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. *Trom the Charleston Courier. THE GOVERNOR'S ELECTION. We have attentively read the articles that have lately appeared in the Courier on the Governor's election, which seems to atiact a very general and just interest, .Professing to.knou no iuore of the question than these diclo'se on their face, or leave to be implied from l he atmbigaous terms in which the authors choose at times to in sir'uate their meaning, we .Jave found it impossible to escape certain conclusions .hat -have, eloubtless, forced themselves on other minds, as little biassed by interest or prejudice, as ours. .Personally we are in difl'erent who -is ma'te Governor. We have no preference at all between the can ,didates named,-asomen; and. believe they "have all emple capacity forthe high sta tion they seek, but we are not equally sat isfied-with the reasons on which their re pective nomiinations are placed. The public aspect of the question is alone (if any importance to the people, however deeply its private merits tnay influence the feelings and conduct of the parties -them -selves or their friends. The office of'Gov ernor of this State, though not or great executive power, is'or ominent dignity and influence and more general!." taken otttof -the State as an index of its politics than .uny other. The people, therefore, who .are only concerned for the ptoper admnin 'istration of their public affairs, will per plex their minds with no question of private -favoritism or personal ambition, but steadi ly look to the mannerin which the public dignity, peace and happiness is -to be af fected by this election. We do not mean to insinnate any-corn parison between the relative claims of:the -candidates at this -rine, but simply ptate ,for public consideratiou, a few deductions 'of fact, developed by the disctssion, as for it is has advanced in tle Courier. to which two of the )artics appear front choice to confine their communications. And the' we acknowledge we are of fallible minds and as susceptiblo of prejudice as oth .crs, we feel' assured of having set down -nothing here that is not fully sustaitted lby -the letter and spirit of what has been writ ten. If our observatious appear utjust to any, perha ips the parties injure may, on -refloction, discover an explanation of their .oll'ente in the fact. that while they have -heen blinded by the heat and dust of an exciting canvass, we have enjoyed the more,advantngecous position of a nore look er-on, concerned only that, in-this strife of rebellions passions, the Repttblic receive no harm. Aeveral things have struck our observa tion in the discussion otn the Govcrnor's Election in the Charleston Courier. 1st. We have observed that, while the .opponentr of Colonel Richardson charge. without proof indeed, but with strong ap -parent conviction. tha-t his nomination on - ginated with a clique, they think it neces sary to explain how their favorites were brought out, whether by a clignte or by . themselves; - We contfess that between tle two. we prefer the-first as the miore res pectable and more fitir tnode (if nomtina tion. Both Judge Johnsoti and Calonel flammond were named by anonyttnons wri 1ers: Col Richardson by almost every puth lie journal of the-State. with the concur reuce and b*y aithority of a nuniber of its most iifluential then..of all parties and sec :tiens. At least it was so declared at the -time, an-d we presume no candid person is disposed to doubt the fact. 2d. We have observed that Col. Rich ardson's nomination is the otly one which professes to be founded on considerations afapublic character. All the 'arguments presented in supporiof tle others, really -appear to us summnable inta this one-thaut ?he election of the candidate scould gratif, exceedingly, hinm and his particular friends. But what benelitis to redotund to the pen pIe of South Carolina. freon the election of either ort hem, we do not find suggested by 'by any tof thte correspon'dets of 'he Cou 3d. We' have oliserved that Judge John son's claims rest upon his personal ami bility and long judicial services-Colonel Hamnmontd's, on his having served in the militia. and made an anti-abolition speech --Col. Richtardson's,ont his alleged wiisdomi of character, his active puhlic services in the Legislatutre and Congress, his inhabi ting an important region of the State, which has been heretofore allowed to give fewer officers to its administration than any oth er, and on the reconciliationt of parties, it is thought, his election will produ:c'. 4th. We have observed that all, wvho arc in favor ofa United States Batnk atd repu diate the sub-treasury, oppose Col. Rich ardson, antd go for one or the other of his competitors. - -5th. We have observed that those who attack Col. Richardson, with most vehe thence, invariably accompany it with acri moniousa assaults otn Mr. Calhottn, nod on Martin Van Buren and his admnitarationz, and appear to favor thte election of General . Hat rison, to the Presidency. 6th1. We have observed that while Judge Johnson is 'vel known to favor the estah lishmnent of an United States Bank, to have no faith in the sub-treastury, and to have formnerly approved the course of Col, Preston, in Congress, as proved by his presiding at his sub-treasury dinner, andl that in all these Col. Richardson stands diamatrically opposed to him-Cal. Ham mend, has not, until the eleventh boutr, committed himself, but. atay and will he voted for by me~n of both opinions and all sides, 7th. We have observed, that, for the success of both Judge Johnson and Col. Hammond, main reliance is placed on ex -citing to the highest pitch, by irritatitngre miniseences of the past, the passions of the twvo old parties of the state, wvhile the elee tion of Col. Richardson wvill be a healing -of wounds, and rests its strength on thet calm good sense, magnanimity, and pa. triotism of the people; appealin-o no vul ~ar prejudice nor contracted views of pub ic itterest 8th. WVe have observed that Col. Rich ardson. its long knownt and con'sistent sup porter, is the avowed candidate of the pre sent State Rights Democratic Party. oi the Administration Party of this Sta'te--he - gets oo support from any opposed to it -and we have also observed that while some original friends, and other eleventh hoat converts to the administration are foi judge Johuson or Col. Hammond, thattal *who are Afth Preston party, or oppose to the administration, arec invariably ala< opposed to Col. Richardson, and, in favor of one or the other of these gentlenien. We mightextend the commentary to much greater length, but think n e have said enough to relieve every. candid 'mind ftm embarrassment, how to decide to wich of the candidates from next Gover nor, the preference should be given. That fiarther. discussion will brint ouwi ewfacts, i hieb may- change the aspect of the con troversy, is to be expected, and when they do appear none will be tnore prompt 'to appreciatotheir force, thau one who, with out a shadow of personal interest in the question, is-therefore, of either candidate. NO:PARTISAN, From the Charleston Courier. THE NEXT GOVERNOR. Messrs. Editors- Gentlemen:.-It has been remarked that the const ant repetition of a statement. known at first to be false, will often induce at last, in the author himself,. actual belief of it. The oppo netits of Col. Richardson have-su -repeat. edly averred lately,-that his nomination, -and the genErcl approbation expressed of -it by the-press,'was-the result of concert and.management, that I really begin to apprehend some of them may at length be -come convinced it istrue. At all events, if unconitradicted they meyeonvince oth ers. Now asking of your corresponHents credit for that ordinaryhsbore of -verncity and candor, I readily concede to thei, I will state for the.idlfitrmation of the public, what tley may believe were the actual circumstances atending this nomination; assuring them I abstain from publishing names only through motives of delicacy. And in the first place; When it-was de termined to nominate Cdl. 'Richardson, those concernad were not aware that the friends of* the other candidates had any positi-ve design to present their naties to the pulic. Not that -such knowledge, could, of course, in the :least affect the right of Col. Richardsoni's friends-to -de clare their preference without waiting for others to uet the start of them, but I mere -ly mention it to show that if the character of aggressor heloig to cither of the parties in this contest, nouthiting can be more un merited than to attach it to Col, Rich ardson. Again, -how much futmndaiton there is for the charge that the noitthiation procee (led from a "clique" a "small set," a "numeless cohort " I leave your corres poudents themselves to judge, when they are told. that leading gentlemen. in and out of the Legislature. Union men and Nulifiers. from the following Districts were cnsulted directly on its propriety, and*a num ber more indirectly.,-viz: Charles totn, Beaufort, Richland, Abbe-ville, Ker shaw, S.partanhurg. Lancaster, and Stun ter; and want of timtdly opportunity alone prevented its heing submitted-to a great many others, equally entitled by theirem inance, to have weight iu the decision. As to the alledged comnbinatiou of the press, nothing enn lie mope l'ncirul.. The political journals of this State arc.conduct ed by men- known to be,. without excep tion I believe, as honorable as they are able; and I ask how would they have received the proposition to jpin in a "corru pt conspiracy. like that charged upon Colonel R. The editors of the Cha-leston Courier and Pa triot-el the Edgefield Advertiser, South Carolinian, Greenville Mnuntaineer, Che raw Oazette, and 4eoigetowu Union, all of whom expressed their ajp-probation of the nomination by the Mercury-will any of them delaro what attempts wcre made, and by whom to "gag and guard" the in dependence of their will. or control, thro' them. the judgments of the people? Is there one of these gentlemen, who does not resent suchm an imputation as a stain. TIhme truth is, that the extrsodidlary propti tude w ith which thme noinatiotn of Col. Richardson wva< secondled by the press. throughout the State, gave as unexpected (though tmore agreeable) a sturprise to his friegds, as it could possibly have done to his enuemies. For itsconvinced those inter ested in his succm-ss. there was little fear hut a decisive majority of the people of this State will justly appreciate the motives of public policy, purely, that dictated the nomination, however indefatigable and int genious the pains to bring it under suspi cion by arts of fraudulent invention and untmanly misrepresentatton. And in conelnsion, I ask those who af feet sucht implacable disgust at the "man ter" Col. Richardson was brought ottt, to answer, in candor, a few civil questions. If this "manner" don't please you, what wottld? IHow has it ever been customary to nominate to the officee of Governor, but anonymously throtugh the newspapers? Did no "tnameless Florida Cohort" (as re port saysj nominate Gov. BUTLEaR? By whom was Gov. NOBLE notminated,. but the Charleston Mercury ? andi will you tell the people, of whose independence you are so jealous,. hotw have Judge D. JotiN son and-Col. J. H. Hl~ustorno been niomi nated 1 By no "cligne." no "small set." no "nareless Cohort 1" Has no public sentiment beenl manufactured for them ?! Have their friends never stooped to coy, cajole, and coax ? Are they sure thte whole thing has sprung "fresh from the People?" Of course these are "honora ble" men, both of them "honorable" men. Every one knows a dignoified Chancellor would~ disdain owing his niominat ion to the partiality of an anonmous friend. Every ne knows a gentleman oif the high mili tary instincts of Col. Hammond. is im mensely stuperior to acts of electioneering mianagementt. When their names came before the people for office, it is always by some sudden, spontaneous, unpremedita tedh, irresponsible burst of popuhar etthusi asm, like that which sounded from Barn well, for instance, and that to resound from Orangeburg, some few months only, after the nominiation'they were to origin ate. No; it is vulgar politicians like Col. Richardson, and his friends, who, wanting that vehement respect for popular rights which distinettish his competitors, resort to cunningr device, to tactical art, to glar. ing flattery, and low dissimulation, and to the "corrupt" alliance of "a gagged and anarded press." to force his passager to the Executive chair. But I am done. Let the people say. I am, gentlemen, your ohrd't serv'r. LOW COUNTRY. Fortune in a tnmer'sjpossession is like a bamir. Iquet futrnished for the dead, nothing is wanting From the Extra (flashington) olae, At length we lave the satisfac'ionuof stibmitting to our readers the second num her of theExira Globe. The unexpeted delays in its publication, have arisen chief ly firom the-kindness of onr friends. Such an avalanche of subsicribers were tiever thrown upon a printing office in so short a iime before, and "still they-come' We perceive that our enemies, as well as our friends, are a litle impatient of our delay. We shall do our best-hlerefter to satisfy the one, as well as the other: and if we fail, it will not he for want of effort, but because expeetuion-is ton hijh. 'It is never well to lire until your battery is ren dy, if toie avoided: bui having now nia suraily overcome the cotfuion caused by so many new recruits, we shall keep up a pretty steady-ftre, a little more rapid, to make Ut) for past delays. New subscribers moust nor he impatient if they do'not get served in all cases by re -turn mail. It will take two stelam power prosses .two days to work off our edition. and the'boo-hs must necessarily he'in use to dirt-et from. so that-some deln-agin mtk ing new entries, are Una1oidable; 'hnit *%e have the satisfaction to asqure them that they shall be soon served, and with all the back numbers. We shall have at least 15,000 surpins copies of this number struck; and having quite as many of the first on hand, we feel safe in guarantying all the numbers to any subscribers that may be received within a monih 1rom-this time. Correspendencr of the Charleston Courtr. WAStUNGTO, June 18. The Honsehas detetmined, lby way of expending the -public husines. to meet, hereafter, at the hour of ten in the morn ing. They reutised again, however. to en tertain a motion for fixing a day of adjourn mr-nt. The Sdhb-Trensury bill is 'likely to be ilehated for-a long time to -corne, and the Hounse will, hereafter, attempt to sit ont the-long winded spreches. 'r. Bell had the floor again yesterday, and spoke the whole daty against the hill. 11e wished to speak to day also, and his lIienis ntteTinp el-ro effiect an adjo'rntncut with that view. But the majority detertmined to sir him out. About half past ten, last night, Mr. 13ell got to the last branch nf his sutbject, whicl-wasa reply to the speech of hi< collea~fne, (Mr. Brown )on Mr. Bell's hill to secure the freedom of elections. The Chairman (Mr. ;Banks) pronounced it to he out -f' orderto-go into that subject. Mr. Bell appealed, and the House sustained the Chair. Mr. Bell then had leave to pro ceeol in order, hot he declined doing so. say ing if ie coild not treat the subject in his own way, he would not speak at all. Mr. 'E vans of Me. of has the floor for to day, shouldihe House sit. The annun. ciation ofihe death of Mr. Anson Brown. tmember from New York, may be.followed by an adyurnment. In .,he Senate. a hill modifying wir maritime regrrlations so as .to suppress the pritetice of useig American veimels nod flags of the u. S. in t'he Aft icnn stave trade, was passed to a third reading, The practice uow is for slave traders, at Hav ana, to buy a Baltimore built vessel, to send, with U. S, papers anti Captain, to some place on the coast of Africa, with the Spanish- Captain as a passenger. The vessel cannot be taken. during tier passage, as a slaver-he-canse. protected- by the U. States fag. Ater takinc in her cargo of slaves, tie Spanish Cao'tain rakes the command, and the vessel trust* to her swiftness for escape fronm the- eruizer. The sum paid last year forBaltiuore clip pers, built in.Baltimore, for this business, was over six hundred thousand dollar,. Mr. Calhoun opiaosed the bill as yielding toto much to the demands of Great Britain. .June 19 In the House, yesterday, the death of the Hion. A aron B rown, of N. Y., was an nouneced by hiis colleange, Mr. Curtis, andi the 1-ouse, after passinig the ustual resolu tions in t-stimony of respect to the memory of the dieceased, adjourned. The Circuit Court of this District yes terdJay fined the lHon. Kennith Rayner, of N, C., the stum of fifty dollars, for his as sault on Mr. Montgomery. Mr. Rayner did not appear, and made no defence. It is presumed that the House will no noth ing with this c~ase, or the Garland and By num case. June 20. By a statement from the Treasury de partment. it appears that the revenue from the end of the last fiscal year to thte hst day of June, was from customs, $6.091, 951; frotm landsl, 81,396.202; miscllane ons, $$2,202; total. 87,520,837. In the House, Mr. Sargeant reported a hill to establish a hoard (of commIssioners to adjust claims agaitnst he governmntl of the United States, It is utnfortunare that this important subject has been so long delayed. There is not the most remote chance of any action upon it at this session. The Daguerreotype miniature likenes sew nlow exhibited andl taken. in this city, are truly wonderful. They are taken in twenty.'eight seconds. It is said that the peraon who first practiced the art in New York made eight hundred dollars a (lay by his mitniattures: It will be now very easy, for any individual here to collect a gallery of portraits of our public men, J~ 1 Mr. Benjamin Rush, Secretary of Le eation at London, arrived in the Great Western, with despatches from otur Mmi yesterday. The purport of his despacthe3 ihas not yet tratnspi ed. But it is siuptosed that he has brought the ar.swer of the British Government to outr last proposition, andl rtuor is disposed to consider the atn swertas favorable to an amuicable adjust ment of the boundary controversy. We shall know somtething ahotut it to-mnorrowv. Ther e was a great meeting of the triends of the present admitnistratiotn, yesterday At Bladeosbiurg, and many of the demo cratic members of Cotngress attended, attd addressed the people-. Dr. Duncean, I leartn, asserted, upon the testimony of Col. H. M. Johnson andf others, that General Harrison wvas not int the hattle of tihe ThamneR the victory having been achieved without his presence or aid. The Senate did not sit yesterday, in the 1-ouse, after *the morning hunsiness, which was - of no importance., the Sub Treasmn bill was taketn up, and Mr. Cot qu,,in~orria. spoke in sunnort of the measure, withi great effect.. lie alluded to the charges of corruption b'teught againsi the administration, and said it was indum bem on ithose who made suth charges 'to prove them, and to aid in providing prop er remedies. !But had they contented Iheinselves with general denunciations, wit hont indicating any special acts of cor ruption. Mr. Rightcalled Mr. C. to or der on the grotund of irrelevancy. The Chair was (of opiijon that the remarks were irrelevant lo.the question under con sideration. Mr. Prolfit hoped the genile man wonlI be allowed to proceed, and pledged himselfio prove the cotritptions cl: rged,should an opportunity be ailibrded. Mr. Graves insisted upon thie right of the minrity to reply to Mr. C's remarks, and make good their charges. The tnatter stopped here for the present, however, and M. C. went on to argue that 'the opposi. tion acted incon-istently toy deenouieing this tneasure, without offering any-substi lute for it. M r. Rhett followed with a very ardent anil able speech in favor of the bill. Mir. Wageieror Pa. took the same side. Mr. Cooper ofGa. has the floor to morrow. All parties now agree to dispose of the hill by the end of tihis week-tha t is, Saturday. the 27th. Somie hitle time will then be allowed for hurried legislation on other subjects. -Frorr the Charleston MercurI. MA. 'Pa's-ro, VS. MIESSRS. BOYCE AND ELM~noa,-Mr. Prestoti, of Virginia, has lately bestowed a portioti of thefroth, iihieh in the service of his Whig employ ers it is his vocaiibiih 'to 'seiiter upon the Presidentsof the otily specie paying Banks in Charleston. Out correspondent "Juni. us," mtlakes good their defence. We can sny for Messrs. Boyce and Elmore, what Tannot he said for their denouncer-that 'htiding t'uir-trusts, the one by the vote of the stockhdlders d' his Bank, and the oth er. like Nir.'Preston, by the vote of otir Legislaitre-they would he too protid to wait for the comitna of the next election to turn them out, if either of them kttew that his constituents' disapproved 'of the principles on which he dischofged'his trust -or thought his ojicial conduct detrimental to thrir interests, They would not require anv thing stronger than hints, anil peg. nant ones, to inake them resien a trust which their employers'bebeved that they abused. Mr. lrimore would-scoru to hang -on the skirts of the State, after she had turned her buck upon him ! Front the Charleslot iercuryu .Fht5. 4o his Chern w letter pulhshed in yester day's Corier.) Mr. Preston-predicts that only two States. South Carolina and New Hampshire, will vote for Mr. Van Btiren. This is horowed from the profound cal. culation of SenatorTrallnadge, The peo ple, however, will swallow cum grano salis and a' pretty hia Itimp of qualific.ition too, any predicintonof tie'iodern Simeon, when they remeniher how wofully at fault he was tnio years ago about the public opin ian of South Carolina. lie and his gas conading 'friends then elaimed "all our men of note and eminence," and preict ed tharthere could 'not be tfound more that a ra ggd reginteant- corpor,,l'- saa"d!'. for V Sn Buren tiny his policy itt ofih Caiolina. And what was the utphoti Why he and his friettds were left in a mi nority so contenptible as to exeire pity., and ever sim e they have been and are go oflmsive to mie popnlar tnstrila. tha &very aspirnrt to populbr favor among us. sus pected of political affiliation with them, with all haste repudiates and wipesoff the taint. From the Sarannah Daily Teleg~apk. Ma. Enii'oa.-In nrder to showi th'e great party reeling atnd warmth of the pe6 ple uf Carolina, I have thought fit to give you the following extract a f a postcript of a letier f'rom Barnwell C. H'otuse, Junue the -18th. 18410, which says. "Van Bluren is the voice of' the people of Carolina, forever! lHe has proved hitmself to lbe highly wor thy of. and ailso competent to the duties of th'e Presidency. I think hte will get at least three fout'hs majority in this Stat e, and do sincerely hbpe that. he may eel a considerable majority in Georgia. Hur ra for old J,. C. Cnlhotnn!" Old Tip may turn and twist about, And send has 'granny" letters'; But little Van n ill raise a shout And beat him and has betters. A ClT1ZEN. POST~ OFFICE DI-:PARTM ENT. In answer to inquiries made on tile Postmnas ter General by the Conimittee on the Post 01 fiee and Post Roads, that ~officer states. in a let ter dated Marv 9, 1840. that the niumber of Post Offices on th'e 1st of May, 1840, Is 13,376. Thme cost of mail transpotationt for the year enidihg 30th Jnne,1835, as finally atdjitsted til the books of the Auditor, was $I-857.773 69; and for the year ending 3Uth June, 1839, $3; 194,201 25.. The incerease of reve; nue for year ending yune 30, i8.M, was $385,180 15 S " "' 1837, " 721,868 od "~ "d " 1838, "134.472 64 " " " 1838, " 242,536 07 The debt of the depiartment. in 1836, was not less thia $600.000. Thae ntmber or new roates established in 1836, wajs745i, in i838~ 618.. The tmile's of road covered by sevice tin the 1st Jnly, i835, were about 112,774. and (in the 1st July, 1838, 133,999. Trhe annual transpiortation in 1835, amnamuted to about 25,869,486 miles, and in 1839. to about .34,496.878 ajilles. The amodht of surplus in hand, ih the yeai 1837, when the suspensioni of spiecie payments oceurred was about $800,i000. Spuriatis lIatf Dimies-A gentleman showed us yesterday some half dimes. which hnve -heen pronotunced sptirious coin: andt it is said that there are a consid erable tuimrber of them in circulation. They can lie eaeily detected, as the vig nette of the Goddess of Liberty, otn the legitimtate coin, is stnrmounted biy thirteen stars, whereas the cotntuerfeit hits not any -other wise it wotuld he dihlicurt to distin gtuish the otne from the ot her.- Charles ton Courier. The ilorn. Jesse W. No.rris, Dr. Wil liami Btitler, ati Joseph Powell, are an nunced, irr the Petndleton Messenger, nas candidates to repreeet the Di-tricls ofi Greenville' atnd P'endleton, ina the next Congress, Gen. Wa~ndd Thon'psotn, the Ipresenit incunmbent, having decined a re election.,-Char. Cour. . From ihe Carolina Planter. At a neeting of t he citizens of Fairfield, at Winnsboro, on the 1st. June inst. Br-, rel B, Cook, Esq. after stating the object 'of the meeting, submitted the following; .1. IRresolved, That it is the imperious duly of the Government of the State of South Carolina. through her Legislature to provide'a'emiedy for the present dis tress, and afford to the people somie efer lual resource against coming and certain puib. 2. Resolved, That it would indicate a slirit of indilTerence otn one hand, for that part of the couinityseeutire'hy adcident good fortune -from ihe storm, to cover themselves, and thank God that they have elieaped, while on the other hand it would manifest a spitit of pueilanimity and degra iati.itnake no move'lor thbir rescue and safeFy. 3. Restived, That in the opinion of this meeting-tiine-is'theonly remedy; give us time and we Will pay. -4. Resdive'd, tilrt in the opinian of this meetitrg. the only pmR4&icable,ourae, is to transfer the mother-Baink-of the State to Coltimbia, for the purpose of -affiording greater facilities to the plnntitg 'interesi; and re establish in'its'operations the loan office feature, or annual instalmerit plan, with security of mortgage of-real thad per sotil estate. 5. Resolved, That this meiing dio soli eitthe-people of the other Districts and Parishes of this State, to meet and urge on the Legislature in strong terms, the obliga tion it -is under to.provide firithe safety of the jIople-and the security oftheir prop erty, by adopting t.e systen indicated in these resolutio, .undaer-propert!strictions. After some litile discussion ihr resolu tiions were refered to a cotwmtilltee to report upon the 1st. Monday in Attgst; and or dered, itn the mean time, to'he sent to the Editors of the Columbia papers for publi catit.a. JOS. A. WOOD WARD. Secretry. # 'From the Carolina i'lanier. THE CHINCH BUG, Mr. Editor.-Having sullered seriously by the ravages of the Chinch Bug for the last three years. I have obserired its habits, its'mode-of nck ipon 'dfrn anti sinall grain, nd 'Will-endeavor tt' give you the result of ny'experienc--,'f*-r the benefit 'of tho~e plardiErs "ho,e fitr.as are but -ecent ly visited h -flis most destructive itsect. Generally, the Bug &ldes little 'injury in the early part-df-the pring, being engaged in the busitress of prophgation. They de posit their eMgs in lntte numbers, most frsqtr-nitly under the bfonom blade of the corn, and sometinfes under thb sW&da and third blade. The young insect it very small, aid is known by its rel elonr. In a short time after the egg is deposited,'Tie youngmtnoy be seen by polling the blade downward, lodged-in a bompatt ircle -a round the.stalk-'they -are ver-y 'defrca'te at t his stage o'f iheir eYiste'nce, anad I was satisfied by an experiment made last sum mer, that millions of them were killed ly .tripptgthe blade ofi, and exposing them to the stn-a process which is attended by no perceptible injury to the growth of. the corn, inasmuch as the. bottom blades, be 1n2-e....wu",Wnor tema45AN- 09Mne plough, and front their proximity to ti1 roots, are of comtaratively Th1% aM e in re eeiving t*Vurishi'ne frit the atmosphe're. The maost eertAit mode of destroying the vot:nR insacts is hv fhe hand-a sinale gripe, accominpained by a lorrizontal wio tion of the hand being sufficient to destroy the whole deposit. This labor may lit per formed itn the same time that would he employed in thinning the-corn; and when the inp'irt~tee of the respift Is'roth'a'red with the teans 'used in ut'taibing it. I think nd otne can doubt, even admitting the time neceisary to perform thte labor twice as long as that supposed, that "the end will justify the mestIs."' The young inse'ets do the princips) mis chief, by beginning to suck the jui-cas of the 'corn where they are ileposited-as their powver# of locomotion and their appe ties increase, by att'eking and finally the whole stalk. mod .t ~ ti Every other moeof destroytag bi voracin!!. insect that I have known to be reso'rted to has proved abortive, -or "ithe reinedy hats been wvorse than the disease." Anti after all, the only pertmanent consola tion whi-h I can offe'r rd the smuffering plan ters oif your section. is t'o-h round in the umigratory habits of thme Chinch Bug. In the particular neighbourh where I plant. they have enammtitted most disifressing rav ages for the I'ast three years; and thisa the fourth year, sibce their flst appeiaince, they are doing ed'mparatively no~ injury, whilst the adjoining dietricts, North antd WVest'bfus, which have been Beretofore exempt, are now suffering great b i have known no ifeiinedy to lie trieil, anid have heard none suggested, to pre vent t he ravages of the Chinch Bug upon small grain. .1. Ti Edgefield d. i-., Zune i0, 154Q. GRzEE vILLE, June 26. T1he tourt of Eqtity was held in tbis District on Motndlay and Tutesday of the present week, Chancellor Dtunkin piresid - inag. There wvas a gdcod deal of butsiness before the Court. . This is the first visit of Chanicellor Dumnkln to the upper country in his offlcial capacity, and the satisfactory mnannet with tihich he has dischtarged1is duties, makes it a mat ter of cotngratulation to the State, that one so able and efficient has been placed upon the Bench -Moun taineer. T'he C'rops.-Duiring the i-edundant rains with which wve were isi'ed some wveek<a ago we expressed thme comnmon rears of the country, injtging that the wheat crnp in t~his Districet would in all probability be ru ine~d. Oreat damage has been sustained, hut wve are gramifietd to learn that many lartners will realize tolerable fair crops, and that. tnothina like a great scarcity of .wheat will be experienced.-lijd. The weather for somte time past has become mnost uncomfortably bot. akshotugh often tetmpered by the prevalentce of a bireeze. The thermometer' hats ranged above 80, andl yesterday reached as high :ts 90, and scarce a day pass5es', h'ut what ini the coarse of the 24 hotnts wve have a copitius rain. accompaied iih a caonsid er able 'gust.--.Cltarkston Courier of the 7 u!Lt Cbmistunjcations. For he Adrertiser. REASONS FoaINOT A0Pr1oriso VAN Bun.N. Because, he oppdsWI the'last war with En -giand, to the extent of his ability, and wenot against Madison's admiinistrttiuu and the re publican party in 1812. i'cause,- while Jack ohi'e Secretarn, he wtotc letters to M1r. Mlac Lane, then Mtiistcr to Jogland, giving him in structions contrary to authority fromn Con. gress, (relative to the boundary question,) which were construed by Webster, Calhoun 'and - Clay,.as being a disgraceful correspond ence, havimg- for its ob;ect pa rty awgrandize ancut, and as being an uiderhanded, ow, mean effort in Van Buren, to deceive the people ; al so, degrading and humiliating to the nation. Because, he always has boeen an abolitionist. and we believe him so yet; that he has, during' his whole public life, manifested a deadly hos tility to the institutions of slavery. . Becaase, as Gen. Jackson's nominee, ii came into offico upon -Gen.:Jackson's popularity, destitute ot titose high qualities requisite for a president of these United. Brates. Because he promised. that if elected, he 'would walk in Jackson's footsteps, and carry his sahemes into effect. Because he has been tile enemy of Carolina, and voted for the force bill. Becane he has carried out Jackson's plans, inwarting afiilst the United States Bank, and ruinitig the cur rency -'of the country, agreeably to the motto nf the party-" perish crtdit ! perish coi merce! those who trade upon borrowed capi talbught-to break!" Because, in 1836, J. C. Calhoun and F. W. Pickens, and other talent ed statesmen, detinuticed him as being unfit for the Pisidfnt, and unworthy of the confr'ence of the American people-a rank abolitionist" an cheny of -the South--a political'dema gogue; they called upeon.us, their constituents, to back theni in putting down this same Van Buren and the :tpoils.party ; they called upon us in the strongest terms; they urged with the most einphatic langitage; they used the most incentive speechs taironuse our sleeping en ergies to a sense of out danger; they not only tol.t us that he wa-infit,bift that he never could be a fit'candidate for'otrr suffrage; that he was not of the lion race, noble and independent but. that-he was of the fox and weasel extrac tion, low, mean, deceptive, double-mindedand intriguing. 'Because, we have found the pro. dictions of 1836, to be true, we wtll not turn anil embface our enemy-As'oir teachers then taught us to despise the man, wt yet despise his ricks of deceiptioh iind.lor Mitrigue. Be cause, we are'willitg-to changeimnadministra. tion. which has had unlimited power for ten years, and produced nothing but misery and E PLURIBUS UNUN. 1:or the Advertser. Whate'verr i-roi dr inconsistencies of con duct or opinion Mr. Brooks iay commit in his Interdoftrse'withladclety;his friends and the pub lic may be assured. that he will never operate like the mole, under cover, or attempt to strike a blqw in the dark, for the purpose ofaccom lishing any 'object ieither 'of a personal or po litical nature. Ifat any tinre -he should unwit tingly or inadvertently give offence, or in the slijhtest degree Womnd the feelings of one or his neighjtnrs, it will affibrd him pleasure to hve the opportunity given to him, of making prompt and honorable atune'inent, if in his power; ani if not, he 'promises so far to define his position as to hazard the 'consequences, that may follow. He is not in public life, and his opinions in relation to Iublic 'fnen add nieasue.. cannot therefofe.lie a matte' of in terest to any one,'except tohis personal friends. And befrethii. or even the 'neople'of Edge eniiry. he should feel ashaied to undertake any viidication of himself, against the inde cent attacks of an anonymolis scribbler, in a ne-wpaper, who may possibly be a.pennyless adventnrer in politics. arnd like a Swiss regi. mt),,. rea'y to fight tinder aity standard that pays the highest wages. As a private citizen, he claims the cominen right of forming his owi - opinions. and ofexpressing them upon nll iuit ab:e ocssions, ltmt however without a becom ing respect and indulgence towards those, who differ frtiai6 him. Tuylfation in politics is but little lsas a virtue 'than in reli-gon. Bigotry and intolerance for'in a dangerotns creed, either in church or state. Mr. Brooks has long been = a party usat,~but'niever a partizan. "Devotion" to his own principles has never enjoitned the Popish duty of proscribing those of others. While he professets great respect for the high moral and tintellectual worth of many of our public inen, and is re.pirid'at all times to re ceive theiropinis'ns with all th'e defe-rentce that is due ro superior wisdom and lexperience, yet ie cannot conseht t'o loose. .his own independ ence and individuality of chtaractei- by putting on the collay of aiiy man or "party.. In his pre sent j-eiired and unobtrusive station as a prn vito citizetii. lie claims the single perivilege of exercisitir his own) rights without cavil or molestation, forhrearing as lie desires to do fronm any interfr-rence with those of othere He is not a candidate for, any of the offices in the gift of the Spate; and injnuth never expects to be: being. tlieretfore, in thie tvav of no one, and no one in his way, lhe has nothi'ng to hope from the s~niles of one party, or .to fear f'rotm the frowns of the other. Upon th'e great absorbing snhject of'the next liresi'denby, his mind has been lomr definiteigr made tup. He expressed himself favorably towni-ds the head of the pre sent administraution. when it pass.not very pala table to the political taste of some of its present noisy adherents. He has seen no~reason to change that opinion. but abundant ri-sin since the. exitra ,session 'of Congress in 1837, to con firm it. He now tidfers'Mr. Van Biren upon every ground. whether of prncitple or-poliey. which has be brolight into the discussion. Int regard .to . the giabemnatorial election for this Stat, he has tio difficunlty in defining his posi tion. Whibn the names of the several candi dates for this hifice were first annonneed te the public; hie did express himself most favorably towi-dh the merits of Judge ['avid Johnson. He huis rcently examtined the communication, published ih the Advertiser, and he finds no thing in that ar'.icle to regret or retract in 'rela tion to the Judge. He now rrpeats' wvith pleasure that he entertains for that gentleman, the most profound respect andi esteem, and if his political opinions were in harmony w ith the State. there is no man in it, whose election to the office oftovemor would afford him more' personal gratification- -The opinion then ox-' pressed of Judge.Johnson. hasd refereaide otIf to his principles and virtues ar#' worthy citizen, and to the fidelity of his conduft as one of-the judicial magistrates of the country. The opinions of the Judge were not known' upon the great questioes, which wvere then- ai tating the country. As one of the judicial of-' ficers ofthe state, l':e hsad forborne t8 uheddle in politics so Far at leabt as was known in one pare of the State. They ai"' not now kn.'wn'-from ay d'edl'arationu, nia~de by hint or in hi . name. He hits however heen' charged in the Morcury ad the Carolitnian, with enteittmmg oplimu..ns ad pirinciples at var'iancie wi'lh the State: with being opposod both to the stub-treasutry and to the puesert admtiniistrationl of the General Gov ermenit and in favor of a Umited '~tates hank, These char es liase fiassed withotut contradie tion or explanation and I am therefore Torced to believe th'em true. Under thi'se circumstan e I coti not vote for Judeet Johnison. The Govero-r of a State shouldt fairly represent the principles and policy of the, State. His ele tiol is aiway's regarded its an index of public *opiniob, and it isthdrefol'e proper.thiat lie should Le ea faiitha expnent of the nnnnlbk' wtli.-.. -