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"*\K ?a???? 1 By D. W. SIMS, stoxe mwtbu. COLUMBIA, S.C. MAY 29, 1829. Vol. XV.?No. 22 M. 11 ? 1 ?!' " ?l?illLLaJ-L-LJJ Mi _ W-i?'I'1*1* | I Ill PUBLISHED BVF.RY FRIDAY MUHMMi TJHIUiS?TUrf Dtllariptr annum, ia *J9ante, or Four Uollart pastille alllittnd^J Ik* p*ar. 1 iDVEH TISEMFJTT* innrltd at Ike nnmlratu. CKf-AT KAKTHQUAUK IN SPAIN I An cart' juake was felt a?. the 31st March nt Madrid, and mbny other part* of Spain. )u the province of Mnrcla it occasioned the mo*t ufHictivc disasters. The following i? un abstract of letter* to tlic 28th of March: Murcltt capital of the province? Not a iinglo church or edifico that has not been considerably d-imtged. The bridge of Sc? Suim, which unites the two parts of thu city as suffered mr.tci tally. Several houses have been ruined; and a great number of persons perished, Carthagvn t?The quarter of setrata has been ruined. Saint Ful<{cncla lias disappeared. ltojalcs, L > Gr.inj.t, ('ox, San Miguil, Ca* losa, and several other cities and vil lage*, have suffered a great deal of injury. La Mnta is a hc ip of ruins; the euith quake h.?* driven up two ?alt lnke?. Torre Vtfjo?Not a single liouse is stan ding?the town aheap of ruins?the uum her of killed and wounded is very great?200 bodies have already been dug out. Orihuela?some -difircs It ivc fallen the the number of death . Iieiv is bur seven; the! whole population in in the field*. Guardamar ;?n<> longer in existence; twoj windmill* only "?re Msndiug, the village ha-, vioKjentlrrly dts ?|ip<"ired. Maajda, and several other villages in the vicinity, I, avc sustained great injur) . Hi Fa I?This viP igo has been destroyed; the number killed tad wotuided is immense. A I*-: Garros?Several houses have tum bled; and a motintai.i near the jowu lias roll, edit way, and several individuals have per* islied. Ilencjuzar?The greater pait of the hou ses hauc fallen) the number'of wounded is considerable, and the killed hmouut to 230. Almoravi?Nut a ?iiiglu house or edifice remaining on this foundation; Already 400 persons hat c4>eeu tikuu de4(l from beneath the ruins, besides a large number of woun ded The earthquake of the2li>t was accompa nied by a tremendous noise. Tiavt Hers ob served'at the moment of the shock a column j of fite proceeding from the eastern coast o! | Murcta. Nor have the shocks ccnscd ever, since tlic 12th in that province andfurthtr> evils were expected. A letter tioui Madrid, March 30 say*?' * It ia thought that the poi tfolio ??! Foreign 1 Allan * Ik 10 UC given tol'.ount <l'Of?Hft lllld if thut should take place, he is to be succee ded in tlic Kmbassy tu l'uris by the Duke Suit Feiuiniio. A MII.ITIA PAltADK. [fr'ron the It. 1. MU'raiyCadct.] Yankee Military Sfilrit.? The mason of huts mid feathers, of tinsel and mock cutlasto, bus romc around w ith the spring, and put hi re quisition the tapping* ?? hist year, remind ing ns of a thousand amusing incidents which ot cut-red in times tint have pone, when we u.cd to iau^h out* fill at i he cni-faun figure which msiio of out citizen soldier* m.ule, in die art and mystery ot war. U was ? laud able zeal that buoycd them up. ami made them feel that the doings ot a C.csar and u Hannibal was mere boy's play to what might have been achieved in those days or will lie achieved in these. Hat, laudable as it was, one could not f a- his soul avoid a hearty laugh, a thrice hearty laugh, that shook ev try bo?e, every n?u:;Jc, even' nerve, from crown to heel. We well recollect a brigade re view, 1'fdiT nt Berkley last autumn, which was the drollest of these droll exhibitions- Tliev wei f. in a line which extend* d for mote than a mile, the yeoman guard i f Bristol countt, men who had worked and could figliA, with locks that bent all way*, and untutored toes thut stared each othei in the face ; now a white cotton hat, surmounted with a red plume, that looked as though it had been dipped in "all thu blood of all i he Howard*." And beside it a white one that had decked as proud, although not so distinguished a warrior, but yesterday, and th-.T to", in a similar way, if wc tcvcrse ihc eial on Much it was worn. Time were all manner ?f head-dresses, of all descriptions, old a?d new, gn.at ami tmall, from to felt, from down to wool. Their coat* ton, had been worn fr??n the tiiiih day of tune, to the eve of the American revoluion, and from that time to the present. One little " icrawiry" dragoon in particular, drew our attention ? an hundred pound weight would have made itiin kick the beam in any honest scale, and yet the itiukiloonshc wore would have loose ly fitted a man of two bundled stone. When he dismounted, the sent thereof approxi* mated v? ry nearly to his heels, and when lie got upon bis hrtrsc thvrc was nothing visible bat tne ears ot that Aiiimul ; the whole com pany could hute changed direction from 4ront to rear, within the garment, and known ii" want of room ; and yet the little man felt .is ;f his limbs strained each individual scam, orul caused every stitch to groan ks in the days of its original possessor. Nor was tins p solitary instance. Hundicds of others, not (pute so glaring, but almost as laughable, occurred all along the line. Sometimes n knapsack 'hat could hold u load of li-ay, reared its huge form upon the shoulders ofi ii youth barely eighteen, who hud girded himself for tlu review out of pure patriot ism 5 or mayhap, a cartridge box that t shoemaker would covet lor its component iiart of leather, or .?c ir|R nter for the wood Wet had them in dress or in phiz at ever) step j now ftiCAlTiistamSh.ind) bice peep ed ftom rear rani, to front, sn tiulv cnnic that the leer of il* t w , vid *h< ! hm cf the lip dcAed description ; or the most stately eountcnauce of un officer displayed m> much litrck gravity, ah to cause what little had left to evaporate at the tip of our chcck, bonce. ? The colonel of one regiment waa the pro prlctor of a tent, and when his dutict with the brigade would permit him, he was with In the Irooth, dealing out Yankee military t/ilrU to hU men. A newly elected captain who served under him, wished to give hit men a proof of the obligation he waa under to them in advancing him to the comrannd. He struck a bargain with hi* colonel, and advanced to the head of hin company : ?? Feller soger*," aaid he, ?' nil you that be long to Cnptnin'Isaiah Hawk's company, and liaint hud ho rumjior nothin.arca gwo inc to be treated to gungerhrcad and new cider at the curnul's tent?please to follow arte? musician Jonathan Johnson where upon the said " musician Jonathan Johnson" stepped out <"f line with an air of some con sequent, and if we hud been dioll ones be fore tliev were nothing compared with him. The crown of Ids head was nix feet thrco incite* and .1 clear from the ground, and of this height hi* logs constitutedthree fourths. Hi* arms were uncommonly short, and his drum was hung against his'breast bono to enable him to reach it with ease A cant of red bate* covered about two thirds of his back, and hlnr.k gaiter* ornamented bis lags from the knfe downward, on the top ot his head was a hat?now a hat was very pro per thereabouts? but su?*l? another hut bu rn in eyes never saw?it had been white, b?it white it was not then, nor yet black or grey, or any other color to whictfnman had given a name. Occasionally the rim was narrow, mid again it widened, while the crown shew by ijK appearance that it was properly cimup.lt matched ; and this hat, and this coat, undjucse gaiterscovercd tlic per son of ?? musunaii Jonathan Johnson." <)u? i f the line In: stepped, and out of the line was lie followed by " all tho.se who belonged { I t cnptnin Isciah Gawk's company, and : had'nt driok'd no nun nor uoihin and as , the tunc of ?? Down through the t>ar-:v(nj," J rolled from his drum head as water rolls | from a duck's back, they strangled along in a-manner that showed each of them to be I taking c; ?e of himself. To the tent ?>f the colonel mcy went, and in about fivcmiuutcsl were on their march bick, each with gin-1 gerbread enough in his list to (uruislt a whole I platoon with rations f?t a month. There too, on the extreme left of the bri- ! gade, was the Assouct Light Infantry, whoi gave their commuiidcr an infinite deal *?t"} tr< ul>le by their very cleverness. He would ? stand with his men in line mayhap for the i spare of a minute, quiet enough mid ordcrlv I enough* when of n sudden they would anth er round him for the purpose of giving him aMurnnrtii of the rcgiud which thev enter tained for his person. At one time we chan ced to be near where they had encircled him, tmd when he with attempting to get J them hack to their places. ?? Captain, don't ycu want us to lire 'fore long ?" saW a kliort fellow, with a face like a town clock. " (Jo hack into line, and nwait,order*?when 1 want you fire I will tell yon so," replied the commnndcr. " Well captnin, when you want us to fire, only let iih know, and we'll fire;" i.nd back they trudged to their posts, to remain uitt:I the spirit again moved them out. Tiiv ('itKitoxv K.s.?We perceive by the Philadelphia p.ipeis that John l{oss, Chief of the Cherokee nation of Indinns, Cap!. Tay lor, Mi. (iunthei and Mr. (toody, titnulor* ? ?f the nation, armed in that < itv on thr .Id ins'.. This deputation it is stated, have been for the last lour months, "endeavoring to en list the feelings of the I'.xecutive to intercede with the government of(ieorgiu, for the per manent establishment of their legitimate rights to the residue of property, left them by the rapacity of the white men." We are gratified to find by the annexed paragraphs th it thr mission of these ambassadors has probably eventuated, as we had reason to ex pect from the character ?'f tin: present l%xeruiive lor decision of character, and a proper idea of Indian mid State llights: I'runi the (ir'jr^ia Stale*num. We stated in our last p iper upon the nu-1 thoritv of the Al ihama Journal, that the a j gent of t!?e Creek Indians had been dircct . id to remove Ins agency west of the Missis-' I sippi. It k now understood here that simi- j lav direction* have been given to the a I gent of the Chcrokecs, ami that this tribe ' | :i^ ? w ill of consequence be compelled to fo|- ( ! low. l'rum t-'.r .V. ut.'n l it JfrCtviIvr. We are gratified to leant from tin most unquestionable authoiit\, that there is a good prospect of soon obtaining pos<cs.?ion of the Cherokee lauds. In a conversation with one (1 our members of Congress, the President recngnmed, in its full extent, the doctrine contended for bv (ieorjria, that the Clicrokees cannot be suffered to erect a gov ernment for themselves within the bound* of a sovereign State?that (Jeorgi i has a pcifeci right to extend her mnimipal laws over them?--and that there remains for tin in, lni. the alternative of removing West of the Mississippi, or submitting to tin* laws of (icorgia. This is the ground we exper ted the Presi dent to take. Let him persevere in it? and one great cause of dissatisfaction in the <iencrnl Clnvei omcnt will be icmovcd, as fai as r.onoerns (icorgin. Wis learn further from a gentleman of this State who has tciciitly been among the ".herckces, that the snitit of emigration s beromiug popular with that tribe. A con siderable numlwr have sold .heir Improve iicut* to the United States, for whit li ttlcs tic p.ild liberally, and have enrolled them ?elve* f'<r removal to the country allotted them beyond the Mississippi. It is Mippos ed that not less thnn a thousand will emi grate in the rourie of tba>prc?cnt y*'ir> A mcmlwrr o? Congress from Alabama, win m we met with a day or two ok" on hi* way home from Washington, informs us tlmt the statement published by u* last week from the Montgomery paper* of the Creek Agent'* having been directed to remove In* Agency to the country appropriated to tiie emigrating Indians, webt of the Misslssppi is not entirely correct. The Agency l? not to be removed immediately"?but the Agent hint induction* from thu President to uw all his exertions to procure the rcmovid of the Indian* an m?ch ??, possible, and to let them uiulerttund d UtUictly ,t luit Mich .us choose to remain must bo subject to tin- l.'.ws of Alabama. Our informant conversed with both thu President nnd Creek Agent on the subject- We have no doubt similar instrnr tions have, or will he, given* to thtiiAcciit of trie Cherokee*. A lu rch of Litri/ect.?* A*true Story.'?A few <I:uh ago, us Mr. Karle wai Rolny round the wut-dn u' St. Ilurtholnmetv's Hopitul, he wustold that si person wished particularly to see him; unci immediately after a butcher j of prodigious dimensions made his appear nucc, and accosting Mr. Knrle informed him that he h;id willed h-s hudy for dissection to the hospital, nnd that he. was anxious thu orcunwtance should be knoVrn beforehand, that no impediment might bo tin-own in the way of his wishes being accomplished. Mr. i'.arif! was evidently a Utile lit a loss to know' whether the coii.iiiunScalioft was marie la jest or earn#*, anil nun .veied, 'I should think, sir, you wilt lie rh large a bequmt us ever wa? marie at fit. I'm tholomew'n, in truth, as fnl u legncu as we have lever had.' 'Very like; very like,' replied the butrhci, Mint I wish toriouwjy the ftrw/jfihprrjudici against cutting up people after they are dead, and I hope the thing will hcl'4pn<?' Mr. Karlc seeing that he was In sober earnest, aikeri him if lie had a wife or friends* hccnuse they uiiiiht not like it, and it was fair that their feelings f.h<>uhl he conudtcd in ho uncommon a display of liis love nf science? To whir.h our fat friend replied, 'Aafor that I've tack led the old woman, irir: 1 huve left her, in my will, th<* (hoieeof cither my h?.dy or my money?if sin- likes to keep me, look ytr, the money comes t? the: hospital; .so there is lit tle doubt which way it will go. Mr. Earle then begged, that if convenient, he would die in the winter, u? in n hot summer it might he d'tli' iilt to do justice to so extfu Hivr it Huhjnt; luit that at all ? vent*, he should he made into a skeleton, ami hi* name he honorably mentioned ia the records of the Hospital, With tUix as?U'*M|>ce the iciin tific butcher departed pct'fecily satisfied. ?1 honker.?44 Talking of bankers," sa!|1 ii fi ieud of tuns the other day, 44 I'll t?*l| you a curious fact relatim; to that craft. When old S. the hanker telt his health fast decli ning, he called for hi* s >i? am! s.iid, ' Wil liam I have sent t'<>r )ou to talk to you vcrv seriously. I have lonjj observed the steadi ness of your conduct ; I hot>?* \on will con tinue in the same nuisc. Hv mv will you will hud I have divided what 1 have equally ainonu: vou ; von can prove what amount vou think prudent at iWtnr'* commons. hut I run not worth a shilling. Our huik is rot ten, and has hcen rotten for years.' 1 Good God !' said William, ' I alv. avs thought you very rich ; have you not a l.irt?c sum sir In the iron hox ?' * Ah William,' id the old man, 4 that irr-n box was to blind the clerks. The iron l>ox, William, is empty, and has hcen for yinr*. t'onfinue however, my ttoav boy, to attend tobnn'.l.i;* ; wane lucky turn mav happen ;thc '?> o.k i^all I rj.t? leave yuu, make the most of it ; keep Hie secret and the secret will kec;> ?. ?>u for year*. Don't put down a single c;n rinpe or a hoi *e ; a hanker is thought nobody unless hv* live:* like a prince.' William did as his father hid him ; proved half ;? million at Doctor's Commons ; and the bank continttvd nearly forty years to enjoy a f-"?d reputation, hut crashed at last with m:.:ij others atul paid 3* C?d in the pound." Tin?!.'nrtoii Stun lard manifests *oinc jtal-i i ou?v of the interference of the I ? nit?**! State* |in the affair* of tin* Ivm, a? will appear by : i tl??* following article: I W? have inserted in anothrr column an extract from th?* Mi H<.ic.ir des ('.hamhres ,n| Mmid iv, wha h tutiiitati'. that wc arc to | have .1 tow pufoi uicr in the drama of Ttir I kish politic.* or war, a* the <.???? may he? [this is an American naval M|ii.ulion. The United Stales it nr . mic cnltivnti.i>; \ c i v assiduously the i;o?kI ill i.f the Pnttr, and it i* ?urnii<tC(l that th.s M|tiadr<>u ??? to force the blockade cf tin* Dardanelles. It will he fan iaten'slisi); phenomenon in tlx* hintory I of mankind whenever it shall occur, a* at {some time doubtk** will occur~a direct in teiferencc hy the Mate* of the new world in arranging the political affair* of the old. Among t'..e passi nger* in the Caledonia, on MomU), wan Mi. Sp.?rk?, who, having completed lii* historical re*ear< lies io I'.u* rope, has return*.<1 to this rountrv, alter an alm'iiee?>f ite.iiiy a year ..tidah.dl. lie has been exceedingly fortunate in obtaining a? ? ecu* to documents connected with the peri od of the Aim riean revolution whether re j posited in the public ari iiiovc* or in the poMCH&iou of private person*. The utnm*t courtesy, and lihirality ha* been shown him by thr public function trie* hot It in r.nghmd ind France in Mihmiittfig Jo hi* inspection ind permitting him to copy the diplomat!' and other papevt in their keeping, a* not wishing to keep baek the truth of history. mil a* deairoua of afTovdiug every facility to the labor* of a learned and able man, wtv ?ad no other objcct in view than that of gh ng a fair ami impartial record of imnortam event*. The material, discovered fiy M? Spark*, In Far!*, w- m is'derstatul. mm h mere important than tic exported to mret with. They throw pr?*?i In* lit not only on our relations with the French |p?vemiueiit at tluit critical perh<d ??f our history, hut witli the courts or the other l'.um|ir.in na tion*. They dhow, moreover, the wninning and progress of tlione :iCR?tci:ill<?n??direel and indirect, hy wliielt it liual Nrttlcmcni was ef fected between thi* country and <Jr?at llri tuin. On this point, we untU-r*ti?nd, the in formation thev afford is particularly full and interenting. 'The confidential Icttiti s also of the French minister* iu this country to their own Koverumeut, their accounts of ptiHsin;* e\ent?, of the state of public feeling in our country, of the characters of our piihlic men. and the p'i?n* proposed unit discusied hy them lit diflercut Ktum of the war of the. revolution, arc exceedingly mitiii*>> and.val uable. The instructions of the liritish go vernment to i?x nttioers here, and the milita ry correspondence relatinj; to the Ameri can campaigns, throw important i?n the dispositions of their government toward* the colonic*, and on the om ration* and plan* of the ltriiisli armies. The whole muss of mntcriuis thus collected will set many e veil's connected with our revolutionary struck in anew point of view, and will en able Mr. Sparks to write its history with more nutiientw:it>- and impartiality than h is yet been done. The poxthumou* papers of CJ en. Washington wi'li historical and ex planatory iiOtes by Mr. Sparks, to he pub lished in London by Murtay.?A' Y. I\m. A IT/ZI.K. Tlif fiorrctimnilciil nl n N?w Y?ik |M|irr, hIio iritnii to lie ii muiiirnl rlianirter. iilfirm* llml mi oiuu or-'-oinii in the i*r.ur?e uf liit travel* liy mm, lie limits lliirtv day* in tlie month of Kvlirilnr)', ?it ?if \\ li'oli \\ itc ttnrjiNy*. Ill'?Mi< <1 lli!.? furl, pub licly, n?u?? linn* uni n. in caiiK>i|iioiii'tf of ? pnr<f> itlnpli hi mi Kiigliidi (mijkt rr?(M riling n lit i<i-lt ?lii|i of ??r wln.li liittl made ci^lii ilny? in mio ?vi"i k liy criitiint Ilut <ip| ii?ii.- im-ridi mi In Urci'iiAii'l). Tint l'ill?r |.lier,-<iiirn>'ii, 'it i*?nir?p, ij viirily ? nrculllili d (?>r l>y lllr prill clfili' of ilic et.rlli'i roMiioti. Itul n< tlie hr( of ; cxlrmiiiii tin- mouth of Fi'lniiA-y in linrly d.i\?, Mini ini.lulling therein tis Sufid:i??, Iin* ||?? m? <J IIIUilV |.11 liy Iful n;i\ti.Uli'|vt ||n- ^eutli-lliaii wlui ncliii:veil il tin? ill? Ie tli? li>llowing u\p|.itri tinn fur their MlinIiiiMmo ?JfoWon Ifiilttlm r.i^iilf'n hundred unit Iwenly-lnnr ?\n? leap v?ar Mini tin- Ani .iii.l 1u?j ilny* of February were , rMitnlay, there ni'iv i oii<i-i|ii>'iilly five Suiiil.i\? in die moiilli. 'I lot circiudMmtre ijtmdly nr? ur. <?in < in Iwonty-i i^'lit vt'tii>; Imi iii t:oiiM'<|u> m ?' m lji<! CM?I ill ml yi (IhiMI) iiol Oi in., leitp, tin. like lind not laht-u pline t.ir forty ytnij I.? ? i?>???. Ai ilif end of ii ^midnyiii fVbm?r> dint yum. I iro?? ???I tlie lilOlh degree i.| longitude to u*? ea>ut :ir.|, 1 i'i>.I at usual rt-peulcd ll.n proceed!";; iImv to I lei-oitt'iu- I lie time, tlint milking tlnrty duyi in i I i binary ,*ik of w liifli ?r*re &uudiy*. | Alfeenldy to lippwii.tliniii l?y the ('imrloton j liar, ii eiilog) upon tin- lute lloo. Theodore I Inrd v\n? delivi rt'd ymlerdny in !*t Miflini?r? | f'llilrel . I.i ii ri'i|>< cl ild<: ami ?ltrlilite iatidlenre, I I?y V\ 11:i i111 f..inre. Tl.e euto^y, ne.?' mid uppropil.ile tlii.Hlulloilt, W?? in ?.i:iie piirli ?nl?irint ami iidi tlio^. Il took It di*. riniiiMting *ietvi>t llie rlinmrti'i and ipial?tie* nt tin* diC'ined at n politician mid a In* \ er. ? ?# oi c.i?n?mdly l? r\eiit iiii'l iiaifia*?ioiii-il, i.ml rill r<?. upon tin* whole, tnui'li rii'dil upon tlx' I.?#!??. judgment, nnd icvl-, ings ot the uraior.? M> r> ury At the* late election in Hoson, fifty Heprc-1 sentatives were c^meii sine! five remain yet] to !>.? eleei rd. Those e'reted weve nil nn two <>?' :noru '1'ic kets? Init five of the Nutioital He,,-.1 dican Ticket, it seems, have been clc- j fcateri, i.n?l amongst them Mr. Hlxkikc.iiam ?.lie editor ?.f the ** Courier," a most dcci ?let! and \ iolciit supporter of the Tariff. Mr. Sti'hoi.1, who*e name be^ 111 h >th the National '{?".;.;hhr.in mid Free " 1"r;?<!?- l ick* et?, recti* ?.d the k" ??e?t nn.nher <.1 votes. We observe that t v.n.tv two 1 f thnw who w ere announced at "l-'iw Tr.tde?"randidater. have been cl'Ttcil, 'I he "Jietridar Hepnh- j lieun Ticket" r< ceived aht.nl 1000 votes. ? Charleston Af.r.tirij. j An 1 ri.tliman, sit ;?n assize i?. C^ik, w:*. :<rrai>*iit'<| for felony , before Jiid.;e Moiitcny. lie ask'*<1 who he wonhl lie lual by 'B\ no i.irT, oy J siys Ik . Tlwj iilt r red him to say, b> (u>.l ami inn coiti.ny. ?Upon my slioul I svtil uoi,' says I'.iddv, 'for I don't like it at all at all, mv dear.* 'What'* that you siiy, !.<>iu*,t man' >u\s ihc Jntl?',e. 'See there tio>v,' s.^olie eri'iiioal,'his lord* ship, lonj? life to lulu, calls me >\u honest inuii, why should I pie.id tfiidt'. *' *W l?:?t do yai mi\ in an authoritative Voice. '1 say, my hid, I wo:/i i>. : ? ir. ? I I?y (iod at all, for he known all ah- ui Hie m.itier! Hut 1 will be vi led bv you; lo.dship ami i?v toim* tfy. ///<* of lln' Tariff'to . /./'i / '< an .iffri' culture. ? K.x tract of a Uiui Irom St.Cioix, dated A m il 11: curjjo of Corn Meal from 11??? Dani-h ?H itlmtent on the ('ou?t ?>/ ,/ffru.i, lui? nrri vi'il here?tliit is probably tin experiment undertaken to ice n I'tcy cm do without A merit .?tt Corn MimI, iw qmncc ? fthe hh*h doty in tin: I * nil * '1 ,1c* on lluti).? 'J'hm ilour bj the (iovmin.rn:."?Alrrcur\j, M/rc if' finilimia tivt f'titml in the u'ic'i ,mir: . , /r still. .? 1m?m. temper has been SOIII ? ll. . hhimatt!? \ man who swears it his aunt. Cuiiii'/iihfil ?A i/nrrr which no otic wo\| in.ike to a ? lnss of deaf ;iu ! dumb. ( olnii/i?Three cats thrown aloft by mis chievous boj s J)mtuiril?To '-wear at Kdward. I tunhnrton?-'To set tl in your l?iil *.# Mr lintton. /'Aun/ow?'l o f.oi Thomas. Inr'jrfiortilion?Alt alderman or ?ssh.tntit Outivutrh ?What a pickpocket says in he h'.lps himself ?*< vour <.!iron'ii<?tCr. ? I ('"?/ . [W'c believe wc should deny to u lar;,e majority of our reader* 4 very great pleas ure# were we to withhold lit in tlicm suelt an article tin the following. It it extremely rare that we fuul ko much good ifiue, k<> iiiucti sound republican doctrine, mi perspi cuously, eloquently* nutl independently ?tt forth u* tliU artioiivfitijntahcs. It i* taken from the Southern We??i\lcr,(M!l!egcvi?!e,) and we net-d not udd (hat in our opinion tUi> exposition of Mi. Clark, as well for muutter an for mutter, fully entitle* him to thv sta tion to which he aspire*. Oiyr reader* w ili lose nothing by perusing it.]-?I'.ditor. * To the enmity.- I'd - low t itifcv^MHptf l|:rvc di>nbtics? heard in** name ?* candidate for a place in the rcpmmtunn'tiriincli of your nev. legislature. 'l'o a judicium choice, a pre* i ou* acquaintance with the qualities i.t the KiibjrctK out of which :* choice is to he made# is indispensable. If this principle is impor tant, in the ordinary tin 11 unctions of business, it U doubly important in the exereUe of that choice, by wliivl* the jMiliticul and lepubt: can relation of n;>MUfc|fttnc M'td voustitu ent is 1 rented. principle!? never have liven ruled be foic you by ixi.y counte of p?9lwVundueI have thought ilmt n brief confession of my politieal f.iith mi^ht not be ccauidcied ai entirely misplaced. 1*1. I believe that the indisMihiblc union * ??t these Mates on constitutional principles, is ll?e ureal conservator'of tlic respcctabil it\, safety, repose, and solid wilt.no of our common cnuiitry?Thatthisisa tnixini wit., which faction should never tamper, which time should never weaken, which should hi solemnly iin|/rcsscd upon t!??? minds of th? rising genciatioii, and whiih should be he'd universally and everlastingly wared. I helieve however. Hint when union cea ses to lie (ho creature of tne constitution, it ceancs to lie precious?that losing its ven ei.ihlc character as a fundamental scheme of !;ovirnniciil, deliberately framed bv the Amei ii an people, it becomes nothing hettci ih.in a wretched i'lstnnneiit for gieedy mo nopolists--. an active promoter of noisy and diksoci.il (actions, and a plausible covering for the vili* put pases of tyranny?that all at tempt > either directly or imMrcCtly to per vert tlie giv.it primitive charter by which constitutional union is suend, should be viewed with the deepest abbotrenc.c, n* tm unholy c-ll'ort la e.invert what our fathers conceived, and w hat we believe, the hav nionizmy: m.d invigorating ccment of our country, into a dreadful i ursc, fraught with deadliest mischief to our |?enplc. 1 believe, that instead of t/liunhn by Atcfr usurpation, experience has warned its, and warn* u* now, that consolidation under the gradual encroachments of federal ambition. Ih the growing danger that most ;iccply threatens the welfare and liberties of the i United States?that mic.Ii is and has been tli'* I fr.iiltr <>1* human n iture in all age* of the I world, that men already in power, are prone (to abuse it for the unwarrantable ac<piisltinn of more?that there are within the laljge of I federal administration more allurements and | temptations to this principle, and a more extended sphere for its pernicious ? xercisr. than i an exist in (lift more confined limits < f I st;?tc policy?that the former is an elemen' | where great talents can in Keticrul only , liie, and where restless and dangerous Am ! bition must in the nutui? of tilings grow up. ?that this i* a qu irte* therefore, to which jour people sh-aild extend a determine"! ami junwavering watchfulness?that whenevet : wc see heiea spifit of usurpation manifest ,ed in theerv, or flowing forth into praetice, it is our du'v with all the powcis of u well regulated freedom to x>nnd forth a jnightv alarm, mid that ut'iiti'.? litv under such cir cuinstaucts is nothing better than tacitly sanctioning the tiansgrcssion, and indolently ' slumhcrtiiK before a Hatne which threatens to consume us. I hclieveth.it that disposition which ?eek'> j for a iticiiiifntr in ihe construction which it {cannot find in the rr/imtHiotit of a clear nml j perspicuous instiumeut is, in ordinary A? (a dnngeroim spirit of perversion, nml in ftohticy, an ambitious temper, striving to | enslave the people by imposing upon their understandings?-that "II instrument* ?ith? r ' cicatim;? r grunting power,should bv*trict I/y consfrmd, ami that the powers expressly 1 and necessarily granted, should be alone as? sumed, and that where thin is a clcar and ilistimtive giant of authority l?y a i'H>pc tcut gi*itot??rr end i* ij??o t u to put t<? alt discretion in the grantee, and in his rcpie scntative character lie should he ioVcrncd alone b\ the term* of the instrument ? Hence 1 believe that ib?; constitution of the tanted States should bvutncthj coi.itrttcd, and thai all attempts to find in it any occult mottling, or to dtM v 111? in it ativ powers other than those which clear and positive expressive, conviv, i? iuiiiuitously tampering with the fundaiinnt.il c.liartel'of our politic id rights ; tending to the disfranchisement of the state*, and vitally jeopardizing the libctli' . of our people. 1 believe that the % ink of the I bided States, all systems of intern ?! improvement through tiie domains of a ?>ial<, all t irill? tor the j>t ?'tec'.ian ot* one of the great mte rcsts ?)| the country, bv either directly or indirectly prohibiting ?,r burlhenlng auo'.hci, all pensions, bounties glMtuitiis, and ? n elusive privdij'cs whatever?ill a word, that til legislation by emigres'! out nj' <lelimtio'<^ ?uul specifications of the ledernl eom|?ai', aie tiixnnstitntioo.il and tyrnnnieul in thcie nature, tcmliug tti the giadn.1 uceutiiula tion in let'eial hands, of an utn i^hteous nod dan ' rous portion of power and patronage, grad tali) . < .tUrmfng State distincthais, un der'inbhig State supremacy, ai.tl verging to cm: hd.?U,.?n--:i fm* a: 1 eei tnh \c|i to