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HBBE9IE959^E3K9E55?i59EEBB Another orouit Revolutionary Sol- 'fi diers has fallen!?Capt. COLLINS r departed this life at the residence t>f his * son in Spariaribiirgh Village, on tr?e 5ilr p *L r- ~ lo.i i11 iti'gs nf v, of this mourn, nuer n |? --v.. - . . federal weeks, aged 87. The subject o/( n t!iis obituary was one "f those veteran I It soldiers who warmly ami zealously de- n fended the liberties which we now are u peacefully permitted to enjoy. During si the progress of the Revolution, there weie a none more active, more efficient, autre !> indefatigable, and more daring in the de- f< fence of chartered privileges. The tliun- tl dcrings of the cannon, the clarion of bat- h tie, the din of war. and the consolidation p of terriffic foes, were insufficient to deter u him from* the determined, resolute stand which the circumstances of the times, as well as a lively sense of duty, constrained him to assume, or to shake the resolution s| which he had deliberately formed in his ti own bosom; and bv which, actuated in - " - ? c ? times of battle. tJapi. uuinus uvu .?c ,, evidences he gave of his intrepidity, valor, m decision and efficiency as a private, was st promoted by grateful comrades to the m Captaincy of n Company, which impor- gl tant relation he sustained to his fellow di soldiers at the critical period when our in own beloved State was overrun by inva- ih give fo**g. He was Captain at the tnctnora- Si ble battle of the Cow-pens, end executed the duties of that responsible Station in datinilessly and inspiringly. If activity at w that peiilous time, if fearless courage, if et the uudeceptive evitlences of an inextin- ta guishable zeal in the cause of liberlj*, and si the most unflinching firmness, and the v? pure, genuine and unswerving patriot- F ism, can endear a man to the blissful par- d< tlcipants of civil arid religi"U8 blessings, in certainly there are none whose memory vf should be more respected or more tender- so ly cherished,ihnii he whose lifeless corpse sii was interred a few days since. After the th declaration of American Independence, en he retired to a rural retreat in this District, sh and there evinced, until his last days, the oj purest purposes of heart and the most spotless character, in his daily intercourse th and transactions among his neighbors. irr Several years before he died, he con- H nected himself with the Presbyterian sh Church in this vicinity. Asa christian he hi was exemplary, as a soldier daring and fb intrepid, as a patriot pure ami undented, \\ as a husband kind and affectionate, as a in master humane and clement, as a citizen ta of society upright, honest, faithful and dii hospitable. But he is gone?no more aie Si the fruits of his utility to be seen among nc us?no more is he ever to experience the M delights or witness the joys of a National ed jubilee. As it has pleased an all wise and a i bem-ficent Providence to remove him from of our midst and transplant him in purer regions, we can noly say, His will be done. tr< Greenville Mountaineer. th so TITESHEPHERD'S DOG. A shepherd, who inhabited ?ne of those valleys or glens whirh intersect the Grampian niourtains, in one of his ex- , crusions to look after his flork, happened to carry along with hirn one f his cliil- ,,H dren, an infant of three years old. This at is not an unusual practice amongst the al Highlanders, who accustom irieir cmntren from the earliest infancy to endure ihr rigors "I the climate. After traverting w' his pasture for some time attended by his dog, the shepherd found himself under 1 " the necessity of ascending a summit at some distance, to have a more extensive ro view of his range. As the ascent was too fatiguing for the child he left him be* ^ hind on a small plain at the bottom, with j strict injunctions not to stir from it till bis return. Scarcely, however, had he gain- . ed the summit when the boritoh was dark- Ilc ened by one of those impenetrable mists which frequently descend so rapidly- amidst these mountains, as in the spar > of a few minutes, almost turn day to night. wt The anxious father instantly hastened dil back to find his child, but owing to the wl unusual darkness, and his own trepidation, "v unfortunately missed his way in the dos- ? cent. After a fruitless search of many 'h hours, he discovered that he had reached re the bottom of the valley, artl. was near his V>1 own cottage. To renew the search that w' night was equally fruitless and dangerous, g' he was compelled to go home, although c" he had lost his child and his dog, who A' had attended him faithfully for many a years. Next morning, by break of day, the shepherd, accompanied by a band of th his neghbors. set out in search of bis child; but, after a day spent in fruitless Mi fatigue, he was at last compelled by the approach of night, to descend from the ly mountain. On his returning home to hia se cottage, he found thai the dog, which he se lost the day before, had been home, and re on receiving a piece of cake, had instant- fn< ly gone off again. For several succes. of J 1 I f . J L! L ?ive aays ine snepriero reneweu nissearcn wi for his child, and still. on returning home an disappointed in ihe evening, he found c(i that the dog had been home, and on rej ve ceiving his usual allowance of Cake, hud fo instantly disappeared, Struck with this it singular circumstace. he remained at home in one day, and when the dog, as usual, de- lo parted with his piece of cuke, he resnlv- if cd to fo'iow him, and find out the cause tu of this strange procedure. The d?>g led w the way to a cataract at some distance m from the spot where the shepherd had left w his child. The banks of the cataract al- tfi most joined at the top, yet, separuted by an abyss of immense deprh, presented tl that appearance which so often astonishes ;ii and appals the travellers that frequent the n Grampian nMiiuituins. Down one of those >tl rugged,and almost perpendicular descents, d the dog bc?8n without hesitation Co mike In i? way, ami at last disappeared by enterng into the cave, the mouth of which Ms utmost level with the torrent. The tiephenl, with difficulty followed; but on ntrring the rave, what were his emotions ,'lien lie h-hehl his infant eating with inch satisfaction the cake which the dog a-! jus! brought him; while the faithful ninial stood be, eveing his young charge ith the utmost complaisance! From the illation in which the child was found, it ppeared that he had wandered to the rink of the precipice, and then either illeti or scrambled down till ho reached ie cave, the dog, by means of his scent, ud traced him to the spot; and afterwards revented him from starving, by giving p to him his own daily allowance. POSITION OF GREAT BRITAIN. A Paris journal, the National, has some lecu'alions on the question of the detenon of M'Leod, which we translate. "The immense fleets, which are the ride of England, rrnmt protect her comlerce, avtnge her pretended injuries, and ippnrt the effects of her ambition in the ost dittsnt gulf of the ocean. The Enisli need a part of their fleet in the In-, es, in China where war is just kindled, j i Polynesia, on the Burmon coasts, on I lose of Africa, and lastly, in the Red n.i and Mediterranean. The power which now rules in France spires the English beyond question, ith perfect security, but an unforeseen rnnre or less ilTinor nt in the Government, the death of a ngle man, may give at any moment a ?ry different direction to the policy of ranee. England cannot, without imprumre, cease to watch her neighbors, and r that purpose she needs stations and >s*els; she needs them yet more to obrve the motions of her allies the Rusans; and most of all would she need em to accomplish the same object when igaged in a serious controversy which ould revive the courage of the nations (pressed by her. "The forces she could spare to attack e United States are therefore much less iposing thnn we might at first suppose.?* ow would she employ them? Would ie establish a blockade along the sixteen indred leagues of the sea shore which rm the Atlantic border of the Union?? 'ould she attempt a descent upon the land order to intimidate the public mind, and king j/ossesaion of N.York & Baltimore, rtate laws to the twenty-six States.? ch an attempt, in the first place, would >t be easy. Since the Presidency of; adison, fortified works have been erectupon all the vulnerable points, so that sudden attack would have slight chance success. Moreover, the invaders would need ro>ps to maintain a position on land in e fare of those men, who, under Jack- i n. won. wiih one soldier against four. e battle of New Orleans. Now, En-, and. Willi all Iter power, p sseses but 10.000 soldiers, distributed over the face the globe. She must leave soldiers in e Indies to maintain Iter sway over the ! lives?6he must have soldiers at Ceylon, Chusan, at Singapore, at Hobarttown,' Aden, at Acre, at Malta, at Gibralter, . Jersey; she must have soldiers in order reign in Ireland. Of the rest, there mild not be enough to furnish an army 20.000 men to be transported beyond e Atlantic. ''The insurrections whirh England old foment among the slaves have been oken of, and the powerful diversion lieh this would effd in the Southern atK'i, Such means, if resorted to, would ye no other consequence but to push f irritation '>( the Americans to fauaisrn, and to put arms into the hands of pry man, to defend at once their preju:es and their right of property. "But the war with the United States uld have for England another, and in n T?*reut manner, a more fatal consequence, ?irl? her statesmen, doubtless. Will not! erlook. Amerira alone furnishes upon yearly average,one million five hundred oiisand bales of cotton to the maniilacturs of the United Kingdom. Let xarditie the two nations, and those machines liirh give subsistence to millions of Enish operatives would instantly stop, for (ton could not be obtained from South nerica. That country scarcely furnishes 1 -!i:r..v lliiiiiautirl KiiIpo hh/l IIIHM'ICI mm iih^ ku?'?>o?.iw wH.v?| u..M jypt il"('8 not supply more than eighty ousand. Englnml, therefore, is under e necessity of living in peace with the lited Slate*. 'Tile lluited States, linwer, could,strict* speaking, dispense for a while, with lling to England, and the inevitable con*1, quenCe of an interruption of commercial lations Would he the establishment of ctories and mnnufnttiii-era upon the soil ' the Repuclic. This is precisely what 2 have seen take place in Germany, as i effect of the continental system she >uld no longer send her wool to be Wo* mill England. Tin*tlnitftl Stales, there* re, Coiihl. to a certain point, support ar without much injury to their material teresis, and perhaps they might even ere ng be the gainers by it. But England! her bales of cotton were to cease for /o months to arrive at Liverpool, famine ould raise lip in her own territory, eneies, who would make l.er forget all those horn her pride sends her to seek beyond ie sen, "It now appears to Us that England, al* lough she seems to take a deep interest I the fate of M'Lcod* will rreveriheless :ake?*very effort to prevent the death of lis wretched man, should it happen, irom rawing along n struggle, which could ever come at a worse time than now, when | the war with the Chinese cuts off the trade 11 I in tea and erbium at their sources. En* \ gland will remember that the American I privateers are not to be contemned, and t that they are yet many others in the dif* I fcreril ports of Europe' who are reudy to t purchase letters of marque against her and 1 to use them with effect. 'England forced to extend herself, and ' condemned to add conquest to conquest, j must stumble at last against some obstacle which will cause her to decline from that i imntAr nf nninion ?he now enjoys, but she 1 I'Y"*- " -I ? will delay the fatal moment aa long as possible, by making fwar only upon the < Chinese, upon the Egyptians, and upon < half savage tribes of men. Rather than 1 clash with a state of the first order, she ' will probably allow M'Ueod to be execut- < ed." - : i From the New York Bulletin. The United States Bank Report, which I lias been recently published has fallen like ' a bombshell among the people. It is a f I most able-exposition of a most stopen- < dous fraud?arfiaud, the disgrace of which 1 is illimitable; and the consequences of ' which will extend throughout the land and ' continue to operate even after "this gene- 1 lion shall have passed away." The Bank of ihe United States, for a ' number of years, stood before the people J in the relation of a public debt?a govern* 11 r. 1. I r ment security?a permanent, sonu iuiui;iwhere the widow and the orphan, the aged ' and infirm, might safely invest their all * and rely on au income that was beyond contingency. As a natural consequence, this class of the community to the number of thousands placed their sole means of living in the hands of the President and t Directors of this Bank. When the insti- j, tution was re-chartered by the Slate of ^ Pennsylvania, (the name of the old Bank { having been retained,) the stock'holders q made no change of their property; for _ they considered, it to be better where it t was than it could be by nny change. j, And now, what is the result of their t| unsuspecting confidence? Simply this: they j( are reduced to beggary. Their sole pro. ,] perty has depreciated from 120 to 20dol- tj Jars a shore?they receive no income from v it?and they have no means whatever of supporting themselves. Nor is this all.? |, ' ' ...K..to KnnL-ina (VAtem l! ine cretin ui mn n...6 0 on which the well-being of our country j, must for years depend?is shaken: for l( the people mHy well say, if the United j, States Bank has been ruined by fraud, (| what bank can be safe? And they may g add, if Mr. Biddle?whose character and j, peisonal popularity, in 1837, were pre- j, eminent among all the distinguished men n in the land?if he has proved himself dis- (( honest, who can be trusted? f( We do not, by this latter query, mean n to imply that Mr. Biddle is alone respon- |( sibic for the infamous mismanagement of ,| the Bank?but he is chieiy responsible, j nevertheless. His control over the affairs t| of the institution was nearly (if not quite) H absolute; he of course ordered or knew nil that was done; lie publicly stated when ^ he resigned the Presidency in March, 1839. ,j that the Bank was "in h highly prosperous condition"?yet, within fifteen months 0 from this declaration, the Bank was found c hopelessly broken. It is idle for him ti M pretend that in fifteen months a Bank with ? $35,000,COD capital rouhl fall from pros- , perity to ruin; even if the report of the p Committee did not?as it docs?demon slrate that the work of corruption com- r uienccd long before. ^ Witb ihe exception of 8330,030 p*id to t( Mr. Jaudon, for three year's services as c agent tor the Bank in London, the priori- # f>al losses seem to hare occurred by large ? nans to irresponsible individuals, without f adequate security, and without any record ^ of tfie transactions on the books of the ill* ^ sliiuiion! And we should like to know f, how far such loans differ from direct robberyt The law discriminates between the two cases, it is true) the more is the pity! but what is the difference, morally? We can see none. Mitchell?whom, in comparison with 1 these stupendous rogues, we may well a term the unfortunate?defrauded some of e his fellow men to an aggregate amount f of 84000 or 95000; and he is (justly, Vre admit) branded as a scoundrel, pursued as c a fugitive, and, if caught, will be punished I1 as a swindler. But what is his crime in i c comparison with that of the President and 11 Directors of the United Slates Bank? In P its consequences, it is nothing in compari- v sohl in its moral turpitude, it is nothing; n but in its legal criminality it is everything! 1 /IIIII 1111 8* III nil CllllglllCIIGU Gil IIIIII II II1IJ , IS called justice! r The great?the wholesale Tilluin->? sins 1 with impunity; but the minor rascal suf- " fers the penalty of the laW: or, in the \tr?rds of King Lean "Through Uttered clothes small vices do appear; 0 Robes and furred gowns bide all! Plate sin with gold, c And the strong lanfce of jusiiee hhrtleas breaks; v Arm it in rags, a pigmy strar doth pierce it." but his own letter in which he speks of it f as the first letter of a series explanatory v of his dealings with and for the Bank.? f We do not know how far the series is like- 1 ly to extend, but we think it will take a 1 great many such letters to clear Mr c skirts, this one is quite loo strong: it 11 shows too much: it makes his case too good. He says, among other things, that the Bank claimed from him $321,000, of I which sum he did not owe it a farthing: and, so Tar, the story is very good. But, unfortunately, he proceeds to say that as i the directors were in>f>ortuna?e?rather troublesome?in their demands, he ivst paid "the trifle," to get rid of therp. This was liberal. As we have just before sug- \ gested, it was too liberal. It looks sus- \ licious, lucb liberality. However, when ire come to look art the Report, and see low this small sum was paid, our admiration at Mr. Biddle's liberality is considerably diminished. If the reader will refer to the Report he will see that the payment ivns made in Texas Bonds, at par-~which ve think will remind him of the story ibout a man who sold his dog for 9100. and took two pups for pay, at $60 a piece. This, however, is treating with lerity a matter that should be considered in all seriousness. It is a burning disgrace to r<ur rountry that such stupendous rascality as this ihould go unpunished; and the disgrace is iggravated by the fact that this last Bank fraud?though indeed the largest of all?is ine of a series that for twenty or thirty fears past have periodically spread ruin ind alarm through the community. As our laws now 6tand and are now administered, there is little hope of amendment through their instrumentality; but public opinion has some force left, and to that we appeal. We bpg that these men may be shunned by gentlemen, and "cut" n all decent society. Let a mark be put jpon them, by which honest and respvc* able men will know how to avoid them. We are rejoiced to hear that this eourse ias been adopted toward Mr. Biddle in Philadelphia; and we do earnestly hope hat both he and his associates in guilt will eceive the same moral denunciation from cspectable people in all parts of the coun* ryTHE UNION IN DANGER. The refusal of the Executive of New fork to surrender the fugitives from Jus* ice demanded by the Slate of Virginia, 5 not onl) an outrage upon the rights of Virginia and a flagrant violation of the v..i:tuiiAn nt ihw United Stales, but is vi ...w ___ palpable infraction of the established principles of international law; and it is he duty and interest ol all the other States a the Union to express their disapprobaion of it in terms so derided and emphatic as will bring the delinquent aulhorileg of the ''Empire Slate" to a sense of heir duty. Their steps, in this matter last be condemned and retraced. There i nothing that will so swiftly and so surey lead to civil commotion and dismemermentnf the Union, as a course so tin* istifiable and lawless?so wantonly and ((tally regardless of the rights and feel* rigs uf a sister Stale, and of the solemn bligations of the compact by which the Itates are bound together. Under the i;vs of nations, says a distinguished pubir jurist, "evety Slate is bound to deny n asylum to criminals;" and is, therefore, bliged to deliver up fugitives upon demand, "as well in the case of the subjects f the Stales surrounding, as in the case f the subjects of the power demanding fie fugitive." Here, then, the act is conemned bv a general law, founded upon! fie broad principles of reason and justice, 'hich applies to all enlightened and civil* * - *' - ? !*?! rociippjivp ted nations, uiniigii ,utn . overnmenis totally distinct and indepenent of each other. But how much more i it condemned by the express provisions f the instrument by which our States are onnected in the closest bonds of union, ?lii<-h plainly and pointedly provides that a person charged in any State with treaon, felony, or other crime, who shall flee mm justice, and be found in another llale, shall, on the demand of the Exeutive authority of the Stale from which e fled, be delivered up, to be removed r> the State having jurisdiction of the rime." The language here is so clear nd positive, that we cannot see how any hate can disregard it, except with a wilnl and deliberate design, not only of seting at naught the sacred obligations of he Constitution and dissolving the Union, ut also of involving the country in the torrors of civil war Raleigh [N. C.j Star. Scramble for Office.?One of the pecuiarities which must strike every observer s remarkable, is the scramble for public mployment, that characterizes so large a iortion of the people of the United States. ! - in old This Would noi e?tuc d?........ ... ? ountries, in which competition for emiloyment is strenuous, and the rate of ompensation for labour low. But in a1 ew republic, in which pride and indelendence of character should combine /ith the facility of procuring employ (lent, to place almost every citizen above lie necessity of soliciting office, the peculiritv lo which we have alluded strikes the aind as a moral anomaly. The sturdy itizen of a Democracy, whose thews nd sinews indicate their physical capacities, and whose intellect is sharpened y emulation seem anxious to creep on all ccasions into Executive patronage, and rouch before popular favor, like the eriest dependant in a Monarchy. This ntroduces not only a servility and sycoihancy, where there should be moral elealion and self respect, but strips our mpular institutions, in one at least of heir aspects, of that harmony between heir theoretical perfection and^ practical iperation, that produces real disappointnent.?Char. Patriot. "Thomas- there is too much bustle iere!"? "Where, P??" "I mean there is too much noise?you nust st<?p it." "Is a noise a bustle, Pa?" "Yes, child." "Golly gracious!?then sister Sally does rear the biggest noise you ever saw, v; <1 ME JKQITONAIL. , QAMVBttf *. CAaonWA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1841. Bake or Camden.?The annul meeting of the Stockholder! 0f thia Bank, was held en Monday last, when the propriety of accepting the late act of the Legislature to provide against the suspension of specie payments, was again considered, aad finally rejected by a very large vote. The following named gentlemen were elected Directors, for the ensuing year. W. McWlluc, Paw. F. VnxinwJt, W. D. MeDowall, John WorxjEan, W. E. Johnson, Tbojus La no, and Hatman Lrrr. The last three are new Directors. 1. - * < Faxons in Floo*.?Several of oar Merchants have mentioned the fact to as, thcf frauds to a considerable extent are nracliccd in the artiele tf floor A large quantity of the floor brought from the op country to tbia market ia found1 to weij^i from eight to fifteen pounds leas to the barrel than the legal weight Here, where the mean of weighing are at hand, theae attempts at fraud are easily detected? but in the country, where considerable quantities of flour is sold from the wagons, great impositions,-no doubt, are practiced. Millers in the up country, who send! mnch floor to market with their brand upon the barrel's, and who desire to maintain a reputation, should look well to the packing. j , Within the last week a caso has been brought tt? our notice, and the name of the miller also furnislu cd, but we forbear giving it publicity at present, with the hope that we shall bear of no more such eases. Capt. A. H. Gladde.i has been appointed Port, marter at Columbia, in plase of Benjamin Bawles* removed. MAY DAY. Thia festival was celebrated on Monday evening last, with great spirit, by tho young ladies of Miss PfiELw' Seminary. The Queen elect was addressed in a very appropriate manner by ono of the young ladies who had been previously selected as the organ of the whole. In the course of this address a lore* ly Crown of Flowers was placed upon the brow of Her Majesty, who expressed her sense of the honor conferred in a very neat and happy reply. The house was crowded with merry faces of all agety and never have wo seen more general satisfaction manifested. The company broke up early, after partaking of a bountiful supper.. The address and response were the production of Miss 8. Pours, the gifted Principal of our Female Seminary, an institution of which Camden may be justly proud. We hope that wc shall be furnished with a copy for publication. Late raoM Eonorc.- Sinco ^>ur last, 1 he steam ship Great Western has reached New York, by which wo have Liverpool dates to the 8lh ultimo, being four days later than those brought by the Co. luinbia. There is no news by this arrival of impor. lancc. The Cotton market was without animation. The greatest uneasiness and anxioty existed on the subject of the non-arrival of the steamer President. Sho had been out from New York twenty-seven days, when the Groat Western left, and yet no tidings of her had been heard, although three sail vessels, which left New York after she did, ha J arrived.? Some sorious accident must have happened to her, if sho bo not lost. There wore twenty-seven passengers on board the President RATES OF INTEREST. Wc have thought that the following statement of. the rates of interest in the different States andTer. ritorics of the Union, might be serviceable to some of our roadors, and a matter of curiosity to all The abstract which we givo below is taken from an article which appeared some time since in the Louisville Advertiser. We prcsumo, but do not know, that it is correct. In Maine, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Delaware, the legal interest is 6 per cent., and in caso of usury a forfeit of the whole debt. In Now Hampshire, Massachusetts and Illinois, 6 per cent, and a forfoit in cases of usury of three times the amount unlawfully taken In Virginia and North Carolina, 6 per cent, and a forfeit of double the usury taken. In Tennessee and Ohio, 6 per cent is the legal interest, and usurious contracts are void. Vermont, 6 per cont.?recovery in action with casts. | Rhode Island, 6 per cent.?forfeit on tho money and interest on tho debt Kentucky, 6 per cent?usury may be recovered, with cost Maryland, G per cent?on tobacco contracts 8 per cent Usurious contracts void. Indiana, 6 per cent?on written agreement may go as high as 10?penalty of usury, a fine of double the excess. South Carolina. 7 per cent. Forfeit of interest and premium taken, with costs to debtor. Georgia, 8 per cent.?forfeit of three limes the usury and contract void. Alabama, 8 per cent?forfeit of interest and usury. Mississippi, 8 per cent?by contract as high as 10 ?usury recoverable in aetion of debt Louisiana, 5 per cent?bank interest 6?conventional as high as 10?beyond contract void. Missouri, 6 per oent. by agreement as high as 10? if beyond, forfeit of the whole interest due, and of the uaury due. Michigan, 7 per cent?forfeit of tiro usury taken, and one fourth the debt Arkansas, 6 per cent.?by agreement any rate not higher man iw? mivuui ?t u?ujj icwimivivi but contracts void. Florida, 8 per cent?forfeit of interest and excess in case of usury. Wisconsin, 7 per cent.?by agreement not over 12 ?forfeit treble the excess. On debts and judgments in frror of the United States, interest is computed at 6 per cent a yearThe editor of the Advertiser, concludes his no. tice of the rates of interest in the States and Territories, with tire following remarks, with whkh ire entirely concur: