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EDGEFIE LD C. Ht. THUnSDA.. .)cToaEn 31. 18;39. Tihe Court of Common Pleas erni nated its session at this place, on Sat trday evening 'last. The most important case which was tried, was that of William B. Villard, jun., for the alleged murder of Marshall Lott. Several able Counsel were employed on both sides. Messrs. Carroll, . T. Wigfall. D. L. 1 ar I and Burt. spoke for the defendant; and Messrs. Wimuhish and Bell'uger, assisted by the Solicitor, Mr.Cald'well.appeared on the part of the State. We have not for many years, been present at so interesting a fo rensic display. The Counsel retaired on each side, entered with great zeal and ardor into the cause, and well did they ac quit themselves. On account of -the -re spectability of the connexions of the ac .cused andi the-deceased, this case excited unusual interest. During the .two days which it lasted, a.large assemblage, parti nlly composed ofiladies of the higiest stand ing, attended, and manifested a deep and lively interest. The charge was delivered b.y his Honor, Judge Earle, with his usual ability. The Jury retired, and after a short consultation, brought in a verdict of Manslaughter." Fenale Industry.-Wo rer ntIv ren an account of a young lady in Georgia, who made an entire silk-dress for a relativ . A Northern editor asks, if there is another such to be found in that State ? Un doubtedly, there are other fair Georgians equally ingenious and industrious. 'We have seen beautiful specimens ofsilk goods. inanntbctured by -South Carolina ladies. Employment of this kind, is most appro priate and graceful for fcmalr. No lady ehould think it -beneathi her, to do iwork etiltable to hersex utw statin .- In ancient times, ladies of the highest rnk, and evet Princesses, were accustoettd to perform light labor atnt; their attendants. Homer, in his Iliad, describes the Grecian and ot-herladies, as doiug vari-u, kinds el vork. He represets Iector, the re nowned Trojan chief, on parting with his spouse, Andromache. to go to battle with the Greeks, as saying: "Now go, toy spotse. and spin thy maid among. For work, like this. to females dath belong." Like a dutiful wife. Andromach- ihottglh overwhelmed with grief, goes to her work. The same great poet, in his Odyseev, re presents Nausicaa. the daughter of Alcin Gus, King of the Phencians. as going to a river, in company with her hand-ntidens. to tcash-the -robes of state, itt pr. pairatiotn for her nuptialk. In this very praiseworthy employntent, she is discovered by Ulysses. the King of Ithaca, who had wandered thither. Nowv. we do nn: helieve that H ,merlin tended to represent the royal maiden ats do ing the work of a cotmmon washer-womaun. Far from it. He speaks of her as wash intl only the most elegant parts ot female apt parel, such as ladies, in onrdlay, are went to do with great propriety. The Lntin poets also speak of the Roman ladies as perfo~rming mtatny kittds of work. It is needless to specify ihetm. Its the mid dIe ages, and down 1o a later day, ladies were in the practice of workittg en cm- I broidery and other t-hings. Is it strange that int ottr time, the ladies of Georgiat atnd Snutht Carolina should work ! It is very ungallant. not to say slandere, to chargei t-hem with itndolence. WVe knew that Southern ladies especially, have been ft'e qtuenttly acettsd of listlessness, and idlle: Dess, antd contentpt of labor, butt, we he lieve, the cha~rge to he utterly groundless. Charleston.-lronm the 13 14 to the 20th of Octobcer. the total nutmber of dleatths itt this city, atmoutnted to 15. None were byr stranger's fever. Savannah.-The GePorgian, of the 22dt1 intl., says :-" It afl'brda us pleasure to I st ate, that: the banks itt Savannah have not suspended specie paytmentts. Their eott dition was never sounder than at this time." Coutmus.-The Sentinel and Herald c sayA, that the banks of this city have fins petnded specie payments. That paper edpresses the utmost cotnadetnce in the soundness and ability of the banks in Columbus. Boston.-A meeting of the merchants of this city, was hteld on the 16th instqttt. A resolution, recommending the banks ofthe ciiy to suspend specie paytments, was re. jected after a full discussion, by an over-I wvhelming majority. Mr. Van Butren leas concluded his tottr, undertaketn for his health. and other pur poses. Thes official announces his arrival at Washintgton. The Globe, of the 16th, says: "The President arrived in the city to-day at 11 o'clock. He was met and welcomedi at the Cateitol by a large concourse ofeciti zens, where be wa< addressed by the or gansap)pointedl by the several meetings fo that peurpose. From the Capitol bte was escortedl to htis mansion, anti was there re eeis'd he his Cabinet. The President is Central America.-The N. Y. Journal f Commerce says, advices from Central A meriea, to the 24th of August, have been received. - The confederacy is essenti ally dissolved. The majority of the States claim to be independent of each ther in the highest seose of the word. They make treaties with each other, a. with foreign powers. A treaty of peace and p; rpetual friendship, was conclude between the sovereign States of Salvadoi and Guatamala. on the 4th of July. A treaty was also concluded between th< States of Salvador and Los Altos." The Sub.Treasury we. The Banks. The Whigs record with great delight, it their papers, the running away of Sub Treasurers. Let them publish the follow ing, which ;we fwd in an exchaige pa per: 1 A Cashier of a Bank in Cincinnati recently Swartwouted, and one of the Di rectors we5.-sent to cat'h him-now let thi Teller go after the pair." Pennsylvania.-The following is th< result of the elections in Pennsylvania: Adm. RAig. Senate 17 16 House 69 31 86 47 47 Majority -39 Ohio.-Returns of the elections bi Ohio: Adm. Whig. Senate 25 14 Houeo 49 23 74 34 34 Majority 40 Vermont Legislature.-T his body i Whig, and not A L- inistraion. as hereto fore stated. The election for Speaker re suhied thus: Carlos Coolidge, (Whig,) 116 Paul Iiillingham, (V. B.,) 109 Whig majority 7 In the Senate. the Whig mijority i. It is said, that in the State of Pennsylva dia, there are upwards of one -bundret [)emocratic paper. The solijoited rena'ks -of t'e Ne k'ork New Era, on the Independent Trea Aury. are sevsible and much to the point rhis great politicalquestion., around whieli it) much mystery 'has been purposely hrown, is moe plait in the weakest on lerstanding. The remarks of the Era, are worthy of the aueuntio af all whose mind. ire open to conviction: THE INDEPENDENT TREASURY. We do not know where John Jacot Asitor keeps his money Perhaps he de. insites it in a bank-perhapsin his owri iffice. le has a right to keep it where te chooses. WVell, suppose one or more af our city banks were to demand of Mr. \sttor tha t he should let them have the use 'f all he~ funds, that they might loan the amte for the benefit of the favored fewi tho own the stock of these ibanks, whai vould Mr. Astor reply ? That he chose o do as~ he pleasedl with his money, no. rnosi particularly to keep a where it could' te hund when wanted. Put the United States government in lie phire oif Mr. A~st'r. The tmerits of he case are the sanme. Let any hanki bow its right to the use of the national uudCs ftor dhe exclusive benefit of some wentty oir miore rich men who own its tock, and we will not war against the isht. Perhaps somte other cotrporations nay put itn an equally just claimn, T1he surance cotmpamies, peachiance. rmay be mi dted os share. The various imoorpor. tedl benevolent societies may put itn a laim, and even the Sailors' Sittg Harbor ntl Trinity Church might take a slice. l'hey certainly have as much right to it ae he banks. WVhat is a hank!i A combination od -eraini men permitted by the batnk toi nake from twelve to twventy per cetnt otn heir actual capital. The man who lends ut his money oin bond and mortgage, re* ives only seven per cent interest. hy not permit him to use a portiou of he government funds for his benefit ? Han i not as much right to it as his next donr leighbtr, te banik itock holder ? Or does le act Cof a State Legislature, incorpora. ing a hank, confe~r upon it. the privilege f trading on the money of the nation ? 'The war oif the government against he Bantk !"-What wari How carried n? By having no dealings with them, nd by not interfering with their legiti nate business? The business of a hank s to lend money in a certain proportion to o its capital. Has the government inter ered withI this business? Has it forbid len any bank to lend moneyi No. It tas sirmply proposed that the money of he people should be kept as individuals ceep theirs, subject to the control of the aid penple, ihrotugh their appoited agent -to be at hand when needed, andi to be safe from the grasp of speenlation ' It mziy e kept in a stronig box, if you please, or Smay be specially Cdepositedl in the battks or safe keepine. But it may not anid auht not to be placed in thme hands of a 'ew intdividoals called stock holders that hey may lend it out at a high rate of in* erest fotr their own individuatl benefit. 'his is all that is contemplated by the Idependent Treasurf scheme. . The time is ntot far distant when a -ma ority of the banks themselves will he the svarmest friends of this scheme. .. It pla es them all on an egnal footing. Nto fa write few amongst them will he enabled o lord over the thers by tihe aidl: of gov trnen' futnds; they will be enabled to pursue the even tenor of their way, each foing business in proportion to its legiti. nia anitl so far na the oenent. i coernneed. If ie people ernsiler that these institutious have too ninny privileges and advantages, that is altoigether anotlher affair,-The administration is not respon - sible for tha.-N. Y. New Era. Communications. PUBLIC AlEETING. At a meeting of th- Citizens of Edgc field District, held in the Court House. on Tuesday, the22d1 instant ; JAME.s Tn.:ny, Esq., was called to the Chair, anti Majur Jony C. ALLE, ;ppOinted Secretary. Whereupon WITFI ELD BROOKS, Esq., offered the following resolution - " Whereas,. it ha-s been proposcil to bold an Agricnltural Convention in Coluimbia, on the fourth Monday in November ncxt, atid many Districis it the tdiae, have al ready appuinted their Delegates, there fore; I Resolved, That it be referred to a Committee of Seven, to report upon the expediency of appointing Deleeates fron this Disirict, to the aforesaid Convention. and that they forthwith tmale their re port." The CHAIIMAN proceed to appoint the Committee, which was composed of the following Gesilemen : Whii. Brooks, Joh-n Hill1, T. ,J.- Hihler, John C. Allen, Michael Wavto, Iverson L. Brooks, and Washington Wise. The Committee retired, and in a short time submitted the following report and resolutions, which were utaimously adoited: REPORT OF THE COMmiTTEE. Considering ihe importanice ol Agri culture to the comfort, wcah h, prosperity, andindependence ol the inhabitamits of-liis State, it has beeti long a subject ofsirprise to vour Comniittec, that it has hitherto cotnimaded so little attertiin From .1he mass of our population: and especially froit our Legislative Assemblies, whoe members for the last half century, have been selected principally from the raiks of its votaries.and followers. It cattiot be disguised th3t Agrictl tire furnishes employment and sttpport to nine-tenths of our Cit izens: that it fttr nishes the meins of footd and clothing to all classes anl descriptions d boriety ; and that it pays into the Treasiry ofthe State, either directly or indirectly, the w-ho!e amount of taxes, which defray the ex pienses of the Government ; and vet that an interest co vast and pervading, should have been made, for such a series of years, to depeud upon its own isolated and unaided resources, cnnot IHil to lie tnatti-r Iof sturprise and regret; that while otlier in terests have received Legislative proiee tiot and encourage-imet, this, the very basis and support of all. should have been 41tndiously overlooked and im.glected. is dis creditable to the wisdotn and patrionism of tho4e.o whom the welfare and provperity of the State, have betn heretofore in trusted. Your Committee. are. -noti less sensible of the tuct, tha tIe jriIipleg or Agriculture, either as in art, or sciencA, are but partially understood and practised by the great body of our farmers and plan ters; that there is a getieral wan of in formation prevailing upon the subjects of Geology, Chemistry, and Asirotomv, sciences intintately connected with pri it able Agricult-tre- that the very elements of the earths and soils, their prolier ntix tore and propnrtions. are hidden truths to uine-tenthtsofotur platnters; upon a compe tent knowvledge of which, depend all suc cessful Agricuiltutre-a'id more, especially. ylhe skilful cultivation antd amelioration of the diffement soils. WVith a full kntowledge of this state of things, youtr Conittee cannot but entertain the hetief, that this~ meetitig participies largely in the deep itt terest, which has becen oninifested thr oughi the State, wpon the subject of the proposed Agricuhnural Convention ; thlar it will mttna imously concut in thte expediency of te Cotnvention, and cordially utnite ini the ap ptointment of a suitable number of Dele gates, to represent this Distriet, as the surest and most authoritative measure, to wards the retmoval of the dilliculties and grievances above set forth, atnd oif raisinig the Janiguishintg state of Agriculrture to th:a condition of usefulniess, honor. atnd pros perity, to which it is legitimaitely entitled. Therefore, SResolr-ed, That this tmeeting cordially andl entirely apiproves of the proposoed Agrienitural Conve'ntion, and will atppoint Delegntes to atteitd. Resolved. Thatt Dawson Atkinsoni, John Kev, Dr Nicholson, .lohni Hauskeo, Judge Hutler, Dr. W1m. Moley, Abratm Joites, Jamtes S. Pope, Dr. Tenant. WV. Brooks, and Michael Watson, lie appointed Dele gates from this District ;and that they bc urgently enjoined not to allow any slight. personal inconveuienceeto prevent their at tendance." On tmotion of 3. M. BLOCeR, the Chairman was added to the Lelegation, "' Resolved, That the foregoing resolu tions be published in the Advertiser, and that the Delegates receive such publien tion as a ntificattiont of their appoint ment." ,1. TERRY, Chairman. J, C. Amx.s, Secretary. MEETING OF THEi BEECH IS .LAND ANTI-INTEMPERANCE SOCIETY. A t a stated meetil2 of the Beech Island Anti-Intemperance Society, held on the first Thursday in October, 1839, a com munication from P'ritnce Willia m's Parish, accompanied by their memorial to the Legislature, was received, anal ordered to he read. Whereup'on, a Commiit'ee, con isting of Rev. R. J. Blair, anid Mesurs. Samuel Clark, and David Ardis, was ap pointed to take the commnunication into consideration, and to report upotn the. sub ject of the present licetise laws. - The Comnmittee h&ang retiredl fir con eultation, returned, and mtadle the followittg report, wliich was unti.iiots~ly intloptedl.. S1. Resolved, That wea cer in gen-. era! wish air fellow eitizetsof Et 1rince Williani's Parish, in the setitiments andc .designi of their petition. .. - busirwss by law, niakes that husiness re spectable and honorable in the estimation of the great tassof ten ;and, therefore, any business whose uisuil tendedcyts to iu crease pan:erism,- crim'e, taxation, and in sanity, should neer- helicensed, and we lamietit that tinder the preseni laws so much tlistress, poverty. and crime should be car ried into fiilieb and neighborhoods, by the agency of tippling houses, every where opcenJed untder the ivowo it sai.etioi of Le gislativP auahaiWty. - : - - s 3. Rrsolved, -T-iat while we confi dentlv helieve nio laws can effectuall) check Ihe evil inquestin, unless sustained by a wholesoime public'sentiment, we are persuadel of their necessity to restrain those ibo t hrJnugh the infuence of a base interest, or a vitiated appetite.,have becote calleis to the -renmoustrances- of< the wise and virtuous. " 4. Resolved, That we rejoice in the growing .evi.Iences, 6irnished by various poltlar nieetiorol 'iueh a wholesome pub lic sentiment being forimed, as wvill give force to Legishitive uenactments: and v.iew with approhsiin -ihe edihrts which are mIade to urge this-maner upon the attenion of our own Tlera, in th'e h'ope of having the prolifietmase of these Itightful evils speedily reitaved. 5. &solved, That inasmuch as we have the nist abundant testimony, prov int.)o the satisfact ion ifevery canid mind that the gre:iter parrof all the taxati.,n.it morality, c ine,and mtsaaity which oppress our countrl, ariqes from the .use of intoxi catinug drinks; it is the dhty ofevery good citizen and ptriot it) use prompt, energe tic, and lawful neais for its prevention. a;nd we regret to witness the backwardnes of some in every par of the community to,- vo-fperste rith its, either.hrough a mis appr-hension'of our nolives, or a gtround less feiar O fmeitig restrained in their liberty ,-;yid believe th'ey o:.Jy.need a better ac quaitince with our-itensions,-and .a more accurate understanding of what constitutes our civil freedom, in order to their .hearty concurrenein outr proposed measitres. 6. Resolved. That for diffi'sion of UtWh needed .ioformation, we earnestly re eci amend sbeSouth Caroliua'Temperance Advocate, T.he..Temtperance Banner. nmid the Journal.of the American Temperance Union, with other similar publications, ti he taketi hv the friends of reform, and libe raLly Aitributiedtamang those who have hit herto negerkced to inform themselves c-oncernting he grezt work in which we are .engateed. -- " 7. Resotred, Thai we will appoint De let ales io the meeting of theEdgefiellCen trailBoarl.on theTuesday of Court week,in Ociolter instant. to report our proceedings. nod Iro unite with thenr-in.any proper mea sures to obtain- the ,grand- objeot of our desires."-.. After the adopiion of 1irese resoluiions, it was Oltder.e) by the society, that copies or this portion of iwr proceedings be fur nieed by the Clerk for publication. in the South Carolina Tempenance Advocate. and tii Edgerleld Advertiser. To ae 2ibi-'of the Z.I;rjfdd advcrtiocr. Dear'Sir 4:' In conifortfiiy with tie.forEg-,in-, or'er. I tr.ansmpitItOoU a coV iof the proceedings refiwred to, with a reqest, that you will do us the favor of giving then an insertion im your paper. J. M. MILLER. Beech Island,.Oct. 7. &eretary. 1$NIiMA. I am a sentence, comsposed of three words and nineteen letters. What are the~v ?> My 11, 9, 17, 16, 4,92, 6, is a Couanty ini New York~ 'My 16, 15, 2, 8, 6, 15, 16, 7, i8, 10, is a Town: itn ,laha a. My 1; 18, 8, 1, 1:2, 9, is a River in Asia. .Ml 9, 4, 2, R, 1, 2, 6, 1I, 1.5, 2, i-s a Coutntvin Pennsylvania. My 5, 10, 11, 4, 18, 6, 10, 19, wats an eminent lawgive~r of ant iquity. My 2, 1, 17, 16, 7, t2, is a River in Eu rope. My 11, 15, 2,2, 7,11, 14,I, 1I, 4, 8,is one of the [hted! States. My 16, i5, 2, .i8, 1.5. 7, is a County in Iliinis. My 11, 5, 1, 2, 8, 15, 2. is a sallt Town ini Alabtama. ly2,l, 6. 17, 18, is a River ini A .-ie.. . Miy 1, 9, 1, 16, 2, 17, 10, is aecs.<a~y to a dwelling house.-. - My 16, 15, S, 9, is an insect that does match damage. , ' 1, 2, 2, 7, 18, is where every man kes t g". My 1G, 15, 3, 17, -13, 8, 10, is thme cha raeteri~tic of a indy. My 18, 1, 11;9, 7, 19, is what few per sons have na sufficiency of. My 18, 9, 1,2, 15, 11. 7, 18, 15, 19, is an antimal of great strength. M~y 5. 17, 3, 6, 7, 18, is one of a men chant's indisaens.a.1,lqs. .My 11, 18,17, 3, 1, 8, is a necessary My 3, 12, 2, is respected most whenm farthest ol. My 17, 3, 1, 8, 15, 18, is a general guide in Literature antd Politics. LIBERTY HILL. Southc Carolina C'ollege.-T he duties of this inistitutioni wvere re.sumedh last week, and its prospectis, as to numbers, are high ly flattering. About thirty-five have a! ready.entered, andt had the Faculty looked so numbners alone as the st andiard by which the prosperity attd. usefulness of the Col iege, wvere-to.,be-graduiated. aney had an opport unity of- a.lintg many maore to its list. . All of- the Professors have returned (atnd in .gsdt.heanhh. we believe,) except Mr. T wiss who is expectedlsoan.-T. Ad. The Locn ,Foco . fever rages in: the Sothi andWest .to an alarming extent, carryving. tIf the."- glorioaus Whigs" by ,bsurd" "..tiL Dominion. Miscellancous. From the Augusta Constitutionahst. Oct. 24. IIEALi 1-i OF AUGI:STA, &c. The lea lh of our etty is imprmj'inIg fast. During the last wuek we have had but leur . eatis by rever tit report ; viz., Mlr. John -Jalj.) Mirs. Gantler, Resid~nlts, A] r. Trimbe and onee ntero, in the country ; ant the number ofnw .eases are ditmishing. The wealber hais been cool ;and clondy, and we have had a light inin, It ln it ellects olhe earth are n a w reelypercep tible. Yesterday it eleared i, aiii tlhe sun came a ats n armt as ieer, anl if we are noti shortly viitled with a gotd hard frost. ai such (of our citizens as haveeeanped so ifm do nor cotinime their precautioins, we a fearlul our ist um aganin itncrease.l'o snit ofoir cliizents ts hveIt bstted themsel es we iiildi continre onr ftrier alvice, t keep awnt) uil we have a rotl, whii cannot ie loii. as wte are in ioipes oT he tmg able in our next tit git e tie welom, mitelligence, that lithe) (at return in safety. To our enunitry friends, ni ht are inl th habi of ienliing ii liis eitY. wol will ty, they can I ring in their proldnete without fear (of dans r. They vill find our ier ebants prepared to receive thei, as tie stock ol goods now ontt hand is mwis, and daily accessiois ere being made. Cotton iegits to conie in pretty rreely, anti is selling.t at from 11 ti, 114 for etiw, anti in mir or two iistances sales have Leen moattie at 111 lor choice lots in sinare hales. The narket, however. rtiny lie ecn,idlered dull, as there is very tlitl indntitetee tu buy until things become more seled. Wt learn froini all quarters. that this year'z crop,.as regards sta ple and <quality, n% ill be as good as any ever grown. Rise in the /iter.-Sitice nor last, we haveieen favored with a light aill of rain, wilch has caused the river to ric soin two or three feel, and. dr-adfiul to relate it has swept aiway the one railfence, aiti eomipletely overlown the pllaint n ol the -- Founder and Proprietor ofl Hatm. hutirg." noticed in our paper a few week. since. as iaving been surveyed, r loughed, and plinteld, on Ite buttoi of ihe river, His turnips and late corn had just beni li mitake their appearatice above gronol, and the loss of his crop ni ill, tit) di'ubl, hie se. verely felt, as were it not for this sad mis hap, they would have brought a good pric in this iarket, not only for their fl:t or. bul as a curiosit/y. The norst is still to cone we lear the vorthy A Founder" will no live long enough again ito ichold his plan intion. unless we have shtrtly another tch dry year as 183'J has been so fir. Yesier day the river was falliiig lisi.-lbid. The Georgia Bunks.-We re a notirt in one of the Milledg eville papers ha the Banks in this city have sttspended specie paymetis. we will state' that suel is not the Net. The bamk of Atngust a. tlh Augusta Isurance anti Banking Com pany, and Branch if the tnilroad Bank have, virtually, suspentded ; thqt is, they redeem their notes only inl small anutts, when tiev choose so to 1o- hif tlhe Me. ebanic's Oannk and ilie linueh of the Stat Bank still redeem their notes. in iiy amnuut presented. These t w o la tie -n sfitutions deserve iicoUirjneient. tnd we hope will be snatni ned liv our citize- i thei-r honorable cnurse.-l1id. 'T.\ t Lt-i oN. O t. '2. Pire.-A fire w as di-cotveretl last itigil abhout half past 11 et'tctl k otn i'l :rket si, in tile Steamt Mlill, ownetd hv .\lr. Jugnt neairly opposite the termrinaton of Statc street, atn that bibh lng un s a mass iti flmies before lhe enier. trrivedl at the spt The~i ii hh-w hiiesh froati the N Ealst and carriedl greatt volumes itf smtoke and flamtes over thle markitet, wenneitrin sptarkls as fatr "ven na King. Se'ver~i lit Ilte nuihtlinigs arund ithrle mill speedil3 cnllht, anid it wats evidetnt fromtl the lir,1 that nothing could save thi e largea oery oeniedi lby Mr. Thtanre, on the East cori ter of Anlson anid .Market street. 'lThi, buildinig loget her withI two sma tller were sueceesiy blitwn up as I hey ennahr andu by this mecants ntid the' great exet iions ol tiie Fire Comupanies, ihe mui~ehie'f wats lim-i ied to thiseornier. Hade the n itd bltow:: in any illher directin the dtestrnietioni preo hably inlih have been grenter. Thbe nmrc of buibings destroyed was alto gehear s, all of woodt. andt wiithi heex. eeption of the cornter htiiltintg, tof itncon sieerablhe value. Tijis n us tite of tlhe best maniagedl fire's we have ever' witnessed in Charleston .-M1ercuryl. Cn.AnLxs'ros. Oct. 253. Death of Judge Lee.-Our hiereavee city mourns i le loss eof anortier emtinent antd estimabtle eitizeni. 'The Hn. Tthommai Lee, Judgae of the Di1-trie: Court of t4 Uniter1 States for the' IAi ridee fSoth I Ca rlinia, and President of the State Batnk, elosed his virtuons and useftullite.yvesterdlai int this city, itfter severnl dlays illness, it. coutntry fever, aneed about seventy years. He wvas brought opito itIhe Biar; early ros' to dlistincetion, and filik-d iriany pulic sta ionA elf honlor atnd respibsiil it y. Thei oflicees of Representtatiive ill the State Le gislatuore, State Selicitor, Jutdge of the Court otf Genternl Sessions aund Comtmon Pleas ; Celmptrolller Gete'rail (rieentedhy,) United States District Jnudge, mal P'resi dent of the Stare Batik. (the inst two "l which he hel simolitaneotusly feat a numn. her of years past.) attestedl the highi apjprce iation of his chatrneiter al talent lby this comtlunity. lHe was a facithiful puittte itli eer an able antd itpright J utdge, a virititn benevohetnt, anitd pionts man til nnidi a com-. munity, which kniew his valti, witlI mini gle thetir sorroews ni ih thtose of his nililiL'eue famtiily, aind honzor andehersi his memry.rv --Courier. Nnvw OR~i:AN5, Oct. 19. A t a meeting f~t the Pre'sidets if allI thle Banks of tis city, held ton the eventing iof the 18ith inst., it wials unanimonuil~y ire. slved: " Thnt it heo reenmitmende'd tothte Batnks to suispendi spci paiy ments uniit i the. Norterni Hatks shtall have resumelld thirn payments in specie." Characters.-- Vve inever injuere our in ri charaters so much, as wvhen we enjure ho of others. CflARLa.STON. Oet. 20. A letter f.-om our correspondent, at Hamburg, dated the 24th instant. says: I ha'. e the pis asure of inforning you, that our ton%% n i, now free of disease. The sickie"s has paaed oli, and health once more reigns inur midut. Our Iriends are now returning homte, and peace and pros perity takes the place of gloom. To-day our btrveets were croweld with wagons, nod the merchants were busy filling out the exten'ive hills of the planters. We recci ed t his day about 600 bales of cotton." Hamburg Railroad -A train of 34 ears, coli ainitng 5,O bales cotmn, was brought dtin ii on the railroad on Thursday. by the new locomotive Robert Y. Hayne. For a fen w% eeks; past, front J.00 to 2LO bales oif cotton per week have been brought down oni the road, and the company am prepared ito take at least double that quan tity onl freight. Since i riiing the above, we learn that the train of yesterday consisted f '39 cars, luadeted with upwards of 600 bales; and ihat a re (iiititon foren.ptv cars was made, as the nunhers empletyed in the transporta lion tit up freight, was insufficient to bring down the cotton offiered. -We are informed that the compuy have not rvailed tlieutelves of their right to ad vance the rate of freight at 50 pir ct., i hich the charter allows them, although they have alhost the exclusive control of .trasportation in consequence of the low %iate of the rivers. We hope s on to see the rich product of our sitil pourin2 in from all quarters of the t.urroiundiiea countr%,aud thus affording re lieflo the pressing demand.. that have been accu:ilating on the mercantile commu nity, to an exte-nt hardly ever before expe. rienced in this heretofore favored city. - Courier. COLUMBIA, S. C.. Oct. 25. Congressional Election.-The Election, last n rek, in the Congressional District of Richland. Orangeburg, Lexington, and Barnw ell, for a member of Congress, in the pilace of the lon. F. H. Elmore, resigned, was decided in the election of Colontel Sampson H. Butler, of Burnwell, ad fol. lows: CANDI- ''Z i : DATES. it Ihutler 146 107 117 1142 1512 Jamikon 148 600 127 220 1095 Caoghman 1152 21! 693 44 910 -South Carolinian. AUGUSTA. Ga., Oct. 24. We have recei eed returns from eighty. two counties, which give the filowiig vote: 1839. 1S37. 5leDonald, A.. 31731 Schley, A., 31237 DoighertvW.,31191 I Gilmer, W., 32737 in stdldition to the above, we have re ceived ihe follow'ing reported majorities in the eleven retmainiing counties to be heard from; viz., [Ilere foilows the namesof the counties.] For MeDonald, 113U; Dougherty, 42, wI:ieh. added to the above, in 82 counties, i% ill give McDonald. the Democratic can dlidate, a clear majority of 1.668 votes, be ing H clear gain to ule Democratic party -itce lact election, for Governor oh 2,300 vote-s. A s regards ihn Legislature, both Houses wvilt have a Dlemocratic majority of about -40. The' vote for and against Rat ificatioti.as tier atslheard from, $6 cotuties. stand thus: lt.itemion, 18.062 No R atification, 63,8b2 -Georgija Constitutionalist. Commercial Bank.--It will be seen by refe.rencee to the proceedings of a Town .Oieetini2 on Satti.rdlay last, ini our paper iii day, that public application has been muade to our Banks for relief, in the present mc omed emeergency. and v.irtually,tos p'ei specie paymcnts. A. the Branch anik acnd the Agenicies are governed by sheir P'ritncipals, in Charleston, this call appuhlies prmielpally to tho Comntercial Banek, as the only wholly independent in stituttion irn the. placet nd we are gratilied to learn, t hai it/has declined to suspend. bit ian tr.ensures to afford aill necessary Pe etnniary relief, especially towards the ptur chase of Cotton. This'is another striking ev.idenice, not otnly of the soundness of this excelletnt instittution, but of the gen. eratl good sense, comp)rehiensive views, & soundt batnking princeples, which govern its affairs, now, as heretofore A little titte will shew the correctness of ics pol icy, in the p)resent instance, not only for its owni sake, but that of the business oif the place also-especially if, (as ap peairs tdaily mtore atid mtore probable) the. N. York Bancks do not suispend, n .hich n' ill pilace the Chtarle~ston acid other Batnks whtih lhave been somtew hat too hasty in the moatter, in rather an embearrasseng pre dieinmet, (even in a business point of view,) an well as the entire miercantile bit. siness thait loeoks to thenm for aid.. We ''oulhl frain say more on this sub'jeet oef the causegnence oef a stzspernsion, par tial, or general ; the praiseworthy conduct of cte Commieriail.Ba;nk itn this matter as wvell as in past dties, ini paying its bills in specie throtughotut the States, instead of. (like thbers.) ait its own cnunter only: the extetnsive antd most valuable at'd effi eienit business facilities it has uniformly afforded to the place, ad the cotuntry a rouend ; its sound conditiotn. uand that what Iwe haevo said of* its heinig one of the very hea-t condutctedl anti most useful.Banks it ilhe cotutntry, is nt cmere coumplimenit, but totendhed ton ucqinessiontale faicts ; but the great prren oft adlvetiseme'nts. coccmt nientions. &e, to dany, does not leave us roomn.-eSouth Carolinarn. Tun-see Legislature.-This body met' o the 7th intet. Ini he Senate, T- S. Love, (V 13.) wvas eleet'd Sp-tker, WV. K. Hill, Clerk. antd Wmn. Mairt a, Assistati Cl rk. The vote stood. Van Buiren 13. WVhig 10. In the it her House, .Jonais E. Thomas w as elected Speairker, G;rantvilie S Crock ett Clerk, andtc L yctrgtus Winicheseter, As sistant Cht rk:; TIhe vote stood, Van Bu-. ret 42, Whui 33.