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In advance of any decision of Lhe Seu ate of that Republic, the Charge des. Af ttairs ad interim of 'the same, addressed a note to the undersigned, informing -him of the signingiof the treaty, and the motives for so doing. The undersigned has the' honor to enclose a copy of that document (in this circular) abstaining from any re marks on its contents, because itself so OBMAN ftsowsitsrasuityatid-calls attention to the foundation-on whiel- peace and the integrity of all nations rest, if ac acknowledgement is given to the pnci ple of acqutsition, that each has a right to seize on what is convenient for its own se g :Siiposperity. Thelindersigned, notwithstanding, could not refrunfrom';aking in his reply to the saidfote lie observations naturally called for on the occasion, and which your Ex '3hi'ei is teee in-theicopy enclosed, which is sent for your infor:nation as well St ly q ioerntent, that it may be ylit p.Wstate of an impor taqeti ttpreted and contin , nesjesatgeuin than usual; attention, ,pvabthwhich shows.that iwas nofor-nought, , that the. provions remonstrattces "were emade theUiitetI $ti 'o wbich the . foreign.diplomatic:coteas eroin:o'ified, - eiane they have realized with scandal(ea sIandalo)and surprise the fears that those States intended to despoilthe Mexican - Government-of:an integral part of its ter .ritory.. -Thesauprente government .olythe Mex .can RepublictrustsinutheOjustice' of eits cause,;-and hopes for. qomnplete triumph 'gainst-a proceeding themost: unheard of and daring possible;oppecur, especially in *an age, in which utheaspirite ofausurpation and eonquest is so.solemnly condemned. The. undersigoed in addressing. this note ..o your Excellencies, with all the docu ments cited, has the honor to renew the assurance of his highest consideration. (Signed) J. M. de BOCA NEGRA. From the Net Orleans Picayune, July 12. LATE AND INTERESTING FROM TEXAS. promising state of the Crops-Inprorment of - the Country-Apathy in Reation-to Annexa -tioi-The Prince do Solms-Coin. Moore Desperate Fight with Indians-Col. Hays and his Party Victorious-AnotLer Fight-Letter from a Correspondent. By the arrival yesterday of the-steam ship New York, Capt. Wright. and sloop Sarsh Boyle, Capt. Small, we have Gal vetno dates up to the 8th inst. and Houston to the 7th. The news will be found inter esting to our readers. Accounts from almost 'every section represent the crops as highly promising. The corn crop is regarded as perlectly safe. says the editor of the Civilllian, and the indications for cotton could not be better,. although of this crop it will never do to be' "too sanguine.- 'Should tie'weather, how-' ever, prove at all favorable, the amount raised' will g'reatly exceed that of any other The'rate of Texas Government exche liuer bills was 80 cents at the Galveston Custom House. Th'Texaspapers appears to say but little abiiut annexation. since the treaty was rejecied by our Senate. The editors are now more busily engaged upon home or focal affairs. -Tlie Telegraph Lnd some of the other papers, severely blame Gen. Ilouston for Ois peace policy towards the Indians, and for his indifference in attending to the wants of thn suffering of the Mier prison ers, now at'Peroie, in Mexico. Since the two fights with the Indians in the neighborhood of Corpus Christi, it is said that Col. Kinney is in daily expecta tion of another attack. It is also thought that the government of Mexico is in treaty with all the Western Indians, including thie'Lipans and Carancabuas, and is giving thern blankets, ammunition, &c., to in duce them to commit ravages on the fron tiers. The Court Martlal in the case of Corn. Moore had made but little farther advance with his trial. We learn that several memtiers of the Court were sick. 'Captains Beland May, of the U. S. Dragoons. arrive~d at Washington, Texas, en'the 26th of.June from Fort Jesup. Ii iwafunderstood that they had communt dtations from tbe Texian Government from Gen. Taylor. The brig~ Jeanette Maria had arrived at Galveston-with forty-five emigrants. The most inf'ersing intelligence by the arrival ii/the acedant of a desperate _action re cently oghtniear thePinto Trace, in which the. daring Col. Hays, with only 14 men, defeated a body of Camauchies, Wa doegtnd' Mexican., numbering over 75. We-inr the following account of this un eqtial bntsbloody fight, which we copy from a letterin the Houston Star. "H ays, with his small buut daring band, had been' high up on the.:P4irdenalis to ascertaio 'whether theore Waliany 'encamp ment of Indians in that'- section, and. 'was returning. after an unsiiccessful' search,. when .being eneamped about' four miles east of the Pinto Trace, at a poittnearly equisdiutant from Bexar, Gunzales and Austria, the guard stationed in hisyearjto watch-out on' his trail, discovered labout ten Indians following it, and imnmeilitely reported the facts to Hays. Th'sy' ere seen' about the same time by -the Indians, who fell back into 'some brush, with scat teritdg'timber intermixed. The Texans - saddled 'up and advane a~Iwards this place of concealment, wh r or four Innians mnade their adp aranog, and as if ftr'the first' time percosiditlie white men, (fed' 4elib geat precipittion and apparent afai-m.'j yu, however, was too.old an "Ipdianfjgbter"'tqe caught by such traps anid mida n eeforts at pursuit~ As soon as the'Indiussaw thithis stratagem was of no avail, ihey camre out of the tinibei-,'and displayed their whole force in line some 75 in number. Greatly superior s wVaIU thieir force, Hays at once determined to. sitackitheni. His men were highly 'dia. egled, of tried courage, their horses well' biolke,'aod the ayerage numbr of shots to~emiiasi,'about eight. The.face of the cot to ishbrtken hnd rocky, with"a e srubby live oaks and blaickjacl ~ nn4rgrowth of bush. Ahort dist . T~~erarof the Indians wisteep hild li f heuthii of which striie 'a prairi Ta itidos rocky auid'ied'itht brusbw& u.Tlie.Tex. atWW vance alowly, thei Tha ~in bia util-they erowned the. hilslx the diii6uinted, forsiedl i ie,'an'asp, cure in the strength of their position, called to Hays as he approached "Charge, charge!" When the Texans reached the loot..of the hill, from theiiiature of the ground they were concealed-from the view. of the Indiana. At that point Hays wheeled his little band at full !speed some two or three hundred yards around the base of the hill, ascended it at the same pace, gained thblevel ground above, and made his appearance at full charge on the flank of the Indinns in the direction in which they little expected to see him. They at once leaped on their horses, and before they were-well prepared to receive him he was in their midst. The Indian line gave way when the shock of the charge struck it, but wheeling on each flank they charged the Texans, with wild yells, secure of their prey, since on horse back they deem .themselves. invincible. But never before had they encountered any thing like diseipline. Back to back the Texans received them, and the close and deadly fire of their pistols and yangers emptied many a saddle. Thus hand to hand the fight lasted some fifteen minutes, the I radians using their spears and- arrows, the Texans their. "repeating" pistols. Scarcely a man of the little band that was not grazed by spear or arrow; their gun stocks, knife- handles and saddles perfora ted ain many places. Valker.and Gilles pie two of Bay's band, were speared throng and ;through, and several were wounc . a It was: too hot to last. The indianr fe'l back, closely pressed by the whites Again and agai- were they ral lied by their Chief, whose voice, after the frst onset,'was alone heard, directing their movements, only again to be muted, lo sing, in: each .well contested conflict, some of their bravest warriors. The pursuit had now been pressed for nearly two miles. The Texans bad'loaded their arms in de tail, some.baltingfor. tiat purpose, whilst the others hungjon the rear of the enemy. The Indians .had: made their last rally, reduced in ntimbers to about thirty-five, were. driven- back with great .loss, when the voice of their Chief again rose high, ex honing them to turn once more, whilst'he dashed backwards and forwards amongst his men, to bridg t'hem. back to the charge. The Texans: bad exhausted nearly all their shots. lays, called out to know which of:the men had a. loaded gun. Gilespie rode forward and answered that he was chargcd-"Dismount and shoot the Chief,' was the order. At a distance of thirty steps she ball did its otlice. Madly dashing a few yards, the gallant Indian fell to-rise no more, and in wildaffright at the: loss oft heir leader, the others scattered in. every direction in the brushwood. : Thus ended a battle which is almost without a parallel in border warfare. It was a "fair stand up fight," and the In dians. never evinced greater bravery. Twenty-three of them were counted dead upon the field, and as many- more are known to have been wounded, many of hem mortally. No shot was fired at a listance of more than eight or ten steps, with the exception of the last, a fact which chows the desperation of the conflict. Of Col. Hay's nen, Peter Fox, was shot through the head and died on the spot, R. A. Gillespie and Samuel Warker were Dangerously wounded with lances, the lat ier supposed to be mortally. He was one f the Mier prisoners who escaped last year from Tacubaya, near Mexico. Col. [lays was at Washington at last dates. He is confident there were several Mlexi :ans among the Indians. Another battle was fought near the Co eto on the 12th June, between a party or tome 25 Indians and a small number of non under Capt. York. Three of the In :lans were killed on the spot. Two of the r'exans were wounded, Jackson Bell and Col. Neill. The latter, like Walker, had teen a paisoner in Mexico and escaped. We have before stated that the Texas papers are saying little at the present time n relation to Annexation. We publish a Eew extracts from a letter we have recei ved on the subject. It was dated. Houston, July 7, 1844.. The news of the rejection of the treaty )f annexation was received here with won lerful equanimity. and the public senti nent has changed much upon the subject aince last winter. When annexation was irst proposed, the people were almost janamous in fevor of it;. hut the discus tion of the question, both here and in the U~nited States, has satisfied us that the proposed arrangement is vastly more profi :able io the United States than to Texas, and that independence is more preferable han annexation. WVe are bound to go ahead and flourish any how, for with such rast resources as Texas possesses she can sot stand still, The vote in the United States Senate sas probably settled the annexation ques ,ion forever. Had the treaty been passed, t would have been promptly accepted ere-as it is, we do not much care about saving the question again raked up, more aspecially to make capital for political asi irants in :he United States. . We do not :are about being called hard. names an >ther wvinter in Washington-are not tuxious to have such loads of abuse~shov :lled upion us again, without rhyme or eason, because we once knocked at your boors for adanission. We' can do betuer 'lsewhere. Our crops never looked so promising. r'he corn is made and turns out most abun lant, and all that is required to make our :otton crop the largest ever produced in he country is a continuance, during the ualance of the 5eason, of dry weather. Yours,- E. Extract of a letter received by the editors of the Mobile Herald 8t Tribune, from a correspondent. on board the U. States Frigate Potomac, dated PzasAcorla, July 6rh, 1844. " We left the U. S. revenue cutter Wood tury, at Vera Cruz, waitng for an instal nenut (of about $125,000) of the indemnity teenrad to our citizens by the treaty with MIexico ;.and which was due on the 1st of Fune, :btlt isivlhheld. by President Santa Annautil-be siiillhe apprised -of the anz sexation turbefbror;rSenae. 'In the. wvent of an actual annexation-or, as some wrell informed people-believe, during. the endencyof efforts en the part of our go vernment to ef'ecraf, the Mexican:Presl. fent sis determined toea no more instal senusof the: indemty. He I'is aid jo roson-his fnfenl: on th rpla trat' k. oc~ currence of war bet ween the two nations abrogates all treaty stipulations that may have previously been binding on either,; and, the':Mexican Goverranient .hav'e so lemnly proclaimed io the. world, that she will consider the- fact of annexation as' a virtual declaiation of war againsi herby the United States and as she views the ef forts of our Government, by negotiation or otherwise, to bring about an annexation, as assuming a belligerentattitude towards her ; she therefore deems herself fully jus tified in suspending the fulfilment of the treaty obligations to us, untill we put an end to the "quasi war" which she alleges our Government is waging against her! Notwithstanding Santa Anna's lofty tone in this respect, however, I should not be surprised if, taking counsel from the better part of valor, he were to pay the present instalment, without any further mouthing of the matter, since Congress has adjourned without authorizing the an nexation of Texas, at this sessiot-provi ded always, that he can raise the wind to meet the payment. Gen. Ganalizo has been appointed Gen eralissimo of the army destined for the re covery of the department of Texas, - Gen. Woll, who has so long commanded in that region, will not,.it is thought, take his eu persedeas very kindly. And as Gen.; Ur rea is said already to be in revolt in the state of Sonora, and Canales more, than disaffected. Santa Anna may find work enough to occupy all his leisure moments and spare troops nearer home than Texas. The moment, however that he evinces the slightest lukewarmness in the all-absorbing Mexican hobby of recovering Texas, the elements of opposition to his rule will be concentrated to oust him from the presi dency, at least a dozen chieftians having fixed- their eyes and hearts intently upon that glittering prize of the political inspir ants of that afflicted country." TheN Y. Evening Post has the follow ing timely and sensible remarks on the position and prospects of parties. The Ank*r pon of the two parties.-It is the custom of all political parties-previ ous to a contested election, to affect the greatest confidence in there own success. Indeed to a certain degree, this confidence is-allways felt; for .without the hope of be ing able to' prevail to exertion whaiever -would be-made. At the same time 'there are degrees of confidence, there are fluctu ations of expectation, there are doubts and misgivings in the midst of well dissembled assurance, the tokens of which a practised politician is at no loss to discern. It is manifest that the: whig party is gradually losing heart in the contest for the Presidency which isjust begun. They have set out with a beaten candidate "thrice beaten" we have heard him called, but we will not dispute about the trim mings that belong to the epithet. They place the issue of the appeal to the people upon the exploded doctrine of the neces sity of a national bank, a doctrine which even Mr. Webster once found himself compelled to admit had at last became ob solete, and which there is-not the slightest pretext in the condition of the country for reviving. If Mr. Clay be a candidate al ready rejected by the people, his great measure upon which he stakes the:-elec tion has been rejected again and again, until the warmest friends of a national bank.were compelled to silence on that topic; . and only- carried the election of Harrison by disavowing it as a part of policy, Thus on both issues, the perso nal tssue, and the polittcal issue, the whigs have nothing to encourage them. All that they have to 1look back upon is the remembrance of defeat 'upon defeat. They tmust win a mojority .for their can did ate in states whete he never carried a majority before, they must- make a na tional bank acceptaple in states where it 'had been odious for many years, or they lose the election. There is no hope of either. -'There are no signs that their candidate is more pop ular than formerly, or supported with more enthusiasm by his -'adherents. On the contrary, his pretensions have became more and more like a tale of yesterday, which we can now' hear again with the same interest, a drama' played out whtch men do not care to see repeated. On the other hand, wve need hardly say to our readers, that the democratic party are gaining confidence and courage every day, The intelligence from .the various states of the Union is more and more fa vorable to the success of our candidates. There is no state in which there are indi cations of our losing ground, and int, al most every state, since the division in our party have been put at rest by the nomi nation of our candidates, we hear of ar rangements for bringing-the vast undoub ted majority which the democr-atic party have possssed in the Union for- more than two years past. bear with united and over whelming force upon our adversaries. From the Spectator. PENNSY LVANIA.> Charles Johnson, Esq. of Cedar Ward, Philadelphia, a gentleman of the highest respectabilIty and popularity, who was elected as the Whig candidate for Alder man, by tho largest majority ever given in the Ward,.came forward at the Demo rstleceelebrationon the'4th, and insa man ly and eloquent address' renounced Whig gery with all itsatrain of evils, and boldly proclaimed himself as-the advocate of De mocracy and her candidates. ' At the Democratic celebration in Phil adelphia, on the 4th instant, letters were read from Lewis, Case, Buchanqn, G. M. Dallas, H. A. Muhlenberg, Mr;'Van Bn ren, Coin. Charles Stewart, Daniel Stur geon, R. Ml. Sauinders, Et. J. Walker, Lottis McLane, Francis R. Shunk and 3. C. Calhoun. The following is Mr. Cal.' hour's letter, and the respodse of the Co'n mtttee. .WAsaneNToZ, June 30, 1844. Gentlemen-I have been honored by your note of the- 17th June, inviting nte, to the name of the 'Democratie citizens of the First Congressional-Districet, to unite with them 'in the - celebratio6 of- the ap proaching. anniversary. I regret :to say that ny' official- duties will not permit me toacceptk -- feele mysblf much Blatlered by the cons siderations whiebx led' to1 thes complinient, and more especially to thanhbich. apiplies to my native-.State. Asdfty .as-s her upntzerarintismn is uorlesind-Ifi6ha is intrepid in defence of her rights and safety, she is not less so in defending those ofthe whole Union. Whenever the com mon peace and safety are in dangsrshe-is ever found in the: front rank in their de fence. and among the boldest to maintain them. To me she has been the kindest of mothers, and I would be the most un grateful of sons not to feel pleasure when =ever I hear her name honored. -- Permit me, in conclusion, to offer the fol lowing sentiment : Pennsylvania, the Keystone of the Fed eral Arch: Our Union is safe, so long as she remains true to the original principles and creed of the Republican party. With great respect, I am, &c. J. C. CALHOUN. John W. Nisbeit, Thos. McCully, B. Ml. Evans, and John Thomson, Esqrs. Com mittee, &c. By the Committee: Ion. John C. Cal houn-The unterrified and able champion and defender of the honor and interests of his native State-the high-spirited mother has just cause of rejoicing in the gallant bearing of her patriotic son. From the Southern Patriot. Hion DUTIES MAKE Low PRICES. There are some propositions in politi cal and moral science -so obviously true, that their mere ennunciation commands immediate assent, as in conformity with universal experience. Of this character is that which affirms of taxation, that its increase augments the price of the thing taxed, whatever may be the form of taxa tion, to the extent of the tax, all other things being the same as before its imposi tion. But the new philosophy of protec tion teaches other lessons. The converse of this proposition is now the fashionable doctrine taught in the schools that reject thel gibts of European Science. The IL. States possess a class who are too men tally iudependebt to be shackled by Eu ropean maxits of taxation, and who take a patriotic pride in reversing established truths. Thus the leading protection dog mas of our day is not that high duties make high prices, but low prices. So poor a sophism might be left to its own intrin sic falsity and absurdity, but we have seen it so often repeated in speeches and essays that we have thought it worth while to dis cover, if possible, where the sophistry lurks* The propounders of this notable fallacy have assumed the truth of their premises, and thence conducted their rea soning to a triumphant conclusion. Let us state it in the form of a syllogism, thus : 1. Hign duties increase competition. 2. Competition lowers prices. Ergo 3. High duties make low prices. Now the fallacy here is in the major proposition. High duties do not increase competion. It is the end and purpose of high duties to lessen competition. If the competition of the manufacturers of Leeds and Manchester with those of Lowell and Patterson was not prevented or lessened. high duties would fail of their effect. It is to shut out or limit the rivalry of the for eign with the domestic manufacturer that duties which will advance the imported ar ticle to a higher than its natural price, are imposed, and as that price falls below the price of the domestic product, those duties are enhanced. Thus, at intervals, after the ruduction in the cost of. producing goods.in England which came into compe tition with similar goods produced in the United States, the price in our markets was artificially raised, by high duties, to counteract this reduction. There would not have been common sense or even ra tionality to:have augmented duties unless to limit competition, and consequently, to raise prices. The premises being in this manner assumed, and advantage being adroitly taken of an unquestioned and un questionable truth, that competition redu ces prices, the corollary is most conclusive, on this logical process, that high duties make Lowo pnices. But, seeing that low prices have been the accoinpanimetnt of high duties, it may be asked, if high duties are not the causes of low prices, whbat is their origin ? This ques:ion is easily solved. If those who so imperfectly analyze the origin of a fall of prices bad noticed how generally, we had almost said universally, the expenses of production have.been within the last 20 years reduced-the various sources of this reduction witb their atggregate effect-the fall in the real as well as money price of labor-in the price of transportation, both by land and water, and the increase of machinery-if these circumstances had not been strangely overlooked the conclu sion must have been, not that high duties were the caaees of loto prices, lbut that prices were low. in spie of high duties. If this is not sufficient to overthrow this notable price of protection logic, wve might refer, to all. tle analogies of commercial history and the lights of. modern experi ence. The duties in England oa mann factured articles generally have not varied for a long period, 'vhile on siks they have been greatly reduced ; yet accompanying these stationary and lessened dunes, En glish goods of all kinds have fallen in. money valuie, in even a greater ratio than American goods, which have had the ben efit of high and constantly augmenting duties. Is thlere one law of taxation for the old world and another and different law for the new ? If Sir Robert 'Peel, listening to the clamors of the English silk weavers, had gone down to the Hobse of Commons with a tariff project, proposing to restore the silk duties, which were redu ced by the influence of Mr. Huskisson, consoling the weevers of silk dresses that these high duties would lower prices, we can imagine the storm of ridicule with which he would have been overwhelmed. Churchs Difculty.-The . New York Republic states that a difficulty has arisen. between Bishop H ughes, of ihat cit anmd the congregation'of the church at St. tLou is, .at Bnffalo.. .hich ean onlg be'settled' by ati appe'al to liis'hliness at R'omd.3 statemnebl ,of th6 .dispte appeai'ed in thie Ifuffaoeazeene; it is signed by somed four hu iare headsi of families, and is daily recviin gmore names. The difficulty re lae . t&ib' iaasgement of the temporal affairs ofils church, which is claimed'on ihe one. jsida y ;bie ishon, onilheothies 4 thotrusteesi. The .cadreh was builit tarly by tjeans of a donauion by Mr~Le udttuh;, a French emigrant andf j~tly bhelha Aou,-ikntInnls o the rcnhgrea-tini ut onvention the Dcmocratsian * a msjurz ,=and oajondd ti polr... St -tate." im = ' r loNpatriotoftliesie ym Te tOrle'ans ica yu neof het ma e nil majority fd Morse in - Co . stenal District, 97?'5The Hase presentatielee 5rt :33 higsr 2 Demo':f _t r crats, one parishito bhMard from. Te nate 8 Whigs;9 Dmocra As ther er7'' caucy for Senatorl nIM orse' t which is Whig, there will be a theni The convention willitand 33* De ocrats.', r' lfx . The Charleston Courier oh e a e says: "The fair inference from the rs e- - ceived byyesterday's mail. is. that __ L - ted to Congress-butthe whig -paperutzu claim Bordelon's- elections a pousiit:. -manner the fair inference is that the Wigs . .'- ' have catried:'a miajorit in the Hlouse of prsentativ.es iufcient L aenure them ama- , 'ority on"' ''n'a''tt joiyon joint ballot ian thel Iegfjato p, hbt re fit Democrats claim aipossibility t -' and great uncertamntyrilly hangs over whole matter.. * '. Fo"-the Adsvtstaz i =f" Mr. Earro-Iriqueasethe favor oeta in your columns. for tle; folloywing ey;eed,- , by Bishop W. P . Hill, atthe - of the Ministers' aid Ieafeon iEdgesild, Baptist Association.; : ',, By order of the Conference, W. B. JOHNSON, C airman. ' July 20;-1844. To the Ministers' and Deacons' Meeting '*ftkw Edgfeld Baptist Association.. - BELOVED BRETHREN-In C.ompliance with your request, the followingis presented i&:a swer to the qnery. " What'are tbeiiteis -- to be dsod by Mi isters,;to induce memlegif - - the Church to make the Scriptures their"tsle of lfe?" , _ He, that would successfiliy dire't. otheito ' the accomplishment of-say iniportaint.oject, - should be acquainted withithe-end'todefob. tamed,, and the. practical..operations othe means he would propose. .Expegnceproes the speculation of tlie'theoriiseto oi e s and in many instances, -to have bediianons , The intelligent and successful man of businse in whatever department-of lire heohay labgur is not easily driven from , the: practi of - those tested -prineiples, in the' observis oft; which his predecessors have prospered: this agree the teachings ofinsprationg:er!.vi. . 16,,." Thus saith .the:bord, stapd ye .in.the A.t ways, and see, and ask for the old athsefere is the good way, and walk therin ad .' shall find rest'to your'aiuls?.':r5' - Again, he, that lahnursiitibeemployynent of another,should-take heed, strictly to obsirve his directions, as he; for Whdmilirabio i '% not under obligation-to accept. is serviceorw -- become responsible 'for theconsequeteiacte, unauthorized acts, be theyn'ter sa-ruin % Ministers labour for God, Fhe Seri 'rea n tain their letters of direction, an.rinish tbe, good;'the better, yea,'ihe best idan only meas, y which they may efect the probme for which they labour., From'them we-learn,? 1. That the Minister of the'Gospeshiildte5 well acquainted with the prineiples.of the doe. trine of Chiist. For '-the Priest's lips: sheold .keep.knowledge," "and they shualda4eek the : law 'it his mouth: for he is the Hme eeger of the Lord of hosts," Mal. ii.7 fihee.lndei the blind, will they not bolh fall imitdthe'jitcif36 Can he that has a benu in hiseoan eye see clearly how to cast ihe emote out of his bier's eye if-.in the first 'instance, the conseqt ice -. would be: ruipous ? 'In-the second-it would be extremely dangerous:?' Who,' would -onna it the keeping of his life to-the; ont:.Orplace the delicate and tender organ of-sight, under the operation of thedeganged and obtuse visiqa of the other ?. Hence the d oofthe pe. tle to Timothfi, 1 Tim, iv.'13.~ ."Till I) cd, give attendance -toi redding,"i~Mditat'e upon these things; give thyself::wholly tto them." 16. " Takeheed unto thyself, and unto th1 doctrine; contiuiue. intjlem for it .dding - this thiou shalt bo'th sav'e thyself and them' that', hear thee."' 'How importans is 'kufowiled in - the maistry 1. Upon it,' under the- bteiss:j'o God, depends .the salvation both ofi Minis and hearers. '- Thou gualt both sass skypseifhs them that hear. thee." While the propseition does not exclude the advintuges.derjvedfropi philoso by and-science, it' is not lidisite'd on he.heewithout d'oubt are im'p rtant side to the Minister a ernabliig.. hinm to resent 'the trdth to hia hearers ini the':most lovely akpect, and enforce its claims' in the-most impressive manner;- yet the Minister,' that is acquainted with his vernacular tongne,-aind possessed of a good understanding,.biy attending to the dwed. tions previously citedL may attain to a correct knowvledge of. the seriptuires and be .aloways ready' for' every good; word and wtork,; and though he should'racquire all thie wisdomi th.it earth affordgdolihatlhe should dive9 intos the mysteries ofnaiufe and 'unfold the pherntina of her wonder working laws he could b'e buit as -sounding brass, or a tink iug eybi." .Again the'doctrine of the' B~lisio~qe and indivisible. The Biufe does not.reveal systems of faith, each a like brmgaingsalvatios. t teaich. es-only, The faitAhefthe Gospel "'" Thefith nes lverii to 'g~:aints." - 'It.'tIji~ e-iposes the falcind: dangeroius tehndency 6fIth prmntiple,-.'.It matters bat 'little-whata'w r~an belueie he bqt~be sincere."n If-sille faith of alegopl'be but -"exefaitha," upon which naitjiih' ptpiity. rest histhope ofksal. vtloifif ilb'e requuis:talvatuon btemt-hia faillclie 'received;! ITh'en-g It e'ap'd' iiis istnatetv-icq'uaedittsttieeiI. . pracytJh i 1 "'f hy smn il therji be of.God.";A fhorohgk, auaimauee with te principes'of the doctrine- j'rist, ill'en4Dle a meliternto-pre teasprpda iples ut 'tir spirt,'aad poger,.andts~eet, arid p i-esetinbleir aptitude tt'a'lihd'nuj"ji plied -cases of: believers, he wi'cgd tei' attention'; to 'the- sacrede oraelee,' add -fi*'thbif thoughts upon them, not only as ppi' thier fountain, buti also a prescribingth er~. of life;' We,ubserve them'in,the neqpnplace, A g~hpthe truth mst befaithulypreached,' totpotutt'out'dlearlyv awid ully ie'olligsid upon believeris t ~'i e i'c-itesthe reli #flife' Acta'xx. 27." " For I haveiomthui:Med jo'-declare unto yotu all the cbubI'iVo Gaa. We are aware 'of the -extreme sbnsibilylthat. eqiis~in'thse.nyind pfseoie professors and noti& prolessors, wheneverthe Minister, frpmna adase. of duty and- the responsil ilty; of- his oi~ee, touches' upil nQehlaim ubjects.ad how ae. riously hetiray mjr a opf t fut disetharge of duty; tbut populanatji q efuse. fuhiteitarO iitfeliuft'ithings, and'amay existin depident-'of eAch--cther'. 'Ti'dsee-'i~l Minister majtglide. eisily -iloag~o'n theisee - ingly smooth surface of poptalar-favour; ande, steer hisliarque as toashus pop Wlar-e~cration on tlie ope hasta,:and Church,ppnen o(he:. bpt et n'eaqrihat aiud rhaLgstr~he a be oceal i roseof, rue AfGud's-retributidjO e ts le vI.- 2. M wht6;yonuieru'linienshi'ska elItiihr~ fpr-sedid their fathe'df heialse profihetsP 'Mith ,1."I~leased'n4e ye wheu nmnslb eye yqugandP4 ee:you :~nt al(My ' EDGEFIELD-C WEDNESDAY. JULY 24,'1$4:. W"Ve will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of ourLibert es,andof it mustfall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." Democratic Re-Annexation Ticket. FOR PRESIDENT. - JAMES K. POLK, of Tennessee. - FOR VICE PRESIDENT. GEORGE M. DALLAS, of Penn. Temperance Convention.-The Temperance Convention of the State of South Carolina,. will meet at Edgefield Court" House, on Wed nesday the 31st instant. Many of the distinguished advocates of the principles of Total Abstinence will be present on that occasion, from this, and the adjoining States; and all who desire to hear the subject ably and fully discussed, will do well to em brace the opportunity. It will be a time full of interest to the good cause, and it is hoped will be attended with great and lasting good, in promoting the cause of Temperanee, prosperi ty, and happiness throughout the.land. " We have a hope, that our citizens will, with their accustomed liberality, throw open wide their doors, to receive with a hearty welcome, all, who shall give our village the honor of their company, during the time of this benevolent meeting. 07 We are au thorized to announce Enwanw R. LAURExs, Esqr., as a candidate for re-elec. tion as Master in Equity,for.CharlestonDistrict, at the ensuing session of the Legislature.- * Camp Meeting.-A Camp Meeting of the Edgefield Circuit, will be held at Mount-Ver non, commencing on Thursday the 8th of Au gnat. Temperance Meeting.-A meeting of the Me chanics Washingtonian Society, will be'held on Thursday evening the 25th inst. The Rev. Alexander McCaine will deliver an Address. And as this wilf'be the last meet ing of the Society previous to the Convention, a full atuendence of the members is particularly requested. The citizens generally, 'and the Ladies in particular, are invited to attend. E J. MIMS, Secretary. July 22 I7 The Committee of Invitation to the Dis. trict Barbecue. in honor of the Hon. GEORGE McDUFFIF., have just received from him a let ter.announc iug that he is at present quite indis posed ; that his Physicians have enjoined him to be quiet and tranquil, and to avoid all exer-, ion and excitement, and.that in consequence e will be unable to attend the contemplated. Barbecue, unless it be postponed. - He -also suggests, that a delay until September next would perhaps be advisable. The Committee ncquiesce in this suggestion, and announce, therefore, that the District Bar becue in compliment to the H~on. George Mc Duflie is postponed, until some day, to be hereafter 6ixed, ina next September, of which p ublic notice will be given. F. H. WARDLA W. JOHN BAU.SKETT, N. L. GRIFFIN, F. W. PICKENS, 3. P. CARROLL, M. L. BONHAM, L. T. WVIGFALL, WV. C. MORAGNE. 22d uly 18 A.Committee of Invitation. OJ7 In consequence of some irregularity in the manner in which the Volunteer Toasts, be. longing to the Mdeetinag-street Fourth of July celebration was puablished, we have, at the re: quest of the Committee of Arratigemetnt, re published them, this week upon our first page, in their proper form. The Weaher.-This part of the District, has for the last month suffered mtuch for rain-the Corn crop has fallen ofi' greatly; and die gar dens are hteaally burnt up. On Monday leven ing we had a fine altower, (and when this'was written, there was every ajpearance of more,) the Girst, of any. account, for 'six' weeks. in fact, portions of the District have not hadrainenougl to top thenm from. pleuglaing sin0e the mouthi of March.' Newo Colton.-We have received a specinen of nda Cotton fron the plantation of ~a son, near the Ridge, picked out on th'e 12th inst. (romn boils (ully. matured. It isof a very fine texture, and, we :shoukd judge to be of No. one quality.. - - - Large Tomato.-We werenpresented Is week::with..the largest Tomato wd have ee before witnessed, by Dr. E.J. Minis, from thes garden orA. B. Addison, Esqr ofthisnllage. ts weight is 13j ounces. ,Renuneition.-The Chiraw -Gauteesays: D.'J. McCord; Esq., fordmerly PresialtSf rheBranch of the Bank of the State, it Colui bia, and in 1840 a zealous Harnsorfmanlh'is recently defiuned.his position~ and cut looefo the Whig piary.". Louisiana.Eleeio.-Thet appeasi on way of procuring a straiht account ieitit to the state of the Polls in thia.StatseeDm orats and Whigs both claim ,he asced* we, therefore,. giye the accou:nts of each-jy1 leaving- our readers to jdg hotL.tha :The:Charlestovw tr-~f~Ohmi says: The last' t the )smui-as h sikl-D~ g 1