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The IHcuagcrioat Washington. We copy some strictures of the National Intelligencer on the doings of the present Congress, tl That press is so habitually forbearing and polite E towards the Government, that it is not to be b suspected of exaggeration in this case. And b what a picture dycs.it present! The represent;!- u tivesof a great people, elected, in theory, by the e< free voices of their fellow citizens, 011 account of n their superior ability and worth, to make laws h on a vast range of subjects the most vital to the general good, pass a whole six mouths iu utter tl neglect ofevery duty, ana given over 10 iuuioujj- ? tible and quibbling disputation about the smal- r lest conceivable triffles. And their debates are e as barren -'f wit and eloquence as they are of t public interest. It is painful to be compelled, as t journalists are, to dig into the mass of chaff for a the bare chance of discovering v hat often is not s there?the one grain of wheat. Milton compares the wars of the early British tribes to the battles , a of kites and crows; but the latter arc at least as s respectable and as edifying as the jangling do- t bates of the House of Representatives. f The expenditures of the Government, in time p of peace, rise suddenly to fifty millions a year.? j li The House of Representatives takes 110 notice of .? a change that is enough to revolutionize the ; p whole federal system; but it expends months of v wrangling in deciding which one of two or three li jobbers shall print their proceedings. The I'resi- s dent fits out a formidable fleet to negotiate with e Japan about the price of coals, and the House of c Representatives is quite unconcerned at an as- t sumption of power which, if admitted, makes the 1. T:v ;? ?.ti, /lrtsnctii. arbiter of peace 1 ClXCCUUVO HJ?. V.V . ,-T and war for the country. In return, they have t junketed with Kossuth in honor of European Red- n Republicanism. It appears from tlie Intelligencer, that the ' j House has had a single lucifl interval in the six f months,?that it has actually devoted one day r to business. Tiny seeiu to have been greatly a ashamed of it, and followed it up by sessions even j t more than usually vapid. j t This result comes in great part from the rapid- , <i !y advancing corruption of the Federal system, t AYe are henceforth to be ruled by second rate \ demagogues and caucus mongers, bred up in j g grogshops and such like schools of political eth j ics. The rule of mean men is consecrated, and . 1 the number of candidates for the Presidency, is j equ:d to the number of politicians. Instead of ^ entering the public service with a view of defen- j f ding and advancing the general good, men now j e crawl into place as a mink goes into a poultry I ? house, to gorge themselves 011 the public plun-; a dor. Ileuce the debates of Congress give no real j indication of what the Members are about. The s whole concern is a mere den of jobbing, and the 1 outward aspect of a deliberative body is only a s mask. Even that mask ha? now in a great meas- a ure been laid aside, and the affectation of decency j considered too troublesome to be kept up. j a Is there anv hope that things will grow better?! t AY e see none. The system of government by < irresponsible b'xlies, seems to be every day in- : c vading what remained of legal and constitution- v al rule, and political hucksters have taken posses- c sion of all the approaches to power. It is not 'J . ?t. 1 . The Sixth .TVoufh of the $e??ioii. >: ? t Already are wo almost half-way in the sixth month of the session of Congress, and yet no '' more decisive progress has been made in the 11 propei business of both Uousos than ought to t have been made within the first six weeks of the k session. Indeed almost the only new business ' of the past week has been the proposition, in '< one house, to adjourn for a few days to allow of v the adaptation of the Legislative Chamber to 1 the summer lieat, before the main business of d the sessiou begins, and even into the eonsidera- e tion of such a matter as that the interest of the il Presidential question found its way, and prevented a decision upon it. The House of Representatives began the Ia-t week with an evidcutdetermination to enter vig- e orously up*>11 the discharge of its legitiinnto <lu- 1ti>s. < ?ii that day more than forty Senat" lhlls and almost an equal number of Executive Cum- <J munieations, which slept,some of thein for weeks c and months, on the Speakers and Clerk's table- i li were taken ut> and i.ruporlv referred; an advance | f in the real business of the session which has not j 1 been accomplished within the whole of the pre- ii ceding part of it. l?y that single day's work, t the House euttbd its-It* to the respect of all n friends of order and ?ood government, and to d the thanks of all those, far and near, whose ill- fi terestsvhopes, and apprehensions are involved in s those numerous and important l'ills and I'epartrnental reports : not t<> sjteak of the interests of o th" great Public staked in the capacity of tlie h National Legislature t?? discharge, at dii" tim <, ii the functions and duties which the Constitution < has coufid d to it. t This most commendable industry on the put a of the II<-u-e was not, however, a> the read r p will have leurut from the reports of iis pr. wordings sustained through the residue of the week. Much of its time was again occupied vvit' the i tr t.e and stale sublet of tie Public Printing ^ cxhtiiu- d from th v nils of the fbipitoStbr ren- : t ovation ; a pow-s whieli was finally postponed, i on Friday, tint I next Wednesday; and th-reup- ln on the House took auo'lier day's holiday by ad- j t journing over to Monday. With some confidence in our judgment, found- v ed upon a pretty thorough knowledge of the art t and mystery of Printing, and a practical connex- s ion during a considerable period of the time c with the Congress work?with an acquaintance, | besides, with all the various experiments upon it j, for the la't forty yens? we are almost tempted ,, to offer to the two Houses our advice upon the j c suliject, in the form of a distinct proposition; and to demand confidence in our sincerity by stipu- i bating, for tlii- Establishment, never to seek any t participation in the work, or its advantages or ( emoluments. But, npon due consideration, wo ; j believe we shall reserve our motion on the snh- j ( ject until the next session of Congress. ' t Kven the Senate, acted upon perhaps by the f force of example, after a second or third week's j debate on a single item in the " Deficiency bill," upon which all the Senators seemed, a week ago, to have been ready to vote, also adjourned over from Friday to Monday, leaving the bill ard the > everlasting question still on the table.-.-Aation- c fit InteUiynrcr. c Wo Peace. It is a pity, a grievous pity, that the men of lie South will not or cannot discern the truth.? lars have they but they hear not, eyes have they ut they see not. Deception aud delusion have linded and created them. Events of startling lomeut arc unheeded by those whom they most nicern, and protents of dire significance excite ot even a passing com met or momentary appreension. The prosperity of the Southern States, and heir existence as a distinct community, depend - ? ~ r..i?..^ pon the perpetuation oi tne lusuiuuou 01 ?u??cV. W hatsoever affects their welfare?wliatsover destroys that, by the same stroke crushes hem. 2s'ot their material well-being only, but heir liberty ami their happiness their political nd constitutional rights, fall to the earth when lavery is extinguished. A powerful party is organized, with but one nimatiiig and impelling principle, hostility to lavery, and with but the single aim of its overblow. The growth of this party, has been like J he gradual expansion of the cloud seeu by the | irophet?at first but a speck in the sky; now ke a black pall, it shrouds the heavens and huts out from the eye every ray of hope. The rogress of the abolition party has been an adance from conquest to conquest, and its march tns been an uninterrupted triumph. It has never usfained a momentary repulse, much less suffcrd a positive defeat. If it halts, it is but to reolk et itsscatlen d forces?if it slumbers, 'tis but o recruit its exhausted strength. It can neither ... ciiioni^eii in imr be lulled to re nose. IC" ?i?UU JiUV A mt with ever increasing speed, it presses forward u the final overtnrow of slavery. This is the iature of abolition, as every body knows. Now, what has been the conduit of Southern nen, in o]'position to a foe, that can be diverted loin the consumation of its grand purposes of uin and desolation, by uo pleadings of mercy .nd no cries for quarter? Ilave they accepted he alternative of victory or death and prepared o make a Thennopyhe stand against the invaler? Alas, no. They have implored, while their ntreatics were derided; they have compromised villi a tbe that would accept no terms but an ibsolute surrender. Thy have retreated and teraHjrizcd and parleyed?the enemy meanwhile luckling 011 the armor for the last assault. Shall this suicidal policy be pursued farther? kVill Southern men hist elose their eyes, and reuse to be admonished by the trumpet toned vents of the hour? Will they still cheat thcinelves into the belief that they cau appease the ippetite of abolition by concession, or stay its rogress by compromise? If such be their dcluion, let it be dispelled by the bold and insulting acnaces of abolition. The New York Tribune huts out all hope of peace, aud thus proclaims i war of extermination. The Express perfectly knows already that such i "Peace' as it talks of?namely entire silence at he North-respecting slavery with unbroken ac [uicRcncc in the fugitive slave law cannot oe onquercd. If all the politicians of both parties rere to assent to such a 'Peace, nothing would omc of it but delusion and disappointment.? "he people are not thus to be trampled?the free pirit and awakened couseieuce of the nation re raft, and it would do nothing toward allaying igitatioii' but very much toward discomfitting he Whig party. You may pass any sort of fugitive slave law evolve in a Whig national convention?proounce slave-hunting a 'finality,' and denounce as raitors all who will not take part in it.?yet you now?yes you Mcssers. J. and K. hrooks! hat no single hater of slavery would hate it the ,'ss; no contemner of the fugititivc slave law I'ould be silenced or crowded by the mameuvre. "here would lie not one less anti-slaverv man the lay after than there was tin- day before your oinpu-st?and nobody would be conquered by L except, probably, the Whig party. Petersburg ( Vu) iJcmocrat. Pit evidential Pttovi'ects.?The Washington orrespondeiit of the Xew York Courier and inquirer writes as follows : "it may now be assorted, with entire eonfiloiice, that Gen. Scott, under no coudition of ircumsutuces, will change the ground which he ias occupied since his name has bta-n brought jrward coiisjecoUsly in connection with the 'residency, and write no letter concerning pubc questions, unless the Whig Convention should hiuk proper to offer liim the nomination. Tlii-> i understood to be the tmulity ol ins position, as leeiured l>v his most intimate and aeerediled neinls, aud upon the authority of undoubted :tstirauees." The writer of the above is understood to have btaiiied his information from Mr. Seward, who a> the reputation of bang lieu. Scut's advise! a the present circumstances. J'resuming oil omciin-ss of lhi> slatein :it, we mast remark h it a oiii-s to confirm the views which we have heady C'Xpresced Willi repaid to (icli. Scott's osilioii and prospects.?Bunion Courier. Tiie Washington* Union*.?We find in the Jnion of Wednesday the subjoin* (1 from Mr. )o\'ki.son, the senior editor and proprietor of liat Journal : To llir jtii/>fie.?"Perceiving that there are bstaelcs to the harmony of the democratic pary, growing in some degree out of alleged diiferiices of opinion resjieotiiig the political views rhich have lioen maintained by the Washingoil Union under the editorship of the underigned. he feels it his duty to do what he can do insistently and properly, to remove them. He ias' therefore, determined to transfer his entire nti-rest in the establishment to his partner, Henral Armstrong, and to retire from the editorial hair to his private pursuits in Tennessee. "In takino leave of the subscribers to the ^ ^ _ kVusliington Union, tho undersigned only uses ho occasion to assure them that ho has eudeav>red faithfully to maintain tho old ami settled irinciples of tlio democratic party, which he rusts are destined to survive tho occasional inerruptions of their" just influence, arising from he differences among individuals, or from the nore dangerous conflicts of sectional prejudice." A.J. DONELSON. The emigrant train going west while stopping at filestown, Miehipan, on Tuesday, was run into by nnillier emigrant train, killing throe parsons and injuring ithers. the" semi-weekly journal TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 18, 1852. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Our Market. Tbe Cotton Market continues active, prices tending upward. We quote rrt 7 to 9 1-4. A choice article would command 9 1-2. Charleston quotations, 7 1-2 to 9 3-4. A Rail Road to Lancaster. We took occasion in a previous number to refer to this subject. We do so now, not with the intention of urging its claims upon the consideration of our people, nor with the hope of throwing any new light upou the subject; but, as our neighbor of the Ledger has mentioned it in the last number of his paper, we can onlysay that a Rail Road to Lancaster from Camden would, in our judgment, be a very ruinous measure for the Tionntri imro to advocate. We had better be without a ,? Rail Road, even at the risk of one being made to Chester from Lancaster, for if we connected with Lancaster by Rail Road, the effect would bo as bad on Camden as to be without a Plank Road. Rail Roads are great conveniences to the travelling public, but death to mercantile interests where they pass by a place. Look at Columbia?goods are obliged to be sold exceedingly low there, or people go to Charleston. So it would be with a Railroad connection with Lancaster. The Ledger says:? "We believe, (to be candid,) that the majority of the people of Lancaster would prefer to see the Road built from Camden, but when Camden exhibits so little disposition to preserve her commerce, why we must unite with those who will co-operate with us. It would be foolish in us to say that the Road could 1*' built from Chester at as low a price as it could be from Camden, but we know this, that the country between Chester and Lancaster is richly settled by an intelligent and wealthy population, and they are willing to have the lioad, all they require now is a little stimulant?sotue. thing to incite them on to action?the semi or tri-weekly line would do this. As we remarked, our ]K?ople do not willingly desert Camden. They love Camden?it has been the market for them always, and for their fathers before them ; but if Camden wishes to retain this part of her trade, she must use the means. There is wealth in Camden, and by a judicious use of it, it would be the means of preventing that stagnation of trade which will certainly follow when the Rail Road is completed to Charlotte." If our Brother Ledger will insert the word Plank Road for Rail Road, we will be found with him?a genuine true blue co-operationist?and promise to do our part" towards its speedy construction, as faint as the hope may appear. "Wo arc apprised that a very great convenience will a Rail Road prove to planters contiguous to its line?they may find increased facilities for the transportation of their Cotton and other produce to Charleston, and in return receive their supplies a little cheaper than they could buy in Camden or Lancaster. But the question ma)* bo very properly asked, Is Charleston only to be benefitted by Rail Roads ? h ..Siu.iijjiiniiUiiiii- tin' r^iiuof Railrmtl chants? If Rail Roads are only to bo mado for tho convenience of Planters, Merchants display but little judgment or wisdom in aiding in their construction.? We had as well abolish all trade except in the picayune way in the up-countrv, and make Charleston at once the great emporium and head-quarters forall trade, and convert our towns into mere depot's for the receiving, safe keeping, and delivery of goods lor the interior We are not opposed to Rail Roads as great sectional enterprises. IV c like however to see some degree of moderation observed in everything. Let Rail Roads be made the great tboroughthrcs for trade and freight on routes between largo cities ana distant points?let tnein be as the great iron back, and let Plank Roads be as the ribs connecting wi li the main trunk. Many parts of tiio country can support Plank Roads well, where a Rail Road would bo a losing business. We regard the construction of Rail Roads as great enterprises, and hope soon to hear the distant Vallies of the West reverberate with the wild snort of the "iron horse." We should like to see a chain of Railroads connecting the rocky dill's of Maine, with the fair and fertile plains of Louisiana. Wo say, we should like to see all this. Let Rail Roads bo as great principles, and Plank Roads make the items. ?37~Our young friend who writes from Long Street for a situation in our office is informed that there is, no vacancy at present, or lie should have the place he desires. American Hotel, Charleston. Wo ask attention to the Card of Messrs. Kennedy & ! ilurst, Proprietors of the American Hotel, corner of King and lieoige Streets. The reputation which Mr. Hurst enjoys as a gentle- ; manly uud obliging host, as well as a most capital ea" I terer, is sufficient guaranty to insure them a largo amount of patronage. I2?~Wc learn from the Charleston papers that tho new work to avoid the inclined Piano at Aiken lias < lieen completed, and is now in operation, tho cars hav-1 ing commenced running upon it on Saturday morning lust. ?-??I? ?5y"The Hon. Thomas jj. nemon lias puonsnca a letter, stating ti nt his nomination by tins democratic j convention at Cape (Jcrardoau, Mo. was unauthorized br him, and that he is not a candidate yet; that lie will not submit to a nomination by any caucus or convention, but that ho would personally address the people at Jackson on tlio 15th inst., and is determined to run ! as a candidate for Congress on his own responsibility. Now Chapel. Wo perceive by a notice in tho Carolinian, that the Committee who liavo tho subject of a now College Chapel in charge, liavo advertised for plans and specifications. This edifice was much neeeded, and, we douht not, will be erected in a stylo worthy of the Institution to which it is attached. Tiik Puesidknky.?The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser states that tho North cannot do without tho South at the coming Presidential election, and that Southern assistance will bo indispensable to the success of tho Whig party in November, and that no man of intelligence who wishes well to tho Whig causo will say or do anything to ropel it. The Washington National intelligencer copios the article, and prefixes to it tho caption of Timely Remarks. A SMALL LOT OF SUNDRIES. The tonnage duties of Spain on foreign ships have been considerably reduced. Formerly they were ten reals?about fifty cents?per ton, but since the beginning of February last, they have been two reals per ton. A ship of 100 British tons was formerly charged about 90 Spanish dollars, including pilot money, lights quarantine charges, Ac., but with thisrcw order will only be about 45 Spanish dollars. A fire broke out at Cleveland, OMo, at 4 o'clock on Monday morning, in the extensive plane manufactory on Seneca-street. The flames spread rapidly to the buildings on Shipping streets, and before they could be arrested an entiic block of buildings were destroyed. They were mostly occupied as stores. The entire loss is probably $70,000, on which was a partial insurance. Some writers maintain that it is a mark of respect tc write the word Esquire at full length alter the name. The rule, however, generally observed is that titles ol honor or courtesy used before the name should be written in fu 1, but that those following the name should be abbreviated; consequently the usual Esq., can convey no disrespect At a meeting held on Saturday evening, the 8th inst., ;n the Armory llnll of the Governor's Guards, Colum' bia. a new uniform company was organized, to be called ''the Carolina Blues." The following gentlemen wore elected officers: J. C. Walker, captain; R. L.Bryan, first lieutenant; W. Barkuloo, second lieutenant; W. E. Pine, ensign. How People auk Poisoned.?a clerk of one of the Boston markets recently seized thirty-six carcasses ol veal, totally unfit for any person to eat, and which had been sold to a sausage maker for thirty cents a carcass, General John E. Wool.?Tho Annapolis Gazette of Saturday contains a communication (which it says k written by one of the most eminent men at the bar ol Maryland, and who represented for six years, as a Whig Senator in the Senate of Maryland, the city ol Baltimore) nominating Gen. Wool lor the Presidency of tne United States. A letter to tho Jacksonville News says that the Semi; ? PlA?!,ln Itmrn r<W tnitrMfA Til? tlf\. UUICO 111 11U11UU lin V V WUOVIUVU wv..iic...vv, A ?v verninent otters Ucu. Blake $350,000 to pay all ne^ cessary expenses. Large and Valuable Cargo.?Yesterday the ship Ocean Queen, Mathews, master, was cleared lor Liverpool, by Messrs. Frascr & Co. Her cargo consists cbietiy ofsome live thousand six hundred and fifty six bales of Cotton, weighing in all, one million, three hum dred and forty-eight thousand poun -s, and worth over a hundred and thirteen thousand dollars. Charleston Standard. A memorial lias been presented in tlio U. S. Senat< flora Lieut. M. i\ Maury, of the U. S. Xavy, asking the establishment of a line of steamships from Xbrfoll via Charleston to Para, at the mouth of the Amazon to connect with a lino running thence to Rio Janeiro The Pennsylvania Courts, sitting at Ilarrisburg hav< decided in favor of that Commonwealth, and agains the U. S. Bank, on the claim of $172,000 for bouui and capital. The late Legislature refused to foreclose the Trusts of the Bank of the United States. Tin shares have fallen to 2 3-4. Tho Washington City Council has rejected the bil submitting the liquor question to the people. A son of Prince Murat has joined tho African clias The total amount of monev in tho British Savins Banks, at the latest accounts, was ?28,923,065 8s. 7d A State Convention in favoi of tho ilaine law is t< bo held at Hartford, Connecticut, on the 19th inst. Mr. Spencer, "Father Ignatius" is raising money ii tfCriuauy, to convert the Frotestauts of England. Dr. Valentine Mott has resigned his seat in tho Xev York Academy of Medicine. The number of acres under cultivation in England for hops, is 43,246, and more than half is in the count\ of Kent. Commodore Terry is in Xew York, awaiting tlx completion of his arrangements for the departure of tin Japan expedition. The profits of tho American Institute, in Xew York during the past year, were $7,600, of which $1,00C have been invested in the library. The celebrated Albeni. w'to has had such brilliant success in all the European capitals, is about to under take an American tour. The Washington Union cf Tuesday, contains a lettci from California, signed "Miners of Coon Hollow,'" urging Gen. Houston as a candidate for the Presidency. Tho Philadelphia Public LuJ'jtr states that a Pennsylvania County Bank, lent an operator in Pluludoluhia. S40.000 at 4 1-2 per cent, per apnum. The citizens of the new territory of Minnesota have voted to sustain the Maine Law Ity a majority of only 101 votes, and only 1315 votes were cast upon the question. The report of the marriage of the Emperor of Austria with the Princess ftidoin.iol ^axony. is gaining ground in the court circles. The citizens of Savannah uuaniniously ratilicd on Thursday the resolution of the City Council authorizing the Mayor to subscribe ?1UU.U00 to the stock of the Columbus and Opolika Kail ltoad. The Maine law, as passed in Massachusetts, goes into effect on tho 10th of June, and two days afterwards the people are to vote whether or not it shall bo suspended lor one year. The "Union*" Newspaper.?Edmund Burke, nl New Hampshire, formerly member of Congress, Commissioner of Patents, and editor of the Washington Union, it is reported is about to renew his connection with that paper. Death of R F. Taylor.?Wo regret tostate that R F. Taylor, Esq., departed litis life on Wednesday ni<;ht, at about 11 ochark. Mr. Taylor was a citizen highly respected and esteemed in our community, was a kind and benevolent man, and lias left a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn his loss. Mr. T. was elected a member of the legislature in December, 1850.?South Carolinian. Saturday was the warmest day we have yet experienced this season. The Thermometer suspended in the rear of our office indicated in the shade a temperature of 74 at 7 A. M.; of 78 at t) A. M.; of 87 at noon ; of 02 at 8 P. M.; and of 85 at 5 P. M. Yesterday, however, was considerably cooler, the highest temperature attained being 81 at noon.?Charleston Courier. Revival in Charleston.?A series of interesting meetings has for somo time been carried I . * on in the First Church and the Went worth street Church of this city. In the former 36 persons? 15 whites and 20 blacks?and in the latter 9 persons?4 whites and 5 blacks?have already been baptized. The meetings in the Went worth street Church were instituted at a more recent period, and have, therefore, developed hitherto fewer results. The prospects for the future are encouraging in both churches. We have every { reason to believe that the Lord is about to perform a great work amongst us.?Southern Baptist. The Darlington Flag says that the Chcraw and Darlington Rail Road has not been aban1 doncd, and is disposed to believe that its completion, at no distant day, is certain. '11m propo, scd route is to commence at John James', on the Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road, and r proceed via Darlington and Society Hill to Che-, raw. 1 A Freak of Nature.?Mr. Jaboz McKay, living near White Marsh, Columbus county, N, C., has a negro woman that gave birth, some ten months ago, to twin female children, joined to- ^ gethc-r in a manner that makes them more inte- 7<j resting than the celebrated Siamese twins. Their 2 faces look in opposite directions, and their backs are joined by the back bones running into one at the joint of the hip and forming one spine from the joint down. With the exception of r the joining together, they are two perfect forms. r They are line, healthy, active children, have good | use of their limbs and faculties, and bid fair, in due time, to grow to their full stature.? Wades horo\ iv. {j. jfirt/us. i 1 Vaccination in Naples.?A letter from Na' pies in the Albany Evening Journal contains the 1 following paragraph: f 44 I saw the other day what struck me as a ' medical novelty, or at least a novel mode of inoculation for knie pox. This was the ' pock cow.' . Sue is led about the city froin house to house, . the doctor inquiring at each whether they have . any children for inoculation ? The matter instead of coining as with us from the doctor's saddle-bags, is taken directly froin the cow's bag's, into which fresh incissions are made with ( the lancet." It sometimes happens that diseases, not designed are communicated by extracting the vacine matter from the arms of persons. The Naples plan it seems to us the better on this account, as well as more likely to take the effect. ?j-J-.-WV-uW. - - - - ' > Baltimore Convention.?Ion, of the Balti>' more Sun, speaking of the meeting of this body, ^ i thus speaks of this State : , u South Carolina will not be represented by . any regularly appoiuted delegate in either of the 3 Conventions, but I know that Ueu. Commander t will certainly attend the Democratic Conven9 tion, and assume to represent the State. His vote may be decisive in the selection of a noini" * . " -l inee, tints exercising niu ? iu? C the convention. It' it is quite certain he will go for Gen. Cass, then the question as to the nouiK ^ nation may be considered as already settled* Mr. Calhoun gave his support to the election) of i- Gen. Cass, and, therefore, some supporttha **" "nc4i it, <jiuit tv> iJuiT- iftpcoiiiHy nfliCr 3 the explanation given, at this session, by Gen. Cass, of the Nicholson letters. It is understood, however, that South Carolina would prefer 0 among the northern men, Mr. Dickinson or Mr. Dallas." 1 Infallible Remedy for the Bite of a Mad Do j?The following facts which occurred iu the county of JPpwhatan, in August 1797, may be relied on as veritable history, and establish be> yoiul question or duubt, the sovereign efficacy of mercury in obstructing and eradicating- the awful co i sequences of a bite from animals infected! : with hydrophobia. The writer of this was i preseut about the time specified, and saw a servant boy of his father's seized by a mad dog, which bit him in a dozen places, inflicting ghastly wounds. ~ j Au eminent physician being sent for, had the wounds washed with castile soap and pl.isters of ^ mercurial ointment applied to each wound.? i Calomel pills were administered in the interim, & causing salivation. The boy recovered, and was living a few years ago, never having manifested the least symptom of hydrophobia A horse ; and two cows knowu to have been bitten by the same door the ensniucr daw went mad and died. So well satisfied is the writer that calomel is a specific in such a case, he would be under no apprehension of the deleterious effects if bitter by a dog known to bo mad. 1 The above is written by a gentleman of unquestionable veracity.?Ed. South-side Dcm. Axoxymoi's Letters.?Of all the mean and i da-tardly tricks of which a creature standing on %I i i wo legs can be guilty, we know of none which 1 can surpass that of emitting one's foul scurrility I i through annoymous communications. It is the . ire inest of all things, and every biped that does , it is co ivicted ofa contemptible procedure. Ho d res uot say in his own proper persons what his 1 nv h?-art prompts him to say, and so he avails himsel of covert of night to shroud his evil act. We can scarcely imagine a case in which one can be justified in writing to another a letter to which ho is not willing to attach his own proper signature. The Frexch Army.?According to the Military Almanac, just published, the French army comprises 18.304 officers. It is commanded by I th President of the Republic, having under his i orde.is 5 marshals, 78 generals of divissions, and 152 generals of brigade. Mr. Editor: Please announce the following gentlemen as suitable persons to represent this District m the next Degi.-lature: for senator, Col. JAMES CHESXUT, Jr. for representative^ Col. JAMES C. IIAILE, 1 Capt. THOMAS E. SHANNON1, The above named citizens will no doubt receive the cordial support of a majority of tha \otcrs of KERSHAW DISTRICT. MAHIilED?On Thursday evening Last by j the Rev. Mr. Fonville, Mr. A. A. McDowell to Miss Mart Ann, daughter of Robert Reave*, ' EAll of this District. ^ j