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Acts of the Legislature. AN ACT 2 repeal the penalties'heretojore imposed upon the practice of Physic and Surge - 7y, and sale of Drugs without License. *SIec'rbw' I. 'Be it enacted by the Hon orable the Senate and House of Represen tatives, now met and sitting in (kneral As sembly, and by the authority4 of the same, That the second, third, and ninth sections of "An Act to regulate the licensing ot Physicians to practice, and for other pur poses," passed in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, he repealed, so far as regards the pains and penahies imposed thereby. f in the Sonate House, the nineteenth day of December in the year of our Lord one. thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. and the sixty-third year of the sovereign ty and Independence of the United States ofAmnerica. An Act to amend an Act to lend the Credit of the State, to secure any loan which may be made by the Louisville Cincinna ti and Charleston Rail Road Company, and for other purposes. t'hereas, by an Act passed on the twen tieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred end thirty-seven. it was enacted -That the faith and ftunds of the State of South Carolina. be and the same are hereby pledged to secure the punctual payment of any contract n% hich shall be made for borrowing money by the Lou isville, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road Company, from any person or persons, company or companies, corpo ration or corporations, to any amount not exceeding two millious of dol jars, either in. the United States or in Europe." And Whereas, in pursu once of the said Act, certain bonds have been issued by the said Company, for the equivalen't value of one million of dollars, in sterling money, hearing an interest of five poundq per cent. per an num; and a contract has been entered into by the said Company, for the said bonds, bearing date the ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. with the house of Palners, blackillop, Dent& Co. of London.which said bonds have been signed by the Comptroller General of thi State, ac cording to the provisions required by the - said Act: And IWhereas, the said bonds, for the equivalent value of one million of dollars, part of the said two millions ordollars, make the interest on the said bonds, and the paymnent of the princi. pal thereof, payable at the Agency of the Bank of the United Sta:es, in Lon don: and in the said contract, it is a greed, that the interest on the said honds and the paytnent of the principal, shall be made b'y the baid Palmers, Mackil lop, Dent &Co., by the house in Lon don which they may appoint for that purpose, with the concurrence of the said Company. And Whereas, the satd company has, by art addition put upon the said contract, sanctioned the pay -Uogmau egtmabte sad P amhiers, lackillop, Dent & Co., at or by the House in London which they may tp point for that purpose,- with the said Company: SECTION 1. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authorit,y of -the same, That this State adopt the supn latiotn so made in regard to the payment of the principal and interest of the said bonds, and confirm the s::mne according to the provisions of the said contract. SECroN 2. And wohercas, by the Act aforesaid, it is provided also, "That the Comptroller General shall not endorse any ouch contract, unless five hundred thou sand dollars shall be paid to the Company on the Sto'!k thereof; in which evet; hte shall pledge the funds and faith of the State, for one million of dollars; and when five hundred thousand dollamrs more shaall be paid to the Company, on the Stock thereof, the Cottpltroller GeneralI shall pledge the funds and faith of the State, for one other million of dollars: And whereas according to the ternms of the said prov'is ion, the Company will be prevented from availing themselves of any portion of said second loan ofone million of dollars, utntil they obtain the whole thereof, whilst the' interests of the Company and the progress | of the work in which they are enanedl would require that the sarne shonkil be re ceived frotm ttme to time, and in aumch sums as may be required to carry on their operations: Be it therefore further enacted. That the guarantee of the State shall liee endorsed by the Comptroller Geoeral from time to time, on portious of the said bonds Il as the Company may require them: Pro- t eided, That the correspotnding am -not of subscriptions to the Rail Road (Company, I shall have been previously paid in by the I Stockholders, according to the proportmons established by the Act of which this is an a amendment; that is to say: when six hun - lred antd twenty-live thousand dollars C shall :have' been paid, as aforesaid, the faith of the Stati shall be pledged for two 5 hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the C loan of the second maillion; when the sum of seven hundred and fifty thousand dol- a Jars shallhave been paid, the faith of the n State shall be pledged for the further sum a of two hundred and fifty thousAnd dollars; when the snm of oight hundred and twen- I ty-five thousand dollars shall have been paid, the faith of the State shmall ho pledg. I ed for the further sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars;~ and when one mil- t lion of dollars ~shall be poid, tho faith ofe the State shall be pledged for thle remaina ing two hundred and fifty thousand dol-p lars, making in the whole the sutn of one s mnillion of dollars, provided for by the i aforesaid Act. Itn the Senate House, the nineteenth tlay of December, in the year of our Lord l one~ thousand eight hundred and thirty eighr,-and in the sixty-third year of the 4 Sovereignty and Independence of the U-r cited States. ANGUS PATTERSON, a President of the Senate. D. L. W A RDL AW. a 5...r..r .. the k.. or Re,~,.eticc,.. I -,Domestic News. LIST OF ACTS. Passed at the Thard Session of the 25th Congress. ACTS OiF A PUBLIC NAIURE. An act making appropriations in part for the support ofGovernment for 1639. An act riaking altpropriation, for the civil and diplomatc expenses of Govern ment for the year 1839. An act making appropriations for the support.of the Army for the year 1839. An act making appropriations for the current and cuntii.y nt expenses of the lit dian Deplartaitrt, and lor t'ulfilliing treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes foi 1839. Atn act making appropriations for pre venting and supprebsing indian hostilities for the vear 189. An act making appropriations for the Naval service for the year 1839. An act making appropriations for the payient of the Itevolutttnary and other peaioners of the Uttited States lor 1,39. An act making appropriations for build a pier at the northern exitenilv of Win - .pehago Lake, and for other purposes. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to regnire it e Judge if ie district of East and West Tenmessee to hold a court at Jackzon, in said State." approved June 1e, Is30, An act in addition to ti act to promote the progress of the useful arts. An act to atmend the act of the 3rd March 1837, etit led "An act suipplemen tarv to the act entitled an act to amend the judicial systetm of the United States," and for other purposes. An act to prohibit the giving or accept inc, within t tie District of Colnumbia, of a challenge to light a duel, and for the pun ishment thereof. An act to abohsh imprisonment for debt in certain cases. An act in amendment of the act respec tin-g the judicial system ot'the U. States. An net to reorganize the district courts of the United States, in the State of Ala hama. An act to provide for carrying into ef feet the conventioti heween the United States of America, and the republic of Trex as, flor marking the boundary between them. An act to provide for the location and temporary support of the Seminole Indi ans removed from Florida. A t act to revive and extend an act to. authorize the issuing of lTreasur note's, to meet toe current exl)etse% oh the Goveru tuent, ipprov!e 21st lay. 1636. An act to repeal the provkiion to the 2d section of a act approved 3d March 1837. which authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, to compromise the claims of the United States against certain banks. An act to amend an act to reorganize the district courts olihe United States in Miississiipi, approved June 18, 1838. An act providing for paying three com. panies of militia in the State of Indiana. called into the service ofthie United States. An act io amend an act entitled "An act regulatn tte pay and emoluments of the brevet ollicers," approved April 16, 1818. T. S. additional power for the defence of the U. S., in certain cases against inva sion and for other purmoses. An act providing for the erection of a fire proof building. for the use of the Gen eral Post OIice Department. An act to provide for taking the sixth ceisus or ennmeration of the inhabitams of the United Sites. Ani act to repeal the secnnd section oif an act to extend the timne fhr locating Vir gintiau milit ary~ mtd varri s and retiuning surveys iheorcof to the General Latnd Of. flee, approved Jtuly 7, 18. 8. Atn act furt her to rezttlate rte transpor' ationi of the tma il tpont railroads Atn act to auuthoriz'e the Secretary of the Navy to purchase a tract of land' be longing to the heirs of JIohni Harris dleca ed, being within thte limnits of the Navy Yard in Charlestown. Mltssachiusetts. A reaolnution to aut hoi'e the puirchase if tin islatid itn the river Delawarera, called he Pe-a Patch, andl for other p~urphoses. A resuhltiin presenting the e hanks of loneress 2to George Wanshinugton L afav ute, the son, andl toe the <urvivinC famtily of ien. Lafayette. A resolution for the purchase of the is and at the conitfluence (if the 'St. Peter's A resolution authoirizing certain certifi ates of dleposite to be cancelledl atnd reis uecd. A r'esolnuto fair the distributtiotn itt part fthe Madison papiers. LTS RELAT2NG TO TnE~ TERttToR,:s. A n aet to) define antd estabalisha the east ru buiundat'y of the Therritory of Iowa. An act to authorize thte election ora ointtmont oh' certaini officers itt the Te'rri urv af Iowva, and' for other purttposes. Ant act to alter uad; amend the orgatnic awv of thte Trerritories of Wisconisin anad own. An act to autthorize fte consternctiotn of road from Dtubtnque, in the Territory of ovn, to the ntorthern bioundary of theState f Mlissomri. and for other putrpioses. A resolution to fix the salary of the phy iciant to the penitetntiairy itt the District of An act giving the assent of Congress to n act of the Virgintiat Legislature, to a 1nd the act incorporattinlg thte Falmnouth nd Alexandria Railrada Company. Ant act for the reiief of certain ofiicers of 'oida miilitia. Aunet for the relief of the Brothiertown naians in the Territory of' Wisconsin. Aunact making a donation of land tat e Territory of Iowa', for the purpose of recliitg public builings thereonu. An act granting to thte Judges of. the Su reme Court of Inwa,the sanme cotmpensa iaon as by law is giveni to thle Juadges of the kpreme Court of Wisconisin. Act act to auithorize the constructiont of etain improvemenits in the TIerritory of Wisconsint, ad for other pturposes An act for the itmprovemtent anad sutrvey f cert ain rivers, and the re pair of certain cads itn Florida. 1 A resolution authorizing thce opetningr an iey atnd the execution of certain deeds in1 he city of W~ashington. An act to amenad an act entitled "An Ct to establish a criminal Court in the | i)jerict of Colnmhint.'r A resolutmion directing the manner in which certain laws of the District shall be executed. An act to extend the jurisdieiion of the Corporation or the City of Washington. over the Potomac bridge. An act to prevent the ahatemnent of stits and actions now pending in which the Bank *ofColu mnhia in Georg'eton t n nilayhe a party. An a,-t supplemental to te act.granting rertain city lots to) the corpiraitien of the Columlian College,lor the purposes there in mentioned. approMed the fourteenth day of July, 1832. PUBLIC MIEETING. A publietmeeiing was hek! in the City of Charlesion, (in Minthav the 25th uIt. in order to nominate Delegittes to the Com mercial Convention. to he held in that cit) on the third Monday in Apiril next. The lion. uI. L. Pincketiy, layor. was called to the Chair, and Win. 31. Martin, Esq. appointed secretary. On imtion of Ker Hoyee. Esq. it was Resolved, That a Committee of five he appointed to report on the measures prop. er to be alopted in relaioti to the approach inga convention. Tihe .avor a ppointed the flollowing een tlenen to compose the Committee. viz Col. A. P 1iytie, Cl. A. Blamling. MI C. Mordecai,Andtrew leDowall,and Chas Elmondston Esrgrs. The Committee, having retired for a brief interval, returned, and presented the following report nand resolutions, which, on tit io Or .. W. Tooner, seconded by R. Yeadon Jr., Esti., were unaniimrously adopted: REPORT AND REsoLUrioNs. The Committee. appinited to consider and report oi the ieasures proper to he adopted by this meeting in relation to the Commercial Convention, to lie held in Charleston. South Carolina, on the third Monday in April next, which will he the 1th (lay of the momhnii, heg leave, most re spect fully to REPORT : Thnt thoy hiave ISOtowed on the subjeci refle-red to them,all the atnution their lint itedl time woild permit-they are of opin ion that arguient is no longer wantted to convince the people of the Sonthern and South-Wesiern Stite,, that a direct ian port and export trade, hrtween them aid lbrei-tn nations, wohild he promotive of iheir best interest. I tieni' permtitted, the (Iccasion does not seeti to reqiire an elaho rate exanaiit-ai of the subject in ;tll is herings. The ale doeminents alretdy published, hav filly demonstrated inl the clearep-t mntitner, every point which it rould he important for thie Committee to estal lish. 1udeed. the whohl- question is in cluded in the sinigle proposition, that it is not only the ilutay. but the interest of the sta ple growing States, by everry proper and honorable means, to imirrore their natural advantagrs, by secaring to /hemselres that portion ofthe comnuaerc ofthe countrywlhich naturally and rightfudly belong to thei. Foreign commerce u< not only an ele inent of wealth scarcely less essential than agricnlure itself.butt it is also one of the con stituents ofsoucrignty. which every politi cat community should possess. Our breth ren of the North and tmiddle States already possess irt-and why shoni not the Staple ston Shall we forecer, by onr owo Ier lect. permit all the great ierctntile tns ness of onr South aid Gulf-coast cities, to he transacted in other sections oftne coon try; andl tIhts allow millions of our capital to be carried awav for their profit and ell. joynetit? Withl not this, itt reality, he perinittine the torpid policy of the Chinese, to he in acil opirrtion wi t it, tholigh we blamned the narrow policy of thart Gov ernunetnt? We earneast lv hope a better pe rnd has arrived, aind w ithouta anyii jeailousy ott ouir part, of the prtosperonis condiitiont of -oir northern breibreni, we trutst we tayi p)nt in, anit sutppotrt ourt claim to our share of thait commt'erce, especially to that por tin of it ac/aic/h relates to sur own erports andl imports. It is a well knowtt fact, that the South and South-Western States furnish more thtan three fourths of the entire exports of the w~hole Unint, wvhile t heir impo ifrtat ions amount only to one tenth of the pronte tionis receivid fraomi abroad, in cehang~e for these exports. It has also beena repeat edly shewnvt, that whlen the Imports of the whole lInited States amounted to one hun dred and ninety nillions I hose o f otur Smith erta Gulf Coast Stato<, amnotntead onrly toI tawenty millionas: anda white the inmestie Exports of the Union aitmoead to ote hundlredl andl sevetn millions. the Statres oif. the Souit h antd Sout ht-~est, exported uieir lv 80) imill ions Thie Hrtat es of Geoargiat, andi~ SthtI Carolai na furnish exports to the' ttamoint oft Iwenty four umilio, an te unlport less taifur millions. Ton Corn muittee, here cnike leave, to state ano,,her faet, which, they dlem htighlv impoirtiant, which is. that foraa pecriod of nearly~ twentyJ a years, immcdiate/a, preced/ing l@l7, a veray i fargc anal pro/itable Direct Trad/,.ums ,ctually carried on betwaeena the Citie's ofthe E South, and the ports of Europ;e, by South/c erna merchants and Southern shaips. The Committee arie failly aware of the Jiffic-ulties to be0 encounteredl in chiangiing ~ he existitng relations of Cotnaerce, atud I nrning the etnrrents of traade into news biannels. Thev, haowever believe for the a s~eomtplishmieni of this toble object, the -esoutrces aof the Staites, immeadiately utter ,sted, are mnost ample. WVe shoutld lie ~ irepairedl to make every manly sacrifice. or the accomnplishmnent of our commurercial , ~redom, shainthl i, cost us ten or even fif- ti eeni years hard labor. For we all know hat nothning great or eloriouas has ever tet been necomplishead. without mnth );ins, labor, and( the most unwavering >erseveranee.A The crisis is certainly favorabile to move t' 'rward, ia your great wyork-for it places hte stople growing Stattes. in, possession of rrent power and strength.- The Southernt and South Western Statosare comnparative 1/ indejpnrdent of the aid cof Banks. Our l'obacco, Flour. Hemp, Cottoti. Rice, mda other great staples, altnost exclusively 'rnish the basis ihr all remittances and 'xchaunges with Europe, and the rest of a, he worldl Anda what else is watnted, but te fi l share of zeal, intelligence, anergy to ind perseverance. nad then a glorious fat- pi tire will lbe our reward ?& The Commiittee take leave herae to ale- th lare, after the most matutre reflection atnd al \eliberation, that i~s their sincere and hotnegt to 'onritiom,. thant scess in our grent wn, achieving our commercial freedom. will tdd strengt and durability to our glorious Union. Indeed they believe, that rhe South and Somh-Vestern States mreetin,.in ge ieral Convention, once e ery yva and al erwatds in loca: convention ior the promo fion of all proper and honora~ble objects in any andevery way connected is their pos perilt, teill in the end prove to be the true con servatire principlenot only of the South and West. but of the ichole Lnion. In conclusion. the Comitnijtiee would oh serve, ihat in order ti work or grest problem to a successful teriniiation, every thing ivill depjrnd upon a harmony of fee. ing. and unityt of action on the port of the Slates concerned. Anl they flatter them sel es Ihat they do perceive, it this no ment, as in bright vision, thait beflore long, oir ay(I of disentliralment, will 'one.when the commercial freedom of the South ern and Smith % estern Siates will have been achieved, awl all onrcities and towns he fband marching onwards, to tohefulfl min t of their own glorious destiny. With these views and opimons, it he hoves us all. indiidually and collectively, fromn Mississippi it) the Potomae, and back to lhe mountains of Kentueky, to lend onr aid to the great object which we have in hand, nil which. if a kind Providence should crown it wit/h success.cannot fail to give the most derisive touches of victory to the completion of mightier corks-ive mean ur great rail roads of intern-i communica tion, alike the adni ation of the newand old world. Letus then, one and iall, do our duty faithfully, honestly, it mly, and persever ingly, and a splendid future will be the re stilt, and the reward of our lahors. The Committee recommei to this meeting to adopt the following reiotions, in frtherance of the ..iews expressed1 in the forevning Report: 1- Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting. : dire'ct import aid export trade, is tie nuatural cbannel of comuintication he veen nations, which oler to each other the best market for their prodnctions-and that a third party iiervenia must oper are as a heavy tax upon the exchanges he aween themt. 2. Resolved, That tlie present conjune lure in oiromnitwreil affitirs is eminetly propitions for the establishncit of iireci importations tbriough i r Southern aual nirIconst cities. iuntd that it isineunmhent upon e ery man who has at heart the good of his conitry, io lend his iest exertions to the promotion anl accoiplishment of this vreat objecrt. ail the estnblishinet of our trade upon a sounid and <ecure basis. 3. Resolved. That the Chairman of the Meeting appoint 57 Delewates to the Corn nercial Convention which will assemble at Chnriesten, S. C . on thie third Monday in A pril text. and that it shall he the duty of' he Delegates <o appointed, io -ce that every proper arrangement he made for the reception of the Conivention which the occasion may require. - 4. Resolsed, That the following Reso lutionmis unanimously passed at tie State Commercial Conventio,held at Norfilk, ra., on the 14th of November last, in which the State of Noth Carolina was al so represented, be publisheil with the pro. eeedings of this meeting. The fillowing are thie Resolutions allt e. 1solved, That the Sonthern and S. Western States have a cominion ieresi in efTectinz a restoration of the foreign trade, and with a, view to seenre nity of purpose and concert of action, that the people of the Coinon wealths of Virginia anil North Carolin, he earnestly recorm mit('(letl to appoint Delegates to altitend the Commercial Convention which will as wmiible in thte City of Charleston, S. C., inu the third Moittay in April nexi, which still lie the I --th of the' mtonth. Resolced, That the fiollowinig resolutiotn, iiinanitsly' dted atctlt theL Iate Comm ter iatl Con~vent ion, hel at Angusta, Get.orgia, mn thle 1- h dayi o f Octtoter, 183, be itlso tbhtshed ithc the pioceiedings of this Ott motion of 11is Excelleticy, Governor NMtble, it was Resolved, That the next Commercial 3onvenitiont he held a: Charleston, S. C., em the third Motmday in A pril, 1839, ad1 lhar in the itnteritm, the Delegcates here as etmbled aidotut snehl mten~iires as may be leetmed ex pedientr in~ ord'-r to insure at full epresetaion oft their irespective Sectiotns, tid to kee p the objects oft this Convention efore te peo~ple eel the severasl Stattes par entlirly interested ini thieir secomtphish On mot iton of Rt Yeaduon, jr, the follow. ig re'soltitios, apjpendled to a report of mu ontitttee of the~ Alsihumita fLegishttire, rerie ordered to be pubtlishedl with the pro Resolved, Thai it is to the interest of Lshimt, to etncournge a direct trade. Resolved. 'Thait ;tn increase of the nee es try capital, the etcconragemaent ofeoim te'rcini atssoc(iationus, atnd the ititertnal itm rovetienu< of the State, form the chiief icanis, bty whieb this gr'eat and desirable roject cani he perfected. Resolved, Thait the members oef t' is louse, lhe respect fully urged to recotmmend ienitngs in-their several countties, for the urpose of calling public attention to this ibject; and to considler the propriety of rpointintg delegates to attend the Comn wercial Convention, to he holblen in Char ston, S. C. on the third Monidaty of April ext.. Resolved. That the thanks of the itihab ts of the South anud WVest are duae to iose who have protmoted this gtand and r eresting scheme. Retsolved, Thait the Chairman of' this ommitittee forwardl a c'opy tef this R eport rid Re'so!ntiontts, to 'lie Presidlent lef the ugusta Coniventioi andltheE xecutive of jeseveral States itnterested. B. F.POR'TE R,Chair'., .V W W. PA YNE, Comn'iee. E. YODUN(, On mnotiotn, the mece'intv then ad journed. II. L. PINCKNE Y. Clhair'n. XWsr. I'M. MARTIN. S~ecretary. C'orrection.-In the outline of Mfr. Picken's pech on thie Treasuiry Note Bill. copied itito e Courier of te 6th. that getntleman is made j say that "it had ben tno tart of his intenition'i hiarrass his colleague, (Mr. h~hett) ott the ie- 1 rt of the Cotmittee of' Ways aid Mfeans, c." We are auithorized antd requested bt sy, I at Mir. Pickens said ntothaing of the kinid, and I not refer toe Mr. Rhtett at all. Hie alluded , I Mr. Biddlle ot' Peten. in thtat part of his re atks.-chas- Mmrnq: PHILADELPHIA, Marfch 11, important and warlike from Aota Scotia. -We are -intebted to the Editor of the Boston Atlas for an extra of his paper,con taining intelligence fron Halifax, (Nova Scotia,) to the 29th F. bruary. ho Halifax papers mention the dis turhances on the line, as leading almast certainly to a war between the United States, arid Great Britain. The Legisla ture of Nova Scotia met on the 26th, on the receip. of the news from the borders, and voted a sum (if one hundred thousand ptotuida to be at the disposal ot the Gov ernor to raise men to oro to the aid of New Brinsw ick. and eight thousand men were to be iminediately raised. This vote was followed by loud and hearty cheering. The Nova Scotia Gazette says never before vas sih an animated scene wit nessed-tiever such cheers heard in our House of Assembl%. The papers of the Province are earnest fora contest. The Assembly passed spii ited Resolutions-oilering one third of the militia to the Governor, and empowering him to till tp by draft if necessary-and assuring suitable provisions for the fami lies of those who shall go to the contest and to the soldiers extra pay beyond that allowed by the Governtient-and when the whole resolutions were adopted. and the Governorencouraged to immediate ac tion, the General Assembly and the audi tce on the gallery joined in three cheers. The Eastern mail received yesterday, brings intelligence that the Surveyor Gen ernil of Maine. had arrived at Bangor with instructions from Gov. Fairfield, to proceed at once to select a fort and erect fortifica iions at or near where the St. Johns strikes the ltie of New Brunswick. A fortifica ti .n is also ordered to he erected tit the forks of the Kennebec river, and 600 men detached to that spot. Col. Jarvis had estalilished his head quarters within half a mile of the line, at a place said to be ad inirably calculated for defence, and com mandin; the whole enountry around. A temporary fort is erected there, and ifhree pieces of ordnance mounited. TWO hun dred men flrotn General Hfodsdon's detach nent hand reached Jarvis's camp. Bangor was still the scene of great ex citement-the streets full of teams and men, constantly trrivingt nd .leparting. FaO MAt.: .-Correspondence of the Courier.-By the Eastern Mail of last night %%e received the follov ing letter from our Hangor correso;;ndent. which contains all the information we can glean relative to the affairs upon the frnritier. Ge-n. Scott haid iarrivel at Anagrusta, The Oxforil troops, about 600 in tin - her,arrived there on Wednesday, the troops from Cumierland, about 1000. were to re port themselves the next Iy: lBNA,ip March 6, 1839. We have just received news fron Ioitil ton up to as late a< 10 o'clock last evening, Capt. Nye bad jut arrived at that place from Jivis's encantpment, and report that more trespassers had been arreted and brought into the camp, with their supplies, teais. &c. The British trotopb at the mouth of the Aroostook, are blocking up the portage roadI.bV _h l. hy ratt:., a.... mad throwing in other obstructions. Jarvis is blockading the westerly end ofit in the same matmer. This roatlis the great out let fronmt the Aroostook country to the Prov nces. Capt, Nye reports that the Eleventh Regiment of British Regulars had arrived at Madawaska from Quebec, at which former place they were stationed I. was also reported and helieved at HoUt ton. that troops hadt arrivemd at Sr. John. from Ha:lifax, anad thatt alhn Provincial pa-. pers had been forbidden to reptirt the fiae Thhe British atppear to he conceentrating their troops upon the St. Johnu above the grand falls. Nearly all the troops under Geni. [Hodsdon,. had left Houtlton for Jar vis's etcampnmet. As yet no tnotice ap pears to have been taken by Maine, of the President Message. * ~V DAIEN, March 12. More Indian Murders in Florida -J nst as ouar paper was going to p'ress an esteem - ed friend handed us a letter which he re ceived from a Brother in Florida. and permzittedl ms to make the annexed extract. MoNTICEI.Io P. OFFICE, FLottIDA February 23d, 1838. 'Last Tuesday I wrote to you from Tal laihassee, andl agaitn rt-day, the citizens of; Jeffersoni Conunty, miet here for the pur pose of muakitng some effort to do some thing for our p~rotetin. Wiathin the last fortnight rnt less thant 1.5 or. 20 persons e hamve becen mutrdered by thet Irndians. The Inadiamns have sh'own themselves al most at the same tume int several d-fi'erent places, and tu larger numbers thtan they have hitherto done, about 1) miles from me, mon t~e .Ungtnolia roaud. While rettn- I ing from Tallahassee on Tuesday, I learn ed liat mhe~ alarm baud been just given of ha murder of4 persons, ;and one wounded, anti three wntgaons destroyedl by them. '1 I have anow determinedf for the present, tl to hto a little maore on my gutardl, atnd cou-. sequtently keep one of the feliowys on the wvatch, on the side of the platntation. l i thinik it most likely they will assail tmy e tlaice. Though I shoumld be rejoiced to see e fou sell out andI move to Florida, I coat. ;ramtnlate you in not being exactly in my eighborhood. Yota catnnot iamie howv ia txtremaely harrassing it is to be obliged, to 'eel as I dIo,that to step but alit f my house nay expose me to he shot at, antd tat this ~ imno when, it is absoltutely necessary to) 14 .e the greater part of my time itt athe field. j My greatest apprehension. has bteen, indI still is in the daty time, when, attd ntg to mny business, or on the road. i :anntor hope to escape an attack, untless h ve can get men enough omit, to dIrive thetn sI ml!, for [ am told, signs oftlbem have beena, a or hglatst ahree diays. seen all atround may >date, not further from me than four or five niles." nT Win. H. Hlalytmar:, has bteen appoint- ei d Post Master at Bishopaville, su amer si )istrict, S. C.; Michael D. Dicky, at "ickett's valley, Greenville Dist-ict. and T Villiama Lynm, at Manchester, Sumter er District, S. S. et A P'os' Ollice has been established at Pt aiiherty Hall. Newherry Dist. So. Ca. atad H ames Boods, Esq. appointed Post Mas- fr TaunLSDAY.'3 3ARCu2f, 18;9. We commence this weel, the publica tion of certain acts of the late Lgisliature. We will publish all the i.:ts of general in terest to our readers. We are indebted to the lon. F. W. Pickens, for copies of the speeches of sone members of the late Congress. We have received from the Hon. John C. Calhoun, a copy of his speech on the !,Bill to prevent the interference of certain Federal Officers in elections; delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 22, 183.'' We have received from the Hon. F. H Elmore, a copy of his speech "on the resolutions offered by Mr. Prentiss of Mis. sissippi, and Mr. Thompson of South . Carolina, relative to a communicatione published in the Globe, by Alexander Duncan, a member of the House.". The President's Message.-We have not had room in our paper, until this week, to publish this important and high ly interesting message. It gives we believe, the correct statement of the dilli culties between Maine, and New Bruns wick. In order that our readers might well understand this question, we have thouight proper to lay this State paper be fort- them, in prererence to the iartial., and distorted accounts of the various Jour nats w'hich have made- publications upos it. Members of Congress of all parties, in the generous spirit of patriotism, threw a side all political differences, and gave-it their warmest approbation. Sale of Bank Stock.-We extract from ihe Charleston Courier, the following ac count of the late sale of Stock in the Bank of Hamburg. "The sale of 200.000 dollars of the in.A creased capital of the bank of Hamburg,, ' wts completed at that place in two hours, - ith nuch life and spirit. The stock sold at a premium of 6 to 7 dollars per share, 'ho arerage being 124 per cent premium for the new stock-the new stockholders to - One in on the 1st July.. This is-the way they do things in Hamburg. A plain hint.-The editor of the Grena da Bulletin, (Miss.) latly called the at ientiin of his renders to the advertisement of --New Gouds," published in his, paper. He praised the goods highly, andrecom mended them to the public. But mark what lie says about sonie tmerdhits, who did not patronize his paper. "T-hree or four other new stocks of goo(s have lately been opened in town. They don't-adver tise with us, and consequently,' vo can't tell what they have." This is a good hint to merchants, to advertise. Mr. J. 0. 13. Ford, of Hamburg, So. Ca., and Mersrs. G. L. & E. Penn & Co. mdiu BIland. Catlin & Co. of this place, have conmmenced the good work by sending Ad vettisements to the "~Edgefield Adverti ~er." To these w'e refer our readers. Public Meeting in C'harleston.-Weo -all the attention of our readers, to the 'Repmort and Resolutions" which were a lopted h'v the Public Meeting, which re ently assembled in Charleston; in order tOntmnte Delegates to the Commnercial lonavention, to-be held in thtat city, on the hird Iloudnmy in April next. The report i vory important, and of commandtmg in erest to the South, especially, to our own jte Ir is desirable that thme resolutions ubmitted to the meeting, and adopted by 1should meet with a hearty response rotm all quarters of the State. Delega tes hotuld be sent from every district, and ev ry Village to Charleston. Now, if ever,, Sthe time to build up our commercial mporium, and make Charleston the Queen of the South." "We recommend the citiz,-ns of Edgefinrd, to attend the ublic Meeting whicht will assemble in me Court House, on'Tuesday, thte 26th ust. It is much to be desire.l, that this teeting should be .full. We recommend tat a large atnd respectable number of "'legntes, bo appointed. so as to pirove to te people of. Charleston, our deep inter It in their welfare, and the-commer al aggrandizement of the whole State. Direct Trade.-There was a public meet a held itn Jackson, Miss., on the 5th ul:.,. nomitna'e Deleates to attend th Cm ercial Convention, to be held - in:Char stotn, in A pril next, General Robert .. layne, of South Carolina, who -had arri 'd in town the day previons,= addressed te meeting bmy request. Ii issaid, tht tinade a very able and eloquent speech, towing~ the importance of a Direct Trade, id oif Southern union ott t'his subject. igh honiors have bieen paid to this gentle an in Mississippi, for ltis eff'orts in behtalf rail-roads, aned for the establishment of' ase comtmercial relations between Mis esippi, South Carolina, and Alabama. he Democratic Convention whicli re utly assembled at Mlobite, Alabama, ssed a resoltution recommepding the en. W. R. King, United States Senator tm Alabama, as a suitablc candidate t he Vie Prcsidencr.'