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Tue b 11 to confer cm the s'oekhoMers of of the Loiiisv.ilc, Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road Company banking privileges, was read ihe third time and rejected?ayes 22, noes 24. Saturday, Jan. 7. Mr. K J wards presented a bill to provide lor the snvcs'i i *iit and safe.keeping of the nionevs which sOull be deposited with this State, under the act of Congress to regulate the deposiies of the public money ; which was read the first time, passed, ordered to bo printed, and made the order of the day lor Tuesday next. Mr, Burnoy moved that the Senate do now reconsider their vote of yesterday, by which the bill to confer banking privileges on the stockholders of the Louisville, Cin. cinnati and Cliarleston Rail Road Company, was rejected ; which was decided in the affirma ive, ayes 24, noes 21?and the bill was made the order of the day for Monday next. Monday, Jan. 9. The engrossed bill to incorpora e the Mutual Insurance Company of Fayettcville, and the bill to amend the oharter of the Louisville, Cincinnati and Ciarles on Rail Road Company, were read the third imo, passed and ordered, die former o be enrolled and the latter to be engrossed. The Senate th n enteral upon the orders of the day, and resolved itself in*o a commi tee of the whole, Mr. J. W. Bryan in the chair, on the hill to confer banking privileges on the s ockholders of th-' Louisville, Cincinnati and Charles on Rail Road Company; and afer sometimespen; therein, in which the bill was ably advocated by Messrs. Waddell, Moorliead and Carson, and opposed by Messrs. Kelly, Reid and Cooper o! Martin, the committee rose and reported the bill to the House, with various amendments, and recommended its passage into a law. The bill thereupon passed its third reading. 25 to 22, and was ordered to be engrossed. Ilo tse of Commons.?Tuesday, Jan. 3. Mr. McRae, from the commit ce on internal improvement, reported tiic bill to incorporate tiie Raleigh and Columbia R iil Road Company, without amendment. Mr. 11.11 moved for its indefinite pos" ponemcn*, on the ground time it was too indefinite in its terms, not prescribing the Jitic of the road with sufficient crtaii-ty? that the efT.xt would be to carry out of the State our products, to aggrai di>e foreign capitalists?and that to gran: a charter to this company would be a breach of faith towards the Cape Fear and Yadkin C'ompany. Mr. Graham, who in'roduced the bill, s'ated the reasons which induced him to do so, and which would influence his vo e in i s favor. Af.er which, on motion of Mr. Gutherie, it was laid upon the table, with the understanding that i; should be called up to-morrow. Mr. IF awkhis, from the committee of privileges and elections, reported the resolution to vactite tiie scat of Dillon Jordan, without amendment. It was laid upon the tab!-*. Mr. S i.terthwaue in'reduced a kill to encourage the culture and manufacture of sugar and silk in this State, by granting incorporations to associations of individual enterprise and capital, formed for that purpose. Read firs lime. Wednesday, Jan. 4. The bill to erect a new county by the name of Madison, out of a portion of Buncombe, was read the second time and indefinitely postponed, 57 to 15. On motion of Mr. Moore, Resolved, Thattho committee on the Librury ke instructed to enquire what copies of the laws of Congress, and of the different States of the United States it is expedient for this Sat; to possess; and that sail committee repori a resolution authorising t!?e Secretary of State to purchase such as in their opinion, ought to be procuted. On morion of Mr. Gilliam, Resolved, T rat the committee on Education be instructed to enquire into the expediency of es ablishiug a general system of F ree Schools, throughout the State. Mr. Byrd introduced a bill for the distribution of the Surplus Revenue, amongst the several counties of the State. Read ? priation il>r public schools?others on the j contrary, in sist on claiming the whole as a ; !1 school ijtul, as llio only mode in which it ^ can 1)0 made to benefit equally the whole i population. in deference to this conflict of! opinion, your committee have been induced j j to recommend that our whole share of the I i surplus revenue, shall be devoted equally I .n popular education ami Internal Improve- j . men s ; that that part which is appropriated |1 to education, shall be added to the "fundi I tor common schools" now existing ; an 1 j J shall be inves'ed for accumulation in Rank ; j , stock, by increasing the capital s'ock of t!r t Rank of Cape Fear, to one million five hundred thousand dollars; in which, there shall be subscribed, of the school fluid before ] mentioned, four hundred thousand dolla s : j J at id bv increasin:: the capital sock of the : Rank* of the S a.e of Xor.li Carolina, to two { | inili.o :s of dollars ; by a subscription oftiie ] school fund aforesaid, for five thousand ] shares in said Rank. Your committee arc I tally sensible of the dangers to bcnpprchcn- j1 ded from an excess of Ranking capital; and have only consulted to this mode of in vestmen', because of a general prevalence of die ! 1 ... i | opinion, that ourpreseu capita! is too small- j ! They propose, however, to remedy the in* ! < conveniences of an excess, should one oc- | cur, by a provision in the amended charters | lor tins redue.ion of the capital stocks of;1 both the Banks, if it shall b" found too great , j for t'.o real demands of business. They al- | | i so b chew that litis disposition of tho addi- ! i , . i > tton to ti?e school fund, can be much more | | economically and proli ably made in the I 1 C inks already in existence and in fall op- i ! oration, than in one owned exclusively by ! toe State; not to mention the objections al- j, ivudv u-g J to an ins i u ion of the latter I * i I : character. In all mo!ti<'d transactions, your . committee suggest, thai e\j> -rience has ' generally proved, thai ia-livi iuuls having an ( 1 interest in lite adwn utv, have realized grca- :, i tor proft s titan mere agents. The propos-! | j ed usvestmcn's in Bank may bo made with- j -I-- ?i.'-o l ' 0-1! any expense 10 :uu sviiwi uiin, vwcejn i s portion of the compensation pai l to the !' ; officers of tlie I) inks. The President and : Directors of the Literary fund, by the act j; of the General Assembly of 18*25, will re- . ceivo the dividends on the shares of that I fund, and re-invest them for further increase. |' The residue of the public deposites, | (which is estimated at nine hundred thou sand dollars,) your committee recommend to bo ad Jed to the fund for Internal Improvements, and be placed under the control of the Hoard of Internal Improvc| ments. That they shall proceed to loan ' ! out the same upon the terms proscribed in * ; the bill herewith reported?that the prefer- J < j once shall be given in making such loans to \ t ; companies engaged in constructing works i i for the Improvement of tiie means of in- ! i I ternnl transportation; but that no company 1 , shall be allowed to borrow to an amount! . j greater than one half of its capital stock : 1 actually subscribed by solve nt subscribers : j ! and that satisfactory security, cither real or nersonal, to be iudiied of by the said Board, ' I ? c ? | i shall, in all cases, he given by the borrow- 1 ! crs. The President and Directors of the j( I Board of Internal Improvements, are di- 11 | rectcd, whenever interest shall be received ; i [ thereon, to make new loans, so as to keep | i the fund in a course of active aceumula- , % ' I tion. T.he President and Directors of the j : Board of Internal Improvements, have a , 4 % ( corporate existence by the act of the Gor.er| al Assemble of 1819, and consist of the [ ; Governor, Treasurer, and an agent of pub. j lie works, appointed by the Legislature, ! no one of whom receives any compensa- j ! rion for this service, except the las?; wlio ! < i is entitled to pay for the time actually spent j by liim in public employment. Your committee believe that it will be in iiie power ol the Board greatly to facilitate I j works of Interned Improvement, by the adotvion of the plan proposed; while, at j1 ; the same time, the fund of the Stare will : s I accumulate for future use. The regular;: ; business of banking, requires such speedy . ro urns of their loans, that neither Bail ? nrst ume. The bill to construct a Road from tiie town of Franklin, in Macon county, across the Nantahala Mountain, to the Georgia line was read the second time. Appropriates 89,000 for this purpose. Tne biii passed irs second reading 51 to 44. The bill to encourage the culture and manufacture of Silk and Sugar, was read the second time. Mr. Satterthwaite explained the objects of the biii, alter winch it passed its second reading. DISPOSAL OF TilC "SURPLUS REVENUE*' DY NORTH CAROLINA. The following is the material part of the report bp a joint select Committee of the tiro Houses to whom this subject was referred. The only remaining objects of apptopriation, to which the attention of your committee has been called by the direction of the Legislature, arc common schools and Infernal Improvements. These, your coin miltee recognizeasiirsun importance among all the objects which no*v claim the patronage of the public ; anil but for the fiduciary character of tne inoans in their possession, they would meet less difficulty in dedicating the whole fund immediately and irrevocably to these purposes. They, however, propose to devote it to them; while, at the same time, it shall be so invested for the present, as to he capable of recall without great inconvcn- 1 ience, should the S ate he required to refund any part of the loan. Tiiey are aware I hat public opinion is divided on the question, whether general education, or the improve, ment of the means of transportation, should he first patronized. Some of your committoe wci'i inclined to the opinion, that the whole should he expended on Internal Improvements ; in the b -ii tliat opening new avenues to wealth, which are accessible to all classes of the community, would diffuse the means and the disposition for ed'.icuiio:) to ane\-rent almost equr ?< a tf ?- *** llo.td, Canal, nor Manuficluring Coin- t ' panics, can obtain from them. the aceom- ] j uiodutions ncce.ss.irv for constructing their ? * j I works. Whereas, the disposition of the i fund for Internal Improvements herein re- j t commended, by affording longer time for * t payment, than is allowed by legitimate: Banking operations, will give to them all i*' due encouragement Your committee , v have deemed it advisable that this whole I . fund should be placed under the control of j the Board of Internal Improvements, rather ; than that the loans should he made by the r Legislature, for the reason that but few ! r corporations for purposes of Internal Im-! / provemont arc, as vet, in opera"ion in this 1 t .State ; and they desira that the accom- j | modations which may be furnished by the ! * Bill before mentioned, shall be extended, t whenever its terms are complied with. As the corporations whicli nriv be chartered ' , I " i 1 at tliis session, will hot bo organized: anil ! , their characters for solvency will be. of 1 | eonrs ",unknown until after the adjournment, ' 1 it is doomed to hi? inexpedient for the Cinneral Assembly to designate those lo which : aid shall be given, or how far it shall extend, j ^ COXUKES:?. ; t :x sex ate. I v . Jan. Mr. Walker, from tlw committee to i : whom it was ret", rred,reported Mr.C'lay's Land i bill, with an amendment, striking oat the j ' I whole bill save the enacting clause, and sab- i r stituting another which restricts tiie sales of the public lands to actual settlers, and totlicm L in small quantities, accompanied with many { guards against its being evaded by spent- j j lators. I Mr. Ilcndricks, from th? Committee on i v Roads and Canals, reported a bill lo continue t; the Cumberland and Ohio railroad through J ,, the States of Ohio. Indiana, and Illinois, for ; wliicli object i< appropriates -S'bOO.OlM, via. ! JIHMKKt for Oliio, and loO.OOO ior the other 1 o two Stages. ^ L; Mr. II. also reported a bill to authorize tiie \ ' Ohio Railroad Company to locate a road thro* tiie public lands. * } Abo, a bill i<> complete the improvement of : . certain rivers and mads in Florida, [it ap-! ' proanates tsIKMKKb ] ' c Also, n bill making appropriations to com- : , p!o?e certain military r - in Arkansas ' It a-mronrnTps STo.MO. ?!"- "i V-.TT. - Ai. r;I HI 'ni??m i in i?m i? rngmgay. Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Fi- Iia1 ance, reported a bill to remit the duties on nods destroyed I?v the jfreut fire in New ,'ork. " " Dis mkiiiov.v. hel This bill, reported on Thursday last, from m. he Committee on the Judiciary, was taken p and a debate arose which continued until sin he hour of adjournment. . ?() Jan. 3.?Mr. Buchanan presented the nieaorial of Stockton, Stokes & Co., that in mrsiiance of an act of the last session their zci laiin was decided on by the Solicitor of the un I'reasury, but that the Postmaster General I ad rt fused to pay them about 840,000 due *'K hem under that award. be m ieii ir: an. I The debate on this bill was then resumed, I11 >ut did not disclose any material novelty or thr uteres*. The -speakers were Mr. Ewing of co )iiio, Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Benton. - - -i /-i?? irn Jan. 4.?.Mr. Kent, irom inc oeicci ui?mnittce appointed on the petition of Boyd Kiev, for the purchase of his patent for the apilication of steam to the human body, repor- " ed a bill for t he purchase of said right, which ve: vas read, and ordered to'a second reading, j MICHIGAN. I The debate on the proposition of Mr. Mor- j co is, to amend the preamble, was resumed and ! no :onMnucd by Mr. Morris and Mr. Bayard. i [). The question was finally taken and the bill | mssed by a large majority. I We arc compelled owing to the sickness j *,n anc ofour hands, to postpone our abstract of i J10 lie proceedings ofthe House of Represents- j ives. No important business has been j ' lone. Mr. Wise's resolution on the subject j ('? jf the administration of the Departments is ; still under discussion. Another resolution j110 tvliicli proposes an inquiry into the cxpedi-1 ?ucy of giving to each of the old States the i lame quantity of land given to the new ; ^ 3 a'cs, has excited considerable debate and j S!i - r ' f*if s not vet disposed of. 1 iic greater part or Fanuarv 9th was consumed in debating mo. ? rpi ions on abolition petitions presented by Mr. Adams. A motion not. to receive one of j'ls lie petitions was laid on the table; Ayes, t0 130, Xavs, 00. The House determined to "cccice another; Ayes, 137, Nays, 75 ?It ! vasthen laid on the table; Aves. 101, Xavs, H- fr, CHER AW GAZETTE. Z Ti E?DAY, JAM A11Y 17, 1837. St( We wore present at the Railroad meeting ** old in this town on Thursday last, .and were j nuch gratified at witnessing the great enthu- j an I nn :iasni which prevailed. We learn that the | v" itizcns ot' Marlborough, Marion and Ilorry i cr' ire also alive on the subject. There can be u( 10 diversity of opinion as to the important ad- i 00 outages be to derived from the construction of *ec he contemplated Railroad, particularly by the igricultural interests along its line and for a ni< listance on either side, as well as above it. Vor can any rational doubt be entertained that an lie work may be accomplished, even with the ar noans which the country immediately inter- g^j >sted is able to furnish, and if it could not, let ! lie efibrt be made; let it be seen that we are ex 11 earnest on the subject, and doing all we can, gj ind the Legislature, in return for the taxes j _jj vliicli the Roe Dee and Waccanmv country j lave so cheerfully paid for so long a time to j :onsfruct works of Internal Improvement in j F1 ithcr parts of the State, will grant us liberal \Y iid. They cannot refuse it. pu on I* I'd ions lay the Legislature of _Y. Carolina.? ^ udge Toomer of Fayettevilie, Judge of the superior Courts, in place of Mr. Holmes, delining the appointment. I James R. Dodge, Clerk of the Senate, has , let teen elected solicitor of Oth circuit. ' pe Judge Donneli has resigned, and scleral wi insuccessful ballot ings have taken place to ne upply tlio vacancy. The candidates are Jr. Heath, J. L. Bailey and \V. C. Stanly. Charleston and Cincinnati Rail Road Com- Tf any.?The bill to grant Banking privileges to ho his corporation, after being rejected in the St Senate by a small majority, was reconsidered sta nd passed by a majority of 3. Its fate in the ther House is doubtful. Much jealousy is en- otl ertained towards a Bank of so large Capital o be located in South Carolina, and controlled, s is supposed, by stockholders in this State, ^ rith branches in the neighborim; States. i / ? 1 I tin RAIL ROAD MLLTING. Pursuant to public notice, a largo and ! ^ni m * r I ospcciauie meeting 01 me emizens ui v^neaw and vicinity was held in the Council; An Chamber ontho ICt'i of January 1837, to ! an ike into consideration the subject of Rail of load communication between this town and 10 Waccainaw River. {tai The meeting was organized by calling j to Jr. T. H. Powe, Ititcndant of the town, to rec he Cnair, and appointing R. II. Ckockett, | Secretary. | ?jr The Chairman explained the object of the j foc nceting; a tier which, [on motion of A. P. La- j wf \?ste. tiic nrocceJiu:is of a incctin? of the wa I O o itizcns of Marion, on the same subject* j me ras read. The meeting was addressed by j an . C. Coit, and Col. David Ilarllce. Mr. I vat ,'oit stated a number of important facts, and j absented in a very clear light, both the fa- j jjn ility of constructing the road, and the ini-! , ortant advantages to be derived from it bv I ... * 2 ie intermediate and adjoining country, as! roll r.s by a considerable portion of the p-country?particularly some of the Coun- ^ es of North Carolina. . tn; Col. I Iarlloe at the close ot Ins remarks {fared the following preamble and resolu- .1 o:is, which were unanimously adopted : . ^ Whereas, our fellow citizens of Marion J istriet at a public meeting at Marion C. I J., j * eld onjiie 'JSili ult. (for the purpose of;arf nqniring in'o the practicability of con- j < ruling a Rail Road from Cheraw to | lati i: ( ligii'bi'ok*,: W.uvrunnw river.)' ?v. vc invited a delegation from this place to Rt m J a Convention of delegates from the s'ricts most immediately interested, to bo - tJl d at Mario:) Court House on the fourth on uirsday in January inst., to deliberate 011 :li measures as will be most likely to lead ^ the accomplishment of the object, Be it therefore Resolved, That the citi- rp] as of Che raw feel a deep interest in this ;C) dcrtaking, and whilst they arc certain that 0f ; scheme is not only practicable but would st< of great and lasting advantage to this th ice and the up-country, and to the Districts ^ ough which it will pass, they do mos* ^ rdial'y respond to the wishes of their k*1 ends in Marion. ? Resolved, That twelve delegates he apinted by this meeting to attend said Coilntion. ()nmotion ofD. L. McKay,the following "J - 7 c o mmiltee were appointed by the Chair to I si minafe delegates to the Convention, viz : | )v L. McKay, Col. Hurllce and J. C. Coit. The Committee retired, and after a short st ic returned and reported the following rp initiation: John Ellerbe, D. S. IIarllee< th . C. Evans, Jaincs VY-nght, \V. II. Snipes, I . I'. LaCoste, J. W. Blakeney, Alexanr Graham, James Gillespie, J. E. Gregg, lr E. McKenzic, and D. L. McKay. The ^ niination was adopted by the meeting. tl On motion of It. Flielan, Resolved, That 2 Chairman of this meeting be added to jj( 2 number of the delegates; and the dele- ri< tcs be empowered to supply any vacan:s which may occur in their body. w On motion of A. P. LaCoste, Resolved, hat the proceedings of this meeting be pub. bed in the Clieraw Gazette dc the George- a \vn raners. te THOMAS E. POWE, Chairman. ? R. II. Crockett, Secretary, ar . tli Most Dreadful Shipwreck.?We learn m our New York papers that the American jg ssel Mexico, from Liverpool for New York, Vr is wrecked on the 2d of January at Hamp- m )ad Beach, near New York City, about n< is miles east of Sandy Hook and near the ore.. There were on board 104 passengers, d a crew of 12 persons, in all 116, of whom ly 8 were saved, viz : the Captain, 3 of the j ew and 4 passengers; 108 perished; some ^ >re frozen to death and others drowned. The st currence is universally ascribed to the neg- pi . ,Vir? Pi'lnfo r>f tlm IVnw Vnrk TTar_ C s t Ui 111V A UUM VI VIIV A 1 V II a w?a? P| ur. Of the passengers two thirds were wo?n and children. v, Another Shipicreck.?The N. York Courier d Enquirer states that the British ship Tarnac was wrecked near Sandy Hook on the h of January. The passengers, with the pj i of the inhabitants on shore, were all saved, w cept one child which perished of cold. This V ip-wreck was also owing to neglect of the ots- u The quota of men from this District for the g] orida campaign left here on Tuesday last, tli e have not a full list of the men or we would T blish it. The company from this District d Marlborough is commanded by Capt. Jas. j \ Blakeney, Lieutenant J. F. Pegues, and ai isign Pitts. U1 al Charleston Courier.?We inadvertently neg- m :ted to state last week that this valuable pa- < ai r came1 to us at the beginning of the year, J /M.lnnrro/1 oml nrinforl until ! C? Ill iX Sllt'CL Jjlt'ailJ tlllaigcu uuu J/1U1I.VU ? nu I ,J| \v type. si 8i Disqualification of Presidential Electors.? 81 ic Constitution provides that " No person ^ Iding an office of trust or profit under the U. ates shall be appointed an elector.It is ited that some of the electors chosen by t ;w York and New Hampshire, and perhaps c2 ier States, are disqualified by holding sucli jo ices as Post Master, Pension agent, &c. Franklin Pierce, now in Congress, from^N. unpshire, is elected by the Legislature of it State to the U. S. Senate. ?, Smith has been elected Senator from to iliana, in place of Mr. Hendricks. Fi Henry Clay was chosen President of the re nerican Colonization Society, at its recent n( niversary in Washington city, in the place ^ James Madison. Warning to Drunkards.?The papers con- 1 11 frequent accounts of persons being frozen B death, in a state of intoxication, during the ?ont vnrv rnlfl u-r?:ithr>r. v J , Ci Death from the bite of a spotted Lizard.?A i q i aged 12 was bitten on the bottom cf the it, last fall, in Maine, by a spotted lizard, of uch clung to its hold so fast that the flesh is torn in pulling it away. The limb com- C,J meed swelling in the course of a few days, er d the suffering gradually became so aggra- pj tcu that the girl died in two weeks. Gi Death of William Sampson. This dis- Pi guished lawyer died lately in New York. 1* The Small Pox is prevailing in Richmond, t. in. The second trial of Richard II. White, for M rning the U. S. Treasury, has commenced. " ic jury having been discharged in the first .. il without agreeing upon a verdict. . ar . _ i Santa Ana has reached Lexington, Ky. on ^ way to Washington, and is detained, by to lisposition. Counterfeit half dollars of American coin s : circulating about Washington city. jt ileo. M. Montgomery, Senator in the Legisarc of North Carolina, from Hertford Coun- j0," died in Italeigh, on the lth. be j inewed indian hostility in geokgia. The Columbus Ilcrald states that a plantain on Cowagge creek, some distance below at town, was attacked by Indians, and the j t houses burnt. Five Indians were seen. 1 lie same paper states that there arc yet . out 400 Indians in Alabama. 1 Abolition Veracity.?The notorious George j lionison has lately been lecturing on the sub- ( of Abolition in this country, to the people J Manchester in England, and among the j arics told by him, according to the report of e papers, one is, that at a meeting of the j n/i-Slavery Society of Charleston, S. C., i 15,000 were collected. ctraokdinary phenomenon and exten- i s1ve calamity at troy, n. y. i 'xtract of a letter from a friend to a member of I Congress from the State of N. Y. Troy, Monday Morn., Jan. 2,1S37. j "The lower part of our city has become a y odern Pompeii. Last evening, about seven ^ clock, the hill at the lower part of the city id down, covering up houses, barns, &.c., c ith men, women and children in them. It ( w mvprpd nn ovorv thinrr half wav to the vv' ~ ? ?X" - - -- J O V ver, passing over Sixth, Fifth, and Fourth reefs to Third street. I 44 Never was there greater consternation, lie whole city is alive, and on the spot, with * lousands from other places, digging out the ? ?ad. They have found eight dead bodies * id nineteen horses. It is impossible to say * dw many lives are lost. I have just come s om the spot, and I saw them dig out two ^ :tle children, lying in a trundle bed, sleeping le sleep of death, without a bruise upon ?; tern, probably smothered. 44 Where Fourth street was, the earth is at ' ast sixty feet high. There were not many 'I juses near the spot, but what were, were bu- 'J cd. It is calculated that seven buildings, ich occupied by two or three families, are 1 jstroyed. There was a house upon the hill, ^ hicli lias not been discovered. 441 was sitting in my house, and heard a unbling noise, like distant thunder, and went ( * the door, and saw a light in the South, and cloud coniirg over the city, and soon gravel 11 like hail. Soon the bells commenced f aging, and I went to the spot immediately, he brick-kiln was carried a hundred rods, id was on fire. It gave light enough to see 1 * M 1 1 1 ic nomine ana novex scene. " To add to the dreadful sublime, the water mie foaming down the hill in a torrent. It now evident that the earth about here is >lcanic, or that the water comes from the ^ ountains east of us. The swamps that are )t filled with earth are filled with water. It ( a melancholy day with us." Xational Intelli<renccr. f ? 1 Mobile (Ala.) Dec. 24. 8 The trial of Philander R. Broad, for c ading on the attack of the Indians in the * reek Nation last summer, upon the mail f ages and their passengers, came on at the I resent term of the United States District 1 ourt, now holden in this city, Judge Craw- 1 3RD presiding, and late on Thursday night ' as terminated, by the Jury's rendering a 5 ;rdict of guilty. 1 ? florida war. * Jacksonville, Dec. 22. A genileman from Black Creek states that ' telligence from the army had arrived at tliat ace before his departure, the amount of hich is, that Gen. Jessup having reached the ifahoo Swamp had, marched through and irough it without finding a solitary Indian. < 11 had left the swamp. From this it seems j lat Oseola has at last abandoned his strong c )ld to seek another, or to retire to the Ever- t ades. If this be so, we shall be induced to t link that Gov. Call, at the head of the * ennesseans, Floridians, Regulars, and In- c ans, had severer and more successful battles ith the hostiles, than reports here first gave ( m credit for. The Seminoles gave battle id general battle freely, and would again iless badly used or sorely cut up. The landonemnt of Wahoo Swamp looks very uch like declining, for the present at least, ( lotlier engagement. r According to a report to Congress by the ecretary of the Treasury the amount of > irplus revenue to be distributed is, ?3? 468,>9 97?of thisS. Carolina receives 81,401,)6 12; Georgia the same; N. Carolina 81,11,076 53. Both branches of the Legislature have adopt- 1 1 a resolution to adjourn on Saturday next; it it is believed by those who arc best acquain- t d with the business before them, that they c innot, in justice to the public interest, adurn until the latter part of next week. ' Raleigh Star. \ APPOINTMENTS DY TIIE PRESIDENT. Lately confirmed by the Senate. Charles E. Anderson, of New York, to be scretary of the Legation of the United States the Court of His Majesty the King of the rench. Theodore S. Fay, of New York, to be Sectan' of the Legation of the United States t" >ar His Britannic Majesty. Jesse Miller, of Pennsylvania, to be First t uditor of the Treasury department. t James Whitcomb, of Indiana, to be Com- i 1 i 1 rut:,,,, : issioner ox uie vjtuerui ijuuu v/mn-. j .Martin Gordon to be Superintendent of the a ranch Mint at New Orleans. Joseph J. Singleton to be Superintendent of s c Branch Mint at Daldoncga, in the State of 8 eorgia. c James M. Strode to be Register of the Land a fficeat Chicago, Illinois. ? Matthew Bitchard, of Ohio, to be Sohcitor ^ the General Land Office. John M. Moore, of Washington, to be Prinpal Clerk of the Public Lands in the Genal Land Office. Samuel D. King, of Washington, to be incipal Clerk of Private Land Claims in the eneral Land Office. William J. Steiger, of Maryland, to be r -incipal Clerk of the Surveys in the General j, md Office. d MARRIED, In Wadesborough N. C., on Sunday Even- v g the 8th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Caldwell, c r. James Hair to Miss Christian S. G. s cRae. a On Thursday the 10th, by Jno. Smith Esq., t r. Sturdevant, of the firm of Sturdcvant * id Kendall, to Miss Ann Myers. On Thursday the 12th in Anson county, N. by Rev. Mr. Caldwell, Mr David Beverly* Miss Ann McLeod. A few days before, Mr. Stephen Beverly Miss Rush. i 'or sale at the Bookstore. I LN Appeal to Young Men in the Presbyterian 1 Church. By Professor Howe,of the Tlieo- j S rical Seminary in Columbia. The proceeds to ' devoted to the education cau<?\ i ?w?????i COMMERCIAL RECORD. PRICES CURRENT. JANUARY 16. kef in market, lb 5 7 lacon from wagons, lb 13 15 by retail, lb 13$ 15 lutier lb 25 30 leeswax lb 20 22 lagging yard 18 25 lale rone lb ; 12 14 ;ollec lb 12$ 16 Cotton lOOllw 1300 J 525 Jorn bushel 80 90 r'lour, ? bfl 850 1000 Northern, brl 1300 "cathera from waggons lb 40 45 ''odder. 125 150 lides green lb 5 dry lb 10 r(>n iOOIbs 5 00 650 Ifc. CC OCA XKLlgO iw ??/ ?tA/ ^imc cask 350 500 jard lb 13 16 weather sole lb 25 2b j2ad bar lb 8 10 x>gwoo-.l lb rlolasscs gal 30 62} * ails cut assorted lb 8 J 0 wrought lb 20 )ats bushel 40 50 )il curriers gal 75 100 lamp : 125 linseed 137 $ *aints white lead keg 350 Spanish brown lb Yas, 8? 10? ?ork lOOlbs : 800 900 lice lOOlbe 400 500 ;hot, Dag 225 250 lb 12} ;ugar lb 12} 14 kilt sack 900 325 salt busk 87 J 100 ?tecl American blister lb 10 16 English do lb 14 German lb 12 14 fallow lb 10 - 12} [Ya imperial lb 125 137} hyson lb 100 125 robaceo manufactured lb 10 15 Vindow glass 8 x 10 5011 325 350 10 x 12 350 375 EXCHANGE. ^liecks on New York. For sums under $100 1. 00 For sums of and over ?100 lperct Checks on Charleston,Columbia and Fayetteville For sums under .$200 v 50 cts 44 44 of $200 $pr ct. COUNCIL CHAMBER, ) January 13th, 1837. ? WHEREAS many and repeated complaints have been made to the Town Council of the illegal practice of rclailing arlent spirits without license; and especially too, >f the corrupting and demoralizing influences >f vending it to Slaves and free persons of :oIor, thereby occasioning broiig and disoraery behaviour among them, much to the annoymcc of the community, and to the injury of iwncrs. This therefore, is intended, to warn hose so offending, against such illegal practice, as, on obtaining sufficient testimony the lenalty of the law will be enforced to its utnost jigor. And to call upon all who venerate ;he laws, and who estimate and prize the peace ind dignity, the good order and tranquility of ociety, to come forward and unite their aid to he efforts of the officers of the Town, in the suppression of an evil fraught with such mischievous and ruinous tendencies. THOMAS E. POYVE, Intendant. A r\ /\tr A nnmnu * I1LAU # Columbia, Jan. 1, 1837. f GENERAL ORDER, No. 1. ELDRED Siinpkins, T. J. Gantt, A.R. Taflor, W.Ilampton. Jr., James Choennt, Jr., Simeon Fair, Thos. N. Dawkins, B. F. Davis, 2. D. Wilson, Joseph Anston, Izard Middleton, in 1 N. A. Pcay, arc appointed Aids do Camp to ho Commander in Chief, with the rank of Lieu* en ant Colonel. They will equip themselves vithin thirty days from the Tcception of this >rJcr, and report to Head Quarters, for duty, ifter which they will be commissioned and >beyed and respected accordingly. By order of the Commander in Chief. JAMES JONES, Adjutant and Inspector General. Jan 7. 10 2w To be published, twice, by the Mercury, Courier, Advertiser, Messenger, Yorkville Jour-< lal, Chcraw Gazette, Camden Journal and I'imcs. Sheriff s Sales, on writs of Fieri Facias. WILL be sold, on the first Monday and day following in February next, within jie legal hours, before the Court IIouso, the ollowing property, viz: One negro man named Dennis, levied on as ! ? nCPinsU MpHnniild at tlw 9t11lt& iju vi aviuuiu itawwm..*. . >f R. T. Powell &, J. C. Coit, ts. R. McDoanld. One griy .Mare, levied on as the property of Ouncan D. McRac. at the suit of the administra. ore of Francis Willson, deceased, vs. D. I>. McRac. Terms?Cash. Purchasers will pay for Slier. (T's Titles. ALFRED M. LOWRY, Sheriff, C. D. Sheriff's Office, Jan. 9, 1837. 10 3w Sheriff 's Sales. BY order of Turner Bryan, Ordinary of Chesterfield District, will be sold, before he Court House,on the first Monday in February lext, within the legal hours, two-thirds of the cal estate of Philip Sellers, deceased, lying on ?oth sides of Thompson's Creek, containing one mndred and seventy-five acres more or less, adorning the land of Peter May, James Sinclair ind others. Terms?As much cash as will pay the cjpenes of the sale, will be required on the day of ale; the balance, on a credit until the first day if January next; purchasers will give & note nd good security, with interest from the day of ale, and a mortgage on the premises to tho Orinary, if required, to secure tl?o payment of tho , :,i r cm mrcnaso money, rurcnasers wiupav ?ur ouci. (f's Titles. ALFRED M. LOWRY, Sheriff. C. D. Sheriff's Office, Jan. 9, 1837. 10 3w Sheriff 's Sales. BY order of Turner Bryan, Ordinary, will be-sold, on the first Monday in February icxi, before tlio Court House, within the legal ours, all the real estate of Jno. P. Hancock, eceascd, lying on both sides of Deep Crock, ontaining twelve hundred acres more or less. Terms?As much cash on the day of sale as rill pay expenses of sale ; the balance on a credit if twelve months, with interest from the day of ale; purchasers to give bond and good security, nd a mortgage of the premises, if necessary, to he Ordinary, to secure the purchase money, 'urchasers will psr for Sheriff's Titles. "ALFRED M. LOWRY, Sheriff, C. D. Sheriff's office, January 9,1837. 10 3w Town Lots for Sale. the first day of February next, I will sell I y at Public Auction, at the market house in The raw, (if not previously disposed of at private ale,) two Lots in the town of Cheraw. both ying on Market street and numbered 95 and 189. Tonus male known at the sale. W. H. ROB BINS. Jin. IT.