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Atlantic Steam Navigation.?An interesting | letter on this subject, from an American citi- j zen in London, is contained in the New York | Courier. The writ r furnishes the following list of steam vessels now employed in naviga.. ting the Atlantic, and also those which are being built for that p rpose. Great Western?1,350 tons, 430 horse power built in Bristol. British Queen?1,600 tons, 500 hcrse power, built in London. Liverpool?1,050 tons, 4G4 horse power, built in Liverpool. President, (American)?2,400 tons, 000 horse power, built in London. United States?1,250 tons, 420 horse power, built in Liverpool. United Kingdom?1,250 tons, 420 horse power, built in LiverpoolAtalanta?1,250 tons, 350 horse power, (iron,) built in Liverpool. New York?to bo built in Bristol 01 iron. Thus, in the course of two years, there will be employed between England and the United States, no less than eight B. itish steam ships; and allowing each to perform eight voyages per annum, we shall have a steam conveyance at intervals of every six days. Fatal Duel ?A meeting took place on Fri- I day last, m Norfolk county, near the North 1 Carolina line, between J. Seawall Jones, Esq. > of North Carolina, and 11. Wright Wilson, j of New York, to settle by the barbarous appeal to the duel, a point of honor, which had originated between them a short time before at Petersburg. They fought with pistols, at six paces. At the first fire, Mr. W ilson was shot through the body and died on the spot. H s ba'l grazed hie adversary's temple. This fata! event is the more to be lamented from the eircumstfnce that the parties had I long known and esteemed each other, and up to the moment of their feud had reciprocated the most friendly and respectful sentiments.? * *' In tlm hiftpr 1 This is evidenced oy me survive, m ..... ........ . agony of hi: feelings and tlie avowal of his high appreciation of the worth and character of the deceased. Both, however, were under the infatuation which chaias the votaries of false honor to its bloody code, and deemed their quarrel irreconcilable by any other course than that which involv* s a violation of the laws of God and man. How long will reasoning man permit himself to be the victim of this accursed Moloch Norfolk Herald. Extraordinary Death.?The Coroner yes'erday held an inquest on 'he body of a young man named George Worthlngton, wiio met his ( death on Tuesday, about dusk, in the following extraordinary manner, at the Broadway House. Mr. Martin, the proprietor, had recently closed his billiard room, and had removed the gas pipes to a lower room, adjoining the bar room, intending to have tliein put up there. While they were lying there on the floor the deceased took up one of the pipes, aud observing 6orne obstruction in it, he applied his mouth to the end with the hope of blowing it out, but no socner had he done 60, than explosion ensued as loud as the report of a musket; a blue flame issued from the pipe, which marked the floor, and the room was instantly filled with a dense smoke. On enter, ing the room, the deceased was found lying on the floor, the blood gushing in streams from his and nostrils. The accident was a first j I1IWU ? ? a tributecl to spontaneous combustion, but as I the deceased was a temperate young man, this I idea was abandoned. Medical assistance was j promptly procured, but the deceased only sur- j vived a few hours, suffe ing the most intense agony. When it is considered that the gas pipe was entirely disconnected from any metre the manner of this death may be < onsidercd truly extraordinary?(A7. Y. Gazette. VILLA.W. ' VVchave heard of a circumstance which ' lately happened in this city net of en paralleled j in the annals of genteel swin ding. A voung : man, representing himself as a Mississipiau, j applied for loJgings at a respectable boarding | house in Race street, and was soon quietly es~ i tabllshed in one of the best apartments, lor ; which be readily agreed to pay liberality, as j pleasant accommodations were of more conse- i quence to him than the amount of the i extra charge. The new lodger ^oon made j rapid progress in securing the good will i of the inmates, particularly of several | young ladies to one of whom he presented a ; diamond ring, and to another a gold watch. In j the course of some days he proposed to take the diamond ring to be marked, an i with great gallantry offered to the young ladies to have any jewellery beloi ging to them handsomely ornamented with the 4initials of their names, at -nonca The credulous erirls upon this IJJO CApvuov * * ? ? w mustered their little caskets of gold rings and other finery. deli\ered them to the generous stranger, who, it is quite needless to add, henceforth decamped,not forget ing '.o take the gold watch with him. It was soon discovered that he had cheated several tailors in the neighborhood.?North American Great and valuable intention.?After thousands of pounds have been spent in England to invent a rotary power Stocking Loom, and all attempts have failed, the unaided genius of a poor mechanic of this town has accomplished it ?and a curious piece of mechanism it is. It may be operated by hand, water or steam power, and works with wonderful facility. It is confidently believed that it is destined to supersede all others now in use.?Portsmouth (N. H ) Journal. An Accomplished Swindler.?The Governor of Virginia offers a reward of ?100 for1 the arrest of Alexander Bogart, who has com-mitted a number of forgeries in Richmond. He decamped northwardly last week. The Richmond Compiler in speaking of him, says:? "He was a skilful Book-keeper and Mathematician, and was entrusted with the keeping and adjusting of the books ot many csiaonsnments?whereby be found out their whereabouts, signatures. &c., and practised a deep game. Several of his forgeries have come to light since he departed, and others are still in the course of developeinent. He is supposed with plausibility, to be au old fox in the forgery line'?-first to have been one McLeod, who defrauded his employers in New York, a few ye irs since of from $30,000 01 840,000 ?then one McCloud, who forged notes, bills, checks, &c., in New Orleans to a large amount from which place he came to this city, prowling under the alias of Aexauder. He has escaped apprehension thus far. He has gone north and was last heard from in Philadelplna. It is to be hoped if he steers for New "i ork, Hays will put an end to liis prowling operations."?Pennsylvania*. The Mormons.?The Peora, Illinios, Register says : "Great numbers of this unfortunate sect, men wo -.en, and children arc encamped near Qumcy, Illinios, in a st:te of destitution of the necessaiies of life. The sufferings they endured in Missouri are heart-rending. A public meeting has been held in Quincy to devise means for their relief. The audienco was deeply affected at the re ation given by the Mormons, and effective measures were adopted lor th?:r re* Jief." Sill, Silk !?We, yesterday had the plea, sure ol visiting a cocoonery in this city, at which a great many silli worms were feeding and a few of the oldest were spinning. In the Northern Stales the worms cannot begin to teed before the middle of May, and the season is at least one month shorter in tne fail than heie. We have thus about two and a haif months advantage in pom* of tune to operate. If this business d; es not succeed it will be for want of energy on the part of our people, i fur we undoubtedly nave climate and soil in n favor.?Augustus Chronicle. The Alexandria Gazette, of the 24th inst. says : u The weather lias lately be< 11 very tine for the I'otomac Fisheris, and great quantities of shad and h \ring have we understand, been caught, especially on the Maryland shore. Shad have been selling at the Fish wharf, in this town, (the great Fish depot,) attroni <$5,50 to $10 per hundred, and herring at trum $2.25 to $3,0 1-4 per thousand: The demand hes not yet been supplied." t?? Tiia r>net ofsnnrlrv cost of hail ivuau?.? * ?& -- } Rail Roads is liius stated in a late Report of the Directors of the lioueatouic Rail Road; per mile. Cost of the Boston and Worcester road, ?37,009 44 Boston and Providence, 42,U<K) j 44 Norwich and Worcester, 22.000 44 Western ltail Road, 31,000 44 New Jersey do. 45,000 44 Camden and Amboy, 40,000 44 Columbia and Philadelphia, 40,6i'0 44 Alleghany and Portage, 45.000 44 Albany and Schenectady, 61,<>00 44 Uticaand Schenectady, 19,000 44 Stonington, 52,M00 44 Hartford and X. IIa\*cn about 2<>,000 41 Housatonic, about 15,000 A Decision Concerning Factors.?A decision of some importai ce to commission merchants was made by Chief Justice Shaw, of this State last week, the other Judges concurring. It was in the case of Theodore D. Parks vs Brancher, Deltus & Co. which was an action brought to recover the value of goods *old for a less price than the limit of the consinger?advance having been made on the goods at the time of cuusignment. It was ruled by the Court that a commission merchant having received goods to sell at a limited price, and made advances on the same, has right to reimburse or indemnity himself by selling said goods at a fair market price, though below the i:.~l*c if il,a / nrDsicrner refuses. uoon applica lilllilOf < i iUV . r ^ tion, and after a reasonable tune, to repay the advances-?New Bedford Mercury. Capital Punishment.?The committee on the Judicatory iti the New York Assembly, havo reported against the petitions, asking for the passage of a law ubo.ishing capital punish, ment in all cases Tiiey say?"The conclusion, so far as human reason can fathom, and discern, the correspondence oe motion to action, is, to your committee inevitable, tiiat any relaxation of the existing penalty of death for inurdei aforethought, would be but a disguised premium for its more frequent occurrence." New Orleans April 27. Treaty between France and Mexico.?The Roger Williams from Havana, Jwhence she sailed on the l&h inst. we received tho gazettes of that city as lato as due. From the Mexican pipers, they extract detailed accounts of the installation of Santa Anna in the presidential chair, and of the raising of .half a million of dollirs from the clergy to enable Bust a men te to carry on the war witn vigor against the Federal. J O O ists. Gordon D. Boyd's Lands.?The lands of this gentleman, late receiver of the land of. lice in tins city, a uountmg to the grand total of20,213 acres is advertised for sale by the United States Marshal. It will be recol.ectcd that Mr. B03 d was a defaulter to government in the amount of between 60 and $70,000; and the sak is made to make good the defalcation. The terms are a credit ofone and two years, w th undoubted security, and the deed to land purchssed will be retained until the money is paid. The sale will take place on the 6th day of May next?Columbus (Geo ) Enquirer. Valuable Invention.?A powerful hearing trumpet has lately been invented; it is so constructed as o stand upon a table, and receive the voices of persons in the room, which it magnifies to an extraordinary degree. The power of the instrument is thus described by the inventor : I placed the soniferon at the end of a room sixty feet in length, at the o:her extremity of which two persons were in low conversation. As long as I continued to hold the tube to my ear, I could hear every word they said to each othe ; but the moment I removed it, I was only sensible of a murmur of voices, without distinguishing a syllable. On an experimenter not deaf, the effects ol the instrument are by no means comfortable as every word falls with the force of a blacksmith's hammer ; and in addition thereto, it makt s the air ring with noises that no other person perceives. Missouri Panthers.?Not long 6ince we advertised a pair of panther*, in th possession ol Mr. Heaz ett, of tins city, which he obtained twelve months since, from their captor. They wt-rc taken before thereyes were open, in the same nest, two huudred miles up the Alfssourf river. Mr. Meazlett has nurured and tutored them : and from mere yearlings, i they are a couple of formidable sized fellows but dociie to the biduigofMr ilcazlett, as the mildest tempered animals.?Missouri Argus. An extraordinary proof oj the force exertec j by the wind, during ths hurricane of April 8th 11^38, in a iater direction, was evinced in the j projection of a slight bamboo, horizontal!) L ? tii.j/t vi-ailrH in Mr. G. j tlirougn one oi iue ui^u UiVU If MIMW ... | Prinsep s saltworks, which pierced through j the whole breadth, breaking the tiles on both j sides, it has been cut of}'and preserved it situ as a monument of the storm. AG-poun i der could hardly have forced so light an arrow through a mass'uf earth hive feet thick. The hail-stones were as large as walnuts, and one piece of ice fell which weighed 13 1-2 lbs.? Asiatic Journal. t Distressing Occurrence.?The Pottsf viile Journal of Sstuiday last says : " Oi | Wednesday last, Edmund Sillyman, a lad agei j about 16, tne son of Thomas iSillyman, Esq. o our borough, came to a sudden and most uiel ancholy end, The lad had been at his father' ; farm and engaged in some agricultural pursui j til! dinner-tnne, when he unharnessed one c *i? i iirimp . ivhiie leading hm nit; nurses iu jiuu hvm,? , -- w over a pair of bars, the throatlach of the brtdl slipped, and the bridle itself became disengagec The animal, always gentle, turned round upo I him, and playfully kicked, as it started or j which unfortunately struck in the temple caus big instantaneous death !" 'I ho man or w? man of peevish temper ma be morally and intellectually guod in other rei pects, and none can tell whence an irritabl temper may proceed. Disease, adversity, it tercuurse with mankind, and many other cir cumstancee, give a bias to the temper wine it would be unjust to censure, since who ca tell but it might be his own rasc in like <m: Asphalie.?Workrivn^vere busy yesterday in lay.ng an Asphalt us pavement .over the * side-walk brick in front of the Star Tavern, in Dock-street.?It is the Seyssel Asphalie, used in Paris and London, of which an account was , given by Mr. Walker, the Architect, in his ] late letter on European improvements in pav- ( ing.?Psnnsyhanian. ; -a j 5 L M .14 A 1 < _ * I The Secretary of War has forbidden the sale , t I of ardent sjiri s to the Indians on the Frontier, j 1 | Nicholas Diddle is tl;? President of an Agncu1* I tur il Society in Philadelphia. I The English stenm navy consists of 36 vessels , 1 from I4l! to 3>?0 horse power each, and 8 arc to I 1 be built this year. j 1 Zorah Colburn, distinguished when a boy for j j extraordinary powers of calculation, has lately J 1 _ ! died, tie was lor some years a mcuiuuio. preacher, anU afterwards a professor in alitirary \ institution in Norwich, Conn. J ^ I A storo in .Maryland was lately blown up, and ! s i 14 persons severely wounded, some of whom , i were not expected to recover. The mischief was I done by carelessly throwing the snuff of a can die into an open keg of powder in tho store. The horses ranawa} with a 6tage on the 29th j April near Springfield (Ohio) and killed a Mr. j Westervill, the only passenger. An Anti-slavery woman's convention lately i hold a meeting in Philadelphia. Direct Importations.?Most of our roaders t will probably be astonished to learn that a quan. , tity of Eggs, from France, "imported direct were disposed of in this market, at a rat# below what the "domestic" article commands, and affording , a hundsomo profit to the importer.?C arltston C our. Durham Stock.?Judge W. W. Wood worth, ! of H yde Park, lias sold his full-blooded three year old Durham tull for $1,009. J A beautiful specimen of native gold has been discovered in the mountainous region of Texas, i at the distance of about 150 miles to the north- j' west of B xar. It is said to equal the gold of: Mcx'coand Peru iu purity nnd fineness. The Gallon Law went into operation on the 1 9th ult. in .Mississippi. The Vicksburg Whig < sjys, "it was a day of general mourning among j 1 the proprietors of drinking houses. We saw one | establishment disposing of its drinking unUnsils j , at auction, while the door of another was shrouded with black crape." I In Austria, no poisonous article can be sold, 1 von in the smallest dose, unless on the prescrip. 1 lion of a licensed practitioner. There is now living in Harwood, noar Dolton, (Miss.) an old man, whoso father was born up- I wards of ISO years ago!?The father was more than 85 years of age when the son was b#rn "* - /?*? ! p. 1 I fte ?enate 01 iuicmgau reiuscu even ^ |>uu<. the bill nuking real estate a legal tender at an appraisement, by a vote of 8 to 4 Taxation in Boston?The Boston Transcript gives a list of some of tho highest tax-payers in Boston, from which we find that there are six persons who pay over $9QU per annum, and less than $1000; 19 who pay over $1000 and le.?s than 2000; 14 who pay over $2000, and less than $3090 ; 1 over $3000 and less than 4000; and 1 over $1000 and less than 5000. It is stated that if the eyes of seed potatoos are soaked in milk three days before planting, finer and more mealy potatoes than can grow in any other way are proJuced. and more of them. By this si pie process, a farmer, upon a bet grew 620 bushels of potatoes on one acre of land. Ohio State Debt.?The State debt of Ohio amounts to ten millions and thirty thousand dol. la re. Good Interest.?Tenements in St. Louis, that cost. $14 JO rent for $1^00 per annum. General Samuel Houston ex-president of the republic of Texas arrived in our city yesterday, on board the steamer Teche. We understand he will spend a few days with his friend Colonel Christy, and proceed to the Virginia Springs.? New Orleans Bulletin Red River Raft.?Lieut. Col. Vose, informs the Secretary of War, in a letter from Fort Towson. Ark , dated March 18th, that the raft in the Red rivr is again open,?and that several beats had recently passed through, including those la- ' den with stores for the cantonment at Fort Towsou. Canada Patriot Prisoners.?E ghteen of those j taken at Sandwich have heen sentenced to be j transported, and 5 to be released on the Lake j Ontario boundary line .* 14 are held in London j ? *> - L- ?4 **?- -? *Ukn nn ftvrtVmi* rlichir. jail 10 oc set ireu n incic ia. uu bailees, and llioso in Quebec are to be liberated ?according to orders from England. The Legislature of Michigan has held another session, and adjourned without electing a U. S. Senator, from disagreement between the j houses. The George Town (D. C.) Factory has I suspended operation from the wai^ of broom corn. The New York House of Assembly, by a vote of 59 to 48, have passed the bill which makes the New York and Erie Rail Road a State work. It contemplates an expenditure of twelvo millions for its completion. The bill had previously passed the Senate. Mr. Alexander Gardner, has been elected Second Assistant Cashier, of the U. S. Bank at Philadelphia. It is supposed the census of 1810 will show a population in the United States of between 17,000 000 and 18,COO,UOO. In 1830.it was ' 12,866.020, At the late Public commencement of the University of Pennsylvania, the Degree of Doctor of ' Medicine was conferred on one hundred and forty-six gentlemen. 1 , A public dinner has been tendered to Mr. Biddle, late President of the Bank of tho U.S., j by the citizens of Philadelphia, as a mark #f their esteem and respect for his character and t.nblif Kprvices. which has been nolitelv de ' clined by Mr. Biddle on account of the pressing nature of his engagements previous to his tie. ' parture for Europe. We understand, (says the N. Y. Commercia Advertiser,) that 41) passengers are already 1 entered for the Liverpool, on tho next voyage " hence; among whom are the Hon. Daniel ' Webster and Mrs. Webster. * Mr. Sparks has published an octavo Volume ' of matter saTectcd from his 12 volume edition of 'the Writings of Washington." A Chance.?The Iowa News says, thebache. lors of Du Buquc will give a premium of a hus~ ^ band to the Miss who first makes her appear.* j ance in that place dressed in silk of her own f manufacture. >i ^ A row lately took place, we uuderstand, in g Cobb county, Gu., between some Irish laborers l on the rail-road, in which two were killed, and j five or six slightly wounded. a A Gallant Death.?A veung gentleman was e killed on tho 3rd ult., at New Orleans, while | saving the life of a young lady, which was in ^ danger from a runaway horse attached to a dray. rP.>n lnHtr pRpaned unhurt. 1, **"' ?- ' I. A bill to prohibit betting on elections, passed the Illinois House of Representatives on the 9th tilt. It prohibits betting on elections under a penalty not exceeding $1,000, and imprisony nicnt not exceeding 30 days. 8* 1 he tvholc 52 patriot prisoners mentioned in le late accounts from Upper Canada as being about 1- to be set free, have been unconditionally dis. charged, and are now on this side the line, h The bill from the Assembly, authorizing the n construction of tl)e New York and Erie Rai! r- Road, by the State, was rejected in the Senate, I bv h rot" of I ~ to 14 The U. S. Government are about to bu;!ci 3 steam ships of war. American Bubtist Board of Foreign Mis- i ?> ?.?The receip'e of the American Baptist I board of Foreign Missions during the year enling 15ili inst. amounted to $89/240 63, being in increase upon the previous year, of about ?'35,000. Expenditures, $110,190 74. The Society has under its charge 60 Missionary sta:rons, in different countries ; Missionaries and | issistants, 106, forty three of whom are I jreachers. Of native preachers and assistants here are 83 Total 151. The number of Church's is 45, embracing about 2000 metn>ers. Sixty-eight schools, containing 1200 to L5U0 pupils. Printing has been executed in ourteen languages, amounting in the years [836 and 1837 to 34,000,000 pp. Singular Accident.?The Utica, N. Y Jbserver states, that on Weduesday night last' ihortly after the cars from that place had passed \msterdam, Mr. Moorehead of Buffalo, a pas;euger, optned the door of the car, while ireaming, and stepped out. His fellow paesenjers not knowing whatjto think of his disaplearance/c.ailed the attention of the conductor o the circumstance, who immediately made nquines, and as soon as the train reached Schenectady the locomotive was sent back in iearch. Mr. M. was discovered Jving on the side of the road, shockingly bruised and insem* ible. He was immediately taken to Amsterlam, where he had every attention paid to his .vounds, and we are happy to learn that he is ikelyto recover. From the Protestant and Herald. QUACKERY". "Doubtless the p'easure is as great, Of being cheated, as to cheat."? Hudibras. J The fondnessof mankind for Quackery, j is one of the most surprising phenomena ! af human nature. I say human nature; j tnojgh, perhaps, f ought to add, as it is j modified in America. For 1 have had i strong doubts whether there ever was a j people so ready to run after Qaacks, of \ every kind, as the good people of this enlightened Republic. Let a inun only call himself an "Indian Doctor," and more thai half the community? n many places, ?vill prefer him to the most scientijic Physician that was ever educated in the Schools of Esculapius. Yet why shoul i any one have more confidence in the medical sk II of an Indian Doctor th in a negr0 Doctor ??Or think that a man bred in he woods of America has any better mems of gaining medical knowledge thai one bred in the wilds of Africa? Boh may have learned what is good fortho bite of a snake;?and understand sorae cf the more obvious properties of i few roots and herbs ; but of the na. ture of disease and of the various remedies to be applied to the thousand varying and complicated cases, as .hey appear among a civilized and luxurious people, they know nothing' Medicine is a science,?and a nobU science; it requires profound and exreasive knowledge and a philosophic mind. No science, perhaps, has advanced more.duting the 1-st fifty years,than the modictl science?since Chemistry, Botany, and nany other branches of Natural Philosophy have been brought to its aid. Vet miny would call us back to the dark ages, and send us to those who know less of the scirnce of Medicine than the Greeks did, in the time of the Trojan war. CIItCo'LAR. To ile Officers and Members of Temper. ante Societies in South Carolina. Geitlemen?The Executive Committee oftheState Temperance Society, feel it to be their duty to address you in this manner, earnestly soliciting your coope? ration and assistance, in effecting the immediac publication of The Temperance Advocate. The Committee cherish a strong and intereaing conviction, that such an organ of corjespondence?such a vehicle of domesticintelligence, is indispensable to the officieit action of the friends of Temperant e, tiroughout the State. It is believed that ir this way alon<', the accumulated treasures of facts and arguments which have been collected by the researcl) and labor* of ihe able advocates of the cause for twenty years, can be placed in possession nf all classes of the community. While it is not denied that the valuable Temperance papers, published in Philadel* j phia and elsewhere, might be usefully | circulated in this State, the committee are i sti'l fullv pursuaJed that no foreign publica. j tion can meet the exigencies of the case, or j ftipcrcede the urgent demand fur a Ternj pcrance Periodical at home. For, even ! tf northern papers were free from ail taint j or suspicion of Abolition tendencies?and j if it were practicable, by any conceiveablt j means, to bring them into general circu| lation?there woulJ s'lll be an utter failure I in effecting the great object. These j northern Journals would be wholly destitute . of that local information, that adaption o facts and details, of appeals and iMustra] fions, to the peculiar taste and fellings o - l: | Carolinians, which will constitute me uigi value and efficacy of our own Temperancr Journal. The impulse, which alone car give energy and success to our labors, am a triumphant extension to our principles must come from the Press ; and that presi must be our own?managed and conduct ed by ourselves. It is highly gratifying to the Committei ! to be able to stale, that the prospect c ! obtaining a sufficient subscription to war [ rant the publication of the Journal is ver favorable. Nearly lour huudred subscri bers have been obtained in various pari of the S ate. Of these, about one hundre arc from the single district of Laurens.j At a public meeting, on the 2d insi. in lit j town a subscription was obtained for uboi 350 copies, of which were taken by thr< generous friends of the cause, who pledge themselves to pay for 50 copies each, fi one year. An appeal will be forthwi j made to Charleston, and other towns in t! State, inviting the friends of temperance adorn the came or rirrilar menpurop. But the committee look principally to t J the District Societies, for efficient and per- [ manentaid in this important enterprize. It j G i:> therefore respectfully and earnestly re- j | commended, to the Societies engaged in , | the same common cause, to adapt such mea- j . | sures, as will enable the committee to issue 1 j tin: Journal at early day. j -1 If each of your Societies shoulJ hold a ; J ; meeting, and become responsible tor a cer- i n | tain number of copies for distribution in ; 11 I your vicinity, and appoint some of your | ? | members to obtain subscribers and transmit i t i them immediately, the result would doubt- j p j Itss be an ample patronage. No solicitude ! a; is felt except for t!ie first year. When iS'1 the papers shall have been circulated j ? through the State, for twelve months, not j c | a dou t should be cherished, that the val- i p | uable and interesting information it will' ^ 1 rruvnirv t!ie f;iriltiiou #?f r?Mr rrnrrpsOOH- 1 VW". - ? ?r dence ii will afford, and the extensive and { salutary influence it must exert, ivii! ensure for it nn ab inrfant support. The! I prospect is rendered more encouraging | and the call for prompt action more hn- j 1 ! perative bv the probability of securing the j a valuable services of the Rev. Julius J. j |, Dubose, as Editor of the Journal. Tbis : gentleman, so well known and highly re. j spected in his native State, whose professional labors are interrupted by the loss of his votce, will bring to this work if he can : . be persuad .d to engage in it, such talents, i ; experiec e, and general information, as j a will ensure entire public confidence. ti 1 The number of copies subscribed for, in j n order to defray expenses, should be two j ! thousand. But the Committee will proceed to issue the paper as soon as the subscnp- i lion shall amount to twelve hundred ; and , a confident expectation is entertained that j such an amouut will honoured by the first of May ensuing. The Committee, there, j, fore, particularly request, that a statement g of what is done by 'each Society, may be ; b | transmitted to Robert Bryce, E*q., Treas- j 0 ? ~ 'r> O ?.n I a j urer of tlie state iemperam:c ouoicij, v.i ^ I or before the first of May. u I Signed bv order of the Committee, j JOHN BRYCE, Chairman, j Columbia, April 5 h, 1S39I ___________ THE LITERARY GAZETTE. \ f A weekly Periodical, edited by James Aldrich, j is Published every Saturday morning, in the city \ r ot New York. Terms, Four Dollars per annum, j r Persona remitting Five Dollars by mail to the Editor, will have the Literary Gazette sent to * i them for one year and a quarter a In addition to the Original Club Paper*, which 1 regularly appeann the Gazette, its pages are en- c riclied with contributions from the first authors ' of the day. Original articles from tho dislin- ( guished writers whose names follow, have already J appeared in its columns . | j Professor Barber, Prof ssor THarvey Fitz (< i Greene Halleck, Esq., Mrs. L. H. Sigourney, i j Robert Montgomery, E*q., England, T. Bryd- . I son, Esq , England, G. Dance, Esq., England, j I The Author of "The Pcninsul England, to- I ! gether with many other well known authors. j Every number of the Gazette contains some ! i rare Corns of Liter sturs, copied from original : manusc ipts in England, or from old and vnluablo i i works, entirely out of print, end inaccessible to ; 1 the public. Original Essay*, Notices of New ! Works, Miscellanea, and Facelia?, appear in its , ! columns weekly. In addition to thi9, the work ; I is frequently embellished with the finest steel enj gravings of the most popular and interesting j ! subjects. It is stated that 23,ooo,ooo tons of coal are j corisummed, annually, in Great Britain, produ j * *' - mines, nearlv Icing 10 uic uwucio v/4 9 ^ jC12,ooo.ooo sterling a year. MEDICAL CONVENTION. In obedience to a resolution of the Medieal j Convention of the United States, assembled in : Washington City in Januarv, 1830. public notice I is hereby given that a similar Convention will meet at the National Hotel, in the said city, on the tirst Wednesday in January 1840, for the purpose of revising tho Pharmacopoeia of the United States. Each incorporated State Medical Society, in. corporated Medical College, and incorporated j College of Physicians and Surgeons is requested to elect a numb -r of delegates, not exceeding I three, to attend the said Convention. ' The several incorporated bod;es mentioned. ; are also requeste toTsubinit the Pharrnicopo ia to j a carcfu! revision, and to tiansniit the result of j their labors, through their delegates, or through j any other channel, to the next Convention, i Tney are further requested to transmit to the undersigned the names and residence of their respective delegates so soon as they shall be ap. : pointed, so that a list of them may be published I for the information of tho Medical' Public in the I mouth of October next. By order of the Medical Convention assembled i at Wasaington in January, 183o ; LEWIS CONDICT, M. D., President j J/orristown, NSw Jersey, April ti, 1839. I CIIERAW PRICE CURRENT^ ' May 10. ! Beef in market, lb Bacon from wagons, lb 10 12$: by retail, lb 12$ 15$ j ' Butter lb 15 25 : Beeswax lb 22 21 ! Bagghig yard 18 25 1 I Bale rope lb 10 .12$ , ' ! Coffee lb 12$ 15 j ? i Cotton, 14 17^ ' , j Com bushel) 87$ lUd i Fiahr Cmmlrv. " brl | G 25 6 75 ' ! Feathers from wagons lb 41) 45 j 5 ; Fodder. , 11)0 120 1 {Hides green lb 51 ft dry lb I.I , Iron lOOi'us 5 50 G5d /.t Indigo lb 75 250 ! Limo cask 3 50 4 10 1 ! Lard lb 1*2 J 15 51 Leather sole lb 22 25 ) ; Lead bar ib 10 j i Logwood lb 10 15 i Molasses gal 45 50 ' ; Now Orleans gal | 50 G2? 5 J Nails cut assorted lb j 7} 0 wrought lb j 1G Id ! Oats bushel j 50 Oil curl ierB gal { 75 100 r lamp i 125 linseed 110 125 - j Pain is white lead keg 325 452 y j b| auii.i o*on n lb b 12^ 7 1 Pork JOOlbs GOO 800 Rice lOOlbs 550 G25 ! Shot, Bag 250 ^ lb 225 ? [ Sugar lb 10 12) is Salt sack 2 75 30(. salt bush 1U( Steel American lb 10 12J English lb 14 id j German lb 12 L 3r j Tallow lb 10 11 th ' Tea imperial lb 100 137 1 ik tno l.Q I IlVBUii ... . I Tobacco manufactured lb 10 l ?r< Window glapf ? v 0 5"fl 3i | 3 I 10 x ' 3J ! ? Philadelphia Boots & Shoes. JUST received, 6 doz. pair super Morocco and CalfSkiu Pump and thicA; solo Boots. i!so Gentlemen's Walking Pumps and Shoes. DUJJLAP & MARSHALLmay loth, 16311. 26 tf " ? Ten Dollars Reward, fjlOR A It I'.V A WAY who wont ofT soai? time in February last, u yellow man by tho amc of JOHN, about five "feet ten or eleven iches high, about twenty.five year3 old; has lost no of his front teeth, and several of his toes have con taken oil' from having been frost bitten, fad o.i when he left home, a grey frock coat, and anlaloons of the same, lie will attempt to pass s a free man, as he has done on a former occaion. The above /eward will be paid to any erson who will secure him so I get him, with n addition of forty dollars, if sufficient proof ; n he made thai ho is harbored by any white craon. WILLIS RAMSEY, lanehestcr, Sumter District, S. C., ) May 7th, 1839. j may loth, 1839, 26 3t Attention ! CHERAW BEAT COMPANY, NO. I. STOU are hereby ordcted to bo and appear on L Market Square on Saturday, 11th instant, t 10 o'clock a. m. armed aud equipped as tho iw directs. By order of Capt W. D. llailey. B. F. PEGUES, O. S. Cheraw, may 10, 1839. 26 It Fire Buckets. 4LL persons deficient in fire buckets agrncablo to the report of the Fire Masters are erebv notified, that they will be called on soon fterthe first of June next to show cause why liey may not be fined according to Law.?Ordiance No. 3, By order of the Council. W. ST ROTH SR. Marshal. May 3, 1639. 25 2t Town Taxes. rHE Town Taxes for the present year are required to be paid in by the 18th May, nst. after which time iio indulgence tfill be iven. I will attend at my office, two doors elow Moore's Hotel, evey day from nine to ne clock, for the purpose of receiving returns nd taxes. Street or commutation taxes must e paid in at once, or delinquents will be sum. aoned forthwith to work on the streets. By order of the Council. VV. STROTHER, Marshal. May 3,1330. 25 2t rHE Subscribers are agents for Mr. John Rittcr of New Haven who will at short totice furnish all kind of marble slabs and nonumcnts of the best Stockbridge marble.? I'his marble cannot be surpassed in beauty and lurability and will be furnished at as low a price is it can bo had in New York or Philadelphia >r any other place. We solicit the business of >ur friends with the promise that they shall be airly dealt by; would order them either for lash payments, or payable the next winter. \!1 Commissions are paid by the mnnfacturer. \U marble shipped will be neatly boxed and delivered in New York ;.t the prices; a list of which w have to exhibit. BROWN BRYAN &. BROTHER. Cheraw, May 3, 1839. 25?2m Fresh Goods. THE Subscriber has received a fresh stock of Dry goods and Grocrias which he will sell very low. D. S HARLLEE. . May 3. 1830. 25 3t No ice. THE Subscriber having taken on the 26th ult. the entire stock of goods of Messrs. John Evans & Co. on his own individual account will continue to keep on hand, one door south of A. Blue, a largo supply of Groceries, Dry Goo s, Hardware and Cutlcrry, all of which will be sold low for cash or country produce. R.T.POWELL. May 3, 1839. 25 it Irish Potatoes. BARRELS Irish Po'ttoe*, yellow, for planting, just received per Steamer Oseola, and for sale by D. MALLOY April 21. 1S39 BOOK BINDING. THE subscribers have established thewFelves in the above line of business in Cheraw and offer theirscrviccs to its citizens. u. LAZENCOURT, & CO. Cheraw, S. C.. Jan. 26. Porter and Cider. LONDON PORTER, Newark Cider, Lime Juice, Lemon Syrup and Cordials, for sale DUNLAF A MARSHALL. April 26. 1839. 24 tf Bagging. Rope ?fc 'Twine. piec s Bigging. 5v? Cai'a Rcpe m l 200 pounds Twine u r . :e oy JOHN MAi.L# Y L t 'o November 3Sth, lc3~. 2 tf Cigars. M. Spanish Cigars, just rcc-ived and Co: sale & ' by J NO. MALLOY, & C>. Ncvcu.Der 28th, 1638. 2 If - ^ Molasses. "0 II hds New Orleans Molasses for sale 11 & very cheap by the Hhd or Retail. D. MALLOY. Mracii 12lhtl839. Itowands I onic Mixture. THK Agency for this valuable medicinea is at the ' Bookstore" of Mr. Frince where > it may at any time bo had by the single bottle or by the dozen. J. A. INGLIS Agt. Ckcraw April, 5, 1839. 21 , i New Cioods. DM ALLOY has just received a large sup ply of Groceries, Hardware, and Piy Goods which will lx> sold very cheap. Wines, JUST received and for sale, Champaignc, Madeira, ToneritT, Sicily, PorL^Muscat, Hoc and Malaga Wines, and tor sale by JOHN MALLOY & Co i ; November 28th, 1838. 2 if | 21 ; , lush Potatoes and Codfish. JUST Received and for sale by D. MALLOY. i March 19, 1839. 18 tf ' UfUMBU'iS OF NEW YORK, being a J O. remonstrance against popular delusion whether in science philosophy or religion by 0 David Meredith Reese M. D. A few copies of 1 tliis pungent satire and | ojverful rcma j are for rale a* "the Bco2s*or?." |