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4 counts of n)t postmasters, will more of-1 \ fectuallv guard the Department from los-, c scs by defaulting postmasters. f -.The reduction of postage upon letters t is a subject which has engaged the pub. Ire attention for years, and is one of great c interest to the whole community. | i it is contended by many, whose opin. j ? ions are entitled to respectful considcra. j t (ion, that the reduction of postage would t give an increase of revenue. Without a undertaking to discuss tins question at r , present, I am not prepared, from the pre- ' i acnt financial condition of the Dejiart- j r - n . t_ _ i / ment, to recommend a reduction 01 me , v rate* of postage, as now figed by law, but j c invite a modification of tbegi so far as to r make them conform more generally to the i r smaller coin of the Uuited Urates, and j t solicit a revision of the law* regulating , t the postage on newspapers. I dw not de- j si aire that the rates of postage on newapa- i per* pro|?er should be igcreawd. though r much might he saved to the IJepartinent ( if the principle of pre postage w as applied . j to newspapers, provided such regulation h was deemed acceptable to public opinion. I must, however, earnestly invite your j attention and hojie you wiH call that of -' iNingress, to the ueceasitv of the enact- j ^ tflHtt of some lhw: by w'nich a ju*t dis- , crimination may be nude in the irnposi. tion of postage on newspapers proper and " those maiMUioii) periodicals whicli assume j ft Hi *hn:>e and iuui*> of newspapers, but which are. in fact, the republication of ;1 books, reviews, and novels, sent through j the post office, not always to subscribers. ; 1 but in large masses lo agents, to vend in ! ^ , , . , If tin- markets of the more du?:ant cities, 1 towns and villages, whicri greatly in- 1 k ? rrase the size and weight of tile mails ^ and the expense of transportation, with. | j oui a corresponding remuneration to the < Pejuiiiment. The great iiuniher of tiiese | large p ;ble atious which have been sent 1 I bv the mail from Kaltmiore to Wheeling i lias mainly conlrihuted to the frequent I 1 f: regularities of the Western mails for!" tio f >r>t Tilli v 1^ '?C 11*1 IIIUIMIM, i ........ | ro<ptire whether it i* just that the United j . B.atea mail shall Ins coinpelled to trans. | p?rt one o tlius? pa (Mrs, weighing nearly j ^ n pound, tor a rent and a half, froin Bos. | * Ion or New York to Louisville. Ky., to a ' Uefcrw. to sell tor the benefit of the pub. Usher, while the letter of friendship or of business is taxed with twenty.five cents postage between the same points. {The re|N?rt next triors to private ex. j preasex for the traiMmi<?ion of letters and i j pipers and recommends their prohibition, j Urc*M*e they diminish the revenue of the j ' o/fioe, and the constitution delegates to ' Pniljtni'M the exclusive power of carrying ^ muk T 'he \toiit of transportation du- j ring the year is stated as follows: The j United States mail was transported on * .I.,...-.- -i 0Aft A \l\ ....lau i r*lir *Hi? ?nu III'HIil I ^ ifnivj j ''lit YW.? c.cHtof fcr>8.r> 843; on horse and in , ' vrtflkeys 12.08s,8ft*2 miles, at a cost of ^ $781,807 ; in stages and coaches 18 9ft I., j ^ 213 mdos. at tin: cost of $1791.(135; { making a total aggregate of minimi transportailoo of 34 99ft.525 miles. at tin*. rHtr J at ?;<hi oJ'$3.i59.375.J i j The itct of le38 declares that "each j railroad within the limits of tin; United 1 States which now is or may here. : t after lie computed shall he a post road | ( arid ill that law, ami the act of 1839, . .provisions limiting the amount heyowl i , which the Postmaster (iener.d is jirohih- \ ^ iled trmn paving for the transportation j( <4* the mail on runways will he found. Croat cmkirrassments to the Depart- t liienl navearisen in the making of con. i tiacts lor the iraiis|K?rtation of the mail t with many of the railroad companies, 1 ! under the laws mm in force. These cuu > htrr.iasmcnts arise inanity from two cull. , t *r?; the one, tnal the price which the I f J)rpar!iiieiil is cnahicd to pay, whether ; I in reference to its means or the maximnm , i hied hi tiie legislation of Congress, has , '~ 1 ? -I - -I lv?? ? #????* /\| I tl/l / went iirciucu ui.?ue?|u<tu- uv iikum in uu * principal companies. Tim other arises ; honi an unwillingness on Hit' part of some J? oj tlio companies to run l?v a schedule I ^ |re*cril?ed by tlie l)c|airi incut; preferringtoruu at mjcIi times as will best suit , f -Ihe travel ?i|???u the road ; regarding, as i * it in natural fur litem to du, tin: carrying : ^ of tlie mail as secondary to the transpor- 1; Ution of paxo.rog? rs. The latter evil has > la-en particularly fell ill toe great South- I I Ctt mail, mi its transit from Washington ; ( _ jBily to New York. The mail going , south from New York is necessarily i thrown ii|?on the Philadelphia and Halt*. ] more railroad in the night, between Piul- j' ndeiphiu mid IJallim??rc ; and the South- ( rrn mail lor New York is compelled to !, lie over twelve hours in Baltimore, unless ' the Philadelphia company can he induced '1 to run that inn also in the night. Tins ,, I V they have declined doing unless the i)c- ;1 parlineut would ^.iy them a cotupciisa- | \ tmn greater tlian is authorized by the ! ' laws of Congress. linder h hope that some arrangement !, *;ould lie mad*?1?? lust during the session j; t'ui gress, it no longer?I addressed to 11 jf Ilie Presidents of the Railroad Compa. !1 nics concerned in the transportation of j j the mail between the eitv of Washing. , O ! j ton and New York, a letter, a copy of 1 which, and the report of the first Assistant J Postmaster Cenoral upon tins subject, tire j herewith ?nm xed. 1 An anxious Jisire to effect some per- 1 luaneiil arrangemint with Inn railroad ?1 companies tor (In; transportation of the mail, upon a iiasis winch shall h< both just and uniform, considering lue naiure ; the service performed by each, induced j inc to invite a meeting oi the Presidents J ol the different companies, in the city of Wash.ngton, on the 1st of January next,! and ( am gratified at the prompt manner i ? in which all who have been heard from 4 lave consented to attend, and a hope is j? iherished that some arrangement, satis- ;1 actory to nil parties and beneficial to 11 he public, may yet he effected. 11 The improved mode of intcrcommuni- j I :ation by railroad and steam, operating J inder chartered rights granted by tho 1 j Slates, and over which it is not pretended j hat the General Government, much less v he Post Office Department, can exercise ^ 1' mv control, imposes upon Congress, in ' ljy opinion, new duties and obligations, j f vhich can only he caneedlyd by the adiption of some measure whereby the Post e Office Department may, upon adequate tonsidoration, secure by compact the ? ight to transport the mail in the cars of ailroad companCs, and ut the satne inie give to the Department the power o'cooirol the Jcparlure unci arrival of the . mine. j ^ Tiiere is now paid to the different J ailroad companies,annually,over, #400,- j M)0 for the service, without pewer in the j department to regulate thp travel, arrival, \ ind depotuire of the mail: and constant c md frequent difficulties, both in entering <j nto and flie execution of contracts, are j r resented. U It h.ns ocrurcd to mo. that the present t vas a most favorable period Tor the a- 1 ( loption of some measure by Congress,' vhcreby to secure to the United States I h?* right to transport the mail upon these ! oads hi all time to mine, free of any an- j1 mm i charge upon the Post oifiee Depart- :* nent, by the advancement of a sum in !1 jross, which may he agreed upon, to each j t >f these companies, or such of them as i nay be willing to contract, , Many of the railroad companies nnd a loine of themconstitutingmost important j , inks in the great chu'u of intercomtmini-'t aiion between Huston and Charleston, : | wing to the great derangement of the nonetary concerns of the world, and the : f lepresxion of all ?Vtate nnd company 1 itocks, find themselves laboring under1' wihrraxsments and difficulties, which the '? ud of the General Government, applied i n the way projxiscd, would effectually re- f nove, aad at the same time secure to the . i1 Jnitrd States the advantage and the am- J} tie equivalent of transporting t!ie mail i ipon rlie roads. The credit of the United .States to an ! j imount not greater than the sum ncre- (, ary to produce, at five percent, interest. ; he amount paid hv the Post Office De- j lartinent to these companies annually, j vould, I have do douht, ho sufficient to j iccotnplish this desirable end. The: >rompt and favorable action of Congress j ijion this subject at the present time vould effectually secure the government igainst the danger of being called upon or occasional and large appropriations. 1 o meet the balances due by the Departncntfc . ?... , Do I ask the United States to do more or ihe Post office Department tluiii jus ice would se<in to demand, especially then if is remembered that the whole ev. tense of the official correspondence of the piwrnment and the public, nut! private correspondence of ih?we entitled by lav o the franking privilege, is sustained and laid by a tax up in the correspondence of ho I'limmmiiiv ? lfhv this arrangement he Department is relieved from the heavy tnnuai charge as now rated, (and it lias icUher thej power to lessen it no 1o pre rents Ps increase.) it mav '?e Imped that tie )bject soitiuch d'-m .rtiled by consideration* of tublic j-istice (that of r? ducincr the fax upon lie friendly and business correspondence ol inlividtiai-) will he ait-tincd, *iid. at the sanv me, the usefulness olthe public aim! greatly ;nla??r?;<| ami extended to those portions ofth-* LJii'on, hitherto denied the necessary mail far'llteg If the Government w as required to pay pos age ujaniofficial correspondence. and ifthe ranking privilege w?r abolished or reduced to iruper limits, :iie re\cuue of the Denartment vouid be increased to an auto nt sufficient ul tselt to pay the interest u|hmi the debt to he itcurrvd by the promised arrangement, and hjmdate the principal in less than thrtv years. I resjiecifully submit, to the President, the impriaty nl c?uii!i(!u<cat|ng to Congress the news which 1 entertain and nave been exiretSfd U|Hin tins subject. Some embarrassments to the free transit of he United States mail coaches over that p ?rf ?f tlie Cumberland R??ad which Iit;?? witlim the j imits of the State of Virginia haw been exjerieuceil during ihe present year, inr.'d^nt to t right assumed by the au'liorilie* of that S ate to impose a lax tijioii the coach transporting the mail. In the act of Congress proposing a cession ( pf all right which the United States claimed aver said road, upon certain conditions, to the ' States through which it passed, it was ex- I pressjy provided that no toll upon the ?tage roaches, d'c. conveying the United States nail should be imposed. With this, among itiier reservations and exceptions, the S-lies i )f Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, accep. j :ed the cession, and assumed ihe control over to rruicii of tin road .16 is within their respeclive territories. Jit appeais that, hv a subsequent, art of the Virginia Legislature, so much of the act, bv which *die accepted the road, exempting the huge, coach, &.C. conveying ihe United Stales nail from the payment of toils, was repealed, i lax was authorized to be, and was. imposed jpon the same. Without detaining you with i ?urih?r narrative upon this subject. I submit he letters and correspondence of the Depart. J Mi-lit in relation thereto, and th? documents iccoumaiiymg i he same. Though the amount i :harg.d and exacted at the siugie gate in Vir. I tjuiia i inconsiderable, yet, il she have the i right to impose the toll, the other States have , in equal right, and will, most unquestionably,. as*err it: and thus an additional annual burden >f near will he added to the transpnr. ' taijou dt the United Stales mad over ma: road, which is already the most expensive mail coach service in liie United States. It is proper thai 1 should mtorin yuu that the prosecution instituted against the agent t?l Virginia, before I was called to the di*rharg'-of the duties of this Denartinent, for instructing the passage of the dieted States \ nail on said road, by closing the toll gate ar.iinn the Irec passage of the coach convey, ng ttie mad. hao, upon my suggest uui, lieeit suspended for the present, uudei a nope that jjMin a full rcprnamotion of ttiis subject, by ite progcr au hoii'v, to the State of Virgsni.1. ( ill cause of difficulty might be removed, with>ui the necessity of a penal prosecution. I submit for your information, the report of he chief cleric of the Po?t office Department, n reference to the expenditure of the appro- | jriation made at the extra session ol Congroe*, I o pay the debts due to contractors and others, or services rendered priof to the 31 st of JUaroh ,841. There aire other matters of detail, connected vith the service of this Depart incut, which by aw are require*! to be reported to Congress; md it is therefore deemed.inexpedient to br;ng hem particularly to your notice in this couiuunication. I have the honor to be, with respect Ad codideration. your obedient servant, C. A. VVICKLlFFfi. CHERAW GAZETTE. WEDNESDAY, DRCEHIIM 29,1841. We return our thanks to the Hon. John Campbell for a copy of the Presidents Message md accompanying documents. \ Much room is occupied in our columns this veek with public documents. Although we :annot insert all of even the most important locumenla issuing from the different departnenlsofboih the Federal and State govern i nor.ts, there are some which ir is desirable j iiftt every reader of any ticwspapej; should j tee. Of this character are the docuuu nis lo j vhieh we now give place. The able report ?f Col. Allhiou ??n llje Virginia and Now Vurk jontroverey will he read with interest by all vho have not hitherto seen it. Its temperate one and its courtesy towards a sister slate, ire worthy of commendation, at a time when t is so much the fashion among southern itatesmen and poiliticians to indulge theiiileives in ranting abuse and puerile gasconade j vhenever the relation of the southern and j lorlliorn states on tiie subject of slavery is the | opic of discussion. The violence ofsouthern xiiiticiaus has done more to prejudice the nt? rests of the slavoholding states, at the^ iorth than all that abolitionists have d>?ne or :a?i do. The world have an impre.ssii n that nen who exhibit in their controversies a frettil irritability are not those who most feel their wn strength or who are most in earnest lor action whether offensive or defensive. Wu have.no later accounts from Washington than to the 20lh. owing tocontinued failures of the mail. The plan of Fiscal Agency for which the President * invited Congress to call upon the Seere. fary of the Treasury had not heoii rcpor ted. It was understood in the city that the subject was still under consideration by the Cabinet. It is not improbabl* that the delay is caused by the suggestion of modifications in the plan or Ms details by members of (Congress after their arrival in Washington Id Congress tiiey nrc doing nothing of interest, in the House a debate hid heeii going on for some days and was likely to last several days longer, on the |.test ion of refering tiiat pari of the President's Message relating to the Turitf.? Tue friends of a protecting t.irifl' wished (o refer it to the Committee ;ou ManuliieKites, and those opposed to (lie protection of Manufactures, to the Committee of Way s and Means. None wished to violate the "compromise." Hut some wish, en, within its limits, to discriminate in fa. vor 'of the manufacturing interest of the ountrv. This was opposed hv others who insisted that 'oilgross should look only to the amount of revenue to he raised, and not lotiie effect of iin|H>sts upon any interest of the country. A correspondent of the 0.1 Itimorc Patriot suggests to Congress the passng of a I aw pro viduig that if any of the states r?:fnsc to receive their share of the proceeds of the public lauds, such share or shares be added to tin- general fniid for distribution among the ruber stales. We hope Congress will not be hi haste to pass such law; or at least, that it will not be made to operate retrospectively* For we learn from different sources entitled to credit that while the Legislature of South Carolina was passing a bill and resolutions to proliihit the Slate from receiving its snare ol 1 ho money, there was, at the same time, an understanding among the members that if the < i!it*r states should receive their respective ' rv~' ?u snares, ccuui v>ori'iiiio nuumi >u mn i.n-?, take hers also, and risque the subsidising influence of the " bribe." We trust CoH^rc-f f * will pass no ex post fqr.to law on the subject. The grand jury of the county of Philadelphia have presented Nicholas Piddle, Samuel Jaudon and others, for entering into a conspiracy to defraud the stockholder* of the U. S. Bank, of the several sunw of $400,000 #300,000 and $130,000. It i.v an easy matter in times ol great excitement ngainst any set of men to get up a preson'mrnt against them.? Sustaining the charges on trial is a liilFrcnt thing, and may or inav nol l>c done in the present-instance. There t:an he no doubt that the If. S. Bank after it became a State Bank, was mosl wretchedly managed. Whether tin management was fraudulent, or onlv un< I w wise, will, perhaps, be now tested. Mr. J. N. McEmvrb, the publisher of the it-punlicun Whig Democrat" has issued proposals for publishing an Agri. eultural periodical at MeE'weesville, in York District. It is to ho published monthly at one dollar per annum. The faction in the Tennessee Senate, though constituting only a minority ol that body, pi.listed in their refusal tout pa???i? tend the convention of the two houses to! oc elect (J. S. Senators, for fire days, during j which time a majority of the (Senate met i 'n the House daily. On the fifth dav, the |P< convention adjourrved. sine die, bv a vote jj( ot 48 to 3. (So the election of Senators is postponed for two years, the sessions of the legislature bring biennial. rc Stktk Stocks.?The New York cor. 0j respondent of the Philadelphia 2saLional Caeette writes as follows: The rales at the Board were to a large ex. ^ tent to day, and in Stafe securities the feeling is almost a panic. The Western S?a?es. m especially Indiana apd Illinois, feel the rffcct J9 the greatest degree, and our own State j tfjso to seine vxti.-iii. Indiana sterling bonds i c? sold at 20 a decliuc of 0 per ct. since yester- , tr day. T he dollar boud-felosed at 241-4 of ;Jde-1 clinc of ? per ccut. Illinois hx**? at 24 5-8 , Jj a drcJiue of 2 per ceut. All hope of the pay- | ment of the January interest appears to he hi abandoned, and lha impression that a large },j amount of bondc hypothecated with-a Wall , street house will be thrown on the market ap- 1 pears to. have tended, with the tightness of toe money market, to bring things io this i complexion. No ilooht lite doctrine of repndi-! ^ a/ion, tfhich Jituls so many adiacatrs in the | at South and llf*. has assisted to depress these' h bonds. -State fives declined 1-4. per cent.;! Kentucky'sixes sold at 70, a iargo falling otf j Ohio itxes, 1800, 80 offered, 831-2 u?.ked , Suie ties I dnO, 80 offered, 90 asked. . , ! The general, we believe universal, sun- ft port given by the Democratic press, a .S'outh and West, to the repudiation of her i - - 4 L..1 ! debt bv Mississippi cannot uui j^icmiy ., 9 % * I influence sharp-sighted stock-jobber.*, in j q the estimate which they put upon state ? I stocks generally. Any state might find pretexts for the repudiation of its debts j s ns plnusibie as tho9e under which iMissis.! y sippi and her advocates now attempt to ^ justify her course. \ i Indiana. * The Governor ofludiana. in his mes- * sage to the Legislature puts down the public debt of the state at $15,088,146'. ' Of this amount the sum of 8*2.684,000 ' j was borrowed to constitute the capital of j j a state Bank, and to put the hank into op- j ernfion; the sum of $1,300,000 is in Tren. , ?urv notes issued bv the stHte, hearing I interest; and the remainder consists of j i stote bonds sold for tho purpose r.f getting i money to carry on works of Internal Im-1 provoment. The interest payable annu" | | ally is $ 16*2,44*2. The expeliscs of pay- j I ing this interest where it is due and i j payable, in eirhantfc, commissions &o., are estimated at $132,560, or nbout ttrc/i-' ly ic^/i and a half per cent ; which i raises the whole amount payable by the J state oh account of the interest of her j debt, lp $014,000. To meet this interj est account the only means of the state j "which may he relied on wilh certainty" says the Governor, arc: 1st. The interest on the procerds of sales of the Wabash and Erie canal $24,0001 2d. Interest from the surplus revenue 32,000 50,000 being little more than one eleventh of the whole. An annual interest demand n- j gainst the state of $615,000, wilh nn i income of only $56,000 to meet it, and ! I the principal altogether unprovided for ! | The Treasury note* of tl?o state nre re. I , ceivnhlc f??r taxes, nnd most if not all the j taxes for the present year and for some i time to come will be paid in that medium; i so that no aid lor some years is expected ! from that source in paying the interest I of the public debt ; while none of the I public works arc so far advanced as to} yield a cent of revenue, except the Wahash and Krie canal mentioned above. "Such," says the Governor **is actually | our condition ; and candor and justice to 1 ourselves and our creditors require us to 11 acknowledge that wc have neither under ': our control nor in prospect, for some time ! to come, the means to discharge the inter. ? est on the whole of our public debt," The Governor, however, does not pro. ; | po??o i*tl;c suicidal measure of repudiating the public debt." lie. is of opinion that the abundant natural resources of the; i ? i i i .. ,i._ [ slate, us 11 icy snail i>e uevciopcu ??y mc i I enterprise ??l*Iter citizen* will ultimately | : j enable her "to pay her debt* and redeem I J her sunken credit." And to the devolope|! jnent of these resources lie directs the at! tention of the Legislature. He might .J make out a more plausible pretext lor ! repudiating the debts, or at least a part 1 1 J of them, than Gov. McNutt, of Mississip. J ' j pi bus been able to inukc out. For the i ; state, (recording to his account, "has, in 1j many instance.*, been made the victim of . preconcerted imposition and fruitd" liy j i broken luinksaud swindling stock-jobbers, J All the money tor which the Mississippi j bonds were sole, was, in good faith, paid, i 5 j whereas several millions of the amount f ' 1 1 ? MiltkJil, * I I o/lionn Iwin/lu IL'lil a C/illl ! MU "IIIUII tllC I lllllillKI no m?.i ( remain still unpaid, and it is likely will , always thus remain. Gov. IUuukk, how. ever, does not make this a pretext for j refusing to pay the bonds; whereas one I ' | ofthe pretexts of (Joy. McNl'TT for rcfu-1 I *tng to pay the Mississippi Uiwls was that j i the money did the state no good after she I received it, She squandered it, and! therefore sho Will not pay those from' ' she borrowed it. Why do not tlie news. I j pajier editors who uphold Mississippi in j ' hi r cosrse, now tugo their brother Dent 'rats, in Indiana to follow the example 'Mississippi and shake off* the heavy, irtlien that is bowing them down to the ound ? Their principles will, we *up>se, drive them to do so, should the que*, on be raised in the State by their party According to the Oxford (X. C.) Exniner, 52 cases of small pox have occur, d, in the infected region on the borders r that state and Virginia. The House of Representatives of Virginia st week parted a Kill to exempt Cm .milks /. WomacI from a tine impwed for jilaylng arblcs. A Frenchman, resident in this country, irried a large amount 01 money in doubloons > Philadelphia, a week or two since, for lh?? irpnte of investing u in tome kind of pro. ictive stock or property in that city. Whilst. s was out making inquiries on the subj-ci. s room in the hotel was entered, bis trunk rokon open and the money stolen. Two youths were lately drowned near harlnttc. N. C. by attempting to cross a ; ream on horse back, which was unusually igh at the time. The name of Gen. Jambs H Hammond is mentioned in the public papers, da the ran- | date of t!ie predominent party in the state ; ?r Governor. It is not probable he will have ny opposition. The f>l<N>p Mary, of Newport, was wrecked ist Wednesday, in attempting to cross the Jharleston bar in a fog. The sloop and part f the cargo lost; the crew saved. A correspondent of the Charleston Courier fates that Gen. Gainea was arrested in fVashingmn last week for making his appearince there, without orders. The following Trustees of the South Carolina College were elected at the Tate ession of the Legislature. Jiunos Gregg, Wade Hampton, D. E. Inger, Wm. McWiilie, George McDuffie, i W. Barnwell, Edmund Bellinger, jr., J. G. Momminger, T. G. Wethers, J. H. rLitiitiioiul, J. X. Wliitner; T. N. Daw. tins, M. Lahorde, W. F. DeSatMsitre, lames Gillespie, B. F. W, AILion, VV. IL Seal rook, Titos. Smith, J. L. Manning, and J. H. Adams. CONGRESS. SrNatk. Dec. 14/h. The President of the Sen ate announced the following as the Stand, ing Committees of the 2d Session of tin 27 th Congress: On Foreign Relations ?Mr. Rives chairman,'Preston, Buchanan, Tnlimndge Chontc. On Finance.?Mr. Evnns, ehnirman Berrien. Woodbury. Mangum, Bavard. On Commerce.?Mr. Huntington, ebuir man, Woodbridge. King, Barrow, Wright /H/iniifiirfurrs ?Mr. Simmons chairman, Archer, Miller, Buchanan Morelicad. On Agriculture..?Mr. Linn, chairman Bate*, Harrow. Sturgeon, Simmon*. On Military Affairs. Mr. Preston chairman, Merrick, Benton, Archer Pierce. On the Militia. Mr. Phelps, chairman Fulton, Smith, In. Williams, McUub oris. On Naval Affairs. Mr. Mnngnm chairman, Archer, Williams, Chontc Bayard. On Public land*. Mr. Smith, of In<J. chairman, Tallriuidge, Wulker, Hunting ton Prentiss. On Private Land.Claims. Mr. Hen dcrson, chairman, Linn, Tappan, Fulton Dixon. On Indian Affairs. Mr. Morehend chairman, White, Sevier, Phelps, Ben ion. Of Claims. Mr. Graham, chairman Wright. Woodbury, Woodbrige, Phelps. On Revolutionary Claims. Mr. Dixon chairman, Clayton, Smith, of Conn. Al len, C'uthhert. On ihe Judiciary. Mr. Berrien, chair man, Clayton. Prentiss, Walker, Kerr. On the Post Off re and Post Roads. M i Merrick, chairman, Simmons McRobert '\f \f illmr On Roads and Canals. Mr. Portei chairman, White, Young, King, Culh hcrt. On Pension*. Mr. Hates, chair mar Pierce, Allen, Graham, Sevier. On the District of Columbia. Mi Bayard, chairman, Clayton, King, Keri Hives On Patents and the Patent Office. Mi Prentiss, chairman, Porter, Heodersor Mnuton. Sturgeon. On the Public Buildings. Mr. Ker: chairman, Fulton, Rvans. On Engrossed Bills. Mr. MeRobert; chairman, Miller, Sturgeon. KOn Enrolled Bills. Mr. Porter an VI r Williiima On Library. Messrs. Preston, Tap pa and Choate. On the Con'indent Expenses of (he Sen ate. Mr. While, chairmen, Tappai Kvans. Domes'ic- sewing Sillc.?We have hen presented with twelve skeins of sow in Silk, manufactured in this District, h Mrs. Wni. H Adams, who deserves grct r red it for her loadable efforts in tli manufacture of this article. This is n< the first time that we have had ocrnsiu to call *he attention of our readers to tl enterprise and industry of this lady, an wc shall take pleasure, at any time, i devoting n portion of the columns < our paper to this important and praisi worthy branch of tVnmlc industry. J the speciman before us, there are tun di fosent shades or colours and eonsiih lis BMW the disadvantage laboured under by not having a suitable wheel for spinning* lhwJ article, (it having been spun pn a com? mon wheel.) we hesitate not in pronoun* cing a good article of American tnanufacture. ' We arc informed that Mrs. A. hsa made a number of pound*, during the past summer, and has obtained twelve dollars per pound for it. EdgpfSeld Ado. The Swatftfj jbuntU.?The sale of reclaimed Swamp Lands. advert isod te Mi* place in Hyde county on the Inst day of November, was very thinly nttendodi ?n4 none of it yvas sold, been use the bids were \ below the minimum price fixed on t.ltg same by the Bonn!, low aait was conceiv. ed to l>e. The value of the timbered Land can hardly he estimated. It'.'ih worth from $80 to $1000 per acne for Shingles and Rails alone: and wiK com* mand. after the timber is cut oft' $5$ an acre for cultivation. At least, this is theordtnnrv pric e of the adjnrent Mnttarfi??kcet Land, which is. in po respect, W. j perinr to that owned by the Stat*. ,'iy Literary Board, therefore, however aaifc" | ous they, might Jm.to/ronvurt these Land* | into a fund which would servo In drain * S>vntii|M in otMer section* of 4hc {Jtatn, t-ouUi not think <rf' sftcrifhntag fhom?*?*. pecially, a? a postponement of Ihetmle could, in no tvims attoct their value _ ClJ ERAW PRICE COKRE.YlT* Utcmh-r 28 1841. A nTici.Rs. rcc [ V C. | $ B.ivl'iu market, !U i) 2 (f ' Bic.ou from wagona, lb a lit j by retail, lb 10 a II. I Butler . lb L>* a *1 | Bcftriwnx lb 42 a r. 25! Bugging , yard 45 ;a 38 i Bale Rope lb III a 1'*^ .Coffin* lh' 12$ a 1* ' ( OTToN, lb 7 a 8 Corn, bnah B<? a Flour, Country, *?rl 5* a b Fcalliera tin wug. none lh 40 a 4* Fodder, lOOIb* 75 a ' 1U0tilaan, wiudovr rt<rI0, 5'M> 3 45 a 5 37*. , 10a 12, 50ft 3 50 a 3 7*' (i idea, green Jb 5 a n dry , , lb 10 a Iron vlOOilir 5 5(1 a B .Ml, Indigo lb, la 2 0 ; Lime o?nk 4 a 4 5t? ! Lard acarce lb I I a 12 Leather, ao It* lb 22 a 25 , . | Lc;id, bar ib 10 a ". ' i | Logwood Ib IU a 15 j Motnasch N. O. gnl 40 l4 50 i ?:? v r> 35 a 37 Nail*. cut, assorted Ib 7| a a : ??, wrunglp lb 10 a * '*5 Ouia bnah 3u ? " ft O'l, rlirj en '75 1 ** U. . J-J L AMUVAl* i ? I On thr* 25th Stennimr Oscola Chrtftfun,* J with Boat Charlotte 6l Atn?ali*/.a w W* j with due to lllne & Moikp, DS Hnrilnv iW.dlj T Bailey, A Co. Kmnnuelate Solo. ' j monM, C VanderfnnL Jamex, Wright W ' P Li nk. K F Lilly D alloy, Tiirrh. <& J Pit man, & Co. I H Riwa\r H Af W l( ' j Tornlinsum of Ihw place, ;Vf CCallmn,.\| | B I) Townsond. W .VfunerlyR Roarer de w f* I truce, dr Co. M vent A llick*, I of tho interior. f i < W IJ_. MW.IIW ' OiT" 'Vp urn anthoritetl tw announce W, A IVfAT.Lov h a cattdnlntt*" for'tl.tt ' j ollioo of Tax Collector in . (.'honw r?c Id! Jjnirict. December 92; 1841. <1 ' ? I - ?' 8>va4- ill C-Vi^Ot*?i^1 A.^ * Chesterfield District. In tiip. Common Pw.w.^ BRXJAMIN McINTUSH.whoie mm Ur <;u*lody of the Slu-riti'of the l?i?Lrivl ufor*?' Mini, by vir no ?u'a writ of r pi h ad ?<a?i?fai:icn. tbun. ut t >e muit of Smith M ?wry Jr. having; ?] p-iitioned t> o Hon^rb's tho awoc aM Judpv* . : of the ?ai?t <t.iU, that h" in y ho a i t.itwl to tho , j Inin tit of t net ofth" (*-nenil Assembly made I fortlio rolitif of Inaolveiit d btoi*. and.he having; | tved with hi* petition .i iwuuhr ut ni? catate,. ?J r<>al arid pe >otul. It im ordered, that tho ?.ud ( Smith Mo wry, Jr em) all others to whom the |t | aid |ieiitioiMir in in any wise indebted, do por?i nattily, or by their attorn in*, ho mid appear j hotorothc Honnrah'e the swdeintb Jti'ge* of the I state !. fori Ha id, lit f h<; Coort of Common Plrl, h 1 to bo holdcn at Chester! dd f'ouit House, on i tho Wednesday after. the 'third Monday.in I *"* 0 ? ( - T ( I Mil roll mix I. tlien .otrt tlier; 10 *l>ow oftwe if' ' ! nny lhi-y can, why the e*ute ami < Heci* of the! jifii'ioiti-r should not he uuignrti, ami bit he; d srhnrgod, p irsunn! to the priivisioon ?f ?*Wf ! Acts oi the General Asaiunb.) undo and |?h>rU ' ded for ti.e relief of insolvent drbtor*. ' * ..I T. BRYAN, C ' C. P? * \ .Ch^trrfi. W C II. ) j. Dor. 22. Id41. \ 7 3m , j PIJBLIC SALE. VHT W?*dii?!?J.iy the day .of January ( w T next, there will bo a ?l?i at puMie Auction * I in the more laiely occupied by J dm* D- CoR. ; all the aligned stock in trade of ijte naiil ' i Cole, ronsialiog of r' Dry Goo-Is, Groceries. Hardware. Creek ery, lnmy Mats, suae*, aye.,* j A large part of whic'? was purchased tlie x*; lam summer in New York. Also Jhit?o*-H. C'de's interest in tho Fide r? i li??at Jambs R. Ebvjs, hemg one thirdpact uf | said Boat. 4f Terms?All sums of and under Twotuy Five Dollars. Cam it. All sums ovef Twutf (j Five iMlinv,note* with approved secnrtti j p-tyatiie at the .Merchants' Dank niue'jr 'days I after dale. ; n A. BLUB, ,t J. A. ltNGUS. I Assignees of J. H. Cole. lt December 27,1^41. * 7 3* ~~SoTlCE. ... "f ^ TUB Creditor* of Junes II (Vo, whoso cl iiin* d<> n t evened Twrmtv Five Ho'tar* w are requested To present a statement of them v to tint Assignees as soon as possible Anil ^ fho*** hJvokp filaims are over that arwmni, m* notified tivat tin v must become par.it'* to,'he 10 Deiti of Assignment by pignin^ aiid iu*^ia? 51 the same before tin? l(ki? da^oi February Wxt n in order t<> fhii'lo tlipuvolvep to a di\ itb-mi of ie the residuum all' r the preferred debit are l(| satisfied. i? A. BLUR. ^ J. A. liMIJUS. Aseignoesof Cole. * ;December 27. IS#!. 7 6t f. a wiOEW\^rriR TO IftRR tin owuinjf y ;aj, tbi term* 1PP*1 o at iliio Obic? .. -4- if ?