conquering and predominant nee. The Chinese have not shown themselves ither very moral or patriotic. They left the Tar. ars to do all the fighting, and when a city was aken, immensely augmented the evil* inseparable roin war, by commencing a general plunder of lie houses of tho more respectable inhabitants.? ?o systematic wc:o the rascals, that tlioy fired the trccts at each end, in order to prevent being in. erruptcd by tho English, and carried off their ooty by lanes and obscure turnings, known but o themselves. Tho steam vessels appear most to lave excited their wonder, and are termed by them devil ships!" The moral cftect of the late success both in AIT. hanistan and China, will bo immense, and will javo an impression on tho Asiatics of the hope;ssncss of any struggle in futuro with England. France has finally decided against signing the Inti-slavc-tradc Treat v of 1841 Mo whieh mIio Imd jrmerly agreed); the representative* of Great Iritain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia met, and dolarcd tho protocol closed, and the treaty binding n their respective governments. ????vrnwrn^mmmmm???WWWH From the Baltimore Sun. RKPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR. This doriimont, which is vory long, and melt in detail, and which we shall there- I are condense Tor tho convenience of onr j coders, commence* with a general refer, nee to the reports of tho General in-chief nd the heads of bureau* having charge f the subjects respectivolv, for the condi. i?>n nf the nrmv, the fortifications and the her branches ??f the militai v service. the tate of Indian it (lairs, pensions and miliary bounty land*; anrl also for (lie sng. estintis dec ted requisite to the good of he service, and for ncconnts of the mentires taken to execute tho laws of the ?st session. Parts and pur ines of the riiiy not inspected for many years, have een examined ; fortifications, n'-senols, nd depots of military stores have been isited ; no important military establish, tent of the Government lias escaped inportion, att'l much information has thus een gained l?v tho Deptrtmonl; the reoi ls of the bureaus being very satisfue. try. In#puriuance of (ho net of the l ist rs.sion altering the fiscal year, the cstilate* of the Department have been pre. arc-1 for the firs' .six months in lR43.nttd >r tl?o year commencing tho 1st of Julv, 813, separately. Those for the nrmv roper, f..r tho half year of 1843. ninonnt ? $558,580 88. Tho npnropi inliona for j 10 snmo purpose of 184*2, amounted In I 1.284.061), of which the hn!f would he 2.M2 !1T1. Th* very great reduction j i owing to various cnusos: first, the <li. | finished expenses in Florida, effected j ininly hy tlio vigilance of Brig. Gen. I forth before the cessation of hostilities; ! f which an account was transmitted to | ic Mouse of Representatives nt its last fission : second, tlie termination of those ostilitics ; third, the stopping of tho re. rnitiuor service in August Inst; fourth, the nuhf whether th?? state of tho Treasury ouhl warrant even the expenditures an. iniiy.r l, particularly those in the flngi. eel ami Ordinnneo Departments, induced suspension of many or those which could j n suspended with tho lenst public injury, j ud ronfidernhlu balances in consequence j iMjnin ; and, fifth, a desire to economise, he-h is believed to have influenced all j io branches of the vervicc. These, nnd J tie r onuses not so important, have saved j io expenditure of a 1 irgo portion of the mount appropriated fur 181*2. and left it ? lie applied tn the service for 1815. The same desire to economise and adapt j ill* expenses So any probable state of the : \easiirv. has induced tho very modern's | stiinato for the service of the army pro- j cr. during the fiscal year commencing ; uly Nt. 18 15, of $5,204,568 00, being J > 1.080,100 4'.) less than tho appropria ions for tho same objects in 1812, and >807.450 40 less than the expenditures a 1840. It is confidently believed that lie present military establishment of the ounlry, inflticlinrr ;?!! the expenses of the } ailifary nmuleiny of a permanent or con- ' indent character may he maintained at n osI not exceeding 83,100.000. This es. imatr does nut, of course, include the uproprinlions for ordnance, ordnancestore*, mall arms and equipments, which are istiihnterl among 11?*; Slates, or arc arenriulated for future use; nor does it inlude the expenditures of the engineers in renting fortifications or other military Infonces. or in the measures preparatory o such erections. It will he seen that no ppropriations are asked for the ordinnr.ee ervicn for the first six months of l^io. I'hoso tecommended for the fiscal year ommencing 1st July, 1S<|3, nre 877~?, The appropriations for the same ?hji ets in 184'J, wore $931,300. These invo been reduced more in reference to lie possible sta'e of the Treasury than to he actual wants of the service. In the Engineer Department the appropriations inked for the ensuing eighteen months i Miiount to $ f)00. The amount :sp. i?jo ft-rj ft?n v ntrlion of tho estimates is indispensable "nr I!*< preservation of works already coin, nnnerd ? Iho residue ia deemed ncn so.i v, ?ml it is believed that (run rennoinv n-ill bo consulted hy appropriating it ; let! s!i1 it is n >t indispensable at this time.? I ho whole amount of tl,o cstinvites for the military services of the country lot Iho first hull* yonr of 1 ^ 12, exclusive of f<?rtifiraf iou?, is 8fi20,f>4!t 7*. and for the fncal year terminating July 1st, i?m, t< , 84.14 1,154 RO. The estimate* nro thug ' i t?*il to prevent, if possible, the misun. ' derstanding which frequently Charges to 1 the military service all the expenditures I1 of this Department. Thus many of the c J estimate* of the Chief of Topographical ' Engineer* r< late to works either exclusive- c lv of n civil, or of a mixed militnry nnd I; civil character?such as light-houses c ' placed under his charge, nnd improvement ti l of harbors, rivers, surveys, <&?:., nr\^ can- z j not, with propriety, he included nrnong i the military expenses of tho country. o The estimates for pensions are also very ti I much reduced from the amount nppropria- t< ted during the last year, which is believed s< to he justified by tho diminution of the a; number of pensioners. The estimate for it that object, for the first half year of 1843, f? is $119,340, and for (lie fiscal yenr, end I ing July 1st, 1814. 8097.050. ' Tim np- r: ! proprialions for the Inst were 8730.000. if i In lite Indian Department, the expenses ft j being regulated by treaties orhv law, there | h; | is no room for the exercise of discretioti J' in th(? rnrlllnlinn "f'1.-; * * *' ...... ... Lic-ir 11 mini I* C. AS UlCSO j ni hto chiefly made within tho first six | fr months of nny your, tho estimato for that ! c: portion of thn year IS 13, is, in fact, for ai the service ofthn whole yenr, nnd amounts | d ! to ?791,434 49, nnd those for tho fiscal < ni j year commencing July 1st, 1813, amount S to ?350,973, being, however, nearly S 150.000 loss thnn the sum appropriated p in 184*2. for the snore department. Tliis M arisen solely from tlicrc being less required e. | to fulfil treaty stipulations for tho purchase ti I of land. a : Tho cessation .if hostilities in Florida is *? next adverted to, the reasons for which I1 have already been laid before Congress.? l'i Tho number of troops there has been e; I grad tally diminished to a sufficienev fiu si protection against tho inisetahlu remnant " of the Indians, with wlmui, except a few. at nrrangomenlsfor removalhnvehccn made. Tho few outrages since tho cessation of p: hostilities nre attributed to hands ignorant of the measures adopter!, or of the tTins '1 ofTcred. During the past year four bun. ol rlred and fifty Indians have been shipped hi to tho West, and it is supposed two bun. m dr< d more have surrendered, and accepted fii tlie propositions to remove to the district assigned them ; nnd a force, consisting of hi sixteen hundred and forty-four men, is s" retained to garrison the posts nnd remove si: apprehension. Tho troops withdrawn <-'r havo Iteen disposed of at proper points for th tho defence of" the western nnd northern ru frontiers, or havo relieved others on tho sn the seaboard. Tho artillery hns been ' drilled and employed as infantry, and as ch many companies ns possible have been -s" collected on the Atlantic frontier, to practiro at the guns. and leorn the exercise '^l of garrison and field artillery. In rntve. *1' quenec of the Mexican invasion of Texas, mi and apprehensions relntive to the wild "f tribes of tho south-west, and to prevent j any attempts to engage in the then coining conflicts, a strong corps of obser- nn vation has been kept on and about Red of river under (ienoral Fay lor, and hnvo no- ,n eo:iipli?hcd the object in view. Tho nn- Jt tare of (he service rcqwired'on our exten- '?e sivo linn of frontier on tho south-west, l)fl west and north-west, renders (ho service ! "1 ?>f mounted men indispensable ; and it is | ?? held (hat true economy, as well as efloc- i ar tive service, will he promoted by the con- |al tinunnen of at least the present mounted !"> regiments, reduced as tho rank and file ! ?f will soon he. to fifty men for each corn pa iV. The Secretary therefore hopes that j vv lire law which requires the dismounting of j the sernnd regiment of dragoons, on the ! w ttti of March next, will, at least, Ix* so far j "r modified as to leave the time discretion."!- S!1 ry. j Tho regular force, ns now authorized j m by law, consist.- of seven hundred and i H' seventeen commissioned officers, seven- j c' toon storekeepers, of whom fifteen are at- j m (ached to the Oulnnncc, and two to the \ n' Purchasing Departinont ; two hundred j and fifty enlisted men for tho ordnance m service, and seven thousand five, hundred | and ninety non commissioned officers, ^ 'ft hi hi, HiuuiTis, ann privates; twen- I*11 ty chaplains ami schoolmasters, and ns i m many ordnance sergeants ns there nre j vv military posts. Clerks, forage masters, I rc and wagon masters, are also employed in I'd ilio Quarter-master's OrpntItnetil, from!'11 time to time, according to the exigences 'tof the service. Ti>e net of August 20, I 1H42. reduced I lie rank and file ?>f the. nr. | mv three thousand nine hundred and i twenty men. The reduction isgrnduallv j ?l1 proceeding, in the manner contemplated J l?y the act, and llie excess, according to tlse last return, is 11170 men. It is sup. posed the prescribed tninimmn will he reached by the beginning of the year 144-1 * ' d Fronr the general returns of the urmv, | it appears that the whole number of troops 10 now in service is nine thousand ei"lil II hundred and forty.seven, consisting of! seven hundred and eighty.one comm.s- j sinned ofiicer*. nine thousand six hundred 1 '' non.eouirnissioiu (1 officers, musicians, nr. liliccr*, and piivates, and two hundred r and fort v seven enlisted men of ordnance. The aggregate is eight hundred and fur i iv.wvm it>H? man the numl)cr stated in j I the last annual repm t. I The dcs'rtions have net been nnmer- ' I mis, hut mi tinjif?ci (!?:iitnl number nl " | men have hern discharged hy llio judge* androuils( three h indted a nil eight v-eight ! hctwei n .lidv 1. and October 31, | " IT"!) |?ri:i ?l!\ ?>;t the grown.I of llieir i ^ 'ring niton*. Vnriou9 construction* of he law on (his subject, huvo tended to lerplex recruiting officers; nnd as the mv wages of the soldier tire not h auffi. Ann lient inducement to enterprising natives, J?00< t is suggested that probably a tniddlo ac0 nurse would avoid all difficulties, name. buUi y, allowing those to bo recruited who nre Bees ilizens, or who hnvo taken tho prelitninrv oath and initiatorv steps tonnturali. ?a'? 1 CofTe l,.rn* . . ro-rr Tho report of tho officer having chargo Corn f the Ordnance bttrcstil is stated to be m. FIoui sfactory; and in consequence of tho sys. Featl on pursued, it is alleged that wo shall >on have at our command, cannon, small rms, fixed ammunition, gunpowder nnd Uij0i h component*, to an extent eornmon.su. ite with our wants. I |ro" The returns of the militia of the scve il States, which constitute the basis of Lar,| le apportionment under the net of 1809, Leatli >r arming nnd equipping the militia, Load, nve not horn rcgulnrly made ; nnd New ersoy, Dolnwnro. Arkansas nnd Lonisi. ^ ] na, have hoen delinquent in this respect Nails otn twelve to eighteen years. The mKxm luse of this is deemed worthy of inquiry. ~Zi~ ad tho evil, of a remedy ; as is also tl e 11 isproportion between the allotments of ? ruis utul the population of tho several t nine Tho state of the Treasury, as this Dc- T1 artnisnt wasadviscd by thepropernuthorirendered it necessary to withhold the tomei vponditure of as much of the nppropria- ! many ons, made at the Inst session of Congress, in l'' < could ho suspended without (ho great |"?'" nd manifest injury to the public service, lookii a reference to the condition of our for- many ign relations, and the quantities of arms, ore?n innon, and gun carriages in our posses<>n, it seemed that such suspension could ,nrroi iku place in the operations of tho armies friont id arsenals, with less immediate public nninu ijnry or inconvenience than in other do- hack irt moots. C\tensive repairs also became uecssary at the armories. For u time, jnilub' lerefore, no work was carried on at either if the * them during the past season. Labor c!oro is now, however, been resumed on n odorntcscale,and instructionshavelieon ,noie ven to complete the muskets in the cinnc uirse of fabrication, and to make five 1 sat.l.i imlred rilles, and five hundred porcus. Wl" Ci it muskets, each mouth, for the ensuing tbati*?, x months. The arsenals will bo chiefly nll dot nployed in the repairs of arms, and in arrinj e manufacture of the iron work of gun al'P al images and military equipments. Our 1 pplv of heavy cannon being very good, {l c is not contemplated at present to pur- good ? insc many of that description ; but n s0" H fticicnt number of largo chambered 8I,C'10 his to arm our forts w ill be procured.? Q'n t|* nd in consequence of the adoption of e suggestion of tho Treasury Depart- Che rnt, before mentioned, n large portion the money intended for the service of e year 1842, remains unexpended ; nnd > 1 iy specific appropriations for llto Ordinice Department for the first six months ^ 1812 will lie unnecessary. Tho rstiates for the fiscal year commencing Junes dy 1, 1842, are made upon a scale so Hoiiim dnccd as to he warranted onlv by the ^r?'vr nobble stnto of the Treasury. The usu- Coloy, appropriations lor tho ordinary objects |)_ ' expenditure in this hrnnch of service E? o as desirable now as at former periods ; *~ id it is believed that 11 mistaken cconn. y only would dictate the continuance II 'mil'h aninunlo i> - ".IV.I uau VIMJIII. DrooK in of llic public finances will admit of J? hat is demanded by our true interest. j " A national foundry on a limited scale, yT2 here (lie qualities of iron mny ho tested, Call, i id models for ordnance fabricated, is toy. ggestud, nnd it is stated that some legis. ' j? tive provision has become necessary ,Jq^ reference to the lead mines and miner- i j(_ lands, onnccount of difficulties between I S? nimants of the lands and those engaged j Willii mining and holding hy lease from the ! tvernnicnt. To enable (lie government obtain sontovaluo for these lands ntu! ines, nnd, nl the same time, to a fiord to ^ j o humble and comparutiveiy indigent |owi,l( bororsan opportunity tuncquiro lots for dccoai uns within their means of payment, nnd the pc quantities adapted to their means of ?f at??i orking them, it is recommended thut the served mineral lands in the nortli part |ati0i? Illinois nnd the Territory of Wisconsin Trr id Iowa ho allowed to he sold in lots of fasti. ii acres each, at a minimum price of J.' t',c it dollars pr?r nero. It is represented m t I he v arc worth from twenty to fifty liars per acre, depending on their shunon. n"< Tin- sul-jert is commended lo Congress, it the same en uses arc not operative, nor j [Conclniled on pour ti."J I f|j^| j g ARRIVED, <1 if s?l DEC. 27th, Sloancr I'lililij, Gulliver, 3$ lysfrnm (feirgcloirn, with lighter?.Merchandize or ' 11 Bryan & Bro., Emanuel <fc. Solomons, I'c. x Long, A J Harris, C Vandcrfonl, an<l D S J*? larllec ol thia place :?And to Jae. Lane, P .Mil. r, A S Coggcsliiill, G II Puwley, M A Blick. ill, E S Bunch, W H Cannon, E A L hvy, ! Gauze, Titos. House, R Monroe, C \V Dud. y, \V \V Durant, and A Bri-tow, of the interior. J DEC. 30th, Steamer Of roll and lighter, John ' ^ , rvin, with goods for D Malloy, A P L icostc, j j?, ' . 1)1, tf. I) _ 1)1 - it- M % r* ai, i iiiii.111 ix. in?., uiuu re. .noorc, niHl ?.millcl and Solomons of lliii. |?1 ict?? And \V Mun. ^ erlyn, J B M'Daniel, and 8 Emanuel, of the Herior. DEPARTED. rjjP DEC. 31st, Stcamor Oscola, with cott/n and icrcliandiw;. JAN. 2d, Steamer Utility. Ciillivr r, with rmt I ?n, for Ceo grt?i*n. * c ' i ii mi ohbaaw raacMovattnwrn<)->> 'in market, Ik O tti m from Ik . ,? ! 4* -ft P* fi wax lb V1?? ;inr yard St ' Rope lk IMn + tn Mft ft a: * , aoirco beak 40 '| ' H r, Country, brl 44' ' ters On wug. none lb tn?- ?'< tV or. 1001b* H 4 Iff, , window 8* 10, Soft 3 85 * I Im4 io*ia. sni? * *** ^ i, green lb '1,1 ft- J ' r ** dry lb 10 ' ' f1001b? 0 t ?i i f; Hi" searoe lb ku 2 r'~l ior, note lb ? ft A bar ib H > M Ui,4fri ?oj ib :Jy, -.*tHbt ssosN.O. gal ?, % WJJ gal 28 a OS , cut, assorted lb t '"a ' at ajWe e River is navigable for Steam Bwb. ==?wtataw 1843. [IF! commencement of another year h jfatt will) it many engagement*, and the flM? r takes this method of informing hi* Van.' s n ml those indebted to him, that b? b*W and pressing ongageutenla.to paypneeaft is and the next month, and Ui* .gmagMl 8 to do t.o, is from collection*, whichaw > to make I nun thoao indebted to bkn. Tv? lg ov r ins buvinea*. he find* he ha* agNMg outstanding debt* due him, many of weMphi nail ; lut ns river* are made up from imail) n?, ho a large ninouut in the aggregate {* from small accounts, whore they ?r* tat*js He hopes, therefore, tlmt none Of hi* Is trill neglect to pay bun because tb*> nt mar bo small, and that none what they ore aid) to par, because their *? nts ore too large to pay all at one^.' la then, he would say to all tho** ?rh* ?uV te J to liiin, to ?omo forward and pdy pp* y cannot pay all, pay what tlmy the balance by noto To tome <>f hi* wheso accounts have been running eft* nc, two, and in aomo instance*, thr** tab years, he would say longer indulgaaed 1 nor will not bo given, and nnjea* ipu<y nmts nre made, tho next invitation to awr a:no from an officer of the law. The#o last ks ore Intended for all' dob'* due ' longer' ix months bach, and they will alae eppiy^ Weals dua 1st inst. tht t aye not satiafaetartly, fed in a reusouablo lini*. ilp eirneotly. I* l? hia customers to domo forwar^ artd a*Vsa elycs cost*. Ha would a bo alat* the* Mw nro liirfted, and thorefbro be i* u noble hb redit husinrts on grocerir*; he will Jtpfpa t ick .-f family f.rccurio* on hand, and wff icm very low for Cath or ProJmet. ' Tta f his customers as settle their aocountstab^ , he will seli any good* except greeatieW ' uuul credit, and on moderate texmw ? r D. 8. HAftLLCfc raw, Jan. 2, 1813. 8 ft : : s LETTERS 2MAINING in the PostOlBee, Cher aw. S C , Jan. 1813, and if not called^fW W st April next, will bo tent to IK* GetforM ?ffico as Dead Letters. Henry Buchanan, 2, William A. Rita** Brooks, William K. Blalock, Kindred tt, Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett, Mia* >farth*i i. JcfTL-rron Itrecden, ft. A. BameM. * ' Mnlcmn Chirk, 2, George Collins, W. AT , Caihcrino Campbell. Joseph David, Miss Lnnora Davidson. -T. If. Ellerbo, I.trnuel Edwards, 9. . TncH rrancis, K. freeman. Jacob Gnney, P. W. Craves. Presley ilarrcll, Miss M. A. HugIts, Jams* mold, Doct. Joe. ilssell, Toiupsan Hsrel. s llinson, Wi limn Kewi. Willinm Johnson, BUwnid P. Jarrot. -R. A. K<-ii<lallt Mrs- Biisaboth Kstljo. Nccdham Lnngstuno. -I). 1). McB ynl, 2, (Mrs Elizabeth Me* Mrs. Mary McA!i>tcr, Willum E. Mubcr* Miss M. A. Powell, John E. PittMMM, A. II. Purinolce, James Powell. ? -Daniel Quick. , ; Richard Ross. Mrs. C. M. Sessions, MissC E. S.nith, mi Sweat, Oliv.ir Spencer, John Stafford, NOTICE OF SALE. IT permission of tho Court'of Ordinary for Chesterfield District, will be rola on ny, the I6ih of January next, and day* falj, at the la to r?-tidenco of John Chopityth* i?il, in the village of Chesterfield, S C., all raunul estate of said deceased, consisting nt 3 ) negroes, liorsos, hogs, otttle, c*rw* , Carpenter'# and HI cksmitli's tools, liohl arid kitelion furniture, a wagon, plan** tools, and a variety of other articles, ms?AM sums of and under five dollars. All sums over five dollars on a credit nnfirst day of January, 1814, with interaat the day of sale, to be sccurori by bond eg with good security. MII.LKY CHAPMAN. Adinrte. W. J. HANNA, AJtnnt'r. ?'r I hi. 184U. 8 2t I Ml III I . I NOTICE. / IIP. P nrtnnrship lierelofori existing dtldtr ilie firm of Blakoney & Gregg, ia this day ved l?y mutual consent. I unsettled luteinr*B will be clewed by either lit ol the 8iib?cril?ors. JAMES W. BLAKENEY. ALEXANDER GREGG. V 2,1. 1P4.*L 8 3t ' ALEXANDER GREGG, ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHER AW, S. C., [T ILL regularly attend the Court* of Lew F for tho Districts of Chesterfield. Marl* , M lio . and Darlington. u'y. vi, IS Id. 8 (t ICIICIIANTS' BANK, fk C. Ciieraw, January 2, 1843. HE Director* of this Bank have declared a divhlend of $4 pcrshaw, for tho )a?t belf , n.iyallc on n 1 after thia day. W. ?< &? -4* ?