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..j; poUp 0.t,. s ipre aad there. - witli"tbedMexldan coinmise~n ~~ 'eettanterms havebeqkiagr e lis bt wp have nothingWuthention the n a o *ikN 0;P 1ic,)b 9 iLT~E FROM TEXA8. he is atpWsentveyrg atyfthe Prairie Indians assembled'on the head Watei-s of the Brazos, consisting of all Vhe uppei-liands 6f (Tamanohes, Kiotways Yam-parith-kas Muiska-ees,Y&c They are now 1organi zing for a hama i the norternpovmee of MexicogChihuahua&c.- They prpose to .threweeral -thiousand~warriore into that countryje Mai. Neihbors could hear nothi if he iffculiesbeteenthe Caiarich'dli aid Delawares, recently mentioned by some of the yapers in other paits of the 1the Indian tribes wore perfectly quiet-nb diffi culties existing either amongst themielves or hostile demonstratiohs agait the whites. Oui-rangers are now very actreand efiicie; and there is no.probability of any distu unless it is created by some unauti movement of our own citizens. From dhe New Orleans Picayu'ne, F . 11.1 FROM THEB RIO' GRANbE. News frota Chihuahua.-hospect of A notker Engagement-Capture of a PartyI of A nercans-Milita.rs.Executions at Buena Vista and Saltillo. By the last arrival from the Brazes.'we have received several private letters, from .which we glean a number of~ items of- in .terest that have reached us from no other .source, and which we have not seen else where. Information had been received across the country at Saltillo, which* indicate some little iork ahead for the American ,troops sent from Santa Fe to take possession of Chihuahua. On the 15th of December they were encamped at El Paso, from whence it was understood they would march about the eart of January.. The Mexican in that Sthe country, are making every efort toper heir march with a strong foice Atfrst they did not intend making any resist aore whatever; but,.emboldened sythe long delay of -our troops at E Paso, tey set to work in good-earnest, and have now a con siderable numerical force and twelve pieces oficannon. Should our troop'contiiue on their march, they will probably have a second . edition of the battle of Sacramento.' S'Our readers, will doubtless recolle't that s'ome months since, our correspondent, J. E. D., with Gen. Wool's column, mentiened that , Mr. -ames Collins, commonly known as "Squire Collins," who was interpreter to Col. Doniphan's command, and .behaved with the greatest gallantry at Sacramento and Brazita, liad n tarted across the e ouwtry- in company with Col. .Ward and a small party of less than a dozen, for Santa Fe. The. expe dition wvas regarded as extremely haz ardous, both on account of the Indians and Mexicans ; but the old squire Asand his veteran companion, who is eighty four years of age, were undaunted and deter mined. The party were heard from a short time since; and o e regret. t p r thoy Cw,o taken prisoners at Presidi-dbel hrte y the treacherous ~conduct of. a. Axcau .ar When near a place, called .nd Grloi, the Rio-del-Norte they enconntrdfour Mex icans,' out on an e'xpedition -after Camnanche horses,-and inquired of them the distance to San Carlos, where they wished to purchase provisions. The Mexicans represented the distance as short, and offered to guide thenm thither. On arriving at San Carlos, they were unable to satisfy their wants, and were advis ed to proceed to the Presidio del-Norte-the Mexicans telling them that therq was no gar risen there, and that they had nothing to fear. The squire and party determined to follow their advice, and set out; butin the meantime, as afterwvards appeared, the Mexicans had sent .ofl'a courier 1o Presidio, with the infor mation that a party of Americans were. on their way to that place. Ignoranit of this cir cumstance they duo in time arrived at the Presidio-were kindly received 6y the old padre, and considered themselves perfectly safe. Dinner was prepared for them, and a table spread at one end of a large "sala," their arms being deposited at the ether. While quietly appeasing their hunger, a party of Mexicans rush ed in, seirzed their arms, and took the whole party prisoners. The old priest appeared to be.qiito delighted with the . uccess qf his ruse, but received anything hut blessings from'the p arty, who regaded him as a second Judas [scariot. The a~quire and , companions were all' conveyed to Chihuahua, and incarcerated in prison, where they still remained at last accounts. Old Col. Ward wvas very ill, and some of the foreigners in the place offered to become his secirity; but the Mexican authorities inhumanly refused to release him. - Morse's Telegraph and the Englisk Tele *graph.e Mrs French, the President of the 'Magnistic Telegrph company, takinig a state ment pf the .4'xperise of telegraphing one hundred words to Liverpciol from London, a distance bf 25 miles, has rpiade a comparison of thesoih rned'ith'those on Morse's line. "The distauco from Washizigtoni to New York-is two' hundred and twenty-five miles, and.' a'rnessagesof ' one hundredl worde is transmitted ordinarily in five. 'minutes, but sometimes in three and a half minutes, at a -charge of five dollars for the first hundred vords, but only three dollars and thir.ty-three cents for'the second and for esch following hundred words. The comparative efficiency of the American and English; systeis of electric telegraphs, is, therefore, easily stated and ep eended.- English telegraph,,100 words, 22 miles; 10 mm. *22,20; Americani *telegraphj 10 wordi, 225 miles, 6 min., 85. ~ I'i~a~ipha Leger, Feb. 12. A ip b G; ti is now exhibiting himself ii ,ond~on whose helM id sovnn feet nch-l t W c Efdh TAr ostent. - d~ fplfe of t1 tnul)ongfs plaicer, he atestges Woandrcbhdmostnr rs w d 30t~sta qoisofdaier h~V se 6ter our power t sue. . CONfMERCIAI. REVIEW. TI 'br~iary gzinmber of J* D. B. DB sow's Commercial Review is on our ta ble.' Thisgo'irk s aleafs of interest to ih'doiiritj alnd an f gneraf ica tonr,:and itoesl o spare the time re payss for the periusal.' The article on Su gar in-tiie presenit nlumber is of great in, terest. The pubihiier inforrns us that the work caji noV tained complete fron 'the begiuing four~ handsome bound volumes. ERNES8T CLEENCEAU: Or,:British Philanthropy Illustrated, A de'oof Gaudelo' pe in 1838, translated from the'French,of Frederick Soulie, by a lady of Charleston, The translatrees has been pleased to hand us a copy of this work. We -have read it with attention and are highly pleased with it. The plqt is sufficient and the language easily flowing. The volume is of convenient size, .and the ;execution neat. It is a southern work and printed in Charleston by .Burges & .Tames. ~But the chief merit of the work is that it unfolds in the attractive ft'rn-of a tale the true policy and aim of the English in regaud to slavery and their total want of 'prin.. cil n thilsnitter, which have been ably expiouedybsorie'southern statesman. On this account prhiiljy..werecommend .the book to all whonarelabloe& procure a copy. They will find the viewa- therein worthy of their attention as southerners. The book is for sale in Sumnterville at the storo of Messrs. A. WHITE. & Co. *LITERA RY. MESSENGER.. *The February No. of this southern pe' riodical has reached. tas during the past week;' Its readers alwvays find itof inter est. For manyyears it has been sustain ed and is now in its fourteenth volume. While the Commercial Review at one ex tremity of the south extemds. our useful knowliedge, the Messenger at the other adorns our' literature and adds to our in. *formations Bothe are ready ohampions of the seitli. 'We {ishi m~ acontiniance and m i~base of their former success. MAIL 'O'THECAMDEN BR ANCH. The Carndin Branh rail road is now over the Wateree river and passage for business is said to be' certain. It is ex pected that the road will be completed to the Manchester depot by the first of March or very boon afler that timne. This state of things both actual and espeocd calls publie attention to the consideration that it is time that there should be fbrthwith established a' daily mail communication by means ofr a ji&9gqgg stage running betwecen Sumterville.-. nd 2the Camden Branch road. The state of' our business relationi 'with Chiirleston is of suiflicient importance to require thie tise ard enjoy. ment of every available faicifity Ibr their conduct; and, were this not so, the conve nience of the travelling public should be consulted and immediately for-warded on every occasion and by every opportunity, The least that can now be donge is to have a daily Isseliger stage rynning t .e Camden-Brdnch as soon as possible, that we may have a daily mail from Charles. ton andl Columbia, Very shortly wagons will, convey freight to and from the Braneh road, and no impediment to mal staging will then exist. The ngme ad. vantagesi shioudd then be enjoyed by pas sengers and the mail as will be by goods and wagons. We thus endeavor to draw ptiblic attention to the matter, that proper steps for~the accomplishment of these ob. jecth may be taken; and that they may be taken In time. .Th~e public mind occ-as, ionally needsspurring. We hardly dare, howvever, to call ou.rselves the riders. We only endeavor to remind the public of what Is evidently' for thoir interest. TEMPERANCE INFORMATION. Dr. Wilsy, of Lancaster district, lately stated at a temperance -meeting in Char. leoston t.wi n thatkdistriot in .-1880. there were thirty places licensed for the sale' of ardent spirits buit that -in 1840 not, a single "."Y Re~~~~ 'ist )..e 4 A state OT 3' 'a, X%::?,GGE3TI ,,The ihe a pg f7i through 'W!O :.u Ins nor~~y stdied 46G riOliy~t topidnfteead I duedin4gjp tieh tradhe of Sumtiro D t ikfid Ii 1-1iL- .)"! deots' avithhin i i rcha ofltie distre -asmuchliof rtits dan-and-ciarpalirtiwl a tel lying inor-e'laiehdiatelyspoit epst us. Som f S t tir, pla tet'anid'rfor weou - as wling to 1 t and producein Sumtervilleasrta Ad it to Chorleston, if ohftdiabled would'hre 66 obsihnee' oflt rnh fdr the circumstance th 'snl : here tbf seller-does not bear the cost of transporta. lion.. How then can Surmterville be made a depot of tradelfler thldictrict before the building of the Wllmington and Manches "of ter road? (o aug~gest thle f6Hlowing means, after the recollection, oone ,6 o two preliminary,- reniiarksa The' irbrfiot' of seven hundred th6uisand dollats hIefg subscribed to the Manchester road and the evident and strong. disposition of the roads to the north and south of us in Vir ginia and Georgia to assist the enterpirise to the amount of four hiundr6d thousond more being coisidered, besidea the deter mination of the people of Wilmingten to build the road to the Souti Carolina 46 and tie desire of our people to- ctry through the connecting link, "render il 6 moral certainiy that tuioaad will be built, and that before the -lapse of much fishM" Resting then on this rebsonable certaIn , the benefits of the proposed road miglit;% sechrbd ~to this district at oMdby the coi. struction from Si.ter ille6 thiji oheater$depqt,. a :.thaline: fA thei pr posed road,-ofa t ek.ofunraikdihnbe-s, properly graded 4nd- lcveWk* alwhich ears carrying a yarying number of biles fedon or quantity of pro. ce1rjtight run without much diffioultyni dodi raW by horse power. - All freightioo desti ed for the greater part 6f the 'districtbo. low'and east of us might be brought on ucarodtthsplace as a'depot. Tie mails also could 1ie thus carried,;and even passengerg. Diuring tllQInst full 'ne ra-. Lled at the nortNi on a fli miles of. red of this kinid in cara drawn by horse...pow, or. Could use he mado "of flat rails the expense Wouild be very greatly Incadased, but'tbo facilities of passage by 'suljiuse would be much mre~r inc~reaseild, ~.Tiese remarks nre made on the supposition that the present subscribed find, of-the Toad could be madeuso of, by permission of the company, or, if this is inexpedient or impossible, that funds might be subscribesl for the purpose and that the work. done might be sol to- the rail read company when they Were able to commence opera 1iopip Thus, or b-;- similar means suited tel thec ud, might Sumterville be nade a place of much greater trade than at 'pre sent, We are unable at present' to give a statement ef iho robable cost of' such an enterprise; but it is evident -that the non-use of iron rails wvould much lessen, It, and that the wvork thus' done would -be a certain quantity executed and ready for the proposed WVilriiggiod . These' suggestions are madeo with the intention of enlling the attention of oucrpflecting men to the consideration of the subject '-and of iettlng In motion whatever mijbe deein ad advisable,, should it be thought'expedi rint to take any action thereon, Should ho Wilmiington road~be. built, of which we have no doubt, this, meastire would nly hasten an expected result; and should it from the occurence of any unforeseen and unfavorable cirournstances not be built, the benefits of thisicheap'horso-ear m'ad would remain, while the sosi and ::onduot of such a mea'ns of' coiiyanco mnd transportation coul be well borne mod would not be much felt. From the 3xecution of such a measiure, it appears to us that. the . prosperity 'of Surmterville will be increased arid that' the disirict birough her cannot fail to be bonefitted. AL prospect is thus opened of forthwith hrawing here cotton trade and such trade >f other kinds as usually attends the sale mud purchiaso of cotton." THlE PAUL .TONES BILiL Among-the bilta hately before Conkrsu va's one for: th'e relief cof th&shwirn oouu .hat,'~ W , i6t jL e)' MM ~ J mawim haWI wIth Us'.va 4d ill rin theth Iep seem n~oveal spetaceo' oquttg ati sekin-'' peace-rP'ih1 8hoIva that the'lust and. iet~iji mt, corrupwnnor "te' THE IMPOttTAXCE -OF ,A WP4L. '$SPANT NOUTH I'ha 49#- for. og imp cuited -In b lhi ann-wo I early &lra l l~nml gacy ~ ~ OW an aiua Opill 0; ofligns, -00 'i ,c D' ~ yoj At " Ppk The Irt "aisdadm trycxi-nd - sdoi~ srqurs to trt ealyfA4 an d fed h c etM O iif pioiis llb jpii o,,,e i 0h.yusppest4~ ayou.fu couvrse f o. uoeI a*ys jI- o ten p , "A- ,--i-hs 00 4%f S. ..rowE 40 '4 'r M sed arid et n ' - ene-.annVm In-. t. Thoai .4 *In -" - Pu: ztqj~va-3.. - } . em ka.. -- ' U - haMM""""?AMdEM ds14uMR meanTIng Wotim MMMW a imono tbsev rndtbeis ,iitUdf c en atjoxr6 16 -4 a~bbU, Me .a ott owtelfya pzIeMt a. Ja O 410Atst. dimir a. A4b 4