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BY A.S.JOHNSTON NEC DEESSE, NEC SITPERESSE REIPUBLICJE VOL. 84-NO. 34 COLUMBIA, S. C, AUGUST 18, 1838, $3 PER ANNUM. tr THE ? OOltJaiSL^ T3LSS0CPE \S PUBLISHED BY A. S. JOHNSTON, Every Saturday Morning. e?ERT XTED.VX5D f i.-O SATURDAY MORKIMG D7SISS THE SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. TERMS : Three dollars per annum, if paid in advance, or Tour dollars at the end of the year. Advertisements conspicuously inserted at 75 cents oer square for the first insertion, and 37i cents ?or every suhseq?ent insertion. All advertisements ordered in the inside every publication?or inserted otherwise than regularly, to be charged as new tor ^yerv insertion. Advertisements not ^ving the ??number of insertions marked on them will be contin ued tiU ordered oat, and charged accordingly. 100 Dollars Reward* M!NA McCOT, who was j1 tiTrheteby^flfora reward of one hundred dol lars for his delivery to the jail of Sumter District, or ? ^hTs defive^oLy jail in this State, so that he is ^mSTmcC^ ? ???? of a?e* near six feet high, and stoops considerably ; has a stout frame, -8flre made and bony, and walks bow legged. His hSTis straight and dark, his fa-e ? 'colourless and -swarthy ; his right eye has been knocked out, is sunken", and the skin around it wrinkled ; hislett eye is dark. He converses with ease, smiles a good deal | in talking, showing large teeth considerably. He is fond of jokes and boisterous singing, and his voice is a little nasal ; dresses usually in gray and blueish toMgm. and ha. Uup Naok wtatog^not a Sheriff of Sumter District. July. 1333 29 tf Wanted A FIRST rate Tanner and Currier, who is a so ber and industrious man. Liberal wages will "be given. Applv to Wm. E dings, Lodi P. O. Ab beville IHstrict, S. C. . July 6 HOUSE FOR SALE. THE subscriber, intending to remove to the West in the f5.ll. offers for sale the House and Lot known as Neuffer's Porter House, on Main street next house to Kinsler, McGregor. & Co. s ; the lot is 52 feet front by 260 feet deep, on which stands a good two-story frame building, containing sufficient room for two stores in front, with a back store ot ? considerable depth? there is also a kitchen, a weJI ot good water, and a garden spot. The premises are in go?>d repair The terras to an approved purchaser will be liberal. .. ^ _ . . Those indebted either to the subscriber or to his wife, Mrs. S. Walter, by note or book |accoar.t, / will please call and settle the same by the 2Utb J>ep tember, as we rtre desirous to close our business here at that t:me ; and those~~to whom either is indebted will present their claims by that time for payment. The stock of goods on hand will be sold at cost unu that period Ate, for sale two likely July 14, 1838 29 f New, Flour. A FEW barrels very superior New Flour, from Rice's Mill, for sale Tow, at A Kice xiu, ?qlock SOLOMON & < Vs. June 30 . .. . 27 Brigade Order Columbia, July 21, 1838. AN election is hereby ordered to be held for Col onel of the 5th Regiment of Cavalry, 3d Bri gade, on the first Seturday :n October next. Uffi cers commanding companies will call to assist *nce suitable persons to manage the election and conduct it according to law. ^0\>IS, Brig. General 3d Brigade Cavalry. July 28. 31 I Regimental Orders, * Columbia, July 16, 1838. : wmCRSCANT to orders from Brigadier General I M Cantey, an election for Colonel of tbe23d Re j si men t South Carolina Militia, wiil be held on Sat f Trday the 25th of August next. Polls lo bc oponed at 11 o'clock M., and closed at 3 o clock : P. . 1 The managers wdl meet at the Towr Hall in Colura 4>, on the Monday after the eiecuon at 1 1 o ek?rk A. M- count the votes and report the resuli. Offi- ; ?cers commanding companies will extend this order ; withni their respective commands. *ESSr, Lieut. Col. commanding 23d Reg. ' W. B THOMPSON, Adjutant. July 23. k 31 t * . _ ? . ? The Cross Keys for sale. fW\HE subscriber having determined to remove to Jl the West, will sell the above place upon re a sonable terms. The tract contains five hundred acres of land, two hundred of which is m a fine state *of cultivation ; the remainder is woodland. It is al together one of the best tracts of upland m the up country, for the cuPture of corn, cotton, and small grain. The improvements upon the place are quite 'superior, oonsisiing of a brick dwelling house two stories high, fifty-three feet lung by thirty-six wide ; a superior house with a cotton gin and thrasher, in good order for use; a store- house, blacksmith shop, Doctors shop, and all the usual out-buildings ; there ?? al*o upon the premises, a tan-yard well supplied with stock, and in successful operation, with exten sive patronage ; and a large orchard if fruit trees, ?containing a great variety of wellselected fruits The cltOSS KEYS, is situated in Union District, near the Spartanburg line on the Piedmont stage road 12 miles from Union Court House, and 20 from Laurens Court HouW, and cn the mam road Iead:ng from Saluda Gap, Mills' Gap, and Spartanburg to Columbia and Charlf *ton, upon a high and remark ably healthy ridge Persons wishing to connect merchandize and tavein-keeping with farming and -planting, would not find a situation better suited to Uie business in the up country ot South Carolina ; while persons wishirj a private residence with a good farming and plan; in$ interest m a healthy coun try would do w?l to purchase. The subsenber pro noses to sell at priva/c sale if possible, but if she does succeed before, sbe will offer the premises to the highest bidder at Union Court House, on the Tues day after the second Monday in October next. Xor terms, apply tc F. W. BOBO. Cross-Keys, July 14. 31 2m Situation Wanted. A GENTLEMAN well qualified, by experience, education and as a disciplinarian, to prepare students for entering any of our Colleges, is desirous of obtaining a situation at the South, either as a nrivate Tutor or Teacher of a select school. He has satisfactory testimonials from the Trustee* of a highly respectable Institution in Virginia, of which h? h m been principal for the last three years, as well asirom other gentlemen well known in South Caro Those interested or who may desire further infor mation can address. JOSEPH BOYDEN. Charleston, Jefferson County Virginia. July 21. Brigade Orders. HEAD QUARTERS, Hobkirk, July 15, 1838. AN election for Colonel of the 23d Reg. S. C. iioa of*, ha order. : ? Border of Brig. G?u Cantey _ Juk 29 ' 3J ?Yew Crockery . THE subscriber has lately received 10 packages blue printed Crockery War?* new shapes and patterns, consisting of Plates of all sizes, Dishes, covered Dishes, sauce and soup Tu reens, sauce Boats, salad Bowls, pickle Leaves, hot water Dishes, hot water Plates, fruit Baskets, water Pitchers, Ewers and Basins, brush and soap Stands, Cupa and Saucers, tea, sugar, and cream Pots, Bowls, Chambers, Mugs, &c &c. t * . ? ALSO? Just received per brig Globe, from Marseille?, a few cases fresh French Olives, Capers, Macc&roni, Sweet Oil, Sardines, and Dates. i * Together with his stock of well-selected GROCERIES, WINES, AND LIQUORS.* Hard Ware, &c. &c. All of which ha. will sell at reduced prices. I. D. MORDECAI. July 7, 1833 28 A Good Job A NEW JAIL FOR DARLINGTON. PROPOSALS, sealed and directed to thftsubscri wi^^yeoeiv ed from this time to the . Vckp^mbefcflext, for building a jail at this place ; jfhicb timerfhe board of Commissioners will meet, ojjea the. seals and award the job to him who may offer proposals most advantageous to the public. . The' contractor will be required to give bond with ample sqc&nty for the faithful fulfilment of his contract, upotfwhich a draft on the treasurer of the uper division of the State will be given for a portion of the mo^iey in advance. Reference to be made, for specifications, to the sub scriber. E. W.CHARLES, Clerk Board Commre. P. B. D- D. July 21 30 Charleston Insurauce a ud TRUST COMPANY. 4N instalment of ten dollars per share in the cap ital stock of this com pa ny^is required tobepaid at their office No. 22. Broad street, on of before Wed nesday. the 15 of August next Anothermslalment often dollars on or before Saturday, the 15th ol Sep tember, and a final instalment of twenty dollars on or before Monday, the 1 5th of October. Neglect to pay at the times specified, will incur for feiture of ihe previous payments. By order of the Board of Directors ?? JOHN H. HONOUR, Cashier. Charleston, July 16. 30 List of Letters REMAINING in the Post Office at Columbia, on the 1st August, 1838. Addisop, Samuel 2 Jones, Joseph R Baptist Church, Line Jones, Ruffin creek, Jacobs, Berry Baptist Church, BamwellKey, John C G Baptist Church, 25 mile Kelly, Gregoiy creek Kaigler, David Baptist Church, Coloneft Keys, Sophia creek lielly, John or James Baptist Church, Enon Lee, Richard H 2 Baptist Church, Jackson's Lowrail, George creek Lining, Edward B Baptist Church, Beulah Lipman, Mary Baptist Church, Sandy Lewis, Dixon H Run Lord, John B Baptist Church, CongareeLawton, Joseph A Baptist Church, Unity McGowen, Sarah P Bush, Green B McCleland, Rebecca Beckett, Margaret McCoy, G W 3 Brady, Catherine Muldoon, John Bartlett, J L Mofotangue, Sarah Bulger, D H Murtishaw, Thomas, jr Burks, Samuel C Murdock, Patrick Bates, Joseph Morrefl, William Beckham, WmM Muhlinghans, D Cline, Jane Ann Martin, Miss Mary Craft, Adaline Marshall, John Craft, Caleb Norman, Jacob Campbell, Nancy Neeley, Abigail Colcock, Wm H Patterson, James W Crat, Adaline Parrott, Mary Connell, John Palmer, Martha 2 Cleekley, Ann M Preston, James Creekraan, Martha Price, D L Corbin, Saml P Poole, William Craig, Miner i'atton, Robt 2 Caldwell, John W Purse, Mrs Mary Cole, John Paulling, Harriet S Champ, Samuel Quilters, Timothy, care Clure, Wm for M McCleskey Disaker, Wm A " Roach, A W 2 Dabose, Isaac W Raoul, Sylvia Doming, Andrew Raoul, Mrs Daniel, James M Rice, William Davis, Rev Jonathan Raoul, F S Deas, Z C Rabbitt, Eugenia Daniel, George W Rabb, John Douglass, James Shull, William Emzmi.iger, Frederick Scott, John 2 Fmley, David Seibcls, Thomas Fteshour, M A 2 Stewart, Joiin E Fisher, Richard Steel, John II Frost, Charles Sistrunk, Caroline Fogg, MB Smith, Mary Ann 2 Furnace, Martha Seay, Thomas Graeser.C A Stanton, Joseph George, Robt K Simons, Mrs R D Greeland, John II Stephens, Miss Gage, Dr Schwatz, Philip Gregg, George C Stabler, A mey Gei?er, John R Sumptcr, Beatrice Griffin, Mrs Schwerin, M Green, Elizabeth W Scott, Josiali Garner, verity (brown Thompson, Dr Charles boy) Threewitz, John H Horrell, Rebecca, 2 , XHlery, Maria Hammond, Saml Trapp, Thomas C Hays, Daniel J Taylor, Thomas B 4 Ilerron, William Taylor, Levy Harper, Maria Taylor, John C 3 Huff man, Saml Taylor, Capt Wm Horrell, Thomas Waits, B T Hoclewonker, Thomas Weathersby, W T Harris, Mrs Edward Were, Thomas S Husssy, Omlow Wilson, B F Harris, Moses * Wheeler, Amelia Hagood, Buckner Wood, K D M Hughs, John H Watts, Mrs Elizabeth Jones, Mrs Sarah Wilson, John Jones, Saml B Wilson, B H Johnston, James, care for Walker, A F Amey, free colored wo- Wiggins, Harrel man. Ward Clarrissa Jones, Charles M Wilcox, Arthur E Janens,-Thomas Young, Charles 32 BENJAMIN RAWLS, P. xM. PALMYRA. THIS Vineyard, situated within four miles of Co lumbia, S. C., and late the property of Mr. Ni cholas Herberaont, deceased, has fallen into my hands, as administrator of his estate, and guardian of the heir, a minor about 15 years of age It is de sirable to procure some one with a competent know ledge of the culture of grapes, and the manufacture of wine, to take charge of and continue this estab lishment, from one to five years, as may be agreed on ; or until the heir arrives ar the age of 21 years. To a person well qualified to take charge of this es tablishment, it will afford a comfortable and health ful residence, and may turn out a source of conside rable profit. A share ol the produce of the place will (subject to such agreement as may be entered into,) be given as a compensation^ This Vineyard, well known b\ reputation through out the United States, has been cultivated as such for the last 15 y-ears. The tract contains about 500 acres of land, of which abou: 30 acres are in Vines The tract, although generally a poor soil, has enough fit for cultivation, besides what is in Vines, to raise provisions for a family, and for laborers, horsw, &c. required for the successful management of the Vineyard. There is also on it a comfortable dwelling house, and suitable out-buildings. Persons making application for the above situa tion, will be expected to produce, when required, testimonials of good character, and of a competent knowledge of the management of Vines, and the ma king of Wine. Address to me at Columbia, post paid. ALEX. HERBEMONT. August 4. 32 2m The Chajrlejfcjn Mercury will publish the above once a week for two months, and forward their ac count. From the New York Observer. j THE STREAM OF DEATH. There is a siream whose narrow tide The known and unknown worlds divide, Where all must go : Its waveless waters, dark and deep, Mid sullen silence, downward sweep With moanless flow. I saw where at that dreary flood, A smiling infant prattling stood, J Whose hour waseome; j Untaught of ill, it near'd the tide, Sunk, as to cradled rest, and died, Like going home. Followed with languid eye anon, A youth, diseased, and pale, and wan ; And there alono He gazed upon the leaden stream, And fear'd to plunge ? T heard a scream, And he was gone, And then a form in manhood's strength Came bustling on, till there at length 9 He saw life's bound ; He shrunk and raised the bitter prayer Too late ? his shriek of wild despair The waters drown'd, ?Next stood upon that surgeless shore A being bow'd with many a score Of toilsome years. Earth-botind and sad he left the bank, Back turn'd his dimming eye, and sank, Ah ! full of tears. Wow bitter must thy waters be, Oh Death ! How hard a thing, ah me ! It is to die ! 1 mused ? when to that stream again, -? Another child of mortal men With smiles drew nigh. ?'Tis the last pang," he calmly said ? " To me, O Death ! thou hast no dread ? Saviour, I come ! Spread but thine arms on yonder shore? I ?ee !? ye waters, bear me o'er ! There is my home !** Zanesville, (Ohio,) June 27. Fortunate Escape. ? On last Saturday even ing our fellow-citizen, Mr. G. Fracker, an officer in the Bank of Zanesville, went upthe river a short distance above the towri; to bathe. He pluudged in where he knew "tbe water was ten or fifteen feet in depth, and, had scarce dived half a rod before he felt himself caught in the upper lip by a fishing hook of very large size, and suddenly thrown j back. He fir^t tried to loosen the line, but j it was too firmly fixed, and was too strong to be broken. Having no time to spare, as he was kept effectually under water, he caught the line in his teeth, and, after repeated ef forts, bit it in two, when he swam out with the hook in his mouth. Had he failed in this, his only hope of life was in violently tearing the hook froiii his lip, which, if prac ticable, would have been very painful, and would have left an ugly scar. Perhaps not one in a hundred would have been so delib erate, and to have been otherwise than delib erate would have been certain destruction. I The events of human life are often strange. , Here is a man who has traversed the ocean, and who has suffered shipwreck and been left " alone to tell the tale and after all his vi cisitudes on the mighty ocean, and amongst the savages of the South, he narrowly escap ed perishing, ignobly dangling at some school boy's " trot line.'''' The hook passed entirely through the upper lip, and wasstrong enough ro drown the stoutest man. ? Gazette. Fanning Extraordinary. ? While travel ling in Western Virginia, happening one day in a dry goods store, situated in a small vil lage, an old lady from the country came in. ? She purchased sveral articler of the clerk, and at length observing a neatly painted and varnished bellows hanging by the post, she inquired what it was. The clerk perceiving that the old lady was rather ignorant, and being somewhat of a wag, informed her that it was a new fashioned fan which he had lately received from the East, at the same time taken the bellows down and puffing with it in his face, told her that was the mode of operation. The old woman repeated the operation on herself, and was so delighted with the new fan, that she purchased it forth with and departed. On the next day our informant told us, the minister had an appointment to preach at a school house in the neighboring: coutry. The" congregation being assembled, while the miuister was in the act of reading the first hymn, who should pop in but the old lady with her new fashioned fan, and having taken her seat immediately commenced puffing aawy in good earnest. The congregation knew not what to make of it ? some smiled and some looked astonished, but the ludicrous prevailed over every thing else, and to such an extent, that the minister himself was obliged to stop reading and hand the book to his brother in the desk. After the usual pre liminary services, he rose to preach, but there sat conspicuouly the old lady with the bel lows in front, a hand hold of each handle, the nose turned up towards her face, and with much self complacency puffiing the gentle breeze into her face ? What to do or how to proceed, he knew not, for he could not cast his eyes over the congregation with out meeting with the old lady. At length summoning resolution, and trying to feel the solemnity of the duty imposed upon him, he proceeded. He finished his discourse, but it cost him more effort than any before or since.? Vermont Watchman. From the Bridgeton Chronicle. THE GREAT ECLIPSE OF 1838. The eclipse we perceive begins to be the subject of comment in some of the newspa pers in our country, and this early notice is no doubt owiDg to some peculiar circum stances connected with the phenomenon it self. For many years past we have had, at short intervals, a large eclipse of the sun ? either total or annular ? and this one has been styled, by way of eminence, the last of the series ? for we shall riot witness another similar eclipse for sixteen years, nor a total eclipse for nearly a generation to come! and we cannot withhold the solemn reflection, |- that this will be the last remarkable etlipse that many of us may be permitted to see !? ' Yes, before another conjunction of the heav enly bodies, which will cause a total obstruc tion of the sun's rays, a whole generation of our species will have passed the ordeal of death, the retributions of eternity ! and yet the undisturbed affairs of the almighty move on ? and those splendid spheres, launched from his hands, with undeviating certainty I; fulfil their destinied round ? praising their great Creator either in lustre or in shade ! ? But we leave our readers to mortalize upon the subject at their leisure. We hope the day may be fine? t^at not a doud may ob the horrizoo or dim the "setting sun's" ef fulgence ? that all may enjoy the pleasure of beholding ? thoi^h none can experience the delight of such ^spectacle but the student of nature, and-thelaumble worshipper of its ? great Author? In order to furnish our readers with a full ' and accurate description, we have been at considerable.pains and labor to calculate the exact phases and times of this eclipse? adapt ing them expressly to the latitude and meri dam of Bridgeton, which we find to be 39 deg. 26 min. north ajid longitude 75 deg. 15 min. west, from Greenwich. This eclipse will not be total, butannular ? that is, the moon's apparent diameter being less at the time than the sun's, cannot hide the whole face of the sun, but will leave the margin visible like a luminous ring, to all per sons within a certain distance from the cen tral path. The eclipse will occur September 16, 1838, between 3 and 6 o'clock, in the afternoon. The first point of contract will be about 97 degrees from the sun's vertex (or top) to the right hand, precisely at 3h. 17m, 58sec. The begining of the annular eclipse will be 4h. 35m. 27sec. The luminous ring will continue 6m. 20sec. and end at 4h. 41m. 47sec. The nearest approach of the sun and moon will take place at precisely 4h. 38m. 36sec., and the apparent distance of the centres will then be only 23? seconds ? the moon's apparent lat itude being 18sec. south ? of course the ring will be nearly concentric, the upper part peing a small fraction broader than the Under pari, on account of the exact central path falling a little to the west of Bridgeton. This will be by far the most interesting portion of the phenomenon. The sun will in a great mea sure be blotted out from the heavens ? and his place supplied by a luminous ring of sur passing beauty and splendor ! To witness it would recompence a voyage across the gr^at Atlantic. The shadow will then gradually leave the sun, and the eclips will end at 5h. 50m. 53sec. just 15 minutes before the sun sets to the inhabitants "of Bridgeton, having continued 2h. 32m. 55sec. The above calculations are all made to $o lar or appa re nt^^&pfye, being that which is usually kept iu thfoplace? the equation of tims is about 6m. fasten by deducting from the times above, you will have mean or clock time. As it regards the earth in general, -aod tbe^ tract of country to which the eclipse will be central and annular, it is stated in the Amer ican Almanac to be as follows: Beginning to be visible in the unknown re gions near the north pole, the central annu lar eclipse will pass through Kamschatka in Asia, the British possessions in North Amer ica, not far west of Hudson's Bay, Lake Su perior, Wisconsin Territory, Michigan, the rtoftheast part of Ohio, southeast part of Maryland, northeast part of Virginia, and into the Atlantic Ocean; its course being from northwest to southeast* The eclipse will be annular over a space of 420 miles wide. The ring, in the places where it may be seen, will continue only from four to about six and a half minutes. At Baltimore, the eclipse will begin at 6m. past 3 F. M. The j riug will be formed at 37 min. past 4, and be j central at 40 min. past 4. The eclipse will j eud at 40 min. past 5. At Washington City j and Richmond, the several phases will be J within a smell factionof a minute of the same j time. At Raleigh within about two minutes j of the same time. But there no ring will j appear. The sun will be a very slender cres- | cent. This crescent will be wider, with horns less sharp, as we go south and south west, and north and northeast, from the path of the central eclipse. This path first touches the earth at a point near the north pole, a little east of the meri dian of Greenwich. In a few seconds after wards, it attains its greatest northern latitude, whilst for the first eight minutes it moves rapidly westward, until it is 98 degrees west of that meridian. In ten minutes after pass ing out of the U. States into the Atlantic Ocean, it leaves the earth at a point about 34 degrees north latitude, and 58 west longitude ; just 1 hour 58 minutes, and 32 seconds after its first touch the earth; having traversed a somewhat circuitous track of 5000 miles in length; and (as we said before) the whole an nular path being 420 miles in breadth. It reaches, in width, from Fairfield county, in Connecticut, nearly to Raleign, in N. Caro lina. This will be the last central eclipse of the sun visible in the United States, until xMay 26, 1854. The next total eclipse of the sun will be August 7, 1869. TRAVELLING FOR PLEASURE. The inconsistency of human nature is ex emplified in nothing more strikingly than the uuiversal desire for travelling, at seasons and under circumstances which place real enjoy ment entirely out of the question. People affect to love comfort, and yet we find them de serting their homes, where, in nine cases out often, they possess all the necessary appliances to make them pass their time agreeably in hot weather, and betake themselves to dusty roads, hot steamboats, rail road cars, and crowded ho tels in search of pleasure. If gratification is to be met with where none of our wishes can be adequately satisfied, then indeed is travel ling in mid-summer the way to get certain enjoyment, but until the strangest contradic tions can be proved confirmations of 'each other, we must maintain that " Home, sweet home," is the place to look for quiet and ease. Without attributing to those who cater for public convenience any want of attention to their duties, we must say that the crowded table of a hotel or a steambaot, or the close atmosphere of a chamber, exposed to the eye and ear of every one that happens to roam I in the same passage, cannot be compared to the privacy and thorough contiol of one's; own premises. " Hame's hame, iho* never 1 sad hamely," says the old Scotch proverb, and it says right. There, if our fare be coarse, we take our own time to eat ify and if our apartment be Uncomfortable, we can open or shut the door as we please, Without having eves peering in upon ns. One may not, it if true, see under his roof 44 strangers of dis tinction," but at all events he ^never finds himself a stranger there, and can move abo(|t or rest as he pleases, without intruding wt being intruded on. It may be supposed from all this rhaf we are eueinies tx> travelling, -snd seeing strange people and strange parts. ; On the contrary, we have a decided fondness for seeing what the world's made of, but ip i<ke to take the proper time. We like t? hrave about when the weathei is temperate, and the roads are free from dust, when a closed door does not stifle us, and when to be fit to beseeu, it is not necessary to make. ourselves miserable. We like to see people made ac quainted, and to listen to what others have to say of men and their doings, but not when, every one is haggard and worn out, spiritless and exhausted. A good story is a charming thing to us, and wit and genuiue humor are jewels of rare pride, but may we ever be pro tected from tales that begin and end with 44 how hot it is," or witticisms the brilliancy of which is dimmed by the perspiration that drops upon them as they depart from the lips. Iuvalids must go to mineral springs, and ner vous people may take a dip. into .the sea to brace them ; but *4 let well alone," say we, and in striving to be better, do not take the sure way to be made worse. Ease and seclusion should be the privileges of summer, and not jolts and dust, with a dash of living or rather breathing in a crowd. Talk of comfort in a hot summer's day at a table of a hundred and fifty guests, with steam ascending in clouds from some twenty or thirty dishes; ? servants scampering and jostling each other, and squeezing to get a cut of this or that, and sometimes softening your coat with gravy ora plate of warm soup ? Why the thought of it is preposterous. Then where is the enjoyment of beholding one ar ticle after another demolished while you solicit in vain the attention of servitors, who put you off with 44 in a moment sir," and after all be obliged to rise with appetites un satisfied, or allayed with something that no one else has thought worth asking for. The imagination recoils instinctively from such a scene, and yet it is 44 what all the world is hurrying itself to death to obtain."? Again we say, when we travel, let us have mild skies, solid roads, and a chance to get the food we like best. Give us autumn and its russet leaf when the breeze blows refreshings ly,,and the mind as well as the body is actiVfe arid vigorous. Let us have the season when we can take 44 our ease at our inn," and satis fy our desires with the bounties of the Crea tor, without the accompaniments of blistered face and eyes filled with dust. Give us the days when exercise only conduces to dream less plumbers, and the nights that strengthen us for'tEe Jthe coming^ journey, but protect us from St eartl boilers, crowds and 44 animated nature in the dog days*" ? Bait, Amer. Times change, and men change, fcnd names which are supposed to denote principles also change, but the principles remain at last to rebuke the mutations of time and of time serving men. 44 Democracy" is one of those terms that has long ceased to signify what originaltyif did? and the followers of Jefferson, as Mr. Van Buren and his adherents delight to tall themselves, and thereby imagine they are imposiug upon the people, are. as fa> from walking into his footsteps, as they are faithful to the path of the 44 illustrious predecessor,", imperious, self-willed, disdaining law and con stitution, when in the way of his ambition or resentments? in.ail things, the opposite of a democrat. Take for instance the royal progress of Mr. Van Buren to the Virginia Springs, He is received at Richmond^ Norfolk, and other places, with drums and fifes, and banners, and military parade? a pageant is got up public reception ? 44 punch and mint-juleps" ? and all in honor of the man who vaunts him self a disciple of Thomas Jefferson ; of that Thomas Jefferson, who' tickled th? people by riding up to the Capitol or the Presiden tial house, on horse-back, carrying his saddle bags? without attendants and hitching his horse to the fence till again wanted. Then the sky rang with admiration of the simple city and love of equality of his apostle of de mocracy ? and those who rode in carriages, or thought it not at all incompatible with love of freedom, to be attended by a servant, were contrasted for their aristocratic habits with the man of the people. But now, 44 the democracy" turns out with the loyalty of the young victoria's subjects, to await, and to hail> with all sorts of honors, the progress of the President from his palace to the springs. He is not suffered to pass from stage to stage, or steamboat to steam boat, as that shocking aristocrat, Jofui Q. Adams, was wont to do, without the slightest ceremony or parade; but accompanied by his suite, with his Secretaries dancing attendance, he goes from honor to honor, handed from the authorities of one city to those of ano ther, till he reaches the appointed station of the royal carriagc-and-four, with servants? not a single horse and saddle-bags-? in which he is luxuriously transported to -his ultimate destination. Now certainly, we find no fault with Mr. Van B urea's preference of ease, comfort and luxury, over the more homely style of travel ling of Thomas Jefferson; far otherwise, for we think it one of the legitimate uses of wealth and station, to indulge in the conve iences and refinements of life ; but we think it a'mean and base hypocrisy, while revelling in such indulgences, to affect exclusive at tachment to the name add forms of Demo cracy, and to affix, or eodeavoir to affix, iipon opponents, to a reproach, their enjoyment of similar indulgences. , To the public honors shown by the cit zens of Virginia to .Mr. Van Buren, considering that they still swear by their Patriarch, we have nothing to say, if theyf; pan reconcile them with consistency, and due self-respect, j On principle however* it seems to us, that litis always In bad keeping with our profes* jsions and equality and especially with />ur I ptofesjWM, to make military parades in hono& of the President. At the military and naval ports ?f the United Mates, this is ail very well, and h indeed prfescf-ib-ed by regulations ; but when among his fellow citizens, not. in tfeeaetvice, if noticed by any demonstrations at all, it shotold be by d e mo nstra lions purely civil. But the democracy of the day loves djrams and trumpets, and noise and flash, and tiasel, and of that democracy Mr. Van Bure* is a good representative, but nevertheless; sojfch was oot the democracy of the days of Thomas Jefferson. Another illustration -of the change in the trf tetths, is fumishr J by this claim c tiSjfr, jisty in power to be copsidered the dedkrcratic party, when, if that mean the par ty of the majority of the people, it is notori* ous that they are in a very lean minority. ? There can be no doubt we apprehend, that if the people of these United States were polled, an immensely preponderating proportion wonld be found against the Administration. On this head, every election that has occurs ed for the last year bears irrefutable testi mony. Another abuse ,of the term in question* is to be found in the. honors shewn to, -and offices heaped upon, men ? members ef Con gress or unsuccessful candidates therefor,--* who hare been rejected by the People. Ac* cording to the theory of popular institutions* a man in whom his immediate neighbors and associates have refused to ceufide, ought not to be specially selected for an office of trustand confidence by the Chief Magistrate created by those institutions; and yet, SenatorAilcu, of Ohio, who votes and afcts indirect contra vention of the will of his State, js.admired, applauded znd feted by the faithful; while, to other instances, a post of Charge d'AffaireS or public Receiver, rewards rejected candi* dates. And yet these people talk of*deif\o* cracy.? N. Y. Am. Under the head of 44 Money Matters" the New York Express of Tuesday, 2 1\ M., has the following items : ? It is said that the United^ States Branch \ will file their necessary papers for organising of business to-morrow, and will immediately proceed to transacting business. This isfpacket day, and the rate of exchange was fixed at 107$ per cent on Loudon, and 527$ on Paris. But a moderate amount of" Bills were sold; buyers are holding off for the steam ship. It is the opinion of Many intelligent me A that Banking in this country will undergo 4 very considerable change. Hitherto, *h* Legislature of evefry State in the Union had been beset for acts of iocoporatiou authorise " ing Banking. The number alrpK$r granted exceeds one thousand. The late law of the State of New York has placed the Matter in Lthis-Statevfeuder ,one general law. The whole matter therefore is beyond the reach of poli* tical or othet favorites, all are now -equally at liberty to Bank, provided they eonfoim td provisions of the law. . The principles of the scheme were well understood and forcibly argued by many leading and intelligent men> Yet it is exceedingly doubtful whether this great tevoltttion in Banking could have .been brought about this year had it not b?en (at an accident, altogether oolooked for, aud not connected with the subject. While the measure was before the Legist lature the exposure of the usurious conduct of the Phenix Bank as made public in the journal, was brought before them which de cided the whole matter. The* members, many of them who were in doubt, decided at once to throw the whole matter open to the pub* lie, ? whatever was the cause of-its final pas* sage, it is now the law of the State, andtito* der its provisions three large compl ies *are about to go into operation in this -city, anil others in different parts of the State, There is now an end i&wl application to the Legis* lature for oew Charters, and hereafter all cap*u ital to b? employed in Banking must be upde? the new la#. The leading principles of one of the new companies is, to found it on trust property?* principally on real estate. A false -notion is entertained by many, that they intend to hank on real estate. Not so ; the strength, solven cy and powers ofthe^establishment is founded on real estate; that is, they intend tobjiild up a credit sufficiently strong to enable them to issue bonds that will command a ready sale in the European market. The money rea* lised on these bonds they will invest in this country ou bonds and mortgages at -7 jier cent; or in other words will bofrow money in England at 4 and 5 percent, and lend it here at 6 and 7 per cent. This is now done to an immense extent by Trust Companies exist- " ing by special act of the Legislature, and ifil can be done to advantage-by companies hav ing two millions capital, it surely may be done by ol^er complies, . jf equally well managed, with large capitals. ? If the experiment should answer in this State, it is not only probable, but almost cer tain, that the example will be followed by most W all of the other States. Whatever changes there may be iu the mode of banking and in its principles there wjij.be nonejn the circulating medium of the country. l^httlD cal incoporated institutions, scattered as they are over the great extent of our country* will issue the great circulating medium, the present bank notes of the country* These institutions, therefore, ^enjoying the whole circulation, will continue, wberethey am well conducted, to be as ever. Census of enumeration df the inhabitants of FtarkUrha* just been com* pleted. Returns fcaWfreen in from all the counties 6tU (hre. The wfcole . popula tion is estimated at 48,831 souls, of which 25,173 ato whites, and 23,656 blacks. The Baltimore, jlepoblicatr says : 44 Three-fiftKs.ofthe sfaVe population, he* ing 14^95, give according to the constitn* pott, a representation of 36,368. It is .fe* quired that there should be a population of 47,706to admit the Territory into the Union ss a Bute. But it is contended, that under the treaty of the session, the old ratio of 30, 000 was* guranteed as the required amoui t of population for admission. Undefr this view a convention is about to be held, and a State constitution /formed. Some difficulty may be anticipated when the subject comes be> fdre the next session of Congress." ?