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The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-14
TPUBLIc AcT-No. % !

An ACT to supply deficiency to the State 0!
Indiana, in q township of land granted to said
State for the use of State University, by an &C
of Congress approved nineteenth Of April, eigh.
teen hundred and sixteen.
BE It enacted by the Senate and House qf Repre-
sentatsues Of the United States Of america Con
gress assembled, That there be supplied to the State
of Indiana, for the sole and exclusive OF the
State University, an equal number of acres of land
found to be deficient In the original grant, and
gress amounting to four thousand one hundred
and sxty-s acres; and that sad lands be selected
under the direction of the Governor of the State
from any lands now in market in said State be-
longing to the United States, the proceeds of
which shall be appropriated solely to the use Of
said State University and shall never be diverted
TO any other purpose whatever.
Approved July IL, 1852.
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PRovIDENCR HARBoR

MIR. CLARKE introduced joint resolution pro-
viding for u survey Of the harbor Of Providence
Rhode Island.
Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-12-10
south-Carolina Legislature.
DECEMBER 6, 1852.
SENATE.

Mr.. Chesnut, from the Committee on Agrcul-
ture, made favorable report upon the bill to al
ter and amend an act entitled an act to charter
the Northeastern Railroad Company; ordered for
consideration tomorrow and to be printed
Mr.. Mazvck from the Committee on Finance
and Banks, reported substitute for bill to es-
tabsh Bank in the town of Winnsboro also
submitted the petition of John 7. Coleman, to
be refunded double tax; also favorable report
on q bill to charter the Western Bank of South
Carolina, in the town of Anderson.
Mr.. Porter moved to call up two bills which
had been temporarily laid on the table, viz: a
and bill to recharter the Planters and Mechan-
les Bank of Cbaslcston; agreed to.
The bill for the recharter of the Union Bank
was first taken up and read section by section,
and some amendments adopted; bill agreed to
and ordered to the House of Representatives.
A bill to amend the charter of the Planters
and Mechanics Bank of Charleston, received its
second reading, and after the introduction ofsome
amendments was ordered to the House of Rep
resentatives.
Mr.. Griffin moved to suspend the further bu.
siness of the Senate till o'clock; agreed to-
EVENING SESSION.
The Senate took up the bill to establish and
incorporate bank in the town of Newberry,
which was read section by section.
Upon the reading of the 10th section exempt
ing the officers of the Bank from military duty,
Mr.. Huey moved that it be stricken out, on the
ground that as the officers Of the bank were en-
gagged in profitable business, they ought equal
ly with other citizens, to perform public duty
He saw no reason why they should be exempted
from the performance of military duty.
Mr.. Mazyck seconded the motion. He was
heartily in favor, he said, of the proposition. He
had made similar motion last year when banks
we've proposed to be chartered. The custom of
exempting bank directors from military duty
arose from false impression that bank directors
were public officers, they were no such thing
They were private citizens, engaged, it is true,
serving the public in a peculiar way. But so
were tailors, bakers and clrks in a mercantile
establishments He saw no reason why bankers
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....-. DECEMBER 7, 1852.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

HOUSE Ot REPRESENTATIVES,.
A bill to incorporate Bank in the town of
Newbery was received from the Senate and read
first time, and referred.
Also, bill to renew the charter of the Planters
and Mechanics Bank of this State
Also, bill to renew the charter Of the Union
Bank of South Carolina.
Also bill in relation to the execution If
Slaves and Free Persons of color, which was read
third time and passed.
The House resolved itself into Committee Of
the Whole, B. j. johnson in the chair, and pro-
cceded to the consideration of bills prescribing
the manner in which Electors for President and
Vice President shall be elected.
Mr.. Kershaw addressed the house in support
of the Electoral Bill ,..a
Mr.. Keitt, in a speech Of much ability, advoca
ted the present system of choosing Electors.
Mr.. Boylston offered the following resolution,
that the Committee do rise, report the bill, and
ask leave to sit again on the last Wednesday in
November next. d.
Mr.. Greene moved to lay the resolution on the
table. Ncgativcd.
Mr. AsEmore moved to amend, by substituting
"that the Committee ask leave to sit again on
Tomorrow" for the last Wednesday iE Novem-
Der next" Laid OH the table.
MIR. MCGOWAN was in favor of the original res
UIurIon: f1c stated THAT ony
by the House would not place them in a more
favorable position with regard to the next Presi-
dental election, which was not attainable by le-
gislatioh upon the matter in the next year.
Mr.. Owens expressed himself in favor of the
resolution.
Mr.. Tradewell was opposed to the resolution,
which he was certain originated in hostility to
the bill, and was resorted to rs an expediency to
defeat it.
The question was then taken on the resolution
and carried. The Committee then rose.
The consideration nj the bill to arrange the
State into districts for the election Of Represent
atives in the Congress Of the United States, was
taken up. A series of amendments were offered.
contemplating some changes in the arrangement,
and sevcrally voted down.
A motion was made by Mr.. Tucker, that the
House do take a recess till o'clock. Lost.
The House soon afterwards took a recess till
o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
Mr.. Gadbcrry moved that the bill to re-district
the State be recommitted, with instructions, and
upon that demanded ayes and nays.
Mr.. Greene moved to lay the motion on the
table; which was taken by yeas and nays. Ayes
| 70, Noes.
The bill was sent to the Senate with some
slight notifications.
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should be placed on different footing and enjoy
special immunities. ,..-,a.--s...
Mr.. Norman said the Senate had already
come to the conclusion to make the charter OF
banks uniform and he saw no reason why the Of
fcers of one bank should he exempted by law
from the performance of military duty, and the
officers of another bank be required by law to
perform military duty. He hoped no invidious
distinctions would be made or allowed by the
Senate. He asked no more for the bank of New
berry than had already been granted in the char
ter of the bank recently proposed to be estab-
lished in Columbia, and agreed TO by the Senate.
Mr.. McAliley said no such exemption Of the
officers from military duty had been introduced
into the charter of the Chesterville Bank
Mr.. Mazyck said that while he was in favor Of
the proposed amendment. he thought the matter
could be well postponed till another year, when
the exemption claimed for the directors. could be
stricken out of the charters of all the Banks.
Mr.. Huey thought it would be better to begin
at once. Delays were dangerous. He should
insist on his motion being put, in order that the
sense ofthe Senate might be had upon the sub
ject. The molten was carried in the affirmative.
The bill was agreed to and ordered to the House
of Representatives.
bill to prevent the obstruction Of the free
passage of fish up Lynch's Creek received its Sc
cond reading, and was ordered TO the House Of
Representatives.
Mr. Carew moved to suspend the general or
ders for the purpose of making a report on the
bill TO extend the charter of the Bank ofthe State
of South Carolina. Report read and ordered for
consideration tomorrow.
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petention Of thesCars.. .

On Wednesday night the Cars did not reach our De,
pot until half past ten o'clock, occasoned in part by
the running of Of an engine few miles from Charles
ton which blocked up the track and the up train be-
ing detained beyond their usual tme were obliged TO
make the retrograde movement whenever met by q
freight train going down, which we understand y one
of the running rules on our road. 2fts1tisst
The Camden Cars did not leave that delightful place
the junction. where unfortunately good.and evil spirt
sometimes coalesce until after dark and when they
reached short distance this side Of Claremont came
in contact with piece of timber about inches square,
which is said was laid across the track by some base
and reckless villain 1t not possible likely that the
timber could have fallen across the road by accident as
Mr. McEwn, superintendent, had passed ups short
time before in hand car and if any obstruction had
been in the way would dcertainy have discovered it
Several additional regulations incur Judgment arc
essential to the preservation Of human life and the pe
cuniary interest of the Company. A double track
should by all means be made between Charleston and
Branchville at least and one from that point Coium
bia-the increased amount of running these roads
render it imperative that something should be done for
protection of life and property The amount Of prop
erty destroyed for The want ofthese would have paid
or nearly so the expense of building double track all
the way to say nothing ofthe loss of human life which
is beyond computation. If it is possible some means
should be adopted by which vainy could be detected
and place at least beyond the whms and caprices Of
one base creature the contingencies accident and
the destruction Of the lives perhaps hundreds These
matters are well worth thought or two and we hope
at the Annual Meeting Of the Stockholders in Charles
ton next February the matter will be duly considered
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No DIMlNuTIoN.-We inserted paragraph
some days since, by which it would seem that
the abolition vote has largely decreased during
the past four years. The following from the
New York Herald may serve to throw some
light upon the subject.
"As nearly rs can ascertain, the aggregate
vote for Hale for President is about 10000 -
The vote for Van Buren, the free soil candidate
in lS4S was in round numbers, 5000. This
prima face, would indicate al great falling off in
the abolition free soil vote; but it is not SO. In
ls4s, there were, perhaps, 100000 democrats in
New York alone, who voted for Van Buren, from
purely factious and personal spite against Gen.
Cass We apprehend that Hale's vote, on the
contrary, is as substantially antislaverv as that
for Brney in 1874; and taking that (some sixty
thousand) as basis, the free soiers have made
again of $4,000, doubling their strength, and
thirty per cent, over, in eight years. This does
not indicate the death ofthe anti-slavery abolition
movement of the North; but when we take into
the estimate the fact that large number of free
soil abolition wings, following the lead of Will
liam H. Seward, voted for General Scott, and
that they are ready now for some movement
there is every reason to anticipate an anti-slavery
reorganization, in due time, upon more formida-
Bile basis than ever. The Seward organs are al
ready casting about to see how the land lies, and
we may expect combined movement as soon
as there is an opening. Let the South stand
their ground.
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AFFAIR OF HoNoR.-We learn from the Co
lumbia Palmetto State Banner, that DR.. w. j.
Kett of Orange Parish, and Mr.. o. M. Dantzler,
of St. Mathews, exchanged shots on Friday at
the North Carolina line. The former gentleman
received flesh wound over the shoulder blade
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Our Cotton Market

We have no material change to notice in the Cotton
market. The supply has been good and demand stea1
dy. Principal sales at II to 81. Charleston quota
tlons II o9a f1>SS1 'Po nt
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1852-03-31
THE RUSSIAN POWER.

The llarper's Magazine. for March, con-
tains "a very interesting article on St. Peters
burg. in which the writer pronounced that
city an architectural humbug. He says
that hosts Of houses built apparently oI
stone, are nothing more than boards and
paint. and that thousands Of lofty second
stories are nothing but fronts. He adds
that her political power is likewise hoax-
exaggerated by the accessories Of military
and religious pomp.
There is good deal Of truth in this
AT the Jackson Banquet at Washington
Maj Stevens. U. S. A., who has had am
pie opportunities to Judge Of the premises
remarks:
"Avast spectre Of Russian power haunts
the Imagination of some people. But it is
a spectre; It is perhaps as much due TO hel
overthrow Of Napoleon as 70 anything else
Let any one reflect little on that cam
paign, and suppose Napoleon had the ma
val control of the Baltic, and could have
transported his armies. and above all hi.
Supplies. in ships from the mouth Of th'
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German rivers to St. Petersburg, and then
ask what would have been the result
That campaign failed for want Of trans
portation for provision and forage. through
the ,hinly populated districts that yielded
none of those supplies.
IA ship Of one thousand tons is equal
to wagon train of six thousand horses.
Let. therefore, the necessity of interPos.
ton arise, and with our immense means
OF transportation. we could knock at the
gates cf St. Petersburg. and before the
Autocrat could call to the defence OF his
capitol, his armies striking down liberty in
Hungary and in the Caucasus. that mag
nifcent monument Of the genius of Peter
would be monument of the prowess and
heroism of the sons OF the New World.
Yes, blow at St PetersLurgh will succor
The oppressed nations d Europe, and turn
the Cossack hide.
81 close my brief remarks With renew
ed expression OF my profound conviction
that we have work yet to do-to be done
by us in our day and generation. Our
fleets have to maintain the freedom OF the
seas, from our own happy shores to the
remotest island of the East, and our arms
TO demonstrate TO despotic Powers. that
not only are we the treest, but the creates,
military people Of ancient or modern
times"
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"Can You Reach them Pertaters'!'

Many Of our readers have no doub,
read the following rich anecdote. ltis old.
but will bear repetition:
Several gentlemen Of the Massachusetts
Legislature. dining alta Boston hotel, one
of them asked Mr. NJ, a gentleman who
sat opposite
"Can you reach them pertaters, sir?"
Mr.. NJ. extended his arm towards the
dish, and satisfied himself that he could
reach the potatoes, and answered.
"Yes. sir"
The legislator was taken aback with the
unexpected rebuff from the wag; but pres
emily recovering himself, ne asked,-
"Will you stick my fork into one o
'em, thenl"
Mr.. NJ. took the fork, and very coolly
plunged it into finely cooked potatoe
and left it there! The company roared a.
they took the joke, and the victim looked
more ioolshly than before; but suddenly
an idea struck him. and rising TO his feet
he exclaimed, with an air Of conscicu.
triumph:
Now Mr.. NJ, will trouble you fo
my fork"
Mr.. NJ. rose to his feet. and with the
most imperlurable gravity. pulled the fork
out Of the potatoe, and returned it amds
an unconquerable thunderstorm OF laugh
ter, to the utter discontinue of the gentle
man from B..
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THE HEROIC LOVERS.

Ayoung girl Of sixteen, Of sterling beau
ty, has fought with her brother and her be.
,rothed in the ranks Of the Lyonnaiers in
the late French Revolution.
The whole town admired her intrepidity
Percy cited her as an example to his sol,
diers. Her modesty equaled her courage
She found her heroism in battle. She
was then virgin. Her name was Marie
Adrian.
"What is your name!" inquired her
Judge. stricI, with her youth and dazzled
by her charms.
"Nlarie," replied the young accused;
"the name of the mother of God, for whom
am about to die"
"What is your age?"
"Seventeen; the age OF Charlotte Cor.
day"
"How. at your age, have you been able
to fire cannon against your country|'
alt was to defend it,"
Citizen" said one of the judges. 1--WE
admire your courage. What would you
do it we grant you liIe?'
81 would poinard you as the execution
ers of my country" she replied, raising
her head.
She mounted in silence, her eyes cast
down, the steps of the scaffold, more in.
timidated ut the looks of the crowd than at
death. She refused the hand which the
executioner offered to guide her steps, and
cried out twice. Vue le roi!
On stripping her after death. the execu.
TONERS found in her bosom Il note written
with blood; it was farewell from her be.
tro,hed. shot few days previously at the
BreteauX:
ITO morrow, at this hour, shall be no
more-hc said to his affianced-l will not
die without telling you. once more, ! love
thee. Were my life offered me to say to
the contrary. would refuse it. Ihave no
ink. have opened vein TO write to you
with my blood. would mingle it with
yours for eteruity. Adieu, my dear Marie.
Weep not, that the angels may think you
as handsome as do, in heaven. 60 to
await you. Be not long"
The two lovers were. only separated
twenty -four hours in death. The people
could admire, they knew not how to par.
don. . .." ....
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NIAGARA FALLS CRUMBLING.

Empires are said to crumble away.
They are won by loaves: they are lost by
crumbs. A little more than year ago.
that portion of her majesty's dominions,
represented by Table Rock, gave US an
extensive specimen of this process Of
crumbling; and last week Brother iona.
than who never permits himself to be
beaten, gave us an exhibition of the same
kind, with an improvement. On Sunday
afternoon portion Of the precipice near
the Tower, on the south side Of Goat ISL.
and, fell with mighty crash. This por.
ton extended from the edge of the Island
toward the Tower, being l Is feet long. and
about eO feet wide, Of somewhat elip,i.
cal shape, and reaching from tine top to
the bottom of the fall.
The next day another piece, triangular
with base Of about forty feet, broke off
just below the Tower. But the next great
performance was the most remarkable
Between the two portions that had previ.
ously fallen stood rectangular projection.
about thirty feet iong and fifteen wide. ex-
tending from top to bottom of the preci-
pice. This immense mass became loos,
ened from the main body of rock, and
settled perpendicularly about eight feet,
where il now stands an enormous column
two hundred feet high. by the dimensions
named above.
If it stood upon an open plain; as did
Cleopatra's Needle when first reared, how
insignificant the latter would appear, and
wha, realizing sense might we have on
a summers day, Of the shadow Of great
rock in weary land! 1t is most proba.
BILE that this column will also fall when the
weather becomes warmer. The severity
Of the winter, and the long continuance of
the intense cold, have produced these re-
suits. They are splendid exhibitions Of
the slow, persevering resistless power Of
the venerable white. whlskered Mr.. John
Frost. By this freezing process he olsen
gagged these great masses of rock from the
kindred stratum. then held them in his
cold hand until the genial south wind
made him relax his hold, and they were
precipitated into the chasm below.-N
Falls Iris.
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Number 9.

and finally denied herself to him, leaving
London. as she intended. without his
knowledge, though the sequel proved he
had perfect knowledge OF her movements
through faithless courier.
The Genoa Mercantile Courier Of the
18th ultimo, contains the following:
A curious case was lately tried by the
Tribupal OF the First Instance of our city
namely. the illegal seizure of Miss g.
G.. Gamble. by an American. M. Henry
Wycotf, with a view to ex,ors promise
Of marriage, or, at least, one-half the for.
tune ol the young lady in case Of failure.
A Frenchman. Louis Vannaud. the couri-t
er of Miss Gamble. and Genoese, Luigi
Cavallsri. were accused of being his ac-
completes. The latter was acquitted. and
the two others sentenced to l5 months
imprisonment
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A FEW WORDS
TO VERY YouNG PEOPLE WHO THINE d
GETTING MARRIED.

GETTING MARRIED.
[rhe old rascal who concocted the fol-
lowing, deserves TO be shut up with whole
regiment of crying babies, for three con-
secu,ive nights. See what he says, ladies,
and say il he don't deserve it.
"Whom the gods love die young.' sang
the Rem N poet; meaning that their virtue
insured 10 them an early Immortality. We
wish he had told us with what particular
feelings the gods regard those who marry
young-we mean that peculiar class OF
greenhorns who no sooner enter on their
teens. but inexorable fate impels them TO
self.immolalion on the altar Of Hymen.
To us there is something especially pain
fnl in witnessing an unsuspecling girl OF
fifteen reckles<ly sporting on the imminent
brink of wedlock. sacrificing herself 10 an
evanescrnt sentiment. and offering to the
world the anomalous spectacle OF child.
mother! Her mind has been prepared for
the event at her boarding school. She has
thorough conviction that the chief end
Of woman's life is to get married. and,
while she should still be wearing short pet
ticoats, she falls bitterly in love with some
s,npleton who .'reciproca.es her affec.
ton" selfshly robs her Of those years
which should be the brightest and most
Joyous of her existence. In a few weeks
Charles discovers that it is most unrea.
sonabc thing that he. should be expected
to give up the young-bachelor pleasures to
which he has been accustomed, and that
it is bore to be always accompanied by
wife to place Of amusement. Julia
begins to suspect that she isneglected; and
then commences series of"snaps. (which
every one OF our married readers will OF
course know how to appreciate. Julia
confdes her sorrows to her mother, who
generally will be silly enough TO Interfere,
and fan pettishness into decided ill.temper,
to subside only when both parties are
wearied of hostilities and Of each other,
or when the habit OF constant intercourse
has soo,hed the asperities of hymenial
bondage, and kind Of resign alton takes
the place of love. ...-.
Suppose they are poor, and that Charles
without means, has to support his wife.
We have seen some lamentable cases Of
this kind and have remarked that these
precocious couples are generally people
of very weak constitutions. with an equal
tendency to scroiula and susceptibility.
70 what a merry life has their weakness
condemned them! delicate girl of sew
enteen. who has ruined her health and
prevented the natural development Of her
bodily powers by yielding to sentimen.
tai whim, ,immerses herself n the small bed
room of city clearinghouse, passing
her best days in nursing sickly little
something, that looks very much like skin
ned rabbit in the first stage of human
metempsychosis, but which, il il survives,
will be palmed upon the world as free
and Independent citizen. All day long
she deyotes herself to soothing the pulling
small "heir of Immortality" when she
ought TO be free for the next five years,
laying the foundation Of ahealthy life, and
gaining her natural growth by proper ex.
eroiss, careless and untrammeled, The