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ofthe eredulous where,) are predictions of a - r lately ordered expiation of the rash his oracles. k comes from Jerusalem. an old man wbo is said to be a Rus asun, and who represents himself to have reached an age which renders hisexistence a prodigy, On his return from the Holy - Land, be obtaiued. it is atlirmed, an audi ence of the Czar, when he predicted to his Imperial Majesty an inundation and a s dition over the bargain2. This was twice as much as was needed to reader the boary Cenobite -uspicious, and the consequence ia that he has been deemed mad, and shut upin the fortress. But solitude, and the frugal diet of his new abode, have not teu ,led to restore him to his senses, for since he has been in durance, be has uttered two other awful predictions. One is, that tn I&S. England will disappear from the de by submersion; the other in the samec Tear France tril fare like a ship tossed about by contrary winds. This monk, in whom the gifl of secoud sight is but the terri'le faculty ofseeing fear ful things. is. if we believe him. the very b3me who, from Catharine to Alexander, always warned our Sovereigns of the fatal ratastrophes which have befallent the. It would appear. that tired of drawing lie boroscupef hisbrethren of the con'cnt, wherein his profound ignorance issued! ii, cracle" in obscurity, be felt anxioa to shinic on a more conspiu-ous sta:e. Deemitn himself, perhaps, commissioned b- hen ven to give wholesnme warnin. to the powersof the earth, he came to St. Pe iersburgh, asked to speak to the Em,res. Catherine, and was repulsed by tlr P'4 lace people. He persisted in bit appliea tion. but was again rejected. Unale to attain access to the Empress. he stationed himelf on a road through which lie knrn she sometimes pssed. and watched an opp tuakigaf addressing her. ehen be saw her hwopproacbed helk and exterud hi&band to her to pre-,t her Majesty suite from driving aw.. i religious mendi cant. The Empress gave hiu some imo ney, and be, after thanking her. said to the wife of Peter M11.. 'Madame, never gn alone to any place, for a misfortune will befall you.' "The Empress looked at the hold be:. gir, and. taking his simple look,, for a sign of mental derangement, ordered him- to lt, ccave ed to a etate prason. Three month< alter Iatherlne was founl dead of apo plexy.in a place whicb M. de Chateaubrit and has ventured to name aloud in the French Academy. whilit dwelling o" the history of one of the Emperors of Rome, but wbich we cannot designate: all that we can say is, that she bd Jeen to it alone I., remembering the monk n a hdfr seen the death of Catherine. sent for hin, and told him that he might come to the pa lace whenever he had occasion to speak to the Emperor. - have nothing to saf to him just now' replied the necroman cer, 'but I may have somnething~ later.' He. teturned to his convent. and was ne' heard of for four years after. H e thenr made his appear' an at :he Palace, solicited an audi mpliance wiah the Emperor's m iise, and when hie was tn the p of Paul I., qait ain him. 'Your subjects are discontented: and God tells me that if you do not alter . em conduct you will be stran::lede.' " e * prophet's audacity irritated the im peror t. such a degree, that by his cominatnd>. 'he monk was ace more ihbrown auto a din geon. Tbc wisard had been clear..ghted, in 1801 Paul 1, was stranaled. Thisis not all. Alexander succeeded~ Paul 1. 'Struck at the coiuridence .f the death of Catharinie and his father with the mnk's prediction. be restored him to hi, conlvenl. After a lapse of two. year<, the prophet again made his apipearanice at the Imperial palace. When his arrivalwa announced to Aleyander, the latter ordler ed him to he brought in. --What hasd thou to predict to me?" *-It is not the death ofta man, Sir." replied his inn asTi cious visitor. "it is that of a :reat city ves one of the most 5plendid and richeI 'cities of the empire will .horaly perish. The French will penetrate to M.oscow. urn Moscow will vanish in smoke, like a nand fulof staw ordry leaves."--"Mad man. exclaimed Alexander, "go thou and pray God to cure thy poor head. Begone tc Archangel, its air is wholesome to the in * sane!" "A coovent of Archangel did therefort reccive the monk, nhobse strange fate was to quit a convent for a prison, and a prisor fr a convent. The y~ear 1812 beheld the ae comaplishmfent of his prophecy, when Alex ander recalled the diviner,to whom he offer ed a compensation for biseaplivities. T1he muon1only asked for a sum of mone~y te enablehim tonproceed to Jerusalemu, where he wished to visit the holy places. Th< mnoney was given, and he took his depar ture; and-at this moment there is in the frtress a monk who has come back froir Palestine, and who states himself to be the prophet of 1796. (the monk of 1841 he the very sam< . v. years ago, announced the ne, let us hope that he han lucidity of his second amanc for 1842 wil Matthew Lacas. ~~- o D~en ofiha So. *United States" and intest ofthis pub. the whole community is Well the preface to the Report. and deep interest of all o' the United States in the case now publibed. has induced the Reporter to present it to the public in its present form. before the regular reports of the Case decided at the late term of the Supreme I Court or the United States can be cow pleted. "The principles of constitutional law, which have been applied in this case to the legislation of the several state, rela tive to rugitive slaves, have established the invalidity of atu the state laws on this subject. Hereafter, under the Couwtitu lion of the United States, Congress will. have, exclusively, the protection and maintenance of the rights of the master over his absconded slave, and can alone supply the means of executitng the Con stitution of the United States for the arrest of such fu;itives. and for their being car ried back to the state from which they may have escaped. No stute judicial ofticer, under the authority of state laws, can act in the matter; no such officer is bound to ast ; and Congress have no right to call upri such officers to carry into effect the laws enacted by the goverument of the Cuited States. 'In delivering the opinion of the Court. Mr. Justice Story says: ''Few question-, which base ever come before tiis Court invoplve more delicate and important cou siderations: ad few upon which the pub lic at large may be presumed to "eel a more prou;und and pertvadilg iteret." *Amou;; the princil set t:ed in this case, is one u hieh has a geticral national iportaurce; and which it is uinderstood is now in di-sen,-ion bctwecn the Govern nent of the United States and that of G. laiain"-U S.Ga:rtte. Frmthe Charlston Cozurier. hrucr. M EETING IN FAIlR UELD DIS A ry tarte nod respectable tnectint of the tcitiz--es ()I Fh ficlt Iidb>ric:. vs as held in the Court I lo,.mc oan Tesdity. .hh inst. - tn Satmuel Johnston, E.q. *was called Io the chair, and Dr. S. .lvers, cppLiited e-retarv. The Clhairman exiplained the objecti of 1t-e me'etinz. wlch was to dliabuse the litrict n"th regarl to cerian reports whic bi t- hwet e!ens-ively. but erroie ta-y circulated, "Itiat a determcination was said to be made by several citizens of F-eirfield District. to prevent the siting of the Courts by violent useaures." A Committee of Thirteen was appoint ed by the Chairman to Report a Pream ble ;and Resoiutamavs, i hich u as unaui mout-sly aloptel. The following gentle men eamoposing the committee, viz: Os mnund Woodward, senr. Win. J. Alston. Jt-ph Caldhwell, Job R. Butchat-an. Dr. %Wi,. Hall. John Adger, David Aiken, Thousus L les. st-ir. S. G. Barkley. J4 eol Bookman, cn. J. H. Means, Dr. W. I iten andl Edward G. Palmer. The ,taittee reilred a short time and offered 3,15ollowing Preamble and R~esolutionsl: 1% hrread, an impression has gone abroad ny citizens; of this distract. havin; for their object at esto~ppel of all judicial proceed intgs withing the conflues of said district, withi lawless and iiolent hand, and where as teach an i~inpression is not only calculs td to dettract frotm the reputation which tis elietrict haS ever sustaitned, anad to eas; ai s'isma upoan her escutcheon, but also mi-aerially to impair the credit of her ciii zctas. hotth at hiome and abroaad : Now therfore, kniowin;; auch reports to be er rneicaus, he it i:s~ ed Tht~ i: beccomes' the duity' of eery high toadedl citizen of the dairr~t.1 oda',atuse the public moad in refereuce to ihe samae. Ifs ut furrher flvsoltsd. Thant a courseo pao*c'-lire iofer.t.l-- from,: the- ipretou) ta. circuliatedl i-, noet only to bcensi o * enanly depree:;ted, 0 as swidal to oulr own brut inetee , tLut thlat e-ven:I a eti e m t ein * bsetraet ave natat lln of t he :-amei i-, to be d eetilr rvetted. ie'it aIo llsofrrd, Th-s 5houild the the a h-le count.-, he de~titued to effect a rsi ol't the enaractcr anut cpated,. ia lany, sectaon oft our tind. t hat ' e as cit izcus of an t enbh itened and abe dhjit tndtci 04e our tie- -ureniUaol . nertionsi to at h.tunda isat the haw aof our landa a-, pre-etmineent. Iailr- d, That a commnastce- aof three be appoiintcd teo wani upe'a teis lII nror J ud;;e :.nsand reque-,t at es pre->ionf of oapin ion. in relatioan to the purpot of the fore goi preambalic and resuoslttauns. WVhich rolution. together w itb the paraeamble .artd resluiones befure miatetioed, were hiighly apre-d of and unanimously adopted. The (;nairmiatn apipointedl G.en. Jeo. II. Means. Tbos. Lylee-.,.e;.r. anid 0. Wood war-I. Eeeg. the committee to wait upeon his Honor, the presidin;; Judge, whbo ad dressed and raece-ivede the- feehlawing letter.: Winnsbioru'. -.tUth .-pril, JB42. lon. Joht~tu Lvas~: Dieiar $ir--Hainig bea-n appiointed a cormittee by the cittzenis of Fairfielad. we would request tan expression of opinion fronm your Honor. satting the mtanner tn which you ha'e been received an treated amn us. and whether you have seeni 'any disposition manifestedl on the parn of Iour cit izens, to interfere in the slightest de gree, with the proceedingis of the Court. he injurious reports wrhicb have been circulated about this matter, we trust, will be a sufficient apology for trtoublinag your Honor, and requesting a re-ply as soon as k Wth much respect, yours. &cc. 0..'WOODiE'ARI). r. J. HI. M.ANS, T. LYL i&s, Sr. I 'innsboro', 201h April. 1S42. Gntemen--4 have received your comn milfcationi as a committee, appointed at .a meeting of thc citizens of Fairfield. The ports to which you allude, I have heard ething of, whilst holding a Court in a ring district, but no suspicion that true, ever entered my miud. that I have seen and heard, the district, has confirm ,that the rumor I ouin truth, i havo 4 bestirbut en's senist n that wafidgestmin, thia~V*huld be uppmned that the people of Fair d were capable. of interfering witktheadminw ano giart or he Sta' ~ u Caro lina have I foutind a iores' it, and well-behaved iplatio iai=estng by their conduct now, as at aftihies hereto or.e, then greaeIespcf nw sad sAMe sk* fainiser t.' Mo" repctfully, Yore. &e. JOSIAffH. EVANS. To Gen. Means, Thomas~Lyesdind 0. Woodward, Esqr. It was then moved that the ioeeedings of the meeting be published in &he Charles ton and Columbia papers. - The meeting then adjourneiL SAML. JOHNSTON, 0bairman. J.mo. J. Mrrxas, Secretary; The Boundary Questiem.4-allu'ion to th'. report respecting the Tjstment of the lounudary Question throutbrthe medt nm of Lord Ashhurtnn, and thaeoevening of the Legislature of MlainelbePortland Argus (Opp.) cont ains thefallowing: It is now pretty generallyndiirsiond in this quarter that Mr. Wyebsterib written to Gov. Fairfield. requesting.#im to call forthwith at extra sessian or'theLegisla ture. for tite purpose of appijting com mi iers to treat with LordAbburto, and the General Governmene the North Ea-,tern lloundar Questiotn,, '.t is also under,:ood that Gov. D.a' is of Massachn setas, has been written it on tip e sub ject, and fIor the att.e purpose. Jf the Le gi,lature ofthis State slould'bem-onieued for the sinae objbct of taking preliminary steps in the settlement of this perplexing question. we hope that party considera tions will not he allowed in ti remotest degree to mingle in its. deliberat'as. It is no party question. It iuvoldoo party principles. lI is purely natidI 'igs(eri gin t and mu-;t he terminatedf. the na tion, either peaceably or by resqqturrms. There is no doubt that our -aims are fo,'uded in j.t..tice, and on thaLArewunt we have less occasion tt oh reatei&~Wajrppal iu the swoil. Ev.:%y possible eisbould he exhausted to obdtain justicefore we talk of war. Keery true patri t what. e' er p:r:y he tu;sy chance k belong, should he ready to aid !-nth thepneral Govcrument a'id the Govezpztent of Mlaine, in all honorable eforts.loing this great que.tion to a bloodless is t' From the 'ortland Ade ( Tur. SETTLEL. T OF Ttr, B s Zaar. We have repeatedtly expressed. ur con viction that tbe mission of Lord Aybburton is conciliatory, and sincere to i4 profes sions of pcc:6e desigtn. se that se, his instruction on the Boundary Jiiculty must.as we supposeelbracet c. 'o eon cessions, which a ill invite and warrant a corresponding temper aud teradion our part. The people of this State, ies, will not basitare + and the Legislo duet. discreetly tenor of t1eet' require. Cue denands (orb te. part. .1 si.ted on. 5'~ rot~riier that paciE terms, s' pr tui haurra -, - Front dhe Sar~ana Georgiana.7L alt. FI'.l FLORIDA. An Engagemn.-liy the 'teamer New bern Capt. .41eNelty, the editors or the Gergian have received from a correspon dent 'the follotsing letter; al'o the latst St. .\uau~tite pdhpers fromt the editors of the ietrald tadthte News. Corrpnadre of the Saaaa Gorian. 1,O t D A, A pril N, dd4. Alv dear sir-The troops in the Gietd, cmrI tinmded by Col. WVorth in person. af ter wmtue etl' rt,, succeeded on the l'.bh iu brin;;in;; the enemyv under llalleck-tus-te nuece to action int thte llammcckv near t he .. ni- hills. .\fter a severe and well conret~ted ti::ht the enemy precipitately 11ied; their r..use was completet all tl'eir baite and food nere taken; the enemy's Ino- w as one kill--l, t wo t otunded, and onte pri~~Iner; *ttr ltt-. oneC private ki led, and three sseiundeld. It i. aaid that the indi ant~ fought wi;th the :uot dectertmited cour ate. amt! only gave grountd at the point of the 1'arotet. L:. Arnold, 2d Dragoons, char~t the enemy')s line with only four me onle of them. was killed and twoc wunuded. Colnuel worth was wvitnin twenty feet of the ioldlier killed. In haste, voJ~rs. Indian.- Extract from ia letter of t etlemtan eni Jr fiereum county, BMiddae Flo rida. dated A pril l ith: -'The udians have killed and wouded eight or tine persons during last week. or1 he East side of the Oscilla; and yet we hear or the majority or the troops beimi; n ithdra wn." Another shipment of Iudiens.-W e have seen a letter from Tampa of the J10th inst lne bundred and one Indians were at thal moment embarked, including forty-fout warriors and several impottant chiefs. foi their new homes in the 'fa' West.' Col n. orth was to leave Tampa the next day We have sinice heard he was to be at the Wahoo on) Friday of last week, which wai to be thoroughly scoured by ii detach ments of troops enterin' frm dif'eren point...-SL. Augustine Neto. Engiish horror of Slauery.-Thbe foi lowing curiousa paragrapht we copy fron the New York Son: -The first volume of the narrative o te circumnavigation of the frigate Arte mis, n-lr hecomumand of Captain La pmic, uhasr be issued from the Frence NayDepartment, with every aid and die titon. In rettard to the Briish suppree sin of the Slave trade on the Af'rical coast, Capt. Laplace relates that many a the blacks found in the captutred slave are. whea brought to Free Towit, a. onea given up to traders from tbe insterior, whb conduct them towards the south, whern tey are delivered to captains, who con trive so he taken by the British cruisers and divide with the captors, by collusion the premium or salvage, per bead, allow d by the rverment." EDGEFEL C. H. W oDNSDAr. MAr 4. 1642. j-7- We thankfully acknowledge the teeeil ofa number of public documents from the Hot John C. Calhoun. The Greenville Mountaineer sayn they at informed that Col. A. Burt. Capt. John I Black. Robert E. Belcher. Esq.. Col. Jolmn Cu ningham. Dr. S. V. Cain. Col. Joseph Dici son, Jesse Gent, Thomas C. Perrin. and Joi Smith. Esqrs., are candidates for the LegiAI ta in Abbeville Distri. The Charleston Courier of the 2th nit. say, "The Rev. Dr. Caper. has been invited , the Trustees of the Randolph Macon fColegl Va.. to accept the Presidency if that inmsttuatio ant dw chair of Eiglish Literature. We lear that the Dr. 4as declined accepting tle appit nent." Changea in the Southern MIil.-The N. i Expretss of the 15th tit. says:- We learn th; hereafter there are to be despatched twit maiL. day for the South. one closting at 74 A. M.. an tie other at the sante hour as at present. vi 31 P 31. The pre-ent mail from the Soutl will arive here about halfpast I in th, aftern'or instead of 11 or 12 -t night, as heretofor This arrangement - e understand comiticme to day." U. S. Loan.-The National Inateiligence states that an offe'r had been made to the i vernuent. at lear. and otherwise fnm orbilie term, for a cum.-iderabe? part of thie I'. S. Loan l.a:el aithmrized by anm n.e eof Conlgre-.". cotton for china.-Thei' N. Y. Iherald sayg A vcs.el in thei po"rt. is at preilt. we undee starid tn gowi authorsty. takeg in a cargo (I Gotunr. It I- ot a low priced C4tronm, laid ii a 5 anel 6 cents per pountd. Emigrants to Teaas.-A lar;:e body of emr grants. fron Alabama amid the Southern borde ofTennestee,have! taken up their oe fmarci ftlly armed and qmpiiped, towvards Memphi. Sig's of IfTr.-The last acconnte from Bet mnuda. states tiha: a rompany of -tappers and minors. had lately arrived there. to assist 11 erecting the fourntications which the Englid are putting ii thorough oiler. Among the many monthly periodicals pub liuhed at the present day. none deserve ftot the South, a more liberal patronage than th, - Magnolia" or ' Southern Monthly," publish ed in Savannah.Geo. This work has enliae< among its contrebuters. vome cf de oost literi ry and scientific.miuds of the South. and aboeul, ams, Eq.. the well know1 eie.*- --Guy Rivers. ry of South Carolina. -come an maociate di M-6111~iendt 'trtmgbout the U. tente! - t, or historian willi all, render his unmioi -aluable. Mr. P. C ....,..4ad the sole editoria '-'V" :ib - Magnehla" samee its tirset all pearnce, is *rntlemanot..erwig wo~rth. whm f'erls the elevated re -ibilit5 of his office anid desercees time thanks la. .rat publi, for his untirin'g and itndefIatigah c:.rm. i bringing this .llagazinec into exi-:emnce. It is~ now' established umponm a fimm ba-i. atn arrangemets hmave been madc to inaue tihe vor punctu'miiy. early in each tmonuth. Shmould tmeeet withm the patrotnage utch its p)roprmeto has a ri;;bt tto expect, from the readem;m comtmi nity at the South. thmat day i- note flr distan when it wmdl becomei one, of thme noblest .se mnens of hterary eecllence. It lha. been Ji tinrished .'ntce it, coemmentce't.mt. tfr th high tone of literatutre at wrhmch it am.e. andt r: some tof time mo-u't talentted literary ar rmers of th day. Amn it. leading; conitrt:uurs are Profeesor S. II. Dickion.J. E. lenrv. amnd .li' Mary E.. Is.. uf tii St-te ;lion. k. M1. (Char toi. and lion. Rilhard llenry Wilde. oi Geo Dr. W. Ii. Sinmmons. or F-lnridLa; lir. J. I Snodgru.. elf Ma.'ry bmd: rad nmany others we knont n in thme toumth, as arnmaim rats tee her ite atuire. We look 'orwtr.! to thm. forutre course of the 3!agnobae~ wet~eh tith hoe;e. . nd n et a sitzeer aned earniest eSror iet, s'tce'. It i., a uh aule pubehcitationt. tnt t th. teechemetal lan,-eua; of' newrspaper purtfe v. buzt in the best aecc'ep Iation ofthe wordJ. i- imerit. uiehlke tha: of to m'any of it cot& mtpor-r:. icse'iSt.- tnot et thm sk ill ni hich it cate'rs fur tur taste.; but i: ifoundt i:s claim to notice. upeotst hearty appurecianomt of whlatever is noble, penmanenttly weerthmys char'acter as well as in l..erature aund m art cailing man with earnest VO-c. away ft om hmusk and vanitie, to the ennobh;i~m aind beautifuill true. Subscriptions rc'eived bieour fellow-towns man C. A. Mcm:os, who is thetthtlorzed Agem of thme work for this District. Conges.-The crepOI ofrthe Charles ton Mercury. under date of thi5t alt. states -In thme House. the Apportitement bill wa taken up. thme Committee haviang agreed upoc GiO.500 as the ratio. A motion was made tha the bmal should be reported to the House. Thi was opposed by Mr. L'nderweof. who sai that the ratio adopted, acted sery unfavorahl on the slavebolding Sties. and that a prope equilibium would be resor'ed by angg feight additional members. making the lHtus consist ofti5" instead ol250). lie therefore prc Iposed 53,500. as an ameadment to tie bill. " M.Atherton po edas asubetanute 53 ber of reprecontataves ut an ofhe Sates an would give a flottse 4 hUt307 membere These~U proposiutos wee advcae by thei fauthors~and the subjectie,rally decsse b Messrs. Thiomrpson of Ky. and Cooper of Ga the former in favor of a &agh, the lte of a lo ratio. Without concltung. Mr. Cooper yickt ed to a muotion for adjoemnment." The guime correspon~nt under date of th 20th, states ''In thse [House, the menbill sa taken p in Commtt W M.A. Cooper conaclu his P -moved the bill. and' to amend the a 179. The frs: questio ment to the amendment. ayes 80, noes 72. The ed was then adopted-ayes the ve decided majonty by e ado , there is not much p wil be changed in the Housst nate concur, the ratio of representatives -or next ten years will be one for every 50.179 in habitant. which will give Maine. 10; New flampshire.5; 31aachausetts, 14: Rhode 14 L land. 2; Connecticut. 6; Vermont. 5; N. York, 4-: New Jersey, 7; Pennsylvania. 34; Dela ware. 1: 31-iryland. @; Virginia. 21. Noth Carolina. 13: South Carolina. 9: Georgia. I I; Alabama. 9: Kentuckv. 14: iislouri, 7; Ten ynes-,. 15; .lssi ppi. 5; Lonisiana.6; Ohio. 3). liadiana. 13: Illinois. 9; .lchiga?4: Ar. kansas. 1; total 3W6. This ratio will not re duc t te preet number of representatives M from anyof thie- States. 3 r. O alstead from the committee ofelections to %A hich wa' referre a resolutios submitted by Mr. t-ampbell to inquire into the expedicncy of providing by law for a uniform nmode of elect ts- reresentati%e. submitted an amendment to ite bill. direeting the Legislatures of suh a State:, as non elect by general ticket. to provile dotr an e'lectiion by districts. Mr. Colquitt Lop .d the amet'ndmoent would not be pressed. but that the 'rinciple would be incor rated in a separatv bill. e' they Could a4i1 a penalty in case a State should Sint think proper to take alty notice ot the Law. fie would lke to see that -Nuse of thu Con-aitutioin which gave Con. ; greas any power to direct ue State Lrgislatures %what they should do and what they should not do. r -- Mr. Campbell of S. C. supported the prin ciple of the amenidment at some length. The L-a lti% dep.artment of our Government -wa, compie mi It,(itaricter. the Senate repre sttng the State-. and tie Hlouse the Demo cratie ipiociple :o t4r as the members oftbe lion..e vere* ilectcd by gneral ticket they re prew'ated he States. and asimilated thIs body (it the e'at he. Th true principle of our Go f e.rnment wias that the noilortly should be re prL 4e'nted AS %% 4-1 .1% the. majoriiy. but the gene rd tic ket ay-ten detroyed that prmeiple. lie allude.. to it.. e. ct in tihe legislature of that II ouse. New Jersey electig bly geueral ticket . ives her btx vote. either for or against a men r sue, wAht:e .\ew Yolk. electing by sacts can gi% e but a majority of two votes for the I -satne ueasure. tier de.gpation betu 19 Demo- I crait to 21 Whig. If thjs iysteti was perSe vered in ie r.tred tie lage Sttate, seeing the - r-at prepointeranice it n% otld gite. will tollon the examinple. andl New York. l'eni-ylania. 0-hw and Virginma, elect, g in thus way. would ha' e at in their povwer t.. legislate for the whole Lioin. A ua-jrity of one %oLe in the State of New York might send adeiegation to C-ngreuaa. ejual to one asai the repreaetation .1fthe whole Union. .1r. t. adduced other arguments in rizvor of the amendiwint. which be earnestly hoped n unLd prail. - r. Gamble opposed the amendment at some length. and at the conclu.ion of his re maiks. n% ithout taking any question the Muse adjouried." Temperanee.-We are happy to find that the ucaue of remperanire is spreading in our land.-and we hope ere another year rolla I around, it will take *o deep a root in our o-. district, that it will an ncommon sight to be bold a fellow being intoricatd. or to even bear of one making use of- the. poisonous destroyer - of life, liberty. and happnuaes. - We extrit from tih'e Carestioti'or iTe t fullowing account ofthe effects produced by the :labors of Mi., Richard P. 'Taylor, of' laiumore - Md., n Aiken, S. C. -In tour dii s. the tinme ocenpi'ed by Mir. Tay - lr in lectus ing, one huidr ed si;;ned the 'u a-h ber 74 n.'ere mat'es and 2Gi l'emal:-of the lor me-r numiber it is e'.umtated,. that press oins to the visit oat .\r Taylor. only II cou!d be coansi d.-red as ,'tnct abstinence mie-35 mod.-rate and "2i ntetuperat.e dlrmker.--tnd It) who were h.dact.d to continued ant excazie dtrunken " '~It ifi'y not bi - uit'rstng to state.i the tifarirer fact', tat ,it the torie nie write, there re. main, wathani thesticorpeirate limit- af ihe ton. fn. unly 20J iaei ult. wh-e has.e inot uanited them. selves Witfi this .siotaitain this nttber -. thzre-fourtirtii ay be con~ stdered te mpierane . Ine m i the old acce.tatmon ofterm i. i. i. iiiiader. at druke: lear mg ii the tow n of Aiken, on e -.m noftemiperate hlibit.. l're . 0::= 0 the r iit of .lr Tfaylo~r therec were esainig iti ilt e palacet four ,'-rabathum.-nt. for iihe ret-ail ofarde'nt .ptra--vwrs ot it iii.-br have .-ree beni ci d. thiri keeper s ingaa 'gied the pled::e. arit it is no impra' .ibi' conchi~ai tom arrie :at. that ere lng the reintnn two ih wul '1 cease to exist. a:- theiy nv ll scarncely tind sudicient en-. coiur-:g'mntf .n the patrna::ae ollf thi'.e aulud eto tato a the tul tiem ung miiemiperate' me :teplace, to just'y a coantinuan~ce oftdus '-Ai'kcn hazs heretofure been conside'red, 'and perhaps jaustly. a, initemperate a place ini pro port on to :, poipo!.iti'n a. any. in the State, and a.-.s ai, the gre-t pirevalence if ihis vice, wi-h a th te a~other ot- every .'pecie~s oferitne it.al dtimeanoir. ,'he has forinevertlycars past furnisn..d at lh::tt one hailf oft the buisincess for ate Couirt at' s'nions fir 13.atiwe'll District. Trhe .3lobile correspondent of' the llamburg Jotirnaa. gives the annexed account of the sne. cee of'the Tempertace cause in that city, an hiii letter of the''21tst uit. -Anmoint the pasing eventsa of importance. I mutst notice the rapid pIrogre-s of the~ temper. anice caause in thi:. place. ii hich has. for the last thareet or four mnitha. been spreading its benefi-: ~cial effects. Three thoumsand have 'aken the pledlge-ansionasst them some of the most distin "imalhed citizenrs ut the. place- an-J stall mlovmitg Sahead. :l.ough niot so ra.idly as at first." [coiisas rt.] M r. Eduor-As there appeas to be a back 'warslnee among the candidates for the Legusta-. ture. tee bring themselves out for the ensuing canassaL; tnethainlus it would not be anaine for Stheir friends to propose them in the Advertiser. II was pleasd to see that ithad the desir'edleffecit in brmugin:t on: Dr Nicholson. I therefore, in furtherance of the above sug;:estion. propose' (al. Jonw Usur. as one well qualified to re jpresent ussDe i~s a gentleman oh respectable .who has had some experience in legiel a having seaved one tenm with honor t Iand to the stisfar.tion of his co rj hope therefore, that he will he announced, as I have w tion The Cashi a has receiv encd * thema e' io week breadth and lions, yet such ai w table to our readers,' ti larger Press, and other materin North. All our tour presses werid' ed, including the lge machine.PD Pre-: and noue, of the size formerly use for the paper, was to be procured, citWer it this p-lace or Charleston. The smaller nue now u-sed, and only one ofany kind to be obtained, was fortunately hunnd, wuh various other articles of immediate necessi ty, in in-c ,sssion of Dr. Landrum, about fuur miles frow this place, (forming the principal remains of the former office ufi'lie Coumbia Hire,) and the purchase Df it, and other itip)rtatit articles, has en bled ustoteniste publication much ear lier than we:especited. H appilyi enongh A our type was saved, through the greas exertious of many friends, (to whomt we tai never be too grateful,) to cnablts to-a resume %t% huut much diflicultv, a(tr Me itoring it lrom tne chaos in which it wasr inv:,led; an. in this, and some other re ipecs. our loss has not been so great as itas at first suppod-the gentlema. who had charge of our business, having aeen occupied, first on the roof of the Juilding., to vain attempts to protect them 'rom the fire. and afterwards in endeavor.. ng to preserve his ov% n private property; so hati hc had no time to attend to the Print ug Office. Counting Roomat, and Library, tud was under the impres-iou, as stated in asit paper, (publi t.ed w hile all was confe ion, and before anytitag certain could be miown,) that nearh the entire contents of hem werg destroyed. Our kind friends, uwever, to whom we tesder our most ;rateful ackn->w ledgments.,were most-per everang and determined, as well asjudi :ious and untiriug, in their exertions, from irst to last, and carried out everything that :ould possibly be removed in so short a sae, oincluding most of the type. libra .y, account books, and most important apers. The heavy articles, such as resses, office furniture. imposing stones, tands, library-book cases, and a :argo lock A* printing paper, &c. &c., in a oft over the otlice, were uuavoidably de trayed ; and many things removed, were terwards lost ot destroyed. The Presses nd buildings alone were partially insured lie whole insurance covering something es than hailt of the loss. Great as our loss is, those indebted to is bave at in their power to make it very ightly felt, by making immediate pay nieut. Small as their does mostly are, odividualfy, and consequently the more asy to discharge. they amount to a largo mportant !usioess facilities we have lost; Aud t'e en:atly trust that noue will neg ect paymWent ustter the supposition that hc ,uma nie owes, Ot now5 convenient toham 0 pay . is teo small to be or utmn to us; ince nt is only out of many str& small tums that we are able to meet uur own lieu large pay ienti; and cotnsequent , any sum, however small, in whole npart ci any debt owing to us, will be very acepytable. As a mere matter nf properay, n:-~ regret the loss as little as can be coened,~l always bearing in miid, that whater we possess is a mere trud caly, tcenlporary at best, involving dep) responsio.ilIties, and liable to be with drawn, at every comiog mnoment. by liim is ho conferred it; ad conseious that oar personal wanis are iery few, and easily supplied by our persoual labor, so long as lie is graciously pleased to grant us healtn, and meanas of emiploynaent. VWe feel it then. only is it uay buit our means of usefulnes', iu an ,icupaniton never agree able to u,, once abanado-ned after many ef lurts, w' ith the dIetermsiuatini uever to en gags inl it faao aund resumed only at the urgent wi aia "a oftursds, is ho we fear have .lways over-rated nur capacity, and too ki:dly --taken the iirallor the deed."~ In the humible requieies ol induatry, a con scienatous seuse of duty, anad desire to ful fi it faitiafualy, mn w:a a tever ;ocation it may please God to call us. we trust we are not altogether wasntaug; but, even if combioed wii tar higier ones, they conid effect lit le or nothing of any permaunent valse, ithout pecuniary mneanas to .ender them svailable. Vt ith our large circnlauion which, however desirable, is an onerous. 1,pense, unless subscribers are prompt in rnakiog paymneni-it is highly important n the quack depoite of oaur papers in the ~laila, t ai we should have another 3ha hitne Poser Press; and such a one as we~ 2eedl. and purpose to obtain it circumstan :s permit, w tll cost nearly twice as much 1s an entire ordinary otlice. Added to a bich, we uced other presses, type, &5c., kac., which altogether will be matters of criouis expenuse. We senasitively shrink rom debt-feeling little better than the laie of any one we onae:-fromi debt to be Bataks, especiaill%. under the opinions we entertain and~ exjpres' respecting them; toil have repeatedly made great sacrifices, -ather than aucur it-an a recent instance, 'A he obhject of our late visit to Au esta, if tbut little less extent than o0e1 ire. 'The effects of ddet -its severe trials of -its p ik