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Tka foungti article wt-kindly fur ishedby ad 6 edgetileman, wht fels'a ar W ir, t in the benevolent ciause to which it refers. 11 is certainly a matter of itmportance, that it should be. knue troughout ;the State, that our ra has made provision for the ed Uation of those children of affliction awung u,., from whose sightless orbs the light of Heaven has beet shut out, and who, with. out a course of education adapted to their peculiar wants. mus pursue a dark and cheneler path through life. We would iespcctfully. but carnestly request our brother Editors throughuut the State, to bring this subject to the notice of their re - spective'readets. It may be the means of brining forivard many of thoso objcts or charity, for whose education our Legisla turo bas kindly provised.-ED. AD. EDUCAT1oq or THE BLt.ND tN sOUT CAnOLtNA. It is one of the characteristics orcivilized governments.that they benevolent ly extend their aid, not only to the physical, but also to the intelleetual and'moral welfare of the destitute orphans the helpless cripple, the deaf andidumb, the halt and the blind. Our Legislature has passed. during its late seshion. an appropriation for the education of the blind: prompted to do so, by a lecturo delivered in the Hall of the Represesata -ives, by Dr. S. Howe. the iitinished founder and director of the Perkins Asylum for the BlinJ, near Boston. lr. How;c was accompanied by two girlbor tbliid.whaim he has entirely educated, and who exhibi ted to the a-semtbled memsers of bioth Hiousev, te Gisvernor. atwl sth-r'rcitizen-, the skill and knowledge which may be ac quired by the blind. They read ansd cyph ered with ease and exacines4; they wrote; played the piaso, aut showedi thes-nielves perfectly at home ol, the miaps--ia a mtar ter which seemed to cause universtl sur prize and emotion The same i)upils of ihis philanthropic teacher visiteel the any afler the Library room. where many mem bets of the Legislature conversed nith them, and farther convinced themseles of the substantisal acquirements obtiaed in Dr. Howe's inhtitition. The great object of Dr. flowe, is to link, by a thorough elementary knowledgre, she unfortunate blind, to hu man society, to that all feeling of being lonely outcasts, nav die in their breasts; of imnparing to them such skill or knowled.e, which Will enabe them at w future period to- support theaosives. he it as mechanies. as organ isa, or teachers of otherbliud persons; and lastly, to give them that religous educa. tion, which will ensure to them, the lasting comforts of the love of that God, who is the father of the blind, as well as t he see in- of the bereaved as well as the happy. Ve have repeatedly visited the Boston Asylum for the blind, and never iefl it without increased gratitude to Dr. Howe, for.his perseveranee, inexhaustible kind. ness, shrewd judgment. and solf-sacrificini* ebarity; for it ought to be known. that he derives no profit (aorn the insittution. He reMfs but a ver(y limited salirf, all the .arputis of which, he spends again for the 4usberance of bis chosen- 'ause. Thus, for maance does he defray all the expenses o*. costly ajousney, with three persons, ai-his ~from his 'vate means. senaves; liiately after the rxhibi tion., gave ntiee,'that he would wove at the proper time, a division of the fund, granted for the education ei the blind. When, a few days after, he made the mo lion, it readily passed unanimously. so that now, fronm 8 to 10 blind children or 3outs of South Carolina, may annually he edu eated. Tue Legislature has promtly done its duty, but we desire very distinctly, to im Press upon every one of our readers, sisat, if the work rests here, it will, sneverthteless be, as though nothing had been dune. The blind generally belong so the poorer classes, partly because they are moro ex posed to the unchecked eflkets of those de sases which cause blindness: partly be. cause the poorer classes are altogether the most numerous in tlbis world of ourb; andi partly, because blindntess sery frequetlty runs by alternate generasion, its fasmiies, and thus, is sure to cause poverty. For, unless a man be actually wealthy, poverty is sure to be entailed upons his famtily, if lhe has four or live blind c-hiliren, whicis is by no means a rare case. TIhje poor, how ever, have necessarily but a very dlhicient acquaintance with she inS ercour- of mteu. the connexion of things. and the powe~r of moral and mutual checks. Diam-s as" natural eonsequence. Poor l'hinal parenst, cannot hesupposed at once to believe iss the perfect safety, and kind treatment o their helpless blind child, if renasave -Ino the distance ofa thomusand mile's. in ashlition, we ought to remnember, that the des.titute, having less opportunity for the cultivatiost of their Intellect, are for more art to sacrn fice even sutbstastial interest' of their chil drn, to that fund parental af'ect ion, which, if properly guided, is one of the truest sources ol' all that is good. Tihus it ii n rare so Gond parents in the poorer classes, who acknowledge tall the advatmages which their blind children would dernve, front proper instruction. in an asyhssm (or uhe blied, "yet" they will say "we cannu: separate ourselves from those pour crea tures." Miost atriking instances of this kind have come under our own observa tion. We wnulsd, therefore, earnestly, nay aolemni' , call upomn evers re-asder of these lines, if he knows a nlind chil.l itt his nteight borhoost, to ds, every~ thia in his psower, to pursuade the parenits, that they will avail themselves of the bounity of our l.egisln ture. Let us remember, that we may thtus rescue a human boing, an immortal being frost adleoness, wretchedness, wont andi vice, ignorahnce and religious destitution, and procure for him. kntowledge of Gxd, light for the soul of himu, that must wander in the darkness oft lie rye; cheerfulness and1 happinees for the unfertunaute. (fotr, be it known, we' have hardsly ever seen a more *cheerful commitunity thtan sbe blind, at Dr. Howe's instisutions:) activity for him, who seemed dowmed to inastity; indlependlence, whil, the decree of a reteched dependsence seemed irrevocably pronounced osvsr himt, We addressturselve- especially to all the members of thie Legislature, thus to crown their work. ansd to the Clergy of the State, who have so detailed a knowledge of the Circvrnslaneanini which the people live. and who will at once acknnwledge, that this species or charity and doing. pd. is one, t.pt peculiarly belonging to.their sacred sphere. The Governorof the State, the Rei. Mr. I Shand, an Columbia, and Mr. Memminger. in Charleston-the latter two Commi- I sioners appointed by the GJovernor, under the act, are the proper persons to be ad dressed on any case that may offer itself. Not only does the State defray all the ex penes (if the blind pupil, while at the asy lumi but the expenses of removal will like wise be defrayed by our government, and we feel sure. the travelling expenses for returning. not les so. Here we dismiss the subjec;. for the pre sent, imploring assistance of Hin, from whom light and darkness come, who makes the eye. the wonderful receptacle or light and im a pomnent smites it with perpetual night, but whodemandsof us. that while we bow to his unscrutable ways, we shall not idly allow oursaelves to consider thoe., whom he thus deprives of what others en joy in abundance. as outcasts. but, on the contrary, as objects of oupr peculiar solici tude, love and ingenuity. Alabama.-Extract rrom theinaugtural address or Governor Fimzpatrick : -- I'he present time is prcgnanrtwith ad monitionps. The distributiou or the net proceeds of the public lands; is but an at tempt to buy up the States, ned make thet st ipendiariesof the GencralGovern ment. under a Fund wrung from the talanr (if their own citizens, and under the flgisi oats assanpti)aion that the p.rr to distri teute does nait involve dae necesity of taxa tioen 14, an equivalent amount. lie uut oe bind [to the unaure of hunman action, who does not see in this scheme of distri buationra, at pirt ioa of the public revenue, an artAflly devised plan of assumiing to ihiat, extent the State debats, rhowing the whiole t-urden of supporting the Federil Go vernment iptilon imipt-st dutitiss, and (o re- - vivinig an unronstiostional protecive tariff. In prinaciple. it is liable to all the constitu tinauul objections of appropriating federal monaey to lOcal olbjects. while in practice it will lead to thie createst ireligacy and corruptions in the State Gvrrnnents, lay c;aUinag tlem to look in the Federal Go. vernmateut as the great almoner, who at all tiume-stands ready ia replenish their waste fully exhausted coffem " If to this picture of Federal aggran dizeenact oat Stateiand pupularidegrada lion. be added the reunion of Bank power in tla hideosa form of nother unconstitu liOlrasl United States Bank. the advocate. (of implied and constructive powers will huave succeeded in giving the finishing toch to our institutions. by enrafting on 'Ithem all the usurpation's w;hich they have so long and so laboriously struggled to er feet. I have adverted fit the.e topics not to increase fthe acrimony of party divisions, which already exist in the country, but in this di'tinct form to renew the pledes of my whole life, in opsposition to principles which I :one-tly believe must end in tha destruction of our Sinte Governments, and the subversion of our Republica justitu The Currency-Duty of the Grand JIy-In the natursal progress or 'reform. the demalised paper, astem, with all its of the crimenal laws, ande at eir perpe trators on the high way to the state pri Tis facta in mntal philosophy has bteen mnost strikinagly exemplifiedi in Phailadel pahia. Ina a particular stage of its course, thte managers of tohe inizeed States Bunk, after astounhding htoth cuntinets with thteir bold and aeckless rugue-ris, have at lengtha faltent frotm their --high and palmyv" condaitiotn of prinacely bankers into that of crinmintals nrraigned for thesir rsagteries by a Gratnd Jury, stad placed hefore- the world on a level witha the other thieves antd rob bers tof the age. Th'lis country can never recover ats an cietnt tone~ of commers-icial morals,. nutles ste Ciurt. sir Juwaice shallI now perform thteir duties a itlhota flinc'inag. rThe eyes of the whole worldi are upon the criminal courts stf Phattadelphia. If thecy s-werve fruot te true lines they will be exeerated lay thte 1ppular vaiec-hy the voice oh trutth andt hsine..ty-andt wall soon share she fate of the atracionts bank tat has disgracedt the couatary and tem. WVe ha-ve hospe, therefore', abtat uder the wheole, somte actiona of pubsllic opainion, thme criial court uf Phtilade~phin will dent taut the samae men-sure oaf justice ao the ,e~.e.ee ina rusflue . a thW m.ee ina rags. And whsile ne e-xpress this sentimenat in regtardl seo Philadehiniu, we would also call :h-e attenaiota oh te Grandas Jury tea the ef Erts anad siperationts of the shiinplaster financicrs it. thuis city. 'The groms isand trequetnt violations of all lasw whicha thease ruague's perpetrate, coma property withina the parovinace of the Gramad Jury. Cant there bc a greater ntuibtuce to the' great assf ithelt work ing pmeole than the circulation of a vicious currenacy whticha is shtaved for a few weeks and ttest palmed upon the peopale altogether? WVho has forgtten the mast whto set afloat the notes of the Montarea! Unioan Bank- those ofthe Buk of Benningtn-thaose of the Susqsue hmnnaha tBridge Co.-hse of thte Bank of Mi lingtou-t hose, in ahaort, oft the scores of breiken btauks? Dhid ncot the people buffer? And as sate tais a subjset worthy of the Grand Jury? A: this very moment, the Presidient of a hroken hansk in Florida, against which thte legislature there ha-s commatrenced har ceeding's, haos the auidacisy, thte~hocking ina oleance ta comtte to New' Yoark. appuitta Moses Y.- Beach htis agent, und tseus hais hrotena hills upotn the hiard woarkingj pen tle. Ouget titns tutolenace ata lbe suffered an pat) quietly awaty! Wes call. thtere-fore, upnns the Grattnt Jutry tat Ne-w York, to do thear dluty ta te public-to aid ina protec ing the commutasnity frost a viciua.s cenr rency-ntttshto present alas whole batch of that shintelaste-r paresidentisand agents in one bon bouchae so te pubtlic. This is to best way to put a stop anoalte further proress of a shinptastor currency. -N. YiHerald. Goodf.-A prisoner aie had unexpec tedly been acquitted of the chaige for whicha he was arraignedl before Judge Bowlin, the other day, upona being inform ed that he was at liberty to go, turned to I he muy al with much 6,elngobherved: I -Gentlemen of the jur); thank you iom the bottom of my heaut the deci iopjnsz rendered-you will ever to iembered in my prayerr; to worthy. nd I must say, eute friend (addressing iimself to his counsel.) I it was in ny power to doubleayour re he reeling I mntertaln forjyou cannot be ..pressed by words: you are, indeed, the crtanial's ben efactor, to you, your hono addressing the Judge. who could scara- y suppres a smile.) I am everlastingly idebied; but Mi I can say to you, is, I prndise you, up n my honor, now that I awi*ree, that i will never be guilty ortrai again as long as I live."-St. Louis 4atilin. Texas and France.-It is new ascertain ed that the difficulties betw these tw nations have not been remod, notwilih standing the plausible remiks of Pre'i dent Lamar in his message t die Texan Congress. In reply to a Ye trom the Texan Charge d'AlTmir. at 'pris, denan ding the recall of Ml. DeSaligny. the French Government despatched an official letter aboundine in very severe lan:;uage. nail retusing positively to eede to the request. The conduct or M De Saligny was considered not only just able, but ne cessary and much indignalion was ex pressed at the proceedings if the Texan Cabinet. The French Gotrment col tends that reparation is due (6r tihe indig nities to which its reprcscntcive was sub jected. The secession of(Gen. ~ aston to the Presidency or Texas, i is thought. will be the means of bringiine about an amicable settlement of this difficulty. Nrw-OaLr.A.s. Dec. 14. The Me.rican Neres,-l.-Te Courier of last everitig contai is somefdetails copied from Mexiran papers. it i ult., recei ved by the Virginia Antoine, rhich are in'cotifirmation of the neoviiwe have pre viously published. An Wother folicial or count sitaes that the Teilan- Santa Fe traders hal been captureiItthat 12 %a zon. 5 of which were filed-with merchan - ilise worth $25.000,aud hesiher 7 contain ing lirovisions and ammunitti, were tt ken. with 2o stand or fire.arms, a piece or cannort, 76 horses nod -7 oxen. This aecount statemi that the Teuians were cap cured at the Lagoon of Coioraio, in tte mtiddin of the plain of Estaeado, without a shot having been fired; they having suren dered :,t discretion, on the first sumntitia'. from Lt. Col. Archulern, baving sauder him 230 men, the advance guard of Gen. Armijo's division. Lieut. Qiiintano had arrived at Chiltan with a Texian Colonel. 3 Captains. a woctor, and 2 hoys. Capt. Lalaz ir also started with 182other lrison er5. It iq stated in the papers. that ni army or3U0 mc, had already marched from the Capitoil for Texan and that the whole force of the nation is to be set iii imotion. ftor the same destitiation. to ie led otn by President Santa Anna in person. The rexian prisoners ir taken, as above represented, have probably ere this been put to the ra'k, or placed in the mintes. If the former, will their fate be avenged? Or if tie latter, how long'will' the frirnds of :tsmanity permit them to SOmain there? Bulletin. Sylph, trom Sisal, we are put in possession it dates roni the city of Alerada, to the 6th inst. A t that time the Ciautmissionters fromt Mexico (Quintanna. Ron) htad just arrived with peace (Ttering, fromn hi.. governme-nt at the head of which is the illitstriious S.ti sa Aniia. It was impoqnjible- to divine what course the Yucatatnos intended to piursue in the matter, there being twoa par*1ies in the ciuntry-one for estalblishing their ah-. solute inadependentce, and the other for uniting with Mexico. -The formter comn priases a lairge mtajority or the people, while the latiter is compiosed of the aristocratic lew with their munied influence; yet. it was generally believed that Yucatat, after the miany proitestations in raviir of a sepe rate anid indep~endent goaverrnent, would niot back out, but would wend the commitis sioner homte to his master. Privatc letters from Mexico, received in Mlerida, mention the imprisonmtaent of all the Texizaus belonging to the Sata Fe expedition. 'he mnaakets thiroug~homi Yucatana weref 7,lutted with toreign Producti ahtte the' prodluctiolns of the country were scarce amnd in demand. There were in the port_of Sisal. two Spanish lbrigs ror llavana-the laarquec Teninessee sailed on the 5th ror New York . The brig lucirda, Gladding, master, wts' entirely l0.t about 80 muiles to the w ind ward nwar Cape Cnterche, itn a severe tort her-all land. waived, and vwere expaec ed to arrive at disal in a few days. rThe Sylpih briugs hemp aud logwood. -B1ulletin. Republiena Office, ? SAVAs s an, Dec. 19, Im611. ( From Florida.- Iy the sicamier Cimcin-. anati, Capt. Smzith, arrived ona Szatirdayv from Palatka, we learn that the expedi lion of Lieut, G. W. P'atien toa the head aters oft the St. John.', afrier an itbuence rten days, returued tu Fortl Aellona ott the :hhi itnst. The country Southt or Lake Iliuney was inundated and it was next to :nioiiible to ascertain the true channel. Tlhe coniseqjuenco wa ilhnt the caoes were requently entangled amid intrcacies from uwhich it was diflicult to libarater thtem. L. Paaiten exatmined several places, on t wo oaf whlich be discovered fiels comtninii.g ,wee potoes. 1ima beans, pepjpers. &c. w hic h lthe Indiains haid planted durinig the aunt. mier. The indliang. hotwever, haid left the islanids, probabsly itanjo the farces oh t' t a lottes or Hnlleck Tustenugge.I We further learn that Lt. Col. RileyI tad arrived at Foirt Pierce, anti wn, ilty expected by the land mute to Fort Mellon. Mlelanchzoly Occurrence.-...We regret to record an accident which resulted ini the eath ot a son of one of our citizens. George Ash, about ten years of aige, was playing on Wednesday evening, with an another lad by the name ofClark on boartd ane or the vessels near the Exchange lck, when they both accidentally rell over >oard. Clark was rescued by the officers tand crews of the ship Eichmuonid, and rigs Augusta und Clinton. Young Ash u..,nks te ris n ng.. it was t ho son of George A. Ash, Esq.. whose sudden afflic tion commawnds the sincerest sympathy. liii body had not been recovered late last evening.-Sarannak Georgian. The Stori.-We mentioned yesterday that the Steamboat Belle. boneul to New Haven, had been driven ashore iuring the severe storm on Thurseday night. When the bort was near Throg's Point. the ttf orm raged with such violence that her com mander dreined it prudent io anchor. Tho storn, however, increa'ed, and the hoat dragged her anchors, and finally went ashore on City Island. and sxo fillel with water. The passengers were landed in safety. and returned to this city ir. the American Eagle. which was despatehed to their relief. rhe Belle is owned by Captain Peck and I-.w citizens of New York, and was purchased last spring for $50,000. and, it is aidshe is not insured. The following is comunitticaied by a pasienger:-We left New York at four anod came to anchor under the lee of liari's Island almut six, on account of the violence of the storm. Aliout ten it was discover ee that the nnchor dragged. and it was raised it) cast in a new place. 'rhe cable soon parted, a- (lid that of the second an chor. The machinery was then set in motion, but owing to the violence of the wind and the roughuess of the sea. the tiller ropes cave way. and1 the boat was driven at the mercy of the' wind'.. & went dsh-re at hall'1past teu. She continued to nithstiatd the niost fjrous sea I ever wit nessed until hulf past one, when she sprung a leak, ned soon filed with water. During the whole time the Captain act ed With great C11coleess nol discretion. and the crew with prietnptitude and vigor. N. Y'. Con. Adr. 1Sh inst. Cotton Growrs.-It is n fact. that the planters 4f the Souith raise entirely too much Citotn; yet they do tnot believe it. Thit grotlt lias ont run the IIel lIl idin. the overstocked markets every where prorve this a;lertitoni; as do tite want of' ability to consume the various articles of mannfac tures. Since the crisis of 187. there has been throughout the world, a general and detertintied system ofeconmy .-tlie tisit'S have chanaged. and the planters should chantge with them. Let thett proluco lesss Cottor, or else it will not be worth tle trouble and cost of raising it at home or abroad. They sll continue to plant as ituch as Issible every year, anul think that they will make up the de'ficiieny in price, by nt over sptanity the next vear; that a few temore tles will iave no ctl-t upon the market, tnd thus every onie goes ont, stockingLi id glutting the marke'ts, uud naksig the -taple almitost valueless. This is a wrong system, and it should le changed. The Cotton growers hav< the :emoedy in their hands atd let them set about to correct the mistaken notioj. rTey should raiae miore provisionus; provid, fer thrir owi consunptiou. have plettv o all things around them, live as independ ent tna possiblo, and then raise a small por. tion of Cotton for exportation. Great B1ritain will shortly have her -ast Indiar possesions a Cotton growing country. anm then where will he found a miarket for such a large amount of the s:aple as is produced in the United States! Under these cir. cumitances, tlta planters need tinot antici. pate a much higher price for Cotton than Ma.'ersUof Cours.--Th--re are crtatn thing~s in this w orbil w hich have so unifortm ly turned out in the same way, that on body dreams of their resulting in any oth er. Int shtort, they are ses dowtt as "t terd of course"-thtat is, events have al way-s happened from the same catuse, or at tended by the sanme circumstatnces, or pro duce the samte effects. Forexamttple: WVhena a bantk suspettds specie ptaymnent, it is always dune four the piublie g'ood, as a tatter of coourse. If the said hank becomes irretrievabtly insolvestt, aund is torcedl to lintidlat- its af. fairs, thte dire'ctors pohlish ae enrd statinic Iliac the assets 'ire amtply sutlicit to' pazy every thitng as a matter sife ourse. People who piut atny degree of counfidensce in sucli statetmettts are always deceived atnd disapipoimted, as a tmattecr of' cosurse. W~hen samn.. cotmmits a mtntrr or a forgery-, or runls away wcith is nteiebr's nc il'e, anid is de.tecte'd and tried, hte is pirs' v-ed to be insane, as a matter of course. Whent a tire occurs, whether it proves destruet.ve' of prtoperty or ino. it is thte sork if an ittcetndiarv, as a matter ot' course. ,hna man is detected in some act so' his reptuttiont l;'re'er. lhe reglnests the pub.t lhe tol ''susp-:nd thteir opmttion,"''as a matte1r uf 'outrse. Whtett t wvo locomtivises coeme into colli sion otn a railroaid. de'strointg eiach othter, knockincg half a diozeti cana to pi.-ccs, kil hing a dozen pasnengers, ande woutnin twice as euanty mtore, thle public are prmi scsi full iinformtation coneerntint the samte, as a mi dtter of course. Whiett such inifortmatieon comes, it' at sill, it exculpates everybody frotm blatte, as a matter of coutrse. When a youtng lady has hiaed live or six off'ers of tmarrisige, anld haingtt rejected them~ all, fids hterserlf ''tu rinig thme fir~t corner." wsithi a small c'h.snce for e il ire. shle is genetrrudly satisfiedl thait giood htet bmel atre noct nlcn ayes comnin:: alons, at a mnatte'r sif con r'.. 'When a ejpaiack meiiet. is in venltie,. it i'. tremn~edosly pl Tteld a a miastter oifcior. lint e'very boduyl wshom tilieve<' ons' half cheat i., stalesd if Its w-ioderful v-irtIts. sge't' e'gregiontsly humuguged, as a mnatter of cen rse. Every man ofinttellige'nce ande csottmotn settse is a su'icriber tee a nlewspap~er. hand. if he is htontest, he pays his suibscr'iptionc puntctually, as a mattler efcourse.-Ijoston TranscriptI. F'romt the Cultiratfor. TnE~ .4G.tiCULTUI.5L A RT. WVe have rercived f'romt stituhr, Ant Tnu~a ST. Jonts, an essay with the above title, from which wrcetmake the folloiwiig extract, which is ull our litmits will petroit: "Tho pursuit eif impgroevetment is neil visionary or trivial, hacs bieen sanctioned by the voice of timhe. It is far l'romt tbeintg a speculation or a dream, T[he art sef seg ricultare, well named the ' parenlt art,' us coeval with human civilization. Sn lone as m.en romcd hithe nmd onrer-livinue tents and reinving whorever 0one IP green spot induced a stay, and had no fixed it habitation, they were barbarians; but when to they chose a place for a dwelling, and scat- v tgred a few grains of wheat for the pur- b, pose or harvesting, and procuring ncans V of siubistence. they had made a step in b the march of civilization. The eldest and the best BHaok assures us that the three first men were a gardener, a ploughman, andl a a grazier; if it Le seecriirly objected that the second was a murderer, let the reply le, that when he became such, he turned a boil ler. The art of agriculture will sur vive all snceriig. It has received the corn - . inendntiona of the past. and as a celebrated writer has wittily remarked, -if heraldry 1 were, guided lby renso. a plow in a field arable would he the moist notble and an cient nrens.' Ie i an :rt which call exist with the exclusion of all others. It has been compared to speech, %a ithout which society woull be a dismal chaotic jumble ; thr- other arts are the me-re fit::res and trebaies. ia fact. only ornaments c e Uitrt i tger. L EDGEFIELD C.Ii. WID~NESDAT. DEcvx3EI. 29. 1841 We- this day puablish the remarks of the 11am. her! J-urnal, atd Mr. Shultz's own statement of his affairs. Frot the little knowledge we -have of Mr. Shultz. we are iniclined to think he h ase been b:adly trseated. and although his exer- ( tion ha- built Air him an everlasting mononennt in the thriving towel ,r !iamnurg. those who heart-is he tas oft eade glad, are his persecutors. in-l.ead f heies fri--.ds. Theepilus FiA. l.sq . the late editor and pub. li-her 1,f " The Old Dorniion." a democratic ji1urnt2al f the tir-t % :ter, sat Porenoonth. Va., is -h.-ut establishing a weekly .paper at Rich utuund Vea Va. t .Smuggftliing .-e%- ,ee it !t.ited in ele Iloston , Atam. that Mr. Dec. hlspector of the Cantomas of that port aum'e . sizeare 4f a large and val Iuabple lot;ol (' ods on bo-ar. a,*hip bound to C Charestoea. Thc Good. had been imported ' into that port in violation of the rervenue law' iof te U S. A large package barought ly the Arcadia as freight, purporting to contain iamples and pat ter cards, was oenmed at the B.astou Customla 1 louase. and feound to contain abouat sixty letters Taie liters were detained by the Collector. I and 31r. Ij!% is. the agent of the .teaanships ian I anouneaeced hi. deteiniiation of senditag the'rn to Eng land to have the pat ties who transuitted thern proceeded against according to law, Teras and Mr.riro.-It does appear from die tone of the New Orleans aid Texas palpers. that Santa Anna. as Cief Director, ma ans to enske war apou Texas. This -contirena use itn the opinions we have ever entertained, and po often expressed, as regards this treacherous sav age :nonster. The citizens of Texas should never again place the least confidence in his pretensions of peace and friendship; and %bould they again succeed in getting him into their hands. let them meet out to him the just pun ishment which his:conduct deserves War states that the whole number of troops now in the service of the United States is ten thauusand six hundred and ninety four;t to coin plete the urgaanization of the Army on Its: r erit basis eighteen huandred and thirty eight recruits are waned. During the past year the whoele unmhtder recutited wvas .l.92. T'he incre'ase of two reganern's to the;Armay is recornnicnded. The Xary.-Thec Secretary of the Navy, in haiw late Rupiart to C~ongress. states tha.t our N a. vv ise comipu-.ed oif Ii alipi ofthe line-one rat ed rear J120 anrd 1) fair 74 gun-a; 15 fripatea uo th-- first class-onee rated for 54 and 14I for 41i guins : I rigates eof the se~ondt class, St; guns eacha: 18 aleaop< ef war. I i rated fo-r 20.2 faar 1i'. ad 5 for lii guans: 4 steamierie; 3 store ships; 3 receiving vessels andh 5 saill a-choone-rs. The Mlediterraneean equaadront consaists ofC the I friae lreandy a iner. the Sloophs of war I-'airhieldl, and Prebb-a. unader the conaanid of Commetodoire ii Cheas. W. MeCtre slop. TPehe Pacilic sanadrone comnsiitee.te .op ofwar St. Lout is. 'eorktaawu. Ci ance. Dute. andl shoiaer Shar:k. Commoeaadoie Thloruas Ap C. Jan.-s has been apipometeda tee the ueinadlron a d is about jaint it ini thec frigate Untited state-. T1hae seqiuadrnea ean the coi.-t of hirazil contsista of the D)elaware 7-I. ale frigaite l'eeiimac. the slooips ofC war Coecord. M arion Decatur. andh se-lenFl-rterrise. undeeer the commruaned of Com- n. moedeore- Charles Maorris. ti Thac' -at lnia 1tanadrone isat hiomei, n here It t was ., Jreed to aveoid thae haurricanie acasone, bet .e ill hec ordered baeck a-s soon as the resads ecan be seippliedh with crews. It waill coniai.t earf lie frigate M1:i ai e iani. the uhoopas of war Vean daliae. :ead Wearrene. C'ommoaeadore Jeesse Wilkine sort. conaneettdir. "Tha.- Fuae InaJiau equadrone consis.'s. of thei- .I gate Ceomtelationi and sloop oif w'ar liesion caanodo~re l~ . Kear uney, aoninnanider. The e~xplorinag ,eainadron~ con iei~eta of thae shooap. of wer Veinecenee. iaeut. Coaeinanidant Wilkesa. Paecick~ .Lienat. IIl-dan: the b hri~ Poerpaoi-c, u Lieie. Ia-.:ehl , :aned the' .,e-hoeener lineg 'i.-he I as ae taed-r to tie .i:iedrorn. ti A' ainndran of eimall ,achoonaera. under thae t cmanead of oaf Lietut. J. T . 3!'Laeughhni. htas been fair ,oeaei timte co-opeatral ng, umtet bravey 1 anda e-ii-emntly with thec armay ini iiesrida. The brig Coneaort . Liiet. Pow'eell, lhas beenI d leli-'ently etngagedl im the isurvey of theI co-'t n aeim Ajaepa-lhcola bay tea the umouth of the Mi.' Thle tang Doclphein, untder cotnrnaned of Lienet. hi 1-K.'itn, was de.-.patched~a to thec coast'of Newa e (;r--enaa. ini Sepatemaber last. in coniseqauenice of L a seupposede ouatrage one an Amnericani veste. The stenaelhipas. Min'ouri anal Misspi are ne'aihy reads fear service anid will Cform apat af the heomre .epiadron. Orders leaye baen givehn to conastruct thiree steam ihips of mnedimcn size, . oe at New York, one at Philadelphia, and ee . at Noerfolk. Capt. Stockton is superinetetnding I te construction, at Pahiladelpehia, of a itamter . ofrtnnt tn. to I'. nreinelledf by FEricson's nre'. dier; and l.--ut. W W. . iIer Ie eng.!aged i like :n.ticr. at NortfiL. w it:a w of 3 u0 ton, i be propelb-. by .nl.-rgedl vater wheela in nited by lm.elf. Ordern iha% e been gi ci to iid a tirt rate lai sloeop anid three stnall Lsscl of war and to fiin ia 1 f aei.4 Cum rrland. Savannash. R:ritan and Qt. Lawrence. The apprentice sytem is iorking well naber ot appren:ices nouw eihate'd, about Furthe Mc.drcrtiser. TO 0.0 way gentle youth with your longing desire, To 11am in the land of the cypress and vinie, lie climes of tie Last, the hoase a the lyre, For this portion can never ho thse : linblest thet by fostue. oh think not to rooa leyend the scenes of thy dear native home. 1hough oft you may sigh ror the Fast. The land of the Muse, and poetc Grece', Pet for thee gentle youth, by fisr 'tis the best, Such vain aspiratituns forever should cease: 611d unllest by fortune think not to toam, leyond the scenes ofthy dear native home. 'here's brandes in our tawn bright land, Fr the poet enraptured to dwo I on, 'lien n% by seek for others in a far distant mtrand? Whens your country calls aloud for yourt song. rublest then by fortune, oh think not to roam leyond the scine% of thy dear native home. Abbecille. C. f. , , , orrespondence of the Charleston Courier. WAssutsos. Dec. 20. We have a ru-nor that the Patent Office was robled to-day of sonic curioseities, re entlr sent to the National Institution. for ale keepinlg +usa the State Departmeat. ,he asrticlee were. is is said, taken at mid ay. and while the officers who had chargo f them were present in the building. rhe things stolen were the diamond snuff iox presented by the Emperor Mexander a Consul Morrii the pearl necklae pre ented by the Imnun of Muscaa to Presi lent Vun Bureta; and a sword nith gold tilt and scabhard. studded with large die nonds. prevented by some South Ameri an Govertinei it) Commodore Biddle. Gen. Gaiies has just arrived in this City tad, we learn. was immediately put under rrest for cominiog here without orders. The report of the Secretary of the Trea ury - was contmnunicated to Congress, to lav, and. in the louec, ten thousand co iies were ordered to be printed. The re io't is voluminous. and very minute and usteresiing. I doa not think. from all I can earn, that the Cabinet have settled, as ret, ipon all the details of the fiscal agent Ig,,tef by the President in his message. Kie Cabinet had a consultation upon it. on F'riday, and atgain on Saturday. In the 'ourlc of a few days we shall certainly iave Mr. Foward's "plan" in detail. It s strongly rumored that inasmuch as the vhigs will not aJopt the plan. it is to be 0 altered as to suit she detnesrats. The Setate did no:i:: but to pass the Ieatngress pay bill, without amendment. The Senate spent some ilme in Execu ive business., and confirmed the nomina ions of Mr. Spencer, 31r. Upshur. &c., he new Secretaries. The Ilouse again took up the subject of he reference of tha part of the President's nessage which relates to the Tariff. Mr. - o wbo had the Boor fmr nay aae re aborate spe eb, n support or the protective syutem. and tave a full history of' the origin and ope -ation of that system. Mr. S. spoke three iours, and .'sr. Sollers, of Maryland, took be flior. Fromn the Cha~rlestona Mercuryg. In thec Legislature of South Car'olina. -Thea follow ing resolutioin to reduce thae sublic deb' was otrered bay 31Ir. Memmin ter, anod after much discession was fatally ardlered to be laid ou the tuble by a vote of It; to .11, liesolved, That it is expedient that this .evslature should dlintanish as far as pos abtle, the plublic debt of thec State:i that no ,cea..iena exits foer a further sale of State ,tack, utnder the act fear r'eilding the Ci v oh Charlsson. anid that the P'resideut & )ire'ctors oh the Bik of the State aro erebay reqjuired ae elive'r up to the Comp rler Getanra li e catncelled, all certiG ate-, otf et, k or other obligations in their onessaitn. issued under the said Act, ~hich rentcain utnsoel. Thec fotijn ing~ Protest was then prescot di its liehalt of e minority. Thle utndersigtned itepresentatives olf the coie eaf Souetha Caroliana do hereby in Le - ailf of ahernselves anad of the people whom - ey repre-.ett soecnasaly proitest against ac order ohf thae lous: ol lre~sntives, ,ing uponil the a aibie a tesoluetaon tea reduce ie puli delba, and conasidering the said rdher as eqluivalentt to a rejcdtionl of the .solutiona.aheay beg leavc respectfully to iter: their solemnas pr'O'ent agaianst such r-e etiont fear the folhowing~ amnong other rea I, liecauase a puici dket is a great pub eevil, c ean cugh to bie isacurretd only iu Seatf great urgen:a tne-cssity. Btecause the psUhile debt incurred to titaild the City of Ctharleston was created ,repair 000 of the greatest calamities hacu the Stcate had ever suff'ered; i kven nader sol presing a ncesCCsity, was only ernmitted onll thae exp)ress guarantee of te City of Charleston against all loss to ce State. 3. Biecause thec President and Directors f the llantc of thae State, having been ap oited the .Agenat' of' the State to sell ahe ablic hioudtas which nmighat be required to ise money to re- build the City of Charles ma. ha~ve' acready sold $1126,636;. tmore than requ~tirede for thec snsf'erer, lay the tire ; & on~ proelae tea sell JJ3~30 more; thtere f delihe e' i ned nhbut w a, requaired to re uildl the Caay oif Char'etn. -1. lec< anls- the pl'ic debt oaf about one tilliont ofl dollars whteh hans beena applied a re-buatild thae City of 'harlestsiu, charges 1e State eonly with ant interest of 5 per enat. acs is see'ured lst lay the individual uascts oaf the horrnwers: thnds by a meat atgo or cachi Town lot with thet houses uilt thereoin, coavered lay a policy of In urzace; anud :Sly by the guaranltee of the ~s. o.' Cc.ht.t,,, whereas the de'bt