Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, October 08, 1845, Image 2

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FOREIGN NEWS. From the'New Orleans Bulletin From the last advices, received by way of Pensacola from Vera Cruz, it would seem likely that Mexico* will have;:more than one quarrel on hand at a Aii settle. The proceedings of th -tdc Minister, in demanding his -p sports. evinces a determination on the P . V government to prooceed to extremiiti. France now has heavy claims for indem ity to her citizens robbed and maltreated by the Mexican authorities. After the bombardment and capture of San Juan d'Ulloa, several years ago. there was a settlement for the injuries and spoilations committed to that date. But since the last treat' on the subject, negotiated under the mediation ol Great Britain, Mexico has up a new score that throws her heavily in debt to a rigorous creditor, The facqt is, that the Mexic~ans were greatly irritated, and.feltsore under the rough treatmeut they received at the hands of France. They were chagrined at the idea of being forced to pay a just debt under the batte ries of an armed squadron. Hence they have ever since entertained a secret ani mosity against the French, and whenever opportunity was presented this spite was sure to be manifested. In consequence, Frenchmen living within the Mexican territories, are subjected to frequent exac tions and indignities. Flagrant instances are related of the rapine, violence and in solence offered to their property and per sons. If our recollection serves us aright, several Frenchmen have been, within the last year, publicly shot and executed under some false pretext or other, and no satifaction has yet been made for the mur ier. - In this way has a cowardly animos ty wreaked its vengeance on a few isola teI -.n I hel I -s indi'iduals. At last the popular fury did not spare even the French Minister. the representative of the Government's dignity, whose person, by the law of natiops is ever held sacred. He was set upon in the public streets by an enraged mob, and safter sullering marks of violence on his person, and the grossest indignities, narrowly escaped with his life. It is the refusal of t he Mexican au thorities to reuder satisfaction for this last and highest affront. that has provoked. France to assume a menacing attitude. No doubt there is something gerious in the movement. Mexico will not be let off till the uttermost farthing is paid. Be tween France and the Ufnited States, Mexico will find herself pressed by credi tors,arned with power on there side as well as justice. ' LATE AND INTERESTING FRoit BuENos AYRaE. By the ship Brutus, Capt. Adams, the editors of the N. York Journal of Com merce have Bteuos Ayres papers to July 26th, and a letter ofAug. 2d. as follows BuE~ros ATRES. 2d Aug. 1845. The negotiations of the English and French Ministers Plenipotentiary had a very abrupt termina the 31st July, by the two Legations receiving herpasspo Consiiantij'all'~diflomatic mfe-uf has ceased. The step that led to this result was the demand on the part of the Ministers that the Argentine army he withdrawn from the territory of the Republic of the Uru guay. As this demand was made with out guarantee on the part of the Ministers of the withdrtrwal of the French under arms in Monitevidee, atnd virtually sus taining the present government in Monte video, which is entirely French and Eng lish, there being only 211 native citizens under arms against the Argentine Govern ment ;-the Argentine Government repli ed that they could not withdraw the army; that entire Republic was quiet in p~osdes sion of the legal Presidein; and that a Conagress, according to the constitution, would assemable at the Biceo on the 1st August ; that the 211 men under arms in Montevideo could not be balanced with 14,113 men under arms uuder their legal President. TJhae great majority of the citizetns of the Republic are in favor of, and have taken arms under Gen. Oribe, the legal Presi dent; and it is most unjust that to please a parcel tof English and French specula tors, the t wo Ministers insist upon estab lishitng their Government. An immedi blockade of this port is now anticipated, atnd all commerce ended, A daily drill of the militia takes place, and the returns of the army of the Ar gentine Confederation give 33.000 men tinder arms, of whom 24,000 are old troops. The Charge d'Afiires of the 11. S., Mr. Brent, has piotested against the interfer euce of the European nationas an the poli tics of the American Republics. Yours in haste, A. C. From the Charleston Courier. Our Rail Read Connexion toith thre Wes.-Thie Gerorgia Rail Road from Au gusta, is now finished to its terminus at Marthasville, to which place the more poetic name of Atlanta has been assigned At this point it connects with the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. which is comple ted to Marietta, 23 tmiles beyond, and is now in rapid progress in the West. By the 15th of October. it will be finished to Cartersville, and by the first of December, to the Oustatnally within 53 miles of the Tennessee River at Chattanooga. The whole of this distance is graded, and on ly awaits an appropriation from the Geor gia Legislature, which will most assured ly be granted at its approaching session, to meet the expenditure for the superstruc ture. The completion of this line, which may be effected by the let of January 1847, will consumate the long desired pro ject of a connection between the:Atlantic and the Western waters, in tie. benefits of which both Craulinia and Georgia, and their cities may particip-tte. The passen ger andl freight trains now rutn daily to Marietta, a distince of 196 miles from Augusta, lid 332 from Charleston. No city in the United States now enjoys the1 samte extent of Rail Road. as ours. to the interior. A gentleinan, who left our city on Wednesday at 9 o'clock, returned on Sundlay at 2 o'cloc'k, having passed over in that period 800 miles of Rail Way. If you deduct then tirhe he spent in Co lumbia Aiken, Hamburg and Augusta, 35 hors b haceomplished the 800 miles in 71 hours, which is at an average speed, including stoppages of but 11J miles an hour. At this speed, Nashville, should our Rail Road be extended to that point, would be but 51 hours distant, arid at double the speed, which is tbe ordinary rate of running at the North. and we have the time reduced to 25 hours All the .9ositious assumed therefore by Dr. Over on may be therefore realized; and it is 'truly gratifying to witness the zeal mani rested by the citizens of Tennessee in this great enterprise. The Western and At lantic Rail Road, built by the Statc of Georgia, commences at larthasville-al' other roads in the State have the right to connect with it. 'The Georgia Railroad from Augusta has consumated its con nection- The Savannah Foad terminates at Macon, and expects to accomplish its connection with the State Road, through the agency of the Munroe Rail Road which runs from Macon to Marthasville, but which is at present in an unfinished state. It has recently, by sale, fallen in to the hands of individuals who promise a speedy resumption of the work with a hope of reacning in season the point of junction, at Marthasvihe or Atlanta." The Tobacco Crop.-We learn from our neighbors in different parts of Middle Florida,that the amount of Tobacco which will be produ:ed in 1845, in this section, wvill greatly exceed that grown in any for mer year. The low price at which the Cotton crop for 1844 was sold, induced many planters to, turn their attention to other st;.ple productions of the South, on which they might reasonably count for a fair remuneration for their industry. To bacco an'd Sugar have engaged this atten tion; and in both of these departments of labor, every appearance encourages the hope, that their exertions will be crowned with ample success. Skilful and experienced Tobacconists. individuals accustomed to the management of the Tobacco crop in the West [ndies, Cuba, &c.-as well as in preparing it for mar ket, have been liberally patronized by our planters, and they have every assurance that their public spirit will be amply re warded. The growing Tobacco never had a finer appearance; and with the increassed skill in the cultivation and pre. paration, there cannot be a doubt that F lorida Tobacco will soon regain its for mer reputation in the market.-Tallahas. see Star. N. Y. Eastern Episcopal Convention. This body, which is expected to decide whethet Bishob Onderdonk shall resign or not, commenced its sessiona on Tuesday, and consumed the day in the preparatory exercises and an unsuccessful attempt to elect a prebiding officer. The Con vention divided on this point into Puseyite and Anti, the candidate of the former, Dr. Creighton, having a majority of the Cler gy, and of the latter, Dr. Wainwright, a majority of the Laity. It is likely to be a stor my sesion.-Mercury. Hunter Hill. who assasssinated Major Robert R. Smith, of Suffolk, Va. a few Wiyti go, wal*arrested irNew- York -o Monday last and committed.to prison. He confessed his guilt, and expresses his willingness to return to Suff'olk without waiting for a requisition from the Gover nor of Virginia.-Mercur3 Hon. Levi Woodbury.-We learn (says the Washington Journal) that this emi nent jurist and statesman will accept the appointment of Judge of the Supreme Court, sod will immediately enter upon the important duties of the high station to which he has been called by the Exec utive. Prost:-We wvere visited on yesterday morning by a slight frost; not sufficient we believe, to do any serious damage to vegetation; wye hope it will have a ten dency to cheeck the ravages of the worm, of which we have recently heard so much comnplaint.-Anderson Gazelle. The Hon. John Calhoun, with his family was to leave hisresidence near this pIece yesterday or to-day, for Alabama, on a visit to his son. He wyill, we under. stand, be absent about six weeks. His adldress the 10th of next month will be 'Faunsdale P. 0. Marengo County, Al. -Pendleton Messenger Oct. 3d. Lielhtning and Needles.-A young lad y was killed suddenly by a shock of ltght ning a fewv days since-she was knitting with a pair of steel needles. Lead and Silver.-A new furnace in Harditi county Illinois, has been started, which is now producing lead from ore which yields 65 and 70 per cent, by a very rough process; some has yielded 86 per cent., by actual experiments. The whole section of country .is one mass of mineral; and silver prevails io the lead at the rate of $20 per ton, which can be ex tracted by a process so cheap as to make the silver pay all. New H1amps hire Election.--Returns from 200 towns give a majority against Woodbury of 1183. About 20 small towns remain t., be heard from. A g feat place for Babies.-Accord ing to the census of 1840, there were in Missouri, at that time the astonishing number of sixty-seven thousand one hundred and ninety-seven babies, or yong specimens of humanity, under the age of five years! A trood Sign.-The report of the Sn perintendant of the Public Cemetery, made last evening to Council, shows that there has been a great decrease of burials there for the present year. The inter ment. from Oct. 1, 1843, to Oct. 1, 1844, were 202; from Oct. 1, 1844, to Oct. 1, 1845, only 115, making a decrease of 87. This tells well for the health of our city. Council were obliged to make an appro priation of $150, to supply to the Superin tendant the deficiency of income arising from this diminution of his fees.-Evenzing News. Wire Fences.-Wire fences are now made and highly approved in Scotland. Five wires are used, with oak posts, cost ing only about 124 cents per yard. The This fence is said to be:Ahe r than one of boards, or of posts ari ra. As iron wire is becoming cheap and .a undant in. this country, we have no doub it will be used extensively in this way i' our Atlan tic cities and States. ie iU ling to the Pillars ofhe Temple of Our Liberties, and if it must fawe will per ish amidst the Ruins." EDGEFIELD C. .6 WEDNESDAY, OcToBER ,.1845. HARD TIMES.1 As money is very scarce, an&. diought has cut off the prospect of the PlaW and Farmer, we have come to the conclusioji; &o reduce our terms to suit the times. In-futu we will put the Advertiser to Clubs at t ifollowing low rates: For 5 copies for one year, 10 in advance. " 10 " " 7 50 "15 " " " V 00 " 20 "- 4 000 Either of our presentsubserib4h; will be taken as oue of the above Clubs. We hope our friends will e rt themselves in our behalf. and iry to get us a few more sub scribers, as we are at this time very much im wantof the needful. THE EDGEFIELD MECH&Ic's WAsH ingtonian Society, will meet on Monday evening r.ext. The public generally -arg invited to at tend. In consequence of several typograqhical errors in the article upon the3 putb Carolina College, which we copied iho Mercury, we have re-publiahed it in this 6number. The Court of Common Pleas commenced its session at this place, on- Mdday -:last, Judge O'Neall presiding. RAmn.-On Friday evening, a rain commen ced at this place, and continue'd to fall nearly the entire day, on Saturday. After the weather cleared off, the atmospherc waiiquite cool. We received recently the firist number of the Carolina Baptist, a monthly.Nigazini, ptb lished at Greenville, S. C. . N. Hvynes, ed. itor. We have received two or three numbers of the Charleston Evening Post; a new paper pub lished by J. N. Cardozo, formeny editor of the Southern Patriot. Mr. Ca o haX long been known as one of the ablest ed in our State, .aidubti~s* w high re1u tation whichaeformeya OURsELEs.-As Court is now in session. and a number of our good friends and patrons have visited this place, wec beg leave to ay a few words to thema in behalf of ourselves. WVell, what have you to say, cries one-Noth ing more nor less, than to request you in the politest manner. to hand us over the tespective Rums which you owe us. We have waited with all the patience of Job, for one, two, three and four years for our dues, upo'u some of you, and they are not yet forthcoming. If you will hut replenish that old Purse, of which wve dis coursed so eloquently some time past, we will heartily thank you, and will cheerfully drink your health, not in Jamaica, wine, whiskey or madeira, (for we are very temperate me n from necessity as welt as choice,) but in a tumbler of the purest hump wvater. Come then, friends of the old Advertiser, to our office, during the session of Court, and we will give you a hearty welcome.' We will be found constantly at our post, and will keep a sufficient number of Clerks to receive the gold and silyer, which wve hope that our patrons will pour iuto "our coffers." SOCTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. Audi Alteram Parten. We call attention to some extracts from an article in the Charleston Mercury, on the South Carolina College. which will be found on our first page. We regret that fronr its great length, we cannot .publish it entire. It is not our purpose, to express our unqualified appro bation of all the arrangements of the College ; but as a sim le act of justice to the Faculty. we will sta a few facts. -'The most popular of all the objections perhaps is, the want of proper discipline. To keep a number of young men in subordination, to maintain a due res pect for the laws, has always been regarded as a most difficult problem; and if the presett Faculty of the 8.Carolina College have failed, theirs has been the common destiny. But from all we know and believe, their success has been fully equal to that of any former Faculty, and will compare most favorably, with that of any Literary Institution of our country. Dismis sing all reasotning on the matter, and compari sons, which might seem invidious, wve will state a few facts, which apply peculiarly to the present Faculty,as they are without prece dent, we believe, in the College. These are disciplinary acts, and if any ingenuous rea der, after we have brought them to notice, will say that the Faculty are eminently chargeable wita remissness, we must confess, that we will he much disappointed. Session before the last, thirty members of the junior class werea suspended at one time, and the few remaining members announced their determination of leaving the College, if matters were not adjusted. The prospect was, that the junior class would be entirely broken up. The Faculty remained firm, yiel ded not an inch, and the affair.terminated by a victory so complete, that the Faculty received a vote of thanks from the Board of Trustees. At the last rising examination, five youug men were not permitted to go on with their classes. Rome of these were sons of certain of the most distinguished men in our State. Never before, we believe, was there a similar act of discipline of such severity. We mention this in no..unkind spirit to the young gentlemen or Fao'ulty, but merely to show the rigorons dis cipline of the College. It is not known to many of our readers, that for the last 25 or 30 years, there has been no Chapel service on Sabbath mornings; thi'dounag men having the liberty at least of sleeping until 11 o'clock. The present Faculty unanimously protested against this desecration, and recom mended to the Trustees to require attendance on Sabbath mortlings, as well as every other, to which they promptly responded. WAe think it not irm proper to state, in this place, that the moral character or the Profes sors is of an elevated kind, and that several of them.are Temperance lecturers * We hardly think it necessary for uw, to enter into an elab orate defence of the College as now adminis tered, paiticularly as the writer under the sig nature of "St. Johns" in the Mercury, has done it so effectually. The College needs not our aid. Non tali auxilio nec defensoribus istis, Tempmus eget. In conclusion, we will say that we believe, the Professors whatever errots they may have committed in the management of the youths entrusted to their care, have acted with great zeal and cciscientiousness. and according to their best judgment and ability.t *There is in the College, a Temperance So ciety, which numbers among its members about forty- five students. iNote.-The following gentlemen compose the Faculty : Dr. Robert Henry, President; Dr. Win. Ellett, Professor of Chemistry and Geology; Thos. H. Twiss, Professor of Math ematics, &c.;. Dr N. Hooper, Prolessor of Greek and Roman Literature; Rev. James H. Thornwell, Professor of Sacred Literature, &c.; Dr. F. Lieber, Professor of history, &c.; Dr. M. LaBordc. Professor of Belles Lettr-, Logict, &c. Au ACT to make further provision for tIhe secu rity of Public Muncys, under the control vt the diferent Boards of Commissioners in the State. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House u Representatives,.now met and sitting in tiene ral Assembly, Tlhat each Boord of Commission era of Public Buildings, of the Poor, and tot Roads, Bridges and Ferries, shall appoint a Treasurer, who shall hold his office during the pleasure of the Board, and shall receive. keep and disburse, under Ltme direction of the Board, all moneys uider its control. and account in such manner and at such time as the Board may direct; such Treasurer, before entering upon his duties, shall, when such Boards deei it expedient, give bond, with sufficientsureties, to be approved by the Board, fur the faithful performance of the duties of' his office. 2. Each Board of Commissioners shall re port. in writing, to the presiding Judge of the Courtof Conmon Pleas of ime District in which such Board exists, ott the first day ufeach Fdll term, all transactions connected with its admin. istration. The said . Report shall be accum panied with an exact account of all moneys as 'Fitedse neuies mtiade;! n ilff trddUr of the Commissioners of the Poor, shall be specified the names in full of all persons who may. front term to term. have received any support whateverfrom thme funds uder control of the said Boatrd. And the said presidin'g Judge shall cause said Rieports to be read ini open Court, by the Clerie, 00 the first day of the term, and to be liled in the (;lerk's ottice 3. Thme said Boards of Conmmissimmners. res pectivelsishad cause the several iteports wade bythem, respectively, to be pirinted and pub lished in the nearest newspaper, I aiiy be printed in the District, immediately after the adjournmrtent of such Court; and it there be no newspaper, then to affix mune cop~y oh the said Rteport to the Couii House door. anid three copies at three othier conspicuous places within the District or Parish. as the case may be. 4. Ini case army oiie of the said Boards of Commnissioners shall nelect or refuse to make said Rteport or publicationm, such Board neglect ing~ or refusinig shall forfeit and pay the sum of fiflty dollars, to be recovered by actiomi of debt, ini any Court ofemnpetent jurisdiction ; and it shall be the duty of the Solicitor of the 1Circuit or Attorney Generaml, as the case mnay be-, and he is hereby reguired, to bring said actioni for the recovery mot said penmalty. 5. That so much of time Act of Assembly rat ified omn the ninmeteenth day of De-cetnhmer, enti tled anm act sutpplementury to an act entitled aim act to give the Commtissioniers of~ the Poor for thme several Districts and Parishes in this State. thme power to purchase lands anad build Poor Hlousesthereonm, for time support aind mainten ance of thme piomir of said Districts amid Parishes, passed on the sixtcenth day ot December, 1824, as requires the said Connissioners of the Pomor to make annual returns to the Comptroller Genmeral, of the amounmt of monieys received and expended. with the names of the persons re hevedand supported, and also the twentieth section of thme act to establish certain Roads, Bridges atid Ferries, and for oilher purposes, ratified thse twventieths day of Deceumber, in thme year of our Lord onc thousand eight hundred azndforty-two, be and they are' hereby repealed. In the Senate House, the eighste'enthi day of December, in the year of onr Lord one thou sand eight humndred and forty-four, and in tho sixty.ninth year of the. Sovereignty and Inde pendence of the United States of America. ANGUS PATTERS0N, President of thre Senate. W. F. COLCOCK, Speaker of the House of Reps. Commercial. Hansuno, October, 2. Cotton.-For several days past our streets have been well crowded with wag gons, and the receipts of Cotton pretty large, for this season of the year. About one half oh what has arrived, has beeni sold from wagons, a; prices rangiog fronm 64 to 78; pritncipal sales 65 to 74 cents. The denand is good, all that is orered meeting ready sale, and our huyersmni festing a desit-e to purchast-. . W" qtuoe ordinary to mtiddling 6 to 64; middlinig fair to fair 68 to 7A ; illy fair to good fair 74 tom 74 ; choice 7j cents. Receipt of Cot ton in H amburg, in September, 1851 holes. Stock on hand, 1st Oct. 1845, 15,54" Shippid by S. C. Rail Road, in September, 1845. 31534 Republian. The receipts of Cottomn since our Iast, have been about six hundred bales, eighty of which have been stored, the balance sold, chiefly at former prices. On Tues d, homw.ev, thee wasn aslight deline in the market. in expectation of advice from Liverpool. The principal part was new Cor ion.-Temperance Advocate. By Divine permission, the Rev. ALE3ANDER MCCAINE will preat at-Horn's Creek Church, on Sunday next. APPOINTMENTS. Rev. TuosiAs HOLLAND. by divine per mission will preach October 24th, at Big Stephens' Creek, Ed)e'field District, S. C.; Saurtay. at Bethany, Repubiican ; Sunday. 26th, at Red Hill; Monday, 27th, and Antioch ; Tuesday, 28th, at Edgefield C. H.; Wednesilay, 290h at Rocky Creek ; Thurny, 30th. at Dry Creek ; Friday, 31st, a:~Bethel ; Satur day, Nov Ist, at Cloud's Creek ; Sunday, 2d, at Sardis ; Monday, 3d, at Salem - Tuesday, 4th, at Red Bank; Wednesday 5th. at Gnod Hope ; Thursday, 6th. at Little Stephens' C.reek; Friday, 7th, at Montain Creek. Brethret, of the ministry will - please publish these appointmeuts in their res pective Churches. WooDocK, Oct. 2nd, 1845. Mr, Editor.-In looking over your paper this evening, I find a coumunieation from Ar. Holmes addressed to the voters of the 9th Regiment, in which I find my name is used in no friendly manner on the part of Mr. Holmes, relative to some reports that are in circulation resper.ting himself. So far as I am concerned, 1 feel it to be an imperative duty on my part, to appeal to the same Regiment, in common with the world for a hearing on my part, and I therefo -e hope you will do me the honor to pub. lish in your next paper the following comma. nication. blost Resp'ctly, your ob'dt Serv't, J. F. C. SETTLE. To the Voters of the 9th Regiment, and to .he People of ite IWorld. Assailed as I am by an aspitant to popular favor-a tNvor to which I honorably aspire miyself-with having used and sanctioned un fair means to obtain that lavor, I appear before you tellov citizens, for the first line in my life, in the capacity of a scribbler in the public prints; and I hope, in the preseut comnmuni cation, to be governed by that cool and dispas -sionate consideration that should characterize every individual when brought into array aguinst each other, probably through the chi canery of some latrant and fawning parasite. I shah take up mr. Holues' insinuations as they come, and comment upon them as may seem proper, using to doubtlul or ambiguons ierms or epithmet"; such as the " Wise Major of the range," --The % et lipped baptist." &c., but vitll boldly and learlessly to the task, call ing upon any name that nay be necessary, whettier he is a Holmes, Perrin or Settle man. as used in coatradistinction of' parties, hoping at the same time that those whose names arc called will rightly appreciate my motives -in bringing them belore the public; and let ine here say that because a miar. is not going to vote for me, I do not by aiiy means look upon that man as an enemy ; we all know that there has to be a choice, and I know% of some who will vote against me who are particulai ly friend. ly tow ards tme. The first imig that I shall na ice, is Mm. Ioluies' assertion, "Now for the first time has it been proved to me, that nian is deceitful aid desperately wicked." This is a wise discovery of ir. Holmes, and should be Itegnnmeti, that there issuch a sage before them fur their suffrages. As to old Ned's kiling his bull, Mr. Sage, you are somewhat mistaken; he ouly intended to kill a GalL. As to the sub. ject ol a coalition between Perrin and lomes, temiow eitizens, A now give you a plaini sinte int of the fsacts as stated to me. Oni W~ed nesday 01 the encampment,,James Rtobertsoin, well knownm to most of you took mie aside anid told me that he had heard some Iriend surmmise that soezie inluential person tiad persuaded Mlr. Perrin to come forwvard as a candidate fur Colonel and as soon as he succeeded in getting Air. Perrin's consent to run, lie then posts off to see Mr. Holmes for whom I suppose, he baa more good feielm tg than ter Mir. Perrin. He (Mr. It.) then re tmarkedl that it w.as doiie for the express pur poase of delkating mayseli-thme young giatt aiid further remarked, I thsink, that Capt. W ren i had told lium this. I bein.: in a hurry left Mr. IKobertson as son as lie had told mie tthe above, atnd have .never had any conversa boon with liiinsinceataout tme report. A shmort tmne after this, 1 lell in company with aihr. A. Lowe, im gomgi to Antioch church; he remarked to tie that be understood that there was a proba bility of oiie ol the candidates withdrawing. I asked hoim loir his athtor, lie replied that Mir. Abner W hite told him so, or tnat hie had heard sotie onme say that they hmad heard Mir. W. say so; aiid furthier reiaarked that he did not say positively that such was the fact, but that perot> ably it was a surmise After this titme I neard the report time after time, and thought that it was over the enue Regiiment, and as such spoke ol it my, elf occasionahly, in the presence ol no0 matter who, and with no intention to inajure eitther of my opponent. If, in speak ing about a teport that already had generam no toriety, I condescended to something beneath the dignity of aiay tmani, I coniceise*it to be a still lower degree of degredation for another man to spout forth his venomu against mie for speaUkingU abotit that that was already current, aiid one teeo, thm-at I hieretohore looked upon as a friend. I think that it would have bec n show ing me that courtesy that is due from one gentleman to another, for Mr. Holmes to haye comne to me for the truth of the report. But I am not to be the arbiter of this dispute, to you, fellow citizens of all parties. I submit the the controversy. If, however. party strife and current report, got up for iio other purpose buat to injure me in my electioni, are to be the eliterioni by which I am to be tried, I can pro nouuce my own sentence of condenmuation, anid say at once cu' him down! The next appeal to myself is concerning the remark about Mir. Shiarpton. Mr. Holmnes tells the story as I understood tt. I feel wvell sa'ishied that lie made use of iio vulgar Ian gttage at the ime lie spoke to me abeut it. As to my expalaiining it to the satisfaction of Mr. Shaarpton ad anyv of his connexion or muifu enee, [ have nothing to do with, as it would be the height of preusumptiou and folly in me to pretenid to say what feeling elicited the re mark, accompanied as it was by a reason why Mr. Shiarptnn did iiot support him As to transporting my friends down amngi Mr. Holmes' neighbors to circulate his thirst for the votel of ri-h mena or aniy other repiort, there is somnethiing so pailpable to thme mind of every uniprejudiced iiidividual when fully ex phained, that I cannot pass it by uennotced. The time to which Mr Hohnes- alludes, was thme 20th nuk.. the time that the founeral ubse~quie~ of Messrs. Mc Daniel- aid Bussy were per fearmed. I wish it distinctly uniderstood thai this is tihe only time thmat I have be-en at the Red Hill sinece I became a candidate, save passing by there a short time before, onm my way to and from the edoak Grove. At Mir J M. Clark's I fell in company with Mr. Samuel Dagnal. whbo, according to Mr. Holmes' doctrine. coimstituiteed toy band of mer cenaries (on this day-my immortal band! BuHt to the Red Hill scrape..,--In gong to -thia place, I fell in company wAh Mr. Cochran and family, whose daughter (pardon the re mark Miss ) I had the exquisite pleasure o accompanying. Air Cochran, his nephew. nieces, daughters,'and wife constituted iy band of mercinaries on thit day. While at the Red Hall Mr. Holmes met me a few jee back of the store house, and asked me if I had said that he had said, that he had rather have Mr. Cochran's vote than twenty five commowr mei's votes. I replied lhat'l lid not, and that I defied the world to produce a man that would tell me that I said so ; and -further re marked to Mr H. that I had not heard it until the Thursday fight before; but upon after reflection I find thut it was oin Fiday, instead of Thursday night, the night or just 12 hours before I lainded ai the Red Hill. -My reply seemed, I thought, to be perfectly satisfactory to Mr. If. as he tuned off, and said nothing more about it. Now, with the above facts, becomes out about this self saune report and says. thata friend of his told him that the wet lipped bp .tist told him, (the friend) that I was the author.. To this I unhesitatingly giye the lie; and re mark to Mr. H. that I had previously coatra dicted it to himself; and yet he must needs use somemenacing terms to myself abontit. But mark it,31r. ti. you have madeanudpuvokod and uncalled lorattack upoi myself, and I say to you that there is. sometimes a reiributive justice, which may yet overtake yu in; your mad career. As to any thing that I have said 'that.Irecolled, I am willing to still say, let the consequences be what they may. I have said nothing in the present canvass that I am afraid or ashamed for the world to know. I hafe never .in visiting places made any inquiry whether the crowd I approached Iwas Perri,' Holmes or Settle, in order to suit my remarks, to their particular lanicies To. this remark some of your warmest friends will bear iesti mony. %% hat I have said in the chinitey cor ner I will pr aclaim fromn the housetops. If my conduct is any instance everindicated a favor ol any report chculated against.'M. H it was on the memorable Red Hill day. iUu ingthis day an passing and repassing, my friepd would frequently remark, -John, they give t up," "somie of the warmest friends of' Mart. say you will be elected," and various other.re marks of a like flattering nattre. In the eveing as -I approached the store' house, I heard William Mallett say, "- Well Mart. .I did'ut Start the report. I have told you, all I know about it." Alter getting into the piazza where they were, M1r. Holmes remarked, "here is Settle; lie knows what I said ;" allu ding of course, to his Mt. Vernon remark To this remark, amounting almost to 'a direct interrogatory, I, seeing the feelings of etli - Messrs. Holmes and Mallett were aroused, made no reply, thinking that the less was sid. about it, the sooner it would be squashed; and believing also, that Mr. Holmes seemed some whait chaarinned, probably through the exer tions of the itelligencer aiid my immortal band in my behalf, I thought that under tho high exciteuaent then displayed, prudence' would dictate a course of perfect taciturnity on miy part' relative to any report whatever, unless positively called upon-and as such I acted oan this occasion, for which, having a self approving conscience, I am proud, felow citizenas, that I did not act differently, paying at the same time a due difierrence to your opin ion. In opening my batterie,1 against Mr. Holies, I have met him at the very threshold, telling him at the very start that I should make the "fur" fly fiom him, if I could fairij and honorably-to this I still adhere, and defy 'Mr. Holmes to produce creditable evidence to the contrary. it has ever been my plan-to operate' as much as possible in Mr. Holmes' battalion; and in the apparent- aye, real success, at one of the boxes, at least, may be inferred this ar ray of vituperation. tiois,-diving deep into theilore ofthiancients,' or literature of the moderns,:oirany other deep and abstruce science. I leave the gentleman to exnIt in this boasted aupeuibrity, knowing that lie, as miost of' you kniow, fellow citizens, has hiad a decided advantage over me in this res, pect. If bombastic words and opprobrious lan guage are tests of courage, the gentleman, in my opinuiota, possesses this qualification in a pre-eaminenat degree. But these arc not so much teste of courage, in my humble opinion, as of temaerity. As to provintg myself possessed of courage, or disproviig that .alr. Holmes has any, the fact will ntom ho established either way by spout. ing forth to the public our big feelings under the circumstanices of a highly excited state of partisan spirit. Never, until the present time, wiere I tapprised of the astounding fact, that a candidate lhad the complete mastery over thao actions of' those who might espouse his cause. II I land been previously apprised of this fact, I shaould ere this have brought "The In telligetncer, the wet lipped- bapatist, the wise Mlasjor of' the ransge, and you, too, old A bner," to aii ac'oiunt for yomar conduct in encroaching uponm tihe hallowed soil oa' fMr. Holmes. Being a little better informed now, I command you ali-hme immoertal band too, to be on yout guard- for the future, or I will, with ,my magic wanid, strike terror and confusion mi your ranks. confIounding~ your lanauage, and making a Babel of' the whole fabric. I have, now, aished statemenit of the whole affair between M lr. Ilolmes and myself. It is for you to de. cide upon the whole matter. There are things of which I should have been glad to speak am thmis c'somuication, but for want of time I am prevented You see that I have been, assailed just ona the eve of my election, and l'orwhat purpose? Let aii intelligent and honest comn imutnity answer. I leave you. fe'llow citizens, with no advice upoin whom you should bestow your suffrages, soliciting you to consider calmly and diaspas icomately upon evory circumstance connected with this despicable affair. A CARD. Mr. Editor :-Ini lookitng over your valable paper oh' the 1st instant, I find an advertise ment signed by one "Martin Holmes," evhmence I notic~e the following sentence: "So I treated to aquart, for which oneGriffin well k~nows he received from my hands 37g cents-although lie has never mentioned at to any person, because he knew it would give thre lie to the report which 1 hinted at above.". In regard to Mr. Ilolmie's treating to a quart . at my house, and in regard to the payment meantioned above. I concede to him the right of knowing better than myself. For in my opim ion. it is impossible for one person to retail splirits tn twenty or thirty persons-at once, ad recollect wiio pays him and who does-not, es pecially when lie has no idea of being called upon two months afterwards to recollect who who did and who did not pay him. But ini regard to the accusations in the last - clatuse of the sentence quoted above, whereim Ihe st~tes I knew of the fact and kept it back inatemtiially because I knew it would giv& the lie toithe report in circulation, I pronounce at un cnditionally false. .BGRFI. - October 8 37 .it To-Rent. fNE or Two or the most desirrbleo ~- Store Rooms in the viliige of Edge-" field, suitable for Dry Goods, Merchaitt Tailor,' 1 Grocery or Drug Stores. Pdssession given meuteiy. Mt FRAZIER.