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.4.'lJ .iVt. !1 -.i ,t ofur b .Irrt.r .i., IV ...rr sr fl "!^".. -" - - - X--~ 1~~~ln to. 1k .Pl'T oflr Temple1 . ff "r : " m w f i c w (i ,''ka id1~ .r 1~ ~. .l , . 1 r~~P . VIRE X1. TI 3) , PUBLISHED EVERY IWEDNESDAY. BY W31. F. DURiROF; E D!I'O R & PROP RI1E.'rOR. NEW TERMSV. Two D.LLARS and FIFTS CENTS, per annum. if paid ii: advance -$3 if not paid within six io'tintls from the date of subsctiption, and .'$ i f not paid before the expiratiboi of the year. All subscriptions will be continued, unless otherwise'ordered before the. expira tion of the year ; but no paper will - be dis -continnted until all arrearages are paid, un less at the option of the Publisher. A iy person procuring five responsible Subscii -bers,shall receive the paper for one year, gratis. . DVERTSFMtE Tsconspicuouslyinserted at75 cents per square. (12 lines, or less,) for the first insertion. and 37.3 for each continuance Those published monthly or quarterly, will be charge $1 per square. Advertisements not having-the number of insertions marked on them, will ba continued until ordered out and.charged accordingly. Coimunications, post paid, will be prompt. ly and strictly attended to. To the Public. . F OR Greenwood Association ensuing year I shall teach both the Male and Female -Academies. Case of lnstruments- Compass and Chain-Globes-2 Pianoes-Black board -Chemical Apparatus, a'id the long used Aca .denical houses are all in readiness. I employ no corporeal punishment whatever, in lily mode of teaching-a child dumiing his pupilage, if treated as a rational being needs, the nppli cation of neither the bitch, nor ferrule, still mlly discipline is rigid-parental, and peculiarly lmy own. I grainato I in Columbia College, S. C. with the Cai-ss of 183:1. snce, which time my oce. patioti-has been that ofa Teacher, and persons -Jesirons of satisfying thie:nselve.i as to the efficacy of my plan of instruction, are pat tic- I nlarly requested to call and see for themnives, my Family School. To be sire-that :t is new-thai it is no imoposture, and will tell for itself upon mere childieu. 'Tho scholastic year will be tent and a half mi'ithss, coimmencing first Monday in January next. r'rT'ion, 3 rates, according to lstdier. E R lt $-0.' 2nd $24, 3rd $3, the year. ,Msie $15 per Session. D ocing (if desired) $5.per Session. MA1nel of A -ms-Broatd Sword Exeicise. Uie of Needle-Einbroidery. Drawing and .Painting, aratis. t ~ Boarding. lights excepted, .$7 per month. I nuse whatever Books are required by the College. for which tite Student is preparing. I For Girls. a select and extensive course. SuitableAssistants will l-e employed, and I, t~jor ve x PeCt . t f~ o,.N& t.Iu .cornpjeteut to Tear~1 nrenlch. 4ferei::ces-Dr. J. D~arrat; Capts. McKel ler. and Creswell-ytessrs.Ptrtlow, and the citirens of Greenwood. .J. W. JONES. Principal. -Green vnod. Abbeville:Pist., S. C ? November 2'Gth 1846. ( 9it 47 YOU.N L\ulyS':BOARDJNG AND EDo. -IcLD CotRT lot-sg. SOU'Tt CAnnLISA. I'r n.y purpiose to cpet a SC/10O1. of j th:s character, on the filet Mlonday intJan na . 1847, in tiy iloute, near to the Episcopal Ch arch ; by which time a .School 1u'11m will b- uti comnmodious enough to receive a large ntu:mber of Psip's.. All the usual branches.oian Esglish edica tin will' be tanght- tngether with French, Music, Drawing and Painting. by competent Teachers, employed for the purpase. A Pulic Erimunintion will take place oice a year; and the 31nsicalPuplis will be required to perform in a privatcConcert once a mttu; at which time they will be examined ot the Theory of Music, so imt, progf giay . he. ;r.iven that they dre w.il groutided m rte rulimenta. Persomns wishing to place their children in this School are regneste to nake.apiphcation as early as possible, that prel;artion may be made for their reception particularly for such as may come as Unarders, Rates of Tuitio . and Buari,-puy.lie'in ad'! vance, will be as follows': P'er Quarter. -For Spelling, Reading. WVriting and Artinetic, $ 41 00 Geog raphy. Gr-stmmar and Con posiltion, with the abhove, 6 00 Hismtory, Natural and- Moral Phi-' losophy, Cheiiary. Bostaisy, &c., - with the above. 8 00 French. .0 00 Madei ott thse Piaino, 1-) 00t lietisic ont the Guitar. 8 00l -Drawing and Painting, 6 00 lBoard, includintg WVaslung and Lightts per tmoth, 10 00 A charge of 50 cents per gnarter will be made for wood during the Fall anid Winter. EDMUND B. BACON, Nov 25 tr 41 'Principal. The Chiarlestor. Evensing Ncws, Augussta Constituti,matlist and South Catrolinin wl copy one tie eatch, and forward ace-olnt Wainted, AFEMIALE TE~Acll.R, to take charge of a small School, for the ezistting year. rThe location if the School is near the road leatdinig from Edgefield Court hhionse to Aiken, One that cast conie wvel recominended will meet with employment at a reasossble salary. Apjllicationt mtay be made through the Pnst Ogice, Edgehield, or to eitheer of the subscribers COLLIN RHODES, MARtTIN POSEY. Nov 2.1840 tf 4-1 Notice. R~ . SAMUEL W. MlABRY.. will open a ivIItale School, in the AMademiy near Di. Nicholson'~s, asid in the vicinity of Eltons P. 0.. on the first Monday in February. TERts A'itE As FoLt., viz:t r anad Arithmuetic, per session of r tent months, $12 00 2nd. Geography. English .Grammiar anid Natural Philosophy, per ses C.r.I. Mathematics. Latin, ,Greek, Frenchs. atid Chemistry, per ses 510n of ten months, 25600 --Doarding cain be obtained at $7 per month. december 9 4t -46 O5We are authorized to announce MAltSHAL R'. SMITH asa candidato fr.,.x Collsnaetor at the next election. lipISCELLA% EOIJS. ~CTS OF SOUTH-CAROLINA-. AN ACT PRESCR1BING THE MODE OF ELECTINo TAX COLLECTORS. Sec. 1 Be it enacted by the Hn. the Senate and House of .Representatives now met and sitting in General 4seembly, and by the authority of the same. That when. ever a vacancy is about to occur in the office of Tax Collector, in any district or parish in the State, -by expiration of the term of the ittcumtbent, it shall be the duty of the acting Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, at least two months beffe the term when such vacancy shall happen, to advertise a election to fill such vacancy, at the Court House door and at.three or more public places in the district or parish, giving thirty dav notice of the time of such election; and specifying any MonJay succeeding the expiration of sixty days as the day of election. And he shall also issue a notice to be served by the acting Sherifi, to the several sets of lanagters of elections in the district or parish, to attend at their respective polls mn the day appointed, who shall so attend ad open between the same hours, and n other respects the election- shall be con-. Jucted in like manner as is prescribed for he election of Members oif either branch ifthe Legislature. -For every instance in vhich the Clerk shall render the services aerein required of him. ho shall he enti led upon making satisfactory proof thereof o the Treasurer of his division in receive roa the Public Tresury ten dollars. Sec. 2. Wten any vacancy shall occur n the office aforesaid, by the death, ornis ion or refusal, to gn alify within the time 'rescribed of the olicer elect, or by the unacy of the incurbetat ascertained by ntuisition found it shall he the duty of the cing Clerk aforesaid, to advertise Iir an lection, tnd to issue notice to the Matta ers ialbresaid, who shall conduct the lection as prescribed in the first section f this tact. If th Clerk shall fail to ad ertise and ;iv. the notice herein reqanred he M anagers ofelection shall nevertheless roceed to advertise, and ohl an elec. ion herein before required. and the Clerk or every wilful neglect herein, shall he i'ahle to indictment anl pianishment. as or a high mis-lemneanor. Sec. 3. Whenever two candidates for reaif-icgm seay-tavrt i s . ii i te.r of votes, or when an election herei lirected, shall be declared void hv the ilanagera, they shall forthwi'I advertise and condtct another election in the same atanner as is prescribed in the first section if this nct. Sec. 4. 'l'lte Mnan2ers shall tteet at he Court IIouse of their district, or in :ase of a parish, at the place usually ap pointed to deelure the electito of Members Af the Legislature. on the fir-,t Monday after the votes are received, and on the ;ane day count out the same, declare the electiun. if no notice of intention to con est it be given, and shall certify to the Governor ie name of the person who nay he duly elected. Sec. 5. If any person desires to contest she election herein provided for, he shall an the day the votes are counted and the election declared. faaranibh ta the Maaagers the ;rounds in writing, on whica ie intends to contest the same. and they are hereby authorized and requiired to hear the matt ter .,nod determine as soon as may he the validity of the election so t queston, atnd their tIeeision shall he final ; provided that the presence of at least two tbirds of the managers shall be necessary to try thoqinestion. and the vote of a majority presenat shiall be requisite to determiine at antd nao iamauer who htas been a candi dare, shtallI he allowed to sit uipon the hetarinag antd determinatiotn thereof. Sec 6. Whten the Matagers certify to thle Ouavernocr, thtat any persona hats been duly eleeted to the office of Tax Collector aforaesaidl, .the Governtor shall, (such person hanvinag first comlled watha thte pre-.requis ites presented by law.) transmant a catm trission for saci).person to the actittg Clerk aforesaid, who shlall -specify Ott sucht commnisio-orhe day he received it; and forthwitha give notice thtereof t) the persona for ivhaom it is inatenaded, endorsing on said commnision the tiama sehen the nopce shall be given; and if such persoat neglect or refuase for fifteen days L hereaftcr, to quaalify 63 .requaired by law, the oflice to which be mnay hava(e been elected, shalhl be reaarded as ipso facto vacant, and prgper .proceediin{;s shall lhe t akena -forhwith,.fo to-fill the same taccording t o thae provisions of allis Act. Sec. 7. .W'hen any persona shall be dle clared to be dutly elected ao the said office, hte shall be boundl to. ils itt the office oh the reasurerof .his divisiont. -lhis bond duly executed and approvted, withiat thairay days from the time the ciaiona is declared. Sec. 8 The term of the -office of thte said officer, shall be four. years, from the tinme of qualification, and lie shallicontitnue in oflice, until a successor mraay be. duly elected, or appointed. Sec. 9. Every person itn any-district-~ot parish, who may he emitied to vote fot Members of thae Legislaature,; shall be entitled also to vote at the elections here~ inbefore prescrabed, nd. the..said ehectior shall be subject to the laws ald .regulattsna prescribted or to he prescribed, for electiots of Members of the Legislature, so far-al the same are applicable. . -Sec. 10.- Be it further enacted, That at election for Tax Collector, for the piarish es of St. Phillip's andl St. Michael'% he and the same is hereby cratered- tr ' lE n the frteenth, ,(...-or 3inni, w~ . will.be in.the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and forty seven. Ant the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the District of Charleston, shall gi.ve public notice theieof, at least ten days b~e fore the day of election,-and the saidselec Lion shall in all other respe:ts he conduct ed, held and declared according to the pro, visions of this Act.. . Sec. 1t. Every Tax Collector to hs elected. shall euter upon his duties on.the first day ofNovember-ensuing hiselection, and the vacancy ~ifl:he mteanmime, shalj be filled by the appointment of- the Po; verlor, AN. ACT To ABOLISU .TIlE ALLOWAN.- o . TARE ON BALKS OF CO1Ti.. Be it enacted by the Senate aud, HG 4se of Representatives, now met and -aitting in General Assembly, That tho .custom of nakinga deduction fro:mthe actual wei 101, of bales of unmanufacttired Cotton, as an allowance fur Tare or. Draft thereon, be and the same is hereby abolished; and) that, hereafter, all contracts made.in..rela tion to such cotton shall be deemed and; taken as referring to the true and actual. weight thereof, without deduction for aty such Tare or Draft. AN ACT T9 ABOLISH BRIGADE ENCA31 IENTS. Be it enacted.by the Senate anti Houte of Representatives, now met and sitting tn General Assembly. and by' the authority of the same, That the .\liii;t Laws of this State be altered and amended, so:thai'l sections and clauses of each and every Act of the General Assetably relating to Bri gade Eucarpnents, and all Acts hereto fore passed regulating lBrigade Enctamp. ments. be, and ihe same is hereby repealed. SNoPsis OF TFIi- R-POIRTS tF THE Sec. RETART OF THE NAVY AND, SECRE TART OF WAR. Repart of the Secretary of the Nay.' The. Mediterranean Squadron has nut beet continued during the last year. It i- proposed to revive it as as soon as cir cumttnaices will permit The station at Mahon has been discontinued tit the ear nest request of the Portuguese giverntnent, and measures are in progress ihr the re moval of the public stores from tlhat place. The East inb mlua.lroa, consistinu of the. Columbus. 74, and the sloop Viucennes, is supp)isjto. hav'sptilke4Lutl.appand, ai' nskatka, ii the month of Mayor Juno lart, nnd to have returned to Macao about this time. They will probbly commence .their homeward cruise via the North Pa cifmc in January or February.. Ordecrs were sent to Cit. Biddle in January InAr to proceed to the west const of Mexico, and assutme the eommand of the squadron .there. No 'acknowledgin'ent of the re ceipt of -then hst been received at the lDepartment. The lBrazil. squadron con. sistS of the frigate Columbus, Cotmtnan. delr Ritchie, and thne brig Binbidge, Lt. Cormnianding Peunintton, imder Commo doro Iosseau. 'Thre Afrihor.in tuadron consists of the frigate United States, the sloop Marion, brigs Dolpin and 'boxer, and store-ship Southampton, 96 guns in all. A till and interesting nnrrative4s given; of the operations of the Pacific siuadron since the war. both under Comniro Sloat and Commodore Stockton, nni copies are annexed of the olhicial reports of these of ficers. The squadrr now consisrs of the Savannah and the Congress, friates ; the sloops l'ortsmouth, Levant, Warren and Cyane; sehooner Shark, and store ship Erie. The razee Independence is on her way out with Corn. Shubrick, who will on his arrival assume command, and the sloop Prehile has sailed for the same desti nation. The doings of the bomte squad - ran are also fully' nasrrated, and copies atn. uexed of tile oriicial reports of Comn. Cona tnor, in reference to the blockade, the de siigns on.Alvarado,'the affauir at Tobmasco, tarat the taking of TIamnpico. Ful'ljiistice is dontte'to the commoanders oif both sqiiad rolls, in whom the confidoence of the de ptartmtent seems tunabated. :Extracts froma thu instructionis under whic hhey- ticied, 'show also aidispositiuon on -the part of-thet Government 'to avoid all collission wvith Mexico, if po~ssibale. The ve..tels coampri sitng the Navy of'ITexas seem to have been liound unworthy of repair, with -the eK ception of thae Austin, which is at Pmnsa cola.- The others -have beenas ordered Ic be sold.'-~~ - The estimates of the department- are based on the employment-of 1O,000 mien, though no more than 8:500-are now ir service. Authiotity is- asked to build 'foui sea sitees to be employed iis condac tion with our' squadrotas-~-abroad. TIhc practicability of- the dry doek at N. York is not doubited, andithe work is ti'rged upor the fuayorabale notice of Cdnogress.- - A.docli at Pensacola is hiso-.'recommaedfded',ao other imnprovemeriuts to'1increase" themelli cienacy of-the yard 'at -that- place. 'Tihe re slriCtio~n 'on the MenaphisM work -odo'pte' at the last Cohgi-ess; it is thoughii lmuylbi advaitsigeously remaoved>- The exclusiv emllloymen~t of na~val officere,. as naya -storekeeper.'-abrrd,--is'not' thotiht-4d B wise, and a modfication-of ihe law on.thi: subject is recomneuded. -The naval Achot is spoken of in terms of approbaion am -thesnine -appropriatiob-is asked - forist a was had last -jear. - s'uitehbIe inoiice '4 also givena to the oflicers of the observata ry,- w.hose vaubooeailsr s .ning to- attract th~tetntiiydev 'Amn:additiotaenmber~of-assistapsgr geonts itt!.Very. -uich:-desired,'and.tei. di ,pa rt-ment salso. recontimendls- ait.:ipegdase'ji the rank andfilo olf (he mmarnegor,ps-an iin-the number oh' warraut1e lcor.Th concludes withadvising thetautho I;.,i ive tothe President t o aqpi ten ut of 4 or .6-midsbipmen at large,;t tive of the place qlresidep.ce.of I ,q. p:#pppinted. Provigioo.syight i be de for ca'ses f lechiuir merit whis ar w excluded. Nothing is seaid in t:i ;re $qa. the systorauof'. promotion. T.4t Se tary confies himself to a -faithfi nao on. of the doings of-The Navy,~with fe tical suggestions such as we hav m ed. His report is ably written,. c ud interesting. ort of the Spcearg of War. Sncrethry..&ies a full history c the mmgncemjent .and progress of ou Me ap c'ar operations.:;tlbe haitles Pal Al , esaca do; la. Palma and Montere: ag arrated;,thenive have the termina tion the arnistice;.thecanquast of San a. d the Californias, an account of arious-movements of ,the armies S4 o4ry,.though not ofTicial ;ipforma tion been received, of..tbe -tkingno MoI ya, but. ,noit: Chihuahua.. Gen Ken y.'s. detachment w~ant expected a< rea e Pacific about: November last T rations.of Col.jFrentt and Com, St eg.es: of the Rocky. Mountains aro redto.with commendation.. Au tlte. infiirtsttion, but no olicial report has 'received of their operations. The milit force of the United States has bee mented from 7.640 tmen.to 30,000 men Whe duties of the war department have en arduous an.embarrassing. The depa. 'ent of Tamaulipas, and the tight bank the Rio Rraude for several hun dreal les faom its nmouth, New Leon, C . and Chihunhua have all in eflect beeP ,ested from. the enemy ; and the Mexi i authority, civil and military. dis ' in New Mexico and the Cali furn si tu the short space of seven rmop ,I egular army.-under the law of last sessij inhen titled up, would atnottut to 16, 'cers and menbut does not now eeee ,U300. Our success in the field is alr table probably to the large ntum berf 4 ioluutcers c.tlled out since the pass f thu bill increasing the army. It(. t- uWie to tell the number of troops wchi e exigencies of the var may rei' The. wdlunttes called out who hav untered the enemy, have more than ted, thr expiwctatiuns 'formed of parage ent to them to say that regular force ittwotd bey preferred -iin a wvar to he prosecuted in a iireirn- country. : Consid erations of economy are also decidedly in favor of troops engaged to serve during the car. The Secretary is most solicious that this subject should receive the atten. tion of Congress, and that a body of troops should be raisi-d to take the place of those volunteers who will claitm a discharge at the end of their term of service. The plan suggested1 by General Mac omt in his report in i836, is recommnendet now in reference to regimental field o1i. eers. Provision ahould be made for of fences contmitted by our troops, and h persons connected with the army. At increase of the regular ;trny is recommen tied. The estimated appropriation hh fortificationis for next year amount to 405, 6(10 dollars. The report then goes on i speak ofsour national defences: of sapper miners and topographical enginieers, anti their present ..rganization; of the.ordance bureau- teinginadequate;.deficiency of tht mtedical stalffu the army; history of ope rations in ttineral lands in.the past year number of pension agencies. 44, exclusivi of Navy pensions, and number of pen tionersabout 20,000. The independen Ireasury act contemplates he employ.mer of ollicerat herein niamed-as pension aget tnd .rernders it doubihul whether thos hitherto employed are inot suspended. HI recomamends that, authority. .bo given 1 cntinue the present agents at a reasonabl compensation. Three thousand fotur liuind ted .ana tlfirt-y-our Jrtdians have lees removed: WVest, of the 4i.ississippi Rive since last .annual: ~report. New treatie with the Rndiatns are referred , to, and tit solicitude of; (Governmentl to- promnote th ijelfare oft the Indian. tribes -is feelingl, expressed. -- . HONORITOII2 BRAVE. The. mournful occasion has occurre .th.eu,the citizens of ChtarlesLtg have a opporlbity'of patying can honor to th .romraingof ran orlicer than whom uto .st.ood; highet,.and. whose loss-the whltu .,upntry .deeply regret. ; -. T.bdyof thte lato, lamented. Majr J'd~golul reacited . hereyesterdgy~undo .tie *arge of ~a Committee, consisting a~jqir J..J. Griffi h,,Capt:gM. Jeffers, ar .Lc,.. $elizerh appointed by the citizet to he~stentmhed.in the suil-of hii natuv in'the cities or New Orleans and Mt bilu, every ,honor, loth civil anid.mnilitarj ',-ias,paid to the~rejriaius of this Aallas pig weel assured,--tliar Charle .ton will..not be remuuss on her. attentions Ipaing.jpe honoreato affe memory of..hi - oapocgpy ponnaofgtie brightt sg , a he hirstora f~p on~y I (re~e tto our alvertising enlum; tth .ab sGoon ihni clie cityiiithorties am s the military gpr~e takenfsgeh measue. a are..appropgidte t scru e Qomnmt aoitheiete~tou~ts artge to the conve; arg~ that 19.q bear lbeifrom ourshot So, the place o thueir attuanonianit' srt-that the ,prossitoawIllibe.numtier e Ifvrie ;ea'mster af alor inggold's, .w r- was relieved froat .service,.baving.compIe is ted. his term hurtwo dayebefr.rectiw battl r- !#fJpsaca de .la Palma,;hut who, what is 'theMajor expressed Jhis regret ap psrtiof is with bin on the eve: pf anengagemenit b nobly.proffered his service .in-. iehouf o ieril, and came out of the baile-wtihth e lossof h.bis rigbt argi Being musteret ii out.of.serviceat; the: time, e -is deprive a qi tehenefit of the pension liw, but ir e orher cities liberal contributions have beer a made for Lim, and our'citizens should nut let the one armed patriot leave us without substantial evidenee that gallant service and determined bravery. are, properly.ap. C preciated.. . u-: r We would suggest that.the usual honors p: be paid on this occasiitn by the shipping in port, in hoisting their flags at halfmasti - Char. Courir. S:oe .,o-: Get Rich.--The late,. Judge Martin, left his paternal;roof at Marseilles, while a lad, with'. four hundred franes in f money as his sole patrimony,. ::Hleratbled about the3Weit Indies and finally reached North :Carolina-.. There, his nioney ,was exhausted, and.to avoid starvhtion be got a.place as apprentice-to a printer. ..Afie .three years services: he was received a is )ourneyman and-became -entitled to wages. So well-did;iie manage his tit'airs, that in threi'yesrs.lie had. laid: up money enouli to:buy ot~t his employer. Some yeafs of terwartls he. came to Louisiana.. Here while he was a Judge -of the Supreme Court, lie ws also partner of a brick.y ad. After seven years his partqer.in the brick yard. died. In settlingtlieir :partnership accounts it became necessary to examine their books. It was found that every..iten of their joiut household expenses was indrk ed adwn from any to day, and that the whole seven years they had shared the same table together, they had each ex pended on an average only twenty-five cents per day; inclue!ng .food and clothing for their servants anl all the other ex penss of house keeping. During all this time the Judge was receiving a salary of $5000 per year, besides large profits from the brick yard, and from his 'ents, and money placed fat interest. hiq 400 francs have been since increased to$400,000 and upwards'! The Judge lived a very poor mau and diod a very rich one. During the third of a century he held office,he had to decide upou immense ' inttreit s submiesth.'aoUrL aukdno notsreein supposed that for iiiillions of money his opinions could be made to swerve a hair's breath. lis integrity was above the slightest suspicion from any qunter. N. 0. Bulletin. Coal in Mexico.-lt appears from a re connoisance lately niade, the Rio Grande is navigable fur vessels doa draught. of four or five feet, as far as Laredo. Lieutenant Tiuien, who exajedl the channel of the Rio Grande, refers.in the following terms to a coal nine at Guerrero "This city is situated on the left baik of the Rio Salado, and twelve miles from the Rio Grande. The mouth of the Rio Salado is about one hondred and twenty five.mileb.by ivater, above'Camargo. We found at Guerrera, a coali mine easy to be worked, anid plenty of water in the rivet We took on board eight or ten tons of coal, which turns out to be the first quality 1 of hard bituuinous. and not injured by having-tno iuch sulphur in it. "This is important. It is the only mine which is know.n to exist in this region is of. the best quality for steam t while the scareity of wood in the country makes it it invaluable. The mine is owned by no t American company. who have an :agent t at Guerrero, getting out coal with Amer can labor. I :recenttly saw report ol ,their agent, written to one of ihecompa ny at this place, which states that in > workinig nie mine, there was discovered, a just below one te veins, tne strongest in -cdications of ?0old. TIhe coal itself, bow c elver, w~ilrdoubtlesi' inove most.ialaable r -probably more so than gold." e Miexican P'ivateer..-The New York e Courie~r says that privatete~ters have beetn y reeived in, thiat city, from a 'respectable houso in [H avana, stating that 75 letters ni matqtue.hav..been actually issued by the Mexican governtmenft, that 25 vessels were a then littin~g out at Havana as privateers, u and-tiiat they wvould sail before th4 10th e Dec. The Courier thinks~it probaible that e* the rsepore is false, and'arises from the in e 'erested motives of neutral vessels whose interest as freight ship vould be benefit. r ed by its prevalence. f ..Their' Son(-Major Van Butren, -sot d of the Ex-president, acted .as aid to Glen, 5 Taylor at the seige of Monterey. Jolin C ,. *Clhoun's son is aid to Matj. Gen. Gaines. e Heiry.Clay's son ist Lt. Colonel ofa regiment of Kentucky volunteers Daniel -W ebster's soni is Captain of a comipany ol r, volunteers, and will be in .Mexico soon it John J. 'Critteuden's sor,-is a. Captcein'it ; the new re infant of Mounted Riflemnen n Balt. Clipper.. sA Good Mian gone~to ir Rewaard.-Tli. .Rev.. George .Piekeimg died oni the. t1 s inst., at hi-s residince in '\Yaliham, Mias. d agetd 77 years. Triis venera ble. .man,'a es bis dieath,was thie oldest effetivel Metie e ist preacler in vtit. worlid, having poei r- in tho,..nmierant mimistry fur frfly-scre es years. uas Niaenuance in /linoli.-The latest in telienceeorm illiniois states thiere uwer ,d 300 men under aria at Fort M'essicjti lli .a nois, arresting cotefejts. Coias?4 ho excitmetwae nain,1,ng - tre 1herehe Sdie SetifeW egon u 'ea I [f perleatiepreseti Ot a new - udtohi ouget n-ti aty is-. ngeegsp to teet te wants of tra4e, ap4 the nec ss fties'grnini out ofz"tf41' Wrehodse. ay em,;,and that- the old ' pildin ' ecould ,be advantageously sold. &c.--whh was r. ferred to the Conmjittee on Commerce Audrileilt boprioted. .'Wr Dixon 1-Ir Lewis passed a eulogy tipon'Mr. M'qpt nielli re.emberfrom Alabama' ,ag1tia Seinte; after add piing the' usual; res4o -lons i honor o'his memoryadjour ht'lieHouse, Alt. Garret asVii' or gi nrialtioti' the 6side copies of M 1c c ingbn 9o drhe cotht at- - ice, ,aspectingt' sat ab u .ty governments, ti er s w1 ado i out.further debate.ah i ne b It was uriderstood th't'he 'i'lithreid'et'Ie grsd loo'sMe jjig'. e,, i he a feredto the Comit a of '1 the state of the unIop, *ith a.yew to .tribute its toplsaindt4 several dom mirtaes. ,This ;opened, of couirse, an op po tunityfor a generaldebatego sb jects trfell ofin th'e mesisiae A sion arise, -wri, conu days-mnoy,.op both sidcs, be anx: p to speak.. Mr. Gidilngs, of Ohio, 'the 'aholitioni eailer, opened the debpte.' [142 ipo e until the Speakor let fall'his haii'tsig nifyirg, that.M~r. G'e.' hour was out, and Mr. G. said he would take another. time to pursue the subject. Mr. G. contended that the Constitution did npt contemplate conquesui; that it providedfor the common defence, and the suppressions of insurrec tions, and the repelling, of invasion. He condomned the war and the annexation of Texas,. and declared .that, the representa- 4 lives oth fioor from Texas,-had no more right there than any other foreigners, Turks or Arabs.. The war, he argued, w as unjuat..unholy ,-and murderous. But he went further, and deno.,nced war, uns der all circumstances;, s.'unri l@sous. Hq took strong ground pgainst grdn tinany. supplies for theisuipporti tf' qa wr'r - declore-that e noii ' the ind~ers of unarmed peasants commit ed by 'abe Texas Rangers, and others of our'trorts. Mr. dine; of Alabami, nd M r. Andrew Johnson, cf'I eue ee,"rad elaborat4 speeches in uefeticfc the war anil its condiect/ r - It seems, from Mr. Jolmnsqn's statement: that lie could not find a book in the liba-. ry of Congress in relation to internationaf law,'for the reason thdt they had all beet) taken out by members. He iqferred that there would be a Sood of speeches on 6a-, innal law as applidable to this'subject. The 'Union, cf last. night, says that th6 President, as much ns ho desires peace, places little cobfidence in the professions of the Mexican government, and that he -has no po itive, private. and good reason for expecting peace. and that he will pros ecute the war with vigor, until a treaty of peace shall be actually concluded. December 16. The President has te terminel to call out more troops from the State of 'Peunis ' vania, whieh responttded so readily to the late call for. volunteers. An order was sent last night for calling out another re-. gimont of volunteers front Pennsylvania.' After tho''regiment lately called for was filled, a company of eighty men, all Prus sians, offered ;their services and they were aircepre4. to-day, as a part ofa new .regi.. ment. It is probable, that tif thle war con tinues, fttrther callst(ora large force 'will~ he made, in adtlition to the measures ta ketn for filling up the Regitments tn the i tn~lnr army~. It is said and* believe'd., ta Gene'ral-s'c'6tt tin'd Taylor are under of. ders to prepare for a speedy niarcht to the city .of 'Mexico. They may reach that. cityv before the Constituent Conyress shall decide whether they 'will entertain our. proposiri'o Yor peaoce or not. Thne President's Meesage was parcelled. out amnong the several Standing Commit tees of the Senate. Mr. Wes:cut t moved - to referso mtuc~h of the Message as re-' lates to the occupancy 'of the territory of, Mexico by the United States troopts, to the' C'ommnitee on Territories. H is object was 'to provide for the establtshmer of territo rial 'government tnMexico, instead of lea. ving the conquered t erritory 'to'military' .rule. Mr. Benton hoped thb~ getntlema - wpvtIld wvitfathaw the pr'oposition, assaring liiin that lie had. piistketn the urpdi-t of the'Mesnage otn thts subject'-and "exprie itig~th'e 'hope thast te'rrito~riaj governmont ivould not be est abltshedu Mr. Sevfer said ?,he conquered territories were now bzilor Sgoia 'gnvei-nment-under 'tbh lis 6. Inatiotns. Mr. Cr-ttendert~~*ion -' Ject -too itaportant to b' otit ly; nnd finally, th' morisidn'waidad': .the table, 2,3 tote. " ft*h T benasite eeuied.t1 k"e. "Mrd$1 er of he ~ethdisf~Chbre, a da and'speut &short'tinie' tn edifilve s'ex. ston. - - -. .~r~le'tt --a 4. was ttid in'h 'flobse itytt bated ardior."' J'iee e~r 'iii Mabnrs t dow vary full of the solb 'c~,N~i a'ca dg (dlo~hadtio'In 1iaf'9h "filodir Ge