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?- - i .. ' * From DeBovfs Commercial Review. " Southern Scliool-Books. " Science at best is at a discount Lore, and tho who would promote it must not expect the same su cess as tailors, blacksmiths, Jcc."?-De Row's Jfagazih Xf/irrh 1 8n9. tin/10 *~.W. V,.*, ? This pithy opinion may bo applied to oth sectionsof the South besides yew-Orleans. Wi ters and speakers are prone todilate on the then " that knowledge is powerbut the practic mau and close observer soon becomes satislii. that in the South, very generally, cotton, suga cane, and negroes, are power ; and that intefle tual and scientific attainments, unless they a rapidly creating wealth for their possessor, a not regarded as of much value in tlicnisclve This is very well shown by the facts stated in t! short notice of the labors of Professors Smit and Chilton, whence wc have taken our mott . ? i .11. and is yet more strougly displayed in cue cusp' sition to place instructors of youth, and purel scientific men, much lower in the social sea than they rank in Europe, and in some oth. parts of the Union than this. Learning an science are regarded as tools, by which to o]? rate upon the pockets; and not as involving prii ciples, truths, and methods, by which one ca act upon the world as well as with it. Instru tors, therefore rank, in the estimation of man as first class overseers ! One improves his pupil intellects so as to he worth so much per head i the professional and practical market; the oth< raises so many bales per hand, or t?> the acre both keep their "gangs" or "force" in good <. bad order, as the ease may be ; and both ai paid in like proportion?the immortal sou! in 011 scale, balanced by cotton and sugar in the othoi "The dignity of intellect, as displayed in tl; teacher's mission," is a " sham," unless it bt tl,o f?lar<rrm<ir> mid instructor are combine nuviv in one: and thus it comes to pass, that the Sout and Southwest are dotted over with scetaria establishments, and wrangling divinity schoulsthe control of education having in a great me; sure passed into the hands of the clergy, sun pi because it requires the sell-denial of a preacln to meet the annoyances 'of a teacher, and h pulpit influence to keep up his standing. It is not however the object of this article t discuss the value of knowledge, or the prop< grade of its votaries, and we therefore pass t the consideration of the school-books of tli South?their origin, their character and inflt ences, their defects and the remedy. The publication of school-books is the mo? profitable branch of a bookseller's business. I vingand Prescott, Bryant and Willis, Bancrol s.nd Hilliard,?the seductions of poetry, the in ventions of fiction, the delvings and analyzing of science, even Typee Melville, and Baehek " Ike Marvel," " pale their ineffectual fires" In lore Webster's and Couily's Spelling-book, FirReaders, "Productive Grammars" and Sehoc Geographies. The supply of the innumcrab! hordes of little tow-headed urchins, whence at to come the great men of the future, is the on thing wished for by the men 44 of the trade. Looking to the practical there is scarce a firm i busiuess that would nut prefer the copyright < Noah Webster's Spelling-book to Daniel Wei Dttri a U|A^vuv9i The lirst thought that enters the mindof th inquirer is, that the school-books of the Sout originate in the North; and until recently, whe Cincinnati and Louisville entered the market, e> clusively in the "North, and faf North. Wc d not remember a single text-book of the school printed or published south of Mason and 1 ?ixon' line, unless it be Peter Parley's at Louisville. 3 there are such, they have but slight cireulatior The southern booksellers are literally in a stat of " peonage" to the " barons of Cliff-street" an< others of that ilk. The books are prepared b northern men, often without practical knowledg of teaching, untravelled in the United States and they are prepared, too, in " scries" or ' sets, with references so made, from one to the othoi that any oue volume of the "set" finding it way into a school-room, or college, and obtainin some approval and use, may act as a wedge t let in the balance, and shove out antagonist cd tions. Each large northern city has its peculia style of books ; and the very first thing a book seller or publisher beginning business in such c: ty desires and aims at is to obtain a name < some literary celebrity with which to christen series of copyrighted, stereotyped school books if the classics, too often filched bodily from th Germans or the Prussians, overlaid with nuU in English; if in English, often paste and scissc concoctions of old grammars and geographies if in French, often unblushing plagiarisms froi old Parisian school-books or lectures. Any on who can see the trade-lists, or will compare th circulars of the northern houses, will Confess w are right. The competition among all these r val houses for a market is constant and incessant Agents, colporteurs and pedlars are brought int requisition, and so gainful is a successful schoo book, that it is a fact, that agents anxious to it troduce a new work, and root out an establish* one, have offered to take all of the old book from teachers, and replace them with new publ cations without charge ! This being done as on mode of bringing them into use. The origin, the authorship, the puMicntiot and the control of the quantity sold, and tli price, are all of them, then, far distant from tl South. We pass next to tlic character and infiuenct of these books; and here we desire to assert principle that may cause some doubt in the re; der's mind, and of which we regret our preset limits prevent a full discussion. We believe tin southern life, habits thoughts and aims, are s essentially different from those of the North, th; hern a different character of books, tuition an training is absolutely required, to bring up tli boy to manhood with his faculties fully dcvclope* If the mythology of the ancients was controlle by climate; if Jit one point winter and be weather shut the boy up by the fire-side fb months in a year, and at another not five week: if at one the body ripens at least three years 1; ter than at the other, and if the aims of t lie a ter life are as distinct as the degrees of latitat that cover the Union,?why then should the: not be such dissimilarities as to prevent eleinei tary works*of reasonable size and price for schoo from being adapted to all ? The 4assies may I excepted, and even there, some regard should 1 had in the notes to early training and merit aptitudes. 1 hose who have taught, or sec teaching in New York or Philadelphia, and (Ik at New-Orleans, or inland points south, will re, dily understand this view. There are distim idiosyncracies, if tliey may be so called, peculiar | < to each great section of the United States, and i 50 these cannot be disregarded by a teacher. With- < c out delaying then to argue this point, which ? might lead us too far astray from our present I er subject, we vouture the foregoing assertion, and ] appeal to observation to sustain us. K. We believe, then, that the character of tlie 1 common school hooks used in the southern insti- < ,J tut ions of learning, has the ear mark of the sec- < v_ tioii and writers who compile and originate them, 1 c- and that the inducement to these works is not < .... Invoof Icarniier. and an.xietv to improve methods I iv , 1 io of teaching and developing the mind, butamerc l s. love of gain on the part of tl:o publishers with I: ,c. capital enough to invr-st in the bu>incss; regnr], clinjLT the voting intellect of the country as it pay- ' 0) ing crop, worth so much, ar.d making their cal- ' r>. Vulations on these principles. ' |y We are conscious this is an ignoble and selfish ic view of the matter, but we think that it would ' ir be difficult for a candid examiner to come to I J any other conclusion. We admit that a desire 1 e- of supplanting a riv.H house will induce improvei ment in the mode of getting up and preparing ? n a text-book, and that teachers, anxious for the 1 c- eclat, and if successful, the gain of authorship, ; y, are perpetually supplying the market with so f s' called new works; but the principle remains tin- 1 in touched: the brains of boys and girls tire re < t garded as a California placer, to be dug, washed ' i out sifted, for the benefit of private interest, and ' >r! no more labor is given to the book than will car v ry it out into common use, l?y means of the < ic I usages of trade. 1 ! An instance will perhaps illustrate our view: 1 ic A teacher, or "savant," lias devoted much labor ' ? to some peculiar branch of education; lie has f d laid out all his strength, experience, and knowl- ( h edge, in a school-book, which really devclopes 1 n new \ iews, and suggests educational improve- ' - nicnts. His manuscript s complete, and the aut thor, having submitted it to competent judges, is 1 v cheered by their approval, and feels as if he had "r rendered some benefit to his profession, and J is gained some honor for himself. Hut now comes 1 the pinch. The publication of school-books is a J ,o monopoly in the hands of certain great publish- 1 ;r ing houses in the large cities of the North. 1 ,o They each have made large investments in stereo- ' ie type plates, copyrights! maps, printed " stock 5 i- nay more, on the very topic on which ourtencher I or " savant" has written, these publishers have a < ;t book, or a series of books in use. If the teacher i r- publishes on his own score, or outside of these j ft houses, judicious friends tell him, or his own ol>i servation teaches him, that he runs a great risk * of pecuniary loss, and he therefore proceeds to >r the " right publisher." What does he do Why, as self interest usually induces any man to ( t act; he cither dissuades or refuses; or, if his i >1 "reader" advises him that "it will do," the pub- i c lisht-rsitsdown to a calculation of expediency, prof- < c it and lo>s. Can I give this new new buok such ( e a circulation as to kill off Harper, Appleton and i " others, from the market, and save myself from i n loss on my ow n copyrights tliat become eoinpara- 1 >f tively worthless if this new work comes out ? ; ) If I can, 1 will lake it. The chances are, how- j ever, that the author is rebuffed ; for presonta- t e tion coj?ics to editors, tea -hers, end literati, from h whom are to llow t!ie p"Jfn that shall waft the i n j work oil ;i prosperous voyage, will alor.c consume ( 1 a sm:ill edition, to say nothing of advertising, r o and investment of capital in "stock." If the i Is author dues make a contract, lie probably sells ( 's liis copyright for a per cent, on sales of his book; \ [f and from that t i;n?- out, the haul ling of his brain ( 1. goes on the trade-lists, and adds one more name e to the " valuable school-books published (by Gam- c il moil and Co.) and for sale by booksellers general- t y ly." This is not. we as.-lire the reader, "fancy's \ e sketch v.c have the case, and use it to show' i ; that the cbimcUr of soli"- bbooks in this cuun- < " iry is rapidly becoming subsidiary to more 1110 ; r, tives of gain. Now. in all this, we. see no spo- s cial cause of complaint for publishers alone; the ; g laws of trade, coin] etilioii, and interest, produce c o such a state; and booksellers, taking the country f i- a> they find it. have a clear right to occupy the r ir market. The author and publisher are iutc-res- i ! ted in praising the hook, and nobody has any f !-1 snecinl interest in decrving it; but we do think t >f it is high time that southern rending men, edu- I j a catcd men, and those concerned in and about j schools and colleges, should create a public opin- | 1 e ion that will duck the evil, and compel more L s regard to the wants of the rising generation, t ,c and this, especially, when the influence of such ; ; school-books, so prepared, and emanating whence I n they do, is considered. 1 e As far back as 177!>, Mr. Jefferson, in Virginia, e proposed a systematica! plan of southern eduea- v e tion : 1st, Momentary schools, comprising all i i- classes, rich and poor; '2d. A class ot colleges, i t. calculated for all the wants of American life : I o yd, A finishing univer.-ity of Virginia, that "he i I- hoped it would save them from becoming the s i-: 1 larbary of the Union, and falling into the ranks c (1 i of their own negroes ;" and insisted that the edu- s :s cation of " southern youth, in the southern states, j i-1 is noccssaay, if the states are to remain sovereign \ o ! anj iiidcpeisdfiitstating with alarm the fact, t I that five hundred of their sons were educating in r i, I northern seminaries, "as a canker eating on the j t ie I vitals of their (southern) existence." Of the \ ie same spirit was General Washington, when in c his will he recommends a Virginia university,as )s a protection against passing so important a period t a of life in Europe. Uoth of these great, men arc v usually regarded as good Unionists ; and if they t it saw danger then from northern institutions, when 1 it the South was Georgia, we may safely venture s in to deprecate not only instruction,but the elcmentt tary books of instruction front the same quarter, t d when the South is the Kio Grande and the l'u- ( ie cific. ['* In this article wc wish chiefly to deal with the ( 'd lower class of school-books in use at the South, f 'd such as spelling-books, geographies, histories, ,e readers, speech-books, and similar elementary ( 5i works ; because they reach the first class of Mr. ' Jefferson's plan, and are in the vernacular. Clasf" sical, scientific, and metaphysical works are open 1 1? to the same charge of serious defects for southern ' re use ', but we have no space for that class at pre- ?' II- i W n ntor tiinii f 11 f eol>/o.l t " I M'llU iii.pi IH'ltIK III ,^.||WM|Is [ books are injurious : t irst Ikjcuusc they are pub>e j lishod as a mere matter of gam, without reference 1 )fi j to the wants of the pupils using them. What * 'il j is to be thought of the value of a Grammatic 1 " j Header, Nos. 1 and 2, actually used in a southern 1 " i public school, by children from seven to ten years ' 'old, which at page 21 runs thus: "This youth -t j was delighted with the prospect of becoming 1 B??????????? i farmer." " This is an intransitivepost-substanfivey prepositional, gerundive phrase/" If any ->?e thing could delight a youth compelled to en- i lure such trash, it would be, we should think, the prospect of becoming rid of it as soon as possible. What is to be done with geographies that tell pupils 44 States are divided into towns and Muntios as if, out of New England, the use t A' town, as synonymous with parish, district, or township, was usual: that devote two nacres to Connecticut onions and broom-corn, and ten lines 1 lo Louisiana and sugar ? of histories that are silent about Texas ? of first readers, that declare dlspelling but Noah Webster's "vulgar," and ' not used in good society ?" and of "speakers" lliat abound in selections for southern declamation, made almost exclusively from northern dehates in Congress, and from abolition poets ? We think, secondly, these school-books injurious, because there is no permanency about fhein. When the market is supplied, or, rather, the public saturated, with a particular work, it gradually disappears from the stores, and some s jther, not. a whit better, but newer, takes the c place. This is especially annoying to teachers d md pupils who, having become used to a certain c let of books, find themselves, they scarce know g iow, deprived of their chosen works, and are t >ut of print. There was some philosophy in the joy's excuse, " that he could not spell, because t io hadn't got the hang of the new school-house." i t This system, too, not only by the variety and (l: diangc of supply, which depends purely on Irai'e j, vasoTis, causes mischief, but it also carries out of t lie South a very large amount of money, far ^ arger than those who have not examined the aibject would suppose. Let any one of our realms, who educates a family, calculate what he ays out yearly for school-books, and then reflect hat all around him are paying a similar tax. Were it not that this outlay, above all others, s s most cheerfully paid by parents, and goes out s gradually, there would have been an outcry be- n ore this, especially when about thirty per cent. ] s added on to the northern cost for the southern f narkct. Our complaint is, not that the money s spent, but that, like in almost everything else ve want, we spend our means abroad, and not. ?t home. There are other reasons that will pre- * ;cnt themselves to those who will reflect on this 1 .opie, and which we would express, did we not ^ lesire to devote the rest of ourspace totheniost 1 mportant and concluding division of our subcct. We mean, the remedy. TO UK CONTINUED. -<- - ? c Congregational IHethodists. r Some weeks since we noticed that a few preach- s UIIU Ul iUUbUVVIICV VJiUIVil VViivn, vii Georgia, had seceded from the regular denomination, and had undertaken to set up for them- r selves. So far as we have seen in our Georgia i 'xchanges, the seccders have not abandoned or r vjnidiated the doctrines of the Church, but only i ts form of government and the itinerant system, j \\'a make tho subjoined extract from the reasons t Lssigne?l by the leaders of this new church as a >art of the history of the religious movements of s he day: t ' In appearing before the public, wc deem it j lue to ourselves, our old brethren, and tlie world, ,. o set forth, in a distinct manner, some of the easons that led to our separation. We were j n>t'influenced by prejudice or ill-will towards >ne minister or member of the M. K. Church; , nit we love them yet as brethren, and look up- j. >11 them in the mam as good and holy men. . "1. We think that the itinerant system, as * inrried out in this country 1i;ls mainly lost its iflieiciioy, and failed to meet alike the wants and 1 vishes of the Church and world. This, we think, j 1 s what gives to all other churches that arc con-; u fivgationnl in their form of worship greatly the j v uhantage of us. it also requires us to pay large j ^ tuns to have the gospel preached to the walls , 0 ind benches in our churches. We think these ,li vils have been augmenting every year, that the j 11 riction of machinery is increasing, and that the j food accomplished by it is not and will not be j 1> u proportion to the sacrifices required. There-: tl ore, we believe that the day is here when the j a abcrnacli s sliouiu oe locaicu; circuiusuiuces g untily it?the people demand it. 1; "2. We object to the government of the M. c Church, localise it ] toss esses not the elements >f a republican form of government. It discards ti he representative principle, shuts out the people, I J md confides to the same hands the executive, si egislntive and judicial powers; and yet those ri lands are not the representatives of the people, ti "3. We objected to said government, because j; ve were taxed without representation, legislated u or without a constituency, and large amounts of 0 noney and church property are controlled by ! 0 lie travelling pieaehers alone; and they, in this ; natter, are beyond the control of the member-; ,, hip. A government so uncongenial with and : ontrary to the spirit and genius of out civil in- i t] titutions we think to be wrong in theory and i " J. . r raetiee. No power possesses so great a princi de of increase and accumulation as an ecclcsiasical power. Its facilities for multiplication and . ^production are many and fearful. They should i!' herefore be vigilantly guarded agr.inst by nil i vho consider the image of God closely connect;d with the rights of man." 1 The following are the articles from the consti- '' ulion of said Church: ^ "1. This Church shall be called a Congrega- 'J ional Methodist Church, and all the churchesm 11 ier connection shall be congregational in their 11 iystem of worship. 1 "2. Christ only is the head of the Church, and ^ lie word of God is the only rule of faith and e :onduct. " "3. A Christian Church is a society of bcliev- ? >rs in our Lord Jesus Christ, and is of divine inititution. ti "4. N o person who loves God and obeys the e .Jospcl of Christ ought to be deprived of Church ii nomborship. p "o. Every man lias an inalienable right to pri- l; .ate judgment in matters of religion, and all o lave i?n ecjual right to express their opinions in my way that will not violate the laws of God or n he rights of man. e "0. Church trials shall be conducted on GosK'l principles only, and no minister or meniber -hall b? excommunicated except for immorality, j. wopngating unscriptural doctrine, or the neglect >f duties enjoined by the Word of God." j, g II. M. ship Vestal arrived at Halifax on the 1 14th inst., to join Admiral .Seymour's squadron, j TEE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1852, THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Health Of Camden. We understand that rumors are afloat in the country hat sickness prevails in Camden to an alarmingcxtent, md is rapidly hurrying ofTits victims. A gentleman told is y esterday, that while on his way here the day before, io was met by a traveller who warned him against :oming, assuringhim that he had it from good authori y, that yellow fever prevailed here, and that seveneen persons had died in one dayl This is but one of the mndred rumors in circulation in regard to the health if Camden. "Wo have heretofore thought them unvorthy of notice, but from the respectability and callHQ of the informant of our friend, and the section of country into which he was going, his report may prove njunous, not only to the interests of Camden, but of hoso who desire to come here, we take occasion to ay that there is no truth in and no foundation whatver for the report above alluded to, and should Camlen ever bo so unfortunate as to bo visited by any dis ase that would render it unsafe or imprudent forstran'ers to visit us, our readers will be duly informed of lie fact through the columns of the Journal. As was to have been expected, those portions of our own most exposed to the miasma arising from the he grounds overflowed by the late freshet aro more inhealthy than usual, but the disease we understand, s generally of a mild typo, yielding readily to medical reatment. We cannot call to mind ruoro than fivo leaths that have occurred in town during tho sumacr, four of which were of children under ten years of fio A Large Snake. At Dr. Workman's Drug-Store there.is the stuffed kin of a Rattlesnake, killed last spring, which meauresG feet and 11 inches in length, and 10 1-2 inches iround tho body, has thirteen rattles and a button.? Chore is also one, alive which will measure]about four bet. Health of Charleston. The following is the number of deaths from Yellow pevcr as reported by the Board of Health up to our luesc accounts: xorinree aaysenuingai iu m. uu iunday, 15 deaths; up to 10 p. ra. on Monday, 13; to 9 >. m. on Tuesday, 5. Southern School Books. "We have in our paper to-day. an excellent article upin this important subject, taken from DeBow's Comnercial Review. We commend it to the careful conidcration of our readers as containing much thought if practical importance. We have in our time committed the error of comnending to the attention of Southern people, certain Southern movements, not dreaming but that thcro was eally something in the name. Since our labors have ieeii profusely expended upon this topic however, we lave learned most conclusively to our satisfaction, that here is nothing in a name. We aro now led to indulge a few thoughts upon the ubject above indicated, by tho article wo have mcnioned. It is highly important for the success and erpctiiity of our institutions, that books for the use of Southern schools be published, and that those incendf? rv publications which have occupiedfor so long a time, he exalted station of text books in our schools and ollegcs, be collected together in a large heap and mined to ashes; and that it be made an indictable of j nee for any book-seller to have in his stock "Way land's iloral Science," Paley's Philosophy," and such ilk, as leal in vile misrepresentations and abuses of the insti. utions of the South. Why may we not have books ml dished at the South suited to our views and form f government? Many States have their standard rorks peculiar to themselves; and a distinguishing jaturc with some of them is, that they will not use any ther; for example, New York lias its extensive ediions of spelling books, reading books, See., and under o consideration could the "Empire State" bo induced > use those published in South Carolina, because the olitics and notions of this State do not accord with lieirs. Why can't South Carolina be as independent s New York? Lotus not hereafter talk about the lorious South! whilst wo have men in our midst and iw-inakcrs, who ridicule the idea of publishing Southrn school-books as preposterous. We should like samo one, who knows a great deal, > toll us what business we have to use Now York and lussuchusctts books in our schools? The peculiar intitutions of the South are held up to the scorn and doision of all; and yet a blind and unpardonable infatuaion leads the deluded and impotent South, over this jarful precipice. Arc wo indulging our imagination nneccssarily? It may bo so in the view of some wise nes, but as we believo \vc aro right, it is enough lor ur present purpose. In the year 1850. a Teacher's Convention was held t Columbia ;n this State, and among the objects cou. emplutcd by Governor Se.ybrook in calling together liat body, was the "preparation at home of Elementsy and other books for the use of our schools, Ac." This uggestion was honored so far as to occasion a resolution o the effect?"that a committeo be raised to inquire ito the character of the elementary school-books, now ii use in the State, and the encouragement that could ic extended to Southern men and Southern publishers, o undertake the compilation and issuo of school-books Dr the South." In order to carry out this inquiry, a onimittcc of fourteen gentlemen, from different districts n the State was appointed, who, according to the pubished proceedings of that body, wero to report nt an djourned meeting. Has any thing been done towards lie "preparation at Ito me of elementary and other books jr the use of our schools?" The answer, like all othrs, relating to the action of Conventions at the South jra few years past, is, resolutions have been adopted, pooches have been made, but?no'hiug has been donoi tnd are we thus to remain in idleness, whilst the campires of tlio oneinv aro lmrninir all around ns? From very liill top and old lield school-house, their lliekeragsjno plainly visible, and the influences which the crnicious school-books of the North, extensively circuited and used at the South, are destined to exercise ver the minds of the young, will soon bo incalculnblo. As the writer in DeBow's Review remarks, the only teans wo have in our power is, the remedy, which wo arncstly hope our friends will read and apply. Thf Japan* Expedition.?Commodore Perry < now in Washington, and arrangements, it is said ro to bo made for the speedy departure of the expedition to Japan. Tho repairs of the Missisippi, and the completion of tlie repairs of the 'rinceton are alone waited lor. The full complement of seamen will be made up. I t \ u Deaths-at Havana.?During the month of August \ there were 814 deaths in Havana, being about double \ the usual number; 397 were white, and 416 colored. .,-l The number of soldiers who died is not included, and among them there was great mortality. Missouri Senator?The Louisville Courier says that CoL Benton is authoritatively announced as a candi- ff date for the Senate of the United States in 1854, and sooner if Senator Geyer can be forced to resiirn by in structions from the Legislature. License and Anti-License.?At & late election for Intendant and Aldermen of Greenville, license and anti-license tickets were run, and the latter was successful by an average vote of nearly double that of the opposing ticket. The Jacksonville News, speaking of Billy Bowlegs' visit to Washington, says: ''Billy, while here, expressed his determination ** not to emigrate! He was not going to Washington, he said, to negotiate for a removal, but to * make a treaty to remain. Under such circum- Ji stances, what the object is of carrying him to 1 Washington, we can't imagine ; it can result in \ no good. If Gen. Blake had packed saucy Biily and his cabinet aboard a vessel and sent them to New Orleans, instead of Washington, he would have accomplish more towards 'a peaceful removal,' than he will by his present errand." The Fishery Settlement.?The National Intelligencer in referring to the various specula- fa tious of the Eastern press, in relation to the reported settlement ot the firhery dispute, says: "We presume there lias been no new arrange- ? ' raont entered into, even, if any has been on ei- > y ther side thought of or proposed. All thai was meant, as we believe, by the late accounts from i England, was that the British Alinistry had disclaimed the adoption of any policy or the enforcement of any more stringent regulations re- " specting the fisheries than had been observed prior to the late groundless flare-up in this country; in short, that the British Ministry had no . M thought of adopting any new line of condhctin the premises, but meant to leave the subject, both in principle and practice, where the Treaty ? of 1818 placed it, and where it has remained ever since." _ Oorrespowlence of the Charleston Courier. Washington, Sept. 17. The great storm of August, was a remarkable ^ one, for its extent and its destructiveness. The > j New-York Journal of Commerce, says it was the ]? kind'of storm that Mr. W. 0. Eedtield, who is much distinguished for science and observation, i| first proved to be a great whirlwind. Ilence, it ?l is called the Cyclone storm. JMr. K. showed that, f at the same instant, in different places, the wind i actually blew in a circle, measuring some five I hundred miles in diameter, and progressing, A while, whirling. The late storm was eleven days in its progress from Key-West to Halifax. In _ this city we had it on Saturday the 27th. It is stated that Gov. Ri?'d, of the Bermuda Islands adopted Mr Rcdfield's theory, and has written two or three octavo volumes, giving the course and history of several great storms. The Journal adds: " In the East Indies, Messrs. Piddington & * Thorn, iu the employment of the East India Company, have each published several volumes, showing from very careful data, that in the Indian ocean and China sea, the storms are also circular, and that sonth of the equator, they whirl around in the opposite direction, that is, 'south of the equator they move round in the same way as the hands of a watch. Mr. Piddington very properly calls them cyclones, from the cycloidal course of the wind." General Scott will be absent, on his Western tour of duty, for a month, or perhaps till after the > Presidential election, lie will not deem it politic, even if he had the disposition, to receive much . it* . i vi amJdI puonc couri as a presidential canaiuaie, wnne on his journey. It is supposed that he will avoid, as far as he may, without giving offence, any de- i raonstration of popular regard. There being little feeling in regard to the present canvass, cit'.ier in the West or elsewhere, it is not probabb ?2 that the General and his suite will be much molested. The nomination of Gov. Troup fo? the Presidency is considered here as an important political movement, and chiefly for the reason that it may command the South-Carolina vote. It is probable, too. that the appointment of the elec- * tors of the State of < Georgia, may devolve on their * Legislature, as neither of the four tickets to be voted for in that State, will have a majority of the popular vote. The Legislatures of the two .vfl States will meet after the result of the election >in the other States is known, and, possibly, though not probably, the election might, by their action, be defeat d before the people, or decided in favour of the leading Condidate. An additional interest is certainly given to the election by tho movement on the part of the State Rights" Men of Georgia. It is said to be the object of the visit of Commodore Perrv to this c ty to receive his final instructions in regard to the fitting out and des- S patch of the japan Expedition. It is hoped that nothing will again occur to delay that expo- ? dition. So general a disposition exists in favor .. of the increase of the force and efficiency of the fr Navy, that something must be done for that object, ere long. Mr. Stevens, of N. Y., is here, making arrangements for the execution of his contract for building a war steamer of the first class and great power. ?^ ? ? ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC WONDER. 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