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Correspondence Of the Charleston Cour.
WAsu1NaroN. Feb. 8.

. "ASilNSIoNS i Cus "
In the House this morning. Mr.. Mullen
hcrS's resignation Of his seat was announced
by The Speaker. Mr.. Wise expressed his
great personal regret at this annuciation of
the intention of Mr.. Nj. t~Uieave The capitol.
lie had known that gentleman ever since
he came into public life, and no man was
his superior in personal a%miability OF poll
rical patience. With great humility and
torbcarauce he had borne the burdens ofhis
party; and wlIilo he regretted that,he gentle
man had escaped the application of his reso.
luton agains, the appointment Of members
TO executive office, he congratulated the
gentleman OH being thus removed from the
toll and turmoil of politics here and in Penn
s%ylvania, and being sent to a haven of resi-,
far abroad. This speech wus followed by
some laughter from every part Of the Hall.
Tho House spent the day n-the consider
alton ofprivate business. The bill, granting
100000 for the payment to the heirs Of
Robcr: Fulton. of certain claims heretofore
made against the Government by Mr.. Full
ton, was discussed at great length, and was
warmly opposed and earnestly supported
MIR. Legare, Of s.. G.. and Mr.. Hoffman, Of
N. Y. advocated the bill in a most eloquent
and triumphant manner The bill was final
ly passed, by n large majority.
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From the 81. Louis PrDubIirGr. Erb. I

Usage ISDIANs.-We have convcrscd
with a gentleman, just come in by land from
Fort Gibson, OH the Arkansas river. lie
informs us that tho condition of this miscra-
bic tribe is pitiab!e i'll the extreme. They
have no annuities from the Government ::
the sums stipulated to be paid to them for
their lands have nil bcen settled, and their
crops having failed this season, they are
literally in 4 state oil starvation and want.
No man residing within the confines ofcrvi-
lization can appreciate The extreme wretch
cdncss to which these miserable beings are
frequently reduced. They have little or
no game within their own territory, and
being poor, when their crops fail they have
no source OF relief whatever. We f~clievc
a bill has been reported in Congress for cx-
tending to them some relief. This measure
should, it passed at all, be adopted will, all
possible haste, and whatever relief it is de-
s'snated to extend to them, should be given
before they pcr;sh,as many must, il not soon
relieved,
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.BAEriMonr, Feb. s.

eO. &c.
+. We find it siated in the morning papers,
that theloss of Mr.. Cooke by the burning Of
his property in the Front Street Theatre
on Saturday last, is estimated at $I5O,OOO
aud Mr.. Cooke himself states in a. card,
which we insert below, that there was no
insurance of any part Of it, ugainst loes by
fire. We have heard it suggested, aud we
think 1t very probable, that the duties paid
bv MIR. Cooke nn the importation Of his val
liable property, would DO romitted or re-
turned to him on application TO Congress.
The cases Of the sufferers by the great Gre
undoubtedly would be followed on the pre-
sent occasion that offers as strong a claim
for reliefus any that has over occurred.
In our notice of the Fire in SUNDAYS
Gazette, we stated that the Mayor in con-
sequence Of the receipt Of an anonymous let
ter, had " directed a nightly watch to be
kept ut the theatre, which had teen cou,in-
ued to the time of the fire." We have
learned 10 day, that the direction was given
TO several city officers TO watch on n partic-
ular night specified IN the anonymous letter
as that during which the attempt would be
made to burn the Theatre but ON the assu-
rance from Mr.. Cooke that four persons Of
his company, would remain every night
in the house, the attendance of the city otfi-
GERS ,cds not continued. Tho four persons
contemplated by MIR. Cooke were in the
house when The hamcs were: discovered, Lui
not ,catching-two of them with difficulty
effected their escape.
a Card.-Mr. Cooke begs leave public
ly to acknowledge the ardent. though incf-
%'cctual, struggle of the Baltimore Fircmen
10 preserve some remnant Of his lost prop
erty; those %c'firIs, though vain, do not the
less inspire a real feeling Of gratitude.
1t may not be deemed impairment at
this overwhelming crisis to state that sever
al reports have circulated or Insurance be-
ing effected OH Mr.. C's horses aud property
all Of which are entirely without foundation,
as he has literally lost every ding, and pos
scsscs no means whatever of a direct or re-
mote tendency to assist him in hi. sudden
and awful calamity,
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Correspondence Of the Charleston Courier.

AVN, L I'll. -
"Mr. Calhoun's bill to ccdc The public
lands within the limits of the new States.
on certain conditions,, is the most impor-
tant measure now before Congress. As il
is to become tho subject of very serious
consideration i'll boih houses, ut an early
day, | give The following abstract of its
leading provisions.
The first sections provides, that all the
pnblic lands within tho States of Ala
bnma Mississippi, Louisiana. Arkansas.
Missouri, Illinois Indiana, Ohio an.l Michi-
gan, with lhc exception of tho sites Of
Qualifications. navy and dock yards, a~rscnals
magazines and ali other public buildings he
coded to the states within the limits of which
tlIoy are respectively situated, on tho fol-
lowing conditions;
First. That THO said States shall pass acts
to be irrcvocablc. providing for the annual
payment to the United States, fifty per
cent. on :Ec gross amount Of tho sales of
such lands, on or before tho 1st July of eacl,
year.
Second. That the minimum price, rs
now fixed by law, shall remain unchanged
un,i! tho first day Of January, 1872. after
which time the price may be reduced by
said States 10 blank price per acre. A grad
ual reelection may be made after thar Time,
every five years, with the provisions that
all lands remaining unsold thiriy-five years
and upwards, shall be cceded absolutely to
the States in which said lands are situntcd.
Third. That the lands shall he subject
to the SAME legal subdivisions in tho sale
and survey, as are now provided by law,
anl also tn the SAM terms of sale, (cash.)
and the same reservation of the 10Th town
ship for each section.
l'n,,ti, M. ,,mo, .1,.,lI L.. =. en- I.
The five per cent. fund, or any part not al
ready advanced to any State; and that the
said Siutcs shall he exclusively liable for
charges thatmay hereafter accrue from the
surveys, sales and management: of the puhs
lie lands, aud cxtinguishment of Indian
titles within the said states respectively.
Fifth. That a failure on the part Of any
state. to comply with the above conditions
ar 4 violation Of the same, shall render the
Third session absolutely null and void; and
s',ai! also arnnl all titles or grants hereafter
r:alc by s,id States.
Section second provides for closing the
land Offices. including the surveying de-
]'arinIcnt, within tho limits of any State.
SO soon as the said State shall havo passed
an act complying with tlie;,above conditions.
Section third provides for relieving such
States as accept the conditions, from. all
rcs.riciir,s on the right of said States to
TAX any lands, subsequent to their sale; and
for remauding to the States all maps. titles
aud papers in the general land office, rcla-
tive 10 said lands.
Section fourth provides that all public
lanh in the State Of Tennessee shall be &c.
dtd to that State will, the exception contain
c.: in The stsoctiOn."
--
IN Grccnville District, no less than eight
candidates are announced for the Office of
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INI,END4NT'.
HENRY SIiULTZ,
WiRDENS.
M. r. SMITH,
JOSEPH WOODS,
MATHEW GRAY,
l.. +. GOUEDY,
ii. l.. JEFFERS,
A. WALKER.

The attention of the reader is called 10 the
Prospectus Of 1.-The Washington Chronicle"
which is to be found in our columns. Ii
will be seen that this Paper is designed to
supply the place Of the Reforner. 1t is
now in operation, and VIC havc received Il
few numbers. Mr.. Crallc is known us a
gentleman Of very high talent, and of rare
qualifications as an Editor. 1t requires
hut little reflection to perceive the great
Importance of having a Press at ii,e Seat
of Government devoted to the defence of
Southern interests; aud we sincerely lrus,
that this new enterprise will find many hun.
cred friends of the true stamp, in this par,
Of the country.
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We are not without hopes that the repor-
ted destruction Of Il large portion of The city
Of Lexington, Kentucky, is unfounded.-
The com1agrali"n is asserted to have occur
red on the night Of the 25t!l nit., whereas
we have accounts from Baltimore and
Washington to the evening of the 9th inst.
Now. the regular mail, we understand, is
but six days from Lexington to these cities,
md the express mail is carried between
those places in three days.-and yet no
information of this catastrophe In any of
their papers. A paragraph is indeed pub
lished at New York, of The Same purport
as the account received here, and stated to
he upon the same authority. viz. the mayor
Of the city. But it is not very likely that
at such a moment of confusion1and distress,
the Mayor would think Of sitting down to
write letters TO persons at such distant points
while he omitted TO write to others more
Immediately connected with the business of
that city.
In addition to this, we have Slips from
Cincinnati, Ohio to the 3rd inst, nine DAYS
after the reported fire and yet we find moth
ing IN them upon the subject. We cannot
therefore, but think that tho whole story ia
a Fabrication; aud if so, we trust that the
vile author OF the imposition may he dis
covered aud meet with the reward which
no would richly merit Tor his villainy.-Chur
Courier, Feb. 8.
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Preserving the purity Of the Negro rae.
Sixteen 'chsie Ladies' recently pcti,ioned
the Legislature of Massachusetts, to repeal
the law which intrrdicted their marriage
with negroes. What Il commentary upon
the madness Of Aholilionism! The thing
however wonId not take with the negroes
themselves, as will be seen from the article
below. However anxious Charlotte T..
Thompson, and the other fifteen white La.
dies of RchoboIh may be, to amalgamatc
with David Shcrrod and his associates,
they may give up all hope now as the black
gentry arc determined on preserving the pu.
rity Of their race. What will Mr. Chan
ming say to this sign in his own pure and
proud Massachusetts
From he Boston Ccntinrl.
SHOWING Proper INSTRUMENTATION
Saturday, in the Senate, the memorial of
David Shcrrod and olhsrs. co,ored pconlc, OF
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Extrat Of Il letter from Firisnd, datcd
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Feb. Bird.

II have this moment returned from a
scene thai was truly narrowing: a human
hcing in Il state of in,oxica,ion, fell into the
fire, over which he had been seen reclining,
in the absence of,hc family. and was liter
ally baked!! one of his ears was entirely
burnt off : and ono other part Of his sys-
tenn was burnt to Il cindcr, He was a
young man, perhaps about thirty years of
agc-nn excellent farm hand. but surren-
dered himself to the demon of internperance,
and had thus been cut off in the flower of
manhood, leaving n wife and child, 10 DO
supported. perhaps, by the county.
II was called upon to hold an inquest,
which did, aud after the jury was duly
sworn aud the witnesses exa,nined,-tlleir
verdict ~ as. that he, DANES Spencer) came
to his death by in,oxication; in which state
he fell III tho fire and was burnt to dcatb.'
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Sli,9S 30

Income oftnchcnse ut the prcsemttimc $741S 90
Besides the above, there is due tn the eStah-
lis!ment about $4,000 which is considered good
and is now about being collected.
The above brief statement shows Il prosper
Gus condition., and the fact of the greater number
of pay patients received this year over that of the
paupcrs, indicates the growing confidence of the
public in the establishment, which is thereby en-
ahlcd to support itself fully
The amount of Expenditures appears very high,
ana is undoubtedly so. bu, it is chiefly owing to
the high prices which had unavoiLabIy to be paid
tor ALMOST every article consumed in the course
OF the year, and that some of the preceding wears
purchases were paid since the beginning of this.
Tie Regents beg leave to express the conlinu-
ance of their full satisfaction in the faithful dis
charge of the services of tl.c various officers who
lave the immediate charge of the establishment.
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A London paper ofllc Goth nfDcccmLer
remarks: The attcntionofcommercial men
is beginning To he scnsibly alive to the pro-
cccdings ofthc French Government relative
to their claim upon ST. Domingo. AsGua-
dron of twelve ships-of-war, it will be reco!-
lcctcd, sailed from Brcst on the Goth MIR.
bound 10 the Yves, Indies, and it is wei uu-
dcrstood by the mercantile world tba, The
destination is Iiavt;.
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Com anicatcd,1

Her forehead stamp'd with genius. calm s. clear,
Der which in richness falls her dark-brow II hair;
Her eyes of Understanding loves soft light
Her winning snlile-s0 tender. vet SO bright.
Her spirit kind-not meek, hut high and free.
ilcrlcart unSullied-hus she seems to NE.
q.
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: We are under obligations to tho Hon. F.
w. Pickens for various interesting Docu-
ments.
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CONGRESS-.

Nothing of very great importance, we
believe, has trnnspired in this body since
our last report. Perhaps the most interest
ing and exciting matter is The charge of cor
ruptIon brought by 1.-The Spy" against a
member of Congress, which was introduced
TO the notice Of the House by Mr.. WISE
Af;er no little discussion, anu a speech from
Mr.. Mathew L. Davis, who is the rcpulcd
Spy it was ascertaincd that the member
implicated is not a member of the House,
but of tho Senate, and for The wan, of ;uris-
dic,ion, the whole proceeding here dropped.
We are somewhat inclined to agree with
MIR. Bouldin. that il the House undertakes to
investigate all the charges made agains, its
character, il viii soon have no character TO
investigate.
In the Senate Mcssrs. Webster g. Co.
have presented some two hundred Memo
rails and Petitions against Texas and Abo-
litioil-
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Melancholy Catastrophe-RemarbaJie f.
deity ola Dog.-Mr. Nicholas Ryerson,
a highly respectable citizen Of Packinack,
Passico county n. Jersey, was found on
+ 1itay tust m 4 pIccc srK-ds neur- his
residence, crushed TO death by n tree which
had fallen upon him. lie was out squirrel
hunting. and when found it appeared that
he had taken one squirrel and shot another,
which in failing lodged upon a tree, which
he frllcd, and i'll falling struck another tree,
which caused il to turn and fall upon him,
bearing him to the ground, and crushing his
body in Il most horrible manner. lie was
found with the Tree lying upon him, and his
dog. ''lhe t~rusticst Of its kind sitting on
the stump Of the fallen tree. The collars
Of Mr.. Rycrsm's coat and vest were torn
completely oil, evidently by his faithful
companion. i'll his vain attempts TO draw
his master from under the tree.
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Foridd.-Thc bill calling a Convention,
FOR tho purpose Of organizing u SIRE Gov.
eminent in Florida, has passed the I.cri>Io.
turc aud become Il law. Tie Conycuiion
is to meet at the city of ST. Joseph on the
LIST day Of December mex,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-02-22

A City has been laid out in Texas, hon
ored with the naInc Of the erca, Chief,
Osccola.
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Number now i'm the bousc,

Ofthis number, tw'nty-i;m arc pay IA
ticniS, thirty are males and fifteen females.
Amount Of money in Bank OH Nov.
), ls3G, including the appa OPERATIONS
Tor the additional building, $6il1 as
Amount received since, s,a4 50
Received prior to date, but deposited
since Or IN
Georgia money appropriated, ~ p
Amour, oicxpcndiiures o!tlc la<: year
including such oi' the preceding wear
which had NOT been paid before, 12,l5S %
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-02-22

RoyGt Grnitudr.-The Gazette of Tues.
day announces, that Alderman Wood has
been created Il Baronet and one of the
Sunday papers says, the honor is as cred
i'ntlc to the royal bcstowcr as to the rccciy-
CT. The Facts, we hear, are these. In con.
sequence of the Duke of kcnt's pccuniary
difficulties, he was living abroad with The
Duchess, when she was near her %con(nc-
,ncnt. Alderman Wood, from patriotic
feelings, was DESTROYS that n child which
might become The Sovereign Of Grcar Brit
ain should be born in England. lie, there
fore tricdto induce the Dukc'sTrustccs To AL
vance Sufficient money to enable his ROYAL
..tiighncss and his illuStrious consort To rc.
turn To this country, but without success:
upon which, he hi,nsclf advanced the ne.
ccssary funds to n large amount, and which
money was not repaid for a considerable
Time. TO Alderman Wood her Majesty is
indebted for the qualification of being de
.!incto as well as de j"rc an English woman.
This weiglty obligation she has gracefully
acknowledged, by raising The worthy Alder
man to his new raGk.-Spectutor.
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E1:scontin"ance Of Sunday TrarrHins in
Eagtn"d.-Wc learn from an England pa
per that at IA recent meeting of coach pro
%!'rleiors from all parts of England, held in
London, II was very generally determined,
to give up. as far rs possible, tho travelling
OF public coaches Gu the Sabbath. This
measure wasrcsolved upon, principally nu
the ground tlnatil would be an actual snrjug
10 the Froprictors, as there would he very
nearly the same number of passengers as
at present, though spread over six DAYS
instead ofscvcn while many of the e u,ns,,
would he diminished one seventh, and \,
would be n great rclicfto The horses Several
of the propriciors were also Influenced in
coming 20 the decision, by religious con,il-
c%rati"ns. All The coaches between Leeds
and London, Except the malls) have there
lore discontinued starting from either end of
their journey on Sunday and it is the
same with Manchester York, West of En-
gland coaches, and many others. The
practice promises to become general through
out the country, q will tend materially to
advance The cause OF morality and religion,
and give the advantage of the Sabbath to
thousands of coach-men, guards. stable
keepers. &c. Stage coaches never travel
Oh Sunday in Scotland Boston iler. jour.
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Pcns:oners.-Thc whole number Of Pen
s!oncrs i'll the United States is I1,76S. OF
these, 2ilO are i'll Maine, 2u87 in New
Hampshire, 1881 in Massachusetts, $3.50
in Connecticut, 904 in Rhode Island, 2I97
in Vermont. $685. in New York. llG6 in n.
Jersey, 2G49 in Pennsylvania, IL in Della
ware, l37 III Maryland, 2jSl in Virginia,
l43O i'll North Carolina, Glib in South Car
DINA, 532 in Georgia, I'll III Mississippi,
379 in Alabama, az i'll Louisiana, 2O:59 in
in Tennessee, 22J5 in kentucky 1904 in
Ohio, 7Sl i'll ln%diann, 322 in Illinois, 2C3 in
Missouri, II in FLORIDA. % in Arkansas,l Us
in Michigan, s in Wisconsin, 1l2 in the
District o~ft:olumbia. The number orpcn-
sioncrs added to the list from Oct. II, 1896
was2ll. Dchshs durin. the same period,
1915.
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Aggregate militia killed aud wounded s.

The Florida War has been exceedingly
iatalto the officers oftlic regular army. In
the course OF two years. not less than thirty
have been killed in battle Or fallen victims
to The climate, whilst n majority Of those
who have served there, have had their con-
stiIntions seriously impaired.
We annex a list, which is far from com
plctc, ofthe casualties oftiiat ILL., latcd Terri
tory:
LIT: Col. Brooks, 1t. Col. THOMPSON
Bvi. 1t: Coz. lici!eman, Bvt. Major Dadc,
Capts. Maitland, Van S~wearingcn, Mellon.
Frazer shannon, Gardiner, Cater and
Lane; Lients. IZnrd, Whcclock, Mackcy.
Smith Herring, Bassinscr, Nudge, Kcas,
Hamilton, M'Ncil, Adams, Brooke and Cen
ter; Assistant Surgeons Ca,lin and Sei,ncr.
fgcd. .trtH0.
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Foreign.
FROM TIE EAST INDIA AND CHINA.
NEw-YoRk, Feb. s..

N~Ew-YoRK, Feb. s.
We learn that the King of Ava bias re-
i'scd to execute the treaty of his predcces-
sor with the T.. India Co. in IS3G-aud de-
hes the power Of that Company
The last king Of Delhi died S~cptembcrSS
aged eighty-six. The new King has been
installed.
We learn from China that was
lansui>hing-Bombay. Madras and Calcu,-
ia, had voted addresses to Queen Victoria.
There are three deckers and five iriga,cs
either afoat or in construction at Chcrhourr:
also IL steam ship in construction of 2GU
horse powers.
PARIS, Jan, l.
Captain Fillant, who circumnavioa,cd
the world i'll the Bonitc %frisarc, and has
just returned, has been received with marked
distinction by Louis Philippe.
All was tranquil at Alsiers Dec. 25.-
Marshal VaIlec, it was believed, would
come home. At Constantine matters had
resumed their wouted aspect, aud the civ
was tranquil. STEAMBOATS, constantly run
between Alsiers. Bona and other French
possessions III Africa, and across tho Med
%itcrancan To Toulon.
Ahdcl kader, the conquered Ernir has
sent Il present Of 23 fine Arab sleeds to
LOUIS L hiiiippc; TWO oil them to tho Duke
OF Nemours. The Emir is rcorsanizing his
cavalry.
The King of Prussia has published Il
law much more favourable TO literary prop
erty than that of the Germanic Diet. Is
not tins owing to the high respect entertain
ca Tor education in that kingdom and the
admirable provisions male forit!
The Grune"oM Dispute.-Thc King of
Prussia has written to the King Of ,hc
French, on whose judgement he saws he
ne will rely. for the qualification of the ,dif.
icnl'les between Poland and Belguim.-
\ Dutch journal says it is much better to
burn down n forest (alluding to that of
Grmnewald) than set fire To Europe. Mean
while as asynip'om Of peace. we perceive
that Prussia had consented that Belgium
should iortiiy Dicstt to project her from Hol-
land.
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We give the following extract from the
Report Of the Regents of the Luna,ic Asy-
lu'n, which was presented TO the Lc.isla
turc ut its last Session.
On the 9th November, IS3G, the number of
patients in the Asylum was al
Number received since, up to Nov. s., 1887, IL
co
Oftllesc, thirteen are males. and three !c.
males, and thirteen are pay patients and thee
are rnnpcrs.
Number who died during the year, S
Number discharged lis cured, or ut the re-
quest OF their friends. s
EIopcd, but still! belonging to the establish
mc!it, =
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-02-22

IN Grccnville District, no less than eight
candidates are announced for the Office of
Vas Collector!
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We have at length, received Col. Tay-
lor's Official account Of the battle in the
swamps of The kissinImcc, on Christians
day. 1t does not adj much TO our intor-
nation respecting the engagement. We
annex The list of the officers killed and
wounded.
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THURSDAY, FEpnuARY %. 1885.
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An election was held in the town Of Ham
burg on Monday the 18th inst. for linen
dant and six Wardens, and the following
persons were elected:
INIEND4N NJ.