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hettie from SpXin3. MEXICo, Nov. 14, 1865. MY\Dgnpi Slin I remeirber meeting you in the street in Richnond, and that you -asked mie to 'write' ty y64 after I had looked around Jin.Mexico, and let you know candidly the.resttit f iy ob Vrvatiqns tpnd my Opilljpe dpon afftirs here, from a 'poor Confr'ate" point of view. I gladly seiao ,tba*present op portitnity to dQ sot the more particularly because I hlope that, my views, as hecke expressed, may, throuigh you, be dissemi nated among many of my dear friends in old Virginia, and that they ilay ie induced seriously to think over tlie idea of emigrating in1 coming. here. The grcat difficulty with niany is how to raise the mon1ev to get. hero. Tit. stoie has been removed out 'of the path of every one by tile Imperial Decree of September 5, for the Governouieit will pay youir passage. But you may say. "-What. aim1 I to do wblen I get tirere ?" I ans~wer, "Any'~thiung ,you choge, nl-. most." 'ru, you Will not. make yoir lortune in i week. blut \oil will, make eC&pelnses luntil yet can look around-and setle yoursevlf. There are nany Confederates here, all of them have or tan get occipamoi, if t liey want . it. In She firF place, there are some ten or fifteen millions of acres offered to colonists Iy various landholders W*re at varions rates, the least advantageotus of which are as,tihe land as you will take--the colonist fur nishes the labor-the holder every hiigf ulse-will-lend you provisions till you make your own,-and will- furnish seed, stock, farming implements, and every thing, and divide equally tle proits. Will also furnish flocks aid 'herds. for stock-breeding, on .he same tirms And thni the yield of a spot, of grounid, farmed on Virginia prjneiples, wOild be perfectly fabulousi--indeed, there would searcely be an end to the harvest. You may foran an idea of whia. it would be from this fact ; that land cuhtivatted on the Mexican system of farning, (probta. lily the most sloveiv in t h world, for I hey never tdouch the field af her tie seed is planted, exceJpt to harvesi the crops,) vields from olie to three or four liumidrd fold, and that, too, two, three, andfzom times annually. Think of it ; a bush' olcorn yields tour hundred bushels foml tiiws a year I Tile preductiveness of the country i lives. I know of'a lidv here who> live off tle natural products of her farm. She is considered ricb, too-she has not a hand on the pLa:e except an agt(.i who sells thlie iatiiral, sponitancois pri duicts of the ground on the spot-thi buyers coie for it, take it away und pay their money. But there are other occupations here which wl iive it liore iniiediate. t houlh by it) mieais so rich a rewa-rd. teneial Magruder is at the head of the Mvxican Ilit1 olice ; the. lands of Mexico never have been surveyed ; lie ieeds assis. tantaevery day, and pays froimi *50 to $150 a month. This, you nay ilagin', i ian endless job. I don't kniow wheth. - er you.are a surveyor, but if you, or any one else who is, will come out here, you wWI't starve,. particu'arly if you bring you, instrumenis Wtlth you. I am ileliglted with the whole country. it is certainly the m-ost invored in the world. and most, certaiunly the place for Syou and-me, and all hike uis. What, can we do ill Virginia ? L'eople abroad have no id'a whateve'r of Mexico-all * thieir.'knowledge is obtained from Noi'.h ern, newspap~ers. -The country is far better settled than the Un ited States. There are- mally rob~bers, It . is- true, bqt these alway's abound. where the people make no resis tanice, but hand over quietly all they hatve without a wvord. It'is a hlotorious fact, that, the rgbbers never attack whlere tthey hiav~o any idea of inleetingrei . ance. *. There is no opposiiion wvhatever to the Govgrnmlent. The Piiberals; are more dead -than the Conffeds, and' ihe -Emniro is gaining strength, popalarity and support ever'y day. it is the great. est mist ake in the world to thiketbhtth-e Empire is not stabe,~ ''eneebra. I say to you what Is 'ip to aly friends, do 'whlat I have' done.; coine to Mexico . If you shiould cohiebefert n agent is appointed in lhfo , Jthio woutld give youi trahsportgion,; 4 .hnve atuthority for stating 'h ab yot, paisage e'xpenses will he refunded ptnyouf" arrival~here. In theo.'n1.eftme,af you want apy informatior, or -i ian' ohetse doe, .ket thiem write toeSe,~ogojl. cheerf'ully ?d..gladi e 'h( Ge'n. Irice is getipgalind d sqt'. L nen~it. under way,, near Cordoya,-a p)lace * hit fbrrlry (before the darkics were .'free) was the garden of Mexm~o; i a u',~jce, it has~ beep enuirely neglected,1 where hands are given lihe' enug. mit ll Govermor flai'rris, of Tennessee, nlldI Judge Perkins, of Louiiana, are wit him. Gen. lardeian and Terry are doing likewise in l'alisco, nud there ire.othei I estabylished all aronnd. Of course, there is no limit to the s;izo of these Set'tl. mietits-the more the better. If I oily had forty good negroes .here froim Vir ginia. I could make my fortune in two years. I would not. want m..)re money thani I coll iaike inl that tile. Most Irulv, - ICiIA LU) L. MAURY, Colonel, &c. WINNSBORO. Thursday 3loriiig, February 8, 186. New Atvertciscents. it. W. Boney appears in a notice to Which We -sk tle attelion) of our rea der . Mr. Ioney has seenred the ser vices of thorongly Coinpttent anti skill fiul white Imechailies il tie mllanlufactlr C of shoes &c. Ketchin, McAlaster & Co., adver. tise Paints, Oils, Confectionary &c. Read Card ot Smith & Melton, Chester. T. P. Sun;wmtt, Jlul., is tile sole agent for thisyaper in Charleston, S. C. We have rece ived a new and large supply of paper suitable to job printing of all descriptions. 25th Rlegimnut in another column appears an Qrder .from Col. Js. II. Rio,, commanding 2ti Regimieint, announcing his regi. mental saff.aiad ordering -ilie electioiiof oflicers inl the co.inipanies comrimsing the .Regiment. Charlotte & So'uth CtirolinaRiiilroad. li our Saturday's paper we will pro. (luce tile report of Mr. J.olisimn, Presi deit of the Charlotte & S. -C. Railroad to thie% Stockholders at their recent an sinre it baroarons .~deSolation of our section by Gen. Shermlal, It is n in. terestilVdociile ndt, and makes an ox hibit oI ho generol condition'of the road far more Tavoral)ble tihan we llid apre henided after the inn ll ee iiSC (SS SnIataill edZ by it. 'Li p11ub w0 e -presmle have but .a Ilost inadellinate coIeptiol Ift he' ext ra ordinary difieliltie-s and the gre at obsiat. cles by which i-O directiou of tho-IRoad were confronted inl tEiir eff,rti to re. construct it. Thl. cliso- or the war fluind nearly one-half of thqenvtire road almost hiopeksfy-y Amantled, tlw work shops and ware honsis, depots and sheds and offices, many-' of thelm derov%, edi tho costly bridge over thil. Carbat ,bnt s also about ,61,00 b'ales cotito) b longing to the companY and Stored ".t dhilTerent places. iln addlition to thie~e hosses-thei reinainder oh the t rack and the rolling stock ail nd mchlinery were -in ai state of delapidation after the severe usage to'wviihih they werel subjectal dii ting tlie war.-nnd the labor of tile conn try upon01 whichI they hiadiO rely dlemor alized end disorganirzed' by thle evets of the war. Under these exigencies the djrectors instructedi'the executive offi. cerd to proceed as ralpidly as po~ssible and pledged their private credit wvith o'ut stinltU for the procurement of the ne cissary 'funds. Tile result of these operations has b)Eief the' reconst ructiotn of-ajl but twenty-three miile~s and thme be lief is expressed that this gap will be closed byi the first <>f May. -The'financial sttatemeint of. the compa niy is talso. enecguragin~g. It exhibits. a speriotI~ sol vent and~ sound condition. 6Ji .irectors of the, road are enti th ;d to gjr.at, credit for their judgment atid zeal .n~ the prosecution of this work. Tiur. Nunao B~r.-The New York (jics, edited bmy Henry . .'Raymond. n, leading Repuidb~n. mfemiber of. the 'H ouse of. Represen t&tivyes thus speaks of one of Sutmne* neg.-o bills: .f-This i~s the "shadow"~f of "icoming events." Jt indicattp3 thie character of futdre'legislation, shonld ~thme pow'er re sile in -such . hands. Returing a mo' ment to the question of colored BSnirage inl the .Dintriot ni Columbia it. is.p.... to say that it.s ront purpose is to sigtia liz nd1 crown tl. ev'ent )v the electioi e a 'ellored man - for Mayoir of tihe cit-Y of Wa'shaingtoni. Without inquiring wi at chanirico of siuccess'the sclee has, it is certiii tii. it.. mcli is the undheinred pur pose of the bill introduced by tho Juidi ciary Committee6 of-the I1ouse of R'pre iettives. News Itemts, Guneral Lee is in Georgetown. The United States garrison hatiC left CU. Ilon Thonis J. Judge hun been elecred. to tie Supiemue Bench of Alabainai. 111on. Thomas'Baltzell, late Chief Justice or Florida, died in Tallaha-seo on the 14th utltimio In his recent inessagd,,Governor PIarsonis of Alabama opposes ntiy special code for the government of fr~edinen, and recoi. mends tihe application or lie principles of tihe common law to contracts with t lcn. It is reported that General Forrest, under guise of retiring fron business inl Memphis to his plaintation, hits golne to Alexico. inl conisepience of havinlig been not ified to :p. pear Ieoie a inlitary commnission in Wa h ingion. The privateer Aienandothi is detained at Liverpool oi account of the bai weather prev tiling at i his season of' the year. A ObertiR ()htio) paper :iys that Atwn has ceased to be a station toi ii "under ground-railroad" since Grant iand Shernian became conductors on-that routo. The New York Tribune says : An attempt was made yesterday to give the claitants fron. Arkansas tIis benetit o their seals onl the floor of tie Itouse. The IIouso voted No by 64 to 69. The dors which were lockedt at I he beginiig of t tie session sill bear tie placard."No admlnission"-- and wvill for some ii me continue to bear it. A perfect carnival of critne bua bloken out. in .\uigumta, Ga. There have l-een .9,000 cases of catM< plattie in igilantid. The loss per week i. Colonel Wnii, formerly of the Natichezi Pre Tr'der, who went to Brazil to negotiate witI tie Eiperor for a iraO of land oi tho Ama zon for a Sothi ern settletnent, came passen ger on the steatier South Aiimerici. T<t Colonel is <iiit entiliuslastio over tle sut. cess of his scher..c. Major-Ocneral Fesenden, who has jus been mustered out. of he6 United States se vice, hans accepted dthe position of superin tendemt of tie Ne* England diviosiu of Ott Nat intial Express Coipany, qf which Josepl E. Johiston is Presid6nt o! hirs fromti Sont If Carolina, of ttie $20,o00 A leiter Ift .tie London Tine.. dated t lh lid, .Jnuiary 6th, says of tle .iusiurre. toll inl . po . ".A Ihe head of te Insurgents, or 1 1 t at the. diiec ion of their inovemeti , is it is niw uscert ained beyoil d'bdt, Gn l'rim, who la with him Milans del tlosel and14 ofttor olieers, his fellow cai'n itigner- it .Morocco ai114 Mexico If one could .eliiev his i'rouresita faiends, Prin knows ver well Wthat he ii ahiqit,'hatis.niet %% ih full su Ce.t, ht- bvet joined by a detelment o troops itol voluiieers, and comndii otls a fore of six ithousaind.to eight thousand muen. Ai Villairejos te Salvanes he had, oi the 2d ordered -o thousand rations. If all v hear i t rue. and be' Inis no chance of site ess i frout. ie' tins the olen country itn hi! re1, aml ihe wholo of .\rrikgon and- atalo nia, it is sipposed, to sipport him." , Correspontlee, M t t..K)oKVtrt:, Jan. 29, 18G6. HoN. A .. STzrt:Nss . Ea1cmedl Sir -\Wo have read with deep regret yopirletter to the Legisla tiire, wt ithholding the ise of your tname ini connetctionl withi the SeniAtorial'can va.a ; hut whtile' wet grnnt to yon the right of refuisitng a candidney for a seat ini thle U. S. Seante. yet at thet sntit tne we elmim ti ha ve also the rkiht to besitowv upon y->n thh truist. intvol viin as it does, mportani conisiderationts Wet feel, sir, It at, a va mainjority of te peo(ple of the 3itto an locking to yin as tlhe mn fo t he tcrist . As the retire. sentative 'of hat con. tutency, desirous to carry ont this nia f~sit dlemionstra-. titon of thle public will, weo now ask, if yout wdll srve if electe ? Clion H. a..Ony, Wmn. .ibso1n,Caion Sneatd, Ja mes M. - sste), Jesse A. Gle'nn., J. O. Garirellh Ben. B3. Moore, P. B. Bledford, 0. L. E th, Geporge S.. Owens, J. A. WV. Jeh1 on, P. J. Stro zier, B. A. Thornt~on., - Mi~raaavisa 29, 1860. Messes. HI. Rt. Casey, inrf Gibson, and others: The right claimed I you in your note0 to- mit, of this date I do ttwish to be unlderstood nas 4 1 alln in question. c~ii 'In reply tpo your inf rogatory I can onily say that I . om t iaingidlo ty ~prob'able case in bichz wuld refuise to serve, to the0 1ato of . ability, thle, tplo of( Georgia ifl ai P?*ition which mi ~ibe assig r4 to q~ herrf or th eir fprqsent ie, q af*g~es wrth ori~tho 1Mo * onre, t A 0*N *.. PSBN A few woks since we Eaw in somne ol; our exghaniges statnent", apparently authentic, of tle' tery strgitened c'g cmliistia5ices of the widow ans1d family of the late lamuented General Jackson; and, prompted by it proind - admiration of his traiisceident military genius and his exaltetl inorad worth, we proposted to take up a t)ul't iption inl Charlestonsfor their relief. After the 'irst aimo'ime-' menit of the purpo*e, however, it occurr (d to us thalt we might lavke beei m1is led, or, if the facts'were as stalted, .that it might be more becoming and resteeb 1,1l of the feelingi of that, Most esti ma file lady, to learn from her whether she would acquiesce inl the impresions pre. vnlIing as to her circumistanices ad -the mueaIssures tW relieve themi the, impresieon was hikely to iispire. To our note al. dressed to her 'upon the subject .we have r'eceived the letter wiieh we, 'pub: lishi below, and, as atn net -of justice.to tle lady, we would request sucl of our cotemporaries as have piulished 'the nc* tice of her circutnstances, - and vhich have taken the Ineasulres t relieve them which we ourselves proposed, to publish, also, this cmmuntication 'Tle spirit of the let er, it nmt1st be toflessed, is very beaut ff It is iiot dentied that sh is wit lmt naans. stad that slbp is depeIdent. upon iher fath-r, whose for. I tne is knownas not to be htuiple ; an. thern is still r'oom for thu, regret. that. the rlict. o oiloe so venerated could not be 'iaced by Iis adiring coutlrylilen5 ill a pos tion of a more perfect independhene; liut she' is too.contselous of whit, is due to 'rsli as- a woman,. and to the memo ry of her Lreat husband, to bev placetd in .Ihe Iosititl (If it mluldicant of Common1 ebarity ; and conit.ribions, Ii numicon ception of her position, threfore, wil the-most. psrlo-ct. kinidne.sa fosir tihose whfto otfer-them1 l feels cAtrainied to de. clina'. T1 ho resoltition we admir. It is one whJei, in jtsiicC to.lier, we ouglit to hav.aticipat.6d. - Blt the wish 11n1. gers Wit Itu s. as it will linger, doubtlese, w ith''otr readers, that it some way, apart from t process so unpleasat, I the means ngli.ho find to. testify to thosehe has 6lft -'blind .him th'o grat- . tulde and iadnirat.iod of a people. for tle greatest imin this age li known. 'ihe small amouint contribuetted, upon- the original antnoulncemtlenlt.of otr- pirpose, I loweve'r, we will st-ill -take tie liberty of florwardig. in the' hop .that, inl suit)e i way, she will be pleased to use it. CoTrA.: IrgM5, N. ., Jan.25. My I-A Sill: Your letter of' the 31 4. wits forwirdetr Lo ,id -from Leiie toll, Vdimii. ' m ad debyed* ats folr a few days, hoping tQ re-ive 1. ptapet'rs to VIsich you refer red, bit it .s nuot ydt re iebl d.me, aitil I have not Imi! the pl-stire of readiig youri' editoriral liit, jiti udg frost the renvirks i s your l-ta 'e . I -upp)3se it is it simileir psthlica lt) to whut has rect'lv sipleial inl n ,of tl' ttewspapers, reposew ils, h family of .Gtteral Jackson-t.a stit r tg fors' thliliecessias ies of life, and Appeal. il" to' tle piblic for thefr relief. It is a source of, deep-regret, and mor tificatio to sme, ad 0to my family and frietnds, lthat such misunderstntn should .x sit I regardi to my circim' tas. ces. It is trtm tat. lmttost the 'whole of IM little irttuIe has bon 'swet tanav. MNy Inoble hsband, actnllatikl by. patrio. timil, imvested inl 'Confederate (o.ds, to ssis. te Governien, nd I, following Iis examtple, the contsequeInce was then loss of'nenarly the wvbole of hsis estate - butt God has still left to mue otneof the kinsdest of fat h~ers, who hats the mens of providing sill the comnfortsi of liife for me an d msy orphant - clii Id. The heenn t iary sufiferimgs of othier. itl our a(1icto4 jiasj have been. so ninehs gresitei- thtat rp own that, in this respect, -I bave oly need of a miore thlantkfl- hteart. And I of all os hers, should hav e tno fear4 for the futuire, -for 'tht'o icovenatnt-k epin 'g Od of'my Ithund has wsatchea~ over us hteretofore, sand theo. hove of.this greaf people to me and1( my little ol~ild, on his accunt, fills my heairt'witht grateful jy While it is one of the greatest cotls forts of my desolatted life to see th9' many beautiful and eloquen't tribuntes fo-4he memory of msy beloved'- husband;#tt would gratefully. accept any 'offori that are Vlunftarily given a s tsprei of/love and grqtitude to hm, v~t t' . 6n; tribustions that-. jre now calle Y~ are given tundser a 14fee impreessiv and hi ifconslistent wvitlemy ideas of onor and rectisindo to receive thoem. I' would, theraefore, beg thtat all, off that, arei msatle to rasir a ffad 'for 'my "relief," both in Chasrleston an asewhere, be smmesdiateoly stoppe4 With thanks to th rm-hearted and generous bit izens of C lestotn for their kmtnd feelinags towaget , atd mine, I romain, yont y truly,* 3 - ..M4t. i JAcKsoW. 4.eo- It - Cathcar itobr Qharleattan My asddieas is hirlotte N. O., care of Mr. James P' rein .4 x f;10 -lt.G OEA V Fr~pi Wasi ten Presideifit to*day ordTed w atas to'h ss1. fg the pardoif )rlehundred North Carolimng. The President Uhi's transmitted tu Cngre'ss'theiepkorkof General Sherm:i n the conditl(n otaffitirs in t he South. nrn States. le eays ;hiu found.'etery where in.the Seoth .4 large number of oun oficerg and soldiis, lookinw land Ind employment, and h not t:at, during .the 'nexi yea 1: hind which is cleared will be ni ti vation ;.a larg part'bof it, tndor to dit. rection of en1eic young tem. Congrcs iI WA\si'roON, Feb. L.-In the Sen ate, Mr. IFesseni n stited cL1it ho would ask that, bod y on Monday to take Inp the consiLtiiohlal flnldfm)'h1fent passed, as it, was deirable to.get, thi amendment. before tie tate ' Legislatires now Ill essjion, et an early date. Mr. Iloward made a speech on his resoition recommending the trial of Davis 4nd Clay. H1- otrnd Aln amend ment to the original resolution so as io inclnde others .acting in concert witlh . Mr. Davis.made a lengthy speech on the bill for protection of civil rightas. The Ilonse was enigagel iti the con siderat:ion hf the hill enlarging the pow ers of the Freedmen sBqreau From South Anrrica. N.:, Y4o.tK, Feb. I;-The PeruvianT dictator is pushing reformy in all depart. mhents. 11 stat.e.l to tihe Chiian am. bassadior tIa 1'ern considered the Cii hlan conflict. with Spain essentially a Pc. rnvianl question. Legislative. RAiGHo, Feb. 1.-The House of Commons continued t.o-d(ay the consid ratioti of le bill relat ing to freedmen. ieeches were t.ade for an(against, al. -f -ill 16.mi4ry No -t. Lae yet beeni taker. .The outsido fecing is adverse to allu iig thei to tEistily. IIexiLtin News,. . Usraox, Feb4. 3.-The immne bite withdlrawal of the French troops kom Mexict, m*y be regarded as certatin, he reports having ben confirmed that .all eXtraord illary ), ;igjg a bu-cu seLt to that cOnnItry to makes the neces ,a p;lyparations for the ewxicuation. The Emperor,u o hitger insists on the pri- .recognition of Maxmilian h the Utiled Sitts, hstat is satisfied with re niewed promises that' this Government will lieserve a strict neutrality in regard to Mexico. . News via New Orleans state tlat Geli. Weitzel had issute(d an order direct. ing ovcry commanding offeer 4o arrest *all a'rmed per'ans lurkirg in the District of the~ Rio Grande. A Milit ary Commission is niow in ses siOn1 at Birazos Satiago to investigato tite. Bagdad amitir. 'All persons, wheth-. inresidenits of Mexico or the United Afhtes, are t6 appaear, 'who are conver saumf with-that dlifliculhty.** -Chief. Jnsiice Chase an~d Associat~e. W'yinu Aenenr in the opinion that it, wo'uld bo improper to hol(Circuzit, (ourts . in .yit ifa untilCongress shainl have an oppOrtunityffon. dr ndact upon, he Su~ Itbject. Th'e civil court, in a dip t uitider marltial lats can,. they say, ely 'act by the 4anction amid under the . s'ipervision of' military powers, and they, canniot, thinls it4ecomes ha nrm Court toexercijurididtion under such conditions. :The. Ioi~ng Copgressional delega tion hias lift Wfahin n for hpm'e, ow., in tthe w en o ly 'prospects (j adniisioh ge4 ap. 0Unmembe Oatio,*r iIl utof * hb, was . tai of tsye-.y i~t at ,. n behfor. mrame~nt." 'lew qt7, and su