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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
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