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Foreign. Fias tN . Y. Con. Advertiser 7th ARRIVAL OF THj!BRITANA.& TWELVE DAYS LATR*ROM EUROPE. The steam ship Britannia, Capt. Cle land, arrived at Boston at2 o'clock-yesur-' day morning. She left Liverpool on the morning of the 20th of April. - Our Londoh papers are to the evening of the 19th of April and Liverpool to the morning of the 20th, both inclusive. THE STEAM SHIP PRESIDENT, It is with extreme regret we announce that the steam ship President had not ar rived at Liverpool when the Britannia.de parted, nor had anytidings been had of her. LOzori e:Aprit13. There was a report this afternoon that Mrs. Robeits had received a letter from luir husband the Capt. of the President, and that her.had put into Maderia. with damage; but- on sending to that lady, it wag. found that the report west enurg7 ;rGnd less. LivEapoor., April 14. The following lotter 'was posted to-day in our underwriteds news-room British and American Steam Naviga ~oCompady, 2 Billiter court, Billliter square. -TESSs. JONES AND HUDSON. Gentlemen: In the Liverpool corres pondence-of the Times of this day's date, . it is stated 'the sails of the Presideut'were neither numerous nor good.' The report. is hardly worth contradiction, but as it may' cause uneasinss among the underwriters on her, I beg to annex a list of the sails handed oyer by Capt. Keane to Captain Roberts when he took command of the vessel. I take the opportunity of stating that th'e directors are under no. apprehension for the safety of the ship, being of opinion that her machinery has given way, and Captain Roberts has put into Halifax or Bermuda, most probably the latter port, as the gale was from the north-east. I re main, gentlemen, your obedient servat, -MACGREGOR LAIRD." Inventory of sails on.board the. Presi dent-fore and aft foresail, ditto mainsail. ditto mizensail, three storm trysails, main gart topai misen ditto, two foresails, two retopsails, one topgallant ditto, one fore staysail, three jibs, two lower studing sails, two topmast ditto, two top-gallant ditto. From the Observer o Aprl . We received- last night the following communiication: Ltavxi-oor,, half past 10, -Saturday Morning. Dspair is beginning to take possession of-the public mind. respeting the President. That the underwriters augur the worst may be inferred' fron the- fact of their refusing usilnesson her yesterday at a piemium of 80 per cent. .When it' wasfound that jihe - Caledonia brought nOI news abeut her: the public feeling here sunk to zero. ore still clin to the hope of her having potinto Bermuda-..... *. *:-v Th.London Spectator memtionstjeifth Americanessel detained and overhauled b7va British cruiser, on (groundlesi) sus-' p--eion of beijg engaged in the.slive trade, with-the brief remark,s"these things are The followingstatiWments were ade be fore Sir John Cowan, one- of the London Mlagistrates, by a young colored man nam ed Dixon, who had applied for assistance, being in distress. Dixon, who is a young man of color, and about 24 or 25 years of age, applied on the previons day to 'ascertain by what means he could obtain his cloths, which. were in pledge, so that he could return to A merica, hie having been offered a passage-in the Philadelphia. He was requested to give his history, when he stated that he became a volunteer in the British. forces when the Canaldian rebellion broke out; that. he conveyed secret intelligence to Colonel Kirby, the 'commander of' Fort Erie, of the plan of Mackenzie, and at the request of an exctseman of the name of Graham, as-* sisted to cut out the Caroline; and know ing ihat stie was engaged to convey stores. &e, for the rebel., he informed Col. Kirby of it, which led to her destruction. Sir John Cowan-Ia that report correct? Dixon-It is sir. You say it is correct. Now, if that can be piroved, I have no doubt hut some good result will follow from it. Now, is there any person in England who can speak to * ~ your character ? I am not acquainted with any person in this country except Captain Paget. Now I want to ask yousomething more, which is of importance. What do you know about the destructioni of the Caroline? At the time she wae. engaged to' convey stores and ammunition with the proceed * ings of Mackenzie, and of the intention to convey by- the Caroline assistance to Navy Island. To whom did you give this information? To Col. Kirby. -You stated,- on Thursday, that you were livingat the time at the Eagle Taven, (a) How long- did youlive there and how came you to leave that place ? .In1 the summer, months I was steward on board one of the boats which conveyed passengers to wit ness the Falls of the Niagara, and in witn -ter time I used to act as waiter at the Ea gle Taven, When the rebellion broke out -[volunteered and joined the British, and remained with them until the followvihg summer. when their regular troops came ever, and was then discharged. This was at the request of Thomas Butler, Esq. (bi) who is the proprietorof Butler's Barracks, and also a 'magistrat. -'Thisi gentleman iras'acquainted with' my lather, wrho, at onepetiod of 'his' life, wasa extremely well to do. Mr. (Garreill the barrack' master; -is very'well acquainteid with me." You have stated that yon were empiy sion secret service, H'oew did' you 'maa - jeto escape detection ? -My commumnia - caitis were all verbal, and' when [cr68 - s: from the :Amei-icaan'to -the Canadiani frdtatiei-, I. used to take a carpet-liag witih h, and bring back small parcels oflinen, this being a commoni occurrenes, as 'the article is to be purchased'sp much, cheaper on the Eng'lishi side than -16 'Anered. Of gorirse'Inever tomtinicated totndu r -*)The Tavern,. Buffalo, was -the gekeal endevos of the insurgents. - -, -(b) Mr. Butler is well known to us. >Haze. sid sat Niagara,a gentleman of great respecta hility. an! a maaistrace.--Com. Adle, son tha I A sgrd ews eu t e ha eFirway. 'Do you know Col: McLeid? I' have seen him, but not to speak to bim,. ..&osideredby-4he-o Americaa-Gov met that he fired the Carolinei I can not say, for I was not pr-etent' when she was fred, all that I did- wasa assist-to cut her out of the ice at Blackrock, when sh's was immediately despatched with vol unteers and ammunition to Navy Island, and was about being sent off again when she was burnt. Whit was the Caroline employed in be fore she was taken up to convey volunteers and stotesa fo Wthe. rebels.. -She used -to carry passengers from Bufalo to the Falls. To whom dirdhe.belong! She belong edto some Americans, but at the, time she was conying tIa stores she was in the possession o the rebels. - Doyou know if any body was .on board of her at the time she was burnt. There wereseven -oreoigh.persons on board, three of whom knew-a Captain Applebee; F. E,. maisiness, a runner at Buffalo; a man ofolor of the name of Poney John son,.a kind of staker. All the other per sons efpcted their escape-the only person killer was a boy, who was run-through by one of the officers wvho boarded her. *Sir Jons Cowa.--There is a great difference of opinion as to that subject, the American Government saying that sever alAmerican citizens were killed. They want to make out such was the case, hut they could give no names of those killed. When the C~aroline was hoarded, it was ant exceedingly dark oight, and as the board era got upon one side those on hoard wert over on the other, with the exception of yohnson, who was too drunk to leave the Caroline, and be begged his lire, which was granted to him. Sir Jon- CowA.-My opinion is, that it certainl would not be advisable for you to return to America, and I should think that you might-be of sce assis.tance sto Governmolit, at liast I think they ought to hear.hat you have no state upon.a subject which has and still is exciting a great d greeof interest between the two Govern mente. - ' In the course of the morning Col. Angelo came'to the office and observing that hav ing seen the report of the case of Dixon in the papers, he wished to see him, when Dixon was introduced, and to a variety of questions returned exceedingly satisfactory answers. The galla'ntcenlonel sehsequent ly had a private interview with Sir John Cowan respecting Dixo, which concluded by Col.Angelostating, that is' he was ac quaintedivith Sir F. Head, tue late Gov ernor General of Canada, he would repre sea to hin what Dion had stated. . Sinr esohi Cowan then, gave Gsome prn vae orders to Kensey as regarded Dixon, who shortlyafterward left the office. - ?iscellaneos. te prom e U. s. Gazue. VEOOF TikREVENUE BILL. ..We last evening received, in an- extra from The atrislaurg: Rorter.o0ice .a lyd arvt pnle . . iaVeir . n to the spegi our, contanig his reasons for refusing to sign the Revenue Bill. We have not space for. the whale of the message this morning, apdtherefore give our readers a hasty abstract thereof. 'The Governor commences by stating what are the provisions of the bill which he disapproves-the most important part of which we gave to our renders last week, esMpecially those pas relating to the loan of tree millions, the issue of small notes, the authority to the stockholders of the United States Bank, to make an assign mnent of the property of the Bank, without requiring from the trustees an inventory or security, and the power retained in the1 Legislature to alter or modify at pleasure, the provision of this part of the bill, with the consent of stockholders. On the pas sage of this bill, the Governor states "de pends the successful prosecuationt of the (Gummo11 School Systemia, the payment of doiauitaz io w ;amimies atnd female semi ,arire, pensions ad grattuities to old sol dirs, the repairs uf railroads and canals for the current year, payments of debts due for repairs made-prior to the first of Noveiher last, appropriations to orphan asylums and house of refuge, asylums for blind, and dear atnd dumb, to pay dama ges and the militia expenses, to psy all the expenses of government, to pay lock-keep ers, weigh-masters, and other persons em plyedon the public works, to pay certain guarantees of interest by the State, to pay debts due otn contract for work done on the Erie division, North Branch exten sion, Wiconico canal, and numerous oth er specified public imoprovements, to pay the Canal Commissioners, appraisers and engineers, and, in fact, every operation of the government in the execution of which appropriations of money are required." The Governor then states that this is the irt bill ever prepared b'y the Legislature of this State in which the expenditures of the conmejwealth were -connected with subjects ofdoubtful propriety, on which in reconcilble difference of opinion existed ; ad'though he'does not charge that this is done to coerce liim into an approval, of what he might separately conilemn, yet he deems it his duty to take' his stand against any such e:scroachmeint ;and ~he'iias,. be sides, opened his veto to bills that seemed inteted to reach objects of party 'pobey by means whidh he' deetms unjust;' The following are 'the,objectious of his Excel lency to this bill:'. "In the first piike, 'I donsider the seven tenth sectiotn as giving to thelhnlfie a~solutexeinpiion frm the -resuinption of seciepaymtentefOr at least, the period of ivd fars,"m~n'tione4 in 'ie'Gras' ec tin df:iheodiffit It providd, anig tha't ll a'vs 'c mg' naie's of interst ifrtei~ 11h:?t .~ 'gent. 'as diso iiiffor gunes, hall he. suspended until further zd hyjNi N~ io6f ."Neiv, then, wha.-woid he outicoudi' $_This snipensi's ouldtontiiine ig tiwas ter ninated b giti'''tion auatough t6peopI ghtb lagnouy,-will tha Ti ceasi et if t ks could dud favor ith eitherbrancliiof the legis lature, or ith the Executive,it 'would be impossible to carry that tai.nto- execu tion. "Is it wise, is it just, to surrender such power as Wiis, to the bauks when in all con tests Ojg1ytforelad between these institu tions andtbe people,*theyhae proived vic torious?'-. But, by tlie bill heorirome, they are to enjoythese exemptiondsot only until further e slation, but intihe le provides for the loan. How will it ever berepaid, if this bill should pass ? The -banks-control. and regulate the pecuniary etransactiobs of the coUntry, i which o -la namountof oaital is this is inrol, Thy are di rectly interested iniireventing, there-pay meat of tbisllaa at -the end offAe years or often years, because they enjoy ezemp idon from the:foifeiturorth4i charters as long as ibis loan reinaus unredeemed..' It is not at all ikly atthe end ofive years, or even ten years, the -Cmniapiirealth will be able -to. pay off a loaiof three millions of dollars; Without,.makin-Another -loan for that puijnse. Frgm; who-, can this loan be procured?; iarel i'u -w-on Eu rope, for that niarkes is uttedwith our stocks already.'No'tfr6i ir.own banks, for if they were to makefaloain to the state, it would be to deprive .theiselves 'of the valuable privileges they enjoy, under the exemptionsalready mentonedi. Not from our own capitalists, for they ire so deeply intereste in the banks, asto be restrained by that consideration; 6r they-can prob ably find. as they .hai'e .heretofore 'done, more profitable investments for theirhnon ey. It'is idle, therefore to -ay that this loan-can be repaic at the end pf ive years or even - great-length of tim,- with such strong interets it -the .way, to prevent it. "An-act of the Legislature authorising a loan to be ikeh for-the! re-payment of this loan of three-million one hindred thou sand dollars, would -be fruitlesi,- the mon ey could not be dbtaiued upon it, and-until it was obtained, the banks vituld be be yond the-'ach -of the legislature, and would njoy itheir right 4f s~tspensio :-z defiance of its action. It-scarcely -R ires a prophet to foresee what- would b- the issue of a-law like thir Atihe-end of the five years mentioned in:the ist sectidn of the billthere would be a- enewal-of the same loan, and the same system of opera tions ,or another. perio'd of ite years, or perhaps longer and we sbould thus have suspension which might be well considered as perpstual. We cannot foretell its con -sequences we cannot- foreseeits'end. The moment it is engrafed upon our system, we may despair of all other -reform. It will be fastened upon us tuilil the system itself, by its oin excesses and corrupiuons, is annihilated. 'The specie still remaining in-the. vaulN of the banks, andin the hands of the-people, will vanish, and a dreary, lopelessera of irredeemable pajer money, open upon this CommonwealtW - I cannot bring my mind to contemplatt :s scene, without feelings of the de~eps 'ngoance. No can I belieye it is ri htp intich condidniAsths ~ ~ indispeb sably necessary to ths health existence of the functions of government. "The authority given to the stockhold ers of the Bank or the United States to 'make an assignment; and also the exoner alion of the trustees from givitdg, as is usu al in such cases, securit for the faithful execution of the tr0st; and also from ma king out an inventory, and -having am ap praisement taken of the property assigned. seems to me to be a dangerous and an un necessary surrender of the proper control over persons entrusted with such ant im mense amount of property. It is true the manner of regulating the conduct of the trustees or assignees, is vested in the stock holders of the Bank, but from sundry re cent developements in thuat institution, it seems doubtful whether the stockhold holders are, at all times, the safest and best deposi:oriex of such unlimited power. The temptation to abuse it, on the part of the trustees or assignees would be great, andi the security against it, is literally nothinig. I very much question the policy of pas sing such sweeping acts of legislation am ibis. Why introduce the Bank of the Uni ted States into this bill at all.? That insti tution had surely very cotprehensive and indulgent powers granted to it at its crea tion, and deliberately accepted byitsstock holders at the time. "It has very recently, before the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia City and County, succeeded ,in escaping from the provisions of the -resolutions of the third of April 1840, for the resumption of specie payments, by pleading that its act of incorporation was a contract between the bank and che state.: If it he so, let it abide by the terms of that* contract and stand or fall upon its own voluntary agree ment. The tufluence of this-institution - upon the other bunks and upon the general prosperity of-the country, hasbeen abun dantly deleterions and Ican e;no ape ial resason in favorofexoneratingthisBaink an4i its Tr~ustees from obligazionsuthat are imposed upon every man,- without distinc tion, who is invested with the same kind of important trusts. The powers given to this bank at- the time of its orgin, were considered ample for every ncessary pur-, poise, and I do not perceive in -its present condition any good ground for this tunqual ified enlargement of 'them," The-Governor, having- thus stated his obdietiotnsproceeds! to state how these ob jections :eont he remhoved. He -has been ddcidedly 64 ^ ied i.o the- issue of small ntes; but te' peculiair circomstances of the times; and-the inimense inglux of such notes from other~States,-.makes a'differ ence. , Abd though, as a pirivate citizen, he would'not yield up his opinion -against this issue, yet, if-the-represtntatives of-the people thougt-rpeo allow ii, tO assist ihe reenne,y a himited issue forialimited tine,qfioce notes by the Banks in -the State, ha should not- feel at-liberty as the Executive of this Commnonwealth to 0p pose thfe measure. Tbg Governor ;object ed to thsatsection wich autbo~ied the suspin'oa'd'pecie paymetteb the Bani, and declared that they shoud dbe: lia~leto pay, nii4spealty for sudh an act, no nioreiltan six per cent annum upon' notes- presented.' And hse thinks the'Banks themanlvesn asthe hanen not (willh the ex eption of thoiUnite:i States BGank)..sked ror it, do not desire iti Ho is willing to repeal the -resumption resolution, and acds: : "There is obviously but-one rational and certain remedy for the evil: that is' to get rid of the causes which produced it. Let the Bank ofthe U. States meet its fate no. ier its cbarter; let the resolutions. of 3d April, 1840, pased with the hope of cor reeling some of the evils which the Bank )f the Uuithed States had produced be re- t pealed, inasmuch as it has beers decided by he proper tribunal, that that institution'is sxempt-from their operation, and on the ' same principle tdiere are four other banks laiining like special privileges, which are I mxempt also, ibe whole of the capital of ' hese hanks aggregately amountI'i two hirds of the banking capital of this State -and let the other banks of the common wealth be placed under the regulations of be act of-1824. [ appeal to the recollee- a ion of those who have been familiar with he condition of things in Pennsylvania for ' rears past, and to the history of the times, abeOar me out in the assertion that neither c hi <anks nor the -people of this common realth ever enjoyed a state of higher pros erity, nor of more. absolute freedom from ill pecuniary embarrassments and difficul- t ies, than they did during the interval from L824Io 1836, and I do not perceive any well grounded-reason to doubt that, with a L little patience, prudence, and economy, :he same salutary'results that flowed from he laws then in force, *'ill he again felt, if he same laws are restored," The Governor then says, should these riews be substituted into a bill, .he will iign it, though he does not like some others i > its provisions. - He then expresses a trong hope that the Legislature will at tdjourn without providing means to sus ain die honor of the Commonwealth, and o.meet is solemn engagements. PUBLIC MEETING IN ABBEVILLE. At ameeting of the citizens of Abbeville District, held in the Court House, on Mon lay, the 3d of May, Benj.Y. Martin, Eaq, was called to the Chair, and J. F. Marshali ippointed Secretary. Dr. H. H. Townes having stated the ob ect of the meeting, submitted the follow ing Resolutions, which after a short dis :ussion, were adopted, with but a few dis enting voices: Resolved, That we deprecate the ap proaching Extra Session of-Congress as the source of a series of measures- peculi arly pernicious to the Southern States and subversive of the great. conservative prin :iples of our federative system. Resolved, Thatwe consider the extraor dinary convocation of Congress a great public expense, -and at "period. when the necessary expenditures of the Government are rapidly decreasing as a bare faced a bandonment of the principles of economy and reform on which-the present adminis tration came into power. Resolved, That we should regard the establishment of a National Bank' in the face of the frightful exhibition recently m'ade of the management of the Bank of the United States as indicating a- reckless disregard of the admonitions of experience, and as creating an engine of political pow er. an- corruption calculated to destroy the liberties of tbh country. Resolved. That we look upon the pros jected measure of distributing thp proceeds of the public lands among the States, as one of the tmost coinprehensive schemes of bribery and corruption ever devised, and attending at the same time to produce the . two fold calamity of degrading the sever eign States of the Union into servile pen sioners dependent on the bounty .of the 1 F~ederal Government, arid of creating the necessity for a permanent increase of the duties on imports, thus laying the founda tion of a new tarif~, burdensorr'e to the wvhole Union and unjust and oppressive to bhe planting and exporting States. Resolved, That Win. C. Preston was slecled to represent this State in the Con gress of the Uni'.ed States, as an oppouent upon constitutional gounds of a National. Bank, a protective Tarif, and the scheme af distributing the proceeds of the Pgiblie L~ands among the States, and that in be reining an electioneering advocate of a political party whose principal object known to him (though not openly avowed). was and is the adoption of all these mess ares, he compromitted the dignity of his affice, disregarded and contemned the know opinions and wishes almost unani nously entertained by the people he pro ressed to represent, and has totally forfeited heir confidence. Resolved, That if under these circum stanCes he should vote for a Sank of the [Jnited States, he would sar~rifice the prin :iples, upon the faith of which ho was elec-I ad, and betray the high trust committed :o his hands by the State of South Carolina.I Resolved, That afler having rendered his degrading service to the Administra :ion..if he should accept office under them, t could-be considered in no other light by im ilmpartial world, than as the tendering mn their part and as the acceptance on his. if a reward for his apostacy and treachery. Resolved, That these Resolutions be >ublished, to the end that should he raise n-the Senate to support afBank ofihe Uni ad States, he'may do it with a stigma on tis fron~t-placed there by the people whomn ri assuining to represent he would in fact etray. BENJ. Y. MARTIN, Chairman. y. F. MaEaLL~r, Secretary. - . From the Southern Chronide. MR. PRESTON'S REPLY. ~~-Coacustnta, May 11, 1M1. P'o - .Y. Martin, Esq. Sja,-U have had the .honor to receive our note enclosing to rie certain resolt: ions passed in a meeting of a portion of the itizens of~ Abbeville. The temper and language of those con erning myself, savour so much more of . sersonal bitterness, than of political discus- ~ ion th'at I should hold. myself discharged 5 rom an'y obligation to notice them, but hat I feel-it due to the puilic. not to per- ~ nit some assertions contained in them to ' mas without contradiction. - In the'ifth resolution, being the~f,-rt in C rhich my:ntamge is mentioned, I- um de- C sounded for aeting wielr a party. whok~ ~ >rincipal-object known to me, thougli not -3 mublicly -ayowedewere a National. Bank Protective Tarifi', and the distribution of|~ hr. proceeds of the public lands. - i li1s not the fact the Whig party hadan; ibjest kuown to me il not -publicly a owed. It could not be the fact, for ti Whig party consisting of a vast'majority o h Unied Statesmust1 of necessity ac pn publicly-avoired principles, and con isting too of a great majority of the South rn States, it could not be implicated in i onspiracy against Southern interests. It is not the fact that the distribution o he proceeds of the public lands, has eve een considered a'Vhig pary measure. It is not the fact that in any jusr mean: ig of the prase it comes in as the higi 'ariff party-either secretly understood oi ublicly avowed-for it is notorious to the hole country that as far as pledges coulI e made by a political party--the Whig rere pledged to the Compromise Act o 833. Their candidates for iresident ant ice President were deeply,: repeatedl: nd publicly pledged to it, and the movi tading men of all the partg bound to iti iaintenance by every possible obligatiot -while on the other band, the candidatel I the other'party, for President and Vice 'residentgand, their most leading and able artizan (Mr. Vrighi, of New York Pere at all times the adyocates and suppor .rs of the -most extravagant system oi 'rotection. The vote of the anti-TariE tatesiof Georgia and North Carolina ud the present attitude of Virginia, vindi. ate the Whig party against this charge. It is not the fact, that I was elected enator as an opponent on constitutional rounds of a National Bank or a distribu. on of the proceeds of the public lands either of those questions were agitated oi iought of in the State at the period of ml lection. If my sentiments in regard to lank of the U. S. were an element in tha lection-it was known that I was of th tepublican State Rights School of Madi on and Crawford-and had never de ounced them or the whole body of th tepublican party who followed their lea 3 the financial emergencies of 1816. M trong aversion ton -Bank of the U. Statei xisted then and exists now-neither de reased or diminished, by the recent rai ure of a State Corporation of Peansylva iia, an aversion which could yield only t, paramount necessitysuch as overrulei be objections of wise and patriotic men ii 816-whose character and fame most b, spersed, before a denunciation can reacl me for following their example. So far from this question entering inti he consideration of my constituents a ither of my elections, the notorious cir umstances then existing, prove it to havy een impossible. I was elected shortly after Mr. Calhoun iho had been the principal agent in es ablishing the Bank of the United States nd who in the session sjbsequent to mi ection, declared tbis fact in the Senad f the United States, accompained by i trong panegyric upon the Bank. : He di ot forfeit the confidence of..thoA Stati fiereby. The, immediate representative of youl wn district, Mr. M'Duffie, always thi .ealous partizan of the Bank-had at tb noment of my election signalized lis ad rocacy-of it upon every gronad of consti uality and expediency-had.eulogized it onduct and its conductors-and -propose :11uM it.. .--neiih6l' foifeited the-c 6 lence of Abbeville District or of tie Stint 0 the highest office, in which he was sub equently elevated. Although 1. did no Ld do not concur in all the views anc ;onclusions of that celebrated report, 'I d< tot believe that I was elected to-the Sen ite ca account of my dissent from themi. And I cannot refrain from romarkia, hat in the proceedings of -the meeting al Abbevillc, there is a setrikisig forbearan~c if expression of any opinion as to the Con titutiottality of. .a United states Bank he objections to it being selected from the rightful exhibitions made in the Pennsyl ~ania Bank, and other topics of policy, sen itled unquestionably to the very highest onsideration. The meetingseeks to bint ne while it cautiously keeps itself unret, eredi and holds me to an opinion whici tslf does not entertain. During the period that I had the hono o serve the State in her Legislature, I di ot remember that the Bank question wa gitated. Engaged as we were in thi rosecution of a groat enterpriso, in whici nergy and concert were necessary to suc ess-.when it was known that many con picuous men dleeply devoted to the mnain enance of the principles upon which th State was acting, entertained various senti rents upon this subjeet. it would not havy een prudent to have agitated it ; and thi i, perhaps, one reason why it was no gitated at that time. Mly course upoi he high questions then settled, undoubted y procured me the honor of an election ta he Senate, and second to these, and scarce y second, my opposition to the men ani easures of~the Jacksoua Van Buren ad inistration. To prosecute this opposi ion, mainly, I was sent, and if at an: ime I have enjoyed the approbation of m: onstituents, it was when I have beel arlessly and veheniently assisting in beat og down that dynasty.,- The only denu hat was thrown upon my re-election, wa hat I mighit relax in these efforts to prol rate the Proclamation, the Force Bill, ani he Tariff party, although that party wa ben distinguished by a hardy opposttioni Bank. If I had faltered in my opposi ion I should have been false to my coun ry and my conscience; and having prous ued it to a glorious success, I find a mtter for regret, but that in the momnen 'C that victory, I am separatedl from a pot on of my constituents, whose counte ance and encouragement 'had sustainei nd rewarded me through so many vicissi udes of the cenetful struggle, That the meeting at Abbeville ha ought proper to censure me for thus pet isting to the consummation of what Ise ut to elect, is tnatter of regret to me at it has impugned my motives by th isinuasiiii in' the 7th resolution can ex ie, even at the utmost, but a momentar: -ration. The teior of my life has pu ibeyond the reach of such- shafs.. -If ad been ambitions, the- party in 'powe t th 'moment of its ascendancy, was-sc essible when I-might have chosen. irrath r than the doubtblalmost desparingcesu f the codatity. -Ifthe allurements of pop hurrkg, of-that'dearest popularity which jitud it-.iome, could -"lave sedneed i -o the rough and thorny waiy of diuty, th .:.osmA1 ans straight beforo tme. I I was servile, I migit riave susrcudcrcd - my conscience to tl h keepingsof others and Sboeniare.. if! had been- venal I might f have joined the rpoils party. I have pre f ferred to discharge according to the dic - tales of my conscience, the high and r. sponsible obligations or a Ipatriot Senator, afor the pronotirn of theinterests.'ft ditU or or our common cobutry, and I esteem r it a piece of good fortune, that in perform. r ing this duty, I' hive crossed no material opinion once entertaiued--have denounced no principle once avowed-and avowed a none oncedenonnced-that [have desert-. F ed from or to no party, but have maisitfined' B a straight forWard.and irectIeodrse, from I the beginning of my .careero the present P moment. r - Everon thatpolicy whih hai lifelnile I occasion ofthe greatest difference between me and my constituents,jir SnentitledAt theirhands, at - least, to the *eredit of con sisteciey. Beforemy reMelection, i - meat was fixed iniegard ro it, - xpe - enee and the verdict .of the eon" - proved howjost-my estimate w th fallen, and amidst is hideou dragged down the party whichi it. Amongst the evils which Ilig*ftsaJ r in the estublisbwnent of that -system, ---i r the dangerof making it analteria. i-'. the bank, and of forcing the cour - cape from overwhelming diffiek idtolerable-uuSfiAugs, ounler te ';pesi F of an intitutionbo whinchi t I most decided objectioni. In the future prospects'of ourCOMO confess 1,am unable:to detect any th 2n cident to the late political revolktion Ji&! can make me doubt the propri h course I have pursued. If therei Iome things in-the principles of the majori . the present dominant party which Ido fie - approve, I am not the less sensible'a-e advantage of having escaped- fto- ptbe B practices of that which has been e11tle: I I reposed lith hope and trust upon'the or. i der of things 'as established by-ttoi-will or , the people in the election of Gen. Harr son, and I equally well believe thatilbe - dispensation of province whichhas placed - Mr. Tyler at the head of the Republic as a neither endangered the prosperity of o'r I common country or ol our particular se I tion. e As 1 know of no more -fit mode of bring b ing this letter.before the gentlemen who composed the Abbeville. meeting thou a by sending it shrough the press, I hope you t will exeuse me for doing o-andSb s -ared that - I am, with great respect, Your obedient servant, .W.C. PRESTON. -B. Y. Mrtin, Esq, Ce EDGEFIELD c.. . THURsDAY, MAY.20, 1841. r Q Notice.-Thesubscription p e e B the PLoUGH Boy, will be $1-50 foi ag. gle copy, four co'piesfor$5 orltenopoes - for 310. Persons holding lists, will forward ihem this office by the- I 't I June. W biis~dayap ton Mercuwy, the proceedlgs eti.sa blic t meeting of the citizens of Abbeville, lheld I3d inst., for .the purpose of-making known to the Hon. Win. C'..Preston, theirviews. -of his conduc~t, oni the subject. of aU. S.. Bank, the Tarift, Distribution of the Pub-. lic Lands, c. We have also .copied the B Honorable gentleman's reply, -from the -Southern Chrenicle, by which it willbe -seen that the medicine administered ~by the .A'bbevillians, worked very severely on the . pericranium of his honor. I The Pensalwania, Re~eenuil-T he Legislature of Pennsylvania~ajljurned on 'the night of the 4th inst., singie, They r have succeeded: lb passingibseltvenue , Bill, vetoed by the Governorgly-Censti s tutinnal majority,'it therefore becomes the a law of the land. In another column of this paper wvill be found extracts from the Go .vernors message to the Legislature, cow. -taining his reasons for vetoing the Bail - Orator for 4tA July.-The Town Coun ' cil of Columbia, has appoitited Edwin De Leon, Esqr., to doliver an Oration on the next Anniversary of'ouirNatiotindepen -dence, Would it not be-advab' e for our a Municipal autlhorities to follow thep~od - example of their Columbia &ei~ ' Dr. M. Bird (the novelis,h~hp ~pointed-to t6hehair of -nttii~ y teria Medics, [taly vacateibt 0 or Dr. Calheo e tPfe erU hIe -dical College.* -, s Kentucky.-T&i electio bi thi Stale j' has taken placereportsy thfIsb a been ItWhig and 2 Jemocratica*ift 0 ofoungress elected. - '~. - By the arrival oif the tfrom Pilatka, an account hats'been fty-V ed that D. Levy,~ Esq;, thae Repbflan - candidatei bai. prol ably beesn egate to Congress, fromth Florida. -. sThe Upited States Bt ih1 tassignmetoa emil. -real estate, dit uN'itl il S adelphiaflankstA.f thefesAuies db -them, amounung~ to five auilliotts o dol Slars. - .'-'.~ r tOTY #?0 noU13 oiio' sake took place I h PbladelhiIP1 DAT! . - rt appears sti the prsn of'S fia t , foundm -g iNic's" ,7aig sh6J