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Massachusetts resolutions relative to "free' ropresentation,.&c," as a gross violation of the compromises of the Cpns:itution. He also presented, from the same source, resolutions declaring it inexpedient to abol ish the franking privilege. Resolutions were adopted directed an inquiry into the expediency of abolishing the.olice of Solicitor of the General Land office, and of repealing the law which i lows to Coilectors of the Customs, three months to procure their surety bonds. The House bill, providing for the trans fer of certain balances-of Naval Appropria tions, so that the works of the Navy Yards may be continued, was taken up. Mr. Raynard expressed strong indigna tion at the conduct of certain officers of the Government,-who have, without authority, diverted appropriations from their original object, thus rendering necessary such bills as the present. After.some explanatory remarks frori Messrs. Evans, Buchanan, King and oth ers, the bill was passed without amend meat. The Senate then resumed the conside ration of the tariff resolution. Mr. Woodbury having the floor, made a long speech. in which he compared the Tariff act of 1842 with that of 1828. The Senate then adjourned without taking the question. In the House, the majority report of the Committee on Elections, declaring the non-districted members entitled to their seats, again came up as the exclusive bu siness. Mr. Elmer resumed and concluded his remarks in defence of the report. He was followed by Mr. Belser on the other side. The debate ts continued till the adjourn ment by Messrs. Dillingham. Burt and Brown. It possesses but little interest to the general reader. This morning, for the first time, Mrs. Madison availed herself of the privilege of the floor. She with two other ladies was conducted to a seat close to the Speak er's chair. This will be an excellent ar rangement for the Speaker, as he can now amuso himself by whispering sentiment to the ladies. 1 am afraid other ladies will be jealous and want also tobe admitted. Feb.S. - In the Senate, this morning, Mr. Bates called attention to the fact that when he presented the Massachusetts resolutions the other day, proposing to cut off the slave representation. the motion to print was rejected. The resolutions of Georgia, however, denouncing those of Massachu setts, he observed had been printed. lie asked if this was fair. As he made no mo tion, here the matter ended. . Mr. Wright presented a resolution from the Legislature of New York, in favor of continuing in force the Petition laws of 1838. Mr. Merrick introduced a bill author izing the transfer to the State of Maryland stock owned by the Government, in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Mr. Allen made an attempt to take up the bill to refund General Jackson's flue, but a motion to that effect was negatived. Yeas 18, Nays 22. He says he will renew the attempt to-morrow. After the disposal of some private and local- matters, the tariff resolution was again taken up. Mr. Woodbury resumed, and conclud ed his remarks from yesterday. Mr. Huntington next obtained the floor, but it being late, after a few minutes spent in Executive Session, the Senate ad journed. In the House, the whole day was taken up by a continued discussion otn. the re'port of the Election Committee, in favor of the non-districted members. Mecssrs, Beards Iey, Smith, Guder and others gave 'their views. The subject is so extremely unmn teresting that very few members remnaitned is the Hall. It is probable that the ques tion will be taken at the end of the week. This rhorning we had a heavy fall of snow, which will of course again derange the mails. Feb. 9. In the Senate, several petitious were presented asking an appropriationm fo'r a ship channel around the Falls of St. Mary's. Mr. Henderson presented resolutions from the Legislature of Mississippi, in favor of a reduction of the fees of the District Court of that State, Mr. King, in the course of some remnrks on the subject, said the whole country la bored under the same grievance, lHe hoped the Judiciary Committee woul speedily report a bill to ciet down the fees of all the District Courts. Mr. Dayton presented resolutions of the Legislature of New Jersey. instructing the Representatives from that State to vote for Gen. Jackson's bill. Mr. Dayton made a speech. in which he utterly denied the binding validity of the resolutions, although he had no objection to vote for that hill provided it were mod ified into a proper shape. The Senate then went into executive session,.confirmed the nomination of Mr. Wise to Brazil, and then adjourned to Monday. Inathe House fte debate on the report ofthe Election Committee in favor of the non-dlistrictedl members, was resumed and continued through the day. It was as usual extremely uinteresting, so much so that about two thirds of the members left the hail to avoid so unpleasant an infliction. Feb. 10. The Senate was not in session to-day, * having adjourned to Monday. The injunction of secrecy having been having been taken off, it appears the f.1 lowing was the vote on the confirmation of Mr. Wise. .Yeasr M'essrs. Allen, Archer, A thkir. son, Athetn, Barrow, Bates, Berrietn, Buchanan,Cbate,Colquitt, Evens, Fran cis, FultofikHannegan, Haywood, Jarna gin, King, Miller, Phelps, Porter, Rives, Semple, Sevier,- Sturgeon. Tajimadge, Upbam, Walker and Wright, 30. Naya: Messrs. Bagby, Benton, Breese, Clayton, Fairfield, Henderson, Mangum, Morehead, Pearce and Woodbridge, 10. It is said that Mr. Wheaton, our pres .;eit Minister to Prussia, has been nomina teid to fil the v,acancy in the Supreme -Court, and that Judge Upsher ia to- take bis place aforesaid. It-is also said that Jutdge.Wilkins, a mnember of the House from Pa,, will inks In the House to-day, the report of the .Election Committee again came up, and was debated by. Messrs- Norris, Chappell, Lumpkins, Simmons, au4Jamieson. No question was taken. Mr. Webster made a powerful effort to day in the Supreme Court in the case of the heirs of Girard. Feb. 12. In the Senate, Mr. Fairfield presented resolutions of the Legislature of Maine. urging upon Congress the justice of adopt ing measures for the settlement of claims of our citizens for lirench Spoliations prior to ISO. He made some remarks to the effect that since the above period, there have been 18 reports from Commit tees on the subject, and all except two are favora ble to the claimants. Upwards of IS mil lions of dollars were thrown by these spo jiations into the French Treasury. He thought it high time that justice should be done. A message was received from the Presi dent of the U. S.transmitting a letter from the Governor of Iowa, containing the pro ceedings of. the Legislature of t hat Territo ry, asking admittance inmo the Union as an indpendeut State. It was referred to the Judiciary Committee. A report was also received from Captain Stockton, relative to the Steamer Prince ton. Mr. Allen gave notice that he will call up Gen. Jackson's bill to morrow. After the disposal of several unimportant matters, the Senate resumed the conside ration of the tarifl resolution. Mr. Huntington having the fluor. made a long speech in reply to the remarksof Mr. Woodtsury last week. When he ecu cluded, the Senate adjourned. In the [louse, the report of the Election Committee in favor of the non-districted members, "vas once more resumed, and debated by Messrs. French, Carr, Vintar, Black and others, until the adjournment. It is understood that the question will be taken to morrow, Mr. Webster continued his argument to day in the Supreme Court, on the Gi-ard n ill case. le will conclude to morrow. The cold weather has suddenly disap peared, and to day the air is warm as Spring. Feb.13. In the Senate resoltion- were presented by Mr. Walker, from the 'eneral Assem bly of Mississippi, relative to Light Houses and Mail Routes. Mr. Benton presented a memorialfrom Chiefs of the Shawnee tribe of Indians, relative to the punctual payment of their annuity. After the disposal of other business or no importance, Mr. Allen called up the House bill to refund General Jackson's fine. The question was on the amendment reported from the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, declaring that no blame what ever is to he attached to Judge Hall. Mr. Berrien made some remarks in favor of the amendment. Mir Walker thought the amendment unnecessary. inasmuch as the bill did not call in question the character of Judge Hall. Mr. Allen thought the amendment in congruous. The Committee might as well have inserted a paragraph from the Decla ration of Independence. After further debate. the amendment was rejected. yeas 18, nays 26. Mr. Allen then consented that the bill hould pass-over till to morrow. The Senate next took up and passed the llouse bill makin; provision for the Luna tic Asylum of this District. The tariff resolutions came up next tn order, but it beittg late, a motion to ad journ prevailed. In the flouse the intermenable debate on the report relatire to the non.districted members, was resumed and contitnued to a very late knur. As it is well known that the members in quetstion will be confirmed in their sea's. there is not the slightest in terest manifested: in the subject. It is now understood that the p)reviouts question will be mnoved carly in the tmorn ingr. When this subiject shall have been dis posed of the dlebate on the Rules will be again resurned dttrintg the morning hour. Foreign Intelligenee. From" the N. Y. Herald, Feb. 6. By a spectal and extraordinary express from Boston, which arrived yestertday af ternoto, five days later inteligetco from Europe has been received am the ollice of the Now York Herald. The News reazched Bostont an Tttesday evenina by the R epublic. a Ne w York shtip' Capt. Luce, which left Liverpool on the 1lth tilt. WVe hnve papers to that date inclusive. The State Trials were to begin in four days on thte 15th tilt. There had been a further improvement in the wheat market. Money cotntinued abundant. Cotton. was again in the ascendancy Market closed firmly at the last accounts. Thtere have been a few revo!uionary in dications in France. A thousand students had called upon Lafitten; they wer rtpe for an emaete and cried "vive Moliere," &c. A good prospect for a very fine spring trade was hteld otit.. Every thing waos prosperous in Great Britain. Fresh disturbances had broken out in At hens The Court has tnot removed to Clare mount as was expected, in consequence of the prevelence of an epidemic, in the house. Her Majesty and his royal High ness Prince Albert remaitn at Windsor, and have taken their usual out-door airings du ring the week. The Clyde brings home $236,490, $32, 000 of whtich are-from Tam pico, and $40. 000 from Vera Cruz, to pay the Mexican dividend. The rest are for merchants' ac counts. She brings 4,661 ounces gold dust, 3.024 ottnces of silver, andl 1.52 of platina ; ?1,463 in British coin, 196 serons ofochine-al, &c. Since the proclamation of June, 1842 a numer ofthe light sovereigns, exceeding in amount ?100,000 sterling, has beetn withdrawn frotm circulati~on. Calculating the loss on each sovereign at the 3d, the to tal .loss sustained -by the public would amount to about ?1 25,000. The weather in England had been re .ma,-aebhy mild, apnle tee in bud ant blossom, together with pollyanthuses, Walla flowers, primroses, and daises, .in full tiloom, may now be observed in almost all tIhe gardens in the neighborhood of Lan caster. As a proof of the improvement in trade, and the better condition of the working t classes, it may be mentioned that at the t close of Saturday's market at Barnsley f preceding Christmas, every butcher's shop I and stall was cleared of its contents, in fact, i the supply of beef was little above half t equal to the demand.-Manch. Guardian. t The "National" publishes a letter from Rome, announcing that the utmost dis- r tress prevails in that city. Commerce, t agriculture, and manufactures are in a c deplorable state, and the only income de- I rived by the shopkeepers is from strangers. t Mrs. Gilmour's Trial.-On Wednes- t day the indictment for trial was served on 4 Mrs. Gilmour in the prison. The trial, as I we lately stated. is to take place in Edin- t burgh, and the day fixed is the 12th inst. t Meeting of Parlianent.-The Dublin < Evening Post contains the following- I "Ve have good reason to believe that t soon after the opening of the session a I movement of a practical and a concentra- I ted kind will he made in relation to the state of Ireland, and the extraordinary < events which have recently occurred < amongst us. [t is stated. that Lord John Rnssell is to bring the affairs of Ireland a urler the consideration of the house, by a c substantive motion for inquiry by a com- 1 mittee of the whole house, and that notice I on the subject may be given in the first t week of the session. Thus early we deem t it neccssArv to urge prompt.attendance of t the liberal Irish members at the opening of the session." The Rebeccaliles.-At the Carmarthen Assizes, which began on the 27th Decem ber, several riotors came before the Court.. t Many were let oft others were tried on minor of'ences. and, when convicted, rec ommended to mercy, and altogether the utmost leniency was shown. The Assizes t closed on Monday week, when the men called Shony-syborfawr and Dia-y cantwr i were sentenced respectively to transporta tion for life and for twenty years. Other t prisoners were sentenced to imprisonment for terms virying from six to twelve s months. DUBLIN, Jan. 7. 4 The Special Jury.-ln answer to the carpings of the 'hole tribe of Whig, Rad ical and Repeal journals, touching the "registry of higots," as one of the traver sers' agents politely styled the special jury struck on Friday, the Evening Packet positively assert: that the eleven Roman Catholics, objected to by the Crown were, to a man, avowed and ardent Repoalers, and therefore disqualified to act as jurors at the approaching State trials. -r By the Europe. -We cull the following items of news from the Charleston papers of Saturday last. The Paris fortifications were about to t be armed. c All the chambers of the Court of Chas- c sation assembled on the 12th, with closed doors, to inquire into the conduct of M. a Defontaine, a judge of Lille, who was ac- d cused of having compromised tire dignity g of his judicial character, and having vie- fi lated his oath, by repairing to London to a pay homage to the Duke of Bordeaux.- n The Gazette de France says, that M. De- h fontaine had been reprimanded by the ti Court, but the Journal des Debate states, tl that the judgment would only be delivered it on Saturday. The Paris Joturnal des Debats has an o article on "Americani Repudiation." It a mentions Mississippi, Michigan and Flor ida, as the only States that have sanctioned t repudiation, owing together 654,000,000. t The only cause which prevents payment ol by all the States is said to be a repugnance a to direct taxation. Thte following para- al graphs fi-om the article are worthy of at- s5 tentimon :s "Trthe members of the legislative assem blies fear to compromise their popularity by proposing orstupporting such a meas ure; and it is the custom in America to sarifice every consideration to that of pop-.f ularity. The ohstacle, however, is not el insurmountable. A courageous and firm statesman placed at the helm would en- t courage by his exhortation and example a hose local Legislatures which tremble e: before the caprice. or the prejudices of C' their constituents. Nothing is so qutickfy ii communicated as courage, especially C a'nbngst a people of energetic rcharneter si like the Americnns. But if, as there is '] reasotn to believe, it is Mr. Vani Bitren that the Democtatic flood will float to the Pres- hi ident's chair. there is nothing to be expecZ 11 ed in this respect frotm the future. first q magistrate. Mr. Van B uren is as little as. 0 possible the matn fitted for the situations p -is qualities are the inverse of those re- s qired for the situation to which Ite aspires. II eis a man who resolves nothitng. whilst hi e has recourse to the most indefinite t rnanagement. Ile fears above all things si to engage his responsibility. I, is uo: a with those habits of mind and character hi that a change can be effected in public hi pinion. Thc Oregon Territory.-Mr. Packen- di am, the newly appointed British Envoy r o the United States, carries out with him, ti t is cotnfidently stated, full instructions to g' egotiate a settlement of the Oregon terri- a ory dispute.-London paper. e Trwo Large spots on the Sun are said to tl e visible tiow with a small glass. The C argest is said. by an astrotnomer in the t4 Philadelphia Ledger, to be 14,860 miles h it diameter!-containing an area of 150 illions of square miles! They will be visible but a day or t wo longer, as the Sun, n1 turning on its axis, will carry them out of c view. The conjecture of Herschel was, hat these spots are porilons of the dark it ody of the Sun seen through openings in s te luminous clouds which are supposed to surround it. 'i Newe Antseptic.-It is stated from Vien- e a that the Abbe Baldaconni, pf the Muse- t. um of Natural History of at city, has e comtposed a solution of salemmonia and ii orrsive sublimate, which has the efrect or iving to articles immersed in it the hard- ii ess of stone, without injury to their natu-h ralcolour. E ven the flesh of animals thus 0 treated acquires this hardness,. and gi'ves . u, when struck a metalic snund. -ii . MISUELLANE4JAi!! From the Charleston Mercury. ST. li A,N Feb. 8, 1734. Dear Sir.-Believing it a duty highly ocumbent on me to give publicity to the reatment I found most speedy and etiec ual treatment in the cure of that mostuw ul complaint the scarlet rever, I have ta ;en the liberty to beg you to give it a place a your valuable paper. The mankner or he way it was brought into my family . om at loss to account for. About the 15th of January, sev~eral of ny negroes were taken with a violent sore broat, pain in the head and fever, swelling f the glands of the neck and behind the ear. then did not know what the disease eras; nd from its progress of termination, it aused mte to be much alarmed; on the first lay it was a simple sore throut; in tw elve tours after the sore throat commenced here was a pain in the head, and before wenty four hours, hot fever and swelling >f the glands and neck almost to sutfoca ion, I had but little medicine on the plan ation with the exception of Jalap, of this J gave very large doses; its effect was as onishing. attacking the disease at every ore, and in two or three days effecting a ure; the dose repeated every day until the ure was affected. Strong red peper ten was given in the interval,(at night and ometimes throughout the day) from a tea i up full to a pint, according to nge; this 1 was given for the sore. throat. I did not now what the disease was until it got in- I o my family, when it then shewed itself by J he scarlet eruptions making their appear. I ince, which could not be seen on the ne- I groes. With my children, as soon as they :omplained of the sore throat I gave them t full dose of Jalap; and had no further I rouble with it, as the disease was stopped here, and never went no further; the next lay gave a small dose to prevent the re I n, of which I was afraid. From this i imple treatment the disease yielded so -eadily, that I considered it a trifling com >laint, and started for Charleston, telling I lrs. Chaplin, if any of the other children vere attacked with it, to pursue the same reatment. In my absence, my two young est children were attacked with it; the I ymptoms being rather more violent, site I ent for the doctor, who came and gave an ,metic, their throats began to swell much, I ifter the operation of the emetic, calomel was given, which rapidly increased the lisease nearly to suffocation, dreadful sore a nouth, with great difficulty of swallowing. Wben I returned home I found them in his state, with two doctors at tending them. got all the medical aid I could procure. it was too late, they died, and were buried >oth in one coffin. After my return, there ere eight children (some boarding with ne) taken with the disease; on the first I ymptoms, I gave Jalap, and repeated in mall doses the next day, with red pepper ea; at the end ofthree days they were out flaying about the yard; in a few cases I ;ave salts the next day, where the symp- t oms were not violent. Out of thirty-four I ases where I administered the Jalap, not ne remained in bed more than one day. I Directions.-immediately on the first ymptoms, which is sore throat, give a full rose of Jalap. to an adult 60, 70 or even 80 rains, at night give strong red pepper tea, I rom a tea cup full to a pint, according to t ge, and violence of the symptoms; the < ext day give a small dose of Jalap, say c alf the quantity given the day before, con- I nue the red pepper tea at night; on the ird day, if there is any soreness remain ig in the throat. give a dose of salts, which c rill generally effect a cure, the doses must fcourse he regulated according to the age f the patient.E Thus my dear Sir, I htavo endeavored; give you the history attd treatment, is treatmtent 1 found (thtrough the blesigs F a merciful God) the mnost speedy, safe nd effectutal itt the cure of this awful mal dy, which has been, .aud always is, the :ourge of our cities and townts, and I tmay ty country. Yours very respectfully. EIDWIN CHAPLIN. An Abolitionist Buten-W~e fiud the a ilowing in the last number of the Cin-. innati Enquirer;: "A few months since, an Aholitionist of tls city, like many of his brethren, an I rdentt friend of the 'poor slave,' when lib rty can, be made a source of pirofit, etnti-( ed a young negro man from his tmaster :Kentucky, living a few miles back of ~ 'ovington, antI .induced him to enter his evice in the city as an apple pedlar. 'he slave was entrusted with a.wagon and vo horses, and in the ime was suffered to awk his frttir about unatuendr d by his ew master, till becotmitng tired of service uite as laborions as that untder the chain F Kentuicky servitude, and through the arsimony of the empIIloyer, equtally as :ant in comtpensattion, lie took it into his ead one day lately to retturn to his old ome ; so, deter-nited to go as other gen emen sometimes do, he went in borrowed ate-taking wagotn anid horses with him, ad the change in his pocket which he ad obtained on his last apple tottr. Whetn e arrived at homne he told his old master -here lie had been, atnd what he had been ointg; and the mnaster being willing to ceive him back again, and considering at the wagon and horses would be a very aod recotnpense for the service done the pple merchant by his slave. he dJetermin d to settle accounits in a regular business ray, by keeping the property and passing em to the humane genitleman's account. If course the latter is itt a quondary how Sregain his property, atid we care little if e don't succeed."h Mr. Clay and his Bear.-The Bee an ounces the 'return of Mr. Clay to this ity, after an excursion into the itnterior, there he has been laboring in the voca-s on of a political missionary-thle first in. ance, and for the honor of the United itates, we hops the last, of a candidate for( te Presidency, traveling over the cotuntry liciting votes. If' we spoke in the inter-s stof our party, we should beseech Mr, lay to visit every town and hamlet ini very State in the Union ; for there is noth ig in his manners, address, or conversa on that can make amends for the gross. ese and coarseness of' canvassing in be. af of himself for such an office as thati .Chief Magistrate of. this great nation. 1 rwe 'desired still further to promote the, ,testsr of thn Dmocrna by the laoa. rs of Vlr. Clay. *e should wish aboie all thing, hai he would mount the stump along side >f his brother. missiouay; Benr, wvho lats >een hired to sh'ow off his bufl'oonerics to he people ofNev:Orlcaus. 11, both would pull oft' their coals while speaking, as Bear lid the other night at lite Arcade, the cene would- he perfect; and our tUlow - .itizefs would be at a loss. whether to sward the preference to Clay or to his an mal. We have been told by our Whig riends, that Bear is a man of some read og, in which respect we suspect him to be it .i:ast equal to his employer--that is, the *eading of both extends over the surface of t good n;nny newspapers and pamphlets. Which of he:n is the better orator it is tificult to say. Bear pulls off his coat ,vhenlie speaks, and ,s action is said to be he chief ingredient of gt;od speaking. we hould certainly say between him and Mr. Dlay, that he was Ursa Major,-N. Or eans Courier. . From the Courier and Enquircr. U. S. MARSHALL'S OFFICE. The seizure Case.-We adverted briefly o this ease yesterday. and at the request >f Mr. tapalje, U. S. Commissioner, re rained from going into the full particulars, fearing lest an untimely publication might lefeat the end of justice, and we are de tired to say that the various publications n some of the papers were entirely tnau horized by him. An examination was (esterday held, at which the following acts were elicited Michael McAuley and Patrick Laughlin. two boatmen, who have teen arrested, stated that on Saturday tight week they were engaged by a Mr. Sutton who owns some small boats, to go along side of the packet ship Oxford, and >ring ashore some small bales of goods, vhich would be delivered to them. Mc 4uley went on board in the day time, and lad an interview with Mr. Jacob Gates, he mate of the vessel, telling him, that as MCA.) was the man sngaged by Mr. Sut on. At night he went along side and frought one boat load, which he landed at he lower side of Peck ship, where they were received by Sutton and Latghlin, and conveyed it a carriage, to a Sailor oarding house, No. 76, James street, kept ,y Benj. F. Parker, Day Police Officer of he 4th Ward. Ou Sunday night another oad was also landed. but on this occasion he carriage which conveyed theta was watched by two Custom House Officers tad the whole affair was discovered. A part of the goods landed were found it Parker's in the cellar, and part on the inth Avenue. at a place called the Carss Keys. Twenty-three bales of the same ot, intended to be smuggled, were found ;n board the Oxforl, and information was ;ained which led to the seizure of six more tales on board the M.mtezuma, which ressel arrived on Monday. A warrant was issuced for the arrest of 11r. Gates. but he managed to keep out of he way, until yesterday afternoon, just as he examination of McAuley and Laugh in was closed, when he was brought in. q1r. Curtis, the Collector, consulted with tim a few minutes in private, when he stated he was perfectly willing to be ex imined, and Mr. Curtis said he was fully authorized to state that Gates confessed tis guilt. His examination will be held o day, and, in the mean time, there is no oubt but that the prime mover and owner 'f the goods will be in custody, and on im will fall the weight of the heavy pen bty provided by Congress for this offence. When the anods were first discovered a shore, great efforts were made to bribe be Cusrm House Officers to allow, those an hoard the ship to be landed or destroy d, but to their credit it isEnad, they resis ed the lemptation. The number of packages seized is about arty-flve ; thirty nine were from on hoard be Oxford, and six on btoard the Monte ,ina, the total value of all, being about 15000. McAufey and Lautghhln, tinder thte advice f their Counsol, answvered freely all ques iots put to them, but they could not he rought to swear es to the identity of Mr. intes. They wvere held to bail $.500 each, aid Mr. Gates was required to give secu ity in ten thousanad dollars for his appear. nce tot be oxamined to day. Tlhe Oxfoi d has beden seized by the Cal ~ctor, but as the goods were smuggled rithiout the knowledge or assent oh' the ~aptain otr owners. it is very dloubtful if he U. S. can maintain their claitm to het' otnfiscatian. 'NEW Yoax, Feb. 12. The Plague.-We made ana extract rom a Massachusetts pap~er, stating that a Saxotnville six p'rsotns had died of atn aktown't disease, int pieking some wool which came t'romn Smyrna. The doctors onsidered the dlisease as a mnere inflam matory lever, caused by the dus~t from the rool. We should be apprehensive that twas thte plague broughat from Turkey itn be wool. If so,it should all be destroyed, ad the greatest precatttion used in having itercourse with personts laboring under te disease. Plaguae is contaginous, taot an pidemic; consequcently, it pervails in all easons of' the year. More or less it is Iways to be found in the East, as the Ittsselmen use no precaution. A very hotra quarantine is imptsed on all vessels rom Turkish or Egyptian ports arriving in Italy, France or Spain, The 'grer~i lague in Marseilles, 200 years ago, wich early devastated that city, was introduced romn Turkey, as also the terrile~ plogne in aondon, in the 16th century. In '1814 it irevailed to a great extent at Malta, intro ueed in leather from Alexsundria. it has eon introduced into pl'ces- by a pigeon ying on shore from t'ae quarantine ves els, with some diseased wvool in its beak. t may be a mere fever that prevails at he factory, but physicians should be harply on the look out.-Sun. Thle Balac Tongue.-T ho St. Louis )rgan stas.es that this dreadful disease is 'revalen'. in the neighborhaood of that city, ndl tbat some eases have occurred in the ity. The first symptoms are a sudden naiamation of the face, throat, and breast. mnd the progress of the inllamation and 'ever, if unchecked, is rapid and fatal.. Dick Radcliffe, a. half breed, wans hung n the Cherokee nation in the early part of' ast month for the murder of his wife. He vas wealthy, and had. previously enjoyed a respectable repnntation, nndti haJcn sher't of one tthe districts. The sonres: ~ of hi crime was intemperance. - Tl&' Tcmprance Cause in Sarannah -'he, Editor tcturned. from Si vannah yesterday morning, just before our paper went to press. On Wqlnesday eventag, Mr. I-lawtius, the Ten mperunoc faecturer. delivered an address in the Mithodist Church to a full house, and the resultwa.s that about 120 individuals signed the total abstinence pledge, among whom was a number who have long indulged to ;reat excessin the use of alcoholic drinks. This was his second address; the fist in the Presbyterian Church, iroughton-st., was delivered on Monday nigitto a crow ded house, and was spoken of by many: frieuds of the cause with great satisfaction. { Arrangements are made for- theinfigir Lectures in that city. In conversation with hint,. he remarked.that lie"hall nn where seen as much interest awakened as in Savannal.-Charleston Observer.: A young mar by the name of McWrighi, was conmitted to jail on yesterday, for stealing negroes from Mr. LK. led ; plantation. lie waspursued by Mr..Poo&'' and his sons, and taken in Columiis, Gad lHe -is not more than 19 years old, and si - that a party of individuals employed hair for fifty dollars a mouth, to steal negroe r and sed them, or to sell' those" that were . stolen for that purpose. The-poor-fellow r is fatherless, but says his mother and two brothers are living in a neighboring State Mr. Pool think, he has a clue to the.wl ole transaction, and v.o 'hope all concerned. will be exposed.-Marion Herald. On Monday last a- $1 bill on te Bank. of the State of. Georgia.- payable is$a vanoah, and raised to $20, was passed ot' a gentleman in this place, by. a -stranger, s ho immediately 'left for part unknown'e The figures, xx's, and the word; 'twenty dollars," judging from appearances, were cut from a blank bill of what is usuallj denominated "Florida money," and were very ingeniously plastered on such portions of the bill as was requisite to make ft ap-' pear like a genuine $20 note by a-tliir glutinous substance. Should any such be' : in circulation, they can easily be detected by holding them up to. the light, face out wards, when the original figures, letters. and words cin be distinctly seen.-For. yth Georgian, 9th inst. Petitions from the South.-As Massa chusetts, in contenmpt of the comiomise' of the Constitution, has proposed that the South be deprived of its slave representa tion in Congress, it would be well for: the. South to counteract this movement,.bf' insisting on the representation in Cohgreas of its entire slave population. .Let: peti tions be extensively circulated and- signed in the Southern States, calling on Con gress so to amend' the Constitution arm permit the whole of their. population to the benefits of representation, and not three-fifths of a minority of that popula tion. On their own principles the Abolition-. ists in the Legislature of :Massachusetts ad elsewhere cannot deny the justicea fn propriety of this proposal, They refuse o view slaves as property. They-consider . hem endowed with the qualities thatenti le them to tife privileges of other classes ifsociety. This is the abstract th'eory of ight. The conclusion frdom this doctijie s inevitable. If slaves are persons, in au. hat constitutes personality, they should be epresented, not by a moiety but :entirel . We would, therefore suggest that tlio-Sath neet the movement of Massachusetts, by ~xtenuively petitigning Congress~ fdirsuch' in alteration- of the Constitution ag-will nittle it to the benefits of a full i-opreen-, aliitn of numbers of Congress, io-wimt the :hole of its population, slave and free., Charleston Pmtriot. Texian Prisoners in Mexto.-The ,tn oraunate Texians, confined in the cold,' reary and unhealthy Castle. of Perote, ire rapidly being released fronri all egrthly rou bles-death is liberating them fromi :onlnermetnt the most cruel. We have een permit ted to copy the following ex act of a letter from one of the prisoners,. lated PE.ROTE, Jan. I,-j,54d Leonidas Saunders, of Montgoamf ounty, Texas, died last night of the pre aniling epidemic. Wli. S. was Chief 1us-. ice of that county when he left it, and I .ill venture to say that no one- can -hew >und in his.district more worthy tofu he olice-in short, he wvas a wvell insform di. amiable gent lemnan. Th.!re are many; thers yet sick in the hospital, many'o hem dangerously. .. Yours, &c. Is there no way--can nothin~ beddne ir thes.e unfortunate mneti! The Mextican overnment mtay have the right to retaih, it leiast a portioni of them, prisoners of ar; lint it is cottrary td the usages of ivilizedl nations,- to- incarceraeo'- ahpse, fhorm the forkuanes of war may have irown into thteir hands, in a-place where he climate, combined with scantiness of ~aimnent, must soon bring premnattie i ase ad death,.-N. 0. Bee. Fronm thme Chroide'and 'Old Don ion. Before ad After.-.-It is-certainly astom shing to note the difference in-some m*,n .efore the electon ad afler the election. ust before the election how kind and po te is the man who w as before cold and. tately itn his bearitig; anifwho 'oididt see an humble or poor man, by riedithLk his head was lifted, too .high abpeartJa and snuffed the ears of nobilityv. -'Bte the elecis:, such an one wil stop ozours' at the corners of the streets, in highray's and by ways, in the markets, &c., and be most condescendinigly -polite, in hopes by hbis flattering recognition, to dope the fa. cinaved poor man to vote for him at the .olls; when after the election he forgetsihis. xistence, for he has no needef his services mud retilres to his enjoyment of iiealthand4 honors, until the season again comes'rootid, >r him to "stoop to conqter," Two fools Satisfed.-A duel took place mn the 27th uit. in'New Orleans,:betweai Lwo "gdritlemer(l) in which onessh~ hrmigh the calf of the leg -ahld the 6thei~ hrough both tighs,-ilicting a danagea -- ,-ound iii the'arterma profudadn.hi nianj ivho shotmf a rtery and geotlshottas'