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av noth tTxt , gy h 'a ~kof 'Careiance iotays N anitk singi6Piin te no 9her ipromo VI~ wsthefia thus ,t coatry~th Meaj. Neghorsmculd ear hafve io uthl tieten the Ca6naric.2e .lDelwresa reent noltinedarbysonftl thE ppersin oher artsof te tatY o1ti Praindiantri ssemre rf teuied Waoif f the Braex consisting r a he uppdis a of siinuanhestrtionas aan'- athe:itka Oranger~s, ~ar oThey atia noW.ran in o the not . any proinc of prcoCa uhla, ~ ..Tp pp'et1 A4 h oun wrrrs.n0th conty.t iMay Neighby some unat fthe difficulties between e ekWares, recenlty mection ed' b uone Vsa- an Batilo -.o leSah1 1t Bth papers in arrivat f the .ao t hidv reeie ,eea prte let -ter;fl hantribes' were per ec ofuiet f' di c.lties existing eitherane usrtonouel yes hostile clemonstmtiofisam the:- whitej aoure rang ier c wre av e t sand efflciq "d there'. is noao btenyoied'acro ,thess it is creatio by ihme unauto 'mtvement of our own citizes littl wk New Orea o PicAmeicantro1 'FROM THE RIO' GRANbE.. ew fr uahuao the1 Prtho ec e of Aohe Engaemcnt- CptrC' of a, Party -of Ad ~Viua and Sallillo. Byrthe last arrival from thene Brazos ave' receie everal private letters, frel which we glean anumber of.. items! of,-ii Sterest r that have reached us, from no oth iource and which we have nota' seen els whre. Information had been received "acrof the country at Saltillo, which indicate aof little work ahead for the. American'X , ti*o sent' from, Santa Fe to take possession4 Chihuahua. On the 15th of December the were encamped at El Paso, from whence was underistood they, would march about tU latter p art of January. The Mexicans in. thi part of. the country, are making every effo to oppoee their march with a*'strong foqrce 'At first they.did not intend making any resis ance whatever; bt,. emboldened by the lor delay of'our troops at El Paso, they set work ' in good- earnest, and have now a coi siderable numerical force and twelve pieci fficanuons Should our trooprcontiriue < their march, they will probably iave a secor . edition of the battle of Sacramento." 'Our ieaders, will doubtless recolle'ct t 'some inonths since, our correspondent, J. ] D., with.Gen. Wool's column,anientiened th Mr.- James Collins, commonly known a "Squire Collins," who was interpretei to Cc Doniphan's command, and behaved with ti greatest gallantry.at Sacramento and Brazit had started across the ceuntry' in compar with Col. Ward and a small party of lea than a dozen, for Santa Fe. Ther expi dition' was regarded as extremely hai ardous, both on account of the Indiar and Mexicans ; hut the old squire eax his veteran comnpanien, who is eight four years of age, were undaunted and dete; rmined. The 'party were heard from apho time since;.and we regret "to .sa.stheqy~wyei . taken prisoners at Presidio-deL'Norte'.by'tla 'tre'acherous ,conduct of a 'Jexicai pir When near ~a .place, called'Saii Ca k2rc the Rio-del-Norne thbey enconnterd four Mes idans, out on an expeditiob "after Camanet horses, and inquired of them the distande 1 San Caries, where they wished to purchai previsions. The Mexicans ropresented ti distance as short, and off'ered to. guide thel thither. On arriving at San Carlos, they wei unable to satisfy their wants, and were advii ed to proceed to the' Presidio del-Norte-thl Mexticans' telling them that therQ was no ga risen there, and that they had nething to fea The siquire and party determined to follo their advice, and set out;' but in the mneantim as afterwards appeared, the Mexicans ha sent off'a courier to Presidio, witha the info motion that a pat of Americans were. their way to that plce. . Tgnorant'of this ci cumstance they due in time, arrived at tU Prebido-were kindly received 6y the o padre, and considered themselves perfect siafe. 'Dinner was prepared for them, and table spread at one end of a large "sala their arms being deposited at the othe While quietly appeauing their hunger, a pari of Mexicans rushaed in, seized their arms, at took the whole p arty prisoners. The o: priest apeared to'be.quito delighted with tI: -success ef his ruse, but received anything hi bles'sings fram'the parrt.y, who regarded hii as a second .Judas Iscariot. " The squire at companions were 'all' conveyed to Clhihuahu and incarcerated in prison, where 'they sti remained at last accounts. Old Col. Wai was very ill, and some of the' foreignersi the-place ofibred to becomie his secwrity; hi the Mexican authorities inhumanly refuse to release him. ' 'Morse's Telegraph and the English Tel .aph -Mr. French, the President of t1 'Magnetic Telegrph cornp any, taking a stati ment of 'the6,pnse of telegraphing or hua "~, words t~ iverpo~ol fromn London, delieo miles, has made a comparise of thee h~res ithtlioso, on Morse's lin "The distance fromu Washingtona to Ne Yotk istwve hundred and tiwenty-five mile and'aa' niessagevof one 'hundred words transmitted ordinarily in five imiiutes, bi sometimes in three and a half minutes,' at -o~harg of five dollars for the first hundre ~o e~, but only three 4pllars and thirty-thre * , cents for the second and for opch followini hundred words. The comparative efigeienc of the American and Englisi) pystemu electric tlgaphs, is, there fore, easily state and comnprehended:-Engliah telegraph, 10 ,words,'220 mile.,' 10min. *22,20; America .telegrap10 ords, 225 miles, 5 min., S1 ,~ ~ ~ila tipu Leger, Feb. 12. pul 4ant is now exhibitinghme t.uo hose height-issovon-feet ton inch t e -4 ee p rtoasue la T o tn Cotetci eviewion -,oua iT powe ar itra ~- o6 ComrilReviewv is on our'. ta. t" o " ; . on Aoebet spare the time re - -for the peruial The article on Su. kar in the present number is of great in. rterst. The publi erLAnforms us that th work ca n ined mplet rom the beginning in four handsome bound volumes4 ERNJST CLEMENCEAU: Or, :ritish Philanthropy Ilustrated, A .4we of Gaudelobuipe i:1838, translated 'from the -Frenchof Fredexick Soulie, by a lady of. a Charleston, The translatress has been pleased to hand us . rcopy of this work. We have .read it with attention and are.highly pleased with it. r The plqt is sufficient and the language easily - flowing. Thibvolume is of convenient size, ' .and the., execution neat. It is a southern work and printed in Charleston by .Burges f & James.' But the chief merit of the work is that it .unfolds in the attrictiveArm-Iof a it talo tho true policy and ailin:f 'the English in i regard. to slavery and their total want of prin, it ciplviuthiaatterawhicih have been ably eXosed by-some southern statesman. On this-accountWi Iia'ly.o recommond the book to all who are able o procure a copy. . They will find the views-therein. worthy of ts their attention as southerners. The, book is -for sale in Sumterville at the store of Messrs. A. WITrE. & Co. LITERARY MESSENGER. it . The February No. of this southern pe, riodical has reached, tis during the - past e week. Its readers always find itof inter. is est. For many years it has been sustain. y ed and is now in its fourteenth volume. , hile thd Commercial Review at one ex tremity of the south extends -our useful aknowledge, thoe Messenger at the other adorns our literature-and adds to our in -formation. 'Both are'ready ehamipions of 0anij incsc ofthteir former success. iMAI O TNPE ADEN BR ANCH. The Cagaden- Banh rail road is nowv oover the Watereo river and passage for business is said to' be- certain. It' Is ex pccted that the road will lbe completed to e the Manchester depot by the first of March or vory soon after that time.- .This state -of things both. actual and expected calls -. publie attention to the consideration that ~ t is time that ther~ should be fbrthwvith destablished 'a daily" mall communication by means no'singo running .between. Sumtervillegankdthe Camden 0Branch road.s The state of' our business relationiith~ Chiiirlestoni is 9f suilicient aimportance to require the iise anid enjoy. ment of every available faciility fbr their yconduct; and, wore this not so, the conve dnience of the travelling puiblic should be dconsulted and immedilately forwarded 0o) tevery occasion and by every opportunity, T 'ho least that can now be dong is to have Sa daily bseigor stage ,ynzning to the Camdiixen-Bdedh as soon as possible, that w~e miayr have a daily' mail from Charles, ton and Colimibia,. Very shortly wagons dwill, convey freight to, and from the Branoh-road, and no impediment to mal ,staging will then exist. The gme ad. ovantages should then be anjoyed by pas. sengers and the mail as will be by goods and wagons. We thus-endeavor to draw "public attention to the matter, that proper stepsfor the accomplishinent of these oh, ,jecth may be taken; and that they may be taken in time. .The public mind occas, aionally needs spurring. We hardly dare, however, to call ourselves the riders. We only endeavor to remind the public of what is evidently for their interest. TEMPEREANCE INFORMATION. Dr.ate atiley, of Lancaster district, lately * ttdattemnperance meeting in Char. leston ,hbtinthatidistrict in 1830, there wvere tbirtyaplaces ldenved for the sale of ardent spirits but that in' 1840 not.a single 0., ucA oW state,. trd te egsj pion 'f theti d celmsrily dra~w iy ea~~tb the trade of Sumter Didiot'fbit'ad1 1ets' witis ouif redbhiIt " f the distridt as muchiofrIt can and i particular that of~f~ ia lyinginore insThidiatelysout n ~to us. .Some. of our .plante9stdfj~'~ would bes willingio si and produce in Sumterville ast ed it to Charleston, If' -pNor ofnabl~ib could' here be ObtaIfd~nigfg the circufustanco tkia~ 9ii re e seller doesilot bear the costoftranspota 4ion. How then can Sumterville emade a depot of trade foe this dictrict befbrio the building of the Wilmington and Kntqohes ter road? sugst the fIl.owing means, after the'recollection of one~Kktwo preliminary rermarks. The Eni'd soven hiundred .h6usand doins belsg subscribed to the Manchester read and the evident and strong disposition o the roads to the north and south of us in Vir. 'ginla and Georgia to'assbat the: entdro s to the amount of Iur liundrid thou'nd more being considered, besi de the 'dtr mination of the people of WirMington to build the road to the South Carolina r. n'nd the desireof our' people to cny through the oonnectmng link, ^reniicrzi A moral ertai', tt 6id will be uilt and that before the -lapse of much-tinie. Resting then-on this reasonable cer-din the benefits of the proposed o id' mighlt'b sociird'to this districta gby 60 struction from Sizmtervill~ tc 'th i chester depot, alrthe-lineo of the. pro posed roadf a tack of unrailda titne properly graded idnad 'I ' he cars carrying a varying number of bAls of cation or quantity of proe iigr run without mc difloustiydndbedinenj by horse power. .All* freighsdisetih ed for the greater part of the district'be low'and east of us might' be broughgoi such a road to this place as a deolt. The mails also could lie thus carriedand even passengerp.. During tlie;as fulfd'l rav. eled at the nort on afe ijies of road ~of tia kind in oara drawn by .horsespow, er.- Coulh use- be made 'of flat rail the expensefvoald be veryo' reatg inovased,, buttio facilities of p aen by - u se wvould be muh mn'tro: increase#, T h1e remrrore made on the supposition hat the present subscribed 'funds oftoad couldbe made use of, by .permissi of the company, or if tiis is ineqipedient or impossible, that funds might be subsoribefl for the purposettd sthat the w~orks doner might be sold to- the rail road "company bhen they were able to commence'opea. tioafs, Thus, or by similart means suited t tho end, might Sumtervli be,. ade a~ place of much greater-trade than at 'pre. sent, Weo are'bnable 'at present" o6 give a statement 'f'thef pobable' costf suph an enterprise; but it is -evident' tl at~ the nlon-uso of iron rails would ymuc e ien, It, 'and that the work thus clone would be' a certain quantity executed and ircadfo the proposed Wiki.ingoiaog "'ahee suggestions are nmade with the intentips of calling the 'attention of'oudreflecting men to the consideration of:thiensbject end 'of setting in motion whatevetafie dein. ed advisable, should it ho thi'ei. eat to take arny action thereon,~ Should the Wilmington road be -built, of wvich we have no doubt, tllis -meastfre would only hasten an eitpected result; and should it from the occurence of any unforesedn and unfavorable circumstances not. 1i built, the benefits of this'chcap'horsoe-er road would' reamain, 'while the'cosi nd conduot of such a" mean's ' ca ian'o and transportation could be well' borne' and 'would not be much felt. 'From the execution of such a measiure, It appears to us that, the'prosperity of Sdatterville will be increased 'ard that' shei 'listrit through her cannot fail to be benefitted.. A prospect is thus opened of forthwvith' drawing here cotton trade and such 'trad' of other kinds as usually attends tl e pale and purchase of cotton. THlE PAUL JONES, BJLT,. Among the'bilis intely 'beforro Congre was one foNJ th'e'relief'f thOehstreoOut n I. milwn e pe qa thi" olRitill seendesirone adkij j9de a bU aed.ap at k ed h 0ed~i~w AVI ' -Ofleasukaie' e de ?erl r.f h~i1 the hilt i gre - un gi'6 ert edd q pa oan Wdivdu'ds.'.ih ' oon et habea1v6441 g1cy and dahn b strangers to traqu t ~H WeIMPRAEQkW~L CTOf y ,1l W presene' tiioln dsh-t f i - lect to ;i3ivt hshtedehil ofIdableso ;hi~reviio~i gfcyad vspto MR. ~~~il b pass 'Al1 neeI ato ' let tpta m to 3u ) wi'agro oduep . an yo1 of uch&bruthou 11 deg r uous - tourvied it m48 wst r f Vyf con e"aLds eoaty, tan c jai th e pi~ o u~uoci* al 'dubfuous I ousei yqu r: DOIoaVmap zgrefdluin n'~4 "r a Bed, y A :igIn in: lessvicinafsia1h1d a io rr t pgaera Howdwi toi tyohuh1,.oitei grostat mseriosnah His eham noi&q n tha ova sootheda ; lakue1,onei i ~nh ay~o~.u wher ou 1 4 leWrn t 1~~q4 hisi river. 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