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C'lßtum this lull, atu) iu hapi*y ou'U kritUuig i.xfiu ~-ice extend to the remotest borders of the re public. But it is said by mycolleagucs (Mr. Wayne,) ‘and the suggestion lias been made by others, that wo have no assurance that South Carolina will repeal her ordinance, or that she will not nullify the’ tariff law which wo now pass, ns sh ins thoso at ’2B aoJ ’32, Sir, lot us he candid with onrselves o:r this occasion. It is indeed possible that this, may bo the case; but does any believe it will bet At the intercession of a sister State the convention by which this ordinance was passed, have been ordered to re*assemble: and it is notorious, that the object of this re-as e;n filing is to suspend the operation of the ju.iliiiying laws until the close of the next ses sion of Congress. This, too, let it be remem bered, was done at a time when all hope ot a modification of the tariff hy this Congress had been nearly extinguished. V* itli these facts be fore us, then, and with the still more striking fact, that every Senator mid Representative in Congress from South Carolina, has voted for this modification, where is the man who can for a moment indulge a serious apprehension that that state will attempt to arrest the operation of the law? If there be a member of this House who docs really entertain such 1 have some curiosity to know him. It will certainly entitle him to some distinction which he should not lose the opportunity of acquiring, and I will, therefore, pause to see if there be one who will make the avowal. (3lr. F. here paused, but no gentleman rising, he proceed ed.) As I expected —a death like silence! No, .Sir, there is not an intelligent man here or else where, who entertains a reasonable doubt that South Carolina will not acquiesce in the com promise which has been effected. 13 o, Mr. Speaker, it is further argued that un its ■we pass the biil now on your table,the modi fication of the tariff will have tue appearance of concession—a yielding to the demands of South Carolina —that it will seem as though th Min eral Government had been bullied into rnoa urrs. At the same time, it is admitted that the com plaints of the South are just, and ought to be re dressed. Sir, I have been more than astonish ed at the frequent repetition of this objection du ring this session. What, Sir, is the legislation of the American Congress to be governed and regulated by such fastidiousness? How many a noble and gallant spirit has met an untimely fate under the misguidance of these false notions of honor 1 refusing to make just reparation—to atone for an injnrv, because a challenge had l>een given! And yet we to whose hands are con fided in an eminent degree, the destinies of sis- i teen millions of people, are prepared to resign their high and important interests—nay, to stake the very existence of the Union, upon this delti- j sivc idea ? Sir, how long before we shall be able to sink the feelings of the man in the noble and elevated and enlarged views of the states man. Gentlemen tell us, however, that by decisive measures on the part of the Federal Govern-] ment, all opposition to its authority will be put down, and the majesty of the laws vindicated. How soon we forget the teachings of history and ox ericnce! What instructive lessons do they give us a- to the consequences, in national as well as individual quarrels,ofa course ofrrvnace on one hand and defiance on the other! Collisions and l violence have scarcely ever failed to be the re— . salt. But we are told with a triumphant if net an unfeeling air, that it will be an easy matter] to put down South Carolina; that the President has assured us that the laws shall be executed, and his character is a sufficient guarantee for the ! redemption of the pledge. All this may be very j probable. From the accounts we have of popu lar meetings, and the numerous offers of patri otic volunteers to enlist in this glorious enterprise, you have certainly little cause to doubt your success. But how would you enjoy it,when pur chased at the expense of the blood of your va liant chivalrous southern brethren? Who would rush madlv on to crush even what some consi der a rebellion, when the lives oi hunareas of our awn countrymen must be the cost? Sir, I envy no tnnn his feelings, who can either boast of such an anticipated victory, or could exult in the bloo dy achievement. But do you not run the hazard of provoking the other southern States to take part with South Carolina? Much as they disapprove her course, the originof this controversy is common to them nil; there m an identity of interest and ni’ op pression, which is rapidly producing an identity offeeling. Sir are not the present indications sufficient to warn gentlemen? Do not the unquiet state and feverish excitement in many parts of the southern country,admonish you of what may follow the first act of violence? Sir, once kindle this fire in the south,and who shall extinguish it? Excite the resentment and passions ol'a gallant, high spirited people, and who shall control them? Raise the tempest, and who shall allay it, or cal culate its ravages? Where is the master spirit that can “ ride on the whirlwind and direct the storm?” What hand shall chain the billows of the raging ocean? Believe me, Sir, these are . jiot the suggestions of an excited imagination, j Violent and oppressive measures in other conn fries, have generally resulted in convulsions and civil wars; and beware that you do not make tho history of your ewa a mere transcript from the records. There are many past occurrences, Mr. Speaker, to which it is painful to advert; yet I cannot consent, on this account, to waive an advantage which one of that character affords. A short retrospect will bring to our recollection an event which will fully illustrate the argument I am now endeavoring to urge. The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Carson) yesterday refer red you to the unpleasant Controversy which existed in the year 1825, between the General Government and the State of Georgia. That controversy, and many of its attendant circum stances, are fresh in my reeollecton. I well /remember the unequal contest which, single, handed and alone, we waged against this Gov ernment. We not only derived no aid from our sister States, public opinion throughout tho whole of them seemed to do against us. This was, iudeod, “ fearful odds.” It was our -o.jj} tjarkme, kpivercr. in this important crisis, to kayo at tire head of our i&xecutive councils one of thoso choice spirits who seem designed for great occasions. With a firmness that nev er faltered, and p resolution that no circum stances could shake, he took his stand upon the ramparts of State sovereignty,and resolutely resisted every attempt on the part ot the 1‘ eder !n 1 Coverivmnt to interfere with the just rights <>f'be States, finally, however,the Executive jof the Union venture i to threaten us with mili tary power. The olivet was instantaneous—it i was an electric shock—die feelings which it ; produced spread from the Potomac to the Mis ‘ sissippi.—Tlwu it was that the sympathies of j our Carolina brethren, who had previously i given us no countenance, were aroused in our nehai.% aiul evt ry northern breeze wafted to us the most cheering assurances,that if an attempt should be made to execute the threat which had been uttered, we should not be left to contend alone against our gigantic adversary. And can it be matter of wonder now, that Georgia should manifest a deep interest in tlio fate of Mouth Carolina! Can she so soon forget this geuerous sympathy i No Sir, she can never be unmindful of it, nor ungrateful for it. ; Happily the difficulty was adjusted, and | the historian has not now to record i,, letters of blood the result of the mad experi | rnent. But, Sir, we have evidence on tins point of a : still later date. What has been the effect of the President’s recent proclamation, in which a re sort to force was intimated ! \\ hat do gentle men from the South learn from their private let ters ! What do tile newspapers inform them as to the state of feeling which has been thus pro duced? Is it not thus plainly to be foreseen what must he the r suit of an attempt to control or subdue one of these Stales by military power ? But, Mr. Speaker, I am willing to concede to our adversaries all the advantage in the ar- i gument by the possibility which they allege I —that Carolina may not repeal her ordi— ] | nance. “What then,” say the gentlemen, “are ; not the lads to bo enforced!” To this I answer, j 1 taut the biil reported by the Judiciary Commit- 1 tee, together with the laws already enacted, will enable the civil authorities to make the effort. And even if it were certain that they would fail, t is better that the President should be reduced to the necessity of convening the new Congress to devise means lor meeting *he exigency, than to proceed now to violent measures. Eve ■ though the Federal Government has the power to crush South Carolina it would be magnani mous to forbear. Be kind and indulgent to her waywardness —give her no cause o! further pro vocation, but bring her back by gentle and con ciliating means to the path of her duty. And who is there that would not prefer a triumph thus peacefully obtained, to one gained at the point of the bayonet ? I am free to declare, however, that even if these means should not succeed, ami there were no modification of the tariff, I would not, either no wor hereafter,resort to military force. I would much rather present to a State, assuming the at titude of South Carolina, the alternative of sub mission or secession. I cannot, for a moment tolerate the idea of subjecting one of these states to martial law—of governing nnv ;>nrt of tins great confederacy as a conquered province. There is something abhorrent to rav feelings in the suggestion of the bare possibility that the trial by jury is to be superseded by the sword. In the first inaugural address of Mr. Jefferson, the ablest production that ever came from his pen, (tne Declaration of Independence always ex cepted,) he expresses the opinion that “ ours is the strongest Government on earth.” And why, “Because,” says he it is the only Government, where, at the call of the law, every man will fly to the standard of the law.” Yes, Sir, here is i your reliance for the execution of your laws—it “is on your people; and to make this reliance sure, your laws must be so framed and so administer ed as to obtain for the government their affection and confidence. These are the sentiments, substantially, ex pressed In an extract which I had occasion a short time since, to read to the House,from a speech of the late distinguished Mr. Bayard. I have now to ask the attentionofgentlemen to an other extract from tho same speech. It will require no remark from me to point out its application to the present crisis; indeed it is so very appropri ate, that I have procured the printed volume which containstit, lest, if I should quote from me mory, I might subject myself to the suspicion of forgery. I will read but a single sentence.— “Your Government is in the hands of the peo ple; it has no force but what it derives from them; and your enforcing laws (mark the expres sion) are dead letters, when they have ever been driven to resist your measures.” Sir, I would that gentlemen may hear and recieve this as a voice from the tomb of the illustrious dead. But, Mr. Speaker, I have an argument to urge against the main provisions of this bill, which ad dresses itself particularly to those gentlemen who believe in the unconstitutionaiity of the protec tive system. This bill is intended to provide for tho execution of the existing tarifflaws, whether the proposed modification takes place or not— which laws have been declared by nearly all the southern States to be unconstitutional. This I unuerstood my colleague (Air. Wayne) to admit: if I am mistaken, he will correct me. [Air. WAYNE said, lie hud expressly, ad— minted the protective system to be unconstitu tional.] I ara glad that I did not misapprehend my col league. But it is difficult for me to conceive how wo can maintain that the tariff’laws are uncon stitutional, and yet provide the means for enfor cing them. We are bound by our oaths, and by the most sacred of duties, to support the Consti tution; and yet we contribute our aid in passing laws to violate it. We are told however, that these tariff’ laws having been passed according to the forms of the Constitution, we are bound to provide the means of enforcing them. Sir, I am too little ofa political casuist to lecture on the morality of these principles. This subject I shall leave to gentlemen who are not only more able, but more disposed to discuss it. For myself I cannot feel these constitutional or moral obliga tions prompting me to aid in the execution of un constitutional laws. I tun aware, Sir, that a ] southern uau acknowledging these obligations, I and acting accordingly, will recieve the commen dation and i|iplause ot those who are interested, j If, under tho influence of these principles, we I should aid oor tarill’ brethren in carrying their j protective buys into execution, they would, in j turn, compliment us upon our generosity and li | berul views. They might well do so. These complimentary speeches, like all others cost no thiii s —whatever profit is made bv them, there fore, is clear gain. There is no safer investment than that of compliments—for there is no capital j required, and there is no hazard, except that of i losing a character for sincerity —a very trivial consideration, when compared with the profits of the speculation. I hope I shall not be consider ed as exhibiting any thing like indifference to the good opinions of my political adversaries. Far from it. No man appreciates more highly or re ciprocates more tordially their feelings of kind ness and persond esteem but, I should be un worthy of those feelings if I were capable of bar tering away my principles, and the interests of my constituents, to conciliate them. I come now, Mr. Speaker, to the considera tion of that part of the bill before you, which provides for removing to the U. States courts, any suit or prosecution commenced in a State court, against a revenue officer, for an act done in the discharge of his duty, as prescribed in law. That some amendments of the existing laws in cases of this kind, arc necessary, I can didly admit. 3Vhere an officer is sued in any State court, for an act required by a law of the United States, it is a case “ arising under the laws of the United States” —one of the very cases to which the judicial power of the United States, under the Gonstituion extends. The exercise of this jurisdiction, it seems to me, for many reasons, ought to be provided for, and that pro vision is made in the bill reported to this House, |by the Committee on tire Judiciary. But when | it is proposed to extend this provision to criminal prosecutions, I cannot assent to it. It is an at tempt ti srive the federal judiciary, cognizance of criminal cases, where a State is a party, for which there is no warrant in the Constitution. Having on two former occasions in this House, expressed my views on this point, I shall not repeat them now —but content myself with refer ring gentlemen to the able argument of Mr. Madison, in the Virginia report of ’9B, and to the explicit exception to the exercise of this power in the ratifications ot the Constitution, by tile conventions of New York and Rhode Island. I should, indeed, exhibit a specimen of singular inconsistency, to vote for this provision, after i so repeatedly denounced the exercise of! the power by the federal tribunals, as unauthor-’ iz>d—and 1 should be refolding, at tho Skfiie time, a most severe sentence against the public authorities of the. State of Georgia, who have not only expressly denounced the power,but openly refused submission to it. Sir, were I now to concede this jurisdiction to the federal courts, I should expect the ghost of the ill fated Tassels to haunt the dreams of the midnight hour, —and to hear his “Mood Crying from the ground” against tho people of my Stale. I have much more to say on this important ■ subject, Mr. Speaker, but at this late hour, af- ‘ ter the polite and attentive hearing with which I have been honored, I cannot so much abuse the patience of the House, as to trespass much longer upon it. I was particularly desirous of adverting to those laws which my colleague (Mr. Wayne) referred to as precedents for this bill; but a slight notice of the most prominent of them must suffice. Sir, it is not the least alar ming considerations which attend the intro duction and advocacy of this bill, that the defence of its most objectionable parts is foun ded on precedent. My colleague tells us tha* the provision for clothing the President with the whole land and naval power of the Union, is bor rowed from a law passed in the “democratic ad ministration of Mr. Jefferson.” But docs my colleague sec no difference between measures for national defence against foreign powers, and those for internal government! The law to which he alludes, was passed for the purpose of enforcing the embargo, which, if not itself a war measure, was of a defensive character, and intended to operate upon England and France, both of which had committed serious depreda tions on our commerce. And is it not matter of history that the discontents of the eastern peo ple at these restrictive measures, were such that Mr. Jefferson himself yielded to their re peal? And yet this is the precedent which we are to adopt in confiding to the President pow ers to be exerted in a controversy between the Federal Government and one ot the States of the Union. Sir, I repeat that this is the very circumstance which gives me the deepest con cern. By this act you establish some mo it alarming principles, and it is to be a standing precedent upon your statute book. Seme gen tlemen arc the more willing to confer these powers, on account of their confidence in the in dividual who is to exercise them. Now, I am quite sure that I have as much confidence in General Jackson, as I shall have in any one who may succeed him; nor do I apprehend any danger to the country from the exer cise of these extraordinary powers by him; I do not believe there will bo any necessity for his executing them at all; but they are powers which I would vest in no man living. There is not a worse tule in legislation than that of fra ming laws with an eye to the individual by whom they are to be executed. It were always better to frame them under the idea that they were ta be administered by officers who would abuse their powers if they could. Leave as lit tle to official discretion as -possible. Who does not perceive the danger to which the country and its liberties might be exposed un der the administration of some daring and ambitious tyrant, clothed with the authority conferred by this bill ? And should such an one unfortunately reach the Executive chair, and desire this authority, he will only have to recur to “ the democratic administration of Mr. Jefferson” and the “democratic adminis tration” of General Jackson, and there are prece dentsfor as much power as he can wish. Mr, Speaker my earliest affections, were to the union of these States, and my latest aspirations shall be for its continuance, and for the preservution of our present form of (Zoveximicut, to be a'il- J ministered in tho spirit and on the principles which gave birth to both. It is, therefore, that ■ I look with watchful jealousy on any measure calculated to change its character. Such is the feeling with which I regard the hill you are about to pass. Its tendency is to a military despotism, and improbable-as it may seem to many, this may be its ultimate termination. Should this be the melancholy result, I call this House to witness, that at the’ first step cn this downward inarch, I have not failed to raise a warning voice against it. THE WESTER* HERALD. AUK ARIA, GEORGIA, APRIL 23, 1833. The Inferior Court of this county held its first session yesterday. We understand the Judges of the Court arc engaged to-day in looking at some lots, with a view of determining upon the location of the county site. -:2£2a?:— Golden Specimens. —A piece of Gold was found in this neighborhood a few days since, weighing upwards of ten dwts. A piece found last week at the Altuna Mines, by an Indian boy, which weighed upwards ofthirty dwts. Another piece found about the same time and place, oy an Indian girl, said to be a3 large as a hens egg. So anx ious was the girl to secure her prize, that she run home with it instantly, and would not permit any person to weigh it. ‘■ Removal of the Indians. — One of our Subscribers, a na tive Cherokee, called in the Oliice last week, to get his paper; a conversation immediately ensued between us in relation to the course which Georgia has taken with her Indian population. During the conversation, the native observed, that he had been raised in Georgia, and that he could live under her laws,and was willing to do so, unless Georgia repealed the law which guaranteed to them the right of occupancy to their improvements; he further sta ted he did not care for the game, that he seldom ever wen’ in the chase, and that it would suit tho3c who are usually termed the hunting party to remove; for the game was nearly destroyed here, and they could not subsist much longer by that occupation, and that they must remove somewhere, for General Jackson had permitted Georgia to go on, until she had went to the expense of surveying ana occupying the country. It would be unreasonable now to stop her and force her to undoe what she had done, that he did not believe the white people settled here would submit to it. From the best information wehave been able to gatlic r j from various sources, we are of opinion that the native spoke the honest sentiments of a large majority of these unhappy people, and that if the proper agents would ap point a time to meet them in their own country, and come clothed w ith power to allow them their usual expected j reserves, or to give them a fair remuneration for their im- ] I provementsin money, that the inducement would he suf dcient to settle the great question now agitntiag the coun try, without once having to resort to any thing in tho shape of nullification on the part of the slate,or the slight est attcmpl to coerce, under the most odious features of the enfox pment bill, upon the part of the Union; at least, it would he well in our opinion, to in ike the experiment, for we have long since seen that nothing can be effected with the delegation at Washington City; for these peo ple have become so jealous of their rights, that they will not risk them with any one, without throwing around them, more restrictions than they themselves would wish, were they personalty present. Much importance too, is usually attached to the delegation on their anival at the city, and so much attention paid them during their stay there, that they become more and more impressed with the responsibility of their mission. With every delusivo ob stacle thrown in their way by the northern intermcdling fanatics, calculated to excite the worst passions ot the hu man soul, and not having an opportunity of consulting 1 the views and feelings of their constituents, the result has been, they have returned to their tiomes without attempt ing to effect any tiling in the shape of a treaty. With a long taught lesson of New England’s boasted notions of. humanity, justice and magnanimity, calculated alone to! mislead the ignorant, and which if not arrested, will prove destructive of the future happiness and welfare of these unfortunate people. —:2£2£:— At a Justice’s Court lately held in a neighboring coun ty, one of the suitors in the vehemence of argument upon a contested point, unluckily used the term “ vice versa,” . upon which, ho was severely reprimanded by the presid ing justice; who told him that he should not throw anyi such slur upon the Court, and that he would let him know that a repetition of such profane and vulgar language in that place, although it was hut a Justice’s Court, would be considered as a high contempt of its authority, and moot with its merited punishment. —■&Z2Z.- The Editors of the Georgia Journal in a notice which they have been pleased to take of this paper, and “ its lo cal habitation and name” —remark: “By the bye, the name of the town (Auraria) is os new to us as the town itself. The editor speaks of it as classical, hut we recollect no such name of antiquity. The fault may be with our bad memory; or perhaps it is merely formed on a Lutin noun, and may signify a gentle gale of cool air.” Our recollection and that of the editors of the Journal is, we regret to say,at variance. We profess not to bever- ; sed in ail the classic to re of antiquity, nor to have drawn I as largely as other men from those classic founts, the i streams of which have so often feitalizcd the columns of! other “ Journals.” We must, however, be permitted in justice to our literary acumen, lor who would not vindicate i such a claim ? to maintain the position first assumed, . that the term “ Auraria” is of classic derivation —that it j is associated with the classic history, of the classic times,; in whichlhe classic Tacitus himself,a sponser for the term, lived and wrote. To such authority, we cheerfully bow. W e belong not to that class known in the literary world, as“miracleß oflcarning,that point out faults to show their own discerning,” yet we would state for tho especial benefit of the Journal, that “ Auraria” in its literal inter pretation, signifies “ a gold mine” or gold; not Aura, “ a gentle gale of cool air,” as above intimated. It was with reference to this particular characteristic of the country, that the name was first stqj ested, and has subsequently hcen adopted. Itoit THE WL4TE N HERALD. .MV. Editor —l have witnessed with pleaaim the daily increase of our population in this inte resting section of country. There is scarcely R day that passes, without seeing several families coming into the county, and no doubt exists, that it will become the most densely settled of any other county in the State. There are moreover such a variety of subjects to interest, as well as to employ attention, that those who are disposedto enter into any of the useful or pleasing occupa tions of life, can here find a wide and extended field for their labors. To young men of energy', just beginning in the business of life, doubting and wavering as to what pursuit they shall fol low, I would say come, fortune is here bestow, ing her gills, and why may you not he the favor ed child of the blind goddess. To those enga ged in the different mechanical arts, it is here you can find business and employment to engage the whole of your time and attention, and re ceive good wages lor your labour. The Geo. logist and Mineralogist, I would invite to come, for it is here we possess every variety of soil,together with almost all the minerals that arc found in nny ’ country consisting of a great many different kinds of specimens, and found perhaps in more nbun , dance than can be boasted of in any other sec tion on tho Globe. Yea, it will require years fully and fairly to develope the resources of this country. To the Poet and Painter, I would say come, it is here that nature sports in her most wild and romantic gambols, and that it is almost impossible for any one of refined sensibilities, to behold our meandering brooks and mountain see nory,without feelings of pleasure and admiration; and more especially, when seeing fire in the mountains at night, which is the most grand and beautiful spectacle that can tic presented to tho view. \Ve often behold the liquid flame, exten ding for miles at a stretch, and in places eleva ted considerably above the horizon;at others go ing down to the brink ot some winding stream, which presented to the eye in its various posi tions at the same time, and receiving that enchantment which the distance lends, we arc at once raised to feelings of the highest kind.— We might continue to add instances of the am ple and wide extended interest which present themselves before us, but it is useless, after all it is industry, energy nd constant attention that make the great differences which exist in life, and without individuals possessing these quali ties. it is impossible for them to succeed in any position or situation, in which they may be pla ced ; with those qualities what may not a man perform ; even he him-elt, could scarcely have, believed that it was possible for him to have been successful in some of those undertakings, which, by a prudent course of conduct, added to thoso high virtues, he has been enabled to accomplish to such an advantage; it is in fact more than j half the buttle, for a person to believe, and to be ■ lieve firmlv, that he can succeed in any laudable. 1 effort. ‘ OBSERVER. FOR TfTE WESTERN HERALD. TO BILLY, THE NUCKOLLSVILLE POET. I’ve receiv’d your epistle, my dear Cousin Billy, And tho’ I consider the thing rather silly, I Yet to Cousin of mine, I ne’er can deny, To give a few wordsof poetic reply. Your lines are so smooth, your language so willy, Not to admire, would be a sad pity. ’Tis tvonderous how well to the subject they suit, The blossoms are always true signs of the’fruit. Dame nature knows well, how to bring things to gether, And so to adapt them, as to suit one another. 1 say learned Coz, it would be devilish hard, That the “Chuck-a-luck city” should not have to bard. Rome had her Virgil, and answes me freely, Say, why should not Nuckollsville boast c flier Bum ! Kow well doth the Bard, and the Town suit together, One surely was made for the use of the other. All hail! to the Card —letthe Gold diggers know it, Billy my Cousin, is tho Nuckollsville poet! Weunderstavd that the Court-house, in Cahawhn, fell during the session of tho Court lost week; but fortunate ly the Hon. H. W. Collier, who was the presiding Judge, suspecting from the appearance of the walls and the wa ter being around the house, that it might fall, had ad journed the Court for the purpose of going into a privat- : 1 house, about fifteen minutes before the building whici | was of brick, tumbled into ruins.— Tuscaloosa Spirit <’ the Jlge. It is stated in a Philadelphia paper, that Washisigtfl j Irving is preparing anew Sketch Book, the result of h> ; personal observation of scenes and characters in the west ,J • There is no writer living, better quallified to do justice tM : the peculiarities of the west, than “ Geoffrey Crayon. Gent.” The appearance of such a w ork, from him, wow f l be hailed with delight by the literary world, both at hoi* .1 cud abroad. The subjoined jeu d’esprit, from the pen of a Concept- , : dent, is one of the best tilings of the kind we remanbe | to have seen : Some would hang poor M’Duffic for being a nullv, And others deride him for acting the bully: But bully or nully he may be lor me, When the Bank is in danger—no bully like ho ! Raleigh Register. Long Service. —Judge Holmes, who recently died •” j Haddam in Connecticut, was a member of the Lcgisk ture of that State for sixty sessions. The rxinnp is so rare in the United States, that it merits particular r( ‘ cord. Sir }Valter Scott. —The Queen of Spain is the only oc 4 of the crowned heads of Continental Europe, who hi ; hitherto subscribed to the monument to bo erected in i® mory of Sir Walter Scott. Miss Fanny Kemble it is said, is engaged to become t bride, immediately on her return to England. The Post Office is removed from Grantsviile, Greet county, to Watson's Grove, and Jesse £l. Watson, 0[ poiteil Poet iVI aster. A New Post Office has been established at Prattsbc; Talbot county. In 1814, a volcanic Island rose in flic sea off tho cot of Kaintschutka, which is said to be 3000 feet high, a: • four miles round. Lyell 307. New Islands have be often thrown up offithe coast of Iceland; nnd on one oca ‘ sion,thc quantity of pumace ejected was so great, lhatb light spongy stone covered the sea to the distance of 1-; ; miles, and to such an extent, that ships were impeded their course. The Island thrown up in 1831, off! 1 coast Sicily, will be in the recollection of every one. An express arrived here on Saturday, “uS the intelligence that the Merchant’s and Pis *1 ter’s Bank of Augusta, had failed flat. Whit |l next V* -1 We see the following handbill just in time ft the press:— Geo. Journal. Merchants and Planters Bank —The Dirt tors are under the painful necessity of infort j ingthe Public, that the Bank has beencompelljß to suspend payment. The causes which h* 1 led to this result, are the heavy and eontino’ demands, that have been made for specie, *