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'umber as 5tito- wbczte ;Mrassachu-: setts resolutioci epe: referred. An attemptaasimade to introduce reso lotions of jsmillreiinsport from theLegis lture o Jbama: butwithout success. Tli s.aisder of the day was'devoted to the coiideration of the bill of Mr. Dui can, which provides for the=casting of all 'the, ftaor President and Vice Pres.. nt on the sate day. 'o deginite action was bad thereon. l irDuncn has the foor ii continuation to morroW. z ,.- :arch 7. IntheSenatgallr ;the resentation of Petitions, a_--esolition was submitted by Mr. Walkerisuting the Post Office. Committee:teoislder the expediency of providing by law 'for the transmission of foreign letters. Mr.-Archer presented tesolutions of the Legislature of Virginia, similar- to those presented in-the House yesterday, strongly denouncing those resolutions of the Mas achusetts Legislature which propose to cut off the slave representation He moved the printitig of -all -he resolutions on the subject, but at the reqest of. Mr. Bagby, who intends introducing additianal resolu tions, thsubject was postponed till to morrow. >'. - .Mr. Wobridg called up his reselution for the printing- of the sHouse documents containing Mr. R. C. Johnson's 200 mil lions. scheme. It was opposed by Mr. Eing, and after sotte conversational de bate, the whole mater was referred to the Committee on Printing..4 - After the disposal of seieral other mat ters of no importanc6, the resolution of Mr. Seple relative to the jointioccupation of Oregon, was again taken up. Mr. Miller having the floor, made -a e h of two hours against the resolution. When he concluded, the Senate adjourn ed without taking the question. ' Mr. Bu channon has the floor to-morrow. Mr. Archer failed to redeem his promise. by making a motion to close the debate. I presume it w.ill go on for some weeks lon ger. -In the House, a great number of reports. were received from Committee. They were mostly of a private character. The Committee on Naval Affairs to whom had been referred thebill to amend the act for the preservation of the lives of passengers on board steam vessels, reported back the same with sundry amendments. Mr. Burke, from the Select Committee, appointed to consider-the' memorial of the Democratic members of the Rhode Island Legislatures protesting against .the 'new charter. etc., olferedga resolution asking that theComtmittee may be authorized to send for persons and papers.. The resolution was warmly opposed by Messrs. Causlin and Cranston, on the ground that the Getseral Government has no right ta interfere with the intrenal aftairs of the States. The morning hour expiring in the midst of the discussion, the subject lies over to-morrow. The House then resumed the considera tion of the bill of Mr. Duncan providing for the casting of votes for President and Vice President on the same day. . Mr. Clingman, of N. C., took the foor and replied with some humor to the po litical speech of Mr. Duncan of yesterday. Mr. D. had' denounced the Whigs and their measures, and Mr. C. returned the compliment-byholding up to ridicule the other party When he concludedthe fur ther consi.deration of the bill was postponed till to-morrow. The remainderof the day was oecupied by the consideration, ini Committee or-the Whole olte hill making appropriation for the sap~port of-the Militairy Academy at West Pointl - Considerable anxiety is manifested to hear whether Mr. Calhoun will accept his recent appointment. Heavy- wages are laid that he will not.. .Mrh In the Soette, this morning, a great num ber of memiorials on the subject of postage. were presented and referred to the Post Of fice Committee., Mr. Buchanan presented memorials from Pennsylv'ania, strongly protesting .against any chan e in the present tariff act. Memorialistsere also presented-in fa vor of continuing the Cumberlanid Road, the armed occupation of Oregon, and for numerous other objects. In the House, after ihe disposal of some unimportanabusiness, the resolution asking that the Select Committee on the memo rial of the Demnocratic members of the Legislature of Rhode lsland,-be allowed to mend for persons and papers, was again tak Cruanston havinite ioor, continued - his remarks from yesterday lHe attacked the memorial with much warmth, and de nied the assertions therein made, relative to the Dorr charter. Mr. flathburtt followed in a -very severe reply, ntil his remarks were cut short, by ibe expiration of-the miornn hour. Mr. :McKay,'- from the Committee on Ways an#~Means, reported a voluincious bill, providing for numerous amendments to tiespresent tariffact. It was read t wice and committed. He'stated that the ma -ority of the Committee-will have an ex amplary repiort ready by Monday. The bill provides for a maxtmurs duty of 30 -per centranld descrimhinatioUS:rbelow that in favor of.revenue.. The duties on irorn, salt, and sugar, are -however, verys high. - Thedlty og Rail~Rfod iron -is 810 per ton, and on-iron in pigs $7 per ton. On CoaP~there is a-d~uty-sof S1 per ton. On mnansufactured iron 30 per cent. -On steel in barq$I50 en every 112 pounds~ No one supposes the bill will meet with final action at the present seusion~ ~ A join: resolution reported from the -Na val Cotnaittee was dopted~questinlg the President to tasnk the officer-and crew of ~the British shiip Malabar, foretheir services -during the burning of, the U. S isteamer Misiouri. - - ohtionsof the teueral Assembly of Illl iiafavor of-ai reduction of postage. w isd'ind referred. . - A i~jod fromi the Retrench ment1~ &-truduce the. pay of ,~I~giess,1a d certain officers of Govera1mii 'ka referred to a com inee of the Wtd~ whopI 'presumte -it will retmain uni the cloeo.othe Session. Jo the Sienate this mornioir y liti& business was transacted. Thereason gwa~s *s follows: fajor Ringold of ik ~Udtejd .- states troop of Flying Artillery, about an hourbefore thine-ettog Uth ea e-. hibiredte evoliions of -Jie'tioop On. the East front of tbe'Capitol..The rapid din irge of the Artiliery had the effect of ibraktng nearly evety.window -ofthebe nate, so that when e;Cbatr.wes taken the winds were waltzing in fine style. among the papers, besides. putting honorable gen ilemen in bodily fearof catching cold. So after the presentation of a few: memorials and the reception of some unimportant re potts, -a. motion to idjdurn .was carried unanimously. In the evoning Major Ringold again ex hibited 'the evolutions of his troop on the' waste ground South of the, President's: House. 'There were thousands of apecta tors,- and as ia this case there wasnot- the least posibie-danger, the thunderiugof the big guns gave universal satisfactido.. The' whole time occupied in loading and' firing was on'n average but: 50 seconds. Such is' .the. effect of practice. The President was notsthere. I presune he thought withi others, that such an exhibition after the re cent disaster on board the Princeton, was not in good taste. The House met at eleven, beinigan hour earlier than usual, but'no quorum was pre sent. - I being resolution.day,.a great number of resolutions callig' for 'inforrmation on various subjects, were offered and laid over, Mr. Black offered a resolution declaring that Congress has no pow er to-abolish sla very in the Territories or the District of Columbia, nor to receive any petition or memorial aiming at that object either di rectly or indirectly. . Mr. Cave Johnson moved to lay the re soltion on the table. Mr. Adams desired to know if the reso lution did not come within the .21st Rule. The Chair thought itidid. . Mr. Johnson then withdrew his motion to lay on the table, but it was renewed by another member and .carried-yeas 96, nays 66. The House appear., to be rather averse to 'any more abstract propositions on ibis subject. -A resolution was next adopted, which provides that a majority, instead of two thirds, may at any time suspend the rules so as to go into Committee of the Whole on any bill. Also, that a majority may stop debate in Committee. This is an im portant step, and places the whole control of business in the hands of the majority. Mr. Moore offered a resolution, provid ing that the tariff bill shall be the special order 6f the day forthe 27th instant, and every day thereafter until finally disposed of. A motion was made to lay the resolution on the table, but it was rejected by about half a dozen majority. The previous question was next deman ded, but. there was no second. Notice be giveo of debate the, resolution was laid over for one day under the rules. It is understood that Mr. Henley, who has charge of the resolution fixing the day of clusing the present Session, has consent ed to modify it by extending the time to the end oflune. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. WAsiNoTON, Mar. 12. Micb gratification is expressed here by the Van Buren men, at the tone of Mr. M'Dufie's reply to Mr. Richie's question. The hope expressed by Mr. M'Duffile that the Tariff will be satisfactorily reduced, at this session, is thought to be well ground. ed, and it follows that the "great republi cn party" will be united. The Tariff bill will hardly reach the Senate before the first of May, and they may debate it there for two or three weeks. The result will not,of course, he known till after the nom intido of a candidate for the Presidency. Itis now generally sutpposed that Junge JohKY.~Mason, of Va., will accept the appointment of Secretary of the Navy, which has been offered to him. In the Senate, to-day, Mr. Buchanan spoke at length in support of the propo sition to terminate the joint occupancy of hc Oregon Territory. He was anxtous,, ie said, to preserve pence, and the best way to do it was to settle the question. The mode of action proposed on the other side would fail. Our settlers went into Oregon unrestrained by laws, and they would soon come -into collison with the Biish settlers. His life on it, he said, that ie question. would never be settled -by treaty. if' this resolution were laid on the table,-as it undoubtedily would be, especi ally after the able speeches on the other side, in favor of fthet delay, and against ije settlement of Oregon. The British Govttment had every reason to be well satisfied with the present state ofthes ques tion, as the British had, in fact.the exclu sive benefit and advantage of the .pos scssion of the country, through their H ud - so's Bay Company. He was convinced that Mr. Packenham, of whom he had seen ennuagh to attract his high respect, was instructed to delay ste negotiation as long as possible. He was not sent htere as had been tannounced, as a special mtnsster to settle this qunestion, but he was a resi dent minister. If we did not give the notice there would he no. treaty. Lord Ashbutr ton was charged with the settlemenit of all questions in dispute betwaen the twvo coun tries, and was a propitious time for the setlement of the' Oregon question, but bothing was settled but the north east boundary. After .the result of that nego ti'imon he thought it idle to wait any lot 'jer.'- He argued that we ought to assert our .rights by legislative acts, and there wouldl still be ,a year for the negociat ion. Mr. Archer will close the debate to mor Mr. Crittenden replied and opposed the propositionnil calculated to do much harm and no good,' and he expressed his con6i dece that a treaty would be made. In the 'House, to day ihe morning hour -wasoccpied with a speech from Mr. Pot ter, of Rhode.-Island, on the memorial of the Dorr- menbers of the Rhode Island Legislaire. The House went into Committee on the bill making-appropriations for the support of-the Military Academy and the motion of Mr. Hale, of N. H. to abolish the insti-. tution was debate'd - .Mr. Packenhibaa a brought his family -with' him and has rented Mr. Webster's house for three years. Mt-. Fox will not -strn till June. He has advertised his library- for sale here at auction, and also ttys.its..:, rnw English made clothing. 1tSCELLA1YEOU8 Iron the c guta (oisianut icedist..' . 'he State Democrati' Counention, wlith assembled a few weeks agontfRich mondad., appoitted' a'entral Commit tee, io discharge. certata duties is regard to the approac iii5g7tat: and Presidential elections. This Oentral'Committee bas recently issued an ab.e'iid powerful ad dress to the-people of Virgima, from which e shall in due time, extraCt a fewi pas -sages. In the' ieantme .We crpy what follows from the addenta to the adsdrevs: LmETTER OF GEuRoE McDUFFIE. EsQ (Thie rollowing' correspoodente took place two weeks snce, before the Central Committee-had determined to address the people. Since the.receipt of Mr. McDuf fie's very manly and interesting letter.his correspondent asking the. privilege of its puhlicationo which Mr. McD. was polite esbuib to concede atronce.'. It was subse queiitlysuhmitted to the'Clntral:Commit 'tee, andlhey at once determined"to inuor 'porate it with their address.. Arid er tainly, nuder all the circtimstances of he 'case, no authority can be m'oe impressive -no testimony against the expediency nd dangers of a National Bauk'can.be are striking, than the evidence of this' difin guished man.] RcMOZD, Feb. 24, 189. Dear Sir-Not having been able to claim much the honor of your ,personal acquain once, you may consider this letter as an intrusion. But I hope you know me well, enough'to believe 'that I would not unne cessarily break in upon your time,'br court your confidence. The country is in a strange condition. Our Constitution is in serious danger. It becomes-every man who loves onr free institutions to rally around her. I claim to be one of-them. You are an other. May I not ask ~you frankly -for in formation, which I deem important to the public welfare ? If you say you cannot. or will not give it, I shall be' content. If yon give it, I will thank you for your can dor and your courtesy. Once I know sir, it was my misfortune to 'differ-with you on some constitutional questions. We may still differ. though, I hope, asi6. the case of other distinguished sons of Carolina; the lines which separated our opinions may have approximated-perhaps met. The Whigs of the city are now quoting your former views in favor of a National Bank. May 1 presume to ask you, whe ther'you still entertain the same views in, regard to the constitutionolity, as well as in regard to the expedierncy of such an insti tution? -Of course, you cannot suspect me of asking you from any impertinent curi osity. Other gentlemen have changed their views upon this very problem ? Mr. Clay has been converted from an oppo nent to a champion. Mr. Crawford chan ged from bad to good, (as I humbly con ceive.) Has Mr. McDuffie varied in his views?-and will he be free enough to an swer an honest enquirer after the truth? Let me frankly repeat to you, sir, that if you decline answering the question, it is no more t han an honorable man has a right to do. If you have changed your opin ions, may I ask the favor of you to state them in such a form as may be meet for the public eye? If you prefer that I should not use them, I will cheerfully sub mit to such restrictions as you may' think fit to impose upon me. I am almost tempted to touch another subject, of deeper importance than thL one to which I dedicate this hasty letter. It relates to the success of the Republican Part) in the presentt perilous struggle - But even Mr. - has declined to ad dress you upin it, and it does not become me to "rush"~ where he "fears to trend." 1 subscribe mnyself. With much respect, yours, Tuos. RTycBgE. To George McDuffie. Esq., a Senator from S. Carolina, Wash'ton. WASHtINoToN, 26th Feb., 1844. Dear Sir :-I can have no hesitat iona in answering your enquiries. As to the con stitutionality of a Bank of the U. States as that is a'qatestion not depending uapom circumstances-I have nor changed my opinion, unless yery strong doubts of the pow"er of Congress to exempt the stockhol de. from indi'vidual respousibility, constti tute a change. Such exemption, however, is nut all essential sto a'1orporation for banking, or any other~ ruposes. But I should~be totally blind i the lessons of ex perence, if after the tremendous explosion of the late Bank of the United States. I could believe it expedient to establish an other. I supportedthat Bank as a nation al, and not as a party measure. I then so regarded it. But werare admonished by every thing around' us, that- say bank which may now be established is destined to be a mere party engine. stid one of the great controlling powers of the State. And I will adld, that unless, the nature of man beatirely changed, it will be as corrupt ing and demoralizing, as it will be power ful. Such atn institution, in th~hands of a bold atnd unscrupuilotus political leader. sustained by a well organized political party; by the great manufacturing inter est, secttred in its allegiattee by the boun ties of a protective Tariff, and even by sovereign States, sedured by the miserable delusion of giving them the proceeds of the saleti of the public lands, and assuming their debts-would be literally "umtre ter rible than an army with banners." I do not believe the public liberty would long survive such a combination. With regard to the other question tc which you, allude-the union of the great Republican party-there is but one muttc under which they can successfully rally end that is "free trade and uncompromi sing war against the protective system and its affiliated mueasures." If the tiffshould he satisfactorily redumced, as I now hope i1 will, I think the South and Southwest will move in solid column and with an unfalter ing step. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, Gao. DcDUFFIl. Tho. Ritchie, Esq., Ricmond, Va. Prisate .Fost OJfce.-The New Yorl Aurora states that Lyander Spooner. thi 'party who has been carrying on an. inde pendent post ollice was,'on Thursday,- ar rested on three charges by the specia agents of-the Post Office Department, ant held to bail on cach suit by his hono Juge Beten. S-rom the A a.Constimutionalist'. .: ,As the Whit apers are again parading. the nasne oflhe Rev. WilliamCapers as an active political partisan of Mr. -Clay, we copy -the' following prticle iroin the Griffin.Jefferisonian of the- 8th instant, in justice to that eloquent divine. - - -We see the fulsome eulogium on Hen ry Clay, by Mr. Gabriel- Capers some. time ago, in Alabama,-is taking another. round iu'the Whig newepapera,,attributed to, one of the oldest and ablest of the preachers belonging to the Methodist Epis copaTChurch." From this character of the enlpogizer,- the inference would natur ally be -drawn, by all wbo have. the plea 5!re of personal: knowledge of the :Rev. Wm . Capers, that he is -the preacher, who has tis siepped. away:from his vocation, and descended.from the high dignity of a minister of Gpd, to the poor business of eulogizing a.party poitician. The Whig prints would no doubtbe - pleased to leave this impression on the public eiuind..' In justice to that pious and euridite divine, 've wish to set our. readers right on thisimat ter.. The Rev. '.Wm. Capers still remains exclusively devoted to the service of Christ and of his Church. and does not meddle with politics or political men, as such. He never has, he does not now, nor he never expects to take any part in the party .poli tics of the day. -This is the substance of a statement made by him in this place not six moiths ago. Mr. Capers seemed- to regret exceedingly that 'he eulogy above referred to, should by many bet attributed to him, or that he should he. supposed by any one to have so far forgotten himself and travelled off from his proper vocation, as to take any active part in politics in any manner whatever." Mr. Clay's Contempt of the Popular will. No man is w!orthv of the stilfrages of a free people who is capable. either from ambitious motives or from other consider ations, of treating their known will with contempt or disregard. Such a man is deficient in the very first elements of a re publican, and if made President of the United States would assuredly play the dictator. Mr. Clay has proved himself just this kind of man on two notable oc casions. In 1825 he was as well satisfied that time tenths of his constituents prefer red Gen Jackson to John Q Adams as he was that he had an existence. He knew that his own charges against Mr. Adams had made him pecuiliary obnoxious to the western people. Ile had imposed upon his constituents the fact that Mr. Adams was an enemy to their interests. Yet with this knowledge he spurned their wisbes and followed the dictates of his own un bridled ambition. Aaain in 1842 he was as well satisfied that his cons'ituents de sired him to vote for the Repeal of the Bankrupt Law as he was that he had voted for that measure. The voice of Kentucky was almost nuanimous against the law, and no one knew the fact bettor than Mr. Clay. Yet he treated that voice with con tempt. and refused to obey the will of those whose Senator " he was. If he can thus trample upon the will of his constituents as a member of Congress, is there any safety in confiding to his hands the reins of the whole government ? What will he care for the will of the American people when it comes in conflict with his own ambitious projects ? Such a self-willed man- might answer for a dictator, but his administra tion would be "the reign of terror." Nashville Union. The National intelligencer notices the death of the Hun. Gabtriel Duvall, at his residenco in Prince George's county, Maryland, at the advatnced age of 93 years. That paper gives the following sketch of his public life. The first appearance of Judge Duvall in the General Government was in the House of Representatives, which he entered in May, 1794 as the Representatives of tho District in which he lived. Service in Con gress interferring, propably, too mtich with his professional pursuits, ho resigned his seal in May 1968, and returnied to his praC ice at the bar. In Deceriher, 1802, he was appointed by President Jefferson to he comptroller of the Treasury, la that capacity lhe served with the approbation and respect of the public until the 18th of Novembler. 1811, when his name and that of Judge Story were on the same day pr-esented by the President to the Senate, and the nest day confrmed by that body, to fill vacancies on the bench of the Supretme Court. As a member of that dignified tribunal Judge Duvall sat by the side of his illustri, ous friend the late Chief Justice Marshall, for nearly a quat ter of a century, and re tirel to privrate life only when warned of the necesity of doing so by a growing deal ness, which disqualified him from longer discharging the judicial fuuction with sat isfaction to himself. Since his retirement from public life, he has until lately enjoyed remarka'ble health for a man of his years. In his occasional visits to this city and Baltimore within the last few years, he exhibited an erectness of port and a vigor of step which might have been etivied by much younger men. Living as hie did, to a good old age. he has not, we are perstiaded, left in the world from which he has departed a single indi vidual who, knowing him, does not re member him with reverence and affection. The Late Duel and Fracas at Washing to.-Th-e Marcht term of the Criminal Court at Washingtoo, Jutdge Dutilop pro siding. commenced its session on Mona st. Among the cases to he tried thero are wo of considerable importance, the grand jury having found a hill agaitnst the Hotn John 15. Weller. of Ohio, for his assalt upor M.Shiriver, of this city, and one againe Mr. Julian May, the surviving p)rincipal o the duel betweeni him and Mr. Cochranie The seconds, Pooler and Ash, are also in dicted. According to the law now in foret in the District, relativo to duteling, ;lie prin cipal in a duel is liable to imprisonment ho seven years, and the seconds to two years Bait. Sun. Remarkable chamnges in the Grnernmeni Within three years, the United States hayf had 3 Presidents, 2 Vice Presidents, ' Secretaries of State. 4 Secretaries of the Treasury, 4 S9ecretaries of War, 6 Secre Itaries of the Navy, 4 Attorney Generale .and 3 Postmiaster Generals. This includel the..d:.nisration of Mr. Van Biiren. 4 EDGEFIELD C H "W DKiSDAY, fiAlosi 20, 1844. ".e Will cling to thePillars of the Temple of our Lilkrtwa,and sfitmustfaU, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." o:(-We are requested tostate,~that Mr..Sne nRL ATTAWAY, has declined being a candidate for the office of Tax.Collector, I'jWe are requested 4to'stte, that in ous guence ofthe absence ofa number ofthe mem berafof the "'Edgefield Debaifng Society," the meeting, which was-to have taken place on last evening, was postponed iptil Tuesday evening the 26th' inst. 07 The attentionofourreaders is called..to an article upon ourfirst page relative to the ad-' vantages to, be derived by Planters possessing the right of manufacturing Bomer's Manure. 11 We acknowledge the receipt ofa nunm ber of public documents, from the Hon.. A. Burt, during the last week. The. 'Feather.-During the last 'week we had any quantity of rain, as is generally the case during the Spring term of Court. On Saturday night it became clear; on Sunday afndrnoon we had a slight sprinkle ofSnow from a passing cloud, and at night a smart frost; on Monday we were visited with a real North-wester, by the way of letting us know that March was still alive. We fear the fruit, which isremarkably forward in this vicinity, has suffered., I The Court of Common Pleas and Gent eral Sessions closed their Spring Term on Sa turday afternoon last. On Friday Daniel Deas alias Graham, was tried, for the murder of his step father. William Barefoot, for which crime he was brought from the Penitentiary in (seor gia, upon the requision of Governor Hammond, some time since. Deas was ably defended. Messrs. Landrum and Abney;two young mem bers of our bar, butfrom the tact and in- ennity displayed by them upon this occasion, one would suppose they were old in theory, if not in practice, in their profession, assisted by Mr, James Terry. . The fact of the murder being so clearly proven, the Jury were not more than 30 minutes in bringing in theit verdict of Guilty. On Saturday morning Judge Richardson, in a brief, but feeling manner, sentencel Deas to he hung on Friday the 10th day of May, between the hours of 10-and 4 o'clock. Duel.-An affair of honor came off on Satnr. day morning last. near Hamburg, in this Dis trist, between Col. John Cunningham and S. McGowen, Esqr., both of Abbeville District. They fought with U.S. Yangers,at the distance of thirty paces. Mr. McGowen was severely wounded. 0'7 Mr. Remer, of this village, agent for a number of periodicals. has presented us with copies of " The Life and Adventures of Jack of the Mill," and the "Grumbler," both of which, from the hasty glance we have had of them, are very interesting. Mr. R. has just received, and intends constantly to keep, for sale, a col lection of the newest publications. Cotto.-Our exchanges give the following as thme prices of Cotton in their respective mar kets: Charleston. Mar. 16, 7 a 94 cts Hanaburg, " 12, 74a 7 Augusta, " 14, 6(a 84 Columbia, " .j4, 7 a 74 The Philadelphia cnrrespondentof the Char_ leson Courier, under date of the 11th inst, quotes the price of Cottuon in that city at 94 to 11 cts , and but very little business doing. KNto Post Ofeecs.-A new Post Oflice has been established in Kershaw District, called Granny's Quarter, end James Love, sen'r., ap poited Post Master. And one has been established at Enoree, in Spartanburg District, of which N. V. Patton, Eqr., has bcen appointed Post Master. ID The Georgia Journal contains an obite ary notice of eight children, and one grand child, of Dr. John G. Slappey, of Twviggs co. Geo,, who died in the short apace of one month, of the Scarlatina 'Anginosa. Staic Bank.-The followiug gentlemen were, on thme 13th inst., in Charleston, elected Direc tor of thme State Bank. rot the ensuing year: James Jet vey, John Wilkes, N. R. Middle ton, I. B. Legaro, 3. H. Ladson, S. P. Ripley George Gibbon, Thomas J. Kerr, George M Coin, Edward Sebring, E. W. Mathewes, Andrew Mottett.* *New Director. Uion Bank.-The following'gentlemen, or the 13th inst., were elected Directors of thei Union Bank, in Charleston, for the ensuini Reine Godard, Alexander Brown, C. Burck myer, James Fife, '.i iltiam Mazyck, Smt Mowry, Jr., Abraham Tobias, Joseph A Wit throp, Samuel Chadwvick, Otis Mills, A. Ottc lengui, 3. B. Hedley, W. C. Hichborn. Pesyalcaia.-The Democratic Cponventio of this Stute hams nominated the Hon. Henry A Muhleburg, as their candidate for the offic of Governor of that State, and Martin Van Bt reu for President, and Col. R. M. Johnson, ft Vice President of the United States. 1 mporlant Discovery..-A discovery hi Ibeen made, says the Naitcbez Free Tradi that will enable sugar planters to convei their whole crops into white sugar wihot the uas'l intervention of the clarifying prc Icess. The sugar is fabricated ini an appal ats entirely by steam. Livlsion of the Di~lrict.-We6 nnetnntlia' we-ha'e been, in part of our distript, beingypposed to a Division ofthe Di!iC' whomiie accusation.wasinadse o o"h ,pose;we have been Lnable t Ssuch as-been the tact, we n least doubt-wihether . the peron who were the authors-of the accustion to benefit or'injutre us i the our. sthes y "' know not,-but, we rder-cofideat tha t t jy never made the accusation'from bconV tion thiy might have had or hearidfrotmuaoa. thesubjector-through the columnsotA6 new. as we, on the. contrary, have la( deonnmi ed, should we be called.upon, iw y f - the matter, to 'go'with the people, :wh 7 , think,are favorabletoa division, That a ormo 3Y.-; of our uitizeus have cause to grumble, (astls Districtehow stands) no one.willde to travel from 30 to 40 miles to Courtpoai most trifing . besiess'is'vexations, and especially when the roads are "almost imp ble, as is'geieiallythecase arte8r of the Court. .For the sake.ofarmn an ' that it may, not be saidhe Edgefield,"'was rentaanbdei to pleit s "5 "office seekers," we would take the ileiiy suggesting a mode by which thewishorthDi trict,gupon this subject, wo ld bmada ' so that our memb'ers oftenx aegates, may, in a measueebe inistue act upon this important materour mod.- - that every voter, at ihe next'electioiofrmea ? hers of the legislature,''phae ulp eis ticket ' the-words "Division,' or "No Dl jinsos,'ih ie.'" :. by testing, fairly, the strength of the measure.. For' our own part, we a're;ir favorof the:Di trict being divided, so as toinable eer zen to have his righti, -at th ame rte. - with the-same eionvenience, as he isIkoundhr the laws to:bear his proportionable part of the hurthen. - To ourfriend orfrierds who have taken the' trouble of circulating the report; we have mere ly to say. that the life of an editor is bad at best, but worse when "bac'k biten,"iand alan" derd." Being conscious of our -inability to please all who patronizo us; we have never, as yet, denied. our opinions upon any* case, nor kept them hid, to gain the favor or support of any party or set of men. The following, from the Savannah Republicaa, is as true a picture of an editors life, as we ever have seen drawsn To what uses some people wouidput an Editor. They would play unon him-to the top of his compass, they would haiverhimay - thing that is not whispered into his dar-: in t way of friendly advice-not ditatam. Oh:no They would.distil their own spleen endnilis through his brain. Other people may liave Ii berty , idependence of thought and ato. butt; the Editor muet-please all, .and in trying to d -. so he pleases none. One individual. entertains a grudge against anothei and he wanti ashaft sped; the planter does not.frid both sides oftlie question about cotton fairly'stated (ashethinka) and he complains. The inyer finds yourn. tations too high, and he complains. For ma dan there is not enough about the fashions ' and Tor mnonsieur, 'there is too 'mach .oidi and too little miscellaneous, and theyfi fault. There is a yiece of social scandal afloat: id - iscandal mongers think' it onlit to-be hinted at in the papers-bad poetry is rejectedauind th&s muses frown. Every feeling and pashion and -human pursuit is represented, and all cry for redress. Such is the way of therworld.Ioa. may have rendered essential service in vauious ways. It is all forgotten in the new anxiety to be gratified again. You may beas fond of pet sonal quiet as your neighbours ltithey want: the excitement and you are expected to ge it Your independence they wvon'ldmake slavery Your brains are for them so much raw material fro. which articles for consumption are to be ' ammered out as long as it will last, and when incessant labor, night work, the most intense and never ending anxiety and attention to the thousand cares by which you are every day surrounded, have worn you out, body and spi rit, another machline 'is expected with the faith (ulness of a steam engine to perform the same service until it wears out in its turn. Such is the life ofaui Editor, such the requisitions of the public, only the tenth part is not told." Iia our case, we expect some anti-division man, anxious to use our ''good name," p4)pe as a passport to a seat in the legislative hail, has unwittinig drawn from us our real views. upon the divison of tlhe District. For the' benefit of all parties, we shall keep our columns free for the discussion of this sub. ject. Anothaer Northerni Humbug.-We find theafol> lowing note in the Hamburg Journal, relative to the publication of the "Prospectus" of Tap pan & Dennett's " Great National Work" (as it is termed) the*"Life of Washington." Be ing among those who have published the "Pro spectus." not with a veiw alone of-receiving a copy, but with the conviction, should it be what it is represented, thatitought to be in the handse of every American, we like our friend of th. Journal have been "tuck in," but, we fear, not. so much so, as some of our patrons, who have. been inquiring with great anxiety after the work, will be, when they find that it is an ait, " Prospectus" renewed, for the purpose of ens bling those humbuggintg Yankee Book Pedlar8e> by printinig a new title page, of getting clear of the refuge copies of an old work, upon our unuspecting, honiest citizens; and what is worse, the sta arising from the cheat will lie at? our door, fur publishing the " prospetus." If out patrons will lorgive us, for thus aiding( and abetting those Yankees in trying to assindl. them, this time, we will promise them, that hereafter, no prospectus, issued by Muasets Tappan & Dennett, or any other Ya hss rs, shall appear in our columns, unless paid for in advance. "Bosrow, Feb. 23, 18d4 " Saa:-In June, 1842, we informed edifneu that we would give them a copy of-the " Life of Washingtoni," if they would copy the pro. spectus of the work, which we were sbout te, publish. Many did so at the time. 'Lately, sm ne has started the notice again, and like an ioWd story, it is going the rounds, long aflert ir Sis completed. When it may atop, -~5~' .tll-perhaps not in this century. ado pted the following rule, that edisese not loose their labor, viz:---To these bwhoms send us one good subscriber, or' enddolhar, V - r will send the work entire. JbTW5utem5Ci.ca mit. Hoping thisawill b stise y We remain you, rke eDPy NET - J.* W.YanwonoUen gamburg, S. C." tArespectabl/person may always be -known .by this ntfallible sign-he never' .gets drunk unt. afternoon, when the hurry of business h/over.