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COMMUNICATIONS. Mr. Editor. 1 request the favor of you to insert, in the columns of your paper. the following ac count ofthe recent religious meeting, which was held in the Baptist Meeting House of this place. The Baptist chureh of this town com menced, at 9 o'clock on Friday, the 24th of the last month, (Atagust.) a course of re ligitlus exercises, which were losed on the evening of Tuesday the 4th of the present month. here were present with tis, at our irst meeting, two Ministering bredhren be side.myself. Mv church wero generally present, and mnny, if not nil in attendance, felt that the Lord was about to pour out his blessing upon us. We began. therefore. in the confident expectation, that our labor zwould not he in vain in the Lord. All the members anti brethren present, after ing ang, reading the scriptures, and exhortation approached, in the attitude and spirit of ap plication, the well known spot berae our pulpit, where in times past, we lad often prostrated ourselves as a body, to pour out our souls to God for his blessing and to re ceive that blepsing in no stinted measure. We rose from our knees with ;i-sured con fidence in the fait hiflulness atd niercy of God, which strengthened us for t he coming labor. Foive services were steadily observed on _..each day: Prayer Meeting, at 6 o'clock in the morning; Ixhortation, at 1) o'clock: Pi e.whing and exhortation. at -11 o'cloek; nt :3 o'clock and at Candle-light. Minister ing brethren of our own Denomjinaion and oflthe Methrodist connexion caine to ouir help. Private clitistians of all denominations in the place assisted with their presence, good will, prayers, and other labors, prescnting the delightful spect,aele of a a whole relig ious cominintinity. animated by one sonl. united in one holy ptrpose, al'ectiointely seeking the glory of Good int tle salvation tof sinnors. The interest of the tteeting deep. ened on each succeeding iny. The moral attosph.-re became more iad iore pure and .powerful. Saints and Sinners, who arrived during the iteeting, fi-Ilt, as snR as soon as they caime amongst us, its holy influence. Great freedom of thought, zeal of heart, and liberty of utterance were af forded to ministers and private mewihers in& their private and publiek labors. Persons of different ages. from the chill of seven, ts the hoary headed sinier of seventy. year, were deeply exercised on accoutit of their sins. Little boys and girls. interninglin;: with .those of more advanced age, were scen in one prntiscuous group. bowing bef,re the throne of GodK, weepina wih convulsed sharing in, the effeetualervent prayer of - the rielteous. The fruits of this meeting of twelvo days and twelve nights, as far as we have as-er tained the particulars, are the recovery and restoration of three backsliders, w ho had awfully departed from the right ways ot truth, the hopeful conver.ion of forty-eight immortal betngs, the re ival of chrisInUaNs of all Denominations. and t he solemn deepa feeling which retnitus upon the nmtnds oaf many mourners in particular, and upon the commmunnity ini general. We had tharee Bnatisms duraing thte mee*t ing. At the first, one, a fe w mtontha sinr'e -broutghtr to the knowledge of -the truth; at the second, twt'nty; and at the last, seven disciples were buried witht Christ in Bapt tism. The greater part of these dear re deemed souls were young, and btut one was beyond the p)rimeC of life. Thte closing scene was solemn and deep ly alTeetmng. The last baaptized candidattes with the onte first haptizedh, necre received into thte memubership of the church by giv ing the right hand of fellowship.* After an address sutited to their tewv relationt.was delivered to thtem., one of the blessed Ia borers throughout thte whole scene of the uteeting followed with an inapressive ex bortation to the audience, foundead otn the parabtle of the ten virgins, after which upont the inagitatioun, which was givent to the is tressted in) spiit, to apaprotach for sptectal prayer, a large number re'paire.l to the well kntown spot, and knteeling, were prePsetedL int fervetnt heart aff'ectintg straintsa to the God of * oi~~al grace for ithe mtereilbi utpouramtintes of his spirit upon theitr trotubIled haear s. The mtait of God, who led ini she exercise, remtembheredi all prese'nt, and commttendhed sinaners everyv wvhere to thte mnercy of a sitn-pardouinug God. These services beinig over, I then.t tookal tho liberty to present to tlte haitl of len ve sent mnen, whlo had so hamppily andl e-le ively labored with us, the grateful thanks of my people, of christians gener-ahlly in thae town, and of the commuatnity at large for their labors of love, so h;appily begun und so gloriously crowned witht success. So deeply affeted were these htoly maent with humtility and gratitu.le to Godl for his re markable goodness int thte late displatys of' mercy throught their labors, thtat teatrs oh joy nnd thianksgivmg aran dlownt tein cheeks. As we began the mteeting in prayer to Godi for his blessing, we closed it ina a pirayer of thanksgiving and praise to liIIM, who hand heard our prayer, had remembered us with the favor that he b<urs to his chosen, und had -visited us with his greut alvation T he in vitation to unite with tts was extetnded to all, who loved our Lord Jesus Christ and .with willing spirits was it accepted by ohristiats of all Denomtinations,in the housie. * kl~ow delightfu'tl it wtas to see thte numiber Thf,.-- -.--e _on_ 1a~tzdk4be led go P!reatly increased beyond the numher of the first morning. 'iero*were the0 new horn souls: there the members frot neiah bouring region., there the brothren of each religionssocietv in the town. and there the tnetbers of our church. limo ing in one lippy group, we thanked God for the arent things he had done for uq- we entresited the Divine blessina upon oir dear mninisterine brethren, who haid labored ramongst us with atteess; We 'ottmnidedcc the nsew disciples to the guidance of their heavenly Father: We remiemtsbered the distressel souls, who had received no conifort: mad we gave all the honor t i God the Father, Son, and Spirit, who had si merci!ully remembered. and ahudlantly blessed, us. Rlising fram prayer, our ministering brethren, ready to cliart on the morrow, hade us farewell in the parting hymn. And as they sting 6'i on myjorneay hoom to the New Jtrusalen, So fare ye well I An going home.', they gave the parting hand, and shed the partina tear. Ours flowed in unison with theirs. whilst hy flaith we looked forward to the mansions of glory in which we should na"in enet to part no miore. Thus closed Slie labors of a delight fid season, upon whose progress Angelsnatended with inexpressible pleasure, whose steps were directed of the Lord, and whose termination brought new honor to his naie. "Often 0 Lord renew The %% onders4 ofthis dav. That Jeiots here nayv see -his seed; And S-itan lose his prey." Several oiher interesting religions meet ings have beenl held in the stirrounding re gions At Rocky Spring, 51t. Lebanon. .IlI. Zion, It epubl-ean, Callihians and Gil gal. At he last piace a Camp Mceting was held, which continued for the %% eek pre ceedinAg our neetinig here. Large engrfrega lions were in attendance, iind naech serious i,pression was miae. the fruits (if whichl it is hoped will he fell in days to come. It was at this last meeting that many of our m11en11hers were present, and ean!ht the fire which was there kindling. Fronitha placie, the Ministering brehren caerie to visit us, whose interesting hihors it hao-s beven our privilege to reciant. The t mbther oil Ilap tisms at these Meetings, as far as I have heard are thirty seven, which, added to ilae thirty one* hapiised herp. make sixty eight. There are taheis who have been ii'ptis.f at somte! or the pinces allove nentionefl, since the ameetitgs closcel, but (if these num hers I have no informiation. , These meetings have been granted to the Lord's people in these regions in grent njc ey. thet they may he revived. May God grant than: the rovivitng infllience may con tintse with great permanei ey. ad eff'eet throtoghout long periods oil time to come. .B.Tree othetre Weie haised last' Lord's Day, naking the 31. Edgefield C. H., S. C.. Sept. 10, 1838. To THE VOTER OF EIPOEFIELu. Fellow Vitikens-A the per itid is rapiidly approaching, and will soon arave, when )ou taust again appear at the poll,s, te se lect your Senator and Itepreseltativ.-s. i is tilae, high1 time, thiat ye shud aAke choice of thouse lfor a' hamec yon intend voting aind not put1 it tlfruntil yoaa are greeted w alt a pleasinig smiile-"a d rink''-a sltnp cupone the shoutlder etce: till, but lotr yotur vote. Th'e day I hope is past at leatst ,n -Ol Edge. lieldI," that the degrzaing pr:actice of "treurt ing" aind softtak, shouatld setnre cthe grent er' anamber olf voles, to Ihouse whou plrae ticec it to the greatest perf'etioan. It is witha cao little gra ific a'in that I hear amy native-.ln nat a le encsning~ eleetion, to selec-t thoese wh lo aire mtfli enpletII of representting her, withs taut r'egarcd to perstonal fcehnigs oar relationes. 'lTe sycopeh:antie aned laihiiatintg ustage (fto enlI it taut hamg else) ofl oebtmingit a vote by~ a5 plea'tsine smaie'-unea tete nt te'te-nnd tee el the elimaax, nt'S "sil ff dink of1 lignoacr,'' shociuld lhe receiv'ed by freceen ill eor iteam of Goavernmietnt. tact onaly withI cotatemplt e al dlisgu!.i, teut wvith scorna aid indeigcationa. ft shoutldl he revochting to the indepen)Ctdenat feel. inags oft every clnei, as atn inisaib to his audce'r e.tandtinag, to tiller to purchasse htis vote writha tn btribae; foar it is nothIitng else (aind of' the busest kinad) interpret it ats yeae wrill. It i5 an indchire-'cat tat thlae very~ o toac itatiet atc etur free- inta~aitutti''ns, wvhich brtings s'trikingly i mtindc. lte jas rettairk ofl locke. n hen spen:kocg of re.,uhea inag itevte's oif electoerse, ian his "'essay tan Goelrnmen'tt."' --' lint ia it, het stays. hma 1att t all np the Go,vert't nen(t by thest rooit', atnd icoistat te very foutal ina cal pubbelat sceetarity."' Ina Enghtid,l any un duea. influence cever the voeaers, hav the Ctan dlidate's, it strictly preventtedl bay athirit haws. A Candlielhe ei ~ving tea elli-rini tea give any r'ewardc wvhate'ver foer a vote, is hieavily fitted anddIala rread f'roam heeldinag Ihis senat ii'e'hectedl: the voter ti hio receia e's is atlsoa lined, an cilojr ever after depied ' fl tvtin tg; antIhd - futher, thecy itre both Ia'uorntItl (vtaers an tiI'aaildidaItets) ngnsinst4 bribecry tanad c'o rrup ton; an tai tachle refuasal of iltheenidtle his elielcta n ill lie cid. Althacaugh a hese savcaur tion tneih of sevi'rity in somte pintas, it is mucah tci be ro gr'ett'ed, ast with socme mlitigtiat theay have not bieen enjcained lay ciure las'. It is ntintg tnmiss feet tIhe Csaedicdate- tco expahiin the'ir views 1to the Pele, ofl aly tii that coancerns them; ina faet this is nlecess;try, baut we would not haeve thema toi "iSpeatk their virtntes f'ree and loud, Anid op1enly itt e've'ry crowvd. As lond aG 0110 thaut sinags laid part T'a wheel-imrrow or canrnip-c'art." This egohistical harasngst woeuld heist sail ithe lips eel otheras. Yont have I. atm sure. (ellow' eitizens.'Itn'intelienna- c'tntn'ans -,..: an one, probably, as you novii t.efore.-o it reumins wilt you, tf# .q ith er you m ill he represented intelliib' orp. Their captcitiei being know n to f o u, the wisest and best cnn. be select4 k the lour or soler and cal reflect k" ' your ou-n mind will he the hest men -elect frot the bulk of Candidat e who have the greAtest power Of dis jo -know best what will promote go liticol welfare-whose past conduie. and courtwe of life, would lend you toA e' that they are honeat-faithful tn iitob stitutiioni-alll Itt they have the'e9tblic good at heart: that they will be C$W aid energetic in passing those Laws wfi(gOwill thus add to the prosperitv and haipiness,of their constituents at home, and to th pub. lie at large. These are the broad and fun damental principles by which every Legis intor should ie selected: without the aid or personal ltpulitrity or private feeliigs- of tiod will. I am aware that a clever fellow n old le-refused a vote with retfetfuce but if he has not the other qualities 'oti bined, the voto sheuld be given th'i who has; it is a duty you mwe to yoursl.v and your common country. Noeman,wiiould employ a physician to ttantage his thittefs in Law, nor vice versa would he enioy a lawyer to ittendl the sivck. Nor would ho go it the elever-fellow (provided this was his only uinality.) for his nlvice upon any great and1l important Cuestion, teuhin the vital interest of the while counry; as for in stanre tle current quetion of the day a "di vorte of tite Goernment from all Banks," I think not; lie would go to the sage and experiencrd statesman, who makes such thittgs his stitdy; who is well acquainted with the poolitics ofr he day. and who can deliver his views clearly and understandingly. "-There is a title " in the talents of-everv ie nt hich predominates alove the rest. so onstituted Iy the Atthor of our heing-it is the great design of Nature; %% hiit make mniUlkind the aost complex, anti beAutiful machinc that could he imagined. 'Every ome has, n- it were. his own functions to per lorm, his oni it proper sphere of action as signed hitm in which he tntst operate, to do so to the best advantage. Fuselli or!Rap hal never wouild have made a -tates mutt, norrPiitor Fox n painter Soloni-gen eral, or Ney a law-giver. N. Bauer'e in structor of Napoleon in the Germans gue prononceed hi, a complete dune , he made but little progret-s in learnintg an enge, yet Niapoleon i as one oft h at esi genertis Europe ever producee l: cry one then should pursue that coo for which his natural enpacities. eulag nd improved by liberal edtcation, st the lawyer-the octor-t e arme e d t e merchant, are all distioet charactse ; each being itctn ble to perform the duties of the other; they are tovine in separte channels and purstlin-g the course %which will elevate thir peCnliar brunch to the greates glory. If thteit, there is t pe.-tliar class of inci. vidualk to administer medicine to the body, atul another to the soul: one to eultivate teL -oil, arnd anttert t exhtatne the pothipe thereof; ande us there are those who: .~dage the affairs int lawi, is it ttot reatsonable tostup tpoe, thtat there are' those pteculiarly fitted ic gake them'n, which is of vastly, more impIortuntee than exphlining2 themt, for' in thte contstructiont, atnd ntot in thte interpreta. tatioin lies the danger. If this is conceded, (n b.hich eunt but be. bty a reasonable tman) 'hould they ttot he se.le'cted in preference to oithIers; thatt is if we woutlcd he g overnted bty Iawse, wheicht would bte mtost conducive to convenciietnce ande happiessc In perform ing the cltiy of a voter,. (w hichl for the love elf ottr'elves and ottr cotuntry we shoul petrformt jttdic'ially and htonoraebly) the feel ittgs entertainedl for a frietnd, a neighbottr, a elove- ~j eew, &c*. shil, its fart as httmnn ttrtilty wiill prerimit, lhe laid asidle. atnd the etocd of thie communilitity itt large, as well as otir twnt, takcen itnro cotisiderationt. This ia thte scrutiny whiichl sould be practicedl when thte wheels of (ov.ernmtentt ore not "lockedl" butt move off stmtoothly ont level groutnd. Unet here we might, without comn mtitting at heincius cfl'nce, speak of' voting for ai p;tttitenlair friend,, elever fellow, &e: (putrely a sueh) to tickle htis fancies and to aeflordl him1 nn ojportuntit'ci oltowing his peentlintr skill at pittda:r-ca:ingi (of which I 've seet n many maske gom.i use), andtc .on vintce sentsible ent, thnt the Legi'da Ime' is ant iitilppropritote iIne for hitm. Whatt should lbe the scruttinv atnd exact tncos that shoul lie used, at this impolwrtatt peCriode of our pelitienl ~exitce, in choos inte lho,e to whotm we princeipally must look for thte btest means of' extricattiun ourselves fromi this diresadful entnstrophe, that has lately btefatllent the coutnttry, fi-om the de ranlgemtent in thte titedc ,ellasirs of the ntatiotn, ;ittl for thec patssatge of the attst sutl utary h;iws, for arResting the proigress int a great mte'asutre, cof thtose fientds of dharkness, te ahohtiottists.-w ho tare veriy peceptibtly sapping the ftuttcatiott of the Oivernmient. 'The fiscal concernts of the Governnit, attl tne imoniecd or Inntk intg intstitutionsoftl the c'onntrs , seem to lie of tmore imtmediate attentiont, antd imaportance tItan any other topic; and strange to say, it is ntit the first or thte stecond.timte, in the annals of our new repubtlic, thtat a similar evenit has taken place. Thlis quetstieon (the entrrences)wa disetsecd in the UTniteclStte in 181~5-16; in. Eng~hln ittn 1819-2O; in ta eot.wn try, again in 183L, about the tims the d.ps.t were removed by Gen. Yackson: and now gain in rapid iuccession. nuother opporsu nily is afforded iu 1837-38 and experience will have proved but a poor teacher indeed, ifsomething salutary is not now perfornsed. to prevent future misfirtunes of a similar kind. But I have digressed, which was to bring to mind the unwise and unguarded manner in which our Lawgivers have act ed. and which shows the vast importance of selectinig wise ones. I need not say, I much depends upon the course which South Carolina will pursue. The exalted sta tIon which she occupies among the States or this Confederney, will anract the atten tion ofthe whole South, (and I mieht say o the Union) to her movements; not only as regards the course of her Representatives in Congress; bus more particularly, to the stand that her Legislature will take in this it atter. Rouse up then voters of Edgefield and send those, who are most capable of being intristed with this important matter, to the next Legislature. Go to the polls with your minds made up,with your vote i.n your pocket; and take it as an insult ror a masn to ofTer to treat you for it. I know "Old Edgefield" too well to think forn mo me't that she has one son, hut esteems his independence as highly as any man in site nation. Do not then let one man's superi or, popular turn.with inferio- qualifications, cajole vou Out of your vote This is the case, I know, in many Districts; but God forbid that it should be practised in Old EdRetield, my native, beloved old Diatrivi; and although circumstances may forbid mv partaking of the election, "lhv mny vote," it cannot prevent me from wishing a hearty success to the Candidates who have the greatest claim on her voters, by being tihe best qualified. DON Mr. Editor. Sir-After a careful perusal of the lengthy and laborious exposiiion of T. tj. Nixon, Esq. published in your papter of the 30th ultimo, the convietion has been forced upon us, that he is in favor Of a National Bank. and this is the conviction of every person with whoni we have conversed otn the suh ject. It is true. that he has tiven himself room to play, for lie has su-gested one evil that would Ie likely to growout of it, to wit: "that for a time it would have a disastroujs effect." But it id equally true, that lie has wih great apparent labor, filled more than three columns of the Advertiser, the great ohi.icet Or which appears to lie the showing forth to the best advanage the merits and claims of this very institution. le has re fused to commit himself either by an af firniative or negative on ibis momentous question, but leaves the People to fort thpir from the evidences contained in this dark and wide-spread exposilitn of his views, and under which he can hereafter shelter himself, whether his course lie for, or a gainst the Bank. At a time like the present, when the whole country from Maitie to the Gulf 8tream. is in a state of leep excitement on a sub's et of vital importance to shem liber ties of the peCople, stur representatives. like Cwsar's wife, mugt noit only so be chaste, li.t tuniuspecteds. At a tmeeting of ciuizenis of this District, in A ugust laist, a Resolujtioin was utnanimiously passed. requesting~ the Cansdisdn'ea, among other things. so cive a dlirect "aiffirmative or niegative w hether t hey were, or wcre tnot in favor of a National Bank." To this request all the other Casn didlates have respond(ed,. openly,3 franklyv and sdecidledly, ande in strict aecorsdance with the Stares Rights principle. No ambiliguaity, no~ e'vn-sion; ands is wsoulsd be a great pleasure to tis if we coulsd conisistently extend to all of them ottr feebe' suipp)ort. WVhile on she contrary we miuch regret, that T.1. II. Nixon, Esq. a man who deservedly stnsds higb in the estimntion oif the people. fhr inttelligence aind worth, has thatngbrs proper to OCcupv she station, in whic-h, by his nmhtig'uous ex posrtistn, he h:is unfstunately placed himi se'lf. With regardl to the ex position of his views otn the Independlent Treasury ptublishiede in yotur paper of the 6tIh instanit, we fe-el it tsi be otur duy so mnake a fewv hasty remairk-s. On this suthieet Its has s somc out n ith comn tmndabhleenndosor aind dlecision,, amnd we otnly regret that lhe has celt it his duty to object to one of its miost impcortanit attribuntes, tnmely, that the GOtversnmenit shatl cuilleet its dueas in) the cnnstiturionatl cutrrencey of the c-ounitry. IIe says, "I consider onec of the dletails of the scheme oldjeetionable thans vhich propioses to collect the sIues of the Governmientt wvhtolly andI exclusivsely itt goild anmd silver." For the Goivernmiet to cotllect its tIues n hiolly antI exclusive.ly in giold andI silver, or in its ownt credit is the the atiribiute which gives to the whole schtemte bieauty, streneth ands virtue. Is is this atribuate which seals the divorce anid secures the Governmtent from the dangerous itnfluence or corrupt corporatiuons and gigatn tie montopolies, ntud plnces it on the side of the Peotple whose propierty is is. It is this attribuite that will sivest the Presidenm of all undsue influensce amnd patrottnge, and will make this Gotvernmi si i reahsty what it is by naite-n Repulieinn Goverinent. Ri strip it of this antd it wit'libe like Snmtpson shiorun of his strenth. Strip it of this anid it will enecourage banking, ands an expanudeds c-urrency. which tall musst acknowledge are atlreiady overdlone, We have thierefore come so the conclusisin, that how much soever we mtay respect the person of T. HI. Nixon, Esq. we cannot give,to li.m tipjr snprors ait the ensuina election. Mas Vo-rsas. Mr. Editor. In your paper of the 25th uIt. I see from the communication of Mr. Iollingsworth, that it was expected the Candidates would declare their sentiments, not only as to a National Bank, but as to the Independent Treasury, and an entire separation of the Government furds from all Banks what ever. Now I have only to say, that I am oppos,ed to a connexion of the Government with the Banks, either State or Federal.and ain decidedly in favor of the Independent Treasury. As evidence of my sentiments, I rerfer to the resolutions of* the last regular Session of our Legislature on these subject-t and in substance re-adopted at the extra Session by a very large majority, for which resolutions I voted most cordially. JOHN 8. JETER. At a meeting of the Citizens of Abbeville District, held in the Court House on Mon day, 3d Sept. the Ii P. Noble, one of the Delegates in the Convention held at Au guista, in April last, reported to the mseeting the proceedings of that Convention; and sif ter an address from Robert E. Belcher, Esq. the following gentlemen were appoint ed delentes so represent the Citizens ofAb bevi lIe District in the Convention to be held in Augusta on the third Monday of October next, in relation to the DIRECT TRADE of the South, viz: Hon. PATRICK NOBLE, Mr. JAhMES S. BOWIE, Mr. O'.L 6MITi, JOHN A CA.-I1OUN, Esq. Doet. SAM. AARI11ALL. D. L. WARbLAV. Chair. H. H1. Towris, &cc'y. NO II. De omnibus rebus, 4-c. The present age has greatly improved upon the rude eustonis of barhariaus in the importance which should be attached to the femtale part of the hunan species. The toarbarians subject thei to slavery, the se mi-civilized require of' them many of the harder duties of life; the enliehtened place them nearer their true position taut that importance which Nature intended they -hould possess, remains yet to be assigned thein. This leelil e'ffoit of'-ireyttas" wil fall short of accomplishing this human object: but I hope the dear sex will soothe their suffeirings with the defieated politician: consolatory maxim, "Posterity may do them justice." The criminal neglect, in this country, o female edtention, shows our mistaken con. ceptions of their importance in society. The matrons ofour courstry exercise an in fluence over its character ani destinies n hich is little suspected. It is in childhood whether for good or evil, which govern'thro life. As soun anos as the tender infant begins to lisp its Mother's sai- 's it sus ceptible of impressions; and wt. hut she has the opportunity of impartin instructios Let correct principles be implanted durin.g chilhihool, and although the wayward youth maoy stray fsor a tiume frost the p)at of' rectitudee. yes lie will retuirn to thse wvhol some precepts of' his Mother. Then shouk ntot the stasndaird of female education be elevated? Shtoulud not such a system be as eptede as is bess ealenlatesd to qualifv the loethe'r ihr the dischar'ge of' the hight an. ituportant trust coutntaittesd to her care?I do not contetil that all the deep andI ah ssrse sciences (as mathematics &c.) shouh he itncorpotrated itn the system, bhat let po. litic'al science and the constitution of oui Government he embraced in the system, that our south may early imbtibe republic an principles: let mnoral philosophy he more extensively studieud,' and( then will they er'ow up wish corsrect notiotns of right andl wronie; let history lik~ewise hav'e a place, atnd thlen w'ill their bo.somsc he inspired with emulation towards the distinguished in eve ry fiehsl of' destintiton. Mv pen could shied hottles of inkc over the wrongs of the sex, b'ut the sub1ject is ton p)rolific for fIR EVITAS. Age of ther fobiab Trer --While in Sen. exal. Adlantson nmeasu,redl one of these trees andh fonnd it to lie 34) feet itn diamtesr, the ritngs ofi annu tal growth numbhered 5.15t0, an inconatestible proof that this Tree had at taiied to that age; consequently at the Noa chian flood it wvas abouti h 63 years of age. De Csondolle gaVE' the measurement oh the c'elebtratedl Taxodliumr of' Chsapuiltepec itn Mexic'o, to be 117 feet in circumflerence; she probability is slat this Tree is still more ngesd thant the ilaobah' It' we admit the wvaters of the Noachiatn flood to have cov ered the whole earth, the vital forces of these Trees had to sutstaitn a submerged state fsor 6 or 8 months. Ttnat vegetable life w'is niot destro,yed by the floodl is attested in) the Mosaiie accot-i-the dlove sent out by Noah brought in an Olive ceaf p)luctked ofi'. TIhe Banbah Tree agreeably to the Mosaic history of the age of the W1orld, or rather the Creatiotn was 238 years of age w'hen Adamn died. B. DEATH OF JUDGE. PotuLI.--We learn w'ith exrenme regret, that the lion. John (I. PolIhill, Judge of t he Oemulgee Circtuit, died in Cass cotuntry, fromt an attack of pal sy, at the hotuse of a Mr. Stephens. on Siun day last, the 26th uilt. T1his painful initelli. gence r'enches us through the columns ol the Cassville Pioneer, of the 28th tit. Thea Jttdgc was tr,uvelling for the benefit of hit health, which had been hadl for somse timeiC ' Auust. CAo. TultDAsr. SEPTENBER 13, 18M. We give in alphabetleal order the -nanes of the Candidates for the Legislature, from this Dib,trict. FOR THE sENATE. J. B % UdKETT, W. BROOKS. J. 8.JETE R. FOLt THE H..0F REPRESKNTATITEO. J. P. CARROLL, J. iRIFFIN, N. L. G RIAFFIN. T. J. HIBBLER, T. H, NIXON. J. SHEPPARD, J. B SMITH. F. H1. WARDLAW, M. WATSON, A. WHATLEY, J. W. WIMBISH, The last Greenville Mountaineer cou tains a Correspondence between Messrs. Calhoun and Thompson. which e marked for insertion in our present No. It is of some length and was received at so late a period, that we are compelled to postpono. it until our next. GOLD AND SILvEa,-Since 1828 the pe. cious tmetals have increased in this country fromt 30 to 100 millions of dollars, and yet it is said, that the collection of ten millions by the Government, would break down credit, and produce universaliisiress and ruin. Ten millions is the highesr estimate which has ever been made. for carrying out the ludependent Treasury Policy, and gen tlemen in their panic, have gone so far asto declare that it would ruin the Southern States by affecting the price of their great staple. The truth is, that we have already money enough in the vaults of Banks, for all the ends which the friends of a divorco proliose, but we cannot get hold of it. The Paper gentry swear that we shall take their raas, so the exclusitin al!ogeher of a sound convertible circulation. Now there is rea son in all things. The amount of spe cie which is req.ired by the Sub-Trens ury Bill is nothing, compared with the whole circulation or the country. Let us have a little ofshegenuinestuf; gentlemen. Give uq bust this, and we will leave you to control a circulation of some hundred mil lions. The friends of a Divorce are repre r sented as going against all Banks, and all paper circulation. With much greater truth, it might be said. that its enemies are going against all Gold and all Silver. They seek to expel the precious metals from the country, instead of encouraging their intro u,au.12L-20" 2's 0 4itu Paper. THE INDEPENDENT TREASURY. Mr. Leigh. a late distinguishe.i Senator of Virginia, in a speech delivered by him int the to%% n of Petersburg in September. 1834, drew, as n ith the inspiration of prophecy, what would be the features or a bill, found 1 upon this divorce principle. It is as fo "Let a general Treasut y Office be estab !s.'hed tat the seat of Government, under the msatagemenl of a TIreasurer. and local Trea ,uary offices estab,lished in each of the States, as many as should lie convenient, under tho m.anagemaent of Assistant Tlreasurers, re qusiring bond and secturity from the Trea ,sirer atnd Assistant Treasurers, for the 'Gsithful performaance of their rst--let tho revenuse be deposited in shese offices as it should be collected-giv"e power sos the See retatry of the Treasury to remove redn dhant funds from one ofice to another, where convenience shotild require them to he dis hiursed-give power to the Treasurer to draw warrants on any office he should think proper, guarding the powver by suitable and effieient cheeks; make it enmbezzlemnent and felonsy itn him wilfully to issue any warrant, except urder authority of law, at the bid -kng of onvy persotn whatever; and mnake it embiezzlemen,t and felony in any Assistant Treasurer to use for his own purpose, len d so others, or pay away any money. except to warrants drawn lby the Treasurer, in duo form of lan~ ." "In my opnion, the framers of the Con stitustion had not thotught of any banik agen cy whatever. State or F~euderal,. either for facihlitng the operations of the Treasury, *or for regulating the currency; anmi that, to administer the Government ini the true spir it of the Constitution, and according to the itention of its founders, the Treasury ought ' to lie dlivOrced from all connexion with the baniks, State or Federal." WVe now ask nil candid minds if the inde pendent Treneury is indeed a creation of Vain Bturen & Co. When the State Rights men toiok te ground of Div>)ree about the p)eriodl when Mr. Leigh mante his Speech, the Globe, the organ of she Administration. came ont in most vehement opposition.--.. And has it indeed come to this, that this vi tal mieasure must nowy be repudiated by thto very Pairty which originated is because foir sooth.iss former enetnies have thought prop or to give it their support! Are wve to bo cheated out of our State Rights principles because Federalists embrace them? WVhat will be the end of this course of reasoning? It is very plaini. Conteniding not for princi pIe, butt against men, we may lie made to gi.e tip every~ thing. by she easy and certain process of having an enemy to come over to us. We learn by the Richmond heat last evensing, (says the Norfolk Beacon, 27th uIt ) that sine of tne visitors at the White Sulphur Spritigs in Greenbriar, drew a pit toall at table, and shot another visitor dead on the spiot. -The man whio was killed was namred W atkinis, but the name of the mur dlere was unkndw'V to our informaat*