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Tor Tie enquirer.
WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.

WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
The object of the following is 10 correct the
various false statements with regard to the Col
lege which are going The rounds OF The papers,
A statement has appeared in the Alexandria Ga
zelle and think, also 10 the Richmond Wing, TO
10 this effect: THAT in consequence ofthe election
OF new Professor, two OF the old Professors had
resigned their chairs and that several oil the stu
denis had left College" This Is not t,me-frro Of
tie Professors hare mt resigned, nor haze any an-
denis ich College, It's due 10 the College The Pro.
iessors and students, that these false statements
should be corrected, and il is earnestly hoped that
those papers which have given place 10 the above
reports should also publish this, which is design
ed to prevent any injury 10 The College tina, nigh.
result from leaving them unconradiclrd
The new professor who has been elected is
Mr.. A. C. Peachy, f.rmerly OF Williamsburg
now residing in Washington. Mp. is young
man OF undoubted talents, OF nnblemished char
acter, of engaging and endearing manners, and
in every way an accomplished gentleman and
scholar. He is.pecuIiarly suited 10 The chair 10
which he has been elected, By his previous stu
dies under the lamented Dew, who last filled thai
chair. lie was an unliriug student under Mr.. d
fol- five years, who was oten heard 10 say, thai
he was fitting him for The proiessoiship which 4.
then held, and who expressed himself perfectly sa
lsied wilh.his success.
Mr. P's collegiate course was unusually bril-
liant, carrying off, with credit 10 himself and tc
his preceplors, the very first honors of the College
The friends of old William and Mary consider
themselves most fortunate in securing The servi
ces OF 80 faithful disciple OF the lar famed Dew
TO fill the void occasioned BY his death, and il is
believed that the election OF young man Of such
unquestioned talents will prove lasting benefi
10 The College.
A FRIEsD TO OLD WILLIAM AND MARY.
williamsburg, Mop 10, lS47.
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TRIAL OF LIEUT.. COL. FREMONT
The trial of Lieut.. Col. Fremont has come -
stand for The last two days on account Of The ~
ness of Lieut.. Col. Craig 1t will, however W. ~.
presume, be resumed this morning, and We ho 80
brought 10 speedy close.-[ Ball. Sun. IVY
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FIRE!-The Stable of Mr.. Tho,. D. Quar-. ;,
on Broad Street, Shockoe Hill was consume
last night, about half past o'clock, suooo.s.
to be The work of an incendiafy.
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CORRESPONDENCE of The Baltimore SUM-

NEW ORK ISUVs 10 Z. NJ.
The English papers by the steam Acadia have
been received, but the miscellaneous news is w.
important. | observe, however, that on her pas
sage over The French steamer Union encountered
TWO severe gales, and 10 the last one burs, her
boiler, injuring her machinery greatly.
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The editor Of the Martinsburg Republican left
tina, place on Wednesday last, for Vera Cruz, to
bring the remains OF his brother Capt. Alburlis,
to Berkeley, for burial.
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"PREsIDENTiAf CANDIDATEs.-In reply 10 re-
mark ct the Canandaigua IN. W Repository
that there never has been greater difficulty viii
both political parties in selecting their candidate:
Tor The Presidency than now the Washington
National Wing remarks How you can say SC
in reference 10 The Wing party is utterly inexpli
cable. The question for The Wing party 10 solve
in relation 10 The next Presidency is whether j
will have victory or defca2 If il desires victory
il has only 10 declare that Gen. Taylor shall be
The candidate. If il desires defeat, il has only lC
take up somebody else"
We find The above in yesterdays Republican.
Has that paper "suIrcndered" its high "no party
ground, and is Gen. Taylor TO be "Mc (Whig)
candidate2" As the Republican quotes the Ma
lioual Wing as authority, we surely are privi-
lodged 10 refer 10 the same organ for its scnli.
ments in regard 10 Gen. Taylor's opinions. In
lis last number we find The following:
"The Albany Evening Journal asks who is
more fit than Mr. Clay 10 represent principles Of
[negro] irecdom2 We answer no one; but we
think Gen Taylor Just as good, Tor he is IN faU0r
of extending The ordinance Of 1887 ovcr any terri
tory acquired from Merno and is the only man
with whom we can beat the Democratic candi
date"
The same No. OF The National Wing, The Me.
,ropolitan Taylor organ, contains the following
interesting items which we commend 10 South.
eru men OF all parties:
"The New York Tribune takes The same view
of Mr.. Cay's seventh resolution as we do. II
considers it as opposed 10 the extension Of slave.
ry 10 any territory which may be annexed 10 he
Union, and claims him, therefore, as a Wimol
Pr0ris0 man."
"The Boston Alias rejoices ha, MIR. Clay &C.
cupies The same ground as Mr.. Webster occu.
pies upon the subject oil slavery; that they are
both Wilmol Pruviso men. This accords with
our view OF MIR. Clay's 7h resolution.
"The Pennsylvania talks abous Old Zack's
getting oulihe way Of Old Kentucky MIR. Clay,
Old Kentucky is moi on the course. And, be-
sides, old Bucna Vista never seIs out OF the way
for anybody.
"The Albany Evening Journal, Wing, also
opposes the Ontario Repository, Wing, published
al Canandaigua, for ills preference Tor Judge Nc
Lean for President, on the ground, that the Judge
is not NEeRo-LIBERTY enough. Gentlemen, you
may we'll cease this pickering, for there IS only
one man We can elect, and he is Zachary ray
l..
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The telegraph announces that Mr.. Clay's speech
revised by the orator himself, was 10 appear
in the Lexington Observer Of Saturday last. In
a very few days, therefore, we may look for the
genuine article and the latest revelations OF the
great Wing oracle. In he mean time, here is
what "John Smith, Jr., Of Arkansas" The witty
N. Y. correspondent OF the Boston Post, says OF
the dramatic scene:
ut is said that when Leslie Coombs dema nded
silence and The studious attention on The par Of
The audience, because, as he said, that would pro-
baby be The last great speech that the great grand
coon, who occupies the saloons and arbors Of
Ashland, would ever make, six and twenty wi
dow ladies fained, and the ghos, of Jenny Muir
ply calculated God bless mer
"Mr. Clay is an nndone mani Hes no go;
and If the eternal Wings did bow and bend al The
shrine of the Grand Lama OF bis idolalry, at
Cape May, and swore eternal fidelity 10 the eter-
nal coon, they now rebel, and declare that they
can't now go it, And yet al Cape May they,
were represented by my eslmabe friend, Mathew
L. Davis and, whilst the coons Of New York
and The great coon OF Kentucky kissed and en-.
braced, did nj they mutually and lervenIy e1-
claim
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MAJOR john P. GAINES At HOME -Tb;s %,
LIANT officer, on Monday night, reached HE 30;
dence in Boone county, Kentucky. nnsl;.
welcome YET awaits him. 's
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Deduct Wing majority in the second,

Total Democratic majority in the Stale, 1851
"The Democratic majority in The State may be
safely put down at Two thousand"
May we not hope TO see Democratic Leslsla'
ture return TO the U. S. Senate Mr.. Souls, whose
brilliant and powerful eoquence won the adml'
lion of all nariies
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT PuEBLA, !

ORDERS No. 81. Puebla, Oct, lo47. }
est manner, TO thank the troops under his COM
mand for their gallant conduct in The late fight
al Huamanlla- fatigucd by long and arduous
march, yel all pressed forward in The most eager
manner 10 share in The danger. Although victo-
ny is ours yet our JOY is saddened by The loss Of
many brave men. Capt. Walker, than whom
drawer or better soldier never lived, nobly died
in front OF the enemy. Again returning his
thanks, The General feels assured, that when &C.
casion offers, the same enthusiasm will again pre-
vail. BY order Of Gen Lane:
HENRY 8. SEARS,
1t. and A. A. A. Gen.
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RICHMOND, VA.
Tuesday Morning, November 20, ls47.

"WAR ExpENsEs-ll is now said that The War
Departments estimates Of the war expenses OF
The next year will be only sixty millions. VIVA!
cheap bargain this Mexican war is, to De sure,
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Increase Of debt since 4lh March

Increase of debt since AIN Mafcn,
1916 S27,333,624 81
In abou, eighteen months the war debt has
amounted 10 about 100000 dollars-beins at
the rale OF about eighteen millions per annnm.
From this, however, in future, we must deduct
the increase of revenue flowing in under the
new tariff. and whatever sum We can obtain
hereafter from military contributions on Mexi-
co; which, we hope, under The orders lately IS
sued, may be considerable.
Who will not incur such debt, or double or
treble It's amount, 10 support the honor OF his
country7 For one, we repeat with gallant off,
Ger with whom we conversed three days ago,
"Onr army have covered their country with ian,
rcls that can never fade. They have extended
our fame to the remoles corners OF the earth
and made an impression upon Europe, which is
of incacuabe importance. The moral force
;rh;ns have ,ha9 1s NC and he military
OF our national character is worth all the mil
lions that we may expend in the war;"
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EDE'S HEDYOSMIA.-A supply oflhis Po-
u pular and delightfully."- fragrant perfume Just
received. PURCELL, LAID & CO.,
Druggists, %, corner Main and l4,h streets.
Nov %
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for sale a, very
~ low prices, by
CHENERY & HARTWELL
Nov. % Shuckoe Hill.
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PEACE SPECULATIONS.


Major Iurbide ison OF The former Emperor Of
Mcxico) who was made a prisoner al the time
Capt Walker was killed in the fight al llua-
manila on the 9Th DC, and is now on his way
to Philadelphia, is confdenIthas peace is at hand
So says correspondent OF The Philadelphia Led
ger, who writes as follows from Puebla on the
18th October:
He (Major ~ certainly has every means oil
knowing the condition and resources ofhis coun-
rymen being an aid-de-camp TO Santa Anna,
and ough, to be able 10 form correct opinion on
the subject. He coniesses that The Mexican army
is withou. resources and without sympathy from
The people. They cannot hold out any longer;
the leaders and people are turning their thoughts
seriously TO peace, and we shall be al home, lie
saws, in February next, al the farhesf.
The Major is 4 capital fellow, and quite al
home among the Philadelphia lie was edu.
Gated there with several Of his brothers, ard finds
MANY old associates in the Pennsylvania Iegi-
menl.
heard touching aHecdote Of Col. Wynkoop
and Capt Walker yesterday, which fear can
not give as received it, Its known, probably
in The United States, that difficulties had existed
between these gentlemen, which their mutual
friends have always regretted. They had, be-
lieye, preferred charges against each Other, but
when Col Wynkoop heard that Captain Walker
was seriously wounded, and no, likely to live, he
sent staff officer at once TO beg an interview
with the dying chief. Becoming impatient be-
lore The return Of his messenger, the Colonel has
tened 10 where the Captain lay and found him
dead. The shock 10 him was overwhelming.
and he could scarcely uer word. in a few
momens, however he said, with much emotion,
al would give six years OF my life for one word
| ,,;,i, Tho, mn n iu-and tnrned from The rornsp
TO ask OF Gen. Lane The command of Walkers
troop, thu, he might dash upon The rclrealing en-
envy and avense the death OF the gallant trooper
The General refused this request, as Walkers
men had been greatly reduced, and those not kill
ed were much exhausted, and Col. Wynkoop re.
turned 10 his command with heavy heart.
Those who know the impulsive character O.
both officers, will readily forgive the ra.hnes.
that made them, for time, severe enemies, bu
j, is matter OF deep regret that they were both
loo sensitive, on The point of honor, 10 effect re-
| couriiaiion hefora n ,vac ton ote
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'If you loves me
As | loves yon,
No knife can cut
Our love In two y

Outline makes strange changes in the econo-
my oflifc, and The ties Of coonskinning are dis
solved. Goodness gracious, me-
at is hoped that Mr. Clay's speech may soon
come to hand though il has been minated that
it will be held back till the voice of the people in
relation 10 il has been ascerlaincd."
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yiRcisiA-Frederick Couniy-sdi
This day personally appeared before the SUBSCRIBER,
n Justice OF the Peace in and for the county aforesaid
Henry NJ. Brent Cashier Of the Bank Of the Valley IN
Virginia. and made oath, that the foregoing exhibits
true state othe said Bank on the LIST day oil July, loi
10 the beat Of his know ledge and belief
Given under my hand this 3Oih day Of October lsi'
]. P. RIELY.
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&,s6s,ssa

We have examined the above state ment, and fnd II
correct T. A. TIDBALL, President.
DANIEL GOLD.
A. :. BALDWIN,
JOHN ". BELL,
WIN. STEPHENSON,
RICHD. z. BYRD.
VtasiSI,-Eredcrick Couniy-set:
This day personally appeared before the subscriber
Justice of the Peace IN and for The county AFORESAID
Henry NJ Brent, Cashier OF the Bank Of the Valley il
Virginia and made oath, that the foregoing exhibits
time state of the said Bank the Isl day Of 0ctotei
lsi7. 10 The best OF his knowledge and belief.
Given under my hand this Both day Of October, ls;'.
J. p. RELY
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The ship Senator has arrived at New Orleans,
having LEI, Vera Cruz on the 7Ih November
She brings nothing important The following
items we find in the Picayunc. The guerilas
seem TO be more annoying 10 The Mexicans than
10 our troops:
The Nacona of Alli1co of the 9Th ult. con-
,radcts the American Stars report OF difficulties
in Jalsco The people there think OF nothing
bul carrying on the war, says the Nacional.
A letter from chihuahua is published, dated the
9th September, in which it is said: according
10 the last accounts from New Mexico il is GER
tain lha, 400 Americans are coming here win
their property, and are determined TO enter peace
ably or by force. We are less prepared TO re-
ceiye them than before, bu! were there thousand
Of them they would mol enter with their former
success"
On the Spanish side of the Genius Ct Liberty
we find communication from The Governor Of
Tamaulpas, complaining of the excuses COM
mi,ed by Mexicans under The guse Of sucrri-
leros upon their own coun,rymen. II calls for
the interference OF the commandanIs OF the int.
rior States of the East 10 put an end TO these
excuses. The Governor has already called
upon the National Guard 10 protect the people,
and unless effective measures are promptly taken,
the Governor says the people themselves will rise
and defend themselves by force. These pretended
guerriIleros are utterly cowardly, says the Cover
nor and they assassina,e and rob without scruple.
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TOHN HOLLINS' Family and Extra Super
j lne FLOUR. for sale al our warehouse on
Basin. HENRY LUDLAM s. co.
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT PUEgLA,
Puebla, Mexico, Oct. p lSi7 !
S,R: Accompanying, have The honor 10 send
my reports OF The fight between The forces under
my command and The enemy, under Gen. Santa
Anna, on the 9th inst. and The action al A!liIo,
on the 10Th instant.
BY order of General Lane:
HENRY B. SEARS,
L. and A. A. A. Gen.
The ApJr. GEN. U. S. A.
Washington, d. &.
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STATE OF TIE BANK OF THE VALLEY. IN vIR.

GINA, INCLUDING ITS OFFICES OF DIS.
COUNT AND DEPosITE, JULY lsr, 1877.
Specie, s5 ;s,;4 -
Notes Of other banks, l@, ia i
Due from other banks, 6la,.sj
Notes discounted, l,4st,cg y
Inland bills discounted, 1880 y
Bond accomp, io'olf o.
stock purchased To secure debt, $3.50 Y
Real Estate, oU,2oe %
bad debts SI,4es 20
Doubtful debts, li,ls3 ~
s2,7s6, 723 Il
Capital stock, Si,o.3,Mo Y
Notes IN circulation, i,ISo'i.o -
Dne 10 other banks, oo,IS3
Discount, 3,osa ~
Contingent fund, o',so5 :.
PROFIT and loss, being the nett profits for
the half year ending this day, 4i,o3g
In rrans,,u between bank and branches, sos Il
s2,7s6,723 Il
We have examined tho above sla'ement and fnd II
correct T. A. TtDBALL, President.
DANIEL GOLD,
A. > BALDWIN,
John n. BELL.
WIN. STEPHENSON,
RIGID. l.. BYRD.
Observation-Disclosures County-sot,
This day personally appeared before thr SUBSCRIBER,
Justice Of the Peace in and for the county aforesaid
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.ains "no doubt that the Democrats have eiecseo
a majority on join, ballot in the Les'sa'ure.-
But the popular majority is greater than was
ever known before. As We stated yesterday, Mr.
La Sere is chosen in the first district by ma
iorily of DO, lees than 1900; MIR. Harmanson IN
the third by TOO We have not received full re-
turn. from the fourth, where Mr.. /. L. Morse was
the Democratic, and Mr.. Waddle The Wing cam
didae. We know lha, MIR. Morse is elected
and ha! he had majority OF $50 in the parish
of Rapides, and about The same in lha, OF Nat.
chiloches The account between The TWO parties,
them will stand,
Democratic majority in The first disIrc, 1900
In the third, wv
In The fourth, eoo
9600
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the next year will be only sixty millions. VIVA,
a cheap bargain this Mexican war IS, 10 oe sure.
[Repu6liea".
The Wing press have made so many plumbers
As 10 the past expenses of The war, that we are
surprised that they should venture such exrava-
CANT speculalions in regard TO its future COST even
upon The reliable authority OF ut is said" We
shall not now Tecur 10 the factious and mischie-
vous policy Of The Wings, in eIagseraing the
evils of a campaign in Mexico. in deprecia!lns
The public credit by representing The impossiolii'y
Of a loan 10 carry on the war-a'l calculated 10
dampen the ardor OF volunteers, encourage Inc
public enemy, and embarrass the necessary war
measures on the part of our Government. on
no subject, however, has there been more gross
INSTRUMENTATION than on the item OF "war ex.
penses" MIR. Webster proclaimed that the CT
pendilure was halfa million day-and The Wing
press and politicians spread the intelligence
throughout The land. We have seen the Wing
estimates of the annual cost Of the war, ranging
from sixty to one hundred millions-and The Ike
pub,ican announces the War Departments esti-
innate for The next year al only sixty millions-
Now, all must admit that The war expenses will
not in future be as heavy as heretofore, and there
fore, the Republicans report must be grossly NJ
accurate. as will be seen from the Unions con-
elusive retulalion of the Wing stories in regard
10 the war expenses already incurred. The
Union comes forward 'lo lay this ghost OF faction
in the Red Sea-" We ask attention TO the facts
il sells for,h-swecping away with one breath The
accumulated mass Of Wing partisan misrepre-
sena!on on The subject. We deem ii unneces-
ry 10 add single word, save that il the honor OF
the country requires the war 10 be carried on, il
is an unjust slur upon the character OF the Anne.
rican people 10 expect any such "dollar and cent"
appeals 10 produce any other effect than profound
Indignation:
From The Uaion.l
We now Law before our readers an Official ac-
coun, from the books Of The Treasury, by The
Register of The Treasury MIR. Graham, Of The
amount OF public debt due on The lslof This month.
II will be perceived thatih total amount is S45-
l22. 423 90. BY reference to the official account
from The books of The Treasury, given by The late
Register of the Treasury, Mr.. Gillet dated De-
| cember |, 1876 and which we again publish, il
! appears that The public debt due on The 4th of
March, 1915, before this administration came
into power, was Sl7,T65, 1919 81, a part OF which
| has been paid by Ibis administration. Deduct
this from The amount as above stated now due, II
leaves The account as follows:
| Public debt now due S43, l2242a 30
| Public debt due 4lh March, 1915 1878. 199 62
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ARRIVED,
Schr. Palmos, Townsend, New York.
SAILED,
Schr. J. w. Swain, Smith, Wilmington, Del.
Schr. Mary J. Peck, Dupuy, New York.
Schr. WIN. A. Spafofd, Harvey, New York
Schr. Gypsy, Clark, Salem, NJ
Schr. OsceoIa, Hollingshead, Washington, DC
Schr. VIM. Mowry Bonnell, Jersey City.
Schr Hanna Mershon, New York
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FOR BALTIMORE ANDPHlLA DELPHlA.
- d The COLUMBUS, Captain
vsS.e2saSs;2. Parrish, will receive freight till 2,
P. NJ, This Tuesday afternoon, and will leave
The wharf al 4, p. NJ. Hogsheads must be en-
gagged al our office. Passage and fare to BALI
more only IS.
Nov. 90 HENRY LUDLAM & co.
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-11-24
Abbcvillc Sheriff Sales.

BY virtue cf sund1y Nrits of Ri ri Facias, to
me directed, will sell, at Abb, vii: Court
House, on the first Monday IN DECEM-
bElt next, the following property, viz:
100 Acres of Land, more or less, bound
d'd by lands of Peggy Wilson, William Puck
rt ana others levied on as the property Of
Thomas w Tollman ads Prcss,y a. Nc Clinton
$40 Acres of Land, more or less, hound.
dcd by Leonard Widcman and others, levied
on as the property of John Lyon ads John L
Ronntrcc and others.
| Sorrcl Horse, levied on as the property
of Samuel p. Laird uds R A Martin, admir-
Sorrel Mare, levied on as the property
of r Hamln ads nj Curcton
Sorrel Horse, levied on as the property
of Sherod Bar@sdaic ads edward Collier
Grey Mare, levied on as the property
OF William Bush ads Charles Curr.
Wagon, levied on as the proper
ty of James Keeling ads John II Wilson.
GO Acres Of Land, more or less, bounded
by Rev james Smith, Zacharah Graham and
others, levied on as tho property of George
Elmore ads John Henderson.
Bay Mare, levied on as the property of
Thurston T Day ads w nj Hughey.
| Bay Mule, levied on as the property Of
Joel Fooshe ads d Calhoun.
On Tuesday a, er Sale Day, at the resi-
dcnce Of Rev ID McN.ill Turner, one lot of
Corn and stacks Of oats, levied on as the
property Of L J Wilson ads Wilson g. Iornax
On Thursday after Sale Day, will sell
at Greenwood, one lot Of Sundries, to wit
pair of boots, show box, boxes, chairs,
Sc, levied on as the property of Solomon
r Coppock, ads Whitlock, Sullivan &
Waller.
Terms Cash.
a. c.. HAWTHORN, s. AID.
Sherihs Office, Nov 8, IS47