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?don't st!! unless 3*011 qan pet a fair price
?until spring then you will have tlio aid of
the speculators in getting good prices.?
Abovp all, lot growers keep out of the city
markets. Every one who goes to the cities
to sell, adds to the great stock already
there, and gives feverish force to the panic.
Another, nnd no small cau*e of the? panic
mny be found in the injudicious proceedings
of growers and speculators in employing
numerous agents to sell for them. We
know ono person who lias about 15,000
,,trees, who has employed five different agents
to sell tliem for him, and each of these agents
has adrertised fifteen thousand trees. This
swells the amount of trees in the public es'imatiou
iive.foiu?making 75,000 trees out
of 15,000 ! We
repeat, that our d. liberate opinion is
that the trees rie.xi surinjr will S'-ll readily at
O
fifty Cei ts, or u wards for ficr sizes and
good wood; provided the growers keep out
of market t ill that time. If the present s ate
of things continues, no one can tell what
may he tin; result. If growers keep the
city markets overstocked, as at present, and
continue, lorcing sales in the manner at
present attempt: 11 a we should not be surprised
?f tfm price were down to five or ten
eeiVc, or if they do not sell ?t ail. Every
taing ckpeM-Js wpon the nrmaess of the
grow* rs. They can as readily obtain fifty
evil's to a dollar, as they can five to ten
cerrs : and muci? more so ; for if the prices
are fifty cents and upwards, the trees will
sell much more raj?id!y than if they are
down to ten or twenty cents. Let no one
suppose we vvi.sh to favour lire mere tree
grower. No such ihaig. But we know
that if flit* trees bear a good price next
s;>ri:ig. the propagation of ;!v m wdl go on ;
it ?hey bear a low price it will stop of course.
Therefore, we are ndv'oca'mgthe legi imate
oik culture in endeavouring to keep up the
price of trees ; for af present wm have not
on hundredth part trees i nough to supply
the coun'ry for the aiik business.
v..
The S ntes composing the (iertinn Costoms
Union posse: se<J, towards the close of
1939, eighty.s? veri manufactories of beet
r??ot so^ar iu full operation, v:z : l'russia,
63 ; Bavaria, 5 ; Wur torn burg, 3 ; Durmi.
s*ad, I ; o her States, 10; besides G6 which
were then constructing. Tiie rchn-ng of
cam; sugar i< an important branch of :nilusrry
in the States of the Union. No less
than 800,0(10 (jtfnt.ds are yearly rt fined
therein ; 750.000 of w hich are fur home
consumption, and the remainder for cxpor
_ A . .1... ' ..i 1 O.JO .1 ~ ..... .1.,..
IftiMJTi. /v: me l'idw; ui toco, me iiuuiucj
of sugar yefinaries in tho?e Slates was 76,
viz: io l'iussi!t. 66 ; Bavaria, 7; Saxony,
2 ; Lit'ttorui Ilfcasr, 2 ; (Jrand Duchy of
He?s-, 1.
Tim cultivation of silk in Piussia is yearly
increasing, notwithstanding the frosts
which destroy every wittier a considerable
number of mulberry trees. Inr the neighborhood
of fVedant there are now 276
plantation* of that tree. Last year's crop
e\cfeded 13,000 pounds of si'* of un ex"
cellenl quality, which sold at the rate of
from 3'dd. to 37fl. 50c. per pouoJ.
I A TAUTY OF FASHIONS.
* % . It is a s artliog fact that human life is
aborter in New England now titan it was
fifty years ago. There are disoas?s now
whicn Wore itardly known then, and winch
bring thousands to a premature grave.?
What is the cause of all ih.s? Has our climate
oiweotially changed ? No?unless it
r _i i iv._ r .. j
?e l'?r :nc Dciter. i nc cause ;s .o oc iuunu
doubtle?3 10 the corrupting factions ot' ;he
times, which regulate the food and the dress
of people, and which make id!* ness n?ui\
r? spectable limn houest sturdy industry.?
We deprecate those fashions; they are
raj id!\ lead ng us as a people into those
excesses which have proved the other and
furliear cations. It is time this subject
looked into viitii as much solic itude
hnu care as politicians look for the causes
ojfCivil I hettv and public good.
In olden times?in the days of the revolution,
when sons worked willingly in the
forests and the fields, and partook of the
simple hut substantial fare of their own
farms, when daughters wore thick shoos,
loose gowns and labored at the spinning
wlied and loom, such diseases as consumption
and dyspeps:a were seldom or never
known. Doctors were rare acquaintances
then. But now, if a young man would np.
near resaleable. he must carrv b rr recti hat*
I ? ' / o . o
to cour , rather than a meal bag o mill; lie
must wit i?J a yard stick, rather than a l:oe
or shove!; ami'as for young ladies?alas !
it would soil the r lily hand and be an irrepurabls
disgrace to be seen cleaning houses
or be caught at u wash tub. Their shoes
must be of kid thin as wafers : their chestmus!
be p'-ut up in corsets as closely as a
Chinese foo?, and their time must be spent
in spinning street yum, thumbing the piano
forte of discoursing sentimental sorgs.?All
these fash .oris are prcjudical to human life
end health. Oil, that fashion would t ver
take the. right direciion, and go upon the
maxim of sanctioning nothing w hich inter,
feres with the laws of health. Then would the
hopes of our country brighten, and individnids
would enjoy an amount of comfort
which is now too willingly but blindly sacrificed
to false taste. Maine CuLjvutor.
(iliOKGKTOWK Li A IX.
We do not know that this, is the most
nuspic;ous time, for asking appropriations
by the General Govt rnim rit for any object
whatever, but it is never too early, or out
of place, to make n good beginning. '|>,0
Mttempl to make a Ship channel from Win.
yaw B iy to tlie ocean across North Island,
proved (us is known wo presume to the
greater part of the people in this section of
the Slate) a total fui.'urc. Since then, the
Port and IJur of Georgetown, have not re.
ceived much attention, from the Congress
of the Union. We should be grateful how.
ever, that so' old and expensive an elTort
was made, in our behalr. The lino of the
canal can even now, if wo mistake not, he
truced, andany one at uII conversant, with
the formation of soils, will discover the impractiribi'i'y
of keeping open, the smallest
Wc/k of the k'nd wi.hoo* an enormous ?*.
penditure of money. It would require not
only, that tiro sides of the canal should be
supported by rwssy walls of brick or stone,
but that the whole water line south of it,
and a very great part of that to the North,
should be skirted with similar defences
against the waters of the Bay on one side, and
those of the sea on the other ; otherwise, the
wa'er would soon meet in the rear of the
walls, and overthrow them. It is for this
reason, wo have characterized the enterprise
as bold, and expensive. Our view in
adverting to the fact now, is to invite attrnj
lion to another, and we behove, perfectly
practicable plan for improving our B ir.
One which will cost (in comparison wth
the other) but a trifling expenditure, while
the work w ill be asdurab'e as the coast itself.
It :s well known, and therefore we do
not mention it as information, that all the
waters of Winyaw Bay and its tributaries,
pass to the occean through the Norih Inlet,
and over the main Bar to our Harbor,
except the small body which, branching
from the Bay. to the right, froms South Is
land. Now to our mind, it appears very
"l"''? tln> rtnlu corn nmt nernvmnnt in.
MUUi lll'l ViHJ
crease of drpth on the Bur. is to be had by
stoppin f the vent of water at Notih Inlet.
Whicti with the object Ixfore us, we think It!
more proper to call outlet. This can bo effected
by dropping arose ballast across this
oulct, from the North end of North Island,
to the opposite point of Debwrdieu^s, till a
continuous barri? r of stone is raised from
shore * > shore, a foot or two above t'.io highest
spring tides. The sand, put in motion
by the water and blown from the now connected
shores, will in a brief space of ii.iv
fill all the interstices in, and cover the top
of the embankment, unking it impervious
to water, and lasting, us the world. The
sure consequence of closing this passage
will he, that ins ead of two currrvn s flow ing
through different channels to the Ocean,
there will be but one, which moving onward
witlrincreased volume velocity, and
po^er, will fret away, and despen the paai
s:,ge through the boar,carrying the drift amid
I Or into deep water. By this natural action
! of the water, we should in a very f*u years
j have depth enough, to p?ss any merehani
; ship over our bar, and then will Georgetown
i become what her vast bHck river and o hcr
; natural ndvnnta .es seem to havo destined
j her to be. To this suggestion it may b"
| objected that the drift sand will form another
j shoal, and we admit, that it will either do
j tha\ or, by sen ling upon ihe pa'scnt shoals,
j elevate them into islands. Which we coni
coive to be a matter of no impottance, for
| the drift will not be deposited any where, till
j it shall have ceased to feel the impetus which
i removed it from the bar; so lh.it, wheiur
j a new shoal be formed, or an old one transj
formej into an Island, is a matter of no ino
mcnt, there being necessarily a deep, an t
| spacious channel between, either, and the
' Cur. Another g tat udvuutage of our proj
position is that the work once dune, it will
I never require repair. These are crude
| ideas, but we venture nevertheless, to ask
I for them the cairn consideration, which the
! great importance to our Port of a ship chanj
nek requires of those whose duty, it is, to act
I upon such ma ters. Suppose tho Legislature,
j requests our di legation, to move Congress,
j on tiii.s subject?docs Georgetown wi h he r
[ back country, ask too much ? We refer
J to the Tax re urns, and challenge an answer
( in the a If; ri native.
i Geo. Town American.
! TWliNT'y.SIXTH CUNGPvESS.
1 til r.T. .1 Mi/.HlitRs of THE SENATE AND HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SENATE.
Maine. S. Carolina.
John Uncles J<?hn C Calhoun
Rcuel Williams Wm C Preston
New Hampshire, Georgia.
Henry Hubbard Wilson Lumpkin
Franklin Pierce Alfred Cuthbert
Vermont. Alabama.
Samuel Prentiss Win 11 King
Samuel S Phelps Clement C Clay
Massachuscts. Mississippi.
John Davis RJ Walker
Daniel Webster John Henderson
Rhode Island. Louisiana.
Ncliemiab R Knight R C Nicholas
N^lum F Dixson, Alex. Mou on
Coi/hei:ti?-ut. Tennessee*
| Perry Smith Hugh L Wlvto
Thatlcus Letts ' Felix\Jrundy
New York. Kentucky.
Silas Wright J J Crittenden
One vacancy Henry Ciay
New Jersey. Ohio.
| Garre t D Wall Win Alien
j S L Southard LJenj Tappan
Pennsylvania, In liana.
j James Buchanan Oliver H Smith
i One vacancy Albert S Wnl??
| Delaware. Illinois.
! Thoinns Clayton J M Rob nson
One vacancy R M Young
Maryland M ssourt
Wm L) Merrick Lewis F Linn
John S Spenco T II Benton
Virginia. Michigan.
Wm II Roane John Norvell
One vacancy One vacancy
North Chroiipa. Arkansas.
Bedford Brown ^ Wm S Fulton
Robert Strange 4 |] sevjCI
HOUSE OF KEI'RESENr.wvES.
Maine.
Nathan Clifford Virg l D Parris
Albert Smith Hugh J Anderson
Benjamin Randall Joshua A Lowell
George Evans Thomas Davee
New Hampshire.
Charles G Atberion Edmund Buiko
Jared W Williams Ira A Easrnan
Trislrain Shaw
Massachusetts.
I
j Abbot Lawrence ? Wm B Calhoun
Lererett SaJtonstall Wm S Hastings
Cab b Cashing Henry Williams
Wm Pnrmentcr John Rred
Levi Liucoln John Q Adams
George N Briggs (One Vacancy)
Rhode Island.
Jos L Tillinghust R B Cranston
Connecticut.
Joseph Trumbull Thos B Osborne
William L Storrs Truman Smith
Thos W Williams Jno II Brock way
Vermont.
Hilund Hall John Smith
VViilliam Slade Isaac Fletcher
Horace Everett
New York.
Thos B Jackson John G Floyd
J,is do la Monmync David P Brewster
Ogd?ii Modi nun Tito C Crittenden
Edward Curtis John II Prentiss
Moses II Grinneli Ju Json Allen
James Monroo John C Clark
Gouvern?*ur Kern bio JS B Leonard
Cbaib's Johnson Amasa I)ana
Nathaniel Jones Edward Rogers
Rulus Pali'n Noherni'ih II Earl
Aaron Vnndt rpocl ChristoVr Morgan
John Ely Thcron R S;rong
Hiram P Hunt Francis Granger
Daniel I) Barnerd Meredith Mallory
Anson Biowu Thus Kempshall
David Russell S"lh M G'?tes
Augus'us C Hand Luther C Pe<k
Jo'iu Finn Richard P Marvin
Peter J VVngncr Mnlurd Fillmore
Andrew \V Doig Char's F Mitchell
New Jersey.
John l? Avcrigg J,)S F Randolph
John P it Maxwell Char's C Smlto*
William Unified Thos J Yorkc
Pennsylvania.
Lemuel Paynl?t Jninrs Cooper
John Scrgoant Wn? S Ramsey
Geo \V Poland Geo M' Culloli
CTlinrl*m Naylor Davnl Pturikin
Ivlward Divies K II Hammond
Pranc s James Sand W Morris
John 15'lwarils Charles Ogle
Jostpii roruanec A G Marchnnd
John Davis Enos Hook
David D Wagener Isauc Lift
Peter Ncwliiul - Rn-ttard lSi<<d!o
Goo M K?-ini William Realty
William Smonton Thos Henry
James Gerry John Guilbraith
Delaware.
Thomas Robinson.
Maryland.
John Dennis Solomon Hdlen J
Philip F Thomas Wm Cost Johnsot
J T H Worthingion Francis Thomas
Junius Carroll Daniel Jenifer
Virginia.
Henry A Wise Walter Coles
Joel Holh'inan James Garland
Francis E Rives Win L Goggins
Jonn M Butts William Lucas
R M T Hunter Geo B Samuel
John Taliaferro Rols*rt Craig
CiKirlcs F Mercer Geo W Hopkins
Loin Banks Andrew Bcirne
Geo C Dromgnolo Joseph Johnson
John VV Jencs Lew s S.einrod
John T fldl
North Carolina.
tr .? r? _ \\r il._,
aenncin ita^ner ?v m niouguiucr
Jesse A Bynum John Kill
Edward Stanley Chariot Fisher
Charles Shepaid Henry W Cnnnc
James J McKay Jam -* Graham
Micajah T Hawkins Lewis Williams
KtliuunU U?-l>ciijf
South Carolina.
Dane E Holmes T? os D Sample
Waddy Thompson Jr. Sampson 11 Btrlc
Francis W Pickens II B.irnwtll Kht:
John Campbell Jolui K GrilTin
Janv s Rogers
Georgia.
Lott Warren R W Hahershar
E A Nisbct Win C Dawson
T I? King J C Alford
Ma;k A Cooper El ward J Black
W T Colquitt
Kentucky.
Lmn Boyd Win J Graves
Philip Triplet John White
Jos R Hndcrwood Richard I]awes
Shcrrod Williams L W Andrews
S:in"on \V Anderson Garret Davis
Willis Grw-n Win O Butler
Johu Pope
Tennessee.
William H Carter Meredith P Gentr
Abraham McClellan II M Water-on
Joseph L Willliams Aaron V Brown
Julius W Bla<kwcll Cave Johnson
Hopkins \j Turney John W Croeketi
Win B Camplicll C II Wiii'uins
John Bc!i
Ohio.
Alexander Duncan Isaac Parish
John It Wellcr Jonathan Taylor
Patrick G Goode D P Leadbetier
Thomas Corwin Geo Sweeny
William Do me John W Mien
Calvary Morrs Joshua R G dJing
Win K Bond John Hastings
Joseph Ridgway D A Starkwcnthe
William vetlill lluiry Swcarmgei
Samson Mason
Louisiana.
Ivlwin! D Whim Rico Garland
Kdwnrd Chiun
Indiana.
Geo II Proffit James Rariden
John Davis Win W Wick
John Carr T A Howard
Thomas Smith
Mississippi.
A G Brown J Thompson
Illinois.
John Potrnnhie T??lm T Sfn.'irt
Casey
Alabama.
II H ChnpmatK^ . I) Xon II Leivis
David Hubbard - Janu s Dtlb lt
Goo W Crabb
Missouri. ^Svv\^
John Miller ^ JohnJamfcj^
Michigan*
Isaac B Crary.
Arkansas.
Bdttnrd Cross.
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STATE LEGISLATTRE.
senate.
Nov. 30//a. Mr. B? nnett, pursuant to
notice given on Saturday, inroduced ? B II
to regulate the future issue ofB il?, by the
B.mk of the Slate of South Carolina, under
the denomination ol Five Dollars: Read
the first time, and referred.
Dec. 3d. Mr. Evans presented the Petition
of sundry Citizens of Marion District,
pruning Legislative aid for the culture of
Silk : Referred to the Committee on Agriculture
and In ernal Improvements.
Mr, flutter, the Memorial of the Ci'y
Council ol Charleston, praying an annual
appropriation by the Legislature, for the
endowment of the College and high school
of Cnarleston ; All of which, were referred
to ilu; committee on Education.
A message was received from the House
of Repn >entutives. informing the Senate
that the House had appointed a Committee
offline, composed ol Messrs. Frost, David,
VV ni. Reed, Wilhrrspoon, Brock man,
Wardlaw, Irhy, Jamison, and Henderson,
to attend on the part of the State, the meeting
of the Rad Road Company, which is to
take place to-morrow, to investigate the affairs
of tha, company, and report the same
to the House? aim requesting the S nate
to appoint u similar Committee, to incet thu
Committee on the part of the House,
i A messug* of concurrence was ordered,
and Messrs. Huger, Aliston, lienor, Ilig..
I g ns, and Gregg, were appointed on the
part of the Senate.
Dec. 5. Mr. Gregg, from the Commit'
tee under a resolution of the last Session, in
I .
felation to the expediency of purchasing
the Library of Dr. Tlios. Cooper, deceased,
submitted a report, accompanied by a catar
loguo of the Library, both of which were
referred lo the Committee on the Library.
Dec. 6, Mr. Hug'r. pursuant to notice
inroduced a B.ll to excuse the Honorable
Judge Gantt from further duty, and foi
other purposes: Read the fi st time, or
dered to be printed, nnd rcf<*rrud to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec. 7. A Bdl to authorize the Sheriff o
MUl Ibnro/ to lodge in the jail of any adjoin
ing District, prisoners committed to hii
charge, and for other purposes, which ha<
been reported by the Judiciary Commit'ec
was read the second time and order, d to b<
sent to the Senate.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
r Nov. 30th. Mr. Phillips introduced ih
i following Resolution : Resolved, That i
be referred to a Special Committee to en
quire nnd report how far several Banks c
this State have violuled and forfeited th?*i
respective charters, bv suspending speci
payments, and by refusing to extend tli
usual accommodation to tbo citizens of th<
S ?ite.
On motion of Mr. Bellinger, the Resoli
lion was amended, by adding "and that tli
said Committee be directed to enquire an
report what course i becomes this Legisla
, ture to pursue on he subject.
*| The Resolution as amended, wns agree
to by th'* House, and the following gent It
men were appointed to compose tin? Con
j mitee; Messrs P'tillips, Bellinger, Gout
din, Irby, and Burt.
Mr. Perry, from the Special Cnmmittri
,r to whom was reierred the Preamble un
Resolutions, om ilie subject of collec'ing it
formation on the Penitentiary System, sul
mitred a Report, recommending tbe estut
lishment ot u Pcn.renrjnry in this State
unil a Billon the same subject, which wf
read the first time, and ordered I or the si
r cond reading to morrow : and the Repo
11 and accompanying document, were ordc
ed to bo printed.
Dec. .id. Mr. D ivit),pursuant to notice
iiVrod tced a Bill to amend the Law in rob
it tion to R? tailng Spirituous L-qoors ; whir
was read first time, and ordered for a si
cond rending to-morrow.
Resolved, That a Committee of N nc h
appointed on dm part of the State, to alien
the adjourned meeting of the Louisvilli
J Cincinnati nnrj Uhnrlcston Kul lioau tun
I p*ii?\, to ake place to-rnorrow. to obtain it
j formation on the condition of and to inves*
<;a'e the affairs of that Company, unJ Ri
port tin; same to this House ; and that
Message b - .se nr o tin; Senate, to meet an
act with t!n? Committee of the House.
Messrs. Frost, David, Wm. Reed Wit!
erspoon, Ilroekman, Wardlaw, Irby, Jami
Y son. and Henderson, were appointed th
Coinmctee on the partor the House undc
the above R?*solu ion.
Message No. 4, was received from Hi
Fxcellemy ihe Governor, informing th
, Hous" that lie had b? en r quested by t!i<
Hoard of Trustees of the South Curolini
College to apply to the Legislature for pi
appropriation for the completion of the Li
brary Hall : Refe rred to Commitb e on Edu
cation, and ordered to be printed.
Dec 4. Mr. John Douglass submitted at
unfavorable Report of the Committee or
3 Agriculture, on the Memorial of sundry
citizens of Marion District, in relation t<
the cultivation ol Silk ; ordered for corisid.
l oration to-morrow.
Dec. 5. M . John Douglass prcson'ei
die rnornorial ol the Agricultural Convcn
ion, praving that an appropriation be madt
for a Geologcal and Agricultural Surve)
of this State, &c.: Referred to the Com*
m itee on Agriculture :
Mr. Burt, from the Committee on Fed
eral Relations, to whom was referred sr
much of the Governor's Message as relate*
to the controversy between the Sia'es o
Georgia and Maine, submitted a Report
with the following Resolutions :
Resolved, That it is the duy, as well a*
the right of any State, to insist on a faithfu
observance of the Federal Constitution, by
each State in the Union.
Resolved, That to demand the surrrndei
and removal of fugitives from us justice, is
by the Constitut ion, n right, and the arrest
and surrender, a duty ; that the denial 01
impairment of that right, is inconsistent with
the cons'i utional obligations of a Stnte, and
subve'sive of the pence and good govern*
^jnent ol* the other States.
(solved. That this right has been im.
paireh>ipn0f denied, by the audiorities of
I. Jnr.r, nfM jHnt this State will never consent
that nny State shall become an asylum for b
those, who are fugitives from the justice tfT
other States.
Resolveds That the Executive of this
Stute be requested to transmit to the Executives
of the several States, to be laid before 8
th'-ir respective Legislatures; .to the ?
President of the United States, and to our
S'*na ors and Representatives in Congress, *
to he laid belore that body ; a copy ol the r,
above Report, and of these Resolutions.
1 he Report and Resolutions were or n
dered to be printed, and made the special r
order of the day for Tuesday next, at 1 e
o'clook. ' l
Mr. Elmore, submhted the report of the
Comm'ssioners appointed und? r a resolution
of the Legislature, passed at its last
Session, to enquire and leport as to the pro- |
pru'ty of purchasing the Library of Dr.
Thos. Cooper, to be added to the Legislalive
Library, the College Library, and the
i Library of the Appeal Court, at Columbia,
] recommending that the said library he not j
! purchased ; Referred to thcCommi tee on (
Eiueation. :
Mr. D Saussurc, from the Committee on |
the Judiciary, submitted unfavorable Re- j
| ports on so much of die Governor's Mes- ,
sagr, hs relat- s to County Courts, Public j
Executions in capital cases, Judges c arg- j
ing Juries as to matters of fact in civil cases; i
and the communication ofD. Brent, Esq.,
U. S. Consul at Pans.
Mr. DeSaussure, from the same Committee,
reported by Bill, on so much of the
Governor's Message, as relates to the m m^
.? -.1
1 ner ol impanneinngjuri<'s m civii cists, ui
lowing the ponies litigant to strike from the
> panel two jurors, without s'owing cause;
which was read the first time, and ordered
' for the second reading to-morrow.
Mr. Bellinger presented the annual Re'
port of the Attorney General, on the coridi!
Hon of the District Offices of the Eastern
r Circuf: Referred to the Committee on
' District Offices nnd Officers.
>
The Rev. Robert Henry, D. D. has
been elected Professor of Logic, Rhe'oric
' and Metaphysics, in the South Carolina Col?
lege, in the place of Prof. Thornwell, who
has resigned. The profound and varied i
* learning of Prof. Henry must command no
2 ordinary respect. It must, too, have been
gratifying to his feelings to have h ?d this
Professorship offe red to l?im without his of.
L* fering himself us a candidate. He fi led
t the Chair of Metaphysics when we were in
' College somo ten years ago. We admired
>f him them, for Ins frank, manly and inde?
r pendent course as u disciplinarian, even
e though we came in for a share ofitsexerciS'J,
and loved him as a mat. for his kind's
ncss and paternal admonitions. May peace
nnd honor attend trim.
l* S. C. Tetnpeiance Advocate.
e
d The Rev. Mr. Hooper, formerly n Proi
fessor in the University of North Carolina,
nnd recently of the Furmun Ins itution in
d Fairfield District, has been elected to fill
| tli'" vncany, occasioned by the resignation
?. | ol Prof Stuart, in the South Carolina Co!r-1
Those who know Mr. Hooper speak
| of him as n gentleman of estimable chorac.
?, ter. ? Ibid.
j
college commencement,
On Monday las', went off with an eclat
). very gratifying to the friends of this nobk*
.. institution. I was attended by a concourse
ls of the intelligent, the disinguished, and the
beautiful, from ail parts of the State. The
r literary performances of the young gentle.
r. men were very ereditabfe to them, and the
address of the President exceedingly im,
pressive, admirably sui ed to make a most
las ing and bcnofici ! impression oti his
|j j you hlul auditory. Col. 'IVIescope.
f" The Washington correspondent of the
j New Y nrk Herald says ?
|f> I A not er marriage is spoken of as about
I to take place in a few months. Tec nupf>?
[ Hals, it is supposed, w ill exei e I in splendor.
' , any th'ng of t' c kind ? ver before witnessed
j in tliis district. The happy man is the po
i- i ILWI fnwl mrifrn fieent n?r*resi-nt ifive of the
I H" I
{ Emp? ror Nicholas, and ;lie equally lirippy
a j (aii on?? is the young ?an<i benirifii! duugfrcr
^ j of a citizen of G? oigetuwo.? live ry body
thinks it will b?* n brilliant m itch, and en ry I
'* body has a right to think so. The 1 uli.-s
" are all envious of her good fortune. The
'' other foreign ministers are unmarri d, and
r possibly some of them may fancy AineriI
can w ives, is several have done before. The
'1 American women are d< cidedly superior in
0 point of personal beauty and fiiscinntion to
p :ho European, and how can foreigners re1
sist?
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We understand that the Bank of Charleston,
S. C., is now Checking on New York,
for the Notes of the d,(Trent Banks in tins
^ Cny, us well us her own. Courier.
> Dreadful death Jrorn spontaneous com
, huction.?An uidoruiniite being residing in
a miserable abode in Eid ridge street, N. Y.
| was on Monday burned to death, it is sup.
. posed by spontaneous combustion. Between
i 12 and 1 o'clock the ne'gl.bors were alarm.
j ed by voluni s of smoke issuing IVoni the
. windows of the victim's apartment. On
rushing in they discovered the women lying
. in her bed enveloped in fl.irnes, the bed
, partially consumed and sail burning. >v ith
? great difficulty ihc fire was extinguished,
n and the woman conveyed to the Hospital,
I where at about 6 o'clock last evening she
I died. No cause for the lire can b g ven.
5 J The woman was discovered lying in bed ?
11 herself and the centre oftho bed in flames?
; but no traces of how the fire was rornmunu
Cuted could be dis mguished. It r? there.
fore presumed that the miserable womin
lost her lile by that ?* !! attested, but very
i rare occurrence, spontaneuos com oust ion.
The uamo of the burned woman did not
, transpire, as it was unknown to those who
I convened her to the Hospital, and she herself
was speechless from the ex rut of her
sufferings. An inquest was held on the
body, and the jury returned a verdict that
* tho deceased unknown women was bjrned
to dnath, N. V. Rxpress.
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lindjh* influence of tassion and prejudice.
From the S. C. Temperance Advocate.
No yrfe, who will look back a few years
nd fochII the sentiments of distrust and
mbiitered hostility with which the adherents
i the Nullification and Union parties view,
d each other, can doubt the truth of these
pmarks. We remember when about to set.
le as p is or of a Church about that time, dilinjr
one day with a Nullifier, and he decla>
d hat he did not believe there was an honst
man in the Union party, and the very
i? xt day or the day atler, we dined witn a
Jnion man, who asserted no less broadly
tnd bitterly that he did not believe there was
in honest Nullifier; yet, before that contest,
hese men hud been friends as well asjneighbors,
reciprocating the kindnesses of social
life and believing each in the other's integrity.
The subscribtion of this State to the Lou*
sville, Cincinnati and Charleston Rait Road
Company, is $1,000,000, cf which four instalments,
amounting to $200,000, have
been paid up, one instalment having been
paid, since the close of our fiscal yenr. The
shares in tlw Road are $100 each, those
In the Bank are $50 each, so that the State
is a subscriber to the Bank for only $500,000,
and no. for $1000,000, as stated in
yesterday's Mercury?and on her Bank
subscription she has paid up one half or
$250,000. The Mercury is in error in
saying that the estimated annual profit of
the Charleston and ffamburg Road is but
$130,000. Mr. Topper offers to take a
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lease (it u tor thai amount aa mu annual
rent?mid of course estimates its clear in_
come a* considerably more than 8120,000
p r annum, to yield him as lessee, an adequate
profit on so heavy a transaction.
Char. Ccur.
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FARMERS' GAZETTE.
FRIDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 13, 1839.
The River has fallen a little, but is still
navigable for pole boats, and probably for
our steamboa:s when lightened.
From the slate Legislature we have
nothing important. The B ink question has
given rise to an an'mated debate, said to
devclope some symptoms of^e Anti-Bunk
mania, so rife in some parts 0( the country.
We have no apprehension however
of destructive legislation. Some valuatfe
legislation is hoped for in regard to drunkards.
Poor fellows, they are their own and
families enemies ; the s ate ought to interfere
iu behalf at least of their families.
The ?Vtug Convention at Harrisburg
met l ist week. We have accounts from
t the second day's meeting. It votes by
J states, and had five balloting without
maka:|? a choice. The first balloting Clay
had 12 sta rs, Harrison 7 and Scott 3.?
Afterwards one of thesi deserted Scott,
A new paper lias been issued in Charleston
cal ed the "Southern Medium and Impress of
the Times.'' It is Whig in politics, and wil]
support Mr. Clay for the Presidency. It is
published three limes a week, by J. M. Simons
and J. Bailey, at $4 pcrannuin in advance, or
$5 after six morths.
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CONGRESS.
The Senate have organized) hut cannot
pi oc ed will; legislative business till the other
house be orgauized, and messages passi,,d
Tne first \ve? k in the Ilou-e was spent hi
wrangling about the question which set of
claimants from New Jersey are entitled to
be enrolled as the representatives from that
| Stale; and when the question is to be sct|
tied no one ran now foresee.
! If appears that the election for members of
I C<?ngre>sin New Jersey is by general ticket,
and that in counting the votes, those
given in two precincts were excluded, on
account of illegality in holding the elect ors.
The proper officers made tl<eir returns to
the Governor, without any notice of these
precincts. The Governor issued his proclamation
announcing the election of the p?rsons
who had received the greatest number
of votes according to the returns made to
him by the legal officers, and gave them
cer ificates in the usual form. Those wore
the Whig cand.dates* Hut it is alleged that
if the rejected votes had been counted the
Van Buren candidates would hare been
elected, and these latter have also come forward
;o claim their scats. When the clerk
in reading the roll came to the State of
N'-w Jersey he read the name of Mr. Ran.
dolph whose election is not contested, and
proposed to proceed with the other S:ales
leaving a blank for ?!io oilier five members
from New Jersey till ihe I louse after its orgauiza'ion
should fn'.c up the subject. This
gave rise to an informal discussion which
lasted till ihursday evening, when Mr. A-i- ^
nms was appointed chairman of the "meeting"
as the assemblage is rolled. A proposition
b' ing made next day to take up the
New Jersey election, and division beinjr
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culled for, a debate arose on the question
whether or not the members from that Stale
should bo allowed to vote, which lasted
through the week.
The Governor of Virginia, in his message
to the Legislature, states that the Go*,
efnor of New York has refused to d.liver,
when demanded as fugitives from justice,
two" men charged with earning jfi from the
Stat? n slave owned by a r'hv ri Norfo'k
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