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1??a???eciwb??? CHbii AW GAZETTE FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 20, 1839. Somo stale arlicK-s of uen s appeared in our co amui last week, given out the week before, wliichthe Editor did not observe till the paper was worked off. Tire Pee Dee has 6eldom been u6 ?'o;v as it is at present. T he Hon. John P. Richardson has resigned hi9seat in Congress?on account of ill health. We have heard of no one yet in nomination to fill the vacancy. The Maine election has terminated in favor of the administration, and the Vermont election against it by a small majority. Whig Banner.?Tins is the title of a now paper issued at Lincolnton, N. C., by H. W. Guion, Esq. It is successor to the Lincoln Transcript recently published at that place. To Stock Breeders. Messrs. J. S. Skinner &. Son, of Baltimore, Md. advertise for salo "A Ruil of th? thorough Ayrshire or Scotch J "M"fa ?? o <f dairy breed, 2 yeors old, calved on tho voyage to America, beautifully marked, of great vig >r and strength, though not very largo."?ALSO, *4 A beautiful Bull of the pure improved North Devon breed, two years old." Thcv euy of him?" We would venture to match him against any bull of his *8? i? England." Price of either, $>200k They also offer "an improved Irish Cow, which has given 32 quarts of milk a day;" aud a young Jack, by Black Hawk, the largest jack in the United States. Prices not stated. The Licence Laws.?Great efforts are now making in Georgia to abolish tho practice of legalising tbo sate of ardent spirits by selling licenses for that purpose. Many are disposed to make the question a test at tho approaching eiection. This is most zealously opposed by partizan editors, and parlizan leaders, who scetn to care very little for the moral condition or social happiness of the country provided Only their party can have the ascendency. In different parts of this state, also, meetings have been held and moasures have been ado; ted to circulate and send up to the Legislature, at its approaching session, petitions to abolish the license laws. The array of moral strength, and we hope of political strength too, in support of these petitions will be very respect .blc. Wheth. cr they can succeed at the first attempt or not, the time is not far off whan ihey will certainly cuccoed if they only persevere. The practice of granting men licence by 'he state to do that, tho only tendency of which is to destroy the morals, tho health and the lives of thousands Upon thousands of its citizens, is too monstrous ' to bear investigation. It would certainly be much less injurious to the state to license houses for the reception and sale of stolen goods. Independence.?The following is going the i-ounds of the newspapers as an extract from an 1 address, by Gen. A. G. Brown whilo a candidate for Congress in the State of Mississippi. In tho company in which I muster, the demo. | cratic company, when the captain orders halt i we all stop, and if Mr. Van Burm were to. ] *ni*rrn*n tn ami that he would no lonircr advise the I Sub Treasury scheme, I should at once dro* it j and sat no more about it." | There are many raon of higher pretensions : than Gen. Brown who, perhaps without disern. ?nent to perceivo it, or if they do pcrceivo it, are without candour to own it, arc equally dependent upon others for their political opinions. Dr. Marks, near"!Columbia, advertises that he expects next spring to commence tho manufacture of silk thread, and that he will at that time i be prepared to purchaso cocoons. ' The fever in Augusta continues without abatement. A letter writer states that the i population is believed to have been reduced I by flight to about 1000. In Charleston the yellow fever still contin- i ues but does not seem to increase in violence. In Mobile and New Orleans i: prevails extensively and with great fatality. Accounts from Texas state that four of the most Northern States of Mexico which had revolted from the central government propose to theTexian< a mutual recognition of indepen- (, dence, and a treaty of alliance against MexicoPublic opinion in Texas seems to be divided 1 on the subject. Some are for the project, and others for a union. Others still seem to doubt whether the Mexican states are qualified for free government. The Great Western and British Queen. It is remarkable how even men, commonly reputed to possess a modicum of common sense will become infatuated under the excitement of a race. We find in the newspapers, cards from committees of the passengers on board the above named steamers during their recent trial of speed across the Atlantic, from which we take the following sentences. ,,n?Ti?i il>a thonL-o nf tlio nasspn. "AemVCUj 1 liat IUb IIIUIIUU v. vi.v r ? gers on board the Great Western be returned to Capt. Hosken for his kind attentions to us during our recent voyage from New York?a a voyage which we believe will prove to have comprehended the shortest passage ever made across the Atlantic, and which we know to have been one of the most agreeable and satisfactory." &c. &c. 'Sir.?We cannot take leave of the British Queen without returning you and your officers our thanks for your polite attention to us during our rapid and pleasant voyage across the Atlantic, and expressing our approbation of the excellent accommodation provided for us, and of the admirable qualities of the vessel under your command.'* die. &c. The card from which the latter of these senfences is taken is signed C. 0. Cambrelino, and that from whicti the former is taken is headed withtne name of J. Hamilton; Now this same J. Hamilton was prevented from be ing on board a steamboat which was lost within the memory of most of us whilst striving to make "the shortest past age ever made' ^ between Charleston and New York, only by the providential "accident*' of his being unable to get ready. The citizens of Charleston, in public meeting, if we recollect right, soon afterward*' expressed their disapprobation of the I i,? fc.| || y | wimmmaBKMBamaamaaBBmmmm practice of stimulating steamboat captains to run against time* or against each others by commendatory cards for quick passages.-? Whether "J. Hamilton*' was present at that meet = g or not, we do not now recollect. agricultural convention. A public meeting was held at Sumterville on Monday the 2d inst which appointed the Representatives of the District, in the State Legislature, and the following persons, viz : Dr. Robert Muldrow, Hon. J. S. Richardson, Samuel E. Nelson, John Brad ey Esq. Major J James E. Kembert,Robert Bradford, Matthew James, Capt. John N. Frierson and John N. D.ivis, Esq. delegates to represent the district in the Agricultural Convention. RECENT DISCOVERY OF LIME IN STOKES CO., N. C. We take the following paragraph from a letter to the editor of the Farmers' Register, dated Guilford, N. C. Dec. 28/A 1838. Lime hns heretorore been beyond our reach hovnnr] nnr hnr?P9. But ffOfU thP aCCidCn* I BUU UVJ VMU vu* av|rV.. 'al burning of the soil of a neighboring county (Stokes) in the course of the last year, we now entertain the belief that it may ultimately be furni hed in such quantities and for such prices as will justify its application as a manure for lands. The soil was underlaid with a species of roclc that no person had ever dreamt of be- j ing lime-stone; but the first rain that fell after the fire, the rock slacked and furnished a quantity of fine lime. The quarries from which the rock were obtained are about thirty miles west of this place, and are said to be inexhaustible. if North Carolina had appointed a competent Geologist 20 yea re ago to survey the state, at an expense of only a very few thou-^ sand dollars, her wealth might by this time have been increased many millions from the proper application of her beds of lime stone. If the education of our farmers* sons were such as it ought to be, and such as it might be at but little expense, no bed of lime-stone lying about the surface of the earth would remain so many years in long settled neighborhoods without its nature being discovered. AS INFIDEL RECANTING. A Mr. Russell Canfield, of Rochester, N. Y. who had for some time been a public lecturer in support of the monstrous absurdities of Infidelity and Atheism, has recently addressed a letter to the Rev. Geo. M West, of Philadelphia, from which the following extract has been published? " During and since November last, my mind has often been deeply, solemnly and singularly affected. My last lecture was given in the fall, and I have declined any offer to lecture since that time, nor have I attended the lecturing of another on anti*reiigious topics, though he is located in this city. I have also declined a continuance of my review of Dr. Sleigh's Dictionary. The why I imputo to the impression already mcntionod. I have attended mcetfngs for wor si lip much more frequent than formerly, and I trust to more edification. One preacher, Mr. Goodwin, of the Methodist order, I esteem high, ly, for his candor, his ability, his kindness. Under his affectionate appeals my sympathies have been affected, and the falling tears have witnessed the softening influence of his manner. Within the three or four past weeks, I seem to havo travailed with tho "burden" of Philadelphia You under, stand ino here. Four yearn ago, or nearly, 1 promised first in public, at Temperance Hall, to renounce error when discovered, as putetcty ?s [ then advocated what I believed to be truth ; ind there I think myself called to speak of the jrreat chango in my views which has lately occured. I am entirely passive, awaiting the motion of an influence, and merely asking, "Lord, what wouldst thou have me to do ?w There has been an arrival of specie from Vera Cruz to-day, to the amount of 8125,000, and also ?48,00 from New-Orleans, making ?173,000 in all. These movements of specie from one port of the United States to another, are indicative of great management on the part of the banks, which seem to be speculating altogether, and tho disordered state of the exchanges is both a cause and a consequence. Char Cour. IIow any one can reosonably expect a concert among the numerous banks of the United* State?, to regulate the currency of the country and that too, against the interest of very many of these bank?, seems to us to be beyond the comprehensive of any rational man. THE FEVER, A G >OD PROSPECT. There are now but a few cases of stranger's fever in our city?and we have good reason to assume that in the course of a fortnight there will be none. This opinion is founded on the fact of the prevalence among us of another less fatal epidemic which seems to be supplanting the other. It is a fever, Vulgarly called the Broken Bone Fever, somewhat re. sembling the Dar.gue?It lasts generally from two to three days?and is easily managed? rarely if ever terminating fatally. We may therefore congratulate ourselves, that between the two evils we have a chance of the less, as as it is a principle, we learn, in medicine, that no two diseases affecting the whole system can exist in a patient at one and the same time, nor can two epidemics prevail simultaneously in the same atmosphere?as the causes of the one expel the causes of the other. Charleston Mer. Sep. 13. IMPORTANT FROM WASHINGTON?THE CAP. TURED AFRICANS. Wc learned yesterday from Washington, (saystheN. Y. Herald, of 10th inst.l that Se. cretary Forsyth has had an inverview with the Spanish minister, relative to the Africans captured in the Amistead, and that a correspondence or interview has taken place of some kind in which the Secretary has indicated a willingness to give up these men to the requisition of the Spanish government.?This intention of the Secretary, however, requires the sanction of the President, who, at the last accounts, was at Rochester, and whose opinions on the subject arc not yet known. It seems that Secretary Forsyth bases his intention on some clause of a treaty with Spain. If this be so, the government have the absolute disposition of these men, and the proceedings at New-London or New-Haven, ;f the government chooses to act, are null and void. The British government has concluded a contract with private individuals for an extensive steam communication between England and the West Indies and the ports of South America; and, the packets are also to call at Charleston, S. C.' if not at another of our Southern ports. The st<am ships are to be fourteen in number, and ofl400 tons burthen ?and there are to be two mails per month to and fro. DISTRESSING EFFECTS OF THE LATE GALE. The Norfolk Beacon of the 10th inst. says: ?" We learn troin a gentleman who arrived here from North Carolina on Monday evening, that the gale was very destructive in Ty rreJ County, (N. C.) The tide rose to such | a height that the inhabitants were compelled I to seek safety in their garrets and on the trees, i Nearly all the cattle in the low lands of the country were destroyed." From a Correspondent of the National Intelligencer. New York, September 10. The Groat Western arrived this morning* bringing us news from London to the evening of Aug. 23d, being twenty-four days later.? I She brings 110 passengers, among whom are I Gov. Reynolds, of Illinois, and Gt n. Rawlings, i from, it is said, not unsuccessful European I money expeditions. The Great Western beat I the British Queen out, in time and distance, I 12 hours, but about 24 from port to port.? | 'l his trip has been a very boisterous one. What is the state of the crops ? was the first question in Wall street. It is difficult to answer this now, but the best opinion I can get from reading a great variety of English newspapers, is that there will be art average crop, and that the crop is nearly out of peril. Of this, however, there is some doubt, and the fact is not admitted to be settled, and will not be settled probably ,ev*en by the British Queqg. In France most of the grain had been harvested and the crops were remarkably good. * The Bank of England raised the rate of i% terest on the 8th to 6 per cent.., and the rate was fully sustained. The imports of bullion were much greater than the exports, although the Bank of England continued to be drained. That institution had borrowed two millions of the Bank of France, and could have more if it wished. The agency of the Bank of the Uni - ' ? - ft. 1 t D__ lea Slates uaa passea into me uuiiw u swings & Co., and every thing went on smoothly. Mr. Jaudon was on the Continent, and it was seated he had negotiated a large loan on American securities for the Bank. American stocks in London had sold at still lower rates, and were unsaleable; several agents that went out in the Great Western to negotiate loans returned without effectirg any object; but it is stated in the Commercial this evening that Gen. Rawlings and Col. Oakley had sueceeded in negotiating a loan of 4,000,000 Illi.* nois bonds on favorable terms. England continued in great agitation on account of the Chartists, and theii movements were alarming, but were not feared. Most of the leaders have been tr ed and found guilty, end sentenced to imprisonment for one and two years. Those rone *rned in the Birmingham riot we<-e sentenced to death, but are to be transported. Setember 11. The general impression now is, that the news is good, or rather promises to be good.? Money, it is true, was scarce in England, and bore a high rate of interest; but the panic was over; the exchanges were turning, or turned, in favor of England, nullion was running there from all quarters of the wort i; and the crops, or prospects for the crops, were not bad, if not good. Things w ere clearly settling down there into a quiet state. The Chartists were going to work again. The Bank of England was discounting commercial paper, though at six per cent. The conditions of the Illinois sales, however, are reported to he such as cannot be accepted, and such as will fall through. The Commissioners are here. The flour market must be depressed, I think, by the news respecting the European crops, though I have seen no sales to-day. What keeps flour up here is a short supply, the farmers in the interior, who have been accustomed to high prices, positively refusing to sell upon lh ? offers the millers now make, in the belief that as the season advances the price of flour wit! riser Ill-judged as this opinion is, upon existing facts aud prospects, the custom of receiving high prices for wheat makes the farm" ers now the holders on, and thus we have a short supply, keeping up prices, whereas if the wheat went forward as usual the fall would be very great. From the U. S. Gazette. 'After we had written the article on the news, we had an opportunity of ascertaining the contents of several letters written in London at the latest possible hour for the Great. Western. A sale of 8.000 bales of cotton had been made that day, at an advance, and the market was good. The harvest was considered as a fair crop; and one merchant who sent out his order by the Liverpool for the purchase of flour, countermanded the order, andjadded that, any had been purchased, it should be sold, if necessary, at fifty cents less per barrel. This is a pretty strong proof that the complexion of affairs on the 23d of August was much better than on the 1st of that month, and there can be no doubt but it is improving. One remark may be made on the grain news "from the Continent. There the harvest is good, excepting at the North, and should it - ? * * _ it r : fail there and England need a sraaji foreign supply, the demand must be on the United States, which could be made without gold from England, while it would be equal to gold from our ci nntry. "The news is every way as good as any one could expect, for the particular season." The five great powers, England* France, Russia, Prussia, and Austra. have undertaken to put an end to trie war between Turkey and Egypt, and have dictated terms to the latter. Mehemet Ali was to give back the Turkish fleet to the Sultan. The Thames Tunnel was carried to within five feet of low water mark on the Middlesex shore, and it wa6 expected to be quite clear in a week, when the undertaking ought be said to be completed. The following paragraph i6 from the London Times of tbe loth : "In a letter from our Paris correspondent, published in the Times of 1st instant, it was stated that a negotiation was in progress between the French Government and General Henderson for a treaty of amity and commerce with the republic of Texas; and that M-. Huges, the Charge d'Affaires from the United States at Stockholm, had acted as mediator. We now learn,from authority, that a negotiation for such a treaty has been opened in Paris, but not. as our correspondent had been informed through the medium of Mr Hughes, but of Mr. Pontois, the French Minister of the United {States, now in Paris, and of General Cass, the American Minister to the French Government." A Practical Farmer and brebder.-The American Farmer (Md.)says: "Gov. Sprigg's collection of fine cattle, on his farm in Prince George's is said to be superior to any other in the State. The base of his present stocK is Holderness, Tees water, and Bak? well, crossed upon for several years by ihe best Durham bul!s. He has about fifty cows and neifers.' says a correspondent of the Farmer, the most perfect looking animals I ever saw, and he has also fine Saxon and South Down sheep/ The South Down sheep are in high repute." Dr. D. Cooper, of Harris County, in this State, has exhibited to us a stalk of Cotton, of superior staple, which he assured us sometimes grows to the height of nine feet, thickly studed with bolls, from the ground to the top, presenting the appearance of a beautiful white cockade. The Dr. computes that upwards of 3000 lbs. to the acre may be raised, and that it is worth from three to rive per cerit more than the common Petit Gult Cotton, We are informed that large sales of the seed have been made at fit y cents each. In some instances the seed have been Bold at $160 the bushel. 1 his beats the Morus Multicaulis. Dr. ( '. is thoroughly convinced of the superiority of thisjCotton, and is taking great pains to diseminate it throughout the cotton growing region. Columbus Sentinel. Mobile, Sept. 5.?The malignant Fever which has been existing in the city, is evidently on the spread. The physicians have ceased reporting, . ' from general inquires among thetn, we are justified in saying that the disease is thoroughly seated among us, aud that it is the duty of every one to act with that understanding. Ot the extent of the mortality we are unable to speak with accuracy. For the three days, ending on Monday evening, the interments were twenty-nine. They have increased during the last two days. Among the signs, from which our readers may form an e-timate for themselves, wo notice among the proceedings of the Board of Alderman of Tuesday, an appropriation of $i!91 to pay the burial fees at the Hospital, and outdoor charity funerals, during the past month. Tiie items were forty-two individuals buried at the cost of the city. It is useless to enlarge Upon this state of things, as it would be folly, if not worse, to disguise it. It is our duty to give this full warning. We had the pleasure, a few days a go, by stepping into the store of Messrs. W. & A. Stith, of seeiog several bushels of CoCoons, raised by Col. John W. Byuum, of Chatham, brought to this City for sale. His worms were fed on the common mulberry. Col. B. had on a neat silk vest made of silk raised and manufactured by his own family. By turning their l ?k? ika attention to tnis business, now auuu ung IIV IIJV | wives and daughters of our farmers clothe their husbands and brothers in garments made of this beautiful material. Ral. Star. From the Greensborough Republican Sep. 3. TIIE ALABAMA CoTTON CROP. We have taken the utmost pains to inform ourself, both from testimony and observation. We give it, then, as our decided opinion, that the production of the present year? will fall greatly short of the expectation which the early appearance of the crop justified. The uncommon dryness of the season has whitened the ground with the bloom, and the depredations of the worm are unusually eevero. We have seen whole fields upon the tidge, in which scarcely a young boll can be found upon the stalk. In the cane-break, where a Very fair crop was made last yean some think that the present will be less by at least one third, and few that it will equa; that production. On the sandy lands, they did not, last season raise more than half a crop, if so much, we hope tbey will do better now. but the prospect is exceedingly gloomy for any thing like an average crop. The Marion Herald of3!st August speaking of the promising appearance of the Cotton Crops in the cane-break, continues. Crops on the sandy lands, however have been seriously injured. Their consistency is not well calculated to sustain a drought, after a long continuation of fine season. The young bolls and squares have been almost entirely castoffi and a great portion of the bolls nearly matured have been ruined by the ravages of the worm. We regret to learn from planters both in this and in neighboring counties that the worm is perpetrating considerable damage ttpod the growing cctton crops. Selma Free Press. The North Alabamian of24th August, says: "Our conntry is at this time suff ring severely with drought. Cotton is greatly injured, in so much that many farmers have expressed their opinion that their prospects are not so good by 60 per cent as they were four weeks ago a large portion of the bolls having fallen off. and the balance not well grown." RATIONAL MILITARY CONVENTION. The General Convention of the friends of a well-regulated and efficient Militia will be told in the mty of New York on the first Monday of October next. Its object will be to consider the state of the present system, and take such measures as may be thought proper to bring the subject under the attention of Congress, in order that suitable alterations may be effected in the universally acknowledged defective Militia laws. The late New York StateJ Military Convention recommended the appointment ofdelegates throughout the Uuion, in the following number and manner: That Brigadier General be a delegate; each of each Major and those officers Appoint two others; the Colonel of each regiment one; the field and commissioned officers of every regiment one ; ? J -1 ? -^n.nmmlofiinnwl nfficppd and nri. dim aieiu me iiuiibuiuiuiBxiwiivu ? r-vates of the battalion or regiment to appoint one other delegate* Nat. Intel FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN. The following is an extract of a letter from a distinguished American now in the Mediterranean, dated June 23d, 1839 ; The Archipelago is swarming with pirates. The Austrian, French, and English have vessels of war to protect their commerce, but although the crew of a vessel having an Ameri. can gentleman with his wife on board have all been murdered by the pirates, there has not been an American vessel of war up here for more than a year. The Americans here complain much of it, and inquire of me what has become of our Mediterranean Squadron." Horse Collars ?An English paper states that a great improvement has recently been made on this part of a horse's harness, ths collar being inflated. The success attending this improvement has been established by experiment, and has ??nll.fin th.it valuable animal piuvcu a ? the horse. Loss or SteamSoats tn the West In 1838.?The Alton Telegraph calculates as follows, the list of steamboats lost or consider, ably injured on the Western waters during the year 1838. We copy an abstract: Whole number eighty?of which, there were Blown up, 8 Collapsed, 6 Burst steam pipe, 2 Bnrnt, 2 Snagged, 37 Sunk, 17 i Collision, 2 Of these, thirteen were lost on the Ohio; 50 on the Lower Mississippi; 5 on l he Upper Mississippi; 2 on the Missouri; 2 on the Illiriois ; 1 on he Arkansas; 1 on Red river; 1 in the Gulf of Mexico; and 3 in other places. Of the eight b'own up, only onp, the Moselle, was on the Ohio; of the six collapsed, none; of the thirty seven snagged, /our were on that river. 8 V UK 1*1 A K ? . A meeting in Barnwell has appointed delegates to the Agricultural Convention. A mad dog latciy bit several colored persons in Charleston. A splendid Aurora Bore&lia was lately seen in Greenville S. C. Mr. William Sullivan, & very distinguished lawyer of Boston is dead. A lad was so ne time since killed by a brick which fell from a workman on the third story of a building, in N. York. A firo lately ocdufred at St. Louis which de. etroyed goods to the trains of more than 100,000 dollars. Several persons lost their lives by the falling of a house. A serious accident lately ocdnfred on the Camden and Amboy railroad by the traih bf cars running on a baggage crate. Several persons were seriously injured i some it is sup: posed, fatally. The editor of the Hillsboro (N. C.) Recorder states that he had a peach presented to him, grown in that neighborhood, which weighed three fourths of a pound and measured round eleven inches. A few days ago Mr. Samuel Boyars, living near Long Run, Fair field district, was killed by lightning. He was at the time in an open field, neither liou^e nor tree near. A farmer near Newark, New Jersey, has harvested the present season S20 bushels of Oats frotn three acres snd one hundredth of an acre of land ; averaging seventy three bushels to the acre. The Oats when threshed weighed 30 lbs. to the biisbel. Early Snow?Snow fell in Adams county. Pa., on the 15th ult. and in Salem, Mass, on the 30th ult. Galvesten, (Texas) which contained only 12 houses a year ago, now comprises 3u0 houses and 2500 habitants. It is understood that a court martial will be ordered on Commodore Elliot, at the reoommen. dation of the court of enquiry, some Jtirne since held in Philadelphia* Letters from Texas hare been received at Buff, alo announcing the death of Lyman Rathbun, on the 1st ultimo. Upwards of 20,000 pigs of Lead hare been shipped this season from Sinipee, Iowa Terri. to. jr. About two hundred tons of Copper ore, hare a!s6 been brought in from Mineral Point, which are to be shipped, via New Orleans, to England, for the purpose of being smelted. By a law of the last session of the Alabama Legislature, ail the free persons of color who re. main in the State after the 1st of August next, are liable to be enslaved. Steamboat Explosion?-The Cincinnati Post of the 31st ult. states that the steamboat Adren ture, whic'i had been Comdemned there nearly a year ago both hull and boiler?, has blown up about three miles above Van Buren, Arkdflfias, killing one ra in. A GiuatGun?..A gun has been cast at Al> ger's foundry, at South Boston, which issuppos. ea to be the largest ever cast in America. It Wilt carry a ball weighing one hundred and sixty 1 pounds. Fourteen tons of melted iron were used to cast it, and it is supposed that the gun, when ready for use, will weigh ten tons The court of Inquiry, appointed to investigate the charges against Commodore Elliott, have sen! in their leport to the Secretary. The ma. jority recommend that he should bis tried by a Naval Court Martial?Commodore Stewart diaaenting. The Studonts of the University of Glasgow have recently resolved to raise ?3lK) a year, and support a missionary to India themselves. The students of the University of Edinburgh mean to do the same. The Paris, Ky., Citizen says . The Grand Jury, at the present torm of our Circuit Coort, found 62 indictments and presentments, of which 21 were for betting on eloctions, an J 21 for gaming. The Madison papers are expected to appear from the press in November next. A bridge over a canal at Washington city lately gave way whilst an omnibus with about 35 passengers drawn by 4 horses was crossing, and one person was drowned. uDo make yourselves at home, ladies," said a fcmhte to her visiter* one day. *?I'm at home, my eel ( and wish you all were." The blacks, prisoners, now in New Haven, attract much attention there. The native African is a curiosity. The jailor is turning he curiosity of the Public to his own account by taking a fee of the crowds who visit them. The Slave Trade.?The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, says that 23 vessels under the Araer. ican Big. have sai ed from Havana for the coast of Africa, to enga e in the slave trade. DlfcD, Near Laurel Hill, Richmohd county, N. C. on j the morning of the 26th tilt., in tho 36th year of her age, Mrs. Margaret Buic, consort of John R. Buio, and daughter of the late Duncan Mac* ; Farland. Esq. CUE RAW PRICE CURRENT* Friday, September 120. articles. per | $ C. | $ C. Beef in market, lb 0 5 a 0 7 Bacon from wagonB, lb 11 & 12 by retail, lb 14 a 15 Butter lb 15 a 25 Beeswax lb 22 a 24 Bagging yard 18 a 25 Bale Rope lb 10 a 12} Coffee lb 12} a 15 Cotton, lb 9 a 12 Corn bush 87} a 1 Flour, Country, brl 5 50 a 7 Feathers fin wagons lb 40 a 50 Fodder. lOOlbs 1 a Glass, window 8x10, 50(1 3 25 a 3 37} , " 10x12, 5011 3 50 a 3 75 Hides, groen lb 5 a dry lb 10 a Iron lOOlbs 5 50 a 6 50 Indigo lb 75 a 2 50 Lime cask 4 a 4 50 Lard lb 12} a 15 Leather, sola lb 22 a 25 Lead, bar ib 10 a Logwood lb 10 a 15 Molasses gal 45 a 50 , N. O. gal 50 a 2} Nails, cut, assorted lb 7} a 9 ??, wrought lb 16 a 18 Oats bush 50 a Oil, dutrierS gal 75 a 1 ?, lamp gal 1 25 a ?, linseed gal I 10 a 1 25 Paints, white lead keg 3 26 a 4 52 ?, Span, brown lb 8 a 12 ? . * ir.rtiL- o - in Pork iiruios o a in Rice lOOlhs 5 a 5 50 Shoti bag 2 50 a * lb 1SJ a 13 Sugit* lb 10 a 12A Salt sack 2 75 a 3 ?? bush 1 a Steel, American lb 10 a , English lb 14 a -.German lb 12 a 14 Tallow lb 10 a 12 Tea .imperial lb 1 a 1 37 J , hyson lb 1 a Tobacco, manufactured lb 10 a 50 " ' ~_??? Assignees Notice. THE creditors of.A. Burnett 4k Co. are hereby notified, that agreeable to the terms of the alignment made by the said A. Burnett & Co. they are required to present their demands duly authenticated, to the Assignees, on cr be. fore the fmt day of December next, and agree to diehsrge the said A. Burnett & Co. from further liability, upon receiving a dividend under the Assignment. All who do not comply with the above terms will be excluded from any b nefit under the assignment. The Assignment, and schedule df assets, maj be seen at the Counting room of A. Blue. A. BLUE, J. W. BLAKENEY, Assignees of A. Burnett fie. Co. Sept. 10,1839, 45?4t CHERAW CAMP MEETING. The Camp Meeting for Cheraw Station wi!l commence on the evening of the 25tti inst., near Gofer Hill* about 6 miles from Cheraw. Sept. 20, 1839. ^ A TTENT ION! Cheraw Beat Compan j No. I. YOU will appear at the Market Square on Saturday the 28th inst. at 10 o'clock, a.m. atrobd and equiped as the law directs, for Company drill. You will, also appear at Chesterfield Coot. House on the 3d October next, by 10 o'clock at ra. armed and eqoiped as the la* requires, fof Drill and Review. Commissioned and noncommissioned officers will attend the day previous to the review, for drill and instructieni By order of W. D. Haiixy. Capt. B. F. PEGtlES, O. S. Sept. SO, 1839. 45 2w ~~OBSRAtC' AOADS1XY, r* n m . i?.IL. ......... tL.t -I f iriL i ru sires respcci'uiijr biiuvuuv? uuu un Jl duties of this Institution will be resomod on the 1st of October next; the Male department under the inperintendence of Mr. E. Halt; the Female under that of Mr. J. Sewm*. The course of instruction in the male departnteilt, WUl be that required to enter the South Carolina Col. lege; the course in the fbmale department will be, to make thorough scholars. The scholastic yeat will commence 6h this 1st of October and end the 1st July : ft'e yeat it again divided into two sessions ; the fret begins 1st October and ends 15th February.; the second begins i 6th February and ends 1st July. Terms of Tuition per Session art. For Spelling. Reading and Writing $12 Oft The above with Arithmetic, English ) ig nft Gramma* and Geortaphy ( The above, with the Classics, higher i branches of Mathematics, Logic, > 20 00 Rhetoric, dec. ) five dollars each will be added to the abort for Painting and Drawing, or the Modern Lax** guages. All payments are in advanco ; the pupil will be required to pav for what remains of the eea. sion at the time ne or sho enters, nor will deduction or drawback he made for lues of time. J. W. BLAKENEY, Sec'y & T?a6. P. S. Mr. H. T. Chapman has taken charge of the Boarding House, near the Female Academy, where Young Ladies may obtain beard at * moderate price. < Sept. 20. 1831 45 it IT 0 T 2 0 E IS hereby given that I shall apply at the ensuing1 session nf the Legislators of this State, for a renewal of the Charter fbr a Ferry near Society Hill, on the Pee Dee. ALEX. SPARKS Sept. 20,1839. 45 tf_ The exercises of Miss M. 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