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From the M*li*mian. t MR. LEGARE. " Tl^e Loco-fbde^Sub-treasury-Calhoun nd L ' ministration party, have succeeded id defeat ing Hugh S. Legare, and have elected Isaac E. Holmes as representative to Congress in ? the Chariest on District, S. C- x The people of that district have a right to elect who they ^leas* to represent them ; but this transact km shows them to be at any rate the mere subjects of a worse thau military despotism. HnghS. Legare isa sound and true repub lican, a friend to the administration, and one of the most learned and eloquent representa tives whichany Stare in this Union can boast. In soundness of principle and character, in k . learning and eloquence, and in consistency and integrity of political conduct, be is vastly the superior of the monarch of that littte celestial Empire* John C. Calhoun. The ardent friend of the-conntiy, and the just de fender of the South, he has powerfully con tributed to give dignity and strength to both. No mas froth the South gave more character to the administration than Hugh $. Legare. He lent to it on every question, with the sin gle exception of the Sub-treasury, the whole * of his mighty pfcwer and influence. On the Sub-treasnry question he had the biodness to state that his opinions differed, he was sorry to say, fiom those of many of his friends. ? This was sin enough to/bring an angeidown. He was soon taught that in party arrangemens, to '9 to be damned, and the Sub treasnn^ lictors were accordingly let loose upon huh. Mrf Calhoun, out ofpure grat?^ tudefor the many kindnesses he has received from the administration, commanded his me nials to execute the doubter. Mr. Legare was -accordisgly defeated, and Mr. Holmes, a Na tional Bank Sub treasury man, one of the hot test little and- Jackson Nuttifiers in the South, ? elected to supply his place. Bid ever meanness and ingratitude equal this ? Did not Legare fight the Jackson battles against these South Carolina " traitors" and " dis B unionists r Yet the administration must put down one of its most faithful and constant friends, and give the triumph to the enemy he has fought so long and ably f Mr. Cal houn must be gratified : and we hope a heart less administration is appeased. We wish f. them joy of their National Bank F ederal, Mr. - -V' * - While upon this subject, we cannot refrain from remarking that the imputed interference of the Secretary at War in this election is almost without a parallel in the history of the country. If the imputation -is correct, we care not which side his interference has ? - - ? benefited, H has) depreciated the democracy % ef the honorable Secretary* in our estimation to a very low degree. We have been accus tomed to entertain for the Secretary of War, the highest esteem as a gentleman and as a ? republican ; but what, shall we say of any man wh^ uses his high office in the federal g<roriraient to influence the elective right in a distant State t What was Jefferson's de mocracy on this subject ? " It is/' said he, ?* deemed improper for officers depending on the Executive of the Union, to attempt to control or influence the free exercise of the elective right. It is ex pected that no officer will attempt to influence the Totes of other men,, or take any part in } * the business of electioneering? that' being deemed inconsistent with the spirit of the constitution' and his dndes*.n V ? ^ * But what is the democracy of the Secreta ry of War ? what is the "unioapaxty" patriot ism of his friends ? Mark what follows from a Sotfth Carolina paper : v v4\ A letter of Poinsett's was shown to a ?tfmber' of gentlemen, and which we hope will be produced if called for, we. saw it yes - terday, in which Mr. Poinsett declares that he could not, as a friend of the Administra tion, sustain Mr. Legare in his election ? that he had at the instance of Mr. Calhoun , suggested either Judge Huger, Mr. Mem minger or Mr. Bennett, to be substituted for ' Mr. Legare* but if MrrBennett and the oth ers, by throwing obstacles in the way, pre sented a Union man from ^ei ngw w against Mr. Legare, tjbey had only themselves to blame, for ? N oHifier's beings ta,ken up ; at any rate, the district ought not -to be mis represented by the election of Mr. Legare this is; the. purport the letter of? -we have, it not before us^and pretend not to quote i t verbatim." - ?:-v ? ? ? < This is the reward Mr. Legar&receives for sustaining the administration in the. dark hour of its trials, and contributing to elevate Mr; Poinsett to Oifice. ? . v . . the Richmond , Whig. Mr. Calhoun, in reply to an invitation to the dinner given tOjMr. -&hett, sent a let l ,ler, from vthich we extract the following pasr sages^.' . ' " Iti^Iknow, attempted to be held op as an insured question of little importance, but it would be a great mistake ta( regard it in. that light. Ii is. one of The first magnitude ; in truth, it is a question, of deliverance and ^ reform/ as expressed on a late occasion, and so far from being detached and insulated, it involves the late ot allgther questions against which we- have been so long and so strenous ly contending? rTariff, "Abolition and all, as - time and exijerience wiU. clearly show." >, This paragraph exhibits one of the pre dominant foibles of Mr. Calhoun's character. He has an imagination equal to that of old Homer, who could sing^o you by the" week of the towering heights -of a mole hill, or the impetuous fury of a spring branch. Mr.C's St,: fincy has no rein. , He is borne away entire ly by whatever succeeds for the moment in winning his affections. He magnifies and ^exaggerates the veriest triftes into matters of \ universal and all pervading importance. And with such earnestness and gravity does he urge his. absurdities, and persist in mamtain ; ing that they involve the weal or woe of the whole human race, that many of his fellow citizens are alarmed for the sanity of his in tellect, while others cannot resist the im pulse to laughter at his mighty to-do's about nothing. % " x ~ 1 &feis not always profitable, or even possible, tcr account for the many contradictions and absurd vagaries which we meet with in human character. We know they exist. We see the mightiest genius often disfigured by foi bles, which render it of no benefit to its own er or to mankind. The men -who built the Pyramids of Egypt, " the v vrld's great won-, der,*: esteemed a beetle as a Deity, and re verenced an ox as the chiefest of Divinities. A contradiction no less wonderful, and possi bly as inexplicable, is observable in the char acter and conduct of Mr. Calhoun. He, with ail his high endowments and capacities for good, dissipates the wholeih the eager chase of trifles, or by involving- hi mseiFrn intermin able absurdities, which, exciting contempt or ridicule, divest him of all power to do good. ' <? ? ' * :'5 What to a man of common sense, can be xl ore ridiculous and absurd than the assertion which he advances in the extract we huve quoted above, that the Sub-Treasury 14 in ! volres the fate of all other question* /" How . and in what manner these marvels are to be achieved, he does not condescend to inform us. The whole resirs upon bis ipse dixit. ? But subjected to the test of common sense, and how stands the assertion ? How will the establishment of "iron safes and vaults," the appointment of Sub-Treasurers, and the re f ceipt of gold and silver alone for Government dues, render those men pure, who but yes terday, were " Rogues" and " Royalists," and thoroughly corrupt, morally and politi cally ? How wiH it change the principles of the Proclamatiouor the Proest ? How will it affect the principle of irresponsibility by Executive officers to the House of Repre sentatives, preferred by Gen. Jackson and his subordinates ? What barrier will it erect against the proflgate waste of the public mo ney, the interference with the freedom of elections by the Federal office-holders, and the system of subsidizing the public press and public men, which has been so extensively practised by the late and present Administra tions? What guarantee does it furnish that inefficiency and corruption shall no longer pervade every branch of the public service? We pause for a reply. With a high idpa of Mr. Calhoun's varied powers, we doubt^ whether he can respond to these interrogatories in a manner to satisfy th^ honest inquirer after truth. In all proba bility he would iuswer, that the subjects to which they reiaie are of no sort of conse quence, and end where he began, by assert i n g, tHat~th e Independent Tre asu ry "in v o 1 ves the fate -oWer questions." Such^we say would probably be \iis answer, because it is in Character with the man, ^nd because it surpasses our ability to conceive of any other he could give. _ We know that many suspect, he thus of his own mere will invests the Sub-Treasury witfr this factitious consequence, as a means toneover his' apostacy. He agrees with the administration on one point, and to make that agreement the pretext for agreeing with it in every thing, he draws upon his fancy and manufactures that question into one of vital and absorbing interest. It overshadows or annihilates every thing else, so as to justify him not ouly in forgetting his detestation of the men in* power, their odious characters and manifold offences, but in abandoning his party relations,' and joining a party against i which he was warred so long, and which he has assailed so bitterly. Correspondence of the National Intelligencer. Nfw York, Oct. 17. j - The Locofocos here are in ecstacies over | Ohio. All men of practical business are in the damps. Butithe Whigs here now see they have in custody the destinies of U>efc*5, pibe State. The cry now is " ?maJce ready." New Y ork, we all feelyraa;. right all wring. The Wbigs^#d? their duty undismayed, with the hope that Ohio will do better next time. The money market, that is, the-: business market? the thermometer ot^be: trade aud the commerce of th&conntry-^sarKy feels the shock. If there was a general belief ttfat Mr. Van Buren was not humbugging on the subject ofth^ub-Treasi^-rrthat he was not plavins one of his strand -New lork games,, to tickle the locofocos of the Northaud w the chivalrt of South Canffina," in unison with whom that once gallant State is now actio'*, th?- money market would be shaken to the centre fcy tbe prospect of a passage of the sub-trea&ry- We see New York Van Buren men laughing at the sub- Treasury as a humbig ? we know Gov. Marcy has opposed it earnestly in" conversation, and the wealth and talent of the New \ork Van Buren party is strong in secret oppo sition ; on which account we look upon the whole scheme to be one of profession as of that cry of " down with banks," when Gov. M vKCYand the Regency were creating scores of them, or of "down with monopo lies, M when the Regency manufactured year ly those of the direst and worst ^nd. vy.hat Mr. Calhoun calls the "democracy of the North" I shrewdly suspect was destined to humbug what Mr. Calhoun call% " the de moeracy of the South," done it and generally will for the l^dejs of what is call; d 1" the demoeracy of the. North" have graduated at Albany, where is taught the art of "twisting and I infir " What this democracy of the North want is spoils.7- They give in welcome to Mr. Calhoun "the principles, it Mr. Calhoun will give tlie. spoils.; when Mr. Weight's stock-gambling - part oi Me sub-Treasury bill could not pass, they threw. :out Mr. Calhoun's specie clause. - It is droll to us,- who live among ' thi* " democracy of the North," to see Mr. Calhoun striving for the specie clause , without giving us the^tocA:- ' e rambling part. The Locofocos of the ?t is true, are a very troublesome set to the >? democracy of! the North," a little more troublesome than the little regiment ol ISul lifiers ? but the Albany Regency manages them as an Arab does his horse.. They put in the spurs, or rein up, as occasion calls. - For example, they put four ultra locofocos yesterdav ob the Congress ticket, to-da) it is confidently stated. t^o have been coaxed off for the purpose of putting onN"the democ ? -. cy?' not the Lncofocos. Tammany lia.l is ever full of such chicanery, . : .] I have a pretty ftrm belief that the whole Whi^ Congress ticket is elected in New Jer sev. -> .* -r From-.-ihe. Qaroliua Watch/man. u What has MS. Van Buren ever done for the South?? This is a question which, we tbin?i ought to come home seriously to every man who has the forming of his own opinion.-? Some there are who do not take the trouble to enquire into facts aud form a conclusion for themselves some again are constrained by necessity or prejudice to go with certain men against certain other meu ail such as these we care not about addressing. But o such as are disposed Exercise the inesti mable privilege o ranking for themselves, we again enquire what has Mr. Van B?ren^0I*e for the South ? His friends, the office-hold ers, are proclaiming his devotion to the South. But beside promising as his veto it any Bill shalLever be tendered to^hiin abolishing Slayery in the District of Columbia, we know of oiling that entitles him to the credit of being our friend.' On the otherhand, he has abetted, one act, the mere admission of which has done more to loosen the of this Union than auy that ever waspgitated m Congress/ He voted for resolutions in the Senate of New York, that Congress ought not to admit Missouri into the Lnion uuless she would, introduce into her constitution a clause forbidding slavery within her bordeis. He likewise wrote a pamphlet in favor of Ku 1 fus King's election to the Sena.eof the Uni ted States, expressly that he might carry the weight of his surpassing intellect to bear in favor of this measure. Have we loig-otten the tremeudous exertion of this Northern Gi ant on this subject ? Have we forgotten how the slave-holders trembled for their rights,, and how the patr.of trembled for the consti tution? Have we forgotten the protracted night sessions ? ihe speeches against time ? the fierce personalities and all the evil boding circumstances of those times ? Have we forgotten how Henry Clay in this moment of our peril stood by us and did battle in our cause like a good man and true ? How he finally triumphed when all seemed lost ? ? What is Mr. Van Buren's promised veto against all tins. Shall he be called a man with Southern principles who has done this because he has promised differently. Verily there are some who know him well that say his political promises " ure lightly made mid lightly broke." They tell ui how lie prom ised the Southern members of Congress to go with them in defeating the Tariff" of 1828. ? How he manceuvered to get in a high protec tion for Northern sheep owners and distillers under a pretence that he was making the measure odious and how he (having effected his purpose) whirled about and voted for that most nefarious measure! Here we have not only a proof of how little is to be expected from hisproruises when they conflict with his interest, but we have a further answer to the question with which we set out, 44 What has Mr. Van Buren done for the South ?" An swer. He voted lor the Tariff of 18*28. He voted against Mr. Monroe, the Southern candidate for the Presidency, in favor of a New York Federalist. He voted with the Federalists against the war : and yet by promising , he is all at once become a SomWr-o- D^noocx^JL-^? He projected the scheme of the safety fund system iu New York, and yet by promises he is become a hard money man. He went for the proclamation and force bill, and yet he is become a good friend to the nullifiers. -d Northern man with Southern principles ! ! From the Madisonian. - But a few days since, the official organ de clared, that the Sub-treasury system is in full operation all over the country. Said Mr. Gambreleng, 'defeat this bill (the Sub-trea sury) and go home, the Sub-treasury is now the law of the land, and will so continue through 1S39, '40, and '41, in spite oflamen tations here or elsewhere.' But no longer ago than Monday night, it was stated in the Globe, the 4 Federal Treasurj^was. provided for,' and that, 4 gold and silver is the coin in which the Treasury pays.' 'fiow. was the Treasury provided for ? ? By an authority to issue. ten million of Treasury shin plastei^ ^ and by the Treasury Department humbling itself to the Bank of the United States, and accepting Mr.Biddle'sowu terms to discount his .own bonds, a part of which were not due for nearly ayear and a half; one of the con ditions was, that the Treasury should appoint his bank its fiscal agent ! Bft. Biddle has rececrtly established' ap a geocy in thi's-city, which is made.the fiscal agent of th$ Government here! The !J?rea,-; sury Department is daily drawing its drafts on this agency, in payment of public, dues : and how are they paid? In bank notes' sign ed by or for Mr. Biddle ! We saw ourselves tens of thousands of dollars so .paid in one payment.. The Treasury pays in gold and. silver , says the official organ. We do not doubt that we shall soori see the President, Mr.-V' Woodbury, Mr. Kendall, and even Mr. Blair, sending Mr. Biddle's notes to buy their marketing with. This is the divorce of Bank, and State. . (t?" Speaking of the South Carolina elec tion, the Baltimore Patriot says : ? "Nothing in the political history of the coun try js more disgraceful than the flagrant ter* giversation, and prostrate sycophancy,, to the Spoilsmen, which have been exhibited by Mr. Calhoun's organs during the whole canvass. They not only claimed for their candidates the honor of being supporters of. the .Admin istration; but they maintained that thfejyare so exclusively ;?-that they forsooth are the only Van Bufren men !; ; Nayone of the most intolerant and pro&criptive of these- journals went so far as to justify- that blackest deed of a disarmed and degraded Senate ? the Ex punging ! ~ Mr-? Calhoun himself, (as it appears from his principal paper, the Charlestan Mercury,) arranged with Mantiu Van Btfreu's Secretary ofVVarthe whole plan ofthe campaign against Mr. Legare in the Charleston District. A letter from tbe Secretary was put-in circula tion,' taking strong ground against '..-that ac complished and -cible representative, at the instance, as the Secretary said, of Mr. Cal houn." ; ?' " '* v ' Yet in the face of all. these things,, the Calhoun Loco Foco paper at Washington (the Chronicle) talks of the "noble attitude" and " lofty cmrra(rter" of this troop of apos tates!" ~ ^ ' .*V Clear ^ the .course for the Sub- Treasury. ? We entreat bur South Carolrftafrtends to read the following, and to ponder amTrefTect, upon it. * Here is a government shin plaster issued for three dollars and four cents.* * Where is the sub-treasury project to lead us? Into avi .labyrinth of shin plasters arid rags ? the gold and silver will disappear, and we shall fall back on. .the old continental money. Look to it in time and dispel these illusions : ? N. T. Star. \ . Receivers Office. Calena, Illinois, Julv 20, 1838. $3,04. V V ?: ?"r This will be received by me, for thre>e Dol lars and four cents, in payment for Land, it being the interest due on certain Treasury notes paid by Henry S. Beebe, this day.- - JOHN DEMENT, Receiver. The Calhoun party in Charleston, denom - inates itself the 44 Independent Republican party." It. reminds us of an anecdote which we lately heard of the Editor ofthe Washing-* ton Chronicle. He was seen lounging, with a portion of his dress very much deranged; when a by-sfander remarked, 44 what is the matter with Mr. C's **?**; it seems as if the hind part was before ?" A waj replied, 44 Y es, Mr. Cal houn makes him turn round so fast, that his clothes can't keep upwith him." It is a fine burlesque toxjall politicians who whirl around, at the biddmg of Mr. Calhoun, Independent Republicans. ? Petersburg Intelligencer. Another Sub- Treasurer. ? A Mr. Gordon D. Boyd, some time ago, \vas appointed a receiver at one of the Mississippi laud offices. Shortly afterwards he proved to be a defaulter to the amount of $50, 000. The promulga tion of the fact did not at all abash him. He immediately betook himself to the stuinp for the vindication of. his character.., 44 1 did ap propriate the .money to my own use," ex claimed he, 44 and I expected to I e able to repay it, but my speculations turned out un favorably., *Tis my ;niisfortune, and not my fault. I hope, gentlemen, you are satisfied Vr 44 Oh, yes,"' replied his Loco foco hearers, we are perfectly satisfied."? Jour. HON. D. H LEWIS'S OF VAN j REN ANiiHtS PARTY. ???* < "He is pledged to follow in the footsteps | of aa Administration which has visited on th#fcountry a proclamation, a force bill, and an expunging process. As long as a single remnant of our gallant party is to be found, ? such measures and such Administration will meet the sternest opposition. With a party practising such outrages on the Constitution and popular liberty, we can have no common sympathy, no political union." Nullifikr No. 1. Such are the sentiments of Dixon H. Lewis, the great champion of nullification in Alabama, "while writing nn able series of essavs in favor of the Sub-Treasury system. Such too are the views and feelings of most of those in this State who advocate the same Administration measure, We refer to these views of Mr. Lewis and others, at this time, because we should be pleased to know, now that the South Carolina Sub- 1 reasury party has openly identified itself with the Van Buren idmiuistration with all its enormi ties, what the gentlemen to whom we refer think of their rUib Treasury allies in South Carolina ? So far have this party committed themselves, that they have, we perceive, ac tually dropt the name of Sate Rights party? that name which has given them all their , fame and all their influence? and we see the popular appeal of the party in Charleston, addressed to the " Democratic Independent Treasury party." What will Mr. Lewis and other conscientious supporters of the Sub Treasury measure, say to this recreancy 4of ,ihose with whom they still act upon this sub ject? Whatever they may think or say of this matter, of one thing we are well assured, that whenever the affair is thoroughly under stood by the State Rights party of ihe South, that a Sub-Treasury man and a Van Buren man are to be considered synonymous terms, and that State Righ? ;s to give place to Democratic Sub Tr^uryism, with the sin gle exceptiou of South Carolina, the whole party will cry shame upon such a manoeuvre; *and whatever they may do or say in regard to the Sub-Treasury, will at least divorce a vinulo matrimonii , the parf.es so sacrilegi ously united, and wash their hinds of all participation in the iniquities of the most corrupt and faithless and hollow-hearted Ad ministration that has ever cursed the coun try.? -Southern Recorder. & ?! From the Philadelphia Inquirer A FRIGHTFUL STEAMBOAT DISASTER FORTY-THREE LIVK8 ?OS^' ?' . . ] Our Loudon correspondent- has sent us .a letter I y the Royal Will.-m* detailing the following particulars of a most appalling steamboat disaster : c .,???* - j * " The Forfarshire steamer. 100 horse pow er from Hull to Dundee, was dashedt o pie ces on Wednesday /last on a rock, > when, me lancholy to relate. 43 persons found a watery grave. About 4 o'clock on Thursday, blow : its hard from the N. E. and showering rain jStid sleet, the boiler gave way, which was the cause of the sad catastrophe.- The. Captain was observed with his wife in his arms, cling-, ing to the wreck, when* sea came and swept thefo of. Among those who perished, were a gentleman and iii?.. family belonging to Dun^ dee, who were returning from St. Petersburg, after a residence there of fourteen years.? There were 22 cabin passengers, nine steer^ ajjjjfe, (including 4 children) and 22 of a crew, making in all 53 persons out of which num ber only ten were saved to tell the tale. Ihe captain, John Homble, was considered an excellent man, and was much esteemed, while ^he conduct of the mate fs the subject of se vere comment. When the danger first ap peared, he, followed. by four of the crew, took to the boat, and shortly after it had put off, the vessel struck and parted in two, the stern drifting southward, and the fore part remain ing on the rock." I send you the following instance of female intrepidity, * in connexion with the above mournful catastrophe. William Darling, the keeper of the Outer Light House, on tjie Longstone rocks, ob- , served the wreck about five o'clock in the morning? that is about two hours after the vessel had struck. From the thickness of ? the weather, he could not discover whether there were any men upon it. Between seven ?and ?ight, A. M. he at last perceived some menL and. asked his daughter Grace Iloisley Danirig to accompany him in a cable boat, wittt a view to assist and save the unfortunate people. She at once consented. It may be remembered that Darling J-was quite certain that he would not be able to get back to the Li^ht House without the help of some of the mm he saw on the rock, and his- calculation of returning- .was founded on that assumption. He and his daughter, anticipating such help, left Mrs. Darling to attend to the light house, and rowed their little boat round by the south ern sides of the three intervening rocks to the spot where they , saw the shipwrecked persons.: This was about a mile or upwards, and the sea was all broken water. When the men on the rock saw . a young slender woman pulling the boat to their rescue, their joy was almost, frantic. <v. . ? Darling and his daughter succeeded in get-, tine the boat-no a spot where they could get a landing, an took Mrs. Dawson and four of the men, and brought them to the light house. Here Darling left his daughter, Mrs. Daw son, and two of the men, and took two of the men back to the rock, and brought the re maining four persons. The danger was most imminent, but the experiment was suc cessful. This is one ot the noblest instances ? who recorded of female heroism, and the writer saw this young woman, was struck with the singular modesty of this courageous female. It is to be hoped that this actol self devotion will be duly rewarded. A boat put off from North Sunderland the same morning, but Darling had already effected the deliverance of the unfortunate people. ' ,s ,r DISASTER ON TIIE JAMES RIVER CANAL. Richmond, Oct. 9. A distressing occurrence took place on the Canal last Saturday evening, Jn quarrying stone, owing to the accidental discharge of a Mast. The facts are the following : There was a very large cracked rock, in which the blaster had put about a half a keg of powder without any appearance of its ? being full. In order that too much powder initrht not be consumed, he poured in a quantity of sand, but, leaving room for more powder, which, when he put it in, ran in a lateral crack r the blast was fired; but there not being as much execution done, as the quantity of powder warranted him m ex pecting, he was induced to suspect that the communication between the cracks was stop ped up by the sand. He ordered a large quantitv of water to be poured in, so that the powder might" be moisted, and no danger ensue from quarrying the rock, but all the water ran down the lateral crack, that being the larger, and ncne reached the powder.-? The men imagining that there was no risk, commenced prizing the loosened rocks up with croio bars, ' and whilst i ^ v w. comings iucontact with a piece of qua struck lire, ignited the powder, and caused a violent explosion, by which five of thewof^. men were thrown a considerable distance and-5! very much injured. One was thrown abont' ten feet in height, and to a. distance of almost thirty feet. One of the men has since died ; the others, though much injured, will, it is hoped, survive. A large piece of the r<^ck, weighing about a ton, was thrown into the river about 500 yards. The powder being so well confined, only threw out large masses of rock. Had it not been for that, it is suppos ed that a large number of men would have been killed. The men who were injured were all Irishmen. [From the N. Y. Spirit of the Times.] Importation of stock to Carolina. ? We have received the following letter from Mr. Fryer, giving us a list of the valuable importation he is about makiug to South Carolina, on account of Col. Hampton and himself. The Ganges probably sailed on the 4th Sept. and may daily be expected at Charlestotr with her precious cargo ; a finer lot has seldom crosK sed the Atlantic. LivKRPOOL^Sep^.lst, 1838. i Porter ? Sir, Ihave here ready to (outh Caiolina, the following blood iich I thought proper to informed** f, so that no mistake might be made in tfi^pedigrees, Sec. If you think proper topublwi tHe list in yourvaluable paper, you* will confer a favor on me by so doing. I ex pect to leave in * day or two in the ship Gangesjibr Charleston. They are the pro-t perty offcol. W. Hampton anil myself. " ?' "?'l. Bay mare Delphitie, ^(the daw of Sfa pleton, Leanderand Monarch, by P*iam the property W Col. Hampton,) by;'^3^tfJHei^ lier dam My Lady by Comus, out ot^jjfiLyi Colonel's dani, &c., covered by PlenJlffej? 2. Yearling ch. filly, by Plenipo,r outr* ' Brazil Ivanhoe ? Velvet (Bran's <dain)^ Oiseau? -Wire (sister to Whalebonejh^l^^ ker' &c-) " 3.: Yearling bay filly, bieSVIerchant, out. of Surprise by Scud? her ^pkManfrada^> Williamson's ditto -^crtJC^fvTdwney hy TO'enf . 4. sYearling bte'colt^y- Saracen, Minnow by FiJ^5 ^*Tujta-^her dam, >[er~ j vinia by Walto n? Phaotasmagoi^ jb :v' cipitate? Cerbero^sdara by Hero<? L . 5. Sarah, bay in are,, by ^Si^&eddh Frolick, some by Stantforcfi^Alex - King F ergus-^ Lajdella by*Y. Marske, covered by'Dr; Syntax^* ^ V 0. Yearling bay-filly,-rby E mi l ius'oVt of Me never by Merlin?her dam by Walton-rrJ oul'of Lisette, By Samfeletonian, &c. ;v:' J . 7. Yearling ch. fUy?~ fcy?Priara ^ojat-ibf a sister, to Ainderby Y?locipede=? her -..dam Kate by GVton, out^of Mis^. Gar forth by Walton, <fcc . - " . , ? *8E&y* : ^ * ' * **$0 8. The stallion Hypiscus, bred by, and pur chased of, the Marquis of Exettjjr? foa^ded in 1834 ? a good hay, with immeuce bone and muscular power? 15 handsS iWcbes high, and beautiful" action? was got by thecele-" brated horse Sultan % out of th"e^X)uchess. of York by Waxy, gr$rid?im (Moses' "dam^'^y i Gohannaout ofGrey Skim by^ood pec kef Herod, &c. His performance^will be given on. his arrival. The lot are very promising, --aisi I hope4 to arrive safe in Charleston ?rith thenafc.- - I am, sir, your's respectful ly^ V " . i GEO. FRYER. wl'1 Religion. ? Conceive an arch wanting only the keystone, and still supported by the cen tring, without which it would fall into a pan less heap. It is now held up merely by the* supports beneath it. Add the keystone, and it will stand a thousand years, although every ' prop should be shattered or fall in dust. ? Now, it is idle to say that this changejn the principle of the structure was accomplished by the mere addition ofxme or more stones. The difference is not only tharaP|facrease, but also that of almost magical trai&irmtation^ No stone before helped to hold up-its neigh; bour ; and eaGh having its own prop, any one I might have been removed without shaking the J support of the others. Now, each is essen tial to the whole, which is sustained, ;not from without, but by an inward law. So is it with religion. It not only adds a new feeling-and j sanction to those previously existing in the. mind, but unites them by a different kind;of force, a^d one for the reception of which all the invisible frame was'prepared and planned,, through it may stand for years unfinished,' upheld by outward and temporary appliance, and manifesting its want of the true bond and centre which it has not yet received. ? Black wood. . , We look with wonder at the spectacle which astronomy presents to us, of the thou sands of worlds and systems of worlds weav ing together their harmonious movements into one great whole. But the view of the hearts of men furnished by his history, con sidered as a combination of biographies, Us immeasurably more awful and pathetic. Every water-drop of the millions in that dusty stream is a living heart, a, world of worlds!. How vast and strange, and sad and living a thing he only knows at ail who has gained know-, ledge by labor, experience, and suffering ; and he knows it not perfectly. ? Blackwoo? A Dear Kiss. ? A curious trial was recent ly held at Middlesex Sessions, in Eugland. Thomas Saverland, the prosecutor stated, that on the day after Christmas he-was in the \ top room where the defendant, Caroline New ton, and her sister, who had come, from Birmingham, were" present. The< latter jo kingly observed that she had promised her sweetheart that no man should' kiss her while absent. It being holiday time. Saver land considered this a challenge atid caught hold of her and kissed her. The young wo man took it as a joke, but her sister, the de fendant, said she would like as little of that kind of fun as he pleased. Saverland told her, if she was angry he would kiss her also; he then tried to do it, and they fell to the ground. On rising, the woman struck him; he again tried to kiss her, and in the scuffle she bit off his nose, which she spit out of he# mouth. The action was brought to recover damages for the loss of the nose. The de fendant said he had no business to kiss her; if she wanted kissing she had a husband to kiss her, a better looking man than ever the prosecutor was. The* jury without hesitation acquitted her ; and the chairman said, that if any man attempted to kiss a woman against her will, she had a right to bite off his nose if she had a fancy for so doing. n'" Value of the Pound Sterling. ? Messrs. Isaac Carow, D. Lord, Jr. and J. F;*HalK being appointed referees on a case wherein it became necessary to determine the legal value of the pound sterling,' , have decided that the said legal value, not regarding the fluctuations of exchange, ia four dollars eighty-five cents and eight mills. . The de cision is founded upon the act of June, 1834 Tl *dW^ ctrins within the ltis,deel money in the United '?'* by height, at the rate of 94 cents and 8 mills td^the^nnyweight. The lawfaf1 weight of the sovereign, or pound sterling, v accordingto thedecision of these referrees, is 5 pennyweights 3. grains and a fraction, which is designate das 5 mills, but what the ab breviation stands we fordo not know. In the rcpoit of the Secretaiy of the Treasury, da ted May 5th, 1 838, the weight of the sover eign is stated to be 113 grains and 18 twelve hundred and fourth parts of a grain^fj gold ; and its value, according to valuation of the United States, four^dollar^ ?? and eighty seven cents andj^Hzflrared-yid twentieth parts of a cent Com. iAdv* "That * rnedS |(l-, - Universal flesh is grass,' '^remaj " is not only;; roetapht true ; for alf those creatures but the herbs of the field, digested into flesh in the m,*or* more rembtively carnified. 1p* ou/selves.:;<Kay^ w$ aje wlratV? anlhrophaggi and cannibals? devourers not onl^of^men, 1 wtof onioWtf* selves : tfwf that < - not in an allegory, biira positive truilr; for all this mass of*fie5h>hIch^wje j>ebold-capie* V r Ci"', ; VT V'ST *^naW? in at OUrmoUlhs : this, frame -we look vrunon'.* ? hath^beeivi House.^Xfc; a., -v .?#?,, HHHHPPiM ^tpardlaw, * ? :v ,, v. ?sP T. Daipkuu,- ,??j # >y- * . ^ j ^ . 2** House.? W. Thompson, Three candidates tied, asTtj fur which anadhf^l&^ion is tq*W 1st Monday In fejjfeffiefr " " " ? - - We are indebted to Mr. Cunningham fot copy of *Ae American Almanac (or 1839 contains a eat deal ofdse^jl matter, in a i s pa ce, fo ra'smal 1 . price. " small Mr. Cunningham has-aleo^^^S^S^^B Leibehs new work.'*. - r - O. i* wli&? John ?. Calhovn Wa'ddy Thompsou^ This was so essentially the true issue in -iHe-91 late congressional canvass, that in a part of. the district called ;the "Dark Corner," other light than that of:the Hon. election-; J eering Senator seems to have broke into ther- ^ gloom. It is said a ,good handfull of sub Treasury votes were lqsfthere by being giy- V en in for "J. 0. Calhoun." ? ' " In several borrdw^^rticlesV;introducear " into our columns of to day for^he sake. of other useful-, matter, there- Will be observed occasional. sarcastic' flings 'jt*iour State and # the lat^^uliificatiOn- partyV* We do not no? -- tice tbese forv the* purpose of deprecating the very silly charge thatvwerlfave turti? o.yr backs on Nullification, for -that is two r "rfo.- ? ^ _ - ? Jfcl A interest. 'When^ South , Carolina was alone - and unfriended, but stariding^qn a p<?if&us* height of dauptless'resolution, and^ looking* ? restecT^in his maranding path a hundredth handecT giant who. seemed'only to'warft^&J^f nerve to cfush her under foot laugh at Cafblinathen? She returned frown for frown, retorted threat for threat and scorn. /1 for indignation. . Did' they laugh at C^roli^vJ na then*? Fierce invective and ^deep de.? ' -?? ;? ? - V->V V ?- ? ^ l-r -V- - nunciation. were Open mouthe4 against her^, ? but none laughed t]hen. - Those that? hate^ most, yfcjrespected her ; those more ' "aloof" " from. me struggle if they would not openly ^ assist yet' admired her gallantly andtf^j^jp-" their hearts, like Desdemona wHenshe wishj--' ed " that heaven had made fer such a man.'V* Now she ^ backed by a, powerful party, a : party floating on a returning tide ofwsuccess. She Ts smili^^wit^thosc^^he defi&^araT, marching in their triumphal tfaln.^^^ now how do^ iste^ stand in the^^eye of {He- . country ? Amoig^her new foond. fritad^fijAj takes rank ro due ^uftportion to AetleaS^j ness ofher vote for the President, in the-g same proportion ^ she is honoured place iu the inventory of the "Administration goods and chattel?. For the lit eight year? - .sWha^held the influence of her voteasbtiju dtfstVin the .balance .whpn weighed" i nst the dignity of her political '.character, and** feared to soil^he'lrftw.by pu^in^ ?bem in theVame scale. Now tliat vot<^ is is left of liar-heritage. Among, her Jate friends her conduct is iiatter --of Jest apd -ridicule t her defection'^ chastise 1'^ila^i sneer and, if a burst of indignation is occasion