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JSey (A paper fur mm* yean, end then eompelling (by.lWMH?r?s UK mentioned) ? fecurteuce to fc4cjrp*yMet? '? *r w?deHng all bergelaa for Mill retain IU (UMNt viMMii ? proof of tH'thfe nitKhief, rc?d tlie following pcUUoii to 4lw bouaeof eoia?o<if presented Feb. 17,162rt, Ov-Mr. Jliuae, OH peri, of tli? petitioner. Vkariw Wr? TWpebn, wiae acrcbeot. An imlance vf ? large foHttue 'near a million end e half of 4?tlan) : absolutely melting away <0Md the very grftepaf the owner Uy the unforvfcen, loevllebfa effrvi of change* brought" about by government Ju-tbereel value of (he naHonel cm rciicy. > Whet he* happened to Mr. Tliompion, in rot have happened In various degrees to ten thousand ' /Hhers. h Ha case to clearly llhlttratlve of the great utility of tone eltmentary knowledge of tmlltl- J eel economy, that I think it wtdl calculated to lb. NMVfl?,thb ntceiihy of paying uiom attention lo -that science, then it ha* y*t received. A very few -years after tb? restriction act *f 1707* by which the bank of Cncfaud we* prohibited front making payments in coin, (be espdrt of colrt ana (he in* .en itw of peper Occasioned ? golden guinea to -Aill fo* IWi w. sterling in paper. Tlte wise-acres of tlin ministry thought to |tr( vet thisby law! and passud un ai t pribiliitiuK Any pcrM>ft from giving wore than a one pound note and h shilling foi e #jih<a. A* if lews could ei rest thefligM ?>t coin. Our tuiiiislur* ht r?- are no conjurer*, but tliey are neltb' r ?o inistldevnus at N. Pitt or ?o i;ro*sly '^rtorant ?? SiduiOutli nnd Cii.<11prulftli Ai D. from Corbctt't IVtckly Htgbttr. ? |* S?A* an Instance of the dreadful of fset? of this rystem, I shall here insert tlic petition of Mr.?hurles Andcew Thompson, Miich contiina a trilling dose of the i?U >s jn?* which have been dispensed to him from Tho anclcnt portals. ?Never was there In th!a 'Vtwld any thing that more fully portrayed ijie injuries of whichunskillul government ia . productive, Here in o gentleman, who, without any fault, without any indiscretion of his own, but aoMy from acts of the gov ernment, ia reduccd rrom opulenee to pover ty. Mr. Hume, in preventing the petition, raid, tlut be feared there was no redress for *l?<.jpetltiener. There in no redress, indeed, -I** the law now stands; but, ought there not tn he a lew to rectify Huch a wrong? Many And many a law has ln-en passe*', and that in favor of individuals, too, not a tenth part much <"dltd for, as u low fur rectifying tbr*e contracts. Here is un in*tnn?~e of the <jood effect wMch un equitable adjust mi nt would produce; and, Surely thope who have done the wrong ou^ht to apply the remedy. However, there is no hope that this will ?fcverbedoneby v6u, or, that it will everhr doao a^long.-i* the paper system can be sup ported. ?To the Honourable the Common* cf th> United Kingdom of Creat Ilrltuin anil /re tvn'f In Parliament uttrmbfed. Tlie huinbte puUtion of Charles Andrew Yhompaon, of Qhiswiek, in the county of Middlc&ex, a bankrupt, under a c >muu??lon from the court of Chancery. Shewtth, Ut?That your peiii..:i.er th<* AOn of the late Mr. Putrick TliMi.;?i>on, an ? Up'irto merchant in the city uj London, wiK. previous to the late war. h'?J ucruinu latt,diT?rtune by industry, and wh<?, in die > cat 1701. wu nisu'iyid of the sunt of jjOO'.OOW. ii? cuisol*, and of other personal property ?o a lur^c amount. ?r.d.??T h'*t it is tk.1 ynccMary. at thi? to rfiavni your honorable houscof4he r^yhty'tnisihief* which attended thcgener Irfirtriatton of the Currency, during the first year* df the late war. It mutt be m the inscdU?ict(dn ?if your honorable house that' ?*tousarids and thousands families, whose vraalth'-Oipf hf Ctl toltly of 'fixed turn* mo ney, or of fixed minted income*, were grtfc dually proved into a Mate of comparative poverty, by the general and pirnancnt rise k of"the pricca of property and lahcar, wh&h " took place throughout the country at that pc rJodi and which gave to families so cireum ' stanccd, for more than twenty year* toge ther, the enjoyment of hut one-half of the toiffortii and necessaries of life, which their r*?peetirtjlxed ine/tntf* had formerly eoin u -minded, or which their renpective fixed'in vntnent* hid formerly represented.? Aroong rtteae families your petitioner nnd his f ?ther were sufferer*; but tney were inform ed, that their suffering* were occasioned by rreatpuMhi measure*, nece*?un/for the pub lic tafetu, in carrying on the tremendous | conflict m which the nuion wan engaged. 3d.?That, during the period alluded to, {?oar petitioner and hia father experienced u oft a of #5,000/. hi the depression of the t>d ? ling price of essoin, Mtid of 90,000/. more * in the reduction of the vuluc of the instru ment* of money In which their consols were i measured. Their .100,000/. of consola were ? reduced in selling price from 92/. to f>3l. and at the tame time the Integrtil value of the money, of wliieh the GO/, was composed, was reduced In the ratio of from JO*. to 10*. 4in the pound; for during an average of many year*, the /touhd tterfing, or instrument of I money, in general use, commanded only the i#i tame valuer the nunc quantity of vubitthle l, irttamoditlea in general u*?- as 10*. formerly KfMtmMliM. ? 4th.?That your petitioner and his father, r in the year 1?10, finding that their 300,000/. Consols, which had c.otfthein'obout 205,000/. > sterling, in the ancient eoln of the Kealm (not only of JRilf weight, hut alto 6f full value,) L. were reduced Tn selling price tor iao,ooo/. ft thereby exposing them to a low of 9.>,000/.; >?. aid finding also that Hieir IHOfiOOl. of re ? tn lining money, which their consols would a dt produce, was deteriorated in quality, or reduced in value a* in rcelHy to lie worth ouly one half of its nominal amount, or only dbnat OO/KW. instead of 190,000/. t finding their property thus melting away, became at last seriously alarmed, and determined to 'eat tha remainder of their capital In the base of land. ???'??A -That in coming to this determina <ur petitioner connMered that he was H " ? > n$t aware, aware, m jlrflfcitioo I* cffVcVto befandafed vamns qf etrtulm ruin. In all CMM where ^ ,y?y 2 acoiVt* <ior ivw ui\|u8i uggruiult*c<muu 01 m creditor9, and when this wholesale measure ' eard of confiscation should bo nttempt er'thc^prctcxt of wjfcoHing.Justice cvmhelfw, Vour petitioner has found,. to Ufa cost, that this frightful measure is, In reality, nearly effected; and aftejr hav ing bean deprived <x 4 very large part pi hip property bv th ? defrreciutio/t of the currency, which took place at thc*beglnnlng of the war, h? now finds hhasolf deprived of the whole of tbe other part, by tne rectorution of thf currency. \ ? .<*?, 7th.?Your petitioner craves the indul Senco of youu honorable house whilst he liortly recapitulates- thc.purchasts of laud which he niude, and which have been (he immediate intruments of completing his to ul ruin. In the year 1811, your petitioner,, and his father purchased the estate of Not* thaw, in Hertfordshire, at the price of' 63,00Of. which they paid down In ready mo ney. They then expended 10,000/. hi bulldt Ing houses-and cottages upon the estate, and in bringing two hundred acres of wastejiind into cultivation, 'l'hus' the estate of. Nor thaw, which they purchased from the court of chancery, of Mr. Stroda, in the county of Hertford, tout them in all the turn of 7J,000/. 6th?In the tame year they bought alio wvCral farms in the counties of Middlesex, Kssrx, and Hampshire, which eost them 33,166/. a/so paid down In ready money. 9th.?In November 1811, having xtill u large amount of their capital nt disposal, they bargained for the estate of Pontrvlas, in Herefordshire, the property of John A*h ford by Trcnchard, doctor of divinity, of liighworth, In the county of Wilts, at the pnee of 60,000/; and they paid down to Dr. frcnchard, the sum of'5^55/., as a dr/ia?it, in part fulfilment of the bargain. The title of this estate ,wus afterward* deemed not i good by the law adviser, of your petitioner, I and consequently he hcc uno involved in law proceedings which continued till November 1818, during which time your petitioner lud i net the power to sn.ll the estate. There was | at this time due to Dr-Trenehard fo- p ir chase money, and interest thereon, the sunt j of 71,947/.; and there v?* Hie from ?)r. Trent hard to your |?etmoner, for rents [ Trenchard received during seven yearn, the i sum of 6,8J'J/., making a balance of 65,118/., which your petitioner had to pay ta Dr. . Trenchir.J. * 10th.?At the time your petitioner and h'.s i father made these various purchases of lund, in tile year 18il, they were possessed of b'jfTn'iiiit money of thtir own, in hind, to pay for the whole, amounting to ubout 100,000/.; they were ul>ont that time |x>s scsscd ??f other large sumiofmioney, of their own, t'i hand, or immediately available.? But ?n the employment of these sumr.uf n?o m-v, in the regular and legitimate way of th? lr business, they shortly afterwards ex perienced the most alarming losses, occasion ed by the full of prices produced by the nt j tvinpts made by the bullion committee to ran* | tore the currency, and the discussionsthere | on. Vour petitioner had bought in the year I IH12, two thousand four hundred pipes of I port Vvlne, for which he paid down in cuah, ! the sum of 15ft,000/., at 03/. per pipe. Hf-' fo?e he had disposed of any part of Ihl* stv^rk, In the course of his business, th<fr price of port wine fell from 65/. to,37/. pipe; and"your petitioner by this reduction of price, sustained a loss of 60,00Of,. In the place of that reasonable profit, which the Judicious employment of his capital, in the regular way of Ills business, ought to liave ensured hiin. 11th.?In conscquence of this fuul other lo?ses, all arising from th? Mmu cause, which voitr petitioner and his father expci riencca in the seven year* between 181J and 1810, they became unable to fulfil the con tract with Dr. Trcnchurd, for the purchase of the Pontrylas estate, when, in the lattef year, the court of chancer)' referred it to the matter; they were therefore under the necessity of granting to Dr. Trerichard a mortgage upon the estate of Pontryla*. and also upon that of A'orthaxv, by way of secu rity for tl e' above-mentioned balance of 65,118/., then duo to hint. Towards this, however, they afterwards paid him the sum ' of 5,0OO/. in part reductlrih; ami they alio paid him the father sum of 8,000/. for all in terest thereon up to July 1821. Thus the mortgage i?f- Dr. Trcncnard was rcduccd in Julj 1821, tofiO/WO/. in the whole. 12th.~At this period, vixt in July 1821, after having been m possession of the estate of Pontrylas only two years, and having received therefrom the sum of 10,240/. in the Whole, for rents And timber, your petitioner und his father Oxertcd themselves to effect sale* of their landed property and among ot her measures for that pumote, they put up f??r sale by auction, hotn tne estate ol Pon trylas an<\ also that of Northaw.' Hut here again, such was the depression of landed property, that your petitioner could not ob Ub{ one single'bidder upon any terms, for either of those estates, in three months af terwards, viz: inOetobeiy 1821, your py tinner and his father were compelled tdlnc eoinu bankrupts; ami their estates and ef fects passed into the hands of their Assignee*. 1.1th.?-I Tpon ytsir petitioner anOTis father becoming bankrupts, in Ortobt# 1821, Dr. Trerte.hsril immediately took She proper le gal steps to get pnMNKmtM the rent* and prophets arising from thd^ontrylas estate) and he has since adopted measures to obtain Kfcrrtcloture at the mortgage, not only upon that estate, but also upon tbe estate of Nor* ?haw, which was bought ??f Mr Strode, and has cost yonr petitioner th? sunt of 72,000/. 14th.?Thus Dr. Trenohard lias literally received from your petitioner, on account of his Pontryla* estate, the sum nff .1,451/., as deposit money; the sum of 5,000/. more, cash paid him in 1021, and thesttm of 24,5##/. more, c*"h paid him w interest op to luly 1821, making in all the mmm of M, llO// \7?. M, paid by your petit tone fto W.^tsmrhsitl ft*-only two years* occupation of hh rsOftV, from 1819, when the pdrrhase wsscompfet rents and profits < time ho has roc hand, Dr. TVench* . _ ? * <* your petitioner to J**y equivalent whatever; and yet J)f\ Trenchard, not con tent with obtaining this large wm of money, an4 with getting back hU own estate uninjur ed and untouched, is now applying to the court of lceryfaruprmisslon to takepos session of your petitioner's estate, ojf Abr Muw' v ^ * 16th.?Your petitioner U thus irtvippe<l of liia whole property ia conscqucnce of mea sures adopted by the legistature, which have raised the v^lue of the currency in which his obligations were contracted, mil/tout redu cing ha obligations forrei/iondtntly at the ?ame timet and Dr.iTrenchard Is at this mo ment endeavouring to-compel the creditors of your petitioner to give-him two valuable estates, when your petitioner owe* htni only one, bvMdcs the sum Trenchard has receiv ed ?>f 42,790/. when your petitioner has only received the sum of 10,340/.! ? If -Trenchard succeded, he will hav? 104333/.* of year petitioner'# property, far no equivalent, besides his own estate, unin jured and untouched. 17th.^-And whilst one of your petitioner's creditors is'thus plundering him, under the form* of law, of upward* of 40?. or 50?. in the pound, his other creditors are obliged to receive only 7e. tW.in the pound upon their iuat debts!! When your petitioner became bankrupt, in 1821# he whh indeed still pos seised of ample property to enable him to pay all hi* creditors their just debts nearly twice <nfer, without reining u/ion Ait estate of Aforthmo, had it not been, that the same cause of his. sufferings still pursued him.? fie {tosscsifrd, nt that perind, n stock of wiuc,. which had cost him 23,500/.; and ha possessed also his estates in Middlesex, Ks sex, and Hampshire, which had cost him 33,1C6/, whilst hi* debts of all kinds amount ed, in the whole, toouly 28,O0o/! liut when his. stock of wine, rtfid his above-mentioned estates came to be forced upon the markets by bis assignees, the wine produced only 10,000/., and the estates only 12,000/.; nnu a great part of' these sums ha?, In the mean while, been swallowed u;i by lav, und other expenses. &t!?.-^TI?:i"l. your petitioner, without j.any crime; without nay fault, or error of . l?t? own; without any speculation or iinnru I dence whatever^ has been most wrongfully j d?-pri?edof a \ cry lar^e fortune, by arbitra I iv acts of the legislator**, which it was not pcMsthU- for liiin to foresee, and against >. hi h he could no more gu.trd or provide t'.roi against the thunderbolts of Heaven.? Neither the pw'siic securities of the govern ment, nor the solid earth, from which the people draw t!.?ir bread, havp afforded him that protection for Jus property, which every good .subject has a right to claim at the hands of the gov eminent. On the contrary, they have both been to him the mere instru ments ui unmeasured plunder, of unmin gled cruelty, und of unmitigated min and oppression. --- " 10th.?Your yiillhor'n unhappy father, overwhelmed and weighed down by m> many ? calamities; after a life of the most laborious industry, and of unimpeachable honor and [ integrity^ after seeing Uie labour* of that whole !.fe totally destroyed: after seeing hi* family precipitated by an unseen hand from a state of the Viost honourable atfluehtc In to that of frightful poverty and degradation, felt his constitution at last give way, under the pressure of his sufferings, and, notwith standing iill the comfort that was administer ed by lus family, died of a broken heart,, in the year 1899, leaving your afflicted peti tioner with seven children of his own, and seventeen other children of his bWither and his sister, all looking upto him for bread!! 20th.?Your petitioner, yet in the vigour of his age, uml conscious uf an upright life, and of an unblemished character, might pOrhaps have borne without a murmur the undeserved calamities which hurried his fa ther to the grave. He miftht perhaps have submitted in silence to his hard fate; a fate which, it may well be-presjijued, is hut sel dom witnessed under any, the most despotic governments upon the earth; but to be dri ven Into the degradation of bankruptcy, and to be compelled to pay his creditors 7t. M. in the |KNmd, at a time when, if justkc were done to him, he might readily /toy the whole of I hem the whole of their ju*t debt* twenty tinn? '/vrr: these are circumstances which, your honorable house will acknowledge, are calculated to sting the heart of an honorable man, and to compel it to break silence, or to burst. 2l?t.?Your petitioner Is ready to prove at the hurof your honorable house, that the whole of his losses have been directly and entirely occasioned by direct acts of the gov ernment or the legislature, which have swept away hit property as wkh a whirl wind; againht which ho human wkdom, or precaution of your humble petitioner, could by any possibility have guarded. In the in* hatw^, nearly a fourth tot his whole pro perty was swept awr + By the measures of the government, in declaring war in ir?V Which "reduced his 300,000/T conspls from their telling price of 92!. to the selling price of 6p/. In the second instance, his remain a490,000/. waa rendered. #? worth y 90,000/, by the drfirttkition </the cur rency, consequent upon the bank restriction act.. After submitting to these heavy loase* with patience fnrneartwenty years* another sum of ifliJOO/. was confiscated by the de pression of his stuck, pf wine, consequent upon the rrtiormtbn of the enrrtney, which was attempted on theVetnrn of peace. And now by the legislative act for restoring the value of mntjev to a level with the ancient standard, of beyond it; the whole of vour petitioner's remaining property is s#scd: ami your petitioner Is left to earn a precari ous bread, by means and tttrlfice* to which the habiCe?FMky yearsnavo but ill accom nv>dated hi* mind. r Against th? confiscation of the whole of tonal Loner: .. stoves, unlo^ through ? terference of your honorable house. Your po thSSrfcM applied to the Inferior court*; which aatnlhlster Justice or. edulty In hb country, but h? finds nf justice iiitdno ?|ul ty for turn. And whilst lie is bundled, too .courts of law to court* of equity^ and from courtsof equity to court* of law* the .until funds which he has raised by hit exwrtfons in the wine trade are rapidly waiftinga\v?y#ifttd, for all he knows to the comrary, aftera little while the workhouse may be fits only refiige. 83rd.?It Is undertone serious and solemn circumstances that your petitioner appeal* to your honorable house; and cbtdures your honorable houste by all the sympathies which you feel as men, and by all the duties which jrn'j owe as lcglslctgrs, to listen to his hum ble prayer, lie Implodes your honorable hou?v to stay the destroyer's hand, and save him and him helpless family from destruc tion. Your honorable house constitute the supreme court of eppeal to which the injur ed fly for rcfege, as their last earthly re* source; and sure never since your honorable house first existed, Has a more injured man presented himself for justice at your hands. The constitution has clothed you with /lower, for the protection of his majesty's subjects; and thatyiowrr should always be used in the redress of injuries and wrongs. Redrew then the most cruel injuries of your petition er. lie asks for the redress of htiurics which ho has already sustained, and of those which are at Oils very moment in the act of being carried into cm;ct. Let Dr.'i'rcnch urd be compelled to corpe to in equitable adjustment wkh ynur petitioner. Let him be compelled to receive only one ha{f of the money In the firee*t. circulating tnetflum, which he contracted to 'receive in a firmer circulating tried turn of one half lie fifteent va lue. Or let him be compelled to be content with having his own estate of Pontryia* uuin jurcd ana untouched, and with keeping the M,33'2i. in money, which yoqr petitioner hiut literally pu'id him, without afty c oil till era Hon. whatever. Hut let him not, under the forms of law, and the mask of Insulted'juKtice, be permitted to deprive your petitioner,, of the whole of another estate, for whicl* your pe titioner has paid upwards of .?2,000/. Let your |>ctitioncr keep this estate, at least, from the wreck of liis former fortune*; and then by the sale of it lie will be enabled-to I look his creditors in the face, and *to pay every one of them 20b. in the pound. And after thin he will still po^cw, an huiubic bread for hta children. 24th.?Finally, your petitioner most ear nestly implores your honorable house to take his case into your serious consideration, and to adopt ruch measures thereupon as will i rescue him from the ruin which seems like ly to overwhelm him, and at the saute lime relieve others who are in similar circumstan ces, from the unmerited suffering which i tho measures of the legislature hrfe bringing upon them. And your, petitioner will ever pray, See. ice. &c. . ^ C11AKLE& ANDREW THOMPSON. SIR WALTER SCOTT. " We ?r< ladelrfed to the nolltawH of a nnt|e. man at Uie South for the following extract from * letter dated I art March, written by a llterafr char acter ol the highest cuinence. It conUiu? iforma (ton, which may be fully tleptnded upon} and which, u? believe, will ba inteiustlng to all our ? l\iu will hp glad (o le?n? tUt our ndiairnhle friend Sir Walter SeoU's foeaes by CuAslah}?'s failure, are uvt nearly m great as report represent - ed. I(? a letter to his friend-, Mr. M , be mys, that although ha k'ae lest a eoueiderable sum, he hat enough to live comfortably, lie adds, that be matt work hard, and that ba bee " lost only Ilia trapping* of prosperity," an espretdon and feel ing worthy of him. Ill# character ha* risen ia the opinion of all wait by this trial of adverUiy. 'It he* shown, what .fear men have within their live* been able to prove, that he can bear l*oth' estremes of prosperity and adver?ily, with an equal mind, lie never eietted - envy even by bU nnperalled succt* hi a writer, aud uy fortune superior to what geoiufc ever earned before. Ilu was always gracious, kind, fitfl of what be could do for other*, aever aa egotist or jelAth la |?ros perily; aad aow in the change Of fortune, he bas the sympathy of all that have any goutiness tu them. Abbot sfoed Is .tafe, and lie Mill not be obliged to pail with his library- the loss of that would have baeu dreadful."?A'al. Sir Walter Scott*?** We are aorry ?o hear "It Haiti that aeveral of Sir Walter .ScoiCe "crtdUon are extremely diUMtUfied and " acrhttonioue about the alledgcd trunn/erof il Abbotuford (which constitute* the proceeds "of all hit auuceatful Itlwuh In the Scotch ?? novels) to Mo99*1 and they aay thcirdlvl ??dend will be, in con sequence, very ttnall. *' The full amount of their allegation (vl*. "that lie muftt have known Const able'* in u solvent circumstances two year* ago) is, "netruot, not true. The mere purse to a "great mart k M Trash?'tis something? nothing; "Twas miiK?Hii hl?, and bas l<ren slave to thousands.' . ?? But a 'good name' is every thing: and Sir "W. Scott, though bunkru/it, might to Ik* "able to aay, like the chivalrous Friwit tlu; "Pint, on the day of hU ruin ut I'uvia, ?! " have I oat mil but mv honor.* The above article la taken by me from tf Dublin paper, whtth quoted it m don "0IM({?V Tune*." I his wM tin baronet made by tho preeent kinr,' and CoutU Trotter wag the aeefcnd. JVietrrr Black tfald, that tide beginning showed "goqA tat*"I The - **BkOtoman" newspaper mid. that the nation must not tuffrr tho "Author of ||t ikotth MrveU to tlnJt." 1 hope On are to have no newtaje in order to uphold .hint! The above newa-grinder is "#or#y," It seems, forth it affair. That must be very ding to the V L'mlUon"/ iVheuHho Were, the other day, mtming alter thh ' y concluded ?IBFvtSr* ^IPfjfaMr mqbnIwo. acouw if mw ? %' '"" nubtlo ss ?-???- ?* ? teat'/ft* toft* fe^^aaBgy should hot bare aplic^ in tStTictl^M. He^has ably defended (he object for which his communication was written. A* hedis liken concealment, we' ere somewhat aston ished that he Deflected to furnish u* with hi; proper panse. Surely he might Ua*e 1 bed tha( much confidence in uaj and It estimation, we are not worthy tofH- * not upon what principle he ct^r claim tcntlon. .?<." "*,* :*? 7 j v There it aomp tltebt responsibility at* UcMcdtothe publication ?C Mctt aitkleai |W the outfrcferred ?Vt. Wc <To not frith.to oar- ? tktoatc in any except tbo*e of oar own ?M inr. From whatever motive the author of "Civu" michC W* l>oen actuated w* thli^fr* it Uinreacrout to .VI? ?11 ^ Editor of the ?*4?3f85g feeling and judgement! and wc* know tfca* other Editors me slmulariy situated. We re-publish (by request) the following Communication, which originally appeared in our nhper of last week over thesignaiore of "Abbeville" aa well as tfie reply of. Col., liampton. We deem a compliance nothing more than an act of Jwtfce to Col. 11 and think that the author oH'Abbevllle" might have criticised Mr. White's paintings with out to marked a-refcroucu to Col. HV posi tion or situation in the memorable battle of Orieyti , ^ ,r . ? 'w.>. What Abbeville** motives were in thns introducing the aubject at'this time. we know not. Neither U it for us .to enquire. Wo. ?know him to be what he represent* bimwlf*? . a representative of Abbeville dUtrict. We have Been count rained to-take moro notice of this communication than ie-usuat for us to do, as.aoioe illiberal construction* have beejt put.onthe course we have pursu ed. We have been centured for giving pub - liciiy. to the article. Net knowing the au thors motives we are unwilling to tax bin* .\vl(h any design hi the pending election, (a motive which sonte fed disposed to attribute to him) between Col.T a) lor and Cbl. Hamp ton, nor do we lielipve lie had any such iuter mVddltng design at the time he penned the' article referred to. The article was pub lished as sent us, ami knowing the tourcc from whonceit came, deemed it entitled t'? as much attcution as fulls to the lot of com ? munications generall)-. ^UMnL'.NtC ATIO.N3) ? Mr. TB? LegUUlur* vfthis Stat* has b**a charged with illibeialiiy towards Mr. Whit* iuoot granting to hh* on* thousand dollar* for the two eaiutmjf,the battle of fcuUwand Nftw.Or* Iran*, with whith lio proMnted th* State. As * ' niuiubar of tho E<.*gi*i?lU(* X moat protect *|*ia*t ' (hacltarge. . , . v_ ?v-??k Tiwwe |??iuliug? wrr* prsaeotedito th* l^snlat** lure atsu early period i* its t*a*i?n. sod irol* tint term* in whfch lb* p<M*ut eras cuuubvd, a* could have belinved thaiiha Uomvr cwytdhsfiT been prevailed ik? to rwfqhfm'cma* Ibr'Uat which appeared to all, (exovpt Mm kuowfugoee*) H a free gift Ofitrtof* ' ? nut w ant uoimauytWyi before an attempt wea made to obtain for Mr. Wbiia on? thoUiand dol lar* for theee oaialia^' It to iruAtbut ?umt prtiwh, to rather I*(lian -ills ir??mr* oftau o?a4#, for which, however, >t i? nlw.iyc uu'iurftool (teal Urn doueo ut lo r?ttun a qm'dfrpqyo. - 1 opposed tlm appropriation for varioni niiwi no* or two of whioh 1 will briefly^ enumerate. Painting, like htotorv, and jmrttptifcilf ItUlorwul I paiotrifc, thou Id he *Mditl?V|.?tnd?r (M an/ft ?a ereJ regard f?<r truth. TTie inftviihoo of prejudice should not be permitted to eater tho pca of th? os>, or the (teacil et*4he ofty#*" m (T ? f \ Without adverting tmeve'ral inecauraeiea iatiflr it ng of the battle yf NewOrloane.the artMt placed your ? It ii tree that Mr. Hampton, a? well a? Gover nor I oindoxtir, acted at v.diute#/ aid* to VS?H^ Ju.-jcioii, ati-l it to finally true, that pvery Man. women end ohil?, on l&il eventful twwiM, with- ?> rd to set at elnee (? i? kiuo as pontile. But 1 would ?tk where ate tM aitli d* /alto, Urn ton* /Me aide of Gen. Jack?ou?fc |hi| tbnartni Hah* thent retreat itKpder to give way to Mr. I lampion. - of did .ha ?upj>o*? that (Hi* arrangeaunt would beit ttlll the particular plecu ,ui4 purpoe* tor which U Wa< intended? V - w NoW, II iiim? are to be thai puKad awl inflated let U Uot be dona at the expeoc* of tliatttate M in the painimg of tne battle of I'.uta* them ar* reral palpable lna< quranl* aa Wftl kr lKt?n*( obvioUi violation* id u?tfl aud order. Tim Am erican* we aeeir Mtree'ln* from the brick liou*-, when it to well known that their attrition and a* ertitfu* were iucmiantly drawn toward* it, and Ml wlil*-ii iliry ma'laeevaral furton* a?*?nK?. to tft* tame ruintiun a lior?4, on whk-h eiinflWr to nioontfJ, to muoh lancer than- I ha briek home, t.i which the H?iah wcra no?ted. But a# it we* only my Intention wju.ury the vote uf the l>gl?. ' luture in refilii*# to flee Mr. While the thoutafcd dollar*, and not Ui attev * a eritictomon hi* paint ing*, I will lay uothh% wore, AI?H^:Vll4M^. '^he nbotre itfWlure* upon thn pfhiting* oI on* ?ilthe t'Jrolina artUts arc rupp?w<J to be niiwd ?nnri) directly ajprtlt-l n*4 "fhnt thbjttH. than thn artMt hjiOMlf. " AhbotfillaV* motive for "appear* iiVf Ww the public itpnu thn ucoaeton, countt l?o tuiuui Urit.iod. 'fho orttletoni uf itvxe paint liijfi I? ovideiitly )h? pnxliicUoii of tutor Id^diou* Cit i..hi i.i il.. I- ii Inr- ? i.cimi,., wlui bar mad* ?a wantohaml iinprov.>kad alturU on tl?a milium if eHaiact^i ol ? Jro0i>g Mf. II ?.n|'t??o,n with a ytow ol Uiiiinfix linn m ttm ?anmatiote :>f hu tol? loW-dlimt?. hi,.|? unmi? nj tliiiteiyt! ftt the pub* 'lie are teur i?r fa lot, ?it.-oAnbu|{ t'? ffin Vmprtw*?j thayare inteiidcd Co produce. Itxr the l?"|nl?* Itora Itr'u niaede>l M?r wlthlioMiiitf a grafuk* Uk > i>lr. While! I l^lta va noli If ?? Abhevilft*' ww? a member o|,i4iiefiiali.ly aouH havi baen rif.n?> to h? ?r<il . to Ihoae irulnptftW In tha lf.o?r, than to tctferye (hem ior ?n?ht oioidh*,??? bedWui>n*Kl>ipw\ tilt p'lMio.loieivf tticli imltr/ rlri iiMi.trrli^jMifiUa* floaU o,jt Mr. White% ? 1 1 1 " 1 M!ieJ?*a ^)lbou> lntro<luom.-t vtlwr i..ie,e,' Writ Mm re no jiibei "lunw ur. ^ " 4 * llhiii Vouni a ?w*? ?W n <r - *?. " nuifutA IkuaUou v*