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f- " ? P Til we*****, TtoiMitV J*kva?y a, idia.^ MIMrMhwwn 1^1 w r i iit I| 11 inn ? tfee.Witoc e^nAo*. Attfewn Mgr bona^d* to ?Mr. Wtrr?*v?i.T. lu**\o-li.V? |>iwiih* ?? ?!' ' i ? ..- * to the Attention of the Hon J8j* tee^*t*tA f?r eopiee of the President's aeeeuinonU, for which we fetfJt 4m feint tut iratefal ecknowlodgetncuU. 1: iVtsivi nn wnniiii i < i 'M mviw, the* w* eiweoropelled this week, fnae.tfee aiqkneas of some of tho persons employed ip'toeir ofepft. to W? the preach nu.nbcr in the Ml odwfealf dhtott hot trust our tubecribera will teen ttaitfced td'keuo it thtib for the ooatrenieaee of ?"5 _rr- ' 'ii, 1 i| ccj^dvpctitfuf patrona, - Wiujaji IUnht Haywood, Jun., was, on tfco IMfetti, elected bjr the LogiaUturo of -North OtioHna, Benntor to Congress. The tote stood? for Haywood 95;'for Graham 69. |f'3|(ir> ?jL^f,9SwM Natchez on the 6lh of Doc., Qdi^eai (^rieonaon the 23 J, at both of which places he war moot enthusiastically welcomed. .. eiliT tqTr? bur 1.1 1 *- The"oAornt appointed to. comprise the Court bf Inquiry into the late cirvunmtanoce on board . <he Upitb'd States hp* Sm:r.t, ate Commodores ttretr^RT. Jacoj Jp.tss, and Dallas : Judge Ad. #ed*ta, Oode* Hoffman. The opinion of a Court fhab constituted Will Command the public confi. denCe end respect. The Court convened on board the North Carv. at the (levy yard, Brooklyn, on Wednesday the 28til Utt , at h <lf past 11 o'clo k. The oatha . htfiftjhcen administered, Mr. llodf.mn read tiio order, convening the Cau.t, frpm the Nuvy Do. pavtoienUi?aflur which Com nanJcr Mioacuzic 1*4* ? request to tho Court Uut be bo allowed thC assistance of Mr. Hone, not as counsel, bul to tsRo note* of the proceedings, and to aid him in ^r.itnig otlnyibalters ncctss.iry to he put on paper. ?On aecouaiof the non-arrival of certain letters, Haded Us Ms the corri rpondeuce ??f tlic Secretary of the Nivy, Mr. I loft'inaa proposed an adjourn merit, which'boing agreed to, tho Court adjourned to nfoct next day. at half past 11 o'Clork. .->!> .( .,9:1 . f . . * I GeftgV* Uor*i Boox.?Wa have received tho JantajytpuuiVrr of this elegant periodical in ud. jnceof the regular da/of publication, and find - h'?dslt tisst both for tli* eyo and tho oiu J. Tho ^VUWllMMHki to havem^mod all hia previous *w>d? to gratify1 the taste of - hi* subscribe: ; and lis* smhollialynci 1 ts which leeoropatty it arc a proof ^top high sU*o of excellence to which the tine ?t* vhaws sftsapod in. thia country. Of the four IMll'h|),1iif first, "Devotion," a menstist, is 4 wfirk df gtvat njcrit, add is worth more than the - jftpce of Uie'idrhlW. Tne coloring of the phtes alone, is stated 10 hive coat upwards or $1,033. Tho literary portion of'the work is all the produr. iisst sf Ainerisaft ladies, with tLo sole exception of an article hy Miss Joucu Biiluk. Tho sub. scribe rs* numlifcrv, It is stdtcd, will be forwarded in few days, as fast as issued from the press. ~~T?ia Bun )ST.? r.10 iang-expact-jd anou il re. pat of the Soeretary >f. tlic Treasury has arrived tt test, and possess;* tho rare nurit of being short. |t pboyisls, in truth, uflittlu more than a transcript of the nation il balance sheet for tho dying year, - Ml th^ |M>ua! cstiai ip.s, in U10 g.ors, for tha year tssnoa His suggestions are few, and his rccom. i?ywp roiTur i. am war, wiuovu, pinuow forth m project for raiting three millions mora of *4tibo?, bttt ventures not plainly to say that he tnyana a very proper duty upon Tea and Copras. This fit ab jut all: ?Com. Advert. " *' 1 THE BANKRUPT LAW If 4*(c for the residue of this week ; the bill b* repeal it liavinj been laid aside in tho House of RrpnmmUthth yaaterduy in order t > go on with the Appropriation Bill, tho immediate p.irsigo of yrhfeb was almost a matter of certainty. The Bankrupt Repeal bill cannot now be resumed in that body before Monday next Let not the friends of tlpe law, however, deceive themselves with false hftfWtoiti fate inCongrese. A bill will certainly of the Bankrupt Act, in pnrt, il fot in wholes before many .weeks. Whether it will be-repealed or apodiftcd a* from the first day of this foaftiorV or from the date of the repealing or modifying bet, iewbt certain.?Nat. Intell. of Doe. 13. GtVtL APPROPRIATION BILL, far tfie first half of tha ensuing year, which piss, ed the House of Representatives on tho 92d, was mat day taken up in tho Hrnatr, on toe report ol fit Committee of Ways and Means, gone through, passed, tod returned to the House of Rcpresenta. tires ?>! afterwards enrolled and signed by the ftReem el both Houses?and now only requires (if at'be Jmk adseady signed,) the signature of the IfoeMfcrille became a laiw^Ibid. ,' Alot?(J?jrtrcArresponderitof the N. Y. Commereul Advertiser, speaking of the immense import, ance of the fate E istern. conquests to Great Bri. |oio,a?/ of the sunshine of prosperity which has swddsnlj Mad unexpectedly illumined bar gloomy pdtitiSal atmosphere, concludes m tho following Strong snd tuergotic language concerning the cra4?tef thf United States abroad;, e rltiwdetply peinfol for sny true AnMriosn U tvm fp>n? this scene Of glorias and successes, to tht dark a#d iambrc aspect of affiira at horns. Eng find, with an Infinite amount of actual Causes o distressU*4 embarrassment, is prosperous in spile? thrift all. Oppressed with taxation, and borne dmmm tif pecuniary liabilities far beyond liar pre sent faun re?- shd dller<i??? a ou'iot ?t ??. no other country c?n ap 1..: '.v V s, ?. .. - Ok* fJrtifrfc 94?fe?, * the other hind, fra fr?m4ho mqtp4 which elm; em-jo d thie conn fry; vtth fiabilitiee which are to tboir resource ?rlmf ao oaern; with m domestic <ri?ifl>e lion ?eleo>h(n foo j peer? to he (VCoiti^jj thei rmpcctibihty it horm with a rapidity only to h. w ' ' J. o?vy;. {;. :<?Ift lw??i^-^U i'.?> ? v.i.> : * #V- Tvr> TK\ .v.;i -Mi..i?i.m, Ji'JJR7?l ' *}** . v >>I. ;' CHER ,t: >i1 i .?;? Mi i . i j :?; i "i " :-' ' t i ' \ oquiUcd bjr ths mtnim/of thtir wtter want of oaMgt abroad ! v t ,sj t."; *' ,i i /'"I fpetk Ihilin bitttrnenof heart t and I asI sore you that 'as an American, noositire to his | country's honor and reputation, I blush every tiina that country Is named. " i will not pursue this strain ; but if my eoun. , tryinen could ace Iww tho land which Washing. . ton saved, and to which the eyes of every lover of i political and religious freedom in Europe and throughout tho world had for so many years been i turned with a reverence that made tho name 1 'f " American" a passport for tho traveller in every I > realm ; ooutd thry, I say, see how that country 1 i is reviled and derided, and feel as I do the justice I | of ovory reproach which is uttered against her, ' i tlicy would unite in ono gigantic effort to retrieve ' her national character, and set on foot a moral re- | volution before which the physical struggle of 44 ee. I venty-six" should 44 pale its ineffectual rays," I white America rcsutaod her prawd position among tho nations of the earth ; and her sons, in tho land < of strangers, should onoo more know tho lofty sa- I tisfaction of hearing their country named with re. ] spcct and regarded with affection. < 441 am yours truly, ? "A Yankle IN LONDON." ' - - ' At a meeting of tho Washington Temperance Society, held in the M. E. Church, Rs?)!eed, That the first meeting in next month, be a special mooting to take into consideration tho ( propriety of alloring and amending the constitution ( of this Society; and that this resolution bo pub. ( lishcd weekly until that timo, in the Farmers' Ga- t actio. , " " f Correspondence of the N. Y. Evening Post. ( London, Dec. 3. 1 presume that nuch a brief summary as can be f accomplished within the limits of a letter, of the f important news from India and China, will be ^ doomed insufficient to gratify the curiosity of your ( readers, nni that you will copy in full the accounts . contained in the London journal*. It will be un- | necessary, therefore, Tor mo to trouble you with r detail*. I Tho new* i* in every way satis "actnry?tho tri. r unipbavcry complete. The people hero rejoice v that a wasting an I dangerous war ha* be en ended , in AflTglianisUn, an 1 that the slaughter or an in. ? offensive people has been stopped in China ; and j, it is to bo hoped that tho advantages which may ^ result to civilization from threo hundred millions ^ of people being brought into contact with tho oth- ? or nations of tiro earth, after having been so r strangely and effectually isolated for oeoturics, r may counterbalance the evils wltich have been f inflicted. I Tho terms are all that England could hare dc. ^ sire J. Easting peace and friendship between tho (, two countries?tho fire principal ports of China (i to bo thrown open, which is probably only s step g towards unrestricted trade?consular officers to be q appointed, and all intercourse to bo conducted on term* of perfect equality. Hong-Kong island to n be ceded to the British f<wcver?and 21,000,01)0 of dollars, in addition to the five or six millions last y year, to be paid towards defraying the expense* of ? Ilia war. The Fren di Journalists, who ore terri- (| bly gulled at the news, having predicted that the . Chinese war would bo interminable, und ruinous |( to England, hint that the Empero{ will endeavor t, to cvadn the treaty as wion as tbo British troops | are witiidrawn. This, however, is scarcely to be M supposed. Tno lesson must have been an cffoctn. ,| al one which caused him to ucccdo to the present ? terms, und agree to receive barbarians "on terms of equality." Tito English might have carried on i, operations in the vicinity of Canton for half a , century without making' an impression on the r " Brighteyc," hut when it wan found that one v, stmngly fortified city after another fell under the ,| red and blank outer barbarians?Uiat the rcsis- 0 tanne of bis bnvciit Tartar sol Tiers was vain? ,| that the great canal, the main artery of his c:n- n pire, would soon bo in the power of the enemy, j-.n-J a'd co ttmunication stopped?that the full of j Ningpo wis at hand, and tliat of Pekin probably Q not far distant?then it was seen that further oppo. -| sition was hopeless, and could only lead to the c downfall of his dynasty. It is not likely that p these lessons will he speedily forgotten, or tint j infringements of u treaty will be attempted, which ? will be certain to be followed by prompt and , deadly retaliation. Tiro Emperor and his man. ? 1 darina now know tho sort of people with whom j they have to deal, and tho haughty contempt ij which China lis* cither felt or affected to feel, for c all other nitions, is probably nt'nn end forever. (1 It is irtjposriblr to estimate tho consc iences , which may result from the teeming, tho wealthy, r . the luxurious inhabitants of China being brought g into contact with the rest of mankind. It is an ., I era in tho world's history?another marvellous feat s performed by the people of that small northern Is- {,] land, which exercises, under Providcnco, an in. r fluence on (ho affair* of tho Globe, littlo short of r miraculous. Ono of the first effects produced by tho news, ^ was an additional demand for American Cotton | in the Liverpool market. It is thus that the na. a tions of tiie earth hang together ; tho successes of ? tho British troops in China, raise tho valuo of ?: United States produce! Already docs Munches. ( tor begin to speculate, and the only fear is, that * ' overlooking tho fact that a demand for foreign , goods on the part nf tho Chinese, must bo of gra- j dual growth, her manufacturers will glut the mar. | 1 ketgof ?iuigpoo end Foo^hon-foo with fabrics ( 1 for which Ihoir new Asiatic customers havo yet | - to aoquire taste. , ^ There is one incident in Sir Henry Potlinger's , f despatches which is very striking, and which equils ^ 8 any thing recorded in Greek or Roman history. ^ Too Tartar General who commanded at Ching- ( * H.oang.foo, as soon at he mvr tlrot nil wasfost, re. { tirod to hi* house, commanded his servants to set , it on fire, and eoatiog himself in a eh iir, perished 3 in the flames! Honor to hi* memory. , The fjte straggle h?e elaarty elicited the fact, < * that the Tartar o? Mantchoa race cjist at the , * present time, a* a distinct military tribe, main. ' r ruining a haughty euperiority over tho native Chi-' B ncee. Infinitely superior to the latter in valor, uXJUaO If JK *> <? +11 f y nmmm&w .1 :.,iii:-J *iV?? *.>?) ? ' ?91 tV-WtKl AW. SOUTH-CAKOI^ 'f li 1 til --JtAa-r ^ II .. 1 !. 'Illll I I l.MC nnd all soMierTy quilitte*, they (oMfl Yo *ftSr maintained, up to th^ present period, the demeano end privilege* of a eqnqoet'uif awid pretlora|fclj| race. The Chin eke hare pot ahown theotwtvc either rery more! orpatriotio. They left the Thi tare to do all the fighting, and whW a eity eta taken, immensely augmented the evile ineeparabli from war, by commencing; a general plunder o the house* of the more respectable in habitant*.So systematic were the raaeele, that they Bred tiv street* at aaeh end, in order to prevent being in lerrupted by the English, and oarried of thai booty by lanes and obecora turning*, known bu' to themselves. Tho at cam vessel* appear'most U have excited their wonder, and are termed by then I1 drti dwalfe ?->"?t ? gaArfti_ Tho moral effect of the lato success both in Aff ghanistan and China, will bo immense, and will leave an impression on the Asiatics of the hopelosanets of any strangle in future with England. France has finally decided cgainA 'signing the \nti-fJavo trado Treaty of 1841 (Wwhich she had formerly agreed); tho representatives of Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prossia met, and do. stared the protocol closed, and the treaty binding >n their respective governments. From the Baltimore Sun. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR. Thia document, which is Vory long, and nttch in detail, nnd which wo shnlt Ihoreore condense for tho convenience of our nndcrs, commences with n gennrnl rofnr. mcotn tho reports of tho (ventral in-chief ind the heads of bureaus having charge ?f the Buhjents respectively, for the condi. ion of the army, the fortifications and the >'her branches kif the military service, the itnte of Indian affairs. pensions nnd miliary bounty land-?; nnd nlso for the sugrcstiona dee ? ed requisite to tho good of lie service, and for account* of the menHires taken to execute tho laws of the nst session. Parts nnd por'ions of the irmy not inspected for marly years, hnve >oen examined; fortifications, arsenals, ind depots of military stores have heen united; n?> important military establish, nent of the Government has escaped inpection, ntltfc much inforirialion'has thus ?een gained by tho Department; the fetorts of the bureau* being very satisfue. nry. In?ptirsuanr.e of (ho act of the last ession altering tho fives I year, the osti. natos of the Department, hare been pre. >arod for tlie fira* six months in 1843, and or tho year commencing tho 1st of July. 843; sftjiaiifloiy. Thoie iW/the army roper, for tho half yoor of 1843,; amount 0 $558,580 88. Tho approptifttion* for ho Mimt purpeso of 1842, amounted to ll.234.GG9, of which tho half would he 12,142 334. Thia very great reduction 1 owing to various cousn*; first, the dilinishcd expenses in Florida, effected uiinly by tho vigilance of Brig. Gen. Vorth before tho cessation of hostilities; f which nn account was transmitted to lio Mouse of Representatives nt its Inst esston : second, the termination of those nstilitics ; third, the stopping of tho reruiting service in August Inst; fourth, tho ouht whether the atnto of tho TriTAsury on Id warrant even the expenditures an. Iioriy.ed. particularly those in the FJngicornnd Ordinnnco Departments, induced suspension of many nr those which could e suspended with tho least politic injury, nd considerable balances in consequence cumin ; and, fifth, n desire to economise, rhieli is believed to liave influenced nil lio branches of tho service. These, and thc.r cnusoa not so important, have saved tie expenditure of a largo portion of the mount appropriated for 1842. and loft it a ha applied to the service for 1843. The same du.siro to economise and adapt ur expenses to nnv probable slate of the Treasury, has induced tho very moderate stimato for tho servico of the army pro>or, during the, fiscal year commencing illy I*i, IH43, of S3,204,588 CO, being \I.(ISO, 100 40 less than tho appropriating for the same objects in 164*2, and 1807.430 40 less than the expenditure* n 1840. It i* confidently believed that he present military establishment of the onntry, including all the expenses of the nilitnry academy of a permanent or enningent character may ho maintained at a ost not exceeding 93,100.000. Thine*, innate does not, of course, include the appropriations for ordnance, ordnance stores, mall nrma and equipments, which are listrihuted among the Slates, or are accn* nnlated for futurn uh? ; nor does it in. hide the expenditures of the engineers in fecting fortifications or other military lofonce*. or in the measures preparatory o such erections. It will he seen that no ippropriations aro asked for the ordinance ervico for tho first six months of 1843. Pho?n recommended for tho fiscal year omniencing 1st July, 1843, sre 9775,100. The appropriations for the same M.j. i-m in wern I OOHf tnvo b?en rrtiltirod more in rcfrronro t<i ho possibfo state of Iho Treasury thnn In lie octunl wants ?>f the sorvico. In fl?c Kn^inanr Departinont ilto appropriation* i*kod for the onsuiim eighteen months imnunt In (i,245 6U(). Tho amount np. imprinted lir 1842 wm 0278.000. A portion of fho estimates is inriispensshh ror tho preservation of work* already mm rcinneed?tlio residue i? deemed imcma rv, anil it is believed that true rcononu will bo consulted by appropriating it; liu cttil it is i?ot indispcnsnhlo at this time.? The whole amount of>thn estimates fni Iho military service* of tl>? country fin (ho first hi'lf year of 1842, o*clu*ivoo fortification*, is 9020,049 ?8, nm' f?r !'u fiscal year terrtiinfting Joly 1st,'Wl4, i ' . ;?>v<\o v .vn - ? :. '"f -' " ?;-.Yn I ii ~ ' -?" ?'.! Jqiv-yv^ vm |ii5>d <?J DYAllWH HE e , M.llilM 80. Tt??j **tNnl|f*# nrc thue * J -fetW) trtWercHt, if >>s??ble; ?th/B miduW. ? &**S!*4 *??Kjr&?jM 41? ; "* " ?Wry elf Jhe 44W><Jjtur?* V oftihia Deportment* Tlw* many of (he enfcimnte* of ihe> Ohiof *?f Topographical > Qnffirie*rfcr?lnte-<i> work* either exttliifive. f ly of a civile or of n mixed eiilitnry end civil chnracterf-r-vUch p? lijrhi.hnumn I pieced Under his dhnroe. end h?trtrAb?*i?wi - of harbors, rivers, surveys,Ac., andean- | r not, with proprfefy, bo included among t the military expenses of llio country. > The aatihrmlns for pensions are alaa very \ mnrh redUfcodTrnm the amount appropriated during tho Inst year, which is believed 1 to he justified by the diminution of the t I number of peneioncra. Tho estimate 0?r 1 . that object, for^he first half yjfW of l?|3, > ia $119,:Uo, atidEfor ttih flhell yeaf,.?rtfi. I July 1st, 1844, $097,680. Tfio np- < 1 proprialions for the Inst wero $.730,000. ^ I tn the Indian Department, tho expenses I > being regulated hy treatiesorhy law, there I ; is no room for tho oxnrcisenf discretion in the reduction of their nmount* Aathoso ? are chiefly mnde within the first nix i months of nny y?nr, tho estimato for thnt < portion of tho year 1848, in] in fact, for ' thpsnrvicciaf tho whole year, nod amounts' c to $791,494 49, ntid those for the fiscal * year eommrneing July lat, 1843, amonnt f I in $860,978, being, howovnr, nearly . 8150.000 lean than the sum appropriated f in 1842, for thesamo dopnrtment. This t arises solely from ihero beiqg less required < ' to fulfil treaty stipulations for the purchase t of land. . t V < , ''" '' \ ' i 1. ^ 8 Tho cessation .ifhostilities in Florida ii * next adverted to, thoMr^nsonn for which \ have already been laid bc-foro Congress.? * Tho number of troops tlioro has boon ? gradually diminished tn a suffieioncy fVu f nrutcclion mmiil?> i-.-.idf.i.i- 1 % ? ? nui n?/IU |iriiM?N?M 1 of the Indians, with whom* except n few. r arrangoments.for removal have been made. Th<i few out rages since tlio< cessation nf | hostilities are attributed to hpnris ignorant of the measures adopted, or of tho t*nn? offered. During (lie past year four Imn- f dred and fifty Indians h?Ve been shipped I to tho West, aud it is supposed two linn- r <ir< d wore have surrendered, nnd norofttcri ? tho propositions to remove to the district c assigned them ; and a furoe, consisting of I sixteen hundred and forty Tour men, is * retained to garrison (he posts and retnOVe s npprchenxion. Tho troops withdrawn ? have hecu disposed of at proper point# for t tho dofenqo of the western and nnrthorn * ' frontiers f>r, have relieved others on t|n? ? the seaboard. Tho artillery, has benn ' drilled and employed as infantry, nnd as c many companies ns'possible have been H collected on the Atlantic frontier, to pruc> lice at the guns, and learn the exercise J of garrison and field artillery. In cnnco. ( quenccof the Mexican invasion of Texas, n and apprchensiona relative to tho wild u tribes of tho south-west, and to prevent t any attempts to cngngo in the then coming conflicts, a strong corps of obser. r vntion lias been kept on nnd about Red river under General Taylor, and hnvo nc. ' compluhcd the object in vicjv. Tho na- J ture of tho service rcquired'on our exten. r ?ivo linn of frontier on tho south-west, f west and north-west, renders tho service n of mounted men inriispensnhte; and it is r held that true economy, as well ns efiuc- a tiyc service, will he promoted by tho continuance of at least the presont mounted regiment*. reduced as the rnnk and file will soon ho. to fifty men for each eompony. The Secretary therefore hopes that the law which requires the dismounting of the second regiment of dragoons, on the 4th of March next, will, nt least, ho so far modified as to leave the time discretion:)ry. The regular force, ns now authorized hy law, consists of seven hundred and i aovontcen commissioned officers, seventoon storekeepers, of whom fifteen are attached to the Ordnance, and two to the Purchasing Department ; two hundred and fifty enlisted men for the ordnanco service, and seven thousand fi?n hnrwir?.l and ninoly nnn commissioned officers, ' musicians, artificers, and prirntcs; liven- [ ly chaplains nnd schoolmasters, nnd or 1 marry ordnance sergeants ns there are 1 niilitnry posts. Clerks, fornga masters, 1 nnd wagon masters, aro also omployod in ( tho Quarter-master's Department, from ' timo to limo, according to tho exigences 1 of the service. The art of Angus! 23, ' 184*2. reduced the rank nnd file of the ar- 1 my threo' thousand nine hundred nnd ( twenty men. The reduction isgradually ' proceeding, in tho manner contemplated by the act, and the excess, according to ' the Inst return, is 1970 men. It is nop. posed the prescribed minimum will bo reached by the beginning of tho year 1844. l'ronr the general returns of the nrmy, ' it appears that tho whole number of trnnn* ' now .in Mcrvicn is nino thousand eight 1 hundred and forty.seven, consisting of 1 seven hundred nod righty-onn commit.' sionrd nfficor*. nine thousand six hundred ' non-commissioned officers, musicians, nr. ' lificers, nnd private*, nnd two hundred and forty-seven enlisted men of ordnance. The aggregate is eight hundred nnd for' ty.savcn less thnn the number stated in the last annual report. 1 Tbo desertions have not been numerous, hut nn unprecedented number of r men havo Itenn dischargnd by (ho judges r. *n<|c?*urlf (three hundred and eighty.eight 1 between July 1, 1841, nnd October 31, 55 1811) principally on the ground of their ' 3,'1843.^ ' I I1, Ml ...1 1.4 ' .III. ..DP l.l'l.l, gg* i/i .in <! .?'f ' '*?{t being ?tientv Various eonMhictioiwo tho hw on ^his subject, Imvo tended t< perplex recruiting officers; nnd as th< low wages of tlio soldier are not * suffi oient inducement tn onterprising natives it is suggested thai prohnbty a middle course would avoid all difficult ins. name, ly, n(lowing those to be recruited who arc citiscns, or who have token the pretimi. nar.y oath and ihitiMory steps to natural!, ant ion. * - The report of the officer boring charge of tho Ordnnneo bdreau is stated to be ss. tiafactory; and in. consequence of the ays. tcjtn ' pursued, it Is alleged that wo shall soon have at our command, cannon, amal) iriM./iHui *- HI * rirvm> ??? Kin iu/fif jjunjwworr una its components,,4jp an extent commonaurate with ntir wants. The returns of the militia of the sere nl States. which constitute the b**ia of he apportionment under (he net of 1808, ror arming and equipping the militia, inve not been regularly mado ; and New Tersey, Delaware, Arkansas and Louisilaa, have been delinquent in this respect Vom twelve to eighteen years. The :nuse of this is deemed worthy of inquiry, ind the evil, of n remedy ; as is also tl e fisproportion between the allotments of irms and the population of the several States. Tho atate of tho Trensnry, as this De. inrtment was advised by the proper on ihoriy, rendered it necessary to withhold th? expenditure of ns much of the apprnprinions, mado<at the last session of Congress, is Could be suspended without the great ind manifest Injury to the public service, n rofcrenco to the condition of our forsign relations, and the quantities of arms, Mtinon, and gun enrringea in our posseslion, it seemed that such suspension could nko placo in the operations of tho armies md nrsenal*, with less iinmodinle public njury or incoaVcniencc than in other doinrtmonts. Extensive repairs also became icccssary at tho arinorios. For a lime, herefore, no work wns carried on at either if them during tho past season. I.abor las now, however, boon resumed on a noderatc scale, and instruction# have beon riven to completo the inuakets in the | inurso of fabrication, and to muko five j mndrcd rifles, and fivo hundred porcus. i<>h muskets, each month, for the ensuing ix months. The arsenals will bo chiefly imployed fn tho repairs of artiu, and in he mnnufiicture of tho iron .work of gun arringc* und military equipments. Our upply of heavy cannon being very good, t is not confeinplulod at present to pur* hnso many of thut description ; but a ufRcient number of largo chambered ;uns to arm our forts will bo procured. ? tnd in consequence of the adoption of he suggestion of tho Treasury Department, before mentioned, a large portion f tho money intended for tho service of he year 184*2, remains unexpended ; and ,ny specific appropriations for tho Ordi. isnce Department for tho first six mouths u I Win will be unnecessary. The estinatos for the fiscal year commencing hily 1, 1843, are mndo upon a scale: so educed ns to bo warranted onlv by tbo losmbte atato of tho Treasury. The usuit appropriations (or tho ordinary objects >f expnndiluro in this branch of service iru as desirable now ns at former periods ; ind it is believed that n mistukon ccono. ny only would dictato the continuance >f such reduced amounts, when the condiinn of the public finances will admit of vhat is demanded by our true interest. A national foundry on a (united scale, vhere the qualities of iron may he tested, ind models for ordnance fabricated, is uiggcated, nnd it is stated (hat some login, ativo provision has become nocossnry n reference to tho luud mines and mineril lands, on nccount of difficulties between daimanta of the lands and (hose engaged n mining nnd holding by lease from the government. To enable the government o obtain sonto value for these lands nnd Tiincs, and, nt the samo time, to afibrd to ho humble and comparatively indigent nbnrorann opportunity to acquire lots for iuma within their means of payment, nnd n quantities adapted to their moans of vorking them, it is recommended that the cserved mineral lands in the north pnrt >f Illinois and the Territory of Wisconsin ind Iowa bo allowed to be sold in lots of :cti acres each, nt n minimum prico of on rinllnr* per ncre. It is represented hat they nre worth from twenty to fifty h.llnrs per Bcrc, depending on their situa lion. The subject is commended to Congress, l>ut I ho same rnusns arc not operative, nor [Concluded on page 2.] ARRIVED, DEC. 27th, Stoancr Utility, Gulliver, 3$ day* from Oenrgetown, with lighter?Merchandize lo B Bryan & Bro., Emanuel Solomons, f'e. lix Long, A J Harris, C Vandcrford, and D S Harllec of this place :?And to Jan. Lane, P Miller, A S Ooggcshull, G H Pawlcy, M A Slacknill, E 8 Bunch, W H Cannon, E Sc L Levy, B Gauze, Thos. House, R Monroe, C W Dudley, W W Durant, and A BrUtow, of the interior. i/jbv. iium, aicamer ueeola aniJ lighter, Jolin Irvin, with goods for D Malloy, A P Licostc, Tar, Titmun Ac Bo., Blue At Moore, and Emanuel and ISoIomont of thin place And W Munnerlyn, J B M'Danid, and 8 Emanuel, of the interior. DEPARTED. DEC. 31st, Steamor Otcola, with cotton one merchandise. JAN. 2d, Steamer Utility, Gulliver, with cot ton, for Gfo getown. K"' 'itffe ?>' !>" >*?? 'iivif*. ?f?i *? I P; ri:i;o? wrft tfi -%n?! ipionim ofM ^ I .*u?i I I n-': l.i ? ofl !??*4? v>lT fVv>'!?;.t? /n**'1^'"' 'O W'*i""1*. Vjtiffp * of?:*J " ' , ; ?? C??: ' : ' ' i ' ?( itlvAiK tit*Kl?-.?? "o'liy M.^T Ih't uww? NUM^WI^f.;ttW .. |x*u .:r?lri'fl iihrrpmlvffwieVi ?io,?i Ij-.U'."''^' ,' 1 "\|;M'.jitiuljjl K?i > o.i minn n ir rm\M rwMwti i . A mourn. '1 to?| Beefin n*arkdL, r|*..'*,-l|-,{j).t7'" ft* Bacon from sago*?* r;f{k .. i?A(,4b , i| 5Ek,Mttli: '1iH "* > Btntii ft * % " W Baffin* yard M ' & Bale Hop? \ ft l*? > <.. MA cofr" * ?h.J? *i ..iiT EoTTO*. ft ? T Corn, saaree bosh ' ' 4t? ' 'tj| Floor, Country, b?I 4f' >a Feotlior? fin wag. none lb lA|r a > ft - Fodder. lOOlbg, ? *|M Glass, window 8x10, ftlft S 15 a 9 U -?, 10*12. ?0R 3 ft) "4 IIP (tides, frees ft Tat?.. * ' ? ?? . dry lb 1 lAi "? ' I ' -? Iron 1001b? * r, air JUri-ft Lard ?e?ro? ^ ft ' t!?-' 3 :: Leather, sole ft ft' * Load, bar ib ): .] -#.>< !*i. ift: Lofwood Ib 'IV. * '.I#1! Molasses N.O, gal * f#.2 fat 28 a M Nail?,cot,assorted lb I '"'a' '' 'ft Tm* River is navigable for 8team ftwilb 1848. THE commencement of another bjfott with it many engagements, and the 8?fV scriher lakes this method of Ihformln* hiebb?' tomers and those indebted to ki?i,tbbt h?ba* inauv and pressing eng:tgeut?nts.lo peg,moon*. in this and the ne*l month.-and hi* pri|*c|?>lj means to du so, is froipi collections, which n? hopes to tnako Irmn those Indebted tobkn. Its looking ov r his bui*iiioss.4istliids h? ha? agMtft many outstanding debts duO^tita, many of whi?hi arc small; but ns rivers sro mad? up frets gnjall stream*, so a large amount in. t^o org regal? fo made Oom small accounts. Whore lncy>!mtk nt** meroua Ho hopos, therefore, I hat ntthe Of hi? frionds trill neglect to pay . him because the nmount may bo small, and that nona yi|| h?Jd .. back what they are al>l i to pay. because their ? accounts arc too large to pay all at ortdf.' .la short, then, he would way tO Oil thOs? srh? ark' indubteJ to him, to come rerwacd and p?ypp?> ^ lh"y uannot psj ?H, pay wlta* t)?y v.vi? vuu iiu.uiicv py noio to some tomurf, whoso accounts have boon running for one, two, nnd in toms instances, three W innfo yoarn, he would say longer hsdulgmeeti cannot nor will not bo givnn, and ut?^M?<wgf[ aat.l.-in tuts nre mad*, the next iayitajiow to my will co:no from an officer of the'law. These UM remarks are Intended fbr all'tint's ?htA lohgte' than six months back, and Uwjptillt all debts das 1st, inst. tiist are ft* arranged iu a raasoua ^ AWS?' a pp.-aTs In his customer* to dome forjsard and aayw tlioinselyos coats. Ha woo'M also slaw tbti kkl means aro linrfled, and tbereftue hallliMtil4b do a credit husincM on groefcrirs; ha syti1 MftfS> good stock vf family ^rocoriaa op hand, and N soil them very low for Catk or Pr*tiws. ' Tfc such of lilt customers as totlle thelr'steotinrstitiJ nunlly, he will seli any gooda except grobooieti on the usual credit, and on moderstn tecum ? e D. 8. HAu Cheraw, Jan. 2, 1815. 9 9* " LETTERS Remaining in the p.*?o*ee, tWaer, 8 C., Jan. 1843, and if not Called forty the 1st April next, will bo aeat 'to tks QsMtti Post Office aa Dead Letters. / n ?n''T?1 n B?Henry Bncbanon, i, William A. SkR# James Brooks, William K. Bl slock, Rio lred ttonmtt, Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett, Miss Sfartha Brown, Jefferson Hreoden, R. A. Barnelt. * ' C ? Malcotn Clark, 8, George Colli us, W. AT Coloy, Catherine Campboll. i 1)?Joseph Duvid, Mias Ivnora David so*. | E^?T. J. Ellerbe, I^inuel Edwards, 8. K?James Francis, R. Freeman. ' * '' tl?Jaeob Gnney, D. W. Crave*. i 11?Presley Uarroll, Mist M. A. Hogbe, JiOMI A. Harrold, Doot.Jas. HMsV, Towpaw? HeffJ, Urooka llinson. Wi ham llews. J?William Johnson, EvJwaid D. Jarrot. } K?R. A. Kendall, Mrs Rihabetb Retlyn. 1 1/?Ncodham Isngitun*. > ?r M?D. D- McB yal, SI, gri. Elinbctk M?Ca'.l, Mrs. Mary McAIUtcr, William E. Mubarluf. ' ~ "* '* " ?-~1' P?Miss M. A. Powell, John E. PitlMMi, Ruv'd. A. H. Pnrmolee, James Powell. i Q? Daniel Quick. i y'l'lft v:ii. t . 11?Richard Rom. , S ? Mrs. C, M. Sessions, MissC E;Vln|tlli || i Willium Sweat, Olivjr Spcncor, John Stafford. I I ' I I NOTICE OF S^LE. " BY pormisaion of tho Cour^'of Ordinary fl* Chester(iold District, will be void on Monday, the 16ih of January noil, and d#je f<gl* lowing, at the Into residence of Julio Chapman, i deceased, in the village of CheeterA?td, 8. C., all tho peraonal estate or aaid deceaaed, consisting of about 33 negrout, horaos, hogs. otttlrt,-?*r?4 fodder, Carpenter*# and Bl icktmith'e toOla, household und kitchen furniture, a wagon,.p\an-* taiion tool#, and a variety of other article*. Terms?A'l iuma or and under Ave dollar#. Cash. All sums over Are dollars oh a credit tin. til the first day of January, 1814, with interest from the day of sule, to be accural by bead *4 note, with good security. Mlf.LEY CHAPMAN. Admrtt. W. J. HANNA. AdmWr. ? ficc'r 1st, I84tl, > 8 SMMMBWHliMSniSMaSWSM?S notice. . 4; THE Partnership heretofore existing under tho firm of Blakency St Gregg, is this day ?i i - Uirr>i?:u 11J muiuii content. All unhealed liunnora will be aimed by efeSar or both o( Ihe uhaeribcre. > J A MRS W. BLAKENEY. / ALEXANDER GREGG. / Jew. 2d. IP43. 8 ?t ? r, j ALEXANDER GREGG, ATTORNEY AT LAW, in * CHERAW, 8. C.% , " " "IITHA regularly attend the Coujrte of Lew w for tlio Dmtriela of Cliealerfteld* l>oio\ M iio and Darlington. J n-y.a, 18li. S ii . MERCHANTS* BANK, . C. ClIMAW, January 0, M4 THE Director* of thia Dink hm 4ieM?4 a dividend of 94 per hoj^tf.,r tho 1m half yeai, payable on ? n I i w ? c :