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eflisCeganeous. From the Charleston Mercuryj. POSITiON OF THE STATE RIGHTS INDEPENDENT TREASURY PARTY. For some time past the small fry of the -snamdess cohort" in this City, with much fret. ful venom, and very little wit, have labored in .the Courier to convict this paper of inconisisten -cy, by quoting our old against our present opin 'ions, comparig our opinions of the Admai - tration before the Extra Ses-sion of I837, with .the opinions we have since maintained. No mian of sense calls another inconsistent -because of'a change oropinion A man may be fickle or foolish if he changes 'his opinion over often and for insufficient cause, .but he is not inconsistent unless lie avows two or more incomp:utible opinions at one and the ,same time, and pursues a course ofaction at va riance with his professions. The boy who believed yesterday that the sun moves round the earth. and is schooled to-day into the contrary belief, is not an imceosistenit %but only a wiser boy; for the process of grow ing wise is but a continous change of opinion in the abandonment of error for truth. It is the fool alone who can reason or think for himself, who never changes his opinion, for the fool has no opinion ot his own to chtnge. And of all foolishless, the tuost absurd is to apply the term incoisistency to any change of opinions as to men, since every rational intaud is -consciously liable to a revolution, often total, of such opinions, in a year or a day, an hour, or an instant. We lay down these homely oxioms with cha .,yitable particularity for the sule benefit of such learned Thebans as our as.saLimats referred to above, hoping they nim have snificient itel 'lect to deduce the stupidity of their assaults. The intelligent and thinking man need not li! -told that when we avowed a- change of opinion as to the Administration, the naked avowal was of itself a refutation in ndvance of :ll charges of ineionsistency flounded on the discrepancy between our old and new opinion. No more was incumbent 0n us than satisfac torily to recoticile tihe chauge with the princi ples'which we have all rlong pro1ssed and yet maintain; and this we did when we proved .that the Administration laud planted itself on -State Rights ground. At first, with great can 'tiou we declared for the Adutnistrationi on the . currency question alone, usitmg the words -with -them not of them;" and it is alto--ether recou cileable with the partial co-operation and gen .eral distrust then avowe'd, that a probation of -three years should have remuoved our distrust . and won from us for tile Administration, as .much confidence as can ever be prudently giv -en to men in power. Their whole course of ncasures is consis tently diiected to bring back the Uovernment ,within the Jelfersoian rule; their party is pledged in their addresses and thronga all their accredited organs to the State (ights creed and policy of South Carolina. We hauive seen l'th-.tm not blinking the question and teuiporizimg with Abolition. like tle Whigs, but nianfihly -t iIIe .it in the face, defying it, and hanging our bain neron the ontward wall. We have seeti them repudiating the Ameticani system or poatecdon and an overfinig treasury, and their imevivt ble results, utnconstitutional appropriatimus for internal improvenients, and all kinds ohlextrava gant expenditures- a nd we have seen the Presi dent himiself most firmly adheimw to his cousti -tutional and purifying polil:y with respect to the currency, unmoved by clotd or Liushine in the political sky, steering thirongia his whole term bythe old'Republican chart. staking his politica prospects and those of his party, ont State iights principles, and as the first citizeii -of our Republic, setung ao example of mild dignity, moral putity, and social courtesy. In his language, life and demeanor, to which we -could wish that there hal been a eloser approxi. mantion in the aspirants whom the OJppoUsicion have fitted against him. Tile fever of our bitter contest vith his pre decessor had not subsid.tl; when Mr. V.A Be aEs was inauguriated, all our prejtidices were in arms against him ; we believed, whether just or not, that lie fhal subservmt :i b tted the usurping hostility of JAci,0s agaitIst this State; from his declaration that lie would walk in the footsteps of his predecesstir, as we inter preted it. we anticipated that, like Jackson. he would bre-ik his pledges. iid forget the right il the consciousness of power, and ti thirst for mnore power. We ente'rtained dislike. di-tnos, and ill opinion of him and of' every imemiber of' the Jackson cabinet, ad exparessed nur' senti mnents strotngly, as we enta'rtaiined themti sin' ceralv. His subscquent conduct hais e'envinced us thirt we did him injustice. We haveo seen him as President, smece the Extra Ses'ioin, foI low tno footsteps of Jackson, hut such ais were planted in the strmighlt teputblicatn Stamte light track; we have seen no dv intiotn fiomi thea gin. uine State Righits prittiple. whicb lhe main -tained as a member osfthe Senate. in hiisspeechi -on Retrencmentt tinder the f'ederal riint oh' ADaMs anal Ca.sv; andI judging him by his -deeds. not by his professioniu we eniianot as Ca rolinians ad Patriots refuse onr support to a nt administration wvhichm we have hiiad trite, ihroughi time and trial, to the principles of' thme South and the best interests of the [Uno. WVe -have seen frankness, itoral caourage anal firm ness, giving efficiency to a f'ar-sightead atnd sa gacionis policy: instead of the "non-cotnmnt talism" to w hich w~e had objected in his pr 'ions course tis a putblic mni. The opponetnts who still charge him with mon.committahism have in th eir iunjdel Conven tions andl in the personi ofiheir dumab canidniuate, pushed the policy of keeping in tihe dark, to an extreme insulting to the people whomi they wvould bring into their ranks blindfolt while in Mr. Van Bttren's calm. nnhe'ndintg. sterii adhme sion to the Sub-Treasury p)olicy. wve have seen none of that 'Liuaberness' which was said to be hias characteristic, by acensers who have since in their subaltern Whiggery been as linmber as "the willow-pliant Demnocles." When we first gave our suappoirt to the finan .cial policy of the President; t nd when we soon after declared our readiness to supp.,rt his ad ministration if' it adhered to thet principles latad down in the Address of the D~emocratic mncm bers of Congress. somne of our WVhig hrii'tdsa would have deterred us by telling ns "that pro. fessions were cheapji that afler having in their need, gained, by compromises, the co-operationi of the Southern State Rights men, the Admnin istration would betray tus to secure Northern federal support, and" (with the constant whip~ practice of pttling men in the place of prina'.i ple, they added for our alarm) "that Calhonn would be sacrificed, and be sinpersededa hy Benton, Forsythe, or some other prominent Administration maln." Onr answer was obvi ons, that we preferred the Aainiiaratio~n which gave tis pledges as yet unbroken, and which it was their intere-t nt to break-to atn opposition, thme leaders of which were with us neither in profession or practice, and thie pr-ac tice of wvhose subalterns from the Sonth proved that the professions of'these last were utterly wvorthless.' For -Mr. Calhoun, warmly anid proudly as we valned him, we had no Iears? We kniew that princip:le, the rights of Carohimna aid the Sonth. and the best interests of the Union, wenre his piloting~ stars, and that no vagrant down ward glances at the presidential chair or any federal office wouIl swerve him from his course. Knowing this, we knewv hit tohbe safe! He wotuld not betrav himself, by desertinig his principles, and wvhile lie was true to himself, it was above the might of any party ito sacrifice him. Wielding alone in the Senate of the Union. with his lofty itntellect and earnest devotedness, the fultl moral power of.Soth Carolina. his co them as an adaedtower ofstrength, and cursed and dreaded by a trembling opposition, his glo. rious chanpionship of truth, for truth sake, as suring and animiating his friends, aind makting conquest of the conviction even of the enemies who had not the candor to acktiowledge their error, nor the integrity to return t, their duties; and havingqjustin spite of his rercet and bitter fend with the metn inl power, in spite 11 past an1d recent recrimination, hostility aid distrust; of personal aid party connexions and prejudi ces. of the obloqy which he knew Ie mntst in cnr. of the charges of iticonsistency, apostary. and corrupt venility which lie was smsie to en counter; ofthe risk of being too far in advance of the South in npprehendii g our trite policy. having just, in spite of all this, petfortmed the noblest act ofrmoral heroisi that ever graced our political annals ; by declaring proimptly and boldly for the financial pobey of the Presi dent, lie possessed, to our view, an insluience more betneficently potent for our cause, and oc enpied for himself a position more proud than any dnminant liarty could asseii him. We re joiced that lest he hiselt should, losing reaew, commit moral suicide by running connier in his age to the whole course of an illustrious life, it was impossible to break down snch a matin. Party could not do it, mian could not do it, it was in' the power of God alone! Elven had South Carohinta repudiated himt and aried on the opposite side, lie coid not have fullen fie would have ceased of course to be her Senator; for if ever, according to Mr Clay's false prophecy. he coild not justly have claimtied the right to speak for her, lie never would have assuined it. He would have been too proud and too true to strike against the Paluet I( banner and to cumber the plaec of our rep resentative when lie no longet repiesented its; to chng to our office of trust when lie had not our confidenci; to grapple himsell'to the gift wsen lie had lost the hearts that gave it. Ile would have retired iom public lile. but not as a fallen tian. Truth could not have given up her voitary: she would have full soon as her tritiumplis spread, have snininoned hai with her trunmpet of victory, borne itt onl her cotiqier in-, chariot, and cropwned him wah laurels 1ron the seed himself had planted. And S. Carolina inid not repudiate. could not have repiiated him, for the principles which impelled hin were hers. It was not that hci pride and con fidence in him itt reciprocaton ot his good ser vice and devotedness to her, made her follow where lieled-No! Ilad lie held bark, he would have ieenI lIft behind: our people would have gotie oi to tie very posision they tiow occupy; for they unitderitood and lie!d sacred the prmt ciples Which they piofessed. And it was not set much that his sagacity and foresight fUt the pulse of Caro.inin. aticipated the publicz opin iot of the State. and took tie tide as its youn; flood. It was not so much that he justl% relied on the .intelligence and virtne of our people. It was heranse lie eilt and acted like a Caroli Inia, atndt with the instinct of a 'arolitiat, Lilt on the State Rights principle eigtained in his reason and his heart, that when lie piaited onr standard, befiore here was need or titte tor him to look back for support, our people were at his side rallied like a band of brothers in unumi moits pii:iank. Such was our aniswer. and such our feelinz thun, and the stbsequent mourse of evetnts and parties las :lleireted is the io-:t ample jistifi cationl. The oppositioni have fully developed their Ultra-Federal charac'ter, widle the Ad tinistration tirie to Il: its pledg es, has violated io rule otf the strictest school ofJellb'en. anid so hit froi dod,:ing )tr slighitiog the principles of State Rightis Repunhblieanisim, has bent its wholesome entergis to their enforcenitit, id staked its political forttnes.on their vindicatiotn and triuiph. In their contrasted modes of conducting the contest too, while the otte pas ty mlist concilinte the confidence and coistmmand the respect of every well constitiutel mind, the o:her canutint foil to di.gnst and insut ant iitelligem and high ninded people. It is the evident aim of 'he Fedetalists to get ilt ait morbid and dissipated e.citement, under the influence of which their r(tkoweirs stay tbe uttrtind intO vothn; without relleetitnr, niid icetel itnto the belief that a very ordiiary and coarse old nian is a hero ait a sage. A soldier of doultfil merit, itd certificate bolstered reputation, both as to sanity and soldiership, who resigned Iis rommission ated sheathed Itt sword i the mitidst of the wa;tr, they endeavored to reco ndoutil on the ad cap. tdna/u score of inilitary chiellait.-hip. As tchs as they denottieed it lien a tre sohiier was a candidate. they seek to gaitn power bsy the spell of ilitary rentown. andt those whlo were daizzled lhv the rudini~t star of Jackson, they woin d fon'woovn like moiths~ to the greasy glimmster of a lhrthinig eanle, int the dnbious andsi gloomvt lihrbt of whIichi they lock tip, having first gagged hims lest lie shiostd bray. themir fec tionts Cminnuutatuts itt a ictitionis log cabit; feigning that lie is thiereins moist demoscratically inidulgiteg his gi iius with sothting else hett a vile swill at which civilized stomai~chs revolt. And all this is doine for~sooth ! by these condlescen-Imtg nriis'socrats, bsy waty of winsnmtg the enilrges of their intl;-riors. ihseir ;greasy fie!powcitizeii, "the switnishs umhitude,"' who they fondly prestume will vote for a titan biecauise they are tol that lie lives mseaily antd ues dirty !VWhy, .\rs. Trotl lope hers:-lf could inst have electioneered with a1 msore respectfu! flattery All their party 'le ices are iteairical, artificial anid iinmetere: their banmiers, mtottoes, badges, and.il (lit w -oden emtblemn of the woodlen Gaol !) their emtpty eidher bai rel, borne about with wild wvassihtns friom revel to revel, atnd on n hicht thtey would Jo! txants, inistall a P'rcsidentt of the t~i. S tales. like a Intsphant Blacchuis beestridintg his cask. Their vergleaders gee ahout like rare show-mien playinig the fool. anud carryintg ini their traits periced balanicers anid piostutre stikers amid his tiontit spsoutsers. tio play the IInurlegin. tenring; it simnulated passin to tatttsrs. onthlerodinsg lHe rod. anid making th I tintsking Ianchi, but the judicious grieve. The warnit;g "'1Tms Damstai et don ferenttes" of the Trojans seer at sight of the woeodenu hoerse. cainnot surely lie nteedled ini civilizetd anid Christian atnd Repeublican Ameri ea as the cidler batrrel rolls its roiwdy progress to the gate of onr Troey. Surely Feederaulismn mtighit have chosenet to steal ito poewer utnder a wotihier dieguise. "Ment leave" nlot -'dost their reason," atnd the Americant freemanti is ncot to tbe boirbt with pageants anud ge w gaws, anid Pleased with a rattle tickled with a straw like the subhject ra bble of the Bt itish bnstisngs. Aerica hai ai people, bns ie pupulace, antd we are ntot yet docemted by the suuccenss of thiN kisud f anitaion, to bhlis for the itntelligencee, thme pride. the morals of our couintry, aned lose our fitht in macu's caplacity for self-governcmtent. On thce other hiand, how digntitied ini comtpa rismn is the curse of the Democradtic ptary. Costendeing earnestly for the right, they appteal not to the passiosns; they treat the people ncot as a giddy mi' b, htut its euslighteined equals, anid ipeai to their tunderstandinig, and reson with fact and argninsent. Unilike the motley crew, which Federalism has etnlisted, whtichs avowimg o creed. ye~t asks for prosehytes, they appear itt thme lists wishmoust a nmask. plant themuselves rm the Repuhlican platl'erm, nad boldly piro mulgate the prinicipIles, with and throtughcwhtich they are to fall or to cotsgner. Thtey bait with rio painited htanshes tee easls growna chtildrn,t nor frighten the and fi-ont its proepriety by nitisy jinketingus. nssr ermpty she seats of Cosigress and impmede the pithhe biusintess, to senid by steamboat antI rail car throngh thne c'onmury. missionary conigressm'-n wvho desert their host to spend the per diem allowance. the wages oef their negelected ditties ini gadding abouct to ex bit themselves, anud split the ears of the grounmdless with rabid fiustiant. Cuimipare M1r Vanm Burnen's modest, untohtruisive course, his uniform regard of all the decencies and cour tesies of life, his self-control, his forbearance, i. rennhlican dignity. with tharoerim-t, -_ saults of his assailants! Remember Mr. Clay's ibridled violence at Buffilo, when, as tie would-be candidate of the Federalists, Ie belched out his deenunciations, and talked of -Amos Kendall, Tom ienton,.and the Devil;" renefuta er the boarding school sublimity of his crown of roses at Saratoga. and his coarse per-, -oral jest at the ahence of "his little friend," mcanioeg tie Pre.ident, whose manly delicncy had cansed his absence, and whose good taste aid s. If-respect would have never sitlered him to sacrifice good feling and wood breeding for a ribald jest. liemeiher Harrison's Inrious cursing anl swearing against all his politiv-l oppainients, at the door of a livery stable in Cn ciemnati. and on which picture enin the pride of inihond or of enliItcned republicanism look with the greater complhcency I But. we are told of' Mr. Vin Bnren's view of the Missouri question, his approliation of itifus King a qiiarter of a ciititry nmo. and aiso ofthe Proclamatidh arid Bloody Bill. We derend iotIris approval i'iieapprovedeither. Btthe (iestion is. inot wlhat fir has ibeen hi, ttt lie is; what is his present political attitude, and that of the party snpportmg him Committed decisively a..'inst abolition as they are, no mat ca ie so unpoindent ini his falsehood as to accuse them of presit aflilation with the Aholitionists. Questioned hy the people, lie answers promptly nod iuneqiivocally. Then, why go back to a passlge in his early political career, to infer .that he is that which we have recni aind pre sent conclisive pioof that lie is not? It is ah sid. The case is ditrereit with Flarrison aid Aholition. We have a recent and present tes timony that lie aned the abolitionists tire of tie same political party, that they have claimed him in his own neigliborhoed avowedly ly his owu aithority, and he has assented ly silence. A member of Congress assures his Ahnoliiioii consttiineots that Harrison is ol their "-first wa ter." The leading Abolition Journal triumlis inl his nomination as that of i ciielidate whom Abolitionists can coniscientionsly support, and he himselfiolerrogited orn the subjeci, stands Io redly nimte. referring ens through his Com iittee. to Iis old speeches nid leiters. We ure anthorized then to go back to his old Anti Slavery avowns, and if we find among them as we ilo. that he is in favor o f using te Fede rn' revenue for cimanicipation. we find full con firmatioi of the recent anti present evidence nenainst him. aid his positions as sin Abolition ally is conclti-ivelv defined And with regnrd to the Prclanniion, Witli whnt rare' can m partisani of the Federal party. atid of Webster lne lfirrisni. lay that at the door of tine present Itepuliennl pnruy 7 Dil not tIre Federalists proclaimt that *'tle princi ples of tie Procinmatione were the principles of New England," and this befrore Ge. Jackson had himiiself at tire renionstrance of his own part., partially yet materiilly recanted am expiongedi it I D3o not all tIe prominent and best niecredited orgains of the i)eiiocratic party now ini elet repudiate the Proclanation, lay elarging as a Federal sin upon Harrisoi awr iis party. their adoptio of its prinrcilples I Was not Mr. Webster the elipion of tae Procla. mnation ? Did nt lie and the other old Federal leaders of the Northern Whia party delight in the Proclamation, so as to drop 'heir htosility, and for themi once give in their adlresioti to Jackson ? Have the Northern Federalists, coinisituina the bulk ofthe Whiz parry, changed their opi'eionr either of the Tariff or the Pro'la urationr ? Thry hare not ! atnd ill opposing thet w e are opposing tie true lrocamtaition party. flow then, dare any Southern Whrig have tIe eirontery to bsritig up tie 'roclanatioti .s a reproach te us? Mr. Vans inren ne'ver pni. licly avowed (nor privately sor fir as we know) any approhntion of that docmnent ; rut Ilarri son has. If- sieered at our Stite, ail te. clared that Jackson had by the Prochiniione covered - imself with glory. Tis olinion, rie ver since disavowed, we find in oie of tile old peeches to which his dtrumh dignity ref'ers the people. How then car ary-;iodicant State itighrta man who snpports this qld Federalist. this partizan and protege of tire Adamses. this avowed Proelamationist. rebnke 'us for co-ope. rating agaitst him with a PresideUt and party of the Jeffersonian school I From the Charleston Meriry. Cuanr.SToN, Jily 3. We are indebted to the politeness of a pas. senger ill the sz'hr. Stephei & Francis, fron St. Augustiree. for the lotni of the St. Atigrstine Ni-ws, from which we cepy time following it, telligencee: Sr. Auous-rNF, Jine 2f. ILierit. Aslhton. 2d Dragoons, wvrites f'raim Iris ctap, neair Waihoo Swamip, that art lIdiani sepiaw, iih her chrike, camire ira, and leaving the child. sire went out again prhrmisirng to retunrir. Tire next day sire brourght ini two warriors, wire informred Lient. Ashatonr tihat they woutld bringa in 310 warriors and their famrilies on Thrursdayv, 25th inst. T1hre steamer Santee, Poinsett, arrived here from Souerth--r posts. (On Treadnry last, five hediarns lend shaon n themiselves ira sirrht of Irnian itiver lBar. Ont the night of tire 8thr irn-f. are Inrdiarn app~irebcted witin fifty ynrrds oaf Fott Darllas. andl place'd ma book ire thre road. witih twee sticks laid nreroass it, trand mairde seevral matnrks arorund. The beook hrnd the name of Cel. I ar neve written it it. surpposed to have been takera at'Consarlatcie. It is staid tire Inidiani yave a ye'li atnd retreated.nLfter haavinrgplaced :hre book' We aire indebted to thie saime genrtlentrn fear thre fotlowieg additional itnfermtatioe Col. ainry hias brronrght inrter Wck Creek. the child arid mrothier of Conraochre, togethret with ai negro, whlo cart renn ariad write, trad whro says te Idrianrs anre reguilarly supjpliced witha thre Sr. Argarstinie prapers, arid anmrrnitiona by somre persons. Tire scoeit is brorken rip in conseqruence of sickness. h'40 soldicrs hbeing sick ret Fort Kinir. Gent. Armiistead is exfpected at St. Airgustirre ire a few darys. It is crrntemplatedl to re-move tire principal depeot located at Garryes Ferry to Pilatka. IIAMBUnRG, (S. C.) .rnly S. Thre rreather.-We haivh had a hot time of it for a we?'k past withorut one drop of rain. Ott Amer-day tneringl thre Thrermome'ter smeod art $ decrees ini the dieep Irarde. and bry meid-day rde Sie~renery Irad trnvtied rip conisidferably ablove blood-he'at ; ared smreu tirene, there leas been ne decline in the article."a One eft eel' tIs ex cessive suiltnieess. ray be-seen by a ginctre at thre 3d andre 4lh panges of'thisc deny's pa.per : a raey of thre sten stole in tharougrh "a hole ire the wval'" tponr our reak-er, anrd emade it ahemosat boil in a minte; of one side of it, it made a one'-siderd affair beyond remeedy. The weather hieing en trelv too hot to ernst a new roller in tinme, we hve been compielled to uise lire suin-strucidk one; aned in spite of tine der'iI whor ralls (nor rules) ourr formr, monks ande friars hnave mrade their a ppearance.-Journtal. C~Ana, June '27.-Provisions.-Wo beg crir coutntry friendls to have cotmpas sins on ius, andt save us from starvation. We don't believe. rhat ar the time we wvrite there is n single rnirrel of filrur for sale iei town. and corun has been, for seam dlays, remarkabrle scarice. Floor wounld bnrirng front 8 to 9 dollars per barrel, andt Corn hs teen selling ait a edollar per buashel. We are not complaining so mruch ehount the price horwever, as of the scareity. The latter, we hope oeur country friends will rem dly, aned the former wve must try and manage otirselves. Flattery is like armor of needhe-wnrk, pleas. "...o wear, but nfino avail for defene. From tie Soahein Pariot. It has been properly said. the country never stood in so much moral peril, as it does at present fronm the wassailincg of the Whig*. We haive every variety of jun kettin*_. from the pot house carousing of whieh the orgies. are eeletirated in Hlard Cider, it) tihise lofier festivities in which Soasts to the succesis (if their candida taore quaied ini it beveragoe of a more aristoceat ic qt-ity. The Deroens are connt i to appeal to the popular reason anil utifler standing. The Whigs enlist the mere nnimal preiencities of our nature as aids to their enterpri'e. But is tthis not the worst part of their mceans ihr the furtherance oi their objer. The spectacle has, for the first time. been exhibited by tilem. in this country. of transfurmiug a candidate for the Presidetncy, into a;n orator be-ore the people. Here, thel, is also a contrast be tween the parties, Mr. Vtn .Buren with a just perception of true dignity., coild not, of course. des rend into thearena and ecigage in a rhe torical display. .But int no period of our history-in that crisis even of bitter con iroversy, when the very priceiples of our Government were -taked on the issue lie Jeffersons anl the Adamses of that pe riod-the Atlanses and .ncksons of later 'times never descended from their elevat ion to harangue a mixed multitude-a mob of listeners. There is something derogatory to the iustre wx hich should osrround ant aspirant for t he Presidency in this proceeding. To appear tius ielbre a promiscnons asseti blage, may seem deferential to the people. It may wear the guise of poplcar coile scension. But the coarse party conflicts that so frequently lring the candelidar to a level with the nfennec nan in the a;sen blage, should he carried ott by lite inferi:r initrmnets of' party. The dignity of the individucal elaiminz the sulffrages of a free people for the highest office in their gift. shuld cot he uiapproachable-should not be hedned rocund by too manly forms. But there is a marked difTrence betweena the candidate for their votes, who is ready to ece them by lrolit re..ponses to all mat ters of' legitimme ingoiry. and he who enl ters the field of conflict at every invitation to play the Rhetorician helbre a nixed mauhitude. From the (lcreland Ohio. Adzcrtiscr. "Our streers. i Tue.-any untst, were filled with Whig processious of those who had arrived by land nid water tin thnir way it) Fort Meigs. Tie largevs acnd most impsing of the whole was ihe procesion ofthe Whigs from the old couties orGeau ga antI Ashtabla, Gid~lings' Congressmoni District. in these counties, the main otly of the Abolitionistm reside, ndtl they are lhe stronest Whig collcties of io. acnd prohnhply of the U. s. This ureat AboliflonI procession marched under the hannerst of -H arrison and Tyler,' acI.lamnes H1. PaieI vas its Marshal, the leading Aholitiist oftOhio, and who wonhl carry -war t1e the knife' cpon the institutions of the Soutlh. In this prcression wvere the very men who conpose the secret associat incs polln ite Lakeshore. tep aid the escape of fugitive slaves tea the opposite iromier of' Canda ,-While ithis great Abolitionist procession was passing onr office, we ecould not aivlid relecting upon the stranest of all possilble unions4. ilhe 'Richmond %I hig' with the 'Cleveland Agitator'-he Vhiga' cef eile South wvith the most miserable Abolition fanatics of the North, uncilcct willc equal enthusiasm, for'H1arrison and Tvlcr.' Another rumoredDrfcutifl.-It is with pain that we are enlied upon to record a nother rumored defaleation, on the part of a member (if the Philadelphia har. who heas heretaeforo oerepiedl a highly respecta lir positidon ice society. Th'le ruorots, that ltce indlividncal in qoeseina wvhose namte we wsIihhdld in tiestage eof the mratter, in respect to cte feliec of hcis famcily, was the creistee of several peropertie's, amiot-t icng in all cto fromc 6i1,t100 to $100,000. A Iartge peertion oitf hbi.- proelay beloenged toa thce wife of at distiigncishcead A mericean gen-~ t lemnacn now abaroadl. ande formterly coime'et eel with theo Philaelphiia pra'ss. 'Thei praorty see he'ld in c tst, was mcisnppro printedl, if not squanderleed andee lost lay thbe rustee, whote, uneabeh to make it gneod, aed seeaiccg the d rentdfu'tl naturc ee of heis paosit iota. lil WVedenesday Intsi tIed the city. [Hia nec coutis itt atti or I wo of the bantcks have, sincec his ablsece, beenti toutd elcientc t smtall a amongts. it is scuppoe~sced thcat stoeck gambiliing aced en~arccs mculicaiclis speentla tionts were uamong the caeuwes etf hci ruitn. .Phi ladelphaia Inquirer. The lady above referred toe etust he, we presume, Mtrs. Walsht. WVe should he very sorry to leara tthat she antd leer esti iable Ithiand lead sustciined andy serious pieenniary loss.-N. Y. Spectator. The fellowing Cardl is c'opied 'roma thceSt Loutis (.Misc'ouri) D~aily A rgus. thce prepieoreofl which, J. D)avis l-;sq.,. was atssasaated by a iUntish '. hig atespierado: A CAan.-ThIe attiack whie'h lens beantade otn thcis establi il.tmenct, has resaiited ine the tan fortuneate death ofi tie precprieteor. acid tis er ecit ha~s cnecessarily, disslved te cocmract lie. tweenc the latte piroprietor aced thce edecor. A frieted of' the dlecased. ntl of' the estaiblish-t mlenet. took tie letters ait :eaimjesomaton. wh'lich tmght prntha eblv htawe ree-achel int te temporaeary' renewal oh the Ccmracet with the unadersignted, but the decisiau. of elan Ceontay Caort eon the apidicantiocn ofdiff'erenet part esc, revoukeda the let ers ande placedl the peruess itt the hiandas of occr politicatl opiponentts TIs rec.ders it. of ceoure ntesary, that te editor shoultad resigca hus station. and dcssaolve his conecetion wvith the eslablishmtent, wihicha he tnow doe'.. LTe frieccds and patronts of thce Argues are respectfully ice formted that inc a very few days the untdersigned wvill resume his stationa as a Demtoacratic edter ini this city. anad the pneper will he sent , metna ally to all thte sublscribaers of' lice Argeis. The arrangemcenats are ncot yet eompleete. hbut onr fientds ma~y rely upeon it. that stceh mneastures as tese, viohet acnd extraeordinccry as tey maty setm. have hbut little power to silecnce thce voice of' thc' D~emocracy of St. Lonis." WILLIAM GILPIN. St. Locals. Jnnce 12, 1e40. YORKytLLEy, S. C Jtcue 2y.-A n aflruay acturread,sei wve are inform'ceid, in ihie neigh berhoodi of Blairsville, int this Dieirict, ice wh~'icht a Mr. Joshica Palmer was sneet Iby a Mr. Stinsnc. Tlhe'y hwI quatrreheed aind foucght severalnittmes. antd wsere neo docih: trn sported, beyond their proper sen-es. by~ ager. It is suppgosead chat Mr. Pnimuer canncot servve-Stinson is cnot arrested ac coering the Jnatvu informarion. Comanunications. For lhe Adccrtiser. The citizens in the vicinity of Sister Springs in this district, -celebrated the anniversary of our National idepvend.'nce with their usual patriotic Ileelings. About three -hundred per sous w ere ini attendncive.-who, after partaking of a barbecue prepared for the occasion, drunI the followintg regular and -volunteer senti ments L The day we celebrate. 2. George Washington 3. The Heroes of the Revolution. 4 Oeineral Nathanel Green-His memory is cherished by us, lfor his patriotic and devo'ed services itn the Soith, during the Revolution ary War. 5. The Federal Union. with the Federal Constitution literally construed. 6. Soputh-Carolhia-Endeared to us by the associations of the past, and her present emi ient position in the Confederacy, she will be ever ready to oppose the usurpations of Fed. eral legishition. 7. The iHon. F. W. Pickens. our nble and eflicient Rolpresentative-IHis entrse in Con gress inl advoc-atinag tand saust.ininag the impolt ant nenstres of the Administration, meets our alptpobantion. 8. Hin. John C. Callionn, our gifted and distiniihed Se na'rar iaa Conress-True fo his native soil, it is his object to promote the in taretts of the South. Unlike his colleague, the Virginia exotic, whoi looks abroad to other sec. tioLs. courtinag and seeking popularity by von. 'orminz himsell toa the views of nnbitions, un principled aia lisappoiited aspirants. 9. William C. Prestoa-Ilis own promo. tion ihis favorite (object ; his selfish acid unnl lowed associations with Northern Abolitionists, and black cockadoe Federalists, prove hun nt. terly recreant to the hiel trust confided: to him. A foreign mission. ort aseat in his contenplated cabinet, wonih tit doaaht le a full comptensation for his derelictiin of daty. Like the silk worm, le is aw windilag himself np, anad will shorty expire (poli!ically) ina his own cocoon. 10. Cl .lohn P Richardsona-Tle aitiaihk and accomplislhed geitleman, the intlexible sipporter of the great Demortatic, Solh Treasn ry party of' the State-Flis nomnination as the candidate of that party, as the next Governor by the almost entire Newspaper press of the State, neets onr full approbation 11. Martin Van Burei. President of the U. States-Il is adainistration deserves our warm. est supporl; for wli!t be hts shtwn a disposi tion to promote the general interastof the Union, be has isutred the South of his deter. initiation tip maintain, and not listirb her do mestic isitirtiois. 1:. Willia m Hi. Hlarrisona-Confidence is rol to be reposed in a man who is afraid to avow his poalitical opinion.s; his iotorius imbecility well jnstifies a conmittee of vigilance; a keeper ind a mtzzle are not imappropriate. 13. W aatnn-ten-led by Providence as the cotmpaion of* man, hiis safest and most dis. interested contasellor in prosperity or adver sity. VOLUNTEER TOASTS. By Char/es Cter. Jr. The next Govern. or-Good fith in preserving our late compro. mise ; and the- interests of the State Rights and Slnh-Treasusry party in the State. points to Col. Johnt P. Richa-don asi the man. By Capt. Teomas Nichols. The Tariff. In terial Impr.ements. a National Bank. and Depreciated Cttrrency. and Wmt. H. larri soi-ll' we de4ire these. place Granny in the chair, nid we have-them; if not. retait .Unrtin Van Bnren, as President, and we have nothinis to tear. By C. If. Mattheres. Gov Noble-Thongh ie is no longer among its, his mraemory yet lives, alnonishing us to imitate thte high moral ele vation of his elbaracter. By L. Barnett. The Bantking system, needs revisiont anId reformation. ad skoasld be so im. proved a-4 to prove a blessitg to the cotnitity instead of a curse. By ff. Beard. Martin Vtn Buren-His worth is appreciated; snavee-s to his depending ce-c. iota. By 0. Brad/ehl. Col. J. P. Riclardson, a candidate fas Governor at the ensuing election -His uoral worth, taletrs, and political prin ciples, entitle him to the statiol which his frienls have assigtned him. By Dr. John Haluiland. The Fair Sex of Saith Caroliaa-Uansurpiassed by the world in point of bwantty, virtie, talentts anad patrioatismn. By T. It'. flrmljelrd. Geni. H arrison of lhio, a strnt A bolitionistt-H-ated lby manty, respect. ed. vanly by a few. By'Thomas C. Griffn. The Blanks andl Chinacthaag, words syntaonmons in character --They fatten upoan ihr- labors of' the honest anal inilnstrionts faramers of onr counitry. By Unpt. IV. T1. Hecnrelaj. Willisamt C. Prres to-:.ike the fimgnis wvhich yiels phtosphoric light, its rntrenness is the cauise ofitts radiatioan. By Wfillian Thoeupson. Maartint Vana B~tauen a frienad of thae Unaiont, stami of te constiitutional rights of the Sia'es-Mlay Carolina's sons sits tain hitt ais Chief aiestrate. By ./hn Cooper. SMay thte penpie of thte U. Staes talk le.ss and think mnore. th at they may hec bettea gn:dlifwd tao select those to whom ate'y cofide thae presersvation ot their rights atnd liettes. By Sumipier M. Griffn. General George Me)ntle-Althaough retired from the conncils of nair conntry. hecis nevertheless adiditng honor to his chauracter atnd utility tot his counattry, by his snecess as at atdiraibe rictical plante'r. By im. C. Wie'na. Success tot te Demo ratic Psart-' of' the Unired Statecs, and to State Rights prinaciples, and iheir great advocate, .John I . Galbtonn. By Jameus S. Pope. rCol. I.ewisaT. Wigfall H is tualents, and flearless iandependena:e, promnise usfitlness to thte State. Mr. EBlitor:-As I believe you were rnt ini ateaaance, at the Barbeente tnear [horns Creek on the 4tha, you will sulow mec thea privilege thra atgh the rol tumnts ofynt pape~r, otfsaying; lior the bentelit of thtose wvho were ntot presenat, itat I consider it onte Ilatng thec best that I ever at. to aaled. 'The asembhages numbered two hnondred and upwsard<, nhouaat filty ofh whaomi waere Laukes, wich, th.,nahl smai~lh-r in tnubr, weore noit the least hanpprstat portin I cana assure yon. While thec elder Ladies and Genmlemen were makingr stnitaline pr.-paraitionas for the dinner. the yotunger clamss were enigaged in social coas versatonta No political discussiona. or party wrarilng intrtded upoan ste goodl order nr the day. The arragmient of the tables, and thte suspertbua dance upon thesi exhibited wvell the taiste and resources of the . iathtibitansts itn the vicinity. No Oraitiona was delivered upon the occasion, neither wese aany Toaaes given. Bitt the trem ulotus voices of thte Heroes oh the Revohu lion, as they relaited ihe history of tsheir adven tnres, andi thte eheaerhni said npprovinag smiliesol the voning. all united to remeind: us thatt wa a m'emiorable occasiaan that we had met to cel ebrate. Int short the assemblage, the patriotic spirit manaaife.ted. ad pertiect gaaot order that pre vall oan the ocecasiotn. rentdered this celebra iont a waarthiy tribaute to the Fathers of our Ini denedenca. hluc~h praise is diul to theO sup~eriantendtrentst af the dinner. ialusch gallantry wsis dlisplayed ay the yattntg meni presetnt, and I beg leave in mae contclaasiona to say, I seldom if ever met vitha collection ofyotung Ladies, on such ant c-asiont. wvhose genecral beaunty ad aippear ince could. have afforded a iner specienasa of he risitng fair' of Fldgeiield District, thgan the For thegiodcerthcr. The Trusiecs of the Male and Female Academies at Greenwood invited the un dersigned as a Board of Examniners, to wit ness the exercises of their public examina tion, which commenced on the 16th aind closed on the 19th ult. The Board of, visitatioin thus conistitu ited, having given diligent heed to the duties o0 their appoint ment, would respectfully call the attention of the public to the following report: We are aware that such reports are often looked upon as the vehicles, in which mnay be litund as a thing ofcourse, the mere con tmion-placeis of comrnmerdation, having ti0 other end than the gratification of those im mediately interested. We distinctly dis claim any such aim; hut in express ing the high gratification with which the exercises of the occasion inspired its, setforti, only out honest, bona fide, and unanimous convictions. The Greenwood Scltools, consisting of a female Seminary atn two malo schools; one designed for tie diffierent hranches or English, the other exclusively for classical and Scientifc irstruction, owe theirexis tence to the commendable'public spirit and enterprize of an association ofr ctlemen, who have united their efforts and coricen trated their Influence to difftuse throiugh their vicinity and District, the blessings -of education. How far they have been sit ceqsful in their object, will be indicated by the fol!owing simple statement of facts. The only embarrassment felt by th6 Committee in drawing this report, is from the abundance of materials before them, to make such selection as will tnost fully express their own satisfiction, and give to the public, a properconcepttun of the flour ishitg condition of these institutions of learning. The extamination coinmenced with the Female School under the direc tion of Miss Brown and Miss Hart. Besides the Committee, a numerous company were assembled to witness the interesting ex-rei-es of the young ladies, embracing classes in all lhe iranches of instruction, which tIe goorl sense of the age esteems essential for the proper cul ture of the fenale mind. It is not too much to say, that the prompt and accurate answers to a isearching examination in Geography, Chemistry, Moral and Natu. rat Philosophy. Geometry and Conposi tion. were throughont, not only satislfacto ry to the Board. but denonstirared to their mainds the high qualifications and fact for teachinm, of the heads of this department, as well as the industry, application and+ proficiente of ile youa lalies. The deep attention of the delighted and happy 1ia rents and the undisguised satisfaction of all present, amply confirm the propriety and accuracy of these statements. The exam ination, it may be proper to state, was va ried *v a spirited, original dialogue upon fashions, atid a conversation uipon science. The examination of the second day o pened with the English School, confided to the nauagement of Mr. Jis. Giles, who. judging from the data before us. has an swere( well, the confidence of the Trus tees. That individuAl is but little versed in the important science of Ednention who treats as a maattct of slight -con-ideration, elementary instruction. Some of us have had practical experienceo in the business of- reaching. and we do not hesitate to af firin that in no subsequent stage, is the du tv of teachina more dillietlt and responsi ble. Ir the foutdation he-well and pro)er ly laid, it is compiaatively an easy task to carry out tho work of instruction. But let a false siep he made in the early stages. of edcation. atil the subsequentt career of the student."is only laboulr, and that con tinually." And it is well if he turn not away itn disgust from a ratce, in which he 1inds himself outstripped by inferior intel lects. This digression, we trust, will be pamrdloned, as it was prompted by the ex amtincaions of Mr. Gi les' departmnen,wvhich emtbraced clatsses in the commoni braniches of Enoglish instruction and eletmentary sci enice. The exercisee~ were satisfactory io te Board, creditable. to the stnmdehts, and highly hocorable ro their incstrtuctot-. The last two days v.er- dlevoted to the classical School tauaht by Mr. J. L. Lea ly, cotmmencing with a well tantght class in Arithmetie, and continuted 1v exnmina tion< ini Algebra, Gteonety. L atitn, Greek, French sind Chemistry. In Mathematics. the~ examtintation was condtucted with e most thoronigh, minute. acid exact accura cy. [t its imposs$ible toeinde the convic tion, that no pains htad been spared in the recitation room;-ilhat the most laborious and particular aetentioni had been p~aid to imparting a knowledge of principles. Par ticular propositions may be learnedl by rote. A knowledtge of principles amuse he utiderstood. This know ledge of principles was tested in the mpost satisfactory tman ner by the quetions of the Board, who, at the request of Mr. Lesly proposed to thte class int Geomemrv,wviihout collusiont or pre vions uniderstanding. every theorem,which waQ promp~tly demtoncstrated, and itt one in static -to which n'e cannot refrain from advertinig-by a conclusive, original dem onstration. The natne aceracy--the satie proficiency-the same elaborate at ention to pritciples, and the muinute but importatnt points of instruction were obsera vable itn all the sub~sequetnt examinations in Latin. Greek. Fretnch and Chemistry Analysis. Sc aiming andt Consirnetion.each received its proper share of a'iention In all those exercises, it was plain that the voting centlemen bud profited by the self sard-fcing ioil, and the varied acqutire mtents oft their ineiruictor. Xin the evenings we had specimens of declamation by the students, of s']ectec' pieces and t wo origin al speeches, highly creditable to the young meni produccing them. But as we itttend 'this repiort to be a trute exponent of our opimnons, we mus~t he pardoned for the Ifrank avowal. that it was from these exer Icises that we derived the leaist satisfatcmion. The young gentlement in almost every in sctnce were hurried along by a rapidity of utterance, fatal both to atn eacsy, graceful matccnner, atnd a clear, distinct articulation. A crowded roomn.short andl w arm evenings, atnid te nnmher if spenkers were cthe only apologies w'e cotuld find for these defects. We have car~efu'ly reviewed this repiort, and cannot in jutstice to those concerined, qualify or alter te terms itn whtich w have expressed our approval and satisfac tion. Our c'ommttendlatio~n has often been high acid btut little quali~ed. But if we have comnmended nitich, we had much to commennd. We might have said more; we eould not say less.