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txn Mumms* + COMMUNICATIONS. Nacoochce Valley, June 8, 1834. To the Editors of tho Southern Banner. Gentlemen j—A singular discovery has recently been made in this vicinity, of a Sub. terranean Village, which, though not so ex tensive as Herculaneum or Pompeii, involves . much mystery and speculation, and oilers a new subject of enquiry to ths Geologist and Antiquary. ’ The houses were disinterred by excavating a canal for the purpose of washing gold. The depth varies from seven, to nine . feet; some of the houses are imbedded in the stratum of gravel, which is auriferous, and yields fine profits to the operators. The logs .'are but partially decayed, from 6 to 10 inch es in diameter, and from 10 to 12 feet long. The walls are from 3 to 6 feet in height, join ed togother,forming a straight line upwards of .300 feet in length, comprising 34 buildings or rooms. The logs are hewn at the ends, and notched down as in ordinary cabins of the present day. In one of the rooms were found, three baskets, made of cane splits, resting upon the slate ; also, u number of fragments of Indian ware, similar to that ma- • nufactured by the Cherokees of the present period. From the circumstance of the land having been covered with a heavy growth of timber previous to its cultivation by the whites, (12 years since) wo roust necessarily infer, that they were built at a remote period, and by some powerful cause have been submerged and covered by continual additions of alluvion The stream is about 30 feet wide, and is said , by Mr. Sand ford (who is now operating on it for gold, very successfully, and from whom I derived most of my information with re gard to the houses,) to be one of the most productive gold deposites in the country, The houses are situated from 50 to 100 yards from the principal channel of the creek; and ns no further excavations have been made, it is more than probable that new and more in teresting developements will be made when ■ the land is worked for gold. A great number of curious specimens of workmanship have been found in situations, which preclude the possibility of their having been moved for more than a thousand years. During my mining operations last year, I found, at ouc time, about one half of a cruci ble, of the capacity of near a gallon. It was ten feet below the surface, and immediately beneath a large oak tree, which measured five feet in diameter, and must have been lour or five hundred years old. The depo- «ite was diluvial, or what may be termed table land. The stratum, of quartz gravel, in which the vessel was imbedded, is about two feet in thickness, resting upon decomposed chlorite slate. It is not difficult to account for the deposite of those substances in alluvial soil, fur the bills are generally very high and precipitous, nnd from the immense quantity of rain which falls, the streams are swollen to a great height, sweeping every thing with them, and frequently forming a deposite of several feet in thickness in n season ; but some of the diluvial land is from 10 to 50 feet above the - present level of the streams. These deposites exhibit appearances of as great attrition as those recently formed. There, was a vessel, or rather a double mortar, found in Duke’s Creek, about five inches in diameter, and the excavation on each side was nearly an inch in depth, basin like, and perfectly polished. It was made of quartz, which had been semi-transparent, but had become stained with (he iron which abounds in quantity in all this country. In the bottom of each basin was a small de- pression half an inch in depth, and about the samo diameter. What its use could have been, is difficult to conjecture. Some sup. pose it was used for grinding paint, &c. or in some of their plays or games. The high finish, and its exact dimensions, induce me to believe it the production of a more civilized people, than the present race of Indians. Respectfully yours, M. S. KOU THE SOUTHERN BANNER. Messrs. Editors: I have been much puzzled in my attempts to divine the intention of the correspondent “ Philanthropist,” in your paper of the 7th inst. My first conjecture was, that the author ofit was some young man who wished to ridicule some of his companions for the extravagance and bad tnste of their compliments. But, as I proceeded in reading the essay, I perceived a most manifest design to make the aunt the heroine of tho tale. Now, 1 knew it was very common for authors to make their he- rocs personifications of themselves, as the Child© Harold of Bvron, the Emilios of Rous seau, and the Lucilla of Hannah Moore; and I therefore concluded that the aunt must he herself the author—that she was her own heroine. After ending my labor, I asked my sell, can it be a lady who has written this 7 Could a lady have written such a bitter pas quinade against her sex 1 Would she inten tionally have made them use had grammar ? Would she represent them as complaining of dull times, when the sweets of homo were theirs ; when the flowers were blooming, the forests verdant, and when the time of the singing of birds was come ? Would she make them remain mute in the discussion of the Waverly novels; of the real and fictitious characters of persons, so well known as Rich ard Coeur de Lion, and Mary queen of Scots, and that too through acknowledged ignorance ? "Would a woman represent her sex as having paid absolutely no attention to poetry and history ; or could she, possessed of the com roon delicqcy of her sex, send her dramatis persona: to Tooke’s Pantheon, with its gross immoralities and offensive' fables ? Besides, thought I, she has made the gentlemen talk of Somnus and Morpheus ; of the - sword of Brutus, and the asp of Cleopatra, and the dig. nity of . Juno, and.the wisdom of Minerva ; and although- they are exhibited as speci mens of impoliteness, yet it cannot be that a. lady, would place her female personages at such a mighty disparagement to talents and acquirements. No, no. Never could a wo- man thus turn her strength against her owu breast. I read the piece again, and the con clusion at last fixed itself on my mind that it was written by some recluse, who having studied the classics and the scieuces in his study, found himself unable to attract atten tion to his merits in the scenes of real life. He seems possessed of what the lawyers term, malice against the human race, and throws his arrows at male and female alike indis criminately. The caricature he has drawn of exaggerated compliments, and of impolite refusals to follow the conversation according to the taste of the aunt, if it bear any resem- blance to an original, exhibits a picture of such grossness, that I think the persons dcs- cribed should be immediately banished from good society. But this is the only approval I can give to the essay. The author has denounced all that is valu able in social converse ; he would change the parlor into a lyceum, and the drawing, room into an arena for intellectual gladiators. The principle seems to be laid down as fund, umchtal, that information and improvement are the only objects of society ; that the use- ful, and not the agreeable, is to be sought and admired. Against this, I most solemuly protest. The utilitarians have tried to introduce this principle into morals, into legislation, and in to science ; and every where it has failed. Hobbes tried it in ethics; Bentham in poli tics ; and Grimke in education ; but no where has success crowned their efforts, and such also must be its fate in the friendly cir cle. The principle which I would lay down as the rule and guide of. conversation, is, that it should confer happiness with dignity and virtue. The ideas which may be introduced do not make up its principal value. It should be conducted so ns to afford pleasure. It should sparkle with the electricity of a joyful countenance. It should devolope shades of thought in all their nice discriminations by gesture, by. the glance of the eye, and by the play of tho features. It should abound in sentiment, and be ornamented with vivacity and cheerfulness. But it should do all this, with dignity and virtue. Amusement must be found, but it must be the pleasure of a man. and not of a child. Mind must be displayed, but it must be thought, awakening delight, and inciting to enthusiasm and love. It should be the music of the soul, where the chords of each heart vibrate in sympathetic unison. Such a style of conversation lightens the burden of grief, awakens the apathy of mel- ancholy, banishes misanthropy and ennui, conduces to the discovery of character, ex cites within us the love of God’s creatures, devclopes the social feelings, displays the taste, the modesty and the benevolence of the speakers, and gives birth to that noble self-devotion to others, which becomes a ba lance to regulate the excesses of self love. But how. would it be if society were turned into a lecture, and taste and wit and vivacity be banished for the dry discussion of Homer or Humo; of Aristotle or Brown ? What virtue of the heart, will such conversation ex- ercise or improve ? Will it increase our love of man or nature ? Will it polish the rough, ness, refine the grossness, or perfect the delicacy of mankind ? Will it make us set a high value upon home, strengthen our love for our friends, or increase our admiration of that sweetest and loveliest spot on earth, the domestic hearth? What affections can such a style of converse awaken ? It shows no heart, no soul; nothing but understanding, but judgment, and love is not found there. No, I can never consent that the object of conversation is to fill tho head with science or history; it is to develope the imagination,to improve the heart, to confer happiness with dignity and virtue. If authority were-needed to support my positions, I could find it every where among the great and good. But if •>Phil<>nthro|iist i ” who has made his model of female perfection to suit iiis own taste, formed as it has been in the solitude of a moth-eaten library, will not modify his theory for.the Bacons and the By rons, the philosophers and the poets of the past; yet he surely should yield to the great and learned of the other sex. Hannah Moore and Madame De Slael, the most illustrious of their sex, gave no authority by their wri tings or their practice to this visionary Uto pia. They combined all female virtues and female talents ; yet we can find no parallel in Lucilla, for this dream of perfection. Even in the literary citrcle, hooted at by the name of bas^bleu, because they banished cords, where the eloquence of Burke and the wit of W alpole gave authority to its fashion ; amuse ment, and happiness and dignity and virtue were the x*nd of their conversation. The il- lustrious author, in giving her brief descrip tion of it, has the following homely but ex pressive lines: Hail Conversation, heavenly fair, Thou bliss of life and balm of care, Soft polisher of rugged man, Refiner of the social plan— Still may thy gentle care extend. And taste, with wit and science blend— where almost every word expresses the on joy ment that wus the object of these parties. But if we turn from her to the noble exile, whom tho despotism of Bonaparte sent to wander for ten long years, far from the ele- gancres of Parisian circles, we have one who sits as queen over the empire of taste and science and social converse, -and whose au- thority “ Philanthropist” may in vain attempt to resist. It was the wit, the elegance, the love, the cxcilemeut of Paris, that made her long for its halls, with all the intense eager- ness of tho banished Israelites who hung their harps on the willow, and wept when they remembered Zion,' What was it she found to admire in the countries of her exile? The enthusiasm, the fine arts, the beautiful sky of Italy; the poetry of Schiller, the dramas of Goethe, and . the anecdotes of McIntosh. When recalling the scenes or Paris, she says, “ Speech is not there the ineaosof communi- eating .ideas, sentiments or transactions, but it is an instrument on which they are fond of playing, and which, like music, animates the spirits.” I have now, Messrs. Editors, gone through with this subject. I contend that utility, im provement, and information, are not the pro per criteria of conversation ; that the social circle is not the place for finding out the meaning of ancient authors, or for a meta physical discussion of the cocnparative value of future and present enjoyment. It is the place for wit, for bon-mots, for anecdotes, for pleasing literature, for the perfection of the social virtues, for sensibility, enthusiasm, de- licacy, modesty, friendship and love ; for all those blandishments that take off the edge of sorrow or wo. I have avoided in the discussion of this subject, any thing like ridicule. It might have admitted some laughable caricatures, but have -drawn none. The society of Athens needs not for its defence any uims, but those of truth and reason. That it is perfect, I would by no means aver ; for where is per fection to be found on earth. But long may it continue as it is, the home of agreeable pleasantry, the centre of taste and of amuse ment, the theatre of pleasing and lively dis cussion, the residence of cheerfulness and modesty and gaiety, and of dignified and vir tuous happiness, where man may enjoy the pure “ feast of reason and the flow of soul; and accursed be that day when its parlors shall become the oratorios for sermons, or lecture rooms for “blue stockings.” AN ATHENIAN. FOR THE SOUTHERN BANNER. <. NO. III. Nothing is so well calculated to arrest the attention, excite the prejudice, and ferment the party feeliugs of the people of the differ ent States, as the doctrine of State Rights, as advocated by that class of politicians who claim their name from thence. The reasons in support of this remark are obvious. The State of South Carolina has sounded the tocsin and leads the van. Why is it thus with South Carolina ? Because, the people of that State have been persuaded that their interests have been trampled on by the vari ous laws imposing duties on imports. Act ing under the belief that their rights had been iisregarJed in these enactments, it w.is natu ral for them to seek out some remedial pro cess calculated to relieve them. Their po- litical leaders were generally men of high abilities, profound statesmen, .. and winning orators. They raised the banner of Staite Rights, aud pointed to the remedy of nullifi cation ; and the people, from motives of in terest and natural love for their own State, flocked around them and sanctioned their wild proceedings. The end proposed was. successful resistance to a law of the General Government, or a grave of glory ou the field of battle ! For a moment, we will concede all that this doctrine of State Rights requires, to es- tabiish its authenticity. We will admit, that a single State of this Union, not only has the right to judge of the constitutionality of a law of Congress, but to decide upon that judg ment ; and not only to decide, but also to act in accordance with that decision. We will admit for a moment, that a State has not only the right merely, to assemble in conven vention to declare unqualified resistance to a law sho alone believes to be unconstitutional but also that as a sovereign, she bus the in dubituble right to prescribe her own mode and measure of redress—to organize her mi litary—to erect arsenals and magazines—to man and arm forts, and prepare herself with “all the pomp and circumstance of glorious war,” to battle with her kindred and sister States! Reason and magnanimity could not possibly refuse these rights, these higl prerogatives of sovereignty, to any and all the States, while one is admitted to possess them. The same arguments which prove them to exist in one, equally proves them to exist in all—in each. Wbat influence there to make the laws of the General Gov- eminent respected? Any State, from the least to the greatest, whenever, she con ceived herself either ueglected in the distri button of the loaves and fishes, or believed herself to be oppressed by a general law, would immediate ly put on the insignia sovereignty, and order that government to desist. Would fear restrain her? Too brave to acknowledge the influence of the degrading principle. Would-the interest the whole ? The neglect of her interest would remove in her view that nominal obli gation. Would the glory and value of the Union ? That long ago has been weighed in the balance, and found wanting : and let the reckless politicians of the present day re- member, that in the history, of governments, upharsin stands next to tekbl- Tukel, it weighed, and found wanting. Upharsin, is divided, aud given to the Medes and Per sians. Concede, I say, all these privileges and prerogatives to one State, and we must yield them to all the States. And what act of the General Government of common ira- port and interest, would nut he checked some one State of the Union., What treaty what executive act; what legislative enact- ment; what judicial decision, could be really regarded as the “supreme law of the land f What might not Ohio say and do, in regard to the disposition of her public lands ? What might not Louisiana do, when a statute should be enacted to regulate commerce, and thus affect the immense trade carried on at the mouth of the father of rivers, nnd in the city of Orleans ? The same may be asked every other State, having seaport towns, short, any State might make any law, what ever, the subject of constitutional cavil; and consequently, of unconstitutional modes of re sistance. It might repose itself upon the dig nity and authority of its unalienahle sove reignty ; and setting her face against any proceeding of government -whatever, and say, “ thus far raayest thou come if it suits my convenience, but no farther.” Suppose this theory of our Union, (I will not say Govern- by ment, for that implies a controlling power) known to the civilized world ; could any fo reign-government feel satisfied, that a treaty with us -would be duly observed, while the every act of that government which formed a party, washable to such continual nullifica tion and control ? Would it not be more wise in them, when they wished to treut with us, to pass by the General Government altogeth- and treat aloue with the States, the ulti mate arbiters and final judges in all these matters ? Most assuredly. They would see most clearly, that the powers to treat under which the General Government acted, were subject to the same control, revision and revocation^ that characterises the letters of instruction given to her plenipotentiaries; and they could not consistently feel safe, un til the treaty had been ratified and approved of by the different States in their high sove- reign capacities. - It is useless to pursue these doctrines and these deductions further. They all grow im mediately out of the major proposition that the States are perfectly sovereign. What confusion, anarchy and misrule, do they not lead us to. .What an appeal to the malig nant and restless passions of our depraved nature ! What ! a State—a single State— ‘ stand to her arms,” and resist a law of that Government which fatherly patriots from almost every state aided in forming ! What a grand and soul-stirring theme for the infuria ted stump orator at a petty muster ground ! Not a new, but an old doctrine resuscitated from a most happy forgetfulness; only to mar, or rather destroy the beautiful fabric of free government, at once the pride and honour of- our fathers—the wonder of the world, and the last hope of freemen. I shall conclude this number by a short extract from the essays of “ One of the People,” published a few years since in South Carolina, in answer to certain political pieces published arid written in our own State, by some of our distinguished men, over the signature of “ Trio.” I will merely add, that these essays are from the pen of the Hon. Geo. McDuffie, of South Carolina—if uny body that loves con. sistency can believe it. “ You assert, that when any conflict shall occur between the General and State Govern merits, as to the extent ofthcir.respective pow ers, “ each party has a right to judge for itself' 1 confess, I am at a loss to know how such a proposition ought to be treated. No climax of political heretics can be imagined, in which this might not fairly claim a prominent place. It resolves the government at once into the elements of physical force, and introduces us directly into a scene of anarchy and blood. There is not a single power delegated to the General Government, which would not be in the power of every Slate Government to des troy, under thfe authority of this licentious principle. It will only be necessary for State Legislature to pass a law, forbidding that which the Federal Legislature enjoins,or enjoining what the Federal Legislature for bids, and tho work is accomplished. Per haps you would require the State Judiciary to pronounce the law unconstitutional. 1 will illustrate by a few examples. “Suppose Congress should pass a law to lay and collect taxes, imposts and excises ; and that a State Legislature should pass another, declaring the objects for which the revenue was intended, were unconstitutional; and therefore prohibiting the officers of the Gene ral Government, by severe penaNes, from collecting the taxes, duties, imposts md ex cises. Suppose Congress should pass a law to “raise an-army” for a national war, and a State Legislature pass another declaring the war “ wicked, unrighteous, and uncon stitutional,” and therefore prohibiting the of. fleers of tho General Government, under heavy penalties, from recruiting soldiers with in the limits of the State. Suppose Congress should pass a law “for the punishment of coun erfejting the securities and current coin of the United States,’’and a State Government should pronounce it unconstitutional, and provide hea vy peualtiesagainst all officers, judicial or min isterial, who should attempt to enforce it ? I will not multiply cases ; for if you will duly consider these, you will find enough to snti ate your keenest relish for anarchy and dis order. In. all the above cases you will say. “ each party has a right to judge for itself; and, of course, 4o enforce its judgmeiit. You might then find a revenue officer of the U States confined in a State dungeon, for obey ing the revenue laws of Congress, &c. &c And all this would unavoidably result, in giv. ing to the State rulers a right to resist the General Government ; or, in a civil war, to establish its legitimate authority ; conse quences, either of which, is incompatible with the very notion of Government. “To suppose that the General Government has the constitutional right to exercise cer- tain powers, which must operate upon the people of the States ; and yet, that the gov ernment of each State has the right to fix and determine its own relative powers, nnd hy necessary consequence to limit the pow era of the General Government, is to suppose the existence of two contradictory and incon sistent rights. In all Governments, there must be some one supreme power; in other words, every question that can arise as to the con stitutional extent of the powers of different classes .of functionaries, must be susceptible of a legal and peaceful determination by some tribunal of acknowledged authority, or force must be the inevitable consequence, And where force begins, government ends. GROTIUS. and to prove thatGen. Jackson and his friends are “ Tories ;” in short, to enlighten the ig-‘ norant people of Gwinnett, and to take their bonds obliging them to vote for the said Mis- sionnries and their “ Brethren.” It is also expected that there will be a large slaughter of cattle—a tremeudous squealing of hogs— laying, prostrate Irish potato patches ; and that the « hen roosts” will be literally “ nul. litied,” preparatory to the assembling uround the board—then a real toast on good corn whiskey, will call forth the funeral oration which is to stalk over the ruin ! We shall have rare sport. DU ROC. Executive Department, ) Charleston, June 12th, 1834. ) The Appeal Court having decided that the 10th Section of the Act, passed at the lust session of the Legislature, “ for the Military Organization of the State,” which provides, that ull Militia Officers shall within thirty days after their election, take an Oath “ that they will be fuithful and true Allegiance bear to the State of South Carolina,” is unconstitu tional, null and void,it becomes the duty of all Officers entrusted with the execution of the Law to conform to that decision until the Con stitution shall be amended, or the decision re- versed. Under our system of Government it is the province of the Judicary to expound the uws,and obedience to the constituted author ities has always been a distinguished trait in the character of the People of South Caroli na. All Officers of the Militia, therefore, whose Commissions may have been withheld in consequence of their neglect or refusal to take the Oath of Allegiance, prescribed by the above act, will,on application to the prop, er Officers, be entitled to receive their Com missions. The Court has also decided that the Oath prescribed by the Act of the 19th December, 1794, (the only Oath heretofore taken by Militia Officers in this State,) is like wise unconstitutional, and that the only Oath FOR THE SOUTHERN BANNER. HGREAT • WIG* FESTIVAL !” 'There is to be held at Lawrenceville, Gwin nett county, Georgia, on the 4th of July next, a “ Wig Festival,” at which it is expected will be, a “ Wig” Missionary from Savannah another from Forsyth, Monroe county ; and, perhaps, another from Baldwin or Bibb, who have been specially appointed and engaged to hold.forth on the “ Rightful Remedy,” the importance and necessity of the U. S. Bank S. CAROLINA TEST OATH. 1. Resolved, That while w« are ["jr times disposed to acquiesce in the kg* and unprejudiced decisions of the Judicj wo cannot avoid the conclusion that the decision, by a majority of the Court of \ peals, on the Military Oath, is the result ^ party and prejudiced opinions, expresscc published by two members of the C’ou v the proceedings of the Union Convcntim.’^ December, 1832. ' 18 2. Resolved, 'That die opinions of t i majority in this case, contain doctriaes J? Republican, conformable to the infant Proclamation, dangerous to liberty, and ? versive of the rights of the State. * | 3. Resolved, That in the opinion of *• Meeting, the late Convention of the State * not and could not be limited by the Lem/ 5 ture ; and did not in any instance violate 5 abuse the trust confided by the people. * 4. Resolved, That it is the opinion ofi'^ Meeting, that .the Court of Appeals shoul-jT remodelled or abolished ; and one estal-lish ed more competent to administer justice. 5r " j maintain the rights and privileges of the ii t0 pie of this Commonwealth. 5. Resolved, That the deliberate 0 pitii, a of this Meeting, is that the Legislature curb to pass a law defining and punishing Treasoj against the State. 6. Resolved, That in the present nlara. ing crisis of public affairs, new safeguard are required to secure the Liberties of ths Commonwealth, and the Governor be reques. ted to convene the Legislature, to devi* such measures as the public welfare requires, Colonels D. J. McCokd, F. H. Elmore and James Gregg, then addressed the Alec ting in favor of the Resolutions. Each of the foregoing resolutions was tncaf unanimously adopted. On motion of H. J. Nott, Esq., Resolved that the proceedings of the Meeting be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, be published in the Southern Times, Telescope, and Chris, tian Herald—and that a copy be transmitted to his Excellency the Governor. EDWARD FISHER, Chairman. % t r m e. which said Officers can be lawfully required to take, is that to be found in the 4th Art. of' E. II. MAXCY, Secretary the Constitution, in the following words, viz: “ I do swear (or affirm) that I am duly quali- fled according to the Constitution of this State, to exercise the office to which 1 have been ap pointed, and will to the best of my abilities, discharge the duties thereof, and preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of this State atjd of the United States.” The Liverpool Journal of May 10th, savs-W. have great pleasure in announcing the probable ^ sation of hostilities in tho Peninsula. The L«( Nelson, in five days from Lisbon, has arrived at 1V„ j mouth, with the news.that the Pedroitcs had takes l ^i KJ> f I Figucra—that Coimbra had declared for DcntuM. All Officers who have not heretofore taken ria , that tho whole of tho road from Oporto t0 L this Oath, whether they have received their bon was open to the Pedroitcs—and that Don % Commissions or not, will, accordingly, take cl and Don Pedro had come to a settle ment, aim. the said Oath, before some Justice of the mistice having been agreed to. Nor is this all, i Peac e, Offic, authorized to **. ister Oaths, and cause the same to be duly gj arM j • ft a | so corroborates what wo have abow certified and endorsed ou their Commissions. ; mentioned respecting Portugal, for the uespitd Where vacancies exist, prompt measures will says, “ The affairs of Portugal have been arrMgd be taken by the proper Officers, to cause the between Don Miguel and Don Pedro.” These l«to _ . l \ „„ by tho Lord Nelson confirm the fart rcspectinp Do same to be tilled up and as soon as the Or- c J arl(M> and say that he had lacod himself under ti, gamzation of the Militia shall be completed protection of the English, under the late Act, reports thereof will be j FRAXCE ._ Tho eflbct8 of tho insurrcction at L: made to the proper Officers, aud througlx them j ons have he cn feU at a groat distanco in FranC( , l to the Commander in Chief. j Calais and Bologno the net manufactories have sui- The Govenior is well aware that he might j ferod severely. The goods sent to Lyons haver,. have transferred to others, the responsibility of deciding on the course proper to be pursued on this occasion. Under the power confer red by the Constitution upon the Executive, the Legislature might have been immediately convened, and the whole question submittedio their wisdom. This course be would have felt himself bound to pursue, if the decision he . Wl11 st °P * 1,e rcven ! ie °f t,l ° Pa P al Sec of the Judges had been regarded by him as leaving the State without officers, and without any military organization, exposed to all the dangers incident to our peculiar situation. But putting a different construction upon the de cision, and believing that its only effect will be to prevent the enforcement of an oath of fidelity and allegiance to the State until such time as the same shall become part of the Constitution by the final adoption pf the amend ment already agreed to by two-thirds of both branches of the Legislature at their last ses sion, and now awaiting the ratification of the ensuing Legislature to be chosen by the peo ple in October next, the Governor has deem, cd it more advisable to refer the great ques tions arising out of tho decision of the Appeal Court to the next Legislature, coming, as they will, fresh from the people, than to impuse upon those whose office is about to expire,the duty of revising their own acts, and deciding an existing controversy between the legislative and judicial departments of the Government. It is deemed a decisive argument in favor of this course, that in submitting these important questions—(involving as they are supposed to do, tho rights nnd duties of the citizen, the sovereignty of the State, and the relative pow ers of the Legislature and the Judiciar) )—to the people, an appeal is made to the high est tribunal known to our system, the source of all power, whose decision (no longer delayed than may perhaps be necessary to secure an enlightened judgment, free from all undue ex citement) will come with an irresistible weight art) AUTHORITY- Nor is it believed, that the example of moderation and respect fur the laws and constituted authorities of the country thus afforded at a period of much ex citement, and under circumstances of pecu- liar trial and difficulty, can be without a salu tary influence on public opinion, both at home and abroad. The Governor and Commander in-Chief, in presenting these views to his fcllow-citizens, confidently relies on their cordial co-operation in giving effect to the laws, and preserving the peacq and good order of society. ROBERT Y. HAYNE. A VOICE FROM RICHLAND. State Rights Meeting.—At a Meeting of the State Rights Party of Richland Dis trict^ held at the Town Hall in Columbia, on Thursday Evening, June 5th, 1834: On motion of Mr. N. Herbemont, Dr. Edward Fish, eb was called to the Chair, and Col. E. H. Maxcy, appointed Secretary. The Chair- man stated the object of the Meeting. Col- P. M. Butler, after some preliminary re. marks, submitted the following Resolutions: mained unsold, and the bills drawn in conseqicnu have not been accepted. The manufacturers, over loaded with goods, have censed to employ thuirinn, excepting only one for each machine, as nccessa^ for keeping it in order. Portugal.—Don Pedro has informed tho Top t that if the excommuuication of himself, the Queen. { the ministers and their adherents, be not withdrawn, . 10,003. and cut off all communication. Late accounts, of an authentic nature, receive! { from Cochin China, state that kingdom to lc ini I very disturbed state at present. An extensive is-1 surrection prevails now at Saegon, the capital of U southern and most fertile district, and the Tangueiw are said to be in open revolt against the king, who , is reported to bo a great tyrant. Switzerland.—A letter from Bcmc, dated tlcSSH'a April, states that the Directory was about to con voke tho Swiss Diet, in order to subruiMo its con sideration the ultimatum ofthe Austrian Government, rotative to political refugees, and the measures which that power has deemed it necessary to adopt in con sequence of tho asylum, granted to (he refuges in some of the Swiss cantons. The letter adds, that it was likely all refugees wbuld be ordered out of Swit zerland, if it was known that they would be receiv ed in France. Ricuard Linder, who had solved the great pro blem of the emboucherc of the Niger, and who w» the conductor of the steam boat commercial expedi tion into the interior of Africa, has been murdered »'• a place 2t)0 or 300 miles up that river. The crops throughout (his State, as far as wo can learn, are unusually promising. Unless a drought, or other casualty ensue, good Corn crops will be madr- Cotton also presents a good appearance. Tho vhed crops are being harvested, and on an average tun out well. Some new flour has been brought to nur- ket, and sold at $3 per cwt.—Macon Telegraph- The joint resolutions of Mr. Clay, condemning tin removal of the public moneys from the Bank ofil* United States and requiring their restoration, wen passed by the Seflate, on the 4th inst. and sent to & House of Representatives for concurrence. There are 226 newspapers printed in the State ci New York, 86 of which are in the city. It is stated that Edward D. Ingham, Esq. h* been nominated as Government Director of d* United States Bank, in the place of Henq; who was rejected by the Senate. The new road from Montgomery, in Alabama 3 this city is now in progress' and will be comp el in a short time. Wo are mfonnod that the work » TVell done, and the road when completed, will en the distance between those two places some fif teen or. twenty miles, and will paw over a bcW 1 country than tho present road.—Columbus Seating Gen. Tiawhon has withdrawn from the Presid*’! 1 ®} of the Farmer’s Bank of Chattahoochee, tho late chasers of the stock having re-tmnsfered it to Co! Iverson, giving him the control of the instruction The circulation, Gen. L. says, has under the late w ministration, been reduced from $94,000 to $80,737 by receiving the bills, in payment of debts due U the Institution, nnd asserts that the Bank will * able to redeem the whole of its bills, so soon » can make the necessary collection.—Mi Usage* Recorder. The abandonment of Algiers as a colany^bM IW recommended by a committee of tho Rjcnch cbnmber Their report affirms that it cannot be.rotaihedj'viU a lees army than 25,000 men! that it costs-Ftan 30.000,000 of francs per annum, while its pwn re«* nes do not exceed 1,500,000 Danes ^Bolton# American. Congress. The Senate have concurred in tho ^ solution ofthe House of Representatives, to adjott* on the 30th of this month*