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"We will cling to the pillars of the temple of our liberties, PIERRE F. LABORDE, Editor. W. F. DURISE, Publisher and if it must fall we will perish amidst the ruins." VOLUMIVE IV. EAgeneC o UOrt use, a .t au 1,13.N.f PROSPECTUS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME OF THE ifgaegfetIS 50'oertser PIERRE F. LAB0BRiE, Editor. In entering upoo the duties of a public Journalist, the Editor deems it neces sary to make known his political princi ples. This he will do in as brief a man ner as possible. He is of the straitest seet of the State Rights School of politics. On a strict construction of the Federal Compact, depends he believes, the value and the very existence of the Union. To promote this greatobject,he will labor faith fully, and with zeal untiring. lie is op posed to a United States Bank, believing it to be unconstitutional. inexpedient,dau gerou4, and peculiarly oppressive to the South. He is 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 revenue, 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 make judicious selections4 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 publish every week, the prices current of Hamburg, and Augusta, and occasionally of Charleston and Columbia. TER M S. The EDGEFIELD ADvE'rLTsER is pub lished every Thursday morning at Three Dollars per annuni, if paid in advance Three Dollarsand Filly Cents if not paid before the expiration of Six Months frmn the date of Subscription-aud Four Dol lars if not'paid within Twelve Months. 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 are paid. except at the op tion of the. Publisher. All suii.ription4i will he continued un less otherwise ordered berore ihei-xptiat tion of the year. Any person.procuring five Subscribers and becoming responsible for the same, shall receive the sixth copv gratrs. Advertisements consph iously inserted at 621 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 SI per squa;re for each insertion. Advertisements not having the number of insertion-' 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 Adjutant General's Oe, CoLUMBIA, Wd February, l39. U NIFORM of the General and S:aff Offi cers of Cava!ry of South Carolina, pre scribed by the Adjutant & Inspector .General, in obedience to a resolution of the General As semobly ot South Carolina, passed the 19th of Decenber, 1KI,. Brigadier General of Cavalry. CoAT.-Dark blue'eloth, double breasted. two rows of buttons, ten in each row set in pairs, the distance between the rows five inches at the lop and three at bottom; stand up coliar to meet and hook in froit; cuns i wo anod a halt inches deep, tu go round the sleeve paralel with the tower edge. and to intion with three small buttons at the under samt. .-kirt to be. wanzt is called d/wee-guarters, with buff cloth or kerseyumere turnbacks;,he bottom of toe kirt not less taia three and a haf nor mors-hani five inches broad,with a golu embroidered star at the cons-ea~ting point of the bud'. on each skirt; pointed cross flaps to the skirts with four buttonseqtually distributed; two hip but tons, to range with tile lower buttouis on the breast. The collar, cufts, iurnbacks, facings and lining of buff cloth,or kerseymnere BaaascIKs, OR TRowsER5-.ark blue cloth or kerseymere. CRAvAT, OR STOC-Black silk. Boos--Long, to reach as high us the knoe, and worn over the trowsers. G.ovzs-Bufeauntlets, to reach halfway from the wrist to te embow. Bev-ros-Gilt,conveZ,hree quarters ofan inch in diameter, with palmetto emblem. ErAIJ-KTTes-Gold. with solidereent; a silver embr.idered star one andja half inch diameter on the strap; dead and brnght gold bullion halV an inch diameter, and three inches and a half lotng. S WOnn AND ScisBin-Sabre, gilt or brags scabbard. SwoaD BELT-Black leather or morocco, em broidered with gold ; gilt chain or embroidered leather carriages; gilt plate with palmetto device in silver. fiwota KNO-GOld cord, with bullion tassels. Beuas-Yellow metral or *It. 8As--Buf silk net. wi~ silk uilion fringe ends; sash to go twice around the waist and tie on the right hip. Worn under the sword belt. ScAF-Purple satin or ribbon three inehes widle.to be worn over the right shoulderunader the strap of the epaulette,the ends to meet on the left side, under and concealed bythesash; an embroidered silver star, one inch and three quarters in diameter, upon the centre of the scarf opposite the left breast. e Ar-Blaok lathmer, helmet share, the crest to represent solid brass; gilt scales; gold lace bands one incht and a half wide; a gilt pal mnetto in front three inches and a half long. suriouinted by, a plume of three yellow os tric fanther, rision frotm a gilt socket. Horse Furniture. Housiso-Dark b.ne cloth to cover the saddle, a border of gold luce a half inch wide: a gold embroidered star four inches in diameter in each flank corner. HoLsTERs-Covered with dark blue cioth; a border of goki lace a hall inch wide; a bold embroidered star three inches in diameter up on each cap. BRIDLE, MARTINGAL, COLLAR, HALTER AND CRuPPER-Black leather. MOUNTINGs--Stirrupos, bridle-bits, miar.ingal rings, and buckles-yellow metal or gi't. GIRTHs AND 6URCISOLE-Of blue web. Uniforms of the Brigade Major, Assist ant Deputy Inspector or Brigade In spector, and Brigade Judge Advocate of cavalry. CoAr-Dark blue cloth, single breaste'd, one row ot'nie.e buttons placed at equal distances; stand up collar to meet in frout and hook; the collar to be part.buli, the buf' to extend four inche., 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 calle'd three-quarters in length, with buff turn backs, the bottom of the! skirts not less than three and a halfnor more tian five inches broad, with a gold embroidered star at the connecting point of' the buff on each skirt pointed cross flaps or blue with four buttons; equally distributed; two hip buttone to range with the lower button on the breasL Facings need linings bufflc!oth or-kerseymere. EPAULETTEs.-Gold bullion with solid siiver crescent and siever strap, the builio, hult atl inch diameter and three inches and a half long. BUTTONS. BREECHES, or TRowsERs, (CRAvAT, or SToCE, Same as prescrib BOOTS, ed for Brigadier SPURs, General. ULOVES, SWORD AND SCABARV, SwoRD KNoT.-tiold lace strap, with gold bul lion tassel. SASu.-Red silk net, with silk bullion fringe ends. SWORD BEtT.-Black leather, without embroi dery, gilt chain carriages. CAP.-Same as prescribed for the Bri.adier General, except the gold lace band which wi'l be three quaters of an incti wide; and in stead of theplum.- a drooping horse-hair pom. pon: for the Brigade Mator and Brigade In pector red. attd or the Brigade Judge Advo cate. black. The Brigade Major will wear in aiguillette (of twisted gold cord with eilt tags: the aiguillette to be worn under the epattlette of the right shoulder. Horse Furniture. SADTDLE-C: 0TH ANP HOLSTER CoYERS, blue~ cleth without lace nru",,;,ddle-cl o be worn under the saddle. BiDLE, NfAliTINGAL, CLAR , Same as prescrib- I COLAR, ed her Birigadier MOhNTINGS. General. GIRTHS ANn Sncacisc.E, J Uniform of the Brigade Quarter Master, and Aids-le-. astsp of the Brigadier General of' Cavalry. COAT-Same as prescribed for the Brigade Major &c.; except the collar which wifl be: all buelff. FPAu:.KTTIs-Gold with solid crescent, hullion one rourth o an iinch indiameperanl tt o and a halfinclhes long. One oct each shoulder. BUTTONS, BREECHES, or TROWSERS, CRAVAT. or STOCK, BOURS, - Samn as prescrib SPUO Es, * ed for t e Brig SWORD AND SCASBARD, ade Major, &c. SWORD BELT, 4 Swoiw KnOT, SASH, CAP.-Same as prescrihed for Brigade Major. &c. Pompon for the Brigade Qurter I as ter, bliue, and for the Aids-de-Camep, yellow drooping horse hair. Horse Furniture. Same as prescribed 'or the Brigade Major, &c. Uniformn of the Bigade Pay maaster or Cavalry. CoaT-D..rk blue cloth. douible lbreastedl, two rows of bucttoens a: equcal intervals, ten in each row, the rows tour incihes al.art at the top, .and tw"o atnd a hallf at the b- tt, m; stand tip collar of' blue cloth to mteet in frot and hook; skirt to bemctde after the fashion of the citi zense' coat and lineed with bluce cloth; with a button at each heip, one at the end of'each fold, ad one inaternmediate in each fold; ctuffs. of blue clo:h, t wo and a half inches deep, with three small buttoes at the tnnder seame; a scold embroidered button-hole on each e'nd of the ellar, four inches loteg, terminating with a fleur-de-lis. No epatuh-ttes or sash to be worn by the Pay master; bit instead ofepdmlettes. agilt shoul dler chaiti will be worn on each shoulder BUTTOSs, Bar.EcNzs, OrTaowuEas, Cr.AVAT, or SToCx, hlooTs, ISanme as prescrib SPus, ed for the Brig G:.ovEs, ade Major, &c. SwoRD AND ScAssARD, Swoan Bat.T, j SWORD KNOT, CAP-Same as j~rescribed for Brigade Major. &c. Drooping white horse hair pompon. Horse Furniture. Same as prescribed for Brigade Major. &c. JAMES JONES, [C ] h 4 Adj. *r Ins. Gen. Thte Charhlton Mercury antd Courier; the Columnbi Te lescope and Carolinian; the Win yaw Intellilrencer; lthe Checaw Gazette; the Camden lournal; Pendlletont MessenegeS aned. Greenville Mountaineer will publish this order, as well as all others issued fIromc the A djutant General's Otlice, and mnarkedl [C] etite a week for e'ight weeks, and render thceir accoeunts to the Ad utant General, for his examinatione and certificate, before presentation to the Governor for paymeent. llppreniwes Wanted. O *. or Two A ppren'ices to thte Printing Business, will he taken at this offie Youths from 14 to 16 ye ntruoftage, with a tol erable English edue'ation. who cap rend and write well, will me~et with onedurngement. POLITICAL. PRESIDE.NT'S MESSAGE. To the Senate of the United States: I lay before Congress several despatches frou his Excellency the Governor of M kaine, with enclosures, communicating certain proceedings of the Legislature of that State, and a copy of the reply of the Secretary of State, made ty nmy direction, together with a note from H. S. Fox, Esq. Lnvoy Extraordinary and Miuist.r Plen. ipoiettarv of Great Britain, with the an aner of the Secretary of State to the same. It wd appear frotum these documents that a numerous band of lawless and des perate tnen, chielly from the adjoining British Provinces, but without the sanc tion ol the Provincial Government, had tresspassed upon that portion of the terri tory in dispute between the United States, ai UreatBittti, which is watered by the river Aroostook, and claimed to belong to Maine; and that they had co-itnitted ex tensive depredations there, by cutting and destroying a very large quantity of timber. It will further appear that the Governor of Maine, having been officially apprised of the circutmstauceshad communicated it to he Legialatttre, with a recommendation of sucn provisions, in addition to those al ready existtng by law, as wotuld enable him to arrevt the course ol said depredations, tnsperse the trespasbers ind secure the itoier which they wer; about carrying tway; that in compliance with a resolve Al the Legislature, passed in pursuance of lis recommendation, hip Excellency had Jespatched the land agent of the State, with a force deemed adequate to that pur aose, to the scene of the alledged depre :ltiois, who, alter accomplishing a part of 's duty, was seized by a band of the tres iassers, at a house claimed to he within he jurisdiction of Maine, whither he had -epaired for the purpose or meeting a .d -onsulting with the land agent of the Pro ince ot New Brunswick. ,td conveyed ts a prisoner to Frederickon, in that Pro ritice, together with two other citizens of he State, who were assisting him in the lischarge of his duty. It will also appear that the Governor, tad Legislatre of Maine, satisfied tht he trespassers had acted in defiance of the ans of both countries, le:Arning that they ve'lPre'et y ihi9 N atl-7nN hat persons of their reckless and desperate :baracter, would set at naught the author ty of the magistrates. without the aid of itrong force, had authorized the sheriff, mid the officer appointed in the place of he land agent, to employ, at the expense f the State, an artmed posse, who had >roce-ded to the scene of these depreda tons, with a view to the entire dispersion r arrest of trespassers, and the protectiot f the public ptoperty. In the cortespondence between the Gov ruor of Maine and Sir John Harvey, ,ieutenant Governor of t he Province of N. 3runm% ick i hich has grown out of these ccurrences, and is likewise herewith com nunicated, the former is requested to re all the arned parry advanced in the dis muted territory for the arrest of trespassers, nd is informed that a strong body of Bri ish troops,is to be held in readiniess,to sup ott and protect the authority and subjects rf Great Britain in said territory. In an-: wer to that reqnest, the Provincial Gov- j :rtor is itformed of the determination of he State of Maine, to support the land gent and his party, itn the performance of heir duty, and the same determinatio,4 ibr the execution of which provision is c nade by a resolution of the State Legis ature. is communirated by the Governor o the General Government. The Lieutenant Governor of N. Bruns vick, itt calling upon the Governor of blaine, for the recall of the landl agent anid tis pat fromt the disputed territory, aamd he British Minister in mankitng a similar lemtaud upon the Government of the U. States, proceed upon the assumption thtat mt a,?reemtent extst, between the two na ions, conceding to Great Britain, until the intal settlemtent of the boundary question, 'xclusive paossession of, and jttrisdiction aver, thte territory in dispute. TIhe itmpor ant hearing whbich such an agreement, if texisteud, would have upon the cottditinn tm'l interests of the parties, and the influ mece it might have upon the adjusttment of he dispute, are too obvious to allow the irror, upon whbich this assutmption seerts o re-t, to pass for a mtomniat without cor *ection. The ans'wer ol the Secretary of state, to Mr. Fox's note, will show the tround taken by the Government of the [jnited States upon this point. It is he ieved that all the correspondence whieb ans passed betwpen the t wo Goavernmetnts. tpotn this subjeci, has al ready been cotm itunicated to Congress, and is now on their iles. An atbstract of it, however, hastily arepared, atccottpanica this comrnnunica ion. It is possible that in thu's abridging a volumtinous correspondence, commenc og in 1825, and continuing to a very re :ent periodl, a portion may have been accidentally overlooked, but it is believed bat ntothing has taken place, which wvould naterially chatnge the apect of the ques ion as thereitt presented. Itnstead of sustaining the assumption of the British functionaries, that correspon rhence disproves the existence of any such agreement. It shows that the two Goav ernmentsl. e diff'ered. not only in regard to tle mair question of title to the territory in dispute, but with reference also to the right of jurisdiction, and the fact of the se tntal exercise- of it, in different portions thereof. -Always aizpiti at an aleable adjustment of the dispute, both parties have entertained and repeatedly urged up on each other, a desire, that each should exercsse its rights, whatever it considered them to be, in such a inanner as to avoid collision, and allay, to the greatest lossi ble extent,the excitement likely to grow out of tie controversy. It was in pursuance ol such an understanding. that Maine and Massachusetts, upon the renonstrance of Great brUatM, desisted from making sales of lands, and the Generyl Goveruweot from the construction of a projected mili tary road, in a portion of the territory of wnch* they claimed to have enjoyed the exclusive possession; and that Great bri lain. oin tier part, in delerence to a similar remouarance trom hie United atates. sus peuied the issue of licenses to cut timber in the territory in controversy, and also the survey and location ol a rail road, through a section of countey over which sie also claimed to have exercised exclusive ju risdictiou. Tne State of Maine had a right to arre-t the depredations romplained of; it belong ad to her to judge of the cigency o1 tlie occasion calling lr her interlerence; and it is presumed. that had the Lieutenaut Governor o' New Brunswick been cor reetly advised, of the nature of the pro ceedings ol the State of Maine, he would not have regarded the tranactiuons as re guiring, oi is part, any resort to lorce. Lucli party claiiig a right to the territo ry, and hence to the exclusive jurisdic ion over it. it as manfest that, to prevent the dertuction of the tunijer by trespassers, aciiing against the autnority of bott, and at the snie time avoid forcible collision etween the contiguous Governmens in ring the penueucy of negotiations concern ing the title, resort UJust be had to the Ulu nual exercise otjurisdction in such extreme ,ases, or to a., aincalne and temporary arrangement as to the limits within w hich t should be exercised by each part). The inderstauding supposed to exist between the United States, and Great Britain, has )een hound heretofore suiicient for ihat purpose. and I believe will prove so here iflter, ifthe parties on the frontier, direct V interested in- the question. are respec ive 3 governed by a just spirit of coucili it ion and forberance. If it Aall be found, is there is now reason to apprehend, that here is in the modes of construing that mnderstanding by the two Goveruinents, g gpt to be reconciled, I shall Viajesty's Gover ihT,1%4nfi t 5 i8 neut for the temporary and mutual exer :ise of jurisdiction, by means of which imiilar difficulties may in future be pre reuted. But between an effort on the part of daine to preserve the property in dispute, 'rom destruction by intrtders, and a mili ary occup.ition by that State of territory ith a view to hold it by force. while the eitleient is a subject of negotiation be ween the two Governments. there is an es eutial difference, as well in respect to the ,osition of the State, as to the duties of the 3en. Government. In a letter addressed y the Secretary of State, to the Gover or of Maine, on the first of March last, iving a detailed statement of the steps vhich had been taken by the Federal movernment, to bring the controversy to a ermination, and designed to apprise the 3overnor of the views of the Federal Ex cttive, in respect to the future, it was tated, that while the obligations of the 'ederal Government to do all in its power, o effect the settlement of the houindary uestion were fully recognized, it had, in, lie event of being unable to do so specifi ally, by mutual consent, or other means, 0 acconplish that object amica' ly, thanI y another arbitration, or by a comani,ion vith an utmpire in the natttre of an tartbitra ion. anad that in theevent ofall other inea-' tires failing, the President would feel it is duty to submit ainot her proiposition to he Government of Great Brit in, to refer he decision of the question to a third pow ~r. These are still my views upon the uhject, and until this step shall have been nken, I cannot think it proper to imvokce he attention of Congress, to other than tuicable meatns for the settletmetnt of the :ontrovery, or to cause the military pow er of the IFederal Government, to be bro't n aid of the State of Maine, in any at empt to effect that object by a resort to orce. On the other hand, if the authorities of ~ew Brunswick,shoutld attempt to enforce he clatim of exclusive jurisdiction set up ay them, by means of a military oceupa. ion on their part of the dispnted territory. I shall feel myself bouind to consider the ontingettcy provided by the Constttion us having occurred, on the happening of hich, a State ha4 the right to call for the id of the Federal Government to repel nvas'on. I have expressed to the British Minister ear this Government,n confident expectai ion that the agents of the State of Mlnine who have been arrested under an obvious misapprehensionl of the object of their mis ,ion,will be promptly released; and to the Governor of Maine, that a similar course will be pursued -in regard to the agents of the Provinice of New Brunswick. I have also recommended that any militia that may have been bhmught together by the State of Maine, from an apprehetnsion of a collision with the Government or peniple of the British Provinace, will be voluntarily nd peacahly disbanded. I cannot aillow myself to doubt that the results anticipated fromt these representa tions will be seasonably realized. The partie- more immediately interested can not but perceive that an appeal to arms, ,,,daritin1 circutUtter~, will tidtomliy prove fatal to their present interests, but would postpone, if not defeat, the attain ment of the main objects which they have in view. The very incidents which have recently occurred,will necessarily awaken the Governments to the importance of promptly adjusting a dispute, by which it is now made manifest, that the peace at ,the two nations is daily and imminently endangered. This expectation is further warranted by 'the general forbearance which has hitherio characterized the con duet of the Government and people on both sides of the line. In the uniform pat riotism of Maine, her attachment to the Unioni, her respect for the wishes of the people of her sister States, of whose in teresi in her welfare she cannot be uncon scious, and, to the solicitude felt by the country at large, for the preservation of peace with our neighbors, we have a strong guarantee that she will not disre gard the request that has been made her. As however, the session is about to ter minate, and the agency of the Executive may become necessary during the recess, it is important that the Legislature should he drawn to the consideration of such mea sures as may be calculated to obviate the necesNity of a call for an extra *ession. With that view. I have thought it my dut% to 1.y the whole matter before you, and to invite such action thereon, as you way think the occasion require. M. VAN BUREN. Washington, February 26, 1839. The Message -f thr Pr.-sident of the United Sjates, tr.i..smitting the copy of the agreement between the Secretary of State, and the British Minister having been read, and Mr. Williams, of Maine, having made some remarks thereon. Mr. Preston said that he would not at. low himself io participate in the despon ilency with which the Senator (Mr. Wil- s iams) regarded the condition of affairs on h,- Maine frontier, or to believe that the recommendatory suggestions in the memo- 4 randum 4igned by Mr. Forsyth and Mr. t Fox, woAld be:neicacious in suspending t the hostile proceedings in the disputed 1 erritory. We have been suddenly, an.1 t inexpectedly hurried into an attitude r nenacing the most setious results. and lI )lacing tis at once, without any previous a iction of this Governmeht, upon the very t !dge of war. Indeed, nothing could have N seen more unexpected to -int- * _Sirtl nstiLeC.8 -staitling events a wvhich have astonished us for the last few P lays. We may well judge from our own i ,xcitement,how much more intensely agi- [ ated are the feelings of those who are in b1 he immediate presence of those events, ( ind participators in them. It is, there- 5 're. most desirable that there should he a t noment of pause allowed for our ow e leliberations, and some time eiven to the c ingry parties on the frontier, to consider of E .heir position, and to right thlimselves, if, P n a moment of heat, either has fallen into " rror. This most desirable end the me norandum of' Messrs. Forsvh and Fox teems to have in view, and if received by :he Governors of Maine. and New Brius vick, in a corresponding spirit, will leave C lie adjustment of their differences to the lispassionate discssion of the Govern 11 nents of the United States, and Great 11 3rimain, to whom properly and exclusively I elonzs the decision of the great question -1 f war or peace. c Nothing could be more improper in v very pointof view,or inure to be deplored, F han that a foreign war should be superin- 8 Iiepd. by a pricipitate collisinti of conter- 8 ninous authorities,<tupersedinz thecrautions 1 leliberations of the great nations whose h lestiny will be so deeply implicated in the I Iontest Phe question of foreign war belongs to I his Government; and I beg leaivc to as mere the honorahle Senator that, whenever I he interest or honor of his Staite shall, in th opinion of this Governmeit, mnake an I ppeal to arms, necessary for their vindi -:tion. I. and I believe the Siate o' South I Carolina, will as freely take them up in C ber defence, as if the affront or injury had been suffered by ourselves. I know, sir, lhat the State of Maine lhas been subjected to much, justly calculated to aagrieve and neite her. nid 1 cannot forhear io add that, in my judgment, :he negotiations for bt relief, have not been' urged wvith suffi :ient earnestness, or her righis insisted on in.a tone, as peremptory as their unegivo al character fully jusified - Her title to the disputed territory is unqunestionable, and obtained, at the last session, the unamn inons sanction of this body, after a most 'areful exatnination. Ttais would have an thorized the most decisive demandis from ur Government on that of Great Brit ain; and, if they have not been urged, Maine may have cause ofecomplaint But as her elaimns were the subject of actual negotin iot, and her territory, in regard to which that negotiation was pending, was subject to provisional arrangement by an under standing between the .flovernments, t is certainly dune to this Governmtent that it be consulted, if possible, upon any matters. affeting these relations; or, if this was not dl-emned proper, I coul have wished, at all events, that ii had been thought ad visable by that State to have notified the British attthorities of the trespass of which she complains. and .f the morle in which1 she intended to correct it. This might have producedhmtttl explanations, and peraps, co-operation in the correctiont of the evil; or, if not, the British iuthorities, by their countenance of the marauders,I would have been Blagrantly in the wrong.! That this was possible, may in some -e .g.. la tntenwd ft tskaront ad hb tone of the British correspondence, and from the preposterous assertion of ohe claim to exclusivejurisdiction oter this dim pued territory. This unwarraitable and most extraot dina:ry assumption in regard to exclusive jun-diction, way perhaps itself furnish the :roor.ds iof a future amicable adjustmentof these differences. Sir John Harvey is clearly mistaken His Government, it is to ie hoped, will correct his error, and a vow that he has misunderstood his order,. The British Government will not have the hardihood to set tip such a pretention; and as the military operations of Sir John are founded on this mistake, it is clearly the part of wisdon, to pause until his Governo meat has an opportunity to rectify it. However this may be,the recommends tory convention before us, is calculated to put the parties in the condition they occu. pied before the occurrence of these unto, ward events; to put the rights of Maine again in the keeping of this Government, where the Conqtitution and the pro~ress of - ihe neeotiaton deposited them; and above ill to leave upon the two Governments rhemselves,the high responsibility ofpeace >r war. I cannot, Mr. - resident, refrain frotn 2ornmending, in emphatic terms, the spir it of moderation and firmness which has iharacterized the conduct of the Adminis ration, in the didficult emergencv upon which we have been thrown. WIthas my learty approbation, and I cannot but hope, is I mnost ardently wish,that a policy com. nenced under such favorable auspicemay tventuate in the re-establishmeit and con. olidation of pacific relations. But if, un-% !appily, it should be otherwise, why, then.. pledge myself to theSenntor from Maino ud to the country:, that I will not stop to ount the cost when duty and patriotista emand, as they then will demand,' a olemn appeal to the last reason or nations. Voting:-The Duty of Freemen. invernor Pennington, in his Message to lie Lerislature of New Jerey, alluding r the ballot box as an instrument of great ower, remarks on the duty of all citizens ) exercise their duty of frainchise: f 1 ould gain so much influenEe with my fel. >w-ciizens, as to persuade them one aid i never to neglect this duty, I should feel iat I had rendered a great public service. Vho are the men that fail to perform this f the State: men who are above all mere ersonal and mercenary influences, zed ien, too, who have the largest stake in ublic mea'sures. I do not ask any man to ecome a partizan. but I would exhore very citizen, by every considerati ;n which lould be dear to the mind of a freeman, ) carry about him enough of patriotism. nough of interest in the affairs of his ountry, to let his proper influence he felt. low different would be the condition and rospects of our country, if all her citizens rere thus true to her interests!" From the Rutherford (N. C.) Gazete.. Ahou' three hndred Cherokees are no* wellion among the whiteb, in peace and ntentnent, in Haywood Co., N. C. I r.Thomasjustly attributes their advance tent in civilization. and their improve tent in the useful arts. to temperance. 'heir old experienced chief and head-man aw and felt the .lamentable and baneful onsequences of intemperance, and he pre ailed upor. his settlement and people, by recept. and by example, to abstain frome nd abandon the use ofintoxicating spirits. nd the whole tribe in that neighborho ow constitute one temperate society. The igh moral influence of this living exam- - 4e of the Red men, should operate as a alutary admonition to their White breth en, not to suffer the wild Indian to g6 head in teaching the rules of propriety, nd the precepts of tmperance. When i~remombered whatan instinctive fond ess the lIdian tribes have ever exhibited or ardenit spirits. we cannot hut admirte le character of this old Chief, who ac eededl in the accomplishment of so praise. vrorthy an object, - TonAcco.-We see that a petitiohbat st cen sent to the H. of Reptesentatives of )hiio, asking "legislative . interference..co crevent the use of tobacco." .- Is very. rrong for the. Buckeye indies-for .w urmise the petition comes from that quara er-to interfere with the rightsofshe mert n that way. It is demnocratic to let.all hew, or smoke, or sntlf- tl;e weed, who -house to-it would be the height-of tyran-; yto compel any body to do it. We hope. he tobacco enactments of the Puritansand he Blue Laps's of Connecticut are not :o' ie revived, b eyond the Alleghanies, The' entlemen ought tobe allowded. to-exer ise their own taster~wtthout let or hinder mece, touchitng -"thi5 vilest- .eed of' the regetable kingdom, eschewed, not. chewed >y every thing that has -life. except a mnan >r a wvorm." 6PPOINTM'NTS BY THE PRESIDEN'P By and waithe. aduice ad Consent of tism &e utc. Henry Dodge. to be Governor in and tod he Territory of Wisconsin frbom the.3dsdiy 'of. luly next,when his present eom'isision.wll Thomas H. Ellis,.Ito be Secretary of Lo ration of the United'Sfiites, ui'eir the Govern nent of the.Mexican-Republic. Jeremiah Clemens, to be:Attorntey of the r 7 States for the northern district of Alabamia i4 he place of E.1ft. Wallace. resigned. Mandiville-MaiEnley to he Marshcal ofe - Utited States for the eastern district of Louis: ana in the place of Johtn H. Hoaad. wl