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Advertisements not-having the number of insertions marked F un them, will be continued nutil ordered out ( and'charged accordingly. .Communications, post paid, will be prompt ly and strictly attended to. g7The following gentlemen are announced by their friends as candidates for the Ofice of s Tax Collector, at the ensuing election: bol JOHN QUATTLEBU.1h, GEORGE J. SHEPPARD, a EDMUND MORRIS. SAMPSON B, MAYS, Maj. s. C. SCOTT, LEVU R. WiLSON. JAMES SPANN. 07The friends of WESLEY BODIE, Esqr., announce him as a candidate for the Ollice of e Sheriff of.this District, at the ensuing election. it janunry 14 tf 51 a 67The friends of PETER QUATTLE BUM,~Esqr.. announce him its a candidate for r theOffice- of Cleik of the'Court of Common Pleas, of'this District, at the ensuing election January 14 if 50 r We-are authorized to announceW. IARRIS; Esgr., as a candidate for a sea ous'f Representatives, at.the-nex dliin W n ildui, B. M.BWiite~ S 7t Reyiment, Upper ' IlolnOd,'David 'Stroiler, Wishingtos Wise, James Murrell, S&-itnr'- Posey. Lower Battalion.-Wiley Gloer, A J Rambo, Joel Currey, Win. Poster, D t J. IN alk-er. Magistrates.-For the Coure -Hnume, A B AddisOn and Win H Aikinwon. - Hamburg.-Magistrates.-R Ander sol) and Levi Hill. For the District generlly.-Magis trates.-Daniel Holland, Jas Kainslordf ji L Mason, Sam Posey, Wi Johnson, Jos Hightouver, David Shaw, W W Sales, Mablon M Padget, tbyah-am i Jones, Jas Perry, John M Norris, John 4 Quattlebum, ilardy White, Samuel Ste vens, IV R Hill, S Broadwater, G W Nixon,.Jumes Blackwell, George Black-< er, John B Holmes, Daniel B-runson, Jr,, W~arren F Winn, Richard Quatrles. Commrissionera to appiove Securities to Public Bonds.-C L Goodwyn, A B Addisonr Marshall Frazier, N L Giffin, Avory Bland. ABB.EVILLE DISTRICT~ - Commissioners of Roads.-George Nichols, Noah R Rives, Samuel Agnew, Sen., John Cowan, William Barr, Da vid McCants, Hugh Md Wardlaw, Pat rick Hi Bradley, James H Britt, Andrew Noble, David Atkins. - Magistrates-John H Wilson, Thos Thompson, Andrew Gillespie, Robert M Davis, George B Clinckscales, Jas MlcCasdm, Willians Trewitt, Adam Wideman~ David M~cClane, Jas Lind-. pay, Jonatnan S- Chipley, Nathaniel Mc Cants, Levi H Rykard, Westy C Klugh Walter C Anderson. John C Waters, Gabnriel M Matlison, Eennett McAdams, Samuel Reid, Alex F Winbish. LEXINGTON DISTRICT. H Counts, Levi Mtetz, J J Clark, J 3 F Chaney, John Gates, Francis Kennedy, Anderson Steedman,. 3ueben Harmnan,. Henry A Meetzp..Joel Keisler, Jr.. Commissioners, of Roads-Joicob 3 ( BusB'y,Jeremiah Dhrrick, Simon Youug, liner, Anderson Steedman, Alexander ~Geiger, Daniel Qnattlebum, Win. How ard, A. W. Geiger, Dbniel- Hook,John ,Oa~niel Drafts, Frederic H'erman, John -rliendrix, Johnson Jefeoat, Jacob Pew, 'Joel -Keisler, J r, ti>Clinmissioners to approve the Secuui Liea dr Pubhic Of',ce..-J Foe Henry Rendricks, Michael Drafts, Ephraim Corley and J N Boozil. Coroner-Jacob Harman. Commissioners of Fish Sluices for Saluda -River-Godfrey Dreher, Sam iel Loric and John J Shuler. NEWBERRY DISTRICT. Commissioners of Free Schools David Kibler, Reuben Pitts, Maj J W )uckett, Thomas B Waddlington and K Boyd. Magistrates.-E P Lake, John Man um, Mark Glenn, Wm Galligly, John ' Houseal, Wm 'E Hardy, C F Sligh, ohn F Glymph, Samuel Chapman. P V Counts, S. Bowers, J N Crosson 'eter Dickert, D L Wicker, James M liasson and A P Brolly. Commissioners Road<, Bridges and erries-P W Counts, George Neel, leo S Cannon, Wm DReagin, Gilliam imiLh, Jas Bonds Thomas H Hender on, James B Wilson, Henry Koon. - Commissioners of Public -Buildings )oct. Wm H Harrington, B J Ramage nd William T. Moore. SOLDIERS' BOUNTY LANDS. WASHINGToN, Feb. 21. Messrs. Editors :-Will you allow me ask of you the favor to publish the nclosed law and.rules established under for making out claims for bourty lands nd scrip on the-Tart of our soldiers in leo Mexican war. I know fiom nume aus applications to me that the infir aationd ill be valuable to gr eat many of y giving it to the r a great favor upon us. . H. STEVENS, h 4, 1847. ctthe provi eof the othe -in' conse% fie (4we ofid; or sickness ef such service. . Th epr oives of such per ons as are inentioned in the preceding Ir:agiaphh may die in the service, ira ter bein:dirn harged, and before he* isriing. of a- certificate or warrant. & Non-commissioned officers, musi :ians and privates who have been mus ered,. or may be mustered for twelve nonths, in any voluntuer company, who lave served, or may serve, until the end >f the war with Mexico, and have been, ir may be, honorably discharged by -eason of the expiration of their enlist nent, or in consequence of 'disability roin wounds received, or sickness in :ui red, in said service. 4. The representatives as designated )y the Act, of such volunteers as sha!l lie, or may die. in the service, or after raving been honorably dischiarged, anid afore the issuing of a warrant or cer ificate. 5. Volunteers received into thre ser ,ice since the commencement of the Mexican wvar, for less than twelve nonths,who shall have served until hon rably discharged. &. The representatives, as designmied na thre A'ct,. of volumteers, retui ged into he service for less than three :nonths, nd who~ may have died in the service, r after having been honorably dischatg d, and before tlie passage of' this-kAct. In order to substantiate a claim for and or scrip, under the provisions of he foregoing section of the A-ct, the ersons desci-ibed in the first class of hese regulations will send to or deposit with the Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City, evidence of enlist ment, service and honorable discharge. Tbe best evidence on these points is held to be the original discharge of: the applicant which must in all cases, be produced, if in existence, accompanied by the applicant's affidavit, settting forth that he is the identical person mentioned in the discharge ; and' in catse of the loss or destruction, of the discharge, the ap plicatnt will make oath to the fact, and produce the affidavit of some credible witness in corroboratiorr of his state ment. The claimant must set forth the regiment and company to which he be. longed ; the time of enterin~g thre service; the time, place and manner of his leav ing the same,.and he must show by the testimony of a'commissioned offiter that he was honorably discharged. in case the claimant should desire scrip, instead ofiand, he must make I4 request. ii. writing, according to the form marked A, accompanying these regula tion. The rules in the paragraph imiedi ately preceding ate arplicable to Volun teers mentioned in classes No. 3 and.5. The representatives of deceas'd sol' diers and others, as mentioned in classes 2, 4 and 6, must produce evidence of the enlistment, se.rvice aind- death of the. original claimant, if the soldier Wa3 discharged, the discharge must be pr1o duced, iWin existence. If not, the same proof ivill be required as in other cases of lost discharges; if lie died in the ser vice, the certificate of his captain, or other officer wlho.conmanded the com Pany to which lie bebnged, must be pro dred. The persons who may claim must produce evidence of their relatidnshlyi to the deceased, and show the de gree 'nf consanguinity they bore to hi.n. T hki proof must..ba drawn in conformity with the r.'rm mtarked 1, nnd nisay be---aken before any court having probite j-aris.. diction.-.-In case the father claiis, he must..showb that no wife or chill of tle deceised is livii g ; and in case tle.motl er claims, she niust show thait neither 'ih wife, or child or father of the deceased is living. J.L. EDWARDS, Comn'r of Pens. Copy of the 9th Section of the Act of. February 11, 1847, entitled "An Act to raise for a limited- time an addiion al military force, and for other pur piases." ? 9. And be it further enacted, That Dach non-commissioned officer, musician Dr privite, enlisted or to be enlisted in. he regular army, or iegularly mustered' i any volunteer company, for a period if not less than twelve months, who has served or may 5drve during the present gar with Me xico, and who shall rercivo ,Inorable discharge -or shlf" have ilfe or died of 'uouniis r csed. n o icirrdih iucise St a s:ineedrrd 1bjicourse, tnchiiervjc4 s'lNlie artjed to re eaeriifielin wrrant torn i te War" De'pairieit rot the quitn ij -of an& -ihndred'and sixty acreis, and which niay be located by the warrantee, or li;s heirs at-lw,-at anyL-ind office of the'Uni ted States, in one body, and in conform ity to the legal subdivisions of the lands, upon any o! the public lands in such district then subject to private entry'; and upon the return of such .certificate or warrant, witli evidence of the loca tion thereof having been legally.made to the General Land Office, a patent shall be issued thet efor. That in the event of the death of any such non-commissioned officer, musician or private, during ser vice, or after his discharge, and befoie the issuing of a crticfiate or warrant as aforesaid, thi; certificate or warrant shaill be iisued in favorand inure to the bene fit of his family or relatives, according to the following rules; first, to the widow and to his children; secotid, his father ; and thiud, his motier. And in the event of his children being minors, then the legally constituted guardian of such mi not children, if' any, as may be of full age, tupon being authorized Ay? the or phtans' or other court having . pirob'tte jurisdiction, havte power to sell, andu dlis pose of such cetrtitic:ate or* warrant for the benefit of those interested. And all sales, nm'orugages, powers or other instro mnents of wuitinig, going to affct' the title or claim to any such bounty right, mae or executed prior to the issue of such warranlt or certificate, shall be null and void to all intents and purposes whatso ever,,.nor shall such claim-to bounty right be in any wise allected, by or charged' with, or stubject to, the payment of any debt or claim incurr~ed by the soldier prior to the issuing of such certificate or warrant:' Provided, That no land war rant issued under tthe provisions of this act shall be laid upon hanids of the Ufni ted States- to wvhich there shall be a preemptibn tight, or upon wvhich there shall be actual settlement and cultiva tion: Provided, further, That ever-y such non-commission officer, musician, and private wvho may be entitled, under the pr ovisions of this act . to receive a certificate or warrant for onte hundred' and sixty acres of land, shall be allowed the optinnr to receive such certificate, or warrant, or a treasur-y scrip *for. one hundred dollars, and such scrip, when ever it is preferred, .shall be issued by the Secretary of the Treasury to ouch person or persons as would be author. ized to receive stuch certificates or war rants for lands, said scrip-to bear an in terest of air per cet. peir annutn, paya 'blae semni-aunuually, redeemable at the' pleasdire of the~-Government. And that each private, non-commnissioned offiter, and. mnasin who salnl hna .hea.rn ceived into -service of the United Staissi~ inmencement of the 'Wttiib :fr. less thaii twelve months :an rihave served for such term or un dat-bly discharged,shall be entite ve a -varrant for forty acres of 16 ch may be subject-to private en twenty-ive dollars in - scrip it Pr . and in the event of tihe teri' e, or after an honora bI iAi e efore' the passage of this at; arrant for sudi land, o1 scr . to- tie wife,child,or child-Eor e any, and if none, thIen'tih -and if there be no fatIer f ie isother of such do ceasedvoJ ,Provided, That no thidg cont this section shall be constrie give bounty lands to such .vold is were accepted into servic . harged without being marched at of war A [- Sir. I reqnqt th at my claiml) to L ind, under the 9th sec(ion ofi of'.rh0 11th1 of Februa y, entirtuj act to raise for a liimi ed tire . ional military force,:iid Foth i mIV be expmiled; and if! led to L-ud, I wish to hnqsiusJ treby relinqish, my right theyt in. lieu thereof to re :-eiye al crip for one hunduod follarsd spectfr!y, your obe fi et s6r To ile sioner of Po - Wash ingi !- eyc dtII hat sa sfactory ia exhibite-d before blei 7-%'! of-in the State of -by ii gof-and--who are versofls ,redit that-and-are he Ioily 'children of-who as UN d 'States service. ntA reof I have set my ii ffice this-dizy of e4 se nay. be. t l'he vidence beforeany officer irtriu Cour innid - e -nmm--personally ip peared ai, ti'e the undersigned, a Jic of i. tl. ce for th~e couunv and -above .,x ioned,-who' being duly sworn, iacco g to law, declares that le ts the indt"Ocal-who was a-in tIhe company-c4 inanded by Captain-in the regmnei ^):drAimanded by--that lie enlistenitd o - je-day(if-fur the ternm of-and wal isch-irg'ed at-un the day ol-hyi'' on of-. Sworn to.od subscribed bef re rn2 the d.y and tyyr above writien. NoTrs.-9It .is ptop'r to state, for the informatis of claiimants- i;nder the the 9th - sect n of the act of February 11, 1847, the 'n avery instance in icI a volunteer ioaier-was discharged on a surgeon s, ceittfcate, thit paper must be Sent to the P'snsion Ofice with the claimi. ant's affidaviihiless it has been other wise dpose of,. In that case satisfac tory evidenc iust he exhibited as to rhe nature'ari origin of the claimam's disability. Ti'le testimoinv of a :iummiis siuoned ofiicerNotld be obtained' if pos sibje. if notfE b'e ha d, thie affidaivit oif one or mnore,Neditable witnesses, crti iiedsto ,be so bthe magistrates whdo mauy adminisifr be oath, should be- pro duced. - 2. The'ofidial-cha'racter and sitgnature of the -niagist who niiy aud niuin ister aun oaih, nyte certiind biy thn giroper oflicer,'under iis seal of office- The certificate mir ac'company, every case', and be atta~a sto..the paper-on which the affidavit ;en befoio'a notary pub lic can he aditted as- evidence. -s.- Theretnqtisshment of' the right to bounuty land, i$stbe signed by the clatim ant, if he'Winh -fe.t receive scrip in lienm of land, and t'relinisimenut must be yitnessed eineomeone wvho writes a legible hanji. 4Volunt in somne cases have been dischargedfr~ the service with ont ev er having re med a certificate to that effect from-tli 6fcers whlo discharged them. "SucW es have occured where an-entire regitnnt har been- mustered out of the~ serte. In such a case the claimant mnikike the oath of iden tity required, lthe regulations,-.and add t'o the statent.iios to is service the fois lowing wvords:"I never' received any discharge.. /The regiment to which I belonged was mustered out of the ser vice-' 5: No assignment of land or scrip can be .made untilAfter a land warrant has liberi issufed- tinthe Pension Giftee, om a certificate ofeicip, as-the case maybe -6.:'As'4here'wrecsix, ronths' 'vlun teers, who didrnet inarch 'Cd the. seat o war, it i inidis;pensably neccssary that I every soldier w ho W4S so engaiged, should t produce the certificate of 1he conimn- I ding oMner of the r.inient, or coimpa- 2 niy to which he beltonged, showing that I he was t Ih, seat of war T;ie post 1o which the sodier marched should be C mentioned. t From th: Curr.spm lence of the News. Yestiday, it rmtilionu of ihe t IolliI", eXpr.ssivl! of' le i gret of that I body fir the d tathif Ole ll-m.J sh Q ii i cy A woni, w eit to Ill <s. Adims,!, unclosed in a neat gdt franm. To-d ly,! the Speaker [idf before th it body a lot ler in t.he (olhowin-. iermst, viz: To It C. I. iithrop, Spe-if:kr ofthe Huse of f&cgraen!.:i' of'e LP. S. Sit.--The reahi ns in honor ilf my dear dec eed h-ishand, byi the! i'liri 004 assmbIly r whic ym.:n311 preside, aiad of whfi li- ,It the im ,lI:.it (f is., detathi, was ai i.emiloe r, Ii IV. b eli uMy c'itu ij-tel t v me.. do; Penetr-wd wvi-h grief at tIs, di-oles Si ig event of mny HI mminiig tI loIss of out who hai bimeni at once my exai-m ple ;ind] iy Fuippot throiigh the trials of half a ciitmiy, peri mi , i e less, to expre s thruh you my delast ratitudi for iesigjnal mann ier in whiich m:. oblg rd.J~e4- ookiturily inif..:sted-ify your honoralef! ho ly, anid Ole consolation deirf ivd to me and mine froi lie reiliciion. that tihe unwearied efEorts ofan old pubic servant have iiot. even in ihis wor-, proved witlhaut thir rewaf d in the g-n.-rous !ppreci ition of then by his Counirv. With Iach a speot, I r'nli n sir, Your obahlaewo s-rvanl,. LOUISAk CAT.IllNE ADAMS. The fullowin2 anninci.at'on a in the Natiomal Intelligncr o1 -Fr las .~s TJ e Last 2Tribute.t foM< is ,*il kv Ii11. (in I i~:Jf;P ff -on , i PIl badelph i1, on Wednes Nw'York', aiid on iirsd.y ag i ward. A 'more imoitesinir scetne vill rarely hae bean witnussid in this coui n tiry ihii ih;. p 'ogiuis- of lies ~ Ioieriai to the hIst resti~o place of the morai rie iliills of tlt! revoreid eiliz.-l whose .IlinlorV is no wortlil honoed. !'Froin thr B ,Pialore sn. jlarch 1. The Aftrat (|aracca..-TI, ve fo) Iowing ilter- h- bei hiadd 11; lbV a eitleinanl wio wtas presnft at (irccas and was aln Ve wi-. ft theI drai tha1 occi red i!io're nr hie :l- l'., 2h1i vnew he IMk;. of which is fCdlu sui I by an articli in :it New Yi k JoiIrnldi of Coini !t c.-. which paper ii perip<; more conversant wii Soi h Amima ic1i auf ir than any w ihr joi1n di in Ilh counry : essrs. .Elitors :- v aenioni h, beeI dirciedi it an aide in your papr ini rebu~aiin to the :iaiir oif thei Repuict of Vemii.zach:. J iving~ ieft Caraeccas, thel seat of ; ovrnmien', onl thae 2 I c f F !ebruariy, tand! hinv-itt'* hi en p1 eat a alhea scenes of whlicht tauch a ;ilow'.ing ac jourinade, I deiemi if muy duaty to Set th p)ubiic right in reha tion to thle ane ar. llTherie: a parie in iVen ~eziiai, ciahid minority, nomiii'i-rig nii peraps in the wvhole cotrv iovert ibie o Iaavi, thans di in i pop:hion of1 Udipwards of a )ii lion, but b ing pincipilly oV ndt ihe wenihlv. ther hiae hid it ill their poejtovai kitepf possns~aia n of thme govenra men t for t he past te yi ears; duaring whInch period miny nd Oi lgra~ni abuiises hiave crept in~. scaricely ione of the ofi'lcers a ppoinieoi by tieni but is at de-limber to) the' goverinment to fthiousanods; ithe oflicers of thei C otm (lonses, and in fact alf imuse fro iv hon moiney is received, prioving tdicienit whe heir ;accounti s came fto be eaimined. Peculaition was the ordiar of the day~ . The' peopile see ing tis, anid h-elin:g bot too sensibly that "pow~er was stiealinig from thei many to fewy," el.-ciod neh maen to repr-sent thein u Coagr ess ais wVoul d matkie a total chianget; but it was totrunly found in the case of their Repfrentoaitives fhat "each mani lad his pirice," tand ai greait maj ori ty of thlese Represenitaiives were bought over by tdie () iein qiuist piarly, who have under their <:ontrol thei National Banik of *Veneziuela, anid parovid thiimnselve's, ;as they Iave Iiert;ofore doiie, recirea.nt to the task im posed unoni thlem. *Thepr-esnn Piresitfent of~'Veneyznela, tangnese n mnn of' oat wvahhnnd as probably more at stake, personally, lhan any othpr ten peisons in the' Re iib'ic-he ii the choice, and I might dd, tie idol of. the people. .Cengress ct at the appointed time, ind uiehb l esiage was sent to iheni -throuh one i his ministers. Instead of listening to lie sam", they detained the - ministe Srna briai) ai the dagpir'.; pont, and eiandied :hat the Presideni should at o snd his twoi.other ministers of Stat r th! Ia!s of Con,-resF, where were sta. ioned somi two hlunidreir drined: men, I!ig'!lv, to protect them. - The restilt nipn n asy exciwed populace of a me*d ire or tiis ki!d cian'd be eiily firi MnI. Thy did as w ild d t jit, sId rse" %ithi force, and,-ai the point ofth imnet re'leasedi the miniqtpr .detained a Comress. This little affair has been inified wioii the name of a reiolution, 'it it is notuina of the kind. When I 1, on the 31 of February,' all was as -4n as e'vr, nu.1t the whole afTaise had me by, and spoken of as mere ebulitioi o(litical excitement--such it was. rhere !vas perfect safety for both life .id propeltY, and it would' have the rnd eff-ct of putting at rest the fed iirhl!ent spirits who have- caused a na1ch and so unnecea- ' ent, omLmhiurmo, at a sacrifice of but. little ilood, only some four or five persoins had wen either killed or woumnded in-he n-lIpe, an#La mong that number an-equar imot of friend; and fops.of .heexisting vfrwnen. The present government i now stronger than eves, and, under it Iavo no doubt, Van-znela *ill continuo o grow onisnd.prosper. - - T.D, T.,. .rer or ti q, ilrl6p-er onid sen W to 1 l Owianp, -ajd ilfiiBrown was l'st eMN-!,aatiillite retinrn atisiwer. Marsh, Bdgetmade-his appearance, tiok him ini 6tiitsody, and carried him to .i;l.. After lie was arrested,.he ac l.de!ge he had piwned the negro in' Chatiles:oi f ir a saill sun toa Mr. lBryant-that his name was John B. Smi.1h, and that ible negro -was given to hi iby a man in Macon, named Wm.. Pool, to soll, and that lie was t 'get half :i. proceeds as his shaire. He has since. acknowhser'L-td that the negro belonged to Mir ThomaS Foster, of' Butts county, anud I aihongi Lr-awn, alaas Smith, says ho did not steal the negro, lie believes h4 was sfolen,-Augusta Constitution alist, Moar'ch 4. The IPofentahs and the Peasant.' When thm alliid am my wvare in psses* siont of Prii it was no unusual thing for thme l'.mpeu-rors of Russia and Austria and 'he King of Prnssiam to wvalk out *incog. ln one of these rambles they were-ac' costed by at countrymain of' rather supe-' tior addi es', wvho askeud them to point out the wayV to the Ttuillerie's to'thicW the .reply was that theiy were goitig that way amid shm'ulmd be' glad of his company. 'i'he fanmiliamr to~ne of' conversistion of the' Eumperor Ahex:,nder soon brought onut the. strantger to cionvers.-, wvho after s'ome time~ asked to wvhom he had the. pleasure of' talking. Tue anner w~as, "1 am ' the Emn'or of Prtussia." T his seemed to stagger his be'hefl. HeI asked. anoth "r, "aind pray,, who nre y ou, sir?" F' ami thme Emperor of Austria." "Andr you, sir?" -"I amnh' Kinig of Prussia." This seeming thie climax 'of' absurdity, he burst out. into a' loud ,laugh and was' going awvay, when th Emperor ofRus siat begged ho would .tell them who As was "Oh," said he, "I nim the Em pr~ror of' China!" and 'then' walkedi quickly awayv, evidently'uilder tlie j~t pression that lie was not 'to be outdone.' TuE S.4HAta D 'ilE -WooDPFCIGER -We have noticed in 'utany places a very wicked amid vory unprofitajle practice, viz: boys 'or meni tanding sentittel in orchards' with a guti/wood% peckers. - in any co'tntryan'W partic-' uharly in thiis, where or'chairds geneiailly' are so poorly' takten carb 'fbftho. wood' 'peckers' are of a'greataiadvanitage in. the way of'.killing-iesects~ a'nd w6Sf~. .:It ens nea-thought that these birds pecked