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would move- that tie petitioner have leave lo withdraw his petition and papers, for rea sons too obvious "to require notice. Mr-Buchanan said that he would rather that the course proposed by the Senator from Missouri should not be taken with .the peti tion. He scarcely knew, himself what to say about it; bat he knew Mr. Rpsy To be a high ly respectable "and learned man, and knew'j that ia the science of meteorology there was i ?scarcely a man in the United States his su- J perior. He hardly believed it to bo in Mr. ? spy's, power to make it raiu, though there i were same six or seven of the most respecta- | ble literary gentlemen of the city ofPhiladei- j phia who expressed the opinion that he pro- ! ceeded on highly philosophical principles. ? He hoped the Senator from Missouri would j permit tEe*petition to take the usual course ! ? aittd a. committee, and if that motion | ^rcT oot prevail, that it woujd at least be suf- i fered to lie oh the. table. Mr. Crittenden nxrold -vote against the propositioe 'of the honorable Senator from Pennsylvania* {*Mr. Buchanan,] for the pur pose of relc6rdirf^his Vote in favor of that of the gentlerairri from. Missouri [Mr Beoton.]. He doabted very laaeh whether, even if this thing' |r?s possible, it would be good policy to eafcouftf?e the measure. He would be *wry sorry^'tnat any individual should have j ^he pouter. that this gentleman professes to j 3vare, -^ore esj >e"eiaHy- from the* annunciation : tfhat he was about to i*ke. the Ohio river on- j der his. ^special protection- Why, sir,, he ; might enshroud us in continual clouds, and j . indeed .falsify the promise that -the earth j should he no. more submerged. " And if he j possesses th? power of causing rain, he may also possess tR empower of withholding it, and 10. his pleasure, ins.tead of giving us a navigable river,, may present us with rocks ". and- shoals and sand-bars. He thought that this- would he too dangerous a power to en . trust to *any. individual, unless, we had a ? counteracting power,. capable ofprompt ap plication- ? without we "had some very sum mary process of manufacturing sunshine. ? This, indeed, "had been done by some French philosopher b.ut he thought with no great '?acce?s.s He was. also opposed to this schemecm'^ another account ? it had too muelk. the Appearance of a Sub -Treasury . about* "it; .a -hoarding up of clouds and vapors to be dispensed at will by an individual. He thought the proper course irL relation to' it was that indicated by the motionof the gen ' - tleman from Missouri. * ' 1 . < - ? Frootthe Richmond Whig. The Expedients^ of Hie Party? The Anti ' Abolition Humbug. All our acco'Hts .from Washington con ?. ,cuj iuNie fact that Atherton s. Aoti-Aboli ^ - ^jon resolutions were concocted in a caucus ' / of th? Van Buren party, including the con ?? verts? and that all Whigs no matter how ai - i- , Gently devoted to Southern rights* were ex cluded. The movement is another proof of the desperate game which the Administra tion feels itself compelled to pl-?y- -T^e re_ s maining elections for Congress are principai ly to be held in the South, and it is upou this region they feel, themselves compelled to operate. They expect to carry the electioo ^>f a few sub- Treasury candidates in the South By mounting them upon the anti-Abolition hobby ; an4 for this purpose, they* mafce hot baste to 5* fall 'into Southern measures." A ?*? set t>f Resdl u tinns are drawn up. kindly ten " derfog protection to the Soutn, and the gag ^ xs-^pn&U to prevent even an expression of ! : opH^oa** to the best mode of securing that -A* ^ _ , But what is the character of these resolu . tfofe, artfully drawn, as fhey are to lug in all wh o ma* nave beea a little populous on * th*iiibjfcctf? Xet the reader scan them, and he 1 Sfee thattiothing is conceded that has not afSay?been claimed by Southern men, -ground is not covered.? There is nothing ?irftkem, in reference. to the -adrais rion of new Stc Us, denying to Congress . the^Jghtto impose the abolition of slavery as a condition ,?f ad missio n into the Union. -So thatT whenever itmay Mr. Martin ' ^i^iJSiken, as it did m 1320 in reference to -^Ifesoun, to agitate the subject, and to get TM^stractions to Senators, the'-whofe ques ~tioO which distracted the* country at that pe 'rifld'fril! beopened-again. . ... v * Thev profess to consider the Lgitation 011 c $he subject of-slavery as &e'rag "with the of disturbing or overthrowing th?t insti tution ra the several States," yet they thro* iirno barrier to action upon the subject when 1 *?" 'JPlondavfor instance, shall ask to beadmitted, bat simply- confine -the House of Represen tatives to the rejection of^petitioos " with the '/%lews.aforesaid;" that is, the. destruction of thVifetitution "of slavery within .the limits of ? the -States 'already in the Confederacy . , ; "Mr, Wise's resolutions' covfer the whole * rgroandi yet because they were not the work dominant* party, (now the downward rejected by "South em men, pretending to an exclusive regard for the in terest of the South T Can the people be de ceived by such a shallow artifice? * ] "3?h^obje$tof the Administration parly at tb&titoefcW -palpable. They have nothing to ->:gain yin.the -North ? the "sober second thoughts of the people" having repudiated them in that qaarter^-and they now endeav or' tociaim xgectdiar Southern tendency , hop ing thereby to cajole the South and secure Its support. When did-we become so needy asjto need protection from such a quarter ? It ? ""betrays meanness, and a sense of degradation, to acknowledge that our rights - under the Constitution depend upon a resolve of the . House of Representatives ; and the discrimi - nation Tind sound" judgment of the people v.:' wilrepudia'te and reject with scorn the prof * fers of aid From such a source The very fact that 'these resolutions were ^;cpnnected in secret ; that a subject, vital to "all parties, has rn^de an exclusive party ques ' tion. proves conclusively tlie selfishness ot the agitators, and the utter h'ollowness of their pretensions^ and their readiness, at any mo ' ment to throw in Southern rights as so much jeStock in trade, whenever it may seem -to thein ^pecessary "to drive a bargain with the tradiug ippliticians of the North. ore unat e ly , the^veil in the present case is Atpb clumsy to conceal the purpose of the .^l^iDjiters-. ^ ? j ; -*A R^ON FIRE. ? It can no longer . be doubted that the Alabamians are waking .up, as it will appear* by the following article, .that they have succeeded iu setting their principal river on fire : *? - ? The Tombigby Kiveron Fire . ? While Mr. * JT M. Cooper was prosecuting the removal of rewV SHoals, after -boring to the depth 375 feet* his auger suddenly dropped and edtirelyi feappeirecl.. In the space* of some -several moments a deep hollow sound was heard, reSejnbliog the jumbling noise of dis taoi.thunder from -the chasm below, and at the same instant gashed fo/th from the shaft ffe**ibade.?a rcl^r franspareht, oleaginous substr ace or liquid, which boilsup very sim ilar to" the effervescence of a bailing pot ; and which owing to the sluggishness of the cur rent, has . gradually diffused itself over the whole surface of the river. A quantity has been collected, and upon application of fire, ' it is found to burn equal to the present sperm oil. ? To gratify cariosity and make further tests, ^fire has beeu -applied to the oil on the water, j and the whole surface of the river is now burning, emitting a flame of most beautiful appearance, about six inches high, and has alreadv extended about halfway down to Fort Stoddart ; the reflection of which upon the horizon in the night, presents a most sublime, spectacle, far supassing in grandeur and beau ty of appearance the aurora borealis. ? Mobile Journal. LYNCHBURG, Dec. 20. j Dreadful Fire. ? A letter from E. M'Ga vock, Esq. Post-Master, Wythe Court House, | to the Editors of the Virginian, says ? 41 1 stop the mail to inform you thai one third of | our town is in ashes. The fire broke out about 4 o'clock this morning. We are in great confusion. Many of the citizens are without houses to which to take their fami lies." The loss eannot be estimated. Com paratively it is greater than that wh|ch resul ted from" the fires in New York and Charles ton." From the Raleigh Register. . J Raleigh, Dec. 7, 1838. Gentlemen : ? A large number of gentle- j men, members of the General Assembly and j others, desirous to-give some proper expres sion of their . high sense of the noble iude ptndence and elevated patriotism by which youf conduct in' the National Legislature rhas been so honorably distinguished, have deputed us to ask that you will partake with them, of a public diuner on Monday next. With high respect and true regard, we have the honor to be, your ' most obedient servants, EDMUND JONES J. .T. MORE HEAD, - - Wm. W.. CHERRY, K. RAYNER, FRED. J.HILL, NAT.' BOYDEN, M..Q, WADDELL, . Il.C.JONES. Raleigh Dec. 7, 1838. Gentlemen : ? Public duties at Washing ton, which demand our attention, compel us, reluctantly, to decline the very flattering in vitation tendered to us by you, as the organ of a number of members of the Geueral As sembly. Nothing could have been more agreeable to. us than to have received this testimonial of approbation from the trium phant Whigs of North Carolina, in the mo ment of their victory ; and, to have exchang ed congratulations with those who, after a long and arduous struggle, have placed their State in an attitude of hostility to the dan gerous measure of Executive power, which has marked the history, and is the steady policy of the' present A J ministration. With the most hearty felicitations upon the posi tion now asstfmed by the State and upon the effects it will, in all probability produce, we are, gentlemen, With great respect & esteem, ^ Your ob't. serv'ts. WIXL1 \M C. PRESTON. WADDY THOMPSON. SATURDAY,. DECEMBER 29. We are requested to make it known that th,e Rev. Bishop Andrews will preach in the Methodist Church, on .Tuesday evening ?next. ? At a meeting of the Vestry of Trinity Church , in this piece, lately held. Dr. Ed ward Sill was elected Warden, and 31 r. W. Cumin^kamr Treasurer, in the place of Mr. H. G. Loper, removed to Charleston. The Bank of Hamburg, S..C. has declared a dividend of $2,50 on each share, for the last six months; being at. the rate often per cent, per annum. The Head Quarters of his Excellency, Governor Noble, will be at Edgehill, his residence, near Williiigton post office, Ab beville District Henry Clay, Jr, lately sold his imported short- horned Durham cow, Priucess," for ?$200.0. - . A " Free Banking ' Art has been passed j by the Legislature of Georgia. We have not j seen it, but understand that it is similar to that of New York. ' A. Fitch, Esq. has been appointed a Jus tice of the Quorum for Richland District. Mr. Biddle has published a letter to J. Q. Adams in regard to the course of the Bank ! of the United States during the late money i crisis. He claims the credit of having ena 1 bled the country to discharge its foreign debt ; in a manner which has saved the planting in terest some ten or fifteeu millions of dollars. [ The resumption of specie payments by tha j Banks he attributes to the repeaiof the specie I circular, and the defeat of the sub-Treasury i bill w'rth the specie clause. He says that the | late circumstances of the country forced his j Bauk into its old attitude of a national insti j tution, and that having borne the country in ' safety through the crisis, " it abdicates this [ involuntary power, and will take its* rank i hereafter as a simple State Institution, devoted ; exclusively to its own special concerns." Christmas . . The French celebrate it by i splendid spectacles aud parades ? the Italians ! by singing? :the Scotch by going to Church ? i the Spanardsby bull-fights ? the Russians by j getting drupk ? the English by gating. The character of each Christian people of Europe distinctly exaibits ' itself in their different modes of observance of the day which they all regard as the most important that ever dawned upon the world. It appears that the Yankee . genius is making developements equally Character istic We see a no ice of a fat. hog, put up on Christmas day, somewhere in New England, to be guessed for, at 12? i cents a chance, the "talented individual" who comes nearest to his weight, to be rewarded with the 'animal. v Tt appears that hereafter the great South ern mail is to pass through Wilmington and Charleston instead of the present route. This measure has produced some excitement in the towns that are to suffer bv the change. In Cheraw, Fayetteville and Raleigh, public meetings have been held, partly to argue against the alteration, a.ud partly to make known the resentment of the citizens that Mr. Kendall should think of taking away their daily four horse stage* and sending thein in its place a tri-weekly mail, .carried on a single horse, 44 and that probably," as one of the orators indignantly expressed it, 44 a bob-tail poney !" ' The Reports of the Secretary of the Trea sury, of War, Navy, <fcc. it is impracticable for us to publish, on accocnt of their length. Besides, most of their details possess but lit tle interest, and their statements and calcula tions are by no means to be depended on. The longest and most important Report, that of the Secretary of the Treasury, is in substance little else than a -confession of prodigality, fraud and bankruptcy. The re ceipts of the past year are stated to have been thirty eight millions, and the expendi tures forty. The available balance in the Treasury on the 1st January will be from one to two and a half millions, upon which there will be demands to the amount of seventeen millions; consisting of Treasury notes, eight millions; fourth instalment, nine millions. ? As to next year, the Secretary calculates that the receipts will be twenty eight and a half millions, and the expenditures thirty ? leaving a balance on hand January 1, 1840, of about one million. Mr. Woodbury's esti mates, however seldom come within ten millions of th*i fact. There i$ little dout t but that the Government will sqd^nder all the money it can lay its han^s on ? make a fresh issue of Treasury notes? refuse to pay the States the 4th instalment ? and at the end of j next year be deeper in debt than it is now. The most "interesting item in the Report of the Secretary of War is that during the year ending September 30th 1838, fourteen hundred and sixty one U. S. pensioners died, and during the same^ period two thousand three huudred and fifty four were added to the list! . A special repoit has been made to Con gress of the case of Mr. Swartwont, by which it seems that hi> deficit at the end of each year was as- fallows : On the 31st Dec., 1830, $522 34 On the 31st Dec., \83U 1-163 87 On-the-31st Dec., 183*2, 30,801 33 On the 31st Dec.; 1833, 3-3,298 54 On the 31st -Dec., 1834, * 50,370 04. On the 31st Dec-, 1835 ' 137,t)61 69 On the 31st Dec.. 1836, 336,718 69 ? On the 31st Dec., 1837; 1,016,955 3*2 O.rrthe "28th March, 1838; 1,225,705 69 Ever since Gen. Jackson came into power, the practice has been to use offices of trust and emolument, as rewards for paity sevices. The consequence has been, that public sta tions are conferred, not upon men of tried in tegrity and talents, but brawling demagogues, incompetent and corrupt. The Government, too, instead of exercising that watchfulness which is propei "and necessary even over honest men, not only permits these rascals to carry on their .long careers of fraud un checked, but jn many cases actually protects j them in their villanies. The case of -Mr. Swartwout and Mr. Price illustrates charmingly the Jackson and Van j Buren system * of appointment to office.! Here/are- the. wo most important agents of the government, in the largest city in the Union. Tne ('ollectoi runs away, with a million and a quarter of dollars of the public money. j The Attorney, whose duty it is to bring him to pnnishment, runs away too ! Affairs .at . Harrisburg are not yet settled, j but they wear a somewhat more peaceable aspect. The House is still divided into two bodies, and it seems doubtful whether they j will so continue, or unite, or one yield to the other* A considerable body of troops is re tained on the spot by the Governor.. During the whole of this attack Upon law and order, which threatened to involve a Stat? iu anarchy and * blood, the Globe, the organ of the Administration, has been ap plauding the outrages of the Mob, and cheeiiug them on. ? We published last week the resolntio. is on the subject of abolition, introduced into the House of Representatives by Mr.' Atherton, and passed by that body. By some among us they are received with favour, and by others with all possible dissatisfaction. For. our own part, that any Southern representative should have borne part in such an act, really aston ishes us.* In 1836 Mr. Pinckney's famous Resolu tions- were passed, for which he was driven out of Congress, and in many quarters de nounced as an incendiary and a traitor. Let any one compare those resolutions with these, and the advantage will.be found on' the .side of Mr. Pinckney. The objections to his resolutions were, that they we're concerted with the Van Buren party, and that they gave up the right of reception. Mr. Atherton 's resolutions are equally liable to both these charges; besides which, as pointed out by Gen. Thompson, a negative pregnant is made in favour of abolition in the District, leaving it to depend upon the intention which may happen to be ascribed to the act. v If is apparent that these .resolutions were got up for no other purpose than party effect They were the production of a caucus con ?fined to Administration men. No Southern Whig, tho' representing thousands of slave holders, was permitted to participate in the proceeding. V. P. Cushman} of New Hamp shire, presided over the meeting? the chief actors were men who believe and de clare that "slavery is abhore t to the laws of God and man'*? and the head of the party is the Missouri restrictionist ! These are the men who have taken the slave property of the South under thei: kind protection ! ???????? Communications. Mr. John9to5 : By my special request, Dr. Ellet, the able professor of Chemistry of the South Caro lina College, has furnished the accompanying answer, upon a subject inseparably connected with the interest and prosperity of this State generally, but particularly the agricultural portion. Will you have the goodness, sir, to give it publicity. Verv respectfully, JOHN DOUGLASS. So. Ca. College, Dec. 10th, 1838. Dear Sir ? I cheerfully comply with your request that I would communicate a simple method of determining the nature and relative value of marls and calcareous deposites generally, for agricultural and other purposes During the present session of the Legis lature, opportunity has been afforded me of examining many such specimens from very different parts of the State, and I have no hesitation in saying that their value in agri culture renders them of more importance to its welfare, than almost any other minera treasure which could be discovered. Not a few of them, too, are susceptible of easy con version into lime of good quality, for agri cultural purposes. There is too little uniformity in the exter nal characters of these ruarls to enable us to detect them. .They vary much in cofor, passing from almost pure white to different shades of grey, yellow and brown? occasion ally they consist to a greater or less extent of shells *r their fragments cemented by foreign matter, but more frequently they exhibit no appearance of organic origin. The simplest mode of determining the nature of such a substance, is to drop a frag ment of it into a small quantity of dilute nitric or muriatic acid, when a rapid effer vesence takes place, and continues until the mass is either entirely dissolved or the un dissolved portion remains as a fine powder. This effervesence is due to the escape of car 'boriic acid from the carbonate of lime, which is the valuable constituent of the marl, and its amount and violence will serve for a rough estimate of the quantity of that substance present. ? . ? But a much closer approach to accuracy is easily attainable, and requires no means which ^re not likely to be found in every planter's house. All that is necessary is a little muriatic acid, which need not be pure ? a good pair of med'reine scales, and a very thin and light six ounce vial. To make the assay^ a portiou of the marl reduced to fragments about the size of a pea is to be thoroughly dried before the firoW one hun dred grains accurately, weighed out. In the de place the vial containing about an ounce ot muriatic acid- and an equal ^ weight of water, is to be placed in one of the scales and- accurately counterpoised. To the 30unterpeise a weight of 100 grains is added. The vial of acid being now removed, rom the scale, the. fragments of marl are to be added to it at intervals until the whole has been introduced. To prevent small portions of the liquid from being thrown out of the yessel during the effervesence, it should be inclined at an angle of about 45 degrees. When the effervesence has entirely ceased, the ?as above the liquid is to be removed by gently blowing" Mo 'it two or three times with a bellows, and the bottle and its contents. are to be returned to the scales. A loss- of weight due to the carbonic acid which has escaped in a gaseous form, will be observed. Its amount is determined by the weight necessary to rsstore the equilibrium, and from it the quantity of carbojiate of lime in fhe hundred parts is easily culculated by th'e following rule: Multiply the loss of weight by 100 and divide by 44. The quotient is the answer. . ? This whole process, which is of very easy performance, and occupies not more than -fifteen minutes, will give a result sufficiently true for all practical purposes. Very respectfully, Your obd't; serv'*. ... W. H. SLLET. -4 r For the Telescope., I Mr. Editor,: ? 1 notice iu ^our paper of the 15th instaut, ! two communications complaining of the con i ditioa of the public highway, principally be tween Cedar and Crane Creeks. 1 shall state facts, and leave the public to draw their conclusions, whether the commissioners and overseers merit the censure they have receiv ed. After a few unimportant remarks,- 44 Prac tice" asserts, *' for the first '20 miles North of Columbia, the road is almost impassable, a part contiguous to Crane Cfreek being in such order that two wagons cannot, with se curity pass." . Fro.n the foot of the hill, 44 immediately contiguous to Crane Creek, to the upper cq^ner of Mr. Frost's feuce, about 150 or 200 yards, two wagons could not have passed ? with security for the last five years. Again : the hill commonly called Wade's, nbout two miles above the Creek, probably for the same distance, is, and has been, too narrow for a horse with security to pass a wagon. We therefore admit the road to be 11 almost impassable" for four hundred yards, on account of its narrowness. 44 Practice says, 4-4 for twenty miles" Most of the planters from Cedar Creek and its vicinity, start their wagons with 6 or 7 bales of Cotton, from home, early in ' the morning; they go to and return from Coium Uin the same day, passing over fourteen iniles of tl^is almost impassable road ; this has been done since the complaint* * I have made it my business to enquire of almost every wag-, oner met, for the last week or ^wo, and all agree that ihey have not 3eenthe road better, or so good, for many winters. 1 have seen during the last week some five or. six car riages laden wifh Jadies^and gentlemen* at and above the 15 mile post, at 12 o'clock, which, ! imagine, left Columbia after break fast. From " Practice's" statement one might have thought a Hercules at each wheel could not have pushed ihem fifteen miles per diem. 14 flas the twelve days work been perform ed as prescribed by law?" -If the law re quire the twelve days' work to be performed between the first Monday in August and the first of December or January, I answer, no. i'he year with us commences the first Moor day in August ? and seven months yet re main for working, if the roads require it. He who speaks 44 the voice of many," there fore need not undertake 44 the painful task of lodging iqformation," until the year shall have expired? rtlien. if this road be found in 44 an intolerable condition," he will be justifi able in performing a duty 4* patriotism urges upon him." For ten years there was heard the 44 Voice of Many," from Fairfield, 4 make Nipper's hill better, and we all can get cr;r produce to market, without being under the necessity of paying 15 or 20 per cent, for the carriage." The overseer spent some three or four days in turning the road ? the voices were silenced for a time; but now, Nipper's hill extends from Cedar Creek to Columbia. I am at a loss to account for the mistake made Jfe^y 44 Practice," unless he was suffering from one of those fits of hallucination, common to dyspeptics, when he examined our road. Be that as it may, he certainly has discover ed a much more economical cure for Dys pepsia, than visiting fashionable watering places? the poorer classes will do well tore member it. From his concluding remarks, 44 Practice", would have us think him a Legislator. Whe ther he be or not, I would suggest to these scribblers the propriety of petitioning to the next sub-Treasury Legislature; perhaps they< may, in their wisdom, resolve to place that portion uf the public road between Cedar and Crane Creek* upon an exclusive mctalic basis.. ? ? v> ' -H OLD THERMOPILAE; 1 BEAT CHESTER *v; -? :? v. ^ ' A few days agor a Shoat was ' killed that was raised on the plantation of. wiclow Knox, fifteen months old, weighing .350 lbs.? three hundred and fifty pouuds tiett. Certified by old Col. Gill. - Dec. 13, 1838. ' * COLUMBIA, Dec 29, 1838. BAGGING, Hemp, .18 ? *23 BALE ROPE, 10 a 15 BA.CON, Round ....14 a 20 9 UTTER, Country 15 r a 25 COTTON, Fine,.'..;...: 12* a 1? Mid ling,. .. . . . 10 a 12 ? Inferior,., .y ........ -... 8 a 10 MACKEREL, No. 1,. ...$13o 16 44 ? No. 2, './.AO a 11 No. 3, .....74* 8 . FLOUR, Country ?? k'fi 81 CORNj : : 90 a - 100 oats; 62a 75 j PEAS,.... $1 a 112 IRON, Swedes,. ..... .;. ..."....6 a 7 44 English,. .* .-5 a 6 * LARD, New...... : .18 a 20* MOLASSES, Cuba, M* 62 44 New Orleans ..\ . .60 w " LOST , ;? APR AFT on Jamea Adeer & Co., of Charleston drawrrby Wm. McCreight & Son, of Winn*- . boro, in favor of Wrfj..C Keas & Brother*,- for Six Hundred. Dollars. I lost it somewhere betwoert Winnsboro and Sumter. Any information concern-, ing it will be thankfully received, if addressed, to R: Ciithcart & Co., Columbia, and a suitable reward paid, if required \ ISAAC F. KEAS. - Dec 29, - 57 , tf Commercial Bank. DECEMBER 26th, 1838. A Semi Annual dividend of one dollar and a quar ter per share, will be paid to the Stockholders, oa and after Tuesday the first day of January next. Stockholders residing in Charleston jwill receive their dividends by appiying at the Planters and Me chanics Bank. ? * > J. A. CRAWFORD, President, Dec. 29, 1838 ' . 57 It Stale of South Carolina, Bij His Excellency PATRICK NOBLE, Esq., Governor, and Commander in-Chief in and over the State of South Carolifia : WHEREAS, in pursuance of the Act of the Legislature of this State, the votes for Mem bers of.the twenty-sixth Congress have been count ed in the presence of the Governor, by Commission ers appointed for that purpose, and it appears that Waddy Thompson, Jr. has been duly elected lor the Congressional District composed of Pendleton and Greenville ; Francis 1^. Pickett* , for the District composed of Abbeville and Edgefield "; John K. Grif fin, for the District composed of Laurens, Now berry and Fairfield ; Franklin H. Elmore , for the District composed of Richland, Orangeburg, Barnwell, and Lexington ; James Rogers, for the District* composed of Spartanburg, Union. York, *and Chester; John x Campbell, for the District comj-osed of Georgetown, Marrion, Horry, Darlington, and Marlbjronjjh ; Jo/in P. Richardson, for the District composed of Kershaw, Sumier, Lancaster, and Chesterfield ; Robert Barn well Rhett, for the District composed of Beaufort and Colleton; and Isaac E. Holmes, for the District of Charleston. "Now, therefore, I do issue this my Proclamation, notifying and dacliring, according to the provisions of the. said Act, that Waddy Thompson, jr. F, H. Elmore, James Rogers, F. W. Pickens, John K- Grif fin, John Campbell , R-B. Rhett , John P, Richardson f and Isaac E- Holmes , hid a majority of votes in their respective Congressional ' uon Districts, qnd are duly elected Representatives in the Congress of the Uni'tefl vStates, from this State. Given auder myhand,?md seal of the State, at Columbia, the 15th day of December, the yenr qfoqr Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty ei^bt, and in the sixty-third year of-th* Independence nf jhp f^ted States of America - . PA i RICK NOBLE, Governor. * By the Governor, B. H. Saxon, Secretary "of State, Der. 28 / ? ? $7 fMTH#** *o!4 before ihe ff of Columbia on \\ Tnesday insanitary.' next, on a farina, withihTw^jeg''' hour* of ' 450 a?re? of Qw<>^rt or lets, River, bound on .thefro&J east by Scott's land, on TV?) and th * west hy gai<! Congatf of l,and more or less, hoinj^lhtf residence, situated on the Rood leading bh t<> MrCord's Ferry, hounded wn the v CI tire's land, on the- north east bv W^^FdrdX land, and on the wfnth by Ml* wlfHWt ? Also. 600 arros of Ij?no more or? itt*> aOfto^tpa*' Roads ? say Road lending Own Qpfim| to*Ci?i<tjV. Ferry, and lite R<?nd Itftdinsr fmm CiyiwWt U>"^ Cord's Ferry. Also, ono Mute andT three llorfn. Also, Seven Negroe*: levied on. and to HE ibid flinja property of W. H K?IUng>v\^rtli, at the stirf of Jof don (Jay and variotw or he* Executions y?. wia. JJ. Killingsw< rtb. .. , "? ' * ,,-V All the defendants right, rifle ara$ fciforrn to Hundred arres of Lind more or frt^ silualed otilbo r<?mbes? Branch, waters%of Ctone Crtok* Broad River; bounded on N. W by'Jonothan rel's hnd, on the N. E. by Willi* iiyl Moipt'a. l*n|. on the south by the saidComhew Branch*, ana dnllpk S. W. by L)r Samuel Perfivn\*s land* AV*> ^Jjh defendants right, title and interest (o on? Rl Acres of Land more or lesa, whore sho Dow 1. hounded on the south and south-east .bv J a roes Guignard's land, and. on the irt'rtn by.bndnow mf Rossession of A ^T. Smith Ah>o, fourSbyeeitoir^, fancy and her three children, Emm*, Safi and Burrell ? at the suit of B. D. PJant, two CMrft *a% Sarah Brortn. ' ? ? l The same property t\t the suit of Henry HfcOow$f\ and his wife, Sarah P- ^fcGtuveri, va. Sarah Four Negroes, and seven Hordes and two Wagons^ at the suit of L Boy ell vs. A|; Q.T^aj*' ^ Nagel. . ^ ^ 12 Negroes, at the suit of B. L McLauchKn jto4 sundry other Executions vs. S W,T^ifef. 1; Term* cash. JESSE QEBJttJHLr* * D. SheriiF s Office, Columbia, j December 15, 1938. M PROPOSALS roa fCBLisiiiNd a TEMPERANCE JOURNAL. - IN COLUMBIA, S. C. . "'i.' The state temperance socikf* for SOUTHC AROLIN A, aube Uta Anniversary Meeting in Columbia, resolved to establish^ It prarti* cable, a Week'y Newspaper, deveted telb* eaqsc The ExecttT of Temperance. The Executive Committee, r .. duty it is to. -carry thia resolution into effort, he) leave to address the several Societies and ind|v idnal*. in the State, engaged in ibis good caw*, upon this interesting subjert. - ? r . ' . ' " r *'?" L: The increasing prevalence and rninoos eActi of the qse of intoxicating liquors, call loudty far some decisive measures to rouse public attention To fhia ' direful evil, and unite the ronnHls and efforts of the benevolent and" patriotic, itr arresting its prufrest.? No means seem more wisely adapted to acmmplish their purpose, than such a dissemination of (acts ai)d statements upon the subject as would be effected by such a publication. The labpors. experiem-e alii investigation of the friends df. Temperance in the Northern States, ' have accumulated treasures of knowledge and atgpmepts in this cause. Bat if)** valuable material* are excluded from our cQmmM"Hy, by their being raided with speculations Wilf tu oUr domestic iruitifuti<jn9. The QnVway* thererore, in which the interesting detail* and powerful reason-* ings, contained in the Temperance publications of the nonz ero be given to the pqbjic hefejf tqpMffc the columns of the proposed paper. ^j|t^i m r? - fest that the best mtereas of oar State. ?*d the ( gress of the Temperance Reformation so vitally portanr to public safely and heffptnea*. will be a effectually promoted by a geperal cucolatioa of Temperdncc Advocate. > . The following plan will regulate t!v?pttb>?ctti>n? ft Willi I. Original communications and domertic Intelfe. gence relative*! the general subject r"-* ? ? IL Copious from Newspapcrs, published in other the Temrferance cause. , i r ?. in. A wtekly summary df ft news, prims current, j&o. As the friends ofTfcmperance, I of this Pape^ belong to difierenk | religious denomination*, all diact venial or sectarian character, Ml *ajo [ _ religion, wiH be ^scrupulously ercluded' . _ rery family in the Statf, desirowofobtt .every family in the stfcf# * utmom with" full in&rmatfpa'and authentic . the direful evils of Intemperance, aad the of Reformation- ? As . the cotome/icemenf of such a Publication can only be warranted by a large subscription, a strong appealis made to the officers ofTempenince Socwi ties, and the friends of the cause *o wbop\|hi* fnti pectus may be sent, to iw pwept-andiactire. Wfii * *??? : ' -?v^^rapDXTlOlJS. THE SOBTtf CAROkfiU, TEM ADVOCATE will be published Weekly bia, wj super-royal sheet, eqnaiin o^ Columbia Teletoope.- The price UFm be Two DoLiAas and Fiptt Ciwrsper paid jnadvauce, or .Three Dollabs, a) oftbe?year. . ? ?*?*->?' * . In order to filt the InlbscWption respectfully recommended to all Tempi ties 10 sunscribe for tCnamherof copies .distribution. ' ? ,Jr X-0 The- &fecutiVeir,omm'rttee H Gentleman, to whom thil Circular is l as agent for ohtaining ^ubscriptions, and the' list of subscribers obtained to the BrVce, Interidant of Columbia, "" first day of Match ensuing. *- ? Public Aucllo#; WILL b$ sold bfcJPu&!i<i Anctio^ the -2nd January, W39, twp-B? said f Torses were purchased hr ( ?$o. Jame^. from W.^ T. Heirohymna.. concerned. , _ ' - WiH be hired bef >re the Court Hpij^ia r on Tuesday the first day of Jaotrtiey, J839, to the highest bidder; ?e?en . Nftsme# Monginjr" to fl>? estate of- Samuel Blytjie, dee'd . Terms made know q on the day of hiring. ?* r '* ?" ^ JESSE DEBRUHU Auctioneer. Dee. 28th, 1833 ; j '? ^ if r,*,? , ? ? T> '' ? Attention Riflemen f! THE 'Ricblaad Volunteer Rifle. Company will appear on their usual parade gronnd ooBatoN day, 5tlV January, 1839, armed and equipped fein* spection and drill' , " - ' . . By order of the CapUin. ' . ... ..J -..V . ... T. E.BAKER, O S. N. B.? The members will come prepared to piy their semi-annual dues: Dec. 29, 37 ' ?,* -K k JYofice , MRS. M. M. ADDISON Wlfl again open her School in the Village of Lsj(ington, on thdflrst Monday in January next. Orthography. Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar, Modern and Ancient Geography, Modern and Ancient H??tory, Rhetoric, I/Jgio, and Natural PhiJa*>ph'y, MtfMC 0Q Piano Fone and Needle Work will be "taught. ? The ye'ar will be divided into ttyo Mnojiiof five months each. ?* - . TERMS. ? . ^ v For Bpard*, Tuition, Washitig, Candles, 4te per Session in advance ' I UN . . Music o? Piano Forte, per session* ? - 90,00 (Jse of do do . 3o ? 4/X) . Needle Work do * ^-v 4?00 ? A competent Assist snt will be emploMq^Th* situation is wj perfectly healthy that pupua may fa* main in ibis Institution throughout* the wMl JTMf with perfect safety.' Lexington C. H.,S Wl,1838 . (JT* ^ * t ? ? ? ? - . ? . 1 i M L.wmaorrm Rank <?i" Hamburg ?. 'f. HP Board -tvtving Jec|<(fed a (}iyi<jen'4 regeqtatives 0Q-<ir the Ut rv, 1839. ? ~ '? i . If: UtITCHlSON, 0?Ww . ? Dec?- ? : ? *?; ?