Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ithalbitints of the tdeVregions. l:$e Sonthern nin does his duty to.his. eotntry-defends hid wife, hiu children and his liberty-pours forth his blood like watern-aid is satisfied with such -- reward as his conscience and iis God may lIo stow. Itdsmes not occur to him that he is entitled to a pension for doing that which he would have been a coward and a traitor not to have done. But the Yankee comes forward with a pair of scales in his hands, weighs every drop he has loAt, and calculates how munch money it comes to. We have no doubt but that evevy particle of Northern blood shed in the war of the Revolu tion, has heon paid for by more than its weight in gold. Again; the far greater proportion of Northern athan of Sothiern persons on the Revolutionary pension list, may be accounted for by another diflerence ofcharacter betweeji the two people. In South Carolina, when a in-i .( even if he serve'd under Greene or Morgau)reaches the age of 90 or 100 years. or thereabouts, he dies, and there's an end of him. But the New England pensioners never die. We have no doubt but there will be revolutionarv patriots receiving p en sions in Massachusetts 100 years hence.-Colu-rn bia Telescope. OSCEOLA OR POWELL. The New York Star eputains a letter from Mr. d. Catlin. datedlat Fort Moultmie Sullivan's Island, near Charleston, Jan. 24. He was adding to his Indian Gallery, by taking the portraits of the Indian Chiefs. who are confined there. There were 250 Seminole prisoners of war, Chiefs, war riors, women and children Mr. Catlin gives a - brief account of Miek-e-no-pah. the first cieil Chiefof the nation-but most of his lettersis devoted to the chief, whose name heads this article. The following are exracts; "There is one restless spirit among them of u dilterent cast -one whosits and broods over his nation's calamities with a broken heart, and pines and sickens in an agony which none but himself can know or feel. I mean Osceola (Powell,) or, as he and all the other chiefs distinctly pronounce it, As se-o-la. From the time I have spent with this chief, and the familiar interviews I have had with him in conversation, I have been able to form a pretty correct notion of the feelings and character as well as the history of this extraordinary man. A Creek by birth, he left his tribe whilst a boy. and sought an asylum amongst the Seminoles, where he has been reared, & where he has flourished since. His father was a white man by the name of Powell, who abandon ed him and sent him a vagrant upon the world to cater for himself. He soon became a favourite amongst the Semtiinoles; and from his force of character and genius alone he has risen to the highest honors of the nation." "From such facts, it appears that he is entirely "a self made man," and one of an extraordinary character, which is conclu sively proved by the fact that he is acknowl edged and followed by all time chiefs. Tho' he is but a demi savage in blood, yet he speaks not a word in English; and in his uctions and feelings is as perfect an Indian as leversaw, * *. * "1 thought at first, like thousands ofothi ers who have but a glance at him, that lie was effeminate and womanish. but on a lit-| lie acquaintance and familiarity with him, I he-:ime fully convinced that the true char eter of this man is not to be learned by the tran.ient visitor, tho secs him but ua nioment. and in that moient a prisoner, with:ering tutade a Yrorken spirir, endeoavntr ing to raise a smirk and a smnile to meet the g;;szing world, who are flocking to see him 'Tlhese smiles are soft and beautiful, and are many; but those, who, ljke tnyself; have heard him pour forth his griefs in the simpering tears of actual childness, and then inmsantly rally, and rouse himself into the buils.-m,'m seminess of' a wanrrior amid hemo, Sill tmay see thsat thiose- szmile- nre ba-ed hsi -,ubstume. hlis lsn:c ila cer'i; iy one ofh the: imost expresivec kind I have evei.r .<eemn, npjable of the most vivid anid strikinig ex hibition of' the human passions that can sos sibly be imagimed bearimng upon its tront the predominant characteristic imnpressed withm sternness and reserve, andi excessive perseveranoce ini the pursui: of life." "lie has a mimid of a wonderful conistruc tion, calculated to fortify andi yet dlestroy itself-a lurking cunning, capable of gildinig 'vithm the wvarmth and gloing pleatsaniness -of sunshine, the whirling teenpest that's raging in his soul, amid even itn his mirth andI childishness destroying him. Hie smiles amid fawns and languishes before the gazinig wvorld ; but in his solitude, or wvhen lie tells in confidence his tales of grief, tho' mild amid solemn deow-drops mnoistemn his eyes at one moment, yet tihe burnigg hero rushes through their sockets at the next is brow jots over their bulls of fire-his niostr:Is and his bosomi swell wih impatieiice -andi his clench teeth areset in silent oaths of irretractable revemnge Natuirally of a - restless and imnpatienti disposition-in his "aptive interviews with the civilized worl bie smiles--hut in his solitude he grieves and pimes wvithi a broken heart. The workl wvho have barely seenm him, shake the hand of a laughing fawn; but those wvho have listened to his. griefs as I have done, wvill see the - sterumiess of a Reagan, amid in his. agoniy a beautiful statue of Vengeance. A wind tus organized and emmhrahled by suich cir cummstanices as have fallen to his lot ennst soon destroy its tenement. There are ele mnents in such a spirit that wage a deadly w lai th lie body theni thiwarted andi chmddown to a prisoni. is physicai strenigthi is rapidly giving way atmd I should lie very nachi surprised if he shosuld survive manmy months or evemn weeks mi his present confinemient, andi under his presenmt aguuny of feeling." Mr. Cathin's prediction wans verified sooni er thani lie expected-for Oseoha has al readly breathed his last. The character of Josephl Wolff. time M1is sioniary, as sketched by the Reoverenid Lewis Wany, of Stanisted, P'ark, Sussex. lIe appfears toa me to be a comet withlott a perihekium, and ca pable of'semting a whole * system ont fire. When I should have ad dressedl him inm Syria, 1 heahrd of him aii toMnaand when wasiuposedl he had gone to Eglan. hewasridimg like a ruling an gel on thme whirlwvinds of Ationch, or standh ang utnappalledl amomng the crumbhlig tow eirs of Aheppo. A tan who at Rome calls the P'ope "the dust of the earth,'' tand tellis r,~ the Jews at Jermisalemn, tha~t "thme Gemnara is am lie."'-who passedl his slays ini dhisnut tationi, and is mghts in dligging the TPal tuud, to wbomjs a Sgo~r of' brieks is~ a feather ied, anditA boa a.holstewWio makes or fuds a friend in the persecutor ofrhis pres ent or tormer fnith-who can conciliate a Pacha or confute a patriarch-who travels without a guide, speaks without an interpre ter, can live without food, and pay without money ; forgiving all the insults he meets with, and forgetting all the flattery he re ceives-who knows litde of worldly conduct and yet acepinnmodates himself 'o all men without giving offence to any. Such a man (and such and more is Wold) must ex cite no ordinary attention in a country and among a people (the Jews) whose monoto ny of manners and habits has remained un disturbed for centuries. As a pioneer, I deemii him matchless, Aut invenet viam, nut facit,"--but if order is to be established or arrangements made,-trouble not Wolf he knows of no church but his heart-no dispcisation, but that of preaching. lie is devoid of enmity to man, and full of love to God. QUACK MF.DICI Ns.-The advertisement of various quack medicines which are now in vogue, are well hit off in the following extract from a puff in a late Cincinnati pa per; "' One single pill, worn in each pocket will instantly give case and elasticity to the tightest pantaloons. A like quanthy willcre ate all appetite in the most delicate stomach, or physic a horse. They will be found to give a rich flavor to apple dumplings, and a peculiar zest to pickled oysters; they will thicken soup; reduce corpulent persons, and are excellent bait for mouse traps. One pill dissolved in a bucket of rain water will be found a perfectly water proof lining for canal emhankments; placed in steamboat boilers, they will effectually prevent their bursting, and greatly increase the speed of the boats. As for their medicinal qualities they are justly entitled to be called "Medi camenturt Gracia Probatum," id. est , a remedy approved by grace--for they effec tually coal St. Anthony,s fire, and stop St. Vitus, dance; they purify the pimples in the small pox, and radiate the red gum in teething: they reduce white swelling and cure the black jaundice, blue devils, yellow scarlet, or any other colored fevers; they cure also the thrush in children and the pip in liens, the staggers in horses, and the nightmare in owls. But further enumera tion is unnecessary; suffice it to say, that this medicine is a combination upon new principles, discovered by the present pro prietor's immortal grandmother, and are an exception to all the rules ofscience, common sense, and experience, so that while they are the most powerful agent in nature, revo lutionizing the whole animal economy, and eradicating the most incurable diseases, they are at the same time a perfectly innocent preparation, tyd may be taken with enire safety by the nursing infant-all wonderful -all harmless!" The Itch Insect --in a communication in the last numberof the Surgical and Mled ical Journal, from I)r. Charles Gordon, the following is the discription of the insect which Dr. G. thinks. & assigns satisfactory reasons for so thinking, is the cause, not the consequence, oe the troublesom disease cal called the itch. "T'hi inect is exeedingly mall. : n acteun ize it is abnlt that otf i nark left on paper by the gentle inwsrtion of the point of a fine needle. It is a were white speck, the -fort of which everr carnt 1,e ntadroT.. Seeni brough a amicroscope. its physic I ebarar .-r. may be qite dis i tinely traced. For mant of an instrument o sullicient power, I an unable to verify the minute discriptions made by M. Raspa'l and oth ers. Its shape is similar to that of a turtle. It is very hard, being not without difficulty pienetratedl with the p~oint of a needle; its back is rough amnd uneven, resernl.ling con sideraly the surfacee of a senle of a fish. *a has a head and eight feet--four anterior andl tonr posterir. oif similar organization. lFromi the puoteerior part of the hodly ex temis b.ackwardl, eighut stimi' hairs, four of w~hiebm are connit(~ete with 'lie hind feet. nntd the other 4 tire attatched to as many atitll eminences on the interior snrrauce. Dr. Gordon thiniks that thme primpa: io of thme iteh by the insect is unquestionmole but ,doubts whether the disease is contagi. ons it the strict settee of the tormi-that it is commmunicated dly the mnere contract of thme finid of the vesiclo with the surface of the body. Long Yarns.-It is stated in Mr. laine's Ihistory of thme Cotton Manufactory that the tanufacture of Gotton thread has airrived at such a state of perfectiotn that 1,350 hanks to the poundi has been producedl, each batnk meiasuring 840 yards and the whole amount ing to 157 amiles. This is a pretty long thread; but Mr. Murray in a pamphlet published in Eng land, on the Pharmiumn Tanar, or New Zeland flax, states that a pound of flax has furnished a tuch longer thread thtan the above, lie says there have been specimlens of linen thread, the value of which has ex ceeded its weight in gold, and there is to been seen at Valenciennes, in Francee, two pounds weight of flax thread, intended fo, the finest Specimens of French lace, valued at 254) pouads sterlitng, and the length of thread is 2,3910,800 yds, or' about 452 miles making the length of thread from one pounatd or flux about 226 muile..-Lontdon Paper. iNTREPt DITY.-We do not remembier a. mtotng thme anecdotes of duaelling, to have met .with otie disulaiying more hardhihmood than the following, n hieh though it hap pened nmatny years ago, and was related to us by an eye witnmess, we have never seen in print. Mr. Spritg hadl a farm on an Island in Snieo Itiver, from which lie built a bridge to thme tmain land, where it would encroachi on the land of hi., neighhonmr, Mr. Doninett. Thue channel was tnot very broamd and a few rodls below were someit conssider able fulls. Spritig built abuttmenits, mand laid the strinig pieces ; but Deninett camne ini the night and tore thtem down. Spritng naiturally etiraged, threatened that if hie did it agin, lie should answer fhr it to him personmall y. Utnawedl by his tireat, no soon er were the beamus [again laid on n'>uittments that hec destroyed so much of the works as to leuive but one strinug piece remaining. tand that ai beaim eight inches square over the rit er, where a fall wvonal lhe as certain tis udeathm, tis fronm the Goat island bridge above Niagara. According to his previous threats, Spring chamllenmged IDennemt, to mor tal comhnt. "I wotn't tiuhat." said Dennett bitt "i'll tell yu at I'll d." .,uenl,. "I'll take a keg. of powder with a lighted candle, and carry it on the center of that string-piece. Yqm shall sit down on one endand I on the other till the casidle burns down to the powder. That will be the best test of our courage." The terrible proposal was agreed to. The frail timber bent beneath them as they coolly walked out and placed the keg in the middle, over the roaring flood below, stuck the blazing candle into it. and sat down to watch its burning. Hundreds were gathered du each side awaiting id'breath less silence the isst.e. Spring was a large fat tman, tmd as the candle.burnt slowly to wards the powder, he was observed to grow more and more nervous,, wriggling on his seat, and looking one way and another. At last when the flame was half an inch from the surface. he could keep still no lon ger, but incontinently got up and made his escape. Dennett, who had throughout displayed the. utmost coolness, now very carefully took the blazing candle out of the cask, threw it into the water, and with the powder as his prize went ofi in the op posite direction. The building of the bridge was forever abandoned.--Buifalo Patriot. Post Master Franklin.-In 1754, Benj. Franklin was Post Master under Govern tent, with their permission to make "6000 pounds continental money if he could," out of the whole Post Office Department in America. The very next year he gave the astounding notice, that the mail which had before run once a fortnight to New Eng land, would start once a wecek the year round. whereby answers might be obtained to letters between Philadelphia and Boston in three weeks, which before had required six weeks. in 1774 it was announced in all the papers ofthe colony. that "John Perkins engages to ride post to carry the mail once a week from Philadelphia to Baltimore, and will take along or bring back led horses or any parcel." When a post rider proposed starting, notice was given of his intention by advertisement, also by the town crier, for several days in advance. In 1790 the num ber of post offices had increased through the country to seventy five.-Borton Transcript. A Hairless Horse.-A horse which is now exhibiting at Tattersalls is certainly. a great curiosity. There is not a hair on any part of his body, from his ears to his tail. nor on any of his limbs. He is a perfectly formed and docile animal, and his skin is as smooth and as soft as a lady's, or as the great ana cond a's. Startle not, fair dames, at the com bination, for we mean no disrespect to you whatever. It is said that the dam was fright ened almost to deth at the sight of an ele phant, & her foal resembled the object of her dread,- in color, and somewhat in his mode if standing. He is said to be a quick walker and a fast trotter. His original proprietor, it is reported, was as much frightened at his huirless appearance, as his datn was at the elephant, and was so anxious to get rid of hint, that he gave him away to a neighbor, who kept him until he was three years'old, and sold him to his present owner for 62,:1 t0. -Nero York Mer. Adr. V',ung IWonun.--Ther. ns rte- rly al , tometinn otf natu-'s owno genitilitv in ,, ,t ynng V amnen (e.o' < pt, italc'. V. hell - :!et 'c':tteicr amid dzl 't dig' imat.":) it shtLI:,. ur iinci to see how namuch ooner they are polihed into icmu' e-utionul shape. than our rmgh, it eaulinie aatle. A vulur boy re quire, bed. xen1 knao-. s what :assidui ty to move three steps, I do not say like a gentleman, but like a hody that has a soul me it; but give the least advantage of soeiety or ttiition to a peasnt girl, amnd a hundred to one hut she will glide inito refmnement before the boy can make a bow wvithmout upsetting the table. There is a sentiment in all womeni, and son tiuneuir gives delicacy to t houight, anid tact mo mannmer. lBut sentiment with men is gen erally acquiredi, an offspring of the intellec tal quality, not. as with the other sex, of mihe :noral.-Eenest Naltravers. Catacombs of Egypt.-These depositoies of E'gypt's emthahned dead, are ofimimnse exicnm, and are suppoissed by Mr. Biuckitng hatm toa contam miore bodies thatn there are people niow livimig omn the globe. The mium mnies are now wholly destitute ofanay animal matter. It lhas all changed into a resinous substance, or decayed. They are take.. fromt the catacomb to he exported, and to be used for fuel. The finest are exported wvhole, as objects of curiosmy or for tiuse ns. Certain parts. as the inside of the head and chest, are 'ol as a drug, and mime back hone is gmoundl into powvder for a paint, which is highly prized lby artists. SK Ecmg or L. E. L.-Letitia Elizabeth Landona was born in Hans-place London. Site is one of te old Hlerefordshire family of. Tedestone-Delamere. Her father was originally intended for thme itavy, amid sailed hmis first voyage as a midshipman, with. his relative, Admiral iiowver; hte afterwards became a partnaer with lAir. Adair, the well knownaramy agent~but died while htis dauigh ter was very young. Her umncle the R1ev. Dr L mdnmon is head of Worchester College, amid dean of Exeter. As we hmave heard her say, she cannuot remembter thme 'ime when composimion, in some shtape or other, was not a hiabit. She used itt her earliest chmildhtood to inivent long stories, and repeat ttemt to her brother; these sooni took a me trical forme, and she frequently walked a botit theo grouinds, of TIrovo-P~ark, and lay awake hallf the mnighti, reciting her verses laed. Thle realties of lire began with her at a very early p~eriod. Her fathers altered ciremnstnices imneed her to direct her unntit o uic tiC~on, and some of her pao emus were mrantslatmed mo the editor of the Lit erairy Gazette, the lir.t and miost conistant of all her literary frietnds. Hie would searcely bhetve they were writteni lhv time chid who was iuntmoduced to him. "The imp rovia~icme" soont asfterwardis appeared, anid objtaimed~ for' her that reputation to which every ste eceding year hal largely contribtttedh. Int person Miss Landon is small, aind delicately framed -her form is exqumisitly tmoulded, atnd her countenance is so full of expression, that although her fea mures arc lby ino meanms regulhar, she must lhe ronsi'idered hiandsmome. Jfer conversationt is brilliant, amid oeunds ini wit. Like most persons cof genitma, her spirits are either too high or moo low, amid those who have seen lier only dumrintg her momnetnts of joy. raasniess.:imtagine that the sadniess whmich too genierally p~ervades her writings, is all unireal -ook~ of Gces. shire in midwinter was forced by astoret tc seek.,ihelter and a night's lodging in ase eluded and suspicious looking hut. He me a surly and embarrassed reception fromnt scowling stripling and a savage faced ok crone; and on being ishow. to his bed ron was struck with the appearance of a larg' new chest, which, though it occupied a ihird of the little room the 4l dame seemed de sirous of concealin y chair a'nd blankets and about the uses -of which when he inqui red, she replied by an awkward evasion. The'idea of the at range looking chest haum ted the dreams of his pertuitbed slumbers half the night. Hie fanesel heiseard kollov sounds from its envity, and at length rost at. midnight aAnI lifted the lid, when to hit horror, he saw by a glimmer of the cloudesd moon a 'human corpse! Sleep was ban ished; his vague apprehensions took a deli nite shape of terror. He was convinced the he was in a den of robbers and murderers and that he should never see the light ofan other hay. lie sat up in his bed for fear o falling asleep, and shivered with cold and fear, for weary hours of agonizing suspense At last a shadow crossed the window op posite his bed, the door of the next apart ment opened gently; he heard n whispered conversation, and was stealing to his door to listen, when he perceived that day had dawned. He blessed the light as a reprieve, hastily dressed and found his aged hostess busily engaged preparing his breakfast. Miserable, as he had been he was hungry, and did ample honor to a very excellent e past. The youth treated him hospitably, and pressed him to eat, recommending the bacon, as cured by his mother who he said was "a rare hand at saltin tin up;" becoming reassured, and being kindly asked how he had slept, the guest made hold to mention, though with some tiemour, what he had seer in the chest. "Oh!" said the young man,' why its only Feyther." "Your Father! ex claimed the astonished traveller. "Why yes, nothin else, he died ten days agone, aud the snow has been too deep all since for hin to be buried, so mother concluded to keep hm till a thaw, for she's a great band for saltin tr'up." Mississippi Senator.-We have received a letter from Jackson, with the intelligenc< of the election of Mr. James Trotter, to the Senate ofthe United States, to fill the vacan cy occasioned by the Hon. John Black. Mr 'T rotter is a democrat of the old -school, op posed to the Bank of the U. States, or any similar instituti'n, and in favor of the sub. treasury system, or a special deposite of the public funds with the State Banks. The votes ,were as follows-Trotter 62, Bodley 32, Hudson 25. .4l'dutin Case.-The Grand Jury o Sav),ura!, on Monday, the 5th inst, presen ted ihau. 'hilbrook and Edward Kellerum nithi knowingly and wilfully conveying away a ne gro slave nined Asticus. fron Gen.;ia, the property of Jas. and Henry 5agur-. ontirary to the laws of the State. A true- bill for Simple Larceny was foun again.z the said indivdtrals, and a Bench wagrant grunted by the Court, on motion o the olicitor General, fur their arrest. T,h- Boni. Mr. Horton, Senator of the I:- tituwlic of Texas. arrived in this city o su . eyening -las1,.~tI has. takg~d ings at Shelton's Hotel. We learn that Mr Horton is charged with instructions to omaki the purchase of one or more s8-nn packets tor time public service of 'Texas. Charleston Courier, Feb. 13. the States.-The Ohio Senate has ssc Resomlutions against the annexation of Texas to the United States. Thne part ofthe repor against the expedlietncy of annexation, wat adlopted with one dissenting voice-the par against the constitntionality of such annex ation, with 13 dissenting voices. Virgil A. Stewcart .-'i'he Grand Jury o Choctaw county, Miss. hatve found a truu bill, for petit larceny, against Virgil A .Stewartjuie celebrated detector and accusel of John A. Murrell. Ilis trial is totake placi at the next term of the Circuit Court fo. Choctaw couanty.-Th$ result is thought te be quite uncertain.-.Sa~liury Carolinian jion. WV. C. Prestn-We uanderstnd thi Hon. Mr. Preston hans had an operatiut performed on his arm b'y Dr. Smith, o' Hal timnore, for the cure ofan acurism, contractec a few montbs ago by an accident ini bleed. ing. This will of course detain hnim souia time from his seat in the Setnate. By ac counts .two days after this operation h< was doing as well as usual aifter such opear atnonms.-Columbia Timrs 4y Ga:.I Spurious Bills.-The editor of the Chc raw Gazette states, that lie has seen a liv. dollar bill purporting so be of the Bank o~ C'amden, apparenily fronm the gentuine plate but with the signatures of M. Mpxazell President, and "v. Johnson, Cashier. Tht true signatures on::ht to he W. J. Grant Cashier, and \V. McWillic, Presidetit. A new military machine, the invention o M..Stenbel, is tmuch talked of in France. It is a single cannion placed on an ordinary gun carrnage, having several mouths whic. throw 172 balls in a minute or 10,320 in ar hour, carrying them to a distance of 250( feet. This gun which requires six mn t< serve it, and utay be tdrawnt by four horses is intetnded for besieging fortresses; bul Steaubel. has formed fiel pieces upoti th. sante model, throwing 8160 balls iti an hour and mtounitain guns throwing 6000 balls it: the same time. No.-John Randolph, in one of his letten to a yoiung relative, sas --I know nothiing that I am so anxious you should acquire as the faculty of saying No. You must calct late on unreasonable requests being pre ferred to you every dlay of your life, ant must endeavor to deny,with as much facilitj as you acquiesce. Georgia Anecdot.-A Deacon in M. County was devoted to the chase. Atten dling service afler a Fox hunt on a f&ek dlay, ho hung up his hunting horn over ttto-Meet. ing hlouse door. In the course ofan anima. ted discourse, the preacher, M r. J-... said "perhaps even now the trump of the A rchangel is above your door about to autm men you to judgment;"~ when the deacon rese and interrupted hinm; saying "Brthet J---.,.- you mistake-that is'nt Gabriel's trumpet over the door, but my blowing hor that I calls my dess with."--Gerinova, The Greeral iffyo iode no have nominated Air. Clay for the Presidency, with the usual pledge. however, of abiding by the decision 'f a National Couvention, Letters f-om Washington state that Mr. Grundy will comply with the instructions of the Tennessee Lkislaeure, and give his vote against the Sub-Treasury bill.-Aler: Th-grasshoppers are haply feliows they have dumb wives. his diea male insect only that- sings. omTUARY. ( Communicated.] Departed this life on the 18th lnst., at her resideuce, eleven miles from Edgefield C.H., between forty and forty five years of age, Mrs. Sarah Wise, consort of Mr. Jar ret Wise. Mirs. W. died of a p'ilmonary complaint, ater a long and lingering attack-during the whole time of her sickhese she was not heard to murmur, but was perfectly resign ed to death. She bore up under the severe affliction, with great firmness and christian fortitude. Mrs. W. wans a member of the Baptist Church, and leaves her friends and relatives to mourn her loss; but not to mourn as those who have no hope-her :aith was.strong in her Saviour to her last moneuts. She has left a Ilushan and four children, and many relations and friends to mourn her loss. MEW STATE '*lGHT PAPER, TO THE PUBLIC. THE publication of-the WASHINGTON RE FORMER being uspended, and the mub. lisher Gen. buFF GasEs, having expressed his purpose to ret;:e altogether from the arena, we have determined to establish a new political journal at the seat of the General Governmeut, to vindicate and sustain the principles of the Re puhlican party of 179.9, and to defend the rights and ibterests of the Sdttlh. Tothis end we have engaged the services of RICHAnD K. CUAr.. Fsqajire, late editor of the Reformer, and shall iin the course ofa week or two, issue a nacec paper and to be called the WASHINGTON CH lON ICLE. Ma. CRAI..E will have the exclusive editorial control of the paper; and, as it is intended to supply the place of the Reformer, we have made arrnngements with Gen. DuffGreen, by which the subscription list of that paper has been trans ferred to us, and we have bound ourselves to furnish the CiuRoSICLR to his subscribers at the saune price paid for the Reformer. This arrange ment, we hope, will give satisfaction to all, as the new paper will he one of the same size, and edi ted by the same gentleman. This annunciation is made at this time, in or der that the subscribers to the Reformer, and the pubeli generally, may know that the State Rights or Republican cause will not be surrendered at the seat of the Federal Government. Many let ters have been received and inquiries made in reference to the subject, to which this annuncia tion. we trust, will be a sutficient answer. The CHRONICLE will be published tri-weekly, during thi session of Congress, and semi-weekly during the recess, at $6l per annum, if paid at the end ofthe year or $5 if isid in advance. Suibscrlhers to the Reformer, who have paid in advllmiancemfur that titaper, will recei he Chrneiiele during the, period leer which tlw:0 .ve been sub. scrihed without further chairge. As to they gienera.l principles Oftiwe new paper, acid-tn -eo11~.t" ''~ 4 . 1,4~1 . tiep# ii ai re r une is reterredl to rhio address of th tditur, ".hicli will appear in the first nuntber. JA3MI: II. lIMlLroN, Z. W. DENIIMi. Wfashngton City, Jan. 10, 18%. if : TO FARMERS. I3 IE Sttbscrib~er offers to lease or sell a val nble PLA NTATION, recently purchas ed fronm his father, uituiated ini (nion D)istrict, 8 nuiles West of the Ct. house, half a miile No'rth of thie Stage road. atnd 2 miles from AMurphey's Mills, on Tiger River-Einbracing a conmfortable two story dwelling, with 'wo sheds and piaza, other ont buildings, and good spring water con veiiientAlso a good newv G~in house, first rate ratiming geer, screw and all cornp lete for opera tioni, anid two'n pple orchmarihs of choice fruit. The soil is fine for cnoto, being alxont 442 acres, of whlich 200) are under a good fetnce and - me state ofemitivation, producing last season 31 Bags of Cotton and about (1) loads of corn,, hme sides samall grain. Terms will lie miade to suit tme purchaser. amnd lby tiumely application, Pro visons, a ennd stock of caittle and hogs toecthmer with faurnuing teos canz lie had oun the pretmises. JASPtER GIBBs. NOTICE. The public are hereby informed that Mr. IDionysius Z. Wrighii has conveyed io me in trust for his wife and childl his plantation ian Bench island on which his famaily now reside wvith thiriy negroes and his other per sonal estate, a more particnlar accountt of wvhicha may lie seen in the Clerk's Ollice of SEdgefield District anad in thec office of the Secretary of State at Columbia where thme deed of conveysance has beenm recordetd. The deed stipulates that the property there l'y conveyed is liable for the debts oif Mr. Wright existing previous to its execultioni. it will not lhe liable for any debt against him contracted suabsequenly. Feb. 17 1838. South CarolIna. EDGEFIIELD DISTRICT M~jARK( LAMAR of said District tol. .V~ heliore me one dark c-reama Hormse, wvith white main and tail with a streek iin his~ face andl a wvart ona his left thigh, and sonie appearance of beinag hipt in tho right hip, -five feet hive inches high. Appraised lby Thus. Powell and Abram Lamar atseveni ty-fivo dollars. D. ATKINSON, J. Q. Jan.'ilst 1S88 e 3 MEDICINE. D RS LAe ORD & MIMS will att tedto atny professional calls which (hey may receive m Town or cohuntrv. Jan20, 1838 tf 52 Bank of hamnburg, S, , FEantJRy 8, 1837. T HJER E wvill he an election held at ulhe 1.Banking Ilouse on the I2thaof March next, for Seven directors to serve for 12 months. H. H UJTClIISON, Cashr. Fehruary 8, 1837 c 2 To Mire. AYoung Negro Woman capable for tHlouse or FieldI. A pply at Mr. Penna's Store. Feb 1JK1M7W BY virtue of sunsdsy wr-its of Pieri Paeiac to me directed .wif be sold at Edge field C. House, on the frst Monday and Tuesda~y in Alascha next, tfie following pro. perty, viz: Landon Tucket bearer, vs, Jacob Lueisa the tract of land where defendant lives, .containing two hundred acres more or less, adjoining lands of Jos. Freeman and othenr. Lemuel Wideman, vs. James Jones, one tract of land where defendant lives, con. tairuing one hundred and eighty acres more or less, adjoining lauds of George Colemana. and others. Daniel Lucius vs. Thomas Corley and Zachariah Corley Thos. Corley's interest in the tract of land where Mrs. Pickett lives bounding lands of Adkin Corley & others also Thomas and Zachmariah Corlev's inter est an the land where their mnother ives. containing eighty aeres more or less, joining D. Calvin and others. Michael Cox for G. Tenant, vs Adkita Corley, one tlact of land containing one hundred and thirty Acres more or fees join ing lands of R. Parks and others. R. C- Jones, vs John Goff, one tract of land containing Eighty acres. more or less, joining A. Shorpton an4 others. Tenant & Quarles, vs Jos. Robertson & Ela. Robertson, Joe. Robertson's interest in the tract of land whereSsmvelCartledge Sen. lives, containing three hundred acres, more or less, joining Win. Robertson, Jai. Tomkins and others. Tenant & Quarles, vs Jos. Robertson, defendant's interest in the tract of land where Samuel Cartledge, sen. lives.joining Wm. Robertson, James Tomkins & others. Francis Oconner vs. John Sturgeneger, one tract of land containing one hundred & eighty fair acres, adjoining David Ardiis, Samuel Clark and others. Martin Mims, vs John A Rearden, other plaintiffs severally, vs John A. Rearden, the tract of land where defendant lives,con. taining one hurdred and ninety six acres, nmorIor less, jdhtiug lands of B. M. Blocker and others. Terms of sale cash. W. H. MOSS, S. E. D. Feb. 12, 1838 e 2 Sheri)r's Sale. C. M. Furman, vs, IU. Shultz, other plantiflfs severally vs. Henry Shultz. ILL he sold under various Execu tions against the defendant in the above stated cases. and by the writtep con sent of all the parties indebted either in the Executions or is the property, on the sec ond Monday in March next anl the day following, in the Town of Hamburg, vari ous lots improved and unimproved in the said town of lamnburg-and owned by the Defendant---Henry Shult. The SherifT announces to thC public that he is advised that the purchasers at this sale will obtain good quiet and indisputable titles-but the Sherif'of course will not feel it his duty to give warranty titles. Terms of Sale. Cash W H. MOSS, S. E. D. Feb. 12. it 2 Notice ThIM. N II Thi .eT1 hmbraled Jack, McKintosh. will be sold at Edgefield Court lonse oni the fust Monda 3 'TWa anmtil the 1st of' January 1839. The .reiaser will be required to give a note . iti.: t wo apitrmvcl ecurities. McKintoslh is eiglt years old this spring, and no older. lie wsi got I.y 1 laimmon's large Jack, oit of a Jimny, formerly owned by Joel Mc Letnore,& Eli Kenerly, tie largest Jimy in tihe District. H e is ofecommron size, owing to his being badly raised. As a good teaser and a sure foal getter, Mcintjosh as stur peassed by no Jack in the State: he has stomod in lhe Lower part of Edgefieh Dis trict for the Iast three springs which is all lhe ever stood, and for time tnumbmer of miares lie covered, lie can show as fine mules amnd as manmy of them as any Jack that ever stood in Edgefield District. ABRAM JONES. Feb 9th 1838 c 2 Ridgevilie Jcademey. Thie exercises of this instituitiotn wvil com tmence oni Monimny lime 5th of thue piresent, lnst, under tihe directioni of Framcis Muoody, a native of Virginmia, who has land consider able experenee it his professiors We in vite time attention oIf Pairents amid Gumarmdianms to tihe locality of the Ridtgeville Academy, wich, fmtur opitnion, is a place not stir paissed fo health, by any in time Up-Country adrespectfully solicit a share of their pa tronage. Board can be procurcd ini respecta bale tamnnhes andl conivenmient to theAcademy ait from 7 to $8 per mnonth,. R ATES OF TUtTmo3. Spelling, Readimig, atnd Writing . )er Quarter $3 00 Tme above ith Arithmetic and En gliilh Gramniar, .5 00 Th~e abiove with Geography, History, Natiural and Moral Philosophy, Chmenmmtry, R hetoric, &e- 7 00 COL. M.W A TSON, A. WA TSON, I 11. 1F. BOATfR IG H IT, M AJ T1. W ATSON. (Trutcee. E. W. PERRY, L EWIS IJOMES.Esq) Feli: 0 1838~ tf 1 Publie sale. Y' Order of the Couart oif Equity. r shall sell at publdic aucetiomn, otn Mlonidmy the 26th inst., ait time residence of Mlrs. M'. Lamar. near lamurg, alh thme utnbe quethmed property ofthem late Thoimas (.. Lamar., consisttig of H orses, Mtmles, attlje, H- ogs, Carrmige, W agons, Pinstation, TEol. I iousehmold and J(itchien Fturniture, Cormn iFodder, Batconm &c. Terms will be made knowyn on the day of sale. JA COB B. SM IT H, Executor. _Feh. 14, 38 hi 2 Look at ThiM! T1 lIE Stubscriber offers for sale his tract .1of Landi, withmin t wo and a half miles of Edermfieldi Village, amnd adjoining landisof II. Mimis aind C. J. Glover. The tract con t ainus TWO Hundred A cres. If not disposed of at iprivate sale previotus to the first Mon. dlay in May, it will on that day be sold to time highest bidder. MOSES GWEARINGEN. Feb 5, 1838 egfg i To lire, AFirst rate young Woman. Apply to Jon.8m ~ M. LABORD~E,