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Acts of the Legislature. AN A'CT To authorize the South- Western Rail Road Bank to establish Branches and Agen cies in this State. SECTION 1. Be if enacted by the Hon orable the Senate and House of Represen tatives, now met and sitting in Genral As sembly, and by the authority of the same, That the consent of thit-Legislature is here by given, to the establishment of Branches and Agencies of the South-Western Rail Road Bank, in this State: and the Presi dent and Directors of the said South-Wes tern Rail Road Bank, are hereby empow ad and authorized to establish such Branch es and Agencies of the said Bank. in this State, as they may deem proper and ne cessary. In the- Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of otir Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight, and in the sixty-third year (if the Sovereignty and Independence of the U xited States. ANGUS-PATTERSON, President of the Senate. D. L. WARDLAW. Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN ACT, To authorise the President and Directors of the Louisville, Ciccinnati and Charles ton Rail Road Company. to increase the Rates of Trasportationon the Charles ton and Hamburg Rail Road, in certain oases, and to Grant certain Vacant Lots in the Town of Columbia, SEcETIoN 1. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company, be and they are hereby authorized to charge for the trans portation of passengers, at a rate not ex ceeding seven and a half (7h) cents per mile; and for the transportation of goods, by weight, not exceeding fifty cents per hundred pounds per hundred miles; Provi .ded, that it shall lie in the power of the Legislature, at any time hereafter, to repeal the above provision ; and that the Compa ny shall not, while availing theimselves of the increased rates hereby provided for. di vide among the Stockholders more than seven percent. per annum, on the cost of the said Road. Sac, 2. And be itfurtherenacted, by the authorty aforsaid, That such Lois and partsof Lots in the town of Columbia. as belong to the State. and may be required for the purpose of constructing and keeping up the road depositories and other build ings and works of the Louisville. Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road Company, be and the same are hereby vested in the said Company, in fee simple; and that the said Company be and hereby is authorized. to use and occupy for the same purpose, such streets and parts of streets, in the said town, as the Intendant and Wardens :here of, may convey to the said Company; and that the said Company be and hereby are authorized to exchange any lots in the said town, which belong to the State, for quch other lots, belonging to individuals, as the Company may require for the purpose a foresaid: and also to-exchange any 'treets of the said town, with the consent of the Intendant and Wardens thereof, for the same purpose, ard upon such exchange being made, the conveyance of t he Presi dent of the said Road, shall vest in the person or persons receiving the same, the title thereto, in fee simple; Provided. That the lands required for the road, shaoll not extend further than one hundred feet otn each side of the centre thereof, and that the ground required for the depositories und other works, shall not exceed twelve acres. And Provided, That ano land-, or streets withbin three squares ofthe square on which the State House stands. shall be conveyed to, or vested in, the said Company. In the Senate 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 of A merica. ANGUS PATTERSON. President of the Senate D. L. WARDLAW, Speakierof the House of Representatives lliscellaneons. CHAaLEsTON. March 14. Med ical-C~ollege of the State of South Carolina.-The annual Commencement of this flourishing Institution was celebra ted in this city, yesterday morning, at the College building, in Broad street. A nu 'mnerous and brilliant assemblage graced the -occasion. The exercises were com menced with an appropriate prayer. bey the Rev. T. Smyth. M King. Esq Pres ident of the board of Trustees, delivered an able and impressive address to the era duatig class; and Dr. S. H. Dickson,Dean of the Faculty, also pronouced an ad dress in a most brilliant and felicitous vein. The degree of M. D, was conferred on 49 graduates, and premiums awarded for the beat Greek, 'Latin, French, and English dissertations, -respectively, to Win. A. *Sparks, of Society Hill. I. Murdoch, of Colnqphia, B. H. Moss, ot -Orangeburg, and A. P. Wylie, of Lancaster. S, C. The class .in attendance on the lectures, during the course, numbered 157.-Cour. TExas VERSUs DuzatLse~.-The grand jury for the connty of Harrisburg in Tex as, has presented. the savage custom of duelling. -Whets will-a jury in Mississippi -take the same high gr-ound?. Speaking of *the duellist. tis presentment says: "We take the high and elevated ground that a duellist is a murderer itn every *sense of the term, and deserves to. have stamped upon his browv. a brand -black and *burning as was placed by the Great Jeho 7 a on the forehead of the guilty tCain. His constant practice for the purpose of making himself a profieient in the use of weapons to be handled in deadly combat. fixes upbiuii~n the cbarce of malice afore thought. He has not the excuse of the culprit arraigmied~at the bar for manslaugh ter, becausethe law does as it- ever must. mnake some alowance for the weakness of humsiirailty.' and the force of human pas u.. '....ckbsrgs &m. From tih South Carolinian. CULTURE OF COTTON. Cotton seed should be procured from the best ground, where the Cotton has been well worked, and the Ixils fully tnn tired, gathering, f'or thih-purpose, the mid die holls; That is, separuiug 'he tirs open ing and the las,, from the second. The first bolls become grown w hen the vtalk is young and not prepared it) give to the seed ;tat perfe.tion which it does in a maturer growth. The last opening is generally immature. from the decay of the salkoeold winds, early troats, &c.' That which is iiended for seed, should be picked out when dry, and never allowed to heat, or ferment, which would ocea-ion a decom position of0 its parenchyaan att(] a predis position to rot while ;row io. Thiis par tial fermenttiion of the secd will not pre vent its germjinatiion; but its tnurihiing principle being injured. the young plant will tinot have that consimfntional rigor, s.4 essenti;al to jpirfection in eroith. it will be sutceptible of all the diea, era itteid.-t to the cotton cro). It i equally as impor tant that weshould extend a care to the preservation ofonr seed, aI to the prepar ation of he soil. A defective seed. catinno bring a perfect plat. The nor paints we take with regard to .ite pre-ervation oi our seed the less will be their degeterey. The land should he thrown Ip in beds, us early as possible. with a lurting pilught. which will hasten the decomposition of its vegetable matter. Low matoist land should he drawn up with the hoe. but tio other. Some people contend for a rii'd system of manaenent. :s to the time and manner of planting and working a crop; bm, as there is no reguibir imie or way of managing, which will biit the precariotutt seasons ofour climate. all pa ins ist tthe mfodified accordin, to) circumtstanues. There is a prevailing opirnio amon planters, that the srner coltoni is plaited. so that it is not killed by froists, the better. This is an error ofrconsiderable magnitude. If experience did not prove to the contrary, we should need no better evidence, it seems to me, th-in to know that the cot ton platt is a ttntive of a warmer climate than this. it Florida, the West Iithes, and Mexico, where there are no chillinR. winds or firost to stunt its growth, Conttn grows to greater perfetion than in Caro lina or Georgia. Cotton ought not to he planted until there is evidence of i perma nent change from cold to warnh, which tinie ever martn's ex1erietce will dictate. Cotton wil ten come up :md grow oIl sooner th:an that which las- been injiree. by frosis. or col! winds. Before plating. :Ge seed should ibe rubbed in ashes moi% tened with water. This will eta? the lint, so that theseed can lie dropped more reg ularly. And the ashes whitich stick to the seed are -ighly beneficial, as they impart their alkaline qualities to the young plant, and accelerale and give vigmir to its rowth. Sotne planters rub their seed be lore planting in lime; but I prefer asies, because its inherent principle. (Alkali,) i, not only a stimulus, but a nourishment also: Whereas. lime is only a stimulant, and might. in some in-tances, eagrend. r want. Aalies have a two-blod advauiage. They give a tealthiess to the young plant. and an impetus to its growth, which ren der it less susceptible of the influence of iretn cstances. After the cotton is up, :t scraper should be run round. if the land is iedded. Th.e will not throw the voil diown, and leave the cotton standing on a narrow ridge, whieb would impede the progress of the lioes, m chopping out. The Cot ton shotuld lie le-ft in bunches of three or four stalks at a pltce -the distance, suitable to the strentgth s. the ground, not putting it to an entire btaid unttil the secondi time. A great dleatu is often lost in the cot tona crop, by its hetma tot close in the drill. The stalks shcutu: stand at such distances as at all times to admit the sun to shinte through, ulseon the ground. It is the genia! wartmtih ot the su., with a free circulation of air, that causes the cot toni to bear, miatture, and open. After chopping out, the Cotnan shottld bec run r-oundt with tstirinlg ploiugh, the bt.. next the cotton. This throws the soil to lhe midldle, covers the young grass, ;und adits the wa~rmnth of the sunt to the root f the Cotton; but it should tntr st antd longa in this coniditiona, biefore it ia run routi a gam, w~itht one or two furrows, thtrowinig the soil batck to the Utitton. 1t is thent in good conditint for the second horintg. lIt hoeitng the second timec, the c:ottoni shouldi e putt to at perfect staind of cute stalk. Tose w fich are to lie remt!oved, should ttot be chopped ofT with tia hoe. litt hould lie pulled up withI the httand. 'lTiiE is the speediest way, and the tmvst praetn -able, as therec is tno danger of bruisimg those a. hiceh remain. I has been shouwnt by experiment. which is better thant all lth theories that can Ice adduserd, that one stalk at a pl ace, givitng it the proper dis race, will bear mrore anad better cottoin than twro stalks or more. Anid this i. tnot at variance with the theory of the timnes; for two stalks cannot draw more mat ter rro the eatrth,. than te earth wdll yield to one; ut on the cntriry will exhtaust the ear'ha of those ingredients taterial t the formattiotn of the Utottotn, whcich is the ultimate purpose of the cotton planters - and no planter will detty that there is more efficacy mo a perfect -plant, thbait onte that tas been bruised, mautilatedl, or wounded, in any way. Its transpirationt is free aund unrestrained: no waste of its juices, their renovatinig pirincile heing carried- out to heir ultimtatea perfectioin. We tmaty attri but, and very correctly too, the barren esss of some stalks to the wounds and bruise, which have been itlieted, when young, either upon the stalk, or about its roots. Anid might we not, wirth equal pro priety, view this as one of the causes which basen the degeneracy in our seed? Could we ut view scientifieagly the piogress of 'he Coto plant, fr-otm its gertmiattion to maturity, and bee the analtgy of its coat ttituent parts, we would see that a perfect grow th is necessary to the perfectiont afseed. hen surely it wvould he prudent in every planter to use these necessary paitns, they -equtie no mitre time. anud would evident v incrase the quatntity tupont the grutndt. Aid the puirity of thte seed would be a-great lesidertumdt in athe next-crop. The third working should be given with as much or mnore care thant the second. I'he roots are the, spreadlingian every di eetion, and the stalk is in a good wvay of iearing. There is a uttiversal.ptractice a -onsanen planters, in the third, andt in the last working, to plough deep and bed up high. 'I na isau error which Is altteu ded wvitti inciceivahie injury. Every experienced planter knows that there is ne oultitus tor large root. that strikes per pentlicular and deep into the ground, and the ibrous or iaall roots, that run norizun tahy immeiately under (lite surlace o1 I he ground. The ottice o the latit-r is to seek fur nouirishinent, whicti is *ssrntial o Me 1 utipport toi I lie bolls. if he main root, which trikes into the ground, collects mnowsure and -;uppl. ris the stalk. Now, wan~t mnust he the result oaf tinig those fibrous roots with the plough, Lu dry n eather.or atauy time, for we have no warratty ml rain I i Tie consequence must .4e a dropping of the it11m, an1d a barrenness of tle itaik, until rain come again, that these roots may take a fresh start to grow. Or even it the ploughing should not be of suilicieut depth Lu cut t the roats, the soil in drawn olf with mhe hoes, iu pulling it round rie stalk-the earib urdes to its usual -ieph. and these roots are exposed to the burning rays of 4he sun. I have seen the elfLhctof tlas ,o -,rontg as to ire the lower leaves of Lie stalk. Atiolhier attenuative consequence of the high bedding system, is, that the CtotIou deries no benefit froum light showers. The water Ichines to the iiuidle, & runs ol'or evaporales, and dues the Cution no od. 'soitig short of a thorough wet tir:g raii will dto any good. Perhtaps some one would inquire, an I totally opposed to the bedding system! I would nme-r, there is a .merhaum in all diiitgs. Every virtue carried to excess, becmomiies a vice. A tiro.ad flat bed would set ve the requisite pirposse. My plan is to rin round with a road icraper. This runs i.meiit.idy under the surfacei, des troys the small grass, aid neilter tears down) or tlirows the bed up higher; and with oune or two furrows. with a turning plough, to split tle middle, then, ifiecessary, draw trom ine middle furrows, with the hoe, a lit Ilo of the soil. depo ilng it ton each side. i This aniwers i lie dotlie pirpose ol shading I and accumulating nisture about the roots of the Coton, mid awroiig %ore water during light showers. % hereas, . the high I twds lose more lioisttre eve in dry % eath er. because evaporation goes on troin the surface of the ground. The surface be ing increased, of corse evaporation is in creased. it may be thought that these little cares I and pams are too trivial anti oiinportant to) compensate for the additional trouble. But it there is any tim, in three years ex perienoe rnd observatioun. I an preared to s y that they will timply rela% for all this .11ditiunal trouble. -Withouit pains, there I --ire no gaiin-. as pooar Richard says."-Lo cust Grove, Abbecille District. CHARLESTON, March 15. Sub Marine Descent. -The exhibition of the process of decetndn eneased in the Sub-Marine Armor, took place yesterday tfernoan, at the specified hour and ac c-ordliiu to the arratitemenis made. with the exception of the place of descent, which was chnn'ed from off the Battery, Ea-t end of A laticstreet, to a point about rqu'distant from Meeting street and East Ray. to the South of white Point. Trhe weather, in the forenoon was plea bt, but .tiut 2 o'cl->ck,ii becamecinudy. :1nd there was every indication (of rai. A little before 4 o'clock. however, the citi etts commenced assembling at the Bnt t rv, and the pulblic proinenade. at White oint. w-is sonri well filled with spectators. I amone whom were a number of ladies, t nitwithstanding the tunfavorable appear .le of the weather. The steam boat .Suherner also came round crowdled with I :sseng'et . antd nnehoredt within a short bi-tnnce oftI he schoonter.that had ont board tie gentlemnan who was to miake the de A few mainutes after 4 o'clock, the ex plosion ofthte submerged casks of po wder took place, h~at fromi a want of proper tman aigeent, nto signali was given, and btut a prtion oft he spctators had an opportri ity of judging of' 2Ito effect. Our eye caght the hodly of water thrownt up) by thee cotssion, a< it w as descending, and fromi it s Oltimei andi apipearance, itis pur con- r viction thamt the water must have been throwt n as high as the fore yard of' the chaner, aind extenided over an area tof 200 feet int a ircumaference. Immiediately afteur the explosion, rthe revenue cutter, ly itg ini Cooper River, fired severni us, mid mt the spaee of a few minures, the sub marine aftfparatus was hoistedl over the side( .f:g, shooner, Mr. Taylor being encasedt] thern,:: 'and( the descent was madse. After a reattinin)g submergeta somte minuteq, be arose. aintd repeated the experiment sever il timecs before he was brought oat deck.-1 Ater an initervmal, he acain diescendedh, and reainedu abiott:i n quarter of an hour, arose and atgain~ destcee. During the time, he, everal times handfed up article<,' taken frmta the bottotm, proaving, to the satisfatc titn of all, mis far as we can learn, the prac titailty of1 his inivention subserving the purpse for which it wa's inteuded.-Cour. Mr. Greely, of the New-Yorker, in anti artcle sustainintg the diemaand of the New York Journeyman Priinters in their de-r mand tor the prices established in 1836, says: "We know by our expterienc6 in tihe business a upprenitice, jou~trneymani and emploer, tha: these rates afliord buft a megr'e reward for their labor in maost Cii ses, though generous in ia few insrances. 'The guinilttm of intelligence, integrity, 1 alent, stobri,-ry, and mechanical skill re quired toz constitute a good Jo~urtneymain , Priter wouild serve to fir iup two average 4 pettifoggers, three greeni doctors. four tray elling dentists or lecturers tin phrenology. ad have etnough scraps left to smake anyv utber oflnco inuco leeislators, anud spscee currency reclaimners. Why should qaihe hication, so varisans, an~d duties as arduous go but hialf rewiardedl! To prevent Horses from bwing tUsed wailk Flies. Take two or three sall handliills of waut leaves, upon whicha pour two oar three ~its ofrsoft anud cold water-let it in fust one aight, mu.d let it hail for a qutarter ofan touar -yhen coll it will be fit for use. N'a more is-re- ' gntired than to moisten a spong.-, and besiore the 2 horse got's out of the stable, let those parts I which are most irritable, be smeared saver wvith the lignuor, viz, between and tupan the ears- the flank, &e. Belvidere A pollo. A feel always comen ebort nf his reekannigw From the Souther Patrot. The gist sir th- dispute na to the terri torial bonaidarv between Maine and New Brunswick appears to be this, which is the true river St. Croix. The question is narrowed to this point whether in the trea tv of 1783. as well as in the previous irants, and commissions to Governors sent to rule over the Briti-h Provinces of North America, for they all employ the same language in decribing the Iundaries) it was intended that the true River St.Cloix should lie the Western or Eastern Branch I of the Scandiac. itself a branch of that river. The lingu age of the 2d article of the treaty is as follows:-"From the N. West Angle of Nova Scoii. to wit : that angle which is formed by a line drawn due North from the source of the St Croix River to the Highlands which divide those rivers that emp)ty into the St. Lawrence, from thtse which fall into the Atlantic ocean, to the Norih westertrnmost head of the Connecticut rivert thenc down along the middle >f that river to the 45th degree of North Latitude-East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fun day to its source, and from its source di rectlv North, to the aforesaid Highlands which divide the rivers that fall into th Atinntic Ocean, from those which fall into tite River St. Lawrence. In Jay's treaty. concluded in 1794, a commission was named to determine the true St. Croix. The British Agent, under that commission, ontended for the Western Branch of the Scandiae as the true St. Croix, and in con formitv with the Treaty of 1783, a line shotti run t hence due North until it reach ed the waters flowing into the St. Law rence, which would he at the Highlands named in the Trearv, and consequently "the North Wpst Angle of Nova Scotia." rhe British Agent having determined this point, for the reasons that if the Western Branch of the Scandiac is the true St. (roix, and a line is run thence due North, if necessity crossing the St. Johns', it will zive to eah nation the mouths of the riv !rs rising in its territory, while ifthe East rn Brainch of that river is decided to be :je true St. Croix, and a line is thence run ne North. it will not only of necessity :ross the St. John's, but will cut the terri ory of New Brunswick within fitly miles yr Frerlericktou. its Metropo is, and also :mt off the sources of rivers which fIall into :he S. of Chnleurs. This was the sol mn decision of the Agent of the British .overntment. Such was the state of the dispute up to 1794, and it was not nntil 1819, that Great Britain contended that a line due North 'rom tite source of the St. Croix must not ross the St. John's (its Agent having sol bmnly decided that it nimist of necessity ro-s that river) anid ihat'an isolated motn ain called Mars Hill constitutesthe High ands whi-!h divide the waters emptying hemselves into the St. Lawrence, frotr hose which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, hu-s ridiculously assuming that the rivers vhich rie in that portion of the Highlands :alled Mars Hill. fall into the St. Law -ence, while not a particle of water within 100 miles of this Mointain, falls into that iver. We have no time to continue our -emark. on this subject, but shall shortly -esune them. From the NeT York Post of the 15th inst. THE BOUsDARY QUasvrloN.- The mails. of -day. bring us the following ionportant intelli rener from the Fast. Governor Fairfield on the 12th inst. trans nitted a message to the Leurislature. relating to he inemorandtun between Mr. Forsyth and 1r. Fox, in which he states that it would tie iglily improper to withdraw the troops from le disptuted tet ritoury. He considers the an angement iusatisfactory atnd nuiequal, andI ad ises tha't a imilitary force of the state shouldi ot he disbanded unless the Lient. Governor of 9ew Brnnwiek shall withdraw his men, and le Government of Maine, be satisfied that he mtirelv ahandotns the idea of expelling its for es. Govt. Fairfield also resists the recontnen lationt ton allowt Gony. Harvev concurrent juris ictioni an a mteasture of protection to the proper Y otn he troostook. Ini a proserript to the Message, the Governor ays that he has rereiveIl a note of a pacific haracter from Sir John Harvey. itn which lie uimates his willingness :o enter into arrange neon a upon the- b-isis of the Memorandum of fr. Forsyth and Mr. Fox. The Message and sir John'Harvey's note have bteen commit..ed to he Ns'rth Easternt Bonmidary Comnmittec, and 00 copies ordered to tie printed. Whbat a noble contemplation to every to er of his country is the recent chivalrous ourse of th.- leading Southern men in ongress in regard to mhe Maine troubles. ook at them; they vie with the represen: aives of the ESaet in their determination o stand firm anid asupport the rights of he East Clay, Calhon and Preston. Walker, Line. and others in the Senate 'hompsont, Pickens, antd others in the ose-alt spoke of Maine andI tier rights ith the determination to support her as 'eely as they would 'he fields of their own. unity Southi, .whtenever necessary. They hrgot that the East hart sustained aboli in-they di.t snot look to thenmselves or hsir local iniere-is or sesctional ptosition in his matter-it was enough for the Sooth o know that the territorial rights of a sis e and a sovereign State were invadedn by Sforeign power, and they ru~shedl to her tid.-Alex Gaz. The Dariena Herald, thus exhorts the ronng inen oft hat town to volunteer to g iginst the Indians : "H annibal passed the Alps; Cesar cross d the Ruhicon; Napoleon forced the 3 ridge of Lsali, and wvhy -not the farmers nm merchants of Darien cover themnselves ith Iclory by wallowing in the hogs of the )kefiokee!" The foillowinig are the most important rovisisons of the Bank law recently pass d by the Legislature of the State of in liana: It provides that the Stats capital may e incresemd. this year, one and a half niliont of dollars, anid seven hundred housand dollars per annum for five years, nore.. in all five mrillionss. The hill fur her provides, that four more branchtes may me established when the State Bank thinks he interest of the State shall require it. tmd the conseut of the -Branches shall be ait ained During the last year, 29 persons died at gewport. R. I. whose united ages amount o 2477 vears. They were alt over 70, tnd nen r~echmd ennaaf 110n ars. idii tf..i3 t. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, ld&J. TO OUR SUBS'R[BERS. We are wiling to toil, day and night, fir the benefit of our patrons.s But we be lieve that the "laborer is worthy of hi hire." Our friends would greatly obliee us, by complying with the rules of this paper, published on our first page, to which we refer them. An editor some time since, gave this solemn advice to his readers--'sEavE GOD. AND PAY YOUR PRNTEa." This saying shoulhe written in letters of gold, ont a tablet, an; s..s1.ended in eve ry dwelling, throughout our extensive country. The Court of Common Pleas and Gen eral Sessions, commenced its session at this place, on the 2; th instant. Judge Richardson, presiding. We have received from the Ilon. F. W. Pickens. a copy or his speech -on the sub ject of the North-Eastern Boundary, de livered in the House or Representatives, March 1, 1839." We will publish it in our next paper. We are indebted to the Hon. Waddy Thompson, for a copy of his "Speech in the House of Representatives of the Uni ted States, being in Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union. Deliv ered, February 5. 1539." We have on hand, co pies of several spee ches by members of Congtess, which we will publish at as early a period, as possi ble. . A correspondent whose commnnication we publish to-day. expresses a wish f'Eat it may be read by "the sweet little girl whom we saw stooping over a snow ank," a short time since. We promise bim. that we will send it to her, though we know thateshe is not of that class of fashion able young ladies, of whom he gives such a raithful description. Public Meeting in famburg.-A meet ing of the citizens of Hamburg, was held )n the 16th instant, for the plurpose of ap pointing Delegates to the Commercial Convention, which will assemble in Char leston, -n the 3d Monday in next month. rIe following gentlemen were appointed -W. W. Starke. H. L. Jeffers, H. W. Sullivan, and LM. Gray. Death of Gen. Eleazar If. Ripley.-A Louisiana paper contains iatelligence of* the death of General Ripley. He was a untive of New Hampehie,'4,ut far many years resided in Louisiana. The name of Ripley is familiar to the reader of Ameri Nn history. He nced a distinguished part in the last war with Great Britain. Among the chivalric heroes of that day, Ripley had no superior. His meumary is tambalmted in thea hearts of his country men, and bty themi will he cherished in 5li future times. Border' Troubles.--Governor Fairfiel al bas positively refused to withdrawv the roops of Maine, froma the disputed terrn ory. Hise Excellency is not pleased with Lhe arrangemaena entered into between Mr. Forsyt h, and Mr. Fox. Sub-kfarine Armor.-We learn from the Sharleston pa pers rhar a descent wat 'a-ale with the Sub-Marine Armor, (of which are published an account last week,).in he harbor of Charleston. The experi nent proved quite successful. Commissioner to Kent uckij.-Co01. Mem ninager, the commissioner to Kentucky. ia returned without having-accomplish td the object of his mission. It is thought, iowever, that the legislat ure of Kentucky, nill ultimately'grant a charter to the South Westeran Ruil-Road. A provoking Miistake.-\ short time line, a long editorial article was publish ias a communication. itn thae Charleston Dourier. In hiq next paper after its pull lication, the editor said that the article wvas not a communication, but was one of sis oton editorial efusaions. The printer through mistake, gave the article cte wmutg caption. This was vexatious enouagh, for no editor likes to give the :redit of his aeon good thsinga to other per Report of the Investigating Committee. -We publish to-day some extracts from he report of the Coinmittee appointed to flvestigate the defalcamions of Samunel Swartwopt, atnd Wmn. M. Price. Our ex tracts thi's week, are necessarily confined ro the case of Mr. Swartwout. We be liere that they embrace every thing of impaortance in his case. We wall publish the report on the defaleation of Mr. Price, liereafter. It will he seen that the commttteeothrow great censure upjon Mr. Swartwout, the late collector at the port of New York, tpon Mr. Woodbury, the Secretary of the Treasury, upon the late Naval Officer at le nort of New York, spona the First Au riitor of te Teasury sho. late and nresent Comptrollersdf the-Treasuiry, ipoi Mt. Price the i te DistA'itorney, u'pon the Pre. sident; and General Jackson. The 'present collectorof the customs at .N. York, albo receives a share of their censure. Frons the political complexion of the committee. we did not expect any thing more favora hie. It is not for us to defend .the-.ap. - pointment of Mr. Swartwout, or to hold' the Administration entirely blameless in this matter, but we believe that the comr mittee in their zeal to ferret out abuses, have given his defalcation, as hideous; an aspect an possible. We refer our readers to The advertise ments of Messrs. C. A. Dowd, and Nickh olson & Presley. Texas.-A Texas paper of the lit inst. says, that $6,000 - had beqs subscribed in Houston, in order to equip two compa nies of mounted men for the defence of the settlements on the Colorado.. An en gagement had taken place between the Camanches, and two white companies from the Colorado, and a company of Li pans, The Indians were at first defeated, and 1000 horses nere captured by the. whites. The Indians being reinforced, rallied, repulsed the whites, and recaptur ed the horses. Colonel Moore, the 2om mander, retired upon Bastrop, whither he was pursued by 500 Camanches. President Lamar had issued a manifes-, to addressed to the people of Tiexas, ap-. pealing to their chivalry, to mret the re quisition made by the War Department. Vedical College of Georgia.-The com... mencement of this College.'itwas held on the 9th instant. The degree of Doctor of 5ledicine, was conferrel o.-twelve young gentlemen. Among the graduates, isWm. M. Burt, of Edgefield District, South.Car olina. The medical cluss during the ses sion, numbered 60 Students. A Jaunt to Aiken.-A short time since, we made an excursion to.the flourishing, little town of Aiken, in Barnwell District. For the information of distant readers, wo will state that this town hils been liuilt within a few years past, and haiis advanced rapidly. 'It is situated on both.. sides. of the great Charleston and Hambirg Rail Road, being at a distance of 120 miles from the former place, and 16 mile'.froin the latter. It contains several hotels, stores, a church, and many private dwell-i ing houses, some of which are built in a very handsome style. Nearly in th bean of the town. is the inclined plane. down which, the cars from Charleston, run with fearful velocity. This plane is a stupen-. dous piece of work, and is justly, the adt.. miration of the. traveller. Shortl,,.ft'r our arrival, according to our. custom, we rambled in company with a. friend, over the pIlace, to see all the curiomwie: ,Wo took a view of that fine locomotiv,-the Ohio, which had just arrived, and liker other travellers, asked many question. of. the engineer, who covered- with dust, and smoke, looked the ver5 personication of Vulcan. As we sauntered along, we> ob served many pretty, little dwellings, scat tered writhout much order, in the neigh-,~ boring forest, which yet florishes in all its pristine beauty. Aiken is literally "rus in urbe." We wrent to see the celebrated Cocoa Spring. This is a pure fountain of, water, situated in a deep valley, encircled on all sides 'v lofty hills, on whose sum mnita, various stately trees spring up itr wild luxuriance. In the summer, these cast a deep shade over the valley, and render the atmosphere cool and delightful. The spring issues from the side of a bill, and makes a hold, andi lipdtem It is enclosed by neat palings, and is built around with stone. In close proximity, on the summit of a hill, is the beautiful sum mer residence of a gentlemnan of Charles ton. As wve reposed on the herhage, sip ping the pure, cool stream, we thought of the "H appy Valley" so beautifully descri hed in the romance of Rass-elas.Th Prince of Albysiunia, rose u p before tis, anti we uondered that he shoulddesire to ex ebange the peacefulness, and simple hap piness of his retigd valley, for the splendid misery of a throne! These lines of .Moor. occurred to ui And I said if there's peace to be found in the world, The heart that is humble. might hope for it hers! And here in this lone, little vale, I exclaim'd, With a maid that was lovely to soul and to eye, Who would blush when Iprais'd her, and weep when I bI- m'd, How bleat could I live, and how calm could J die!" We were also reminded of the 'vale of - Avoca, upon which, the poet above-men-: tioned, has written some exquaitel ver ses: "There is not in the .wide- world a -vall-y so. sweet, - * .* As that vale in whose-bosom, the bright waters' mneet; Oh! then last ray of feeling and life must depart, Era the bloom of that vallery shall fade from my heart. Sweet valeof Avoca! bow ealnm couli rest, In thy bosom of shade, with the friends I love best, e - When tha storms that we feel in this epid wprld shall cease, And our hearts like thy waters, be mingled-in peace!" Bitt there is an end to all earthly hap piness, and we left the romantic vale of Coo -! We cannot better conclude this article than in the words' of Horace "Lonze finis chiartaque vine que.". My jiurny'-hnd. my tale together end