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Ifttion; that this lina been cone when the ordi miay revenues of the Government were sener ally decreasing, as well fron the operation of the laws, as the condition of the country. witi out the creation of a permantient debt, or incur ring any liability other than sawh tas ise ordi- - ty resources of the Government will speedily ascharge, and without the.agency of a inaion af bank. If this view or the proceedings of the Gov ernment for the period it embraces, be war ranted by the fa-t-s as they are known to exist; if the army and navy have been sustainiei to the full extent authorized by law, and which Congress deemed sntliciett for the defetice of the couttry and the protection of its rights and its honor, if its civil and diplomatic service ils been equally sustained; if ample provision ihass been made for the adninistration of justice and the execntiotn of the lawst if the claiis ipon public gratitude in behalf of the soldiers of the Revolution have been promptly imiet, and fiith. fully discharged; if there have been no failures in defravine the very large expenditures grow ing out of that 1on% contiimed und salutary pol. icy of peacefully removing the Indians to re gions of comparative safety and prosperity; if the public faith has at all times, and every where, been most scrupulously ma'ntained boy a prompt discharge of the numerous. extended, and diversified clains on the Treasury; if all these grent and permanent objects, with many others that might he stated, have. for a series of years, marked by p culiar obstacles and diffi culti.-s, been successfully accomisplished without a resort to permanent debt. or the aid of a na tional hank; have we not a righ! to expect that a policy. the object of which ha.s beet to sis tain the ptblic service independently of either of these frtittid sources of discord, will receive the final sanction of a people whose utnbinsed and fairly elicitv-rl judgment upon public affairs is never ultimately wrong ! That enbartassments in the pecnniary con cerns of individoals, of unexampled extent and duration, have recently existed in this. as in other commercial nations, is nialoubtedly trmte. To suppose it necessary now to trace faese re verses to their sources would be a reflection 0-1 the intplligenmce of my fellow citizens. What ever may have been ihe obsctrity in which the subject was mvolvcd dirintg the - arlier stages of revulsion. there eanoot now be many by whou the whole qtestion is not fully under stood. Not deeni:n it within theconstitiutional pow ers of the Geteral Governmeno. to repair pri. vate losses sustained by teverses iii hisiness havitig no connexion with the public service, eithr by direct appropriationa fromta the Treas ury. or by special &egislntion designed to secuare exclusive privileg-s atid immunities to individ uials or clases i pri-fi-ence to, and at the ex pe.-i oaf the great ia.ority necessarily debar red frmm aiy participation in themi. no attempt to du so u has ben either inade. rt cotimided, or eiicor.ged. biY the present Execitive It is helave-l. lowevir. that the great iirpo ses for the attainmielnt i ' which the rederal Gover's tnentt wasc itiiited. have niot been lost sight of. Intru-sted only wit;h certain limited plowers, cautionslv .-snamerate-d. ditinctlv pec: ified and dlieti!eed willh a precision attd elearntess which would seem to def'v miscon struction. it has been iv onsas::it :Im to con fine mysefrwithiii thae ;i~iits so c'early tmarked cult, and so carfitlly anaaal.-dl. I hsving always beens (of optineion that th.' eii prv-sirvative of the iunion of the Sttes is :o be hnad ita a toteiI abstinence from the ex.-rcise of all donbtful lowers on the part of the -ederal Governmieit, rather than in atetnlits to asstne theam by a loose construi-tion (-f the coastitution. or any ingetions perversion o' its words, I have en deavored te avoid r-comiending any nmeastre ii :grelantl would in, my felliw citizenas. lie regarded as tren--hiing on the rights of tie States, sir 'h provisio'.s ofthe hallowed insmtriment of our Unaion. Viewing the aggregate pow.s cot the Federal overon ment as a vohimtary conceSsion of the stat.es. it see-ns to tme if at ench onilv should be exer cised as were at the time iiteinided to be given I have been strengtheted too, in the prop-ri. sty of this course. hv the conviction that all efforts to eo beyond -this. tend only to produce dissatisfactioi and distrust. to excite je;iloisies. anld to provoke resitance Insttead of adding strength to lthe leeral Governmeit. even when successful, they mosilt ever prove a source of incuratble weakness by a lienaetimng a partini of thiose whtose adhesien is indispalenah'e toe the great aggregat.- of united streti:;fh. and whfa'ie voluntary attachimenat i<. itn mv estimattiona, far maore esseatial to the edhicienicy of a govertnent stronag in the best of a'l peossibb- strenrthi the conitidenc~e and attichimetnt of all those whon snake up its constituent elemmentas. -Tims believinmg, it lins beeinamy purpose to ecunre to the whonle people, and to every amietm ter oif thme conafederacy, lay genali, salittary, and eqnal laws 1an the benefit of those re publican .institutions. which it was thme endl and aim of the constituition to establish. anad then influence -of which is. in nmy jutdgment itidis pensales .to their preservationi. I cannot bring - ~ say'selt' to believe that the lastinug hapapiness of the peopie. the prosperity of the States, or the permanency of their Union. caii be maintained by givinag preferencee or fpriority to any class of citizens imu the dlistribuntinm if hesnefits or pirivi leges, or hby the adoptioni .f maeasures which anrich one psortionl of the Unsion at the expenuse itf another; norcan I see in the interference of the Federal Goverom,-~nt with the locaIl legisla tion anal reserved igists of thme S~ates, a remse dy for presenat, or a secaaiaty lag'uifls future dani gerst. The first. and assuredly not the least, imopor bant step towards relievinig the coumntry from the condition into which it had beetn plun~gedl by excesacs in trade. basnkinig, and credits of iall kinds. w'as to place the busin'ess Iransactions of the Government itself san a soalid bsasis: givmtg and receivine in all casses value for value andis neither counrtenancingnoisr encoatraginag in othess that delusive system of credits. fromls which it has been foaund'sai ditctilt to escape. asnd which has left niothing behitnd it bait the wrecks that mark its fatal caareer. That the fianacimd asfrairsi of the Goveranent are now, and have been during the whole peri od of these wide-spreadinze diffien:ties, cotnduct ed with a strict asnd inivari.ible regard toa this great fuandamentah printciple. amid that by thme assumption and tmaintenlance of mime standi thins taken on the very ahreshold oif te apiproiachiing erlsis, more thsan by any other cause or causes, whatever, ahe comlinunity at large las beena shieldied frotn the mecalenabhle evils of a general -and indefinite siaspenasion of specie payments. and a conus ent annmihiution. foar the whlole period it migat have lasted, oif a jnst and inava riable standardi of soaine. wil|. it is belived, --t thits period, scarcely be qsuestionaed. A steady adherences. on the piart of thme Gov ernment to the policy wvhiich hals produaced sneh .alutary r'esmalts aided bay judicions State legisla tiozu, and, what is not lass imlportat, by thes inadustry, enterprise, pierseveriance rund econn-. may of t,'. Amnerican people. cnamnot hail to -rate the ws';l" contry, at ani early peritod. 1o a state of soliW amnd emndurinag prospernty, inot subject to he agar,: overthrown by time suspemn sini of banks, or the: expilosonsa of a bslnaedh credit systenm. It is for :me pieiple, amid their representatives. to decidhe ve'thuer ear not time permanent wvelfare of' thes conmtry. (wvhic~h aull good citizens eqnally desire, how ;videly they difer as toi time ,me'ans of its accolisitment.) shall be in this wasy secured, car wvhether te manlagemnt of thte reennaiiary cotncertns of th.' Governmenat, :tnd. hv conmscmeee, tat a gralt extent, those of individuals alsoa. shall be carried .back to a condiition af thinags whiich fostered thoe' contrac'tionsd and expanmAonis of thse cur reNcy, andl those rckiess ahnses ofecredit. fromt fle-iASfut-ecet of whmich bhecontatry hams so leeply suffered-a return that can pronise, il he end, fio better results than to re-produce i he embarrassments the Government has expe- m rienced, i ad to remove from the shoulder of is he present to those of fresh victims. the bitter ruits of that slirit fdie speclative eate-iprise vt 1 which our conitirymnen are so liable. aid if itoi which the leponis of experience are so Id inavailing The choice is anim lportant one. e :lid I siincrely hope that it may be wisely i h made. 1 I A report from the Secretary of War, present- ! ing a detailed view ofthe affairs of that de-n pirtmnent. ac.-otmpainies this cominunication. I The desultor.v duties connected with tie re- r mora ofthe Inilians, in which the northei n and- c western frontier. and in Florida, have render- I ed it impracticable to cerry into full effect the 1 plan recomtended by thlc Secretary for ina- 1 proving its discipline. In every instance where i the regiments have heenm concentrated they have made great progress; and the b'st results may be. anticipated from a contimintace of this system. During the last sevasoin. a part oif the zi troops have beet employed ini removinmg the I Iudiatis from tne interior lii the territory aissign ed then in the west-a dutt which they have performed efliciently. and with praiseworthmy humanity; and that'porlioln ot'tltnim which ha.; been stationed inFlorida continued anlive opera tiona there- throughout the heats of stiimer. The policy fth'ile Uniie.d States in regard to the Indians. of whieb. a suecinct accoont is giv eni in miy message of 18N:, and of the wisdomI and expedienvy of which I ami fully satisfied, I has beai contimied in aetive operation through ont the whole perio:1 of imy itdinitratii. Since the Sring of H'37, more thatn forty thou. sand Indians have been removed to their new home. west of tie Missi.sippi; and I ant happy to add, that all accotnas coicnr it repres I ing the result ofthis measure etninently henefi cinI to that people. The etnigratin of the Seiminoles alone I-s been attended with serions dillictilty aid occa sinned hoedJhed; hostilities haviig' heen coim inatced by the Indians ins Florida. m fler the apprehensinoim that they would le compelled by force. to comply vithtlicir treaty stinioations. The execntion of the treaty of'Payne's Land ing sianed in 1832 hut not ratified util 18434. was postpoed at the solicitation of the Indi anls. until 1836 when they agaii renewed their mngrseemie'nt to remove peaceably to their tew homes in the west. In .he face of this solemn and renewed compaet. they broke their fiith and commenced hostilities by the massacre of Mmjor Dude's couitand. the miuder of their agent, Gen. Thompson, and other acts of cruel treaclterv. When this alaruing aid unexpee ted intelli-:iice reached the sea- of'(;,, reniittt. every e'fiort apt.ears to have been iade to re infor'es Gen. Cluch. whom commanded the troops then in Fioiris!'n. Gen. Fns s was des. patched w'th reinif-reements fioma Charle-ton; troops were called out fro-m Alahatma, Tennes see and tieorgia; and Gets. S-ott was sent to take tie com mtantd with ample pomwers and tit ple tiieans. At the first alarm. Gem. Gitie. organized a more': at New Orleares. an. 1% i:li out waitintinr le orders, landed in Florida. where lie deliverel over the troops he had brought with lii to Gen. Scott. Govermior Call was sibseqiently tippointed to condtct a sumnmer ctiiipaigi, aid at the c!ose ofit was replaced by Gteneral Ji-sip. These events and eliantges took I place: uider the ad miniistraltion of my I iredecessor. Notwithltand inig the exi-rtiots oh the mxperienced otlicars who had comm anded t!.cre for eighteen months. on -nte-ring upon the administration of :he Gov ernment I lund the Territory of Florida it prey to Indian atrocities. A streinims efritt was inmediate:y imadse to bring these hostilities to a close: antd the army, tider ten. Jimip, was refiil'orel t il it .'moituted to temn thousand --- --1 9+* - * I .nhnndan11(flt sunn1lies of, every descriptioi. ln tins cumpatgni a great uiiiieroftheenetmv weri captured and do str-sved: hut the chnrneter of the contest was 01ly chiuislgout. T1143 i h a livinig' h.-eu dte feinted in every eniigemit, diepersed in small bands thromieghoumt the country. amid tweanme a enterpm iing, t'rimidahle and rathilss baiditti. G-n T %%or w ho stcs-cded Geneal .Iesip. used his liest exertiiis tosimlielie theim, ald was Fecmonded inl Iis etiorts byli the offivers inds-r his comiiimnd. bit he. too. failed t, protect tl Territry from itlir depredations. By teti act of signail :tid itnel tracelrv. 'hey broke the truce made ith them by 'Genem'-l Mac..mb. whvfo wav~s sent lfron Washiington ihr then putrpose of' etryintg intom effect the e'x 'ressedl wisdhes ofI Cong~ress.andu have cmiiitiiumied their desa-a ltiots s-ver since. Gm-t. Armiistend. whso was in Florida wheimm Gene-r:m Taylor Ileft the artiy, by permnisioni.assmedsm the 'ommana~d, anmd, alle-r aictive summtter oeperaitionms, was me hv proposi tions for tience: anid 1 om th~e .m tmm. :ie cminci donice oh' this nirrivail imi Flo ridai. at lie stinme pe iod. oif a de'legatino frmu ths Semimumles whmo are happily settled west sof the .\iississipepi. atnd are ntow anixionts to pmersmindme their comntirymuen tojiomt thmem there, hopes were for soinetime etitertained that the Imidiansa might lie iindtieed ti leave the Territy without further difliechv. TIhesc hopeis hiatt epro ed halacioene. amid he's. tilities have been renewved throuighmoti the whole ofthie Trerri-.or. y Thart this conitest lhis enidiredt soi long, is to hi'c attribuited to causes beyond the control mofthie Governmiuent. Expseien-mceni Gen erals hiave had the commna nil ol the tromops: ohicers:.tud soldiers hinv.e alike distingishemd themtselves f'or their activity, patience, atnd en. dutrimig couragec; time airmy leas lien emt:statntly flitrttished with suplihes oh' every demsicrihptiom; amid we musi loosk fur thme "ianse, ichl have so lone proerstinatedl the issue oh thme conmtest, ini the vast extent of the theatre of hostditie<s. the alsmo.-t insurmmoni' nh obscles eressentedI bsy the mnatur.- mehthme cotuntry. thie c:imazte:. amid the wily charnete'r mof'the saiges. Thme site's for marimne hospitails oni the rivers amid lakes, whmich I wa'':s autortsed to sele'ct amid cauise tom be psurchasedh. ha~v' m!I hceen decsigrna t'd; limt, this apphropmritationt notm prov'ing siII cienit. ciimnditional armrangemetts monly hiave beeni simde lhr tiheir acclteisitoni. It is fhr ('ongress to deci- te w.hethmer thiose counditionaml piiichases shmall be sanictiomned, andm mthe hnmantte intenitiomns oh' thme law''ma entid into f'mll meffect 'Lie Navy. ns w.'ill ap pien r fr-om time accoimpea nying rep~ort of the~ ~se'ctary) has beeni usefully antd hionomrabsly emmplov3e:l in thme promiectioni of our mrotinere'e unmd clhizemns ini the Miditerranie ani. thme Pacific. oni thme const ofiHazil, antd ini the G.ulf'of \Iexico. A sumall s~hptdroni, uconsiistinig of thme frigatme Conistellatiotn. andt thme shmop of'.war Bostoni unmder Cmimtmodore' Km'arniey, is now otn its waty to thme Chmiamid Inedittn sente, for tihe puripose ofattendinig to mir initerests ini thtt thnarter; andm Cmmtodore Auniick, int the' sloop mol w..ar Yorktownvt, hams bseent inistritedm ho v.isit thme Sandwh''.hich and Society Islandmmss. thme coatsts mf New'. Z.dm.ind andmm iJno. toegethe'r with cothi em' ports andm islanids f'regnsented hiv our whiale ships. fur die puirposse of~ ivinmg tsem coutmmeni amnce amid protection. shmetidd thmev lie r'emquiremd. Othersiimulh'r vessels have beetn' andI still are. ermplotyed ini promsecumtiim thme sterveys oh' thei cast msl'thme Uniitedl Stattes, mdimrected by v.ar:mumsi ats oef Cmongrems, andt thme se wvhich havme been ] coiimpeted w.till shmortly be haidI before y'ou. I 'The expjlmoring expedit. at thme latest inae, was priepitng to heave thn h1:y moffslandums. New Zealanud. itn fmurthmer psrose'tntmion of ohjmets whicuh hiave' thmms ftr. biemn successfimlly nerm.t pisheed. 'The cdi-:overy it at ne"w. omitinms ent, whichl was irst seen ini hatitimle fi(i deg. 2 imi. mithi. lmntieniude 154 dleg. 87 mmini. ecast, amd af terwa'':rds ini latitudme (1) deL'. 31 mu. sminthi, longii mindm' 13:; dem. 40 m east. Isy h~ient's. WVilkesaund Fhtnjson, for aim extenit oh' 1800 mitles, bhst oneI i *;hich thiey wevre prevented from lanmding by 1 'ast hiodmes orice which emcommpassed mb, is oneof lie hionorablo resutlts of' thme etrprise Lien eniant Wilks hears testiminmy to time zeal aridI oodl c'onduct of his oflicems anmd ien; atnd it ebut. :titirce en ;hnat nmr-ce- tn ae thti hne u . jt ehirs to have peormbtned tie duties assigned imt with 'an artier ability, and perseverance, N rhil gives every assurance of an honorable sine to the undertaking. The report of the Postmaster General here rith trantmnited, will exhibit the service of that epartment the past venr. aid its presetit cot:- i ition. The transportation has been maintain. h d during the year to IIh- full extent authorized e y the existing law"; some improvements I ave beetn etf'eted. which tie public interest r etmed urgently to deuand but not involving , ny material a'dditional expenditure; the con ractors have generally per formed their engage eients vith fidelity; the postmasters. with i-w xceptions,hav-. rendered their neicoinlt nd laid their qnirterly balances with promptlitide; I id ti's whole service ol' the department has I aitintained the efficiency four which it has for 4 everal years been distingniished. The acts of Coigres, establishing new main intes. and regliriis nore expensive services in o-hae'rs and the ncrea-ing wanL of the conn ry, have, for three years past. carried the ex. ienditires sonmethaing beyind the arcrming evennes; the excess having been met. until i I he last year, by the surplus which had previ I iusly accumulated. That sirpis havin;gI >eel exhausted, and the nntiei,atrdd increuse i the revenne not lweing been realized. owing I . the depression in the roninercial busitess if me country, the finances of the department !xhibit a somall detieency at the close of the iscal year. Its wesonrees, however. are- am Ile; and the reduced rates of conpensa tion for the transportation service, which inny be exp--cted on the futstre lettings t'roi the !eneral reduaction of prices, with the increa-e ri revenne that may reasonably be anticipated .rom the revival of cis tnercial activity, must soon place the fiitnices of the department in a pitloierons condition. Cotisidering the unihvorable citenastanices which have existed dinimag iithe past year. it i- a gratifying result that the revenue has not de lined as coiniared with the preceding year; it. on the contrnrv exhibits a small imerense; the c;rcmnstances referred to rrvitng had io oilier effect than to check the expected in C017810. It will be seen that the Postmaster General snggests certaim improvetii-tints in the estab lislment, designed to reduce the weigit of the mail, chealetn the transportatioi. ensure gi . r, gularity.inthei service and secure a condern ble re-mention in tie iates of letier postage-an object highly desirable. The enhj--t is tie of general interest to tWe coItmlltunity. and is re spectfully rcconitnended ti your ceisideration. The suppi ression lefthe \fricani slave trade has received the continued attention of tIhe Goverionent. The brig Deilphin and schooner Gramnptis have ieen etiililoyedi duritig the late season on the coast of Africa, tor the purpose of preventing snh:i portions ofthat trade as was said to be prosecnted nnder the Anericani fltg. After croising of' those parts of the coast most usually re"orted to hy slavers. tiill the corm mnenceient of the- raiiy season, these vessels returned to the United States for supplies, and have since been despatched ont a sinilar sir vice. Fromt the reports of tite commanding offi. cers. it ppears that the trade is now priicipully carried onl ttnder Portnunese colors: and they express the opinion that the apprehension of' their presence otn the slave coast tats im a great degree, arrested the prostitition of the Asmer.i ca laI to the inhuimane purpoe. It is to be hoped that, by continuing to taintain this force in that quarter, and by the exertions of the officers in c-otnitd, meh will be donte to put a stop to whatever portii of this truflic tmay have been carried on itnder the Aiericani flag and to prevent its -use in a ttado which it violates the laws, is eqally nt outrage tn the rights ofothers aid the feelings of huiani. Ly. -'-ni e:lnrc.i of dU .mver.,t geovPrOmeoita who are anxionsly seeking t..snppress tle traffic must. hotever, ie directed anainst the frciii ties afflorded by what are itv recogiized as iegititmiiim-samem pirniit- lmintie tiont lit j:ct cnn tie hilly nccositilisthed. suipplies of provistios. water cesks nimrchandize. mid artt cles connected with the prosecutioni of the slave trade. ae, it is under.-tood. hreely carried by ves sels ofdlillferent nations to the slave factories; and tIe elrfects of ite t'atorsare tratismitted open. 1 fromt one slave sintion to aiother without in terruptio: or punishment by either t tte n iotis to whieb I melong, etIgged in the coi tmerceofthatlre'giion. Isuhriiittnyouirjtdgnimints whether thi- Governmtent, having beeni thie first to proibit by atdm'gnate penatl-ies. the slave trade -the tirst to dlecitre it piirnecy -shonhill riot lhe thme first, also iii forbid to the cittzetnsall trade wbi bi the slav'te iririe.< oni the coast of Ali icri: giving atn exaimph: totnll riati'onts ini this respect. whit'hI if uit ely fribowed can mdi fiail toa proeeie the most villctire resul ts ini br'nkittg til thorse ens oit ininity. M1. VTAN BURtEN Washtingtoin Dec. 5. iS40. TulsTREstl. MUttiER--A mitrder of lie mtoest dlistiesAinet kindm was crammitted on Itridayv night ilast, nii Bniity's Mills, Jef l-rsont (.Tonnr v, by, it ISitiupposed, ruti ;mwa~v niee'oes. The vietim. wvas Mr. Jos. Vn~. Ihorn, ai residenat of ibtis city, whlo w< shot whtile erideaivorinig to defe-nd a srmo'ke-houiise which ihie niegroes n ere try ig trm forcer open. Two shmots wvere fired on at the tieceaedt anid one at antother person, wv o wnts with h'im-omly one nil whic'h took eflie't. The camp or. it is pre u sed, thle sattme roes, was discovered oiny a fe'w da~tvs lirevtimons tea thle taiirdei and nihoit five hutrndred poundtis of hnconmi tken thuerefreim. Mr. Vanihu laon haleft a young antd iteresm ing family :o umouinm his loss.-Sar cf I"lorida The Populanr 1 otr.-T he whole unm her of votes. snys the~ New Yimrk Jommrnol oif Comer'e. jpolb-di ait the reen-tt electiont, is ot 2,400t.u00 : .hoin g minnit internse ini fiour v'enrs of ahout 9001.000, or 60 per rent. 'The whtig miajority in the Union, eelsive of Soth Carolina, is abouiat 142 000 wiich, bmy n fair allownn'e for Sotith Carnlinn, wvoni ire redneied to 1 25,~000 - This nmy be "dlemed .aind takent" as lIar rison's maijority irn the United States. It is worthy of notice thaot bty a changeI pf 357 v-otes. viz: 206 in Maiine atnd 1.51 m Pentnsvlvanin. Mr. Vian Bttmen might a~ve hadn 10)0 Fi-'-ettrai votes, inastead of 30. hais present niurmber. The Sugar Crop.-We hnve conaversed iith sev'eratl gettlemnen, (sntys the New Drleanis Bulletimniof the 3d inist.) wh'io have 'ettrnedl m the city C ori the coast, antI ar'e nrmedi by themt thaat the freezinir weather tif Iast week has nteariy rtiinedh the st~iaid ag cane. in the Parishes of Lafotelte tterior', Tlerrebotne, &c te frost w'as se 'erer even thtan it wtas on the river. Thae nality of' the lnte madne stugar, int conse.-I uen'e. wtill bte inferior, ad thae gnantity anv thotntandl hongshaeadse less thiatn w'as i onfaently enihculhated upon two weeks ago. Delicate Operation.-Severnl etnrgeons 4 Philadelphia are (ipera'ting wvit h great uceess up-mt cross eyes Obliquity of vis nt is entised hiv the nitversal sti-rngth of te mutierles whir-h direct thme evehnall: and I le operation tirjtply consists iin dividling a irtioni of thte'mn'cles upoirone side, to eto'e the eqtuilibr'itnm. It is done almost .t.....tl. by ra sktilful onertr-Dr john. rte Hun. WADDY Tunoaur:mx narrowly es Ped a shocking death on the Petersbure Rail ad, while on his way to Washington. The arleston Courier in speaking of the cir nptanlce says: "Wheni the cars were within a mile and a i if Petershurg, the snow was so deep in i ravated part of tie road. that it was believed -y cold proceed no further, and several nilemeni got ont to walk to town, among m was Gen. Thompson. The cars were. wever, forced on. and while going pretty ra :ily, the locomotive propelling them, they ertook Gen. Thompson, who being in the iddle of the track, and neitier seeing inor ing seen, lie was knocked downm. and the lole train passed over him in n state of insen >ility. We are- truly hiaipy to add, however, at n'thoughm mnch bruised about the face, yet eny-fnr hours after the accident, he was eieid by surgreons and others to have re ived no material injury; iind it was expected at he would be able' tO proceed, with his f'd w passetngers to Washington. as soot as the eather should moderate and the road become kisable with safety. Gtmn. Thom psoni's lruis wete chiefly lnout the fice, which was hi, ed in the snow, and must have beens cut by e ice nid stones with which it came ii coo ct. There was no indication whatever of in ry to his head; tamtd liongh there was a lit e soreness about the kne::s, no bone was in ired." GRADUATES. The degree of A. B. was :-onferred on te following smnmed gentlemen, at the late rimmencement of the South Carolina 'ollege: Was. J. Bnli. W. G De Sanssure, Jas. '. Ed ward. Jas. Al. Grinike. T. Hanekle, ohn 13. Legare, Wm. N. Luens. H. H. lanigault. Ha-.kell Rheit, J. G. Shool red, and ). J. T. Wilkinson, of Charles an. Win. l. ilostick. Jo.;. F. Bythewood. nid J. A. Johiison, of' ieauort. Samuel Bradly, anti John IHeriot, of 3minter. John T. Brown, Paul G. Chappell, J. '. Goodwyn, T. E. Peck, and E D. imith, of Richland. P. C. Edwards, and S. H. Wilde, of hel~mingmonl. C. D. Evans, and E. A. Gregg, of la ion. James I1. Dawkins. of Union. Wesley Harper. of Fairfield. C. Haile, of Kershaw. John D. mcColloigh, o Chesterfield. J. C. Oswamld, of Colleton. L. W. Spratt, of York. S. Tompkins, of Edgefield. Wm. A. Walker. orChesier. Win. J. Haley. of Edi-to Island. R. S. Wright, of Laurens. S. E. H ahershan, of Savannah, Ga. Josiah Scott, of Alisbisippi. Milling E.rtraordinary -The Tuseca rawns, Ohio Advocate it' the 27th inst, imys :-"A question of dispute wimls regard to ihe quickness of mantufacturing a certai' juntamiy of wheat into merchantable flout was settled lasi Saturdav at Mr. Seaton't Mills. near this town. It was contended that one pair of stones cotld inot manufac. tire sixteen bushels of a heat in an hour I Judges were selecti'd-the wheat weighet iIt-tihe mill pt in operation, ani the six reen bushels went through the iisual pro. ,e..s of mnking superfire flour. fit for oppor. ration in the sIort space of filly-three min ., ,,;ws .,.u ,ai, r Sties only." Norel Suit.-An action for a b)reach of promise (of marriage, was liait week tried in the Circuit Court at the City (if Wash igton, ins %% hich 3argaret Hill was plain. till and Alexander Washineton defendatit; oth colored persons. The reporter states Ihat the plaiitiff supported the best of ha'mracers in every respect. The defend 'mut had been paying hisa addresses to time ilaitiT ihr live years. aend had beeni en ;taged iintmarriage to her for tihe last bree vmears. hlavingz refused to marry her, mid tdesutroy hem' peace of mire nd hlapi. 1ess, time present netion nt is brouight to re -over damnges, It wras provedl that the lerendanli lt wits piom' ari depentdenit upon tis labhor ailonme for ameatns. Tihe case wa's .nhittedi tim the jury withomut at inet. l'he! jmtry, after retiring a fent ir-intets, re mrunemd a veri inii favoi'r of plalitiff of bumr hunidredl andt seventy five diollare. The Couaon Crop.-Jfy teporms from time ilyeontiry we ie.mrn that the failing of ite rmop wtill lie greatest in those cotnties niot mnrerinL' iimmetdiately' on the A palacicm a nndii its tributntrries. Georimn has suffer id more than Alaubam-:, bitt it is tnt antti ripatedm that, so fomr as this city is interested, hemre wiill be anty falling off .mf the expoirt. rhe ravages of the catter'!illar appenr to mve been eccentric. Sotne lanramions ippeared to have esc~eiie almost enitirely, ihi ile Ou betrs nadjioininug havei. t m hw it mst heir whole crop destroyeih. WVe my he srenl for lamniuing, this, as the satte estiletnce which has ruind one man, has ihmmost enttirely spared aunthter, who miny it lie more deserving. atnd tot whommm the tisfortutne wonhli ha ve been less ila;strns. Ajmalurk'icolg AIdc. 25th uit. UsEFUL, R ECuP.--I sendi yonm below, 'Iessrs. ildiirs am recipe for imaking a omupositiont which will render weood en-~ rely incombmustibmle. it is very smnmply repareid, and quite easy onf applicationu. cing useid te saimme as piainlt with atn ori ary btrushm. A good coat omf it apphlied to e lloor undumer stoves would be an excel ~at precauttion. Take a quoantity of water proportioned Stime surthece of woodi you may wish to ver, amnd add to it as mmueh potash as ean e dissolved therein. Whmen the water ill dlissolvie tio mioro potash,. srir~ into time rlttiotn, a gnuaity ofnI flumr paste of the risi,tency of comimon paitter's size ; addi sumtticienmt quantity ofi pure clay to rcnder ibme cotnsistenice of' creamt. Whenm the clfny is wvell mixed pl h reaato a efore' directed ton the wvoodu; will seciure it friun the acrtiont of both fire tn rain. him a miiost violent fime, wnood mini saturated, may be carbonatetd, hut it ill never hilnze. if desiramble, a more agreeable color can a given to time preparationr by addting a nall qtnaintity of red or yellow ochre. It mighut also be useful for you to menm anm ini yotur paper, especially at this see mn of' high winds, that a bhanful or, two 'sulphur thrown ont the fire when a imtney is burniing out, will ahilint in antanueomsly extinguish te flame. nufl Cecarl ....2. Ad.s-..a-. Retailing by North Carolina Wragons. Ve weie pleased to see this evil brought ca the notice of the Legislature in a peti- Rt on fron some of the Districts. We hope gi ie session will not close without some de- en nile action an the euhj'ct. Members who nye a torror of 10nching the Retail Li- hn i s I System as it now exists. ennt surely ex live no scruples as to the propriety of' r- dh, estilig this contraband trade bty wagons in C iolation of 'he laws, inferentially at least, wl nld which sets at de'fianee the efforts of I( Iona,issioners of Roads, to restrain re- P' riline within definitehbounds. Gentiemen i roml the low country have probably bit b, ittile idea to what an extent this evasion w r violation of the law is practised in the si astero and ipper Distriers. Wagonie tih vill cotne down from North Carolina, and tW ierials also from Virginia and Tennessee. do aaded with flotur, bacon and Whiskey, C4 nd retail thae Iast any arad every where hey caan, as they pass on. It is tint itn omitati for thiean to camp fotr the night p iear a plantation, andl retail to the le ': .raaes withou the knowledge of the rmster. ri if citizens of the State are prohibited i rom retailing. n ithout a license. is it to >e tolerated that ctizens of' other States, j' hall pas through the coantry with their vagon-loadls of whiskey. and retil when and where they please-retailtng to tie roes as well as whited in some of the Districts, Commissioners f Roads have refused, in compliance with c putdic opinion. to grant any retail licences; ( jat, if warnoers are allowed to retail at liscretion, of what avail are the powers I zraated to Conmissioners oi this stbject? j That 51agi-oratns are often shatmefully re- f miss in their dlmy in this matter, wr have l ronclusive evidttne; but we think the Legislature should take it up. and lay at taching a severe penalty to this tafilence, protect the morals anal rights of our citi zens fro the agresitun of a set of men, who feel no ititerest in the State, farther ..a., c. a tnarket 1ihr their " hiskey. [ Colinbia A ivocate. 4 ATn.:s, Tenn. Dec. 1. Dpat by c:posure to Cold.-We have the painful dlty to perform of recordingI tle death of Mr. Sim-on Catl o' this cotn ty. caused by being intoxicated anad lyina out ian the co;ld ott Thursday night last. Mr. Cute has beeni for a number of years a confirmed drunknrd-wa-a (ond on Fri day morning abott half a mile from town, on the grade of the Rail Road, in the last agonies of dealth, his limbs perfectly cold and lifelesq The medical fuctilv of Ath ens attendeed and used every means to re store himi to life btt to no effect. lie was taken to his residence about two miles from town, in the evening, arid expired in at short titme, leaving a disconsolate wife and sev eral children, to mtourn his untimely deat h. Tis should he a warning to all inteniper ate men.-Hiwassee Patriot. An important soit ha been tried withitt the last week in Mobile, which will excite t general interest in Alabama. The suit is brought bv he State Branch Bank against a debior, who sees up as a defence, the unconstitutionality of State Banks M tch aility is said to have been dispinyed on both tsides of the argument. The Court has taken the case under ai visement. Whatever may be its decision the (ase wilt get to the Nu-preme Court. Montgomery Journal, Vth inst. Bad News-ine half of our Sugar crop destroyed.-We have conversal it h in habitants ofii lt biayoi Lafourhle, as well ats otie or uo persons residing in the river parishes where enne is acultivated, at they all agree that the col wveather ot last week will have the ell.'e iaf dlestroyinag aill thae oat-soian g cane. If those per sonis are t hbe reliedl ott. andi they pass faa men't of veriacity. then, will this year's sit giar tmaukinag firi jll (TO.000l bhlts. andia oanr planters lose three mnillioans aof dailnrs. [ N. 0 Courier, 2d1 inst. Judge Gaston-The Chiarlesion Contri er of the 9th itnst. *ays---The liont. Wat C. (OiT3, of North t 'arolitnn, o as soli cited to offer for- :e U. S Senitae fraorn hat Statie, previtau- tao the late e'lectina aind gave the fellowitag reasons for decliio itng a nomtination:' Aftaer si, lanst nretir'emleat fraom thae rtar nmtaiis ttf poli tinai lifte, tao re-a-lter uponaaa theamu asy vena swanhll tarobtabily lie tat sacarilire( mny hapapitiess, aand as Iiiapprehend~ wit haua cahtnininig the' aitly eqativalent thuat eni lie al'erdl ihar sur It a sacrifice. the caon scioutsness aif l'allillintg thae dit y. Trhe situai tuuuionlwicha I inow hiald friom the kindnltess oif amy f-Iluw citizenal has be'omte perhi-etly agreeable to me. I fada atat it suaits tty hetallt keepie mty inttalla'ctuli Iatlers itn ae tin w'imhtit aoverburaning~ia themt, anad gives mec le'istre nttud relish for daomesaic enijoaymets atnd my agricultatral taursatits. it is a kind aif itatermeinte estate boarneenc the liusa le of tetapuiral and the calm of eternal existencae. so congeanial iio the con - temha ttive chatracier of age. 1i obtains fair mie what the wise soldier of Chiarleis the 5th, w hecn hr resignedl his commhissioni delaurle'd taecessary, "Aliquid temnporis in. i teresse debi c'itum maortema que." 1Iesid~esi I I believe that the f'aithafual perfaiomance of r the dluties of may presaent oliee, is as im p~oratnt to the pubhlic welfare as any ser vices n btich it wotuld lie iinamy ptower tor render in te political statiort tat whaich yout tnvite rae. Tlo give a whialesomae expoasi- I tion of the Ltaws, tat sett the fluctuaatiatns tid~ teconcile' ah seemninigly contflictinig It itnatogies uofjtudicial deacistoons, ao admatinis- C er .jtusi ire in ate last resort with a steady l bandl andr an apr'ight puirpose. atppear to v te zamngis the hightest of civi! functions. .s nAi so laong as Godta spares me healah andi e .adaetrsttnditng to performi these faithfutlly, a iaow can I better serve my couantry. il Census of S. Carolina.-The total popna- p ationi in this Siate, by the Censausjuast ta- ii maeu is 59.430. shewinag abouttt our naturalI a nerease of h0 per cent, in the last 10 years. t. at he statsiee report otf athe Marshal it v ppears thnt 30,000 lbs. of sugar were ptro nitead in St .John's, Cialleton, duing the h ear 1830J-40.-Chaar. Cout. s Oss TtaRM.-The Whmigs, arc all int fa- ti or oaf electinag a Pr'esident for (one term si ally. There political anacestor's, the foun- o ers of ithe federal school Were also in fa- e or of electng a Presiadent foroanly one term si nel that to last ,durin fi'. Coliiuuilnicaions Vt. Editor I request the favor of you, to give publicity v the following Resolutions in the colutns of rour valuable paper. The Convention, by which Body they were passed, has lately held its Anniversary in Sumptervile. The Meeting was deeply interesting. Yours Respectfully, Wt. B. JOHNSON, President of the Baptist State Convention, in South Carolin'. Whereas. a general eisqnielede amonug oat Churches in the South and Southwe:st of the United States, has been produced by the pps ceedinigs of sone Abolitionisle or our denoni nation, at the North, with wiom we haitveleng betn associated, in the Foreign Mission ory en, terprise-a disquietude. that threaten, a divis ion of the Baptist Triennial Convention, by a separation of the Southern loom the Northern clurches-and whereas, lron th nagsitude of the Mlissionary enterprise, and- the iapor. tunee of united action for its advandement. suci division is to be deprecated, and if posible, prevented-and who reas, the nmanner of ad justing the existing, difficulty so as to remove the disquietude, and prevent the division, isone of delicacy and importance, requiring delibera tion and ututail counsel. T erefore, Resolved, 1. That it be recommen ded to the Delegates from the Slaveholding States, who shall attend the Baptist Triennial Convention, in April next, to assemble in the City of Baltimore. in the Meeting House, in which the rriennial Convention is to as senble, at 10 o'clock on Monday before the last Wednesday in April next, that they may de liberate and deteriuae upon the manner in which they shall act on this subject, when they shall meet at the Tiiennial Coinvention. Resolved 2. That they he sequested. after the risitng of the Triennial Convention. to give in formation to their constituents, of the result of their doings. Whereas. Brethren Kingsford and Wilcox. have been introduced to this body, and have presented their credentials, the first, as agent if the American and Foreign Bible Society; the last. as Missionary Agent of the American Baptist Home Missionary Society, they were invited to seats it council, and requested to make any communications that they had in charge. Whereupon, each in his turn, made encouraging statements of the affairs of the Society. which he represented. This done. each alluded to the exciting subject, produred by the condict of the American Ba ptist Anti Slavery Convention held in New York, in April last; and the Anti-Slavery meeting held direct ly niber the adjournnent of the Post1A ssocia tion in the pre'sent year. The %tenents and remarks, n.ade by these bretlhren, in re ference to the numbers and influence of the abolitionis'.s of our denomination in the northern states, shew that they are small and feeble: tha* thie great body. of our brethren at the north, brethren of stantinig and influence, hnve too sympathies with the abolitionists, and that they have no desire to interfere, in the stamallest degree, with the institutions of the Snth; and that they will be ready to give an expre:einn of their disapprobation of the pro. ceedingsa of their aholtion brethien at the north. at the next teeting of the Triannial Mr, sionAry Convention in Baltimore. 'Therefore Resoloed : 1. That this bodly is much ratified with tb4 statements and remarks of these brethren, on this exciting subject. 2. That they itave full confidence in the an tegrity. earistiani temper and true-heartedness of thele brethren. 3. That. nmoniternbly atitnched to the Bible cnnse. and lissionari interests, they recon' niend these brethren to the churches, in partii. cular. and to the benaevolent. in senerni, as worthy of entire confidence. earnestly desiring, that they masy be % ell received. and liberally aided ini thei'r collections for their respective Iollajletzq. And whereas. Rev. A. Ricz. of this body. has also received an appointmtent from the Ame. rican atnd Foreign Bible Society, as agent fer the South. Resoleed. 1. That we are mauch gratified at thais appoitmtent, and at his acceptance of it. 2. That wec mest cored'ally recommnend him to thse'lhurche. atal to th~e h'nevole'nt, trusting that they' will libers:liy aid hint by their counate nance nnel contibuationas. 3. Thait copies of uthese resolutions be given * to each of te'se brethrent, signaed by the Presi dlena of this Society. SOUTHl CAROLINA MONEY. Ha; tiurg now offers ao the Planters arent indelaeme'nts to make it their place of trade. Money is plenty and of the heat kinad. and Cotton high. Tho Bank of Hamburg is ;sseing, anti it is known to he gootd money. I wi'l not ay the Cashier loves to part with its shinere, but I think he delights to have them, and he does pay freely. Mr. Par roll, Agent for the Sonuth Western Rail Road Blank. at Chtarlcston, is paying out their bills, and this monaey is of the best kinud. Otur Sinte lhas a large interest itn this Baunk. It has a charter from three States, and is tax paying mnoney in South. Carolitn. North Carelina, and Tennessee, and it is current from Charleston to the Ohin River. which gives it an itnmeuse fielal feor cirutlationt. It is wvell stuitedl for our citiz.ensl who mnay travel or wish to use moey, itt North Carolina, Teunessees or Ketnemky. The Cotton Market of Hamburg, is the best in the UJnited States for Planter. Sen rnuotations from abroad end compare acttal sales in [Hambutrg, 94j a 94, on the eneral soles; extre'mes 10 cents, South. Carolinenumoney. Plateras oug~ht not to. looks at Georgia tntes for their Cotton; indeed, if they want Georgia money, they nn hauy it for Snuath Carolinn money, and get mtore dliffere'nce thatn is made int thue price of thteir Cotton. The market like- - wike, is now duull. Platers. so far fronr~ having atny trouble to sell,. th~e ftrouble is, I h..'ieve, teo keep hnyes away' fromn them, thev -,re so nuamerotus and sr anxious. The store-- are wvelt etnpplgd n ith rte sape nrticier of plauters' consumption, and a-lowv prices inde'ed. it is.savel neigh hors are consplaining one of anttcher, that they aell too-cheap. Better for the Plan. The Ware houses are repairedl, and very commodlione,. and proprietors very, very polite and attenlive to planters. A.