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?B?g?Ml Hi I ? m I ?f?9 ^ mendinent had just been accepted ns a mo. dificatton of the resolution, should now shift his position, and offer for the consideration of this House ? proposition so essentially different from the one he had first presented. Surely the gentleman is difficult to please. He first makes a proposi ion that all the papers in the possession of the committee in relation to the New Jersey case, whether relavant or not to its merits should, be printed, aud no sooner is his proposition i accepted by the commit:eo as a modifies. < lion to its own resolution, that he calls for | a report of of the names of those who recei. i ved the greatest number of vo:es irrespec- I tire of irregulari1 ies in the conduct of the < election, or of illegality in the votes, i Mr. C. felt thnt the gentleman's amend- i ment now presented, calling for the names of those who had received the greatest i number of votes, made it incumbent upon i him briefly to state, with the indulgence of < tbe House, the reasons why the committee had not, ere this, reported on the Now Jersey case ; and iri doing so, he would endeavor to confine himself to a detail of suc? ? ? ? . i facts, not already in me possesion m ur House, as were necessary to tins explana- i tion. i Previona 'o entering in'o an examination i of the testimony submitted for its consider- i ation, the commitiee adopted cernin resold < tions us the b.-isis of its action, which in his < judgement, embodied the truM principles of < evidence applicable to the trial of this cas*. I These resolutions were, in substance, as I follows; That the credentials ofthe Go < vernor of New Jersey are prim i facie evi. i dence that they who htjJ.J them are entitled < to their teats ; but their correctness being i questioned upon the ground that all the votes l polled wefe not counted, the committee < would proceed to inquire who Ind received i the greatest number of votes. That ail vo- i ? tea received by authorized officers, acting I in conformity with law, were prima facie i legal; but it being alleged that pluralities I had been obtained by the admission of ille- < gal votes, and by frauds perpetrated on the j .* ballot box, the committee would receive i evidence as to the truth of these allegations, i and inquire who had received the greater number of legal votes, polh d in conformity with the Constitution of tin* Um;ed Slates i and tho laws of New T-rsey, and were, \ therefore, duly elected, and eiili M ?o nccu* I py, as metobers of tlte li nise ofRf?pres?o- v tatives, the five contested seats from that c State. Theae resolutions, looking to & plurality i of legal voles, an i consisting them the t ~ u . basts of its final action, were adopted by a { considerable majority of the commit* ee. j But we are cailod upon by the gentleman ij from Tennesee tor port to this House the names of those who received a majority of t all the votes polled, irrespective of frauds in r the conduct of the election, or of illegality j in the votes, * . t ARer thy adoption of the resolu ions just t referred to, a mass of testimony was exa- ^ mined, which appearing inconclusive, under ( the circumstances of this case, as to who x had received a plurality of the legal votes, { the committee, at die reqtn*t of <xne of ihe , parties, agreed to allow additional time for , the procurement of tes irwonv. , The time allowed was longer than Mr. , C. thought was necessary?longer than, us | a member of tl?e committee he was dispos- ( ed to grant, but it was agreed upon by a I, majority of the committee, in opposition to ( iris wishes ; and although he (ell strongly { temptod, us a choice of alternate's, toad- | fOCaUi a preliminary report, to be made im- , mediately, upon such testimony ns was bp- , fore the committee, or irpon audi as ^ould | have been procured rn a few days, under ( the power to send for persons and papers, he did not, upon the whole, think tha' a difference in opinion as" to ;m?e,wus sufficient ' justification for him to abandon the position 1 which be had at first taken, o make but one 1 report upon this subject, and that tha* repor ' altould be upon the merits of the election ( " Long, however, as is.the time allowed, 1 he doubted whether it was much longer ' than would be occupied in deb ite by th s ( Qouse upon a preliminary report, midp by ' a divided committee upon testimony insuffi " ci?iii In MiaKli?li lh?? fart, f nnr as to who ' . ? - --?1 \ ------ I ?aJ received u majority of rotes, for that 1 could be easily shown,) hut us to who were 1 duly elected. So that, in rediy, this appn- ! lent proc&stmation msy be the means of \ accelerating tlie final decision of this sub ject. For who can doubt, (continued Mr. ! C.) that had the committee mad'* a divided * report, stopping short of the merits of this 1 election, we should h ?ve witnessed a revival ' of those scenes which so much distracted ' our deliberations in the early part of this 1 session ; and not improbably, after a long 1 and excited discussion, die subject would < again have been referred to die committee, with instructions to report upon its merits 1 ?scenes which will not improbably be revived, if the amendment propped by the gentleman from Teonesce should be adopted i by ibis House. - "11 There was bulone of two courses for ihe committee to have pursued. The one was to have made a preliminary report os to . who should occupy the rmftested seats until the election was decided on its merits ; the other was to suspend a report until afer a full and thorough inves'igndon, of such facts could be laid before the House as would enable it to come to a satisftcto y and final l conclusion upon the clect'on. Had the committee supposed that its do ties wero limited to collecting the return*, 1 that had not b *en counted by the Governor and Privy Council, to the adding up und re. ' porting who had recoiv? d a majoriiy of vo- 1 tes, a? was now proposed, a very short. 1 time, perhaps a single day, would havesuf. 1 ficed ; but such were not its limited duties. 1 The present contest, he conceived, went be- 1 yond the returns, and involved the inquiry of who, under the Constitution of the United States and the laws of New Jersey, have been duly elected members of this House. No gentleman?nut even the gentleman who moved the amendment?can deny that it is the voice of qualified voters, only, 1 express ed in eonformiiy with law, that coo- J1 vtitiKes an election. ft * ",m %l If the course adop ed by the committee is destined to meet with il?e disappprobation *>f the House, said Mr. C. a full shore of that disapprobation ttiust rest upon me. When the l ommitt' O was first organtz"d. it stoo I eight to one it) favor of a "preliminary report ?a true index* of the House by wh ch it had been created?four gem lemon, members of the cem hi it toe, being in favor of a report upon the credentials, which had si), ready, by no very equ:vocal expieasion of opinion on the pun of the House, been repudiated,?four being disposed to report upon the examination of the testimony be. lore, u.? who had received a majority of votes. I alone, ofall the members of the commil tee, was disposed from the firs' to go info me merits of the- election ; and, whe her or good or evil, the latter course has at last received die sanction of ilie mnjor^y, and is ihaf-which has been adopted. [I td the committee determined upon a preliminary report in the abstract, which it might easily have done. I would have endeavored in good tai h to have earned out its views. And, although I did not fe?d myself Called un in committee to express my opinion of the basis o.i which such a report should be made, if made at all, I do not hesitate 'o say that, had a preliminary report been de ormined upon, and it had been left to n?e to dec de between adopting the Governor's irredcn ials and the majority of votes, as inlicaiedby the poll books, I would not have liesi a ?-d a moment to have preferred the alter. Bu1 in deciding, not on a question jf returns only, but of election, who can Joubt that it is the voice of qualified voters mlv that s .ould be respected ? It eould never lia?e b^n th(> inten'ion of this House toluni the power of the Committee of EL factions to the collection of returns?*o the mero duties of a returning officer?to the mere adding up of the votes. To deny, to this committee the right to inquire into irregularities, or frauds, or illegality, would be in effect to deprive the House of its con siitu ionul power to judge of the election of its members, and to prostrate the elective franchise at the footstool of every pet y and unprincipled manner of an election. When she committee w.is first or^an-zed ? when ei^l)t out of nine of its members were favor ible to a preliminary report?it vas urged froin every side, with murb prce and eloquence, that gr?*at injustice vould result by the exclusion of five six hs >f the represent ition of New Jers y from ins hall, unt:', after a thorough, and per iups protracted investigation, we should l ive it in our power to lay before the louse such facts ns would enable it to com-* o a satisfac ory decision as lo wuo had ieen duly elected. Sir, (said Mr. C ) I admit to its full st ex >nt taeniignitu Je-*injustic ?injustice that :unnot be exaggerated by any laugu tge n which it can be d scribed, nn injug ice hat I would mosi W llingly avoid, tnough he ex'-lusion, instead ot ben g ?pplicable'? ilrnost an ?nore S'ate lor w?eks and non hs, were applicable only to a singl" j!8trict, for a single hour. But is i: not nauilc8t to every gen lernan, that with t ie iitfcrence opimon that exists in this House, f the com nit oe hud made a divided report jpon the question of returns,only,tlve scenes which have already tak^u place in this hall would have been acted o\ r again ; that upon the same testimony, wi:b very immaterial ad Jitions, which the Hou<e ha* already hud before it, the same changes would, nave been rung, and 'perhaps the House nave again declined to'any decision as to >vho wereeuti led to seats? In the meau lime the investigation of th?velection would have lieen suspended, and tho finul decision upon its merits delayed. It is certainly important that tho people jf every part of this Union should, at all imrs, be fully and fairly represented ; and when tlit-y are not s- , they d > not enjoy an *qUal:ty of privileges. But this is a great ju' sIioh of principle unmixed with expedi. ii -i- l_.I ,i.? jncy, ana iie wouiu ihk wneiwr uninn ? ?? id vantages of j Representative Government. >r the purity of the elective franchise. can >e preserv e! by admitting g'-nllemen to icats in tins House, who claim to be, bu tflio may no' in truth be, duly elecie 1? Shall his House elect, out of doubtful claimants, he representu ive, of the people ? Or, ihull it confine itself to Ms consti utionnl right >1 d riding whom the people have elected? The former would be destructive of liberty, iubverstve of the Constitution, and nn evil, it least as great as the exclusion of a por lion of the Representatives from a Sta'e, jn il all reasonable doubt is removed as to ?briber tti??y were duly elected Better it is that the voire ofjhe people of any partic. ul ir pari of this (J .ion should be silent for a short time in tins hall, than that it should be falsely reflected by those who are not their chosen Representatives. Upon the princijde hero advanced, nnd which may appear ;o be somewhat s art ling, this House has, except in its organization, invariably acted. The position is this ; | when an election is involved in reasonable doubt, except in case of a sit ing nvmb- r, u sufficient inves'igation to remove the doubt should precede the right of member sh p. So fur has 'his principle been carried, that instances an; numerous in our cases uf contested el'-c ions, when, it being found impracticable H) decide with positivp certainty who was duly elected, the seat has been declared vacant, and so remain* d until after a new election. No longer ago than j the last Congr -ss, the State of Mississippi was witnout a Representative for nearly an unt ire session, in consequence of a decision declaring the seats vacant. The case under consideration is a very unusual one, and there is not, in the arnalsofour contested elections, one precisely parrallel to it. Tincase of Letcher and Moore, in the T wentythird Congress, approaches nearer to if, in all its features, than any o her, and afford* a precedent directly in point as to the course pursued by the committee. Mr. Moore claimed a seat on imperfect credeniials; Mr. Letcher upon the majority of votes, as indicated on the poll books. Neither of these gentlemen was admitted to a seat in the organization of the House, and tlio subject wis refo red to the Committee of Elections. The majority of votes upon wli'ich Letcher chimed a se d was clear and undisputed, aeknowle ged m the first paragraph of. the report of the commitee ; and yet, instead of being adoti ted to his seat 09 soon as that Fiet was asrerta ned, the committee passed a ti solution pos ponirigthe trial, and allowing iirie fo obtain ad. di ionai trs jtnony to try the election on its merits. (Mr. C. here read from a volume on conested elections.) Thus we" see I that notwithstahdmg Mr. Letcher claimed I distinctly on the ground of an aeknowledg. i ed majority of votes, thecoinmittce,.inStead | of reromrw-ndmgjhat he be udmi.b'dto a sea*, thought it in* umbent upon 'hem to in vestigite the ballot botes Tim result of the trial was unfor una**. It terminated nofin admi ting either gen leinan. but in de. clar ng the seat vueant, and sending the election hack to the people. Mr. C..said t would bo uncandid in him not 'o acknowled.e tha' he felt some apprehension o! a similar result in the present case / an 1 tins consideration had much weigh1 wi h him 's to the expedoncy of the postponement of this case fur additional test mouv. 1 Tlial the people of Mew Jrs"y made an . election subst ui: v in conformity wi'li,' 4-1 w, he had iio doubt ; and no honorable j man, no pa riot, no Jersey man of proper J pruic'p'es, would endeavor to set that elec.,1 tiou astde Tie* p- ople of that State had exercised oueof their highest prerogatives in making the el?T ion j and, if ei her set of claimants, for seJtiith, bnse, or unworthy purposes, would 'trifle the voice of that people, fuirly expr s8i*d, thev must be regarded as traitors io the Constitution?as enemies to the liberties of the {H*cple?as rccrean' to (lie principles of honor. CouJucl so base cr.uld not fail to be unrn isked ; and they Who, for selfls't purposes, would attempt it, must sink abashed and confound d under the indignant scorn of that people whose lu berties tliey would have vio'afed, and whose rignts they would have sacrificed. He had , heard it suggested that such an attempt in ght bo made; but he believed it not ; for surely gerrlcm-'n selected as candidates by the rival parties o 'that gallant old S ate, as individuals to repr s -m the na ionnl coun. cils,cannot con empl tie a design so fl igrant ?10 contemptible. Toe blood of the Rev. olution, so freely shed upon her b iftle fields, would r se in judgment again*' such a pros uu ion on the part of chose who have been selected, not as the instruments to tear down, but to uphold, their institutions, for which that lilood was shed. But even if such an attempt is made, i'? accomplishment is rend-reel difficult, if not impossible, frtnti the following considerat- ' iou. It is \v< || known that parties in (hot 3;at* sre thoroughly ?>rganiz"d.?so much, so, that it is known to w.i&; party almost ev?-rv individual Mongs ; and for one, I* repudiate the iae? t tut lie mere fac. of proving an illegal Voe, should b<* allowed to Oj? rate in favor of the party to which the individual giving it belong*. In oih'-r wor 's, the inert* proving thai an illegal volor vote I, mjtsi leave a presumption that ho voted lor the p ir y to whichWfr-be. Iivmro much. in some resDctts. I ^ , ? an overweening devotion 'o prty rs 'to be deprecated. the spiiit of party, ha*, in many respects, a beneficial icudeney /-and among litem is. that is excites watchfulness, and acis as a guard against frauds, should be .utemptod, in the investigu ion of an election. lie had heard it stated as on objection, that the proems iu&uon of this tri il on the part of the Committee of Elections, would be, indeed, that it was used for party purpo i'fs. Ho was at a loss to discover how it 'eould thus be used. But to avoid th" pos. sihiiiy of such a result, so far as be was j coii- ern-'d. ho w oul i take it upon himself to , say, tliut tiierti was evidence before the j commute, received by it as cnmpeten', I thoug i its sufficiency has not yet been p is- ; sed ujion, slio.vng th it th^ Governor's ere- i den ials w to based on impei fct returns, and thut the gentlemen who claim, in oppo. sitioo to these <*r d'oitials, received n majo nty of toe votes poll<d If the committee , had supposed tiat i s duties were limited to the mere act of correcting th?* return, or to ! the adding up of vo eg polled, and re|>oriing ! oil.#* I.m/I r..r*/kii', <{ ,, in.iinri v. without iilOU' **"v J- - . ring into illegalities of irregulariein-K, tho du:j ulig it have been performed, perhaps. j in u single day. llut that not the in lent ion of ill" House, lie thought wns manifest fiom the following consider} ion to which he would calf he attention of gen lej men g ncrally, and p ?rtunilarly tt?o at'en. Hon of.he ge itleirfan fiom Tenivssep. who <>a I off -rod litis amendment. I' is thi-- ; simultaiieouslv with th> lefertfncp ofihe papers on ttiissuhje there was' referred, by (ho House to the coimnitteea mass of depo sitions impeaching the vafolityof the election bid at certain townships.pnd the legality of numerous voles that had been received. Will any gentleman say tiiatil was no? the duty ~ * i ,.r the comtnnco to have examinee me?edepositions. thus referre I, previous fo nt k. nit; their report ? The v<rv net ol looking into these depositions impeaching thr leg <1 ity of votes, a as in its?ff the commencement of an investigation info the ballot boxes. And would it not have b-en n'perh-ct monk ery to have made a partial, and stopped short of a ihoroigh, inves'igajion ? Ti?e very reference of depositions impeaching ihe legality of votes, "produced a necessity of examination before reporting, and way equal to an express order from the Ho*# that the tallot boxes shoufl be investigated. . But it may be s ticj tnat the parties should have been ready for trial. Tiiis, he ad. miitcd, was a s'rong argument, and in most cases where due notice of eon est had been given, wptild be regarded by him as conclusive. But this was a very unusual case. Nci lier party admit that they nrethecontes'ors ; andull know that neither were the sitting members. This was an obstacle to timely preparation ; and the gentlemen who askeJ an extension of time for the procure* Iment of additional testimony, alleged that it was not pract cable for them to be prepared when this case tvnspikeft up. faking * " s* ~r " * 'r * . ' * "* this circumstance in connection with the fact that then* is no regulation on the part of Congress for taking testimony in contes- n tested elections* und that there was no law r| in New Jersey at that tiiflo applicable to ^ tins case, the commi te d lernriincd to post f| pone the decision of the question of ultimate right until a day certain ; the parties em- v ploying the in'ervnl in the preparation of their testimony, and the committee express ly reserving the rig'it to report the facts, wiih it i:s op n on thereon, whenever it might judge it expedient to do so. i An investigation into he ballot.box was c j at all times an unpleasant and uiigra'cful i ^ nisk ; .and he Was not surprised that -high ^ i spirited gentlemen should objfet to t ravers- s ; ing ?he conn ry to search out illegal vo es. | But the importance of preserving purity m ^ | ?-I?'piioms overrules atl private consioera- ^ tions. The haHot-bnx lies at the fourulation of our institutions. Preserve it pure, ami you preserve the Government itself. Do 1 not suff-r tno pure spirit of American liberty which is breathed ill rough the ballot box" <j to be contaminated by an amalgatioij will* V foreign principles. Do not allow ihose y wlio do not acknowledge our institutions. |, but who owe their allegiance to o'her Gov- Hl efiirnents. to corrupt the sources ofoUrowp laws at the very foundation. II-* did not h wish 10 bo understood as making any allu- (J s;on 10 ei her of the par ies in the presen $ case ; for although hut one of these paries i, had, to the best of his recollection, made allegations of illegal votes, ye' in th s, as in most o her cases of highly excited elections. P it i9 not improbable fiat illegal votes have q been received for both. *| He could enumerate many evils aitendan- tn on rim investigation of the ballot box. e*p?- C chilly when the billo is bv secret voting; y but all 'lies" objections sink into instgn-ficance, whencompared with the high and permanent importance of preserving our 5] elections pure, . P .He would here merely allude to a circumstance that had taken place pre,?otM *o . ft** reference of this esse, as indicative of g /lie sense of the House at that time, as to e, what should be the course of the commi be. it To the resolution proposing the reference, F th-re was an amendment off-red, instructfog die committee, in substance, to make a report nt to who should occupv scat# unt I 9 the election was decided on its merits. The in ?ver of the resolution distinctly refused 10 accep' the aniondmciit as a modification The House did not adopt it, and the rcsolu- b lion passed in comprehensive terms, in ru -Mii the committee to inauire and re. lJ par; who were * entitled to occupy, as inem ^ b?Ts nfliris House, toe five confuted seats." Ooserving by the do<;k th:;t the lim-v 1 had almost expired, allowd by the rules , for Umi cousderatinn of reports from committors, ho would not detail the .House Iongerihau to express his thanks for tin; atten J Hon w th which he Wad been heard. and to eupr'nt bis conviction that thoy whose- j claims are found--d in justice, have but little i: to apprehend from a borough invea iga ion f into this subject, bu' will ultimttely take f heir -eata i.i this hall the unchallenged q Representatives of the freemen of their c State. , '* l j ? : . . * From the National Intelligencer. f EDITORS* CORRESPONDENCE. <New York^Februnry 22, 1840. t Money on good paper now goes l?e!ow l the leg d rate, 7 percent., and the best of 1 paper can coinmunJ money a' 0 percent, jThis is a ra.e now about us low as in Eng ^ find. Capitalists, finding'but lit le disnofie I I tton to borrow money to do business, are L j looking about for investments, and roal cs- ^ tale bus go: almost law enough for them to snap it up. Wh-m it reaches the reai hard _ mo//ry v du", there ts no d ubt that they will t put .heir dollars and cents into houses and < lunds. v Ti.c domestic exchanges grow fetter ^ ! upon somM States and worse upon others The recent legisla'ion upon bank mi; mat *> [ ters in Alabama has shattered confidence '< very much as to that Stue* Nobody here, approves of such finance as is so coasfs s tently a lopt'-d by tit? powers that be then-, s The tor warding of lie co'ton crou graduall\ meliorates Pie condition of the exchanges; but we all know that without a National L?...L .... ?|,u ill rnrLV:irft(>il. t tic IJ Ull\. Ill SI Kill IIS ll|T- I l >j# m IUI ui .... J I exchanges grow worse. I There ts a general disposi'ion in this St il?\ m tlm absence of any probabiffv of ' n National Bank, to make n quasi New ? York National Bank sys em,^ quv.ilent to the .Suffolk Bank sy>tem of New Englau'i ?tha: is, to compel all :he N'-w York bank* ' to reii.Ttn tlie.ir bdls in the city of New York. Il lii.a be dort*\ the Northern Slates n o; the Union as it regards themselves alone, N will have n p iper currency eyerv where at a par. and in Boston nnd New York redeem- v able in gold and silver. Ah it regards our ( intercourse, thia is highly desrabK but it will avail nothing as a -national measure. New Yorkers-suffer les*,howev rf than any of the Sou hern or Western States, because the central 2 ition of trade h re ni?kes our bills passable every where ; ti.ere is, there- t lore, a general disposition to better our own currency, as much as it can he done bv 1 Sr.are legtftiflpn, until the Sou h has enough j, of their system?Brandon money Alabama pus: notes, to their heart's content.? New York and New England will be about the last par tcs now tor move tor a na:ionai -r bank. Northern capital will keep itself a' home as much aspossibl'*. North'Tn cred its will be limited to States with n currency as sound as ours. Trade, ofcourso, wtl| j j?ljff r sadley under this iimitcd system, bu poeple who wont goods will have to p-?y t cash for them. The spring trade opens \ hero ' with such rules of uction, and 1 it will he very safe. The greats { suffbrer in the the end will b?* t|ie Treasury j of ilie United Slates. and $o,()00fflQ0 of I Treasury notes will be but a bagatelle, judging by our Custom-house, of whut Mr, Woodbuiy will want. *T - v-i?i- r.m/riiV g atiljtm ?"The L"%(W 1UYH CM tC Ultnu IK Mvym?..n Sfute Lunatic Asylum, now building at i Utico, is~:o cost a'jout 200,000 djHurs. *"" " ./* * ' ^ . / # t i > THE EXPLORING tfPEDIT10&* ' Letters have "been received in this, city nd elsewhere from the Exploring Expcdiion, bearing date at Tahiti, on the 7th and tth of October. A t the date of these letters he squn Iron was about sailing on a cruise ?f a few weeks, after, which ano:her push ras 10 be made toward the Sou h Pole. Nat. Intell.. Extract of a Letter dutei Salem, 7 Indiana, Feb. IS. 1840 ) Bermuda pippo of the orh instant reeived at Charleston state that the British Jov< rnmcn: schooner Skipjack, well known >r years in the West Indies, <fec. in her uccessful captures, has sent into I lam Iton >e Portuuues'' slayer Ulysses, taken off if ica.wih 259 slaves on board, chiefly et ween 9 and 16 years of age. The Zanetville (Ohio) Gazette of the 9 h inst. says : '*A large quantify of flour ms purchased ori Monday for shipment at 2 62% per burreh Tne retail price is $3. Vlieut st.11 sells at 50 rents p<t bushel.? lost of the farmers appear to be waiting >r an adv mce in the price of these articles, nd there is consequently not much wheat aming in. Whether they will obtain icjiier prices shortly, is now very uncertain, orn 25 cents per bushel. Clovcrsced 5,50 to $6. This iinto last year, the lat r article sold at $10 to $12 per bathVl.'' Resumption in Ptnnsy!tan>a.?The Witwyivdina Svoae have p iss< d a bill re. uirihg l limks of thai State to resume pecie payments immediately, fbr oil obliga.ona except depoi es made sinee the 9>h of ioiober (the day of suspension ) It has et to tic acted on by the House. * U. S. Bank.?A committee of the Penn plvauiu S<*n. ite hive reported a bill to rei'hI ihe charier of this Ins.itution. U" The regular raeoting of the 4,Chath?m ocioty" will be held on tomorrow (Saturday) zoning at the Male Academy?Question "Is polit to to allow the right of suffrage to all ree Citiaens of the age of twenty-one years. F. LYNCH, Sec'y. _F iday 6h, March. DIEDf In this town, on Sunday evening last* Ir. 'I borate Lynch, a native of Pennsylvania* ut for several years a citize.i of this place. Lately at the h >u?e of Dr. Moon, in one of [ig upper Districts of this State, the Rev'd. Vm. M. Kennedy, a highly respectable minisitr of the Methodist Episcopal Church. CHUii.t W 4% ICC CUBBEN'f, Fridat, March 6. ARTICLES. TRR | 9 C. ( ? C. leefin market, lb 0 5 a 0 - 7 { iron from wagons, lb 8 a 10 ??y retail, lb II a 12 luuer lb 10 a 13} Uvswa* lb 20 a 23 yard 18 a 25 lale Rope lb 10 a 12} mffoe lb 12}' a 15 "otton, lb fl s 6 !orn, scarce bush .62} a lour, Country, brl 4 75 a 5 'eat'icrs fin wag. scarce lb 45 a * 50 dodder, lOOIbs 87} a 1 Haes, window 8*10, 5nft 3 25 a 3 37} , " 10*12, 50ft 3 50 a 3 75 lidof, green - lb 5 a dry lb 10 a run lOOllis 5 50 a 6 50 ndigo lb 75 a 2 50 amo cask 4 a 4 50 --.i Ik II , |QA 1UIU BUaiwu sv % m %m ? ?3 <eat!ierv Hule lb 22 a 25 ?e<i''t bar ib 10 a ,ogwood Ib It) a 15 folasses gal 40 a 50 ???N. O. gal 50 & CO fails, cut, assorted lb' ?{ a 6$ ??, wrought -Ib 16 a 18 'ais ^ bush 54 a 60 >U, curriera gal 75 a 1 ?, laiiTp gal 1 25 a ?, linseed gal I 10 a I 35 'amt?, white lead keg 3 25 ' a 4 52 , Sj an. brown lb 8 . a - 12 'ork lfjOlbs 5 50 a 6 lice lOnibs 5 a 6 hot, bag 2 25 a 2 50 ?V Ib . IS* a 13 u-rar Ib 10 a 12| 'alt sack 2 50 a 275 ?* bush 1 25. a 15' teel, America^ * Ib 10 ' a 1 Kugliah lb 14 a * . German Ib 12 a J4 allow Ib a 2 ? ea .imperial - lb 1 a 1 374 ?, hyson lb 1 a 1 25 Tobacco, manufactured -lb 10 _ 50 V ' >''<> ' ' ** Notice. rHE Subscriber has opened In the store form, eriy occupied by Mr. 8. Keeler and intends o keep for sa'e, for cash ou!y, a general assort, nent of Family Grocar.s, with Fru.ts, Candies, Vines, Confecrtonaris Toys Stc. Stc. he has so for sale a few thousand of the Mammoth k'hite Silk worm Eggs at one dollar per thousand,? mi ft hnmrl of Cuba Tobacco Seed. Okta /Oiton Seed &c. CHARLES VANDERFORD. March Cth 1840? iiank of Georgetown, S. 0. 27th, February 1840. rHE public are infurm.?d that this Rank, has recovered the Package ad vert is :d aa stolen we?*n this and Charleston. The notice stopping the payment of these Bills srevoked By order of the Board, D. L. McKAY, Cashior. All news papers to whom tlie formnr advertise, nont was sent, will please to <1* continue that, irtd insert this 6 times. Feb. 28 17 6t # Notice. rHE subscriber returns his thanks fori the very liberal patronage ho has received fron: he Citizens of Chersw and its neighborhood foi he nine years during which be has served their n his lino of business. Ho lias recently fttta I up, entirely with a.view o the comfort of his customers, a mop oppmiti Mr. Moore's llotcf, where he may at any time b< *ouud ready to attend the calls oft his friends. THOMAS B. MAZYCK. Hair Dresser &c, Marcli 1, im ^ If Okra Goltort. SOME of tl?& seed of this valuable cottoi pre left for sale at tbiioiRce. 2 M , * . ' < .. ?, - * ' Silk Worms'Eggs, O/jAe derf Ai'n<fc and qualityI can supply Silk Worms' Eggs ia moderate quantities of the following varieties** 1. Hardy gray and white wortna, orange cecoons. 2. Gray wor.rs, Mostly sulphur colored co? coons. 3. Two crop white. 4. Mamiacth sulphur. .*>. Pea nut. The three first namod varieties are from a per. fectly healthy stock, and have been raised in .* the south for several years. The two last, in. troduced from the north a year ago, were not entirely exempt from disease last summer ; but as the greatost care was taken to breed only from the best cocoons, it is belioved there will t>e little or no sickness amongst them in fu.urt, from any hereditary taint. The cocoon* of the pea .nut were , very heavy and firm; "Of these two varieties howeve- , only a limited number can be supplied to each aplicant. The eggs may be forwarded by. mail to ptyrcha^ scrsat their cost and rink of carriage; or they will be deposited in Richmond-(if sodefired) at Cotton and Clarke's, froe of okpen^e, within two or three day* affcer the order hds been received, and where they will be kept in "hi -cool ' cellar until called for. Or in case tho purchaser might prefer it, they mayjemain in my ice-hOueo until nearly the time they are wanted tv bo hatched?as there will be no dan?yr of their batching.even in Juue or July, in than two weeks alter being removed from the ice, if kept there in proper manner, a* those cgga will b>. The eggs will in all cases be warranted to be in the best condition when tliey are forwarded, (with tho slight exception stated as to the last kinds ;) hut if It shall appear mat they are ate. the purchase money will be refunded. \:. For the three first named varieties, the chirgo will be $5 per ounce?for the other two vawc. s !nn ft 10 nsv Aim aa I Vvn Anal* fllmswa tn Ko cOflt HC?, yiu ['M "UI1WK, IU>- tJDil ftl F IU WW rvnii with the order. When cloan egg# are not sent, the paper on which the y aro deposited Will bo balanccJ by an equal quantity of the same kind. *. THOS. S. PLLASANTS P. M. Bexvcrdam, Gochland Go , V<i. Feb. 1840. ' Eggs of this year's laying, and which wiQ not hatch beforj 1841, will bx supplied -as abeve to ail orders sent with the payments before Mar 1st. at one fifth of the above natned prise#, and the go d quality and condition of the eggs warranted. Roforrenci?Edmuad Ruffin, Petersburg, Ve. Gideon B. Smith, Bultirnore, Dr. Eliaa .Marks, Columbia, 8. C; ^ David Thomas, Cayngn, N. Y. Samuel R. Cummer?, Burlington N. J. O* NOTICE!!^ ' r ' C"1 J. SHIVER, takes this method of inJ forming the Public, that he bps lochted himself in the town ofCberawi for the purpose of carrying on the Blacksmithum bjiftinew, ^ and hopes by assiduity and attention to merit a share ofpubHc patronage. \ Horses eh<>d in the neatest and beet style, at short notice. Clieraw Feb. F3;h 1840. _ 14 4t " Sale. . B"Y Permission of the Ordinary of Marlbo1 rough District, 1 will offer for sals, ou Wednesday the 11th day of March nest, at the Market House in Cheraw, a likoly negro follow, named Bill, belonging to the Estate of Hector . McKinnon decoased. Bid is kuown to many of the boat owners on the river, as u valuable cockswain, and in all respects, a first rate negro.? He iasdld to pay the debtsof the estate and not for any fault. Halo to tal e pl .ee at IS o'clock A. M Terms, one half caau; b'lujee, 1st January 1841, intereet from day of eulo, purchaser giving oete, with approved security. J. E. DAVID. Aduir.' " February 26, 1840. 16 2t South Carolina. B. F. Saddler, ct. al. ) vs } John B. McCaskil1, et. a). } IT appearing to my satisfaction that John B. McCaskill one of the defendants in this case ie absent from and resides without the limits of this State. It i9 on motion of flunriaT order, cd that the said John B. McCxskill appear and plead, answer or demur to the complainants bill on or before tlte first day of September next, and that in default thereof the said bill as to him will be taken pro confess,o. it is also otdored tiiat this order be pubtlshcd in the Farmers' Gazette, at Clieraw, twice a Cnr iKo onjpa ftf fliffnA IIMItthl. UlVUbU 4VI ?UV V|/wwv w? ? GEO. W. DARGAX, Com. in Equity for CheVsw Diet. 22d February, 1810. 16 2 m f J in [$(i] J "win Cotton Seed. THE subscribers arc expecting daily front Mobile, via New'Orleans, ft yupply of this superior SEED, cultivated'by Isaac.Stevens. "Esq. ofDa'lascounlyi Alabama, with a sample of ilic Coilon, and also of the growth. This Socd is Warranted by Mr. Stephens, to be genufine, and is put up in boxes. containing smotl j parcels of from 1 to 6 Iba. Thp priee will bo at i thevntte of $100 per bushela! 32quartt?,or 35 Jba. For leas quantity, five dollars par quart. Persons wishing this seed, by enclosing the money to us, will bavo the qnanfhy ordorod, forwardod by tbo earliest opportunity. ROBINSONS & CALDWJ*LL, ^ , Magwood's wharf."[CrThc Georgetown American, Cheravr Ga. zctte, Camdfer* Joinnal, South Carolinian, C?|. umbta; Aiken Telegraph, Augusta Sentmrl, Macon Advertiser, and Savannah Georgian, will give the above two insertions and forwardthoir aeeounts to thin office.?Courier. Fob 21 IB 2t IMPOtiTBI) aPA^UsaT" " JACH WILL Stand the ensuing stfason at "his own stable and at Cheraw : noramencing on the 1st of March and ending ?o the let of June, at ten dollars the season and twelve dollars insurance, and fifty contain all cases to the groom. On the 5th of March he will be iu Cheraw. lie will in no case be taken ont- ?f i tlio ofnhlo nn 4hfi Sabbath. PrtTSOM settdinff mares to him must send them on other days. W. J. PEGUES. PohraaTj 12, 1 40. . 15 1f Blackstuiths^Shnp. THE Subscriber enntinunes his Black Smith's Shop, en the stare lot, in tW i rear of the IT inters' Hotel, and pledges himself i to do good work of every kind in his line rf r hesineas ; and to do it promptly and at moderate t prices. Neighboring planter* who send ^hujp work to town are invited to try bis-shop. , JOHN W.tflXON. ^ ) Tebruary 21, 1840. j .1 j 3t For Sale or Kent. THE Store House and Lot, formerly ocoopied by A.. Burnett <?Co.?Teems will be accommodating. * , BOBBINS & McIV?R. Atif?. rebruarv21,1340. 15 .. . l. . a-4. ** . ? a