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MIscelianeous. From the Christian i1'altdian. REV. JONATHAN MAXCY. D. D., Second President of Rhode island Col tege -This distinguished scholar and dh vime, who was successively Proesident iii three colleges, was born at AttleboronAh Mass. near Providence, Rhode11C Island. September 2, 1768. He nppears io have ..haeo early destined to a literary life, am: graduated at Rhode bland College, iii 1787,.at the age of nineteen. Four years Afterwards, he was ordained patotor of the first Baptist church in Providence, and about the same time was alppointed profes sor of divinity in the college. On the sixth day of September, 1792, ho was mnade President of the institticn. as the successsor of Dr. Manning. On bein in -vested with this office. he wisely surren dered his pastoral care. In 18101 he was called td the Presidency ol' Union College, Schenectady, New York, to stieceed Ohw younger President Edwards. His talents and popularity had now set him on con spicnous ground; and in 1804, lie wns elect ed President of South Carolina College. at Columbia in that State. He retained this office fifteen years, till his death on the fourth of June, 18-20. He expired im the fifty-second year of his age, and h-id been a college oflicer for thirty years. [Hs 1vife was a dianghter of Commodore [lop kins of Rhode Island. Dr. Maxey was an accomplished, sic cessful instructor, and a preacher of jutt celebrity. To consumate skill in the se vere-seience of metaphysits. lie added ant extensive and intimate acqnaintnee wit i polite literature. As a tencher, lie wa remarkable for the strength and aettrnavY of his analytical powers. and with tiis happy faculty lie combined a singular abil ity to impart his views in the mort cleir 4ad impressive manner; so that hi-riee'nti declared themselves better able tojudee if the character of a hook front hi. descrip tion, than from a perusal of the work with ordinary care. A master of eritirism, ani admirer of the fine arts, he e%.inced, ly his observation on these subjects. the gift of a ready perception tiiited with an ele gant and highly cultivated taste. Of his talents as a preacher, we cannot convey a better idea than by transcribing an extract from a biographical noice ofi him, which appeared in a Charleston pa per soon after his death. The testimony seems to be from ati eye-witness, who was evidently inspircd with admiration of his subject. but it has received abundant con firmation from the authority of otherq. "He was a remarkably powerful and fascinating preacher. Few nien have ever equalled him in the impressive solerinity and awful fervor of his mainer. There was nothing turgid, or alfected.or fanatical. ilie delivery was founded upon the purest principles of eloquence, aud. like his mind was at once sublime and simple. Iis voice was unqnestionably the most clear and articulate I have ever heard. No syllable of his discourse was even lost. ]very portion of a word wvas tittered with a clearness and precision, as if, upon the distinctness of its annunciation, the etlicn cy of the whole depended. But though his general manner was rather mild than vehement, and rather solemn than inipet Dous, yet he sometime- exhibited an elo. quence animated and impassioned in the last degiee. and which carried with it, as with the force and rapidity of a torrent. the hearts and feelings of his antdieue. I shall never forget the stidden burst of fee ing with which he ellivered an Apimstro phe to the Grave, at a ftuneral d1seourse upon the death of a stutdent, nnd whic-h by a spontaneous and electric itmpulse clothed the wvhole assembly in tear.s." We-regret onr inability to tpresetnt the religious character of Dr. .31axey. From the tenor of his life, however, as exhihited by such scant) memorials as harve sirvi ved the obliterating ernects of timne, it may be inferred that his devotion wvas exemiiplary It is most singular, that after ihe lapse ol a few years, so little sbould lbe known ires pecting an individual no biably distintguish od in bis clay. He published no work- of considerable length. Fouir disutrse. ap . ea to comprise his publi.eatins. These were a discourse on 'he death of Presiet Manning, in 17"; address to a class, 1797. anid a fun~crh ermon berore the legisla tureyAii'11. * From the Columtiba Telescope. INTERESTING R EVOLUTIONA-| - RY DOCUMENT. We have never seen the following doe ument in print, whlicht we now pubhlish from the original manuscript, in the po,. session of a gentlemnatn of this town. It gives an account of a brilliant affair in our Revolution, drawn up at the time by. the chief actors in it, anti expressed in ihue plaitn strong style that belonged to the pieriod. This, with very many other hattles in the South, has never attracted the applatnse. or attained the historical tnotoriety, which have attended the Revolutionary incidents of similar magnitude in other quarters and indeed so much more has been wrii men concerning the Revolutionary inci dents of the North, and so mttch more been done by the pleople and the States, in that section to .commemorate and signalize them; that the present generation in ite neighborhood of Cowpens and King's Mountain know more about Bunker's Hill and Lexingtotn, and more of Starko andI Putnati than of Pickens or Campbell. ---No monument, inscription-stone, Their race, their deeds, their naimes almost unkown! We 4tave alwrays thotught that those battle-fields in our State,wvhich were illus trated by the gallantry nd devotion of our ancestors, should lie marked by per manent mementos, at the cost of the State --every one from Fort Moultrie ta~ King's Mountain. And he who would carry stneh a measure through the Legislature, 'would himself deserve a monument. "A State of the proceedings of the WVestern Army, fro'm the 25th day of Sep tember, 1780, to the reduction of Maj erguson and the Army u'nder his com mand. On receiving intelligence that Maj. Fer .Auson had advanced as far til as G'ilbert Trown in Rutherford County. andi threat ened to cross the Mountains to the West c- warm.. Col. William Campbell, with mour bun drud men fron Washingtot County of Virginia; Col. Isaac Shelby. with two hundred and forty inen from Sullivan cotitity of North Carolina; and Lieutenant Col.. John Sevier, "ita two huindred ad fllty Intln froi W'shintgton county ol Nur' Carolina, assetllel ;it Wainouga, on the:,:5:h day of September, where:hey were joiied hby Col. Charles Nv'owell, wii it e lutindred and sixty mncii from the Coutlies of Burke anid Rmll heriuoru, who had fled befere the E nemy to the We-;tern iaters. e bgcanti onr tii;rch ont the t26h, and oni lite 30th we were joined by Col. Cleveland on the Cataba River, with three hundred and lfitv men from theCoun ties of Wilkes und Surry. No one oflicer hlaving properly a right to the coifmnd in chief, on the first of October we is patched an express to Major General Gates, itiorming lhn tif oir situation, and regnested himtt to send a General Officer to take the Command of fie n hole. lI the nican time Col. Campliell %%as chosen to act as comimandani, till such General offi ter shoild arrive. We marched to the Cowpens on Broad River in South Caro lina, where we were joined by Col. James Willi:nns ' ith four hundred men, on the eveniing of the 6th October, who inform ed u, that tho Enemy lay encamped some where near the Clerokee ford at Broud River, about thirty miles distant from us; ity a council of the princial officers, it was then t louight adviiable to pursue the Ene my that night, with nine hundred of the btst horse mico, .and1 le -e the weak horse and lzomen to fillow on as fast as possi ble. We. began our march with 900 of the best mnen about eight o'clock the same evening, and mnarhing all night came tip with the Eii .nv at about three o'clock P. 31. of the 7th, 'who lav enclampedl. on the to; of Kio',; Mouniain twelve tIiler Nortih of t lie Cherok'e f ir-l. in the confi deuce that they cuitill not lie forced from So advtaVtf :igeolt% TI post. Previous to tite attiat, ott our march, the followitig di position uns made: Col. Shelby's ridg mcnt Ifrmned ft coltiin in lie center on lite left ; Coloniels Caipbell's ridg tient aotlir:r oi tte- right: part of Col. Cl.velanul's rid-mtit ieaded in from by .\lajor Winiion, at d Col. Sevier's ridg ment formid a large column oin the right Win-; the other part of Col. Clevelatnd's ridgent headed by Col. Clevelaid him ,elf, Col. \\ illiai's ridgiient, coipod'tl Ihe lelft 1,1 iig; iln this order we advanced 1a1id got ithin a ri!arter of i mile of the Eniemy before we were dikeovered. Cii ghelbly's and Col. Campbell's ridgmetiis bean the afact, and kept up a fire on the enlety. while the right and left Winp wete ldvanivcing !irward to surroiund them. which was done in about five tinuttes, and the fire became cnteral all aroind; th, enigagtieent lasted nn hour andI(] five iin ues, the greatest part of which tine anli leavy and incessant fire was kept up oi both sides; our men in some parts where the regulars fotIght. were oblided to give way a smtll distance, two or three times, but rallied and retutned will fitional ar ilir to lte attact. The troops uplon the ri-hif having gained lte Summit of the Eminence olidged the enemy to retreat a long the Top of the ridge to where Col Cleveland commanded, and were there stopped b his brave men, a flag was im mediatelv'hoi<:ed by Capiniti Dpoitte then coinianiding ollirer (Maj. Ferjnuson having been killed a little before) for ;I sirretder; otr fi:e unimtdiately ce.ased, fnd the enemtv laid down there arm., the cre atest part ofthem chliarged. and strren dered ilct selves prisoners to us at discre tion. It appe-rs from their own provision re trtrms for itha~t d ay, imntnd in thtei r campt. thait their whole forice cottsisteid of elevent aittdred and t wety-fie mieni-ut of wh Iich they sustained the followina lo<s ftheit reCgul rs, onei \I ijor, Otto Cfapttin, wo Sergents antd fifteen privates Killed. thirty five priv'ates wounded left on the griiundc nort abe t o iiu:reh. rT wo Catitaitis, four Lieutenaams, three Ensigns, one Sur ttin, five Sergenits three corpornls, one~ rmmtrer and' 419 privaites titkent prisoners; oss of the" toties, two Colonels, three C.ptaints.:itd 21)1 pivtfes killed; (line Ma or aind f27 pirivfters wouindled and left on the ground nt able to mna~rch: Onte Cole. el, twelve Cantifins. Eleven Lieutenats,; Twit etnsigns. tine Quairter Master, onte Adjtaiti. two Comminissarys. eighteeni Ser eants. and1 60t0 privates taketn prisoners. lotfl loss of the Enemy 115i ment it ing's Monntain. Givetn untder our h-and~s at Camp, WM. (CAMPBJELL. ISAAC SHF1~LBY BENJ. CIJEVE LAND. Discharging Clowlaf the Electric Flu d.-M. Araigo hais propiosuied a plan for licharginig clouds, in case of storims, of he electric fluids they cotin, atnd thns >reveti nc the frequent occturrence of' hail tormq, which as is well knwti ar- gener lly p-odtneed by two currents of clouds, ~htred with positive and negative electri ~iy crossing each other. It consists in an m provemlenit upont Franklin's experiment, f the kite wvith which lie obtained an elec rie spark frotm ft cloud, and afterwards r. Rom us of Neras, arid Messrs. Lining n Chatrles, of the Utuited States, prod. :ed electric flashes thpee anal four feet in ength. Mr. Arago recommtends, that a fmfll balloon, properly secureud, armed ith mnetrplic points, and communicating vith a rope covered with metallic wire. ike a harp string, should be kept perma ently floatingt in the air at a considorable eight over the spot whic'h it is wished to reserve front the effects of lightning or i: and he etpects, that. by such an ap aratus as this, a cloaud might have its elee rie contents entirely drawn off wvithott my danmage being eninsedl, or that.at least, ie intensity of a hailstorm wotuld he great v diminished. The experimnent is so timple that it is wsell worthy of a trial. Gahlignnan i's Messenger. Increacc of Bankine Capital.-lt ap >ars biy official idocumets, laid before ongess, neat the close of its las sessiotn, lint the amount of hanikinoceapital in the I. States and Territories has increased ~romn Jantuarv, 1811, to January, 18:38, om .52,601.601 to 317.6:36,778 dollars; d for the fir years preceeding the 1st annary, 18.38, it had increased 117,630. !$$delan. Foreign. The packet bhip Shakespeare, Capt Cornell, from Liverpool, 27th April. ar rived at New York, on the evening of the 24th. Bv this arrival the Edilors of the Daily Express, ire in possession of Lou don papers to the 26th and 27th ult. FRANCE. This kingdom remains in a situation critical, if not alarming. We learn, from privaie sotirces that a fleeling of discontent pervades all the norking classes, arid that the suliject of a re olution is freely discus sed anid the event considered by no means improbable. Persons are moving their efiects from Paris, and a repetmon or re heuarsal of the Trois Jours may be looked for. unless a favorable change in the low ering fortunes of Louis Philippe should speedily take place. Nocainet was yet formed as late as the 23d, and the dissen tions between the leading candidates appear to have become more serious. A sort of denouemtent on this all absorb ina question took place in tlte Cham bers the 22J. The Marquis of Dalmatia entered into a long defence of his father, Marshal Soult-spoke ofhis disinterested ness, his retirement from poilities. his de sire for conciliation, &c. M. Passy replied and intimated that the Marshal had con suIted him, ht had piocrastinoted the ar rangements, and wisheil to degrade his friend Thiers to some other post than for eigu Minister, the fittest fot him. But the tonte of M.Tthiers, who followed, shows tat the .ptblic is justified in cotisidering him the great antagonist power to the throne. 'Thiers et la Roi.'' He boldly says the Marshal made advance- uponl him, and then wished to humiliate him a conduct unworthy of him. Speaking of the programme, he says: The dissent was betceen the Crown and me. If t ere were other differences with imly colleagues I conratulate myself the Imite otl inot having ac-epted ant obscure a nd ill ilelined position. I was determined that all should be in writing, clear and mnttally agreed on, since there was no use in entering a Cabinet to walk out of it itt 15 days.0 M. Lamartine accused M. Guizot ofas silming t.o right to represent the 221, and deied that he Mr Lanartine was at the head of a knot ofdisorganizers of the press. \l. Guizot was handled very roughly. NEW ORLEANS. M ay25. From Mexco.-The schr. Geit If. Wet 'er, arrived fron Vera Crtz, which place he left on tho 16th inst. She briigs in telligence confirmatory of the news brought bv the water Witch, tat a battle had beetn fouglht between the central ani federal gov ertnent forces. in which the government forces, were victoritus. Mr Raynal of tie Merchants exchange has frtv.red us with the following partie tlars. The action took place six leagues from Puebla, -it a place called Necarigo Gen. iltexh, with a thousand men atacked the enemv-the government troops consisted of 2,500 tnen utider General Valencia. The action commenced on the 7th inst. ,it 4 o'clock, A. M. During the whole of which period Getn. Mexia fought with the most undaunted bravery, havin taken the artillery of the enemy no less that three imes, which was so often retaken. When on the point ofenining a victory, ie wa< chased in the rear h Santa Ann. w Oi had just arrived with 1.-I0 nen from Puebla. His sodden and, impettots at tack threw the Federalists into a cotfusion frotm which they cotuld nout he rallied ther fledl in all directions, leaving iteir cttititdtr, Mexia, a prisonter ltothe Cetn tralists. ile was itmmediately ordered to be shot by Santta Ana, atnd thesentetnce wans exern'te:l withont delav. Thte loss ott eithter sidle was tnot ascertrnined.--Bee. It will be seeni. by the extracts of the a lave tmentitoned letters, ithat the execu tiotn of Mexia is but too trite. "VERA Cauz, May 16, 1839. "I have just learned from an undoubted source that General Mexia received the most humiliatitg insults from Santta Ana. S.'me fewv monteists hefore his death. he had bteen ordlered to be shot with htis hack turned to the soldiery, as a traitor to his -outrv. This he rernsed, edm he was then nmurdered in a yard. Santa Atna grati fyingx a pertontal ventecance-" Ertract of another letter of fMay 16.' Hv the schr. Water Witeh, yotn have nto dtitnt beeni appricedl of zhe defeat of he- Fe'deratl Army. anid the decath of Gen. Mexia. We-are nasured that he died a hero. Urrea atnd his company have taken fight; thev are gonie, it is said. to rejoin the remnainder of their troops at Tampiico. Btstamente and Areste are ,narching on this point; there is nto dlotnh of their site cess. Thteir plan has beetn defeatedl by. the takintg of Ptnehla, where thev had fortt ications, but which are r~ow entirely over thrown. 'From thec New York h~nnl. IELATtOSs OF MEXICO AND) THE IUN! TED STrATEs. IMPRoTANT DIPLOMATIC Mslon. One of the most important missions that ever emanated from this country, is that undertaketn by Powhatan Ellis, who goes ont to day in the Contstitution,to Mexi c. On this mission, itn all probability de pends thte permanence of Mexico as a overnmfentt and country separate from the United States, or Texas. Mr. Ellis car res with him a new treaty, which fully provides for the cotmplete adjusttment atnd speedy settlement of the existing diffienities in the controversy,5o long pending het ween Mexico and the Uited States. Upon this reaty nmuch time, thottght, and talent have beni expended by the cabinet at Washing ton; grent pains have beetn bestowed upon it to rentder it clear, comprehensive, easy ofintrpretation. and acceptable to Mexico -at the same time that it fully provides for all ite losses. iitries, wronaes, and istlts that this country, and its represetn taives andi .citizens at vari..tis times, have sustained at the hatnds of the governtent andI people of Mexicto; and they are neither few nor small. Upton this treaty, the Govertnment of the United States expect the Mexican Gov einent to act with honor and promptitutde If Mexico does tnt act wvith more honor and celerity iis this matter, than she didl .r...:.,,g,t.,c 1n.netans nr -, seunt I ment of our claims, she till be put to much more trouble and expense than the brave admiral Baudin has caused her. Last sear, a treaty was prepared at Washing ton with much care and fairness, and hav ing received the necessary sanction by the Senate, was forwarded to Mexico in time to be ratified, before the sitting of the Con gress closed. This, however, was not done,and this niegligence was construed by our Gosernmnent as an additional insult, to he attenlel. to. Senor Martinez, the lexican Minister at Washington, was ap plied to for an explanation of this matter, and to render, if possible, a proper reason for the neglect. He nade lengthy apolo gies fur his governmcnt, stated that they were in a distracted state at M exico. hard ly able to carry on their local govern ient; that they were harrased on one hand by the French fleet, and on the other b civil dissensions, and thus were utterly unable it pay any attention to their lore ign relations. The Senor however stated on the authority of his Government, that if new negotiations were opened, and a new treaty on an honorable basis was pre pared and properly sanctioned, that the Alexican Government would act upon and ratify it as soon as it reached their council,. Anl thus stood the aitir. at that period Willing to try all peaceable means to effict a desirable object short of a sacri fice of nat:onal honor and respect, our government have prepared this new treaty spoken of and which was cotnpleted on Ihe 1lth of last motnth; the preliminaries being all arranged between Mr. Forsytih. atnd Senor Martinez. This treaty contains twelve articles all of thetni fair and ionor able, lut requiring strict satisfaction from Mexico; the amount of our claims upon that country are set down at $4000,000 for property taken and destroyed in various ways by the .4exicanswithot shadow or pretence orjstice; it also provides that two com missioners-by each government be appointed to attend to the final arrange neuts and ratification of the affair, atid in the event of a difference between them, nottherwise to be reconciled, that matter is to be relerred to and abide the decision of the Queen of England, and the King of the Netherlands. This is the substance of this famous treaty which is now in the hands of Mr. Ellis, on its way to Mexico on board the Constitution frigate. For the result of this mission we shall look with great anxiety; for on that result depend ttost important matters. Mexico is It a curious position at present; in debt deeply to England; jeopardised by the vast hordes of Cumanchees on her bor ders; threatetned by Texas who stands ready to stab her, perhaps vitally, on the first lair opportunity; and pledged to pay a gikeu sumn in a given tine to France truly het- position is not to be enviedl, nor her prospects to he desired. Santa Ana is at the head of alairs, and he never was less popular; receding from his professed liberalism he is now a determined conser vaive and centralist; this makes him ob noxious to a majority of the army and to thousattnds of citizens; the priests hate hitn for formter deeds; the press curse hitmt for his censorship; and in fact his course is such a difficult one to steer, that if he escape Scylla, ie in all probability will be wreck ed on Charyhdis. Such is the state of Mexico-yet what ever be its torn and distracted condition, it is a matter of no moment to us in the ab stract. We must have this treaty ratified within a reasonable time. And if Mex ico does not act definitely within three mtout h after Mr. Ellis lays it before them, the American Government will have to .ke a leaf out of the book which France used tu adlju.,t her difficulties with Mexico, atnd act accordingly. We have bornte withI intult, antd ittjury, and wrong, and out rage, and broken promises, and delays, till forbearance has ceased to be a virtue, atd beenmte critminal in the extreme. One of our consuls has been killed, nur citizens atd tnerebants have been robbed and plundered again and agaitn, our sailors have been thrown itnto prison, anti it is only two years ago that a tunited States bearer of despatches, was grossly itnsulted in the city of Mexico itself, and in the dis charge of his official duties. We have -emotstrated, and negociated, and legis lated long enough. The time is now come for actiotn-proinpt atd efficient action. The first decided tmovetment is the visit of Old1 Ironsides to Vera Cruz, with a minis ter and a treaty. Her ntext visit may be paid amid a shtower of grape and caanis er. ExTaAODNAUtn DEFENcE OF BtGAMY. -At the 1'yrone assizes, a man natmed Henry O'N~eill was tried for higamy; and, in his defence, called as a wit ness his se cond wife to prove that she bad bought him fromt the first wife. and had paid her 3l. for hter husbatnd, being otne poud-more thatshe asked. This '.itness said that the it-t wife had told her thtat she had bought the prisonter with her rather's man ey, and thtat she had, therefore, as much ribt to sell him as a cow or a pig. The prisoner, on this, seemed to feel that he had made out a complete case. The jury, however, on being charged by the judge, imediaely found him gttilty, and, tolhis dismay and horror, his Lordship sentenced hi to seven years' transportation. SELF-TRAINED HoRsEs-When a colt is wetatned and turned out, it has, of course, shed or stable to lie or feed in. By mna king a slight fence, a bout the height of the olt's knees, a few yatds from the door, you compel him to w alk over to get corn. When he is quite used to this, raise the rece six inches. This will make him, rear up and get his fore legs over,'and he will soon find it easier to jump over than to draw his hind legs after him. When I he does this freely, raise the fence stilli higher, till he is obliged to make a good standing leap over it, every time he goes in. When hte is perfect at this, which he will be in the course of a month, then digc ditch, anal throw up a bank with the earth, instead of a rail, and be will first I walk inito the ditch, and then get his fore, legs on the hank, baut in a dlay or two, he will jtmp on the batik. After being per- I et int this, have another ditch ott the oth- 1 er side of the bank, and he will jump ot e and offin a few days, as well as any htun ter. The writer has a thorotugh bred colt, rally nine tmonths old, wvhich is as perfect iu all sorts of fences, as the best hunter.-c iry nfn Hunksman. THUaSDAY, JUNE 6, 1839. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Articles intended for insertion. should be handed in at as early a day, before pub lication as possible. 4 neglect of this, causes us much trouble. The Court of Equity commenced its session, at this place on the 3d iust: Chan- a cellar Job Johnston, presiding. Levi M. Churchill, has been appointed Post Master at Halfway Swamp, Edge- P C field District. Govr~aroa's HEAD QUARTERs.-The South Carolinian or the 31st ult. says, d "After this week, the Governor's Head s Quarters will be at Abbeville C. House, 1 until about the 17th July next, when he expects to attend the Brigade Encamp ment nea the Limestone Springs, Spur- c tanburg District, on the22d of that month." Appointments by the Governor.-The e Rev P. J. Shand, of Columbia, and the r Rev. Dr. Wtn. Capers, of Charleston, I Commissioners, under the Act for the re- i lief of the Deaf and Dumb. t Col. D. J. M-Corl, of Columbia, to r Compile and Digest the Statutes of this i State, vice Dr. Cooper, deceased. C The twentieth of May.-The twentieth t of May, the anniversary of the Declara- I tion or Independence. in 1775, in Meek- I lenburg county. N.C. was celebrated in the 0 counties of Mecklenburg and Cabarrus withgreat enthusiasm. This Declaration is said to have been the first bold and open c movement on the part of the whigs. du. c ring the Revolution, against the tyranny (1 of Great Britain. Dr. Ephraim Brevard E was its author. (2 An exchange paper says, May-day was celebrated at Washington City by a bril- e liant ball, at which three thousand per a sons attended. Miss Virginia Woodbury, 0 r daughter of the Secretary of the Treasu ry, was crowned Qteen of May. s is Hymeneal.-A late number of the Ma - i con Telegraph contains, under the hyrne- ti neal head, seven marriages-all in Geor gia. Well done, ye Georgian maids! We u .ay to the beautiful daughters of our own " Carolina, "go ye and do likewise." tt Holland and Belgium.-A London pa- c( per says, that the trei. so long in agita tion, confirming the soparation of Holland and Belgium, was signed on the 19th of cc April, by the representatives of those king- Ii doms, and of England, France, Austria, B Russia and Prussia. Dignity of Editors.-We have seen it u stated, that Gov. Hill, of New Hampshire, It is the editor of an Agricultural paper. pub- be lished at the low price of 75 cents per an-V num. This is chea p etnough even for woaste t paper. We do not betieve that a Govern- al nr, or any other mn-m in high office, con. B fers an honor upon the editorial craft, by ei being a member of it. It is honorabl, r~ st enough of itself. That profession cannot, be low, to wvhich Dr. Franklin, a printer, tt working man, and philosopher, belonged. pi But we do believe that many itncompetent hi and dishonest men have taken upon them, the name of editors, and have, in some de-p gree, brought disrepute upon the profes- ce mion. Tnis cries aloud for reform. A die- ec bonest editor is a monster, and should be di rrowned down by a virtuous comtmunity. e in Important Decision.-The Supreme in Court of the United States, with a fulle Bench, after a .very anxious and tnatmure ionsideration, lately decided that Silk in Stockings,are not liable-to tariff duties. di Rejotce ye Democrats! You will nowit se on an equality with the "Silk Stock- A ng Gentry." You tmay now garow to the to tround.yottr coarse cotton socks, and shine n beautiful silken hose! Be glad ye fair in mes! Like a brother editor, we congrat-m alate you on this learned and admirable T lecision. You may shortly wear silk et tockings whenever you list, rendering p. ,our beautiful li'tle feet, if pos'ible, still naore beautiful! The price of silk stock-u ngs must come down, and your fathers ar mdi husbands will not nowv tax you with ,ztravagance, in wearing this article of ipparel, so beautiful andi appropriate to tour sex. We must also extend our con gratulations to the corps editorial. They P tre a hard-working set, and suffer manyB trivations. Many of them have enviedl he pampered sons of luxury, who have M edecked their gouty ancdes in silk stock-B ngs They have brought railing accusa-W ions against them. They have even said hat there is a Silk ahtocking Party in tlie 'ountry. Some of the Democraats have ittempted to bring odium upon the Whigs, ty dubbing them the Silk Stocktng Party. rhbe Whigs hnve retorted in their tnm n: w hey have given this aristocratic name toD he Democrats. Hettce forward let dhis ord cease! Silk stockings no longer R. haracterize the rich. The poor may .. rear them if they chose. Farmers, me- A. 'hanics and printers may now :lon them. if t seemneth t~o thoem good. There is n >nger such a class as the Silk Stocking ;entry par rxcellence There is no longer party bearing ibis name.: Bank Speculations.-We'commepd to be attention of our readeg, the suljoined Dmarks, copied from the Western Caro nian, and the Ohio statesman, On II peculation of banks. This is becomin great evil in our country. In d large utber of the States, the banks have de arted from their legitimate sphere of bu. iness, and have entered into competition ritlj the merchants and general specula. urs, in the purchase of cotton, pork, and early all the necessaries of life. * In some laces, by their superior privileges and fa ilities, they have acquired a perfect m opoly, and driven all their competitors rom the field. Can such a course ofCon net be submitted to ? Does not general peculation, entered into iy banks. defeat lie very object for which they were crea. ed? %V ould any Legislature be so insane s to grant these mighty corporations - lusive privileges, for their own benefit,' aid to the manifest injury of the comma. ity ? Tie inonstrous to suppose so! This,:. vil demands .reform-instant and eat eform. A northern paper says, that in iew York, the speculation of the banks a provisions, has raised the price of al*. be necessaries of life! The rich, the"" iiddling classes, and especially the ' re now experiencing the dreadful efects f these unhallowed speculations! Some,. f the States, feeling the evil, have restrie .d the banks to their legitimate business." n the new Constitution for the State ofI noda, will be found the following claustt u the sobject of banks and corporations:4 4The Charters of Banks granted by the ;eneral Assembly, shall restrict suchl kinks to the business of exchange, dis aunt and depoit; and they shall not spe ulate or deal in real estate, or the stocka ier corporutions or associations, or is terchundize or chattels, or be conceruef I Insurance, Manufacturing, Exporting, r importation, except of Bullion or Spe ie; shall not act as Trustee in anywise, or shall they own real estate or chattels,: cept such as shall be necessary for their etual use in the. transaction of business, r which may be pledged as further seen 1y, or received towirds, or in satisfaction F previously contracted debts, or purcha d at legal sales to satisfy such debti; of hich they shall be required to make sale ithin two years after the acquisition ereof." Would not great restrictions imposed pon the Banks, hereafter to be chartered the sevetal States, be of vast benefit to i e community ? We commend it to the rious, earnest attention of the whole uantry. "BANs SPeCULATING IN PRODUCE. 'he bad eflects of the EXAMPLE set by the nited States Bank in its cotton and tobac speculaotions by Banks, have been most. if not wholly confined to the U. States auk, and certain Banks in the West,and outh-West. The Banks in the Atlantic tates have carefully abstained from all ich doings, and, it is to be hoped, will al. / ays continue so to abstain. One of the st things that a Bank ought to do, is to come a buyer and seller of produce. ihenever Banks turn out speculating, ey depiart from their legititatate sphere of ~tion, tind the farmers of the country may ways expect to become sull'erers. The anks in this State,are expressly prohibit Iiromn dealing in any thing but promissa noutes, hills of exchange, and gold and Iver. Well would it have beetn for the tople of the South WVest anid WVest if eir Banks had been placed uder a like -ohibition. Jn ilhat case there would have ten no ground for such complaints as we e in the following article:-West. Car. "SPECULATING BANKS.--Great corn aints atro made in several' parts of the kuntry that certain- banks have abandon |thbeir legitimate business, and entered e field of speculation in competition with a merchants. The Chicago Branch of e illinois Bank, has entered extensively to the palrk speculations. By withhold gall accomamodations from the mer- - ants, it has a vast amount of money at control, and is enabled completely to onopolize the nmarket. No one else hay-. g mnoney, the farmers are compelled to spose of their pork to the bank, or keep and the Bank can set its own price. ier it gets the property in its possession, can hold it uniti purchasers are obliged pay its exorbitant demands. "Biddle set the example,by speculating cotton. "The Wisconsin Bank has become the onopoiser of lead. The people of that arritory assert that it is the greatest re that was ever inflicted upon any ople. "Several of the South-Western Banks ye also converted themselves into spec tors,to thae etnrichmnent of themselves d the de.truetion of all around them." Ohio Statesman. WERNM ENT OF S. CAROLINA. EXECUTivE DEPARTMfENT. kTRICK NOBLE, Governor'& Comn mander-in-chief. K. H ENA GAN, Lient. Governor. .L ADoRDE, Secretary of State. II. Satxos, Surv'eyor General, :. E. H AvNE, (comptroller General. a. LAA, Treasurer lower Division. sePli Bra~ca, TIreasurer upper Divisin. G. MILts, Superinitendent of Public Works. J UDICIA&Y. Chaancellors in Equity. m. Harper, .Job J->hnson, . ivid Johnson, Benj. F. Dunkin, Associate Judges in Courts of Lawt." Gatntt, B. J. E arle, S. Richardson, J. J. Evans, P. Butler, J. B. O'Neale. Attorney General. Henry Bailey.