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itt m pubiic a manner u it has been uttered ? it be ing the most appropriate mode by which you can re pair the injury which might otherwise flow from it. Bat in the event that you foil to do so, I th en de mand that yon place your charge before the House of Representatives, that they may institute the ne cessary proceeding to ascertain the truth or falsehood of yoor imputation, with a view to suchturthermea ?urea as justice may reqoire Ifyoe wiH neither do justice yourself, nor place the matter in a position where justice mav be done ta*hf the representatives of the people, I shall be tooftpeOed to resort to the only remedy left me. and, befcre I leave the city, give publicity to this letter, by which you will stand stigmatized as one who pro tected by his constitutional privilege, is ready to stab ike reputation of others, without the maguanimity to do them justice, or the honor to place them in a stuation to receive it from others. Yours. &c _ ANDREW JACKSOX. The Hon. J, C. Calhocn, United States Senate. IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA. By the Schooner Samuel S. Mills , Capt. Soutkwicz, arrived from St. Augustine, we have received the following very important intelligence from the army of operations. Col. Andrews, U. S. A^ arrived, express, at St. Augustine, on the 11th inst., and states that General Jesup had met the Indians, and had an engagement with them which lasted two days. On the second da^ Jumper and Alligator came in with a flag of truce, and surrendered themselves. They represented the Indians as in a distressed state, and desirous of peace. In the engagement only four U. S. Soldiers were killed. Oue hundred Indians and Ne<* groes were captured. The 18th inst, was appointed by Jumper and Alligator for a treaty to be made at , Dade's battle ground, and these Chiefs had rent out expresses to that end among the in^ dians. They stated that Powell or Oceola. was on an island in the Withlacoochee, with about 150 followers, and they supposed he wocld come to terms. They promised, in case of bis refusal, to point our where he was, ? and there was to be a. suspension of hostilities until after the 18th. the day appointed for the I Treaty. ? Mercury. Columbia ffelescope. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1837. OUR DELEGATION AT WASHINGTON. The Alexandria Gazette says, * "In the difficult art of condensation and uttering "the most in a few word*," undoubtedly Mr. J. C. Calhoun excels any public sneaker that we have. His speeches have less of the drapery of language and more of the -substance and body of thought and reason, certainly, than any other gentleman's on the foorof Congress." The praise here given to Mr. Calhoun is just, and in accordance with the general opin^ ' ion. Mr. Pkiston, we believe, is acknowledged by the whole country to be the most eloquent man now in Congress. Upon his appearance there, four years ago, he produced a more stri king effect, and a- higher expectation, than perhaps any one who has ever figured upon that stage. That expectation has been fully justified ? for altbo* there were some, who, at the first sound of his magnificent declama tion, took it for granted (upon the common but false belief that fancy' and judgement are in compatible) that his reasoning could not possi hip- equal his imaginative powers, yet his subsequent career must have satisfied all such that the force with which he controuls the mind is not Jess than the skill with which he moves the heart. In alt the graces that adorn the orator hie confessedly Surpasses every one ; and we think tint in the solid qualities he is equal, if not superior, to the veterans of the Senate. Mr. Waddy Thompson is the best speak ?r tt present in the House. His course, too, is always spirited and correct. Mr. Pick* us we have often mentioned with high praise. Mr. Elmore has just entered the House, and according to the etiquette observed by all beginners of any modesty, has not yet made a formal speech. We understand, however, that be is establishing % high character for aoond judgement, discretion and honour, and will have a decided influence. Mr. Richardson is also a new member; we know him to be an excellent gentleman. Mr* Campbell* Mr. Griffin, and Mr. Gray, son, are not speakers, but are good men and true. The President, aa our readers may see, has *enta message to the Senate, recommending * contingent war upon Mexico. We do not eundeistand the meaning of this, after the Jate professions, by the Goveriment, of amicable fadings and intentions in regard to that country. It is true, that a warlike design is disclaimed ; but in point of fact it is certain *that there are few things less peaceble ?than the issuing of Letters of Reprisal by one nation against another. Such an act is ma Jung war, to-all intents and purposes ; and in the present case-would be attended with the . dishonourable circumstance of pretending ?peace at the same time. The following is a literal copy of a letter | rthat we .received, a few days ago, from ; a Postmaster in Mississippi. It informs us of aa law of the General.. Post Office that we <were not aware 06 and which, we are sure, cannot be generally known to the community. Probably it has been lately enacted. Strongly ^opposed as we are to the awful crime of sub scribers not paying for their newsp 'pers, we must in candour say that we think Amos Kendall 's punishment for it is somewhdl too severe. F, O. Mississippi, Jan. 1, 1837. Editor- of the Telescope, Columbia, A. S. Johnston. Sir? I weuki inform you according to the Law of the Post Office Department your Sub* scriber indebted to you T. W.Hamilton has been Lynched and sent off for bad conduct Your paper is net taken out of this office. Respectfully J. M P. M. Awkward Predicament. During the debate on the expunging, Mr. Clay quoted the follow ing resolution, which was proposed by Mr. Buchanan, in the Legislature of Pennsylvania, many years ago. "ResoivetL That in the opinion of this House, no part of the Journals of this House can be expunged even by una/nmous consent" A new town in Texas, has been named p&rt Preston. We recollect that several years a go a per son was a candidate before the Town Council of Columbia for the office of Watchman, a place with a salajy of some two or three hundred dollars. He was about to be appoint 0^ when it was made known that a negro woman was the partner of his domestic ar rangements. This was thought so dishonour*, in*, even to one in his station of society, that j he was refused the office. | One man perpetrates an act by reason of j which he is refused the lowest office in South Carolina. Richard M. Johnson does the same thing, and is elected Vice President of the United States ! See the President's tyrannical and out rageous letter to Mr. Wise. No right whatever of the House of Repre sentatives can be clearer than that, in the exercise of which their committee is thus rudely and violently stopped by Gen. Jackson. The chief points in the letter ar *, ? That as he had said in his Message that the public offices were.in good condition, and the hire i lings of the Government honest, any mea sure ot enquiry into the correctness of his assertion, is like "establishing a Spanish Inqui sition" ? That his officers (whom he calls his "freemen"} shall not be interrupted in their occupations by unconstitutional and imperti* nent questions ? He insists that specific char ges shall be made, before he allows any enqui ry to be entered into. (The public offices them selves contain the evidence by which alone specifications can be made ? Gen. Jackson closes their doors in the face of the Com mittee, and then requires them to know what is within.) The President having: first degraded Con o ^ gress, is now, not unnaturally, treating them with the contempt which he knows they de serve. In a late No of the Southern Times we see, in an account of some proceedings in the Sen ate concerning Teaas, the name of Mr. Ben ton substituted for that of Mr. Preston ? by a mistake, we presume, of either Reporter or Printer. A similar error, on the subject of the Marine Corps, occurs in the Charleston Courier. This is reversing the poet's expression ("Hyperion to a Satyr") and taking a Satyr for Hyperion, The pretended philanthropists in this coun try who so clamorously bewail calamities of their own imagining, might, if there were any reality in their benevolence, employ them, selves better in exposing or preventing such doings and sufferings as are described in the following extract from the Arkansas Gazette. All of this fraud and horror is the work of the Government, in whose care and under whose pledged protection the Indians now are. Their number is about fourteen thousand. Instead of being Temoved and provided for by the officers of the Government, tbey are turned over to speculating contractors, who do the work, at so much per head, ar>d whose only object is to pocket as much money by it as they can. uNo portion of American histerv can furnish a parallel of the misery and suffering at present endured by the emigrating Creeks. They Con sist of all ages, sexes and sizes, and of all the varieties of human intellect and condition, from the civilized and tenderly nurtured matron and misses, to the wild savage, and the poorest of the poor. Thousands of them are entirely destitute of shoes or covering of any kind for the feet ; many of them are almost naked ; and but few of them have any more on their persons than light dresses, calculated only for the summer, or for a very warm climate ; and the weather being warm when they left Alaba ma, many of them left their heavier articles of cloth ing, expecting them to be brought on in steam boats ; which has as yet been only partially done In this destitute condition, they are fwading the cold mud, or are hurried on over the frozen road, as the case may be. Many of them have in this way had their feet frost bitten, and being unable to travel, fall in the rear of the main part y, and in this way a- e le t on the road to await the ability or convenience of the contractors to assist them. Many of them, not being able to endure this unexampled state of hu man suffering, die. and it i.s said are thrown by the side of the road, and are covered only w ith brush, <fcc. where they .remain, until devoured by the wolves. Gen. David H. Campbell, of Washington county, was, on the 20th ult elected by the Legislature, Governor of the State of Virginia, for three years from the 31st March next. He is a decided friend of the Adminstratjon. ? Richmond Paper. More Work for the Expungers. We discover, by the above, that the Legist lature of V rginia has committed an odd mis take. The gentleman intended to be elected, (whom we well know,) is not named David H. Campbell, but David Campbell. Can Da vid Campbell constitu ionally take an office to ,which David H. Campbell was chosen? The Jacksonites, we presume, will bring in a resolution and expunge the intermeddling H. For the benefit of such of the citizens of this State as may have claims to prefer for Joss es in the Florida campaign, we publish the late Law of Congress, and the regulations on that subject. Richard E. Parker, lately elected Senator of the United States from Virginia, has now bePn appointed a judge of the Court of Appeals of that State. We recommend the New York Express as one of the best papers published in that city. By it we get news two or three days sooner than by any other. We are obliged to cut short the Congres sional Journal, in order to give more interest ing matter. Important proceedings have taken place in the House on the Slave question ? which we will endeavor to give in our next. Another Letter. ? The President, it seems, is so delighted with the success of his letter to Mr. Wise, that he has written one, far sur passing It, to Mr. Calhoun. As we have al ready spoken of the first as extraordinary, ty rannical, outrageous, we have no sufficient terms left to apply to l he latter. Our readers can judge of it themselves. Upon the reading of the letter Mr. Calhoun said, "I do not intend, (said Mr. C.) in what 1 nropose to say, to comment on the character or the language of this extraordinary letter. It has excited in my bosom but one feeling ? that of pity for the weaknets of its author, contempt for his menace, and humiliation that one oc cupying the officefwhich he does, should place himself in a situation so unworty of his exalted station. Nor do I intend to invoke the inter position of the Senate to'protect the privilege attached to a Senator from one of the sovereign States of this Confederacy, which has been outraged in my person, I seek no aid to de fend my own privileges ; and, so far from be ing intimidated, 1 shall be emboldened to ex press myself with greater freedom, if possible, to denounce the corruption of the Administra tion, or the violation of the laws and of the constitution, in consequence of this attempt to restrain the free exercise of the rght of ex pressing my opinions upon all subjects con cerning the public interests, secured to me by the constitution. 1 leave to the Senate toj determine what measures the preservation of their own privileges demand. I Much Jess do I intend to comply with the request, or demand, made of me ; demand, has no place between equals, and I hold my self within my constitutional privilege, at least equal to the Chief Magistrate himself. I I, as a legislator, have a right to investigate and pronounce upon his conduct, and to con demn his acts freely, whenever L consider them to be in violation of the laws and of the con stitntion. I, as a Senator, may judge him ; he oan never judge me. My object is to avail myself of the occasion to reiterate what I said, as broadly and fully as I uttered them on a former occasion, here in my place, where alone I am responsible, and where the friends of the President will have an oppertunity to correct my statement, if erro neous, or to refute my conclusions, if not fairly drawn. I spoke without notes, and it may be that I may omit something wh:ch 1 said on the former occasion that may be deemed material, or to express myself less fully and strongly than I then did. If so, 1 will think any Senator to I remind me, so that my statement now may be as strong and as full as "then.** Mr. Calhoun then repeated the substance of his speech on the Land bill, in which there is no su ;h language or charge as that imputed to him by the Globe and the President. The nearest approach to it is in the following pas sage. I then remarked that, if rumour were to he trust- j ed, it was not only in a political point of view that those in power had profited by the vast means put in the hands of the Executive by the experiment, ? they had profited in a pecuniary, as well as in a po litical point of view. It has been frequently stated, and not contradicted, that many, m high places, are among the speculators in public lands ; and that even an individual connected with the President himself, one of his nephews, was an extensive adventurer in this field of speculation. I did not name him, but I now feel myself called upon to do so. I mean Mr. M'Lemore. After Mr Calhoun had sat down, Mr. Grun dy and Mr. Walker rose and stated, that they had been listeners during the debate alluded to in the President's letter, and corroborated the correctness of Mr. Calhoun's statement of what he had said on the occasion; Mr. Clay then made some remarks, in the highest degree solemn and impressive. M He called upon Senators to mark the fruits of their own conduct. Here was not only a gross insult offered to a member of this body, for words charged to have been uttered in debate* but a flagrant breach of privilege committed by the supreme Executive power. What could they do ? He had waited, he said, under the hope that some member of the party in pow er would move in some way to preserve the dignity and rights of the body. But all sat silent, bound by the chains they had forged for themselves. For his own part, he would make no motion, and he trusted that no one in the opposition would. When he had finished his observations, there was, for a few moments, the most pro ound silence. All eyes were turned to the administration benches, but not a word was uttered. They sat like criminals with halters about their necks. Messrs. Grundy and Walk, er had already borne testimony to the truth of Mr. Calhoun's statements, but none other ut tered a word, or proposed any measure to vin dicate the. honor, dignity, and rights of the Se nate, or of its members." Foreign Neios. The latest accounts from Liverpool are of the 4th Jan., London the 2d, and Paris the 30th Deer. The Markets in Liverpool are. highly favo rable to the American Merchant. By the yearly returns it appears that the American are the favorite Cottons, and are advancing in price. Grain, it will be seen is advancing both in England and the Continent. In Havre Cotton was dull. The Monej Market in London was deci dedly easier. Consols, the great barometer of the English Market, had risen to 90 3 8, and Exchequer Bills had advanced. Great Fire iic Edikburg. ? The greatest' fire ever seen in Edinburg since the grea^ one of 1824 broke out upo n the last Tuesday of Decemuer. Fifty families, amounting to about 200 individuals, were burnt out, some pay ing as low a rent as ?2 per annum. GrkatSkow Storm. The English papers are filled with accounts of one of the severest snow storms of which we ever remember to have read. The storm began on the 24th December, and it continued for several days* It created a complete paralysis in England. The mails were all stopped ami the roads were made impassable. Vessels were thrown out of their course and the damage to shipping was great. Busiuess was at a dtand and til communication between the cities and the country obstructed. * France. Attempt on the King's life . On the day fixed for the opening of the Legislative Chamber, the usual preparations were made for his Majesty's progress to the Palais Bourbon. Bodies of military were in attendance, as. cn former similar occasions $ but the severity of the weather was such that I the ordinary crowd of spectators at the cavaK cade was diminished to a much smaller num ber than is usual at this ceremony. Within a few seconds of the Royal cortege leaving the Tuillenes, by the gate leading to the Pont Royal, and while the crowd assem bled on the quay were Cheering the appear ance of his Majesty, a youg man, rather gen teelly dressed, made an attempt on the Kingas life, by firing a pistol at him, which happily did not take effect. The assassin it is st:d w u so close the carriage, in which were the King and Dukes d'Orieans and Nemours, that his Majesty had a full view of his person, and was enabled to point him out to the National Guards, who immediately arrested him and conveyed him to the guard-house of the cha teau, without his making any attempt to save himself by flight. The feeling excited amon? the troops and National Guards was such that the wretched youth was nearly sacrificed on the 8 pot which he had selected for the execu tion of his diabolical purpose. The Dukes of Orleans and Nemours were both slightly wounded by the glass of the carriage window, which the ball directed against his Majesty shivered to atoms. During this scene the King exhibited the greatest coolness and courage; arjd the procession immediately after the arrest of the assassin, continued its route to the Chamber without any other event mark ing its progress. The Ancient and most honorable Order oj the ? Golden S puitge. Mr. Editor : ? Permit me to ask you, wheth^ er you cannot give me som? information with regard to a subject which cannot be without interest to your readers, and of which, never theless, the exact truth seems not to be gene rally known. I have been told, but I do not yet believe it, I assure you ? that General Jackson is going to found and establish the day before he leaves the Palace, an order to be called the Ancient and most Honorable Order of the Golden Spnnge ? Ancient, be cause it will be proved that it has existed from time immemorial, and Most Honorable, for most honourable it will be. I would not have paid any attention whatever, to this subject, had it not been communicated to me with so many details, that I feel warranted, at any rate in asking you, whether you have met with any thing corroborating this peculiar ru m our. It is said that the emblem of the order will be a spunge suspended ? as the sheepskin of the dead beast belonging to the most exalted order of the Golden Fleece ? by a golden chain round the neck of the Knights of the Spunge. Their breast is to be decorated with a star with1 this inscription: Suum Cuique, which means : every one for himself ?a motto duly honored, for the Prussians had itin their order of the B!ack Eagle, when they helped them selves to a piece of Poland. It is farther stated that as there are various orders in Europe, which are divided into several classes, e. g. with or without the oak wreath, so will the order of the Golden Spunge be divided into two classes at least, namely the Golden Spunge with or without the Broomstick. The superior class ? the Knights of the Spunge with the Broomstick, will wear a broomstick suspended round their neck, with this inscrip tion on it : thus we sweeps the Senate," which would seem to me a very poor imitation of Admiral Ruyter's broomstick on the quarter deck of his vessel, with the inscription; i%thus we sweep the Thames when that great man sailed up the Thames. & destroyed Upnor Castle in 1767. Mr. Benton, I am told, is -to be Grand Cross of the Spunge with the Broomstick, and Mr. Rives Grand Cross of the Spunge without the stick, which, to my humble judgement, would be an injustice to this distinguished diplomatist. Mr. Buchan an is to be merely K S with the Stick : so Mr. Wright. As for Mr. Dana, a little extra medal is to be coined. But he will not be allowed to wear it. There are three opinions, I understand, with regard to the provision of our Constitu tion that Congress ' shall grunt no titles of nobility. The one say, that Congress will have nothing to do with the matter, which, to be sure, would settle it ; others say that it will not be a mark of nobility, but the very contrary , which would likewise settle the matter ; and still others say, that it is the very object of the order to strengthen the power and courage of the expungers; and that, as a proof of the excellence of their order, they will be bid by their master to expunge that provision at once. There will be a great solemnity on the day of installation, at the Sultan's palace. The chief parts of the cere monial will be this : A large spunge is to be forced into the mouth of Mr, Benton, and the President will bid him speak. When Mr. Benton murmurs, that ho cannot speak, the spunge will be removed with these words : "thus thou shalt speak or be silent as thy mouth be opened or shut by me or my successors of the Party. Does thou solemnly promise to do so?" Upon which he will answer, on his knees *'1 have proved that I will do so." After this, his highness will hand him the spunge, with these words : swear that thou wilt wipe from the records and write on the records anything whatsoever, as bid an(f ordered by me or my successors of the party." When Mr. Benton has answered: "I solemn ly swear, most potent master of the spunge" he will receive the accolade with a Broom stick, after which the chain, spunge and stick, will be hung round his neck. Similar cere monies will be past through by the other Knights, who have, however, to swear addi tional obedience to the Grand Crosa. An* aiogous to Napoleon's Cross of Honor, a little spunge will be given to 10,000 rabble knights. The revenue attached to the va rious degrees of the order will be drawn from extensive offices and from the privi lege, solemnly conferred, of knowing before any one else, of government actions. There are likewise a number of Wall-street folks to receive the spunge. I have also been told that the Knights of the Spunge whose common badge is to be a small star with the inscription ?? Hony soil qui bien y pense " ? will offer a considerable price for the invention of a process by which facts can be undone, and history can be re-made. I cannot see how this can be pcssible, except Dr. Svvaim of Philadelphia discover a process by which he can still Sarsaparilla into Lethe. LAMBERT. For the Telescope. SLAVERY. Mr. Editor: ? I have been closely engaged recently, in perusing a short Dis?*rtation on this all important subjeet, written by the Rev. James Lowry, and printed in this town, some time during the past year, and cannot permit the occasion to pass without earnestly recom mending it to the patronage of the South. It certainly is one of the most powerful argu ments iu favor of Slavery that has ever met my eye. Its venerable author quotes scripture for all his arguments, and thus clearly proves slavery to be entirely consistent with the will of God. The time has come when we should every one of us have our eyes open on this agitating topic. Howevef, as this paragraph is merely to utge the merits of the Disertation above alluded to, to public patronage, I will post* pone any observations i of my own on the subject, but respectfully invite public atten- | tionto it. A SLAVE QWOTR, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 52 23 24 25 26 27 23 29 30 31 METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL. For January, 1837i At the S. C. Female Institute, near Columbia, S. C. Day. TiIKRMOMKTIlR Sun ! 2 Rise J P.M. 57 30 27 42 40 31 10 23 32 19 20 19 32 40 29 33 30 34 2$ 17 24 43 41 40 56 32 26 37 31 31 24 31 37 40 40 9 P M 55 17 27 33 40 I 23 37 33 49 51 52 4* 40 39 41 39 44 56 49 51 65 50 49 56 54 45 41 51 55 46 51 S9 25 26 32 41 39 29 37 33 32 27 31 38 45 37 56 33 32 37 40 33 25 . 31 35 39 45 43 Face of the Sky. Sun Rise ~~T 9 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 10 10 10 5 0 0 10 10 6 10 0 0 10 10 10 0 0 10 10 6 2 i 9 P.M. ! P.M. 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 10 10 3 0 0 10 0 10 3 0 0 10 10 2 C 0 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 10 10 10 0 0 1 10 0 10 0 0 3 10 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 Wind. | Rain. s w n vr n w w ? n w n w n w 8 e c w a w n n ? n ? n w a \v w s e a w a w w n w a w a e n e a w w a vr n e e 8 W ,62 1,10 .83 .31 ,02 .40 1,40 ?ndr. Windy. Windy. Wiody. Rain ail day. Rain from 13 A. 5f. Rain all day. 'tt> Rain all day. Rain all day. S bovver. Light snow in tba ? waning. Snow, 4 inches. Rain all day. Rain all day. Mean Temperature at Sunrise, 31,6 " 44 at 2 p m 49,5 44 44 at 9 p m 3f,6 of the month, 37,7 * Mean cloudiness of the Month, ,4 Rain, 4,33 inches. Wind.? N. 1, N.E.4, E l,S.E.3s 8.1, S.W. ?, W. 4, N. Wi a 44 44 ot the month, 37,7 I vr. i, n. m o. * The numbers in the columns for the face of the sky indii ate the proportion ?f the Ay obec<red 1 if clouds? 0 expressing perfe< t clearness ? 10 complete cloudiness. * %? SuMMARY OF THJC REGISTER FOR THK YEAR, EKDINP JANUARY "31, 1837.** i. ^ *?? ?? 4 "All 1 nrw a . ? ? _L.: - t'T pfi> ? "j| 1836, February; mean temperature, 42,9 Rain 2,31 March, 44 47,3 44 2,47 April, 44 62,2 44 5,71 May, " 67,3 44 8,65 June, 44 72,4 44 5,26 July, 44 76,1 44 3.11 ...... Mean temperature of the year, 56,8 deg. Whole quantity of rain, 49,90 inches, uture fora month at 2 P. M. [August,] 83,3. Range of-Thermometer 10 to 91-81 deg. I 1836, August, aaantemf September, 44 Ootober, 44 November. 44 December, " 44 1837, January, TV Bell Hanging. THE citizens of Columbia who may wish their residences furnished with Bells, have an oppor tunity of having those elegant conveniences fixed in a most super.^r style, combining taste with strength of material, by R. Richardson of Charleston, who can remain but a short time longer- in this city. Specimens of his work can be sean, and the moct respectable references gfv en. Orders left at Mr. Briggs' Hotel, will met t with prompt attention. Feb. 11th 6 It S.tLES. BY permission of James Guignard, Esq. Ordinary, will be sold before the Court House in Colnm bin, on the 1st Monday in March nexr, a Barouche and Horse ? sixty days credit. M. R- HOWELL, Feb. 18 2t 7 Adm'r of Arthur Howell. In Equity . Wra. Scott and wife, and others. Adam Edgar, Executor of William Edmondston and others, heirs and representatives of Aston White cotton. , .?*.<? I BY virtue of a Decree of Equity, I will offer for Sale on Saturday, the 4th day of March, on the Plantation of the late Axton Whitecotton, all the stock of horses, mules, horned cattle, and other the personal estate of the said Axton Whitecotton, de ceased, except the negroes, Terms made known on the day of saw. JAMES L. CLARK, ? February 18 7 C. E. R. D. A Card. AS the Subscriber intends leaving for the North on the first of March, tor the purpose of lav ing in his supplies of Medicines &c for the approach ing season; he respectfully requests Physicians, Country Merchants and others, who may design sending him their orders, about that time, to suspe nd them, if possible, until his return? which will be about the 20th of March, it will then affojrd him pleasure to receive, and give them, his own atten tion, and every possible despatch. In the mean time, fill orders forwarded in his ab sence, will receive due attention. *m* The subscriber feels, that he would be doing no less injustice to the emotions of his own heart, than violence to the dictates of common courtesy, if he were to withhold the expression of his grateful 1 acknowledgements to the community in which he lives, for the liberal and substantial encouragement he has received in the prosecution of his business during the past year. EDWARD SILL. Feb. 11th, 1827 6 3t Dry Goods, at Cost, Tor Cash. At No. 1, Cedar st., first door from Pearl,. New York. THE Subscriber is opening a new Stock ?f| Fresh Imported Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, and will be receiving fnrther supplies from Auction dady . For Cash, it wul be an invariable rule to sell any article at Cost. The usual credit of 6 months will be given when desired, and Goods sold at the lowest market prices. H. B. FIELD. New York, Jan. 23th, 1837 6 tf Reward. R AN AW AY, from Thos. Evans, in Augusta Geo. , about four months ago, a negro girl named SCI LL A, or PRISCILLA. She is aged 21 or 22 years, dark mullatto, about 5 feet high very make. She formerly belonged to Mrs. Izard, of Chester district, now of Columbia. It is thought she may have gone back to that neighborhood. Having purchased the above described girl from Mr. Evans, a few days ago , I will give Twenty five dollar* for her apprehension, and a further sum of j twenty five dollars on proef that she has been har bored by any white person. JOHN J. GRACEY. Feb. 11, 1837 6 tf South Carolina College. February 17th, 1837. THE Faculty of the So. Ca. College, will on the 15th March next, make an election for a Stew ard, who will commence his duties on the 1st April. Applicants for the situation will forward their com munications, addressed to THOMAS S TWISS, Sec. of the Faculty S. C.- C Courier and Mercury, Charleston, will publish the above weekly until 15th March. Feb. 18 7_J*_ Notice. THjE Independent Fire Engine Company of Co lumbia, will parade on the third Tuesday in February 21st inst. at 3 o'clock at the Market House, completely uniformed. L. SHERMAN, Sec. Feb. 18th 7 Private Boarding. FS. BRONSON, respectfully informs his ? friends that he will be prepared in a few days to take boarders. His terms will be reasonable, and no pains on his part will be spared, td warrant com fort to the boarder. His residence is on Camden street, near Main street. Feb. 18, 1837 7 lt 1 Estate Sale. BY permission of the Ordinary, on Thursday 23d inst, will be sold in the uppei part of the Build ing occupied by the Branch Bank, sundry articles of Household and Kitchen furniture, consisting in part of a very handsome double Dinner Sett of China, Sideboard, Tables, Bedstea- s, Mattrasses and Feath er Beds, Carpets, Floor Malting and various articles suitable fur a Family, most of which are in good order. * . Also, A pair of Horses, a Barouchin fine order with doubla Sett of Harness, a neat Side Saddld, pair of handsome Pistols and a small Billiard Table. v Conditions at Sale. ? Articles to be removed same day if possible. ? POLOCK, SOLOMON <fc CO. Feb. 10 It 7 L Auctioneeis. Cavalry Parade . THE Richland Light Dragoons are hereby or dered to parade before the Court House in Columbia on Saturday the 25th inst- at 11 o'clock, A. M., projJWiy trmed and equipped for Inspection and THOS STARK, (Tap* in. fa.ii r Sheriff's Salei; WILL be Sold before the Court Home Loth* town of Columbia on the first Mender mm Tuesday in March next, oa sundry wins of fieri facias, within the legal hoursof ssls<*? ^ 62 acres of Land, more or Jes& wbereon Mrs. Sarah Brown now lives, bou nded North WessbyM* A. Smith's Land, East by Lands belonging to the Estate of John D. Rrown, and on all Ollieisi?ss by i. S. Guignards LandK^ - fISBLi v Also, one hundred acre ? of Land more cr lees, en the twelve mile branch waters of JecJtsop's Creek, bounded Southby Dr. S. PerdvaTs land, west by Lands belonging to the Estate of John D.Brown, end on all other sides by James S. Guignard's Lands, st the suit ofBenjamin Harts* Ssrab Brown, JBx'rsor John D. Brown. The same property at the suit of Wm. Hora & Co m. Sarah Brwii Ex'rx of John D? Brown. Terms cash, purchasers te pay fi* Sbarift'a papers. . JESSE DEBRUHL.S. g. P. Sherifl's Office, Columbia, ? . ^ Jan 13, 1837. . ) & ? , ? ? ? Notice." T ho subscribers at Columbia to the Sto:k of M The Southern Steam Packet Company" arte requested, (on or b fore Monday next, tie 90th inst ) to pay in their first instalment of ene hundred dollars on each share to And.. B|V Lauchlin, Esq, at the Commercial Bank of Columbia, S. C. who is authorised toreeive and receipt for the same. JAMES PENNOYER, , Agent fur the Camp***. I i N. B. ? Mr. M'Lauchiin is also auUwwII^ > receive further subscriptions for stoekltt sirid Company. . jEgtSpgaS. Ptbru?ry 17 7 Columbia, February Saluda flannfaeli K . Resolved. th* Board of ^ Saluda Manufacturing Company, That tfe Books ehail be opened on the 1st day of March ; next, at the counting house of D.feJ.E** & Co., for an additional subscription of aa#-- ? liundrt d thousand dollars to the capital Stock of the Company. New subscribers , will be admitted into the Company on the same terms and on the same conditions of original .eofe* .; scribers. > Ten dollars a share on each shale of. one hundred dollars, will be required at t*?me of subscribing, and ten dollars a shareattUe end of each and every sixty days thereafter# until the whole will be paid. A failure to cam* ply with these terms, will inure in a forfeiture of the stock for the benefit of the Company. The Company having one fourth of the mill filled with machinery, and now ia operation, . and another fourth in progress of setting up, are able to calculate to a reasonable degree of certainty, the vafue of their undertaking. To make the establishment available to tbe fuH '? extent of which it is capable, they have coma *? to the determination, provided they caxi sell tbe stock, to fill the mill from the basement tm the attic story. The citizens of our State, and > particularly the present stockholders, are called upon to aid in an undertaking which will be a credit to our State, and will most unqoestion* ably exceed in profitable or pecuniary results any joint stock company within the State. DAVID E WART, President. ittonticello Academy, v THIS Institution, located in the western sjctisa of Fairfield District, will be re-opened on tbe lift day of February neat, for the reception of 8t*? dents, under the charge of the Rev. Joseph Holsase as Principal and Wm. W. Holmes ss clsssicsl sane* tan t. Under their instructions pupils may reciyre s thorough Education and be consaerably advanced in a knowledge of the Ancient latin and Grecian language*. ^ J 2T. In the ehoire of Mr. Holmes as prineipaTorinJs ' Academy, parents may have a guarantee that a special regard will be bestowed on the moral as weB as mental improvement of their chtfuren; sad that the pleasing and persuasive qpftftortf the Teaeber in inculcating truth wiHJend a charm to subjects which are too apt to be uninterestia?>ead even come repulsive to ^buth. The building is tags, commodious, and has recently undergone s thorough repair ; has four fire places, and is convenient to a spring of the purest water. It is beaptifelly atnated in a. healthy and delightful section or country, in tbe midst of a community characterised by a UgB degree of morality, intelligence, and refinement No haunts of dissipation and vice,? no ugrog shops" are tolera ted here. * There will be two sessions. The first ending en the last of June. ' The 2d commencing on the first of July and ending on the 20th of Deces&ber. There will be a public examination of the Students et tbe and of each session; and occassional visits daring the year, by a committee for the purpose of inspec tion and examination. r; Boarding can be had at the rate of $10 per nendi. The Terms of Tuition are, in the English Depert* ment. For Spelling and Reading, per sesskm #1 00 Theatiova wan Writing & Arithmetic, 8 Do. do. with English Grammar & Geog? ) raphy. Do. do with History, 4 '. - IS 00 L)o. do with Latin and Greek, 15 00 For firewood for the Academy . * To the Monticello Society for initiation into > i oq the Academy | * ^ Pupils will be received at any time, and chatted accordingly ; but no deduction will be made when they lea^B before the end of a session. Letters to be addressed to the Rev. J. Holmes*? By the direction of the Board of Trustees, W.J. ALSTON, PTsndentr Jan. 13 4t 1 r Whiskey, Rum, ^ O hhds. Philad. Whiskey; 10 do N E. 8ns, JL O 10 do. New Orleans Sugar ; 20 do. Cefas Mo* lasses; 300 S*eedisft Pliosh JI^; Wenjmtry do. for sole by J,KCVUJT yCO, ' Eefa-ld * * .