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"We will cling to the pillars of the temple of our liberties, PIERRE F. LABORDE, Editor. and if it must-fall we will perish amidst the ruins." 1o.,S VoLUJME IV- .eelCm os,% .MrhM 89 PROSPECTUS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME OF THE Egvgeg~etZJ Rptie. pisEr F. LABORDE, Ediser. In entering upon the duties ofa public Journalist, the Editor deems it neces eary to make known his political princi ples. This he will do in as brief a man mer as possible. He is of the. siraitest seet of the State Rights School of politics. On a strict construction of the Federal Compact, depends he believes, the value end the very existence of the Union. To promote this great object,he will labor faith fully, and with zeal untirimg. lie is op posed to a United. States Bank, believing ii to be unconstitutional. inexpedient, dan gerous. and peculiarly oppressive to the South. - Heis in favor of the Independent Con stitutional, Treasury scheme. He believes it to he the safest, the cheapest. and the most simple plan for collecting and dis bursing the public rvenue, which has yet been proposed. His paper shall not be a mere political party sheet. Agriculture and general literature shall meet at his hands, a due share of attention. He will endeavor to snake judiciaus selection-, for the farmer, and will cater for the delicate appetite of the lover of polite literature. In short, he will use every exertion to make his paper as miscellaneous, and as useful as possible. He will publish articles on all subjects of interest, "From grave to gay, from lively to severe." During the season of business, he will puhlish every week, the prices current of Hamburg, and Augusta, and occasionally of Charleston .and Columbia. TER MS. The EDGEFIELD ADvkRTISER is pub lished-every-Thursday morning at Three Dollars per annum, if paid in admnce Three Dollars aud Firty Cents if not paid before the expiration of Six Months from the date of Subscription-and Four Dol lars if not- paid within Twelve Monihs. Subscribers out. of the State are required to pay in advance. No subscription received for less than one year, and no paper discontinued until all arrearages ire paid. except at the op tion of the Publisher. M absiaription,.will he continued un less otherwise ordered before the expira tion of the year. Any person procuring five Subscribers and becoming responsible for the same, shall re..ive the sixth copy gratis. Advertisements conspicuously inserted at 62A cents per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the first insertion, and 431 ets. for each continuance 'Those published monthly, or quarterly will be charged $1 per square for each ioertion. Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will be continued until ordered out, and charged accordingly. All communications addressed to the Editor, post paid, will be promptly and strictly attended to. W. F. DURISOE, Publisher. Feb 7. 1839 AdjVtant General's Oice, CoLuxI'A,22d.February, 1e39. U NIFORM of the General and Staff Offi cers of Cavalry of South Carolina, pre scribed by the Adjutant & Inspector General, in obedience to a resolution of the General As. esably of South Carolina, passed the 19th of December, 1838. Brigadier General of Cavalry. CoA.-Dark blue cloth, doubie breasted, two rows of buttons, ten in each row set in pain, the distance hetween the rows five inches at the top and three at bottom; stand up coltar to meet and book in front; culls two and a hatf inchbes deep, to go round the sleeve parabuel with the lower edge, and to button with three -small buttons at the under seam. akirt to be what is called lhrrs-gaarters, with buff cloth or .kerseymiere turnbacks; the bottom of the skirt not less than three and a half nor more than five inrches broad,with a gold embroidered star at the connecting point of the bull'-on each ekirt; pointed cross flaps to the skia with four buttotnsegnally distributed; two hip but tons, to range with the lower- buttons on the breast. The collar, cuffs, tur'nbacks, facings and lining of buff cloth or kerseymere. BazzcHKs, on rtowuzas-Dark blue cloth or kerseytmere. CRAVA-r, ont S-rocx-Black silk. DBoos-Long, to reach as high as the knee, and worn over the trowsers. Gwvzs-But guntlets, to reach halfway from the wrist to te elbow. Borross-Giltconvex,three quarters of a' inch in diameter, with palmetto emblem. EriJ.AETE-tioid, with soliderescent; asilver embroidered star one andpa half inch diameter - on the strap; dead and bright gold bullion half ran inch diameter, and three inches and a half Song. IrORD APD Scisuan-Sabre, gilt or brass sabbard. SwesD sErT-Black leather or morocco, em broidlered with gold; gilt chain or embroidered Lleather carriages; gilt plate with palmetto rdevice in silver. SwoRD xor-Gold cord, with bullion tassels. SASH-But silk net, wisilk bullion fringe ends; sash to go twice around the waist and tie on the right hip. Worn under the sword belt. Scanr-Purple satin or ribbon three inches wide.to be worn over the right shoulderunder the strap of the epaplette,the ends to meet on the left side, under and concealed bythe sash; an embroidered silver star, one inch and three quarters in diameter, upon the centre of the scarf opposite the left breast. CA-Black leather, helmet shape, the crest to represent solid brass; gilt scales; gold lace -bands one inch and a half wide; a gilt pal. mtetto in front three inches and a half long, surmounted by a plume of three yellow os trich rammhew resn. from a gilt ecee. Horse Furniture. HousiO-Dark blue cloth to cover the saddle, a border of gold lace a half inch wide: a gold embroidered star four inches in diameter in each flank corner. Hor.sTaRs-Covered with dark blue cloth; a border of gold lace a half inch wide; a gold embroidered star three inches in diameter up on each cap. BRIDLE, MARTNGAL, COLLAR, HALTER AND CRUPPER-Black leather. MoUNTiNos-Stirrups, bridle-bits, manringal rings, and buckles-yellow metal or gilt. GIRTHS AND SURCNULE-Of blue web. Unifermn of the Brigade Major, Assist. ant Deputy Inspector or Brigade In. spector, and Brigade Judge Advocate of Cavalry. Cor-Dark blue cloth, single breasted, one row ofnine buttons placed at equal distances; stand up collar to meet in front and hook; the collar to be part buff, the buff to extend four inches on each side from the front. the rest of the collar blue; cuffs two and a half inches deep, blue. with three small buttons at the underseam; the skirt to be what is called tiree-quarters in length, with buff turi backs, the bottom of the skirts not less than three and a half nor more than five inches broad, with a gold embroidered star at the connecting point of the buff ot. each skirt pointed cross flaps of blue with four buttons; equally distributed; two hip buttons to range with the lower button on the breast. Facings and linings lsuffc!oth or kerseymere. l'PAULETTEs.-Gold bullion with solid silver crescent and silver strap, the bullion half an inch diameter and three inches and a balf long. BUTTONS, BREECHES, or TRowsERs, CRAVAT, or STocx, Same as prescrib BOOTS, ed for Brigadier SPURs, . General. GLOVES, I SWORD AND SCABBARD, J SwoRn KNoT-.-Gold lace strap, with gold bul lion tassel. SASH.-Red silk net, with silk bullion fringe ends. SWORD aELT.-Black leather, without embroi dery, gilt chain carriages. CAr.-Laine as porescribed for the Brigadier General. exerpit the gold lace band which wi;1 be three quarters of an inch wide; and in stead of the phuime a drooping horse-hair pom pon: for the Brigade Major and Brigade In. pector red. and fbr the Brigade Judge Advo cate. black. The Brigade Major will wear an aiguillette of twisted gold cord with gilt tags: the aiguillette to be worn under the epauletto of the right shoulder. Horse Furniture. SAnDD.E-CLOTH AND lOLSTER covrYaS.-Dark blue cloth without lace or star; saddle-cloth to he worn under the saddle. BRIDLE, MtARTINGAL, Same as prescrib Cottaa, ed for Brigadier CRUPPER, General. MOUNTINGS, GIRTHS Ann StURcIGLE, J Uniform of the Brigade Quarter Master, and Aide-de. amp of the Brigadier General of Cavalry. COAT-Same as prescribed for the Brigade Major &c.; except the collar which will be all ;1mff. EPAULrETTvs-Gold with solid crescent, bullion one fourth of an inch indiameterand two and a half inches long. One on each shoulder. BUTTOWS, BREECHEs, or Tztowszas, CRAVAT. or STOCK, BooTs' Sam4 as rescrib SLUns, ed for tne lirig OD AN Seinn, ado Major, &c. SWORD BELT, SwoRD KNOT, SASH, CAP.-Same as prescribed for Brigade Major, &.c. Pompon for the Brigade Quarter Mas. ter, blue, and for the Aids-de-Camp, yellow drooping horse hair. Horse Furniture. Same as prescribed for the Brigade Major, &c. Uniform of thec Brigade Pay 'master of Cavalry. CoAT-Dark blue cloth, double breasted, two rows of buttons at equal intervals, ten in each row, the rows tour inches apart at the top, .ad two anld a half at the bottom; stand up collar of blue cloth to meet in front and hook; skirt Ao bemnade after the fashion of the .citi zens' coat and lined with bltue cloth: sith a button at each hip, one at the end of each fold, and one intermiediate in each fold; enffs of blue cloth, two and a half inches deep, with three smtall btuttonse at the under seam; a gold embroidered button-hole on each end of the collar, four inches long, terminating with a fleur-de-lis. No epiaulettes or sash to be worn by the Pay. master; but instead ofepdulettes. a gilt shoul der chain will be worn on each shoulder But-ross. BRE ECHEs, or TaowsERtS, CRAVAT, or Svoex, Boots, Same as prescriby. SPwts, - dfor the Brig GL~OVES, jade Major,'&c. Swon AND Sc~AAtD, SWORD BEL.T, Swoan KNOT, J CAF-Samne as prescrIbed for Brigade Major. &c. Drooping white horse hair pompon. Horse Furniture. Same as prescribed for Brigade Major, &c. JAM ES JONES, [C ] h4d Adj.kE Ins. Gen. The Charleston Mercury and Courier; the Columbia Telescope and Carolinian; the Win yaw Intelligencer; the Cheraw Gazette; the Camden Joural; Pendleton Messenger, and Greenville Mountaineer will publish this order, as well as all otheg issued from the Adjtutant General's Office, and marked [C] once a week for eight weeks, and reader their accounts to the Ad-utant General, for his examination and certificate, before presentation to the Governor for payment. Jpprentces Wanted. ON %J or Two A pprentices to the Printing Business, will be takern at this office. Youths from 14 tol6 yena of age, with a tol erable English education, who can read and write well, will meet with ceouiragemnent.' State of South Carolina. ABBE VILLE DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. William Chiles, Bill to have re vs . funded part Vincent Griffin and others. ) of Legacy. HE Complainant having filed his bill in T my office, and it appearitig to my satis faction that William Waller Seur. William Waller, Jun. Doctor Mordecai, and Carolline his wife, aid George Holt and Mary Ann his wife. defendants named in the said bill are, and do reside without the limits of this State ; Therefore it is ordered, that the said defendants do appear and jlead, answer or demur, to the said bill, within three months from this date, or the bill will be taken pro-confesso as to them. BENJ. Y. MARTIN. Commissioner's Office, Feb 22, 13 w & P $11.75 ac 4 State of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. Andrew Kirkpatrick and wife and others, vs. Bill for George Bowie, Partition. George Weatherall and others. UT ni~pearinL- to my satisfaction, that Sam nel Norwood and Lucinda his wife. Rich. ard Hodges and Mar% his wife, George Weath erall, and George Bovie, Defendants in this case. reside beyond the limits of this State: Ordered, that they severally do appear and plead, answer or demur to the bill aforesaid, within three months from the publication of this order,or the said bill will,as to them,respec tively, be taken pro confesso. BI.NJ. V. MARTIN, c. F. A. D. Commissioner's Office, 28th Febrnary. 1839. -&T $11.75 ac 5 FOR SALE. A DESIRABLE resi .. deuce in Pottersville, of about 14 acres of good Land-a part not cleared. On the premises are a good Dwelling House, I sto. ry and a half high, with five roos-a large framed Kitchen and Smoke-house-an execl lent Well of pure water. For particulars en qtire at this Office. Feb 14, 1839 tf 2 FOR SALE. My Ilouse and Lot, it, the Village of Pottersville. on terms to suit the pnrchaser, on an early application to the subscriber on the pro finises COLLIN RHODES. Feb 4. 1839 d I Notice. DISSOLUTION of the Firm of Drake, Rhodes Ar Co. took place on the first day oft September, 183. by mutual consent: Per sons indebted to thenm can setle with C.Rhodes or N. Rainey at Potteisville. COLLIN RHODES, One of die Firm of D. R. & Co. Pottersville, Feb 25, 18:19 d 4 Notice. . HE Firm of Raney, Rhodes & Co. was dissolved on the thirtieth day of June, .PK8, by mutual consent: Persons indebted to them can setile with C. Rhodes or N. Ramey, at the old stand. COLLIN RHODES, One of the f irm of R. R. & Co. Potterm ill,. ; h w5. 1*i9 d 4 Notice. ' HL Firn of Rhodes, Ramey & Gilbs was dissolved on the first day of January, 1839, by its own limitation: Persons indebted to themncan settle with C. Rhodes or N. Ramey at Pottersville, COLLIN RHODES, One of the Firm of R. R. k G. Pottersville, Feb 25. 1839 d 5 LOST. SHORT time since Two Notes of Hand, 1 . on F.G Thoniasfor $75, dated in May or June and due. in October, 183-, the other oin Rhodes, Ramey & Co. for $100. dated about th June, 1838, and due 1st Jnnniary. 1839. The public are cautioned against tradhug for these notes. THOMA8 NICHOLS. Jan 10. 1839 d 50 Iluproved Pink Saucers. d ())IMPROVE.D PINK SAUCERS Sfor dyingSilk. Stockings, Gloves, Feat. ers, Flowers. Tiffany, Gauzes, Crapes, Camnbricks, Muslinis, &c. &c. Just received and for cale at the Edgefield Medicine Store. JutI'. e. tf 24 FOID, IN the Village of Edgefield, a Pocket Book. .contatning sundry valuable treasures. The owner is invited to call at thisOffice, prove pro. perty, pay for this advertisement, and take it away. Jan 4, 1839 tf 49 Bleached Winter Strained Late171P OIL. T 'HE Subscribers have received a supply of Lthe above article of ye ri or quality. G. L. & '. PN &. Co. Oct 31,i838 tf 39 Baden Corn. Removed siz doors above the Rail Road Bank. A FRESH supply of GA RDEN SEEDS, Bird Seeds, Clover, Luicerne Potato Oin ions, Onion Seeds, &c. The usual-allowance made to country dealers. A f--w Brushes, Seives, Swifls, &c. Also, a beautiful collection of Bulbs, Plants, Flower Seeds, &c. Baden Corn, Warranted Garden Seeds, just received from the Shakers, by 3. HI. SERVICE. Jan 14. 183.8550 For &.le. MYE HOUSE and LOT. in the Village of JVEdgefield,nupon terms to suit a purchaser. In my absenc, apply to Col. Bauskett, MAMES JONES. ' Airille2 tf jO POLITICAL. Remarks of Mr. Pickens, of S. C. on the .Navy Board, in the House of Represen tatizes, Feb. 14, 1839. Mr. Pickens said he had listened with great attention to what had fallen from the able and experienced gentleman from Mas sachuselts, (M1IrAdams,) as well as froi:. the eloquent gentleman front New York, (Mr. Holfmiran,) and he confessed that he should have some difliculty in voting, at present, for such a measure as was propo sed by the motion of the gentieman from Michigan, (Mr. Crary.) lie regretted that it was too late in the session. to pre pare a proper system foir th anagement of the affairs of the Navy as a sutistitute for that at present in operation; but as to the relative excellence of the two plans of a Navy Board, as at present organized, and naval bureaus, if ever an opportunity was given lor a full and fair discussion, he could not harbor a doubt that the House would prefer the latter. His convictions were against the ptesent system. He had no prejudices against the individuals who composed the Board. As to its political complexion. the present was the first time he had ever heard, either in public or in private, what it was, or the remotest allu sion to it. It certainly was not of the slightest concern to him. But he was op posed to the system because it created a division of responsibiltty. It was true that in theory the Secretary of the Navy was responsible for the acts of the Board, but every body knew that this could not, in praciice, be the fact. He had the highest personal respect for the Secretary; he ad umired, in common with all his country metn, the brilliancy of those talents which had shed so captivating a light on the lit erature of our country, and had won de served admiratiot frQm men of letters in other parts of the world; and lie felt a more especial gratitude toward hint for what he had done toward vindicating the imstitu tions of theSouth from unmerited reproach; but still every one knew, and every can did man must admit. that it was impossi ble for him, or for any other who held the place, to become presonally acquainted with the details of the service, so is to lie held in practice to a real and personal re sponsibility; it was divided between him and the itenehers of the Navy Board; and while this state ofthings continued, it was impossible that any energy and eli ciency could beinfused into the manage ment of this important branch of our pub lie service. It was impossible to look at the system, and not at once perceive that there were inherent defees in it, which were inseparable from it. As soon as bl;tme was incurred, the friends of the Commis sioners laid it on the Secretary, and the friend. of the Secretary on the Commis sioners, and between the two,there was in reality no responsibility at all. Mr. P. would have a system for the Na vy similar to that which had been applied to the management of the Army. lie wuld have heatrs of bureaus, whose du ties should resemble those of the Com missary Geneiral, Paymasters General, &c. fie woidd have an ordinance bureau, and a bureau of construction, &c; and in these offices he would place active and a le young men, capable of entering with C interest and ardor, into plans for improve ment; and not veterans in the decline of life, with all the honors of a past war upon their heads. The duties of such stations never nould he performned by old men. They had prejudices which it was hope less to remove, and which rendered them averse to al! propositions for improvement. Their attachments einng to the past; it was the characteristic of age ever to es teem the past better thain the present, atnd to distrust all innovmtion. The result of placing the Navy under such conitrol was, that wve weore near half a centu ry behind bnth England and Fratnce in our maritime affairs. Let our v'eter at oflicers retire in glory,and let their pla een lie stipplied by yoting aind diltgent and enterprisitig amen, who would be anima ted by zeal and emnulatiotn, to render their respective divisions of the service as per f. et as possible. Put such men at the ead of the several bureaus, and make all practically and really responsible to the Secretary as their headl. and let him ear the respotnsibility of the whole sys ent to the coumntry. Mr. P. said he could not agree with the onorable gentleman fronm Massachusetts Mr. Adams) in~ his stirprise that such a ropoition shotuld have proceeded from a enlemati from Michigani; a State almost turrounded by water, atnd in immediate. ontact with the noblest and most exten- I give inland seas in the world. If evet we shottld be at war again with Great I Britain, our naval' engagements were as1 likely to happen on those waters as on the bosom of the ocean. Michigan, therefore, was as much interested in the good condi tion and practical efficiency of the Navy,as any other portion of-the Union. He rejoicedl that the subject had been 1 called up and discussed; and that the at- I tention of the country would thus he a wakened to the stubjec~t He confessed that -1 there was much force in the remarks of the gentlemen from Massachumsetts, and New York. He desired to see thme whole sys tem remodelled, and the plan of bureaus introduced atnd tried. But if it was too late to move in such' a measure, he would rather be excused from voting oti the pre sent motion. Perhaps, on the whole, it would be best to wait until the - next ses sion,and then prepare a plau that would ..... the wishbe ndr freelings ef' 1hia eon- tu ry. He hoped the gentleman from Mich igan would withdraw his motion, or else that the committee would rise. Remarks of Mr. Pickens of S. C. on the Treasury Note Bill, in the House of Representatives, Feb. 18, 1839. Mr. Pickens said that the bill, if he un derstood it, was to revive the bill passed at the last se ston, for the issue of ten mil lions of Treasury notes, and authorized the Government to issue such notes, to the amount of two millions and a quarter. Mr. P. had been in fivor of the Treasury note bill last year, owing to the peculiar circumstances of the country at that time eening to render such a measure indispen sably necessary. He had, however, given his vote for it, not without some reluc tance ; lbr lie beld such issues by the Go vernment a little anti-republican. But now no such necessity existed: the con dition of the country was changed, and as the only reason for his former vote no longer existed, he should go against the present oill. The chief ground on which it was held to lie necessary was, to meet the requirements of the pension bills; but lie was prepared to vote against those hills in every form. He had as much interest in voting pensions as any one-for he might say, that there was not a spot in his disirict, but had been covered with the blood and the bones of the whigs of the Revolution; but he should, neverthe!ess, vote against the pension bill. A pretty spectacle did it present to the world, to see a Republican Government with a pension list larger than that of any nation in the world! It had been no part of his intention, on 1his occasion, to harass his colleague (Mr. Rheit.) on the report from the Committee >f Ways and Means. Let it go to the :ountry as it was, and let the people judge >f it. But, as to this hill, he could support ,io such measure at present. Who did mot know how the money would be used? Dongress would immediately spend it on ibjects. in themselves, unconstitutional. l'hey had passed one pension bill but the )ther clay; others were yet to come in, which would sweep millions from the Preasury. Then there were to be light ouse bills, and harbor bills, and last. tho' 2ot least of all, the Cumberland road bill, ihout which certain "gentlemen were so inxious, and which of itself would swal ow tip three hundred thousand dollars of lie public money during the present Con-. tress Thus, if the House would grant he Government, millions upon milliotin I'reasury notes, it would all quickly go for >hjects which the Constitution had never Olaced within the power of Congress at ill. The only effectual mode of control ing these wasteful appropriations, was to -eftise to grant, in advance, the meains of' naking them. Let the Gove-rument do, Is an honest, upright man would do in pri tate life; if lie fouil himself straightened or funds, lie would contract no new debts. t was the part of a profligate to spend all ie had, and then to run in debt for more. I'he ground on which the first issue of l'reasury notes had been vindicated, was ound and tenable. Mr. P. never had a ;reed with those who held the doctrine that he Government never ought, under any :ircunisiances, to isste such notes. Every one knew that the banks had been the re :eptacles of the public revenue, and they tad stopped payment. This created an ixtraordinary emergency in the affairs of he couni ry, which justified a resort to ex raordinary means on the part of the Gov rurnent. Congress had been disposed to elieve the merchants under the severe and udden pressure of the times, and. with his view. had suspended the enforcement f pay meat for their duty bonds. And its neanis being thus, for a time, bevond its ~ommand, there was a valid anid suflicient eason, for its availing itself of its credit, >y the issue of paper securities. Bttt that Lay, thank Heaven, had now passed by. ['here was now nto tuiversal stuspension if pay ments by the banks, although the sansk of Mobiile, and perhaps some others, tad beeni unable to meet their hills. Now vas the time for the nation to husband its esources, and not lavishly vote an issue if two millions and upwards of Treasury totes in advance. Stuch an isstte would nly operate, as a temptation to both -iouses of Congress, to make large and tnnecessary appropriations. If the Trea ury was in straits-if Congress bad ap tropriated more than ten millions beyond he actual tmeans of te natiotn, he would po for applying all the means it bapd, to uch of the .objects .of appropriation, as vere most conducive o the good of the ountry, and were in he most imnmediate. eed; and, leaving the other objects no >rovided for, would repoirt the ease to ongress at its next session. -Then let the meople say whether they would sanction his unjust and unnecessary expenditure. 4othing but dire necessity would .ever in Iuce him to vote for so anti-republican a neasture, as the issue- of Treasury notes t any time. Suach necessity did not, in is opinion, now exist, atndhe would etir ail the means of the Treasury, as the on y effectual mode of restraining the expen litures of the Government. He was re niced to find that the gentleman' from 'ennsylvania (Mr. Biddle.) and the gen leman from Kentucky (Mr. Underwood,) vould vote against the bill. If mare moe, iey was wanting, let it be known fdr what; nd when the objects wvere stated, every nan could judge whether he consdered hema constitutional Qr act, and-act accord ugly.. Far fetched, and dear betrghtt-is i# bar ain for the ladithA~ Miscellaneous. CIGAR TRADE IN SPAIN.-The mann. factory of Malaga employs'seven hundred persons (women and children,) in making Cigars. A goud pair of hands at the work may furnish 310 a day: but as the childreti cannot make half that number, taking the average at 200 gives a daily supply of 140,000. The manufactorya Seville em. ploys 1000 inca and 1600 women. These 2000 persons may be calculated as furnish. ing, on an average, 250 each per diem; or, altogether, 650,000. Add to this number. the number the 140,000 made of Mlalga. and we have 790.000 as the " total of the whole" manufactured daily in Spain. The persons employed in the manufac. ture of cigars, in Spain, are paid at the rate of one real vellon for fifty, which en ables a first rate maker to earn but 15 pence a day. The hest cigars are made entirely of. Havana tobacco, and are.sold at the factory, at the rate of 30 reals vel. lons the 100. or about 3 farthings English each. The second quality, composed- of mixed tobaccos, (that is, the interior of Havana leaf and the outside of Virginia,) cost 18 reals vellons per 100, or something under a half penny each. It may be seen from this statement, of the cost of cigars of the royal manufactory. that smuggling* cannot but prosper; since, at the Havana, the very best cigars are sold for $12 per 1000, (or a trifle above a half penny each,) whilst those of inferior quality can be had for one fourth that price.-Capt. Scou'a Excursions. 4-c The Snow Hill Banner publishes thd following account of the voluntary return of a slave to his bondage. - "TEsTIMON.-In our last number we mentioned the fact that a free negro:ma had been sold in Snow Hill, for a term ot three years, to liquidate the fine imposed for returning to the State, after having been absent beyond the appointed time, and re maining here.longer than the law allows. Since then, we have understood that his return to servitude was entirely volunta-1 ry, as he was informed of the penaltyand warned that it would he inflicted upon him. He expressed himself perfectly sat isfed with his present codition, and says he was well aware of the consequences of delay, but that he prefers slavery in Ma ryland to the possession of freedom at the North; and therefore, he willingly render. ed himself liable to the disposition of the law. Spurious Bank Note.-A epmious note of the Bank of Camden, S. C. has been shown to us-riot exactly a counterfeit, but apparently an inpre.ssior from the true plate of the Bank, with false signatures: iund filling up-supposed to be one of the blank notes of that Bank, said ta have been lost in the Steamer Wm. Gibbons, when wrecked, in 1836; and that the said notes ere found. atl put in circulation by evil disposed persons. It is of the dew. nomination of Five dollars, letter A, No. 144, p.yalle to J Wilson, and signed C. Dewv, Cashier. The name signed as President is too illegible to he made out. but, like that in place of the Cashier, was not designed as counterfeit of the true one. The writing is all in the same hand, and' the blank for the date is not filled up; but the engraved impression being a good, and doubtless genuine one, any person. might, without careful examination, receive th note as an entirely genuine one.-Squti Carolinian. The Reason Why.-Almost every thing consumed in a family, now commands an exhorbirtant price, except cream, of wiche, h~y the way, there is none. Inquiringo . our milkman the reason of its scarcity, hie satisfied our query by saying that "milk. has riz so tarnal high that. cream- can't reach the top!" A lively authoress says-" A walk by moonlight is a very pleasant thing with a lover, and a l6ver, too, just beginnmng bud into one. A buddinoveir'nuc pleasanter thing-than a full blown one.vey~ often-there is so much trouble attetna~ upon the latter sort." The works of John--aul Richter era almost unintelligible to any but Germans, ' and even to some, of them. -A-worthy German. just before Richter's death, edit. .c ed a complete edition .of',his~ works, -i which one particular passage fairly puzfed him. Determined to have it explained a~ the source,*he went to John Paul himself, and asked him -the meaning of tio,my's terious passage .John Paul's reply -wa very characteristc--"My:od friend, when I wrote- that passage, Gidand. I knew what it meant. It is possible that God knows it still,' but as for me, I have totally fggotten.". SLrI'PEaT PLACEs.-A fellow eomiun out of a tavern one icy mornin, rmgngr - blue, fell on the door step. Tr,1g to. - gain his footing, he rema;',ed-"i.'f as iho bible say, the wickLij stand on alippetr places, Iiniust beloog to a dilfdrentee1 for it is more thau I can oi To-morrow !-What is. to morw time that always is - o ~oesoand neyetr comes-it is tiat patofeternity whicb. lies beyond'eternity-itis a name aphiua. tom, a chaos. .Does it ever iledeive' us'L - it is because we place'too.,much..depen. deuce on it.. Procrastination is the dos stone of destruction-Iet it have nto p -. grol over yot aftdtfd it as**, 'wb'ti a pi (ilena