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1 - 1 ^ter, a ropy of what is railed ti e Subtreesury bill. It is entitle J 11A bill more efleclually to secure the public money in tin hands of officers and agents of the Government, and to punish public defaulters." I: occupies 30 pages of foolscap, and contains 32 sections. We shall give an abstract ol it next week. The Legislature of Massachusetts is In session and it is stated that upon an offieial examination of the popular vote for Govern, or Judge Morton is found to have a majority of four. Nomination for Governor. The Charleston Mercury, after very highly complimenting Col. Richardson, late R^presen sentutive in Congress from this district, nominates him for the office of Governor; and the Courier seconds the nomination. The Administration party of North Carolina held a convention in Raleigh on the 8th inst. and nominated Judge Romulus M. Saunddrs as their candidate for Governor : Judge Saunders has accepted the nomination and resigned his Judgeship. The Emancipator has ccme out agains Gen. Harrison as a candidate for the Presidency. It is true" says that paper, ? Gen. Harrison's person..! demonstrations [in favor of slavery] are !< ss recent than Mr. Van Burcn's; but they are much stronger." Several striking facts are stated in proof that Gen. Harrison is very, very far from abolitionism. Northern Rail Roads after th?* heaviest fulls of snow are cleared in a few hour* und j ready for the cars. The third decennial convention of Medical Colleges and Medical Societies, for the review and correction of the " Pharmnco. ^ ? of the United Slates," met in Wash^ ington on the 1st instant, and adjourned on the 3d. A committee of seven were appointed to prepare and publish the revised edition. Delegates are now in Washington from j each of the parties into which theCherokees are divided, ... I Indecorous personalities in the House of Representatives.?Congress and the nation have repeatedly been disgraced during the present si ssion by the undignified ..kl,!. nnu vulgar pcrswiio lines t\? ?mvi, ?vu?>members have suffered themselves to de. scend. An instance occurred in the House on the 2d inst. Mr. Jenifer of Maryland rose to comment on remarks repored in the Globe, as having been made by Mr. Bynam of N. C. but which Mr. J. had not heard, and in which the term bullies was applied to Mr. J. and ethers. Mr. J refer red to "un affair of honor" between himself and Mr. B. which seems to have been settled on the Held satisfactorily to both par ies. Yet Mr. J. says : "Since the 7th day of June, 1836, (a day which that member, no doubt, well remembers*) I have purposely avoided noticing any tiling he might say, or iti any manner coming in contact with him, well knowing that no laurels were to be gained, where even victory would be a disgrace." Mr. Bynam made a reply which closed os follows "If the gentleman had culled upon me, I wou d have explained to him mv meaning : and if he had been agg-ieved by the use of the word "bully," I would have told hitr. tint by that term 1 meant a politica champion. But if that genth man undertakes to be my lec.urer in this House, we cannot bo'h stay here?nor long in this world. 1 have no more to sny." Mr. Stanley, of N. C. next rose, and 3|h asked ifthe term bully had been applied to him in an offensive sense. Mr. By nam replied that he never con. sidered his colleague a bully in any 6ense. From Mr. Stanleys' reply we copy the following sentences. "Never before, Mr. Speaker, have I met a North Carolinian from home that I did not feel mv heart yearn towards him as to """ -y ^ a brother. No matter if we iind been foes at home?abroad I couM not look upon him as an enemy. But, sir, shortly nfa r my arrival here, I warned my colleagues not to introduce me to this individual, i have never looked upon him and thought of my native State that I did not feel ashamed." "At the last session of Congress I conie info collision with that individual, and np plied to him, personally, the most grossly offensive-#pithe:s. Ho made a direct, unequivocal threat that he would have satisfaction. I wait' d, patiently, to hear from him ?but, sir, I have never heard a word from him since that day. If, therefore, sir, I had heard the remarks which he says he made, I could not and should not have taken the least notice of him." After Mr. Stanly sat down, Mr. Byoam said Bah ! Mr. Stanly saiJ to Mr. Bynum that ho was a beggar for his life and for what of character he had left. Mr. B. then rose and said "When and where puppy, puppy, puppy 1" and the matter here clos d. In a report of the matter which we hav?? seen in some paper, one of the parties is represented to have said ;o his opponent that if he had him in the "ro undo" he? would be witling to settle the matter there; ?that is, we suppose, he*d gouge him, or perhaps bite off iiis nose or his lip. Verily it is duo to the character of the nation by the House of Representative s that they adopt and rigidly enforce a rule ^ requiring any member who uses offensive personalities in deba'e immediately to take * * l>im n (Min In nni. nis seal, anu luruiuumg v0v.,. >v ceed on that occasion. Maine and Georgia?New York and Virginia.?VVc stated a few weeks wince that a bill had passed the House of Representatives of Georgia, the object which was to subjoct vessels from Maine to aquaratinc of 100 days. The bill was, on the las day of the session, postponed in ihe Sen. Ate, to a day beyond the session, that i rejected, by a majority of five votes. if a conflict it to arise between the Nor;h and the South on the slavery question, it . behooves the South to 'ake care that il shall be only in a cas?* in which our adver> sarhs shall clearly appear to !>e the aggr< s. sors. The Georgia case is hardly such a one according to the account ol it which we i have seen. This account states that the slave carried off, went on hoard the vessel without 'he knowledge of P.jelhrook and K*'ll run, who had charge oi her, and who are now demanded as fugitives from justice,-.that In* was not discovered by them tor some da)S ?fler they had gone to sea, ?that when they discovered him, they could not, owing to the nature of the cargo, return to port without great injury to their employers,?and that wben the vessel reached her destination, p'*rsohs frorrl Georgia, who had travelled by land and gone ahead ofher, were in waiting and did ;<c ually apprehend and take charge of the slave on board the vessel, as soon ns she en.cred the port, and before Phelbrook and Kelleran had time to shew what it was their purpose to do n the case. And ?t is alleged that the Governor of Maine now refuses to deliver these men, from on apprehension that they muy be punished, und perhaps put to death, w hen the facts do not afford proof of criminal intention, or of any act which coul I perhaps have been properly J avoided ; unless it was mere want of vigil once whilst in port and at the time of leaving it; a fault into which any commander might have fallen. This statement of the facts wo saw in a northern paper, the editor of which wo are sure could not have intended to deceive his readers; though he may possibly hive been deceived himself. If I the statement is correct the whole South are [ under obligation to Mr. Gordon, Senator in the Georgia Legislature from Chatham county, to whose exertions the deleat of die hill referred to above is asreibed. We do not say that Maine, or her Governor, who, quoad hoc nrgotium et hoc tempus, is the Mate, intended faithfully to fulfil her obligation to the state of Georgia, as well as to her own ci:iz<'ns; hut the con rary does not appear with .sufficient clearness to make the case one on which to ground an issue <?n il?e slavery question, if such an issue mus1 be forced upon us. ' The rase betw on Virginia and New York is of an altogether different character. The following extract from the message of Gov. Campbell 'o die L"gislature of Virgin, ta exhibits its points. "During my absence from the sea! of government in the summer, a demand was made upon the Governor of New York by die Lieuteaam Governor of this common wealth, for t'ie surrender of three persons, charged by affidavit with h iving feloniously stolen and carried away from the S.ute of Virginia a i.egro slave, the property of ? citizen of the borough of Nut folk, in this stit<\ 'These men (being found in the harbor of New York, with the negro alledged to have been stol? n, concealed in the nold oi lie. unuoul in uil.ich 11fi u'a< riirrii'd mv.'iv 11^ t VOOV I I ?.w n WW - ?- - .. w from the port of Norfolk,) were arr?s ed, for tie-purpos of await ng til" demand or the Executive of this State for heir surrender in the mode prescribed by the act of Congress. The demand was m ide, and the Governor of New York, waiving some technical objections of form, which m?gir hnve been easily obviated, refused :ocon? ply with the demand of ttie Executive, o this State upon tue broad and undisguised denial of his obligation, to deliver up any person charged with a felony or crime in stealing a slave. 4-l send herewi h the correspondence between the Executive of this State and of New York upon the subject. To remove all possible doubt of the principles o t which the Governor of NewYork has refused to perform, what I regard with all proper respect for bis opinions, as a olvin and manifest cons iutional duty, I wiil quote from his letters to the Lieutenant I Governor so much as is necessary, to exhibit his conclusions. Unsays, admitting lite affidavit to be sufficient in form and substance, io cha'ge th" defendants with the crime of s'ealinga negro si ne from Ins master in the S ate of Virginia, as defined by t!>ela\vsof thutstae yet in my opinion the offence is not within the meaning of the constitution of the United Sia es.' "The Executive of New York then admits that the words employed in tho constitution, 'treason, felony, or oihcr crime, are very comprehensive;*?'that citizens of the state on which the requisition is made are liable to be surrendered ns well as citizens of the state making ihe demandthat the Executive upon whom the demand is made, has no legal right lo refuse eom pliance, if she off nee charged is nn act of treason, felony, or other crime,* within the meaning of the constitution.' He then expresses the opinion, Mhat it is not competent Cnr r.nv atntt*. at its nleasure. to declare " -*V * ? I - an act to bo treason, felunv. or other crime, go as to bring ifwithin t!i? provisions of he constitution,'and that'the provision applies only to those acts which, if commit'ed within the jurisdiction of the state in which the person accused is found, would be treasonable, felonious, or criminal by the laws of that state." "After a train of reasoning in vindication of these novel and extraoidinary positions, which I do not mean to notice further than to express that it is wholly unsatisfactory and inconclusive, the Governor of New York proceeds to say that there is no law of he S are of New York which recognize* slavery, no statute which admits that nn? man can be the proper y of anotner, or tUa one man cun be stolen from unother,' and that 'the common iuw which is in force in New York does not recogn ze slavery, nor make the act of which the parties are accused in this case either f< lonious or erimin >' He therefore concludes'tha* the offence o ; nol a felony nor a crime within the mean ini? of the const tution,* and he refused t. surrender the persons charged." * Tlie two clauses of the constitution whicf ' bear upon this subject are tlie 2d. and 3d. o Art. IV. sec. 2, as follows: i A person charged in any state with treason ; felony or ANY other crime, wbo shall de< H re is distinctly avowed the doctrine that an offence against si .very; fcr property in slaves is not a crime for winch the constitution require the G<?verno?* of New York to delivt-r H e offender if he flees in'o that state nr.d is demanded by theexecutive authority ol tile s ate from which he fled ; and for this reason, that slavery s not recognized in New York, and i's criminal I co le do' snot take eogri'ZanCe of the crime of stealing one man fiom a no; her. J According to tins doctrine, although New York, as an inducement for slavchol ding spates to enter into a Union with her. voluntarily and solemn y pledged herself to | deliver slaves escaping into iier terri ory, yet she may protect, and encourage h^r | citizens in aiding or procuring their escape ! , And this her Governor puts forth as a fair interpretation of the constitutional compact j on this point. , If any one of the states is now dissatii- , fled with the compact as it exists, let her , manfully say so and honestly propose eith. ' era change or a dissolution ; and not at* . tempt to slink from her obligations by a j mean resort to absurd quibbles. Let the people of any state in ihe Union deliberate. . ly adopt and act out ihe doctrine of Gov. | Seward, and it will be the instant duty of j every slave holding state, thenceforth, most f rigidly to exclude all the citizens of such j state from their territories. But it may be replied that the cons iiution secures to the r citijt'Tis of oach s'h e the privileges and immunises of citizens in the several sta es.? c True: hut tlie offending stale, in the case v supposed, throws h? rs< If without the ptilo of [ the constitution,and forfeits all privileges and a immunities secur? d to her citizens by that ms rument s But is the Confederacy or Union depen- p dent upon the whim of n Governor, or of n even a state, . for carrying into etF ct the provisions of the constitution, when the (| rights of other s an s or of tint cmzen9 of z other stales are involved ? Although the demand of a fugitive from justice must be -j made by ihe executive of the state from wh ch he fled, it >s no' said that ir sh ill be made of theexecu ive of the state to winch lie h;is gone. Doe* the term "demand" imply tant the call is 'o he made upon the 0 auth nties of t ie state / If so the Govern- p or won! I be the proper officer. B;r f 'his was t'?c intention wliy was i? no specified ? May not the demand he made upon officers appointed by the Federal Government?? a Musi it not have been the in ennon to pro b vide for a contingei.cy requiring this? The ri (onstilution eri c s a government wi'h pow. s ers to execute its own provisions J and is no! t< a mere trea'y depend mf upon the several ? parties tbi its execution. Let Congress m men legislate upon ti?e suhjeet. Oh no, I say soma ; t'us would be recogn-ziug tie* si right of Congress to legislate On slavriy.? si True; the rijht to legislate mo far as the v rons itiition confers such right and no far'h. p r ; itiul is th- right to enforce the provision c of I ho constiiu ion for t protection of s|.?v- a cry. But il is said tint! if Congress art; if permitted to legislate on the subject at nil, 8| they mav legislate as we|| for its ubolition i| as for is protection. Whence will they M derive the right or ill" preiexi to do so?? g From their own act? Can consti u ioiiqI u legisl ition give a ri^ht *o resort to th ?f t| which is palpably uneons i.u loiial ? Soni" s inen seem afraid of th'ir shadow. T >? a repida ion of many at the very mention of p at'einpis, or apprehend'd a bmps o i the s part of those who have no concern with u slavery to med lie wfli it, is caleula e<l only n o make an impress on abroad thut w feel n the inst'iution to be weak and in d inger? w dependent upon th'' m-re forbearance of its h enemies. It is neither weak nor in danger; p and no fenrs seein to us inoro silly than v tlose which spring from an apprehension \\ hat i is so L"t the slave s'ates, eimer as yj communities, or hy their representatives in f: Congress, resolutely and firmly, bu' calmly, f< I.ike ttte roitSMiunon ?l step* propei to r cut" ilic provisions ir tin ir articles of union ;i with o'lu rstates, intended ori both side* o s s cure ihfir prop rty against any dane' r to n which 'he union exposed it. If the other * states (wludi wp cannot yet believe) have f formed u determination to act in bad faith, f and r- sisl theox<'c. lion oftneir own \olun- p taiy solemn engage mollis on ths point, the \ sooner we know it the better. In such case, ^ l< t the i jured parties, wi'hout childish threats or silly hindering, declare their lor r iner associates, like other political commu* \ niii' S, l,fc?i?* mies in war, in pence friends." ? We are pursuaded, however, that a well / guarded and wis-ly framed act of Congress, f such as the circumstances call for, would ho h sustained by the courts, and easdv exec uted / by the proper officers in any of the states. f Since the preceding remarks were put ( in typo, wo se<*, in the Maine Farinor, a somewhat d fferent account of the Maine f cas". It is there stated thnt the slave was , appreh-ndttd by his pursuers, not on board , the vess? l, hut in a barn where he had se. , creted himself, after leaving the vessel.? j This somewhat alters the features of the | case. Phelbrook and Kelleran, one the ( captain, and the other the mate of the ves- j se), first from wan' of vigilance, pc rm'tted , ihe slave to escape from his master on , board their vessel; and afterwards, knowing , him to be a runaway slave, they carried him , into port and suffered him to land ; thereby , Aoluntarily contributing to deprive his mas? r of his services. If the slave had not nren recovered, the owner could ma main i civil suit for damages against them, and oul I probably do so as it is, for the ex, enso io whieh he was put in pursuing his slave and the loss of his service. But i whether an indictment would be, and if so, at w hat stage of the transaction the [ability to indictment was incurred, and within tha > from justice, and be found in any other state, shall, on demand of the executive authority >f the stale from which he fled, be delivered i|? to be removed to the state having jurisdic* on of the riiine. No person held to service or labor in one -tate under the laws th< reor [including slaves , <?f course] escaping into another shall in con, -equence of any law or regulation therein, bo discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to > whom such service or labor may be due. jurist! etmn of what state are ques ions tc decide which requires better knowledge n the law applicable to the case than we pas sess. O.ving to ih?j confiding, or ra'h"i variunt laws of the different states b -ariiit on such cage# and the limitation of diet jurisdiction to limit- own territories, the cases cannot he satisfactorily settled by the indi. vidual states. In some of their features th?-y come properly and only, within the jurisdiction of the Federal government. Forth' Frinnorb Gazette. At a meeting to organize the Clv-raw Engine Company,heid at ihe C< unci! Chamber on Tuesday evening, 14th January, L840, Col. D. S. Harlleb was call-d to he C iair, and Thomas A. Bryan appontid S creiary. The meeting then proceeded to elect the ollowing officers, to wit c Captain, 1st Eneneer, Assistant Engineer, and S"Cretary md Treasurer. The result of the election vas, Col. D. S. llurlee, Cap-am, Franklin rurner, 1st Engineer, Edward B'twrji-s,As. aslant engineer* and Thomas A. Bryan, ^ cietary and Treasur r. On mo ion, Resolved. That the Cha r ippoint ibree to draft a consiitution and by aws lor the regulation of the company; in tursuance of which resolution the Chair ap~ ?o:nted F. Turn'-r. John J. Marshall, and Lones W* Bl.ikeney. Oil mu'ioii, Resolved, That the Cuairnan be a?JdeH o the Committee. Resolved, That a committee of the offi:ers of said company correspond forthwith with some gentlemen of New York and 'hiladelphta, to ascertain the cost, &c. of ai Engine for the Company. Resolved, That the Secretary and Tieanrer call on all delinquent members lor he amount of their subscription before the ie.\t meeting. Rewlved, That rhe proceedings of this iieeimg be publish-d in the Fanner's Uaefte and Cherav Advertiser. Resoitfd, That the meeting adjourn nil Tuesday evening next a G o'clock. 1) S. HAKLLEE, Chn. T. A. Buyan, Sec'ry. The following coin nuuicuuon has been n h ?nd some weeks but was unavoidably os poned. For tins F.irm *r'i? O iiotfo. THE KEV. JOHN PIKBPONT. The name of t'ns distinguished seholir | nd powerful writer has recently been roitght before the public, us many of your pad r* arc aware, under peculiar circumances?but circumstances well calculated i raise him still h'gherin th'* cs'eem of Jill rho have any just regard for tlte welfare of ocjefv or the happiness of their fellow men. 'he efforts of Mr. Pierpont for t ie ?m*.pres. ion of internperance were too efficient, it eeins, to p is* uii'io iced. There ar indiiduals in the IJollis Street Church, (as tere are probably in most of the other linrflipa in Bosonk 11 gen lemen of wealth *" / t? nd standing*'? who could but have seen lat " |heir craft was i:i danger." They rejected then Pastor?ho had been wjtn tern for more ilian twenty years?and they rere awnre that he stood high in toe re nrds of he conimim ty. But " their craft 'as in dangerand this cons deration, to lein so irii|M?rtan% could not induce him to hut his eys on the ravages of intempernoe, to clone nis rnou'h or lay side his en. lie felt (do deeply the awful r?-sponibilify which rests on the minister of Christ, nd he knew too well his duties as a man, > mast* Hie sacrifices of principle which lotus' have made, had he y ehlcd to their wishes. We say sacrifice nf principle; for, oth by tim laws of God and man. intern erance is foul iniquity ?and it requires no erv 11bored process of reasoning to show lint the ir idic which leads to ir, is the trafc of iniquity. Mr. Pierpoilf doubtless, as ir as w a?. possible, regarded the views and tidings of the gentlemen alluded o, but lie egarded the best interests of society, an I lie cause of aujf ring human ty more. 11aw, {to borrow Irs wn expressive Ian :u ?ge) i ip Giant Sin spreading us de. ol tion anund him?conrng in'o his own lock, &nd se z tig its vie irns under his o ah yes?and dooming him to w tness and de ilore their ruin w hde they yet breathed, an I n consign oa hop?d 'ss^rave their initialed >odles when they were d- ad " On such i scene h" had not the heart to look with :<>ld indifference. No?his warning voice vas raised?s-'ind riot in vain !?and his was 1 the head and front of hi* offending." Foi his he was 'o he punished hy a dismission torn the people of his charge. The man igi*rs m those war establishments, the distil ery and die dram shop. had long had ih ir yes fixed on the minister of Hollis Sireet Church. He was too formidable an enemy ?and they hud come to the determination hat he must, at all events, be put out oj the cay. Buttocnrry the determination into sxecution was found to he rather a more liffieult matter. The ewer prize require] a greater degree of skill and ingenuity thin Tails to the share of every man. The gen. lemon who engag'd in it knew full well that, in the present onward march of the temperance cause, (more especially in Massachusetts)?a cause in which are enli* ecJ the sympuhrs of the wisest and best men in I.lis and in other lands,?it would not do to say to the world that they had turned away their minister, principally on the account of his efforts in that cause. S ill, the * report" of the committee which recommended his dismission charges him with b iving enter, ed into the "exciting topic" o[ "temperance"?and the stubborn facts, which have b<-en developed in Mr. Pierpont's replies to the charges brought against him. show beyond ull controversy, that "hostility to in Temperance" is the principal, if not the on |y source of disaffection on the part of hu opponen's. To what mus\ therefore, l>< ealVd the chief count In M the bill of his in dictment." the accused pleuds 41 guilty," am no one can doubt that he has been ' veril; guilty." Ti'CSe are ''is worJs ; 44 4 Temperance.* Gu l;y, guilty, guilty ? t _i _11 |,.. ? On thl4 count, geiwrnrn, i s iuii ma*" u defence. Nolo contendere. Iw llnoicnn tend with my adversaries. I wonld gladl i make full confession of all my offences, t ) this behalf, but that4 how great is the sunt f of them !' Sundays and week days, by day light nrfd candle light, by lamp light and moon light; 4 af sundry times, and in di; vers manners,' in sermon and in song, in pro3e and in poetry* in rhyme ngd blank i verse ; m conventicles and conventions, in ci y and coun'ry, on both sides of the Alh'ghaiiies,and both sides of the Atlantic; in pulpits heterodox and in pulpits ortho. dox ; in st tgei coach and steamer; in winter and summer; by petition and persuasion --elm fly' by 44 moral suasion," have I labored o.i this 4 exciting topic.' My trespasses on this scdre should be laid with a 'continuando'; for I have continued and hope to continue them " If I mistake not, Mr. Editor, I learned from your paper a few weeks since, that tlm proceedings agains' Mr. Pmrpont had been 14 nullifi-d," and that he had been thus invited by Ins people to remain their Pastor.? Llut whatever may have been, or may yet be the result, it must interest the whole community; for it can hardly fiil to advance the principles of the temperance reform, and bring nearer the day of its final and universal triumph. With the system of faith which the Minister of Hoilis Sree; Church preaclvs, I am tar from concurring, believing it essentially detective and erroneous. Still, I cannot hut respect him for what he has done for the rising generation, end for the literature of our country ; and, more especially, for his iincomproin'sing warfno aga nsf the 44gunt sin." The following lines, which np. j pearod some time ago in the Boston Merc.ntile Journal, shuil close tins communication. E. II. D. Cheraw, Dec. 26th, 1839. LICENSE LAW'S. BY TltE REV. JOHN PIERPoifT. "We license ttno for no much gold," Said thi*y who filled St. Peter's chair, "T?? put away thy wife, who's old, Ami take one th't is young ait J fair: F ?r public g iod requires * dome To swell like heaven's, for us at Rome." 'For bo much gold, we license thee," So say our laws, "a draught to scl\ That bows the strong, enslaves the free, Aud opens wide the g?to of hull: For public good requires that some, Since in any die, should live by Rum." Ye civil fathers J whi'e the foeB Of this destroyer seize their swords, And heaven's own hail is in the blow9 They're dealing, will ye cut the cords That round the falling, fiend, they draw, And o'er him hold your shiold of law ? And will jo give no man a bill Divorcing liiui from heiven's high sway. And whi'e God says, "Thou sh It not kill' S y ye, "For gold ye in iy, ye may ?" i Compare the brdy wit It the soul ! Compare the bullet with the bowl! In which is felt the fiercer blast Of tho destroying angel's breath 7 Which hinds its victim tho more last 7 Which kills him with the deadlier death ? Wi lye the felon fo* restrain, And yet take oif the tigei's chain 7 The living to tho rotten dead Tile God contending Tuscan tied, Till by tho way, or on his bed. The poor coipso carrier droop'dand died : Lish'd hand to hand and face to face, In fat J and in loath'd embrace. Less cutting think ye is the thong That to a breathing corpse for life, - - - .* I ?_ ^ Lushes, ill torture io.uiio . ana long, Tito druukard'j child, the drunkard's wife ? To clasp that clay, to breathe that breath, And no use ip j 7 O thai is death ! ; Are yo not fithers ? When your sons liook to you for their daily bread, Dare ye, in mockery, load with s'ones The table th it for them ye spread ? IIow can ye hope your souk will live, I; ye, for fish a serpent give 7 O holy Cod 7 let light Divine Break forth moro broadly from above, Till we conform our laws to thme. The perfect law of truth and love : For truth and lovo alone can save Thy childron froin a hopeless grave. MARRIED In Ans< n coun y N. C. on the 19'h ult. by the R^v. Jool tiullege Mr. William Moore to Mi*s Lydia Gnggs elder daughter of Mr. John Griggs. laCUAtV P.*ICE CCHBEMT. Friday. January 17. articles. rtr J $ U. j $> C. Beet hi market, lb 0 5 a 0 7 Bacon from wagons, lb 11a 12 -by retail, lb 11 a 15 Butter lb 15 a 25 Beeswax lb 20 a 23 Bagging yard 18 a 25 Bale Ripe lb 10 a 12$ Coffee lb 12$ a 15 Cotton, lb 8 a 9$ Corn, scnrca bush 62$ a Flour, Country, scarco brl 4 75 a 5 Feathers fin wagous lb 45 a 5'J Foddor. lOOlbs 87$ a 1 Glass, window 8x10, 5?)ft 3 25 a 3 37* , 10*12, 50fl 3 50 a 3 75 Hides, green lb 5 a dry lb 10 a Iron lOOlbs 5 50 & 6 50 Indigo lb 75 a 2 50 Lime cask 4 & 4 50 Lard scarce lb 11a 124 Leather* sole lb 22 a 25 Lead, bar ib 10 a Logwood lb 10 a 15 1 Molasses gal 45 a 50 ., N. O. gal 50 a 62j Nails, cut, assorted lb 7| a 9 ' , wrought lb 16 a 18 Oata bush 54 a 50 > Oil, curriers gal 75 a 1 I . lamp gal 1 25 a , linseed gal I 10 a 1 25 Paints, white lead keg 3 25 a 4 52 ' , Span, brown lb 8 a 12 Pork lOOlbs 5 50 a 6 3 Rice lOOlbs 5 a 6 , Shot, bag 2 50 a , Jb 124 ? 13 * Sugar lb 10 a 12 i Salt sack 3 25 a 3 5 f ? bush 1 25 a 15 Steel, American Ib 10 a , , English lb 14 a * .German lb 12 a 14 0 Tallow lb a 12 i- Tea imperial lb 1 a 1 37 y ?.hyson lb 1 a J 25 q Tobacco, manufactured lb 10 50 'fry- + M* ' 1 A New Jail for Chesterfield. PROPOSALS, scaled and directed to the subscriber at Chesterfi Id Court House, will be received, from this time to tho first Monday iu May next, for building a Jail at this place, at which time the board of Commissioners will open the seals and award the job to him who may offer proposals most advantageous to the Public.? The contracter will be required to give bond with ample security for tho faithful fulfilment of his contiact, upon which a draft on tho Treasurer of the upper Division of this State will bo given for a portion of tho m<moy m advance. Reference to P. L. Robeson Esq. or myself of this place, for specifications (and for tho convenience of some) a copy will be deposited wttfc Col. J. J. Marshall of Che*aw. JOHN EVANS. Secy, and Troaa. Board Com. Pub. Buils. C. D. Chesterfield C. H., S. C. ) Jan. 16,1840. $ 10 > 5i_r 'lax Notice. THE Subscriber will attend as follows to take returns and receive the taxes for Chesterfield District. Vir; At Mount Croghan on Monday the 2nd of March. Blakaney's Old Store on Tuesday 3rd Michael Miller's on Wednesday 4th John Soagor's on Thursday" 5th Spiers' Mills on Friday Gth John Johnsons on Saturday 7th Steer Pen Springs on Monday 9th * f Levi Casity1! on ^Tuesday 10th Sarah Johnsons on Wednesday lith Chosterfichl C. H. on Thursday Friday and Saturday 12th 13th 14th Cheraw on Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday 23rd 24th 25th 26th. N. B. The Oath will be required in Gvery in. stance as tho law directs. Also all returns must be made by the 1st day of May or a double tax will be imposod. W. L. ROBBESON. T. C. C. D. J.inuary 15.h 1840. 10 tma. " r? zj 11~ ij. o. iiurneu. Takes the method of iuforming all thosa in(tabled to him by note or account that they are generally requested to come forward without delay and settle the demands against them. Ho would not be so pressing on the present occa. sion wore it not for the circumstance that lie is also indebted to otherd who are urging him to pay up. And this be is unable to do unless those indebted to him will come forward and relieve him by sotlling thoir dues. Ho would entertain the hope that this reasonable requirement may be willingly complied with but should any neglect or refuse to do so before next return day I he w ill be forced to the alternative (though a f painful one) of collecting such debts according to law, and this course be is compelled to rosort to in order to save himself from ruin. Jan. 13:h 1940. JO Ojn Society Hill. To Rent?a large and Commodious Store House, lately owned and occupied by Mlddleton and King, a good stand far mercantile business be ng in a coutrnl part of tho Village. ALEX. SPARKS. Jan. 15th 1841). 10 tf Tho Subscriber has just received, am! will keep constantly on hand.Cotton Yarn and Twine at wholesale, from the Manufactory of Rockingham. Cheraw, Jun. 1840. . GEO. GOODRICH. 10 tf (Jaution. ALL persons aro herobv cautioned against trading for a note of hand, given by the Subscriber to Thomas Oarrentine, for seven hundred and fifty dollars, dated near tho last of October 1839. aud payable on the first of the present month .* As the property for which said note was given is not sound and I will not pay the noto unless compelled by law* PLEASANT NEWTON. January 18th, 1840.?3t.p. Garden Seeds. Just received pr. Steamer Swan a very forge and extensive assortment of Garden Seeds, the growth of 1639. Also, a few copies of the Kitchen Gardners Instructor, and Florists Guide. Persons wishing supplies will pleaso call early while the assortment is complete. D. MALLOY, January 16th 1640.?tf Sheriff's JSales. ON Writs of Fieri Facias will be sold before the Court House door on the Brat Monday and Tuesday in February next within the legal hours the ful.owing property viz: 900 Acres of land more or less whereon the defendant resides, lying on both sides of the road leading from Chesterfield C. H. to Lancaster and adjoining the lands of William Blakeney at the several suits of John Maseey for the use of the Estate of John Massey and Tabitha Hoiliman vs. Even Threat. 1000 Acres of land more or less whereon the defendant resides at the several suits of A. Blue, Wm. Martin and John N. Williams vs. Ranald McDonald. 2 Lots in the town of Chcraw known in tho plan of said town by Nos. 107, & 106, (one hundred and 6cven, and one hundred and eight) having a front on Kershaw street, of tan hundred feet bv three hundred feet deep. Also five lots in Powe town known in the ^ plan of said Powe town as Nos. 55,56,57, 105 and 106; aleo part of a lot in the rear of Church street, in the town of Cheraw, between Lots No. 44 and 45. Also, Household Furniture, consisting of Beds, Bedsteads, Chairs, 5cc. &c. The personal property will be offered for sale in Cheraw the second day of sale, at the suit of Alex. Graham vs. L S. Drake. 50 Acres of land more or less on the south side of the Beaver Dam creek whereon the defendant resides adjoining the lands of J. Kizia and Henry Hail at (he suit ofK. Bennett & Co. vs. John Grooms. Terms Cash?Purchasers paying for papers. JOHN EVANS Sheriff C. D. Chesterfirld C. H. Sheriff's ) Office Jan. 10, 1940- \ 10?tf 1 ? ? m itiorus iuuiuvauus. THE subscriber has for sale a large number of Morus Multicaulis cuttings. In tho qualities which give value for planting, viz: size and maturity or wood, they are believed not to be surpassed, perhaps not equalled by any others forsale i# the United States. This is owing to the great distance allowed in planting as well as to suitable soil-and good cultivation. Owing to the present scarcity of mo. ney, and the conseqent depression in the price 4 of every thing else, they are offered at a very 0 redt'ced price. Persons wishing to parchaae 0 should apply early because aU not engaged arc now offered in a distant market. Besides, if not sold before Spring the price may then be higher. Printed directions for pTant4 ing and cultivating will be furnished without * charge to those who purchase. M. MACLEAN,. 1 Chemw P. C. Dqpenbcr 4th 183D. /