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t t 1 .. . 1 . ' . . "' j t r t m 4;r ; report O Me, Agent on the Expedition from : OTstinon, N. C. to Bassa Cove. i To the Board of Managers of the New York City Colonization Society, ami Pennsylvania Colonization Society. . i I have the honor to report that, in obedience to your directions, I proceeded to Wilmington, North Carolina, where I arrived on the 20th November, and im mediately commenced making the nccei Siry nrrangementsl or fitting otit an expe dition for your colony at Bassa Cove. Having understood that considerable excitement had prevailed in the commu jnity in conse,quence of the agitations of the abolitionists at the north, I took care to wait upon the pub! ic authorities, and other leading persons of the place, and acquaint them fully with the objects of my mission, before making any demon strations in other quarters From those " gentlemen, I am hnppv1 to say; I received the most polite attentions, and every fa- I cility was chrertully.ntrordtd tor, the fur therance of my views. .X: '. ' ' rI convened a meetingof the free colored ' people, and. addressed them nt: length on the subject of"coloniz itiotr, explaining r carefully the diflic'uj ties tobe encountered, as well as the advantage to be gained, by their removal to Liberia ; ami Uwally;. of fered to such as n'ere disposed Wromply with -your established ejnnuinijns an op portunity of joining the expedition for - Bassa Cove. At the close of the meeting a number came for wa rd and signi 6 edft heir desire io be enrolled, at once, as eim grants pothers declared their intention to become 'citizens' of the you n gf republ icfc as. soon as thcy could make the necessary preparation?, and all mintfeed the high- ' est satisfaction with ihe aeeo.unt given . them of the colonies. One of them, a very respectable mechanic, considerable property and great influence, expressed -much regret that he war prevented, .by a large job of work on bann1, frriiii accompa nying the present expedition, and d dared ,that he.shouid avail himself of the next opportunity to remove with his family to : Bass i Cove. . Intention the, case of this t person pa rtieu I a rl y . b canst an ac c ou nt of - his moral, worth. and enterprise he would be an excellent leader .of another expedi tion. ... ' X V "' y- As some days laped before the arri val of ;the. Barque, which took place on the' 27ih ofA November, I employed my time in presenting the t-jaims of tke so- IfCtetv as an occasion, oiieren. in the Ire- quentj oppbrtu n ities afforded me for fa mi' "I liar conversation on this subject I had the . j Satisfaction of finding many warm friends . i. to the cause,?and acquired much valuable . I i .information." Among other int resting i. cases .which wercmade known to me was that of a Company of twelve people, whose i rnanu mission had been condition a 11 y pro- jidt eu lor. unuer tne care oi uir. Li'iney a planter ot wealth 'and influence in tne vi cinity of Vyilmiugton. Irsought an intro duction';nd made a visit to hicn at his plantation.' J He appeared interested ' in the objects of colohization. atid expressed a desire to send his people to Bassa Cove, ! but hw mother who had a life interest in ; them declined ceding hex right, and coh ; eequently he , was unable to do so. One 1 o f J the company ho wever, a young lad f of six'een over - whom r he. had entire : control was onerea tne privilege o. going which he gladly embraced, and received from hid master an outfit for the voyage. I Another case of peculiar interest which engaged my attention, was that pf a com pany oU fbrty people under hhc care. jof I Mr. Bo wen of Brunswick county, a col p red man: Th ese peo pie w ere fo r m e r I y the slaves of a Mr. Elliston, who nt his. d eat h , provided, by w i 11 for their e in a n c i -pation,. and left a considerable sum of money In the hands of ; his heir, Mr: BdwenAo be- appropriated tol' removing and fettline them in seme country where J thay might enjoy their freedom. in undis turbed secanty. ; : : J;. - ; . , : Promithe information given me, I made A Yltit to tjjlizaoetn. tine county town oi the. late-residence of Mr. Elliston.) inland Bladen counties 'having been fully order to examine the county records for a copy of the will : but it appeared that the will had u nfortung.uIy neve r been reco rd ed, and ho trace of u 'could, be found. In the absence of all legal claim on Bo wen. the only alternative uraa to appeal to his benevoletU feelings and iif nse of justice. This I am happy to sayjwas not made in Tain, j As oon "as he became acquainted ivithj the1 character of t lb colony, and the linequalled advantages to be .fieeUretl to bis people by placing1 them' under your patronage, he nobiy resol yI to give them bpfVFor,hehad not fjiMedo coinpJy be 'forevith the cenerousantehtions of tiieir jormer master inrougii: a semau unju prout by nneir. conunneu sei vnuur, uw. from an honest doubt whether their con ditiontWould be-improvsd by a removal to the free states. In Liberia, he saw that freedom wuU not be to them an unmean ing name, but.a real biessing, and he; hesi Uted not to confer iL He promised, awn. to nnnronriate fifteen -hundred dollars, as an outfit tp them, on. the sailing of the. ves i 1 snent some time iii Bladen and B runs wick counties, and succeeded in collecting ; m number of his hly respectable emigrants: : ione of these, James Brown, from the. pe caliar rircu instances of the family de iervi particular mention. Brown v. was the favorite servant of an excellent lady Iwho had reared him from a child under 3ber personal inspection... The interest which J)ad led her to take special care of hii infancy and to watch with parental diligence over hia early education had grown with his maturing years- into a firm and confiding attachment, andin her dealinmg years .' he ivas her constant at tendant, her iidvwcr, her friend and the ataffof her pld age. - . . 1 Under the good influence of hi pious miitreif, Janiei too, had become a Chri tianr and in the strict integrity of his cha rseur and the falthful discbargeof erery lustrateJthe holy principles of hi faith, and obtained the confidence and esteem ofiall who knew him. Bat hi wife and chiidren were slaves. He had married early in lite the slave of a neigh boring planter and now when he saw his interesting family growing up about him, his cup of happiness was embittered by the reflection, that the wife of -his bosom and children of his care were in bon- dage, and might at an ny moment be torn ill of another, and from: him, by the will of another. separated to a retumless distance. He heard of Liberia, and he immediately besought his mistress to intercede for the freedom of his familv. and to send themiand jhim to that country. At first, the feelings of the good old lady were wounded, jand she. wept at his supposed ingratitude in wishing to leave her, but when she! understood the full scope of his request her generousheart responded to it, and the at once promised to use her influence I in effecting the object of his vyishes. 'In a few days she announced to him .her complete success in procuring the freedojrn of hia wife and sir -hildren. Then having provided amply for their comfort on the voyage, hhe presented him with four hundred dollars as an out fit, and prepared to bid him a final adieu. But this was a trial almost beyond her strength. The noble determination which had hitherto sun nor ted her. at ih nm. ment 6f its consummation 2ave wav.and i ii i " - . . . for a time she indulged hVr Vrief in a fln.id . i, , o n of tears. Buttgain the heroine triumph ed over the woman ; and she gave them a parting blessing as they left her to join the expedition at Wilmington.' A gentleman, who was present, told me, he never, witnessed a scene of such touching interest as the parting of that grateful family with their protector and f i ierid. j . Mr. Lo j is Sheridan, who is already favorably known to you as the leader, I mny)rBy,tne father of this expedition, is, in my opiijiion, every wa)"worthy of your confidence, and eminently qualified, for great i sefulness in Africa. For energy of mind, firmness of purpose, and variety of practical knowledge, Sheridan has no superior. He is, emphatically, a self made map, who has fought his way, through adverse and depressing circum-s-ances, toj an eminence seldom, if ever, attained by any of his cast in this country. Fo r y ears, he ha s been engaged , in ah extensive jand- succesful business; and tliough-ofteh wronged by' the villainy ot others, and the 'unequal operations of laws, out of larg:e sums of money, he.is sstiH worth, (aftr emancipjiting his slaves, seven in number, who accompany ' him as hii fellow citizens to Liberia,) fifteen or or twenty thousand dollars. ! TV. rir.li n Unt 1 ill UU" llUUk his native State he is ha- nored and esteemed wherever he, is known,, and he leaves the country, with the best wishes of all classes of the com- ; ..... . mumty. , un my first arrival at fWilmington, oneriuan entered with - zeal into the bu-! sin ess of the expedition1, and' contribu ted by his various exertions and influence materiallyLto lighten my labors. To him is partially due the credit of securing the confidence of Mr. Bo wen, and enlist ing his people so j warmly in. this enter prise.;' And, indeed, it is to his efforts; that I must atiribiite much of the iuccess of my mission. It may be asked why such a man, with an ample fortune, influential friends, a well established character should wish to emigrate. It is, that, because with all his dignity and talents. he cannot in this country enjoy an equality of rights; be cause,' with all his refinement and worth, he is here doomed, in the dearest inter- course of ife, to degrading associations, and more than, all, because he is, fifed "with a nobler desire to elevate the down trodden millions of his stricken brethren, by giving them a country and a name. These are the motives which led Sheridan arid his associates to leave their native land, land surely nobler ones, never in spired the breast of man. I The object of my visit to Brunswick accomplished; and the emigrants under charge oi bheridao, on their way to the place, of embarkation I found that the' near approach of the annual meeting ot the American Colonization Society, at Washington, would compel me to leave before the sailing&of the vessel. I there fore applied to Governor Owen, Ayho had exhibited, throughout, the li veliest inte rest in the expedition, to go to Wilming ton, and superintend its departure. He kind) y consehted to do 'so, and requested that pr. Thomas H. Wright of that place might be associated with him. , That gentleman also, cordially met my wishes, and 1 had thus the satisfaction of leaving the completion f lhi important and inte resting work in the. hands of gentlemen alike distinguished for their private worth ami eminent for their public virtues. In this connection allow me to express my grateful sense of the hospitality and va rious assistance rendered me in the pro- I aecuuon or my miss on. my manKS are i rurtirnlarl v du to th o-rmlnmpn nlrprlv ! ----rf - r o j named, and to Col. Andres of Bladen county, for his important service in the transactions connected with the people of Mr. Bo wen. ; - The whole number of emigrants enrol led when I left Wilraingtoji was eighty fouri Since my return to this city, I have been advised by Messrs. Owen and Wright, that the Marine sailed on the 23d ultimo. , The people were all in good spirits and animated with hopes of the future, r .' j Just before the -sailing of the ressel a i rcumsfance occurred which as it illu3-i ctrsies the good feelings ivith which the expedition, was regarded may be menj tioned. One ef the men was arrested for a debt of thirty dollars after his family were on board The ror fellow was in creat distress as he had no means of li quidating the demand. Bui as soon ' as the matter.was known to the bystandera duty, he i I J r . the money wa promptly contributtd an!d the debt settled. : . r 1 The happy influence of this expedition will long be felt in North Carolina, antl I have no doubt it will I nrn tK Vl. cursor of many succeeding ones from that Mate, i i 1 have the honor to be : Withj great respect and esteem, I . Your obedient servant, ! THOS. BUCHANAN, f Philadelphia, Jan. 2, 1838. List of the Stations and Ap r pointmeots, ! rf j t f i- : ... - ' I Of the Scmth Carolina Conference ofrkt aieinoaist episcopal CAatrci, for the year 1838. CHARLESTON DISTRICT. I Nicholas Tally, P. E. i Charleston. Bond English, J. E. Avails, Samuel Armstrong, and W. Ca. pers, Editor j of Southern Christian, AA vocate. i j . i f Black Swamp. H. A.j C. Walker, H. H. Durant.' i i Wallerboro'.Wm. D. Moore, John M. Deas.. j Orangiburgfo'M. C. Turreniine, J. Crum. 1 ' . ' I Cyprus. C. G. Hill, Archibald Kellv. I i L 4 B. Cooper River. Sher6i Owens. f Beaufort Neighborhood.-' T. E. Lead better, V. Ci Kirkland. I Potataligo. John N. Davis. Combdbee and Ash epoo. Charles Wi- son, 1 homaS'O Daniel Pon Pon. Robert J. Boyd. ! North and Sohth Santee MissionJr- John R. Coburn, J. G Postell. j Cooper River. John Bunch. ! ; , COKESBURY DISTRICT. ' Henhv Bass, P E. ':' Cokrshury Circuit. Samuel . Dun wo dy, David Seal. j Barnwell. A. W. Walker, Geo. R. Tally. - EdgefitldXz. W. Townsend, A. G. Green. X : ; I h Pendleton. Wra. Nettles. Whitby, Abraham Greenville. C. A. Crowell, John Zim merman. ! - J ; Yo rkville. Ja m es W. Welborn. j ,i Union. John Watts, Wm. E. Collier. - Laurens. John Tarrant. - j Newbery. David Derrick, Simpson Jones. j- -.. ! ' ' Cambridge and Flatwood Mission.- T,D. Turpini Agint for Cokesbury Manual Labor School'. Wm.' M. Kennedy. j Rector of Cokesbury Manual Labor School. A: H. Mitchell. : i COLUMBIA' DISTRICT. I Hartwell Spain, P. E. Columbia. M. McPherson. Columbia Circuit Bartlett Thomason. Vinnsboro A. M. Forster,,R. X Limehouse. ! : - Lancasterville. J. M. Bradley,'. Sa muel lownsend i Camden. W. J. Jackson. Sdnte e.Samue W. Capers, S. HolH- - 9 day. - ;. rt ' i I t)(irlingion.ri L. Potter, William Clark. V IV : ; . Chesterjidd.- Kenneth Murchison. IVaie.ree.'W. A. Game well. "Pre Ti Snmiunn r.!irii Upper Santee Mission. Samuel Leard. Broad River Mission. Joseph Holmes, r Agent for, Randolph Macon College , W. Martin. WILMINGTON DISTRICT. C. Betts, P. E. ) Wilmington. Joseph H. Wheeler Brunswick. -A B McGilvary, J. Chandler. I ' X Bladen. -W 'illis Haltom, Wm. P. Mouzon. ' , "... I Fayettevillei James Stacy,- Rockingham Charles , S. Walker,' P. A. M.. Williams. " ; Cheraw. James C. Postell ; Pee Dec. John R. Pickett. L;' Scar borough. ! I Black River Frederick Rush, Cor nelius McLeodJ - -! Georgetown John W. McOoll. v . Waccamaw.-J ohn A. Minnick, H. EJ Ogburn. .'j ""' X: ' 1 ' Black River, and Pee Pee Mission. Leonard - Rusbi j , ! Waccamaw Neck Mission. Theophi- lus Muggins, j.'Ij. eeiin. LINCOLNTON DISTRICT. A. Ha mb v, P. E. . Lincoln! on. J. H. Robinson, M. Myers. ; i . Deep River.- Joseph P. Kerton, j. McMackin. : j , Montgomery. Thom&s L. Young, and one to be supplied. I ; WadesborolD. G. M. Daniel, Colin Murchison. ) l H Centre. P. G. Bowman, Benjamin Hamilton. Charlotte. Wm. T tt narrison, marK Russell. Rutherford. Able Hoyle King's Mountain. Cam pbel 1 Smith. N MoTjranlon.V. C. Patterson, W M- Kerr. Spartanburg IL A. McKlbben. x Catawba Mission.-J. B. Anthony, j iRoekfish Mission. A. MCorqudale. .. W..M. Wightman, Professor of Eng- Jish Literature, m Randolph Macon Col- lege. James Sewell, transferred to Georgia Conference, and stationed in Savannah. 1 From the N. Y. Daily Express. CANADA AFFAIRS. . We are much obliged to our Corres - pondent tor jhi very we.come letter. X aZ u i r a T IUC uiotui WUU..V aSWMV WUk, WW Mi4 w had no Detroit papers for nearly three weeks !.. 1 , " - Detroit, Jan. 7th, 1838." - Messrs. Edilorsl shall write you often to Veep yoof 1 readers apprized of tha movements of the N. E. Canadian Patriots. Our citv is at nresnt in un precedented excitement. A requisition has been made by &rig.: Gen. Brady, 'of U ,S. Army, upon jthe Governor for a euard of men to protretj the Arsenal or C)earbonville, ten miles up the river Rouge, and the poxyder magazine in this city. Night before last, the patriots seized upon a small schooner at our wharves, stole 300 stand of arms that had been in the jail for safe keeping, arid embarked in open day light yetterday . morning, with some 300 men, down the river, to n. -.. . Li... I . '' i ! 1 1 - I J lurmseives oi a small isi&nu near- y opposite Fott Malderi-Lthe island be- longs to the English. Our Deputy Mar shal and 30 iren went in pursuit, but were ordered not Ito approach the pa triot vessel. They returned to the city last evening. jThej Governor has ordered Out 200 men, and sent to Dear bonville for cannon and small arms to go in pursuit of these Patriots, to com pel them at least to leave our waters. Three hundred stand of j arms were sto len at Monroe a feiv nighis since. All these, circumstances have thrown cur city into the greatest excitement A meeting of the citizenk waa called yesterday, and volunteersjaised to pre serve our neutrality" and protect our property; i. e. to shut t be stable door after the horse is stolen. A company of Loyalists embarked a st nicht in a small steamboat, determined, it is said. . j. - have not yet been heard from. From the Albany Daily Advertiser of Jan. 24. From the lVest.-T.o 'Buffalo mails arrived yesterdaylwo bore is due to-( day. We have Buffalo papers of Satur-' day evening last. ,; Theschr. Savanm h cleared at Buffalo for Dunkirk on the 18thl inst.; and was preparing to. sail on the same evening, when information having been given to the collector that she! was destined to take large number of men from some place in the vicinity, he had her seized. The Rochester Daily Advertiser states that information had been received at Hamilton, ! Upper Canada, by express, that Dr. Duncombejhad taken Fort Mai den and destroyed the village of Amherst burgh. Doubtful. 1 j The steamboats Barcelona and Robert Fulton, hare been chartered at Buffalo for government service. Lieut. Homans, of the Navy, has been appointed to the naval command on the lakes and hoists bis jflag on the farmer, fit is said that Cham pi in, also of the navy, will take charge of j the latter. The Barcelona left Buffalo on Saturday destination un known. ! .j We learn verbally from Buffalo, as late as Saturday evening, that the steam boat , United States was about to leave that jport for Detroit, with more or less of the Navy Island force (and probably theirarms, &c. also,) but that Gen. Scott had given the parlies notice that he should fire upon the boat it the enterprize was started ! . ; I . i Maior Cien Srott hn issnpd An nrdpr. appointing the following temporary staff. Lieut. CoL Worth chief of the Staff. whose duties will hotLbeconfined to any particular department, but extended to all ahdeach. Lieut- Keyes aid-de-camp of the Major General ; Lieut. Talcott act ing aid: j Capt. Thomas assistant quarter master; Lieut. Thornton attached to the' &. M. depaTtme't and ordnance officer.; Lieut. Taylor chief and director of the commissariat department;! and assistant surgeon Dr. Helskill,; chief. and director of the. medical department.- From the Detroit Morning Iost of Jan. 8 Movements in this qiiarUt. Operations which have been secretly igoing oi for months past have noWjComaio a, point. . i oe rairiois nave i taken tsois uianc Island, near the mouth of the Detroit Ri ver.and are now about 500 strong. They have; several pieces of cannon, muskets for two thousand and-abundance of pow der, phot, balls, provisions, &c. They have nad men there it;appears for several weets, fortifying the place and it will be entirely impossible tq dislodge them. volunteers are pouring in irom every quarter daily, and in a week from to-day they will, unquestionablyi have, an army ol a thousand men. i - ! Salem Cotton Factory: U will be seen from an advertisement in our paper to day, that this establishment has got into operation, and like every thing else about t hat straight forward ! on driving pains taking village, with every prospect of success. The style njf thel building is, we learn, the very bept, the machinery perfect, and the operations, (in-doors and out.) just such as it ought to bet Their chiefmechanisVwe learn, is a gentleman who gained his experience: from an em ployment in England, and) who fir se veral years discharged an important trust fin a large establishment there. He has f . - .Q ' dfr.KM r.L h.A wr one ot the principal iortnern factories, and is believed to be eminently 'qualified to manage such a concern! I He is ex pected to give his attention to this estab- h . reeired alread the annaratua for ronninff 1000 spindles, racst of which, is .1 ai,k ;n aded5 next spring! and summer. 36 t loQm ItFig te inteation of the company from time to time,' to order on machinery until the whole space of the Duuojog is occupieo, wnicn wiu contain 75 looms, and 2.500 spindles. . In a community like that of SalemJ L., Af. t , ;...;n ,heirfaithial rule of action, Knst snackt kVnst: with their habit oftndustry, eco- nomy and care, such an institution .must prosper. It has our best wishes; r ' ' ': '; V" V. I j Translation ; skill wins favors? Salisbury Watchman. WXZXXZZIOTOI7 AJDvrnvnsim. Wilmington. Jl C. I Friday4, Feb. 2d, 1S3S. A Rail Road from Wilmington to the Wac cam aw River -Such a road has been spoken of a good deal lately among the public spirited nien in (his part of; the Stale. It would indeed seem to be; neces sary to build a road connecting the above named points, to carry out fully the views of the projectors of the Wilmingtotrand Raleigh Rail Road. The face of . the country from this town to the Wacca maw river is most admirably fitted to the purpose. No where could a Railroad be constructed at less expense, it is level, little intersected by streams, and materials for a Railroad are standing upon thesoiL Hence to Red Bluff is forty-five miles. At that point ten feel of water can be car ried at all times, and there is a tide of t wo fect Theneeto Charleston through yin - yaw oay, is not more tnaa six or seven hours run for a steamboat The feasi bility,, and striking advantages, which such a road would command, must be ap- parent to any one who will take the trou ble to examine closely the localities, and their relative beaVings as delineated upon the map. It would always secure, ua1- ever might be the stale of the weather, an uninterrupted communication to arid from Charleston. . If our humble voice can in- cite, in any degree, the feeling which seems to be stirrins towards this bbiect. we would say,- ' go ahead." What you have accomplished in the face of so many difficulties, is an earnest that this too. and much more may be done. The time outside' hove erer, W'ill not; exceed two or three hours. This is a very important consideration. i t I Street' Improvements. We are glad to perceive, that the hills are about to be brought low, and the yallies to be exalted, within the limits of Wilmington, j The town authorities ,Have taken raeasurei? to have Front Street graded to the level of the Court House base. This improve ment will cot several hundred dollars, which is made ujp anostly by individual subscription. K , NewsHolel.- We want a new hotel in this town. The accommodations at pre sent afforded to travellers, and transient visitors, are too small, and unworthy of the,,place. We know of no investment that could be made which would'better repay both proprietor and keeper, thar a Hotel upon an extensive scale in Wil mington. It offers an inviting sitOatjon forj capitalists disposed to put out money at a heavy interest.' i v Thomas C. Miller, of Wilmington, Has been admitted to superior Court practice at jthe present session of the Supreme Cauit at Raleioh. I ; i . i ; ; ; . - . ; ! The Convention "of the Editors of the State of Virginia, assembled at Richmond on the 17th ult , and beijan its business by choosing Thomas Ritchie as Presi dent, and W. M, Blackford, Secretary. . The Editor Of this paper, being casu ally in. Richmond at the time, was, we ob serve, invited toaseat in the ConverlTionT In our columns this week will befeinoM a very : interesting report from Gov." Bu chanan of his labours in getting off the emigrants for Liberia, who. left this port a fHv weeks ago, in the Barque. Marine. It is taken from tjie Colonization Herald, a paper which we take this opportuity of lauding as one faithfully devoted lo the best good' of the spoi.h..' . ; ! i! We have receivedt from R. Barnwell Rhett, Representative in Congress, from the j Districts of Beaufort and Colleton, South Carolina, an address to his con stituents, on thef subject of abolition. It is in pamphlet form, and is at the service of any of our friends who feel an interest in its nerusal. We do not think it neces- sary to publish iu .4 - . The case of the steamboats North Carolina and Pulaski, which boats had libelled each other for damages mutually sustained in a collision hear Charleston harbour on the night of the 14th Decem ber was decided in the Admiralty Court for he District of South Carolina On Fri day last. The Judge, Lee, decreed a non suit to the Pulaski with costs, and stat ed that when the Register of the Court had! ascertained what amount of damage the! North Carolina sustained in the colli sion, la further decree -vonld be made. The opinion of the Court, and an abstract of tie evidence, will be given in pur next paper, not having room to day, S eVeral new coaches, and a large nam ber of horses, hare just been put upon the line between this place and Halifax, These, added to the former force, will en able the Company to transport with, ease and facility, the increasing number of passengers. The 'stables near Waynesboro, belong- ing to tne Wilmington and lialei?h Rail road Company, were burned down a few nights since, and tight fine horse?, toge ther with a large quantity of provender ucstroyca. t oe nre, it is supposea, was caustd by tfte ostlers etooking. MH Contractors. The adveftistraent lorIail Contracts :n the southern lection, embracing the States of Virginia, North' Carolina South Carolina, Georgia, and ? Florida 1 erritory,- for four Md a half C years commencing on the first day of January, 1839. will soon be prepared in the Post Office Department, l The Depa rtment would be ha ppy to receive suggestions from the members of ongress and others, of a n v improve mepts which may be made in those Statet in the transportation of the rnails either ! a to the roads on whirhi it should be i carried, the'frequency of trips, the mode of conveyance, arid manner of connection, between drflereut routes,!: or any other: particulars. . " ' D-tteri' suggesting im provements should be addressed to S R. Hotbie, Esq. Con- ! iraci urace, i'ost UlDce-Department. Publishers of newspapers in the Statet named, would confer a favor on the" De partment arid the' public -by "giving this notice an inseition. ' ! The above is from the.Globe. If we may consider ourselves as belonging to the category of othera" froni whom in formatiori is desired, we can perfiaps gire a Jinie i-f!. We have seen schedules of mail lines from New York to Augusta, 1, wo Georgia. One nrnnnt n rnnto Wilmington Bind Charleston, and tlw other; the route at present travelled by the great Southern mail, through Raleigh and uoiumbia. Both Spec if v 109 hours as the time necesary lo transport the mail from :i f " vice vrrsj,. New York to Augusta and The Schedules are dated Irorfi the oliice of the'Richraond. Frede ricksburg and Potomac' Rail Road Com-; pany. Now what we wish to calf pub lic attention to, and the imformation thati we would give the Post Office x Depart; merit is, that in the schedule of the. line, through Wilmington, therejis supposed a delay of fifteen hours, in 1 the mail, at ', Charleston. We would like to ,know arid " others" who fret interested in this matter,; would like to know, why such a resting 1)( the ' mail as this, is ne- cessary in Charleston. . We would strike off fourteen hours, allowing one hour's ' delay in Charleston,, leaving ninety-five" hours the time in which the mail can be easily transported from New York to Au gusta, by the way of , Wifeingtpn N. C Charleston, and Augusta Editors, would dowell, we think, to notice this matter. Portsmouth and Halifax Rail Road. We are truly giad to learn, whirh we do th roug h tho medrum of the Portsmouth r Times, that art almost magical change has been wrought in the condition o! this road since the present able Superintend ant, (Major Gwynn.) commenced his ad ministration,. We confidently trust that its former high reputation will be spre- ilyjwon' back ond retained; We knftp that j in the skill, energy, and persever ance of this gentleman, whose services the atove named corporation has secured, the. travelling public has a certain guarantee for its safety arid conifbrtso fiirat least, as human foresight pnn go The Charleston und ClnViun&ti Roil Road, has progressed so far iirf-its opera tions as' to be ready to receive ."contracts for grading, building bridges, &c , on that part of the line embraced! within the limits cf lSouth Carolina. Public Lectures- This modebf im-, parting instruction, is now very much in vogue in the norlhen. cities of the Union. Every kind of knowledge; al most,5 is through this. medium presented to the popular,, sense, in Ian" impressive and familiar form. History,Atronomy, '4 Chemistry, .Philology, ueofog y, &c. cic., are by the mepns above indirated,- made conducive to the teaching1, as Well as amusement of large masse of individuals. Diagrams, and pictures, are used to il lust rate the theme ol I be lecture whatever it may be.thus teaching the mind, threugU two avenues, those of bearingand seeing. These objective helps to the mind,' may be not inaptly compared, to thone actions of a player, v4iich, assist him so material- iy in enforcing nisroatter upon the audi ence Men ox tne most resoectable stand ing now often adopt ' the plan of public lectures, to bring, tbefr khowledge-and views, to the regard of their fellow men It is an admirable thought, and we should like to see something of the kind, in the southern cities and villages, I ; CONGRESS. I f Nothing of general interest was doin dates.- The Senate A-as enrstred chiefl unon a bill for the better I rrcnlation of cidents. The Sub-treasorv bill, reoorted by the Senate's Finance A Committee. had not come np for consideration: In the House, the Mississippi contested election, and 4he conduct of the Seminole cam paigns, were the engrossing topics of de-' bate. The latter elicits mnch warmth on both sides. : - - j . y. ; , 1 ; CANADA. t - There is nothing yet decisive from the frontiers of Canada. Some skirmishing had taken pjace between the patriots and loyalists in the neighboujhoodof Mal den, in which a few were killed tad wounded of each partr. l j 7;" The Middlesex Mass.) : Bank, bat, if, is auid, made such arrangements, as to en ablest to go on with its butincss. V t,; i It- X. Xi i