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‘ Correspondence of the Jialtimore American.
THIHTY-SECO.YIt CONGRESS—Second Session
IN SENATE* Jan. i).
The chair laid before the Senate the annual re
ports of the Surveyors General of California and
Oregon.
Mr. Casa presented the memorial of the Baptist
Union of Maryland, praying that measures bo
taken to secure to Americans abroad liberty of
conscience. ;
Mr. Casa said—l have been requested to present
the petition which l send to the clerk’s table from
the Maryland Baptist Union Association, and to
move its reference to the appropriate commit!ec.
I do this with pleasure, not only from regard to
the motives and position of those who make this
application, but also because 1 heartily concur with
them in the importance of the object, and in the
propriety of calling the attention of the govern
ment to it; au object dear to us and to the world
in its consequences now and hereafter. This
body of pious and intelligent Christians anxiously
desire the freedom of religious worship lor their
country men wherever the accidents of life may
carry them.
And it is not strange ttiat this sentiment should
be strongly felt and strongly expressed in tins
land of Gospel liberty. But it is strange tljat in
this ago of the world, and this day ol intellectual
advancement, any obstacle should be interposed
by any government in Christendom to prevent the
believers in the faith of Jesus from following the
dictates of their own conscience, and while ren
dering unto Caesar the things that are Caesar s,
prohibit them from rendering unto God the things
that are God’s, agreeably to their own convictions
of the injunctions of His Divine word. 1 concede
fully with the signers of this petition that the best
ot all freedom is the freedom ot conscience, and
that there is no tyranny so revolting as that which
tvranizes over the mind.
“ We have a right to be heard in such an appeal
as this, for we have tried the great experiment
.—an experiment no longer, for it lias become ex
perience—of the entire separation of Church and
State, and have shown that unrestricted freedom
of worship is not only best for the political inter
ests of a country, but'best for the true interests of
religion, itself. Unfortunately the errors of dark
ages have not yet wholly yielded to the progress
ot truth, and in many countries the eivul authori
tv impiously undertakes to exclude any form ol
religion but its own, aiul non conformity is not all
want of conformity to the will of God, the
offence of prefering the Divine will to that of the
ruler.
Human presumption has never gone farther
than 1 in the erection of a standard of faith with
which all must agree, or be subject to the penal
ties of the government here, and to the exeom
mu ideations of t lie Church hereafter. So tar as
regard* the profession of a particular doctrine as a
necessary qualdioatidn lor office, however wo may
lament its presumption and injustice, we have no
national cause of complaint, as that is a question of
internal policy. And nothing better illustrates the
slow progress of truth in those old countries,
where it husmany interests and prejudices to en
counter, than the'fact that even in England, with
all her real claims to freedom and intelligence, a
Jew to this day cannot occupy a seat in Parlia
ment without taking an oath by which he abjures
his own faith and the religion of his forefathers.
But we have a right to expect from the country
of all friendly nations, that American citizens be
permitted-to enjoy liberty of worship wherever
they may go. There is not the sligiitest reasona
ble objection to such a demand. It ought not
indeed' to be necessary; for this unworthy sys
tem of intolerance has not the least foundation in
reason or religion. It is a more relic ot barbarism,
converting the religion of the gospel into an engine
of State, and substituting human fallibility for
those personal convictions ot religious belief,
which every one should exercise lor himself, and
for the exercise of which every one is responsible.
In what manner it may bo ; roper for one go
verument to present this grave question to other
governments, 1 do not undertake at present to say.
I shall move its reference to tho committee on
foreign relations, feeling satisfied that they will
give it their earnest attention, and in 'he hope
that they will make a report which will be au
thoritative, as the expression of our views, and
still more, those of our constituents, in any com
munications the Executive may open with foreign
powers.
Certainly there can be no objection to firm and
and friendly representations, and I cannot doubt
that these declara: ions of the wishes ot the Ameri
can people will have weight everywhere, and I am
satisfied tnat they will ere long produce a salutary
effect in some countries, and eventually in all.
This is a kind of interposition which well befits
this republic, and us day by day we find ourselves
engaged in far different questions, we have cause to
feel gratified that the tjpportunity is offered us of
aiding in a work wlpch commends itself to our
consideration by the highest motives that can in
fluence human action.
And lam free to confess,.sir, that for myself I
rejoice at the occasion thus given to us, while
pleading for the toleration of religion, to bear our
testimony to its priceless value. Independent Oi
its connexion with the human destiny hereafter,
1 believe the fall of Republican governments is
indissolubly bound up with tho fate of the Chris
tian religion, and that a people who reject its holy
taitii will find themselves theslavesof their own
evil passions, and of arbitrary power. And lam
free to acknowledge that I do nqt see altogether
without anxiety some of the signs which aro
shadowed forth around us.
A weak and sublimated imagination with some,
and irregulated passions with others, are producing
founders and followers of strange doctrines, whose
tendencies it is easier to perceive, than it is to
account for their oiigin and progress. But they
will find their career and their remedy not in
legislative, but in a sound religious opinion,
whether they inculcate an appeal to God by means
of stocks and stones, and rappings, the latest and
most ridiculous experiment upon human credulity,
or whether they seek to pervert the scriptures to
the purposes of their own libidinnous passsions,
by destroying that safeguard of religion and social
order, too institution of marriage, and by leading
lives of unrestricted intercourse, their making
proselytes to a miserable imposture, unworthy of
our nature, by the temptations of unbridled lust.
This same trial was made in Germany some
three! centuries ago, in a period of strango abomi
nations, and failed. And it will fail here. Where
the word of God is free to all, ho such vile doc
trines can permanently establish itself.
Mr. Hale said that he considered this proposition
which he highly approved, as one to carry into
foreign nations a higher law than the supreme law
of those nations.
The memorial was referred.
Mr. Mason said that those Senators who desired
to speak on tho resolution calling tor information
relative to Cuba had consented to postpone tho
debate till the resolution should be adopted. He
moved that the resolution be now adopted, and the
motion was agreed to.
The bill reviving the acts granting pensions to
the widows of the revolutionary war, and making
applicable to the widows of deceased soldiers of
the w»r of 1812, was taken up and debated at
great length. No question was taken when tho
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Houston, chairman of the Committee of
Ways and Means, moved that the House go into
committee of the whole; which was agreed to—
yeas’Bs. nays 61.
The House then resolved itself into a committee
of the whole—Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, in the
chair, when the bills appropriating the Naval and
and Invalid Pensions were passed. That of tho
Military Academy was then taken up.
Mr. Venable, of Nonh Carolina, alter alluding
to the prevailing public opinion with reference to
the acquisition oi territory, said he ,was strictly
conservative, as were those whom he. represented,
and was opposed to the extension. Ho expressed
his approbation of the course pursued by the Go
vernment relative to the Cuba invasion, however
■ much he might deplore the fate of those who
sacrificed their lives by the measure. He would
stand up, he said, for the Monroe doctrine, but
condemned any unwarrantable interference with
the rights/of other nations.
He went at much length into the inexpediency
of acquiring Cuba, and the consequences which
such acquisition would produce. He contended
that tiio>e who can take care of their liberties
* already have it, and that the common law is the
foundation of human freedom. He did not ap
prove of much of the course of the Administration,
nut approved of the' position which the President
had assumed with retereuce to the increase of the
territory of a friendly power, and expressed a
conviction that the' incoming Administration
w ould pursue the same course. After some fur
ther remarks, re'ative to the effect of attacks upon
Cuba, and the inducements they might have to
ut'ce the Government of Spain to emancipate the
slaves, x
Mr. Stephens, of Ga., said ho would not antici
pate the future; expressed himself in favor of the
acquisition of Cuba, and apprehended no danger
from such an acquisition, which he considered
would be pre vented by the compromise measure,
which permitted newly acquired Slates to choose
such institutions as they pleased,
Mr. Baiiy, ofVa., said he bad ascertained that
a resolution had passed the Senate calling for in
formation as to the state of ear relations with
Spam, and he hoped all discussion would he
postponed till information had been received upon
the subject.
Mr. Brown, of Mies., was in favor of the ac
quisition of Cuba, for tho purpose of extending
the area of slavery, and did not anticipate the
general emancipation of slaves in that Island as
consequent upon attempts to invade it, nor did he
consider those who would assist its people in pro
curing their freedom as buccaneers. Ho was in
favor of maintaining the honor of the American
flag, and disapproved of the course pursued by
the Government in relation to the Creseont City
affair, which he trusted would occupy the attention
of the next administration.
Ho said he would adduce no arguments against
tho acquisition of Cuba, but would ruther prepare
the public mind for that event; the speech of tho
geutleuiun from North Carolina ho thought would
have a contrary effect.
Mr. Wilcox, of Miss., said he expected that the
next admi istration would be marked by a spirit
of conservatism and reform, and that its motto be
peace. He was not in favor of the acquisition of
Cuba at the present time at all hazards, although
events might render it desirable.
Ho did not consider that tho exigencies of the
government required the acquisition of the island,
although ciicumstances might render it a public
necessity, and when that should be the case, he
would bo in favor of acquiring it at all hazards.
He rose, ho said, to address the committee on
another subject. There was n resolution on tho
table, conferring the rank of Lieutenant General
on Major General Scott, and he availed himself
of that opportunity to express a hope that when
the question should come up, the vote would pass
with unanimity.
He went on to show that tho title of Lieutenant
General was recognized by the Constitution; and
went into a history of the Mexican war to prove
that General Scott was entitled to the honor which
it was proposed to confer—all others who had dis
tinguished themselves in that war having been re
warded by the nation.
He concluded by referring to the general orders,
issued after the occupation of the city of Mexico,
which lie said reflected honor upon its author, and
to tho laudable manner in winch General Scott
exercised unlimited’power—and stated that al
though a democrat, yet ho should vote for the
resolution.
On motion of Mr. Polk, of Tennessee, the com
mittee rose, and the chairman reported the two
bills which had been agreed to —which were read
a third time and passed.
Mr. Ficklin reported a bill for preventing the
circulation of small notes in tho District of Co
lumbia.
Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, moved that the bill
be made tho special order of Tuesday in next
week, and from day to day till disposed of ; which
was agreed to. Ordered that the b.ll be printed.
On motion of Mr. McMuliin, of Va., the House
then adjourned.
IN SENATE, Jan. 4.
Mr. Mallory appeared to-day.
Mr. Cass submitted tho following joint resolu
tion, which was ordered to bo printed.
Resolved, That the United States do hereby de
clare, that “the American continents, by tiio area
and independent condition which they have as
sumed and maintained, aro henceforth not to bo
considered as subjects for future colonization by
any European power.” Aud while “existing
rights should be respected,” and will be by the
United States, they owe it to their own “safety and'
interests” to announce as they now do, that no fu
ture European colony or dominion shall, with their
consent bo planted or established on any part of
the North American continent.” And should the
attempt be made, they thus deliberately declare,
that it will be regarded as an act originating in
i motives regardless of their “interests and their
safety,” and which will leave them free to adopt
Such measures as au independent uution may
adopt in defence of its rights and its honor.
And be it further resolved, That while the Uni
ted States disclaim any designs upon tho Island ot
Cuba, inconsistent with the laws of nations and
with their duties to Spain, they consider it due to
the vast importance of the subject to make known,
in this solemn manner, that they should view all
efforts on the part of any other power to procure
possession, whether peaceably or forcibly, of that
Island, which as a naval or military position, must,
under circumstances easy to pc forseen, become
! dangerous to their Southern Coast, to the Gulf of
Mexico, and the mouth of the Mississippi, as un
friendly acts, directed agaiiist them, to be resisted
by all the means in their power,
Mr. Shields reported a hill appropriatingsl9,soo
to satisfy judgments obtained in England against
Col. J C. Fremont, upon drafts drawn by him in
California, for military purposes. And, after ex
planation the bill was passed.
The bill granting pensions for life to the widows
of deceased soldiers, tfce., of the war of 1812, was
further debated and passed.
Mr. Hale’s resolution calling for information re
specting the conduct of Commodore Morgan, while
in command of the Mediterranean squadron, was
taken up, and after a sharp personal debate be
tween Messrs. Shields, Mason and Hale, the Sen
ate adjourned
HOUSE.
Immediately after the journals were read, a reso
lution was passed, limiting debate on the military
academy appropriation bill to tw<"> hours.
The House then went Into committee of the
whole on the state of the Union.
Mr. Folk, of Teiin., who had the floor from yes
terday, replied to the speech of Mr. Venable, from
whom ho dissented and condemned the coprso
pursued by the administration with reference to
the Cuban invasion, by which, he said, the coun
try had been degraded. The positionot the diplo
matic crops in Europe, he said, formed the best
criterion of the estimation in which the United
States is held in Europe, the character of which
had been broken down by the publication of the
corresspondence with reference to the purchase of
Cuba, which was strictly confidential.
lie expressed himself as beingopposed to the re
solution granting a higher brevet rank to General
Scott, whom lie considered as unworthy of it, and
who, he continued, had never acted* magnan
imously towards either friend or foe; in
support ot which position, lie referred to the vari
ous controversies in which he had been engaged,
and read from the correspondence that took place
on those occasions. He concluded by aaserting
that Congress had not regarded other officers as
they merited.
Mr. Lane, of Oregon, condemned the conduct of
the Spanish authorities, in the execution of tho
parties engaged in the Lopez expedition. He en
tertained, he said, a high respect for the bravery
and character of Gen. Scott, but was opposed to
the creation of an office unknown to the Consti
tution, and which wonld uffeet the entire organi
zation of tho army. After giving his testimony in
favor of other general officers who served in
Mexico, he expressed a hope that the House
would consider well before they passed the reso
lution.
Mr. Brooks, of New-York, said tho House was
not responsible for the introduction of the resolu
tion grunting the brevet rank of Lieutenant Gen
eral to Major General Scott; but he rose to correct
the remarks that had been made with reference to
the Cuban invasion, a*ud to reply to charges that
had been advanced in relation to the treatment of
those who had formed a part of the Lopez expe - -
dition, Mr. Thasher’s case, tho Crescent City affair,
and the publication of the correspondence referred
to. *
He contended that the Government had main
tained the rights and privileges of American citi
zens; aud said if the United States had over to be
enrolled as a great nation, it must bo by dissemina
ting peace, commerce and manufactures, and not
by combats on the bloody field; and if wo aro to
disseminate our institutions, it must bo by exam
ples and by exhibiting tbe power of sell-govern
ment and self-restraint on our own soil and with
reference to other nations.
Mr. Chandler, of Pa., was struck with the anom
aly of the eulogiu in uttered by the gentleman from
Tennessee, and his quoting from the writings of a
man who was the slanderer of George Washing
ton. He contended that an elevation of title is the
only distinction which this country has to bestow,
and tout that which it was proposed to bestow on
Gen. Scott is not anti-republican, as had been con
tended by Mr. Polk, as at one time he proposed
to bestow the rank upon a man who never saw a
battle. He considered the attack that had been
made upon that officer as unwarrantable and im
proper, and as to the diplomatic standing of this
country, every person entrusted with its interests
abroad, if ot respectable character, will bo respect
ed every where.
Mr. Cartter, of Ohio, was opposed to the pas
sage of the resolution, aud considered the title of
Lieutenant General as au aristocratic distinction;
aud said, at the proper time, he should propose to
£ refix to it the word “ lord,” so that itshould read
ord Lieutenant General.
The bill was then laid aside, to be reported to
the House.
The Deficiency bill was then taken up, when
the discussion relative to Gen. Scott was renewed;
Mr. Gorman, of Indiana, contending teat the dis
tinction was due that officer on the score of justice ;
admitting at the same time, that there were ether
officers in the army his equals if not superiors as
military men; and who went on to explain the op
eration ot brevet rank, which would not be accom
panied by an increase of pay, unless he were ap
pointed to a corresponding command. Gen. Scott,
he said, had never been defeated as a General, but
by dissensions in bis own party, and union among
the other.
Mr. Florence, of Pa., inquired of the gentleman
from Indiana, as to what were the duties of a Lieu
tenant General; the convictions of his mind being
adverse to the resolutions, he therefore, ho said,
desired to be enlightened in that respect.
" Mr. Gorman explained that divisions of an army
were commanded by Major Generals, but when
they were embodied a Lieutenant General would
command.
Mr. Florence said he was not much enlighten
ened by the reply.
The £k>mmittee then rose. The Military Acad
emy Bill was then read a third time and passed,
and the House adjourned.
Gov. Foote of Mississippi, has not yet appointed
nyon asXl. S. Senator, as stated, but he will
immediately after the 4th of March.
CjjnmMe & Sentinel
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
SATURDAY MORNING JAN’Y 8, IBM.
tW" See First Page. Daily this Morning
Cuba. —The Hon. A. H. Stephen*.
Since the report of the Hou. A. H. Stephens’ re
marks in the Iljoiiso, in reference t# Cuba was in
type for our paper of this morning, we have receiv
ed a private notij from him, saying the report# of
the Baltimore American and Sun , the former of
which wo copy, do him groat injustice, because he
is thereby made to say the opposite of what ho
did say.
Last fright of Mr. MacallUter.
This accomplished Magician give# his last En
tertainment in Augusta this evening; those who
have not witnessed his wonderful performances,,
should not permit the opportunity to pass unim
proved. Go and see him.
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new and very handsome weekly paper, in quarto
form of sixteen pages, just issued by R. Palmer &
Co., Now York, and Edited by Charles Peabodt,
so favorably known as the special London Corres
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The Chronicle js devoted to the every day amuse
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Honthern Medical and Surgical Journal.
The January number of this valuable periodical
has been on our table several days, and it af
fords us pleas ire to say that it increases in interest
as it increases in ago. This is an unusually inter
esting numbefr —the articles of Drs. Jackson and
Norwood arc very tine, and ouch of them is worth
more than the subscription price of the Journal.
We therefore tako great pleasure in recommend
ing it to the profession. It is Edited by Professor
L.A. Dio as and published by James MoCafkerty,
at $3 per annum, in advance.
The Artesian Well in Charleston is now 93#
feet deep, to which depth a tube of six inches ha#
been insortec. Mr. Welton, the present, contrac
tor, has high hopes of success.
The Case jf the General Armstrong.— By the
late news from Europe, information has been re
ceived of the rendition of an award by Louis Na
poleon, in the matter of the celebrated claim, mad#
by our government, against that of Portugal, for
indemnification for the'lops of the American pri
' vateer, General Armstrong, in 1814, and which
I award has been adverse to the claim, and in favor
I of Portugal. Tlie General Armstrong belonged to
C’apt. Reid, of New York, who claimed an iudern
i nity of SIOO,OOO, and in 1849 the Secretary of
! State, Mr. < liny ton, and the Portugese Minister,
agreed, on behalf of their respective governments,
to submit tin) whole matter to the arbitration of
Louis Napoleon, the then President of France.—
*That personngo has since then been made ono of
the reigning monarehsof Europe, and his dicision
as stated above, is against the United States.
The schooner Haslam, attached to the Coast Sur
vey, arrived in the St. John's river last week, with
a party of surveyors, to make all the necessary sur
veys and observations preliminary to the com
mencement of tlio works contemplated for the im
provement of the bar.
The Panama steam saw mill, situated on Trout
Creek, six miles below Jacksonville, was entirely
destroyed by fire on Monday woek. Circumstan
ces leave no room to doubt, (says the Jacksonville
News;) that the deed was done by incendiaries.—
The mill was the property of Messrs. Gilerist, of
New York and was not insured. There was a
very large quantity of sawed lumber adjacent to
the mill at the time of the fire, which was all con
sumed. The! total los» must exceed $20,000.
Ourselves as Others see us.t — “We had the
pleasure,” savs the Home Journal, “ a short time
ago, of showing the principal lions of the city to a
stranger, u gcjnflemnn from Cuba and we may say,
a patriot, though not a “Fillibuster.” He express
ed astonishment at many things—the buildings,
the noise of the crowds, the bustle. But there was
one spectacle] that excited in him a profound emo
tion ; and what that spectacle] was, not our acutest
reader could gness. It was : eight o’clock in the
morning, and wo were pessing the carriage stand
. in Broadway, along the Park. ! About half the driv
ers were seated in their carriage boxes, or inside,
reading a newspaper. Our enthusiastic friend
stopped suddenly, and continued to look at this, to
him a most novel and extraordinary spectacle, until
one of the drivers caught his eye, and leaped down
in hope of a Customer. We then moved on, and
our Cuban, deeply affected, expressed himself
thus: j .
“ ‘lt is the grandest thing I have seen in your
industrious country ! The carriage drivers read
newspapers! When shall I see that in my poor
Cuba?’”
Augusta and Waynesboro’ Railroad. —At a
meeting of the stockholders held on the 3d inst.,
the following Directors were elected :
A. K. Lawton, Dr. J. P. Screven, John Stod
dard, Wm. Duncan, Robt. A. Allen, John C. Poy
thress, Burke county ; R. H. Gardner, Jr., Rich
mond county;.
At a meeting held on the 4th inst., A. R. Law
ton was ro-cldctod President.
A fatal collision occurred upon the New Haven
Railroad on New-Year's morning, near the village
of Morrisaniftj Mr. Ming, conductor of the Alba
ny Express train, was instantly killed, and a fire
man named James Hearnc, died on Sunday morn
ing, from tin injuries which he received.
We learn f-om the Winnsboro’ S. C. Daily Ile
gretcr, that there was snow in that town on Mon
day evening, which lasted till some time late at
night. On tae next morning, the tops of the
houses and a great portion of the ground were
completely covered, but as the weather was clear,
the sun soon dissipated nearly every trace of it.
The Missouri Legislature has passed a btll char
tering the North Missouri Rail Road Company, and
giving it State aid to the amount of two millions of
dollars.
The “St, Nicholas Hotel,” anew and splendid
establishment in New Y’ork, was to be opened to
the public foil the first time, on Tuesday. It is one
of the most magnificent establishments of the kind
in the country.
The Philadelphia Inquirer states that a meeting
of merchants land citizens of that city was held on
Monday evening, at the rooms of the Mercantile
Beneficial Association, Tooth and Filbert streets
when preliminary steps were taken for the estab
lishment of ap “Asylum for Merchants.”
Judge Na»!> has been appointed Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina,
to fill the vacs ncy occasioned by the late resigna
tion x»f the H >n. Thomas Ruffin.
Ms. J. T, Patton has become associated un the
editorial department of the Richmond Whig. Mr.
Pattern has so:- several years, had charge of the
Lexington (Vi.) Gazette, and in that position ac
quired high ahd deserved reputation as a writer.
The Petersburg Intelligencer states, “upou au
thority not to |be questioned, that the schooner Ad
vance, which was captured at Port Paya (the Azore
Islands,) hv the U. S. sloop of war Germantown,
and which has just been sent into Norfolk for Ad
judication, wajs manned with a crow offreehlaeks,
and was actua ly fitted in the goodly port of New-
York.” _
There are now upward# of four hundred human
beings coniintd within the wall# of the N. Y.
Tombs City Pvwon, awaiting trial# and examina
tions.
From the Cope of Good Hope.
By the arrival of the Queen of the South in Eng
land from the Cape of Good Hope to the 6th of
November.
The war is not yet brought to a close. Opera
tion of the moat vigorous nature are, op to the last
accounts, being carried on against the Kaffirs, who,
although repeatedly attacked, dispersed, peraued,
and killed in groat numbers, are neither a# yet re
turned to submission nor driven across the Kei.—
Early in the mouth, following up his successful
attack upon the Waterkloof, Gen. Cathcart pro
ceeded in person to select a spot for the construc
tion of a defensible post which should command
the upper part# leading forn the Amatolas into the
colony. Here he assembled a considerable force,
and placed it under the oommand of Lieut. Colonel
Eyre, who started on the 4th, and on the follow
ing day the information was received that the gal
lant Colonel had already surprised aud burnt
Uithaalder’s laager, without any casualties on the
part of the troops. Ever sinoe that period the
patrol had been engaged in tracking and foliow
ingthe lurking foe. The main body of the Gaika
Kaffirs, in the extensive forest# which #kirt the
Amatols mountains, are almost destitute of am
munition, and in great want of food.
Capt. Hearnes, of the 12th Regiment, fell in the
discharge of his duty, though not as a soldier
should wish to fall, in the field of open fight.—
While a detachment of'the 12th were out, under
his command, near Graham’s Town, the Captain’s
horse returned to camp with blood upon the sud
dle, and on Bearch being made, the body of the
unfortunate officer, cruelly mangled, with two
men of the 12th aud a civilian named Riley, were
found at the clav pits, some miles from tbo town
It appears that Capt. Hearnes, with three others,
had been in the rear of the escort, when they
were cut off by an ambuscade aud savagely mur
dered.
The Governor has issued a proclamation, dated
the 80th of October, declaring that the lives of any
Hottentot rebels who may surrender to the authori
ties of Graham’s Town or Fort Beaufort will he
spared. From this act ot grace Uithaalder and 12
minor chiefs are excepted by name.
Papers from Capo Town to the ‘2oth of Novem
ber have been received at Boston. The Kaffirs
are considered as essentially subdued, but small
parties are still fighting and plundering the colon
ists. We quoto a paragraph from the summary of
the Cape Town Mai!:
“ With regard to the progress of the Kaffir war
there is but little of novelty to report. War it can
now scarcely be termed, yet there is no restoration
of peace. Hostilities, in any regular or connected
form, have for some time ceased, apparently from
sheer exhaustion on the part of the Kaffir; but
still the Gaika chiefs refuse to submit; still their
followers lurk, in unknown numbers, in their La
tive mountains, and keep a large body of the
troop in incessant motion, watching, tracing, and,
where possible, shooting them down; and still by
every post wo have fresh accounts of cattle car
ried off in the night from farm houses, from wag
ons, and even from military posts—nearly every
such account ending with the recital that one or.
two Kaffirs were killed, and part of the whole of
the booty re-taken.”
[OOMMUNICATED.]
Georgia’s Musical Prodigy.
The Infant Drummer on arriving in this city en
route for Savannah, was waited on by a number
of the citizens of Augusta, and in compliauce with
their solicitations, ho will give a series of Concerts
in this city. ' Mr. W. L. Donaldson, the distin
guished American Vocalist, has connected himself
with the Infant Drummor, which offers a great ad
ditional attraction to his Contorts. No one should
fail to hear and see this unparalled musical prodi
gy, as he is certainly the most interesting and mer
itorious musical genius ever presented to the pub
lic. He gives his first concert at Masonic Hail on
Monday evening.
Many Friends to the Infant Drummer.
South-Western Railroad.—The Macon Anim
al & Messenyer of the Bth says:
“We have received the following statement of
the business of the South-Western Railroad for
the month of December. It is to be recollected
that it was suspended for the first eight days of
the month, in consequence of damages sustained
by freshets:
Receipts of Cotton in Dec. 1851 ........8,758
“ “ “ * “ 1852 5,616
Decrease.. .. 3,142
Bales brought to Warehouses in Macon, 624;
forwarded to Savannah, 4,974. Total receipts this
season, 20,498 bales.
Earn’gs of this road in Dec. 1851 $16,262 46
“ “ “ “ 1852 12,920 42
Decrease $8,342 04
Macon & Western Railroad.—Receipts in De
cember, 9,765 bales, of which 712 were sent to our
Warehouses, and 9,053 wero forwarded to Snvan
nah. Receipts by this road last year, in Decem
ber, 9,908.
From the N. O. Picayune , 3 d inst.
Later From Texas.
By the arrival of the steamship Mexico, Captain
Flace, we have received dates from Galveston to
the 30th ult.
We learn from the Houston Telegraph that the
engineer engaged in surveying the Houston and
Austin Railroad, has completed his estimate for
the grading of the first section ofthe road from that
city to the Cypress, and he finds that the average
cost ofthe earth-work will not exoeed SBOO a mile.
The bank* of the Cypress are fouud to be eighty
feet above the surface at Houston, the distance is
twenty-three miles, consequently the grade will
not exceed four feet to the mile.
The San Antonio Ledger says that last year a
German farmer, in the vicinity of New Braunfels,
cleared from ono acre, SSOO worth of cigars. A
merchant of Bremen, Germany, has pronounced
the tobacco of Western Texas second to none but
the Cuban for fumigating purposes, and a Ids his
willingness and desire to secure the investment of
SIOO,OOO in the product. Several planters on the
Medina will apply themselvosto its cultivation the
coming seasou.
The Lavacca Commercial was presented n few
days ago by Dr. Moses J ffinson with one of the
largest figs ever seen, measuring seven and a half
inches in circumference. The fig was produced
from a slip that was cut and planted last spring.
The tree from whioh this was taken produced
about a bushel ol fine ripe figs this season, and
shows conclusively that figs of the finest quality
can be raised in that vicinity.
The San Antouio Ledges says that the ferryman
at the Seguin crossing on the Guadalupe river, in
one day, killed over thirteen hundred rats, and
adds:
“These undermining creatures having aggrega
gated in an immense body, are travelling West
ward. Indiscriminately, they attack everything of
a vegetable nature in their route. Many_theories
are suggested for their emigration, Wo have
heard of no plausible one.”
The Western Texan haa the followir •» from Eagle
“By a letter from Eagle Pass, recoived by a gen
tleman in this oity, we learn that a short time
since a party of Mexicans run off alst of horses be
longing on the other side of the Rio Grande. Ed
Stevens getting wind qf the fact, went with a party
of his friends and captured the horses. He then
sent word to the Mexican commander that if he
would send him his pistol and other articles taken
from him at the time of his arrest, and SSO, the
horses would be delivered up. It is hardly neces
sary to say that the requisition was speedily com
plied with.” _
County Subscription.—Wo are gratified in boing
able to state to the readers of this paper that,
through the efforts of Judge Alexander and Col. O.
P. Temple, the County Court at its session on
Monday, ordered a subscription of stock to be
made on the part of Knox county, of one hundred
thousand dollars in the Lexington and Knoxville
Rail Road Company, and * like sum in the compa
ny organized to build a rail road between this
place and Rabun Gap, by the way of Maryville
subject to the decision of the legal voters ofthe
county. The vote is to be taken on Tursday, the
7tli of April. . „ . „
We feel confident that this action of the Coun
ty Court will be ratified by a largo maiority of the
voters ofthe county. It is a step so obviously nee
essary to the prosperity not only of the town but
of the county, that it must elicit the hearty approval
of all who are true to themselves.
Can not the counties of Andeson and Campbell
take a like snm of one hundred thousand and the
county of Scot fifty thousand dollars in the stock of
the Lexington and Knoxville Rail Road Company?
Let this be done and it will place the construction
of the road beyond a probability. This road will
add greatly to the wealth of those who reside in
these counties by enhancing the value of their lands
and affording a ready cash market for the products
of their farms. Being thus interested, we hope they
will step forward in their capacity of counties, and
assist In the great work.— Knoxville Register.
Tbs weathar during the entire Christmas holi
days was very disagreeable—cloudy, rainy and
warm for the season. Beveral days were favored
with a balmy, spring-like atmosphere—and the
singing of birds. The rains for several weeks past
have been constant and heavy. The earth is more
completely saturated with water and the streams
are higher than they have been for two years past.
There has been a fine shoal tide in the Tennessee
river.
On Monday morning the weather changed—with
a cold north wind, cloud# spitting snow freely da
ring the day, and the ground freezing. It is now
(Tuesday) cold in earnest—the first real oold spell
we have had this winter-—with a fine prospect for
good iot.—MunUoiUe AdvooaU, UhmsL
Th# number of new budding* erected in Wash
ington daring the past year, was #64.
From the Columbus Timet and Sentinel
Im portaut Law Case.
Mu. Fobbttb :—The object nearest to my heart
since tjie unfortunate disaster to the Bank of Bt.
Mary's last April has been first to proteot the Bill
bolder from depreciation ; and next, to place its
affairs a position to resume specie payments and
consign the Institution to an honorable sepulchre.
It was therefore painful to mo to see that you feel
it necessary to publish the fact, that a Court and
Jury hod ordered some $47,000 of the assets of the
bank which were designed for the innocent and.
suffering Bill holder to he surrendered to a public
informer. Although I feel indebted for the very
complimentary notice which you were pleased, in
the same article, to make of myself and my efforts
in behalfof the Bank—yet it will scarcely answer
your desired purpose of quieting tho nerves of the
timid creditor, which have been first excited to
the highest pitch, by the astounding announce
ment that an unexpected liability bad been fixed
upon the Bank to the amount of $47,000, giving a
public informer to that extent a preference over all
other creditors, by awarding the first judgment.—
Our fears often control our reason, and many a
creditor wilt read the first part of your article,
and passing unnoticed your closing remarks, will
rush to the Broker’s office and take anything that
he can get for his Bills. When men become
alarmed they seldom stop to reason, and if they
did with your publication as the data upon which
to base conclusions., I am not certain that it would
help the matter much if any. They would say
their bank has been deprived under the panoply
or the law, of $47,000; and perhaps there arc lew
more cases of the same sort that will take from
both Winter and the Bank, all they are worth.—
What mortal man can do ho will do: bnt if the
court and the jury order a transfer of all ho has
and all the bank lias to be paid to public informers
who is to pay me? If they can thus lay their
hands upon a part, they may lay it upon the whola.
This would be the reasoning of a timid u an at
first blush, and your assurance, would not always
have tho efteet to reinspire confidence. But I am
happy in the reft-ction that their uneasiness need
be but short lived, and would be still more grati
fied if I could persuade the Bill holders to patient
ly abide the issue in she Supreme Court, to which
august body the question will be submitted during
the next month. That the court übove will re
verse the dicisions of the court below, there is not
a shadow of a doubt, upon the maids of the best
counsel that Western Georgia affords. Bo it un
derstood that lam not speaking for mvself, tor as
a stockholder in the Bank, the recent decision has
not caused even a moment’s uneasiness, I peak
soberly for those who hold the liabilities of the
Bank of St. Mary’s. I wish to save their feeling*
and purses, and therefore fuel it my duty to make
this effort to prevent a depreciation of the I.abili
ties of the Bank.
Suffer me now to say a few words to the merits
of the case. The law under which the judgment
was rendered was passed in 1885, when specie was
abundant and no necessity existed for a paper
substitute. In 1887, the'suspenaion of the '< ntire
Banking interest from Maine to the Gulf of Mex
ico, drove every floating silver dollar and gMen
eagle into foreign lands, and what happen d to
be left in the vaults of the Banks, was safely lock
ed up. Such was the dearth of change, and mch
the public inconvenience which immediately suc
ceeded the disappearance of the meiallic me ium
that by one accord from tho seaboard t < the
mountains, corporations and individuals of ■ very
shade and hue. commenced tho issue of these op
probrious shinplasters, and everybody rec ived
and paid them out. There was scarcely an indi
vidual within the limits of Georgia who did not
with impunity violate the law, either in maki s or
issuing, or paying away some of these contemned
paper devices. The Governor and his Secre".tries
the Central Bank and its officers, the Judges and
their Jurors, their wives and their daughters, high
and low, rich and poos, white and black, all
were in the daily ana almost hourly hal l of
violating this very law, which has been naefby
the public informcrs|hoping to transfer the si in of
$47, 'OO from tho pockets of the Stocbholde j of !
the Bank of St. Marys, to the coffers of those, .vho
to say the least of it, have themselves don! less
been frequent and common violators of\thi self
same law ; and who in the particular ins* .nee
upon which this prosecution is founded, ind eed
the violation of the law (if the law has been \ !o)a
--ted) by the presentation of one hundred doll: sat
the counter of the Bank, obtaining from the r i Her
the Bills sued on, under a plea, that they ore
wanted for change. I might indite a few stric .ires
upon the actors in this case and the circumst: nces
by which ir is surrounded, bnt as this would be a
digression from the purposes of this article, 1 am
perfectly satisfied to leave them to the judg ent
of a discriminating public.
The law makers saw the absurdity of a'lowbiga
law to remain on the statutes of the State, v bich
from necessity every body violated, and i\ ich
would be used by the designing to scourge the
unweary; and in 1842 repealed the act of I i 35,
so far as to exempt all persons and corporations,
except the makers of tne Bills. The Lep:*la
turo of 1851, finding the law: was being ade
use of for base purposes, enacted a gener ’ re
peal of all laws upon this subject—remittee ull
penalties incurred, and formed a new and more
practical law to restrain the issue of small i >tes
oy individuals, at the same time enlarging the
power of the Banks to issue notes of less < no
mination than five dollars. But the court ■ er
rulcd all tho repeal of 1842 as applied to Bin ks,
and declared that the informer bad acquit 1 a
right to the penalty to tho extent of his 1 a If,
which set the pardoning power of the Stat at
defiance. It remains to be seen whether the Su
preme Court will confirm the doctrine—that my
other Legislature can inadvertantly arrest the
pardoning power from the Governor and oli fu
ture Legislatures, and place it in the ham’ o!
public informers, who, from the very natuv. of
their office, must have a cupidity only equ . led
by their heartlessuess, and who could not b ,x~
pected to exercise any more clemency toward he
deserving than the undeserving, and
regard the tears of distress from the widow nd
the orphan, as heedlessly as they would the
pattering of the rain drops upon the roof of: eir
house.
Should you review this article, my dear si-,. I
hope you will not forget that every bank ii r he
State has been equally guilty— that by a sin lar
process in 1837, every Bank in the State, bag
and baggage, specie, notes and all could ! .ve
been turned over to the public informer—d" not
forgot that it is your peculiar duty, as an edi or,
as a gentleman of well known high-toned ft ng
and benevolent heart, to contemn all action wl ch
in its consequences would violently transfer ‘ he
earnings of another without leaving in its nd
a valuable consideration, and do not forget l :at
this blow is aimed, uot at me alone, but that he
widows and in and near St. Mary’s v ho
are stockholders in the Bank, had no intore-’ in
tho transaction, had no part of lot in it, no c n
troloverit; could not by any possibility ! ve
Ererented it, are not morally responsible for it,
ad no knowledge of tho alledged transgrei-mm,
the suit or the judgment, and yet stand condemn
ed in a heavy penalty and without a hearing. Is
this justice ?
But a few words more and I have done- The
Bank suspended because I could not prevent i‘
My whole aim and effort ever since, has been to |
appreciate the notes, so that sellers, whether i r <ni
necessity or choice,should lose as little as po- i’ le.
By the most strenuous efforts ! have succeeded in
reducing tho liabilities two-thirds in eight short
months—the reduction amounting to nearly 1< ur
thousand dollars. In the same time more than > ne
hundred thousand dollars of those much abu ed
small notes, have been redeemed —the progi >s
tication of the skeptical to the contrary not v ;li
standing.
' In all my trials and vexations, arising from tho
malign action of the ill-disposed, by the ble-sing
of Providence, I have been sustained by the al
most unparalled confidence and indulgence of the
great public, and the unremitted kindness of my
personal friends.
All that I ask is a continuation of the kindness
and cons douce which has been heretofore so gene
rously extended, and will justify it even nt the
hazard of my existence (
Thus much to my friends, and I think, judging
from the manifestations of kindness with which 1
am greeted upon all sides, that i may include in
this term, all my former fellow citizens. To my
enemies, I have no word even of reproof to offer,
being perfectly satisfied to submit myself to an
unpartia! public, with, no other witnesses, than the
every and all actions of my life, and no better ad
vocate than their unbiassed judgment.
Respectfully, yours, &c., John G. Winter.
Increasing Trade of Nashville. —The large
number of boxes, bales, barrels, crates, &c., almost
always to be found at the Nashville depot of the
Nashvilleiand Chattanooga Railroad, speaks vol
umes for the increased trade upon the lineof River
and Railroad transportation through thiscitv. All
East Tennessee, Western Georgia,' and north east
ern Alabama, will find their cheapest transporta
tion over this line, to and from New-Orleaur, St.
Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, &c. Direct ship
ments are now being made from St. Louis to Last
Tennessee, of refined sugars, syrup, molas>es.
whito lead, load, shot, soaps, linseed, castor nod
lard oils, candies, &c., all manufactured there.—
Why may not many of these articlea as well be
manufactured here ? The important change:, ari
sing under our railroad improvements should at
once start into life the dormant energies an I rc
Bources ol Middle Tennessee. Linseed, castor and
lard oils, soaps, candles, &c., should be as cheaply
manufactured here as at any poiut in the world.
And why should not sugar refineries do as well
here as nt St. Louis ?
We are rejoiced to find new matiufsctoriessr iag
ing up Lore constantly, but there is great roo .a for
more, and of almost every variety. There is no
country fuller of materials, than Middle Tennes
see, for all sorts of manufactures—no country inure
capable of feeding cheaply men and animals so
employed. Men of capital and owners of large
bodies of real estate among us, should turn to good
account the advantages opening up for profitable
enterprise. —Nashville Banner.
On the Ist instant the State of Illinois pud $850,-
000 on the principal of its bonds, other than ca
nal bonds.
*■" »*,. .. i «% " T
The Liverpool Cotton
We pnWish following Item an" Amen,*,
merchant if Lurcrpoof ,aa furnishing interrwtiT 1
information In relation to the causes of the re*?*
decline in the prices of cotton :~Oh. iferearj,.
Liverpool, 14th Dee., 1852
A great change of feeling having taken nbL.
here lately, in regard to the value of cotton
readers will-be anxious to have all the
they can obtain as to the causes and ground* f
that change. They are better expressed in the *„
closed letter, (which I cat from the MancheWto
Guardian) though coming from a New York hoa*T
than in any other statement which 1 can findS
similar brevity. Tho chief point, however, thatu
now maue against cotton is, that it is all a miatak*
to imagine that the present consumption of th*
world is taking off at the rate of three million baS*
of American cotton annually, besides the crops of
other countries, although this impression was *t
first created by tho rapid absorption of last year?
crop. rvsra
It is now discovered that at least 400,000 bales
if not half a million, have gone to restore the
stocks, not only of cotton in tne hands of spinners!
but of yarns and goods in the hands nfm»n u f nc M
rers, warehousemen and dealers all over the world*
to something near an average; for we know they
had fallen lar below an averago during the prece
ding two years of scarcity and high prices. The
following is now the current estimate of the con
sumption of the past three years. Crop of 1850
2, 100, W0 bales; consumption,2,3so,ooo; andstoclr
threby reduced by 250,000 bales. Crop of 1851
2,350,000|ba1e5; consumption, 2,450,000 bales; stoclr
further reduced by 100,COO bales. Crop or 1852.
8,000,000; consumption, 2,650,000; remainder
going to restore reduced stocks all over the world.
This takes no account of tho reduced amount of
cotton received here from India this year equal
to 100, W0 bales. Some men are taking even low*
views of actual consumption, bat even at this es
timate, what wonder that with every prospectofst
least three millions, and probably more, besides a
large excess from India, <fec., present prices art
considered far too high, and that another three
million crop cannot be taken, except at lower pri
ces than last year ?
From the Manchester ( Eng .) Guardian.
THE AMERICAN COTT#N CMP.
The following is an extrad ftom a letter dated
New York, 9th November, 1852, from a mercantile
firm there to theircorresspondents in Liverpool;
“ We feel much obliged for your order for cot
toh, on which, however, we have decided not to
act ut present, and we doubt not yon will approve
our course when we explain our views.
We cannot believe that the parties onypur aid* !
of the oceau, who are showing so much anxiety to
get hold of cotton at any price, can be properly ad
vised as to the state of mattees at this side, in
cluding the prospect of crop. It is certain there
never was so much cotton planted, and that with
a season equal to that of last rear, we should have •
a larger crop. But not only naa the Beason been
equai to that of last year, it has been decidedly
better, from the time of sowing throughout to the
present moment. Do you forget the grave com
plaints made last full, ending in a post so early as T
24th Oct. So serious and well founded did they
appear, that, though not disposed to be very cre
dulous, we were led to reduce our previous esti
of 3, U00, 000 to 2,800,000 bales, and many of oar
friends, not usually easily frightened adopted the
estimates of 25 to 2,600,000 as the extreme, and
sagely prognosticated that whereas the mistake
tho previous year had been in an under estimate
of the crop, it would that year be found that the
error was in the opposite direction. Last year’*
crop, however, having reached three million not
withstanding the various mishaps which occurred
to it, ha- fully satisfied us that had the season been
as perfect as this year has been, w'e should have
made 3,200,000 bales: and allowing a very small
per centage for this year’s increase of cultivation,
we arrive at millions of bales as the lowest safe
estimate of the present crop.
"So much for the supply. Now for the demand.
You arc the better judges as to the requirement
of England, and will correct us if our impression
is erroneous, that the immense consumption which
was induced by the low prices of the raw material
in the beginning of tlio year, has been considera
bly checked of late by the alteration to finer num
bers of yarus, which invariably accompanies an ad
vance of price; and that the stocks, not only of
cotton in the hands of spinners, but also of goode
in the leading markets ofthe world, are considera
bly larger than this time last year. Such certainly
is the ease her, and, according to the best informa
tion wo can obtain, on the continent of Europe
also.
According to our advices from the South down
to this morning, we could not purchase middling
cotton to lay down in Liverpool under per
lb. So high a price thus early in the season, we
consider hazardous iu the extreme, and we know
this is the general impression among merchants
here who understand tho trade, it being notorious
that it is almost entirely by English orders that
the'Southern markets are at present supported.
Americans holding off for the decline, which is
expected to bo considerable after the orders now
in hand arc executed, and the extent of the crop
ascertained.
Twelve months ago the stock of cotton and of
every product of cotton was, as might well be ex
pected after two short crops contemporaneously
with so aetivo a state of trade throughout tho
world, reduced to a lower point than had been
known for years. Hence the enormous crop of the
past year was easily disposed of. Haifa million of
hales were required to fill up the gap in the world’s
stocks — short-sighted people called tho unprece
dented demand consumption, and built up a pret
ty speculation upon it, even in the face of a second
crop, which, were it not for this grand mistake,
would frighten them at tho mere name of cotton,
or induce them to limit their orders to five instead
of ton cents per lb.
You may depend upon it, we are on the eve of
very heavy losses in cotton, and we shall do our
be-t to keep our friends dear. It is to be regret
ted that so large a share will fall upon parties in
England who have been led away by interested
people. Let the English and French hold back till
the full extent ofthe crop he established, and they
will bo well rewarded for their patience. By March
we hope to buy at six cents; and though we may,
in the full extent of that expectation, be disappoint
ed, it is certain that ut least nothing will be lost by
waiting.” _ 1
Washington Affair*.
Washington, Jan. 4.—ln the Supreme Court
this morning the Kainc extradition case was again
called up. Mr. Crittenden stated that he had ex
amined the law applicable, and had come to the
conclusion to take no aotive part in the case, con
sidering that tho duty to the Executive only com
menced when the criminally of the accused was
fully proved and a warrant issued. Mr. Busteed
appeared for Kaine and no counsel appearing for
the defence, asked the advice of the Court as to
what course he should pursue. Chief Justice Ta
ney said tho Court would leave it to the discretion
of counsel to take such course as they deemed
proper. Mr. Busteed then proceeded with his
argument. He said, in order that the Court might
have the case fully before them in the absence of
the counsel for the defence, he would, possess
them of all the arguments which had been ad
duced on the opposite side, which he did ; and
then proceeded with his argument for Kaine. Mr*
Brady followed, concluding the case for Kaine.—
The following were the mam points submitted :
That tho Ashburton Treaty had prescribed the
jale of evidence, and that tne act of 1848, which
purported to carry out the conditions of the treaty
had changed the rule of evidence so as to msks
less evidence necessary for the purpose of extradi
tion than the treaty required. Mr. Brady contend
ed '.hat Congress had no power to enlarge the rale
of evidence by act of Congress beyond what wse
in the treaty.' That Congress had no power to
give up an American citizen to any foreign power
at all except by virtue of the treaty, and that no
thing beyohd the terms of the treaty, could be en
acted by Congress—that the commissioner had do
authority to act at all, and that he was not such
a person as the act of 1848 contemplated should be
given up as a fugitive. At the time the treaty was
ratified the commissioner had no magisterial pow
er, and that the commissioner (Mr. Bridgemann)
who acted on the case was only a general com
missioner. The rule of evidence established by
the treaty was the only rule prisoner could bo
judged by, and the rule of evidence was that the
accused should bo given up when the evidence
was such as would justify nis arrest and commit
ment in the place where tne defendant was found.
The rule in New York, where he was found, te
quired that ho should bo confronted with his ac
cusers, and that he should have the opportunity of
examining the witnesses himself, which was not
done in this case ; and that, therefore the commis
sioner had no power to give him up. Mr. Brady,
in conclusion, moved that a new wnt of habeas
corpus be issued accordingly.
The President, to day, sent to the Senate the
nomination of Hon. George E. Banger, of North
Carolina, for the vacant Judgship m the Supreme
Bench•
The stcaraor Fulton has arrived at the Navy
Yard, having been hastily fitted out by order or
the Secretary of Navy. . , ,
King’s phiysicianß thinking it most present to
avoid any change at Norfolk. It is uncertain,
however, when he will leave Washington-
Tho Jackson statue now stands firmly in its po
sition in Lafayette Square, having finished rauung
it this morning. It will remain housed until tne
Bth inst. _ s>
Col. Forney returned from Concord to dsy.
Snow. —Dame weather kicked up a terrible
on Monday, and the consequenoe wse, the greew*
was soon covered with snow. .On yesterday we
sun made its appearance, and (A this time watfoey .
a vestige of the snow remains. ** Sic -
mundiF—Anderson {S. C.) Gaeette, Mkvs*. i.
.. , st ; .i ■ 1 . ,uV~ST
The Virginia LeqblatcEE. — This body hne#®*
been in session some six weeks, end if it
any thing nt all except meet and adjourn. MyyP* t
pains have been taken to keep Men action
the public. The people of Virginia are s lonf*®?.: f
sering and patient people, "hut we doubt
they will tolerate tne waste of time and monaf/ ~ -
Which this Legislature has been foßty.
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