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]. COLLAMER,
Postmaster General.
Post Office Department, March g. lS4s'

BANK OF HANsuRG.--At the annual
meeting OF The Stockholders on Monday
The I2,h instant, The following gentleman
we're chosen Directors for the ensuing
wear: Hiram Hutchinson, J. j. Black.
wood, George w. Garmany, J. w Stokes,
john Springs, Joel Smith, w. w. starke'
At q meeting of tho Board in the after.
noon. Hiram Hutchinson was unanimous
~ reelected President.-Mercury'
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"A friend of the Family

We have on our table weekly pnpeefFtbyy The
above name published at Savannah Geo. by
EDWARD J. PURSE; I" devoted to literature
Science, the Sons Of Ten Reies; Odd Fellow
FsffT', Masonry, &C." ~.
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T We are requested TO state thata general
attendance of the members of Butter Lodge
No. IL. l. o. o. F. is particularly requested
on Monday evening I'd of April, rs business
of importance 10 each member will be brought
before the Lodge.
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| SUFFICE InIDs oE..s~.J ---.-'-- -
New York friends!
The Mexican prolocal will probably
occupy the Senate for a week, perhaps e
fortnight longer. Not that the subject
itself is of tha, absorbing moment, bu, be-
cause many Senators have business here,
and, as long as the session lasts, are kill
ing Two birds with one sione. Ii is USE
less. however for them to attempt 10 con.
troll nominations. Gen. Taylor is not "lo
be headed" X.
P. s. The Seuaie did not go into Ex.
ecu,ive session, consequently the Tiger hunt
in regard 10 The Mexican pro'ocal did moi
come of. x.
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Severe Storm.

A violent storm Of hail and rain passed over
our Village on "Wednesday afternoon last, do
ing considerable damage to fences and trees.
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and his Cabinet have decided That e Serys,
officer Of the Army and Navy, and every
man connected with the civil service, of,Iess
Government, shall be removed from Office z
if he engage in duel. s.s.
The Legislature Of New York has sap., 3
proprated 100000 for the erection Of +,
building III the city of New.York, for the 7.
accommodation Of the Historical Society I,
ofthat Stale. ~ -:
The Legislature of Kentucky, during lis.
recent session, passed sir hundred and
seventy- one acts, and fourteen joint resolu-. I.
tions. Among the dcts were one handteR
and ninety sit granting divorces! A pret:5=.
ty respectable number for one season. 50!
The skeleton of an Indian woman was
found short tince. embedded in the bank
of the Niagara river, where it is supposed
to have remained for upwards Of two hum
'-Ged years. 1t was found in sitting
, s.ure.
American Batlles,-There were sixty z
battles fought during the Revolutionary
war; thirty eight during The last war witliSs
Great Britain, and tlIirtystwo mall, durlds5
the war with Mexico. -
Mr.. WicklifIe, late Charge d'Affaires of
the United States, near The court Of Turin,
and Mrs. Wickliffe, have arrived in Washs;t'
inson.
The New York Evening Post of FridS3 !,
the 10Th, says: at is rumored that Mr.. )
Bancroft will be recalled by the ne=t
steamer"
The Supreme Court of the United States
terminated its ANNUAL session a, Washing
ion City. on Tuesday week tast.. 1t deci-
Jed on so cases, during its session; and
left $50 unacted upon. The Court does
no, sit again till The frs, Monday in De-
cember nexl.
Somebody tried TO excuse liar to Dr..
Johnson, saying "You must not believe
more than half he says" "Ay," replied
the doctor, '.but which half" Z
|, is stated that the new French Assem-
bly,, il it has majority Of BonapaEhsts.
will proclaim Louis Napoleon President
for life. The Republicans, in prospect of
| SUCn all ISSUE, are AonAu6 " Se'o'6es~"sS -
their leader.
Gun Cotton was used by the Bombay
column of The British forces in eannena-
ding Moulran. II is said 10 have been
fearfulIy elective.
In 1885. only thirteen years ago, there
were not 5000 white inhabitants between
Lake Michigan and The Pacific ocean!
Now there are nearly million.
The Legislature Of New York nave
unanimously passed resolution Of thanks
10 Major GeAeral Scott, for his gallaniEy
and services in the Mexican war.
New Use of Gun Cotlon.-lt is said that
gun cotton, which, when twisted. bsrns
slowly, has been successfully applied TO
the propulsion of small carriages, phstons,:
Bath chairs, &c. 9.
Commodore Downs has, been appointed
1 by the President to The command Of the:
Navy Yard a, Boston.
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RETURNING FROM THE WARs.-The
N. Y. Journal of Commerce relates The
following incident. 1t furms a striking
commentary upon The glory Of war:
In conversation with friend Of the
legal profession d few days since, we
heard an anecdote RELAXED which was one
of the mosr forcib'e lessons on The general
subject of war with which we have ever
net. The son of aged parents went TO
the wars and left them TO wait for his
return. Their watch was long and anx-
ious one, and The night Of their lonesome.
ness seemed TO he continually growing
darker. They trembled at every sound of
ioy, and turned pale at every roar of can
nou, less it might herald some new vicIury
and consequent mourning. Month after
month passed by with more Of actual sui
fering to those old hearts than many war
makers hear in all their lives. They read
with anxiety The papers every day, aud
took a terrible interest in the extras which
olher bought with avidity, and read with
exclamaions of joy. Worn out with pain
full expectation the old man died, and The
mother waited now alone The return Of
her son, or the news Of his fall
We have always believed the boas,ed
foritude of Roman mothers TO have heen
fabulous. lr was at least unnatural that
any woman should rejoice in the unnolced
fall of her nameless son, and comfort her.
self with the thought that he died for his
country. Il they were so calIous. or shall
we say so patriotic. and were ready 10 SEQ
their sons brought home dead on their
shields. or to hear that they were left to
slumber on The fields where they have
perished, we can only say that The days of
such sacrifices have passed, and mothers
are moro womauly now.
This mother Is ailed long, and had the
mournful joy ofreceiyins at length The bn:.
tered and useless body of her son. with but
remnant Of life in il. and what glory he,
unknown among his thousands comrades,
brought back from Mexico. Tending him
with careful affection for the few weeks
that he survived, she ct length gave him
up TO God, after he had sacrificed himself
ou the altar Of his country. She is now
alone, and her loneliness, her long days
and sorrowfu nights must preach power
full sermons 10 men who know her history
agans, The unriShleousness Of war.
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A FACT WHICH NEEDS NO CoMMEN-
TARY.-Jessee Oxendine, free colored
man, who for long lime has resided in
Columbia, and had accumulated some
properly, was about year ago seized
with the idea of going to the. free State.
He accordingly sold out and removed with
his family to Ohio. Whilst there, ho
could procure no work, all his applica-
lions being answered with the remark,
thai they preferred white labor. His wife
was taken i'll, and although he offered TO
pay literally. no assistance could be pro
cured in nursing her-the color Of her skin
forbid it. She died. and Oxendine. stript
oil his lille property. and thoroughly dis
gusted with his white friends and sympa
lhyzers, determined 10 return, although
warned The forfeited his freedom by SO do
ing. lie wrote word back that lie would
perjtr TO be u slare on any Southern plan.
tation, to being fhee man at The North,
and accordingly returned few dars ago.
Read that, ye false hearted Aboilionisls,
and blush for shame al your base hypoc-
ricyi-Pclmeito Slate Banner.
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At a recent meeting Of the Medical So.
ciely of Monlgomry. tAIa.) DR.. Thomas
Y. Simons, Of CbarlesoD, was elected an
honorary member,
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From the Washington Union.
GOLD IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Yourself aud The editors of the National
Iniciesencer, in copying an article about
geld from a paper purporting, from the
credit, 10 be published al Charlotte. Quert
Charlottesville y Alhemurle, Virginia, has
labored under mistake. The article was
originally published in The Charlotte Jour
nal Of this place; and old Mecklenburg
North Carolina, is The county in which The
gold was found-nearly ten pounds one
afternoon. amost oil: i, in the virgin slate
and sever pounds Itroy) subsequently
from the same mine; and it is supposed
that there are some two or three pound:
yet in The ore surrounding the pocket from
which the first was taken. IL has 10 un
dergo burning, grinding, and separating
commonly called washing" before the
amount, can be ascertuined Of The remain
der.
There is no doubt, sir, that there is a
great deal of gold yet in this regon-much
of superior quality. Last year, from q
to!erahIy careful calculation, there was
something like half million of dollars
worth Of gold raised in The surrounding
counties; about three hundred and seventy
thousand dollars was coined in The mint a,
this place, and about one hundred and thir'
ly thousand dollars found its way North
and elsewhere in bullion.
Large amounts Of gold have at various
times been found in The mine now in ques.
ton; and would lay myself liable 10 the
charge Of gross exagseraIon, If were 10
tell the Uhole truth in regard to ii. The
gold in This mine is f0und generally in
"pockes," in siicious or flint vein, over
and underlad with blue slate formation.
The gold does not, as in many Instances,
pervade the vein in minute particles, but
occurs in rich deposiles, above designated
"pockes." This mine belongs TO Messrs.
VIM. Eleus and John Irving, Of this place.
and probably some one or two others not
iee the he t#trii,etr-Naint G w. .CaId
well and Captain j. Harrison, larely Of
the army. are principal holders Of a! lease
it. Several mines in the vicinity Of this
one are yielding very fair returns for the
labor and capital invested.
The mos, productive mine in this Sec
ZION is the Dunn Mine, in this county,
owned and worked by Messrs. Wm. Eiens
and John Irving. So they have found
no end 10 the ore. which conlinues to be
worth from S5 to $40 bushel. The ore
is principally decomposed silex. of rich
brown loamy appearance. In fine, sir,
Norlh Carolina probably aulds out more
inducements 10 emigrants and seekers Of
gold Than California, for we have good
wholesome laws, peaceable population,
and all Of The necessaries of life in pro(u-
sion, so that 81 will purchase as much
here as S. OF $40 will in. the vicinity of
Feather river or The Sacramento, and The
result Of the purchase be far more peasu-
rably enjoyed under The protection Of our
good government. -.
SrEcTAfoR.
<rL,.t,,,. ~ ~ M,rob 10
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*Cbillingwoilh.

FRu1rs OF ABoLrriov.-A Northern
gentleman who recently visited Kingston,
Jamaica, en- roure to California: thus all
ludes TO The effects Of emancipation in n
letter published in The Buf1alo Commarcial
Advertiser
"The harbor Of Kingston is easy Of &C.
cess and is fine harbor. The city, since
The emancipation Of SLAVERY, is going to
ruins; and The island itself is only an ex-
pense 70 the mother country. "Thers
appears 10 be but little energy or enterprise
in lhe place, and should as soon think Of
going 10 The Equator for ice as TO go to-
Kingston 10 mako money" ~, =
Another Northern gentleman writes as
follows:
"Since slavery has been abolished, Ja-
maica has heen SLOWLY delerioralins, until
;.;c .sii thu III, yra' Ehey WI !3;i....f.
raise suffice g I'ssn. '.snn :~,'= =
cxnaFt f,r o..:a .cra.@i oa IN ~
80 r T'3 80, "'.:ct o
,rca.& ;;'e, ~" ',sTo caus!,aar " ,rr;cd
VIA ihcir ,asf.'1.ai:i"a -: "-s.12 u:
drink"
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:Uarts ana FHtfaruta.

DcPenu on fourseJ.-fhe success Of
individuals in life is greatly owing 70 their Z
learning early TO depend upon lheir own :.
resources. Money, or,he cxbscfaIionofit Il :
by Inheritance, hasiruincd more Than the z
want of it ever did. Teach the Young; /;
men TO rely opon their own efforts, 10 be.
frugal and industrious andyou have fur.
nished them with a productive capital
which no man can wresI from lhem aud :
one which they themselves will moi feel
disposed 10 yield. z : zss.se}
Cholera in 81. Louis.-The ST. Louis,
Peoples Organ" of the 7.h, has The 2
following; .a3,
Cholera.-This highlful disease has ].
again appeared 10 the city, three persons j
having died Of i, during The past week. rs.
In addition 10 these, we are informed off,:
7 deaths from the same cause, in the wi. y;
ciniy of Sixteenth and Washington Ave- !,
nue.. as we'll as much sickness existing, i
exhibiting cholera symptoms, s.
Complimentary.-Dr. Parr and Lord
Erkskine are said 10 have been the vainest &
men Of their time. AT dinner, some years Z. :
sioce, DR.. Parr, 10 ecsracy with the Fcon. ::
versalional powers Of Lord E., called out !. !.
to him: MY lord, mean TO write your.
epitaph.' DIR. Parr,' replied the noble +
lawyer, "it is temptation 10 commi, sui I
eide"
Juvenile Precocily.-A mother, udmon.s
ishing her son, IA lad Of about seven years
Of age) told him he should never defer till, :
Tomorrow what he could do 10 day. The s:f
little urchin replied, "Then, mother, let's q
eat the remainder Of the plum pudding to- =;
night -
THE Je,cs.-It is stated on lbe authority !. ::
Of distinguished Rabbi Of New York:
that The Jews are very numerous in Jeru-e,
salem, whittier they are fockins from all
countries. and are in great poverty They :
ato also grieyously atBictedwilb> disease
of the eyes, and large proportion OF
them are partially or totally blind $:
Gen. scor returned to Washington last :
Tuesday, and the next morning paid his r
respects 10 the President. His health, is
restored; and it is said, he will, 10 future, Z
make his head quarters at Washington. e !. I.
Yucatan Ports Open=-By the last ar-iis3
rival from Yucalan, intelligence has been IS;
received that in consequence oflhe search
ty of breadstnfs, and particularly corn, :, =,
Governor Barbachano had issued decrreEz
ordering that description Of grain TO be ad ~
mi!ted free of duty, and of all other:go9-5ssss
ernment imports, for one year: from The IS
dale Of decree. ~ s.
MIR. Ewins's opinion tha, his department :,
is new one, and that all the clerks ofIhe .
Indian. Land pension and Patent bureaus q
tabout $50 il nuhber) are subject TO BE
discharged, has been sustained by Mr.. 9
Reverdy JOHNSON, .0hi.ed States Attorney !.
General. &s,i .:,3 sel2.=s S.
The citizens of McMinuville, -.Tenln1:. ], IS s.
have taken steps TO CONNECT that place: by.
a branch with the Chattanooga RaiIroad,ss
rs :r.;rrtc,: "oit - tbs @n'~ :: 3 ST.,
CO. i.h,r $50 pG.' mTr Sap-..i!astg, !.,y-,.s
% ;ii2 -: ;asi., and ;.e ii4s s.!p;dty iii ~
.
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Correspondence of The Baltimore Sun.

! am sorry 10 learn that Mrs. and Col.
onel Bliss have both been iudisposed, and
That The inmates OF the white house, gen.
morally, have not enjoyed very good
health. The basement story is SO damp
that the walls arc actually wei, and the
upper stories partake more or less Of the
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International MATS.

q
ounce in weight, but does not exceed two
ounces, it will he rated with four charges
Of single postage; when it exceeds two
ounces but does not exceed three, 1t will
be rated with six charges of single postage;
and so on, there being single postage for
The frs, half ounce, double charge for
The FIRST ounce, aud two additional charges
for each succeeding ounce, or fraction ot
an ounce. beyond the frs. ounce. This is
ordered in virtue Of the provisions OF an
act of Congress, approved March 3, 1o49.
And, in pursuance OF The same act, 1t is
required that letters which are refused a,
the office Of delivery, by The parties nd.
dressed, and letters which. Tor any other
cause, cannot be delivered TO said parties,
shall he immediately y returned to the Dead
Leler Office in Washionion, under. address
to the Third Assistant Post Master Gene
raj, without waiting The time for advert.
sing, as heretofore required in relation tc
this class of dead letters. They must ia
every case he marked in red ink on The
face, with an entry showing they are re-
fused, or The cause that prevents their de-
livery; also stamped with the stamp oil
office. and; with view to The proper adj
luslmenr of The accounts, be placed under
pnsl hill to the Dend Letter Office.
Transient newspapers ilhat is. papers
not sent from the office of pubIca'ion) will
hereafter be subject, il virtue raIe only;
that is one cen, for aay distance IN the
same Stale, and one and-a hall cent Tor
any distance exceeding one hundred miles,
where the newspapers is sent from one
State into another. But postage on such
newspapers is in all cases to be prepaid, as
heretofore.
In respect to British mails, where the
official postage entries 10 the other letters
received are in red ink, The letler is 10 be
considered as paid, and is To be delivered
accordingly; where in black ink, as un-
paid, and the postage 10 be collected. Pos
iage in such cases is cilher wholly paid oil
wholly unpaid. The postage figures on
such letters show, on The paid letters. the
amount TO he credited 10 The United Slaes
on the unpaid letters. The amount charged
to The United States. The postage to be
collected from unpaid British letters is il
all cases 10 be, whatever may be lhei
credit or debit figures, lwenly.lour cent:
when single, with an additional twenty
four cents for each additional rate, and
afier The first ounce, each letter exceeding
that weigh; is to be charged forly-eiSh
crsa;s, for each additional ounce or fraction
of an ounce.
]. COLLAMER,
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T The absence Of the Editor aiis week
must be our apology for the want of Editorial.
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A cold hand shows warm heart,
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The SLAVERY QUESTION IN MARI

The SLAVERY QUESTION IN MARr.
LAND.-A meeting oil the citizens of Charles
county, Irrespective Of party, was held on
the 23d ult. al Port Tobacco. for the pur-
pose Of expressing their views in relation
10 the extension Of slavery over the new
territories, and other questions incidental
on thai subject. The meeting was ad-
dressed by the Hon. VIM. D. Merrick aud
Others, after which committee was ap-
pointed TO draft resolutions expressive OF
the sense of The meeting. on the subject
upon which they had assembled 10 dellbe-
rate. The following is one Of The resolu-
lions reported and unanimously adopted !:
Resolved, That the time for argument
and persuasion has passed by. and nothing
else but patriotic action will save either the
South or The Union.
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ADVICE TO You've LADiEs.-Trusl
not to uncertain riches, but prepare your
self for emergency in life. Learn TO work,
aud not he dependent upon servants TO
make your bread; sweep your floors and
darn your own stockings. Above all this,
do no, esteem too lightly those honorable
young men whu sustain themselves and
their parents by the work Of their own
hands. while you care for, and receive
into your company those lazy, idle pop
iniays, who never lift a finger to help
themselves, su long a. they can keep body
and soul together aud &c. sufficient 10 live
iu fashion.
Young woman, rememberihis, and in.
stead of sounding The purses ofyour lovers,
and examining The cut Of their coaH, look
,inIp HEIR 4heitfearls hearts an habits. Mark if they
have trades, and can depend upon Them,
selves; see iflhey have minds which will
lead them to look above butterfly exis-
loncc. Talk not of the beautiful white
skin and The soIf, delicate hand-lhe fine
appearance OF The young gentleman. Lei
not these foolish considerations engrus:
your thoughts.
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i.r-r~sia. Could iii :. &c. .cl ,riJch. ~
.g.--. :g...:ss -, -''' '2rH"'-
>:ran.2G ,le subject, agalG, m:i ;"-m5r'rr
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Augusta Chronicle &. Sentinel.

sfip, Masonry, &C."
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Charlotte, NJ C. March 10.

':~rTRrrTtnNs Tn POST MAS.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-12-29
H1he Arsnsas Inteliigencer.

Ffahe ArAnsas Intelligencer.
FAEY SKETCH.
The soldier of t.e Cross at Home.
Dowucontemplations vaIIev
Tfs thoughts of gsus rove
B1eath the bowers ofRove.
AUthat is rich in gorgeous,s,,
" fancy bodies forth,
Shspes swimming with heavekv lus,rs
rranscending gems in worth
The jasper furniture adorning.
he palace of the soul
Hernity's young break of morning
May round his visions roll
yet scenes ofglory, heave en- born, leaving,
Fair groves where angels sing;
! And fast to mortal beauty cleaving,a
Will genius fold his wing.
And poetry will pour its treasures,
Priceless diamond hills,
To minister to beauty's pleasures,
When beauty wills
So I, descending from the mountain,
Where angel voices spoke,
May drink at friendships grateful fountain,
And beautys smiles invoke.
So /, all pale with Snai's terrors,e
Or drenched with Hermon's dew,
May cease awhile to combat error
And rest my soul with you.
Yes, gazing on thy twofoId beauty,
Dying, immortal one,
WI nerve me for my warrior duty,
Until the fight is done.
And never dearest, when in glorv
Will shadows cross thy breast
That, to soldier, faint and gory,
Thou gavest SIN ling rest
'AYETTEvILLE, Nov, 1649. C
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-12-29
For the InteMgencer.

tut Ute IHteItyeHccT.
TO JOE.
Tfou'rt gone, and yet the rill runs on,
As when thy heart its low, soft tone;
And the wild bird's note is now as clear,
As when its lays fel on thine ear.
Thou'rt gone, and yet the sha dy grove
Remains, when alou once did rove
Amid its scenes of Beauty wild,s
Natures own free and untaught child.
The rll knew notify sunny smile,
. That could a worlt of care beguile,
And the sweetexpession of thine eye,
So full Of friendships sympathy,
%, dost thou everthink of one,
OF whose lone heart thou art the sun;
One, wh will evr dream OF thee,
In light or shade in grief or glee.
Dec. Iith, '49. EUGENIA.
Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-12-29
NOTICH.

and acaonn,gs onmg is given to all persons
s4s aso1e s%s us ibs on the IS eSsaay
1sso @ faey M So placed the
Dec. Goth, 1872 "ALLA/