The Charleston Courier suggests the 22d of February, ‘"the birthday of George Washington, the illustrious Southerner,"’ as the official birthday of the new Southern Confederacy--that is to be. Some of the medical journals are much disturbed about the custom of lying in bed; the habit of lie-ing out of bed is, we think, a great deal more to be guarded against. The small-pox has been creating some alarm in Lynchburg, Va. There have been twelve cases and two deaths. Miss Muloch, author of ‘"John Halifax,"’ has turned editor, and is to supervise a new monthly shilling magazine. Louisiana has sent delegates to the Southern Congress. Thirty-five men were killed last year in duels in the United States.
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