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General P0Si-OHCc.

1t is singular coincidence, that after The fol-
lowing caution given in the annual report Of The
Postmaster General the buildings should have been &C.
tually destroyed by fire.
''Ihe building in which The General Poslolicc is kept
is fire proof and lis valuable hooks and papers are
daily exposed TO destruction. With such ample means
as the Government has at command the undersgn-
ed perccives good why the greatest possible
security should not be given TO its archives.
Who escape the rage Of party: Scarcely was The
Posl.oiice in ashes before wrechrd Washington
scrIbbler ascrbcd the catastrophe 10 Nh Wise :csou
ton A Baltimore wag stated in reply. that he had al!
ways supposed Mr. Wise to be an ncendary; but lie had
never suspected him 10 be Of this descr ptionAS
for those who arc pleased to nSInuate that Mr. he"d4!
could be guilty OF using tie torch for The purpose OF
avoiding scrutiny, have to state, that the material
books and papers Of the General ruso Office lave tecn
saved; and that Mr. X is ready to meet lie ;.
scrutiny al Il moments warning.
Franklin Pierce. member Of tie present House OF
Representatives from New Hampshire has been elected
u. ). Senator from that State.
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devotion; and whatever estimate partially may have
placed upon my services, still owe her debt Of eier-
nal gratitude, The record Of which is deeply bed
my heafi, ana wh;ct neither Time, nor Change n"r
chance, Shall ever obilrrac. Wherever may GU; into
whatever distant region Of the earth my desny may
carry me-my heart will be with you and my prayers
Will he treclcd with an unerring polarity, TO The home
q: my a',cn""I and the lGId Of my aegance ;inG
IN tic RAPID progress of those inauspcious events which
are even row casting their ll!.bodng siiadJws before
ihcia, South Carolina should be constrained :" summon
all h>r cvar: 10 t;t defence Of Ier household gods and
d":cStic aiia's yh ding prompt oDrdence IL lie sa-
cred call, VIII IL 10 her glorious standard swift as the
t''nrst Ea"r!i Ger The waste CT mi y waters. pre-.
Iia'! ana rs "c. III comHIun with every true and pa
l";!c Sna 81 sirs, 70 defend a preserve her laatiin-
tlUns anu !lb F!leS, per sh in t!c'r rn!ns.
"And now Sir, 10 the Governor rltct Il remains thai
surrender into your charge the cnsgns OF the high
trust, 10 winch you have been suiin';.rd trust SIR
you receive them uniarnS!rd from EIp hands,-l
am sure you will transmit them unfinished to lAe
hands OF your successor.
"triIow citl2ens, with my mos. ardent and GevGut
prayers Tor your prosperity: Individually AMI collective
ly, BID you farewell.
Gov Buffers Inaugural Address processes the ~
musl desire to concale all parties in South CaEo!a
that all may gather together under the same vine ard
fig tree, knce ANA bow at the shrine, and offer up
homage at common altar. HIS alusun III Tie loi!o"-
Ing passage cannot be A!lsanen:
The prospect before us, naniesy calls Tor much
prudent caution, well much decision and energy ol
character and conduct. 1t cannot be disguised that
questions deeply affecting the happiness and safety Of
South Carolina, are now habitualy agIa'ed in other
States having right 10 interfere with our domestic
institutions. which may bind the Union Of this
Federatye Republic; and though we cannot contesccnd
to discuss right TO maintain those institutions, with
any. human power, must be at all times prepared 10
defend and preserve them Upon these points 1t like
ly shall not he left 10 act alone. Interests similar 10
those by which We shall be guided will operate all
around us; and | trust, paying due regard to prudent
forbcarancc shall be enabled to disspae the clouds
that obscure political horizon, and avoid the threat
may otherwise bring on
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COMMUNICATED.
person, who is o6irc-hOldcr from the Vest, not
being the cuinr Of arclelaely published i'll the En-
qurer Tie signature Of "Spri! Of the West, and
understanding that Of The rned and elegant strtc
lures of the Wing have been construed 10 identify kim
the author takes The liberty Of stating, that since the
gallant retrcG, Of the Editor Of the Wing last spring.
from controversy wnntonly brought upon certain Of
cchoIder Of the State Government, tha! office holder
has been 10 leave the Editor alone in his glory
o. H.
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(From The Columbia Telescope Extra, Dec l3
FAREWELL ADDRESS OF GOV. MDUFFlE.
Delivered before the Legislature Of South Carolina

FAREWELL ADDRESS OF GOV. M:DUFFlE.
Delivered before the Legislature OF SoulhC Carolina
December IL, 1896.
"Felolc- Cii=ens-As but few moments will ciapse
before shall retire. in all human probability, forever,
from the stage upon which have long acted in The
service Of South Carolina cannot permit the occasion
pass without attempting TO give some feeble utteance
to the emotions it has rrepresshly excited in my bosom
In what manner have acted the part wh!ch has been
assigned TO me in the great drama OF public AFFAIRS and
in some Of the most evenifl OF that drama, It IS
not my province 10 determine.
{" 1t is all that desire, and more than can hope,
that the favorable opinion for which am now indebted
TO the partiay and kindness of my ellow.czens, may
be ratified by the stern and impartial Judgment
which posterly will pronounce upon my character and
conduct One thing may be permitted to say, trust
without arrogance that in oil the stations 10 which
have been summoned-n all the exciting and engross-
inp scenes in which have been called upon 10 act
and amidst all those alluremens which habualy beSet
the path of public man-in solitary instance has
any selfish purpose Of interest ambition operated Tor
one sin Gle moment TO break the intensity and singeness
of nv devotion 10 the interests the honor, and tie go-
nv Of South Carolina In the self devong idolatry Of
my heart, South Carolina has had rival.
e But whilst claim 10 have brought these indebted,
but humble offerings to her altar, am al the same time
deeply sensible that all these and ten times more, woaa
be but poor and inadequate return tor the manifold
proofs OF her generous and unalng confidence by which
have been uniformly sustained in all the trials and IN
al the vicssitudes through which has been my fortune
to pass.
Whatever may have been The eZclusivcness Of my
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tion we cannot say that we surprised at this
though We very mnch regret it, The times require an
individual Of tar different opinions and feelings Judge
aker Is man Of wroth anu Intelligence, and Coming
from part Of the State somewhat infected with the pre-
ya!ing philanthropy is be feared that his course in
the Senate will be such 10 strengthen the bands
of the South We wait, however, for an OCCASION soon
TO he presented. to test the orthodoxy Of his views
The delicate eavesaropper who thus misrepcsents the
proceedings Of the Caucus should blush for the hpnora
BILE office which lie has assumed The above staen,er;
is miserable misrepresentation. Nj v i:urans name
was Hot meHtioned-but ones asking Tor 1r.
NATION as 10 Judge parkrrs opinions on The right q!
Con :ress Ic., the Chairman replied that they wcr
perfectly colIcc; thai he (Mr p Utterly denied any
rght i'll Congress 10 interfere with slavery ia the Disc,
OF Co!umbil
The Telegraph is singulnrly unhappy in lis private "a
well rs public records With the view of getting I'D
sorry slang about family compact in Virginia. II las
been generous to tack five gentlemen to the list with
whon we have not the honor of 4 connection Its bro
Their Of the WING has caught the cue aad is gnug
of the scent. He forsootl cans and dcscanls
upon Family, which he says has engrossed the honors
OF the Commonwealth Yes he who secuted some years
ago lhs idle story and disclamed all sort Of belief in the
pamphlet about the Richmond Party. II it were worth
Willie, we could hunt up his own contradiction of the
ro:ance ard with the true view which he he7, furnish
cd OF the matter put down his nsidous CLOSES Of the
present day But slang utterly unworthy of serious
notice. According 10 lis just and liberal doctrine
every Elan, whatever may be his merits or
services is TO be prescribed from Office because Of his
imaginary Or distant affinity to poor Editor who has
as itle lot or part in the appointments the OBJ
scGrc citizen in the county of Lee.
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viii tho Baltimore ChrunIcle error! We did
require poIa: calculation about the effect
Michigan the election U Vice pEcsncntiur,
urcSs s.e c:c ourselves, paper
iow then, CrOair!c -a, hc., son is bc Hg
pointed CUT tyc) Immediately admitted IT,:
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I,s!e
n T.. WnITEUEiD SSrycturU

y. 4. WHITEHEAD. Sr'Ctnry
lhr Common Cnrarii. c!lowing up the views Of Tie
Town MsctIng held on Thursday evening, convened on
The following afternoon, and passed an Ordinance for
subscription the part of the Borough Of Norfolk. for
$50 shares Of stock in The Roanoke, Danvle and
junction Railroad Company; subject only 10 tie proy
So that the Legislature Of The Slate shall empower the
Corporation 10 make such subscription-aEd i'll order 10
obtain the porr, le Common Council also passed
solution TO present petition 10 tho legislature pray
ing that il may be granted.
The subscription OF S40O, 900 by Norfolk, secures the
right Of the Company a charter which Of course, will
be granted by the Legislature. And thus t!c prcllm
nary connection Of the Port Of Norfolk and Ports
mouth with the - Great West, is selt!cd--ileIatd.
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time. Of such Of money nc may become due and

time; Of such Snma Of money may become due and
payable the said shares
And 10 facilitate the sac Of the sad scrip in parts and
p;aces 5.yoi.1 the Borough. 2.t Commonwealth,
ReS0:ccd, Thai the Common Council be, and they
hereby authorised and instructed to petition the General
Assembly for the passage Of act 10 sanction the said
subscription and issue and sale Of scrip such terms as
may be proper for the purpose.
Rcs"red, Tia, it be and it is hereby recommended to
the citizens Of his Borough. and Of the surrounding
counties generally. TO subscribe individually, according
to their ability, 10 The stock of the said Company the
books on the commissioners opened ia THIS place.
Ordered that tie proceedings of the meeting he pub
l's'rd IN the newspapers Of The Borough.
And Tie meeting adjourned.
by order al the meeting:
MILES KING, Chairman
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TUESDAY,, December Nta, 1886.

The Presidents health much better, that no
6 led TO meet his Cabinet yesterday
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ESy last EVENINGS Mail.

The Boston d. Advertiser Of Saturday, says, tie mo-
neg m@skt. eating much easier.
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MARRIAGES.

M.:r:ol ca tie , Nor t Woodawn, C1:oac county by
Re-; J,s D. McCab4 Mr. join CHANDLER Mi-s !ucr
nuorn.. dqqs..,er Of B:iiaa:G Coleman, E":.
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II We have before the abstract, which we have
promised Of the late proceedings OF he James itTer ana
kanawha Company Of the transactions 81 tie present
year. and the plans for the future l. vii! appear with
ia,
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-09-09

We might follow him on his mission 10 Bogols,
and sec the srHl, yet eoneiisting manner IN which
he maintained the rights aad sustained the eigni.
" Of III. Government. ia that iana al sopeFsh-
ton. where pFiosscraft and military rule were pre-.
dominant and eli the powers OF government con-
eeaErstec ia one man, envoy Che not cease 10
ts republican The principles he had learnt IN
Infancy. and praeiised la maGhood, became more
valuable in his esti nation, BY witnessing the ct.
fects Of sristrsry power on The unfortunate Peo-
nis .rouna Ii u. Bald and daring IN the perform.
sncs OF what he considered duly. and ieeiAg
eanpas.iun Tor the oppressed inhsbu mis- of III,
country. as he heard them grnan under The yoke
at mil airy despaiisu. he resolved 10 make an eE
for, in their b,hal, bv direct appeal to the honor
.nteres,, ard patriotism OF The Dictator, Bnlivsr.
The letter wi ich he wrote on that occasion Is in
piai, and 6oes honor TO his head aud heart. IL
10 replets with sound republican principles, and
contains an able argument 10 favor o tivl liberty,
intended To show the usurper thai hts course
destructive o. his osn happiness and fame, a
WAS of tn happiness o. the people. We all snoS
,he rude sul,ing manna' Of Gen. Hartisou's re.
call from that u.i>>i NJ uhirh again consigned ii n
10 private lite.
But il is con.olRg TO know thai he j. not indcbt
ed for his nomins,nn TO Executive iuencs, Of
scisl csucnses, his ntrgaes, bat Ia the Tree,
spou,snesus will OF The People themselves, hftii!t
and k.udiv proclaimed in their primary Assem-
hlies. Yes. the People Of Penn.yva ia. of their
own free viii and accord, we're the FIRST to place
his honored name the rell OF candidate, aud
thes nave sustained and theY will sustain u. The
People of the West, particularly owe him debt
of gratitude, which they never viii expunge I'LL Il
IL ampIg pad They are naw reapln tie fruit
of his iarr,iI / sad his toll, and are Inpailcntl'
~Riiiag ;or ne time when They NAV render III n =
suitable return; and, NAV mol add, the People d
the Est and the nth are rou,lng from iheit
Misunderstanding 'hrir ewes 10 the tru.h--fi,-
covering thu gulph. deep and sitr, which lie. o. .
FIRE the-'. and dIrec ing IA ! atiertian to Harm.
son, a. the ony pilot With III II reach, on whose
skiil and hdrilv they telv, To navigate th,n
shiJ across il. But hnwevs, th,v nily be, le u
seepour stead hsed on tbs Star Of the Wesi.
Is il i<es to the zenith, forgetting for the present
The lustre oil ther-, ualy andeReh maze brilliant.
Aud when the dav arrives ad which the Constiu
liza permits tie People to speak ~i'h suthorit
We shail hear volee not 10 De resisted, calia
Tie statesman. patriot, and the farmer of the West
to the highest office In the gut OF tree and CRATE.
fa People.
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F.sm he zane papsr Of he 29th e!tlms.

From Florida Dueet.--The .chr. George &
May, Capt, Wiley, arrived al this pofl on s4lur.
day afternoon.
We are indebted to Capt. Wiey for the follow.
ing information, obtained by him from The Ex
press Rider sho arrived al Black Creek 22d inst.
detachment Of 10 men under command Of Mai.
Pierce, having information that the Indians were
Ia their vicinity, vent Ia pursuit OF them on ar.
risiag at Gen. Cinchs plantation they found 300
lndl lns. with about 90 horses hobbled and 300
head Of cstise-the Indians were Immediately al.
tackled and repulsed, altar battle Of one hour. the
whites having one killed, owing TO his horse TAX
Ing fright and running 10 the midst ofthe Indians.
aud le wounded. The Indian loss vas 10 left
dead on the field. their wounded they carried Of
the Indians reirested TO u hammock as usual !;
they Immediately rallied and pursued the whites
to within miles Of Mlconopy when they abandon.
ed the pursuit.
The Express Rider states that Lieut. Herber,
had again distinguished himself, and that Major
z. was making preparations to attack them on the
following day.
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We learn that last night, about o'clock the
sehlinsl Who was on post al Hansoas plantation,
vas fired upon By az Indian or negro from behiad
fence, near TO the house which j. occupied b.
the detachment who are stationed there. The ball
passed very near the sentinel. and through door
and lodged in the sill Of The door opposite. Tracks
wsss discovered this morning In the field abou, so
Yards from the hcuss. II is saPposed there were
or ladllns. 4 detachment Of L. s. Troops
vent out 10 rtiniorcs taoss stationed at that place
Hansoa's is miles west of this place.
This afternoon Ben Virgins arrived in town
from the Mig h3orhood of New Switzerland, (Celo.
aei HailoSs', plantationl whittier he had gone To
collect some horses, with tao othsrs, states that
q his morning after crossing SIMPSONS Greek on
his rstarn, they discovered party Of Indians a
short distance frotn them. THY suppose there
we're teen or twenty In the gang. They put
spurs 10 their horses and rode v ilh all haste 10
town, bringing ~iih them the horses they had col.
lecied. In coming through the II mile swamp,
they cav they discovered numerous signs Of Ia
danf. The IL mile Swamp is thick dense
swamp on the road leading from this to Jack son.
vile, and |, ,hs place where Capt. John Wiliiams
was attacked by party Of about so nesroes and
Indiana on the llth Sept 1912. The fathsrin Law
Of Ben Virgins, and we believe Ben himself Ggar
ed eonsplcuousiy Ia this battle. The Ssamp is
admirably adapted to all the purposes Of i1dlan
warfare.
The NJ ,ndarin Company have been engaged
ia securing III. regioa Of country ,sysrsl days
but the Indians always nsasge to eIuds our troops
whenever they srs IN superior force.
From the West We have nothing Of i'm 1ortsucs
siaee ths AFFAIR Of the Goth. The post at Mtcsno.
py is TO be abandoned, aud position taken up a.
tout % miles nssrer oaref's Ferry.
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Melancholy Disaster THE Ferry Boat
which plies between the Navy Yard al N.
York, aud Brooklyn, was run down and i'm.
mediately sunk by the Steam Boat Boston,
On the 23d ult. Ten or twelve Of The pas.
sengers Of the Ferry Boat were picked up
and taken on board the Boston. One was
a female, whose husband and con were
drowned. In addition TO these, four other
persons climbed up the bows of the Steam
Boat. Six or seven persons were drowned
and fourteen hofses.-Raleigh Standard.
II is now twenty.one years since the bat.
tie OF Waterloo gave peace TO Europa
longer term of peace than England has ex.
peneneed for several centuries, probably
since the Norman conquest. The longest
peace before the present was Of twenty
years duration, 10 the reign Of james ].
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Ohio giren up.-The Monitor, a violent

O"EV BtttH W HF .HUUItUfi VICIent
Van Buren, paper in Ohio, says:
:" As we have during this campaign, es.
tmated our majority larger Than formerly,
those few times VIC have spoken of it, We
must be faithful enough now to say appear
ances are stronger IN favor Of our oppon.
enls than they have been"
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-09-09

The entire Federal Population of the
State is O,s2l, and The aggregate Of reve.
nue. received from G5 Counties IN s7l,706.
Thus IT will be seen that the SO Counties 10
whom this work IS Of primary importance,
actually pay t~o.thIrds Of the entire rcyc.
nue.. Can more just distribution OF the
surplus fund be made than the expenditure
OF portion Of II upon this State Road, called
Tor as It will he by the three hundred and fif.
y thousand freemen to whom i, is OF 60 much
Importance. Such are few of IFS claims
TO legislative patronage.-Fdy. Observer.
Ne,c Cotton in Cherap.-We notice in
tho Cheraw Gazette, Of the Both utimo,
tina, bale of new Cotton was sold in that
market on the 9Th, and brought 90 cents.
II was from the plantation of Mrs. Harrlng.
ton.
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Mem York ippust !

%'eH iOFh August l.
Rather foo much Of Joke.-An ;nd..-
trlons young man named Amos Cbss.
who lodges in West street, and keeps .
hardware stand in another part oI' the Ell,
was yesterday afternoon attending Ia b,s
business, when a man named Isaac yos
bursh came up TO him and offered him !,
great bargain Of coat, which was nearly
new. Chase took the coat and examines
1t, and, on doing SO, was not little aston.
ished TO find tina, II was his own Identical
coat, which he had. few hours before. le,,
10 his lodgings. He immediately asked
Nosburgh where he got it 4; ard the latter,
not liking to answer imperllnen. Questions
refused telling any thing about it, or hold.
ing any farther parley abou, the matter.
and was about taken the coat away, when
Chase seized hold OF him BY the breast. and
IN the act Of doing So, perceived that yos.
burgh bad also one OF his Chase 81 shirts on
him. lie then brough, him to the Police
office, where IT turned cot that Vosbcrgh
had stolen the articles in Chase's absence.
and, no. knowing tina, hc was the owner
offered TO sell him has own clothes. Voc.
bursh MAS committed.
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Great and Destructive Flood in 1,,n..
see and Loss Of L!te.-The Nashville Rc
publican Of the 18th inst. states. tha, o.
Monday august 81 preceding, u tremen
dous and unparalleled torrent of rain baa
fallen in Dickson county, sweeping down
the bills IN such force as to carry away stool,
OF all kind, fences, dwelling houses. iron
works, &c. Two families on Yellow C,eer
are said to have persisted, with the e,cea
ton of negro, who saved himself by ss
cendlng tree. Nearly every forge and
furnace in the county are DESTROYED. Tho
valleys were literally filled with the torrents
and Cumberland river below that sec,;na
rose suddenly 20 feet in two hours.
Southern telegraph., 1836-06-24

Estimate Of the crop Is estion, 1885 uaa
1886, IN the United States, taking the actual
receipts up to the amounts named, and al
lowing the same to be received from those
amounts up to the first Of October next. as
was the same period last year, viz:
Southern telegraph., 1836-06-24

ANECDoTE OF DR. YoUNe.-As the doc.
tor was walking in his garden at Wellwyn,
in company with two ladies, one Of whom
he afterwards married, servant came to
inform him that gentleman wished TO speak
to him. Tell him." says the doctor, & that
IamtoO happily engagedtoc change my situa-
tion." The ladies insisted upon his going,
as his visitor was man of rank, his patron
and his friend. AS persuasion, however, had
no effect, one took him by the right arm
and the other by the left, aud led him to
| the garden gate; when finding resistance
was vain, he bowed, laid his right hand on
! his heart, and in that expressive manner
for which he was so remarkable, spoke tho
following lines:
Thus Adamlook'd, when from the garden driv'n,
And thus disputed orders sent from Heaven;
Like him go-but yet to 60 am 10th;
LikehimI go--for angels drove US both;
Hard was his fate, yet mine still more unkind--
Ills Eve went with him, but mine stays behind
Southern telegraph., 1836-06-24
From the Clinton Gasette.
WHITE AND OUR COUNTRY.

From the Clinton Gasette,
WHITE AND OUR COUNTRY.
The trumpet of the battle ... -.-
Hath high and thrilling tone,
And the first deep gun Of an ocean fight
Dread music all its own.
But mighticr power, MY COUNTRY!
Is in that name of thine, -.. .a...
To strike the FIRE from every heart
Along the banner'd line. '#sl
.ssIf #@ tM#lt
Nobly it woke thespirits Hys .4
fyore--the brave and true ..r.-
When, mid the battles ofthe free,
Our eagles conQuering few;
WHITE and OUR COUNTRY! prouder wort
Frcemen in battle never knew!
On rock, on wave, on mountain height,
Its echoes shall be known;
By thousand streams the heart beats high
That answers to its tone,
WHITE and OUR COUNTRY! Once again
Let freedoms heart be stirred,
While floats our flag o'er the PAkif's strengt
Our watch-word shall be heard.