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~~en te Gen EGISLATURE OF S. CAROLINA Nov. 25.-1u the House, Mr. Mem ger offered a resolution, signifying thia t was highly expedient, and a mailer of public interest, to obiserve the variations of the magnetic needle, in order to the cor rect location of the lineffof former murveys; and that the Governor be requested to s tablish two points of observauon, . t Charleston and the other jat Colfnbti, He stated some facts, the results oi 6s6era vations taken by men of science, showing the variations of the needle within specified periods, nod the necessity of allowing for them in order to a right construction ofold plate and charts. Two points of observa tion were required, because the variations were not the same in all parts of the country.-The Professor at the Military Academy in Charleston, and the Professor of Mathematics and Natural History in the South.Carolina College, might be charged with tlii perfornauce of this duty, and the expense would not exceed five or six hun dred dollars, The resolution was unanimously agreed to, and the House adjourned to meet at 12 o'clock toy morrow. Nov. 26.-In the Senate, Mr. Grillin gave notice that he wiuld on Monday ask leave to introduce a bill to amend the charter ofthe Edgefield Rail Road, so as toextend it to Greenville, C. [I., and to some point on the Savannah river in Pen dleton District. Mr. yickling gave notico that he would to-morrow ask leave to introduce a bill to establish .a unilform day throughout the State for the election of Clerks, SherilTs, Ordinaries and Tax Collectors. Res-lutions were offered by Mr.. directing the Cornptroller General oieopport to the Senate all sums of mock& the' dates, paid over to the Ba P_ tinktenf' capital untler an act of 1 dict Igiee tain moneys received i,, eour or4eacli year, and remainin be ,thus applie n Coinptrollep5i tbtS ate all mone Governme mI was rece' B State for. IkC'i otherwis , - M1r. Bo 1W .'iis N oON -Abbeville,a bill ii the:Columbia and GO~~ Comrpany ; also sumit :of the Greenville and Cohumbt~i~A Comliany to procure subscriptions to tht stock by the State. The Resolutions submitted in -the House by Me, Alemminger, in relation to the Magnetic Needle, was concurred-in by the Senate, and retttrned to the House. On motion of Mr. Moses, the Commit tee 00 Privileges and Elections were discharg ed from the further consideration of a bill giving the election of Electors of Presidlent and Vice Presidenit to the people, and the saume was referred to the Committee of the Whole, and made the special ot der of the day for Thursday next, at o'clock. Nov.29.-In the Senate, a message wvas received from the Governor, relating to the subject of Rail Roads, and in cot nectiont therewith, a gMessage from the llouse, itnforming the Senate of the ap pointmnent, by that body, of a Spectial Coin mittee to htave charge of t he considlerntioii ofso much thereof as referred to R ail Roads attd praying the appointment a similar otne by the Senate, whiicht committee was ap pointed, and consists of Mlessrs. Perri,n B. F. l'erry, Rhett, Felder and Dargant. The Governor's Message was ordered to be printed. Mr. Moses gave noticc that he would ask leave to introdtuce a Bitt to provide for the registry of births, deaths .antd tmarriages ;hroughout the State. Mr. Dargan submitted the favourable Reports of the Committee on the Jttdicia ry, ton Bills-requiring all gifts of slatves toI be ic writing-providing for the establish ment of a fixed salary to be received by the Attorney Geineral and Solicitors in lieu of the costs on convictions, heretofore al lowed. In the [House, a Message was received from the Governor, in which his E xcellen cy treats at sotne length upotn the advanta' ges of Rail Road communication, and strongly recommends the Roads nmow pro posed to be constructed, to the patronage ojf the State. M r. Torre, presented the pciition of J. E. Blowers, and others, asking comnpentsa tioui for services rendered to the P'almet to Mr. WValace ictrodtuced Resoltttionms, 'havitng referenco t) atny course whtich.may hereafter be pursued by the General Gov ernent, p)rohibiting the introduction of shavery into newly acquired territory, and expressitng the approvatl of, or adoption bty the Hotuse, of the Virgintia Resolutions, sent to the Governtor by the Legislatule of Virninia, and by him transmitted as docu' meitts, accottpanyittg his M1essage No). 1. The rep .rt of the comtmittee on the Ju dietary, on Resolutions of itqitiry in rela the Penitenmtitary Systeim, was here ~~ that the commnit -- otac Itl ablish atiJtentiary System in this State is not a new one, yet, it does :not ap pear that the Legislature - vet . ished with sufficient statistical in. mation to en able them to act naderstandingly and er5 ientlv to the matter; and in consequence, they deem it inexpedient to establish a Penitentiary at this time. They have, therefore, adopted the sug gestioniscontaiued in the ResolutiOn, re quiring t4em to i.,quire into the report upon tI;:expediency of providing by law for reqtiiriog the Sheriffs or the several Dis tricts of the State to report annually to :he General Assembly a correct schedule of all prisoners in their custody during the pre. ceding year, convicted of any oflence, with the names, age and birth place of each prisoner, the nature of the oflence, the time of conviction, the sentence of the Court, and how long the said prisoners have been in confinement, and when discharged." And with this view, the Committee reported by Bill, to require the Sherif's of the several Districts of the State to make annual reports, according to the foregoing provisions. On the question of adoption by the House of the above Report, sope objections were made by Mr. TownesNmIo the policy of reports to the Legislatute4by the Sherifs, of all petty offences committed within the Districts, when on niotion of Mr. Torre, stating the abseence of Mr. Simons, th original proposer of the Resolution, o1 which the bill is based, it was ordered.. lie on the table. The Resolution proposed by Mr. Wrig "That this General Assem lv be ad' on Wednesday, the 15th Decem1 & _ * sine die." was considered and or eiF lie on the table. Nov. 30.-In the Se51s Mr. B. F, Perry. from the CommntJe on Federal Relations, to whomhaTt1bei referred so odch of the Governors41lssage as related t.. e .IexicirWcar. nade a report, ap ting of the support of the Admninistra tI by Soutb-Carolina. in such measures i e necessary to carry it out to a it-, -1issuc, and concurring in the It1 -3: pessed by the Governor in his 3l ,&o1.-Report mnale the Special op.ro udaTy nexct-500 copies were e riniled. il *inurstiant to notice and by let w ii'e, Mr. Metnminger in 1t make provision for the esident and Vice aYites." In doing to take no Pz6 mnent of 7 Q ~'~IDOw in RA h ~~mne coun ra5ted b m s d U- 1.*~d e election, of which his proclama tion shall be desisive. The Bill further provides that the Elec tors thus elected, shall meet in Col-umbia on the first Weduesday in December next, and after taking an oath. to be tadminister ed by the Govertnor, or to his absence, by a Magistrate, cast their votes for President and Vice President of the United States. Should any vacancy occur in the number of Electors, at their meeting, such vacancy is to be sopplied by the joint vote of both Houses of tlte Getneral Assetnbly. RIGHT'S OF MARRItED WVOM EN. Mr. Simons, of Charleston, at an early dy of the sessio, presetnted the following Bill, for' the passage of wvhich we believe he has the good wishes of tho whole State. We believe the people now demand this change in the lawv, and good sense, cotn mon prudence, and philanthropy, all do mandl that this protection should be guar anteed to females, whose legal existence has heretofore been, and still is moerged into that of the husband. A BILL To prevecnt the nuarrital rights of the flue band fiom attaching upon thme estates of Married Women. Sec. I, Be it enacted, &c. That from and after the first dlay of July next, upon the tmarriage of any female who tnay then be entitled to any real or personal property whatsoever, whether the same be in pos session, remainder. reversion, or expec tany, or who shall thereafter hecomno en titled to any resl ot personal property whatsoever, whether the same shall be in prossessiotn, retmainder, reversion, or ex pectancy the same shall not be subject to any ofthte.marital rights of the husband now recognizied by law, but that the same, ad every part and parcel thereof, shall by the marriage (ipso 'acto) be settledt to and Fr the joitit use oif the husband and wife, 'uring their joint lives, but free from the ebts, cotntracts, or engagements of the laushatd, and from and' imtmediately nf'er the death of thte wife, if she shall die before the husbantd, to and fur the use of the person or persons to whom she may devise mr bequeath 'the satme, but if she shall die tintestate, then the same to be distributed s now provided by law for the distribu tion of intestate's estattes. Sec. 11. A nd be it fturther enacted, &c. That it shall andi may be lawful to and for the said husband and wife, or either of them, in the presence of two witnesses, to make a'id sigrn a schedule of the property of the wife, real andt personal, whether the same be in possin remaitnder, rever sion, or expectanicy, which schedtule, if recorded in the ntiiee of the Secretaryi of State, anti in the office of Register and which the said husband a .i reside, withiu ihree months from. iine of the said ~marriage. shall be, a initi. the creditorgof, and purchasers the hus band, evidence in any of the ts of this State, ofth9 title of the wi uch pro perty biefre marriage. Sec. 111, That th eal and personal, herein befo may at any time during t e con veyed and disposed o ner and form now prescribed rring a married woman of her and on such conveyanceib)m d and recorded, all h1)ts se eured by this. A' the purchaser, and th said said sale, as often I If made, shall be -rein before declarg ibis Act; and a:" in which su. ade signed an ithin three m c in vestntal ect as prescri this At See.. &. That if ihe wife li ty, real.' a i iIbe in, ss iiy, ane from f the ted, &c. s all prevent e or a rriage, of e sent, as %v allowed GOVERNOR'S MESSA No 3. EXECUTIVe DKPM IMENT, November 29, "7, To the TIonorable Present & Members ofthe Senate. You are not unawaro, pha'e public mind has been, througb ih rsu'er. and is sill, under considerlIe jcitemeni on the subject of Railroads;,ri! at large sums have leen subiscribed wards the construedion of some that ha, been pro jected. Nor can you be igno. .nt that the public treasury is relied upon coitribuie in some form or oiher, iowar the com. pleiion of these enterprises ; ithat with out it, some or all of them m fail; and it will he for you to determine-, w eiher these fair -rospects shall be blight whilst in d or expand in full proportions under tering hand. iviljyns agree that IhVf sovereign is bound tp .vide high - bitantsf arittas for this *a ht Af ' i at domain rvedlhmaev -gr'ant of y oir Coap yton with I at just cOmp ory, qual itution wit e reserva usationsh) bo'award - - properly individual upon the ent. T y a way to tdividual; the, are the main y ommuities and individuals must'supply the branches.-The State may delegate this poivor to individuals, but they will never undertake the execu cution of it, without the expectation of at least reasonable remuneration ; and whetn ;hey will not, the qucstions, whetn antd where, and at what expense of money and labor, the State ought to do it; are con stanitly addressing themselvis to your judgment andl discretion. These questions may be best examined by keepiug entirely out of view the aid that may be calculated on from individuals; and assuming that the whole burden is to be borne by the State at large, what necessity and what principle is to govern in the selection of a site fur the roadl, atnd the amount of money or labor to be expended in its constrnction? The solution may be drawn from the prac iical concertns of every day life; a planter living at a distance from a market road, finds the way leading to it out of repair, intersected, perhaps, by a creek or river frequontly impassable from high water, and he goes'about to estimate what it will Cost in money or labor to repair thme road and bmuildl bridges, and compares that wvith the value of the labor, or the amount of money it will cost to transport his produce over it in its presens condition-and if in the result it a ppears that. he will save hy the improvement, the interest on the mon ey, or value of labor to be expended about them, he will, if wvise, not hesitate to make them; and the State ought to he governted by the same jirinciple; The only objection to it is, that its benefits are partial, whilst the burthien bears equally throughout the State. Let us meet th.sobjection fairly. The benefits are in a degre-unequal. He who lives on the road side ore fortu nate thtan is neigh'bor it' es.iive mitles dist ant, an~dhe in turn, rnate than he who lieenmore r ,lwe for this reason to h a pays at all ? Will no -t nes- ten miles from 'ho ii'reahzr at the roads. over which he' traveli, wi tched as they generally arc. wvero-made, and kept in re pair by the labor of ot~hiorhgds than his own ? Is ho not bound,-on the principle of reciprocity, to contribu ri to the main tenance of another portion of. he road on which he never travels, c comoda tin of his neighmbor ? ' etenants of the sea-coast atnd the vali our navi gable rivers and creeks fof toir arms andI say to the inhabitants o 'iountains, nature has supplied u ,~i ways to a market, we are. content, id youJ must provide for yourselves? A re we not chil dreit of the same family, -and ought we grudgingly to tmeasure out to each other mrututal aid atnd assistance, by the selfish rule of personal interest ? The question, however, assumes a very difermen;; aspect when you -are called upon to lend your aid in support of individual enierpritte in the prosecution of ani under taking which, from its nattre, must be protdnci're of great and important general benefits. Rail R~oads have the advantage over. all othe moes of trasponrtsation nd intercommnicaton; at least in their ' certainty and despatch, operating as an f immense saving of time, and, as our ex- i. perience has proved, in the expense also. t -Within my own recollection. the lime P was (and it seems but yesterday.) when b tobacco was almost the only article raised 11 for export in the interior of the State, and I the transportation of it from the mountains (where it was most profitably grown of- Is the best quality,) by the means then in use, " over narrow and unimproved roads, was fl attended by an expense and labor almost ' equal to its value, and a lose of time eqnal, " at least, to a voyage to Europe. The P growth of cotton usurped its place, and P untilwithin a few years, 'Charlestoo was P the only".;Mnrt-and all must remember 8 th'etimecnsumed. and the labor and the P moAnqy then expended in its transportation d froni the interior. Now it finds a market e in Cheraw, Camden, Columbia, and P Hamburg ; nod there, too, are received in 6 exchauge, the articles wanted for domestic F cousump.ion, not grown or manufactured b in the State. . And why is thin ? Obviously because of the improvements of the navi- il gation of the water courses, imperfect as c they are, opening a communication he- 0 tween these points and the great mart a wholly at the common extense, and more b recently b) the establishmentof the Char- a leston and Hamburg nud the Columbia Rail Roasis, at the joint expence of the - State and individuals. There is, perhaps, t no means.of ascertaining presisely what r have been the saviniv, by these means, r in the fransportation of produce to market; r hut it cannot admit of a question, that P something has been 3aved of every article transported, and that every man in the r State who deals in these markets, and who has purchased a bushel of salt of a pound of sugar. has profited by it.-Push ! these impprovenents further into the in terior-spreal out their arms in such a manner as to intercept the mountaineer in r his way. to a market. anti corresponding results must follow. These results point h mainly to the agricultural, and commercial v interests of the country. Bnt other inter ests of equal importance are deeply involv- a ad. It is known that inexhaustible mines or i iron, a mineral worth more than all the b others that have ever been extracted from s the bowels of the earth, is found in the I region bordering on the mountains; and so, too, of marble and lime, the one usefnl iit the mechanic arts, and the 6her not only I a necessary ingrediens. in architecture. but I a powerful agent in the improvement -of our soil, and there they must remnai for- Y ever buried, or their benefits limited to a 0 small territorial circle, until the facilities of N transportation shall enable those disposed C to develope those great resources, to send them abroad throughout the land. The hum of the spindle and the fitful move. b ments of the shuttle are beginning to be 1 seen and heard in various sections of the C State, but they will be seen. and-ieard *o. more unless the faciliti such as will en tations from Ifi rb ofan! U where they A nearly or quite equa . i -atnd that market is h~ '' froma abroad. - Quiet and secure from vat as we now feel, the time may cbto~e'Win we shall be obliged to b~uckle on our armor to rep~el invasion or squiet domestic strife, IHow important is it, that we should hare< facilities, which Rail Roads only can fur-i nish, of embttying our united strength a within a dlay or two at the points where dantger threatens. There is another great if not egniallyv impoiriant considleration. Men cannot 3 live on patrintistm alone, and however one a may love his country for its sake, he will t scek that in which he can obtain the crea- c tore comforts at the least expense of lahor a and money; and it is to be expected, in- a deed we know from our own experience r in the immense migration of our citizents to the west and southwest some years ago, e they will seek a domnicil in those places I which atford greater facilities of commerce f and traide. Georgia, indepenident of her e facilities of water transportamtion, is pushing c with a spirit antI zeal becominig her itelli- v gence antd enterprise, Rail Roads into s every portion of her State, and it is not v even to be hoped that our citizens who :: inhiabi'. the interior, the most beautiful and richest portion of our State. will forego r these advantages wvhen they can obtain a them.by crossitng the Savannah River; mind il unless we furnish thema, our State will be di depoptlated. I ought not to speak of g of Georgiat alone; mnost of the neighbouring b States are a great way in advaince of us in g these improvements,.t TIhen social tadvantages resulting from v fcilities of intercommunlicastion, though ri less tangible, ought not to be overlooked. si A common itnterest in the advancement of fi literature aund scietnce, of religiont and inn- I rality, pervades the whole State. There ought, therefore, to be a communtity of ri feeling and concert of action itn all plans tI for their advancement-andI these are. d better attatined by the frequeunt interchange a of sentiment antd thought between the in- b habitants of the dillerent portions of the rr State, than by any other means. Rail a Roads are wonderfully adapted to this Ii end. Bly their agency, your neighbor at ri Irty miles distant,, is birought withitn the si distanice of a morning's walk-and a day sI or two will carry yonm from one extremity e of the State to the other. 11 I conclnde, therefore, that in an ngri. l~ cultural, commercial, political antI social sm view. Roil Roads, when they can he maint- n tane", are fraught with unmixed blessings 1 to the commnnity in wvhich they are-foundl it andl the only remainting question is, wheth- a er the State ought not to particip~ate with I individnals, and to what extent, in the ex- ri pense of their conastruction 1 v I set out with the principle, that if the f; saving to the commumnity by the construc- u tion of a Rai Road was equal to the inte- o rest of the stum which it costs, the expenidi- ri ....e would. be wie anmi justifiable, nd, hen it is in aid of individual enterprise, I el confident that the promptings of-self iterest would be a'safeguard agaidsi an nprovidebt investment or prodigal ex enditure. If the actual benefit derived y each individual could be ascertained, tat would supply a rule by which to ap ortion the amount of their counstribution. 'hat is impracticable, and the alternative the adoption of some arbitrary rule by ,hich it may be approximated. Two Ithsuf the entire sum seems to have been enerally regarded as the proper ratio, and -as at one time adopted by this State as a rinciple; but other counsels have since revailed, and each case is left to provide >r itself. This ought not to he so.-The )irit of improvement is abroad, and out eople ought to know what aid they are tc erive from the common stock in the pros. cu tion of enterprises calculated mainly te romote our common welfare. If two. fths be thought too much, adopt the pro. ortion ofone-third, or even less; but let it e fixed and permanent. We are met here with the objection that is inexpedient and improvident to in rease the public debt, and I agree that il ugh t not to be done without some pressing nd obvious public necessity. But it i elieved that the fund generally designated s the surplus revenue, now existing foi ie most part in the form of Stocks in the Lail Road Company and debts due h 'em, might be safely relied on for the eans oa rai ' amount sufficient tc weet the pri ' 0 e: ency, at least to g easonabl z eit,wthoui increasing the ublic degI' It may ) - i . e difficulty may b( yund in raising oney on the credit o bese securities alone. But it, as I su ppose be present investnient is secure, I an no ble to see what risk the State will run, o 1 what the public debt will be increased the State, as the.egnans of insuring t eady market o: 'rities, were t( uaranty their paimeut An individual aving a sum of one curelv invested rould no.t feel th ip re any risk in rais oig money upon t-'0edt even to the fid mount, Id for estment, and hav og secnre i este that, ..here would bt he objectia in an 'Codinimtl.view, n orrowing a l mai rb intg. rea unable proitig beAxpected, r it lot I go fidifer-alf wots f this ra r are iended, and ought to .be ent; and exp rieo'e of the 'W ha t ie' ' udi ,iail lithfully - atd tn an< lue are proesimve, and each ucceedinj ear develop more and more the isdri SIthe design. It i postert ijtheh hi re to reap-theffull'fruitsandit sii(N lla hey should Iotribute.at:Leati A p64tot a hie expense oCering- i rinciple berd istedhl-idid 'i 2*590 O safe and wisaev cute dsb be construction of any waik, -%v e savitag to thie communita If 6e. anount'6t4 .it headdition - kilger t ei e Stae sh?,1I he made ir to' to be adopted, )ind illow the js inr etments of the sums subscribed by dividuals in that ratio. Large sums have been from time to time ppropriated to improve the navigation o. ur water courses, between a line extend g frotm Cheraw to Hatmburg, and thte ea- coast ; and I can only account for the tier tneglect of the rivers above that litne, y the entire failure of the attempt to im rove the navigation of them sotne thirty pars ago, by the construe:ion of canalh round the rapids at an immense expense, ,hich have proved entirely useless,, with ne solitary exception. We had gjot theni ny experience in works of that descriptior nd there is tao dloubt were greatly over ached in the contracts for their construc on, or that they might now he construct d for one third of the amount expended. hit thte true cause of their failure and nal abandonment wrill 'be f.jmnd in the ntire neglect of the improvement of the avigation) of the intermediate spaces, 'hich might then have been made at a nall expense, and at still less ntow. It ra useless to keep the canals in a condi on to pass even the smoall craft used in ie transportaltionl of produce. when the vers both above and below wvere impais 1ble, except when the waters wvere some ing above their ordinary height. The iiculties and uncertainties of thne navi tion oblige the planters, even on the anks of the' rivers, to employ their wa ns anti teams to transport their produce market, at an expense of at least double hat it would cost if the navigration of the vers was retnderedi safe and' certain. I seak of these matters knowingly, and om personal observation and experience. Low is this to be remedied ? The crafts now employed on these vers are pole hoats of five tons, six being te tmaxitmum hurthen, subject to the lays and uncertainties before alluded to, ad the advantages that would be gained y so improving thetr navtgatton as to ad lit boats of even double that tburthmen, ill readily be perceived-and 1 hazard mle in saying that sotme at least of these vers might be rendered navigable for eamboats of high bttrthen, by means of ack water navigation, to atny desirable tent, at a cost not exceeditig one-fifth of a average cost per mile of any of the ail Rads in the State ; andl for that rmn n, Rail Roads ou.ght not, and I sunppose iver will be constructed otn the margin these rivers-and if Rail Roads shoultd itersect thetn, theo rivers above will oper e as feeders to them. There have been vera-l reconnoisances of some of these vers, particularly Broad River, wiith a ie to ascertain the expense necessary to cilitate the passage of ihe boats now in t-hut these were tnade without the aid science or experience, and cannot he died on even for that purpose.. -, d-d erefore, respectfully sub~~J? ,piopriely p, n; ait I e ex or all of tbese, with a view t the ex or impiovirmetits -necessiry to- the (ailties or their -navigation by the clas ofbots emprlayed (in them,of pole boatsofa lager class, and steanbonte oralightdraft. . DAVIDJOHNS EDGEFIELD C.. WEDN4IErDAY, DEcEmBEa '8 n ITThe following named gentlemen - : Candidates for the Offices to ber filled nyh Election to be held on the first Mondayiiaan uary next Foa CLvPau-THOS. G. BACON, FOR SHZRIr-SIM EON CHRISUE, WESLEY BObID r Foa Onorixt.-JOHN HILL W. G.*COLEMfAN. E7 We lay before our re4der this'ieek the Governor's Message No. - It Areas. on the subject of rail roads. which at this-timedz. cites to Po great an extent, the public mind3ir South Carolina. Various rail road prjectiaw now beforc the Legislature, all requiring.State aid. It is difficult to say what action-wilkbe taken by that body. His Excellencyi it--wililbe seen, recommend that the surplus reyme should be appropriated to assist'ihese great i works of internal improvement. Weill.-fn deavor to keep onr teaders advised ofp lmat. ters relating to these rail road sehenies-;espe. cially the Edgefield aid Aiken Rail Road.. Retu u., teers.-It gives us pleasureto state, tha 'orporal T. J., Whitaker, andprivates A. Delorea and Francis Pohj, of the "96 Boys," discharged upon account ofg7'opjde, rec ed4 e but les r the city of Mexico, ret 'n this District. e en d certnaly 'I to 'ass$$e-sc i t ie Weater.-Dunt ek, we had several days of ve er On W nesday and -This was aconsi erable Aal ofrain n ards.zhe'therWy terstoodat fe nt. i-the Ct uof iiAT c WiQ it , ~t the remoant ofthdivis6:%5n. itybfMexico, halifenlbr *neral o lii mnd-~e K. retrnede this' morning tha~de.remainissof yrursla . on'Wh tGeld, esme down with .the last ttrin, bat with the body ofyon' ~ Moragne, ivere left at Vera Cruz. Lient. Mogne of the Ed~gefield Company, is at New Orleans; ie, sent word by C'oarles to Mr. Walker to letahis fatther know that he was there, but it wassaery nncertain wvhethser he would ever get home, s h~e was very siek ; your servant was with him, attending on him. I write '.0 give you this in Iormnatioan, fearing that Lieut. Moragne might be too .ick to write you. Col. Butler's servant died before Charles left." " When thre Regiment and the army were on the march from Pitebla to the city of 5Mexieo, the extreme rear guard, which was commaded by Corporal WV. B. Brooks, was attacked by a boady of lancers, or gnerillas; and one of their number was killed. Cl i'les'; at the time, was nearer tihe regiment than- he was to the rear guard, but knowing that one ofhis mess wss in -danger, (your son) and probably thinking he would he killed. he snatched uap a musket and ran anid fornght lay his side, until the reghi'ent wvent to their relief." We think it proper to state. that the incident - ralatiog to the servant Charles, belonging to Mr. Adams, is given on the authority of Lietut. A buey. Extracts from Letters acritten ly Voluntaers ins MtIexico.-We have seen several letters written 'q by volunteers. and make thae extracts which will be found below. The following waswuit ten bay WV. B. B. to a relation, hearing date Puebta. Jnly 10th, 1847. Speakinag of the mortality orouar regiment, the wvriter says: " Poor Bolivar Jones, was the last of .sur Company who died. It was my melancholy task to close his eyes, and to assist 'inplaning his corpse in the coffin. This was the-first time I ever assisted in burying any one, and, this happening to be an old schoolmate, who had endeared himself to me, and the company, by h is gentlemanly and anobti-usive manrner( af fected me much." Lient. J. Rt. Davis, of the Fairfield Company, in a letter written after the battle of Chazruhus co, thus speaks of W. B. Brooks, one of the 96 Boys. "'I rejoice to say, that his'whole course of demneanaor throughout our campatgn. most especially on the battle field, hes been none other than that of which a parent aight wvell feel prtoud." The I ollowing extracts from a letter were xe ceived by a gentleman of this village fromt W. B. Blocker, a few days previous to his death-. " We had abotut three hundred men- of our regiment engaged in the fight, -and they did fight like men, abouthalf were,kadied and woun ded; it would make you feel awfnl to-see it now. Col. B. wvas killed dead on the field. Lient. Adams, and Thos. Tillman. Lieu tenant. Adamis was killed on my right side~he bearing thne flag of thne company. He was agallatfel low . 'Tell Mr. Tillman, that his atndied like a man, that he did hmnor to hifailY' adeomn try, lhe was very mnech beloved by thie whole compa ,-he wasalw dobjisuty.,i f . 'n ght bhutt