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I immediately obeyed, and chosing one of the grooms who was my more especial favorite in the family, I gave him the pa pers with injunctions to use all sp 'ed and diligence, f then returned io the library, and”found that the Duke had just conclu ded a billet,on which he wrote ihe address «f the Ceoni de Mesnil, and after draw, ing a small cord of fl »ss silk across the ho sealed the ligature a both ends, nnd put the note into my bauds:—“You will Jake.that,” hesaid with a calm smile, “to-your good friend ilie Count de Mes* nil; but do not go till after breakfast, nor let it'seem by your manner, that there is any thing extraordinary in your mission; for, to my taste, things of this kind had better always be conducted as quietly as possible. Deliver it into the count’s own hand, when you have reached his dwell ing, and bring me back his reply.” Os course I very well understood that I was charged with one of those cartels of mortal defiance which were then so com mon in every country in Europe. The matter certainly was nothing new to me for many a trifling dispute had I seen brought to the arbitrament of the sword, when I followed the camp of the cavali ers; but it did seem strange to me that the duke so far departed from the general customs of the day as to send his defiance by a page, instead of some man equal in rank and station to the person for whom it was intended. l 4 found afterwards, how ever, tha't his irritable fear of ridicule, which was the next prominent character istic of his mind to its susceptibility of the slightest suspicion'was the, cause of any thing that appeared irregular in his meth od of proceeding. However that might be, of course I did not object to the task, though it seemed doubtful how Monsieur de Mesnil would receive much a cartel from a page, and what might be his neat mont-of the bearer. Personal risk seldom entered info my calculation in these mai lers, and I ordered my horse to be ready after breakfast, and a groom to be prepar ed to accompany me, as gaily as if 1 had been going upon an errand of pleasure. Before setting out, however, I had an op portunity of seeing the behaviour of the the duko towards his wife, and it, I con fess, was the first thing that gave me any pain in the business. It was so gentle, so affectionate, so different from what it had been.on former occasions, that, as the thought flashed across his mind, that (he first day of his tenderness might be the last of his life, I would have given more than all T had in the world to prevent the proposed* encounter from taking place. To do so was of course, impossible; and accordingly after breakfast I mounted my horse, and rode away so Mesnil Moray, the dwelling of Monsieur de Villa: din’s adversary. Though I was a little gloomy when I sat out, old habits soon got the better of now feelings, and I readily brought my self to look upon the affair altogether as one of those matters which every man must undeitake, at least a hundred times in the course of 4iis life. ’“Monsieur de Villardin-.-”- I thought, “will fight fifty more, I hope before he has done with the sword,” and with this consolatory refloc. Finn, I cantered on as fast as I could. Somewhat less then ah hour brought me to thjp*gates of the chateau; and, on de. niandnig.to see Monsieur de Mesnil, I was instantly admitted to his presence, t thought* he turned rather pale when he saw me,but it might be merely imaginary; and certainly throughout the whole, be behaved like a mao of honour and cour age. He took the billet, and, cutting the silk, read it attentively,with a slight frown knitting his brows.—He then asked me in a calm tone, “Do you know the con tents of this note, young man?” The question puzzled me a little, for though 1 strongly suspected the natuie of what the billet contained,yet I knew none of the particulars, and could not even be sure of that which I imagined. I answer ed, therefore, that “I did not;” and the Count fejoiqed, throwing the note into the fire, “Well, then, as Monsieur de Vil lardinhas been kind enough to send me an unceremonious request, I will send him mi unceremonious reply.—Tell him 1 will accept his invitation, with all its particu lars, arid I am his obedient servant. You may add,l .would have written, but that I have a great 1 : deal to do between this and night.” Charged with this ambitious message, I returned to the Press Vallee, and found , Monsieur d& Villardin playing with his! little •girl, while Madame de Villaidinl was in her own chamber, preparing to go out with him for a.walk. “Have you brought me any note!” he asked me immediately, taking advantage of his wife’s absence, to require the re sult of my embassy in private. I replied that I had only received a verbal answer; upon which-ho formed a pretext to send away the Tittle girl; -hnd made me give him a detailed account of all that had oc eorred< ' ‘ - “Well, well,” he said, as I concluded, it is all well. •. Be prepared to go with me at six o’clock, and get a spade and pick axe privately from (he garden. I did not well know what to anticipate from these directions, for i’- was then in the early part of spring,and at six o clock the evening was too far advanced to .iff r J any thing like sufficient light for a lair single combat. Nevertheless, I had of course nothing to do but to obey; and slipping out about half past five, I got the tools from the garden; and after placing them in a spot where they were n<»t like ly to be observed, I returned to (he libra ry,where I was very soon joined by Mon sieur de Villardin. His hat- and aloak were already there, and I wasjust aiding him to pm them on, when the groom who had been despatched to Rennes, returned with a notary and the papers prepared for signature.- By the calm way which Monsieur de Villardin took this interrup tion, called for lights, heard the papers read, and went through all the necessary formalities for investing me with the pro perty which ho had bestowed upon me, 1 easily divined that he had no fixed ap pointment for that hour, and began to suspect the real object of his expedition When all was concluded, and the notary sent b ck under a safe escort, lie bade me follow him. Wo thus issued forth in the dusk; and having furnished outselves will the spade and pick-axe proceeded a short distance on ihe road towards Rennes. “Now, my young friend,” he said, at length, “I must trust to your guidance. I have heard tint you never forget spot, person, or thing, that you have once seen. Do you think you can now lead me to the tiee order whch Monsieur de Mes nil’s horse was tied, when you passed yesterday morning?” “I think I can,” I replied, “and, cer tainly, if not to the precise tree, I can lead you to the one next to it; for there were but two or three together,and I know the clump well.” When we reached the neighborhood of the spot the various objects around at once recalled to my remembrance which was the tree we sought; and having ap proached it, Monsieur de Villardin mea sured out a space of gorund beueath its branches about six feet by three, and causing me to remove the turf in one piece, we both set vigorously to work, and, with pick-axe and spade, soon hol lowed out a sufficient trench to contain tho body of a man. “If! fall,” be said, wheu we had concluded our work, “let it be remembered, that 1 wish this to be my giave. If I survive; 1 will direct you what to do.” Before leaving the spot, he caused me to carry about a dozen shovelfuls of earth away, and cast them into the river, which flowed at the distance of three or four hundred yards. We then placed the tools io the grave and returned to the chateau, Monsieur de Villardin directing me previously to be up by five the next morning, to saddle his horse with my own hands, and, leaving it prepared in the stable, to go on to the spot where we had been working, and wait there for his coming. The coblness with which he set about all his proceedings, and my knowledge of his skill as a swordsman, made me feel very confident that the issue of the combat would be in his favor, although his adver sary was his junior by near twenty years. I had seen so much of such affairs, too, that I could generally form a very good guess in regard to the result; and, from all I had observed of Monsieur de Vil lardin’s conduct during the day, I wens to bed with very little fear for his safety. Thu next morning I was up at the time presetibed, saddled 'ho horse as well as I could io utter darkness, and then walk ed away to the tree, which I reached just as the first faint gray of the morning be gan to mingle with the blackness of night. When I had waited there about a quar ter of an hour, I heard the sound of a horse’s feet, and a moment after perceiv ad Monsieur de Villardin, who sprang to the ground, and giving me his rein to hold, only remarked that it was darker than he had expected; although by this time, the dawn had made considerable progress. In about five minutes after, which he spent in selecting a pieco of firm dry turf, unencumbered by liees, and fitted, ns far as possible, for tho sort, of morning’s amusement in which he was jo ing to ijxercise himself,the sound of anoth. er horse’s feet was heard,& we were soon joined by the Count de Mesnil. He was quite alone; and, dismounting at a little distance, he bowed coldly to Monsieur de Villardin, saying, "As you requested, sir, I have come alone; you, I see, have brought your page.” “I did so, sir,” replied the Duke, “ip the first place, that he might hold our horses; in the next that he might aid the survivor in filling up yon trench,” and he pointed to the grave. “He is a boy of honor and of birth,” he added “and you may trust him fully; but, if you desire it, I will order him to withdraw.” “Not on tny account,” replied Mon de Mesnil; “I am just ns well pleased that hl*sbould be present: though, I must say, that 1 think the Duke de Villardin might have found some fitter person thana page to carry his cartel to the Count de Mes nil.” “I have chosen the method of proceed ing I have followed, Mons, de Mesnil, not only because I think these things be tween brave meu had better always be done as quietly as possible, but also, be cause I judged it unnecessary that many wi’nesses should hear me tell you, as 1 now do,that J look upon you as a villian, a hypocrite, and a traitor, devoid of every good feeling but the brute quality of cour age. “Enough, enough, sir,” cried the Count de Mesnil: “the fewer of such words as well as the fewer witnesses the belter. Where do you take your ground?” He then gave me his hoise’s rein, and Monsieur de Villardin led him to the spot which he had chosen, made him ex r amine it accurately to see that there was no inequality or artifice, and then, draw ing Iris sword, caused his adversary to measure it with the blade of his own, which proved to be nearly an inch long er. On perceiving this difference, the Count declared that he was perfectly wil ling tor wait, if Monsieur de Villardin thought fir to send io the castle for a more equal weapon; but the duke replied, (hat he was quite contented with the sword that he had; and throwing away his cloak, hat and coat,’ took his ground, and put himself in a posure of defence. The Count de Mesnil prepared for the combat more slowly. He certainly evinced no fear; but there were two or three slight trails that I remarked in his conduct, which induced me to believe that, eithei from tho consciousness of hav ing wronged his friend, or from feeling himself inferior hi skill and dexterity, be advanced not to the encounter with the same confidence as that which appeared in the whole demeanour of Monsieur de Villardin. When the duke had first re fetred t<» the grave which we we had dug the night before, and pointed it out with his hand,the eye of the young count strain ed eagerly upon it lor a moment, and it was evident Hmt the anticipations the sight naturally called up were felt bitterly. He was pale, too, and though he spoke firmly and calmly, 1 peiceived that there was a difficulty in unfastening his cloak, and all the other little preparations, which spoke a mind intensely occupied with other thoughts. 1 observed, also, and it seemed somewhat strange, th .t he in no degree referred to the cause p.f his present hostile opposition to a man jvno had been so lately his friend’ and indeed it seemed that the few short lines which Monsieur de Villardin had written had been quite sufficient to explain all, and to make liim feel that amity’ was changed ever into unquenchable hate between them. At length all was prepared, and the swords of the two combatants crossed Afl< r a few | araries on < i her pan which, served no purpose but to let each know the skill and peculiar mode of fencing of his adversary, the assault assumed a more serious charactei; but still it appeared that both wished to maintain the defen sive, and I plainly saw that, more than once, the duke could have wounded or disarmed his opponent, had ho thought fit. In a short lime, however, the Count de iMesnil, who was of a hasty and passion ate disposition, and not so old a soldier as Monsieur de Villardin, became healed in the encounter, and pressed his atago. nist hard, still keeping a wary hand and eye, but evidently becoming more and more vehement al each pass. At length, in a furious lunge, by not keeping his right foot quite straight, and probably more accustomed to the salle d armes than the green sward, heslippedand came upon his knee, perfectly al the mercy of his adversary. —Monsieur de Villardin immediately dropped the point oi his Sword, and bade him rise. “I do not take advantage of au acci dent, sir,” he said. The Count rose with downcast eyes and a burning cheek, and replied, after a mo ment’s pause, “I cannot, of course, after this het of genero*ity think- “If, sir,” said Monsieur de Villardin, cutting him short, ‘you are contented to .go forth into the world aga n as one who bears the name of villian,and hypocrite,and scoundrel——and 1 shall then add, coward -—mount your h«»rse and begoue: if not, resume your place.” The Count’s eyes flashed, and the combat was instantly renewed, but this time with a diffmtmt result. —At the end of four or five passes, with a movement so rapid that I could scarcely see how it was effected, though it may be believed I was an eager spectator, Monsieur de Villardin parried a lunge of his adversary in such a manner as to leave the whole of the Count’s person open. He then lunged in return, and the next moment the Count de Mesnil was lying prostrate on the lurf. At a sign from the duke, I threw the bridles of the horses over a low bough, and ran to the spot. The fallen man by that lime had raised himself up on one arm, and with the oilier hand seemed grasping at lite blades of grass; but he spoke not, and his head, droppi g forward, concealed his countenance. “Shall 1 bring water!” I said; but, ere lime was givon for ananswer, the strength which had enabled him to raise himfsif so far passed away, and with a single groan he fell back upon »ho ground and expired. We stood and gazed upon his still pale countenance for several minutes; but it whs very evident from the first look, that his career was nt an end; and, after a pause, the duke bent over him, and open ed his vest. —Scarcely a drop of bluod had flowed from the wound whicn caused his death, although, the direction it had taken, it seemed to me that it must have pierced his heart. “It is over!” said Monsieur de Villar din—“it is ovei! Yet, put your hand upon his heart, my boy, see if it beats.” As I opened his shirt to do so, there dropped out a locket, which was suspen ded from his neck by a blue riban :, and which contained a single lock of dark hair. As soon as he saw it, the duke caught it up, and unfastening the riband, gazed upon the hair with an eager look. It was certainly the colour, to a very shade ofthat of Madame Villardin; and I instant ly saw that the demon had taken posses sion of her husband once more. After gazing at the locket for several minutes, he put it by, and then asked me steruly, if the man was deed. I replied that he certainly was, as far as I could discover. “Then now to our next task,” said the duke “bring meyon mantle and coat.” I immediately obeyed, and bringing forward the clothes of the unhappy count, I aided in wrapping the body therein;and then taking the feet, while the duke rais ed the head, we bore the corpse to the grave that we had dug, and laid it there, without prayer or benediction. We next placed the hat and sword of the deceased in the eat th along with him; and then, as fast as possible, filled up the pit with mould. Notwitbstaading the quantity of earth I had removed the night before, there was still more than enough to fill dp the grave to the level »»f the other ground, and I had four or five shovels full more to carry down and cast into the ri ver. When that was done, however,and the last spadeful had been disposed of, we laid the lurf down again over the spot; and so carefully had it been removed, that, though the ground was a lit tle raised, it required some examination to discover where the apciturc had been made. “A few showers of rain,” said the duke, as he g;iZ'«d upon the grave, “will remove every trace.” I replied nothing, but I thought that the rain of many years would never re move the traces of that morning’s work from his heart or from my memory. In regard to the ground, however, I enter tained no apprehension of i's ever being discovered The young Count himself, in tying his horse to that tree when he came on bis furtive and evil visit to the dwelling of his friend, had of course sel ected one of the most retired spots that he could find; and it was only the at ci dental circumstance of my cutting across from the pm ticular point of ihe high road where I had left Monsieur de Villardin on the way to Rennes, that had caused me to discover the charger mi th.it situa tion. In that spot, too, the turf was short, and the grass any thing but luxuti atr; so that the shepherds were not likely to lead their flocks, thilhei, at least till (he year was more advanced, by which time all traces of the grave would be ef faced. The only thing now to dispose of was the horse; and after examining the ground carefolly, in order to ascertain that nothing of any kind had been drop ped or forgotten, the duke directed me to lead the animal some distance in the way to the count’s own dwelling, and then turn him loose. I did as he bade me, leaving Monsieur de Villardin to return to the castle alone; and taking the horse by the bridle, 1 brought it to the vicinity of the road which lead to Mesnil Moray, at a spot about a half a mite from the bridge which crosses the Valaine. There I gave it the rein; and, though it had fol lowed as quietly as possible up to that moment, no sooner did ii find itself tree, than it darted away as if ii had become suddenly mad. * It sprang at once over a fence, and crossed the high road, taking the direction of i's lord’s dwelling, with out anv regard to path. I climbed up a neighboring bank to watch its cooise for an instant; and to my surprise, saw it plunge into the river, and, again, swim the stream, spiing up the bank, and gal. fop away across the fields. There was something awful in the sigh'; and 1 could not help thinking, as the noble horse bounded away, that there was a living witness of the bloody scene in which 1 had just taken part, that could he find voice, would soon call the friends of his fallen lord to avenge his death. To the Editors of the N Y. Times. Peale’s Museum, July 3, 1834. Gentlemen —I observe at the close of a paragraph in your paper of this mor ning, “that some afternoon paper informs os that 'lie snake has not swallowed the blanket.” The statement in the Mercan tile of yesterday is strictly correct in eve ry point, and may be relied on. The Anaconda does not appear to be in the least degtee incommoded by his exttaoidinary supper. I remain, gentlemen, yours very res pectfully * RUBENS PEALE. Wo aie happy to hear that we were misinformed. A well authenticated snake stary is not to be met with every day.— Wo are equally glad to hear that the di gestive machinery of his Anacondaship is working so well,nod that his wool gather’ ing experiment has a prospect of success equal to the anticipations of hi< warmest admirers. He has rendered hinjself doubly attractive by his last feat, He is in the abstract, one of the most interest ing of things, and worthy the of every lover of living won ders, and now, when to his former attrac tions, he adds the reputation of having swallowed bis bed cfotl.e-, the e are but few who will not honor him with a visit. Talking of snake stories, reminds us of a well authenticated account of a glutton ous feat of one of this tribe which we sub join. A number of years ago, a gentleman who had chaige of a public museum in Baltimore, exhibited among his other liv ing curiosities, a couple of beautiful gar ter snakes. Thete is something about a garter snake pecoliary attractive, perheps from the associa'iuos connected with its name. They are the most voracious of all the small sizod snake family, and pounce upon their prey like starved hawks. They have a truly French ap. pelite for frogs, and it was upon these slimv amphibials that the garter snakes in question chiefly made their suppers.— The keeper of th<j museum was one eve ning giving them thdir daily rations, when he observed that the big snake was s > voracious as to devour all the little snake’s supper. He accordingly separate ted the two animals by a thin partition, and threw a frog to the younger and weaker of the two. T. he little snake seized the animal and commenced swal lowing it, and had succeeded in bagging its head, fore paws, and the greatei part of its body, when the partition was ta ken away, and the big snake made a dash at the hind legs of the frog which yet protruded from the mouth of his younger brother. He obtained a hearty grip of these projecting members, and slowly swallowed his way towards the head of his supper companion, who clung sturdily to his savorv mouthful. The heads of the two animals met, and the issue of the struggle for a moment seemed doubtful, when tho big snake’s mouth expanded and slowly -closed on the head of the small one, and again lie went rejoicing on his swallowing course. Slowly but surely he went ahead, the longitudinal dimensions of the young serpent, con stantly becoming less as they were suck ed into his maw, until he had swallowed him from nose to tail. After displaying this unnatural preference for his own flesh and bluod, the garter snake coiled himself up for bis nap, and took a com. forlable snooze. The next morning the keeper called to view “the two single gentlemen rolled into one,” when to his astonishment he found that the yonnger snake had left his close quarters and was gambolling about by the side of his big play mate. The only reasonable way of of accounting for the manner in which he had managed to leave his prison house is that he coiled himself regularly round and left his lodgings by the same door through which he entered them. He could not have backed out for his scales would noi have permitted him, nor was an egress in any other manner at all pos sible. Tho fate of the poor frog was a matter of grave speculation; but ihe pro liability is that the little snake held fast to him and secured not only a snug night’s lodging but a hearty supper. The above account is strictly authen tic. We received it from a gentleman who was an eye witness to the transac. tion. Immediately after its occurrence he prepared a statement for one of the journals <>f the day, but he was dissuaded from publishing it on 'he ground that it was too marvellous to be believed. A* ihe late feat of the Anaconda has opened the eyes of the public to what snakes can do, we publish it as a well substantiated snake story. From the Richmond Enquirer. The Bills regulating Gold and Silver Coins. Vitins est argrntum auro, virtutibus umum.— Horace. . Ii is refreshing to see, amidst the party rancour of the times, that the two houses of Congress have agreed on one subject of great importance to the community —that they were willing, in one instance, • o give up their contentions about men, and agree upon a measure of beneficial tendency to the country. Under existing circumstances, it can scarce be disputed that the laws passed by the late Congress, to regulate the value of Gold and Silver Coins, will have a salutary effect on the inland trade and exchanges of the whole United Siates. The only matter of sur prise, is, when no State is allowed by the Federal Constitution “to make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in pay ment of debts,” and when Congress only have the power “to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foieign coin,” that the subject has remained so long with out proper adjustment. With rich gold mines in our country and a mint establish ed at an enormous expense, who has seen in circulation a piece of gold coin within the last half dozen years? An Eagle has n feed been a rara avis; and if seen at all, it was only in its flight from the mint to some packet ship bound to Europe. Even the greater proportion of silver coin in circulation beats he stamp of a foreign government; and since the separation «»f the Spanish Colonies of South America from tho mother country, “Spanish milled dollars and parts <>f dollars;” which cum. posed ttie entire legal foreign coin of this country, have diminished so much in amount as to render it necessary to resort in practice to o her foreign coins that were not a legal tender. In this condi tion, the United S ates, a free and pow. orfol nation, with a mint and abundant mines of gold, was subject to the obp ro . brium of not possessing legal met u j|ic cur rency enough for the oidin ar y business of the country, and the people compelled, by the force of circumstances, to remedy the defect of irr perfect legislation, by re. ceivitnr ar,i paying co ns not authorised by lar?. And yet we are told,that laws,so tard .iV and reluctantly passed, to reluc'anlly passed, to raise the rate of g’dd coins, not to make foreign coins a loo’-i! tender, de serve not the importance that is attached tQ them. Lowndes, Gallatin, Dallas, Crawford, lugham, Quincy, and Sanford, “ have each pointed out the error in the gold standard, and recommended its cor rection,” and the report of Mr. Quincy to Congress in 1811, clearly established the propriety of making foteign coin a le gal tender, at least uulil the mint of the United States shall emit a sufficiency of our own coin “for the ordinary necessi ties of domestic exchange.” Itis not the purpose of the writer to attempt to ex plain the reasons why such recomtnen. datiorts have been utterly neglected for the last eighteen or twenty years; but it is a matterot real gratification that the exertions of Mr. Senator Benton and Mr. Campbell P. White of the House of Re presentatives, on this important measure, have at length been crowned with suc cess, and the meed of praise will assured |y be hereafter awarded to them—when the party strife of the day shall have pass- , ed by. That the relative standard of gold and silver might have been more ex- | actly adjusted, according to the views of Mr. Webster, Mr. Gurharn, and Mr. Cambreleng, is highly probable ; but the difference is not so great as to cause any very material exportation of the latter metal merely on that account, and if we are to give a preference to cither as a cir culating medium, that preference should certainly lean towards gold. In the first place, it is one of our na tive producs; 2d. It has more uniformity of value than any other known substanc**; 3d. It is more portable; 4th. It|has more power over exchange; sth. It will supply the place, in a great measure, of small Bank-notes. The inconvenience of silver coin to any great extent, as a circulating medium, is palpable. Rather than pay one p«r cent, for a Bank check for ten thousand dollars on a distant place, a man may take one thousand eagles, which will only weigh about thirty-six pounds avoirdu poize, in his travelling trunk or even in his saddle bags; but he would rather pay the premium on a bit of paper for thaf sum, than incumber himself with the weight of six hundred pounds in silver. That large negotiations will continue te be transacted in Bank checks and domes tic bills of exchange, theie esc be nw questior; but then the rate of exchange must depend on the case with which gold l can be transported. In truth, the pely tiue, genuine, and constitutional basis lot regulating the currency of the country, is to be found in an abundant circulation of gold coins of proper standard fineness. Banks, managed with prudence, will be cautious not to overtrade, when they ere' ever liable to be called on for £<»ld by every man who is about to travel into an other State, either for business or plea-’ sure, and when every independent yeo man will, of choice, keep in his house a " small stock of gold instead of B ink notes. The whole interior of the United States' will thus be stored with small sums ia specie, «»hich, in (he aggrega’e, will com pose a large amount, on which the public may rely with confidence as a sound cur« rency in cases of war or other emeigen cie.*. - < - The writer is not so visionary as to im agine, that in this enlightened and com mercial ago the whole circulating medium ' of tho country is to consist of gold and' silver. He well knows the preferenc* commercial men have for paper, as af fording gi eater facility and expedition in their operations; but a ereat advantage will be gained by transfer!ing more me tallic currem y into the business of the country, to serve as a chock on the ex cessive issues of paper Io which the Banking system has a continued tenden. cy 1n a nuxed circulation wo probably attain to the highest degree of perfection in our currency of which it is susceptible; for, ue unite the cheaper and more expe ditious quality t .f paper with the more expensive, but more substantial quality of the piecious metals. X. WEDNESDAY, JUITFIG. THE UNION TICKET FOR CONGRESS. JOHN CO! f EE, of Telfair county. SEA lON GR AN 1 LAN f), nt Balrlwin. CHARLES E HAYNES, of Hancock. GEORGE W. OWENS, ofChniham. WILLIAM SCHLEY, of Richmond. JOHN W A. SAN EORD, of Baldwin. JAMES C. TERRELL of Fraoklin. • GEORGE W. B. TOWNS, of T.11.0t, JAMES M. WAYNE, of Chatham. The Oration, which we publish to-«l<y. baa been on file some time, ami wm iut>mlr<l for the last N itioiia! Jubilee. Il formed ihe subject of a few hours amusement for probably th. •Idtft man but one, in this community. lm|nr«se<i . with a strong conviction of the dangerous ten dency of the doctrines of the day, this old Pa triot has stepped forward to rai&r hii voice, al most from the grave, in warning to his romitry— ' men. More than half n century ago, he saw the firrt clouds gather, that shadowed thia country’s destiny—lived through 'he>torm,which purified the- political atmosphere—lias I joyed the calm of her penceful re> his own vine »nd fig trea. an ’ is 'ike an old sentinel, to indicate Ihe first hostile movement in the demy’s camp. None can. refuse to ||»l«... t 0 the voice of Old Age—it is the tningl -d wisdo»n of the past, the present and ’•<« fotuie. Ihe friends of the Ladies Fair, on Beach. Island are reminded that it will be held To.. Morrow, nt the house of Mr. Gardsar, near th* Sand Bar Ferry, commencing at 2 o'clock. Th** proceeds, we understand, will be given to the Furman Theological Seminary. The arrival of the Elizabeth at Charleston, brought no political news of interest. The Com-, meicial, see under its propet beacf. Accidrnl.— On Monday evening last,-a horse ran off with a little Jersey wagon, and in Green, streets opposite the Baptist Church, struck Mas ter Laurence La Roche in the temple with the end of one of the shafts, by which his skull was fractured. He died next morning. He was a very interesting and exemplary youth. It becomes our painful duty, gays the Colum bus Sentinel,to announce the death of Charles L. Pace, Esq. Attorney at Law of Talbotton, and also, the death of C eoroe C. Shivers, Esq.. Attorney at Law of this City. Mr. Pace died, as we understand, on Thursday last—Mr. Shi vers on Friday. The President or the United States has,, we understand, says the Intelligencer of the lOth inst. left this city on a visit to “the Hermi< tage,” his residence in Tennessee, whence bo does not propose to return before October. The Directors of the South Carolina Rail Road Company have declared a dividend of (ws* dollars on each share, payable on I9ih inst. Stock of cotton in New Oi leans on 3<llost. 24,953 bales, including all on ship board, sot cleared. The present stock es cotton in Angusta and. Hamburg does not exceed 6000 bales. We learn from the New Orleans Argus, that. Mr. White, the Representative in Congess freaa, Louisiana, has, in consequence of his being *. candidate for the Office of Governor, at the election which takes place about this time, re signed his seat in Congress. In the Procession at Richmond in honor of the memory of Lafayette* Chief Justice Mar shall walked as one of the pall-bearers. It is supposed that the Hon. John Sargbant, will be chosen U. S; Senator for Pennsylvania in place of Mr. Wilkins. Mb
