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WisceIlaneous. From the Colunabia Tekscope. DR. COOPER Por the extent and mutifariousness -of his knowledge-he was indeed a very ex traordinary man; He published works on Law, Medicine, Medical Jurisprudeice, Political Economy, and was an habitua) writer upon current politics. He transla ted Justinian And Broussais. He received an hono ry diploma.of doctor of medi clue from the University o, lennsylvania, and was-dJudge of the Coui-t'of Common Law of that State. He wai at one litte . Profesior of Chemistry in the College of Carlisle-was offered the same .chair in the University of Virginia by his friend Mr. Jefferson,. and subsequently filled.it in the College of South Carolina. Of the last he became President, upon the death - of Dr. Maxcy, and by order of the trus trees lectured on Chemistry, Geology, and Political Economy. To these encyclope dia adquirements and occupations he add ed.a large acquaintance with elegant lit crat u re. . At.the age of eighteen-he came from the University of Oxford, with its scholarship - and its censures. He- at once associaied himself .(rith the natural ardor of his tem per anoof his time of life) with that party in En;,land which hailed with rapturous enthusiasm the - commencement of the French revolution. . How few of his asso ciates have, like him, lived to see, after the gloomy eclipse df their hopes for so many years by the turbulent and bloody eventuof that itruggle, their final realization in tho regeneration of Europe! ; His hopefultiess had never failed. -From 18 to 80, the love of liberty never forsook him-nor a cheer ful confidence in its triumph-nor a wil ling labor in its'service. Associating hin self with the most excited of the. -Anglo Gallican party, he sianalized at once -his zeal aud courage in the earliest effort of his pen. lie entered the lists with Mr.Burke.. whose..prophetic spirit had penetrated into all the horrors of the storm, but could not see through its darkness, the results for which a benign providence permitted a season of desofation. The same courage which impelled Dr. Cooper into the con troversy with Mr. Burke, promnpfted him to the more hazardous adventure of de - nouncing Robespierre from the tribunal of the Jicobins, whither he had been sent a delegate from a Manchester association. The versatility of his talents was conspicu, ous at this early period. Within a very short space of-time he-was a political ints sionarv a'imember of a committee of chem ists to'repoit upon the intensity. of certain dye stuffi-and stood with Mr. Erskine at the Assiies ai junior council for Mr. Wal. ker and other gentlemen of Manchester ohar;ed with treason. - When the elo. quence of Burke, the power of Pitt, and the urnaiakable atrocities of the- French revolutioni, had crqshed the'Gallican party in Eugland, young Cooper in 1793, -fol lowsed Dr.. Priestly to this country, whith or~the advocates of liberty had turned their ahin i1-t frin the blasted prosp&s. of E'op-e .i,tco'he combined the pursuits of.scie.ae una niterature wiun an active p)rticipation inpolitical affairs'. I-e 'as sociated -withbDr. Priestly in his philoso phical investigations, and upon his death published an'laborate biography of him in two Fo6s. ~. - In'ifie contests between theFederal and Rep ublicas parties he of course took sides with the litter, and signalized his adher once to it by th6 free exercise of his ready pen. For a spirited attimadversion upon. - the prizciples and tendency of the admitnis eration of the elder Adams, lie incurred the penalties of the sedition law, by fine and imprisonment." The pecuniary- mulct -has not been restored to harn by the tardy justice of Congress. The opinions which he adopted forty years since in regard to the relative rights and powers of tihe State and Generti gov ornments, were maintained by him ,with perfect consistency throughout his lifd. He efficieatly sustained the administration of Jefferson, Madison and Monro-advo cated the elecion of the great and persecu sed Crawford-and opposed J1. Q. Adams. When Gee. Jackson abandonled his princi plies, Dr. Cooper abandoned him; and see ing no reason to approve tn his successor what be had egedemaned in that ext raordin ar man, be-continued until his death in oj oition to ltr.Van Buren, the controversy of Snu th Carolina with.the General Government, he vindica ted the policy of the State with signal zeal and ability, and contributed, witht "Brutus * and the re't" to-arouse and inform public opinion. Amidst the high names which illustrated that bold and patriotic move mentshis was conspicuous. His facility ofcompouition, his readiness to wvork, his ab~undant knowledge, and the point and and terseness of his style, gave him great influen'ee on public opinion,- and properly entitled him to be classed among the lea * ders in that enterprize. -- - Nor did his active participation in those stirring events abstract him from the pur-' suits of science or philosophy, or interrupt the most es'effplary attention to his pecu Lar duties as-President and.Professor. No * otne ever performed those duties with more exac~t punctuality. His presence in the Iee Iure-room was as regular as the arrival of she hour, and when there, those who heard him could scarcely have believed that he had ever ccupied his mind but with the . busittess appropriate to that scene. He shewed great mastery of his .sultjet-a perfect acquaintance with every addition mnade to it from any quarter of the globe and brought illustrations from the whole circle of science and the whole field of lit erature.-Hie lectures werenot only instruc sive, bat beautiful, and .delivered with a perspicacity and simplicity that at once * adapted 'them to the com'prehension of learners, and- recomaternded themn to the tase-of the learned. That his abundance rof knowledge, an'd gncommon aptitude to communieate it, joined to great industry and activity, failed c eonfer upon the College, that, degree of -. prosperity which might have been expec -ted from such a comijination of qualities in the President, perhaps arose from his avow al of peculiar opinions on tlpeological sub jeese-opinions which, it appbars to ns, -he would have been wiser not to have enter tained. and more prudent not to have a tonwed. Upon his resignation of the Presidency of the College, the-Legislature canlided to i him, with a liberal salary, the collection i and digesting of the Statutes of the State., I in the performance of which:duty he died, I having completed four volumes. The predoiinant qualities of Dr. Coop- i er's intellectual character were intrepidity i and ac~tivitr. His minid coursed the whole i field of learning with uutiring rapidity. It i incesssantly sought for knowledge not with any apparent drudgery or toil, hut, up to the last moments of his life, with that youth i ful and fresh alacrity which belongs tot the pjursuit of pleasure. He did not hesitate - to follow his reasoning wherever it led, and 4 what he thought, he said. Authority had I but little. weight with him.. He always 1 endeavored to apply the touchstone of , reason to every proposition; and to judge i of it by that test alone.- - . . I " His multifarious studies, and his uncon- I mdoly wide observation of society, had en- i riched hismnemory with vast stores of useful I &agreeable topiti:& these,combinedwith a i cheerful.temper, a social spirit, and a most I pleasant style of conversatiou rendered him adelightfulcompanioti. Iewasanadni rahle talker-terse, epigramatic, gay, and iiastructive. lie was rarely in a company in which he did not say the best tbitig that was uttered. His donversation was illus- I trated by well turned anecdotes, ornament- i ed by sparkling classicnl allusions, and enriched by sensible and judicious remarks. - His temper was most agreeable, and his 4 muniere d'etre distinguished by a perva- I ding bon /tommie kindliness of nature. He I was benevolent, friendly and impulsive: 4 prompt to lo a good turn. "to spread friend ships and to cover heats." liet was liond I of children, add'ited to pets. and kind to servants. Throughout his whole behaviour there was a winning simplicity and direct ness, always agreeable, but inloue of his age, learning, and abilities, peculiaty cap tivating. He'resided amongst us.for the last twenty years, anti we doubt whether I he hai ever been known to manifest a fee- I ling of personal unkindness towards any individual. Whether his labours in the cause of Science and Liberty shull give a lasting tnemory to his name, we will not under take to judge; but we cnnfidenitl say that I he will long be recolltcted by those who I knew him, with affection atd respect. As I he honoured us with his friendship, and , received in return our love atid admiration, I it was-gratifying to ts to see the firmness , and eqiuanimity with which he sustained himtself tirough a loig and painful sick ness, and the resignation with which he watched the slow and certain approach of death. EXTRACTS From - Chereley, or the Man of Honor," A Novel, by Lidy Lytton Bulwer. "For such as believe that Love is and ought to be omnipotent, the following 'tale' ca! have but little attraction; and, on the other hand, to-tbose the unmerci fully virtuous, who deetn that to "feel tempted, is to sin,'' and whio in their no tions of. the perfeclible capacities of hu mad nature, go beyond ,Py.hpgras id Plib it will have still less: for to them the many languaged voice of the passions is the unknown tongue of St. Patf.l quiring interpretation;. they are, indeed 'righteous over much,' yet wanting all . The fair humanities of old religion.' Oh! how many uncanoniied martyrs there are in every day domestic atairs, hourly warring boih with the flesh and :he spirit (and literally taking tip their cross I daily;) and this must ever le the case as lorgas tnen continue to enforce the laws of God grammatically, thereby assuming1 a wide difference between the tansculinei and feminitne, wvhich is no where to be found- in the text! 'C'est une triste me tierqtue celle dle femme,' says the French proverb, and it says truly. In society,mhes worst conducted womer. generally fare the best, because their provocations to misconduct are often most humanely ande charitably allowved ; while the really virtu ous almost invariably find coolness and ini sensil'ility, or wantof temptation the only merits awarded to them. .But it is in Eng- I land alone that there is a dark and jesuit teal hypocrisy in the systematically unjust, condluct of men towards wvomen; and thosei gentlemen who write the most liberally anti lachrymosely abotut the errors of fe male education, which tends t.o stultifya their intellect, warp their judgment,wmeak en the moral tone ut their natures. and in every way unfit them to be the complatn-r ions of men, are the very first practicallyr to labor for this state of things, wvhtch they affect to deprecate. As tmost husbiands appear to think,.that if their wives have a I second idea, the world cannot be large e bough for them both, any more than two suns can shine in one hemisphere. Butr the manner of evinci'ng this opinion is event more effensive than the opiniotn itself, as they never cease to. qjiche the veto that women have no right even to-menmal free will,and are as much suirprised at their daring to express. an .opinion, different to -r what they have been commanded to enter. tain, as if the ground on which they walk-i ed.were suddenly to exclaim, 'Don't tram pe on me so hardly!' Then come the ex parte judgetments of how farthings ought to annoy or please others-a matter per feetly itapossible to bedecidled upon,' butc hy self;-so true.is the assertioin of Epicte tus, 'that men are more tormented by. the opinion of things than by the things tliem selves" - -t Wefind an-admirable description of a lady, evidently intended by the authoress for herself, and shortly afterward some re- I Iections which evidently originated in the lady's own experience. "Lady de Cliflord wvas taller than her sister; her beauty was altogether o.f a dif Trent kind; her head and the manner isn 9rhich it w as placed upon her shoulders, wasq(uite as cl~ssical as Fnnny's; hut then the contour was more that of Juno than of Psyche. Frank, generous, and affectionate, she met with nothing in herhushand's family bttt deceit, meanness, and coldness. Like all initellecttual women she was of a social disposition~and halfher lifewas contdemned tom solitude and silence. Clever tmen have a thousand ways of makihmg their -talents -i available-science, politics, lawv, war, lit gature, oil are.-opu 4o,_thcmp; 'self-love and social are not necessarily the same; but a woman has bt one sphere wherein to enjoy her tnients...onietv. It may ho irged that literature is equally open to hem a- the other sex ; not so; for, gen tray spehkinig,women have either fathers orothers or husbands, who would shrink ruin.having an authoress for a dtaughter, istir - or .wife; and the reasonrisbobvious: arises froin a fear that tbej might either lisgrace or -distinguish themselyes-two esults equally distasteful -to-the prideof nian." "lhow often, either prior or subsequent o some disgusting and disgraceful trial,. ovhose issue whether pro or 'con.,was to tend. some lovely but frail (or it might be >uly-imprudent) woman an outcast upon lie wnrld fur ever-the theme of every ,ossip-the jibe'of every lacque3, had'slie teen the heartless cause of all'in a-brilliant assemblage,' mid the blush of beauty and he blaze of fashion, the gayest of the gay! ianging wooingly over another; or lead ng the smile and pointing the jest at his ast poor victim, who at that monient.had, io companion but her hot tears and her sroken heart, and who, instead of the rosy ivread Is and sparkling gems with which ihe lately attracted all beholders, had now ter poor temples covered wit I Leeches-to a void madness! And is* it for such cold dlooded. heartless, soulless wretffies as :hose, she has asked herself, that's woman -isks-a nd loses all! "There are, it is true; some -men who ire longer than others in coming to this leieriination; but come to it they do at ast, and although their words may be ess coarse, their conduct is not-more deli :ate. There are epicures in love as well' Is in gastronomy, and itieither. cne they ike to prolong anl refine t heir pleasure as nuch as possible, foi which reahn~, the :picurean profligate will' for some tinie, mdeavor to honor and exalt his -victim as nuch as possible, till convenience, inter st, or circtmstance, make him desire a Iange; or what is more- sure than any, ill custom that mildew of a man's heart. ilights every feeling, and then theri is but ine result For man, seldom just to man, is necr so to twoman." Lady Buiver's Novel.-Ularper & Bro her have published Cheveley, or the nan of honor-the book in -which, the pub ic have been given to understand Si-.Ed. Yard Lytton Bulwer endures castigation or his anti-conjugal misdoings. For the ake of literature, we hope that the hus mond ofthe novel-the individual s'ppos d to be intended for the naughty novelist -does not give a faith~ful representation of 5ir Edward's character and conduct. If is offences ari but a lithe of 'those as ribed to Lord De Clifford' in the tale, the adies ought to ostracise hin, 6i:f his ne lunintance und throw his nog1ls into the ire. Joking apart, howevcr,-Jhe Cheve ev is a remarkable work, the production .videitly, of a powt-erful min rritiated to he. highest pointitpf scbro andIntito-wim )y wrongs,-.real or imaginf . -.si'iri' tinal, often brilliant, sortnijesi ofafhnil, -igorous, and highly intersmig,-even vithout reference to the personality sup osed. to'eiiivo[d in i "-itawill be as. Ouck' t;ikelt'or in the ,literafy circles, as Pelhani was whea- it -came ou.-..N. York, Star. VOLCANIC PHFNOMVNA.-- osto our 'eaders have met in Ahe newsppers .of the lay, accounts of the dreadfuearithquake n the West India Islands, especially in Vartinique, Guadaloupe, and- St. Lucia, oy which six 'hundred lives'and an im nense amount of property Were lost. r'his sad ca tastrophe took pla'ce ott te 11, 2th, and 13th, days of Jagqpary. Late itelligence from Spain intforms~ us. that nt the 10th of the same mouth, an earth Inke shock, one minute in duration was elt in that kingdom. The St.- Louis Ga :ette states that oni the morning of the 7th *f January the water of the lake on the kmnerican Bot tonm, opposite to -that city, alled the "Grand Marais," covering more han one thousand acres, suddlenly disap eared, leaving nine tenths of its bed en rely bare. It has since filled up gradual y, but the fish in the latke appear to have eenz all destroyed. While the'water wvas xhausted, a huge fissure was discovered a the earth at the bottom of the lake, ex ending from bank to bank. Itn view of this extriuordinary coinci ence, there can scarcely a doubt exist, bat all these phenomena .were the result if the same secondary cause; and we have eason to believe, that the extent of the onvulsion has not yet been defined. In elligence from volcantic regions more dis ant will, wve think, confirmthe idea.which ias been expressed that the shock extenided iver most of the glohe. ..-And. what a vats vhat a magnificent idea!'- What a fearful nanifestation of omnipotent might? It is he trembling of a world bbneat h the foot read of its Creator! In reference to the coiricidence of which ye are speaking, the editoi- of the New (ork Star suggests that there, are subter anean and submarine communications hroughout the bed of ,the, Gulf of Mex co and the Mississippi- valley, perhaps Iso extendini; under our great'- lakes a the Arctic ocean. Martinique antI Gua laloupe, and many o.the.Wesi India hal inds, showv,by .their. obtruncated mountain nes, an evident volcanie. formation and hat they have been thrown...up fr.om be teath. The entire vast'chain of the Cor lilleras Mountains,.from Terra.del Fuego o California northerests -,Idanic cav-. rns and corridors -oflexitiot4eraters. ,or in those, that are still in active operation, ike beacon fi..'on lfelGfly, snowelad urnmi's. T e~ e'arthquakes of the Missis-. ippi valley some years since,a'nd the for nations there,jindicate the samnestruettire. celandf anil lis h'ot'isrinia and sulphuir nernstations, show an arctic conheci'pn >robably with the 'Plutorjiat arrangment, ad the whole Ieads,inh .te?lief that j here ire volcanice caverns from. pole, to phle. ouisville Literary News. 4ce*er. ., Fwat.A-Returns foi-mne'mlber of Con tress'frpdm eleven coutien'in Florida; give 3altzelI 591 votes over Col. Dnwning, the iresent member.' It is sni4jCol D.''s ma arities in -the Eastern Counties. will over alance this vote; if the. nueperof. votes iollbd, -6(da..1hdse- of J887-the re'sut. owever, is doubtfbl. t4sh'%bieted that majority of votes hats bee. cast in fav-or * DG FilReli t. 1I THuasDar, MAT 30,-18d9. TO CORRESPONDENTS. -Articles intended for insertion. should be handed in at as early a day, before pub lication a possible. I neglect of this, causes us tuch trouble. Warm Weather.-We 'xperiented unu sually warm weather for a few days du ring the past week, at this place. ' On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, at 3 P. M. the thermometer stood at 90 degrees in the shade. The Academies at Edgefield C, House. -These institutions are in quite a flour ishing condition. At the bead of the Male Academy, is Mr. H. A. Jones, a gentle. man well qualified to discharge the vari ous duties of his station. The Rev. Wm. B. Johnson is the Principal of the Female Academy. It is scarcely necessary for us to speak of his qualifications. He has achieved for himself a reputation which has extended all over the State, and a large portion of Georgia. It gives us pleasure to say, that the number of his pupils has greatly increased. Numerous young ladies from Edgefield, the adjaceutDistricts, and the low country, are now receiving the benefit of his in struction, Dr. Cooper.-In another column of our paper, will he founal an, interesting bio graphical sketch ofthis gentleman. Among men renowned for their learning, Dr. Cooper stands 'proudly pre-eminent.' Let his failings be " written in water," but let his virtues be 'engraven in "letters of brass." Rmerson's Arithmetic.--We have re ceived from the Publishers, Messrs. G. W. Palmer & Co. of Boston,-a copy of a work called "The North American Arithmetic, purt 1st, for young beginners." The work is generally spoken of favorably. The Charleston Courier of the 25th inst. says, "A letter received at this office, states that a dispute occurred, at Barnwell Court House, on tho 9th ult., between Mr. James Horton, and Mr. Augustus B. 0' Bannon, in which the former was shot through the body by the latter. Mr. 11. expired of the wound the next day." James Rose. Esq. of Charleston, is a candidate for the office of President of the Bank of the State-of South Carolina. Chancellor 1arpir siiled from N. York for London, in the packet ship Montreal, on the 11th inst. Jails to Let.-A late number of the Greenville Alountaineer says,that the jail at that place is without occupants. It is said that the jail at Northampton, Massa chusetts, is also without tenants. The of Ice of Jailor must go "a begging" in those towvns. The Daughter, of Linnaus.-An ex change paper says t'nat Louisa, the last sutviv'ing daughter of the distinguished Swedish Botanist, died recently at Upsal, aged 90., Ercessive Legislation.-Three hundred and ninety laws were enacted by the Le gislature of New York, during the session just closed. The Legislature was in ses sion,one hundred and twen ty-seveq days. South Western Rail Road Bank.-E x Governor Metcalf, of Kentu~ky, has pub lished a letter, in which lie takes ground against the charter of the South Western Rail Road Bank,by the Kentucky Legis lature. He says that it would be in viola tion of the spirit, if not of the letter of the Federal Constitution. Loafers.-The editor of the Brunswick Advocate says that the trade of Loafing is quite flourishing in that town. Loafers abound, we believe, in every town in the United States. There are some at Edge field Court House. A short ime since, we sawv a fellow of this class wallowing in the street, and speaking like a Congress ora tor. He rose tup sod staggered to a house, where some gentlemen were sitting. He said he had been a soldier, a schoolmaster, and was now a fortune teller ! He offered to tell, for a trifling consideration, the for tune and age of any. person in the compa ny. No one heeded him. Some. old bachelors, who had not yet despaired of obtaining wives, being- present, very pru dently retreated,' not, wishing the conjurer to telt their ages. Mr. James H. R. Washingtoe,es~jtor of t~be Georgialournal, after a few months tinal of ttie, editorial,..profession, lias reti red. Probably he did not find the profes: sion as lucrdtimcl or the- life as eaay. as he. expected. J tintiist be cotfessed, that an e'ditor dosn~a~~y "lie on a bed of roses " Min:ister to Central Amnerica-T he N. York paper. state that -the.resident has aippointedi Wmn. Leggeii, Esq. of N..York, fort merly Editor of the Evening Post and, Plai'i D'e'lei 'as luinistd'Ytd&ntral A The Rain Theoy of Mr. Espy.-We publish this week, an abstract of the rain theory of this gentleman. Whatever may. be thought of it, the author is not such a charlatan, or lunatic,as many suppose. He is really a gentleman of high ;cientific at tainments. A British journal, a year or two since, spoke of him as a distinguished philosopher. It will be remembered that his petition to Congress, met with a cold re ception. It excited nothing but ridicule. By no means daunted, the philosopher prej sented a similar one to .the Legislature of Pensylvania. It was more favorably re ceived. A cotemporary journal says, "Ma.Esry-the Rain King.the modern Jupiter Pldvius-seems to have had .more success with the Pennsylvania Legislature than he had witb Congress. A committee of the Pennsylvania House of Represen tatives has reported a resolution. encour aging him to proceed with his experiments at rain making. The report provides a re ward of $25,000 on condition of his rain ing over a territory of 5,000 square miles, and $50,000 on condition of his raining over a territory of 10,000 square miles. Great Union Meeting in Milledgeville, Ga.-A large and respectable meeticg of the Union Party of Georgia, was recently held at-Milledgeville. The Hon. Thomas Glascock.submitied a resolution, highly ap proving of the present administration or the General Government. He submitted another, recommending to the National Convention, John Forsyth for the. Vice Presidency, at the election in 1840. He also brought forward a resolution approv ing the nomination of.Charles J. M'Don aId, Esq. for Governor, by the Democratic party, in the last Legilatture of Georgia. He likewise introduced a resolution com mending the course of1 "many of the pro minent and leading men of the State Rights party in other States, as well as in Georgia. evin'cing a determination to rally around the principles of '98, as being eal culated to7 preserve the Constitution in its original purity-to sustain Southern rights and our domestic instit'utions-and perpe tuate the the union of'this Confederacy." These resolutions were unanimously a dopted by the meeting. The Wilmington Advertiser of the 17th inst. says, "We mentioned in our last, that the Captainsof the steam boats which came'in collision between this port and Charleston, were suspended until the Di rectory of t he Company could examine the facts and take some definite action. A patient and impartial investigation of all the circumstances, has resulted in the re moval of Capt. Davis from the command of the North Carolina." Capt. Davis was a favorite with the Company, and his re moval caused great'regret in the commu-' nity at Wilmington. The Vice Presidency.-The Kentucky Gazette states 'by authority," that Col. R. M. Johnson, whilst believing that he, has no right to decline a re-election io the Vice Presidency, if the Republican party require his services, is yet willing to yield most cheerfully, to any nomince more ac reptable to the party. The duel on the N. Carolina line.-T he Newhern Spectator says, that the duel tie. tween Mr. J. Sewell Jones and the "wine dealer of New York," as that paper calls his antagonist, dlid not take place as has been published. The editor says it was all a mere hoax, though this has been de nied. We sh all learn the truth by and by. Thte Alexandria Gazette says, that Lieu tenant Edwin IV. Moore, late of the U.S. Navy, has accepted the appointment of Commander-in-chief of the Texian navy. Gen. Macomb.--The National Intelli gencer, of the 15th inst. says, upon re spectable authority, that the report of the late arrival of Maj. Gen. Macomob at Newv Orleans, is incorrect, and that it arose from the similarity of natmes. It was Lienten ant Macomb who accompanied General Wool to New Orleans.. From our Columbia Correspondent. COxLUaBJA, May 23, 1639. On Dits.-Chancellor David Johnson is spoken of as the next Governor, and will probably he elected. -It is ruinored that Judue O'Neal will lhe a candidate for Conigress, in' Gen. Griffin's District, who declines a re-election; and that Judge Earle will he a candidate in place of Gen. Thompson. There is a talk of offering the office of Lieut..Governor to Judge Gantt. If all these things are carried out, whta change. we will have amonig ste Judges! So much for Madam Rumor. .FOR THlE ADVERTISER. " Our holy and our beautiful house, wchere our fathers praised thee. is burnt up weith fire. and al ouir pleasant things are laid woast."-Is. lxiv. 11. Ma. EnDIToR: It becomes mypainful duty to announce thiat ;hp Pine Pleasant Baptist Meeting Hqupp, ini Edgefield Diitrict, near Cole mqp~s.Cross Roadls, was consumted by firs on jhe night of the 20th inst. .The fire was discovered'.by Mr. James B.- Cole man, about 12 o'clock, who, with his fam ily was soon at the spot, but' too late to save the building, or any. of its -contents. Our House, where we bave freqsuently met to worship God-the Book y:hicel contain ed the ;~eords of the Chturct.-our Bible and Hy mn Boole,-frmWbihih'we have s4 aont hanrd the word of God and snn hin praise-with other books and furniture, are all i.n ashes. We regret the loss of our Bible and Hymn Book, not because they were eneire valuable than others, but as a present firom our aged and esteemed friend Col. Z. S. Brooks. There is no loubt but that the fire was the act of in cendiaries,. but proof is not. sullicient to lead to a suspicion of 'ay in. dividuals. This is the 4th house which has been consumed in this way, in this section, within the last three or four years. How' long these depredators may go indiecov ered and'unpunished, God only knows. In the -loss of our Meeting House. *e .have some thoughts: 'of comfort. If we have no house to worship in, we can wor ship in the woods. God has blessed is with a disposition and liberality to build another house; He knows those who iave done us this injury, and wiU,.in Hlis own way and time, bring iheni to justiee, - At a called meeting of the Church,-ow the 23d inst. mbastires were taken to erect a new building on the same site. The new building will-be of brick, if it canbe - done for a given sum; if not, it will be of wood. We aie glad to.pay that .e haie almost enough money subscribed, to erect -a comfortable wooden building.. We feel grateful to our friends, who have already subscrined so liberally, and hope that oth ers will follow their example.-j We know the new building, if of wood, will beex-. posed to the same danger-we dedicate it to God, whose we are, -and whom we are willing ib serve. - If the eyes of ihedepre datora should fall upon this communica tion, let me enquire, 0, our enemies! what has the Pine Pleasant Church'done, that-. you have ,thus injured us?-If injured or offended, why did you tot tell us wherein? Be advised by a friend, never,again to do in. secret, what you are are ashimed or afraid fol the world to know. The Congregation are inforned that preaching will be kept up,on the first Sab bath and day before, in each month, at lhe siand near the consumed buildingz'Our prayer is, that God would move upon the incendiaries to meet with us, and that tho church they have so much injured, inay be the instrument, in the 'hand of Godfin their conviction and conversion. This, Mr. Editor, would give us nore-satisfac- - tion. than to see.them swinging to the gal. lows, which they justly deserve. A MEMBE'a OF THE CHURcH. Domestic News. From dc Sarannah Gporgaen. May 23, SEMIl'SOLE INDIPs. -In addition to the intelligence published .in ihe Daily Geor. gian of Monday, furnished by 'our aitin tive correspondent, we have been'fa'gnd with the following from another souree. .Chistee En athlW 4Snp e'La ' er 'i Ockee-Haj,(nad. Gon 'ai ' flr brought up by Col. Barney im Cape Florida as representatives of Sam Jones and party and other Indians below. They have been taken by Col. H. to Fo'rt Kin'g to see General Macomb, and state thit Sam Jonses eipreased himself highly pled. sed with the terms of the pr.oposed treaty, Difficulties will no doubt be speedily set tied. A number of Chiefs have been to Fort King to see General Macomb, and all are delighted wit h the prospect of peace. .We further learn fromn gentlemen from the Territory that it is reported that a tem porary line will be drawn from.the head w aters of Peas Creek (which empties into. the lower part'of Charlotte's Harbor) to. Cape Sable, andI that the Indians will be permitted to oceapy temporarify the coun try enslbracel1 by this temporary line on the WVest and North West. It is supposed that two regimnents of troops will be retain ed in the Territory to protect the settlers and enforce the provisions of -the Treaty. Indians in the JWet.-Information has reached us, of the destrusction of an entire family on the Apalachicola river, opposite lola. The faintly- consisted of five per song, as wvelearn, whose bonesw-eref'ound on the following day, immediately on the spot where the house had been biurned; the house and inmates were 'consumed by fire during .the night-..not a soul of the whites escaped! 4 few miles further up on the river, a boy was killed about the same time. These atrocities were comn tmitted, doatless, by- the Creek 'Indians, who have been for soine time quartered on the north arm of St. Andrews.Bay. These Indians will give the people of' the westr, serious trouble during- tbe ap proaching summnes. A hundred volunteers should be raised and placed in the field west of the A palachicola River, insatanter. Tallahasse Stazr of the 15th inst. Fswthe N.'Y. Eaprese. TeENoaTe E SsTEaN BOULreDARY Quas TroN.-It appears, that a re-survey of the disputed Territory.is so be entered upon by the United 'States and British Govern ment, which will end, we presume, as heretofore, in furtherdisputes,-wthout. any satifactory results. The correspon dence between Lord Palmerston and the (Jnite~I States.Minister Plenipotentiary to . London, indicates the existence of the old - disease,-!.he indisposition on the part of both Governmenss,to look this arave ques sions full in ste face.- Both-Governments reason, that the .Territory is noi-. worth a War to either, and both wish to protract a settlement, because this seems to be. the easiest way of getting. ever,. and getting round the~ pressing embarrassments. Ip.. thse mean time, we fear,-thait this' delay ise. hust the means of gathering materials..o mnake the difficulty graver than ever,'w pp it comes to an end. If the settlemesi -is. to ernd in a compromise,- the increaqpof' population ts every dayma-king a cotypro mnise almost ismpoissiR, Tor though mwen eatn agree as to piarcellinyg ofi'shectaiofa . .wildernss, it is no easyr 'tisig to' agree.. when the division is t9 be made of mets: and minds. -The poptilqtion tof' AIine is daily ptushing to the A rostook, -194. the late borde~rtroubleosshay.e but direetil thith e cr tbhnintio f Em &#nnts. ?Ileix.