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of co-ercing gentlemen who had already committed themselves after much reflection and discussion, by a deliberate and well con sidered vote, to turn short round and vote again in direct opposition to theirown delib erate opinion publicly pronounced and re corded, I consider as an irregular interfer ence on the part of the members who did so (if it has been done,) unkind and unfriendly toward their colleagues. I sincerely hope the prevailing rumor is unfounded. But if such an interference has really taken place, then I have no hesitation in saying, that it is so irregular and improper, that the in structed or requested representatives, are in honor and duty bound to refuse their counte nance to the practice, by refusing to con form to any request gotten up on a sudden to serve a party purpose by this unjustifiable iftanagement and manoeuvring. I beg of my fellow voters, to consider calmly what will be the effect of countenancing this practice in future. Is it not calculated to render us the tools and instruments, the degraded, de based, collar-men of one or other of the po litical parties at the seat of Government ? j Is it not calculated to bind us to the car of j one or other of the political aspirants for of- ; fice at the great central mart of patronage ? j To push forward measures as a stalking- j horse, concealing the demagogues, behind whose object is themselves ? Is it not cal culated to make us neglect our own friends at home, who look no further than State rights, State objects, and State honors, to raise into power at W ashington, those who { look at the State only as a convenient step ladder to their own ambition ? Is it not calculated to produce suspicious, jealous ies, quarrels, and duels, among our repre sentatives at the seat of Government, who ought to act in undisguised openness to wards each other, even when they differ (as they have a right to do,) from each other on great public questions ? It appears to me, Mr. Editor, that if a man is put into office by any of the regu lar forms prescribed by the Constitution, he must be put out of office by forms and pro- '? cedmgs of equal power and validity : he must go out in the way and manner which the Constitution allows and sanctions; and not by anv legislative management and ma noeuvring as a convenient substitute by which the provisions of the Constitution may be superceded, to serve the tempora ry views of a party. I am, .myself, what is called, a States Eights man : a nullifier. I hold that no thing can be added to, or taken from, or done under the Constitution, unless the ex press sanction for it can be found in that instrument. We are all bound "by its ex press permissions, unless in cases of mani fest, absolutely necessary implication. Who can find authority in that Constitution for the right of a legislature to instruct a sit ting member out of his constitutional seat in Congress ? What a disgraceful farce it is, to pretend reverence for the Constitution, and in the same breath to annihilate its so lemn provisions, and sweep away the rights of your own representatives under it, by a legislative proceeding so easily perverted to impure and party purposes ! If the Constitution does not authorise your proceedings, they are null and void ; afcd your instructed members, if they are nullifiers, as I hope they are, ought to tell you so; and disobey your orders founded on usurped authority, sanctioned neither by the expressions of the Constitution, by pub lic expedience, or a true sense of political justice. Indeed, indeed, these proceedings, are unworthy the high and dignified, the just and liberal character of our beloved State. If- you punish your representatives for honesty of opinion and independence of suffrage, do you degrade them or yourselves? Difference of opinion on great and difficult public questions, must and will, and ought to take place. The public are instructed by the discussions that arise in consequence. But difference of opinion is no crime, any more than difference of feature. It is no part of the conditions of a Senator's con tract who belongs not to his own State but to the United States, while sitting in the Senate, that with evidence before him of document and discussion which his con stituents cannot possibly possess, he should arrive at a different conclusion from them. Is he bound in honor and in conscience to ?vote on partial, incomplete, imperfect exhi bitions of facts and arguments, or on the clearest and fullest lights which the case af ? fords? The .imperfect, defective, inferior evi dence must of necessity be the lot of those ? who do not legislate at the seat of Govern ment. The able and searching discussions 'that take place there, we cannot enjoy or participate here. You sent your members ?to Washington, expressly to vote after pro : filing by all this documentary evidence, and hearing and reflecting on the debates that rtake place there on the questions agitated. Suppose one, or both should differ from each ?cither or from you: are they not bound in honesty to vote, according to their own con frictions there, and not according to your convictions here, where the best evidence on ihe subject cannot be obtained ? Show me the conditions of the contract agreed to by your representatives when elec ted. Show me that it was a previous con dition of their election expressly laid down and fallv understood, that your Senators for instance, sitting in the Senate, ijpt on behalf of South Carolina exclusively, though elec ted by her, but on behalf of the whole Uni ted ^States, that they should contradict in their places, their own deliberate recorded votes as Senators of the United States, at the bidding of a legislative party here ? Is this in the bend ? If not, can one party to a ? contraot, add provisions and conditions after wards, without consent of the other ? Is not , : this a law imparting the obligations of con tracts? Is it not an after thought; a claim without due notice? Ought it, cau it be binding on representatives at Washington? I shall treat of instructions hereafter more fully* These reasons incline me, Mr. Editor, to think that the resolutions of our last short session on the sub-Treasury bill, were pass ed under mistaken views of the rights of the house, and the rights of our repre sentatives. Others must judge as they deem proper. As to the sub-Treasury bill, with or without the specie clause, I care little about it. I regard it as the peculiar business of Congress; to be decided on the evidence and the discussions that pass there, not here. I find, in fact, that every State that has spoken out of Congress, is opposed to it. South Carolina, I fear, stands alone ; a single drop in the bucket. In Congress, the measure is supported by the strong patronage and influence of the adminis tration X but even this is insufficient. ? Indeed, government can well do without it, by means of its Treasury notes , which are so manifestly bills of credit, forbiddeu by the Constitution, that I see not how they can be justified by any one who respects that instrument. But I would leave all this to the proper constituted authorities at Washington. Our petty intermeddlings here, only show us up in the degrading character of personal partizans. A VOTER. Mr. Editor, ? I have lived too long in the world to be much surprised at any thing that occurs in the uncertain field of politics. ? Still, with the amusing vanity of a Carolinian, I had flattered myself, that the public men of our State stood on a higher eminence and breathed a purer atmosphere, than those who haunted the purlieus of the great presidential manufactory at Washington. Let the people look to it, and let them remember that how ever the cry may be of currency and the law ful coin; however they may be deluded with dreams of gold and silver, the whole mystery means nothing more than to bind the-m to the ? car of Martin Van Buren. At no time could we have permitted ourselves to indulge in vulgar vituperation of this gentleman. He has the ordinary amount, no great quantity to be sure, of political honesty, and is by no means destitute of talent or capacity for bus iness. He deals, however, too much in in direct methods of procedure; is ambitious beyond all proportion to the measure of his merits ; has played the game for the presi dential stake, with all the dexterity and har dihood of a political gambler, and when the regular rules of the game are insufficient to secure success, would sacrcely flinch from loadingthe dice orsecreting a card. He has been brought up in a bad school, and cannot be trusted. To consign us over to the tender mercies of this man is the ultimate aim df the subtle but powerful machinery, which has lately been set in motion within the state. The people must take the business into their own hands. With every man of common sense the real question will be Van Buren or Anti-Van Buren. PUBLICOLA. TO THE PEOPLE. A FEW PLAIN WORDS. There are eighteen States that have now Governors opposed to the present administra tion measures. There are eight Loco-foco Governors. I'here are twenty States that have Whig Legislatures ; and there are in fact but three that are likely to go with the administration actually. The influence of t]je administration, by power and patronage, in Congress, creates the votes of the Van Buren members there. Thus, after the defeat of the sub-Treasury bill, by the influence of the peoples voice, in Congress, the adminis tration lay by till they replenished their cof fers by the bills of credit called Treasury Notes; an^^eing now in cash, they have gained over members enough to render it probable that the bill called the sub-Treasuy ry will pass. Jf J 1 *?0* What is the suh- Treasury bill, so laudecH by our late Legislature ? A bill to put all ' the money raised for the service of the Unit ed States into the hands of persons appointedj by aDd renewable at pleasure by Mr. V; Bjiren. " j \\$hat is the Specie Clause 1 A provisiorr 'that the money so raised shall be in specie , for the use of the officers of Government exclu sively; and to give Mr. Van Buren and his officers the control, ultimately, of all the cash and all the exchanges of the money-market of the nation. v iy^What are Treasury Notes? Bills of cred^ fit? promises to pay ? intended to pass cur rent as money. They are a loan of money in a form directly, expressly forbidden by the Constitution. So that the whele com mand of money raised upon the people of the United States, whether in cash or in bills of credit, as a loan, shall be deposited in the hands of Mr. Van Buren and the favor ites he may appoint to manage it, according to His good will and pleasure. And this is called divorcing Government from the banks! This is the great patriotic proposal of Mr. J. C. Calhoun, to lessen the influence , the power, and the patronage of Government , and in crease the influence of South Carolina. ? Truly, a most effectual and satisfactory mode of doing it ; and because Mr. Calhoun re commends it, South Carolina is to vote blindly in favor of this plan. I know it will probably be carried, for I see some members alluded to who are supposed to be secured by the administration* since the issue of Treasury Notes. Is this such a plan as South Carolina ought to support ? Can common sense ap prove of it ? As to the necessity for and tendency of Uhe sub-Treasury, more next week. M'r<, QUERIST) The Washington Globe and the Chroni cle, par 7 tobile fratrum , are zealously employ ed in making it appear that the Whigs and Clay party at the North are abolitionists, and that the administration and Van Buren party are anti-abolitionists, and the firm friends and zealous allies of the people of the South. So much for party spirit* It blinds the un derstanding, perverts the judgment, and de praves and corrupts the heart. Both the ed itor of the Globe and he of the Chronicle know better ; but the elevation of Van Buren and the depression of Clay is their highest aspiration, and to accomplish this object they hesitate not to regard the suppression of truth as a very little matter, for the para mount purpose, hypocritically, of misleading the people. We do not deny that a large number of the whigs and Clay party of the North are abolitionists; but the Globe and the Chronicle both know perfectly wej) that the Northern ranks of the Van Buren party are also crowded with abolitiouists of the most rancorous character. Why then prac tise the deception of telling the people that Van Buren's party are the exclusive friends and natural allies of the people of the South ? The answer is plain. It is for the invidious purpose of drawing over the people of the South to the support of Van Buren's next election. It is worse thau idle,? it is deliberately wicked, to endeavor to gull and delude the South on this question; but especially is it an idle and imbecile manoeuvre. The peo ple are as well informed on this subject as these wiseacre editors themselves, and are wide awake. And although, the restless as pirants after office amongst them excepted, they consider it premature to agitate the pre sidential election as yet, and are quiet, yet they see through and through the puny de signs of these little venal scribblers, laugh at their imbecile efforts^ and contemn their con ceited and arrogant boldness and self-confi dence. ' The following article, from a rank aboli tionist paper, is worth republishing, for the two-fold purpose of exhibiting the true strength of the abolitionists, and to show how the Globe and the Chronicle stand convicted of suppressing one half of the truth ; and how studiously they are bent, by disguises and perversions of facts, to mislead the peo ple. But their labors will be all lost. Van Buren will never uuite the suffrages of South Carolina, nor do we .believe he will of any portion of the South. If South Carolina can do no better, so long as she can find blank paper, she will never disgrace herself by voting for Van Buren, who treacherously, by his casting vote, carried the most odious of all the tariff-laws in 1828, and that too af ter having pledged himself to our delegation that he would vote against it; who advoca ted the Proclamation and the Force bill, and who supported Jackson in all his barba ric assaults upon the currency, under which the whole country is prostrate and agonizing to the present hour. We can never even suppose that South Carolina can degrade herself by voting for Van Buren, of whom it is very well known that these are but a sam ple of his sins, or, in other words, of his dis qualifying CRIMES. We foresee, however, that the question of abolition, which we all feel as one of vast magnitude, is nevertheless only to be used as the stalking-horse of the Globe and the Chronicle, the Charleston Mercury humbly following suit, until Van Buren may be re elected, or until the contest is ended ; and after that, if we are not greatly mistakken, we shall see a great cooling off of their zeal, and the odious and dangerous monstrosity will in their view lose much of its impor tance. In truth, on the score of abolition, it is not easy to say which is most obnoxious and objectionable, Vau Buren or Clay. Their opinions, as declared, are the same. There is, perhaps, this difference, to wit: if we come to blows, which we believe we shall, Van Buren will inevitably go with the North, and Clay, by his position, would be coerced to fall in with the South. The Globe says that Mr. Calhoun has 'gone over ;o the administration on account of the attitude of parties ; and rumor says that Mr. Calhoun intends to endeavor to car ry this State for Van Buren. We are in credulous ; but, if true, he will find it a more Herculean labor than he has yet underta ken. Let it not be forgotten that we are mainly indebted to Mr. Calhoun for the false estimate that this State was led to put upon the merits and claims, x>f General Jackson ! Is his judgment better now ? Or are hi$ in terested biasses less now than they were then ? ^ From the Pennsylvania Freeman. We do not pretend to understand the character of modern democracy better than the Globe its accred ited and official organ. The statements of that paper in regard to the treachery of the great body of " the party" to the principles of old fashioned democracy is we fear too true.? But one thing is certain? in its extreme anxiety to secure the favor of the slave holding South, it has overlooked a multitude of im portant facts tending to show that the principles of emancipation have found a resting place even under the banners of modern democracy. The Globe speaks of the anti-slavery resolutions of the Vermont and Massachusetts Legislatures, as Whig resolutions. ? Now is this the fact? The Van Buren Candidates for Secretary of State and Lieut. Governor of Ver mont, were both officers of Anti-Slavery societies. The resolutions in question, received the vote of both parties in the Legislature. The two last democratic, Van Buren, Conventions of that State, have openly expressed abolition principles. Some of the most ac tive and influential members of the Van Bnron party in the State are local Agents of the American Anti Slavery Society. How is it in Massachusetts ? The Massachusetts Legislature contained last year more than 200 Van Buren members ; of these only six voted against the "fire brand" resolutions. The Senate even went beyond the House : and the Hon. Seth Whitemarsh, vtho headed the Van Buren electoral ticket was one of the most eloquent and able advo cates of abolition at its board. Hon. F Bowman, an other Van Buren membensaid that he believed the re solutions would the means of dissolving the Union, but that he shodra nevertheless give them vote. Was the editor of the Globe, aware that the Van Bu ren candidate for Congress in Boston, at the last elec tion, was Amasa Walker, a man almost as notorious for his Abolitionism as William Loyd Garrison? Did he know that the Hon. George Bancroft recently ap \ pointed collector of the port of Boston, has long been an abolitionist? and that on the fourth of July, 1W&, he maintained the infcendiary doctrine before the as sembled democracy of Hampden county ? ? Has the editor wad the letters of Judge Morton, Alexander H. Everett, and the democratic candidates for the Senate in Massachusetts, to the enquiries of aboli tionists ? Does he know that a large proportion of tile Van Buren papers of the State are favorable to abolition ? '? Then look at Rhode Island. Who introduced a gag law into the Legislature of that State ? A Whig ? and Dutee J. Pierce, the Van Buren leader in the State, used his influence against it. The letter of Pierce, at the late election, to William M. Chace, Secretary of the anti-Slavery Society, is full of ultra "fanaticism," and would condemn him before any court of Judge Lynch. Even Gov. Hill of New Hampshire who bears about his own person the de mocracy of the State tells the abolflionists in a recent -letter, that he is in favour of a State law, contraven ing the law of Congress, and gfanting a jury trial to persons claimed as fugitive slaves. "What has the Globe to say in reference to the abolition tendencies of the able organ of the party, in New York ? the Evening Post ? What of the com bined democracy and abolition of Wm. Legget ? the ablest defender who has yet appeared of tne Sub Treasury Scheme? What of Thomas Morris, the Van Buren Senator of Ohio, and the only manly ad vocate of immediate abolition at the Senate board ? " But enough We commend the above facts to the editor of the Globe, as evidence that the Northern and Eastern friends of Martin Van Buren, are not all prepared to be sold in the Southern maiket ? and that however powerful may be the machinery of party, truth is stronger than all." In the last Chronicle is this clause : " Far mers, Laborers , and Mechunics of the North! We solemnly warn you against the combi nation between Abolitionists and Federalists ? the Beast and the Dragon that have risen but to destroy !" Mark ye ! Not a word about the combina tion of the Abolitionists and the Van Buren ites ! We simply ask why is this? Every reader can at once supply the answer. Mr. Editor of the Chronicle, would it not be more patriotic and honorable to give the whole truth of the case ? SOUTHERN. MANURES. Mr. Johnstov, ? In Ruffin's Farmer's Register for May, 1838> p. Ill, is an extract from a letter by Lardncr Vanuxem , Esq., for merly my aid in the College here, giving a | very brief account of the localities of what he terms shell marl , in Soutl^Carolina, viz. : at the Santee Canal, Eutaw Springs, Dr. Jameson's, near Orangeburgh Court House, Mr. Darby's, in St. Matthews, at Godfrey's Ferry, on the Pedee river, on the Edisto, &c. &c. To which I have to add a locality two miles south of Darlington Court House. Marie , technically, is a soil com posed of sand, clay, and limestone, where the latter earth is in the proportion of one third or more. I have, reason to belietfe that all these localities consist principally of lime stone, with various proportions of sand, but a very small quantity of clay, or argillaceous earth. My son brought me, a short time ago, a specimen* of the shells and soil from the great oyster bank on the Santee, which I believe extends eight or ten miles. I have also received from Judge D. Johnson a spe cimen of the shell marie from near Darling ton Court House. I regard all these, from the charactei of the shells in them, to belong to the Tertiary formation ? in modern phra seology, antediluvian. Of the specimen from Santee, I took 100 grains of an oyster shell, (of an extinct spe oies.) I dissolved it in muriatic acid, and about 5 per cent, of sand remained undis solved. I threw down all the limestone with carbonate of potash, boiling the solution to drive away any excess of carbonic acid, which is apt tp keep limestone in solution. liquor being filtered, and the residuum dried and weighed, furnished the expected propor tion of limestone. I took the earth with which the inside of the shells was filled up. I dissolved it as be fore, procuring about 90 per cent, of lime stone. 'The residuum was chiefly sand, with but little clay-earth. I took 100 grs. of the common gravelly soil furnished me by Judge D. Johnson, from Dar lington Court House vicinity. I rejected all the larger fragments of shells, taking what appeared to be the soil, I treated it as be fore, with muriatic acid, which dissolved per fectly 75 per cent, of the gravelly soil, leaving (when dried perfectly and weighed) 25 per cent, of soil, almost entirely sand, undis solved. Here, then, in various parts of our State, are deposites of shell limestone, just as valu able for manure as any other whatever, to sandy, to clayey, or to an intermixture of sandy and clayey soil. A source of wealth that is of very great exten' and very great value. Limestone in Europe is applied when burnt into lime, sometimes to the amount of 300 bushels per acre. Twenty hundred weight of limestone ought to be exposed to fire in the kiln till it will yield but eleven hundred weight, or, more accurately, from 43 to 44 per cent, of carbonic acid ought to be driven off by the heat ; else the lime is imperfectly burnt, and will not make good mortar. When laid and slacked upon the land, it regains from the air about 30 per cent, of carbonic acid in about 10 days, and is gradually changed into limestone again. Hence the necessity of keeping lime from the air, which is to be used as a cement ; hence, too, powdered limestone may be as good as lime in most cases. I would there fore, were I a farmer, merely grind and screen the shell marie, without burning it, and put at least 300 or 350 bushels ot the screened earth per acre on the land. This will form a good constitution of soil, and will permanently prove useful. I should deem 400 bushels per acre, on sandy soils, not too much, and the addition of clay will add to the productive power of the mixture thus made. But as I am not a practical far mer, I say this with deference to the judge ment of those who are. I am, &c. THOMAS COOPER, M. D. Strayed FROM the subscriber, on the 20th March latt, a sorrel HORSE, near fifteen hartds high, with a small defect in one eye, no brands recollected. Any information concerning the raid horse will be thankfully received. TH ^ o' ' Chester C. H , S.C., June 9, 1938 24 3t DIED, At Newberry Court House, on ( Fie night of Sun day, the 10th instant, after a few days illness, Mr WILLIAM A. BRANTHWAITE, in the 33d year of his age. Friend* who knew him, can appreciate his worth and revere his memory. T 1PIBIKSI23 COLUMBIA, June 16, 1839. BAGGING, Hemp, IS a 25 BALE ROPE,.., .....12 a 15 BACON, Round,. 12 a 14 BUTTER, Country 20 a 25 COTTON, ;.7 a 94 MACKEREL, No. 1, S13 a 16 No. 2, 10 a 11 " No. 3,. . i ... v .... 74 a 8 FLOUR, Country,. ......... k ... > 860 a 10 CORN', *n.*...?10U a 106 OATS, 62 a 75 PEAS, . 91 a 112 IRON, Swedes, . ...;6 a 7 14 English, .5 a 12 LARD, New,. ?..?12a 18 MOLASSES, Cuba, .50 a 55 " New Orleans,., t. .. ? ?>..50a56J Orders I\ro. T4. HEAD QUARTERS, > Columbia, 5tb June, 1838. ) HE following Regiments and Corps will pamde for review and drill at the respective times and planes following, viz : The 15th Regiment of Infantry at Williamson's, on Saturday the 23rd of June instant. The 43rd Regiment of Infantry at Beauford's Bridge, on Tuesday the 26th of June. - The 3rd Regiment of Cavalry at Barnwell Court House, on Thursday the 28th of June. The 11th Regiment of Infantry at Ashley's, on Saturday the 30th of June. The 7th Regiment of Infantry at the Old Wells, on Tuesday the 3rd of July next The 9th Regiment oflnfantry at Lowe's, on Thurs day the 5th of July. The 2nd Regiment ofCavaliy at Lowe's on Satur day the 7th of July. The 10th Regiment of Infantry at Richardson's, on Tuesday the 10th of July. The 8th Regiment of Infantry at Morrow's old field, on Saturday the 14th of July. The 6th Regiment of Infantry at Lomax's,on Tues day the 17th of July The 40th Regiment of Infantry at Boyd's on Thurs day the 19th July. The 41st Regiment of lnf.intry at Park's old field, on Saturday the 21st of July. The JOtli Regiment of Cavalry at Belfast, on Tues day the 2<lih of July. The 38th Regiment of Infantry at Keller's old field, on Thursday tne 26th of July. The 39th Regiment of Infantry at Long's, on Sat urday the 28th of July. The 21th and 25th Regiments of Infantry at Winns boro', on Tuesday the 3 let of July. The 6th Regiment of Cavalry at Yongue's, on Thursday the 2nd ol" August next. The 26th and 27th Regiment ol Infantry at Ches ville, on Saturday tho 4th of August. The 34th Regiment of Infantry at Yorkville, on Tuesday the 7th of August. The 46th Regiment of Infantry at Ebenezer, on Thursday the 9tn of August. The ?5th Regiment of Infantry at Union C. House, on Monday the 13th of August. The 45th Regiment of Infantry at the Burnt Fac tory, on Wednesday the 15th of August. The 36th Regiment of Infantry at Tiramon's old field, on Saturday the 18th of August. The 37th Regiment of Infantry, at Wilkinsold field, on Tuesday the 21st of August The 9th Regiment of Cavalry at Gafneys old field, on Thursday the 22d of August. The ltt Regiment of Infantry at Bruton's, on Sat urday the 1st of September next The 3rd Regimentof Infantry atToney'sold store, on Tuesday the 4th of September. The 1st Regiment of Cavalry at Pickf nsville, on Thursday the 6th of September. The 5th Regiment of infantry at Hunter's on Sat urday the 8th of September. The 2nd Regimentof Infantry at Hull's, on Tues day the 11th September. The 42nd Regiment of Infantry at Mioton's, on Thursday the 13th of September. The 4th Regiment of Infantry at Verrennos, on Saturday the 15th of September. The Officers and Sergeants of the 7th brigade will assemble for Encampment near Society Hill, on Mon day the 1st of October next ; to remain Encamped six days. v The 29th Regiment of Infantry will parade for re view and drill at Darlington C. House, on Monday the 8th of October. The 30th Regiment of Infantry at Bennetsville on Thursday the 11th of October. The 28th Regiment of Infantry at Chesterfield Court House, on Saturday the 13th of October. ' The 21?t Regiment of Infantry at Lancaster Court House, on Tuesday the 16th of October. The 22nd Regiment of Infantry'at Camden, on Thursday the 18th of October. The 5th Regiment of Cavalry at Camden, on Sat urday the 20th of-October. The 20th Regiment of Infantry at the Swimming Pens, on Tuesday the 23rd of October. The 44th Regiment of Infantry at Sumferville, on Thursday the 25th of October. . % The 31st Regiment of Infantry at Black Mings, on Tuesday the 3uth of October. The 33rd Regiment ofinfantry at Conway borough, on Saturday the 3rd of November next. The 32nd Regiment of Infantry at Marion Court House, on Tuesday the 6th of November. The Officers a/id Non-Commissiotied Officers of the 35th Regiment will assemble on Saturday the 11th of August for drill and instruction, the Officers and Non Commissioned Officers of all other Regi ments will assemble for the like purpose, on the day previous to their respective reviews, except those of the 29th Regiment of Infantry, who are excused from that duty in consequence of their encampment. Complete returns of tho Militia of each Brigade, and public arms and equipments, will be made by the respective Brigadier Generals to the Adjurant and Inspector Geneml at Edgefield C House, before the 1st of November next. The Major Generals and Brigadier Generals with their respective Staff, will attend the reviews within their respective commands. By order of the Commander-in-chief. JAMES JONE8. Adjl and I/ispec'r Gen. June 6, 25. fcstray. BROUGHT to my stable on the morning of the 12th insi. a BAY MARE, about fourteen hands high, and six years old, which the owner may get by proving properly and paying expenses. MARYGANDY. Columbia Juno 16, 1836. Bank of Georgetown, S. t\ i June 7, 1838. HOLDERS OF STOCK in this Institution, who have not yet taken out Certificates, are reques ted to do so at once, preparatory to declaring the July Dividond. Receipts addressed to me with instruc tions, and loft at the office of John Fraser & Co , Charleston, will have immediate attention, and Cer tificates returned. J.CilAPMAN, Cashier, June 16 25 Notice. THE members of THE YOUNG MEN'S SO C1AL CLUB will meet THIS EVENING, at the Library, at half past 8 o'clock. By order. A. h. K LINE, Sec'y. Independent Fire Engine Company. THE Members of this Company are notified to attend a regular meeting on TUESDAY Eve ning next, ISth instant, at 8 o'clock, at the Town Hall. The member* will come prepared to pay arrear ages and monthly contributions. P. SOLOMON, Sec'y. Columbia, June 16, 1833 Wanted, GEORGIA, Alabama, and New Orleans Bank Notes, if application be made early. ALSO FOR SALE, Checks at sight on Charleston. JOHN GLASS. June 16, 1838 25 tf Final Notice. ALL persons indebted to tho Estate of Michael Harkin, deceased, will please make immedi ate payment either to myself or my attorneys, Messrs. Black & Arthur, and save costs, as further indulgence cannot be given. Those to whom said estate is indebted will hand in their accounts, properly attested, to myself or my said attorneys. S. C. DEBRUl'L, . Adm'r. of Michael Harkih. June 16, 193% -' 25 Administratrix' Sale. BY permission of James S. Gcignard, FJ*q, Or dinary for Richland District, will be sold before the Court House in the total of Columbia on the first Monday jn July next, nl 10 o'clock A. M., seven and a half shares in the Columbia Bridge Company. ? Also, a l<?t of Cost Iron Wheels, being part -and" r$*i duu of personal estate of William J. Myddelton, de ceased Terms ca-h. MARY MYDDELTON, Administratrix of Wr?i. J. Myddelton, dee d* By her Agent, PETER J. SilANl). June 1G, 1834. Zb fee Creams. THE Rooms, a few doom Itolow Clark's Hotels (lately known on th?? Insurance Office,) haVtf been neatly fitted op, with a view to furnishing thtf public"" with the above-mentioned delicacy, m rather superior style. . The back roonj, which is retired and pleasantly situated, and distinct from the front, is intended ci clusively for the accommodation of the Ladie*. These roomn wHl lie open on aud after this dav. June 16, 183S h General Orders, No. 7. HE YD QUARTERS, \ Columbia, 1st- June, 1839 $ [WffALACHl FORD, Knu having been elected lvJL and commiMioneJ Major (ienertd of the 2d di vision of South Carolina Mditia, will bo reappl ied and obeyed accordingly. By order of the Coin mander-in chief. JAMES JONES Adj't. and Inspt'r. (ienorul. Esl rayed, ON Wedneedayi thfe Uth instant, from the Sub scriber, two dark cuesnut sorrel HORSES.? One of them is much larger than the other; both have marks of the collar; the large horse has no shoeson ? the small horse has been recently shod be* fore. They were last seen <Jn the road from Winns boro' to Columbia. A liberal reward will be fjiveo for the above horses delivered to me in Columbia, or any information of them thankfully received ?. W. GREEN; May 2T?, 1833 21 3t JYegrocs Wanted . THE Subscriber is desirous of hiring 50 or oQ first rate Negro Men to work on the Xouisville? Charleston and Cincinnati Rail Road, in the vicinity of Columbia. Libend wages will be given* Per sons wishing to hire will call at the Rail Rood OtfJcO back of tho Comwerciul Renfe. WILSON NESBtTT. Columbia, April 7. 1838. 14 Proclamation* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, J Columbia, 6th J&nb, 1833. ( ? By His Excellency PIERCE M BUTLER, Esq.* Governor and COntniander-in-ckuf in hud over th.4 Slate aforesaid . WHEREAS on the 21th of October, 1837,# Proclamation was issued by thit Department# offering a reward of $2u0 for' the apprehension am) delivery of JACK, a negro man slave, the pfopertjf of Gkorqe McAlii.lv, charged with the munic/ of William Nance, and which said Jack lias c$t i caped and fled from justice? And whereas it wai made kntfvn to thb Depart' ment, by letter from His Excellency the Governdf of Kentucky, dated 7th of March, 1838, that the said negro Jack, five or six weeks previous to the date 9/ said letter, had been apprehended, and was then con/ fined in the juil at Frankfort, a* a fugitive from itis' lice, on account of said murder, and as such wotlla bf delivered to any agent cjothjd with a proper demand from this Department : And whereas, in Consequent* of the aforesaid information front His Eicellency the Governor <tf Kentucky, a dcttiariu, In due an$ legaj form, :was made, bearing date the 17th April l&st, re quiring the Governor of Kentucky to 1 turrender the body of the aaid Jack 10 the agent therein named, *4 the end that he might be brought to this State and tried for the nul crime : And whereas it appears that before the arrival of the agent from ithirState in Ken tucky, with the demand aforesaid, a man calling hi* name Hancock appeared at, the jail in Frankfort* Kentucky, with a power of attornev from George McAlilJy, the owner of said Jack, and demanded him from the jailer as a runaway slave of said Mc\lilty's; to whom the said jailer delivered him ; And that th# said Hancock, as agent of said McAlilly, afterwards sold baid negro Jack to a Mr. Mondy, residing in O v ing county, Kentucky, who again solJ him, and re fused to inform the agent of this State to whom sold or where he was carried: An '.it is further stated to this Department that the negro's name, on the laa? sale; was changed from Jack to Sen : NOW KNOW YE, That to the intent that justice may be done, and the Raid Jack, his aiders, and abet/ tors brought to condign punishment for the crimf aforesaid, I do hereby offer a reward of EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS, in addition to the reward offered in my former proclamation, doted 24th Ocw ber, 1837, for the apprehension and delivery of the negro Jack into any jail within this State ; and half that amount for such information against .an j person or persons who have been guilty of harboring,- aid' ing, or assisting the said Jack, as will effect convic tion in a court of justice. And it is further proclaimed and made known, that the informant, on his appearing and giving evidence on the trial of such person or piersons charged with the crime of harboring, aiding, or assisting the said Jack to escape from justice, shall remain fret* of and discharged from any prosecution or legal proceedings against himself for or on account of any matter 0/ thing he may have done in relation to the escape of said Jack. , ? In testimony whereof I have hereunto < L.S. > set .my hand and caused the seal o( ' ? the Slate to be affixed, this 6tft dajf of June, A. I). 1838. P. M. BUTLEE. By order. B. H. S A XO.V, Secretary of State. T Caul ion to the Public. COMMERCIAL BANK, 1 Columbia, June 6, 1838. j HERE has been presented at this bank s TE3f ? . DOLLAR NOTE, made up entirely of sever! pieces cut out of other* notes. Some of the* note? from which these pieces have been taken have also been presented. As the validity of the notes may be destroyed by this fraudulent mutilation, the pufc^ lie are cautioned against taking them. They are ea sily detected. The bills from which the pieces has* been cut are about one inch too short, and the place where the piece has been cut out is readily discov ered on inspection. The bills .made Up of pieces are of the usual size, but can be detected on the slightest examination. 4t A. BLANDING, President. in ivqifity. RICHLAND DISTRICT. Ex parte, "I a ^ "r i Petition for sale of slave. Amelia Broadway, J - Rebecca Broadway. J ILL be sold before the Court House ia C<f V ? lumbra, on the first Mondav iff ftext, a prime young negro fellow named BUHRSLL, about 27 or 28 years of age ; the object of the eaie being le invest the proceeds in girls, for the benefit of the re mainder man. Burrell is gqod at many things, and, among others, is a good turner. ? Terms of sale : ? i>evcnty-five dollars cash, balance upon a credit of one, two, and three years, interest from the date, payable annusHy. Bond, mortgage, and good personal security will be required JAS. L CLARK, C. E R. D June 9, 1838 24 ?? Sou&fi Carolina College . MA^ 29, 1838. | PROPOSALS will be received by either of the Mi Subscribers, until the first Monday in Julv next, for filling the vacancy of Steward of the Col lege, on whicn day the appointment wHl be msde Tne person appointed wiB be required tabefuliy prepared to opien tbo Commons 0* the first day of ??0b"nMt' A. BLANDINb, D. JOHNSON, W. F. DESAUSSURE, JAMES GREGG, D. J. McCORD, 23 3* ? Committee