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sing thirty three articles from the pens a
tnors among them the following:
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Or William Elder Thomas Duun English NJ d.
barles u Leani. DIR. y. OrdtrmAn
e. 4. Cranch. ] n Bixby.
Henry A. CLARK. Clara Mor.ton
Margaret Junken. Emily \ Brown
Henry Is Hirst Alice Carey
" StOddsrt Harriet Cecl Hunt
George y. Bnrleigh Martha Grfith.
CathHrin. NJ Morris. Edward Roth.
Rev. W N furness ID ID. rdwarI Pollock
MIRA l. II sigourney Rev Edward r.. Hale
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Pcro sl Enigma.
ksbns Illustration Of Proverbial Philosophy.
Music the Food 0f Love.
Private ksh.srsal
Pelit.nsss In the Eighteenth Century.
Note ~ Interrogation.
POltene-s In the Nineteenth Century.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 10.

Mr.. Polk rose to a privileged question, On
such occasions it is usual, he believed, and
therefore he was gratifed to be able to state
TO the House that the unfortunate difficulty be-
tween the two Representatives from Mississippi
lMessra Brown and Wilcox has been adjusted
in n manner highly creditable to both parties,
and that they now occupy the same positions
Of friendship which. existed between both pre-
vious Ia the unfortunate affair Of yesterday.
The House then went into Committee Of the
Whole ON the state Of the Union, and took up
tho joint resolution authorizing the continue
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DAVID rORRENCE, N0rARY PUBLIC,

WILL take dspostions AJAvits and
w protsststons In town country IL agent tor the
National Era, the Union Mutual Ls bssurancs C"npa
nv, the AD.ercar Lire Siotk bsurancf Company; and
Will attend the collection Of esms generally also to sell
ing leasing and renting real estate.
u7-Ohcs-6nlloways Buildings, mp stAirs-cornsr room
Sent. lily
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Gratis of Louisiana was voted down. II is said
that the Convention was anything but harmo-
Unconstitutional InteHigeneer.
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The WHIGs OF INDIANA, in State Conven-
ton assembled at indianapolis, passed rcsolu-
tons recommending General Scott as their
choice for the Presidency, and expressing un-
abated confidence in the Administration of Mr..
Fillmore.
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TUESDAY IN CONGRESS

was occupied with speeches in the House. in
Committee of the Whole ON the state of the
Union, by Messrs. Hillyer and Jackson of
Georgia, and Giddngs of Ohio, on the Slavery
Questionable bill ander consideration being
the Deficiency bN, y. ~.
-. So, % TNve Sg~~SSS.,,Ss ~, - ,
sldered, and various amendments acted upon
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ATTENTIONS!
ATTENTION.
TIKI NEWEST AND RICHEST
WINTER AND EARLY SPRING GOODS

ATTENTION!
THE NEWEST AND RICHEST
WINTER AND EARLY SPRING GOODS
FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
<NHARLES A. SUI RI 4 90, No |, Old State House,
~ Bm.oI bexs leave IN nvits gentlemen visiting ston
to examine their LARGE STOCK, most OF which has
been selected by gentleman Of great experience As
BUYEk, froa the principal manufacturers VI England,
Germany, and France. aud
IMPORTED TO OUR ORDER.
OVERCOA TiNG--In English, Venetian, Fur, Beaver,
(wats proof Beavers, fine cloth hnsp Beaver
wbnsys UuGsips, French sstors kl.suth ksvsrsibs,
(sb entirely style for Top Co.ts) For
most celebrated makers IN French 0srman, AMI Englrh,
OF and bsauva coiors and rich and superior hnsh.
PANTALOONERY AND STING s. Over three
hundred Of e.eh such variety and bean
y that hsy cSnnot fail to please the most refined and
qnisits taste.
CUTTING DEPARTMENT
fov ss aud tasts ere acknowledged by THOUSANDS
to have NO competitors.
We trust the Inducements shall offer 70 those who "a
al cell will selection by them rom our
stock Of Goods which not passed or sqn'ns IN any
similar sstabsamsnt 10 this city or any other Guy IN
THE UNION!
All Of witch will b. Manufactured with our personal sn-
tion 10
FIJI, Style, Superior Workmanship and
Trimmings
which has secured fer US large and constantly ncrea-
ing patronage witch soy and at prices thA eah
"'' -" " P''""' CHARLES A SMITH Il 60.
IA, % No. Ola State House, Boston.
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InE Wmc STATE Co,vrxr,os or low,
49, ,I" recently met at Davenport, passed a
,sa,;S '" warmly approving Of the Admins
,rauon OF Mr. Fillmore, both in foreign and
domestic affairs, and appointed delegates to a
National Wing Convention, with Instructions 70
AZ SIMPLY with a view to reconcile differences
VI opinion and produce harmony.
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SINGULAR SALE OF SLAvEs.-A negro wo-
man and several children were sold at Colds
boro', n C., few days ago, at prices ranging
from Sill to 1927. The Goldsboro' Patriot
says
"They were the children of free negro by
the name of Adam Wynne, who had purchased
their mother his wife, previous to their birth
They were consequently his slaves, and he
having become involved, they were sold for his
Debts
We do not precisely see the law or the logic
of this decision, and would thank the Goldsboro'
Patriot to favor the country with a copy Of the
opinion Of the Court-N. y Com Adu.
The law may be stated in three words
pdrs ~quitur ventrem" Adam Wynne, by
purchase, became the owner Of the negro wo-
man she was his slave, and the children, fol-
lowing the condition of the mother, were sold
tor his debts, just as his mules might have been
sold. That is the law. The logic is precisely
the same logic as that by which slayeholding
in any case is defended
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CUTTING DEPARTMENT.
sHATrUCK HsRrwFLI,

. rrOuNEY And Counssllor al Law, Notary Pubic snt
"A Com ,s.ionsr ~ pes Gr Kentucky AID MaSsaehu'
ssts er ON eide u rhirJ street, near naia one
door east VI Franklin Bank. Cincinnati, D. SEPT -
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A DEAD Man AT AUCTION We knew live
men were marketable, but supposed dead
man was not worth his hide. A Southern
friend sends us the following scrap, cut from a
newspaper published at Greenvile, South Caro-
Ina, dated February 10, 1852.
We learn from the Sentinel that the prop.
erty OF Messrs. Tim & Walker, which was ad.
vertised in our columns brought very extraya-
giant prices The negroes averaged four hun.
dred and ninefy-n'ne dollars per head, although
there were amongst them large number OF
children, some at the breast old men and old
women, one or two superannuated, and one fell
low deceased The mules averaged one hundred
aud foryeigh dollars per head The corn
was sod for one dollar and sir cents cash, per
DlShel and the fodder dollar and six cents
per hundred weight
=. We are glad to see the property Of our
trends selling so well, but are astonished at
Nhat is apparently the infatuation of the
people IN paying such prices, when cotton is
"o''n only about seven cents per pound"
what respect can community in which
'u'" th'ngs are done, and reported so coolly,
nave Tor human nature!
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CONGRESS.

FRIDAY, February. 6.
SENATE.-Mr. Hunter reported a joint
resolution appropriaiing ten thousand dol
lars for the continued employment of the
workmen upon wings Of the Capitol hich
was subsequently, passed.
The Senate ordered 10 be printed $500
copies Of the report Of Mr.. Guthrie in re-
lation 10 the explosion of tcam-boilers.
The private calendar was taken up and
several bills were disposed of.
HousE.-Thc House, after spending
most Of the DAYS session in Committee Of
tie whole in its consideration, passed the
Senate bin making land warrants issued
under the law of September %, 1850 as
signablc, striking out all its provisions but
tn, one efecting tina, object, to which they
added clause authorizing the reception
ofthese warrants a, 81 25 per acre, in part
payment for government lands held at a
higher rate than the minimum price.
Afterwards various executive depart
ment communications, Senate bills, &C.,
were taken from the Speakers table and
referred to the appropriate committees
and the House adjourned over until Mon
day next.
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The Richmond Times.

This valuable and influential Journal
haspasscd by sale into the hands of Messrs
Carter II. Irving, Martin p Scott, and
John Scott; by the first and last named,
of whom. it will be edited, with the assis-
lance Of Mr.. Thomas BaiIie, for some time
the very efficient local editor of the paper.
With Dr.. Irving, we had the pleasure Of
being associated in the management of the
Lynchburg Patriot, and we can speak
knowingly Of his superior mental endow-
ments-his learning and his moral worth
The Times could not have been more for
tunately disposed Of; for VIC speak with
reflection, when we say, that SO sound a
judgment-so varied and thorough a
knowlcdge-so cordial devotion to wing
princiPlcs-and so true spirit Of man
hood are rarely found united, as in the per
son OF its future chief editor With Mr..
Scott, we have not the pleasure Of perso-
nal acquaintance; but, as we hear, he is in
all respects suited to be the co-laborer Of
DR.. Irving. We need not add that the
new prnprietors have our best wishes for
their success.
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sion. to incorporate the Sinking Spring &c
men,ery, Of The town Of Abingdon.
by Mr.. Price Of G.-To change the law
for the punishment of Arson.
ByMr. Bottom-To authorize the Coun-
ty Courts 10 allow. in their annual county
levies, the Commissioners to be appointed
to divide the several counties OF the Com
monweaIth into districts, in pursuance Of
9th section of 9th Article Of the Consti-
tuition. reasonable compensation for their
services; and also. Of requiring the said
Commissioners to report to their several
County Courts, the limits they may have
assigned to the several precincts, into which
they may have divided their respective
counties. The said reports to be entered
on the records Of the County Courts.
BY Mr.. Boyd-to incorporate compa-
ny to construct turnpike from Wythe-
vile by the Grayson Sulphur Springs and
Grayson Old Court House, to the North
CoroIina line at or near Fishers Gap in
Grayson county.
BY Mr.. Massey--So to amend the code
as to impose the same limitation upon the
remedies By covenant and re-entry, as is
prescribed for the remedy by distress for
nonpayment Orient.
BY Mr.. Smith of RIO change the
time Of holding the spring terms ofthc Cir
cui, Superior Courts Of Law and Chancery
in the 18th Circuit.
On motion Of Mr. Massey, the House
adjourned.
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The nistricf Courl.

The Farmville Republican and Dan
vile Register have each an article on the
location OF the District Court-the former
asserting that il should be at Farmville-
and the latter insisting, rs warmly, that it
should be ut Pittsylvania Courthouse
Now as these places are some sixty miles
distant from Lynchburg. IN different dircc-
tions, and as the route from one to the
other would lie through Lynchburg-
making this the intermediate point-we
take it there could be no more striking illus
tration that Lynchburg is the site. best
suited to the general convenience-which
is almost the only consideration that should
weigh with the Legislature.
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The Public lands.

The Commissioner of the Land Office,
in his report to the Secretary of the Interi-
or, discloses some facts relative 10 the ex-
tent, value and disposition of the public
lands, Of interest to the general reader, as
well as the statistician.
The land remaining unsold in the pub
lie domain Of the United States, amounts
to more than l,400,000,000 acres. The
minimum price of public land is 81 25 an
acre. This land abouuds in all the varic-
ties of mineral wealth and productive soil.
During the year ending June, 1851, the
sales at the land offices comprised 1916
SIT acres; the purchase money, 2,370, 947
dollars. In the first quarter Of the year,
beginning July |, 1851, the sale was 49,
lao acres. and the receipts 60l,691 dol
lars being nearly double the amount re-
ceived in the corresponding quarter Of the
preceding year. The sale Of land is there
fore increasing with great rapidity. The
opening of railroads in the West, has been
one great Cause of this increase.
The land granted by military bounty
land warrants, during the year ending
July, 1851, comprised 2,454,000 acres
making the aggregate Of public lands a
lienated by the Government, 4,3o0,S47
acres.
During the current year, 100000
acres Of land will be available for market
The new railroads, and other channels oil
communication constantly opening, viii
augment still further the quantity Of mar
ketable land. and the number of purchas
ers. The land often sells above its mini
mum price. Within the last half century
our peculiar system of land surveying
commencing in the valleys ofthc Ohio and
tributaries-the early theatre ofthe daring
pioneer, of western civilization--has been
extended over the vast expanse Of the nu-
merous public lands States and Territories
since brought into political existence on
the Atlantic
Since the Adjournment Of the last Con
gress, its practical extension TO The reno
test verge Of our Pacific border has hcor
commenced. But as yet 10 provision has
been made by law, for the sale OF public
lands in Oregon. The same may be said
ofCalifornia, where great difficulties exist
in separating the mineral from the agri-
cultural tracts. The establishment OF a
system for the disposal Of the public lands
in this State, is most important, but the
task is very embarrassing ore. Much
time will probably elapse ere it can be
accomplished.
The labor and activity required Of the
clerks and other persons employed at the
General Land Office, may be imagined
from the following facts. The archives
ofthe Office comprise 1883, folio volumes
Of manuscript The patents already is
sued and recorded, amount in number TO
l,22l,000. In order TO prepare these
patents, it was necessary TO examine title
papers of various descriptions, to the mum
Der OF 2,915,500, all of which are on file
at the General Land Office.
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81. N.tsNnstzIe'S Nav.

Sotn rday Is 81. Valentines day--dcyo-
ted, as the story goes, by birds 10 nla,r-
mony. aud by the lassies 10 coguciry and
mischief. The day derives is name frodY!i
81. Valcntinc--a Prcsbytcr who, accord
ingio the legend, was bchoaded at Rome.
under Claujius. Originally il was day
Of religious Observance. and dcJicatcdto
the drawing Of patron sainie, but being ot-
tackled by the rciormers. it ecame by an
easy transition a day FIR the drawing Of
swect-hcarrs. As far back % the lime Of
Chauccr it had become ore Of the staple
commodities Of poetry. Oar object, how
ever, was not 10 give The history Of 81.
Valentine; but 10 soy, that dropping ~ o,
Payne's the other day. we found a bcvy
Of beautiful young ladies, examining a col-
lection Of qnzxes, land most rascally look
ing ones they were too) and from certain
roguish twinkle in their eyes. wc conclu-
ded that some body was TO lie ,ictinised.
and so being ''scntinels on the watch
tower" duty compels us to give warning
to al the bachelor trIbe-albeii, they may
not deserve tie Kindness,
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State Legislature 1t has gained some ad-
vantages also by mixing itself with the
question. whether the Constitution Of the
United States was TO med blythe people
or by the States. now under thcoreiic
discussion by animated partisans.
at is fortunate when disputed theories
can be decided by undisputcd facts; and
here the undispuicd fac, is, that the Con
stitution was made by the people, but as
embodied into the several States who
were parties it, and therefore made by
the States in their highest authoritative
capacity. They might. by the same au
ihority and by the same process. have
converted the confederacy into a mere
league or treaty, or continued it with en-
larged Or abridged powers, or have embo-
died the people Of their respective States
into one people, nation, Or sovereignty; or.
as they did, by mixed form, make them
one people, nation, or sovereignty for GER
tain purposes. and not so for others.
The constitution of the United States
being established by competent authority
by that of the sovereign people Of the
several States who were parties TO lit
remains only 10 inquire what the constiiu-
ton is and here it speaks for itself 1t
organizes a government into the usual
legislative. executive and judiciary depart
ments; invests it with specified powers,
leaving others TO the parties to the consti-
tuition. 1t makes the government, like
other governments, TO operate directly on
the people; places at lis command the
ncedful physical means Of executing its
powers and finally proclaims its supre-
macy, and that of the laws made in pursu-
ance of it, over the constitutions and laws
of the States, the powers Of the govern
men, being exercised, a S in other elective
and responsible governments, under the
control of its constituents, the people and
the legislatures Of the States, and subject
to tie revolutionary rights Of tile people,
in extreme cases.
Such is the constitution Of the United
States de jure and de t;fct0 aud the name,
whatever it be, tina, may be gwen to it, can
make il nothing more or less than what tits.
Pardon thi; hasiy cfinsion, which,
whether precisely according or not with
your IDEAS presents, | am aware, none
that viii be new to you.
With great esteem and cordial salua-
tons. JAMES MADISON.
Mr.. WEBSTER"
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600, and is growing greater every year.
From whence comes this large amount Of
lumber nowi Save small porticn--from
the East and North. From section Of
country, where every plank is paid for in
money-a complete and perfect inequality
Of trade-bcing to us an entire importation
without solitary export TO balance the
account. In this vital interest. we hopcto
see a partial, if not total revolution. We
should :" look 10 tie pesf." for our supplies
Of lumber; toa people that will require
the wares and goods of our merchants; the
manufactured articles of mechanics and
the thousand little wants that would seek
to be supplied.
The following are some Of the statistics
of the four counties, for ihe year ending,
FIRST Of June, 1850.
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q CABEI.L HOVsE.BANK S9UARg

IA LynekbHrg. la--The Subscriber has ibis day
taker chargc Of the web known and popular Tav-
ern, the "CABELL HOUSE" recently occupied
by Mr. John Rcveley. where he can ut an times be
found ready to accommodate those vino may favour
him with call.
The House is now undergoing thorough repair,
and he promises that pains ri he speres on his
par, to render his guests comfortable. His House
viii be provided with the best the country affords,
and having the best OF Stables, he promises fhs,
every attention shall be given to that department.
He takes this method Of stating to the pubic tina,
his own personal attention, aided by Mr.. Hilton d.
Walker. shaii at ali times be paid every depart
inent OF the establishment 81
March 3-isif CHARLES FHELTS
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Special Correspondence of the n. Y, Herald.
Fight betneen Senator cortland and Mr.
kcnnc1n.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 10 A. \

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. 10 A. M.
A fracas occurred in the ante room Of
the Senate, to-day between Senator Bor-
land ofArkansas and Mr.. Kennedy, the
superintendent Of the Census Bureau,
which resulted in the latter having his nose
broken by blow from the fist ofthe Sem
a,or. 1t appears that MIR. Borland. in tie
course of some remarks in the Senate to-
day. 'idiculed the idea of publishing such
mess of stuff as was proposed to be col
lected by the census Office, embracing the
history of each State. When he left tie
Chamber, Kennedy undertook to convince
him he was wrong, and a, length Borland
requested that he would cease to impor-
tune him. Upon this, Kennedy made
some insulting remark; whereupon Dor.
lands fist came in contact with his face,
and disabled the bead ofthe bureau
These are the facts related to me by re-
spectacle eye witness. Kennedy is the
larger man. H.
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THE ViRGINIAN.
JAMES MCDONALD, EDITOR.
LYNCH BU G.:
stale Conventions.

The Wing members of the Legislature.
acting jointly with the central committee.
have recommended a convention Of the
party at Richmond, on the 18th day Of
April, TO organize for the approaching
Presidential election. We hope the time
and the importance ofthe occasion will be
kept in ind. and that full delegations
will be sent down from every county.
The Democrats have chosen the Gath Of
March for the meeting Of their Convention.
at the same place, and with the same OBJ
lect