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nd in n manner mc es to my feelings than MA& for the oca I obj@ct, it ws not only no a s'leetion lihbnld be made, it should be made from the later Se stlier af my speeches and -iscUnn on y tialubjects. To allthave saisi or, written in the of thirty-two years. in which I teen withbout Intetnision in public 10i ll makethe work too bulky and expise~e to be accessible to the gret bo of the Community; and to publish thee eoas.early date instead of those of alate would 60t ,ive the inlormation in tended.' I sceordingly lited on the termi euda of Mr. -Monroes Administration. wben I became Vice President, as the - 'eid from whih to wake the selection. Tha y e fairi rded as the point of sbarolbiacalbistory whieb marks the eosdbo En old and the commencement -of a.newnir of things. in the midst of *hl!A9 Ietill are. From that tothpre Met lme is.a period of eighteen years, be .ag more than half of that in which I have ieen in the service of the Union. During the wholWI took a plominent and resen sible part'om all important questions. Such was my leading stdtivi for selecting the peiod I did frm wbilto make the con pilation. There *ere 6lbers ot a subordinate ddalaeltr which had their influence. It was the porti of my public life in regard to which idformation (as I believed) was Utdt desired. I inter so, among other reason, from the fact that the a pplications I have received for copies of my speeches were almost exclusively confined to it. etherse was another'till stronger. It is a peuipd in which my speeches and other pulications contain my mature and set on the pianciples and policy of the dGovernent; adopted after long experiene and much reflection, which haismodiled, or changed, if you prefer, in ariculars, my earlier and less =4 Mpressions. Aloithe gommencement of the period -ymind afettled down in the views of the prineiples and policy of the Government I now entertain, and to which I have ever since adhered, regardless of personal con seguences and uninfluenced by party con sideirtione, thes giving she strongest proof pWuhle of my deep conviction bot b of their ,Vital importance. By theln 1 orf.M'*.d , and by-them to stand Guided by these motives, I compiled the volume in the Ant instance exclusively - from that period; but eaferwards 3ieldetl tohe persuasion of friends, against my judmeft, to include the speech already sarmed to,1elivered in 1811. They urged it upon the ground thAt, as it was my first . effort in Conms and on a subject of last i Interest. it was desirable it should (be inserted, albough, a departure from the principle on whieh the volume was cow Bit even within thisperiod a selection becate necessary to eet the object in -view. To all my productsoos on potical during the period, would make the volume still too bulky and ex pensive to be acceptable to the general man of readers. Here, again, the lead ing reason which governed me in selecting the period, governed also in making the selection foribe compilation. it is ac cordiingly full on the subject of banks, sub treaury, cdrreney, tariff, distribution, State rghip, and the principles and policy which sbdiuld control in the administration of the Government. Those which dis eassed subjects of a more isolated charac ter were for the most part omitted. But, aftor the compilation was first made with In these restrictions, the work was thought t6 be-stiai too bulky, and many were struck lromit which it would- have been desira tlst8 reiain . Such arm the rects in reference to the - compition. They show conclusively that thecharge of suppression against it, Is me eie issfeunded as that of fraudu Ient~impaios egainat the title. The very che s absurd. Hlow coqjd the speeches be d es~yd or concealed ? They are to la b~~ieonly in the files of the Intel Iig ~brtin those of many other jour asi aablicaibus of the day, where they .etaa safe and as open to inspec tion asf alced amoeg the public records. To attempt to keep them from the public eeold only cause them to be more S reiily-eought after. The very speeches yaubhave-published, as if they i.re new uaed uknown to the public, are the very onaeswieb have been re-published divers times, and have again and agaim been re ~esiedly referreds.o in Congress, in politi eal haraunes, and bynewspapers ; and thatfr he~very pjoofor which you now republish mhomarThey are the very last which am eaot who was b'se enough to reuertt.-ftefad, 'uould think of con ealiog. Dat why sieak of shern as being epp eewhesidt are referred to in ii.bioraphialsketch to which you al Iudy ~hlb,ill would seem from~ its lut*sate to be included in the worak1it AgIn; ', -spesk of them as suppressed, -when althe speebes which I made during the war to oes and ani mate theeeatry to'the defence of Its rights ad homor, and ts sustain the burden and privation of tshe -war with fortitude, and which are. now unaronosly applan dad.- are in the same predicamaent excep buo4,ey, oosuppressed, or'do centebsid in the vaeumen those which codsahs iopinleasUdihefrom those I mew eaermln Wiath thereapest thema ehut lebaukd repua hea "Do they lefty smntlments nd devoted atm s o, the eau tt&and evine ?,sa~inu 'nessi s thej met V bjL Republhican perty at the ad athbey not now eulogised aa4ether poieal o ,ento 4e - because they contain aft.e ileseeacney -donot bIe ashamed " seeksee v'edito ii. pree, angsave ee an Iaake tet segediat o the titges, andgrew outr ardeut feel- I = ng of patriotism. The danger which hen threatened the cointry was from a nread. The overthrow of Napoleon was rollowed by a combination of the great overeigns of Europe, called the Holy Al liance. Its object was hostile to popular ga Governments, and it threatened to turnits " powers against this continent in order to a I suppress the free States which had p rung " out of the old Spanish pcsseasions. There was then no knowing at what moment we Sa might be involved in a contest far moe wI terrifc than that which had just termina- g ted. It was in this state of things that 61 Congress was called on to settle the' eae tb establishment, on the termination of the do late war with England. My attention f was intently turned to what I believed to " be the point of danger; and 1 was anxvtis G to put the country in a condition to met hi whatever might come. The opinions I Of expressed in reference to manufgcrrrres, L1 internal improvements, and 'a pe'mantent system of revenne,ke pt constantly in view my leading object-preparktion for de fence-as much so a$ what I then said in S1 reference to the army. the military aca- at demny, and the navy,as the speeches them- le selves show. of The danger from without fortunately po passed away, and that from within began to disclose itself. I was not slow to see the th strong tendency the Government was tak- pC ing towards consolidation, and bat many mi of the means which I had regarded as ne- al cessary to defend against external danger, pi contributed not a little to increase the dan- in ger within. That led to a reinvestigation. w and that to the modification or change of c; opinion which took place. yo So far from casting away or desiring to tit conceal or keep out of view my early rb speeches, I have long intended to collect, u and publish them. I see you promise to publish freely from them. You cannot do do me a greater favor, and I hope you will of not balt till you have republished all. I hi was so careless as to neglect to preserve cl copiesofmy speeches or other publications h prior to my election as Vice President. oi Since then I have been more careful. Your republication will give me copies in st a much more cnvenient form than that of a manuscripts, and save me much time and trouble in collecting and some little ex- e1 pease for copying. I shall preserve care- ti fully the two contained in the aotelligeneer S sent by my friend, and I shall take care li to get such others as jou may publish. c Let mE. in coneluston, say. I wish you go to understand that I make no complaint. it So far from it, I feel rather obliged to you cc than otherwise. Be your motives what C they may. you baye afforded me an op. purtunity of giving an explanation made Y necessary by the awkward manner in li, which the volume has been introduced to al the public. and which I have been com- C pelled to stale much that ought to jhave g< appeared-in a preface to the volume. w With respect, I am, &c. . J. C. CALHOUN. te ci From the ChaTstaon Mercry. Ia The following is from a very intelligent F merchant. who promised us, when going North on his travels, a month or two since, q to inquire and write to us the state of pub- rit lie opinion in New England, in reference is to the Presidential Election. Ile is a w Whig. but like all intelligent Southern G Whigs, goes for Mr. Calhoun afler Mr. th Clay. We have abundant reason to be- g( lieve that the representation he makes of a the state of popular sentiment in New of England is entirely correct. No sort of political jockeyism can mako Mr. Van ul Buren the choice of the Democracy of og New England. Let thre managers shuille a and cut as they please, the votes, after all' a are the people's, and will be giveun to surtw themselves-.c STIarrroan, (Conn.) A ug.8, 143. ce Ag|Dear Sir-On our way down from gi Columbia to Charleston. I told you I n would drop you a line in regard to the si feeling of the Yankees towards your great of man John Caldwell Calhoun. I am truly be glad to have it in my power to sny, with- 8 our any de atbt, (al:bough my firer choice ts R~ Harry of the WVest) that Mr. Calhoun will in get the vote of Connecticut, and the ma- ui jority of the New England States. 1 hasve ta conversed with some of the leading men as in this State, particularly of the Bar, and fr thb say, with a few exceptions, they are sa all ml Calhoun. Our of the members elet a to Cotagress-all but one are Calhoun in men-no mitake. T. who holds an office 's .n this Stare, (Conni.) under the Adminis- 6: traion. ts quite a politician and a sincere fat friend of Mr. Tyler, but after him noes the whole figure for Calboup. and by the by e used to live in New berry, (S. C.) at as which place he became acquainted with ped on, in the eu~.t Mr. Tyler does not- r get the unminat~ (arnd we all know he canno,) T. and all bis connexions, which are numerous and as respectable as any other family in the State, will all go for Mr. Calhoun, and use their united ifl eue in pjmoeing his interests. For some T fw wq ~,I have been prowling about the country ad talking with the small -farm e, who govern the polls, and I do assure you that 7 out of 10 are for Mr. Calhoun, and say'they would far prefer Mr. C. to Mr. Van Buren. I ses) of Whiga and - Democrazs, promiscuorrl. The Whigs th say f there is no chancefo Clay, they go In for Calhoun. I repeat it, that Mr. Cal- ne houn is gaining grond daily, there can-be cc no mistake, and Ii rualy believe be can be ge leted on his own 4ok, withoutr being C: nominated by any Convention. pa A Singul~ar Circuara.-The New York erald says: "WeiJaave in oar hand a cir enjar of the English Government, signed t by lord A berdeen. and addressed to allias :ommerial and ether agents in this cotin- b try, requiring the most minte inforna tio in relation to sieves and slavery in .1t lan details-the physical .force of the egroes-their relations to their masters- eh their generail treatmenr, general character pit sant propensities. &E. with very full state- aui nents as to sour-ces of information, means Ch >f~judgig,'&c. The end and objeer of all ues hs espionage has noe trauspired; but it is Ph tregant with meaning. if we ennasider the set nasy ans in dispte between the two ori oitetres.. The ekcurdars appear to have api lnissued immediatey ohthe promulga- nss imro h hetiteUissdStares Se- his ...:.... a.,...,, eg.. s,..... o.... to EuISCELLANE o1;!! a Froms the St. Lesis kEming Gazette. gen. Gaines and the Santa Fe'Traders. I rhrough the politeness of that inde'ati ble and veteran officer, Gen. Gaines. are enabled to present our readers with ranscript of the energetic despatch for irded to him by-Brigadier General Tay , commanding at Fort Smith, Arkan , relative to the line of conduct which 11 hereafter govern the military with re rd to the escort and protection of the iota Fe traders.-The spirit in which i document is writtoin will, we have no ubt, bave due influer.ce upon the ruf as who are now prowling in the vicinity our southwestern frontier. General mines deserves an4 should receive, for Spromptitude in this matter, the thanks his fellow-citizens. TTR OF o0E. GAINES TO OEN. TAT LOR. Head-Quarters, St. Louis, Mlisseuri, July 27th, 1843. Sir: An escort for the protection of 1 nta Fe Traders has been asked for, and I ithorised by the Department of War, to ave Independence. Missouri, on the 6th 'August neft, or as soon thereafter as acticable. While making arrangements to furnish e desired escort, I havo received the re rt of Capt. 1st. G. Cooke, of the regi ent of dragoons, by which I had that, though he had met with and very pro rly disarmed one hundred men profess g to be Texians, whose avo-ved object as to attack and capture the Mexican ravans found upon the Santa Fe road, t some other men of the same descrip. n are supposed to be still boverion about is trading road ready to pounce upon the soffending caravans. This must not be. It is our bounden ty to put down all predatory movements this sort of land privateering,- such as we too long contributed to mark the tarac:er of men cnllihg themselves mem :rs of American Republic's towards each her. We must destroy, arrest, or disarm all ich lawless combtnations wherever found ithin or near our unmarked boundary. In the case under consideration, it is very rident that no such movements or cap ires can take place any where upon the anta Fe road. without jeoparding the ves and property of many of our good izens engaged in this valuable and owing trade. Under this view of the ihject 1 could not hesitate to approve the duct of that excellent officer, Captain ook. The question whether the pretended eians were found within our territorial mits or not, was a question which, in thp >sence of a marked boundary, Caplain ooke had a right to decide, so far as the ernment of his conduct was concerned, bile in the discharge of the duty assign I to hint. li% duty was to afford pro etion to the persons nod property of the tizens of the United States and Mexico, fully engaged in trade upon the Santa e road. The sacred character of thie duty re aires perfect impartiality on the part of e United States, commander to waim it confided. and naturally constitutes him, hile acting under the authority of his overnment. a fit and proper judgo for le time being to decide how far he can ), and wherebe should hal, consistently ith the well known principles of the law 'nations. I have long acted upon the principle sat for the purposes of protection of un 'endmg citizeis against savages, as well Sagainst prcdaiory bands of civilized en disposed to violate the known laws of ar, or to viulate the long cherished t rin piea of that frcc trade and social inter trse which have done so much for the rest cause of civilization and free govern ent throughout thec civilized wvord, we ould not hesitate to con tider every foot land and water near our utnnarked sundary, and especially that upon thie anta Fe road, fromn the Missouri to the io del Norte as netutral ground,and w ith the reach of our authority, or at least til the houndlary line as umarked and es blished according to existing trcaties. I -ted upon this pritnciple upon the Sabine ntier in the year 1836, much to the dis tsfaction of certain abolitiunists, with hoib thesgJand privateer. may now unite absing me. Bunt I am never so well tisfed with my own condatttas when I ad myself abused by political intriguers tl land privateers or pirates. The escort recently authorized by lie eparinment of Wa'r will be ordiererd to semble as soon after the 6th of August, x month, as practicable, at or ntear lin pedence. It is possible that the escort y niot be ready to leave 1:sdepezs~asce stil the 15th of August. I am, very respeettfully Your obedient servaent. EDMUND P. GAINI-:S, Maj. Gen. U. S. A rmy comanzding. o Brig. Gen. Z. Taylor, Corn. the 2d Decpt. Fort Smith, Ar kansas., Mancholy Death of Four Mdihionaried. We kcarn by the Boston papers that ere were drowned on the 1st lFebmuary ,t. at the Falls of the Wallaintitte river. r the Methodist mission, in the Oregon untry, Mr. Cornelius Rogers. Mrs. Rt o.: re, her sister Aurefla Leslie. ,juire 'ocker, and two Clatsop Indians. Wh ile I isig the rapids asbove. the boat was 4 idently carried over the falls. Mr. Ro- I rs went to Oregon from Cincinnati,i do, in the Spring of 1S33, in cojnpatty th misionaries of the A. B. C..F. M., 1 aid them in their Christian labors amonec I i ndtans there. lHe was a volunteer saig his own expenmes. It A conterted Sensistoe.--Ilauti-colue Be. a converted Seminole Indian, iii0 raching at Readintt. Penn., to large jieces, in the German Reformed ureb. The Gazette states that he is a shew of Osceola, the late celebrated arida warrior, whoin he -Is said to re able very strikingly ; is about 19 years ige; tall, stout, and aktogether of a hue I; warasce. He speake English well, e simple languagL., and Es graceful in 1 ;esures. it is his intention to-return J i,..tribe a a misnionarv of the gospel, ni Results of 4he Flood.-The fullowing \ rticle which we take from the Delaware nunty Republican of Fridav last.exhibits sime of the distress occasioned by the dis stros flood of Saturday week. Thero re many other, in nlike situation, and ieir calls ror relief. should coma home to ie hearts of the wealthy among our citi ens, and be answered liberally. What is 2 be done. should he done quickly,4<or resend aid will be more valued titan aid xtended a week or two heuce.-U. S. jarrfle. Much distress prevail in our country, by eason of the flood, and we call the atten ion of philanthropic and charitable per on% to these cases, that soIC assistanco nay he rendered to those who are left en irely destitute. The families at "Aven lale lactorv," Mr. James Riddle's, on ,rum Creei, have sulTered most severely roma the disastrous freshet of Saturday :ight. Of the eighteetn families residing ear the lower mill at Avendale, every me of them were driven from their houses; he water in many of t.hcn being several et deep on the seconud story, and carry ug with it the doors and windows, and naking a complete breach through them. Fheir clothing, furniture, provisinus.every hing they ptossessid in the world has been lestroyed. Six other families have been uliged to abandon their houses, they he-1 tng so injured that they are untetantable.4 MIany aillicting scenes of distress we learn ire witnessed in that neighborhood. Otn utinday morning, about five o'clock. after the waters had subsided, an industrious nan named Qtuigly, and his m ife with ino children. were seen' coming up the bill near the fpctory-cach of the parents tad it child in their arms, tolled up in a piece of cloth, (being tnaked as they had taken them from their beds.) The whole ramily were without shoes or tiny cover in% for their heads-hey have lost every thing save their lives ; and while the di. tressed father related the tale of their sul fering during that dreadful night, the tear if sorrow ran down his sunken cheeks. Another, a widow nanted Lynch, with a family of six small children, lost every thing in her house, and is now completely destimte. These cases of distress, and many more like untio them.in our country, call for the exertions of the good and the charitable In their behalf. that relief may be afforded them without delay. Awful Murder!-We are informed by a correspondent. that a most cold-blooded and revolting murder was committed near Young's Store, Laurens District. S. C., on the 24th ul. upon the wife of Mr. Har mon Garreti, a highly respectable family residing in that neighborhood, by a negro man and woman. It appeared from evi dence given at the trial of the negroes,that sqgn after the family had eaten dinner,aud a part of them left the house, the negro returned, as he said to the other boys, to get a rope, and was seen to enter the door when a rumbling,noise was heard, but he soon camu out and joined the other hands. The negro women was left in the house. In a short time, some small children dis. covered their mistress ing in the fire, and gave the alarm. The woman ran into the house and took her mistress out, but site was dead. Her face, breast, and one arm were badly burned. Suspicion soon fixed upon the negro woman as the murdered, when she was arrested, tried, and condemned to be executed on the 16th instant. After she was committed to jail, she confessed her guilt and said that site and the negro man took hold of their mis tress, put a rupe round her neck, anti the man chtoked her until she fell upon the flosor, whene he pressed his kne upon her breast until she was dead. The woman throw the body in the fire, to induce thel belief that she hand fallen into it. and byl that means came to her death. The uegro man then underwvent an impartial trial, anmd was condemned to be hung on the same day as the woman, near the ph1ce where the murder was perpetrated. It is stated that 3Mr,. Garrett wazs about 30 years of age, a kind ami aflietionate wile, mother and mistress. wsho has left a large circle of relatives and acquaintances to mourn her awful and untimely fate. Greenrille Mountaineer. loody Affray in Kentucky.-T he ladisonusuc arns by private letters, that a mtost bloody deed has been perpetrated itt Garret Davis' Dlistrict. .Ky. The ac counut states that *the friends of Air Wicklhf1'e, who is the lDemocratic candi date, had ascertainied that a caucus had met at Franmkfort and arrangedl the district with a view to elect Mir. Daivis, boldly aserted thte fact at a meeting held last week at Rutssell's Cav:e. Afr. C. al. tlay was present and denied the charge ; Mir. lirown. sptecial agent of the Post Office Depaertmoent, being also present. and in possessioni of'the proof of the hold ig of te cauucus, reiterated the charge; upon ' ich. Air. CIlav o asaile'd him with a mcgu iowie Ktit-cut out htisileft shoul. let six inchus .n length sid no and al ulf in depthl so that it is expected he wil The Quiarred in Kentucky.-Ilear the ;Iher side-We gave a day or two since in accosunt of a fracas near Lexington. be wseen Cassius M!. Clay anti Samnuel Al. Brown, int which the latter was very seri usly injured by thu fortmer with a Bowie nifme. That accouint seemued to impute the tmtck to Mir. Clay. it is due toi that gen- I lemnan tn say that he has published a ard, in which he says that he gap AMr. 1 irownm returned the compliment and ad ranced towards him; M1r. Clay nsed a idiog whip, and after asehort scuffle they rerre seperated. A momnetnt after AMr. irown appearedt in an open space with ine of Colt's revolving pistols. and fired at Jr. Clay, whetn they again eloged, and he IBuwie knife wae used. The pistol all struck the scabbard of the kuife.I rtich saved Air. C.'s life. WVe see it sta- a d that Mir. Clay bears no relationship to It Hon. ilenty Clay.-Balt. Sun. - Refusaed to Rev'erse a Decision.-T he iupreme Court of Alabama has refused t areyerse the decision of the Perry Coun-. I y Circuit Court. sentencing a msan nam d Jones to the Peniteatiary for tea years ar wchipping one of Ats slaes to decal.s. s nuies is a man of extensive family con- t1 Cinnes and great wealth. 1 Eg3 ReCrti Cr. EDGEFIELDC.11. WF.D'.SDAY. AUG:'ST 23. 1843. Wre will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Libericvs.and if it mustfall, wc will Perish amidst the Ruins." FOR rUFa.sID.NT: JOllN C. CALHOUN, subject to the decision of the Democralic Republican Conrention, to assemble in May, 1844. as recommended by the states of Maryland, .Uichigan, Kentucky. Lou isiana, New Hampshire, Massachusetts. Alabama and Mississippi. Temperance Meeting.-A Temperance meet ng will be held at ittle Stephens' Creek hurch. on tie Second Sunday inSeptem r, it which time Dr. 11. Burt will deliver anvKd iress on the subject ofTemperance. STATE ELECTIONS. Alabama.-Sufficirnt returns have been re leived to wrarrant us i'a saying that out of the teven members of Congress to which this State a entitled, six are Democratic. Gov. Fitzger id has been re-elected without opposition, and he Legislature will continue to be decidedly Dennmeratic. North Caroliaa -The result in this State as been favorable to the Democratic party, they having elected five metnbers of Cong'ess nd the Whigo four, as follows: 1st District. Glingman (Whig.) 2d Barrington, (Whig.) 3d Reed, (Dem.) 4th " Debery, (Whig ) 5th " -Saunders, (Dem.) 6th " !cay.' (Detn.) 7th " Daniel, (Dem.) th " Arrington, (Dem.) Thisisthe "gallant Stanley's" district, vho has been rdeted to remain Pt home by a majority of 548 of the freemen ofhis district. 9th District, Rayner, (Whig.) In the aggregate popular vote, it is stated tlmtghe Whigs have a considerable majority, though the exact amount has not been publish ed; in three Congressional districts-two whigs and one democrat-there was no regular oppo sition. Indian.-The Cincinnati Gazette, (Whig) safe, there is little doubt of the Democratic suc cess in Indiana. as the Democrats have gained more than 4000 votes over their poll in 1840, in 20 counties, which embrace about one-fourth of the State. For Congress. it ia currently re ported and believed, that three Democrats are chosei in the only three districts heard from, viz: Robert Dale Owen in the first, Thomas J. lienly in the second, and Mr. Smith in the third. .. Kentuckyi.-In this State, it is admitted by the Whigs, that probably four Democats are elected to Congress, and Gist the Whigs have met with a sad disappointment, even in the strong hold ofr - arry of ike iret." Tennesse.-The returns received from this State. warrant us in the belief, that Jones. the Whig candidate ror Governor, has been elect ed by an incteased majority, and that,the whigs have elected six of the eleven members to Con gress. The editor of the Jonesboro (Ten ) Wfhig. a Mthodist Parso, who think. more of his goli tical party than his religionsflock, ndvisetli all men of the success of his party in that State in the follow ing edifymng terms : Tn IlundIred Thousand Cheers for' the Koble It ha g St uteof Tennessee !! ! Attention thi.: world, ill the uewvs of the Ten neee election is given! 0 ye inhabtitauts of ths wide earth, stretch wide your eyes and look at Tennessee. while shie stopsa the onward iarb or that Locofoco ball! Ilead' erect! iglit f("ot seven feet in tear of the left, to act as a brace !-llands raised ase high as they can reach, with fingerstspread widle apart!-M ouths spread wide opten to catcth the accens!-Paces turned towards Old Kientuck, with hacks uo South Carolinn !-Eyes "a feet" apart sqmt-t ing towards Lonisiana and Msine !-Keeping ime with the feet. after the, raishio'n or the SRogue's Marh." while the leamders of bis rule in Tennessee, work their way up talt .in poor Parson, he is certainly beside him elf thu. to ra-.e us a mnaniac, at the downfall f his own State, and that bronght shou by h neighboring Staten having driven die Cooxs prom their borders. What otlee are yon seek. g unders" 'Ilarry of the trest.'' to make thy 'yoke easy and bturthien light"? Iliois.--The Baltimore American (Whip.) eports that uammors which hadl reachted that city 'romn the west, state that the Whig wvere coin letely routed mu Illinois: * Spec.-The specie in the United Sit tes. a his time, is estimated at $120,000,000 This s a greater amount ihan has ever been in this ennry at one time, and it is still flowiug in. Exeuon.-Th - Setiera Chronicle of the 6th inst., says: " A negro, named Primus, a ervant of Judge O'Neill, was executed in New erry District, on Friday last, for the murder a child. The child is said to have been the' giitmate issue of a white woman by Piausa ud the murder was committed by pouring aqua artis down its throat." The Scotch Mmrderet.-The N. Y. Herald, Ith instant, states, that the Sectetary ofStata'm rarrant for the deliveyy of Christiana Gilmour' fugitive from justice, 16 the British auathori s had arrived in that city from Washington.J le will accordngly be conveyed by Mr. Mo- I Ey, (the police officer, who apprehended list her arrival in New York,) to Scotiand fo~r, mual. 'he case is thtus definitely stded, sad 4 ecomes a precedent in all future similar cases. Ness Certe.-Six bales of New Cotton wasr ineirved at New Orleans on the 7th intst., from . te plantation of Mr. Ntttt, of(Jel'erson county, linimippi. alraci of a Ithuur trccred in Usrlest"nJ4ml wealthyplanterin Sumitr District. " The cotton crop in this district i. geceral y very backward. Tlhe iecenst heavy and con inued ain: have caused the tteed to grow ra. iidly, without miaturing. It has tommenced Iso to shed tery much. This, together with he very late spring. n.ill of course a orten the :rop very materially-end utless we ssid be aivored with a much later fall tian we con easonably hope for. we cannot realize imoo than two thirds (if indeed so nauch,) of an aver sge crop-perhaps but little more than half so uuch as last year's."--Mcrctry. Etract of a Ilcr receired in Charlestn, datd " WADXALAW IsLAWo, Aug. 15. 1843. I have just returned from a visit to my plan. ation on Edisto, and I am sorry to inform yoa hat caterpillars have made their appearance in my crop there.. If they be not arrested imme diatly. and if they optead over my field my crop will be lo3t, as it is (like most others) very backward, and I have scarcely any ripe fruit" -Courier. 47 The Charleston Courier of the 15th inst.. contains the following communication on the ppearance of the real Cotton worm or Cater pillar in a part of Charleston District: " Messrs. Editrs.-I am a planter of upper St. James, Goose Creek Parish, Charleston District, 9nd have been fot many years past, but have never before witnessed such unfavor able prospects. Ve have had oods'of rain, amounting almoat to a coin pleto inundation of our cotton lands, and ,o the full growth ofgrass; and to my great mortification this morning, in passing through one of my fields. accompanied by two other gentlemen. one of them, being in the rear, remarked to me, that the grass had very much the appearance ofdying; on exam ining to ascertain the cause, to my utter regret, I found numeronaquantities of the real cotton worm. or as they are sometimes called, the cat terpillar. The cotton, as yet. has tint been in jut ed by them. but I feel perfectly certain, from porevions experience, that they will soon de stroy all of the grassand then attack the cotton. A COTTON PLANTER. "St. James, Goose Creek. S. C., Aug. 17." - TAe Weather, %rc.-Tho Chers, Gazette of the l5f1: inst., says: " We have had rain, rain, rain, since the setting in of the mouth of August, without intermiision. The river, on Thursday morning last, had overflowed its banks, and al though it has since fallen, we yet fear, from the torrents of rain which almost inundated as on Fridity and Saturday, that on the banks of the river, below this place we shall hear of direful destruction of property In North Caroilas, we learn, much damage has been sustained by the recent heavy rain&-" Bridges, fence. mills and milf-damas, says the Raleigh Register, have been washed away in every direction. Six serious breaches have been made in the Ra leigh a Gaston Rail Road, within fifteen miles oialeigh, pne of iwhich in 100 fet long, and the embankment 30 feet high," Etetors.-There weie, under the old apper tionment bill, 294 Electors for President and Vice-Preident of the United States. Neces sary to a choice. 148, By the new apportion meat there are 275. Necessary to a choice, 13F. Suicide.-The Greenville Mouiiie rof the 1th inst., says: " We regret to learn that the Rev. Matthew Gambrell, of Anderson.District. committed suicide by hanging himself. on Fri. day night last. We:hve not heard thie part: culars or causes attending this melancholy event, but have no doubt it was occasoned by partial insanity. 3Mr. G. was about fify yeas oif age. and had been for many years an able and exemplary inister of the gospel in the Baptist Church " Abolition Riot-In consequence of a negro girl tbeloniging to a citizen of Kentucky, who was on a vis to Cincinnati, being kidnapped by the Abolitionists of that place, ans anti-Abo lition meeting wias called on the Ist instant, and addressed bfseven.; persons. The crowd in crcasr-d at the nmeeting. in a short time~to some thousands. who" proceeded to thec house of a Mir. Burrett, all avowed Abolitionist, where n. genetal fight took place, the crowd attacking the house with brickbats, which were returned by the iammaes, who were numerous, and well armed. By the'esertionsor the police, headed by the Mfayor of the city. i'everail of the rioters were taken, anid a stop put to the riot. The T..nes say:-" There seems to he a general disposition amongst opr citiz~ens against the wrhola~ mioienent, and the inobl seemed to be .aware ,,f it. While every good citizen is op posed to the course of the Abolitionist.., they deprecato mob violence as a remiedy."' Eztract of a letter rectised is chorlcston, dated -On EeSArL. (Ala.) Atgust 9. "O Maonday, agannual election took . place The contest for Congress in this dis tric,nouiposed ofnigecounties, has been very ee:ing. Colonel Pettit, the whig candidate. resides mnthis ownand is a lawyer, aged about fortyfive. Then district has heen hitherto deci dedywhig. so much so, that the democrats hesitated about making atny oppostion. At lst. hower, they brought ontt Col. Belier, of Montgomery, a warm Calhoun man. and the proabilitias very strong that he is elected. The whiigs a w thant theyT are bestea. Their majority has been tonrmery about 1000 votes. This cenuty. wichel has usually given a major, ity of hundreds for the w'higs. hes~been rede". ed and has given a mnajority aintPettit. 'he two candidates stumped at allfthrough the listrict, and I never saw electioneersg' carmied a such perfection. In South Carolina yota. lnto no idea of it. Belier is a native e(Susn r District. S. C."-(earier. 07 The Cher.s Gazet ofb tha lit instant, ~ontains the following commnunicatiqs relative o the lion. John Campbellis declining being osidere~d as a candidate, after his present erm of service ex pires, for re-election to Con " Ctrsvxarixwra Angust 12, 183. " Mr. Edtor.--I have just seenthe Uifon. rohn Campbell. on bis return from a eur, ion' to the Gold Mlines of this district. And isn he course of conversatiopl. allusioni being made a a report, extensively cireculated, thiat he would net be a eensd' te for re-eleetioto longress, I un'derstnod him to say, that he had o recollection of ever having made a positive eclarationi to that ef'ect. but supposes that the e port has originated fromn ltters a uitters by lia sme months previons to the'last election;i a which be stated, ins substance that according, a his then existing impressionsb6 wouhl be n ..,u,idtc ne , an ut m onen~i etection