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fisgegg"gggg"gyy|""*t*F"q*'"i*9?M,i"5g b RAIL RO A D JtBE TIJS' 0&? ~y. ? . g?s : From the Colombia. Telescope. ' LQUfSVILLE, ClSVlfirXJTtf JUtl) CBJRLE& M TOS RAIL RO.IJJ. ' * The Aclincorporatin* a company for ^ t??c construction of a;. Rail * It.>.?<!; froni ^ Charleston to Cincinnati! ami Louisfiiic t on tne Oliio rirer, having become a tawirt the .Slate* N..rlh and South Carnftr;., T? n- * . lichee and Kentucky, the Vimmifsumtr* (| apj?oinic<i by the Legislature of this Suu-Kj to rauw the neceisarv ??urveys to be umdo f tmet in Columbia on Friday last, the insL The following natnu.I gentium, nj compose this commissiou, all oi tvhnro 1 frere present. . ^ (Jen- ilayne Cbauman^ s C I- Bl??n<l?n/. c r 'O-i. Tm 1? Jones, ; 1 lltvr. P. Nob e, ~ Dr. Th??. Smith, j CIn*. Edmonds ton* Esq. The Board adjourned on Saturday, nf- ^ ter making all the preliminary arrangements for entering immediately upoji the J necessary explorations and surreys*- ^ Col James (Ja-'sdrti ores onttinimously ?j appointed Ckirf Engineer; an1 witff the , assistance of the following officers,, (who ^ have been ordered on this doty t?y thr ^ Secretary of War) it is eapeeted will en- ^ ter immediately upon the elplorat.uti of ^ till.the passes through the motmt&t&s, vis: CapL Williams, t 4 P Lieut. Dray on, Lietm White* of therll: 8. Army. tfnd Mr. Fcaiherstonehaitgh. a. Citr En^l* ' j nrer io the intice of ti?r Gu*rnraient->o II ^ of them adrauiagcoutly kn.iwn to thtr public. la addition to if.esc officers, it i3 understood thai effort* will be roadeby the Board to obtain the serf ice of Col. 8r?* baae, now ia eomraaod of ? Rc^iornt ii. 1 Florida* and CapL Ilu^cr and Lleui. Coj- 1 cock* of the army?officers whoso s^al ' aod abilities eminently qualify them f?-r ' \ r Ihe trork. " . - ' - * j * * - It ? expected that these offic?;ri will be ( able to make such progr^ssiu the sym-y, as to enable the Commissioners to lay be- 1 fare the Convention. to be assembled at j Knoxrtlie, on the 4th of July next* aati?faetory ioformation ?? to the difficulties ' to be encooiitcrrti ut the several mountain . ranges which traverse the propositi male; as well as the means oftnruiouuting them, f ?It is expected, that in sun ying thermite . through the Stale of Yetuteah* e, AoWtaut Kngitieers may be furnished- by lire * _i .'IJiiard of Internai Iraprot'fc.nmts .if ' State* the Lcghdalnre of whichjias, -sc understand, pledged the State j ooxm.it of srt*n k.mnbtd anl th<nnaift\' C.. ik* iii* |h^ fttu.t. i la Kmiucky, ?ls?S it:2egf?*?ntd that U?r^ :Cdffltmtfi,mei? iriii br-ftidcd {it maki'ij; t the surrey*, as a f>r ?j?os*tr?n /or a liberal ( appropriation fr i?ui ol.JrCV *r?? U.fr n the Ken tec hi* Legiitaisre, when Ja-t heard firjm. Ii?w?s also prop ??! in th*\ r bodf to appropriate out ailUom. do liars t??. I ^ vinlt the work, trith, as we are iufurmrd. 3 ft fair prospeet??| m.crc>?. : (ieb. fSayne, aa Chaivnian of the B<?aril. ml as agent of the . State under the ftp- , pmitUnem of the Governor*. trills we arc ' informed, hare fhe general attpCfiiMch- ^ dcncc of the operation*, dlrtng i/?e tctfw ; of the Board, tud fur that puipoM* will ( consult and arrange with iw> engineer* ( the course of proceeding. j In the appointment of CVh (pjdtAta ! ? ] thy important ollice of Chief Engineer. , there is every reason to believe thai " ' gentleman has In-en selected whose tilstinguiahed talent* and high chirwwr wit * command public confidence in an eminent 9 tlrurec. Thia reuitetDAo (who is wttl 1 kn ?wo throughout the V etera S.aW*) i is a native of South Carolina, and a graodton of the venerable Gen. G*<tf<len, of rev* ylutionitr/ memory. lie waa f?>r many ye ire an officer in the c?rp? of IT. S. Htl 5Liter*, fie vaa present i.i that capacii) bring the .Vw Orleans campaign, aod served also as a Aid dc camp to (l?a Jtek* son* ile was grrally distinguished for his gallantry aod railitsry utlcnts, ts.wetii ?? < his nkil! as an engiecrr, ??d **? houora- ' bly mentioned in the official reports *n !J4 commander. So highly were his ul< ut* i ami character estimated' by the Govern menu lit it on the rcignatt* ? "f Oei? Ber- , nsr-l he was appoiut-.l tosti'retd him a*> Chief Engineer and head iif Bum? i? Washington, charged with the aiWnHtende>'-cc of all the scientific survey* made <im Ur !?<?. nf tint Mr?, nenart/nout; which Mi?u?n he filled ui Til lhnne* wt* jfanizilloii, b\ * . lucia thai i.ffire *? * abolished. Col. (ia>l?drit w?m aUo at ih? head trf liuf Hoard employnl bj (b^ L'bi."lr*u,n ! and Columlna CQinniiltcts in & i?e,iib*rj and Dtfccmbdr U*i to explore the possC-l*i through the Ailc^iifiy and Cum her hut.'; mountain*; on which suhjre' he msdr lirj in CdujtiDeliou with his r^IWdM, (Col- > liriih.me and Mr. Holme*) n report, w hirh j we understand gires ample testimony ofj Lis scientific attainments, sound jodc-' incnl,and practical knowledge. The rai-:, iiahlr* infnruiaiion which i: affords will b* j of i^rcti service in making the. ?urve\?l now t?? becommenced. Om the whole, it! is believed that a ^mIpihpii 6?t>fr qml). fie.I l??r the ofliee could not have been <>btsineil in the L ulled K|au?, and \w trual that his valuable acrvuca may be secure! to lii? native &lite. The Other gentlemen named (vtib ihe; exception of the civil engineer) are nUn, we aje informed, natives of "South Cur ?i?. na, and are all young officers of high pro. promise. who we arc sure will enter nno.. Ifteir task with a seal worthy of the gr? at work in which ihe^ ore to be engaged.! It may ire!! be a subject of honorable am iliou for,aoy raun, to connect hp< name this noble cnt?*rpriie. With Mr ^ealherstonehaugh we hire no personal ?qui?11 iapcbut if he.b* (hp gcntlr-men if that nnine Wlio na*?b?en < ? farflg before !ie public, he is mueb nil aertedly di* inguishcd fur his wi'Mifir atlafnmPnK ' is an eminent rnin-rdlogiii, nor inooi:ains w ill < fiord hue a fla^ freld ftr his r crrchcr. , IT * A -V - s We uadersUBil that after maknig all the ? t-cessary arrangements for the pruscciriun ot tbe the. Commissioners ??i>uirr) ;o assembled again at Plat Rock, l?thclh):h of June next, with a ri?-w here to n:?ei. their Engineers, and proisrea report..to be laiJ.before the Knoxdie Conreftlioo on thn 4ih of jnly. ' Prior ta the arijmicnmeot of the Board.' aA. .landino ) .i<1 before them a in *3 of aiutbie information on the subject of the r.iposed Rati Road. e.?pec*.aliy in connee khi With bo resouruca of the e* cumve re ;toa wnh which a will upon eomuioinoadon ?which w? deemed by the ifcyird of ?uoB nipurt itice a* :o induce (hem In rMjueal 'bat le would prepare * R. port on tbnie Mibjeet*, '? Im? puiiltoht d (or general . mfortiwunii. Phi document wiH iml only he taloabte^br La ataiutical iofaruTalioU bat will aL? C 'c >race?. a satisfactory explaoiii*n<4 (be *?'riru? a>iM.'ndti)oai? *bicU were made to (he Charter by the Legislator* of Kentucky, t?.?rt of which, in i he opiaton of Obi ?. nil tend to-promote the pr^eai joT tboj rork, and catnnd usefulness f We annex hereto an Adorkss to the peo-' do of thi? Suic, mruuur U?eo? to appmut >d*ga*r? to reprejcm^& ih bt fhr"Kno*rilfe j JontentxKi. to winch wo would earnestly ? n31 public atleutkm. - | ---... AnDRESS. The on'inf!?ijnc*l, in ok'dinncn to the di-i rcuou 41 .he Cufttsu?9toyrm, tr.?old bintu j ho ftneqtfcM of. hi* feilott cBi2*o* 10 lite ftibjeci of the Rail, Rmai> -Comti> ri<i.v, which wfo be hdd at K.oxulie, to the Staic d Tome**?,, ov^rnti 4th-or July .\Err. %XlhJ object'of that Convection is, to bring | ogether, by their Delegate*. the people of j utlbb States directly mtercMot in the pro- j Rail Ko?d, which ?to ejrtrnd from 1 Jhtrlotoq to the Ohio R irer It i* rery do- I arable tint Sooth * Carolina eh-mfd be fully iod 4Wy represented in -that Confection ? So ^twtc call bitrc a Secprr interest in the m>p<*eJ florid It u mir certain tint .Ohio. fewte^tr, K> nlncky, North CviiiuiJ, and ; 3eurg?t, wdl^hd to tna CouTciitioa, many H iheir*tW??s nv;?. deep*) in.crc-??cd ipzf.c ni ce-? "f the work; and it i* evpeted, that b" mc4?ur??, to be I hero adopted, oi.J exert, i comrolfitij it,f!-:cncc up-wi lite an cri4ku)/.i xj ttjifprr{u'u these measure* should be ran* 4pr<Hj ui a iisio.n. and be guided by a spirit if onciluwa iOti har-uooy ~?t js of the a-t import inee, th it ample tnlbr:n*?i au should m? ?j?r ?d b f tie the CourMH w. in relation i i!k> rcj-rucw and character of.thn w h<4e xjuntiy, through cinch tfw proposed tioad nxjf ptu. .With tljcse finm the cmzrns of -v?n?h t'axtffu* are earnestly nsju^twl to as MHhv'sr rcaprciirc <Ji*irtcu, tod Appoint Delegate* to the lx'u}%\ iifr Ow-tuikm. Tiw mj^oj vide. amJ jtoporonce of he propjecd work,. oa; ?uJy to our <mu iuic, Uot ?o ?ortfb^>Ktulr/;*Wdi?to?ff?e tt?30*ttb errpF patriotic cnts**n the high iuij of ?uiTrriitg bo f*fUo^i of Uctf lulerati or sccuoovi je4iou.?w; hi find a f?U^e in ite iwb?rtJlo b?* oduptrd, in relation to ill* pubic ettlcrprir*. iiel Delegate* be cc'.cd Iro-n arooug tlio*? bmn iinormmi oil ihe ui'ijuct ol the prod aw kxw, tbo coo of lain* aad uut ful*, and other ftctlittc* for ihe *rj*p*c m JA tf* proposed Road, and let both carry tntbfiiaiion on til oi t^eae pCWM.^tlfifjjpHl ?ul* b? I boar bey reprcorut. to oae tneir b**t eff-n* to irumote <h?* ^rand oNw, ' auccrtr ??f abtcb ?dl b* on enduring nxviuuieni of the :sdom and and pitnntiam of our people. KOiEKT V. HAYNE. * Cham*"** Jcc ' Colombia 8 C M/A J/ur.A, IS30 FRAUIW 1N PACK!NO CMTWN. Iq our paper dia itut. ?e poblbtufd a cir-?j ? ' * * i ..-..-ij clmntli.'r i\t (ylifv MHii: MU3II flu Mlfl i fWVM V?tH'i?w -ff ?? ? mere**, reap -C1 uig the fraudulent pa* king of U4iuo. A friend lu? called oar atuv?ti?<i to the iolioaing act. pained lay the Lugidatarc >4 im? State u? 1M23, in relation to thu j?u'> ject, -md inform* u* Ulat *u?cr tta postage, Ibctni ha* boeo reinrdt<ti( a* far a* tin* Statu n concerned. It i? to be hoped that a vtmtf.ir la 4 will be puaed in utner cotton growitti; Sutea; tod a rtftct enforcement **iU pot a atop to the dtpgrftctfnl practice. AN ACT to mfiici c rpord puuwhmcnt on such p*T*m* as may hereafter bo e??ur<olet! or I fraudulently packing cotton, and Utr other purj>os?'3 ;hcrviii incutinned. SA hcrea* great injur) ha?, and may hereafter happqp, to advantage aim cuolu -c-tx of the pi to uig internal ol tin* State, a* well a? th<? roputatMti thereof abroad, l?? grenly ?ffo?*t'*d '?> the fra idwicnt of packing cotton: For rc'irc?iy whereof, Sec 1. oe tt enacted by the Honorable ilic Seiuio And House oi KeprucentMlit**, no* met iuid jii ting tu General Assembly, dod by thu autlhirii) of the Mniv, That thmi mid imiii' diuLuiy after ttie fust da of M .rcli u x , it an) pr?*?oii or p n?>ih whtxoMr *tr, shdl !>c coimcteJ in court o. ? *hiiu* o< ihw foaie, ol knowingly ami utlfuil) packn?jf <) put nig iut" a()f bag, b.lc or halo ol col toil, in J atone, wool, traah cotton, cotton j*?ed, or any nutter or thing wb* *jcur, 01 c using thn same to bu drue, to tlw p iricisi o; lutent of cheating or defrauding any p?^ son or ptrauii* wh??au?irrorf in the m?i- ol such cot on, or shall etbibit or ofler f*?r salr | any lug, bale, or balea of cotton an fr nidiaIcntlv packed, the said peraon or persons, ai : the tunc of the said exhihit or ofTur for salu, knowing the nnr to beso fraudulent!* pack* e<l, shall, on cpnviciion thereof, as aforesaid,' for the tirs: oflwwe, he sentenced to pay tendollar!", cud to be iruprwoiie*) f?r a term of Ail mor :hae!iu nxittih^ tuid ooft. ??? than; /*? . |Ti ?* ?*?/-; - - " '?0p mouth. , flee. % \ud be it further en icted by the autho-t'7 af?rr-aid, That if any persob of : pCr^;ii5 if h.>insH'wr, shall a second time be, cqiiTicfed*:in any court of aess ons as afore-J *3?d,*of ira'ululeii ly packing any bag,bale or? paletot .}Qi:on, or exuiotiiiig or omTingthe tuuie lor sale, as before specified and described in urn ^1. be, *bc or they sh^lf for ? ch second offence, and ev^fy other there alter, he-se ieticed t rccrire not mure thin twenty Iwhiv, nor less linn fire lashes on j tin* b^rh ba l^au'd he further liable to all the! dlsiUiiiies wluctv by common law or.itfher- i www*, m il uoo be tinjiosed on such as-hare J suffered corporal ptiuialiiiwni. /(n tlie Senate tlouse, the twenty-first day of iieceii?'?er, in |li?* Year of our liOrd v one thousand eig.ithundred and iwnntyiwn, .md- iji the forty-screiith year of y Uie tod-'peiidence of the United Stales r- of America., .JATOBJlONn r >Nj : I ^rn-sjji'jrtDf ihf S n itli j Pifal .K N.)B E. j Sorjker nf tW Uim? of ^tfprauiiuim r . . ? . FIUUUS IS FACIviNG COTTO.V. Tpe ftdiowuig iuUrcftting proceedings* hare been communicated fog, publication in.the Courier. Ala General Meeting.of ih Lirerponl] American Chamber ?rf Commerce, field ' JJ7ih of November, I SUo, for the purpose I of taking iuto cousi !en?U?m and adopting ( the most ?rfP rlual mea*ure? for the pre- j rruiiuu of frauds in the packing of Cot-! ton iu the United Siatc*?T. I). Barclay. | Ka:|. President, in the Chair: A memorial .v s rrjil ir tin the Ajtsneiaiio&.of Cotton Br >k< rs, entering into .detail of the grievance* complained of: It vras ILutlvtd, That the same be printed and appended ?o the present proceedings. It wasa'so/taa/eu/, Thitit bo respectfolly submitted to tin factors and merchants at the shipping ports, to consider the expediency ?f applying to the Legislatures of j their respective States f?>r tli?: eoactiornt of law*. to make it iiopTattre on each plautc: to have his name and residence rrr.ifi or stamped 011 each package; the clTt cl t>( 4'hicli'Would he to stimulate htm to iUCteXHcd care in the packing <?f In a Cot ?n. >.? that bis reputation might be established and preserved; and a'hoftbt those having no claims to redre*a might ? ?- 1:1.. ... l?e rrnnino inure rcuuu| >w them. it further suggested, thai in thr mean while the planters ?h<*i?l?! be rcque*led hinurii/ to sfOt their names on the package, it heing the opinion of thia. meeting, lit -a t C?>tt.?o so oi-oingtnshr i w ?ul.i command a preference ju the suit* in this 'marker. *. It eras, also observed, that as the fratids are n.?i genrral'v dl*c m-rrd until tin Cotton is opened ?i the factories, fr<un whence thr ilamai??*d pert, or the whole j package, is returned to the importer will;. expenses, hv i* frequently 'tiled upou to nay looses Jung after bis accounts have bred settled with the shippers or owners of the Cotton: who again have in such cases it % still more remote period to -<*k for retires* from the factors ur planter*. .. | Rtsobtd, Thst these resolutions br, signet] by the Prraiiirnt, aud primed, end thai the member* of this Association br desired to transmit them to ih* ?r eurres-1 pomJenis is the United duu-t, with a re-1 q tics' that Uter will adopt such roeasnrrs; as may appear to ilietn most likely to accomplish the object in question. (Signed) t T. B. BARCLAY, President. | ?Wr<*? Broker? .isovioitox, ) I ' Loiowl, .V'/rmnbrf tub, J U tk? .imorumm Chamber a/ Comment-? UctiUriiim: We.the undersigned mem? be^t ?>f the Cotton On?k?r?* AtMiriiiion, brg Irarr to call the mention of the American Chamber nf Comno ret- to a subject of cofiftidrrahle impo* tatter |> the Colt n Trait in general; bat particularly to tb.it jMirt of it cunnrrirt! xriii* the sale and tin . p?iri of Cotton from the I'niied States r?7. the frautlulcnl practices in the packing ??) Cotton. } Tbis specie* of fraud han fong been the a 'Urce of much nconvettteuen *?i??l rexati >tt to all concerned in (lie Cotton hu?inc.i-; but whether from th.? infrequent:) Jof tii occasion*, triten distributed amongst ?o many, .or from the sinailne** of tin* l'ia? in the acalc of Mercantile transaction*, ' n i -iiitaaorna have bit' *rt* b? eu t>k n to l r?n?j in progr*-**. Pnr tff?'*ani<* reasons, to ohuh may be aduccd the ?litBculiy of 'I burning redress., tlin claim* arising ; 'r on tin* carter are frequently don anded timr as m matter of four, and oft n ire altogether abandoned, and if allotted on ' this side of the water, are kohlori>(aig tre unlerslan.!) aticressfully prosecuted agutnst . the i^rtb a on the other. This impunity. 1 at might hi,vc hern expected, haa ope i '" led at a direct fnt ouragctncnt to such lAJioneHt practices, tt inch commencing it. i . r ?n,l nf introdct'k'y *cei!s, "nniuc ic?*u ! ??-,-''- If. stones, and sand into the f ihi bale, ha'e nl Irn^tli extended to o i wholfHlf and systematic plan ??f decrp' ii?n and plunder by means of "lain porting." The ordinary mode of effecting ibis is, ' hy * plating or thin .layer of good Cotton ' on the two aides of the hale usually sain' piftl, the inside being wholly Ci.mpoaed 1 of inferior quality. In ionic cases h.?we, 'er the outer layer consists pf a quality differing only a fetr degree* from thot in ' tho inside, wliicli is again packed in layers i ol various qualities, but all ?M them I worse than ibe outeider the obviofts^r i ten lion of which being i ore ud cr the fraud hihre secure by adding u> the difficulty \ ami oncerUuntynf detection* ..Th?. jpi... < jierietice of tbe preaetft yewr furnish' ? * I abundant proof of tilt increase -<of 111is j practice. Il ia not 00# Hi f innerly cmfilled to *0 occasional bale or two, but it 4 is extended tb whole . parcels df^'one 01" 1 two bnndrcd bales in a ioti and when it is 1 - * * - r tfir 1. " ^ I..., 1 considered thai me einrniiw uvtwmni tiie real and apparent vaiue of the Cotton j may be three; or four pounds' sterling a bale, some idea may be formed of the magnitude and dangerous consequences of - tbofaud; Having now brought t\e subject under the nonce of those who are the most i deeply interested, as wc concern d it to be wurduty to do, we leave i: to their wisdom and experience to provide a remedy. Amongst other niotires for our interference * t'tc desire we fee* to preserve unimpaired the coufideuce which has < b elufore subsisted bi-tween the buyer slid me seller, to maintain hat character for honor and fair dealing which has ever been lira pride ami boast of the Cotton1 Trade. A - rh?lrabti-?y. Turner & Ca rl?\ Kason A Oarrr. John Walker, Allies liarton, Dani. liuciunao do 8on, John 13. 3wiih, dames, II ?well, Haigh & Frsnccye, J.-A tiodgkinsou, Molynetux, Taylor, A Co. fcarnuei >iihojM>n, T. .A 11 -. Litiicdalc & Co. John WrigteyA ivons, <Wh:iaker, itaihbone A Co. Hwlimshcad A ?ctley, iiioi&a* Tailerssll At Co. Jet-, druthers . & Latham, KicharJ Ba'.cson 6c Son*; liixi^on Jl It\Jey, (jlntislone & Serjeant* M>n( Pne^tlvy (inlfilh 4 C<>xt Burii&uan ik Browne. Reynold* 4c Uibs.>a, William1 Farr-ir, Joseph R??hi'?'?M.Lvrart, My err tk, Co. Robert Mason, (iiO &'9} crs* Colin t.'am^bt li ik. Son, Isaac Cooke & .>on? l?aar WurtSiiugtuii, iiate??n 6c iiursfjli. John Kcardcy 6c Sun, Anthony Swain* tun. (ieorgr Unit & Co. W ilium Bower u Suo^ U. (5. C:<?*uorth, Sievensoa oc Martin. C??nic, ilusou & Co. A. Oiij',1 tcrsoii 6l Co. K. E. iUvile, Haywoo?t & Uidjjway, Thomas Sinldua. Aichuiw Waieihou<e 4c Hons, Jones, Maun 6c Fu*Ur, William h< rBimv, Dutch Woiu 4c Marsdcn, Thomas tiydc, Ginmet & (*a h, Marriott & Roger*, William Bai orr. Per civs 1, Parton A Booti), Ka??rl<? 6c Richards, Wit>i?m Peers 6c Son, Lr . <k \Vaddiagl??n, Tnomas Joytisoo, E * UiisgroTc. Godfrey Barnslry A, Hon. Upou the above subjeel, we hare been fur tithed With the following extract of a letur, dai'd 'LircaronL, Pee. 8, 1833. ' We must call your attention to the f?l?e picking. Mhich it Drgmn ng n? pn??? Jure until serious icisum lirrv. Kely I upon it that the impunity hitherto bus] iivrri ri?c tu systematic Irautl, and the' merchants of Carolina must i xt rl th* m | selves id check it. It is nut now ttrnoi litre.* bale# in each parcel, but 50 or bu together, and in snnic instances lt>J i bales. It concern* the honor and rbarsrter of all the respectable Cotton plaiilei* in America to devise mikm t?? throw Uo disgrace up*?n those who practice* lb" CAW KtPORT. Tt.c State. : J. Lock wood aud others. 0 . r Itdaiors, Sufgr.. , for " Prohibition. The collector regt. artillery, y This case having been submitted to mo, on beh'lf bo<h ol the i olleclor and of the P.rt ca apfdymg Ibr ihe prohibition. I am of opinion that the rule 10 shew cause wh? a prombition should not u.-ue, must he dismissed. The application is rounded on certain Acts of Assembly, which xcmpt Bmk Offi-I 1 U -l.i..*. fmin ilii. fu.rlitrm]ni^> I ' W'3, If IV (?#>?* y*. | of "ar>tinrtrB aiiluUdult." Mlltoi oll?*cWon of i he Mill it ! "??, -14, 45, *ec. MXI, 3 fJrctd. pag 22", -ec. SW The Reliii?r? insist," th.r under clit? wotd* "ordinary 1 militia duty," tlh*y arc ctcmpr, n??t onl) from Couipjuy parades but aim from bmtaJlion aud regimental parade* f am, however, of opi til"*!, ibai lire word ordinary, it limited in its me nieii; lo rompmy nnwi ra, l- f it appears ' to me thai ihe Act of December, IS<?, *1 ill. ' Coll., page 44. see, 124,4 Brevard, pa;;? TO, iaec. I3B, has git eu a legislative rofist rue lion to the w rd ontinnr^, as contiadisUhgubhcd fruiu regimental and battalion parades } The motion for a prohibitum, is therefore refused. J. S. RICHARDSON. N B?This decision was made ?y me some lime ngn, but understanding that the suggest tun lua bt*-u lo?l, the forgoing note of it is inatlc upon motion of Mr. Gnmko, appearing oti Uie pari of the dcl'cuJdots, rota tr?jr memory. J. S. RICHARDSON. - 17ih February, 1*16, An *|>|i?*al will be :iudc from thin decisthe ground thai ihf rtptiwioa "ordiitarr inditia Hiuy,'' clearly embraces regimental and ba:t ihun parades. CROSS A: GRAY, for Relators, i Tin* St un I x relatione, l , J. Lockwuod and others, ' | ?? f ; The collector of fir.es.ikr J Johnson, Judge dclnurcd llio opinion ol the Court, The relators are the officer* of the State i Hank in thw city, end chun to be exempted from.ilie fines, imposed by law, on militiamen ibr non-attendance nt batt iliou and regimental musters. This chini is founded on the act of 1810,11 Brev- 22*2, which declare; the President, Cos liter, and Clerks ol thii ... * -r * fNc * y&bt " !?Uf?sme otlief shall be "exempted pNi',i^|jertin??Hce ?f ordinary mitilia du- \ !jp-and from aem$ as jurors." -.J ^J^irjHinttiea tut company musters* are mchiaed in tbe expression ordinary* militia and is, whether i? is con- 1 sued' to i bom, or extends to battsHuo and regimental tnustertl Jj The act itself presupposes a classification >f iniliua dui j into j extraordinary; OMUMjnertllf rallw 4<me| are J r?terrible to the otic or the other, for there 1 can exist no intermediate date; and it appears to me tJi at they are so marked that I they cannot be imsukeo. The' first hare * .or their object the discipline and fiietfis< of | the militia?sod the secontLatoajfiiose which arise out of lurasioo. or alarm, or any otner occasion wwdfWisiitatea a { state of war. x I *i'ho firm nf these constst* at a class of * datis, to attendance on the compray,b*tt all ion, and regimental itinera, all of which . f are fixed and regulated by law, and constitute j th- system of discipline; and the same Inn* J win* whrh would lead to the eoocJiUMQ that j one of these duties was an exception, w ?ut<l I ?s wet) apply to the other. For exampfo ? let us suppose that regimental masters was 1 theexceptioa estabfi.died ~ they are regfilo- { ted by the same laws, the nature of the duties arc the: same, and the end in *iew the same as company musters a d it would follow 11.at company master* would aba he so exception,;&od by this mode of coos ructwn, die object of this act would be wholly .deles ted. j The Counsel opposed to the motion, has, with his usual candor and liberality, admitted that s rowtructtoa, founded oh.the phtftseofogy' or this set, would exempt the Kehiors from attendance on rrgknentaf'sJid b*twlion niuMefS, sod has founded -his argument rhiedy on the oie of the term ordinary, in the scr of 17th December, HJQ8; (side 1 .Mtiler's Collection, 42, see 121) w^tre it referred exclusively to company musters* as furnishing a leg is! a tire defiusUoa ofthc ^ term. j It b a well settled rule of ecn.wrocfioo, that a general expression is controlledbj . others which limit and confine it to a particular object. In the act of lHfl8,\'the terra vrduutnr mus'.er. are contro led "by the eon- j iexi, which clearly denxmsmtes thai com pany tnuMcrs alone were1 meat, and that the genet*! term w unmeaning; bat (bere ft nohtng in r he act at It* 10, calculated to control (he general f t{Mfc.w.?on, and I apprehend thai the necessity of reporting to ruiw to get 4t the coo* ruction of confused terms in obe | act, does uoc changn the rot?hh?? of the term in anolbcr. when there is mf canfu.ooti i or amhtgnity. Tberaoibaisfhcretomgrin- ] t- d, aud it is ordered thtt a prohibition do j DAVID JOHNSON". FROM T .XAS. J f " Rirrmont have bctn in circulation hern Vhatilt* in Texas, ^tthseqoentlo life date ^ ; f tht- capture of the Alaeau by the Mcx ?to troops; hui our papers. do m?t furnish any confirmation of them. The f??!? ming Inter, which wn fiud in the NateftCourier. contains the only additional ! hi formation furnished as hy the la e mails " I ?f the state of affiires in thai country: WasmsoTojt, March 10,1836 Deak 8xi ; An opportunity oflering, i j write you, not iri?h many pleasant feelin**. T't>-Alamo has fasten, and every " - ' ? -k. . V x j unfortunate creature, miirtferen ami euriu some even 6tfire they irere dM.", >A Mexican, whose datrf liter* Hveai Seasons, and another, came into Houston's camp , at G mzalcs. and reported, on the lOih, that on the 6th at day-Hght the cavalry surrounded the fort,, and the infantry, with scaling ladder*, entered at the four ana lea of the fort, and were supported gntil but seven of the Americans were killed: these called for Santa Ana and quarter, and were by eta order immediately sacrificed. In the stories related by iho two Mexicans, there is no material difference. Mr. M'N?.d (onr JfatrhPx 'icn 1) said thnt from La Bahia, %vh*>nre he ha< just arrived, the country from U i Balii* to B?*xur i* alive with-Mexican*; |th?' Fa nu) i.i probably surrounded. having attcm;>t?d to march to the relief of BrX*r, and was beat back. Our condition is very bad. To-day we finish the Contftinttion, hurry through the rest of the business, ?r.d prepare for desperate cfl'?ru. * James Collingsworth. Col. Carson, of North Car dina, and D.-Burnet, ate in nomination for President (provisions);) Ruck. Piibv. Ilardine. Potter, and one of jiht tir*i named will ( rm ti e cabinet. < N> xi Congress u iil regulate land busiucss. Youn moat triilr, C. B STEWART. Ik-% R. Lewis Esq. Nairbez. Household st rvice of the D >g.?" I ?ay stranger," said n cttage urHiin to a Yankee Pedlar, "don't you whittle that cto j?log away." "Why he aint no use now; he*s bo tiglv." ( O. bnt he sires heaps of work." V> / "How!" "Why he always liefcs the 'plates and dish.c* so clean, that they hetrct want 'washing; and mammy says she wp?Wnt ipart with him I r? how, for our new dog uint got used to mustard yet.** !: "Grandmam,** said on urchin to his > father's mother, the other day ." the rail mad is coming through our town " "Is i USiah!" said the vcnrrble dami?"well I * hope it will come through !>y daylight; for long to see us" terribly."