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[FOR TU CHHURKLF. AND NKNTINKL,] ftnmbo's Address to Ntnbbs’ Blacking Huggnttd hy the print in a Drug Store windm A Piaonr. * While Dir dz Martin's oil nnd loot, Is trod as usrirss under foot— dual look at Manaa Mlubhs’ ao fine, Make booU like niggers’ face to shine." show nut. How brighter far than aught beeide on earth, And yet thia blacking ia more black than rn Presumptions btnl! Oh how it ino*e« my mini To think that I can see myself in thee. Oh hid thia aurface with an image live, Aa yet all uiiredccled here below— No glaaa lerrealial ever yet could give, The entiles, and graces that around me glow Tot halter that I never should beheld. This pictured faee, than over look on thine— I thought I waa the blackest earthly mould, Vntil I saw thy sable aurface shine. Dul wars it radiant as thy polished face, (n after years when my thick lips grow /Ain, If told that such waa once thy youthful glare, By gosh !—l’d swear it waa a great “take in. 1 I’ll hide the picture—for it chains mo here ; To Massa’s ether bool no polish ’a given ; I'll take my eysa from ihy bright hemisphere. And give that bout the glow of thco—am Heaven!! ADDRESS or the Convention, to the People of tin Southern nnd Southwestern States. ( Canctuiled.) Having now briefly abown (bo extent of oui loss by the indirect course of our foreign trudo, our great nuluiul advantages for reclaiming that trade, and the alrong mo ivch by which we arc invoked to enter upon the good work without faltering and without delay, wo now propose la consider the obstacles, real or supposed, that stand in our way, nnd the means of overcoming them. Tba principal of those is the nlledged want of capital. Wo have n l l curly shown that we have, in our great staples, the whole of iho actual capital which sustains our foreign com merce. Hut thia capital hcloiwys to the planter, nnd the want of capital alluded to is the money capital necessary to purchase the cotton, convcit it into foreign goods, and distribute these to the retail merchants. We are atrongly inclined to the opinion, t hot it is principally by the agency of credit. Mislead ofrnoiiey capital, and that credit resting upon our staples, that thia branch of commerce lias been hitherto canied on hy Northern merchants. Mo far as credit is 10 ha used as an nguiit in conduct ing it—and we believe it is one of the most legit imate purposes of a well regulated system of cred it— it cannot he doubled that our own merchants have decided advantages over those of the North. They are nearer to the great fund hy which tbal credit is to he ultimately redee tied, ami can more easily avail themselves ol the use of i*. Hut to prevent misapprehension, we deem this the prop er place to explain onr views on the subject of credit, an I the extent to which it can lie safely and legitimately used as a cheap substitute lor money, Credit Sre regard ns tba legilimale offspring of eemmevee and lire institutions, and a most active nnd salutary agent in tbe production of national and iii'JNiuuM wealth, far from being demora lising in \ts tendency, it is pre-eminently the re verse, as it essentially implies mulual and exten ded confidence, founded upon general, known and established halms of honesty sml punctuali ty. It can only exist in so nlmosphero composed of such elements. Hut though we deem thus highly of credit, paradoxical as it may seem at I IjS first view, wo regard debt, in itself, ns being very far from a benefit, and in the extent to which it is habitually carried in uur country a very great, nnd sometimes a dernoinli/.iiig evil. That credit which ismurely the correlative of in debtedness, is not the credit ol which we have spoken. To illustrate our meaning, wo could not select a case more strikingly appropriate, than that of the foreign commerce now under discussion. We annually export, for example, to Europe, ngricnltui.il staples to the amount of eighty millions, and import merchandise to the J tamo or a corresponding amount. II this were all transaction bo.ween two individuals, or even he- I , tween two governments, it is obvious that no mo- , ney would he required to effect the exchange, i however numerous might be the separate sales I and purchases into which it might bo subdivided, lithe European, for example, would purchase cotton to the amount of a million 10-dny, it would bo csitaio that the American would have occa sion to purchase that amount of merchandize to morrow ; and, instead of keeping a dead capital iu money, to pay backwards and forwards through 1 the extended operations of the whole year, they j would make use of mutual credits, cither in tbe I form of conventional tokens, or entries upon their respective hooka. This would be an example of credit in its most safe and salutary form ; at the same time performing the functions of money nnd avoiding the evils of debt. And even us (bis commerce is actually carried on by (be separate ; operations of unconnected individuals, bills ol ex change, under a well regulated system of mutual credits might bo made to perfoim the same func tion, to a much greater extent, than it has been Hitherto done. This branch of credit rests upon the sols-.! foundation of property, and ii can scarce ly be doubted that impelling merchants, residing in the staple growing Stales, could organize a much more perfect system with the mauufactu rera of Europe, than any that has heretofore exist ed. They have great advantages over the North ern merchants m this respect. They are nearer to the consumers, know bolter the extent and na ture of their wants, nnd can supply them by a more rapid operation, involving less delay, and requiring shorter credits from abroad. Short ered its and quick returns, making a small capital, by frequent operations, and moderate profile, answer the purpose of a large one moving more slowly, will he lire true policy ol our iiupoitiug merchants. For such a system, our means of internal communication, unobstructed nt all seasons, •nd consisting, to a great and rapidly increas ing extent, ot rail roads, will afford fiicil lies unknown to any other portion ol the United States. Hut to enable our importing mer chants to introduce this system 01 short ere- i dila m the.r foreign transactions, the co-opc- ; ration ot our planters and consumers is units, penaablc. A radical change must tie made 1 m their system of economy, Tocir habit uH laying out I heir incomes before they get them and requiring a credit, in all their deulunr for the roar, till the close of it, or until they sell their crops, even if it he longer, is the root of the evil ol our whole system of credit, h must be eradicated if we would produce u great and salutary reform in our commerce sml credit. If the planters require a lono credit, the merchants, wholesale and rc.ail', through whom they were supplied, woo d at least require an equally long credit, so fur its they purchase upon credit. A largo money capiial becomes thus necessary for the ini porting tnetcliiinfs, that a long credit maybe extended to the plan’crs, who so far Irom really r< qtiiring credit, own the wuole capital which pays lor our enfre animal importa tions! Tnis is a complete inversion of the natural order of things. The planters, pro- SS | ducing and possessing that which constitute 'almost Hie whole of our annual wealth, in U. J having- the means of giving t red it to ever 1U! ! other class, require credit ot aH others! Ho { duos this happen'—The answer is easy. Ther is no mystery about it It results from stai ting at the wrong point, and expending ever V'-ar the proceeds of the coining crop, in stead of the crop already nude. It ever planter would adopt the system of expending in the current } ear, the inenme ol the yea t preceding, and of making till Ins purchase “ fur cash, Mislead of on credit, he would too# dt, palpably promote his own istcresl, and Midi vidually contribute his part to a geivral relorn of the must vital importance to the wliob country. Highly us we estimate credit, n the operations ot' commerce, we believe i may he affirmed, as a general truth, that deb v , is a most eonaiiming moth to the planting in tercsl. What practical planter can doubt that for the credits aiiiiiiahy obtained by bun self or his neighbors, at tbe sales of the es tates of deceased persons, and in various otb cr modes, lie pays from 15 to 20 per cent more limn I lie same properly would cost, I purchased with cash in hand. Let the *ug gested change in our economy, then, be m i, longer delayed. Every planter who adopts it will ul once perceive its salutary effect! " upon Ins own comfort, independence ant prosperity; pml he wi l have the consolation ofrcffecting, that he is at Hie same time per forming the duty of a patriot citizen. Wc confidently believe it would dispense with one halt of the capital that would otherwise be nccce-nry for carrying on our foreign com merce by a system ot direct importation. But Whatever rnf y bo 'he agency of u we 1 ~ regulated credit in bringing about the pro posed reform mi our fors-g.n commerce, a very considerable money capital will novel*. i f thclcss be indispensable toils complete ac », cornplishinont. Nor ran it he doubled that u the staple g-owing iStates have ilie most « ahnirdatil resources tor supplying lira des t criplion of capital, it Urn planters, who are « our principal capitalists, can lie induced to t abandon the cuicidal course thoy have here -4 tofore pursued,ot devoting llicir whole income 1 (generally by anlicip ition) to the purchase of 1 negroes to produce more cotton; and appro- K pnate, even a moderate portion of it, to aid ’ mi ihe accomplishment of tins groat enter -1 prise. If every planter would lake a dispas sionate and comprehensive vi w of Ins own 1 individual iiiieresi, he would perceive that the ’ hliinl instinct of accumulation, winch prompts ( h:m in make the crop of one year llic means I of lucreasing that of ilic next; is the most la r lal policy he could pursue. It is a system , which, in the very nature of llmiga, most inev , ilahly defeat its own purposes. Il will hard ly he staling the ease too strongly, to any, . 1 1 mi tat : least one hail'of the incomes thus de voted to the increased production ot cotton, are devoted to over production, and that they are consrquon'ly appropriated, not tor I lie benefit of Die cm tan planters themselves, but for that of the foreign mid domeslic consu mers oflheu great staple. The principle of political economy laid down in the report of the -Select Committee, and Iroin which tins conclusion is deduced, was known to practi cal men long before it was promulgated by any writer on the theory of wealth. It is founded upon the umvursol exper.cnce ol man kind It the supply ol any article materially exceeds ihe effective demand, a compeiiliun is created among the se lers; which depres ses the price greatly beyond a due proper tiun to llio excess in quantity. In like man ner a deficient supply creates a competition among the buyers which increases 'llio price in a corresponding degree. -So general is I Ins principle, that we muy safely affirm, that in any probable slate of the demand tor cot ton n si iin 11 crop, if not ex rcmoly small, will j produce a larger aggregate income to the cot ton planting states, Ilian a large one. lie- I t-veon thuextreme points where high prices | check consumption on the one hand, and low | pi ices choc- production on the other, there is a wide range lor ihe operation of tins princi ple. Tnere is no class o I producers so like ly to suffer from over production as the cot- 1 ton planters. Widely dispersed over an iin - I mouse territory, wit limit the means of con- ' solution or concert among themselves, they 1 cannot prevent the habitual occurrence of ex cessive crops, unless they adopt a system which will nl itself have a constant tendency to prevent it. The basts of that system should be the tnves moot of at least o fair pro portion of their nett annual income in some other profitable pursuit, instead ot investing it in land and negroes ; and wc believe Ihcro is no sneb pursuit that piomisos a more abund ant reward to industry nod enterprise, than the direct importation or foreign merchandize through our Soul hern seaports. Where, for i example, a man ot known integrity, capacity and indu,try, with a moderate capital, shall be engaged or disposed to engage in the busi ness ol foreign importations, what more pub lic spirited and profitable appropriation can a planter make of a portion of Ins surplus cap ital, than to invest it in this importing con j cent, ns a limited copartner, under the wise j enactments recently adopted in several of the j staple growing Slates One half of the nett income of the cotton planters, thus applied for a few years only, would furnish abundant capital for conduct ing our whole foreign commerce. May we not confidently anticipate, therc torc, that the planters, who are so deeply in terested in the results oft ic great commercial reform we are attempting to effect, ami whose co-operation is so indispensable to Us success, will put their shoulders lolbe wheel at once, with a firm resolution to contribute every aid that may be required tor the accomplishment of so glorious an enterprise. Taking it for granted that all the d.fliculty anticipated on tins score, will vanish before the public spirited emerprize of our capita lists, we look forward with hopes equally san guine, to the removal of the obstructions to the 1 existing intercourse between our importing ci ties, nod the vast interior which they arc ties i lined to supply wi ll the manufactures ot for- I eign countries. In this view of the subject, too I high and estimate can scarcely be placed j upon n rail road communication between the Southern Atlantic cities and the navigable waters of the West. The most high wrought visions of enthusiasm, will, we doubt not, be 1 found, in the rapid progress of events, to sink j down into insignificance, when compared 1 with the splendid realities winch time will soon develop,-; and, wo confidently anticipate, not ten years hence, history will exhibit to ns results which the most excited im teina ; tuui would not now venture to pred cl. This , j magnificent scheme ot internal cominomcav I non Will give us-the command of the whole \ V -iiley ot toe Mississippi, in spite of the es -1 lablished ascendancy of the Northern cities, m the business of foreign importations and ■ ; internal commerce. For whether we scale i the interposing mountain barriers, like Han | tubal, or turn them like h s more skilful sue- 1 . j censor and rival, the line of operations which ■! will carry us to the centre of this immense ’ .theatre of commercial competition, will he «» kut half as long ai that of our Northern rival* nd and, what It next ift importance, wifi he a ry all time* unobstructed, while theirs will hi iw doted up, for several months annually,, hj ire the freezing of their rivers and canals. Anc ir- though we may neither defeat I lie Romans ry m succeissive battiest, n jr, drive the Austrians n- out of Italy, by annihilating successive nr ry inios, we shall perfunn an achievement more >!’< glorious than either that of Hannibal or Na ur poleon. while we conquer and bless, by the peaceful weapons of industry and cntcrprize, plain* mcoinpartb’y more rich an exiensivt than those which they overran and desolatec 1,1 by the destructive weapons at war. j e It is impossible for any enlightened am hi patriotic citizen ot the Snuthorii States It it contemplate, without enthusiasm, the bene bt ficial effects which will he produced on ou i- commercial, social and-political relations, bj ll i opening a direct cormnuoicalion with tin a- great Valley of the Mississippi. It will forir i- an indissoluble bond of union between corn b mutinies whose interests arc closely inter t- woven, and will give a tenfold activity to i d commerce* which even the Alleghany height! S - have nr-tbian able altogether to (,rtvent. Tht 10 commercial cities of the South Ailantc am 8 ol the <j!u! sos Mexico, are undoubtedly the na 8 tuml marts of the Western people for obtain d ing their supplies of foreign merchandize. Ji 11 is there thqy find a market for the pnneipa r ‘ part of their own staple productions, even e now, when they obtain their supplies ol 0 foreign merchandize from the Northern cities, u by a complicated and expensive operation, l- and by a long and tedious transportation. How decidedly would it bo to their interest 1 to obtain, by s direct exchange, their foreign merchandize from the communities where iliey sell their domestic productions, avoid' '• ing all the expense and delay and hazard of * purchasing Nils on the Noiih! And how 1 great and ovei whelming w”ll be the prefer* 1 ence due to this direct intercourse of exchang e/ten the transportation of their merchan d*iz*'shall he hut half in point of distance, and ’ o.c sixth in point of tune/ Every merchant who understands experimentally the imp.sr * lance of time in the transportation of his * merchandize, will at once perceive the deci ' sivn advantage which tliis circumstance alone will give to our Southern ciles over their Northern competitors. We, therefore, re gard the completion of the line ofcommunica -1 lion to which wo have alluded, as a principal : and most efficient menus of establishing a * system ot direct importations through our * ,Southern cities, and breaking the shackles ot unr commercial dependence—When it shall 1 be completed, the commerce of foreign coun tries, on tho one hnnil-and of the great West, on the other, will seek our Soutncrn import -1 ing cities, by a uirect line of communication, so cheap and expeditious, that both parties will find it their interest to meet there and effect their various exchanges. This great work, thought itself an artificial structure, will be the means of throwing commerce into its naturalehanncV. Eu'cilmning these views, we cannot but strenuously urge it upon our fellow citizens, and the political authorities of our respective States, to give every practica ble aid toward - its ai-couiplishinenl, and that of the lateral communications which may be necessary to render Us bcnfiis more diffusive. Let us act not only efficiently, but promptly. Wc must seize the propitious occasion, now presented to us, lost it pass away and never return. The practicability of this rail road commu nication, is nu longer doubtful. Indeed, it maybe said that it is nearly half completed by one route, and will he more than lull completed when the rail road sh ill have been extended, ns it soon will bn, from Augusta to Madison, in Georgia. Connecting this with the Char eston and Hamburg rail road, we shall have inure Ilian 240 miles of con’unions rail road on a direct line to the nav gable wa ters of the Tennessee, and conducting ns to a point not more than 200 miles distant from those water”. On ibis subject we cannot be ton deeply impressed with the necessity of sacrificing local predilections to the common good. Let that line be adopted which shall be the shortest, cheapest and b st, without the slightest regard to those conflicts ol local in terest, which are, at best,comparatively unun portunt, ami perhaps purely imaginary. The great benefit which our whole interior is to derive trom a direct, trade, both with foreign countries and the Western States, must be re flected from our importing cities. If it caus es these In grow and flourish, the whole inte rior within the sphere of circulation, will par ticipate in their prosperity, by a law which causes tho blood of the animal system to How 'roil! the huart to the extremities. Such, fellow citizens arc the views by which we have been actuated in calling your aliens turn to the grave and important subject of this address. It was not to iittvn been anticipated that the purposes we so distinctly expressed through the report of our Select Committee, would be so greatly misapprehended its they have been by some of our fellow citizens' Surely we may claim the privilege, and urge the expediency of carrying on onrown coins nicrce w.th foreign nations, directly through our own cities, and by onr own merchants, without justly tncuirmg the imputation of hos tility to the Northern States of tins confeder acy. Wo are not aware that they have any prescriptive right to act for us, any more than they have to think for us. It is no hostility to their interests, but regard for our own, by which wc are animated. "It is not that we love Corsar less, but that wo love Rome more.” We are certainly as anxious to encourage upon principles of reciprocity, a direct trade with the Northern States, as with any other portion of the world. Free trade witu all the World, untrammelled by legislative restric tions, is the motto inscribed on our banner. We know neither friendship nor hostility in trade. Wherever wo can sell highest and I buy cheapest, that is our market; making no I distinction between “Trojan and Tyrian.” Rut we arc opposed to an absorbing central ism in commerce,as well as in government. Our recent experience has but too impressive ly admonished iw of the tatul revulsions to which it to calculated to expose us. We have seen a pecuniary pressure in the city ot New York, throw the whole coun'ry into em barrassment, and its currency and exchanges, into the utmost contusion and derangement' whereas, it the commerce of the United Slates, external and internal, had been fairlv distributed through its natural channels, scarcely a shock would have been felt by the' great bodv of the people. This view of the subject causes us to regret that the extensive trade we carry on with the manufacturing Stales olthe North, exchanging our raw cot ton for their various nianutactures—a trade 1 I highly important to both parties—is not car- I | rl ® J on directly between the cities of the poin ting ami manufacturing States; bu' like our fo reign commerce, indirectly through the city ol New York. Almost the whole of our mi mense exchanges centre there; sorer g tluthc as it were, upon the heart, by something ids.- j a congestive process, the circulal.on ot a m. -1 tern so vae', that it cannot be r gularlv j uniformly thrown out through the natural at channel* to the distant extremities. Period ic ical disorders and convulsions ore the una >y voidable consequence ot such an unnatural d and unhealthy condition of our commerce; and is withontpreteiidinglo speak for oilier portions a of the Union, we confidently affirm that the r- people of the Southern and Southwestern e Stales are invoked, by considerations of the i- most enlarged patriotism, as well aa of an en e lightened self interest, to apply afepcedy and effectual remedy. The means of achieving e our commercial independence arc abundant, d and all ihe auspices are eminently encoura ging. Let us embark in the enlerprize witu d a spirit and resolution commensurate with its 0 importance, and a splendid future will be the t- result and the reward ot our labors, ir We have recommended, by a resolution iy unanimously adopted that a Convention be ie held in Hie city of Augusta, on the first Mou rn day in April next, to devise further measures i- of concert and co-operation in this great r. undertaking. We trust and confidently an a ticipate that the people will meet forthwith ta in their primary assemblies,to select delegates ie to that Convention, and that all the States d interested will be fu ly represented. May » IleavAn smile upon tlieir deliberations. [l DY KXPRIiSfc 31 AIL. [puom ora coiintsroNUKST.] ,f WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. i, “The people arc speaking out,” exclaimed i, HUNKY CLAY, at the close of his magnificent L speech on Monday : “Every wind brings intelli -1 gencc of popular fueling rising against this per „ I nicious scheme, or of defection to tbu parly who . are urging it in opposition to the wishes and f determ illations ot the country !” v Never were words more truly spoken. The • cry is still “they come:” Mr. JACKSON of Penn, presented a memorial j from a meeting of tire merchants, manufacturers, t and business men of Pittsburgh, rcmonstraiing . against lire Sub-Treasury Sclterne, and its kin ’ dred doctrines and measures, and advocating tire ' establishment of a sound ctedit system, with a , due basis of specie. No saoncr did these sounds from Pittsburgh ■ cease, than Mr. TALLMADGE prise,.led tire resolution of tiro Assembly of Now York,of which you Iravo doubtless seen a copy in tile newspa pers, —also against the Sub-Treasury Scheme. 1 Mr. Tallmadge took occasion to express bis entire - and hearty concurrence in the resolutions, and 1 his belief (bat they retlecled justly and faithfully lbs sentiments of an overwhelming majority of the people of New York. He particularly agreed with the Assembly, that "the persevering efforts made to procure its adoption, have deeply alarm" ed tlie people of this Slate, and furnish, at this time, a prominent abstraction to the revival of credit and business, and a return to specie pay ments by the banks.” The Pittsburgh and Albany Kesolutions were then ordered to be printed. After some miscellaneous business of an unim portant character, the Sub-Treasury Util wan taken up; and Mr. Crittenden delivered a speech in opposition,—terse, clear, and cutting. He is one of lha most agiceablo speakers, and among the most rcnrarkable men in Congress. Few men have a greater (low of ideas: and few are less verbose than ire. His stylo is concise and epi grarnmaiic: He never says any thing superflu ous. ilc is therefore extremely dillicull to report. Mr. Crittenden argued that the natural and ne. cessary tendency of the bill is to create an exclu sively sp-cio currency : a tiring far from desirable in-iiself; but oven if desirable, absolutely unat tainable, unless passing through the most exten sive miseries. He colitenucd also that it would create a great and overshadowing Government Datrk: and he proved incontestably from the report* of the Sec retary of lire Treasury, that this was the design of the Administration, Ho replied in a strain of sarcasm and erony, to the arguments of Mr. Calhoun, founded on the gentleman’s newly-discovered constitutional dog mas, and Allen ot Ohio, who, on Tuesday, made a foolish and bombastic Loco Foco speech against all banks, and the whole credit sysiem of the country; came in for an exceedingly severe flagol. lation. He concluded by declaring bis intention to vote tor the substitute ot Mr. Uives, as an alternative; but he declared bis beliot that a National Bank would be lb# only ell eclive and perfect remedy for our present difficulties. Mr. BEDFORD DROWN took the floor,after Mr. Crittenden : and moved an adjournment. He will unquestionably be proclaimed by ibe Globe as the desiroyer of Messrs, Clay, Webster, and Crittenden, inasmuch as he is one of the dullest men in Congress. the House ot Representatives has bocn engag ed during the whole day, with the Neutrality Bill. No decision has yet been taken upon it. J he Wtiigs ot the General Asscmby of Mary land. now in session at Annapolis, held a meeting on the 1 Qih of the present month: and recom mended Henry Clay as a fit person for the Presi deucy ; but promised to acquiesce in the decision of a National Convention. M. WASHINGTON, Feb. 33. In the Senate to-day, Mr! Allen ot Ohio, pre sented a memorial signed by six hundred persons (a few ot whom were women) from one of the counties in this slate, in which they remonstrated against the conduct ot tevoral of their citizens for sending petitions referring slavery to Con gress; slate that Congress ought not to legislate on that subject, and hope that Calhoun’s resolu tion will not be rescinded, as they cinhody the true theory of government. The memorial wag relerred. Mr. M KEON of Penn, pr-sented a number of petitions against the annexation of Texas ami for the abolition of slavery in die District of Columbia; all of which was laid on the table. Mi. CALHOUN presented a very long me inoii d from Charleston, S. C. praying f Jr the j ■’Mablishtncnl of a Navy Yard and Dry Dock at j ■' ll I’kree, which was referred to acommitlco on Naval A (fairs. A number of privative bill were then taken up i and road a third lime and passed. Among these was one authorising an appropriation to be made ( to test the ‘•Self-acting, double safely valve,” in vented by Samuel Robb. Mr, Davis stated that * a it I itio Senate had already passed a bill authorising ' the testing of all inventions, and therefore this I hill was unnecessary; after some conversation. ,| the hill was laid on the table, s The sub-trca.ury bill coming up, Mr. Brown e of North Carohna addressed the Senate in its 1 paying an inflated compliment to Mr. Allen, for thefoco foco ravings which that sena j tor threw out a few days since. Mr. Brown r thinka the bill is identified with the cause of . popular liberty in this country, and that this wa» clearly proved in Allen's remarks, which he des" !J ctibes as “a noble speech in a noble cause.” i yln the House a resolution was adopted, ma ' king the Neutrality hill the special order atone i o’clock. 5 Mr. THOMAS gave noli* that when the bill 3 named above should be disposed of, he would t move to take up the Senate bill “for the preveii . lion of the abatement of suits in which the l United Slates was a party.” ® The Neutrality bill was taken up at 1 o’clock, and the discussion of it is now going on with great tediousntess and prolixity. The question now before the House is an amendment offered . by Bell, which is simply a motion to refer tbs bill to a committee of th'e whol*, with instruc tions to report k specific proposition; that is, the J sixth section of the neutrality act of 1818, so t amended as to authorize seizures of arms, ves ■■ selsofwar, die. The debate now going on is of a very dull nature; one half of the members ab a sent and the remainder yawning with listless in- difference. / Mr. PRESTON appeared in his scat to day, 1 looking much thinner since the operation which was performed on his arm. He has almost re * covered his strength, and the wbdhdcd limb ’ seems to give him little trouble. ’ East night a splendid ball took nltice here, and all the members assembled to join in its gailies. : Two whole affair went ort'in style, and I will add » that among tho various specimens of female loveliness front different parts of the Union that i irradiated the rooms, a “bright particular star” 3 from your own city, was one of the most atlrac -1 the. The supper was unobjectionable, excep ’ ling tho champaigne, which flowed freely howc • ver. Many of the members looked rather queer : about the eyes when they assembled together 1 this morning, and one of the first legislative acts they passed, was la give the use of the Hall to a Temperance Society next Tuesday. M. From the N. Y. Daily Express Feb. 23. MUNE V MARKET—CUT NEWS. Wednesday P. M.—Specie is getting down. Sales were effected to-day at 2 to 2$ per caul,, and it was oven difficult to sell at that. Con tracts to deliver specie on the 10th May were made at one per cent, without interest, which is bu.u trilling difference from par. Specie is daily coining in now, and in the course of a month or two the receipts must become very large from Europe. Stocks.—Wednesday P. M.—Letters from Washington received within a day or two seem to impress the brokers with the idea that the sub- Treasury will bo defeated in the Senate. This impression has induced holders to be mure firm, and Stocks have improved a liltle. UIIIiUNICLE ANITSENITNEIT aniii’Sii. 1 nesitay Morning, Feb. 27. W e Understand that his Excellency the Cov ernor lias made a requisition upon the Ordinance Department, for two six pounders, as part of the quota of arms due tho Slate from the General Government, which are to he placed under the charge es our City Council. By a notice in our advertising columns, it will bo seen that a meeting is to be held on Wednesday evening, to organize a Company to manage them. A public meeting of the citizens of Charleston lias been called for the ptilffesc of receiving the Retpoti of the Delegates to the Convention, held in this city in October last, on the subject of direct importations, and to appotht delegates to represent the convention to bo held in this city on the 2d day of April next. Charleston Races— 3 Mims Heats. The following is the result of Saturday’s races: John Guedron 85 lbs. 1 j Dorabella, feather. 3 2 Clodhopper, 104, 4 3 Betsey Aster, 90 lbs. g 4 Time, 1.-t h. 5m 50s—2d h. 5m 575. SECOND RACE D KST 3IS 5. Hardhart, j j j Falcon, o 2 Time, Ist heat 2m; 2-1 h. 3m Is. 3d h. 2m 3s. Gex. Scott. Ihe New York pipers ann..un~ ced the arrival of ibis officer in that city on Sat urday last the I7th inst. on bis way to Wash, ington. It appears however that ho received despatches at New York which should have met him at Albany, and that he immediately set out by express on Sunday morning for the Niagara Frontier. The President of Directors of the Planters Bank of Tennessee, have declared a dividend of •ix per cent. Hard I’imes.—We saw yesterday, says the New York Express of 22d inst., a very large num her of laborers in Chamber street, who had assem bled there for the purpose of making a contract to go west to work on some of the canals. The condition of the laboring classes is now so hard in this city, under the hard money expedient of the administration that they arc willing to go almost any,where—or to make almost any sacri tices of associations or comforts for tho purpose of getting employ. T.ms the measures of the government not only strips men of their employ, but drives them from their homes. Surrender O? THE Bamrehs.— We regret to hc-r (says the N. Y. Star; that Governor Marey • has concluded to surrender to the British Gov * ernn.ent tho two men, father and son, charged wtlh having fired a gun in a posse in Ireland, on ' a collection for rent, i„ which a sergeant of pol ice was hilled. v [communicated.] \ The Savannah Georgian republishes, from the " , ' ,J ,U IICS 1,1 relal ‘ on “> Mr. Webster and 1 the Co ,n, , 10 hh Uank of Bo>ton but c not a word ol that gentleman’s .efutation of the slander. Do*. lh« Editor read no olher paper, ba , ,k| pure and spotUes organ of tha Government! Or has he sunk to the same level of sham. J effrontery with his file leader ! nH i i —~i '*»• j j MARINE K ' S4VANNAH-CIM hr hark, crpool: Branches, 11 ipr-.ns, St Jo bn, N B. brie N V.fl Stetson, Montego baj; brig Sea Island, Knowles S \ ton. » ~ Arr. ibip Mill, dgevile, Porter. N York. 8 civ lctlr pH &■, Wiley, Havana, 8 dap; srhooner, 0,1,.,.n m B r.? T. U “ ve Hu l> k ‘“». iioston; steamboat Ogled,(J* Wood. AgUitO. 6 '-wiurp(^« Went to sea-Ships Aureliiii, Stodard, Weatcheiter, I- erris do; Tinnet.ee, Matt.non dul shipSn-Colea Campbell, freott, do; brigs Cevlim v.'iH , vhenbaek, Marscilla; New York, Stetson, N York- Fal low, Havana; Hudson M yman, VV Indies. V CHARLESTDN, Feb. 20—Arr yesterday, Kni g Philip, Humphrey: Huston; Line brie I’lrntnH Sinn)!, Provtdinee, via New Port, KI, U L brir Atlil, H Ptke, New York, 7 days; C I. brig Laurence, Hulking! New York, 4 days, , * rr 0,1 brig Messenger; Wiggins, Ilunoo^l I: ,c hr Sarah Ann, Jones, Haiti more 7 days. Cl d on Saturday, ship Alexunder, Leeds, Livrruoolß Hr brig Breeze, Hurst, West Indies; brig Esther, HmV„H Alexandria; sebr Mary Dowe. Tilley* Havana; t iree.enters, llauuah; Garey’s Ferry; Franklin Gr«n* y> eight, Havana; llabama, Gilkley, Baltimore, ■ Went to sea yesterday, ship Manongahela, Mierekrn® Hr barque Geo running, Gibbs; do; Rx bar que Lady Paget, Galt, do Hr brig Fame, Fie.. iV.M indies. At Savannah on Wednesday evening inst. by the Rev. Mr. Presiun, Mr. Roiikut A.B Kkiii. of Augusta to Miss Elranori LouisiH daughter of the late John Miller, Esq., of t) m | city. ■ - , B OCT "T* 1 ® J: Harris, (Universalist,) :r C '. e, l 1 t ,? prcach ■" Hi. City Hall, This £ vn .| •ug > at halt past 7 o’clock Feb 27. B fv,mm , ?F llSta Be,le Yolent Society I Committee No l '*J™ SeUX K Thompson, Demetrius A Bland 1 r'nl '""“R Smith, Mrs. Thomas Gardner ’ Calh * r,n ‘■ Committee Division A'o. 2—Meaari. tv™ it n I I Mor°r^ C „ neeland ’ MrS - Elilabe t'‘ Co,.glass. Si All cases of sickness nnd distress please renn.t. ■ them. M. M. BROWN, M w.ll please copy Iho above.* AUGUSTA GUAKT)S^i-^M7 m - b — f K •f* tl,e ( i O, "P I 'i nV ’ a i’. d alltl,ose wll ° mtcn.l joining I 1 V an Artillery Corps, arc requested to at Lamback s, on Wednesday Evening, at slvenl ' o clock, for ihe purpose of organizing f feb 27 2t WM. T. GOUCD, Captain I MK. ADAMS’ SCHOOL KORHoyc J, , A Wlli commence at the Lecture Room on Mon 3* dav next, the sth of March n m ° n ' feb 27 6t 47 TVE!VTISTRY.-~Tlie Subscriber having ju, t t | , rc-turncMl from the low Kmr.try, enn be 1., ni hereafter at lus residence opposite the Masonic ihll # rk od sc , E °SBORNE, * Feh 2 46 3t Surgeon Dentist. BROUGHT TO AUGUSTA JAIL ' * gt. ON the 241 h inst ,three*Ne- * esM . gr»es, who shy they belong to M J ' ,rs - Saral > Ficklin, Hemford * tffi’i'A Sr&J District, S. G. Smart. Cyras, K cf / Monday,—Smart i« 2K 1 * years old, 5 leet 8 meltrs high, ! baa a scar over the rig hi eye, « rather thin visage, dark complected. Cyrus is 21 % years old, 5 feel, 11 inches hiijh, has a star a:ro«» I his nose, dark complected. Monday it y, ars o'd 5 feet, 8 inches high, dark complected, the owner I is requested to come forward, pay expenses, and 1 tak. them from Jail. fob 87 3tvv ELI MORGAN, Jailor. uj Columbia Comity : ‘ , WHEREAS Robert A. Allen applies (oriel- pwj lers of administration on thu estate of Uo- | bert Winfrey, (a minor) doc'd. These are tlurefore to cite and admonish all and i singular, the kindred and creditors of the said do- .j censed, to file their objections, if any they have, within the time prescribed by law, in my office, .il to shew cause why said letters should not he grant ed. Given under rny hand nnd seal at office, this 3S 24th Feh., 1338. GABRIEL JONES, Clerk. Jeb 2T 47 % Georgia, Columbia County: WHEREAS Benjamin H. Warren, Executor 3 of the H ill of William McGar, dreeased, applies for letters Disrnissory. 'f hese are therefore to cite and admonish all and' j MHgular the kindred and creditors of said drcea«ed to be and appear at my office within the time fiie scribed hy law, to shew cause if any have, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office, tliii 24lhday of February, 1838. GABRIEL JONES, Clerk, feb 27 47 % COLUMBIA SHEHIFF’SSALE; —“ ON the first Tuesday in April next, will b* sold at Columbia Court House, between the usual hours of sale : A Negro Man bv the name of Like, about thirty years of age, dark complexion, fHe feet, tan inches high. Ihe said Luke has beefi csnffneci in the jaiL ol said county as a runaway, and will he sold per# suant to an orderol the Inferior Court for jail fece leb 27 4" RICHARD H. JONES, Sli’fT-' NOTICE. .pafe. S i RAY ED from the eubscriber ® n thß night of the 28lk of January L ' as, i B large bright sorrel mare Mule, hi “ rn llltle - nclir| ed to a roan colour; -7 'J* 11 ls ralhcr believed, that she has a •re “ sa p*. s,nr m l> cr forehead, roach mane, Ac. he sum of live Dollars will be paid to any person who will deliver said Mule to me at Forsyth, Geo . or give in formation so that I can got her _ 27 3.w 47 A. SAMUEL! fJ'O PRIIVTEIIS.—A good Printer, who w master of his business, will receive permanent employment, prompt pay, and liberal wages, by making immediate application to th ) Book and 1 Jot. priming office of VV T. THOMPSON, <t Co rob 21 43 ‘ ]\ EGROES FOR S ALE.—The subscrib.i' 188 sn| o 1,1 riie town of Hamburg a likely parcel ot Virginia Negroes,sixty in number; the likeliest that lias been in market for some time;— amongst them are first rate house servants, and Hein hands, also some very likely plow boys, cooks, washers and ironers, which he is disposed to sell at Ihe lowest market prices; also three first rale seamstresses. BENJ DAVIS. I' eh 25 4fi;6til SfCr Fite Constitutionalist will copy C liinas. , f”/ Justice of the Peace for the 6ooth District, has taken an office in the rear of Mr FC Taylor’s dry good store, next he- Jow S Huford s hat and shoe at ire; entrance thro’ the alloy. merchants nnd others wishing debts collected, or sued, nnd Rooks brought up, will please call on him, as he has engaged a competent Book leeper. Feb 2t 45w3t d jV 1 GTICE, —The copartilership heretoior exist r- * J n ? m ritis city under the firm ol Coxvling & Gardcile, expired on the Ist day of Ja.iiiary last, by its own. limitation. 7’ho business of the firm will bo closed by A. Gardklle. n,, ,c- i J - v ■ COWLING- Feb. 13,183/ t( A. GARDELtE: | I I 'HE Subscrihei begs leave to infi.rm his friends, and the public, that he will continue to transW act the Commission Business in this city, un dor his own name. A.GARDELLE. feh 13 if Z 6 I NOTICE. C , ll* CLARK have associated with • them 31r. (ieorge Rackett. The husin e«s in this place will be conducted in the name of dark, Rackett & Co. Jan 29 23 i ‘ cigarsT “ 4 CIGARS aNsorled qn»litif>«. * N * Go. Fe.b 10 34 Strayed or Stolen. lie subscriber's wagon at Appling, Col -« umbia county, Geo.,a Yellow Norrel HORSE nbnut nine years ol ago, large frame, heavily built,* olhrr particulars not remembered. A reward of 1 went}’ Dollars will be paid or his delivery, or any [■information that may bo given will he thankfully re- HIRAM N. WILSON Augusta, June ,f m