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■ From the Journal ol Commerce.
A DREADFUL DISEASE!
Durins the I’ariio which look place last
winter, I wo a attacked by n disease, which
cxitcrience lias proved to me, i* Tar worse ihnu
miv of tho “ ills which flesh is heir to.”——
Though I confidently liopc no otlrer |wrson
will be .illlioteti with it ill this city—nt least
to as great a degree ns I was,—I will never
theless point oilt its symptoms anti cfleets, in
order that il’niiy unfortunate w ight should be
alilim-d with it, ho tnny know what he has
to expect. 1 am also induced to give n short
oeeoimt of it, in order that every person who
values hi* comfort in this world, may take
every possible puinsto guard against it. The
first symptoms of tho disease, manifested thorn-
aeives in u gradual abandonment of my usual
habits, pursuits, and places of resort. Before
vile disease commenced, I was in the dully
habit of enjoying th* lunary of a glass of
wind, pod a couple itf the beat HaVatinah ci
gars, after dinner. When the disease attack
ed me, I give up drinking wine, and accord
ing us it increased, I Hr* restrained myself to
the use of but one cignr through the day, and
soon niter fount! myself obliged to give op
smoking altogether. I next left my boarding
house, which was most comfortable in every
respect, mid located myself ill one where the
act ommodutions wero vastly inferior. Nor
did I remain hero long, but sotin left it and
went to lodgings where 1 was worse oil'tlian
ever. A few weeks after this, tile disease had
reached such a height as to ail'cct me now and
then witli the most painful sensations in my
■totnach, which were fullowcd by an almost
unearthly paleness in my face. So very
malignant was the nature of the disease, that
it soon communicated ilsolfio my very appar
el. A pale streak'made its uppcuruucc u-
ronnd the edge of my lint—tile elbows of my
coat wore soon similarly affected,—and by
degrees my vest, trowsers, boots and every
tiling except my linen, assumed ihu same
paleness as my lacc, only ill n lesser degree.
\Vlnii. mill further embittered my afflictions
was, that I found but little or no sympathy
from my friend or acquaintance. IImil tho
disease got so bad ns to affect my clothes, my
friends behaved inwards mo in muclnhc snme
ltiniioor.thuy usually did; asked mu how I
was, shook hands with me, and behaved witli
•tile usual couitosy of civilized society, . lint
as Hoon ns my clothes began to look so pale
that lliore could b« no longer any doubt of tho
nature of the disease under which J labored,
my frioucu avoided me lest they should-cath
tho infection. They either passed me in tho
street without the slightest notice or if by
chance olic of them ga ve mo a slight nod of
recognition, it was so cold and formal ns to
make it amount almost to an insult. In this
unhappy state I remained for several months.
Until contrary to my 1 expectation and that of
my friends, 1 suddenly recovered. The al
ia, I,. in my stomach censed, my face again
ussuinetl a healthy hue, mid oven my clothes
looked better than ever. A few days niter
the change took place* 1 walked down Broad
way and was cordially greclcd by those who
only a few weeks previous passed mo by
without noticing me. Amongst others one
{ igrtitmlar friend, an oil) acquaintance, who
tad hut it week before stared mo in tho face
sad passed us if he laid never before seen me,
now stopped me, most cordially shook my
hand and said,
“ JUy dear fellow, whero liavo yon been
these some months back 1 I have never been
able to meet yon.' 1 "Oh! replied I, I have
been afflicted with n dreadful diseaso.” .
*“ indeed ? said lie,—hmV sorry l am.
“ Was it the rheumatism you find ?
"No, much worse."
" Was it a lever ?"
" A great deal worse."
“ Indeed ! hud you the Jaundice ?"
“ No, but a far worsn diseaso.”
" Whs it the ugnt ?”
“ The ague is a trifle compared t'o it."
Mercy on mo! had you the cholera!"
' “ No, but u disease nearly ns bad."
" Wliut then cuuld it bo ?'"
" Warn of Money."
their own personal benefit, but the good of our
country and the world.
JAMES MADISON.
ANDREW JACKSON,
JOHN Q. ADAMS.
October, 1831.
In this annexion, We give also the more
decided testimony ofPresidcnt Jefferson :
“ Tho hnliit of using Ardent Spirit, (said
Jefferson,) by men in public offlee. has pro
diiccd more injury to the public service, and
more troulilp for me, than any oilier cireuin-
stnnce that tins occurred in the internal con
cerns of tlte Government, during my Admin
istration : and, were I to commence mv Ad
ministration again, tlte flint question I would
ask, in relation to every candidate fur public
offlee, should be: Is he addicted to the use of
Ardent Spirits." N. f. Obser
A play, in three nets, entitled " The Wan
dering Jew,” ilia incidents of which com
mence with the criiciflxiou of our Saviour,
arid i terminate with the end of tho world, is
uow performing nightly in Paris to crowded
houses.
MURDER.
Tito house of Mr. IIoscu Holly of Coving'
ton county, Alabama, was bnriit on Monday
evening lost, and his wife, and nil infatitchild,
and a Miss Jourdan, a niece of his about
12 years ol' age, were all cruelly murdered,
thrown into the flumes and consumed witli
tlie building. The horrid deed wns porpetrn-
led by two negro women, belongiug to Mr.
Holly. Mr. Holly was not til home, having
been absent fnr about a week on business to
the Stale of Georgia. This will iudeed .be
melancholy and distressing intelligence, for
pint. Greenville A.JVhig,
Cotton Sued Oil.—Tlte experiment of
manufacturing valuable oil from Cotton seed
lias been completely successful. Tho editor
of ilia Mobile Advertiser has been presonted
with a demijohn of Qotton Seed Oil manufac
tured iaMint city ; “Wo htiVH.no hesiliuion',”
says lie, “in pronouncing it every way ennui
to Sperm oil for ilia use of the lump. The
flume produced is believed to be even whiter
mid clearer than that by the best winter strain
ed Sperm oil. When undergoing decompo
sition by burning, the smoke given out is nut
so large in quantity, ns that embed by tho or
dinary oil, and titere is no offensive smell, ci
ther in tho smoke, or in Ihb oil itself."
DOnESTIC.
IMPORTANT TO HOUSE-KEEPERS.
W o would invite tlte attention of till our la
dy friends, to tlte following “ infntliblo" re
ceipt for lidding tii^mlotvcs of n great nuis
ance. As Cliesterliold shid (lint one instance
of false orthography disgraced a goutlommi,
mot suy, tliul one' single chinch fell by n
guest, irretrievably disgraces n linuse-kctiper.
Tiiu subjoined remedy will certainly he found
Infallible in its success, and wo undertake
to ,jy with confidence, and .without foarof
coiurniUriion—t-dlturinliy—-in our official ca
pacity; ex cathedra; iliat every one of the
" rascals" who may he. proceeded against in
tin manner pointed out below by Doctor
Bnoie.vcU, will certainly be found dead til the
cud of tile experimentwill " eonso from
troubling;" and let "the weary rest." We
do i ot at all doubt tbo practicability of “catch
ing" them by " sprinkling salt on their tails"
is well known i vi n to ihu youngest
child, that birds may be caught in tl’mt man-
net. Wo pnrtienlurly recommend the scheme
to the fconjaderntinn of country tuvorn kefep-
11 . It is worthy of their attention, and may
save their guests many nights of agony.
The -iuveutur Doctor Snurewcll, is well
Known to the learned ns a man of deep sci-
e, c"—a hearty feeder—and particularly a
i. •ofntiud sleeper—no small praise in those
re•« less times, The Doctor was born in
< lunch Valley, Virginia, hut now resides at
m» "Sleepy "Hollow," in tho State of New-
V. He will go down-to posterity as tho ou-
thor.oTthis v,Tillable invention, winch will ttdd
so largely to the quiet atul comfort of man
kind, mul which we do not hesitate to sav
I-luces him fur " above all Greek, all Roman
fame."
Dr. Snoreiecll's Infallible reeijie for killing
Bed-Bug*<
The bugs insist first he patched—which can
easily he done by taking a caudle ut night
arid scattering a little tine salt oti their tails.—
Then prepare a mixture of ruts bane, garlic
luico and possum fat—put the bugs in and boil
- -tlMf whole over u slow lire uttiii the ruse-alls
are ail dead.
From tho Nulintml Intelligencer
THE TESTIMONY FROM CHIEF
MAGISTRATES
Mr. Df-levtitt of Albany, on. his return from
the great Temperance Convention in Virgin
ia, (in account of whirli will be lauud in the
New York Observer, ofthe22d inst.) obtain
ed the following testimony of Ex-Presidents
Madison and Adams, and President Jackson,
on rhtdsubjcct of drinking ardent spirits. Wo
hope it will be widely circulated:
“ Being satisfied from observation and ex
perience, ns well ns front medical testimony,
that Anli ut Spirit, us a drink, is not only
needless, but limllhl—-anffthstthe entire dis
use of it would tend to promote the health, the
virtue, nnd the happiness of the cotmmiuily,
*9 hereby express our eon victioo, that, should
me citizt-nsof the United Slates, and cspeciul-
*i u " young Men, discountenance entirely
6 use of it, they would net only promote
Tlte Red River country is growing rapidly
into notice. From the vast number of mo
vers, many of them with large droves of no-
grocs, who have boon. almost daily passing
through our town (or tho soulh,-for two or
three months past, we imngino the country is
settling as fust as any other section of tlte
Territory, and perhaps iuster. Tho land
sales for that district commenced yesterday,
and it will bo seen,, by the' following letter
ftornn friend in Hempstead county, of the
lfUit nit., that considorribio competition was
oxpectcd in tlte purchase-of lands.
" Tlte approaching land sale in tltis placo
seems to excite the nlleuliou of many persons
from a disumco. There itrq now ti number :
of gentlemen from all tlte neighboring States,
engaged in malting selections preparatory to
tho sale: ami such is the character of the
Red River lauds, that 1 should not be snr-
prised if many tracts should bo sold for a sum
greatly exceeding the minimum price of the
public iuuds. Our section of tho Territory is
evidently about to take the stand which Iter
soil, climate, nud stuplo productions tiro cal
culated to give her; ami 1 think that wo can
safely calculate on on emigration to tho Rod
River couutrv, surpassing, in wettllh, culor-
prizc, and industry, tlte emigration of former
years." Arkansas Gaz.
Curious Promissory Noth.—Tlte follow
ing ludicrous cirettmsluhce lately happened
iu Kilkenny, Irelund: ..
A tailor who wits married-to u very sickly
woman, grew enamoured of a ybang girl who
lived, ip his neighborhood, and, on certain
conditions, ho ,agreed to.give her a promise in;
writing to marry Iter immediately on the drim-
iso of itis tilt, in consequence of which, Mr.
Snip passed iter tlte following note of linnd t
.“lit two duys after tlte doiniuo of niy present
wifo, I promise to marry friary Moron, or or
der, value received, under tho penally of fitly
pounds sterling. Given tinder my linnd the
sixteenth day of May, etc. Jeremiah Sulli
van.” Shortly after nlury received tho aliovo
note, she died, leaving it endorsed to a femalo
friend, who also cltaneed to tnko h fovor and
diebefore the tailor's wife! however, on Iter
sick bed slto also endorsed the note and gave
it to u female cousin, whom the tailor abso
lutely married, agreeably to endorsement,' in
two days after the death of his wife; and it is'
said that tlte tailor and his.wifo nro now liv
ing happily iu tho city of Kilkenny."
A Mr. Pritchard, cnllcd ", the living mam
moth,” is exhibiting himself as n show nt
Cincinnati, " admittance fifty cents.” Ho
weighs 52G pounds, niaFmcnsures, botweon
sixuudsovenfeet higlt. With duo deference
to his' corpoiosity wo tltiuk that this big man
follows u little business. . •Nat. Banner.
New-York, Nov. GO.--Wc learn that tho
Rothschilds have scut tn.tlieU, Suites within
the present year, tlte sum of nearly three mil
lions of dollars in gold and silver, not so much
with a view to profit us to meet any pressure
iu tile money tnnrkel. and on tho representa
tions of their friends here, to enable commer
cial enterprise to pursue its ordinary ami ac
tive channels in collection with ‘European
trade; nud weure authorised further to slate,
that in addition to their general exportation of
specie to this country, thoy nro prepared to
transmit it much larger amount; sltould any
scarcity bo apparent, or mty exigency dcinnml
it. 'l'liis intelligence will no dtiubt be satis
factory to our merchants, us apprehensions
have been expressed that winding up tho bu
siness transactions of tho Batik of tho ’ Uuited
Slates might posibly lend to a panic and scar
city, which we aro'confident will not lie the
result; on tlio'contrnry, tho bank, wo think,
will continue, with its maple means, to dis
count good paper ns long ns tlte existence of
its charter will permit. Our merchants may
therefore, with till the necessary guards n-
gttinst o.crtradiug.give a free impulse to their
usual commercial euterprizo, without appre-
ltcmliug n scnrcUy of means for tho ensuing
year. Star.
A friend recently front Charleston snvs that
some part of.tho way ho travelled on tho roil
retail a mile in n minute by his stop watclt.—>
Tito snino speed nil the way, would perform
tho whole trip from Chnres'ton to Hamburg,
13G miles, in two limns uud 1G minutes.—
The gentleman wo mentioned, says he would
be willing to bet any reasonable amount, that
ono car which lie named, could actually, jtcr-
lbrm it in 4 hums, that is to say, at 34 miles to
tlte hour, including oil delays. To provent
accident or uhirm, they usually allow them
selves about 12 hours. Journal.
We understand that a line of Stages, to run
three times u week, between Augusta nnd
Mobile, by way of Louisville, Hnwkinsville,
<fo„ will be put in operation in January next.
From tho Cnnutiuiliomilht.
Uotton Chops.—We comply witli.the re
quest made to us t« publish a number of let
ters from piautersof respectability, respecting
the deficiency of their cotton crop. The in
formation they communicate corroborates tlte
statement which was published some lime a-
go iu litis paper, of n deficiency of tlte cotton
crop in Georgia, to u greater extent titan it
was anticipated at the beginning of the season.
It should not now, we believe, be a matter of
doubt, that tlte crop of Georgia will lie consid
erably less than that of last yea'r, and that the
crops of other cotton growing stutes will fall
short of those of the proceeding year. —
But, wc must confess, that, where doubt can be
allowed, is as to the effect which those short
crops will ultimately, produce ou the cotton
murkeis of Europe and America. On. this
question npimun may vary ; but those who
reflect upon it diainterested!;/ ; those who do
not wish to offeet a decline that they may go
inlo tlte market, and those who do not wish to
cflfcct n greater advance tha' they may sell
at a larger profit; such may differ in their es
timates, without being wide, from the mark.—•
The short crop of tho United Stales will cer
tainly have some material influence iu tho
European markets; hut tltis influence will
bo regulated by (lie crops' of other grotviitg
countries. We have no certain accounts front
Brazil; tlte East Indies may supply a lar
ger quantity the n..preaching than tho past
jear; from the West Indies the supply may
be moderate, owing to tlte present condition
of tho British Colonies; nnd no dependence
entt be placed on tho supply of Egypt. It
appears, then, clcurly to us, that the short
crop of the U. States must have u> material
influence!on the European markets. But to
prodneo tio injury to the commercial world,
mill no ilorangemcnt in "the commercial ope
rations of tltis country with EnglumI, tho in
fluence alluded to must not enhance tlte value
of cotton beyond a prico Which would lead
the spiniu-is and iiimiitlaelurors, to pause in
their purchases of the raw material, and ev
en to stop their machinery. If such n state of
tilings wero to Hike place, owing tq an exor
bitant advance in the price of cotton, it is dif
ficult to anticipate tlte injuries which such a
derangement of eoimnerciul’oporutions Would
produce, while tin advance in tho price of the
raw material, proportionate to the deficiency
in tlte production, would hove tho .effect of
continuing tho regulur operations of trade,
without involving those concerned in it, in
ruinous speculations. Wo hope, for these
reasons, and our hope is founded on the con
sideration we avo.grveu (o the subject, that
tlte advance will not be so exorbitant us to buf-
fiq nil the reasonable calculations of prudent
and well informed merchants. An exorbi
tant advance cannot lioppeu without produ
cing disustcrous consequences, however short
the advance'tnay exist.
From tho Columbia Tesoscope,
COTTON CROP OF 1831,
Accounts have gained a currency through
several Alercantilo Journals, in din'erent parts
of tho United Stales, sell ing forth that the pre
sent Cotton crop will be as large, if not lurget
than tlte crop of lust. year.
We deent it of vast consequence that the
public mind sltould lie correctly informed up
on u subject of such paramount importance to
every otto iu this community, and for this
purpose the subscribers have met together,
exchanged their views nnd opiuions, and
have como to tho following conclusions, viz;
1st. That the present crop of Uplands
throughout this 'Statu, will full short of lust
yeur, fully one third; nnd as far as we aro in
formed, ttie deficiency will be about the stupe
iu each of our sister States, North Carolina
arid-Georgin.
2.1. That in many sections of the State, tho
crop.is already gathered from the fields, aui)
itt no part of'it, is there ns much to pick out,
ns there wns at the saute period lust-year, al
though ftoin tlte unfavorable Fall, tlte cotton
commenced to open much later tltis season
tlum the last.
3d. That of tho present crop, already two-
thirds havo changed bunds, and that not over
ono fourth will remain in the hands rf the
grower by tho first of January next;.. Trie ti-
sual' proportion being otic half, very few of
tho planters nro holding back or storing; but
on tho contrary, riro bringing it to market as
fast ns it is gathered.
About this period last year there were 15,-
000 bales stored in this place/ At tins time
wo biliovo tlte quantity stored, falls much
short of 1000 hales.
4th. That the sale or Cotton Bagging and
Ii-ilpc, is so fnr diminished, as must convince
every one of n grent doficieucy. ,
5ih. Tho above' conclusions havo liectt
formed from n mnssof testimony, derived from
Plautcrs, Correspondents, Travellers, nnd our
own personal observation, nnd wo are unwil
ling that it should go abroad as the 'exclusive
opinion of tho' Merchants of this place only,
while it cun bo substantiated by gentlemen of
tho highest respectability from tul sections of
die Stnlc,. . "
Resolved, Therefore, that a committee be
uppoinUul to obtuin the opinions of a few of
tho principal planters from dillbrcnt sections
of our State, in regard to tlte extent of the pro
sont crop.
Resolved, Thnt tlte samo bo published in
each of the papers of this place, nnd thut n
copy be sent to 'the offices of tho Charleston
Courier, Charleston Mercury, New York
Courier & Enquirer, New York Duily Ad
vertiser, with n - request to give it one inser
tion. [Signed,] •
DAVID EWART, Chairman.
Jamks Smith, Secretary.,
Lnw & Ellison, Robert Bonner,
Andrew Crawford,- R. O’Ncale,
Newberry District.—Brig. Gen. J. J, Cald
well, Col. Joint Lk Brown.
].ancaster District Col.'J, H. Weather-
spoon, Col. Benjamin Alassy.
Edgefed District.—E. II. Wnrdlaw, Esq.,
W. Brooks, Esq., R. G. Mays, Esq.
Abbeville District —John Black Esq.
Pendleton District.—Gen. J. B. Earle.
Orangeburg District.—S. Glover, Esq.
Lexington District.—Col. H. Arthui.
is St. Matthew's Parish.—Dr. R. II. Good-
wyn.
Kershaw District.—Thomas. J. Weathers,
Esq. Solicitor.
Lanceister.-.-John Montgomery, Esq. S;
L. Westmoreland. Esq.
Spartanburg District.—Titos. Pool, Esq.
H. A. Thomson, Esq.
POLITICAL.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
In the Senate, on Tuesday, upon occasion
of tho adoption of tho Report of die Com
mittee on Federal Relations, the promised re
marks of Mr. Richardson were as follows :
Mr. Richardson rose and said—Thut the
report of tho Joint Committee of Federal Re
lations, on the several memorials which he
had the honour to present, offered, as it wa9,
inn spirit of conciliation, nnd adopted as a
measure of compromise, certainly did remove
tho objections, which he had urged on a for
mer occasion, against the amendment of the
4th Art. of tlte Constitution. If he appreci
ated too highly the magnanimity of that par
ty, to whom a'solemn sense of duty compelled
him to make this confession of his.misapprc-
licnsiou of the purport and intention of that
amendment, he was ready to acknowledge
thut it wait an estimate of conduct, fotmded
on tlte motives which lie believed would actu
ate, on a similar occasion, those witty whom
he was politically connected. Offered, as lie
believed it was, in good faith, it would be re
ceived as a pence offering ; which they were
not morewilling to tender, than he wps tone-
cent.. He believed that it would hen) the dis
tractions and sooth the angry-feelings whidh
had so long agitated and convulsed tlte State;
For Jtimsell—ftyr those, wliQse opinions he was
made the organ to express, on tltis floor, and
ho believed, lor those whom they had tile hon
our to represent, lie ccnild say, dial burying
tho paiiifoi. leininiscenbes of the, past, nnd
looking to the bright.anticipations of .the fu
ture. they were willing to devote all their en
ergies, in a common effort to revive- .and in
vigorate the languishing energies of tile State.
General Hamilton very briefly replied, in
nearly tlte following terms.
That lie had listened to tho declaration of
the gentleman, from Clarendon, with unfeign
ed gratification. He rnet it in the same spir
it of cordial reciprocity, and, lie felt assured
that .whilst.it-\vus calculated to diffuse the ut
most joy throughout the State, none’ could
fail to appreciate the enlightened and; patrio
tic feelings by which the gentleman and those
uctirig with.-in.m had been impelled in mak
ing the communication in question.
In-the House of Representatives, upon the
same occasion, the remarks of Mr. Phillips,
of Chesterfield, were nearly in these words.
I rise, Mr Speaker, to withdraw the notice
which I gave n few daysago, claiming, on be
half of the minority, the privilege of enter
ing upon "the journals of the House, n protest
against the nmoudmentof,the 4th article of the
Constitution. Circumstances which havo
just occurred, render such a protest wholly
unnecessary. It may not, sir, be 6trictly
within parliamentary rules to refer to such
circumstances : hut it would be doing injus
tice to the feelings of my. own bosom—great
injustice, both to them and to the spirit of con
ciliation with which I am now confronted,
were I not in some mariner to give them ut
terance.
In my own • uame then, sir, and in the
name of those with whom it lias been my
proud destiny to act, I accept (iris Report, as
nn offering held upon tlte altar of our country.
I feel prepared, sir, with feelings of tho holi
est sincerity, to join in propitiating the
Divine favour that it may be received and re
garded by ortr wltolo people as a !'peace-offer
ing and that tltis Land—over which dis
cord basso triumphantly reignell and ruled
may now become n 1 ami prosperous iu peace;
whore evory individual .may henceforth sit
securely, uuder the sliade’.oTJtis own fig tree,
with &oT§p to molest or Make him afraid.
I trust in God, Mr. Speaker, lliulour polit
ical dissonlions are now ended; and that they
shall never hereafter lie -remembered, unless
to afford instructive lessons, of- fuftycaraueo to
the patriot' mill state'smau that we shall now
see the sou return, rejoicingly, to lire patera."!
ronf—brother once - more fraternizing with
brother—file ancient friendships of Carolina
(once her proud characteristic) again renew
ed, with bonds of stronger allidnee : that, in
the couiicilsoftlre nation, we may again havo
the representation ofu people united at home:
and hereafter, whenever or however we may
differ, on political questions', may. wo never
again forget that wo are brothers of one fum-
ily—citizens of 'one, State."
set forth in. his Proclamation anil protest, anil
as carried out in histnilitary demonstrations,
upon two Slates of this confederacy, it is not
possible that the union can endure ; and to
Itis advanced period of life, are we, perhaps,
indebted Tor an exemption from the still great
er calamity, of nn overthrow of our liberties.
With his popularity, with tlte treasury in his
hands, and the standing army- at his orders,
what could be not accomplish? and who,
that has watched the course of the man, would
hesitate to ask, what would he not accomplish
if he were twenty years younger ? let history
be consulted, and see if a more degrading de
votion to the will of a man, has ever been
displayed in any country than in this; and if
not, what element is deficient towards the
building up, on the ruins of liberty, of a des
potic government ? Nay, has not already a
foundation for such despotic government been
laid ? Lot the force, bill, enacted by a pliant
Congress, and the seizure upon tlte public
money, in opposition to law, answer tho ques
tion.— Condy llaguet.
J. Johnston & Co.
Riclutrd Sonillcy,
A. Kirk, •
Wm. M’Millinn & Co.
James M’Fie,
Wiliam Rico,
J. L. Scott & Co.
Friday & Kiuslef,
P, & R. Bryce,
J. Si R. Cnfdwell,
J. S. Lott Si Co.
Sidney Crane,
Smith" Si Law,
James Cntiicart,
It. Keenan,
Felix.Metz,
P. & -. Ewart,
Cohunbia, Dee. 12,1834. /
We, tlte subscribers, believe that the above
statement in regard to tho deficiency of tho
present crop, is substantially true.
GEORGE M’DUFFIE, Governor of tho State
Richland District.—Titos. Heath,Esq, W.
M. Rlycrs, Esq., James II. Adtuus Esq., \V
J. Taylor, Esq., Robert Adams, Esq., C
BooklerEsq.
Chester District.—Col. J. Rnndeli, Col. J.
W. Davie, J. Danovant, Esq.
Yorifc District.—Col. J. S. Sitgrcaves, Col
Titos. Williams, Col. W. C. Beaty, G. Moore
Esq.
Fairfield District.—Mty. Gen.J. Buchanan
William J. Alston, Esq. Col. Thomas Lyles.
Sumter District.—Maj. John J. Potts, Jus
Rcrabert, Esq.
Union District.—Col. B. M. Pearson, Brig.
Gen. J. Shelton, lion. David Johnson.
Laiorcns District.—May Gen. T. F. Jones,
Maj. II, C. Young, Col. J. H. Irby.
Greenville District.—Brig. Gen. \V, Thorn-
eon, Maj. M. Berry, lion. B. J. Earle.
The object or- Government.-^Accor
ding to the theory of despotic Monarchies,
tho subjects of the Sovereign have no rights."
His will is the law of the land, and disobedi
ence is a crime. '
According to the republican theory, the go
vernors are mere agents or soryums, to-exe
cute the popular will, und- hence they have
no rights except those accorded to them by
lltcir masters tiio people.
This distinction cannot be too deeply im
pressed upon the minds of our citizens. Up
on an acquaintance with the character of the
government under which they live, depends
their liberty. The moment that rulers begin
to fancy that they aro the masters and not the
servants, Liberty is in danger, and nothing
tends us much to encourage this drrogancy as
the notion so generally prevalent that titere is
no middle ground between bail government
and anarchy. Tho advocates of strong gov
ernment in dll countries, invariably brand
with tlte' stigma of anarchy, every attempt
made by tha friends of liberty to. check their
tyranny. Hence wo see, the Poles denounced
bv tlte Russian autroent ns anarchists. The
liberals of Spain, Portugal, Italy aud Germa
ny, receive tlte same appellation from the
Kings mid Nobles anil all who live upon the
smiles of Despots. The oppressed popula
tion of Iielnnd are denounced in similar lan
guage by tho aristocracy of England, and
where is tho'American Patriot, whoso blood
does not boil'iu his veins, when ite hears of
the standing armies, employed by tyrants to
perpetrate their misrule t
Tho truth is, that betweeu bad government
and anarchy, there is a. middle ground; a
ground of pence rind safety, one, to occupy
which, the federal government was instituted,
one which it did occupy for the first forty-three
years of its existence, and which it would still
have continued to occupy, but for trie elec
tion to trie Presidency of n fortunate soidier,
who lovcs tho sound of trie drum too well, a*
be contented with the disclm.-ge of inercly ci
vil duties. To the course pursued by An
drew Jackson will be imputed at-no distant-
day, the overthrow of this confederation of re
public*. Upon hi» theory of government, as
From tho Examiner.
A Federal Bank.—An Uniform and
Sound Currency.—^We have stated in a
former article, that orto of tlte reasons why n
federal’bank was considered by a large por
tion of our citizens as expedient (and necessa
ry, was, that it afforded a sound and uniform
currency throughout tho Uuited States.
That the notes of a .hank with branches lo
cated in most of thp StateB, which aro re-
ceived every where by the Government in
payment of revenue, can enjoy a wider field
of circulation than tlte notes of any State bank
possibly can, does not admit of dispute. That
the effect of this extended circulation is to af-
ford facilities to travellers in the payment' of
their expenses on tlte road, and to save from
loss those who have sums to remit or receive
ip bank notes, likewise does not admit of dis
pute., But the question for tho public to de
cide, is not whether such thcililies result from
the existence of a federal hank, hut whether
these facilities are 'enjoyed by tlte people at
large, or only by the comparatively few indi
viduals who travel to a distance, or. have oc
casion (o receive, remittances of bank-notes,
nnd, whether they may not be purchased at
too high a cost'. "The great error which" lies
tit the bottom of a large portion of our legisla
tion, is the mistaking the benefit of tfie few for
■that of the many, and we are greatly deceived
if tlte same error is not at the bottom of the
argument we are now considering. Let its
examine into tho subject, and seo who aro the
parties for-whose benefit a federal bank is to
be kept up.. - •
, In the first place, then, we have those who
travel tondistrince, that is, to such a dislanco
as carries them beyond the sphere of a circu
lation of local bank notes. We apprehend
the number, of such bears but a vory small
proportion to the number (if those who make
no distant, journeys. They certainly do not
amount to ono in ten of tho whole population,
and, probably not to one .in a hundred, and
even if thoy did, tlte small portion of the year
occupied in travelling, and during which the
inconvenience is sustained, and a loss incur
red by discounts on the way, renders the.evil
of too little importance to the whole commu
nity, to be cured by a measure fraught with
such mischief as the establishment'of a feder
al (tank. A man who travels from one State
to another, far pleasure or profit, has no right
to expect the Government to make contrivan
ces by which he shall be saved the trouble of
enrrying hard money with him^to pay his -ex
penses ou the road, und particularly if these
contrivances are to be njsde at the expense of
those who do not travel. And what is a bank
note of general currency, but such a contri
vance ? For ouJ parts, wo are of opinion that
those who arc not satisfied to be troubled with
gold or silver, have no right to complain if a
discount of two or three dollars on n hundred
should be taken from them on the road in the
shape of discount-. If it bedesirnblo to have
a specie circulation in tho country, it is by
means of travellers .that it can best be cffec-
ted, anti we would hold out no inducements
for people to carry paper when they might
take coin. - .
Jn the second placo. we have-those who re
mit or receive brink notes in payment of debts,
arid who unquestionably would be bonefitled
by.a supply of such as would not be subject
to a d[scouni.‘ But here again wc havo tho
interests of tho few mistaken for those of the
inauy. - Tito number of persons who lose by
discount on bank notes remitted from a dis
tance, is hut a handful compared to those who
do not," and even if this were not the case,
what right has any .one to expect the Govern
ment to equalize the currency for him, any
more than to equalize exchange ? If a mer
chant in tho interior has a payment to make
in Philadelphia,'fhr example, and cannot pro
cure a bill of exchange, wlmt claims has bo
upon tho Government, that oliouid entitle him
to have his, payment made without loss ?
Why should not he he as much obliged to
bear the expenses of making his payment,
whether it up by transporting the coin, or by
paving somebody else, to do it, in the form of
a discount on bank notes, as the grazier.is
obliged to bear tho expenses of driving bis cat
tle to market? t
In making these remarks, wc are advoca
ting a policy directly at variance with nur
own private interests. A majority of tho
bunk notes received by us in payment for tltis
pa.per, are of a description upon which w°
are obliged to allow u -discount of 2 to 3 per
ectn., but that is no reason why we should.
,cry out for an uniform currency, as some edi
tors do. Wo know that nn uniform currency
can not he sustained but nt the price of im
mense mischief to the country, unless it be
in the form of a hard money currency, and
as that is the only kind wc desire to see, we
are conteut to lose upon ns' rriauy bank notes,
as our ftiends are.disposed to transmit to ils.
But after all, is not the idea of equalizing
or rendering uniform throughout so extensivo:
a country ns the- United States, a paper cur
rency, altogether chimerical ? It is most un
questionably so, .Nothing could possibly cre
ate such u currency, but notes paynblo in coin
at whatever placo they might be presented.—
And wbat institution could issue such notes?
VVe also know that the present Bank of tho
United States is not bound to pay Its notes at
any point, except tho one at which they are
made payable, uud if it actR otherwise, it is
only because there are times at which thocur-
rent of- trade will enable her. to do it without
risk of embarrassment, or, because the notes
presented for payment at placris odter than
those at. which they were' issued, are of too
small an amount to make the accommodation
to tlte public biirtherisome. Nor could any
other institution exist, if it wefe bound to.puy
its notes at any one of twenty-five different
points, at which the holder might demand
pavtrient. The equalizing, of the currency
seems to be a very plausible sort of nteusuro.
but what would be thought of tho wisdom of
astatesmun who should propose to equalize
the price ufieud, 'hroughouttite United Stales?
A hundred weight of lead at Gnllemt is pre
cisely the same quantity ns a hundred weight
of lead in Philadelphia, and. yet a written
uroroUe to deliver on demand a hundred
wetght'dflcad at Gie former place, would not
sell for as much money a.s ono for tlte delive
ry af a hundred weight at the fatter place.—
And yet, a proposition to equalize the price eg
lead, would be just as rational as to equalize’
the price of gold and silver. The same would" ,
be true, of any other commodity, and until iMg
is proved that the price of sugar *ad flour, i
and cotton and rice, and tobacco'and whiskey
ought to be equalized by law all over the-
Unijed States, there will be no reason for as*
serlirig that the price of money should be equaJ
lized. -
EXTRACTS’
From Gen. Hamilton’s Speech on the Test Oath,
I need scarcely remind gentlemen upon,
what principles that original movement, ia
this State, against the tariff, began. It was
upon the avowal, of all parties, that it was
oppressive and unconstitutional; and the doc
trines of State-rights were every where, tho
footing upon which resistance to these, nsur-'
pations was placed, It was only in proportion'
as wo drew nearer to remedy and redress,
that we began to differ. Gcntlomcn agreed
with us, perfectly, as to tho enormity of the
oppression and the uecesity of shaking it , off
It was, then, but about mere forms, that they'
fell out with us: and what account should bo
made of these, against the great question of"
resisting oppression ?' In 1828, it was onl^
as to the State's taking ultimate , measures,
through her Legislature, that thoy opposed
us. They then plairaed that final sovereign
right for a convention: through it alone dtcf
they hold that we competently act; or bring,-
to the decision of the State, an authority net - 1 "
less imposing abroad than unquestionable at
home. . Well, sir, a Convention Was at last
obtained; and what.said gentlemen, then?
That i convention had no-authority to rcfuefF
obedience to. laws of the Federal Govern* "
ment! That secession wns'tho only legitim
ate remedy! Presently, while this doctrine
was at its height, came the Presidential fultni-
nation against the right of secession. What
said the secessionists! the advocates of that as
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the
sion ? They denounced secession—threw
up thoir caps-for him who had sworn to pun
ish it as treason—and showered garlands" up-'
on the hirelings sent to ravish, from us tlnsj
tlie last resort of Freedom!
Grant, sir,that we had adopted, a false theo
ry of redress. The safety rind the liberty of
tile Stnte w.ere'not, for that things that should
baric been less sacred to every citizen. What
though the successively 'abandoned doctrines
of our opponents had been each true, in its
turn.? Could any or all of them warrant the-
abandonment of the supreme duty of fidelity
'to your own country and defence of her liber
ty against till external- force ? Though our
argument might be bad—though onr proposed
methods defective—bettor ones had not been
offered to us; or, if offered had been aband
oned. .It was eminently a question, where-
men were not to stand on forms. Substantial
justice and liberty—the removal of a grievous
tyranny, weighing down our institutions and-
threatening, in the debasement of popular-'
spirit, totally, to subvert them—these wero the-
only considerations seriously to be entertained.
These, Our mode of proceedings effectually
embraced. We wrire vindicating the public
liberty. If-forms could assist us, in thisgreat
enterprize, it was well to observe them.—-/
Their neglect might something impeach on
prudence; but could not diminish our rigb.
nor lessen the citizen's great duty of defending-'
the State.
If then, sir, tho period, which followed the-
State’s Acts in resistance of tho tariff laws,-
saw gentlemen, ns leaders of a party, pur
suing a publiccourse framed only with a view'
to defeat tho resistance; if the signal of onset
against 119 was sounded from amidst our own
people: if arms themselves wore assumed, at
home in derogation and hostility to tht’State,
and in direct aid of tyrranny against her—to
what are we to attribute all these monstrous -
aud most iujustifiable. proceedings ? To what-
but the madnqss into which men are plunged
by an indiscriminate party-opposition ?
. Such nnd so created was the condition in
which the Compromise found the State. At
her utmost need—wiien not her liberty mere--
Iy ■ but hor very existence was at stake—it
found her tom by feuds, with a whole body of
her citizens ready to grasp unnatural arms
against- their own insolently oppressed - coun
try. I call Heaven to witness that I refer to-
these things with no bitterness—with no pm 1 -
posb of reproach It is in sorrow only an A.
admonition that I allude to these unhappy '
transactions. My own constant effort has ev
er been, toassurige these differences so perni
cious to tho great causo of the State, Such
cflbrts.I will never intermit, while yet this
civil fury shall remain unsmirchcd with blood.
Sir, we have been approached with yiel
ding to that compromise. It has been charged
upon U3,'as a betrayal of tbo State; and that"
charge has been preferred by those very per
sons, who had reduced us to the single alter
native of tho Compromise, or a fraternal war!
For myself, sir, and my own poor part io tin*-
conjuncture of our nfthirs, I saw that com
plete redress was not given ns; that we had
obtained but haif-justicc. But, sir, I saw the
honor of tho State safe, her independence es
tablished, her. liberties placed on a basis not
again easily shaken. We had achieved.,.ner-
haps prosperity nnd too little for her imrafin-
gled glory ; but much for her bloodless repu
tation. Had it pleasod Heaven to. give ns una
nimity—such as becomes the oppressed; had
opposition to the State worn any less unhappy
aspect than that which it look'; a triumph tha-
noblest and most complete awaited tlte South.
I would, sir, never have consented to lh»
Compromise, but for the cortainty of civil;
war at home, if we had rejected it. But for
Our horror of that,' we should have laughed
at the mustered hirelings of the Federal Ty
ranny. Titere was no moment of their in--
soient possession of our port and soil, when
a tap of a drum, at midnight, would not have
brought more than their match. But thef
same signal, that roused as to tins vengeance,
would have called up around us theexecrablo
strife of fraternal war nnd have seen our
hearths and thresholds dabbled with kindred
blood.
Thus it was that wo accepted tho Compra- 1
mise. Then came those proceedings, ps to
the bath, of which I have already givon tho
history. In that moment of external pacific
cation, gentlemen nn the other side emno for*
ward, for their friends, and urged that this
Oath should be submitted to the umpirage of
the people. That done, they said, all would
acquiesce in "the decision; nnd titere would'
bp peace once-ftioro.
Sir, the gentlemen were taken at thei?
word.' Wo made solemn issue with them be
fore tho people. Tho great award has been-
rendered. Where ;s the promised peace?
What havo we but a redoubled system of ngi-'
ration and violence ? Without these wall*
the country has been bullied, from^frid to
end—within them, your tables are covered!
witli petitions, that not obscurely threaten
oven this legislative body.
1 beg gentlemen to toll us what nllimale
aim these violences have ? What publi*
good are they likely to effect? Their pro-*
Oped loss' bespeuk nothing less than a civil
war- What except ttyo desuiation of tho State)
can they tyopo to gain by that 1
Tbo more gladiaiorship nf those opinion*