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s? " - i" ' - -a. wa.wlvvjVWASHINGTON, MARCH 8. T//ii STATE OF THE TREASURY- Jj Tan Speaker la.,1 before the IIouso the fol-1 loivin^couiuiunication: Wat-hot rox, March.8, 1312. . I 7? Ih; Ihuse of flsprcwilaiiees: I reel it to be my duty to invite your attention! to the accompanvi'vr communication from the kJacro irv of the Treasury, in re!a?ion to the r-robable de'n.m is/.vjiich wiil bo made upon the Treasury for thepresent quarter." It will be withnnt' nrregtHim the reauisitions OW-.. Wl-Kf ___ _ v which will be made by the War and "Navy departments for the months of March* April and May, there will be an unprovided for deficit of upwards of three millions. I cannot bring myself, however, to believe -- that it will enter into the view of any dep.artmant of the Government to arrest works of delence qow in progress of completion, or vessels under construction or preparation for sea. Having due regard to the unsettled condition of our foreign relations, and the expose ! situation of oar inland and rmrafirne frontier, T should fee1 myself wanting in my duty to the country, if 1 could hesitate in urging upon Congress all necessary appropriations for placing it in an attitude of strength and security. Such recomtn; r.htion, however, has here'ofore been made in full reliance as well on Congress as on thr wall-known patriotism of the I'oonle, their high sense of national honor, and thoir determination to defend our soil from the possibility, howeve remote, of ,a hostile invasion. The diminution in the revenue arising from the great diminution of duties under what if com nnlv oiled the compromise act, necessarily involves the Treasury in embarrassments, which have t'eeh for some years palliated by the temporary expedient of issuing Treasury note -- < " -V ?an exoe I cat wtucn, nnoruing mu pcuunisu rolie", his impose 1 upon Congress, from time to t me, the necessity of replacing the old by n ne*.v issue. Tbe-nmount ou'standin?on the 4'h of M (rch, ISA varies in no great degree from the anoint which will be outstanding on the i first of January next; while in the interim the new issaes are rendsre 1 equivalent to the rede notion of the old, and at the end of the fiscal year leave aa an mante l pressure on the finances bv tiic accumulation of interest The contemplated revision of the tariff of du_ ties ~\nv, and doubtless will lead in the end to a relief of the Treasury from these constantly re* > curring embarrassments; but it must be obvi* * ous that time will be necessary to realize the full anticipations of financial benefit from any modification of the tariff" laws. In the mean , time, I submit to Congress the suggestions male by the Secretary, and invite its prompt and speedy action. JOHN TVLER. Treasury Department, March 7, 1842. To the President of ih* United S'ale.t: Sl.n:?The du'y devolved bv the Constitution upon the President of the United States "to take care that the iaws be faithfully executed") readers it proper that you should be advised of| the present condition of the Treasury, ac \veii in regard to the claims upon it as of the means for their discharge, in order that you may decide upon the e.xpo lieocy of laying before Congress the necessity of further provisions for meeting the public obligations. The aggregate of demands upon the Treasury, d iring the present, and the?two succeeding ** ? - * ninth.*, is C'MrnHei, as win oe seen oy uiri eta'emen! which I hive the honor herewith to J 6ibmi', it .$.3,574,010. The immedia'e means within the command of the Treasurer for meeting these expenditures were at the commence: mant of the present mon'!', includins'the unev Vjpcndsd piwer to issue Treasury notes, under the act of 31s'January las', about three millions of djlla-s. Of this sum nearly two hundred thaasin 1 are h the Land O tllces. A portion of this nniou it has been paid for land since the first of January las', and is required by law to bo paid over to the several States. The greater portion of it is held at points not convenient for ordinary disbursements. The nett revenue from customs during the present and two succeeding months is estimated at ?3,*230,ODD. Bur, after adding the amount to" the means now at the command of the Treasury there will still remain in deficit to be provided for of upwards of three millions for the service of the same period. In submitting to Congress the annual report pf the Department on the finances, it was suggested that an authority to issue Treasury notes i to the amount of five millions, with such an extension of the term of the loan remaining to be disposed of as would render it negotiable, would, ?.:*u tk? munna f-om imnortp. enable the De Willi bliC tv.rv.uiiv .w .... | , _ partmant to most the expenditures of the present year. At the same time, revision of the tariff* was urged as an indispensable means of Bus aining public credit. You are aware that, while the report on the , finances was in the course of preparation, the plan of a Fiscal Agentor Rvchequer, since sub. initted to Congress was under your consideration. No doubt was entertained tha\ in the event of its adoption by Congress, it would obvia'e the necessity of any further provision for redeeming the Treasury no'ee required for the service of the present, year, .and payab'e in the f next The faculty of expanding the issue of exchequer bills to a given extent waB expec-el to aT?rd facilities that would remove all apprehension of e nbar'asRaaen*. while the issue or its maximum 8l3,0')0,00f), r?s'ing on 85,00000) of specie, and 85,000,000 of Government clock to be held in. reserve to m~et any contin. jjgeic es of such issue, and aided by the daily | accruing revenue, was regards 1 as placing 6uch 1 issue o i a foundation perfectly sure and stable. Should the provision, hovveye-, not be adopted by Congress then it is obvious that the whole /amount of the Treasury no'cs authorised by the late act of Conyres* will become a burden upon i the revenue 134'), without any adequate provision for relief. And, invew of this state of things, it becomes a question of grave importance, whether it would not be advisable torecommend an increase of the loan to an amount sufficient to absorb the Treasury notes that will be outstanding at the end of the year, and to be ' applicable in the mean time to the redemption of I such as may be offered for that purpeno. But j whether this shall be done or not, it is pbviousl that the existing state of the Treasury calls for] the immediate intervention of Congress to save ' the good faitli of the Government. And no ef-1 factual expedient for this purpose is perceived, J but th^t of enlarging the terra of so much off the lojn a3 remains to be negotiated to a period of at least twelve years, ana securing tio pay-. went of principal and interest hy pledging a the-j tinct source of revenue for that purpGro. ..I I have taken lpavg to place tho accompanying! e'.a e-nent before you, "that you may decide vhather any, and, if any, what measure, ought, to be adopted by the tj.vcuive auper the circumstances therein exhibited. I would ho wholly 0 .ipeffluous to-add any suggestion ifl regst J .to 'a ffc h the paramount importance of maintaining the fi-1 deiity oi the Goveniinet to all it? engagements. VV. FOR WARD. Secretary of the Treasury. Stalcmr.Tit of Means in the Treasury on the 1st March, 1842. Cash suhjt ct to the drafts of the Treasurer by tho latest returns to this (1 le,. with the several depositories and collectors, . $237,949 031 Subj' ct to draft in tho land offices, by laiest returns, ... 178 311 20 $116,200 23 ! Amount of Treasury iW>s authorized by act of 31st of Januiry last, which may bo issued on the 1st of March, * ... . 3.653,093 39 Total of immediate resources, $3,1)66,353 53 Estimated revenue from customs during M rch, .... 1,250,000 00 April 1,000 000 00 May, .... 1.000,000 00 Means for the current three months, ?5 310 303 53 Probable demands during the curcut three months: i'no amount of Treasury notes issued i r M-rch, 1311 at 6 per cent, w >a about $1 2 )0,000. Estimating that two thirds of these have been already redeemed through the - ciKtom houses and land offices, there remains to be paid during the m mtli nf M irch, $400,000 00 The ^ecotary of War estimates his r juisitions in M ircn at 822,602 00 The Secretary of the Navy estimates his requisitions in Match at 900,000 00 No salaries h iving been p-.id by the Treasury since the 18lIi of January on acc iuut of the civil list, and the quarterly payment of interest on public d> bt becoming due on the 1st of April, the payment on account of civil list, foreign intercourse, and miscellaneous and legislative expenditures, should the usual Appropriation Bill p.os in the course of March, may bo estimated at 1,275,000 00 83,737,692 00 Tin smnnnt nf Treasure notes issued at 6 per cent daring the month of April, 1841, Was almut @850,000. E-limat.ing that ono half hate licen redeemed through the custom howsoa and land ofFI 'cs, and the other half hold for investment, there will remain to In* paid in April, ?425,000, The Secretary of IV,ir estimates his requisitions in April at 936.128 T io Secret iry of the Navy estima'es Ins requisitions in April 724,000 Too civil list, foreign in. tcrcnurse and. miscella. neons and legislative, will require ubout 503,000 2.555,108 000 The amouut ofTi'asu'y notes at six per rent, issum] in may, 1641, was nhnut 1,230,000 Estimating, as above, that one'hall have already been redeemed, there will bn required in May for this item 640,000 The Secretary of War estimates his requisitions for May at 1,491,220 The Secretary of the Navy estimates Ins rcqui. sitioiia for May 653,000 Civil list, foreign inter course, and miscellane. ous and legislative, will require about 500,000 3.281,223 00 1 Total estimated expenditure for cur. rent three* njontlis S9 574 C43 00 Deficiency of estimated means ?3 234 680 '17 j Correspondence of the Mercury. WASHINGTON, March 15, 1842. SENATE. i Several memorials in favor of a protective Tar- f iff were presented by Mr. Huntington. The Senate then proceeded to consider the following i Resolution, heretofore submitted by Mr. Allen.: 11 Resolve I, Tint the Secre'ary ol the Treasury i I be directed to inform the Senate, as soon as prac- j i ticable, whether, in his opinion, the Government I / an. in rho nrf?R(>ut exitrenev of its financial af- ' I fain-, be earned on without either recalling to its service the revenue derived from ihe sales of' I the public domain, and which, by an existing act, is set apart for distribution to "the Sta'eF, or , < without drawing from the people, in addition to ! I their present taxes, an amount equal lo that re- 1 venue, and in consequence of its distribution,' i by means of increasing the taxes now levied up-' on them in the l'ortn of larilf duties; or by impo-1 sing a new and direct tax upon them; or by bor-! rowing, upon their credi', in the form of direct) loans, or of Treasury notes, to be paid eventually I out of their lahor and property. And if, in his opinion, the Government cannot be so carried on withoutthus recalling the land revenue, or increasing the taxes or the loane to an amount equal to that revenue, and in consequence of it6 distribution, then which of these alternatives will in his opinion, be the most economical to the peopie?the recall of that revenue, the taxes, or the leans. Also, that he be directed to lay before the Senate the estimates and the reasons upon whifiu sitch opinions may be founded. jilr. K. 'cs had moved to amend the Resolution hv nHdinrr following: ' That the tiet.'^ary of the Treasury be directed rejcrt to the Senate, by what meaD6 adequate-provision-can bfikt be made-lor meeting the ndceneay expenditures of the Government in the pre.-eut condition of the country; submitting his plans therefor in detaiVwrth esumite6 of the probable product of each source of supply proposed; and, alto, to what extent retrench-, toeuts in the various branches of the public ex < % pcaJituiy are likely to arise from the cessation cr dimiyulion of charges on the Treasury now existin/, or may he further effected, by' a wise economy, adapted alike to the wants and resources oi the Governments Mr Allen addressed the'Senate in favor of the Resolution until one o'clock, when the special order of the day was called?Mr. Clay's Resolutions on the revenue, expenditures, &c. Mr. il/.ller, ol'J^ew Jersey, addressed the Senj ate at considerable iengtli, his speech being pretty rvich a ditto to that of Mr. Choate. At I ' Ka ortnrl ?ieii\n Itia fn-nn/u'O thf* S Vll'P WP.1t. into Executive session. >P. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ~ Mr. Stanley offered the following resolutions: Resolved, That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to inform this House whether, in his apinlon, any further provision by law is necessary to secure to American owned ships and vessels the coasting trade of the United S'atcs, and ilso the conveyance of passengers from one part thereof to another. Resolved, That the Postmaster General of the Un.te.l Stmes be directed to inform this House .vhe her, in his op in. on, any further provlson by 'aw is necessary to secure the Post Odice Doj aartment from ioss ar.sing from the transmission I >f letters by priva e persons coastwise from one ! part of the Unite I States to another. Mr. Butts said he also had a resolution on the ;;ime subjec', which he submitted, a9 follows: Resolve I, That the Committee on the Jud.cia-y be instruc ed to inqu.re in'o the expediency jf so amending the navigation laws as to prevent iterl'erence or competition on the part of foreign -earners with the revenue laws of the United States, by the transmission of letters from one point of the Sla'es to ano her. The resolutions were all adopted. Mr. Mai lory from the Committee on Naval j 'flairs repea ed the Senate bill providing for the onstruction of a warS earner for harbor de'ence. Mr. Adams moved that a resolution of the last sassion, directing the Committee on Foreign Reasons to inquire into the piofriety of reducing ho number of our diplomatic functionar.es | ibroad, he again re erred to'that Commit ee.? This was objected to: when a motion to bus; end i?? -nine nirr'nii?.Tves 173?noes 6. and the i UbiUIVOiiHU Viiii.v -V? * evolution was agreed to. A resolution was also tdopted lor the appointment of a select comnntce to cl isify the offices and salaries in the severil Executive Departments. The Appropriation bill was then taken up, the (uestion pending being the motion to strike out lie appropriation for the salary of the first Audior. This was advocated by !\Ir. Linr, and nposed by Messrs. Irwin and Sprigg (all Whigs) nd then the motion, having occupied nearly two hys in discussing it was withdrawn by M. Staniey, its author. Mr. Willis Green then moved o reduce the salary of the first Auditor from) 53(0.1'to .32300, g.vinj: notice that he would I uake a similar motion with respect to the oher f Auditors. This af.er eotne further debate was, iCgatived. J A considerable number of items were then 1 passed without opfoshior, excepting apptopr.a-! ions for contingcnc er, and lor offices not au- j thor.zod by law, which were all, under a prev.ot s order of the Mouse, striken out. The appropriations for the salary of the President's private i secretary having Won read, jl/f. Owse'ey inov-; ed to strike it out. This occas o icd an animated leba'e, which was arrested by a motion of adjournment. From the conflict of the more virulent Whigs, 1 such as Stanley,Ootts, Clark, and the Kentucky J delegation it is evident that every obstacle will j be thrown in the ray of the Administration, even j o the blocking ofthe wheels of Government it-1 self. There is a rumor afloat that a message! rom ihe President may be shortly expected with he project of anew fiscal agen-, based on the j public domain. From the Sew York Herald. TWENTY FIVE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE To our inexpressible gratification ihe Clyde steamship, Capt. Woodruff, from Halifax, came up the bay about one hour alter midnight tinsmorning. She left Halifax on Tuesday and brings us tin i.appy news th;u. rue Cale lo na s'.ea uship, af;e je.ng out from Lvcrpool seven days, and ?>reakng her rudder, put back to Cork 011 the lithe February, and finally reached Liverpool in safey on the 17th, all on bo; r! well. Toe steamship Acad.a, was then dispatched from Lverpool on the 19. h of February, bringag most or all of the Caledonia's passengers, arrived safe at Halifax last Monday. . The s.eimsh:p Clyde left Mali.ax last Tues-1 lay, and arrived here this morning, bringing L some of .the Acadia's passengers. I T.ie news from England is highly interesting I The christen n; of the young Prince of Wale j aid gone off' .n great s vie; and the Qr.ee', hei husband, and family, were all well and hapj y. Lord Ashburton was not a passe tger in mu i ['a e Ionia, nor can we sec by the papers 01. what day h? left England. A ni Uio.i was to be made on the 19 h Fehru iry by Mr. Villerr, for the loial abolition of the L'orn Laws. la the Corn market there is no improvomen', and every thing was stagnant, ow.ng to the speculauons of the government The s ock c i band is grca", and the prices have a downwar*' i tendency. la Minchester the Cotton Marke was in a depressed and declining sta e; in Liver-1 pool it was dull and heavy, with a downward i look. The Money Market was much firmer on the 13th of Feb. and Consols had advanced. Parliament had me', as announced by the last arrival. But the great question of importance i brought before them was the Corn Laws. On this, Sir Robert Peel had brought forward a motion in favor of his sliding scale sys'em, (on i which the last ministry were defeated,) and i which was tantamount to a determination on his i part never to lessen the burden of the Com Laws. Lord John Russell proposed an amendment. It was debated three days, and on a div.8ion, Ministers had a majority of 123. The Ceeole Case?In the House of Lords, on the 14.h of February, Lord Brougham j brought before their JordshL'S the case of the Creole. In reply to his questions, the Earl o Aberdeen informed the house tlrat communications had taken place between the Governor ol | be Bahamas and her Majesty'6 Government on the subject. Her Majesty's Government had given the subject their most anxious attentior, and had satisfied themselves that there is no exsling authority for briDgmg the regions of the Creole to trial for mutiny and murder, still less .or delivering them up or de aining them in custody. The Secretary for the Colonies, Lord Stanley, had therefore sent out instructions f,i their release Lord Denham gave his opinion that there was r.o Jaw, authority, or machinery existing, by which the' Secretary of State for the Coloniei could deLyer up these men to a foreign power, after tcki&^reluge in our dominiousj and he dci* ' J; * " , r \ ' f* I claret, on the authority of the most iDtjiibfent lawyers, that the Secretory of State so deliver-' ing up suc'i men to a foreign atate, would be liable to the danger of an aciion of damages for false imprisonment and the still more awiul danger of putting a person upon his trial in a case, whore the penal.y was death. It was very clear i ' hat an alien, seized in this country for an alleged crane committed in a foreign country for an alleged crimes committed in a foreign country, might resist his apprehension with force, and if the resistance cost him his life, the seizing party might be arrested for murder, and, if found i guilty, executed. It was desirable that an in-} ternational jurisdiction should be established by rea-y; but the existence of the slave tradestood ' in the way. -'< Lord Campbell, Lord Chattenham, and the Lord Chancellor, concurred in Lord Denham's sta'ement of the law. Don] Brougham stated that Lords Wynford and Abinger had authorised him to express their ' isse it to the same opinion. * j Lord Brougham then withdrew his motion, i and the house adjourned. < : Lord Aberdeen 9ays in relation to the Creole ] j negroes, thntdie can see no reatoii I'or bringing j ; the negroes to trial, or holding their, or deliver- i ing them, and had, therefore, sent but orders ;or < their rele ise. Liverpool Cotton Market, Feb. 18. The ' j market has been very dull and ueavy throughout. j the wack; the trade have been almost the only-; j purchasers, and, though no decided decline can.1 I be quired in either American or Surat-desctip-1 | tions, the tendency has been throughout in fa-1 I vor of the buyer, with a great abundance ofj I Cottno offering. The imports this week amount I | to87, 051 bags, and the sales, including 500.1 Amer.can taken on speculation, and 100 Amen: I cor, 60 Mannham, aud 100 Sural for export,' to I 10,030 bags. [ From thr Madisoninn, M'irch 15 ] . j OUR RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND? I THE CREOLE CASE. .. 1 Our readers will observe tha4, according to f the in elligence brought by the Acadia steamer t from E lgland, a debate had taken place in the British Houso of Lords, in which the affair of the Creole was the subject of discussion. It is 2 probable that the letter of Mr. Webster had a: 1 the time reached Londor, and that its con cnie wore known to Lord Aberdeen; but the members f the House of Lords, who pnrticipa'ed in the lebn'p, were not advised of the views taken by the Sucre'ary of State in reference to tne hi- i air, ant] ac e.l, in ail probability,. 6olelv upon 0 he representations made by the authorities o p New Providence. It will be observed that Lord A. expressed himself very guardedly on the oc- a casior, and that his remarks were founded en- o irely upon the principle, universally admitted to have been established by the law of nations, tha' in the absence of treaty stipulations to tha: elfcc , no power lias a right to demand of nno'he; 0 the restitution of criminals fugiive from justice q This i9 the doctrine which the Supreme Cour ? of the United Sacs cons'antly holds; but the truth of this doctrine does not dispose cf, ar.H, indeed, docs not toUCc, the rase oi' the Crco c ? n In that case the United S ates has made uo de- p mand for the restoration of fugitives from justice,' ^ and, consequent!)', makes no complaint of the / refusal of euch demand?, The complaint is, that I v an American vesse', in passing from one port o' fl the U. S'a'es to another with slaves on foard, a was carried by mutiny in'o one of the British island?, and the local authorities of that island, instead contenting themselves with the perform- & aiiec of their plain duty of delivering the Oaptaii h from the confinement to which the mutineers jj had subjected him, and then restoring the shij I 'o his command and control, directly interfered, r or directly encouraged others': to interfere, i; [ c' elf,v.,q from the author1'vc it! the master and assisting their dispersion. They I f retained the nineteen persons engaged in the nu'iny and murder, and now, as was apticpate'' in Mr. Webber's letter, they tind thoy cannot r{ nuni^h the cime'hemse.vi's and declme'-ose < t! iicr.i to the United Slates for trial and punishment. What then does the whole am- unt t< >ut this, to wit; that in a clear case of piracy and nurder committed on board of an Americon vesel npon the high sens, the vessel being af er- fa wards carried by the criminal parties into the z< nort of a Britislj island, the local au .horities o tj. hat island effectively inter ered, as ueil to pic ect those offenders from all punishment, as t? tc -et free certain slaves found on board the vessel? gi This is the subs'ance of the case, and neifhe fr Lord Brougham, Lord Lyndhurst, no<- Lord Den- a( man, con prove loat such a proceeding accords with the principles of friendly national inter:ourse in modern times. b< I to Fnmi the Madisonian. tfc GENERAL JACKSON'S FINE. h< The following ex'rnct of a le 'or from Gen c< Jackson to Major JVu-ezac of New York-, was reently read in the New York Legislature, where . 1 movement had previously been made to petition Congress to repay to the General the fine below c: alluded to: te "My health is much impaired; and I am for w he most part of my time confined in my room, . seldom able to visit my friends, and write with ll much difficulty. I am trying to put my house in order to meet that call, which rau6t soon come, tf to that other and let'er world from which no traveller returns. In doing this, I pas~ in review often my whole official life; in which I find hut 6< little to regret and much to remer?her wi'hsa is-! ci faction; and particularly all my nets and doings I ti in the successful delence of New Orleans my [ rj conscience lully approves. Still no one has ever brought to view of Congress the iniquity and in- ai justice of the 8 1,000 fine with costs imposed up- ni on mo by a vindicative judge, who deprived me i th of my constitutional right of being heard in my own defence, and this for an act justified by the case, and the only means by which the city of 01 New Orleans, with all i's "booty and beauty," could have been successfully defended. All now must acknowledge this?that only by ray tl order declaring martial law conld this city have M??'l Without thio u.?#? mierht hnvo tral. lantly sacrificed our JiveF, but lost our country, and the city must have been yielded to the bru f tality of an infuriated invading soldiery. It war ci for this act, and enforcing it until the country i, was secure, that thi6 unjust fine was imposed, , the record of which still remains an imputatioi on my memory. w "Longross is the only body whose action could u wipe this stain from my memory, by a joint repo- -| lulionordering the fine, wi!h costs and in'erest. .0 be refunded, it having been so unjustly, s< w unrighteously imposed, and without my fceini E ncard in my own defence, from wh'cb you re member ] was peremptorily debarred. Th:s if the only imputation that has rot been by Cor- a gress expunged from the record; and f-oir.f or r of life, when I reflect how much I hazarded in tl c J dcieiicc of Louisiana, (my life, my health, and c' wnat was dearer to me my reputation,) I cannot c *" * V _ \>4 * - ?* . I' I I II' but. regret that this stain upon sty name, 'flhalj be permitted to pass downt6~posterify. <' r "But be a eo. i go bence with- a clear cooscience that I did my cfuty faithfuljy; and although this act'of justice hasbeenwjthbeltl, still my continued prayers will.,he.lor my country's safety and'prosperity; antrrhat, if war should again come, the safely of ogreat>'citjf mtiy not be jeopardized from this precedent,, which starin^ the conirnandiua offirprin thi? far#, maw vent hira from assuming the responsibility by which alone it may be secured For you must ^ well know and remember that it was martial law.-^ *5 alone by which we were able successfully to de? fend the city; and: that Judgo Hair, who after, wards imposed the fine upon me, when the otv der was first read;exclaimed with uplifted hands^ 'that by thi6 the city might be saved; without it* it was lost.' ' "To you, my friend, for the first time- have! unfolded my feelings; determined, if my conn., try wou'd not voluntarily do me this justice; that.-i I would pass to my grave in silence and without** a murmur. Bu; as this is perhaps the la?t letter * 1 may wr.te you, I could not refrain from ex-, pressmgto you my reelings on a review of ourpri vat ions and dangers together before New Orleans." ^. WELl.ili.iU.ilJiHUQU, M.ltiai ft. I?U O* "Citizen" shall, appear next week. TT E li'ors who have copied the Ordere.to the ftids-de-Camp to his Excellency the-Governor,, ire requested to discontinue their publication, .:/ THE RAIL ROAD. We understand from proper authority that the ' Columbia branch of the Charleston Rail Road. ias now been extended across -tfie Con'garee ^ Oliver, and that by the middle of AprH, the nsscnger and freight cars will be run to thelepot in Richland district We learn that "this >oint is not over thirty-two miles from Camden, md is located in a healthy situation, which may ie approached at all seasons of the year: ,v These facts we consider of vital importance ^ o the Town .of Camden,'-its trade, and conven- * ."> ence. And the first step tohe taken/to secure he benefits of them, is that the commissionei* f roads should forthwith put the McCordV ^erry Road in good order, if, it be not so now,. nl particularly the creaks tfiattthe road passes ver, and this we earnestly urgeupon them, for fie good of this Town and the district We suppose that the interest of thie merchants f this place will induce them to order all their nod?, which com<v,by the way of, or from-'^arleston, to be forwarded by the Rail Road, j the depot in Richland, (which ought to.have a ame, bye the bye) and to wagon them from that ilacc, and we presume that those who are in the ubit of liauling, will at all times be ready and rilling to haul goods from that poin', e ther for his place, or to be forwarded to the country. bnve u.c, even into North Carolina. This is a noble enterprize, and every ofre Light to lend, his aicl towards-ka success, who as it in his power, or whose interests it wasi;en:!ed to consult and benefit. V\%' would uggest to our friends and neighbors; in. Lan. > >ster, Mecklenburg and the counties .adjoining, int tliic io t fi r? nooroct nAcelk'a l'An'ft V??? uv Vint* IU ??*w MW?n WW. jiv. otviie 1 UU'.U UJf tv JI;V.J1 ley can receive their foreign good?, and that f all times they will find willing, honest and ispectable agents hereto 6end for, and forward leir goods from the dapot. I* must be a m:.t'er of great importance to lis Town, to have a direct communication with 10 depot by stage, or an accommol toi line ir passengers. Cannot some enterprizingcit'. ;n commence a line so as to meet the cars'at le depot in Richland, and thus arrive in Charles* * in within twenty-four hours? It would be a reat relief to those having to go to Charleston . om this place, and then returning we could be : home here by ten o'clock at night .of the day : leaving Charleston. This however, can only ? in antlcipa'.ion of the mail lire being changed i the hpot, a.3 we prwrnt tint it will be, by ie United Sta'es Govcrnmem, and trust and ?pe that it will be done as soon as circumstance will permit. On the subject of the extension of a branch of ie Road to Camden, M future events do not lstthsirshilow before," aid we mj3t be conmted to wait the development of circumstances, ithout despairing that the means and inclina-. on both exist here to effect the object But the direct and immediate connection with lis depot for the purposes of trade and passeners is in our power, and we sincerely hope to ;e it effectad forthwith- Let us press on to this ansummation and revive the prospects and for-. inos of our town. Now that the tide of prospe* ty is setting toward us, let us seizeit at th* flood,, id thus secure to ourselves its advantages, and ot permit some rival power to step in and wrest lero from us. We confidently look and anticipate that every lan of business will do his duty in this matter.. A jury of inquest w:s held on tho 20th inst. on le plantation of Capt. T. J. Ancrum, in this Dis ict, by R. L. Wilson, Esq. Magistrate, acting 3 Coroner, over the body of a negro woman.? 'he verdict of the jury was that the said negro ame to,her death by causes to them unknown,. finnAiMinr) tKa eifiiaftAn of thu. Ul JP 'Ul ativwo uuu mv ?i%?iuv<wu v? M.w ody when found, they believed that the body as placed there by some perron or perponer nknown. The jury were also of opinion that ie said negro wae named Venu% and that sheras the property of John Moore, o R chla. <J >istr:cL The Legislature of Pennsylvania have pasted Bill which his received the sanction of the rovernor and thereby becomes a law, which ompels the banks of that State to resume greie payments immediately. & , J * ' fl