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Miscellaneous. Frain the Augusta Constitutionalist. We publish in this day's pap~er the pro ceelings of a meeting held onl Saturday eveniag last, by th3 friendsof the re-elec io bf Mr. Van Buren, in oppositon to General William Henry Harrison. The meeting was the largest held in the city, combining iich oftthe vfmanary of the county, and the industrio.:s substauco of thecitv. Itisewiih Oleasure we have to recordlthat the meetinig was visited by a few of our citizens friendly to the election of General Hirrisot. - We-say with ple sture, becau'se they will hear witnp with us, ofthe harmuoiv and-ent hsinams.w hich prevailed among ihose which ennstitutel this large utsembliage of. citizens. ami of the absenceaf agry feeling towards those ofiorfellow citizens wh-i nfirtunately .difigtrfiom us on the prat ipal topics nifthe day.' anl on tle ehoice tfi a chie-f nagis irate of the union. From the ortamIzaian to the adjournment of the meetint-. tuntig occurred to tar the pleasuire which every one present felt. at the hartony tlat was exhilbited. atnd11 at the resn!tttinns everv one seemed to entertain, it carry it the ohject or the meeting . Indeed it. was a pleastutre to us to find us4nciatel toaether on the oc casion, ametn Iho, firm and un waveri -g re paublicaus, were estranged by fortmer divi sions. hut now entirely forplrtton. At this meetin for all trmner oipposition were nor permitted to enter the sittina hill, and all present snve, with patriotte zeal. to give tit the proceedings that importanace which cannot fail to lie ttiached it it. by tour fel low citizens of other councils. fur the num - ber. the respectability aid the known de V0enoin in sniutherin interestnal institutins. of thase who called and wcre present. at the teetitn!. Genera!Glatenek' atddresa wna eloquet atd iipasisionedl: he placed be-fure hi hear ers in strotg lanigage, the gent object to be attained hv the re-electiont of Air. Van Biuren; the evil consequtences to the south. should General lla'rrinit the elected; and the daner in which he union wounbl be placed bv raisin.I tonwer a party which never ft any regarl fIir the soutlt. nnd which would strive to paralyze southerni indtusary. detroy sohiern i nmti ttutions. a n1l reduce evety southern stat to eatmal vts~alatge. Mr. Wienll, of South Carolina. present at the mneetin!. was called tnilnn tt aiddr.-sa his f.llow-citizena of lhe Georgia side of the Savannal. lie accepted the invita tin. itd with much eloquence. rave his viewt at lIrge uapon thei eirefopicsof the ay. Wei heril this zentlepit:it wih llgreat pleasure. and the aore an. fieitse tit ape time we were naetiag with a pany whirl oppniced alite diotrine of thnt )art% to whic-i we lhieved could no he sanettnel by the principles ofi the great repiblienin par ty its which he na well as onurselva clained to belong. Air. W.illu-lel to thone difh-r en -es. itn a conriliting and forcible man , tier: he eliquently portrayed the otject the party he then heloned to wished to attaiait n'tnd in mnasterly fenelusion, he exhibitel the nece,-sity of oblivion of aill p.t .lJivisioni, in rder Ito reate a chose union between all the nembers of the re publican 111m111y, which enmot fail Ito nve the c.ntitrv anil prevet the hih desti*e fif the Solih feit fdlitg into the batids of thiase who woil sarifice all. at the shrine* of power. otlicial disitrtin atid enioln inent. The addresas if Mr. Wi ifntll mnit have a happy elet. It m-st show to the state rigths imeni oftir own stme, the ne cessity of rn!lyinz the members o the re pit-hlican pary. for the putrptoie inr mriaiing loit ne solid phalanux. Indeed patritisttt mus4t heC aronsed; till former dlivisioai n must be o'bliterated; uant the repaubhlienn party' of the soug must, with its concentraitedl strength, present to the people or the whole union, the principles atml the ptuheiy they must presetnt thetmselvcs with the federal constiatiin in otne handa, andl the doctritnes of 1793 ;anda '99 in the oth'r. atnd declare th at these nre thieir guiede. nal t hat to no oiler will th-y subian; andl they must alsan declare, that they cannot give their muppora fair te pat'iia otfices ofC the enunittry, to no othber citizens bat these who aire pledlged to take ats their gnijele the red ertl ennst i t ian unta hle poalitial Iaectrintes oif 1793 atnd '99. The quaestion eaf re-ele ting Mr. Vuan Butrein, besitdes the great int terests fathe eniunatry whlicha will lbe utren,-t ted iherelay, has elf-eted nno oject of Iist tug hienefit tn the sonth. It h-tan re -untitead the dlemneirattic party, anad ledl all that have claitta to lie mnembiers oif ir.t, tn et-titiether for the enmmoin goaod; andh Mr. Wvinrall may rest naaureed thati the reptublicnns aif Gwa.rgia will nait fret his piatrioitism, andti the moatives which Iled lhim tao iree wvith sucha elaiquenre :anda foarce the necessity of unjitn amnong its, in orader to necompaliisha, by a comnntion cante. the great otlde~ts for which the south is eaantendaintg. Mr. Geaorge Schley adderessedl the meet inc atlso itn a feaw re-niarks. with mutch force andl ofect, whleht evincedli aldeter mtinationt tat atct ini auch manner as the cri sis raeqtiiredl. A resolution u-as ndulaptchl at the meet ing, foir a general relebration aif the 4th oif Jualy at MIilleahgeville. WVe npprov~e great l7 of uhiat plait. At this celebaratinit, whetre entizen' fent every seeriaOn of the state, wilt he ennteregatted, ouar enntirossional tick. et may he sat ahteread usm circuetan~aces ttiv require; for we have tundaerstoned tint sev eralinf the ciaizenis uipont thttt ticket htave expressedl a decsira tea decline the tniina tion. Oni the 4th ofl July nt eaanressiaonal tic-ket may lhe so arrtangedl as mh le neccepa hle tatthe'dlemneoratic parnty of the State. qond to receive uin eindividedl sutpport. PUB&LIC ME~ETING. * it piirsnance oif pr,-vinna ntotice, a very large anal reiupectabhle mteeting~ of the a iii seuss of lRhanti enunty, frient I!y to tle pt-"sent aeiitirationt, nad oppnesed to wVilliama HI. Hiarriston foir the presiddetty. assembhledl ait~h ala mm ie Hall in tis city. ont te eve-ating efihe 2d1 i::aai. T'he mt~aing~ was organaizedl by enlii John Phiinizy. Es1. to the Chair, anid-up poisat Jmnes T. Graty, Wmut. R. MicLaws. and A. G. Willis. secretaries. Gest. Thna. Glasenck mtovedl fear the op. olentment ofat coammiiree of Syvn by- thae Chatir, to diraift sesantatiaoe for she eotnsidl eri on-and adlaytien af the traetinig: \V~heretuponl the Chair ut~pited the foil towine gentlemreni a liat Comnmit tee-Gen. Trhos. Glascock, John Bones, James Mc Laws, Georgo Schley, and Vei-er-- V Walker. The Committee. Ifaving retired for a slirt time, returned wh't ihd ' following pretntple and resolutions vhich, after )e. ing stipported ina very, spirited nod elo. ueni tuanuer by Gen. Thas.. Glascock. :rge Schley, Eq.. and Col. L. T. Wigfall, were unanimhously adopted. The Counnintto apiointedl to prepare-and report Resoltitions far the consideration o- this mieetin, SREPORT. That they have found no difficulty in executing their task; they fied all here Union-all States Rights men-all snu'l ern men in principle and feeling. It is now iully nseertained that in the choice of our next 'Chief ilagistrate, the country % ill he confined in its selectiCoi to .ARTIN Vax Buatr., the present intenilthent. and Gen. WI16LIAN H. HaRIsoN, off Ohio. In such a contest uad particularly at such a crisis in our affairs, your Comitmintee do not hesintte a m uotument in receammending to your prefreetice MARTIN VA&N lUax, of New York. ihe present Chief Magie trate of our country, and believe that he should lie the choice of every southero mitan,. and every citizen throughout the Uninu. who i for the maititenance or the Feleral Constitution in its purity, fr thi rightsi ofthte states and especially tbr the sacred observance of hu Uampromiae, unler which alone the sithernt states joiin the Compact; a compromiseil nhieh was not muoree.senmial :t the firtatiun of the IlUnin -it first. tha its non-lohservatie, in regard it the dometstic iustituitiots of the.sonth, woulld he fat,.11 to its lonmger cot itintice. It cannot lie longer loelhated, that if Mr. Va Buren is re-elected. he will ho generally indeh-ed ir tjat re4ult to the concentrated votes of the Republicans of thu.- Union,.- who, forget ting their forier di viaiaine upon matlers wich may never re cur to estrantge hev memberA of the same l"imnily, generally. and with tantriotic zeal. have come forward n t wrest tLeir country', le-tiny iumn aite whao would sonely Airive trip ve.sul of satae into chntuaa's f.o whose shiis and qIicksanals et reptbliian liatty l-:ve so lnet struggleal ita -save her, anal whose pahlica incompass, woulid direct temo ott a cotrse' dire-ctly oiposed to tle great pritiples of wwerni.uti, which NJ -. Van Bureit is isolettinly pledged to sustaho in pracice. Udler -itch circumstanee thr commiailittte cainait believe that themanthern section of the Union will for a momtfnent doubt. as in the ehinie it becomes i:s iuter et and policy to make. The vital interests of our section. the permanency of tho Union, an impurtial fal miiistratinit or the Federal G3eovernient. the best intcrebtof our belovs country. :.1 reqmire at our hands the support of 31arin Van uliren. In pursuingthis eaurse we- will lie che'red lay our Republican .arethirn tf the Noarat aned We4t, who at all times, at ieri:ls ofr arm and ianger, lave re united with us. heart and soul. to rescue the coumntry andl the government froit tli handls of F.ederalisit and the base vnsaltge of a mamird aritnecracy. They now naote with us in resi-ing the dahinger nnts rombinie.l inlitenieof Naorihiern Whigs, andl their irianous cn-adjutors, ilte Alis lisitists. Yotir conetnniittec desire the finrts in h proiiat-nt. hat to the maucevers ofr he aboliai nits, pritiially, was the inii Msuit o'fGen. Harrison wiig. and ihnt. iherefore they aonsidered him the moast likely ia anver their desixtin< on the adam1aaaa.tie itisti utioutis of the South. li neenrdatice with these views, your com nitce he- leave tat recoutnend the fol hawm.ing resoilutions: Resolred. That we give our support ta 3rtin Van Buren: brcatuse. 1st. lIe has givcen a pledge to veto any Bill tQ abolish slavery in the Distrriet of Calumbalia. 2ndlhy. lIhe, and his fritends generatlly, uite writhi ts nganinst the initrcaanetioan of Ahntlit iont triticiples nttd petitionts. 3rdlhy. Ha' andl hie farie'ms haveetst.inaed the paolicy or Geaar.;:i in all her Indaiatn dtf ficuie-e. Resolied, That we enn in no even: sup por~~t Wmt llen:ry Harrison for thte Presi decy: hecnus - 1st. H e hias never giveni, atal refittes to cve atny phledge tn Vaema any Bill !ar thte Ahliiant of slsaery itt the Distriet of Co. 2ndivy. Heo isindaebted for his nomina tian to'the enmthinteda inuence oif the Fed erli'ts tnnd Abaolitiontists oaf the Noarth. wrira.e feelintgs anda interests are nt: war with the great principles or the F'ederal coapnet, the righats o the Sotuth, and its doaata'.tic intstitutiouis. :kadhv. He votedu tot sell whlite persotns into sivery, ~fahe w. re uanaleio pay the lines anal costs imnposeud by a. Court oaf Jnattie.-Ands 4ahilv. H~e'anse we heltieve hiat whntally disqaltifieda atnd incaptainsed tat presidec ate their (.hief Alagistrare, aaver te A merie'nn peole. Resolved, That abhough willing toyieldl totfhe::en'eratl wishf. t'he expre'ts.iont of ni hicht maty h~e given by the apsproaching Natiaat nliCianvetiun am Bahfinmore', wie wrm.fad ha h~ighy cratifiead tat see~ admittedl, the eifnimts t the Vice Pre..idl~ecy af ourra distinguti.h eal relow" c'itiz.nt Jahn Foarsyth, as the just rewiarad af his piast ftaeulfiaeaa a.nreer, atnd as eviadeuce air the full conmfidencre with wh~ichi the nation truts in his tutlents for future sa rices. Getn. Gsiseck aoferedl the (ollowr resat Rnsoto lnttt Resoredhatsuc of noar fe'llou -eiti. sesthruhu the dtuae, as can uimke it conveint, anda are frienidly toa thte present: adinistratioan, analdbtipposed to V. illiam H. i:rrison frifie Pre..idencty, ha. ragnes teal toa tiee at .ililled::e'vile at: the 4th taf July next, lfar the putrpose ofh untinai in tuhirrangemeuris its maiy be eadculatedl ta inumro ..aceut andu tmaitnin the. great intterst atfihie Saath. .Mr. .James McaLta ws ofreredf the follow. ing resoilutiain... Resolded. Th-at a copv, of the proceed-. ineof this meeitg fhn foirwarded tat omur Reptbienn. Deleceationi at the BarhimnoI Canentiot, iti a regntesm btho they use ir.i inaiuenaw itn procutring -time nmi~ai tian of aaur fellow-vcitizeo the Hate. Johan F oreth, foar the Vice Presiadency. On miotiatn of Gen. Glascaack, Resoltad, lfTaat the piroceedfings of this eetiag lie sicined bty te Chairmnut and Serenries. atan ctoapy fturmnishedl to alas s:,...rsfth .o,.r,...i,.a...n. fr ....ic .tion; and that all papers throughqnt:.the State friendly to the present. adininistra -tionanl opposed to William H: Harrison. for ile Presidency, be requested to publish them. All of which passed nanimously. -On motion-of John Bones. Esq.,3be meeting then aIljnrned. JOHN PHINIZY, Chairman. Ss.'T. GRay, WX. R. McLAw, Secretaries. A. G. WILLS, Corspondeaca of tho Charlsuon Curir. 'e WASHINroTO, April 29' The House adjourned last evenine. at abit seven o'clock, afier a siting of thir IV-one hours-tle longest sitting on reenr'1. Nothing was effectead by this protracted n .d disgraceful struggle. The Civil- and Diplomatic bill was left in committee, and in fnct, very little progress was mn-ttde in disposing af the a numerons amnaendmteitts which hlie Whigs wished to offer and dels ensl. Ni4 of the time was spett. in ef forts to calarce the attendance of tmlent hers, hil the nlimber present was reduced to 8. As s)on as a member was arresteel. arraigned. andi di-scharged. 1e womld- slip ti again. Attempts were male to fue 'hem. A fine wasimslosed on Mr. Brigs, but a motion was made ti re-consider. antl. after an excited debate, it was car ried. It is imiotmnsible to say. upon whom the responsillity.of these prnceedines should fall. Each party haa n runod story in its defence. The friends or the aintinilra tion may that the pulblic iervice requtaires the ininediate passage of this lill, anti lree weeks is a suficient titm fir the "i. cabin and sor rider" diisetssion. The Whigs say they have snme ,senty or thirty imuporltant :amentisments too 4ler. each of which will require semnn dierus sinn ; and after these are dispo-au-d of. they are willing ltat tihe hill shuld he repeorteol and brought within the ampllieation af the previnm's., quteatifon. The) dec-lare, konwev or, that she hill mshall nat ennse nut atfens imittee until these ameidm,.-t- h.ive been voitel on. Mr. Bell. .11e. A'ams, nti othe:.-, were % illing In -auler the bill it he re-porte last night. 31r. A. Na:d fee %soult waive hi-a right to peak, and smpeak ona the next bill. He ha4 ntrel tie hil est andi lerllps tle monat imporant palii ical anal hisaorical speech that he ever umade. It sill take tem ailures. they say. to allow himaa even tat glance at the prl*in-. pial stapics. He is entitled to a reply ta sall the anineadversions that have been mate on his I atlitical comorselaid hi3 late adminisiralioan. fie intends also to go in to the history of tihe federal party, it re ply to tihe assertion that it is identical stih the Whig party. Tie Senate was engaged yAerday in the discussion of private hills. The bank rupt bills were umade the special order fear this day week. April 30. In the House, yesterday, tihe morning hour was passed in discnsoing the imtlmr taut aqueslion whether certain cmmittees oif the House shuli tie allowed clerks, at four daollars a day. The expense was ah jected to, andl it was sail than time mean bers were paid far doing tile business them selves. Thle propisitiot was lnst. On motion a fii Mr. Jones, of Va.. tihe re nourt Amf the select committee on the affrav between Mr. R. Garland of La., and Mr. Ryunm. was postponed to Frilay next. It is uoat believed that the report will he taken up again; but if it shold le. there will certainly be a serious debate opain it, ahougl there i6 un pribabilify that any tihin, will be done its regard to time mtat ter. The Hnuse went into Committee on the Civ-il anl Dipmlouimatie hill, andl a nmbemr aof amezinms thereto wereamtereda andm' adiseanssed. T1here wans arm tnnderstanding; thiat no set speeches n political qumestionms shwol'I he amala, anad that the hii shoulad lie rep~ormcaed assoona as the numomerouas nm ameamaents ss ieh were to henfieredl ennmala be disputaedi oat. Tme aimendmentts, how e- er, produced mouch dlehnte, andl aligraos sinius into amere parmy topics werc frequtent ly titde. May 4. The hiouse met this morning, at 8 n' clock, fur time paurpose of adournihg ove'r to Thursday next. No busitness whatever was tr-ansaoeted. Very few of the memia ber-s wvere presenmt, mttst of team hatvintg already leftilte city. Thej3 relief wmha thti recess will aflurad thtemt, will. ii is mu be hopied, htave a favorableen'ect on the publlic huasiness. TIhey will come hnck in better health anal humor. Exhauisted,. sickented, atal fretted as they have beena, wtith night sittings, they are in an tunfim enntaoion fir legislation. In ~uct, little has vet been dlone itt the despatch oiftjhe nece'ssarv- ?.usitness af the session. Thme p-issaage''of the general appmpjriation bill tiy the limnse. i-<:h~e first mhing amf pubalir intmpmortantce that htas been dloe. FTe amther apiprotpr-iatimn bills, the Suhl T'ra airy hilt, time hill finr thme secuirity aif the' publllic ttmomey in the hiandls ofl putbllic a gent, time sul-jee-t oaf tnt- lIndiant raelamtians, thme ea-mitiona of the Navy. time amalific-a tionm of the levennte L'mwma, the Landa hills, the Banakrumpt bill-all these amnd many othmer .nhjects oaf pre"w-ing impurnaance, are yet in he' ennsmideredi by the liamise. Trhese tare all grtave and nseijghty mat. let-rsi ndi require the attenmtimn of a em .'idalaate andl re-da-'ctng Indy oifamen Mys impressaon ii. tt they will all be is enmsseda atnd aeted amn. int referettre to thme initer-emts oif the two great parties utnw srigging fair powver, atal that thte iamter eats mf the enuntry w'ill antlie at all enni Thmere' is to he, thmis day, a granid WVhii proce-siont itt ihaltore, It ii 'laid thm re st.e thirty tshontsatmi strmmgera int that ci'y, whm cmie chiefly faor the purpns'e ofi par-t e'ipatitng in this Whiig fete. My5 The Senate. yesterdolay, paa'.ea abhe gaen. rnal apprapriation hill, inatlot ah nan hotr afae'r alev amet'. Thiis billneen~tpiedl the at tenationa a'ftmis Hnnase nimat exolmsirely fair a mth.ilt FTe hill was raeferread to the Coatmittee on Finance awl it was al most inmedinttely repmurtead batk by Mrl . Wright, with anm amendmn-en: striking .nat mtme apprpriationa of 45,0100 diamlars for the t-wo tnexi volima of Clarke and Jainewa' Ducenmentamry .Hi-awry of the Atmericetn I ev'nittionuary. Mr; Wright asakedl the Senate to net on the amndinient at on'e, fr, if it w.. as o areeA tr, ho hoped ih. "I-11wonld he passed, without sen.ing It back toihelaHouse. Mr. Dat is.suggested .tlie propriety of a deliberate coasideration of so-imGrrnnta bill. Mr..Wright stated that the U. S. Conrs.eoud not proceed in their business without .an imniediate ap propriaina .and tither branches of the pub. lie service were also sulirring. froin the delay ofthe bill. The ame'ndment wan. tnken up and discuswed. Mr. Bemitn and others statedihat the-cfitre inder which tie contract was made, rrhe prnting of thias work, was eilntraced in a few wards. whih cOneleil its mn.attiine. anal slipped into flhe general aipprtiiorinti:it bill at .the :3lsilour oif thesession, byli the Clek of Ih. Molinse, wh t was oneutrth cintrnctiig parties. and pisased unnoticedil- Thle con tract, a, aorigiisally inade, involved mu. ex pemne of ia mtillian and a halfaif dool.ar. He cetuienteal that the enntr.set was votid from surrepriiioinns.ne; biut le was'willing Its renanneraite te p ar.ies nil shitlish it. Sthanid the volumiee printed was tatere tra, andt the c..nitraae autihoried the parties lit print all tihe tral they cinild iad. either in or out fof print. too an indei.ite extent. The vatInm jnulrealy printed. anid which the bienmte has rafitrel to receive. thimigh the lI-o-se hall i.tkete it. ena teirly thirty thuuannd dallars and ha.l heen paid fir, .e wutili uint rote atither cent for the work. au-l he %iuild m helnineted. Iy the cry thnt we muss seany teip goivernnei for sn'fAr thi< fr-and to pias4. lie woul like to see % ho. in 'he either ilione, wmoul kaaz nrd this tiAl rather than arre~t this fra.l. The appjoraoprition wan stricken aunt. Iens 20. mnma d. anad tie hill was ias.eal. 'r[Ile latll tmist tiw gis .ack tim the Mlouse. Mr. liliutbnal aifered a resolution fNir the appaintamiet A* a joatmir e-4nnamatimtee fit taIth Hant-es n in g.ate fle sijer: or cl irke an1l .latnes- emiraer r.r printtan: thisol oe uamtary listory. ;ail os repoert uyn tie expjewle ao f thalihin the cataeorart anad relan erm:ti i thri for their expe.ies. The eninte adj.imara-ad tas Thr-alay. Thi<i Dis i.-memniry liimary as oaanenf ile tmint vales title waorks. ever i.olertakent Itt isis elioa try. It t-a trily a tnainntal woiric, sta ivell ertl; no reasnntable aitnait Cmf laannev. 'hel lettmens heave leen eaI lectelI sat gaent expeanse from initiidaual it (itals, 'rmnn tile archives fir the ,everal S:nten. anm firemai thimie air time 1lrimih ga'v ernmient. Time wcork % ill arla.rame the en tire iatdlv nfdoateoanImtseaary histary frmfthe fir-t setil--imnt aifeach t fite ceniannies to lie ndaolition file ralaerah cnn-iaitatiaimn in, 17811. Ainy he . Statea ;egi~haninre htnve ormed their atmenmian tap this subject, atid have exhibited n luntlale zeal for mite cil leetion ;sifd preservainan ior ail the dnen ineits cainnectel with their early biamiry, Mr. Jtoneif has spe: t nearly his whole hME in miakitg the eollection which he is anow pulialintmesg under tie enttract abiove rerer red to. instend a rsniieuanin the wirk, it i< to le hipel that Ciongresa will alo pinimt a cnmtttmitte tai siulieriited its pubili cliton, diret the exclnw.inn off every thing which d1--aerves the namie of tsash, sali nthervise mmaiv the contract so as render it less olijectionable. Sr. AOGUSTf.E, May 1. Capt. Ila1imes', at soamte pilae west fif St. Jaihns River, struck a trail, and after foillnwinig it ip sume distance. and int finiing the 1 tlinin, snepected the lamlinias imaight lie lillant ini hien; lie aenanlitaly laid fimr inen in atmilusi, and piraiceeded oni with the r,-st or his campaty: sharly afterward. wi Ildians anime up, aned were fired on by ae tmfea in c mnenahent-kil linig aine, ail smo hadly waouniding she a. her, that he was taken. We did noe learn the date of the nccin rence. though it happened very recently. Herald. Fran. the sauc. IN I)I ANS. Extract of a Ietter to the Editor dated Fon-r LausDYnDa:.L (E. F.).April 24. A mtuast provaking anad unexpecteed inei denmi aenrredl aihaut a half a nuade from this pitst tiltdy. The wtater ini New River leenming r:her harnekish at uimes, opposite the post, it has been neresary ainacende the river a short distince imi arder to proure fenhd. Whmlst a party oif Giv men were perfoirm ing this aduty, in a smtall buoat, they were tired mupon lay some Inadians, who wrere taeinie ini a tumngnahe sernhi, th~e maer shy antd usutally inanatemlnture aif which, has nanays indultcead the helief iliam n l'u iman tteing waie ever utilertnke loenter it. Three aif the men were womandedl, thme ohier twio esenpaing unhtlt dergm. Heat ten, n inuni whlemS:<eemlary haearinmg as a seadier, has anays enili-ted time most exal tedh apmprmhnlint of all ansder whoan he ever servead, i' tlhonm~hi tea lie maornlly waonnded, two hulls hmavitmg penerrnis his boday tnear the liver, TIh.- undians were ail seen bty iany aafmhe soldiers, but?, frotm the number aif'halls which tank effect, there must have i~eem at least hi ilfn daier. A party aaf dieen n tiurenty metn, under (.nyi. D.ividsonii who eiuitnaldhis peat, reneirtedl with e tatmst preimptness tn thme sarnta in which mhey were eneitaed,. but were in'tnble, writhi all the nubotmunded zeal which sumchm a aheed aaanhit inspire,. to anvrtake te shy uend tmuirearaons rnsculs. they htavinig yelled amnd retrenteel so saoin as their bloitdy adesign was aeeomplished. TALAU,.ngSrJ, Al ay 2. The report af mbke mnurab-r of another famtily byJ the Itulimna, 'inentinuied Iats week in citmfrmued. Tn'ae limuas, alautt lifleen ini nttuber, appmearedl an te pireimises or .Mr. 3'Lean, emn thet Tohetee., early ini the tnamrmim, and ma e re dlic,vered bty one of he daughrtmers, wholan i te the hunaaae anal iany,-. intmrnmmntin mn tahle fuaaily. a'urs. .31. aemak lier chaltlren, three ja inumer, anal tmade- for the h:awaiiek, when they wee evert.akemn atua inhuantly hauteleredl by the [ndiiatns. AIres. al.'s throat wtas eut, ande her cthbir,-n beatemn to .lenth with pinae lani. hea Inans returnedl tat tie hin-e, where Mir. AI,'s -ot. nhaina 163 vents of ae. hadl aeterminted t defendaa hitelf, an-l ired ra'egetly am the inadinns. Th-ey then at etedi tat fre thei knutse, lhe meians of tir ren a wrappeida nll ihablazinmg .o'n. Fail. inn in these eflirte,. outoapprannmhedh tith a inirh, but he 'ves slng doewmn hy the hah, mmnd hans tsince becen founta denia- They set lire int several antt-hluies, nde retnt nil' M1r. te1. was tasent at the tie heat re turnted taowardia evefing, to witness th inhuaman saerifice of hts family. nfrm.tion =.as given to the troops in ihat qlrter as son as possble..wen wct in pursuit; and after tilihawing trail for a diay or t wo, returned w ithonu finding. the Indians. Tie greatest vigilence is neces., siary'o p'ren these frequent depresla ians; and althugh several compamies of troops are cosaiainally scouting in that qiu.:rer, the Iultanseem.able to elude all puriuit. We know not hmo orwherishese ulopredatins are to be ended. Ploridian. We have no news froen Tampa:ince our last. The report or oveiures: fronm the hostilities te come in andl remove, is rodeiirned by 1ite way of St. Aunoustine. We are informed that a few dlays sin -e, a wagon was attacked hetween FsartFltirnming anti l)eanuman'sa [ay. by a party of some twenty erthirty Inuinss. . A guaniof bix reguliirs kepit he Indians at hay tir hunt Into'hnurl, gallantly holhing their gronI -until their atetion iio. was nearlyexhaus -tedl, when shiev mntae t charge and routest the .udians. 'rho oficer incomam-snd was wo.ts.led an tlhe first fire fros the Indians, hast u as bruht oir by his felows. An Inlian and a tig negro were killed by tihe guard.-Ibid. Frm.the Saoasnah Georgian. INDIANS IN FLORIDA. More Outrages. autendcd wil Blood shed.-We learn fuins anl officer, arrive d here onl Sunsday. in the General Clinch. roan Garav's Perry. that of* the 27th or .2sth lilr.. ais Calif. H atus, 7th infantry, with lb ten, (;dl mounted) was returning fruis a -cott., he and his party were fired cupon ue.or Fort Kng. by a large party of Judiae. ecnneraled it paliietios, near a hamumtltoek, anl four of his tien killed anal live wtoundil. Capt. Rains him.ell havinz Iteen severely won -ded. Capt R. and .he survivurs were ecnupellod to retreat tafore stpnerior nunibers. (alp. It. rallied his usen, andl returned tle fire, killin th-ee ohhe ludians, (wigo are aup.ed I toave been sixty or seventy in number ) This new oaulreak is pire ,nameds ten b.: owing to the destruetion, by M aj.ar sini,tait' eiatPtanl. ef sone ef sahe crlie, ct the s.vaages, in the virinisy or An unitalligua and IHamoPsa-at, 131 acres ol rnarn. Easur teea liagh. leaving bteen deoarnyel y a lie trunos. as also sunme sweet potataes, lpartly readhy for use, ;and a variety of other % egetalles. Capt. Itainei, prev'one'y to -.-vng the Fort, hal cemceale ini the hamneack, a shell. envered with 1.lankets. which the Indlians reiovel, and the shell exploded, unme of theim. it is presumed loss their li u e s lastaed was seen ahout the spot lay the trutops. A voansuateer, nam -l Sanders, of Captf. Hinely's cntpanv. was killed about the --atime t lay lencian-, about four miles fromt Newunnstille. anal another man wotunded- These white ten were alone Ont the samne niht. Stanley's plantation, within three miles of Newnansville. was visited lay the Indians, and houses, with the erop of lastyear totally deitroyed. Corrapandewt of io Constitutionalist IzJ1tCxDGEALL, May 5. 1840 Yesterday anout noon. while some of the convicts of the Penifentary were working at the lot oft he Executive man sinn, one of them, a painter. by the name of le:oe. naee his escape, by eluding thecyearthe gtani. He was pur.,ted, and brnghtl back ta the Penitettary at asou 12 o'clsck last night. After he was pout into his cell. he cnantiel suicide. ly euttif the veins andl arteries in the nteighborhuol of one of his ellmws. and he hled ln death. lie was found dead is hi- cell this ttorning. The jury or in quest is now empannelled. butt I cannot keep this letter ropen to hear their verdict It willino dlonhlt be juast as I have stated above. Acllae was servfing ons his third sentence to the Penaitentiary. He was sent last, I understandl. (rmitt Bibbeaantry. He was erisintally from Scotlatnd. lHe was5 expiating! fear the crime of horse stea hing, I amt iniformned. Value of property in Hamburg. S. C. In 1831) sie lar;ge wrarehaouse, andl wharr attauchedl, ownesl by Messrs. Covintgtotn & Pair, was sold for $9.020. Times were thten posemu anml the properter in good crder. Oat WVednesday last it was aol for3l0,020, and she premis a prtty much gone to rack. If property in H ambur is wvoruh sat miucl atmrea , tinder exis ingl cireamustances, than it was some few years ago, we are of the opinian, that if real estate in osher places are on the de eline,.it is not the case in our place. Journal. The late rait&.The protracted anal unexampled dronsuhi oflast sumaner and fall, has baen auceeeed by dronenuing atnd itj.triouas raitts. The rain of WVednesdlay. atnd. in snate places.af Weodtesday night Ist, ex-aeeially, was a perfect torrent, inantatinigthe sections ofeunntry in: which is fell, tad htas, we fear, done serionsadam :.-to hnth eontun anal eorn. Accounts fratm, Mlac.an, Goet., state thaet thaousandscaf acres have beetn swept and stneh tort: tp bythe rains.-CAar Cone. 4t& inst. The Llamburg Journal of the 2nd inst. smy:-Ona Truceday morning last an at tempt was maide in fre the lower part of Augusta. Ga., by a smnall negro girl who place.l seme fire satder the atepi of the dwelling ocenptiedI by Mrt. William HI. Pritchard. it was fertnnately discovrr I and extinquishted, with but sligh damage tea he house. The Fedleric'ksburg Arena says that the storam afthunderi, lightning, winch, hail anal rain, experientcedh there on the 2.5th tilt. wa-a the most votilent ever known there. The raii fell ina torrents. resembling te satspomting of as water spont. and tearing the surf.iee of the land into-enomons. guI lies. Thte Annal Contference of the Mietho diet 1~pi-sernpal Chnureb, reenrtly hel itt Philadetphia, refuasedl by a nearly snani matns vise tn petition the General Confe rence to n ske a chtange in the rulesregn bting slavery. The Grauln Crop.-The Germantown (Pa.) Telegrapht ca she 21st inst. says: -The appearance of the crops, of winter rain, in tis neighborhoodl was never amore Biatteringat this periodhhan they are, aithe presenUt time. t-ittice 1'"' -EDGEFIELDO. CH. T sAR MI 14 1840. Dlrmin .the past week. sme pretty heavy showers of rair..fel in this neighba imtud. The weatherfoir -4everal days,. ains been qnite c iial unti uncomfortable. The ion. F. 1V6 Pickens left this place 1ir Washington in the 12th ilst. We regret thai de cannot publish lis weeli, the pr ceedings- of the-Sille Rights '4 Demneraiei meeting, which issetllmhie in Chirlestan. can ithe 7th inst.. We cnn give our readers to day, n' short ncnount of the meeting. whii we enyy from the Aler. cury. We will publih the full eninctsuat in our next. We are requested to state, that the following gentiem,-n are candidates for the House of Re presentatives of theLegislature, of this State. DAWSON ATKINSON. Esq. GEORGE BOSWELL, I aq. . Capt. nA. L. BOA HA SI, Col.J. P. CAItiOLL, Co!. W. S. UT HItAN, N. L GRIFFIN, Esq, Dr. I. C. GRIFFIN. JAS. SHNEPPARD, Esq. Capt. J. B. SALIITH, JAS. TOMPKINS, Esq. Al. WATSON, Esq. Voltaire speaking of. the generality of modern orators. says~"what they want in .lepth they give UP, in length." Every unfirtmunate editor of a newspaper, 1tljin is compelled to read The speeches of son.e of itr public nmen. can hear testimony to the truth of this remawk. - Monsieur Bihin. the celebrated giant has been recently performing in the Bow ry Theatre, N. York. brnther Jounthan says that his pasinge was booked for Bos ton, in two steamimtats. A Strange Mistake.-The Editor of the Pennsy a..innm (V. I.) gpt a whig larn graph into his paper on Monday Ivy mis take, and the way his whig neigihbors are joking iin im ohut it, anti glory in his gen verminn, is a cantton to amateurs.-BrovA. Jonathan. We are satisfied that no Wuig journal will ever perpe-rate sueh a blunder, as inserin; a go5ni Demweraic article in its columns. We h.ve receive d the rrst No. of the 2nd Va'ume, of the "BapWist Advocate" published at New York, by Eolt. Sears, & Co.. and edited lby Win. H. Wyckoff. The prire is 82 50 ess. per annum it is a large and neat papem. and is well con ducted, cntaining mnuch vaiual.le original and selected matter. We recommend it to families, especially to those of the Bap tist Denomination. We have received several numbers of "Brother Jonathan" published at New York, by Wilson & Co. The price is $3 a year. is advanep. It is a paper of she manieoUh size-much the lar;e4 which we have ever seen. As the Temperance Advocate savs "it looks as if ii was s'rnek off, by the Belg'an giant." The nmber before us, conttan some good -A merican Psietry, Originasl Contributtions. Novelluete, Sketches of Character, Current Litera ature. Skeehes o IT avels, the E astern WVorls, Poreign News in every depart ment, Translations, T1wilighit Reasdings, iEditoriamls on curre au ., d msiscelh.nieous a topics, andi a varsy sir othier miattere, ar ranged n'tnh-r app.t-t:in se hseadlsenbody ing a complete 'ahstract andi chronicle uif the times. " It is nesutral in polities. and we cheer fully recommend it to all, who wieh to ,levut:- a pl-rtien of this ir hin C to ingreeable reading. Thte Tallahassee (Fii.) Star h .. n~ai ned~t on ners :m-' polities It is nw condwted by Mr. Casmns Enair ra t ert, who supports General Harrison. At a meeting of the Philosophical Society of. Edgeleld on the second Moexday in Apuil, it was nmoved by Mr. Terry.that a Committeebe appointed to enquire into the expediency and pacticaildlty of unting the ariencre of Agrieal tare with the other ojects ofthe Phnilosopideal ' Society. apd to report thereon at the next meet ing. At an extra meeting held, on the firt Monday in May instant, the Committee ap pointed at the preceding mneeti-.g.e-enrcisting of Mers..Terry, BurL and Brooks, abmitted the folowing Report and Resolations, which were, adopted and ordered to be published: REPORT', The Committee appointed to enquire into the practicability anti expedienucy of uniting the science of Agrictuire to the other oh'eels contemnplted by the Philo sophical Soeiety of Edlgsfield, beg leave to report that they have had the mamne nuder cnsideration, and offer to the Society somte of the reasons upon which their conviction of the ntility of such an union is fionnded. To the mass of mankind. Agriculture is regardled at. ane art merely. in ito wise de. pendaint upon scientilie principles. And i is generally deemed sufficient to insure success' to the planiter, that hie shall put. sue the same system that has been prac. ticed by those who have gone befo're him, withou't the trouble of enquiriug whether it -he not ssceptible of improv,ment, and whether, int this as in other 'arts, the re searches of practical and *ientifie meb should not he preferred to that sort of . knowledge derived from tradition anti con man experietnee. It is a prevalent ohjec. tio-and as we think, we shall be able to sho..-a peett error, that the sciga