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erta are its nature, like ours, 1lpowerful to s. That antidote ndt public opliion, ad will, comrol the ac kers. Abroad, webrever extent has been practiced, as it not brought upon its vie nd at home, in our own country, in our own State, what desolation, it not produced! All classes of our chitais have been, and are now the suffer ers by a practice condemned by the laws of mnan ad unqualifiedly condemned by the word of God. Even the note shaver himself-he who thought himself a twelve month ago, beyond the reach ofits evil ef fects, now trembles at the position in which he stands. Goaded to madnea almost by the heartless exactions of some one of those modern Shylocks, who toUd have the pound of flesh, even though blood should accompany the penalty. one here resisted, and another there has resisted. even to the repudiation of a contract, which, morally, and by every principle of honor, they were bound to fulfil. The courts have sustained their pleas, and the faer that others with whom they deal:, and to whom but little mercy was shown, should itnita'o the example, makes them tremble nt the tho-ight. See then to whal the prae tire lead4. The borrowers have been ruid ed, and the lenders mna5 be. Hut notwith standing the truth of all this, wo woul! bo:)e othlerwise. Our obj.ect is not to ad. vise that wrongo be done, to remedy or to cure On evil. If a mu.mn make a contraet, noi :er wi'h wh.!et him. i he be able, ta! up t,) his cot, ract,lthough. in wo do ing. Ue part wilh his last cent. To the t.tcrnz.- furthinig let him nhide by L.ik bar r.-u. But let the ruin of that lan he n warring to others, and let then avoid the rock upon which he and thoupands of oth ers have been so fatally wrecked! The lractice is a curse to the land-to the hor rower, it is ndoubtedly so, and to the shn ver, who knows what it may not be ? That whieh to pursue as a diialy ad voca - tion, tends to dry up tbe milk of hunan kindness-in blunt the al'ectioni-to har deo the heart-to make Mammon the God of their idolitary in this world-and to look upon human misery nithout a tear to moisten the eye, or the libertl hand exten. ded to relieve; that we say, which has the offect of producing all this, ought it not to be abandoned and at once? Men argue strangely. Some say, my money is worth to me all that it will bring me. Well, so might they as well say that any thing else which they uajve is wnrtl to them all that it would brint them. And yet, if a neighbor's necessities drove him to another to procure a bu-hel of coru, what man possessed of any thing like a liberal spirit, would think. for a moment, of ex acting what would be generally confressed. under all the circumst ances, to be an enor. mous price for the article ?-Hut even a. mnitting that ther is grent pintt ety in the assertion that a man's mtoney ia worth to him all that he can get for it, does not the position come in immediautc conflict with those pure and holy doctrine-statught us in the Bible? ?ublust assuredly it does. Metn may any what they please, btut we doubt very much if one confirmed, note sha ver can lie found, who, when he comnmen eed his profeseion- did not feel that he hand better le- it alor:e, and follow somne auoda bIo callin~g. A moderate rate of interest for the use of money is just andc prouper anud is a poli cy encouraged by all Governments. LJ-uiry. 4)n the contrary. ha. been, and is looked uipon as ano odious systenm, injeurione to the ucopte, as well ats toe national n. elfa-r. Let it he encouraged by our laws. or even by public opinion, and its practice has the tendency of diverting capaital from other und better emplloymtents. So long as the mechanuie, merchant, or manufacturer fails to realise upon his capital the same per centumn that the usurer doea. unlese res trained by conscience, snhnt is there to prevent his becommning a member of the rrateroity of Shylo,-s, and thtus adding ant other, and another, to a band already uxoo numerous for the good of the country!? Andithet), there is the Agricuhunrali-.t. the Farmer-he who toils in tihe hot sun,. nod in the winter's cold-why shouuld he continue to till the soil, when hisi neichutsnr without scarcely an effort, a.'d with half the espital employed, make' trebule the per cent that lie does? These are not idle quteries. WVe know that the practice of usury has had the effect of which we speak. We know individuals who were engagedl in merchandisiog, and who have abandon ej it to practice usury. We know, of sev eral whb were engaged in fartming-and whose fathers were farmers before them that are now confirmied usurers. Yes, we know them who bhtve parted with the last family servant to the stranger. and the proceeds dcrived from the sale, from now part of a capital wherewith they shave their neighbor. The house in which they wcene born-thle lands wihicht their fathers tilled-the hill side upon wh b they played in their youthful dlays-the streams, _the woods, the green fields-all, all gone into the possession of the stranger, and for what? For him whose tnheritance it was, to be come a usurer ! To\ become one of a fra * . ternity who violate the laws of the land, to make money a little faster. and4 who at S the same time, acts in direct opposition to the laws of Gusd! "Pity 'tis, 'tis true." -But to show that we are right, and that egensurr are conscious of this, we call tie of the reader, to an occurrence kra date. In "**" the sub we are descanting has, for v, agitated the community , a recent assemblage of the n informed, that an etable citizen of the isa distinguished adaddressed his be practice of anevidence adwith a 'toibe ation idivldiaa from whom he had received bla pr eent. and to repay them to the last cent. We are told that the re 16"of the zentleman of whom we speak Fftmrat effect upon those who heard hem, and we hope that the cotrse which he had laid down for hmnself to pursue, will have at least the effiect ofinducigil men to abandon the heartless profession. While upon this stlject. and to show to usurers the ground upon which they stand. particularly in this circiut, we call their at tention to thel followitig which we learn from a member or the Bar. During the court which has just terminated, a bill brought in aid or a defeuce at common law, seeking of the plaintiffsuing adiscove ry of the usurious interest, contracted for and received by him ofthe defendant-was argued before his Honor Judge Cone, but no opinion was given. The Judge, how ever, was understood to say, that, neither in Law nor Equity, under the statute of Georgia of 182, could legal interest be required to be paid by the person seeking too establish the usuriuus transaction. In the course or the argument, some one of the counsel took occasism to speak of the right of the patty who had paid usury. to ue for and recover back all interest, which had been paid by him on a contract conta minated with usury. To this the Judge replied. that, ss that question was not prop erly berore him, he would not decide it but ie was not prepared to say that he could not recover it back. One such decision. from so enlightened a Judge, will do more to arrest the evil than a hundred editorials. We have tho'agh no desire to see it tested hy any one desi ring to violate a contract made by himself wiiah the usurer. Very far, front it. Let all men abide by their contracts would be Dpr advice. Bilt if a decision or such a character would ttnt lut a stop to the prie tice, tttrers wouild indeed risk more than. we tlitak. they have ever been in the habit or ding. Frome tie 7Te:perance Adeorate. Iuatmpeaance rods to Crime.-Nn one wio li,tened to the tia if Gitbson. altr-; the INit Coiurt ii this place. fur the NMrder dr Tines, cotuld hiet have dlabted that rime is t he natural result of lnten perance. ere was a umn. who. it ,eems from the vidence, was not liable to sudden and vioilent otbrenk-t of pasioin. but wvho nev rtheless stan'ds before the world with his hands steeped in blood-with the blood of a friend. There had been no previous L arrel sufliicently bitter of itself, to in ine the passions--no rankling enmity to urge on to revenge. It was simply a carousal among boon comaanions. and as is always the case in such carousals. rea on was dtiven from her seat, conscience rowned in strong drink, and the corrup uion of the human heart was left, uncheck rd by renson or by conscience, to revel in nickedness-in cime. The Murderer tiras a Moderate Drinker! -There is something startling in the very isnnnutr.cemtent of this simple truth, and it thould lead every moderate drinker to pon - :er over the history or thi' miticrable man, mud to Mbserve how th,- first step in vice., led naturally to the se,.-il and on to the last fttal one. that diedI his soul -A ith blood and stamped him a nurderer. He lad p~i honest andl pencetal trte. ine pursut wdhe would ha'e et,::bled him to live reptialy xad tao lay up a comrpetency for tis old age, had he been industrious and sober. lie had too, a wifc and per aps children, for whom he wras bounad in honor to labor. t~ut!ce was a moJerate drink rr. lie alid not htow ever contiine so-mod erate drinking led ott naturall) to drunken ness-drunkeanness led on ntur::lly to dleness-idlleness led on naturally to low sud debanched company--and in such :umpany the fatal act was committed. lie left his own wife, and livedal ith a [wd and drutnken woman, keeping a mis erable hlle drinikinig shop1, to contftrm hit wn ruin, and lead at hers to a sitmilar fate. .lr. Tmeans, the victitm of this dehaucht, was an hone-st. peaceeabce attd industrious man when sobler; tbut utnfortunately he too w-ns nn acensiion:, drinker. To' indulge thtq hinhit, lhe calledl l atnightt, at Gibson's shop. whto was then drunk; in a little time, Tis nad the friend vIho wenct with hinm anal thme paramtiour of Gibson. wero all Iruuk: A quarrel ensur-d: a:.ud Gibson eve-led a gnt butt a few feet fromni Tines' )4oly, anid hurried himt n~ ithout a motmetnts warning, fromn the idst oaf a drunken dle bauch. to the Bar of Grod! Render, if you arc a moderate drinker. pause iad a*,k vonrself the quiertion-nay not I too be edl into a dtrunken enrotusal by tmy love of drink, and in sotte fatal hour when reason hall he~ dei-ronedl atnd pzassioan inflamed by srong drink. may not I too prove a nttarrderer lhke Gibsoun, or fall like Tines, before the drutnken rage aif somef of mty conpanious? Modlerate Drinker. reason and coansciee bo th tell yotu that such is the natural tendency of drinking, and that such a fate may be yoturs. The South Carolina College -Temper anceSoily, held a public menetin in tbe Chapel on last Fridav Cve nitng. Professor Thortwll, by invidntion of the Society, delivered a second address, whtich we have en informed was a mtost tle and clo quent eilort. Nine more of the Students enrled their names na membhers of the Socity, whicht now numbers Eighty. hlow cheering is it to cvery lov-er of our College. and our State, to witness this high andr noble stand itt behalf of Tetmper ance and soctal order, byv such a number Lf the young men ofotnr Country-of younfg men who are sorn to take the place of those now occupying the various posts of honor, and of influence in Southt Carolina lnt, young gentlemen, you have not to wait until you have assutmed your pleces on the stage of active and busy life, before your influence shall be felt! The South Carolina College Temperanece Society had already caused a thrill of joy anal of admiration throughout the whole State. and if we mistake not, this Society will soon give an impetus in cvery District to the Tmperance cause that will carry it fbrard with accelerated speed.--Temper mce Aduocate. STemperance Conse.-A wonderful work baa been achiieved in this town in the cause nf Teprane in a 'ery shtort period of time, throngb the labous of M1r. Carey, a elegae from the Washingtn Society of Baldni~re, sided by7 the philanthropic ef 74 forts of several other ind 1.als We have now three Soeieties in dijsce: the Richland Temperance Soe a Wash ingion Temperance Socity 'a Socie ty at the College formed of -h Students, all on the tigal absitneae le, and numbering together upw e. hun dred persons. We are haI the good work is still- sand we have no doubt that many '1.1i Onlis themselves in this glorious -- lumbia Chronicle, 30th mUt. rom fke New Orleans Bei4tIL FROM TEXA The steam packet New'. . dat 2 o'clock yesterday, brin ' leetOn dates to the 28th inst. unpor tant intelligence received by iarrival S the annexed proclamation .1 president iouston, declaring the portioflgeIico to be in a state ofblockade: the Presideaof the B kra& A PROCL.AMATION "1B XDE. To all to whom these ~its shall come; Know ye. that I, sa.J1ioustoa, President of the Republic of and Commander-in-Chief of t rmy and Navy-By virtue of my a" ty, and the power vested in me by f-21 and for the purpose of more efectualscuing the war in which Texas in- engaged with Mexico-dolhereby o 'dieere and proclaim that all the ports ofih Repub lic of Mexico, on its Eastem , fronm Tobasco, in the State of Tobaig, to Mat amoros, ii the State of Tam'' ,alis, in cluding those ports, and coMP64 g the mouth of Rio Grande del Noune.;and the Brazos Santingo, and- also a1fthe inlets, estuaries and passes on the .gid eastern coast of Mexico-and from af(dr the date of ttis proclamation. in a stat .of actual and a'asolute blockade by the' .,'ed ves sels of this nation. And for the purpose of carrying. this or der, decree, and proclamation Into com plete effect, au armed naval Ioe now is, and will iie continued to he kept at or near the said portN inlets and pasiiEI the eas tern coast or Mexico, emiirely;s, cieat to enforce this decree. For any breach or effort at breach of this blockade, the offending vessel anil cargo will be liable to confiscation, audthe ofli cers and marines or such vs will be subject to the penalies atte to a brench of blockade. Tihis decreo shall take efiect -4 to ves sels sailing froi New Ordam, within three days aftcr iis publication Jo that city. and within five days asto any neutral port witthiu Ithi Gulf of Mexico--wiihin twenty days as to any port in the Unitii States, north of the Gulf of Mexico. and In forty fire days as to vessels from anyports in Europe. In witness whereof. I havea hereunto affixed my hand and the grant seal of this Republic, at the city of Housion. ibis twentj-sith day of [L, S.] March, in the year-.otiu, Lord. one thousand eight -iwid and forty two, and of the I 'Pieidence of the Republirih- sev'enth. SAM. IIOUSTON. By the raesident. A.sso., Joxzs, Secretary O(State. The Mexican forces retreate 'viter sack ed penetraing further into Texas. The only news received from the armed leet fitted (lii, several weeks ago, by the iizens of Gaslveston, ts contained in the ollowi..g extract from the Galveston Ad v.rtiser of the 28th. We received, yestciday morning, a let tr rrom the senior editor of this paper, written on board the [afltte, from which we matke the follow~ in:t extract. --We hiave no recent intelligence of the trentgths of the enemy, but if we can find nthing to flgh: thi, sideof Matamoros, we will go there to get it." The Texas papetrs contiain al letter from Pr esidesni floust',n so Santa Annua, in reply to the volunt ary aspersions inalged in by the lastter against Texas in hjt ettuers to Cl. liee and Genr. htamilton. T1he tone of Piesidenit llous'ton's letter is commenda ble in thme extreme, lie niout etlectunlly repels the slanders of Sant Ann, end proves him to be as destitute of truth and honesty a% lie is of humanity4 We regret that the letter is too long flir tnur columns. For tihe present. w e can only publish the concuding paragraphs.. A fur rcapituila ing the acts of enormity 6nitted by Santa Atn and contrasting emwnth the eemency experienced by hin from the Texian authoritv, Gen. IlouSen remarks: You tauntingly invite --Tessa to cover herself anew wsithi the Mecxi~aa flag." You certainly intend this as moekery; vu: -Ienied ns the enjoying oi liws, under which we canmo to the count$ her flag was never raised in our behalr..nor has it been seen in Texas. unless wan display ed in an attempt at our subjngtion. We know your henity. we know jnr mercy, we are readty annin to test yor power. - Yout have thre:,tened to plant ,ur banner on the banks of the Sabine-is iis done to intimidate us? Is it done to alan us? Or do you deem it the mfost succeful mode of conquest? if the litter it ay do to amtuse the people surroundingieou; if to alarm us. it may do to nmueshose con versun' with the history of yet. last cam paign; if to initimidate us, tbe tient ix idle, We have desired peace. Ye have an noyed our frontier. You lhat. harrassed our citizens. You have incarirated our traders, after your commismners land been kindly received and your tizens at owed the privileges of commee in Tex as, without molestation. You continue aggression. Su will not accord us peace. We will he it.. You threatened to conqucr Texas--e will war wish Mexico. Your pretentio with ours you have referred to the socialsorld and to the God of battle-we refeotur cause to the same tribunals. Theisl involves the futo of nations-dtiny ast deter mine-its course is only knoiwo the irn bual of Heaiveni. If' experiwe of the past will taut hiorise speculationtf the fu ture, the aittitude of Mexico is ire 'prob letatical" thtan that of Texas In the war which will he edncted by Texas against Mexico, onr ingives wl not be a love of conques-it-ill be to disarm tytanny of im powerWe will make no wvar upon Mexicans their r'eh gion-onr efforts shall he made behalf ofI the liberties of the people, a directed ...~ethe authorities of the citry, and I against your principles, Sir. We will ex alt the condition rf the people to repre-sen tative freedom-they salill cionse thier I own rulers-they shall possess their pro perty in peace, and it shall not be taien from them to support an armed soldiery for the purpose of oppression. With these principles we will march across,the Iio Grande: and Sir, believe me, ere the banner otMezico shall triumphantly loat on the banks of the Salbine, the Texian standard of the Lone Star. borne by the Anglo-Saxon race. shall display its bright i fulds in liberty's triumph on the lbthmus of Darien. With the most appropriate consideration. I have the honor to present my salutations, SAM. HOUSTON. Eb:1tt EDGEFIELD C. 11 WEDNESDAY. APaIL 13. 1842. T.f We return our thanks to the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, for a number of valuable documents, and to the Hon. F. W. Pickens, for complete cpies of the Sixth Census, and the List of Pen. sioners ofthe United States, which are now in our office er the perusal of such of our citizens as may wish to do so. 97 We e.ell the attention of our readeru to an article in our columns to.day. taken from the Georgia Journal, on the subject of Usury. We are well convinced that there is a f-r in our vi. cinity, to whom the remarks are - ;licable, to such, we would recommend it more especially ST7 On Monday last. Edmund Penn, j., was elected a Warden of this Town, to fiu the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Dr E. M ims. g[7 We are authorized to announce Dr. Jons 0. Nicuos.ses. as a candidate, for a seat in the next Legislature, from this District. Terian Hunting Party.-We have henrd with pleasure, that some of the patriotic citizens of our village, have in contemplation the raisiug of a body ofmen, togo on an exploring expedi don, to the wilds of Texas; their principle ob. ject, we understand, is game; but we have not as yet, heard the kind of game they have select. cd out to hunt, but expect, as the various hunt ing parties of the west have already made choice of all the bears, wolves, ,and i-anthers. and the New Yorkers all the coon, 1 .y will have, as a last resort, to go fully :aecd and equipped, to tree Possums. Election.-The following is the result of an electionf held on Monday the 4th inst. for In tendant and Wardens of the Town of Colum bia. Intendant-Wm. 31. Myers. Wardens.-Bernard Iteily. Dr. A. S. Clifton, Wes. B. Stanley, E. J. Arthur, Thomas 11. Wade, J V. Lyles. Mayor's Eleerion.-The Charles:on Courier of tee 6th in.<t. states, that " on couting the votes for Mayor yesterday, the result was: for Gen. John S.:hnierle 510-scattering 14. As excited but little interest, still the vote U is Ia ger than was expected." George A. Hlopicy and Alexander Mlazyck, Esqms., were elected Directors of the S. W R R. Bank, in Chsarleston, on the 4th inst., vice I. E. Holmes and J. Dusaurant. An election for Mlayor was held in the city of Baltimore on the 31s~t ult., to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of samuel Bra dy, Esq., which resulted in the choice of Cl. Solomon lmalen, thme regularly nomtinated can. didate of thse Democratic party. IItalth of A.'ugusa.-The Constitutiotnalist says: "'VThe City Sexton re-ports thme intermecnt of six persons dutring the tnth of Mfarh three whites and three blacks-oe of the for. mer still-bose, or.e under two years, and thme otheran adult." GeN. lr'addy Thompso.-Thee N. 0. Picay une of the 30th uit. says: " Thi1 getntleman, I who has been a few days in the city. hceaves this I afternoon on his now missione to Mlexico. lie goes ot in the Revenne Cuttee Woodheury, commanded by Cart. Nones. A vessel of war was ordered by the Gorernmcent. previotts to his leaving Washington, to meet Gen. Thomp. son at this pIece to bear him to V'era Cruz; but he conceives his duties too urgent and imcpor tact to make any further delay in waiting here for that vessel." Thme Charge d' A fEaires from the Governmeent of'Texas, to Great Britain and France. the c Ilon. Ashabel Smiths. ar~d Mfr. George K. Teue- ( Ion. Secretary ofLegation, leave arrived1 in thme a city of W~ashington. Bantking & Barkleg.-The Charleston Mier. emery says: " A correspondent of the Pennsyl- a eartias complains lottdly that the dogs icn the l yard of the defunct Pennsylvania Bank bark as t fiercely as if the institution to wvhich they be- q long had actuafly recuemed payments. and in. E quirem if ther'e is no way of stopping the dogs. p as the bank has stopped. The editor seems to incline to the opinion that as thme bank Isa, gone to the dogs, a little extra fuss on their part is natural. ie would batter have explained it "i by tihe immemorial enstomn these animals have af howling over moonshine and barking about ra*-hsoles. S Daptches to Texas.-The National Intelli. hi gencer says: " In reference to some statements ce in the New Orleans papers, we are authorized er and requested to declare that no despatchees N cave beesn sent by this Government to Presi- ta lent Houston. and that no son of the Secretary- " af War has been employed to convey any des- L catches to any person or officer, or to,render mny other sernece whatever for the Government ry ir any of its Departments." ini lee Teras.-Mieetings have been held in Pheila. n Ielphia and New York itn favor of the cause of ~ 'eas. In the latter city it is proposedi toc en-i ista body of men to go to Texas on a hunting zeursion-game is said to be plenty, particu- the arl. w"!e & Ippears o1 his week and we think, ; io I he citizens of this and tie adjict J nore especially tie planiterilwllAii nterest to patroniZ'S the worthy'"di;, we have no doubt, will perform asl thil ironised in his prospectus,(which willhofo n our columns,) should he receive the'nppar le so justly merits. -Anoaer Volume is fAished!-The prestir iumber closes the second volume of the Ham. >irg Journal. Whether or not we haive done sur duty, during the past two years, we leave it or a generous public to say. --Next week we commence another year, and hope that our friends will tse their best ex irtions for our welfare ; and in reaurin, we will lay ourself under great contribution, which we will discharge by faithful duty. Many have looked with eagerness to the stoppage of the lournaal; had many, too, have used exertionj to rash it; but all have tailed. and we are mov ing on with suae and firan steps." New Mail Route.-Th Charleston Mercury says: " We understand that by ahe ezertionas of our distinguished Senator, the lion. John C. Calhoun, a Bill has passed both Houses of Congress, and only awaits the ingnatnre of the President. to become a law, to establish a line of stages, three times a week from Rome in Georgia. to Memphis and Commerce on the M1ississippi River. Between Rome and Ma. lison there is already a line three times a week; mn that there wall be a continuous route between Charleston and those pL.es. According to the arrangement. the Mail will be buit .six days and a half between Waslhingion and Memphis and Commtuerce-this last named place is in th| State of Mississippi, nearly on the parrallel of ruscumsibia on the Tennesee. The route will be put into operation during the Summer. The L larlesteon Chember of Commerce was among die petitioners for this establishment, which, when fully in operation, is likely to be one ol great importance." Congress.-The correspondent otthe Charles. on Mercury, unider dateof the lot inst. says: You will perceive from the debates in the House. that the Wl,i:to (oonthern I [nean) are very apprehensive that Capt. Tyler wil head Lte whole concerti by a war: and Iet me tell youl, this is an event by no means impossible. It is strange to see these people one day quot ing Mr. Webster's votes in opposition to the last war. and the next detnioncing him in anai. cipation. for the desin of now plinging the country into a war with England. Their course is certainly cialculated to ltioduce the very ihing they deprecate. Saoaied as tIe adminas. ration is, .s w er to thjem would be a great gain; and I am satistied that they are fully otErc of rhis. and will sait be very concil.:ing in the comin:: negotiatlnns with Lord Ashburtnt. Black Dan. I wies told, siys that hse was once found in opposition to .one war, and lie wiil ial~e rare. hee is not found am plposition to another. Yet if I judge cortectly of tse parties and their diiferences a decisive ttne with Great Britain will be the only path to prace. rhe question uf War or Peace will be determined before Congresi rises. for Lord Ashhrton will surely britg bae negotution to a Close, betore this !vent. If there is a reasonable porspect of ter ninating our ditaereneces peaceably. we will have a PeaceTariff: afiot. we mnuist commence preparations for War, and lay a War Tariff nd take a year a: least 1Or preparatlon. This se can undoubtedly do, lair we are on the de. 1-m on all the points or difference. The %amuss111traniou..... --- UV: .,.A,.. :ountry into a war; yet I do not tiaink we will' myve one." The same coiresponadcnt under data oh die th inst. says: -Mr. Mlangtm imaoed thaat alas Senaate prao 'ed to the conjsaderationi of Execnative bu~iness, is ie, Mr. Manganmi, thouht it due to thm char. icer of'thes bosdy that itts action capon a nomeinea. iemn on Friday last sahouald be reviewed f..rth-ai vith. H~e un'dlerstoode tha.at the conhirmaaano ofh' hat nominationa had pre'dneed the. strongest pa's. ible senasation in th:s commniaty. whetre the ndividulal was known, and at was due to the object that it should bee inve.eagaaed at oice 'he tSenate thenti neat anto secre't se-saon. 'Thie nomiination he'rs' .illaa~ied t'o by Mr. langiim is that of Ale'x,ndea Pouwell .,a 'on tel for ths port of itio de' Jaw-nieo. Ws~henu I an- ' aounce~d theis appointenit ini my letter of Fri lay. I couldl lnt i.ch'eve. at pniube~leat it was las in-lividual it heas at lenguithi now pruh- r d to be, whioe csara" ter a a, a cseomunity a, :ia been fear .eairs tmoe'ne in.msa. Ex;.ellealIF roan a clerkninp for n in idhn;:~ iranisaction, lain I eha's sance l.esi oane career otferiame, the ihe-' re of whiach -xt'eed beynd the limita oth,-' C :naioni ainto our +ater tepuabeic of Tl.xas. wiherea etng itn cumanay wiath hiti .and leas coeloredl c 'age-aiih-male- dhreis-d. ini maale attire. ihe '1 'olice set lonstoai and G:dlvcetoni havig take'n im unader suarveillaance. lee thousght it prudent t > etuirni o thais ceoant ry, ad the moere especial. Sas thie paoltacal whvlaeel in I4.10 land breeught hi ~I riends into peower;:eund ancerdingly shortly at. rr ats ra:val mi th:s, li. e ivne iippointied orer oft despeatchaes to sour Mhinister in Lonadoti. a ha reachIinag Ilsieun however, to take passage Ie a one s'fthae steamers, hae was arrested on sos- o icion of beinag connsected withi some swindlers. I id a letc--r tromt Mom o Edwvardls was fiaunad pon his personl. iiis detiention madec it aec. mary to send anotheer special agent, a Mr. ~ ockendorfer. For want of evidence he was c) :qatted, anad he retairnedl to the's city, whecre be Ii a's since been laviuag in vi slation of'the sevenith al rammandmenat. ad ar'tmga as stool pigeon to a ai lebrted gaming establishmnnt Such is the a idividumal appoinated to the Conasubaihip at Riop ad alseo to officiate as Navy Agent, in which " rough has hands, it being not only the head. iartaers ofthe Brenzihana sqe'ndron,. but the stop- ra ng place of all our v'esselu bound around i ape ilearn Mr. Powell, however. is the ne- at ew of Mr. Chate, and the friend of Mr. bc lebster, and that, it is presumed. was esudi- di cut toa nenitralize the peccadillos in the rite of p is great financier. cil "I have just learned that Mr. Powell has5 re ;ned his commission,. somewhat like thec gen- he :aman wvho took leave. whena he sawvprepara ins making to kick him down stairs.' cr The same correspondent, wnder date of the JU toi iisinst., says: Co In the Senate, " Mr. Mangum introdluced ac | to autheirize the Secretary of the Navy to nract for the building ofcertain War Sam-an he a, which wan referre d to the Committee on of eval Affairs. The bill authorizes thme Secre il r to contract for seven War Steamers of cr ut six hundred t'ons hurthoan: tfear for the un ult otMexico, two for Lalre Erie, and one for a I ke Ontario. ant --Mr. Preston from the cnmmittee on Milita' Af'airs, reported a bill to authorize the rais ;of two aditionial Regiments, one of y and one of Infantry: and that two e as of each Regiment of Artiller, sha4 cted in ite tactics of Horse Artill oreported a hill to abolish the eary of Ptrchiases. - e During tbs Exeutive i nomnation of Alexandef H cetarny of Legastinon dabletbe [so PO ales ofp o use their ininkene "Th~e Legisatur has receping a ate ofthe p Ind M aine has *.hu, joine inQ iS "haa. Virginlia. and Misitp, he mflramon bribery hill. "The Annual A%.ppropriation Bill!AiE aken ie Committee of te Whole, th Ie out Ili >ending being on the motion to strie u uppreratimr rethe Branch 1int Of DAlone 1.1TPnataer considerable debate, was no eLtived. " M-afMdill moed to strike out Ihe Appro risatan ror the alary of Governor Doty, of awimonsm. and insupportofis motion gaveb >rief sketch of the speerations and ilel ations ak fhat ndividual; and also red the proceed. ngs o two Whg neetings d in Wisconsin, ask - in for hi removal. tle Adverted to the r. vices performed by hsim for Mr Webster, sueh is the valuation o a tract of lard at one un. dred thousand dollars, at which valuation it was taken in payti.ent or a debt due by Mr. Wreb setet Bao k of cith United States, ian which land was afterwards jold for eight thou. sand dollar-. and othi r tranactions oI equally doubtful moralty. Ile considered to a case in which the withholding of an appropriation was perfectly juxthifo ue. s The amendment was opposed by oMehrp. 3Ior;e n, Ada ls and verent, and advocated by C. J. Ingersoll, and was then negatived. " PriWte ponges.-The Iiin Bankruptcy sponge of hlea %n hic, in Washington has brought no real relief cfier all. Its great defect is that it dhoes not allow men to wipe out their debts .and at the tame time to hold their property-a shameful omnission-let thea Clay party take care that it be reme died in their next Presidential promises. In Virginia there have been public meet ings hnd heric rel-utitens adopted by %%which Sherii who undertake to perpetu air the enormour oppression or selling pro pery uader execution, are to be considred as wild beasts, and hunted down in the ipeediest way. in Georgia something of the same kind seems brewing. if we may believe the following extract of a letter which we find in the last Chronicle Sf Sen. "We seriously apprehend a general sus pension of the Law in the Weseri part of Georgin. The SherifTsloped and prevent ,d a cous t inl Murray; in (:lmer the Sheriff lailed to raise money and %ent off to avoid rule. Wo doubt whetber there will be a court in Walker or Floyd. There i! a arge majority of suspension Inca in the .'herokce country. and they will elect a he-rilff t ho will perjure himself for tho ,urpose of thiappointiig the Courts." We are very glad to find in th-: Consti utionalist a letter from Gov. McDonald in itich he considers anti decide. against the eason that have been strongly urged in Iferent arjiagf..tho Siale in favor of ag. .zsra Session-ofthe Legislature. In this, Xe Goivernor hat, in our opinion, taken be part of a psruden'. and wise officer, and sin ever, it may grieve some at peet ie State will thank him for it in due time. -' haurlest on Mec-cutry. Our Rail Road.-A gentleman u-hoileft |--te ini the cars for Columbia the first day I. thre new nrrangemetit, sends us word hat he art ive-d in Columbia the ame day .t8 P. .M., bein;:just 12h >turs on the road, nieludotg aill stoppages. I'his is comfort ible to think of, and will bo asppreiated ythe many weary souls whio have toiled "sm Branichvile to Columbia by the an ient siage eon veyance.-Chmar. Mercury. Our Rail Road to Columbia.-T he rail suil hats cros-ed the Congaree anti is fin thed for about four miles beyond that riv r: an-i such are the asrranigemcnts now tide., and the raspidity with which the .srtractors are prgcsig as to eucour ge the hople thsat the cotm pletion of the ond, ', (at as Columbnhia, may yet be eht.don the -Ith of July next. 'r depot ini Richlland di,trict will certain -he opened fo.r the freighst andl passenger -ains hbs the I 5th of Al ril, poussibly by te 10th of the smonth. Trhis point in tichland will not exceed in distance thirty xi miles fromt Catmden, and nill bring 11 Kersharw and Sumtier as near to Char. stusn as Csolumnbin now is. Thc citizens rCamndcn, of Sumnterville, of the High ills of Samece, and a large portion of the lanters on the Wa~teree, and in Kershaw id Sumter districts, may by properly con ~rted arrangemrents. having accozamoda in stages and private carriages to meet e ena- at thedepot in Rlichland, arrive home on the night of the same day in hichi they leavc Charlestnn. All the ariters of the fork, between the Congarec tel t he Wateree, may break fast in Char stun and sine at home. Even Che w, bv this new avenue of communsica in, esill be Irought nearer tio our city; id should a line of accomimodation stage a establiahed, as it outght,. between Cam ni arid the Richland dlepot direct, the sengers for Cheraw may reach theie y in 28 or 30 hoturs after leaving Char ton. The route of the rail road, therefore, ,e ssing the Congaree as ii does near ictioni with the Watueree, may .e. and profitable and advaunte mimodauing a large section.o ri ofrour State, and as dite ton no isicotnsiderablo p. the Southern sectiono tich has bit herto su direction[ by erce have N~otehu -