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A LE C, -I-L, s. c.: U^-"* All porkm? iu'lelilod lo ihis Office, niihi-r tor SubwHptions, or Advertisements, are cauujiy^Trqnested to mako iinmediaio pay n ) c -.^gcu'i'^jlysmall, nnlr^^ry ilo man can plehd hs rin "'C; excuse, " lie liy not sold UK Cot tori." ' JVe liave oulstaiwng tlebii thai'must be paid, unci this is fljBr oj Ihc ijueslioit unless we outsclvcs ardjjfaid: ' r l'v> t Croin Unrope. s-tflSfej!Brc learn from the Augusta Constitn\Jr^tionalist of the 3 lei till., thai tho'news bv tho Sleatner Canada which sailed from Liverpool on the 13ih u!t., 'had been telegraphed the day previous. ti is said tluj Market advanced a farthing the first \vcc!c in January, and declined one ciollt tllri^sefnn.l ?? !.?.if 11 * , .....v,.. ii x?, woum lie an iinprovemRa^,ol .onp-ciithUi since Our last advices. ^ ii* ' ?TIie Chester Observer^' -< * . ' . We have received the firit No. of this paper trom our friend Bridwcll who is Editor and Publisher of it. It is a neat paper got '' v up in good taste, and we tiust n liberal patronage will be accorded to it? industrious and enterprising Publisher. HTcivsjiapcr TaJi-cri^ge. L roN ilie first page oi llih week's paper) will be found a capital uit: ie on Newspaper patronage, which wo call .!:?. attention of our readers to. All classes of Newspa per patrons arc :idmiml?Je i- - - ....v ii < i m n, as well he who promptly pays for it : as another who subscribes and thinks it pay enough to honor you with n perusal of its weekly, and yearly contents. Thg^e aro no in the commuuity -jwho ark: sopoorly paid for their labor as the publisher of newspapers. Subscribers seem not to be conscious that the expenses of a 1'rinting oilicc arc great, and let what may turn up, we must be prompt in the payment of our workmen, our paper bills and all th.; other items indhlental to our ^business. A reform is neeBucl in this matter, and wo trust the. ?I?? ? ?J isjiotlkr distant when the printer will be iiiid mark in remcmbrancc by his patrons. % iHSKL'HUCC. _ J?n McLaren of this village, has lif-eii rrp*fntcd-Agent for tJifi TVew York Life, Firi? Marine and Inland State Stock Insurandg Company. Persons desiring to insure tJpcir health, life or property can have an ooflnrtunity of doing so upon tho most rewronablc terms by applying to him. The 4ri|iital of this company is $500.000,and their business is divided upon the 4 ditto rent branches of insurance, and it is hardly possible llinir into*-"-4 ?Mi i "* win oo cirected iiy any calamity, cither by fire,sea or otherwise, as there will always be three-fourths of their capital to sustain the one-fuurth. - : Ei'sliiue College* J^/Wfe arcfTequested to7 state'that theYe will 1 he an exhibition of the Senior Class atE|g--| kincCollege, onFriday evening the 9th inst." Exercises to coinmcnce at candle lighting. Several oriir'n il speeches will be delivered, nnd Ihe occasion will be an interesting one. The public are invited to attend, ? Mnsie Store. '* - I We would call th<* -r 1 01 our readers to the advertisement of Ciro. A Qates &Co. in tliis w('olc's paper. Mr. Oaies lias the reputation cf keeping a fine supply Of Pianos ami oihur musical instruments con-' jBtkntly on hanrt.and persons.wishing? ppr^Ka8^?^uld5.<l<>tw?li tcTpivc him a call.? Hejhn's sufd rrimy Pianofs to citizens of our district, and lii.s selection for a good instrument inny be depetided upon. ??*<<>? ? 5i".rn fi'riwii IT is impossible in looking over the Xor? them paprrr, fof a-Southern man not to have his passion* nrousod when ho rcadp the in^^ulting and.tauniipg language made, use of flkainst us and our institution by'shallow bribed fanatic?. Wo give below only oho ex teak which is from the Philadelphia Led ger.'|fehdw the character of th$ numaVous arliclAlmtfillthoscNorlhfirn prinls. "They I ' v'/ i i < t mai^fco ana .rnnUiaincy please, bnl^hooJd thoflftirs of o\ir country ever rcqntre, thai in deMc* of our rights we shrill ineasuro 1 armfBfjtti th6 at wart" sorts" of borryferth, they wilj learn ?- " ' .. , rS rr-r-i**gp, ??WW?? ousBervca arp weak. Southern men hafo 1 ^J^i^en known lo shrink from their duty, ;j! cower "before a foe. In tho rccent war ..*JT , with Mexico who wa? al ways at tho post of < 'r danger,and in front of the battle? not the J Northern men, for wo have it-from undoubt- 1 ed evidence, that some of their regiment* I .could not ^prevailed tipoft to charge, thoOg^' a * - . inMfi ,tjic giljant ftulUn?1n ahd SHio? culled and; .urged-the??l.o:^i4yan,ce. .Silence thett^$?p the subject of gallantry is niprcbecotnin^to these braggor.is andespecially',#.iho prints | of Pennsylvania:' ' Tun Southern FoiXY.-?We laugh reluctantly but wo ate forced to laugh ot the position recently tnljen by theSotith. ifthey aro wrong, they arc in all things wrong.-? Does the South dure to think/lhal. we fear,, it?/ Doys it'dream tliut we, o( the ice t*>r*? North", havo'Svenkfe* nerves or tnor : ifn Wot-" . iny motives t.o action, than the 8tur^st,of the South I 11 litis bo the issue, id than looTt to it. The de.>tinies of ibo world Sought tn6, samo dirt'Ction. All the past has proved ftj Asia has ever been at the foot of Norllterh conqucrors; and even the wull ccmontcU em|)ire ol Ctasarwas bowed down, with all its honors, belbre the torrent strength oftlio North. The North of this country woujd do no wrong, it asks only to prosper by I its own industry. It clings with a holy i hope to the Constitution ; buLjt will not in i vadearight?the slightest?secured by that j Constitution. Aroused to the defence ofthut S which has been hallowed by the constitution, I it will do all that may be sanctioned by the j right. There is, in reference to every con stitutinnal iiuesliou.no disposition on the part of the IN oi l h lo do wrong. But it will stlf fer no wrong, Let the South bo assured of (hi3, . Kvery .sine govurn^^^^^^^for any duty that may be" required. . . Uciiis oi Sens. SS David Hale Ksq., sr. proprietor ofthe N. Y. Journal of Commerce, died at Fredericksburg, Va., on the 21st inst., while on iiia way to the South lor the benefit, of his r U j4...: health. The Indian Orator, Geo. Copwoy,or, as | he is called in hi& native tongue, lvnh-gc-gaI gah-bowh, was lecturing at the Chinese j Museuna, Philadeli)liiii-i.n tin> :of ihe M.-RChiu^ There were about. 12() Tm^wers prcs&bt?' Bishop Payne is tlie presiding Bishop. The lUlh Jan. was tha 5UUi anniversary oflhe day (Jen (Jaines received his coiprniasion in the army. r- V A gun has been invented al Utica which will lire twenty-sjx discharges by ono fading. ? innideulM ?f -> 5r"? vui tv *. >uiiua> Florida?lis Discovery?2?nlei*ing the Country?Jasper? While Sulphef'Springs, <SfC. with Columbus in hb second expeditforr, is said to bo tho first discoverer of Flordia. By some strange hallucination of mind; ho had been induced to believe that there existed among the Bahama Islands, a fountain, whose crystal waters would rejuvinate those who might bathe iii them. In search.of this imagunary fountain, ho sailed froori Port*? Rico, over which he had .once beerf governor, and whilst at sea encountered a furious storm which drovo'him undn ih?' coast opposite the Inland of Cuba:'-'Jl'bi^t was during the Spring soason. andK'the. country lie had thus accidenmljy ^iscov.ere^i presented a ehatrgi^arspecT; ^'<rBirq*;o^|jay: jilunmge with-^ttled botes onliverto&$pfefr groves, apdjtb.e boueysuckle and jesamirie, I huHg'in graceful festoons from tree to tree ; whilst ilid Magnolia Gtanda Flora, and a thousand -nameless flowers iilled lhe land with odore^weet as those thnjt Jblow- from iower^JW4fO Wraptured with ih'e prospect* and imagined they had discovered the self i ecuuti ryner^jo Wt|,Ch r ? * arid all our woes." Having survftyed-ttye: coast he took possession of the co.grfoyinPthe name of Chniles V? theff . Emperor of Spain,and called it Florida. 3on|C\?t)p*pose from the luxurient growth of flowers;};: others because it was discovered. Sunday or Easter day," which in the S^vi-'. isk language is PAtqud.Florida:' Had Poncc de Leon, eatfe'rfed thfc of Flowers" at tho season and ooiht-jriforafca tar differentwou|(l have: be'0n his irnpr$?i: (oris. No 'gross carpeted earth ivith,flowers was spread btit- beforo songsters carroUijJg fronv orange grove* greeted us a$?e$jg?j; V--"' 'V jBSS nW? of-iidVnc .potei The. tWuit->lo4sV;& w-piuiu iybodcn building ?iso pt" wi>^;l ^^V^iiigiilar^Vrac'taV^ for a; prison, ? is\l^;?l<W??.higbf iho*;.Upperf: projecting about tup/fre.t^ycr tlu- l<?\veV and: .forming a kip.4 ,,?4aa&o'^eloiv. liutlutitj'; n*?vwhiilg'tiic. 'being yti.loo inucu.iu. its Jppipiyncy. . Tiro lands are generally fertile in. thia "county, liul;frorln tlu>:?\p^enVjrt.nco \vo enOuiil sajvwill ao^:be e*ha^ip2 and \vonv'qtit'by cultivation. The soil is shallow, and having no clay "foundation cannot', last a great -\yh^ev ^fosent, however; the yield upon new.; plantulions is. fine" feu'gar Ca.nc and , ."Arrow Root~^ro\v lux-u r ic n I ly(inth i acou n ty',ihe 'former^*- nouch morq abundantly cultivated than" thofiaticr. We entered the *X .' "i f -V -nA.r.y,*.,: i. -> country just'flf .tlie season " foj: cutting and grinding ihp^.ajie, arid every farmer seemed Id-have a -crop of it growing. 1* In another number wo shall take occasion speak oj ttai?'caiic culture and the proofss.:of Sugar making. ?%Hamuiook.lands, the most hoC^d^L^kji i Infra for their fertility,-are ratl?ej^s^ac^-1n tfiiVLcounty compared to yRewfcV^-The coungLjU, thinly populated imd Would hot averageT&^ellIeme nt to ipery five miles 'squarof ir ly^VnecaU^Jovv and flat, and | portions "r(frrllilfft. w'lb small j luf^es and pundj&.buundiiiMa Fish nn.J A lis gn?p8. Tlie 'water ic^trtakably clear, and^small objects may do s^wjtmalmost anyrHcpth. Many of^tbe ? yjunilod by a nfch gro^thof Magnoii^T^W jqU, live ^bntfy .oud Qtlier shrubs,.'and - thfl long gjuy moss streaming from tho daik grg^rfoirttge renders the scenery agreeabtu | ?rra picturesque Here the Saw Palmetto, ' -anti Saw Grass is very abundant, the latter Is a kind,t (fLgrasa with a long serrated flat blade.ejcee(Jitigly utmoying to cattle and horses^and, will teaf tjie stputesj cjoth i mu?jh>exposed..lo.'-ittL .? r- . ^ Afct(Sii^ely^'mHe8J(>i5rfi'Ja8perJ upon the \ {mmp<Ti<ilo 'bafiks,6F th e Suwannee; is a , ^considerable note in that enunUy^auU:ni?cii re8()r_tetl to during llu Sum?ferViiT0nih3%by invalids from the mlMown o? the whiter,Suli)Ku'f ftfftntffc+ignd is quite n re -"'" bf more fmnous tUim'llicccIobiutoil Viryiniu Springs orSaratogn of Ne\v York. It ia so Htr.opgr^ijn^iegn . \Vith* sulphur that the v.isiier^?;;^d^,v^auciqu3, of the fact be; rfore ho arrives w it bin . three hundred yards 'Of it, bV ..u-: n.? * ^ muui tins 1116 atmosjih^v'^fr a;^considerable distancc aroynfl;. "?^;'pe^son Qnupprised pt the exi?. tcocetbia^Sp/ipg, on ...approaching it ' woulil ?ippp^:4hat^ Y,aal explosion hud takW{)!ac? tlie itfihjedtttie vicinity; or thut _bp'Ha*ii indeed In tided ' upon; the Brimstone soil where Milton's nrch-fiend fell when thrust down from Heaven. _ w:' The Spring is ubout t\venty;.feet-inwidth And fifteeu in depth and fitfwa off with such jgipidity that the stoutest swittimcrs are nibble to pass up its currenti *^Fforn t ho sourMLto its mouth it is nots-^DiQr^.t^Dj thirty st^p* j#h&ro it ming iwrs wunyjtto ^til! ciarkeirjSffii&tfeggtof '$$? Su^annt^J^^r large atid^^o^abt^ ,Hq^. moda^fon of Visiters, and a. wWTtwo stories built ' Wmd smell of the water is ex^^dtligly tjflenajve. We were told of mariy= remarkable IV- .? ';S ' C i cures effected by the uso jpT waters, fbirtjtball only mention oqovA.youtog man .Atfbo vvos afflicted with that moat (pathiesomo 'oi all diseases, the Leprosy, and was a tnasa 9HHB^HHgffiMn^^^^ to ^Sjj'and j subsequently s?rtt iQ.the Senata fofcbncu^ rcnce jii tbc nriiendrtieql. ' HResoltcJi That xve believe tliu^o^ie of .ibeyregard ita?u mainpillariu ilieedttice oLrenl dndepshdence, tho support of tranquility at homo,.of pence abroad, of safely, bf-prospcrity, anJ of thatvery Iiberty they so hjffhly prize ; That lliey cberisb.u cortli;ftf?hfl6?Uial,-and iminovubltj attachment to it; and that'they watch for its preservation with jealous anxiety; That they believe it ;to: bc tlio 'duty of their public servant:* 16 discountenance whatever may suggest evt?n' u'^suVpiclbii that it can, in any eVent'bo I abandoned; and to repel indimiaitllv uvurv attemptto ajienate any portion of our conntry from the rest, or to enfeeble-the sacred tics which now link together tho various parti;" From itlexico. By llie arrival ot the schooner Anicricnu Crtpt. Moloney, from Vera Cruz, we have dates from the city of Mexico. Uy this arrival, we learn that Congress commenced hs session on the 1st insf._- . 'l'he foreign ministers paid their respects to iho President, and tho French minister, on behalf of the diplomatic corps, delivered uii address congratulating f-Jerrera oil the pros? porous condition of tlior-country. Qi| the, opening of the sessions, the President deli$ address, iff which he discunts^upon IffinoTrart quility^tpd order prevailincr.thVouffh out the countr^>S!te^ D. FernundaMii|awhVijlo h;i3 become Cio'vernor of Chiapua.N S?\ CJardqna has been 'sent in custody.ld. Pichqculco. ; The clergy of this State have sent a remon8tancb, to .lhe Oo?eLrnment? protesting iiguinst tlfe &leratibh pf.'ony Iqruis of worship. ThePrtfbsof.Toluca ha?e beetfsttrringjup . a. revolt tU that lown Tbe insurgents utd V force of 300 i ay a ' inf.t ntry^' was * dofpjltc tueca pita L to the scene of i action.J ' ' * The expelled troops and the citizens of Tampico have become reconciled to each other. The troops havefceen invited by the National Guard to re-enter the town. Sr. Cujdenas denies that ho has hud or has any sympathy or connection with the unncxa tiooist?- . j The Indians still continue their raiajjes in the Slate of Diiraugo, and other parts of the Republic* The it:volt of the Indians of ' the Sierya has not been suppressed. Tlnre arc supposed ?o be about y-iUU collected at the Sieira. The Legislature of the State of New lieon ended its session on tho on the ISih ult The estimate of expenses of tho Stain for ihe year 1840, umuuuis 10 34,400. Much dissatisfaction exists in this place, and a reform in-the revenue system is loud* ^^TSf'rTtnTno^ Utefo wn*-*T?t??**<s Won cwculed in the city of Mexico on the 30ih ult. He hud been sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Justice, for high crimes against the government. From the report of the Sec'y, \vc learn that the expenses of the Government amounted to $10,580,220, nnd the revenue to 89,838,420, leaving a deficiency ol ?742, 280. The enterprise of the railroad from Mcxiro to 'l'niMiliiivfi u - - < j-j ^.,10 iu uu very Kivnrably considered, and will doubtless be eflected. SR. ARISTA. This active officer, Elerrera's [Minister of War, is accused by many ot'having un eye to the Dictatorship. His friends scornfully repel the insinuation, and point tohit<mbasuresfor reducing the army, which he is con-, tinuiilly. carrying into ettect, as convincing proois of his honesty. ' . The'r?ciht;saccetf8e3 the. Yucatecoes, over the Indians^ u-hich has been published, have JVlexicanis to believe that the w^f .^eMiaula, is on the point of Correrponde'nct of ilit -Charleston Courier. WASHINGTON, JAN'RY 23. The Southern meeting' \vaf held last night, und the Committee of fifkeenhKeported the address prepared by Mr. I3erricn to'the meeting; but the meeting rejected the nddress, and went back und adopted the original address drawn by Mr. Calhoun,striking out ontJ unimportant passage. There was 1a good deal oi debate, and some whigs retired from the meeting; but, on-the whole thero was unanimity upon the innin i of the meeting. {tL The address has not been signed, but it is to be open for signature?, and will he signed, eventually,.by nearly all the Democratic members from, the 'Southend some three or four Whigs. lilio Governor Gayle. u Thc'.'add/pM, ic is said, vyill be published' forth^yttb, together with all the procee- * dings., The^Penn?ylvdni;i Delegation deny the , llAtem|nt- ;thnt they havo?recomme^ed VAndroi? Steward to..Qener^,4.'ftyiQr, ^tizlns'o'f tfa|Mr Stat'<\'in case Geii'l. Taj- * posod.rsiHce T*riday lnstj --fettdbasremained * jjtifclykrtging ?W45ii^?5?.* , &fritlie#l>lft?dsexhnutiion..ho. wasconvpelled iif lah^ef-tfil? Senate Chamber. He was ; knAWhatt**?" ? .w>*?7fatpiu wii. ue aoie soon U&lltume h'is seat. *MrJ. Calhoun was r never known to lpave his post in the Senate a ' f'1 - m r , -m&u Ibr^any"reusoij oilier than indisiM^UiO^Ji^HHHjw .Hc%btjs beoiiag 'protnpt, :uu1 regulnr, and " Vj .constant' in hisintiendunca on liis duties ?s V Mr. J. Q. Adjaid .was. iMr. -VVebster, who is of tbe .dame u'gp with M r. Calhoun, and has gone through the same field of service, ijiyjUi. heavy professional labors besi.lt.'?, has of-.enor faltered: than:\.Mr. Coihoun >n th.o. fugged roa-J oflifc.V But Mr.- Webster has. uKvjiys taUen care, and taken time to lie by and reciiuif,' now . dnd then^. ' \ ou. never catch him in the So fastened.to his seat, jnuluridSHne irrflietion of proginaufcal argu^SHnnJ inane cleclainniion um tu everyjMkjli-. business Air, Webster has scarce Btpp'cared in lus/scuv ityiee thin session-Be cainu in once to yjvo his opinion, atiShe submitted it iir writiug,anj very hriciSfc on a private claim, wishing, he said, that Infe^views should be known to the numerous cTlltifttnnla .who had often applied to him lor rtdWfife j^i reij;ird to claims for property derttroycMf^iAJjublie officers. So in this case, Mr. vPsirtb-ler .spoke with a view lt? save himself trouble. ! 1 mean to say that Mr. Webater does noi . exposo himself, unnecessarily, to ihe fati?uc . and depression consequent on sitting, sLy i in and day nut, in thai over-heated and unveniilated and crowded Hal', the Scnali; I Chamber. A gentleman from the North, : forinB.'ly and for twelve years :i member of ii>CorigrefB| fvisited ,the Senate Chamber toami aat there some threo hours: ami fhe'rpenfioni'd 10 hh friends, ?hitt, in his ' opinion, the Seti'itora hazarded their health,, ! and livtVby sitting so friitny hoitfs in aii confined a placeC Corrcspotulttnce of the Baltimore'. WASHINGTON, JAN. 26. Signing of Mr. Ci h'ouu's Addre.s ?Posit'ort j of the Stales?Mr. Douglass s Territorial' I Bill?Pefntsylpfini'l and the Citbuui Ap- , J voinlments. &-c.j *S'C | j? . j It is said that Mr. Calhoun's report has been signed by 40 members-?all democrats j Cxeept two?Messrs. Halo'and Tompkins. I The dccnniunl Js sniil to fn? in iiriiif Kill ilj I . *rr l I i publiratioi) Uns not yet been iinthomed by 7 the'signers ^ j The N. \T Legislature. notcon(eot with ! their recent dt-orc^^nn^^^Xtensibh 'of ; sla'very its an instilur^^' revolting to (he I spirit ul'ihe age," are now engaged in tna; Hiring a law for overruling u part of (lie ' Constitution as "revolting to liie spirit ul i the age''?that purl ol" it wl)ich piov i Ic.s for the apprehension and delivery'o'.Tugi" J live slaves, li i.s a mo.sl inopportune m.?yc! t.'. r .1... .v ....1 - . jl^vcii ui iiij vi lit*: i^uiur.'i ji iii'Ml; hers, who arc favorable to conciliation, 10jjrel :ind deprecate it. j The result of the action of Slate ?.j'*gi.-lai lures on lips subject, is that one p?ri:>>ii >?l i the States stand arrayed against the other? j fourteen against sixteen. . j lten an ngyressive posilo^<iroiue.if& havo determined to resist .agyfetjiqn. Tnv V ij, ' r" _ j- motatMHMrfMi LkuagZol'. ao;i|e other S'He?, . .. ! look to measures ofraureas. Ot* course t he r'u j inust be a yielding,*^h.one side or the otli-s j Or, or an evasion of ti\p. question?, or else V i there must he, at u>> dis^tfifciday. usenara> ! tion of the State?. Mr. Douglass' bill will, it issupposed,li.i.l ! some favor. The Southern members, or a. : portion of them, are prepared to amoo to a } compromise of the territorial ((notion, o i tlio parrailel of 31, 30, instead of 30, 3 ).? The Southern members arc becoming m ?r am! more reasonable on this subject, ani will. [ think, avoid any leyi.-l .r.ion ol uu aggressive aud irritating character, al l..is session. The Pennsylvania Delegation deny, ! through the lulelligciic?T, thai lliey Imvu j recommended any one as a jneniber of .G?sii. I Tuyior's Cubinel. ' ll i<r, nl the same tiim'j I rumored that they, upd Gov- Johnston jilso, have declared that, uj.leba-peniwylvdnitt^ti have (he Treasury Department, they.^ rlfji wish nei" 10 uave any position in the cabfncT;. Her coal and iron intoresta control.'..bef politicians, und control her io'iho lute.election, aad-she. is .not to be uppoHsfedf.'with - . >"/ fiqyihiDff ?boti of -\vh3t sjie may deem\i reasonable protection'^01 tlS'djye< interests. Governor Johnston, Andrew Siowart, arjcl , J. R. Ingersoll, uro the individual whi> have been named lor .'the post, ci'ho two first are certainly ullrnenoughtife-atlvocales of the protectly. policy,; npd Gov. Johnston ft little loo much so to suit thfj; Southern) Tub Meoiclkndubo Declaration.? By ft letter from Mr. Bancroft, minister to England, which h is just heen read in thu North Carolina Legislature, the nuthonticity of the Mecklenburg (NorthCaroliua) Declaration of Independence in May, 177."?, is proven?two months earlier than thu immortal Declaration of all the Colonics. He found the Mecklenburg Resolves in iliu British State paper office?vTln:y were first < sent'over to England in a .letter dated 20th of June 1?75, written- hy Sir Jaincs Wright, tjhen^joyernof; 11 '1 _ _ j Dtetf, on Saturday th? i'4th insf., nt his I esidencfc ri&^Mom'erey^ jn uiis Dijrtnct, of -r. \ I \ Liver Complaint? OTri'NATf-lilNl EL 1 ^