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Msfflkmr t~. R. Company, ffice S. ^3T0Xi January 19, 1854. T tygjg 0f the ^*pfar?lina Railroad Company: ?ompanying statements from theAu* | .. J?jepartment, clearly exhibit the business . ?5ions of the Company for the year end .^31st December. 1853, and the condition of financial affairs to the same date. They are / no full in detail as to render more than a general reference to each of them unnecessary. I * Qtnfftmont A el?An-iwtKi* T?oAma for tvnor frnm Pas. sage. Freight, Mails, Ac. to bo $1,215,279.21 And the Expenses of management, ordinary and extraordiuarj*, (the ordinary equal to 43 per cent.) 555,536.33 Leaving a balance of. 6C3.742.33 Out of which have been provided Interest on Foreign and Domestic debt, and for cbims for damages, Ac 199.773.72 ?: And the remainder 463,968.61 Das afforded two dividends of 4 per cent each, amounting to 311.376 And transferred a balance of $152,592.61 to the credit of Surplus Income for the year. Statement B contains the items of Current Expenses, (ordinary and extraordinary,) in addition to its details of gross reeeipts from all sources, and expenditures upon capital and other accounts for the year. The items classified as " Extraordinary current expenses," are?in the Transportation department, for the enlargement and reparation of old. and the erection of new platforms at Charleston, Augusta and Columbia; half cost of Plank Road in Augusta; planking and draining cotton yards, new olfiee for down freight agent, and new house for Company's hands in Charleston. In the Road department, for building turnout at Johnson's grading at v Columbia and Junction Charlotte Road, finishing bridges, icc. Statement C exhibits the state of the Prop erty of the Company. The reduction in the item " property in Road," is explained by reference to Statement F. (There has been an addition to the Land account, by the purchase of property in Charles ton, situated in John street, for the enlargement of our freight accommodations; and in Sheppard street for the erection of a new passenger station; and the increase in other items, and the appearance of new ones, as compared with the year 1852, will account for the increase of the balance of indebtedness, as set forth in the statement D, containing the particulars of the Debt account. Statement E. shows the disposition of the surplus income. Statement F presents the State of "property in the road," having reference to that item in statement C. Statement G, Interest and Exchange, domestic ar^d foreign, paid end received during the year. The usual tables, exhibiting in detail the ? * receipts of Cotton, &c., comparative vtew of business, condition of rolling stock, materials and machinery on hand, <Sic., are annexed, and require no comment. For more particular information for the first six months of the year, reference is requested . to the report of ex-president Conner, of tho 30th of June. The road will require extensive improvements during tho present year. The trestle work on the new road to Aiken should be em^-banked within the next three years, and ought wr to be commenced without delay. * iff wo and a half miles of the old flange iron, near the Edisto river, must be taken np and f j^fceplaced with T rail. The injuries done to the Columbia br.yich, near the Congnree, by the freshets of 1852, have not yet Keen fully repaired; it is still yj-i meajurably exposed to damage from same cause, and every exertion should be made to remedy its defects and place it as early as possible in a substantial condition. The building of a new bridge across the Wa teree without a draw, as authorised by our State Legislature at its last session, has been put under contract, and all necessary arrangements made for its early completion. * The contracts for the timber for trestling ; through the Wateree swamp are being made, and the utmost despatch will be used with the work. rThe cost of bridge and trestle will be borne equally by the Wilmington and Manchester and this Company under the existing arrangeI ments between them. Ten miles of the Camden branch need rcg building. The material fur doing so is now being distributed, and a large force will be put at the work next month ; and in a short time it is hoped to have this section of the road in complete order. A new passenger and freight depot are wanted at Columbia. A new Car Factory and ad. ditional accommodations for housing our accumulating motive power are wanted at Chaileston. The absolute necessity of erecting them at once, the increased co.-t at which wo mu:.t supply ovrselves with the means for doing so, & aud for keeping np our entire property to the 1 point essential to a prompt, safe, and credita ble performance of onr business obligations, ? will prevent the company from making that I quick progress with the double track at first M contemplated. The work will be continued however, as the increasing wants of the transj portation department may require. ^ During the past year the Savannah river at K Augusta has been crossed ; its beneficial influSg ence upon our business has already been sensiD bly felt, and we confidently look'for a larger w" future accesMon to it, and for an increasing soft cial and commercial intercourse between the I two States. Our affaire have been conducted m- there with regularity, economy and despatch. 8 The short cotton crop last year will affect 8 to some extent the freight income of the Road a for thisyear. It is hoped, however, that any K decrease that may occur in that, division, will 8 be more than counterbalanced by the opening HI of connecting routes, diverting to our road new H business, and the local trade along the line rapB idly developing itself. K The future prospects of the company are V . full of encouragement. With energy property directed, economy judiciously cxocised, its 8 8tock is susceptible of being made equal to M any in the country. With the full assurance M ' to its Stockholders of their property being in B a sound condition, and fully adequate, by its permanency and the regularity of its income, to sustain the credit of the Company at home m and abroad. x Respectfully submitted, ^JOHN CALDWELL, resident. ] Death of Captain Partridge.? Wo learn by letter from Norwich, Vermont, that Cap- * tain AldenPartridge, well known as the capa ble and intelligent head of several military academies, died at that place on the morning of Tuesday, the l?th instant. He was taken .ill on Saturday evening and his disease made rapid progress to its fatal termination. He was i an excellent citizen, devoted to military edu- j cation, and much beloved by his relatives and ; a wide circle of acquaintances. He was pi in-1 cipal of the Military Institute at Brandywine ; Springs, the buildings of which were destroyed by firea few weeks ago.? P/ii/ud. Bulletin19th inst. , Death of tiii: Russian Minister.?The telegraph announces the death of the Count do BcdNco, Minister Plenipotentiary of Russia to the United States. Mr. Bodisco has rcpre sented his Government at Washington for nearly or quite twenty years, and as he mar ried a lady of Georgetown, and was identified with this country bv so many kindly social and personal relations, he seemed almost as much American as Russian. His death will be a great loss to both countries?to his own, which he represented with intelligence, firmness and zeal, and to ours, which he dealt with rather as a friend than a stranger. It is very raro that diplomatic representatives reside sufficiently long near a Government to acquire a personal authority and respect in addition t<> that which their office confers; but when they do, it is easy to see that their power of preserving friendly international relations must be vastly increased, and in this respect the death of Mr. Bodisco is a grave misfortune. It is to be regretted in other respects. lie was an amiable and kindly man, and knew how to combine the offices of patriotism and personal liberality. He has made the fortunes of not a few enterprising Americans, by securing them a field for profitable exertion in his own country, to the benefit of both. We fear it will be long before we look upon his like again, in the circle of foreign diplomatists. Charleston Mercury. Perilous Adventure in a Cave. On Tuesday the 3d inst., while the steamer Flag was aground near St. Genieve, Captain Gray, the pilot, accompanied by an Englishman, undertook to explore the great cave situated three miles above that place, taking with them a lamp, a ladder, &c. They entered the cave about eight o'clock on Tucseay evening, and had advanced a distance of nearly two miles, when their lamp was unfortunately broken and extinguished. After groping about for a length of time, they found an upward passage or chimney, so flcarly perpendicular that Gray found it impossible to ascend it.? ThevEnglishman, however, clung to it as his last hope of deliverance, promising his companion if he reached the top in safety to mark the spot by tying his handkerchief to a tree and then go for assistance. Fortunately he made his egress in safety. It was not yet day so he was unable to take observations, but marking the place as agreed, be proceeded to the village for assistance, and returned early on Wednesday morning with two or three others. lie vainly attempted to find the place of his egres*. They then proceeded to the mouth, and under the guidance of the Englishman, found the place where he left his friend, hut he was not to he found. The captain in his uncertainty of the escape of his companion, felt impelled to renew his efforts to extricate himself, and grrnjio.d o11 wotil nature compelled Iritn to give lip in despair. The party in search rohift^o/l Imt fnrflmr oe^icfanon 011H iroen oo gerly joined by the officers and crews of four I" steamers. At two o'clock on Wednesday they entered, and proceeding to the place where Captain Gray was last seen, they divided, and proceeded in different directions, continuing the search until three o'clock on Thursday morning, when, to the great joy of all, he was found. lie had sat himself down to die. lie had not only worn his gloves completely out, hut his fingers were torn to the naked bone, in his vain efforts to extricate himself. The flesh was worn from his knees, and his boot toes and pant legs were also demolished. He was found a distance of three and a half miles from the mouth of the cave, greatly exhausted. He is now on board his boat and doing well. He was forty-three hours in the cave. This great cave has many outlets, or cliim neys, as they are called, one of which is said to be five miles from the mouth. ~~~ i Qedini.?The Nuncio of his Holiness after j pafLrt'inrr liitncu if tun nvncnmn tknf fkrx rmAulo I OdVI'iJ ?? V j.'IVOUIliV IIKIV lilU |7VU|'IU of this country have no admiration for his I character arid no sympathy with his mission, has at last returned to Washington to take leave of the President. He next proceeds to Brazil, where he will probably find a people and institutions more congenial to his tastes.? We h cpe ho may he the last of these papal ' emissaries, who shall come to this country under the two-fold character of a political and ecclesiastical minister. The union ot the Church and State is a thing entirely repulsive to American taste and oppn site to American principles It is therefore disrespectful to us as a nation to send a political agent to our government who represents and embodies that principle in his person. We know nothing good or had about Bedim. lie may or he may not have been guilty of the crimes alleged against him. He came to our singes at least with a tainted name. But all that aside we protest against the reputation of such a mission. The Pope is the head of a despotic government in the Church and in the State. In the. former character he is known to reign supreme over more than a million of our people. Mow improper then, and how dangerous is it, that an agent from him should come to this country accredited at the same time as a political nni'lll to 1 lirt rrnvprnmeilt mill :i?i nn rrr/c "hv"1' v" b" ' V"M **"" "M "" ^,v nautical agent to ?he people ! Who will helieve for a moment that tho influence of such a mission can be favorable to the republican cause? Who will believe that a confidential representative of despotic principles in the State, can at the same time be altogether friendly, in the exereiso of his ecclesiastical functions, to republican sentiments among the people ? Not we!?N. Y. 1'ost Gold! Gold! Gold!?More Gold in Edge field! And this time it has been found on the Piney-wpods side of the District! The Rev. Mr. Walker exhibited to our admiring eyes, on yesterday, a beautiful specimen of goldrock, found by himself upon bis farm, a miie or two from this place. It is the best indication of good diggings we have seen in some time. We advise Mr. W. to prosecute his cx- i plorations.?Edgcjtdd Adv., i Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun. tft Washington, Jan. 24th, 1S54. The Committee'on Territories of the Senate = and House of Representatives have jointly agreed on the following section of the new Nebraska Bill: " Section 14. That the constitution and laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and el- ^ feet within the said Territory its elsewhere ^ within the UoiteJ States, [except the Sih section of the act preparatory to the admission 1-1 of Missouri into the Union, approved March at G, ltS'20, which was suspended by the princ.i te pies of the legislature of 1850 commonly call- 01 ed the compromise measures, and is hereby de- m clared ineorporative."] And they have also agreed to oppose every amendment to this section, and every artifice by which tin* true meaning of the same may be obscured <t renderdered less explicit. j ^ I can further state that Judge Douglas, of .' the Senate, lias consulted llxrleading Northern and Southern Senators on the subject, and they will support the above amendment. When." .* the committee had agreed to it, the case was p submitted to General Cass, who gave it his w cordial approval; and I can further state that. 01 notwithstanding all that newspapers have said c< about the veteran statesman, he was prepared fe hiirrelf lo offer a similar amendment and sup- w port it by a,speech, (which he will still make,) & as I have stated, weeks ago, in my letters to ? ti.e Sun, from what I deem the most authentic 01 authority. Governor Bright has also been 31 consulted, and lias given the amendment his ft manly, cordial approval. lj In the House, Gen. Richardson, of Iliiuni--, v has pursued a similar course to the patriotic a and statesmanlike course of Judge Douglas, h Influential members <>f the North and South tl have also been consulted, and they promise k their support to the amendment. Finally the a administration paper, the Union to-day endorse- a the amendment, and makes it the touch-stone w of true orthodox democracy. You will see, Ci then, that I was right, in my statements and t( the views I expressed on ibis important sub- }j ject. They arc precisely the same views which j, I had the privilege to submit to the readers of A the Baltimore Sun in 1849 and 1S50, and I j. acknowledge frankly that 1 am vain enough to j r?r'/la In n\r i?.inet?fnnn?? vuuv t/,,v4w 1,1 "v v'liciaiuiivj. I have not the slightest fear that the si a ^ very agitation will commence de novo, provj. ^ ded this Congress will act with promptness and decision. Let the power of meddling with the domestic institutions of the States and Terries be taken away from Congress, and fanatics w will cease to send men to Congress for the sole c 11 purpose of modting this dangerous question. The above 14th section of the Nebraska bill ' strikes at the root of this evil, and the country v is indebted to the committee on Territories, 0 and their able chairman, for having presented 0 it. ' w Senator Dixon's amendment, when carefully " read, (a circumstance I was not aware of lill b yesterday,) may he so construed us positively n to legislate on slavery; and though the legis- " lation ii this instance may he right, yet the r fact itself may he so construed as|to give to, b or to infer the power of Congress to legislate g for slavery in an adverse manner. X. it d IJoji. L. ?I. lieitt. tl The following from the correspondence of 11 the Charleston Standard contains an account a of the Speech lately made in Congress by the ^ Hon. Laureneo vi ir Mr. Keitt made a powerful speech in the ^ House yesterday, advocating the imposition of tonnage duties as the host means to secure 0 economy in laying taxes. His arguments were 0 clear, full, and unanswerable, and were re- r ceived with marked attention by the House, Sl and warmly applauded by the galleries. Mr. Keitt said that South Carolina was re- e publican and would support any administration, in the attempt to bring back t he Federal Gov eminent to its primitive republican simplicity. South Carolina had never stooped from hoi fcl hi?ih and sovereign position to mingle in the 1' strife of party, and to gamble away her rights u for pelf and patronage ; nor would her delega- v tion bind hor to the cai*>f party. Slie stands G upon the old republican platform, which was '< wide enough for all to stuml upon, too narrow to shuffle on. She was always fir>t, in the held of battle, when called upon, and if again demanded, to send her sons forth to battle, she would do so right iderriJy, and wouhl uphold n our flag and ask no share of the spoils. \ He would not discuss the slavery question a for that institution was founded in the immu- table law of God ?that it was a great nation- ti a I necessity?and was, as the South believed, v the corner stone of society. That class is an p enduring, not a conquering one, and hence, the n annals of that section are not stained with g blood, nor its history marked by popular vio t( lenee. ? Mr. Kcitt showed the present canting, hvpo- c critical abolitionists in their true light, ami v stripped from their persons all their garments of pretended philanthropy, and painted the j tj character of the political demagogue in vivid i > and glaring colors. I n lie flit! not ash for territory?lie ?li>1 not ask j 0 for Cuba war, hut, under two contingencies, jj lie would seize it and hold it, at all hazards. The first was, in ease of'European intervon- ^ lion in the affairs of the Uland, and the second was, if Spain attempted to emancipate the .slaves. ^ The .substitution of Flax f r Cotton as a ^ Southern staple, is among the. agricultural theo- j ries with which some of the Northern journals j are amusing their readers. It is said that if the Clausen patent should prove successful, the ^ slave labor of Kentucky, 'J'ennessee and Vir ginia would he immediately turned to the cultivation of tlax, the South thus finding a com- j. pensation iw the transfer of slave labor from the one to the other. iNow, that the Southern 11 region would be as well adapted, even in its tl general extent, to the culture of flax as of cot 0 ton, cannot be pretended. Portions of the Cl South might bo so adapted, and find an equiva t( lent in the former for the abandonment of the tc latter; hut when the wide extent of the cot- o ton country is considered, the theory of a si change of cultivation cannot be entertained fc for one moment, not taking into view the ini- tl menso destruction of agricultural capital which a; would attend such a transfer as is here, sup- ra posed. This we put down as one of (he vaga- a ries of the day. tj in Rise Is Gcano.?Messrs. Barrcda & Bro., Peruvian p! agents iu Baltimoro. havo boon instructed to raise tho tl' prioo of guano from $16 20 to $50 20 per ton. This | ir is owing to tho incroaao of Irourhts, and the difficulty tl of procuring vessels to supply the increasing demand j ci for article t|t (tauikn il'ffMi) Journal. ? Tuesday, January 31, 1854'. k THO. J. WARREN, Editor. jo Female College. ! w We are requested to give notice that a meeting of io Contributors to the Female College will be held on '' Wednesday next. February 1st, at 4 o'clock, 1'. M. at 01 ie Counting Room of James Dunlnp's Store. A full tendance is requested, as delegates are to be appoind to the Convention to be held in Columbia, and otli. iiMt.nrtnnnn will tin imhmiftr-il tn tbn ^ UIUII.CI9VI I.UJW.W..VV ..... -w ? -- I gj eotmg' ________ !? i The Cotton Market and other Things. I a The late news from the "old country'' lias had some a feet upon the Cotton Market hero, although we must ' jnfess there is a strange inconsistency in thingsw hick 1 T allies our ingenuity to understand, clearly demonstra* ! a' ng the fact that there afc no lixed rules or principles ; y which the cotton market may be judged, or by c< djick it is governed. An opinion, in regard to future b ros'p&cta, is altogether in the imagination, and guess b ork musr'<ojf>ply the -place of wisdom. The prospect f a general Europeau war lias" Effected the price of )tton?notwithstanding the uncertainty "of it, the efct is very considerable ; for wc are apt to think the ? orst of things, and the tendency of human nature ^ enerally is, to disparage, and look upon the dark side rst. Suppose there is war, is that an}' reason why : jtton should go down very greatly i.; price ? We j jk for information?let us make an enquiry or two ^ ^ irther: Will the fact oj there being war lessen great- I r the demand for cotton ? Will the balance of the ' 0 orld, outside of Europe, not have the same interests ' t stake as heretofore? The increasing multitudes of uraan beings winch are daily to bo cloihed, will need ' ie same supply as heretofore; manufactories must be t! ept in operation ; cotton must be made, bought, sold, *' nd manufactured to supply the demands of the world, 3 heretofore ; soldiers must be fed and clothed in e i ar as well as citizens in peace; and the groat ruling 3mmodity of the commercial world will be sought af- ^ trs'ill. One thing is certuin, cotton is obliged to be ad, and the mannlacturcrs of Europe are obliged to | uv it and Dav for it. as well witli war as without it. ? md all this much-a-do about war putting cotton down, j i, perhaps, one of the many popular humbugs of the ay; for the world abounds with the article, and there t i any quantity of it among business men, and a great | eal in buying and selling cotton. The estimate of j 10 falling off of the crop, so far, is something over t ix hundred thousand bales. Certain kinds of speculators across the water, as ell as a good many on this side, are largely interestd at this time in crying down cotton. Of course, if I liey can get it down very low, they will invest large- r jr, and await with greedy impatience the climax I ,'hich will enrich their coffers, even at the misfortunes t f the producer. Now, we do not pretend to bo an t racle upon the subject. We know, perhaps, as little dial cotton will do as any ono else, and the whole j. latter begins and ends in speculation, for we verily r elievc there breathes not a man who can tell us a inch aboHt it, and whose opinion will amount to g mch more than the chap who is said to have sagely emarked, when asked his opinion in regard to the proable condition of a vessel at sea, that if the vessel had ' one down it waslost, but if upon further investigation, , should be found out that the vessel had not gone own, then the said vessel was safe. Talking about (] he lluctualions in the cotton markets reminds us that , is a pretty fair specimen of the world we live mi, for t this time there are a greater number of stranger in- ^ onsistciieics, than at any former period in its historv 's Ins io - great ago for rapid conclusions?opinions arc irmed and convictions expressed with the velocity of bought itself. We need not refer to any particular ircumsiance to illustrate our position, that too many f the world act first and think afterwards?the cxpeience of most men confirms this. But there may be oms excuse for hasty conclusions where they do not criously involve the reputation and well-being of othrs ; but where hasty eoncl isions do an absolute inju y to an individual or society, the indulgence of the assiou is highly reprehensible. There is loo great a isposition among people for excitement and variety; q ninch is this the case, even among right good peo1c in many respects, that vague and uncertain rumor surps the place of reason and facts, and leaves a large rork to be done hi' hasty conclusions, which never |, tils to illustrate with too much truth?carrying the n lea a little further?that c , "Trifles li -lit as air, 0 Are, to the jealous, continuations strong As proofs of holy writ." , A g.-od old matter-of-fact sort of way of doing things t o\v a-days, will not satisfy the people of a fast ago.? Vo recollect a favorite rnaxini of a friend, which is an s dinirablc and practical truth?"make haste slowly" ^ -but which, considered in connection with the Hist j imcs we live in, is a solecistic aphorism, incompatible ,-itli this high-pressure age of steam and telegraphic rogresson?an age when, if a man cannot get by T iag:c upon the spring-board of fortune, and by a sin- ^ lo bound, clear the impediments which lie in the road ^ o wealth, and in the path which leads to Fame's ilded temple?is considered too slow, and is pushed un- 1 eremoaiously by in order to make room for eager ones , ho are driving/os/tr teams. ^ There is danger in even our daily street peregrins- n ions of being over-run rough-shod by the modem Je- t( us, who are driving at plank-road time, with little or 01 o regard how or whero they go?with about the same 'l bjcctaud aim in life. To such the advice would bo ^ iuielj, although of uo avail?make haste slowly. ^ Had we time wo think it very like this idea might o enlarged upon, and from it several profitable reections adduced. In the printer's groat example of that industry, persovcrance and genius could aecoin- . list, we sec how fasten ruan progressed in the world . f science, letters and politics?who illustrated in his c< uilt life with forco and sublimity, the maxim, make ' . i ' tt aste slowly. S( Let us talk a littlo about cvery-day things, as we nd them about us. It is thought by somo that ono f tie chief attractions of a newspaper is tlio corrcsoiKcnco which we find relating to personal and pubc natters. No doubt this servos to while away an lie, dozy hour after dinner, and is more palatable of- ltl ;r tic usual exercises of the table, than a dull dish q, f insipid politics or business matters; but tlio diffi- jt] ultj arises, and to us it is a very serious one, bow to p, )uci upon tho sovcral points which would ho likely j,. > afiord interest or amusement to our readers, withut hying ourself liable to the chnrgo of being a gos- c( ppiig tattler, and what is worse, tiio consequences iiici mi'jht ensuo. It is safe enougli to talk about linjs, this wo can do with impunity; but let men lone Wo liavo frequently seen little matters which \ liglL servo us right well to "point a moral or adorn talc," but which we did not fool altogether at libor- ja t to make public, lor \vt> snow onco au vuuui ui uu idiviiual go Is tho uamc of a promiscuous talker, poo- 0l le bicome a little more cautious how they iudulgo ieir alking powers boforo him. Wo have heard of istaccia of this kind boforo, and unless wo have boiuo- lo ling good to say of a man it is bottor to lot well 6' lougi alone, and say uothing about him. la Our city is beginning to look a little tnoro like itself, p? 0 tisinos3 is beginning, and the merchants arp prepar- I ig 'or a heavy spring business, which it is hoped will tl e done hero. Charleston can compare with any mar* . tc et in the union, taking into consideration its accessi- B ility from all parts of the interior of this and #le ad- S? lining States, the reasonable terms, and conveni.nco ol ["transportation, and the money saved in going to and jturning from the North. We hope wo shall have C in our power to speak more at length upon this part f our correspondence hereafter. [ The Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance met a Thursday last; a very small attendance of mem- , ers from the country, on account of the prevailing J pinion in the country that the smallpox infests the i ty. A gentleman remarked in our hearing that there j a as more danger to be apprehended from the terrible v iseaseof drunkenness than the smallpox. We are j pactly of that opinion. i ? The G. W., P M. Moses, and Grand Conductor E. !t( haycr, with Grand Chaplain, Rev. J. R. Pickett, were ^ 11 the reeular officers nresent. i w ? * Our friends must excuse the meugreness of our 51 srrespondenee this week, and as we leel very seusi- '' ly how tar short we have come we shall try to do otter next time. ! a c Georgia U. S. Senator. ^ The Hon. Alfred I verso.n has been elected U. S. ? onager fiom ^eorgtar-^TIe is a thoroughgoing State , _ lights Democrat, and a gentleinan of line abilities. St. John's School. We have received from the proprietors, the Prosectus of this Seminary for young ladies, from which ;g extract the following in relation to the religions j, haracterof the School. For terms and other particuirs, sec advertisement in another column: v "There will bo "daily morning and evening r trav er," conducted according to the establish- 'j d usage of the Protestant Episcopal Chinch; jj ,nd therefore ours is an Episcopal School. And a o must every school have a distinctive reli[ious character, all disclaimers to the contrary lutwithstandiiig, w^ch is conducted by any v tie, who has himself any distinctive religious J liilb or practice. It argues liltje for the Uath- ; ilic spirit of any that lie is "separate from his irelhren," about matters so trivial that they r ire not worth inculcating upon those he is up- i jointed to teach. But it argues stilf less for t lie vital power of any devotional system, that t he aspirations after God of young and plastic \ ninds, may be directed by it year after year, md have no formativi! or moulding influence txerted upon them by it." ^ ( Our Agricultural Exchanges. Farmer and Planter.?The January number has ^ ?een received. Its form has been changed so as to j ender it much more convenient for preservation and >indiug, which we think a decided improvement Its able of contents presents a variety of articles of in- ] erest and value to the farmer and planter. Southern Planter ?The January number of this ] criodical is also upon our table Although published | ather too far North to suit our latitude, the Southern i igriculturist will find many articles worth double the ubscription price. ' I TriE American Cotton Planter, commences its 1 ccond volume with the January number, which exlibits a decided improvement in its mechanical execuion. Dr. Cloud, its editor, being a large and successul planter, will, with his large list of contributors, be J bio to make it a work of great value to the planter, j Among tho excellent articles which this number | ircsents, is an address by Dr. Croom. of Ala., on tho nbjcct of Clover and Grasses at the Snntb. "-lJoI, t-c nan taKe an early opportunity of transferring to our olumns. . Sumter Banner. The last number of this paper announces that arangements have been made for its purchase by Messrs. : roIin S. Richardson, jr. and William Lewis, and > hat as soon 11s the necessary steps can be taken and , itles m/wle. they will announce themselves its proprioors. Mr. Richardson's name appears in this number , s the editor, and we now tender him and hi9 worthy , ssociatc the right hand of fellowship and our best < vishes for their success and prosperity. , Magazines. Godet's Lady's Bo<>k.?The number for February . ms been received. Ii contains 100 pages of choice natter and 03 engravings. Price $3 per annum. A opy of the Rook and the Journal will be furnished for t ne year for four dollars. Petersons Magazine.?The February number of i his Magazine is also upon our table. Besides its rich 1 able ofcontents ilc<>ntuinsl5 engravings, amongthem ' ilatcs of Fashions for February, the Kmpress, a new ' I vie of Mantilla. La Belle Parisionno a now Ctrla I t !loak, New styles f<>r Bonnets. Patterns for Bonnets, ' . i )ress for Young Ladies, Ac. Arthur's Home Magazine.?The number for Feb- j uary is received. We regard this as one of the best Ingazines in the country It doe? not present as gnu- j. v an appearance as many of cotempornries, but that f efect (if it is one.) is more than counterbalanced by ^ ho excellence of its contents. The Mother's Magazine.and Famii.t Monitor ? 'ho publishers have favored us with the January t umber of this ilagazino. Our time has not permit- $ ;d us to give it such an examination as we desire, and t an therefore say nothing ot tts merits. A glance at c ,s table of contents however, lead us to think it wi'l | o serviceable to those to whoso interests it is devoted. ^ 'ublishcd by S. T. Allen A Co., 117 Nassau-st. N. Y. The Administration on the Nebraska Question |, -A Washington correspondence says: v~.. *- 3--' 1? ivu 111 ?ij iciv upuu it mat iur. a acciarauon j \\ i regard 10 standing up tc the Compromi.se of 1850 ! tl i relation to Nebraska. Cuba and Sonora, was well j o inside red and authoritatively stated. Tlio Adminis- e ation endorse it. and Mr. Dean's colleagues will stand i juaro up to tlio test. The Administration plants it'll' on Mr. Douglas' Nebraska bill. The Cabinet is a | nit on the subject. All rumors to the contrary are fo Itterly groundless. 4 j | An Kmdargo at Wilmington, N. C? The Com- js issioners of the town of Wilmington, N. C., in conseacnee of the prevalence of the small-pox in an adjoin* ^ ig countj'. have passed an ordinance that each white | ?rson visiting Wilmington within lifteen days, after wing been in the infected district, shall be lined one | utidred dollars, and each slave so oO'ending shall re- ^ ;ive thirty-nine lashes, and be compelled to leave the ovn forthwith. f, s( The Marquis of Turgot has been rewarded by Louis apoleon with a higher rank in tlio Legion of Honor, r his chivalrous conduct in tlio Soule alfair. There no reason for giving credit to the rumor that Mr. iulo nact tougni anoiner auel wiiuine jl>uko oi aiuq, ->' .ding iu his own death. '? Tho imports of Rio Cofl'ee at tlio port of Now Or- R aus, from tho tirst ol September to date, amount to >,000 bags, against 107,000 bags to tho samo period a st year. Tho now crop of cofieo is worth 12 cents si ;r pound C 4 Information has boon received in Charleston mt an attempt would be made to rescue, on their way i Waltcrb#nugh jail, Thomas Motley and William lacklege, convicted of the murder of a slave, and . mtenced to be hanged at Walterborough, on the 3d "March next. I The Court has ordered them to close confinement in harleston District. rELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. Later from Europe. Baltimore, Jan, 23. The British mail steam ship, Niatjura has rrived at Halifax, N. S., from Liverpool, rliicli | ort >he left oil the 6th inst. The Liverpool Markets.?The Circular f Messrs Brown and Shipley stales that Cot >ii during ihe week ending the Gth inst., w^is mi with upward tendency, and I hat prices . ere >tiff'er. The sales of the week, in conI'qiieiiee <>f the new year's holidays, only c<unri-ed 20,000 hales, of which speculators took 250, and exporters 2.250, leaving 32,500 of II descriptions" to the trade.. The market losed firm at-the following quotations : Fair Means G .3?4d; Middling Orleans 6 l-8d; ^ir Mobile 6 1 2d; Middling Mobile 5 7-8d ; air Uplands 6 3 8J.; and Middling Uplands, i 7 9d. Tin; stock of Cotton in Liverpool, exclusive f that on shipboard, amounted t<> 588,000 al s, of which 203,500 were American. Statu of Tkaok.?In Manchester, during lie week, hut little business was transacted, ''irm rates, however, prevailed. The London Makkrts.?A large business IMS transacted iu breadstuff's at advancing* ates. Sugar had advanced Is per cwt. In ;Ya little had been done, although prices were irm. The Colfce market w as poorly supplied nd prices were firm, with an upward tendenv. The London MoSey Market.?Money vas unchanged. The hulliitii in the Bank of England had increased. The transactions in lie U. S. Stock had been small. Havre Cotton Market.?The sales duing the week ending the 3d itist. comprised 33TO bales, at previous rates, no quotable -haiige liaving taken place. The market closed |uiet. Tlte stock on hand coii.Msted of 26,000 lales. EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. The Turki>h question fold In-come more inmplicated, and it was considered that a genital war was inevitable. A tremendous snow storm had occurred in . England, France and Belgium, which had locked up the roads, and being melted, had , :aused dreadful fl'xids. The winter is very severe in the North of Europe. The Baltic is packed with ice. It is reported that a second duel between Mr Sowle and Land Flowden had been postjoned In consequence of a Heath having occured in the family of the latter. The Paris Moiiiteur contains 11 letter dated he 30th ult., addressed to all the French legaions on the Eastern Question. It is mnderite, but firm, recites the whole quarrel, and leelares that the affair at Sinope was a violaion of an agreement on the part of Russia, iml that to prevent further assaults 011 the inegrity ofthe Ottoman Empire, the allied fleets iad*heen ordered to enter the Biaek Sea. It ikewise expresses the hope tha' Russia will tot expose Europe t<? new convulsions. It is also stated that France has addressed a trong note to Austria, telling her that her fur. , er secession from the proceedings of the oth>r Powers wiil be regarded as meditated liosilities, and that France will extend aid to limitary, Italy. die. > It is also reported that the Czar has ordered lis forces immediately to cross the Danube, which forbids the idea of pacification. The latest advices from Constantinople >iate that the negotiations promised nithing latisfactory. The Tii'kish Cabinet is liarmonimis, and the Sultan firm. The Turkish Counil had declared itself permanent. The Rns>iaiis are crewded along the Austri111 frontier, and are also permitted to make inn-liases within the Austrian territory. Coust.-niiiuiplc wa> quiet at the last advices. Trieste is mentioned as the neutral place of iieeting for the pmnosed Congress. The acceptance by the Porte of the last Vi una note auti the armistice, has been coiifirned on the condition that Tuikey i>e guaraniinJ tlu.t Russia will consent to a Congress beng held in a neutral city to revise the existing ;reaties, and consider further how to ameliorite the condition of the Christian subjects.? Wlien th.* result transpired, h tumult arose in DorMantiimplu, and' 3,000 persons headed by he Ulcmas, declared the Constitution violated. \ riot was feared, and marines were landed i-oni the French and English ships, but were rrdcrcd to n turn by a proclamation from be Sultan. Sevetnl of the rioters were arestt'd and banished. Official information relative to the action of he Czar was daily expected, but dispatches late that the Emperor had formally rejected lie Vienna protocol and note on the 5th ult., onsenting. however to examine the. Turkish imposition without admitting the rtghl of the Ycstern Powers to interfere. The allied fleets had not entered the Black tea on the 25th ult., on account of the prevaenoe of a violent tempest. On meeting with the Russian ships, the com. minder of the allied fleets is instructed to tell hem to retire to Scbastapol and there await linrc iVittit f Itfiir ftti'M <r/u?ornm/iiif !? Vf V. II.MM ?1IIU III V.UU vent of a refusal to await these orders, force j to be used. The Russians say that if the fleets enter the Hack Sea, a simultaneous insurrection will real; out in India, Altera, and Greece, and Itat the Greek outbreak will take place thro'ut Turkey, everything being already organ;ed by assent of the Czar. No operations of magnitude have occurred etween the belligerents, although skirmishes aily take place. The Turkish army in Asia have been utterly isorgainzed, according to Russian accounts, ut they are not credited. The accounts from Persia are more satisictory, but they are not reconcilable with the Latemonts that a Russian General commands ic Persian army. Further by tlic Niagara. B \i.timouk, Jan. 25.?Despatches from Contantinoplo >ay that the British charge d'afliros in Persia had succeeded in reconciling u> differences between that country and Groat Iritain. Extraordinary military activity is displaved II over uussia. l lie liimperor had received a upply of twenty millions of rubles from the 'buroh. The London. Observer eavs 'hat