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Col. McnnIalinn.cr.

WE pr"'niscd)i in our last to Law be.
lore our rcadcrsl nc reasons gi"rr by
Colonel MEMMrJlEn for concurrin. in
the Report Of TIL, Committee ofTwm.
'y-onc; on our irst pngc they will t..
io'lnd. lie clr;Irly shows by rcfcrcnct
to the record, tlht this State has never
proposed any other action than through
Union of the lSoutL and with ,h,
JOINT counsel aH cooperation of the
States aggricvcd. This was the posi-.
ton "t the Cooperation party during
the exciting discussions last summer.
1t is believed by many that the State
had pledged herself to act alone if
other States declined to cooperate witt
her, and therefore by the action of the
Convention for its failure to act, \ this
pledge had not been redeemed. But
any one who will take the trouble to
read the statement Of the whole matter
as set forth by Mr.. MEMMlNGEn, must
he convinced that this question had ncv-
crPr"rcrly camcup for decision, until
the course of the other States forced
us to consider what we should do, now
thrown upon our own resources us 4,
separate sovereignty. This question
came properly before the Convention,
and the Report Of the Committee is
the answer given, 1t is not cxpcdicnt
for the State to scccdc."
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BY w. J. FRANCIS.
TERMS,

TWO DOLLARS in advance, Two Dollars
and Fifty Cents at tile expiration of six months,
or Hhrce Dollars ut the end OF tile year.
No paper discontinued until all arreangcs
are rAip, unless ut tho option Of the Proprietor.
a.sy~ Advertisements inserted nj SEVENTY
FIVE Gents per square, (l2 lines ur ess,) for
The frst, and huff that sum for cacli subsequent
n Iy The number Of insertions TO he marked
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Of the Southern Standard.
WAsnrNGroN. Nav l. 1852

.iE w ASlilNGTON, May 4, lS3S.
The Hon. Charles Andrews, Rep
rcsentativc from Maine, being in in
firm health and conscious that his
earthly career Was almost closed, left
this city about two weeks ago for the
purpose OF reaching his home, rccciv-
ing the last friendly offices, and taking
final adicu of family and friends.
lie had arrived at home but few
days, when his worst anticpations
were realized, and he died. To-day
I his death was announced in appropri-
ate remarks by his colleagues, Mr..
Hamlin, of the Senate, and in the
House by Hon. Moses Mcdonald.
The usual resolutions of coincidence and
respect were adopted, and Congress
adjourned until tomorrow.
The Hon. Henry Clay is gradually
sinking in the embrace OF that monster
from which there is no escape. For
the past day or two his improved con-
dItion gave hopes that his life might be
prolonngcd-that possible he might sur
Elve the summer; but to-day that hone
is entirely dissipatcd. His phvsicians
express the opinion That he probably
cannot survive more than two or three
days longer.
4 By a rule of the House, members
are allowed to file petitions merely bv
handing them to the Clerk: thew or,.
then placed upon record, and DISPOSED
OF m the same manner as if presented
publicly. Members arc adopting n
similar plan in relation to their speech.
es; some of them have asked the House
Tor leave to print their arguments on
the homestead bill in the Conoressiun-
al Globe. This places them on the
oeillcial record; they arc printed and
sent out to their constituents as being
delivered in the House Of Representa-.
tiyes. This plan saves the time of the
House !, and will probably save mem.
bers from The jniiclion of listening TO
tedious unntercstiDg debates from tc-
dlons ,,n'lItcrcsting speakers, for none
else VIII be very likely to avail them
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bus, Ga, SeRtinct of ffftfiiy, iast, 1it5 1fitd
.jOlh ult., has the following notice Of
the supcnsion OF the Bank, and spccu-
lations rs to it's probable ability to
meet nll its engagements:
Tile Bank ot' 81. Mury's.-A clap
of thunder from Il clear sky could not
have produced II greater CONSERVATION
than the announcement, on Friday last,
that the ST. Mary's Bank had suspend
cd payments. The public ear had be-
come calluus to rumors ,mtavornblc to
the institution, and the entire commu-
nifty had learned to rcposc unshakcn
confidence in the financial ability of
the President OF the Institution.
The causes which led to the suspcn-
sion have been laid hcf.rc the public
in II circular from the hand Of Col.
John G.. Winter. We see 10 reason
I" doubt i'll any particular the accuracy
"fhis statements, and feel bound To
give them full crcdcmcc, until some
facts are developed which will discrct-
it them. AS yet VIC have heard Of
mono.
Wca informed by reliable authori.
ty th'rs eighty thousand out of ninety
thousand dollars deposits have been
liquidatc,l.
All bills under five dollars lave
been promptly paid on presentation,
and we arc informed that they will
continue to hc rcdcc7net!,
We arc further informed that Col.
Winter is negotiating the sal. of nine
ty thousand dollars worth et' private
property, at prices fixed upon ii before
the suspension, and offers to take ct.
Mary'S bills in payment.
The liabilities of the Banlc are but
little over three hundred thousand
dollars.
Col. Winters property is estimated
at over one million dollars; and nc has
pledged it all in liquidation OF the lia.
IiIitics of the Bank.
These facts clearly Indicate ,lra,
there is really no danger of ultimate
loss; if Col. Winter is entitled TO cred.
it for integrity. And we can sec no
reason to question his honor. For ten
years the community have relied up.
on il and suffered no loss.
We have taken pains to ascertain
the opinions of the business men Of
the city rs TO the ultimate solvcncy Of
th" institution. There is some diver.
sity of opinion on the subject, but the
prevailing ono is that every dollar will
be ultimately redeemed.
In the face of these facts the bills
have continued steadily to Decline
On Saturday they commanded ninety
cents on the dollar; on Monday they
fell t" scvcnty-iivc cents; on Tuesday
to sixty cents; and ON Wednesday to
SO cents.
Having given this full statement of
the condition Of the Bank, we leave
our readers to form their own concIu
sionS. They would do well to hold ON
to their small bills, aud il they are
able, we incline to think they will not
sullcr in the end if they refuse to sac.
rIlicc the large ones. This is the
course we intended to pursue. Bu,
every man ought to act on his own
in such cases.
Tho large bills are now received for
goods in any of our stores for any
considerable quantity Of merchandise.
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EXTRAORDINARY PERFoRMANcE

F. EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCES OF
4 LocoMoTIvE.--Thc Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company are now work
ing locomotive up II grade of $40
feet to the mile. This grade occurs at
the great tunnel, where temporary
track has been laid over the mountain,
for the purpose of transporting matcri-
al for the road beyond, in advance of
opening that work. The locomotive
used weighs twcnty-four tons, and tho
ordinary load attached to it, in addi-
ton to its own weight, is twelve tons.
This grade has thus far been worked
with regularity and safety. The whole
power obtained is in the ordinary ad-
hcsion of the driving wheels.
This feat is so far in advance of the
commonly received opinion in refer
cnce to tho capacity of locomotive en-
gines, that it would hardly be credited
without practical proof of tho fact. 1t
shows conclusively that the maxi
mum grades on tho road, after it shall
be completed, will oppose no serious
obstacle to profitable traffic.
The tunnel is nearly completed, and
will be in readiness for use in few
weeks. Some twelve or fifteen miles
Of the track arc laid west Of it. Every
part Of the line is being urged forward
with the greatest energy, and no doubt
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C3ffespondence of tie Charleston Courier.
NV hSiIlNGTON, MAY /, 1852.

.
'4sThea shocks of an earthquake, felt
at different points in this city and
neighborhood on Thursday last, cvi-
IDENTIFY proceeded from the South to
the North. The trembling 6f the
tiifth was probably the effect of some
great earthquake that occurred as far
SoHth Is the equator. The shocks
We're noticed at the Observatory at
nine minutes before one. Two occur
red at tho interval of Ii second. and u
few minutes afterwards others occurred
smsIhe Senate has passed the bill PRO-
yiding for the asccrtainment, rs soon
AS possible, by .; board OF officers, of
The amount of claims for military ser
vices and supplies in California, and
the persons TO whom the amount is due.
The board is to report the facts, and IN
appropriation will be made to pay the
claims. Mr.. Gwinn stated the amount
Of the claim to be about seven hun
drcd thousand dollars.
The bill introduced into the Senate
by Mr.. Mallory for the encouragement
ofa line of u. S. mail steamers be-
tween ports in California and Shanghai
mChina, and q branch of the same be-
tween California and the Sandwich Is
lands, provides for contract for the
above object with James b. Moore. of
Ohio; and his associates. The terms of
the contract secure to MIR. Moore the
entire sum to btrcceived for postagcs
fromth the line for thirty years, at rates
not less than Atlantic rates for ten
years, and subsequently not to be re-
duced below Il certain rate. No adj
vances are required, and no other com
pensation than the postal monopoly.
Tlitre are to be within five years ten
steamships Of: the largest class on the
line. The line will undoubtedly, as it
will have but little competition for
some years, do n. profitable business
shttte conveyance OF freight and pas
sengers..
The Committee OH Printing have
yet got their trouble. They have been
unable to carry into effect their scheme
/ ofgdisfding the prirtii,fS., bvt-,zil,z tho
I. Stalp,sr rIiid the HenNet;t.s They are 10
make d further report next Tuesday.
Mr.. Pearce of Maryland has concluded
Ills able vindication of the administrn-
.tion from the charge of cxtravagant
and illegal expenditures in California.
The debate on the provision for the
!; Collins lite of steamers will be renew
ed ONT Monday.
The general debate on the homestead
bill has closed, and the final vote on
the same may be taken early next
week. The bill has been long under
discussion, and has been made the
stalking horse for political disquisitions
bearing on the Presidential question
Mr.. Mangum has authority to call
q meeting Of the Wing members for
the purpose of reply to the address Of
the eleven Southern members who
withdrew from the caucus of the goth.
But it is understood that he will not
do it, but that he will himself, as Pre-
sident of the caucus, make II reply.
The friends of General Footc us a
candidate for the Presidency state
that he will soon issue letter explain
ing his position on the compromise
measures in u manner that will be sa-
: tisfactory to the Southern Wings.
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CoNGKEssIoNAI.-ln the u. S. Sen
ate to-day, the bills granting lands to
the Mobile g. Gerard aud Florida Rail
Roads were ci,grosscd. General Cass
was speaking when our dispatch left,
IN favor of an appropriation for the
Collins steam Ships.
In the House Of Representatives
portions of the public printing were
given to the publishers Of the Union
and Rep"btc newspapers. The pri-
vatc calendar was then taken up.
Courier,
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4 gents for the Banner in Sumtervile.
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cYy Communications intended for
the Banner must be handed ill on or
before Saturday morning, and those
favoring us with advertisements will
please let us have them at least by
0 o'clock OH Monday.
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SELLING Liquor on SUNpAY.-A bill
has passed the Pennsylvania Lcgisla-
turc, and been signed by the Governor,
which makes it an indictablc offence to
sell amy quantity whatever of spiritu-
ouS, yinous ormnlt liquor in Lancaster
county on the Sabbath, under penal
ty Of $40 for each oilence-lO to go to
the iniormcr, who is made a competent
witncss in the case. The law will take
effect Oh the first OF July next
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Col FLoYD.-Col. Floyd, alias DR..
ID. L. Hines, who has been confined in
Charleston under a writ from Mr..
Ward, has been released, under the
prison bounds Acts, we learn by the
Charleston Courier of the 27th ult.
The Courier understands that n caste
OF his face has been taken by that skill
tnl artist Nannmchi, and that the Doc
tors second self is now ON exhibition
amongst other notablcs in the ininica-
BILE collection TO be seen at I1atch's
Hall.
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CONGRESSIONAL SrNopsls.-In the
L. S. Senate on Monday, memorials
were presented in favor of cheap ocean
postage, national printing office, and
against the extension of Woodwurth's
patent.
The bill granting land to Wisconsin
i'll aid Of two lail roads in that State
was taken up and ordered to be cn-
crossed.
Tho Senate resumed the cousdera-
ton of the deficiency bill, and MIR.
Rusk addressed the Senate in support
OF the amendment giving additional aid
to the Collins line.
After an Executive session, the
Senate adjourned.
On assembling, tn House of Rep
rcscntativcs proceeded to the consider
alton ofbusncss on the Speakers table,
and referred, or otherwise disposed of.
many executive and cXccutivc-,lcpart-
mcnt communications, Senate bills and
joint resolutions. fl tic course of
tncsc proceedings, the following bills
were PASSED, viz: bills for the relief of
Chas. q. Hunter and Jane Irwin, for
the purchase of one thousand copies of
heninth volume of tho UHitcd STATES
Sfdf":fT,at Large, and the bill fol the
relief nI sFsNhaniqh Ross.
lendIng the question on rcferrirn
the SENATE 5 French spoliatinn biz to
the1'onlnittcc of the Whole on the
State or fthe. Union, the House adjourn.
ed Charleston Courier.
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r4} WE have on our table the
May No. OF 1He -1mcricam Wig Re
rietc. Among tho contents we find Il
Portrait and Biography of Hon Will
LIAM l.. SmARKEr. of Mississippi.
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.5p@ WE are indebted to the Hon.
JOSEPH a. WOODWARD for Il copy of
speech delivered in Congress by the
Hon. y. w. NENAnLE, of North Caro-
lima, on the subject Of the public print
illn.
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/" Nothing but a Printer, any how,

Nothing but a Printer, any how"
We do not know who is responsible
for the following. We find it hoating
about among our cxchangds, and give
it for what it is worth:
Such was the sneering remark of
aperson not thousand miles from
the do5f of our sanctun, in referring
to the profession we follow in pride.
=" No body but Printer" 1t makes
the blood run rampant in our veins to
hear; such expressions from the lips of
those nursed on republican soil. +" No
body but a Printer, any llow!' WI 0
was Benjamin Franklin? Nobody
but Printcr" Who was William
Caxton, one Of the fathers of literature?
Nobody but Printcr!'' Who was
Earl StanIiopc? Nobody but Print
cr!" Who was Samuel WoodwortL,
the Poet! Nobody but P,;..tcrr'
Who was Governor Armstrong, of
Massachusetts? Nobody but Print
or" George =. Morris, James Harp
CT, Horace Greely, Robert Sears, and
Senators Cameron, Dix, Niles, and
James Buchanan, the distinguished
Senator of Pennsylvania, who is now
the choice ola great portion of the
people of the Union us their candidate
for the next Presidency. Who arc
they? Nobody but Printers, any
how" One thing is evident; every
person who chooses cannot be IL Print
cr. Braius are necessary.
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FATAL ArrRAy.-We learn from
the I.ancastcr Lcager, that on Satur-
day last, a fatal ailray occurred at the
mill Of MIR. John Rcavcs, in that Dis
trict. 1t appears that two young men
by the name of Bowers, went to the
mill, aud while there II difficulty took
place Mctwccn licavcs and Thomas
Bo~erS, while Archibald Bowers, n
brother Scscnt, dismomted from his
sh"rsc and&hrcw II stick, or piece of
Sawed tinS Srr ut ieavcs-wlcn Rcavcs
got IN possession of the same, and beat
y. Bowers 80 that he died in about six
hours. Rcagcs has since surrendered
himself to the proper authorities, and
$ now in close confinement. There
being no mimosity existing between
Ecavcs and the deceased previous to
inns affair, il is presumed TO be the
work of fmSovcrnablc passion.
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ed. Thatsit will do so we doubt, and
the final result will be new national
party founded OH tic ruins of both Of
tho old partics.-W. J! EDeni"y Mr.
3Oy .F
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SEsAroR MASouMs SrEEcn. -ssTorn-
bigbcc." the Washington corrcs1 on
dent of the Montgomery Gazcttc, re-
ferring to Senator Mangum's icccnt
Scott speech, says:
Upon the whole question of def
ming his position, never once did Mr..
Nj. all,l1c to the notification times of
';'2 aud '33, when he was as far on the
other extreme as he is placing himself
now. Southern wrongs then claimed
nj. his attention; indeed, 50 ultra w.s
he considered on this subject, from
1888 to the election Of 1886, that
South Carolina, complimentary to his
lirmncss, gave linn her Presidential
vote; but now he is going over to the
Phi!istiucs,wh" have dcspoicd, to their
utmost, the heritage of the South, and
they are seeking II highcrlaw control
than the Constitution gives them over
the institutions of the South
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At an election held Mt Chcraw, on
the 3rd lust, the following gentlemen
were elected directors of the AIcr
chants Bank of Chcraw. for the cnsl-
ing year y. {. Colt, n. II. LaCostc,
a. McFarlan, }. G. Wadsworth, u.
Mall"y, j. y. David, c. Cukcr.
Ata subsequent meeting of the
Board, John c. Colt was reelected
PRESIDENT Charleston Courier.
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The Wing State vcntion of Mis-
souri, assembled at. ST. Louis on the
10Th ult. Mr.. Fillmore was nomina.
ted for President, subject to the dcci.
sion Of the National Convention.
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AN INTERESTING CASE OF SURGERY.
At the Charity Hospital, yesterday,
we witnessed a case to which our Incdi-
cal rcading has not presented Il paral-
lei. a lad. coming up the river OH a
vessel, got cntanglcd in the coils ofthe
anchor-clG.in, which lie was laying out
and had his arm and forearm severely
injured. Not to speak of the flesh
wounds and the bruising Of the mus
cles, the arm was fractured above the
elbow, and the forearm in half dozen
places between the elbow and tho
wrist. The accident occurring ut the
Balizc, inflammation OF too violent II
character had supcrvcncd before the
lad reached the city, for amputation,
indicated III the first place TO be per
formed. AS it subsidized, tho attending
surgeon conceived Il hope Of Swing the
limb altogether. The bone Of the arm
the humeras-was healing finely,
but the bones OF the forc-arnl-thc IA
dils and ulna--tracturcd in SO many
places, aud actually exposed in others,
were eXtoliating, and the surgeon un-
dcrtook to disarticulatc boil, bones at
the elbow and wrist. This he accom-
plishcd without wounding an impor-
tant artery, and the boys arm, as we
saw it yesterday, present every ap-
pcar'mcc of getting well. Even now
he can work his fingers. and when en-
tircly healed, and artificial lever or
tulcrum can be adapted to the arm, in
such manner as to supply, degree,
the absence OF the natural supports,
the radius aud ulna. This, certainly
is an interesting case i'll surgcry.-N.
O. True DpIh
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WRECK OF FIFTY SAILING VESSELS
IN TIE lcE- Greot Loss Of L;tc. The
steamer Osprey, from St. John, n. f.,
April 23I: has arrived ut Halifax, with
accounts OF the wreck ofbctwccn fifty
and sixty vessels in the ice in the gale
of April Goth. The Newfoundland
papers state that the loss Of life has
been considerable, how great is not
known. A list ofcightccn vessels lost,
with full cnrgocs Of skins, is given, one
of which had five OF her crew drowned,
and another two. In many cases, as
the vessels drittcd towards the ice, the
crews deserted them and escaped to
the shore. In some eases the abal-
doned vessels have been taken into
port.
hundreds Of the crews of the wreck
c,l vessels arc said to be OH Richard
Island, Bonavista Bay, in a state Of
dcstitution and starvation. The As
scmhlv of Newfoundland has request
cd the Governor to appropriate $500
for their relief, and four or five vessels
would sail to them us soon as the wind
would permit. a vessel had arrived
at st. John, which reported that up
ward of one thousand shipwrcckrd
Scalcrs had reached Grcentord, but the
number is probably exaggerated.
The disaster is said To be nearly
equal to that at Prince Edwards Island
astycar.
The sealing fleet this year were prin-
cipally fitted out from ST. Johns New
touhdland, aud her outports. Very
few left Nova Scotia athis Spring, ow-
Insssto the large Quantities of ice.
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MYSTERY AND EXCITEMENT "A Gin
cinnati paper has The f,llowing in re-
ference to great excitement which at
present exists i'll Morrow county,
Ohio:
1t seems that, some time since, an
Indian doctor, now known to have,
lirge sums ofmoney, very suddenly
disappeared; soon after the man with
whom he boarded, whose farm was
sliingled with mortgages, and was new
cr, known 10 be in fluids, started to
California, leaving in the possession Of
his wife large rolls Of money. Some
spiritual mediums residing there being
consulted, intiInatcd that the Doctor
was murdered by this man, and tcld the
citizens where To dig for the body
Two or three hundred men gathered
and began the search; but following
their suspicious rather than the s,,g-
gestions Of the mediums, no discovery
has been. made, owing. to the rcvcln-
tions of clairvoyant. This clairvoy-
ant said this man had killed Il pcdlar.
sonc years before, and that his bones
would lie found in the bank Of II mill
race. The excited populacc went to
the spot, and found II human skeleton.
The clairvoyant then told them where.
the bones of the Indian doctor might
be found, and another great search is
being made. The search at last nc
counts was not complete. Great
world tlis