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ber is a thing to be-quarrelled about' every Winter, and Treipas'ers waill steal; unless every Log has a sentrj'over it. - We have but very little hope of a good result from a re-sutvy. The Ground it welL known to both the British and Ameri can surveyors, who have been over it. Great Britain wants a Military Road, and wapts it so much, that her Surveyors will see Highlands even as the Dutch King did, inghe Bed ora River, to );et- it,-and the best bargain we can make is to give het the Road, and take good pay elsewhere for it. State of 'hings in Mississippi.-Copy of a letter addressed to one of our commis sioun houses in New Orleans. BRANDON. Ist .May 1839. The 'whole judiiary of Mississippi is in the most confused and disorganized coudi tion: The collectors of money are put at defiance and laughed to scorn : Circuit Judges. are refusing to hold courts, and when they do hold them, they quash the bonds and executions that have been for the last year or two maturing; Sheriffs o penly.-refuse to execute the process of the law, and the Brandon Bank has joined in the general outrage, by procuring the sheriff of this county to receive its paper on executions, on its promise to redeem it at court; but-our court is just passed the sheriffs office is full of Brandon paper -and thebank has the effrontery tosay she has no means to redeem a dollar of it Affairs in Mississippi.-The crops in Mississippi are suffering severely from a long drought. A pprehensions of a short crop were expressed, unless a fall of rain came seasonably to the relief of the plan ters. The Session of the U. States Court commenced on the 6th inst., at' Jackson. There were twenty five hundred caseson docket to be disposed of. A correspond ent of the Natchez Free Trader says, a Jorge amount of property was involved in suit, but in the sales under execution that had occurred, the sacrifices were not so great as might have been expected. At the sale of negroes, prices ranged from S00 to 1000 dollars, which is as much as they are in reality worth. The negro traders hive combined to keep up the prices of this species of property, to save them selves from loss in the disposal of their own stock. - CoRRECTIoN.-In copying, into our last No., the communication of 'B.' from- the Charleston- Mercury, respecting Colonel Preston's course, in relation to the Clay meeting of the 16th inCharleston,during the late Commercial Convention, we omnitied to notice the remark of the writer, that "a decided majority [of that Convention,]. were knowt to oe Clay men." To say nothing of the utter improbabili ty of this assertion, and its never having teen made before; either in print, or ver hally, tharwe know of; or any thing like it; we have it from higi authority, on which we confidently.rely; that it is altogether 44 inded in fact;-and- more- yes, we ng go still further-hut we have no desir whatever, to use the political char Ater 'the Cqnveution for party purpo sesdia inike -ifyihing mut *of it of a partizan character, iii any way.-Carofi nun. ..ADMIssIoNS TO TH BAR.-The follow iiig named getemen were, on the 15th in' t., duly adinitted to practice in the Courts -f'Law, in this State: M. H. Clarke, E. A. Seymour, L. T. Wigfall. And the following, in the Courts of Equitv:. 31." H. Clarke, Betj. Elliott, T. B. Jlnynsworth, L. J. Jones, J. H. Pearson, 3. D. Wright.-Ibid. CnKERAW BANK.-The annual Election of Directors of the Merchants' Bank, of South Caroilinat, at Cheraw, took place at the Banking H-ouse in that towsn, on the 6th iustant, wvhen James Wright, John Taylor, David S. Harllee, A. P. L aCos ta, Alexander Graham, A. BluE, and B. Bryan, were unanimously elected. At a subsequent meeting of the Direc tors, James Wright, Esq., was elected President.-Ibid. Sabbath Travelling.-T he Legislature of Micbigan have, passed a law prohibit ing, under severe penalties, the running of any car or other vehicle, on any public road on Sunday, unless in cases of emer gency, which must be certified to by some public officer. The Central Rail Road in Georgia, is now in daily use, seventy miles, and by the 1st of November,a continuous route of one hundred miles will be completed for use.-ourier. A boarding house on the Grahamite plan of living has been establislied in New York, and-was crowded during the week of the anniversaries. The boarders are served with numerous elegant preparations of grain, fruits, roots, &c. but no animal food of any sort.-Soutern, Pat. Agricultutral' Convention.-We are re questedl (says the last Sunthern Agricultu rist,) by several Agricultural Societies, to invite the Planters of the several Parishes of this State, and of our different Agricul tural Societies, 'to appoint delegates to rmeet in Convention, at Columbia, during the first week of the session of our Legis lature, to take into consideration the agri cultural condition ofour State. and to pre senttto-the. Legislature such a Memorial, as .will .bring prominently to their view, the necessity of enacting certain laws for the advancement of the same. The lHon. Theodore Frelitnghuysen, for snerly.U. S. Senator from N. Jersey, was inaugurated .as Chancellor of the Univer sity of the City of New York, on the 20th instant. Ex-1,resident Houston," of Texas. has jinedca Temperance Society. and deliv. -ere'l' everal lectures in favor of the cause of -ftemperanee. At the onnnal meeting of, the Stockhol ders of the Wilmington and Roil Road Comnpasy, on thle 6th inst. it was resolved ,o borrp p3m00,0 to easrnot the work. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS iN IVDtANA -The estimated cost of internal improve ments, authorized by the laws of Indi ana,.is-821,000,000. During the past winter, the Legislaturi ofthat -State have-passed a law to classi fy their public works, so that the mor important works may be completed first A lill has also been introduced, and wil doubtless become a iaw, granting the righ of way to connect by rail roads the publi4 -works of Illinois with those of that State One measure recently adopted by tha State. is justly considered of vast impor tance as connected with one of the route of Illinois. It is an act providing for; railroad front New Albany in that state, t< unite with the Mount Carmel and Altot route in this State. New Albany bein1 nearly opposite Louisville. on the Ohio,the completion of this route will form a direc1 communication between' Louisville and Alton, or St. Louis on the Mississippi, by a road of only 260 miles,while the distance by river is 700 miles. When the Charles ton and Louisville road, which is nosi in active progress, is completed, there will thus be opened a continuous line of railroad from Alton to the Atlantic, at Charleston. That this route will be one of i mmense advantage and profit, can scarcely admit of doubt. It wasestimated by a committee of Congress, ilbat upwards of 80,000 emi grants pass west from Louisville, during the live months that navigation of the riv er is interrul)ted. In four months upwards of 10,000 emigrants have crossed a single ferry, at Nev Albany for the West; and 200 have arrived at St. Louis,by this route, in 'a single day. During the past year upwards of 1000 passengers arrived in that city from LouisviUe, by one line of stages. Thae,e facts serve to show what a thor oughfare this hai already become, and we may reasonably infer, when the railroad is completed, the travel and transportation will be immense. Application has been made to Congress for a grant of land in aid of that part of the route which lies within the State of Indiana, and a committee have reported favorably upon the same. If such a grant be made to Iidiana, Illinois may reasona bly expect alike grant in proportion, which will greatly lessen the expense of the State.-Prairie Beaccn. The Ohio Seventy-Four.-A letter from an officer to the Boston Transcript, gives a vivid description of the great qualites of this noble vessel, the last monument of the lamettedEckford's genius. The writer says; .-It would he presumption in me or any other man to say what she will do, but I do not hesitate to say, she surpasses in every respet-sailing, working, &c., every ship ini w hich I have been since I was first sprinikled w ith saltwater. I have had, vou will certainly adanit. some experience, and sonie oppotunity ojudging correctly, but I never supposed such a ship could be built-a ship possesing in so great a de gree all the qualifications of a perfect ves sel of war. She is as animated as a pilot boat, and, remembering her immense bulk and weight,almost as easily managed. Her performance is tttly astonishing. We are now passing the Rock, (twenty-one days out% and the passage has been some what blustering. We have had a good opportunity to try her. To give you some idea of her sailing; with topsails double reefed and top gallants over them, close hauled to the wind, she has repeatedly sailed twelve and a half knots. This is the truth and not exaggeration. When we left New-York our deaft was 24 feet 6 inches (brward, 26 feet aft. Sill of mid 'ship port from wvater 5 feet 2 inches. Her battery brought her down 14 inches." An act has passed the Legislature of Virginia to prevenat persons fromn carrying on btusiness under fictitious names. It enacts thtat da. person shall transact butsi ness in the copartnership name of himself and any other persoan, who is not liable for all thme debts of the firm, nor shall any one sign his name as agent, without specifying the namecof the principal; and no one shall use the words "and comnpany," without .au actunl partner. It further enacts that property in the name of any one trading' in his own name with the addition of the wards "agent," or and tcompany," who does not specify his partner, shall be liable for the private debts of the individual in trading. Post Oflces.-lt was stated the other dlay that at Johnstoivn, N. Y. the Post-of flee is kept in a cellar, where the Postmas ter sells rutm and segars, and that at Lei cester, Vt. the Post-office-is a blacksmith's shop, where the mail is opened on an an vil. A correspondent of the N. Y. Whir adds, that there is at present in Saratoga county. N. Y. a Postmnaster that can nei ther write his own name nor read the Sub scription on a-letter. " I have myself stood by, -while his.wife wiped the dough from her hands and opened the mail on the kit chen floor-Boston 'Traveller. Centenary of Methowdism.-T he C hristian Advocate and Journal of the 3d inst. says; "By information, which may be relied on', itapapears that our brethren in England have fixed on the twenty-fifth day of Oc tober next, for the religious celebration of thme first one hundrethm year of Methodism. And as it is desirable that the same day should be observed in Europe and Ameri ca, it is hoped that the Conferences, and the committees of' Conferences, will fix on thme same (lay for this celebration, wherev er it amay be observed." BANK OF DARt Exr.-The Federal Union of last Tuesday, says-"The bills of this bank and branches; are all received at pat ~av the Central Bank, in payment of debts, d'ue to it. The amount already redeemed of the bills rof the Darien Bank, by the mother batnk .and at the several branches, together with the amount paid inato the Cenatral Batnk, wvarrants the belief that a resumption of paytrents will shortly take place at this bank and its brancties. The holders of the notes shouldnoa make any sacrifiCe on them." "There's no place like -hotne," as the loaftersaid whean he crept undefr'anarkel s.all for a nigb:'s rebtose. Foreign. From the Louisianian. "CITY oF.MexIco. April 23. 1839. "Our Government has so long turned a deaf ear to the complaints of our country men, that they are tired out, and deem it useless tit renew them, and thus the Mexi cans are led to think that we are abandon. ed to their tender mercies, that they'have only to-inflet what injuries they please, and we are bound to suffer without remon strance. If we appeal to this Govern ment foi protection, they tell us to apply to the judiciary, to whose.department-the Subject really appettains, composed of men. who are totally irresponsible, and leagued with the unbridled robbers and as sassins-who, by the by, are no worse than the villainous judges, whose duty it is to punish them. .It is useless to expect a de cision from these judges in the case of an outrage committed- by their cut-throat countrymen upon a foreigner, however glarihg ite proofs may be, and we are obliged to submit in silenc6. Our own Government is well apprised of these things -and yet it lookseon with as much apathy, as if it were under no obligation to give protection to American citizens. **But there are some A mericans who are determined to make these things known to the nation, and to let their couatry see what indiffierence.the rights of hersons in Mexico are regarded, and whether the blame at taches to the legisistive or executive agents, whoever is in fault, he ought to be held ul to public reprehension. "The aflairs of this capital go on as you might expect they would under President Santa Anna. The few liberal journals told too many truths of the past and the present for the sensitive nerves of that worthy, and on the 8th inst. his Excellen cy issued a decree for their suppresion-an outrage-upon the liberty of the press, which was directly contrary to the fundamental laws of the country. Mr. Lebreja, the Minister of ihe Interior, refused to sanction this tyranical decree, and lie was forced to resign. Mr. Iturbide, the "official mayor," subscribed the death warrant of the inde pendent press. Mr. Vernende, the editor of the "Voto Nacional," had previously been thrust into the dungeons of the holy inquisition. The deeree forhids,under the severest penaltiesihe expression ofopiniots derogatory to the chtrch,State or military es tablishment. To detect and bring to light all violationsofthis most arbitrary enactientof the tyrant's will,; rigid systen ofespionage is set in motion, and w6 to the hapless "he retic" whose lips are not kept.sealed? . -His Excellency has Inken tinder his especial guardianship, the hacienda and all its arteries, and the minister ofihe treasu ry is not permitted to pay out the claco without his consent. "I bear that congress is in a state de great excitement, in consequence of an or der given by acting president Santa Ani'e directing the military commandants of the department to seize, without ceremo ny, all the funds accruing from the reven tie of those department., thereby assum ing absolute power for himself and his mandarins. The congress'beginsto think this measuqe an 6iconstitutional-assump tion of-power. rinted sleets are.tbrown about the streets almost every night,' which Santa Anna and hi4 idheiinis are described in the sirongest language as military despots and tyrants. The Charleston Courier of the 25th inst. says: "Our correspondent of the Mer chants' Exchange, N. Orleans, under date of the 20th inst. says: "T~here has just been an arrival from Vera Cruz and Sacrificios, of the Schr. Water Witch; our letters from Vera Cruz, of the 1st inst., state that a report w'as current, that the Federal troops5 under Gen. Mexia had been defeated by the Go vernment forces near Petihla, and Gen. Mexia with several officers were taken prisoners and immediately shot.' Comimercial. CNJARLKs'TON May 25. Cotton.-There is no very important change to note in our markets this week over the preceding; the general aspect is good, with the indication of great stability and firmness among holders, and consil able confidence amiongoperators. We can now state that the mnarke' has en tirely recovered from the partial depressin experienced last wepek, and although there is not a great deal taken on speculation or advatncetment in price, still the feelitig for Uplatids is fast getcting better, and the ar ticle mnoves offrapidly. We quote extremtes at frotn 14 a I8e per lb. Groceries.-Have been very dull this week 100) bags Cuba Coffee sold for 95 to 12c. and a few hhds. Museovado Sugar at 7 to 8&c. . .Bacon.--Has been sold mostly at retail. We quote H ams, at 14 to 16c; Shoulders, 9 to94et Sides, 114e. a 124 cents. HIYRENEAL. "lThe silken Ui that binds two o iing hearts." .MARRIED On the 9th inst, by the Rev. Samuel Lewers, Dr. Robert E. Ciampbell, of LanrensDistrict, to Miss Tabitha A, Me'*k, of Newberry District, South Carolina. In Cassvel, New York, by the Rev. Mr. Graves, Capt. Win. Graves' son of John Graves, Esq. to Miss Nancy Grave,. daughter of Gen. Graves. The Graves 'tis said, -Will vield their dead, When Gabriel's trumpet shakes the skies; But if God please, From Graves, like these, A dozen living folks may rise. At the "True Blue" estate, Crooked Islanad, (Bermuda) on Tuestday evening 5th of February, under special Licenses from His E xcellency the Lieutenant Gov ernor, by George Bigas, Esq., J. P. and Stipendiary Justice, Nelson.-eldest son of Daniel Moss, Esq., tao Miss Lelah Jane Collier;George.second son of flaniel-Moss Esq., to Miss Sylvia Wier; Samuel, third son of Darniel Moss, Esquire. to Miss Lydia Farquharson; rsrael fburth 5on of Daniel Mloss,.Esq., Jo Mitss Sophia Mead Iows; Also, WVillia aHpnnah to Frances, t#den danulhera n~live Mos. Een.i aM Mr. Richard Hannah to Caroline, third daughter of Daniel Moss, Esq.-Bermuda Gazette. Te Edge field Bap. tint tible Society will hold its Anni versar% Meeting at 11) o'clock, A. M. on Satur day next, in the Baptist Church. in Address will be delivered. Members and the public are regnested to attend. N. L GRIFFIN. May 27, 1&39 a 17 Secretar7y. W - F A IR ...The Ladies of the lE piscopal Sewing Society re spectfully inform the cbmmunity, that they pro pose- to offer the %ork of the Society for sale, at the Room above the store of Messrs. Nichol son & Presley .on Monday the 3d of'June, at 4 o'clock, P. 'May 27, 189 a 17 ostressensoical Lecture. A LECTURE will be delivered in the - CoUrt House, this EVENING, Suhject-Te Atmosphere. Tickets 50 cents, at the Drug Store. Thursday, May :0. 1839. Philsophical . Society. T H E Publid are invited to attend a meet in of the Philosophical Society of Edge field, to be held on Saturday Evening nat, at 5 o'cldck, in the Court House. All persons'entitled to permanent member ship in the Society by subscription, and any others wishing to become members, are partic ularly requested to be punctual in their atten dance. May 30, 1839 POUND. ON the Augusta Stage Road, near Mount Vintage, a BunrA of Keys, with a seal and corkscrew attached. The owner can have them by paying for this advertisement. Apply at this office. . . May 27. 1839 b 17 Anchor Bolting Cloths. From the celebrated manufactory of DeFom 'Co. of the Province of Saint Gaul in Switzerland. T HE Subscriber has just received a full as sortment of the above bolting Cloths, di rect from the manufactnrers, comprising all the numbers used either in ordinary country Mills, or for the finest merchantable Flour, which will be sold 25 pir cent. less than ever offered in this place before. All cloths bought of the subscriber are war ranted in every particular. WH. B. STANLEY. Columbia. S.C. May 27, 1839 c 17 STRAYED F ROM the subscriber, on the - 14th of' April.5 miles froin Hamburt on the stage road to Edgefield C. H. adarkgrey Mare, about 4 years old, and between 13and 14 hands high. She had'the scratches on one of her hind feet; the fetlock is or was cut off that loot. Her tail mostly white, and a dim star on her fore head. Any information will be thankfully re ceivei $10 reward. will be given for the de livery of the imare. a .. RUTHA ANDERSON. May 27, 1839 d 17 $30 Reward. : TOLEN from the subscriber k-7 on the night of the 14th inst. .a iark brown (nearly black)horse, radiet' of the pony -size. Saia horse has i fe'limiving marks, viz:.a blaze. in his'facs,'thb1i~ee'C. P. branded on his hind and4fore legthldihisgaithe lifts hishindfeetso that they are-m.h worn. Any person returni4g said-horse,te mooWing on the.kive NIIch RQ-4, seven miles above Whit- Hall, Abb'evilli Di. trict will be paid $30, or for the horse and thief $30. . W. HENRY CALHOUN. May 27, 183 - 17 The Augini- Constituitionalist will publis. the above thr~e times and forward the account to me at Smithvi..e. Abheville District. S. C. Public Notice I S hereby .given, that a Petition signed by the citizens at Edgefield Court House, will be presented to the Honorable the Senate and Houste of Representatives of the State of South Carolinia, at Its nexit session, for the incorpora tion of-the Village of Edgefield. May 21, 13916 DKS40LUJTION. T HlE Copartnership of H L.JEFFEvs& Co. of Hamburg, South Carolina, was dis solvcd on the 1st of August, 1838. by mutual consent. All unosettled business of the concern will be attended to by H. L. Jeffers. H L.JEFFERS, R. BARBER. Hamburg, May 2 1839 ac 16 I beg leave most respectfully to inform my friends, and the public genterally, that Mr. HUMPHREYs BOutwARtE has associated himself with me, and that the business will hereafter be done uder the name of J EI FERS 3r B OUL WA RE, andJ hope that a continuation of the liberti patronage hitherto bestowed, will be merited and received. 'H. L. JEFFERS. Haimbnrg, May 13. 1839- ac 16 hEW FIRN -IN HA AMR URG,S, C. T HE' Subscribers beg leave to inform their friends;- and the public generally, that they have associated themselves together in the Townt of Hamburg, for the purpose of trans rctnaer.n Commission Business, in which capacity they offer themselves to the public, and hope, by a strict itnd close attention to business, to receive a liberal share of patron age. Their Stock shall ever be composed of the moat choice- and -well selected articles usually kept in a Grocry and Stapsle Dry Goods line. All Orders, pr letters addressed to them, for any article, or -business on Commission, shall meset with careful attention and desi'atch. - HENRY L JEFFERS, HIUMPH REYS BOULWARE. Hambu'g, May 13,1839 ce16 For sale. -Pair of Carriage Hot Ases,young, active and gentle. At-so, 'A Two Horse Waggon. May. .i- ARTHUR WIGFAL. %J kradge Bssaders. BY nV tt rder from the Board of Cotmuia .UJionmers of Roads, on Saturday th'e 1st of Junme niext;at 12 o'clock, I will let the build ing Elf a Bridge across Turkey Creek, on the ~Blocker Rhad. JOHN LAKE. May 181839 b 16 Brought to the Jail E hspstrct,an ner man, abont fort Ffiv yearsof ags,5 eetS or:10oches high, who says his: name-ia. TOM, and that he be longs to Oanadly & GWas., living in Camden. S. Carolina.-'s The owner is requse ocm orw rd, e pro er quaesrted ocke PROSPECTUS. Will be ~ished ir Augusta, Ga. on the fir Stur y of October, 13O, the first number of a Weekly Journal, to be called The $onthern Pioneer: Devoted to the Liherature, Institutions and - Amusemeits of the south. BRowSm, CUSaNEz& AICCAFFERTY, PublisMer CARLE. WYATT RIcE, Editor. g 'HE South is the naiural home of Literature Sihe has ever been so. Homer strollet and sung under the rays of the fervid sun; la ly and Greece, have, from their 'first wakeninj into being as civilized nations, af'orded theil Poets and Orators. The Literary pilgrin ever bends his step to the South of Europe, at his most favored shrine; while there, fond me, mories throng to his mind, of the epic strains ol Homer, the soothing measures of the AMantuam Swan, the exulting odes of Horace. and .the biting sarcasms of Juvenal. While in latni times reeling to the memory of the fearful strains of Dante, the-epic measures of the mad man Tasso, the soft strains, of Petrarch. and the pleasing im- ges of Boccacio. And while thus fondly recalling to menory all these, he remembers that they drew their inspiration froth the fervid sun of Italy and Greece. He feels in the balmy air he breathes, in the brilliant heavens that form the canopy above him, in the brilliancy of the sun-sel thatglows in the hori zon,and in the tints that the air and clime spread over the earth, the inspiration that formed and developed the genius of those whom he now so fondly regrets. . Such lood for inspiration does the Literary pilgrim find on the classic shores of Italy and Greece, and under the fervid sun of the South. And is it possible that a kindred clime in .he Western Henisphere presents no parallel to this? Do the same sun, the same brilliancy of the canopy of the clouds, the same glorious sun-sets, the same rich tints upon the landscape afford no inspiration here? A wilder, a more abrupt scenery than Italy or Greece can boast, speak in living tones to their beholders. While with these an Italian softness of landscape upon the Ashley, the Savannah. and oilier favorite streams, glorious waterfalls and.streaming cas cades, are every where claiming their worship pers in those who dwell among them. And do all these afford no inspiration? They do in spire; they have spoken in the elognent tones of the Rutledges and Pinckneys of the Revolution; they have spoken in the polished -pages of a Grmike; they are now speaking in the strains of a Charlton, aGillman, Wilde. Simans,Meek, Butt, Pendleton, Ticknor. Wittick, in the faith ful scenes of a Longstreet, and in the vivid sketches of a Strong. Ware, Morrow, and Mo. ragne. Aye, more, they are speaking in the thousands of the young. who cast back, to the mountains, the waterfalls and the streams,their inspiration in living tones, and whose 'vild songs through rare publications sometimes s'ar tic the public ear. They do speak in these thousand who with a proper medium for communiicating their thoughts to the public, would electrify the world by their eloquent notes. Nor does the South lack for inspira tion in her historic iicidents. A briefreference in tie mind of each individual to the striking incidents in the early history of each of the Southern States, will convince him that they afford rich nateiiaLq from which the ready pen may draw for amusement and instruction. But more than all these do the leisure and opipor tunities for mental cultivation that her domestic institutions afford her citizens, present strong grounds of belief that the Sonth is des tined'to become the centre of literary interest. As this leisure and this opportunity for mental cultivation find no parallel in any other country. it is natural to believe thatthe South is destined to become to the world O.: a new era what Greece was to the world/ the old. This is our profession of faith. We believe in a word, that no part of the world has greater literary resources within- herself, or is. better calculated from her natural scenery, the pecui liarities of her climate. the leisure of her citi zens, and her general advantages, to become an eminently literary community, than the South ern States of this confederacy. This is the platform on which we intend to raise a Weekly Journal, to which Southern writers shall delight to contribute, and which the whole South shall be proud to claim as its own. Believing most firmly that success will attend onir exertnons. no effort wvill be spnared to di aw from eveny portion of the South, contributtions upon every subject which, while they shall be of a high charactdr; -hallever range "From grave to gay, from lively ho severe." We believe that the institutuntions of the Soth are founded in the immutable lawvs of the Gjod of Nature. We believe that on them wil be built a fabric of glory and greatness to tine -3outhn. WVe believe especially that they af Cord to the Southern States the means of' out stripping the rest of the world in their literary career. And we know that these are times of peculiar danger to thnesen institutions; we know thnatthey are now attacked by the insidiouts foe as well as by the open ennemy. We shall there fore place our Journal as a sentinel on the watch-tower of Southern institutions, ever watchaful for attacks, and ever ready to repel them. We delight in the amnsements and holidays of tine South. We glory in them as fit amuse ments for a people generous and brave, quick in their impulses, and shunning sluggishness. We delight in the gun and chase. We hail mnerry' old Christmas and its cheerful sports as odfriends and true, setting the brow free from care, making the, bosoms of men to glow nith cheerful and friendly emotions, calling friends to the festive board aind to tihe exchange of kind thoughts and sentiments, and sending all away to ruin in joyfulness their course of ddty untdl the invitations to joy and mirth are again re niewed. The pages of the PIONEssa will, there fore be enlivened with lively chronicles of ex ploits in the sports of the field, and witbapirited sketches of the fun and frolic that merry old Christmas lets loose upon us. We will also, in order to please all, give a weekly abstract ofthe most important news of' the day. And for the fair pruetisers upon the Piano or Guitar, shall occasionally embellish our pages with original and selected Music. It is a fortqnate circumstance for the intereqt of a work of this nature, that thne field of Litera ture at the South is, as yet, comparatively un trodden. The Literary re-sources of the south greatas they are acknowledged to be, are as yet comparatively, undeveloped. Every grove, river, dele and mountain has yet its tale to tell. We therefore send our -Journal forth as a Pio seer to gather the riches of this new country. From every hill, dale, river and mountain, he will return laden with rich stores. These stores, original and varied in their: character, as they must be, he will be proud to display fur the amusement aind instruction-of his readers. We ask for him a kind reception attbe han-ids of all friends of the cause in which he bas em barked. Having thus detailed the plan of our ftuture operations, we commend our hebdomedal to (we trust) the favorable notice of the Southern public. We devote ourselves to the work, as. ow- profession. On the verge of manhood, and of a liberal education, wve had a profession to chose; aflermatture deliberation we have chosen this, because we delight in. the employment, and are devoted to the cause for the-furtherance of which the work is established. -No common obstacle, therefore, will-turn' us aside from our course. But having chosen the editing of the Pioneer, and through it the promotion of South ern-Literature, as the work of our life, we shall relipqnish it only with our breath. The public may therefore depend on havi a permanent work. And wvhile we comme~ our sheet to ha ~favr ~fnbsflc men l,rni wctneme, i c ietyoltb l trozw*dtiti lis at-ba I Io lioave lied t1genasevesto e rtleA& valcetnent o attause to work. They 'have acted with usin pas; we 'trust they wilf act with us in the. future, .No exertions will be spared to make the work such an oue as they will l6ok upon with delight. : It may be well to add that the intervening time be icen thisidate and the day -of publiea. tiola, will be spent in collecting materials foi the work. The PION1EER will be printed on an imperial sheet, in quarto form, and will contain a greatet quamity of'reading matter than any work of the kind published at the South. Terns.-Five dollars per annum, payable oa. the issuing of the lst No. Persons sending ta ten subsecibers, will be entitled to one yedes subscription. grntis. Agents allowed the usual per centage. Augusta Ga., May, 839. State o' 'outh Carolina. - EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. Valentine Young, Applicant, 'Vs. - Mary Young, et al. Defendants. B Y an Order from the Ordinary of Edge *field District, I shall'proceed to sell, ot the first Monday in June'next. at Edgefield C. H. the lands belonging to the estate of Valen,. tine Young, deceased, situnate in said District, bounding on lands of Ransom Holloway, John. son -Sales, Simpson Maih'ws and others, an& containing two hundred and flirty acres, mora or less, on a credit until the first day of Jantia ry, 1841. -Purchaser to give bond and good personal security, and a mortgage of the pre mises to the Ordinary. Cost to be paid in cash. W. H. MOriS, a. May 14, 1839 c 15. State of South Car-olina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. Win. Bush and Wife, Applicants, Julius Satcher and Wife, Defendants, - B Y an Order from the Ordinary of Edge field District, I shall proceed to sell on the first Monday in June next, at Edgeheld C. House, the lands belonging to the estate ofJohn Morring, deceased, situate in said District, on the waters of Bog Branch, waters of South Edisto,and bounding on lands of Jacob Loman, Willis Satcher,Wilson Colemanand otheis, and containing seven hundred and forty-seven a cres, more or less, on a credit oftwelve months. Purchaser to give bond and good personalkse. curity and a mortgage of the premisesto the Or. dinary. Cost to be paid in cash. - W. H. MOSS, s. . May14, 18.c $10 Reward. ANAWAY from. thesubscri , o. ber, living on Turkey Creek, about 12 miles from the Court House, a negro man named Ranson,. about 22 years of age. He is a slim and - straight built fellow, of black. com. plexion, and thick lips. He isaboit. 5fect 1Oor 11 inclhes high. He often smiles when spoken to. He wore off a new shirt and pantaloons and took with him other clothes JOSEPH REARDEN. May 14, 1839 .a 15 Bank of Charleston, S. C. IN conformity to the provisions of -the char ter or this corporation: Notice is hereby given that the laymnent of the second imtal ment of twenty five per cent, or tweity fii dollars on each Share, on the additional Cap'. tal Stock of this Bank of $2,000.000, will' required to be made by the Stoekholders.at the Baak on the firt Monday and Tuesday in June' next, being the 3d and 4th days of saadmonth. All transrers of the above Stock must be. made previous-to thq 27th inst. as from andifter thai day,the Books will be closed for the purpose of making out a list of the Stockholders... The certificates of Stock -must be presented at the time of payment. A. G. ROSE, Cashier. Charleston, May-1, 1839 - . ' b 14' U7 The South Carolinian and Telescope at Columbia, Couier at Camden, Advertiser at Edgefield,Messenger at Peadleton,Mountaineer at Greenville, Union at Georgetown, and 'Ga. zette at Cheraw, will-give the above two inser tioans, viz: in the first and last week of the tim limited, and send their- hills to the Bank for payment. s4omebody,-Look at this! T AKEN from the Stable of the subscriber, at March Court, ii Saddle, with skirts stuffed in front, about half worn; worth, when new, about $22. Also,a BridieaandMarutgal, without a collar. There was left in place of the above a p lain Saddle, black around the edge of the skarta, with a leather Surcingle attached to it, and pla ted stirrups. Also, a snaffle bridle, with round checks new' head stall, and old reins. The owner of the p lain saddle is requested to return the stuffed saddle, without further trouble, as the exchange musti be known by this time, and is not satiufactory. C. J. GLOVER. May 7 83.- f 14 - $20 Reward . - S TOLEN on Monday 'ikt, the 8th instanS from the residence of Ct. E. B. Beicher, a Patent Silwe WJatch, with a Silk-Braid Chain, anid a Brass Key attached to-it. .Whosoever will deliver the. said. Watchli'to the subscriber, and .proof sufficient to 'co'nvies the thief, shall receive~ the abdve reward. RICHARD) M. JOHNSON. April 17, 1839. ,tf-11. state of Sonth Carolina. . BARNWELL DIST'RfCT., C HARLES WOODWARD tolls- before me a sorel Stallion Horse, with a streak in the face, hind feet white, one hock rather large, from 6 to 8 years old, and appraised at Coyaolr.STEPHEN OWENS, Q. U. Aiken, May 3, 183 9 - 14 NOTICE. A ,LARGE amount of notes and accountb 'due to Lorrain Geddings, fornmerly of H amburg, has ben placed in the hands of the subscriber, with the positive diretion to sue upon-alltuch ofth'eim, as~are not settled on 'or before the firet Monaday in-June next . J. P. CARROLL, 4norney. May 2, 1838 -- tf 13 Fresh Family Groceries AMONG which Core-,~ -Porto Rico and. New Orleans Stugar. Neyr Orlearts and Cuba Molasses, Hyson, Imperial and Black Ta; Rice,.&c, &c. Forsale by C. A. DOWD. April l-, 1839. . ~-.. tf 9 State of' South. Caroliti. -.EDGEFIELD) DISTRICT. AQ(.Ol'LIJA MILES', livisig near the Pine House,- tolls before me.oae estray Co~ supposed to be about twdive years old, uare with a:crop on the~right ear, and a crop and half crop on.the leil, brindled sided, with white back and belly..A rai'e at$1 . Aril da46