Columbia telescope. (Columbia, S.C.) 1828-1839, June 23, 1838, Image 3
Supposa^he commuc' y three hundred j
thousand instead of three hundred; as they j
cannot meet in one body to any good pur- j
pose, is not the plain course for them to ap- j
point representatives, to do exactly what j
they would do themselves if they met indi- i
vidua! !y 1
The representatives, meeting for the com- 1
mon interest of the 300,000, would not attend |
as the representatives of 1000 only, though ;
it might be couvenient to appoint them each j
by 1000 electors : but when met they would i
be the representatives of the whole commu- !
nitv.
*
Now suppose the electors from division A
should say to their representative, on a great
and difficult public question, 44 We have met
and considered this subject briefly, but with
out the advantage of the facts and documents
that you have examined, or the discussions
that you have heard ; but we can do without
them ; we know enough of the subject intu
itively ; and we. instruct you to vote in the
affirmative, whatever vour owu opiuion may
? " Very well," says the representative,
" you shall be obeyed."
The debate comes on. 44 Pray what is
your opinion ?" says an uniustructed to the
instructed member. 44 1 have no opinion but
what mv constituents order me to deliver."
*
44 Indeed! I thought you were sent here to
afford myself and your other colleagues in
formation on this question, after you had du
ly examined the documents, evidence, and
arguments on each side. Sir, I do not sit
here to consult an oak post, devoid of intel
lect- Your conduct, sir, is a fraud ou the
house ; it is so on my own constituents, who
have a right to call on you, not for the crude,
hasty resolutions of your people, who have
not consulted, and do not possess the neces
sary lights to form a correct judgment on ,
this difficult subject. They have sent you,, ?
to hear, to read, to think, aud after much j
thought to decide. I am not sent here to I
consult with men, whom none of my facts or !
arguments can make any impression ou. ? j
Sir, it is your duty to give us, who sit with |
you, the full benefit of your own real, delib- j
erate, well-informed opinion, and noi. the j
hasty determinations of half-informed men. j
Sir. you have no right in this house, if you ;
will not do your duty when you are in it ; j
and your duty here is not that of a parrot, or |
a repeating clock, but of an inquiring, anx- j
ious, honest man, who gives us, his col- j
leagues, the best opinion he can form for j
himself, after hearing all that is said, or as j
much as he deems necessary for his own
convictions. Sir, I should be glad to know
of what use to the public would a collection
of oak posts be, to occupy our places in this
house ? And what else are you ?
A VOTER.
/ TO THE PEOPLE. \
< A few more plain words. My object is
to show that by various modes of force or
of manoeuvring, the design of Gen. Jackson
was, and of Mr. V an Buren is, to seize upon
the national treasury, and to keep the money
taken from the pockets of the people, in his
own. Increase of taxation, and extravagant
expenditure follow of course.
Gen. Jackson, not being able to bribe or !
overawe William J. Duane, who refused to
bend to his purposes, turned him out, and ;
1 pat in the more service instrument, Mr. Ta- ,
Vney. < S
I do not want to enter into the? difficult,
question of a natioual bank : but because
Gen. Jackson could not bend Mr. Biddle to
his purposes, he made war upon Mr. Bid
die's Bank. But he declared that he could
devise a uational bank that would be free
from objections, and answer the purpose of
the treasury. No doubt it would answer
General Jackson's purposes to strengthen
his designs on that Treasury which he had
boldlv seized upon; and strange to say, with
the acquiescence of a degraded and pusil
lanimous people. To the end of his Presi
dential period. Gen. Jackson continued in
possession of the treasury so obtained* &XC
Mr. Van Buren has succeeded torthe pow
er and the plans of Gen. Jackson : and by
force or by fraud, by manoeuvring, or by the
dextrous application of lucrative patronage,
his design is to obtain and to keep posses
sion and control of the public treasury. To
make taxation and expenditure as high as j
possible, and to place the custody of the
cash within his own absolute command, for
his own views and purposes; by the sub
Treasury bill ? by the issuing of bills of cre
dit under the denomination of Treasury 1
j notes. ^ ^ ^ ?*.?. ^ ^ v j
The suh-trea&ury bill enacts, that all the
money raised in taxes, (now about 31 mil
lions annually) shall be placed in the custo
dy of receivers and collectors appointed and
removable bv Mr. Van Buren at his own good
O
will and pleasure. Mr. J. C. Calhoun is
charmed with this most effectual and patri
otic scheme of LESSENING ! ! ! the pow
er, the patronage, and the influence of the
president and the federal government. Un
luckily, about 23 States out of 26, are ofj
opinion, that for LESSENING, we ought I
to read INCREASING. However, the j
Sub-treasurers need not mind these igno- I
rant cavillers, for they have on their side the {
enlightened caucus of the last short session i
which met under instructions from Wash- !
ington. With such allies, who need be
atraid ? All the opponents of the sub-Trea- 1
sury bill at Washington will be struck dumb
at the deliberate wisdom of their proceed
ings ? the refractory States will be convert
ed, and we shall soon see the sub-Trea
^*ry, and the Treasury, and the 31 mil
ltons of hard cash, safely and snugly lodg
ed under the disinterested superintendance
of Messrs. Van Buren, and the worthy gen
tlemen whom he will please to nominate as
his sub-guardians of the public money.
But lest the sub-freasury bill should rail.
j Mr. Y\?n Buren and his friends have resort- j
; ed to bills of credit, called Treasury notes. \
Congress may do what the Constitution
express')* permits: Congress can do nothing j
but what is expressly permitted, or by abso- j
lute necessity implied.
Congress is permitted by the Constitution, j
ty raise mo ney in two ways: 1st. By impost j
and taxation. 2d. Bv loan. Of course, these i
I
being expressly allowed, every other mode j
I of raising money is forbidden to Congress,
/f he Treasury uotes therefore, are clearly
'unconstitutional. They are a mode of rai
sing money adopted by Congress by usurpa
tion ; for the power is not to be found in
the Constitution. Can you show us the
clause Mr. J. C. Calhoun? But the rai
sing of money by bills of credit is expressly
forbidden in the Constitution. WhaJ is a
bill of credit? O
A written promise to pay a sum of mOney J
at a future time, which proiniso is intended j
to be issued as currency to serve y l\eu ofj
Victual money now. Cj * f\
^The Courts of Law have decided (in South i
Carolina and Kentucky,) that such a bill is
not a bill of credit, unless the Slate is liable
(m~the~face~o7r the bill. It is not enough
that the^ba'uk, or the officers of the bauk,
or the officers of the State, appear to be
liable ; the State itself must be so? and must
be so on the face of the bill ; for the court
can presume nothing but what it sees. It
is,true, Judge Marshall is said to have dis
sented from the Kentucky case, but I do
not know this.
There is no difficulty however, in the
matter of the Treasury notes : no such
objection lies to them; the federal govern
met is made liable for their payment.
If this be not a persevering plan to get j
possession of the purse of the nation, and to
keep it at all hazards and by all means, I
know not what is. ^ I * *?- ,
I do not wonder at Mr. Van Buren's per
severence in this gigantic plan of preserv
ing his power, by having the purse of the
nation always at his command ; but that Mr.
J. C. Calhoun with equally determined per
severence, should aid Mr. Van Bureu to
carry this plan into effect, with the avowed
intention on Mr. Calhoun's part, to cut oft,
to annihilate, to paralyze the enormous in
fluence, and patronage of the Executive, is
past accounting for. But it is not for us
plain people to understand the eccentric
course of this strange but eloqueut and in
genious man. I leave .his defences to his
own K ^
? QUERIST. >
'or theTelescope.] ?
In all the discussions on the sub-Treasury
! scheme, it is taken for granted that the
i Banking Institutions of the S'ates have been
! tried and found wanting in capacity to dis
j charge the duties of fiscal depositories of the
| United States Government. The truth on
j the subject is, that the banks have been tried
; as meaus of promoting ministerial patronage,
but not as agents to increase jthe convenience
of the people, or to secure the safe-keeping
of the public treasure. It is worth while to
advert to a few historical facts.
The Bank of the United States was found
utterly deficient in the requisite degree of
obsequiousness to General Jackson and his
administration: it refused to interfere in
elections, or to make use of its influeuce for
f the purpose of sustaining the President in
his nefarious plan of appointing his succes
! sor. To the ignorance, the recklessness,
! and the unblushing dishonesty of purpose in
; this perverse old man, are to be traced all the
evils which, for the last nine years, have af
flicted the land. Of all the paradoxes with
i which the country generally, and Carolina
j most especially, have been cursed, since the
I rage for President-making and man-worship
first commenced, none has been more fatal
; in its consequences, than the attempt to re
store the reign of constitutional liberty thro'
the agency of a military despot, who united
in his person the imperial will and blind fa
voritism of Tiberius, with the ignorance and
contempt of popular rights, and the fitful
and irregular action, of Caligula. With this
ominous reign came increased taxation, un
limited and irresponsible expenditure, and a
surplus revenue. When, after a good deal
of opposition and delay, it was determined
that this surplus should be distributed, no
? matter how great the violation of the consti,
I tution by which it was to be effected, the ad
' ministration, formerly indeed the propound
: ers of the plan, determined, as a rallying
^ point, to render the measure in its practical
I operation as odious as possible. Indeed,
' there were enough of inherent difficulties in
| the measure itself. The large surplus had
[ been deposited in banks, who had loaned the
i whole of it to individuals, under the expec
| tation that a very considerable period of time
j would elapse before they would be required
1 to refund. Iudeed, they had every reason
| for this belief; for how could it be imagined
! that they who had denounced the plan of
distribution, according to the population,
when proposed by the President, would, in
: an incredibly short space of time, become its
most violent abettors and advocates.
A large Giedit granted to an individual,
and suddenly recalled, is most commonly at
tended with the ruin of the party thus treat
ed. Banks form no exception to this rule.
The debtors of these institutions, although
possessed of large properties, were able to
afford them but little assistance. In the
West the chief security was land, _ which,
though extremely valuable naturally, was
wholly unsaleable when suddenly forced up
on the market. In New York, the great
emporium of the country, fifteen millions of
property had been destroyed in one night ;
and this, joined to extravagant efforts and
boundless expenditures in rebuilding and
adorning the city, called for large supplies
*t>f currency. Whether in the East or in the
West, the ouly present aid was found in in
creased emissions. Regarded abstractly,
! and with a bare reference to the quantity of
! the precious metals in the vaults of the banks,
an increase of paper might have been pro
nounced hazardous. Practically, however,
! the measure was sustained by what had a -
| ways been found a safe criterion of the value
of paper money ? the capacity of the indus
try of the country to absorb the supply
I point of fact, none of it returned upon the
| banks for redemption. Every one acquaint
ed with such subjects, or who will give t era
I a moment's serious consideration, must per
ceive that bank notes arc subject to the uni
versal law of supply and demand; and that
as long as they are briskly carried out of the
market and thrown into the channels of cir
culation, their value will be upheld. If in
the face of so obvious a proof any doubt re
main on tlie'subject, thete is the broad fact,
I that the prices of cotton, that gieat staple,
I which regulates the value of every thing else
[lin the country, are not at all influenced by
any estimate originating on this side of the
Atlantic, but by the actual slate of the con
sumption in Europe compared with the sup
ply. Whatever our sins and omissic .3 on
the subject of paper emissions may have
been"; it is abundantly plain that they had not
and could not have deranged our prices.
The standard of these had been fixed by the
impartial competition of foreigners, whose
vital interests depended upon keeping the
value of our products as low as possible.
Up to the period when the Treasury Cir
cular was issued, it is certain that we had, to
say no more of it, a good and sufficient cur
rency, yet emphatically resting upon public
confidence. What was the effect of the
Treasury Circular ? To create alarm in the
banks ; to cause them to diminish their dis
counts, as the only means of sustaining
themselves against the sudden assaults of the
Government, and, as a necessary conse
quence, to cripple the industry and resources
of the whole community. It will be asked,
what, could a requisition of eight or ten mil
lions of specie in a year cause so much dis
tress, when the currency is represented to
have been sound ? Undoubtedly. In all
such cases, the deficit raises the value of
the article, not in direct ratio to the want
felt, but in the constantly increasing ratio of
competition amon^hose who must obtain it
or perish. The dWe#demand for ten mil
lions caused an incidental demand for 'at
least fifteen or twenty millions more. We
were obliged to seek for it abroad, and then
fell upon us the great mass^evil. Our
fl&stomers, who had calculated on^aying for
$fur commodities by an exchange of their
own, took the alarm. Gold was sud-lenly
enhanced in value, and made the standaid 111'
the transfers of our great staple, suddeuly
j depreciated fifty per cent, in price. Had
that been sustained, the industry of the
country had already supplied a fund amply
1 sufficient to meet all its engagements. As
! it was, we were left one whole crop in debt,
' with interest simple, compound, and usuri
1 ?us accumulating upon it. To the knavery
| and quackery of the weakest and most cor
| rupt administration that ever cursed a suf
j fering and unoffending people, may be traced
j the desolation that has every where over
| spread the land. No swarm of Oriental lo
custs, in their noiseless progress, ever scat
tered far and wide the same amount of
wretchedness. Shall these ventilators of
disastrous experiments yet wield their necro
mancer's wand? consult the horoscope anew,
and gravelv pronounce that the last effort of
empiricism shall- prove the crowning glory
of their reign ? Shall we have a system of
sub-Treasunes, when one dose has prostra
? ted the patient and so shattered his constitu
| tion as to render recovery precarious ? Over
j fraud and folly like this, does the chivalrous
? Carolina stretch the mighty bosses of her
?buckler? Shall her children cry for food
| and she present them with a serpent ? How
I are the mighty fallen!" "Tell it not in
j Gath, publish it not in the streets of Aske
lon, lest the Philistines triumph;" lest the
" uncircumcised," of every name and hue of
corruption, triumph over her departed glory !
OBSERVER.
SUB-TREASURY AND DIVORCE.
It is not pretended that the Pet Bank
scheme is a divorce of Government and
Banks; and we would not have it under
stood that we are in favor of that system, in
any shape that it has yet assumed. But is
the sub- Treasury plan a divorce of ike Gov
ernment from the Banks? This is an impor
tant question, and ought to be iuquired into.
The friends of the sub-Treasury scheme re
present it as a divorce, and speak of the two
as identical. Mr. Calhoun goes entirely up
on this presumption, and assumes, with all
the confidence of a self-evident proposition,
that the sub-Treasury plan is absolutely a
divorce of the Government from the Banks.
The Hon. Dixon H. Lewis, in a late pam
phlet under the signature of 44 A Nullifier,"
has made a strong argument in favor of the
sub-Treasury project, founded solely upon
this baseless assumption ; and the whole
party who advocate it take it for granted that
the sub-Treasury system is a divorcement.
But is this the fact? Or is it not an adroit
assumption, very like to Dr. Franklin's as
sumption with regard to the fish in the ves
sel of water ? Wherein, and by what ima
ginable legerdemain, is it a divorce ? Its
advocates have never pointed it out ; and if
our lives depended upon the issue, we can
nor perceive it, or conceive of it. What con
stitutes a divorce between the Government and
the Banks? Mr. Calhoun has given us a
plain answer. In his speech of 1834, which
he has often repeated since, he says: "To
brin,g up the question fairly and legitimate
ly, yon must go one step further ; you must
divorce the Government and the banking
3vstem. You must refuse all connexion
with banks. You must neither receive nor pay
away bank notes ; you must go back to the
old system of the strong box, and of gold
and silver." And Mr. Lewis contends upon
the same premises. Now we would simply
ask if to " neither reccivc nor pay away lank
notes" ' cons.itutes the essence 6f a divorce, |
wherein, and how, does the suf>\Treasury
bill befoie Congress promise or affect to ac- j
comphsh any such result ? As that bill has i
passed the Senate, by a sweeping majority of
37 to 9, (the administration party voting for
it,) the hard-money feature is wholly strick
en out. And with Mr. Calhoun's clause re
tained, only one sixth of hard money is re
quired in payment of debts due to the Gov
ernment, whilst five sixths may be received j
in bank notes. Now wherein, we again ask, |
is the divorce of Government and banks to be
found in this vaunted sub-Treasury mea
sure? If it contains a shadow of power to
wards effecting this object, we profess we
have no powers of mind by which we can
perceive it. And we are persuaded that it is
entirely owing to a general credulity, with
out examination, taking for granted on trust,
that the sub-Treasury project is in fact a di
vorce, that the measure has received so much
favor in this State as it has done. And the
people have been misled for want of a due
analysis of the subject, and a proper discus
sion of the question. If to " neither reccive
nor pay away bank notes " by the Govern
ment be of the essence of a divorce, then we
must say the sub-Treasury bill, in every
shape it has yet had before Congress, is the
very essence of a remarriage between the
Government and banks; instead of a divorce.
The only novelty about it is, that it is a re
marriage a la mode Van Buren; and whe
ther any better or more indissoluble than
the old form, remains to be seen. Call it
what you please, it is to all intents and pur
poses, if carried, a firm and binding remar
riage, according to the law of the land. And
it is worse than mockery to attempt to pass
it off as a divorce. Thus stripped of its di
vorcing virtues, then we would be glad to
know on what other merit it is entitled tpour
approbation and warmest embraces ?
SIMPLEX.
[For the Telescope.)
The Chronicle of Washington is sorely
chafed because the Columbia Telescope
charges him 44 with using abolition for politi
cal purposes." And yet, in vindicating him
self from this charge, in the same article he
reiterates additional proof of the fact, and
says 41 the public records prove that the
Northern Nationals, as a party, in Congress
and out of it, are essentially abolitionists."
Not a word about the Northern Van Buren
party ; but he goes on to ask, " And are we
to be denounced ?.s a betrayer of the South
because we publish the facts to the world ?"
Certainly not, Mr. Editor. But if you are
not using the question for political purposes,
why is it that for mouths past you have been
sedulously endeavoring to spread abroad the
impression that fh? Nationals at the North
are exclusively abolitionists ; and that the
Northern Van Buren party are the natural
allies and exclusiv<Sfriends of the South on
this question ? If you have no political pur
poses to subserve, but are alone actuated for
the good of the country, why is it that you
publish only half the truth and suppress the
other half? Why, indeed, do you try to
mislead the people to believe that the North
ern Van Buren party are the natural allies
and exclusive friends of the South ? Do
you not know that there are thousands and
tens of thousands of the Northern Van Bu
ren party who are as rank abolitionists, and
quite as rancorous against us, as any among
the Nationals ? You do know it. Then if
you have no political purposes to answer, we
again ask, why are you eternally harping
against the abolitionists of the Nationals, and
trying to convey a palpably false impression
in favor of the abolitionists of the Van Bu
ren party ? This is not the conduct of an
honest patriot. He will disclose the whole
extent of present and impending mischief
and danger, on all sides, as far as he knows
it. Your veil, sir, is too flimsy and thin.
We see through it, however well you may
fancy you have disguised yourself. You
have attached yourself to the car of Van Bu
ren, fas et per nefas , and therefore all decep
tions and frauds are fair. And until you
give impartial and ungarbled expositions of
this alarming evil of abolition, which you are
wont to depict in such formidable and fright
ful colors, we shall steadfastly continue to
entertain the opinion that you are using it as
a stalking horse for political purposes , rather
than for the good of the country.
As to your allusion to the 44 Washington
Editor of the Columbia Telescope," you
must be conscious that you are both disin
genuous and malevolent. You know your
insinuation to be- unjust and untrue. If it is
the fixed purpose of yourself and those who
employ you to ruin and crush the gentleman
to whom you allude, as it is well understood
here it ;s your deliberate and concerted de
j sign to do, why not show your purpose in a
manly and independent manner at once ?
Why do you not come out with a bold and
open attack, exhibiting his sins and offences
i publicly, instead of pursuing the unworthy
plan ot sly insinuations and obscure inuen
does? Why is every thing enacted covert -
! by dark allusions, on the part of your
; piess, and secret letters of advice and instruc
tions on the part of your coadjutors ? Is it
ingenuous and worthy of a lofty ambition to
attempt the ruin of a man covertly whom
I you dare not venture to assail openly and in
the face of day ? The designs and manoeu
vres of you and your cirque have all along
been perfectly well understood, but, from
motives which neither you nor they are very
capable of appreciating, they have been
borne in silence* There is a point, howev
er, at which forbearance ceases to be a vir
tue, and where resistance in self-defence be
comes an imperative duty ; and that point
has noio arrived- Intrigues must no longer
be carried on in the dark. All masks and
disguises must be stripped from those who
wear them ; secret belligerency must cease;
and if crimination is to be the order of the
day, it will be met? if not by recrimination,
yet it will be met and resisted, not slily and
in ambush, but in open dny and in the open
field. We have always deprecated such a
contest, and every measure of prudence has
been resorted to. on our part to avert and
avoid it. But our forbearance and spirit of
conciliation have been misconstrued into a
sense of weakness or fear ; aud the sly ag
gressions leading* to assassination of charac
ter have beeu reiterated aud multiplied. Let
us now see who fears the contest. Let the
assailant and the assailed appear openly upon
the stage. This will insure fair play to both
parties, which is all we ask. Give to each
an equal chance to defend himself, and let
the public decide which of the two is most
justly deserving of denunciation and proscrip
tion. We on our part will most cheerfully
abide the award of this tribune, be it what it
may. against any further decisions
formed iron) ex parte misrepresentations and
secret insinuations, we, in the name of a just
aud honorable public, most solemnly protest.
PHILO FKESTON.
BARBECUE MEETING.
At a meeting of the citizens of Newber
ry and Laurens, at Daniel Cannon's store,
(Liberty Hill,) on Saturday the 16th of
June; on motion of Daniel Cannpn, Capt.
John Epting was called to the chair ? and
on motion of Capt. John Epting, William
Gallegly was appointed secretary.
The object of the meeting having been
briefly explained by the chairman, it was,
on motion of Jared Smith,
1st. Resolved, That the citizens of New
berry and Laurens furnish a Barbecue on
the 4th of July, proximo, at Daniel Can
non's store, (Liberty Hill,) for the purpose
of celebrating the day.
2nd. Resolved, That said Barbecue shall
be free, and no precedence be given to any
person or persons except the ladies and aged
gentlemen.
3rd. Resolved, That the ladies are here
by very respectfully and particularly invited
to partake of said Barbecue.
4th. Resolved, That we extend a friend
ly invitation to every person in the adjoin
ing Districts to partake of said Barbecue.
5th. Resolved, That Cape Z. Carwile and
Company are very respectfully and frieudly
invited to partake of said Barbecue.
6th. Resolved, That Major H. K. Boyd,
be appointed reader of the Declaration, and
that Col. Simeon Fair and P. C. Caldwell
be appointed Orators of the day.
7th. Resolved, That S. L. Davis appoint
a committee of 7 persons to carry the above
resolutions into effect.
Mr. Davis proceeded to appoint the fol
lowing gentlemen, as required by the 7th
resolution, viz: Col. John P. Neel, Daniel
Cannon, David W. Mitts, Capt. John Deen,
William Gallegly. Capt. John Epting, and
Andrew Turner.
8th. Resolved, That the Secretary have
the proceedings of this meeting published
iu the Telescope.
JOHN EPTING,
Chairman .
Wm. Gallegly, Secretary,
MARRIED,
In this town, on the 9th of June, by the Rev. T.
Birmingham,' Mr. Owen McKiernan to Miss Eli
zabeth Victoria Duput, both of Columbia.
ipjuassa ?Tinaffiffisrts
COLUMBIA* June 23, 1838.
BACHING, Hemp, 18 a 25
BALE ROPE 12 a 1$.
BACON, Round, 1*
BUTTER, Country
COTTON, 7 a
MACKEREL, No. 1, $13 a 16
No. 2, 10 a 11
No. 3 74 a 8
FLOUR, Counirv, 850 a 10
CORN, 100 a 106
OATS, 62 a 75
PEAS 81 a 112
IRON, Swedes, 6 a 7
" English, 5 a 12
LARD, New .-...12 a 18
MOLASSES, Cuba 50 a 55
" New Orleans, 50 a 56$
For Sale,
A VALUABLE NEGRO, about thirty years of
age ; has worked four years at the Carpenter's
trade. For terms apply to T. if. WADE.
June 23 26 3t
Gun Stocking.
THE Subscribers would respectfully inform their
friends and the public, that having employed a
first-rate workman, they are now prepared to stock
GUNS of all descriptions in a superior manner and
at the shortest notice. Also Double and Single
Guns and Rifles made to order.
Just received, an assortment of rxtra KEYS, suit
able for door, trunk, desk, drawer, and cabinet lock*,
which will be fitted to locks of any description. ?
Country Gunsmiths can be furnished with every ma
terial necessary for repairing or making Gun?, at
their old stand in the Masonic Hall.
PECKH AM & GEORGE.
Columbia, June 23 26
Public Notice
IS hereby given, that a special Court for the de
spatch of the unfinished business of the Court of
Common Pleas for Barnwell District, (South Caroli
na,) will be held on the second Monday in July next,
being the 10th of said month; at which time and
place all persons anywise concerned, Attorneys,
Plaintiffs, Defendants, Witnesses, and Jurors, are no
tified to attend. By an order of the Honorable John
B. O'Neai.l. OKSAMUS D. ALLEN, Clerk
June 23, 1838 26 td
Fitly Dollars Reward !
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living near
Cullodenville, Geo., on or about the first of
May, a negro man named DAVY. He is about
27 years of age, about five feet 8 or 9 inches high, his
teeth open in front, having the appearance of having
lost one. The above reward will be paid to any
person apprehending said Negro, and lodging him in
any jail, so that I may get him.
WILLIAM A SKINS.
June 23 26 It
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To Builders.
IHE Plan and Drawings of the Library of the
South Carolina College are left with Color.el
Blanding, at the Commercial Bank, where all ne
cessary explanations will bo given, and proposals for
its cons- ruction wiU be received, till 20th July, when
the contract will be mado.
ROBT. W. BARNWELL,
Chairman of the Building Committee.
Columbia, June 23, 1833. 26
JYotice to Sp&rtsmen.
THERE has been a great deal of ta.k about shoot
ing on the wing, and at flying targets, i&c. with
double-barrelled guns. J do banter tor world for
$500. J. W.
June 23. 26 3t
Folock, Solomon, Sc Co.
HAVE on hand the fallowing articles, to which
they invite the attention of their customer
and the public generally, aod offer them for Ittle
the usual terms.
600 sacks Liverpool Salt, large sixe
15 hbds. Sugars ; ' '
120 bags Coffee; -
10 hhds Matanzas Molasses ;
20 bbls New Orleans do, fine \
New Orleans clarified Suijar ;
Loafaad Lump do;
Crushed do ;
Rice, middling and best qualities ;
LIQUORS.
Champagne Brandy, choico brand ;
r ognac do, very old ;
Jamaica Rum :
Holland Gin ;
Peach Brand)', iiuperioj ;
N E Rum ;
North Carolina and Cincinnati Whiskey.
WINES.
Baskets and boxes Champagne, choice brands <
Madeira and Tenenffe ;
Sherry, Claret, and Muscat *
40 quarter casks Malaga, good article;
With an assortment of Cordials, Spices, Pickle**
Mackerel, Salmon, Soap, Tallow and Sperm Can
dles, some extra fine, Stirch, Water and Butter
Crackers, Almonds and Raisius, Nuts of various
kinds, Spanish Cigars, &c.
ALSO,
A very superior article, SPERM OIL, (bleached.)
BACON SIDES, prime quality, and a variety of
other articles, too numerous to particularize.
Columbia, June 23, 1838 26
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Fresh Family F lour.
HE subscriber has just received 30 barnls of
Baltimore superfine fresh family FLOUR, se-.
lected by himself, expressly for this mprket
J. R. CUNNINGHAM,
At B. L. McLaughlin's old Grocery Stand.
June 23 * 26
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Fresh Oysters ! ! !
UST received 50 G*lkms of Baltimore OYS
TERS, put up in jars of one gallon each. These
Oysters are put up air tight, and warranted to keep
during the summer ; and moreover have a Havor su
perior to any thing of the kind heretofore brought to
this market. Apply to
J. R. CUNNINGHAM,
At B. L. McLaughlin's old Grocery Stand.
June 23 26
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JLand for Sale .
WILL be sold at Auction, on the first Monday
in July next, at 10 o'clock, before the Court
House in Columbia, a tract of Land, containing 7-1
Acres, near the town? being the iractofland known
as Stilman's Land, bounded on the north hy Benja
min F. Taylor, on the west by Col. John G. Brown,
on the south by John A. Crawford, and on the east
by Mrs. Harrison, Colonel F H. Elmore, and Dr%
Marks's land.
Conditions of Sale : ? On a credit until the first of
January next; the purchaser to give his note, with,
good personal security, and a mortgage of the prop-i
erty. Undoubted titles will be given.
JOHN A. CRAWFORD,
Attorney for Stilman,
June 23 26
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Hem oval.
ISAAC C. MORGAN has removed his Printing
Office to the rooms in the rear of B. D. Plant a
Book Store, at the corner of Taylor and Richardson
streets, where he will, as heretofore, attend to oB
work in the Book and Job line which he may be 1*-.
vored with.
June 2o ,
Fourth of July .
HE YOUNG MEN'S SOCIAL CLUB </
Columbia intend celebrating our 63i Natiuna*
Anniversary, by an oration and other am>roprif}ie ex<
ercises. His Honor the Intendant, the Town Cona-i
cil, and the citizens in general, and all those wba
may wish to attend at the Baptist Church at 12
are respectfully invited. The members and hoop- -
rary members of the Club are requested to meet at
the library Room on the morning of the 4th, at 111
o'clock, to form a procession to the church. Punc
tual attendance is required.
P:M. KNAPP, President.
A. L. Kline, Sec'y
June 23 26 2t
Company Orders.
AN Election is hereby ordered for First Lieuten
ant of Beat No. I, upper Battalion, 23d Regi
ment, to be held at the Market Honse, on Saturday,
the 30th instant. Ensign Heise, Edward Brant h*
waite, and B. Cousins are detailed to conduct the
same, and to make their return as the law directs.
T. H. WADE, Captain.
June 23, 1838. 26 2t
Til Equity.
LEXINGTON DISTRICT,
Sarah Howard and others )
vs. > Bill for Partition.
Wm. Howard and others. ) - , .
W>Y virtue of a decree of the Court of Equity in
JlB the ahove case, I will expose for sale atpnblio
outcry, at Lexington Court House, on the first Mon
day in Joly next, the following tracts of land, vis :
one tract containing four hundred and eighty-five
acres, more or less, situated on Lightwood Creek, in "*
Lexington District, bouuded by lands belonging to
John Ruext, John K. Johnston, Walter Gantt, and
others. One other tract, containing four hundred
and ninety-six acres, more or less, situated on Light
wood Creek, bounded by lands belonging to John
Quattlebaum, Banks Gnnter, and others.
Terms of Sale.? Cash enough lo pay the costt of
the suit, and the balance on a credit of twelve months
from the day of sale, without interest? the purcha
ser to give bond with security, and a mortgage of
the premises. J. A. ADDISON, C. E- I*. D.
June 9, 1833 / ' >24 4t
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Negroes Wanted.
IIE Subscriber is desirous of hiring 50 or 60
? . first rate Negro Men to work on the Louisville,
Charleston and Cincinnati Rail Road, in tbe vicinity
of Columbia Liberal wages will be given. Per
sons wishing to hiro will call at the Roil Road Office
back of the Commercial Bank.
WILSON NESBITT.
Columbia, April 7, 1838. 14
Caution lo the JPublte .
COMMERCIAL BANK, )
Columbia, Jons 6, 1838. )
IHKRE has beennresented at this bank ft TEN
DOLLAR NOTTS, made up entirely of seven
pieces cut out of other notes. Some of the note#
from which these pieces have been taken have at*>
been presented. As the validity of The notes may
be destroyed by this fraudalent mutilation, the pub
lic are cautioned against taking them. .They are ea
sily detected. The bills from which the pieces have
been cut are about one inch too short, and ;he place
where the piecc 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 theslightest
examination.
4t A. BLANDING, President.
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E stray.
?ROUGHT to mv stable ou the morning of tbi#
? > 12th insi. a BAY MARE, about fourteen handa
high, nnd six years old, which the owner n&y get by
proving property and paying expenses.
MARY G ANDY.
Columbia June 16, 1833.
Administratrix' Sale*
BY permission of Jamis S. Gcicnard, Esq., Or
dinary for Richland District, will be sold before
the Court House in tbe town of Columbia, on the first
Monday in July next, at 10 o'clock A. M., seven and
a half shares in the Columbia Bridge Company. -~
Also, a lot of Cast Iron Wheels, being part and resi
due of personal estate of William J. Myddelton, de
ceased. Terms cash.
MARY MYDDELTON,
Administratrix of Wm. J. Myddelton, dee'd.
By her Agent, PETER J. SHAND.
June 16, 1838. 25
General Orders, No. 7.
READ QUARTERS, )
Columbia, 1st June, 1838. $
TOffALACHI FORD, Esq. having been elected
if JL and commissioned Major General of the 2d Di
vision of South Carolina Militia, will be respected
and obeyed accordingly. By order of the Com
mander-iH chief, /AMES JONE3,
Adj't. and Jnspt'r. General,