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that a short period since the Assayorof j the New Orleans Mint gave notice that o ij^k this species of currency when sent for ? rccoinage, has been found to contain ti more 1 ha n t he standard of a llov. j t ' cheraw'gazettje. "" (i WEDNESDAY, NTovi:wn::R 2-1,1841. j': University ok North Carolina.? j' In this flourishing Instituion there are j v 167 students ; of whom 131 are from dif- { tferent counties of that State. 18 from , t Alabama, 7 from Virginia, 9 from Ton- ! nessee, one from South Carolina* and one j * from Georgia. The number of Profcs. " ' r ears is 7, and 2 tutors. ? - . . . I i There are three other incorporated cm. { leges in the state of North Carolina, one > at (treenshorough, in Guilfotd county,; t called the Caldwell Institute, and one s above Charlotte, called Davidson C? llcge 1 both supported and managed bv the 1 ^ Presbvterinhs; and one at Wake Forest, t i a few miles north of Raleigh, supported j and managed by the Raptists.' j , = The Camden Journal staios that Major . J. M. I)e6aassure, of that town, gathered, j (( the present season, three thousand bushels of corn from fifty two acres of land, being over 57 1-2 bushels per acre. The quali- s tv of land not stated. It was of course 1 i," j . river iqud. An article communicated to the Army t and Navy Chronicle states that "within i s a few years past, as many as twelve or fifteen officers of the Army, and it is he- j ' liAvtwl jtftina fr<?tn the Xavv. l&fc'e laid " $ aside themilifarv profession for the more , X* X j* i " ' , I peaceful, but n??t less arduous, volition [ of the Christian Ministry." A meeting of several of these ministers was held in New York on the COth October to devise .measures for the spiritual improvement } of tile Army and Navy, and appointed 14 a meeting to be held at the same piaee on?! y the 4th Thursday of June next. i r ' . 7 ? fs Pork is likelv to be unusually low the ' I i! present season. At Cleveland, Ohio, i ^find Lawrenceburg, Indiana, the market [ opened at $2 50 per hundred, and at j r Ciiarlestown Va. at Immense num. rc __ .L. 1 S hers ot nogs are sum 10 ue on mc roau from the West.. ' 1{ ft ' It isstateri that eight or ton members t of (he Massachusetts Legislature were j t Lchasoq by a m tjority of ono vote each, j j The Go vcrnor of that State was chosen v by the same majority two years ago. t PfWV. . , , ?i * >.: The Amtslatl Africans, since the tie- * cision oi the Supreme Court, in their * I faver have been under a course of instruc- j F I tion preparatory to a return home. They J I are now ahout to be sent home through 1 ft Sierra Leone, the IJriti.sh colony 011 the * Aft iron coast. Some of them have been ( Int that place, ami say they know the way * thence to their home. The expense of ? educating ami transporting them is borne 1 by private contributions. ^ The Journal of' Cothmerce, a Demo- | crntic paper, fcwnislies t!io following statistics of party votes at the last two elcc- s tiori6/several of tlie States : il ' * ' \ WhigWs in the above States, , 1,-onipared with,the Presidon- ? tin* election last November, 142A'i9 \ j N\tTOppowirion loss do do. 3G,406 1 s if I Excess of Whig loss over Oppo- * sit ion loss, 10G 023 | s \ Present Opposition majority, .'31 610 "f In the State of New York, judging i from the few official returns which have J f ^ reached us, the Opposition vote is about : * 1 S \ 10,1/UU l^s Uiitti at the rresiuentiai eicc- ? ?. t?on Just Noven^hor, and the Whip vote ; I \ 40*000 le-s. In other word*, the Whig | ( I vote has fallen off about SO,000 more I than the Opposition vote. . j ' j| j In Michigan, where last November ;J there was a Whip majority of 1,80."), there i i 1 *\ . . * L is now an Opposition majority of 4,000 I to 5,000. | " itX ^ lu ^ie ^00,02S Whig loss (over and I .. above the Opposition loss) m the above j \ eleven States, we add 30,000 in New c York and 6,000 in Michigan, we have a 1 n total, in thirteen states of 142,000? {l v\ Harrison's majority in the whole Union 1 f * last November was 147,391. } j c From these statistics, it seems plain fi 'hat the changes effected in the political ! F character ol so many state legislatures j 1 by the recent elections are to be ascribed f ' c\iejty to Whig voters, or at least persons 11 who voted the Harrison ticket last fall, I !J string away from the elections, while F the great body of tho Democratic voters c ittended. But whether such Whig voters 3 f|f tan l>e made to turn out much better, at a I s tyture election without another hard cider j * excitement is a question for the consid- { cnation ol politicians. Democrats think ' ? thty cannot, Whigs think they can.? v Tithe will shew, ., 1 . ; ?Z?.?: There is a rumor that the state of Mr. Ciay's health renders it necessary for him to 1 resign h s seat in the U. K Senate, and that r lie des;gns spending the winter in Cuba. The 1 rumor wants continuation,, and is probably I , untrue. * fe y * T. i J ^ . f Mr. Dawson of Georgia bus resigned bis ' seat in C?nrrc-?g, ' ? j Bkh i' - t ' k r. I v . > , ITon. W;t. C. Preston thinks serious!v > he if resigning his feat in the United S;atcs j ro Senate, beentiso tSoulh Carolina dislikes j. lis Whig-votes. Thus works the docrineof instruction; Whigs demur to it, s* 'et obey; while our opponents vehement- ^ y insist on it, vet rarely conform to it in j fr< iractice.?X. Y. Tribune... I pr We have observed the above, circulating [ n the papers as a rumor, for two or three veoks past, but did not notice it, believing ('' ind still hoping, it to be untrue. We ac rust that .Mr Preston entertains no such I jn hought.buton the contrary, that he will, Q(l >y holding his scat i:i the Senate, give to be'countrv the benefit of his weighty ex- ? impk; in .disconlenancing a theoretical p'1 'cHncmert, a mischevious i:i practice as st; t is at war with the? spirit of (-anstitu- p(1 ion. For t!io sake of principle, we oc ;!iou!d deplore, the resignation of Mr. Pros- 1 ^ on for the rxtwin assigned, and for the . sake f)f the S^nrt^ an ! the country, pro- ! I f I 4 oun<llv r^jirof it, f?>-niiv reason, l;owso- "" >vor ustifiah''*; r< r h's ret'"pnie"f would |ot)n V'* t! O Sx1 f" Cr<}*"'n of(':1 brightest In - . ' I ntol!ert3-.ve r.rz^4 arid. in 1 noblest spir- ' -t}j (s?that rv-s'vd ifslght on the d- lib- 1 r(] " itiors of that i'brstrious r.s*'rin'?Iv.? The rumor, vc hop*, cftnes from To fiend, but prig'onto I with some one 'whose wish wis IVIvr to tV thought." sh ' i<u!. Litd. fcr Were there no important principle at j' 1 take to prevent the resignation of Col. s< )res?on ai this time we have no dou ?t ; pr ha? it woufH lx* much more agreeable to ar iis feelings to retire from t!ie S mate Han ! ^ .*? . . , . . . i S< o remain in it unjcr existing circumlances. Hut there litis been f<?r roars a ' fra Ilia! ami alarming declension in our 10 ?* n >:?Jit;ca! institutions. There ha> been a a [rowing tendency to j. ass thro'uh u!;rr? w leinocracy to anarchy. We shaii at jire. ^j enf, however, advert to this tendency ^ >nlv at the point.where it bears upon;. " -lit he subject bef: re us. From the time ^ v en the prcsef.f constitution went into ^ >peration, selfish (ieinng'^ .ms, as well as a ('1 cw trm, but shortsighted and misguided rn >atriots, have been striving to break to lown that feature in the government rhich was designed to give it stability ( md fixed character hv rendering it, in 10 * O lome measure,independent of the frequent r'' Liiii evanescent changes to which popti- h; ar opinion is necessarily liable under the ; nfiucnce of free institutions. And tliev . 1,1 t!i lave, to no inconsiderable extent, sue ; . seeded in accomplishing their purpose, in everal of the states. The frit mors of tbo onstitution having learnt from experi. j at incc, under the Articles of Confederation, he <rreat evils of rendering the tenure of < t r* ) dace by the representatives of the states j n Congress, dependent upon the mere j ' . iSd vi!! of the state legislatures, provided in : he new cAQstltu^tlMt the repress;nta- j ivejiV^' the states should hold their places j ^ or the term of six years, and, that, inde- . * . . . b< icndenlly of any change of opinion' in he states or their legislatures in the mean , . j li imo. Hut it has now in some slates, . * . . <;l >ero:ncthc practice, in palpable violation ?f this important provision ofnthe constiUtion, to instruct senators out of their <( eats, or in other words, to recall thein, o< ust as often as the fluoliiations (if either f* oca I or general polities', or the short-lived w - i * * di ntr:guesofimprinldplcd clemagog'ies can ,j >a made to effort changes in thp party iharaeter of (he slate legislatures. And :n- m dances hav&occurredof instructions being *1 :iven hv tho legislature of (lie same stale ' ' . . >1 a character chnfjiefriVaHy opposed to vv >nrh of her. nt intervals of not more than a is / ' *" " . nbgte year and of Senators being mealed,- ri vdth commissions'fd. six rears. whfo had rf . " ." r si icrvecl o-n' v a single sriisioiai Tlicgeiterif adoption of such practice would bo an r| jfuictual change of the constitution on S his point. and would he carrying ,t!:e Ci jountry haoJc, not openly and fairly, hut n* stealth, to a provision in the Articles of Jj. Jonfederakonwhirh past cv>erience had .7 rroved to work so \orv hacfly that no ,0 udicioui' statesman thought fcf retaining & ' sr f/1 . . W Whv do not those who wish to limit i ,v ie term of senatorial service, bv ihe mere ! t; rhanger.blc will of the sfate legislatures, Ci roiue to the point openly and boldly, like "air and inmost men. bv proposing an ^ imendment of the constitution to that ef- n "ect? Evidently because they knew t! c h? leltbemte opinion of the public would be ni gainst them, and that they could not irocure the adoption of such an amend- -jj nent. No Suite in the Union would vote ' M or it. What tliev cannot do directlv,' ci, ? i- V 1 hey therefore, attempt to do indirectly, i v iv occasional insidious antf passionate a;>- !. icals to party prejudice ; and by sophisti.! nl misrepresentations of the doctrine that i i representative is responsible to his con-! :tituents. it is true that the reprcseiita- m f r ive is responsible to his constituents; but i h?s responsibility is defined and controlled j i jt; ?v the constitution and laws of the land, ' , i vliich govern the constituent as well as {; lie representative. '< | tli The present is the first time, so far as j he ,ve recollect, that an attempt iin.s ])cen I 1,1 ' I. nade in South Carolina to subvert this n' , I JSC in porta nt tearurc in our constitution : and ... cr he honorable lot of resisting the attempt ] p( ins fallen upon Col. Preston.. Aithough ()j or the rnar.lv a.id faithful discharge of ti lis duty much \ indent a huso lias been of " * . " * 1 / - "V ' 'I zs. 'mi' - Ao jBaalUL1*."-* * *' ; *$? ? 3km, -x? Jut; " & :aped upon him by violent partisans, to spcct anil courtesy with which he ha :en treated by the great bodv of hiscor itucnts arc honorable both, to him an em. However myeh the state differ :>m him, or he from the state, on soir. eminent and exciting questions of nn ?rial .politics. s!;p stiil knows and appro ates his spkfttdid talents, his noble char ter and his anient devotion to her feforests. On'the question before us sh [reus with him, and she cannot but stan ' him in his support of her own princi es. Smith Carolina is not a faction ite. She may sometimes, on som lints, mistake the true meaning of-;th iisiilutioji; but whatever she undci # incis i<? bo principles of the constitulior eso she never sacrifices fo considers >e-{ of mere temporary expediency.cr course towards ( VI. Preston is an i drat ion of this, arc! we cannot douf at !ier further course towards hiin wi inlinue to be an illustration of it. A tempts hitherto made to get up an o: nsive excitement againt him have rno: ;naKy failed ; and such a (temp's mu mini tie to fail so fong as she and Co eston snail continue to be their nu l1 Ives, if we may he allowed si fifth an e: ession. In connection iiii this subje< id in illustration of the cltaracter < >uth Caroiinna wc mention the fact tin r. Calhoun was xtnanhnoasJ'j re-elect* the II. States Senate last winter; to vote was cast against him. We dim! nether 'a similar instance, in time < gh party excitement, can he found in tl story of any other state in the IJnioi shews the confiding attachment < outh Carolintons to their faithful ar stinguislied public servants, howevi uch they may differ from them on pari pics. The Hon. John VY\ Taylor of N. Yor rmerly Speaker of tlie U. S. House of Re si-ntatives has had an attack of palsy, ai s recovery is doubtful. The Macon (Ga.) Telegraph states th e lion. Dixon 11. Lewis, of Alabama, di< tely near Mobile, of congestive fever. The venerable Bishop Moore of Va. di< Lynchburg on the 11th inst. DEFENCE OF PRESIDENT TYLER. The following is an extract from teech on national politics, in the Tenm e House of Representatives, by a M ow, from Maurv county. We doul bother any' more superlatively unai verable defence of the President cn 3 found among the countless speed* id letters and essays and. reports wliic ave crowded the columns of our Demi ratic cotempornrics within the last thrc four months. " Sir, i would have gentlemen of tt miinant party to understand that Den :rats are not to he deterred from the di ;nce of John Tyler, if thf-v think ht orthy of support. lie was not our cai idate, but theirs. But, Sir, he is a r.j ve of the Old Dominion, the land < V?m Jefferson, of Jlfadi&rrr). of the in inrta! Wnshiq^t on?the land or Yros nts, and lUe blrlh place of the fathe f Democrats. Mr. Speaker, when wak of the father of his country, I do rth feeling emotions of my soul. Ala there any gentleman present who doi ot chill up at In p. mention of his name* ' he were shhvring dmong the clcrn wus of South Americh! But. sir? innot dwell here.' I repent that J oil yler dqtstojideji from a pure Ptock^ve ?r, from the iwf)U: battd of PiigriinDa; "s who landed before piy day, or yoi iv, on the Plymouth Rock, in Old Vi inia. And there, Mr. Speaker, to Hi iv that Old Flock rears its proud fror ? nnc of the glorious monuments of ii ]'d Dominion." After Mr. Dew had concluded h >eceh, another gentleman arose, ar nerved that ho would like to hear a lilt tore from the gentleman who had jn ikon his seat relative to the geograph ll location of M)id Plymouth Rock." Mr. Dew replied, "that Rock is whei a-i nof I never, have been, and that iliicjent; and if it is not, Sifc<J repe; is in (.he Old Dominion. cammonly ca d the State of Virginia." (Serenn id yells.)?Lex. (Jaz. The following report of a case of i< elment for murder involving some.leg o ~ /nits as to the marriage relation i ives, we eopv from the Favottevil t - t0 j th Carolinian. STATE > I '* ' i:\vRFf \ Slave, y 'i tie Prisoner was indicted (or tl order of Nero, a Slave. During f! !* ! the Solicitor, calif'.! 'IVnnh :i S.:t\ ; a Witness for the Suite. Sue was <?! eted to hv ^.tho Prisoner's Counsel Ix luse she was the wife of the prisone i support of the objection, it was prove at 1839 about a year before the alleg* Miiickle, the prisoner and Tenah wot arried bv one Poyson, the owner of T< in, by rending to them the fuarria^ rviee according to the Protestant "pi: -.pal form in the presence of witnesse; n'son was not a Magistrate or a Ministi the Gospel?he swore that he pcrforn i the marriage ceremony at the reque: ' the prisoner and Tcnali who was on \ Aw J.1. IJLI.X-.jffji ' ! t'twia.At;53- ... rrrrr ??Tr-7"? : 1? .. & eT ofnis' !.otisrt servants, that among rmgro.?? a rtiarriae|6 c:('lcl>r:i;ctl in this wav was | deemed and considered formal and crea , i ted a relation very different from thai f botHtfdn -negroes mere I v taking up will 'S ' t * * ' each otnrr and living in a state of con. e ch hi nave without any formal ami note > -.rtous celebration of the marriage?ia also swore that since the marring .. they had lived together as man and wife. t J The court upon the authority of the | case Of the State vs. Sainuel 2 Dev. nnt e Tint. 177, held that the marriage was no ^ ; valid for the purpose of excluding the tos i- tiniony of the wife against the bushnnd is and she was examined hy the Slate. c f The proof was, that the prisoner npbr e 1 entering his wife's room a little hofen day, on a certain morning, found tfu deceased in bod with her, chased him on *' of the room and cut of the lot, and killer l* him a Mow with the eye of an nxc - which ho huooencd to lay hands o:i in ? # |. 'the pursuit?no jealousy or ill will exi.s 1 ted between .them before tliat time?tin U i blow was in the side?there was no ex j tempi appearance of a hriifse, or a woun; " !>:!t a WcVnd vessel in the spleen was rup cur*^ } In behalf of the prisoner it wa st i contended that the marriage was valid : for the pjtfupse of mitigating the killing i. j to nuiri*1aug!iti r. sj } ():? tfie pari of the State, it was con i tended that a marriage could not exis ; between slaves, va'lid, tor any purpose. ! 'I'lie Court was of opinion, that tin c^ marriugu proicn in this case, allhougi ,l* not valid for the purpose of excluding th id | lestimonvv>f the wife, was valid for th it i purpose of mitigating the killing toman )t 1 slaughter. The Court said, that oHence r \ hv slaves, unless provided for hv statulu? fj| 1 " were governed by the principles of th L common law. If a slave strikes nnothei f1, and the blow is returned,, even with of deadly weapon,so violently, as to take lit id the killing is mitigated to rnanslatighb'i L?r by the humane prineiplesof the c?niTiio (v law* according to which, from a propo regard to the frailitv of human naturr the killing is presumed to be the effect < If, i sudden passion, and not of malice nfori p. | thought or wickedness of heart. Th )d same principle was applicable to the prr scut case. No one would for an ihstar sucrose that the passion caused byune.x pectedlv finding a man in bed with one' ?d wife, would he less violent, or less like! to transport beyond the control of reasor , than the infliction of a alow. The resu p(] trien should hethG same. If, as is settle a b/otc from a slave will produce the ufi ror brcvis," much more will an injury r a this kind prove in this case. e. But it may he said, this indulgene among white men, is only extended t r husbands, and does not reach the case f r ifljmali.wht)finds a mistress vvifh whor ^ lwrha?rviivxnt as rrtrfdbrkf wife for year Ln unfaithful; the indulgence isconfinedU ss cases of man and wife, where the mar :h riage has been strictly according to law D. In the case, supposed, of a white ma ' living with a woman without a legal mat JC # " ^ riagp, although the effect might he in pre duce passion and fury, vet the relation i ,e unlawful, and is an indictable bffence 1* and themolicy of the law forbids that thi 3m i i ^ relation should lie encouraged by allow ^ ing this indulgence. The party is nc ^ heard to' afledge "his otvn unlaw fid cor] 0j- juection, in judigation of the net of killing I,. But theicafceofa slavo hr altogether dil ferent: the connection he for pis, so fa rs from bwng unlawful, is consistent wit I tht*".interest of his owr\of and the good r it society, and is at Ipast tolerated, by law si tli collection is formed with all the for mality within the reach of the parties 1S they hdftrthe ceremony read from a boo ?l hy a > w.l?iif man, ar.ij it is considers binding, [fa negro luialmnd, from th inhrmitv ot his nature; yielri to tiic imlu enc.o of jlassion, and takes life whe jr 1 transported bc.ond the coptndof reason he^canriot he told that the policy of th j law forbids surli connections bet woe: j slaves: nor can h(THfeWd the proyocatio \c ; was>iot sufficient, without adopting th j absurd position, that .passion, under sue is circumstances, is not the offspring o id i natural impulse above reason and for th le moment beyond the control of law, bu st 1 depends merely upon the fact of beih 4", married by iv minister ot the gospel o it justice of the peace, according to th Fe form of law in such cases made and pre ,s vided.' , flX p The Court further, said, that th is dc ,s j eision could not be considered as comin j with in conflict the case of the State v.,1 Samuel or with the reasoning of the Com i ^ i- j'in delivering the opinion in that enseal for this dislielion "was obvious. Th ()f; exclusion of the testimony of the \v?f ? and the punishment for bigamv was iC 1 r j toori) rn If? fil tr ?. 1 /v?f<wl f/\ r? nn/itir'i <r 1 III* I U IVHV "i ?.'?'? I\*t IUIU|H\.U Wl I IIUIMIMI and protect marriage and might well h contincd to marriages celebrated with a duo solemnity, tuose being the only mai ringes, which it was necessary so (o cr courage and protect. I?ut the^vule b 10 which the ofFcnce of killing an adullcrt ,e taken in the act is mitigated to mar slaughter is not a mere creation ofpnlici Ixi.t grows out of the very nature of thing r* . and tlie indulgence extended to huma 1 O :n frailitv and human passion will he dc manded and must .he extended under sue 0 circumstances until the nature of urn is changed." >0 The Court further instructed the Jin * that it was not necessary, to make out th S" mitigation that the index should su'i.s: 11* ** (hem, ttiat the deceased av^s taken hv th 1* prisoner ''flagrantedelicto," it was sutf v cient if the Jurv were satisfied that th * " ' ' J* - "Aft r-. "X 'wr.gf.tyi'";"?1 rr,^v.. O,.'-c.*T .- ..? ^prisoner unexpectedly fotrttd the deceased j under such circumstances as would in. duce any ordinary man to entertain n ! Ai [ well founded belief that the act of adtiltrv ' i had just *huen,' was being, or was just ? ? . about to be cbmrttttfcd, arid-killed in the j 'h ! rroment % passion, it was nut to he ox- j ; pectod thnj when a man a little before dny jja finds another in bed with his wife and be Oc makes out or the room without staving to ^ ! answer "who he was" the husband would } ^ I stop to inquire into the precise state of rf ' facts. The Jury were therefore directed **c to find a verdict of manslaughter which _ , i they accordingly did. ' [jj I Upon being brought up for Rentenre ?! the prisoner prayed his benefit of Clergy, J* ; i to which being entitled by Law rt was j j i allowed him and be was accordingly sen- La I j tenced to be branded or> the braw n of the J*? I left thumb with the letter M. and then i jJ ,' upon the payment of costs his discharge ; M i I was ordered. j ? As usual on such occasions the Court j 3 [House was crowded with persons curb ! w *; ous to witness the execution of the sea. II lance. S INDIAN MURDKKS. J , Jlinfrjl Springs, (11 a.): ) i (,'t Ot 1J.I1 i 1 . '.I vti. mi. J | j ; To the T.Jitor cf Uie ''Nnv.";" . 1 ! Sir:?1 here hasten to give you an ac- j j i count of recent murders commuted by ia j your savage'foes, on the family of one of ^ j our most respectable citizens. On Sun- ? c ! day night, (17ta inst.) between the hours 1 ' of 7 and 8 o'clock, the house of Mr. R l> j George Overs!rect, distant 10 miles from r ; this place, and on the West bank of the ' i- j Suwannee river, in Hamilton county, j si was fired on by a party of Indians, sup! posed to dumber about fifteen. Two of r Mr. G. Oyer*treel's children were killed, l . , "T r and his wife and two children wounded. * Two of Mr. Silas Over.strcet's children i ?r 0 were in the hopse at tiie tii.ne, hut es- I4 r cupcd unhurt. h>r. Itaglin, w ho was also ! J in t!ie hou>e at the same time, is mortal- l! II ' s ly wounded, having received three halls j ir 1 in his body. He immediately lied from jC the house, but from the loss of blood, was j si *' j u.'table to proceed more than three hun- :ll] | dred yards, where he secreted himself un- ; j til morning. Mr. Ov^rstreet, his IndV, '- ] and two wounded children fled, and made A it | good their escape. Mrs. O. and her two children who are woundctl, were .shot _ . ' f * - ^jwitli arrows. This is most, conclusive . v I proof that the ammunition of (he Indians * ^ : must ne nearly exhausted. The Indians j ;ir |( | plundered the home and then applied the j c< fj torch, burning it to the ground, with the f lifeless bodies of Mr. O.'s two children in j. it. Mr. 0. who was well situated in life, and who had everything comfortable - around him, is now with Ids wounded ! J 0 wife and two children, thrown upon the Si n world with scarcely a change of clothes, p ' L MISSISSIPPI ELECTION. >\ We have positive, returns from fifteen j counties and reports from eleven offices, J q ? and we must confess that they are not | \i very encouraging. If North Mississippi j ?c ' iias not done better, we are badly beaten. I n So says the Vicksburg Whig, and add# I !j' that in all probability the whole I co f?>co , >- ticket will be elected. The vote in the! a s counties above alluded to, stands for Slpat- j rtl ; tuck, Jwhig,) 7,397, apd for Tucker, (lp- [J $ ('oToco,) o dd I. It appears from [he returns received fyr Congress, that Adam L. at ^ Ringainhn is running ahtad of the vyh'g ticket. So far the whig bond payer* have elected'49, fod antrbonder* ten j ? roprystmlktiVes to Uiq it!g^sJntJ^re., H !; ' -Vo.Bfc, J . ' . - f? ? . . BUJLDiNO IN PHILADELPHIA. >1* During the year, ending Nov. 7, not N ? less than 440 buildings have been erected; B t. in the city of Philadelphia. This is ex- j ? ; clusivp of permits for, re-modelling and 'c i. ?ponirn. In the'oihor districts tWioining | W T"" 1 r ^ ^ cj (he city prater, the proportion is equally 4 ,ar?(?- 1 . w4 .fHH LK^TSL VTFR1T OF A14HA**' * n Assembled on the laf inst. Nnthaniel p Tcrrv of Limestone county, was elected p (> President of the Senate, and David Mooro ] T ! of Madison county, Speaker of the House, , ai ^ without opposition. e 1 a secret kept rv a wo3i\x.: [, .An old lady in New Orleans buried a p Imx with about que hur\dred dollars worth" i ] , of <rold coins and jewelry in it, some ' i ( " t 11 j thirty or forty years ago, and kept (he j j1 fact secret until the day of her death, last jf' r; summer. ' . ' . < r '' *, . - a o | GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS. Q; ! During the last seventeen years, Geo. | logical Surveys have Iteon-commenced in j I nineteen of the Strifes anil two. Territo- [ 'r j rios of the Union. This embraces an area K | of nearly 700.000 s-^iare miles. During | **'! the last four years tlypiioneral or State | 1 Governments have^iaipToved 25 principal, * ? ' geologists, apd forfv assistants. > e ' * " . ? ?;kw whic, papkr. 4 i( Messrs. John H.-" Pleasants, Edward a '.V. Johnson, and John Woodson, will, as ejoint^ Editors, commence llm publication J |'r (' of a Whig paper at Washington, on the ' \ r> i i e * ? o I' 1st Monday in December. The paper L f- will bo styled the "'Tndejteridcnt." | Jj v" The TvpntVrckv papers state that pork"! P " is plentv in that State,.and is o.Tered at il! T I ' > . ! a from -hi to 2 50 ots. Paeon is sold in T. Louisville at 2 1-2 for shouUfers, 3 1-2 t, 'j for middlings, and 5 cents for hams.? Jf s Thousands of hogs tire on li;eir*wav to ! ? n eastern markets. Pork ha?? been offered i .j - l?v drovers at 3 dollars and 75 cts. in ! y h Lvnchlmrg. * To " ' 'I j The Library oTIarvard University i* the ' c in The United Slates, it contaios j I y f 57,012 volumes. ; 1 f * i X c I ? ? j ? v i he lii?ard yf Manages of the Chester field t 0 Bode Society t.re requested .to meet.# Jhe of. r j* ficev-f Mefsrs. Bobbins & McIvlr, on Thurs-' o (la* n?.vu?l 3 p. M. * j1 T-TETi J J - ^ - JJ ?- . j CHEit.YVV PRICE CURRENT. jlf ? NovtMer 231841. S tTICT.BJ. FCK | $ C. J $ efin marf<nt, lb 0 3 9 ^ lion from yrngon*, lb 8 a 19 ; JM by retail, lb 10 a 111 f/J? Uicr, lb t 420 jgH k?wit.x lb 22 k. 21 ^9R| feffiijfijf yj'd 25 a 80' -JE -**3 do Rope ; 4b 10 a 12f i ? >flce a lb.- l^ra/fl' 15* (ttow, . ib 8 a ?r m >rnf bunli 30 a ^ our. Country, '?rI o{ i 6 ft latbers ffci Wag? none lb 4U a ' 40' !? ddcr, 1H0II.S 75 a 1W ?8 ..-s. window 8x 1(1, . 5uft 3 25 a 3 ^37$ 10* 12, 50ft 3 50 a 3 75 JM ties, prfteo l6 ^5 a in ^ lOOlbs' 5 50 a 0 SO A r? ' 3 <figo 10 A. * . m ijm ^Kfl me cask 4 > V<4.?f ir<i Hc:imo Jb 11 a W' tathcr.nule lb 22 ''' *8 . tad, bur ib It igwood * lb Jtt ?r IS MBK olaasti* N. O, gai 40 ? 5? aB , gal 3 5 a 37 eg T ic river is navigable fur pole botfi M itii light loads. f?jjS FA VKTTKVILLH MARK KT. ? ^ \Nnv. 20/JU V Raton, 7$ a 8; Bile Roofe&a 10; Cdtmt * ~ iru, Ifi 20; c.iiiVe. M ^ rCo ton. Sa&f; , *9] . r in Raorg ng. 20 a 25; 4$ a tO; Flbur, i fit; Iro". bor, 5 a 5?; Le: I, bar. 7 a 8} Lime* a 2}j fyrd7 a 8; MolaNrt,|f a SO; Ofct*. a 30; Sail, jwr buata l, 60 9 70. Sack,-$1 90 <'$g 2|; Sugar, bmwri, a 00 11, lump, i?v* J I, loif. Id a 00 20; fallow, 10 a 11; WtmL I a 1 10. tj'VVe arc atilho-ue i to announce Mr. Johjc . Du:*m.D80N, a* aca.idtdatf for Cicrlr of tne * J aurt for Marlborough District. * 1 SOUTH CAftOUffA, ( hcsterjifM Distfid, Pv Tcrxf.r CitrAN, Esq. Otdmatj^ 5./R7'IIEKEASJ. Martin B. Arant mad* m 1 ? V to mo to grant hun Lctiorsof Admin*. ' *? 3 at do of the Petite and MfccU which were 4f ut*-r A rant son. with tl???igfMRand, < ? _ '| These are to cite and aduioi >i?h all and ?hg?- M le kin ir.d am! < r ditowoftUa *tjd Polcr A#ant en. dece.scfl, 'hat they be and aoj) ar i tne Court of Ordinary. to Ik he d at Chesrrt l I Co irt H?>'?*e on fhe-Slfe, Decs. next, 10 \ lew caufc, if any they have, why tiw wid Adiii:i>trJLon nUonM not be gtmhtqd* < 'ivou under my hand andwwt, tliia 22rtd d?jr Nov in the vear v?four Lord onetfioufiind eight nwlred and tort\ o e and in ihbSS'b, year of mcrican Independence. 1. BUYAN, O. C. D. v| No?. 24. * 2 ., ; , >*.. . i. Fl KiU itJBE) FO& BASAL 3 of .this article. rpudeof-th' be?. nitciia ?, ><f joo.; wo k ii'tnphip, ca . be scejfnt ttM 'fU* ?Wi. g iin?i Forwardurg StujnrniT?V | *? I FLL1XL0H%> J Nov. 23 !S;I. 2 if IiTJ_?_ _ . 1>. ;onNtrita. 7 HA$ just received by tha lighter* 4f >lm * Steamer Gscola, St. Grow ?od FortifitM* BJe rop i ink 4<l Inch Iteuw Buggicu.v i'> ii.kI Lajruira Cod'&. Cheese. 6 0 lbs 8<>W atlicr and sonic Upper Leather, ten lie*"'' and entlf-rnou's C' ales. Dress rnd Frock Coots, l..t Cloth ind mixeil t'Wb V*k Coats,Swttfc m Coiujcd, Hunting. Flushii^ *nd RIs.Vh oats of jr iriouftCfdprs, l'anulVBM. aod 2 iJozen VVoid* llaW, * VurwIjK.ol > sic very fine. I The ahpvo with J? stock of PryOfittf^Vrockl y nnd Groceries recairwdii few wctks itnh* ' >>'. ie assortment riea ly complete. In aft'W dijf fresh stock of Roots and Shot* b 'SXppCtOth d 2dezon p.jir ?f Gentlemen** Boots, a Ybri n art Ho. All o* which wIR he off****** ..$& sh at lew prices tanih the tbrtes. Hobta and imps will be made to order f?f caah. * * - ,t N. B.- A I persona indebted j|o D. v carnist.lv requested to make payment at ear^ as pntMhk^ _ ^ ' ' Subscriber ha* on hand ?iifty ; E. 0IMorchantlin not not. in lti? tipaof^ n as" ai,d which ho has n<? >00111 in his tJbft >r. nllstte' goods willbe'wtfl veryehPap. jgg They eo diet ot the fuliuwiog nrticiet, tfeK ogro Clmhs (a good ar'icl*) ?(?%* I;inkefOvercoats. Uaffil Blankets, BaJa |Uo4.* _j t ,n^ Tariff*. Jfiruattif i r'tlBi Aim 1? v|tawTwi<*np<i- - f___^__1 l ir*. P?k* .md Ovuufc, fron and Stet-lf fffcrtJwarN' **' G. H. MJtfLA* w.gmlyrjn, I34I. .. . U, .?f; : DEST1STB*. Sl? ? J3T# 3 now in Clieraw, anil can be found at tn#' btn:era' Hotel-^He-'will vsiit the nH/hWbVjT* ' Wiw. i'. reons in the country *ii) p* vfe.Hfov t their residence* without* additional charge, ii < heir s-igniiying their wi=h Uiruligb the F*?*f ' >ftce in Ch?raw. NovMtnber 17 th, 1^11. 1 ""5XEB OF JO TEGBOES. SMY Permission of the Ordinary of Darling* ton District. " wjH be told at th* Court louse ofsaid District, on the first Monday in inuary n.jxt, Wiy n??;T'?a more or lean, be.- ? nging to ihe estate of E- R. Mclver. j i'nn iihons?One halfCeah. Thebalanceih?> - ] crn-'it ot twelve months, with mteiwt'frani tha^ i iy of H.tl;; Purchasers to give not 8 with two" [tprovcv s curitie*. JOHiV K. Arfm* V- 4 ' e^'&, hvmcbveig / % Society Hill, Nov. 12, 1641. V. .^.3 1 I I ' : -t; |~ "sheriff sales. r>,N Writ* ol Kwri Facias will be ?o! f heffifii i ? th?? CourtHouse door 011 the find Monday ^ :.d Hay following in December next withiu the' _ ?g&l li<ur*the b?l owing property. * it*. , mm Ail o.1 Jt-ssa Jordaun intcruet ta 4 tract of ^m' nd u l.ei^on (ie render! at the time of hi* deilh,'/ eutauiti g one liiindr thand thirty* seton ncrca lore or less hounded south by Deep Cffceky forth by lands formerly owned hy Rut. John Mussey, West by Isauc Tinfaioahi land and best bv fund? be.o.rging to the Eat. Hardy . Ilrrs: t Also one otlier tract, Ir vied on a?the' roporty of Jesse Jordan Iate^>f Chesterfield Jfuu i: i, containing one hundred' arm severity Your ci ? s more or less whereoa Thomas Sutler* now ?s d.:s, bounded South bv the above described act. West by Isaac Tirntnona'a land and East v hndr^b longing to the K?t. Hardy Sellers, fcrengo Being had to ptutA now in the Ordinary. * tffice wilt more fdty appear, ?t the suit ?f . u-rncr Bryan Oroinar/ C D. Tor fiat Peter lay vs. Roln Sellers and Win. Sclera VduunV fJeese Jordan Dec'd. One negro man. (lolin, IcTied'on a* the temfc* yjf . rty ot RanaM McDonald at tTib'rtlt' of W44tl ,'nrvvford vs. Ranald Ale Donald and. D. MM p Jaciiern and A. Blue bearer et.alva,. -A .Ic Donald. 4 Terms? Ca>h?purchasers to pajFlbf leccssary papers. . ISO. EVANS, 8. C. Ot Cli<-Ktorfiel.i C, ll. > i. h'r;:, I ?: :? Nor. IS. } J ' tuT i ; ' W??