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Government had ever dono nn act (lint
could lu>. construod into an nssortion of
her claim* to the soil, and ho replied with
much aarnosthoss nrtd particularity, to tho
arguments of thoso who had assumed tho
opposite position,Mr.
McD'uflie, in a very impressive
manner, animndverted upon the effect
that tho perusal ofluto Somite proceedings
upon this subject would produce in Eng.
land. > The government of that country
would ju Igc of Anicricnn feeling by
I ho speeches d dive red liore. He alHided
lo (he statu of English feeling toward
America, when, a few years ago, he
visited that country. > There was a deepseated
sentiment of joy that peaceful relations
existed, and were likely to exist
between the two nations ; and the feeling
was so general, too, thnt nothing but bad
government, on the part of Iho administration
of one or both, could ever hroi.k
up those relations. He said he believed
so too. lie had no fear?ho had no misgivings
of tho courage of his countrymen
?but he did believe thnt a little patience
would settle this uud all other matters
amicably.
But what do we want of this territory ?
What are we to do with it ? Is it any
thing more than a mere scheme of coloni.
jEstion? Docs any man soriousl v, and in
his senses, believe that any settlement
formed at the mouth of tho Coluinbin river
can ever become a state of this Union ?
He had no such belief in the sprend of this
government. And hero lie considered
the position and nature of the noil; its
mountninousehnrnctcr, its separation from
the already settled parts of tho country
by immenso chains of mountains, &c.;
ono commemoa upon Mr. WoodburyV
oulngium upon "steam" nsnn nuxilinry
in bringing about this great result. How
is this agent to be brought to bear to thin
end? By tunnelling the Bockv IVfoun
tnina, as the Londoners have the Thames ?
Are the representatives from Oregon to
come hither, to thecnpitnl, by "stonm"?
And istlic American Congress to sit hero,
with an empty treasury, and devise such
impracticable schemes as these? Will
there never bo an end of such moonshine
legislation ?
And for whose benefit is this scheme
? rejected ? Who will avail himself of it ?
'"or himself lie wished we did not own the
territory. Ilo would not advise a mnnin
whom he had any interest whatever to
go thither?although were there any
within the circle of his acquaintance fit
for Botany Hay akvne, he would say " Go
?in Heaven's name, go!" And he then
Krocecded to show how impossible was the
ope that tho settlement of Oregon could
ever produce 0110 cunt of benefit to the
rovonue of tho United States. On the
other hand he made a startling statement
of tho necessary cost of making the pro.
posed settlement.
It could never bo in nny way valuable
us an agricultural country. The fur trade
is rapidly deteriorating. Let them alone,
nd the English fur traders would soon be
tt gone. The lapse of time itself would
noon throw the territory undisputed into
our lap. But he would not have it occupied
by actual settlements. lie (hunked
<?od that Fie had in (lis mercy placed the
Rocky Mountains between us and that
country. Were it not for them, we should
have reached the Pacific, and he deprecated
such an undue spread of colonization
from the more civilized and populated
parts of the land. We are not so pent up,
ho unnbte to breathe, so starving for food,
and so distressed for means of production,
as to rendor such acquisition of new territory
desirable. Embarrassed wo certainly
are, hut not on either of these
grounds. Production is over nhundan?,
and every article of consumption is cheap
and almost given nwav.
As to tho value of the fur trade, he had
seen no proofs of it, except perhaps Ino
fortune made by John Jacob Astor ; and
tie employed Indians and half.hreeds in
the work ; no citizens of the U. Slates
had been any tho better for it all.
Mr. McDutHe could not think that this
spirit of emigration was one to bo on.
couraged; and on this point bo dwelt
with much force and feeling.
But had gentlemen considered tho ways
and means for carrying into etTeet this
magnificent project f The Senator from
New Hampshire (Mr. Woodbury) had
made n aort of allusion to the present state
of the finances, hut he hnd still hoped they
would be better, and that tho work would
goon. While Secretary of the Trenail
?y, that Senntor Imd been used to framing
expedients to meet despcrnto exigencies,
while tho Treasury hud nothing in it, nnd
therefore it was all in keeping for him
now to moot this emergency in tho name
hnpoful way. But Mr. (VlcDufiio would
look a little into this matter. What is
the condition of the country at this moment
? Who rules? Who is responsible?
Nobody ! Wo are in a stutc of interregnum.
Lot us postpono such measures as
those until somebody is responsible. And
hero ho took n viow of the relative position
of the different parties to each other,
nnd deprocntcd any action on this subject,
until n more proper tiino shall nrrivo for
II" I? 1 '- a
Iwnonil^unraiHI XV iiiU OUIIillU,
emphatically nnd earnestly, to pnuso bofore
they adopted a measure liko (hid.
Av lNTKRK?TiNa Mcxvk.?It having hcconric
known that the proprietor of the Globe Mills in
Kensington was about to rcsutuc ojx>rations, and
had fixed upon yesterday as the day for commencing,
the extensive yard uttachcd to tho mills were
filled early yeatcrduy morning, by a mass of people
numbering considerably over a thousand, all anxious
to obtain employment. It being found impos.
aiblo to select from uinong tho anxious expectants,
the foreman of the establishment proceeded to the
second story of tho building, and from a window
called nut the names of four hundred of those
formerly employed, who, on slapping forward,
were immediately set to work, nnd the rest were
disunited. The mills arc now in full operation,
and it is hope.I will lo.ig continue km. I'hil. I'. .V,
(JjzcI'.c. \
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tilEKAW iiAKGTT?.
Cmrkaw, Tuesday, Ksbhvaky 7, l44tf.
WANrcii,
At this office, as apprentices, two active lads of
good cliaructcr, froui 14 to ltf jours of ago, and
able to read.
We arc authorised to announce the lion. Jon*
Camfski.l as a candidute to represent the 4lh Con.
grossional district, composed of Chesterfield,
Darlington, Marlborough, Marion, Williamsburg,
Georgetown and Horry, in tho next Congress.
#T?a_ _ n l i ' ? ? - "
| j ik) rrcsiuciu oi uie i'ec Uco Agricultural Society,
in conformity with a resolution adopted at
the lust meeting, has sent us for publication the
following question for discussion at the anniversary
meeting on the 33d of this month, viz:
"Whether the quantity of land cultivated to the
band in the Feo Dee country is not too great for
the most profitable return, and whether it would
not be conduoivc to our interest to lessen it 7"
Tiik Southern Ci<ltiva,tf>r.?This is the title
of a new periodical of which a specimen number
has I icon issued by Messrs. J. W. &, W. S. Jonks
of Augusta, Ga. to be devoted exclusively to Agri.
culture. It is neatly printed on good paper, of
good size, in quarto fonn suitable for binding.?
The talents and business habita of the editors ore
sufficient guarantee that the work will be conducted
with ability. It is to be issued once in two
weeks, at the very low price of one dollar per annum.
Experience has abundantly proved that in
the present stulc of our population in this country,
low priced periodicals arc the only kind devoted to
agriculture which can receive sufficient patronage
to sup|iort them. We heartily commend tlio one
before us to the support of our readers. Persons
wishing to see the specimen No. can do so by call,
ing at the Drug Store under our office. The
Southern Planter was the name first chosen by
the publishers, and which the No. issued bears.
Hut they intend to issuo a new edition with a dif.
fercnt title, to avoid collision with two other
Kiuuincrii M'lanicra, one in Kiclimond and one in
Natchez. When they issue their now edition we
request them to change the credit to the letter of
Wen. Washington. It originally appeared in tlie
Southern Planter of Richmond from which we
copied it, inadvertently omitting the credit. We
have since been repeatedly made to feel rather bad
in seeing it copied iuto other periodicals and credited
to us.
I.vdioo was once a staple product of South Carolina,
but it was abandoned about the time wltcn
the cotton culture was commenced. The price of
cotton is now so reduced that in the Peo Dee country
it afTords a very inadequate remuneration for
the labor which it requires; and the price will
| certainly bo so much farther reduced, in comparison
with the prico of other products, that its culj
ture must at no distant day be given up in this
region, as has already been the case in Virginia
I and some parts of Tennessee. And what other articles
can wo substitute ? Will Indigo do for ono ?
Wo have been informed by a gentleman once en.
I gaged in the cutluro of Indigo that the quantity
made in the Pee Deo country to the hand was
' from to 330 lb. and the price at which it sold,
from 50 to 75 cents. This quantity at theso prices
would tie much better than cotton at the present
price- Dut would Carolina Indigo now bring
; 50 cents 7 In looking over tho " Wholesale Prico
| Current" of the New York papers of Jan. 28tli we
| find the prices of Indigo put down as follows:
Bengal 100 cents to 175; Manilla, 05 to 110;
Curuccus, 100 to 117^; Guatimala, 00 to 110.
All these countries lie fur south of ours and, of
course, their climates are much warmer. Bengal
I lies lictwcon the degrees of 21 and 27 north latitude;
the Philipine Islands, of the chief of which
' Manilla is the cupital, between Oand 18; the town
of Caraccas about 11, and the greater purt of the
district still farther South, and Gualiinula about
1 12 to 18. Whether the different qualities of the
Indigo procured from these different districts of
( country, nnd the superiority of all to Carolina Indigo,
is to be ascribed to difference in climuto and
soil, difference in management, or difference in the
1 varieties of tho plant cultivated, we do not know.
. The Indigo weed flourishes and fully matures in
j our climate; nor docs it require the whole sum.
! incr for that purpose. Yet warmer climates may
irascibly cause a more perfect elaboration of the
coloring matter ; and the great fertility of Uie soils
on which tho imported Indigo grows may materially
affect its qualify.
The improvements in tlio art of cultivation
which liavo been made in South Carolina sinco I
the abandonment of the Indigo culture would
doubtless enable the planters of the present generation
to make a larger quantity to the hand than
their fathers made ; and the present facilities of
intercourse between nations would enable tlicm to
procure the scods of all varieties of Indigo cultivated
in any part of the world. Whether the improvements
in Chemistry and the arts would enable
them also to manufacture a better article from
the same weed thun was formerly made in this
state, cx|>eriencc only can determine.
We should be thankful to those of our renders
who were once engaged in the cultivation of Indi.
go us a market crop, for any information which
tlioy can furnish on the subject; and particularly
as to the quantity of land required to the hand, the
kind of land most suitable ; the production to the
acre, compared with corn or cotton ; the effect
upon the soil ; tho proportion of the year which
the crop required ; tho disasters, if any, to which
it was liable ; the quality compared with tho foreign
urticlc, and the principal difficult ies attending
the preparation of tho crop fur market.
It will be rcmcml>ercd that on motion of Mr.
W. C. Johnson, of Maryland, some time since,
the House of R epresentatives adopted u resolution
to appoint u select committee on a memorial presented
by him to Congress from some of his eonstitucnls,
and ]>erliaps others, praying that the
Federal Government would issue $'200,000,000 of
stock to be divided among the stales uccording
i? f-.i?i ...
... ukm luucrui |H)| u.aiion, ikixi to in: rcitccmeil l>y j
the proceeds of the public lands. 'I'ho Speaker on I
the tidlh ult., announced the followii*^ committee
on this memorial, viz; Messrs. W. C. Joii.nso.v,
of Maryland, (rKNTsv of Tennessee, A hams of
.Massachusetts iii'.....;.. i
fiylvania, Marsiiai.i. of Kentucky, Morris of
Ohio, Howard of Michigan, and (Jravks of In(liana,
all of wlioui arc naid to be favorable to the
project.
The credit of tlio country 'ih fluttering very greatly,
and lit iy indeed, bo Raid to have been ultelly
| pro. I rated by the bad faitli of several of tile alalia*.
/
T!io evil tu (ho Whole country is enormous. If
the present state ot tilings could have been anticipated
by the framcrftotf tlio constitution, thoy WtXB'd
certainly have prevented it by u prohibitory aiausc
in that instrument. But now that the evil hisoocurrcd
it would be ratlicr aggravated than lewencd
by the assumption of the stute debts by tho Federal
Governulent, without an amendment to the
constitution that sliould both authorize the measure
now, and prevent the necessity for it in fhturc,
by imposing suitable restrictions upon the states in
the contraction of debts, llo must have a lively
imagination who can find In the text of the con.
stitution, or ir tho history of its formation and
adoption a shadow of ground for the power in Congress
to pay tho debts of the state*. And suppose
Congress had tho power and the ability to pay the
state debts what wouid be the future cfTect T If
the stutcs ran into such wild extravagance when
they expected themselves to pay tho debts contracted
by them, wltut would they do under the
CXI>CCtulioii that the linrtben and ?f """
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ry dollar borrowed and and every debt contracted
by them, would devolve equally on all the " CoStutcs"
T
Irish Kkhul Meeting.
The Charleston papers contain a report of the
proceedings of a public meeting with the above
bonding, which indicates the object of the meet,
ing. The report states that " Captain John Me
Cralh, a veteran in tho cause of freedom, both as
regards the country of his birth and his adoption,
was, with acclamation, called to tho chair." The
said Captain, of course verifies the truth hereof by
his signature to the report. The following committee
were appointed " to prepare an address to
the people of Charleston on the subject for which
the meeting was convened," viz: Major A. G.
McGrath, Dr. Bellinger, II. L. Pinckncy, Esq.
Col. Finlcy, John Clarken, Esq., R. W. Seymour,
Esq., and C. B. Northop, Esq.
The report of this committee (which was mado
after a sli rt retirement) we have not read throughWe
extract Uie following sentences as a sample of
its temper and spirit and eloquence too :
" To Ireland has the philanthropist often turned
his gaze. To that land where nature's boundless
goodness is rivalled only by man's boundless curses.
To that land where industry lies crushed?
genius neglected?patriotism strangled, yet struggling?religion
proscribed?humanity violated and
outraged. To that land where an cxhauHtlcss evil
mocks a starving people?where the most spark,
ling eloquence is forced to dwell on the sad theme
of despotic tyranny?where the sweetest lyre is
turned to the sad measure of national distress?
where the most profound learning is driven from
the pulpit aud the ultur, and forced to seek the security
of that shelter which the uniuliabitablc
places affords. To that land where a generous
l?eoplc, are held in the absolute bondage of placemen
aud government spies."
The address, with sundry resolutions, were
adopted after sundry speeches which are characterized
by the report as being " in strains of clo.
quence rarely, if ever, surpassed by any former
effort."
If these pugnacious, eloquent and chivalrous
sons of Carolina cannot find men to quarrel and
tight with at home, why not buckle on their knapsacks,
and shoulder their rifles and make their
way to Cork 7 Who can tell what effect their
" strains of eloquence" inuy produce on Daniel
O'Conncll 7 May ho not be stirred up to shoot
bullets more effective than paper bullets 7 And
may they not have some chance of securing for
the gallant chief the crown of the Emerald isle ?
Editorial. Part* Trick.?Mr. Pi.f.asants,one
of the present editors of the Richmond Whig, lust
November, offered a set of resolutions at a |>olilicnl
meeting in Goochland, Va., the first of which was
in the following words:?
" Resolved, Thai while we prefer Mr. Clay to
any other man, or ull other men, the Whigs can
never be at a loss for worthy leaders of their host,
while they number in their ranks, John M'Pherson
Berrien, John Davis, N. P. Tulhnudgc, John J.
Crittenden, John Bell and a hundred others."
The resolution was rejected by the meeting because
it was supposed that it might possibly be
construed into a purpose or a willingness of uban.
cloning Mr. Clay. Yet the Union published in
New York, for the purpose of making upon the
mindsof its readers the impression that Mr. Cluy was
Irmafuvitriln Willi hiinarln IKnn hi. ..TO-...........?I i.
?..w. w.?? ..." ? * ? IIV nu?PU|'|n/<n/U IV
bo, in copying the resolution from the published
! proceedings of tho meeting, changed the first lino,
making it read thus: " Kceolvcd that toe do not
\ prefer Mr. Clay" Ate., and then stated that the
! resolution in this form had been adopted. 'I'llis
falsehood can do no great harm. Yet it indicates
a very low state of moral foclidg in the country.
Tho editor of tho Union would never have ven- i
turcd to publish such a palpable and unpardonable
falsehood had lie not previously learnt from observation,
if not from experience, that it would not
expose him, as it ought, to contempt and desertion
by tho public.
In the New York Legislature the election of
printers to tin two houses was understood to turn
ii|ioii tho Vuu Huron predilection of the candidates.
Tho Calhoun candidates were defeated
and those for Van Hurcn elected. The Governor
is represented as being zealously opposed to all
Calhoun men. When elected ho was sunooHcd to
be himself for Culhoun, uud some of the |k>Iilicul
editors arc so uncharitublc and ungenorous an to
ascribe the alleged change to a complimentary
'cttcr addressed to him by the veritable Vun Ihircn
hiinscir, congratulating him on Ills elevation to so
exalted an oiliecas Coventor of the Empire State.
CoorCR, the Novcliat, and Naval Historian, is
said to be preparing an elaborate essay on the oe.
currcnccs on board the Somera, adverse to Commander
M'Kknzik. This is userilted to malice
growing out of some previous ditVercnco l?elwcon
the parties. Mr. ('oojtcr has shown himself to lie
a |>ctuloiit mid vindictive mail, in his replies In
criticisms n|ion his nuvul history, and in several
suits instituted hy him nguinst the publishers of
newspapers who wrote, or gave place to some of
these criticisms.
The course of ('ommandcr M'Kknzik in very
generally approved hy the friends of good order
and regular eilicicnt government on sea and on
land. Licentious anarchists, of course, censure
him.
Tlic TiCgi-dntorcH of several wcUcrn stales have
passed, or li H'C under consiilorali hi, laws to pre.
vent (lie regular eolleelion of deb's, liy J'lovidiir*
for " sl.iya'' and other delays.
Mksmkxism.?Tim Columbia Chronicle of last
week, says: " quite un excitement lias been pro.
duccd in our usually quiet town, for tlio last fivo
days by a visit from a diaciplo of tlto celebrated
Maimer; and tlio wonders lie lias performed are
tbe theme of almost every tongue." The Chronicle
then names several persons wlio were put into
magnetic sleep by a Mr. SSiikltox, " a plain
rough farmer" of Fairfield in the presence of sun.
dry persons. The Chronicle adds that it baa set n
several successful attempts at producing Mcr.
meric sleep by Cillers, some of them by a member
of the Editor's family and some by Dr. Glass.
Mexican dollars of brass slightly coated with
silver urc in circulation about Baltimore.
Mr. Clay doc* not come fartlicr East from New
Orleans than Mobile. Those who expected an
I opportunity of manifesting tho respect entertained
for liini in Georgia and this state will be disap.
(minted.
CONGRESS. |
Tho Srnatk is still engaged in debate Uporl
the Oregon bill, and nothing else of importance.
Some debate has also taken place on a bill to pre -1
vent the employment of private expresses on the
mail routs, and on a report in favor of appointing j
agencies of the Government in Kentucky to pur- 1
chase water rotted hemp; but no question was
taken on either measure.
In the House the debate on the Exchequer
was at last brought to a close by the previous question,
on the 27th of Januray. Tho resolution reported
by Mr. Fillmore "that the plan of Exchequer
presented to Congress by tho Secretary of the
Treasury at the last Session of Congress, entitled
A Bill amendatory of the several Acts establishing
the Treasury Department,' ought not to bo
adopted," passed by a vote of l'J3 yeas to 18 nays.
Tho proposition to return tho fine of JjjllOOO to
Gen. Jackson, with interest, is still not disjioscd
of. Tho most important business before the House
is a bill making appropriation for the arm}*, and
bills relating to tho survey of the lakes and to the
territories. The President made two confidential
communications to the House, on the 1st inst.,
which were referred to the Committee on Indian
Affairs.
Mr. Adams, on tho same day, reported from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, resolutions calling
upon the President for information as to tho
authority on winch Capt. Jones attacked and took
Montcroy in October lust; and for a copy of all
the instructions given to ('apt. Jones. The resolutions
were not dis|?osed of when the hour for
I the order of the day urrived, and tbey were thereby
postponed.
**- r ?? * ? -
nir. j. ii. ingcrsoii, on Uic JJth Jan. made an
argumentative ro|H>rl from the Committee of Ways
und M-ans against assuming the state debts, on
the ground of inexpediency. Mr. Pickens made a
minority rc|io.-t against the project, on constitutional
ground.
Thk North Carolina Cold Minks.?A corres|H)ndcnt
of the Mecklenburg Joilcrsonian fur.
nishes the following stutcmeiit of the amount of
gold bullion received und coined ut the Charlotte
Mint since it went into operation in the lultcr part
| of 1837 :
1837 &. 33 reed. $131,098 13 &. coined $81,335 50
1833 " 126,83010 " 162,762 50
1840 ?' 127,58591 " 127,235 00
1841 " 132,58741 " 133.297 50
1812 " 191,107 11 " 159,00500
aggregate $693,11528 $060,63500
The new constitution of Ilhodc Island is to go
into operation in May.
It is rumored at Washington that, uftcr the ad.
journmcnt of Congress, Mr. Wkrstf.r will go to
England 011 a special mission ; and that Mr. Forwaru
will retire from tlio Treasury Department,
to be succeeded by Mr. Ct/sniNO.
Tbc Secretary of the Treasury hasobtuincd the
whole amount of the loan authorized by the act of
nst tussiou of Congress.
PEE DEE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
This Society will bold its Anniversary meeting
at Chcraw in tho Town Ilall, on the 2*Jil February
at 11 o'clock, when the following premiums
will be awarded:
For the greatest production of Upland
Cotton per acre, on any quantity of land
not less than one half acre to each effective
hand, nor in nny case less than five
ucrcs. The land to lie in a body and to
bo Callable of lirodiieinir u'lllmnl "?
nure not more than f?U()ll>u. per acre. A
Silver Cup of the value of {(39
Low ground* not more than 80011m.
per acre, n like premium.
Upland corn not more than 10 buttheln
|>er ucre, u like premium.
Low grounds, not more than 31 bushels
per ucre, a like premium. All to be
regulated as the first premium.
For the greatest production of Sweet
Potatoes on an ucre, a Silver cup of the
value of
For (lie greatest production of Turnips
on an half acre, u Silver cup of tlic value
of &
The Anniversary Address will lie delivered by
(jiencrul McQueen of Marlboro', the public are
invited to attend. The Committee of Arrangements
will provide u dinner for the occasion.
WM. T. ELLEltllE,
Secretary.
A paper nt tlio West?the Wnhnsh Express?nominates
Jolin McLean, nl'Ohio,
and Win. Gaston, of North Cnrolinn, us
candidates lor the Presidency and Vice
1'icsidcncy of the United States.
Ephrnim says that if men's jaws were
intended for tahacco presses they would
have screws in thorn.? Richmond Star.
Thk City of Siiaxoiiak, China.?
In tlio I.ondon papers it is stated thnt this
city and its dependent villages conlnin
200 000 wcuvcih of rotton cloth. This,
it 1*111 At lie remembered, is only one of tho
manufacturing towns. Tho number of
silk wonvors is inoru numerous than those
in cotton.
Couvrp.ni'KlTs.? Mexican Dollars, ail.
vpmmI Itv a now mngnctic process, are in
?:iroiilutiuti litre. TIh'V hio well executed.
rhila. Jot tnutL
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<1 VJ*6 5,Wl*W3tiWl*4?OIKSW"'<6IPS*
TEXAS AXD MBXICO.
JVww a?f HernOrUmmg Bt*.
We Irani seen Mr. Needhoni# who )?r.
| rived lut night direct from Rdieb Hi
state* that Ueneril 8emerrilk?, with a
portion of the army that re mail red eedei
ilia commnnd, about 900 men, tMd ;tt?
turned to Bexir. Aboihcr portion of*800
j men left tl.e command or Gdhontlfcemer!
ville, elected Colonel William 8. Fisher
commander, went, down to Mier, ??d captured
the town; but a shower of nun came
up just after thejr had captured it, art thai
ti.... i-i ? - ?
??/ w?iu nm use inetir nttes to adv?n?
tngo, and the Mexican nrmy arrived, and,
after a desperate engagement, retook the
town and captured about two hundred or
two hundred and fftp of ovr troops. During
the engagement our troops captured
seven pieces of artillery, which were relation
by the Mexicans.
About 400 Mexicans were killed in this
engagement; only four Texans arc re
killed.
Later accounts contradict the killing of 400
Mexicans.
A Ciiimk ok Bxlls.?We learn that a
chime of bolls is to bo placed in the totver
of the Trinity Church, now erecting at
the head of Wall street.?N. Y. Ev. Pott.
DixrarasiMfo AccinSvr.?On Thursday last,
Mr. Abaolcm Dclaughtcr, a respectable planter of
this District, whilst on a gunning excursion with
a number of gentlemen, and within a mile of bis
own house, was sliot with his rifle, which he had
loaded and stood by his rignt side. His dog whilst
playing around liim, is snpposed to have touched
the cock which caused the explosion of the cap.
The ball entered his right side, aud lodged in his
right shoulder. He expired in about half an hour.
Mr. Dclaughtcr has left a wife, flvo children, and
a number of relatives and friends to mourn his
untimely denih
Edgefield Advertiser,' Jon. 18.
Finr. and Loss or Lin;.?On Thursday afternoon
last, tlio Cotton Gin, and shods attached
thereto, belonging to Col. Win. II. Aides, within
three or four miles ef this village, caught fire, it
in supposed from friction, and was entirely de.
ntroyed, with from twelve to fifteen bales of Cotton.
A valuable mulatto boy, about 31 or 33
years of age, who wan attending to the Gin was
burnt to death. The lorn is estimated at about
$2000. There was no insurance.?Ibid.
too much or a gkntlkman.
We extract the following from a letter to the
Charleston Courier, dated at Ruleigh, N. Ci, and
furnishing some account of the General Assembly
of North Carolina.
1 have licard worse talks in Harrisburg and Albany,
than the worst delivered here, this whiter.
On the whole, some of these display a degroe of
what may be culled real native eloquence. For
instance, I heard in the Senate, the otlier day,
from a man, plain, almost meanly dressed, a speech
on the subject of maintaining the honor and credit
of the State, where the State had endorsed the
, bonds of a corporation which was unable to pay
when due, which would have added an additional
wreath to tho laurels of Patrick Henry. 1 have
seen an illustrated edition of Scott's works, which
has o representation of the old Land daman of tho
Swiss mountains: look it up, and you will find an
exact portrait of the democratic Senator from
Surry.
Another specimen of democracy can be found
in this Senate, in the Hon. , who has held
high offices, and is still anxious for them. He
speaks on all occasions, and is not listenod to as
attentively as his position would lead us to expect,
lie is influenced by a perfect monomania in regard
to corporations. So much so, that ho occasionally
brings them in, in a perfectly ridiculous manner.
An instance occurred, the other day, illustrative
of this. It wns an application for an act of in.
corporation for a militia company?the Hon. Gentleman
saw dungcr?ho mounted hid hobby as a
wur-chnrgcr?he sounded the alarm, and rushed
forward to defend the constitution, endangered by
military encroachments ; and for an hour he rantcd
and roared as though " all the world, and Buncombe
too," was to bo destroyed by tivintr these
|K>or fellows the privilege of making bye-laws for
their own regulation and government. The gen*
tlcmun always brings to iny mind an old story,
told ? some where of the management of
a party at an English election. The only answer
to all argument was to raiso the cry of " The
Church is in danger 1!" So this gentleman in
every case, on every question that comes up,
| jumps up and declares the constitution in danger,
repeating it in a perfectly parrot.like monotony.
1 will give another specimen of the North Card,
lina democratic Senator, in the Hon. W??
E . Cenicely dressed?easy and pleasant in
his manner?a voice of cremt comma, hut miUr
perfect command and of pleasant tone. He is not
a frequent speaker, but is always listened to with
pleasure by both parties. Every word is in the
right place?his emphasis and cadcrtcc arc always
regular, and his logic and rhetoric could not be
improved by a Hedge or a Dluir. Is it not a little
singular lliut such a man should not at onco be.
como the head loader of his party 1 I pat this
question to a member of tho other IIouso, (who
lias made himself somewhat conspicuous, by
his anxiety to examine the Governor's furniture.)
Can you imagine his answer ? Why, Sir, said he,
(assuming un air of dignity,) the truth is, the Sc.
nator from Warren is too much of a gentleman /.'/*'
'O tcni|K>ro?O mores!'?is it come to this, that a
noisy demagogue shall set himself up as a leader
?ji iitmubruuyi unu cry imwii ? mail, uccausc nic
same Cod who gave him talent* and judgment
and industry to improve them, has added the bloating
of a graceful form and carriage ?
Tkmprranck.?Four years ago there
were in the United States 0,000,000 mod
crate drinkers, and 200,000 drunkards.
Now thcro is only 3,000,000 moderate
drinkers, and 100,000 drunkards; showing
n decrease in intemperance of 50 per
j per cent. in so tnori a unio.
MARRIED,
At the residence of Joseph Ellorbe, near Che*
raw, S. (*., on Thursday evening tlic 26lh of Jan.
uary, by the Rev. Mr. Kurmnn, Capt. Alexander
((.Nicholson of Richmond County, N. C. to Miss
Ann M. McQueen, of Clientorfiold District it. C.
"It is a pleasing sight to seo
A binding thus of heart to Ircttrl,
Willi silken band i of trusting love,
Vtic which death alone caaiurt.''
hwo.', t*~* i% -jl r- ~
In. *n IMM * J
set :t*
Lard mwm lb la .
Leather, ?ule U tjt * g
Load, bar A B f '"If
Uwtad A ?** ft -'?*
MoMMMIf.O. '. v'v ' gal SB0b
Naila, eat. aaaortod *19 , jk ^
Tu* Rite* m navigable far Steam BenM,
??tijWi1
I WILL attend ae fidon. to taEe UffN
and IL oeivo the Tatt* far CWftedkM 0ft.
trict.
At Ctwaterflald C. H, oft Monday. Hi I lllij.
Wednoad^j and Thafadiy, tha fab, 7th, 9th and
9th March neat. ,
At Mount Crrghan on Friday tha tfaVi .
At Blakenajrla Old Store/m Brtufdiy the tffh.
At MIoImmI Miller', an Monday the is*. >r
At John SoMrata* on Tuesday |hft<l4th. -uj
At Speera' Mills on Wadnaoday the Uth.
At John Johnson's on Thursday tha Mk.
At Steer Pen Springe on Friday the Uth.
At fnri'Ca ?J?*a on Battirday the 18th*
At Charaw on Wednesday Sod TbMhf tha
92nd and 23d.
N. B.?-All return* mm* far modr by BLadaf
the 27tk day /* ?*. aa
stephen d. miller, t. C. c. b. .
January 31.1 184#. l??$.
THE U. S* DIHTBICTCOCATf
Dirtriit *f SamtM Gmntimm.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
"IM/'HERKAS, Jams. Kin*. Mar?h*i>l #T
ft Darlington District, SmOi C4rM.rU,
liotb filed a Petition, praying that he may ha
declared a Bankrupt, pursuant to tlu AM ?f
Congress 01*tho United State*, made, and tmv
in force, concerning SoukmpM* jmn! that ho map
have lb. benefitofthe mid AM ; thia la Jo Ma*
nolico of th mid Petition, and that i HntM
thereof will be had before the HonoralM 1KHL
CRT B. GILCHRIST, Judge of Hw laWwaaW,
at a Court to bo balden U the Pedeaui Qml
H use in Charieaiott. ao Monday the twentyTsmr^snsz ?
interested may aepeor and allow dans*. If atyp
tltoy bare, why the prayer of Km tald Patitienar
should uM bo granted. ^ y
Charleston ?Oth Jan. I84R , , , WH*.
By Hia Excelfaney^Ali&A*OWS*r
over tha State of Sooth Cara&M. ' : ^ ^
U c'C r"^on^r5th Dvoomhor hnhf a
negro man naaaed JONAS, en tin Mr of
Bob, a negro man, belonging to aaid Moukrie*
and that said JoaaahMfied from Justice ;
Now know to. that to tho end jeettU may
bo done, and that tho said Jonao mv ho
brought to legal trial for hia odhneo, ao jtho^
aid, I do bora by oflfcr a reward WOm Moo.
dred dollars for hi# apprehenibm laflmiiMfT
into any Jail in this Stale. Joeae tadMkflhpd
I as bain* about SB roam old. A nat o Jufta*
high, of yellow complexion* IkWdilf hiieeh.
ing to ?sid Akxender Moeltne, now ewdbHtjr
Christopher OlWlll.
Given under my liand and eeal dTthe 9t*re?.
at Cowbie, the Uth day oUvnoeryotB
tbonvend eight hundred and hny.<m *
end the eixty-eeveetb ye?r of the J*4*~
peodeoce of the UniUd 8ut?p of Am^ry.
M J. H. HAMMOND.
W. P. Aa-rnca, Secretary of State. ^
Jan. 19,184*1. . It - M
THE r. B. DISTRICT COfjitT*
District of South Curotimm.
IN BANKRUPTCY.
WHEREAS, Lewie Leween, Planter ?
Darlington District, 8tete.er.Cefe***
hath filed e Petition, praying that ho feay h?
declared a Bankrupt, pursuant to the Act, efOangrem
or Die United 8tatoa, made, and near'ha '
force, concerning Bankrupts, and flwS'lfjMtihy *
have (he benefit of the Beid Act; this h^wjgie"
notice of the aaid PeUtioo, and
thereof will be had before the Hanormbfe'VH(n}Y7'
B. GILCHRIST, Jndga of the aa* Court, a* W
Pnn*. tn Iwa IwJ#Um mi ?Wa Vi ili.i 1 C* 'I < WO?!! 1 V?I?.
Chukdon, on Monday the T1?i?tet?U| ef
February next, at eleven o'clock, A. ML,
place and time all persons intevested Way |^t>r
and show cause, if any they hare, why tbeyeMM
of the said Petiiiooer should not be panlfi
Charleston, Jan, li, 1843. 1-4? 3t
CKHKBAL ouni.. I
headqnutnuti
Columbia, 20*A Jam* MM. y
ORDRRS, NO. 1
Arthur m. huge*, jnobkoato
KERSHAW. J. L. CJANTT,
I EDMON DSTON, W. D. QILUMJI. hM<
E. M SEAUKWK, Jr. an anpntarfad AH^
do.Camf? to tho Cew??Ulwlef4?.0B<^rWEr
rank of Lieutenant Colaooi, and iMR b nhflpndt
and rcapoctod aocordmgtv. < k:
tBMC'
at Head Quartan, CharWUO,MAttkd,
by tlio 17th Ml.
By order of Uao CiowMiiff InOMtti''* vt
J.W.CAMtir, * >
Adjt.w4lmpet.de*'
Jan. ??, 1643. - U .- > ... /iv,?A
FXEcriovr mwA miT.
NHOTICK ia hereby flivM tint W BtaMM*
will b? held in tho Town Hod nf Ckeraw M(
the third Monday '20th) in FakwtMt Mil, ?Wj*. . '
>1 * ! *- ' * * '
ijnrlmgton. Marion.
tlw miun n^moij^th* BfaCWl