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GEN. TAYI1OR'isOPINIONS. The numerous 'iegree'ib s of . Taylor's opinions -upon 4'0i'o pub? 'ie policyi'which-havebe putnttreula lion by persons wh6' ase e 'to speak from authoriiy, have'inhduced -to ad -dress a letter to C.apti llison,- is brother in-law, in which ie takesoccasion to speak -mnoreWt large "of potictl topics than he ihiiitio.ddne'Tis letter bas. been handed us for publidations and it defines, oicefor all, the GeneraF's.position in re gard to the Pre sidency, and the issues ~whicrlie at the base or party orgaization. 1t'we shall not detain the reader with commenitupon a paper which will attract univerrial attentiou. BATON ROUGE, April 22d, 1848 Dear- Sir- My opinions have recently been-so oftn imisconecived and misrepro senied, that I deem it due to myself, ii not to my friends,'to make a Srief exposition of them upon the to-pics to which you have called my attontion. - I have consented to the use of my name as a candidate for the Piesideucy.' I have frankly avowed my own distrust or my iL ness for that high stition ; but having, at the solicitation of many of my country imen. taken my position as a candidate, I S do not feel at liberty to surrender that po sitiou until my. friends manifost a wish that I should retire from. it, I will then most' gladly do so. I have no private purposes to accomplise, no .party projects to build up, no enemies to punish-noth ing to serve but my country. I bare been very often addressed by let Iter, and my opinions have been asked up on almost every quesi'in that might o'i cur to the writers as aflecting the ijnterest ofjibeir country. or their party. I have .tnot always responded to these. inquiries, for various reasons. I confess, whilst I have great cardinal principles, w.hich will regulate my politi cal life, I -atfnut sufliciently fatiliar with -lll:the minute details of'poltitical legisla ton, to give solemn pledges to exert my influence, if I were resident, to carry out -this, or defeat. that measure. I have .no eoncealment. f hol no %opitjiQn which. I would notreajL -proclaim 'to ny assent >el coutn'me but cruide impressions up~on 'matters a hey which may be rught- to-day antlwrorig to morrow, or., -erhaps not the iest test of Uiness 'for of h . .Oe who cannot be trustel wi'thout plege's, cannot be confitied, in merely ou accounto theIn. roceed, howevcr, to respond io in quinres. -mitagreiterate what Irhave often said -am a lgi but not ati ultra ntbig. If -ec ed;.. I,ould not be the mere Presi ofa part would endeavor to act Sdeende't ofparty-dominuatio!, I should 're bo sd admi ter the goiernsea ranmelled .by party chemes u ~ a~m-e1Ti';etopo er. These poe - mvs~s y onstttuttoa to the xecuttve ON oeoehjs veto - Ic Ftes astadan underging a ea4 -Tclagedfrom its irub theory. Thre persi-i . d1liopnions of. the.indivridual, who- maiy lioppen to occupy the Exectitive chair, - ought not to'. cont-rol the action of Con -gress upon questions of d'omestic- policy; nerought .his-object'ons .to be -interposd There quest-mwasof-constitutional power. * ~ - have been settled by -thd vaiius depa'rt - oents of Government and'-acquiesced in by~ the people. s Third-Upon ithe- subject of the tariff, the currency, tho .improvement of our - great highway,s,.rivers, lakes and barbors, "the will of the people, as expressed through - heir Representatives in Congress ought sobe'-respected and ctiried out by th'e Ex ecou 've. F'odith--The Mexican War. I sin cerely regoice at the prospect of' peace. My life has 'been devoted to arms, yet I -look upon War' at all times anid under all *--rcuinstancles; as a national calamity, to -be avoided if. comapatible writh national honor. The' pritnciples of out' Govern - m nent-as well 'as it's true policy, are oppos ed to the subjtugation of other nationis, and the dismnemberment~of other countries by * conquest. .In the lattguage of the immor tal Washington, "Why should- we squit our own- to stand on foreign ground l!" * In the Mexicman war our national honor has been vindicated, amply vindicated, 'and in dictating peace, we may well af - ford to bie forbearing anid even magnant mou's to our fullen foe. -These are my Opinions upn the sub jects referre.d to by you; and any reports or publications, w'ritten or verbal, froms~ *any source, differinig in any es'sentimal pat" ticular from' hat is here wriittn, are un authorized and untrue. -1 do not know that I shal-l again :write *uponu the subject of national politics. shall engage in no schemes,' no combina -- tions, no intrigues. If' the American .peo ple have not confr'dence itt mate they ought not to:give me their sufr'ages. 11 they do not, you know meo well enough to. believe mrte when I declame I shall be content. I -am too old a soldier to murmur against such'high a'uthoriiy. 'Z. T1AYLORL. - To Capti .5, 8. Allison. TErflGRa~i Wuavs IlaoKE.--Yester .day af'ternmoon about 4 o'clock, during the prevalence of'thae hail sorm,thtere was quite a considerable play - of electricity in, the atmosphere--and we regret to- state that ulie Magnetic in the Telegraph Office in -this place, sustained such inj~ury,.as to ren dci it wholly unfit for service. -We also learn from a getl'eman- who came up otn the cars last evenitng, that four mIles below Columbia, two os thFee of .the posts and a considerable extent of the wire was demolished, probably by the same stroke of eletricity. -The commu, eation by Telegraph between !his place and Charleston,is thterefore, completely cut oli. ~The Operatorhas gone dmwnthis morn nito r-epair thedamnage, .Thiolice will theIboie be closed until -irth'erunotice. RtWELL H. May 2 O. eiensisf' this place met in ih Masoi' l~day 3.1 0'c4-l . bL. iekakfiiicon'ideration'the'rumors ikld had reached them -cobee'rning a. persori lately a'dii hedi eilling himself Dr.ii Major. aLecturer on the- Philosophy -ol Mag4etism. and who was suspectod el being an Abolitionist emissarv.: .On motion, Mr. Lewis O'Bannon wai called to the chair, and James M'Kenzic was requested to act as Secretary. The chairman stated to the meeting the object for which it hid been assembled, and.called upon those present who knew anything about Dr. 3Aajor to make the same known to the theeting. , - ,Col. R. H. Brown and others then sta ted. the information they had received' con ee'rning this individual; the opinions whic he had expressed in this comtMnuity; frorr which it appeared tha't Dr. Mdjor repre seated having come from the nori a fei months since-hat he had there been at aboli-ionist. but that he,was not quite 3d much in favor of that doctrine now-t ha he spok' against slavery wherever hi wen', hmft grofessed io be in favor of it that in Beaufort district, he had been seet in a Seld conversing with the slaves who were gat hered aro-und him-that thf owner ofthese slaves ordered him offi, anc questioned the slaves as to whmi they ha( been told by Dr. L. ajor, and they dic not answer--that the citizens of Robrtvilli had- threatened to take him up. and tha he had expressed surprise that slaves wer not permitted to sit hnl car at the sami table with their owners. It appears alsc that Dr. Major was travelling with a fe male supposed not to be a white person. These matters having been submitted J. Patterson Esq. addressed the nieetin' on the course to lie taken under these cir cumstances, aid advised an investigatioi into.the facts. E. Beltnger Jr. Esq. then made a rev remarks expressive ofhhis vioks of the mat ter. and'offered thc following resolutions which were nnaimotsly adopted. Resolred, That Dr. L. Mijor, who pur ports to be a .Lecturcc on aninaal nagnatism but of whose sinister designs in relation v o.rpeculiar institutions,-as we have re ceived suifirient proof. he, and he hereb1 is,- required to Icavo the villago initnedi ately. - Resolved. That acomniittee o, three bi appointed. to carrjiIe above resolution intoe'iiect, and to transmit to his Excel lincy.sucir information is tmay ho neces sary for-.Executive action in the premises Resolved, That the . committee do insti tute such other pro.ceeiigs as may be ne cessarv to enforce 'the Aboliiion Act o 1844,aird to- protect, our daives..' The chair a pohteod .tidssrs. E. Bellin ger, Jr , J. Patfeinf nId'. -.... titI 3e Cominittee of 'thre :under tho.secoii meet'agatn atth e c'all ji heChair. nran~#z~tijis~i;had t 'u da "e tact oA d'das. he wdtvidual f. pro senit,'M'r.aBeliaeerimoved thbe bno" lieei-4aeoidigfy. To T&histh nietin re it ~readiijysscned, anrdcDr.h1.tlatire intit defence of himself. He adnist that lhe wasopposed to slavery in the a6 stract, and Itpat thes cifisens -of ieaeuJfr district had. charged him wtth hetng ai abolitionist, but he dented the statement: whidh charged him'.with having~baran gueil any elavestor interfered with the in stitutiotn or'slavery. He said ho had dis cussed the qmiestion nf slavery with a grea many persons ini the South,.referring them~ by name, but~ had done so in privat4 and pirotested that he was a pro.slaveri man. lIo also said ihdh7e lha cdhallengel the citizens of. Robertville to hold a publi meeting to hear his viewi on slavery, pne in all his lectures, but one, since' hie~hat heard of the sosicions- against him. hi -had explait his opitninwrof the conditioi of slaves; and that at the north he was al aboliitionist, and considered .tha~t slaver was oppressive and Itjurious to the ne groes, but here his opitos had been mnod ified-and said that he was p'reparing cource of six lecttures, to be deliveredi Boston oin'the subject of slavery. Dr. Major went into these. matters a considerahle letngthb,. and was listened I with great patience. WVhen he had cotn eluded, iMir. Becll'mger, after a fete prelini nary remarkcs, oflered tl~e folidwing preama ble and resolumionv: This meeting havitng heard Dr. L. Ma jor mn liis defence, amid leartning nothin; from hi-n calculated to alter their views his, character as set forth in the first reso tution, beretofore adopted, thereforo, Resolved. That a Committee often L a ppointed to cause the said Dr. L. Majo to quit gur vilage forthwith. *Ahter an interchange of views as to ih best mode of proceeding, in which Mesare Bedintger, RL. A. Gani t, J. M. Hlutson, D) Elliott and Win. H. Thompson participa ted, the resolution was adtopted, and th following gentlemsen appointed the Coms mattee : E.-. Bellinger, Jr.. J. Pattersotr, 3. M1 Hluteon, N. G. WV. Walker. S. W. Trotti E. L. Patterson, Dr. J. . Hagood, M R..Stansell, Seth Daniel and' Win. HI Thompson. Od motion, ordered, That these procee dinge be pobtished in the newspapers. The meeting then adjourned. L. O'BA NNON, Ch m'n. J. McKEzEw, See'y. The -coimiee of ten discharged the dty assigned them. and request South era' newspapers Io ptublish the-' proceed ings. It is also proper t,add, tilat somt hours after they had perrrned their d~umy still further proof was received at to'tli true character of the said Dr. L. Majror-im particular as to hia habit ofjosturhti~uin with neroe,Iin order to deliver pthilosophte cat Leetures on freedom; and als6 to hit carrying about him-a chemiar'pieie to change di oroofdlwusi. ft wilI thu be seeny hat onr commbany Ive acted towardEW.TY.M'ajor iht a r ebmmo which-willnot bie eenn il G found wiihin 'thii'diistret' ,<,:. - CTT., t~C I~~ R cord leaves-fr departeii e 6 ill Yepjteds ro e a before the o their examim to. r also returbs, to __ a. J.am exceedily amonq the officers returning i I -State Brig:Gen. Cade idr; at cularl as he has teridiredh I office-ati ing a bri ous and eneg 't0c in oc lions of.his o eie,t ladel but 'at the presen na scattered all over' hhi left with the inmediatfsn squadronof draoons, d t communicate with ith * 'Pta one regiment ilg att qd th remainder of the divi vi ve Cuernavaca, Pachucad Tdlu ca. L ast night, about twe cters an teamsters deseried, tR em th best horsas they coud ori together wii theirfua aq, Reip ments. It is supp reasonth their objedt is to' i, i th purposes of plunkRs 'ig , d haciendas, andI thi tlq smal towns. We learn that thre ready' band of America"adoscitijanam tifower of the army, to the ihif le:out IN now organized and o eest i't. iis'way -They may have !Mex is iecte with them, for all we know'.Acti measures have beejaliketo ferret ihet out, but as their places or6 ndeuvoUs ot 'm the mouitains. 'tiey will )eifard .t destroy them cnuld.notiove as t. a they can, atid asmall r t w l be able to defeat, rfoit ome ve desperato men'a-midng The prinrory elect ioijhi h -toa place i'r this State rend la and Sur day last, for Presid'eit -ared el ulies, resulted-asi thef I'Pveth country where new elect ihave hoes held-in favor of the ." .Our latest dates frOar t Iav the 4th inst. 'Thi i -da state that theraiould i Congress d uring h-te Wh look for their first' rce- I 1 12th inst.; but the su 'in anything ldrthir.thit0 unlit -after the airiii % place.- It will be.t, acts opon the TVi learned that it h J 3j.' Senate,.be'freih fy are [ what thojlte be done unlifr jteIva vier. 4iAlIV440-44 opinitit2 k e t~WW 1:. 'il it has-nw y ha si. Pieebla p ~~lii ~dfsive* i Convention -.oul lfforwvat tupont the annexation 6 oe FMe:i SF.VERE SOi o - in"aeroet about half.. paista oc& d iyrui t slormecame .up, aceo ~ ii~h thut ,der andl.lighting,-tg ~igh s prinkle 4 haiL. This. hipweve wi on continu anee, the elouds goonB jtpsgr and th sky becaine c19pt.c~ A little: befire 0't cig thei angr e couds asspin con rege~ot iore:m i ting vivid eigltutagsco ~~ad wii heavy thunder. lal(fer corn meneed falling-fit, i ime anid-pear1 globules, but inereasng:; V ndlly un ,they.. reached a fearful~~e and :fell .as to completely white'4 ersets .A vast number ofhail tpes wer'e pickei s up of the size of piouiggu, and man Sfully equallitng the dimesions of a lmrg hen's egg autof the-mosi selid caonsistenet tWe sawv some mneasuriag.7,74, ad 7j ii Sches in' circumferenceg aq; '.weighian .from two to three ouocess e are in .formed thaL runeasued ~a er bein .some minuies-.in the ha~h ~ the gentle man who picked ii tp~p es.;ta n ci: .cumference.. Some wer niid E:n.uee Sstreet.weighing 4he-a~ ~niouguis, an one weighing _on th'iisiast, afier it fe reiched five ounes., i-aJ. Fort-unately, ihe..idt was Rot higli otherwvise there mut ha-bi n a gret destruction of window gi*~ As -it Wa1 however, there was-macli broken in vari 'ous parts of the'miy. 6 The only damage dons the lightnin as far as we have heard1as- on boar the Br. barque Shaik'epa;yn g as comn mercial wharf. The ele tetd siruec the fore-top-.allant-ms t esc ~sel and shattered it consider The cre' were on deck at the ii bt-estaine no injury.-Cori 3d.~ - Cor.ux ,th May. Hmz S-roar.-Wetb teard 'r dlifferenit sosurees, that itetrmc -Tuesday last, was som xtensrv in its sweep., atnd musL ly bev done serious damage to~ tigerop of small grai..Van -.ant'e mut trees - Some four miles N-:Wd' gfussbia, i fell even inr 'j'rda'er ti~e mmid a larger size. It was seen ~ndance lying -in the ditelhes and placet unti .10 or 1.1 o'clock the next-i ~iharlies ton it seems to h:ave bien tally. tnem more severe. -Wgraj~~ GeneaSarrrFhiis'i ard - magniffrcent' set of W vppng for a charger, saddle, b ~c. gokt 'moonfed, cost-$d00,fnj . et'f.ti ico.. They are~ dit t6b wi the Ro ruda. The genierafis r i4anc | ot odiiatetfor dyl r will probably ride ,l- "ei .'mounted jiiltJs. ~ Mtf~ea~uiam hs wrineae t tee to t. fromm fr Carolina,L inwhcia gu SI V'acttcetof thI pbn gadateteis 'cultivatei coton I within a milt ,Ihe railroad leading to o Auusta, and seventy-two - mile. froiw sCh trfeson. :11 contains afiout four thous'- if and acres,-and produces in great abuan l dance cotton, rie, and almost Oevey Vaie- 1i -ty of the mIout delicious fruits. . The fami- n ly mion'is spacious, and-surrowtred by e Iirotheho"Id if superb trees, aM when a i viewed in connection 'with its tut houses o . and an occasional group of polite'and hap- a i py slaves. (with'ihe white and black chil-. r i dren frolicking upon the trees,) produced v a truly chariming and comfortable effect 1 I upon my feelings.. I , Before reaching this pidee I was told z that T should find 'Woodlands' to be a fair specimen of a Southeri plantation, t I (or (arm as it is called.) and judging from t i this specimen, I am convinced that the a , gentry ol the South have brought the art r of rationally enjoying life to its perfection. i .0"O0 enquiring of Mr. Simms yesterday. B morning how he managed to take theex ercise usually required by the scholar, he i led me through the winding paths of an t a extensive forest, which he is gradually 9 transforming into- what he designates a f 1, woodland. Every tree seemed to him a I familiar friend, and the grape vines which i . bound together many of -hts favorites, I o struck me as the most luxuriant and beau- t it tiful that f had ever seen. The natural i P beauties of every thing I looked upon. t o -even-to the sparkling brooklet or the ex- t 9 guisite swamp scenes, -seemed to have I I. been quietly enhanced .by -thehand of the r Poet. - "On one side of Mr. Simms' plantation i k now the'clear waters of the'Edisto, a love- a i-ly and picturesque stream, whicifhas al- I read y"beeu, madtdclassic by the produc , tions of the Poet and Novelist of the South, I it. par ecivuence Mr. Simms tells we that i the Edisto abounds in fash, such* as the r briam and trout, the -black percb,-the sun I a fish. and tat fish. Alligators 're also I of found here, but -they are small and harm- i II less. Of game, such as' deer, partridgeo I e woodcocka, ra6bits and 'squirrels. th'ere is i Itan builance throiughout the surrounding I t. country and in an 'aside,'4 was in i formed that there were few men in the W Idwlands of. Georgia, who.could 'bar' a rseiqrrel in, a. handsomtr style thaa. my The indoor attraction of Woodlands ife , qill,eualInetfiose fieldi and woods. T-J lnai t the place-for me to; speak.of e, ib, delightful family-with twhich--I. am i simjin but I must allud6 to Mr, Simma' Si~iefd it 'ihst heve cost, I suppose, t firtn tn tiwenty thio'usand dollars, - and '6 i'ef rare anddwll selected works iCan '.n.ve~rvhepartment ofmlt5err~se- . ...- ,- er emexungstii-e ii ewiid-fiourishitheir apro bkathe stealthy1 piais ikn feli d inany-limes, Stusee tili.ttle fellows borne offin remorse a less talons, crying out, high in the air, and d wvhen we could afford them no succor. We .never see the use of hawks-nor do j we believe our particular friends, the great natieralisis of America, can point ~out their usefulness-although ihey have, given a I n respite to crows and the insect dlevoturing -birds,''which promises to prove, with the fthinkehg Planter., a safeguard and quit edaunt for all the-corn pulling depredations 'y e they may chne rcommit-. 'But, to the hawks-the seasow -for their y depredations being at hand, we hry before I out readers the following, whicip i said to I h- snceeed-well: -, "Erece a pole, tve' or fffeew'fiet 1. high, in a place where there will-not be il any thing else near for them to light u'poni, is .md "upon it set a common foe trap, in - which they will -alight. When one hawit I is taken, te it on the ground near the pole, ..and its mate wrill be in teta'naser * time." - thtrp )aafot -A friend of ours adopts the following -plan, ahich has- been eminently success It feL. Whenever, a hawk pourices on a - chicken, he pursues it until it drop. its 1 S prey, and then baits a commonPatridge -trap with the dead chicken. The hawk I -invariably' returns, and is caught in. thei n trap. He has caught dozens in ibis man i'er, anil saya bit trap never misses. , *HatI, Srouats.-On 'Tuesdayj the 2d . inst. ihere were two severe ba'd storm. in t dif'erent parts-of this Ditrict-one about ,ten miles above, and the other about the sme distance below th~e Villnge. We tan terstaod many pieces of hail fell larger S rlinnr a hen egg. No-very serious damage ci wasy done to the crops, owing to their early , - afagle. An the. mouth. of INay. it may be- 4 tremwrktet. hail storms are more f'requent ~ awd more severe than in any other mionels r of the year.-Greeneilk Mouantainvw. EmRn ND- Caor's.-A goqid mrdrate; rain visited the District generally n.Suar- ~ deiy last.. Some injury fromr the 0y and a diy weather hasbee uxperienced by rho g a farmers among their wheat, hut the pros- ~ f pet of a good harvest is greatly improvedc a by the rains. 16- a I Be Easy.-A French gentleman, totally, unacquainid 'with. our language, being a t introduced into a cirele of- young ladies , is anti gentleman of thre Wust,iefter the' usual i. comwplimenes had passed, seared himself I- b'eside a beautiful young lady, and being deprived-of the satisfactioer of conversing ti t~with. herb he ized. her by the hand, and 0 began to evince, by his looks, the etnos tion of bhi heart. She requested himto E I e ens', whiebhbe mistaking for the French d 4 iord 'iae (kiss me) bogas bissing her to Ithe. great mirth of the compu. The eniseiqinenwceaa that the ladies came to h tho-unanimon -dietermination always to- I I' eiisbeag" to'a Frsehmain. I ew-York annegro can 'vote if pos- t seijed of a rree-hold worth $50,-Weu temn ContinentI. [EUT.J. Ri. RLr;K-Co[. G, FAItFIELD' NoX. "4nev'er kn a man remarkiable for heroic -0e1y, whose very, aspect was.not lighted ip rgentleness and humanityander a kill-and-eat im countenance that did not cover the heart 'a bully di a.ptroon."-Eiistx's SPECH. I thereI anonequdhty which, more tan anotheir, gives charm. and beauty to aracter, it is *testy: not 'eigned or ar l'cial, but genia , characteristic, native to1esty. ft constitutes a chief iugredi ot.of excellence-in human donduct. [t is shining pearl.,that gives luiter to all thi ther virtues of a man, and presents..them s instruclive lights unto others. To hor mw the language or an old writer, "Nulla irius, nutLa scientiad.locue adum et dtgni ztenm' conservare patoL: sine niodestias." It i, in a word, an invariable attendant on merit. - But if important in its effects, and at ractive in its charms among the members T society in general, to the eoldieT,-if is the ine qua non or character., Bravery and modesty are twin sisiers. Tbey are as 3separable- -at biravery 9nd geneiosity ; which again, are as. .inseparable as good ess and greatness. For a soldjet (o be ranting in these, is not to he himself in he genuine spirit'orhis profession. Thke way Jhese, and bravery, or- *wht- passes )r it, degeperates into bravadoing. or hul yism. BdIt a truly modest man neret is braggari,' nor is a truly brave mai a bul y. Nothing. certainly is more anomalous han the union of modesty and iraggart sm. The two things, in their proper na ure, are incompatible. Ve would as soon' xpect to see a truly good man devoidi of enevolence, as to see a truly brave -mai levoid of modesty or generosity. And' this unction and:disjunction,of qualities have heir foundation in nature. The general entiment of- mankind is proof of the fact. People love'the union of gentlendss'and iravery'-the miekness of. the lamb. wtt1 he boldness or the lion; iui they have.n istural repugnaccy to'bulliism and brag radociois. And who does not doubt the ,ourage of the b'ully and the bragadocio 4othing surely .is so ch'aracterisig. of a rue soldier, nothing so ornamental to his rue character, as becuining modesty;-high iouled generosity, and an utter freedot rom boast. 7a the language of the Poet. Of boasting miore than of a bomb afraid, -A soldier should'be modest as amaid . We havben led into the e broogh a'dU e to give; ajiropensitirodue ion to the character of the.gallantiffi ser whose name stands at the head of thiis. kirile. Lieu t.. Clark was a happy exem*i Ilification of the senimentof' thei Poet ibove ezprcsse.. He, was-free from al ipirit of boast, and he was1 rulynodestas Smaid. Modeslimileil wa' ost p.ig ninent feature in. his character. *Itformi ,da onstituent elemet ofhis.nature.ln t, lie breathid. a:id moved, atddlis is. agesn ibles~'en, - oncio*st ac-e pisimtance rihey becamelfully knowni. WVas he often silent whben matters of in-' crest and importance .were -discussed a nong his equals and'superiors in rank? It i-as his modtesty thast caused it ; for- his udgment was good; and ~ his views point-w d. Did he rendesr acts of kindness, and chieve deeds of -durinag without giving ~nowledge of them even to his-best-friends? 't was his modesty that forbade t-he comn' nunication. Ik was bis-modesty likewise, hat gave such lustrez-o his .niild humane lispoition-that rendered hi~n so- artless ad- polite. By this qualitj, also, running hrough all the other Virtues of his nature, e gained the good will of all ith whom ie associated. [fe was a: most agreeable ompfnion, among his friend,, and lkind to lhe menr of hi, cormnaudi. Liet. Clark- was as brave as he was modest ad unasaiuig. A-t an estlf pC. ind of the campaign, in- the absence of lis Captain, the command of his compan-y [evolved on hirn. And nohly did he point ti1 to it the paths of diarialcrion. . Glori tusly dial be .fead it'lrragh the fierCe can Nect of Contreras and Churubuseo-. in the attet engagement, whiler marching bold-ly the head ef hi. commaud, under the eaviest gre of the enemy, a h~al* struck im on the head and entered his brain. le was unable to-sustain-himself longer a the hatle ; butit ivds easily to be sedn 'e lefi the field with feelings of regret; We sav him as lhe walked slowly away, his word in cne band and with the lothet coy ring the wound on his head.- lie seem d calmn aed cool as he had been during be whole action. Not a mnurmur ot a - roan proceeded from his month. He equently turtned to behold, he conduct of is company, 'but seeing it tnove steadily award, he pursued again his course, in earch of a surgeon. He fought like a cra, arnd bnre his affliction with -all the te'ekaness and'resignation of.a true Chris inn, lHe-lay for some dlays in agoniy un er the painful efi'ecti of his . wound; but uilamnatioo ensuing, he lingered on to the ay of his death in a stateof unconscious esse and almost insensibility. There were iv witose'death was more siceerely Ia rented thaw that of Lieut. Clark. It mused deep regret among his friends, and >rrow in his :opanyt .But he lived hon rably, and dr bravely, Hie had acte&i reiH his part. Hie died at'San Augustine, bout twelve miles fronm the cityof Mex; '0.-- -- M ARL BOROUGH. QoOIIEacrAI, BANK oP CorWuitA. te Angual Meetinig -of thed8aockhaolJers f this Iustitution, held at their Banking Louse in this cijty, on Monday last, the ullowinag gentlemnen were elected Presi sot and- Director. forihe . ensuing.. year.I JonNS A. CaAwroan;.Esq..Presideflt. Directir.~ A. Wallace, Jo, Brce Reo art Latta,. Richard Sotndly4 William aw, J. 1. A (racy. A. Crawford, G. T. 'nowden.. W. Fi. D.Sanssnre, RI. -- Fibbni, I.J. Gtignard, aid James Boat right.-Telgrap~.-- ? Pride gains thte illi-ill ofmena. EDGEFIELD -WJW! DAY, MA Oj4& 0~ Chartist Jecling in yAdes neoting: recentiy:took pliciii a., QL mssedi tquietly. This is a- niiJsiwadiii; ,reasing-political body, and-!mW e thV British Governnant lrobi2*.; ings they dmAd aniiera snZ an-, Parliaments and the Didtricts.. 7 DzyAaT~rvagoSuARA Gen. Santa -nna-arrved'atei t 5th 'of Aprilt.and:on the'6ZINN - a - maica. Before his depariu"e on by American ofilce'n d t u were receied by him With 'I'ktey paid the "ai gave him couilerable satiuricdo . Resignation of Profese guished gentleman who h Is a M* " thje post of Prufesor of CheWs' gy, in the Semh'QVCaro ina ed! ltf6rfhaignatioza to thie At a meeting .or the eior lege, complimentary 1esoto in favor ofihe Pr'odlbor PuaxsrnEzi tCir The lower ordersi u a - ly punished folKom which in out countrykon d nominal .punishbwen .8n Great villians -in E gl0nd their dserts-ittle-oereafarely of the -law.-'This-is deig t justice with a vengeanIe' l6. i Elnglish papeiorreintdate, port of prodeedings' in aoil. too Oe fnd that lam'e' Pr tame* fowls,* s e t laboWThO !I"l$al la l1on 0 a e Y~ month. . a. u 1 cruel.f Thom V one-sheep the prp - entence en y r -1ryort:4s~i~ o - See:i4aiyrofih cs . spo 4. ae thing connected with-it, "wiii qualled in oun countryi Aes:E Isa oed upon.onr' table a copy 'of anhOra v' ered b~sfore the a~Uthoiti f tt1 os~ reaclaedithe fillfa diilons.. To paha - tion that it containa numerousepmagssges~e thJ oRiest eloquence, ad that irevetrea irte sublitneis.not extravagaist ThiedratW ?awg a most.striliing piotureof Ib4ehi ,i eountsyan poin o tnrjjtL. political and -mral evils uiiT educating our whole people -:na-.ropr mu. ner, and the inevitable ruin wbielr wlW'tom upon-'asif our statesmen and-amen i:Nalth -~ ces do not iaiimediaiely address .ieisiito the tak. .He drawa..too dark gie think, overs his picture; yet 6 e),o thae likeness whihe nhit'gi: man people, is cdrrebt. WoYTV ~ t~ sur great and good mien tIrogs1s7,i, relt aslr. .lann does'upo he sateet#e~EdlI eatin, not onyo k hlrso~b1i ~ of the wzetchedli'yodruan eekoble cede mer throughontt the Unitedl Sia921*oerot 'a nterest will at all comnpare ins -imtnetewith this. All other matters sink into itfii~iline by the side-of Education. Wesftittsr row, this great mnatierf bts - n grimmnally neglected bya alhse States, und pes. saps in none more'so than in onr owrifSoetir * Carolina. How long will we ulep'n-pon' at For the Adierie.' -. Mr. Editor: To the iuterrogalories aver the signature of "A tr!in, regard to the Bank of the S~taie of Sbmth;Carolg.. na, to the .c~rdidares for the: degis1)mtr of this district. I reply, it-isea quesutb f grave consideration' torthoaeitisens-oC8. Carsolina;-that they shouldaknownjpe' a. what foundation .theirBank: esgLis ~ an ldtistiti6i' ar,belorgsito. he itiiens of thieStatenf iverytjax iyerjis'a stock holder,. niore. oe less, therefore,tas such, baae a right, to. kbow. tsi true condition an'd the sooner the betteri o ~ Shouldi . behonored by .therbitizegs'of dgefield as one- their:Repreentuives, will exert niyselfiolwing toMghat its rue sibtuaton andrvote ,secordingy.gsk he pgeople oft'Alabama wbathas piewd hem,. they answer- yul promptlgthbeir ~tato Bank, ; he manajg nspfratbas mniiled upon thea. adebl thstything hort of repirdrauionccan seageltoispeet . he liabilitie incuirryd by-that ssoi ae natutionr and' preerve the credhr~k1 ita'te, a-ta: so enaordmous-hba 4' ipn her pitizens,1ihat many .ftbej a~~ een, orced to abaadon tetr sail and-:seelt nother land atideetao nneametx a pokerot avoid ksarse ay this prove a lesson to the psop !3M_~