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"We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberties, Ad if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruin.." VOLUME V. YAileR C ourt Rowse, S. C., Aipril c%, 1840f. 10 0 EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER, B3Y W. F. DURISOE, PROPRIETOR. TERM S. Three Dollars per annum, if paid in advance-Three Dollars and Fifty Cents if not paid before the expiration of Six Months from the date of Subscription and Four Dollars if not paid within twelve Months. Subscribers out of the Stato are required to pay in advance. No subscription received for less than one year, and no paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid. except at the op tion of the Publisher. All subscriptioni will be continued un less otherwise ordered before the expira tion of the year. Any person procuring five Subscribers and becoming responsible for the same, shall receive the sixth copy gratis. Advertisements conspicuously inserted at 62A cents per square, (12 lines, or less,) for the first insertion, and 431 cs. for each continuance. Those published monthly, or quarterly will be charged $1 per square for each insertion. Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will be continued until ordered out, and charged accordingly. All communications addressed to the Editor, post paid, will be promptly and strictly attended to. Phoenix Stone Ware Factory, I TO MERCHANTS AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. The Subscribers having been engaged in the manufacturing of Stone Vare at Pottersville, in Edgefield, S. C. for many years and from long experience, and former owners of that establishment, have located themselves at the Phwnix Factory, Shaws Creek, twelve miles from Edgefield C. House on the main Road leading 1rom Newberry, Union, and the upper Districts to Aiken, for the pturpose of manufacturing Stone Ware in all its variotus branches. They have procured the best of I workmen and ire constantly making up, and havea large stock on hand. Their assortment is the most complete ever before offered for sale a in this market, to which they would call the at-. tention of Druggists, Merchants and Planters, and all those who wish to purchase any thing in their line. Among the many articeq of which their stock is composed, are the follow ing viz: Jars of all sizes from i gallon to 20 gallons. I Jugs of all sizes do. j do. 20 do. C Churns of all sizes 2 do. 5 do. Bowls or pans of all sizes, from A do. to 5 do- r Butter Poti or all sizes front j do. to 3 do. with covers. Pitchers of all sizes from I do, to 3 do. And leds neatly made for jars and churns if desired. Stew Pots of various sizes, &c. &e. All of the thovc is inferior to none made 1 in the United States. Orders addressed to us at Edgefield Court House,S. C. will be prompt y attended to, and delivered to the Merchant s oor, any distance under one hundred and filly miles. Charleston merchants can have their ware delivered at the depot, iii Aiken, at 12J cents per gallon. 3rHrs & RHODES. April 1, 1840 if 9 The Charleston Cour. will publish I tines, weekly, and forward account to this Office. HOT ICE! HOT ICEU I WOULD inform my friends and the pub lic, that I have added the HARD WARE Trade to my Tin and Sheet Iron W1'are Mannfac ory, and will be pleased to supply those wish na articles of Hard Ware. 'Also, just received Two Thousand pounds Goshen Butter and Cheese, afirst rate article. 1 Also, For Sale a good Span of Northern HORSES ; sold for no fault, having no use for them: they are five years old, only. All the abovefor sale low for cash, to suit the times. N. B. Jobbing, Roofing, and Guttering promptly attended to, as usual. Now, p lease call and see, Your humble servant, A. B. C. A. B. CHURCH. Hamburg S. C., March 19, 1840. d 8 To Dealers in Druirs, Itedicines, &e. 1J HE Subscribers having recently purchased' the Stuck of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS-WA RE,&c of the' Estate of James Leverich, deceased, take this method of informing their friends and thme putblic generally, that they have on hand and are constantly receiving fresh supplies of all articles usually keptin their line of business, which they will dispose ofon reasonable terms. All orders addressed to them will meet with prompt attention, and executed with neatness and dispatch P. 5 Purchasers are particularly reqtuested to call and Examine our Stock and Prices be fore purchasing else where. SAMUEL D). CLARK, &Co. Hamburg March 25,1840 8 2m The.Greenville Mounmtaineor and Pendleton Alessenger will publish the above one month each, and forward thetr accounts to this office State of South Carolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT iN EQUITY. Sioses Holstun. William Holetnin and Bill1 for Alccount, 4ge. others, Children of Moses Hlalstun, sen.J It appearing to my satsfaction, that Williaum Hlolstun, Stephen Holstun, Elkanah Sawyer, and Celia his wvife, Hiram Holstnu, David B. Williams, and Mary his wife, some of the de fendaints in this caso. reside without the limits of this State-. On motion by Wardlaw, and Wardlaw, ordered that the defendants above named appear and plead answer, or demur, to the bill in this case within three months from the date of the publication of this notice, or the said bill be taken pro contfesso. against them. J. TE RRY, c. r.. r.. p. ]Miscellaneous. SPEECH OF MR. CALHOUN, OF SoUTH CAROLINA. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 13, 1840. (Concluded from our last.) What a picture is presented to the mind n enntemplating the present state ofthings u England! We behold a small island, u the German oceau, under the absolute ountrolora few hundred thousand individ Aals, holding in unlimited subjection not ess than one hundred atnd fifty millions of luman beings, dispersed over every part >f the globe, making not less than two muudred to each ofthe dominant class; and ret that class propagating a maxim, with nore than missionary zeal, that strikes at he foundation of this mighty power! I vould say to herand other powers impelled >y like madness. You are attempting Vhat will prove impossible. You lay lown a maxim which you would limit in Is application, so as to suit your own afety and convenience. Vain hope in his inquiring and investigating age. You :aunot make a monopoly of a principle so is to vend it for your own benefit. It villhe carried out to its ultimate results, vhen its reaction will be terrific on your ocial and political condition. Already t begins to show its fruits. The subject nass of your population, under the name if Chartists, are now clamoring for the >enefit of the maxim, as applied to them elves. They demand practically, in heir case, the benefit of the principle you lorpagate at a distance; and for so doing ire cut down without mercy. My object snot to censure the course adopted to vards them. It is not for me to j'dge vhat your safety may require. I am sim ly showing that the mixim on which !ou profess to act in relation to the West ndia colonies, and which you must apply o ourcase, in order to sustain your decision egins to be applied to your own at home. i is only the beginning. Already it is assing into a higher and more intellectu I class, who are applying it to the present ocial and political condition of Europe. k body ofinen, not incotsiderable either or numbers or talents, or the continent of urope, and particulcrly in France, are usy in making such application. They re men not of a character to stop short, rbe inimidated by final results. Already icy proclaim that social or political slave y-that which resuha f'rom theo subjecdion f the great mass of society to the smnll overning class, is worse than domestic avery-that which exists within the outhern portion ol our Union, in its mil. lest and most mitigatied form. In illts ration, I will read an extract from the loaris correspondent of the National Intel igencer, said to be ,1 r. Walsh, taken from he work of the Abbe Lamannais: "The Abbe exclaims 'In good sooth, I am not in the least astonished that so nany, viewing only the material side of hitgs, and the present separated from the 'itrre, should, in the midstofour boasted :ivilizntion, regret the ancient domestic ilavery. Thirty-tltree tillions of French. en, true serfs of this era, crouch igno niniously under the domination of two itndred shousand privileged masters, and itipreme dispensers of their lot. Such is ie fruit of our struggles for halfa century slaves, arise and break your chains! lei hem no longer degrade in you the name f man! Eighteen centuries of Christian ty have elapsed, and we stilI live under lie pagan system. " To this I add another extract, taken rom another oft he public journals, which vill give some idea what are the fruits ol laevry in the form so vehemently de )ounced by the Abbe: 'angland and Ireland.-It's enough tc nake one's heart bleed, if all were true, n the winter pictures drawn ofthe starved, oftfering condition of the peasantry in rhe igs-thteir cabins inundated with rainm ad mud-the bodies of the laborers satu rated with wet, sleeping on fireless hearths, and peat at the exorbitant price of a pen uya sod too exorbitant to cook the very rew potatoes they may have. Parallel tc hese scenes the English operatives art rated to be reduced to dire extremity, and aroundl these dlark and gloomy spots, we have narratives of the luxurious an voluptutous life led by the favored few o the gentry and nobility." It such is the condition of what the Abbe calls "the serfs of this era" in thc most civilized cotintry in Europe, we! may our domesticslave, in the midst a plenty, and under the guardian care of master, identified with him itn interest rejoice at his comparative happy condition Trhe exaggerated picture, drawn by the most infuriated Abolitionist, can fint nothting in the whole region of the South to equal thtis picture of misery atd want: and yet it is Great Britaic, wherein such cont rast of wretchedness and volttptun us. ness exists, that wrages such unrelentitt hostility against domestic slavery! She wars against herself. T1he maxim sht now pushes against others, will, in tturn, he pushed against her. She is preparing the wvay for universal discord, within an< without. Tho movement began writi Wilberforce, and other misguided met like hitm, who, althotugh humane an< enevolent, looked at the surface of things with litdle knowledge of the springs r httman action, or the principles on whici the existing social and political fabrice c Europe resis; anid, I mtay add, like al other enthutsiasts, without much regard as to the means employed in accomplish ing a favorite object. Thcre never before existcd on the glob a nation that presented such a spectacle as Great Britain does at this mdmedt. She seems to be actuated by the most opposite and conflicting motives. While apparent ly actuatid by so much zeal, on this side of the Cape ofGood Hope, in the cause of humanity and liberty, she appears to be actuated, on the other, by a spirit of con quest and domination not surpassed by Rome, it the haughtiest days of the Re public. She has just subjected and added to her vast empire in the East, the coun try between India and Persia, and isat this moment, if we are to believe recent ac counts, preparing an extensive expedition against the oldest of nations, containing a population not less than a fourth of the hu man race-a nation that has lived through geterations of nations, and which was old civilized before the Governments of Wes tern Europe came into existence; I need scarcely say I refer to China. Let me add to her other claims to respect and ven eration, that, of all despotic Governments, it seens to me, (judging from the scanty evidence we have of a people sosecludel,) it is the wisest and most parental. And for what, if we may believe report, is Great Britain about to wage war against this venerable and peaceful people? To foice on them the use of opium. the product of her slaves on herHindu pilantation, against the resistance of the Chinese Government. And what is the extent and character of this trade ? It is calculated it would have reached, the last year, had it not been in terrupted, forty thousand chests, or more than five millions of pounds. worth about ttwenty millions of dollars, su Micient, by es timate, to supply thirteen or fourteen mil lions of opium smokers, and to cause a greater destruction of life annually, than the aggregate number of negroes in the British West India colonies. %%hose condi tiron has been the cause of so much morbid sympathy. It is against the trade in this pernicions and poisonous drug, carried on by fraud and smuggling, that the Chinese Government has taken the most energetic and decisive measures, as it was called to do by the highest consideration of policy and humanity. Of all teaths, none is more wretched than that occasioned by this seductive but fatal drug. The subject slowly expires, with the powers and futc tions ofrmind and body comnpletely exhaus ted, a spectacle odions to behold. Snch is the trade which, it is said, the expedition is intended to enfurce, agaityst the decrees of the Chinese Government. The rumor, I ho e, is groundless. I hone. for the honor of 'ngland-for the honor of modern civilization, and the Christian name-that its object is far different; and thut, instead of enforcing a traffic so a bominable, it is intended in-coperate with the wise and humaine policy of the Chi nese Government in suppressing it; and that, so lar from aiding smugglers and rulians, it is intended to seize and punish them, as tbey deserve. If, however, ru mor should prove, what a contrast it would exhilit between the condcut of Great Britain in that and this quarterof the globe? There. we find her extending her power nud dominion, regardless ofjusice or hu tnanity; while here, we find her in the depth of sympathy for a hand of negroes, brought into our ports under a suspiciorr of murder and piracy, intermeddling in their behalf with our own and the Spanish Governments-and that, too, at the solici tation of an A'olition society of her own subjects! As strange as this may seem, it is true. I hold in my hand evidence of the fact, which I request the Secretary to read. The Secretary then read the folldwing: Foreign Ofcc London, Dec. 23, 1839. "St: With reference to the memorial of the Glasgow Emancipation Society, dated the 25th of October last, on behalf of the negroes who took possession of the Amistad, and were subsegnently carried to New London, ina the United States of Amterica, I am directed by Viscount Pal merston to state to you, for the informa tion of the above mentioned society, that his lordship :has directed her Majesty,s Minister at Washington to itnterpose his good offices in their behalf, in order that they may be restored to liberty , and his lordship has further instructed her Majes ty's Charge d'Affaires at Madrid to call upon the Spanish Government, to issue, Iimtmediately, strict orders to the authori Fties of Cnha, that. if the request of the Spanish Minaister at WVashington is com plied wvitht, the tnegroes in question tmav be put in possesion of theirliberties. 'Her Majsety's Chargo d'Aff'aires at Madrid has likewise been instructed to urge the Spanish Government tocause the laws against the slave trade to be enforced agninst Messrs. Ruiz and Montez, and a gaitist all other Spanish subjects c.oncerued Iin the transactiona in question. " I am, sir, your most obedient, humble servant, "W. FOX STRANG WARS. - Wu. P. PAT TON, Esq. &c. Glasgow." Yes, strange wvays, indeed, if it might be permitted, on so grave an occasion, to allude to a name, Strange ways-makin millions of slaves in one hemisphere-for. cing, by fire and sword, the poisonous pro. Iduct of their labor on an old and civilized Ipeople, while, in another, interposing, in a I flood of sy mpathy, in behalf of a band of Ibarbarous slaves, with hands imbrued with ,blood! I trust such officious intermedlin~ f will be met as it deserves. H as it come 1 to this, that we catnnot totuch a subject con f nected wvith an A frican, without the inter I ference of another Government, at the ,solicitation of a foreign society, instigated, - no doubt, by a foreigu faction among our selves? I meau not a faction of foreign. a ers, but of our own nconni, wimo in ,th.: fanatical meal, have lost every feeling to an American, and transferred their allegiance to a foreign power. In making these remarks, I have not been aciuated by feelings of hostility to wards Great Britain. My motive is far difTerent. With all her fnuts I admire and esteem her for her many & great qualities. My desire is peace. It is the wish of the civilized world; and I would regard wr betweenthe two kindred people as among the greatest of calamities. But justice is indispensable to peace among nations. Our maxim ought to be, nither to do, nor submit to, wrog-td ask for nothitig but justice, and to accept nothing less; but never disturb peaceful relations till every means of obtaining justice has been tried in vain. I have, in thiscase, acted in that spirit. I believe, solemnly, that justice has been my object. I trust I have done it to the satisfaction of the Senate. I also be lieve that justice has been withheld on grounds itterly untenable, and which, if persiste4 in, must lead, in the etid; to the avoWal of a principle, on the part of Great Britain, that must strike a fatal blow at the peace of the two countries; and, in its reaction,.on the social and political condi tion of Great Britain and the rest of Eu rope. Thus believing, I have attempted to point to some of the disastrons conse quences which must follow, with the view of rousing httention to the question at is sue between the two Governments, in the case unde'r consideration, in order to ob tain redress of injury. If, in making my remarks, I have assailed her, it is because we have been assailed, as I conceive, in assuming ihe principle on which justice has been withheld. The immediate object I had for intro ducing these resolutions was, to take the sense of the Senate on the :subject to which they refer; and which embraces a princi ple vital to us of the Somh, and of deep interest to the rest of the Union. My con viction is strong, that we have justice on our side; and I wish to afford to our breth ren in the other sections. on opportunity of exhibing a proof of their attachment to the common interest, by sustaining a cause where we are particularly concerned, as we did, at the last session, by sustaining unanimously one where they were.* I have no particular wish, as to the mode of disposing of the resolutions. All I de sire is a direct vote on them; but I am in different, whether.thua shallI-h A ferred and reyorted on, or be discussed ,..,. .:..--.ia,u renerenfce. I leave the Senate to decide which course shall be adopted. Mr. Grundy said that as very important principles were involved in these resolu tions. it would be proper that we should examine the whole ground before we vote upon them. le was himself prepared to vote now, having had occasion to examine the questin some timo since, but others very probably had not done so. The able speech orhe senator from South Caroli na had thrown much light on the subject, and could not fail of attracting the atten tion of Senators to it. He would there fore prefer that it should be passed over informally for the present. As to the in terference of the British Government in the matter of the Africans taken in the Amistad he thought it was decidedly wr-aig, and no good could result from it. It was a question which could only con cern two Governments--the Spanish and American-both of which are per fectly competent to protect the rights of their citizens, and do justice in the pro mises. Under these circumstances he con - sidered the unasked interference of a third power an intrusion. He wished to see what course the Executive would take in this matter, as in questions between for eign Governments atnd our own, he thought wve should act nationally--that wil the de partments of our Government should act in harmony. Mr. King said he was fully impressed with the importance of the stubject, as tno one could fail of being who lhad inivestia ted it, or who bad listened to the remarks of the Senator from South Carolitna. It was a question which, if not arrested atnd settled now, wvill load to momentous and disastrous consequences hereafter. View ing it in this light, and with a view to af ford an opportunity for full investigatiotn, he would, with the assent of his frietnd friend from Sooth Carolina. move the reference of the resolutions to the Com mittee on Foreitgn Relations. Mr. CALAOUN assenting, The resolutions were accor-ding referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. *Referring to the case of Maine. From the Charle sten Obscreer. Aw EDrrOR.-Editors have their faults in commoni with others-and the more glaring they are, the less are they apt to percetve or acknowledge them. The most unexceptionable paper we kttow among those which are devoted to the Ternpet anee reform is the Sotuth Carolina Tem perance Advocate-and yet the Editor closes an editorial with the following ac knowledgemtent, characteristic alike of true humility and fearlessness of animna'l version: "We are perfectly aware that our Edi torial course is marked by many faults. We often see them when it is too late to remedy the evil. We cannot therefore, expect to escape animadversion from oth ors,when we so oletn see that wve deserve it. And in these animadversions on the pai-t of others, we ask not the slightest adniixa cure even of charity-we sinmply ask -thein to "nothingextenuate, nor aught sot down in malice." From the Portland Advertiser. The Life of the Husbandman.-" I am a true laboret, I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man's happ;ness: glad ofother men's good, con tent with my farm, and the greatest of my pride is, to see nay ewes graze, and my lambs suck."-Shakspeare. We have come to the conclusion, that nature's truest nobleman is the man who earns his bread by the isweat'of his face, upon his own bought, and paid for pladfa tion. An independent farmer may stand ipon his house top and say to himself, as Selkirk did "I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute;i From the centre all round to the sea, I am Lord of the fowl and the brute" He is truly a monarch-with a landed title more secure than that of feudal Lord or Baron-more easily protecled and pre served, not by deeds or valor, through the shedding of blood, but by the lawful labor of the hands. His house is his castle, his acres are his dominions. His gardens are his parks, his grass plats his lawns, and his forests his grovea. His cattle, sheep, and poultry, are his subjects, and he he comes at pleasure, either the executioner or the Multiplier of such subjects. Tell us if the king upon the throne has more pow er worth pnssessing. His happiness, we know is less, as he increases his toils, cares and sorrows in proportion as the cultivatot of the soil diminishes his. In the spring time lie sows, and in the autumn he reaps. Providence has as sured him that spring time and harvest shall not fail, and he has the assurance of the Giver of every good add perfeci gift, that as he sows, so shall he reap. His grounds are watered in the season of drought, with the rains and dews of heav en, andi in the damp season, the sun shines to cheer, invigorate, and give promise to his labors. The severer tasks of the sum moer are succeeded by the lighter labors of the winter. As we have said, in the words of William Shakspeare, he "earns that he eats, and gets that lie wears," and his philosophy is, that of the Shep erd who said that "good pastures make fat sheep." He may say truly, and with a: honest pride " I eat my own Lamb, My chickens and ham, . ..Ishewr y own.fieoce and wetit."' What could a man want mote, and how cuu a hirmer; capable of enjaylttg life, possessed of his farm houses, his farisn, and his necessary implements of husbandry, ever sigh for a residence within the en closure of a city-choosiig bricks and mortar, for the elbow room of a spacious farr house, the smolte and dust of the towrt for the village, the three or four story brick M*1tve, for the graniary or the hay cock-the purest air of heaven, for the atmosphere of d thousand smoky houses, and ten thousand unwholesome breaths ? How could a farmer make such a choice as this? We would pause- fot a reply. did we not know that the onul answer which could he devised, after a long stt dy, would be the unsatisfacta'y one. that something better was anticipated only for it would be a miracle almost, for a man to find himself happier', or in better circumstances after a chadge of residence, from the country to the city. No, no. The true Elysium--the real paradite on earth, is the country-the green, fruitful, beautiful country. The city for the task master, and his hard working servant; but the country for a man who wishes for health anti leasufe-conteniment and a long life. The ancient Romans venerated the )lough, and in the earliest, purest times of the Republic, the greatest praise which coUld be given to an illustriotus character, was to eay that he wtas a juzdicious and indlustrious hiusbandau. VIRTURLE. "'Tis said of widow, maid and wife. 'Thdi honoris a woman's life." There is nothing. perhaps, in wihich the boasted superiority of man over the female part of the creation ia marked with a blacker line thtan the imapunity it affords him in the com mission of crimes which stain the character of woman with everlasting infamy; one fahse step, one deviationt from the path of tittue rains her forever. No sooner does her fanlt become known than she is the butt of scandal, and a maa:k for the pointine finger of infamy. Her former friendsaslight and neglect her, her invidi Otis enemies triuimph in her ruins, the neigh. borinig tea tables resound her disgrace; she is the scorn of her own ses mid the sport of oUrs; thme virtnous shun her comipany as a dangerotus infection: the eyes of modesty are averted at her approach, and thme cheeks of innocence red den with a blush. Men of honor treat her with neglect, and libertines with saucy freedomi; nor is that all she has many pangs to snfier fronm those that arc her superiouis only iti artifice and cunning, and who,-while they are notso guilty, owe all their innocence to that craft which has preserved them from detections. Driven from society, an outcast and forlon what can she do? forsaken by him who should have been her preserver, ne-lected and dispised, she becomes a prostitate fnr bread ! Beware, oh ye, fair ones, beware ofvice, The path ofvirtum is that of hap~piness, and rectitude of conduct iwill reward itself, and leta ramemnbranceofthe sad consequences ever guard you against the arts of a seducer. Whatever arguments may beoused by the specious deciever, remenber, he who would lead you from the pstbs' of virtue, is your sasued enemy and that whatiever maay be his pretence, his objeet is'your rin. The New Orleans Piea~une says."thev ie a tw inteinterior of rsns.; etaisin a qac~leer~abuzerd, a-galt cat, ,and. as alhgtor reWas a pp ation- of eve int:1the postmaster sbsquiuail of SHORT MAXIMS. uch Is wanting those who seek much. -Hrace. Care and thirst for more attend a girow ing fortune.-Horace. If thou shalt live according to the necos sities of thy nature, thou shalt dever be poor; but if whim and fancy determine they wants, thou shalt never be rich. Seneca. Never spend against your inclination.-' Dr. Johnson. Never anticipate uncettain profits. Old maxim. Never purchase an -unecessary article because it is cheap.-Franklin. These great possessions are the thin that make dying so terrible.- Charles . Riches are not comely for a niggard. $on of Sirach. The rich man is wise in his own eonert, -Solomon. Riches profit not in the day of wrath.-' Solomon. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches-Solomon. Riches certainly make themselves whings; they fly away as an eagle to hea ven.-Solomon. Let not the rich man glory in his riches. -Jeremiah. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.-David. Trust not-in uncertain riches.-Paul. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enterinto the kindom of God.-Jestu Christ. None knows ihe trial of poverty but those who have felt them. Distrust not the Lord when thou art poor. -Son of Sirach. There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.-Solomon. The only sinless being ever born on earth lived and dipd in great povertyi being fed chiefly by the charity of a few poor women. Real enjoyment in this world is not ex cluded from the cottage of the poor. "A dinner of herbs and love thetewith (espdec ially the love of God) is better than a stal led o and hatred therewith." Content is natural wealth.-Socrateis A Noke Defence.-A writer in the Phila. delphia Ladter lately published a severe article. in reference to the Jew is a body. One of the Igelikesoftha.city -relif as.followA: "Can the author of the philippic against the Jews point out any Israelite who has ever been broug t nhp before a magistrate and fined for drunkenness? or has ever any one of our peo pie been convicted, or even tried for murder; arson, rape, blasphemy, atlultery, &c! Does your correspondent know of a single instance where say one of the Israelites has abandon his wire and children and left them a charge to the overseers of the poor? The writer of the letter then tirakes an appeal to us of the press. 'I ask you ifeverr you received an advertise. ment.from an isr-nehte aunnunceing that his wife had eloped, and cautioning the public not to trust th66 pliner of his bosmef'-[Pfdvi deuce Courier. GREFENVILLE1. April 10. At the sitting of the Court at this place last week, a ilan named Coleman Rushi a native of Union.District, was tried for pas sing a counterfeit or raised bill, which re suIted in his conviction. and he Ivas senten ced to bet hun! on Friday the 29th of May next. H-. C. Young and 0. F. Townes. Esq'rs appeared for the prisoner, and the Solicitor. Gen. Whitner. in behalf of the State. The address of Judge Earle to the prisoner, upon passing the sentence of the Court, was oe of the most appropriate and feeling that we have ever heard; and we hope that his Honor will see cause i furnish a copy for publication. An accomplice of Rush, named Sprirggs who was apprehended for thesame offened but afterwatas admitted to bail, did not makte his appearance for trial. Mfountaineer. .tornestic Manufacturea'he BontI, is rapidly becoming independent of thcNorth, in almost every branch of Manufactnres. There are in North Carolina alone, at this dany, a greafer trumber of Factories of dif ferent kinds than ten years ago, there were in the whole Southern States! We. have just seen a specimen ofrthe Nails manufac tured at the Factory of Messrs. Burton & Fullenwider, of Lincoln county, not only from native are, bot on a machine, we learn, also of domestic construction. The Iron ore of Lincoln is pronounced to'be e qual to any in -the world ; and we have somewhere seen or heard the anecdote, that a Blacksmith in Charleston, who had i quantity of Lincoln Iron in his Shop, was obliged to lock it up. to keep hiis workmen awvay from it; for they declared it was so good an article, it aflforded them real plee stiro to work it.-Raleigh (N. C.)Registers Milita'r Movemnt.--Brigadier Genet al Eustis has beetn ordered to the com mand of the United States troops at Hloul ton in Nine. The force there will not exceed five hutr dred regulars; but their presence, and that of so discreet and intelligent an citicer as Gea. Eustis, will, it ny be anticipated, have the eftect of keeping this quiet,--Neto York American. A man named Ransom Clark, was convicted on Monday last at Boston, of passing coonterfeit mnotiey. Heis the on ly survivor of' Major Dade's company, in florida. He was left for dead on the field, and was horribly:niiangled, but Bnal ly eseiped. His guilt. in the present eae w'asI s pret.,. th jury did not leave thked.a'az borg~e was recommended to thn m'crd of the court.