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Seizure of his BrUanic Majesty's Sloop i ierere/.-? The Leveret, a ten-gun brig. com I manded by Capt. Bosanqnet, being in the [' Mozambique channel in the early part of I Dec. last, heard that a targe slaver had jusl I arrived on the coast, and on the 25th of that [month discovered her King at anchor in a bay. The slaver redoing to hold coin. Rrariettioa with the bng, an action comment icetL So desperate was the resistance the slaver made, that the Leveret, hauled off twice to repair damages, and at length, after having bee man killed, and five or six wounded, among wltom was her master, succeeded in talcing possession of her. The exact ioss of theaiaver, which mounted twenty -seven guns, mm! carried 70 or 80 men, was not mention ed, bat must hare been considerable. A large quantity of dollars, intended for the purchase of- slave* was found and removed to the Luvuit, which proceeded to a Portuguese sets tiement near Mozambique. The Governor of this piace demanded that the slaver should be g:veo up, which being refund by Captain Bosaoqoet, a large bau^y, trader which ^*be Leveret lay, suddenly opened upon her end obliged her tQ ban] down her co'ours ? Immediate possession Was taken by the Por togoese, of the Leveret and slaver, and the prize dollars removed to the Port. Aft r Miding possession of the Leveret eight days, i ahe was delivered upland Captain Bosanquet, Hpmodialety fle turned to Simon's Bay. The fvbnaent Cb6 Ttuiia arrived (and she was daily ^expected) Admiral Campbell intended to pro >Otdi to the Mozambique wtfh all the squadron Iteconld mooter, and i.ttie doubt is entertain* by those who know the decided cbar%p tor of the admiral, that ample reprisals will be made for this unprecedented insult oo the English flag. ? Madras Herald. Dec. 28. p v>. Mobile, May 6. Desperadoes again.-- We no; iced yesterday, two cases of stabbing winch took place at Jjew- Orleans a night or two ago. Last night, Ittfrbad in our own city two ewes of almost ?ffre species ofcrime. Mr. W hitaker, of the Theatre, who has but one arm, was knock ed down by a ruffian on St. Joseph-st. near Government. He was probably taken for an * ether person. After the Theatre was out, Mr. Jones, of the orchestra, an *ooff nsive gently man* much advanced in years, while on his home, out of Dauphm-st., was seized by tfoo ruffians and riled of his watch and some change in his pockets. Policemen, look out. . JStrly yesterday morning, a young gentle n- named G orge Clement, put an end to his existence by hanging himself in the guard bouse. He was formerly clerk to Mr. Louis, Notary.m Chartres-street; afterwards he turn ad Broker^anbeequeutly he became a sp cu la ter in wines^dry good.&c.; and when the times became deranged, he followed su;t. Yester ? day, a iittle after midnight he entered the sleeping room of Mr. Bontanette, in one of the hotels: the !a:ter called the guard and gave him in charge; he was conducted to the guard house, and about daylight it was discovered that he had hung himself by tyin<* his hand kerchief to the bars of his cell, and round his neck. ? Com. Her . HIuHlY important. N ew-Orlxahs, May 5. Capture of a Mexican Brig rf War by the Natchez. ? The schr. Climax which arrived evening, pots us in possession of the fol lowing important intelligence: x ' The tJ. S. Sloop of War Natchez, on the jBth April, off the Brasos lago, made a formal jfrrarH upon the Btakan authorities to de fiver up, and release the American vetsels, Julius Cesar, Chapion, Leomdas, and tbr?e elbe?3,wtK?e muues are no- fecottected^wmch bad b en illegally captured by the Mexican fleet, cruising off the coast of the Republic of Texas. To (his demand, no answer was rvturrW. The Climax was in company with the Natch - eju and Itad been brought to by the Mexican fiest. A firing was commenced from the tort end the Mexican brig Bravo, upon the Natch ez and the Clim tx,and an 18 pound ball struck the Climax, came througntbe port forward the fore figging* went through the deck into the larboard bow, started a plank, and caused tiie jphooner to make three and a half feet ot wa Xer in an boor. The Natchez being informed of the situation of the Climax, sent the carpenter and several of fter crew to the assistance of that ves ?m ?, Having repaired the Climax, she took her in convoy as tar as off Matagorda- In t he Meanwhile the Mexican bng of war (formerly kthe Prmlegio) hove m sight, and was taken pessesBiofl of by the Natchez: a prize crew were put on board r and she was ordered to pensacola. ? ? lb Thcee are the imperfect particulars we have received. The taking of the vessels may be > relied on; but we regret the circumstanc * thai led to this act are not more minutely de . tailed. Doubtless the aggravation was very great, and that the honor of the American flag compelled the commander of the Natchez to take the step he did. The fact is, that on the previous occasion of Mexican folly and audicity, when the Louis iana was unjustiSablv and illegally captured, a similar course would have been completely = justified on the part of Capt Mervine. P* O. The steamer Grampus reports that tie Mexican brig isoffifce S W. Pass in the ^sostody of the U. S. Sloop of War Natchez, , fowad for Pensacola. ^ jion&i Thorsd&y, May 4.? Jftereisno improvement io thr mon^ mar rfaL nor can there be whjle such disastrous ana gloomy news eternally assail our ears from "JfewiYork. 0 T Meantime it is said that one of the Pet Jtarieoitaral Banks in M ssissippi Ho nav in specie a treasury draft for $W0,WU. If this be true, and we have reason to believe it w, this is but the beginning ot troubles in Xsother quarter, The demand for specie m thwtown is p*etty much limited at present to the sellers of up-country cargoes. They can not take up the riveroor bank notes, Jose iu to 20 percent, on them, and accordingly th**y iug away the metals. A great quantity of U. 5?' Bank, paper is paid away by some of the JLrchentund thus a greaterdrain is prevented 1* The transactions in Co-ton are hardly *?rth recording Prices have not improved any whatever, end m?y be consi.lered as nominal. Some few bales now and then change hands, fcotseldom m a regalar way. Flour, it ,w.U be tem, is descending. Produce of ail kmds is ; New Obieass May 4. . Another Stuck??.? One of the mostesteem. Ot N w Oi leans, Mr. Theodore liieolet, on willing to surv.ve the rein ofh.s ifimmMi bee pot an end to bis days. After "i??rr,i. bored all night in his counting room he repaired to the house of Mr. Lesseps, ^rejlboet noon yesterday, he blew out b? brlins; Xew Oriea-iS for some days pjtf^^^rfa.el.ncho.y tran ?2ions. Never, in the same space of time, ?were committed so many murders and 5s* On Friday wh le a man was undergoiD 5e law for the crime of murder, ??other man was committing a eimilar crime in the Third Sfamieipelityvandtwo young men in the First municipality sought to end their sorrows by self immolation ! These last two were remarkable for a singular coincidence of motives, and public compassion *vas strongly t.xcited by the suicide of two sons on hearing the fatal news of the decease of their respec tive mothers! A laudable sentiment, thus carried beyond the bond of reason, is as de-. piorable as it is rare; but no one could refuse his regret fur the unhappy victims of filial love. Oo Monday two murders were perpetrated, and on Tuesday a criminal trial which had excited a sad interest, was terminated by suh cide. The unforiune youth whose arm, impell ed by we know oo! what blind passion, had struck down an inoffensive being, struck at and en.yed his own life in prison, at the moment he was about to appear before the court. ? Educated in exalted seutimen'.s of honor, ten derly beloved by his family, and esteemed by , his acquaintance, he was unable to contemplate | the horrid fate that menaced him, and yi^ld | ing to the tort ures of remorse for a de^d which was surely unpremeditated, or recoiling before the hotror of a disgraceful end, he snatch-.d h:mself from the risque of undergoing a capi tal punishment ? B<e. From die Charleston Courier. Extract of a letter from lh- Prnciple of the Manual Labor School, in Fairfield district to afriend in this city, dated May *2, 1837. "I yesterday wrott? you a hurried letter, or ra ther a few confused h..es in pencil, to give you notice by that day,s mail of the melancholy disaster, which had so suddenly and unexpect^ edly befalleu our infant institution. I am scarcely yet recovered from the surprise and bewilderment winch *uch an event is naturally calculated to prodti< e, and feel as much fa tigued^owing it much to mental exciteinent,as if I had undergone a day of seven, bodny labor; but 1 have set down togivayou, at the earliest possible moment, a more particular account of the calamity that has overtaken us. **We had gone out into tiie field to work, as usual, being t he first business of the day, aad immediately after morning prayers?; and we had been out about haif an hju , when we heard an alarm from the house. On looking around, we perceived a dense smoke ascending from the eastern wing of the bu.ld.ng, the boards blackening with the h< at of tiie confin ed flames, although no fire was as yet visible externally to those tn the fiJd. We hastened to the building, but a. though the distance did not exceed 21X) yards, every part of the edifice was in flames wnen we reached it. It would have been impossible to save any part of the building, had we been possessed of all the apparatus of engines, & c. for extniguishing tires, and an abundant supply of water; where as we were destitute of both, our nearest spring being a quarter of a tmie off. As it was, the flaint-s spread so rapidiy, and the fire raged so funously,t hat very utt.e offurn ture, b dd ngs, or cloUimg, except what each individual had on at the ti.ne, was saved. Five or six of the student's trunks were preserved. A chur or two of mine, two or three books, most of our bedding, and two carpets which happened to have remained unpacked in a room distant from the fire, were rescued by one or two ser van s and workmen that w- ro in and about the building when the fire commenced. Every thing else was consumed. We have not even a cliange of clothes left, and not a single one of all my books, of any consequence, W3S saved. "But by far the most distressing part of the caIainity,compared with which all else is light, is that one of the students was burned to dea'h. His name was Francis Gooeuu?d, an amiable youth, about Yd jr< anfof age* the eon of a wor thy widow of Georgetown. He did not ?0 out to work, nor did his brother leave him in the room, but they saw him going out into the woods as^hey went off to the field, which was the last they did see of him. He was not missed until the building was al'nos entirely consumed. His elder brother not meeting with him, then became alarm* d, and the most anxious search and inquiries were made for him in every direction. One or two, and 1 for one, thought they had seen him, but he was no wh -re to be found. It was at first hoped, that as he was subject to a nervous t r ror upon an alarm of fire, he might have run off in a transport of fear, and had not yet so far recovered from his bewildered feelings as :o rrk'jrn. And this opinion received a strong confirmation, when on raking the coals and em bers of his room, as thoroughly as the heat and circumstances would allow, no sign of his r;mains was found. But alas! on a su! sequent search, when the more completely extinguish* ed fir^s permitted a minute amination,his body wis found under a pile of bricks, one b ack and shapeless mass; the legs entirely consumed as well as the head, the b lcks proving a protec tion to tho rest of his body. The conjecture is, that perceiving the house on fire, he may have rushed in to save part of the furniture or clothing, and was surrounded by the rapidly spreading flames, or suffocatd bv the smoke, perhaps overcome by an agony of terror. Thus the poor little fellows is gone from this world. May the God of love and mercy pour the oil of consolation into the heart of the already widowed and now bereaved mother. ??How the fire originated, it is not possible to ascertain. In a building tenanted, by so large a number of persons at so thoughtless a period of life, accidents might well happen, to originate such a calamity. ? It is most prof-a rffoit of accid -nt, any of it i-; very likely as unconscious of it 2s any one else. You may jud_re of the wpidity of the flanjps, when I mention, that happening to look at my watch just an instant before the alarm was given, i found the time 'o be ex actly 6 o'c o;k; and at 7, when I wrote you the ffw" lines in pencil, all was a smoking heap of coais and embers. The building was 120 feet, by from 40 to 30; being narrower in the wings than in the centre. "1 do not know what course we shall pur sue, but will at all events wait until the meet i ng of the Board of Trustees. I shall in the mean time remain in the vicinity, and the sin<? dents, generally, will reside with the families in the neighborhood (who have very kindlv invited thein tus'ay with them) until thev can communicate with their friends, who will pro bably be governed in the steps they may resolve to take, by the couise which the Trus tees may determine upon, and the resolutions they may adopt for carrying on the school, at their meeting, which is to take place on the 13th instant^ From the Charleston Courier , May 11. Louisci'le, Cincinnati ami Charleston Rail Road. ? Major M'Neil, the Chief Engineer of this Company, arrived in this city a few days since, and after having made the neces ! sary arrangements with tne President, left here yesterday for the mountains, where afier ascertaining from Capt. Williams the pre sent state of the surveys, he will proceed to make a personal examination of the whole line, and give such directions to the operations of the Engineers, as may, in his opinion, be oest calculated to advance the work, it is hoped that by the time the necessary explana tions and surveys shall be completed, the embarrassments under which the Country now Jabors, may be so far removed, as to offer no serious obstacle to the progress of this great work. ?oiumtUa Selrscope* SATURDAY. MAY 13, 1837. The daily Express Mail bstween this plac ? and Charleston, commenced its trips yester day. We copy an interesting paper, from Profes sor Silliman, on a new mechanical power, which promises to produce results of great im portance. We also copy the best article that we have j yet seen on the subject of the Beet Sugar. The aspect of commercial and money af fairs in the cities, and through the country generally, is becoming even worse than ever. Money at from 2 to 6 jer cent a month, and scarcely to be had at that ? exchange from 5 to 10 per cent ? the great staple of the coun try valueless ? manufactories closed ? m 'rch ants bankrupt ? credit gone ? labourers thrown out of employ ment by thousands, and in the ' larger towns petitioning the public authorities for bread! Tiie following from the last New York Express, is a specimen of bat a single day. Thursday, May 4. ? This is the gloomiest day we have ever witnessed in the city ? the number offail u es, greater than any day yet ? some olour staun chest and best houses went down. The amount of indebtedness of those that stopper' yesterday after- - noon, is about eight millions. Confidence has ap parently vanished The Banks do all they can? they generally renew all paper that is required to be re newed, and with ut additional nanvs. Stocks have again fallen to-day, and stand below any point that ihey have touched yet." Is there in tiKrse United States a single man who would be willing to trust his money in the keeping of Benton, Blair, or Kendall? Can a school boy be found who does not under stand arithmetice better than Mr. Woodbury? Would any planter permit either of them to be his overseer? Certainly not. Yet in the hands of these men is placed the great and difficult and ha zardous and tempting business oi the Govern ment ! What can the nation expect, but 1o be made bankrupt? We have often seen this great and favoured country compared, in boastful and flowery terms, to Sampson. Whether, however, the likeness lies in the country's being strong ? or whether in that it is fallen into the hands of j the Philistines, imprisoned, close shaven, made to grind at the corn-in. 11, and deprived of its eyes ? we are unable to determine. In the Slate of Missouri there is a cluster of new counties, of which the centre ones arc called "Jackson" and "Van Buren," and the rest lt Benton," "Johnson," " Rives," ''Poik," &c." What a constellation ! the old Bear is totally eclypsed. The people of Philadelphia, not satisfied with the tardy method of travelling by which their defunct relations and friends have here tofore been conveyed to their last homes, are about to build a railroad to the chief burying ground of the city. How the customs of the world change ! A few yearn ago it would have been regarded as somewhat awful to see the body of one'sac^uaintance carried off at the rate of twenty miles an hour, amidst fire and smoke. Three conspicuous administration members of the new Virginia Legislature bear the allite rative names of Shinn, Shanks, and Ghands. The Whig interprets them to mean " Shin your Shanks Shands." Col. Adam Binkley lately died in Davidson County, Tennessee, aged 136 years. While a sold'.er in the revolutionary war he had a wife and eleven children. William Smith, of Alabama, declining the office of Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of the U. S., the President has appoint ed John M'Kmley (a member of Congress) in his stead. TagUoni. ? Our gentle spirit, Ariel, takes her final leave of Paris in three weeks, having signed her en gagement for three years with the Imperial Theatre at St. Petersburgh, whither the charming Sulphide wings her flight, after her visit to London. The sea son at St. Petersburgh lasts about five months in the year. M. Taglioni is to receive ?4000 a year, with a furnished hotel, or rather a palace, two carriages, and attendants, with-benefits, and other advantages never before given in any part of the world to a -tage per former. The Parisians declare that this is tne un kindest stroke the autocrat hns directed against France since the revolution. Paris is still rich in dancers, but the poe?ry> grace and modesty of her beautiftil art, fly with TagUoni.? Letters from Paris. The above is a complete specimen of hew " the heels may eclipse the honours of the head." We constantly see this called the age of Thought; yet there is not, at present, in the world of Intellect, a man of genius, or a scho. lar, whose labours can obtain, of the discern. ng public, one fourth thfc re wards that are shower ed upon the capermgs of this posture-maker. A New York paper states that an order had been received in that city from the Treasury d epartment at Washington; " to enfirce the collection of all bonds unpaid at the Custom House, of suspended merchants, without de lay." How hard hearted, reckless, cruel, and extortionate ! The Government first ruins the merchants by its own conduct, and then aU tacks them with the weapons of the law. u The New York Committee delegated to visit this city, to lay before the President the complaints of the merchants against i he Administration, and to seek redress for grievances, had an audience yes.erday. They explained, in writing, the objects of their mis sion. The President responded to their address, in writing, this morning. The reply, we understand, was brief and explicit.' The above, from the Giobe, is the only in formation we have in regard to the N. York mission. It is rumoured, however, that the President positively refuses to rescind the Treasury order. A trenileman who was appointed on this ^ j begging embassy, declined, in the annexed letter, taking any part in it. He was right. It is useless t > argue with Mr. Van Buren ; it is degrading to pet.tion hitn. ilCol. Webb, ? Sir. In your paper of yesterday morn ing, I find my name as one oi a Committee who Were appointed to proceed to Washington "to remonstrate with the Executive against the continuance of the Specie Circular," &c. As 1 was not present at the Masonic Hall, and was not previously aware of the ntentions of thatmee ing, I, of course, had no op portunity to prevent the-miblication of rfljr name in the manner referred to. Since, however, tho pub lication has taken place, F conceive that there is no impropriety in my requesting you to give similar publicity to my declining to act in the premises, to gether vviih ''my reasons" for so doing. In the first place, I am one of the many who have sui k under the calamities of the times; and, for the turpitwie of failure, the firm in which I am a partner, has been sued in due course 'flaw. I forbear to comment on the conduct of a man who, at such a time as the present, will adopt a course so useless, so cruel, so oppressive, so very far removed from all feeling of forbearance or generosity. It is a matter of course, that a man who will sue me here, would take measures to arrest me in a foreign State; hence, I I am unablelo proceed to Washington. I In the seeond place, I nin unwilling to proceed to Washington, because, 1 am one who will never con Sent' i5 an^ c'reumstances, to "remonstrate"' with Martin Van Buren I will never place myself in a situation to be denied a solicited favor by any indiv.dual of his creed in politics and patriotism (!; Furthermore, I am persuaded that a man who can (as Nero fiddled, over and during the desolation of his native land, is entitled to no such consideration and forbearance as to receive "remonstrances " ? When some other and more summary course is pro posed, and tho pursuing it is placed in (he hands of a committee, of ten thousand, I, for one, wid hold my seli ready to discharge my duty to my country. Your obedient servant, EDWARD S. GOULD, Piscatory ? Our brothers of the Angle, in this country, are nol acquainted with the John Dory; a finh whose disadvantages of person long held iiis merits u.iknown, till "the march of mind" at last carne to make the world ac-* quaint d with the excellent qualities, which his ugliness had tpjytfpng concealed. The Dory's-histwy fslSbmewliat remarkable He is one of the two fish (the Haddock is the other) that claim the honour of having acted as Hanker to St. Peter, when he wanted funds to pay the Tribute-money. The Saint took it from the fish's month ; leaving, the wiiilf, up on its sides, the marks of his iiuger and thu.nb, ? by way, no doubt, of his note of hand for the money. At any event, the marks are still there ; and ascertain borh the identity of the fish and the authenticity of this monkish le gend. ( There is, however, yet another version of John's spot. It is th s : that St. Christopher, in wading across an arm of the s; a, caught a dory, with his hand, and m ide the marks on its s de, as a memorial of the fact. We have, for the first lime, to record an af fafr of violence in this place, resulting in loss of life. On Wednesday night an affray took place at the Circus, between several stuJents and citizens, and a Mr. Thomns Lynch, a shop-keeper of this town, an Irishman by birth, was killed. The verdict of the Coroner's inquest was, that the death of the deceased was occasioned by a wound of a sharp instrument, supposed ! to have been inflicted by C. R. Brvce, in an affray in which M.ssrs. English, Green, Sal mon, Hayn.-sworth and Goss, were concerned. These parties being brought before Judge Earle, Mr. Bryce was bailed to answer for manslaughter, and Mr. English for breach of the peace. The others were discharged T" A Card. HE Subscriber, from Messrs. Deming & Bulk ? ley's Music Store, Charleston, respectfully in forms the inhabitants of .Columbia and its vicinity' that he iniwih ijratowfl W Am t H .y, for the purpose of tuningiand repairing Piano Fortes and other Mu sical Instruments. '?* Onlers leit at Mri Isaac C. Morgan's Printing Of fice, Main street, will be punctnally aitended to. May 13 It* JOHN W. HAGOOD. s.aw. MESSRS. GOUDELO'JK & HILL have asso ciated themselves together in the practice of Law, in the Courts of Onion District. Mr. Goude lock may always T>e found in his office near the Court House. R. W. HILL, D. GOUDELOCK. May 13 19 3t CONTENTS, Of the Souther : Agriculturist, for May , 1837. Part I. ? Original Communications. Cautions against using the Cultivator, and sugges tions 1 or the more extensive use of the common Plough among Sea-Island Planters ; by "St. John's COLLKTON," On the Cotton Culture ; by "C." On the Six-acre System of Cotton Culture ; by 'Beaufort," On Grasses ? Correspondence between Dr. Jas. Davis and Mr. Jas Camak, Part II ? Selections. Knowledge of Plants applied to Farming and Gar dening. Mr. Baden's "Maryland Corn," Rotation of Crops ? Potatoes and Corn, Rise and Progress of Agriculture, On the suitableness of Warm Climates for Wine Making, Morality of High Pric s, Experiments of various Manure; on Potatoes, Silk and Sugar-Beet Culture and Manufacture, Rules for Reading Books, Huit* on Early Education, On (he impregnation of Plants, Milking Cows, Part III. ? Miscellaneous Intelligence. Culture of Root Crops ; Turnips, Corn, Potatoes, <fcc. ; Heat *?f the Earth's Centre; Importation of Wheat; Murder; Silk Manufacture in England; Silk in France; Corn and Od; Choice of Geese; j Population of Tetns ; Green Tea; <>arden Plants at Paris; Animal Instinct, Advertisement.--Medical Properties of the Grey Sulphur Springs. "'-gjiu: ? Garden. JUST received from Jos. this day IVeck ofBoston? (prr Stean.er John M'Lean,^ a civ ice collection* of M10 Garden, Field and Flower Seed* from England of the last crop. Cedo Nulli Peas, new , Early White Warwich do, Woodford's Small Marrow, Green Coss Lettuce, new, | White ' do, Egyptian do, 9 kinds of New Turnipseed, 6 kinds new Black Rock Me!ons, 5 kinds Synots' new Cucumbers, 50 new kinds of Green House Plants from France, 50 do Vannous Peas, Apples and Cherries, All sorts of Ornamental Flowering Plants hardy. Last not least, expected in a few days, hy the Ship Niagnra from New York 210 Ears of the Canada or L>ut:on Corn, the history of this rare and valua ble Corn will be published for the public good when the corn is received. N. B Persons wishing rare Plants Grain or Seeds, will please send their orders hy the first of July. 11. E. KISS ELL, Seedsman and Florist. May 8th, 1837 19 It White, S<ec, & Co., SUMTEItVILLE, S.C. 4 RE Agents for the sale of Coslei Coxa's origi nal Southern Tonic. The virtues of this valuable Southern Medicinc are becoming well known ; they hove in their pos session certificate? of its efficacy. . May 12th. 1837 1? Hiate of SthttfiTtorclina. PROCLAMATION. BV His Excei'e icy PIERCE M. rtUTLHR, Governor an i Com r :u.J r i l-'Jhi^f, in nud over the Sia'c aforesaid. Wlnreas, informn'.io-i Is.as bo-n m-civcd hy this d -part :xi?m?? ? ji ?; 'i:*in free ro'o.vd !my, na nrd Tom, was f>i mmisly sro.' n, b-h) en away.'bv a certain person miknovu, from t'ie residence of his mother, rawd Ruth 0?y le-by, at Bachelor's R tr at, in P.mdlcton I) s tr cf. Now, ktiow ye, that to the indent that I !??? sa d b'?y Tom may be restored to his friends, and that the said frlon may be brought to I.vjs! tria and condign punishment, I <!o hereby of fer a reward of Ttco hundred Dollar .? for the apprehension and conviction of the thief. ? And, also, T/c<> Hundred Dollars Ut any person who shall retnn, the said b >y To n saf; to his friends. Satd Tom is about 9 wr 10 years of at r ?, prrf'ctly black, & ha? a pi a-ing coanten. a nee. The person who carried him away, is supposed to have fLd to the lower part of! Georgia or Alabama. Given under. my hand and the seal of tiia Slate, at Charleston, | his eicrhthday of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eiurht hundred and t-iirty s-'ven, and in the sixty-first year of the Ir.dependc n o of (he United States of America. PIERCE M. BUTLER. By the Governor. ! | Jas'Kivomam. Dep. Sec. S'ate May 12. WTO TICE ? The subscribers, Commissioners a p X\| poin:ed to receive subscriptions at Columbia to the Capital Stock of the CH ARLESTON IN SURANCE AND TliUST COMPANY. hereby give notice, that they will, on the second Moidayof June 7irj<,and the two following days, from lOo'cfock of the forenoon until 2 o'clock of the afternoon of each day, at the office of the nsurauce Company, in Columbia receive subs: ripiens to the Capital Stock of the said of Company, in pursuance of ihc act of the General Assembly of this State, passed on the 21stof December last, entitled "An Act to incorporate the Charesion Insurance and Trust Company." I The followingsectionsofthe act are appended for the information of the public: Sec. 2 The capita! stock of the slid Company shall be One Million of Dollars, which shall be divided in toten thousand fhares, of one hundred dollars each, and shall be raised in the following manner:?' The foil ?wing persons shall be, and they are hereby ap pointed Commissioners to receive subscriptions, at the several places hereafter named. ? At Charleston, John Ma<?rnih, AlexanJer Mazyek, W. C. Dukes, Samuel Burger, and James Chapman; at Columbia, Andrew Wallace, John Bryce, Alexander Kirk; at Camilen, C.J. Shannon, William M' Willie, and C Matheson; at Cheraw, Jas. Wright AJerander Gra ham, and Brown Bryan; and said Commissioners, or a majority of them, at ca< h of ihu: ! places, shall, on the second Monday ofJur.* n *, and the two following days, fr??m ten o eh :k o^ e forenoon, un til two o'clock of the alterm on ol each day, at such place in Charleston, Colum'?ia.Cjm le.. and Cheraw, as they shall appoint, re< eivu subscriptions to the Capiial Siock of tne said C onpany, from all persons offering to subscribe the? ^ unto, and paying at the time of subscribing twenty dollars for each share sub scribed by them respectively. And the said Commis sioners shall be prohibited from receiving Bank checks in payment forsuch subscription.but they are author ized to receive th ? notes of specie paying Banks of the State of South Carolina. Provided, that the said Commissioner shall give at least thirty days notice, by ndvertisment, in the several Gazettes published j in the said several places, of the time and place of i receiving such subscriptions; and Provided also, that no person shall be allowed to subscribe on any one of the said three da ys.more than one hundred share*, either in his own name, or in the name or names of any oher person or persons, or of any co partnership or corporation; and Provided further, than every subscriber, shall at the time of subscribing, declare on oath, that is it his true ii tention, that the shares sub ! scribed by him, if subscribed in his own name not expressly ia trust for any Other person or persons.shall ! be his property, r.nd that he has not entered into anjr contract, agreement or understanding, with any per-, son or persons for the sale or transfer of such shares, or any of them, or that they, or any of them, shall be | held in trust for any other person or persons; and if subscribed in his own name expressly in trust for some other person or persons, that it is his true inten-; tion that they shall be for the sole benefit of such per-' son or persons, and neither he nor such person c T persons has of have entered into any eontract,agree ment or understanding with any other person or persons for the sale or transfer of such shares, or ahy [ of them; ar.d if subscribed in the name of any other | person or persons, co partnership or corporation, that it is his 1 rue intention that they shall be the pro periy of .'he person or persons, co partnership or corporation, in whose name or name* they are sub scribed, and that to the best of his knowledge and beliet such person or persons, co-partnership or cor poration, has or have not entered into any contract, agieement or understanding, for the sale or transfer ot such shares, or any of them, or that they or any of them should be held in trust for any other person or persons. An I any person swearing falsely herein, shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of perjury, and shall be liable to the pains and penalties thereof And provided further , that no Bank shall be permit ted, directly, or indirectly, to subscribe for any part of the capital stock of the Company hereby crea ted. . . Sec. 3. And the above named Commissioners at Camden, Cheraw and Columbia, shall, on the first Monday of March, respectively, forward correct lists of the shares subscribed, and also of the monies paid on such shares at the time of subscribing, to the above named Commissioners at Charleston, for the purpose of apportioning ihe same; and the Commis sioner* at Charleston shall make out and forward to all the other above named Comnu sioners respective ly. a schcd ile of the said apportionments, whereup on the said respective Commissioners shall forward forthwith to the Commissioners at Charleston, the monies whic h have been paid in upon su h shares as ?rf> -"portioned to the respective subscribers; and such said subscribes paying tnei? Subscript i?a?o-v nies respectively, shall form the v>ompariy abayA mentioned, upon complying with the conditions, and i.e n*7 subject to the clauses hereinafter set fortn? Sec. 4 ]f more than fen thousand shires shall De subscribed. the Commissioners shall distribute the tea* ? housand shares of which the capital stock of the said Company is to consist, among the subscribers ns near* ly a? m-iy be in proportion to the number of shares subscribed by them respectively; Provided always, that no sulracription for not more than five shares shall be reduced unless the whole number of shares subscribed cannot be oth rwise redaeed to ten thou s:nd. Provide^, if any number less than ten thou sand, and exceeding five thousand shares, be sub scribed, thp chart cr thereby shnll not be forfaited, but the Company may be foiimd'with a capital consisting ol the number of shares actually subscrib-, ed, wliich shall "not thereafter be increosed. Sec. 5. in case the number of shares subscribed on the three days herein before appointed for receiv ing subscriptions shall be less than ten thousand, the Commissioners shall receive lurthersubscrip'ions not exc? eding such number of shares as with those al ready subscribed, shall make up the number of ten thousand shares, at any time uringlhe ten days ne\t following the fourth Monday in June, and keeping them open after public notice, during the aforesaid period of ten days, and subscribers shall not then be subject to the li nitation hereinbefore prescribed as to the number wfshnre* to be s uHsr*ribe?l by any one person, nor shall they bo required to take the oaths hereinbefore prescribed " In order to avoil the great consumption of time which would be caused by counting tne money as paid in, the Commissioners will receive the amount pa d on each subscription sen 'el up in a separate package, indorsed with the subscr be<*% name, the sum contained in the package and tie dcscrijition of notes of which it consists; and if any package upon being opened and counted, shall be found tjcontain less than the amount indorsed, or any other than notesofspecie paying banks of this State, fcuch sub scription will bo reduced in proportion to the defi ciency. . ... . . ._.v. 1 1 case of over subscription, the Commissioners will, as soon as practicable, apportion the stock among :he subscribers, ani refund the money paid inonthe over sabscription t . ANDREW WALLACE, ) JOHNBRYCE, ' \ Commit ALEXANDER H7RK. In Pa'tiiio ? w? Sonth Carofitnj Exj arte, rsr %* 1 loir* and Kepresentaiivesof Benjamin Hodge, deceased. ITU \ CP ahdnt H6at-re? more Of less, situate in llichbmd -District, on the Wafer* of Cc an? (?reek, hnr.ga part ofa Tract of 218$ acres conveyed to Benjamin Hodge by Jnmes Craig. 1 Tract ol 90 acres more or less conveyed to said Ho.Igc by T?de Hodge. 1 Tract of 61 acres more or Ic*s granted to Ben* ' .janiin llodce-..-. IN THE COURT OP ORDINARY, RICHIAXD DISTRICT , May h i8 . On dno examination jt isofJered a'id.?tecrPed thai the I*and* a1>ov? described l?e ?}!d l:J" the Sheriff of Rirhland district, on the firtt Mondny in June nexfc \ Term*, cash cnOirient to nay Hie co.<Uj a or ruing, and a rrcditof twelve months lor the remainder. The ? purchaser giving good securitv and a mortgage of the premises, and paying for ntlts and irM (Kfcer pou pers: ' * . * J A \J F.S S. <?{!KJJfARD? Ordinary j In obedience to the above order I *hnH proceed Ifif sell the Lands as a Vive stated, on tho fiat Monday in June nut. ;'**5Sg JESSE DKBRUIlL, 5. R. 0. W May 9th, ?SiT7 19 w? w ??terifPs Sales. . -g ILL be sold before the Court i loose in tb4L - ? town of Colombia on the first Monday andl^ Tuesday in June next, on sundry writs of* , fieri facias Within the legul hours of sale? ? One hnndr?*d acre# of Land more of less, sit ml# .. in Richland distrieton both sides of the road leading f om Columbia to llice Creek Springs, bouwlad b/ , lands belonging to the estate of John D. Brown, v.: James S. <*uignard and Lotus & Davis, at the suit of A. M. White, vs. A. T. Smith and A Faust. JE>SK DEBUL'HL, S. VLD. > Sheriff"* Oflice, Columbia, ) MnyJ3rlS3T. ? f .2 < ? .- ?. _ ? * C: Anction. ON Mondaay next'15th inst., will be sold before our door, a variety of Centeel Furniture, eon- < sisting in pnrt of Feather Beds, and Matrasses, Bed- ? steads. Bureaus, Dining, Tea and Card Tabfes^Cbairs, Wash Stands, fire Irons, Fenders Ac. Also. 20 Bbls Sugars, 20 Bbls Whiskey, 20 Bbls Rum, and sundry articles of Dry Goods, Palm Leaf Hat*, At the same time will be sold on account end risk of the former purchaser not having complied with the Terms of sale. One Hhd. Sugar, 2 Bbls, Prime Lard. Sale positive. POLOCK, SOLOMON, & CO. Aocfw. - May 1? rl9 Spring & Summer Clothing IIATS, BOOTS, SHOES, &c. > A. C. SQUJER, & CO. " (At the tign of the Black Hat.y [Nearly opposite Briggs' late Edgar's IlolelJ ARE receiving from their own Manulactory, tf very extensive assortment of i FASHIONABLE CLOTHING, ' made expressly for this Market, the materials am} workmanship are warranted to be of the he*, which they offer to their former customers and tv the public generally at the lowest prices. Coniwuof in part of the following, v?: ? ?" ?? DUBSS AND FROCK COATS, ? C calces and Hunting Coat** Of Black and Blue Mixed Merino, o do do do Summer Coots,' da do Bombnzene and Borabazettc; do hnd Mixed Lasting, White and Brown Linen, ; . it- f, .. ... dp. do Grass Linen, Blue Stripes and Nankin, &c. . I'ANTAESb^ Of Blacks Brab and Bine Mixed Merino; ' / 5p Blue. Drab and Black Summer Cloth, Black Bo?fciz*ne-an4 Alinereoe ** - ^ V *?? do-and -Mixed Lasting and .Nombaxett?r - White and Brown linen Drillings, Fancy Plain and Striped linen DriUmfs, White and Brown French and Ota* linens, ? Yellow Nankin and 8tripes, &e:&tr, ?? .* - ?? ?<- ? vests*,,? Of Plain Blk! and Fancy Silks and Satttns, I Bombazine and Morupo*..-- , ? ; ? . Plain and White figured Valencies, do , do ' do Marseilles, Fancy Marseilles and Valencies,. Plain Figured, Boys do Silk Velv et and Toilanetts. ROUNDABOUTS, Of Brown and White Linen, . . do do Grass Linen, do Holland and Stripes, Blk Bombazette nnd Nankin. Russia Duck, &c &c. BOYS DitESS COATS, Frock Coats, Coatees, Rounabouts, Pantaloons sn<? Vests: Of Merino Summer Cloth, Bombasine^ Linens&c&c. ? .ri--- ... Also,- ? :?? r;4 .. A great variety of Servants~Ckxhing. Alsn, >.ti A large assortment of Linen and Cotton' Shirts, Drawers, (dollars, Bosotns, Stocks, Gloves, Suspend dsrs, Iusiery, Cravats," Pocket Handkerchief*,. Shonldei. Braces, Clothes, Ilair, Tooth and Nail Brushes, Pen and Pockot Knives, Pocket Books and* Wallets, Silver Ever Pointed Pencils,- Pcrfaraei iew, of various kinds, &c. Also, UMBRKLLAS, ' ^ r ji *v? rjv < . * * Of Black, Brown, Bine and Green Silk and Cottony (frim 26 to 34 inches.) Also, * ' ? Fashionable Drab and Black, Russia Beaver atx$ Silk HATS, with Foots, Shoe*; Pomps and SKpper?. A JaoV Leathery Folro, Portoantean, Beflowa Top, Hifle, Serftfand Fancy ? ? 'TRUNKS. Also, Broadcloths, Gsisimere* and Summer Go&ds' fa Ibe piece, which will be made to order or sold by the Pattern, on the best tcfinfc. 1. May 13 t . -? 810 Reward. RAN A WAY from Columbia on Friday last, a ?small Grey Mare, about 15 hands high, vHth filass-eyes A reward of ten dollars will bo given for her delivery at Dr. Nott's office, in Columbia, l ' May 13 ' t ^ y_ IVolicc. ON-fhe 10th doy of AprH last, I gave a nole(SealecH with VV. S. Lvles as security, payable to Joaeph Allen and Abel Eoyles or bearer, Sat six itandred and eighty dollars, and due two weeks after date.? Now, ns said Allen & Royles have not appeared according to promise, to comply with their contract, and the property for which snid note was given nol having proved such as recommended, this w to cau tion the public front trading for the same, as I am resolved not to pay it, unless compelled by law. JAMES N. LYLES. May 2nd. 1837 19 4t < Equity. 7&X0T1CE is hereby given, that a Special Circuit 1^1 Court of Equity will be held, by one of the Chancellor* at Nrtvherry Court House bn the first Monday after the 4th Monday in June, being til* 3rd day of Julv next, instead of the regular tifcr heretofore fix erf by Law, and to be held six day* if so long be requisite. Parties and Wkftcsses r are re quired to.attend accordingly. .? < -?ini ? By order oft he Cenrtoi Appeals in Equitv. .-; ALEX. II Ktt.BE MONT, Clerk 1 * May 13 >.*. w h . *;<, TJ: ? ' ? ? ' ? - - i: Vongrvns Water. FW11E fnbscHber has a supply of tile above JL arttc'etwWat ha nd ; ami having made arrange ment*-. btfwhMl He is to receive it fresh from the Sprhu, frequently during the Summer, will keef*, p addition "to hw S6da" Water, a aopply of Cengre>f Water abnndahtljr Iced, during tHe season, > - . * -Apply at !,'? ' ' 5 ; , f '? E. SILL'S TJrug Store, near Roach's Hotel. P. S.? ICE far the siek may be Had at all b*i?,bV k?il irintr n JjbhV^ 1H37. - l* . -l:j> -\fr PS.-KL ap^yin^asabhve