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Sac. 4. Ind be II further enacted, That

SEC. 4. ind Be II further enacted, That
any person, or persons, who have settled
on and improved an, of the lands in the
said Territory. reserved for the use of
schools, and who would have had the right
ri pre-rnIptinn thereto by the law, had not
the same brre 81 reserved, shall hase the
right 81 presumption under the SAM terms
aud condilnns, aud subject ~ The same
restrictions, provided for IL at ct casts If
= figit 81 pre- aipiIpn IN said Territory Il
a quarter section ri noapprnp,lntrd lands
~ fhr SANE township aud - near al AGENT
a. lands at Ike quantity can be- obtained.
SIC. 3. .}ad BE- II further eHGCied, That
every person, o. his OF her legal r,rresen-
fali,r. comprised tn the Iisi Of actual ,ef-
tlers, r"purird Ia TIE commissioner Of the
General Laod Oilice, by the REGISTER aud
Receiver for thr District of Jar kscu Court
House, IN the state III mississippi. Under
the authority of an act at Go. gross, eplItl Il
F" An Act for adjusting ih, claims - land,
and establishing Loan Offices in the Di.
trlcts east of the Island Of n. Ollrans," ap-
proved the thrd day Of March one thon-
sand eight hundred aud nineteen, not ha-
wing any written evidence Of RI i'm IN land.
IN sad district, and who on the ltird day
ri Ndrch, one Thousand eight hundred aud
nineteen did actually inhahrt aud cultivate
tract of land in sud district not claimed
by virtue of any Nltte. evidence of claim,
legally derived fion either the French,
British, or spanish Governments, or grant
ed ~ . donation by viliue of any act of
Congress heretofore passed, shalt he enti-
He'd Ia r'Eht Of preference, on becoming
he purchaser from thu United States Of
such tract OF ldnd, al thu same price for
winch other public lands are sold al private
salt: P,opided, That such tract of land
shall not contain more than one hu dred
and sixty acres, To be located by sectional
lines, and that the sane shall BE- duly en-
trr.'1 with the Register Of the proptt Office,
within the tenn of two years, or heferr, if
the -lmr shah hr offered at public sale
Ind prOuided also, Where any person IL
settled on aud has improved any school
lands in said district. he, she, Or they
hill be governed by the provisions Of the
fourth stcnon Of this ac'.
APPROyED--Arrii %. 1896.
JOHN q. ADA9S.
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Ned--April :, t82s.
JOHN q. ADAMS.
PUBIIc-No. 90


AN ACJ to- altering the time tor holding
one term OF the District Cont fer the
Western District of Pennsylvania.
BE II enacied By Ike Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of the United States of
nier'ea IA Congress assembled, That the
term afth" District Court of the Western
District Of Pennsylvania, now directed Ia
be held at Pittsburgh, in the county of AL
Irshany, an the second Monday of Octo-
her, shall hereafter be held AT the same
plare,on the ihrd Monday of October, in
each year thereafter.
SEC. 2. Ind be ii further enacted, That
al actions, suits, processes, plradings, and
other praeeedi igs commenced and pend
ing in the said District Court, shall have
day, be heard, and determined, on the s. id
third Monday OF October, IN the sam.
manner as they would hs,e been, on The
second Monday of October, if this act had
noi passed.
AFPRoyED-AInil s 1895.
JoH&>2 ADAMS.
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From The Baltimore Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY CORRESPON
DENCE

Our correspondent at Laguira, under
date Of June the FIRST, enclosed us two
printed documents issued by General
PAEz, respecting the recent revolution in
Vaencla. Our space and time only per-
NIT us to make use of one of them to- day,
the other we shall translate at a more con-
yenirnt season. The document we now
lay before the public. is a translation Of
letter from General PAEz TO the Librrator
BOLIVAR, giving Il short account of The
circumstances which indacrd him to take
up arms against his countly-there is evil
IDENTITY in parts of the letter, penitcntia
tone, indicating consciousness of having
committed an offence that may not be par
'90ned. We know not the motive winch
induced Gen. Paez To priot and circulate
copies OF thus extraordinary letter before
the original could have been well out Of
the couniry--bnt it seems to us that il
would have been better for the cause he
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.qnoiher but more disastrous Fresh,

.1nother but more disastrous FreShet.
FREDERICKSBURG, June Gave bad
occasion, Il few days since, To notice con-
siderable aud sudden rise in the Kappa
hammock River, by which one bridge in
the vicinity of our town was carried way
We have now more melancholy duty 10
perform, in recording the loss and almost
entire destruction of the two beautiful
bridges opposite this place. occasioned by
another Hood, which has moi been equalled
since the memorable Fall If 1914
On Sunday, between 9 and 3 O'Clock,
the rain commenced. and continued, with
short lntermlssions 10 fall IN heavy show
ers, until Monday moraing, when the
clouds dispersed. In the course Of this
day the IiN"i began to swell. and 90 Paes=
day morning II attained It's greatest ele,a-
ton. Many of the houses situated near
the wharves were now completely inun-
dated, and could only be apr, oachrd IN
boats. The bridge BULL by the late Ma or
Jones, of Chatham, and " hch has been
ever since II WAS erected, one OF ON mot
delightful prOmenades, lir-t gave way, and
all that p0r ion of ii reaching from Browns
l-laDd g. the Stafford Shore, moved of
With the lmpetuous torrent. On reaching
the lower b,idge, IA few hundred yards dis
tant, this heavy mass of timber carried
with ii several of the central arches of this
bridge a-" 4; and, In less than an hour al
terWard-, the whole, reaching from the a
b1tmeuts Ou either SIDE, rose to the bosom
of the flood and footed down the resist
less current. H. the destruction of these
bridges our town has sustained greai
public loss. The lower brIdgr WAS owned
by company; the upper MAS the proper
~ OF the herr of the Late, Major hurcb-
hIll Jones. We have heard that Judsr
toallrr, the present proprietor of tue Cha
hain estate, has expressed his Intention If
speedIl' replacing this bridge W. are
Happy to say lhe Falmouth b,idge stands
firm.
The injurious effect, of the former FIRE h.
et, IN the upper country have been great.
Ae hear from the neIghborhU0d of n
&c maO0a Mills, tina many of the mil
dams ON the small streams have been swept
n ay.-J"nfs', SINNERS, Browns, and
Fields, are amopg The number. Ihr
mneM an ! corn MAS considerably injured.
We may now expect 10 near IN, lanchoy
udlGSs from thai quarter of the country.
fhs corn on the nstr bottoms must be en-
iircl, ruined.
The Mad for the South was detained
here yesterday, IN consequence Of the runs
Ia this vicinity belns rendered impossible.
Heraid
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duct tic safe port, and permit me. after
so many tolls, to spend private life in
the plains of Apure, whore may live a.
nong my friends, far from my enVious ri
sals and from multitude of ungraiefnl
individuals " ho eulel INTO the public SER
slcr y zen eud my cateer.
!" Receive General. the sincere assur-
anc" Of heart thai sal9es YIN, Of true
f.irnd that loves yuu, aud Of a companion
n arms, Who Ia fl5akness and 'rulh, adds
the great consideration aud respect with
which | remain your most obrdirnt SER
sani. JOSE ANTONIO PAEZ.
Caracas, .Hty -. 1896
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fprnfic- ~

AN ACT 20 authorize lie State ~ Penney.
yhnia to ial Out md ankle canal thfou IA
The United States public ground, near the
city nt rilsburgh
b i eHacffd bg The Senate and House Of
kepres, ablipes IF he ipied Sinies Of Il
mtffcr IN congress ns5t mLitd, Tint the
consrui of 'nngress u horehv gltrn IN
iip. STATE ~ Pennsylvania. TO lay ogt aud
maxi rana through lhr Umtrd States
n hlir ground, al the ,illage of Bsa tpnce
vile near the city of piitshug: Prori-
I'D, That, in laying out and making said
nd, tho said States. tie Eng urrrs, artl-
.ans o. lohurers, by h.f employed shall
nj l.t'Il,rs ltl. I nint, any OF The
aIlui. &, IN rp.rmrnts. ar other Hnres.
erected. 90 dat utas hereafter he ereeted,
d, or for lie nss I. the United Siates.
SEC =. IND be n further 'nacied, That,
~ condition IN nhlth the assent Ut
GoHgTrs-, IS gwen. wherever SAID canal
elliil cross any pahle OF private rad or
highway, ~ sid public gronnd the State
OF Prnuayv ,eia shall c8use bridges Ia BIZ
efrci.d O. f,t fhe passage of Carts and
w. ,p aud forever thereafter keep aud
,nalatuu ure sid bridges passabr and in
good :, par, without receiving any toll nr
tolls, or any other compensation whate.
trr.
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Z .aa. q o

ffsla hs Baltimore lplfr.eaa.
Extract from The :" Maid of thrns, "a To-
en-, delivered ef Mr.. Robert Barlrr At lae
anniversary If he pa.IolcNian Society," NJ
= nh. 1926 u nnf often that We u.eei Win
lines more 5aaa5ii1l, or that do more credit
10 orr cuitHHs.
Ala i.,af Ramsh's heart divine,
Shonla 6 = be made aifictiuu's shrine
A drr7rs Naslr, wi bou, sun,
Forca despair 70 feed upon
Mas aal sHe should ever know
The work Of sorrow, and iorego
llrr fl,#Haaf II happiness,
Ntl 81 deso .edues-,
For Hal8s.i. nj the wreck of feeling,
By di,sa polutmeni's sad revealing.
fian Wolzhips ~ a ihuusaHd >hr.ncs,
Where ef lat ny Of plsasnIc sine.
Aud shere ihe r1sy god prevails,
His ittbirss heart Win rtplnrc haiis
The ,the ssp. spafkhHE to The hrm ,
And bil III se#sutY's moonlight bowHr,
u whisper lasp bat soon To him
III, n M ne.el hid felt IL power.
And he en- nau.Irr like Tive bee,
Etpa lu,er, Ia flower fro Tree 20 tree
Aai irfrarh nd ihai hlurms and dies,
Can e. aaslasz d. - airt,
But ,,#a.aa 4e.ei ese IWDIlpss he,
She hs aRe s3le idaifry-
One aliar-s one Tor her !, reared,
b her helas. =, herrev
And there he Ids her cheu-hrd 1ane
with fond saieitude but when
Us ray Is dian Il and gone, hn same
Can never b. lllnm'5 again.
Hers is mild aid srnllc power,
That pro,pers in affection ; hour;
And when lie hearltrs-nc. ct tlien1s
Fall, like feslipnre. and brings
10 hope ava f#if imasiniu
It~N hisperine ba.81si. then oman lends
Her words ~ sularr an her amiIf,
Like utoan',esms ~ ruined pie,
Co,nr., WITH al in1 lence to bless,
Whcre MI ST. NJ Grrar and comfortess,
Aud beds around ,neh holy lied,
A ,sakes e'en desolatiou bright.
Ard On her lay.i onr's brow 1T pan,
Her tears Tall like the summer tin
Upon the scoreh'd and w,lhcrir1 fuwer,
Too long deserted ~ the shower;
And bring paainto lie aud bin"m,
The heart thu sorrow wonld Lohsame.
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FOR "a,

.Neip YORK; June 26.-Thc Lewis. from
HaHrr, hrlngs us Paris papers 10 the gath
ult. whirh announce With seeming certain
", that The Porte had acqoescrd in III.
demands Of the Russians without reserve.
rms acqu'rscenre ~ unexpected 10 us, pr.
tlcnlaIly after the triumph r the crescent
before, Mlssolongbl 1t however ohyiaies
the immediate risk of war between Russia
aud Turkey. II nov remains to be sprn
whether on the one SIDE the troubled bn-
monrs Of the Russian empire, which in n
Mar would bate fund natural vent, Tan
be euhdurd without Intestine COmmotion !;
and On the othet whether the fierce and
fanatic J"nissaries 0fthc east viii aDlrfDy
submit tn TIVE pacific policy of their : i.
tau. Meantime the heroic Greeks are.
we fear, to he left Ia their fate. while Chris.
tendon looks IDLY ON their fall.
The Emperor has issued a prociama
ton of the 2lst April, declaring his pnr-
pose To be crowned with hi- Empress in
Moscow, in the month of June.
They write from Elrnna under date Of
the 18th May, that the Ottoman Porte has
fully dcCrded to all The stipulatous in thu
ntlmai'on of the Emperor Nicholas. TIE
Turkish cabinet had already designated
two pIrHlpotrntlarirs II proceed To the
frontier, had restored the hostages Ia hb-
erty, and had gwen immediate orders for
the evacuation Of Waliachla and Molda-
via.
II should be added, that \ commercial
letter hom Cdessa, rere.ed yesterday in
Paris, relates, that the ,lanIssarir>, ON be
Ing Into, med of the pacific purposes of thr
dlsdn, evl ICED their dissatisfaction in the
most violent manner, declaring their in
trn,"n To depose the Sultan, and proclaim
his son.
According To tine latest letters from the
ionan isles, 1IissoIonsnl presents now only
the appearance ut a marsh. IbrahIm de-
slrn = to conceal the enormous Losses hr
sustained before IT, int. lcts the approach
Of all vessels from Corfu, or the other is.
baud
Paris, May 22- A report has circulated
for two days past that the ambassadors of
England and Russia in Constantnople,
had been Unsettled and i'll .trrated by the
popnIacc 1t is now believed that the
Russian alon" vas subject to these insults
The he'ds aud ears of the Greeks Nerp
thrown int" hls house, and he himself is
reported to have been wounded. The ia.
nlssarrs also menaced the Sultan, if he
attempted any cbaHge j. the uaiIitar, dis
clpllne. This popular etfprtrsspnce result
I'd from the intelligence ofthc fall of Mis-
eolonghi.
A morning paper has the following para
graph -" A new misfortune seems To
have fallen on the Greeks. Many letters
assure us, that Canaris, who has enrolled
his name with the noblest of antiquity,
persisted in the waves before Missolongh,
with the fire hip he commanded Ac-
cordIng to the accounts, Of which we still
wish 10 doubt, the last moments of this he.
+" were about to be signaIized by fresh sue
cess against the Turks, when a red hot
bullet caused his vessel 10 blow up, aud he
would thus have persisted in the midst of
his triumph"
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Richmond, June 3a.---fhe freshet 10 the
James Rive, during the last week, Vas
much hover than the one which began 10
spP"ar 90 Monday night and rose to It's
greatest elevation about 4 O'Clock on Tues
day E,rnng. Ii Is sappused 10 have beee
ean-ed toy macy heaf .ainS towards the
mountains on Sunday E,en,ns and Mon
day morning. Tue IIver rose With great
rhpidIty darInS the nisht, and m,ny who
I've on the river "ere a.ioulsneb 10 SEE
ther low grounds Inundated in the NOM.
lng, and the lralls ot their labuur swept
away 10y thr flood. This iresnet, thouga
several feet lower than the great QUE Of
1922, has been hncommonly ia juriuus. Ii
has carried oil much oil the stacked Wheat
La the low lands, and done serious damage
10 the standing oats, growing corn and
young tobacco. An immense quantity of
wheat has come down the current ; be-
sides several hOg5heads of tobacco, which
were probably stove IN the hatiedux, trag-
menIs Of mills carts, SC. No lives az VT
appear to have been Iost.-S0mr hght Is
expected to be shed OF thr prophet, of
impro' ing the navigation of Ihr river by
means Of dams thrown across it. The oh
lection has been made 10 it, that in case of
a swell 10 the river, the dam Was calcutta
ted TO raise the water higher aud drown
more OF the low grounds. Some opser-
'alions have been made by persons on
this treshc, which ii is hoped viii be laid
before the public. Eng.
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~ AUTEoREIY,
THK FIEST SESSION or THE MINT
TENTH CONGREes.
IIuB1Ic-No. 1871

EtN u t'NHhf@0'
PUBIC No. rs.
An ACTto previae for the employment OF
aN additional naval force.
Be II cHactsd BIZ The SENATE and House
Of Representatives Of III United ,Si1is of
.lmoicd an Congress assembled Thu In.
following sums be. and they are Ierehy rs.
prelivrly Appropriated fu DIFF ymg IN
expenses of tie NY far the Year ~
ibnusaId iets Ha#a. = and twenty * j.
addntva FRA tat tHHs rrt"t"Ie approprIa
ted b, 'n,. tI ttsf#oleri, mt is to Say:
For rrN and subsaience ol poty officers.
aud fur pay ol seamen, ojh,. than those al
Ma Ytrds, Shore stolious, and IN or
binary, -ixty sn thousand cght hundred
aud uluety sc'eu dallors.
.Fnrp provisions, fuzzy three tbousand eight
hnndred apri sixty eight dollars.
For medicines aud hospital stores, four
thousand dollars
For repairs. AID wear aud tear Of YES
sells, ulnety ihr0sapd dollars.
SEC. =. ing b. /, firibtr euucted, That
the se'eral appropriations hrlrhy made
snail br pa'd oul at Of any MONEY IN the
Treasury, not otherwise appropriated -
Prorld,d ho'efrer, That 40 money ap-
proprated, h} TN, act, shall be ptid 10 an,
person for bus compensation, who Is IN ar
reaIst tn the United States, uurj such per
son shall haee accounted for. aud pad IN.
so the Treasury, all senls for which he
may he hahIe, Frori9ed further That
nothing ~ THIS sectIon contained shall px-
tend to hd'nce~ arising solely from The de-
probation of Treasury notes received b,
such person 10 be expended IN the public
service, hut ~ I'll eases where the pay or
salary ri any person Is withheld in pursu
anre al This act, II shall be the aHy of the
accounting ilirsf 4 demanded bv the pr.
~, his agent or attorney, Ia report forth.
WITH, to- the agent OF the Treasury Depart
ment, thc balance due; and it shah be the
duty of thu sald agent, within SIXTY days
thereafter, to.oadrr sit to be commenced
against soch delinquent and his sureles.
Appro'ed-April J. 1895.
JOHN q. ADAMS.
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JOHN q. ADAMS.
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w ~ W ''iH, ''i' ""'''S on ''ss''s
- we "'i'"o'' u 'so'o'i'o'' lN"'"n1oia')
'nd 'n''' ca gus
r. Il 'nactef 6P The Senate and House
Of Representatives. efhF tpiicd .Taiee o.
.fnertcn IN Congress assembled. That, ~
Other or h'ghe, tate of duties shall be I'M
posed or collected on vessels of The Re-
public of Columbia lColombia,) aud tbelr
cargoes, consisting If articles Of the grnafh
rrod"r" or mannfaetor" Of said RepnhIle
thu are, o. may b.. nayabIe on ,rssel7 Of
thu tnltrd state, with cargoes composed
d. aforesaid.
SEC. 9. ind bf u further enacted, That
The Secretary of thu Treasury hc, aud he
"a hereby, authorized 10 return all duties
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IPuBLIC~No. 23.l


AN ACT apprnnratlng n sum Of money
for tn" repair Of the Post Roads between
Jackson aud tolnmbus, in the State
of Missis pp,
BE ii enacted by he Senate and House of
Representatives. ofhe Umt,d States of.i-
m.ried IN Congress assembled, That the
sum Fifteen thousand dollars be, aud the
same is hereby, app oprlated, lorthr repair
of IL" Post Road in III" Indian country, be-
tween Jackson aud Columbus, in the State
Of Mississippi, tn be expended under the
direction Of the Postmaster General; and
that the said sum Of money be paid out Of
any non", in the Treasury not otherwise
Appropriated.
Appunyrn Anril on Ionc
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UNEAAMPLED VILLAINY.

The following ease, which WAS tiled at
The last Court of Sessions in New York,
brings to light most shocking instance of
deprdsity:
"PhGAe Jones, a colored girl, young in
years but hardened in iniquty, though She
contri,rd to seem as stupid as nos lille
nau stolen S62 IN coin lcrowns aud dollars
rom desk or beaureau of Nlr. John
Lockwood, IN whose family she was ser.
want. There were boarde there, and a.
a,ons the rest Ms. Taylor, rrspecta-
ole woman from the southwark, whom Mr.
n. suspected, and ON whom this MACK cir
swoFe ihe theft. ut the police Office, wher !
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NEW YORK, june Trial Of Gil5frt.
This man, who had been indicted
short time since for the murder Of his wife,
vas put upon his trial yesterday in Inc
Court Of Oyer aud Terminer. The fe.
of the murder was fully made ont, and the
defence set up Was insanity. The jury
retired about eleven last night. ard atou;
one O'Clock brought in verdict of Not
guilty" Gilbert IS the person WHO came
from Troy in search o. hs wife, and
found her at a boarding tonsr elt'lne On
a mans lap. He called her out Of thr
room, ana then stabbed her with a butcia
ei's knit.
At d iI'e Court of General Sessions,
held al Rome, for Oneida COUNTY, Judge
Storrs presiding, Johnslhan WbaIey
Justice of the Peace WAS fined one huo.
dred dollars Cor trtottton (of fees, VIZ pre-"
samr.) [Eu. Post
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Washington, June 27.-On Friday last
the Governor of Massachusetts, rroro gusd
the Legislature of that Commonwealth 10
the first Wednesday in January, 1897.
The Usury Bill, repeating the law of the
last session, which made the trade in mo-
ney free, was passed by both Houses, and
received the sanction of thu Governor.
Upon this, the Philadelphia Gazette re-
marks, that intellect is retrogres,ve in
Massachusetts" In this sentiment. 50 far
as II implies the policy Of the usury laws.
we nclIne Ia concur, without mpaniog to
apply the observation To its legislation ge-
neraiiy, much less the arts and sciences, in
both of which that enlightened State
makes steady progress. [.Nat Int.
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S. IT. was examined. ar. ~,

Mrs. T.. was examined. ara nh
prisoner in 'ked her In the face. A., - re
i. denied all oaledge of u,a W.
lnsl'tfd under oath, that an saw a. n. sal
,ak' me money IN sail ttuntl frn,..'..' ).
bureau by means of KEYS She IA
hrr. Mrs. L. "th.an lnianl Al L,nrI VII
was imprisoned IN Brdpw.l - /,
ther. from Feiday TIL Wpd,c.J.a 1T
mone, WAS found in a store. c,,,,o.. lie
Yer ana w alter streets. v here lin. =
Ind carried u E; and us. Ta,Ior y,. 'oaef
released. and the prisoner p,,f J., ,len
wen MS 1. was es'lnined 10 th. na';
oliee' M prisoner VAS very bold and s''e
live, and went So far as Ia nsisi mn -.
rs taking down her bar To SEE if 80, 'I'.
the money was not done no in !, IN, ~, N
Court, considering the cruelty. ,nh -. 'o1
and enormlty of this double of..a'y
grand larceny and perjury (or uhic,' u
she was guilty, though not cony,c,'a az
said it could not do ample Justice - ~
an offender except by INJECTING the ,s 'asa
est punishment authorized By the stain ~,
and sentenced her 10 fourteen Years imn,,
sopment in the State Prison." a'.f''
-aExS-
In the New Harmony, on Wedooga..
the cath ult. during a severe ~
storm, the lightning struck the Cbn,nG =
School house belonging to Mr.. Overs 81
cipty. '0'
In the Church Were GO persons. enr,a.a
IN exercises. The building being ocrn9iaI
for work shop--mans of these -
struck d"wn, but nnnr werp ,ssan,, W. 80
jnrrd. Thu srceplr and roof of five ha; ~
Ing nevertheless sustained much iniur,
In the School house, one yn1,g -
was hurt, and the stair case was denial
ed. The lightning rod belonging ia thu
buildings had bren removed in order to Of.
feet sone repairs.
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Irish Hospifal'y. Jack Bannisrrr. prai-
sing The bnspiiaIales Of the lush, aher hs
return 6om of bis trips 10 the Emerald
Isle, was ,.kcd # he had ever ben NJ
Corb ? " No." replied the wit, " bui ha,.
arrI a .lr..ll nlnnA lIrnn.inlce II II y
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-06
THE. IsOpS.

FINCAsrLE June 3p.-Wp have l,telc
bad an Opportunity of SEEING the STATE II
The crops 10 some parts of this country.
aud have con'efsed with persons from ~
thtrs, and fad that The crop of wheat mag
br sci dawn. N general, az tolprabI, good
tboogh ~ some places, the hopes of the
farmer were completely destro, ed BY tbe
blast and rust The crop of Oats IS very
promising; and the Corn, nutwithstsndio,
the drought which was experienced SOM.
tlmr ago; is likely 10 d. well. UpoD the
"hnle ii may be said there is great reason
10 praise the director of the seasons for
Their favorable disposition to our benefit.
Mirror.
The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-07-06
WAsHINGTON. June %

Mr.. Secretary Clay and Mr.. Srcretar,
Southland are both at present absent from
the cny, the former on visit of few
weeks 10 the West---the latter for few
days only.
Mr. Secretary Barbour yesterday re-
turned from his visit to his seat il Virginia.
Nat Int.