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■ (H9n iih Ts rw t-j x%k ■ w n 4#4;-l J[ v i "***"***““**' *’ ' ll ** 1r " >l * l * l11 l4l<i *» *m- i ~rirani-M>B~|"- ——-■—r ~~p — ■ —--■■■ - T , _ P WII.LI.VIIEE. J«*ES. APCIWTA, «liO.. SATURDAY JEW! ft, | B »H. | Tri-wcrklj-.J-Vol. H.-W#. «» Published DAILY, TRI WEEKLY AND WEEKLY, At No. Uroail Street. Terms.— Daily papet, Ton Dollars nor annum in advance. Tri-weekly paper, at Six Dollars in advance or seven at the end ol the year. Weekly paper, three dollars in advance, or (our nl the end of the year. The Editors and Proprietors in this city have adopted the following regulations : 1. After the Ist day ot July next no subscrip tions will he received, oul ol the city, unless paid in advance, or a city reference given, unless the name be forwarded by an agent of the paper. 2. After that dale, we will publish a list of those who are one yeara or mote in arrears, in order to let them know how their accounts stand, and all those so published, who do not pay up their ar rears by the Ist of Jan. 183'.), w ill be slnken off the subscription list, and their names, residences, ■ and the amount they owe, published until settled, the accout will be published, paid, which will an swer as a receipt. 3. No subscription will be allowed to remain unpaid after the Ist day of January 1839, more than one year; but the name will bo striken ofl die list, and published as above, together with the amount due. ■l. From and after this date, whenever a subscri ber, who is in arrears, shall bo returned by a post master as having removed, or refuses to take his paper out ol the post office, Ins name shall bo pub lished, together with his residence, the probable place he has removed to, and the amount due; and when a subscriber himself orders bis paper discon tinued, anirequests bis account to be forwarded, the same shall be forthwith forwarded, and unless paid up within a reasonable time (the facilities ol the mails being taken into consideration, and the distance of lus residence from this place) his name, andthe amount due, shall be published as above 5. Advertisements w.ll be inserted at Charleston prices, with this difference, that the fust insertion will be 75 cents, instead of 05 cents per square of twelve lines. 6. Advertisements intended for the country, should 1 be marked ‘inside,’ which will also secure their insertion each time in the inside ol the city paper, and will he charged at the rate of7scts per square for the first insertion, and 05 cents lor each subse quent insertion. It not marked ‘inside, they will bolplaced in any part of the paper, alter the first t insertion, to suit the convenience of the publisher, ''f and charged at the rate of 75 cents for the first in sertion, and 43} cents for each subsequent inser- U °7- All Advertisements not limited, will be pub lished in every paper until forbid, and charged ac cerding to the above rates 8. Legal Advertisements will bo published as follows per square; Admr’s and Executors sale of Land or Negroes, GO days, s'*’ 00 Do do Personal Property, 40 da. 3 25 Notice to Debtors and Crs, weekly, 40 ds. 325 Citation for Letters, 1 00 do do Disrnisory, monthly 6 me. 500 Four month Notice, monthly, 4 mo. 4 00 Should any of the above exceed a square, they will be charged in proportion. 9. From and after the first day of Jan. 1839, no yearly contracts, except for specific advertise ments, will he entered into. 10. We will bo responsible to other papers for all advertisement ordered through ours to bo copied by them, and if advertisements copied by us from other papers will be charged to the office from which the request is made to copy, and will receive pay for tho same, according to their rates, and be responsible according to our own. 11. Advertisements sent to us from a distance, with an order to bo copied by olher papers, must be accompanied with the cash to the amount it is desired they should be published in each paper, or a responsible reference CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. A.U«tJSTA. I'-ridur Jloruins, June 8. Camp Meetings. There will boa Camp Meeting in Richmond, near Augusta, beginning on the night of the 6th July, and conclude the morning of the 1 llh. Jefferson, at Mt, Moriph—begin 20lh July, conclude on the morning 20th. Lincoln, Wheal’s Camp Ground—begin the night of the 26i11, conclude on the morning of the 30th. Warren, near Wartcnlon —begin Ist August at night, conclude the morning of the Cth. Washington County, Limestone—begin the JQth at night, conclude (ho morning of the 15th. JVilkes, Independence—begin the night of the 17th conclude the morning 22nd. Columbia, White Oak—begin the night of the 22nd, conclude ihe morning of the 271 h. Hancock, near Sparta,—begin on the night of 31st conclude the morning of the sth September, tffj- The Directors of the Planter’s Bank of the State of Georgia, have declared a dividend of 4 per cent. 'l'xro'discourset\on\the great Fire m Charleston, by the Rev. Thomas Smyth, is the title of a Pamphlet laid on our table by Messrs. T. 11. & I. C. Plant, by whom it is for sale in this city. It contains a narrative oi the lire, sufferers, and other documents. At the Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Maryland, opened on the 30lh of May, the Rev. Dr. Eastburn of New York, was elected Bishop of the Diocese of Maryland- The Convention adjourned on the 2d inst. Coroner’s Inquest. An inquest was held at the Globe Hotel, on Monday Evening last, by Isaac Hendricks, Esq., over the body of Jacob W. Miller, of Warren County, formerly a stage driver, who was found dead in his bed. The jury after an examination, brought in their verdict, that “he came to his death by the visitation of God.” The Coroner, however, after the jury had retired, in laying him out, found his pocket book, containing, among other papers, a letter addressed to tno public, from which it seems he destroyed his life, by some means unknown to the jury—no doubt by taking Laudanum—as one or two empty vials were found in the room. He states in his letter, that Gambling caused his death.— Constitution alist of yesterday . United Stales Bank stock sold at New York on the 3d June, at 133|. Southern exchanges were at the same time improving. On the 25th, at Cincinnati, flour was dull at $6,25; Whiskey brisk at 28 J a 30 els. Pork was in demand and the stock much reduced. The Van Burcn Slate Convention, which as sembled at Baltimore on the 31st ultimo, for the nomination of a candidate for Governor, have fixi id upon William Grason, Esq. of Queen Ann's county, for that purpose. I —- I ——'»■—■if in WWIIIMI ■ ■-* New Treasury Circular. A new Circular has been issued hy the Treas ury Department. It instructs the officers to re ceive the notes of all specie paying Banks, with the following restrictions. 1. None arc to he received but such as aio ‘pay. able and paid on demand, in the legal currency of the United States.” 2. No notes to be received of a less denomina tion than twemy dollars. 3. No notes to be received of any deromina. tion, unless “payable on demand, in gold or sil ver coin, at the place inhere issued," and “equiv. alent to specie where received.” 4. No notes to be received of any bank which, since the 4lh of July, 1838, has issued “any note or bill of a less denomination than five dollars.” From our Correspondent. Washington, June 4, 1838. The Senate did not sit to-day. The House met at 10 o’clock, and disposed of numerous bills which had come from the Senate for the relief of individual claimants. The following public bills from the Senate were also read twice and referred. An act to remitjo the Baltimore and Susque. hanna UaiJ Road Compay certain duties paid by them on importation of Iron for their ro.,d. An act to remit to the New Castle and Trench town Turnpike and Rail Road Company certain duties on importation of Iron for their toad. Ah act to grant to the Territory of Wisconsin a tract of land, to aid in the construction of a Canal for joining the waters of Lako Michigan with those of Rock River. An act to settle the disputed slaims under the Pre-emption Law. An act to divide the Territory of Wisconsin, and to establish the Territory of loway. On motion of Mr. Cusuino, the 6'ccrctary of State was authorised to furnish the Clerk of the House 9GO additional copies of the 4th scries of the Documentary History of the Revolution pub lished by Clarke & Force ; and the Clerk was directed to furnish a copy to each member. A resolution was adopted requiring the Coins mittce on Manufactures to consider the expedi ency of reporting a Bill allowing all iron for steam boats and rail roads to be imported free of duty. SUn-TItEAStniT nILL. Mr. Sergeant, of Philadelphia, asked the Chairman on the Committee of Ways and Means to say, when he intended to call up the Sub-Treasury Bill, which had been reported by that Committee 1 Mr. Ca.huueling replied, ho would ask the House to take up that measure in the course of ■ the next week. Owing to the sales of public lands, which are to occur on the ISlh of June, he did not wish to interfere with the Pre-emption Bill ; but as soon as that bill was disposed of, ho would cill up the “ Independent Treasury Bill.” On motion of Mr. Oamihieling, the House then proceeded to the consideration of the bil, making appropriations for suppressing Indian , hostilities. The immediate question was on concurring with the Committee of the Whole in the , following amendment, offered by Mr. Bell, of Tennessee, to be added to the end of the bill, i “ Provided, That if the President shall ascer -1 tain that all discontent and farther opposition on the part of any portion of the Cherokee Indians, ■ to the treaty of 1835, can be allayed or avoided, by allowing an additional compensation for the 1 lands ceded to the United States by said treaty, and that the Government may thereby bo saved 1 the expense of keeping on duty the large military force in the Cherokee country, now contemplated, ‘ ho is hereby authorised to apply two millions of the sum appropriated hy this act to that object,” * The debate w'as renewed and continued by > Messrs. Wise, Graham and Biiidlk. j. The House was still in session when ibis , package was closed, and no question had been taken. M. Communicated. < Mr. Jones — l am very much pleased to see, 1 hy your paper of this morning, that the proceo - dings of the recent meetings of Council were - published ; all good citizens agree that this plan will bo obviously of beneficial tendency, and j trust it will he continued. I would remind the proper officers noia, that last year wc were indebted to some neglected ! boats at the wharf, half filled with ■water, for • the early crop of JVLusquctocs, and believe the 1 suggestion only necessaiy to remedy this evil, F. S. From the Charleston Mercury, of yesterday. Incendiarism. An attempt was made on Tuesday night, , between 8 and 9 o’clock, to fire the residence ] of Mr. Andrew Moffett, on the West side of •. Meeting-street, nearly opposite to the Circu., I lar Church. A parcel of paper filled with live t coals was thrown into his premises from the i adjoining lot, which fell between the pantry ■ and out-house. A servant being in the pant ry, discovered the combustible inatler and ex- 1 tinguished the fire. 1 The most daiing attempt that wc have heard of, was made yesterday morning, between 9 and 10 o’clock, to fire the buildings occupied hy Mr J. Colder as a residence and Cabinet -mokei’s shop, on Meeting.street, east side, one door north of > the Circular Church, hy placing combustible mat-1 t ter in two places under the piazza facing the i i south, which was discovered before any damage ; I was done.—The servants on the premises have | 1 been arrested and will undergo examination. j 1 , . ! i Miraculous escape. —The Philadelphia Ga- ] ■ zcllc of the 28th ult. says, the schr. Cato, of King. \ I ston, Massachusetts, Caps. Bacon, sailed from | i Charleston on the 2d of February, for Norfolk, and j i soon after was capsized ; the lanyards being cut' i away, tbe masts went by the board, when she ! | righted, and on the Bih, she was fallen in with by t ajvessel bound to Russia, and the crow taken off t and carried to Europe. A letter has been re- ; l ceived in Boston, giving an account of the wreck and the rescue of the crew, who were long since i given up hy their friends as lost. 1 The Democracy is moving— Albany Argus. ! Feet foremost to its narrow home.—Frenticc , j ■rwiWfcM—mi im« r ismwa «u*mi - • ■“■■iwnr - »•. ■ - /■'or Pic Chronicle A .Sentinel, Criticism. While slid! are critics, why should 1 forbear.—ip/rua. Every ago brings forth to light Some critic fara’il for genius bright, Who hoc. ls must show he’s learned a song, Which scourges well the poet throng ; Stor’d in his mind you’ll find the loro Which Jeffreys boasted—days of yore • To scan the measure, denounce the verse, To criticise in style quite terse. With hi it are marks quite excellent, Os talents, surely, not i-nis-spcnt. A poet meek, of humble lay, His rhyming talents to display, In torturing sense to make it thyme, Or ending words together chime; Provoked the satire of a wight, Who wish’d to set the world aright; To teach them how to criticise, And stylo him wisest of the wise ; (To lake a bribe were no great sin— Money i will approbation win.) Thus reason’d he, a self made judge, , Condemn’d all rhymes as naught but fudge. Hut 1 forgot—he prais’d sometimes; That praiso was bought with gilded rhymes. His pent up spleen broke forth one day, Against our poet’s humble lay : He quick to office bent his course, And thus bawled out in accents hoarse — “ Mr. Foreman, just look at this ; We’re ruined if this chance wo miss : Behold the poet’s scanty scrawl, i Who seeks thro’ verse his thoughts to drawl. Now, we can better verses wiite, I’m sure they would the muses fright.” Hold, friend Will, your present trade, In that I’m sure you’ll need no aid ; In lies or scandal, politics or war, Behind the best you’ll not be far. Slick to youi trade, I say again, Use frequently your critic’s pen ; And if you’ve verse you cannot mend, To mar it all your talents bend. Take bribes, of course, ’twcrc no great wrong, When they will serve to gild your song. Write not, but say you can— ’Tis verse of course —I mean my man. At times, spare neither man nor elf, But censmc all and praUc yourself; Proclaim your talents, sense and wit, Which makes you for a judge quite lit, In courts where pocls_plaim the right To put in print their threadiest mite. I’d rather be the meanest trull, That o’er plied boat ’twixt Thames and Hull, Than have my verse to undergo The praiso which from such critics How. It may bo asked, why seek you then, Against him thus to use your pen I Know then, ’tis this, revenge is sweet, When launched against such proud conceit. If he were worth a nobler strain, I might henceforth from rhyme refrain — Might breed in silence o’er my fate, And give the winds rny secret hate; But as it was, I changed my note, And rhymed a little lor my sport. I’ll quote once mote to help my rhyme, And then to close while yet ’tis time : “ He’s rhymed so fast he’s lost the thread, Os his discourse.” Quite true ; your head Would sooner think of holding brains, Than groping through my mazy strains. You’ve misapplied your pronouns hero ; That you wcic lost, I think’s quite clear. My muse is dull, so you declare; Your satire is of errors rare; ’Tis quite the thing, it lacks for naught. Were mine as dull as yours, I trow, I’d been hor 1 to death long ere now. Now, Mr. Piinter, rest content, If I’m in debt, I’ll say ’tis lent. You censured me, and not my verso, But I your plan do hero reverse. Your judgment's now of no avail, And wo at each other now may rail. Oh ! Ruthven, I deplore thy case, Why not endure with better grace, The lectures which were gave to thee, By self-made judge of poesy. Henceforth coniine thy humble strains To themes which have no need oT brains ; For all the critics of our ago, With hards a constant war do rage ; All sense they mar to suit their views, Then damn the poet and his muse. Farewell, (riend f, of critics chief, Thus have I given my mute relief. Oswald, alias Rutuvbx. Latest from the Pacific. The brig Serene, Cooksey, arrived at this port on Saturday from Valparaiso, bringing to the Ex change Reading Room Valparaiso papers to the 3d March, inclusive. They contain but little ad ditional information in relation to the war be tween Chili and Peru, which was still carried on, and with but little prospect of a termination while the present Administration of Chili existed. The government of the latter country was very un popular, and a revolution was thought to bo not far distant. A fleet was lilting out at Valparaiso, and was to sail in a few days against the Peruvi ans. We haveconvcrsod with a gentleman who came passenger in the Serene, who slates that the re port ot the Blockade of V nlparaiso, received by a vessel at New York from Buenos Ayres, no doubt arose from the circumstance of the Governor of Valparaiso refusing to allow an English brig bound to Peru to depart, on some pretence or other. The Commodore of the British squadron lying there sent the brig to sea on his own re sponsibility, and the affair was afterwards adjus ted, the General Government disapproving of tho act of the Governor of Valparaiso. The gentle man above alluded to altogether discredits the Now York report of the blockade. The Serene left at Valparaiso, U. S. Ship Norlh Carolina, Commodore Ballard; and U. S. Ship Lexington, Captain Clark, for Talcahuana, soon. Halt. Jhner. Intercourse with the South. The recent establishment of a direct andsfoc dy intercourse between the ports of Baltimore and Charleston and Savannah, by means of the noble steam packets Georgia and Pulaski, has brought our city into an intimacy of intercourse with the Slates of South Carolina and Georgia which, if properly cherished as wo trust it will be, cannot fail to be highly and reciprocally ad vantageous. Under the new arrangement, the c boats make no stoppage at the mouth of the Che sapeake, cither going or returning, and tho trips are consequently made with surprising despatch and regularity. Wc mentioned in Saturday’s paper the arrival on the p.ccoding night of the Georgia, in the short run of fifty hours from Charleston, and we have now to slate that on Sa turday morning the Pulaski arrived from Savun. nah and Charleston, having accomplished the tiip from the latter city in the luief space of 47j hours. The packets, it will be recollected depart on different days, an arrangement which multi plies the opportunities for travelling, at t|ie same time that it reno-‘ s all apprehension of danger -r IT. ■■■TiiTT—„P-: - - -„„ „ r~rr from racing. Tiro packets in quostiou havo beet constructed fully ns mucli with regard to safely nml comfort ns to spend, and we are satisfied art as line ve.-sels in all respects as the country car konst of.— Halt, .timer. from the N V Age, June 2. ■ Inn Piratical Outraur Confirmed ) Further Particulars.—lt is with deep I feelings of regret and mortification, that we i have to record the continuation oUho rutuot* j of the burning of the ilritish steamboat Sir Robert Peel, at Fruncli Creek. There is but one man in this city that we know of who will not mourn this as a calamity. That man is Mackenzie. Wo call upon the government to act promptly and vigorously in this enters gency. To wipe out tho imputation of hike watmness which its tardiness upon former occasion lias cast upon it. One halt of tho British press in England, and a still greater portion in Canada, have, and do still, hold it tip to reprehension for that conduct. The pre sent is an important moment. It is framdit with momentous consequences. The actum ol the government is looked for, claimed, do* mantled. A body of disaffected Canadian Refugees are on our borders. They are al lowed to remain there, stirring np in tho Am erican borders a spirit of animosity and hatred to our neighbor and ally. They incite them to acts disgraceful to our character. They impel them into a course that is outrageous. Shall this be suffered! Is onr Government in competent to check this wanton spirit of bor der warfare, which can only end, if allowed to continue, in a war with Great Britain/ What are to be the consequences of such a course? Already have wo been prostrated to the earth. We are just recovering. We have risen from our lowly bed. Pul we have risen as a sick man rises, weak and enfeebled. To regain onr former strength, time is require cd. Arc we to be thrown back again by those spirits of discord—a handful of men too — publicly incited by. the refugee Mackenzie, who has established, in the heart of onr city, a press for the dissemination of doctrines which lend to forget outrages simlar to be one wo now record? From the Frankfort Commonwealth. The footsteps of the People. The true soveieigns, the great people of the United Slates, have been in million, and, when they move, a broad path is made which can be seen from afar, and followed without danger of 1 deviating into crooked ways. Unlike the foot steps of General Jackson, that “illustrious pred ecessor” of Van Buren, they do not tread down the rich products of a nation’s industry—they do not crush the many, that the few may rule—they do not break up the barriers erected by patriotic cmtion against factious ascendencies —they do not make the land a solitude and call it peace— but they move to increase the general sum of happiness, or to prevent the success of schemes, which if consummated, would make confusion worse confounded, and pollute the very fountains of liberty by concentrating all that was corrupt in those high places which sooner or later in ev ery c uinlry give lone to manners and mould tho social ethics of the nation. This popular movement has not, like tho Gull stream, commenced in one latitude and incrcas. cd in impetuosity as it whirled around capes and promontories, but it has broken out, simultane ously, in various sections, and its collected ener gies will soon be felt thundering at lire gates ol the Presidential palace. If we look to tho North, we find upon lire verge,of the national boundary the S.ate of Maine arraying herself against, the favorite policy of Vair Buren. Massachusetts stands where she stood when every loot of earth was made holy ground by the master spirits of the Revolution. Rhode Island has just come out of tho conflict, and, as has been wittily said, lias discharged her ‘Duty.’ Connecticut, tired of notions, comes back again to her steady thoughts and habits, and the first fruits of her re generation arc, a Whig Senate, a Whig House of Representatives, and a Whig Governor—proof sufficient that her penitence was sincere, and her conversion real. Vermont needed no awaken ing—the Green Mountain Boys could breathe no other atmosphere than that ol the purest free dom. NEW YORK, the Empire Stale, a na lion within borsch, like the Spartan mothers of old, looks upon her dwarfish bantling with revolt ing sensations, and loathes ir. Who lias made her footstep, and a rniglily one it is. It makes the earth to tremble, and perplexes ill gotten power with ‘a fear of change.’ New Jersey— who lias not beard of the ‘Jersey blue, to bis country true 1’ and the supremacy ofth* Whigs shows that the old slock has not failed in the 1 new. Delaware, whole sordid little Delowaro! • who could keep her finm forming in the lino \ which is marching to Washington?—the li:tie • star, like the ‘little corporal.’ making up in lustre what it wants in size. Maryland Inis long con , tended with all odds against her, and so far from ■ relaxing her exertions, she but a few days i ago, recovered her ancient capital, and the Whig ■ banner waves in triumph over the monumental : j city. But hero comes Old Virginia—the mother , of States and of -Statesmen—the birth place of Washington, of Madison, of Jefferson, ol Patrick Henry, and of Henry Olay. Sampson bus ; awakened and bis locks are unshorn ! woo be to tho Philistines, (or the strong man is up and up on them. Virginia makes ho r footsteps—ineas | ure Van Huron's bv lire side of it, and what a 1 tigure docs it cut? In the Garolinas and Geor : I gia, Mr. Van Huron holds a doubtful supremacy ■ j be fears the day of trial, and would gladly put it off to a more convenient season. Mississippi has ■ i also asserted her rights, and broken all lire tram mels which bound her to the victorious car of Jacksoniani—she too, has made her footstep, and ere now Prentiss and Word arc in the Federal city, willr the official statement and sign of the Whig victory. Louisiana, Ohio and Indiana arc against the Loco Tocos and they know it. The i Ohio river, throughout its whole extent docs not j leave Van Buren space on which to put his foot. With Kentucky and Tennessee we will con clude our note of the movements of tho people— these two .States, so united in interest, in similar ity of climate, in qualities of soil, in physical as pect of country, and, above all, in almost perfect identity of mental constitution —each being ro i markable for indomitable courage, bold enterprise impatience of control, and, withal, equally im bued with a fcrvant love (or the American name, principles and glory—these two Slates are stan ding shoulder to shoulder in the whig ranks.- See ye the footsteps ol the people?—do you hear them Mr Van Buren ?—do they sound like the . feeble pace of imbecile age, or are they more like the lusty tread ol the young warrior going forth . to battle ? Attend to them ye who have so long , 1 spurned them, and get out of the way of their majestic march. Let us uuill-ouiveiih ai.oke.—Not long ago, a man in Pennsylvania was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for assaulting a , poor editor : and more recently, another one lias been held to bail, ir. Boston, for handling tho rdi , to: of the Boston Herald somewhat roughly .V. r O. Herald. HrmuiTM* i ir nawiwni-tr **m »• *ri ’*■* u.wumiu ii [‘ orrespondence uj the Newark s, nhncf.] Important (torrespoiuloiuv:. 6 Wasiiinotun, AI ay S7th, 1838. n Von will bo surprised to loam that there ban been a troo ami kindly correspondence tor three months past, between the Southern members o! Congress, in this city, and tho Abolitionists in \ew V oik,—The correspondence was eomlucleil by Mr. Ei.mouk, noting as the organ of tho one i } parly, and .las. (J. Birnoy, llio corrospoiulinj* ; sccielary of the Amor. Ati Slavoiy Society: mid * 1 am pleased to say that it hasfbeen characterized 1 by a gentlemanly frankness and courtesy on hutli t sides. ’ Ihe origin and objects of llio rorrespondence t you will learn try the following introductory lel t ter from Mr. Elmore: " Washinutdn Ctrr, Feb. l(i, 1838. To .Ins. ti. Birney, Esij., a r Cor. Sec. A. A. S. Soc. y 3 Sin:—A letter from you to the Hon. John C. r Calhoun, dated 361 h January last, has been given , lo me, by him, in which you say, (in reference . to the abolitionists or Anti Slavery Societies,) t ‘‘wo have nothing to conceal—and should you do i sire any information as to our procedure, it will . be cheerfully communicated, on [my] being ap prised of your wishes.” Tho frankness of this unsolicited oiler, indicates a fairness and houeslv at purpose, which lias caused the present coin- I nninication, and which demands the same full and , b ank disclosure of the views with which tho sub , joined inquiries arc proposed. Vour letter was banded to m« in consequence of a duly assigned me by my delegation, and which requires me lo procure all the authentic in formation I can, as to the nature and intentions 1 of yours and similar associations, in order that we may, if wo deem it advisable, lay Hie infer -1 (nation before our people, so tluit they may bo pre pared to decide uiidcrstandingly, as to the course it becomes them lo pursue on this all important question. If you ‘-have nothing lo conceal,” and it is not imposing too much on, what may have boon, an unguarded proffer, 1 will esteem your compliance as a courtesy to an opponent, and be pleased to have an opportunity to make a suitai , bio return. And if, on the other hand, you have , (ho least difficulty or objection, I trust you will not hesitate to withhold the information sought for, as I would not have it, unless ns freely given, as it will, if deemed expedient, bo freely used. I am, Sir, Your ob’dt serv’t, F, H. Eimoiie, of S. C. Questions for J. G. Birney, Esq., Cor. See. , A. A. S. Society. I. How many Societies, affiliated with that of which you are the Cor. Sec., arc there in tho United Slates'? And how many members belong to them in the iiggrrgalt ? , 3. Are there any oilier societies similar to yours, and not affiliated with it, in tho U. Slates' . and how many and what is the uggiegate of thcii , members? 3. Have you n(filiation, intercourse or conneo f tion with any similar societies out ot tho U. j States, and in what countries? j 4. k)o your or similar societies exist in the s Colleges and other Literary institutions es the e non slavnholdiiigjslatcs, and lo what orient? 5. Wh;il do you estimate the numbers of those c who cooperate in this matter at? What proper. tion do they boar in the population of the Nero |j- them States, and what in the Middle non-slaves i. holding Stales? Are they increasing, and at j what rate? (i. What is the object your associations aim at? . Does it extend lo abolition of slavery only in the ,1 District of Columbia, or in lire whole slave eouft- I, ryj > • 7. By what means and under what power do 3 you propose lo carry your views into cffocl? i 8. What has been for throe years past, the an , nun I income of your societies? and how is it I raised? , U. In wind way and to what purposes do you apply these funds? 10. How many printing presses and periodical publications have you? 11. To wliat classes of persons do you address , your ]iublicutiuris;jind are they addressed to (be I judgment, the imagination, or the feelings? r 13. Do you propagate your doctrines by any , oilier means than oral and written discussions, — , for instance, by prints and pictures in manuiaco . lures —say pocket handkerchiefs, &c,—Fray, slate the various modes! ) 13. Are your hopes and expectations incrca . sod nr lessened hy the events of the last year, and, . especially, hy the action of this Congress! And i will your exertions bo relaxed or increased? 14. Have you any permanent fund, and bow much? In another letter, dated tho Gth in.st,, Mr. El mote says— I heard of you as a man of intelligence, sin cerity, and truth, —who, although laboring in a bad cause, did it with ability, and from a mistk ken conviction of its jus ice. As one of tho lbi< presentatives of a slave holding constituency, ■ and one of a committee raised by the Reprcsenta i lives of tho slave holding -Stales, to ascertain the 1 intentions and progress of your associations, I , availed myself of the opportunity offered by your 1 character and situation, to [iropo.se to you inqui. ' l ies an lo facta, which would make those ilovel f opmcnls no important lo hr. known hy our people. My inquiries were framed to draw out full anil > authentic drtiul>, of tho organization, numbers, i resources, and designs of the abolitionists, of the means they resorted to (dr the accomplishment of ibcir ends, and the progress made, and making, in their dangerous work, that all such information might be laid before tlio four millions anil a half of -white inhahUanln in the slave Suites, whose livm and property are menaced ami en dangered by ibis ill-considered, misnamed, and disorganizing philanthropy. They should be in formed of the full length and broadih and depth of this storm which is gathering over their heads, before it breaks in its desolating fury. Christian and civilized, they are now industrious, prosper-* ous, and happy; but should your schemes of aho. lilion prevail, it will bring upon them overwhelm* ing ruin, and misery unutterable. Mr. Birney’s reply is very long, and would make a pamphlet, of something like a bund* red pages or more. It is written wi’h ability, and answers the several questions fully and m their order. He goes over the whole ground and exhibits at largo the objects, resources, condition and progress oflhe party : and aims to show that there ns “a great deal ol undeser ved prejudice and causeless alarm,” contend, mg that their [dans would secure the interests of both the master and slave. It is in lact a summary exposition of Abolitionism, in diplo matic style.—Under the 13th question, which is one of great importance, he enters at length into the history of the mobs, threats of dis - solving the Union, and other severe expres - sions of popular feeling, during tho year past and it appears as clear as the sun in heaven that the party grows in proportion to the vio lence, or rather the lawlessness of opposition, —Mr. Birney remarks— The events alluded to have not come alto-1 gether unexpected. They are regarded as j the legitimate manifestations of eiavery, tic I cernary, perhaps, in the present dull and mt- | apprehensive slat-; of the public miijdasto; / human rights, to bo brought, out and spread 1 before the people, before they will sufficiently | revolt against slavery itself. I Hut I cannot undertake lo give you even a ,r I summary of the letter. It wII probably be i laid before tbe country nt length by the parties 1 more immediately interested. In the rnetrti 0 lime I have thrown together sundry extracts it which go to show the amount nt the operations 1 ot ibis most dangerous and growing party;, v I Our anniversaries arc held on the sccbn'd a Tuesdays in May. UcUirns of Societies are made only a short time before. In May 1835, b there were 225 auxiliarcs reported'. In May - 1836—527. In May 1837—1006. It may be safely said, that the increase since last Mayis not less than 400. Os late the multiplication of Societies lias not kept pace with the pro gress of our principles. Where these are well . received, our agents arc not so careful to or i gani/.c Societies, as in former times, when oilr i numbers were few — societies, now being not | deemed so necessary tor the advancement of our cause. The auxiliaries average not lesa i than 80 members each—making an aggregate of 113,480. Others estimate the auxiliaries at i 1500, and the average of members in each at 100. I give you what I believe to be the low. est numbers. During the past year it is said— , State Societies have been organized in Illi nois, Delaware, and Connecticut, and meas ures are in progress for another in Indiana.— The nine Slate societies previously in existences have continued in energetic and successful action. That of Vermont has paid to the Am erican Society during tho year, double the amount of its pledge at the last anniversary.— That of Massachusetts has exceeded its mu nificent pledge of $lO,OOO ; and that of New York has commenced and is successfully pros ecuting a plan for establishing a select Anti- Slavery library in every school district in the Slate. The Societies of Maine, New Hamp shire, Uhocle Island, Connecticut, New York and Ohio, support each a newspaper of its own, devoted to the common causer ■ That of Pennsylvania 'supports two ; one on each side of the mountains. The number of important conventions, embracing numerous delegates from States, has been much longer than in any former year. • The issues from the press of the parent so ciety, during the year have been as follows — Copies. Human Rights, 187,510 Emancipator, 103,801) Circulars Prints, 42,10(1 Hound Volumes, 12,954 Tracis & Pamphlets, 72,7.12 Slaves’ iVicnd, 07,000 Auti-Slavery Record, 40,000 040,503 j Tho petitioners lo the House of Represent* tntives from tho commencement oftbe extra ■ session to the Ist ol May, were as follows : Men Worried. Total. Tor abolition in 'bo District, 61,300 78,882 130,183 j A t/uinBl the annexation of Texas, 101,973 77,119 182,392 , Rescinding the gag resola- ■ 1 lion, 21,015 10,821 30,830 ' Against admitting any new » slave Stales, 11,770 10,331 22,101 s For abolition ot tho slave • < t t trade hot ween the Stales, 11,864 11,511 23,405 For abolition of slavery in , tho Territories, 9,120 12,083 21,213 At the extra session for res -1! euahiiglbo gag resolution of Jan. 21, 1837, 3,377 3,277 j Total, 213,391 2.11,077 411,471 The number m the .Senate is estimated tu have been about two-thirds us great as that i in the House. * There have been in the service of the Str ciely during the Inst, year 58 travellingogonte, the aggregate of whose lime in the employ ment of tin; Society bus been .37 years. Tlte receipts during the year have been $44,009, which is $5OOO over those of tho preceding year. Copies of their various publications havb been furnished : and the whole subject in nil its length and breadth, is now in tliu bands of a Committee of distinguished honor and abil ity. Ere long I trust that o cairn and dispasr sionale exhibition of it will be made tithe patriotism and common sense oftbe citizens of the United States, such as will slay tho progress olplic agitating topic, enlighten the public mind upon the subject, ami thus forev er put to rest the most mischievous combina tion of men which over assumed llm name of philanthropy. On these points I shall have something more to say. In the mean tiino let the friends of,Southern righls deprive them of the benefit which they mo sure to derive from every breach oftbe public peace. Un» lawful opposition is virtual support. A professor of Latin in the University of Edinburgh, now no more, having desired tho students to give in a list of their names in l.itiu, was greatly surprised at seeing written on a slip of paper the name “Joannes Ovum Novum.” After in vain seeking a translation of it, he at lust become convinced that it was either one of those dark Latin passages, to decyplier which even tho skill ufa II alley would have (ailed, or that it was a hoax. He - therefore next day, m the class, read out tho three dark words, ami desired the writer of them to stand. One of tils pupils rose. “What are you?” said the professor. ‘ Hut a poor scholar, sir,” was the answer. “A very noon scholar, indeed, sir, or you would not have written such stuff as ‘Joan nes Ovum.’ That can’t he your name, sir.’f “I don’t see,” said the student, “where you could find bettor Latin. My name is John Agncw. ‘Ovum’ (or egg—(Ag)—‘Novum for new—‘Ovum Novum’ —Egg-new, sir.” The professor, seeing that he had rather the worst of it, immediately laid his linger upon his own forehead, and looking at his hopeful pupil, who was standing somewhat in the at litude of a dr II- sergeftt, exclaimed, in a piti ful voice—“ Alas, alas? something wrong here, I doubt,” “May be so,” shunted “Ovum Novum”— “something may he wrong there but,” striking his bund against Ins forehead, “there is nothing wrong heke!” One or the alligator iiiieed. — “Mister, where is your house?” asked a curious person of a, “half horse and half alligator” squatter “ House! Do you think I’m one of them sort, stranger? No! I sleeps in the govern ment purchase —cals raw hear and buffalo and drinks out of the Mississippi !” ' A Flight or Fa vex!—ln one of cure veil unco-, papers without the usual ciedil, we. find joined; and as it borders on tho sublime, blending with it none of the ridiculous, portent it to our readers.—-V. Orleans Adv,, “Lite is like a field of blackberry busho*. Mcatr ' ! people -qua! down and pick the. fruit, no mailer* h.uv they black their fingers; while genius, prowl mil perpendiclpr, slrtdes fifcely on, and gels no* 1 thing: hut scratches and hok-j tom m his now , sirs!”