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? j.7*v x *"' ? ^* '?iw~'* v' $4>' r" -.'^ > ? ? - " r" JiHfl'rr-.x.;, 9 4 y a JBjtfc..,- IMP ? ?????? B* fws, WATB PHINTEK. ?V'"' , ^ ' COLUMBIA, SOITTH CAROLINA, JUN* l?, 18S?. ,. -?_ m .^L^wSsTT'U&* L rOMIMBD BVBftV KRIDAT MORN I KG rJaUfl-Dkm Otilmnjm ?* <wf? iwt, #r Hwr D?tUr? mtlkttwitf tkt yttr. AD VER TI8EMEKT8 inttrltd althnttjfml nit*. POLITICAL,. [From the Richmond Enquirer.] REMOVALS. We have not "buttoned up our opinions in our Doublets lH We have laid down tlie rule which we should have preferred, but In applying that rule to each special caae, the difficulty is to possess ourselves of the re aeon* whtet dictated the removal. It is j not an agreeable task for the government to lay open all the eases, and perhaps to takeaway the reputation aa well as the of fice of the incumbent. We think it proba ble that we shoulddisapproveof some of the removals at Washington, after hearing of all the circumstances ,? But the develope menu now going on should teach us caution, against any precipitate judgments > We ought first to hear the facts, and then de-f How many of the 400 clerks have been turned out ?? How many of those who have experienced this melsncholy fate, have been removed for good cause?for neglect of duty, tbo want of qualification, mischiev ous irregularities or worte.and the conceal ment of them in others? We have heard of several such cases which have not been brought before the public.?Who supposed that Tobias Wntklns was a defaulter f Whocouldhave suspected that Mr.Nnursc, whose feelings we should be loth to wound, had been guilty of any irregularity in office, find yet it Is said that even fie is a defaulter, and that he has failed to comply with one <>f the most important requisitions of our laws in relation to the disbursements of money s that the warranta which he ought to hsve certified, he has sometimes permit ted his Clerks to do lor him. Time is to shed its light upon such trans actions ; but this general view strikes us with great force. A new administration has come into power. The public voice calls upon it to reform all abuses. These are strongly suspected to exist, in conse quence of the character and acts of the last Administration. What better things could have been cxpected from them f The President was m eloset man, talented, with high literary pretensions, but scarcely ac quainted with men except "through the spectacle of books"? He was engrged in writing?His first minister was playing the orator and the manager. The Secretary at War was any thing, except a man of busi ness?And the Department of the Navy, is already sufficiently distinguished bv the defalcations of Tobias Watkins. With such heads of Departments, whRt was the nation to expect.' Remissness of expendi ture, n e^lect of duty; I ittl e attention to every ?lay business; but enough of management, intrigue and extravagance. Ilence it be comes necessary to sound every depsrtinent, tothe bottom, and ascertain all the shallow* and depths of corruption?to anal lie the past expenditures, and prevent the repeti tion of every abuse. This process is going on.? The Administration enterw upon the work with every advantage in getting hold of all the |iapers?and employing every ne cessary agent, even to the dark spot of the Secret Service Fund, who is calculated to discover the mischief, if there be any. But to do this effectually,,they must be per mitted to examine the acts of every clerk in the departments ; and to substitute those, who are dishonest and incompetent, by more capable, enterprising and scrupulous agents l With these impressions, we are not prepared to cry out at every removal' that we hear of,??Crucify A. Jackson ! he is a tyrant and a monster;** but we arewll-1 ling to hear the reasons and then judge for ourselves. Even upon the removals, that are made I of subordinate officers, at a distance. It would be very rash topass judgment hastily. Some errors msy be committed ; but who will say in how msny cases were the old offi cerswrongfully removed? Some time, then, ought to be allowed for those, who remove subordinate officers at a distance, to explain the reasons. We should wait, for the facts, before we decide. Every day's experi ence satisfies us on this point. The N. In stancy gave the other day a list of Post Masters who had been removed in ? ??,e JMWn*. The last evening's mall bring* us the remarks of the Portland Argus on the Lamentations of the Intelli gtneer.?It shows why two of the principal of these officers were turned out?We shall submit these remarks in our next?ami they convince us, how unjust it frequently '* to etrlke before you hear. We give them time to be heard j without committing ourselves to condem or approve in the gross. We would not punish the de cent exercise of opinion. We would not reward the abandoned partisan. Cer Sir W" rVf,ln no officer in the publlo service. We would strike with regret at the veteran officer, who Js every way incompetent?Even the revo lutionary services of a Glent worth should not protect him?that gentleman, over whom so many tears have been shed, was ,6?t. H of the Port of Philadelphia) because, it is said, that he was utterly unqualified for the office, and It was owing pretty much to his remissness, that the U.S. sustained such a heavy loss in the ease of the teas, fraudulently with drawn from the public warehouse. We know, that a new doctrine b now to begot up, that the President has no power to re movet without the consent of'the Sen ate?and the debates of the first Congress sre referred to for proofs of the position. But, whatever were the Debates, tne ques tion wss decided in both Houses in favor of the power?and from that day to thM, H has 'aercised oy every Administration.? Gen. WashiMteu recalled Mr. Monroe - Mr. John Adsms put out and put In?Mr. Jefferson was heaflly complained of, for fc! U now to be cruified for WJowlng their example?Do hie vetv foe ?*?*<* to tWn Dr. WiMklns, until he csn convene the Senate? And must that body be in constant session, tu pin upon the case of every publio officer, who is suspected of dishonesty, or charged with luctpsckjf f Whether there ought not to be some other Check on the Executive Power of Remo val and Appointment, then what the Con stitution has provided, the law has enacted, or custom has sanctioned, we are not now prepared to say. We entertain great jeal ousy ot the Executive power at all times ana feel disposed to watch its exercise with the meet sleepless vigilance.?The theory of our government, the rights ot the States, and the freedom ot the people demand it. While we weald, therefore, guard the ex ercise of the power of removal, with the ut most vigilance; while we would restrict H to cases which the public iatereos pre scribe, we cannot fly to extremes, and de ny its existence in any case whatsoever. 'I here are, perhaps, latltudinarlans on both sides?those, who would leave very few lu cumbents in oAcc, and those who would leHveall. The former, would enlarge the Executive Discretion, at the risk of the rights of ths people?while the latter would leave the Public Treasury at the mercy of th? fraudulent, and the public offices in the hands of unprincipled knaves and incompe tent idlers, sots, and blockheads. The people expect and demsnd of Gen. Jackson the reform of all abutet, to swesp nway nil the filth of the Augesn Stable which has been accumulating for some time ?with every bad officer who is quartered upon the public crib. He has the necessa ry energy to execute the task?to look into every case himself, and judge according to its merits, upon juttanu firofier ftrlnei/ilet. His ft lends call upon him to discharge it nnd his countrymen will support him. It is a singular fact, that the same system of reform is going on at the same time in England and the U. States, as appears from the following item brought by tne very last nrrivtl : "A general revision of public ofliccs is go ing on in England conformably to the pledge of the Chancellor of the Exchequer," that U was intended to institute a particular in quiry into the itate of each acid every pub lic (fenartment." Local commissions have been formed, with instructions to institute a riKid examination of the mode in which the business is transacted, the competency of the persons employed, 4cc. with a view to a reduction in th"ir numbers which it :s ex pected will bu effected to a very considera ble extent between this and the next ses sion of Parliament. Twelve clerks it is said are to be dismissed from the Navy Of fice in Somerset House, who will retire upon a ouperannuatcd allowance propor tioned to their length of service." (Of course, wc have no such annuitants in the U.S.) [Front the Georgia Journal J , THE UNION. ' The artirlc we publish from the Chris tian Examiner, respecting the Union, we nrc glad to perceive, has attracted the at tention of the people of the United In the south especially, where an ardent af fret inn for that Union has been always manifested, the article in question seemt to he read with pleasure, ana with the fond hope, that it may assist in strengthening the bond which freedom, interest, self preser vation and national pride, have formed for the mutual good of'.he contracting parties. The writer of the article declares that, if the federal party, or the north, have shown at times, unfriendly dispositions to the Union, the same accusation can be al leged against the democratic party* or the south; and he citea for examples, in sup port of this allegation, the proceedings in Virginia in regard to the Alien and Hedi tlon laws, the declaratlbns of Georgia in respect to the Indians, and the debate* and resolutions of South Carolina upon the Ta riff. We shall not attempt, at present, to vindi cate the south from the accusation of hav ing, at any time, manifested a disposition unfriendly to the Union. We may hereaf ter take up the subject, and enter fully into It. Wesfial! content ourselves with * few remark* only, whleh, if they are found worthy the attention ot Dr. Cnannlng, may induce him to give hi* ideas and opinions upon the subject in view, which would no doubt be read with as much avidity as the nrtkle on the Union. The writer of" Union," recommends to the federal government, in the adoption of legislative measures, simplicity and impar tiality ? Thia i* precisely what the south em states, ever since the confederation of the states, have practised, when they had the power in the General Government, and what they demand and contend for, now that they are in the minority. We will ask Dr. Channlng to tell us, what measure was adopted, during the presidencies of Messrs. Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, which was partial, which benefitted one section of the country to the detriment o1 another. We have repeatedly put this question to our opponents, and not one of thtm ha* as yet hud the candour to give u* a plain and categnrica! answer. We may be mistaken In our assertion; but we ven ture to asaert. that, during the administra tion of the three gentlemen above named, when the democratic party, or the south, had the majority in Congre*s, no public measure waa adopted which favoured the south more than the other sections of the Union. On the contrary, it was with plea sure that the South witnessed and support ed any plan devised by the General Gov ? ernment. lor the advancement and pros perity of the north and west. It was with* out jealousy, that the south witnessed the increase of the trade, commerce, and wealth, of the north, and the increase of population, wealth, and intuence, of the we*t. It waa the south, against the whole strength ot the north, and of the federal party, which enabled Mr. leflbraon to pur chase Louisiana, and to Insure to the w(M' ern st ate* a r*?e* of deposit* for the lm men*e quantity of their agricultural pro ducts. It was the south, which supported Mr. Monroe In the purchase of the Flori da*, and in obtanlng satisfaction for spollt tIon* committed by Spate en property be longing elmoet exclusively to eniaen* of the United At?tftre*Mia| In the north. In the and the Florida*, were th* southern purchase of Louisiana what Immediate benefit states to derive ? It wu to benefit the whole Union; it wee to beoefit partkular ly the w?it end northern merchants. To the disinterested conduct of the aooth, whet has the north to produce to oompari* ?on? The north* in numberless instances has endeavoured to injure the south, by recommending end supporting measures, partial aud arbitrary in their nature, and highly oppressive in their effects on the southern suites. Tho south has never meddled with the local coeoerns of the north. The north has constantly meddled 1 with the local interests of the south, and endeavoured to paralyse her resources, end prevent her progress in weelth, population, and influence. In danger, in embarrass ments, in misfortune, the south stood firm and undaunted, supported the Union with all her might, lavished her treasures and the blood of her sons, in defence ol the rights, reputation, and soil of the common country, nnd resented with the pride be coming freemen the insults offered to the American flag. To the disinterested conduct of the south, what has the north to produce in compari son f Can the Missouri question be forgot ten ? Csn the system of Internal Improve ment, undertaken by the General Govern ment exclusively for the benefit of the north, be a matter ol perfcct indifference to the south f Csn the tarifft of 1834 and 1838, adopted for the exclusive benefit of a few individuals to the Injury ot a Urge portion of the Union, be viewed without resent ment, when misery and ruin accompany them ? Can Georgia, In particular, look with a placid eye, on their nothern breth ren, when those northern brethren are in sidiously endeavouring to prevent Georgia from obtaining the entire control and enjoy ment of all the land within her limits, and especially after the northern Mutes them selves have succeeded in driving away the Indians from their territories, or after they have been annihilated by the compression of the white population ? Do the northern States believe that Georgia has already too much wealth, population, and power, and that an accession of territory would in crease that wealth, and that power 7 II in deed Georgia were to advance in wealth and power, by the enlargement of her teri tory, has ?he ever made a bad use of her influence, when in the majority with the democratic party * These remarks nro made not in a spirit of anger, nor with feelings of resentment. They are made to show, that the South has never once departed from the fundamental principles of the American confederation as set forth by Dr. Chsnning, and that at all times,when in the minority, and in prosper ity, when in the minority, and oppressed by the majority, she wss determined to stand by the Union, with tho anticipation of bet ter times, and of more liberality, as well as friendly and brotherly dispositions from our fellow citizens in tho north and west. At nil times Georgia has supported and will still support, in the measures of the General Governmentaimfilicity and Imfiar tlality. THIS TARirr. Various account* from New-England, " concur in representing the condition of the manufacturea a* extremely deplorable." Thia in preciitely what the enemies of the Tariff predicted. It shows tho mad nemt? tho utter inij>olicy?the rank injuatice of at tempting, by legislation,to foater cme branch of industry at the expense of the rcaLm The proaj>erity of a nation depends on a thousand contingencies, which legislation can neither foreaee, nor control; but to which, individual enterprise, jumI individu al foresight, if left Dree, have scarcely ever proved unequal. Legal enactments, it in true, create an artificial atate of thing*, which for a time, may benefit a part, but which, in tho end, must provo an injury to all. The truth ofthis remark, ia moat for cible exemplified, in thepresent depressed condition of tho New-Eiijzlnnd Manufac turer*. Ir the year 1818, the manufacturer protected against foreign competition by the laws of theland, waa in a moat flourishing condition. Thousands who knew nothing about the business, embarked their capital in it, and it was overdone by excessive competition. Of course the business de clined, and the manufacturer waa visited by a sad and sudden reverse. Congress was petitioned for additional protection?the ag riculturists, suffering under heavy exact ions on their industry, met them at the bar of their common country: but the voice of their grievances was not heard. The Ta riff or 1824 waa pasaed by a majority of Five! Life and activity were again restor ed to tho manufacturing business, and larg* additional investments were made. Butit soon began again to decline, and the manu fatturer, encouraged by his success hereto fore, determined to apply once more to Con gress. The commercial and agricultural community, taxed almost to the last dollar of their income, again remonstrated against the injustice of the measure, and waa again answered by additional burdens. The fa riff of 1898 was passed?which being pro duced by the same cause ss the Tariff of 1891, is rapidly bringing about the same re sults. While it is severely onerous to its opponents, it haa failed to produce tho ef fects anticipated bv its friends. Legislation is the order of the day; nothing can now be i done without legialation. Wo do, in our consciences believe, we arc approaching that point in improvident legislation, from which we cannot recede with aafety. and cannot advance without ruin. Let ua learn wisdom, if not from the experience of other nations, at least from the experience of our own. Let us scatter the cloud* which are gathering in the south, and which threaten to produce a storm, tho violence and Airy of which, this union may not be strong enough to resist.?Jrjfrrtnninn Ht/tub titan. The Intelligencer, of Tuesday, speaks of the removal of Mr. Nourae, as follows: " Joanna Novae* is removed from the oAce of Register of the Treasury, 'i his venerable citixen, distinguished for the pie ty and excellence of his personal character, has been an example to publle servante of irreproachable Adelity and eomctnees for more than fifty yaws. Mr. Nourae enter* ed the pubtfo service aa Secretary to CttAaLFS Lr.n, and was with that c ?Gen. officer at Fort Moultrie, in the harbor of Chart? too, when it wasbeaiegcdby the British.? Ha continued with General Lm until tho battle of Monmouth, after which he wan appointed under the Old Oongtew, Decem ber K>, 1776, Assistant Clerk to the Board of War. June 17.1777. Deputy Secretary to the Board of War, February 12, 1778, Se cretary of Ordnance, and Pavmaster to the Board of War. May 10, 1779, Aaaiatant Auditor General. September 19,1781, Re he was reappointed, September 13, 1788, Register of the Treasury, in which office he has remained to the present time. Wo can not imagine any thing like a justification of this reaeoval, or eVon a single circumstance to qualify it" The Journal, of yosterday .follows up the subject by threatening tho President with am impeachment! I We do not deny that Mr. Nourse has filled tho offices here named and received the talary attached thereto, for the terms above stated. The dates arc giv en with such a punctilious exactitude, as to leave no doubt that tho statement was made upon a careful inspection of tho commis mods, and proceeded, for auartit we know, from Mr. Nourse himself. The Intelligen cer and Journal are licenced coinplaincrs, but we again caution their country coadjutor* against following their example. If U dHiuld appear that, in addiUon to the large sums received by Mr. Nourao on account of his salary, ho has improperly used other large sums of public money, for which he must hereafter account to the gov ernment, tho clamor about his removal must re-acton the coalition. We lc\rn that Mr. Nourse admits the fket of his indchtednett to the government; tho fircclte amount is not | yet ascertained. For this indebtedness, there can bo no a poloary. Mr. Nourso was the Register of tho Treasury, and the sum passing through his hand, has been chiefly lor contingencies of his department. Wo can only repeat to our readors, that I tho work of reform goes steadily on. That tho President himself examines into all the | causes of removal with great care; that, al though ait these causes are not laid before I tho |>coplo at tho firetent time, no removal is made without such cause an is called for by tho public interest?and that tho develop ments which must take an official shape bo fore the next Congress, will call IWtli tho| gratitude of the naUon towards the incorrup Uble statesman and patriot, who will have I rendered more service in expelling tho a gents of corruption from office, than ho did in vatiquiidiing a foreign enemy.?17. ti. Telrgra/ih. Tit 12 triumph OAMPI.RTK?It is pecu liarly gratifying to th??so who adhered to CJov. Troup, throughout the Georgia con troversy, to And that his doctrine*, for Uie mfcintenace of which he wan branded am a taitor, by tho parasites of tho lato adminix tration of the United States Government, have at length become the leading doctrines of that same government under u now ad ministration. It is now a common romark among tho peoplo that Jackson and Eaton, must have taken Troup's writings as their text, in their late talks to tho Creeks and Cherokee*. Since the late fall and explicit declaration of the views of tho President, in relation to our Indian affairs, in recurring to the histo ry of Troup's administration, we have been frequently remindedoftheokl Spanish max im which says, that when God desires to bring any virtue from the shadow by which it is obscured, into open day, he raises a gainst it an host of enemies by whose envy, hatred and malignant persecution its beau ty and its excellence may be made manifest to the whole world. May not tho xamo thing, without any violation of propriety, be said of the princi ples of which Troup was an advocate so powerful and unyielding*?and in regard to them, has not the verisimilitude or t In* maxim ooen established in every Jot and ti tlo of it!?Geo. Jour. M ISCEL.L. AN EOI7B. Sprcimknhok Amkrican Poktry. Wo have ?Mn a a copy of a work hint pub lished S. O. Goodrich fc Co. of Boston, containing specimens of tho writings of the Poeta of tikis country, from the earliest day to the present. We had not time to ex amine it thoroughly, and have confined our reading to the criticisms and *|>ocimeiis of aomo of tho older poeta, and those whom we felt personally acquainted with. The public are under obligation* to the publisher, and editor for bringing to light many name* hot before known, and for collecting piece* of composition almost or quite forgotten. The young men who have been now first introduced by name to the literary world, ought also to feel grate All for the circumstance, a* in every ca*e they appear to advantage. The celebrity of a poet i* generally very transient, and it is no very uncommon thing for a good writer to flourish for a season, and receive the flattery of the world in which he move* without being remembered, except by a few, longer than while his productions sre going the round* of the newspapers. The worn wo now speak of has at least this ad vantage, H. makes os acquainted with a few we never knew before, and presents us with tho best works of others unshackled by inferior piecea of com position. In the editor's prefkee he saya he has been actua ted by a desire to do something for Amert* can Literature.?How for he has succeed ed, tho voico of his countrymen must de termine, and for our part we are diaposed to award him considerable merit, as wall as to say thathis labor has not been useless. We are strongly attached to our country, j to Ha institutions, anditaliteraturo, in par ticular, has atwavs been re guarded by us I with anxiety. We have read a great ma ny works by Americans that we thought fiiolieh, and many others that we (elt proud of, and it waa on theae tatter occasions that we experienoedaosaeofour happiest sensa tions. The selections made by Mr. Ket teit do credit 16 his own industry, and sre a great acquisition to the libraries of oar reeding community. It is not long since an American writer could not obtain an op portunity to be re%d oat of tho circles of hb acquaintance, ami a poet of all other* 2?* ** .r?ro M literary fiarx>enen of Kngtand b common; but now Uio nemo I* changed, and if it borer again aaked" who reads an American Book'* we can turn to thia and answer "who would not."?A/vr. Herald. Ti?? 8tatm or Trnnkhhkb ? Few aectiooa of the Union poawaa neater nat ural advantages than those enjoyed by the State of Tenneaaee, and few hare made lea* progress in phyaical and intellectual im Krovement We hare a aensible and intel gent population of at leaat 700,000?a soil of surpassing fertility?and navigable streams to convey to a ready market tlie rich and varied production* of every quar ter of theState. The local aituation of Ten nessee ia a peculiar one. She can compoto avwww.w.vi aivtAwnivii lvt|Ulir9nilU tttll turn herattention advantageously and pro fitably to manubctu rot*. Her mineral trea aurea are inexhaustible, and in the manufac ture of iron ahe will vary ahortly be enabled to rival any of her abterstatcs. She ia en tirely free from pecuniary embarrassment*, and possesses a fund of ?1,000,000 which can l?e devoted to any purpoaea the Legisla ture may think proper to designate.?Add to all these, tho roputation acquired through the valor of her son* during the last war, and the political importance recentlv deri ved from having furniahed to the Union a president, and a member of the cabinet.? With all these ad van ta gesjand incitementa to enterprise and improvement, it ia with feel ingsakintoshame we confer, that there haa not been a road of any value constructed in tho atate?not a canal ojpened?no system of commonachoola established?Uiat our Col lege* and Universities languish for want of Legialative patronage?and that altlio' public opinion ia decidedly favorable to a re formation in our penal code, the bah and the brand are yet in uae! How long is this atate of apathy to continue! Will Tennessee ne ver enter upon that career of improvement, which has shed such wealth prosperity and glory upon New-York! Where are our public men, that they witness with the most aupine indifference this perfect stagnation of enterprise and public spirit. Are they de siroua of political dbtinctionl Here then ia a field for their labors, amnio as the most unlMHinded ambition could covet, from which they can reap without difficulty a rich harvest of popular favor. What ia the public press of thia atate about! Slum bering like her politiciana in the moat un pardonable inactivity. Their influence is extensive. Will they notexercise ill All that is necessary j is, that tin* people should be brought to think aeriously on the sub ject. Let them once be awakened?let the impulse once be given, and there will then bo no obstacle to impede the progress of ra pid and extensivo improvement. For the last five or aix yearn, the thoughta and feel inga of the people of Tennessee have Wen absorbed in the heated and tho all-exciting discussion of the Presidential question. That question is now settled?and our distin guished fellow citizen has received the re ward of his virtues and his talents. It is high time that tho |>oopto should turn their attention to home affair*?it is high time. that they should begin to improve thv great natural advantages which thoUod/R nature haa bestowed upon them. Deeply senaiblo of tho vital importance of thia subject, we design devoting much of our timo and attention to the considera tion of the local affair* of this state. In this task, we hopo to obtain valuable aid and co operation from our editorial brethren tn t nighout the atate. Information of every description, and well written communica tiona relating to the subject, will be gladly received from whaboever quarter derived. ?Aathville. Jte/iutican. Oovkrnoii IIoumtojr.?Tho Into mys terious conduct of this gentleman, in resign ing hid office, and leaving bin family, kc. haslieoii a Huhjcct of much animadversion. Public curiosity ha* bocn aroused, ami va rious rumours and evil surmising set afloat. Any thing, therefore, in relation to tho mot tor, in which confidence can be placed, will not fail to be interesting. A Letter to ono of the Editor* of this paper, from a gentle man of respectability in Covington Ten nessee, dated I4th May, nay*, "Governor Houston paaseddownOie Mississippi a few days wince in the steamer Hed Rover, for the Cherokee nation of Indiana, in the Ar kansas Territory. He aaya ho Hover wish es to aee the fare of a white man again? that when he got* to Red River, hia eloth coat, which h? now wears, ia tobedestroy ed, and tie assumes the Indian coatuine throughout, lie is taking on a parcel of riflca, and my* hi* policy will bo, by exam ple, to inculcate peace ami civilisation among the Indiana, and dhuiuode them from warring against one another, and particu larly bring about a peace between tho Cher okee* and Ullage*: that he will endeavour to cultivate a friendly feeling amorist them toward* the United States. The cause, orcauae* which have produced the unhap py separation of the Governor from hi* la dy, and resignation of office of Governor, art* a profound necrot, not known to hia most intimate friends. They ars, by sol emn agreement of himself andlady, never to be divulged. This information come* from a gentleman of the first veracity, and who passed in the same boat front Nashville as far as hero with tho Governor, and who ha* long reaided in Nashville, and who is well acquainted with tho whole affair. The Governor, wan, many years ago, when agent of the Cherokeca, adopted by a cele brated chief of the nation. Jolly, aa hia aon. To him he will repair, and no doubt bo well received."?-Ha/elf? h hilar, W ?4fcM of revolutionary oflicera we igh - ed at West Point, August 19th, 1783. (Jen. Washington, 'MO lb*. Gen. Idncoin, !2SI Gen. Knox, !W0 Gen. Huntingdon, 132 Gen. t .?*ton, 1M Co(. fwMt, 910 Col. Michael Jackson, 262 Col. Henry Jackson, 9HH iiei. Col. HtnMki||iloQi flS' . Kmi Cel. Mb, Lieut. Col. Ifumphrew, v*p ? The average weight ixSWIM^ Daring attempt to ret the Frankl at South J}'*ton.?Ott Monday night? daring attempt was tnede to rob the Pf lin Bank, in relation to which we ha* lectcd the following particulars, from I tleman of South Boston. ?? During the dajr( a person dressed, who appeared to be an J called upon Mr. Whiting the Caahl, with hU family lives in the banking 1 and who U at present confined!' bis her bv sickness. The stranger slat* a failure \\?- about to take place In t of a person who Imd money initial that he wished to sreure it for ana.. Mr. Whiting informed him that l sun alluded to hud no money in.'" and he retired. Just l>efore dm turned, stating that he had taken J the pi evident of the hank, who had I that the person in question hadi and after further conversation lu this way he gained such inforr regard to localities, &(-. ns would hWfuture operations. He also ttkCfj man in employ of Dr. Stevens I nxkod him if he hud rang the belt* calmly of the weather, and mai quirks in relation to Mr. W's illnCSA, In the night :>b?ut half past el?v( robhrr camc to the door, aud obtal] mittancc t?y stating that he had v?ne medicine f?r Mr. Whiting, admitted by Mrs. W. and itnmedM turned and loeked the door, present! pistol at Mrs. W. who is a very chi genus woman, declaring that If she attejM c<l to make the le .st noise, he wopl^j out her brains, lie tlien inquired hO#J ny persons there were in the house^ her husband was, and if t Mrs. W. immediately went up slat robber following p:\itof the way, bt ing a nuist made by Mr. Whiting's and Mrs. W* sister getting up and down un upper flight of stairs, he I, alarmed, turucd about and wentdowi watch dog about this time made noise and broke his chain, probably 1 some accomplish entering at the bac Mm. W. met her sister at the hi stairs and both descended. They I front door ajar, and immediately Mi*. W. then \v? m up stairs, rat window, aud gn>e the alarm. She sow three men on horsebfl from the bank down the turnpike the city; but the night being (lark < lost sight of them. They pro! ably hut a shoit distance, and soon after Wi on hoisehack returned, nccompanja two on f< ot, who asked the cause ufJ She answered that she wanted to rtm neighbors, as robbers hud attacks bank. They told her&he had alrcad.M noise enough to alarm the whole cittl they were watchmen; that tli?y would tect her ; and asked admittance. Bhe cd them why they did not spring tb tics if they were watchmen; to whT made no icnly, except snapping n ij her, and then went off. 800**21^ watchmen approached, rattljng, and neiglUu.rs flocked araWCntttt nothing be discovered of the twffers. In Wit versation among the crowd, one f d to dftuht that there had been empt to rob; hut iu the i-onfi undertook to Krutlolze him. learn that any tracts oi the rpbb been found." rhom Kky Wkst.?The rcvc.ac( Captain Jackson, arrived yesterday, I day* from Key West. An alfrir o Ht tluit place on th? l'6th ult. betwc liarn A. M'Hca, Esq. district ?ttoi Capt. C. E. Hawkins, formerly Mexican brig Hcrmlonc, in which tt mer wb? killed. The follow) pait'cnlarsof this melancholy which we have heen favored with ? It appear* that thefe gentlemen bad I been at vai iancc, nr'iHinp; from aQ lUlcf teicourse between M'Hea and the #| Captain Hawkins. Previous to ?< of this, Capt. Hawkins had empl M'Rea as counsel" In vimt very I law eaten then and Mill pending in 1 at Key West. After Captain H. dl ed M'Ru'i intimacy with his Wt envied,which resulted, (after the < of four shot*,) in M'Kea'a receiving in bin thigh. Cuptain II, thev lei Weit for Mexico, and had been four month*, when on hit return I that hia wife had been ?etit to her by the friend*of Capt. II., on aceetiftt.o renewal of her intercourse trlth M'l and that McRea had stated publicly! imprcper conduct of Mr*. II. M'lteal turther nggravutcd I law kin*, by recet n fee and appearing a-< counsel for then nent* of Hawkioa, in the pending law i after hat iitg been feed bv Hawkins, an in possession of all the fact* necessary in 1 half of II. Thus incenscd, Hawkins, in nn unf natc moment, loaded n double bar gun with buck shot, and aa M'Hea the wi.idow where Hawkins was, he both barrel*. M'Hea fell, and exp few hour* after. Hawkins immediate! rendered him telf to the civil autht consequence of the great excitemt vailing at Key West, the marshal tl proper to carry the prisoner to fitv / tine, lie wu* placed on ln>ard Ike *< cutter Marlon, captain Jackson, under charge of the marshal, whorietifere'" to the proper luthoritiea at At. Align He wilt bo returned to Key West in vemhtr next, to stand hi* trial for mof The excitement at Key West % Ereat, in consequence of the death t f'Kea, that on the arrival of the Marion, a letter was addressed to Jack*on from Judge Wrbb, district desiring him to remait. t.? port until tl citement had sulialdid. '1 he friendM parties w?r?! armed, and a very %erb.tt< coutre was for aomc tune appttl'ended. happily was quieted, when captain llaUki waa placed'?'i !? rd 'he t niter, v Dog stealing and umbrella pilfering ?W p> the l?*hionabl.> erimea of the oajr. Theeo article* are aaid to lie common property, j (To the a bore may he atfcM >n , th? caao of which and umbrella*, we kav* suffered to a eoatljr tune. There Miglit? be enacted an e*i?re** statute auttenl fr*c*fe*r crime*.] <