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itctrdu; amongst which, as of the greatest
eeneral interest, we may instance, from an
examination of the file of bills, those authori
zing the relinquishment of the 16th secl;on:>
ted for the use of schools, and the ent:\
of other lands in lieu thereof; to revive and
contince in force the act "to provide for per
sons who were disabled by known^ wounds
received in the Revolutionary war to pro
vide for the erection and repair of custom
houses, (at Philadelphia and New Orleans ;)
to authorize the Ohio Rail road Company to
locate a road through the public lands ; to give
effect to the 8th article of the treaty of 1819
with Spain ; to provide for the legal adjudica
tion of the Bastrop, Maison Rouge, and other
grants in Louisiana gand Arkansas; a bill
in amendment of the acts respecting the
judicial system of the United*States ; a bill
to authorize the President of the United
"States to furnish certain ordnance to the seve
ral States; the bill to rebuild the General Post
Office Building, and for other purposes ; the
bill to provide for the transportation of the
mails upon rail roads, &c.
As one effect of the loose mode of doing
business in Congress, we cannot but regret
that among the lost bills is almost every bill,
sent by the Senate* for objects within the
Territories of Florida and Wisconsin ; which
Unkindness to these younger children of our
Union we the more regret on account of the
worthy Delegates from these Territories,
Whose estimable characters, and indefatigable
exertions in getting them through the Senate,
deserved better treatment from the House m |
which they sit. Nor less, certainly, do we
regret thai tLe liberal and enlightened inten
tions "of the Senate to erect a Hospital in i
this city, and to establish a .Crimnal Court in j
this District, shared the same fate as the j
Territorial bills.
Of the private bill5, not acted on, the num> <
t . ber is large, we believe, beyond all former;
example." The number reported in the House ,
?f Representatives, and never acted upon in
any manner, amounted to several hundred. ?
Such are the results of the session, as we
hastiJv gathe* them.
From the Richmond. Whig.
Mr. Calboun and Mr. Preston are represen
ted to have made powerful speeches on the
subject of disturbing the Tariff Compromise.
"Thcv exposed the double dealing of the North i
in relation to past Tariff*, and shewed that if !
we of the South permitted the question again j
to be opened* we wovld have no guarantee, that
we would not again be plundered by another ,
high protective Tariff. "Mr. Calhoun (says i
the Reformer) gave a history of the secret ;
manosuverings during the debate on the fam
oqs "bill of abominations" of 1827, and of the
part acted on that occasion bv Mr. Van Buren ,
and his present associates, 't'hey had deceiv- j
ed the South then by pledges which they did
not redeem, and he was unwilling to trust them ,
again. He used the remarkable words of Mr. i
Tazewell to Mr Van Buren on that occasion, i
when the latter came to apologize for his false- [
hood and treachery: "Sir, you have deceived '
me once? -this is your fault, but if you deceive
me again, it will be mine !"
Messrs Calhoun and Preston both declared
the opinion that "the friends of the bill did not
expect or intend it to pass : and that the arti
cles selected, which were in conflict with the
compromise bill, were put in the bill for the
purpose of defeating its passage. They adver
ted to the time ? the last days of the session ?
as evidence of t he 6m t that they had no serious
intention of reducing the revenue at all. ? i
They pointed to the devisions in the ranks |
oftbe paj&y, as an indication, of the absence of i
common principles upon this subject ? one 1
portion of the members openly declaring war j
00 the threshhold against all reduction, and j
another advocating redaction. They profess- j
ed their unabated hostility to the protective j
policy, and their willingness to repeal the du
ties under 20 per cent, on all articles impor
They would go to the furthest extent
inceduc^1-? revenue without disturbing the
They ^ not w*sk t0 ?Pen 1
sufroet or^er t0 distract and agitate ;
thewtmw, and U> mlke the controversy the ;
mean? .fstrengthing the political po.verofthe |
Government-""
From Poulson's American Advertiser.
BENTON AND HIS k^DISIi.
When Benton, bursting with po.^p and im- i
portance, sent his expunging pen to tf?e Pre- j
sident, he, doubtless, expected some better j
?compliment and reward, than a prorais? ?f i
having the goose quill returned to him at |
death of the old General. ? He probably fei* i
the same sort of disappointment that fell to the j
lot of another great man in the following sto
ry. By the by, I presume that the President j
wrote his letter to the investigating Commit
tee with Benton's pen.
Louis XI (of France,) when he was the
Dauphin, went sometimes to the House of a
^peasant to eat fru: v ? after he came to the
throne, -the peasant brought him a radish from
iiis garden, of extraordinary size. The King,
knowing the good intentions of the peasant,
gave him a thousand crowns. The lord of the
village hearing of this liberality, flattered him
self that if he presented the King with a fine
horse, his fortune would at once be made. ?
therefore went with it to Court. The King
praised the horse highly. He ordered the
radish to be brought to him. ? Here, said he, is ,
a -radish, more rare of its kiii^J than your horse. ,
1 give it to you and thank you.
Poor Benton will have to wait for his radish j
until his King dies. j
? sffaanj ?n^e
wing of the eld gander that has been feeding
For.Qiany years on the lawn of the palace; and
that the sensitive old creature, when he heard
^ the dishonor of his feather, drowned himself
in n Ooose Creek." Senator Benton, never
theless, intends to move for some posthumous
honors to the gander who produced the quill,
Which consummated the work of expunging.
It will be referred to a Select Committee, to
be called the " Goose Committee ." Mr. Ben^
ton will, Of course, be Chairman. These are
but rumors, and may not be true; but there is
nothing mprobable now for the great Senator
? to propose, or for the Senate to do.
LIST OF ACTS.
Passed at the Second Session of the
Twenty-Fourth Congress.
Afl act making appropriations for the civil
and diplomatic expenses of Government for
the year 1837.
An act making appropriations for the cur
rent expenses of the Indian Department, and
for fulfill! ing treaty stipulations with the vtu
rious Indian tribes, for the year 1837.
Joint resolution to grant a pension to Susan
Decatur, widow of the -iate Stephen Decatur.
An act to change the title of certain officers
of the Navy.
An act making appropriations for the naval
service for the year 1S37.
An act to provide for the payment of horses
and other property lost or destroyed in the
military service of "the United States.
An act making appropriations for the pay
ment of the revolutionary and other pensioners
of the United States, for the year 1637.
f An act supplementary to the act entitled
i "An act establishing a Mint, and regulating
i the coins of the United States."
An act to authorize certain Rail Road com
panies to construct R^il Roads tliFough the
i public lands in the Territory of 1- lorida.
An act making appropriations k>r the sup
' port of the Army forthe year 183/.
An act to regulate, in certain cases, the
disposition of the proceeds of lands ceded by
! Indian tribes to the United States.
i An act making an appropriation tor the
i suopression ot Indian hostilities.
An act to amend an act entitled "An act to
' establish branches of the Mint ot the U. o.
1 passed t lie 30 day of March, lb3o.
An act to admit the State of Michigan into
I the Union upon an equal footing with the
! original States. . , ...
1 An act to extend the limits ot the port ot
I New Orleans. . . . .
An act to suspend certain provisions o
"An act to alter and amend the several acts
imposing duties on imports/' approved the
fourteenth dav of July, 18-1-.
An act making an additional appropriation
for the suppression of Indian hostilities tor the
Vt^ar 1837. ^
An act to provide for the support of the
Military Academy of the United States for
| the vear 1837. ,
An act to provide for certain harbors,
for the removal of obstructions in and at t ic
mouths of certain rivers, and tor other pur
poses, during the year 1837.
An act to provide for continuing the con
struction and repair ol certain roads, and or
other purposes, during the year 1837.
An act to authorize and sanction the sales
of reserves provided for Creek Indians in the
treaty, March 24, 182*2, in certain cases, and
for other purposes.
An act explanatory of the act entitled 'An
ac orantinor iialf-pav to widows and orphans
whetv their husbands and fathers have died of
wounds received in the military service the
United States, and for other purposes."
An act making appropriations for building
light-houses, light-boats, beacon-lights, buoys,
and dolphins forthe year 1837.
An act concerning pilots.
Joint resolutions to enable the Postmaster
General more readily to change the com',
mencement of the contract year in the 1 ost
Office Department.
Joint resolution authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to receive from the Bank of
the United States, under the Pennsylvania
charter, payment for the stock of the United
States in the late Bank of the United States.
An act to provide for t-he enlistment of boys
for the naval service, and to extend the term
of the enlistment of seamen.
An act to extend for a longer period the
several acts now in force for the reliet of
certain insolvent debtors of the U. States.
An act to continue in force for a limited
time the act entitled "An act to carry into ef^
feet a convention between the United States
and Spain."
An act to provide for the adjustment of title
and final disposition of the four reserved sec
tions in the tract of country allotted to the
Tombeckbee Association forithe encourage
meneof the cultivation of the vine and olive.
An act to give the approval and comfirma^
tion of Congress to three several acts of the
Legislative Assembly of the Territory of
Wisconsin, incorporating banks.
The London Morning Chronicle thus speaks
of the United States We are struck with
the extraordinary tact, that the mercantile
community of the United States have
able to sustain themselves in the face of ..he
specie measures of the General Government,
the like of which are without a parallel in his
torv. If the British Government had acted, or
were now to act, towards their commercial in
terests, for one month, as the American Gov
ernment has done towards their merchants, for
the last six months, all England would have
boen bankrupt, and a general revolution would
have taken place long since."
Raleigh and Columbta Rail Road ? A meet
in cr vvas held in this City, on Tuesday last, for
the purpose of adopting effective measures for
prosecuting the Rail- Road from this City to
the South Carolina ime, through Moore and
Richmond counties? a charter for which was
granted by the Legislature. About eighty
thousand do'lars were promptly subscribed, and
we have no doubt that the subscription, in a
few davs, will reach $100,000. This is a very
handsome subscription, indeed, considering
that our Citizens had previously invested more
than ?200,000 in the Gaston Rail Road. It
v> roves that we have an energy to carry on
wo-rks. of useful improvement, which is not to
be palsied by tl>e cold neglect of the Legisla
ture. ? Raleigh Register.
Crockv^ry, China, and Glass
Ware.
rflpHE Subscriber has just received a splendid as
_h_ sortmcnt of Crockery, China and Glass Ware,
imported to order, consisting of entire new pattern
Blue Printed Plates, Dishes, Soup and Sauce Tu
reens. Sauce Boats, Covered Dishes, Sallad Bowls,
Hot Water Plates and Dishes, Gravy Dishes, Bakers,
Pickles, Fish Drainers, Muffin Plates, Custard Cups,
Water Pitchers and Fruit Baskets. As all the above
to match. Dinner Sets can be made up in quantities
to suit families.
Blue printed Tea, Sugar and Cream Pots, Cups and
Saucers, Bowls, Mugs, Ewers and Basins, some '
extra large Soap Boxes and Tooth Brushes, Trays,
Covered Chambers. &c. Together with an assort
ment of Common Ware.
CHINA.
White and Gold aud plain White China, Tea and
White China Dinner Sets,
; Sets, White and Guki and plain White China Oups^
i and Saucers, Bowls and Saucers, Tea and Cup
i Plates, Butter Pots, Segar Stands, Covered Mugs,
I with names, and Mottoc Fruit Baskets. Bowls, &c.
GLASS.
Rich Cut and Plain Decanters, Pitchers, Tum
1 biers, Wines, Cordials, Jelly s, Champagnes, Lemon
j ades, Hook Glasses, Goblets, "u!ter Pots, Bowls,
| Dishes, Candle and Astral Lamp-Shades, Salt
I Cellers, Cellery Glasses, Lamp Glasses, Lamps,
! Glass Jars, and Liquor-Cases, &c
Also,
Knives & Forks, Astral Lamps, Tea & Bread Trays,
i Andirons, Brass & Green Fenders, Nursery Fenders,
! Shovel and Tongs, Spittoons, Ch.ifiing Dishes, Oil
! Cloth and India Table Mats, Japan Suear Boxes,
i Snuffers and Stands, Nut Crackers, Brooms and
! Brushes, Bellows, Cork Screws, Looking Glasses,
from one to five Drawers.
; Nest Tubs, Brass and Iron bound Buckets, Iron
i bound Churns, Market, Clothes, and Fancy Baskets,
i Fishing Baskets, Nest Wooden Sugar Boxes, &c.
j &c. Perrons wanting any of the above articles are
requested to call and examine for themselves
J. D. MO R D EC A I.
No. 3 New Brick Range.
March 11, 1337 10 Ct
*11 mis ion House.
Greenville S. C.
raiHE Subscriber having purchased this well
iL known establishment, lias made ample provi
sion lor the accommodation ot Boarders and Travel
lers. The rooms are large and airy, and well suited
I for single perrons, or families, who may wish to
visit this delightful climate during the Summer
months.
His personal attention, with an experienced House
keeper and Bar kee[>er, will be given to the super
i intendanee of the business ; and he pledges himself
i that no pains shall be spared to give entire satisfac
tion to all who mav call.
JOHN T. COLE-MAN.
Ftbmi.y ls37 11 It
Qoiumfjia <?clcstope* i
SATURDAY. MARCH IS, J 837.
For an account of the doings of the late
Congress, see article from the National Intek
I ligencer.
| See the communication proposing an excel
j lent plan for the establishment of a school of Ci
vil Engineering.
o o
Senators Calhom and Preston have arrived
I in Charleston, where a public dinner was to be
given then on Thursday.
Freedom and Philantlirophy at home. The
I Middletown, (Connecticut,) Sentinel, of Feb.
| 3, 1837, contains the following advertisement.
u NOTICE.- ? The POOR of the Town of Chatham
? will be SOLI) on the first Monday in Aprd 1837, at
j the house of T. Pen field, Esq., ati) o'clock in the forc
I noon.'"
"The friends of the administration have been baff
led in their attempts to reduce the Tariff and the Re
venue?but they will not relax their efforts. ? [En
quirer.
"Baffled"! How, and by whom, when they have
an irresistible majority in both houses of Con
gress, and therefore do just as thev please 1 If
they are baffled, it can only be because they
are determined to be so.
The good People of Virginia have not yet
found out who it is that was elected their Gov-'
ernor, by the Legislature, about two montiis
ago. Several of the newspapers of that
State are still disputing vehemently about it
The Richmond Enquirer says.
" We are authorised to state, that the name of the
Government elect is Duvid Campbell ? and not David
A. or David II. Campbell."
JACKSON ANTHOLOGY.
The concluding period of the administration
of the distinguished individual who has just
ceased to be President of the United Stages,
has produced an especial quantity of the mag^
nificent panegyric that has been so bountifully
and justly showered upon his whole career.
Injustice to his memory, and to the genius of
his eulogists, we select a few specimens.
?'Andrew Jackson has no equal ; his whole life is
a miracle , Examine him i? every stage of his exis
tence, and we are impelled to exclaim, wonderjut
man ! reared by Providence to guide the destinies o
his Country, and to exhibit the perfectien and moral
eranueur of humau nature.
s ? * * ? *
I said, sir, that Andrew Jackson stood alone.?
Where can you find his fellow! Look among the
sovereigns of the earth. Look where you will, and
you look in vain. Go to the records of the mighty
dead, and .where will you find his equal I
* * * * *
I esteem him one ofthe greatest of men, and purest
of patriots ! His cotemporaries will go down to poster
ity with him. His coadjutors will gather lustre irom
his fame, and his revilens though they may not bask
in the effulgence of this great luminary, yet they
may continue to be seen as spots upon it, hke the spow
which bedim the great ori of day .?Speech oj Mr.
Dana , in the U. S. Senate.
"I am proud to be called Gen. Jackson's do?.' ?
Speech of Mr. Boon , of Ohio , in the House of Rqne
sentatives.
"Sir, while painting , history , poetry , music , and
sculpture were giving greenness to his immortality, the
Senate ofthe United States were denouncing him
in the Seminole war. Sickening with the same feel
ings that were pained at hearing Ansudes called the
Just, the detractors of Andrew Jackson loathed the
beau ideal of his character."? Speech of Mr. Rip
ley, of Louisiana, in the House oj Representatives.
The power of-panegyric here displayed has
never been to our knowledge equalled, except
in an instance that we lately had occasion to
mention, when an inspired admirer of Mr.
Van Buren's pronounced him " dignified " and
vigorous
Ofthe three specimens given above, each
has its peculiar merit. Mr. Dana excels in
sublimity ?Mr. Boon in the art of saying much
in a few words ? and Mr. Ripley in compre
hensiveness.
The combination of all the sister arts to
"give greenness to the immortality of An
drew Jackson, is an idea as beautiful as it is
just. Let us ' see how each of them has
performed her part. Painting has-bedizzened
his long visage upon a thousand sign -posts.
History has dictated Eaton's life of the Gen
eral. Poetry has produced the charming lines
beginning,
';God save General Jackson,
Whom the British turned their backs on?
At the battle of New Orleans ! "
Music has given us "Jackson's March"
almost equal in harmony to "God save the
King" or "Jim Crow." Sculpture , doubtless,
would have adcJrned the City of Jackson with
the utmost splendors ot her art, if that City
had not so suddenly disappeared in the mud.
In publishing, a week or two ago, the speech
of Mr. Thompson, of Feby 7th, on the Adams
question, we took the first copy that came into
our hands, which was an imperfict newspaper
one. To make it complete, we now add the re
ferences. Mr. T. in comparing the professions
i ?vith the acts of the people of the region that
I claims to be so eminently Philanthropic, makes
the tolioWing exumia * ? 1 '
cords ofthe Pilgrim Fathers and their immedi
ate discendant.8.
Freedom of opinion and of speech, and sympathies
with the Indian and African, are the three great to
pics of New England cant of the present day. How
long has it been thus, vide the following extracts
from Neal's History of New-England ; to say nothing
of that glorious act for securing the freedom of opiri
ion and the press, the sedition law, which had the
united supported of New England.
The New Engenders their magistrates to
take speedy measures against the Anabaptists.
Neal's History of New England, 1 vol. 279.
Thrft wejc published shortly after for religious
opinions, viz: John Clarke, fined ?20 or to~be whipp
ed.
John Crandall, X5 or whipped.
Obadiah Holmes, j?*30. ? 1 vol. 230-1,
Holmes received 30 lashes at the whipping post.
1 vol. 283. .
And John Stone and John Hazewell, were each
fined 40 shillings, <ir to be whipped, for shaking hands
with him and praising God for his courage and con
stancy. ? 1 vol. 283.
The government of New England proceeded
against the Quakers as it had done against the Ana
baptists, by fines, imprisonment, and whipping, and
these proving ineffectual, they put 3 or 4 to death.
1 vol. 191.
They imprison and banish Mary Fisher and Ann
Austin, for being Quakers. ? 1 vol. 272-3.
Laws against Quakers. ? 1 vol. 293-4.
Micholas Upshall, aged 60 years, was fined
and banished lor speaking against that law.
Mary Clarke, whipped 20 stripes for being a
ker and coining into New-England, 1657. ? vol. 1,
2lJ5.
Ch. Holder and John Copeland cach received 30
lashes, and 9 weeks imprisonment for the same ?
295.
~ Laws passed to cut off the ears of Quaker men
and whip the women, and for boring their ton
gues with hot irons.? 295-7.
I folder, Copeland. and Iioane. lost their earn. ?
297.
^Several others whipped and imprisoned. ? I \ol.
Law to ship thorn to Harba and Virginia, and si!-'
then us shirts. ? 3J1.
families ruined by fines, ? 30").
Law io put them to death. ? 30G-7.
Marmaduke Stevenson and Win, Robinson, han z
cd. ? 300.
Mary Dyer also hanged. ? 300.
Others banished.? 312, 13, 11.
Lxtracts from Hutchinson's History ofMassachu
setts ? account ol the l'equad war.
"The Indians soon climbed to the tup of thr- pali
sades to avoid the fire, and so exposed themselves
to the English bullets; others forced their way out
of the fort, and if any of them broke through the
English, the allied Indians were in a rins^ at some
distance, so that few i (any escaped There were
60 or 70 wigwam?, and it was imagined (bur or five
hundred lYquads, men, vxtmen and children. Few
il any escaped." 1 vol. page 78.
"The Indians in alliance with the English, (i, c,
Colonists) bad taken ten males and females; four of
the males were disposed cf, one Jo ench of our Na
cceras, the rest put to ihc sword. Four of the fe
males were left at the fort ? the other lour carried to
Connecticut, where the Indians challenged them as
their prize ; they were sacrificed to end the dispute,
79. Many of the captives were sent to Bermudas
for and sold slaves. The l'equad tribe was wholly
extinguished." 80,
AH these atrocities were perpetruted in the name
of Cod, and to cUj him service: Hear E. C. u That
it was evident that Cod had chosen New England to
plant his people in, and that it would be displeasing
unto him thai hid work should be hindered." In the
account of the war with the Narragansets this is
found: "They began to fire the wigwams ? in many
of them the Indian women and childreu perished. '
298.
The Termination of Philip's war. ? 14 A great ma
ny of Vie chiefs were executed at Boston and Ply
month and most ot the rest were sold and shipped
off for slaves to Burmudasand other parts." 307.
"The hand of the great Philip, a hero and patriot,
was cut off ; and," says the historian, ' produced a
handsome penny, many having a curiosity to see it."
"The ruling passion strong in war as in death."
" The government increased the premium for
Indian scaljis and captives to one hundred pounds
This encouofcged John Love well to raise a company
of volunteer^ to go out upon an Indian hunting. ?
January 5th, he brought to Poston a captive and a
scalp. Goingouta second time he discovered ton
Indians round a (ire, all asleep : he ordered part of his
company to fire, who killed three; the other seven as
they were rising up were sent to rest again by the
other part of the company. The ten scalps were
brought to Boston ."
14 Keing whipped by the Indiana in one of these
Indian hunts, ths historian says, "This misfortune
discouraged Indian huntings:"
The new oppointments made by the Presi
dent and confirmed by the Senate, are lis foK
fo\V8.
Joel U. Poinsett, of South Carolina, to be
Secretary of War.
George M. Dallas, ofPennsylvania.to be
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo
tentiary to the Court of His Majesty the Em
perior of ali the Russias.
Henry Wheaton to the Envoy Extraordi
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court
of His Majesty the King of Prussia.
William H Haywood, of North Carolina,
to be Charge d'Affaires to the Kin# of Bel
O O
gium.
Alcee La Branche, of Louisiana, to be
Charge d'Affaires to the Republic of Texas.
William W. Chew, of Pennsylvania, to
be Secretary of the Legation of the United
States to the Court of His Majesty the Em
peror of all the Russias.
Powhatan Ellis, to be Envoy Extraordi^
nary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico.
Abraham Van Buren to the Secretary un
der the 6th section of the act to reorganize the
General Land Office, approved the 4th day of
July, 1836.
John Bell to be Surveyor of Public Lands
acquired by the treaty with the Chickasaw In
dians. .
William Smith, of Alabama, and John
Catron, of Tennessee, to the Judges of the
Supreme Court,
Th-3 Cabinet is now composed of the follow
ing persons.
John Forsyth, Secretary of State.
Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury.
J. R. Poinsett, Secretary of War.
M. Dickerson, Secretary of the Navy.
B. F. Butler, Attorney General. ?
Amos Kendall, Postmaster General.
SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL EOR ENGI
NEERS.
If South Carolina expects to carry through her
great works and to sustaiu th?m ? if she expects to
keep even , pace with the rest of (he Union in the
course of improvement, she must not be dependent
on other States for the science which suc.h efforts
require. Our own young men must be educated for
the purpose. The Military School at West Point
cannotsupply one tenth of the engineers which will
be required ; and besides, the education there is so
much of it military , that at least two years are lost to
those who intend to confine themselves to civd engi
neering. Other States have found it necessary to
erect Schools for this purpose ; Kentucky has a
school for Engineers at Georgetown ; Ohio at Cin
cinnati, and Indiana at Madison. In these, young
men are taught French, drawing, mathematics, and
engineering, and in two years complete their course ;
so that with two subsequent years in the field on a
canal, rail road, or other Improvement, under a skil
ful engineer, the practical as w ell as theoretical part
of the science is well acquired. One who is well
advanced in mathematics and French, can be pre
pared for the field in one year ? the two years after
wra"ds employed in some work, will cost the student
nothing but hid clothes, as his services will entitle
him to his support and expenses there. It will thus
be seen that ibis course of education will be attend
ed with less expense than any other professional
one ; and no other promises as great remuneration as
this.
The time for South Carolina to act in this matter
is most propitious. Extensive works are about being
undertaken in this and the adjoining States, where
a wide field for improvement in this science will be
open, and where skill and industry will be amply
rewarded.
These considerations have suggested the follow
ing plan. The Rice Creek Springs are now unoc
cupied. There aregood buildings there to accommo
date the teachers, a steward, and at least sixtv stu
dents. The situation is central to the btato? le rd
j tireo, ?na as neauny as any in Oh.n...
i*he"pfecc contains about three huudred acres, ?
which, with all the buildings, can be purchased for
$2,800, and $1,200 more will put it in repair and sup
ply the necessaiy apparatus for the school. Four
thousand dollars, therefore, must be raised, and il is
proposed to do this in shares ol" two hundred dollars
cacn. The association will then consist of twenty
gentlemen, under whose direction the school will be.
They will appoint the principal teacher, prescribe
rules for the government of the institution, and fix
the rates of tuition and board. The principal may j
be permitted to engage his own assistants, and rely
on the fees of tuition for his remuneration. The be
nefit to the contributors who purchase the place will
be the preference they will have to name students
for admission into the school. It is expected that
at least forty students will enter their names as soon
as it is known that the plan is perfected and com
petent teachers engaged. Put to ascertain what
number of students may be depended on, gentler
men wishing to send are requested to dron a line to
one of the undersigned as soon as possible ,as it is
desirable that the school should be opened by the
firstof May. There is no doubt that the association
can be formed, and measures are taking to engage
competent toachero. A. PLANDING,
P. M. BUTLER,
WADE HAMPTON,
B. T. ELMO HE,
M. II. I) E LEON.
March Is!
Newspapers favorable to this scheme are respect
fully requested to give the above a gratuitous inser
tion.
Mr. Editor:
The Mercury and the Telescojte, arc usually
regarded abroad, as exhibiting more nearly
than any other papers the leading opinions of
South Carolina on the passing politics of the
day. A comment appeared in, the Mercury
of the 14th inst., on m. Vato BWen's Inaugu
| ral Address, which 1 do riot believe is, and 1
Jiiii quite snre outfit not to be a lair exposition
j of the public s ?nt.ment 111 this State.
It is no? from any merit i:i the j-tile of ibis
I critique, t.'iu! I call your no.ic<> toward it, tor
! a writ.', r who can talk of entombing the Con
I stitutiou in an apple dumpling, is hardly at
liberty to find fault with other people's non
sense ? nor is it from any argument it contains
thai public attention should be drawn toward
it.f r of any tiling like ^argument, it is per
fectly innocent ? but from the ill tempered
virulence that pervade sthat article, and its
un!air perversion of Mr. Van Buren's senti
ments and promises.
I am no advocate for any of General Jack
son's doctrines or conduct ; nor can any
friend to his country approve of the influ
ence which has so much contributed to elevate
Mr. Van Buren to the i'iesidency.
But. if a poli'ician is to be regarded as hav
ing comm. tied an unpardonable crime, be
cause be has profited by the good opinion of
his friends m Irs pursuit of the highest wlfice
i ithu'U. States, I fear wcshonlu find very few
candidates gu.liless of that offence, whether
they belong to the North or to the South.
Mr. Van Buren delivered his Inaugural
Address, at a moment when the excitement
concerning the slavery question was at the
very highest. The public at large were in
doubt what view the new President would
take of that question, and on which side his
gnat influence would be thrown. To satisfy
public anxiety, lie declares in sitoug language,
tha' unless in the (impossible) case of the
Slave Siat< s them .elves wishing it, he sha'l
think it his duty to veto any bill for abolishing
Slavery in the district of Columbia. And
what reason could he have, for making this
declaration but that he deemed himself sanc
tioned by the Constitution which he professes
to regard as the Polar star of his conduct 1
It must arise from a strange pervers. ty of
intellect, that such a veto is considered as a
boon held out by^Mr. Van Buren, and not a
declaration founded on a sense of constitutional
duty !
"Gentlemen (says a Debtor to his Creditors)
I am about retiring' from business, but when
ever you send in your claims upon me, I pro
mise you they shall be punctually pa,d."
Oh, oh, says a creditor, so sir, /he payment of
our debts against you, is to depend upon your
promise , is it 1 You promise forsooth ! sir. we
despise your prom ise ; we are not lu be insulted
in this xoay. No, sir% our debts are secured by
law sir : yes sir, by the law of the land sir ,
and a fig for your promises. Do yon mean to
insult us sir , by substituting your promise for
a positive duly? No, no sir, we are not such
fools as you take us to be ! To whom in such a
case would that, epithet apply] Hitherto,
Mr. Vap Buren, young in office seems willing
to go with the South, full as far as the South
had any reason to expect from him under
existing circumstances. Is it a crime in Mr.
Van. Buren that he is willing ia some great
and leading questions to adopt the Southern
side, and to pledge himself to do so? Why
are we to abuse a man for proffered friendship,
when we nave no good reason to doubt his
sincerity 1 Men who have lived in the world,
well know how much more, easy it is to make
an enemy than a friend. If the sentiments
of this very weak writer were the real senti
ments of South Carolina, which they an not,
would not Mr. Van Buren.be justified in say^
ing, "if you are oft-nded Qt my proffers of
friendship-wf I can do nothing to please you
? be it so. I might as well try the opposite
course."
Whatever Mr. Van Buren's general poli-'
tics may be, it is much to 0 soon to pronounce
him incorrigible. He is evidently a naari of
talents and a gentleman ; and will be very
apt to consider his own interest not in a nar
row but an enlarged point of view. He u
upon his trial before the public ; and he ia
entitled to reasonable time and fair play. On
our parts it is neither.wise nor honest to con-1
demn prematurely. None of us would like to
be so treated ourselves. Nor do we gain any
thing by indulging in needless acrimony of
expression, or cherishing the very bitternesa
of party warfare.
A NULLIFIED
MARRIED
In Newberry district on Thursday evening the
9th inst., by H. K. Boyd, Esq. Mr. James Gald-'
well, to Miss Jame Davenfo*t, all of Newberry
District.
< _ ,
Died ? On the 4th inst. of a short, but painful ill
ness, Ophelia Martha Bronsox, only daughter of
Mr. & Mrs. Bronson, of this plaoe, aged 2 years 8
months and 4 days. j -
The deceased, was, for her age, the most interest
ing, the most affectionate, and the most kind- The
friends of this lovely child, and all who knew her or
who had ever seen her, took much notice of her obe
dience to er parents, her affectionate disposition,
and her activity to please all, who was around her. ?
I can very readily say, where is the parent, who
would not mourn much at the loss of s>;ch a child ;
where is the man or woman, relative or not, who
would not shed many tears for the loss of soch a
child ; there is none. But the little soul has departed,
she has gone to a home from whence no traveller
returns : she has gen-; beyound this vrf of teari: she
now rests in the arms of him who w ill protect her
from all troubles; in heaven her little spirit dwells,
where theffe is no pain.
The tender bud has gone,
To a fairer world above,
And left her parents quite forlorn
To follow her, to God.
A FRIEND.
Died in Winnsborough on the 5th instant, John
Walter, infant son of Coin. William and Mrs.
Caroline Moore, aged one year and six months. ,
DIED, on Saturday the 4th inst, Augustus Par
ish at his residence, in Chester District, between
Fishing Creek and Catawba River.
The subject of this obituary was from his ytfUth, a
man of unquestionable veracity; And entirely free
from the prevalent sin of our country intemperance.
The church may lament the loss of so conspicuous
member, and the Slate may mourn ths ravages
made by death on a citizen so worthy and tMiivereaU
ly beloved ! r' .
11 Havre , Feb. 3. ? Our market is still unsettled ?
we have received these ten days, 23,000 bales, and
our stock amounts to 71,000 bales. Holders show
great eagerness to sell, but there is no demand for
Cotton. JSa'es are reported at a decline of2 a 3 f since
last week. A parcel of 6000 bales Upland, middling,
and fair, sold at 12Gf duty paid; since then, the tran
sactions have been so irregular, that it would be dif
ficult to state the extent ol the decline.
"We hope this panic will not prevail much longer,
? the interior being in want ofCotton? but our prices
cannot improve unless the demand revives."
"Liverpool, Feb. 2.? Our Cotton Market has been
very heavy since our last. The prices of new Ame
rican in particular, have declined materially ? in fact
both new and old arc rendered nominal in prices, in
I a great degree by the desire to sell. The demand is
i nift so freely, buyers, little as they want, are afraid
of being templed by low ofTer#, and will not not pur.
chase beyond their immediate wants. The sales on
Saturday, were 1500 bales ; on Monday, 30C0 bales;
on Tuesday, 1500 balcs|, yesterday, 1500 bales : and
prices are a i lower than the quotations in the Trice
Current."
"Liverpool Feb. 3 ? The sales ofCotton to-day, !
have been about l&rt) bale*-; and such is the pressure j
in the market, that prices have further declined I to
; per lb."
To the Public.
ENTI.EMEN; having been so unfortunate it is
entirely useless for me lo try to pay my credi
tors, unless some indulgence can be given me, loosing
1 1 head horses, one negro, and property I have
none. Gentlemen,
Your's most respectfully,
JOS. BROWN.
March 13th/1537 II
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Sheriff's Sales. \
TILL by So\l before the Court IFouse in tke
' town of( Columbia on' the first 3Jond<jjr and
lurs.lay i,, April n^xt, -on ?undr^ tf'ntfc bf
liv'ri facias, within the leeal hours of sale? ,
One hundred a?ros of I .and more or less, situate
m Kichl.iiitl district on both sides of the toad lead
ing from Columbia to Kiev Creek. .Spring*, hounded
by lands bolonem- to the Lllatc bf John D Brown,
pines S. Cmgnard and l^mas <fc Dnrii, at the tti*t
of A. M. \\ hue, vs. A. T. Smith and M. A.F&ust.
Cue hundred and twenty six acre# of Land, more
or Iras bounded by Eli ''roswell, l)r. Percival,
I^ority and Jatues '1'. Wade'* land, tu the suit of thb
State, vs. Jonathan Manor. Terras cash, purchasers
to pay lor SheritTs papers.
? JESSE DEBRUHLjS. R. D:
Sherifl's Office, Columbia, )
March 13, 1837. S . . *
Ii?Kow Ware, Wood Screws,
fcad Irons, &f.
TUK IIOWEL WORItS COMPANY, No23S
Water, noar Beekman-si reet, New York,
Have rcccn ed the past season, and tr? now con
stantly receiving large and extensivo additions td
their Stock of tlir abovs Goods, which now cop
ai.it s oi' i he following assortment, suitablb for tae
Southern and VI tstern Marke U, vii :
Holloa: Ware oi Superior Quality, eonftiftting bf
about 15J0 Tona, vii.
Pots of 22 different sixes, from 3-9 to 50 GtillodJ.
Keulea, 15 sizes, irom 3-S to l&G&Uons.
Bakopana. or Oveus, 7 different size*.
Tea Ke.tlts, 6 "'.do.
Skillet.*, 6 doi
Flat Spidote, (J <faj
Covered Spiders, 2 d".
(iriddlev, 4 dd;
Firo Dogs, 6 dd.
Wagon Hones, from 1 1-2 to 4 3-4 inches.
Curt do " 5 to 7 inches. . .
Wood Screws, 00,000 Gross, Iron and Brass, froid
3-8 in. \o. 3, to 3 in. No. 24 of t superior quality,
and finish, and lessthau "James" impbrted prices.
Sad Irons assorted in Casks of about 900 Ibi, eacti;
for retailing. N
Tailors, aiu) Hatters' Irons, aisorted sizes.
Sash W eights, 100 Tons, assort^ frdm 1 3-4 to 20 Dirt
Bells for Pbintutious , Steam Boat*, Churches, &tL
made to Order ? also, Steam Engines other and
Machiuery made to older.
The above as ortment of Goods, ie particularly
recommended to the attention of Soutkermmd We*-'
tern Men funis , and are o ft'c re d for sale fit the loir*
est prices, and upou the most favouraable terms ; l|
is believed to be the largest and best assortment eVer
offered for sole, by any one establishment ill UUf
United States. . ^
Merchant*, by forwarding a request pAr Mail, can
have a primed circular with description of goodai
prices, and terms, from which no deviation is ever
made, furnished by return of MaiL AD Orders Will
receive immediate attentiou. ?
New York, MarchfTth, 1837 ' 11, It at
Just Received,
Henrietta temple, in 2 vbu. ., v -? ?,
The Partisan leader; a tale of the future, 2 Tdls.'
Letters to Young Ladies ; by Mr*. Sigoulney.
Washington's Life it French. ; ~ ; .
Lady of the Lake, in fine binding.
Language of Flowers, . ^ - y,.
Lord Byron's Works, in fine and pldn binding.'
Authon's Horace, small editipn.
Evenings at llortie T.,r'-?*j ?
The Missouri Harmony. .. ft*
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, with miscellaneous selec
tions fr.ua his correspondence '.in 2 volt.) , . , .
The Confessions of an elderly Genttemon, illustrated
by six Female Portraits; by tile CwBHii Ht
Blessington.. .??
Thos Moore's Poetical Works, including his Melodies/
Ballads, See. complete in one voL &y_'
The Parent's Assistant, complete in one voL /V
A fresh supply of American Almanacs, and Jlepoei*
tory of Osoful Knowledge, for 1837, also thi for
mer numbers from its commencement, 1830. r
Fluid Iuk, in pints ami half bottles. .
A fretdi supply of the Rev. Robt. Meane' Sermotvt
in pkin and fine binding. s >
for sal<\ by B. D. PtANT.
March 15, 1837 II #
AKentioa Cavalry.
Y Oil aro hereby ordered to parade in front at
the Court Uouse on Saturday the tkhinst. at
iro'eWk A. M. armed and equipped fa JnspftCtio^
and drilL By order of tlto Captain^.
BLACKi.flLA
A Court Martial will be held to the Town Hafl mt,
10 o'clock, A. M. on the same day lor the trial of
defaulters at the last parade.
3Ian*h 18 .
'' ' "? 1 ' ? ? i
To Contractors;
THE Commissioners of Public Buildinga for.
1 Aurons district, will contract for the building
of a Court House for said District on l^ondfty.Che
10th < ay of April next, persons wishing to undertake
the work, can see a plan of the Iiouae,'bjr calling ari
the Commissioners at Laurens Conrt Hoixie. By
order of the Board. ?
TIIOS. F. JONES, Chairman.
March 13, 1837 - ? 11 ?
i
South Carolina .
UNION DISTRICT.
Joshua Wilburn, Applicant." ,
vs.
Mrs. Anna Alexander, & others Defts.
r' appearing to my satisfaction that Randolph
Alexander. Simpson Alexander, 'John Alexander^
Lewis Alexander, WJIiam Alexander, A Flinn ana
his wife Charlotte,: B. Powers, and his wife Sally,
J. Williamson and his wife Polly. ?ampdon Alexa|i-;
der, and Wm. Butler and his Wife Elizabeth,* *11 de
fendants in this rase, repide without the Btftte, Itir
therefore ordered, that they appear and ohject to tW
sale or division of the real estate of John Alefander,^
dee'd., on or before the first day of May next, or
their consent will be entered of recoid. .. v
J, J. PRATT, O. U. 0.
Ordinary's Office. )
February 12th, 1837. J ' '
March 18 ' 11 8t
-
n Equity.
LAURENS DISTRICT.
Elizaboth EHlen, 1
George TDillard, and [ ^
wife, and others. J, , ^
IT appearing to my satisfaction that Martha fil
ter, Amelia Potts, Francis Fincher, and S&raif
his wife; Joseph Garret, Noah Garrett, Ellen Garrett*
Jesse Garrett, and Elizabeth his wife, James White,
and Mary his Tsifjp, and Pbebe Garrett,
in the above stated case, Reside CronT and tne
/iriiits of this State: it is . ordered/ that they dtf
plead, answer or demurr to the bill of complaim
within three months from the publication hereof or
the same will be taKen pro confesso, as to them
w. r. farl?vj'c;e.l'd/
Commissioner's Office, >
March 6tS, 183f f.
March 18 it
Carolina HoteL ...
BROAD-STREET, CHARLESTON, SO. CA.
T HI) Subscriber having entirely completed h#
arrangements, forthe re-openlrig ofnis Estab
lishment, (partially destroved by. the Iate fire,) on a,
much more extensive scale than before, begs leave
to inform hia friends and the public, that he js now
prepared to accommodate .Travellers, Boarders, an<^
private Families, in a style equal to any other House
of the kind in the Tnion. - 1
Private Parlours can be engaged, and every ftc?
coramodation and cotnfort afforded? and ft is tke inf.
tention of the Proprietor to give entire satisfettiftn Uf
thbse who may favor hith M^th tlieir custom. .
ANGPS STEWART.
March 1 1 11
Clark's Hoiei. t
I HAVE the pleasure t6 inform the public that thp'
above Hotel will be opeftcd on Saturday, the'
1 1th instant, by Mepsrs. J. M. Koach, & A. Thomp
son, for the accomodation of all respectable perao^
that may think proner 'o call. I have no hesitaMon
m recommending thorn as well qualified to keep
well legulated, quiet, orderly jio^ise, and have pcf
iloubt but i hey will pive generel satisfacuon to
tlemtn and ladies. Eat: h 6f those gentlemev rave
assieted mc m the hotel fijr several yca'ra*
J. W. CLARK, former Prdpiwelor.
JAMES M. ROACH, i Present ProfH f
A. THOMPSON, S ***** < ,
March 11 ; 10
The (Charleston Courier and Merci/ry,
f iro rp i an, Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel,.
, ville Standard of I'nion, and Mobile C<3 __ _
j Advertiser, will insert the above weeUy faj fkM
1 months and forward theiraccount?to the timS/wHMt