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Classical Teacher Wanted
THE Subscriber and his associates have erected
in Columbia a comfortable School House, in a
retired and pleasant part of the town, for the accom
modation of twenty Scholars, and they wish to pro
core a TEACHER who can fit boys for college and
come well recommended. The allowance for Tui
tion will be Fifty Dollars a year, payable quarterly.
The place can be had immediately by applying to
A. BL AN DING.
March 3. 9
Division Orders.
HEAD QUARTERS? THIRD DIVISION. )
WrjfxssoROCGH, January 25, 1838. $
#*10L0EL George Lightner and Captain Jo
scph McXplltn having been duly appointed
and commissioned, the former Assistant Adjutant
General, with the rank of Colonel, and the latter Di
vision or Deputy Quarter Master General, with the
rank of Major, tney will be obeyed and respected ac
eordingly.
- By order of Major General BUCHANAN.
9 Samuel H. Yongce, Aid-de-camp.
Strayed or Stolen.
FROM the Subscriber, living in Butcher town,
above Columbia, on the night of last Sunday, a
bay mare between 13 and 14 hands high, 6 or 7 years
old, one glass eye, a mark like a scald on one hip and
both hind legs, body marked with the traces some
what.
I will give five dollars for the Mare, or ten dollars,
upon evidence to convict the thief.
JOHN ZENONY.
Feb. 23, 1833 8 2t
The Patent Corn.
COPY OF MR. BADEN'S LET TER.
Near Nottingham, Prince Georges Co., Jan 26, 1837.
SIR ?? ? I received yours of the I4th, making inqui
ry respecting the " Maryland Corn," which you
understand I had raised. 1 have the pleasure to say,
that I have brought this corn to its high state of per
fection, by carefully selecting the best seed in the
field for a long course of years, having especial refer
ence to those stalks which produce the most ears.
Whea the corn was husked I then made a re -selec
tion, taking only that which appeared sound and ful
ly ripe, having a regard to the deepest and best col
or, as well as to the size of the ear. In the spring,
before shelling the corn, I examined it again, and se
lected that which was the best in all respects Jn
shewing the corn, I omitted to take the large and
small kernels at both the large and small ends. I
Jiave carefully followed this mode of selecting seed
corn for twenty-two or twenty-three years, and still
continue to do so. When I first commenced it was
with a common kind of corn, for there was none oth
er in this part of the country. If any other person
undertook the same experiment I did not hear of it ;
I do not believe others have exweised the patience
to bring the experiment to the present state of per
fection. At first I was troubled to find stalks with
even two good ears on them ; perhaps one good ear
and one small one, or one good ear and a " nubbin."
It was several years before t could discover much
benefit molting from my efforts ; however, at length
(heqoahty and quantity began to improve, and the
improvement was then very rapid. At present I do
not pretend to lay up any seed without it comes from
stalks which bear four, five, or six ears. I have seen
staiks bearing eight ears. One of ray neighbors in
formed me that he had a single stalk with ten perfect
ears on it, and that he intended to send the same to
the Museum at Baltimore. . In addition to the num
ber of ears, and of course the great increase in quan
tity anshelled, it may be mentioned, that it yields
much more .than common corn when shelled. Some
gentlemen, m whom I have foil confidence, informed
me they shelled a barrel (ten bushels of ears) of my
kind of corn, which measured a little more than six
bushels. ? The common kind of corn will measure
about five bushels only. I believe I raise double, or
nearly so, to what I could with any other corn I have
ever seen. I generally plant the corn about the first
of May, and place the hills five feet apart each way,
and have two stalks in a hilL I can supply you with
aft the seed you may need, and I suppose I have no'
in my corn-house fifty, and perhaps more stalks, with
the corn on them as it grew in the field, and none
with less than four, and some six or seven ears on
them. I will with pleasure send you some of these
stalks, and also some seed corn, if I can get an oppor
tunity
Early last spring I let George Law, Esq., of Balti
more city, have some of this seed corn ; he sent it to
his friead in Illinois, with instructions how to manage
it. A few weeks since, he informed me that the in
crease was one hundred and twenty bushels on an
acre; that there was no corn in Illinois like it, and
that it produced more fodder than any other kind. I
bare supplied many friends with seed corn, but some
of them have planted it with other corn, and will, I
fear, find it degenerate.
I have lately been inquired of if this corn was not
later than other kinds ? It is rather earlier? certain
ty not later. Corn planted in moist or wet soils will I
not ripen, so quick as that which is planted on dry
aoiL In the former there will be found more damp
ness in the cob, although the kernel may appear
equally ripe in both. In the two last years, the wet
seasons have injured much, corn that was too early
^lofted" or housed*
I believe I have answered most of your inquiries.
I hope I have not exaggerated ? I have no motive for
doing so. I raise but little corn to sell, as tobacco is
my principal crop. Should I fail to send you some
seed this spring, ^ will next summer gather some
stalks with the cot n, fodder, and tassels and all, as
they grow, and send to you, that you may judge
So melfof the superiority of this over the common
id of corn. *,
Yoor's &c. THOMAS N. BADEN.
Hon. H. L. Ellsworth,
Commissioner of Patents, Washington City.
[Extract from Mr. Ellsworth's Letter.]
u Patent Office, Jan. 30, 1837.
" Sir : ? Hearing of some great improvement that
had been made in the common corn, I addressed a
letter to Mr. Baden, a highly respectable gentleman
in Maryland, to ascertain what facts I could n the
subject. His letter is very interesting, nnd I trans
mit yott a copy of :t. This experiment of Mr. Baden
shows most clearly what can be done to improve
seeds, by carefully selecting each year the best kind
Theoretical opinions sustain Mr. Baden : but few
experiments have been tried so successfully. What
iffwht be effected for agriculture by sia ilar efforts !'
The lise efforts in improving the breed of animals
have been crowned wita great success, especially in
Europe. I avail myself oF this opportunity to send
you a small sample of the corn mentioned by Mr.
Ba en. I wiU only add, that I have conversed with
several persons who have planted the "Baden '
com, ano the concurrent opinion of all sustains the
statement made m the letter. I have a few aamples
at the P?ent Office, of corn raised in this neighbor
hood, which has four and five ears on a stalk : and 1
/?rtof?>inincr sir. seven, and
tMKiu, ?uvu ....
expect soon some stalks containing six, seven, and
eight ears. If this corn were generally introduced,
how greatly the amount of bread-stuffs might be in
creased, without any extra labor. I hope some pub
lic spirited citizens will try to improve wheat, oats,
" - ?? -i _ yy
mmr * iyt>
barley, and other grains."
The above Corn for safe by R. E. RUSSELL
Ttb.Zi.
Proclamation.
I
By his Excellency PIERCE M. BUTLER, Esquire,
Governor and Commander-in-chief in and over the
State of South Carolina.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Columbia, I9th Feb., 1833.
WHEREAS, information has been received at
this Department, that MINA McCOY did,
about two years ago, feloniously steal, take, and car
ry away a Negro man slave, the property of T. L.
Kennedy, of Sumter District, in this State, and did
also, about thesame time, feloniously steal, take, and
carry away three other Negro slaves, the property
of Willis Spann, of ihe District and State afore
said, and hath since fled from justice ?
NOW KNOW YE, That to the intent the said
Mina McCoy may be brought to legal trial and con
dign punishment for the crimes aforesaid, I do here
by offer a reward of three hundred dollars for the
apprehension and delivery of the said Mina McCoy,
into any jail within this State. The said Mina Mc
Coy is about five feet ten inches high, rather slen
der made, weighs about 140 pounds, natural com
Elexion fair, but somewhat weather beaten, dark
air, thin visage, ful1 white teeth in front, and shows
them very plain when laughing or in conversation,
lett eye out, which is very visible, though the ball
has not entirely sunk, shoulders round, with arms
thrown a little forward, and voice strikingly nasal.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State,
this nineteenth day ot February, in the year nf our
Lord one -thousand eight hundred and thirty -eight,
and in the sixty-second year of the independence ol
?he United Sta.e, of America. p ^ BUTLER.
rL. S.1 By order.
B. H. Saxon,
8 | Secretary of State.
Take Notice.
THE Subscriber takes this method of informing
those who are indebted to him by note or ac
count, that was due on first January, 1837, that il
not paid bffore return day, their notes or accounts
will be put in the hands of authorized persons for
collection. ROBERT WADDELL.
Feb. 24, 1S38. 8? 3tis
SOUTH CAROLINA? FAIRFIELD DISTRICT.
j Feb. 28, 1833.
TOLLED before me, by Benjamin Nickey, a bay
MARE MULE, age unknown, no visible
brands appraised at lhi"y#i^IOORE Q v,
Polock, Solomon, Sc Co,
HAVE just received and offer for sale the fol
lowing:
Superior Bleached Sperm Oil ;
New Orleans Clarified and Lump Sugar ;
Goshen Butter ;
New Orleans Molasses, very fine;
Piime Rice, die.
ALSO,
10,000 superior quality Spanish CIGA RS, in boxes
of 125 each.
March 3, 1838. 9
Louisville, Cincinnati, and
CHARLESTON RAIL ROAD COMPANY.
WfOTICE is hereby given, that according to a re
1^1 solution of the Directors, an instalment of Five
Dollars on each share in this company, is hereby
called for, to be paid on or before the first Monday
in A?ril next. The said payment may be made into
any bank within the States of Soc^th Carolina, North
Carolina, Tennessee, or Kentucky, in the bills of any
of the said banks in good credit", or to any Director
of the Grei eral Board, or to any Board ol Commis
sioners appointed to receive the original subscrip
^Certificates will be forwarded to the Treasurer in
Charleston, of the amounts so paid in. The Dayment
of the instalment now called tor is indispensable, to
enable the company to carry*on their operations.
The Charleston and Hambucg Rail Road has been
purchased, and the first link in the chain, ^ which is
to extend across the mountains, has been laid out. A
loan of a million^ of dollars under the guarantee of j
the State of South Carolina, is about to be effected,
and a resolution has been adopted, to put the Rail
Road Bank in operation early in the fall.
To secure to themselves the advantages of these
measures, the stockholders are requested to comply
with the requisition now made, which will enable the
company to proceed vigorously with the prosecution
of the work.
E. H. EDWARDS, Treasurer.
Feb- 28. 9
The State of South Carolina,
RICHLAND DISTRICT.
IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY.
George W. E. Green, by Guardian, Applicant.
Against
Daniel H. Tillinghast,'
Thomas H. Wade,
Mary Wade,
Ann Wade,
Loui a Wade,
Leroy Boyd and
wile Sarah.
Wm Ferguson and
wife Louisa,
and the Children of
Humpto iWade
r" appearing to my satisfaction that Daniel H.
Tillinghast, Mnry Wade, Ann Wade, Louisa
Wade, Leroy Boyd and wife Sarah, and the children
of Hampton Wade, some of the defendants, reside
without this State : It is therefore ordered, that they
do appear and object to the division or sale of the real
estate of Elizabeth Green, on or before the first xMon
dav of May next ensu'ng, or heir cogent to the same
will be entered of record
JAMES S GU1GNARD, Ordinary.
Columbia, 28th February, 1833. 9 ? 8w
The Heirs and Represen
tatives of Mrs Elizabeth
^ Green, deceased, the wife
of Dr. Samuel Green, late of
Columbia, deceased.
In Equity.
SUMTER DISTRICT-JANUARY TERM, 1838.
The Winyaw Indigo Society et al,")
vs.
John V. Cowling and wife and
J W. W. Anderson
IT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that
John V. Cowling and Sarah J. his wife reside
without the limits ot this State : It is &herefore or
dered, that the saiu John V. Cowling and his wife do
j appear, plead, answer or demur to the said bill with
j in three months from the publication of this order,
, and in default thereof, that the said bill be taken pro
| confesso against them.
I by order of the C<-urt.
I 9? 3m JOHN B. MILLER, Corar.
Edgar's Hotel.
Adam Edgar begs leave to inform the Citizens of
Columbia, and ail Person or Persons whatsoever, that
he has again taken his old stand ; where every at' en
tion will be paid to Travellers and Boarder* ; and as
sures the Public generally that every effort shall be
used to give satisfaction. His Table, Bar, and Stable
shall have a full and constant spply of every article
the market or country can afford; and his faithful
Ostler Jess will at all times be found at the stable.
ADAM EDGAR.
N. B. As the Proprietor has been compelled reluc
tantly to take possession of his old stand, he again
offers it for Sale or Rent. To a competent person, of
good character, the terms will be made liberal. It is
unnecessary to say ajiy thing about the stand; it is
known over the whole southern country.
March 3. 9
R
List of Letters
EMAINING in the Post Office at Columbia, on
the 1st March, 1838.
Allen, Joseph D
Allen, L C
Anderson, A
Allston, John A
B
Bates, Martha R
Bryant, John
Beaity, Juhn
Brooks, Preston
Barrett, James
Barrel t. MrsJudah
Bookter, C
Bacon, Augustus Q
Belton, H lG
Bull, Wm A
Bronson, Mrs Mary
Butler, Mrs E
Bishup. J T
Bust, Wm P
C
Collins, Jesse
Coleman, Ellen
Crim, Samuel
Cobb, John G 2
Collins, Ira 2
Clendenin, Nancy 2
Caldwell, Lewis M
Can pbeli, R L
Capers, Susan B
Cullen, P W
Chappell, IS
ChaopelL, Margaret I*
Cook, Mary
Chijolm, Thomas H
D
Daniel, James M 2
Davis, Mrs Mary
Davis, Henry
Davis, Tohithy
Daniels, Mrs E I H
Dubose, L W
E
Earle, B J
Edmunds, Mrs A V
Edgar, Adam
Edwards, John D
F .
Furnace, Miss Martha
Fuller, Rev Richard
G
Gates, W
Green. HP
Griffin, Richard
Green, L P
Gibson, Nicholas
George, Bobbe
Geiger, I Wm
Gerow, F P
Gurtter, Erasmus
Gibson, C U
H
Hunt, Wm G
Hayes, Wm N
Hays, Daniel
Her'-emont, Aleiander
Harrison, E W
Uicklin, Jimes E
Hiller, C M
House, John
Hanmon, Elias
Hodge, Mary Ann
Hory, D 1
He well, B F
Henderson, C C
9
Herty, I E
Hood, M C
Joy, A E
Junes, General
Jones, Mrs Mary Ann
K
Kelly, Wm 2
Kelly, John
L
Lang, S 2
Lee, James
Lawson, John & Co.
Lewis, Miss S E
Lester, Mrs L
M
McAIister, James D
Myers, Miss Maria
Myers, Mrs Phrebe 2
Mcintosh, J 2
Morgan, Joseph
Marshall, Miss E
Mahony, D
McClennand, AW
McGuinnies, W
McGill, John P M
Mickler, C
P
Price, Thomas A
Posey, J B
Patterson, J W
R
Raoul, F 2
Ray, W J L
Rice, Wm
Roach, A W
Roach, T J
Ross, John
Rabb, John -
Rocchietti
S
Smith, John (Admr. of
Neil)
Seigler, Daniel
Simonds, L E
Sair.mons, John
Smith, WTm
Simons, James
Smith, Harvey
Scoby, Mr
Striplin, A 2
Striplin, E
T
Thomson, John D
Terry, Joseph N
Thomson, W R
Taylor, Levy
Turnipseed, Matthew
W
Weathers, M W
Worthy, Buck
Wade, T H
Ward, Micajah 2
Watson, John
Ware, A G
Williams S or A Boden
Wilson, J H
Willard, N P
Workman, John
Wallace, Rev James
Wood, K D M
Wingard, Joseph
Yeaman, Wm
BENJAMIN RAWLS, P. M.
CAPITAL PRIZE ?60,000.
Brilliant and rich Scheme.
15 Drawn Numbers in each Package of 25 Tickets.
Class No 1 lor 1838.
ALEXANDRIA LOTTERY,
for Internal Improvement in the District of Columbia.
To be drawn in the city of Alexandria, D. C.,
On SATURDAY, the 24th day of MARCH, 1838.
75 Number Lottery ? 15 Drawn Ballots.
SPLENDID SCHEME.
1 Prize of $60,000
1 . ? do .. 25,000
. 1 do 15,000
1 do 10,000
? 1 do 9,000
1 do 8,000
1 do 7,500
1 do 7,000
1 do 6,000
1 do 5,000
1 do 4,000
1 do 3,000
1 do 2,500
1 do 2,220,
1 do 2,000
5 do ? 1,600
5 do - lt500
50 do 800
50 do 700
50 do 600
50 do 500
50 do 400
60 do 300
60 do 250
60 do 200
60 do 150
60 do 100
60 do ft)
60 do 80
60 do 70
60 do 60
120 do 50
5825 do 40
1770 do 24
7080 do 20
8850 do 16
8850 do 12
Tickets, $20 ; Halves, $10 ; Quarters, $5 ;
OCT Orders from the country (free of postage) will
meet with attention if addressed to
D. S. GREGORY & Co.,
Managers, 26 Broad-street, Charleston, S. C.
Feb. 10. 6? tM24
South Carolina .
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
NEWBERRY DISTRICT.
Dr M T Mendenhall, )
vs. > Declaration in Attachment.
W W Turner. J
WHEREAS the Plaintiff did this day file his
declaration in the office of the Clerk of the
Honorable Court, against the defendant, who is
absent from and without the limits of this State, (as
it is said) and having neither wife nor attorney
known within the same, on whom a copy of the de
claration, with a rule to plead thereto might be
served : It is ordered that the defendant appear and
plead to the same, within a year and a day, other
wise final and absolute judgment will be given and
awarded against him.
y. j. Harrington, c. c. p.
Office of Common Pleas, )
Newberry district, April 6th, 1837. )
June 17 24
In the Common Pleas.
nes Fenton,
vs.
James T. Rives. ,
WHER EA S the Plaintiff in this action did on this
day file his declaration against Jas. T. Rives
the defendant who is absent from and without the
limits of this State, (as it is said) & having neither wife
or attorney known upon whom a copy of the above
declaration wiih a role to plead thereto may be
served : It is therefore in pursuance of the Acts of
the General Assembly of the State in such cases
made and provided. Ordered, that the defendant do
plead thereto on or before the eighteenth day of
October next, otherwise final and absolute judge
ment will be then given and awarded against the said
defendant.
JAS. S.GUIGNARD, Clerk of the Court.
Office of Common Pleas, )
Richland district, Oct. 17th, 1837. j
Oct. 2T 42
James Fenton, , ,
vs. > Declaration in Attachment.,
BEAUTY'S EMPIRE.
What avails thine iron brow.
Strong one of the battle field ?
Thou hast met a stronger now ?
Render up thy lance and shield
Yield at last ? who yielded never ;
Beauty reigns on earth for ever.
What avads thy purple pride,
Monarch on thy golden throne ?
Cast thy haughty looks aside ;
Jewell'd slave, thy sovereign own.
, Kneel ? thy whole allegiance give her,
Beauty reign* on earth for ever.
What avails thy lore severe,
* Sage? by midnight taper sought ? ?
Hark ! there's laughter in thine ear,
And thy boasted strength is naught :
Mocking all thy life's endeavor,
Beauty reigns on earth for ever.
Ah ! her might too well I know,
Caught ? made fast ? by sweet surprise :
Spare me, lips of rosy glow,
Spare me, melting, sunbright eyes !
Only Death my chains can sever,
Beauty rules the earth for ever.
From the Charleston Courier , Feb. 27.
' PUBLIC MEETING.
At a meeting of the Citizens of Charleston,
held at the City Hall, last night, to receive
the Report of their Delegates to the South
ern Commercial Convention, his Honor, the
Mayor, was called to the Chair, and H. Bai
ley appointed Secretary.
The Mayor stated the object of the meet
ing. After which, the Hon. George M'Duf
fie, one of the Delegates to the Convention,
rose, and after returning his thanks for the
honor conferred upon him by his being ap
pointed one of the Delegates of the city,
said, that although he had been engaged for
nearly 20 years, , with but a brief interval, in
the service of South-Carolina, and filled vari
ous public situations, he doubted whether he
had ever occupied one more honorable, more
useful, or more important, than that of a re
presentative of Charleston in the late Com
mercial Convention. He then proceeded to
show the indispensable necessity to the pros
perity of the South of possessing a commerce
under their own control; and traced the de
cline which had marked the prosperity of the
I South to our having permitted our commerce
to be under the control of others. He con
gratulated the South on the removal of some
of the causes to which this drain of our pros
perity was due, and upon the present signs of
a reviving cdmmerce. Above all, he congrat
ulated his fellow-citizens upon ihe union of
feeling which prevailed to combine their ef
j forts to build up again the lately depressed
commercial prosperity of their country."
He then pronounced an eloquent eulogium
on commerce, and proceeded to show what
was necessary to be done to promote the
common object, and what the obstacles to be
removed. Opening communications with the
interior, and arranging the exchanges? edu
cating our youth to commercial pursuits,
which he declared to be more honorable than
occupying a place at the fag end of the bar,
or engaging in the miserable scrambles and
squabbles of trading politicians. We want
merchants, but we have capital in abundance,
and every other element of commercial pros
perity. We must secure the direct trade,
which he contended was, from the nature of
things, cheaper, and better in itself, than a
circuitous trade, and its profits would be our
own.
He concluded with an animated appeal to
the patriotism of the citizens of Charleston,
who, he said, had ever been distinguished
for their high minded devotion to their coun
try. Never, he said, was there an occasion
when their patriotic feelings and their most
energetic action were invited to a more im
portant object.
Gen. Robert Y. Hatne also addressed
the meeting in a strain of great eloquence, and
concluded by offering the following pream
ble and resolutions, which were seconded by
C. R. Holmes, Esq., and the blank in the 5th
resolution having been first filled, were unan
imously adopted ;
The citizens of Charleston have received
with satisfaction the Report of their Dele
gates to the Convention of Merchants and
others, held in Augusta in October last, on
the subject of establishing a direct trade with
foreign countries. The harmony which
marked all the proceedings of that Assembly,
and the able manner in which the subject has
been presented to the public in the Report
to the Convention, and the Addrkss to the
people of the Southern and South Western
States, are calculated to make a deep impres
sion on the public mind, and we trust may
lead to the adoption of those measures which
may eventually crown the patriotic efforts of
the Convention with success. In order to
contribute as far as may be in our power, to
wards this most desirable object, the citizens
of Charleston here assembled, do adopt the
following Resolutions, viz:
1st. Resolved , That we believe it will be
eminently conducive to the prosperity and
welfare of the Southern States, that a direct
IMPORT AND EXPORT TRADE with foreign
countries should be established, and promot
ed, and we entirely concur with the Conven
tion, in *he opinion they have expressed, and
which has been so forcibly illustrated in their
Address? that' the Agricultural staples ofrtie
Southern States, which form the basis of the
foreign commerce of the Union, offer us fa
cilities for carrying on this trade, greater than
those possessed by any other portion of the
Union.
2d. Resolved , That influenced by nospirit
of unkindness towards our Northern brethren,
and feeling in no degree jealous of their com
mercial prosperity, we yet believe that it is a
duty which we owe to ourselves, to use all
honorable means to secure our fair share of
the profits derived from the exportation ofour
own productions, and the importation of those
foreign goods which are received in exchange
for them, which profits have heretofore been
almost exclusively enjoyed by others, greatly
to the injury of the South
3d. Resolved , That fully aware of the dif
ficulty of changing the existing relations of
commerce, or turning the current of trade
I into new channels, we cordially concur in the
propriety of appointing Delegates to meet the
citizens of the other Southern States, in Con
vention, at Augusta, on the first Monday in
April next, that by wise and prudent mea
sures, matured by the common counsels of all
those interested, the accomplishment of our
great object may be secured.
4th. Resolved , That deeply sensible of its
being indispensably necessary to oursuccess,
that free and direct communications should
be opened, between the South Atlantic Cities
and the Western States, in order to ftfrnish a
market for the foreign goods which may be
received in our ports, and to open a direct
interior trade between the South and the
West? we cordially appiove and will zeal
ously support all those measures which may
in our opinion be calculated to 4>p$h such
communications, and establish^Suct con
nections, believing that they win furnish the
surest means of securing the prosperity of
the Southern States, and strengthening the
bonds of our Federal Union.
5th. Resolved , That influenced by these
views, the following gentlemen be appointed
Delegates to represent the City of Charleston
in the Convention to be held in Augusta, in
April next, viz: Gen. R. Y. Hayne, James
Hamilton, Gen. George M'Duffie, Hon. Hen
ry L. Pinckney, Hon. Thomas Bennett, John
Robinson, James Adger, Col. A. P. Hayne,
C. G. Memminger, Chancellor B. F. Dun
kin, James Robertson, Alex. Black, A. To
bias, David Alexander, R. W. Fort, L. M.
Wiley, H. W. Conner, Henry Gourdin, An
drew McDowall, I. E. Holmes, Judge Evans,
Chancellor Harper, Judge O'Neal, Chancel
lor Job Johnston, G. H. Kelsey, S. P. Ripy?
Charles F. Lowndes, G. A. Trenholm, J. N.
Cardozo, Ker Boyce.
6th. Resolved , That our fellow citizens in
the several judicial districts of the State, be
earnestly requested to hold public meetings
at their respective Court Houses, to appoint
Delegates to represent them in the Conven
tion, and that His Honor the Mayor, in be
half of the citizens, be requested to transmit
copies of these proceedings to the different
Districts, and take such other measures as
he may think best calculated to promote our
objects.
7th. Resolved , That the thanks of this
meeting be presented to the Delegates whoso
ably represented us at the Convention in Au
gusta, in October last; to the Committee, for
their report and address, and also to the
Chairman aud Secretary of this meeting; and
that these proceedings be published in all the
gazettes of this city.
The meeting then adjourned.
H. L. PINCKNEY, Chairman.
H. Bailet, Secretary.
From the Neio York Herald.
Chivalry of Rochester to Lady Head? Pro
ject of Kidnapping the Lieut, Governor of Up
per Canada . . . . .
We regret to learn thatagrsatdealot nide
ness and brutality was exhibited at the Eagle
Tavern, Rochester, to Lady Head, the con
sort of the Lieutenant Governor of Upper
Canada, as she passed through that city, on
her way to New York. Her Ladyship was only
accompanied by her daughter, and Mrs. Dal
rymple, the widow of the General of that
name, and sister oCSir Francis Head. They
did not think it necessary to be accompanied
by any gentleman ? as they thought that un
protected females would find a passport every
where in the gallantry and sense of honor ot
the other sex, however their feelings might be
excited by passing events, so thought
the patriots of Rochester, ^bystander in
forms us, that Lady Head aod ber female com
panions had taken an extra, paid Ipeir way
through to this city, and had the wag^MMn
their possession. At the Eagle Tavero,y^Or
Chester, where they stopped for an horr or
two, a crowd collected, and were very aojwtw
to know whether Sir Frauds waspres^and
insisted upon knowing the fact, lq conse
quence, several of the mob came
room, and the clerk of the coach office made
a demand for the way bill from Lady H*ad,
and would not be satisfied until she delivered
it up. The language of the crowd was very,
violent, and the apprehensions of the ladies
were very painfully excited by the menaces
and curses of the persons round the house in
reference to Sir Francis.
Connected with this subject, we have ascer
tained that, in expectation of the Lieut. Gov
ernor passing that way, a gang had posted it
self at Lewiston, with a view of taking pos
session of his person, and carrying him to'
Lockport, where the Grand Jury bad found
a true bill against him, McNab and others, as
being accessories in the Schlosser business.
Fortunately for the honor and tranquility of
these States, Sir Francis did not leave his
government to escort his family, feeling fully
confident thaffemales would be treated with
respect every where. Had he passed through,
the consequences would have been painful ;
he would have resisted any indignity, and the
evil passions which urged the instigators of
such a plan, would have hurried them into
further violence, and Lynch law might have
been the result. Great Britain would have
flown to aims, to avenge the insult offered to
the representative of its crown, and we should
have had to make a humiliating apology, or
maintain an unjust course originating in vio
lence, and supported by injustice. It is a bad
business in every respect; and the spirit which
prompts such manifestations, will yet set the
frontier in a flame, unless energetically and
immediately repressed.
The militia of New York Stat# is estima
ted at about 184,000, of which 7000 are
horse and 9000 artillery. The whole num
ber less by 8000 on the muster books than
last year. The cause is not stated^ It is
not diminished increase of populafkfti, bat
perhaps greater emigration to the West.
Carolina Hotel. "
THIS Establishment is now placed in
the most complete order for the re
ception of Travellers and permanent Boarders, and
the Proprietor assures those who may lavor him with
their patronage, that no exertions will be spared to
contribute to their comfort and convenience.
The Proprietor takes this occasion to return his
sincerc thanks for the very liberal support he ho* re*
ceived for a series of years post, and assures his old
customers that his arrangements are such as to ena
ble him to offer better accommodations than at any
other period since his commencement in business.
8TEWAKTV*
Charleston, Jan. 20, 1838. 3
[From the Southern Literary Journal
MEMOIR ON SLAVERY.? ContoiKoi.
If we should refer to the common moral
sense of mankind, as determined by their
conduct in all ages and countries, for a stan
dard of morality, it would seem to be in fa
vor of Slavery. The will 0f God, aa.deter
mined by utility, would be an infallible stan
^ fit, W?T .,ad a.n unerrin? measure ofutili
ty. The Utilitarian Philosophy* as it h com
monly understood, referring only ta the ani-*,
mal wants and employments, and physical
condition of man, is utterly false and degra
ojng. If sufficiently extended definition be
given to Utility so as to include every thing
that may be a source of enjoymeutor suffer
ing, it is for the naost psgt useless. How can
you compare the pleasures resulting from the
e*ei[cise the understanding, the taste and
thejmagination, witji the animal enjoyments
orthe senses? the gratification derived frogui
fine poem with that of a richr banquet 7 How
are we to weigh the pains and enjoyments of
one man highly cultivated and of great sensi
biiity, against those of many men of blunter
capacity for enjoyment or suffering ? And if
we could determine with certainty in what
utility consists, we are so short sighted with
respect to consequences? ?the remote results
of our best considered actions, are so often
wide of our anticipations, or contrary to them,
that we should still be very much in the dark.
But though we cannot arrive su absolute cer
tainty with respect to the- utility of actions,
it is always fairly matter , of, argument
Though an imperfect standard, .it is the best
we have, and perhaps the Creator did not in-*
tend that we should arrive at perfect certain
ty with regard to the morality, of, many ac*
tions. If after the most careful examination
of consequences that we are able to make,
with due distrust of ourselves, we impartial) v,
and in good faith, decide for that whic,h ap
pears likely to produce the greatest good, we
are free from moral gui/t. And I would im
press most earnestly, that with our imperfect
and limited faculties, and short sighted as we
are to the future, we can rarely, very rarely,
indeed, be justified in producing considerable,,
present evil or suffering, in the expectation of
remote future good ? if indeed this can ever
be justified.
In considering this subject, I stall not re
gard it in the first instance ij) reference to
the present position of the Slave-Holding
States, or the difficulties which lie in the
way of their emancipating their Slavey but
as a naked, abstract question?whether it is
better that the institution of j>raedial and do
mestic Slavery should, or should not exist in
civilized society. And though some of my
remarks may seem to have such a tendency,
let me not be understood as taking upon my
self that it is bettet, t ha t it shd hid exist. God
forbid that the responsibility of deciding sqcb
a question should ever be. thrown .on jpe or
my countrymen. Bat this I wi)l >?yt fm
not without confidence, that it is in tl^e pow
er of no human intellect to establish the con
trary proposition ? that it is better it'.shottld
not exist. This is probably known but
one being, and concealed from human saga
city. ' ' " i !* *? ? ?
There have existed in va^'us ages^'^nd
we now see existing in theiworld^ people in
every stage of c ivifizatfon, ' from the most "bar
barous to the most refiiied,^ l^dn, as THave
said, is not bom to civilization. ' He is 'bOrp
rude and ignorant.; Bift it Will be, ! suppose?
admitted that it is the" dflftgW
that he should attain to civilization/
religion should be.known,' tfet the com/pits
and elegancies of life should be enjoyed,; that
letters and arts' should be cultivated, in short,
that there should be the greatest bossibfe de
velopement of moral and intellectual excel
lence. It can hardly be necessary to say any
thing of thoscwho have extolled the superior
virtu esr andenjoymerrtsof saVage 1 fife
of physical wants sui(fsnfferings, of continu
al insecurity, of furious'passionsand depraved'
vices. Those who have, praised savage life,
art those who know nothing of 'if, 'or hive
become savages themselves. But as I have
said, so far as reason and nniversal exjieri
erice instruct ns, the institution of Slitery is
an essential process in emerging frorafsavage
life. It must then produce good, and pro
mote the designs of the Creator. T/ VJ?'
Fadd farther, that Slavery anticipates the
benefits of civilization , art# retard} the evils of
civilization. The former part of this prono- ;
sition has been so fnlly established by
ter of ?great power of thought? though T lear
his practical conclusions will be found oflittle '
value? that it ishanHy necessary to ui&fyP'
Property? the accumulation bf capit&'jrfr
is commonly called, is the first element of
civilization. But to accumulate or to use
capital to any considerable exteifc the combi
nation of labor is neeessaty; In feaHy1 Stages
of society, when people are thinly'scattered
over an extensive territory, HflrSBP
ry to .extensive works canhot be commanded.
Men are independent of eachofhefr. Having
the command of abundance of land, no one
will submit to be employed in the s^hice of
his neighbor. -1 No one,* therefore, ctfn errn
ploy more capital than he can trse witfihis
own hands, or those of?hi* fanfily, norlpftb
an income much- beyond "tbe hece^saries bf
life. There can, fhertfbfe* belittle lelsttre
for intellectual pursuits, <tt means of acqxtir
ing the comforts or elegancies of liffe'.r It is
hardly necessary to say hiowevet, thfct if email
has the command of slave*, litf ibay combine
labor, and use capital to any required extent,
and therefore accumulate-Veakh. Heshows
that no colonies have beeri *titcess$lly plant
ed without -some sort o? Slaver^'i Sd we
fihd the fact to be. t It is only flf* tHe Slave
Holding : States of oar confederacy that
wealth can be acquired by agrieulture-^whieh
? the genei ai employment Of our whole
country. Among us, we know that there is
no one, however humble his beginning, <rho
with persevering industry, intelligence, arid
orderly and virtuous habits, may not attain to
considerable opulence/ So far as wealth ha9
been accumulated m the States which do not
possess Slaves, it has been in cities by the
pursuits of commeree, or lately, by manufac
tures. But the products of Slave labftr fur
nish more than two-thirds of the materials of
? The author pf "England and Amemp." -We do,
however, mo?t indignantly repudiate hi? conclusion,
that we are bound to inbtoit to a thrift of protection,
as an expedient for retaining eur Slaves,* 'the fbrce
pf Uje.wjjoie Union, bang required tapraawe
very, to keepdown &? Slaves.*