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t?y0i ike N. Y. Daily Express Juhf 1.
REVIEW OF THE MARKET.
rgjt&xxs. ? Only a day later, viz. the 24th
^jay, from London "has been received, at
?tich period Things stood, well for America. ?
The packet of the 1st of Jane is looked for
With much impatience, but when we get the
news of the 8th and 16th June, the whole story
will be told. The failures in England have
been comparatively nothing to what was
expected. Phe indebtedness of this country
to England must be very great; the stoppage of
bar Banks, and the consequent sudden and
exorbitant advance in Exchange, will place it
almost beyond the power of the debtors to
taake good their amounts. Time will no doubt
produce a change. Trifling imports and large
exports must bring about a different state of
things. There has seldom been less business
done in the city than at present. Things a re,
however, becoming more settled, no failures
taken place? and confidence is daily increas
ing. A large amount of capital remains un
employed, and, as shaving notes is entirely at
an end, must find its way into regular channels.
Exchanges are so out of joint that it is diffi
cult to operate at all, but as absolute necessity
must force a better state of things, (for a worse
cannot be) we look forward to a more favorable
condition.
Spring Sales are over, if indeed such a thing
has existed, Never within the last 20 years
has there been so little business done in -any
one season. The difference of this year with
the last may be illustrated by a fact: ? Last
year sixteen firms in this city, engaged in the
clothing business, paid out to their workmen
in wages. One million six hundred thousand
dollars, this year the same firms have paid
but Fifty- five thousand dollars. Nearly the
same fairing off in all descriptions of trade has
been realized.
Cotton ? There has been a good demand for
shipment throughout the week. The b^ter
descriptions u f?ir," to "good fair," selling
freely at 10^ 12$c., and the lower qualities,
"ordinary to middling lair," to 8 a 9^.
Freights. ? The Liverpool packets find no
difficulty in getting full of cotton, but at very
low rates. The Flavre packets cannot get
half full. Our port is literally filled with .
shipping, a very large portion of which are i
foreign. Tbe American ships are mostly do- j
ing nothing, while the foreign are mostly leav- I
ing in ballast or taking goods at very trifling
rates.
Exchange, Foreign ? The amount of bills ;
in market was less than usual. Bills on Lop- j
don, of such of the drawers as would be taken
at all, sold at 21 to 22 per cent, advance, and
Government, at 22 to 23 per cent. On Havrp,
no change. Sovereigns sold at $5 43 to $o
47. On the whele, bills stand about the same
as they did by the last packet.
Exchange, Domestic . ? Is not quite so bad
as it was; on Virginia, particularly, Bills can
be negotiated without any difficulty, and as
confidence begins to revive.a little better feeU
ing is manifested. In the Atlantic cities,
fiouth, Exchange is transmitted pretty much
by the purchase and sale of Specie; in the in
terior U. S- Bank Notes are the great article
of purchase and transmission. Balances are
generally greatly in favor of the city. Philadel
phia, particularly, has about a million against
her.
Specie ? As there are t|jree packets to sail
to-day, it was supposed there w^uld have
been an immense demand for specie. The
consequence was, that large sums were kept
back till a late hour, when it was brought out
and all descriptions fell from ? to 1 per cent.
Tbe demand for export is still large, but the
.supply is abundant. The three packet ships
that sail to-day will take large sums.
- . [From the New York Express.]
' ' MONEY MARKET? CITY NEtf S.
Friday, P. M.
This being the last day of the month, and
the. numerous packets sailing for Europe to
morrow, all those who remitted purchased their
Exchange to-day. The amount of bills on Lon
don in the market was very small, but the
sales were as lavishingly high. The few pri
rate bills offered and accepted, were taken at
21 to 22 per cent, premium. British Govern
ment billsofte per cent, higher, and Sovereigns
equal to 22. The amount of specie that was
aeut forward by these packets will be large,
bat not so gjeat as it was last month. Specie
sold lower to-day by one per cent., antfthe
demand was less than usual.
Freigh s were excessively dull. To Liver
pool the packets go full of cotton at very low
rates, but to other ports nothing is going for
ward.
The officers of the banks of Alabama, by re
quest of the Governor of the State, have pre
sented a condensed view of the condition of
the banks of the State on the 1st of Novem
ber last, and at this time. A comparison of
their condition at the two periods will shew,
that oo the first November the banking cap tal
then paid into the several banks, amounted to
#7,572,176. . Since which it his been increas
ed $10,141,806; shewing an increase of $2,
569,630. The amount of bi Is issued by them,
and in circulation, on the first of November,
appears by their statements, to have been
$7 090,819. From t^at period np to the first
of February, at wh ch time the commer*
cial operations of the country were extended,
and from our knowledge of tie circulation of
the .respective banks on the 1st of February,
we do not hesitate to say, that the notes is
sued bvthe banks, and in circulation, amoun
ted to* $10,000 000 The. amount now in
circulation, is $545S9,626, shewing the fact,
that tnS sum of $4,430,974 has been with
drawn from circulation, and paid for in specie
and specie funds.
Sunday, P. M.? Specie has fallen three or
four per c*-nt.
From Michigan we learn thaf the legisla
ture adjourned on the 21st ult. after a session
often aayfr? and after passing laws for the
relief of the banks and for the redemption of
real estate sold tmder mortgage, within one
year after such sale?both similar to the bill
passed by the legislature of this State.
BtrFPALo. June 27.
Tbe release of the Banks from the injunc
tion obtained against them by the Commis
sioners, gives great satisfaction here. The
bills m cirrulation are not large in amount, and
they now boast that they did not suspend pay
meat voluntarily, as the oth?-r hanks did* but
that it was the effect of the Chancellor's in
terference. This point of honor will hereafter
be reserved for their benefit. The Upper Ca
nada banks will pay specie, but I find it is no
great affair. They redeem in silver at a colo
nial standard, 16 per cent higher "than ours !
Of coarse, there can be no drain from the
States, under such a State of things, nor is
much credit in their sustaining themselves, so
far as concerns us.
Slave Case in Connecticut . ? Chief Justice
Williams, of Connecticut, lately pronounced
judgment, m- the ease of a female slave, who
had been brought bf her master, to Connec
ticut, for a temporary residence, with an inten
tion of returning, in concurrence with that
lately given in a similar case by Chief Justice
Shaw, in this State, that the slave being
brought hy her master into the State, became
thereby entitled to her freedom. She was
accordingly ordered to be set at liberty ? Bos
ton Transcript .
| Another Slave Case. ? A yellow boy, named
Charles, of the ago of 16 or 17, was brought
! before the Recorder yesterday, claimed as the
slave of R. Lee Fearon, of Mobile. It was
| stated in the affidavits adduced, that the boy
absconded from his master at Mobile, and se^
i creted himself on board of some vessel bound
' for New ^ork, givmg a particular description
of the slave, which exactly corresponded with
the person arrested. The boy was discovered
in the hold of the brig Live Oak, shortly after
her departure from Mobile, and was given up
bv Captain Sherman immediately upon his ar
rival in this city. The Manumission Society
lias r tamed Mr. Pickering in behalf of the
slave. TheR ecorder will adjudicate upon the
case this day at his chambers. ? [N.Y. Exp.
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
Tuesday, the 4th inst. being the Anniver
sary of the Young Men's Debating Society of
Columbia , and the birth-day of American
Independence, was cclebraied by the Society
in conjunction with a number of respectable
citizens. At 12, o'clock the Society and its
friends mot together, at Brings' Hotel, where
the Declaration of Independence was read by
Mr. W. W. Eaton, and an Oration delivered
by Mr. E. A. Seymour, members of the So
ciety. At 3 o'clo k a fine Dinner, prepared
by Mr. W. H. Brigg*, was partaken of, after
which the fol owing Toasts were read by the
President, Wm. Cunningham, Esq., and
drank with enthusiastic applause.
REGULAR TOASTS.
1. The day we celebrate.
[Independence March.
2. The memory of Washington.
[Washington's March.
3. The memory of La Fayette.
[La Fayette's March.
4 The memory of Thomas Jefferson. ?
The immortal author of the Declaration of
Independence. [ Jefferson and Liberty.
5. The Heroes of the Revolution. ? They
aro fast disappearing from among us, but
their glorious deeds are engraven upon the
tablets of our hearts. [American Star.
6. The signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. ? For that deed of lofty daring,
they receive the generous acknowledgments
of a generous people. [Hymn.
7. The President of the United States.
[President's March.
8. The Congress of the United States. ?
Tne present crisis calls for the exercise of all
their patriotic wisdom. [Hail Co umbia.
9. The Army of the United States. ? In
sufficient for tbe protection of our extensive
frontier. [Green's March.
10. The Navy of the United Sta es. ? A
protection to our widely extended commerce
? our dependence in case of foreign invasion
? wIn time of peace prepare for war."
[Star Spangled Banner.
11. The people of the United States. ?
Bound together by the sacred ties ot Liberty.
May no sectional prejudices interrupt their
prosperity and future glory.
[Huzza for the Bonnet's O'Blue.
12. Poland. ? The mother of Pulaski and
Kosciusco. May she throw off the t\ranny
under which she now groans, and again take
h^r station among the independent nations of
Europe.
13. The American Fair.? Our arms shall
protect them against- foreign and domestic
foes ? their arms shall solace us amidst the
'?ills that fl 'sh is heir to."
[Is their a heart that never lov,'d.
VOLUNTEER TOASTS
By Wm. Cunningham ? President of the
day. .Gen. George McDuffie ? Although his
unam&ttiona mind may enjoy a relaxation in
domestic ^duties, yet he mu?t remember his
country has a just claim upon his^ talents, and
the crisis demands his services.
By B. D. Boyd, Vice President. The bat*
ties of Lexington and Concord ? there the ear
nest was given that a people resolved to be
free*can never be enslaved.
By Edward A. Seymour? Orator of the day.
May the funeral kneil of American Liberty be
the last syllable of recorded time.
By W. W. Eaton, reader of the Declaration.
The Mothers of America? Like the matrons
of ancient Sparta, let the first words they
teach their lisping offspring, be Liberry cr
Death.
By Theodore Stark, Esq., an invited guest.
The venerable Thos. Cooper ? the index and
key of. science.
By LeiuV. Branthwiate. ? His Excellency
Pierce M. Butler ? Alike distinguished and es
teemed in public and pnv ite life ? whether
amid the Hammocks of Florida or directing
tlie helm of State, the same gallant spirit ; of
such a son Carolina may well be proud.
By Samuel Weir, an invited guest. ? The
Young Men ot Columbia? May they always
remember that they are ihe architects of their
own fortunes; and that in integrity, industry,
and economy, united, they have a sure pass
port to honor and independence.
By J. O. O'Hanlon. The Orator of the
uav.
[Mr. Seymour here -arose, nnd after making
a few pithy remarks, returned thanks to Mr.
O'Hanlon for his sentiment.]
By Anthony Kennedy. ? Knowledge, the
palladium of liberty ? Religion the bacis of
virtue. Let us cherish the one and revere the
oilier.
By A. L. Kline. ? The memory of La Fay*
ette ? from the gay and brillant Court of Ver
sailles, from home and all its charms, he, in
the darkest hour of our country's gloom, flew
across the billows of the Atlantic, and ranging
himself by the side of our Washington, nobly
fought and freely bled, for the liberties of our
native land. Let us honor and revere his me
mory, a. id take pattern from his exalted patri
otism and virtue.
By J. M. Allen. The day we ctlebrate,the
Anniversary of American Independence, and
the Anniversary of our Society. May the
former ever be cherished by us with feelings
of patriotism, and the latter with a love of cul
tivating our intellectual faculties.
By 1. C. Morgan. ? The sectional interests
of the States? a?n unauthorised and improper
interference with these, will always be pro
ctuctive of discord.
By J. C. Phillips? The Orator of the day?
The young Men's Debating Society are proud
to acknowledge him as one ot its Members,^
and hope he may long continue, by fo'ce of
argument and power of eloquence, to gi^e
pro-perity and animation to its proceed' ngs.
[Mr. Sevmour again arose and made some
fine observations in relation to the Society, and
Ins connection with it, and offered his warm*,
est acknowledgments to Mr. P. for his flatter
ing and liberal sentiment.]
By J. H Marks.? Gov. P. M. Butler? a
noble and brave commander, May he reap
1 laurels for himself and honor for his country.
Bv H. Branson.?' The day we celebrate?
i in '76, was laid the rock of liberty. God for
? 5;d that this rock should ever be undermined.
By Hugh Watson.? Imperial Rome? once
the seat ot learning and the birth-place of
: chivalry ? her name now mingles with the
! republics that are past. Be it our c&re that no
abitious Cesar build his greatness oa our
country's ruin.
By T. McCammon. ? May the 4th of July
be remembered as a day to throw off the yoke
of tyranny, and the day is not far ds?ant when
Ireland will follow tiie example of the United
States.
By Wm. Bollinger. ? Our present Govern*
or, R M. Butler ? for valour, patriotism and
chivalry, South Carolina boasts no nobler
son.
By J. A. McDonald. ? M?y the twenty-six
States that shine their bright effulgence from
our political firmament, remain forever firm
and immutable as the everlasting pillars ofHea
i ven, undim'd by time ? unstained by dishonor.
By W. Hubbell. ? The memory of th3 noble
hearted patriots who signed the Declaration of
.Independence. May their nam s Jong be re
membered by every true American.
By F. A. Trade'yell. ? The Fair of Colum
bia ? chaste and intelligent ? fit companions
for the lovers ? of good taste.
By J. T. Wade Jr.? Capt. B. T. El more
Prompt alike as a soldier and legislator. ?
His country may draw upon him for wisdom
or patriotism, without the danger of having
her drafts dishonored.
By Mr. Malhe6on. ? Freedom to the laud of
my birth, and prosperity to the land of my
adoption.
By Mr. Willingliam. ? Thomas Jefferson,
author of the* Declaration of Independence.? ?
VVh:le liberty has a votary in our native land
that Declartion will be read, and Jefferson's
memory honored and revered.
By Wm. K. Barclay. ? The Hon. W. C.
Preston, our Senator in Congress ? The stat s
man and orator ? our sentinel on the watch
tower of liberty.
W. W EATON, ) Committee
I.C.MORGAN, } of
J. C. PHILLIPS, ) Arrangements.
Commttfa fffleacope
SATURDAY. JULY 8. 1S37.
The News of the Week? We have conned
the papers in patient search for them. The
most important occurrence, announced in
glowing editorials, long as a comet's tail, is
the safe arrival on Tuesday last, of th? 4th
of July. But as our readers are already a>
ware of Ihe circumstance, we will not go into
particulars.
Bonneville's Journal ? By Washington
Irving is for sale at the M >s3-s. Cunning,
ham's0! From a very cursory glance, it
seems to resemble hts Astoria, but worked
from better material and of a more entertain
ing character.
?
"The Serpent Tongue# ' is inserted for the
gratification of amateurs iu the horrible, and
will, it is hoped, compensate tor the absence
of sundry bloody murders and other disasters
dire.
Our Novelist G. W. Simms, has in MS. a
Novel founded on events in the history of the
Moors in Spain,? to appear as soon as the
times will permit.
/ -
While our friends in Charleston amuse
themselves with the question of "who killed
Cock Robin V they arc to be excused for
losing sight of another matter not altogether
unimportant at this juncture. Who killed t|>e
credit and the commerce of the country ?
From New York, however, a correspondent
of the Courier forces this subject on our
notice. lie says,
A few weeks will decide the fate of most
houses here, as by that time the ultimate
effect of our stoppage of specie payment will
be known. That it will lead to any disastrous
result in England, 1 do not apprehend-as
soon as the smoke clears off, the held will bi
visible to all eyes, and the killed and wounded
will be much less than the sound and fury of
Ihe conflict portended. As the present state
of the money market, its causes and effects
are developed, my "bump of veneration
arows flatter and flatter. The cry of prophets,
prophets, while the gaping multitude gazed on
the three "great disappointed" candidates for
the Presidency, is nsw turned to the veriest
ridicule. Neither Webster, Calhoun nor
Clay, ever predicted or foresaw, or had the
most distant suspicion of the real s'ate of
money matters. Their prophetic vision exs
tended no further than to those domestic mea.
sures which were pursued by the administra
tion, and which they denounced of course,
because being in the opposition, they were in
duty bound so to do.
J * * * * *
What effect had the prominent measures?
removing the deposites- requiring the legal
tender in payments for lands, or permitting a
bank to expire by the limits of its charter
to do with the India trade, the China trade, the
silk trade the difficulties of the Bank of En
aland 1 The idea that such causes could have
produced effects so entirely beyon their power,
is as ridiculous as it would be to ascribe the
late earthquakes at Jerusalem and Greece to
the blowing up of a powder magazine in
Maryland. ?Our great statesman were all at
fault . the same effects would have followed
if these domestic measures had been omitted.
Yet it is rather a curious coincidence that
the whole-opposition divided as it had been,
on most topics, should all at the same time
have been "in duty bound" to predict the
same event, and that that event should in due '
season have found itself in duty bou id to come
to pass, precisely as predicted. Still we are
not unwilling to conceive that the general
denunciations of the gentlemen enumerated,
may have been mere blows in the dark, which
sometimes hit wondrous hard.
But what are we to think of one who puts
his finger on the very spot that is about to
suffer,' 'who tells you, ."on this toe will the
shoe pinch"? and tells you right ?
Listen to Mr. Biddle in 1832 before a
Committee of Congress.
Question ? What in your opinion, were the
causes which .enabled the banks to resume spe
cie payments in February, 1817?
Answer ? On the whole subject of specie i
payments in the United States, my opinions
are these; I believe that the suspension of
specie payments was occasioned mainly by
I the circumstances, that the Government of
the United States renounced for a time, us
constitutional power over the currency, in
permitting the dissolution of the first Bank or
the United States, i believe that the resump
tion of specie payments was occasioned
exclusively by the establishment of the pre
sent bank of the United States, and I believe
that the suspension of specie payment* -wll
again inevitably, and shortly follow, whenever
ihe Government shall cease to exercise that
control through an establishment like that <f
the present Bank of the United Stiles.
In regard to the first opinion, I have not
time to state the details ; but on such a
subject I know of no authority than the late
Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Gillatm, wh-:
fnr twelve years superintended the finances
of the country. That gent'eman, in his work
on the "Currency and Banking System of
the United States," page 48, gives il as "his
deliberate op.nion, that the suspension might
have bren prevented at the time it took placy,
had the former Ben!; ot the United States still
been in existence."
In regard to the second opinion, it will be
sufficient to cite testimony of the best w tness.
the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Dallas,
who declares that he had tried in vain all
other modes of accomplishing the resumption
of specie payment, and that the establishment
of the bark was at length his only resource.
l:i this report to Congress, in Decemb r,
1815. nearly a year after the peace, he says :
"It is a fact, however, incontrstibly proved,
that th' Se institutions cannot, at this time, be
successfully employed to furnish an uniform
national currency. The failure of one attempt }
to associate them with that view lias already
been stated. Another attempt by that agency,
in circulating Treasury notes to evercome the
irregularities of exchange, has only been par^
tially successful, and a plan recently proposed,
with the design to contract the issue of bank
notes, tofix the public confidence in the ad
ministration of the affairs of the banks, and
to give each ban'; a legitimate share on t^e
circulation, is not likely to receive the sanction
of the banks. The truth is, that the charter
restrictions of someofthe bahks,the mutual rela
tion and dependence of the banks ofthe same
State and of the banks ol the differen, Stales, and
the duties which the directors of each bank
conceive they owe to their immediate con- ?i
tuents upon points of security or emolument,
interpose an insurmountable obstacle to any
voluntary arrangement , upon national consider
ations alone, for ihe establishment of a national
medium th/ough th r agency of the Slate Banks.
??The establishment of a national bank is
regarded as the best, and perhaps the only
adequate resource, to relieve the country and
the government from the present embarrass
nieiil.'' _ _ . , ?
Accordingly, th* Bank of the United States
was established. O.ie of its first measures
was, to call a convention of delegat-'s from
the State Banks of New York, Philadelphia,
B iltimore, and Virginia, for the purpose of
concerting measures for the resumption of
sp -cie payments.
The bank then proposed to the convocat on,
that if the banks represented in it would re*
surne specie payments, the B^nk ofthe United
States would give them every indulgence ; |
would at once assume their debts to the gov
ernment, and give them time to pay the a
mounttothe United States; would discount
to a considerable extent to relieve them, and
if any embarrassment happened to any of them
in consequence of the re umption, would come
immediately to its assistance.
In referring to this arrangement, Mr. Gal
latin, in the work just cited, page 48, says,
"To that compact, which was carried into
complete effect and to the importation of more
than seven millions of dollars in specie from
abroad bv the Bank of the United States, the
community is indebted for the universal resto
ration of specie payments, and for their having
been sustained during the period of great dif
ficulty, and unexampled exportations of specie
to China, which immediately ensued." And,
again, page 82 ?
As respects the past, "it is a matter oFtact
that' specie payments are restored, and have
been maintained, through the instrumentality
of that institution." . . ? ,
?In respect to the third opinion, I niive no
clearer conviction than this, thai the suspension
of -pecie payments wiU recur whenever the Gov
ernment of the United States ehall cease to main
tain some institution like that of the present
Bank of the United Slates.
,4But," says our friend of the Courier,
"The idea that such causes could have pro
duced effects so entirely beyond their power,
is as ridiculous as it would b > to ascribe *he
late earthquakes at Jerusalem and Grecco to
the blowing up of a powder magazine ht
Maryland. Our great statesmen are all at
fault, &c."? Yes, a liRe, tiny pin just inno
cently thrust into the spine of the commercial
body which was well betore, merely to see
whether nuch an operation would not make it
better !
All sensible people foreboded ill from these
experiments on a vital organ, those who had
more professional experience and skill, pointed
exactly to their deadly consequences. But
the ''experiment" must and shall be tried ;
and, presently, down sinks the giant system,
a nerveless corps;, crushing the whole earth
in its ruin. Meanwhile the author of the
mischief, astounded and admiring,* compares
it with the contemptible littleness ot himself
and his tool?, and exclaims \ ,41 did this 1 and
with this liitlo pin 1? Pshaw ! ridiculous !
The great doctors are all at fault."
Yet, as to the insignificance of these ?'do.
mestic measures," this writer takes the trou
ble to contradict himself when ho says of a
U. S. Bank,
It will co-operate necessarily with and, I
believe, control the Bank of England, for the
lufh rate of interest here will, for years, put
the Bank of England at the mercy of \rnerica.
By refusing remittances for six mo iths, she
would be shut up.
VVe wish to heaven we could participate in
the1 flattering visions which follow.
. America must receive Ihe surplus population
and capital of Europe, because she can employ
them to more advantage. W ar, and war only, ,
can slop the tide of men and gold which sets .
I his way. Then our republican government, ,
our Union, which, with suchgigantie power,
protects & preserves every State, and leaves
the local legislation to the people immediate
ly affected, is last developing its prodigious
influence. In Europe every step is towards
pouular freedom. Thus, you see, Americas ,
only to be careful not to be mlox.cated with, her
prosperity- she must permit the tide of men
and money lo flow on and spread over her fer
I tile and almost boundless regions. In six
months, Cotton will be a- such a price as soon
lo disenthral both factors and. planters. Uor
prosperity was not fictitious, it was misused.
Already the demand lor Western land 18 re
vivintr provisions continue high, and tn '
moment exchange falls to par, all our Banks
will resume specie payments.
To the Editor of the Co'" Tibia Telescope,
Sir ? Will you ha,c tne goodness to pub
lish tho following toast and accompanying ob
servations. It was given at a private party in
this' place, and ordered by the company to be
given to you for publication, and also to re
quest the. Editor uf the Southern A^iiculturist
lo insert it also in his next number. The toast
was drmk in wine ? the produce of our fo I.
Gentlemen,
We cannot consent H> pass ov.r the
Fourth of Ju y without drinking some tguist.
Who is the man now in a public office or ca
pacity deserving of having his namu thus puh
licly extolled 1 Our political affairs are in
such a state, that those, at the head of. them
deserve crur most unequivocal disapprobation j
j Ouf money and commercial ffffairs are in such j
a condition, from the wild avd d shorn st pro*
jects concocted in the kitchen at head quar?.e;s
for the gratification of the vitiated palates of
magnates of the country, tiiai we cannot co i
sistently vr;th a clear conscicnce estimate a*iv
of them suffic erilly l>gh, to send their names
to the world with Our commendatiuu and praise.
In this dilemma, I pr opose, gentlemen* to de
viate so fir f.oin the Wsual pfa^ice of having
on this dwy exclusjv Iv political subjects. J '
pr-pose, then, EDMUND RfJFFiN. of Pe- 1
tersburg, Virginia, the tilentedand indefatija
ble editor of the u Parmer's Register,'' and
author of that most interesting and valuable
book 44 Essay on Calcireous Manures''
This g 'ntleman, by the appiica'ion of groat
zeal in his scientific researches and his e*p ?
riments, his produced a sy>tem of manuring,
by which crops of ail kinds in our country may
be doubled and trebled, with a permanent im-*
provement of the land. Not only this ; bu: |
these groat advantages are accompanied by j
another, of at least equal value" lie has pro
ven almost beyond the slightest doubt, that the
country tnus manured, is thereby rendered al
most entirely free from the causes ^of melaria. j
He dies mo e ; he -has lately published, to le I
distributed gratis to magistrate* a n4 .boards of
health, a past No. of his ? Farmer 'ajRegister"
for this month, containing most ecxellenu a>
ticles, pointingout the mode of pacifying the
a;r towns, citics and places containing the
most abundant sources of diseases.
Vtrily, he deserves our thanks. May our
approbation of his virtuous and patriotic exer
tions be as a nucleus for the which posterity
will bear to his name.
An old Revolutionary (fficergone. ? Died,)
at his farm, on Jackson's Creek, in Fai-field ]
district, Captain Hugh Milling, an officer in
the army of the Revolution, born at Drumbo,
? County Down, Irc'and, on the 21st R bruary,
175*2. He emigrated to America about the
year 1771. and was a resident in Charleston in
the year .1774, when the first revolutionary
movements was made in that city. At that
time he joined a company of Grenadiers, rais
ed by Capt. M'CaP, by whom the British Ar
senal was forced open, and that company and
others suppJi. d with arrn3 In 1775 he became
first Sergent in a company of Grenadiers com- j
manded by Charles Cotesworlh Pinckney ; in
1778 was commissioned first Lieu:enant in the
sixth continental regiment of Souih Carolina,
and in 1779, a Captain in the same regiment.
His military service werc3 arduous and inces
sant, ranging over an extensive field of action;
he, was engaged in the first and second battle
of Fort Moultrie; at the battle of Stone; at the,
seige and storming of Savannah, in tne war '
that wa3 carried into the Cherok'.e nation in
Georgie; in Florida; and in the unsuccessful
expedition against St. Augustine. The con
tinental regiments of Sooth Carolina became
so reduced in numbers by disease and battle,
that it was necessary to consolidate them.?
This measure deranged the -officers of the
sixth Regiment and Captain Milling servid
as a volunteer at the serge of Charleston. ?
Some ehort time before tin city fell, he was
ordered by Governor Rulledge to.endeavor to
make his way through the ljries of the -enemy
and raise men in the back country, arid come
dpwn in the rear of the besei^ins^,annyr In
this, together with some1, offi^r efffcers, he suc
ceeded; reached the upper (Jiettjcts^ and was
engaged in this service, when fie was taken
by a party of Tories and lodged in Camden
goal.from whence he was s nt to' Col. Balfonr,
the Brit.sh Commandant in Charleston, end
from thence to Haddrel's Point, where he re
mained a prisoner until parrolled, and not
being exchanged he remained a prisoner un
der parole to the end of the war. TliU9 from
1774 to 1781 he was constantly with arms in
his hands, and actively engaged in the revolu
tionary service. The peace of .1783 found
him on his farm at Jackson's Creek,, where he
continued to reside the remainder of his days,
I cultivating the soil, practicing ojedicine, and
otherwise actively employed in providing the
means of support of a wife and eleven chil
dren; and in the exercise of that kindness ind
benevolence that gained of him the esteem
and respect of all around him. Fqt upwards
of forty year he w?s a member of the Presby
terian "Church, and had the satisfaction of
seeing all his children grown up and most of
them become members of the same Church.
In his last years he was tried by many afflic
tions and severe dispensations of Providence,
in the death of his wife, one son and six
daughters, following e^ch other to the grave
in rapid succession. He was, however, ena- 1
bled to bear his trials with fortitudeand resig- '
nation, supported by the hope of a christian ?
a hope that never failed him in hia last mo
ments. During his last sickness (a period of
about two weeks,) he retained, in a degree
remarkable for his years, both his physical and
menta! energies, and closed his long and useful
life on the 7tn May, 1837, ag.-d 85 years, two
months and sixteen dayg. ^
" The Monster.'' ? A one hundredAoUtr bill
was put up at auction the other Mem
phis. Ten. and was sold for tUfO wffqired and
fifty dollars? payable in Mississippi p^per. Try
a^am, my masters ! . . -f)
Office oFInsiirance ComJS^
Columbia
A DIVIDEND (7? SIX, DOLLARS j *r sigwl
having betsa.lliit daf declared on the C#w?
Stock of sajd Company, tliesame will bo paid low
Stockholders ihereoi, or their legal jTpretonujMCf,-'
on, and alter Monday iicat. the ?p3p?it,*'. 9 ' '?
JOHSGUmfifajy'
July 3
South Carolina*
CHESTER DISTRICT/ 7
IN EQUITY.
^^TOTJCEix hereby g:ven, that a *pee*oJ extra
1" Court of Equity will be held at Cliejtef Court
House, On tife fourth .Monday iu August lu'Xt," f^r
the hearing of cil cause* un.lihposed of'ot the pre
vent Teriu ; and lor the h# ariug and determining all
other business whi.^h raay be then* prepared.
PArtie* nnd witueitfes are roqnested to attend oe
cordingly.
By order of Ch in? ellor Job \Jobuci?n, ?.t June
Teriu, 1S37.
8 A M i EL M* A LILLY, C. EC. D.
JZ 21 l&>1 'ti,^-^agrtf
Hank of ttumburg'.
J?* j?b 2S, 1837/
.TglHE Hoard have this" day declared a Divider) !
of One /dollar on each Shafo 0f the Capita!
~ ** * %J
J Id. VI vy lie l/unai i/H mvia - r
Stock of this Bunk, which will be paid to the Stock
holders or their legal representative*, on of after tbo
6th of July.
II. HUTCHISON*, Cashier.
July 8 . T1 3t
Seminary. . ,
O/i vomdenst. Just below Mr. Snow Jen's ? tor - *
MRS. A. E. SCOTTj ? .
ftKTOULD respectfully t nderloherftii-nde end
Vv patrons her sincere thanks for the patronage
they have extended to her, and trusts that the to
I provoment experienced^ the pupils hitherto en
| trusted to her care, affords satisfactory evidence of
her exertions to merit thai patronage, and that their
| future? advancement will asbrd a- more tangible and
acceptable proof of. her gratitnde to their parent*,
and the encouragement sue may in future receive^
(than mere public thanks, things to much in course)
can possibly give. Her Seminary being entirely,
devoted to female scholars, Mrs. S. will exert herself
to impart-moral as well as literary instruction, giving
them at the same time, snch healtWul exercises of
bo ly as shall he conducive to general health antf
symmetry of form. "* ; " **' f"
Tho Seminary will re-open on the 5th July/
Terms of tuition will be as folJlorws :
First Class - - ~ - $8
? Second Class - - . - ? 6
breach - - - - - ?
Music - ; . ? ? lif -
July 1 tf 26
?? ?
*f ssigHces' Sale .
W ILL be Sold, on Monday the 10th of Jul/
next, in the town of Colttmbia, at the store
lately; occupied by O. Hochstrasser, as ft Shoe sni
Hat Store, in Brick Range No- 3, a large stock of fintt
rate BOOTS and SHOES, together with various
other articles in the Shoe and Hit line; sold *<o close
an assignment given by O. Hochstrasser to James
Boat wright and others. , %H - *
Cond lions. ? For all sums under twenty dollar*,
cash ; for all sums of and ove* $20, on a credit of six
months, the purchaser giving note and approved en
dorsers, witn the interest added, payable a! either of
the banks in Columbia. . ^
Sale to commence at ten o'clock, A. If*
JE8SE DEBRUHL, 7
July 1 2t . Agdnt for the Assignees.
Take Notice. ' ? v
IHE Notes, Books of Account and other chokes'
in action, of O. Hochstrasser, tegtOer with his
stock in trade, and other u-rojfcny. miring been as
signed to James Bocrtwngfo end ot heft, those in
debted, will please pay the undersigned, (he* author^
ised agent of said aw&mits.
JOSEPH A. BLACK.
N. B. Prompt payments are respectfully requested.
July 1 26 J/A.B.
T
In Equity.
I
f ? T. ' ' if
Mark Killingsworth, and others, i
v>- ;
Jesse Killingssconh* ?. )
WILL offer for sale on the first Monday in Atf'
gust next# by order of th^ Court of Equity, aO
?that tract of feed on Torn* Creek, Waters of Conga'
ree river, i ?tail ill ifc I mi TiailQlHand SMcrir acres,
being the place whereon Wtn. Killingsworth resiled
at the time of his cfeatft, bounded by James HA dams,
Peggy Adams and John Bates. Also, another tract
in the swamp ofene hundred acres, bounded by
lands ofHarke?, Mrs. Colter, and the Conga ree river.
Terms of sale, Cm sufficient to pay costs of suit,
balance on a cred* until 1st January next, interest
from day of sale, Bond, Mortgage and. Personal se
curity- The sale to be made at the residence of the
late Wm. Killingsworth. . . . ? . , -
- Lit, CLARK, CERD. t
July 3, 1837 . v j ? ; 27
In Equity#
Lucy P Green,
I
vs.
Mary C Izard, and others.
I WILL offer for sale on the first Monday in August
next, by order of the Court of Equity, all that
Lot of Land in the town of Columbia, One Acte, on
the corner of Marion 'aiibd Gerreir streets. Terms
made known on day of sole. ?? , ?/'
JAMES L. CLARK,- G E R 0. *
July 3, 1837 -27
Commerc al Rank^ V
OF COLUMBIA^, Q,
JcfLt isi, i637.
A SEMI ANNCAL Dividend of one dbtftrr per
share, equal to eight per cent per ariritim on
the Capital Stotk of this institution will btf paid to
the Stockholders on and after Monday the ftrd inst.
? Stockholders residing in Chai'eatoit wift receive
their dividends by applying at Hie Planters and
Mechanics Bank. By order of the BOsrtf.
J A CRAWFORD, Casfcer.
July 1 ? ? ''26
Bagging 1 tape and Twine.
QfMfc PIECES Bagging,
100 Coils Rope,
200 fts. Virginia Twine. For sale low by
FEUX MEETZE.
June 30th, 1837 26
To Rent*
THE Store at present occupied by the Insurance
Company of Columbia, as an- offiee. A poly
to EDWARD 8nJL
July 8th, 1337 27 It
SafTord>s Patent $traw C after? Improved !
THE Subscribers respectfully notify those that have been waiting for the above machines, (at w#B
as those that may wish to avail themselves of the best article of the kmd cveroff ered to tiie pnb'
lie, that they have established a fuctory for tbfc manufacture ot them in Lexington District* where (Key *
will at all limes be ready to supply machines with knives, (which' ihey warrant) or -any other parts, at
the shortest notice. They have a number of machines ready for delivery and intend hereafter keep*
ing a supply of them on band. The above are the same as made by Bscg & Je.xks ; Jong practice has
enabled the subscribers to make several important improvement* in them, particularly m the feed,
which can be instantly altered to cut any desired length, without stepping. They dene any recore*
mendation unneccessary. further th:<n to state, that the rise ot three hundred of the* have been dis
posed of in this di-trict, and are universally approved of.
N. B. Turning in Wood and Iron executed with neatness and despatch ; ajaov Mill Irons,
Adzes, Drawing Knives, Plain Irons, aiiJ any description of edge tools, made by an experienced
man, and laxrrMited equal to any brought to the market- ' T
Apply at the Drag Stove of F. W. Green, opposite the GoMen Horm, Cehmbia.
June 24 ^ CIEEJt & JENK3.
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