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- 1 t?t Jjaraui uattMBSMwrah KWIOVY. Jt'LV 10. IHitf PiuHAtUJC?Uudtr Appointments l/y ?Jir'Oovernor," at published In our last, JTlMeil I of JDanul Af'ivlfttoy/r, read, Japxi f. ; ? i. Wc are miuuited by the iutendent ct i' iblatoMy to our Correspondent of w?rk (A Contributor) (bat it is not bU -. ? t? reply to anonymous eentmv.uica* ?ik, nod that if ** A Contributor" will ? |Mm blnt.be will exhibit to him alet .< knowlcdgeinf the reeclpt of the do ) t "HO< outcltiieosto Augu?ttt. 'l '?' ip Foi it rii or July eweebbnted ... ?i t (ownonSaturday last*ith theusu : monstrstion* of public gratitude end iug. Our Own feelings upou tliis day itionai festivity weie not precisely as we could have wished them to be. ?1 f woro-uiingled in spitif of us with the re sliades of the present time; mortiA the reflection, that the brilliant pic of national glory, which reflected up ie world tiio image of this republic, at ?iod the holiest in tlie political annals unkind?the purest in spirit and the <st in triumph?should, in little more half a century, bo made to present to *wn vision thu least fading of lustre or rtion of features. How could wo dis . ect the year 18*29, with those of 1770 17891 And yet, how could they Ik* asso '<tl, in tho mind of a South Carolinian, ? >out forcing upon hi* judgment and his t a deep sense of tlio most disgusting .ghance * lie found in one group of his filiation, tho muitiplie<l and huiuilia oppressions of his own stato~-tho uni ?al and'bitter sufferings of tho whole itry?the deep ami dangerous dissen s of internal Strife nud of sectional w ar ?mingled with the unanimous, lolly, .alrous manifesto of 177ti, sanctified by blood which flowed to sustain it?and worthy concomitant, the great and ven ? ted charter of 1789 ! lly those who ?se to recur to our anniversary with more ?nthnsiiism and hypocrisy than wisdom . 1 candor, may be chided for these re turns ; and bo told they are unsuited tr> holy a day. Ihi tliis our reply : 'tis not it wo lovo the occasion less, but our coun ? ntoro. IV appro.ieh of the nation's l?irt*>i day is announced by tl??* firing of a national Into at midnight. The morn wasushcr in by another national salute and the ?ging of the town and rluirch bells. At i early hour the militia paraded under ipt. O'llanlon, and proceeded t-> pay fir respects to tin1 venerable patriarch 01 town and a distinguished relict ot the ?volution, Col. Tiiom asTay i.nn, Ken'r. At H i) i lock the citizens assembled at the IcthodiM . Itarrlt, where a prayer was of rod uj> to tiic- Throne of (J race bv the Itev. fr. K e?ri"dy, th" Declaration ofIndepen '?iico Vas read by W. C. Chiton, Ksq. and highly creditable. oration pronounced by oiin Ramhav David,Ks<|.lur(JivFruiik n Debating Club. At 10 o'clock, a procession moved from ? tic Town Hall to the Prcsby tcrian church, vhere, after a prayer by the Rev. Mr. Ren ie, the Declaration of Independence wua cad by Mr. Isaac W. Hayne, nnd an ora ipn creditable to the orator and satisfactory ?> tho audience, wan delivered by Jamks 'I. Hammomi, F.iq. before the Town t'ouncil, the Military, and a numerous as ?lemblage of (. itizens. The volunteer companies under the cmn laud of Captains Maxcy and Coiikx, Mimed out in honor of the occasion, and Hncd, by invitation of the Town Council, be procession of the citizen*. At 3 o'clock in the evening, between 30 ind 40 private gentlemen s.it clown to a .ifoftiso and sumptuous entertainment, pre pared in his best style, by Mr. I.kvv ; and *e can very truly suy, after si?me little ex .icrience, that we have rarely, if over, *'itne*scd, hero or elsewhere, a more grat fying display of gastronomic art an<l per fection, whether wo regard the |>erfor inanco of the host, or that of his guest*. Bvery man could rcflecf, and each seemed to realize it, that if he did not sit under his own " vine and fig tree," he was at least beneath the shade of hi* own oaks and do mestic arbor, and thoro were none to make hiin afraid; with the rich treasures of his own soil and clime before him, agreeably displayed af> avo um/ue art Muta?even from th<l pig, the front, and the mutton, to the phunh-puddintr nnd the^ watermelon. There w as nothing to regret but the pres ence of the tarilf, which crushed in embryo all propensity to toost making, and the ab sent* of chnmpaigne, which would un doubtedly have revived it. The ceremonies ??f the day were conclu; ded by a national salute, and a display of Ftnw Works. There was tho utmost unanimity and harmony of filing pervading all rank*, nnd we are happy to add, that the pleasures of the day were not marred by the slight est accident. Tke Morning Herald, (X. Y.) professes to harnbeen infcroied by somebody recent ly from the Houth, that public opinion was fait changing here in relation to the prohi bltory policy, since it was beginning to be ascertained, that it advanced our interests, by means of increasing the price of slave* to supply the demand of the sugar growing roiri*n??many of whom had Wen void at a greatly improved rate. I low many slaves have been thus advan togedusly wild, we know not-~hut have Mver heard it mentioned, by any man among us, as an object of public interest, in v\ of no nun engaged in p?iHn?iii|fdiVM for lh& sugar plantations. Many of uurmoMt valuililo citizens have left the state on account of tho pressure of the times ; lower for the auger growing climo than for other portion* of the new Mate*. In fact, it in only a man of consid erable wealth who can possibly attempt the manufacture of sugar, with the least prospect of suoccas. Large capital U re quired to be veated In the purchase of land, machinery, and labourers; and, a* one of ocur most wealthy, and moet experienced citisena In this buaineas, lately remarked, a sugar plantation, properly managed, re quires the scientific arrangement of military operations, fhen mutt be a centre, a right wing and a left wing; allowing a concentration of forces, according to the cx igeucios of the crop. Small capitalists can not succeed. Men, who, during more proa porous times, wqre independent livers, are unable to profit by the culture of the cane. The state of South Carolina neither has re ceived nor wilt she receive, any benefit from this quarter. And if nnv Southern state is benefitted by the protection of the sugar manufacturers, it does not render it more just, if it should bo more agreeable, to compel us to yield our tribute to it. If ono cifiaen sell a negro for a few dollars more, both he and hundreds of his follow citizens with him, pay an extremely dis proportionate bounty upon the sugur which their futilities require. It docs not even amount to the safe, hut profitless employ ment, of robbing one pocket to fill the other. (A* to a change of public sentiment in fu vor of the tariff scheme, it is false ami pre posterous. If we were to discover such an advancement of our pecuniary interest as tho informant of the Herald pretends to have discovered, we assure them l>oth that we are not sufficiently venal?wo have not so scrupulously copied their example, as to consent to sell our consciences and our country tor gold. The Morning Herald. (S. Y ) of June 27, contains an advertisement ofthe" .Ime riran Institute," of Ilia! city, rotating to the .-clchratiou ofthe 4tli of July, in which the "friend* of the Amrriran tiyhtem in thin city, and in Pattern?n, Newark, ami other places, are respectfully invited to attend," and the Herald hopes that " Uie example of tin* Institute in reference to national in-, duntry, in?y be followed in other parts of | the country." | Surely is there singular wisdom of pur pose and great contirteney of /irincl/ile, in I pointing with one linger at the examph; ioi the revolution? an example of determin ed :,nd successful rebellion against the in I (alit efforts ofencroarlnnent upon the lil?er Itics of thin people by unjust taxutio-i?and with the other, designating to the repub lic a course identical in /irinci/ile, and more (jdioun in firaetice ! The tax upon tea was an extremely lenient application of that tyranny and oppression, which has gaiued greater boldness and more signal success, , in these latter days of wild ex|>erimoiit? lnr>r were the king and |*arliament of (Jreat ! Britain pledged to a constitution of limited powers, of equal und republican principles. Surely havo the" American Institute" and the " Morning llenild" chosen an extreme ly appropriate occasion to bind upon the necks of the American people a yoke, the |*lijfht chafing of which had driven our | fathers, within the memory of man, to im mortaliM! the day, which these, their wor 1 thy children, profem thus to honor and con secrate ! It is such conduct as this which begets and cherishes an alienation of feeling between the different portions of this con federacy. It is this perversion of a nation al fowtiv*! to the vile purposcx of party measures and sectional interests, which destroys all community of feeling in the republic?which evinces an inordinate and odious /.eal in avaricious designs, on the one hand, and a morbid and feverish sense of oppression, on the other. " Great exertions (rptoth the Herald,) have been made to prejudice the public mind, preparatory loan effort to repeal our protecting laws, and we dc?ire that it may l?e made manifest onthecoming 4th of July, that the good sense of the nation is hereaf ter to triumph. " We shall be greatly disappointed, if the soeeches, toasts, fcc. do not breathe a spir it friendly to the American system, and a determination to sustain it. It is mockery to talk of independence, if We are compel led to rely ii|M>n foreign industry fir mate rials to cover our liodies during our-incle inent seasons. We ought to call up afresh that memorable period in the last war, when the fate of our army deluded on a few blankets?and we <sigbt resolutely to determine that a crisis so disgraceful shall never again occur." The llrrald then chatters al>out our nbil I., ipaki' clothes, aliout mir enterpri'Ae iin<l imliiHtry, and h*Uh " if we shall iiiIi mit in the language of the nuthor of (ho (Ire hi rati on of lndej>endence; to ? nn eter nal vas?talnge to fitrelgn nations* to /(ratify the cupidity of a few trading adventurer*." A very Hat taring designation truly, thin las*, of the American merchant*! C(?rte oin md rwpwtflil indeed, toward* the I'Mnnwtriit intomt, on the pert of a paper published in the heart of the mo*t com mercial H?y in the Union, and especially dependant upon that patronage for prospe rity and existence I The tommertlal inte rest of the country synonimous with " the cupidity of a ftw trading adventurerii!" Verily iff ?hta a wine instructor of the pub ????' A moat profound and truth-loving political economist I We published noma time ago a para graph which first appeared In the Milled ge ville Recorder, but had reached the view of giving theJittoria opportunity of I knowing that u explanation was required, j Ho hM.ui?de that explanation, and thro'! mere inadvertence we have, until now,. omitted to My, that we regard it as excul patory. It is not eatiaflMtory, It?cma, to the Re corder, which euppoees that there waa fcr norunce and inhumanity in the transaction; the former in the eaae of the Phyaiclan and both in the caeeof the Sheriff. Theee Ne groea may have diefl under the poiaonou* effects of white Lead* for aught we know. But vh do not eee sufficient evidence for the visitation of such eevore censure upon the parties concerned aa the Recorder ap pears tO do. , '' . v An anti-tariff Wolf was recently ahot by a hunting party in Msmachuaetts, which liad, in the last eighteen montha, destroyed one thounand sheep, in the two towns of Sandwich and Barnstable.?Buff. Journal Wo And thu above in the National Intel ligencer. There are huge gangs of anti tariff wolvea prowling about in the moat civilhted part* of South Carolina every dav. They whet their tooth moat ferociously, in the true spirit of "blood and carnage" for tlie throats of manufacturers. There would be some fine hunting here?and we remem ber, that during the last Rummer Messrs. Gale* Ic Seaton flourished their trumpets and rained a tremendous howl in the train ed pack* about Baltimore and ljoxington, eager for a lively chase among us.?Are they still ready for a wolf-hunt 1? " In consequenco of not a single bid be iuu made in Philadelphia, on Saturday last, for the Pennsylvania state canal loan offered at auction on lluit day. the Phila delphia Inquirer says: the legislature must he reassembled, or tile state improvements be entirely suspended." Q&* (Jail upon Uncle Sam?tho sooner the bctU'r, as his purse is getting a little limber, according to the progress of his commercial affairs about New-York, Bos ton, Charleston, &c. It U tail) thai the celebrated Authorm Mrs. Ann Hoy ail, bus been verv nilgai lantly presented as a Nuisancc by the grand jury of the District of Columbia. What barbarians, to sin thus against ic male helplessness, and the chosen repre sentative of literary taste! Mrs. Ann is entitled to the chivalrous protection of our friend Mr. Noah?having graced his paper with admirable specimen* ! of epistolary composition. Mrs. Ann is said to believe in FallstafTs notion of valoi?and has given the Mm shall f t'?e District !rf(-buH. \\ t i,uve had the pleasure of seeing bet perionn the operation of slapping a man's face?which was done energetically?ac ttompnincd by appropriate Hashes of passion ?and thunders ot Kloquencc?Wc would w, soon encounter a Tiger. It is said, 'hat rotation in office has an in jurious effeei, because it puts in men who are unfit, being unaccustomed to officc?and turns out men who are d>Mp?alified foi oth er pursuits. The public, as well as individ uals, must, therefore, suffer. The proposition is untrue in both re spects. A A the intricacies of Clerkships, l?ost Offices, und the system of revenue collection, such, that nothing but the advan tages of long experience and of regular ap prenticeship can qualify the incumbent to comprehend them? V. e had thought the simplicity of our institutions had brought them down to a level with the abilities ul men of good talents and good intelligence. If this is not the case, it is high time it should be. And if a Clerk at Washing ton, a Host-Master, or a Revenue Officer must have the fee simple, so to speak, of office, on these account*?the argument applies with irresistible force to the Pre sidency kself?and therefore Messrs. Ad ams and Clay Might to have been kept in officc indefinitely, and then their doctrine of "$afr /ircctdenl" would have suited the circumstances of Mr. Clay admirably. If moreover, dismissed officers arc ffett' erolly disqualified for other pursuits, the argument does not apply to Rditort, who will ceriainly be better fitted for their duties, after n familiar acquaintance with all the niysteries'of government; more es pecially il they keep up the old habit ol writing paragraph* for newspapers occa sionally According, therefore, to this fa vorite, Coalition doctrine, our fraternity has a very strong rlaim to a complete monopoly of governmental patronage. Answer us, John Agg, of Piccadilly. COMMlfUC'ATlONH. \|k. Emto* ? On the rrturn of nnother Fourth of July, when the air is filled with acclamation, when joy and festivhy is uni versal, and our r./ator* are descanting In glowing terms on our past,our present, and our future glory, I deeply lament that 1 can not Join with my countrymen in the unmittg led exultation which the occasion seems to inspire. It i? not because I differ from them in opinion at to the character of the day itself} for except that wtrrch saw the birth of the Redeemer of mankind, I believe K to be the brightest that ever dawned op-1 on the world. It should be afct apart aa sa cred and memorable to the end of timti and therefore it h ft day whleh, degraded as we now are, we are no* worthy to celebrate. Ho# dart we expect that the Ooldese of Liberty will a (kept the offer ings which we bring to her shrine, when we approach It with fettera on onr limbs, ftnd dishonor on ?ur names? Are wt net slaves t Do we not pay tribete f Are we not tmxtd our contnt > An ancient people, wbea led *** distant captivity, considered fctha . -1 _ - ' -? d it theplpi tlKIt An mjili which commemorated the valor of their an cestors aad the former greatnaas of their country?"the thoughts of glory pest and promt shame," ttiua awakened, oeiog to proud and aeasitivji minds the keenest of ?11 suffering. Therefore it eeems to me that at present the pompous observance of this anniversary, by Briafiegjto oar rsmsmbranco (iron whst stats wafsd,. How gloiioss ones, v.' should impress us with a feeling of shame and humiliation, rather than of joy and tri umph. To be sure, it is pleasant to vaunt of the achievements of our ancestors, and by parades and dinners and toaste and speeches, annually to cajole ourselves Into the belief that because we once were, we still are, free. How have we preserved that liberty which we pretend so highly to value ? Year after year we submitted to the moat grievous oppression, with occasionally an humble protest against it. And when ht last it became so intolerable as scarcely to leave us an alternative between rests* tancc or destruction, and in our Legislature s few noble spirits endeavoured to arouse us to the performance of that duty, which our country demanded from up, what was the result f Most ol the talent, and sll of the generous feeling which the discussion call- ] ed forth, was exerted in vain. It was in j vain that the Speaker threw upon the sub ject the whole light of his vast and logics! mind. It was in vain that the descendant of Patric Henry poured fourth the full tide of his patriotic heart, with an eloquence which might almost "have waked the slumbering dead to hear." Reason and eloquence botii failed. The councils of the timorous prevailed, and we again protested. We proved that we arc the booh of our fa thers, we defended our prosperity and our ficcdom, we vindicated our wrongs, our honor, and our country's violated constitu tion, by nnother firotett. And here we now ure, exulting in the remembrance of all (list we have done, when it would better become us "to poke about tind find our selves dishonorable graves" wherein to hide our shame and degradation. N" we should blush to pretend toctlcbiate the glorious festival of our ancestors. Let us not again do so until we iinvr redeemed our loM fame. Let us destroy the tariff*; let us restore to its purity our federal constitu tion ; let us pluck up our drowned honor from tin* deep s<-a in which it is burled; ..nd then, in the face ol rarth and heaven, wc may proclaim that we art-"again free." VALMONSEK. Mr. P. Thomi'sok and Mr Chas.Grant it>okc to tlu- winic effect. The former cnvc uic following remarkable illustration of re strictions on commerce:??? Do gentlemen, who mnke no difficulty respecting the im pnrtntion of raw silk (whatever they may of thrown,) know that Italy rigidly ex cludes all our manufacture# from her ports; i and yet we take from her annunlly the val ue ol jL2.000.000 sterling* liow do we pay for it then? Her custom-houses are shut to our produce, and the objects of our industry are as strictly prohibited ah the works of Voltaire or of Gibbon. 1 Ijavo had. the curiosity to endeavour to trace this, and what will the house think of the resulti Upon a careful examination of the bill* which nre drawn from Italy in payment of this silk, by several houses in tne trade, at least three-fourths of them are remittances from Austria and the German States, which have been made to Manchester and Glas gow for British manufacture.?-It is hope* less, then, for any nation^ 3 attempt to ex elude the production* of' another. They may injure their own subject* by enhfencing the price, but exclude they cannot. But the advantage to a country in first adopting the principle of free trade* is not merely relative, but positive. Under a system of restriction with us, other nations may make and uphold corresponding restrictions; but if we set the example of free intercourse, they tuay make, but 1 defy them to uphold them. Mr. Thompson has It: perhaps he may by and bye inform us what amount of Bills of Exchange is remitted to England to pay for goods that arc smuggled Into the United States through Canada: this accounts for the very small amount of duties, secured in Charleston, which has astonished the peo ple at the north. Free trade would bene fit the state more than a thousand rail roads; I without the former the latter cannot suc |ceed?and 'twere better by far if the mem I bers of the metropolis, instead of amusing I the buck woods folks about Patent Car*, 4cc. would stick to the main chance and endeav our in fall on some plan to secure a repeal i of the Tariff.- Give us a good price for our irotton, nature has furnished an easy good old fashioned mode of transportation. A PLANTER. 'iii ii ?(MM?g POLITICAL National Policy.?We knnw not what we shall be,M said one who bitterly repented what he had been, and rejoiced in what he was, at the time of expressing his doubts as to bis future state. *1 he sentiment with him was one arising from in Anxious so licitude as to hit condition in a future state, nut it seems to have since been the offspring of those craven or dnetile or vaccinating spirit* that wish to float la the upper hea vrus of popularity, and know not on what cloud to mount, to attain their wished for elevation. Among these nre thnee polhi elans, or would-be-thought abjurnrs of all doctrine* inconsistent with tnelr avowed seal for the public good, who revolt at the idea of being thought " partisans * hi any warfare, and therefore hang as a sort of gu erIUm band cm the flank* of contending par tie*, Increasing Instead of allaying the fterrnes* of comber, and wihlngtng Instead of establishing the portals of the political cMadel. There are many such, but in the course of our observations, we have met WK fcw, who knowing and arm* dther designedly or ?ltt^We nave hat we defy both the friends and the foe# f Ike writer w find an cxcuse for their they Mem to head of the _ sentiments of tht, cho)ar who hastens been th? editor of that taper?of the Merchant whose experience la* more than once forced the truth from tlm in relation to ourgreat national interest ?of the man who has more than once ex ilbited a hardihood of attack on public men tnd measures, that few would have fully unified.?We are at a Iota to account for be miserable ethic* by which he adrlaea he people of this union to suffer patiently inder what he pronounces H bad in iueif, ?under what he, on a former occasion, >ronounced to be " bad enoogh, unwise and nexpedient." The New York Americm) in the course of a 1oqg contest tor the Pres idency* was the avowed friend of Mr Ad uns ; to this no man could object, who be* lievad that the acts of the administration were thought by its conductor to be in nc cordance with the great and paramount Interests of the country t but no political leolot, however ardent, would juatify the laerifice of those interest* to pre-contract ed personal partialities. Yet such appear* to have been the (act in rcft-rcncc to the American. Not a word so far us we re member, was said against the Tariff law or the American system, in Unit paper, during the agitation of the question in Congress ; nor, until all hope of the re-election of Mr. Adams was abandoned. Then we found expressions like the fol lowing, in the American:??' To s?y truth, we, the individual wr, of the New York American, think the tariff law bad cnnugli, unwise and inexpedient; and that tlic American system it founded in error, which time and more diffused information will correct." Even this might have been pass ed over a* an evidence of n return to a cor rect courne, especially as the editor subse quently dci lured that It? had forever taken leave of " partisan" politic*; but when we find such an article as the one below, in the *ame paper, within a brief inlnuti nlmuxt of the latter, a"d a short hour of tin- former declaration, we are constr.iined to exet i'uit ?wr kit'jw not what wr thall be and fitly that we thould thut proclaim a hut wr are! A', Y. Mcr. Adv. [Krom the JV Y. AairtVan nf 24i!. io?t J An effort we perceive is making in va rious quarters to agitate anew, at the next Congress, the tariff question. On the part of the free trade advocate! it isallcKid, that existing duties are fatal to the inter ests '?f agrieulturc and commerce which arc sacvified to pamper manufactures, while, on the part of the manufacturers, it is in sisted that, owing to the imperfect execu tion of Unlaws a* they are, the proteetiim which they purport to afford to the home made fabrics, iu not realized. Thus, be tween the two par ties, the out complaining of excessive dutie*, and the other that the) are inoperative, tin* exciting and irritating discussion is. it is to he feared, abtait to he renewed. We hope not. It is, .is it seem* to uh, for the real and lasting interest of all parties, that the experiment now making should be fairly tested by experience wlitcli is the only effectual instructor of men or na tion*. it i*, we admit, a monstrous and most costly experiment; but ?? is in the course of being proved; we aie content that it should be proved. As yet it has not had, it cannot have had, any percentlble influ ence, either upon the manufacturing ?ir agricultural states: those who enacted it, therefore?and there was an ignoble strife what party should have the merit of a mea sure that, if adopted at all, should only have been adopu-d on public and general ground* ?cannot as ) et reap either the applause or censure, which their measures, on th'i head, deserve. The tariff in itself, we think i?ad; but much worse, much more mjuriou* to the character?in comparison with which, mere pecuuiary interests, however great, are a trifle?do we deem the policy which actuated many member* of Congresi to vote, from mere party considerations, foi a measure which their judgements and con sciences so entirely disapproved and disown ed. It was an unworthy propitiation ol popular error; and, therefore, it In, we could desire, thut those who were capable of sue I dereliction of duty, should be made to feel that the flatter en of the people are not al ways the favorites of the people. Again, therefore, we express the hope, that th< tariff may be fairly and fully tested. "The CamhbeUtare coming, Oho'. Oho!" As fhc principle* of the present administru tion continue to clevclopc themselves, we find the most jntf/riomol thccoalition prints preparing to yield to it (hut support whieh, En their consciences, they feel it deserves.? The National InttUigrnctr hits of late open ed it* eye* to the merit* nl certain measure of the government, and is "easing on its ?heet*,'"preparatory to ?'filling ?*?>" i>n a new course. They have been " standing close on the wind" for such a length of time, that we have no doubt but they will find, in a short run, with '? tour point* free," a quiet and agreeable change. Home tinn will elapse before they can be admitted to full fellowship; but, in the mrau time, we will endeavour to make their probation ?y term as comfortable as possible. Speaking of Mr. Van Burrn** letter, .on .the subject of French Spoliations, the Intel ligencer says "We are glad to see, by the letter of Mr. Secretary van Bureii, that the Kxeeutivc Is not disposed to haxard the |>eace of the country by following rash counsels in re gard to the claims of our merchant* on the government of France." * " Th<*reply ??f Mr. Van Buren seem* to u* to be just what it ought to be, both in sub stance and form." In Tuesday's Intelligencer we find the following remark in relation to a circular of the Secretary of the Treasury to the bank* employed a* depositer* of public mo neys? 41 The reader will see, In the inttnt* tion* from the treaanry department, published In a preceding column,evidence ofa very prop er attention to the security of the public funds in the hands of the Treasurer of the United *ates." Aoaix.?Appointment* by the Prnkient. George H. Brent,to be Collector of the Cus toms for the port of Alexandria* vitt Hum phrey Peake, resigned, [The Ategandria Gasette say*: Mr. Brent's character a* a gentleman and a merchant, ensures him the respect and **? teem of all who know him?and his admin 1st rat Ion of the affairs of the Custom House wBt no doubt give general sattsfartwm.? The President has mad i a most excellent ?ljudicious appointment.] Mr. Brent is to enter on the duties of his 1st of Jttly. "jW kkt* of the fects and aofltt of the fkating rumoura ul the day.?They Usually am widely diaproportioned, perphapa one of the fonuer to ten or ten thouaandof the let ter; Imt in the preeeut instance I can give fon two facts and mean to rive you only mm report.?Two new indictments against Dr. Watkinc were to-day found by the Grand Jury?the An* fbrobtaining fraudu lently and by directly fslse representations to Mr. S. Secretary of the Navy, 000 on aoeountof alleged drafts of Mr Uambteton the Purser on tlio Pensacola Station. Th<> whole of which statement were gratuitous end unauthorised, and are denied, on oath, by Mr. Hambleton; the ha* ia foe obtaining by deceitAil practices the sum of ?800 thro' !?lu.ld^R,Uthe?NaY A|Snt ]Vol* Now fortne report the truth of which I oannot confirm, and who can authenticate the dying statements of tin* dayl?but it is rumoured that a few days will witness the sending of Watkin'aoaaa to a Petit Jury. I mention this without expressing an' opin ion. This rumour may be merely a straw thrown up to show which way the wind blows.. The President, you will of course per ceiveby the public prints, has been on an excursion down the Potomac a* fer a* Mount Vernon on board of your'auperb boat the Colvmma, Capt. Mitchell. I conversed to day with a gentleman who was present, and who informs me that no thing could exceed the enthualasm mani fested in favor him who m at once the chief ob dears him to all who approach him. How do you<'ulcbrate the 4th 1 Here tho day is selected to lay the corncr stone of one of tho Eastern Locks of the Chesa peake and Ohio Canal Company in George town, near the proposed termination of that great work. The President, Heads of Deportment, Foreign Ministers, and nu merous other distinguished personages am expected to lie present on tnis occasion? a splendid ceremonial is preparing. Tho Rirticulani I may ptrhap* give you on ano ier day, as I promise myself the nloasuro of witnessing a spectacle which will be at tended with so many interesting associa tions. ___________________ Cate of Toblat Hat A int.?The opinion of the Court on motion of the District At torney, that the Grand Jury should be in Htrnrtcd that the facts charged against the accused, and found by them, amounted to forgery, was not delivered to day. The bill l>iid before the Grand Jury yesteiday, in consequence of the presentment made by them the preceedinguay, upon the'testimo ny of Mr. Southard xnd Mr. Hambleton, wnntlm miming returned true. 'l'he Mtbst.?n<c of the indictment we un htand to be, that on tiic 6th of March, 1827, he obtained, by t-.dse and deceitful means, and with intent to defraud the United Statea, the ?um of two thousand dollars, aud ap plied the s-ime to his own usejlahely repre - senting to the then Secretary ot the Navy that the money wiih required on account of the public service, b> Mr. Hambleton, Pur ser on the PeoMcoU iuti?n, wehercas no such application had been made by that person. A second indictment was subsequently found by the Grand Jury, in respect to the draft upon M?. I'uulding for three hundred dollirra, sold to Mr Fowler. False and de ceitful practices are, we learn, specifically averred in it. The Grand Jury i* adjourned tu-nl Monday next ? C/. ?V. Weltgrg/ih. FOREIGN* from ihr Aim 1forv Uazettr, June 39. FftOM l UHKBY The brig Autumn, Captain Turner, which arrived at this port on Siturdav, willed from Samns ??n the uth of Previous to leaving that port, let ter! from Smyrna to the 19th of April were received there, in which it waa Mated that commercial affair* were in n very dUtrci ted state, in consequence of the leisure, by order oi the Sultan, of nil camels bringing produce to mm ket, for the purpose of con veying grain to Constantinople. When the camels were seised, they were immediate ly unladen, and the pnxlucc left on the road exposed to the weather. It was expected, howc\er, that these arbitrary proceedings would not be of long continuance when bu siness would reyive. Upwards of 10,000 camels were employed in carrying grain to the capital. Those measures on the part of ?he Sultan left the Turks in the interior entirely destitute of colonial produce, Mich as coffee, ?u>;ar, &c. The latest accounts from Constantinople represent the Sultan a* very determined and resolute. He had assumed his military cos tume, and walked the streets the name as a European General. A ftrmsn had recent ly been reeeiscd ir. Smyrna from the capi tal forbidding the Turks wearing all article* of luxury, such hs furs, cashmere shawls, kc. On its receipt the Pacha waa the first to observe obedience to the order of the ?ut t in, by dtscardihg his turban, and substitut ing a common red cap. As he was in dclicatn health his physician advised him to wear ii'imething besides the cap, as he might take cold, but he resolutely refused, saying that It was the will of thf Sultan, which must and should be obeyed. All the Turk ish nobility had followed the example of the Pacha. It was re|M>rted at Smyrna that the Rus sians were making rapid advances towards the capital, but the tumor was not credited and no fears were entertsined of their being able to reach Constantinople. The pre .sent force of the l urks Is represented hs being much greater than U generally sup posed. A letter froci Const mtinople states th.v. there atw at least 600,000 Mussulmen under arms In and abmit the capital, and in the event of th?5 Russians making any attempt upon the city, they would meet with a ve ry warm reception. The greatest tranquil ity prevailed in the city, and the police was very effective. a The Sultan had recently been on a tour of inflection In an English steamboat, aleng the shores and down the coast to the Dar danelles and <}atltno*l,-~He visited all tho principle (unifications, and gaee orders for certain improvements. On Ills return hr expressed himself much (ratified with tho excursion, and made the English captain n very handsome present of shawl*, fee. as to ken of regard. .?, ? The Autumn sailed ftnm Malta on tbs 99th <?f April, at which time the Koglfch and French Ambassador* were daily ex pected from Naples, on their rlturn to Constantinople, when, It Waa hoped, snann satisfactory arrangements w?etd bf effect - tetters from Malta, received by the