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m| IMF / : TOTS C1MDBS JOURNAL. / CAUDEX, SOUTH CiBOUSA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1?, 1841. NO,Ha. [HEW SERIES.] TOE. II. , Published every Wednesday Morning, by THOMAS W. PEGUES, a Publisher of the Laws of the Union. At three (failure* in advance, three dollars and fifty cents in six months; or four dollars at the expiration of the year. Advertisements inserted at 75 cents per square for the first, and 37 1-2 for each subsequent insortion.? p The number of insertions to be noted on all advertise Sl monts, or they will be published until ordorcd to be gj discontinued, and charged accordingly. One dollar jq will Ko r?Unr?frr>/1 (r\r n am trie insertion. ' ,,w. 5 & U) * Semi-monthly, Monthly and Quarterly advertise- ^ mcnts will be charged tho same as new ones each in. aertion. ' e) All Obituary Notices exceeding six lines, and ^ Communications recommending Candidates for pubic Offices of profit or trust?or puffing exhibitions, will be charged as advertisements. / Accounts for Advertising and Job Work will be presented for payment quarterly. -ETAll Letters by mail must be post paid to in- f1* ijjire punctual attention. ln . ??? J SPRING AND SlIWMER P1 FASHIONS! friTC mi,..niu>r Ima ror?nived the Latest Fashions C from the North. Thankful for past favours, he so_ ^icits a continuance of public patronage. T > CT-Military Uniforms made to order at the short- in " ... est notice. St< JOSEPH CHARLESWORTH. le, April 28. (Jr TAKE NOTICE. W Carpenter, Joiner, ha V ^ and Cabinet Maker, from the Co North, respectfully informs the citizens of c|j . . 4Carnden and the public generally, that he ne "will complete any work in his line with wj - promptness and despatch with which he ur may be favored. He jespcctfully solicits a share of patronage, as he has no doubt of being able to give satisfaction to all j who may favor him ivith worK. , Carndcft^ April 21, 1841?20. tul ^ !_ ?: ? pr Mrs. Carpenter & Holmes to 7 ?fAVE JU6T RECEIVED, a hund- tk; somexis^ortmetit of Spri.no Goods, which they will sell on very reasonable wi terms. Also, the latest fashions for Bon- an nets and Dresses. fej . *. O*0r<I?(ps for Mileenery executed, as 0f usual, in the most fashionable stylo. c0 LOST FROM THE STAGE, ?> "<> -* thi . Between Green's and Caraden, a Box of PRINT- , ING TYPE, directed to T. VV. Pegues, Camden. "..The finder will be liberally rewarded on loaving. it atGrcen's, Friendship, Suraterville or Camdon. <-d April 21. a" ;? .. thr SPRING GOOI>S. vie ? . co - ' 'THE subscriber has just received his eQ SPRING SUPPLY of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, Hats, &.C. which he will sell ^ at low prices to persons who pay punctu-ally; A liberal deduction will be made on "cash puichases. April 21. E. W. BONNEY. ? r du MRS. E. WARREN, *>y HAS JUST RECEIVED an assortment ^ of SUMMER GOODS, which will th. - ' - be sold on the usual credit. co April 21, 1841. ur SPERMACETI OIL. an THE subscriber has just received a fresh supply oc of superior Winter Strained Lamp Oil. CO April 28. J. R. McKAIN. * + a nvm m w m>intn fill Us re: Soath Carolina Lottery, cu Class No. 4, for 1841. th> To be draws in Charleston on the 12th day of May, pr 1-841; p - PRIZES. 1 PRIZE-OF 20,000 DOLLARS. .. 1 ? 5*000 ? i * - 3,000 ? 1 10 * 1,000 " hs ' * ' .' it,C. &c. dtc. W Tickets 85; halves $250; quarters, 81 25. a[ Package of whole tickets, warranted to cc draw $70, leas 15 percent, 8125 ac ; Package of half tickets, warranted to ^ draw $35, less 15 per cent. $02 50 ^ Package of q.uarter tickets, warranted to ^ =,- draw 817 50, less 15 per cent $31 25 rSCJ- Orders from the country (free of " postage) will meet with attention if ad ^ dressed to ^ n c< r> o pnna v i. rn to V, %Dm UllUUVXV A \Xj vyM No. 26, Broad-st. Charleston, S. C. N May 5, 1840. ' Pj Ordinary's Office, j H KKRSHAW DISTRICT. ) m "WM^HEREAS, no administration on the et Estate of the late Duct. David E tV Reid has been applied for, in pursuance of the Act of Assembly, I have taken 0] possession of such goods and chattels of v the said deceased, as could be found. Ail p persons indebted to said Reid,-are requiri-v." - ' ed to pay the same immediately, and all ^ Ecrsons having demands against the said r Leid, will j?resent them duly attested to *! office. J. W. BASK IN, O. K. D. 1 F v Feb. 19. 12if ? JOB PRINTING Executed with neatness L f, and despatch, at this Office. j, . f if jiv ^ si*- . e . ^ ? . - V STATE OF THE FINANCES, T THE CLOSE OP THE tAST ADMINISTRATION. Treasury Department, ) March 2, 1841. j In pursuance of a suggestion by the resident, the Secretary of the Treasury ibmits, with his resignation, a general atenient of the fiscal operations of his enartment. since the last annual reDorti i order to show its condition till the close * his connection with it. So far as yet ascertained, the ordinary cpenditures for the year 1840, have,since at- report, proved-to be less than those 1839 by , the amount then estiated of between two and three millions dollars. The revenue has turned out, also, to be iarly the same, as then calculated, makg in the actual result?though affected fluctuations in imports almost unexamed?little or no variation from the estiates in 1839, beyond what has been the rerage annually, for the last quarter of a ;ntury. The available balance of money in the reasury, at the commencement of 1841, eluding, as was before computed, what Dod to the Treasurer's credit with collators. receivers, and the Mint, subject to aft, has proved to be about as was antipated in December last. The only material difference, and which is been since explained to the proper nunittce, was caused by some new arges imposed by Congress, through w appropriations, which would otherisc have fallen on 1841, and some fades by the indebted banks to pay so uch in 1810 as was expected. The power remaining on the first of nuary to issue Treasury notes, consulted another of the fiscal means for the csent yean, and it has been ascertained exist in ap amount somewhat greater an had been estimated. , Hence the present year commenced ith resources on hand quite equal to1 the ticipations previously formed The difrences before named were, fortunately, a character not to change the fiscal ndition of 1841?as in proportion to sir respective amounts, the receipts in at year will probably be larger,- and 3 expenses smaller. But notwithstanding thie, it wasdeemivery important, as detailed fully in the nual report, to ootain at an eany uay i aid of some subsidiary means, with a jw to guard against fluctuations and niingencics generally, as well as to ualize the receipts and expenditures ring 1841, the latter being likely to fall ry heavily on the first quarter of it. Accordingly, as had been done on some nilar occasions since the public debt is discharged, and the current revenue nin;shed, these means were requested the Department the first moment pracablc after the session1 began, being, in s annual repurt itself- The additional mmunications. in this and'other years, ging a compliance with such requests, 3ie made only to develope new factsid reasons, which had in the mean time curred, favorable to the previous remmendations. ' Although the aid was not in this instance rnished as early as desired, yet the Dertment has succeeded in commanding funds so effectually as with the existing sources on the first of January, and the rrent receipts afterwards, to meet all e authorized claims that were due and esented during the severe pressure extrie need in that month. Since the desired aid was furnished by e passage of the new act concerning reasury notes, in February, no necessity is arisen to issue any of them, solely ith a view to defray claims already pay>le. But in consequence of the public nvenienco beinsr much Dromoted- bv ivances of money for pensions, before ey would fall due, on the 4lh of March, ose advances have been made; and annount of notes under the new act has msequently been issued, equal to about 300,000. This is not so great by $150,)0, as the sum which has already been rwarded on account of those advances. 6 greater amount for any purpose, and obabiy not so great as that difference, is rely to be called for before the 4th inst. ence it appears that the other available cans in the Treasury have, as yet provi more than enough, in the aggregate, for ie discharge of allengageme^tsof every ind sanctioned-Dy congress, wiicmcruiu r new, in arrear, or otherwise, which re re due, and have been presented for ayment. It may be proper to state further, that je receipts, since the year commenced, ave fully sustained the computation for le whole of the first quarter, made by te Department, in January last. The acruing revenue from duties payable three nd six months hence, has been much irger in January than would be required it" ' ' V-.-v ; - X:^ " :> "%"T. monthly to make all the receipts from tha in 1841 equal the antodnt estimated in thi annual report. . The revenue received in February, no yet fully ascertained, has probably beer nearly the same asin the preceding month but the accruing duties are believed tc have been considerably less. It is com puted, however, that these duties, taking both months together, have been quite as large as would be their proportion in ordei to make the receipt for the whble year, from this source, eaua1! to' the annual p?t;. mate/ Nor have the expenditures since the year began varied materially from the amount expected ft is gratifying to be able to add, that, after all the payments above described, the balance of available money now in the Treasury is more than a million of ck>lliir^?iclo?fing^ what stands subject to draft, and to the credit of the Treasurer in the mints, andf with collectors and receivers. Deducting trust funds of every kind, which have seldom been so small in amount, and none of Which that should be invested fem?un uninvested, the balance will still exceed three-fourths of a million. During the last three months also, as well as in all the former exigencies, since irniir A rlmmictJ aL.? a yvui xiuiiniiwuauuu VUllJIIICUCCUf llll&l balance has never been less than from half a million to a million of dollars, however much the Treasury may, at times, have been exposed to embarrassment at particular points, in the various crisis to which its affairs have been exposed, in the performance of such large distant, Oncertain, and sometimes unexpectedjoperations. But any good fortune in preserving high and scrupulously the pecuniary credit of the General Government, under such perils, should? not be suffered to impair the force of the recommendations that have from time to time been submitted to Congress for tt provision of additional means,-to guard well against sudden deficiencies in receipts and Targe fluctuations and inequalities between them and the expenditures in different parts of the year.The first recommendation for some such precautionary measure was presented as long as 1835, immediately after the discharge of the national debt, and the termination of the necessity for keeping a la*go WJaiTCe' on hated to aid in defraying it. The attention' of Congress has since been annually invited to the subject with earnestness and ih several different forms. In respect to out* present financial condition, judging from1 that part of the year already expired, and from the existing means on hand, tfttere appears to be no danger of embarrassment, unless it is hereafter caused by the circumstances pointed oft in the last annual report. Should Congress, before the expiration of the present session, or before the year closer, burden tfhe Treasury with a much greater amount of appropriations than were called for in December last, the ex* pected means of defraying them; as then explained, may prove proportionably inadequate. So a continued suspension ol specie payments, by most of the banks west and southwest of New York, would lessen the receipts of the Treasury, as was then also stated. The sudden suspension, again, of several 'of those banks, in February, after resuming for a short time, has already exercised some malign influence on the reviving business of the country; and this circumstance was im mediately submitted to the consideration of the appropriate committee. But though it may continue to operate unfavorably or* mercantile credit, there is nevertheless no good reason to doubt that if the appropriations are not ineveafcec beyond what was called for in the tmnua estimates, the means now on hand, witf the current receipts and the existing power to issue five millions of Treasury note; after the third of Mart-qh, wiJI prove amplj sufficient to meet all ordinary engagements. If they do not also enable the Department to extinguish the whole of the temporary indebtedness caused by the issuse of these notes, it will be owing tc the recent and1 unexpected suspension again of many of the banks, so sensiblj injuring the prospect for increased business which existed to a very flattering extent early in December. But Congress having not yet passed appropriations exceeding, in the aggregate, the whole estimates, no serious dangei seems to exist, unless some future action of that body,- during the residue of the year, should augment the expenditures. Nothing, of course, is easier than the adoption of measures which must increase the expenses of 1841, so as to exceed its authorised fiscal means, and thus not onlj to cause embarrassment, but impair the pecuniary credit of the General Government, and leave no alternative excep' greatly increased taxation of some kind lor a permanent national debt ^??B tf But it is a matter of congratulation that e these financial evils have hitherto beerf avoided, though severe commercial cont vulsions, protracted Indian hostilities/and i a periodical redaction of the revenue , from customs, have at times pressed hea> vily on our operations.- Without doubt they can be longer avoided by a continued r reduction in the public engagements, i through perseverance in economical re* trenchment, and the careful Shunning of , causes for new or increased expense/ Jn deed, it must be a source of sincere sa'tisr faction to the President, personally, as well to the community at large, to see his i administration close \Vithout the creation i of any permanent public debt whatever, f or even of a temporary one, that might not be discharged within the year, if provinnr n c hroanorniio qc montr ko vp antiP.inflt , '/uo U4 ?tiiui j aritvv vj-*" ed, without any increase of taxes; but, on the contrary, many old ones reduced? r without any claims due and authorized by t Congress and the accounting officers, which have not, as a general rule, been paid with specie or its equivalent, and with promptitude,- however much the 0epartment hcfe been infcomfnoded by revulsions irf commerce and \>aokj3uspension9, and, in fine, without a Treasury either empty or bankrupt, but its obligations in high credit, and the means in its control, probably, enough to discharge in the usual manner and extent, throughout the ^ear, every expenditure that has yet been sanctioned by Congress, 01 requested by yourself or this Department. Respectfully, v V LEVI WOODBURY Secretary of the Treasury. 'IflJPORTAKT APPARATUS FOR RAILWAVS. -r*A notice appears in the Railway Times of. an apparatus which seems likely to contribute essentially to the safety of railway travelling. It is a plan for'enabling the guard of a train (genererally a Very intelligent officer,) to communicate with the engine driver for the purpose of stopping the trai?. The contrivance consists of a wrought iron or copper "tube fixed under the centre of each carriage, and Massing under the tender to the engine.? n each of these tubes is inserted a metallic rope, every separate division being connected By ropes of 4ess strength, vVitn catctFhooksrat both ends, so contrived . that they, may be attached or detached in a very few seconds. The one end of the rope is connected with a whistle upon the engine, and the other, by means of certain simple machinery, passes up to I the seat of the principal guard on the top of any particular carriage, and is so arranged that by the turning of a winch, the steam is let in upon the whistle already referred to, the sound of which can only be stopped by the act of the driver. The sound of the whistle differs, of course, from that in ordinary use. The advan1 tages tcr be expected from the efficient 1 working of an apparatus of this kind are too obvious to require enumeration. Hith1 erto there have been no certain means of ' communication between the guards and ' the persons upon the engine. i ; , i Female Labor en Arabia.?I saw 1 r 1? !,?.? lUnmlln norfnrmlnfT ' several icumics ucig jiioianj pvi IUI imiig ( the duties of bullocks, that is, in plain t English, they were yoked to the plough, i One was a very comely lass, and she ani swered my inquiries, laughingly, tfiat they hired themselves for the purpose, the rei muneration being a small quantity of grain. The men, at the same time, were standing looking on, with spinnets in their i hands. An odd transfer of duties this!? . The reader may recollect that Sir Thomas I Munroe relates, as a reason why an Indian I should be exempted from paying his taxes,, i that he pleaded the late loss of his wifer . who did as much work as two bullocks. i Well sled's City of the Caliphs.Stealing on Credit.?A fartrwr in ! this State was once greatly puzzled by the s sudden disappearance of his sheep. One " after another was missed from the flock, ' without any solution of the mystery?un1 til at last, his suspicions rested on one of his neighbors. Accordingly, as the sheep disappeared, one was entered on the book against the suspected man, and the price carried out. At the end of a year, the I bill was sent to him; and without making f any words on the subject, he prudently " paid it. Another year passed, and the i absence of a great number of sheep had '' added numerous items to a new bill, which was presented as oil the year previous.? i This time, however, the lover of mutton i ! demurred; and insisted on its being re; duced; protesting that he had not taken an eighth part of the number charged to ! him. But the creditor insisted upon every farthing. "Well," said sheepy, "if I must L pay, I suppose I must; but the fact is, , some scamp has been stealing on mvj I credit."?jV.iJ. Register. ' ' -* fi*3?ewebwiM ' r New Principle of*ip^tlvo $TeaJ? ?Lieut. Hunters- ifxpeftiment.?The Norfolk Beacon 9ays? '*A desideratum in the application ot 9team power to national vessels, and for the navigation of canals, has been effected awdf proven, by the actual and ciuirely successful operation, in our harbor, of a small ves- ~*iT- f,. se! constructed by private entcrprizc, and at Individual cost. We have seen a plan in detail of ths arrangement of the machinery and the construction'of the vessel designed fof national purposed which is,- in oitt opinion, properly.wiihfeld by Lieut. Hunter from the gerrerkl public, inorder that our Government may peouHar- , ;3 < ly receive all the benefits derivable' fronk [j its use; and we feel that we hazard noth-, ; : ,k??. :4.~;rriU. c. 1 mg I:J mat ic HIM UC M/UMU- IV/ j '* c have accomplished all that i? desired for - . y the perfection of a war steamer' for harbor defence, or asa cruizer, as the moving power by the ingeniotte construction of the vessel is protected from the effect of Paixhan or any other shot." ' : Anecdote of the late Shr AstleY. Cooper.?A wealthy city merchant, who ' ... resided near Windsor, and lately retired from business, called upon Sir Astley for. consult jyjth him upon the state or his health. The patient was not extremely : fond of the good things of this world, but indulged in high living to a great excess* This was soon discovered by Sir Astley, \ who thus addressed himi?"You are a merchant, sir, and therefore must possess an extensive knowledge of trade, bute*>id yoii ever know of an instance in winch the orts exceedett'thfe exports tfcat therfe was not a glut in the market? That's the case with you, sir, take more phy|(o / and eat less." - The gentleman- took the hint, and has since declared that Sir Astley's knowledge of the' ''first principles of commerce" and the mode of giving his advice, rendering it "clear to the meanest capacity" has not only enabled him to en MM n rf t, nn lilt nitlAA l"v4l 4- KaVi tivr. t?. *-? , ..A-' *Jj juy guuu iiuuiin urti siiluc, uui ucw piv/ua" Wy prolonged his life for many years. "'"-1^ < A Man without Money.?A matt wilfc. out money is a body without life^a walk-' hrg shadow, a spectre that affrights; hi9 look is doleful, his conversation is languid and heavy, ff'lie wihhes tb pay a visit he never finds' titty' body al homt/'r. ^ and if he opens his' mouth'to speak, heisinlerrupted every moment in ordtfr that: he may not finish a sentence, lest he sh-ould end it by asking for money. He ia avoided as a pestilence;- anil. i's -considered ai. useless clog upon the earth. If he have wit he cannot display it, aiid if he hjtvtjr'- > none, he is looked upon as rfie most frighv ful biped that nature can create. tVhen V in ill humor, his enemies say he lis fit for. nothing and those best inclined towards-^"' . Iiim, preface their eulogy by a shrug-of V v* the shoulders. Necessity aWukes him itf ' : > the morning, and misery attends him at . rr?t / ....I i~4~ U.. nigm. 1 lie WUIlieu- uiitr lie ia uiiutaunci ?ni! vulgar, ami regard him1-with suspi-4^.* cion. Tavern keepers with that like the - ' chamclion, he would Jive upon the air,> ' and tailors that, like oyf first parents, he would clothe himself with fig leaves. If he wishes to argue he is not listened to; . and il he wants anyihhigfrom a tradesman, he is considered a rogue. LET DEFAULTERS BE EXP(^E0 3 V :; We perceive that several editors are * doptmg the plan- of exposing the rogues and cheats Who decemf|l without paying for his newspapers. We hope it may be- -'r \? come the universal practice among, editors to expose the names of afi who stop papers without settling up their dues.. At any > ^ rate it shall not be our fault if they are r not held up to public abhorrence. Old Dominion, ?13=*Lash the Rascal Naked thfotgh the World. ICTJOHN GAT&J.eg# tf blacksmith by trade^ taking liis lesson . from the "Buckeye Blacksmith,-'has decamped without paying or making the least move to pay his subscription to the Sentinel. It is supposed that he has gone ,;T: to Guernsey Cotrnty. Will the Star" V,y,: and other papers be good enough to put .Vy the public upon their guard??For if ha 7* ? will rob the printer he is not too good to rob a hen roost!?Cadiz Sentinel We will do as you request, friend,'McGonagle?for a person who will cheat a I printer out of his just dues, will net only I rob-a hen roost, but will, if an .opportune- ' Jty offer, steal the Coppers off of a dead ^ * nigger's eye. We have several names on our book that we fear-We will have to deal < . with in a similar manner. We will, bowever wait a few weeks longer, believingthat sooner thtur see their names in our- paper under th/^bJacft-Iist head, they will J come honestly and pay Its. ?Ohio Soue Throat.?Take a glass of oliyey or swce.t rfil, anil half a glass of Me spim# * of turpentine, mix them tvell togetlrerffnd nib the tfvro.it externally, wearing flannel jarn-tiiul it at the same trrhe: it proves most jo/lcciual u'hen applied early in curings, U'J'C l!ito;:t. . , 1 - .,-,4-' ' J.- \< .\1; \ /*'' .' / Ck.? z *' ' /* v , VW- > v *'^T . ' ; rv I * - rVv*.> - . * .rr-. - ' - v- v' -vT? % " **! t i *: ? * v > Z '1' * ' - i&fj 0 v-': ;V