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JSr". mac camdenT ! FKIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 12, 1851. mnrt -T. XXTSRRRM Editor. I i. UVI w WW I .'J - BDrrORIAlTsORlBBLlNG^. From the Stone Mountain, we took passage via , Railroad, to Decatur, a flourishing little town, . eight miles distant. We found good accommoda- j tionsatthe hotel of Dr. E N. Calhoun, (a relative , of our honored statesman.) The name, of itself, ( is enough to recommend it to the patronage of every true Carolinian who venerates (and who ( does not?) the name of the immortal Calhoun.? j The Doctor is a good Southern Rights man, as a matter of course. Being a native of South Caroli- , na. and a ventleman front a good stock, he is able ( to appreciate the situation of his native State, and [ j if need be, to lend a hand to sustain hex cause> < which is Ms cause, and that of all who are identi- . fied with the interesls of the South. I had the j pleasure of meeting here, Dr. Tennent, formerly a j resident ot Edgefield District, in our State. He ( is a "traitor" of the "true blue" stamp, and in his political feelings a man after my own heart.? ^ We have this consolation, in Georgia, there is many-a-one of the same sort?men who are willing, tomorrow, to walk up to the mark, and if j need be, " with their coffins on their backs." I * ? ^ V* o rn f V> n t flic* 1 have been repeaieaiy <t&omcu ikh ( cause here is biightening, and strong hopes are 1 entertained of McDonald's election. Gentlemen ( say that Mr. Cobb, if elected Governor, and the requisition was made upon him by the abolition Pre- ^ sident, Millard Filmore, Esq., he could not muster men enough who would dare to attempt the coer- ( cion of South Carolina. I entertain very serious ( doubts in relation to McDonald's election?f believe Cobb will be the next Governor of Georgia. Great discussions are going on now in ihe State , between the opposing candidates. A gentleman by the name of Jonathan Davis, who, as our I ( friend, Ma jot G , says, is a good "debater," seems to be creating quite a sensation among the Toombs, and wilt, likely, batter down some of those "masked battehies," which federal power has erected, before he is done. I have not had the pleasure of meeting him, but have heard him highly spoken of. There is too much vile submissioni.sm and truckling to federal power yet in Georgia, to expect her co-operation in resisting aggression until the issue is made so plainly that they could not avoid it. They will submi' and submil to any thing?the influences here are too Mtrong against us?the States who are alike inter eirted in this matter will not move off simultaneously, and you need not expect it. Mississippi haedemonstrated this to our entire satisfaction? 64 Union to 7 States Rights men elected to the i State Convention! 'This is a nice business! Co.operiation is not the word for Carolinians. I am to see that Mr. Rhett is hard at work, and ibat old Lancaster, the District which gave birth io Jackson, Blair and other distinguished men is I marching up right. We know where to find Lan- j -caster. To resume my scribblings in Georgia?DeKalb j county has three towns or milages within its bor- | ders, viz: Stone Mountain, to be sure, not very large, but some, in the way of rocks; Atlanta, the great Railroad meeting-place, and a thriving, flourishing town, as I have been told, Decatur, a very pleasant place to stop at, and one may enjoy a day or two quite comfortably. There is a Court House and the usual accompaniment, a House of j Correction, i o. a Jail, two Churches, Presbyterian j and Methodist, a Chair factory, &e. We left De- J catur for Augusta on Satarday, (1^5 miles) and j passed the.Sabbath in the latter place. Georgia is far ahead of our State in improve-1 m?ntc?Factories, of various kinds, are in ?reat ! abundance. The Cuban expedition is talked of a great deal ' in Georgia, and there was a good deal of sympa-, ""'thy for the patriots. Since my arrival in Aiken, I ' have lieaid there is a company in Augusta readyto march to Savannah to jo:.i a company to go to Cuba for the purpose of avenging the deatn of i Lopez, who, I see by the papers, lias been tak?n and garoted. Our men had better stay at home j and prepare to fight some other folks. We need all the men for war purposes at home. Iam again at Aiken, and Mr. Wagner, mine host, continues his kind attentions, making one ! feel, perfectly at home. This is a delightful place, : and the Coker .Springs are worth visiting. When j I write you again, it will be At Home. W. j Aiken, Sept. 9,1851. 53jT*Special attention is called to the letter of Mr. John G. Winter, in another column, on the subject of Plank Roads, which has been kindly handed us for publication. Our4 readers are re- i quested to read and ponder it, and then, with such j evidence before them, begin the work without delay, and push it forward?success must crown the undertaking. * * * - Fugitive Slave Law. Our co-operation brethren, those who are for [ M waiting a reasonable time," and then resisting alone, if co-operation cannot bo obtained?those who, in case of failure to obtain co-operation, are content to remain in the Union as it is," an J bear the ills we havo," rather (asthey suppose) ''than fly to others they know not of," are respeclfully requested to road an extract from the New York I Herald, in another column, and then tell us how i much longer they are willing to wait for the much ' desired co-operation of other States. "" The case of the slave Daniel, who acknowledg- j ed himself a slave, and was willing to return with his master, is at this time, a peculiar one indeed, and should be so noted by the people of the south, j for the termination of it in the manner it did, goes to prove that the people of the North, who have grown arrogant from the fact of our supinuness, now begin to believe and wish to show us that they believe w we cannot be kicked into resistance." Can we blame them for the presumption? No, we cannot?for the blame is laid at our own i doors, and when the divisions and party strifes pwrnaa? a?adh? hat have arisen among us during the last four or ivc mouths, is taken into account, we can only ivonder that their presumption and arrogance has lot gene farther. Men who are endowed by nature and education ivith ability, and are promoted by the suffrages of heir countrymen to lead the way in the afla'rs of i sovereign Slate at a crisis like the present, are, 11 a greater or lesa degree, responsible for the wellare of that State?they are recognized as men :ompetent to advise in time of need or difficulty? is such, they are expected to advise. How careful then, should they be in giving their counsel, knowing the influence they wield. The present position of South Carolina is one which should call forth all the energies ot her j statesmen, among whom none stand ingner man her Senators in Congress and the Judiciary at :iome; to Ihosemen we look foradvice and ceunse', md fearful indeed, will be the responsibility if in following their counsels, the State falls from her ligh and patriotic position to that of submission? [a that of dishonor. Previous to the Convention of the Southern Rights Associations held in May last, the Secession jr Southern Rights Party was in the majority, and tve think is yet, but the course of Messrs. Cheves, Sutler, Barnwell, and a few other prominent eading men has had the effect of turning aside nany, who would, we doubt not, have adhered to :hat party and carried out its principles. Such a ihange, brought about by such men is to be regretted,but wo cannot censure, we can only regret that they did not pursue a uitierem course, mas-1 much as their high positions will ever entitle them | to our respect, though obliged to differ with them | an this all-important subject. The case to which we alluded in the outset as growing out of the party strifes and divisions in the south, wo are persuaded is self-cdident, indirect though it may be; these influences will be brought to bear upon the actions of the Northern people; for when a house is divided against itself, nothing is more natural than for the common enemy to rejoice and prey upon both?which they are sure to do, when the very sentinels cry peace, peace, though there is no peace. The time is fast approaching when the elections for the Southern Congress will be held?the frier Is of the south will then know their own strength as well as that of their enemies, and until then, we can only speculate upon the result and hope fjr the best. * * * ^^Telegraphic despatches from Washington announce the withdrawal by Gen. Quitman of his name from the canvass for Governor of Mississippi. A "Step Backwards." The Sumter Banner of the 9th inst, announces a change of Kditors as well as of position ; i ' 1 -t - I it has abandoned me nx-sibutucc ijiii t, ,iuu now goes for Co-operation?failing which, it does not give ns to understand what end it will go for. We subjoin its introductory remarks, leaving our renders to form their own ! conclusions. Won't tho Standard rejoice now ? "The Banner comes to its patrons under: changed auspices its future course will differ i materially from that hitherto advocated by its late Editor. It is due to ourselves and to the ; public that we should lay down the political j form we now propose to occupy. We believe i that a Southern Confederacy furnishes the only safe and efficient mode of resistance to the wrongs that have been inflicted upon us. We believe that tho existence of slavery depends upon the concerted action of those interested in its existence. We are fully satisfied that the Separate Secession of South Carolina at this time, not only brings no remedy for the evils ; complained of by Iter, but only gives them a ' more aggravated character. Holding these propositions to be true, it be-; comes our duty to advocate such measures as ! have for their object the Co-operation of our , Sister States, and to oppose the views of that nartv now earnestly endeavoring to bring about the .Separate Secession of South Carolina. Orrt'spoink-iice of ;!u? Camden Journal. CllAKKSSTON, Sept. 10. Dear Journal: 1 suppose you would like to hear from the city occasionally, by ether means than the public prints. Acting under this impression, 1 will just "drop a lino." The City of Charleston is one of tho health!-' est cities in the world?see the tables of mor- i tality in tho papers, for proof-?and yet people j die. .Many kill themselves by love and wine.? j As to l!i<?se laboring under the former disease, | tiicre are many persons hero fully competent \ ta remove the danger of the malady by tho so- 1 lemni&ition of the rites of marriage, and I may j remark that they have no objection to practice ; their calling in that respect, when a liberal fee may reasonably be expected. As to the matter of wine, it has assumed a " port and mien" in its walking, that is truly gigantic. How else can it be, when in almost all parties, sho who is cailed the " human angel" proffe \s the cup of enchantment? How hard must it be, when offered by such a hand, to dash it down! If we could hut have a fo-1 male society after the fashion of tho "Daughters of 'ronijK'rance," or the very thing itself, what immense benefit it would bo, especially to the young men of the city! Rut do not suppose we are doing nothing in the temperance u e We have some prosperty: but what is the addition of twenty or thirty to u Division of Sons, compared to the thousands around us? It is but a drop in tho bucket. This prosperity has raised our hopes some, especially in Vigilant Division No. 10. How prospers the cause with you in Camden ? As to other matters, I know nothing new, except the new workshop0 'he Rail Road Company, which quitr oves tho appear ance of the upper part of the city. They are ; soon to enter them?I am told that most of i the machinery lias arrived, and much of it put i up. Sutler me here, to mention a fault, The i Company sent to the North for a workman to ; put up the machinery, which is from the North 1 too?the man yot drunk and suffered it to leak i out that he was an abolitionist, and he said that "the North would not mind our Secession any n 11 11 r _ J . 1! more tnan a jjiiii wouiu care lor mo crawjiii"O of a gnat on his horn," and he said that "South Carolina would he whipped back into the Union and her slaves taken away in the bargain." The next day he had to leave the city. Don't you suppose for a momeut that there were no mechanics competent to do that work, or make I the engines required?therfc are quantities of them, and that too, in the neighborhood of them. See Eason's Engine Factory in Columbus st., employing Yankee's in the place of Southern workmen of equal talents, and their abominable Sabbath breaking, are very much j abused, and condemned, and jour correspondent thinks, justly so. PENCIL MARK. For the Camden Journal. LETTER FROM JOHiN G. WINTER, ON TT1R SUBJKCT OF? PLANK ROADS. Columbus Ga., Sept. 2, lf51. Dear Sir:?Your esteemed favor of the 20th ult., came duly to hand, but found me too indisposed to reply; I embrace the earliest moment that my health would allow, but a press of engagement will compel me to be brief. I am engaged in building two Roads and a branch, from Wetumpka north, south, and a branch east, to intersect the Montgomery and West Point Railroad, at a point 45 miles north east from Montgomery. When the road from Montgomery to Wetumpka and hence to Nota rulgo which have been completed, it will be a parallel road, and I confidently expect that the Plank Road will take nearly the entire business of the country on the line of the Rail Road, a*id for many miles beyond our proposed terminus. The planters without exception say they will give our Plank Road the preference; and I should say without the least hesitation, that with the facilities which you possess for communicating with the sea board, enabling you to give the best price for produce, and to sell your goods at prices almost if notquiic as low at retail us Charleston, that a Road to Salisbury, will placo Camden on higher grounds than she has ever occupied. Of this you may rest assured that no trade will bo taken from the Plank Road by a Rail Road. Plauters and Fanners may do lhoir,trading at the northern tenninus of your contemplated Plank Road, but after' a waggon once gets on the Flank Road (toll3 being reasonable) it will never leave it until it makes a large and reliable market, such as Camden was when I knew it. Such a line of country as you describe the proposed route j for your Plank Road, is extremely favorable, > and ought not to cost over 81500 per mile. I would prefer a grade of 150 feet to the mile* to a dead level. It is hotter for the teams, and is easier kept in order, as you can get a longi- ' tudinal drainage as well as a lateral. My ex- j pcrience teaches that the Plank is the first : thing to attend to and they should he laid down simultaneously with the grading. It is better and niu h cheaper?3 inch plank is as thick as there is any occasion for, and 2 1-2 does very well. Tliey should he 8 1-2 feet long and no longer, biking especial care to have one j heart face to each plank, and allowing none hut square edge to go into your Road. As to the profits what may he expected from it, I can give no opinion, for I am unacqainted with the country, but the population must be j sparse indeed if it fails to pay. If you carry it' as far as Salisbury, it strikes me it would be I fine stock, and the larger you make it the bet '| terit will piy. Tho power of a Plank Road to build up and develope and improve a country, is greater than a Rail Road almost beyond mmnftDtion. On the Iloads which wo are r--building, it brings lands into market that never boioro had a market. It affords inducements to settlement that were never thought of before. As a means of transportation it has no equal for any distance not over 150 miles, and at no i distant day, will be preferred by farmers to bring their own produce to market, a distance ' of .'J00 miles, even with a Kail Road along side* | Observation and reason have long since led me j to the conclusion, and subsequent practical ex- j pcricuce only adds strength to my convictions, ; Our Roads chnrgo about 2e. per mile for j Buggies, and .'11-2 tor Carriages?2c. per mile ' for 2 horse waggons, and others in proportion,1 but wc shall lower our rates as wo lengthen j the road. When corn is worth 130c. and fodder j 75c., n teamster will make money by hauling j 100 miles for 25c. the 100 lbs., loading one i way, and if ho can get loading botli ways, 20c. i for 100 lbs. the 100 miles is a coining business. My teams are making short hauls, loading and unloading themselves, at 3i l-4o. per 1000 lbs. for 5 miles and load only ono way?the loading and unloading is equal to about 1 -4th or l-5tb the charge?and they are making money, j I have <10 head of mules (10 hands) engaged in transporting lumber at these rates. If you should proceed with your enterprise, you would find it profitable to visit our Road; pou will be able to pick op a good many valu- ar ible hints. We have had a great deal to learn and paid a great deal for it, all of which you ^ can procure with but little trouble and without p, any cost but travelling expenses. I shall be as happy to show you what we have done, and a< doing, and to impart ail the lntormation which re T ?l I possess. tu With a tender of my best services and my ^ best wishes for the success of your laudable | tl enterprise, I remain C; Yours respectfully, JOHN G. WINTER. N. B.?In making calculations for transpor- j b tation on Plank Roads as compared with Rail b Roads, bear in mind the waggoner takes his ! a load on at the Barn or Gin House and delivers j. at the Ware House and vice versa. There are j j but 2 handlings, against 7 on a Rail Road?jn loading and unloading the dray, loadiug and n unloading at the Depot, loading and unloading v at the the terminus of the Road, aud unloading n at the final destination?where the haul is not ~e a very lengthy one, this of itself is fatal to the v Rail Road. The data which I have given ap- n plies to public carriers, but applies with ten f fold force to the farmer who acts his own car* " rier, and is out nothing but his tolls, and if he is lucky will get back loading in competition with the Rail Road, and arrive at home with more money than when he left there?thus !( practically doing his own hauling for less than j, nothing. J. G. YV. j For the Camden Journal. . Mr. Editor: I was pleased to see in your , paper'of the 9th inst, a letter written by your- < seif from Georgia, under date of 4th Septein- 1 ber, from which I make tho following extract: J "The people here are having their eyes opened j to the true state of affairs, and the result must ^ prove beneficial to Southern Rights; discussion i and argument must be used, and truth which*s ' mighty and omnipotent must prevail." I say I j was pleased to see this assertion, because it | embodies a truth constantly affirmed by the i Co-operation party, but strenuously denied by i our opponents; coming, however, as it does j! now, from a separate State action Editor, ami j written too among the people of whom he , speaks, it must have its proper influence on the I numerous readers of tho Journal. i A CO-OPERATIONIST. ' 1 For the Camden Journal. Mr. Editor.?I take the liberty of sending . jou a Conundrum which I hope you will not , object to publishing? I Why is the Sumter Banner opposed to Dan- ' iel Webster? ! * ? n nT ??i, I iIU5?"*Ul'UUU3U II w 751 (IU A, lilAU IIU 9iV|/ i/uv/i* wards." You can finish the answer. ' Yours, <fec., OBSERVER. DECISION ON THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW. We stated the other day, and expressed our i ] gratification for the fact, that the fugitive slave : , act of!8f)0 had been faithfully enforced by j, the judical authorities of the free States, and !, that its enforccnient had been generally ac- j { qnisced in, except in tlie case of Shadracli in I ( Boston. We had not then directed our atten- ! , tion to tlie decision of ludge Cosklin, United j j States Judge of the Western district of this t State, in the case of the fugitive slave Davis, 1, on a writ of hubcus rorjtv.i, which was made ( on Saturday last, discharging the fugitive, who s immediately fled to Canada. In this case II. ( K. Smith, esq.. United States Commissioner at j Buffalo, had, affter an impartial hearing, giv- j en a certificate remanding the fugitive slave to , his master. There is not a shadow of doubt j of his being a fugitlvo slave as claimed. This , | point is beyond dispute. Henco Davis fled to j j Canada as soon as Judge Conklin discharged \ him. ! | The ground of the discharge is, that he j , capcd in August, 1850, and that the last fugi- | | tive slave law was passed by Congress in Sep- j j tember, 1850. The argument is, that the law [" of September does not apply, and the rule as i, to ex post facto enactments (refering entirely to laws respecting crimes) is invoked in the construction of the act, though it appears a somewhat novel recourse. But the act of 1793 is not repealed by the act of 1850. '1 he ] Supreme Court of the United States decided, < in the case of I'rigg, that the extradition clause i < of the Constitution referring to fugitives from \ < labor was self-executing?that Congress might | i enact laws giving federal, judicial, or other offi- j i cers, power to enforce the constitutional ohli- j gations, and prescribing modes and forms i of proceeding, &c? hut that Congress could | I not devolve tho duty on State, judicial, or oth- 1 er officers, and that State legislation could not i t provide or rostrict, or control the remedy. The j 1 act of 1793, excepting the clauses authorizing j i State authorities to enforce it, is still in full I force. The act of September, 1850, does not j t repeal it, for the titlo of the latter expressly | r slates it to be amendatory of the act of 1793. i c Tho Constitution imperatively requires the fu- i i ritiva clfivu h.> ,t..11r,>f 1 nn The wnrHa ! r are: | f "\o person held to service or labor iti one j 1 State under the laws thereof, escaping into ' 1 another, shall, in consequence of any law or ' j regulation therein b-* discharged from such ser- n vice or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim 11 of the party to whom such service or labor may t be due." z It would seem to be a palpable evasion of a the Constitution, and indeed a violation of it, if I the fact of owing service or labor is proved, ii and the fact of the slave having escaped is t proved, for a judicial officer to discharge him. t The legislation of Congress cannot fetter or s restrict the constitutional right of the master, v No legislation of Congress should be so con- e strued as to restrain or embarrass such right, a The provision of tho Constitution is imparative c id paramount. Tbe act of 1793 and tbe aetr ' 1850 were both intended to facilitate the iforceinent of that right, not to embarrass or strain it?not to nullify the constitutional ovision; bnt were in aid of it The decision, i reported seems to us to be an evasion of the :t of 1793, or rather that portion of it still an* pealed, and declared by the supreme Coari J f the United States to be within the^Coni#- j ition; and likewise an evasion of the law of S50, notoriously intended to be cumulative to le act of" 1793. Tho criticism about Jtechni* al forms and papers, and the discharge of the lave in the face of full proof of his being a lave and a fugitive, looks like quibbling away ie remedy intended to be given in good faith y the compromise acts. The South will not e satisfied w ith this mode of expounding and dministering the law. If the decision of udge Conklin is adheared to, fugitive slaves i this State, who escaped prior to September; sou, nave in enect lull immunity, tor ttiey canot be delivered np under the law of that nonth. If arrested under it, Judge Conklin rill not deliver them np under the act of 1793, or under the constitutional obligation and ledge; but they will be discharged, so as to nahle them to run to Canada. This decision rill, we predict, arouse and excite the South lore than any thing that has ocurred. We egret that it has occurred and especially that t was made in New York. [New York Herald, THE COTTON CROP. The fir9t wauon load of fiv? Knlp* nf haw *4 :otton of the the crop of this State, was revived o?? yesterday by A. O. Harris and Co. rom the plantation of Gen. Samuel J. Hays,1 n this connty. In qa&lity it ts strictly Midlling Fair, of fine rich color, bat rather deft;icnt in staple, S3 must be the case with a large portion of the present crop. The ^iry weath?r has forced the cotton to prematore matanty, md the product of the uplands,., especially must be not only deficient in staple, but great-, ly deficient in quality. We have the most iieliable and undoubted evidence iom nearly the whole country back to this, that the crop can* not turn out more than three houndred pounds nf seed cotton to the acre. The bottomJandl, md here and there an isolated farm where they nave had an occasional rain^ will do better, nut oven on these favored spots, since the late ains the forms nnd small bolls have fallen off and the yield wiu not he so great as 11 wooia aave been if the dry weather had couutinaed. The plant has ceased to bloom on the bottom is well as the uplands, and while we have everything to fear from excessive rains, we have but little to gain by the most favorable weather iu regatd to the quality produced, for the drop is so nearly matured that on many farms more than one-half of the cotton is already open, and while those at a distance, unacquainted with i the facts, are predicting a "large eroj/' from its going forward so much earlier than usnal, we who are in the midst of it, know that this fact argues exactly the contrary, and whatever nay be the effect of the draught in other places, we "speak by the card" when we say that in A :ho Western District of Tennessee and North Mississippi, the half of an average crop cannot be made.?Memphis A\rpcal, 28th ull. THE PR ESI DEN'*OF THE UNITED STATES. 4 We understand that the President has at < length returned to the seat of government. It was certainly time that the country should bo relieved to the appreheosioo cansea by theab- v ?f *l.? /M.If?of an. imnnrfmvf jC'IiUL* Ul HIV V^illCI ?tb ou (iMirvta?^ i period .-is the present. No oho would deny !o the President or to his cabiuet officers the -elaxation consistent with tho just care-of the :mhlic interests; but this indulgence tit all :imes demands that absenteeism should furnish to just ground for the fear that other motives hail those of useful recreation had been consulted. The visit to Dunkirk, in the midst of lections involving most important party I ssues, witnessed the President and a great por:ion of the cabinet openly influencing, by their speeches and writings, the opinions of the people. Since that period numerous occasions , lave arisen which expose the same high officers lo such imputations; and, lastly, the President himself has thrown around his recent visit to the mountains of Yirgina too much of the air nid manner of the candidate to permit the idea that ho had not lost sight of that delicateand j just sentiment which enjoins that the patronage of offer and power ihovhl not be brought info conflict with the freedom of elections. i Washington Union. ** THE EXPEDITION AGAINST CUBA. Prom the disposition of Francisco Alenendro Laine, a Cuban who landed with Lopez, and tvho afterwards surrendered to the authorities, we gather the following narrative oftheexpe ietion. The deposition is puousneu hi mugm n an extra of tlie Havana "Preosa" of the 1st instant: >^> They left the mouth of the Mississippi with ISO men, with the intention of going first to llio San Juan, where they expected tp find a ike number of artillerymen, and thence to J ?omc point in the Central Department. But laving touched at Key West for provisions, nklligence was given to Lopez tbatRjnar del , tin, and nearly allVuelta Abajo, (tbecoun- I ry situated to the leeward of Havana,) bad isen. This intelligence caused Lopez to ihange his direction, and to steer for a landing j n Vuelto Abajo. On the 11th Augua^ at 11 >'clock at night they landed on the beach at Horrillo, without any other opposition than a j e\v shots fired by some countrymen who fled, flip beach was deserted and the store was o- ] ien, Colonel Crittenden andabout two hundred i nan rnniuinorl Kara tl\ tAke care of some spare ^ nuakets and some provisions; the remainder of he expedition with Lopez marched to ]Los Pons, meeting only a few countrymen, who fled t their sight. That on their arrival at Los \>zas, they found the village abandoned, and i) spite of their entreaties the villagers refused o return. On the next day they were attaced hy the Queen's troops, who retired after ! ome time, leaving Lopes4in possession of the J illage. In this action the vinvadefs lost Genral Pragay, one Colonel, Captain Oberto, and boat fifty men kiffed or wounded* The disouragoment which had takcm possession of J