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Ms, not to expend the avails of their loans it) aid of productiveindustry,birt to purchase to-day, .for a high price, property which it was bettered some other borrower would purchase to.morrow at a still higher. In a process^of this sort, employing hundreds of m9ltooa of credit, rn the shape of bank paper and-bank dbcounis, tho amount ol Iatereet anmially accruing rn favor, of :he banks was enormous, while the property upon which the money was expended was actually producing nothing. . Influences of this powerful character, communicated to the great body of the citizens of our country, could not fuil to be felt in the Legislatures of the States of the Un ioo. They felt the impulsion, and acrea under it.". Large loans were proposed and it soon appeared that the increase of banks ami other demands, had nbs rbed so much of the Americangcapifal as to enable thero to find a ready or a cheap market in our own .. country. The markets of Europe were naturally sought^ as not the Federal Government, and not the Governments of the States alone, but local corporations in our commercial cities, had tbef? found such a market for large loans upon the.r credit, t For a lime the State stocks of all desCrip'tiona ,we greedily taken} but,- Q9 in all eaaea or over tasked credit, the supply became more than equal to the demind, and the market fell. The consequence was electric throughout our countjy, and the depressions we how feel in commercial transactions in every branch of trade in the prices of property, in our demesne industry, in the wages of labor, flow from these ex. cessiee uses of credit at home, and these attempts to overstock the foreign markets with our credits abroad. . We are aware that these are plain sug. gestions; but can we be mistaken in placing them before our constituents, and asking thrir awakened attention to them, when we see the mere tankers of London publishing to the American puolic a proposition that tne Uoked States shall bocome endorsers (bribe individual States, a smvty for their engagements, as a condition not simply to (heir obtaining farther loans, bat to the favorable sale in the British markets, of their stocks and bonds, now resting there in * pledge for advances of nione)7 Such a proposition as seems to us, should startle the whole American people. It is a bold attempt upon the part of* foreign tank, era, to compel (be Government of the United States again to assume u fearful amount of debt, or to punish the States of die Union by a refusal of further loans, and a depression of their securities no w in the foreign marked lVe have spoken of the dunger of a foreign io^oonce pervading our country, and exevtod through (ho power, of money. Can wo hive stronger evidence of the existence of that influence, and of the disposition. to exert it, than we have already given. When foreign bankers call upon the Federal Gov. eminent to eodorse for . the States of this Union, and threaten them with a suspension of tbeir credit, in cuse that endorsement is not procured, can we measure the influence which is exerted from the same quartef over private and corporate debtors in this countr>/ s If then these influences of a foreign debt are an evd to tardhprrcated; if our expansions ofcrodit at home have been excea. sive, and requ reto be checked; and if both are objects which call for the serious con. on/t ?"tinn M iKa nnnnln nf th? &IUV.I flllVli auu iwiivuv vtv v. .... country, to which of the existing political parties are they to look ior a remedial policy* i # The univtHPil suspension of the banks, io May, 1837, met Mr. Van Bnren at the threshold of hit administration; and from that moment to this he has been laboring assiduously to lay the foundation for a more stable basis for currency and bust nets; a foundation equal and just to all, and resting upon tho Constitution of the couatiy. It has not been the object of his policy, as k falsely alleged, to destroy credit, but to wake credit safe and dependable; not to .overthrow the banking ins buttons o( v the country, but to separate them from ih? management of the public revenues; not Overthrow the hanking institutions of the ooantry, but to seperare them from tlse man; agoment of the public revenues; not to cripple commerce, but to give commerce a standard of currency, so far as the action of the Federal Government can do it, which shall not distnrb it by expansions and con. traction dictated by private interos:s and monopolizing efforts; riot to suspend trade. but to restore it to a fKalunui activity, ana five k Mound and stable circulating modi. *jm to susferfo it; not to depress the wages of tabor, but to afford the honost laborer full and constant employment at fair wages, and to aecure to him the pay for his sweat ?nd Im toil, In a currency upon which h? may deep quietly, without the fear of finding it dross in his pocket when he rises in the mornig. Such is our policy, and that of the Ado frustration we support. Of O jn. Harirson and his policy, upon all these important subjects, wo hatfe already declared wg can say nothing. Silence, profound and unbroken, is the order at pres: ent resting upon him, and wo have already expressed our inability to raise the latch whtrh closes the door upon his opinions. Of the favorite policy of ho party, however. we can speak; because in this ancient party dating its existence from llie admin, istration ot the elder Adams, and never more apparently confident, since the time of his defeat, than at (his moment, there have been, and now are open doors and unsealed lips. This party, then, would create a new National Bank, with the vain hope of stdl iarther expanding our present sysem of ex. cessivocrodiia. They would not only in * crcaso the State debts, but they would prosecute a system of internal improvements undei the authority of this Govorn. men', to bo extended within and through the States at its pleasure. They wou d take f om the General Government some of its proper sources of revenue, at a time when the oa'ionn! Treasury is driven to duty, of ail who value the independence c J tneir country, who would exclude fureig interference, under any form, from on elections and our councils, and who regar the purity of the cleciivo franchise ns th best safeguard of our free institution*, t meet the crtsis with unslumbering vigilnnct and with the determination to expose an frustrate all attempts to control politic* results by any other influences than those c reason and argument. . But our opponents do not atone d^pnn for their anticipated triumph over the Demo cratic party on the influences to which w have referred. They are associated wit one of the most dangerous political-sect that has ever been arrayed against th sacred union of the States, which th Father of his Country, in his last address t his children, thus solemnly commends I their care: "ft is (he soys) of infinite moment the - you should properly estimate the immen3 value of your national union to your codec tive and individual happiness; that yo should cherish a cordial, habitual, and im L,? umn?f in it aci-iicnmin i I Hiuvrauio auawaiuwm iw ?%f ? < yourselves to ihink ?nd speak of it as of Un palladium of your pol.tical safety and pres ervatiorv wi:h jealous anxiety* discount*-* nancing whatever may suggest a suspicioi that it can in any event be abandon^; an< indignantlyfrowning upon any attempt t< alienate any portion of our country from th< rest, or to unfceble the sacred ties whicl nqw link together the various parts." The candidate we present as the expo nent of our principles* has been tried His views upon all these quest ions'are dis tinctly known, and have been severe!; tested. As to him tltereforo, the peopl may act with confidence and certainty. Cincinnati, May 27, 1840. This city is overrun by artists, who hav come from distant parts* comm&stoiw by bodies of Whigs to take the porlroi of Gen. Harrison; some from Illinois some from Boston and tonus from Net York." A young Mr. ,Brackett has take a very exact bust indeed. . I sa.v it yestci day for the first time in wet clay. Nothin could he more exact and spirited; no fan can be found with it. Dr. Hay ward of Bo ton, (Judge McLean's son-in-law who ha taken up painting as a profession) ha taken a full-length portrait, which is mot excellent. Mr Hoyt of Boston* is now tuk i ng one not inferior to it. Chester Har - - - e i ..i. _ _ _ ding's portrait oi n:m laaeo a j<?ur was unfortunaiely destroyed in a steamboa .together with his fine portrait of Judg Marshal], This, is a serious loss. Bol were placed face to face, by mistake an the heat of the boot, on her trip to No\ Orleans, melted tliern fast together, so tha nothing remained ol either! Gen* H. is sadly beset. Let:ers pour ii upon him through the daily mail by th hundred. Some of them most shameful I insulting, signed **A Democrat," or u i Locofoco," postage not paid. Sometime a large packet, with two or three doilm postage upon it, will arrive, with nothing bi coarse blank paper, and in the centre a lei ter with such words as 44You are a d old granny.. Yours See. a Democrat," o something of that sort. There ore som men who make it their business to-sun such letters <o distinguished men. * * We continue to h^ar melancholy nc counts of the effects of the tornado ut Natcl ex. Timothy Flint passed through h< r lately 5 he was one of those buried under th ruins of the hotel, from which, by a miraclt he escapod unhurt.. Ail his account of was deeply thrilling, and is interesting i another light, as snkingly corroborative < jEspy e theory. First, a deluge of rail with flashes of lightening; next n eras! which broke in the windows from the norll west; next another crash of the like kin from the southwest; aud, in the interrim, n upheaving of floors nnd roofs, and a burst inu rutf r?f wnllit nn nil sidns. All ihe WQr of three minutes, and a populous ciy wa reduced to a mass of rubbish! Far of and probably on the outer circle of the storrr immense hailstones fell, as if from a pre digious height, killing animals ?nd destroy ing crops. The tornado approached Nu'ch cz from the southeast; and pissed off int the los^st beyond the Mississippi. The los cannot he estimated, they say, at less thai $6,000,000. Important to Speculators ?On Suturdii; forenoon, iho.court had occasion to refer i nn opinion of Judge Story, recently pronounced in Portland, which is of the hi^.hes importance to the timber land speculaora it was the case of Otis Daniel, v. Wm. C Mitchell and others, ft was a bill in eijuit; ill which the plaintiff*claimed to recover 01 the ground that there was a great and ma serial mistake in regrad to the value of th land which he had purchased. The c?s y/ai argued by eminent counsel, an J Judg S'Ory gave a long opinion occupying ovf i loans to supply the ordinary demands upo if, and would borrow money in Europe t or increase the taxes upon the people, c both, to carry out tbfeir plan of a, wis i administration. And, finally, thoy woul > deliver over again to the banks, State o National, ail the revenues of the eouwtr) subject to be used by them wiih the inevhu i ble consequence ofineroasing bank expan sions, until the appropriations ofCongres i should call for the money, and then to b the cause or, or the apology for, bank con tracions, an extent far beyoud the amour of money involved. Before we dismiss this subject, we can not forbear to refer to the well known faci large sums of money have, within n fev years past, been expended upon election? with a view to overrule and defeat the wish es of the people. These contributions ar manifestly, from th^ evidences of their el fu/<'o an Inrtra in amnnnf in ptriln lh moat painful suspicions a? to th?? source from which fftey are derived. Time wi determine what ground there may be fo such suspicions. But from whatever qu?u ter th' so pecuniary aids may come, it is th 0 acceptable to the public, are not inose who are most anxious to divert public * attention from these points. 1 IRISH POTATOES. TO THE EDITOR. % Dear Doctor:?I send you herewith, ,f another parcel of Potatoes, which I think " you will pronounce larger than those ^ which you noticed in your last paper.? j The preparation of the ground, and the 5 mode of culture, were perfectly simple; ' but in one respect, entirely subversive of a theory sometimes advanced, that . ground can be made too rich for Potatoes! . It may be so, but no such doctrine has " proved sound, in my experience, when I ^ have put it to a practical test, in the culture of any thing thai I have ever tried. The land on which these potatoes were raised, is a spot of ground which has j been used as a cow-pen for a number of it years. Last winter I fattened, a good ), many hogs on it, and in January slgnghv tered upon it 200, or more. It alsofc$s " received, for years," the greasy water ^ from the kitchen, soap suds, &c. In fine, It I think it as rich as it can be made. The * last of February it was broken up, two 3 ways, to the depth offourteen inches, with lt a plough; tlied laid off in rows, three > feet at d a half apart, the plough making * the furrow about eight inches deep. The potatoes were cut and' dropped in the '' row, about twelve inches apart, and co. P** t I, vered with the plough, about level with d the surface of the ground. Tliey came v up handsomely. 1 had them worked well u with the hoe, leaving the ground about n level. The next working, was with a e daggon [dough, and hoe, elevating a bed y about six inches above the surface. A ^ short time after, when about half grown, * 1 had all the vines topped, as some farmK ers do their cotton. I. Yours most truly, <M AUG'S. P. LACOSTE. . r . - _ JULY 7, 1>S4U. e j [The potatoes accompanying the above, were superb. When washed and dried, some of them weighed 12 ounces, and a ~ large proportion more than 10 ounces.? 'e They were mealy, well flavored, and e without rotten spots.]?Ed. Gax. 19 V j,' Congress.?This body has passed a n joint resolution to adjourn on the 21st >f inst. In the Senate a resolution was adopted to appoint a committee of five ' members, whose'duty it should be to d inquire into the expediency of choosing n four reporters for the Senate, two from * each political party, who should be sworn * to report the proceedings faithfully. p The Sub-Treasury bill finally passed i, the House of Representatives on the ? 30th June, by a vote of 107 to 124, all '* the administration, members being pre^ sent and voting, except one, and a few s opposition members being absent, n The Vice President, retired from the Senate on the 2d July, informing that body that he should be absent for the y remainder of the session. WmJl. King^ 0 of Alabama, was the next morning elect ted President pro tempore. ' Messrs. AI ford, Dawson, Habersham, 1 * * Kiug, Nesbit and Warren, representa^ tives from Georgia have addressed a very long circular to the people of that e State, recommending Gen. Harrison for B the Presidency, and answering charges e brought against him by his opponents. ? ?SBgM??MEM n two hour* in the delivery, in 'which he set ' ' ?, aside the purchase on the ground of the ,r mistake. Tlie opinion, oh account of its e important practical hearing, will be given to 11 the public before long, nnd we shull tliOO. r' again refer to \V?Boston D. Adv. THE GAZETTE. e ' . / WEDNESDAY ItIOHNIN?, JULY 8. A young raan who has just closed hi^ . apprenticeship in this office, wishes emh ph>yment as at. journeyman printer, in v some healthy situation in the up-country, ** till winter. Communica ions on the sub? ject, mayjbe addressed, postage paid, to j f. the Editor of this paper. U ' " . s Oar readers are not to suppose that we it endorse every thing of a party character r in politics which we copy into our columns. Wishing to let our readers see ^ the ground taken by both parties, we n copy from the publications of each, ir articles most commended and relied d upo.n by ihe parties themselves respeetively. The chief points of difference between the parties are Hie Currency and d Sub-Treasury, as every well informed >1 man knows. On these points Federald isfs and Democrats, Tarriffites and | , Anti-Trtrriffites, Union men and Nullifiers, Abolitionists and Anti-Abolitionists o are divided and arrayed on opposite 11 s'des. Nor does it require a wizard * to perceive that those who entertain the R strongest confidence of being able to o render their true principles and policy ' " ' Southern Chronicle;?We have received the first number of a paper with thi9 title issued by Messrs. *S. Whir & ,H. Raiford in Columbia. It is of large size, neatly printed on good paper, and strenuously advocates Gen. Harrison as a candidate for the Presidency. Mr. Weir is already favorably known to the public as Editor and publisher'"of the Times and Gazette, the predecessor of the South Carolinian. We are indebted to Messrs- Calhoun, Campbell and Sumter for various public documents. One of those from Mr. Calhoun is the report of the committee to whom had been .refered the bill to cede, or rather sell to the new states the public lands within their respective limits. The substance of this report we shall present to our readers as soon as we can make room for it. North Eastern Boundary.-?The President sent to the Senate a message Oil the 29th June, containing a letter /hom the-British Minister to the Secretary of Statp, with the answer to it, on the subject oF the North Eastern Boundary. The British Government have accepted the offer of the President to appoint a joint commission for surveying the line, with the conditions that all points on which "the commissioners cannot agree are to be referred to a friendly power for arbitriment; and that the decision of such power is to be final and conclusive.? This, of course, must lead to an adjustment of the question. Gen. Harrison's opinion in regard to 8lavery. So much evidence has already been given to the public on this subject ihat more would seem superfluous. Somo persons however profess still to douht; we therefore copy from the Raleigh Register the follow, ing extract of a Ietto?- from a nephew of the General's to Geo; E. Badger, of Raleigh. The position of Gen. Harrison before the public is now such as to render his-opinions an object of interest to all honest Farmers of whatever party. \ Berkley, Charles City County, Va. ) June 9th, 1840^ $ ' I believe, it has been objected to Gen'l. Harrison, that his hostility to the Institution of Slavery, first induced him to leave Vir. ginia. This is a great mistake?Gen. H. srhon but a bov, barely 19 years of age, assumed the profession of arms: not for the1 purpose of exhibiting his fine figure arrayod j in the splendid uniform of his country, ei, her in the Drawing Rr*>m or on the pa- j rade; hut to uns^eath his youthful sword, to pnril his nohle life in deadly conflict ..with the wild and ferocious savage of the West, whose thirst for blood wns not yet glutted by the slaughter of the Armies of Herman and St. Clair; nnd disinterested eye. witnesses" have, said, that tn the noble hearing of this gallant youth, was mainly owing the neons* of one wine Af the Army.- Of his greet Instructor in ibe art. of War. thechi. yalrnai General Wavne. W. H. Harrison was sun a soldier in the West when ho mar. rled Miss Svmmas of that country, and thus became one of its citizens. Before his (W. H. H.) "Vnarrisgn, the Father of Gen. Harrison d;ed leaving 'o his son William, a small land ! property. The nnrsonal estate was entirely consumed m the discharge of his deh's; th#? pnrmv having twice during the Revolution, been sta. fionM nt Berkley, tho fimilv nest, which s'rjnned of every specips of proper'v, in. chiding "nil the nhKbodied negroes, with the entire house furniture. This cruel eonduct on the part of the British, left Gen* FT'* father in his ol(| ngp. barely enough to obtain the comforts of life. I thought it as well to say thus much. Now. Jet us turn to the charge of Abolition against the Genernl. On the 29th May. 1821. at the conclusion of n long familiar letter, he writes, "I am not at present in nny political appointment excepting the. honorable ono of being designated, or. the pnrt of Kentucky, to settle a dispute with Tennessee about their common boundary. I was. last fall, run for the Senato of the United Status, and nftor a number of balloting* lost it by a few vofpn; hut I lost no honor bv the conlost." For this failure, he aligns three reasons. Af'er mentioning the two firs', he snvfl?4'buf fhesp consideration* would have availed nothing, if thirdly. I had not. in op position to the whole State, adhered to the vote I had given aguinst the restriction on Missouri." In another le'fer of a precisely similar character with the former, he concludes thus,?"1 am a candidate for the next Con. i/ress?I believe there is no doubt of my election, but I have a warm opposition? mv vote on dte Missouri question will do me most injury." This is dated 3lst August, 1822. In a third letter of the 10th Sept. 1835, lie states?"The whole course of my Congressional career, and my conduct in every situation in which I have been placed, affords, I think, ample evidence' that I could give my sanction to no mcasue calculated to injure and oppress the section of the Union in which I was born and educa? ted?from the People of which my Family have so often received evidences of the* highest confidence, and where etdl reside many ofmyncurest and dearest connec. nons. The truth is, that in my political course, I have suffered severely for what has been called my Sou'liern feeling?, &e. In relation to the Tariff, ho gays?"that question must be considered settled." On the topic of Slavery, he adds?"My Speech at Viucemies on that ?ubj$Sjj?wu* not dc v'V . ' - >'j in livered for the purpo e~of publishing what my opioions were; those long since known, but to counteract the mischievous attempts of the Emuncipators." In a letter, as late as the 7th October 1838, ho says, in allusion to the late Presidential election?-u h was proved that I had always been tho warm and ardent supporter of 'he Southern Slates in relation to their Slnve property?that in opposition to air the other members of the Defegnlion from Ohio, as well as Indiana, I voted against the Missouri restriction, and for that act, lost my election to Congress. Twoyears after, I was amongst the first to come out it^a Speech at Viucennes against the Abolitionists. These facts are all known, and not the least ground has been given to indicate any change of opinion on my part, &c. , ' \ I am Sir, Very Reaped fully, BENJ. HARRISON. P. S. Please recollect the character of these letters?they are written in on easy. famil;art confidential style, and were surely never intended for publication, but on the inalevoleoce of his enemies, 1 rest my justification in giving them publicity. Sub-Tbeast;ey.?The following are the yeas and nays in the House on ord ring the Sub Treasury bill to its third reading: I Yeas.?Messrs. JU'ison Allen, Hush J. Anderson, Atnerton, Banks, Beaty/ B< irne^ Black, Bfackwell, Bovd, Brewster, Aaron -V. Brown, Albert G. Burke, Sumpson H. Butler,-William O. Builer, Bynum, Carr. Carroll, Chapman, Clifford, Coles, Colquitt, Connor, Mark A. Cooper, William R. Cooppr. Craig, Crary, Cross, Dana, Davee, John Davis, J. W. Davis,Dickerson, Doan, Doig, Dromgoole, Duncan. Earl, Eastman, Ely, Fine, Fletcher* Floyd, Fornance, Gilbraith, Gerry, Griffin, Hammond, Hand, Hawkins. Hill of N. C., Hiiicn f-iollemnn, Holmes, Hook, Hopkins, Hubbard, Jackson. jMmeson Joseph Johnson, CavC Johnson, Nathaniel Jones, John W Jones, i K?im, Rumble, Kille, Leadbelter, Leef-, Leonard, Lewis, Lowell, Luens, McCtriloh, McKay, Mallory, Marchand, Medill. Miller, Montanyn, Montgomery, Samuel W. Morris, Newhard, Parish, Parmenier, Parris, Paynter, Petnken, Pickins, Prentiss, Ramsey Reynolds, Rhetr, Rives, Robinson, Edward Rogors, Rvnll, Samuells, Shaw, She'p. nrd, Albert Smith, John Smith, Thomas Smith, Starkweather, Steenrod, Stroj>g, Sumter, Swoaringen, Sweney, Taylor, Francis Thorrtas, Pndlip, E. Thomas, J3. cob Thompson, Turn-y, Yanderpoel, I Vroom, David D. Wngjener, Watterson, j Weller, Jnred W. Williams, Henry Will' inms, and John T. H. Worthington?124. Nays,?Messrs. Adams, Alforti, J. W. Allen, Andrews, Baker, Barnard, Bell, Biddie, Bond, Botts. Briggs, Brockway, Qui. houn, John Campbell, William B. Campbell Carter C.isey, Chinn, Chittenden, Clark James Cooper, Crabb, Cranston, Crockett, Curtis. Cush ni?. Davies. Garret Davis. Daw son, Deherty, Donnis, belief, Edward* Evan^ Everett, Fillmore, James Garland, RiciP*Garlanrl, Gates, Gentry, Giduings, Gogggin, Goode, Graham, Groves, Green, Grinned, Habershnm, II til, W. S. Hastings, Hawes, Henry, Hill of Virginia, Hoflm?n, Hun', James, Jenifer, Chns. Johnston, William Cost Johnson, K"rnpsh;iil, King, Lnc. oln, Marvin, Mason, Mitchell, Monroe, Morgan, Calvnrv Morris, Nnlor, Nisbet, Ogle, Osborne, Palen Peck, Pope, Proffit, Randall, Randolph, R.iriden, Rayner, Ri'Jgway, Russell, Saltons all. Sergeant. Simonton, Slade, Truman Smith, Stanly, Stuart, Tali, afcrro, Waddy Thompson, TiHinghast. To. land, Triplotl. Trumbull, Underwood, Petei J. Wagner, Warren, Ed word b. White John White, Wrck, Thomas W, Williams Joseph L. Williams, and Chris'oplrer H Wiliiams?105. classification by states. States. . Yeas. Nays. Abscn Maine .6 2 ( New Hampshire 0 5 ( Vermont 2 .3 ( Massachusetts 2 0 ] Rhode Island 0 2 ( Connecticut 0 5. 1 New York 20 18. 5 New Jersey 5 1 ? ; Pennsylvania 17 li t I ?~v . i n i lAtiaware * . Maryland 6 3 . ( Virginia 13 5 J N. Carolina 7 5 1 S. Carolina . 7 . ~ 2 .( Georgia '3 6 C Alabama . 3 2 ( Mississippi 3 3 ( Louisiana 0 3 C Tennesee 0 7 C Keutucky 2 .9,5 Arkansas 1 0 ( Missouri 2 0 1 Illinois 1 2 ( Indiana 3 3 ( Ohio 3 3 5 Michigan 1 .0 ? 124 105 li The thirteen members absent or not vo. ting, were Messrs. Lawrence of Massachu setts, (resigned, if we mistake not-); Storn Connecticut, resigned; Anson Brown o New York, deceased: Granger of do. Wise and M'Carthy of Virginia ; R. M. T Hunter, Sp?*aker, of do.: Fisher of Nortl Carolina: Sherrod Williams and Simeer W. Anderson, of Kentucky; Howard, Var Buren candidute for Governor in Indiana *"*- ' o ? i _ i_ (Jorwin, Whig cnnaiuaie iot vjovernor it Ohio; John Hustings, of do. Of these gen, tlemen, not more thun four would have vote* for the bill, viz. Howurd, Hustings, Huntei nnd Fisher, it is not certain that all thus* would have gone for the bill. Hustings die in fact vote, but afterward got permission t< withdraw his name, as it.appeared he wui not strictly within the bur when the vote wu: t&ken. Mr. Hopkins of Va. elected as a Conscr varivo, voted.for the biH, as did Messrs Black, Colquet and Cooper, of Georgia, el acted as VVnigs. Mr. Casey of Illinois, wh< bus been usually claimed by both sides Mr. Wick of ludianu, who was coufidentl; i 0 i 1' II ''" II III |"W" I# claimed by the Van Buren men when elec. ted, nnd partly conceded by the Whigs : and" Mr. Campbell, of S. Carolina, whom _ claimed as a Whig, but who was gonerally set down for the Administration, voted against the bill. With these exceptions (if they l>e exceptions.) every member voted according to hi* political affiohiVs. Jour, of Commerce. A FACT. Not many years since, there lived in hi K city a virtuous nnd respectable mechanic, lie received an education such as persons in that station of life generally receive, and had tlie advantage of religious instructions from his parents. Ho hud married a young, and beautiftfl lady, to whom hewasardehdy attached, and with whom ho promised bimi so If a life of unalloyed hippineas* ( Time rolled on. He had been blessed with two children, and had, by indefatigable irufus'ryv amassed considerable wealth ; bu% unfortunately, he became acquainted with - some idle and profligate young men, and in an evil moment allowed himself to be led ' *' away from the p iths of virtue, and frequently accompanie-d them on their M sprees" and " pleasure excursions," as fhey termed them. Perhaps he lulh d himself into' a false jecurity, nnd indulged the delusive-' hope that, he could at nny lirne forsake tltefr company. But, alas ! slowly, though sore* Iy, lhe habit of injemperance grew upon him. 11 He acquired a fondn?ss for liquor, nnrf r<Jeoc*-?? tod to that of a more, stimulating nature, to gratify the morbid nppeiite produced by ^ excessive indulgence. Ho vis ted grogshops and taverns, and became in commeti parlance, a drunken sot." His mental ; and physical energies were piostrated, his* weal h was expended, his reputation ruined * and his family hnnoverisbed ood disgraced. f l% 1 ' U.. J L*.,n A.smo i-_ His leisure time, wihcii ??u u**-u ty devoted to the mental cultivation1 of hit children, and the profitable "society of^hit wife, was how spent in revelry and debuach- ^ cry. In vain did hi^ wife remind liirn of the respectable situation whi?-h he hud formerly occupied, and of the happiness which they had enjoy<^d.?In vain did she implore him . for hie o wn sake, for the sake of herselfand : her children, to forsake ids d ssolute Com* panious, and enjoy again that happiness ' which had ho long ceased to smile upon ( them. frequently promised Iter, that h%^. woukh not drink aivy more, and for some ' flawy they experienced the good result; hut so strong whh the temptation, and so weak was poor human nature, (hot.he relapsed into his bud habits; he r.\ 1T ' Child his phystiiim, And hugged the foul disease." By thistimnhe wa9 deeply inrolv?d iq. debt; and lir.d it not been -fur the money r which ffis wife earned by her needle-work, they must have experienced inexpressible ? suffixing. His landlord, to whom he was ? much in arrears, was urgent in htsdemsmis > for piymeuf, and finding these unavailing, ' he resolved to seize (he furniture. Bis ten. > ant begged him to grant a lit le longer in> diligence, avowing his willingness ?od in? tent ion to reform, to work industrious!/* > ul unnely, to pnj every bribing he o.weoT^ To this the landlord replied, that he had so frequently made such promises, and had invariably broken them, that he couM no long c'r piece confidence ?n him; but that if'he ' would pledge himself, unconditionally, 1o i m'gn the temperance pledge,bnthe first op' ponunity, he would noisiez", his furniture, and would gram hint whatever time > he might specify, in which to liquidate the drbt. He assented, and d/'d sign the pi? Jge? and fortunate for h m was the day on which r lie absolved himself from ulh'giance to that ? re mora less despot, that spreads desolation and ruin wherever he sways his sceptre; that has brought to a premature grave so & many men of the most transcendent talents? 44 Men that the roJ of empire might have ivayedi Or wuk'd to ecstacy the living lyre." Suffice it to say that he was a new man. fie abandoned vicious company, obtained employment, and worked assiduouslybut soon aff r determined to leuve the city, nnd go to some oher place, where he would not jabor under so many dsudvuntngos from ft bad reputation, (laving discharged hit debts, tic rented, on (he Eastern Shore, a ?. small farm, which he has since purchased, and on which he lives, though somewhat iidvftfMted in yeariu.io the fruition of as much i happiness as any. innm in bimilar circum? stances. ,[ J. C.N. J C33P.A7T AOAtfSttT. I fMlHE Trustees respectfully announce that the v JL duties of this Institution will be returned on the Ut of October next (he Male depart. ' ment under the superintendence o Ml. E, Hall, ) the Female under that of Mr. J. Sewers. The ) courso of instruction in the mete department, wi)l j be that required to enter the South Carolina Colr logs tho course in.the female department will ' be, to make thorough scholars. I The scholastic year will commonceon the Tit J of October and end the 1st July : the year is . again divided into two sessions : iho, flrst begins . 1st October and ends 15th February (lie second begins 16th February and end? 1st July. Terms of Tuition per Session are, For Spelling, Reading and Writing $12 00 i The above with Arithmetic, Engl.sit > .g ^ [ Grammar and Geography JV w , ? The above, with the Classics, higher 1. branches of Mathematics, Logic, > 20 CO Rhetoric, &c. . \ } Five dollars each will be added to-?ihe above j for Painting and Drawing, or the Modern Languages. _ '. . - .. All payments are in advanco; the pupil wiH ! bo required to pay for what remains of the ses) sion at the time fie or she enters, nor will deduction or drawback be made for lossuf time, j J. W. BLAKENEY, Scc'y & Treas. P. S. Mr. II. T. Chapman has taken charae ? p of the Boarding House, near tho Female Acade* VAnn? T ,/Jia. mnv obtain board st a WJTf w ',0' ? * wuiig juuui^O u??*j ? . J moderate price.' ^ > Sept. 20, 1839. 45 . . tf ? $tUO it eward. 5 FWlfJE Subscriber's Store was broken into on JL the night of the 1st July. Sundry articles . and money were stolen therefrom. Among other things, upwards of two hundred cent*, which may lead to the detection of the . theif. The above Reward will be paid for information,, and * proof sufficient to convict by law, tho theif or ; theives. - - ' ? CHARLES VANDERFORD. July 7, lSl'J. 34?2t x