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41 )~~4, A teo a*r tlie a : unc iYimomflhd - countenance of. e . Ahe rmt~air bens esaliqtbdlobupnaltiegyywrs, InO who -no bak.n'thekIngdoene, 'y d a hodence. The gra bulk Idtrademen in-Carlisle bad dealiugs i h ihe m land their notes - passpd as O~ee sgoI shmughout a very iWald _fiii the netiern countrie."II has beCn rumiiuklfIrthfinmediate caue ,nrailure ;wos ia/pressui* upon, thoeesrs. - orster by the'houe.o Glynn c, heit London agents. ' This, however, is a mis take; the stoppage has liee. caused by the extent of their . advances &Q.soe- of their customdrs, whd have, been unable to meet the deaqnds upoli tem. Assooli .9s the.filure became kdbwn, the Messrs.' Conel palled a 'moeting of their friends, and, anotice was issued, signed by the Mayor and other respectable individuals, staling that these prties -were satisfied of tie ibility of- the Messrs. Connell to meet ll demands upon them, and leave a large SurpIus. At two o'cldek, yesterday, a meeting 'was held, and attended-by the great majority of the imechnts, manufacturers, and ri'nei pal inhabitants of the borough.' .Resouiidns were proposed and embodied itgthe form of a declaration thar the failure ofthe Messrs. Forster did not arisefrom any circumstance connected with the present state of the money market, or calculated to throw any discredit on the other banks in the town and neighbourhood; that the meeting had per feet confidence iithe stability of these banks and would receive their notes as tqsual. The declaration was most numerously signed. The only danger to the- public from the calamity is it the panic and want of confi dence. which may-arise, and which, if given way to, may produce.the most dreadful re sults. The Bank of Messrs. Ward, of Woolwich, had also stopped. But although busines af fairs appeared so gloomy in the remote dis tricts, matters were becoming more easy and tranquil in the capital. FPromn the New York Gazette of 'Dec. 30.] TFN DAYS LATER FROM ENGLAND. The packet ship Columbus, Cnpt. De payster. arrived in our outer harbour last -mght,fromp Liverpool, wee she satle on the 20th ult. to which date we have London and Liverpool Journals. They contain ne counts t tihe death of Charles X., ex-king of France, who expired at Goritzia on the 6th of November, of Cholera. It is said that the Doke d'Angouleme, waiving hiq own rights instantly proeaimed hisg;eph ew King of France and Aavarre. A revo lutionarv movement against the Constitution of 1820'had been attempted at Lisbon, but it ved unsucessful. C. Eugene Mulibsan, the first husband of the celebrated Prima Donna, and for many eI ars a respectable merchant in this city, lied -at Paris on the 13th, at the age of 54. The mnorning previous he paid several visits and-appetred in good health, - .*ang-WpubliSheetT V iTspondent that the k of Englaypd iuld, inder an order in Council, stop paying gold, tie Chancellor of thaExcheqer on the 12, published a full contradiction of the report, under his own * signature. It has been decided to send young Louis Napoleon to the United States, on a pledge that lie shall remain ten years. There was great distress in the money market throughout England and Ireland. and several private banking houses had stopped payment ; among them were For ster's Bank at Carlisle, which suspended payment on time 18th. With respect to this concern, time Liverpool Chronicle of the 19th says: No circumstance for a long time created such sensation in Carlisle-the announce mont has east a gloom on the countenance ofetery one. Thme firm has been establish -cd for upwards of flity years, and perhaps no Bank in the kingdom enjoyed a larger degree of confidence - . 'New York Daily Express. December 29th. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM SOUTH AMERICA.' - Mexico probably Recognlaed by Spain. -We have just seen a letter from a source of the highest anthority, received by the packet ship Hlavre, dhated Paris, which states that the writer had received a letter - from M. Santa Maria, time Minister Pleni potentiary from Mexico, then at -tihe Court . sif Madrid, which states that the treaty -for the Recognmition of Mexico had been agreed upon between himsalf amid the Spanish Government,~and that thme dilculty wvhich 'had previously existed between the two gov ernments hadl" been removed, and that the treaty had only to be submitted to the Cor tes for their sanction. - The government of Venearnela is the only one except Mexico frotn Souti - Aiperica that has'a Minister Plenipotentiary for the - ~purpose of adjuistinig t i terms of Recogni tion. The Minister is .Soublette, who recently has en el i president of Venezuelo. tledoubt that heihas negotiated a mu for his Government. -There , between several of the South American epublics, that they never -will accede to any terms, whmich may endadger their commerce, or which may require the. payment of mnoney. If, therefbre, Mexico is recognised, all thes 2 rest will follow. [From the N. Orleans Bee--Eztra Dee. 20.'j IMPORTANT IF TRUE. It was rummoured on Saturday and yes terday on the authority of roetters, we know F not whence or bywhom received, that the royal party in Mexico had declared the in fant of Spain, Don Francisco de Paulo, King of that 6 contry, that France anid Englatid had declared In his favour, and had * forsdished him with resources to work his way to. the throne thus offered him, -tha -four French -shmips of 74 guns are now off Penscobh, and wore about to sail for the vmighborhood of. Vera Cruz, where anothem * 74had already arrived, nd that these forces af~e to support the party about to decilari Oad" bgland eye apY po. Iaet 1'.".1 ld to put an end th a w that country ha' 0, lig been e tibilkty toth ptzli , ined s, whi accdidlpj to the view ofthose two powers can nievev'lf ti. coolished exee- t under a royal. governmeq. Whatever nay e the6 on'tbi. subj et, it cannot bed'ni'ed that - ous events have ocepried in relation ta t Meian question. An-expedition wa's late Zengaring it.-Havatn, about Which pub L p: ' gala dividwe Man pets i destinedT Mexlo antifoig remait. In dobt; the first arrivals will ast light .on the subject. In our next ,we shall hazard vome reiection on it. LFrom the Natchez'Uourier.] - TEXAS. Causes qf the sglease of SantiaAa.-T he following comntauniatiott comes to hanoi at 'a very favorablp re, w'hen the presses -from every qi. 'e rife with specula tia resp" u W reasons that actuated th'e, Toinan chi. Magistrate in releasing the captive President of Mexico-. For the information and satisfaction of those at a distance who feel interested in the welfare of this interesting country, per haps it would be no - more-- than proper for us Lo-btate that the entleman who favored us with this'omni'cation is a highly re spected gentldman of the Natchez bar, and who being intimately acquainted with the head of the government and the leading men of Texas, has all the adequate oppor tunities of speaking authentically on the subject. Thisexpose of the course of policy adopt ed by the Texians is highly satisfactory, land. although we have been inclined to doiubt the expediecy of the measure, we aire now .convinced that 'the interests and welfare of the infant republie may he really proamoted by Santa Anti's restoration to liberty, while at the very worst it can do them nuo.harm, if. the results anticipated tidrefrom should'eiot be realized. To ihe Editor of the Nathchez Courier. SiR-The Mexicain General Santa Ana and his friend and aid-ae-camp, Col. Al. monte have been released from their cap tivity in Toexas, and passed up the river a few (lays ago on their way to the city of Waihington. They are escorted on be half of the Texian Government by Colonel Uockley, Inspector General of the A rmy, Col. Bee, late Secretary of- the Treasury and Capt.. Patton. I acedmpanied them from 'this place to Vicksburg, and the views' which have induced the visit of Sauta Auna to our capitol, have been placed in my possession with the request that I should make public so much of them as might be interesting to the people of this country. In view of the speedy and pacific adjust ment of the sanguinary war which has ex isted between Mexico and Texas,. the cap tive general solicited permission frqln tie Texian Government to throw himself upon the protection of the United States, and claim the interposition of the m-diatory of fAcesf their Uherta'giiu-te. lie proposed -to acknowledge the Republic of Texas an independent and sovereign nation-or to agree to the incorporation of her territory into the North A merican Unionlf the other parties interested should so determine. Being a prisoner ot wvar--and the Mexican Government having expressly declared that it would hold no negociation with Texas through General Santa Aria while lie so re mained in duresse, it became necessary, if his authority and influence were to 1be madle available at all, that he should at once be placed in a different attitude, .in which he might, set free and untrammelled, unbiassed by any despairing circumstances, hut ac cording to his unquestioned legal right that he shoulil, in fact, be restored to the full andecomplete possession of all his law ful authority and power as President of Mexico. To effect this, his immediate and unconditional release by the geierniment of Texas was indispensably requisite---ad under the pccyliar circumstsnees which exist in connexion with his captivity, it was deemed advisable that the p acificatory of fices should be invokgi of sonie neutral power, friendly to botft 'elligerent par ties, and impartial betwveen them. .General Santa Ana therefore proposed to visit WTashington, and solicit the mediation of the President of the United States, and his proposal was acceded to by the Execu tive of Texas, who believed thamt niothing could possibly be gained by detaiping him longer. On the first of M arch nett the term of his Presidentship will ex~plie, after which time he would be utterly valueless as a prisoner. The people of Texas are anxious to ter minate their war. They wish to live at peace withMexico. They desire most heartilyv to establish their government, and if possible to anntex themselves to our own Union They conld hardly hope to attain their oh jest while they held the chief of thmir enemy in the bonds of imprisonment. -They have therefore, .in a spirit of magnanimity de sirving of all praise, voluntarily surrendered him to his liberty,on the pledge of his word of honour -that peace shall lbe restored, that the relations of amity and friendship shall be cultivated~- andi cherished. To detain him could avail them nothing-to relieve him, afforded at least, the prospect of ad vantage. .If their hope shall be realized, the blessings of a prosperous pence will fall upon them- if disappointed, the execra tions of the civilized world will he visited upon their enemy, and him whom they have conquered, they can conquer again. Respectfully, yonr obedient servant, JNO. M. ROSS. 'Natches, Dec. 21, 1836. - The Texas Register is a ver neat sheet, and conducted with ability. Te last num. b~ers state same striking facts showing.th increased .value of property in Texas.' We were amused at the following piece of inform ation given by the Reporter of the. debatel '1n their Ceress. A (Ier reportmig at lengtl the speech of Mr. E verett, protesting agains Santa Anna's liberation, the re porter informi us that--"Mr. Everett, naer the delivery o this speech, which was heard thiroug~hdu wth coufldkerableatttentinst dotonv' 'NON'Y ",7 Balar obt of90vdruor's house at -lunbia' PriAte- S eof Govetiort Messenger'of'Govepi', SalaI7 oone ,ud 2 Salais of 4 ges, 3 63udres, 30000 ch, 8,0 _Sitdry of, state reperpr' Attorney Ge. oAlaries of 5 Solicitors, 4,00 Salaries of Messengers of Con~ f eal at Charles . and Columbia, 150.eaeh, 80 Silatwi-iif Cieks 'of'Court o -- - Appeke atCharleston an Columbia, 600 each, 2,100 Pay of members of the Legisla ture and solicitors for at tending the Session, 8,000. Salaries of Clerks of the House and Senate, 1,000 each, ,000 SAIlaries of Messengers and Door keepers of both Houses, . 200 each, 800 Salary of Legislative Librarian, 700 Salanes of Reading Clerks of .both Houses, 150 each, ' O Salary of Comptroller General, 0,000 of Comptroller Gener-1 al's Clerk, 750 " of the Treasurer of the Upper Division, ,00 Salaries-of the Treasurer of the . Lower Division, 2,000 Salary of President of the S. C. College, 3,000 Salaries of Professors, of S. C. College, 2500 each, 15.000 Salary of College Treasurer, . 500 " CoHege Librarian, 600 Secretary of College Trustees, 200 College Marshal, 400 For College student from Orphan House, . 260 For Insurance of College Build ings, .500 For new College Buildings, Re : pairs, &c. 60.000 Salary of Adjutant General, 2,.500 Keeper of Charleston Arsenal, 1,000 ColumbiaArsenalKee per, 400 Physician of Jail, and Magakine Guard at Char leston, 400 Port Physician at Charleston, ' 800 " Pilot of Georgetown Harbor, 320 Superintendentof Pu blic Works, . 1,500 " Assessor of St. Philip's and St. Michael's, 800 Superiitendantof Fire Proof Buildings atCharles ton, 100 " Quarter Master Gen eral, 500 Dr. Cooper, as Coin piler of Statutes at large, 2,500 Dr. Cooper's Clerk, 500 For Quarantine Regulations at Chprieston, 1,'f00 P0nsios9 and Annuities, 20,000 Contingent accounts Lower Division, 6,000 Contingent Accounts Upper Division, 15,00 Transient Poor Charleston, 4;5400 'do. do Georgetown, 400 For claims passed by both lion ses, 10,000 . Public bunildings, 38,500) Medical Accounts, 400 Free Schools, 237,000 Free Schools, (omitted last year) 10,000 FExecutive contingent fund, 6,000 'Legislative Library, (for b~ooks) 500 Ferry-at Elliot's Cutt, 200 Deaf and Dumb, - 2,500) Stationary for the Legislature, 403 P'rinter to the House, I .300 Printer to the Senate, 1,500 Arsonal and tnagazine Guard, Charlesutn, 17,500 Citadel and Magazine Guard, Columbia, 0,137 Past Salaries of two Judges, (omitted last year,) $500 each, - 1,000 Thomas Ray and T. Brad well, witnesses on the contested election of John N. Davis, $24 cach, 48S Double taxes to be refunded, 100) U. L. Birunson, Tax Collector, 165 26 Magazine building in Citadel at Charleston, 1,200 New curtain for Sen'teCham ber,' 200 Arsenal guard at Columbia, 6,119 8.5 Military books and-contingent Military expenses, .6,000 Repairing Arms, and Arsenal. Purposes,at Charleston & Columbia, 2,000 Columbia Canal, 40,000 Library for Court of Appeals, 5,010 .A.S. Johnston, Printing Jour nals, 150. William Lloyd, making Gun. Carriage, &c. for Marion Artillerf, - 60 Heirs of Fields Purdue, 2,440 22 Causey Vance's Swamp, 20,000 Socastee Creek, 2 500 Wateree River. '7,000 Lynch's Creek, , 3,000 Refu~nding Double Taxes to the heirs of Jonathan Lu cas, -600 Refunding Double .Taxes to Sally Ketch 47 Do. to Polly Ketch, 375 Do. to 3. J. Aherneth, - 6 68 Expenses State House, 478 80 Beaufort Quarantine Regn '.1aions, 355 A. S..Johnston sundries, 50 65 Double taxes refunded to Jno, Walker, . 11 17 Total, $452,5671 98 Mississippi.--A letter from Natche' of recent (late, says: "This country is proe r r~ ing beyond all calculation; property wiihit the last year has risen 50 peor cent, nd ne& gsroes are selling at $1400 a head for cash." ~N. 6b9, J? res'nti * Brady, Capt . Cooper, Judg Advocate -Pursuant'.to order, ne urt amseambled his morning at half post,10 eldik, 'when , Scott announced to then that hhad eeived no informatios of the of any new witnesses, nor could bol a giy conclusion as to what time he' ghf Dapect them. Many of them are' gentlemen 16 civil life over whom the Court has no toatrou_-they may obey the summons W they may not, as suits their convenience a? pleasure. Under this state of uncertain ty, he would say to the Court, that if they should feel disp sed to take a recess for a eek or ten days, he. would employthe interval by making a summat. of the im mense mass of testimony *bleh has been' laid before the Court, so that ito time would be lost, and it would give the witnesses an :pportunity to arrive before the final ad ournment of the Court. Such testimony is may'hereafter be received, he- said, :ould easily'be introduced in the summary which he proposed to make. The Judge advocate observed that the Court had a question to propose to Gen. Clinch, who was then present, and which Oas accordingly put as follows: . By the Court. What influence had the movement of Maj. Gen. Gnines against the Seminole Indians in 1836, in-the results of the campaign conducted by MNaj.Gen.Scott against that enemy in Florida, in the same year ? Answer. I am of the opinion that the novenent of Maj. General Gaines' com maid in Florida did not materially- afn'et he operations of Maj. Gen. Scott. Gen. Gaines' command did consuie several thousand rations, but the materials of that :ommnand were of the best kind, anl would inve been of advantage to the coimmander )f any army. General Scott immediately arose and -egged the indulgence of the Court and Gen. Clinch, while lie further interrogated the latter upon this point. While Gen. Scott was engaged in writing the question, Den. Clinch dropped a few remarks in re lation to what he conceived (and gave ut terence to-that Gen. Scott was ".fishing ror ninnoes") a. ridiculous idea that a few larrels of pork or flour, had made any dif rereuce in the results of the catmpnign. I look" said the brave and distinguished Clinch, "to higher and nobler game-let he curse of this sad business rest where it thould." By Gen. Scott. The -consumption of ubsistence drawn from the depot at Fort Drane by Gen. Gaines' troops-wvas not the train obliged to replace from the St. Johns, and did not this extra lai.our-con rAbuto much to break down and weaken the train. Answer. The provisions fnrqishcil Gci. Paines were dran i from the St. .ohins, aid the train must, of course, have heen nore or less affected in performiug'4e *oute. By Gen. Scott. By the addition of Gei. G1ainecs' troops to your column. wast not the -ight wing rendered stronger than had been iriginalb intended, and stronger than was ound to be necessary ? Answer. I thought myself that the ad lition of these troops sirengthened the col mno I edmmanded vdry much ; but I he ieve the troops composing the right wing, odependent of that number. could have erfornmed the route they did. It was ren Ieredl stronger, .I believe, than was the >riginal intentioni of Maj. General Scott. I tuyself think that they were an amcquisi ion, as they were cotmposed of reg'ulars,anmd rallant and eflicient volunteers from Louis Geni. Scott signified his wrillingness to lismiss the writness from furither attenidace .gion thme Court. The General had peir nission to proceed to the North, where lie soes to visit a soii and a daughter ;when ufter spending a few daysehie will return, ad pass the winter at Wasihingion, for thme rurpose of utrging thp claims of the citizens if Florid a for injury received during the Seminole dlisturhanices. Geni. Clinch will )e th-e niext Governor of Florida, and~ he wrill make the most eflicienut one they ever mad. The President of the Cosat announced hat they wvotnk adjourn to meet in this place on the 4th of January next, at half past 1 o'clock. Geni's. Macombe, Atkinson, and Brady leave town this dayv, (Saturday,) with their rainilies for Waushmgtmon, wrhither Captain Hlitchcock, Capt. Drane and Capt. Cooper also go b~y same conveyatice. Gen. SCutt will remain hoi'e, and occu py himself in preparing his defence, which will doubtless be a masterly production. In the mean time your humble servanj will furnish your columns with matter upon this interesting suibjeet, and a brief view of the past transactions in Florida. [From the Charleston Conrier ] FROM ST. AUGUSTINE. By the Schr. S. S. Mills, Capt. South wick, arrived yesterday from St. Augtustine -we have received the Herald, of the 29th ultimo. No news from the seatrof- war. The Hlerald says: - - We have but e of im portance, in rel ~ Iihan Aiffairs to lay before ou 's weoek Gen. Jesup has reach ahoo Swanp, and found the fndians had gone from it. It is probabile that the trail which was discover ed a few weeks since leading across the Si. John's river.' many have been thetrail of the force. It is satisfactory to know that the Seminole has been obliged to leave his strong hol and seek other atid more secure retreats; that he has been forced to aban don what he~ considered his impenetrable fastnesses, and impregnable fortresses ; that he is eenvinced that the groat WVahoo Swamp, and the Cove of the Witblacoo dhe., no longer affords him a place of secu rity against the invading forces of the wvhite man. The presumption is that they have iE treated to the Everglades. This is said to be a large tract of country, inundated, and interspersed wimth knowls or islands,sand the intervals Ailled with long saw grasses. This portion of the country has never been explored, and but little is known of it, ex cept in the immediate vicinity of'the sea icoastt It e tpldu from Cape Florida to the yea0, otUiight.aipiered a portion b416 and':hts :raport wad - a the~p etrs of, the. day. lied Ahe'portion which he qPlorqd as'bei'l t to inundation ically, and in tedr season. e escrihed the soil sWArm aw4 solid. We speak from recollectioh, not'bving the docuitent ive canno for to It. If the' orglades are as bad as what they have been represented, no Indian ean live there for any length or time ; if of a differ ent nature tbey am no more secure i the Wahoo Swamp.' The energy and . severance. of our troops will soon,- e theim even from that strong hold. We have been politely favoured with the following extract of a leuter from as officer of the army to his friends inthis city,dated GAasT's FEnar; cDe. 23..., ' An express arrived here lait ht from the army. Gem. Jesup hu4dgene with lai original force nod the .Tene . eans, to Tanipa, where the latterutille acrged, leaving our, battalion of rekgu and the friendly Indians at Dade's assaceground constructing a depot. Heis to retra thith er, whence he is tb commence eheursions south. The trails' of the: breaking up of the'Wahoo S wam (whicl' it soeefs was made too hot ertbm) all sided south. Brevet Maj .W.ids *es hoie. in a 'few days for Fort .Drns ;ith 120 infantry re cruits and the4Itkty dians, ho hive recruited here: T 'Jhe dragoons a d 981pS. M ellan's compiany are daily expe iiji, froi Old Point. An expe(ition -tiiideC6 a i of Col. Sanchez, conisth ot Ons of Capt. H.mson's, Curry'nd' m Ith's coin panies of mounte eitan a whiber of volnuteers, have marched'for ti soth. They %%ill proceed to Tomoka, ud proba bly to Musquito. They will he lbscnt sev eral days. This is the first movement tlt has been towards that quarter since April list. No white man has been at that pla ce 'sitied the S. Carolina militia left it. DESTRUCTIVE' F[ E. Ojice of the QaLriot, BALTIMUo, De 20. Yesterday moruiing shortly atcr 8.ek the alarm of firc was sounded iiOurin ti. It was round to procee4 fr-iim 4ea0 the cen tre of the compeact ran'gI or buidings on the north side of.. Haltiiomd street, hetn een Sharp I.alI and Clarke'sstreet, nearly op posito tihe. Baltimore house. The fire ori gitinted it; the back builditng of I he P i ses occupied by Mr. P. Albimon, as iran cy and varicty store, and owing to the very combiustible nature of the inateriuls with which it camte in cointact, in this establish mnent, had already made comiderable head way when first discovered. In a very.few minutes that building with its whole con tefits, was oie mlass of flamue-hiddinig de fiance to the ntinost 'elforts ot' our fire de patmieut to arrest its Orogrcss. The flames thus fiercely fed by Mr. Albinson's large stock, .oon extended ~to the adjoining ware house on the west, oeciiied by Messrs. Ores and Morning. Merchant Tailors, and thence again to the next warehouse west ward, occjpied by Mr. John l. Rigden, as n'hardwaro stosm. These three large build ings. with a lnr.V- shure of their valuable contents were' utterly destroyed-nothing. indeed remmaining (f the former, lint por tiosns of the bure and blackened walls. The fourth building of the block, occu pied by Mr. qI. T. Jacobson, as a hat store, was next assailed by the destrnctive element. and greatly dlamagtied, especially iln its tup perV stories, biefore its progress could he ar rested. But then," notwithstanding the height anid compactness of tho builditngs, andh the ditflculty of gaining acecess to tiny pioint lbut the front, the energy and perse verance of the fire companies finally tri nuphed, & put an' end to its further ravages. Mr. Albiinson's a hbole stock w as destroy-' ed. Hie had an insutrance to the amannal of $1000-which of course fell considerably short -of his loss. The valuable stockof Messrs. Orem and Morning was also, the greauter part of It consumed. Their insur ance is undarmtood to be $9000, but their loss is supposed to exceed this b'y several thounsanid dollars. Of iMry Rigden's large mandt valuable stock of hard ware, a portion was saved, but the hargest part destroyed. and og this stock we understand there as no inurrace. Tlheo three story buildings ocetnpied by Mr. Rigden, and by Messrs. Oremn & M ortning, are owned biy .iohn Kel so. Esq. and are insured in the Equitable Society. This is thme most destructive fire that lhas occurred in Baltimnore for some time past. The loss of piersonal property is estimiated at $50,000. [ Correspondence of the Charleston'Coirier.] Cuaar.SToN, .Jan. 1, 1537. Gentlemen,-l have been informed since my return to this cit), that Mr. Durietone of the unfortunate su fferers on bonard the Dol phini, was the engineer on'board of her; I there fore conceive it a duty I owe to his friends and relatives, to state that-he was not. Mr. Elerm wvas the principal, a gen tleman of the highest reputation, and whose character, as an engitneer, stood pro-emi peat, and wsas well known to lie an inadus *trous man, very corret in all his habits, 'and an excellent mechanic. - Mr. Untrie was employed by me, know ing him also.to~he a first rate mechanic, to make one trip in the boat, to assist Mr. E. in a thoro uh examintation oif the engine, %the boiler xami' l~~v Mr..'I.-andl cleanted before ibe .hoat' iiere.) Since I have owned the Dgpk Ihv ver made it a practice, (if 'convfd ~. 'ave the boiler critically examinedbya iii.. hoiler-mame.-. ats often asonce a nonth,<anil as Mr. Burne had always (tone it for ine, to my entire dsatisfactioni, I employed him to gthe one trip, with Mr. E. to assist him an the overhauling of the. engine, as the short space of time the boat was asllowed1 hero, prevented our doing it before she left. The valves wvere very mach out of order,and wanted grinding ia their seats, having wvork ed a considerable quantity of snd~ in the obgine, dturisg the time I was assisting at the United States armed Brig Porpoise, while she was ashore on the north breaker of St.-'Simuons' bar." The explosioi was undoubtedlly caused by the want okyioper attention of the en gineer aind Biretan, in not keeping a suff cientquantity of water over the fluos. I ant very respectfull~' four oh't. serv't. i,.NOYR .Thefharleston Courier-eente- -to itf patrons at the o~euing OUt4 , ne enlarged, and most neUtly prilated. -The Tereary declares itsnteien. d mita improvement, at a very e arl av already made the srrangeMe py e .ar pose. We take pleasu're iif reeo ling these - facts, as we believe that the Msdflness of1I the papers will be inereased, and their prietos henefitted. We wish a fike fate qJ all our Editorial brethren. - We are glad to see it stated upon the authority of the National Intellgqmeer, that part of the death'of the * . Georg&,, ~eter from the recen i acci le iwhich- lie sustained at.egchez, is false It is believed that be ver' Tie Hon. Johm Q. Adams0 pt the pious labours of the Hon. M inckney, . alts ngaiu ope.ed...ho peCwa aganst I people of the-Sth,0". A few lays sini'h presented'a Petitiin from sundry citiasens. of Pennsylvania,: 'ryigg.the - abolition of Slayery in the Di i imahin, and moved it refereice ading, to the Committee on the r:0 o Columbia. This move of the Ex-President. as might be expected, exeited consideritble sensation. Mr. Pickens asked whethcr the Resolution of the.-ast Sesion, disposinlg of aH Pptitions upon thiis subject, was of force. The Speakel.agid not The 'Resolution of Mr. Adams was'laid. upon the iable. It is be lievell, that the majority, this Session, will; e6eiiie al the Petitions, lay them upon the table; without cousiderati d, and 'without printing. The storm, we are inclined to think: wilJ not burst upoci our heads in all its fury, for -a few Sessions- to brme. The Aboliti qts must rimt triulnirat the polls, and wes 'by lo6k then foi the fulfilment of all their wild schemes of fanaticism. We will await Oe progress of events, and have but to add. r the present, that that man is truly blind, Svho believes that the incendi aries have hien quieted, and thatthey have ceased to plot against the peace and secu rity of the Slpve-holding Sta-tes. - We lad the pleasure not long since of reading the T" entieth Report of the Diree tors of the American Asylum at Hartford, for the E~ducation and Instruction of the Deaf atad Duml. In the year 1815, the first efforts wcre made in 4ie United States for the establishment of a public institution for their benefit; and in the year after (1816). the Lcislature of Connecticut passed an, Act, ThcorpoAtiug a fre ben'evolent gente men at Hlartford. as a Society for the edu cation of the Deaf and Dumb. The Rev. Thomas M. Gallandet, was the gentleman sclected for carrying forward their philan thropic pucrposes, and thee School cop. mencedl its course of instruction uinder hin'~ and a Mr. Clerc, a distinguished Teacher, whose services ho was so fortunate as to obtain. The 41islacturo of Connecticut in fn short timte, iention, made an approriato $5f,(10.' hNis was follow. -ed bcy appropriatiosaimc Mlaseachuet, New Iamp r~eVermnt, Maine, South Carolina, G i rgin and -other States lie Union, and the Congres~s the United States, with commuendable lib 'y, mde a donatiog of 23,000h acres Af for. the . benefit of the Iustitution. . is tiof' was now thoughct t" have :peia ent foundation, and the Directo.Rletermined to make immediate arrngcements, to extend its advantages to all the unfnvtbmnate thmough. Qut the sountry. From the v'erv commence ment, the motive was one o'. the most en larged benevolence, and are happy to say, that thus far the anniai'pations of'ts friends have been realizej? Of nll the benevole'nt institutions of i age, none has higher claims to our regarJ. The price for tuition, board &c., has always been below the expenses, and n w that ,tbe pecuniary resources gf the In. itution have become considerable, it baa sufifered a reduction from two hundred dollars oririnally. to one hundred dollars per annuim, although the actual expense to the Directors is now never less than one hundred and thirty, and often one hundred anid fifty. The numb~ P'upils has becen 515, of wvhonm 289 mali and 226 females. T wo hucndred a fifty-were horn deaf; the calamity in two hundred and thirty-nine occurred from sick ness or acciden tud in sixty-one the caI was not a no he numiber of dleaf mut~~ in the U ' tes is ascertained to be in. ti ~the r e to two thousand of the whole po ation; a nauch larger proportion, no dloubt, thani our renders was prepared to - expect. It is a fact, howvever, tvhich only recomtnendis it more strongly toiour regard, as it enlarges the sphere of its benevolent operation. About fotur hundred of the Pupils, included in the above statement, have ceased their connectiont with th eAsy Inm, and1 taken up their abode ic dif'erent parts of the country, and with hcpi very few exceptions, they-sustain itn societ~ the repu tation of honest, industrious, and Iutelligent citizens. Wo have thus thrown together a few of the facts in relation to the ~tylum at Hgtford, in the hope that they would not be uninteresting to our roadera. Wh~Vateve'