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AjE; eleelion yesterday, fora Justice of the In^tjHCi ml, in tlie place of H. M‘Tvre, F.f |. Maj. 0. B. Marshall received, at the JHp, a nnjoiiiy of seven votes over hisop- I3ko. M. Walker, Esq. We have not. whnlhqr the polls wetc opened at the incls in the country. i»S I . Hit; AI. INSTITIJTR. meting of iiiu Tiustees of tho Medic.nl . of Georgia, on Monday Morning, Uni gemiemen were chosen to liil the di - ofcssuishlj.s; A. i/UOAS, of Anatomy. VI. L I'. EVE, of .'-urgery. DENT, Innliliiies and Practice. L'l’ON AN'l ON V, Midwifery, and liis s of Womeo mid Children, IS. A. EVE, Materia Mcilica. f). EORl>, on Chemistry. TliE “bLOP-TIJM,” d articles prepared for to-day's paper— tig them, one ini elation to the out, our-j lie “ Slop-tub," in Monday’s Cou.ie.— ssatily deforied, for want of room. HSOX AM» MLLfFICATJOV. commend to 1 lie attention of the rea- 1 [illicit; which wo publish to day, devel-1 ryond all future contradiction, the fact, title Republican and Democrat, and and consistent friend of liberty, Thomas n, was a decided and tine piivocal mil- J the author of the famous Kentucky ns, in which the doct.incs of nnllifica asserted and advocated. M'.CMi: COURT I»UC»8IOX. unstiiulionalist of Tuesday last, con- 1 ucid and able article on tins subject, o signature of “Oglethorpe,” which is he attention of the public generally; [hall endeavor to lay it before onr rea arly as its length and our limits will It presents a Hear and expanded view ;hts of the Biaie, ns violated by the (le nd fo.cibly developes their history, itj on with the Declaration of Indepcn le Articles of Confederation, the Con and the General Government, to the Vlt I Pi', %IJ,I.UTCA I’iOX, AND IHSDMOW. [Concluded frain our las!. 1 he seen that this piocess [of Nulliftca hown at the close of the former part o! le,] carries with it the right, on the part State, as a patty to tlie compact of Uni-j tcing its veto on any unconstitutional act css, till that Cotfgreas shall call a Cun of the Stales, to determine the question i ofihree fourths. Well, where is the dan cnlly, or impropriety, of all this? Has not idcnl, a single individual, tho right of a auiter, on any act of Congress which he unconstitutional, till the suid bill shall be y a majority of two-lliirds o ’ Congress? more likely that a large majority of the I a State, after all the tncastiros and de i necessary beforehand, will exercise of veto unjustly or erroneously, than dent, with ton days deliberation—the wed him l,y tho Constitution to make [ind? They who answer in the affirm- ■ nld, to he consistent, at once disca.d ml [tltcnn notions of the vit lue, intelligent" . lolism of the people, declare them t\h able of self government, and pioposc o take it from them, and citoose a Kit" , or some other absolute monarch, n according to Ins will, as incapable . ect will of their own. Por our ow believe, with the Nullifiers, mid w F-rson, tire author of tho Dm laratioii fence, and the groat assener ol Nullit. opublicanism, and democracy, ia this country, that the neople are canable ofaelfgov 1e i ment, and of wise self-govo.nnient—and 'hat they a o mo e likely to exorcise the l ight of vc | to, wisely, and Safely, after fni- deliberation, llriii the P esident, or any other individual: and, l if we did not, ice would abandon all at tachment to reiutblicanistn ordomocmcy. ami vote at once for a monarchy, and the most nhso -1 lute and despotic one that conM he concerned- j To those who talk so much about tho v irtue and I intelligence of the pea-. 10, and the propriety of obedience to their will, we say, bo consistent, and admit their right to control their agents, by a veto on their acts, when unconstitutional, tin just, and oppressive, and tl eir capability of exer cising such light, both virtuously and wisely—or, be independent and candid, and declare at once that you have no confidence in the wisdom or virtue of the people, or their capacity to judge of the conduct of their agents, or their capability of se'f government; and act accordingly. VVe are not, by any means, believers in tho infallibility' of the people. Their opinions are made up of the opinions of individuals, and as such, liable, without deliberation and investiga tion, to all the errors of individual opinion. But, “ in the multitude of counsel there is safety;” and the people, amidst this multitude of counsel among themselves, and with time to deliberate on it carefully, and to hoar all the argument, on both sides—and with no reasonable motive to do wrong, arc, under such circumstances —and, under such circumstances they must act, in a case of nullification—far loss likoly to jndgo or act erroneously or wickedly, than individuals. Indeed, we believe, that when fully and proper ly informed, they will always bo right: and so far as we have noticed, they always have been, where all the evidence on both sides was fairly before them; and so far from their being liable to use the right of nullification rashly or impro perly, “all histoiy proves that mankind arc far more inclined to bear with Cvils while those evils are tolerable, limn to resort to severe or un usual measures to shake them off.” When did the people of any country, ever assert their rights, or resort to measures to protect them, or resist, in any way, the acts or oppressions ofi their agents or rulers, without full and urgent cause? And shall wo he told, that the people of ibis country arc loss capable of judging when j they aic benefited or injured, served or oppres- ] sod, than those of any other; that after ton years of argument and entreaty, remonstrance and ; protest, they are a set of restless, factious, dis contented knaves & disunionists,and know noth-; ing of their interests, the rights involved in ihem, j or liie means of protecting them; or that they] are rebels and traitois, because they wlh not he slaves ! Away with such vile stuff, fit only for; the vilest slaves of the most despotic tyiant. Make us believe that tho people are either so wicked or ignorant as to bo incapable of exerci sing, correctly and safely, the right of nullifica tion, and wo hid adieu, ai once, to all confidence in their tight to, or capability 01, sell gove.n ment. We contend that the right of nullification is constitution'll, not as being expressed in the Con stitution, but as necessarily growing out of the nature of such a compact. The States, alone, are parties to it, and not tho general government, which is merely tlie creature of it. “To this compact each Slate acceded as a State, and ns an integral party, its co-Stutes forming, as to it self, the other party ;” and “ as in ail other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each arty has an equal right to judge for 1 itself, as wall of infractions, as of the mode and ; measure of redress.” The States “ constituted the general government for special purposes, and delegated to it ceitain definite powers, re -1 serving, each State to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self government;” or, in other words, “ all powers not delegated by the States to tbe United States, in the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to tlie States, are reset ved to tbe States respectively, or to the people.” Now, therefore, in cases of infractions of the 'Constitution, “the general government cannot he the exclusive or final judge of (he powers de legated to it; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, tho measure I of its powers;" and the question is, consoquent ] ly, between the Stale dissenting, as the one par ty, and its co-Statcs, as tho other pmty, and : must be decided in Convention ol the States, by 1 the lest provided in the Constitution. Again; i the general government, as the creature, and not 1 a party, not only cannot decide against the States, the creators and tho parties, hut, in every case where it claims a right, must shew a plain i grant of it in the Conslilulion. Now, is there any grant, in that instillment, for it to judge for itself of tho powers conferred ? No—nor the • least pretext for claiming such a grunt. Where, f then, can this right icside, since, though not in I the Constitution, it is plain that it must reside • somewhere? Why, inasmuch as it is not ; granted “by tho Slates to the United Slates, in the Constitution, not prohibited by it, to the i States,” it is of course “ reserved to tbe States respectively”; and, each Stale,therefore, having 1 the right to judge for itself, a difference of opin i inn between one or more States, and the other States, must ho settled among themselves; and ■ where can this he done hut in Convention, after 1 tho mode established by themselves for deltfr t mining, in the first place, what powers should be • conferred; and in the second, what should bo i added, altered, or amended—by a vole of three i fourths of the whole 1 ; Can any one ho so blind, then, as not to see, i that when differences of opinion exist as to the towers conferred, each Slate may, as it sha 1 1 deem proper, according to its right “to judge . for itself, of infractions of the Constitution, and «f the mode and measure of redress,” either Mlhdniw from the Union at once, or sim; ly re j the alleged unconstitutional law, till the mujo tv who passed it shall appeal to a Convention i - the Stales, to determine whether they had oner to do so or not I r io believe olhetvvise, .. oubl bo to claim that the majority of Congress. . is the right to make the Union what it pleases, .o.vover obnoxious to any State, or portion ol > die Sta.es —and lu make any change in the cln • *"- ***"— —i m. mj J»'.nrmu.- vsw-ri'.-/.-I-.: y->** • .(.v racter of the government, by a Imre majority of the Representatives of the St ilus, while such power is given only to a majority of three-fourths of tho Slates—and that a minority of the Stales arc bound, either to hear all the burthens of the Union and yield tin all its blessings to a bare majority, or, destitute of all other rights whut- I ever, to withdraw fiom the compact, ns tho only j means of red ess—assured that tho majority has all rights, and the minority, none. We hold it to be an impregnable truth, that i tlie principal and almost only legitimate object of all government, and all law, ana particuh. y all constitutions, is (lie piot-etion of tho minority against the majority, and of the eik against llie ] stiong. Tho majority need ceitl; ■ government! nor law to protect them, being thv v- fully able to do that by natural power; t.-.i, ■ v ... i. o his 1 proven, that no government c-nvi i more can ' gerous, tyrannous, and de a are to hher y linn one of a majority; while Uio main 1 ■ ipV of political reform, contained in our .1 a.ul Stale Constitutions, is the protect! the mi nority against tho majority. The gi-. ..d gov ernment is not a government of a majoriuj, but of a Constitution —beyond tho powers do..'gated in which, it is no government at all, and has no authority. And can any one believe, that either' of the States, while wholly separate, sovereign, ' and independent, would have voluntarily con ; sented to enter into a compact by which its j rights and liberties, not surrendered in tli it corn-! pact, should be placed wholly at the will and mercy of the general government, with no oili er means of redress, on its own pa.t, than a re- j sort to Revolution, with all its dangers to the ' lives, and liberties, and happiness of its citi/ci.s ? Surely not I And wbat other mode of redress lias it, then, but nullification? The great outcry against Nullification has boon, that it tended to Disunion and Revolution; 1 and yet, strange to say, those who made this] very outcry, now prefer Disunion, or Revolit-j lion, to Nullification, and recommend it as the 1 preferable remedy. Gen. Blaik, a member of Congress, from Carolina, uud one of tho most | active and influential members of tho “Union 1 •: Party,” in a late letter to one ol his constituents, says ; “Nullification can never be nur remedy, j When we lose all hope of a toilless of our grio- I varices liom Congicss, and are comp. Hod to 1 take the remedy in our own hands, we must I pursue the plan I suggested to the People of j Charleston, in my letter of last summer. A ! general Convention of the Southern States must ha held, and present to Cong, css the alternative i of giving up the Protective Hystem, (as it is [called,) or permitting ns to siperutc Jr.im the. ; Union. This session is the limit of on hope, it ■ i is the utmost period of time to which a icdreas ! of nur grievances could ho postponed; anil, il tlru j i Tariff is not modified to suit ns, I wish our hot- j ' headed nullificrs mo.y he disposed to go as far as ■ some of the submission men.” ii This disunion piujeut of Gen. Blair’s, has also been advocated by the papeisof tbe party; and | Mr. Nuckolls, another Union man and member ( of Cong ess, says ,in an address to his Constitu ents : “No, gentlemen, I am not for submission. , When I find my State cut off from those, hopes of relief from Congress, which a patriot and lover of the Union ought, to indulge, then, in. 4 company with the sistc-r Slates of the south, 1 } would advocate a withdrawal." Tlie anti nul lifiors in this State, too, advocate Disunion or j Revolution, as tho remedy. Nft w, is not this a ! monstrous absurdity? AJake the worst you can r of nullification, still nothing worse than Disuni j on cun ensue from it; and docs nut its gradual I procedure prevent rashness, promote delibera tion and reflection, and give onr opponents f.e qnent opportunities to recede fiom their oppres j sive position ? while Disunion comes plump on , the questiou at once, and presents it in its worst . shape, without any of those most salutir y safe guards. But, wo do not believe that Nullifies > B I tion can, dxcojit as a mere possibility, cause . Disunion, in any event. 'I lie point of danger ,! will be when the laws of the Stale, prohibiting t the enforcement of tlie obnoxious laws, are car . i ried into effect. And even then, our life on it. ; that neither the Piesi.lent, nor the majority in , Congress, will biave tlie consequences di force. .; In the first j.luce, the former has no power what .! ever to use it against a Stale, which would be |' a plain declaration of war, a power that dues not f J rest with him ; and the latter will never resort . i to a course which would inevitably piodnce Dis t' union, and, to them, all its fatal consequences. . i Cut them ofl'from the South, end what would , 1 become of them, of their commerce, commer j cial cities, and shipping, destitute ns they would , f he of a mat ket for their produce, and as they are. r of exports, or of the means of growing any j articles that are not common 'o almost eve y other country on ca th? IVculc as they are in 1 internal resources, and dependant as they a.c , upon the South—and knowing all this, as the t more intelligent among them necessarily must— , they would not dure, we say, under proper re flection, to lake tlie consequences of Disunion, or adopt u mcasuio which would inevitably eiismc , t it. And suppose they did, would they not he ’ divided among themselves? Would not all (hose cities which subsist upon the southern trade, re j sist such a step? And would not the Government r itself be dissolved, and the President, the Army, the Navy, and the civil officers, totally without authority, and in a tale of anarchy, the moment ; any secession took place ? Ihe Union is either a Union of the whole Slates, or of none; and the moment one withdraws, there is no Union, and consequently no President, Congress, Aimy, or i Navy, with any legitimate aullio.ity. One thing I ia certain, that no country in the world possess es more internal resources, or consu' nent \ m re j means of independence, wealth, and r than the South, and that, left to enjoy the fruits of her labours, as she would be, cither by Disuni on, or a repeal of tbe Tariff, (and mostly by the former) no country upon earth could, in a shorj i nine, enjoy so great a share of wealth and pros erity. Let the enemies of the South ponder well on lhe.s» truths, ere they drive her to cx [realities; and such as arc to bo deprecated, I mostly, and, in a pecuniary point of cn tirclv. ! v themselves. 1 They who would urge, that if tho North will not take iho consequences of Disunion, the pro position of Gen. Blair and tho Unionists would be effective, should recollect, that tho North is as tally satisfied that tho t-iouth will not proceed to Disunion, and is now acting so oppressively and obstinately in Congress, un der that impression. Their 1 speeches ridicule the idea, and in private conversation,they laugh jat it, ns a thing utterly impossible. And, conse | quuntlv. if such a proposition was made to them, they would, in all probability, laugh at that, loo; | knowing, that if ihey declined to repeal the Ta ! i iff. the responsibility of dissolving would rest ! on the South, and disbelieving that it would as , sumo that responsibility. But, on the other hand, that responsibility would bo thrown upon them, and wc might look on and see whether they were disposed to lake it. VV lien the Stale laws ol Nullification are passed, they cannot doubt, then, that the Somli is seiious—and not against the Union, but the Tariff; and must sec, too, tint any despotic m unauthorised attempt to enforce, the. Tariff, would inevitably produce se cession, on tho part of tho State, as a necessary act of self defence. Nullification is altogether of , a defensive cliafaHei; and in this way, so would he disunion; while in the other, it would be I proposed in the way of a threat, rind, a* such, j might be treated as threats generally are. There iis a moral weight and influence in defensive j measures, which arc always powerful, both in the measures themselves, and in the eyes of I the world, and which never fail lo awe, more jor less, the arty acting on the offensive. Let . us, then, mil threaten, hut act, and not act, but from necessity—a necessity which will he impe rative, should the present Congress persist in ila oppiessions, and tile pi inciplo of protection. And if, for necessarily nullifying the Tariff, and not I the Union, onr oppressors should, instead of re | pealing it, or appealing to a Convention of the 1 Stales, attempt to thrush ns, or cut our throats, ' because wo ".ill no longer submit to ho rohhod , and enslaved—why. we must meet them as we i would any other robbers, lyiants, mid cut ! throats, determined to defend our property, our liberties, and our lives, to the ksl—and lo hold no further political communion with them, what ever. And, for all tho consequences, he tho re sponsibility, lo posterity and to mankind, on the assailants and invaders; and not on those who simply rise up, around their homes, their fire sides, their wives, and their children, in a last defence- ofal! that is dear to mankind. These, however, arc consequences not lo he apprehended. Nullification is a peaceful rcmc dv, at least so so as wo are concerned, and should it unhappily ho purposely made other wise, liy onr oppress." s, the fault will ho theirs,* tils, jor ours. We speak, not o;i more Ojdnion, only, [ but ex; ericnco. Nullification is not now, cither in p inciplo or p.rnetii c, as will be seen by tho following ext.ad Com tlie Jeffersonian Republi can, forme.ly pnhli.-liod at Lynchburg Va. but Lilulv removed l»ichrnoii<l. i ii<ii jwjicm*, in speaking of the “ con; sc of B. Carolina,” says: “ What was tin; course of Virginia,under lika cir cumstances ? Tlie Alien and Sedition Laws wore passed dining the session of Congress 1797-8. [ n her Legislature, in less than twelve months tliei on fieri Virginia, in the true spi.it of her Fa thers, declared that the said acts wore “ uncon stitutional, and dangerous infractions of An Fed eral compactand wow only, prevented thro’ the influence of ti single indivi In it, I "in mill J - ing th'ciii totally ami unconditionally, lie. reso lutions wee pent to tho several Slates, and Iho they were seeded at, and declared to he lidi colons and treasonable, she was not to he driv cn from her grounds by sneers and threats. The very next your her Legislature, in Madison sc.d --1 eb.aled Report, re-asserted tin; doctrines of her resolutions, and boldly defied the I'cderal Go ■ vermin nt, which had tints manifested a disposi tion lo trample on her reserved rights. Money 1 was appropriated to the purchasing of arms. An armory Was established —her militia kept in rea diness lor actual service—and a law was passed, making it an offence punishable by fine and im prisonment, to attempt the enforcementofthc ob noxious iaws within the limiisol her jurisdiction. All lids was done in less Ilian two yoais after Iho oasaage of the unconstitutional nets of Congress, Was she abused and insulted, and charged with intemperance, hot hnadndnoss,and treason? She was—but was it not by the vc-y same, pa ly which is now so prodigal of the«e epithets to wards the people of Boulh-Carolina? The Mo narchy men and tho Federalists wore hot and heavy in their curses on Virginia. But the peo ple regarded them not; and ihe elder Allan. , finding ihul lie could not carry iris plans into ex ecution, yielded to the firmness of tho people, ’ and the force of circumstances, and our tonsli i tution and liberties were preserved.” ■ We will barely remark, in concluding, what • must have been partly inferred from a portion of • the above remaiks —that the Nuilifiurs arc at List the true Union men, and the more moderate 1 party, and will shortly show themselves so, be > yond all doubt or denial. Though opposed to 1 the errors of the Union, limy are favor ol the ■ Union itself, and will have nothing to d » with ■ any project designing its destruction; while their ■ opponents, in Boulh C.i.olina, the self-styled i Union men, finding that llio South is not for sub -1 mission —that they must adopt some mode of 1 resistance, or cease to exist as a parly —that they t cannot go fir Nullification, alter so loudly ahu ! sing it, and that nothing less will do—are now 1 disposed to go a step beyond it, hoping, perhaps, t that the millifiora may ho led forward, though I not driven backward ; both of which, however, ’ they will find equally impracticable. PUBLIC MELTING, Wavnesborccoii. Apii! ftth, According to previous notice, a the -: Citi/. vis of Bmko County, assembled at Way- I ] nusborovgh, on Friday, the tilh insl. John ■[Whitehead, Esq. having been called lo the | Chair, and Dr. Edward Hwihks, app.o.ntcd Sec ■ rotary, Dr. Harlow, disclosed, in a lew re > • marks, the object of tho meeting, and offered ’ the following resolution, which was adopted “ UtsuUtd, That a Committee be appointed, I to take into consideration tho propriety of an ex j pression of opinion, on the pait of Iho Citizens 1j of this County, on tlie subject of the lata deci [ skin of the Buprome Court, in tho case of Wi r . j ceslcr vs. Georgia—the measures proper to ho 1 j adopted, in relation to the reduction of tho tmm i bar of members of the'Legislaturc,iiini the equal ization ol representation; also, tho propriety of i appointing delegates to the contemplated Con | vention, to bo ouldcn at Baltimore, for nominat ing a proper candidate, fur tho office of Vice Brc sident of the United Stales; end that they rnpoif to a meeting of Citizens, to ho held at tho Court House in Waynesborough, on Tuesday, the Ist day of May." W hereupon, the Chair, u» accordance with the foregoing resolution, appointed Iho following named Citizens lo compose that Committee, viz: William Urudhaht, Esq. Dr. S. Harlow, Dr. J. Whitehead, Maj. A. Walker, Maj. .1 B. Loss, Enoch Byne, Esq. J.vo. Povinnuss, Esq. Col. T. M. Berrien, Dr. Edw. Hur.iit i, ’ Alton Pemuekhin, Esq. John Watts, Esq. Martin M. Dye, Esq. A J. Lawson, Esq. Maj. G. W. Ev ans, Col. VVm. E. Walker, Isaac ; 1 Mui.kev, Esq. Jonathan Lewis, Esq. James I Torrance, Esq. and Major M. Masom. 1 Re,solved, That the Editors of the Augus'a i Constitutionalist, and Chronicle, ho requested lo j ' publish the proceedings of ibis meeting, signed ! and countersigned by the Chairman and Sucre-| 1 lary- JDWIN WHITEHEAD, Chairman. Edw. Hucuies, Secretary. for mi: ai uvsi’A fiiuoMt i Mr. Editor:- Another giihmissionisl, besides the editor of the Cornier, Iris appeared, over the signature of “ Richmond.” He commences his cunnnuiiicaliun, by saying, “ The matter has been too notoriously' exposed on recent occa sions, to hazard a single doubt of tho existence of an organized faction in our very midst. It is useless to conceal it longer. It is time for eve ry lover of his count.y to be on the alert —and •fiovvn down, indignantly’ the attempts tb it me now making lo dissolve this Union, which was formed aim cemented of tile blood of the best and purest of patriots. What can else he the is sue of the movements that are now firing the minds of the people in this section of the confed i oraoy, than disunionl Cull it nullification, or i what you will, it is disunion still.” Now, I arn really at a loss, to know what idea , “Richmond” intended or desired to convey, by the above return ks; hull am not at a mo ments loss, to know,that his intellectual faculties have been blunted in some way or other. For bis communication savours strongly of the idiot. He must certainly Ire u proselyte of tho Courier, nr one respect. 1 need not say it is idiolism I He seems to infer, from the present stale of cir cumstances, that there is a faction fo.mcd a mongst us, for tho purpose of dissolving the U jnion. As for this assertion, it is certainly ground-. I less. *ll is Iho false and unsubstantial creation of \ his own sickly brain. It is true, that wo have ■;hition bine, but lias it over been hinted that there was a disunion party “in our very midst?” ; This assertion is ridiculous—yes, supremely ridi minus! I would advise “Richmond” to keep ■ himself out of politics until he understands them • bettor. If ho intended to say, that there was a Nullification parly in this State, ho would have an ivod nearer lo the truth. But, I mistake; ho | confounds the two. He says that Nullification ' and Disunion aio one and the same. What will ■! every mart, of even common sense say to this, i The only conclusion that the public can possibly Iconic to, is, that “ Richmond” has proved him i ; self lo he a submissionist anil a simpletonl Ho i must certainly have hail an interview with the ■ “Slop-tub," for the purpose of consulting him r on the subject.— If ho will advance any argil munis, 1 am ready and willing to meet them. AMICUS VERAL. toll IHE .ACOCSTA CHUONICI.K. 1 ('PONS READING*. Change, of Diet,—A gentleman Inhuming tin . Jer a most distressing affection of the lungs, • hoping to find relief from a change of diet, din ’ ad on 5OO barrels ofstbiiu-lime, 7 mill-stones, mid 1 case ladies fashionable Dunstables. > Distressing!—A certain vety knowing editor, ■ not a hundred miles hence, while endeavoring 1 to produce a flash of wit, actually took lie, and ! i would have consumed, but for a timely rccou.su 1 : to “ the slop tub." -j Lost-On the (Homing of the IGtli instant, a ■, small calf ski.l wallet, containing, among sund y 1 jollier valuables 5OO Iru.heU Liver; 00l salt, ■I 1500 pounds bacon, and a patent washing ma i chine, liana way. from the subscriber, a few days t since, a—-two sto v, lire-proof brick building, 500 acres pine land, and a saw and gust mill. Lamentable..-- A young lady of Knoxville,Tcn -1 no-sec, lately strolled, one overling, unattended, Fj a distant part of the villa, where, in a flit ol despair, she committed inalnioocy. 15 A dog, belonging lo n gentleman of tlii-t city, • was soon, a few days s; oco, in the act ol » “balking up the wrong tree.” e y\ too-I) was extracted, a few days since, from h the mouth of a gentleman of this city wnigh r in* 45(1 pounds. d A you g Inly, desirous of obtaining a situ a " tion in some r.'(| ■ . table firmly, as a private m s sundress, would bo glad to receive 25kegs V of prime chewing mbacqp. Grateful for p ■ t lav-rs, and tho liberal pa v tronage of his liicnds and the public, llm snb i scrihor Ire's b avc to announce lire arrival of 14 Ii rein likable occurrences suitable | for spiing and summer wear. '1 OWY THATCH. A ’T I duerr t, on the’M st i,/!.- —We have to relate ill" uneX ’ ctnl i.lid btnieitlod dentil of _i Mr. John 1 ’o; *. M • wa« slabbed under the slo ’’. ,n .. J. !,v 7.1', .bill" li:H, in u contest about a horse • I race. 110 lived only a day nr two after rocciv n i,ta bis mortal wound. Air. Mill lias given bail ~; )br his appearance for his trial.— ll’ashington ! 'lew s. j nAiraiED. On Tiinreday cv.'limu the a;h m-t. I.y the Rev. Uriah 11.ail'. AD.i. t.Ji11.1., of Monroe, Uirllon calmly, to Aims svW.I.NA U..daughter of Blurs Wellborn, Esq. oh • I olainUin CCUUiy. —--- ———MWV _, . . ... Litfufool, Feb. 23, IS:. Thr nrllve fV'mnnri which prevailed in our Colton i, . kpi (ItirinjMhß two fiivi weeks of February hsssubsili iiiKi l»ii>in*>sH done thin week !ms been on n tnncli < nrcfi ►talc. There seems however lobe no visible t (Icikv (o n decline of prices, ctnd wo consider any si decline ns improbable so longna no .threat increase UA (iliH-e in oar blocks. The sales from JBtlr to Hie, 23d in* sivo are as near as we can ascertain b.OiK) bales and t:. imports 513.171 bales. The Twist market ni Mnncliesi i has hern exceedingly dull for some days past and ma> spinners who pretend* d to be engaged before iuuul, In*. ‘ 0 lie red yum. Wc are not aware of a decline bavin* b«'on'Submitted to ns yet. Light goods arc still In dem mil. (ml for fistics we are derMnlly flutter \ notwitlistaudi;, r tiie present depression. We think, that the. consiimptino rd t'oUon mid Wool lias Increased and is still Incrca.i,* 1 lie average of number,, of yarn most wanted being si, y lower thin ft was during the greater port of Ihfl yea . Wc have, no doubt (hat the depression which has be. felt here and in Manchester daring the preset.i week partly to be nttrifaited to the reported breaking out of tit* t holer a mUomlnn, wliieb seems to have excited great* - Mi|*n iiensions in that c!ty, thuu the nature of the llk ■ wa maned. ■ . Fob. CO. Coir on. ~~ Pbe only arrival wc have bud this week Is t .r HvlU fjMuit, from Charleston, ilii &j-i bald*. TJ»e Ne«\ Orleans has just arrived floin New Orleans; her ear;, is not. yet known. The sales haroturnmiited to3*-*37 bale.* —llß follows . bales 1 Louisiana, FO a 1(1*2, (ttlfi*. JctH “ rpinad, hi V, n iwn*. Tift “ Oenrg’iH und Virginia, 73 a 77fr. tab “ Alabama and {Mobile, 73 a &Mh The demand continued brist llirongbout the rir*i dr.v.*. j the week, and a further advance took place in Upland amt but jn'incipnlly o* the first description. Tl.** advance of U. S Cottons m the lowest price of last .lav nary, may he c.*tinialeij at 1 a If the ouintal on (ieorg l ami 2 « ;tfoo I joulriuint. liar market on Saturday hi , closed men*, quiet, not llietjuif.ps were If<s ilrin'y sej ported, bin because the chtTwunls are for the itronicti’ supplied. 'llioeasterly vimls, whi**h now begin to pre.' vail, will without (tc.iibt king ns fteHh supplies, of who we rland greatly in nm, to complete our assortment of dill-reiu qualities. At (resent our stock does not exceed • I'.U'lM) bales, r.oi inch diig carffo of the New Oilman, which i a c..slima ted at uloul 1100 tales. S l»Jfi I \(U A siSer GOODS. &*> mtOMmQMz HAS Juki received a large and Rplrr ditl assortment of licit Fancy and staple DHV GOODS, v'hniwg which are the /Mitring, viz : Ulk Italian Lustring’, Gro tic Berlin. Gro dc Indies,tiro de.Swiss.Gro tic Nap. Grade Zatl, Sinchcws & Sarßiict Silks, Watered, figured, plaid, and striped tiro tie Nap, , . Silks, all colours, Silk Camblets, l.lack, wliitc, pink, straw, and salmon colored Suiting. Florancc Silks, all colours, 4-4 ami 5-1 English and French Bomba zines, Black and colored RoinhazeMs, do. Circassians, black Crnpede Chein, Kit'li printed French Muslins, Gro tie Vnlla do., Plain »V fig. Swiss Muslins, Mull and Medium Mull do,, Jackonett, Check and corded Muslins, White Calnbrie, Pink blue and half Ginghams, English, french and scotch Ginghams \dranoples do., Blk. nntl green wonted Hnnegc, lllk. Poplins, blk. Palmurine, Green Gauze, ;J I anti 13-4 white boliinctt Lace, Ladies anti infants luce and french work'd muslin Caps, Lace and Muslin Canzculis Capes and Pilerincs, Blk. white and green bold nett lace Veils, itich black white and green Blonde Gauze do., Crape Shawls, Embroided Gilt and plain Crape, Gauze anil Barregc lldkfs. and Scarfs, Kit'li blonde Gauze, Siittln anil Gro de Nap llonnet Uibboite, So. I to .10 plain Taffeta do., Embroidered Belts, Blk. white mid colored watered do., Watch anil guard Kibbons, Blonde Gauze and other Cup do., Blk. Love do., Misses muslin bordered Aprons. # i 'liiltlrens, Misst s and Ladies Gil Silk do. Pongees, blk. white and pink Italian anil urcophnm Crapes, Liases, Cambric and Furniture Dimi ties, [rich Linens, Lawns, ii 4,7 4, 8 4, 9 4, and 10-4 Table Diaper, Byrds Eye and Russia do., Cotton tlo., Bosnia Sliecting, Dowlas, and Crosh, Linen Cambric, Linen Cambric lldkfs, plain and cofti. borders, Pongee, Spililefield, Bandana and Flag Silk lltlkfs Blk Itaiinn Cravats, Bend Bags Embroidered patent hair Cloth and ein brcitlered silk Kctieules Blit, while and assorted colored corded Dresses Ladies Parasols, a large assortment Silk and cotton I'mbrcllas White and black silk Hose Open worked do, limey mixed tlo Blk and white English silk half Hose Ikiw silk Bose mnl half Hose White, (-late, hlk, open worked, fancy clock, random mixed and embroic eivil cotton Hose Blk. white, shite, and random mixed worsted Hose A grt .it variety of raw silk, cotton ai d worsted half Bose Ladies and gents 11 S silk and raw silk Gloves, all colours and qualities Patent roller silk, web and nett fcktspen tiers While gauze Flannel c rent'll, London aifd American Calicos Furniture Calicos, Ut riiio Cussimcie, Cussinelts, White ec bpo. eng. and fr. Drillings, •' Mottled '•<>• Blue and f ellow Nankeens, 3-4 r ; wide tlo. Mexican mixtures, ami Gronderell : stripes, i striped Jeans, Plain do. Jtars, • S Blue tlo. ' ; Blue Derres, Pilsbury Stripe, t r. Blk. and fuicy eol. Silk Vcslmgs, _ 1 \', bile rod fancy col. Marseiles do. J Bleached and Brown Shirtings &■ j I’iekings, Ginuhnms. Stripes, Checks, i 'otlon and Linen Oanaburgs, Hangup i ords, Bcnvertcens. &c. &e. The above together with many cthe roods on hand, and others on the rive , , exjiceted daily, will be sold low-, at the - Cheap Fancy Store, ~4ti Broad Street. ' march 10 44