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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.
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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