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De NTH OF WM. RILEY,-Mr. WM RILEY,
The S1te Assessor, lsays the Charleston,
Stand rdD died it, this city OF Frid y abou,
Z O'Clock, a. M, Of " phord dy son.ery. lie
""s n"thc OF MARY '.nd. but resident ui
Charleston from early youth. ii, re, for
many years, he conducted the business ol
printer and Publisher, also book STORE
Many Of our Stale Law Reports were from
his press, aud two uf the series known as
Riley'' Law and Riiey's Cnanccry Reports
We're prepared hyihi.n, anI very approprl
ately tiiicd what would otherwise have been
troublesome breach IN lis reports. Nc
RILEY Was an industrious, worthy citizen
meniber Of the Baptist Chdrcn from hls
youth. and for the hast ten or twelve years
Deacon vi the First Church in tins ely.
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MAGlLL& HEATH.
8SlAEIILlUNI0EL'
OBITUARY.
Sold By

DrED, suddenly Oh the 4th instant, near
Turkey Quarter Creek, ia this District. Miss
ELIZABETH JENNA. only daughter of Crit.
iitl aud irene Short, aged 10 years and 8
months.
The deceased was young lady Of ami
able disposition aud engaging manners, and
being a fond and aiierIionaic daughter her
l"s- will be heavily sustained BY her tender
parents in their decline.
Although bred in section where thor.
} ough female -ducaiion was not Hit.ina lie.
she ny her own cxertions, had so improved
her manners, and stored her mind ilh use.
fal Information, rs to be justly entitled 10
the admiration and respect Of oil who knew
her
She leaves f.the,, mother an three
brothers, besiLesa L.rge number Of sorrow-
ing friends To moarn over her tomb.
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IioHoways PiAs, crrt.in cure for dc
ramucmrnts of the Stomach and Bowls,
Liver Complaints. Loss of Appetite and
BiliousnesS hcse Pills have u wonderful
ell; ct upon disorg ,nised system, in,n'edi-
atciy they are taken by the Patient thcv
ct 80 directly upon the hum.n frane. that
the most disordercd ar imp"re blood be-.
e, mes changed. Persons who use them for
"a few weeks canr,"t r,il to bc thoroughly
cleansrd, they cause the appetite, however
inp.ired-io become good, aud those WIN
-.re .,ff"cici with dis.src.aL,c or offensive
breath c',nnot do better than avail them.
selves of these invaluable Pills.
lB~ See advertisement.
Sold by p. II. COHEN & CO.,
90 IIayne st.. Charl,cston, s g.
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MEN ADVERTISEMENTS.


a RUNAWAY from the Subscriber
~ about The 29,h August last. his boy
~ hDENNIS. Said Dennis is about live
feet Eve or six inches hiyh. of copper
color and ,nn very thick iips--he speaks
quic< when spoken 10, and viii weigh abont
I25 or 1870 pounds. I bought Dennis in
Chestsr6..ld dstriet, near big Lynches creek
from the estate sf stephen ID. Miller. iie
has been seen aimee be- :eft me IN that neigh.
borhood, and also !" the neighborhood Of
Taxahnw, In this district. viii give ten
dcilars sewaFd II Dvnni- Is lodged 10 Lam
rasier Jail, twelve doiInrs ifdcIIyerrd ta me,
and twenty-five dollars on proof Of his being
harbored BY any person:
ost. II - 81
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Houses and Lots for Sale.

". +. FLEMING, e at N ERCTTf.
~. LAsoAsrR,
Bn.LrSes G. BELk, ct al.
TN obedience to and bv virtue of the dc.
Il cree of the Court of Equity in above
case, will sell Mt L1n,4,ster Court House
on the lat Monday. the 9Th of November,
1854, the houses and lots ordered TO be sid
In above ease, viz:
The House anu Lot at present occupied
by X. G. Billings, bounded by Meeting and
White street, the Lot of a Z. Dunlap, and
the lot below described.
Also
The house and lot at the corner OF Broad
and Meeting street, bounded BY Lot Of NJ.
Clinton, Esq, Broh.st, Mceting-st, aud
and the OF first above described
TERMS.-A credit of twelve months,
purchasers giving Bond with tSo good se.
euri,ies, with interest from day Of sale and
Mortgage.
JAMES ii. WITHERS?OON.
Com. in Ell. H. ID.
Get 9, 1884, "a ~ pr 8 81
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To CoRREsPoNDESTs.-"SO Carolino''
IL informed that we do not publish anony-
nous articles, more especially when they
are copied and spelt rs incorrectly AZ his is.
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Tax NEw EPISCOPAL BisHoP.-We
announced "n Saturday that lhe Rev.
li"ra,io Potter, ID. d., Of ST. Pe.rr's
Church. Albany, had been elected Pro-.
visional Bishop IL ti,. Direse (Prmps.
iant EpiseopuD of New York, t;rp Bi.l,ol.
Wainwright, decreased. The New York
Commercial SAYS:
"Dr. Potter Is considered mode, ate
clnrchnan, and probably no other cpnl.l
have been selected, siBce the death .ofs ID.
Wainwright, better fitted to cfinriiial,s
aud harmonic tie different pnrtiea nftII..
Church. For the last twenty ven .
more he has been pastor IL the oldest
Episcopal parish in Albany, where he Is
greatly esteemed mud beloved. We be
lirve he graduated ut Union Co legr in
1929, and Is nov oser fifty years of aye.
His brother. the RI. Rev. AI0nzo Potter
ID. d. Is Bishop Of the Protestant Epis.
copal Church in tie Diocese of Psnnsyl-
ysnia. and il is remarkable COINCIDENCE
that the two important Dioer~es Of New
York and Pennsylvania should Tor the
second time be placed under the Episro-
pal charge OF hrothers; formerly the two
Bishops Onderlonk, and now the two
Bishops Potter"
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sD' WANTED ut this office boy about
ii years OF age to learn the Printing bust
ness. lie will be we'll provided for and his
situation made comfortable.
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FOR ORDINARY.

Among The deaths at New Orleans on
tn" 2Oth i, st., 4 the We low Evr", WAS
Valentine Mott, Jr.. NJ. d.. sou Of Protcs
sor Mott, of New York, in tie 33l year
of his age.
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Lands and Negroes for
Sale.
GEoEeE d. BEcKHAM, IN EQUITY.
rs. Lancaster.

rs. Lancaster.
DURES BKCEHAM et. al
B, virtue of the decree Of the Court OF
Equity. in above ease, will sell at Lincas-
ter Hourt House, on the 9th November,
1884, (bcng sale day) the two tracts of
L;,nI and Negroes. ordered TO be sold in
above ease, viz:
One Tract containing one hundred acres,
more or less, bounded at present by Lands
OF r. Z Potts, William Potts, DIR. L. l.
Johnson aud the State line.
One tract cont iniug so ncres, more or
les. bounded by nds &c CD. Beckham aud
the above Tract, Dr. Johnson and the State
line. Also tho Negroes Rachel, John Elvi.
III and others. EaiucS not known.
TERMS-A credit of IL months, with
interest, bond aud good securities, aud IL
mortgage il required.
JAMES Ii. WITIIERSPO0N.
Cum Equity l.. ID
hct9, 1854, 81 ~ pi. 5 G2
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l---.I..s l..ls.s .arll..d 10 l,e and|
appear IT i1sncastersille. ON the last :satur.
day IN Qtteber. inst, at II o'clock, for Drill
ntd Inspertion. Punctiai attendance Is re-
qnircd as The inspecting officer will be pres
By order of CAPT. sECREsT.
J. I'll. Writ RsPoos, JR., O. 8.
Oct n, "a 81
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The Spartanburgh Express, and Char.
leston and the Fall Trade.

I'm his issue of 26th September, the edi-
tor of the Spartanburgh Express, for the
purpose we presume Of making capital out
of il, by securing The patronage of the mer-
camille community of Charleston. sees proper
to eriiicise our article written abnnt month
since, concerning Charleston and the Fall
Trade.
"Truth is powerful and will prcvniI," and
to secure patronage br stuffing soft solder"
down the thronts Of Charleston merchants,
is.snmething the most urgent need for mon
ey would not prompt us to do.
The gen raj character Of the mercantile
community Of Charleston is such, that we
do not believe such nrti6ccs will accomplish
any thing for our contemporary Of the Elk.
PRESS. In our two articles written on this
matter, we asserted facts-we can procure
the original invoices, and are not unwilling
TO abide bv the decision of any mercantile
house in Charleston Those may have been
isolated cases. we alluded to, we know not
but we never are ashamed or afraid to assert
truths.
] asst fail we complained of the high prices
of Hardware in Charleston. We can prove
that Hardware in Charleston is from 30 to
so per cent higher than in New York. A
merchant of this place, told us once, that a
relative Of his in (N. c., made his expences
10 n. Y. and oack, by the money saved in
purchasing hooks and stationery at the
North. Books and stationary are thirt, per
cent higher in Charleston. We speak from
experience, and we speak thus from desire
to see Charleston P:osper, but TO prosper,
she must offer the proper inducemo nts.--
Twenty months ago, We purchased bill of
books in Charleston for cash, since, We have
ordered from New York, and although we
had sixty days time, We could sell to Char
lesion booksellers at their ,ohoiesdie prices
and realise profit Of from 80 to so per
cent lfthc editor of the Express desires
| to see the original invoinces he can have
them. 1t il true we hive received consid-
erable patronage from Charleston merchants.
| but we would bc ashamed to look at our
own shadow, were to permit oursrlfto bc n
svcoph mt bribed editor Of n professed in
dependent Journal. We have before nsscr.
ted that it i. much e'sirr to purchase goods
in Charleston than in n. Y and if rs some
papers assert, Charleston merchants purch-
ase ut the same marts us Northern Mer
chants, by adding the expense OF insurance
freight &c. they should sell 1T the same pri-
| nj a IA
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Mechanics, Inventors and Manusac.
turer.
$50 In CASH PRIZES. $50

9)U in JASIl InlZEO. 500
VOi.U liz rEI al the . ScIEyTIFIc
AMERICAN commen"cd on th 10Th
Of September. IL is chirIly devoted tn he
.dranccmrnt of tl,c interest of McrIal is.
Inventors. NJ snptacturcrs aud Farmers and
is edited by mcn practically skilled in the
arts aud sci,nccs. l'robibly NO other jour
nal uf the same character il 40 cx iensiyci,
circulated. or 80 generally esteemed Tor iis
practical ability. Nearly all the Valuable
P,,tents which issue weekly from the Patent
O,iice are illustrated with Engraving., and
the claims of all the Patents are published
regularly in its columns ns they are issued.
thus making IL perfect Sciruliiic nnd Me-.
ch nicii EnrS clnpsdia of information upon
.hr subjects of Mechanical improvements,
Chemistry, Engineering aud the Sciences
generally. IL il published weekly 10 qnarto
form suitable for binding aud eacl, yoinue
contains Four Hundred and Sixteen Pages
If Reading Matter. Several Hundred En-
cravings. with full and complete Index
Its circulation on the last Volume exceeded
: 900 copies per week. and th. practical
receipts IN one volume are worth o. aBy.
{ mily much more than the subscription
p ic..
The following Cash Prizes are Offered by
the Publishers fR tie fortsrn largest ,ists
of subscribers sent in by the lat Of J.ni.
ary. 1855 :--Siu0 vi be given for th,.
rgest list S75 for the second &85 fbr
THE third !; $50 Ter the fourth $50 Tor the
fiflh; $45 for the sixth S40 for the
seventh ESQ tor the eighth ESQ for the
..n,h sih i.,s the t.n,h sab fee th.
sIrsenih. el5 for iho twelfth $IO for the
thirteenth aud e5 for the fo1rteeuth. The
c.sh will be paid To- the oider ut the suc.
ces,fnl compvtitor Immediately afier the LIST
of JaInlary, 1855.
TERMS: --One copy. one year, e2: one
copy, months, ti /; i've copies, six months,
~ ten copies, six nonths, &S ten copies,
,wclye months, SIS; fifteen copies twelve
months s!2; twenty copies, twelve months,
t5S 10 advance.
No number Of subscriptions above swen
" c.in be- taken nt lrss than 81 40 cich...-
Names can be- sent in at different times and
ffom different Post Offices.
Southern and Western money taken for
subscriptions.
Lctisrs slonId be directed, post paid, 70
dUss T. 60. I38 Fulton.str.es, ,N. Y. y
Messrs. Mann a. Co. arr extensively en-
gagged in piecuring patents for new inyen-
tl'ns. and will sdyise inventors, wi.hoat
charge, 10 rgnrd 10 the novelty Of their ,m.
pf,pemrBts. N
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sV- There We're eight deaths from vel.
low fever in Charleston on the 5th inst.
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s9- Mr.. VIM. Fl. THOMAS has disposed
If the Greenrille Mouataineer to Mr.. J.
r. GossETr, the fo mer proprietor. Col
Towns will continue 10 edit The Paper.
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N " shop.

- -: !ss s.s bake, ffessare In ananun.
S'nK 70 his ifirnds. and the public generally,
tnat he has opened n shop one door North
oI Coi.H X. Price's blacksmith shop, where
he y prepared TO do all kinds of Carriage
AM Wagon work, In neat and substantial
manner. M B.F FtNCAER
Lancaster C. IL, Oct 1, 20 3m
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d by p. II. COHEN & CO.,
90 IIayne st.. Charl, ,eston, s G..
"A Thing Of B,a Ity is Joy Forever 4"

"A Thing Of Beatty is Joy Forever"
Why viii pcop'" endure pImpl,s Oh he
human farc divine ar eruptions of any
kind, when IL is u fact 80 well known, that
DR.. GRysoa's YeiL,Io Duck and !SurSapdriHa
cleanscs ti'e skin from all inrpurity, rcmov-
ing Pimplcs, Sores, and B!otches, leaving
the affected parts as healthy, sm"oth and
s"it 49, Ihe flesh of babc Ii Is really
PRICELESS To all that Wish the rosy beauty OF
childhood.
II cLascs nll sores and poisonous wounds
TO discharge all infested matter, and eradi.
cafes every impurity from the system.
IL d"cs its work mildly, bu, cllrc.uaiiy,
giving conscious beauty and booming
l'e.,lth In the place of ugliness aud soul.
sickening disease.
Ley See advertisement.
Sold By
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sA Cotton in Charleston rang.s from
7 to 81 cents--in Columbia from st to 81
cents.
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LANCASTERV.LLE, SC.
WEDNESDAY. OCT. II, 1854.
Agents for the Lancaster Led ,er
Terms of the Ledger.
currency.

Cash in advance ..lways. M paper will
be stopped until paid for unless We choose to-
We have fine assortment of job Tvce, and
are prepared to do an kind Of Job Work.
with neatness and despatch.
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FoR Gs,vEnsos.- writer IN the New.
berry Sentinel proposes Armistead Buri,
ESQ, for our next Governor
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] keep constantly on hand fresh supply
Of y the nost popular Family Medicines,
which may be depended on NJ genuine. and
which are sold on the usual terms for cA>H.
os on time TO p1netual customers Being
too numerous to fnentios 10 dstail--seBd
your orders for what you wish, to
n. J. DxHAY.
Camden. Oct. 4, 1854 "a n
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GRAHAa's Mac AzIyE.

GRAHAa's MAGAZINE.
the October number is well filed. The
engra,ings ARE handsome, and th: con tribu.
tions nre well written.
Grtham's Magazine is not inferior to any
Other in America.
Those eyccIicnlent Agricultural period-
Gals the Farmer and PlaRer, and Soil of The
South, for October, have been received
Tine Trn'ers OF the south, Tor their own hem
eht, should pa,ronize these Journals.
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TnE LADIES WEEATH for October.
Is very COON numbcr"M. gna Charia L..
land is II strkingly handsome Plate There
is more variety in this number than usual.
Terms 81 per year
BURDICK g. ScovILLE.
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Those marked thus ~ have been elect,
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EDITORS TABLE.

BLACKwouD's MNGAxINE.
We have received the September number
OF Scrtt's re- pub icatlon of this mon;hlv.
which embraces tho following list of con
tents:
The Holy Land BeIlcrophon The Com.
ing Fortunes of our Colonies in the Pacific:
Sprcnlaiions among the Stars Mrs Stoves
SAMMY Memories; The ''rysiLl Palace; The
Secrci Of Stoke Manor-part w; Ih,.
Spanish Revelation.
Price s3-Thr four R.views anil BlacI
wood for $40; Blackwooi and any one ni
the Reviews for 81: The Ledger and
BlacfwOod for si-PubIi~hed by
I.EoSARp, ScoTT g. CO.,
The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-01-29

10 That never failing passenger
packet, the Gypsy, will be up this
morning, and returning from Lobdcll's
store this evening about sun down, will
afford the members Of tho Legislature,
an excellent opportunity to 60 down.
To which there can be no obsticle :;
for il is said that both Houses will
adjourn to-day, for the week. This is
commendable. Working, day after
day. at the laborious occupation of
making laws, is more than the peo-
pie have any right to ask, at the hands
of their Representatives.
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A Goob Eater daily food
Of Hannibal, the elephant at Herr
Dtiesbach's menagerie, now exhib.
iting at New York, consists Of four
hundred pounds Of hay and three
bushels Of oats. He WISHES this enor-
nous quantity Of provender down
his throat with four barrels Of water
Besides his regular tneals, he receives
candies, cakes and apples from the
visitors. lie is tie largest elephant
living, aud abu,t forty years old. lie
weighs eleven thousand pounds, is
eleven feet 10 height, and has two
tnsks, each five feet and half long
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VAN AMsUfoH WotNDEb. AT
the afternoon exhibition Of the mem
agerie yesterday, ono OF the lions
scratched Mr.. Van Arnbnrgh's hand
will, stroke Of his paw. The
wound is not likely TO interrupt tho
performances, although be suffers con-
siderable pain. Mr.. Van Amburgl,
thinks the stroke was given III play, as
the other paw was resting m1tionless
on his IVAN Aulburgl,'s) neck, without
any Indication Of anger.-Uellu.
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The Oxford University Commits
sioners 10 England recommend the
study Of Locke. Thcreupon DR.. Pu-
sey pronounces Locke to be zone Of
the shallowest writers who ever treated
of the human mind" and morrow or,
"the forerunner of infdelity.'
This is DR.. Pussy on Locke. Would
that the spirit of the great Philosopher
could revisit the glimpses of the
moon,' to weep, at his effeminate
effort to injure bis fair fame.
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- There are eleven daily news.
papers in The village Of San Francis
co. This is nit half as many as the
Capital If Louisiana can boast Of
population considered. We put 3D.
ton Rouge, against any other place on
the Globe for papers papers ably
edited popers ''as ore papers'--pa-
pers commanding respectable Influence
all over the nion-.prgftabie papers.
Notwithstanding The number, and the
weight Of the present ably conducted
city press, we hear Of another. II il
to be d Saffron coloted Wing in poll
ties, and threatens to shake the Young
American Democracy Of East Baton
Rouge, out of its boots. What bus be-
come Of the Southern Journal--the
Catholic Messepger--the Creole and
others that we're about to produce a re-
ligious Earthquake ?
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try-In Washington city an the Goth

ty-1n Washington city an the Goth
inst, it was stated confidently that
unless the British Government re-
considers the Clarendon dispatches,
Mr.. Clayton will introduce a bill in
the Senate, placing the military and
naval forces at the disposal Of the
President of the United States, with
the object of compelling England to
fulfill her treaty stipulations with re-
gard to Central America.
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1t Is reported by telegraph that
Cardinal Bedini sailed from New
York, on Sunday last, in the Steam
ship Pacific, for Liverpool A small
party Of unprincipaled fanatics--in
New Orleans---calling themselves
Republicans" are thus robbed Of the
exquisite felicity Of having q row over
him at least for the present
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The MISCONCEPTIONS. Bedini. the
Pope's Nuncio, who is now in Wash.
ington, was the bearer Of a letter frona
Plus TX to the President oftbe United
States, and also Of one from Cardinal
Antonelfi, Secretary Of State, to Mr.
Marcy. our Secretary Of State, attest
ing bis quality, and the complimentary
mission with which he il charged
The letters above mentioned were pre-
sented by N. Bedini Immediately ON
his arrival in July last. He is now in
Washington for the purpose Of paying
his respects to the President before
leaving The country.
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AN EXTENSIVE BuslNEss.-~-A cor
respondent Of the Boston Transcript
states that the Suffolk Bank employs
ffty-one clerks in counting and assert
ing bills Of the different banks Of the
New England States. These clerks
count on an average $4,000 in an
hour, and the total average amount at
the close Of each days business is about
$1,000, 900.
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IMPORTANT Pofsr.--Mr. O'Connor
Z. y. District Attorney in New York
has been instructed by the General
Government at Washington to make an
issue by which decision can be
finally had from the Supreme Court
Of the United States, upon the power
Of the State Courts to take parties out
Of the United States by writ Of ha~
heNs c0z.DMs.
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The report of the Commissioner of
Pensions shows that it will require
1866, $50 acres Of land TO satisfy the
warrants already issued under the act
Of March II, 1847, and 1921, 24O
acres to satisfy those that have already
been issued under the acts Of Septem-
Der rs, 1850, and March ~, 1852,
making an aggregate Of 25,397 800
acres,
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WHEsBls Ithur MAuRY Lieut..
Maory, Of The National Observatory,
in this city, has long Studded the eur.
rents Of the ocean, ind bis Wind and
Current Charts, based on actual OBJ
servation, have proved Of immense
benefit h mariners. Could he not
enlighten us as to the probable direes
ton taken by The ill-fated steamer
Sah Francisco 7 When Inst seen by
Captoin Stout Of the brig Napoleon on
the 25tli ult., she was in latitude BIZ
40 north, longitude 90 30 West, and
drifting fast TO the eastward .-- Baln-
mofe Times.
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A CORRESPONDENT Of the Glasgow
Free Press states fhat whilst Mr..
Sheridan Knowles is lesturing and
preaching with gfeat vehemenee
against Popery, his SOU Richard Brins-
ley Knowles, "a gentleman Of high
charaeture and great attainments,"
has become Roman Catholic.
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[rgln the House yesterday, Mr.
Hardesty of Cliuton, introduced Il bill,
asking mid from the state-of the ote
fifth allowed by tile constitution, to
the Baton Rouge and Clinton Plank
road company We are pleased to
see a move, on the part Of the Repre-
sentative from Felicaua, on this sub
jet, and it is to be hoped the bill will
pas4 The two parishes have never
asked any thing Of the State before,
and this would give and impetus to
trade, to The direct benefit Of the STIR.
rounding country.
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ii U- Professor Dimitry gave the
opening lecture at the Mechanics In
stitute Hall, New Orleans, during this
month. Dr. Bennett Dawler followed
ia = scientific lecture on Monday
'ght ...s
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Cen Mobiles. Arista's Minister Of
War. who IL will be remembered, es-
caped across The Rio HraDde, not
long since, when ON the way to the
Borders Of Mexico, where he was TO
be shot, lias arrived in Washington