“Hoaxing a Governor.—­The National Aegis says, that Hollis Parker, who was sentenced to the state prison at the late term of the criminal court for Worcester county, for endeavoring to extort money from governor Everett, had opened an extensive correspondence, previous to his arrest, with similar intent, with other distinguished men of the country.  Besides several individuals in New York, governor Butler, of South Carolina, was honored with his notice.  A letter from that gentleman, directed to Parker, was lately received at the post office in a town near Worcester, enclosing a check for fifty dollars.  So far as the character of Parker’s letter can be inferred from the reply of governor Butler, it would appear, that Parker informed the governor, that the design was entertained by some of our citizens, of transmitting to South Carolina a quantity of ‘incendiary publications,’ and that with the aid of a little money, he (Parker) would be able to unravel the plot, and furnish full information concerning it to his excellency.  The bait took, and the money was forwarded, with earnest appeals to Parker to be vigilant and active in thoroughly investigating the supposed conspiracy against the peace and happiness of the South.

The Aegis has the following very just remarks touching this case:—­’Governor Butler belongs to a state loud in its professions of regard for state rights and state sovereignty.  We, also, are sincere advocates of that good old republican doctrine.  It strikes us, that it would have comported better with the spirit of that doctrine, the dignity, of his own station and character, the respect and courtesy due to a sovereign and independent state, if governor Butler had made the proper representation, if the subject was deserving of such notice, to the acknowledged head and constituted authorities of that state, instead of holding official correspondence with a citizen of a foreign jurisdiction, and employing a secret agent and informer, whose very offer of such service was proof of the base and irresponsible character of him who made it.’”

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    GOVERNOR CONWAY’S LETTER.

    EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, March 1, 1838.

Sir—­A newspaper, headed ‘The Emancipator,’ in which you are announced the ‘publishing agent,’ has, for some weeks past, arrived at the post office in this city, to my address.  Not having subscribed, or authorized any individual to give my name as a subscriber, for that or any such paper, it is entirely gratuitous on the part of its publishers to send me a copy; and not having a favorable opinion of the intentions of the authors and founders of the ‘American Anti-Slavery Society;’ I have to request a discontinuance of ‘The Emancipator.’

    Your ob’t servant, “J.S.  CONWAY.”

R. G. WILLIAMS, Esq., New York.