Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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have received ?i:o o:dire revenue of the offices S'lpi'lni'J by thetn, balances are s:i:l due. These balances arc as readily jk;i-J oil' by drafts en iho postmasters in the c .ildo w h; :iv V ' ? ti?e surplus arises, as they could by cjiOCaS on banks in the s unn places. The process is tendered ts:o more easy from the fact, thsttjkc heavies! surplus aceru s at thos< poilas where the fends are the most valuable, particularly at New York, so that the drafts of the Department to pay balaucvs :i the most distant parts of the Union c.i\ generally better ih n cash, being available lot mercantile remittances. Thus, the i.eotf&sary transfers of tl.e Department are readily effected; end. as this state of things i: not likely* to change, it would seldom, i ever become necessary for the Deparimen! tn iramnort snec.o from one pomt to anoth * r 1 cr, if there was not a bank m existence. ** Upon the suspension of the b inks, ufor < wjre made in some quarters to compel tin Department to receive irredeemable ;uk d ;prociated paper for postages. Law. jus tjj:c, and public policy, required an inflexible resistance ot these etibrts. Gold atu silver are the only constitutional and lega , ^ currency of the United States, aud noti.int but.that currency, or its equivalent, can hi legally oilered to tSie public creditors in pay?? men'. All taxes and postages are impose; in this currency, and all contracts are much upon its basis. The public faith could be kept, and the public business successfully carried on. only by a strict adherence u the plain ieUer, as well as obvious spirit, o the law. The undersigned is happy to state, tha all attempts to force the department to re. ceivc depreciated paper weae soon abandon tW ]iifJodiffini!fv has been experiencec I tin collecting pes ogos in spec ie,&none whei the circnlatioa of change tickets has bcci successfully resisted, and that the credit o the depar inent has been preserved unimpaired. Nor is any difficulty apprehended so long as postages are collected in the constitutional currency of the United JS:a?cs.? But, should the department be compelled tc receive, ?nJ offer to creditors, the dcpreci ated notes issued by hundreds of cmbarras sed, faithless, or bankrupt corporations 01 individuals, no jaire calculation can be madi as to the future; and there is reason to ap prehend general discontent extensive failure; and deplorable disorganization throug'uou the mail service. -With what face coult the department insist on, and compel a stric ;>erformance of contract obligations by con ? -r - ? - 1 tractors, when s'nppcu oi me pe WC.'I 1(1 JIV.1 W form the most vital part of the contracts (sc ; far as the interest of the contractor is con4 corned) on its own part. Justice and sou m policy alike demand a firm adherence, in the \ mail service, to the standard of value, am. W the basis of contracts, prescribed by the Constitution, and hitherto strictly maintain :J ed, (except for a short period amidst the ca -V lamities of war. On the whole, no legislation is nocessan to maintain the credit of this department: ci enable it to manage its fiscal concerns, the ^ existing laws being deemed ample fur those * nur noser. I have [lie honor to be, your obcdiem * servai t. f AMOS KENDALL. To the President of the United States. AMERICAN STATUARY MARBLE, We have authority for stating that Mr, Featherstonhaugh, U. S. Geologis% has asc ertained the existance ofsomeimportnn de.x>sites of white sta uary marble, in the I Cherokee country. lie has followed an obscure ridge in the mountains six miles, con. sisting entirely of that valuable substance I hitherto only seen in the United States ir j thiu beds, not exceeding a few inches, lie f reports one of these depositcs as equal tc that ofMassa.Carraro, in Italy, with which he is familar. Marble of this kind has been hitherto brought, at a great expense, from Italy We trust this additional develpomont. of our mineral resources will bo hbdilv advantageous to the fine ar:s, in the hands ol our men ofg rnius. Greece and Italy owe much of their celebrity in sculpture to the abundance ofstatuary marble in those conntries. We imagine that if Phidias- and Praxiteles hud been obliged to import their > material from foreign countries, posterity would never have possesed the noblest example's of ar, which their genius has beI queathed to mankind.?Nat. Ialelf. j one of:!te churches was rang by bv one o i the abolitionists, and three or ibur ol hun ! dred citizens of the town soon collected upoi | the spot, but tltev evinced no disposition l< i interfere in thg uflair. ; Wo have every reason to believe, thu , Mr. Lovejov, in his course, has ran countc : to the wishes of a \ art majority of lite tin zeus of A'ion. He has un ;ocb:edly violutci 1 the most solemn j:!; dyes, upon this very sub i ject, made soon after t.ie establishment c the Obserwr ui 'that town, and in doing s( has in soma manner, justified the liars measures winch were taken against! ,m.~ s We are inny sorry that they were mad > I accessary !?v his indiscreet course. .. i * | 1 This paper was formerly published in S: Loit:s, .Missouri, when the press was d, stroved in ihe same manner for somethin > published in t'uc paper g^i the subject of ski j very or abolition, Being then published i ~ ? i | a sluveholui ng staio it did not openly o< . j powse tiie abolition cause; but did so, t ] once, upon a removal into Illinois,-and tii t! result is stated above. Arrival of Fiesciii's Acco:i?r.ict\! P-sirows of giving correct information o i ; what may bo an exciting subject, we met that t!i? French brig, arrived Vosterdin , i is not t!ie L'Fsperance, from France vi . , Pensaco!n,u.s reported in t!ie evening paper \ ; but the Laurie,Monsieur Dorei, com {-j iinndincntjt'rom Brest. Jleunior husalread ! been cast upon our shores, at one of ou j ' Southern ports, and the cue passenger men > J uor.ed i:i the Laurier, is, wo utnlerstanc p ( Borrcarc, the accomplice of Fiesciii. j Wo sincerely hope that some order wi j j be taken upon the suhject, and ihese pet j | sonages returned from whence they came n Let oar country continue %t the land ofth . free," and the homo of* :!ic bravo."?th # , refuge of lite oppressed and t!i*i persecute! . I ?but let us profec: our sod from contamin .' ation, and reject the incendiary an J tlieus ) j sassin.?JY. V. Com. Ado. * Cabijadoes?This Island has been i great suifeivr at different periods within :h r | last century. Dridgc town, the capital, an 2 i one of die fines! harLors in the West Indies - was destroyed by tiro in 1760, when it con s I tuined 1500 houses, chiefly of brick ; an 1! scarcely had the town been rebuilt to is lot * | mer magnitude, when it was comple'el 11 levelled by a dreadful hurricane, in 1731 j which desolated the whole IslaiS Th number of lives lost on this occassion wa ' 4330, and the amount cf properly destroy ' ed, JEI.3205J5. Th; destruction cause ' by the hurricane of 1830, is of too rucett ?" t l *. . - j Uute too Oe recounted, tnougn ;i was scarce ' | less memorable (exeunt in tho lo.-s of lives | than t!*o one of 1780. Of the recent disas i ter have not vol had the fleNti's of dis.res.s ; Speculations and Vrfljacls.?The fellow . remarks from Blackwood may bo interns) ' ing and useful to Americans at i!ic juesci; , time. ; '-Tiifre arc years, which have, like rg<\? their eharastei; sties. The year 1S23 w?a t the well-known year cf panic. It was a Is the year of proj.-ctors.. The plans set o foo! for getting l id of the na ional motif] were on the most gigantic scale, and it hav compu'ed (if we do not much mistake) wa the capital, if fully subscribed, would thn amounted ;o three hundred millions sterling Some of this extravagance was undoubted!] > due to the Chancellor of -the Exchequer > r J nr. - I . U. / 1 now n.ora ivipou. who iiuucc uui iuil-u i*j ! hrmsvlf'tlie sobriquet of Rrosperiiy Robin son; his Lordship having in the fulness o his heart, saiJ that the great difficulty of tin ? nation, in the sudden tide of wealth that \va i to pour in upon us, would be how to spent - it. Some \sas to be laid to the charge o > the Dank, which, by the sudden lowering o 1 its discounts, apparenly opened the nationa 1 purse for every hand that would take the trou 1 bio to plunge into into it. Some to the nation ai passion of all men for showy speculation but more than all to the very busy and knnv ish intrigues of the whole host of brokers solicitors, and dealers connected wi'h th< : money market of England. It is a remark able instance of the short-sightedness whicl I < - i 1 seizes on tne wisest, when avarice onc< lays hold of tln-in, that with the exception o one or two en erprises, in Spanish and Portuguese colonial mines, there is probabh i not one ofthese project in existence at tin ' present moment. The mere list of then ! would be curious. Every part of tiie earti was made the location of some new^con trivance fcr marvellous wealth. Gum com panics for Africa?Ivory companies for In dia?companies for cutting down the A merican forests, were among the most familial conceptions. It is equally remarkable, a; an instance of the blindness which canno discover obvious utility, as well as of tiic precipitation which hurries men into waste i thnr ivj?k ornhahiv not a single at " I ^ ' n tempt, in the whole lis', at any of tho& contrivances for locomotion, which have since 1 opened such important views to mankind*5 Abstract from the report of the Secretary of the Treasury. According to the Treasurer's running : account the whole amount of available monov in the Treasury on the 1st of January 1837, applicable to public purposes, was $42,468,859,97. From that sum there were on that day reserved 85,000,090; and the balance being 836,463,859.97, was under the provisions of the act of June 23, 1836, to be placed in deposite with the States, ft is ascertained that 27,063,430, 8'Jofit have since been actually received by litem. Tne amount of that portion of the first rhree instalments, the payment of which i has not been acknowledged, through transfers were seasonably issued for it, is 81 195,575,18. The remainder is 89,367, 214,98, and is tne sum which was designed for the fourth enstalmcnt-o' ce )0> tcs with the States on the 1st of October next. - The amount reserved in the Treasury on the Is t af January has since been increased by rei turns subsequently received from banks L to the sum of $6,970,137,5*2; and which r! c?Fcourse, eoeld not then bo ascertained n 1! taken into computation, * w' v f| RECEIPTS. i The receipts in the lirst half ofiiieyer ! ; deposited in the banks, and paid on ^-a! } < by collators and receivers, so far as asce J faip.ed, have been: 1 From (A'sioms * 87/234,4.' ' i' rain L mds o,ot)3?#? Am! from Miscellaneous sources 512,26 d To these may be added about $600,0' which remained in tiie hands of receive -i and 850,000 in those collectors, subje. >> to draft. Ail these make t!:c abrogate f h that half of the year 813,137,182. If i - further pustponmenl be gran ed oik du c bonds, it is estinmted that the whole reccij for the last half of the year, from ail som e ^ will be about 89,500,030; which woi make thorn as ascertained an I estimated i the whole yea; 822,080.132. But if t c brief extension of the present pospofiemt i- brought intoriew hereafter & lavorauS; r,1 n ardod bo directed by Congress ihcjegoij: will probably be about $7,000,090; While a postponement of tiie whole to another ye lJ thev will not be likely to exceed 51 e 009. ; | Looking at our whole revenue t.Vrefo _ j from all quarters, it appears thaMbeJwIan n j of money reserved in i lie comaJKemc _ I of lie year, as finally- asce^fcnSjlo . ! $6,070,137 with thenctual receipts W^fn J half a: $12,187,182, and those now until . pated for the last half"'of it at $7,O0O,Oi ' will constitute an aggregate of $20.8-: v 319. ir EXPEXDITUKES. i T.jo expenditures during the first half vc I, .vero lor.. Civil, misccllaaeous and foreign II intercourse $2,812.540< M.Iitarv. including pensions 10,603,361 < i. Naval" 3,297,14 ? Public.Debt . 20,832' j I . I Making aggregate of $10,723,881 I '* Tuc expend it ores required to mec; cxi; ing appropriations, during the last half the year, will, as computed, equal the sj a of $15,003,090; making for the whole ve e i $32,733,881. d Whatever expenditures shall rise witii the year upon new appronriotions \Vlii - Congress may think proper to make, v J require a coresponding addition to t . amount, liut, witliou- them. it will cons V tute ail excess of $5,876,565 of expeni )f tures over both tiie receipts and tlie b.dan L. at the commencement of the year ; besid s not leaving, at the close of it, any tiling | the M nt of the Treasury for future uses, J j to meet contingencies, it i In order, therefore, to discharge that c .. cess, and retain of the money reserved < ) the 1st of January, one million, which is t smalles sum deemed proper, under tiie at j of Congress, for the efficient operations the .Mid:, an-J at least three or lour rniUio more to answer sudden and contingent ca there will probably be a necessity to rest '' to the deposites now with the States, anJ .he instalments destined for them in Octob " or to some other resources, for a sum oqj s ,o 810,000,000. J Hv a report of the Treasurer of the 30 11 ul, it appears that the balance in the Tre ^ sury including, what was in the custody L banks, the Mm , and collectingofficers, w tlicn ^ 14.090,311 ; that the amount of tl: 1 subject to immediate drafts was only 8 ' 1*9.8,072; but the whole balance in the Tre sury including all which had been deposit ' with the States, and ordered to be, thou; 1 only a snail part ottlie amount issubjeci * immediate drafts, was 841,032,381. Dedu all which has been, and was designed to I C 1 deposited with the States, and there wou s. ; be no balance left on baud subject to dra . | though the including every thmg in the mi f| and in the poscssion of receivers and c( lecters, which is applicable to general purp ses. Hence it is probable, that, besides the d , ficicncv for the expenditures of the ye . no sufficient means of any kind will exi i on the first of October next, after defravir .? the intervening expense, to complete tl . j ins'alm iit of deposites then payable, unlc i ! a large part of the bonds for duties postpo ? | ed to that day, and amounting to near $ f I 000,000, and the one million and a half th< > > .1 1 J < .1 ? IT R, ,f. - uue on hie nrsi uuiju irum ci <. f Bank, shall be punctually paid, or, in tl ?I mean time, some provision on this suhje i j made by Congress. i ' The money standing to the special crec . j of the Post Oilace Department and the Pi . I tentOllice, as well as various trusts, is n . | inelu 'e l in the above exhibit, for reasoi , j explained in the last annual report. Ou r! standing and unexpended appropriations i 5 ! the end of the year will, in this view ofot t i financial condition, be still left charged c j I the Treasury amounting to about $10,00i , | 000. ' | The Secretary sugges's, without exact! I recommending, the extension of the paj ; mcnt of duty bonds for a further period b< ' j yond the 1 of October; sav six months iroi I the time they respectively fell due. IJ I s ates that about one million of dollars hav i already been put in suit since the first < ; j May. * ! lie sustrcsts the expediency of withhol ! ing or at least postponing, the payment < | the instalment of the "surplus revenue which was made payable to the Slates o the 1st of October. In regard to the future custody of th ! j public money, he takes ground similar t ! that recommended in the President's Mq; I sage. There are. at present only six deposit Banks. ! ' The Secretary invites the attention ( ! Congress t > the adoption of suitable mea; . ures for an early settlement with the lal , deposire B inks. lie states that in nir , cases the agreements and bonds of deposii . Banks have been banded over to the Solic i tor of the Treasury for suit. He does n< ; apprehend any ultimate loss to governmen t He recommends that all payments to ( . from the government should still be madei specie or its equivalent. Treasury note i not bearing interest, but payable to beau in specie, lie thinks would be in many cast jonvcinent and useful. *. S v Frotntho St. Louis M.-.ouri Ropublican Au. gust 23J. Destruction' of the Abolition* newstaper office in Alton.?We learn from \ Alton, that the materials of the Observer M - office in that town, were completely destroy. W ed by a party of the citizens on Monday night las:, between ten and twelve o'clock. For several weeks past, the editor )of the Observer has been repeatedly warned, first by a public meeting of the citizens, $ * and afterwards by conferences of a commit\ tee with him, and by many of the citizens, -111 that the course lie was pursuing wouiu wring \ upon him the indignation of the people and \ the destruction of his establishment. iJe P would not, it seems, stop or change his s course, and accordingly he lias been made I to sutler for bis obstinacy. The party by whom the act was oonsumated met Mr. Lovcjoy, before the demolition of the office, and were disposed lo intlict upon his person some gross indignity; but upon his appealing to them in supj^.cating tones, to be spared, on account of his family, they sufierd him to pass unharmed. On their approach, lo the office they found it guarded by numbers of the abolitionists. Their measures however, were speedily taken, and availing themselves of the protection of a wall in the neighborhood of the building, they poured a volley of stones upon persons in and about the office. One man - received a severe blow upon the head, and then the office was abandoned. Fifty or sixty stand of arms were found in the office? ^SNxqa4tack having been for some anticipated "^^Vpone of ihenfit revere used. These \vere.so>sHjmo]ishe(j. ^ews^Lwas then .?rokon lnto^YS^s 'and everv descrTpfrdft"^ m.ttci i.usscatter^vK^jjjy sjrc fs ^ elsewhere W :!- ?? work wrtsi^R^jj. .Jl0 bcp f jvrm 4+ - /rr? ^.^rv ^jnvmmLM^ji 'Wff.TV.i " '^<**f CONG IIESS. : be ir, | senate. 'j ili rts Thursday, Sept. 7. On motion of Mr. ,!| s. Clay of Kentucky, tho Vice President was j In authorized to appoint tho committees. , pi >2 Sept. S-. 'i'he CiiA1R announced that in | ,, pursuance of tne authority vested in him yes- j terday by the Senate, he had appointed the - ac '' following' members of the various Standing j ni ^ Committees of tiie Senate: I j|, i"3 On Foreign. Relations.?M. Buchanan; i Qj :c; chairman, Mr King, of Georgia, Mr. Clay, of, ur Kentucky, Mr. Itives. j [10 On Finance;.?Mr. Wright, chairing, Mr. j ... Webster, Mr. Nicholas, Mr. Benton, Mr. : '* Hubbard. I ill >,:s On Comma ce.?Mr. King, of Alabama, j ^'s chairman, Mr. Davis, -Mr. Brown, Air. Rug- j . glos, Mr. Nor veil. . . - . . [ o! or On Manufactures.? Mr. Niles, chairman, j jjj he Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Preston, Air. Strange, Mr. ! e( n: Pierce. , L. f)n Arrririitfnrr?Mr Smith, nf Cnnnpr.fi- : g- ' , ! | cut, chairman, Mr. Spence, Mr. Linn, Mr. Mc- ; v. Kean, Mr. Black. * ' On Military Affairs. ?Mr. Benton, chair- j _ :ur man, Mr. Preston, Air. Tipton, Mr. Wall, Mr. j Allen. p On the Militia.?Air. Wall, chairman, Air. p lf0 Swift, Air. (Hay, of Alabama, Mr. Alouton, Air. ce Smith, of Indiana. ? *a On Naval Affairs ?*-Mr. River, chairman, tl] nl Mr. Southard, Air. Ta.lmadge, Mr.*Cuthbcrt, 31 Mr. Williams*. bt On Public Lands.?Mr. Walker, Mr. Fulot ton, Air. Clay, of Alabama, Air. Ro?me, Mr. m 00 Prentiss. ,7 On Private Land Claims.?Mr. Linn, chair- ai ' maii, Mr. Sevier, Mr. Bayard, Air. Alouton, j Air. Lvon. On Indian Affairs.?Air. White, chairman, rt ;,r Air. Sevier, Mr. Tipton, Air. Linn, Air. Swift, tl O.: Claims.?Air. Hubbard, chaitnian, Air. c Tipton, Air. Crittenden, Mr. Strange, Air. 10 Youn?- . ' w On Revolutionary Claims.?Air. Erown, I c< chairman, Air. White, Mr. Norvell, Air. Smith,! f0 59 of Conn. * . 15 On (he Judiciary.?Air. Grundy, chairman, * Air. Morris, Mr. King, of Georgia, Mr. Wall,. Air. Clayton. On the Post OJJicc and Post Roads.?Air. w st Robiuson.chairman, Air. Grundy, Air. Knight, 0f ?<' II- D?: *f_ IVTIt Ul -111. LUDWII, iUr. i^lR-S. I in On Roads and Canals.?Mr. Tipton, chairar man, Mr. McKean, Mr. -Nicholas, M-, Young, w Mr. Williams. ti< j On Pensions.?Mr. IVIorris, chairman, Mr. jn , Sevier, Mr. Prentiss, Mr. Pierce, Mr. Roane. t? c;; On the Dislrict of Columbia.?Mr. Kent, i'1'1: chairman, Mr-. King, of Ala., Mr. Roane, Mr. 8-L he Alien. CJ ;ti- On Patents and the Patent Ofjice.?"Mr. Rug- \v jj. gles, chairman, Mr. Strange, Mr. Ravard, Mr. ce Prentiss, Mr. Robinson. os On the Contingent Expenses of the Scnalf.? j m Mr. McKean, chairman, Mr. Fulton, Mr. ; 111 Black. " or On Engrossed Bills.?Mr. Ci3y, of Ala., | of Mr. Smith, cf Indiana, Mr. Norvell. ta x- On Enrolled Buls.?Mr. Smith, of Con., .y 01? Mr. Lyon, Mr. Allen. f htr On motion of Mr. WRIGHT, fo much of . , s the Message of the President and oi the Sec- ,ri g, retaryofthe Treasury's report as relays to G the subject of finance was referred to the U] Committee on Finance. IS And, on motion of Mr. GRUNDY, the ap>rl propriafe parts of the same documents were to referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. or Mr. NICHOLAS presented a memorial a{ ia] praying for a national bank ; And Mr. GRUNDY a memorial on the 51 . financial embarrassmtmts of the country; both 1 which were referred, and ordered to be print- "J ed. R of Monday, Sept. II. Asbury Dickens was m us elected Secretary of the Senate and the Rev. as lis Mr. Slicer, of the Methodist Church, chap- t'i 2? lain. Mr. Wright from the committee on ^ finance reported a bill to postpone the fourth ' i instalment with the States til! otherwise pro*- c3 of | V1UWU 1V/1 Jo HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ct Monday, Sept. 11. The CHAIR announc- pC . ed the following gentleman as having been ap^ pointed members of the respective Standing a W Committees, pursuant to tiie order of the j ft, House, viz : j nt Of ways and Means.?Messrs Cambreleng, ; >1. McKim, Owens, Sergeant, Haincr, Jones, of | 0 Virginia, Fletcher, of Jlassachuctts, Atherton, | S{; andRhett. ; \\ Of Claims.?Messrs. Whittlesey of Ohio, jf] e- Grennel), Chambers, Darlington, Graham, j on up Russel, Campbell, of Tennesee, Clark, and I th sf Carter, of Maine. . j p0 )(r On Commerce.?Messrs. Smith, Phillips, th Johnson, of Lousiana, Cushman, De Graff. p( u Dwgare, Toland, Curtis, and Mason, of Virginia, rf j ss On the Public Lands. Messrs, Boon, Wil- jn 11 liams, of N. Carolina, Lincoln, Casey, Chap. an 4, man, Harrison, Andersen,- Duncan, and Tur jn ney. ss On the Post Office. Messrs. Connor, Briggs, le HalL Cleveland, Hopkins, Hubley, Calhoon, of Gi t Kentucky, Palmer and Worthington. th< Of Elections. Messrs. Buchman, Griffiin, ! Hawkins, Kilgorc, Maury, Towns, Bronson, Pennybacipr, and Hastings. tj 1* On the District of Columbia. Messrs, an 01 Bouldin, A. H. Snepperd, Jenifer, Dawson, an is Cillcy, Prentiss, Beirne, C. H. Williams, of tj1( .. Tennesee, and Hunter, of Ohio. ,lt On the Judiciary. #Iessrs. Thomas, Rob- ( ertson, Toucey, Martin, Convin, Bynum, Garir land, of Virginia, Hoffman, and Potter. i ou >n j On Manufactures. Messrs. Adams, Web- j mi ster, Whittlesey, of Connecticut, Ilolsey Slade, i jg Biddlo, Tillinghast, Vail and NTay!or. I I,.! On Agriculture. Messrs. Dcberry, Logan, *c ^ Phelps, Weeks, Spencer, Noyes Davjes, Kan- l [' dolph, and MitcheL I ap On Military Affairs. Messrs. McKay, Coles ! an, 11 Glascock, Thompson, Giiolson, Miller," Rives, [. f c Kemble, and itfcClellan of, Tennessee. [111 'O On Foreign A ffairs. .Messrs. Howard, ' r>f Harner Gushing, Jackson, Dromgoole, Ren- I the cher, Pope Claiborne and Fairfield. j tjjC j To be continued. j rar af j ' j lie \\n Ossified Max.?In the museum at J ?Pi 11 Dublin, there is a skeleton of one Clerk, a , to native of the city ot Cork, whom they call the ie the Ossified Man, one of the greatest curi- 1 0 osities of nature. It is the carcass of a man j ion >- entirely ossified in Ins lifetime, living in that su[ :e j condition several years. Those that knew I him before this surprising alteration, affirm ; ^ he had been a youn * mau of great strength j P? 5. and agility. He felt the first symptoms of 0UI te this surprising change sometime uf.er he rea ie had Iain all night in the fields, af.er a de- the te bauch, till by degrees every part grew into nia j. a bony substance, excepting his skin, eyes I su< and intestines. Ilis joints settled in such a j r(Jt, manner, that no ligament had its proper op- J arf )r oration ; lie could not lie down nor rise up j of n without assistance. He had at last no bend ! the >s in his bodv ; yet when lie was placed up-; drc right, like a statute of stone, he could stand, thu Js but could not move in the leaet. His teeth ha: 1 were joined and formed into one entire -j tor r j ' y : V )i:c, : here fore it hole was broken through cm :o convey liquid subslnr.ee i'or bis jurishment. Tin; tongue lost its use. and s sight left him sometime before l,e cxred. . Advertising.?** Hard times now, can't Jvertise as much as usual,'1 said a cusfoicr Quite thocoutiary, my friend ; now is e very time to at. vcrtise ; your store is fuli 'goods, and you want customers ; you lust invite litem through the medium ofthe ;wspapcrs. Tba'ts the advice we give to eDelavau's, and what's the consequence ? teir store i*a!ways crowded.?N. X. S'ar. The bedstead of Richard ill, was a kind j r travelling treasury?it was hoi low and i ill of gold pieces, which was not discover- j J til! 120 years after his time. ^EIiA\V~GAZEffE! 20,*1837. ' mi IVncirUnte trioccntro vvfls earned tO I J UV* X 1CK/1UW1IW ki*w?w..0w .. ?? hiladelphia from Washington in G hours.? rora Canton Depot to Havre de Grace a disnce of 35 miles it was carried in G1 minutes ; lence, after crossing the rivefi to Wilmid^on j miles in 53 minutes. It reached N. York 11 hours, and this place in 32 hours 35 inutes, making the whole time of passing .'erthc whole distance between this place id New York-13 hours and 35 minutes. Col. Benton.?"Yellow Jackets' The cor:spondent of the Charleston Mercury states lat Col. Benton display ed in the House (of jurse we presume in a little circle and not hile addressing the presiding officer) a paril of gold coins cried out "That's the stuff r the American people." Can he put the merican people in the way to get it? Mr. Allen, the Editor of the Madisonian, ho has Leon elected Printer to the House ' Representatives, not having a printpig cs .blishmcnt of sufficient extent to do the ork, has engaged the Editors of the Naanal Intelligencer to do it for him. This ay perhaps be considered some evidence that ie portion of the Administration party which ipports the Mad.'sonian, and who are now ihed "conservatives," have a stronger affiny for the Whigs than for their opponents. Robert Barnwell Smith.?Finding aong the list of members of Congress, from hich we copied that list last week, the name ' R. Barnwell Rhitt as one ol the represcn.tivcs of South Carolina, we substituted mi'Ji. suDnosin;? that Illicit was a misprint om some manuscript. But from the followg paragraph from the Columbia Times and azette, it appears that our correction was icalled for: "Mr. Rhett, of Couth Carolina.?As nne of our readers may be in the sa ne precaraont we were in, but lately, ourselves, to mount for the mane of the Hon. R. B. hett, among the list of members of Con ess from South Carolina, we will state for leir information, that it is the present cogno en of a gentleman hitherto well known as obert Barnwell Smith, Esq. -We learn oreover that the name of Riiett has been turned by Mr. Smith, with permission of ie Court of Equity, for the purpose of roving an ancient and honorable name which id become extinct, and of inheriting a legato the possession of which the assumption the name was made obligator;-. D The merchants of Winnsbcrough have aplinted three delegates to attend the AugusConvention. I 1 A requisition for troops lias been made >on Tennessee for the Florida War. Indian's for Florida.?Orders, \vc uuderand, have been issued by the Secretary of rar to iMajor Dougherty, Superintcndant ol idian Affairs on the Upper Missouri, to take ie thousand Indian warriors to Florida, if ey can be induced to go. The order, as re>rt says, directs Major Dougherty to procure e service of 400 Shawanees, 200 Sacs and >xes, 200 Delawares and 200 Kickapoos.? lie Major is to accompany the Indians, not the character of commander, but as agent, d for his services is to have a Colonel's pay. St. Louis Republican. If this be true, it seems to indicate that the ivernmoDt lias found itself unable to subdue 2 miserable scattered remnants of the Semites. We consider it cruel as well as impoc to engage one tribe of Indians to fight other, when the Government aims to teach d even compel them to be at peace among jmselvea. * The Madisonian at Washington has come t against the "sub Treasury system" recommded by tue President in his message; that the project to have the possession and con>1 of the revenue in the hands of the Presiat himself and officers of the Treasury pointed by him. The Richmond Enquirer [1 the New York Times, two of the most luential of the administration prints, have 0 taken a ve * decided stand against it, and , 1 Albany Argus, one of the ultra papers on i same side, advocates it only as a tempo- ( y expedient. From these evidences of pubopinion (for if they do not originate in publiG nion, they will contribute in no small degree form it) we consider it very improbable that ( ; shernc wiil succeed. We extract the following sentences from a g article in the Richmond Enquirer on the ] iject. "Such is the general character of the int. rtant document which we now lay before 1 rrcaiers. We have read it with every 1 ipoct for the aoilitv and hones! y of 'is au- J ,r?wiili the deepest attachment to the ( in?and with every desire to promote the 1 rcess of his Administration. We have examined his propositions, re-pused his rumen's, and sought to disabuse our mind all its prejudices and prepossessions. In i same frank spirit in which he has adjssed his countrymen, we respectfully say, it we still differ from the course which he j i chalked out. We shall state our opin. , ts freely, but briefly; for wc ore pressed for room. Heaven knows, that we "set down nought in malice!" Mr. Van Buret] " himself knows us better. We consider it peculiarity unforluua'c, at tiiis time, that alt the friends of the Administration cannot go . together. * > Wo have r.o desire to see such an accu. '. mutation of power in the hands of the Exe. cu'ivc; no wis!j to put the j>ubl.*c money di. rec'.'y into the palms ci* his friends and par. tisuns. We wish to see the power and patjoaaga of the Executive increased as line as possible; the power of the ? Federal] Gov. . . .eminent [not] enlarged;' the purse and tlie sword not more strongly united than they "are in the hands of the ['resident, and as tew . . means of corruption as possible trusted in his possession. Some events, iravc drifted i the balance of the Constitution, and thrown too much power already into the Executive scuL?thanks especially to the Whiir Sena; ? cy tors, who fought so recklessly for the Bank * oft Ik.' United Stales, m the day of panic trampled their instructions under foot, and brought their own bfody lutojcontempt! We . . have no desirC, unless the public interests imperiously demand it, to throw greaterweight into the Executive scale, by bring.pg the President into closer contract with the public purse. We have no uneasiness about the present incumbent. 'But the Message fritters away the extent of this patronage. It states the num. ber of oflicers as very few; the amount of moneys in their hands as-small; and the addi,ional expenses as riot exceeding ^0,000 a year. But these wore not considered as i slight objections in 1834; and we cannot permit ourselves ?o undervalue them now.. The argument Jndeed lias gained strength since thai lime. . \ . MVc shall sre whaMhe Secretary of the Treasury ?ays ofjhe clienpness and working ofihe machine; but we ars puzzled to * ! see how it will co:-.t but 863,000 more. The ' pension agencies alone, which are dischpr| god at tlie exjjen.se of the banks, would perlimps cost the whole sum. Those in Virginia alone cost our S:a.e banks from four ; io live thousand dollars a year, i '*\Ve do no: hesitate'to sav that the subi Treasuries loo are less safe for keeping, and less convenient for transmitting the public funds, than sound and properly organized State banks. The large funds of a bank are pledged for the safety of i.s deposites, and they are better than any security which the sub-Treasurers can give." C A "Bur, if the sub-Treusury system had ?K".W. ..J i '/i i,i > iu iwi.uiiiiir>:iiu tl ? (uckl iiiu 1ucs* sage claims for it, we consider that now is not (he time to mnko tin? innovation. Tho President udopts'as an essentia! part of his ! propositus, tho exclusive use of specie in the receipt and disbursement of the funds.' lie disdairtfe the 'employment of bank j no cs for a senile day. * Is uc$ the transition too sudden? the revolution too great? Congress must consult the circumstances of the country. From twenty to thirty millions of she coin arc iockuJ^p in the' vaults of (h'e banks." Congress. Oar accounts from this body arc Jojvn to Sept. 13th.' Bills have been introduced, in the Senate, by Mr. Wright*from the Committee on' Finance, and in the House by Mr. Cambreiing, from the Comrnitte of Ways and Means, providing for tiie issuing of Treasury notes, bearing interest, which may be paid such to creditors of the Government as are willing -to reco'vo them; and on the credit of which the Government may borrow money to meet its wants. We suppose, from this, that the project of withiiolding'lhe depositee from the states in October has been abandon, ed. * In the House an exciting subject has been introduced by Mr. Adams, and cne which we apprehend, is likely to shake the Unicn to its centre. It was a resolution calling upon the President to inform the House whether any porpositibn had been made by Texas for an. nexation to the United States; .and if .so wbat was the answer returned: and calling also for . the c orrespondence on tha subject. We shall next week copy part cf the desultory debate on the subject. We have now time only to stato that Mr. Wise opposed the resolution on the ground that the correspondence is not now in a state to be published without injury to the ? public interest. Severe! members spoke brief- iy. Mr Adams, in the course of his remarksi said ''It is a question so deep as to in volte the union itself: for there is a large 'portion of the people of the Uuited States who would prefer disolulion of the union to the act of annexation of Texas." After an amendment by the addition of a qualifying clause, "ifin his opinion consis. tent with the public interest," the lesoluticn was adopted. A resolution lias been adopted in the House to confine its action to the business for which congress was called. Fatal accident fkom a balloon ascension.?The London papers give a detailed account of the structure of a parachute, attached to a balloon, in which a man was to ilescend after separating it from the baboon, Owing to some defect in the construction or mipagement of the parachute, it oscillated bo violently in its descent when separated from the balloon that the basket containing the unfortunate adventurer became detached from it it the height of several hundred feet, and was precipitated, of course with great rapidity.? The man was literally dashed to pieces. Sir?It is a mistake of the Printer. In ooking over my advertisement in this weeks japer I am made to say Mr. Richard Phelan Esq.,On examination J the originial in your Office, it will be found to read, simply, Richard Phdiau ,Esq. Respectfully yours, B. BRYAN. 13th Sept. 1837. Dr. M. McLean, Editor Cheraw Gazette. Upon looking at the original copy of the idvertisement we see that the change was nade by the printer. Editor. ?