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e .use ot the disapprobation ot Christians, | nc we have music without dancing, there never to; w as dancing wifhout music. This conncx- re ion is oft n illustrated, by the circumstance \vi <>!' persons finding themselves almost irre- j t?\ sis lpiy inclined to accompany with dancing cr certain strains of music. If poetry and tli music are 'sificr arts,' it must not bo for- , fa go ten that the inuse of dancing was sister n< :o both. The bcautiful conception of tlio ;r1 *mu>ic of the spheres' was formed py one lr n 'm f It this connexion. The science of hi motion has been reduced to as complete a it system as that of sound. , tl ' I; has been objee'ed to dancing, that In it is a desecration of that which was form- g erly'a rligiotis exercise. It was just as c< much a religious exercise as music?-just as pi much as music nor is?and no more. '1 There were dances expressive ol all tlie i' d. tie rent scntimen's which arc capable of ft being prcsst.il by music, even those of! tl lof'y adoration, as that of David before the r< nr!\. There is no do'ibt that there was h once ti dance to the tune of Old Hundred, ri which we may cauccive to have been as n solemn and majosio as that noble tune, and p r-jually worthy of being employed in the c worship of Almighty lie I. And we hare b many an herns, and ascriptions of praise | from King David's Psalms, which we may f, imagine die Jewish women to have embod- r led in their dances with sublime cal! ct. j "Hut because dancing has been used, and j} may be wst-d again, in religious worship, is (j that a .reason why we may not express by j y i" any innocent or amiable emotion? Then, jj :.s music has been, and wnl he, used in tiie f. -same manner, it is equally a desecration to n cxpn'ss our love of our country in a pa- j iriotic song, our rejoicing at a happy mar- j riago. in & nuptial song?or our grief at the 4>ji rial of our friends in a dirge. i "In all countries their have been patri- i # otic dances, and war dances, and dances ;'! commcinorative of great events,?as vie- ' lories, in numerous cases men'ioned in the ( Old Ti-s amen:?and in the dance which 11 Theseus taught to the young men of Ath- ' JI us, mid whicli we are told, represented in its maze, the labyrinth of Crete. "There are almost no emotions which .l< we have not lioarcd expressed in the most i forcible and often afleciing manner, by :. music, and which may not be expressed j with additional tbrce and eliect by dancing i f uJJed to music. It is a beautiful and grace-j 'J fnl :irf in adorn thn hndv?and " it' rightly used, to ennoble and refine the ( P mind. iw "The more domestic emoiionsarc e^uul- i e ly capable of being thus embodied. How,"11 beautiful would bo a dance at the lrreside, j1 which might express the sentiment of t11 ' Home?sweet Home." Such "music . n and dancing" was or might have been that which welcomed home the Prodigal Son,, p mmgled with such as gave tiie praise to i11 tiod. ; P "Amorous dances, as well as amorous ; 3* songs are offensive to good taste, but are no **1 necessary part of the ur% and such should a b; excluded; as well as those used in cor- v rupt or idolatrous worship. Ia . "If it be asked, to what purpose is all i {' ibis? what good will it do? we mav hurnblv , , . " ir tisw. r; In-side the benefit, in various ways, ; which the rising generation will derive form P' ^ O ^ # #% i 1^' t ivirt ot this art.?if it be thr. fV truth, iiowevor impertinent it may appear . t* some, the world will be the better for 11 .knowing it. ult every tiling be cast aside, which the ^ feanils of sin and folly have stained, even ^ tte holiest things, the very ark of (Jod, ? [' (with reverence be it spoken.) would not ] > escape." T. E. ; O] We presume from the s'rain of tlje tti foregoing remarks, that the writer may be sj<vass"d with those professing Christians, ci who endeavor to justify their early pre- o! possessions in fivor of an amusement, ki which was once a source of enjoyment to ' r( them, bur in which they feel they cannot cc now participate without creating suspicions m of their religiuos sincerity, in the minds of it wore grave and sober Christians, The I tic q icstioii, therefore, is seriously argued, ; w whether dancing may not be madoconsis. to tent with the gravity of a Christian profi-s- be sion. Our correspondent has probably in- s: dica ed the train of thought which has led bt many, who arc externally connected with ec tlio household of faith, to contennnco in ur their ton flies this worldly amusement. To d; the religious aspect of the subject tccreforc, h( we are invited to direct our remarks. in Thfe action of the human system in danc- ni tttg simply considered, is as innocent as any a! other voluntary motion. To bring the muscles into healthful exercise, running, fj11 .leaping, or dancing, arc alike harmless in ' ot h.moral point of view. In admitting this i ni we arc aware, some will say w? have given 01 up the argument; for if dancing is not in NVi itselfcriminal, its abuse should not be plead- j he i'd for its entire disuse among Christians, j 01 Tins however, is a mistake. W e speak i" merely of dancing as a bodily motion, and rc entirely disconnected from all its associations. It can eas<lv be conceived, that n ja simple, harmless action may, from the uni- 111 lormi'y of i's nppondages, become unad- lei vised, inexpedient, and even crimianl. In : l*1" the case of dancing, wc conceive this to!0'' h^true. Bo lily motion, healthful in itself, J ^ has been reduced to a science, and is rcgn- 'm la'ctl by rules which render it necessary that Pr a plurali y of persons should ongage. 80. l|c cieties are thus collected for tlie simple ob- j r0 ic :i of amusement, and with these societies t') m ?ny objectionable things become insepar- ! ai?iy assweiu cd. The uuvocatesofdancing j I*01 will perhaps interpose nnd say, we are not ! Pr defending the abuse of the art, but its inno-} ?1 cent ?se. True : but where have we an | pr example of its innocent use ? where do -we : dc find it practised without abuse ? In like ; of manner it has been contended that theatric-' a fil exhibitions might be enlisted in the cause j of morals, but where have we ever seen it! done in fact ? The theatre has always, from ' wl its earliest history, -been prostituted to the isl cause of vice,nnd-every attempt to reform bo rt has been unavailing; hence it is justly ? condemned as an institution, which, what- j to ever-ft might bo-rrndcr [*: ropr reg> jhtiort:. i'.o ver has been, an I as far as experience aches, never can he brought under these ^illations. This is precisely the case ith dancing. It has always been produco of frivolity, thoughtlessness, and even imc. hiivo a religious or moral cast eier to it or to theatrical exhibitions, .and the seination of both is destroyed, to thoss who i\v indulge in them. Our correspondent gticson a plausible, but not a probable vpotliesis. 11'j supposes that dancing may so fir reclaimed from abuse, as to be iade the appropriate mode of expressing ic innocent and amiable emotions of the cart; wo on the contrary believe, that rearding human nature us it is, and that in umcxioti wrh dancing as now generally ractisod, there is no hope of such a reform, 'he abuse of the. thing is inseparable from .? . r... IC s us.-. I>:it io uc more sjMjciiu.-.. it jnwjssing Christians aro 10 encourage dancing icy must begin by instructing their childju in tiic art, and ilion what is to bo approended ! These childien in the iminatu* ity of their youth, can and will regard it in o other light than as an amusement, a astimc, a means of introducing them into ompiny. Evil consequences immediate* : begin to unfold themselves. 1st. This easy mode of obtaining gratication without any exertion of intellect, endcrs them restive when called to em* ley and improve their minds, and causes loin to regard application to study as a rudgcry imposed by bard task masters.? Vc b lieve tuis to be an invariable result, - * 1 ' ,lw. |Tll IIH* iliiUl iliil'IM'lliUlli Ui iuu uauvv. vites Iii cliililret) a distaste for mental pplicnlion. 2d. It creates a taste which is not cash r* satisfied, and which when indulged, invitahly leads to o criminal expenditure ol mo, exposure of health, and dangerous ssociations. If children are taught to ance, opportunities must bo given them >r the exercise of their new faculty. They lust attend the practising, they must froucnt the public balls. In carrying their )vc for amusement to excess it is not easy ) restrain them, and they might justly say 3 tlieir parents, why did you sutler us to ;arn to dunce, if you did not intend that *c should indulge the appetite which you avo created ? In the great majority ot ases but little restraint is attempted, and once children arc thrown much from oni e -i a . A or me eyes 01 uieir parents, enter nun romiscuous society, lbrm attachments h?ch their parents would not sanction, pose thoir health by unseasonable dress ml hours, become vain and frivolous, tispend much precious lime, by converta recreation into a vcrv laborious busies ? ess. 3J. Dancing as it now is, and as it ever uist be, is extremely unfriendly to the nplnntution and nourishment of religious rinciples and feelings in the minds of the oung. A stronger contrast could not be irnishcd than between the dancing room rtd the family altar, than between the frioli.'ies necessarily connected with this rr.uscmcnr, and the serious inculcation ol ious feeling. How impracticable would it e to gain the attention of a young person > reiigion either hefore or after a dancing ar y ? and why this peculiar reluctance unss there be in the thing itself something un. iendly to piety ? All who have experience i this matter, must admit the justness of tir remark : and manv parents havo lamcn d the graceless habi's of their children, hen they themselves have laid the foundaon of ilicm, by making dancing a part of teir education. Tlius to encourage children in dancing, pcratcsdisndvnntageously on their intellecml, moral, and religious character. Wo >enk, of course, of dancing as it is, and wc mnot well speak of it in any other point f view. We can appreciated only from its lown and uniform tendencies. Our cor. rspoadent may be able in bis mind, to disDiincct its " essential part" from what is icrely incidental, hut he cannot accomplish in practice. The world has already sot. :d what arc the uses of dancing, and it ould require many Luthcrs to induce them regard it in any other light. Ir cannot xtome the means of mora! or religious in. ruction, and therefore it should lie avoided the Christian. If it were a religious rcmonv under the Jewish dispensaiion, idor tho Christian. wo honr nf flu* nnr> ince only, which cost Joiin tlic Baptist his ad. A nd now, however professing Chrisms may plead, that ins'ruction in this art ay be necessary to a polished education, id" to obviate awkwardness and rusticity in e manners of their children, they would not stily the practice in themselves. They at ice see how incongruous it would be for en and women professing godliness, to igngc in an exercise, which to say the least as so opposed to the gravity and sobriety >coniiug the Christian character. With le word to Christian parents we dismiss c subject. While you make your ehildn proficient in the art of dancing how can >u complain, if to the neglect of impornt duties, thev take every opportunity of dulging their taste and displaying their tant ? While you throw them into the cm ace of the world, how can you be surprisI that they cast off all care for their souls ? 'lien you permit them to mingh with proi?cuous society in the dance, how can you av that they may not be led into tempta>n? Intlie training of your children you st under fearful responsibilities, and if rough vour indiscretion, their souls should dost, immitigable will be your grief. "Con. rm not to the world" in its questionable ncticos, and " avoid even the appearance evil," are maxims which, if deeply imintcd on every Christian's mind, would ter him from endangering himself and fspring, by countenancing tlic practices of world lying in sin. Cod, says St, Austin, spares a sinner rien he threatens him ; he defers te puni; lie holds his hand ready ; he hends his i'.v ; lie says he is going to inflict justice: but would act thus, if he wn<? not willing spare ; it he took pleasure In 'lie destruc. i From the Charlotte Journal. JUVIDSON COLLEGE. ! Tlie friends of education and religion in J the Western part of. North Carolina and the i adjoining districts of South Carolina, have ] long felt and acknowledged the necessity i of an Institution of learning under the con : tro! of Christian principles, and accessible j in its privileges to that large and descrv; ing part of society who arc not able t< ' reap the advantages of expensive Colleges j In the Spring of 18:5.), the Presbytery o i Concord resolved, with confident relianct upon the blessing of God to undertake tlx ' establishment of a Manual Labor Semi ! nary. In this noble attempt the Presby 11erics of Morgautou and Bethel have sine* i manifested the most cordial co-operation 1 ^ ini-nclinr-ilntn n f:irni it'nc cr? UIIU iiitl %? ????^ wv . Iccted in the upper part of Mccklcnburj ; County, distinguished for its healthy an< i central location. 4(39 acres of Land wen procured of sufficient fertility in the csti | mation of many wise and practical moil to justify the erection of the necessar J buildings. Agents were immediately ap i pointed to lay before the public the claim j of this benevolent entcrprize. The cor dial and generous liberality manifested ii j all directions, proved that the expcctatioi I was well founded tiiat such a plan of edu j cation would ho highly approved arx cheerfully sustained by an intelligent am pious community. In a lew months ovc : tiiirff thousand dollars were subscribed. ; It was determined to call it Dnvidsoi J College, in commemoration of Gen. \V [ L. Davidson, a brave, intelligent and gen erctts officer, who was killed in 1780, a Cowans-ford, 7 miles from its site, oppo >1 sing Lord Cornwallis, in crossing the Ca tawba river. i Three buildings for Students, two IIou ' ses for Professors and a Steward's House i with tho necessary out buildings will soo ; bo completed. A Chapel to contain rcci 1 tation rooms on tlic first floor, and a plac ! of worship on the second, has been con I tracted for, and will it is expected, be fin j ished during the next summer. It lias been determined to commcnci the exercises of the College on the 1st da .j of March, 1837. The year will he divi ded into two Sessions of live months cacl j August and February will ho vucatio ! months. i All the Students will he required t perform labor, Agricultural or Mcchani i cal, three hours each working day. / j Steward and Farmer has been engage o O j whose business it will he, to manage th Boarding house, and to accompany an i direct the Students in their hours of la ! bor. Tlio price of Boarding has been fixe I at six dollars a month, or thirty dollars ! Session. The Students will be divide ! into three classes for labor. The strong j est and most efficient laborers will compos 1 the first class. The second class will em : brace those whose labor may he of les value. The third class to contain tli J youngest and weakest boys. The 1st Class of laborers will be allow ; ed a reduction on their Board $1?> by tli j Session, or $30 by the year. I The 2nd Class will be allowed a roduc ! tion of $12 bv the Session, cr24 bv th i . * . yea r. i The 3rd Class ?i reduction of 3) b; | the Session, or $18 by the year. i i "i i i ri Those who lauor in ine isr umss wn be required to pay only $15 by the Ses sion for their Board. Tlwsc in the 2nd Class SIS. | Those in the 3d Class $21. Price of Tuition to Students in the Inn gunges and Sciences will be $15 by tin i Session. Price of Tuition to those who may en i tcr to study English Grammar, Geogra | pliy and other branches of an Englisl J Education, will be $10 by the Session. Pavmonts for Board and Tuition to b< i made in advance by the Session. Monej for Board to be paid to the StewardFees for Tuition to be paid to the Prcsi< dent. Nothing will be required for room ron ! or fuel. opportunity of reducing their board fr IS to 830 each year without interfer ! with tiieir advancement in mental i . prove men t? should commend this C . lege to the most favorable regard of r | public. .; Many promising and enterprising vo I } may receive tbc benefits of a Liberal 1 . ucation in this way, whose circumstan > j prevent them from encountering lie; .; expenses. Kvery effort has been m f! to redeem the pledge given, that the ; J penscs should be as small as tliev couh j j made. A strict and uniform regard . ! economy has marked all the improvenn . j and stipulations thus far made.j' It is confidently believed that tl _ terms will fully meet the reasonable | peciation of all who will inform lb ~ j selves respecting those arrangements wl j arc necessary to commence and sus such a course of education. Some r j have formed the unwarranted and unri rtMolito ovnnrfatinn. that no CXDcnse wl Uliui/iv ( ', ever would attend a course of Manual j hor education. If a sufficient amc ! had been contributed by a generous c< I munifv to render this College free of to all who might enter it, none would ii rejoiced more than tliose who are its it ngers. Dot such is very far from b< j the fact. It should be remembered j ohlv one-full of the amount subscribe* J payable each year. It should also i known that the cost of the land, buildi (stock, implements, <fcc. &c. will consi ? | the whole of the subscriptions paid for * first three years at least, and perl more. No other course was left tc i managers, hut to fix the Hoard and " ; tion at a moderate price, and pro mi? ~ j very liberal compensation for the 1; ; required, nut tuc umiiuuiiou m " i will not be the only advantage of the A , ual Labor Department. The regular n cheerful exercise afforded by it, will serve and promote the health of the ! 0 dents. Tliis is a consideration of * J first importance. The great objee *, a good Education is, to train and culti ( a sound mind in a sound lody. Neg 5 j of health has led multitudes of the i ^ j promising young men in this Country " j premature grave. Without health, mc u the brightest talents and attainments r ; linger out a painful existence, and he off from distinguislied usefulness. 1 0 i haps no class in society are oxposei mrkvn rtinrror in tlii? rOSnPCf 11 in 11 Stud( j ...V.I*, ?""S.. ...... It is natutal for the mind in acqui i knowledge, to become engrossed with ? | employment, so far as to neglect exci and recreation. The most promi ' | Scholars are in the most danger, fron . ] dentary habits and immoderate study, a j often before danger is perceived, the s I of death are sown and the Constiti; ruined beyond recovery. Remedies c too late after the injury is infliccd. e j evils to be avoided must be anticip " J and guarded against by regular and ,s j propriatc exercise. The law of our 0 ! urc demands of activity to the body ; well as the mind. Suitable and nnif " i labor is essential to permanent vigo e 1 Constitution. The time thus spenl preserving the health will be amply re| by the ease and vigor with which L" mind will act when called to study. k. j It is very certain that exercise, to ' healthful, should be taken at regular (; 1 ods of time, and to a uniform extent. ! It i:; believed that most of tlic Stu I dents may be supplied with their Candle; j and procure their own washing with ver> little expense. ) Many active and benevolent Ladies have already made provisions to supph part of the rooms with Bedding and othei necessary furniture. Others it is under stood are making similar preparations.? Bv a united effort nil the rooms might thus C be furnished, much to the honor of the most interestinsr and untiring agents ir v O O c Christian benevolence. All the Ladies who may engage in this good work, are respectfully requested tc make choice of the Students whom they wish to occupy the rooms furnished by their libcralitv. While such a selection would confer a tribute of respect, it would remove from the officers the ncccssin o) making any distinction among Students equally deserving. Those who may have articles for this purpose, are requested tc forward them if opportunity occurs, betwecn the 15th of February and the Isto! ! March, to Abel Graham, Esq., with the names of the Students for whom they arc intended. If Students, who come front Congrcga! tions where no such provisions may be | made, could unito and bring with them I the articles they may need, it might prc! vent both trouble and expense after they | at rive at the College. Particulars arc thus minutely given, to afford all necessary information and to prevent as fitr as possible, every unwarranted misapprehension. Front these facts, it must be apparent, that the expenses of enterprising and economical youth, at this Institution will not be halFso great as utmost Colleges in our country, and even much less than at the majority of the good Academics. Tlr! S?t:drr?*s should be afforded the "m I left to the discretion of youth, who j often governed more by feeling than flection, it will be neglected when r needed, or taken in no salutary niannc .! The deep solicitude and repeated w r?1 im?s of Parents and Teachers will ' I o l avail, unless it be required by the exis . ! rules of the Institution and made hon -1 ble by its Constitution. If expected i all, no odious distinctions can exist. ing required for the highest and most rt ,; table purposes, the wisdom and good si , of those who reflect upon the demand, justify its expediency. Another salutary resnlt from the Ma al Labor Department, will be the colli j tion of independence and good ha among fho Students. A constant and str ; temptation to those who are receiving .; education is, to look with dread or c > i 1 . tempt upon the labor which others f j form. To this temptation multitude; .! far vicld, as to become fond cf ease > , I indulgence. This is a mistake injuri . to their own welfare, and at war with r) _ , best interests of Society. The undivii . i and practical influence of nil educated r . should be given to render labor honoral , ; and the most efficient way to do this , 1 not to shrink from it themselves. ! more direful calamity could settle upon ! country, than for Intelligent men to i ? .i? i?i j OUIIini Upon IMC liiuur milieu i> uaauu |; to its prosperity. Xo youth should i trained to feel that proper attention business is either disreputable or unnec [ I sary. Habits of industry and ccono ?; constitute the best fortune. |j True benevolence consists in provid ' j the means of education so far as to ren ': them accessible, and then in adopt 1 those measures which will lead youth 1. put forth their own efforts, and as far I possible to rely upon their own reso i ces. Xo doubt it is a noble part of Ch j tian benevolence to aid indigent yo> men of talents and moral worth?hut i doubtless essential to its successful ex | cise to bring the sincerity of those v ' receive it to a practical test, and to dc^ ' op their powers by teaching them tli j own strength. The Presbytery of Concord, at j last meeting, passed the following re > luiion: i * Resolved, That the Beneficiaries ? j der the carc of Presbytery be oxpec ; to prosecute their studies at David; | College, if they receive aid from the E< ! cation Board." At an early period it was resolved ti the privileges of this College should open to persons of a'! Rcli'dous Denom om | ations, of good moral character. Its friends ing J are known to he as far removed as any ini- other class of society from motives to secmi | tarianism. and as far from having any tiling ' C J 3 tlie j to gain by its exercise. The intluence of ! party spirit has not been exerted in this nth great undertaking. The highest and pu?d j rest interests of Learning and Religion ices : have been honestly and exclusively aim* nvy | cd at. ade j Ditlicultics faoni various sources and of ex- j different kinds are to be expected. Sacri1 be ! fices must be made. Nothing great can o O to : bo accomplished without them. But let ?nts ! an enlightened and pious community sustain this enterprise by their prayers and icse their patronage, and with the blessing of ex. God, success will ho certain, em- It is desirable that the names of those iich who may wish to enter the first session, tain should be forwarded as soon as conveninay cnt, either to the President at Charlotte, wis- or to the Rev. Mr. Sparrow, at Salisbury. Kit- January, 1st, 1837. ? o it i t : i? La- Q^The papers 111 annsuury, i^iiitummnt ton, Rnthcrfordton, Yorkvillc,and Clieraw, oni- arc respectfully requested to publish this cost article. ?*-' CHERAW GAZETTE. ur.g that | TI KSDAV, .KARCII 21, 1837. f be I To Printers, ngs, Wanted at this "office a Journeyman ,n.ie i Printer of good character. the 1 japs We have not yet been able to procure 1 'ts a printer. Wo are therefore obliged again " to fill up from the Christian Herald. ;e a lbor Extract of a letter to a house in this place, ?nse | received yesterday by the Express mail, dated Ian- j New York 17th March, 1837 : and | Qur jnaj-kpt is and has been very dull. P10' Sales cannot be made without submitting to a 8tu- I the j larSe ^ec^ne' an(* we ^car Pr'ccs u'lU have to t op be put down to the neighborhood of 12?, as vatc i uo 'iavo now ljiverP??l dates to tfie 8th Feb., dect Cotton had again declined id, and market was nost very dull, and much depressed, and money vcrj to a scarce.'' ?n of *uui ? iiusl P. S. We have hardly time to mention that 1 cut the Messrs. Josephs of this City have this da) Per- suspended payment. The accounts vrc gel J to from Europe and the South are truly distress?nts. jng, rpjie Josephs are large operators in oui r,n? money market. Their failure principally . c caused \vc understand from heavy failures at c.'se Now Orleans. ising | 1 se- ; The commencement in the Medical College and i of the State of South Carolina took place o:: ends the 14th of November, of graduates 43. Preltlon miums were awarded to -YV. B. Smaxt oi omc Winnsborough for the best Greek dissertation, - -- - . , ated ' t0 J?S* *'* Jo,,n6on-or iScnu!0Tl Jor T,1C Dest I Latin dissertation, and to J. C. Simonds for na- ^ie ^est EnSllsh dissertation. __ i The commencement of the Medical College <is i ? orm i ot S?uth Carolina took place the next day. r of i Number of graduates not stated. . ^ j _ paid | ^ e ne^ccfec' t0 s,alG 'asl w?ck that the ! tlie only change in the Cabinet at Wash! ington is the appointment of 3Ir. Poinsett > be j in tlie room ofCov. Cass, now on a Foreign IL'r,~ ' Embassey, and tbat the minister of Texas If ; had been formally and officially recognized are I . re. ky die President of the United Slates, ll0st which act, together with the appointment r. of Charge d'Affaires to Texas, is an acarn know lodgement of tlie Independence of not j that country. ting | ^ I ora* i For the Clicraw Gazette. I O' i I At a meeting of the Citizens of Darlington, ; held at the Court House on the 13th of March, tpu' ! 1837, to consider and forward the public weal mse i r will I ^ taking advantage of the opportunity afforded in the Charter of the Santee and Darling inu. ton Rail Road; and, the prospects of extendiva in? the same, John McClenigiian Esq. havbiis ing been called to the Chair and Peter C. ong Coggebhall Esq. appointed Secretary. Af' an ter a general discussion of the subject it was, ?n- on motion of Alexander D. Sims Esq. (the ,cr" names of the members, of the several Commit5 so ; toes having been supp[ied and certain amendan j ments adopted by the meeting.) j Rcsolrcd, That the wants of the country jcj : east of the Watcree and Santee, call imperanen ' tivel.v/or this Rail Road communication. [j](, | Resolved, That it is as well the interest of . the Planter and Merchant in the country, as it \o i*s that of every citizen of Charleston, to forour l ward the subscription, to the Rail Road from lix the Santee to Darlington; and, that this mecttial I ing would express its ardent wish that the be Rail Road may be alike strenuously supported 10 in town and country. cs~ j Resolved, That A. D. Sims, E. \V. Charles, m-s I Hugh E. Cannon, |Elias *D. Law, W. Means, , XV. Caunon, Moses Sanders and John McClcnin ^, tier nShan' aPP?'n'C(la Committee to rein0, ' ^ort an a^res?!' to our fellow- citizens of Char! J leston, soliciting their most strenuous co-ope- , nc ration in this measure. This Committee hav-, ur- ing reported the following address; it was , l is- nnanitnonsly adopted. ; ing Fei.i.ow Citizens : 1 's j The importance of the trade of Eastern Rr" I South Carolina, being carried to its natural ' ',0 i port of import and export, has led the Citizens . | of Darlington and its vicinity to addressyou at; l0ir this time, and to express their ardent hopes J that bv your means, such an interest may be I itS I r I so j excited in Charleston, as to secure, to'the Dar-1 limjton and Santcc Rail Road, vour entire and ' l ? I j efficient support. led ' ^'1C ^'sts ?PC1,C(^ 'n Charleston and ! in the various Districts on Monday the 3rd of ton 1 . . ^ JuTo urge motives to an exertion so obviouslv j |iaJ j useful in its results, to yourselves and fellow-1 bc j citizens in the country is needless. j in_ Offhn intolerable tax now paid, n<? well rs | the great difficulties encountered in their coin! municatiou with Charleston, you aro too well ! aware. \ Resolved, Tiiat the Citizens of Charleston, [ Cher aw and Fayettevilie, and of the District"* | of Chesterfield, Marlborough and Marion, and | the Counties of Robeson and "Cumberland, N. i C. be and are hereby invited to unite with the i citizens of Santec, Kershaw and Darlington^ I and of the town of Camden, and those of any f other places willing to join with them, in send-. ing delegates to a Convention, to be held on . the 4th of July next at Bcnaetlsvillc S. C., to i consider the subject of an extei s on of the Santce and Darlington Rail Road; more espe! cially, the propriety of adopting measures, to j forward the plan as proposed by Colonel Lions' i* it. IT d n oi me \j. r-nginoers, in a iteport ixo. n/, 1 made to Congress in the session of 1835, and j for the completion of a routo 4*in a North Easterly direction, through the broad and flat dilu. vial region, bordering on [the Atlantic coast of Georgia the Carolines and Virginia; and pass-ring the vicinity of Waynesborougli, (Gca.,) Barnwell, Sumterville, Darlington and Harj lccsvillc, S. C., Fayetteville, Waynesborongh, Tarborough and Hallifax, N. C.; and thence to the James and Chesapeake. Resolved, That John McClcnaghan, A. D. Sims, Elias D. Law and Peter C. CoggeshalLEsq., be appointed a ^Committee to see that ! delegates be nominated from this District and tnat the foregoing Resolutions be carried intofull ofT'ct. Resolved, That the Editors of the Charles-ton Couicr and Mercnry, and of the Cheraw* Camden and Favetleville naners be renuesteA to publish these proceedings JOHN McCLENAGHAN, Chairman. Peter C. Cogglesiiall, Secretary. Communications to the committee appointed by the 5th Resolution will meet with due atj tcntion when addressed to John McClcnaghair 1 i P. .\I., Marr's Bluff, S. Carolina. i ?; : i Tlie New "York papers received yestcr* da\ teem with accounts, derived from their \ Washington correspondents, of a reported , i misunderstanding between the President \ of the United States and the Secretary of | State, and of so unpleasant a nature, it is ! stated, as to have induced the Secretary | 1 abruptly to lender to the President the I I resignation of his olTice. As we have rea- J b! son to believe that the main fact of these I i statements is not without foundation, and I r! as there is no reason why we should kee[> i r our readers in the dark on such an affair,. M : now become notorious, we transfer to our paper, for their curiosity, such of the parj titulars in regard to the rupture as appeal* ! to possess the most probability. 1j Nat. Intelligencer; ' ! From the Aetc York Courier and Enquirer. f' Wa s hington, Friday, March 10,, " John Forsyth, the Secretary of Stater . (sent in yesterday his resignation, in a note addressed with the uncourteous superscript , lion, " Mr. Van Bur en. President of the lfStatesA copy of this, together with an (address from Mr. Forsyth to the citizens . of Georgia, was sent t<? the Globe,- and would have appeared this morning, had it | not been suppressed the evening before bir ! consent of parties. What concessions wer? ; made by Van Barcn to Forsyth, or how the storm was quieted, I am unable to say; but the facts as I relate them to yon art* substantially correct-" From the Journal of Commerce. Washington, March 10. " I understand that tlie ostensible ren: son given by Mr. Forsyth, in the letter;, for his resignation, was, that he had understood it to be Mr. Van Burcn's declared policy to have no individual iu his Cabi~ net who aspired to the Presidency ! * * * There are probably other grounds for ; Mr. Forsyth's discontent; for it has long j been known, that, as a member of Genoral Jackson's Cabinet, his relations towards Ins colleagues were not of the most ( cordial character." Having copied the above, it appears I proper that we should add what is said and surmised on the subject by the Ad' ministration journal in New York, the , Kvcning Post, i From the Xetc York Evening Post. I " The Washington letter writers in the ! Opposition journals have a story that Mr. 1 Forsyth, on Thursday last, sent in to the President a resignation of his post as Secretary of State, and, at the same time, sent to the Globe newspaper an address to j tlie citizens of Georgia. Mr. Forsyth, . however, it is added, was prevailed upon : to withdraw his resignation, and tho ad| dress was not published. * * * ** It is added that the immediate cause of Mr. Forsyth's resignation was the odcr of a mission to Austria, which he considered as a contrivance to get rid of him. * \i:\v-Orleans, March 7. W'c are fallen on singular and anomalous times. In the midst of unexampled prosperity, when all the avenues of trade are ! open, when money is abundant for the ordinary operations of commerce, we are cal; led upon tb record several extensive failures involving an amount almost alarming to the general credit. On Saturday, one of our largest and most influential house* failed for seven millions carrying with it full five millions more. When* and where rlitc i< tn *v<? L-nnu- tint Tlin mm> ",,w ,w vw "" 4j\/i# a IIW lor speculation has been so great that ihero is no estimating the amount of responsibilities incurred. It does not appear tobavo been confined to real cs'ate. Overtrading in the staple articles of the country on the part of a favored few lias led to this dis. astrous state of things. Yet in the midst of these extraordinary" failures, the business of the country is going on steadily. This is a proof of the stability of our mercantile friends. It is thought that some of the houses which have s opped payment will be able to resume business in a few days. As may be * expected. Cotton operations under such circumstances are not likely to nourish. No sales were recorded In* tho heard ofb"okers.