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- .i s!M~eIM60ows. :. WMPORTANT FROM~THE FRON TIER. The following important information respecting a most unprovoked outrage 01 American' citieus, we copy from the Bos son Morning Herald of the I Ith inst We learn from a gentleman who-arrived in this city last'evening at 12 o'clock, ii whose veracity we think we may depend .hat auother .trost cowardly attack hat been tmiltted on the Disputed Territo ty, apon three American gentlomen by some fellows calling themselves 'mountec patroles.' It seerms that the gentleme tibove named, viz. Thomas F. Templeton George Cady and Job-H. Kenwick, were proceeding from Bangor to Canada, and an their arrival near Madawasca,* a party of armed British soldiers met them. Mr Cady inquired tof one of the soldiers the .nost direct road to take. .-He gave hin the necessary information, when four others came upand asked Mr. Cady some impertinent questions as to tle object o - his journey. Mr. C. replied very proper ly and proceeded to turn the horses int< the road, when one of the squad steppet in front of the carriage and asked what the feelings of the people were in relation to the burning of the Caroline. Mr. Tem pleton said they were very naturally indig nant at such a dastardly act, and that eve ry. true American warmly expressed a hope that McLeod, the leader of the offienders, should suffer the severest punishment of the laws of the country. "If McLeoc burnt thit old hulk," replied the soldier ." he deserves our thanks, and if a hair of his head is injured, you, and your datnnd countrymen, will be made to repent it dust and ashes." . The gentleman made no other reply to this insolent remark than to request the leaders to allow them a free and unmolested passage. But four or five of the cowards seized the reins, and charg ed the gentlemen as "spies," and refused to let them pass unless they subjected themselves to a search. The gendinen remonstrated upon this unparalleled pro ceeding; and as they were unarmed, not having even a cane to protect themselves with, they were unable to offer any resis tance.. One of the ruffians then seized Mr. Cady by bis coat and attempted to pull him from the carriage, the other two gentlemen threw the soldier from the car riage who fell prostrate in the road. The whole party then came up and made a dreadful attack upon the gentlemen, during which Mr. Cady was knocked down with the butt of the musket, and Mr. Temple ton received a severe wound in the shoul der with a bayonet. Mr. Kenwick attempt ed to escape by running, but one of the -party fired upon him, and he received a ball an his right thigh-he fell to the ground. At this stage ofthe crisis one of the officers came up, and checked further hostilities. He immediately procured assistance, and had the wounded gentleman conveyed to the camp and medical aid immediately procured for him. After which they were by their request taken to the town from which they last came, where a depositior ed sworn to. Our informant states that the gentlemen are in a fair way to recover. lie was to have started for Wahinigtna by tio early train via Worcester this morning. *.Madawaska isat present strongly gar risoned by British troops. SAVANNAH, Jan. 18. From Florida.-The news fror. Florida con tinues cheering. AppeardmAes now decidedly -utf the expectation that the enenmy will erc onsurrenter.-The task of the Comnmanding General is a delicate one. We shall soon know how far he will triust to the existing manuifesta. tions of friendly feeling on the part of the ene my. The presence ol the Semmnoles from Ar. kansas in the enemies camps, may, and paroba bly will, he productive of happy results. Our last information is from Pilatkta, dated January 14th. Our correspondent says thal the news from the wvest continues to be gratify. iag. A letter had been received there from Colonel Loomis. dated at Fort Clinch, statina that thirty three liadians had conme in at thal Tiger Tail lad also conic in and was goingl to Tampa. It is thought that in all about si hundred Indiains have presenated themselves al various posts along the coast oii the Gulf side. -A party caf the enemy lately attacked Fori Walker, killing two or three negroes and won-, ding one white woman. Fort Walker is be swe-.-n Mieanopee and Newnansville.-Repuab APALACnicoLA. Jan. 13. Our lnans..g,.We in the West, have a few Indians still left, prowling about not. withstandinag the United States and Ter ritorial troops pretended to have scoured the whole country, from Suwannee to A p alachicola. Captain Rowlet, who left this place about a fortnight ago, with twenty one meni, has just returned, and states that in examining the country bordering on the sea coast between this port and that of St. Marks, and following up the streams call ed "Crooked River," and "New River,' both of which, we believe, empty into the Oclockney, lie discovered grat plenty oI Indian signs. He followed for several days, a party, which appeared, as near a he could judge from their tracts, to consis ofsomne twenty, men, wvomnen and children but was not able to catch them. Capt. R. entertair.s no doubt but there are at leas fifty Indians at this time, betwveen Neti anid Oclockney rivers, and that these art principally womnen and children; the met have doubtless gone to the "hig wars" it the East, and will return after a whaile. .We hope Capt. Rowlet who is a worthj citizen and good soldier, will be permittet to enlarge his company. and b~e stationec somewhere betweent this place and St Marks. A company, is undoubtedly re quired in thut section of' country. Nc~v ORI.EA~s, Jana.8. . Lasrfom Texas.-Thec steam packet Nev York, Capt. Wright, arrived lust naighit froni Galveston. which place she left oat the evenind pf-the 5th inst. Sy give the following lette~r from one of on correspondents as the onaly item in the way o aapwswib is at all interesting. It isdated -. Ga.vzsvoat, Jan. 5, 1841. To de Editors of the Picayjune :-The thou sand rumors from the West in relation to tht lMexicans and their threaned invasion are at ienoged every day, so contradictory'; so naeer tain, 1 refyrai from giving you anty. untilsomne thing definite tranispires. I think, however fru- all a .. n . there is litle roinn ha it thi .\xicans. wil attemupt :n vasiun as soon Us a little moreofrthe-witerpasses away. Our on lv fear is that this will not be the case. I sin cerely trust they may come, atd I believe it to be the wish, the fervent prayer of -huost our whole population-and- that they may come in numbers sufficient to make us all turn out then we know a deciive blow must be struck; for wlienwe whiptthem, (and we know we can) we will follow them up and keep whip ping them until they cry peace, a ftnal peace. Thus it will end so sure as they attcmpt another invasion. Then Texas will be invigorated with renewed life. and prosperity. January 11. Mczice.-By the schooner Watchman, Cap tain Murray, which arrived in porton Saturday, we have received letters and pn pers from Mata waras to the 24th ultimo. They contain no late intelligence from the Mexicau capital, nor any of particular interest from other quarters. General Arista was expected to arrive at Ma tamoras in a few days from the frontiers. Not a word is said about the raising of troops or the invasion of Texas. On the contrary, the Fed eralists who did not recross the Rio Grande, it is stated were returning to their former places orabode, to resume the occupation of civil life. There is some reason to believe, and we cer tainly hope the rexian Goverjimenit las been deceived by its .intelligence, and that there is now no preparation making on the other side for an invasion. Gonzalos, who headed the party that cotma mitted the outrage at Corp us Christi Bay, has been arrested and is in close confinement at Matamoras. General Ampudia by directions of Arista, publishes a document, in which he repreusets that Gonzales was not commission ed for any enterprise, was not in the Govern ment employ, and that lie will suffeit the penal. ty which the laws of Mexico denmand, for the monstrous crime he has committed. Our cotrespondent says, a gentleman near Matamoras was offered !& cents per lb. for his crop of cotton, and declined to sell. A Spanish merchant trading in the interior was robbed on the Sun Fernando road, about the middle of the month. His merchandize, worth about $2000, was taken by the brigands, but Reyes escaped, although several inen of his party were killed.- Bulletin. Mutiny and Mu~rder.-The schooner Alexan. dria, of Pensacola, bound home from New Or leans,took as passengers a mate and six sailors, who had been shipped in New Orleans to join a vessel at Pensacola. The Alexandria sailed during tie last December. A short time after sailing from the city the seven tmer rose upon the captain and crew, drove them ashore, and took possession of the scheonier. They soon grounded her. The Ca pin enme to Pass Christian for assistance, an a party was formed and fully armed, and sailed for her. On reaching the vessel, they found the mutineers had killed the cook sooi after the captain left; quarrelled among them selves, murdered three of their own party; hoisted part of the cargo from the hold and threw it overboard. They were secured, and were to be transposted to New Orleans as soon as the schooner floated. There was tint one American among the seven, though the shipping master who for warded them had been instructed to send all Americans. Economy--A slight knowl-dge of humant nature will show that when a man gets en a little inf the world lie is desirous of getting on a little further. Such is the growth of provi dent habits, that it has been said if a journey man lay by the first five shillings haI- fortune is made. Those who have bestowed atteition on the state of the latoring poor, have declared theyselgtn an 'taz ce f one whogl ver, those individuals who save money are bet ter workwen ; if they do not their work better, they behave better, and are more respectable. In proportion as individuals save a liutle nmon ey, their morals are much better; they his band that little, and there is a superior tone given to their morals, and they behave better for knowing they have a little stake in society. It is scarcely necessary to remark that habits of thoughtfuliness and frugality are at all tines of immense importance. When an individual only suffers hiiimself by diheconsequte nces of thouaghtlessness,iindolence or folly, he' may nossibly he excnsed, tny. shiining abailities anl some of' the ntobler virtues may half sanictify a heedless character; but where God anad nature have eintrusted the wel Fare ofothier< to his cnre, where die trust is sa cred anad the ties are dear, that amnitmust be far gone in selfishness, or stratngely lost to re flection. wvhom these conanexions will not rouse to exetitionis. The lMasprmrradec is orcr.-Gena. Ilarrison, pendiing the election, wore different visors to suit his aspect toa every p-arty and to all his lead inag partisans. Ihis public avowal to :he aspi rnts for the Presidency among te latter, was that no hnman being shlould ever know wvhichi of thenm lie preferred as successor. And now it appears. from the report of his owna friends, ac credited and promulgated hby the piresses which support hiim-the Lonisville Jontriial, and the Philadelphia Gazette that lie considers "Mr. Clay the fitest nan in the nationa ihr the Presi dency, and that he would himself resign the otflcne at once, on his arrival at Washington, were it possible for him, by so doing, to confer it on thec distinguished Kentnckian." Ofeonrse, he will do all hie enni, by holding the office of President, to confer it on the fittest man for it as lie cannot accomnplish the station. A public entertainment was given the other day at Versailles, Kentucky. to General Ilnrri son. In the course of it the Presideantelect rose ad wave a toast in honor of Henry Clay. Ini the eIoquent remarks with which he accomnpa nied the sentiment, lie stated, as the editor of the Lonisville Journal was informned by oaie ofliisanditors, that he considered Mr. Clay the fittest mian in the anatiomn for the Presidency,and lie hiimself wanhl resign the office at once on his arrival at Washinagion, wvere it possible for him lby so doing, to conafer it on the distinguish ed Kentuckian.-Phmiladelhia Ga:ete. Cijnese Proclamataion.-The Chinese Go vernmnent hauve issued a proclamation grant ing $240,000 rewvard to any onte who will destroy a British iman-of-wvar, and a less stnm ini proportion for simaller vesselvs. A reward is also offered forevery Englishmnan taken alive or dead. The t wo concluding sections are sub. joiund as a specimen and are as follows: For seizing a live Englishaman or Phairsees, whether soldiers or merchants for each one kil led, evidetnce being produced of the same, $20. As for taiking the black devils, it onght to be de cided whether they are soldiers or slaves, and the reward granted accordingzly ! For taking Han rascals-Chinese-who suap. ply the barbarians, or detal in opium, the same oni trial being conademned, decapitated, ad their heads exposed ; for each of stach $100 to ward; besides these for those of less crimte, a less reward will be given ! June 24th, 1840. ILog Cubinu Bill in the Seatae.-Thec bill pro posing to give to emigrants who bauild a log ca -bin on unsettled public lands,and make san open ring for cultivation and improvemntt, the pre ferenc~e in puirchas'ing the lot limited to a few acres [arotund it, canme up for conasidleration on the 4th inst. in the Senate. 'lThe measure wvas suapported by Messrs. Clay, of Alabama, Beta ton, Calhoun, and Buchanan on the one side, .and opposed by-Mrs. Clay-of Kentuckv. P'ren tie, and Managum. ran the other. Thr showvs who are the rea:l frienads t.o the inab~litats of log c'taint. Cvrrespoiutcnce of tu. (:harcstou.lonier. WA11srnTaro IJan. 10. The number of memorials presented in th Senate, to-day, in flvor ofthe general bankrny law, was unnsnally gent, but at the sat:1 time there were a few' memorials igainst th, measure. The Sennte appeared to be much en-rossei with the subject of the public lands. fn fact it is a matter of considerable importance to al the Senators, in a political point of view. Aluc capital is to be made out of it. The Senator from the mniddle end eastern States can raise i considerable excitement abont the effort to de prive then of their share in the public dotnaiti which was obtained by their blood and trea iure. On the other hand, the Senators fot1 the new S'ates can make it appear very reason able and proper to their own constituents tha they should be masters of their own soil. Th political agitation respecting the public lands i increasing, and will continue until it shall be in some way settled. M r. Southard,,to-day, concluded a very stronj old State speech an the subject, and Mr. Clay of Alabama, will next make a w State speecl in regard to it. The result will be that uothin will be done in the matter at present. In the House, Mr. ("ampbell attempted ti introduce a resolution to pay Mr. Ingersoll a a member of the House from the time when h< preferred his claim to a seat to its decision. bn it was strongly against the sense of the Housq and was not received. The custoi of paying members to come hen and consume the tune of Congress in contest for seats is a bad one, and onght to be distised The House has held out high preminnAis fo; contests of this sort; and after awhile they wil have nothing else to do bit to hear and ndjndg such cases. The uniform rule shOuld be tha but one member should be paid for the sam4 seat. From the Charleston Mercury. COTTON. "The cotton planters are sending down theii bales with anl activity which proves that th present prices-although low enough, in nI conscience-are not calculated to remove th inclination to make sales. About three hundre< thousand hales have been received in New Or leans, within the last three niontlis, while th< reports of new arrivals show no falling off Either conon plaiters are content with the pre snt low prices, or else- they are grievouslj pinched for money. The opinion of the know lg ones, in the cotton trade, is almost unani mons as to an advance in the price of cotton on or abont the latter end of Mlarch or begin ning of April." The above is an extract from a late numbei of the N. O. Courier. We have noticed th< same thing repeatedly before. It will be ob served, however, that die receipts of cotton it all the great Southern ports are beginning t< fall off rapidly as compared with last year, all that they are short iow about 70,000 bales We predicted that such would be the fact, an< every succeeding week is widening the distanco between the present and the last ci op. In Mo bile alone have the receiptsof this'season equal led the last, and this equality will not continu a fortnight longer. The anivals of cotton it Mobile last season hardly commenced befor tho first of December. The table of our commerce of the last fisca year, by setting beyond doubt the process tha he country is undergoing, account to a gren extent for the rapidity with which the crop ha been collected in the market. Those table. show that our exports last year were greatei than our imports by twenty millions of dollars We have therefore been paying our debts t( the amount of aboutforty millions, and are ve rynatnrallingreat need ofameans. We nus U13y, unuJ L --P --- -. i....~ t n t r -i limited consumption ofBrtsht go s tressed the manufacturers, too, and so whil we are pressed on one hand to sell, we art 'orced on t- nther to sell low The Pvrate of borrowing at houme, tWo~. hd;sVie cirtaat and tit has'had the same effect. Nic Species of Cottan.-The Mobile Journa says:-- A sample of a new and rare species o Cotton has been left at thisoffice for the inspec tion of those taking an interest in the improve ment of our great staple. It is cnlled the Ric Coo, and is certainly a most beautiful article in color and stnple,-stuperior to any thing wi have ever seen, of the shuort staple, or Sea Is ind vatiety. 'The sample left with us, is par of the produce of about adozen seeds broughl front South America by a traveller, and plaintes t Miarengo otunty. It is thonght that the soil and clitnate of the Southern p art of Alabamt wvill, ott trial, prove to he well adapted to the growth of this new variety of the gossypiutm rhe staple is of atbout three inches lung, and ol glossy, silk texture." Lisuc Kutura.-A negro womnan in the cotnn ty of St. !,latihewvs, Va., was delivered oii the 16th November, of three children. One was a perfectly formed child, and i now livitng anid hearty. The oither two are luste natunei, more remarkable in every res iet:t thaun the tnotorious Siamese twins.-The two childreii cre unzited from the tumbilical cord to the sioulders, sideway. They have each perfect formationi fromt the cord to the crown ol the heath. They have four perfect arms, tw< seutrate heads complete in their organizatio:1 and two cheats. The formatior, front the umi bilios downwiards, is that of a ainigle child Tiee is only one abdomen one umbilical corn and two legs, with one organizaution of the malk sex. Trhey were living until a few tmomtent before bit. They must have possessed twi separate putlmonairy organsi. wvith ontly onie se of intstines and lower extremmires. They havi been kept in spirits for preservation, wvithi thi iitentitn of piresenttig them to a museum o some tmedical college, anid conisequienttly havy not been dissected.-Old Dominion. Certain cure for Rheumn~atism."-A friemn itformecd us the other day that lie accidentall3 discoved an infallible retiedy for rhicumatism, le has bteen for a long time severely nillicte< with this disease in his back. At times it wal 50 painful1 thatt lie could scarcely sit down n rise tip. lIe has had his back fregnently rubbec with spirits otf tutrpentmte, withioutt receiving mitch iidvanttage fromi it. A few morning: since, the servatnt who was rubhbing him, behi his hand too near the fire, the turpentime wi: ignited, when feeling that his hand was quite warm enough, lhe clapped it to the back to re same the rui,ing,-the lanme was comunicai ted to the turpemtinie there, atnd the piatienutiva soon enveloped in ''blaze." He sprang to his feet with mtore activity and hopped abuout witi more e,, e for a few moments thiani lie had doni for yns lIe at lengtht sncceeded in extim guising the flames-hrs back was severelj blistered, btut he assures us he lias felt nothin, -he theminatish since, and he thinks lie is en irely cured. 'rhis remedy is as efficacious and tnt quitcas violent as the blowigup of cor with gunpowder after drilling a hole to thtet base.Culdnc~ ihhai Republican. Change of Fortune.-A yotuing Irish wvomna who had been setetnced to Blackwell's Island for petty larceny for three n,onthms, was yestei day discharged, her time expired. While mtak ing reparations to leave, a gentleman wh< had gut jtust heard ouf her whereaubouits, came on the Island, wvith a trunk fill of elegant cloth ing anti what was better, the infonnatuon tha one of her relatives in Irekad htad,died and be qneated her the suitli of twenuty thousand dol las~. .lhe le.ft the priumi elegantly dressedl ....d ...t, :u por-e weill fillkd wnhil ca:s.-Xe: . Net Editorial Dpartmtt.-We learn by a recent communication from our friend Dr. Win. B. Johnson, ihat, by anl act of the Slae Convention of South Carolina, a Professors Reynolds and Chaplin. of the Furman Institution, have been appointed editors of the Recorder and Watchman. These brethren, it is understood, will take in hand that part of the editorial labor which properly pertains to the State of a South Carolina. This arrangement, while it very materially abridges the responsi ,iity of the original editor, will no doubt greatly enhance the efficiency and the gen eral acceptability of the paper. We trust that those of our friends who have thougtlt that the interests of our sis ter State have not received sufficient at i tention, will now set aside their scruples. Under present circumstances, we need nothing but a competent list of subscribers to render our paper equal to any in the Union. It remains for the Baptists of North and South Carolina to say whether the requisite patronage shall be furnished. -Southern IVatchnan. Leap Year.-This interesting period for the ladies has passed, and without their having used it to much advantage in this section, if we may judge from our hyrne nial record for 1840. It has not been so much neglected, however, in other parts r of the country, for we notice in the last Whig Banner, published at Lincolaton, North Carolina, no lees thai six marriages near the close of the period in which the ladies are privileged to "pop the ques tion." and four of the six are noticed as "runaway natches," showing, beyond all doubt, that the ladies wero in oernes."9 \Ve trust we shall, ere long, have some thing in this line to record ourselves ; but we would prefer that there should be no necessity of adding the word "runaway," as the Banner has (lone. As the ladies have been so modest during the past year, we trust that our young men will now make up for lost tine. We should like, above all things, tosee a wedding; our vis its, for some time paxt, to such scenes have been something like those the angels make, "few and far betweeu."-Canmden Journal. Ganbling.-Let every young man avoid all sorts of gambling as lie would poison. A poor man or boy should not allow himself io toss ip for a half penny, for this is olte n the beginning of a habit of gambling, and this ruinous vice creeps on by slow de grees. Whilst a man is minding his busi ness, he is playing the best game, and is sure to win. A gambler never makes any good use of his money, even if he should win. He only gambles thie more anid lie is often reduced to beggary and despair. He is frequently templed to commit crimes for which his life is forfeited to his country, or perhaps lie puts an end to him self, to his miserable existence. If a gambler loses, he injures himself; if lie a wins, he injures a compansion or friend. And could any honest man enjoy money gained in such a way.-Advice to Labo rers. Smokiner.-Dr. Macauley, of St. Lou is, wtle :N U.11 C urm Otsm o ~ ..,.., Institute of that place, told the following amusing anecdote of smoking: to smoking, had paid his addlresses to a young lady, whose parents objected to the union, merely because he indulged, as they r thought, too freely in the use of tobacco. The young lady, however, preposseseed in his favor, prevailed upon him to ahan tdon the habit, that their union might take place. The antipathy of the umother, how ever, to smioking, continued unabiated. and she was still skeptical as to the fact of his reformation on that score, and to test her daughter's account that he had given tip the practice ofsmoking, ehe invited him to spend a few days at her house, with the family. No symptoms of smoking op. peared till one evening, when the mamn mna. before retiring to rest, fancied that she smelled somethitig like the fumnes of to bacco in his biedroom. She looked throtugh the keyhole, and lo ! and biehilod! the gen tlemant was catighit in the act, ptuffig aiway, with his feet uapoti the grate, and thinking. no doubt, of maniy happy days ,with kis beloved object. The mother, in haste. ran down stairs, called for her Idaughter; saidh she had found him still smoikinig, and wished hier to come up im mediately and see. They Ilewv up stairs; the another looked again into the keyhole, saying to the daughter, "did I not tell you lie still smoked? look in end see." "&li, Ibut mother," said the daughter, "does he not smorke beautifully." The greatest man living is said to be a modern Goliah, named Charles Freeman, towv at Boston. He is a native of New rYork Stmte, but 19 years old, mneasuredi a7 feet 3 inches in height, anid weighs 300 pounds. Hie is doubile joinited, a very Sampson in strength, is well proportioned, Ianid furtned with the most perfect symime try. Lawe in ltest.--"Gentlemen of the Jury," said alawyer, in defence of his client, 1I say that amagnaimnons suni shinmes ini the heavens though yon can't see it, kase its behinid a cloud; hut you know it, thouagh I can't prove it. Now, ifyou believe what I tell you ahonit thu sun, ayou are bonnd by your Biible oath to believe whiattI tell yon about my clienit's case; and if you don't, why then you call tme a liar, and that I'll tie squiataw'd ill staand any how; anid soif you donit want to swear fatlsi and have no trouble, you had better give us a verdict."' Widoes.-Coal that has been half burnt, kind!"s more easily than fresh coal. So,a wi dow falls in love and jumps into the noose of matrimony more readily than a virgin. Widows .always thaink thmey will niever mnarry again, Swhile their huasbands lie dead ina the houise; bait Swhen the good ana is comfortably covered up r in his grave, they then get married, for fear that perpietual thinking oni their dear, dear hus band, wvill drive them to distraction. They know what's what. .-I find in Dickenm's last wvork, the " Old Curi Syers: ." As doctors seldom take their own prescrip -tions, and divines do not always practice what t they .preach, so ltawyers are shy of meddling .-with the law oii their, own account, knowing - it to be an edged tool of muncnrtain application, - vry expenaive in the workinig ad rather re mimarkahle for its Properties ouf chose shaaving, tlac ri',ht n'saons. EDGEFIELD C. 11. TBURSDAT, JANUARY28, 1841. A CHAT WITH OUR FRIENDS AND SUBSCRIBERS. Witli this week's paper, closes the fifth vo lume of the Edgefield Advertiser, and as - the wise wan has truly said, 4 there is a time for every thing," we are led to conclude that there is a time even for egotism; though our tastes and habits unite to indicate that our sea. son for displaying it should recur but seldom. Yet as there as, or should be a time for the he trayal of even this unattractive quality-par donable in a journalist, if in any body-we have concluded that the fit should visit us just at this period. before entering bopon another volume of our paper. None can be more fully aware than we. of the utter indifference of that Leviathan the pub lie, to any matter so insignificant, as the pros. perity or adversity o f a journal or its publisher. Years of experience has convinced us, that the cash system is, in the long run, the only one upon which newspapers can be prosper ously and independently conducted. The charges for subscription are so small, and yet so vitally important in the aggregate, that the trouble and expense of tnaking collec tion, is too ;pt to absorb all the anticipated pro. fits and to defeat the hopeb of the proprietor. All expenses of die office must be paid in cash. Yet a subscriber when dunned for a three or five dollar bill, is too apt inconsider ately to regard it as a paltry business, to impor tune him for so trifling an amount He does not reflect, that several hundred subscribers, being of the same mind with himself, mighi by declining the liquidation of these " paltry amounts," seriously embarrass an establish. ment. - For ourselves we can see no good reason why a man should not pay his three or five dollars down, when subscribing for a paper, as well as his five or ten dollars, when he takes his seat in a Steamboat or Rail Road car. He may say there is a chance for the paper to stop be fore the year is up. And so may the Steam boat burst her boiler, or ite Rail Road car be thrown from the track, and while in the latter case you run a great risk of loosing your lives, we assure you that you shall loose nothing more than your money. The contingency. however, in either case, is the saute. Another advantage of the eash system is, that it'is friendly to the perfect indepeindence of the press. Subscribers in this country have been too much inclined to regard it as an act of patronage, on their part, to take a paper. If there is any word in the Dictionary, for which we have a moral aversion, it is that sane word "patronage." It has done more to degrade. and embarrass the press of the United States, than all the " bribery and corruption," that po litical chicanery ever engendered. " The ungrateful fellow," said one of these -rjwun.1r fx"JF01,- --r-- -e..- I have given him my patronage ever since his ten years, and no-v he sends in his bill of thir ty dollars, and says he must have it paid or le will sue nie. Ingratitude! thou hard hearted friend. You my stop my paper sir, ant! you shall have no more of umy patronage. Heaven save us from all such " patronage" say w.-The word should tie repudiated, ex punged, and discarded, by every independant man connected with the press. Int London the newspapers are conducted upon thte cash sys temn. Yout might as well ask to be trusted for your fare from Liverpool to Manchester, as for a yeats subscription to a London paper. We are glad to perceive symptoms of the graduaj introdnetie-t of the cash principle, into the news ptper establishments in this country. But as it concerns ourselves. We shall here after at stated periods, scrutinize our books, and all subscribers, who have foryears past re ceived thme A dvertiser, without paying for it, and still exhibit no signs of pay, wvill be suspended tntil we hear from themn. For whenever a subscriber has suffered his account to run three, foutr and five years, we shall take it for granted, that he does not like the paper wvell enongh to pay for it-in which case we certain ly do not wish to send it to him. We believe this rule wiil prove fatisfactory to all who in tend to pny; and, fr. m the opposite clases, 've have received so hottntiful a "pntromnage," that we cotuld well atTord to dispense with their favors hereafter. In conclusion, we wotuld beg permission to retturn our farvent thanks, to the friends whose exertions have contributed so m-.uch to the mea sure of the prosperity anad the patrontage we now enjoy. May onar ftutre course jttstify, though it cannot requite their generous assis tance. We have received from sotme unknmown per son, an article without title or signature. We are thankful for all favors in the way of useftul information. comnprised in well wri.ten articles, and signed by a responsible person. But we must confess, that we are at a loss to determine whtat the writer of the article in question intend ed we shtould call it, or what signature we should affix to it. We shtould not forget, how ever, to express our thanks for the one dollar bill enclosed, which we gratefully accept, bt we cannot consent to publish his essay, until it has been "revised and corrected," atnd is ac copanied with a '-title," and a "signature." The " Bachelor-s llutton," comes to us in an entire new dress, and under a new title. Hav ing lost its " Button," it nowv is what it truly professes to be, " The Bachelor." Although we are no friend to " Old Bachelors," we like to see the prosperity of the press. The No's. sent to the President and Secretary of the Edgeficld Anti-Bachelor &c. Society, marked to -' our care," have been delivered. Major M. M. Noah, fortmerly editor of the New York Evenaing Star, has b'een appoinited, by the Governor of N. York. one of the Judges of t,1m Distrie1 Courts. FORLEIGA1 AFFAIRS. - The extraordinary parts now taken in Euro penn affaits by England, France. Russia, Au tria, and Prussia, are to us. Americans, so el' traordinary; that, with difficuly, ea we under stand or npprceiate them. Wherever there ia trouble, ther* are ti's five great Powerm who undertake to settle it, even by arMs, as ifit were thei oas business, to her transacted in their own States. 16eir theatre of operationsjust at the present, appears to be transferred from the Non of Europe, and Spain, tothe East. and Eastern airirs,in which they act towards Turkey, Egypt and Gyria, as if they were but part and parcel of a commn Empire, of theis own inheritage, which they had a right to rule over. and govern,. as would best suit their interests and purposes. This may be all right, and all for the comues good, lut the question naturally arises,-ft peace the bjeetk or is if a common lust for peaceably-won new dominions ? The iictai'oaflirs in thies Old World, just now, is not uioimuingular, titan the manner in which they ar conducted. France it nthlg' conquests in Africa- England has alreidje tended, and is further extending les Sovesign, power in the East. China, at. a. distance of twelve thousand miles from London, is cob tended for by an army created there, bu.t en rolled under the British flag. Russia is in Cir. cassia, aye, even meeting England in the East Persia but remains between, ere long to be tie common prey of Beti. Austria remains eow tented w-th swaying her sceptre over Venice iad alilan.. Prussia stands a looker-on, re tainiag what she has lawhassly obtained, satis. fied ifshe can keep it. Two of the great powers figue rasgely fir the New World. France in Mexico, and E.: gland in South, or Central America. These two, are perhaps the most restless and ambitious. now, both endeavouing, probably, to make Vge what they lost, or rather did not gain, upon i# dethronement of Bonaparte. Conquest, then, or a desire Ihr conquest, ii the picture Euiope yet exhibits, but the one now pending, is for different from any whiek has preceded it. The rulers, since they have brought the unfortunate Polanders under their control, seem to have nnanimensly agreed' tb let their own plunder alone, and direct thier at tention to other parts of the world. It is agreedi that the a geut t tii-Englandshall be presrved,. but there is no stai quo beyond the Mediterr nean coastsiof Africa and Asia. Turkey must remain all crumbling as it is. Mehemet Ali must take up his abode upon the Nile. But go beyond the geographical mark of what is termed civilization, and there Rnssia aay ex ert full sway, or England, even, may rob an empire, because it will not consume its opium. Ru sia marches with her armies, where the most learned of the geographical clam 6aft scarcely follow them. England camps at Aden, in the East. At one period, she wins a sovreignty in New Zealand, at another is found strg-ng with the natives of Southern Affi'ea. What her dominion is *et, is much more, easily ascertained, than what it is. Franceunwilling to occupy the rear, raves and foments, and ukes part in insurrections is South Asierna, while at the same period, her soldiers, with tire and sword,~are waging war FA~in-5gii. Thus European ambition has left its former scenes of strife and contention, its robbery of one another, to indulge its appetites upon a civilized nations where a greater opportalfs offered, of retaining what it gets. Delstld& there are designs of Providence yet wimsm&i in this change of empire and government. Ma. homnet established his religion by the conquer ing power of the sword. Perhaps this power, and this alone, can disperse it. Civilization has never been able to obtain a permanent footing in China, among its Inhab itants. Under circumstances, the force of En gland, although engaged in so poor a cause, may be instrumental in effeeting seme-goud end. But there is another impressive view in the present aspect of European afaiursiwichm is the re-action of the West upon the East, in the Old World. Bonaparte succeeded in breakiing down the singularities of European States. The force of his arrnies had a tendency to as similate the nations upon the Continent. Be carried Naples to Moscow, and seit Paris in all directions. In this manner, Europe exhaus ted itself for yours spoan itself; but it found suich a contse, after many years of toil and war, accompanied by great cout, without an iotm of profit. Thus there is no longer in Eu rope, a disposition to carry on a warimEuope. And hence it is, that restless ambition strug gles for other scenes of action-in the East, in the I-lands of the Ocean, in the Americas, or any where but at home. Thus the We.t is ot' necessity compelled to re-act upon the East What is to be the result of this re-action, or what the effect, time only can determine. For centuries past, we have beheld the East pour ing her treasures upen the West, and thus ex hausting her seurces, but on the controsy,.wa now see arts, arms, and men, turning the loug tide of time, and overwhelming the very foun tains fromi whence they origmnated. North Carolina-During the Iate sessionr of the Legislature of this State, three new Coun ties were erected out of Ceunties of a size to. large for convenience. The tasmes of the new ones are Stanley, Cleavoland, and Caldwull., The Legislature of Alabama adjourned on 4 the 9th instant. " How Werry Pcrticlr."-The New York Mercury says, there is an old Bachelor in that city who is so careful of his health, that he wraps it up every night on going to bed, in a clean shcet of paper, with astick of Hoarhound Candy. Wonder if it is the same chap who refuses to sleep with himself because he snotes ? and hires himself out in cold nights, to get into bed with folks? The Wilmington Advertiser, of Thurs day last, esa--"The Hion. Wim. C. Rives has been elected U. S. Senator frorm th mSate of Vir::isi, by tj mnnjority.'