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EDGEFIELD C. 11 TuausnIDAr, NoVEMBER 21. '1839. The Legislature of South Carolita,wil mneet at Columbia, on Munday next. We refer our readers to the alvertiseren or "The Fairfield Manual' L'ahor School' which appears- on the .first .page of ou paper. Two or three showers ofrain.have fallet during a few days past, and have in somite degree, raised.the wells and streams, in thii District. Augusta.-The Board- of Health, or Friday,the 8th inst. announced the returt of health in' Augusta. Since that timu however. a few deaths have occurred. The following are-reported in the papers Matthew Nelson, Geo. W. Rush. The whole nuiber of deaths by fever duriut the sickly season, amounted to. 243. NVew York papers an*nounce the deatt of Theodore Sedwick, Ej, an eminen Politfical Economist, at Pittsfield M a-s while addressing a public meeting. 114 was seized with a rushing of bood, to the head, and died itmediately. Resumption in Cincinnati.-Four of th banks of Cincinnati, resumed specie pay. nent, on the 6th inst. Philadelphia.--A New. York paper says that the bank. in Philadelphia, with -out any exception, will resune specie pay .Inents in ninety days. As. Ritchie says, Z'ous verrons. The banks of 'orunto, Upper Canada, resuned specie paytnentson the 1st inst. -GvEro VooR* Gi L R Kt5 1 AESsAGE.-Wt will notite only a few of the pointis toucheI in this Message. On te subject of batnk. and' suspensions, the Governor speaks al -soto length. He thinks ihat the presem sut .p6nsion should not pass unnmiced by tht Legislature of Gcorgia. lie recommendt .that those tanks whose reports shew thai -their business has been conducted with or -dinary caution,should he permitted to ret.it :theit iharters, with'a cotdiion im psed. ta . p.revent excessive issues; speettlation in cot. -ton or other productions, & tha .thy thoAoul be forced to resume specie p iaymenslits sont as the commercial emba.-rrn;asment of the -countries with which wec deal, hanll havC passed away.. lie says also, th:it they should tnakequarte'rly reports of their con - dition, to the Gowernor. -. He recommends to .the Legistature, r repeal of the Free. Banking law passed b% that body, at its last sessiott. He say! -that no bank has yet been established un der the act, and therefore, no rights can be infringed by its repeal. He recommenl' a repeal or .modification of the silk bounty laiw. If co'atinned, he apprehends, tha: -it will'exh:mnst the Tresary. Ont the sub. ject of the. comtr:,voy of Georgia,with the State of Mane,llis Excelletncy is warlik. .He speaks in severe terms of Go~vertnors Dunal~p ;awl Kent, of Maine, wh~o have re 'fused to deliver utp Philbrook and Keller an, -frigitives from justice, atnd whlo had 'been- guilty of seducinag tnegro slatves.from their owners in Georgia. TJhese petrsotns, it wtdl be recollected, were citizenos of 31aine, at the titme, when they cotmmtited the crime, for which they were demanded by the Executive of Georgia. Ingenuas dedicit fidcLuter ate. Emouhit mores, nec sintiL cssefJews. Ortm These polished arts have hutmanised ma~nkintd, Soften'd the rudle, and calm'd the boist'ronis mind. EDUCATION. The celebrated remark of Lordl lrougham, that "the schtoulmaster is aburoad," htas grown tmto a proverht. His political ad. versaries in England, hanve said that it is .even so, fotr thte school-mtaster is nto at "homse." -We supptlose thtat thtey mte-ant, that thirs important personage is on a tratv e~ling tour, with his aristocratic* pttpils, whetn he should be at home, in Great Bit sin, training ttp the children of the poor. er classes. 'it is well kntown, that the ad Yantages or education, are confined, ad most exclusively, in Englattd, to the chtil dren of the~ aristocracy, and the middle rank. In the venerable Universities oh Oxford, and Cambridge, the poor cannot eater. These timae-honoredl institutlions are for the rich alone. Thte genius of the pont man's son may remain nudevelopaed anal uncultivated forever, for aught that thei wrell-fed profeseors of those Colleges, ear< about the matter. . Their Noble ptuuit . are enough for them. From statements which we have seen it appears that the primary schools a Great Britain,'are in a lamentable condi sion. In proportion to ~the populasion *thero are not many which have ttuch ex cetlence. Thtere are a few classical-insti tutions, scattered here and thtere, like thu dim, flittng lights over a vast,.and dark. .ened moor: hut the great majarity of th, - common schools are worthless. There i not 8 suitliciency or instructors for the pop ulation, and. but few of these able...to di, .hargs their'high .anAd. responsible dutties .Partly-to -remedy ti is evil, the University ..of Londons, was. established. Tor a-fem years past. the "Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge for the people," has labored in the noblest spirit of patriotism, an1d philanthropy. They liave dissemina ted many useful and scientific tracts, oif the neost important siujects. among the num'erous i.habitaits of the Britsh Isles. They have douhtless, done much gQOd. though some have said, that they hine done much evil, but in the*l aguage-of Napoleon, on another occasion, . -1uch more remains to be done." How can this best ke accomplished - By the endownient of colleges. and the eb tablishment of !chools, no mtieter at what cost, under Government .patronage, all over the-country. But -s bring the. subject home to us, when we look over the bread face of our own couttry, what do we behold? Are the classical institutions.and -the gramtmar schools (of the United States, superior to those of Great Britain? We believe -not. There are anon.gus, it nuac be acknowl edged. tany gentlemen ofvrspectable lite rary attainments, and high. moral worth, fallowing the profession of teachers. .But what are .th sc-to the number of those. ho are entirely incompetent, and are calcu lated neither mentally. nor morally, "To teach the you': idea how to shoot." When we take into cousideras-on, our vast and increasing population,.t strikes us 'forcibly, that-we have not a sufficient nuanher of teachers of any sort. It is la ientable to think that ihere .are a million of children,and thousands of older persons, w% itliut the meanus of educaiion. 'Phese immortal minds are litcrally, stare .. , for the want of-the bread of knowledge. Can nothing he done for thii? Congress catt do somthing. The State Governments can do much. Individuals can dc more. A paartiimo of the money which.is now expended throutghout-the States, Upon i ternal .improvement. and the increase of iere possessins, could lie devoted to the "reat cause of education. Every Legisla tnre should raise as large a fund'nis can lie conveniently done,und apply it to this pur pose. There is talent enuu-k, and hones ty enough, among us, to attend to the pro per application of lhis fund. A mere pit tance, such as is now giveni'hy .many Leg islatures, for the instruction of the people, is alniost useless. Proper teachers can seldom he procured, unless they-are well paid. If ithe desirable to give the poorer classes, thoroutigh instruction, men of abil ity must tie obtained as instructors, and these should be amply. remunerated. If full compensation tie given to teachers. their prefession will be elevated. A lar ger number of our 'ablest and best men,. will thendevote -themselves to. Abe srain ing of our youth. ' They will fotlow .it pz clusively, as a business. Every one must. have observed,that few of our educated men. pursue 'he profesioun of teachin, for any length of titme. They follow other profes sions, -which more quickly obtain for theitm 'famne, amclifortune. This shoul not be so. Tly-re is. no qprofession more honorable and responsibleedtan that ofan instruttr oif youtth. None demands greasier sacrifa ces, or warmer zen'l. It is a sign of barbarism in any eontry, whtere the profession of teaching is bekl in low estimnatiotn. In the early ages of the Romnan Re publie,before thtelight of know led..e dawned upon it. teitcliers .were bt little regarded. When the Greek Piloso pihers, Carne-ades, Diogenes, andCritolaus, e-atnue on an Emnbassy to Romte, that stern (ohl patriot, the elder Cato attempted to shorten their stay, and to drive thema from the Roman borders. In ther spit it of ig norance, and tmistaken patriotism, he was fearfutl that the learning which thaee phi losophers, were about to iptrod'ace, would. corrupt and soften the martial spiirit of the Rnnmatn youth. If tman was intended for nothing but a blood-thirsty soldier, he was right. A fter the captture of Carthage, and the subjection of Greece, to the Roman pow er, learnaing was duly honored. The G;reeks taoaht oratory :and poetry. ard as has been bieau~tifully said, "the vanquished became thei tmelves thne v'ctors."~ Education now made great progress,and was shortly universal, at least among the Patricians. As time advanced, P.-ofes sors and intstructors, became more and more importantt~and finally attained to the highest dignaties of the st ate. lIt our day. in our own republic, shall we not pay as high honors to learning, and instrecto~rs, as did the old Romans?. They lived in a cotmparatively uncivilized period, and be fore the lightt of Christianity had* %roken ethpcn tl.o world. But twe live in its futll tmeridian, 'and are without excuse, ifrwe dIn not elevate learning, and place profes soirs of learning,-on the proud pinnacle to which they are entitled. The Charleston Patriot says :-Some anisaprehension. we are infoirareed, exists in the trading comtnunity atout the Bills oaf tiae Knoxville Brantch of the South WVesternt R ail Road Ibuak-they are taken tat the Mother Battk here, and are. conse qluently as good as any in circulatismt here. Frar~a -There is a statemtent ii'i the last New York Herald, from which it np pears that there have occurred in the cities and villages o'f.the United+States -dutring -the months ofSeptember- andOctober 1839, sixty four fires, destroying 73.5 huil lines, .aned nmroet to the amon4 me. en nm man Communications. Mr. Editor : Our attention was called about twCnty four hours since, to a comnmunicat-ion in your paper of the 17th ult. over the sigpna ture-of "Molroe, Muckle, John, & Co," which had entirely escaped otUr n otice, wtien we glanced mt% er that snumber. The Author, whotse imaginmtion, judg inig from his sentimental eflirt, is some what ting,ed with the marvellous, seems to labor with ta6 little pathos, to east somie aspersions upon the c.tizetns of Cambridge and its vicinity, particularly, upon the writers of the "Fox hu.nt" and "the Cotton picking." - . We have always been le I to hlieve, sir, that the columns o a publie journal are open to any plain statement of facts, as well the unble,productions of the Far mser, the Merchati, or the Mechanie, as the more lahatired elluisions of thei learned Barrister. or.4he Judge. And as to a be coming modesty in expressing thensqlven jublicly., we have always' believed, that the-citizens of Cambridge, and its vicinity, evinced as much as most other. men,- ra ther inure, we think, than many of the literary upstarts atnd fops of tlhe day, wio% have read three volumes, and just entered the fourth of the book of nothing., "Molroe Muck'le John. & Cu" Would have us to infer, that none were entitled it a " corner in a newspaper, ' hut his arned-self, orthe like.poumpousscribblers. But he aho-dld learn to exercise a little. charity. Ile shouhl reflect that, perhaps. all men are not gifted with faculties equ.al to himself. Our Creatoritn the.plenitude of Iis wisduot. gave -to some -mentwo, tit others five. and -to others ten talent.. The more gifted therefore, should lenrn tolook in mercy, upon the less favored. Believ. ing. thmt, were we to eimate onrearned critic, by the opinion he has of his own intellectual powere. we shoild Iite wt as sign him, double the last nomber oftialen is and we may expect-ere -i.g whet next 'his sentimental flights shtal be issued thro' the press, to find sonething that will eqiual if not etnrpas, the spls'multd produe.tio s. of a Ilume, a Gibbon,,-r a Vollairet.a Scot, or a Bulwer; or tohtlltir authnr still con tinue to exercise his sarcastit' powers,somne thing that will even surpass the hitter irony of a Congreve. a liyron. or a Cer vantes. Oor worthy friend -"old Mliy" in a late number of your paper, sugests the proprietyof this sentineirtial, Roussea ut-like gettius, as co-Editor. To this,. tve would recommend great caution~, lest-i dmg a little more stonm his 4.hr.mn ox plosion might hc 4he .r%--uk4, ' .4 tie c: - t'rity. in conseqtietce, would lose otne oF its. most brilliant gemet, and. lie.leprived ot' many of his interetintg essayli, on his Fn vorite subjerts; f r in-tance, Loz- diates. Wellerisms. tourneoisns, a'nd ' the like non ensicli~sms. Qtuery.. Which are -the most tisn':tinte,'Fox hut<t& Coton pickitngs.' or these little ptrudlish fripperies. nhove -nentioned wticht seemtt 'o strike the pec'u liar fatncy of thme geunattan 'n co- c' u <itn, Mir. Editor. permtit tts to ay, we knotw not who your sen/imentao'f-wiltly cor respondent. alias, "Molroe, Mpektle .John & Co" is, neither do we care. - NINETY-SIX. Jliscellaneous. The South Cairolini:,n mak s th' fol lowing commttetar~y on someo re ,arks in the No w York Era, in re-feretnceo 0e Speakershtin. The retm:trks of the Era. have been published itn ottr ptaper. Tut. N .:rr .SAK En.--The above, combined with severatl other similar airti ee, which have lately appeared itt aditsp istration prints casntot but lhe gra'ihyitg to otur people. as anothter evidenre of the inst and liberal feelings of the A dmtinistra tion party. (t will he especially gratify ing to them, to see the gr'oundis on wvhic'h this lnminaitions is made-those o~f Col. Pickens' dec-larationse in favot: of eco1'nmy andi relreackment. amd a ;tledge to support any admcinistration whir h should adlvtente and promote thetm, na embhodied in Mr. Camibreleng's excellent report: toeethter with his zealons and high-hearted de-votion to the great principles of'the lndepiendent Treaeury scheme. By these tmeasures. Col. Pickens and his friends will statnd or fall, no miatter wvho may support. tsr who oppuseP them; and( support, too, all who support them, andI oppose all who oppose them. The frequent nominations of steh men as Col. Pickens and Coil, Elmore, are grat ifying to us and otur people, tnt hercause they are Southern metn, htui'uch Soitihern taeit its are completely idemetified witht the libertiest iterests, and hsonotr of the Ssuth a:Id peenilisrly dlear to her petople-muen empihatically " witthout fear, antd withotut reprotach," and tton long anti well tried to lie doubted, or for it to lie suppsosed, foir a nmoment, that they couhsl he nomtinated fromt any other motive, thani a generotus respect . and admtiration of their tntble virtues, unaflinching devotion to priodiple. and getneral straight forward, honest, and indlpeten'at career. As to the election for Speaker, so mutch depetntl otn it, of good or evil to the contn try, in relattion to an hndependen:ntTrea~u ry, thie Trarihf, etc., that wve trust otur frio'tts titrotugho'ut thte cotuntry, wtill .permit no nit stacle whatever, to prevent their being itt their seats,. in titme ttt do their duty irt it. The'-Whies," as uisual, relyitng 'ttn their personal exertions, rathter than the merits of-their cause, will lie there,toa man:- and as "vice will ever be an over-match for. virtne, when te latter slumbers at her thing may denend on a single vote; w.e rust our triends throughout tihe coutitry, L:speclially of. the Press, will arouse our naainmbersof io-ngrebs ti a i.roper sense of he imporitance ui their i-eing ol the spot in time, and viit-witlh exposure, and se vere censire i hose who irglree to do so. To vote for Speaker. i, a part of the pub lie duty fur n well they are elecied-mt the pre-ent juacture, a vsilf) im orali one -and tase who d1-1 not fee.l bouid to per irmi stuch duties, bliild uivei heir conitit iellN anll ''p orluniy if' supiplying their pluces.with hse, wio) do. It is said that commercial events have iuduced Mr. Calhoun tio chiige, in a mea ure, hib formervie-ws -in relation to the Tarit1rplicy olf Mr. Cly. This is proba life. The mind of Culhoiun is deep, saga riois and penetrating, nod he always has Ilie courag'Ze to avow openly, any chunge of Opiiioni iml relation to the policy of' the Governleil.- %V hat u piy it is that iwo wrent men who, like Clay and Calhoun know how ibis conitry could be happily governed, s4hould he separared from trivial luses. .It is the uinion of great and ex perienced minds that this cuuatry now re luires.-N. Y. Stur. As ~to Mr. Calhoun's senliments, his f'riends know them better that his enemies. 'They are unchanged and well. known to ilhe Republican party throughout the Uioini, n ith whom, we are Aell asured, he Tariril'sa dead. and the coming session Lu Congress will prove it.-Char. tier. From the Charleston,'ourier, Nov 11. FIom S-r. AuuustiN.-By the steam packet Southerner, air i% ed yesterd:v from St. Augu-tie, we received tbe folowing dip) from 4oureorresp ondelL Sr. AU ousIi -. Nov. 8.-TndanNews -On Suid.iay laia, the .3.1 N .vember, a imgage watmon, with aii escort of seven mell, proceeding from Fort Mican)py to Fort Weelock, waq fired upon by a p;irty W 50 Indians, kiling 3 inol-1, I horse, and wvounding 2 others. The teamser wae% mortully wonunldd, and a privalte naiied BoL-,oo, was very severely so. The firing eing heard at Fort \iicatiop%, a relief w:is sent out; but hefbre ihlev caine up to the -round, he Indians had sieceeded ill piluiderinig the lwa;jn of tents, powder. rovi-ion., &e., and ndie their escape.. FwM Tl SOiUT.-We learu, by the arrival of ilh sehr. MA.dium, Cap:. M ye, l'rom Key Biscayoe. thai the wounded lo. iian. whoi iloel time -in:e went into Fort Lauderdale for mllhea.l ausistance, ha.a informed Major Childs that Cu-icooehee Iis placeda the wooen aniid chibdren inl the Pai hii okee, orgrustss water, f..r secrity ; and thai he is prepared frr a vigoros doe lence of' himself and .Piover.. Oil the :ecessioii of troops, sui'iciently strolg tp retiforce those now Sith, the In lianl of 1'ers to take them to Cossenochee's ground if defened. Commander Mayo, of-the U. S. steamer roinsett. ha, guile imo the Everglades, with 50 m1enl. A bottle wa< foun-l tn tle 3rd oil., ;1 bo-it 4 miles Soui olf New [Liver, comam in a piece of paper, the writinig se.wreely lelblp . hoir the .words Schr .-Ineartic" uicie Visible. A% 61 gll piece was 1huid I skort di-siance. Latest Accounts fromn the Cherokrees. The Ozark (Misontr.) Sitalard. comaini aernits from Fayet:ttville to dii h0 Oc iaher, fromi whiie ti a ppetrs tha the com mandiing olicers at Frt Gibsoni ami Fort WVayne, have issued arders upii Ile keep er. of Ithe itilitairy store m3 Fiaeneville for ijn whh~ltioni.il sutpply of trmi and amimiu lihionl vit.; loir iFora G.iuion, I132mnrskers~l; I1K0ca rtridlge haixes andi bhs , 1 0011ha3. net <eaihhllrdsl .ami heht-. 1 0.i..0 muti1ket euririd. ge< 10,000) riule eartridg.is, nail il00 mus1 ket this. The Sta~inar oh- erves. we wish~ to crena'to n nnecessairy ex citemenuit, but give till tno n in ion ats we receive ii. The im atter mayt~ lie sealed withliut aniy -erialls diftienhyt . hui we are comlidled In *.tv. that all athe inif iratioln we have re reive~d fav~ors ahe cenitrariy apinioni. Tlhere ate 20l,000( iniin waritrior~s upion the fron tier, and it is impios.,.ihle to lorebell whtat wil dlibe the ell' ebs aif the first balow wthichi may bet sri-k. in the evem~ of Unlioni i thig the dlle rent trib s. Ihe forc~es of the ouivernmt a upi tf im the 10ronir. wanhal he rol:ily inadilaio.t to-1hae protetiona of the~ :ilr.izen, anid thle itilitisi mn-.3 he looked to is the bInmag uarm toif adefeitc. Georgia and Maine. -Gaiv. Gilme'r. ill ibis mi~e~sag tol thle Geormist Leidlia tire. referrinig to SheC refusal ail theSi aire aaf Mliaie tao deliver up fuigilives fromijntstce chuarged " n lie crim of al vioilatiaig thle law s air Geoirgisa~lfr thle plrotectiaon ofshave praiper .-This State must the~refore prmteet, by its iw n sauthoirity, the rights of. its citizens in shstve praoper.y sagaiins the dl,igiioni 'if the peoplile fMai~ .ie to viilaite thua,n. Fur lhis -purpiose yaou will lie jtustilledl iai declar tag lay law that all citizens of~ M tine, whio may come wit hinl the jurisdilion oaaf thi< State n hainral of any vessel qs oiwners, ifficers or~ mai nirs, shall bei con~ssideread a, laiing so wvith it.:ni i t ommit i he crime of seducinig segrai -aves fraiml their owvn eri. ,5( and al ealt with :accordingly by the aflicers uif jaistice." F'rom the Corresponrient of tke Augunsta Con. AltoL:rnox:I'I :, Nov. 6, 1839. Satusday a laerntoain, b1ot11hirbracs of if the legishsitire me)t in Genierail Asem lily to countt Ihe voles !iven i:: for~ G.iver noar. -The resubl is, 44.63.l vote- for Judge~1 Doaughterty; m'aijiriiy for the Vana Buren esmdaidaoe .187. Tai-dlay. at 1:2 o'cloc~k t he inianuation1ill look llace. 'The aohiroes< if~ G;.,vnior MclDaiod 1 c-os ta nol hlear, theCra beilig sna crowda in te repires'itaiive chamlt haer Ii all procaire a copy aof this all tiresis and forwatrd it toi youl toi-moarroaw, An extraclaif am letter datted Milhlge' ville, Nliv. 6. sys: -oThere. is a slrong~ feling adniinst the Baunks he~re. TIhere is but little adaonht thtat they wilhlibe required tai pay 8;pecie befao iinair lise their Lt-hartersa. The Batik af ilhledgeville has ieeni piroleste'd in 9JI) astes, anal I am lda they wvill be. snedu on each ini a Magistra te'~s Court. The Legislature is decid~edl-y Ail mini->ration, and will cry aloand and spare not wherc Bauks are cnneerncd2" New York Elrelion,-tn the ety ii Adinii-t ration party have sitnaiv ti umphed. the State $enatto being elected by a majority of 1913 v otes. The gain in thie city and ill Richinomi conaty, which compose the Sesnatoirial Distriet. has been 14 mtembers of tihe Hiiouse of Representa tives. The Peaisylv-tmian of Saturday mornding furishes tables somewhat .nore coinrlete ihiati those of the New York pa. pers, of the evening before. From these it appoears. that -to lar as heard from, there are elected 39 Democrats and 41 %% higua to the lotse of Representatives. The whole number is 128, of which there were in the last House 82 Whigs and 46 Demo crats. The Whigs now claim and with: snilicient probability, to have elected -a small aijofity in both bratiches of the Le gislature; but it is one of those Pyrrhie victories that surely indicate-decline and final overthrow.-Charle.ton Alcr. NEw YoaK ELI:c-TIoN.-It is now oet tied beyond doubt. that the Whigs have carried both branches of th- State Legis latute, though btill doubtful by what ma jcrities. The Herald states that. the: Whigs have lost 5000 in the aggregate popular vote, so far as it is known. Pennsylvania.-The Harrisburg Key,-. sinne contaitts complete -returns, or mj jorities, of the %otes for Assembalymen at the late elec-i-on, in all the Counties in the the State wlere there was any contest.-. In coniies where there was no' contest, the vote of last year is substituted. - The result i<, a Van Buren majority in the State of 30,721. Last year. about 10,000. Missount SPECIAL ELEcTtos.-The S:. Leuis Argus of Nov. I says: Demoe racy triumphant every wher.-The ex tracts from letters from friends in various parts of this State, are gratifying heyond our warne~s anicipations. Never before have the Federalists met with such over whelming defeat. notwithstanling they were more ravored by circumetances, which we have heforo mentioned, thatn they evt were before or will ever- he a gain. rhe ttajority in proportion to the nulber of votes polled, will be itrmense, and we have not the shadow of a doubt that in Atiust uext, they will be beaten inore than ten thoui-snd votes. MfSSaatras ANsP JowA.-A letter publish. '.d in theMissatiri Argus,states that a meet i112 of Ohurteeit delegates (seven from Iowa -itd even from Missotri) was held n he 2-lth tilt., to aettle upon same amicable mttetal of action, in regard to the hotndary question. until the meeting of Congress.. The Misouri elegation wished Missou. ri to tie empowered to collect the taxes and11 have conurrent jurisdiction over the disputed territory. The Iowa delegation proposed that things should remain in satu qo ante betdum. Gradnally, feeling was excited-no agreentetit could be hit on-rld the meeting adjounie:l. The writer says that a few fiery spirits r:ti-e their "voi'e of war," hdt that the peoide at large wi.h t refni .quiet. RHonD IsL.i.n.-The feieral Assem. blV of R hie land have passed a bill ma king snch of the hattks of chan State asr. fitcd to pay specie for their bills, liable to t se payment of 12 per cent. interest upon them so long as specie is refused-the caslhie- to enter the titne of demand upon tite hill, and the refttsal of pavment for 60 -latve to work a fV feittreof the charter. Al-, mikiig tle president. and directors of'thse banks personally liable for the pay. ment of the lblis ott deposice, andI requir inmg e'ach hank teo receive its own bills in pa~ymient. The yens, ott the passage of bill, we're 4;3; nays. 25. Medlical College of the State of S. C. -T1he sessiotn of this valuable institutiotn cometntisced yesterdlny. We utnderstand Ithe prospect is of a v*'zy large class. probn bly necar two huindred. ihontgh the number cit'nnot as vet bie estimate.d wvith atny cer tainty. A's tno'w organized,. this College eoffers advanin~g.. for thhorough medical edlue'ntion, ptrobiably eclinal to any in the country: anld the rapid im renase oif its sne ces~sive classes alfhrds ample piroof of its growing .pplari ty.-Charleston Mercury Nov. 13. *, A t an election hcldl yesterday for a Board of Directors of the lititk ofl Charlestoii,-5. C. the folowintg centlt'een wera'eleuly elec ted ihr the ensntintg year:- Ken Boyee, Jas. A4deer, AI'-x. Robiereson, J. L. Pezant, H. WV. Cuinnor.Jcise:.h Lelatie. Jotnashan Lu. titind Lafinn L. M. W iley, hleutry Gour etin. ande F. D Fanntinig. At a suibsequtent meeting of thte Board, Ker Boye., Ewi, was untatnimously elect eel Presidlent.-Charleston Mer'.. Wfestern, Bank of Georgia.-T his insti itian, we aire hatppiy to learn, is recover inig fromts it's rece'nt epres~iein. Already have arrangetments been titade which will enabtle it to redeetm its circulatioti. and we hoipe in a short time toexhihit to tfr. public siehl ati tneconne of its na~irs antd-mattage mn'tt. as will tiot only restore it to public conifdesn e bitt prov'e it to be in its resomur ee, seiund to the core. The circulation, we are informedl, is hut $(i".00l0. Heitig fttrtnisheed with infoermnation iii re hationt to the- IHank on whtichb we casn re!' we do ntil hesitate to advise holders i te Netres, tnot to dlispose eof themn at a dise .mt. TFhe~y certainily will be -ery sont: ahe'ur rent as the Notes elf anv B ink in theS.;'o. Western Batnk Pape'r retit tech to us\ otnr stthseribeurs anid adlvertiesig patron will he cotunted as ensh to their credit. We' strrn Georgian. 25ths Oct. A Curiosity.-A gentleman informed sne a few dhays since, that a shnort time-p~re -vionte. while in pursitit of wild turkeys, in I lars cotiliy. Kenttsiky, in c'ompany with a friend, lhe disco~veed on the stummit of a knoll orelevaticon.a lareehole that wonsld acimtit a man's tiodey without mutch diul enty. Cuirioneity leed them to make pre parations. atnd by an necession they enter eel this myvsteriotne place. At the depth of abouit 60) feet they fesnnd themselves in a stuh-erranteouts cave ot room apparetitly ctut out of solidl rcwk, through wvhich they had tesed inany feet, wvhich apipearedl to be 'sixteen to eighteen feet nquiare. Our informant was the firset that entered' the room. and -he wats not a little suirprised -- ' W Nw YORK,-NOv. 10. -loaey MarTk.-The stock market was agait buojant yesterday nioruing, and price- closed generally higher than on Friday. United States Bank imeeproveal 1-2 per ceit. :aies af Corpnration haids were. ma111le at 6 per rent di-cout, ,and dralfs off Philadell lin at 121 2 H 12 34-on Baleinure at 12 1-2. 6outhem urxchan ges generally are a little better, lu prices cautiot he quoted with any pretensions to aeruracy. Uneurrent mnoney remains without vari alion in price, but vith a great. demand. If is confidentl stated in the Ohio papers that the Banks of Cincinnati, within lie thirty days fixed by law as the period of suspension, will resume. Yesterday the pressure was very severe and the number of 'ailures large, six or eight dry goods, jobbing houses were re l)rted, a shipping and importing house, somewhat concerned in flourmtg at Black iRock. The failure of an eminent French impnrting house also took place. This is a wealthy hiouse, and shows assets far be yiond its liabilities; but its assets are, like a large proportion of our dry goods houses, maturinglinBaltimore an.lPhiladelphin and in consequence of the fraudulent suspension in those cities,-annot lie realised, but at the ruinous los. of 12 a 15 per cent ; to !fly this would so far impair -their means tht the loss would A imamely fall upon their creditors. They have, therefore. sus pended. These inovements are all work ing on a healthy result. In all classes of business those who have tint been very mnch eurtailed,must unavoidalWy go down. The dry goods trade, for reaso nsleretufoire explained by us, are peculiarly exportsed to the stortn. The jibbers hetve amust ofthei Jlone business greatly beyond aty prudet proportion to their capital t a loss amount-. ng to a very small pe:r centage on their aggregaie business, therefore. renders them insolvent ; while itmpsrting hounes of large capital like the one here allided to. have sold at eight nonths for notes payable in Philaelphia and Bahi.o"re, and a luos-af 15 per cent on their :a-gtegitte assets is a <evere blow after 1836 7. The system will leniceforth be entirely altered, and short credits for notes payable ia N. York in specie funds, will be the only terms lis tened to. -From the .-lugusta Consitalionalist. AuuUT. MAaET, Nov. 14 Cutton,-3 usiness begins to wear a live. lv aspect in our city, am' Augista looks like herself often moore. Cot toi has arrived freely during i ne week, but the recent m telligeite fromn Europe p:r Great Western, aid the North. has put a damper mi otir ema1rket, and we hive to notice a decline stuce our last reprt of it 1 :.J cents on cut ton. The -trans.actions hame been limire.l during the week, a. there is very little Cotilietitton at present, itaotg merchatt-. owing t'the Iow St:Iie of our river, which renders it uncertain when the article can be got oil; as very little- depelience is to he pieced on the R:tii Road to Clh:rletont. .tand shippers take that rouie miy a. tho alterntive, the reweighng awd expense of tiansportation being agaiRst them. Ai soon as the river rienr, we ook IjIr inor competiitio, anti a better market. The salethItis weekfruia warehouses will reich abont. 6JU hales at prices rangitig frot 84 to 1U cents-princilially at 9 cents, which Wat the highest pirice that could he obtain ed yesterdty for priman., in sqisire hles L-'rmn wagoni-, s.dts have mtale of .atot th- satite eluit-ty, and at prices ranginu fron I to I cent. less. We quote new cotttons- $ si 1. ceatt-ohld 7 a 5)-dolll. Groc,ies.-Ttere~ is a flair isuzsiness do ing~ in the G;rtcery litie, nwI the stock at presenat on hanid, is all stallici--nt for thte die mndt. A, sooan as we have a rise in the river, our tmerchnats will ha~ve ones of thtt. best and ceenpest stock af g 'uds ou k:mtd ever ollered in this mtarket. At present, ttnere is no scarieity of any airtele that we know ofif i we excepit iron, the assertmnent of which is somewhatt broken Exchange.-lieinis as last noticed nowa- oh onir hanks, we believe, are dra -t - ing-llokers still charge 10 per cet for .hort sigh; checks on New York, antd 8 per eei premt; Savannath I Ocemulger and M1onroe Rail R oade bills are sel'intg at 1) per cemt dliscountt-aill other ttncitrrent monecy of this Staite, samie as last noticed. Mr. WVheaiton, the Aamericatn tminisier at lierlin, has breing bi te a stm-cessftul ter tmtinnamtin lie naaeliiationis whih itave btLeen so loitg pewiil.ing restpetinig the mte t:ato beetweent iihe Unaited Siares stndte Repnhe lie ofl Mlexico. T'heling of Pr-ussia at first heesitasted to acecept i h-- imedi itni.mes tendered ett .arroitnt oif thte extree comtplexity uad delicacy ofC thte quest iota in edispeete (-'pp--end ly as growing ccit etf the civil war inTexas,) but some eef these disptites having tecen amicabaly adejts'ed bietweent tile parties, his Ma :je'Sty liss tlast coeted t natte 31. Von U titne, thte Prtussiiian mintister ini the United Stsies. to decide as atrbiter, in~case of any dlifferenc-e of opittion, which mtighet a ise he-ut-e the mzembriecrs oif the tamietscommtission whticht i, tee examtine the reimaiinae-iiis sef thle two evernmentts eor their citizents upont each other."-Balti more Patriot. The Prorracteed Meetinig in the Metho (list Chtreh sit this p~ince clsed on Stindaty evenaing l~a t ;and we r--juice to say, iha, not withtstandiin2 it had beeni itn progress ten days. the house was creiw-led with at:tentir e hearers up to the last heaur. Cettasdera bly iupwar~is of one hundre.I personts-the latrgesa portioni of thema whtites-attatchedl themtiselves an the itilTereuir ehturch,-sanm this pelace duirin~g thal~t p~erisd: abom8at 0 joinied tihe Me-t hoedist, t wentty a 'd a tie Baptist. amti severail a le ies ispliain, Churche. Greenville Mountaiineer. Coinci/ene.-la tomptt~liantce' with the Governor'rs P'rocla itastison. Momutalay last was kept. in this litv sas a eday oif llum'ilin tison. litstintg ansi Prayer, ott accountt (a mnt uthier edaities) Cf te extensive andl iiqs nurllelqed dlreught wivhal hans for so lung a periete pervaded otur Stoae ; awld in ieemmtaag respamse to thle prayers of the dasy, our City was refreshed at ntight with at copious raini.-Charleston Courier. Thomas D. Sitmter, Esq.. grand-son of Gen. Sumter, has been elected to Con gross in jalan af thO ionn J. P. Richnrdson.