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vL \ ou, ttuptd mju! lUHktgiifciu tttyotohiuan.
?y that the ooe pound note bill Aot nA of
etrd ikt tlhng ft Her of any tfletif of
i >m modify.' Benttly, Iron *rey headed, uii
> :riooklt?gSc<uilimunitukethcfuMowlitglUi
. 'price* us publicly advertised by Hull ami
I reeman, at th**'* ?<?i?*house. for Manclic*
< * and Hpttal&eid Oooda, at Ka 13, Clare
? cct, Clare Market. Look at thl* II**,
Iurnty, and thou tell your stupid reader*
;*!?, that the money pi ke of article* has
? 91 fallen:
tout Sarcenets 9\d per yatd
J rime, very with*, 1?, it 5d and 1? id
<? ood Groi de Naples, 1? 2d and 1* id
1 Ich Ducapcs, li lod, 2? and 2? id
' 4dlanKets,W,WH?d Od
rcpe dc Lyon, Cd aud lQd
'he best quality. It, nevev before sold un
dgrfiflrf
oi wflch Crape*, $Juu? 4 J
? <ff* Om>blc*,6W
4acU Itonibaklu*, 3d, 6d and Vd
i ateut FiuJub, lod, 1*, and 1* 3JJ
Viid-wldy Black Crape, Vd
? ThpcrUl and p:?\cnt, 13d, 16d, and -Id.
'Wadk Cotton Velvet, Hid
?e*l Imitative Silk, 1* 3a and It Ad
< atta|* Stuff*. 4i, 4JJ and Cd
?lerlito*, wide a ldth, 10d
.ood PlaOBel*, id, id and 6<1
eal Welch, id
? rintcd Furniture, fast colors. 5 J
TOUT CALICOES Owe Halfi-mxy!
Do for Shirt*, Id, 2d and 3kf
he ben ell wide Long Cloth*, 41 d and
bid
<iood Print*, 3id
?'own Prints, fcst colors, 6d, 8iJr,nd It.
5 tati*te Dresden, 2d, 3d
Workei Muslin Robe Drcsse*, 2# 6d and
Oonibric, Jackonct and Book Muslins, 2d,
id. and 8d
'? ri*h Linens, 4d
>urablc do. for shirt*, 74J, 9d and lljrf
^aU^Linen) tor the Nur*ery, per
itiong J,inert for Sheet*, 3d
Russia, 91 yards ,wide, one w idtii for
A Sheet, 1# ojr?
Mnen Glass Cloths, each
<leal Russia, 4{d
: >amask Cloths, la Ad
~.argc Blankets, it 6./
'Jonuterpancs, 1? 6'J
Marseilles* Quilts, At; Large, 7* <Jd and 8?
f+
French Cambric Pocket Handkerchiefs l?*
6d per dozen ?
Large da lit 6J to 1??
?Shawls, a large size, 9Jrf to 1J\d
I rime Silk, extra siae, 3ji 6d to At i d
ilarceloua Handkerchiefs, fijrfand 9\d
A Inrtr#* I a( nf oikMt* ?SmI> ^ it a
?; ??"??uKcrvim.-iB, ojo ami yjtr
A large lot of very lich Gauze Handker
chiefs, 8}d
Ladies' Kid Gloves, Cef, Frcnch, 3d, 7d and
&\(l
Wo"}60'6 W,lltc Cotton Hose, 3rf, 5\d
8id and lljrf
Silk do. u lid
Women'. Black Worsted llosc, prime, at
Men's Drown Cotton Hose, 5d
Very stout and fine, yjd; Men's Worsted,
rj</ '
The greatest bargain in LACE ever seen'
1 welve yards for '2d: Broad Lace, 2d
wideNet, sd, 7</and 9W
Rich figured, 16d
Muslin Collars, 3d
Hroad Cloth*, it yjrf two yards wide
bnperfine \V c?tcf England, -{a 3d, z* bd and
ii 1 Id
u 0c1> bestdo. 2? 10rf
Wide Bonnet Hibbons, ?[>!
A ^fashionable, very broad, 3jrf,6jrf and
Rich Gauze, 2./
1 ?*??? 5liJ8hor"$' uarrantcJ foreign, 5t
There Scotchman! look at that, and th*h
r*scrt again that the "/?*/ hohc" of the
JSS ^Mf?"ed him* 1 tha? bc
}{** !?'th,U U * ?i??gular sort of shop; and
.\rWheri!jIl0l??do?ot ?? at these very low
pticcs. Ihh Mtruc: there nrc, however,
jevtrnl shops of this snme description In
> ihthTi rfn* t!lC1? lhoI>#trc "ingnlar, after
Ml. they do, however, only take the lead:
they are only in the front of the rest: men's
wtoeking*, tolerably good, urc to be bought
l5r'trncV1>u ,n manV 'heft*. Cot
ton stockings, fit lor boy* twelve years of
foF one .SmfvPurch**edin numerous shops
for one penny a pair! I myself have pur
" tf*"* Mwrtment of things at this
.VtK? i!?iff ?"d Frecr,an; a,Kl 1 flnd the nr
7. K?7'' nnd intend to haven
t mane of the V\ ei>t Country Cloth
?peclfird towards the close of the advertis^
m>'kel^t0 tpy if aders in the
>\ve ^toformtnem that there are
now shops In London, i n great numbers, w hlch
??? hi low prices as
l.cjjnile w?, th"
l?je 11.11Hm m?, ,5 i,e under p?S.
Kft?S?"nCt$ of.dirtr*Mi*? f*?" from
tnw being the case, there Is, I understand
of the contrary; for
\iwk0,tuH,o?c you will,
S6'11? to be the agents of ruined
ITR,e* w,ua wou,d? ^ either of these cases
^." jirice. Ilk. ,h??? Why, other
i'oo!11* ttmiiH' C,al,ng " ,he w?n?e sort of
whSe r?n,W,e? r^!t yu*nd iiUVch"<c the
wuole contents of their shop, Tliev wouhl
!lati!^ fTh' U W,Iy *1? prevent tl,e degra
n^of . ,^r?Wnprke',J but tho tn"'?
nost of them have no money to purchase
!n^i I' "h*1 lhose t,lut h*v? money
m ?eyu no hoPe bf wiling the
i'?isMon ^ ftiretdy have in their po*
r,?e;;:!". ,;l Mjjto of the freouency of the
oMaihMl?ni,"I*ls impossible to mnke it
iiiii lTTy/' Wa #,ia" find ,hat " ??!?<>?
u.!0, 1 be!,evt- A Ml fin *>J a yard for
?otton cluth, may indcen be t??o little* and
X^d^^ipcnny fop
yncr, a duty ofthree-pence has been ns.i#i
I ,c; b,,t'thU W"t "I ^nr
!<Srtvck^uCi T,"to be 10
liriw twft i'fif ?fec ,l' much the
Ed l? WkJ tilI.V>'M?"l,? hereafter
J/ y , ,ou,'' ^ ^"rer? while
II K-i* Pi, <V *uch cloth will fetch
Thir''^ h"t<eRO< pro^ierly settled
JhToft d iffltlWMwri,,V? be now go.
breaking up of the
2lSs22S? SLbil,tMe ?mXf 511
?4rl rhfi/^J ?!I"2r! , Wn% * r>*rt r?f the
tTfSiSl8i. 'nfemal *y?tem of p?p?r
ffinneyj it was n fal^e thing: and mv t^al
J&'I2S| J ?ri(,u,lMy down
%5*iJZ tefhton vrr>' cr*?t*mp
*??nc thousand* of
rent licit* utvU *0410 tiundrecU oi the
Of poor snunui
Southward, to
to mnk* tU*ir
III FrarxJt, In several part* of Herman)-, in
the Netherlands, In Denmark, hi Holland,
In the United State* of America} every
where the invention! <? the cotton minners
and other greedy devlla of the North, have
got Into play. They will be a curse to
those countries, too, which will be tome
little consolation to us; but thev will break
up the concern here, for which (thank God.
llike to sec thing* flourishing In my own
field* and garden*} but 1 baa much rather
see the grata flourishing in the atrecta of
that hell-hole, Manchester} and thla I veri
ly believe I shall see, or something very
mueh like h?
[Front (bo Pblladel|?fala Chronicle ]
The followmx passage* are extracted
from the voluminous reoort recently made
to the British Parliament, by tho Commis
sioner* on the law of Real Proporty."A
portion, by no means inconsiderable, of the
litigation reflecting reel property in courts
of equity arises from defective contracts
upon sale and purchase, and from a speci
fic performance being decreed where the
requisites of tho statute of fraud* have been
disregarded. It is thought worthy of se
rious consideration, whether it should be
permitted to any person, in any way eith
cfatlaw or in equity, to claim any inter
est in Isnd unless under s written instru
ment, containing the terms of the contract,
and signed by both tho parties or their au
thorised agents. Provision may be made
for the indemnity of purchasers who have
lieen induced to lay out money in improve
ments ou tlie faith of agreements not, valid
in law. They are inquiring whether the
length of deods, which causes much ex
pense and perplexity, may not be materi
ally abridged by making Certain powers
and obligations legal incidents to certain
estates and interests to which they are now
almost uniformly annexed (though we
feel this to be matter of much delicacy.) or
by recommending proscribed forms of con
veyance, to whicn in certain cases, a given
effect shall he imputed. The existing law*
respecting do vines appear to the commiss
ioner* to be very incongruous and defectivo
and they are employed in considering
whether there may uot be one form pre
scribed for the execution of all wills; whe
ther all Interests in real property m?*y not
be made devisable whether there bo any
objection to nllow a will of reality, {ike a
will of no penality, to operate when fram
ed for tliut purpose, upon all property of
which the tcst&k ?r may die seixod, though
acquired after tho execution of the will;
whether desseisin or tho deveatment es
tate*. or any act done by tho testator with
out the intention to revoke hi* will *bould
interfere with the exercise of hi* testamcn
tory power; and whether *ome amend
ments may not bo proposed in the rule* for
the construction of will* in eases in which
experience teaches that the legal interpre
tation of certain form* of expression is at
variance with Uiaseiise in wliicfr these form*
are ordinarily used, whereby litigation may
l>e diminished, and there may he a greater
probability of the Uetator'* intention being
eff ectuated. They further think it deserv
ing of consideration, whether a modo mav
not bo provided of trying the validity of a
will ol leasehold laud* by jury. instead of
talking decided by the opinion ofthcjiidsc
of an cccleftia*tical court, formed upon writ-1
ten depoHition*.?But no inea*ure ha* been
(suggested to u* from ho many different
quarter*, or has been so earnestly pressed
upon us, a* a general registry of deed*,
whereby it i* contended that every trans
fer of land, and every incumbrance upon it
would l>o placed within the mean* of
knowledge of every person having occa
sion to deal wiUi it; all rights might be
suffered to prevail (as natural justice re
quires) according to their priority; the use
of oustanding legal estates, and the ex
pense of keeping thom on foot and transfer
ring them would ceaso: the investigation
titles would bo materially abridged and sim
E lifted, and fraud in all transactions rcspec
ng teal property would bo effectually pre
vented. We are aware, howevor, of the
numerous and weighty obstacles which
present themselves to the establishment of
a plan so extensive, and- in order to make
it effective, so novel in tliis country .?The
experiments which have been tried in two
hnglish counties and in Iroland have lieen
so imperfect, both in principle and detail,
and have bcon so marred by tho doctrine of
equitable notice, that they afford no crite
rion of the utility of tho measure or tho
means of accomplishing it. We found that
information upon this important subject
must be sought, not merely from the prac
titioners of Rnglish law and from English
treatises, but from Kcotland, where a gene
ral registry has been long established,
which is the great boast of the law of that
country, and from the continental states, in
many of which a similar institution has
been introduced with more or low kuccom.
We have taken steps for obtaining this in
formation in the wont authentic nhaiH?; and
we shall anxiously consider whether the
plan can l>o safely adopted in a country of
ftogroalaoextentas England, where trans-1
fers of land are more frequent than in an
other part of tho globe, w hero the law of
raaLproperty must ever remain a peculiar
and complicated system, and where the
disclosure of private affairs may be danger
ous to commercial credit*.
Counting-Houte '/fAr/orJi'.-Although we j
ore not particularly interested in broker's j
table* or the state w the markets, yet our
attention is frequently drawn to tho prices
current by the very peculiar language,
which is used thero, in relation to articles
of trade. For instance?"brown Sugar
has sometimes risen a shado:" "whites
dull;" "iron Arm, at last quotations;" "lead
rather heavy:" "rag* held on by first pur
chasers;" "cheese, inanimate, growing a
littlo more lively;" cider, brisk;" "butter,
during this hot season has given away a
little;" "gunpowder quick;" "few transac
tions in naval stores;" "tar sticks a little in
first hands;" "indigo, prospects rather
blue;" "muskets will not go off at sny
rate," ''puffers keep Cotton up;" "toliacco
will yield a fair i/uUI pro quo," "glsuber
salts have jtiven rise to some fiair opera
tions;" "spirits low, a few inclined to dip a
little,"He. ^
We were 4sd to theso remarks, hv see
ing an extract from a review of the Hraith
field fICng.) markets, stating, that "the
oloud,lh*Tnas hung so kmg over this mar
ket, still obscures our vision, and the mut
ton trade pertalaM of this dullnsM."?-So/cm
Observer* * ^
The Governor of Cansds hss appointed
Commissioners with a view to the carrying
Into effect the Intentions of the Acts of the
pt'ovtnelal Legislator for opening a nsyics
ole communication by the Hlehelfeli with
l.ske Chsmpls'r
lfL_!
utMofroin
cominuiikiitMiUw,
D.miwcll ilpwd " Mujr wbtcHbcrx1* W?
kwe twn Col. Arthur who h?s rtqntttd
US to Mjr. tlut he It aft ? candidate for the
office they propow toupport him for.
We hit? given from the other periodi
cal#, an account of the landing of the Span*
Ish troops at Tatapico, and the iHtruddt*
fettion ot a small body of the republican
forces sent against them. In our papers of
this morning (Thuroday) the defection of
the Mexican forces la contradicted; and
there Is reason to believe (hat we
know nothing accurately of the circum
stances that Have recency taken place
I there. We do not give our readers all the
rumours, bccavtt wo have more eligible
matter tu fill up the columns of oar paper.
Our own opUiion b, that the Spanish troops
are among the won>t in the world, it wc can
judge of them by Col. Kapler's account of
the war in Spain under Lord Wellington.
Perhaps the troops of the Mexican ltopub
lie are ns bad; wc shall see: we have no
confidence whatever in the h"nf?ty, the
courugc, the energy, the patriotism of that
people till we see more decisive evidence
of the existence of tiles'* qualities, so neces
sary for the exigence of the times. Tlicy
hnvc no stable government, no permanent
fund*, no regular system of taxation, no
education, no knowledge. They are an yet
a prcv to a bigottcd Priesthood. Wc sin
cerely wish them success although wc sec
as yet no satisfactory proofs that they de
serve it.
Mr. Poinsett lias applied for liin pass-1
porta: which have been refuted. On what
ground we know not.
livery day's experience, erery page of
history undent and modern, convinces us
that no good can happen in any country
where national education is neglected. Even
in the United States, even in the State ol
South Carolina, we seem to know and feel
nothing of its importance. We talk indeed
of knowledge being power, but we begrudge
the money that is to buy it. The clergy
are wiser than the people: thry know the
value of accumulated funds to educate their
proselyte*.
I'rojtotcd iirrv J'triadtent The Truth? Tet
ter of the north.
To be edited by Matthew Carey, Here
kiuh Nilea, und Tristani llurgtss K>tq. ai
ded by Mr. Hchenrk of New York and Mr.
Stewart of Penuaylvania: intended to give
a now view of Manufacturing facts, in
support of II. Clay Esq and the American
Hyatt m.
Caq>. lla?il Ilall received for hi* Travels'
from the London bookseller* ?71%.
1/u/J'a 7Vmrfo.-r-llaving perused the tra
vels th tough the United States of Cufit lia
til I/ull, we have no hesitation. In declaring
it as our opinion, that after inakinf those
reasonable ullowanccs fur the prejudice of
an English Monarchist, which we should
expect an Englishman to make for a re-1
publican American, the book it upon tliej
whole a good, a candid, a fair and o sensible
account of us, our manners, customs and In
stitutions! written by a man of thought and |
obset vation, and of undoubted talent. We |
do not in many respects agree to Capt.
Hall's opinions and ciiticisms; he has in
deed said much that an American may wince
at, but may reflect on and be the wiser tor j
it. The Ixiok is cne thnt none but a candid
and sensible observer could have written
not free indeed from numerous mistakes,
but bearing throughout its pages manifest
marks of a sincere aim at truth and impar
tiality. It contains so much good sense,
that every American ought to peruse It; and
in perusing it, he ought to consider not]
whether the remarks he may dislike at first
proceed from the mistakes into which a
prejudiced foreigner may natur illy fall, but
whether there lie not so much foundation
for very many of tliein, that he ought tc con
sider well and cautiously, before he delibe
rately condemns them. The south has no!
right to complain of the book} which may
account for some ot the northern cavilling
criticisms on it.
CAPTAIN HALL, ON SLAVERY. ,
" In talking of emancipation. people arc ]
apt to forget various little difficulties which
stand in the win. In the first place, the
slaves are to nil intents and purposes, the
property of the whites. They have been
legally ncquiml, they are held Ityalh, and
tin iiroducc of their la'Mtur foi ins the right*
ful fortune c.f their masters. To enter the ,
warehouses of planters, and rob them of
their rice or cotton, would not be one whit I
more unjust than taking away the slaves'
whose labour brings it out ol the ground
Suppose, however, that difficulty removed,
HtiU that h ?'<jiit|H:iisatioii coo 1(1 l>c piovidtd i
for the slave-holder, what is to become of
the liberated uegroi?> What is to be done I
with two million* of ignorant persons, I
brought up, us their fathers and ancestors i
we re, in bodily and mentul bondage?who
have acquired habits ot thinking and feel
ing suitable to that state but totall) unfit for
any other It j* ?.,id to be less difficult to
make a sf-sve of h fre? man, than to raise a
tlat e tr a just knowledge of freedom. And
certainly experience in America gives no
reason to hope that this maxim is there re
... hL inerVrt '* breaking the
chains will not do. 1 he rivets that hitve so
long held down the understanding cannot be
driven out. till some contrivance be found
which shall at the same time eradicate all
P*** ?nd all associations
?lth'h.plc^MM.?0f,K, world, from the
minas not ot the blacks alone, but also of
the whites. If we examine this matter
difficulty increas
and motives to actlon^such as they ?kU
not from the spontaneous or rcgultted im*
pul>e of his own faculties, but by the super!
people to verr cilffVrcqtljr circumstanced
catrtw admitted itancc to the common priv
ilege* of hiiW?Or, Iwr oe the other
hand, cud it be expected thai the i
of theae slaves who. like their tathmra be
fore them, have derived their whole aub
?tance from thta aource?who look, to it at a
provision tor their rtncehriinf lid who
know that their title la etrletfy a legal oae,
can be willing to allow of such interference
aa a|ull have a direct tendency to withdraw
from them the whole cum and subetance of
their fortune#.*
It is the popular fashion to America, andl
btlWri elsewhera, to abuta these overseers
M a class. But none of my enquiries led
me to think ao Ul of them by any means as I
had heard them reported. Their interest,
as Well as tliat or the planters in the long
run, is, unquestionably, to use the slaves well.
An overseer who acquires a character for
undue severity, is much scouted, and sooner
[or later discovers that his services are not
Ivalucd or sought after, merely because be
produces less effective work than nmoreju*
riicinusperton would da Negroes, like many
other people, may be driven to perform a oer
tain |?ort ion of labour* but as no amount of ty
ranny can carry things permanently bevond
that point, custom seems to have establish
|ed in the slavcholdinc states of America, a
particular method of treatment whleh is
found to produce the greatest result 1
have much satisfaction accordingly, lu stat
ling, that after many careful enquiries, 1
uu?v i." iiiwwi m lujipaw unnecessary k*
vci ity i? l?y any mean* general In America.
| The idea of cultivating the see-ioasta and
indeed nny part of the low districts of the
I southern states, by white labour, I regret
to say, appear* quite visionary; and I only
mention it because such notions ere some*
times hmtKht ?? rward by the opponent* of
slavery. Lvery thing I heard In the south
respecting the climate* showed this to be
impossible. Whether my informers were
planters, or met chants, or mcdlcM men, or
?tranger?, or advocates for slaver)-, or the
contrary, our uniform opinion was exprese*
ed on this point. There seems therefore,
to be no choice left between abandoning the
fertile countries in question, or having them
cultivated by negroes
? ??????
All cxpcricncc, therefore, 1 wa? assured
went to prove that moderate tasks, strict
superintendence, with uniform kindness, in
the ordinary style of the country, was bv far
the best way to get useful service out of the
negroes?it being always borne in mind, that
a slave will work as little as he can. 1 was
much gratified by finding that these gene
rous and politic principles were very gene
rally nctcdupon f?y the American planters.
Thecxceptions?it was curious to hear?are
most frequently found amongst the new
comtr* from the northern states of the uni
on, or from Kngland?those very persons
who, on their first arrival, have had least
patience with slavery under any modifica
tion * 1'topic who are inconsiderate enough
to abuse a whole system, without taking the
pains to distinguish between what is inevi
table and what is remediable, and not likely
to be more reflecting when these distinctions
become apparent.
1 made particular enquiries as to the fact
of parents and children being scpernted as
well as husband* and wives, when families
are sold. And I wan glad to And, that this
is discouraged us much as possible, not only
as a matter of feeling and propriety, but as
a matter of interest.
? ??????
Every person who has examined this
question on the spot, knows that any system
of measures calculated to be useful to the
negroes, must not only be gradual and con
siuent, but in order to its being adapted at
all, or even tried, it must be conformable to
the Interests, the prejudices, and 1 may add
to the habitual tastes, manncis and customs,
of the planters and other white Inhabitants
of that class, because In their hands?and
in their hand* alone?the whole power Is
placcd. It is hIso obvious, that no such system
of uniform measures can be conceived to
originate, still lc?.s to be maintained in
wholesome operation, through a period of
years, under a succession of legislatures,
which are not ouly chosen annually, but are
liable, as we know by experience, to a con
stant rotation of new members, taken ex
clusively from amongst the slave-holders,
a class of nun who are naturally In the
highest degree jealous of any attempts to
tnmpur with a subject, npon which their for
tunes and even their very live* depend.
No man, under such circumstances, wh?vt"
ever be his talents, could venture, in any
slave-holding legislature, to touvh "??cn
matters of such great delicacy. It b. vu
deed, quite contrary to the nature of things,
to suppo?e that, in public bodies*u construct
ed, nay experiments of *o dangerous char
acter Miouid be thought of, still leu that
they should ever be actually put In prac
tlcc.
If, however, when legislative interference
is sjxtken of, the authority of the general,
or federal government at Washington be
meant, the idea is, if possible, still more
completely out of the question. Congress
has not, by the terms of the constitution,
the slighcM shadow of right to meddle with
the internal concerns of the states, and least
of all with thi?*e which relate to slavery.
Any ussnmption of such pretensions on the
part of Congress would be so initantane
ously resisted?by actual force, If that were
necessary?by the whole mass of the slave
holding mates, that the idea could not exist
one hour. I f such intensions of interference
with the slave system should ever, by any
strange infatuation, be seriously contempla
ted, either bv a powerful executive, or by a
majority of the member* of Congress from
the non-slave-hnlding staves, the inevitable
consequence would be a divLlon of the uni
on It is realiy no great exaggeration of
this difficulty to say, that it would be quite
as simple and cfTcctnal a process for the
southern members in Congress to pass a
law enslaving the manufacturers or hue?
handmenof New England, as It would be
for those of thr north to break the chains of
the negmcs In the rice or cotton districts of
the sooth, or, which is held to be almost the
same thing, to intermeddle with their sla
very concerns in any shape whatsoever.
It Is useless, then, for fort Inner* to hold
the language of reproach or of appeals to
America, thereby Imptying a belief In the
existence of such legislative power. It Is
mischievous to suppose that such Inference
can be of use, became this vain belief turn*
men's thoughts from these gwmlne amelio
ration* which are possible, into channels
where frttftanthropy as well as patriotism
either ran completely to waste, er tend to
contaminate stNl farther a stream already
alas* turbid enough
I liavc no
rrfssi*
?e should look this .
nrU la the face, and consider Us bearing*
irkh ? MMl> prsjadiee a* poinds, Thm
la no other chance for its gradual improve
ment, 1 mm well convinced, bat thU calm
course, which hat for It* object the db
rovery of what I* paasiblo?not what I* de
One of the result* which actual observa
tion has left on my mind is, that their are
few situations in Ure, where a man of
and feeling can exert himself to better pur
uose, than the management of slaves. Bo
far, therefore, from thinking unklndl
slave-holders, an -equaintance with t
proceeding* lias tiught me to respect many
of them in the highest degree; and nothing,
daring my recent Journey, gave me more
satisfaction than the conclusion to which I
was gradually brought that the planters, of
the southern Mates of America, generally
speaking, have a sincere desire to mans^
their estatea with the least possible severi
ty. I do not say that undue severity is no
where cxenciseaj but the discipline, taken
upon the average, as far as 1 could Warn, is
not more strict than is necessary for the
maintainance of a proper degree of author
ity, without which, the whole ft ante-work
of society 'n that quurter. would be blown to
atoms. The first, nnd inevitable result of
any such explosion, would be the destruct
Ion of great part of the blaeks, and the
great additional misery of those who surviv
ed the revolt.
In condemning sla very,ami wonting ilnvc
holder*, we arc apt to forget the share
which we ourselves contribute toward* the
permanence of the system. It it true, we
?re tonic three or four thousands of miles
from the Actual scene. liui if we arc to re
proach the planter who lives in ufRutnce in
the midst of a slave population, it ought to
be asked how he tome* by the mean* to live
at that rate. He give* hit order*to the ovei
seer, the overseer, Instructs the driver, who
compela the negro to work, and up come*
the cot too. But what then? He cannot
make the smallest use of hi* crop, however
luxuriant It be, unlets, upon an invitation to
divide the advantages with him, we ugrcc
to become partners in this speculation,?
the result of slave labour. . The transfer of
the cotton from Georgia to Liverpool, is
certainly one step, hut it is no more than a
step, in the transaction. It hcing manufac
tured into the goods which wc scruple not
to make ust of, and without which wc
should be very ill off*, is tint another link
in the tame chain, nt the end ot which is
the slave.
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In concluding this im|K>rtunt subject, I
feel bound to say, that, nt far us 1 could In*
vestigate the matter, the slave system of
America seems to be in as Rood a condition
that ia to say, in as fair n train for ami liora
tlon?as the nature of mi dreadful a state of
things admits of. V ith respect to external
interference, the planters will probably not
be the worse of an occasional hint, even
though it be rude and unpalutbblc. On the
other hand, the abolitionists must makt up
their rulndsto suffer great, and almost con
stant disappointments, lictwecn the two,
impartial and cool-headed men, who, with
out any particular views, sincerely wish
well to thcirfellnw-creatures?hlack as well
as white?planters as well as slaves?will
confine their hopes, and their exertions, to
what they know is practicable, consistently
with Justice to all parties, and the laws of
common sense."
OOMWUW ICATlONtt. . j
Mr. Editor?I lately visited the Iron'
Foundry In York district on Broad river,
once owned by Mr. Stmub. This gentle
man merits much applause for the judicious
choice of position and for the great improve*
ments made, by unassisted individual efforts.
The establishment, within a few months,
has becomc the property of Messrs. Bryce,
Graham, Black & Company, gentlemen all
well known in this community ?rd distin
gutted for personal integrity, skill and en*
terprise. The Foundry is immediately on
the riVer, and the intercourse hy water* to
Columbia and Charleston direct and easy,
as I learn, in a short time water carriage
will be used, Instcud of wagons, which now
ply weekly between Columbia mid that
place.
The mines, (in the centre of immense
fccits yielding abundance of coal) are most
nntagenusly situated, within two miles
of the Foundry with easy portage, abound
ing with grey ore of the most valuable kind
as inexhaustible as it is riili, and laying
within three and six feet of the surface of
the earth. The bog ore (for certain purpo
ses, considered so excellent) n also found
in great abundance in the valleys und is
brought to the forges with all facility. Iron
is here fabricated into all the ordinary uten
sits of agricultural and domestic use, there
being great quantities of the best iron bars
for wheel-tyres, as also plough-shares, pots,
kettles, skillets, dutch-ovens, lev, he. daily
manufactured. The works, though at
present in full o|>eration, are about to under
go, in the hands of these enterprising pro
prietors, very Krcat enlargement. The
water power is to he considerably augment
ed, the torges extended and a factory added
to the establishment calculated to produce
a ton of nails |>cr day, which of itself alonr, j
would be of invaluable benefit to our state.
The whole presents quite a busy and inter-1
eating scent, as there are a great number]
of men employed, and all deriving the
meant of honest independence, as miners,
wood-cutters, coal-makers, founder, wng
onera, blacksmiths, carpenters, . 0cc.
It is, Mr. Editor, certainly a most giate
Ail tight to witness, in the heart, as H were
of our native state, the complete tucceae of
an enterprise, of thit valuable and useful na
ture. It muttbc pleating Athe heart of every
well wisher of hit country, not to much from
an over anxtoutdeaire to tee ut wholly in
4*7 ~%de*t e# our neighbors, a? to exhibit to
them our ability to become so, and the foe
tertng of that honorable pride which ever
intends a generous effort to atsitl out selves.
Such efforts can excite neither arttlioe, nor
?nvj-, nor (U-b^odinanyonatonthteofttra
ry. u must rather afford our neighbors pku
?ere, as branohee of the B
lore, as branohee of the ffm+ greet finally
to witness the prosperity of brethren.
/Vv* tho thole, my visit, though over an
cxtrciucty stony rood, was a most interest
i*C one. Tho district of York, seems ??
tho Iron backboor of oar auto, and in time
of nood, will affbed strength and vigor to ill
its member*. Though rough, sko Is ex
ceeding picturesque and romantic. In ap
proaching tho iron works, from surround
ing eminences, brief glimpses are caught,
of the Blue Ridge amid the thlek forest
trees, among which we pass, rolling tta
mighty folds, like some huge serpent, wrap
ed In the mist of space, against the dis
tant berison.
Our enterprising fsUow-ciUsens, the pro*
prietors of this establishment, deserve well
of their country, and I alncerqfy hope they
may derive the full metd of their lauduabtc
exertions.
I am very sespcctfully,
Sir, your most ob't. ser't.
A POOH MAN IN RICHLAND.
FREE PORTS
A great outcry la made Icat our ambaas*.
tor In Gnat Britain should ?brm ina
fora perfect reciprocity of Commerce
2 **0? J ^atTT aBd that- w if the
moat beneficial bargain that any two coun
tries in the world couM make, would bo
wkT ?/C,th" lb* 000 <*?? other
What has been the outcry ofaB.the middle
states, |>ut that England would noteooaent
to admit the flour and wheat and corn of
those state* into her portal Can the mid
dle states complain of a treaty which they
h*ve born so long and so violently abusW
C*reat Britain for not acceding tot
What has been the outcry of tho northern
but??"o?of u.?
West India trade, owing to the culnablo
PTl?bU,) ne*uK*?c?. or worao
motive, of Uie last adminiatiationl Can
they complain of a reciprocity, wfceh they
*r**Mtingaway for Vrnnt of!
As to the manufacturing states, does not
tho HarrUburgh Convention declare that
w?i can undcrvell the cottona of Great Brit
ain in the British Markets! Who can dis
believe this moat respectable body of man,
who solemnly declare to their fellow citi
zens that this is no mow than the SOBER
TRUTH!
Docs not that very Wiseman Trisfam
Burgess Esq. dcclare that no country on
the face of the Globe, can for an equal price
win* to Market such a piece of Goods a*
he sent Col. Drayton a sample oft Is it
possible to believe that Tristam Burgess
kaq. momberof Congress from Rhode-Ialand
can publish a Munchausen unthruthY Why/
| then, noed the manufacturers fear a treaty
i w hich will open to them as customers the
whole Island of Great Britain, and all its
2UlTininC^L ?,eM how tuickly w<>
shall drivo British cotton goods out of tho
tendon shops! only give us a Tariff*of 100
per cent to prevent the British from under
?*JJ??gu? ?n Rhode-Island! Ah Triatam,
Tnatani, what a wise man thou art! Mat
thew Carey and Hecekiah Niles verily, are
10
B^thTlSS1 m,on U^ nahh iu
Hut in seriouaness let us <l
?haadftil treaty; which we hope to God i?
really meant and intended on both aides
* p
w?.ne"' d? "U* rea*' Ves
Whit are the motive, ?f war! Threo
Acquisition of Territorial Dominion.
Commercial Jealousy
Manufacturing Jealousy.
Whu can point oat a fourtht
The first is out of tho Question
Is not this something wortli wishinr
cauJTrf J ^lWC?n tw? COUrttf*e?, what
^hamcst
lov^tL^ * PMptct t*0*0? ton
""V 'arTO*?m?nt of
?.rd M?. Truly President Jacluo? mutt
!<w ( fu' P?''tkian, to .ueh.u
to enter into his head!
'"**** to the enter
r>ositTrmw i ^ frictions, Of im
n aM* pr.ohibition- wconiWmM
kiah Niles and #1, iU Jr' "Mo
Ko.t! ""tho, Wl? ,am efth,
FREE PORT.
i Er.oqi/KNcr tj,, / ,
'f?o has travelled
><.>? mv wnisss inn
?~ miaaurs the Comet's
through the regions of unltolted
He has established society and Gov
eminent. He can aggregate the pomn
ions ofevery clime andof every season
Ha can meliorate the severity, and remedy
U*e imperfections of nature herself."
What apity W ia, he did not tetlisshowt"
remedy thi imperfections that according t/>
his account of It, take place at ft Kentucky
Row. It wen Af ** * great hillirstito "to
aggregate the profasiona" of aueh a elh?<>
and such a season! Buppces a Rack
wood'a-man ware to say how ha rotted a
log-heap and made a glorious ire last Feb
ruary: the Mode Island profreaor would