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I uni three limn a week during the session uf (he Elate Legisla t’uie.—Price, the saute as heretofore, Five Dullars per aiinuin, (uytliU in advance. Notes uf clurletc I, spun-paying hanks only) will be received in payment. The Editors will guaraii ee the safely of reuniting them by mail ; lb*, postage of all let ters being paid, by tbe writers. XT No paper wilt be discoatinucd (hut at the -Junction of he Editors,) until all arrearages have been paid up. K7 Whoever will guarantee the payment of iiiue papers shall have the tenth GRATIS. TERMS OF ADVERTISING. 17 One square, OR LESS—First imerliou 75 cents—each ''onliijtiance, 60 ccuts. *,* No advertisement inserted, until it has either been paid for, or assumed by some persuu in this city, or its environs. AT FIRST COST THR subscriber intruding to remove to N. York rmmrjiatc fy, offer* his prrsriii valuable Slock at Jirtt cost. It will he luund well worthy the attention of Merchant Tailors and others, aud piincipally cousisls of , Cloths, Cassimercs, Vestings, Ready made Clothing, ami T tiIM MIA (j 6 uf awry tupirwr quality O* All peiseus iudeblrd t) him are revpei ilully requested to nuke payment before the 10th day of March, otherwise suit will he cuiuuieucvd against them indiscriminately, nud all pri sons to whom he is iadehted will piisent their accouuU lor payment. THOMAS LAMBERT,Mtrrhuul Tailor. 1 f Clothing will bo made to order, as usual, until about -the 10th of March. Fell. 18. 03—If JUHJY i WILLIAM C ILL 1A T, OFFER FOR SALE : '5'h SACKS best itoitiig Liverpool salt, cargo of tbe brig Mi»»iouury, Iron, Livripuol, ■M lull pipei audqi. casks very supeiior old L. !’• Matleiia Wine, imported direct two years ago, 10 Ulid.s, prune St. Uruusugar, f.i Bags tsreeu Coffee, i £3 Buses best Durham Mustatd, ju*t imported, A Tierces new Rice suitable fm retailing, 5 Ci ales Liverpool Earthen VVatr, good assortment', 10 Doses snperioi Claret Wine, il Cases be,t Loudon cloths at cassimercs well assorted, 1 Case bang-up curds fie velveteeus, 1) do stout low priced liisll Limit*, » -4 Dales Ueruiau Oaoahuigi, Tickleuhurgs, nud Burlap*. V Feh. I I. Ul—i)t TO AGRICULTURISTS. THE subscriber encouraged by tliu credit of the machine* uiuie by hit laic father arrl hiuuclf—u«ui uU » by the <eu* coura^fcllieut he lias received these last fuut vut «f beg* leave to inform his fiiciM!* and tho public generally, that h* cunli ii’iw to make built Portable hiuI Piled Wlieal Threshing Aia cliinos of different *ia«*uud at reduced price*, all uf which are I tna ic uf the best malt-rub At pul togt^hti in ibe strongest inan tier, au«l hope* the respectable undersigned will be a autbcieiit iecumiiitiirl.ilii.il. JOHN EXALL, apposite the Posl-Uffice. Richmond, Feb. 3, ll»G. 1 have used Air. Exall’s VVh^at Machine for four years. 1 Yikve no hesitation in Ssiyiug, that it is one of the best Thresh ing Alachines inllii* Cuuutry. It certainly thresher* out wheat fast** #ud clcautr aud is Um liable to gel out of order thau any machine I have ever seen, and 1 believe 1 have seen all the ! modem machines of this country. it is very .durable, being principally of ca>t iron, and will last, if takeu proper care ol. • d years at least, aud ill the cud will be tin* cheapest of all ' in .o'mm s iujuc c simian.. i Shirley, Jao-30, l£2d. 1 have hail in u.-e llir Exall Portable Wheat Threshing i Machine fur 8 years, ami have no hesitation in at mg, lh.it J6r durability, expedition aud saving of grain it is far superior to •my Threshing Machine! have ever seeu. The facility with which it u moved to different laiuit gives it alio decided ad vantages, aud ilia easily kept in order. J. ARCHE 1C. Bermuda Hundred, tils! Jan. 1820. I am well satisfied with the work perfurmed'hy Air. Exalt’* ‘Wheal Machine, aud gteatly piclor it iu others 1 have seen iu ■u.t. JOSEPH MARX. Richmond, 1st Feb. 1826. REVERENCES TO John Wickham, E-q. I Wiu. F. Wickham, Esq. Wuis. Carter, Es<|. j Edmund F. Wickham, K=q. Wiu. B. Randolph, Esq. j John ti. Mushy, Esq. and others l>r. Ticnt, | too numerous to mention. N. 11. Wheat Fans, Straw Gutting Maehiiiex, Coin till* I— I-rs, aud all kinds of Agricnllural implement* made iu the Vest mauuer. Smith's Work hi general. Feb. 4. 87—If _ J\'otice to the Growers of Cotton. THE undersigned iotrnd regularly hereaftert > be purchasers of COTTON iu this market. They will at ail limes he pirpared to pay fur that article its fair market value iu cash, uud invite those bringing it here for sale to give them a call. Ririiinond,Sept. ls>. 39— tf KEUR 4t CASKIK. RAN.VWAy as I aiu infoiuird, ftoiu the possession of Air. Ilezckiah Jordan of Lynchburg, Va.,aoinc time about the Jirst of January last, my urgto man J ACOH, fotmerly the pid Jitlty of Airs. Elizabeth Lewis late of i’uwhatan county, and since conveyed hy her to me hy dent of reooi d iu the Causp hrll Clerk’s Olhce. The said Jacob is a stout Well Haul: negro, | neai ly, or quite, six feet high, of daik mulatto complexion, 2'i to 27 years old, has some small impeoiments iu his speech, which is increased on Ins bring agitated or cuufused. lie is probably lurking some wlieie iu the neighbourhood of Dr. Crump’s, 7 miles above Powhatan comthuu-e, ns he says he has o wife at Mi. David Howard's of that vicinity. A liberal ic ward will he given for his apprehension and deposit in the jail ol the last mentioned county, and a line addressed tome com municating tile fa.;!. ABNER 11. CALLOWAY. Feb, 11. _ 90. .121 VIR GLYIA GARDKJVEIi. RANDOLPH’S CULINARY UARUENER, enlarged aud adapted to the present stale of our climate, hy an experi enced (jetdeuer, native of Virginia, piice 50 cents. Just published hy COLLINS <y CO. Eastern District of Virginia : BE it l(euiherrd,l'hat on the t>tb day of Jan. in the 50th vear of the Independence of the 1). Slates of America, CW/ini >*»****» end Company of the said district, have deposited in I L. H. | this Other the title of a book the tight whereof they *,.*-»»• claim as proprietors, in the Words following to wit : “ Randolph’s Culinary Oanlrnrr, enlarged and adapted tu the present stale of our climate, by an experienced U udeuer, a i‘ Native of Virginia.” In cuiifniinity to the art of Congress of the United States, entitled “An act for the encouragement of learning, hy sei.ui- j ina the copies of maps, charts aud hooks, to the authors and propriet irs.of such copies during the times therein inenliou-. *rd. ‘ HD: JEF FRIES, Clerk of the Eastern District of Va. Fth. I I. R|..-ep4w rillkP. suiu'-riiiti i under lliefirinul Fox and Montague will transact ageurral commission business, and offer t tie ir »er virea to their frieudi and the public generally. They are pre J« ued |» receive roll.mi on storage or sale, aud piumise the •strictest attention to any business entrusted to them ; our II. It- Montague will attend strictly to the selection of any goods that may he wanting by our country friends, either at auction or by private purchase. Office on Uaiy at., two doors above Jtl'U.r'ire, Rot inson V Pleasants. C1IH. I. FOX, Per. 2J. ea—If II It Mi>NT.\t;UK. IHOjY AJYI) COPPEll. Navy t'oMj;issio»KRs’ Office, llf/i Feb., 1826. THE Commi*»loners of the Navy will receive seeledjpro pnsals mnil the I5lh day of March, for the supply of all tbu Round,Square,and FI it, Ami i lean IIION, that may he rtquired for tlie use of the Navy during the pirsent year—to he delivered at T'urlaiuouth, N. ft. not less than nine tuns ; Charleston, Mass, not less than one hundred ami ten tom j Brooklyn, New Ifurll, not less than thirty-eight tons ; Philadelphia, not less than two tons; 1 i '-port, Va. not less than .if' y ton Washingtun, not les, than sixty tons. The flat ami suuare iron must be hamtntKtl, ami the round -»rcn made from nammered hara. Prop.ssals will, at tl.e .line time, hr received for the supply of all the It lit and Sheet Copper, and Copper Spikes, Rods, end Nails, that may he required at the aeveial places where rh" iron is to he drliveted. The Iran and Uoppei must he of the best quality, and un s'ergo tho customary inspection at the place of delivery,or ad Mi other inspection as ihe cnininfisiolters may dirert. J’ersons desirous to furnish the Iron and Cooper above men tioned, will he pleased to endorse on tho hick of their i.ffrrs alre word* ■* offers to furnish Iron (round, square, or flavor 'topper, Itc. to he delivered at —- (staliuy the place or places at which the delivery i» to he made.n) Pefr. 19. __ 9 It ifhM . .Messrs. Dye id B. Hf Pulaski A. Johnson, JYKINU non residents of this commonwealth : Take notice, j Mr that OU fhe (Mb day of March next, at Elisha Jackson's Ta vern, in the county of Louisa; between Ihe hours of ft o’clock A. M- and Sto’cloek P. M., I shall proceed to take the deposi tions of Aiylersun lltiwls ami others, lo he road as evidence in a certain soil now pending in the Superior Court of Chancery, foe the Kir.hmoud JVstrirl, in which you are Plaintiff., and Win.L. Thompson and Thomas Anders ,n are ftefendanls. 1 WM. L. THOMPSON. Eeb 7-_ 3ft.~wlw FKMA L E E D UCA TIOJY. THE School at Ihe residence of the «uhsciiher, conducted by Mis. Rudd lad year, will he corffinued again Ihe pre vent year under her direction. The coarse of instruction com jiriaes a full course for ao accomplished aud useful |edueation. The terms the same as heretofore, viz : for all charges except drawing and mnsic 9110 pee session of ten months. 20 dollars paid in advance,the balance in two equal payments; Ihe first at the end of five month* and trie halanee at the end of |h« , aion. Music will be 20 dollars per quarter of 30 lessons, and drawing and painting 10 dollar* per session. „ J . „ t- H. MOSJIY. Powhatan. Jan. 31. tt>—self BY virtue of' a deed »f trust, from John Adams and MargiT fet, has wife, Samuel O. Adams and Catherine E. hn wife, ton*, wa shall sell, oa the 3d day of March next, at the Eagls> Hotel, in the city of Richmond, at public auction, ,to Ihe high est hidder, for ready money, a trad of land, in tha county of I James-eity, called 1 riitev-frori', containing, by estimation about I 124.. acres. M M. ROHfNSON, • . LITT W. TAZEWELL. 7 h-Tan f fruit and Ornamental Trees, 4*c. fiTfcPHKN F. MILLS co. [late Prince It Mill*,) offers U to the public, at the UI.I Auiriicau Nursery, Lone I,laud, near .Slew York, their utual i xlrn.ive avsni tineiit cf Fruit ami Orminint.il 1 ree,, Shrub, ami Plants—of which about 50,000 are of Mae, suitable for fall transplanting, and consist of the rauat select kind,. They have alio srvrial thousand Thiil'ty irape Vine, ; about 200 vatielie, of Itose, ; a very large tol ,°*Tuhps, Hyacinth,, Ciiowu Imperials, Li'lie, 4c other uulboti, tlower,. vaiiely of Change,, Lemon,, Gitrun*, Gerani unu, China line*, CauielU or Japan Ru.es, Oliver, Myitic, ouiegrattales, Jaavtius, Heaths and other Greenhoitsi- Plants and above bO kind, of the Double Dahlia, ,o relebiated font, oleudid Flower, ; near 30 varietici ol Chrysanthemums, and ahuye t>0 of cciriiafiotu, Itc. icc. Catalogue, of which liny be ° 1 Milucriberv, ami orders through them, jr jtul par mail, unit taceive immctliatc attention. FeV'I'i*'1^ ELLIS ic ALLAN, Agents. ~ FRESH GOODS. IV Eure now receiving by alui'iit every oppurtuuitv from r r Richmond,a fre«h supply . t good, bought at aucliuu, uii the best term,, by our H. It. iMoulague, residing there fur the purpose of giving additional advantage, tu our establishment at this place, a, well a, the one at I'erkiuiuuville. From the late purchase* we t au say with confident a that, hav ing un ex perienced paitner iu Richmond, it will he found much to the advantage of our cu-louiers and omselves. We have just ■ arrived also from N# w York a splciulid selection of fancy goods, bought for ca*h by a metrhatif of much taste in that market ; all of which we offer at the lovvasl piis.es for cash, or cotton lor the Utter. We will give the highest price, delivned at Law reucevillo,or to Fox ami Montague, Richmond. . MONTAGUE MOTLEY it CO. Lrwrencavtlle, Dec. 22. Ud_tf AjV IMPROVED COTTO.Y PRESS. > Y1IIE siihsciihers oflhu city, ami Messrs. Ueatli and Ma*uu E ol Petersburg, will ahortly have powers to tell licenrt, for using an improved Gotten Pies, in any of III* counties iu Um stale. A.tescriplion of which map be ,eeu at tlieir counting room. s A licence will be giveu to one lief,on, so soon a, the power i, received, if he will set up the Pi*., immediately, that the peo ple lujy see it, xml he satisfied of it, utility. „ LEWIS WEBB it Co No*. II. 3A--if .Y0 TICE. HAVING ,u»faiitrd much iujutp by dcpredntiou* upon our lands in Ilcurico country, we hereby forbid allpriirn, funs, culling wuoil, making roads, or hunting upjn our lauds, as iv e lie iletci mined to eul'orc the penalty ol’the law upon those trespassing theicon. JOSEPH MAUX. , JOHN SIMS. Feb. Its._ 92~2aw3w LOOK AT THIS. UflT.L be sold to the highest bidder on Monday the tilli of Maicli.tlMP? audwill continue Hum ilav to day, till all is ,old, at the lato dwelling house of the late Joseph tvaudridge, (icc., of Louisa, all the |.cusiAhle | ropeily <if hts said dere dent’s estate, com ill Lug of Wvrrv latgr slock of cattle, horses, hog,and sheep; among the stock, 4 well broke yoke of oxen. 8 to 10 con, aud calves. Also, from b tu 700 barrels of corn, an.l long feed accoiding. A quantity of wheat anil rw, wagon aud gear, gig mid harnett, thiee ox call,, frum 3 to KIOO weight of bacon, plantation utensil, and kitchen furniture, ami mauy other tilings too tedious to euuiiietale. Ternis for all sum, ol Five dollai, nod le*, ca-li will lie required; over that Slim twelve mouths credit will he allowed, npou the pur I.i , ft ir«,UUI| y UU J»I l V Vf 111 he delivered before hond i< ka ecu led. On the same day will he »ul«l,two entire tracts of laud, via : the Mansion Tia< t, suppos'd to contain 900 acics. It will he survey ed ami sold per acre. Tliivis a very desirable situation, healthy and well unproved, with eveiy neccssaiy building, threshing machine aud^orse-mill. The other tract is known hy the name of Pirkett’s, Kpposed to coutainfrom 7 to HtOarie*. TJiis tiact will also he surveyed. Also, ou this tract there is a good dwelling house andotherout-houses. Each tract is in a heaJlhy situation and placed in a respectable neighbourhood. Terms; one-fumth ol the purchase money wiil he required in hand, the i esiilue iu till ee annual payments, hum! and approv ed security, with a deed of trust on the premises, wiil he re quited. AMiKIlSON TIUOE, ) JAMES O. DICKINSON, > Executors. ARUl'D UOODWIN, ) I' eh. 25,1 E20. <Ki—3i* The celebrated Horse SIR CHARLES, Uf ILL stand the cutuiug season at Tire Hit). J. M. EfXuEN. Tits Hill, Keb. 5, 1020. p.!J-!f REMOVAL. THE snhicriher has removed to the wrll known stand lately occupied a. an Oyster House by Mr. T. Cooksey, opposite the Katie Hotel, where he will continue to krep the best ol OYSTERS, with every delicacy and luxury of the season, lie returns to the public his most sincere thanks for tiie kind and liberal patronage he lias heretofore received, ami hopes it will he continued to hint so long ns hr may deserve it. His eaciti ous to please and to pve -ati,faction will he unreinittiiic, and nothing shall be vvanting upon bis paitto render Iris house decent and respectable. JN'O. D. SEAWELL. J»n. 73—If LAjYJJ for sale. FOR sale, my tract of land iii Albemarle county, heretofore iny residence, consisting of 3,500 acres, about 2000 of which ire ot the best mountain quality, and 1,500 lying below tht mountain,and extending from it, gt-ueially of good quality, aild remarkably well liuiheied and waterril. The tract lies on [lie suuth side i f the Uivauuaa bianch of James River, navi gable for Uattraux to Milton, which is within three aud a h ill miler. It ia fiv e miles from Charlottesville, and six from the University. Uf its advantageous situation for health and socie ty, mi retn.uk need he made here. The estate has all the usii si improvements on it,a commodious dwelling house, building, for servants, and other domestic purposes, good stables, two barns, with thiesliing machines,! grul and saiv null, with good houses for managers aud laborers, wi II posted for each purpose, and all in good repair. The tract may he div ided, advantageous ly,iu to si vera I pa its, E will be indisposed ofifdesired. The pay incut of the purchase money may he made by instalments, with a very liberal riedit, o lie agiecd on at the time ol sale. TIn form! me, and the stock of every kind may lie sold with the laud I have also for sale another tract, of rather uuue than 700 side, which lies well, i< of good quality, well timbered and watered, and has a valuable vein of limestone passing through it. Tin. tiai tis divided into two fauns, each having on it a dwelling house, very commodious fur >i spall family, w ith necessaiy out buildings. Credit will be given fur this tract in like manner a; for the oihet. Persons inclined to purchase, will nddress them selves directly to oie. JAMES MONROE. OakHill, Loudoun county, Va. April J 2. tl3_If. TRUST SALE, A Cl! EE ABLY to the provisions ol a deed of trust executed 1\. In me by Thomas Ball and Eli/ ihtlh his wife, and of re cord in the CleikV Office ol the county couit of CliesterfielJ, I shall sell on the bill day of Match, 182b, on til* premises foi rash to the hi'he-t bidder,a L"t ot Ground in the tsiwu of Manrlies ter, designated in ttiepl.uiof saidtuwu by No. 23U. |(ll „ situated on thestieet leading from Mayo's Bridge, and fronting the property of James B tic stt, Ktu. RICH Alt D BOOK Kit. trustee. Manchester, Feb. 18, I82'b 93—ids The sale is postponed until Monday the 12th Much. _______ R.BOOKKK, trustee DR. A. MAR TIJV, " llfllOhli practised medicine for many y< are in the W.Tidies, »» where lie met with much success in the cure of Yellow' Kever, Hrrolilia and CnioQick diseases, |,as now sell led in Staunton, and olTers his services to the public. Staunton, E18. f*3—2aivt!(* Twenty Dollars Reward. RANAWAY from tne subscriber's farm in Powhatan on the iloth December, a negro man named It AN! El,. Hr is about 2'i years of age, 6 feet 9or It) iiithes high, un I of sleii ds.i and ere<t form. Daniel wn purchased of Mi. John tHi'.h ol Northumberland county, and lias a svile living at Mi. Smith's, near Northumberland courthouse, ui which neigh bourhood he is probably lurking. i will give the above re. warsl ami all icasonahle esprnsei, |u any person who will deliver raid negro to rapt. J,B. Prentiss in Biclimoml, or se cure him in jail so that lean get him again. „ . .... E. CUNNINtHIAM, jr.. Fownafan, prn. 1«. 93—2i«ij Ur as committed to the jail of the town of Petersburg a* a runaway, on the dth day of October last,* hoy min ed Lewis, who says he belongs to a Mr. Cato Kennedy, who lives in Lenoir County, N. C. He is 3 fret G and t half inch* • high,light complected; ha* a sear in the forehead which hr •ny s was occasioned tiy a kick from a horse; another scaroi the left elbow, which he says was occasioned by a burn, and ap pears to be about tsvrnty years of ajc. The owner is r* .nested loeoipe forward, prove property, pay charges and t ike him »» ty, or be Will he dealt with *s the law direct*. Jan, f,. 7T-wl2l _Hi id EH MALLOW V. jailor. FOR Rt.VT, A Lumber-house in good repair at Louisa OvMirt -V house. Possesion will he given 1st Afarrh next. The Baud is considered to he a good one, to a pei.un of enter.ri.. in" moderate capital. Application to he m ule to ihe subsa.s ser, two miles Mouth of said enurfh in«e. , . - CHARLES THOMPSON,Jr Louisa, Jan. 19._HO-wAt*ife w|.(M 8. POTTER & CO. -- Bookbinders end Stationers, Philadelphia flWING to the severe and .long eontinned imlisp.usHion of one of the partner., have determined to se|| an eiten.iv# WrMntHOOKk *r STATIONERY, at actualonrt.Xjli *r city anceptanct*. J U7d V0""1^ '"«eh»nt., learhers. lihrary Companies and in lividual. are invited to call at their store, where mav he foun.l in extensive rnlleclion of RMiral, Theological ansi Mi cell. »“*• '*•'> *M'ul ot School Rook in common «—wftt rss."uoirr*i3K b ** i cnitniN Warwick. tm. si, is* i MADISON’S REPORT, &c. a , „ . JUST PUBLISHED ' nr i'/i t*1,‘ Subtcrihers, a handsome Edition of MADISONS CELEBRATED REPORT\ Of *98—9, relative to the AUIN ANB SKDITION LAWS : ___ To which are appended, t* *fENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS, i 'a'11" Vi>V ' '' r,on< on tile tame suhject—Price 50 cents ! ", 1V,7,1“i,)r i*h*d ■*' Hie following place,; at the Umrk ’ K?r!.!;e- “ l*- bottom, at the Office, ol Iht ' u'u l' lrv?11 ,’r**1"1 l,y ,,,<r ihet/, at their Office on loth bit eel, below the Eagle Hotel. i .. . , SHEPHERD*. ruLLARl). CT AI*o, lor ,ale asahovr, the HKKISKO COOK ol 1819 and a tew cop'ea ol the KIKUINIA OKU.ITKS. -£rb- \S1____97—3t V„. Junits River Land for Sale. VERY valuable Trad of Land, in Chat lei City county coii.ainine near'yjoo acres, lying on Jau.e, rfver, aboil •li'.i 1 ,r“u‘ •llch:i'ond, I, Otfered lor /ale by tl.e subscriber I laud adioin, the farm of Mr. Liltleberiy Ro»-.l|, and e extieinely well adapted for the cultivation of wheat and cot ,Moul-h^7r"Vr“,rnU Cu‘u,,t °r 1 >ud .eve ,oTl,it-“’wr,,,i.M,i!1 bc »•«»'. *»<« maybe known on ...plicalioc to John Parkb.u, Km. Rich.ml, or by addressing ' P tan m * McCUNTOCK VO UNO, oHlalti more. - jn- IJ-___76 wfit k YELLOW SPRINGS. ~ l\..7i?. . c • bt*“ long relideieti incapable of j| celc|e7i J,|87 ue,!n”‘ fru**» indisposition, oifeii tu rent tint ri me Ur m *!! “hn,,,,t ,he Y'l*ow Spring,, liluated in the County of Montgomery and State of Virginia, six mil. , Noith I the courthouse and main road leading to the IVi.t.ri, coun i.n. rni. S,.*Jl ,“rd,r?1 >l‘* ilitie, if the water, eiluatiou and improvements, alt combine to render tbia a, desirable , ,itlu. ““ o’’ i*'" haal,h •* ■'•y the Male. He will venture to nv. a -.‘a . ?tCli ,,a* ,,li ,upenor,and that the road, leading lo'il ate infimUlv better than to any other watering place m tin, section of llie country. Should any persuu incline to icut, hi candnso furseveial year/, on as accommodating terms as hi could expect. A pei .on who ii calculated lor thii employ mini and will enter upon it determined todo will. I mim.lsn'ly be ! 1 ‘ ,r c*noot f „|. An early application will be adtisalds I as there at e some lepaus to be made befuie the ,e„.„, c...n_ uieiices. Some furniture will he supplied,.,,,! a tint rate bake, livts near the Springs who can be cumlnvrd on easy term. ,ln c. CHARLES l*Ak LOR. _85—waot* T BUNKER'S HILL PUR SALE. UE subscriber trill sell mithe lOh.l/.uch next, at public cif rt,0,l’ b, r"‘t'L,; Iro"1 door of (he Eagle Tavern <» tin P ,C'"'c1."’J111 r*-***'--*'**',. called bunker’s Hill, Iv.ng on .*. .1 "c “ i m,bt Couu,y ol Chesterfield, five and'* lull mil. s above the town of Manchester, and between the Blanches, l.rturnpike road and James River. This plantation contains liml r 7 j one half of which is woodland, heavily luibcicd w'th raksnd piue ■, aud sixty acics of Itie laud ate excilknt creek bottoms. ,f a commodious dwelling house, » * *»iff *n ice home, and all other convenient out hotuei. r a vc* y \;tlu«Me Sfw oM'll, nhumJ.intlj-ju|»|*lird with water fiorn lowlute Clerk, and with timber Iron, the adjaci ut wood ami. of the plantation. There i, also on the same creek n ;M? "*c,**J.l,r,s* Mill,"' excellent order, and in a good neighbourhood for cii-tnin. The i... ... !-S ". neighbourhood, ami,, wall walertJaud luallliv— a. a country rcmlcnce, there an- tew litualjoiu more dnirahle: and it |,oaie„e, al the ..me time the cuvenience of ..roxiii.ily '",V. 1 he nilwcnber, ,mending to remove lollie VVeu ■mrel'°UU >V|VI 0,rfr n ,«r£«i» li.d es.y term, to the o«Hb * ’“If ’I' ‘"a> hf «n I'urcnaje -uch ,.r.. jierty, are rerjurrtt.l to vi.it the |.iemi-e-. where the «ub!cri her, or m hi, nUrnee, Mr. Jordan Sm.tli, will rive them -urh lui tlier iiituroiatiou “|.0" the .object a. they may deiire. nl.V’ , .TV, £ k,U:W.n°" ",e ,,’,Vof Lie, which Will take | Uie at 14 o clock, aud be Conducted by C. A (». CL.VI! KK AUo1"’ ANUliKiUN KinVAIlUS. *’ __ K7—wtd. SUMMARy. __ ‘Hi idler U[.the l-ia;ui;,tl,” Maine.— A bill to prevent drunkenness, i« ordered for engrossment in the Legislature. Soini of the members contended,, this law, like iha against the lottery, would be inoperative; as it wai one of those vices which the law could not reach New-Hamp«hir*.-The Portsmouth Lighi House was discovered on fire on the ;Nst ult bui was saved by the exertions of the officers and men belonging to Fort Constitution. Some of thes, we,e Irozen. The fire was caused by the coal, placed near (he lamp to prevent the oil from chill ing. Massachusetts—Messrs. Melvin and Blooc have established a lead pencil manufactory at Con cord. The pencils are said to be equal to any ,m. ported -Mr. Ehhn Lyman, of the Mass. Senatt died on the 10th ot the prevailing influenza Hi ts spoken of as a most excellent man, and was in tciml with every mark of respect.-The family o Pliny Merrick ot Worcester, was lately near suf focated by the vapour of 25 bushels of charcoa which had caught fi.e n, the lower lurt of tin house: the fire is attributed to some ashes whirl had been put the day before into a box adjoiniiu that containing the coal. A person awoke in th, night, and finding the a;r smoky and difficult o respiration, took the alarm and tn;-de the discover m time to save the family: yet they were all sick two or three days afterwada. -The IL of It havt indefinitely postponed by a majority of 3, a bill foi authorizing the several banks to issue hills of a !es denomination than £3 io the amount of 50 per «• of tl.e.r capital. The law now allows the i<'ue t. 1-ldi of their capital; and it was argued, that ant extension was unnecessary, as none of the bank r t ' L 01 peniii«Mon. On the loth, the two Housismet in conventior for the purpose of filling the vacancy in the .Senate occasioned by the death of Elihu Lvman from tin county of Hampshire. On counting the v otes, \V Ward was tou4d to have 110 out of 142—I\V have seen that Mr. Lyman, a member of the Kr nate, dual in Boston, of the influenza. Colo nel John Lveiett, brother of our minister tc Spain, and of the Representative in Congre-s, al-r fell a victim on the 12(1, j,,st. to the same disorder He was aged nearly 30 years, and is spoken of „ the highest terms—-A Legislative Caucus of the Republican members was died at the Courthouse on he 14th. hifty-three members attended; am. nominated the present incumbent (Gov. Lincoln 1 a candidate for Governor at the approaching elec tion. b or Lieut Governor, Mr. SiM.ee Presjdem ot the Senate, had 33 voles; Mr. Willis of the Ex \tUtl vril|0<1,,CI ’ 20; wl,ereuP°n " voted thai Mr. Sil.bee was unanimously nominated; Tin Boston Courier adds, that Mr. Hilsbee ,s said „ ! decline the honor thus unanimous!,, confeired un ! ‘“,n- v Tl10'™* U Winthrop has been nominate, . in Mr. Silsbee a room.—The ,.ri.,ri,,a| provision, , of the Usury Bill, winch has passed the House , °[ Representatives, aic, 1st. establishing the rate "f h*al !n.teTe,“ a‘ « Per cent; 2d, empower mg the debtor to prove usury by bis oath unless the creditor prove no usury; 3d. n! case of usury being proved, the creditor to lorfeit the excess of interest over 0 per cent, whh COft| of court if the debtor shall have previously made I* ,ender of the principal ami legal interest; 4th banks to forfeit their charters if they exceed 0 per £’.6‘h;, r*Pe*'» •'* laws against usury, Inis bill has not been afted on by the Senate — A bill has Iwen reported for fixing the amount of da mage* for the non-payment of bills of exchange drawn ... tLe ..ate, a, fi per cent, in addition to he rate of exchange at the time of the return of ,|„ bill, if made payable out of the V. S ; except m Africa, or the Ksat Indies; in these lait, 20 per e - Massachusetts Claims-These celebrated cairns on the general government, for services rendered by Massachusetts during tire last war seem to lea prolific source of strife through all’ their stages. * roni the correspondence published in the Boston papers, between the Governor of Massachusetts and Mr. Sullivan, agent »t Wash ington for the settlement of these claims, both parties seem very much*dissati«fied with each oth er, and care not who knows it. The governer in a etter.to the agent dated November 7th,complain . I 'hat he had received no information of his pro ceedings. Thia, the agent denies, and specifies the information Communicated, a* •* facts against his exffcl/cncy’a positive declarations.” The agent com plains that impartantjnstructions were applied or and witheld by his excellency, which his ex cellency denies- but from his official station, and compassion tor the vexation and disappointment of tne agent, declines a controversy. His excellency intimates theletter.of the 30th to have been written alter notice received, that the resignation was ac 1*1 “U,at the communications of the agent re lated more to compensation than his proceedings, concludes thus-“ I see in jour letter abundant cause or satisfaction that I have never reposed iu yoiu fidelity a single private confidential com munication on this or any other subject. ” — Un quenchable Fire.— It is a fact worthy of notice, that the ruins of the lire in Court street, Boston, which occurred on the night of November 9th,(now more than three months,) are still smoking. The cause is probably tound in the considerable quanti ties of sea-coal, used in the stores destroyed, and winch was buried under the crumbling walls and Tailing timbers. BiioDE-IsLA?fD. —The business of boat-building is carried on extensively in the town of Cumberland. It contains 3000 inhabitants: has 16 shops for build ing boats; which turned out last year about 1000 Providence^ WW® “°Id 1>rinci»,al,y at Uu*lai' a«d Con necticut—The whole number of cadets attached to Capt. Patridges's Military Academy, at Middletown is 289.- Mr. Hurd, the engineer, has ca.mi-ted that the total expense of constructing I the Hampshire and Hampden canal from the north 1 hue of Connecticut to the river above Nonhamp- I ton (exclusive of feeders) at about $206,000. The ; 1 e8t|mate if based npon a careful survey of the route:! and is on the supposition that the canal will tie 6 leet deep, 20 feel wide at the bottom, and 11 at the top. with t feet of water, and that the locks will be built of wood with stone backing: the whole amount of lockage, 298 feel.-(Mr. Baldwin, in fat estimate of Jocks tor the canal from Boston to the Connecticut river, assumes the expense of locks at $800 lor each foot lilt, wliioh would gi ve for -98 feet $23S,-10ll; more than Hurd's estimate of the whole expense.)—Two elegant plaid cloaks made of fulled cloili, invented and manufactured by ■a young lady, are offered for sale in Albany; the cloth fine, of thick texture, and lined with a collar of moleskins. V KiiiioNT.- The survey of Onion river from Lake Champlain at Burlington to Montpelier, a distance of 33 miles, has been completed. A canal .J o icvcis, ine amount ol Uil at these points being 391 leet: tLc height of Like Champlain above the Hudson river at Albany is | 86 leet: the elevation from Montpelier towards the Connecticut river to Onion River Pond is 877 feet, and the fall thence to the mouth of Well’s river on the Connecticut, 918 feet, making the whole lock- j age from Lake Champlain to the Connecticut, 218i) feet. New Yoiuc.-The N. Y. Chamber of Com merce has sent a memorial to Congress askin'* them to countervail the policy of G. Britain, (who inis established Kingston in Jamaica a free ware j housing port) by the adoption of regulations, which j will place the American merchant on a footing of j equality in competing with the British merchant for ■ the trade of South America. To do this, they ask i tllat the benefit of drawback be extended to two < 1 years; that only one per cent of the duly of goods exported be retained, that debenture* be issued ou 20 dollars or upwards; that spiritogs liquors be permitted to be imported in casks not less than 15 gallons; and that they may be put into other casks not Jess than 15 gallons and exported with thr. benefii of drawbacks, in support of the proprie ty of these changes in out revenue Jaws, they re fer to the free warehouses in tiie Went Indie where goods are permitted to be repacked and ship ped with the advantage of drawbacks &c. and with no other expense than rent.—On the 11th the legislature made the following appointments: A. C. Flagg Secretary of Slate, W. L. Alarcy Comptroller, S. A. Talcoit Attorney General, A. Keyser Treasurer, S. Bo Witt Surveyor General, A. M. Muir Commissary General. Those in Italicks are new appointments. All are said to be ■ Republicans, and the election is die result of a i caucus held the preceding evening. Another Breach— Mias Jane Watson, of Og densburgh, brought a suit against Mr. Win. Martin for a breach of the marriage promise, and recovered $250. The father of the lady then instituted a more sei ious suit, for. seduction, and recovered 500 dollars from the same defendant_. A late ordinance of the city of New York lines every owner of a hackney coach $20, who does not put up in from at night lamps, wuich shall have marked on them the number of the coach—.The American Bible Society received during the last month $1392 2b and issued bihles ami tiMtaments. amounting t,! s? lyo2 22— A cask was lately delivered to a seeds man ot N. York from a Baltimore coaster, as a shipment of seeds from that plage. What was his surprize on opening it, to find the body of a ne-! gro woman, preserved in spirits. It was found ‘ that this shipment was addressed to a Surgeon 1 instead of a steiUmnn!— The Adjutant General's return of the number of militia in N. York gives 146,323. —A bill has been repotted, growing out i of the claim of John Jacob Astor, so extensive as to involve the title to about one-third of the! lands in Putnatn county, and occupied hy more than 800 families. The bill pledges the faith of tiie state for the full and complete indemnity of; every person in possession of certain lands in the counties of Putnam anti Du chess, under title deri ved from the stale, on the attainder of Huger Morris and Mary his wife. John Jacob Astor and his associates claim the property by purchase from the children of Koger Morris and wife; alleging that the children, by a deed of marriage settlement lietween their parents, were seized of a remainder in fee in tjie premises, and that the parents had on ly au estate for their lives in the same; conseipient ly that the state hy their attainder could acquire no greater estate in the premises than the parents had. lioger M‘«rris and Mary his wife are now both deceased, and the estate of the children in remainder vests - The steam boat* Long Branch, luO tons, and {unierpriie 82, are advertised tor sale on the 28th Feb. the other on 1st March. .New Jersey— Henry bifoore, the young man who w»* lately arrested in New Jersey, on sus picion of having been the murderer of Mjs# Cun ningham has been honorably discharged— no evi dence having been advanced on his examination to warrant a commitment for trial.— The N. Jersey j Delaware (>)sier Company opened their books for I receiving subscriptions on the 30th ult. and the I whole of the Slock was taken within one hour. PBNNSYLV4NM—A lespectable meeting of; the citizens of Philadelphia Was held early in Feb’y I to devi-e measuies for establishing a House of He- i fuge for Jnvonile offenders, at which Chief Justice ' Trlghman piesided. The meeting wa* addressed hy Mr. Sergeant and other*, and resolutions to ef fect the object adopted.— Extract of a letter from Harrisburg, dated loth February. «• Dr. .Suther land's Panama resolution, which passed through the Henate so rapidly, and with so little delibera tion, still sleeps and will conlinue to do so; or, if called up, will be negatived, as we do not iuidiac to interfere with the business of Congress, at least without full information. The Doctor, it is said, was lately at Washington. It is true that there is a probable vacancy in the Custom House in Phila delphia, which is to l»e, or has been, put into mar ket f”- Thomas Alkiuton Esq. editor of the Mead- i I ville Messenger, is announced as a candidate fo ] Congreas, lor the district in Pennsylvania latel, represented by Air. Karrelly.— Three persons wer i ln,ely found guilty at the court of quarter session of Lehigh county, of a libel against H. King ii these words: Mr. King «' is a proud upstart Yanke lawyer from Connecticut, and a man that haataWei fees, in a certain suit in this county, from botl sides, plaintitT and defendant* contrary to his oat] as an attorney.” At the request of K’s counsel the Judge imposed slight lines only on the defen dants.— Messrs. J. & \Y. Lippincott & Co. of Phil adelphia lately called a meeting of their creditor together, to explain the causes of their temporar; suspension ol payment. The Expose of their af fairs was so satisfactory to the creditors and hon orable to themselves, that there was not a dissent ing voice to the extension asked for by the House —Mark Richards hasoifered a reward of $500 fo the detection of the person who raised the report o his failure and inability to pay bis notes.—Air Aleredith has submitted a resolution to the Legis luture to enquire into the propriety of making im mediate provision fur the total abolition of slaven within that commonwealth: a committee was ap pointed. (The number of slaves in Pennsylvania we think is little more than 2tt0.)—The Council of Pittsburg have authorised the mayor to boriov $20,00(1 towards supplying the city with water.— 1 he Philadelphia F, Journal reiterates the com plaint about the scarcity of teamen, experinccd ir Philadelphia, as well as in Baltimore, New York Boston, &c. This decrease is ascribed to the dimi nution of our commerce for the last 15 or 20 years besides the uniturin loss in the number of this claip ot men from excessive mortality in foreigr sickly ports, or at sea, arising from the want o good medical attendance and medicines; from ship wrecks; from entering into the service of loreigt nations; or from the want of protection in thei perilous employment in the service of our merchan vessels. Alore especially merchants have been ir the practice ot taking lew or no appientices, aiu tilling up their crews with grown up men: thus thi supply of recruits is not kept up to the demand Heuce the Journal approves very much of Cen Smith’s resolution in the Senate of the L’. S. t< enquire into the expediency of compelling mer chants to keep apprentices in each of their veaseh in proportion to their tonnage, in order to increast the n.umber of this useful class of citizens.—Tho mas Kennedy and wife were drowned on the 8tl instant in attempting to cross C’onodoguine creek on the ice near to Carlisle.— Judge Chapman's trial has terminated before the Senate of Pennsylvania Me was acquitted on all the charges. On the 3c art. considered the most important 25 voted not gui/ty and 6 guilty: and this was the greatest number of votes against him on any charge. —Tin Susquehanna and Delaware canal and rail roan bill was contested in its passage through the H. o It. on the ground of its interference with tin rights of the Lehigh canal and navigation com pany. The motion to amend the bill so as to a von this interference failed, yeas 30, nays 46: and thi bill then passed.—A resolution is reported by th< Judiciary Committee, on so much of the Govern or’s message as relates to a revision of the crimi nal code, to select three commissioners, of lega qualifications, who shall revise the penal code ant report to the next Legislature.-The “ Clay Fac taryof Pennsylvania,” owned by Mr. J. B. Nones in North 7tli street near the mill dam, was totall' consumed by fire with all its contents on the nigh of the 19th. “This valuable establishment (say: the I*. Journal) was for the manufacturing olblui and yellow nankeens, under the patronage dnn patent of the General Government.” (llow ? The loss estimated at between 4 and 5000 dollar/ and 3500 dollars insured at N. York_The Leat mines near Perkiomen creek in Montgomery coun ty are said to We extensive, and to furnish ore o the best kind. Two gentlemen from England hav< purchased the land,and intend to commence inin mg immediately.-? The 5th Annual Report of th Pennsylvania Dea'T and Dumb Institution to th Legislature states 80 pupils, 45 males, 35 females ot those, 64 are from Pennsylvania, 50 of whicl are maintained by the state, 2 by their parents, U from the private funds of the institution: there’ari Strom N. Jer.-ey. 5 of whom aie paid for by tha state; 3 from Virginia, Sic. During the past yea 32 pupils discharged, anil 20 new ones admitted the expenses 6901 dollars; goods made by pupil sold for 593 dollars. The institution is kepi in at elegant building on Broad St. Philadelphia. Then are said to be about 6000 deaf mutes in the U. S of which 500 are in Penn., and 25 is the ratio o annual increase. In one family, some of which g( to this school, six children and one grandch Id in two others, five each, are deaf.— Mr. Powel has reported to the Legislature a bill to establish i bank at Erie, andanother to establj-h theManufac tlirpr’rf Hrmlr at F. . . _ ..JIJ) ppars, that tiie Pennsylvania ran.-.l bill passed tin Senate lOto 14; anil that when it was returned l< the H. of Jl the Senate’s amendments were ini mediately’ concurred in, hy a vote of 65 to 23: st tliat it only wants the signature of the Governoi to become a law.-The Phiade’phia Aurora ns serts tliat on the 23d some of the lottery broken of (hat city had receiv ed by express from N. Yorl the numbers drawn in the N Y. Literary Lottery tliat they however denied having received them and continued in the cour-e of the day to swiudl the public by selling out tickets that they knew t< be blauks. Delaware.—The Legislature has adjournei after a session of five weeks and four days.—A meeting is called at the Town Hall of Wilmingtor on 1st -March, of the friends of Thomas Jefferson. “ for the purpose of adopting measures expressivt of their attachment to that illustrious state-man and patriot, and of their sympathy and concerr in the adversity which has overtaken him in th* evening of hi- long iife, dev oted to the happineo and liberty of his fellow citizens.” Maryland.—In the legislature the bill to tak** the sense of the people on the propriety o calling a convention has been negatived 42 to 23 Mr. Teackle, from the Committee on Lotteries ha! made tiie following Ileport in the House of Dele gates of Maryland : «< The aggregate amount o lotteries drawn in lldtiinore in 1825, is one million forty-two thousand three hundred and thirty dob lars; that if appoars from the document in ihe i£x ecutive Department, that in addition to this aggre gate, the State Lottery No. 3, was also drawn on the first of March, 1X25, amounting to 180,000 dollars. I list ( ohen's Consolidated lottery, No. 3, to bo drawn on the 15lh of February next, amounts to 308,000 dollars; and th.it the eighth class of Can field’s Lottery, to b<> diawn also jn February, amounts to 781,000 dollars, making to gether a gross aggregate of $2,314,330. The lie port goes on to state, that under proper arrange ments tor frequent drawings, and from the atten tion of the commissioners being exclusively devot ed to that service their operations maybe extended to nearly two million of dollars, and from thi lource, the committee anticipate an annual revenue lo the State of nearly $200,000. The average Cain is computed by the committee at ten percent The committee contemplate enhancing the coin [>cn*ifton of the commissioner* and oilier agents, IS a means of inspiring faith and confi Irnce in the imposed system.”—A bill is before the Legisla ure to alter the Constitution, so as to elect the f»o rernor hy the people: if no Candida e teceivU a Vjobi’y of yort*, then the Legislature *r« bv r joint ballot to choose the Governor ! he i» to b* f elected for 8 ytjars, to be ineligible to serve the e succeeding term of 3 years. It is believed, ‘from * the changes which it makes in the functions of the i Executive Department, that the Executive Coud * C*1 to be dispensed with.—By joint vote of thq i two Houses, the salary of Chancellor Bland with i held at the last session, has been released end res» » tored to its true amount $34Q0. East session the , H. of D. voted to reduce it to $2,533; the Senate ■ dissented, and consequently the Chancellor wee left . without any appropriation of salary.—A letter « from Annapolis of the 23d says, that “ The two r parties on the subject of Internal Improvement* - are beginning to embody themselves. Hardly* - subject comes up in which the fever of party does . not manifest itself. To day, the question whether . the direct tax should or should not be continued r came up. As it is important for the Canal project f tiiat the treasury should be as full ns possible, that . freinds of that project took side with the direct tax, ■ and the enemies of that project against it. They * appear to be nearly equally divided. The House - adjourned in the midst of a warm diseqesioo. which ■ will be continue.I to-morrow.** * , VjRut.vxA—Mr. Benj. Thurmond, of Albe^ s I marie has put an end to his existence, why or ■ | wherefore, no one can ever conjecture. Ife wan a most respectable man, in independent circum-, - stances, and surrounded by a numerous and res , pectable family.—The Wheeling Gazette of the 1 lth inst. says : the Ohio river is between 4 and 5 leet above high water mark, an excellent stage foe steam boats. A number of citizens of Whe^Jinw ; have purchased at the upper end of the town lQt> acres of land as sites lor manufacturing ^establish— i tnents. There is no water power, but an mb tied— ■ a nee of good coal which will not coat more tha* i one cent a bushel at the furnaces_A Winchester paper says: “ A few day# since, a wagoner, t having tugged and toiled throughout the day i “ halted," at one of the numerous «• Traveller’a I Rests,” with which thegreat thoroughfare between this and Baltimore is so abundantly supplied, and having watered and le^i his horses, snugly seated himself by a blazing fire, with a pipe in his mouth* forgetful ot his past tatigues, and disregarding those winch were to come. By ami by, a rogue passin by, discovered a box in the wagon, which hS could not resist the desire of examining, accord-r ingly shouldered it, and canied it to an adjacent held, where the contents were speedily brought t<> view. But instead of finding a cooifortihle'eiasA Of oroaucloth or costly silks, a human skeleton was displayed to the bewildered vision of the midnight prowler. Need more be said? A snow huvine just fallen, it was discovered that the thief IituL jumped about ten feet from the box, and as far as. he could be tracked, his fleetness by no mean* flagged It was now ascertained that a medical student at IJaltimore had carefully boxed tip a : *k; leton, which he was sending home, and had proceeded thus far Safe, until so unceremoniously 1 disturbed by tlm aflrighted rogue.—The Norfolk . l.eacon of the 15th, describes an organized comsp . . racy which wasdiscaveredamonganumberofne^io boys theie, to plunder stores, dwellings, Scc^tZ bear off articles of merchandize from the counters* doors, &c. of all soils of stores, jn the day time* enter passage, in the evenings and strip them o*f cloaks, coats, &c. Tiiree have been or dered to he , whipped, and -1 committed on a d arge of Gnu! r Larceny. The National intelligencer states, that t a boarding-house in Washington had been very » ,atel* entered at night, and 3 or 4 ofoaks. and a, ! ®*t,,y hats, stolen. The thief bad been apprehend ! ed. —The last Jsorfolk Herald states, that the at tacks of the Influenza in the country have been i f110^ 8ever® than in the towns: that many casea I have terminated fatally; and indeed that at nolim*) . has the mortality been greater since the memorable f epidemic which raged all over the country in the . winter of 1314-15—The Herald also states, that . the winter has been thus far so mild that the pur } veyors of ice have not laid in more than a fourth . ot their usual supply of ice, and probably will be : compelled to rely upon shipments from Lhe north-) 1 Ga|ne9and fcntily left Wheeling ou • trie 3th in the steam boat Muskinghum, for his II. Q. at Cincinnati. Gov. Cass passed also through >4 heeling on the same day from Washington To Detroit. The Western Lunatic Hospital, which : has been located contiguous to Staunton, on a • handsome and eligible site, has four acres attached i to it, for the buildings and gardens: the plan of the . building is furnished by Mr. Small, an architect of Baltimore, combining neatness and elegance with comfort and convenience. It is not intended to , execute the whole plan at this time; the funds ar ; propriated by the Legislature being inadequate. | The brick and stone works are said to have been contracte.l Igr at about 30 per cent less than the prices paid at the University of Virginia; the car penters work at 15 percent., and the timbers s' 30 to 50 per cent less than the prices paid there. It is expected that the buildings will bp up by the 1st October—The Anniversary of Washington’s. Ihrlh day was celebrated at Norfolk with military honors and a dinner; at Portsmouth will a splen^, did Hall: A national salute was fired from the IT S. ship Alert, Capt. Kennedy. North Carolina.—Died, In Camden coun ; ty, MASUN CULPEPER, Esq. Thia mdan^ ; choly event was preceded by the death of one wif« ; and Ins marriage to another; alf happening within » tlie compass of six weeks ! lie lived a disconso late widower three weeks, and a happy bridegroom three more—Many cases of the influenza bav-j proved fatal in the lower counties: several death* >n Nash, Edgecombe, Martin and Ifertie: in Windsor, a negro woman expired at once in a fit of coughing. Persons nre vaiiously affected with this epidemic. Physicians say that bloodlettin has proved fatal. (In one rouiity in Virginia, a gentiernan has repeatedly triedit and found it to bo an infallible remedy.)—Mr. Rothe, a miner from Saxony, whom Professor Olinstead had cmplovcl to assist him in liis Min era logical Researchea in this State, has published (on the 15th Eeb.) somn information about the gold region in the western parts. Several veins of different formations have been discovered, which are of greater extent than the thin layers of mud hitherto washed lor their gold. I’he gieenst ne and g een stone slate are tlio only rocks which contain veins of gold, Theie is one formation in Mecklenburg county, which contains veins of lion ore; a second loinialioii in Cabarrus, Montgomery, generally contain* gold in veins of rpiartz; most of the gold is row obtained from veins of this formation: a lor-» I mation appears composed of a variety of different I ores containing gold i:i a state of me h n:c«»l nii tU'e; such as copper pyrites, prismatic iron pyrites, i<c. A society has been nrgmi/ed in the vicinity of Salisbury for working these veins sj stcmaticelly and extensively.— The Wake Agricultural Society held their first public meeting at Raleigh on Wash , ington’s Birth-day : Mr. Win. Boylan, one of the |V, Presidents in the Chair. They awarded seve l ral silver cup*a* Premiums; and dined together, i when many appropriate and patrio ic toasts were • drank. South CtnoM.tH.- A Georgetown (S. CA paper --ays: The *rhr. Nspoleun, brought in heie I two free blai ks from Mt. llutnlngo. Infoimation ' Ireing immediately lodged with the Shei.ff, the lew i was enforced against the captain and the negroca • sent to gaol. One has given bond, end tailed fo, | New V < rk.— --Ci| tain Johu 1*. llcnley, >,t,| Cap' *:• i« to ccaimaod op tl:e Ctffctloilpfl