Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 12, 1846, Image 2
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
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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