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4 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. To the Editor of the FarmerGazette. Sir:?A writer in the Mercury of the 27th ult., after deprecating such an arrangement in relation to the lower Districts as " would inevitably absorb their federal povcer" proposes to divide the City of Charleston by a line running down the middle of Queen Street, and to surrender poor old St. Michael, bound hand and loot, to the safe keeping of Marion, Horry, Williamsburg, and George, town. This partition of our Commercial Emponot aDncar. however, to relieve him en. HUiM v- ??- - f j , tirely from the apprehension of a connection between the ' slack reed' of Beaufort and Colle. ton, with the more plebeian, but not less valuable short staple of Barnwell and Orangeburg; and in order effectually to dispose of his neighbors in the last named districts, he transports them across the Santee, the Pedcc, and other intermediate streams, and seta them down by the side of Marlborough, on the borders of Richmond county in North Carolina. Chesterfield in the extreme northeast of the State, he connects with Edgefield in the northwest ; and believing with the poet that " discord U hcumony icell understood,"?he proposes that the rival towns of Chcraw, Hamburg, Camden, and Columbia, with their cotton buyers, grocers, retail.and wholesale merchants, newspapers, banks, and branches of banks, shall all be mingled to gethcr in the same district. Between the citizens of Lancaster and Abbe-' villc, which he has brought together in another District, there can be from their geographical position, in relation to each other, but little commu \nication, perhaps none, beyond that of an occasional traveller passing from one through the other. To the other two Dis4 lie's as proposed by Edisto Island,' lying principally above our navi- j gable waters in the northwest o.' the State, the objections are not so obvious. Instead of running lines parallel to the coast j as suggested by 44 Edisto island," (which oy the I ^ by, would be a very judicious arrangement if we j intended to convert our members to Congress into i a corps for a geological survey of the State,} it ; appears to me that the navigable streams, market i roads, market towns, and other geographical 1 causes, which promote commercial and social re- j lations between our citizens, arc entitled to con- ' ideration in the formation of Congressional Districts. Under the new apportionment law, the common divisor is 70,163, but in consequence of the prln- i ciple of fractional representation incorporated in I it. South Carolina will be entitled to seven rcprc- j scntatires, or to one per every 66,226 of her fede- ' ral numbers. .To your readers, as antagonist to the arrangement proposed by 44 E Jisto Island," j and which would sacrifice the convenience of our j citizens to a mere fancied dissimilarity of interest j between the dificrcnt sections of the State, I re- j spectruTly submit the following : For convenience,' I will number the Districts. I 1st an? u? ju2strict3. ( Charleston, Colieton, Federal population, 132,. : *. Beaufort, Barnwell, > 123, which divided by 2, ' Orangeburg. 5 leaves Go,064 to each. 1 ; . I hive not attempted to designate the boundary i between the 1st and 2.1 Districts, not being euf-j ficiently acquainted w.tb the population of the , parishes nearest to the present Congressional D;S- i , . triet of Charleston. The legislature will no j doubt cheerfully consult the wishes and con. i venience of the citizens, it not being at all imp or.j t int that they should contain exactly the same number of federal inhabitants. 3d District. . Gcorgetov.*n, WUuaari.nr;, , Fe Jc,a, ^ Horry, Manon, l)~.:!a;tcn, ' tion^ Chesterfield, & Marlborough. ' 4tii District. Sumter, Kershaw, Richland, > Federalpopul.tion, Lexington, Newberry. ) 66,153. 5th District. Edgefield, Abbeville, Lau- ) Federal population, tens. o 67,146. 6th District. Pickens, Anderson, Green- / Federal population, viile, Spartanburg, S 66,6d0. 7tii District. Lancaster, York, Chester, ) Federal population, "Union, Fairfield. ^ 69.0&4. By reference to the map of the State, it will be seen, that the districts as proposed in this article are respectively composed of "contiguous territory," and are as far as practicable arranged with reference to the social and commercial relations of j cur ?*itizcns, produced by market towns, navigable j streams, and other geographical causes which j must always exercise an important influence over j their associations. The intercommunication between the citizens in the first and second Districts respectively, pro. j moted by their resort to*the common commercial: emporium of the State ; by Cooper, Ashley, Stone, and Edisto rivers, together w.th other streams, the rail-road, and a coasting trade. Through various parts of the 3d District, flow the navigable waters of the two Pecdccs, W?ca. maw. Black river, and Lynche's Creek, with j smaller atrcaras uniting in Winyaw Bay, on which j is situated Georgetown, the common entrepot of it* J . trade. At nearly the upper end of this District is j situated the flourishing town of Cheraw; and in j various parts of it, are prosperous village?, whi h j tend very much to promote intercourse between j its' citizens. 1 " The 4th District is united by the waters of Lyn-' che's Creek, the Wateree, the Cangaroe, the pub. j lio improvements on the Broad and Saluda rivers, j and by Camden and Columbia. The Savannah river flows on the southwestern border of the 5th District for its whole length, and in it is situated the market to.vn of Ham. burg. Laurens is probably the next isolated part of this District. The 6th District lies above the head of navigation in a healthy region, and its delightful climate 1 promotes intercourse between the citizens of the ; State daring the summer months. Tk? nnhlic imorovemcnt. on the C itawba and J * "V J ? Broad rivers, leading to the towns of Canden ! and Columbia, promote intercourse between 'he ! citizens of the 7th District. In addition to other advantage?, the federal numbers in the above arrangements of Districts, make as near an approximation to the common ) ratio, as can probably be obtained with due regard to local causes which exercise a controlling influence on the intercourse of ra* n, and wirhout re. tricting which, electors must frequ?n'ly be called upon to exercise a choice between individuals to whom they ere entire strangers. The smallest number in a District is 62,-ioC, being only 3,767 below; the highest contained in any district is ; 102,084, beuig only 2,853 above the common ratio. In neither of the other Districts docs the number vary 1000 from the ratio. MIDDLE COUNTRY. August 3d. For the Cheraio Gazette. THE FALL OF GRENADA. PART SECOND. One year has gone, and on Alhambra's tow'rs Still sate in arms the Moorish Sultan's powers ; Not Hussm now in garb of royal pride, But Boabdil with woes on every side. His towns were gone, and he with thinning host Now feared the worst, and knew himself as lost; For on the plain which spread beneath his eye Unnumbered hosts of fearless Christians lie : There waved the cross and spread the pennon far, And lances shone, and battle's iron car; And there the famous knights of Old Castile Pranced on their barbs in plates of gilded steel, Longed for the day when Battle's murmured breath Should sound the charge "to Glory or to Death." Hate, Avarice, Ambition, all conspired j To urge them on, with martial ardor fired; And some there were among tiic unnsuan nosi Who dreamed of beauty and of harems most, Sighed for the hour when beauty should repay The toils and clamors of the rude affray, And snow-white arms and throbbing Losoms bless , And silent hps the blissful jov confess. Let older hearts still cling to golden ore, And count with glistening eyes their treasure o'er, j Yet younger souls more blissful pleasures need, And find in love a far more welcome meed. Hark to yon trumpet's sound,?the note which calls Each Christian knight to scale the Moslem walls; J With nodding plumes and sharpened brands they j While vigil warders cry, " the foe! the foe !*' Then, Granada, 't was thine tc see indeed The noblest knights that guard thy castle bleed ; j And one by one thy routed squadrons fly, O'er heaps of fallen friends that bleed and die. Fierce was the day, the bloody conflict dread, And mighty grown the bloody heaps of dead. Then had thy towers been lit with crimson flame, And thou thyself existed but in name, Save that kind Night, propitious to thy doom, Enwrapt thy gory dust in sable gloom, And bade the conquering hosts to siek repose From battle's toil with all its dreary woes. Mom rose. No longer jetl thy crest nt waved, i Where Moslems proud the storm of battle braved ; j No longer, armed with sword and lance and shield, ! Thy knights essayed the danger? of the field. A snow-white flag wide waving to the mom, Proclaimed thee vanquished and thy hopes forlorn; And folded arms and weeping eyes were there, To mark thy mis'ry and thy deep defpair. Yet then again the aged santoa came To break thy thraldom, and to shield from shame: With hands uplifted, and with accents loud, He calls the brave, the martial and the proud, . To seize their crms an J make one last essay. In war to turn their fortunes if they may. But vain the call. Thy brave ircrc cold in death, And those who lived but breathed ignoble breath. Tne knights of eagle eye?the brave in soul, No longer heard the drums lou 1 pealing roll, O'er their dim eyes the quiv'ring lances blaze, And dull their ears to all the bursts of praise. Now Glory calls in vain : for Death nor hears, Nor hopes, nor doubts, nor mourns, nor hates, nor fears; Nor love s swec-t voice, with its low thrilling call, Can burs', the shroud, or lift the mournful pall. Yes ! let them sleep, nor haply wake in grief, While lowly bends Alhambra's mighty chief, To olTer up the all which yet remains, Then weep and murmur for his lost domains, ilow wept each soul! how mourned each Moorish bee is!! To bend the knee and bow the haughty crest! The deed is done, and on the great watch tow'r Proud waves the banner of the conqu'ring giaour : j And now the Christian treads the castle o'er Where swayed the Sultan and carrous'd the Moor; Strange faces shone within Alhambra's hall, And hostile ensigns rustled o'er its walls. Withi 1 was song and wine and goodly cheer, And pleasure in her gayest mood reigned there ; And words of love were spoke, and eyes beamed bright. And tendcrcst vows repaid the noblest knight. And yet, alas! throughout that conquered land How many groaned to feel a cnpto.'s hand 1 Here was the feast with Pleasure's laughing eye, And there the smothered groan and half-drawn sigh. i * 'TiS ever thus that near the feast-lit hall Sonic eye will weep, some brightest hope will fall, As flower? brightest bloom and freshest blow, Where rots some putrid mass the soil below; So pleasures rise but high and higher still, As many stocp to woe to work their will. :Tis Nature's law that Mis'ry must provide The p-ops which pamper wealth and bolster pride, And so where mostly mis'ry groans and lives, Tiie high-flown pleasure of a few beat thrives. Yes, in the tow'r full many a bosom beat With proudest hope, and whispered language I 6wcct; While through the town each loved and lovely : maid Bemoaned a lover lest, a hope decayed? No longer danced to music's JuLcct strains, But sought her for the lost on bleeding plains. No mus.c heard to socthc her troubled sou!, Save such as torn and bleeding bosoms roll. And when she sees her lover's corse apj>ear, Begashed with many a wound and loathsome scar, j To the night-wind she pours her piercing cries, Sinks on his breast, and weeps and dies. 'Tis past, 'tis gone, and on the city e site The tuneful shepherd folds his flocks at night, Slumbers where moulder'd bones have bleached with earth. And the wild ivv shades the crumbled hearth, Nor tlrcams he stands where wrr's red fury bum'd And maidens hearts in wildest frenzy mouru'd. He hears u the tinkling bell"?the reed's soft sound. Nor dreams that war's oread notes e'er pealed around. Pci"? ! Peace now reigns with goc.tle Silcnoe there Rude Haveck 8ics, nor lingers longer here. Peace to the ctaj-ey dead who linger yet, Un'il the la6t red sun shall rise and set, And then shall wake tc hear that trumpet call Which peals the signal note cf Nature's fall! W. The Sea Serpent his ag*:n rr.ide its appearance in the ncrth-.m witer.? From the Madisoniart. THE NORTHEASTER* BOUNDARY. Having noticed the various and widely different : s'atrments in other journals in regard to the | j Northeastern Boundary negotiation, we believe It. I to be as weu to give our version, which, perhaps, ; i is s ikely to be correct as the rest, to say the least. | That the matter is settled all admit. I The line as we understand is from the monument; j Xoith to th? St. John's?along the middle of the St. John's to the mouth of the St. Francis?up the j middle of the St. Francis to the Lake Pohcnagamock?thence Southwesterly straight to the North, westernmost head of Connecticut River. The portion of the Muliunacka settlement South of the St. John's to belong to Maine. By this it will be seen that by far. the largest: portion of the territory an l all the land of the least ! j v .luc agricul u ally, is retained by Maine. Great j I Britain has a strip over which she can pass from I Freuriekton to Quebec, and, if we are not misin- ] [ formed by those who have opportunities of know- ! j ing, all that this strip is, or can be made, good for, | j is to pass over, and that as speedily a9 possible, unless one wishes to starve from cold or hunger. For this right of way we are to receive the free navigation of the St. John's, from its source to its mouth, and Rouse's point an unquestioned portion of British territory and a valuable military position. For parting with that portion of the terrttoiy, I Maine and Massachusetts are to receive a small sum of money?contrary to our information a few days since ? f.om the United States, quite as much to oh sure as it is worth, and not one quarter of i what General Jackson proposed to pay Maine : alone, or loan her, as the Globe calls it. A vcrv pretty loan to be sure: the land to be i I surveyed and be sold by Uncle Sam, he paying all cxpences, and the gross amount of the sales of j twelve hundred and fifty thousand acres to be paid i i over to Maine, without deduction. If this is a loan, what would the Globe call a gift ? Tills is what wc understand has been agroed J upon, as regards the disputed Northeastern Boun. j dary question. Wc do not pretend to be exact J or minute, but wc have good reason to believe ; that wc arc, in the main, correct in our descrip- j tion of the line. As to other matters, the settle- , incut of which is not yet made known, wc wait ; with confidence and patience the result. "foreign. The British Queen arrived in New York, on , the 27th July, bringing news from England to the 10th. In the House of Commons, a motion by Mr. j' Wallace to go into Committee on the distresses of ' the country was debated at length, and, though 1 f tnported by all the talent of the opposition, defeated signtlly ; Yeas 43, nays 194. The distress in the manufacturing districts con. timies, and is rather increasing in severity. In 1 Leeds, 4,000 families are receiving parochial re- ' lief. i Col. Dundas, of the army, has been publicly ' punished for using at table language disrespectful ? to (lie Queen. i The amount received for the benefit of the suf- ? fcrcrs by the fire in Hamburg up to the 22d June 1 was 3,230,000 marks banco. 1 At the lateet elates the cotton market, Liver- I 1 pool, was so abundantly supplied as to cause a I difficulty in realizing late prices. i Locking in.?A letter dated at Berlin 26th ult. v states that on the 2 4th ult. an accident occured j on the Pots Jam railroad, which had nearly proved f as fatal as that on the road to Versailles. The r sparks of fre from a locomotive set fire to one of the wagons. The persons inside perceiving the smoke, endeavored to open the doors, but they 1 were locked. At length the conductors, having ! c heard the screams of the passengers, succeeded in j 1 extinguishing the fire. | The Great Western, which left Liverpool on i f the 16th July arrived at New York on the 30th. j r The Western brings out 66 pissengers, and an | v average cargo of manufactu-ed gocds. { r Sir Robert Feci has brought a bill into the House i r of Commons for the bctt? r security of the royal ! t person, and it was unanimously re id a first and ! second time on the same night. The bill divc6ts ! j such offences as those lately perpetrated of the j t dignity which accompanies treason, and treats the ! * culprits more in their truer character?, m rogue* [, and vagabonds. It provides for the due punish- .' mcnt of those offences against the royal person v which amount to persecution and annoyance, * without being positively dangerous?such as point- ; ? ing fire-arms at the Sovereign, discharging them, j '' or explosive or destructive materials, near the per- t' son of the Sovereign, or throwing any eubf tance at j f the Sovereign. t These offences arc to be punished as larcenies; a but power is given to the judges to direct that the . convicts be liable to personal chastisement. s Lord Stanley's resolutions on South Australia I have been carried. The object of them is to take the management of that colony out of the hands of the existing commissioners, and vest it in Her Majesty's Government. { FRANCE. t The results of the elections, so far ?3 they were < known, appear to be favorable to the government j party, which, if it h s not added new members to | its suppDrUrs, will be enabled to muster at least nearly the same majority ze in the last chamber. ( Out of 3S0 nominations already effected, 210 are j conservatives, and 148 of the opposition. There ( remain about 100 more to be known. Those in j the capital have ail terminated in favor of the opposition. There were only two ministerial candidates. ' i A Hre oceu'cd in Novo Usolrky, Ruse:a, on the i 21 rt Tunc, which destroyed NN.*0 houses. . From the Nnc- York American. DEATH OP THE Dt'KE OP ORLEANS. From Galighani's Messenger. The detail? of the calamity are aa follows Yesterday (July 13) at 12 o'clock, the Duke o! Orleans wa3 to leave Paris for St. Omer, where he waa to inspect several regiment? intended foi the corps of operation on the Marne. Hi? equi. pages were ordered, and his attendants in rcadi. ness. Every preparation waa made at the Pavil.on Marsan for the journey, after which hi? Highness was to join the Duchess of Orleans at Piombierea. At 11 the Prince got into a carriage, intending to go to Neuilly to take leave of the King and Queen and the Royal fomilr. This carriage was a four wheeled cabriolet, or caleche, drawn by two horses a la demi-Daumont?that is, driven by a postillion. It was the conveyance usually taken by the Prince when going short distances round Paris. He was quite aloue, not having suffered one of his officers to accompanv him. On arriving near the Porte Maillot, the horse rode by the Postillion took fright and broke- into a gallop. The carriage was soon taken with great velocity up the Cherain de la Re volte. The Prince, seeing that the postillion was unable to master the horses, put his foot on the step, which is very near the ground, and jumped down on the road, when about half way along the road which runs direct from the Porte Maillot. The Prince touched the road with both feet, but the impulse was so great that he staggered, and fell with his head on the pavement. The effect of the fall was terrible, for his Royal Highness remained seu-eless on the spat. Persona instantly ran to his assaistance and carried him into a grocer's by the way-side, a short distance off, opposite Lord Seymour's stables. In the mean time the postillion succeeded in getting command over the horses, turned the carriage round, and came to the door of the house where the Prince was lying. His Royal Highness never recovered his senses. He was placed on a bed in a room on the ground floor, and surgical assistance was sent for. Dr. Baumy, a physician in the neighborhood, was the first who came. He bled the royal sufferer, but this produced no good effect. The news of the accident was conveyed to Neuil. l_ rpi.A M J ? a- /aa* a?J The French elections were to take plaee on j 1 Sunday the 10th. The Ministers confidently ex- ' pectcd n Conservative majority of 70 to 80. The J < The elections in Faris will probably be favorable ' to tiic Opposition. i ] In the llcure of Commons on the ?th, Mr. Han- I? ncrman moved a reduction of the duty on foreign ] grain till the 1st of Janury, in view ofthe existing j 1 distress. The motion was negatived by a decided i majority. . We hive late dates from Spain, Germany, dec. 1 but nothing of importance. I Nothing later from India or China. The income tax excites much discontent and c murmuring throughout England. 1 Busings generally is greatly depressed. t The British revenue for the year ending July j t 5th exhibits an increase of 83,000,Ul'U over s that of the pre cee ding year. There is a decrease in the customs and an increase in the post office, s excise, and s!amp. ' ( Wheat from Chili, South America, has been imported into Liverpool, and pays fairly. V ' ^ HutTVii cci vui vn iwi| a.iu the King followed her. His Majesty was to be at Paris at 12 o'clock to hold a Council of Ministers. His carriages, which were ready, scon overtook their Majesties, who entered thein, with Madam Adelaide and the Princess Clementine. They proceeded to the house into which the Duke of Orleans had been taken. lie, by that time was aearly lifeless. Thee eft.y* later by the Columbia. IN PARLIAMENT. July 15-?The sitting of the House of Commons was rendered memorable by two slurp pasages between members of the Government und wmc of their habitual supporters. The first was between Sir James Graham, the Home Secretary, md Sir Robert Inglis ; the other between Lord Eliot, the Secretary for Ireland, 4nd Mr. Sergeant Jackson, the Irish Solicitor General. Each arose !rom estimates in the supply-bill. Sir Robert [nglis, well known as the organ of High-Churchsin, took the Government roundly to task for certain opinions uttered by the President of the Coun:il, Lord WharnclifF", on the subject of education; Sir Robert contending fiercely for the exclusive promulgation of Church of England doctrines, ind against the appropriation of money to the sup. jort of any other. Sir James Graham rebuked lim sharply both for breach of order and for mis. epr66entat;on of what Lord WharnclifF had said ?as also for the illiberally of his opinions. Sir Robert was humble under the rod, and there that natter ended. The other flurry was on the same subject?cdu:ation; but here it was education in Ireland. ix>rd Eiiot was for doing away with sectarian disinctions as much as possible, whereas the Solicior General was for having all the money given to upport Protestant education. July 1C.?In the House of Lords the royal asent was given to the bill for the protection of the iueen's person, and several others. Mr. Van Huhen, during his late wesern tour, visited tho Missouri Un versify. Je was nddressned by one of the students n English and responded in English. He vas then addressed bv another student n Latin! by a third in Greek! and by n ourth in French ! Mr. Van Huron did lot reply to this learned broadside. Wonderful Feat or a Doo.?The folowing feat of a dog was yesterday coinmuni:ated to us by one who was an eye witness o it. A se'ter dog be'onging, to one of the workncn engaged in plastering the ceiling of the jortico to the Treasury building, essayed to nount the scaffold by the ladder (which vas nearly perpendicular; in pursuit of his naster. He gradually ascended between orly and fifty rounds and was within tight ir ten feet of reaching his destined spot. By his time he evidently became much fatigued ind h'-Id on with great di firu'ty. The officers n ihe building and numerous passers by in lie street lookod on w t*> diep in erer, cxp'-cing crcry rmm *nt t ie pro* d"g tv >u'd tumi 1 *, roin his loltly height and be dasiie : to pieces. Po retnrn uy iiie way i e i-ad *fc-mde?| was mposrible. As if s.?n?ible of his dangerous ablation he seemingly gathered all his o . a oing trength for a laM desperate effort to suvo him. e!f. an'! to the astonishment of the lookers on. uaped through the rounds of the laddur tow rds window it. the rocond story of ibo buihling piiieh was at a distance of about twelve mot rom him. The dog, being somewhat nbova lie window, jumped at a slightly descending mgle, which enabled him to catch with his foro oot the sill, when a gentleman, who was stand ng at. the window watching his movements, ciz d him by tl.e nsrk and rescued him from >is impending fate.?JVut. Intel. THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE. This groat and gond cause is still propressing hore under the excellent iriflumce of the Washingtonian Socioty; whoso principles are admirably adapted ibove all others, to secure the approha lion and confidence of the public, nnd whose persevering exertions aro worthy >f all praise. It holds regular meetings weekly, to which the entire public is invited, and sorrv times extra ones; at Iroth of which, additional converts are rontinually made. A highly interesting axtra meeting wan held on Thursday evening last, at the Baptist Church. The audience was crowded,and highly resjH'CtaM**, and vrr7 ih'e etcviur*4 ?*.d. dresses were made by Judge O'Xeall, Gen. Whitmore, and Edward A Seymour, Esq., nnd listened to w;th the deepest in: tcrosf. The contrast prcsrntid hy Judge r O'Nenll, between tho use of intoxicnting ! drinks in years past, and m\v, was most striking and gratifying.?So. Carolinian. There is philosophy ns well as much truth in the following paragrauhs from 1 the Medical Journal published in Boston : The frequent occurrence of fainting in females fashionably attired, especially when hrenthing the impure air of crowd d 1 rooms, and when the circulation is hur1 ried hy exercise, are proof of the justness of our observations. Whenever this occurs in the presence of an honest matron, ' acquainted with the mysteries of the mod. ern toilet, she immediately applies herself with scissors, tooth nnd nail, to the lacings of the corset, and with all the eagerness \if i f \-\ itr hi/ifi nnr? ti-ruil/l /?nf enn/x n ~ - r ; suicide. Pulpifation of the heart ahn reI suits from any cause, which restraining i the natural action of the organ, compels j it to struggle in the performance of its | office. The injuries also inflicted on the j digestive organs are not less obvious than those of the circulatory. The argument which, of all others, mf.y perhaps with females he most effectually employed against the use of this procustian girdle, is the fact that besides its less direct influence in substituting the pale ensign of disease for tho " crimson of their lips and of their cheeks." it often spoils the symmetry of their form. I have seen a fair actress upon a stage so begirt with whalebone and stee', that in impassioned utterance, when the tide of the bosom 9hould spenk tho emotion of the heart, there was substituted for it an unseemly anhelation, the chest being fixed like a bust of marble. Sjrelv females would not willingly, for that which is so graceless, sacrifice a charm that has sol so many poets raving. TITS 14 BUTTER CURRRXCT." The traveller in the West now experiences tho full advantages of the "better ; currency" afforded by tho State banks. : The specie s'andnrd is established at Cin v n. * i %r j c;n'.a i, i.iumuie. sr. L,otiis, and i>ew Orleans, and in InlLnt; and vet the traveller at the West, starting with the specie bank paper ofcithei of thrse points, I will often find it necessary to change his j fund". With Ohio or New Orleans pappr | he cannot move an inch in the interior of j Kentucky. At every change of his funds ! he must loso from 3 to 10 per cent. dis. count. Specie.paying New Orleans funds nre 5 to 10 per cent, discount here, and Indiana at 3. At St. Louis, Kentucky papr r is quoted at 4 and 5 per cenf. discount. If the traveller wishes for something that will pass for its face everywhere, he must purchase American gold ; and he cannot get that for less than 3 per cent, prom'tim on silver money. For a commercial nod ever-travelling people | like this, with twenty-six States, nil with j thnir ben'<?, to attempt to get on without ; some national currency is as absurd as it would he to dispense with steamboats on tho Ma s ippi, and return to tn.? old barge and llnlho.if.?Louisvills Journal. Distressing.?A son of Mr. A. B. Dcaring. of Tuscaloosa, aged about 10 : years, on Monday last took up a pistol which it was supposed had been placed out of his reach, and shot It is little broth* ! er, aged about 4, between the eyes, putting both of them out. The little sufferer is not expected to live. CHERAW PRICE CURRENT. August 10, 1812. ARTICLES. tkr J 8 C. J 8 ; B.;efin market, lb 0 5$ I Bacon from wagons, lb 5 a 7 i ?by retail, lb 7 a ? | Butter lb 12$ a 155 i Boos wax lb 22 a 2 ' " J n.i - A r Bagging y.ira su a Balu Rope lb 10 a 1^1 Coffee lb 12J a 15 Oorro.v, lb 4J a H Crrn,ac-rco bush 4?0 a 62 Flour, Country, brl 5 a 6} FeathcrB fin wag. nono lb 3 $ a 32 Foiidor. lOOlbs 75 a loU Glass, window 8* 10, 5Mft 3 25 a 3 37J , 10x12, 50ft 3 50 a 3 75 Hides, green lb 5 a dry lb 10 a 1 Iron lOOlba 5 a 6 J Indigo lb I a 2 50 ! Li too cn*?k 4 a 4 50 j Lard scarce lb 7 a 8 ! Leather, sole lb 22 a 28 Load, bar ib 8 a 10 Logwood lb 10 a " 15 Molasses N. O, gal 35 a 40 ? . gal 28 a 53 Nails, cut. assorted lb 7 a 8 1 We aro authorised t?? annrunce WILLIAM A. MULLOY, as a Candidate fo' the office or Tax ( o'.le.-tor for C'boater field District. July fi h. Mr. Editor; You will piea6G announce Robt. C. Davis as a Candidate fur th?r office : of Tax Co!!ector al the approaching Election I in October next. MANY VOTERS. j JTWc are authorized to annoonce Malcom j K. .MoC ifkill as a candidate fur the Office or 1 ax Collector of thi* District at the ensuing election in October next, January 3Lt. 1842. IT We a>e authorized to announce Capt. Stephen D. Miller a* a candidate f'?r Tax Collee tor f>r Chesterfield District at tho ensuing election in October next. THE CHEAPEST MAGAZINE IN' THE WORLD. Pries Reduced. the EQ,1P2P& & @ Q &t $ CK FAMILY MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE <fe ART.?EmbtUishsd with ?-rj?netid tfexsotint and St^eZ PLatss, Engravings I Pf? on Wood, %c. Edited by John F*?r, A. M., Frofewor of BeHee-Lettree ia^?Hjgb School, Fbi laddphia, 3txd T. S. ta.lwrt., author of " Inro. hordinotbn,'* " The Widow Morrieon,** " Six Nirhto with ?be Washing V>nbrL3," 4to., a*siatcd >7 tilt flowing ?mui?nl writer? sp collaborator: 4 I - * * rw" *v i delineation, he has applied these rare gifts to the developement of practical truths, a white every thing which falls from his pen is calculated to attract and fix the highest degree of in^rcst it impresses at the same time the meat 'usefe! moral. Thousands, it may confidently be asserted, hare already been awakened to a sense of duties unperformed, or evil habits unrestrained, by the simple and unobtrusive but searching leacons" he has 1 taught, and iu the new field which hi3 connection J with the ed:iorlal department of the Young" Peru | pie's Book will open to him, no doubt eta be enter, i tained that he wdl lp fin " honors for himself, and confer fresh benefit* on the communitr. la addition to the labour? of the editors, whose : energies will be constantly directed to maintain and improve the high character whioh the-Young 1 People's Book has acquired, the various literary and scientific persons, ichose contributions here given dignity and force to the work, will continue to be regular correspondents, and to these will be j added almost every native writer, male or foma>, whose aid miy be made instruments I iq promo ing the great object of the work?namely, ttr tonrey useful knowledge in euoh a form as will gratify the tastes while it will improve the minds and | hearts of those classes to whom it is t specially adI dressed. * tv i Without intending the slightest d sparagrment , io aiiifst u. i.it* many nurmraoje ponoeuea'S now if. ; sued from the American precs, the publisher of the* j Young People's Book feels justified in saying that his work possesses advantages, in some respects, which no other can fairly claim. Avoiding t>n the one hand whatever is frivolous in itself&r fake ' in it3 teachings, and on the other, w hatever is tedious or unentertaining, it occupits a middle ground between the magazines exclusively devoted to light literature, and those of a purely scientific * character, and by making the graces of composL. _ tion subservient to the inculcation of practical knowledge, it is calculated alike for pleasure and profit. , In point of embellishment the Young People's . Book will not suffer by comparison with the costliest productions of the times. . ( >;.? THE MEZZOTINT AND STEEL PLA TES it has furnished have all been prepared by artists of the greatest celebrity, and some of the former arc universally admitted to surpass in appropriateness of design, and elegance of execution, any others which have been published in this country. These intended for the forthcoming volume arc not less distinguished by fitnqw and * beauty ; and adding to these the NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD, which also will be given, it may be predicted with safct/.that the pictorial department will be such, as of itself will merit the meat extended patronage. The Young People's Book, though, as it* name implies, principally designed for youth of both sex es, is adapted to all clacs s. Persons ofcvcrj ego who arc competent to read tnderbtandingly mar pcrivc both information and tanuscmcnt from its pages, and in every well-ordered fomily circle it it cannot fail to prove an acceptable and agree. ! able companion, through whose agency both mental recreation and mental disciplir o will be promo, ted. To enable every family, no matter how limitcd its pecuniary circum*Tincea maybeTbsiiSiT scribe, the publisher has determined to reduce the price of the work, notwithstanding the new ar. rangcmcnts he has cn'crcd into will considerably augment the outlay he is compelled to make ? Tor his compensation he relies on an enlarged subscription list, which he cannot permit himself to doubt he will immediately obtain. The Young People's Dock is published monthly. Eic'i number will contain an ample variety of or. iginal reading matter, a Mezzotint or Steel plate, and other engravings. The price to single sub. ecribers will be only #1 50 per annum, or four eo. pics for 85, and ten copies for 810, payments to be made invarially in advance. The plate* alone, if purchased separately, would cost treble the price of subscription. Address, postcge pait?, MORTON M MICHAEL. Publishers' Hall, 101 Cheetnut St. PhilacelyluaTzanr.. Single copy, subecription one year 81 Four cop.ee, - 6 00. Ten copies, 10 00. To facilitate remittances where but a tingle person subscribes, the publisher will funiph do*coo 7 of the Yocug Pro, le c Bro; for one y*er, and tb3 entire f?: efl of A?t2rcr*f edtoiredaad popolex ** Six Ni^&ewiih the Wefrngtrniv**." <& Edjtore copyinc th* *b-rvc vrill be entitled to * oopy of the Yc.n% folk's BoV*, ajyf ,v3n Ujghte -*n?h the . . % .. .... ... .. ., ? W I Alexander Dallas Bache, LL. D. Prof;flsor Robley Dunglison, M. D. J. K. Mitchell, M. D. ' Samuel G. Morton, M. D. " John Sanderson, A. M. " Walter A. Johnson, A. M, J. II. Belcher, A. M. " John F. Frazer, A. M. 44 R. M. Bird, M. D. \V. W. S. Ruschenberjrer, M. D, Reyndl Coatcs, M. D. Joseph R. Chandler, Ebq. Robert Morris, Esq. lion. IE T. Conrad S. C. Walker, Esq. R. Penn Smith, Esq. John Greenough, Esq. J. C. Neai.Esq. Prea'on O'Barrett, Edmund I^caf Ce&rles Pouleon, Esq. Hon John Bourior Mrs. L. H. Sigoumey, Mrs. S. J. Hals Vn V \f~ V? a j 41 I iUIP. 4?1. ^\. I UiUi Mr#. Bache, Misaltind. The anbaunded approbation bestowed on the plan and execution of the YOUNG PEOPILE'S BOOK, by the conductors of the public press throughout the United States, and by numerous persona of the highest distinction, in the various walks of Literature, Science, and Art, as well as the substantial patronage it has received, have induced the publisher not only to increase its claims by adding to its literary merits, but also to make it more accessible to all classes of the comrpunit j, by Rc during the ?ri;c zf Subscription*?For the former purpose, besides continuing the services of Professor Frost, whose ample sclnlar$Mp. triorg. ed information, correct taste, and acknowledged ability as an elegant and instructive writer, peculiarly qualify him for the management of a periodical devoted to young people, the publisher j has engaged the Editorial Aid of T. S. Artsu*, , a gentleman so favourably known to the American public, through the medium of his unsurpassed productions, that it would be idle to pronounce ; any eulogy on his merit#. Perhaps no living atu thor is more eminently fitted to impart instruction in an attractive and impressive form than Mr. Arthur. Endowed with an extraordinary acute> r.ess of vercevlirr. and the mnst Wwi? ?? ??