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. Commuications. Mr. Editor: SIa, The Chairman of the Joiut Com nittge'after ransacking the annals of Eu rope, and making the discovery that Eng land had, some century ago, made an in effectual effort to abolish the use of spirit tious liquors,returns to America, and casts about here for arguments to damnt the cause of Temperance. And here again we find him making a like random and reckless use of facts. 1. here once for all, take oc casion to clisclaim all intention ofpersonal disrespect to the Chairman of the Comu mittee. I concede every thitig to the man but nothing to the Report. Ife has thrown his Report before the publie,and thus made it public property, and as such, I have a right to use it. -In ireland," says the Report, "similar legislation (a duty on spirituous liquors) produced it is said more than the horrors of civilized warfare:" (civil war?) "and in Scotland the effects were scarce less disas terous. lit theUnitedStstes the same con sequences have resulted.'' The Report here gravely asserts that the laws passed in the several Suttes in this country restric ting :he retail of spirituous liquors, have prp~uced-'nore than the horrors of cirili-ed Warfare." It is with no affected etuar rasstnent that I come to answer this asser tiun. I know that the Chairman would not !:rnoteingly misrepresent facts; & occu pyiug the high & responsible station which he did, one would have supposed that he would have been scarce less willing to mis relpresent thet ignorantly. Bit truth and justice to the cause which I advocate.com pel tme to show that the staten t of this matter contained in the Report, is rnot sus tained byffacts. That the Chairman is mistaken in supposing that the laws passel in Massachusetts, Mi issisipi ,) &Tcnnetee, restricting the retail ot lipwr. "have pro ducel Iore than the horrors of civilized warfare." or any thing like it, I will now proceed to show by positire and unques tionable testimony. That the sta'ewteti is totally incorrect inl relation In o Massachu selts, and Tennessee, I have the tetimoty of eye teitnesses of unquestionable vracity. A Pentleman o'the highes, characteir fron Missiksippi. formverly of this District. eave me the fillowing history of the license law in that State. "\%'hIen the law wn first passed, it was so odious ihat the author of it teas burnt in P.ixy, 'n several parts oft lie State: but the excitelent soon sul sided, and when the people had witne-ced its operation. they becane so well satikfied with its saiutary efficts. that, at th? time he was speaking. July, 1839. he declared that it was one of the most popular laws on their Statute book, and the author of it one(, of the most popular men in the State. That the people drank their liquor at home & the country was relieved from those dis graceful srnes which are every day enac ted ahout the dram shop." But I will not rely upotn the evidence of a single individtt al, however conclusive his testiumony may be, I find in a letter io the Jeffersonian from Mr. Lumpkin,ofGeormiin. dared Nov. 3d, 1b39, abudant and conclusire testimo o1 this point, which rends as Oillows: "Before concluding this cambliig epistle I will furnish you with a few of the testi monials which I have received from Mis sissippi, as to tile nieasure of rehuirm enar t ed it that Sta'e. Messrs. Geo. R. Clay ton, and Joseph B. Colbb untder the date of August 17th, write-"With Crent pleate ure we write in dleclarinlg. that the elli-et.s of the law uipon the .ommunutity,so fatr as our observation extendls, has b~een most bene ficial and greatly hevoind outr most sunt guitne anticipatins. We believe that there is a determination among onr people ren, eratlly, to de-eat the election of any candi date whot4 may be in favor (if repeahitng the act. It is regarded by us, not as a tem perance qutestion,. but as the onlty means of suppressing. a trost alarmtig and destruc live putblic evil." A planter who emigrated from Gentrgin. and wh'lo resides itn Murshal coutnty.Missis sippsi; itn a letter hearing date of the 5ith. September, remarks--Ouir gallon law will he triumphtantly sttstauined ; public opinion is on the side (of good order by at overwheh ning mtajority in this emtpire TheL followving is an extract from a comi tunlication fromt Philip Clayton. Esq., ont; thte 16th Septemnber--Every well wisher to the peace amid prosperity (of the country can but Ilook to the contest in which you are engaged with the most intetnse anxiety. And with me this feeling is no little oin hanced from the fatct, -that the theatre 4of your labors is in that state around which the snushine of memory will often play with its highest and warmest beams. The place of one's tuntivit y cani never be forgot ten; and in all the jointrney of life, we re cuar continually to thte home ofour yotah. Frotn the bottom of mty heart do I wish you that sucess wvhich the ma~gnitude- of tbe cause demands. The good ceects oIf the statute passed here ore already most striking; and strange as it miay seem. meets. I have no doubt, wvth the appro bation of two thirds of the community. I hazard the opinitin, that if you should fail in your effort, in a very few years, the cut-throat. howie knife state of Mississippi will outstrip, in public morality. ber sister Geurgia Ii rust thut the day is niol fr dhistat, whten the friends of humattity may rest front their labors ini this grantd etet prise, and see the wvork nft heir hatnd seat tering peace and plenty throughout my *land." William la. ilarris, Esq., wvrites from Columbus, M ississippji-"1 reel a dleep) so licitude in the attempt now tmaking in Georgia 14o shut up dram shops. WVe have wiituessed with wonjler and milmirationi toe complete success of the measutre here, in diminishing crime, substittuting order for disorder, anid in acceomplishing in a few months more for the moral advancement of the state. thani had been ellected byv the legislatiotn oft t wenty years previousiy.-. A tippling house will soon behmtg to the r ass of artificial cutriosities itn this section. A publie.gathering with-us has become as ..rderly nlmost as n churc-h mcetin;r. I sulijoin one more exlract from a letter just received froni Col. George H. Young, whose character is well kuon% n tamiong us: -1 have understood thut yourself and a Mr. Flournoy are traversing the slate, ur ging upon the people the passage of ai ant i-tippliug law. It will cost you both. an doubt, some anxiety, some mortifica tion and a great deal of expense, time and labor, all of which coull haive bee, mared could %ou only have prevailed , ,n the Legislature to pass the act firsrt and discuss its moral and political hearings afterwards. In this event, the consequences of lhe act would have out-pleaded Mr. Flournoy and yourself, built comtbiined and multiplied ten ames over. Stehi was the cotirse' pur sued in this slate, and now the friends of the aet leave-it to the advocacy or its own visible and glorious results. and its ente inies stand dutmb-founded before these, wherever it ias gole into ellect. Proof; like lie foreioing might Ibe mul tiphed an hudred fold; but ir the witnes ses already cited, once tour fellow citizens, and distinguiished for probity and intelli gence, i% ill not lie believed. convictiui would not he proluced. '-aibhoughi oue should rise from he (lead," lere iq the testimony of six gentlemen, distinguished as Mr. Lumpkit, assures us for "probhity and intelligence." cili::ens of' Mississippi, living in various parts of' the State, assuring us that the !aw fs succeed ed there beyond their "most sanguine atiti ctlpatiotns." It woid be wastlng time to comment tiponi this testimony. We see that the gallon latw in Mississippi. ;n stead oh prodneing ."the horrors of civilized warfare" has "succeeded bevonit their tmost sanguine anticipations." ft is a mailer of' regret. ott account of the false impression which this Report iny make tponi some vhso will never see this reply. that the Chairman was so grossly imitposed upon by incorrect statements of this matter. The Chairman well knew, as every one does. the importance of en argitnent drawn from experience ott this qn.--stiot. [He therefore very properly based the whole argument of his Report ,tponi tlte experience of England and the U. Sta tes, ont his snblject. And h:id the facts beer., is he supposed them to be. I confess th(tat the ar-tunient would have been well iich fatal to our cause. Bllt fir'tun:tielv for the cause of virnue, it turns out thlat the Chuiriman was tota//y mistaken, in each and every position he assinned. I have shown from the Hislory of that day. t hat the act of Parliament(i of 1736 has notihiig to do " ith the irtetaire proposed at this inne in South Carolina. I have shown fi'oim -estintony that no mai idares to qes. ntit, tItr a law, much stronger than the oac Ice propose.hias succeeded in the-bow ic kuife state of i.ssippi," heyond the lost sanitgutinp amicipations " of its frieids. This is sufieient tocotnvinee eve ry one teho is open to conriction. Those urho are resolced not to be conrinced ma y find, too late, that there is more virtue ill the people titan they "dreaned of in their philosophy." The Chairman adiits that the retail system is '-the sooree of individual and sit ial distress of the deepe.qt tie." Atd yet he is opposed to all leIislation on 1he sOb iect. because lie thinks the0 people would not submit to the enforceient of ite aiv. Whetice is this formidable opposition to arise? Not from the Chairman or imen of his cast, for he sees the evil and wonhl re. joice at its suppressintt. The opposition then is not to be apprehended frotm1 tle edueated and the virtuous-hit irom the pcople. Who and what are the peoplt-? Are thev a headless trunk without sense. or soul? Is there no virtie int hemt? Are they incapable of instrittion? And vet if the Chairtttan's artgnment lie trite thev must he eitherct foole or kitaves. llowu~ e'ke 'ait hei sitppfo~e that they' will defemi~ wht lie aditsi to lie a wvitherinig enirse upfon rte r'(innttry? I view them in a dliffer'ent liett. l'htere is no d-mieer from the people. if we atn only escatpe fromit the politicians. Ar'e we to lie told that Somt Carolina is so fir bein d the age itt civilfizat ion, t hat --he is not prepared f'or lie moral ref i'rm at ion which has alreadty beetn eleted ini ''the ,owie kntife state of M1ississippi!"? I trutts mur pe'oplt' will, wvhent the day arrives, not ily vindicatr their charactter from this fouth spersion, and show those who enteraiti his conttempt iouta opinion of them, iltat hey dulty aipprecite andi fnily recip~rocatte lie fee'lingt. TIhe ;ippeatf ini the Report to hte priiialices of the poor. is so at war vith ever' fee'linte of imy natuire, that I ean tot trutst'myself tot speakl of it. This I ottkel to hear tup~on the httstinitgs, bunt (fidl tit t hink tot see it in a legislative Report. Th'le Chairmnan calls the adlvocates of virtue( atnd sobiriety "fanatitcal reformers.'' racitus c'alledl the religion of Jesus Christ 'a pernicious superstition." If' any thiinkt that I hatve treated this Re port with untnecessary harshntet, to sucht l reply. that I rim of' the injured party. rte Chirmn has set forth ini his Refport t very thioughiless attd unteuarded argo mient, highly injurioins to the cause I ad vocate. Not content w'ith this, lie hta. in lie zeal of his oppositiont pertmitted him tell' to aipply the opprtobrlins epithetr'of "f. untical refotnters" to a large and respecta. ide portion oef his contstituents. To'u all t his I hamve replied bty simply showing thle fal lacy of hi.: argument, and set tine him right w'here he has mistakeit facts. I htave re torted no epithets, amid have disclaimted all isrespect, If the Chairman, beitng blest with superior fotrecasi and lone experietnce, is enabled to see that ontreflort is the mtere ehulitiont of " fantaiical reformers, " Ite .hbiuld, artiall evets. lhe more gentle in his reproof, and beat' with ghose' whoi are hum bly :ttemtptine to finid their way in thei wilig?ht in which they, mtovea. Our oppo)E ntetits must secollect that thnttgh we have ito personal interest inivolved in this quies lion, our fee'lintgs are tnt. therefore, the less engatedi in the matter. They' may' remembter that for a mere matter of con science men have gone to the stake, and1 the same blood still flows ini thte veins of some of those "fantatical ref'ot mers," wtho tire tnow ready to sacrifice lttme, fortun", tine lttmportal irtifer(sts in thte e'ntise of iii tmanity and reliaion. - ff1 hanve said more tant was necessarv for the defence of myt cautie. inone will regre-t it mtoure t han mty self. I am conttendiing solely for wthat I heieve to lie the good of' mty fellow mien. and I would nti~ wantonly initerfere writh the happiucss. of any livin'g. - JROnME 4r. Editur - Wlheu hist in your village, T learned, with deep concerni, that endeavours were being atle, which if'suiccesbful, % ill cause --Teiiperanlce to be the test question at the next canvas for the Legislature." That drunkenness is in itself an evil, no -me of common perception van dety. Its demsior ilizing effects isuon the man, its coniam11inating. C anIJ iufe(ctn iniflueriee ott the public, and more partetilarly, its legitinhale cotisnqiuetnces at the hallot box the rejection of merit is equally evident, and istressinig. But whether it be a maftter for legi--lation? W1iether it will lie expedient? Or whether the public trind is prepared for action on that sub jeel, arte questions deservinsg mature de liberation ; :il utlss priomptly answiered affirmatively decide-s the point at onfe. in our view of thu questinti, the reply 1o the two first interrogattories depend uponit the last, but should the public feling go coutrary, each becomies independently im portant in the extrtme. That the people make their own laws. is the essettee and lory of cir govern tnent, an-t the enict meni of anv iaw, coil trary to the wishes of the rn;jority. -trikes hivsiy at the fundamental principles of the Conitutiuion. This righL they holid itth jealtns tenarity, and iny atteni to de prive them (if it, always has arnd will ever conttiitie t) lie flolloned tby op-n outraue. Now, the execntion of course, is done in the halls tif our State [lonse but (with re gard to those laws which aleet paitlar prejudice) tie attempt is made when onr representatiives are being chosen, and to agitate thik question, with the current of' lii opuiion so strongly opposed, is hut to involve our citizens in patri strife., of the most violew ani hitter nattre. That the sense of the coinimmity is agsinst le-islation, nie have everv right t'o cqn eludtle. The elections immediately ;-'er ie passa:e or tle last license law, pt it hevond ldoutt what it was then. and it is hut tattral to suppose tino radical change has been effeet-d sitce that litte. It is also a matter of tnttelh doubt to nme, whether the .evilq acerning from the dissensions which will inevitably, arise by ainking tis a parity question. will ntot ex ciase those under which we now laboir. Inlemperance %%ill thus acguire a oubitly inflmatiory chia ract-r. for any legal pro er.-ding aga.inst it militates against the lde-a and n% ith many, the dearest custonts of our yeomtnry. It has heen wisely rentarked thal " over legislatioi is the worsi sort of Iegislation," for it defeats it own etid. 'Sne, I appre hentid, will he the issue of action itn this suhject, anti believmttg it to he a ttond catise, and one in whieh every good citizen is interestid, I fee'l anxiotts that gemilemt,-n hond piause beltore ihey exire a t pptio it ion, which will be t hit m ely ins.pera ble. Legislation tiptin morals. never has, and iever c:)n ie cfiectial. Even itn the dompstic circle, we find ctimpsilsion of' the sort, met by by pocriey, aIl when the re striction is renewcd, ofien by otter de pravIty. Let the advantages of temperance he expounded to our citizens, let it hie enfore ed by ixatuple, and n hen a majority (not a tmere plurality) ask for legislation, then pass your laws. S.LUD.A. Mr. Editor: itt your last paper [ observed n emin ntnientionti froii 'Jeroe'' eeicnsturing the Report of the Joint ('ommittce to which .s r terred the memorials ..n the sub ject of' Temperacte, but vesttintig Iissplten more particularly iion the iworthy CUhair utitti, as havit e .olciy deterimined ite char act-r of' said Refpot t. I'roi the tenor of his renmarks, lie woul have nt. Ielieve that the Chauiirmantt, ''hy the trickery ot' le gislazt'isn"' wa's etnafbled to f'rtatte, tssruit antd tadopt far the Coutuittee, h!5 repotrr, asws theti pire-.'tt it to t he. [Isiuse, ats their teposrt. liere how~ ever Je(romte's tricker'y will oit egtatl ihe Chauirsmtan's, timd lie tust yet practice at little omore lif'e lie can isispt'e us 'n it h tie belief' t hat :t dfozent sensilelt ttent ni subm sitit to theit dictaition) ur a false reesetat tin of' onte, n Ito in hi-,. opituisn wecars ant "aazontian chits" 'lTta t the reiportn maty hav'e bee'n preparedl andti prete(St d fby lie Chairmanat to thle Ucimmsittee, is possiblfe. But t hat it wett to uhe Houso wyithost thle comsent of a ma jority of thaut Comminittme, is not. In stneh c'ase, the vote is invatrialy taken asms the result reposrted fly ste Chairmass, the or' aatn of the Cosmmsitt. e. tas the opiiosn of' the n hole. ",Mark now, how a pilain title htas put him duwn."' I w'ill bje excused in passintg to t hut part of the enmmunisication, in which Jeromine acqtaints ussnithi the Uhtairmati's "extremse youth." ande withb the tender sympashy of ati old getean, sav'oring osf mtarvellous husmainity, alter aimrinc Ihis bilow. cometiLs to htis ree with tot teringr pace, tand hsat'y locks,cryi mg "the young rnin is isexperienced" We- tad mire this releuttinig k indlness-this wonder otis miagnanimtity oni the' part of the old Gent leman anad sorrow that his at-ility teo coutisel. has passesd with Isis vouth, list were his head moisre equal to his heart ass-sted by siis great ex perience, hte woui be alhymest in~valuabrdle. B~ut the old Gentle oman hats tundeirvtone a genieral decay-his uniissy faculties are serisiusly imptairedl, anid Isis mnemsory a mecre wrerk-else Ihis inf'ortmat iuin relatiive to ithe Chairmsan it, vatsdy incorrect. F'or a leugth of' time, I hav'e beesn personially atcqu'sinted wihi the Chairman, anid suspect that he hsas seen as umany summiners as the old Gentleman The next comtplait lodged bty Jerome, alias the old Getleman,againstt the Chanir. man.a is sthat hei --ns-kid ihr biread amit was givet a stone!'' that hue w'ill not he aetrna tedh h great spirit ohf ilefoirm, like H tus, J eromie, Lut her, tsr the old Grntle man, and lastly, ihat the Chasirnman wvos think, as he, Jesrosme, the old Geittleman, cloes. I deemi it unsnecessary hieres to miake any other commssent, thant tant this dlisen-~ get'mosntess delss not correspondc withI the ge-neroits fteelings for wvhich I htave previ onsly givenu hims crtedit. Near lie conse It sict tif Ihis remsarks, Jerome, or the old Gentlenman slf'ers ani aplounv for haiving dwelt longer con shc- Rep1 ort tiran it drscrves. I is apoloigy is, "that cimtig foirthi tinder the impioissing nsame of a Cnmmnittee ofl thle Legishatture, it ms possr-s a fietitissus isi po~rtanice." This w~as quiite apiropocs, ands we granit him the sagacity of perceiving ttt the insfinensce of his oipinioni wcouId hear but a small proportion to that.of a ~Comn mittee of ileLegislatu-re. The last attempt ofdiplonncy on the part of the old Gentle man. iA w here hie fleclares that theXhairman moved to ay his own report upon the table, & then calls upoi the people to drai their own inferences, eviletly insinutating that the Chairman wished to retrace his eteps. To ile, that motion serms perleeily com patible with the namare of the Report. Action on the siubject, was the wish of one side: no action that of the oniher.-lay. inl- it oni the table was sirmply a refusal to nei(:, and1 hus3 onie pill ws gained. 13 sid eii i s well known, that at the time this Report wao presemed to the House, so anxiotis were the memrbers to ie oil. that it wits almost impossihle to form u Quo rut. To use the lanuange of a fellow citizen, the old Gentleman. Jerome. -has a fine horse but is a d-n had rider. PitACTICE. AN ADDRESS TO BACHF.LORS. From a Leaf in my Scraup Bok. Come you poor, miserable, lonely, de :!rtvd, fruactiotal part of animated nature, ,..Pine up lhere and ber talked to. Are you not ;shedicl of yourselves every nother's son,? Are you itor seusihle that the best part of your duty is nudoner.-that you are wasting life away withoui knotning what li.e is-ibm in short, you are et cry thing tdhat i- poor.-annd pitiable. You need not speak, it ist enotiugh that you huang your haw The teritm hieclor, suppost nil sorts of enormities stld breaches of the peace. One wto pulils downtt harber's poles. andi places them bielire driu2 Store,-Crazv young hahelo-trs. Thze who steal Due Ior's signs.-und put them where those who go in search of diseases, mny at the saimc tine learn where ta look for a rem edy. Rowdy hcelrs.--Trhos wIo steal green corn. aliples and penehies. Drunken baehelors. Theise- who make rows in theatres. Bachelors of refinted taste. Those who keep their sisters in tears, an)d break their miolher's hearts once ;a day, week davs. ind twice onu every Sunday, the year through. Blnche lors who break their tnilors, gunl make their fathers desperate In short, who have cone atray, nud nre desperaicly wicked. Mindh. we, say not all bachelors; but wesny that he whoif wishes not thus tat be classed, let him come out frirm amung them. We were never in favor of too extensive eredit--but some peopile, as the world is ainificialilv rontitutitel. final a certain amtount of it necessary. If thwn, you watnt crelit, you titist rit he n hachel or. Who'll trust him?-why you might ts t ell fCasten your dollars for security uder the wiler. tif a hiir of pa-sage, truitina tot the bi rd's riturn. faur the recovcrv of vour tooev. There, is rie bateel-lor T om Ior instnee-or rahller here, lie ii to dog,. Triuis him. antd w!iere will be( he tomor. roi? With titne clenn shirt collar itt his lat, he may he calculating the speed tf the Rail Romed cars, in which he ;its with ite wath vuft sold him on ;t crerhit, in his haled, to little the distance by. Or Ie im ay hie spoiling the knees etf the paits, he agreed to pay you fir. liv tle side of somne country girl's milking stool, ,v il his face perpitres with the ftil e oeits lie is takinig. nod the can's tail % bisks the flies iff his raiinit vounit-ntie. In -hort, ht- may e any i% here, but where you wish to see him. Now chani the scene. nanl consiler thei e:te of a tnitrried tian. lIe has ms mtitliv ties io hol-f him, as be has hairs on his huend.---and so far as running away is coince-rieil, youi may gi-rierally trust a marrieil inni. hie is a cionviet. lIe las beci tried. an ti d -- Gu iGr ." of a hert nttiuned f1ora matriiuonial duet-anI Pro idence siing ln hi loive. lie hs per haips sat eunlargedl rhle famtily chotir, than all part-c are e,;'ried aomile cte---itmay lie, ithotuat nott witnti a dliscordc. Thle bars tif such muisie are hors to his f'tcemuo'tctin. Th'le 'andant" i.- the only mitoeent itn nt maritriid mtant's mausreb, texcepit when hii' w.i fe ph cys ai vohm i 0tary' n at brom-stick, nith Iihotvel am tidInigs atacomipa nimtent. R uningti. oilier thant ii, is awl of te qiuestiont. If yon wovi:hl bie trusted! theni, lie marcried. If vtiin' woulad maiita~in a mtan'r platce int ci-ty. lie ntirrie-d. Tlhe rec paoet of t he htlas is thle re'.pect tiC ithe commin it iy, :tn the'y nleer give it to obil Andtt nail' bneheiirs, ha;,vinog reasoned von io it entsibility to) your piresent roti lift , wet. I shllI eenar:ily-..shiow. youi the rmad oiut ofC the '.laeu~ItiCo de..pcod. We dare say, you know nait what womituen were madb- Ior:a we n'.ill bairruow a quatla tiuot fromti Oi way, antI apoistroiphise the sex a(i'-Oh omtu ! laively wetirn in ! tatutre made' thee Toc temiper main, wve luad beetn bruttes without thee." Yoti must do) sotmethiung more thn talk, aind to shoiw the sinceit o tf vior refor mnntioti, ntid proive that respect luir the lat dies, has dnc somth'oliic ttowardls human izing yout.-You titlst assist in their char ities. 'There never was a trimlv charitale fellow' int the worldl, w.ho cntild not get ai cood1 wife for the askitng. Th'ink of this bnteeors I i yo deserve to he nmarriedf. as yett do, if yotn are a mtatn-if you wish to lie mnarrietd as you d10 if yotu are wise take our advice There m tist lie cottcert in the move-mene', andiu :he Iadies will Ieadt the army oif the btenevolenit, algainist the gritm troops of want. which even ntiw in vest the counlttry. Go tot the fatir Ge-ner ails fair advice-marke them y air nltmioner<, ask their udirection. nut thatt wili fitrntish vew with malter fir conversationt better lian alny of the obstolete stuff atbtout Cn pidt. nnd two hieartts on a skewer. wh'ch Mortality among Ne-ws papers.-T he Nan tionral Initelligentcer meintions the discon tinurnee of foiur Dntiiy Newsptapersi wlithini a shocrt pieritid, viz: Poulsoin's AmIlerienn Dahily Advertiser, Philadelphia: Bahiimaore Chroiele; utti the Whtig and Evenin!! Peisi. Cincitnnati. The Blaimot: e Chroni cle ha-w beenl i posed of' to the proeprietors 'if the Aiumeriennii.-Chaar. Mer. Fire in N~atchue:.-A fire ocenrred in Natcthez on the night of' the 8tht tuft., in tine tif the frontt streets under the I illi, which dlestroyetd property to the valtue tef bet weetn 20 nndii $22,000l. tin whtich there was bt little inlsurnilee. Atmotng the build itm. burnt na t he Kentncky Hlotel-U. EDGEFIE LD C. 11. \VEDNYSDAY, JANUARY 16. 1840. To Correspondents.-"Suinter" is re ceived and will be published. To our Subscribers.-We will in a short 'lime, publish all receipts of nonev, paid forsicbscripti-ims to the Adverti--er. Those ofour patrons who choose, ntill then, ha% e the pleasure of seeing their nnmes in print. Our subscribers at White Unl, Abbe ville Distrier, complain of irregularity in the arrival or ofur paper. We will state that our paper is regularly deposited in the Post Office at this place, every Wednesday. evenine, at or before 8, or 9 o'clock, P. '%. The Post 3laster here, informs us that the paper is forwarded without delay. The fault th, n must lie in sone Post Office, between White Hall, nud this place. Our correpondent "Romeo" is verv severe on old haclhelors. They are a grace less set. aind d(lou btless deserve all that he has said. I~e whio will not ie homnre kneel A! dlear and ovely w-man's shrine, No earthly joys can ever feel, And should not tnste of bliss divine! ccf we are growin sentimentcal, and will say not more on thi-k delightful subject. We niiight write a column and lilt' nder upon some good remarks, but we are not in the mood at present. Sheriff's Election.-At an election held ecu the 13ch and 141h insf., Simeon Chris tie was elected SherifT of Edzefield Dis tric'. We will give the full return in our next. The next Gorernor.-The lion. John P. Rich;ardson lately a nwmtnher of Coniress, from thi State, was spoken of during the ssion oh ihe Legislature, for next cov ernor. Mir. Richardson is a Union man. bit it is believed that hirm partics in the State, will unite in his support. We have received firom Dr. N. S. Jones of Alabanca, somie seed ofihe M ilti-hoiled ection. We return him our grateful ne knowledeetcnts for tlie presem, int will plat the seed. We will enleavor to caike na intciy culto btgs frotn them, as we cn1. Cotton.-Arountis to the ., of Decem her,site tliat there was a fall of we. it Ihe prire of cotton at Liverpool, and that the market was very dull. Ar an election recetily held in Augustn Gen., Wi. V. Kerr was electei Shc if'. Massachluuetts--itobert C. Winthrop Whig. hans been re-eleried Speake-r fr the Locwer Honse of the M2assachusetts Legis lture. A new evening paper called the "Tai lv Tlelcarnp~h"' wvill shcort ly Ibe puli shed. in Savatnnahi Geo. It ni ill bce undei~r the edlitorial emunntzgemecnt icf C. N1acardel I lute assistant editor of the "Georgian." The editor of the Clarestcn Observer, Ihe office of whcich was recetly ''her:i ecut''sayvs that he wvill restume thIe pubtlicat non ,f his paper itn a few weeks. The Chtarlcston Courier. alwacys a near paper has putt oni a tew dress reccntly. The Atgucsta Daily Constitutionalist Icoeks new, nceac and clean. The Legi~laiocre of Virgincat, Iby a vote of eighty to fecrcy. have legalized the sucs peicsion of specie paymen cts by the bantks, ecntil March next. IHorder tear ended.-Thze terrible squah Ile between Missouri, and Iowa, about which so muccch has been said, htas ended wvithIouct bloodshed. Southern Agriculturist.--Tlhis work will hereafter be Cccle I 1-y the former edlitor, Mr. Jtio D. Legare,whco has chang ed the ntatue to thte "Sonthuern Complendli. umec of .igricecucre, Hoerticultucre, Deomes tie and Rural Econom~y, Literatucre, the Arts and Sciences, aNdt Spocrtintg Intelli gence, &c." The focrmerjutrneal was an excellent, one and we have no doubct that the new one will he heighly valuabcle. The Hion. Charles F. Mercer. a mnem herof Congress fromt Virginia, has resignedl his sent. lie hcas reeie the appoint nment of Presidenit of a bank in Florida. Thte Milledgeville Recorder of the 7th inst. says thcat the~ Banuks in Savannah have stopped specie payments. We have received thce second cnmber of the "Southcertn Silk Joucrnal amie Farmer's lRegister'" publlishedi at Cuolucmbus, Gat. It is undier theedci torial macnagement ofMessrs Wiley WVilliamns, acnd S. TI. Chapmuan. The first article is by one of the editors. otn the --History of~ilk." It cotains mucech useful and interesting itnformnation. This number has also ocher giood articles ocn silk. Thcac poto of it called the"[Farmn er's Regi-ter, has an excellent article otn thce "Geological Sucrvey of Georgia," and a nefrul ne on "manure.." A noibli Ce.ion jike the present c.r-not bt' Ie to groat utility, and as such is deserving of genCr-il cocouragemntt, particularly by those engaged in the cnlture of silk. We commend it to public patronage. We rend lately in one of our exchange papers, ahnt the common price of corn i4' one of the Western States was 124 cts'per hushel. In another, ihat flour wias only $2 75 per bushel. This i-1 cheap living truly; We would "pack up" and engrate in that region of plenty, if the happiucss of I bis life, dieetd di solely on the chenp ness of bread! But what Sonttliern tian would exelange his country. however ster ile it may be, with its cloudles skies-its balmy clime, and its thousand nameless enjoymens, for the ice-hound regionsof ithe North West? 11e would not indeed! Not long slire, Bicknell's Reporter stated that the l'hiladelphia banks were prepariug to resune specie payients. If the.y should resume, our Southern banks will probably do the sanme. Why cannot our banks throwitig aside nll considera tion of inte rest, or lostes, lead the way in this matter! Pow.RoFTIF BA.NKs.-"Manyof the Legisat trts of our sister States. (says the New York Cotrier & Enqtirer,) have re eently coimienced their sessions, nul tihe tisua nossages of the governor, have been trntstmited to them. ~it all of these the subject of the currency is treated on. It miatiers little how, for this much is certain, that it not.e of bthe will they dare to en force any legal ienalities against the sanl which have sutpetled." This itsolent boast of a Bank organ ha, proved propherie. The Bank influ ence ras been paramount, aud in ilis State as in othere, Legislators have been more afraid (if the Bainls than ofr he peo. ple. The Senate of Souti Carolina have in effect <teereed. that irredeenible paper is the best enrreney-and tihat the people have no rieh t m f'eeie. so long as it suits Btnnk speenlators to refuse it. It ia) be different after the next eIcetions.--Mer. Can the above he trte? Ilas it come to this, that the Legislature orSouth Car. olin, a State which niove all has boasted of its iteependence, and itn times not long anne by, has given good proof of its fear les-aness of power,hnim now etwered beneath soulless-moneied corporations! Have our people indeed, boiwed the knee to a god not of silver or gold, but of paper, which their on% n hands have made 1 We are loath tit nelieve it. But we must re grer that otr Legisatrec wolt not pass sone net ot ithr subject of the late stispen. mint; or nt least, did not pass a resolution of d.isaprobation. From the S. Carolina Trn:prranre Adeorate. Ma. itErroT:-. a inemtiber of tile Cotmimittee of tite Ilose ot Reptresenta tives, ont the Memorils uand Presentment oml Girandt Juries, concerning the License Lt ws. it is due t1 nyseIlf. titat I should sav, that I dill not agree to the Report of the Ci:.irnan of tait Committee, ptip li-bed itt your la,-t paper. So netich of ilthe Reprt as sets torit ithe great evils of the retail sy-tem met ity approbation; so tm -ch of it as ar'iues a&niit all legilation or, the aielert. did not. I helieve that tite nceit y filr- our por lar. anid indeed at most aIi thw paul.eri.sm in the# communinity, Legislatur et o.ught to t pply the retumedv... lThe~ onfly intne ttoPuf ni hta' is termied 'im pruentt leg tiont, mencttionali in thte Re port with aty distinctness, is the act of ths British Parliament, ptassedi in 17d6-that net conttitnued of force sn ren years, antd wite repent!ed itn I742. ntot withti'ut st rontg andit powerful opposition front the tmofst (distitn entishted tment of that dayt. Its repteailia pliaced diiannetl) tpon the urountd that it wats ntecessary, frotm that sontree. to ratse sutpplies5 te carry Otn the war int iwh ite Kinig wits thten enggetl. The diference her wveent tht~eitharatcter of public setttimnent ,m itnt stubjeer. tet that dany, in Eeginnd, nttd tat now prtevnilintg altmst theroughmout thte ei ilizedl woiri, deJ:ivem lihe argumnent, ntgninstilegisiationt at itis time, drawun from that noetree, of all its force. It w'as then said that the aet was dematndedl as a means ofC preservitng tite very species of the lower order of Englishmen. Such is not the state or thtings int thtis conntt.-y. When the Report tof the Chaimtan antd thte aecom ptanying ihills cnme uit itt thteir regutlar or cder for conesideration in Inc Hotuse, without assignting any reasont, the w"hole matter was upon the mtotioen of the Chairman him self Intid upon the table. A mlotiont to lay on the table tnot allowing elehtae those ttetmbers of the Cotmmittee whto dissented fromn the Report, were tdeprived of'the op portuiry of sta:ing the grounds of their olpposition. The correspndeing tmeasures whirch camte from rte Sentate, were ntot re ptorted up~on by the Comtmittee of the llouse, in time to he considered before the atdjournent of the Legislature. Rteqpeetfully. N. L. GR IFFIN. Edgefield C'ourt House, Dec. 23, I839. Correspondentce of the Charleston Courier. # Asutt4O-roN, Dec. 31. The appointment of the Commtittee by cite Spentker, htas given very genterai satis factiien to) both paerties. a circetmst ance. per hptimat h::s tnt occuirred for a number of years. Ymou wilil perceive that Mr. Lewia. of Ala., like Mr. WVise, is not mnentiotned ini any of th- Commuittees; this was dlone at his own request, oinlg to the numbner ef private c'laimis ctntteced with the Creek reservations in Alabama, which Ihe has to atttend to. Thle Senate proceeded this morning to elect a Chtaplain, for which otlfice there were wome halfdohzent cattidiares; amtonig themt the Rev. Miessrs. Cookmnan, Melve'r, Bllackstone, Bates. Stewnrt atnd Winer. The first etamted gentleman was elected ott the second ballot, which stood as- fol lows: Cookeman 20; Bates 7: Melvor 3; Stewert 5; Winmer 1. A beili concerning the removal of the Seminole Indiana, west of the Mississippi, as reported bey the Cotm tmittee on Indian Affairs, was then read, and passed. The Senase. Qn motion.