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Ii IS at all times an nnnleasaht task to advert in public paper to any ciFeamstan- res or occurrences which may have tended, aany time, to cast a shade Of suspicion up Qnthe good and honest fame of any private individual. Public men are public proper ty-and it is the duty of every honest edit U to expose any maiconduct or want of principle in them, whenever he Is required so to de, for the interest of the people, hyery public officer Is. accountable to that people, and whenever any act of his may lend to injure them, 1t Is the bounden duty ol the free press to inform them of the de- Iehctlon of their servant but private char @ter should ever be espeeted-and no ap- preach should be made towards if with un- lalowed footsteps. There should be for Il the most urgent necessity, whenever the character of any private individual IS allu- Qed to. Of this truth no orc can be more eehngly aware than we ourselves; and, most aels' nothing but strong sense of duty S'a''' induce us to refer many way to cir eu'astances affecting the character of any aaa who IS not public officer. In the re- marks therefore, which we are about to I AaAe' we desire 1t to be understood, that " 'eApfess no opinion as to the merits or 'aals of the private gentleman whose name we shall be obliged to mention. On him a'00 not sit in judgment-re pass no cen sfe on him. It is with another that we have to deal.

 ah our readers will well remember, that ue iast session of the General Assembly,

 - h' A. More, of this place, was nom- s'su as a Justice of the Peace for this s''y' petition was presented against = ' appointment, pickering several charges as ss' 'lll''' and particularly accusing him X. l~'''al'fy and prejudice with regard to

 p0nO oi John K. Taylor, Sheriff of Pu- IL s' county. A gentleman who was not sl p,''essed !, friend of Mir. More, propos- ,a.,, ay'ag the appointment until4ho matter sbos,, 0s investigated by committee, who a ~ report to both houses at a later peri m.,, 'e'0re which committee NIr. More ,.iss'.,, sa aelend himself This proposal was issa ' 0y Mir. Rutherford, the particular as, s ' Mir More--and the question was egMs a'sn e on the appointment. The name ai,,a. Wore was stricken from the list by 10, 6s, majority. Partizan feeling could

 aa;o,,,' produced this rejection, because a

 sl ,"y ~ 0i the last General Assembly were

 party to which Mir. Moore is attach