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UNIVERSITY or VIRGINIA.

W. nnd,r stand, that Mr.. Gllmrr's inii--
posl.io1 H. too serious 10 pen mi him To dis
charge the duties oi the Law / hair, at the
commencement of The session. lie has
himself sngg sted the cxpedency of max
ins Temporary appointment in his place.
We understand. that large number oi
Stndent. Is rxpec ed t. attend the different
classes OF the Uti,els sill, AT the ensuing ses-
SION: Among these, we have heard named
a SON OF Gen. Bolivar, aud son III Prince
Murt'. Rich. EHQ.
We had ind ICED the hope that the LIE
glsature would have made a short SESSION
I'll: but W. confess tn present appear
ances are very much against IT, Very iew
bills of a general character seem Ia have
been passed. and the great mass Of the
public business yet Lays behind. The great
interests OF he commona ealth, as connect
ed with her Constitution, her Internal I'm
pro, ement, her Literary Fund are yet to
be acted upon beside, such resolutions
as have been spoken of touching our Iela-
done, although more than weeks of the
time have already passed away.
Yet we see new and important matters
carving ont; such as The proposition to a.
bosh the Bos,d of Public Works. What
will the state gain b, this change OF all
the expenses of our government, il must br
confessed, that of Internal Improvement is
thu greatest; and tie hest manner of con-
Quoting II is the most difficult To hp UNDER
stood. Suppose we lay oai upon the board
or thousand dollars every year: how
trihng Is this sum, compared with the ad-
vantage of having some hundreds of thous-
ands well laid out? The knowledge of civil
engineering is difficult in its attainment
Ii requires much thought and experience -
and men can scarcely understand 1t, who
are not accustomed Ia turn their attention
to ii. and to collect information frnn many
quarters. Abolish The board. and what can
we substitute in its place? A temporary
Board, composed las d most excellent
member of the II. Of ID. suggests) of Del
esate from each Senatorial District: hut
have these gentlemen turned their minds
to Roads and Canals , Will they have time
to Learn: May they not be here this win.
ter aud son- the next The elements of
such Board constantly shifting, cannot
acquire the experience which is essential 10
the management Of 50 complicated con-
Germ.
Aud at this moment, too, when so many
oil the other states are copying our exam
pie, aud constituting Boards like our own,
shall we abolish our B. of =. W.
That the Board is at present precisely
constructed AS it ought to be in point "l
organization, numbers and qualifications,
we do not pretend to decide-but having "a
Board ex"ctly AS it ought to be, is one
question: having no Boar d at all, is another
ID.
II is said that the Panama Mission viii
call tof.h a considerable debate ia the Sen.
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lflu fb nv ff'ttf ~ AttHhs w hfi+
inaariug Of the War D.pstim,ai for the
rel,ert uo ibe subject If the road from De-
l. II To Chicago by Mr.. Cambrel'ns. nj
New York. asking of LIE -am. Department,
If ~ arrangement has hrrn madr fnr the
pnrriasr Of Throgs Point on Lung Island
sonnd /; by Nr. ID rssy. of Md requiring
af ihr same Dr.sIineni, information - he
tIler thr Cadets At West Point can br IN
CREASED, and to what number, without The
sxl.ns. Of Complying nes Professors !;
aud by Mr.. Carter. IF SOnlh-Csr"lna,
askng information frpm thu Naval De
paftlnent ~ 10 any experiments. which
have been made IN any of the ". States
vcssrls, as To- the utility Of cotton for cor
d,gr aud sail cloth. ID.
January. 2l.--ln the Senate. the report
of ihe e. mnir,cr On Naval Affairs. asking
IL be- discharged from the further consider
alton of thr com nunlcatiUn If Com. David
Porter, asking for III. expression of an
opinion upon the charges OF Thonas Ran
dali aud john Mountain, WAS called ny,
aud after considerable debate. it WAS re-
COMMITTED 10 the same Committee, with
Instructions t. strike out that part of the
report which pr"npunces the case ot ON.
Porter 10 be of the nature of an appeal
from the Court of Enquiry. The mIl re-
laiiye 10 the school lands IN Ohio WAS or
deed loa third reading, after considerable
Discussion, without division.
Nj Forsyth, of Georgia, in the House
Of Representatives, yesterday reported
bill from The Committee on Foreign Re-
lations. to provide for the apprehension and
drlvrry Of desrrlers. The iepurt recent
ly made by the ormittee on Elections,
on thr subject OF the Michigan Election,
WAS re committed, on motion of the Chair
man, Mr.. Sloane, of ONO. Some discus
slop took place un the subject Of ir. Dor
sry's resolution, relative 10 ihr Cadets at
West Point, which Was ultlm trly agreed
In. with a modification. A message WAS
received from tue President of the United
States, containing The lniorm tlon called
for by resolution offered 10y Nj. Storrs,
of New Y0k, ~ rtlatnn To the moneys
received by the late President of the UNI
ted States. Among the resolutions agreed
To were, one hy Mr.. Oven, of Alabama,
relative To placing bn"ys at the entrance
Of Mobile Bay --oae b Mr. Garnsry. II
New York, on The subj e. OF cnausing t.le
position of the Light H"ns. AT Buf'to--
one by VI . Jonn-on, OF New Y"rk nn The
subject Of placing baoys in the channel
from Sandy Hook to New York. A re-
solution was land ON the tahl" by Mr..
Haynes. of Georgia, calling for Information
from The WA Department, as to the sur
sey of the waters of North Carolina aud
Virginia aud the other b, Mr.. Moore, oil
AIabam', requiring from thu Treasury IN
formation AZ to the price originally obtain
I'd fof public lands winch have been rrIin
pushed To- the United States, and the mr.
dunn price Of NV which have been ~ sold.
Mr.. Burgess. of Rhode Island, made an
eloquent speech against the Judicial Bill
Nv reported, and in favour of the resoln-
ton To recommit the bill With Instructions.
ID.
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By AUTHORITY.

LAWS or THE unfrtD aTATEs, PASSED
AT rus FIRST SESSION OF THE MINI.
TEENrB cOSeREss.
lPUsLIc No Z.
An ACT ~ klng appropriations for the
payment ~ III Revolutionary and other
Pensioners ofthe Uutad States.
BE IL enacted by he Senate and House of
Representatives. ofhe Unitsa States IF Il
meticn IN Congress assembled That thu
fdo",ug sums be-, aud they are, hereby,
re-prctitil, appropriated towards the mill
iary scr'r. Of the year one thousand slghi
bnndr.d AID twenty six, and for the oh
jeris following, that IL 10 say
For the pensions To the Revolutionary
Pensioners at the unitrd Statss one mul-
ion three nundtsd and ffty-two Thousand
seven hundred aud ninety dollars.
20 ~. invalid aud half pay pensioners
IN addition TO An nnexpended balance of
one hundred and fit, tlIou-and dollars
sxiy-srvru Thousand five hundred dollars.
f." pcn,inns To- the widows and orIihsns.
twelve Thousand dollars.
SIC I. A d br II further en- ,cted, That
thc sad sums, re~te, l,.ly, shall l.. pad
OIL of any mone> in the Treasury not o.
therwlse appropriated.
APPROVED ID, 1925.
JOHN &. ADAMS.
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NM tEENr C0NEEBss.

Washington, Jan. iB In the Senate,
tu" Bills we've reported ; one for tn, re-
Iief Of sundr, c,lzrns Of Baltimore. whose
pr prriy was sunk IN thu barbour during
thu late WA, and the other for the relief of
EbrncZrr OH er aud others. Three Re-
SOLUTIONS were snhmitied two by Mr..
Johnston, ("fLonisiantl !: one fu, the cree
ton of lighthouses al Cape Florida and
Cap. Carna,rral aud the other hy Mr..
Clayton, relative In the change ola post
roote in the Stat. oi Delaware. The
Resolutions offered yesterday were all a.
greed 10.
In tbr House of Representatives, yes
terday, the consideration of the Judicial
Bill was again taken up in COMMITTEE,
When Nj. Bu kner, of k"ntnckt, Mr..
Livingston, of Louisiana, aud Mr.. Inger-
coll, Of Connecticut, all spoke very ably in
support of the Bill. Mr. lngrrsoll is a
new member, aud attracted gtrat attention
by thu pe,'lnrnce of his remarks, and tb.
force aud chastity Of his expression. A
Bill WAS passed for altering the tim. of
budding The District Court IN III. Northern
Distrrt of New York. On mntlnu nf Mr..
BAY lies, of Massachusetts. resolution WAS
laid ON the table, calling for inflammation Ms
10 the correspondence between Great Brl-
tain aud the United States, respecting
thh part of IN, b nad ~ or the United
States burdryIug On the Pacific Ocran.-
NJ oth"r busiosss of any Importance was
transacted. Nat. journal.
Jan. 10. In tn, Senate, the bin amend
ing the Judicial System, when was mad.
the order Ifthc day, VASE d red to he on
the table, the Oh ,Irinan nt the Judiciary
Committee, Mr.. Van Bmen, hrlug pre-
vented from attending by indlspustion.-
The bill for the relief of snndry citizens nj
3 Iii ore was urd.Itd IN be rngrnssrd ion
Ills third reading, without upp".i'ion-and
the hill supplementary to an act 10 per
feet certain locations and sales of public
lands IN Missouri" passed April sB, 1899,
passed, aud Was sent 10 the House of Re-
prcseniailvss for concurrence. Mr.. john
son, oi Ken. gave notice of his intention To
bilng IN bill Ia authufize the Columbian
College, in this district, Ia raise certain
sums by lotteries, for Tie h,noft of THAT
Institution. A memorial VAS presented hy
MI, hayne, from the CITY Council nj
Charleston, for the establishment nSa Ma
RIM Hospital at that place, for the USE oil
sick and disabled seampn.
40 attempt was yesterday made 10 Gu,
shr the discussion in thr Cummittra oil
thr House pf Representatives., on the Ju-
ditial E.R, With view Ia bring the de-.
bic, WINCH has now occupied the Hous,
for fortnight, Ia point, Mr.. Mercer al
III. suggestion 0i Mr.. Stores, of Newly York
Withdrew his lnDtlpn Ia amend the bill b,
Eirlking ont thu FIRST section. Mr.. Siorr,
then submitted motion to amrsd the BIZ
by striking out three additional Judges
snd 'nseft'nS t"oI so as 10 make TIA.
whole number OF the Supreme Judges min,
instead Of ten, which is the number pro
posed in the Hill as it WAS reported. Tn.
motive in making this proposition was, IL
divert the discussion from the genera
principle of the bill. II 10 likely that til,
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on DOMESTIC nAfpINEss


~ 81. Gtorg, faeA.s. Esq. Of Fngin'r.
rhace haprs IL, ,b. hHpi"e'' OF 'hf''
kiaa
Whom rquai stars IN hymrn's bands n'''''
y nose constant hears, hs nini"s' 1--we gu
iwin'd, -,
In ..set .,aearmcnt live, aud calm delight
VINO la each tender look can read the heart
A.1i.ver, hon. and lear, d wish, foreslali
H. uain ana t,lea nc bear All equal pari,
Al In .ach otter hnd their earthly all.
ub, in their lovely hahss new pledges hhd
n, hiss .ar,saird. snd naeeasine jews.
N4I..A heart TO heart, IA loss more ''ose.
bn3.
Which time but ripens and not death destroys.
,y,o -, their knees the lutte prariler. hold,
Aud To- their Ii.langs lend a"Iliing ear,
WI. su the ~nndei-mo,ing tale y told,
mi pynm,ds the .mile,o r caus'd the gI'itr'ng
tear
Who view their little gamhols with delight,
la which some playful log ar k'i'en shares
And note the sparks thai marx ne genus
kTighi,
Aud prophecy OF their malnrec years
Who cultivate their minds with piou' care,
AID teach the virtues in Iheir breast to gia" !.
To heav'ns h,gl viii 10 bow with heart sin
cer-,
And look beyond this siermy world below.
Who when ihair silver locks bespeak them
old,
And death prepares 10 fold them IN his arms.
Shall in thew s,li a Carp worth b"hoid,
And in then daughters, all LUcRETiAt
charms.
Be- Mis- my io,-beneaib thr rural shade,
Where peace ana comfort, aud contentment
dwci,
Our mutual 'rus, in God in death, our aid
The sane our grava-lhe same our lun'ra,
Anell.
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UoIIAN VII liz ~
Mr.. ISAIAH BUNcE.
A CHAR ACTER.

From the Wurenton, ~ c. Reporter.
DIED, at Mrs. SomerypIrs, in Granville,
ON Saturday night week, in the 72d year
OF his agr, little JENNY DIXON; who
SAW as much pleasure, created as much
mlrth. drank as much liquor, and worked
less, than any white person in this country
ever did. who had the free use o f his limbs,
and was no fool. Jenny had his clothes
burnt off, IN fun; was committed often TO
jan. IN fun; was drawn in frrshet across
Hyco at the end Of horses tails, in fur -
had his hip put 0ul OF place, and his thIgh
'nke, by a waggish fellow in a taveru ~
ipn; bad bis he d run over by h"gshpad
OF Tobacco. in fun; and Yet preserved his
hnmor, his mirth, his Independence, his
spirits, his love Of good eating and drinking,
and his confident hope of hereafter. TO
the last. He died, IA he had lived, 10 fun,
giving his pipe to one, his sun-glass to ano-
Their, his tobacco To a third. his bottle to
fourth; Ia another lis Testament, when
he had cot by heart, Cornaro to another,
and literally dividing his garments and ms
Substance equal, amongst his friends. HIS
maxim was, that he should die seized IN lee
simple of as much land as he should need !;
that all the good people loved to work Tor
him, and that he never would work for Inc
wicked. J"nm, was a laughing " drink
ing philosopher; visited in the best FAINT
lies. aud vas never known to make mi5-
chief by carrying news.
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VIRGINIA LEaIsLATURE.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES

TUESDAY, Jan. s4.-Nr. Woodvlle
made an Intellectual attempt To take up thu
Preamble and Resolutions concerning
Chancellor Brown. On the sugg, -tion of
NJ. Winston, Friday reYt was designated
for the consideration Of that subject
VI. Saunders, of Newkent, offered the
following Resolution
Resolved, rhAtlrave be gwen to bring
in bill amending the act IN create fund
for internal improvement, AZ AZ to dispense
with the Boord Of Public FORKS.
After cpnsldc able debate. tn. resolution
WAS adopted by Large majority, aud re-
f.r,ed 10 Massrs. Saunders of New Kent,
Winston, Droomgoale, Bonliin, GhUl.on,
Jackson, Gordon, Carter of Richmond,
Whether, Up,hur, Garland, Taylor, aud
Morton.
Mr.. Anderson, of Shenandoah, offered
the following resolution. X, solved, That
the auditor of p. Accounts he requested
IL inform the Hsuse what inCon'cnien
if my mayIrsult To the Government b, ex-
tending the time ofpa,ing the Public Rev
enur. ReieCied-ayes 60, noes 70.
WEDNESDAY,, Jan 25.-The cngrossed
hill concerning bail in civil actions" this
bill dSpenScS pih appearance bail IN civil
case being on its passage.
After some debate, The question was ta-
kenny ayes aud noes aud carried IN the AZ
frmaiirt-avrs l4.8 noes Il.
On motion of MIR Patleson Of Bucking-
ham, the House proceeded by Joint bal
lat To elect public store keeper for twelve
months, when Tho. NeI.on, Esq. vas re-
elected without opposition.
On motion Of Mr.. Patiesnn Of Bucking-
ham, the House proceeded by Joint ballot
In elect superintendent ofthe Penitrnti-
asy for twelve months, when Samuel p.
Parsons, Esq. was re elected without OPP
position.
Mr.. Harvie of Richmond offered the
following Resolution, which AT his instance
es one day for consideration. Resolved,
That every Resolution of n general charac
ter, shall lie one day ot course, before its
consideration.
THURSDAY, Jan. 25.--Mr White from
the Committee of Roads, sc. made re-
ports % various subjects of Internal I'm
prOyrmpnts.
The resolution of the Committee of
Roads and Internal Navigation. declaring
the petition ufrrrtaln stock holders of the
Lynehburg s. Salem turnpike company,
aud other citizens, PRAYING that an arm of
that road may be extended to the upper
end of the town. reasonable. and the coun-
ter petition IN, easonable, was cUncurred
IN by the House.
CONVENTION.
On motion uf Mr.. Winston, the House
resolved itselfntu Committee OF the whole,
Mr.. Winston in the chair, On the bill con-
cpruing Convention.
Mr.. Burton before the bin was reported
by the chair moved TO strike out the lst
secion-the motion being ont of order was
nnt received.
Mr. Burton having renewed his motion
before the bin was read through, was sup
ported by Mr., Patteson of Buckingham.
MIR. Letter opposed the course rs unpar-
liamentary and uncohrieous. When the
bill was reported to the House, after it had
been perfected in its details, the question
cnuid then be- taken by ayes and noes. He
hoped that the population Of this country,
asking for a convention, would be treated
| xYi rpSnt-1sfs
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From u" .tiw York Saratoga Sentinel

From t'"' .ffW York Saratoga Sentinel.
Mr.. Buncr, the editor of IL. LirchfpId
Eagle. and formerly editor Of a pappr in
this county, has addressed a lengthy mem.
oral To the President of the United States.
complaining of what he terms injustice
done To himself T. the people of Lilch6pd.
by the Post Master General. He state,
thai he had for four years had charge Of
the Post office in that town; that the Post
i ser General had promised him the ap-
pelntment of Post Master, on th- resisna.
ton If the then incumbent; that if the n~
cnmbent did not resign within certain pc.
iod b. should be removed. aud M. b. SUBJ
>tltpted and that subsequently another in
drsidual "as IA, pointed p Master, without
any satisfactory cause being asslgatd to
Mr. h. The following reasons, however,
"a given in answer To a Subsequent letter
from Mr.. b. are published al the Close Of
the memorial; and as they are tart aud
ht'e All hrded US some amusement, we gNo
them eatire t. uur eadrss
Post 0Ete Department. 9th June, 1925.
TIE allegations ag INST YOU, are numrr.
ous and strong and arr chiefly these:
That you cannot write Or read well o..
noug b-are not a safe acconnta nt-have
been guilty of the grnssest negligence al.
ways incoas enirDt, and often attended with
injury d"lise' lett, RS fr, qptntl, To persons
for whom ibeN we're not intended, md suf-
fer thrm To be taken away-fail tn seed
letters and packers by III. mail IN proper
time sometimes send IF the mail vthOut
putting into 1t any letters or packets that
had been lodged at your ofce-rryprsr the
destination of letters and send them back
10 the places from whrnc, they came
have not sense To discover the error after
the letters have been repeatedly returned--
NIKE frequent and gros. mistakes in the
bills forwarded to other Offices open pack
ages addressed to other post Offices hen
mail Is called for by the post master Of a
neghbprlng office, hand out any one right
or "rong-disohey the regulations respect
ms dead newspapers. appropriate "A halt a
dozen Ut them for two or three years 10
your own use, and resort To the miserable
specalatio" of selling them FIR wrapping
paper--fill up a circulating library with pc
rlodlral works obi iaed in this way are
unconrtrons in your -ha,ior-odous to
the population heap error upon error, and
avail yourself Of these errors in ordr TO
snpplant your employer-hase been tried
by the ,lcinage and found wantng-and
to sum mp, they charge you with want Of
principle and capacity.
Respectfully, your ohedirnt,
JOHN MCLEAN
nj
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From the Elkioa Press, jan. II.
.

ANOTHEk sUsPEC1E MURDERED
A.lrtler to Col. A. Whann was .iy',,
II few days since, dated "Evesham p
liogton county, N. Jersey, January I'm
1896" from the POST Master tl.T, hs
which IL appears there Is person read
ing in thai county. strongly SUSPECTED ofhs-
ing the murderer of Miss Cunningham vh,
calls himself Henry More He isn ,to',
coarse ,ll-looking fellow, about II ., %
years of age, fet high, and by trad. .
sh -m krr He says that hp cam. rro,a
Ma ynd, * appears tn h1xlAsome kponL
edge of Eik'"n; that he Fed the fprrr
at II yre d. q zee abont the tin. the ,r,,.
der was committed. He came Ia th..
county in the beginning Of Way last, and
has been III tn" sane neighborhood tan IN.
scure neck of land between two river. and
several mites from any public roadl ever
since. What gave Use 10 suspicion again.t
him was the un-aanes he manifested after
a. account of the murder arrived there.
his expressions aud explanations. borh
when awake and asleep, caused the family
with whom he lived, to question him con-
cei ing IN. murder, and he told them he
kneH The min that committed the murder
He built cabin in the woods, and lived IN
it short tim., but he returned md sand he
had no prar- there. He sui remains in
the neighbour no ID although he knows neo.
pie suspect hun.
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ate. II is calculated tina, lhis body IS .bo,.
equally divided upon the measure.
The Georgia business IS al ersr,,d >.
BIZ yet IN an nnsrtilrd state. TIE S.cr.,a
~ Of War IS reported 10 have enpln,rd
the agency Of Gov. Csss to treat vii, ~
R-dstiek indisns: aud the rn,npr in W.
ington IN Saturday was. that he ia. mat.
IN accommodation with them, by uhicS
they are to crde lmost all their Land. ="
Georgia that the friendly Indians are No.,
to be participants or parties in this Tr.,ty
nor are they To receive any thing under -
and that what W - promised under th. I,,I'
Treaty = I" be wihh"id. But it IS surely
imp ssiblr that the President can acun..ayy
in any such engagement. Cnl. Crnn.u ;,
is said, is not to be dismissed. We su-n,o,
that Georgia will BE- very much dlssati,6.d
with these arrangements; and that ill.,
will be productive of no little debate ,n',
irritation in our public councils. [H
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MosTrELIRR, (VT.) Jan 9.
Money Digging.-If General Report is
man OF truth, and his assertions 10 be re'Ie'
upon there are, at the present day, and 10
or o'Sa vicinity, many who are mol making