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-Gtl~ O PRESIDMT T TAYLOR; WOs!f -o;XarCb 5. At ol o'locck to day,. Gen.Taylor. the President elect, ac'ompanied. by Presi denttolk,7the. Vids President,and Ex Vice President, the members.of :the Sen ate, and-1he Judges-of the Supreqie Court, the Heads of Departments, the Diplomatic Corps, the oficers the he Army and Navy, and a number of other.dignitapie:, pro% ceeded from the. Senate. Chamber to the -astrn-portico of the Capitol. . After they had taken the sents -respectively-- allotted to tbemi-the President elect an: Chief Justice Tane.y being in frot-the Presi dent elect rose and delivered the followiug IxAuouRAL ADDRSS, Elected by the American people to.the highest office known to ourlaws, I appear here to take the oath prescribed by the Constittion, and, in compliance with a time-lionoted custom, to add:ess those who are now assembled. The confidence and respect shown by my country, in calling mie to be the Chief Magistrate of the Re. public holding a high rank among the na tions of -he earth, have inspired ro with feelings of the most prolfbund gratiide;-but when I reflect that the acceptance of the office which their partiality has bestowed, imposes the discharge of the arduous du ties, and involves the weightiest obliga - tions-, I am conscious that .tlhe potltion which I have been called to fill, though sufficient to satify the loftiest ambition, is surrounded by fearlui responsibilities. slap., pily,-howe%er, in the performance of my new duties, I shall not be without able co operation. - Thi Legislative.and Judicial branches of the Government presenti promi nent examples of distinguished civil attain ments, and matured experience; and it shall be my endeaver to call to my assist ance in the Executive Department, indi viduals whose talents, integrity, and purity. of character, will furnjh ample guaran-. tees for the faithful and 'honorable perfor mace of the- trusts to be committed to their charge. With such aids, and .an 'honest p-qrpnse to d%whatever is,right. I hope- to'- execute d7ligently, impartially. and for the hest interests or- the country, lte manifold duties devolved upon me. In the dischargE. of these duties, my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect,. and defend. For the interpretation of that Constitution*, I shall look to the decisions of the judicial tribunals estiblished by its authority, and to the pieIceof the Governtnent under the earlier Presidents, who had so large a share in its formation. Toi the example Or these illustrious- patriots, I shall always refer with roverence; antj especially to his example who was, by so, many titles, the Father of his Country, Toi ninnd the Army and Navy of ihe5United '9ates;' wiih.-ihe adv:ice.'aud coient of the Senate-to make treaties; and n 'aii t Af)a1issa,drsal thtfi -CSr*tOi* ongre4 0 Iformation:of the state ofjqhe11n-nn co-sAeeoM mend such measures as he shall-judge tohenecessary; dentbyi-he -Constitution: and it may be expocted that I sail- briCfly indicate the priticiples which wtll control mu in thteir ---execu'tion. -,Chosen by the body or theieople abgler the ass rindo that my adtntistraton wouldt be devdied to the welfaro'of the wheQle country, and nut to the iport .of. anyi * - particular section, or merely local interests, I this. day rene.v the declarations I have - heretofore tmade, and proclai'm :my fixed determination to maintain, to the extent of my ability, the Government in its original purity; and to, adopt, as the basis of mty public policy, those great Repu1alican doctrines, wvhich constitute the strength of our natiotnal existence. - - - - In~reference to the Army and Navy, lately employed with so much distinction iactive -service, care shaU be taken to itnsture the highest condition of efficiency; * and-in furtherance of that object, 4he Mlili tary and Naval Schools sttstained by -the -. - - liberality of Congress'shall receive. the special at tention of the Executive. As American freemen,.we must sympa -' - thize in all effi)rts to extend,the blessings - - -of civil and political liberty; but at the same time we are warned hy the admnoni. tions'of history, and the voice of our own. beloved WVashington, to ab,stain from etn * tangling alliances with foreign nations. .In -- all disputes anti conflicts between foreign -Governments~ it is our interest, tnot less - than our duty, to remain strictly neutral. - While or geographtigal position, the 'ge . nus of our instiutions, and of our people, the advancitng spirit of civilization, atnd, above all, the dictates of religion, direct us -- to the cultivation of peaceful and friendly --relations with all other powers, it is to be hoped that tio international question can - new arise, which a Government confident in its own strength. and rcsolvied to pro - - tect its-owtn just rights, may not settle by wise negotiation; nd it eminently becomes a Government like our owvn, founded on - the morality and intelligence of its citi zens, and upheld by their affect ions to ex haust e'very resort of honorable diplomacy, before appealing to arms. In the conduct ef our foreign relations I shall confortn to these views, as I believe theta essential to the best itterests, and the true honor, of the country. The' appointing p.ower vested it the President imposes delicate and otnerous duties. So far as it is possible to he in formed, I shall make honcsty, capacity, and fidelity, indispensable req'uisites to the bestowval of office, and tihe, absence of either of -these qualities shadl be deemed suflicient cause for removal. It shtall be my study to reco:nmend such constitutional measures to Congress as may be necessary and proper to secure enacour agement and protection to the great inte rests-of AglicuJ'ure, Commere and Man -ufactures; to tmprove our rivers atid - har bors; to provide for the speedy extinguish ment of the public debt; to enforce a strict accontability on the part of all officers of Government, and the utmost econotmy in all publieepQnditures; hut -it. is for the wisdoon of:Congress-itself, in which all le 'cslative powrers a ested by the Con stititon, t~o regfl'hiti'esa ind other mat rers of domestte polidy. .,I shall look witht confidence to the enltgh!ened patriotistm of - that body to adtopt such 'miensuires oI"cou,. iliation as may harmonise conflicting in erests,and tend 'o -perpetuate that Union I which should be. the !paramount object of i :ur'hopes and affections. In any action I aiculated to promote'an object so near ther 3 Teart of every one~ who truly loves his I inontry,.1 will zealously unite with the co- i ordinate branches-of the Government. I In conclusion, I congratulnte you, my I ellow-citiges, ugoh the high state of pros- I peiity to-which the goodness of Divine- i Providence has conduted our. common I country. Let us invoke a continunce of4 the same protecting care, which has led us, from small beginnings, to the emineuce I w~e this day occupy; and -let us seek 'to de serve that continuance by prudence and. moderation in our councils; by well directed attempts to assuage the bitterness- whic too often marks unavoidablediffienlies of opinion; by the promulgation and practice ofjusL and liberal principtles, and .by an enlarged patriotism, which shall acknowl edge no limits but those of our own wide spread Republic. - At the conclusion of the Address, Gen. Taylor took the.oath of office administered to him by the Chief Justice, in tho follow ing words. "I do solemnly swear that T will -faith fully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend, the Cointitution of the United States.!' The ceremony being concluded, the Senate retired to their chamber; atid the President, escorted by an immense con course, proceded to the White House, where he received the congratulations of a griat number of his fellow-citizens. ADJOURNMENT OF CONgRESS. The National. lnelligencer of the Gth, says: --The last day's sitting of the second session of thb Thirti'th Congress was ex tended, with the exceptiou of a brief recess of n hour or so,- from eleven o'clock on Saturday morning until sunrise yesterday morring. By the list of acts passed, it vill be perceived- that all the annual ap propriation bills have become laws, though as we had.breseen, not without severe conflicras well in the Committees as in the two 'Houses,-in which more excitement slid unpleasant feelings were manifested than has perhaps ever before bee witness ed at the close of the session. Tr general appropriation bill was barely saved at the latest moment, through the perseverance .and patriotic ef'qrts of those gentlemen in both houses who were not willing tosee the wheels of the government stopped,- or im-. peded by withholding the'supplies neces sary to keep them in motion. Such was yesterday the complete exhustion, as well of the officers of the two houses, as of our rep6rters, that it has been impossibld for us to offer to our renders to day any thing like a regular report of the proceed ings in either houso during :he sitting of Saturday. We. must content our:selvis, thereforo, --ith itatiigr tho. result of the most i~mp6ri-intiqtiestiocs lift Ifor final de..t cisoeongthat~ day, as follows1 - - -First o,Bill hapasEd-agid'iiding a 3Government-for eitherTeritories of New Mexicol rCa p ' .i the last- moment, however, a Bill from the House was taken up by the Senate, atnd hias become a law, for extenading the .rev.enpeglaws aver the, (JStates:;tpthosi Teri-itones. eT'he~Dillj stablish4:be lIome~ dopartmet has becorne a law,4EavE tang p)assed the Senate afier a long; tedious and rather stormy debate. The Bill for creating a Territorial Government in Mi ntesota has aso'become a 'law, the House of Representatives having -receded from its amendment proposing to p)ostponte the operation of the bill to the tenth of this month. -A bill was passed in reference to the next censaus, directitng the heads of some of the departments and the Attorney Genieral, to prepare and report at the next session of Congress, a bill to authorise tho taking of :he seventh census of the United States. Business of a miscellaneous cha racter was tratisacted, ausi after havitng dlisposed of the Civil and Diplomatic A p propriationi Bill,.the Senatte, at about six o'clock in the morning went into Execu tive sessien, when Mr. Senator H annegatn, of Indiana, ewas nomninated by the Presi denit, andl confirmed bty the Senate, to bie Mlinister of the United States to Berlin." From the II'ashington UJnion. COR RESPOND ENC E. WVe lay before our readers the interest ing correspindence wiih has passed .be.. tween the Governor of South Carolina anud General Shields. The sword wias pre seited in this city by R. B.. Rhett, esq. membrter of Congress from South Carolina. It is elegantly executed, of the miost stt perb mbteriauls, and atdornied with emblems, It is a jewelled sword; ont the head is a magnuificenit emerald, estimnstcd at $600 at the least: ExEcU'TivE DEPARTAMENT, - Charlestont, .Jan. 18, 1849. UEAn Sia: I have the honor, here wvith, to transmit the sword which tny predecessr r wouldl have put in your pos sessiotn in November last, had not thbecon ditioni of his health preventcd him from attndinig tot his public duties. It was pre pared itn obedience to the following pre ample and resolution of the Legislature, idopted in December, 1847: WVhereas the gallantry of Gen. Shields in the Alexican war, whtich has woan for him the admniration and gratitude of the wthole American people. is-doubly appre ciated by the State of South Carolitna, by reason of his.connection with the Palmetto Regiment: - R&solved unanimously by the Senile. (the llouse concurring, )' hat the Gover nor be instructed, on behalf of the State, to hav~o prepared, -and to Ito presented to detnerah Shields, a sword, with appropri. ate emblems and dev.ices, as a testimonyi of its high estimnationi of his gallant bearitigI in the Mexican war, and as a tribute of gratittude for his parental attention to. thei Palmetto Reg,iment. At their Capsitol and M'feiropolis, the. constituted authorities and a largo nuimber of the citizens of this'Stittehad an' oppor tunity of personally testifying the very htgh estimatiodi th:ey entertained of your dis-I tiniguished services.in the Mexican ca.m paign. This feelitng, istrong and ardent as' it was, I scarcely need assure you, perva. desl the whole State. For a long 'idile ti ef o4f he Pallribit rgiient 0 denitified- wihis,hnh'at louth Curolina wold ve e ver Four fall witih theffeti e lie duath or the nobitjf-&;-- itztI on so universally. liiil Iwellswith ennoblingimti'o te.ow iurvivors of the band- yos nd glory, it in oluntarily ' ir, as its comnander, w.ho oA ca i-on,-exlibitd al lthe' essenjt ies Xfthe dtcoiiislhed ioldieir a e0imai. In, expressing my lappng sjng he official orgair o. presea .lyqu,.in he name of the Palmetto S is ilight testimonial of the esteem "in.ih itholds your late.services at. the seawar, I have tie honor-io be, ...-j you1pbedient servat WIltTEMARLSU B. BAAooi. Gen. James.Shieldv. WAsIllNdT'Oac afCb 2. DEAR SIR: I have the*o - ak nowledge the-receipt or the sw d hich you have been pleased to tranuwit' to me in the name of South Caroli o an gunge can expross the estimailiut upoll this truly magnificent gift. 'A s. zmark of consideration to which lig:not.the slightest claim, bat which isqoha&t.very account, only-the more evINge- f tle ,gencrosity and nagnanimityitTqr.State, My only merit consists in -ha v ha the good fortune to leod a body 15ne* vh' would have fought and conquer" urroughi and perished under any lead Tbjs de voted courage is clearly .aA ieidby the fate of the Palmetto RegimeM:4t; landed at Vera Cruz, one of the finestVa the ser vice, about eleven hundred .siion andi mustered only about two hundredI foi duty after the capture of the city of o exico In ond eng"gement-l shoul'd :ateifr saj in one charge-at the battle, nkiJ[akbusc< it lost over one half of its.nimber,. includ ing its Colonel and Lieuteni4-6polonel and yet it never fahered-or wagrld evet in step, until the enem'y wa-.mpletel routed. At the same tine,.:i'udited thi most gentle humanity. with tQi-diauntles courage. A - vannquished enemy.peve failed to find a gjenerous friend' ..avicto iuus Palmetto. .While .South Carolina-m well ri joice in the rich harvest of glorireped b] her sons in Mexico, she hs adse tamourn over the fall of many a-gaffait-spirii whose loss has dearly purchased- that un dying glory. No Carolinian wept ove the fall-of.the noble Butler aiid Dialinso with more heart-feIt grief tiin- dl in no adverse rate can ever; 0tiierate ih proud recollection that -I -'Wi ord*(th dompanion-in-arms of such gijian mien and that, had I shared their fate, (wbic would have been the most. glorious fat that could await. me,) I should hve-share wih them in the affectona ef.c South Carolina. In concl=is je&ri me to assurti aio.laodittt. rep resent, that.I fully appreciate ile-istima blo value of the.elegant sword which yo have presented to me in such. flatterin terms. i shall treasure it thr sgh lifo a ,. .. -f. .e r L, --..- ... ~ . i-r a connexion with the brave Palmnido regi mont. I have the honor to be, .your obedient servant, .lAS. SHIELDs. H/Io. Whzitemarsh B. Seabroek,. -J..Go vernaor of SouthaCaoi-oa, . F-rom theC haresto ion TWO WEEKS J-ATER FROM . EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THlE -AMERICA, AT HALIFAX Liverjool Market.A CoTTori -During the fortnight inierve nling between the soiling of thes:two steam ers, the demand fur this ar~ticienvas active and the markef unusually aiIdenlted. Ot the 14'h ultimo a tremendatifsfxcitemeni preveiled, and sales of fully 50,000 bales were effected. Frc A the 10th.to the Ifth American descript,.,as advanE'~ed one far, thing per pound, and Brazil., Surat ani] Egyptian one eighth. Thme-saks from thei 9th to the 16th were 89,000. bales, ol which 75,000,were A merican~ and 16,000 Brazils. Since the 17th, theimarket has relapsed, and was inoan inactivo state, and psrices again gave w ay. The sales w'ere only to a limited extent, am'ounting tc 33,900 bales, at a decline oteabaout an eight of a pennty on the prevbobrs rates. The11 Broker's Bonard place iheir rices a follows: Fair Upland 41.; fair' Mobile 41. and fair Orleans at 15d. Thio sales of the week were 33,000 bales MASTODON ECLwPsED.--In rihe Mobile [Herald of -the 27th ultimno, w find thfe following respecting a new spetos of Cot ton: - "Mr. Win. A. Haye, 'ottr Panama cor respondlent htas sent us -a sdinjie. of wild cotton which he procure'd fi-omi a tr-ee on inp of. a motunt ain-so.me four lea'us from Panama. The tree, he ifo~rims us, w'as one year old, about.twentfefethigh. and thirty feet across ,nea'r the top. The body four feet from the grot-ndl,.measnred four inches in diameter-. The sar'nle df cotton, althtough carried for some time inthe-pocket and materially injured in appie.aince, is, ne'e.rthteless, of a fine -silky -texture. We shall carefully-plant the.seed, and w.ho knows that we shall not thus obtain.'a species of cotton rivaliih-e prolifie pomegranate or any other so'rt 'get intro' fttced. Mr1. H ays, we suspect is ista keni as to the tree being only one year old. T'he cotton plant in warm climnates, fre rrom frosts is per'ennimtl, and the one spo. ken of may be the growthl of hdif'a do zen Fears." ..FInE.-We regret 'to. learn that the iwelling house of Dr. Wmn :Te inant itn his district, was burnt downn -Sunday ast. Upon the.sa'me da'l'softhte dwel long honse of Dr. - Agnewv .atj>DIie West. And still on the same day;.itli jcwelling touse oh Mr. Robert McDonaTd.' Also on lie Sunday previous, the dwellk g' house f Mrs. Susan A. McKinney (b widowe ady living near this village,) fi~er with is entire contents. We uitdretend that nanv of the articles romo%9 -om ithe >urnIng housa of Mr. IMoDorisid; was af erwaids destroyed by fire The <y athese ad occurre'nees took place 4r'oisme otte, windy dlays. andl all th'e resi t f ac -idantL. Ahht ie Raunnrr, rekz j ? b EDGEFIELD CG. H. - t WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1d, 189' a7" We owe an apology to. " Anti-Bigotry' for severai important- eiTors in printing hii r ~ - ~ r 'communication in our la6t numbe'r. t .C;- Russel [fardei was 'tried on Thur'sday I last'for the murder of *his sig,ve, and acquitted. s For the proseintion M. L. Bosuxh, Esq. So licitor-ror the delf:ce Messrs. DAUSIEr-r and al-oRA NE DY AC 4 89 The Inaugural Address SWepublish in this.issue the inaugural o President T[.r.O. It is brie, chdste, and moderate: but exceedingly vague is to thle pol. io the ocuture administi-ation. The Presi dent say, it shiall be his e study to recommend such constitutional *measures .to Congresa a may be -necessary and proper to secure eni courageient and protection to the great inter ets of -Agriculiure, Commerce, andn'c' tures--to improve our. rivers and harbors-to provide or the extinguishment o the public debt-to enforce a strict accountability on the part of all officers of the Government, and the utmot -economy i all public expenditure ;" but touching the great qnestion of the day--the adjustient of slavery in the Territories-oe is scrupulously silenet Ater intimating his opin ion on th fove subjct, which may become pattersof futuro leislation, the Nation-and Ithe South-especially, had a righ to expect sone indication of the policy to be pursued in trerence to this absorbing question;- We can not readily conceive the reason or so important an' omissionin tie address. It is certainly not i n character with the manly frankness and in dependence We have been taught to look for in Gen. Taylor. .Chironicle & Sentinel again. .hieEdito of the above Journal seems to be not.ad linle pigned at our charging him with bein- a "oNoither Abolisionist." He assays a ry ; but ifthat be his only defence, well emay he baestyled a fdotde se. He has laid vio lent. handspn Minseif We- cannot perceive thathe even denies the chorge; and for the anti-Sauthern views advanced in his pmper he offers no apology. wiatever. Abandoningf all hopes or an honorable de Sence, like-a ri.ty sophist, he tries to divert the ssane by making a sort of argtnentw ad Ahaie eve seeks to charge upon us narr sectioual eelin v thaidces pot 6tid, b heond Sther tteo,SouthColina. is.object i F UUenginsg Sou es G i-fanUe norad-s duce his readers to oiget trioeadivss or his cause, in feelings of personal animsity towarda his opponent. A- subteitne.Po low and shal Li w sctal rxien te eeling thai ~ ptetn beytod ebr mpt~ais ~oa odi auenat~ionsth - uc is earst o fok miiufs,-ansmts ofii strong, thiough uncandid minds, when engaged in a bad cause. Some men are unscrupulous enough to sustain thiemselyes by any anid every means. Wie really see nothing to alter our opinions about this.sapient_Erlitor, and as a humble sen uinel to watch over Southern rights and inter ests, we feel it our dumy to againi urge, that pub. lie censure .be so' curnied upon him as to force Ihim either to desist from his insidious opposition to Southern inst it utoins, or to leaae the important post he occupices. The name of this Editor is Dauie Lece, who likewise edits the Sopthiern Cultivator. Female Emigrants. A Mrs. Eliza Farnhamr advertises in the Na tional Initelligencer, that she will hegd 125 or 130 fair damisels, if so mnany shrall volunteer, to go in search of the golden fleeces of Cali.. fornia. We know not whut notion.sothermThmy have of female propriety ; but to our taste anid jtidg. inent there is somiething unfeminine ini this en-i terprize, which attaches sonic degree ofl vul-. garity to the fair sex. It is a blot.ch iipnn the fair character of our (country-women. If our men ariso mad after ~sli gain, ats to abandon' the charnis of female society, in order to hoard up a little gold dust in- a rude usncivilir'.ed 'coim munily which is graced by the presence scarce ly of a woman, let not the fair daughters of our country so far forget the proprieties of th;eir< sex, as to follow to these rude regions, in- - hiabited for ; tle rnost 'part by lawless men. I We will not undertake to speak for the fair damsels of the- "snowy,North; buit for the sweet maidens of the "sunny South," we think we can risk the remarkr, that they have too nice a sonseof the proprieties of the sex too relined notions of female delicacy, to ho led off, even .under the most tempting alures menits, into such indecorous and unxbeconming C conduct. .. JUa:TICR TO TIuE FAaiLres or TrrOSE Wo FELt. iN rHE &JExicAN WAR. Among the nets passed by ihe present Congress, is one approved on the 24th, oh. gitojng five years' half pay to ilie wid, ows anod orphans of every -ohlicer, non com missioned office.r and private, who ser ved during the late wsar with Mexico, and was honorably discharged, or 'continued in service during~ the timo of his death, and whose death was in consequence ol wotunds received, or." disease contracted withiin the line of duty." This is die co1he fern ilies of the gallant soldiers w,ho tell in the ~ service of their couumry-Sun. C Young ladies who are accustomed to r'ead netyspapers are aI\ways observed to possess winning; ways, most amiabld dis- a posiions, alwnays st:lect good husbands, s invariably make good wives, and are &el- a dom or nEv6r taken in by itineraunt cheats s anid imnpostdrs. - o. FoR -THEADViLTiER. Without iWpping,- to correct ire m1s rints in tay last -piecb, 1 proceed to.serb le a few more considerations in rega'd to ie Temtperance-.eformers. 'T'lhese re varks -may not have been provoked if iese'men had adhered to their first princi les of moral sUasion. But.wo shall make appear -that .though they have adopted 2Luntarily the rule of entire'abstindeb ley now wish to-force the same rules upn thers nolens rolens. They disclaim this y a ruse of fillacious reasomnig-that iey allocv the right to others to drink if ,ey choose,'but wish-to prescribe merely be means .of rurni-hing. it. No tyro in )gic can resist the conclusion, that the isoral. right to drink' at all, will 'establish ie right to furnish it To the sarhe de,ree. And since they assuine the ground that he use of wiies is depetdnt ujlon the upply, then it follows that lo control, init, or destroy. the supply, is to control, init, or destroy the use as the' case may e, which latter they disclaim. Therefore lie proposition may be demonstrated, that hese men pra-ctically deny the right in the ibstract to use wines.and liquors; and 1aim thyi ight to forie upon others their own rules of conduct. And surely any ombinatiou of men who can reco'ucile it o their sense of justice to ihake such ex ictions upon their neighbors, will submit o :ave their principles and motives freely. tvestigated. It has been shown that their iociety was not originally instituted, and s not now strpported from consideratidis )f religion or morality. Vor 'it has bben' ihown that they reject almost the Whole )f the moral law of God, and haye Aitab ished a new one in the observance of ivhich they manifest more zeal than they lo for the 6frgiveness of sins. This exci ion of the morat-lato is the result of an indue fondness for novelty. it is a ivirk ,d, triCing and unjust distinctibn, agaiist xhich the sermon of Christ was pbintedly firected in a great measure. If these men ee fit thus (o specilate in morals, they iave the right to do so, so'far as the State s concerned, but the opinions and interests )f their opponents are none'the less deser ring of the protectibn 'of the Government ind the resp.ct of its municipal officere. Such speculat.ions have ever existed. According to Plato virtue was made to onsst " ih that state of mind in which avery facultyconfines itself within its prop er sphere &c." It is said that Aristotle placed it "in a kind of medium betiveen two' opposite. vi.ces." Every school.'boy knows how well this view is expressed by Horace in his first satire "Est modus in rebus; sunt certi den. ique fines, . Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere . rectum. (There is a.mean in things ; finally there, are certain hotrdaries on either side of which moral rectitude can not exist.") The Temperance party assert that tem perance consists in.entire abstinence; and their- oppononts place it in the moderate, ue"ouinesand liquors,"or or-any-other ldxury or requisite dF .id i'asom.cli' asGovreiitnah'd:Civl regniahionu can these mtotives are deviloped by actio'ii would be undignified in the St;ate asgwefl as impolitic to. pamper: to thewpebalfsE ethies of either party, unless.it ecfabe sh)own that the 'act itself ofaliinkirimjitip ly, is synonimouts with drunkeonessa sn ridlintg, and therefoi-e such an act as to cotme within the cognizance of she divil pwei' But the moderata use of wines and .liqunota inives. ad breach of the peace, no di'minisliing of the most exalted patriotism. no disregard of social ahd civil duties, and no violatibit of the'law of God. Excess is the evil politically and morally. T'he interferenco of Government in bebalIf of theoretical ethics, whose rulei of action are grossly iuconsistent, might a fortiori be directed to the coniroling, and haifiify. ng of the fundamental principle of reli~g ous-liberty since the latter embracei the ormer and reaches even to the'salvation if the soul. But the government of man s conitradlistinguished f?om the government if God in this particular. The one can >ly look to the actions of men, wvhile it is he prerogative of the other to take cogni ance of the motices. Wherever munici tat oflcers have 'brought the ar aw to b- y"i tulging gait druuikenness thb good order of mnciey is preser*Ved. The policy of pIa :ig thet commodity of wines and liquors. n the shops of apothecaries, presumes-up in these men possessing mnore' integrity han any one else. Dous the study of hysic destroy that "root of all evil"' the love of money." Look around and see. L'ho only case in which it has been tried a ihis State, resulted in a certaiti Doc. or's-a tmperance lecturor-filling vials if an ounce up to bottles of a quart, with vines and liqnors, and his .selling' them stensibly for medicine at such a rampid rate, havinig the monopoly) that the comimuni y became indignant, and under the threat o indict the offerider, broke down' the nonoply of a fatiattical party. Otte of the reatest practical evils of legislation on is subject is' the inglorious uncertainty rhich attends its operations. To-day an nierprize or an inivostmnent may be sus ined,' end protected accordiing to law, hich to..morrow may come under the ondenmnation of the olIscers of the law, nd be annihilated and this too according a law. -This is that doubtful and capri iDus protectiotn which amounts to oppres ion, and which is execrated by patriots nd statesmen as a most imopolitic and odi us feature in Government. A t act of the egislatwre, conferinig such discretionary ower, contemplated such a comprehen ye, initelligen:, impartial, practical, and ispassionate consideration in the minds o'f :s ollicers,as would induce them .to give fixedl, just imd uniform character to the racdical application of the law. It con tmplated mnen who could look to thi na ire of man and the condition of society s they really are,-and not as they should be r were in the speculations of a Plato. - ANT: BGoTRar.' Dreadful Mean.-Auntt Betsy sells a0 ory of onte of her near tneighbors, when 'to lived in the country. "Why," she ys, whenever he happened to ger hold of halfdollar, he would give is such a hard lueze, that the pooi- eagle would erqueal utright, almost." Glass Milk aN$ars oing;iot England, and .are th onside u4 preferable, to aug the ie comes acid in a %poen pan th wo absorbs a portion of ilemcjd, and .nmit4,-. some degree, efitthe fresh -milk 'thefo lowing.day. -.4 iut* arthen.,or tin:an' any acidity.i the milk willruer upopfth.e lead%ithIwhih these ipicles:areObvered; ad thi iemilk will be04u' som. degree inju th.V. ously affected.-The glass is entrely ex kmt frotn-nyof these:effects, andheico its value. This subject is :well- orthtli -- attentiont of bo.tb our.farmer. and'g'ai"Tg manufacturers. . '. Messrs.' J. o.n Riddis& o.'fsi " gomery, (Ala) have male ,proposa1.zili' Uvernment to convey the Isthmus, 'to hna'trnChi'greadd"Pad amn, fur the sur of $i2,000p ei'i im These .ge~tetee, it will be- edlce e_ were the condpcicrs i1o te le ito "Pony Elfre'es,' whichf6nilid>i Mexican news it advace of all61e - veyane, during^thea Ifrthe govei-nment. should, ibPY9 vorite litle team, we have no queid they will-perform their dutj to adaiie Mr. Riddle understands howI h shoild be done, and has the energy tod i-Pe-6ple of 1he sthmus.-A returnA ing traveller from Panama says.:. "T r. honesty of- the natives is proverh61.. Balik boxes,.n-unts, iad pack1es oT iecie e -'a left at the mirdy of. the pior, .alf n - natives, and.a robbery by them his never y4 been known-." The Sale.p Gazotie so .ug,O, gests that "Peibapt theie Vialm es mightb.1 induced to send a few 'issionaries,to tio - United States, where 'they might perfori a great work% in bringing ho6est ith - fashion." - ks Th7crease of Pokperism in Doston.-The ruport from the House of Industryo eFb& 21, gives the n " er in that instiutio - that day at 708,-an icreise onshe i a - of the last twenty years of ove 0' Deer Island, on the 20th, tiere ie persons, most of wh6m..kre pappeis. jacrease is composed of foresgner We have ihe plesuia -or i.cni6 ande with some b6s wiio hale - deal too mu'chf 4.~say fOr e ,r- t years.". flys ivuld dd *ell to notf segars,- list th6y iet their lnoes - .youthd would be aciidg vith equal .runv, dence to not.talk to6 mu'ch in the i of their superiors, lest ihey .hil iAG off at ihei'rknees. A P6s1dg.-The WhihiBdo o Friday, cdntsi.the Pre~idit pro tior of the OostdLtreaty.etwee n Eit t2 I - and the Unitdd.ittes. 'Ihe coventoUs being duly iatified. on both -pjrte, ithdern respective ratifiea:ions exchanged.4tL du,n. on the 26th . day:.or':Januat,as i now therefore goes i i i .A cour-teonstFrebhthitab lan'injyto't i ,questioi why ' intothe Chikiber,oT Depties'd* to-be a member it *4 re eisiigt .years old,.and It tis im.po Wit jt ano .adVEu T M factory of iie, ofSrip6ii really -magnificent, e t 9A~dd 4 Kentuicky:.The Kintucky .iisle'tdro v have bnanimously passed -the' follolving a~ Resolution:. . "emolned, Thai: the -Representatives dl the people of Kentuceky,- Ire- oppdiedifat~ the abolition, or' emancipation -oha slavery in arny form or shape. whatever, excepts ib' iow provided for by the Constition and~ Jaws of the State."- - ALaier Loiier's 'Recenge.A lawye mi England; who htid made love to a weal 'hy farudet's daoghter, and hben ejected"' recently sent in a large bill afor two bud dred and seventy-Grve attendances, jap giving adrice do family matters. Eernings o' tie. -$Railroad.-We learn that the receipts. for freight, and' passage money on the Sotith Caaoliria Railroad, forhA month of F'ebrus-y, amoudit to the very b sudri of one hund'red, and ono thousand. .Death in Prison.- n from ou~ Clinton correspondent, tihatn diers, whd was charged with. kipnapp slaves from Johnsdn Cdesnty last sumnr died in tha.Sampson County Jil, on Sun day, the .11t18 inst.-Wilmington (N.C Journdl. "MNa, somebody's going to die!" said2 - knowing little fellow, who was lookin- oid of the window into the-street. "Whyl? asked the aniiotus miother. Cause thie doc.tor is lust gone by," was the replya The Broolilya Newvs says-thidt a Kr WVoodman married ai Miss Tree ad oti withatanding the advice of the,poet "WVoodman, spara that Tree," bruiaIlj. whipped her the third day after marriage - Travelling on railroads in'Miissedh' setta has beca1ne as fsmNtiar as riding in omnibuses. In :the list of memibers of -the Legisfature, ffeen Senators and ninetyg twa Assetriblyrrn are set down as hoard- a ing "at home." . - * Ages of Public Men.-Mr. C lay is now- K" *eveniy-one.. Messrs. Calhoun, an Ba. ren and Webster were horn in Ihe- sams year, 1782, and are now -67. Gen. Case. is sixty.aix. -Gen. Taylor is sixty-foaw A Passenger for California, abo.ut ship., ping at Boston, finding thie Sherif..waitin - for him, had hidmselfjpacked in a bor, wmith ,, a label:. "This side up- wiih care,' .ao.d moarked as "mediciwe," was passed throgh1l. trithout detection. knew Post OSice has been estatIiseeI >n the Itail Road, nine miles below Ca len, called Boykin's ~Depot, -.and ' s'' - Depass, Esq., apiioii'ted Post Master. Prety-A Sunday,school teachbetst~'1 aberdeen, while engaged in prajeibad - us pocket picked by one.of his-scholaru 1~ "I've a mind to give you a ltc asbd, ow said to.the salt. - He is "ise, or wl aon he so,p jjs ee wise company,