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called for both by moral obligation and sound policy. 44 An unfledged youth, ni the m wnent of his leaving (indeed. in rrianv ins'aiices lie lias left n) his Tneologioal Seminary, undertakes to give lectures upon mora's t<? tii?' cuunrymen of XVy lie, Tinker. f\jndle. too, and Lowndes, aiei lessons of political w s'lom to States whose affairs have so re. cenily been d.r?cted by Jeff rson and M id. ison, Macon and Crawford, Is it possible thai instances ol greater vanity & presump. lion could be exhibited ? But the. course pursued by the emancipators is unconstitutional. I ?lo no? say that there are nn\ words in the Constitution which forbid the discussions they sre engaged in ? I know that there are nui. And there is even an j article which secures to the citizens the righ* to express and p iblish their opinions, without restriction. But'in the construe, t on of die Constitution it isnJuuys necess -ri to r- fer to the circumstances under whieli it was framed, and to ascertain its meaning bv a comparison of its provisions with each other, and with the previous si na ion of he several States who were parties to i'. In a portion of these slavery \v,is recognised, and they took earn to have the riglit secured t<> them. to lollow and reclaim such of ih?*iu as . *' ' " ? lOlS l I Were Fugitives 10 umrr 4 ....... of Congress, passed unci r this power, have provided punishment to any who shall opnose or interrupt li e exercise of this right. Nor can anyone believe that the ni^trurrvnt which contains a provision of this kind, winch authorises a master to pursn ;,is slave into another State, lake h m back, mid provide a punishuv-nt for anv ci zen or citizens of thai State who should oppose him, should at the same ime authorize the hitter to assemble together, to pass r'-solul ansatid to adopt arfdrefcScS. nrtt only to encourage the slaves to leave their masters, hut to cut their throats before thev "do so. " I insist that if the citizens of the nonjlnvrhol.Jmg States can .avail themselves ol the article of the Constitution which prohibits the restriction Of speech, or'.the press to publish any thing injurii/us to thfc rights of lire sLivehnldinC States, they Can CO to the | - - O - # extreme that I have mentioned, am! ? fleet any thing further which writing or sp< a(<i|ig. could effect. Bu', ff||?.w-oil Zehs, thoseme riot the prirrcipl- sol the Consti tnion. Such a cons ruction would dcP'&f one ofthe great objects of fcfcfurm.Ttion, which was that of sectoring trie pence and hurmonv of the Sia:es which were parties 1o t. * The liberty of speech and of the press was given as the most effectual tneans to preserve to each undeveiy eiti/'m liis o vi. rial's, an I to die States the ri^ its which appertained to them at the time of their adoptio i. It cotil I never have heen expected that it would !> used hy tile citizens of one portion of the S ates. for the purpose ol'de.. pnving t oseof another portion of the rights which hev had reserved at the adopuon ol th-Consti 'ution, amlin file exercise ofwliich nolle but theinscfves have any con :? rn or , interest. If slavery is an evil, the evil is with theui ? 'f there ? guilt in if, the gmlt i* , tlicrs, i.ot ours ; since neither tije States. f where it dees not exisi. nor the Government , of the United Sialesc.au. without usurpation ( ol power, aiMi lite violation 01 vnnim ( compact, do any thing to remove it v* itfiout the-c.-nseMt of those who are immediately * * interested. "* Hut they will neither ask for ?id, nor * ft consent lo he aided, whilst the illeg.il, per- , S? cuuug, and dangerous movements are in j progress, of which 1 complain. The interest of nil concerned requires that these | should be stopped immediately; This car: only he done by the force of public opinion, and that cannot loo soon bo brought into ^ operation. Every movement which is made by the abolitionists in the non.slave, holding States is viewed by our Sou'l) rn brethren as an attack upon their rights, and w hich, if persisted ill, must in the end eradicate those feelings reattachment and afFction between the C'tiz'tis if all the Stales, winch w'-re pro .'n? e I by a community ol inter s's and dangers in the w ar of tin? Involution. which was the foundation of our happy .Union, and by a continuance of w hiel? , it can alone be pr served. I entreat you, then, to frown upon measures which are l<> produce results to be deprecated. Theopi nious which I have now given, I have omitted no opportunity for the last two years to laytiiefore the People of iny own Save. I i . I- . I? i U ,| I,,,..,, nave lUKi n we nuuny u; nirm m.iv., . knowing that overt ifili-v should un.'iirniO na oly hot nccor I with yours, they would be kindly received." MARLBOROUGH ACADEMY?We understand that the public examination in the Female department of this fl >unsliing institution will commence on Thursday the 11th ins*, at 11 o'clock; and in the Male department on Friday the 12th. We are authorized to in. vitc the friends of the pupils and the public to attend; and we- would urge it upn t parent, and upon all "who take an interest in the education of the rising generation to do so.? The conviction, founded upon long experience, that public examinations ate a necessary part of the exercises of good scliools, is so univer- t sal, that they are never dispensed with, so far as we know of, in any College or Academy in the country. - But the benefit to be derived from these examinations is, in a great measure, lost, when the public fail to attend. CONGRESS.?The Bankrupt bill is still before the Senate, or was at the date of the last accounts, and the Sub-Treasury bill was also undisposed of in the House-. A pre-emption bill has passed, rewarding squatters who violated the l iws in taking possession of public lands, by * allowing then; now to purchase these lands at a low price, in preference to others. Several memorials have been presented praying Congress to pass a law prohibiting the furnishing of spirituous liquors to the army or navy, prohibiting the 6ale of such liquors in the Capitol, increasing ;the duty on Foreign liquors, &c. A inotitm to lay one of these ' -- -lafc " * ' rjr 7 : . ? . . j memorials on the taMo in the House, on tlr 2.3th May, was lost, 65 to 82. They wer referred. A citizen of Massachusetts has throug! Mr. Adams petitioned Congress to instituti an investigation into-the official condiKt o udge McLean of the Supreme Courts. Tin , petition was rcfercd to the Committee on th< : Judiciary. The Committee on the 26th liny | mad*' a preliminary report, staling that ac' cording to the showing of the petitioner him self there was no ground for any of the charge.' which he makes, lie was dissatisfied witl the decision of the judge in a case in whicf he was a party, and out of reveng1, preferrec the charges. The Legislature of Ohio at its last eessior invited Gen. Jackson to visit that St?te and spend the four.h of July there. 'I lie Genera! declined the invitation on account of bad health. It is said to be proved ?iy experience thatil you make crows drunk by feeding tliein once on corn soaked in ardent spirits they will have, discretion enough not to vis't your field again that season. COCOONS We have left, for inspection, at this office, on-? dozen selected Cocoons, troin a stock of worms reared here this season?the whole weighing 21 dwts. 18grs ; one of which weighs 53 grs. The wor ?.s which produced these Cocoons were remarkably healthy; were pur. .clrased for, and believed to be, ' the two crop while." ' . ; A few thousand of the eggs can be had oy application at this office. Camden Journal. The two crop worm is generally small, and makes a^mall cocoon, noi more than half the size of the above. We therefore suppose these not to be a two crop worin, though some of the eggs 1rom the first crop may hatch. [Eo. GAZ. * From the Charleston Courier. ro TUB CITIZEYS OF CllARLE>T'?N WHO C')MPuSKD 7HK MKKTING OF THE 9TH INST. Fellow Citizens:?In tin? address adoptI'd by you at the Into meeting, you concurred in-an aet of uijusice tome, which I am D'Tsii ided, re - ill t e1 ent rely from the ha.ste and necessary at>s> nee of scroti iy. incident to such occasions?and in regard to which, my great respect for \on and perfect kuowl. edge that you would not willingly counie. uaiiee i/tiy unmerited imputation upon me, prompts, me to und'*ceive you. I refer to tie ml owing passage; Si) 'close is the intimacy between the Opposition and I lie Aboli iomsts, t hi t even in the Halls of Congress, w-licn the clearest .mil universally aofcnowle tged righ s (if the Sooth .ire no icr discus ion. the public ser. v iots of t ie country ?r? found silen ly Jo. sertinj/. their posts to avoid a declaration of imJouhted r<g"t, waidi might offend their Ahohtiiin Confodora cs. Nay! so powerful ?eeiiis ilii? influence of ibis alhaiTce, nnd so losely do-s it appear in or wo veil with liosihiv to Southern liistnu ions,' that upon n pies'iou tit*vital importance to i|jc South, me ot onr own Senators is missing frum Ins dace, and one halt the cons ituiioii <1 Voice >1 the State is lost to her jmppori." On the occasion alluded io I was nrci. lenially and uiiiiileiittonally absent from my seal til-the Senate, having fullv intended tnd desire*I to lie present, 'Fiiis titieqnivicul declaration might nv ieve me from lur.her rennrks upon I his subject* but I trust you will pardon me for ulduig a few observation watch, if the eir umstances of the meting had jh rntitted you to consider. I would have been relieved from the necessity of making. No one can doubt how I would have voted Irad I been present?diertdore no one could have been deceived or conciliated bv my absence. The address msinua'es that I declined to record mv* VO C. tllich'r lt??* influence "of at) ? **/ " * 4.' alliance calculated io produce bost'lity to Southern li^titu ions and n> avoid ?;ivini! offi-ncn ;o Abolition confedcr iles." The question under discussion is staled to In; one the dearest 4,.ind universally ac kiloioledgfd ri jh's of tin; South." on of^wndoubtcd rijtlit." These bpitliots are most eorieely applied ? 11proposi ioH-s were tlie "clearest," universally acknowledged," end * undoubted?and beiii" so, 1 could not have lenred To assert them. No'hintf would he gained in any quarter.I?y ihrliuiiit; to assert such truths'and rn>" s'al<J cannot have sutiered any material loss" by the ahseitceof one vote upon propositions carried unanimously. A moment's reflection would have satisfied jou. follow rit zens, how vain, if 1 (tad he.en wi'iik enough to desire it, would have beer, so paltry a dev.ee, to obtain f<?r inr he lavor.ihle opinion of the Abolitionist*. M . course in reference to them has not been equivocal or unknown. It is not unknown, the consideration in- which I liold iliein, oi i hey hold me. Par ly in consequence hi .ill exa?!jjer:crd account of <lei-!aru:inn< made. 1 have been the subject of their hu tor agd Ciiu'inued vituper lion in all thcii papers ami public proceedings. It ?i re ni instance of ^reaier weakness than I thud you will attribute to nc, to expert to miti -iwili ? f]'t->lir\tr l*i? 11111 x ?r f a !ic?si?r ^iin: ii u r * i*??^ " i ??v*.1 ivj CXJ undoubted ;iiul undisputed truths. I'm.>t I cuiil'l have doiie so in obejdit'rte* In any pa/ty cdnneetion (K purpose, is (lis sinertly and conclusively negatived by t.'n i.iet ilia; C ay,. Crittenden. CI lytoii, Di\i?n Henderson and Mcriick ^crc present am vDk'd. No one call suppose 'hat 1 coull have a pnrty purpose different Irom am opposed In ttie>c gen lemon. that I enuli avoid or couid wish to avoid a party mspon sibtljy whico tlieSe gentlemen thought Ii, ti Hssnmi'. W.tl, these no'orious farts standing al around this trans.ic ion, it is obvin :sly im puss be that I could liave been influence! j by lln? motive so injuriously assigned to trr I do no', fellow citizens, and 1 have tn right to complain of (however much I ma; regret) any censure of my poft cal principle or conduct, and on account of such,- wool' i v ' i. r ~ "' ' ' " * e not have troubled you tvi.Ii this a Idress, but q the imputation of? purposed avoiding of my duty, from such incendiary motives. , does not onlv authorize but demand trmt 1 shouid repd it in the most ernpbaic terms, 3 us being utterly without foundation, plausi'' hdity or possibility. I am a Southern man, - a slaveholder, a South Carolina Senator, i pledged-by every private interest, by every ? public duty, by all the .consistencies of my . public life, ?o fin uucomprom:zing war against this wicked fanatieisrrt.arid therefore if it were true" or hud the shadow of truth that, for any purpose whatever, I 1 shrunk from the lehuk" of it whenever it 1 could be rebuked, I should be guiltv of a do. I linquency. which no candid man will deliberately attrihu'o to me. f well know to what extent, the bitterness of party spirit will be. I lievo or assert the exist< nee of wieked pur' i poses in the bosoms of i s adversaries, hut II my respect for the honor and intelligence, I j ami characteristic generosity of the citizens | ?>f Charleston, will not allow me to suppose, mat they ran put such a construction upon my conduct. And here, gentlemen, I might rest this matter, but that your proceedings have* im j plicated mo with a more general chage ol I which this is in some sort a specification. I beg your indulgence, while I say a word in regard to this more general topic. It has been a settled purpose with me ever since I came into public life, to avoid, as far as possible, the mingling of the question ofabolition wMi the party politics of the d ?y. 1 believed it of too much consequence j to the South, to permit it to bo involved in .theephemeral tho' violent passions of po. j li icai struggles; or to become n catchword, of empty noise, flung backwards and 1 forwards?with less and less import from day to day. In such a state of things, I saw j great danger* This question I det?*rmin?*d 10 ke?'p in my own mind?apart f oin and : above a'1 the sympathies an 1 purposes of! party; union on this subject, so-all.important, can only be preserved by admitted and ' recognized differences in politics. We tall into immnent danger, wh-n we permit our. svfves to suppose that a portion of the South, j who diff r with us on the Pr?'si lential elec- : Hon. are therefore hostile to Southern insti ! lotions. The safety of those ins irutions is i a paramount consideration wi:h all; but tin: nvuns of accomplishing that safety an* tin? degi invite subject ofdifFereiico ofopn'on? which difference, in various degr-es, i must, in the naure of filings, oxiv. You. follow citizens, have declared \ our opinion that iIwrre-election of Mr. Van B ir-u, is expedient for this grea interest? other eitizens of Charles'on, think otliurwi.se. Timgreat slavehoiaiog State of Virginia It is, in tIk* most emphatic way, declared that she thinks otherwise. L ugo (tortious, if not decided majorities, of all h r conn nmnous States, concur with Virginia; and surely she and tliey cannot be considered hostile to Southern interests, or disposed to eater for ;lie abolitionists. 1 pu: myself under t'i-snfegaard oftheso high aulnorities, to Ik* protected from n suspicion of leaning towards incehdiarism, when my political par- : tiali res nre the same as dears. I regret, fellow ci' z n*. ife.it 1 ?|?<>ul I differ with you on the Presided i ll el elion; hut I have no intention of entering m o a vindication of myself, or a discussion of the grounds on which I differ from you, fur:li*r than to say a word on tlie relation which it hears to the subject w hich occasions this address. Although I caire into office, fixed by my State in oppos tiou to the party now in power: and a thuiga I believe* that that party has not Only persisted in evry measure and every principle which I was j delegated to. oppose, hut have destruc. j live policy* yet 1 did not agree loyiel I my j support to General Harrison, Until I had .........I.. ,n?/'l oc ful> !W llttf llllll ll'll IMl .llloil *1 I J A I1'UM > 9 UO 1UI 9"J trie, thoroughly investigated his cl-iims uj><m , the support of the South. The deliberate , result of this inquiry is altogether in his fa vor. I have an entire confidence, derived-' Prom a careful exammination of his past hittorv, that he wisely comprehends and will fearlessly maintain our constitutional i iyIi s: , an 1 thai he merits our gratitude, for the J manner in which he has heretofore maintained tiiem, beyond any citizen of a non- | slavoholding State. I have addressed you, genth-men, ip llint frank spirit which 1 am sure w.ll find a , spouse in your own bosoms; and am, with profound respect, Your obedient servnnb WM. C, PRESTON. | May 15,1340. . GREAT BRITAIN AND CHINA, j The expedition which left England some ; months since for Chirm, was expected to reach its destination uhout tin? 1st of May. i \Vo shall therefore not be far from the'ruth, ' j if we imagine at this moment a British fl>-et of tour 74s, as many frigates, 20 corvettes i and two large steamers, with an aggregate > force of 12.000 or 15,000 mmi, entering Canton river, to obtain redress for alleged I wrongs and indignities. { We wish England had a better cause, or none ut nil ; for it is miserable to seem to r make war in. support of a contraband trade 1 ?a trade, too, which is perfectly well 1 known in England to be fraught with ineal * mil >ble mischief Id China. Opium there. 1 is w hat ard<an! spirits are here,?the blightin,. curse of the land. In seeking to 3 prevent its importation and use, Mis Celcs tin I Majos'y was consulting the tn-st coo. I ? of his subjects; and in resorting in seiz 11 res,after.'repented warnings an I long d*?i ' lav, ho did no more ilrfn is every your don" I J in ISnglaml and Urn (Joied States, in the I J ease of contraban i or soiuggl d goo's ? I i The principle is in: at all afT c e I br tin* ! amount seized. I la i it open a single ratty 3 or ? hundred eat a s. no one uouid have thought of objecting oitnor tr> the principle II or the act. Twenty Mill on Dollars is in* - deed a large amount 10 lose, (l? ing equal J lo the destruction of prop- riv h.. the great tiro in this city in Dee. 1835,)t bir it is no larger than the amount voluntarily put a y hazard. The profits of the trade were sc s grea*, (often 400 or 500 percent, i: is said' I that the import irs could well afford to rur I ' ? . ? a r'sk ; and if at last they got "come nf with," that is what sometimes happens n adventures of a less questionable characi ter. ! Many of the 'English p"po heals takfi j this ground distinctly, viz: thai in issuing | proh bitory d/'rreet# against the import itiun I of opium, amf'iti seizing it wlien imposed in opposition to those decrees, il?e Chines'Government wer" entirely justifie.ihle ^ and that whatever may he die loss of property ;o Bntsh subjects in consequence, England as to this matter, has no right to complain. N Y Jour, of Com. OAREY'S FERRY K. F. ) May 25, | Deas Sir?I am in a great hurry, as the boat is about to leave, and will try and give vou a hurried stat? meat of some recent Indian murders. On the 23 I, (last Saturday,) the In i ns attacked two wagons, on the Pie oil i'a and I Si. Augustine road. One wagon was coin, ing to Picola'a. and I'm other going to StAugustine. When ihe former was ahou' six miles from St. Augu-tine, and ihe la'ter two milt's further, the Indians attacked bo'h wagons at the sunn linv, killing in one wa con two. and in the o tier three men. ai d : throe men missing, tmd ihreo made their j escape. The wagons tvere plundered of every ; filing?one-of widen con niiicd propertv of ; Mi. Forbes and his Company of Theatric nlsffcvho had left h'-ro^pM* day previous with | tin? inteuton ol performing in Sr. Augnst| inc. 1 re_re| to s:iv thai Mr. Lyiv. an I ? clarinet player, of Mr. Forties' Company were kill ?inusci ui's nam" not known. Mr. German of the same Company, after rUtuiing for three miles, succeeded in reach ing Fort Seirlo, hotly pursued the whole way by two Indians, who lired at him and missed. All .h"V killed were scalped. Two of the missing had been found, ore* wounded, and the i) her, by tie; name of V??sn. in in run-" uing, it tssai'k rup'urorlja bipod vess 1. Ii is suppose.! I Mr. Forbes did no! I0Q1; any thing of any gnat value. M'irnseft.and the Lad es of Ins Cotnpanvi bad golf into town the-d iy previous. Tit Indians- were"pursued, hut not caught. I nave no'fnnelo give you any further particulars of tlrs affair ' .From ilie reoria Regi-ter. Wondrrlul Enccpc horn Death.?Three or four weeks ago, .1 Mr Laid, who was travelog 011 loo in Iowa ferialo'.-, p".ir For- M tdi-011, was'fill a? in with hy thru? o her m 11,10 whom, in tiieeonrs* of eonversalion, he iinpar.ed the knowledge of Ins having I or or five hundred dollars about him, which he was going to pay i t :,t |;i*l?I nffjep. Til- hr??? xtr;i'??ri*r* Hist irlliy d n> obtain t w money, and on ill r aithingf n broken (?:?rt ??f* l?- rnunlry. at. !.arked Mr. [j. vvuii clubs and kn-v? s, killed >?i ii as ihuvJnniiij '1, ro*?!>>?.I linn in*o a r iv inr, covered liiin wi li bru.s's and ih**n con. tinned on lii' ir journey. A rivulri of w-i|rr flowed down the ra\in* in wli rli Mr. L idd lav liuri. d, and irtr coohnj an I relVrslinio rlrmmf enniinp M? c?n;.?rr ?*itr> ids wounded Iiish!, Ii.mJ ilio effect o! cjcaiisinr the * niindsToid reshir nj liitii 'o snhnmo u- Kuo.\i:io i|,(. (oute. of the rohh 'is, hr ui>i m ly s I out in pursuit of'lhftin ? reached Fori Madison, where l??" hear! itn*y b ?d '.csenwl'd t e r.v?*r?juo".urred nskfF?reached S\ Louis, and in an hour or i wo H|jprrhendrd i wo of ihe ruffians. The third had not se: reach d ilio cny dnrf was.arrested on Ian ling a short tittle aft'Tw.ird-i. Tim villains were. the next day taken h **-k u? Iowa, and-the ennrt being in session, wen; instantly tried, convicted*, and sent to tb?* p"uin*uti;irv, one for 5 venrs ; aIl0!]icr for ] I, ;, 11?I the third (or 23. How iimjvJi of *f?o money Mr. L was able to fe. cover we Ii.ivh not Icard. (Tl ? !r names, as we learn from lh" St. Louis Prim.m', are James (?uy, (sometimes calling himself (iunlon,) Jacob Aieton, mid James McGubbin. The name of i'te rn m robbed, acemding p> t 1 ic? same paper, is not Ladd, but E. S Gage. Too Pennant says; ?Guy 44 rascal" stamped in every I in oanient of his face, and in; and Abddn, (i bold rC*sklcss irtaa.) unquestionably were, tin; means of t?nt'ct?ig MoGuhhm, who seenled to bo a ti in I, weak ninated man, into a participation of their crime.] Tuc Tornado at iNatcuks.?'Tii Free ! Trader of tin: 11th contains hi'ther panic.ulars of this heart raiding calamity. The estimate of a liide liiore linn s m Ihon and . a quarter of dollars as tin; amount of d image, Ins proved far too low. It nrrdy no. J vers the loss -sustained by the city proper ; ; ?but th'; losfl .of merchandize, (roods ol various kinds, and furniture d'-smyed. is valued at leas at four millions?makmg tic entire loss of pioperfy more than five mil ! lions of dollars. Toe Free Trader a ids ; 44 This estimates, we believe to bo slrie ly ! within the bounds of moderation. The I immense quan i'v of pork, bacon, butter, 1 lard, and vegetables, lost at I he Landing? swe|)* into the deep oblivious rivi r, would aslotiisli any one not noqoam'ed wi h fhH I nature of our trade. M mv of otir large W ire houses and furnishing ston s having ; iatelv been crippled and restricted in their | op rations, the most ol the suppb s for city, court" ry and tlie adjacent counties have been j derived from the Natchez Landing. Thes( now, with a very Ih*v exceptions', are over. whelmed m the ruin, or los in the \v iters j 'Tin: Ios4 of Itves-by ill" torn do at Natch ! i 7. on the 7:h iu<t. is estimated in some o !ir; New Orleans p ip-ai* at between 2J0 am I 301). 1 Q.j.ii in tUo fVim?? rfrjnrr it rut/1' L/l//il C W/Ut? ? C<'H' 4?; livrs. It is s iiic.'l in tin? Piiil irinlplr.v II ' tint (Ihj ex.'iniiu.itioi) into t'u; logaiitv of lb | i-l.'ct on of Mr. N:'iv!or, in I lie 3;l Congress i; iomsiI Oi strict of Pennsylvania,- cofi!?'st?" ' by C inrlos J. Ingorsoil, has b"on c!os" ! u ithnut i lioi uiii tin; ("stirro ?v tli: ' J co'ill vnpench ;ho valjihty of Mr. N !\'l<>r > ! I'lmlion, or jjivo color to von a Mi-niiero ) of fr inJ on the jvn of liis fri'uulj a i i suf > porter?;. ' t:v* Vic. ) A Profitablf. Establishmrxt.?With? in ili? last ,tw?*Jv?- yn.rs, the-Connecticut State Prison has yielded a |>oint of-863,920, over and a hove till expense*. Too Mo:hodist General Conference. sittingat Baltimore, have made five new C<?n. < ferenr.es, viz. Providence, R. I. North, Ohio, Memphis, Rock River, aftd Texas* Playing Possum ?The particulars of ] the reeem affair at For'. King, are given as | follows in the St. AtJgtis'fne Herald. It-is the keenest kind of military tactics on re- ' ' cord. u Cap!..iin Raines, commanding that I post, prepared a shell with a shirt over it', t in such a manner that any attempt to re- j move the garment would explode the shell: This he placed at a distance trom the post. f In a litilc* while the shell was heard to explode?, and CJapt. R: lines repaired to the spot, j a when h.e discovered Indian signs, a pony : |, track,--and some hlood. So pleased was he J ?( at the succe8i of the experiment, that he j placed another shell similarly prepared, co- j V'Tcd wi'li a bhJnke', and haired. It cx* j 1 ploded, and on going to the spot it was dis- , |i c.tveredjha: the Indians had tie I an opos- i ? sum to it,and its exertions ro escape, had ex- i ^ ploded the shell. .The In linns had station- \ ed themselves, and as they came up fired, j upon the troops, killing one sergeant and one private, wounding C'pt. Rungs mortally* and three privates. The In hans are variously cstima.ed from CllJo 91) in number." Mrs. Chapman, alias Mina, recently ! died at Q lincy, Florida, leaving her I children in a destitute condition. She was j travelling ih 'hat country wrh her children, j w I :u the capacity of strolling players. The Houston Telegraph says that n j' species of wheat indigenous to the country ha* b**en di^eovereil in tlie north.W'-stern j b Iroiitier of T? xas.j VVild ods ami rye Inrvo j t? t also |ji;rn found in tin: greatest nbundirnce. ft Caution.'?A little daughter of a gentle* man oi ?Springfie|d, Mas*., was brought 11 home from school, on the 8th, in. a deep , sleep, s eming almost like death. A pliy s ciau wtwseijt for, who by menus of modi* f cite- made her vomit, wneu it was discover, j ed Tf?at she had been eating peach "stone i meats. These uvats eon la in a rank po.i* ; son, and the rescue of. the child from dieir: deadly effects is most fortunate* t. ?< The Great Arctic Problem Solved.?The ; ' ] N. Y, Journal of Commerce says* || Me>S: s. b'tmpson and Dean, of the Hudson's ^ | B iy Company. after two previous attempt J t< ; in 1837 and 1838, which were hut partially ! fl 1 successful, have at last succeeded in effect. ; ? I 11 j ing a complete solution of tin; problem rt la- \ ^ ting to a "North West passage" to The J |, Pacific Ocean. They have ascertained : s tlia; such a passage exists, raid that Boothia J I is an Island. Tins great Island is s'*para- j 11 i led trom the main land by ustrint from 3 to j 1(1 mules wide, running from S. E. to N. s , \V. and connecting lUo (Julph of Boothia tl with the Northern 0<*can. 1 . a .. MARRIED ?i I(7 St. Mattiiows Pirish, on the *20lh n't." i Cut. D.tvid M'Cord. of Columbia, to-.Mi*s Louisi . S. (l.eiirliler of the Hon. Ltrigdoti Chevea. * j c Buratl'm,?A paragraph of the Obituary j v I wliicli appeared in this paper las; week was v j so incorrectly printed that we insert it below; jj '< Some men meet death by decrepitude of o II age and pilgrimage, worn weary of tie* toils of ?l the world?the gentle flickering# of failing life v seem ol their own accord quietly to sink interest a In others, the bold vigor, ami ardent expec. r tationsof a long life, the s rung and towering t flame of both body and nund, are extinguish- a ed by the power of that fell destroyer of man, h ' disease, a ? ' i o cn^dAW p^ici: (taKl:\i. c . .. * - Friday, June 5 AIU'ICXKS. CKR | ? C. | 5 C * (tool ia ui.irkct, lb U 7 a 0 8 '' It.icon from wagons, lb 8 a 10 8 >y retail, lb 11 a 12 " itiitter lb 20 a 25 t J IJecswa.t lb 20 a 23 t I |}:i<rifing yard 18 a 25 c I ll ifc Rope lb 8 a 10 fc Codec lb a 15 c Cotton, lb 5 a '_84 | t Corn, scare J busli 62 4 a i5 j Flour. Country. btl a 5 '50 i j Feathers f'tti wag. none lb 45 a 5d j a L Fodder. . lUUIbs 87$ a 1 | : | Glass, window SxlO, 6'?ll 3515 a 3 37$ v 1 , " 10x12, 5011 3 50 a 3 75 : s I M*?es, green lb 5 a dry lb 10 a i * Iron IQOJbs 5 50 a 6 50 ! I | Indigo lb 75 a 2 50 j J l Lime cask 4 . a 4 50 | Lard scarco lb 11a 12$ | I Lc itber, lb 22 a 25 1 \ Ijf! id, bar ib 10 a , I . ; L igwood lb I ' ) a 15 j j Molasses pal 40 a 45$ i , N. O. gal 35 a 40 j Nails, cut, assorted Jb a 8$ ' , wrou'ght lb 1G a 18 ' (Jats . bi!sli 40 * " a 50 i)i', curricra gill 75 a 1 J ?, iauip gal 1 25 a . 1 i ?linseed gal I 10 a 1 25 I'ajius, white lend keg 3 25 a 4 52 | , Spun. brown lb 8 a . 12 Pork - I001l>$ 5 50 a 6 ; Rico lOOih* 4 a 5 00 Shot, bag 2" 25 a 2 75 , . lb. 10 a 12 Sugar lb 8- a 12$ 1 Sail sack 2 00 a 2 25 . ' . bush '87$ a 100 Steel, American Ib 10 a , English lb 14. .a ,German* Ib 12 a 14 ! Tallow . lb ' a 12$ .. Tea ,imperial lb 1 a 1 37 1 , hyson lb 1 a 1 25 ' Tobacco, manufactured .,.11) ]0 _ 2> The River continued td rise fro in the tint? of f * o:ir last Friday's report till on Sunday morning ! * ^ ? -* l.w.l 1 .A.iii f 1 ir* ! it was within two icet asmgu as u nuu , I previous week. On Sunday evening it commenced 1 v tailing, and by Wednesday evening hud fallen 12 j '' feet. A rain, which lasted all Wednesday night, i . caused a- rise of 10 feet before yesterday evening, ! , | since' which'tan? it lias again fallen eight le6t, and is still falling. Weather f iir. ' exercises of the second session of the" jH. 'Rockingham Female Institution will comr> run net the 13th Julv and end 11th December, ). 1840.* " * June 5, 1840. . S)-4t | " t . TO THE PATRONS OF THR SOUTHERN.BAPTIST PULPIT. Tlio EjJ for of this work hns removed from Fsiyefteviile to Cheraw, S. C. where, in future, (lie Pulpit will bo published.? Eorrmpondents aro requested, hrreufter, to lirect their communications to Cheraw. The change of residence subjects the Editor to n suspension, merely temporary, lowever, of his publication. In a few days to will be able to resurrie his labors: and lis present arrangement with tlm Editor of lie Gazette, will afford him the means of ssuiug his work, for the future, much more egelarly than heretofore. The April, Muy and June numbers aro ill due; but if the patrons will exercise a itlle patience and forb arance, they will be Lccommo-lated with a'l ihree numbers in lie course of a week or two?after which, ; h"V w.ll, if Provi lence permit, never again live occasion to murmur. Whilst tlm Editor makes this ple lg'-, will his friends gree lo pledge themselves to procure adiiional subscriptions? - . WM. POTTER. Editor of the S. B. Pulpit / The t'*rmS of the Pulp t are as follows: 1. Each number will appear monthly. 2. Price, ONLY ONE DOLLAR a year, N ADVANCE. * - ' 3. Any person ordering a copy ofthe Pulpit, ,ull please forward tlie stun of One Dollar? titer wise he cannot receive it. . . v 4. .No subscription will be taken for lest iiai) a year, commencing with the firat.Num err . . ?. 5. An tqdfcx and Title-pa (je. suitable to b? ound with the Vol me, will accompany "thfc ?velfth Number. , .\Vr' 6. Back Numbers will be furnished to any* itqre Subscribers. ' Any person procuring_30 subscribers at end me, and forwarding ?25, shall be entitled lo 0 copies of the Ihilpit. , . . PliOSHLCrUS .. 7or publishing by subscription, in Augusta Gu., an Agricultural Paper, to be styled GLEANINGS OF It USB AND RY. Who makes "two blades of grates grow where one grew before, docs more for Jbu country, * than an Alexander or a Bonaparte. At the solicitation, of many friends; tbo sub>riber has consented to be lite editor and pub,.^ slier of a periodical exclusively -devotod lo Agcnlture, Gardening, arid'the oth r branches of lusbandfy in general.- Its object will be, in lain stylo,"to commnnicate useful information t the cultivator, whether .of the vino or the ower, of vegetables or plants, of fruits* grapes r tro.-s, as the mulberry and all kinds of orchard rocs, with the best mannei of planting them ; ' jrnisbing suitable hints for the improvement of e various soils, breeds of cattle, and othe*. lock, willi the treatment of the diseases to /hich they arc liable, end the management of ees and-silk worms. The editor will endeavor to illustrate the mportuct principles upon which the art and cieuce of ugriculturo is founded, and to introluco an ecotiiuiical system of the labors, in the icld, meadow or cocoonery, that may bo best *' rl,..ta,l intl,? o?,.nn. /.|..n.?* In WW wii?s nvu9?iii<T| viiuoibu uuu luiuuuu u? vhich we reside, orwl w hieh i:i most socpects* lirtbr greatly from the Middle, Northern and 2?slcrn Slates. Of'moro than one million of Planters and lorticnllurists in tho Southern States, scarcely' wo out of a thousand liavo an opportunity of (insulting any agricultural works, and are vholly guided by casual observations upon the irays of their neighbors and ancestors; lor hey possess no means of learning ihe almost aily improvements that are making in their. wii particular' branch of culture; neither can hey b-come acquainted with the improved ancties in trees fruis, vines flowers, grain nd plants; which are continually introduced o our notice from every.portion-o! the habiable globe, nor with the various improvements .nd new inventions in the implements of tils age. The publication shall contain a* full iceount of all those that are likely to beneflt fence, virtue, happiness and prosperity at ivory hearth in the Southern States. It shad be free from all sectarian or political* iewo, wholly governed by Southern feelings ind principles, endeavor will be to render it erviceable to tue young and the aged?to 4 'Heaven's last best gift to man"'even in her eens, and to the sturdy Farmer?by informing hem of the proper season, which* from cxperi. mce in our section of the Union may have leen found most conger ial to commit their ? eods to the soil-to prune their vines aqd rees?to transplant tlreir tender shoots and lowers?to engraft, inoculate or bud their ihrubs and trees, and turn the "maiden's blush" nto the charming ^'moss" or ,4nrontldy ro?e," vilh tire b? st manner of- harvesting and pre. serving their crops and produce. Wo shall by no means overlook the great Southern staples, Cotton and .Rice, for upon hese, little information can be obtained froot \ * .1 it*.: .xormern put jich uons. %From the kind promises tendered by friend* o the undertaking, valuable original contnba* :ions may be anticipated; and dher corre*- i jondcnts are respectfully solicited to. commit, ricatc any information that may be interesting ro beneficial to others, relating to their mode af culture; as facia collected from the tillers four own soil,with their observations and remarks will be I?ig4>!y appreciated by tli? editor; and since life happiness aud comfort of a country mainly depend upon itqffcgricul. ture, m furnishing Useful iuformatfon jo th? community, contributors will afford the highest evidence of their zeal and patriotitrrt. , Terms.?The pap?r will be issued monthly, on a sheet containing sixteen very large qutrto pages, (same size as the -'Albany Cultivator,") at the very moderate price of One Dollar, payable in all cases in advance. The price being so small, no number will be sent to any neraon on credit. 11 shall be printed on good paper, and with new type, ordered expressly. for the purpose. The first number will appear ? in March next, if possible. ; As by the rules of the General Post Office, Pospn sters are allowed to frai k and forward the amount subscribed to any newspaper, they are respectfully des;red to forward to tho editor at Augusta, any amount offered them n bankable imftey, as early as possible. Newspapers are respectfully requested to pu'?. tisa tiiis Prospectus, and by sending the paper containing it, shall receive ours in return. Postmasters and Editors of papei* are kindly asked to act as. our agents. Should tfioy not receive a copy of this Prospectus, tbey are re quested to cut one from the papers which may be good enough lb publish it. and we, with rcspocv. invito all the friends of tho objects we have in view, to aid and assfot in procuring subscriberj to the "Gleanings of Husbandry. MOSES HOLROOK, A M. M D, Augnsia, Ga., Jan. 1840. i