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p.sslon aaA Dsanty Land Agency.

| Psasiop an Dsanty Land Agency
rpHE subscribss In opAssd In The atty Of Wash
ington an AGENCY for khs prosecution OF
all descriptions Of claims against the General
Government.
His perfect knowledge Of al The Pension Laws.
and the places where are dsp0.itsd ~ ev'osnce oi
service now extant, will enable him to establish
many claims which have long remained suspend
ed for want OF proof and proper attention.
He, therefore, offers to the public his sarvicss,
particularly in the following cases, viz:
Suspended and rejected claims under all the Pen
sion Laws:
Applications for increase Of pension, under any
Of the Pension Laws, where the pensioners are
dissatisfied with their present allowance.
For all those widows who received, or are entl-
tied to receive, the ten years pension due the An
OF March, 1885, under the acts of July 7th, 1885,
March Sd, lo43, and June l7th 1874, being those
who were married before the LIST Of January. 1874,
he will undertake to establish, under the act Of
February 2d, lS4S, their claims to pensions for
life, commencing the 4th of March, IS4S, when
their pensions under the foregoing acts term-
uated.
For all those widows Of revolutionary officers
or soldiers, who were married afier 1893, but be-
fore January I'd, 1900, he will undertake TO estab-
lish their claims to pensions for life, commencing
on the 4th OF March, l646, under the act OF July
90, I54S. @s
To all those widows ofrevolutionary pensioners
want Of proof of service; those who are in the
receipt Of pension under any of the pension
laws less than that received by their husbands
under the acts Of May 18th, 1928, or June 7th,
1892, he will ensure the amount per an
mum that their husbands received, from the time
the pension is made to commence by the law un-
der which they claimed or have been pensioned.
BOUNTY LAND,
For the surviving, or the widows, or minor child
ren of deceased officers and prvates, who served
in the war Of 1912 with Great Britain, the Meyi-
can war, or in any of the Indian wars, since 1870.
Terms moderate where the claim is established,
othe,roise charge. rtli'
The subscriber is also appointed Agent for the
District of Columbia Tor the British Commercial
Life Insurance Company, established in 1920, and
empowered by act Of Parliament, for the insurance
of lives and the endowment of children, in Lon
don, New York and Washington city. Capital
| S3,O00,000.
| Communications addressed to the subscriber,
Washington, ID. c., will receive prompt attention.
M. THOMPSON,
attorney and Counsellor at Lao, and Commits
missioner Of Deeds for North aud South Carolina
p. S. Refer, if necessary to the heads of de-
partments, and to members of Congress generally
| March 25-f
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G. e. Il. l.. KERRISON a. co.
Direct Importers of

+ y X r. j q n ID X Y II y y ID )
In Charleston, South Carolina,
WouhLoD.. sspsc T~ n0% hs friends Ss1 and
city, that they are prepared, and offering n
very large and well assorted stock OF Foreign and
Domestic, Staple, and Fancy Dry Goods, selected
for and particularly adapted to the Southern trade
Importing direct, they feel assured Of being able
to sell goods as low in Charleston, as they can be
bought in any other market in the United States.
They would call particular attention to Linen
Goods, Of every description; the make will be
found of best finish, and perfectly free from any
smirfue Qf cotton. Also to their stock of Dres
Goods, which will be found second to none in the
market.
Terms Cash, or city acceptances.
G.. e. T.. l.. KERRISON, & co.
No 900 King, northwest corner King and Marke
Feb. 10. streets.
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H-It will be seen that the decision in the
case Of the fugitive at Boston, has been post
poned until tomorrow. 1t is said that an at
tempt will be mnde TO arrest and hold him for
resisting the officer, under the laws Of Massa-
,chusetts.
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NOTICE.

HNIIE shareholders of the Union Company and
u also Of the Union Potomac Company, are
notified that an election OF Directors will take
place at the office Of Messrs. Green & Clark, lin
Lane and fuckers buiIding,) in Washington
city, on the first Monday in May next.
rs The Richmond Examiner please insert
three times, and send bill To this office.
April 7-3t
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tE CAssIUs NJ Clay has been making a
speech to meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, in
favor Of repeating the Fugitive slave law and Of
preserving the Union.
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VIM. How LAND,
Importe 7 and Dealer III Dry Goods, In

CHARLESTON, s. c.
MOULD call the attention Of planters visitins
w Charleston for their supplies. to his stock
Of Dry Goods, which is kept constantly full, and
embraces complete assortment for families and
plantation wear; and, in Dress Goods, from the
lowpriced, to the richest, latest, and most lash-
ionabe.
All Goods of Southern manufacture, he will
ticularly keep.
No 1lA bend oP KING at Charleo,or
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ALBANY, April 9.
The municipal election yesterday, resulted in
the choice of Perry,'De for mayor by 376 maj
over Townsend, Wing. The Democrats elect
aldermen to 2 Wing.
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Commissioner CuRris has postponed his de
cision in the Sims fugitive slave case, until mex
Friday.
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:
New York Trade and Secession.

The New York Dry Goods Reporter, the or
gan of that body of tradesmen, has recently put
forth two editorial articles which show the panic
produced in that city by the determined attitude
of South Carolina
We give the last of these the precedence in
republication, in consequence of very curious
suggestion which it contains. The admissions
made by this print, the perspicacity of which is
sharpened by sef.interest, shows the flippant
folly Of the taunts, and threats so freely INDUCED
in, relative to the medtated act. on of the sover-
eign State of South Carolina:
A CRISIS AT HAND-Onr remarks in the Re
porter of Saturday last, on the danger likely to
grow out of our relations with South Carolina,
in the attitude she has assumed, have been so
much approved by our readers, that we think
we may venture to suggest as fitting conclu-
sion TO them, one method by which the integrity
of the Union may be preserved, and one which
we have no where az yet seen brought forward.
Our readers will remember that our argument
was to this effect, that IL South Carolina even
seeded peacefully, it would be destructive to
the moral power of the Union, and the commerce
Of those States, which yet clung together under
the existing Constitution and laws. Since
with low duties, and an active commerce with
other countries, she might ruin for time, the
business of the other States
Who would import goods into New York,
where 80 and 40 per cent are charged as duties,
when they could land them at Charleston, Mt 5
per cent. and smuggle them thence into all the
other States
On the other hnpd, if South Carolina was re-
duced by force and kept by force in the Union,
our League would be one of force, and our Union
only an iron and bloody band.
Those short-sighted persons therefore, who say
"it is a small affair, South Carolina dare not Sc
cede, If she does ice roiH ,ohip her soundiy," are
very far from understanding The real dangers Of
de case No victory over our brethren in South
Carolina could be any other than the "boodiest
picture" in "our book of time"
We hare come therefore 10 his conclusion, that
the merchants Of this city should assemble together
as early as conpenient, and choose from their body
strong committee, composed of abls, earnest and
patriotic men, disconnected as much as possible
pih all present political movements, uhose bust
ness should be toproceed to Charleston forthwith,
aud there use all their influence To sqtten do,cn
isting asper'ties. They might pledge, this city
at least TO the fulhment Of all constitutional and
legal engagements-th might assure the Car
olinians that we abhor the treason which threat
ems to overthrow the laws, and that however we
may differ in opinion, on some points of only
local application, we are disposed to maintain at
all hazards, the rights of our sister States.
We believe a visit Of this sort would be highly
useful at this moment, and that the conse-
quenccs which would flow from it would be of
the most signal advantage TO the country.
We hope the idea may be considered by those
who have so much at stake
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STILL LATER FROM CoHNEcTIcUT-Senate l3
Wings, Dem. House, ia Wings, 10 Dem.
This secures Wing U. S. senator.
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224. bend Of King st.. Charleston
GREAT ELECTORAL HESSiAN
STATE LOAN


Of6,725,0OO Dollars.
TNHlS Loan is guaranteed by the Government,
| and contracted by the eminent Banking
House Of Messrs. M. A. Won RornscHrLp AMI
Sons, in Frankfort-on the Maine. The following
capital Prizes must be gained, viz
IA of 10000 Dollars 60 of 1000 Dollars
% $4,000 sc GO 1000
"a $4,000 Z" 100 " 500
60 5000 {" $50 Z" 1000
&C., &c. The smallest Prize is 55 Dollars.
The next drawing takes place irrevocably on the
1st Of June, 1851.
The price of The Tickets is as f6llors:
] ticket for S Dollars tickets for 25 Dollars
Remittances can be made in Bank Notes, Bills
or Drafts on Europe, &c. Each shareholder will
receive, free Of expense, the Prospectus, with full
particulars; and after the drawing, the list of the
successful numbers, which will also be published
in the leading journals. The Prizes will be paid
in cash at Frankfort-on- the Maine. Paris, Lon
don, New York, or New Orleans.
Apply, without delay, to MoRIz STIEBEL,
Sous, Bankers and Merchants, Frankfort-on-the-
Maine, Germany; or those who psefer it can d.
rect their letters to the care Of Messrs S. SrIEBEL
& Co., Merchants, 80, Nicholas Lane, Lombard
street, London.
p. S. Remittances which arrive too late will be
returned to the sender; or, if he prefers it, shares
for the following distribution will be forwarded
March I7-d-t-w-w
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From the London Leader.
"The land where girt with friends or foes
A man may speak the thing be will"


man may speak the thing he will"
SO sings Tennyson of England Yes, man
may spenk the things he will, but nH he In the
face of friends or foes he is brave enough TO do
so. but not in the face of his supersttions John
Bull will brave his foes, but seldom his customers
Every religion has its attendant shadows
superstitions. Beside our healthy, moral, social
respect for public opinion, there is queasv,
miserable superstition, to which too many bow.
We have Juggernaut in England, whose mar
ried name is Grundy Beneath the crushing
wheels of that irresistible car we do not indeed,
cast our bodies--but we cast our consciences.
To save our 'respectability we sacrifice our cou-
victions for is it not to sacrifice them when we
dare not speak them aboye whisper
Friends of the Leader who share our convic-
tions have warned us in all friendIiness. mot to
be too bold They delight in our plain-speak-
ing as FAR ms they are concerned. but they are
afraid Of 'the public The shadow of Mrs
Grundy chiIls their hopes. They would no,
have us proclaim other principles; they would
have us use guarded language--in other words
they would have us compromise the very thing
Of all others we repudiate 1t is the vice of our
age Our want Of faith makes MS scrupulous in
observances. Thousands go to church. not be
cause theyare devout,not because theybeIieve, bni
because they must set an example Is that an ex
ample? Thousands believe there is something
rotten in our society, yet they dare moi says bold
ly they nsinuate it, they point TO it's effects they
take up the ghastly horrors of competition, and
vet they will not avow their convictions as Ia
the reni source of the misery, because it might
disturb society. Let society be disturbed! So
ciety is decnying from within, and will soon be-
come chnos if it be not re-animated by the
life-blood Of convictions. The only true health
Of society lies in faith Unless there be doc
trnc which men believe in, and act upon because
they believe, society will soon become mpos-
sible.
But what faith What doctrinel Ay friends
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There are two towns yet to hear from, which
elect members to the House. The Democrats
will have small majority joint ballot which
will secure them the u. S senator.
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MAnrrrA, (GA.,) March 90, 1851.

MARIETTA, (GA.,) March 90, 1851.
have the honor to return to you, resolutions
adopted by you on the 22d ult., in reference to
the proceedings of the Southern Convention held
at Nashville, and just received by me through the
governor of your State.
have the honor to be, &c.
CHARLES J. MCDONALD.
To the House Of Representatives. IF the State Of .hs-
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Governor MoDonalds answer to the Mis-
aouri I,aginlature.


The following withering reply of Governor
MCDONALD, President Of the Nashville Conven-
ton, to the vulgar and vituperative resolutions
of the senate Of Missouri, are worthy Of the
writer and the occasion 1t seems the house
of representatives Of Missouri contented itself
with directing the return Of the Nashville Con-
vention resolutions without comment:
MARIETTA, (GA.,) 29th March, 1851.
To the Senate Of the State Of Missouri;
return your resolutions adopted on the 18th
ult.. in reference to the preamble and resolutions
Of the Southern Convention, just received through
the governor of your State. II is altogether agree
able to me, and doubtless would have been to the
convention, whose organ was to communicate to
them, that its proceedings should not have been
retained by body wanting in capacity to COM
prehend, and in patriotism TO appreciate the mo-
lives and conduct Of gentlemen whose object it
was to concert measures to preserve the Consti-
tuition of their country, il possible; and il that
could not be done, to maintain the rights of the
States and the people at every hazard.
CHARLES ]. MCDONALD
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EGR APHIC.
Photographed for the Southern Press
CONNECTICUT ELECTION.

HARTFORD, April 9.
We have now received returns from the whole
State, and the following is the result. Hon. Fl.
Seymour, Dem, is elected governor by 1000 plu-
rality over l.. s. Foster, Wing. To Congress
the following gentlemen elected.
Ist dist. Charles Chapman, Wing gain.
Cd {" G. M. IngersolI, Dem.
Sd 60 G. +. Cleaveland, f. S. Dem.
4th 90 r. b. Butler, "a hig
This ties the delegation
The Legislature will stand as follows;
Wings. Dem.
House log 1l2
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BOUNTY LAND,

For the surviving, or the widows, or minor child
rem of deceased officers and privates, who served
in the war Of 1912 with Great Britain, the Meyi-
can war, or in any of the Indian wars, since 1870.
Terms moderate, where the claim is established,
othe,rose charge. r.lt
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grossncss as found in their natural staie;'
and while we we're slipping it, he lnnched
forth upon its gtest benefit to mankind;
the money saved that used to lie expen'
ded in cookery and iransportatlon--mll.
lions upon millions; the great economy
in time, formerly squandered in eating,
eic., etc. /; and he wound up his eulogy
by presenting each Of rs with a bottle,
which carefully put away in my ocket
Adams then rose up, and mid he | mist
leave, ard Jefferson, Uncle Ben, and
Ful,on followed. "But," sail Jefferson,
Il have a word to say on my departure.
There is one thing Of more value then all
have seen, for j, is tine father of all: you
should re serence il next to the CREATOR
of tho Universe. Overlook il moi III
prosperity; nor despair Of il in adversely.
I, is-7Ae Union Better perish NTH the
Union, then swpipe its ruin :" And in a
moment Uncle Ben, Fulton, Adams, JET,
ferson, the little man, the apartment,
wheels and machinery began TO rock,
and heave and fade, and finally dissolve;
and suddenly I awoke. 1t was dream!
-nnd there I sal, my tormentor affirming
that his stove was perfection. that II
would save three -fourihs Of the wood
etc, ETC.. until, ont Of p.tience, ! pro-
uounccd him blockhead gave him a
kick. pn, on my hat, and Departed
Ko;ckerbocEer
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SCENE In THE PATENT
FFICE.
By AN OLD CONTRIBUTOR.

"This improvement" said my loqua-
cious acquaintance, "will dispense with
nine.,enths of the wood now used, and
will be considered, in less than two
years, tho wonder Of the age!"
This remark was made to me in the
Patent Office 1t Washington, by one ol
those eccentric characters whose life had
been made up by piling invention upon
invention, all of which, as fat as they
were modelled and patented, were set
IN to be gazed at by the lcungers who
visit that great depository Of American
genius.
My acquaintance, unfortunately had
spent his whole life for his country, but
s,ot one moment for himself. The fruits
of his intellect, and the labor oi his
hands. were very abundant all over the
Patent Office, but at home his wife was
out o: -four, and himself and children
were in rags. The truth is. he neve'
had moments time to bestow upon his
immediate wants, for Science had taken
him captive, and had driven him fo
more than thirty wears, under whip ant
spur, through all the. mayteries Of mech
snism. He was mere originator o
complex machines, but never caret
ANYTHING into practical operation, as tha
was mere drudgery. Invention was poe
try to him, but his mind was sa'isfied
and bis stimulus vanished, when he fully
became convinced that his labors wert
successful.
"Nine-tenths Of the wood" said |
"why, that's nothing! you can't test you
Invention before the wood and the stow
will both be dispensed with. This is
i great age, sir, in mechanics. Twenty
thirty, forty years ago were great AGE
90. or were then SO called. The great
ness oe people in any department o
science is determined by the advance
ment Of preceding generations, not b!
the perfection Of the age itself; for w
do not yet know what the point Of per
feciion in science is, or where OF whel
Il may be found. Old Uncle Ben Frank
lin, great as he was in his day, would
;fhe should suddenly appear among us
be mere boy in his science"
NV acquaintance, however, who hal
by this time grown warm upon his favo
rite subject, opened upon me with hi
argument, in which he attempted I
sbow that science had nearly reache,
perfection; that first principles were al
discovered, and ,ha, nearly. every appli
cation. or combination of them that wer
8, ever could be useful to mankind
were already made; in fine, that the in
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al like 70 tend weddins," said Mrs.
Partington as she returned from one in
church, and hung her shawl up and re-
D aced he,black bonnet in her long preser.
we'd band box; 81 like to see young
people come together with the PROMISE
TO love, cherish, and nourish each other.
Bnt il is a solemn thing, is matrimony--a
very solemn ,hing-where the minister
comes in,o the chancery with his surplus
on. and goes through the ceremony Of
making them man aud wife, II ought TO
be husband and wife, for il isn't every
husband that turns out 10 be man.
| declare never shall forget how ! iei,
when Paul put the mup,ial ring on my
finger and said, with my goods | thes
endow.' He used 10 keep dry goods
store then, and thought De was a-going
to give me all there was ia il. | was
young and simple, and didn't know till
afierward that i. only meant one calico
gown year, II IS lovely sight 10 SEQ
Young people 'piightin their trough as
the song says, and consume their vows" I"
She hustled abou, and 60. tea ready, but
abstractedly she put ON the broken tea
not that had laid away unused since Paul
was alive, and the tea cup mended with
putiy and dark with age, as ifthe idea
had ccniured the ghost Of past enjoyment
10 dwell for the moment in the home Of
her present widowhood. A young ladys
who expected TO be married on Thanksgi-
ving night, wept copiously at her remarks,
but kept on hemming the veil that was
to odorn her ,rideship, and Ike sat pulling
brislles out Of the hearth brush in expires.
sive silence Boston Pathfinder, 3,
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WHOLE NO. SIS.
For Arthur's Home Gsfet,e.
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

I. j q ~
The human ear is SO extrumsly sen.
sit;ve as to be capable Of appreciatinR
sounds which last only the 24O0 part of
a second. .t,,. III, .sS-,
Ten cubic feet Of fresh air per minute,
for one person, is the smallest allowance
that should be made in order to insure
heal,hful ventilation. f .e 4Ist
In the reign Of Queen Mary of Eng
land, proclamation was issued ordering
"tbat no person should wear shoes above
six inches across the toes"
No language 80 beautifully and appfo.
priateIy expresses the Deity Of Christian .
faith and worship. as our own mothef-
tongue. God is contraction Of the
Saxon good. 9 - 4
Park, the African traveller, speaks Of
tree growing in the interior Of Africa,
and which he calls the Butter tree, whose
seeds by pressure afford white, firm,
rich butter, which even iE that climate.
will keep well year without salt. an.
Humboldt, in his interesting, though
almost too scientific "Cosmos, !" mentions
species Of full-gown pines three tenths
Of an inch in height; also, another species
three hundred feet in height, both ma.
,ives of California and Mexico.
The whole Roman language, says
Wesley, does not afford so much as
name for humility, (,he word from which
we borrow this bearing in Latin quitoa
diffaren, meanine) nor was ore found
in all the copious language ofthe Greeks,
ill il was made by the great Apostle.
A wheel, made to revolve with such
velocity as to render its spokes invisible,
is seen, when Illuminated by fash OF
lightning, for moment with every spike
distinct. as if at rest. The reason OF this
lis, the fash has CONS and gone before
the wheel had time to make perceptiblo
advance,
There is secreted in some seeds, be-
tween the embroyo and seed-skin, a
solid feshy, bony, or horny substance,
called slbumen. 1t is intended for the
nurishment ofihe young embryo, when
it first springs into life, The part that
furnishes The -four Of corn, the flesh Of
the cocoa nut, and great portion Of tho
seeds Of coffee, are albumen. Botanisis
have remarked the singular fact that-,his
substance is never deieierious, no matter
how poisonous, the plant may be by
which it is borne.
| Sunday is said to derive its name from
| the Saxons, who consecrated il to the
sun in heather times. From the earliest
age of Christianity il has been solemnizod
in memory of the death Of Christ, aud Of
the descent of the Holy Ghost, both
which events took place upon it. AZ
first il was distinguished merely by the
recitation of particular prayers and
passages Of Scripture. II does not appear
TO have been strictly observed as day
Of cessation from labor previous 10 A. D.
32l, when the emperor Constantine pub
lished decree snspending public busi-
ness and military exercise. The Council
of Laodicea, 800, forbade labor in gem
eral terms; and the laws Of Theodosins,
about the year 404, sanctioned this inter-
dicton by imposing civil penalties.
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KSArP, Of the Ashland OHIO Onion,
gives in a few words his notions aboutl
the Constitution making business; he.
says: y.
awe despair Of getting Constitution
which will be any improvement on tha
present one. We trust the people Of ALL
parties will unite 10 vote the thing down
that is, il The present generation shall
have an opportunity tovc,s upon it.'