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VOLUME ___ al rtllcxr Ronst*? 1945.il O. Sal5VIELD ADVEUTISEfl DY W. F. DURISOE.PROPRIETOR. TERm. Three Dollars per annum. if paid in adeaa --Thee Dolta and Fig Cents. if not paid before the expiration of Sx Monih from the -diate esebscription-and Four Dollars if so -d *itin twew Months. Suiseribers out StT are tqgnig.d to pay in adraare. silbisitmtion received fnr less than on gsrmad iis paperdiscontinued until all arrear C ar pahl, scept at the option of the Pub -AiI subecripdons will be continued niolem qsperwise ordsed beforo the expiration of the Any person procuring five Subiwsrihers nnd 'empig responsiblthsame, shall receive siz- COPY gratis. 6esa o icuously insertel at Gll venis per square. (12 It or leoi,) for the first inmertao, and 431 een each coutiuautmce. Theose blad Moat orquarterly will he $per square or each insertton. Ad. n ot having the nomber or iner' ona marked on thew. will be continued until erdbrsil out. and charged accordingly. ' Al Jobirwrk done for persons iving at n di1aq1nicnust be paid for attbe time the work iSA.n, er the payment eecuredin the vitl.tge. -Al'osumuinucatioits adlressed the Editor. pWiW r will be premptly aid strictly attend RO ALS for carryig the mails of the United $tates, front iSt July, 1813, wsiO-th e(Jue, 18W, isclasive, South Car -113 will beireeived Attbe Contract Oie of the P44e (1c1i Department. in the city of Wahington, until 3 o'clock P 9 of the 11th y( of Apil 13, (to be decided by the 15th day of ay,) on the routes and the manner and time betigd'Gied, via: IN WUTH CAROLINA. 3189 Fron Adan's Run to Edisto Island, :15 wiles and back once a week. Liave Adfm'et Ron every Wedneday, at 6 anr, arrive at Edi&tosland same day by 11 Lmave Edisto Island every Wednesday at I grin, arsie at Adam's Ron same day by 6 frsemai-caly or tri-weekly ser ;0 "wal-~be considered. 3183 From Aiken to Treadway's Bridge. ssis-and back, once a week. - eae' Aiken ewe Thursday at 5 a m, ar fi t''Efeedway'e i usame day by 1An. .bAsa 9 e -sa's Brideeer ThaIii y ,W ik ti9. by 8pin. atGUMasa to Pair SB il' 5 15 C.,1 iesn . Lsfretteder's Creek every Wednesday 6' anie at Yorkillo sme day by 11 a an. -1avss Yorkeille weery Wednesdf at I p in; arrisoat Crowder's Cireek same day by6 p m. 3186 From Greenville c b. by Miller**, Dookiannt's, Cashine, Woodruir Vin Pnt aou's, William Goldsmith. jr's, and Dr. Av* tin's, to Greeoville c b. equal tu 30 miles and back. once a week. - Lase Greentille every Friday at G a in ; ar. ris at Greensle pest day by 6 p m. 3167 From Ijurricane to kancockville, 20 miles and back, once a week. Lea s Hurricane every Friday at 5 a m; ar rive at Haneockele Me day by II n m. Leave Hancockville cety Friday at 2 p in; arrive at Hurricane sawe day by 8 p m. '3188 From Ltncolinton. N C, by Long Creek Shosla, Falls. and Crowder's Creek, to York. Will, a c. 37 1-2 miles and back, once a week. Lea"e Lincolaton every Wednesday at 5 a or arrive at Yorknile same day by 6 p m. Leave Yorkeille every Thuiaday at 5 a in; me at Lincolntonsamue day by 6 p m. 3189 From Marion c h by Brtton's Nock. to coawagsboro' 40 miles and back, once a week. Leas Marion e h every Stnday at 3 a in; ar rive at conwaysboro' sanie day by 7 p no. Leave conwayporn' every Monday at 5 a in, arrive at Marion e t nme day by 7 p in. 3190 From Traveller',' Rest to Pumpjik;n to a16 miles and back, once a week. '~. Tmavellr's Rest. every Wodncesday at 8s'm;'arire at Pumpkintuyn same day by 1 Leave Pumpkintown every Wedncsday at 2 p ma; arrie at Traveller's Recst name dayg by 3191 From Winnsaborotugh. by Graydeni', to Rocky Mount, 25 miles anid back, onice a weet Lease Wiannberenagh esery Thursday at 8 a uniarries.at Riocky onts.une day by4 p in. Leave. Rocky Mount erary Friday am 8 am;: arrivu at Winnsboouhsaeday by 4p m. 1. Sevep minutes are allowed for openiung ansi eleing lbe mails at aill ollices', where nto partleular time is specitied. 2. Post Offics blauks, uma~il hag., are to In conveyed without furthemr charge on mait tinme2 admitting of such conveyance. 3. lIn all case, titers as to tie a for feiture of the pay of the trip, when the trip is not rutn: a forfei'ure of at least ne-fourth inimt of it, when dhe rufning or arrival i.. so f ar behindu time ae to loe ala connection with a depend in ail; a.id JE forfeitutre of a dume proportion of-'t, when a grade of service is rendered infe rier to that in the cotnract. These fierfeitumrei may he increased into penalties of higheri amount, wcording to mime nature or rgnc of the failure and the iamportance of the unal. 4. Fiues wilt he imposed. munless the dd-lin un he aaisfactordy explauied in due tme orfa to take from, or deliver at a poet of Slee, thi nsmail, or any pirt of it: tor snlkrint it to be wet, injured, lost, or destroyed: lTr enm reying it to a place or mamner thtat expu il to depredation, loam', or injery: ntot arrmrimtg ai the timne set And for ce::nnmg up or ruiming an eeqs to tranmwot 'nnimercial inatellimtence in advonoofthe mnail, a r ?hlty will be csnt .d eqnal to a quarter'. pas. -5 '15P --,'ar (.n.rili.-d~ :annithe. em'; truet- for-repeaatd tintu~rs: tar vi~dating tl, Pest Oice laws; for disobeyinag lhn instruec tionsof the DePartment; fur refusingy to di, charge a carrier whena required by tlw' Depart ment for signing thet contract widmont the consentof the Postmaster Generat. or foir set ti upi or rmoing :an exptreen a'. aforeumid. 4, 'h ef- tipammer 4-eal ua.'yiter tim c, ARGYLE, I:IE celebrated Itace Horseund Stal liton, ARGYLE, will stand the ena 161 Season at the Plantation of Capt. WrV. -B. Mays, fourmiles south of EdgefielM. U., on the Augusta Road. lie will belet to blares at 815 the single visit; V25 the Deason ; and 33 to insure ; and half a dol lar to the Groom in every instance. The money or nu approved note payahle the 15th of Ieember next, must be sent wish Ieach blare. or she will not be serVed. Good pusturage will be provided, and Mares fed on grain at a reasonable price, and servants boarded grai ic. A club of ive Mares shall be entitled to their season at .)20 each Marc, aind should they prove not in rot, they shault have the bcuefit of the Fall ensonl grati.. Every care will be taken oi the M.aies and their fouls. but tnil liabilitics will be ;ncurred for escape-s or ;'cidlent. A discount of ten per centi wil be allowed onr nil monies paid a thle ti,no of putting the maie. The Seam'n will commennce on the first of Fcbr'aary. antd end on i- las of June. A RLGY L is a dark brown hmorse, with out white. except it itt, fifteen hands and threc quarters high; prssessed of uncom mon bute and muscle, nod a ormn com hiuiog with perfect symmetry, every ti setnial #,I* a tace llorae. He is now 12 years oll, having been tinvied in Maryland in the Sprincof 1831. lie was sired-by the famons Mlona. T1'onzsou. hiq lum This. tie, was by Ogle's Oscar. his grandiam by Dr. Thornton's iuportel Horse Clifden: his g. g. daim Iy Mr. Hall' Spo : andl his g.g. g.dam by Dr. Al arshall's yder Ally, wbo was by L.imisay's Arniant. The pcrtirmauces of A RUYL E upon the Tfiv, have plaeed him in the v-ery firt rank- of Amtetican.llnrses as n Racer, while tihoe of his get ejsaitle him lei an eqal snnding as a Sitlio. I In stared first at Orangoburg. S. C., in Jan. 1S34; nod rat-at llaruwell, Augusta. Macon, Columbia and*Charle,ton, two, three and four miles heats,-winuitg successively 8 races; fiv'oefaliem of four milhests,'btt ing Pday1Valise6,Rutlte-nake;(3 ides) LncyGsiton, EsislilFlht, Deitasf, jons&', (twice . 6ttitsm .- & N e. ''HeI ei6 I o by ascom , in p, . ,. e circuinstancesoFwhalh are famirar to ev ery one. Subsequently ie was trainid and run with greut success ii Virginta; and in May last on the Central Courso at Baltimore, afte. 'unning fur the first heat of three miles, and losing it by a head in 5 ininues 4 seconds, he won the second heat in 5 minutes, 40 second%. being the best second heat of three miles recorded in the Amerienn Turf. nud the most brillinnt per formance of a year surpassing nil others in the richness of its aunals. During the same week, and otn the same course, one of his daughters. Kate Seali. won the great sweepstake of sl00 heating R fltne field with great ease: v-.bl a coineidence being hitherto unkutown upon the Turf. ARGYLE ,tond bitt one scasun and so a limited number of iares. not many of which were thoronath lredl, yet his colts Iave won nin- out f eleven eners for whiclt they have been -tarted, beating at one, two und three m1i1es. Ohe get of iany of our best Stallions. bcsidles several im prtel colis. son'o f I ti'en in trst-rate timno. Two of hiii. tet. Governor Butler and Knte Seaton, are now nuitrivallcl upotn the Turl'by any thin( of their nge. The owners t4 .\!YL'. in bringing hit: hock to the St:a.- in which (though nott foaled) he waS Sja: truined an~d .3nined his earliest laurels. pa ner.! himt n ish cont denuce to te Pnb~ilic. no bein': in every way cr accottnt ofr his bltood. sire a'udt. foihsperform-mnr' (an ste turf. so re m uarkable for en-atartre-. a well as'ee'I nod thue extraorditnn y woececs of his ;g0'. worthy of thteir crr .,t:,ration. Januunry 18. !SP if - Stat ofSouth Caroii. ABBE VILLE DISTRiCT IN EQUITY Wiiliatm Wilson, EliW~abth Todd,& oilher'. ~BlfrPii~ T pprigto nmy saaisfacsin that CaoieGrigaley. Whtitfieki Bozemon and Emeline his wife. Tuaieer Towies ~ad Sarah Annm his wife. Albert Rtoberuena, geunurinsg Wahton & Charlotte hais wife. Andeion Simes and Cornelia his wife. .Mry. a daugter of Mla ry Brown, deceamed, who has normarried with some one unknown. Leroy town, and Daniel Gent andl Nnnev his wifejerondants, named in she sauid bill.,'are. and rede withot the imnius of this state: Ordered. #t te said dfettdantts respectively. do app#'. pleadwm swer or demur. to ulae said bhil, ithins three moths fromt this date', or dlecrecogro confesso, sill lae rendered nginst thaem., iH. A. JONE~c. r.. A. o. Comnmissioer's Ostire. A bbevilie. Feb. 18. 1883. m 4 I Exreceufo' .Wice. I Ll. persons indebted so t~ e'sate of Wmst. .5.J.(lover, dee'd.. ei r by Note or Book A ccont, a.re requested Icomne forward antd settle wsitha Captain G.[ noas, 's ish whiom the Notes and Accounis are posited for cot lectiont. As longer indulgen.annot he given. those wisahtng to save cost sldo welt to avail t-smselves of this opportu6'. as she Notes ofce .\cans wsili he put theo hsands of atn ,riat lAe",nle.ctiotn, wish respect to per sons. Thaose h'd'u demn i annina't the said c.tnio .are reque-ted to hi I thtem int. tegally aitestd. CHAR LE~S J. C VER, rre.itor. n c.... l-, tr an. Oficial LettcrfrozmSouth .!, It L-.x., Nov. 8, 1842. se Q th of lust month an engage- A ment at Agna Sonta, about 140 aile ma. between the armes t corn y Generals Vidae and Tor rico,-.k: the latter was defeated and r WIi. C, dispersed or captured. ; .Yiry/ killed--not more than filly, pMb ore were about seven thou s 1tn present, of which upwants of fout were on the side of Torrico% I who lo tile by his own cowardice, re for he w first to fly from ibe, fiekd e and fled~ g :be chances vereudecided- t ly in bit r. lie rode in great haste to, Callao- t-on board a Free ceorveTre;* and he ' ! ministers, and Gen. San j Roman sumo other-, bavo gone to I re Chili. - ~ ving 3lo that he hali lost the day,. tbe oppotedirectinn (rum Torrico. oppinta unnil he had gone forty or, hem, 1n1l was wish diflicul- , ty ovcr. ad.perstamed that the vic tory ar that bioth the cummand era were away at the samte tinc. 0 -Mal4Ct w amos Feb t2 . . Lqirf aupcpach,-Iy the briI kl oisineed, which arnvnaI re ye , r days frmsin Sisal.wc have rcyiv vices fruit thesent of war. f To Capt. , of the schooner Freeland: and is. demon who, came ties senger res, we. are indebted for Merida -the 151h. .rqs: ' I note addressed to the - Secret ar, ly Lope:ia de Liergo. we leur AlexicanA hai e-Vcuatefl their China, leavitig ins their retreat.. thojtacicnla.of Chsai vac. tanese hiA set fire to theed the church and a re un ber ga ,g ofare cuoet, that the Meic n repuosed from the Emi gine wsdpafsinded.as a iaof-the 4sl and Mth , it., ring. n"etkbqsy be cansa 'pon: p the besi ghairracks.after bnvinag of ddiven., in _Wag9sts apid - advancedd guardil ith . .t slaughter. The loss of -h the Ca! pas on that day was very I t considerable-of their artillery company but three ien,. a curporul and sergeant in escaped. el W learn verbally, that several promi. nent men in Campeanby had been killed by the populace in cousequence of trea sonable designs. The di.covery of ti iti plot bad pned much, confuasioan.-Ber. el The Red River -'redeat.-Tlhrough the il polieness of the elerk of the Coute J1oveu,. of we yesterday received a copy of the Na- wi chitoches Herald. of the 18th, froumt which mo we extract ibe folowing : '--I is said that pr Jonesborourh is atnder water. andt some in other towns in its viciiaity. We doubt, aI lt Jonesaourough is-situated na very high ly, eminence. The water, howevter. a Fort 'rowison, Isis risen eizhteen fec highcr i1 than ever bdre known. Tin louillins j at she landirg have been all swept uawny. - A great porwo of Faniii county. Tvxa', lI. i-, under wvaer. We learn fromt this coun- he ty :hat no less than fifty lives are knowni, .A even' nOW, to have been 1It. rt -Amid the general listres. Capt. louk! ne of the steamboat Ilumter. proeedoled to , .'ll creek andet rendered thesulerersr- esver v t., wossible succour in his pow er-goingz fruins iceto pilace, pickintg itp the purvions en trosm the tops of* the housies and trees: e tibus rescuing'froms a wuierr grave somtra~ .'ovenzy five nie a hundred persons. Some w, were ntecsstrly left ii. perish in the cane t. ai tmer. uz, there was no possibie wuy pi of rechi;: themn; their ieis ofteui lin-i heard ahove she ntoise i.f the element. Si alt f~uitihe oaf Itwli'ins, 14 miles this sidle oft he Jeonrewenh, are r'-pnrtedm liist, and( Cut. .3litam, of iy.. with a lady. lis, niece, andithi a $1r. MLtKenney, perished''-Cres. Ciiy. ir> cit Naw O3LKA~n, Felt. 26. sa Late froas 7tirs.-Yestninuy morning u:1 the steam packet Nepture, Capt. Rollins, Mt arrived from Galveston, bringing dates tu ba the 2:ad inst. The news is nimportans. ar Trho waersof tihe Colorado and Birazos up rivers had fallen greatly. and were within - their batnks. Tbe damage said to have ty been done by the frerheta is not so great as A was represetd. Ti The west melancholy result of the fresh wi et was thme toss of human life. In atli- do tion to, the four umnfortunate men mention- pil ed in our last synopsis of Texas news, who the lost their lives in attempting to drive their hii cattle from the low lands,, the bodies of wJ three white men andi five negroes have me been seen floating down the Brazon river. N: So many lives have not 'been lest dluring ho any freshet in this river within thbe rccoh- ktn ction omf the oldest settlers. d The nett revenue for the year cndinig Ti the 31st January, 1343. arising from ex- i., ports, imports, &c?., at the port of Galives- hi ton, amounts to 8103.581 55. ah The whole amount of Exchequer bills tic issned by the govertnent fromt Jansus'ry, iei 1842, to January 17th, 18.43, iv $135i,880, en of which $76.000 have been paid into the Treasney. Fromt the report. of the sever- 01 al Collectors, it appears that ite amount ly now in circulationi cannot exceed 820,0010. mm As goods are constaretly arriving fro~m Eni- rej enne andl frnm northern pors,. it in fair ,o ci tt, ad aher ue scheuu.e. la aiupwiug .: pro. 8 rata inicrease of cmnpemaation. within ise ro strictions inposed Itb law, lor the additional servie- required, or for the increased speed, if the enpioynsua or additional stock or carriers is rendered neerssarg. bat tbo conaractor mnap, in such cnse. relinaqish the contrmmi, on titnal notice. if he prefers mt to the rhjnge. 1k nm also d~sacontinuat or citrail the tervico. he allow. ing or.e nitl'as extra pay on the amount dio. peused wath. 7. The paymn'nts will be mrade through draltes on post oflices or otherwise. after the ex. piratia of each quarter, say is Fubruarg, May, August. and Novemiber. . Tse diastancts are gicen acconing to the best information ; Ltt to ircreased Iny will he allowed. s-hsuhi they prove tn be greater t.in is.adgertised. ifthe Iloets are correcly :amted. 9. The Postnasler General is prohabited by law from kanowin;gly making a contract 11,r the tra.siortatsons of the m-til with any persota who shal, hace entered into any conbimation. or proposed to enter inato any confiaration. to prevent ta taking of any bid for a maji con. tract by any other person ar personvs, who shall hate tinade any agreetent. ot shat h-tre given or performed. or prlmoind to gis. or pes lorth, any conaideration ts tip, or not to do,. anyth' Fisaterer to induce any other pt.raost not to for M ulail contract. 10. A hid receiced arter tin, to-w:a: tihe 13t! Aort next at:9 p a. or without tile guiar attlee reqpaired .y lasw: or that comtbinses "eve "a. roaiute in otie suit tafccApeation, gnot he considered in competitiion with :a rgular proposal. no: adjoidaed to le extr-:ragant. 11. A bidder utay jropiose ditf'rent day ami hours,of departure atd arrival, provid.d IS41 More ruiumag tlime a asied, aid at is obvious tAt no auil -onnaesionl or otkeraccomttodation is prej liced. Ho isny ask fur ta-eritied num bot of days for moore runititsin; ime t the trip at certa ibnatus 6f' pcahatry bad nd. Bast beyon d these castages a paotpws:: for r vice diiierett from the advertiscatent will pre rent its being consideredmai compettionu with a regular bid. notset aside for extrAainoace; and where a bitt q paitwa naty of the iab.ce al teraaioans.their ditdd'riatalea will be estimuted it conparint -it with other -sropusas. ii. here alyould he but one route for bid ini a proposoal. -13. The route, the, ,etrice. tle yearly pay, she bidder'*name atd residenven. avid the name of eacle mneaiser of the fit in. wiere a company oflers. shoild be dtictly stated. 14. The foelowin- is the oris of the guaranty which shostldhle jbcti ed', the first blank with tie orname of t" gSuaranor.thesecond with that of the bidder and the Mitld and fourth witi .ths beiinniAg snd teninating points f the roate; and ifleO being dated. shonld be s ldb the guarant,sva@oa musbehwn bg. Witten -Tbo u eed - guraitities that --ifhisbi foVcarryin thetwilfro to - be accepted by 1h U Pustmaster Gan eral, - shall enter into an obligation prior to the 1st day orJtly next, with gosad and sur ficient sureties, to perform the service proposed. . Dated -" 15. The hidi should he sent undet seal, ad. dresed to the First Amsistanit 'ostnaster Geu eral, with -3lail Proposastils its tihe State of written on the ace or the lete: ansil shmnid ls despiatclhed ina time to tie receiced by or before the 13th April ext. at 3 o'clok. p ta. 20. The contrncts are to bae executed before the 1st Jna1 next. Post Officc Departasnt. Jamtery 7, 16d1. C. A. WICKLFFE. Janstary IS. 184:3 Idw 51 gleasant 1ill Acadeany. HIE Trustees of tie Pleasant rill, School respectfully informr the ptb lie that they haveeengaged the serrices. of 51r. D. WnmsTs and 3r1M S. A)UNTos, fOr the present year. Mr. White takeschargo or tie Male, and Mrs. Duatun of the Fc male Deparitnent. The School 1ouse is b.ituated between tho Edgetieldi ansd Mlartitneown Roads. about three quarters of a nil from Duu tonsvilie. Thie School is now in operation. nnd will continue until the 15th Decembaer nzext The long experiense oaf M Whsite, andi te known accoamplishmenests of \lrs.. D~un tots, warrant ua its believisng thaot shose who maty favor themr with their pautronsage w ill bc well plcased with the mosral andI anenstal proficiency of~ thesir chsihlren!. The sitatioan is pleasaint, atnd the nteighbhsorod hsealthay. lloardin;: ina paad htu-,ecs may he hand ont ressonsable terns. Pir qluar .Readint:. Wr'iting and1 .\rithmatic, $:3 fit E nglis Grammattr atnd Geogaphsy. 4 00 P'lain Trigonomectry arid Practical srve it snhe late ansd higha ly approvedi systemt of Jolhn Gnmtere, - - - - 5 00 Rev. D. D). R UNSON, WM. BRUNSON, LEsq. : Trustees. JOEL ROPER, Se.n., JOHN liULL, J Janutary 25 10t 52 TH E U. S. DISTRICT COURT', DisRIcT oF SourtH C.4Ro.IN.t. I.V 11.-1.VKRUP TC V. ITERE AS, Dniel Hoyt, Mechanic, j ~formterly of New York, truoW of Alh beville District, State ouf S. Caislinta, hsati ieda petition,. praying that hc many lbe de claired n Bankrupt. puratuant to ste Act ol Congress ofthse U. Statets, made, end nio ini force, coneertning Bankrupts. andt that hat muay have thae benefit of~ the said Act ; thei is to) give nohtice of the quid Petitions, ant that a hearin:; shereof~ will he hsad bsefort te Hlonorable Robeert Ii. Gilchrist. Judlgi of the sad Court, at a Court to bo holder at ihec Fede"ral Coaurt House. in Chsarles hi:., r,n 1*mdar te twentieth an? o March nr'xt it 11 cpslock, A. M., at whieh place atnd tim" nll persotns timerestedl maa pa1 ir na:. ;h:-,': emiet. if any they bt,-t why the prayer of tiue said Potitiuone should nsot ha gratetd. Caeso,23rdl dasy of Fsbrsuary, 184I' Charesto, I. Y. GRAY, Clerk. 3trchtt .4 5 re,4ume ihn' te etitare amount now in cir utationi will be absorbel i, the course of few weeki. 3ri-. Gei. Somervell has communien ed nTang report to the lin. G. V. Hill. kecretary of War and Marine. containing full history of ihe iio Grande campaign. n this report Gen. Somervell has not at empted in the least to censure Col. Fisher nd the troops nsler his command for re taining onl the Rio Grande nod pr ceed t to Mier, after the balance of t!. army alt couuiernarched. The llot.-nian, u noticing the report. remarks: "ID wO have been correctly informed, 'lien the or to take up the hue of march or the juncd, of Ith 'Rio L'ria rind Nue ' was issued. at least one-half of the oops under the command of Col. Fisher e without shoes andl without horses, ld but faew hald comafortable clothing. der these circuime. aceis, an attempt to tur,14n Tcxas wol:d have been attended I ilh the loss of a grr-;it ma ny lives. Cul. isher thierefore: il--me-l it adl-i-able to, rmceed dawn the ri-.-r, for the purpose of rOctrin-g hiore.3el vi jTazt*Vion,i for his en. Trhi nrsoe Gten. Sonerveil, if not irectly. iaidirecdy emcti'ned. Notlinag said inl 1he report abeout loaqubordinaatiaiti - disobeliencei of rlers. :ao- far at4 thaese Oil are concerned. When I he order %noi sited it w%.as not intenled t, ex-ted to Col. isher's cnm~p.my, f'.r (-nu. -,,nervell ow that they were lot in a condition to turn. ai ti'ut if they atteinpted it many ,e4 woull he ancrific'..l. t'pon ahc wiah niwal of Gen. Somervel! frtom the army C comiandoa devolve I up.' i Col. Fisher. Ia cotinued to net undea the orders ofa e governn ent." .niscelumteoies. Pron te Cincinnati Enquirer. Feb. 26. Fire an.! loss Life.-We have to an muuco to our distant readers a most die orabIle enl:tmity. ' We say our distant a nalers. because ihoca of ti-t city have a I o meliancholy and hecarti-ending knowl- c ge of shc occurrence. About half pust four o'clock last night a lire eaught in the smoke honse attached n a large park establishmtnent. coarer ef y 'a1lbut saraet - and 'Canal. Thia latter I lilhiany, 'which wrtoccupiei lay. Messrs. I ;&:.A:4oiJ:nnl stored full with pork. I rd! c,.aaf arji frtttig . l Set on nxatateat,- tw surrito Ih. -I nt i mnain Imilding was n 'wide shedl-roof at atin, running hck the whole depth, and v is, tot, wah4 sluwead full if lard in keg4. t rk, &c. The smoke house suood back a and at tihe soutih.s et nn-le of this im- I ense pile- a two story lrick building of ' naiderabale size. The buildings were I utnectet by doorway-a opeuing from the I e into the other. The fire was int the smake bonte, turn- a - intearnaly-the baaibt:- lanad been clos - a -all bit the opcning, ista' the tatti a ilding. The outshtea alonr'u ndlol window4 a this latter were also huitt-doubtless e th the view of snotheritng the fire. im. o n-sto volitime. of thick. black St'ke ared ot of every uopenin tht i wits a the w:llq. window. nand rot's of each ii ildin:. A-s alte fire progrreed inwar.l. tl ithitene itmats ofismtoel! antd petit tp ti 4. hCntA-1 in the last deree. of course d ,rcahcd. At lengti the roof cf the large a 13,e. waVa fior a %iin:gle sectod a hrown up. a glenmt of fire, qaiack nat.1 Iright as tha litning ql.:bt. htrut forth. atd then ihe er avy rao eianseda downtIi al.init %% ith a :anp. trrible conwciousness of a heir danger at ,b.ed tpon those who were stndalin; . ar the walls ot the devioted buildiin:. a 0i a trib- secondat 4.f titme aonalV was al- a .eA tha ta e.c. ae t. Th' t thro #ha.ra te maighty t-'emet . whhin as naow i rcessfaal. It hurled the rm" . --- i a caon- e -.'iona that lnirlr shonok ' ha:: ::rur I. ina A ~rr. ihr.artoa at nt adot atw aGae -e.-oweti arv. Th'- -.hted raoif ~'a. a ea ted comut- 1t t.ly aa.ear anad thae waall .aouratedt. fe And atl aw eni'eda a s.e-tre that beggarse a faire.- aa:atbere of aaur i~aneei firemen I!! :re up- it tae r-aof of at '-haed :mda unidcr a wvalls, wa.herc-mi they coaldl arrest the fa t wiih t" most adlvanta;.e. Crowds of bi izens we-re engaae in Ledeavoring to.I we prpry or ain conversaainn dtirecty I ider thle walls. Where aire they now ? I iany ita was known must have been crush~ed e ienth the falting tmasses, but how manty 11 at whom? Thei flamnes were shtootin;; e like a volcano from the smoke house ; s. anal under their fierce heat, thc first du. ti was to resente the woundead and the dead. al heart rending duty indeed was thaa.. s' ie first person whomrt we saw disengaged I' as Mr. George Silletto. He watajamamed ft w'umtlcr a fragment or roof, among a I .e of barnels-hia legs crushead beneath SI wall, Hie is very badly hart. Near a' ni was a man dressead in grey clothes a tose name we could noat learn, lHe as ti ist shockingly mangledl. and quite dead. s5 rarer the wall was founda the lifeless d dies of Josoph Bonsnil. an old wvell b own ci:izen:; Henry S. Edmonds. pork t aler on Sycamare street; aid Caleb WV. 01 tylor. of the farm of Woaodnutt & Tay- d .The latter was yet iving, hnt with t1 iskull shtockinigly frnetredl. lie died 6 untt7 o'clock. Tlhe two former were a ind. An industrious and worthy carpetn. ah -, namned Chumhrlain, was also, rea- 'a ash, bat too late. C This was on the Walnut street front. h i the side of the shed anay were severe,.I wounde-some perhaps killed. A ang the former we bate with peculiar ;rei to say, was Thomas G. Shaneffer, ork and Snnerintendan: nf eti offc. 0 one o the mnes intrepid of firemen anti faithful of men. He wast upon a ladder, reared againdt'a shed. with two or three others, and was hurled to she ground, ro. ceiving a severe concussion of Lie brain and other injuries. filw miny in all were here hurt, more or less, we are not able td say,-hut hail the explosion taken place five minutes sooner their number must have been ten-fold. On the north side several persons n ere hurt. one or a wo be ing knocked into she canal. Providential lv the dense. stifling amoke had packed down ho heavy here but a rew minutes be rore, an to drive most of the bystanders away, else the destruction ef life must have been still more deplorable. Wes~am up onr heartrending account, from the best information we can gather. thus: Kiled.-Henry S. FEdwonds pork mer :hant; Joseph Bonsall, late 'President of tie Wiite-waser Canal Co.; If. A). Merrill. painter; J. L. Chamberlain, Foreman, Book and Ladder Co.. Caleb Taylor, of she firm of Woodnutt L Co.; ' - Oh-. a German; Two Germans, name-o unknown. Wounded.-Iletry Trp. park inspee or badly ; Thos. G. Shiler. do. John lackemnore. dn. George Shilleto. legs >mnkeb ; Warren Finch, alightly injured; leniry Alvord, do. do. Wils. I. Goodloe, lo. A. Opetnlheimer, slightly; Wim. Crip ste, dos. A sun of Mr. John Rice, painter, was crously injureol, and by sos-3 reported lead. After s terrible an array as this, alfe meunt of property lost. sinks into insig iticance. It is large, but how large. or vliether covered by insurance, we cauot ay. Svic-idr.-The New Orleans Picayune ,r th lei instant says:-A deep and ainful excitement was awakened among sr citizens yesterday upon learning that r. l.averge, President of tihe Consolid ted Bank, had, in the course of. the orning. committed suicide in the grave. ard sin the opposite side of the river. le survived but a few hours the woutid v which his self-detruction wias sti'eted. ' we have heard aright on the. sab t ~M udneel him toas --to - 411. 'this Ietier anticipates shat hs motives ill he misconstrued. lost? positively denies has any misconduct of his own had led hit hall. it) s-erifice himself. not is it believed y our citizens that -uch A as the case. ihe decessd had exer'ciied almost-ahso. se otitrol in the inanageneut of the 3tk over which he presided, and pled. el as h.. hah been to the stockbesidders ud sme public In endeavoring to Iring hout its resumption, he founl the care, nd resiponisibilities of his pmsition too verwhelinstig fur him anid suught to es rape frotm them in deati inflicted by hi-s win htuad. Al. Lavergue wse a entlerman of great nissnty and elegance of tanerm. o'iis. naini,led connectionet, uad is addi in tit ve advanage,s of his elevated social posi. On, he psesseJed the unqsalified confi. nce amt esteein oft our buesisas cuiommu ity. Mnetonics.-The following pnragraph3 encerning the ottoet rcemarkable exhibi nsjsa (if iuimeory. by 'roessor GCourand. 1%V in this ity. is firon tile tC4setsucrcial Averiiser of Thursday. Prf. G.. whit ows tha: this is 11win; nest to any extra rdinary pwvr of1 hi4 owln, but to the racieco ol' a systenm of Mirmieconics, which sy hee leaaned by all. w ill give fusthser tamlehisl of its extentt th:i.t evrenius at the nmeranss lustitse.-.Y. Y. T1rilsune. The .y,.:cms ofh are ificint isemoary, inivenS 'I yv "hr. (sauraud. aned partially exhihi d bey hitm ini its resnits at the close ohf his venii':; lectures ott then lanctsarium, nolt oenly e'xceediealy curisone. hut rich premiss'eel ofsmost valuale coaseqoces; .' n . (moonraud alleges, hn es sensac ther's hotw teo acqtuire the same cxtraor tinay powessr that lhe ponessesof charg g the mnemory with uesnmitod details of' lets, dates, calculatiuons, nartise, fairmna.e ;. Ihis own exploits an 'hi's lisne are per :tly astonishin:;; imasters of te most smpex and heteroegenaeouss character he ours forth with surprisin;; facility and ae nacy ; and it really aloe" scorn that his stem i's adequate toe the retention of any isig andi every thling which it may bo eirable to remsewther. He pruposes son o give a course oaflectures specifical on this suhject.iu which the plan wifl be illy developed ; and he pledges himself sat say peson, of ordintary inte'digence, tall be enabled speedily to deomplish onders of recollections greater even than sy of those he has yet exhibited. As a 'stof his method's unfailing power. he sys that he wrill distribute among his aus ien fifty slips of paper. on whieh shall Swritten, by fifty diff'erent persons, hat ever they choose to put down-scraps 'setro, rows of figures. uncouth names, tes oh' events. &c.-and shat after only rice reading, he will repeat all thoso ry things, backward or' forward, without. single error or omission. This seems urd o believe ; but we do not know how disbeliev'e it arter seeing what Mr. ourand has done and does nightly before s aience. 3FE ery esrption executed with ) net esedespateb~at the Oee.