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ABBEvLE, soUTHoARoL1NA, MORNING JUNE 21 1851

it is NOT by a long chalk. The fact is, sir, /
never had name. When. was born, my
mother was 50 busy, that she forgot to name
me, and soon after Twas snapped away by
mistake for another boy, and am about ap-
plying to the Legislature for name. When
4 get it, : viii 5send you my card. Good
morning, cir And so saying, the speaker
jumped into the carriage and drove off, leav-
ing the Paul Pry of the place, scratching
his head in bewilderment, and evidently in
more perplexity than he had been ever since
he had commenced his catechisings.
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Aslich Story.

Some seeksNgo there was a gathering oi
the alum1iaf Rockland College, Louisiana,
when the Following hitherto meditated story
wa6stold. We are indebted for it to cor. Or
respondent Of the New Orleans Delta ss,
"A tall, awkward looking chap, Just from
the green mountains of Verrnons CAME on
board of one of the splendid North River
boats at Albany. His curiosity was anna
zingly excited at once, and he commenced
s"pechIg,n as he called it, into every nook
andcorner on the boat The captains office,
the engine room, the water closets, the bar
bers chop, all underwent his inspection and
then he went on deck and stood IN a,naza-
mental the lever beam, the chimneys, and
the various sfxins," till at last he caught
sight of the bell. This was tile browning
wonder, and he viewed it from every position,
walked around it, got down on his knees and
looked up into it, and exclaimed, "Well, rally,
this beats the heii on our meetin5 house
darned sightD2 By this time the attention
Of the captain and several of the passengers
was attracted TO- this genius. e =,
"How much would you ask &c iett ffeller
ring this bell n "a 80 ;assSsSt 9 ~
5, aYou may ring it for afdollar; sir, said
the captain. ~i7 t....,%
s aWall, it's bargain, all fair and agreed,
and no backing out"
cts a bargain, sir,n said tile captain.
IS Our hero went deliberately and brought
q seat: and took hold of the bell rope, and
having arranged everything to his satisfac-
ton. Commenced ringing slowly at FIRST, and
gradually faster and fhster, till every b0dyon
board thought the boat was on Ere, and
rushed on deck, screaming with alarm.
There stood the captain, and there sat tile
!..eVairmounter," ringing away, first slow and
then fast and then two or three taps at a
The passengers began to expostulate; !;
lptain said il was q bargain. But the
paa ss became nfgehtts That the eternal
'clange opld be stopped All the while
there saS hero undisturbed, ringing away
more ways O. kney chime-ringer ever
dreamt Of 81 At d = y Ife captain began to
think il time q stdp ehsJ pleton; Sat his
answer was, "a far bargain no hacking
OUT and he rang away for deal 1hfe: aS
@Well,' aays D, the captain, swhst will yoa
take to stop2"n '.,g %. ~. y 80. f
"Walt, cap'n, ! guess I sheant lose moth
ing IT / take FIVE dollars and free passage
to New York, but not a dmned cent 4less.'' i
SWELL, walk down to the office and pet
your money and passage. ticket, 9 said The
captain. 80
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From the Olive Branch.
SOUGHT FOR GOLD AND FOUND A
GRAVE.

H aa a - s4
ny MRS. NJ. A. DENNIsoN.
On the wet and shining sands, =
Knelt a woman by the sen,
Waving wild her bony hands, /,
Reckoning, but not to me.
Close her garments clung unto her,sy, q
Roughly did the damp winds WOO her,
While che watched the restless wnve
Softly on the cold mir ;finging .
Quiverng tones like slow bells ringing,
Far and faint, SO knelt she singing,
"Sought for gold and found a graye."
She was young and fhir4-And mad
Mad aud young! oh, sorrowfti sight;
Thus to see in mourning olad
The soul that should Be pure and white.
Proud she Ind been, proud that heaven
Had to her much beauty given,
Beauty, lands and gold; =
When a youth uneeffish wooed her,
Vuinly, hopelessly he sued her; !. 81. is...., =
He was poor and she wns cold
"Go, she said, Mtwhere bright; and red,
Golden mountains wostward cleaning,
: Offer thee q tredsure bed, 81 =
&s Then TN e..lle .,:,.:. dtsaiS;ns ~. z. e
Go, where with the earth entwining,
Renlth, nnbounded wealth. .lies shining, s.
Tempt for sfne. The; ;treack kefpas Waye EaF;
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let us be slaves because we have strivcn in

let us be slaves because we have striven in
vain. y
Sister Southern States, follow where we
lead, and we lead you 70 honor; but coun-
sci us not to pause, fJr pause in the hour of
danger stops the pendulum of liberty. For
myself | can only say, without counting the
we. views OF expediency when a great principle
Is at stake, Sink or swim, live or die, sur
vive or p rish," I am for !s'with or without
the other Southern States;;n and may this
be the position Of every true South Carroll.
nlan. CiARLEsToN1AN.
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GS- A soldier on trial for habitual drunk
eni,ess was addressed by the president:
s Prisoner, you are: prosecuted for habitual
drunkenness, what have you to plead in your
defence n -: ssA.,,'
Nothing, please your honor, but an ha-
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+ WIRE he word wife .does not. In ,,,r 4;
Eopinion, simply mean, az Valker has It. 4
woman that has husband % for some 10 10
|smen: have husbands, and good ones u g who
are not wives accotii6g 70 onr nq srstand-
ling Of the term. Wife does aaf mean a
woman nor q lady only, nor sSLsse, nor a
mistress A mother, nora nd q teacher
nor 9 companion, q tool l,nq play-thing, bnt
she is all thess united Sgether per ma ct
per tosst, in one Beaafs(6 and harmonious
whole. In society La is q woman, In the
parlor g lady, in 81 nursery a slave, in the
dining room 8 isstTess,; in her chamber a
mother, ID tha ck room nurse, to her chill.
| dfen q teashsEo her husband a companion
and an equal bat in no situation whatever
40 SO. :. % lslscau, preacher, lawyer,
! physician o. philosopher, without beccminp
Ia literary ae stocking, the antipodes Of
fsIsi .satti, and q most eoh'smptib'e being On
The Office M = wife, therefore, is the hap
pest yet most laborions, the highest. vet
most humble POSITION that fraiI mortality can
occupy. Nor Is there any station on. earth
20 which tho Eprds Of creation can aspire
the duties of Wlsh are more responsible,
~ 1iupeIteCI :QISCV6Tp0f OF
which will be rewaf with moro, intensity.
than those Of the wi which we believe to
be one of the consequs of q siolatio,nl of
the high trusts .coMmitl to the; fitst wife wife
IN :tiiea garden; Of ID shs should IS
1sn help; meet to- g So
To society she is aain ddiiaspensa al aember.
To the parlor The most mporta1t IL & lads.
in the e nursery q, the most abject slave, III s
dining room the most absolute sovereign b
her chamber ra guardian ii Stlse sicE
room tbe beat physician, 10 her children: hs
Iwisest priest and to her hnabansd the Iipoat
valued aud salnabIs agent the dearest and
cheapest counsellor, them loYed and ioS
| ing companion lin "a word, .sthe wife at
homep 10 every blessing the mortal mind can
conceive Or heart desire. Home without &
wife, is 3 Strange land" head, without
brains, a heart without 4 conscience, ship
without sails, an ocean without waves, a
world without religion, a heauen without a
God - -LaurensuiRe Herald. 1. s .+
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aoy. ndepoaaid,. B Aeoaptanee..
MARiRTra June b,b Ia

MARiETr june 9Th, 1851.
To MesHs. W1dafss. HowAap, JONES, GAspjsaa9
and LAMAR, Cofnaittee. ~ <aS;
Geatle.sen,--I received, to day. EhiTa ~
ter informing me Of my .nomin,a GIG q z 8
candidate for the office Of Cover kcs5 tiS;
State of Georgia, BY Southern, aei,,oa
Gratis and whigs," e recently assembled in Con-
vention at Milledgeville, andf asking MY ac-
ceptance. A call, thus made, i do not feel
at liberty to decline. With my profound
acknowledgements to the Convention, for the
confidence implied in the nomination, I as
sure You, rs Its organ, that if its selection
be ratified by the people, every obli-
bnsimposed on mo by the constitutions,
- SRa Eeaeral and The laws enacted in
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The Union Of the South, for the sake of the Union
THH4BIBLH.

Lamp of our feet! whereby we trace
Our path when wont TO stray,
Stream from the fount of heavenly grace!
Brook by the travellers way!
Bread of our souls ,wilereon we feed;
True mama from on high
Our guide and chart, wherein we read
Of realms beyond the sky!
Pillar of fire, through ages dark
Or radiant cloud by day!
When waves would whelm our tossing bark,
Our anchor and our stay
Pole-star of life's tempestuous deep t,-s
Beacon, when doubts surround
Compass, by which our course we keep!
Our deep sea-lead-to sound!
Riches in poverty! our aid-
Our aid in every yneedful hour,
Unshaken rock tho pilgrims shade.
he soldier fortress-f fower.R
onr shield and backleri in the fight T..
Victory g triumphant palm
z 2GoMfort q grief In .weakness might;
In sickness, Gilead's balm. q & &. -
Ghlldhood,s precept -manhood's trust
Wid age:s iirrn ally -. 10 % -
Our hope, when we 60 down to dust,
~ Of Immortality = sss s.. Z 10 /, i.sx
Pure oracles Of truth divine IS, Il
8 Unlike each fabled dream
], Given: forth from pelphis mystic sss3ss
Or groves Of Academe!
Word Of the syas living God.,
3: WIN df his glofiona Son! ss,os = ~.
Without Thee hoR, could earah bsarod,
Or heaven itself sbbs swonf
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! :
has arrived. expect, sir, i )
cult to find q man, who has 80 4 IS 5s
thy with politicians, as a cle -
themes down to the present generation. II
mould my own opinions my own
yteWs---read my own newspapers "pay
the printer. = You will'not refuse me n brief
space in yonr paper (the invaluable expo
iient Of Stats rights, to offer a few plain re-
marks, disencuinbered of political logic, and
all that sort Of stuff which does very we'll
on paper, but which, as some one has said,
don't touch the question. =
If we read the speeches of our. great
men," plain man like. myself would Be
very apt to conclude that South Carolina
had gone stark mad I; while, on the contra
ry, if we have been accustomed to watch
the proceeding of those very men, for the
last FIVE years, we would be forced to con-
clude, that South Carolina should not under
any circumstances, have remained in the Un-
ion until the present time. One thing, sir,
is very certain, and according to my calcula-
tions equally delnonstrable, and that is, that
South Carolina ought or ought not to remain
in the Union. Thatif she ought, she ought
to come back to her allegiance and if ;shs.
ought not, she ought to break of entirely
from the General Government. And have
come to these conclusions from good and
sufficient reasons :: the first and most consid-
erable reason is,: that Calhoun. Butler,
Cheves, Barnwell, and all our Statesmen
have taught u.s.. I regard Mr.. Calhoun as
the purest statesman the world ever saw,
and am confident, were he alive, he would
sooner die ten thousand deaths. on the field
than prompt, by . single word, sone step
back kwards. How tue others above mem
toned can, in the face 81 their worthy exers
tons to bring about This issue, now beat a
retreat before Federal: :power;T confess Ican-
not comprehends Ksthe philoeophys:of
liberty,is jealousy, Z it il sjealousy tosmain-
tain that liberty and not that which argues
the distinction between freedom aud slavery,
until the latter, asis the case with vice, -
$ "Sesn too OFT familiar with her face,
st We first endure-then pity-then embrace"
To, say, therefore, that while wrongs have
been perpetrated, which have placed lis at
the feet of the tyrant, III the attitude Of slaves
ahti TO tell us to endure our Chains ul-
til our is {slayessas weare) see and
feel, as we See and fsli, IS III effectip, say,
that our neighbor haye the keeping of our
liberty, Is to place us as puch in the power
Of our sister Southern States, rs in the pow
er Of those Of whom we would be freed. 81
God forbid that ever TINT day should dawn
upon South Carolina, when future genera
tions shonld point TO the graves of our states
men and say these are they by whose coun-
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4 ~
satfidtg 6f1 0fd Tsi sy IS
cause of constitutional freedoms, as evinced
by the proceedings of the Convention. af.
lords the most gratifying evidence that the
party of the Constitution is determined 10
sustain the Union of the States, on the prin-
ciplei on which our venerated ancestors. with
the blessing ol God, established it. On no
other foundation can it stand. If. the beau
tiiul principles Of equality and justice on
winch 1t rests, are sdisregarded and set at
naught, what is there to bind the affections
OF the people to lit? The habituaI violation
OF these principles by the Federal authorities,
whenever the interest Of the Southern plan.
ter is to be affected by their action. has sl,a-
ken the confidence of many of the good
citizens of the country, in the disposition of
tile General Government TO respect the con-
stitutional rights of the people of this Sec
ton of the Union. In no instance has there
been more fiagragt aRd fatal violation of
them, than in 4 hEadop,ion by Congress of
the measures referredsto in the seventh reso-
luton of the Convention: seIt is claimed for
them ithatthey are a compromise. 1t is a
fraud upon an injured people to call them
so. Tie proposition was made in the Sem
ate by Senator from Kentucky, known to
be favorable to the gradual abolition of
slavery in his own State, and entertaining
tbe.o opinion that the laws of the Mexicans,
prohibiting slavery, became law to their
conquerors, ands oycr:ruIed their laws and
political regulations bylwhich slavery is tol-
Grated. Il no where appears that; the mca-
snres were concerted with Senators holding
different opinions, and representing interests
70 BE- sl,y tlle1n. Iheywere referred
TO committee of thirteen, on the election
Of Sllichja bare ajority OF Senators voted.
The report of the ,coipnitte varied, in some
degrees, The. proposition Of the Senator ;sand
put,in the fornl;o Of an offer Of co,npromise;
amounts, TO about this :%SS s1f the Southern
States Willgiye upRll pretehsion to the erec-
ton of e slave State on the Mexican tesrito-
~; if they will asrea H,at Texas shsl sell
an ,immensa territory onSWhich,, according, to
the colnpact With heI, "a freea State cannot bas
erected 4WithoHts sheras asconsent, il. they will
permit territorial Governments to be erected
in Utah and New. Mexico, with the under
standing The Mexican laws are Of force
there, :and as ctually exclude slag6ts
tl,erefrom as the WilmotS Rtop iff snactedS
could do, then hessaid territorial Govern.
raents shall be erecte mi ron.
intervention : and moro efieielt laws Shall
Le enacted for the execution sof 6a provision
Of the constitution which fugitiyes from
service Or labor 5ata auired to be delivered
to. her.owners.p ) BIT even tilis Proposition
when made as 4 eoBap9osisea proposition
by which the. South ass to antrander every
| thinn-ali rifyht ra1M Gs1H fore55ls u tho
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calHOPiSu uy uatHe, SHtOk6 ana scinQerS--Bur
rounded by walls Of fire that rocked to and
fro, and fell with q crash amid the blazing
ruins, carrying down with them red hot roof
Of iron-he struggled against an enemy thai
no boldness could awe or courage overcome
These brave troops had heard tho tramp Of
thousands of cavalry sweeping to battle With.
out fear; butSnow they. stood in still terror
before the march Of the cdnaagf ion. under
whose burning footsteps MAS heard The I'd. fai
cessant crash of falling houses aud paasaces;
and Churches he cont ns roar sofs siha
flames was tbia than tie: roar oi
the artillery and before this new. foe, In the
midst Of the elements the awe truck army
stood poWefless aud a: :Ss Z IS $50! -
" hen night a9aih SSended ON The
Ifity, itPresehted q spectacle tie Ike off which
kas never seen before, and which battles all
g decription; Ehe streets were streets of fire,
t heayeris a canopy Of fiirs, aud the entire
dy Of the city g mass Of fire, fed sby the
drrieane that whirled the blazing fragments
: Es constant stream th rough the zair. In-
cessant; explosions, from the blowing: up of
stores OF oil, tar, and spirits, shook the very
foundation Of the city, and sent yast volumes
OF smoke rolling fnriously towards tha sky.
Auge sheets Of canvass on fire came floating
!. like msssenger Of death through thes flames
the towers and domes Of the churches and
palaces gloWad With red hot heat over the
wild aseas shelow, then tottefing moment on
the common rnin. Thousands 81 swretehes
before unseen were driven By the: :hsat from from
the cellars and novels, and streaihed :in a1i
1incessant throng in the stseef. Children
were seen carrying their parents he strong
The weak, while thousand more more were stag.
gering under leaae 6 8. az: .:s7 la,
anatSts from tie ffaraes. THis, too, wc.!a
frequently takss fire in tie falling shower.
and the lnisas.hleie ,,.ee would sBe com.
psllsd todsopi and flee fortheirlivss. OH
,it was 8 scane nf fear and Me- conceivable
and indeseribablsI A mighty and close
packed scifV of horses, ana churches, and
palacess grapped from limit toi limit il flames.
whiEk ara fad sby a Ring hurricane. s 4
sieht This world VIII seldom .see., ?%s
But this was al within the c;,y. 70 Mas
poleop without, the spectacle was still mora
sublime and terrific. When the flames had
overcome all obstacles, ana had wrapped ey-
cry thing il their red mantle, that great city
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ysPoL.rr1oAI.
.lFson ths ehssleato,s sufy.)
I = q oHo1'

ssA fEffoRs = am a plain man,
6S1ed to appear in print; by the
EsYeat Ia. my brow I eat my bread, nnd thank
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L. Pkenai Ones secret pnrpase yet, to be
- - He'd. The midnight moohwas sailing
gyas the city whenathe cry ofaAre' reached
the cars of MortieI and the Hf6t light over
Apoleon's ea!!!. snpire ,.si an
tttastt must 1esaIous scene In modern n,nesi
c6,nToeacsd, ~ OF. MOSCOW. 81
Aaorsisf, as: Governor 81 sseity, imt,e-
a;aYiy Issued his des4 aud was D s..s;;ne
tolR every exeri6n. hen lat daylight Ma,
pokpn hastened to.hini Affecting 10 dissI
bela1e the reports that The inhahi were
frh their own city, he put mpre III ia Com ID.
i1e9Ss on Mostier to keep the sol daiers from
psk .of destruction Tha marshal SIM
ointed to some irene n:coyereds houses that
BOT yet been opened, from every csevice {
eich: smoke was isanings ike ssteam from from
des Of pent-up volcano. 3 Sad and
tNlf Napoleo turned ito the anciept !.
3saaseM the Cars, whose huge strnctuiS4
Aigh above thas slrrennding ediGces. q
the morning, Mortier, by great exefr
as enabled 10 d1es the Gre. Iaia
eight iSspteufbef 15 atamiA aasssg stbe
Cton watch upon the lofty Exalaiin
: - bR them the flames :bnrstis $ tafesisis
81 palaces and tll,e Sfys 81. z era.
psssssd thfopgkh the cits.s fhss
y, nor q ,fairiy opened Fiery
SO y. dropping from the aif:
d king houses; dniis sespl6.
Sysre heard ar every side fon the shut
and the next moment a bright
buast forth, and Che flames were raging
The apartanents. All was upfoar
f1aion. .fhe sersna 4airand moon
t6e ] else had given way to
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has arrived. I expect, sir, Il l5SS !
cult to find man, who has - e
thy with politicians. as a AZ; cil = iss5
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We aiibiiniiy, IN fTYsIf, Hon diaI,o ,vorktsNo
boieoh and RI aysiaIsn Ia bpiiiSnt scco,,nt a;1,
ofths bSrniua of Moscow :, Which @ ;s we'll
SPOKEN ofs sin.tba Arner;can Wb;g Rav;ew ,a. a.
superior even to Crolevs picture Il; asala.
.:thilep Of the conflaoratIon. Of Rome. Head.
sieys descriptive bowers have, rarely if aver
Been 5surpassetl:J g ~ -
a a q AZ lengtl, Moscow. with ;ts do,nes and
towers, and palaces. 4 apneared in s;pht. and
Napoleon. who had ;o;nea the a,dyancs o,,ard
kazed long and .t6oaabtfully on that coal
6f his wishes. Murat went forward and an
tered tie gates with his splendid cavalry
but as he passed lthTrourh che streets he Was
struck With The solitude tl,at. surrounded
him! Nothing s,sas heard but the heavy
tramp IF his. SQUADRON IS he passed alonp.
for deserted and abandoned city was s, tie
neager prize for which such unparalleled ef.
forts had Been 1nasde AZ nieht drew lsits
ctrtain over the splendid capital, Napolaon
entered the gates. Ind Immediately INN appoint.
ed Mn,.ier he .is
commanded him to abstain from all psilaGe.
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Mexico Latest Account Congress Rains -
Prospect OF Relief
Srec!al Correspondence # The New-York Tribune.
MExlco. "Wednesday. July 2, ISL.

Srec!ai Correspondence Il The Newly urA lfb1ne.
MExIco, Wednesday, July =, 1851.
Hoping to be in time still for the Brasaelro.
write a few lines, merely to say that since last
dates, cd and 9th inst } nothing has been done
by Congress, IL consequence Of sometimes the
want OF q quorum II one OF the Chambers, some
times tor cant Of anything to d. but generally on
account of no unity Of opinion and endless dis
cussion.
The Committee of Finance Of the Chamber q
Deputies, reported n favor Of ass gnlng part Of
the revenue IN particular to the Foreign credi-
tors interested IL the Interior Debt. bu. Il was not
accepted, and therefore returned y the COM
mlttee for amendment.
After this, Senior A.aman introduced pfopo-
sltion 10 the effect that the effect Of the law OF
3Oth November 1850, regulating the public ceoi,)
should cease, and thar the Board OF Public DEBT
established b. that law should De dissolved.
This was exempted from the forms, and passed
70 q Committee.
They have good part Of the time been occu-
pied II secret session. but | understand nothing
OF importance has been done.
Various Deputies, faccO-cIng 20 TIE NgHI'oy
one iron. each State have addressed a memo
r;sl 10 Congress praying Them .ora ect The propC-
s.,icn OF Pe!.a Cseyas, and II place Of them TO
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adon, the ldea q common q .he States boz the

adop; the idea Of A Coalition OF the States Tor me
purpose Of providing revenue.
The Government OF the State OF Ja.aSco have
pres,n,sd memorial 10 the Gene raj Government
Indicating the ideas tina; It should have IN view
IN making en- arrangement OF the pao!ic aeo' ana
OF the revenue
Itlsvery clear. from what stated IN The Two
las, letters. a. well ~ ftom the aoove, that she
States will not permit the General Government
4 take any of their revenues, even cnder circom-
stances liae the present Nevertheless, we nave
cot the most remote idea that any resoluton' OF
the least disturbance Of the stability oil me 10
vernment. will take place. Those days nave
Passed Should there be no satisfactory arrange
ments Of the claims OF the foreign CREDITORS III
ieresicd N the interior debt (er. 10 o. more cor
rect believe II Is those who have ludica sen
fences IN Their favor.) the Governments maj
have protested NAV 10 what they please Mexico
cannot devlate from the old dllatOry system here
tosore pracuSed Should they take any o. the
ports. or province or two, for guarantee,
Mexico cannot prevent them Meantime, thcy
VIII DO what they can to comply with their de-
manGS. Yours, respectfully, 70.
EThe rains in all parts OF the country are late,
vet am happy 10 state that there are indications
OF them IN the interior This has had the effect
Of reducing in a limited degree the price OF corn
In the mining town II Guadalupe CalVo. IN
the State Of Durango, corn was selling AZ asst
dates at $50 mule load, az bushels,) and wheat
flour AT $50 for the same quantity. The conSe-
ouence Is. the distress Is very great This Is the
third year. | believe, the rams may be Sait 20
have failed ~.