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cA'So osrAst-A gentleman was yes
tsrday tsays an sxebsos.) required 10 psy
t43-hos aud eosts--in the Q. :. District
Court. He bad been sued By the Post OF
Zoe ssthorities for enclosing . letter in .
Newspaper, aud posting the same to . cores
pondent The gentls.sn appeared in court
and stated that the thing bad been done by
bis son, but without any intention TO dsfrsud
the revenue. The juds. disposed Of the case
"a above stated.-N D B.iLstsa,.
HuSo BIT a Mona man named Myers
va vestsply stabbed aud killed 1T Hsnpi.
bal, Ill, few days ago, by . desp.rado
named Adams The citizens Immediately
bled, seized Adams. aud strung him up
to the fret convenient tree, where be hung
until life was extinct
So-ru CARoL,SA LEGsLAruRE.-The
South Csrolius Legislature met at Colum'
bis On Monday week. Hon. Jas Chestnut
OF Ker,hau was elected Presiden, Of the
Senate, aud Hon. Jas Simmons, Of Charles
too, Speaker Of the louise.
CouNTrRFErIs WORTHLESS notes on the
Bank Of Wilmington y G. are 10 eirculs-
ton. The engraving Is said 60 be genuine
but the signatures are miserable eoupterfeits
They have been put of on Norfolk mer-
chants.
A PooR FrSD The fund Of s2O 600 lsf,
by the late Hon. John VI Niles. OF Conusc.
neut to be invested Tor she poor vf Hart.
lord, vas paid over to the authorities e that
city few days ago.
fS Dennis Tanner, aged so years, under
sentence Of death 10 Columbia county, N.
Y, has bsen scot TO the Psnite ntiasy for The
remainder Of his life
nrA Douglas paper is about to b. star.
ted At Norfolk, Va by S. T Sawyer.
|" Counterfeit elO notes on IN. North.
western Bank Of Virgin. are in circu alton
NJ Norfolk
hFThs Governor Of Kansas recommends
the passage 81 Law prohibiting the cireula.
ton of bank notes Of = ls.s denomira alton
than City dollars
HTGcn William Cu'lom Of Tennessee.
is suggested As candidate for clerk of the
next House Of Representatives,.
NJ Benjamin Bruce, Of Huntsville Mo
was murdered on sunday night, while SICK
III bed by Two Of hs slaves.
UTCol Marshall Parks, Of Norfolk b,,
been reelected President of the AlbemArle
aud Chesapeake Canal Company
I. 8 SENATORS Eir,rrn The So,,L
Carolina Leg stature on MONDAY, elected
Governor BrEgg for the long term aud n on
Thomas l. Cliugmou for the short term
|. : Senators from that State
DEATH or Az Ia CUNGRE,suav- Hon
Jouashsn Knight, an ex,.nember Of Con.
gress died in Washington county. Pa. on
Monday week last lie vas M euuip.nt
civil engineer, ald served the baltimore s.
Ohio abroad IN that capacity for con,id
cradle time. He was IL the 10Th wear Of
his age.
G%Col Stafford Ramey, ia candidate
to represent tho Louiouu Senatorial District
IN the next Senate Of Virginia
DErurT MARsTAL.-We understand that
John I Little Esq., formerly Of this place,
has received the appointment Of Deputy
Marshal Of the City of Chicago, Illinois-
INDIANA LEGISLATURE Ire ndiana Leei..
lature passed the joint resolution oftae Sen.
ate, BY vote Of 81 to45, declaring the elee-
too Of Senators Bright aud Fitch illegal.
uIcorstitutiopAl and void.
A Liberal Dosou j. II Brown. Esq.
Baptist lAyman OF Suuptsr county. Ala ,
contributes $4,000 per apoum for the edu.
cation Ct the. rising mipistry Of the Baptist.
church.
nBon Mr. Harris, Of Illinois. Demo.
cratic member Of Congress, died a, Chieae 90,
on the 9th ult
DoSNrlcN The president oftbe Christian
Association Of this city has received from
John A Washington, Esq nineteen canes.
cut from Mount Vernon aud designed for
the fair which will occur during Christina
week - BosfOA Trdu
nrThs U. q. steam frigates POwbatan
aud Minnesota left Shangbss for Japan, the
former on the 9Th Sept aud the latter on
the 18th.