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constitutional and unholy alliance betweenl this Government and the banks, that has been followed by such disastrous conse quences. I have, Mr. President, been ac cused of extravagance in asserting that this unholy connexion with the paper sys tem, was the great and primary cause of almost every departure from :he princi ples of the constitution, and to the dangers to which the Government has been expo sed. I am happy to ha, e it in my pow er to show. that I do not stand alone in this opinion. Our attention has been att ra-ted by one toft he journalk of this ci ty, !o a pamphlet containing the same sentiment, published as far back as 1794; the author of which was one of the pro foundest and purest statesmen to whom our country has ever given birth, but who has not been distinguished in proportion to'his eminent talent and ardent patriot istn. In confirmation of what I aswrt; I will thank the Senator from North Caro lipn, near me [Mr. Strange) to read a paragraph ftrom the.pamphlet, which con tains expressions as strong as any I ever used in reference to the point in question. Mr Strange read as follows: "Funding and banking systems are in dissolubly connected with every commer cial and political question, by an interest generally at enmity with the common good. In the great cases of peace and 'war, of fleets and armies, and of taxation and navigation, their cries will forever re sound throughout the continent. Where as the undue bias of public oflicers is bounded by known salaries, and persons not freeholders are hardly, ir at all, distin guishable from the national interest. One observation is adduced in proofortlhis doc trine. Paper fraud knowing the restive ness of liberty when oppressed. is under an impulse to strengthen itself by alliances icith legislative corruption, wit a military force, and woith similar foreign systems. War with Britain can be turned hv it to great account. In case of victory, a mili tary apparatus, united to it by large ar rears, and an aversion to being disbanded, will beon hand. In case-of defeat, paper will constitute an engine of Goverinmen analogous to-the English system. Can re publicanism safely entrust a legislative paper junto with the management of such a war? If it does, no prophetic spirit is ne cessary to foretell that piaper will be henp ed upon liberty, from the same design with which mountains were heaped upout the giants by the dissolute junto of Olym pus." (To be concluded in our next) Legi sl ative. AN ACT To raise Supplies for Ae Year One Thou sand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Eight. 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 authority of the same. That a t.tx for the sums and in thenmanner herei-after mentioned, shall be raised and paid into the Public Treasu ry of this State, for the use and service thereof,*that is to say; Thirty cents ad valorem on every hundred dollars of the value of all lands granted in this State; sixty cents per head on all slaves, two dollars on each free negro, mulartoe, and mustizoe, between the ages of fifteen and fifty years, etcept such as shall be clearly proved, to the satisfaction of the Collec tors, to be incapable, from maims or other wise, of providing a livelihood; Thirty cents ad valorein ton every hundred dollars of the value of all lots, lands and buildings, within any city, townt, villege, or borough, including all lots or portions of land, on which buildings may be erected, in the * immediate vicinity of any city, town, v'il - - Jage. or borought in this State; Sixty cents per hundred dlollarson :actorage, emtplny ment, faculties, and professions, (whether, ,in the profession of the law, the profits be 'derived from costs of suit, fees, or other sourcesjof prfessional income,) and on the amount of commissions received by vendue masters and commission merchants, (cler gymen, school-masters, school mistresses, and mechanics excepted,)to be ascertained and rated by the assessors and collectors throughout this State, according to the best of their kntowledge and information, to be paid in specie, paper medium, or the notes of the specie paying banks of this State. SEC. 2. Thte tax collectors of this State are authorized and re-quired to issue their 3xecutions against all such free negroes, m.tattoes, and mustizoes, as shall neglect or refuse to pay the tax imposed by this act, directed to the Sheriffs or said State, requiring them to sell, for a term ntot exceeding one year, the service of said free negroes, mulat toes, or mustizoes, to meet the payment of the tax imposed: Preided,; That the Sherif' shall not sell * the servie'e of any such-person, for a lon ger term than shall be necessary. to pay the taxes due, and costs.. Sxc. 3 Every person entitled to auy tixable property or estate in this State, who resides without the limits of the Uni ted States, shall pay, for the use of tlte State,.a double.raxiou the same; hut this clause shall not be construed toextend to nyV person sent, or to. be hereafter sent - -abroad,.sin. the servie of this State, or *the United States, until one year after the expirationi of his commission. Sac. 4- All persons representing pub Iiclygfor gain or reward, any play. comne dy, tragedy; interlude, or farce, or other employmint of the istage. or any part. therein,'or those who exhibit waitigures,. orshomysofrany kind whatsoever, shall pay at taof ton dollars per day, before miakitng *spel exhibitions, which sum shall be. paid intoihe baidsithe Clerks of the Courts, respectiefyivho'sliall-be hound to pay the same into the Pqhlie eTre'asury annu ally; and in case of .non liaymnent, the Clerk o( :the Court..or any Jutstice of bthe Peace or-Quorum, is hereby. authoria. zid and .required, to issus an 'execution -(or -double the amount or-said tax, direc ted to any Sheriff or Constable of the Dis-~ trict.: and against the body or goods of the -person or persons liable to pay the- said tax: Provided, that nothing herein con tained, halU-le construed to extend to any incorporated town or city. Sac. 5. Sixty cents shall be levied tina every hundreddollars worth of goods wares, and merchandize, embracing all .irticles of trade, for sale, barter, or ex change, (the products of this'.State, and the unmanufactured products of any of the U. S. or Territories ihereof, excepted,) which any person shall use oremploy,as ar ticles of' trade or sale, harteror exchange, or have in hisher or their possession on the lst day of Jaunary. in the yearof our Lord one th. 'usand eight hundred and thirty-mneei ther on his,her,or their own account, or put chased by his, her or their own capital, or borrowed capital, or oi accountol any per son or persons, as agent, uarney, or cou signee, to be assessed by the Assessors and Collectors ibroughout this State, according to the best ol'their knowledge and intforma lion. And every person or per.sons, ma king returns of such goods, wares and merchandize, to the tax collectors, shall take the following oath, or aflirmation, to wit: "I, A. B. do solemnly swear, oraflirtm, that the riturn which I now make, is, to the best of may knowledge and belief, a just and true return of the amount and value of all goods, wares, and merchan dize, (the products of this State, and the numantifactured products of' any of the United States. and Territories thereof, ex cepted.) which I held in my possession on the first day of Janarv, one thousand, tight huitndred and -thirty -nie, for sale; harter. or exchange, either on my own account, or upon borrowed capital, or on acconit ofothers, as agent, attorney or consignee-so help me God." Sxc. G. If any lax colleetor shall refuse, Dr neglect to nake his return. and pay the taxes, withn the time specified by law, which hnl been received by him, it shall be tie duty of the Treazirer, within whose l)ivision such deimult has been made, in iddition to the coercive power which he 1ow possesses, to charge tie said Collec. 'or with interest, at the rate oh five per cent. Per monlth, fiotm the time he ought to have nade such retutrn and paid the taxes, to the time (if setilement. Sr.:c. 7. It shall be the (tiy of any Sheriil'or Coroner, in whose hands the tax executions shall he placed by the tax :ollectors respectively, to collect and pay >ver the amount for iv hich such exectintions Jhall issue, to the Treasur-r, within whose l)ivisioni he may reside, within six months From the time he shall receive the samne; md in default thereof, it shall he the duity 3f the Treasurer lo issue execution against much SheriT' or Coroner, for til-e w'hole rimount expressed iii such execution, with interest thiercon, at the itate of five per :ent. per month, from the time lie should have paid fie same: Protided, That heriflf and Coroners he alloin ed credit For nulla hona executions, as heretofore. Smc. 8. It shall be the duty of every tax thle inhabitant ofthisState. who has, since he first day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and hirty-seven, and prior to the first day of Dctober last, sohl or transferred the pos aession of any real or personal property iable to tax, (except stock in trade,) in 'ive itformation, at the time of making tis next return, of such sale or trandr, Itl i4e name of the person to w-bom sold )r trantsfcji-c, to the tax collector of the District in which he may reside, to the end hat the tax collector may be better ena sled to collect the dues thereon. SEc. 9. No person shall open or keep mny office for the sale of lottery tickets, in any other lottery than such as may he ati horized by the laws of this State, unless ;uch person shall have paid to the tax :ollector of the Parish nr District, a tax of wo thousand dollars for such privilege. ind if any person shall open or keel) any >ffice for the sale of' lotery tickets, or shall elI or ofler for sale any lottery tickets, vishont having ptaid the said tax, uch pier on, on convictiont thereof, b~y indictment, hall forfeit and pay to the State, ten houisind dollars; and it shall he the duty >f thte said tax collector' of' the Disti ict oe P~arish in which such offie shall lie kept, ir int which such lottery tickets shall be sold >r ofliered for sale, to prosecute all per'sons s'ho shall offend against thte provisint of' his act. St.c. 10. The Treasurer of each Divi uon is hereliy ant horized and reqptired to may, quarterly, at the endl of each suarter. di appropriations made for and on acconut if any ollice of this State, or other appro >riation mnade within his Div'ision, except ifficers of each branch of the Legislaturi', whto shall lie paid by the Taeasurer of the Jpp;er, Divisiont, at the etnd of the Sessioii if' the Legislature, andr except thme pay hills f the Meambers of each branch of ihe Le tislat~ure, and Solicitors in attend-ince. which shall be paid, on paresentment, at -ither of the Treasuries. ard except the smeiers of the South Carolina College, who shall he pail as heretofbre, undter their ~ontract wvith the Board of Trtustees, quar ei'hy ia advance, anid it shall be the duty >f' either oft lie Treasurers of eachDivision, whenever payments shall be made, to take duplicate receipt, atnd forward the same o the Compttroller General; with his notiblly report. SEc. 11. [fatty transient person or per ons, not resident ini this State, shall at toy time sell or expose for sale, any gods, wares, or merchanidize whatever, in any souse, stall, or public place, after the first lay of January in each year, such person ihall mnake return ott oath, within ten lays after commencing to selI,as aforesaid, >f the whole amount oft the stock in trade, se may have possessed at the time, o the. tax collector of the District or Parish in which the said goods, wares, or merchandize shall bave been, or may be sold or exposed to sale. A nd if any person shall refuse or neglect to make such return within the time proscribed above, he shall, ran conviction thereof, before any Court of competent jurisdiction, forfeit and pay to the-State, a sum not exceeding tetn thou sand dollars, utilesssuelh- person shall have' paid- for and procured a license, according to the provisions- of' an- Act entitled an A ct to increase the'price of licenses to haw kers and pedlars. SEC. 12. -It shall be the duty of tax col lectors, to proceed to collect from such persons, so selling as aforesaid, the tax re-quired by law. to be paid ont stock in trade, within five days after receiving such return. SEC. 13. If any tax colleCtor shall fail or neglect to require a return to be mado on oath, of any person liable to the pay ment of taxesfor the use of the said State, for his or her taxable property, as provided hby lnw,'uch tax crlltor hellh be liabl' to a penalty of two hundred dollars, to be re covered by indictment, in any Court C competent jurisdiction, one hal of whic shall be.paid into the Treasury, for th use of the State. and the remainder to th person % ho shall give information of sue neglect, and prosecute for the same. Sic. 14. It shall be the duty of the ta collector, to give public notice of the da lie iniende to close his books. In the Senate House, the nineteenth da of lecenber in the year of our Lord on thousand eight hundred and thirty-eigli and the sixty-third year of the sovereign ty and Independence of the United State ofA nerica. ANGUS PATTERSON. President of the Senate D. L. WARDLAW, Speaker of the House of Refpresentatives Dosmiestic News. Fron the Boston Daily Ado. of the 18th uit. IMPORTANT FROM MAINE. By the eastern mail of last evening, w have received the following, which wi copy from the Augusta Tri-weekly Jour na. It puts an end for the present to al hostile measures on the frontier. and set at rest all questions of controversy, unti further instructions shall be received fron the British Government. The troops o Maine n ill of course return to their homes Major Gen. Scott seenis to have acted it this affair in the capacity of mediator. Icad- Quarters, Eastern Dicision, U. S. Army. Augusta, Maine, March 21,1839. The undersigned. a Major General it the army of the United States, being es pecially chnrged with maintaining th< peace and s-frty of their entire Northerr and Eastern frontiers, having rause to ap prehend a collision of arms between the proximate forces of New Brunswiel and th.- State of Maine on the Disputet Territory which is claimed by both has the honor, in the sincere desire of Ih Uinited States to preserve the relations l peace and amity with Great Britain-re lations w hich mighit he much endaugered bv such untoward collision-to invite froti hIs Excellency Major General Sir Johr Harvey, Lieutenant Governor, &c. &e a general declaration to this ellect. That it is not the inenti-in of ine Lieu. tenant Governor of her Britanic Majesty'i Province of Now Brunswick, nader the expected renewal of negotiations betweer the Cabinets of London, and Washington on the subject of the said disputed territory n ithout renewed instructions to that effecl frotn his government, to seek to take mili tary possession of t hat territory, or to seel by military force to expel therefrom the arned civil posse, or the troops of Maine Should the undersigned have the honoi to be favored with such declaration oi assurance to be by -him communicated ti his Excellency the Governor of the State of Maine, the unders;gned (loes not in the least doubt, that lie would lie immediate ly and fully authorized 'by the Governoi (if "a t' ommunicate to his Excellen C% ihe Licuennut Govornor of N. Bruns wick, a corresponding pacific declaratioi to this effect That in the hope of a speedy and satis factory settlement,by negociation betweem the Governments of the United States and Great Britain, of the principal or bounda ry question between the State of Maim und the Province of New Brunswick, it i, not the intention of the Governor of Main without renewed instructions from the Legislature of the State, to attempt to dis urb by arms the said Province, in the pos session of the Madawaska settlements. oi to attempt to interrupt the usual commu iiications hetween that Province anti hei Majesty's Upper Provinces, and that he is willing in the mean time, to leave the gnestion of possession and jurisdiction as they at present stand-that is, Great Brit ain. holding in fact,'possession of a part a said territory, and the Government o1 ilaine denying her right to such posses sionis; and the state otf Maine holding, it trt', another portion of the same territory, !o which her right is deuied by Greal Britain. With this tuderstanding the Governot of Maine will without unntecesary delay, withdraw the militarv force of the State frotm the saidi disputed territory-leaving otniv, tunder a Lar.d Agent, a'emall civil posse armed and unarnmed, to protect the timber recently cut, and to prevent future dlepredationis. Reciproc~al asstnrances of the foregoit friendlly ebaracter having been, throngli the undersigned, i nerchanged, all dangel of collision between the immediate parties to the controversy will be at once retmoved andf time allowved the United States ant Great Britain to settle amicably the greal question of limits. The undersigned has much pleasnre ir renowing to his E xcellency, Major Get eral Sir .John Harvey, the assurance a his ancient high consideration and respect WVINF IE L D SCOT T. To a copy of the fotegoing, Sir Johr Harvey annexed the following4e Thue undersigned, Major General Sil John ITarvey,Lietutenanut Governor of hel Britanic Majesty's Province of New Bruns wick, having received a proposition frorr Major Gener'al WVinfiehd Scott of the Uni ted States Army, of which the foregoini is a copy, hereby, on his part, signifies his concurrence and acquiesceuce therein. Sir John Harvey renewvs with grea pleasure to Major General Scott, the assu ranee of his warmest personal considera lion, regard atnd resp~ect. J. HARVEY. Government House, Frederickton, Newv Brunswviek. March 23, 1839. To a paper containting the note of Gemn Scott and the acceptance of Sir John Har vey, Governor Fairfield annexed htis ac ceptance in these words: ExECUTIVE DEPARTM(ENT, A ugusta,'March 25, 1839. . The undersigned, Governor of Maine, it consideration of the foregoing, the exigen ey for calling out the troops of Maine har ing ceased,, has no hesitation in signifyini his entire acquiescence in the -propositiot of Maj. Gen. Scott. The undesigned has the honor to tende to Major General Scott, the asurances o bis high respect and esteem. - JOHN FA1RFIELD. We learn that Gen. Scott hasinterchan ged the acceptances of the.Governor ani Lieutnant Governor, and also that Gov - ernor Fairfield immediately issued orders f recalling the troops of Maine and for orga h nizing the civil posse'that i1 to be contin e ted, for the time, in the disputed territory e The troops ia this town will also be imme h diately discharged. The two branches of the Maine Legisla x ture met at half past 5 o'clock on Monday y Morning. The [louse voted that*wher they should next adjourn it should be with out day, and in this vote the Senate con. c cnrred. The House notified the Senate that they non-coneurred in the vote indefi. nitely postponing the State tax bill. The s Senate voted to adhere, yeas 10, nays 5. The Governor was informed that the two houses were ready to adjourn. The Secretary came in and notified the twe houses that ie had approved 180 acts and 126 resolves, and that he had no further communication to make.* Votes of thanks were passed to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the Housn, and they made speeches of acknowledgment, and the twc houses then adjourned. A MtAT!irNATeCAN.--A boy about fi teen year-4 old once said to me, with an itiportant air, "I went through Daboll's Arithmetic three times last winter sir; and I can do any sum in the hardest cyphering book you can bring." I did not dispute him, nor doubt but what he could mechanically obtain the answer of almost any sum found in a book under a rule. -ilnt I thought he had, like many others, made figures without thinking, and I asked him the following question: "W hat will twenty pounds of beefcome Ito at twelve cents per pound, providing the beef is two thirds fat?" fle hesitated a while, and then said ; "If you will tell I me what the fat comes to, I'll do the slim." I laughed heartily, I could not restrain myself. He soon s'aid to me with con siderable spirit. "Ifyou will tell me the I rule it comes under, [will tell you what it comes to." I still said nothing, for his ludicrous embarrassment prevented my r speaking at the instant, when he with great vehemence said. '"It is an unfair sum-I never saw such a sum in the book in my life." He considered me an impertinent school maqter, antid I put him down as a fair spe cimen of most of the children taught in our common schools. They tnake no application in their lessons to the practical business of life. They do not think. They are not taught that thinking has any thing to do in obtaining an education. This unfortunate lad had never brought the hu siness ofthe world on to the slate, or into the school room. No, that two thirds fat he eould not understand-he could not put the fat tinder any rule-lie had never seen a sum that had any fat in it before. -Satirical hints on the People's Educa tion. From the Greenvile Mountaineer. GRF.ENVJLLF. VILLAUE.-Persons who have been absent from our Village for two .r three years past are tistonished at t'ne . improvements made within a:;t snort space of time; but those who have con stantly resided here, do not notice this fact withso much attention. Fiveyears since, it was confidently predicted that our little town had reached its acine; and that very Ifew buildings would afterwards he ereetd. B'at what arc the facts? Why. that prop erty has been increasing in value at a rapid rate; a greater number, and more splendid edifices have risen each succee ding season. and this Spring the spirit for building and arnamenting-the Village, far surpasses atny thing of the kind we have ever-wituesseil in a place of the same size. A number of large and splen did houseq are going up, and several others will shortly be comnmenced. The fact is, that from the peculiar location of our towvn, its pleasant, lively, business like appearance. the salubrity of the climate, andi the consequent healthiness of its in haitiants, must cause it still to increase in size. wealth, refinment and beauty. When those of us wvho have wvatched its proress durting the last 18 or 20 years. contrast its appearance theni andi now, what do we not expect it to become, ten years hence? SPARTANBUDo VJLLAoI.-Uponl visi ting that place, a few weeks since, we were surprised to find the ntumber of splen did buildings which have beeni erected wvithin the last 12 or 14 months. For a numbnlerof years, previons to the last four or five, the improvement of that town seemed to be upou a standJ; but a new spirt appears to have possessed her citi zens, and she now has a prospect of soon becoming one of the handsomest Viilages itn the State. Spartanhurg District is large and wealthy. and better able to support its caplital than almost any in the upper coun try. Their extensive IMn Foundarics, (with inexhaustible beds of ore, their Cot r ton and ether Factories, their splenidid water power. their valtuable Mineral Springs, Limestone and Marble Quarry, &c. &c. aresources of wealth that catnnot be found within the same circumference in the State. It is undoubtedly destined to become, at no distant day, one of the greatest Manufacturing. sections in the Southern country, if not in the U. States. Upon a recent calculation of capital a-lrea .dy invested in her manufacturing Com panies, it wvas ascertained to be upwards of SS800,000, and constantly. -increasing. t In regard to that District and Village, we .. may very properly ask the sarne question we did concerning our thriving town. At what degree of wealth, refinement and prosperity may wve not expect Spartan burg to arrive, ten years hence? WVe give this brief and hasty viewv ol .the upper country, with a great deal oh . pleasure. The prosperous situation of a . large majority of our citizens. and thie rapid increase of knowledge and refine ment which every where abounds, must he sources of interest and delight to every SAmerican patriot.-lbid Wellerism.-"This is sooner said thas done," as the fellowr said vot shaved him. self vith a handsaw. "Two heads are better than one," as the rcabbage said to the lawyer. f"I'll betide the school in which I learn'd to ride," as the loafer said yen he prac ticed horsemaniship on a rail. - "You're a grate comfort, as the loafet said when he was freezing over na empty r-irec. Ebet R~aertisr.1 E DGEFIE LD C. 11. THuILSDAY, Arair 11, 1839. The Presbyterian Law Case.-This case which caused such excitement among the Presbyterians, was recently decided in. Philadelphia. Wm. C. Preston. Esq.. of South Carolina, was one of the counsel on the side of the defendants, (the Old School, or Orthodor) of the Presbyterians. A Philadelphia paper, says, that he made an admirable argument. But a decision was made against him. The United States Gazette of the 27th ult , says that the ver dict of the jury was for the Relators, or Now School. The Counsel for the Res pondents, or Old School, moved for a new trial. Astronomical Lecture.-On the 2d in. stant, Dr. R. T. Mims, delivered in the Court House, a lecture on the "terms used in Astronomy." The lecture was elaborate and evinced much knoweledge of the subject. A numerous class of la dies and gentlemen, and many others who purchased tickets for the evening. were present on the occasion. Many beautiful diagrams. some of which were drawn by Dr. Mims, himself, were displayed on the white wall of the lecture room. After the close of the lecture, n umerous drawings of splendid towns. and' castles, woods and wa4er falls, were exhibited. Paintings of men, and comic figures, were also exhibi ted, greatly to the amusement of the youn ger portion of the audience. The lectuers will be continued by Drs. Burt and M ims, aliernaowly, and probably by some other gentlemen, for some time to come. The next lecture will he delivered this evening, by Dr. Burt, "on the Solar Sys tem." Speech of Wr. Bronson.-Mr. Bronson rose, and said he would say nothing. Mr B. then took his seat. The Nashville Whig remarks, that this is the most sensi ble speech delivered by any loco foco (V. B.) member of Congress, during its late session. if "brevity be the soul of wit." there is force in the remark. But if those celebrated, long winded, Whig brawlers, Messrs. Wise, Adams, and family, be judged by this rule, they would not pos sess a single grain of common sense. The Georgia Banks.-Tbe difficulties between the banks of this State have been long continued, and the pressure in the money market, has been great. It is eveui so "now. In consequence of this, the Augusta editors advocate the es tablishment of a branch of the Pennsylva nia Bank of the United States, at Augusta. They suppose that this Bank would give a sound currency to Georgia. In her present distracted commercial condition, that State might be benefitted by such a neasure. But what a remedy! How hu: milatingisit,that a sovereign State should call on the mammoth banking institution of another State, far remote, and entirely alien to her in feeling, to control, antd keep' within proper bounds, her own chartered banks! Might not such a rensedly be worse than thes disease itself! The present state of thitngs clearly indicates that the banking system ofrGeorgia is wrotg-utterly wrong. That State has t6o many lianks, and im poses on them too few -restrictions. In stead of exerting all her energies to dimin ish the evil, she is continually increasing it by the creation of new banks not fortified by a sufliciently strong specie basis. These banks are as numerous as the locusts of Egypt-and like them, they carry blight and destruction in their train. The paper they issue, is too frequently' a mere worthless promise to pay. The, holder of it, resembles a Merchant cele brated in Eastern story. He received one* evening for the sale of some wares, what he considered the pure, sparkling, golden ore. Delighted with his treasure, lhe put it carefully away. H e arose next morn ing betimes, to feast his eyes upon the pre cious money. Alas! Alas! It proved to be a mere dry, and twithered leaf! How many of these worthless bankleases, are held- by the hard working farmers and mechanics of the country! Nicholas Biddle, Esq.-Nicholas Bid dIe, Esq., President of the Pennsylvania Bank of' the United States, has resigned. .Thomas Dunlap, Esq., late Assistant Cashier, has been unanimously elected President and Director, in his stead. Mr. Diddle filled his high office as President of the Bank, for 16 years. He says in his valedictory letter to the Board of Direc tors, that lie has been upwards of twenty years in the service of the Bank. The Bank'paid him-a handsome compliment when he tendered bis resignation. They say in the resolutions which they passed on the occasion, that he has lef t the insti tution in a most flourishing condition. Border Question.-Our readers will see in our paper of to-day, that the difficulties betwveea Maine, and New Brunswick, have been adjtusted. The great bounda-. ry question is now left to the decision of the British, and United States Govern ments. We bave received from the lHon. F. W. Pickins a pamphlet eopy of his speech "on the Maine Boundary Qpestion, deliv ered in the House of' Representatives, Feb. 26, and March 1 1839," Commodore Elliott -A Court of Inqui ry has been ordered by'the NavyDepart ment, to sit upon the case of this officer. It will assembleon the 22d of next-nonth, atthe Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The New Orleans Bee, says, that Gov. Butler, and General Hamilton, of South - Carolina, arrived at New Orleans, on the 28th uIt., in the Texian Ship of War, Zavala, front Galveston. Public Meeting in Augusta, leorgia At a meeting of citizens o( Augusta, held in the City Hall, oc the 1st instant, at which his Honor the Mayor, presided, a mong other resolutions, the following were adopted: Resolved, That the present state o( the money market calls for such action on the part of our banks, as will afford relief to the community. and a sound *currency to the public. Resolved. That in the opinion of tils meeting, the banks of this city should at once commence a system of discount, .as liberal as their means, and obligations to the public will allow. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, the banks of this city should at once commence, and continue paying out their own notes, and no other. Resolved, That this meeting deem it the iuterest of our banks, to reeive in payj ment and deposit, the notes of all other banks in this State in good credit, and to send the same home at stated periods for settlement on liberal terms. . I Resolved. That a Comiittee of three be appointed ou the part of this meeting, to confer with the banking institutions of this city, and to endeavor to procure their action, as recommended ib these resole tions. Public Meeting at Abbeville Court House. A meeting of the citizens of Abbeville District, was held at the Court House,. on the 1st instant, for the purpose of electing Delegates, to the Commercial Convention, which will assemble in Charleston on the, third Monday in this month.,. The follow ing gentlemen were elected: Messrs. Benjamin Y. Martin, John A. Calhotin, R. E. Belcher, Josiah Patterson, A., Be Arnold, J. S. Wilson, and Joel Smith. Public Meeting at Orangeburg.Court House.-A meeting of the citizens otOr angeburg District, was held on- the Ist inst., in order to appoint Delegates to the Commercial Convention. The following gentlemen .were elected: Messrs. David F. Jamison, Win. P. Russel, Jacob Stro man,: Saunders Glover, Wm. L. Lewis, Wtn. S. Thompson, David Shuler,-Evan Prothro, Samuel Felder, Samuel, B. Dwight. and Major Joh n M. Feld'er. We publish this week a portion of the speech of Mr. Calhoun, on "the ,Bill to prevent the interference of Federal officers in elections." We make no apology-for its length, as we are well satisfied that it will richly repay the perusal of all our ren ders, who have not yet read it. This bill was introduced by the Honorable Mr. Crittenden, United States -Sernator from Kentucky. Since the days of the iron rule of the elder Adams, by whose agen cy the famous "Alien and Sedition laws" were passed, a more high handed attempt to take away the rights and liberties of a numerous class of unoffending citizens,has never been made. Every State Rights, man should rejoice in its defeat, It was a Federal measure, and antagonistic to eve ry principle of justice and equal rights, for which the D,emocratic party have been so long, and-we trust, net hopelessly conten ding. The passage of this law would vir tually have disfranchised a very,. large portion of free born American citizens. Few,. unless the needy and the unprinci pled, would have been willing to take of flee under it. The subjects of monarchies imd despotic governments, might endure it, patiently, but -we. believe that a free people would not permit its existence for a single day. They wouldhurlthe authors of it, from their high places of power, and mete out to them, that punishment which they so well deserve. Its signal over throw augurs the return - of better times. Already, we believe, that the dawn. of. sounder political principles is breaking upon our country., A faint ray of hope is now beheld, but we trust that ere long, a full meridian light will light up the via extent of our Union. What next!-MGr. Rives the Virginia Ex-Senator, has published an address to. the people of .Virginia, defensive of:.his lale course, and denying any coalition with the Whigs, ulthough coinciding withthem on certain great points of national policy. He says that he is uncommitted to any C candlidate for the Presidency. The. Vir ginia Conservatives, have also published an address, in which they explain their position as the '"Armed Neutrality." They declare their independence,&say that they are not pledged. to follow the fortunes oE Mr. Van Bureni. Fire in Mobile. 'Alabasa.-A tremen. dous fire 1,roke out in Mobile, on the 3lst nit. The amount of property destroyed,. is estimated . at . about 6150,.u0. The fire is supposed to be the work of an in