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we c grant that power to of the pm* of England, st Individuals, not for the ance merely, but for abso and that, let a man be ever the attributes of wealth, or even virtue*, the pre**, mar , r i, can expel him from society, we admit that the public, that ta, law Mtrhlch is made for the protection of abik, should have some mean* of care that the administration of a thing t, should be honest and judicious. . more vigorous medicines, the trea the he si lug art, those energies which the, press the balsam of life in the thfc upwricht and the skllfal, turn it iaty the poison of death when it is icno rjntiy or maliciously given) and* therefore, lb are aught to be some security, that it shall never toe applied with a bad intention. As the le.w stands, however, 01 nauci as the tptal j?ant of all law stands, the good and the iwil of the press are subjected to the sutne restriction; and the man *. no administers' it In the most skilful -manner, and with the most beneficial intention, for restoring or furnishing the public health of the country, ? is liable to the venr same punishment as the wretch for the gratification of private malice or revenge, uses It for felonious and murderous purposes. Any thing that is writ ten respecting any man, may be construed in* toalil>ol;and in extreme eases, thconly facts that nave to be proved,arc thefactsof publish* ing, and the identity of the person who makes the charges. In a civil action of common law, the party may plead the truth; but even there, the truth docs not go to the jury oh inat tcr ot evidence. If, again, the proceeding be-by criminal Information, the party com ..plained of may expatiate upon the justice of What he has published; but here, again, the truth and propriety of the matter complained ef are not received as evidence.?-In obtaining a rule, Indeed, there may be cause shown against the rule; and if tlut cause sliull hap* *?en to satisfy the' reason, or fail in with the reelings of the judge before whom it wni shown, he may dismiss the application; but this places the whole matter, which ought, ia strict justice, to be with the jury, in the power ot the judge as an individual; and an the time has not yet arrived when public taen can look upou the press in a perfectly, fair manner, discretionary power ofthe judge does not tend in any wav to the safety of an honest man, who Hand* forward, and, for ti?e general good of the public, calls a villain a.VlUain. ?? These ease#?these two several rootlet of . applying the same rule and the same punish ment to the Innocent and to tne guilty?are bid enough; but worse remain behind. The jiarty who feels or finds that he is libelled, nvty 'proceed by indictment at the sessions; and the gvandmry, who, from the geucral extraction of mankind, cannot be nre timed to be intuitively gifted with a clear discernmento'.tlicintentions with which the publication h made; as they receive no evi dence that can throw the smallest light upon ?his?the only important point of the case? they must confine themselves to the simple finding that John Doe U the publisher, and Richard Roe the party meant: and if they ftod thus far, the case must go to the ses sions, 'where the party accused is denied lrttn the benefit of counsel, in any other way than for cross-examining the prose tutor's wir. -toes; and us these witnesses hare nothing to prove, the defendant is left open to the certainty of a verdict procui ul by at) the ingenuity, all the quibbling, and all the sophistication which the prosecutor can ? hire against him. In consequence of this the law of libel is one of those breaches in the security of individuals, through which the lihitji of the profession can make thai?moot successful and murderous iuroarit; and no matter how black may be the char acter of the pony which the press has Itad the honeety to expose, or how unequal he may be to the payment of a single t?x-and eight pence, them is always to be found some heartless and hungry attorney, who will undertake the case for a share of the pleader. Wcooed no* go back into the annals nf pettifogging* or probe into the darkness of jgaenmt ages, to And instance* of this legal and moral abuse.?We would quote them, nkwoel as late as the last new moon, were it n?ltlHM*i)|iatatlon would also be libel; and, HUMwof exposing the villains, we would be made to pay the wage* of their villainy. The prooosd to which we allude, will not, if earned into effect, (and he who means to propose has great confidence of its success) tend CO take away or inkigate the punish nsenC of libel in cooes where it is malignant; . but It will enable the jury to decide upon the com Hself, and not, as they do at present qpan an ex parte statement, framed by one party to answer hb own purposes. It will place the criminality in the obvious intention: 'he only thing in which there can be much crime,and thus.whiletbr press will still be re strained from 4* tg violence to the innocent, it trillbo left to oporate hi a full whotaoiut ami efficient manuntr, for the correction orj punishment of the guilty. - The subrtance of the proposal lies in those few words: "The evidence of the truth of the mutter ) jury; and as >? ? * 3583k - ww. SPOTS# which the, following ls? copyi JJarkn, Jan. Gknylkmrk?Lust (hall bro< polite dun, demanding it differ* yourpaper und ntlue fur th? list three years. You-can scarcely imagine my surprise and UlAllituMn<?| a>n kuiAllin# m??trnnaflinnMf|lM woiicitrmc v on rcaciinir \our uiicoiiscionituic demand of fifteen dollars! '? Fifteen dollars I f KacrcDtai! Vnosotestousdcilxfattsceiue semble FIVE DOL.LAUS a year d\fkrenct in the value of oar papen! It appeared to me like a quit; and Mr. George Uoltou, the moon duster, wlto considers my Ouetto the very tulip of papers, pronounced it a funny thins. Yon, who six* fattening on the cream <>f advcrtisctpenia? und bloated with public patronage, to call on a Gasette office, situat ed on the tiptail of the world for fifteen dol larsl Why. it amused our devil! ! hould like tn know, gentlemen, in what respect your pajier Is so much?lore valuable than mine; setting aside, the difference in their magnitudes. You furnish us with long yarn* spun in Con tiass, which no person in uor re mote reUqis ever read, except Squire Longstrfde, and those who pish to borrow something tmm them tomakean electioneer ing spec cut Now, I furnish you with novel ties from me antipodes, such as you can sel dom, if ever, meet with in the centre. Here we see mocking birds perching upon rain bows; boys, mm* cu/otte, sliding down them; humming birds nestling in.acorn shells, i ml sand flies dragging off lambs by the ears; thunder gusts fanning the dust from our cotton tree*, waterspouts irrigating the crops in dry seasons: hailstorms {hut beat the ciu terpillars off the leaves of the cottun, when these pests attempt to tantalise the planters hy building their ucsu on them, and lightning that destroys them b> a single ^ash; light ning is a rare phenomenon in our celestial regions, so much so, thui it is a sure sign cat terpillars are in some person's field; ami 1 now and then furnish you with other true, though, to you centrical folks, inc'idible ac counts of the multitude of our nee birds, mid the scarcity of inscctsand reptiles in this end of the world. As regards the rice birds, they arc so numerous, that the negroes catch them in scoop nets as they fly ovcr-? by these means our market is weii supplied at that season of the year, with the most de licious of all birds: these birds, though not quite us large us your domestic fowls, are of far superior flavor: they would be still niorr numerous, was it m* for the gHllinippcrs that come at that particular season, an if toguaid the crops from their ravages. These In sects arc about the sixc of your lobsters, and uh they subsist altogether oa rice birds, they keep their numbers down otherwise the planters could make no crops. 1 .nruiot cer tain whether 1 gave you a description of our gr^t hoppers when I described the colour ^anflfcixe of our inusquitoe's eyes; 1 will therefore hint at them here, merely to con vince you of the treats you are depriviug your readers cf by your unconscionable con duct In Causing me to withhold my nntlpodl an Gazette from you. Our grasshoppers arc about the sixeofyourhountls, and so shy that at one hop they are flve hundred yards from you; yet singular as it tuay appear to you, ritlcmen, the uegroescuteh and yoke them their sugar cane cars, ami make them haul the cane to the mill. Now these are novelties worth reading, far exceeding in in tcrest those fathomless speeches with which you surfeit your readers; yet uot withstand ing 1 furnish you with such rare food by way of variety tor your readers, you ha? e the enormous and unblushing effrontery to de mand of me atfllfference of FIVIi dollars a year in the Value 9f our papers!!! Curse your conscience 1 say. It reminds me of the elephant snuffing up the crumbs from the mouse?they could do him no pood, but the muse could dine rat them. Upon my . word, gentlemen, f think in justice you ought i to have sent me the fifteen dollars for havuig condescended te exchange with yon so long, considering the sleepy nonsense you furnish for the lively and interesting novelties I send you. Where, exccpt from my pspci, could you hear of caf-ftsh feeding on brick-bets and pine nots? Kettle snakes swallowing al ligators? And turkey buxxards feasting uj?on dead live oak stumps? These: are rarities you know nothing about. You ; | now and then tell us something about making artificial rivers or canals, as you call them, as if to Induce us to do the same; but we want none of them. Here every man has a . river pasting his door, and not unfrequently j| through his house. V' J What rift you give ut in return for a des cription of a hurricane, a tornado, n whirl pool, stnd waterspout.* Phenomenon**! believe that you in the centre never have the pleat" ure of witnessing; and yon have the ansn rance to charge me five pilars a year fur dt u cribing tlcsc things to you?I'll he curst If ll can get them fifteen dollar* down my throat. Why they would feed tucandmy stuttering 1)?'(I?d?Davy eix months. Mr4 what 1 can glean from your paper, I find that you have many gusto, mjuhIU, aud spout* in the capttol at this season of the year to amuse you, but you never tee the water poo ring off the Mtn m he rises nut of the ocean, aa we do e+ery clear morning) nor can you enjoy the benefit* from it that we do, without cotning to St. HtMonsi There you may take a boat every fine morning, and row oflf to the *p.H where he pop* out, and yet a fine shower bath. It U those Iraths from that glorious orb that keeps us so healthy In them- solar region*?wc *en< rally Ut hnn get about fifty yards high before we pull the boat under tiimj by thk ineqna We get the water much coaler. To you and our fellow-cithtcn* i Washington, the sun at rial* must look .11 ??**??? ?. gUSfflfSSS; ministration with all your power, cvcn.to.tbe aoulicatiou of steam If required. PP OAKlSkjUNK. Editor of tfic Sooth Artie Gasette. aT* J*. 8.?Inform Capt. 8ymmeo that our basin ut the pole isat present full of w*terjthe^>Untcr* having drained their riou v-V ? 7 falacies. V That the formers want consumer*, ami therefore we should let the maaufcetrers conMHiir ; * * / ^ ? - A.? The furnicrs want good fiauerei and it It the sane thiug to them whether they find them In America or In Europe. Thev have not the smallest wish that the manu facturers should consume for nothing, or for lese than could be had from other people. That the ihanufoctnrer Is the former's best friend. ? - A*-nTh? .farmer's beet friend Is he who will fire him motl of what lie wants. In re* turn for his produce. That the manufacturers create a home market for thi former. ? A.?The farmer does not want a market where he can get but four yards of cloth for hisproducc,instead of five. That a great expense has been incurred in procuring machinery, and it would be wuste to threw it away. A.-rlf some unwise gentlemen, by rais ing grapes in hot houses, had contrived to (pake wine eqaal to Madeira, at double the price for which it might be purchased, the best thing his friends could recommend to him would be, to burn his hot houses and take to drinking Madeira at one half the cost. That if wc receivc cloth from other countries, we arc not sure that they will re ccive our com b return. A?'They will receive what we have to give, or else not give us cloth. That it is possible for America to con sume twelve millions of the manufactures of Europe annually, nnd "produce scarcely any important articlc which will be received in return." A.-^If wc receivc without giving in re turn, whose loss is it? and which country can the longest support this trade? Iteitminiter' Review. MORE GROANS. The Intolligeucvr has another pair of columns on the "stunt of the times," but in atone rather more mild and subdued, the "sign*" not beinj; as propitious to their ,con version as louid be wished. In taking a hasty view of the motives of the opposition, the lntclligcneer, with great frankness ad mits, that they were disposed trauquilly to go their own way, and allow others to do the same; but, alas! when the fatal Printer to the Senate was choaen, then the scales fell from their eyes?then the beauty of the ad ministration, and the deformity of the oppo sition broke elfhlgent upon their sight ?then cabals and intrigues were as visible as d*>? The conclusions, however, to which the Intelligencer arrives, are, that an opposition exists to Mr. Adams, and that a party Is organised to displace him at the end of four years. Considering tbe manner of his election, it was to be expected that four years would amply compensate Mr Adams for any arrears of public service due to him} but it seems in face of a vast |>ortlun of the people, he Is determined to hold on, and the Intelligencer is determined against the will of the people that he shall be re elected. Time tout show the result. An opp**ition not quite as strong terminated the administration of the elder Adams in four years.?A. V. Itng. Guam itoi/rr*.?'i'lte Mouachufccti? Jour nal, notices a mode, of preventing the explo sion of steam boilers, which has been recent ly pointed out ins letter to the editor of the London Times, end published in b * te re ceived number of the Mechanic's Magazine, which appear* to us, says the Journal, far more r(ficticious than any we have ever seen before, or even hoped to sec. It may be described In a few words. The pressure of the steam Is msde to be measured by the rise of the water of the boiler in an open copper tube of from three to six incites diameter, inserted into the top of the boiler and immersed into the water three or four feet tin the same manner as, in the barome ter, the pressure ol the atmosphere without is measured by the rise of the mercury in the tube. As a pound of prcnure is equal to a column of water of two teet in height, five pounds, which in greater than the ordinary preuui e ??f the coudeitKing entities used in tteam boats, will be baiweedby a column of ten ft ft i if then a tube of fourteen feet in length be inserted in the manner above described, whenever the pressure of steam exceeds Slbs the square inch, the water will be pro jected from the top of the tube. Thus, not only the boiler is relieved of its load, but notice is given to every person on board that the safety valve Is fastened down or over loaded. , This excellent plan we think cannot be too often urged upon the attention of all who are cngageain the management or construction of steam engines. rgOM TBI SOtArHKRN PATRIOT. | PUBLIC MEETING. ' The call of the intendsnf for a public meeting, at the Instance of the Chamber of Commerce, will, we hope, be generally at tended ta The object of that meeting late Ijstf tions. [another, be perpetueitypat forth; whfcferts?on J? I the ?We in umoroed career of tin ered enterprise sad the voluntary operation of self Interest* will at no |<in> t "f tlfrn cease to constltutute the sj^ngs of our prosperity, but rival interest*, nourished Into artUielal life to regulatingnod restraining nets, will edntendu nccasi ngly for bounties on improvement until to bsftnc* their pretentions will become m difficult a problem of legislation in the United Stutes, ns in Kttrop*. Let us then, forearnied In the I justice of our cause, by pregnant examples | of the perils of this course, approach the I legislature of the union and solemnly protest against the policy that would entail on us a I system of restraints from which we may never be able* to relieve ourselves. Let us assert the right, firmly but temtwrately, to be left in the unfettered enjoyment of the | | advantages, whatever they are. which na ture ana our situation have conferred on us, < and the charter to which we are parties, never Intended, that we should* by forced I construction, be deprived. Lot us at all j events never cease to remonstrate against the principle, that our present sacrifice* arc for our eventual benefit, and to deny that there I is any right to change the current of our pur-1 suits, and alter the course and direction of I our capitals, to effect, as is alleged, a more equal distribution of general employment. It }s necessary that Charleston, the principal commercial city of the south, should make an early movement in this important business. Her situation and resources?her interests equally with her duty, demand that she lead the way, and al low time for a concentration of the pub lic sentiment in the smaller towns raid over the whole interior of the southern country. The manufacturers of the north are moving already to memorialise Congress. A lam meeting of them was held at Boston on the 4tb ulC THe tables of Congresa will groan at the approaching session with the weight of their petitions. We must be then aroused in time to a sense of our interests and to a decided and full expression of Our sentiments. The entire south should move on as one man In this all important affair.? PUBLIC MEETING. The meeting tailed by his honor the In* tendant for this morning at 13 o'clock, Assem bled In the city hall at that hour; It was very numerous, and highly respectable. The In* tendant being called to the chair, appointed lienry N. Cruger, Esq. secretary, and open ed the meeting by reading a letter addressed to him by the Chamber of Commerce re questing him to call such a meeting aiuf ex planatory oi its object. The memorial addressed by thp Camber of Commerce to Congress, was also read* and on motion adopted, without opposition.. And a committee of correspondence, con sitting of th?- following gentlemen in like manner appointed by the chair, for the j pose of furthering the objects e? the mee vis: the hon. John 8. Richardson, Ji. Adger. Robert I. Turnbull, James Furgusoa, Jeremiah A. Yates, EUas Horry, and Chafe-, topher Jenkins. It was also on motion di rected, that the proceedings of the mcetihg, with the letter and memorial of the Cham ber of Commerce, be published in the news papers of the city. JOSEPH JOHNSON, Chairman. IIkkry N. Ckugex, Scc'ry. Xb. From the AVw- York Evening PoHt Aftty 31 THE SEA SERPENT. We liave copied from an Irish paper, handed to us for the purpose, another attes tation to the existence of the Sea Serpent. Those who refused to give credit to the ac counts of the Sea Serpent from the eastward, (which, However, it seems to us very we! authenticated) will probably be still slower to believe this narrative on account, of the extraordinary nature ot tome of the circum stances. The aotount, however, is drawn up in good form, and is provided with the at testation of several respectable looking sig ns turesj the name of vessel, master and mate are given, so that if h be a fabrication the author of it has given an easy cine to Ks de tection. Quebec Trader,oVSouth Inlands.of Arran, > ? ' Gal way Bay, Feb. 8, 1827. ? Tb the editor the Counaught Journah Sin?ll.tvlng this favorable opportunity of transmitting to yon the following wonderful occurence, whlctt may bo the means of set ting to rest all doubts ss to the o.Utcnce of a marine monster, supposed to lie the Sea Serpent I readily do so, particularly as I h?ve so many respectable witnesses to support me in the truth of what we saw. Being bound from Rhode Island for JJveriinot, on yester day morning the south island of Arfan came in sight, .15 miles east. We at the same time discovered, about two miles ahead, a vessel, seemingly a reck, no* having a spar or rope standing- On nearing, I ordered the gig and six men to board her, and was short ly after hailed by the mate, who waaoae of the "w on the i tKttlUniok, and Mr. I SS^X^IlSlsi* t&i he being no w hereto be Ml Wm water logged, sad in a vubst an ce of u tar like am corrosive* <iMt Mi * * sss^rs e*crewcntofthe that the dleaoft monitor tx us sufferers tllC Miff up IM abode there* end devoured Weconalderlta length to be about 40 feet, and itfcgirth from?!? ft feet *>?? We the underwgned* oertUjf the troth of the above, ... ? >r. ?''' ~ I XT A n %r\MA M.?. 1-1>V yW|#?p. k p. s. ? Mr. Croker having occasion to ptoeeed to Poblln. cbdac thit route far going to Liverpool* and will be the bearer off this | statement. '^>5 "KC? From the Richmond J?nguirer. THE I.AW AND THE PttOPllETS: The power o? appropriating tdoney has been strangely enlarged e| late yeaii. We teem to have forgotten all the prudent awl correct doctrines, which belong to the fede ral constitution. How is this? Itisbccausc the same process is taking place in this gov eminent, aa in other* which have proceeded it. 8ome seeming necessity, dtlic feeling, some tern ' iS nduce the exercise of n and this very case bococnei the more cx< *" * , ' k : fimedent to-day, becomesto-mor row. The relief of the sufferer* l?y the earthquake at Carraccas has been quoted over and over again, to justUV a more general power ot appropriation. Thus it is, that ciples 4* down the inclined plane bf prece "ent" into the grossest usui " It was not alwayathuain dent" into the groaacat usurpations} I . ... i.W'iartiearetas of our own government. I have now. before me the proceedings of Congress in the last session of Ceo. Washington's administration. That pure man had recoamtended for the last time the innticuthmof a national univer sity. A committee was appoiuud tocomM ,r ^Jfireport. T ted to appropriate about twenty s er the proposition. The word appropria //on appeared in their report. They propo for the erection of the buil4lng. feature of the scheme, hoWevcr, to incorporuTF~vnd authoriso eci\c pecuniary donation*.'In nations already given. Me** Nichols and others, oppoked form ot national university' T willing to incorporate thOuniv trkt, but not as a national irii was willing that it should rtceiv fronvprivate individuals?but he 1 of supporting it out of the1 natlc He should object to that on con prir.ciplca"*?be was of opinion, "thai im posing a revenue for such a purpose; would be unconstitutional, and arrogating a right which they did ?pt possess." In the sli*p<; even Hi whkli H presented itself to the house, the report of the committee was ijegattyeil by a large niujority, It was subsequently postponed, by 37 to 36?end h was nerei brought up again during the session. v But a much stronger case during the same sew ten, was one which appealed powerfully to the sensibUitieis of the people and their representatives. Four fifths of the town ot Savannah bad been reduced tA ashes; and Mr. Wm. Smith of Cltarleston moved fu the House of Representatives that "asUm ought to be granted towards the relief of the sufler eva.'* This proposition called forth a great deal of argument. The most pathetic appeals were made to the feelings of the members. But the appropriation was misled on the grounds both of expediency and constkutku Nlr. Macon called upon "gcntlclweu to put ttscir finger upon that part of the consti tution which give that hobse power ta afford them relief. Mr. Jndrcm Moore (of Kockbridge in this sute) said "that it was not constitution al fur them to affbrd relief from the treasury, that if, however, the principle was adopted, it should be general t that every sufferer had ah equal claim') thut Lexington In Virginia contained only one hundred houses, and thai all except two had been destroyed by fire; he Hhould therefore move fo add Lexington ut Savannah in the resolution before them though lie would observe, a* he did not ep Kim both"pri^lc'hethouW***Wfy Mr. (ill* said* " the Authority of tttat