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ACTS PASSED AT TII LATE SESSION S. U. LEGISLATUR E. AN ACT to extend the righ't of challenge to Juror. 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representauves. now met and sittig in General Assenbly. aud by the authority of the same. That bereafter. in all civil cases iu which a jury 'shall be imn panneled, before they shall oc charg-lailth the trial of any issue, each party shall Wave the right tchallenge, w ithoutcause alhuwti two of d.e Jury so impunaoNled.; and in all criminal case, in the Courts of Gene ral Sessions, wherein cballenge without cause is not aflowed by law, the defendant shall have the right to cltallenge, without cause sbow. two of the Jury. before they are sworn to try the traverse; and the pla ees of the Jurors so challenged, shall be supplied as now provided by law for com pleting a panuel. AN ACT to prevent the Eiancipatiou of Slaves, and for other purposes. 1, Be it enacted, by the Senate & Ilouse of Representatives, now met audksng in General Assembly and by the atbtority of of the same, That ~any bequest, died of trust, or conveyance. intended to take ef fect after the death of the owner, whereby the reaoval of any slave orslaves, A itlhout thelimits of this State, is secured or intea ded, with a view to the enancipatioa of such slave or slaves, shall be utterly vivid and of no elect, to the extettof such pro. vision; and every stch slave, w, belleath ed, or otherwise settled or cotvey ed. stall become assets in the hanl-4 of any execu tor or administrator, aind lie sul-jet to the payment ofdebtsor ti daitribution amnongit the distributees or next of kitl, or to e- chent as though no such will or o:t~cr enmevtacu had been made. II. That any gift of any .lave or mlaves. bereafter made, by decil -.r iheni-e, ac companied by a trust, see et - e %pressed, that the donee shall remove such nluve or slaves from the !limi tof this .-tate. iih the purposeof emanci pation, shall be void and of no efect; and every such donce or tustee shall be liable to deliver ny the same, or held to accouut for the valuie thereof, for the benefit of the distributees, or next of kin. III. That auy bequest. gill, or cotivey ance, of any slave or slaves. accompanied with a trust or confidence, either secret or 4xpressed, that such slave or slaves shall be held its nominal servitude only. shall be void and of no efect; and every dotee or trustee, holding under such bequest. gift or conveyance, shall be liable to deliver Ui such slave or slaves, or held to account for the value, for the benelit of the distribu tees, or next of kin, of the perston aakiug such begaest, gift, or conveyance. IV. That every devise or bequest. to a slave or slaves, or to any persou, upou a trust or confidence, secret or expressed. for the benefit of any slave or slaves, shall be null and void. AN ACT to suspend the election of mem bers of Congress from this State. Be it enacted, by the Sette and Ilouw of Representatives, now met ant sitting in General Assembly, awl by the authoriy of the same, That so much of an Act entitled **an Act, prescribing, on the part of the titsetbi time.' places, and maunner of holding elections for Representauives in abe Congress of the United States." as di sects the election of memnbera of the llu'n.ne of Representatives of tho Uinated States 110rom ti State, to be ineId at the samite time as the elections of Meimbe~rs of the~ State Legislatuire, be, and the samte i 'ereby suaspend'ed; and the tmanxctes o e>ctioos, ut the neat geueral el-ecutn in :r- State, are hecreby dIirected andl reqluh " t to open polls5 for the electiotn of Re ...eativei tn Congress: ProzidedI Aow nait nothing herein contained shanll cs e toCI ' prevent the. lixecutive froms .eofejt.-etionof Mt-embers ofC'.n -.' vocancesesoccaisioned by denatit. *,.*.- . au or uther causes, as uuw pron-~ deci 'ar by law. AN AC U. i, .ake the unlan ful whtipping beatifl of . slave an iUudictable ol'ence. 3,. ii enacted, ily the Ilonorabie the Se -,e and~ House of ltepresentatives nunt t. antd sitting in tieneral Assenath, and - vthe auti".rmty of te ,.ae, [hai t anyi anttawfulty whip or beat ;any -dave, tnt: 'U der his or her chatrge, waitiouut sulieten prov~ocatbon, by wor't or t. -ucht perent. on lbeing idicted and c-ov ted' tumereot, htae nind ty titne ur imp 1rsonmntt -.t ih--.'-erevin of .e coturt ;the ianp~r: e .utt .u ext'ed tir e ntutdri d dsollars. A: .N .1'~ in, ttmen.l an .\e:tco en t,l 'an act to prsid~h: .* -ne sepa'sss,. ,t' orurt flaun,-s '5n Ja-." Itt titt' alte." passe-dt the J neI. :51) inr-., er, tone shausanad ci:;ht of liep1re.etwit'ae,., ... timet ad -inti-in 'm Genettral Anemc'.s y :d by, the ;tathst of the same.,l. ha now and after the pius sage itt that Act. the severahl onards of Commtissionetr, 'if Pl'sie1 Builings, itn each isrcuit t:.'u.t District in this Statu. be, and they are het:thy authorized and required, in make any alteraitons or addt tions deemed advtmble, or ithieb may b~e come nrcessary, t0 any Court I louse or Jail, now erected. or heroalier to be built, in their several Districts; for which pur poses they are severally invested with the same powers, and suliject to the anmoe lpeu altics, as heretoforc established by the Act aforesaid. That every mas hras his ptrice, even in small matters, hour llutton, the Birsuing bam antiquarian. whtso in his life sayst, " One of thse clerks of the silk mill wished to make me a cotnvert fronm the Dissenters to the Establ'shed Chsurch, and 'brew out the lure of a half-pennty every Sunday I ahould attend dtvine se.rvice there. This purchased me; and smy father, ni he wa-s a moderate tttn winked at the purt~tase. This proves uni assertion of Sir Rlobert Walpole, that 'every tman hats his price.' Nione could be much lower than mine." Stifen'ag--When an individlual itn Mas sachusetts wishes to drink, he goes to a groenry purchases a glass of water, and .ak for the "stil'Df"E .?Mscelaneoa. Distress in Great Britain -The last ae counts from thae other side of the Atlantic show the existance of great distress Samowl the laloring and poorer classe irn Grea Britain. A corresdoudeot of the Londot Globe dencribes the state of Nottinghom llundreds4 are starving on stIraWlheds without fool, fire, or coveriost; and thesa are people who would work if they cous get it. liech day. parties of mea, witl starvation in their looks nod drcased in ahl solute rags have been paradiug the tows in processionis of two, ihrece. and four hun dred, carsving a board on which is lrinet inl large Ietiers--- lastressed and out o work." Other purtics, to the number a thirty or forty, drag calts loaded with sut( through the streets, and beg from dloor it door. The relief-liSt at the Union Work house contuints 3,600 recipients. The hotus itself has 900 istalies cratied within it walls. * a e Besides those receivn: parish relief upward of 2000 are starvima Dise.ae and raunt misery hauut the whol totso. Trade is dead; not a si:gle mias ter emtjploys full hands. Mertin;gs to devise sneasures of relic are grnmi-e o(n. The Blla-khurn Gaz.ette tits speaks c the conditiou of the poor inl that "ction Q te countrv. The situ'aaion of the poor inl Blackburi amid eighborhoetd is at present truly delo rable. E. ent I when in bill work, the con dit ion of the hand loom weaver is such a to excite comsiSeration ; bu, at the pro ent motment. wi hei wages are unusuall; lw, lalor scarce or attinale, anid tI. -eIatpon Mot incletent. their .sulerings ap pear to have a eached the last stage of hu :au eiduracc. A Londo paper savs that the Debtort prisons ian Neastcale, Duraam. Lancastei &c.. are ail crow.led to exce-, from ti estmnmercial failuires which lithve takei phac0 .% ilin the last y- -r. Another i.on duo journal tes'i us thiat on the 28t ul there %%cre 714 per,.ons , onfined fur debt in l ive onerompolitan pi,-s ; Z icotland.-The iront"s..iori of Sco' Iand have re.olved to bl..v out for si. mouths one-tourth of their furnaces. rhi is a r-soition (of dire necoe.-4ity oan the par of the minaIers. ndul will (of course ie fel with grc:o severity by the nlnerous lodl osl peratives isn connexion 'ith this branci f itlstrv inl the Vest of Scotltald. A -,sin, the earNl severit y ofthse n% inter arow, Cot.poletely idle. conl iderably biehfore thi period. ilsat isswtrtone hudy the suasons and other ott-dour wtoikers iml connexior with haie. ihe city missiottaries, secre tariei of the dilTerent cbariy sorieties nau clergymnia lin populous district, O th1e -u buri's. are all soliciting aid of every die ocripotion, to relieve the distress they dail3 comllo isn coutact %w ith. IThe calico-prinaing lasitstis i.l the most hopele-,s *late; and we are cortair we do uot exaggerate when we saN that it the Vest of Scoitntil conae hai of tihe %%o, k. erers re idle, anl that the ebane ausmber ol it'-r, would be bankrupt had they nol Spital to fall back upon. A.s to the wea ving popsulatiou, they have for >o lang bee: reduced to i sste of misery. and we have so s frealuctly had occaa'iou tit state the help. less state they are conic is, that we do not l'Iet~ incStite to.0ay aores 0t,.mg Aaas&- M distress i 6 uiw taking a go acral direction, Iad it s t hi fact thiat we %Vash PariCn Ialy to stirsc te sa t san. Th'e ,,all det'aler< ina miany tof thse mannfl fastiaring' district'. naow tnIis taeir capitalI e hreL'ste by detbtsi owsne by itdle ojperas ti'e". who ai are utt--:1y i"'. '"~5 ss " :i'' as" t sh.- s ircumisanice.. tsa reaI.Z ize moneyV tar h laanai ny,.op i-,p inj e: !.ar ens' houpe lt..: they. aut husld osa" sadl mhonea anad .. r,-dlit are' sne, asnsl thaeaa their naeu ster p s--ruina hlsa Issn thpis ,tate~ of msatt'rs wsill ssan tine i,. now' 58heqsuestiona ;anked by~ every. m nie.-Gla'sasr C'hron. .l c'aa (orna laer" .Nos chailsd. sul - sor-sesn. -as \'ha l t has i gsat cars~ lfar he hi' ' J .mei. ptut Thloa;s to. bemd. .\ I raih e . etsla caslesd on a bsitin t "lr ts 5ji ni lis te'rs-t he singe.tr .:id. haIat lie chasrgedl two gtamen.a: tsar thec i ii t leoni. bta is oa 0" ':ina. for a'. ma ia'a he' plea,,edl af15ernarsd. " Oh. lashl - lie li ti 1.. ks-."~a' '.sant -'l.,onegau, -let 0,come' wtii55~t- 'h :he s. sessnd'." -- gsspent and51t m:ry. Tsenn, tmy tdeir.a aid sa dsin a, I5."a5tss-r to hes' '--.a~a "- av. say. as o lar.' ssy's 'ITom wit h a Ia.l :str. - I'l a:ssry tira-I ;and theta dons't fear but Iil p r spsi-sl .n atter." . s tailor isa St. L.muis. whse bausane' it tistmends. eOnat"s aid reipuar ptatalons, hat he s tifsl awig inadex tso his i'sre:~asinal putr '.1t5 j asstedal salt: -.inn over his daor: Pa ast-aloiy prrmedaa:' here, anad coat-a mn.,5 ssraly adj~u-sted.' riiat. dl-efil manrriatge as hobbing tsar::' tl. tel ina a barrel saf snss a'm , outr's if yoau chlerr (cho~ose) said alhc tuid t thae oaf'er. E~ve is partesnte'd as havin;; been a pecr iecbeasuty, anud there cats he nao doubat aiht 's''. sne saf the loaveliest5 works of Godl'i serentioan-ut thsen isa thsose drys, corset: halodtit been iunvented, and tauture was taot tortred. Thec patietest tua that ever brsathedl cured the day that lie was bora, and tha meakest smau murdered an Egyptian. - A ll tesh is grass." T he Genesral Ticket Law of Alabama: hhaslbeta repaeaed lay the Legislatureo that State. ..In Itislh Letfer.-Aai Irishaman wrote ta hiiso saat schaool ini Dubtso, the tfollsowtu; "Ier Jem:-If you aire well whlena thi lttr seahles yoiu, we are' well- By ala berr, I sendt you my oad brown coat:;:e a new one tmade out of' i:. 1'our smothe scenlsyou, unfaeknwcinag to me. live ;pounda I hoe yu will taut spetad siism foolishly if you do, i cani just tell you that you are goos, ad 1 remnaiu your al'ectioaaate ta P. S. Your sister Sally wanted mue tell you to scud her a shell-comb, but a, .orgargot tthis time,. atid the letter wvas sal ready..t,.1,1 I w ill msentiona itu namy sct. -7 Of all, the scene ich we have ever read of, the followin ' the most dis graceful it occurred i,% city of Ma con, Ga.. on Saturday th st. From the Telg upA. As faithful chroniclli: the times, it heCitmes our painful dutyCp record a nmst disgraceful scene, that 6 jrred in our city on Saturday last. It wk tbte day fixed by lav for our charter e.&tion. A good deal of interest was felt -far the result of this election; and a grei'jpscitement pre v11iled throughout the wsl . canvass--not on political grounds, or palviews, so far as national or State polit was concerned -but entirely on local or ' Moal conasid erations. Several tickets ere running r mnostly new caudidates-+ old Mayor & most of the Aldermen having declined a re-election. The nuder odieers. however, being candidates for re-election, the elec tion it was supposed would turn upon ha ving a chatnge of policy a.stell,as ofr men. The managers were spgpted. the polls opened, and the electioutaproceeded. A decision of the presiding officers. that no one should vote who had iptpaid his tax, was the first ground of miplaint, and : produced a prodigious eelatent among a certain class, which was kept up durimg f1the any. f Shortly afrier the polls c " ed. and while the manate:r., %%ere counten out the votes, (about 5 o'clock in the aft noon.) a notut her of men, armed with at %s, knives and pistol.., ne-ut up to the w ow and de mianded permnission to ve hich was re fused, as well because the polls were closed as on the grnand above matnoned. Where upto. they broke in the nJqdow, entcrrd the room where the m agers sat, and wrested the ballot box byviolence from Itheir hands. They then tuok the box into the public tqure,ddebed it upon the ground samitped upon is, burst it to piects. and scatered tle b.tllots to the four winds! Aflcr which, t!-c perpetratots of this shock - in- outrage, quietly walked off, laughing to scorn, the majesty of the laws, the sa credness of tle ballot box, and the eflicien cy or the police. We iave seen disgracefulscenes at elcc tions before-where the timid have been overawed and influenced by violence, and where bribery and fraud were all powerful I -hut never a case of such audacious ef frontery as this. Ifacts like this are allow I ed to gos unpunished-if scenes of this sort are to be tolerated, what is our boastcd liberty worth ? what are our igh ly ealogised institutions fit for? Unless the majesty of the laws, tite right of suf frage, and the sacred character of the hal lot box can be respected, our independence -.1 as achieved itt vain, and in vai was tb: blood and treasure of the revolution ex pended. We understand that several of the fore most in this disgraceful transaction have becu airested. - Fron Mhe Saumnnah Ceurgian. RIo-r AT MAcos.-Wo are pained to learn that a serious riot occurred at Macon ott the 1st inst. Some vagabonds made an attack upon the managers of the char ter election,w rested the hallot box from the hands of one of them, which was destroy ed, and the ballots scattered o the winds. I et, of Mnacota who had cbM cot the box, and was endeaoringto mcve it to a place f s:,ferv. Stick.' and clubs worn also used to effect thecir daring outrage upon one of the dleare-,t ri::hts of tihe citizent. Wea can not n-,e latngae5 'rang enmontgh to condemn .mcha an outtbreaki of* srnttal fhrce. i'The excite menlt caused by the occurrence 1Three of t he olTeruelers wcro arres'ed anal after e'a;miniaion~ befosre W. Poe, -os'. I ayor oif the. city. ass'istedl byv C. A. I lug gin Es. n e rered t' give bail im thet sumt of $1 000,t or stand comnmmted to await theit trial on the first TVuesday ini oe of the ;acn.;edl h-s give b ail; lie otgher two in custodav have been comanaitted ir acr.l The~ Slavor hasuialLered a rewarad of S'500 far the rappruehaetn-,On of one 'of the indi ,iduals implidcatedl. I 'r)Dm the Chia re.slun Merrury. --8u mayes.tthu liae, till, tho ripe fruit, thou lto thy~ mo,,thei I:,p: ur he* with ea-e ;athered, not hahaly plucked, for death ma,: These beautiful lite1 wvero brought to our remembairaince, while we read thte ac count, in the PendIletona Me-ssenger, of the canm andl rainless decerase of the ve-nerab'le pat riot. Col. :Camuel Warren, at the ad va'ced aige af 1t years. 'Ith-re wSe much of inaterestinlg and! 'T maie ina athe hfea and character oif thai dm..tiguibed citizen, to msakoe saleiiI -rrrolnwutionar hero" altogetheqr apparopra ae. w becn arij.,h'-d to him. it his yout h, his opportuniities mnvitedl hims ats the maetmbler of an asIa Engli-,h lfam ils of aopuleao nl at inuence. to a ctare i'ase,~ wcalth anal distinction as a Brtih suject-but, inspired by a nobsler amtbi tina. he renounced ahemt all, to make cottt moan cause with hii. s pressed brethIren itn A merica, and enlisted under our rebel ban ner. Ilis nadvantages of peso~n, educa tion,. anid gallantry, readily obtained a cmtmissiont in the American army for ste chivalronas recruit, and we have heard aour old men say, that on his arrival here, the sytmetry of his foarma anal elegance of his bearng was sostriking as to attract the marked admniriatin of crowds as he w'aled thec strets of Charleston. W hen abtout tocrumbark from Enagliand, he paid a farewe-ll visit to ana aged and wealahay aunt, with whom he wasasn espe cial favorite, and she whao woaulad have madaue hit her hier, had not his rebel cnahu iam. endaed her rigid loyahty. Fatiling by argutment, and enitreaty to dissuadle him fraomt his enterprise, she dis missed himt v. ith frowvns, anad haer last words at parting were a- malis, praymig hati he mtight lose a limb in the very first hatIe against the troops of her kitng, an evil wish, which whtethet' uttered sincere l or onshy in the exageration ofranger, was destined to a literal fulfilment. hlis firs: I feld of fight wvas thte disastrous battle of Sns ananaht-w here exposed to abe heavy canonade from the Britti'sh batterte--. while he was lanuahing with a brother oih cer who complimented himt on his line leg, and replying that it would be a pity to loose it according to the old laily's kind wishes-his knce was shattered by a grape saht. The hurried retrent of our rorces which followed almomt immediately. left him nounded on the field, where he recei vel a second wound in the broken limb, and narmwly escaped bcing murlered in cold blood. A British soildier who wias rifling the dead and wounded, finding it difficult it) extract Col. Warrun's knee buckle, which wasdriven into the shattered hone. was preparing to facilitate the work, by running the pritoner through with his bayoett. but in the very act was felled to the ground by a Scotch lighlander, who raised tap the wounded uflicer and carried him on his sonulder to the hospital. Totbe brave and humane Scott, who thus rescured him, Col. Warreu, was, thrugh life. :a grat ful friend and munificot teneeitfactor. A,.%n as it was practicable, he ltrcliasiel his dischare from the liritish army.aml. when ne ast heard of him. haJ g .ivn him a farm adljoinina his own t Pentletou, i here we believe he i, now living-. Col. Warren's sufferings froim his wou..l which rendered necessairy amputation of the 1high, were severe and paotracted; and he Ias told us that he could not have stir vived had he been left to the .American surgeona, ;o whom he was at first counign ed, n6ho were unskilled and unsupplied with the nee.sary instrutenas and III) phance'; and that fie owed his life to the interposition of the late Dr. Archibald Campbell of Bleaufort. a Ssirgeoin at :bat time in the British army, who took Lim under his uwu charge and perrael. the amputation. aud whose s!2!! and huanne attention durig ais tedious recovery, he always spoke with grateful warmcth. After the war, C-l. Warrn served often in our Legislaturc. in both houses, and filled for some year4 tie honorable post of President of the Senate. It is only with in tlte last six or seven years that lie retired from public life. All who attended the Sessions of the Legislature when he was a n.ember. will retain a lively recollcetion of the gallant anad celerful veteran, and of his peculiarities as ; adebater -how as hias interest in the discussion dee peued, his eye would kindle, amdi he would grasp his crutches and rock uneasily upon his chair, until his chance to speak came-whent ri ing from his seat he would place himself inl the anddle ile of the house, .and de claiming wth great animation and rapidi ty, i) direct aned uapremliedliate la;aagtaie. crutchiug himself forward with every sell tence. ie cha. ged amte as it were upon the Speaker, until he was brnguht up by the latter's deik, which always put au end to his speech of ive miauts, as well as to his imletuous iarsiceb m advance. and then he would retreat slowly to his place with a uiet smile. lie %I-- -w v often, but never long or in a set speeca:-but only throsiag out a fecw remarhs as if in anima:et con versation, his manner and lanag in public and privato being cheerl'ul, frank. native and earnest. n ith a decided infusion ofthe humorous. lie %%as devoted and steadfast in hiis attachments through good or evil fiirtune. theough ovil or good re port, and ever ready and active to serve 4&if,;.<..s.. &6*4100 weew &Atdeeie*g 44 the ruaisconduct or opne for whom he was warm ly maaking i.terest. he replied I know he has doane ruag. it head lane right Ie wo tuld noa aaeed amy friendlship,. every body would be~ ler haima. :t is whenat mtan is wron:;thlcat his frienalh shaoulad try tat save hima.'' i s peolit ical parejandwte's w. ere strong, a:tdl as there wa, tao temt poti ismtt itt hais coatt pos'itionc, lhe could notd taolerate aney thinag like no-commaacittal. 'cacibitiott or tabdyt m ta pitblic man, I11:s retm ark w th a t them a is -'tn trustina~ f1e'lowt n it h tna ligi. mi himn." Wheat -'ah lirsI' t getleana of -'aglantd" tin hi-, Iraish tor was settinag the Ameatric~an liard-GCiderites an example of potatory locaumotio, Cad. WVarren apcole gined tu his guests at a dlitnner' party in Pendletont fhr the asencee eel Va hiske'',. saty ia that hte htad a:atshedl it a-. a dlertely blackguard drink ever .since lhe heard thaut George the Foeurth nta.1l aienc to it. Wsheat hi.s leg wats ct oil lie htad enmbalmted and snt to his taunt ian England, w ith a ntote cogratu latina~ her on ate grat ifacatin of her wvish. We have ntever hieardl whether his Eniglish relatives ever relentted auwards their gallant kmn'mana; acrm whethier hie re ceivsedt it froma thtem, or pae..eseed it of his' eewna righthtut hii, lotueae a i'ch'l th at we are sati'chied thtat the resouag~ustoz dounii, wa, atat eadead to his cthe'r st-wratice- and suller ing' in the cause oaf fre':dlum. OnJae of' the Ilast 'c~e e-, his p ubelie ser vice' wa3s thle Nual itiae'ntiaon Conivetation,. int w hichl hie ;apearc'd as a dlele'gate. 'The ctau ,:.a atainst icederal a yrantny rotasedi ina hi.. tell haeart the lioen *1iria, a' latch huad armaaed his youngte handl agcaitt itilih opl presin; ;and atle cause ot Ca:rl inaaa hadtc itt tonee'i atamore zea;loaus suppaorteer. M any e'aoblding ;caciatioen-s were awackented as he ptre'etaed his war-baeateta f'orma at the seretrys t;atle. toe sea his scignaature tot the Noullifyinag uordinanee andc wheat wiping athe tnn with whlichi he signed. eatml carefully 'nveloapingz it. he said lie would ptreserv'e is ancd hold it as sacred as if it had sigated the Declartationi tf I odependctnce. In publishinig these few remiuniscences we are' recoanciled to the risk of some inac raies. int the haope that if anyv be dietee' ed, a dlesire to correct then will induce somte persont better neeiuaintedl hian acur selves with' the histosry of 'he deceased pa triot, to furnish a notice worthy of' his memory. Many who err, ,seem an think it would he a dIisgrace to them to confess thecir wrongs; but it is snot so). To rectify er ror is always glorious. And whena pleni teat contfessions, aire madtee, it alhways shows the goodnec' of thec heart, atnd the regard there is for the eternal prtincilesC af moral rectitude.-Pe'nelon. There are multitudes in this day, theat have mande a virattal declaration biefore mauv witniesses. that they are the follons ers tef Christ, bty enatering the pale5 of thte vjitibe chutrch; but how few :amonsg thea.m -give evidleuce titat they have fully re nouncedl the service of Satana. and that ,t.... .r- not of the wyord''- Thj.I I THE PRAIRiES Of TE:A.S A recent number of the ilouston iTee graph contains an interesting and ably written article upon the origin of the Tex as prairies. It' ommunicates some facts worth the attention of the curious and sci entlitie. Origin of Prairies.-The prairie-i of Texas from a peculiar feature of its sur face, and we often hear the enquiry made, especially by emigrants from the Atlantic states "why are not these vast plins cov ered with forest trees, intead ofgrass" Various are the cauts aigued far the origin of the prairies. Some believe they were cleared of ancient forests by the on knowin race of men who built the mounds and fortifications which are found scatter ed from the Rocky Mountatius to the At lantic. But this opinion is refuted b% the fltct. that most of thcse mounds and forti fications are found embosomed in deep for ests. and trees that have buffieted the storm of many conturies are often found growing upon their summits. Others believo the peculi.tr quality of the soil of the, pia rieis is not adapted to the grow% th of itree, aI is oily capable of* supporting a growth of -rass or the simalles -pecie ofgrass. But this opiuion is contradieted by the fact. that inisulate d irees are often tutnId row in loxtrian ly in the ver.% mid-t of a prairie. til it at le di.tance of several aniles from the forests. Others. anid aonio them Gen. Pike who tra vered almost the whole i %1:Ction ( country where prairics abounl, Iadvance the opinion that they are caused Iby dryness of the soil and the i aridity of the cli:im.ttc. (on. Pike tseets that the for esis found near toe streatms ate supported lv the tnoisturc dif'used front these sireams hrougti the interiies .,f the soil. and the Lumdltitiy of the air horde ing the streams. I But as the hills which are ofien found extening into prairies are gen.-r:illy cov cred with trees. we lhink this oplionion ean not be correct. There must be some other and more general cause. When % e ex atinie the country ihr.ough which the prai ries extend. we find every where eviden ces that it has been, in a comparativclv re Cei period, the lied of a sea or imtmoense lake. The ledges of rocks art- filled with marine shells; the louse stones wherever they are found, are round aid simooth as if they had been -ubject 1o the artia of ma rine currents. and the soil n here i > t.nes are found, is disposel in Iayers 01 -eds. its if it %% ere deposited like iilinent. i om a large body of muddy waiter. Otn, in ligging wells, we pass thronlih a hed Of bla:k vegetable moulJ then a bed f c vlay. thet fiother of sand a;ait. adil not un frequently at the d-pth ai y or sevnc y feet ne-e find the hoiie ofantimals itubedded in the earth. These facts indicate that the soil of the prairies has been ftortned from the scdiments of water. Mr. .\1acure and other geologists imnaine that an inmierie lake or sea in ancient times extetided from the Alleghany to the Rtocky Mountaii,. embracing an area whose diaaicer fion cas to 0West was aboutl 15t1) Imiles. anif fiomia north to south about ].00 miles and that the w aters of this lake have becu gra dually discharged lay the lississippi, the Hudson and St. Lawrence: the only ri vers that have broken through the timoun talus that once surrounded this immense basin of water. Now, if this opinion is correct. the bed of.e.inmenso ia le, . is 6**f*fy ****' cd from the water, would exhibit the srame changes in its vegetable productions that the delta of the Mlissbesippi now exhibits. F-ir'st, it would be covered with a denset~ grow th of reeds arni coarse wee~ds, as ii be come inore elevmted anid dry grass would aippe-ar alonag the- bantk of thfe streatn , anod t rees graduall 1n'nipplantain;: iheiri. overshadow the soi dn winth t;es :t. hietwnn'' i.- t,,resi .md iw'gr ns -,. ,stll gnlatg ii, ;rtud it la itil it l re':i:trk a tailng etiigrant,, th:n' the fir -;. intn-siably cnicruachi uipon t he pratiri'.,. wherre t hey are so situnated ais tio be unex-posed to the rava:;e., of the fires that often dfevast;mne the lar;;e priries. If these praiie5.s-iCr uninhfi:tell andl left un disitrbed by rnani dfobtless in the con rse of a few eeniti-,' they ofld be' stipplanted by forest's. fin the more eILe' ated sections, where thle rocks idicatei that then- have been for a;:;e's el-Ic v-ateda abnve' the bosim liifl the not zners, few n prairies ore foutnd, and thiose lfew are vr small ; the cotuttry is nost enily c vere~d w--ith forest-s. In the At lant:ie S tate's, w-vhere the ptriitive andi oldenr secon lary roks aboiud it Is iiorthy of remark that ptriirie'' are'oi unwn. Iience it is lut reasonabl~e tie inifer that thiese' pr airie-- ill dicat n, in 'somte degree, the ag. of the stur face of the country. We ,hall he~ halpy if thie~e bier retmarks shall excite a spirit of iinvesti *ationt amioig or citizenis, ats by thti, tiean-i, fat's many be cheitedl i hat matuy !rove valu able to the natoralist. i is sail that a gouod fairmer mayt afway's be known tmy his gate's and fence's. TIhere is 1n0 doubit truth in the remark. If onii see good gates and fetnces ott a farm you art very apjt to vee goodl barns, smables, ajel helter fur cat tle. Theyv are unierriug sigu's of ai good fartnir. T1hie time -,aved itn pasnn thtrough gates, insteadl of puflling downi bar-.anid fegices, will anmounit fto ma - ny dayns mn the course of the year. If you have good le-nces. your icrip is scured fromt the deparedat ions of ammtaals, wnhiicht in 'satie cases amons to an almost enatire destrutc tionl of it. liesidfes this, thiere i's no ime lost in hiuntitng and guarding your field's. If you have-' good bartns, youar fodder, hay, straw and shocks are saved frotm the d~e stuctiotn of thbe weather, and containa more uourishmnent lfor your cattle and heorses. Good,. stables anid shelter are essential. Withoiut themi you cannlot expect ton Lee-p your stock ini goodl order. When hbelher edl and protected fromt the col I anid rain. les tinal w--ill anawe-r aill domestic ainmals. - E'xchan;:r p;aer. t'A(Sr. ctfoet:Oti 'OoLL3J w :3U I'Ll.. A mule ladetn with salt, and an as' Ia dentt with woof, wet ovner a brook to;ether. liv cbane the mnle's :.:eck became n eteid, he 'salt melted, a i' ii hi t Uriden becamte lighter. Afte-r thtey hail passdl. the muttle told his good fortune to the nasnn ftho, :hiink inig to speed as well, wvetted his pack ait the niet n-vter : hot his load became the heavier, atid hie broke downi under it. 'That -_______ I',)( Er 1;. 1), 4. . W e.o.i r. J ~ 'c* Y 1:2. 1641. M2Y The extr.a terim of tc Court of Contmuon Ples and General Sesion, frur this district, will councmeince on .ionday next. Benjamin B. smith. lEsq.. ofTwigga county, has bwen appointed by the Governor of Geor. gia, Treasure-r 4f that State, to flU the vacancy occaiomsned by the dead. of Col. Thee. nyaes. An election was held rur Directors of the Mechanics Bank, at Augusta, on Monday the 3rd inst.. when the llowing gentemen were lectcd:-A. Sibley. A. Gould, W. P. Rt. bane, E C. Scranton, T. :. AMetcaf, J. U. Walker. J. Sibley, A. W. Smith. J. M. Adams. At a meeting of the Directors, A. Sibley Esq., was reelected President. (in the 3rd inst. ti- fo-lowinggentleen wen clctel Director< of [tic Centralfail Road and Bankinog Coumlany of Gurgia: V. W.. Grdn. J. P. lenry, John W. An. demorn. llery .\'Alpin. B Snider. Th-- ; overnor of Georgin has appointed the lion. \1-ilson .mpkin. Dibursing Agent of thu State Itail Road. The ailledgeville Ro. corder of the 4d in..t. says: - The duties hith cito devoolving onl the Commisioners, ae Mby the late act, concentrated in the Agent and Climc I Fngineer. Only about 52 miles of the l fo.I from tho southern tetminus in DeKalb, to a point tcwo miles northwest of the Etowah rc' er, are Irovid.!d for to be continued at pr ',the work (a the other being suspended.' .-lmaLama -The lliouseof Representativesof Alabama. have p:m.ed a Bill creating a new county oumt of part of Dale; it is to be called Coffiee countiy. fin lonor to Gos. Coffee, who distingui-hd hicmscf at New Orleans, and in th Cree. wc ar. The county scat has been cal led W.-:horne. Tennaz ---.\. laughmlin. a Democrat. has ttrosduced into the Legislature of Tennessee, which lar,aftcer a numeber of trials, failed to elect th;eir U. S. Semntors. a preamble and tesolutions propo-ing to take. by % ay of compromise. one ~rom eacl or the great political parties. The gentlemen itpookrn of, should the resolutions be .d!opt-'d. are Men.rs. II. L. Turney. (Dem.) and Thoc.as Bro. n. (Whig.) Wv?. are of the opimion that the prean!mle and re.,olutions will ot be pauecd, amd the State will continue with out their U. S. Senators uutill the people de cide which party are in errot. by tihe ballot box. Iegiljure of Maryland.-Bsths tranrhers of this body mnet at Annapoli-s oi the 'ith ult. but did nit organize until the next day, ihen they elected .1r. J. C. Legranid. (Deam.) of Bal.ti m1oe City, Speaker of thse lmise of Itepre seitatives. and 31r. Richard Thosas, (Whig.) President of the Senate. Prrsentments Quashed.-The Philadelpihia papers of time: th sirl. state that in tie Court of General essions. on the day previous. the pre ............ ar. " .ir. ag=1.WO x * -, -as Biddle and others, relative to theirtransactions whilit concerned with the affairs of the United St W-t Bank of Penncmylvania vas quashed. It is stated thatJudgs lIartons. Conradand Do r.m. -,eve'rally sdehveredl ops:iiens of considera. l~ h-ngthc, inc t'avor of' the moitioni to qmnash. T i .as.t:J.-Them lrahimuore papers state, tiac .s l::.:.- rece'ived toml l'urt Principe. Cuba, ib a ecstle'c min in thsat city, dated Nov. 16th. msyi that the Capmtamc G;eneral of tho Islands hs sdemanscded of Sr. Carrias all of hIss acecounts, includincg mterest, damsages, &c., of the negroes of thin A'rsmstad; andI mcai.t., that Mir. Carrias -:sll 'he pasd the ci h..t. minf it. Ansd it appears chat tihs Casptamc tam'serail intsend< tm deduct the amo5unit fronut W&.5t MI tho Im theia Spanmish Go versnem~i h.,~ tom psay tihe 'isitedi States. Si'. mmionmsst. thren' hunidiLd ac.dI ni.tyseren thoc,-mmas this,- hscundred ancd sevwentym dolarsm wosrths ..c hsr crocn alonce a is imnpor'd ito the 'mtss Stitm,.s .liir mgc theL'. yam "440, besides artc's mcanufi.se :ured ofl mron, asmuntmi to ins mshnu twn I'.e thssonsand thsree hundred and tu- iiidom mcskic m:: the a:;gtme'gats m.OVen noc,sto. Imour tunntiJ mansuJ isse thoummaud secu huncd red mand esithy-t.' o dslari.. T/la *.:ma-1 r L)ee'mbeilnr h-is been re sen e. mii.\, w .m ba'. e not h:sml tsime to ps rse it. weis .sall miot 1pe':k oit it, cnerc." inm thi, weeks paer, bust prnu. to dom .o it cousr cnxt. Tssi N. V .it mess '.sc -we have for some itm prn.e snur-ehe, '. thsat we would call thin atte tionh of this reamg:ss psart of time com-' mity.. thme meischsani particularly, to this cp anid '.ahaabst. pipe r. Ic is psiblishced in te city of Nm'w York. at $1 ,50, amid is deci evly the esa. t paper5' of' thin kind we recollect eetohsepero-.ed-asl'. ay.s furnishinsg a n.' rmety of useful acid interestig cmater, and such as ii ci tenmd to time mcstructioni and anusomnt int all cla.scs, but mmrein especiaily that class af individuals to whiose benetit it is devoted,-"the m.cmcame. It 'cntamst weekly acounts of now acn u..mettu invenPmtiosN iiistrate'd wish engrav-. mi.. & c. Toerat ion c'f liec;;i.-By thme followinig, it will be. -.een'i that thme ruleri minf the gove.rnmtlft oft Old S pacm are cromcc..: tom .4 .i'cc, oh thetir du ty as they' nom Jomutbt hi'. funmc'ndi .' that thme dmaem'. of C' rihh/.s:5 Otiui.i'n: them world, es to rap~~d. tin altow'.'. taili h' ci~ut'tchilonge'r to be l'rcm'.t rcmi Illaauna pubbisim m thec New \'o~rk Sun. Ob SpaP~iu ht, ou'c omit orde' s here to sel as lairge pomrhioni it thtebur.-, ands to redu mce thesm lare sldarm ofl iihe prierStS to8 a .miail annmiuscv. hiard1ly cc mrth hiaving. I be is 'e tic'' I;.a' e the ' i bee oif throw cog Itf their e'ch.'.iast icail robs's and going into ony oithter busitnea. i they choose. .Th's is a terribile bslow to mice Church in~ thiS is' land,. as it rsedurecs lier power and jinflUeceC~ 'lrady mmn the wane. to alnitost tiothing. I hccass no mloub: ci will~ prove' the btepp'ng ..tih tu ,.. .t.oterationl 'f' al! religios'1 bere