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a day at a time, smoke their cigars, and in.
duigetheir cogitations thence arii-ing, without fear
of being disturbed by customers. This is certainly
very easy tunc*. <
' w
A Lssson for Scolding Wives.?"And I
dare say you have scolded your wife very often,
Newman," slid I, once. Old Newman looked
down, and the wife took up the reply. 44 Never
to signify?and if he has, I deserved it." 44 And
I dare say, if the truth were told, you have scolded
him quite as often." 44 Nay," said the old woman,
with a beauty of kindness which all the poetry in
the world cannot excel, 44 how can a wife scold
her good man, who has been working for her and
her |ittlc ones all the day ? It may be for a man
to be peevish, for it is he who bears the crosses of
the world; but who should make him forget them
but hi? own wife ? And she had best, for her own
1 - **? 1 '? ?? ^ trhon i ns
m?K.e?ior noooay can ?wuu mum .............
ing is all on one side."?Buliccr's Student.
The Cincinnati Gazette states that the number
of Ilogs already packed in that city up to the 20th
\jlt-, is estimated at bet ween seventy and eighty
thousand. A larger proportion than usual have
been converted into Lard and Bacon. The price
of Hogg ranges at from $1 75 to ?2, according
to quality.
A Yankee in Captivity.?The Brooklyn Star,
states, that a letter fras recently been received in
that city from Harvey Winchell, one of the persons
captured with the Santa Fc expedition. He
writes from Jalapa, Republic of Mexico, where
he has opened a school with flattering success.?
Among his pupils, is the daughter of Santa Anna;
she is about sixteen years old, and could not write
her name when she commenced with him, but has
improved rapidly.
To Catch Rats.?An Ohio paper says that as
many as thirty-six rats have been taken in one
night by the following plan : take a smooth kettle,
fill it to within six inches of the top with water,
cover the surface with chafl'or bran, then place it
in the evening where the rats harbor.
Isle or Pixes.?The Navy Department it is
said, immediately on receip; of Commander Mackenzie's
despatches, ordered a vessel of war to
proceed with all despatch from Norfolk to this
Island, which lies off Cape Antonio, Cuba, in latitude
21, 31. The Island has but few houses on
it, which arc concealed in bushes?is of considerable
extent, and has good wells of water.
Chicago.?Seven years ago, the exports from
PhiAaorn trpre &100i') : this rpar tllPV have reached
6" v" ? j
over $350,000, although the prices of the same
articles are at least from 30 to 50 per cent, lower
than last year.
The Edinburgh Medical Journal gives an account
of a case, in which a man reduced to almost
a dying state by hcemoptysis, was cured, and restored
to health, by means of transfusion of blood
from the veins of a goat.
The number of convicts received into the State
Penisentiary of Tennessee, from the 21st January.
1631, to the 28th October, 1842, is six hundred
and two?an average of about one a week.
To the Times.?It is stated that the low
prices of produce, and competition, have reduced
^ board in Washington, from $10 and $15 a week,
to $3 and $4, at which prices many of the members
of Congress are said to have contracted for
:
the winter.
A cargo of 10,000 bushels of wheat has arrived
at New York from Valparaiso.
Extract from a letter received in this city, dated
Macon, Jan. 4, 1843.?44 Recently a man travelling
homeward from this place was shot on the
road leading to Miiledgcville. He was not killed, I
bus severely wounded. Ho was shot, it is sup- ;
posed, with a view to being robbed ; the perpetrator
not as yet detected. The gentleman shot was
.named Taylor, and lives in "SVilkcs Co., Ga."
Char. Courier.
SvMfTOMS OF A PRECOCIOUS SPRING.?Wc ob.
served a peach tree in bloom, on Sunday last, in
the yard of one of our next door neighbors in
Wentwortb street.?I bid.
Mr; Clay has accepted an invitation to visit
Baton Rouge, and will attend the Agricultural
Fair to be held at that place, on the 8th and 10th
irjsf.?N. O. Dee, 3 d inst.
Military RiGirre.?James Henry, of the Boston
JLancers, "was recently tried in that city for j
striking one Stanley severely with the flat of his
sword in clearing a parade-ground on which the
J-ancers were exercising?Henry being a sentinel.
/Iudfcg Thatcher, charged that a rrt'litary corps
who take off their ground for a parade, and give
fair notice thereof, have a right to keep it clear of
A ' I Imsotirvan
jmruucrB, even oj jortc. a u*. wvou^v
found a verdict of Not Guilty.
The scales falling?sight bestowed.?The '
following resolution was adopted and published by :
a late Democratic meeting at Frankfort. Ky.
Retulvtd, That Daniel Webster and John C.
Spencer, the brightest luminaries of the Whig
Sky, have, in their transit to democracy, formed a
halo of glory around their principles.
"
Water Running up Hill.?Dr. Smith, j
in a recent lecture on geology, at New j
York, mentioned a curious circumstance
connected with the Mississippi river. It
runs from north to south, and its mouth is
actually four miles higher than its source,
a result due to the centrifugal motion of
the earth. Thirteen miles is the differ nee
between the equatorial and polar
radius; and the river in -2,000 miles has
to rise one-third of this distance, it being
the height of the equator above the pole.
If this centrifugal force were not continned,
the rivers would flow back, and the
ocean wou^l overflow the land.
W%r C. Preston.?flic needs no
44 Honorable" prefix to Ins name w hose
heart is the rfcat of honor, nnd the abode
of every n>*r?iy virtue.) This gentleman
is again a private citizen, domiciled in
our quiet village, and we find him still
the ftamo kind, affable, and benevolent
citizen he ever was. Office, honors, and
the homage and ndultalion of the gr^1
have not altered him one iota in his char,
jtvlcr; they have neither changed the cur
_
! rent of his affections, nor corrupted the
benevolent impulses of his heart. Those
chords of sympathy, which were always
in harmony with the nobler feelings of our
, nature, still retain their elasticity in his
, breast, and respond, as they were wont to
do, to the touch of the unfortunate. We
j were led to these remarks by having witj
nessrd. on Tuesday evening Inst, an act
| of mora! grandeur and benevolence on his
j part, that has raised him, in our estnnaJ
tion, to an elevation from which the cai
nriro nf man rannnt rn?l him rlnwn.
, -- ? ?
Sometimo during tho last summer, a I
dreadful murder was committed upon the
bo.lv of a white man in this District.?
j Several negroes attached to' the plantation
of Col. Richard Singleton, weresus.
r pectod of having committed it, and a
number of them were arrested, confined
*Li?d examined, from time to time, without
eliciting any clue to the bloody deed ;
and all were finally discharged but four,
(who belonged to a trust estate under the
: care of Col. Singleton.) Efforts were
| made to induco a confession, from some
' of these individuals, and after some time
a negro named Joe, pretended to give a
circumstantial detail of the horrible deed,
affixing the murder to two others, named
O '
Paul and Bacchus. On Joe's evidence,
1 before a Court of Free-holders, they were
| condemned to be hung. After sentence,
however, testimony was discovered that ,
j went to prove ari alibi i and Joe's con|
duct, moreover, induced the suspicion that
I he had testifid falsely. On these grounds (
i an application was inade to Judge Earl |
I for a new trial, and William C. Preston |
j stepped forward, without fee or reward, |
I to advocate the claims of these poor un- {,
fortunate negroes to a new trial! And |
fie did most eloquently advocate them, in (
a speech of about half an hour's length, j
while a large concourse of citizens, with \
on it nr attr>ntinn nnri lirenthloss Silence.
~"b~* , ,
listened to the well known tones of his j j
mellow voice, and gratefully recognized j (
him as the same philanthropic individual, j
who, in days of yore, had plead many a !
poor man's cause, at the same bur, without j '
I fee or reward / j'
" Far more true j<jy Marcellus exiled feels,
Than Ccesar with a Senate at his heels."
Columbia Ckron. ; {
j
THE CURRENCY QUESTION.
In regard to the Exchequer plan, we j c
have sometimes heard a sentiment of this f
sort expressed :?u Let the country sutler I "
till it is willing to coine hack, as it must j *
do, to an old fashioned national bank ; wo ; v
want no half-way measures." It is well j '
known that we have always expressed our ; ;
preference for a national bank under pro- j 1
per regulations; but we despair of being 1 v
able to obtain such an institution in the j ^
present state of tilings. Besides, do people
reflect or^vhat is now and what would
be the position of the country, if a charter 1
of a national bank were obtained and pre- ,
sented to the public for organization ? Do
they not perceive that confidence is so j
prostrated in inonied corporations, and I
the resources of the country are so redu- j .
ced, that it would be utterly impossible to j ^
get thestock filled up? Are they not aware ?
that some incipient measures are requisite ^
to revive confidence,without which a bank j
chater would remain a dead letter upon the
statute hook ? It sceins to us that the first (|
step is to regulate exchanges, so as to set (j
business going, to enable different sections
of the Union to interchange their produce ^
or transmit it to market, to establish a j
uniform and fixed system of rates, time j
and manner, upon which merchants, who ^
are the producers' agents, can fully de- .
pend ; and thus to divest enterprise of the f
hazards ot speculation, and give it healthy [ n
action by moderate and reliable profits, j 8
This much at least the Exchequer and its j H
branches will accomplish, and though it ! j
will not add any thing to the actual cnpi- n
tal ot the country, as in fact a national i
bank would not, it would systematize the _
action of a portion of what we have and t
make it useful in our exchanges, w hile as s
things now are it is wholly idle. The si- c
tuation of the country is just this: Mo- j t
ney is heaped up in one place; one kind \ ,
of produce is accumulated in another;'c
another species is huddled together in a I (
third, and merchandize is piled up in a |
fourth place ; the holders of these various j ,
kinds of prorerty have no confidence in 11
eachoher; they stand looking at each j j
other with mutual distrust, while their j t
property is depreciating on hand, and the t
real i:?tate that produces it and stores it 4
falls with it, .*?oJ partakes of the general
stagnation. Is it not plain, that if another
party, w ho had the confidence of all,should
intervene and say, ''Trust me to exchange
your property and relieve this inaction,"
he would he trusted and would j
accomplish a great good ? This the gov- r
ernment proposes to do through the Exchequ
:r and its branches, and properly <
guarded and managed, there is no sort of ?
doubt that it will afford exactly the kind |
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of relief tne country warns nrsi, umi upuu j
the way for returning prosperity.?N. Y. i
' Commercial Advertiser. <
I !
1 Rifle Shooting.?We wore present |
i on Monday at an exhibition of the skill
j of Mr. A. Clark in Rifle Shooting, with
I ki<s nourlir invprilpil I? I ft A and it 18 truly
! ",0 V ? 7
wonderful with what precision it will send
a ball at a distance heretofore considered
too great for any thing like certainty.?
The target was the figure of a stag, punt,
ed white, in front of a board fence, and
Mr. (J. fired at 400 yards distance. There
I was considerable wind, an obstacle always
I increasing with the distance, yet out of 25
shots 14 struck the body of the animal,
two directly in the region of the heart,
i.l
and the others between that point and ine
i hips. No shot was found over two feet
1 frorn the centie, and the average was not
ov? r 1-2 inches fr<up the heart. Every
ball completely penetrated a three inch
plank.?N*. Y. American.
The Black Tongue.?We have no- .
liccd in several papers accounts of o fear,
fill epidemic, said to he prevailing in the
neighborhood of Rallston, but met will]
no precise description of it except in a
letter to the editors of (ho Huston Mail
dated the 4lh .instant, The writer savs a
niimher of persons have diecf-ot this dis.
ease, and thus describes its appenrance :
"The disease sometimes commences
with a swelling of the gland of the throat,
hut more generally I believe with a sore,
ncss at the lower extremity or ' roots' ol
the tongue. The tongue snort, become*
swelled to an enormous size, and, unlu>a
soon relieved, begins to turn black, very
nearlv resembling mortification, which
V .
soon causes death. I belreve there has
heen scarcely a cascwhere. a person survived
the disease after the. blackness he.
gan to set in upon the tongue."?Com. Ad.
Cuba and Uayti ?We find in the
Courier des E'.ats Unis an extract from
the Port au Prince Patriot of December
21, which we translate as follows: N. }r.
Com. Ado.
* On Wednesday Inst arrived the steam
frigate Congreso, the captain of which
had been sent by the Captain General of
Cuba to inquire into the facts relating to
the capture of the two Spanish vessels.
Being informed that thev""brid alreadv
been restored to their owners, Vifid bail set
sail for Havana, he wrote, iC iti sard,' a
letter to the President, expressing bis
thanks for ibis act of justice, and asking
copies of all the papers, whtcluwetc giVCn
to hini. Having learned that a protest had
been made before the French ^onsul bv
the Spanish captains, he obtained a copy
af this also, and then wrote another letter
to the President, demanding indemnification
of two thousand dallars for the Spaniards,
and satisfaction for ihe insult to the
Spanish flag. These demands-not heing
acceded to, he sailed on the following
Friday to make his report to tile Captain
General." : 1
The Manifeste of December 18 is much
ess guarded in its language than the Pariole.
It affirms that the Spanish vessels
-vcre overhauled on suspicion of heing enraged
in smuggling, and were detained
jnly long enough for an examination of
heir papers?cries aloud against the insolence
of the Captain General and his
imissary in demanding indemnification?
ixhorts the Haytiens to resent and resist
uch audacity?and concludes-w*h a very
ignifioant hint that Cuba is but a little
vav from Ilayti, and that it woukl be easy
or the Haytiens to land on the coast af
Juba at night and carry fire and sword
nto the plantations, thus avenging their
vrongs and 1. berating tbeir c us laved
irethren. *
From the N. O. Bulletin, Jerri. 2.
FROM YUCATAN. '
Bv Ihe Rosario, which arrived on S it
irday from Cnmpeachy and Sisal we have
eccived our regular files of Mcrida papers
i> . i. 'ft
0 trio SI 01 LfCCOIimer. I IICM- gn?iua*
ontain Cnmpeachy reports to the 19lh.
Ip to that day, nnth ng decisive had been
one by ciliier of the behggrrcnts. The
Irxicuns were still in possesion of the
eignts in the rear of the city, uhrch thev
ad fortified; arid transported thence
nine of the heavy cannon from (he (junaloupe.
From these, shells had been j
hrown, some of which entered the city
nd did trifling damage in burning a few
hnnties. On the 17th a sortie was made
v the beseiged. A column of 1300 strong
andean attack on the Mexican position
t Lerrna, distant about three leagues
rum the city walls. The enemy.having
eceived intelligence of the. movement,
nnde ready resistance, and one of the
teamers having taken a position t-lvnt enhlod
In r to bear upon the assailants with
icrguns, the Campeacheanbsrclrred withiut
any success, after ihe loss of 3 or 4
nen, ... .
The Mexicans are receiving, reinforce*
nents from Tohasco and V era Cruz, and
applies of provisions, and appear -to feel
:onfident of ultimate suecess in th# honest.
On the other hand, the Y'uc&tenos.
hough ;h y boast not, appear equally
:onfi lent they will triumphantly, dufend
heir rights. jjf. ...
A brig and schooner. supposed.Mo.be
Vmerican, had been captured by IhcMexi.
ran squadron, in attempting to evade the
dockade. With these two exeiqvtioOs,
he many traders of the port had succeeded
in entering the port, and departing
lafely,
CONGRESS. ...
From the Correspondence of the Char. Coufier.
Washington, Dec. ,'60.
This being private bdl day, 4r# the
rlousc, it was necessary to *uspegd. the
ules in order to proceed with the
? - a I
.ion of the 15ank nipt Act. a crnvv-oj^vas
gathered in the galleries to hear Mr. Mardiall,
of Kentucky. But t;.o House reused
to suspend the rules?112 to GO?
not quite two thirds. The strength of
Lire affirmative vote shews, however, the
extreme desire of the House to prosecute
the discussion on the Repeal bill, and to
bring that matter to a close.
The House occupied the day with the
private calendar.
The Senate, to day, took np the hill providing
for the occupation and settlement
of the Territory of Oregon. The hill is
prefaced by a preamble which asserts that
the title of the United Smtes is certain,
and will never be abandoned. This refers
to the fact of the postponement of the
negotiation for settling tiiis Boundary w ith
Great Bri'ain.
The bill provides for a chain of military
posts from scmu point on the Missouri, or
Arkansas rive., to the valley of the Ore.
gon, and also u' the mouth of the Columbia
river. It also provides for the (Men.
sjon of a portion of the laws of the United
Stales over the Territory.
Washington, Jan. 4.
Mr. Calhoun, this morning, in present.
.' injjn memorial for the repeal of the B;ink
5 rupt Act, t?*>k occasion to say that h
i whs in favor of tho repeal, as lie held th
i law lobe inexpedient and uncons'ilutien
, ai. Mr. Tallmadge thereupon presentei
l , tvi o remonstrances against the n p-al
. ! an ! said he hoped the Committee on tit
Judiciary would h> modify the law as t
i render it both constitutional nod expedi
ent. An effort is to be made to retail
J .the prospective features of the Act, am
pi the compulsory process. ..
J- Th e Senate, t<vday, settled the Oregoi
. i boundary question. hy passing the htil fo
the occupation and settlement ot tha
Territory. There is no doubt, liiat undo
i the inducements of this law, there will hi
J a vast emigration to the O egoo.
The debate on the proposition to repea
t U?- Bankrupt Act, still engrosses the Hons*
to the exclusion of every thing else. Verj
few of the speakers touch the real merit!
of the question. The statu of parties i:
alone spoken of. Mr. Bowne, of New
j York, a loco, made a conciliatory speed
in regard to Tyler; so much so that he
was accused of being a' Tylcrite. Mr,
Buwne condemned the bigotry of his
friends, who had said they would not re.
ceive Mr. Webster and Mr. Spencer intc
their ranks,?for he said that even lit
' ^ \ ftwf /tneo q fi/l
^ M r. DOWIIC^ W?3 a icuciaiiai vnvv, <?.iu
such were a good many more of his friends
whom he saw now around him !
Mr. Mcrriwether undertook to prove
that the democratic party were broken m
pieces, and could not be re-united under
any leader.
Mr. Pickens spoke in favor of the repeal
of the act, which lie considered as unconditional.
Mr. .McDuffie was in the Senate today.
lie does not appear to he in good
health. He was at the President s House
on Monday, and seemed to attract much
attention. He was leaning on the arm
of Mr, Pickens. ;Vlr. Calhoun was also
present, and was almost us much remarked
as lite President himself.
Washington, Jan. 5.
The Oregon bill, which was yesterday
passed without opposition to a thitd reading,
in the Senate,. was arrested in its
1 course, this morning, by Mr. Calhoun.
The bill came up for its third reading,
and was about to pass in silence, when
Mr. Calhoun stated that the hill, in his
( pinion, wa3 one of the most important
that ever passed. He wished to examine
it in reference to our treaty stipulations,
and see if it did not conflict with them.?
Tno hill, upon this, was laid aside, with
trie: reluctant consent of its author, Dr.
j league (Mr. Gushing) some hard rubs as
j he went along. The old gentleman was
' in n perfect rage. He submitted an amend.
mcnt to the motion requiring that the hill
! should he so framed as not to east any re['flection
on the judicial tribunal which irn.
posed the fine; and also requiring tlx
Committee to report their opinion on tlu
circumstances of (Jon. Jack son's eondjet
which led to his being fined.
Mr. C.J. I ngersoli spoke very eloquent
' ! ly in support of the proposition to reinii
i the fmp.
Washington, Jan. 9.
This was quite a stirring day in tin
Ltlil II.
The House this morning, took up for a
while, the bill to remit General Jackson's
fine with interest. Mr. Adams opposed
it very vehemently, as introducing a dangerous
principle; and he called on ihe
Mouse to ascertain and clearly define
J what principles they meant to establish
by this bill. Me would vote lor the bdl on
no other ground than as a donation to
Andrew Jackson, and this he would do
cheerfully hut for the reason that he was
opposed to the policy of pensioning Kx
Presidents.
Mr. Cushing made an eloquent hnr.
nngue in support of the measure, and proposed
to celebrate the anniversary of the
hattle of New Orleans, by its passage.?
The subject will come up again to-morrow*.
The threadbare political debate on the
bankrupt act was continued in the House,
and without ativ prospect of termination
We had to d:?v, speeches from three
York democrats, Mr. Gordon strongly
censured the lineral views taken yesterday.
by bis colleague Mr. Howne, and
made a declaration which his colleague
was to take to himself, that federalists
were never to he trusted, in the demo
era tic ranks.
Washington. Jan. 0.
There are a few s)mplornsin the House
and out of it of an approaching outbreak
between the Calhoun men and Van fluren
men. Hut the subject is chiefly confined
to private conversation as yet.
The Senate has confirmed very few
nominations as yet. The post captaincy,
rnude vacant by the death of Capt Gallagher,
has been filled by the promotion of
Commander Wyman.
The Navy appropriation lull is likely to
be kept back some time. Theie will he
a strong opposition to the appropriation of
some three hundred thousand dollars fur
| the African squadron, rendered necessary
i by the stipulations of the late treaty with
Great Britain.
In the; Senate, to day, there was nothing
of importance. A bill wan passed, after
much discussion, to enable those citizens
' of the United States, who are placed bevond
the borders of the United States, by
the new boundary line with Texas, to return
into the United States with their
slaves.
The House took up the motion to instruct
the Committee on the Judiciary to
j report a hill to remit the fine imposed on
Gen. Jackson, at New Oileans, in 1815.
I Mr. Adams made a bitter speech against
j the motion, and ridiculed the President's
i recommendation of the measure in his
message. He said it was intended to
catch a few Jackson men, and to secure
the feelings of Jackson himself in favor
] of the administration. He gave his col.
. | House. Mr. Botfs pave notice that he
e j would to-morrow bring forward hrs long
e ' threatened article* of impe.ictiment
- against John Tyler. The notice was not
J ! regarded in a serious light. It occasioni,
cd more merriment than any thing else,
el Mr. Fillmore then made ?n argumeno
1 tive report against the Exchequer scheme
, which Wag referred to them. He stated
a that the report was unanimously concurred
in hy the Committee.
Mr. .Vherton, a democratic membr.ro'
ii' the Committee, then made another report
r from the minority of the Committee, and
t concluding with a resolution directing
r that Committee to report a bill for the
I I . _ 1 " I A f _ _ _ I* A I
e j ucuer Keeping, a.snursemeni, arc. or ine
i public monies?meaning the Sub-'l*rcus
' ury bill.
2 A debate ensued in which it appeared
' I hat the whig majority of the Committee J
* were in favor of an old fashioned Nation
* al Hank and nothing short of it; and that
' the democrat minority were for the Sub
i Treasury and nothing beyond it.
Mr. Marshall, of Kentucky made a hu
morous speech in support of a national
> bank.
In the Senate, the Oregon bill was
taken up, and Mr. Calhoun, at whose in!
stance it was laid aside, spoke about half
I an hour ngainst the bill?endeavoring to
show that it conflicted with the stipula.j
lions of the convention with CJreat Hrif.
ain, whereby both nations were precluded
from exercising the exclusive right of
occupying the territory. Mr. Choate
was of the same opinion, and Mr. McRoberts
and Mr. Henderson of a contraryopinion.
Mr. Calhoun will reply to-morrow.
i i-'-n j"" ; - ; - j " ~~n , xiUfii
CtlKttAW GAZETTE.
Chesaw, Tuesday, January 17, 15*43.
TO~ VKIN TEKS.
i Wanted at this office a printer of good charac|
tcr and industrious habits who lias 6crvcd a regu
lar apprenticeship to the business. Letters, postage
paid, will be immediately answered.
The degree of L. L. D. lias been conferred by
the University of Alabama upon Mr. Simms, editor
of the Magnolia, and author of the History of
South Carolina, and some tales of fiction.
The Camden Journal has made its appearance
in a new dress and enlarged form.
Among the publications which we found on our
j table on our late return home was a sermon by the '
! Rev. Mr. Tuokmvkli., Professor of Sacred Liter- '
ature and the Evidences of Christianity in the
! South Carolina College, preached on the occasion
j of the death of Benjamin R. Maybin, of the i
Freshman class, for which we suppose we arc in.
' dobted to the publisher. It is a very able and very |
: eloquent discourse, distinguished alike for pure (
evangelical doctrine, and powerful argument.? |
It docs great honor to the institution from which
it emanates. When the advocates of sound mor- <
uls and revealed truth, a few ye ire since, raised ,
their voice against the influence of infidelity and t
consequent immorality sustained by the Trustees t
of the college, they were denounced as enemies to f
the institution. They professed to be, and as a
time has proved, they were, its best friends. They q
iiitrtnpofl Hww who differed from them to make
v'ljajn ugvu ?mv-v ..
the trial of giving a predominance in the constitu t
tion of the Faculty, to men of Christian character, f
and pledged their judgment and their character
that the college would soon regain its former po- r
| pularity and prosperity. Truth was on their side, j,
! and by her ail-powerful voice compelled the Trust- t
! ecs to inake the experiment. The result is known, t
and the experiment will not again be made?at j
least not during the lifetime of the present genera,
tion?of giving to infidelity a predominance, or
even a prom nence, in the com|X>sition of the
Faculty of the South Carolina College. So long p
as the Faculty shall continue to bo distinguished t
fur talents and learning, and the influence of their
character and princ'plcs shall be, as it now is, in
favor of sound morals and lite religion of the Bible, t
j the college will continue to flourish. The profess- (
or of "Sacred Literature and the Evidences oi ,
' Christianity," whilst the present duties arc attach- (
ed to his otfico, exerts a much greater influence up- ,
on the moral character of tiic students than any t
j other member of the Faculty, supposing him to be j
a man of suitable character and attainments; the (
public, therefore, owe many thanks to the Trustees
! for filling the office with such men as Mr. Thorn- t
wrll and his accomplished, pious, and deservedly j
popular predecessor. j
The Sermon before us was published by Mr.
Wf.ir, at the Chronicle Office in Columbia, and <
; does credit to the printer. The work is well exc. |
cutcd with beautiful, clear type upon good paper, j
It is not common to sec similar work so well done <
| even in the Northern cities. I
i Farmers' Register.?We have received the
December number of this periodical, which is the
last that is to be issued under the management of
Mr. Rl*ffin, who has conducted the work with
eminent skill and ability since its commencement
ten ye trs ago. We sincerely regret that he finds it 1
j neccsairy now to retire from it; hut we arc much '
j gratified that it is still to be continued under the
managomcnt of Thomas S. Pleasants, Esq., who,
we understand, is a practical agriculturist and well
qualified for conducting such a periodical. The
I following is the table of contents of the number
before us :
Original CjmmunicalioM.?A cheap under,
drain ; Artesian wells in Alabama ; Time of ripening
of wheat 011 the south side of James River;
Another 4 amende honorable.' Renewal of the rotation
discussion proposed ; Account of the oper.
ation of M'Cormick's reaper; Editorial notices to
subscribers ; the Mediterranean wheat; Hemp
culture for North Carolina; Report to the State j
Board of Agriculture on the 4 Obslaclcs to im- j
provemcnt, eauscd by operation of the laws, or j
governmental regulation'; Notes on the Sandy \
i Point estate, No. 6 ; Recent and extensive marling
in S.Carolina; ("heap marling; First labors of a
working Agricultural Society.
StUctwns? Butter making; Fatal effects of'
' castor oil on a horse ; A million of dollars lost an- j
' nuallv in Massachussetts; Worms in the head of
sheep; Experiments with corn sown broad-cast;
Successful manufacture of cornstalk molasses;
' " *- r r.\./vi;iiii onrrMnnnd><nM of AJbanv
I H.Xiracis mini uiig..... _
Cultivator; Bokhara clover. Soiling ; New method
of crafting apple. trcc?; to kill wcctlw; Ex'
penhc of fences; Address to tlac Agricultural So
| ciety of Albemarle; The garden pail; New horae
shoe i Public sale of provisions at Liverpool, on- ^
der the new tariff.
Thi Magnolia^?The January number of this
popular Southern periodical is before us, and con.
tains its usual variety of instructive and entertain.
inz articles. *. "
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The Legislature of Missouri have nominated
Martin Van Burcn, and Richard'M. Johnson fos
the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United
States. . ' " " t
The papers state that Ames Kendall is new in
jail for debt.
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The stockholders of the Bank of the State #Jf
Nirtk Carolina have adopted a resolution that
they would bring the business of the Bank to a
close provided the Legislature should instruct it?
agent to vote for such a meesure.
f r' ' . < ?
Wc invite attention to the Prospectus of The
Planter, to be published in Columbia and edited
by the Rev. J. J. Dlsosr. Mr. Dubosc acquired
great popular.ty as an able and entertaining srri.
ter whilst editor of the South Carolina Temper*
ancc Advocate. We wish him great success in
his new undertaking. Wc are sure be will deserve
it
s '
Comparative THiurrixEss or thjc Durham
and Native Cattle.?One of the Editors of the
American Agrirulturitt, furnishes in the December
number of that valuable petibdicilt Notes of a
Journey from Buffalo to New York. Aftfcr some
account of the stock of Col. Sherwood, hear Aul
< i' '
burn, he adds as follows : '
" But wc have not space to dwell further
upon these animals, and lurn to their man*
ner of feeding ,which is precisely like
that of (he common stock of the country,
among good farmers.
' Col. has commenced with straw
and cornstalks, and when these are all
g no, and not ill then, will he begin with
li s hay. Ho has a large lot of ruta baga ^
in s o o, which he is lecdirg out moderate*
!y, to some of the younger animals, and
.1. _ -iJ - ...ill u ..._. i-..
(lit; UlUfl (lilt's Will UK IV li IUW4IU5 s|'l>l'gt
if* any fall away, or a cow has a calf by
her side. Kept in this way, the thorough*
hred and grades, show a decided superior,
itv in size, and thiift, over the native animals,
side by side, led precisely alike.?
We wish every farmer in the county
would call upon Cul. Sherwood, and saiis.
fy themselves as to ttie correctness of
what we assert, and if thev are convinced
of its truth, advance a slcp fartherf and
lake home a Durham bull tcith them,**
CONGRESS. v .
In the Senate the bill to t3ke possession of. the
Oregon Territory wan still under discussion on the
lltli instant. Mr. Tappan and Mr. Linn had
ipokcn in favor of it; Mr. Benton was lo speak
3n the same side, and Mr. Calhoun was expected
to conclude the debate. - * '
The bill to refund the fine of $1,009 imposed
>n Gen. Jackson by Judge Hall at New Orleans,
vhich had been referred to the Committee on
he Judiciary, was reported by that committee on
he 10th with an amendment go ng to restore the
i ic with interest but in language not .mpugningthe
ict of the Judge, or justifying that of the General,
rhe fate of the bill seems doubtful.. .,
In thj Ho jsc of Representatives Mr. Botts in.
reduced articles ori the 10th, impeaching the
'resident for abuse of power, usurpation of power
ri various instances &c. &c. See , and moved a
csclution to raise a committee of nine, to inquire
nto the truth of the charges, collect and report the
estimony &c. But the House refuicd to appoint
he committee by a vote of ?3 to 127. ?So the
mpcachmcnt has been put to sleep. ,f
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important from mexico.
The Nc v York Union his tha following im>
xjrtant news from Mexico, received by the barque
\nahuac, at that port: "
Vera Cruz, December 19, 1842.
The news from the city of Mexico j* most incrcsting.
Gen. Guttcrez. of San Luis, ?ha* de:1
ired for a dissolution of Centres*, and the naming
>f a new body by Santa A.via .to form a new
^one'itution for the country. A similar rrxrve is
nade in Puebla by Gen. Can tlzo. This news waa
lent by express to Mexico to Gen. Tornbl, Minster
of War, who immcdiate'y made it knownto
Congress.
This body replied that they were the real n-pre.
tentative* of the country, and would not be driven,
rom their scats except by force of arms. This is
jurely a military movement >
News has arrived here, from the west, of I he
>ccupation of Monterey, a town in California^
ly Commodore Jones, of the frigate United States?nd
corvette Cyane. He held the town about two
[fays and then gave it up. declaring that he took
he town in consequence of a report that war was
declared by the United States against Mexico.
The Mexican General in command gave information
of a body 3,000 Tcxians marching to.*
wards Rio Grande. Cumpeachy still- holds out
against the Government of Mexico: "The gar-*
rison of this city (Vera Cruz) is momentarily ex.*
pcctcd to declare in favor of the revolution against
Congress.
Mr W. E. Dryden, with seven other Americans,
who had been confined nearly twelve months
in Chihuahua, have been liberated by the Mexi.
can Government through the interposition of the
United States Minister.
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W ith regard to the fate of Midshipman Spencer,
we have seen nothing which appeals to us more
true and just, than the following remarks of'the'
Editor of tin; Philadelphia United States Gazette::
** We believe there is not oac who has heard of
the mutiny and death of the young man Spencer,
that has not mourned over tlte grief that has pierced
(he heart of his father. Not a father, nor a mother,
hut has felt and mourned for the mourning
father of the young man?and felt, also, that the
smitten parent, when he heard of the death of hia
son, would, like David of old, under similar cit..
cumstanccs, go to his chamber and weep, and al.
most say with the aff icted monarch, " My son,
my son, would to God I had died for thec." Hut
this sympathy must not let ns do injustice to those
t 'I? nf it,* V?w
who have vindicated uie eu?i?v>*. - tJ
and the laws of the land. Mournfal experience
has shown that !o be the son of honorable parents,
and the object of promise and expectation, is not
always to be honorable, nor to fulfil promise and '*
exjy cfc tion; and crime, if committed; cannot