The Charleston Daily Courier from Charleston, South Carolina • 2

bsecs 1 the strange conducf of the crow dia was the only reply Subtle yu'u a toy'' (Do you know who I am? i I Senor min rirordia! he JL Mwericor- SLUED on th 25tb May last JOHN WM CHIT-TY Ben a native of Uim Stale in Uie 54ib year cf hi age 1 Tlie Venerable Johann Hrinvich Von died at Heidelberg on the 2Hth March He wna born at lommeradoi ff in Mecklenburg the 20l'i February 751 amt wa therefore in Id 76'h enr Ill trana- vM mi" ircn in mn u1 a rnt nil IrttnH SALISBURY (N C) MAY 30 On Tuesduy of lut week after suffering greatly from hq drought fot mufe than eight weeks we were visited in this section of the country with severe storm of rain and hail The rain fell in such torrents that some damage was done to such fields of corn and cottin a lie rolling No had fell immediately about Salisbury but in Lexington as well as at Mocka-viJIe such was the fury of the storm that the had broke gome window glass and injured the standing ctops Since then we have had co-pious showers of ram which has in a good mensureiCBUsCilaicd and as a mutter consequent epliveied the countenances of the fanners and all ofher who are dependent on tb which include about every body Before this rain so long continued had been tlie drought und so unpromiain wsre'the crops that rious apprehensions werif entertained of a distressing scarcity of provisions thu coining beanon Bread-stuffs aro now scaTc'e dear and had the standing crop been cu- ofl by the drought poor people must have beftD greatly dis'ressed for provisions the ensiling easnn Very early wheat is nearly post relief) but the greater number of fields will now come out and do well Corn will recover and do well and it may even yet be re-planted and produce a tolerably good crop fir a' country had heretofore delightedto honor were no better than Bullish and designing knaves that there had been no honest meu in times past but the old gentleman who brought him up stnndu'g "in toco purentci" that the oi miii lit to bo the next President is General Jackin and it he would not vote for hirti ii'Iiih party did not curb Executive patronage and defeat the Pankrupt bill Mr Binton to test the fiei ling of the Senate made a report to show tlrt this patronage is of the most terrific charui ter an brought in six bills (we believe ther- are six of than) to take away all Executive influence in the Post Office the Army the publirati of the Laws These bills will ba fertile subjects for denunciation declamation and invective during the next session hhould they ever be called lip The amendment made by the Senate in the Judicial Bill Was fatal to that measure The course which that body took in the first instance by adhering to its amendment and refusing the request of the other House for a conference was considered by them disrespectful and had no small mlluence in deciding the fate of the bill The other measures which were before the Senate were of a subordinate character and an immense mass of bills is lost in consequence of the extraordinary extent to which the mania of speech making has been carried and the indisposition to act in concert which has been produced by the new character ofthc goneral proceedings of that body When it becomes necessary introduce for the first time in forty years resolutions for the purpose of limiting the licentious range of discussion in a body heretofore remarkable for dignity and decorum of protecting its own 'mein- bers from personal insalt from each other of throw mg a shield betwtan senatorial slandi r-erand the members of the other branch of the Legislature and uf protecting the citizen who lution of the Odyssey appeared in 1781 a that of tlie whole of llomcr in 1793 The Idyl Louisa ia 1794 DIED at New-York on Sunday afternoon the 21 at iiiA'ant in the 42d year of hi al' Mr Danul Just Sailingmastcr of tho United Navy On 'he 14'h in an' n' Id on Montour' IsU ami (Penn) Mr Iiaac Uraic' formnly a Field Officer of tli Penn ivanin Hue in the Ri volutiunary Armv He waa burn near Uillsborbugh in the county of Down in the Kingdom of Ireland In August 1742 He emigrated to Philadelphia in 1768 wlro hepunued the occupation of a carpenter unto 1775 Receiving then the appointu cit of Lieutenant of Marines he aided in the capture of several vessel laden with ammunition and military atoms thereby rendering an important aervire to the intereat of th country for whose arniiea such jitorri were then in great demand In tlie winter of 1775-6 he held the commission of Captain of Marine onboard ihe An drew Doria then commanded by the gallant and ad-venturous Cpt Nicholas Biddle Tin vessel formed part of quadron whieh under Ihe command ef U'in Hopkins in Mitrrh 1776 took possession of the Island of New-Provid nfe where Uie American force U' Island il rtew-rroud nee where Uie American force seized brought uuv a large qiianUiy of military Horn Here endi a iii the Nuvy Ano'hftrucFne was now ircsented to him and one better pdnpttd lo hi peculiar talent In Dro 1776 Mr Cru'S was appuinted a captain in th ri giment of artillery Jindflr the command of Col Tiios Proctor Thu the qiost gloomy period of the war but it was his good fortune to be an ac'orin that scene which gave a new coloring to our Kevolu lionary prospect IVe allude to the capture ofthe Hessian troop at Trillion Capt Craig re a dis Unguishcd part at the battle of Prince 0 and on the field of Germantown and Brandywine perform-ed his duty with unubating vigor end courage The celebrated George Itogirs Clark a name so ia tim itely connected with the rarlv history of Western' adventu and valor havingjilannrd an cxpidi'iona-'ain-t Detroit Cnpt Cruig in 1790 descend'd thr )hio river and join'd him having under ins command two companies of artillery The expedition failed of exeeuUon on account of some disappointment not now recollect'd and' apt Craig returned wilh his cummaud to Furl Pitt In I7S2 Ills ae'ive te-vices were rewarded with the commission of Major in Proc- ier artil cry regimi lit which waa conferred upon him by Congress and which gave him rank from Uie 7th of October 17bf Wilh the 1 Kevolu'ionary war closed the nulilarv career of Major Craig He mar-rnd in 175 and beralhc permanently resident at Pi'lsburg An airempt wa made in 1793-4 to draw him inlo public file bv an Her of lire station of' Quartermaster General to Way armv Thu offer lie clintd choosing to enjoy" Uiat freedom hr had aided in acquit ing in retirement and domestic ft: ici ty As he wa one of the earliest aelUers hr waa one ol the most um ful and intelligent of our citizens Carrying that industry and talent yv ith him ink private life which had rendered his career so distinguished in public he was amongst those who gave an impetus to Uie prosperity of the Western country which increased wiUi lut increasing years Hr wu oueof Uie few remaining pal riarchs of our one rablr form and silvered lucks marled him hose venerab as the pioneer of civilization and improvement to Ihe rising genernlion Strange as it may appear lo kii those who know nothing of uur gigantic growth on the day of Mujor funeral an Engineer and bu aitemlanla were employed in fini-liing Ihe locanon sf an extensive canal al the very point which on tlie dnv i of his assuming the command at PilUburg resoun ed "itl the warwhoopof a savage enemy It is to such men as he Uiat ncowe all we have of liberty A is lo such men that we are indebted for the wide-ireadof civilizaiion and manners of virtue and religion Pittsburg Uatettc BOARD OF Ri of Mortality DcaUis in Charleston frirn thr29'h May U4thJune dud 1 7 I i I 16 Ofthe 9 were white and 7 blacks and colored 2 under 3 yeura 1 of 7 2 between 10 and 20 2belwevn 20 and 30 3 between 30 and 40 2 be-ween 40 and 50 3 between 50 and 60 and one of 86 By order of the Board JAMES A MILLER' Clerk Of Accident Consumption I bility Diarrhtca Dropsy Of Fever Country 1 Liver Complaint 1 Old Age 1 Pleurisy tl State of the Thermometer for the week past 9 oclockl2 3 fc: nil Days i 1 1 iifh I I 1 I I I' fr i I '1 I 1 na answered tho i-mngglcr' It Was a considerable time before fi'l low could bo brought back to his senses when ha gave this account of the matter that they saw a vessel apparently following them with onlv two -rsons on board and steering without a single sail directly in the teeth of the wind current and tide Agaiiiit (lie breeze against the tide Mic steadied nith upiightkeel That they knew no ship could move in such course by human means? that they heard a deep roaring noise anirsw an unusual agitation of water which thir fears magnified finally that they concluded it to be a supernatural appearance accordingly drove their own vessel ashore in an agony of terror and escaped as thy could ho fiintonlf was not able to move and thut h- he heard Sir RulpliV footsteps he verily iinJ indeed bell -ved that ho was fallen into the hands of the evil Spirit Wnt Indus AIFXANDuil (D C) MAY 30 At mxjourt of oyer and terminer held at lioirne Va- last wi'ek William Hoop was sentenced to be hung on Monday the UOffnnf June orf account of a wilful murder which')ie committed some time since upon Yilliaqp Simpson a negro trader from North Carolmathen robbing him of a sum of money TbV particulars of this horrible transaction ourfeaders will recolh'ct we published 14 months its aggravated character finds onlv a parallel'in the annuls of crime in our country in the case of Desha in Kentucky The prisoner has been under an extra guard ever since his apprehension and we underotund that it wus doubled after sentence was pro-nounced upon'Tim wilh the additional security ef irons HtTwas convicted entirely upon circumstun rial testimony but'vpoVoiimncing as to leavi nut the remotest liojjb ot jiia pardon by the Governor The prisoner is said ho have conducted him-self with the utmost rcsiflutii evincing very little agitation until the verdict ofthe jury was pronounced Mueh difficulty occifred in obtaining jurors wlio had not formed tViXr fuitids as to the guilt ofthe prisoner The jury made up their verdict in five minutes aflt retirinf-rbSt to avoid an im tation of precipitanck(hdot return into court for near half an hour The trial lasted from Monday the 22d till Friday night An indictment was found against the prisoner at the last May term but at his own re quebt his Inal was pMtponed to the next term: and then unavoidublyj protracted tutlw present period in consequence! of the severe indisposition of Judge I)ade-4-o uW Diabolieal We hea variety of reports ol a pioet shocking rape committed a levy days since within (lor 12 miles of tins place in Virginia uoii a dimwit female by four ruffians (with vv lute skills ver black In artsj-whoai names are now only withheld because ofthe necessity of ascertaining the fuct correctly The least objectionubld account we huvy heard ofthe matter is shockinJn the extreme One of the party however perhaps dreading 'he force of the law has since committed suicide by drowning lum-elf tn very shallow water Andther is still roving the streets of our town with the most perfect freedom nor have we heard that any measures have been taken for an investigation ofthe lad 6 Ve perceive that Mr dersen the Minister Resident ofDemftark nas annoujiced in-lentil to i mb'ok Europe accompanied b) Ins family on he first pf next month The departure of that gentlfcman is not we believe connected with any plan of final absence but still it will be regretted by all to whom he has been particularly known Mr received in tho year 1802 from the father ol the present kingof the appointment ofCharge d' Allans to tlie States He arrived here as such 1808 was appointed slso Consul General in 1805 and tn 1 81 5 Minister Resident in wluchcapa-citv he has ever 6inrc dwelt among us in Plul ad lphia In the wbolejnterval from tip pe-nod of his arrival in 1803 he bas been absen only about a twelve-month sjioiil in a viait Denmark for which permission had been gran ted by his sovereign It is simple justierto observe that the de port men of Mr Pistarsn has been umfoiml' such astorntitle liiditb tin full approbation ol the Danl-h Cover im ijK and the cmi cm of tlu American In executing well his official du-rics he has maintained the most friendly rel-lions with our national Exixtutive and he bus recently concluded at Washington in tlie mun-ncr most suitable and satisfactory to all parties a Commercial Treaty vv'iich ia said to be id the most liberal purport Tlie interest which he has excited his xo ial connexions in this city arises not nieifly ftom the'elegant hospi tality which lie so hmg exercised and his polite and unassuming in uier but from tlie circumstance of lus lihvmg buepniu allied by nurnupc to two of our most diatiAgijUied families Altogether tlie example of Mr Pedersen as a member of the diphmtif corps and ofthe i hiladelplna circle has been such as call for this kind oflestimony to his merits and the bes ishes fur his general welfuro Val OKttUmhuU Maryland flic editor of the Easton Gazette whose intelligence and observation entitle his statements to credit speaks in the dlowing terms of the Crops in that section of the pit tVft farmers say that after the VOth of May tin can then juitge of the pius poet ofthe wheal erdpwith some accuracy at least so far us it may be effected by the Hessian fly On the first of May tho crop upon all improved lunds was finl-thc greatest an-ticipatcd loss as from defective seed occasioned by tho weavil fly of which oed there was much Tbe fly made its appearance lutcr than usual this scbnuii to the cool and damp w-wthur Tlilhiat and drought of May pot it into ucti a its ruvugi lum whole hi Ida atu How destruv thin lands will srfPfccly produce tneir some nut the good and tho manured lumis are greatly injured and the continued drought prevent prospects are upon tho whole we have scarcely seen tho ap-proacb of Juno so near wilh such generally hud appoarnnoe- Rain even now would improve the well farmed land crops but nothing can restore tho general ions Corn is low and later but the drought cun-bios the In i in ir to work well and to destroy the weudi and grave in its young stale India i Corn but littiu from drought itromiM' nothing the gar ens suffer rx'rcm tho fruit generally Gross nav cr promised a woroe crop TUESDAY MOHNINO JUNS 8 1826 The editor of he VaUunal MtUigmetr stale itnr intention of publishing the sporehe of Mr Rax-irn from lha notseof their Stenographer which arcitill in tliclr possession without wailing to hear from that gentleman Mr took with him to Europe the Speeches as they had been written out from the Notes for puhlieslioe tod the edilurs suppose l' mr hr I'w in'rntion to publish them elsewhere that tin Vithnal hi Vi'crucr and in a foiiu dillcrelil from that ol a newspaper They appear to have brought the mcssuriWnt of 'ime to a great degree of nicety at the Ne-York the second three mile heat on the 25th silt is said to have been run in liiree minutes and half a second Extract of a Utter received in this city dated King itos Jam May 12 Markets here are very bail Rice 4 a J4J Flour 7 a 7J Lard 10 rents Sperm Candles 00 -ale The achr Sally Polly fur your port will sal hi 5 or 6 communication Mr Editor The following anawerwith all due difirence ia submitted to the Quere of May in vourusifi'l paper respecting lijzht Infantry Light Infantry are cniposid of tlie moat aetive light and expert men of the Regimi nt or Battalion their size gcnerallv never being more than 5 feet 5 to 7 inches in height at the utmost the taller men being selected for tlie line or battalion companies The arms of Light Infantry are muskets of the same weight and calibre aa those of Die line or battalion companies And In general will be carried sloped and ith bayonets fixed Flanking and advan red partita however or partiea in purliiulur -i'uation may carry them trailed and without bayonets for Hie purpose of taking cooler and more deliberate aim All movements of the light companies except when firing advancing or retreatiig are to be in quick time or gentle runs tight Companies act with battalions in line each by sub-divisions take post 30 paces in Ihe rear of ihe second and seventh companies of its own baits ion Etery oveioi nt which the line of baitale ons take the light complies will imita'e ixrepl lt ordered othcrw ise as on particular occasion-: If to Hie front I hev will face outward file round the (Link of tlu irrespective battaliops '0 paces in fiont and on the right ana lift of Mislbna form in extended tiles and meeting in the centre ualt at equal distances in front of the line The movements will be regula Vd the light company of that battalion winch g-ula'es the line All mosemnts and firii gs to coin-no nce and rt arc ith life from the bugle horn filiations of the British tsmy) The battalion consists of 10 companies viz a Grenadier company eight Ihvqffn ponies and a ligh Infantry company In some militia regiments when there are no light infantry companies a Rifle compv ny if attach) 'o tlie battalion ia substituted for 'nem and either take post on the right or left at the p' ion of the officer Dcank in it Mili ary Pirrionsrv says lha' Rifle eorps arc always Bunkers ul does not sLnale which flank thsx are to I posted on Scott his ngula'Jons fo luea my says Si dim lt Paragraph 7'h tlie flank companies will be posted if light infantry and rifle on the right and left of the battalion reipectivcly but it one I a company of gri nailii rs It shall be posted on ih right and the other whulicr light infantry or rifle on the left BUGLE FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT) Herald Office Xorfolk Tuesday May 30 Arrived I'iplodisii tilnel Burclj (late Cocle I ill: 0 rane wl di: at nof fi ver ihe 13th in-t in Ial 14 43 lor 43 S3) 32 day from Cape Mi-ura-do Africa ith ramwood Sic Passenger Dr VV i VVnidsid' of Ball I ell at anchor in MessuruitnRnad- 2 7 lli ul' an English brig trading for camwood Ike and bound for Barhadocs Coloinhau brig Venn dor Co-'! It und Colombian ache La Jarinla Chase with yr three prize- in company tbe offirrni and crew ol both ssi Is in good In Spoke 23l insl hi 1st 27 03 Ion 63 act Seven Brjilicr- om VVilmingt C) hound to Baibadocs Jonn Nichols i hi steward the Indian Chnf di on tht24ih ult a lulu ihe ship ssi ing it Mrs-urndo The colonists who went out in tiie Indian Chief were all left good health wnh the exception of one namid Free nan who had du Doctor VV Piaco the A-gentof the Uniled Slalej was bfl sirkz The Rev Mr As'mun was well and the colonials g'in rally so Mr Force printer' irotn nton had dud ullcr having published only a few papers Ur WooDSlDt is (he bearer of despatches for Gov mmrnL Doctor VVoodside ales ihit advieia having hei recdveil the Govarnorof lhat 2 or 3 Spanish vcsjcIs were at Trle-Town about 90 ratio 'o die Ire aid of Me-surado in Ihe business of trading with and trepanning the natives made ap cation to Capt Chase of the Columbian achr La Jarinla to proceed tin her promising Inm at Hie same tune 'he a-i'lnri of from thirty to fori of tlie A-imr can colonists who bad volunteered for Ihe purpose and endeavor it possible to defra' tin ir plans Capl Chase arcordinglv proceeded down and on hi arrival on ihe 14 April toiind Uiere Ihe Colombian Ir ig Vi nrr-dir Capl Cotkell who had cap'urd a Spnnan brig and wi ll Bie-e-lance of the Jac a alter aula took two Spjniih sehr a'l uf which wri engaged ii a parti ol negroes from the sho in ms-ki arrangi mrnts for taking off about 400 blacks a lavra Tne Jaiinla ctfectid a landing of Copt Chase with a party of men in doing which however 3(l her boaH out of 5 cot anamiH'd but the nalivc traders headed by tin Spaniards ri aiaU them with all their fo ee in iua which some the J's men got rt soots woundid bv musket sfiots Tbe na'ire trndi had bicn sufficiently actnf to remove llicirslavea inlo uterior with the cxci p'miff 55 which were aur-enderid bv the king uf lhai acrthin of he conn ry but not until Ids to consis'iiigof about 150 oua been burn and it wsfto save him-r'l and ii iiber pos-essiuns from furnietdiVAstaUon at lie nrob iblv induct to mate surrender wl irl lie did 7'iie prisoners and prizes were tak by tin ir captors to Cape M'-wiiirado whirr the latter wee Iving when the Indian Chief The 55 stuns nnc token care of by the Rev Mi Ashinun COLUMBIA JUNE 3 The parched earth was rclrceln'd yesterday by a ilcntifnl shower of rain after drought of mory tlmntlirci months with tho exception of a few hulit fcliovverg Vegetntii Wus tihll nt drstroyod In many instances corn after coming up died away entirely and in sumo placm it never came up faroat deal stills reuiams tube planted A great deal of cotton that wus planted never caimfup- and in many places it has not been planted i'dr want of a season So long a drought at the same time of tlie year believe not in tin recollection of any one BALTIMORE A1AY 30 By the fust bailing schooner Express cuptuin Chaytor at this port yesterday evening from Kingston we have recciv 'd our regular tile of Jam 'tie papers to too tdilinf tlie present month It does not present us nil anv intelligence oCiutnrest kingslon May B-LAdvici from Carthazena atatc that OiilreM prevaill at Uiat place ana tlmt 'be troopi iluiiwii ii Uire' lifve not bcin paid for some Uim) Muriv firtiiik tnbjccts were ill conv qnc lief ml nl' employ Fourwu at tin in (nt over by tlie Bn i li uine-l) at nl hi ihe Loni Melville LEXINGTON '(KVn) MAY 19 lUnurhamp't By a Gentleman who ilks left Frankfort lutoflast ovoiimg tvo aro inform cd that tlie urguiAeiila of counsel would probably bn closed this evening that somu very severe strict ureifTid W'n madoliy tho rotm-u! for tlie defoeco on tl4 tfistimony of Mr Darby that Mrs Beauchamp had bi'en arrested as an nerompliee in the niordor of Col t-burp an wua lodged in tlie Frankfort jail lutin' parlour-window of a smuli und infei "i bourdiiig-hoose not fur from Brighton is following rather ambiguous Young men taken in aw 1 HqjtbrT A 8 WI lU0'f0K A I I If I Ul MP 01 Iji I III Col1 It j)All I'ATl rsm luiui'S-COUNTRY PA-TEU Till! TIMkH Mk) ri'l I annum-- ipniunniiiNTa apcxaii in oth WASHINGTON MAY 30 We take advantage of tlie first moment of l'isuro to review Wryitriefly but we hope with all fidelity and candour the proceedings of Ongresa during the session which haa just oV' teiimnuted A variety oVircumstances united to fix public attention aniexpcctatijn on the course and conduct of the rth Congress and inoriv particularly on its first session Like all the sessions which immediately succeed a Presidential election it was to be presumed that this session would exhibit blighted hope and disappointed cxtafithLoh' seeking solace as well as strength ul any alliances however monstrous and unnntliraV which hope and expectation might fix bUkir flying erasp and to which they could cling through all the agonizing procosncs of dissolution- This alone was sufficient to concentrate public attention on the lute session and when we take into view all the circumstances of the last election which defeated the schemas personal and political of a thousand young Ilqpura who could are nothing lees than black iniquity in any circumstances which could throw them into obscurity i when we look to the strength of the vaiious parties tending as they evidently were before the session to a heterogeneou union fur hc purpose of opposing the constitutional chief who had been fleeted in hostility to their wishes and interests) it must be obvious that the people were prepared to regard the course of their representatives during this e-ventful session with more thufi ordinary interest In another peffit of vijy the last session was regarded as of more thap ordinary importance' It was well known Uihtonr expanding territory our multiplying poprfatiofu our growing commerce our increasing mwiifcctures and the prodigious improvements which industry and genius have wrought in our vast and varied soil and its infinite variety of production that all thoV anfl'tbo numerous conflicting claims and innnresta anstpg out of all threw into the hands oJGongress a labour and a responsibility of wnichjf was presumed that elevated body was sensible ana from the consci cntious and active discharge of which it would not shrink The people every where from Maine to tho Flofidas from the Atlantic to the Western frontifer reposed confidence in tlu men they appointed to represent them it was the duty of these representatives to look to the anety of great truu committed to them and forgetting private motives and personal differ cnees of opinion to act with a single eye to the welfare and the wishes of that great people whoso agents they are We do not say that they have not so' peted we shall content ourselves with giving a brief review of the proceedings of Congrrts during the late session and leave our reader to form their own conclusions It is well known to all who are conversant with legislative history that the first four weeks of tho session are usually occupied in the ring in committees of measures which are to bo subsequently acted on in the two Ilouscs-In this incipient stage of the session the Ju dicial Bill the bill for the relief of the surviving officers of the revolutionary army tho bill for the preservation and civilization of the Indian tribes tbe amendments proposed in the Constitution of tiia United States the Bankrupt Bill and other bills of great general and local inte- rest wero digested and prepared The bills itbV we have specified wVtbfho subject of the mission to Panama constituted the important bu sinews of the session lit us 6ee with what efficiency legislative aotion bas been brought to bear upon them On the 4th of January the discussion on the Judicial Bill commenced and on the 26th it passed Uie House occupy mg with the time consumed in discussing ck in discusaini amendment of the Senate about five wee the attention of the House This bill was succeeded by the discussion of the propositions of Mr'M'Duffie to amend tho Constitution which consumed the next tet'cn weeks of the session The discussion of the amendment to the report of the committee on foreign relations relative to the mission to Panama followed in its order and to this debate four weeks were When tLis question was decided the claims of the revolutionary officers were brought before a House irritated by frevious collisions of opi nion fatigued with discussion and indisposed to act harmoniously on any subject they were deposed of in about fico weeks and a resolution having passed fixing on the £2d of May for the adjournment of Congress tho House had only tico wet'ks left to act on all the varie- ty of business whVh had been excluded by the all-monopolizing measures which we have specified It thus appears thatre weeks were spent in discussing the Judicial Bill in the House of Re presentatives which bill was afterwards itule-finitely portioned weeks wero devoted to the debatuon the Constitutional amendments from the further consideration of which tho Select Committee mat ultimately ducharged without toming to any result wet ks were occupied in disputution on the restrictive amendment of the resolutions of the Committee on Foreign Affairs relative to the mission to Panama which was finally rejected and the appropriation bill pascd without reference to any two weeks were allowed to the claims of tbe revolutionary officers' which were laid on the table so that eighteen weeks out of the twenty four weeks comprising the sumuuii has been monopolized in the discussion of questions which have prodded no efficient result cr in other words in abortive legislation With reference to the proceedings in the Senate a few r-marks will suffice During the early part of the fJesaion it wan the practice of that body to sit only four days in tho week The first public measure of importance on which it acted was tbit which arose out ofthe nomination of ministers to Panamu by the President ofthe United h'tatea Here as on the same question in tho House of Representatives tho Opposition took its Htand From this chosen position by mutual understanding a concerted and combined movement as to bo made against tho administration To give ellect to thu extraordinary combination tho Senate epent five or six weeks with closed doors in angry and stoiiny crimination on the one part n3 firm and manly defence on the other The nommation were ultimately confirmed Of all the othpr acts ofthe Senate but little can said The Bankrupt hill was laid on the table A party in the Senato appeared to be intent upon lay ing the terrible giiost which eci-m to have haunted that body all through the session called Vzccut'vc I'atruunre dread ful phantom lias proved as fatal to tho wisdom ofthe Senate as to Us digihly Mr Bhancii resolved it to be ti monstrous horrible 11 Cui lumen adimptum" Mr Ranuoi mi to prove br Branch was correct talked mcenaanlly for some three or four winks to show that ail the great men whom tL Br 1 "tbip Slip hop 1 hi? Szhr bihr- ton I Wiln cop ter sag: log a fit the pul We I pul mg adt Ire we ter Uiw cut ICU no' ticl Asa Th sot bni tht set qui )r till km ill pa is cl to ti ti I si IK NTs VILE (Alab) MAY 19 The prospect nf Crops We iiavu ntverat ibis season ofthe year seen the trope of cot ton corn and small grain look so promising as ilifo at present and as far as our ilifiirmution ex tends through the valley the prospect is equally flattering Cotton generally cume up well and has a remarkably healthy appearance Corn in many parts wus considerably injured by late frosts and where it was necessary to replant tlie crop is ratheV small for the season It is in vain to give advice to blockheads and fools blockheads do not mider-s'uiid and fouls do not listen People seldom speak ill of those of whom something good may not be Small matters fVeqoeritly confer celebrity although celebrity is no email matter Llhmme de Lsitres tt Homme du Monde Voltaire's Joan if An Speaking of the work a very agreeable one to read which Voltaire with infinite wit has disparaged one ofthe most celebrated French heroines Joan of Are some one very judiciously remarked on that subject tlie writing ofthe poem were uot a bad action it would be a good (SouVitnrj et Melanges A short time since a gentleman who was requested to value tlie books of a deceased Clergyman found to his surprise that many ofthe niobt valuable works were imperfect having leaves torn out Upon askings servant who had lived with the Divine for some years if he anything of circumstance he replied after some hesitation Why to be sure Sir I id now mid then tear a leal out but I never went twice to tlie same book so it couldn be of much consequence Conscientious Evidence Ann Morris of Bi-sluipstoiie in this county having been brought before a magistrate for stealing a rail-post Margogrt Morris herauntf in whose house t-hz 1 idg'd offered to swear that within the eight yi ars her ice had lived ith her she had never seen her bring any stolen article into the dwelling On cross-examinutioutheold hypocrite confessed that she had been blind for upwards of filly years Hereford Independent An Eltition Trip The non-resident freemen of the borough of IWwick-tipnn-Tvveed living in London being put on board two vessels in the Th ines immediately previous to the 17G8 in order to be conveyed to Berwick by water Mr Taylor one of the can-di 'ales in opposition covenanted with the naval mtnamler of this election cargo for the um of jG-tutl to land tlie Freemen in Norway Tins was accordingly done nnd Mr Taylor ud Lord Dclaval gained theii election without any further expense A bright Bo An old schoolmaster who usually heard Ins pupils once a week througi Watt's Scripture Ilistory and afterwards ask' ed them promiscuously such quostions as suggested themselves to his mind one day desired a young urchin to tell him who Jesse was? When the boy briskly replied flower of Tho tide of emigration is now rapidly flowing towards tho territory of Mmhian On the 19th in-taut the fine steam boat HeiiryClay arrived at Detroit from Buffalo filled with i migrants and many were left behind for want of room At least 1000 emigrants were on the New-York canal on their way to tlie west Frirn the Albany Argus Toll Sd luthor of mealy and among the rest a project for shaking rain from the fiarcnx FOR rain to lli'axcn our fa'liara pray'd lVli kindly ahowrra were few Drariugc I humby ask your aid Just no' to wet my iin-jeorchid liraJ With rai or raiat or drw Or shale the heavens grea' now! One genial all ewer con'ro' Shake down tome rain I V-are not i else nur beam is ill run so low As not need a pole The rose wilh careful swathing still Each infant bud confine The wild flower roopi upon the hill Thr zirdi ncr from the dusty drill In vain expect his vine A philosophic author (Ilia name I can ol quit' Thai he who doth one op-stalk raise Ware nothing grow iH'lore display More wisdom and dcscrvi more praise Than tf a book he wrote Now if you could but ilokc below Some drop for spring to drink How inanv pumpkin fat would owe Thi ir live to your blest ikill and grow Thai you might vat them too I trow 7 1 pr you think And then all modestly we might If learnti men approve Call you the A mine by which none e'er wa hignt Except the pagan Jove The Greek word translated cloud compelling ha given llw crilic much rimblfl rtic key to he above int will he found in thr la tter of ItonATlo Gatm SPArrosn Eq publish in Ihe Na iou i lint'll in cr a hw a pr viou to the Grand Canai Cnlnhruuoii at sou in in which tiie tlirory i broached thut rain into he pi odu-red by concession ef Uie air by mCane of explosion! of gunpowder It la reqiicalyrtbx the lUihora that Uie New: York Mercantile Advent ir which published eom avails himself of his privikgp to wititl-ss the proceedings of the'Senatsrom direct abuse wo say when it becomes necessary to erect these fences to prestrve sociul happiness and the courtesies of life from violation as it op-pears to have become in the Senate of the States every thinking man will concur with us in opinion that this body has changed its character for the worse and whether this be owing to the change in its Chair or to the change in its member it equally mischievous to its fame equally to be regretted by all who val ie the reputation of our country ijtniu weeks before the conclusion of the present scs'-ion it will be remembered that a Committee was appointed to select the most important measures from the mass of public business with a view that these should be on by he House before any other business was called up Independent of reports of Com mittees which were made the order of the day tlmt Committee made'out a list of about 177 bills hich were to have priority Of these 177 bills about 60 are left untouched exclusive of Inch we believe there are about twen ty bills from the Senate The Committee recommended that all the business in the four first classes should be disposed of this ses About forty bills in these classes remain unacted on It is true these bills have priority in the orders of the day for the next session but as that pession has a constitutional limit and as all the great measures of this ses sion will if acted on at all be taken up at the next session denoro and discussed over again there is but little chance that the application and good management of the aecond session of this Congress can redeem the indisposition to business and unskilful management exhibited in the Journal We have read the circulars of several of the members of Congress They generally breathe a patriotic and encouraging bpint We have been particularly struck with that of Mr Ri ln the newly elected Senator from the stale of Mississippi Senators have not gen-rally been in the habit of addressing circulars to their con stitueuts but the reason which induced Mr Reed to this instance to deviate from their u- sual silence appears very proper and sufficient is the death ofMr Rankin the only Representative from the State by which the People were deprived of their accustomed means of information Mr Reed discusser the Panama question with much ability aim clearly shows that the interests uf the Soutn-ern States more than any other required that the United States shculdbe represented at th" Congress Although he acknowledges that lie had prejudices against Mr Adams when 1 perceived" bays he tHat bo was pursuing an enlarged and liberal course of policy favorable to republican principles at home and to liberty in the American hemisphere I did not feel myself called upon by the wishes of my constituents or my own devotion to the cause of the country to oppose hi measures right oi wroxg" It is impossible to peruse Mr Reed circular without being rsuaded that in selecting him as one of her Senators Mississippi has confided her intfibalts to faithful able uim independent hands and that by sending such men to the general councils she cannot fail to increase her weight in the J6 Yesterday morning between three nd four this city was distuibed by an alarm cf fire The fire was found to have brokcu out in a new two story brick House standing a little north of St John's church and the building with an adjoining ufivas entirely destroyed understand there was a great scarcity ol water gnd we believe the fire had made great progress before the alarm was given It n-said that no insurance had been effected on tin property und that the loss falls on two index irious men who had built the houses gradually as they could raise the lb Steam A Sir Ralph Woodford told us that when this steamer was first started (in Trinidad) he and a large party as a mode of patronizing the undertaking took a trip of pleasure in her through some of the Bocas of the main ocean Almost every one got sick outside and as they returned through the Boca Grande tfiete was no one on deck but the man at the helm and himself her they were in the middlo of the passage a small pri- vatecr such as commonly infested the gulf during the troubles iuUolumbiawas wen making all sail for tho shore of Trinidad Her course seemed unaccountable but was tho surprise when they observed that on nearing tho coast the privateer never tacked and Jiuuily that she ran herself directly on shore Hie crow at tiie same time leaping out over tho hows and side of tho Vessel and scampering off as if they were mad tome up the mountains and o-there into the thickets- This was so strange a eight that bir Pjdph Woodford ordered the helmsman to steer the privateer that he might discover tbe cause of it When they mine close tlie vessel appeared deserted Sir her and after search- Ralph went on hoard of mg various parts without finding any one lie Xi at length opened a ttlo aide cabin and saw a man lying on a mat evidently with some broken limb The man made an Iffirt to pul himsnll in a posture of xupplicution he was pale as ashes his teeth chattered and his hair stool on an end Misericordia! miserieordia Avo Maria faltertred forth the Colombian Sir Ralph asked the man what wan the cause of I'd cl ar eh ar crd( etear clear a clear Iclcar clear rIViy aaw a aw el'dy clear a sswl aw a clear dear dear dear clear clear 95 LETTER BAGS At Heading Room Broad-street MAJPATIC LIVERPOOL ShipUJf CIS DO CCTvrTTHCIAL IMPORTS Entered at the Custom-House Charleston June 5 Brig Emetine from 34 hhl 24 boxes Sugar 74 bags Coffee and a quantity uf Fruit Price Cunent in Citumhus June Cotton 8 to 81 Com 81 25 to 1 50 Flour Country none do 4 '0 5 ohl Northern 7 Sugar 9J 'ol2 Cllce 18 to 20 Bacon 9 to 10 Whiskey 38 40 Ru Cognac 1 Holland 1 25 to wall in bag' of 81 50 Brti' dy 75 do 50 to 2 Gin Northern 45 to 50 do 50 Salt Liverpool 87 cent bushels 83 Molusse 45 50 Fodder 1 50 to 1 75: Cotton Bagging 22 1 25 Bale Rope 11 U) 12 Hemp 25 Ru A Straus Boat hi gusto SAVANNAH June The late European in-lltgenee iasof' astoned iimxa oplid d'pressioatn or Co'ton market Upland have biensold nct a a II indntllv at 71 a 9 and the fined ill rot bring over oil' at 7 Wa dl a 9 wlii'e -ome inferior has gone qmitp 79 S' a Island- areal 18 to 25 very ft areda will bring over 19 a 20 Rice i a at 2 a 2J someUting very prims light bring 2 Corn 86 a tn elo sale CIirRAW June Cotton i coming in is ltm 't qtian'itje and is si King rom 8 to 9 Butcr very nearee and 'll adtly at 25 Review ofthe fiullimort Market For the week ending Monday noon May 30 18L from the Patriot) Th- import is 539 bales from Orliins and 100 from Charleston We make some reduction on our last quotation A'lrgima per lb 10 11 (f ls VI'KMM1 pevi -a Upland fair qnalijr It) a 12) lnut ana 13 orth-Carolma Tcnne and Alabama 10 a I Tho import 1273 hags froin fiorjli' I ln Ilirpwi Priiiie 20 bsg from Porto Rico fi-om Havii't- aml42ubl from Baracot henle94 licrccanat bids from Kingston Jam We bad no public aw importance nor any transaction for cxortation nt1 have been in our domestic oierilion PP ee have hardlt been mainiaimd but Utis prrltr waa much Ihe result of a want of suitable men os any thing we correct our currency men aaaiiyining we corrrs i actual ale Havana per Ih 17 Porto Rico' St Do" Layuira 10 a 171 St Domingo 151 8' iirtlslrect continui' sales MrnMin i rGnmuu u'm 12) to 4 ft) forthe eastern mnrket Inspec'inn lull I il wnkninoun't so 7102 whole 160 half i 1 l0i o' 114 'f hlu o' UfJ nuwaiu--'i -ivi ii' 1 Mills und itlaiF ur Of the ul on 1717 and hair lib's were from the Sumiehanna quote superline llnwsrd-st per bbl 84 I8J i MOIs standard quulUty 4 do busqucltaiina import was 179 Mid and 9 ii ii 1 1 mrat flfOr I i nf iinpvn ifjiiuvn w-from tfiw Hllliwieh lh fjualifv ai i sirf narv were su'd on thewhnrl al 27) 28' bbri New-dri' mu brought 33 rt and jj tr Wi si India JH)-thi were ull the public ring I lie 'lie prim flunk little te onlv good psieel snilulilo for retailing in I iilnllOII8l1 brought an advance on our 1 1 ry a itoi 1 D'OURIH un luwmo W5M 1 luigiit lot from liuvnuawM nnt only Umf 1 cImii wm beginning to be llttlo lurt lc New crop flrt quality lb 3 cent- niunication on ihe 12th ultimu cuntuining certain charge (gainst Mogfda rsck rs wdl plcaie to uliluh the vindication whtc apprared in yesterday' Courier that lo whom it waa di ri lrd may know th trw alale of thing 0 Uiry oc1 rnd at Kiy WrstVliffi iyiit from that repreac riled lie 1 ivtrtUer lcmftig to di predate the honcaly uirikeis and wiUi a want of feel tag and JuUrr lL tCWtanAaMUtcWa tfSSV.