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and criminal, will be brought up for adjustment,
with but little chance of getting through with 1T
ALL as the session will be necessarily shorter than
usual.
Judge Thomas A. Spence is again in good health.
The Quantico Hotel bought few days ago
by Mr.. James p. Scoggs who is charging and i'm
proving it.
A meeting of the slave holders of Somerset
county held at Princess Anne, on the 18th.
Col Leven WoolfUrd presided and Sydney S. Jones
was Secretary.
Mr.. James U. Dennis, j. W. Crisfield, j. Phe-
bus, John Sudler, and Dr. C. Dashell were appoin-
tea committee to select delegates to attend the
Shareholders Convention, to be held in Cambridge
on the Sd of November, and chose /. D. Jones, W.
II. Jones, j. W. Crisfcld, Jas. U. Dennis, DR.. c.
Dashicll, Col. L. Wooford, w. f. Jones' James +.
DGshiell, 5: W. Jones, L. 7. II. Irving, S. c. Long,
John Dennis. Col. A. NJ. Miles, W. j. Brittingham,
L. Ia. Waters, VIM. Daniel, r. w. Dorugherty,
DR.. w. II. Gale, 5. s. Jones, w. j. B. COston,
Robert Jones, ii. A. White, r. J. Waller, James
Ph@bgs, l.: Ballard, DR.. d. W. Jones, J. l.. Lank-
ford JAS w. Wilson, G. r. Ballard, Ware VAIN
wright Geo. W. Twilly, D.TW. stone, L Harris,
DR.. G. Hyland, H. f. l.. Morris, T. Sudler, DR.. q.
X. Dennis, J. S. Suder, w. s. Walker, Luther
Miles, John Curtis, Geo; Davy, j. Z. Sudlcr, DR..
r. r. Ballard, James Tilghman, j. r. Handy, J. J.
Bell, W. J. Handy, JAS Dryden, S. S. Coston, A.
). Dashie, S. A. Graham, w. ). Parsons, DR.. G.
Humphreys, Purnell Toadvine, DR.. T. J. D. Jones,
". H. Harrington, Dr. S. Ker, J. j. Dashell, DR..
C. T. Rider, Dr.. j. W. Tayler, J. B. Tayer, D..
Dashicll l.. Phillips.
According to the proposed railroad route, the
Wicomico will be crossed near Todd's steam mill at
Salisbury.
From MExIco.-We this morning received file
OF the Vera Cruz Progreso to the Sd instant.
We find in it decree of the constitutional gov
ernment, prOrogung to the end of the year the per-
mission to introduce foreign soap, rice, lard and
corn, under the decree ofthe 5th of April last.
a Sr. ID. Faustino Suarez had been arrested on
his arrival in the steamer Mexico from Havana
number +O
the Luoaguista General Cobas, and to a number of
priests, &c, recommending him an adventurous
spanish soldier worthy OF their patronage in the
struggle against the constitutionasts. A Sr. Ra-
mon Pcllon, OF Vera Cruz, to whom some of the
letters were addressed, was discovered by them to
be of the wrong stripe, and is held up by the Pro-
gresO in no t1attering light.
A force of 300 of the Zuloagustas with two field
pieces, had been routed ignominiously by handful
of Constitutionalists, between Soledad and CANA
ron, on the 9th ult.
Long particulars are given in the Progreso of
the "a inst. OF conspiracy discovered in the city
OF Mexico against the ZulOaguistas, and in which
large deposit OF arms found, and a list of all
persons who had been devoted to assassination,
with arrangements to start four large fires about
the city to distract attention while they pro-
secuted their designs.
The papers before us contain nothing so late in
reference to the movements of the great bodies of
the. .Constitutionasts and the ZuHoagustas as we
have already published.-N. o. Pic, 2lst.
SENATOR FETCH AND HIS CoMPANIoYs. Il notice an
article IN your paper of the Sth instant, headed
"Another Insult to the American Flag" which re-
ates 4 reported attack upon Senator Fitch and his
hunting party.
Having been one of the party wish to correct
your information. The only foundation for the re-
port upon which the article was based consists in
the fact that five Indians, all very drunk seized an
occasion when the hunters were several miles in
advance OF the teams pursuing antelope, to tempo
rarlly stop the teams and break three guns which
they found in one of the wagons. On the return
OF the hunting party they made maudlin apology
the purport of which was that when they stopped
the teams guide and interpreter nointed a run
at one of them.
After this "tak' they left, offering no further
opposition to our progress. We did not go to Fort
Abercromble, nor communicate with it, nor deviate
from the route we were pursuing when they stopped
the teams. The whiskey with which these Indians
had made themselves drunk was furnished them by
an annuity Indian of the Lower Sioux, well known
to two OF our party.
Although, have stated the only violence offered
our party, we saw and heard quite sufficient to
satisfy any one of the hostile disposition of the
lanctOns-a disposition which will vet cost frontier
settlers dearly, unless government is the qua oire
to protect them.
Respectfully, yours, AC
-H. Pom Pioneer and Democro
VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL CoLLEGE.-A correspond
ent of the Richmond Enquirer makes the follow
ing proposition and offer for the erection of Ag
ricutural College in the vicinity of the Unversi-
tv of Virginia:
As a beginning, large house, formerly erected
for hotel, together with lot Of four acres ap-
pertaining to the same and all within a few hundred
yards of the University, the lot and house valued
at ten thousand dollars at least. and the building
readily susceptible, by slight alterations and i'm
pr0vements, of being fitted up as a residence for
Professor, with the necessary lecture rooms, and an
ample chemical laboratory in the basement; this
property will be given in fee simple for the
uses of the College, and twenty thousand dol
lars OF the University six per cent. bonds
will also be given as an endowment Of a
Protessorship "f Agri""lt%"n in the new
College; upon condition, however, that the
Farmers of the State Of NrGi.;airr' oariior from
this date contribute ilfty thousand dollars to the
funds of the College; twenty thousand dollars of
| which shall be invested as the endowment Of 4
second ProIcssorshp, and the remaining thirty
thousand dollars to be expended in buildng to the
purchase of library. apparatus and other necessa-
ry outfit for the College; and provided further
that an act OF incorporation shall be obtained at
the next session OF the Legislature for the proposed
COLLEGE, to be located as above indicated. with a
selfperpctuatory board of trustees, is the of
other Colleges. The first board to be elected and
appointed by the contributors to the funds of the
College The Corporation to have the right to
hold property to the amount of $500 900, in build
ings lands, vested funds, library, apparatus, &c.
DR.. Joel Y. Shelley, of Hereford township, Berks
county, Pa, has sent to the editor of the Mont
gomery county Neuralist, a sample of very hand
some white sewing silk, which was raised this
summer upon his farm, and spun by the females
of his family, amounting altogether to about two
pounds. The doctor writes
81 have on my farm several small white Italian
mulberry trees of the right sort for feeding silk
worms with which commenced this experiment;
and have also a small hand-machine for reeing the
silk off the cocoOns, and spinning it into sewing
silk, ofwhich send you sample. 1t is the natural
color of the silk but may be easily dyed any desirable
color. Every family in the country with little
| trouble raise as handsome silk, and in sufficient
! inv fprtb
! or two small boys girls can easily do the neces-
sary work. which must be attended to in the spring,
so long as the slk-worm lives"
DEpopULArIox OF NEBRASKA AND Iowa BY THE
| GOLD FEvER.-The Herald, published at Pacific
| CITY, near the mouth of the Big Platte, says:
| 'Uness we can manage to throw cold water on
! it, or cool it down by some other process, this
epidemic will sweep off many of our friends be-
fore Spring that shall be compelled to stop the
paper for the want off readers. Since our last issue
! six OK teams have left this city and Plattsmouth,
carving off some of our most enterprising citizens
| Companies have already started from Crescent
| City, Omaha, Council Bluffs, Nebraska City,
| Brownsville and many other points. How many are
preparing to leave soon, it is impossible to deter
| mine, as nearly every meet is more or less
troubled with this yellow fever
at is reported that two trains of Majors and Rus
SELL from Nebraska City, with army supplies, have
been entirely desertcd-all hands striking for the
gold field. Also, that all the spare men from Fort
| Laramie have gone there.
The Banner Of User says of the Irish potato crop:
! We have had communications from the most intelli-
gent farmers in Providence relative to the potato
crop. In some cases it is said that One-third of
the whole Weld is more less diseased; in other
instances the DESTROYER has seized about one-sixth
and in more favored localities the total effects of
the disease have not extended to more than
tenth of the aggregate. 1t must not be forgotten
that evident signs Of the disease being in OF
diving out are to be seen in the potato lands. The
disease is this wear much less viruent than it was
in the early seasons of its existence and the sound
portions of the crop of quality at least equal
to the finest grown in the days which preceded
the advent of the potato rot
correspondent of the Yevay lind. RcveiHe,
writing from Carroll county, Ky, states that few
davs since party of men were raising a log build
ing; one of the company young man named Thos.
E. Searcey, suddenly left his work, and seizing an
axe cut several severe gashes the top of his
head. An attempt being made to wrest the weapon
from him, he brandished it in the air threatening
| to kill any one who approached him. He then laid
his neck upon a log and was about to chop his own
head off, when his companions managed, after a
desperate struggle, to secure him. Searcey is de-
! scrbcd being intelligent, upright man, and
had never before given evidence ofbeing insane.
! MARQUETTE AND OSroNAGoN RAILwAY.-The Onta-
| nagOn Miner says: 1t may sound strange to our
readers to hear the project of a railroad between
| this place and Marquette spoken of probable in
! these trOubous times, and yet have no doubt
but this railway will be put under contract early
| in the coming spring. Such we learn are the pre-
sent intentions of the company, and their party of
surveyors which left here last Monday for a re-sur-
vcv and permanent location of the route from here
| to LAnse Bay, seems to leave doubt as to their
of A. W. Wildes, Esq, chief engineer, and Mr.. Z.
| Emerson