hai copy .ofsaid Act is as follows, ,it further enarted, That this '-Ral cotmmence and be in force.- from iafter the first day of May, one thou sand eight hundred and forty two; but that ihe Governor of this State may, by proe lamation. suspend the operstion of the same, until the end or the soceeeding se,4 %ion of the Legislature of this State. % hen ever be shall be officially iufbrmed sh::t the Exocutive of New Yprk, Ahall have bona Jde consented to comply with the demand of the Executive of Virginma. fur. the "ur Aeder of Peter Johnston. Edward Smtth, od Isaac Gansey. as fusitiv , 3"* tice, ad-hrsstisfi,- that the- of New / York, of the stithuf May. eighteen hun .ed 1 fority, entitled --Au Art to extend th g. of trial by jury." has been repeal ed b at Stifte. Caution.-The New Orleans Crescent City noticestbat the New York "Christian Minate andJournal," has lately taken a i{siigAbolitoftne. We have examined intothe charge. ad find it t9ue to.the full est etent. We are glad tiid that a car respndent of the SoutherftChristian Ad. vacate has called attention to this fact. That papSha, an immenascirculatinn at the South, and is in a poiden therefore t exert the worst influence. -Great numbers of them are taken in Charleston and in other parts of the State. We trust that the Methodist Society here will look to it and make their influence to be ,if their brethresof tha&rth are bent u turn ing the oranatf the Church itatothe ve hieles of -Abolition, and weapons of a most unholy war spon us.-Char. Mercury .Anoher Forgcry.-Somet da since, a letter addresedto Gorge T. .atthews, post markesatCharleston, S. C., was re ceived at thePot Olfipe in thik place: and another, at the same itma from Charles ton, signed-George T. M MUWs, request ing the Post Master to fo a letter, if any in the offiee, to the directioif said Matthews, o Cb#'leston. Those two let ters, comia togetiWgin one mail. and from the same o ee. raised a suspicion in the mind of the Post Waster here. and he con cluded to wait finrher advices. A few days suficed, to unveil the mystery-the contents of the letter, five hundred dollar. were the proceeds of a forged or aliered cheek on the Bank of Hamburg, S. C. The forger -having sent the clieck from Atlgas, Gn., to Messrs. Wm. Desaring & arifleston,-aL so.. and send the money to Hambnrg. t George T. Slat thews. Thus by a mere fortunate :ireummu ance. Messes. 15earings will lose noihing; H a~m burg not made a eats-paw of, and . Matthews' espectations be lowered, until the time arrives for an eleiatin a few fel. -Hamburg Journal. More Pinancierinsg.-We clip from the Charleston Courier of yesterday. the fol lowing sketch of a piece of financierintg, the capital for whiich was furnished i h, city, but who all :he partners of the firm are, is yet to be developed. The facts, am far as we have been able to collect them. ,teas follows: Mr. E. C. Scranton ol ' l-eity, bonght at the Merchants' Bank. a e'!ee- the C'iiy Bank of New York. ini favor of t- Hatner, a ,merchant of Boa ton, which Mrs~erant,,n enclosed in a let ter to Thtomas Buisp, of A thena, Ga., and deposited the loiter iii the P.o Ome in shiseity. The letter. howe.,,diid tnot reach Mr. Bishop, having heen abst.,eted from the Post Office in this city. A thet.n or the mail, and the check was first hearmi ., in Charleston, when it was sold by Mr. A Dearing, of the house of Messrs. WV. hlear ing & Sons, who received it in a very fa miliar leiter, purporting to be frm WVi. B. Wells, of Athens. directed to him indtiviu. 'ally, and requesting him to negoiiate the check and forward the amount $500. (re serving the premium) tu a Mr. George T. Matthews, at Hamburg. Mr, Dearingimomediately obeyed his in straetions, enclosing the money to 11am burg,sand advised Wells ofthe fact. Wells. upan the receipt of the letter, immediately came to this city to eueertain something about the matter, and on calling on the Postmaster at Hamburg, found the letter and inclosta, and also a loiter from .Mr. Geo. T. . I~s written from Chterles ton, requeigi eg-the Postmaster ulin ard the letter to hin at Charleston. ,.But as the letter containing the money . od that from Mathews arrived at HIambura by the same mail, the Postmaster concluded there must be something wrong, and detain'd them until '. Wells called. Mr. Wells then repaired immediately to Charleston, and the sequql is told in the following para Graph.-f Amwuau Chroa S.- Sent inel. Mese Fashionale~ Finnneiering.-A few Sda ce. a gentleman of this city re draAt for,*50 on the City Bank udrawn by the Mechanics' Wwith instructions to re - tuarg, S. C., di A letter burg, oe on tiested by a by the name of for the letter and di orris) at Now York. lie Morris left here for that 2Sutton, which vessel sail We mention this name the ,r putting the police of New 0o their guard, or that Mr. Morris may clear himselforsuspicion. if the state ment or the young man is incorrect. From letters received, ittappears that the draft is enuine, but that there is for gery connected with the iffair. as it was made payable it Boston. and the nate of the pe r'in to whom it was made payable is endno d The young man was cocm mitted tojal for further exammtcation. [Charleston Courier. From the Charlestoa Courier. Afore of the Financiering Scheme. Suce our arti'-le of Wednesda.y, some cir cumstances have transpired to tirow more light oan the subject of the dlraft tor 5500. which was directed to Geo. T. Maithews. The article which follows, front th. Au g Chronicle of Friday. gives some tf the'etails, and we take great pleasure in stating that we have still more conclusive evidence that Mr. Marris. charged hy Read as being tihe person who told him to call for thu letcur. is entirely innocent. It pears that Morris wa., itturmned by Mr. 'ells of the plati laid to detect the ollen der, aid no one would think for a tmen that M r. lorris could afterward, have lefo Read charged with Vuch at coilmmt.ot. We hope Mr. Meorris will at mnce place ti e authoritics here in possession of evadetce of the fality of the satotll, as it will he a connecting link in the chan of .iretmit stances leadiug to convict the real oflendur. -The Post Of.ic 7rJI.- itce ourar ticle of yesterday wa ; pctetled in relation to the drali for which young Rtend ha bcen imprisnmed in Charleston. w c hr.vc obtaitn some additional facts which lease litie ioubt as to who is the gtmilty pary. T'he traft procurred bey Mr. Scranton was pur chased and mniled on Satturday the secoud of A pril to Thos. BishoP of Athens. but as there is no Sunday mail to Athens the let r could not have started befire Sunday evening. On the same day. Saurdiay. a letter cuntaitmig about sixty dollars Cei - tral Batek bills was droplped t the Othce for a firm in this city n hich was never re ceived by them. ILead, who it was known was destitute of mtonley, sold on ime neat day (Sunday) about thLat atnotini of Can tral money at the otlize of John G. Win ter. and ott Monday morning the 4th inst. took his departure for Charleston. On the 5th inst. the stolen check was remitted to the Cashier of the City lank of New York, in a letter purportitn to ho written by Z. Hatch, [Hosoman] with a request tat the Foceeds be forwarded by tnail, but as t ae Casier knew nothin; of Mr. Z. Hatch. [LHiosmati or his sigtature; he do eiied paying it and enclosed it to Z.Hatch, [Ilosmau'j at Charleston. Then it was thu' expedient % ad'adopted.of enclosing it in A*tter purporting to be from W. B. Welfef Athens, to Mr. A. Dearing of Charleton as related by us yesterday. The letter cntil not therefore have- ever gnec to A the.ns, hut mtust have becen ab staeced fromt the l'..t Ottlice in this city. for if ahe letter hId~n reachaed Athtensott the moning thie 4th inst.. the draft coould not aeave been m,:.ited on thedaehy following in Cha:reston for New- reork. "-Read-a staitem.-ut in (harle-'totn, that he had noen: req.wsted by L. S Mocrri-, to call at the poest iiflire a:1dl ;:ct any letter or letters hior t. t.. atthen-. atnd forward them tol himt is nof deetht fals.-. .loerris hat residedl in this city for severali years. ucid those who-ktnow him hei ::ive hitm na tiod reputationl ol ho~ne-sty. H e was 'it his e ay io New York. andl it itaidl tby hi., friemtil here. wi as detionae-d in (arleslon. aewait in the derpamrture of at ve-.e'l. bay wih cen veyacee h,: wsas comtp'- -.l to g.e for ithe sat of me-nes toe com ry haitm by land. lrus the most comC hi515e proof thatt Re'.tI stttemntt is unatrue. i-, thatt the let ter tier warded to G'en. Tl. .\atthtews fromet ilam burg, reached Chtarlesteot on Stunday after tnOO. and~ Mo. rri-s did tnot t:ake lhis detlr tttr itt the Suttton unctil .\lomay ntfwrnton. t is therefoere tmoat probabsle. that ilerris wo.id have eaqtuiredl for thte letter oan .Mona lay hlamself. r..peciallly na hene he conhta notae incrust it 'si better hante thsant Rtead'.. whose habits he knew fil well."' Death of Grn. J1. Ii. F. nwi-k.-T he followitg letter fremt the lla. Lewai, Caet, our Mlinister in Franect .auddres..ed tol thle cretry of War, comm'runeicates the peain - Vol intelligence oaf the death eef this barave and gallanat soldier at Manrsiller.-.Modri sena. "EG~~ *1'TION OhF THlE U. S.~ Pants. 2tith March,. 1512. "Sir: it is with regret Iitnneunee to you that I have just received a letter froma tte Consul of the Uniteud Stattes at Mtar seilles, whon informns me that Gen. Fenwick died at that place one the l9eh inst. "The Genteral left here a short timle tee in tolerable htenlhh, desironas of seek ig a milder clienate. I untderstand le took cold on the jourtney. and after his ar rival at Marseilles wits airuck with apo hesy, whicha left him serne damys in a tin gerig condition, but whiach eventually w as fat al to hitm. lie ret ainmed his facul ties to the last, although he lost his power of"e.Ij am, sir, very respaet fully. "Your obedlienat servant. "L EIS CASS." lion. J. C. Spencer, 5ec. of War, Wasb ington. Tfe Death of Bishopi Conwvell.-We hat the R ght Rev. Bishopa C onwel this life on Thuirsday evenaing vadced age. This reniernable ICatholic Chturch htad beetn -for many years parirr wa esteemed acid be -the advantage of - co.-PailnAd jreuiour-to his sailiog, at a Airt of Oyer nod Ternilner, at Nassau. le- nineteen mutineers nad murderers of he Creole were brought up and all dis -harged by proclamation, with liberty to go where they pleased. Fight with a Slaer.-The Philadel 3hia correepondent of the Baltimore Pairi >t gives the following extract from a pri rate letter, dated Rio D. JAr'.ao. Feb. 13,1842. "A few days since, a large ship (a sla er) sailed from this port under American :olors, for the African coast. An English 'rigate which was laying in port. knew her lestination, and daermined tocapture her. l'hey met a few mnilei, outside the harbor: he fri;ate sent her boat tin board the Amer call ship; the aticer in command was told :0 keep ofr or they would fire into him; the wi kept (on. when the officer let loose a Pinl upon him. 'hte commander of the loin Bull friente 'len hailed that he would ireinto hii if he did not heave to. Pfrland lie d-d." was the reply, ac ompnnied by a brmadside from the well rained guis of the Yankee, which carried iway the fore and main yards of the fri late. The fellowcrowded all sail and was jut ofifhe range of the frigate's guns before le well knew what was the matter with tim. I s;aw the frigate afterwards; the tnain was dlown and they were in the act if sending don n the fore. n hich I could ee hadl been much diamage. ihe Eng. ishman declares it will have the ship if ioe loses li in the undertaking-" SAVA" ,Ai, April 26. The Ryail 31.il Steamier Mcd nAlty pias 4tedar l-tr ye-terd.ay miorning. anrid camie Ip I -Four Mile Poinat," where she an 7horedl. . 'lhe itteligeince by ths siacmi'p is rmrpartvely animorLtant. and iin fact we Io not a,eeriamt thata Ile tas anyaaV Itemrls ,if ews, exce'pt ' far as ter owna move iets are concerned. \e lenrn frum a passengcr oat board, Mr. Sm t il. whot -ft Veria Crou: on the ith in'it. thaIt the United States frigate M.acedhonlian and !op of war Warren, bal arrivel at Vera Cruz. Our informanut mtc atiJalapa Mr. McLeol. who went out panent::r linte of the above veseels. 31r. McLeod was ont hiS wav It castle Perote, here- hi brohicer and fifty-one others be Ingn to the S.atat Fe expe.tition were ontianed. On huned othe anfortuatae aptives were conliued int the Mexican ;('til, a il seane seventV of I hem in the ciy of PutelbLt. \V hen the Texians first arrived in Me ico, their condition was imlost distressing. n1a1d they were alimtost in a state of nudity. They n'ere tat fir-t c..mnpelled to labor five days in irons, since which their stfl'erings have beet lessened. the most serious in Crotvenlieice being that of leeping i:. nar rowa.inucotmfortablecelleut ttight. Con. siheralile sains had been sub