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propriatiooj for the year 13S5 ? read a first time, ordered for second reading ro-morrow ; also, a report on t"he petition of A. McDow ell and others? ordered for consideration to morrow. Mr. PETIGRU, from the committee on the judiciary, to which was referred the me morial of Henry Shultz and others, reported a bill to permit aliens to hold real estate in the Town of Hamburg ? read a first time, second reading ordered to-morrow. Mr. WHITEFIELD gave notice, that he would to-morrow, introduce a bill to re peal the medical law of 2817. The general orders were again taken up. Reports were agreed to, From the committee on pensions, on the several petitions of John Knight and Sarah Adams : From the committee on education, on the memorial of the City Council of Charleston, relative tt> two deaf and dumb persons : Fft>m the Pendleton delegation, on the petition to dhride the poor establishment of that district; and to remove the Court House of Pickens district: From the committee on claims, on the , petition of J. H. Baskin : From the Peudleton delegation, on the | memorial of the Town Council of Anderson; Mr. Whitefield called for the reading of the ^ memorial, and moved to disagree to the re- I port, which motioa was sttpported briefly by Mr. W . and M<r . Myers, and opposed by Mr. j Barton, when the report was agreed to, and ; 'the petition rejected. 'J'he following reports were agreed to, and towered to the Senate. From the committee on claims, on the pe tition of Wdc. Moss, and the accounts of E. Brittin, A. Herbemont, J. S. Rogers, G. Cterk* M. Douglass, Wm. C. Dunn and A. Johnson. The committee on claims was discharged from the consideration of the report of the judiciary committee, of the Senate, ou the report of the Comptroller General, in relation to the claim of John H. Sargeant, and ths report was taken up; on the question of concurring, a discussion took place: Mr. A. W. Toorner asked for information, Mr. Seymour replied, explaining the foundation of the claim : Mr. Phillips, Mr. A. W. Thomson, Mr. Yeadon, Mr. Petigru and Mr. DeSaussure having spoken in favor of, and Mr. R. G Mills and Mr. Irby against the concurrence, the report was concurred in, and that of the House on the same subject laid on the table. The committee on claims asked to be dis charged from considering the petition of Bailey Coriev, and that it be referred to the committee on Florida claims. Mr. Jeter objecting, the request was refused, and the petition referred again to the committee on claims. A bill to provide for the formation of a new judicial district within the limits of Barnwell, Edgefield and Orangeburgh, to be called Rutledge district, accompanied by a report from the judiciary committee, came up for a second reading. Mr. Petigru mov ed to postpone the subject to the 1st January next, and on this motion. Mr. Petigru, Mr. Jeter, Mr. Davie and Mr. A. W. Thomson spoke in the affirmative, and Mr. B. F. Perry, Mr. Yeadon and Mr. Boyce, on the other side. Mr. Perry called for the yeas and nays which were ordered, and on the question, of postponing the further considera tion of the bill and report, were as follows : YE AS? Messrs. J. D. Allen, Adams, J. M. Allen, Alston, Arthur, Boozer, Bow ers, Buchanan, Buford. Burgess, Carr, Coachman, Colcock, Crockett, Davie, J. Douglass, Durant, Elmore, English, Ervm, Frost, Garvin, Gavin, Gibson, Glenn, Hu ger, Huggins, Huiet, Jamison, Jenkins, Jeter, Laborde, Lenoir, Levy, Long, Mc Dowell, Means, Meramloger, Moffett. J. Moore, M. A. Moore, Murdough, Murray, Myers, John Palmer, P. P. Palmer, S. J. Palmer, Patterson, Petigru, Phillips. Por cher, Powe, Rainey, Rhett, Richardson, "Scott, Stokes, Strobhart, A. W. Thomson, Tompkins, Tyler, Watson, Whatley, Wig fall, Willson, Woods, Young? 67. NA YS? D. L. Wardlaw, Speaker, Messrs. Barry, Barton, Belin, Berry, Boyce, Brock man,' Brovles, Caldwell, Crawford, DeSaus sure, D. Douglass, Dudley, Edwards, Ellis, Evins, J. Fair, S. F air, F ripp, Gillam, Good lett, Goodwyn, Hardin, Hoy, Ir-by, Ker, Kern, M'Lauchlin, M'Pherson, Martin, Max well, Neel, Benjamin Perry, B. F. Perry, Ripley, Roberds, Seymour, Symmes, Joshua Toomer, White?eld, Yeadon ? 41. So the bill and report were postponed to 1st January. A bill to establish a Branch Pilotage on Waccarnaw River, between Conway boro' and Georgetown, reported by the Horry Delega tion ; was read a second time, and ordered to the Senate. The following unfavorable reports of the Military committee, were agreed to. On a re solution in relation to repealing the 5th section of an Act for the Military organization of the State ; on the petition from Newberry, re specting a Cavalry Cpmpany, in the 38th Regiment ; on a resolution relating to Mili tary Courts Martial ; and on a petition from Prince Williams, for the division of the Po cataligo Beat Company ; The Report of the Military committee, on the report of the Arsenal and Magazine Guard in Columbia, was agreed to, and or .dered to the Senate. The Report of the Military committee, -on so much of the Governor's Message as relates to the Militia, and the accompanying reports, was agreed to, ordered to the Senate, and that the reports be printed. A hill reported by the Military committee, ^titled a bill further to provide for ;he Military organization of the State, and for other purposes, was taken up, and after some progress had been made in its second reading, and several amendments agreed to, Mr. Rhett moved to postpone it to the 1st of January. This motion elicited a debate be tween Mr. Rhett aad Mr. Petigru, for the postponement, and Mr. Elmore, Mr. Col cock, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Edwards against it, and in favor of considering the bill; after which, on motion of Mr. Jones, the debate was postponed till to-morrow. On motion of Mr. JETER, so much of the memorial of Henry Shultz and *nhers, as has not been reported on, was referred to the committee on Incorporations. Mr. S. FAIR presented the petition of Sterling Bown, to be paid for services as Constable ? referred to the committee on Claims. Mr. M'LAUCHLIN, that of James Pat terson, for the manumission of certain color ed persons ? referred to the committee on co lored population. Mr. PATTERSON, from the committee to count the votes for President and Direct ors of the Bank of the State, reported the following persons as duly elected: Presi dent, Charles J. Colcock ? Directors, Dan iel C. Webb, W. A. Carson, John L. Now ell, James Robtrtson, yi, T. MendeohaJI, James Legare, Samuel Burger, Neil M'Neel, James Rose, John Fisher, L. G. Capejs, Thomas Gadsden. Mr. MURRAY, from the committee to count the votes for Trustees of the South Carolina College, reported that the following persons were elected: James Gregg, Wade Hampton, Abram Blanding, D. J. M'Cord, T. T. Player, J. Hamilton, R. Y. Hayne, J. L. Petigru, George M'Dnffie, T. J. Weth ers, W. F. Desaussure, R. W. Barnwell, Dr. T. Smith, D. H. Means, W. F. Colcock, M. Laborde, C. G. Memminger, Dr. E. H. Anderson, Joseph E. Jenkins, Joseph N Whitner. Mr. MURDOUGH, on the part of the committee to count the votes for Regents of the Asylum, reported the election of the fol lowing persons : N. Herbemont, S. Percival, J. I. Gracey, A. Wallace, W. S. Percival, J. M. Taylor, W. Cunningham, Dr. Deleon, J. L. Clark. Mr. RHETT introduced the following resolution, which was laid on the table : Re solved, that the whole military system of the State be referred to a special commission, consisting of ? persons, whose duty it shall be to report to the next Legislature what al terations (if any) are necessary, and that they reduce all acts upon the subject to one code, and be authorized to report by bill or other WiS?? On motion of Mr. MEMMINGER, the rule requiring the Speaker to read over the general orders was dispensed with, and Mr. M. gave notice, that he will to-morrow move to rescind the ?aid rule. On motion of Mr. MYERS, the House adjourned. From the Nashville Banner , Nov. 24. General Hatne closed his eloquent ap peal on behalf of the Charleston and Cincin nati Rail Road Company, yesterday morning. To say that this admirable speech was cha racterised throughout by the most concise aud convincing arguments, interesting statis tical facts, and enlightened views ? delivered in the polished style of the distinguished speaker, is but to speak the general sentiment which pervaded the large and intelligent audience present on the occasion. The remarks of Gen. H., from the nature and bearing of this noble work, and its influ ence on the future prosperity and intercourse of the south and west, naturally embraced a wide field of discussion, and some of its points were rendered doubly interesting to the audience from their peculiar relation to the present times. The subject of banks and currency was handled with much ability, and the views of the speaker on this branch of his argument, displayed an intimacy with the history and operations of trade and commerce, in every respect creditable to his high reputation. ? Without entering upon the exciting topic of federal politics, he pointed out, with the clearness of the noon-day sun, the utter im possibility and impracticability of a hard money currency among a commercial people, and the consequent necessity of a paper rep resentative of value. In speaking of the connection of South Carolina with the West, Gen. H. was neces sarily forced to allude to the character and politics of his native State, aud we may safely say that no portion of his able and lengthy speech was received with more pleasure by the audience. He spoke of the difficulties between South Carolina and the General Go vernment, and vindicated her honor from the charge of a want of patriotism, in a strain of eloquence worthy of a prominent son of that chivalrous State. The Charleston and Cincinnati Rail Road, he stated, was not a political scheme, but, on the contrary, had brought the prominent men of both parties in his own State into close and brotherly intimacy, for the common good of the South and West. From the Nashville Banner, 6th inst. CINCINNATI & CHARLESTON RAIL ROAD BILL, PASSED. We have the pleasure to announce this | morning the final passage, by the General Assembly of Tennessee, of the bill to con fer banking privileges on the Stockholders of the Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road Company. It passed a third reading in the House of Representatives yesterday, by a vote of yeas 40, nays 31. This secures the Charter of the Bank, and is decidedly the most important step which has yet been taken to insure the completion ; of the great South Western Railway. We i heaitily congratulate the friends of Internal Improvement generally, and our fellow citi zens of East Tennessee, who are so deepiy interested in the Cincinnati road, particularly, on this result, and trust that it will be follow ed up by a system of public works which will redound to the credit and permanent pros perity of our happy Commonwealth. One of the Bedford delegation (Mr. Wan ner) asked the House to postpone the con sideration of the bill for a few days. Mr. Cocke stated that it was necessary that the fate of the charter should be known in South Carolina at an early day, and thereupon the House, proceeded to its consideration, with out further debate. The announcement of the result of the call of the yeas and nays on the passage of the bill, was followed by loud plaudits from the lobby. Louisville , Cincmnuli and Cliarle Um Rail Road Co . THE Bill granting Banking privileges to this Company having been passed in the States of ! North Carolina, Souin Carolina and Tennessee, it becomes the duty of the Directors to cause books to be opened to the community at large, in each of the saTd States, and also iu the Suite of Kentucky, in all pla? es where subscriptions were opened ibr the first subscriptions of stock in said Rail Road Company, from 10 o'clock in the morning to 2 o'clock in the afternoon, tor a period of not less than thirty days ? the subscribers for every share subscribed in the Kail Road to be entitled to a corresponding share in the Bank. Circulars have been issued to the Commissioners who received the original subscriptions, authorising them to open books and receive subscriptions accord ingly? and public notice is hereby given thereof? and that all persons who may be disposed to subscribe will be entitled to do so by calling on any one of the Commissioners and paying five dollars on each share so subscribed for. Should any ot the Commissioners not have received notice hereof through ti/e mail, they will consider this an authority to receive subscriptions, as above mentioned. * By order of the Board. ROBERT Y. HAYNE, President \ ?. H- Edwards, Secretary. Columbia, Dec. 15, 1837. ' 53 %* The papers in ihe different States, which pub lished the former notices for receiving' subscriptions t? the Rail Road, will insert the above three times, I and lorward iheir bills to the Secretary, at Columbia. JYoticc. A l L persons are warned not to trade for any Notes given to the late D. B. TOMS, or to pay ' any such notes, unless to the Administrator of said ? Toms, or to his Attorney, Jos. A. Black. This 15th day of December, 1837. GROVE A. PELTON, I 53 Adnj'r. #f D. B. Ttems. eolumtna Cettecope. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1837. B. F. Dunki.n, Esq. was on Wednesday elected Chancellor, in the place of the Hon. H. W. Desaussure, resigned. I We continue to have accounts as to the troubles in Canada, but they are indistinct and various. It would be rash to hazard an opinion yet awhile. As soon as we see which party gets the upper hand, we can determine wheth- J er the natives are "glorious revolutionary pa triots/' or "wicked rebels." Gen. R. Y. Hayne reached this place on Wednesday last, on his return from Ten nessee, where his mission has been success ful. The Legislature of that State has con curred in the law granting banking privi leges to the Rail Road Company ; and we un derstand that the committee on internal im provement have reported in favor of a sub scription of one million to the work. See the notice, in this paper, that books of subscription are now open, for the South Western Rail Road Bank. We perceive that there is much difference, in the interpretation of the President's Mes sage. While some persons praise or depre cate the firmness or the obstinacy with which he adheres to the policy of the administra tion in regard to the currency, others argue an approaching abandonment of both the hard money and the sub-treasury projects. It seems to us, that Mr. Van Buren thinks he cannot now succeed in those measures, and that in still urging them, he does so for the sake of consistency and propitiation merely. He is still for hard money, for the sub treasury ? he is Loco Foco yet? but timid, wavering, cowering. In short, Martin is heartily frightened by the late elections. The signal defeat of the administration, in those elections, it is insinuated was occasion ed by bribery en the part of the Banks. It really seems, these times, that all other causes in Nature have ceased to operate, and whatever happens in the physical or moral world is produced entirely by the Banks ! The following gentlemen have been duly licensed, by the Court of Appeals, now in Session, to practise Law in the Courts of this State : ^ M. L. Bohham, R. L. Campbell, L. D. HALLONqUIST, G. B. Hayden, T. B. Haynesworth, W. M. Miller, B. F. Reid. And the following were admitted to prac tise in the Courts of Chancery : E. J. Arthur, J. W. Blake^ey, John A. Gyles, Matthew Gray, M. L. Bonham, L. D. Hallonquist. The Resolutions on the currency, which passed the House on Tuesday, were discus sed in the Senate yesterday, and passed that body also, by a vote of 10 to 1. See the Thursday's journal, for the resolu tions offered by Gen. Hamilton, as a substi tute, and which be supported with his usual force, though briefly. The resolutions, as adopted by both Houses, are these : Resolved, That in the opinion of this Legislature, it is expedient that the revenues of the Federal Government be so collected as ultimately to sever the Government from all connection wi h the Banks. Resolved , That in the opinion of this Legislature, the revenues of the Federal Government should be so deposited, kept and disbursed, as not to be connected with or used in banking operations. Resolved , That it would be unconstitution al, inexpedient and dangerous to incorporate a National Bank. Resolved unanimously , That it is not in tended hereby to imply any manner of cen sure upon other public servants of the State, who, in the exercise of a rightful indepen dence of judgment, may have declared opin ions to the contrary of those here announced. For the last week or two, during the pend ing of this measure before the Legislature, we have almost ceased to speak of it, per ceiving that the discussion of it, by us, would tend to no good end. It is, however, proper for us to record, at this moment, that our opinion of the hard money and sub treasury schemes, is not at all changed. We believe that if carried into effect they would inflict incalculable mischief upon the country. The matter, however, is not entirely dis posed of, as the committee of ways and means has yet to report on a resolution con cerning the banks. Perhaps we may next week publish some of the speeches made during the debate on this subject. See the communication signed 44 Q," for some striking information in regard to Texas. The publication alluded to is that which Mr Elmore forced, so reluctantly, from John Quincy Adams. The annexed letter, from a merchant of Charleston, was read by Mr. Petigru during the debate on the currency. Its plain good sense, the practical force of its views, in regard to the effect upon southern commerce, (d the proposed measure of requiring" the dues to the government to be paid in specie, induced us to ask for a copy and to give it to our readers. Extract of a letter from a gentleman of Charleston to a member of the Legislature. "Charleston, Dec. 8, 1837. u I am very much surprised at the signs of things in Columbia regarding the currency, and more sur prised to h no practical reason* on the wbject. am satiated in my own mind that the ?fleets flowing out of the scheme will be most pernicious to the South. \|n a disturbed state of the foreign Exchange, the custom-house will be merely a passage through which the metals must go abroad If things come right, and specie payments be permanently the mode adopted by Government, then whatever may be its merits over the whole currency of the United States, it will act against tis. The amount of revenue paya ble in Charleston, of course will be in a separate purse. Were it disbursed here, to fill up the circula tion, it might be well ? but it must go from us by the inequality of the payments. Thjre will be nothing to pay here after the Florida war is over. The specie will rutifrom South to North as steadily and as surely as the Gulf stream ; for the army, the navy, the dock-yards, &c. are at the North ; and if the money, or specie rather, be put in circulation where it is I disbursed, it must add to the ability of the Noithem Banks to build theirissues up, while it tubstracts from the Southern Banks, as it certainly will diminish their i stock of specie precisely in the amount of the duties paid here ? bating the trifling expenditure made here ? rewarding the part of the country that has put forth a redundant paper currency, at the eu.'pense of the part of the country that has acted prudently in that re spect. Specie will then be as constantly drawn from us by the Government as formerly by ths Chinese, who would take nothing else. These views are so obvious that 1 cannot see how else they bear on Carolina prosperity. ? ? ? ? ? 44 Of course, when I investigate a subject of this sort, and the course the Legislature should pursue, I do not link it with political movements, but on its own merits ; and it is true, to my mind, that the larger oar direct imports become, the more onerously will tbis system act; for with increased imports, will come increased value ia duties. Now, suppose that the millions imported into New York were shifted into our city, and the vaults of the custom-house had as much specie as our old friend Rothschild could sport, yet the Government payments would act as a spunge here, and be pressed out at the North. The effect of checking all the Banks of the country may be proper enough, to make such a measure agree with some ready-made maxim in political economy, but we should pay for it; and because the Govern ment has been absolutely forced into this position oy its hostility to the U. S. Bank, and had no other mode of cacrying on the war, we are gratuitously acting offensively with it. It is certainly, like the old tar T system, draining from one part of the country for the benefit of the other, though in the former case it had the merit of establishing manufactories. Where is the merit of this ?" Communications. TEXAS. The resolutions introduced yesterday by Mr. Rhett, in the House of Representatives, bring up the subject of the annexation of Texas to the United States. A very impor tant document was published during the late extra session of Congress, bearing upOn this question. It consists chiefly of the corres pondence under the administrations of Mr. Adams and General Jabkson, between the functionaries of our Government? of letters from Mr. Clay, and Mr. Van Buren, while Secretaries of State, giving instructions for the purchase of Texas : and other letters and papers having relation to various sub jects of negotiation. The subjoined analy sis contains the prominent topics and reasons used in the instructions. The treaty between the United States Go vernment and Old Spain, 2d of February, 1819, settles the boundary on the side of the Mexican provinces, as we now see them marked in tbe common maps, beginning at the mouth of the Sabine river, thence north along the eastern boundary of Texas and Cohahuila, to the Arkansas, thence to the 42d degree of north latitude, and thence westward to the Pacific Ocean. Mr. J. Q. Adams entered upon bis presi dency in March, 1825, and one of the first acts of his administration was to direct Mr. Clay to instruct Mr. Poinsett to enter into a negotiation with Mexico for the alteration of that boundary, by making the line com mence either at the mouth of the Rio del Norte, the mouth of the Colorado, or the mouth of the River Brassos de Dios, instead of the Sabine ; so as to include within the territory of the United States, the whole oj ? Texas , and the whole or greater part of Coha huila ; offering for the first line, (the mouth of Rio del Norte) 1,000,000 of dollars, and for the Colorado,* $500, 000. See letter of Mr. Clay, March 15, 1827. These negotia tions were continued during the whole of Mr. J. Q. Adams's administration, and by Mr. Van Buren, Aug. 24, 1829. In his letter to Mr. Poinsett, of March 15, 1827, Mr. Clay proposes that the inhabi tants of the ceded territory, should be incor porated into the Union, as Louisiana and Florida were: so soon as it could be done consistently with the principles of the fede ral constitution, and the enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion. Mr. Poin sett is authorised to offer the Mexican Go mernment 5 millions of dollars, for the boun dary, to commence at the Rio del Norte, by Mr. Van Buren's letter, of Aug. 26, 1829. The motiv.es and inducements assigned in these letters to Mr. Poinsett on behalf of the United States, are ? The perpetual state of insecurity we should be in, from the close proximity of the Sa bine to New Orleans. The insignificance of the Sabine River, which would not authorize a Custom House there, as a port of entry and deposit, and the consequent encouragement given to a sys tem of smuggling between the two countries. The poveity of the soil in the neighbor hood of the Sabine, which would not afford a sufficiently dense population to repel the inroads of the inhabitants of the richer por tions of Texas. The uncertainty of what is meant by the Sabine River. There being two streams of that name, 4 miles distant, near the mouth* and a hundred miles farther upwards. This change of boundary will secure to us, free from all cause of disturbance, the navigation of the Mississippi river, which may hereafter be endangered by the proximi ty of the present boundary. The taking away all cause of quarrell with Mexico, in case of a future revolt of Texas, peopled by citizens of the United States. 1 o which might be added what was pru dently omitted, the vast amoant of Gorefq inent lands that would become the property of the United States by this speculation. All these reasons, operative then, would be of force at the present moment; as fully in favor of the voluntary surrender of Texas by the Texans, as if we had given five millions for it. The reasons in favor of this proposal, urg ed to the Mexican Government, were, The little value to that Government of a frontier Province so remote. The freedom from quarrels and disputes among the inhabitants of Texas and the Uni ted States. The repression of the Camanche Indians. The probability of revolt already exhibited by the settlers in Texas, that would keep the country in perpetual disturbances. The cutting offallsourae of animosity be tween the United States and the Mexican Governments, likely to be produced by the turbulent state of the Texan settlers. The greater security of the Provinces nearer to Mexico, and therefore more valua ble than Texas. The freedom from danger by invasion on the western side of the Rio del Norte, arising from the barren and uninhabitable state of the country between the sea coast and the Rio dfcl Norte. The value of 5 millions of dollars in the present exhausted state of the Mexican Treasury. Another inducement suggested by Mr. Van Buren in this letter, for Mr. Poinsett to urge on Mexico, was the existing war with Spain , whose intrigues he said, if not open hostilities, could not be "regarded with in difference." He enforces strongly, the ne cessity of providing for the safety of her other territories, by selling a distant posses sion for the means of defending the residue. On this point he uses the followiug emphatic language. 44 The comparatively small value of the territory in question to Mexico ; it* remote and disconnected situation ; the unsettled condition of her affairs ; the depressed arid languishing state of her finances ; and the still, and at this moment particularly threatening attitude of Spain, ali combine to point out and re commend to Mexico the policy of porting with a portion of her territory of very limited and contin gent benefit, to supply herself with the means of defending the residue with the better prospect of success, and with less onerous burdens to her citi zens. It is for the Federal Government of Mexico, if they approve of the policy of doing so, to judge of their constitutional power to make the cession. It is believed that no doubt could exist on that point, if the consent of th6 State of Coahuila were obtain ed; and if the views we take of the true interest* of the republic of Mexico are not founded m error, it is supposed that such consent woujd not be withheld." These negotiations have been dragging on unsuccessfully ever since, but it will be diffi cult to find any of the reasons assigned by Mr. Clay and Mr. Van Buren on ihe part of Mr. -fc Q. Adams and Gen. Jackson, that are not as valid now, as they were then. Q. Mr. Editor:? An article has accidentally come under my eye, in an obscure country paper (the Pendleton Messenger,) which I beg leave to notice, merely that it may re ceive that general reprobation of honest men, to which it is entitled by its little and insidi ous malice. This article is in the form of a letter from Columbia ; but the man who makes himself the vehicle of anonymous detraction, is, and ought to be, responsible for it to the world. It runs thus: 44 It [the Governor's Message] is thought by many to convey the imputation, that those amongst us who concur with Mr. Calhouw, are in favor of an exclusive metallic curren cy, and that his Excellency has built up this man of straw, for the purpose of demolish ing him. The belief is strengthened by the circumstance of the Message having been read from the 44 Telescope ," in which it was printed before its <J very to the Legislature , and that , the same .umber of the paper contains a very ? unfair con., mt on JVIr CaUiouris course , un der cover of a communication with a fictitious signature ." Did the communicator to the Pendleton Messenger conceive that the citizens of South Carolina could be made to believe that Pierce M. Butler, the man whom they selected as their Executive Chief Magistrate, and whom they have always known to be a gentleman of honor, could descend to the commission of a nasty fraud like this ? Has he the extreme presumption to imagine that at his suggestion, this gentleman could be suspected of uttering to the world, for dirty purposes, an appendix to his Message which he dared not offer openly to the judgement of the Legislature and the people ? Does he not dread that such a charge will recoil disgracefully upon himself? He does ; and before he lays down his pen, his courage fails him : he is abashed at his ovrtr temerity. Hear the ridiculous equivocally minder which he tries to hide his diminished head. "At tention is drawn to the communication by the editor, and many think the inference irresist ible, that it and the Message were designedly (though probably not on the part of the Gover nor ) sent forth together for effect, and with the view of making a false issue on the question." The Governor lays a secret train to demolish a man with whom he has had no quarrel ! The proof lies in an anti-Calhoun communi cation ? mirabile dictu ? published in the same newspaper -that bears his Excellency s mes sage!! And then, to crown this exquisite absurdity, the ghost of an expiring con science bears witness that his Excellenoy had probably no part whatever in the plot! ! ! But enough? such folly kills itself, and is poisoned by its own pestilent breath. That there may be no misapprehension, permit me to remark, that it has been the constant habit to read the Governor's mes sage in print ; that the public printer has al ways been a journalist, and that hitherto he has always regarded it as a duty to his pat rons, to have the message, immediately after the reading, ready for circulation, either in his ordinary or an extra sheet, as may be convenient; and moreover, that the "com munication with a fictitious signatuse" was only one oTOeries which had been succes sively appearing in the previous numbers. Mr. Editor? I am at all times averse to troubliug the I public with matters relating to myself, either I as a private individual or as a public officer; and the more so, because I am conscious that my efforts and intcnticms , at feast, are always to do my duty ? but causes sometimes arise, that compel meu to violate their feel ings, in respect for public opinion, and in common justice to themselves. Such is the case with me at this time ; and I make this communication only to repel a charge secret ly made against me, because silence on my part may imply guilt, and this implication might, and doubtless would* operate a^aitst me, in the consideration of a oiattcr-oo* be fore the Legislature. By mere accident, it has come to my know ledge that insinuations have been infused into the public mind, and reports clandestine^ ly circulated, that I am a joint Contractor with every Contractor for public works. No one has been found so bold in the conscious-* ness of the truth of this report, or so harden ed ill falsehood, and dead to a sense of pub lic scorn and detestation, as to give public currency to it ? but there are those, neverthe less, who are base and cowardly enough to circulate it in an irresponsible manner, with an injunction, in all probability, of secrecy upon each man to whom the author may be pleased to confide the matter. Thus \h\ serpwat sticks his fangs into me, and infuses his poisou, while he lies securely concealed in the grass. If a report only extended to a censure- of my conduct as a public officer/ upon grounds of the insufficiency of contracts which I had made to meet the views of the Body under whose direction I act, or for error of "judge ment and the like, it wotiid not he so serious ? a matter, because we are all liable to err, and there is no public officer who does not at some time or other, when he believes that he is actiug in a manner best calculated to ad' vance the poblie good, make himself obnox ious to the censure of his fellow-citizens? but this report strikes at my character, as Superintendent of public works; and os 1 despise the public offic or who could be guilty of such ah act as that charged ag^iust me, so do I also despise the author and willing circulators of this report. In conclusion, I will say, that I have hot the slightest possible share in any contract connected with the public works ; and that any one who makes such an assertion has uttered a falsehood, aud I challenge him to the proofs GEORGE WALKER, Svpcrintendcnt of Public Words. Notice. ABSCONDED from the Fairfield Manual LnI>or School, on the 12th instant, Joseph H Whuli worth, employed as s laborer by T. W. Said Wbith* worth was about five feet four inches high, slender built, pale complexion ; wore off a long Kentucky jane dress coat aha pantakxma, black hot, and iw.? small bundles. Any person or persons harboring or employing said petsacr shall lay himself liable to be dealt with according to law. A reward of five dol lars will be given for hia apprehension and delivery to the subscriber, at the above-mentioned institution, . HENRY OWEN*. Dee. ICth, 1837. {Times.] 53 Estate Safes. WILL be offered for sals, on the first Monday in January next, the residue of the ileal and Personal Estate of Samuel Green, deceased, consist ing of a valuable tract of Land in Lexington Pisuict, opposite the town of Columbia, containing abont 518 acres, more or less, including font Islands in Conga - ree river, opposite thereto ; one acre of Land in Co lumbia, with a Dwelling-house and out buildings, known by- the name of Tillinghast -place ; 2 lots, of hnlf an acre or thereshouts,one occupied by M'Lean, for his stage horses, <fec , and the outer occupied by Mr. Walker and. others; one half of an acre known by the name of Green's Spring ; lot, one square, ??f 4 acres, between Gadsden, Wayne, Senate, and Pen dleton streets; 263 acres, more or less, Dr. Green * upper Plantation, on waters of Cedar Creek, bounded by Daniel Nelson, Rebecca Kirkland,' estate of J D. lurkland, and Jacob Lightosr, commonly called tho Young Dash place. Also, two Negroes, Matilda ami herdanghter. Terms, one iburth pan cash, and the remainder in three equal instalments, with interest from date, the purchaser giving bond with good secu rity, and a mortgage of the property, ana to pay fur all necessary papers. JAMES S. GUIGNARD, FRED. WM. GREEN, Executors of SaM'L. GREEN. 1- Columbia, 12 Dec., 1837. ? ,53 THE Limestone Springs Academy WILL go into operation on the first day of Jan nary neit, under the superintendence of Mr. Roos.v, who comqs highly recommended as well qualified to take charge of such an institution. The locality and character of the place are too well known to require comment. With regard to the discipline of the School^it may, however, not be amiss to observe, that a few individ uals are responsible to the Teacher for his salary and that snch young gentlemen as do not deport themselves as the sons of gentlemen ought to do, will be promptly sent Iwrae. Good board can be had in the vicinity, on reason able terms. 4 SAJtf L. OTTERSON, WM. B. NOTT, A. Mc ARTHUR, WILLIAM NORRrS. Dec. 15, 1837. %t-^M Lexington Female Academy. MRS. M. M. ADDISON, will resume her duties as Principal of this Institution, on the first Monday in January next TERMS. Board and Tuition, per Quarter, $40 00 Washing (Extra) 3 00 Music on Piano Forte, eitra 12 00 Use of Piano, 2 00 Terms ro* Dav Scholars. Reading, Spelling & Writing, per quarter 4 00 The above with Arithmetic, Geography and Grammar, , , ? , 5 ?0 The above with Ancient and Mpdern His tory, Mythology, Rhetoric and Logic, 6 00 Needlework, (extra) , 2 00 A competent Assistant ? ergoged. fcvery at* tention will be paid to the morals and manners of those young Ladies who may be entrusted to the care of thePnncipaL , , Payments to be made quarterly in advance. The Edgefield Advertiser wfll publish the abo\? Notice one month. Dec. 2 48 tU For Sale. A NEAT second hand Barouche, nearly nevr, and in good order, with two setts Harness. Also, a pair of well broke, $Mtle carriage horses, young and in good condition,? they will be sold low- Inquire at thiat office. Novenber 29, 1&37. 49tf * , _ _ * Notice. I AM about to leave the State, and have appointed James D. Trade well, Esq. my attorney with power to transact all my business during my absence. All claims against me v d be settled by him and he is authorized to coUsCt whatever is due me. O. C. TAU9T. Dec. 2, 1637, 43