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11IISCELLADEOUS. ;. - MESSAGE' -. .tepresentative: e~bsidErd -thei bil'entitled "' An as#tjiUTiligpropnatioisfor the improve tnblit boTnertain harbors and rivers" with the care which its importance. demands, and now return the same-to the House.of Representatives- in which it originated, with u y objections to its becoming a law. The bill proposes to appropriate one mil lion t iree hundred and seventy-eight thou sand' four hutidrod and fifty dollars o. be applied to more -than forty distinct and separate-objects-of improvement. .-.On ex amining its provisions, and the variety.of objects cfimprovement which it embra ces, many of them of local character, and iris-difficult-to conceive, ifit shallibe sanc tioned:and become a law, what practical constitutional restiait can hereafter be imposed upon the most extended system of internal improvements by the federal government in all parts of the Union. The constitution has not, in my judgment, 'conferred upon the federal government the power to construct works of internal im rprovemeit within the States, or to anpro -priate. money from the treasury for that .purpose. That this bill assumes for the federal government the right. to exercise this power, cannot. I think, be doubted. The approved course of the government, and the deliberately-expressed judgment of the people have denied the existence of such a power under the constitution Several of my predecessors have denied its existence in. the most solemn forms. 'he general proposition that the feder al government does not possess this pow er is so well settled, and has for a consid erable period been so generally acquiesced in, that it is not deemed necessary to-reit erate the arguments by which it is sustain ed. Nor do I deenm it necessary, after the full and elaborate discussions which have taken place before the country on thissub ject, to do more than state the general considerations which have satisfied me of the unconstitutionality and inexpediency' of the exercise of such a power. It is not questioned that the federal gov ernment is one of limited powers. Its powers are such, and such only as .are expresslf granted in the. constitution, .Or are properly incident .to the expressly granted powers, and necessary to thetr execution. In determining whether a giv en power has bee.granted a sound rule of construction has been laid down by Mr. Nadison. - That rule is, that "whenever a question arises concerning a particular power, the first question is whether the power be expressed in the constitution. If it be,'the question is decided. -If:it be not expressed the next inquiry must he, whether iris properly an incident to an expressed power, and necessary to its ex ecution. If it be, it may be exercised by Congress. If it-be not, Congress cannot exercise it." It is not pretended that there is any express grant is-the constitu tion confer'ing on Congress the power in queation. Is it then an incidental power. necessary and proper for the .execution of any of4be.grantedpowerss Al! the gran ted powerslt is confidently affirmed, may be effectually executed without the aid of euchan incident. "A :powe' to be.inci dental ntliistuaite exerteisfor eilliWkchb make it a principal,.or isubstantive power, independent'loy the principal power-ro which itaisan incident." It is not enough that it may be regarded. by Congress as convenient, or that. its exercise would ad vance the.public weal. it must be neces eary and prfoper to the execution of the principal ex pressed power to whicha it .is an incident, and without which such ptin cipal power cannot be carried into effect. Tuhe whole frame of the federal constito tion proves that the government wh ich it creates was intended to be one of limied and specified .powvers. *A construction of the constitution so broad as that by which the power in question is tdefended, tends imperceptibly to a consolidation of pgwer in a governmenlt intended by its framers to ben th'is limite-d isa its authority. "The ob vious tendency and inevitable result of a consolidation of the States into one sov *ereignty would he to transform the reptub lican system of the United Statns' into a monarchy." To- guard against the as aumaption of all powers which encroach upon the reserved sovereignty of the States, and which consequently tend to consolida tion, is the duty of all the true friends of our political system. That the power in. question is not properly an incident to any of the granted powers.1 ant fully entisfied; *but if there were doubts -on thiis subject, experieuce -has demonstrated the wisdom of' thbe rule ihat all the functionaries of tbe federal government should abstain from the exercise of all questionable or doubtftul powers. if an enlargement of the powers of the federal government should be dteem *ed proper, it is safer and wiser to appeal to the States and the people in the mode prescribed by the constitution for the grant desired, than to assumne its exercise with-I out an amendment of the constitution. .1f Congress does not possess the general pow er to construct works of iternal improle ment within the States, or to approprnate money from the treasury for that purpose, what is there to exempt some, at least, ofI the objects of appropriation included in this bill from the operation of the general rule! This bill. assumnes the existence of the power, and in some of its provisions asserts the principle, that Congress may! exercise it as fully as though the appro priations which it proposes were applica ble to the construction of roads: and ca nals. If thbere be a distinction in principle,. it is not perceived, and should be clearly defined. Some of' the object. of appropri tion contained in- this bill are local in their character, and lie within the limits. "f a single State;. and though, ini the language of the bill- they are called harbors, thiey are notc~onnected with foreigo commerce. nor are they places of refuge or shelter for onur navy, or commercial marine on the ocean! or lake shores. To call the mouth ofral -creek, or- a. shallowv inlet on our coast. a harbor cannot-confer thte. authority to~ex pond the public money ia its improve ment. Congress have exercised the pow er coevil with the constitution of est ablish in -ight- h eacons, buoys, and --pters on otr gehi~ad lake shores. for the purposeofee g navigation safe and easy, and o4ah gz protection ad~d shel * s ra (@1noy nad other shinik Thee are safeguards placed in existing channels of navigation. After the long acquies cence of the government through all pre ceding administrations,.I am not disposed to questiOit.or disturb the authority to make appropriations for such:purposes When -we advance a step beyond this point, and 'in addition to the establishment and support. by appropriations from the ireasury, of light houses, beacons, buoys, piers, ard other improvements within the bays, inlets, and harbors on our ocean and lake coasts immediately connected with our foreign commerce, and attempt to make improvements, in the interior at points unconnected with foreign com merce, and where they are not needed for the protection and security of our navy and commercial marine, the difficulty ari ses in drawing a line beyond which ap propriations may not be made by the fed eral government. One of my predecessors. who saw the evil consequences of the system proposed to be revived by this hill, attempted to de fine this line by declaring that, "expendi tures of this character" should be "confi ned below the ports of entry or delivery es tablished by law ?" Acting on this re striction, he withheld his sanction from a bill which had passed Congress "to im prove the navigation of the Wabash riv er." " He was at the same time "sensible that this restriction was not as satisfactory as could be desired, and that much em barrassment may be caused to the execu tivo department in its execution, by ap propriations for remote and not well un derstood objects." This .restriction, it was soon found, was subject to be evaded, and rendered -comparatively useless in checking the system of improvements which it was designed to arrest, in conse quence of ihe facility with which ports of entry'and delivery may be established by law upon the upper waters, and in some instances, almost at the head springs of some of the most unimportant of our riv ers, and at points on our coast possessing no commercial importance, and not used as places of refuge and safety by our navy and other shipping. Many of the ports of entry and delivery now authorized by law, so far as foreign commerce is concerned, exist only in the statute books. No entry of foreign goods is ever made, and no du ties are ever collected at them. No ex orts of American products bound for for eign countries, ever clear from them. To assume that their existence in the statute books as ports of entry or delivery war rant expenditures on the waters leading to them, which would be otherwise unau ihorized, wc;jld be to assert the proposi tion, that the ikw-making power may en graft new provisions on the constitution. If the restriction be a sound one, it can only apply to the bays, inlets, and rivers connected with or leading to such ports as actually have foreign commerce; ports at which foreign importations arrive in bulk, paging the duties charged by law, and from which exports are made to tor ign countries. It will be found by ap plying the restriction thus understood to he bill under consideration, that it con tains appropriations for more than twenty )bjects of internal improvement, called in the bill harbors, at places which have nev erbeen declared by.. law either ports of ens r.yordegvery andiat h, aeanpesa rotinthe records of the reasnry, there:has never been an arrival of foreign merchan dise, and from which there has never been a vessel cleared for a foreign country. It will be found that many of.these works are new, and at places for the improve ntent of which appropriations are now for he first time proposed. It will be found, also, that the lull contains appropriations for rivers upons which there not only ex sle no foreign commerce, but upom which here has not been established even a pa per port of entry, and for the mouths of fereeks, denominated harbors, which if mproved can benefit otnly the particular teighborhood in which they are situated. It will b~e found, too, to contain appropri ations the expenditure of which will pnly have the effect of improving one plaEe at the expense of te local, natural advanta ges of another in its vicinity. Should this bill become a law the same principle which authorizes the appropriations which it pro poses to make, would also authorize simi ar appropriations for the improvement of all the other bays, inlets, and creeks, which may with equal propriety be called arbors, and of all the rivers, im portant or unimportant, in every part of the Union. To sanction the bill with such provisions. would be to concede the principle that the federal jgoverunent possesses the power to expend the public mnoney ini a general sysem of internal improvements, limited in its extent only by the ever varying dis retion of successive Congresses and suc essive Executives. It would be to ef' face and remove the limitations and re strictions of power, which the constitution has wisely provided to limnit the authority and action of the-federal government to a few well defined and specified objects. Besides these ohjeetions,-the ptractical evils which must flow from the exercise, on the part ofta he federal government, of the pow ers asserted in this bill, impress my mind with a grave sense of. my duty to avert them from the country, as far as my con stitutional action may enable me to do so, It not only leads to a .consolidation of power in the federal government at the expense of the rightful authority 4f the States, but its inevitable tendency is, to embrace objects for the expenditure of the public tmoney, which are local in their haracter, benefitting but few at .the ex pese of the common treasury of the whole. It will engender sectional feel igs and prejudices calculated to dis urb the hai-mony of-the Union. It will estrovthe harmony which should pre ail in our legislative counsels. It will produce, combinations of local ad sectional interests, strong enough when united, to carry propositions for appropri ations of public money which could not of themselves, and standing alone succeed, and cannot fail to lead to wvasteful and ex travagant expenditures. It must produce a disreputable scramn ble for the public money, by the conflict hicht is inseparable from such a system, etween the local and individual interests f the whole. It is unjust to those States which have with their owns means con ttructed their own internar imp rovements, priations for similar improvements in other' States. In its operation it will-be opJ isveand unjust towards those States whose repre sentatives and peoplo either deal or doubt the existence of the power, or think its ex ercise inexpedient, and who, -ihile they equallf, contribute to the treasury, cannot consistently with their opinions engage in the general competition for a share'df the public money. Thus a large. portion of the Union in numbers and in geographical extent, contributing its equal-proportion of taxes to the support of the govornment, would, under the operation of such a sys tem, be compelled to see- theme"ational treasure-the common stock of-all--une qually disbursed, and often improvidently wasted for the advantage of small sections, jnstead of being-applied to the ;grat na tional purposes in which -all-have fcom mon interest, and for -which 'ali6 the power to collect the revenue Was given. Should the system of internal improve ments proposed prevail, all these evils will multiply and increase with the increase of the number of the States, and the exten sion of the geographical limitiof the set tled portions of our country. ,.With the increase of our nu-nbers and the extension of our settlements. the localdects de manding appropriations of tIhepublic mo ney for their improvement will be propor tionately increased. In each case the ex pondit ures of the public money would con fer benefits, direct or indirect,-opy on a section, while these sections ould be come daily less in comparison 'vith the whole. The wisdom of the framers of-the con stitution in withholding power over such objects from the federal government, and leaving them to the local governments of the States, becomes more and.more nan ifest with every year's experience of the operations of our system.. In a country of limited extent, with but few such objects of .expenditure, (if the form of government permitted ii,) a com mon treasury might be used for -their im provement with much less inequiality and injustice than in one of the vast -extent which ours now present in population and territory. The treasure of the world would hardly be equal to the improvement of every bay, inlet, creek, and river in our country which might be supposed to pro mote the agricultural manufactring, or commercial interests of a neighborhood. The federal constitution was - wiself adapted in its provisions to any expansion of our limits and population ; and with the advance of the confederacy of the States in the career of national greatness, it be comes the more apparent that the harmo ny of the Union, and the equal justice to which all its parts are entitled, require that the federal government should confine its action within the limits prescribed by the constitution to its power and anuthority. Some of the provisions of this hill are not subject to the objections stated, and did they stand alone,'I should not feelit to be my duty to withhold my approval. If no constitutional objections existed to, the bil, there are others of a serious na ture which deserve some consideration. it appropriates betweent one and two mil lions of dollars for objects which, are of no pressing necessity; and -tihisikprQpos to~ a:oreign war anfd whea. >Oongress at its present session has authorized a loan or the issue of treasury notes'todcfray the expenses of the wvar, to be resorted to if the "exigencies of the .governtent shall require it." ' It would seem to be the dic tate of wisdom under such circumstances to husband our means, and not to waste 'them on comparatively . unimportant ob jects, so that. we may. reduce the loan or issue of treasury ntes, which may becomo necessary, to the smallest practical sum. It would seem to be wiseztoo, to-abstaint from such expenditures -with a' view to avoid the accumulation of a. large public debt, the existence of which would be op posed to the interests of our people, as well as to the genius of our free iustito tions. - Should this bill become a law, the prin ciple which it establishea will inevitably lead to large and annually increasing appropriations and drains upon the trea sury, for it is not to be doubted that nu merous other localities not embraced in its provisions, but quite as much entitled to the favor of the government as those wvhich are etmbraced, will demand, thiro' their representatives in Congress, to be p laced on an equal footing with them. Wath such an increase of expendtture must necessarily follow either an increased pub lie debt, or increased burdens upon the people by taxation, to supply the treasury with the means of meeting the accumula ted demands upon it. With profound respect for the opinions of Congress, and ever anxious, as far as I can consistently with my responsibility to our common constituents, to co-operate with them in the discharge of our respect - ive duties, it is -with unfeigned regret that I and myself constrained, for the reasons which I have assigned, . o withhold my approval from this hill. JAMES K. POLK. Washington, August 3d, 1846. From The Hamburg Republicah That One- Wheeled Sulky.-Thbis novel aod interestiing invention of Mr. Willis, of Augusta, has been exciting the curiosity of the wonder-loving part of that commu nity for some time. Having a few hours of leisure yesterday, we applied .them in giving this inventisn a careful examination. The inavention has been, we think, subject to' a great deal of undeserved ridicule, and we hope he will, in the end,-receive full compensation in d'illars and cents for this unjust treatment. From our examination, and from what has gone before in the way of wonders, we believe the plan as fully practicable. We cannot- do the sulky jariee in a description here, bat will merely state what we noticed about it. It is worked without traces, breeching, col lar, or hames: the wheel (for- but one it has) is placed precisely under the seat, and, accordiug to Mr. W.'s views, will follow wherever a horse can lead.- The manner in wihch this vehicle is constructed is simple and economical, and the day is not far distant when all vehicles of this nature will run on one wheel. . - "Th' invention all-ad mir'd, and each, he To beth' inventor miss'd; si easy it seem' .Once fon~hc eanonms ol have thou haimpssille~ The following is Mr. Calhoun's reply to the Resolutions of the Georgetown Meeting: -WAStNoTOrN, 16th July, 1849. '-Dear Sir,-i have received your com munication of the 8th inst. covering the preamble and resoluiens of the citizens ol Georgetown District, and am highly gra. tified with their approbation of my course in reference to the Oregon and Mexicac questions. I adopted the course I took in reference to both, under a deep sense of duty, and with a full knowledge of the responsibility involved; and I am confirmed, by lout approbation, in the conviction that nothing more is required to gain or retain the confidence and support of the people o, South-Carolina, but an honest, faithful and fearless discharge of duty regardless of the excitement of the moment, he it ever se great. Entertaining this opinion. I have never hesitated id a itdng dnd eventful period of public service; to act dbT it, with out, in a single instance, losing their con fidence trsbpport. I may well be proud of representing such constituents, too en lightened to be deceived, and too just and patriotic to. Condemn or discard a public servant, tvithout a calm, impartial and thorough exaiination of his motives and reasons. What mine were have been fully explained as to the course I took in reference to the Oregon question, while under discussion ; hut such is not the case in reference :o the Mexican. It was hurried through, without affording an opportunity for explanation; and now that We are in volved in war, that sense of duty, which would have compelled a free and full ex pression of my objections to the course oi policy by which we dre involved in it, compels silence now, when it can he of no avail, and might tend to retard its speedy termination-a consummation, which, all who love their country must desire. With great respect. Yours, truly, J. C. CALHOU N." iR. E. W. Allston, Esq. From the Evening News. COL. BUTLER. There is asslcieted with the name 0l this gentleman recollections of gallantry, patriotism add. honorable bearing, wh:h have always firmied subjects of pride tc South Carolinians. The campaign in Florida, during which he had an inpor taut command, bears testimony to the truth of this remark, while his recent elec tion to the Colonelcy of the S. Carolina Regiment, raised for the Mexican war, furnishes a just sense and appreciation of his personal merit. His successful adjust meat and negotiation of a treaty with the Cumanche Indians, supplies evidence, al. so, of his abilitj in that line of diploma, cy, which is very difficult-the concilia tion of those rude tribes which disturb oui frontier. Indeed it is impossible to form an exaggerated estimate of Col. Butler': merits as Indian Agent and Commissioner He has devoted several years of his life t< the investigation and settlement of dis pates between the Indians. By most per severing efforts he not only succeeded it uniting the tribes which are parties to th Cumanche treaty, but laid the foundatiot by his skilful exertions during the last three years, fouthedate:arrangement by which the bitter -euds between the Cherokees have been reconciled. Under these cir cumstances, we regretted to see that a Washington correspondent of one of ou city papers had thought fit to disparagi Col. Butler, by asserting that he had beet dismissed from his ofice as Commissioner leaving the implication that ibis was it consequence of misconduct. We have seen a letter from W~ashing ton, which states that the opinion and feel ing ther~e are unanimous in relation to tha purity and integrity of Cal. Butler's con duet as Iedian Commissioner. ,. At the In dimn Bureau his accounts, no doubt, wi lju found clear and unexceptionable, whie at much courtesy was paid to him, that thi commission itself was not terminatted unti the day after his arrival there. In t'.onfir mnition of the truth of this statement, wv need only observe, that in reply to Col Burt's motion in the House of Represen istives fot a Committee to investigate the accoun'.s of Col. Butler, the Chairmat stated that no censure was intended to be reflected on him. We have penried the above remark! in justice to an honorable man and dis tinguished citizen, which it is the duty o the public journalists to vindicate, wher wrongly assailed. Thne Oregon Negotiation.-Thbe corres. pondence published by us this evening does not assume an official form, but :t< authenticity, from internal evidence, ii unquetionable.-The injunction of se drecy has been violated by some one oi other in possession of the secretsi of gov enent. If the violator of this sacrec pledge puts in the plea, that no harm car come from placing before the public the correspondence now that the negotiatior is substantially terminated, his plea is no available as a defetice, fur of the cam parative advantage to the community o evil to the public service, by the disclosure lie is not the judgo. The seal of secrec3 is not removed until the Senato release! its members formally from the oflicia obligation. The correspondence discloses some circumstances of wvhich the public were not before in possession. The aenacity with which the British government belk to the navigation of the Columbia wa' greater even than was imagined in this country, and hence the importance of the concession which limits the right both at to them and persons. It is evident the the total surrender of the navigation o that river would never have formed the condition of any final arrangement. Mr MLane plainly hints that the restriction! proposed were not the limits of British concession; but between the ent.ire sur render of the right and its limitation in the manner stipulated, we are at a loss t< discover any intermediate proposition ai the British ultimatum. Be thi's as it may the Senate acted wvitl great wisdom in acoepting the conventiot in the form proposed, wvith a full under ~tanding of the hazards of committing the matter to the chances of a change of min isry. The Russell ministry may not have been more stubborn that was the Pee .piiitry, while it must be admritted tha more definite and precise, lunguage, so as .o remove all doubt a's to the real meaning of the parties in the construction of the clause limiting the rigit of navigating the Columbia tot he continuance ofthe Hudson Bay Company, might have been'desirable. But when this advantage was weighed against the hazards of new councils inter vening, to defeat an arrangement. the decision was borh sagacious and patriotic. We shall be surprised in this country, some twenty years hence, at the impor tance we have attached to the exclusion of foreigners from, the navigation of the Columbia. More liberal principles of mer cautile intercourse are about to reform the bigoted policy of exclusion, in matters connected with navigation as well as con merce.-Evening News. WEDNESDAY, -,UUST 12. 16# The Tariff Bill and the Veto of President Polk, which we publish this week. avcessarily exclude mouch other matter, which .vo hiad se lected for insertion. We think m. spalogy necessary, as our readers generally, wa tid de sire to read these important papers. Rain.-Since our last, heavy alho Hers of rain have fallen at this place and in various sections of our -Distriat. Theo late Corn is much benefitted. Congress.-The Warehouse Billhagpasied. l The Bill for the payment of the claimri of the French Spoliations,to the extent of five millions prior to 1800, h as passed. The Sub-Treasury Bill hris passed. The great H arbor Bill, which embraces nappropriations to the extent of one million and upwards of dollars, was returned by the President. The bill was again discussed in the IHouse, and upon the _qu,-stion gf its adoption, notwithstanding its rejection by the President, the vote w as, yens 96, nays 9l. There not being a constitutional mnjority of two thirds in its favor, it was lost. We congratulate the country upon the fate which this great measure of extravagance, ine. quality and injustice has received at the hands of Mr. Polk. We heartily rejoice that he has interposed his veto to shield the Constitntion of the United fro violation, and to stay the reck' less expenditures into which both Houses of Congress were about to plunge the country. For his bold and well timed veto he has richly merited the thanks of the Nation at large, and of the Sout in partinlar. .In his course on athis occasion, e has given strong proof of his devotion to the true State Right doctrines, and of his thorough independence. Oregon-Treaty.--By the arrial of tlh steams er Hibernia, whichwas telegtaplied-ii'New York,-on the 3rd inst. We have received asme i important inelligence. The Oregon Treaty; was ratified by the Britsh Government under the seal of the new Foreign Minister, Lord Palmerston, on the 17th ofJuly. It was also WeCongrioatlt tPrintry-h uponte fae passed thejoint mesuioprevouxtraatede quiy and ijusie esrceingeda at the Prindn of CMrs halk.l hertilyerbejpoed ater -cntrac. his veto t of el uth sourceii of tcerruptidomnlto, and will abslis the ecfka lesism xedtsito hicha boiter whos moy Conpess tee spaout toreeabe to he ounrty F i boldr Andwll thepinter vet heWashington, meitegd to thnk pufi theNtiona gea. Dr.th Suthsn atisslrI C hubck.-Nt lon dein tevra dthee treSttite dotierry anth annonceentof the arria of thseabme Chrbbck. hernie whias consiertabledisprit io n the es nst editor receved hate he importanyntellgne would regav Tethe was doctirien by * th an mavrriedthime DPalesso, nthe match fll was asadoe signedbyourtni.er . M ae paerno ong sincgvamual criin.TieSnticis upsse the jointoreotioet Srtrngey adpted bthe rusTe, pescdit at '-we nt cn ofytonors halleraftre onerfo mpessine cmadect upons wil thi atoihn erfuorace of corruption, and will alms thempted tof hin that isuc tremndou paticlrrnter hod thay harmed to bspcallwu agtreal totherparty illeefoulen be pdced any fting withsrade o the btinsea printheng. on anotuncment oftsae mafrre , this reaterorl er uwuk ee~as couly etn iderabis duispdrity sicpn thes Oner edrusoor ketats.ere woerfus Fany the ould soaoverwheming the oldrdocto i ca Hrian marriedbhime compostn. Weoav otrrfranyetcDamr- Pohielphitact parot loghicsav musical criticism c ecie uponeprial the perorane of playitrnge uonh tDrumr The edit say, inw cnnotsion-ha and tohou heares thehy woru imrssiguon fo aisn time twe weams tageme-t Hink thalt gsves tremendousin tors hear sin tht seeversaton swow the nasve Meeicanl. ote kis iscadeten oulst. be prodempoay thing iotsie ofus; thbwyut isa ofpe Nouge rn iner tndfisgbt we saarfrute agraidperform erouas gacall baing Mexico, hisfouriu roumi tins o the ver wrumws the ony ears Sof woneru Sathe seounY ork-corwhing t e compoitlion,h ouaio fNwYr amoet paticular the stleof milying sif hen ade thoat d .4' Mtssionaries to China.-The Rdigiss:He ald, states, thait ta lat. ,meeting of the Missin- \ ary Board of tie Southern Convention, three young brethrej ,Jonssos, of S. C,?sonof;Dr Wm B Jolhi "Yarxs, ofrN. C., -endA neY, of Cola b' n College, wae sid - Missionaries. e u The Slaves of John Randolph.-Our; readera are aware.-that according 'to one of.tihe ijls of the late John Randolph. his slaves were'iagu, mitted. 'hree hnndied and ninety one or them recently left their home in Virginia, . Ohio, where they proposed to settle. Does any body know, where General Tiv LOR was born: Divers placesclaim the hiotfdr of being the birth place of GeneraLTaylor-- - In the olden time, seven ciues--boastedt -- having given biith to the great epic-poet:Ho me:. Itis not yet known, to this day, in-tohic he was born, or whether he was riore as lt:. It is a very doubtful, whether there ever I such a man as Homer. The situation of Gen eral Taylor, is something like that ofh t old Grecian bard. Virginia, Kentucky,anad Pearnn. sylvania, all claim himn as a native. At;least; certain newspaper writers have severally,,cal led him a Virginian, Kentuckian, and -Penn sylvanian. The editor of the Saturday Pese #2 says, if however he is claimed by many-more _.1 parts of the country, we shall begirrto believe that he was not born at all-but like'others n' the "rough and ready" school, that be came - down the river, from the illustrious.land oL , no where, "on a raft." Our own thouglp the subject, is this-that old Zack,like Miner the Goddess of War, sprung ready armed from the head of Jupiter the Thunderer. The Painter Haydon and Sir Robert"Peel. English papers recently gave an account of the death of the celebrated Painter-Haydon. He died by his own hand. Poverty 4as the:' cause of it. Before his untimely end;ie wrote. to several distinguished persons soliciting pc-.. cuniary aid. Among the rest. he applied to Sir Robert Peel. To this appeal none responded but the late Prime Minister. He remitted the unfortunate man fifty pounds. This is not the first time, that Sir Robert has shewn such no' bleness of soul, and pity for the afflicted. We heve seen it stated, -that lie didiuch for the relief of the destitute family of the celebrated poetess Mrs. Heanrniie.- lHerionr-we believe were much indebted ,to him. Great as Sir Roe. bert undoubtedly is as a politician, these gen erous acts add much to his greatness, in a mo ral point;of view. We would,that other states ~nen, as well as ?ivate men wotild imitate his example. - Ghosts ! Ghosts! !-The editor of an ox change paper says, he never stiv but one ghost, and that was the ghost of a sinner, who died without paying for his paper. "Twas terrible to IhMk upon;-the ghost in Hamlet was not a aircunatance." When we first read the above,' we were filled with horror. We feared we sionld never sleep again-so .much did we dread, in the witchiing'hmur of night, the visits of the spirits of our subscribers, who died and never paid us.. .-:C :01:9'Hai eorresp6dat si: date of the Siijnbit. says:- = "Since my regoit this day a week ago, the good demand thein'noticed fur this article,' has been continued with a sligitidvance in prce, -nd I advance gotations accordingly, sales now range from 6. to 7J, principal sales at 7 to 7.3-8 cents, with a brisk marke:.. Thellast aa. count from Liverpool to .19th ult.. does not seem to produce any efl-ect on. prices here, or in the seaports. In Pronisions. 1 dent knod itat aniy change has taken place. flouris plenty, and prices range 'from $3 50 to S4g50. Corn 70 to 75 cents. Meal 87G,$J200y Lard 10 to 11 cts.C Bacon 6.4 to 9 cits Stock light and inclined to advance. For the information oif thnse interestisd, I wiill mention that our Merchianits aire getting in harge supplies of Bagging, R ope, Twine, and' other articles in the2waty of trauae, so that a plantner may obtain his farming: supplies with out trouble, and at hiiWpncs: For the Advertiser. Mr. Eitor-I take this opportunity to inform you. that on Inst Friday,-the 7thr itnstan, a little after-dtrk, a tall. spare made gentleman, wvith a- whiite hat, appa-. renthy in a great hurry, called at mylgate, and requested to ha., his horse fed U~pon. my offering to takes tei saddle-bags, he in-. terfered, and took them in hand himiself', saying that ho would take care o1 themnr until his horse bad eaten, and that thetn he~ would continue on his journey, H e refused -- to go into the house, but entered the stable. lot-was restless, listening and con tnti -, lookitng up the road, the way he hadiine. After a few moments he ran down ui the woods, not far from my house, carrying-: his saddle-bags, but leaving 'his mae: my stable. Since which time I havea heard of him. His mare is a small bright sorrel, 'with a -' star on her forehead, and a white mark upon her nose.- . I have been thus particular in making. this publication, with a view 'lint it may lead to the detection of the guilty, and to. an explanation of this mystery. Yours, &c. A. BLAND. August 9, 1846. The Sandersville Telescopie of the S1st ult. says, "We have been shownm a coun terfeit '320 bill on the Bank of Charlestoin, S. C. No 109, dated Feb. 2d 1834. It had passed through several hands, we un' derstand, as a genuine bill, and-perhaups.it would have passed-through several more, hadl it not been forwarded to one of the Banks in Savannah which discovired the - imposition. . Loss of Forty Lirs.-On the 10th nit. the country-of Cornwall- was visjted withi a heavy thunder storm. Into one of the shafts .of the East Wheel- Rose Lead Mines, at Newvlyn,-torren's of eater jour ad, when the men were at work beneath. The props: the-oil'o fthe mines w nped a du he wall - the 6(fty. -.; persoti)ones~I.?n lthisndr 'aen de' 'da b