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IWarrllntmitts iOrius. A NH\v Idea in regard to Cuba.?A letter from Washington says: "In the incidental debate which sprang up this morning in (he Senate on the Nebraska bill, .Mr. Cutler, of South Carolina, hit upon one point outside of the immediate question, which is of the highest signification and importance. lie suggested the necessity of harmony and conciliation between the two sections of the I. uion, because of the dangers to be apprehended from the present alliance between 1 ranee and England. Let Russia l?o eruslieil in this war, and what guaranty is there that the present 'balance of power' in the (lulfof Mexico will not be invaded? There is none. The victorious French and English Meets mid armies from the Baltic, the Black Sea, and the Danube, may very easily be detailed to appropriate between the two powers the sovereignty of all the West India Islands, and perhaps the territories of Mexico and Central America.? The inducements will be strong, and the present Anglo-French alliance covers the regulation of the affairs of the Western as well as the Eastern hemisphere. .Mr. Butler has the sagacity to sec the drift of th's Eastern question, as far as this Western hemisphere is concerned ; and before many months are over, his views may be shared in by a much larger proportion of the Southern members of both houses than at present. Mr. Butler has shaped out j the general idea, and it will take root or die, | as the war in Europe may disclose the ulterior i schemes of England and France in regard to Cuba arid the other West Indies." The Affray ix \\ ashington.?The \\ ashinglon, Star, of the 2'2d, gives the following j account of the affray between (Jul. .Mitchell: and Clurke Mills, wliiei. came being attended with fatal results: "While Clarke Mills, the artist, was at Putton's barber's shop, last evening' waiting to be shaved, Col. Mitchell, of Minnesota, in an excited state, came in, and familiarly addressed the gentleman in the chair, but as so.?n as he discovered that he was not an acquaintance, i apologized, and his apology was accepted.? When the gentleman left the shop, Mr. Mills took his place to be shaved. Col. M. then accosted Mr. Mills in the same familiar manner, insulting him by putting his hand on his face, rubbing his chin and using expressions any tiling but becoming even when said play fully between friends. An apologhy was then offered by j Col. M. for his conduct, and accepted by Mr. ; Mills, and Col. M. took a seat. ' In a minute or two, however, Col. M. ad- 1 vanced to Mr. Mills, and when told by the barber to sit down, refused, saying that he | would have satisfaction. Mr. Mills telling Col. M. .if he did not desist he would give him j satisfaction. Col. M. said that he would cut his throat, and used other expressions of an of- i fensive character? whereupon Mr. M. rose off his chair seized the stool upon which his feet rested and struck Col. M. twice, cutting his head seriously, which at first was supposed would cause death. The wound, however, we are glad to learn, is only a flesh one, from the effects of which Col. M. will probably soon, recover." Diplom mc Salaries and Orm rs.?The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore dinner ivn'r-'1 ? _ _ "Tn reply to a resolution ol the Ilouse of Representatives, the Secretary of the Treasury recently sent a message to that body, con- [ taining a list of the salaries paid by the Lni- ! ted States to representatives at foreign courts. . From this it appears that, on the j&id of June last, Robert J. Walker received, as Commissioner to China, his outfit of $9,000, but after keeping the money until the 5th of November, he returned it, havingdeclineJ the appointment. From the same document, we learn that Samuel Mcdary who was honored with the appoint meat of Minister to Cliiii, received his outfit of $9,000 on the 1st of July laat, but has m-i titer started on his mission, nor refunded the money. We arc not aware of any law rein- j tivc to diplomatists which authorizes cout:(r>ic j tive mileage, as has been the case with honora- : ble Senators. Perhaps, however, the country ! will not materially suffer should some of the appointees not go abroad at all!" Tekkific Extlosion ok a Steam Hoii.kk. One of the most terrific explosions which has j occurred in this city for a long time, took place i about half past three o'clock y csterday after- i noon in the Iron foundry of Messrs. HVMvittol and Hank, on Alice Anna Street, hetwc< n { Washington and Chester streets. The head j burst out of the boiler, and coining in contact ; with the cupola, threw it down, and afterwards lodged against the wall of a house in the roar, knocking out, the end. 'I he boiler rebounded and threw down the large chimney,after which i it was lifted from its bed and thrown into the , yard. The building was completely wrecked. All the walls of the foundry wore thrown | down except the front, which was loll in a t t tering condition, and exceedingly dauirorous to , lie left. The engine was v *ry much broken ' to pieces, the cylinder of which was completely crushed. '1 he damage sustained by this explosion is estimated by the proprietor* at 82,500, upon which there was no insurance against soen an ncciuent. Notwithstanding tlio general destru'tiou which followed the explosion, though there were several persons in the foundry at the time, ' not one of tiiern was injure*] either by the j steam, t he fragments of the building, <>r the falling walls and chimney. ? liultiiitore J'uiriot, 28'A I ill. Divorces.?Forty-four divorses were grant- ! cd by the District Court in San Francisco from ; January 1, lc"?.r>3, to tebruarv 1, JSiil, and j some twenty cases are now awaiting the sever- j ing axe. The San Francisco Herald deplores ' this state of things, but justifies one class of J applicant? for divorce, that does n>>t ask it on the ground of conjugal infidelity. It says: "There is many a man w ho in the Kastern j States was a sober, steady, industrious " an, \ and supported his wife and children man-fash tun, who by spending two or three years in this country away from them, becomes a very dif- . f'eront person. The change may he wrought *> ?s>bk?k3n*i t -r her ami her children to get lid of stn-h an j : "neubus upon the prosperity of the family." j The Marysville (California) Herald says that a Dr. Smith, of lMaeorville, at \v!iit-h place lie was lately residing wiili a wile whom lie had taken to his bosom in California, lately rectiv! ed an unexpected visit froai a wife and child j whom lie had left a couple of years ago in one j of the Atlantic States. A muss was kicked up j by the two wives; the l'lacervillians turned, | out en ma sue to hang the Doctor, and he, not liking the aspect of atihirs. left his ' heart's trea- 1 sure" and the town in hot haste, and has not ( been heard from since." Native Americanism, IIkvivj:i>.?It would | appear ihat Native Americanism, combined j with seelaiian bilteracs-s. forms the principles j of a new organization, which we have hitherto known only byname, tin.- '*.N n< ?\v-X < ?t Iiinjis." j The New Orleans Delta, gives ike. following ' synopsis of llie creed o| this new society: 1st. The applicant for admission to a "wig- 1 I wain ' must be a native bom citizen, of native 1 born parents, and not of the Catholic religion, j i 2d. To renounce a!! previously enteitained j political leanings, and co-operate exclusively | with the new order. 3d. To hold neither political, civil, nor re- i ligions intercourse with any person who is a j Catholic ; hut, on the contrary, to use ail available means to abolish the political and rcli' gious privileges lie may at present enjoy. 4th. That lie will n<>t vote for any man for ofiice who is not a native citizen of the United ; [States, or who may be disposed, if elected, to place any foreigner or Catholic in any ofiice of emolument or trust?the latter not being, in J the opinion of "Know-Nothing," a credible wit- i riess in any case save where the oath is admin- j istered by Ins priest. The Delta then proceeds to give the pass words, signs of admission into the wigwam, 1 signs of recognition in the street, &c. It also j adds, that as no records arc kept, or puhliea- J tion made by the association, the plan of notify ing members of any emergency requiring1 their speedy assembling is by scattering small j square pieces of while paper over the banquets and public thoroughfare, and by nailing them to posts, doors, or other places accessible to the , public. Native Americanism of itself was odious j enough, but when combined with religious sectarian prejudices, it is still more so. Suclior- j gnnizations arc productive of no good, and we I hope the day is far distant when they will ol?- ! tain a foothold in this republic.? Carolinian, j The New York Express says: "The know j nothings have, of a sudden, become a power in j the State. What they are?what they want? where they came from?what they do?not 1 knowing, we cannot say. Hut that they are a power in the State ? tiiat they make tioiuina- ! ti'>ns?that they mingle in and carry elections I ? is obvious from the history of things about 1 us. Their meetings, we stated the other dav j i i . . i i .in.- taut-it iij posioig suecis (ii uiaiiK pa J Hi r { against wails; hut when we send our reporters, they bring bach the old story?' nobody knows nothing.' and therefore there is nothing | to print." The Dai'v Commercial Journal, of nllsburg. j speaks of the Commercial Convention in i Charleston, under the hea l ( f ' The Annual \ Southern Jfuiuhiio.'' We are not surmised 1 .1 j . * - - - "!' ! lis editorial nose at any thing which smacks of j progress at the South. We have so long heen . the ea?-y subjects of aggression, that our op- ' ..rAwcnw .. I.- ,.v. I : i ' I"S .* a..VI j efiect contempt at any elibi t towards commcr- ! cial independence. -< 4?<SS??> >The \\ e>lern papers give gloomy accounts! of the growing wheat crop. I'.Southern Mich- ' igan the comj*lai:iL is general, t!:at the wheat looks sere and killed. In many parts of Ohio ! the prospect is represented a> veiy uiifnorah'e for even an average, let alone a full c rop. J'he j accounts from Southern O.hio and Indiana are more favorahle. Io the \ ice ( haiiei !Ior s ( oiirt, Cngland, | Sir John Stewart ree ijI!\ decided that an in faiit horn in New jork, whose mother was ail : American, and her Hither a naturalized citizen of the United Slates, horn in lingland, is a subject of the Crown of Kngland. Naluraliza- ' lion, although it conferred the light of an A- i niericau citizen upon the father, did not absolve him from his duties, or deprive him of his lights as a Uritish subject. The Columbia South Carolinian Inns seen two counterfeit ?20 biiis on the ISan!c of the Stale ' ii| rvmlil ' aiojina. j !;u lulls are t?>lri:iI?lV executed, the pnjier poor. Thev are made payaide to James Teuton, and signed M. A. Moat, Cashier. R. N. Loodwyn, President. One hill ! is dated 1st of May, lisVJ, and the other the! Cointh of the same month. People should be on the lookout. ? ? O * Lvim: in I'r.t) with 'iiik 111:ai) limn.? j It is often a question amongst people who are unacquainted with the anatomy and plnsiology of man, whether l ung w ith the lo ad exalted or even with the body was the most wholesome. Most, nonsuiting their own ease on this point, argue in favor of that which they piel'er. .Now 1 although many delight in boi.-tci ing up their heads at night, and sleep soundly with-mL injury, yet we de? hire it to he a dangerous hahit. I he vessels through whieh the blood passes from the heart to the head areal.vays lessened in t heir cavities when the head is resting in bed higher than the liody ; therefore, in all diseases . attended with fever, the head should he pretty nearly on it level with the body ; and people ought to accustom themselves to sleep thus to avoid danger.?Mei/ica/ / <nnuil. Tiik .Statu Houses.?The preparations j for removing the old State I louses are progres j sing rapidlv, and the operations will commence before long. Due notice will be given to the piddie of ilie time. The new capital is progressing with all the j despatch that circumstances will admit of. Carolinian. I Bank Ofkk kk<.?The Directors of the| South-western Uailroail Bank elected on Wednesday Lawrence C. Hendricks Transfer and Collection Cl<-rk: W ibiani II. Baltics-. Paying! Teller; and (ienrge It. Locke Out-door Clerk and 1'urtor. Santa Anna, it is said, will n<>t himself assume the title o| Lmp.-mr, but as he has al ready the right, of appointing a successor, ami i having no male la ir, lie had dc-?ignat?.d as that -uccc or \?gn.??in It:.:?> ' K?ssui!i again in Jlie Field. It seems that this is not :i free sell-govern-1 big people. It seems that t!ie executive and | legislative officers chosen by the people of this country have to answer for their ollicial acts at i the bar of Kurope. and that :M. Kossuth is the ' high presiding functionary at that bar. The! most august legislative tribunal in the world, j the United States .Senate, in the exercbe ofun-1 disputed powers?powers not questioned in I his country?is taken to t :i>U by that notorious individual for its refusal to ratify the noni-! illation of Mr. Sanders as consul to London.? ile'has addressed a long letter to a gentleman in this country, to operate upon the foreigners; here. We yield to no one in the most affectionate j kindness Mr. Sanders. No 011ccould more t rejoice at Ids prosperity and happiness than ! ourselves; none Could more regret the occur- j rcnce of anvibio" tendii!" to initi:v? nr to mnr ! - .. r? o " " J"* ~ ~* v~ "'w' j tifv him. I*ut our relations (<> Mr. Sanders cannot in anywise a fleet our estimate of the officious in-' terfcrence of any European power, or any Eu- j ropeati prince, leader, or demagogue with the! affairs of this government. Hy what right does Kossuth seek to inffu-! cnc3 the counsels and the action of this gov i ernmont ? lie is u<?t a native ofth'^fconntry ?he is not a liatarali/.cd citizen. Hilf^gimc is; in Europe. His interests and amhiliotuftire J all there. When a fugitive and a waiircrer, j he was welcomed to our shores like a friend,! and was Jilid like a piince. His progress ( through this country was a succession of tri , timplis. Cities opened their gates to him with \ gladness, and their populations flocked to greet him. Our hearts poured out to him and his I attendants the sincerost sympathy, ami our j treasures were bestowed with lavish prodigali- j ty. His only feeling towards us should be one ' of gratitude. lint how does lie requite our kindness? lie i returns to Europe and writes letters designed! and calculated t<> dissatisfy our adopted citizens with the action of our government. He seeks ! to transfer to our peaceful shores the strifes,! the wars and convulsions of Europe. A wanderer from his own country, without crown, sceptre, office or power, lie erects himself into ; a 111011:11 ch over the foreign population of the Cnited States, and haughtily issues his orders ! and his edicts t>> them. D ies he forget that his count) vmen here are free? Does lu? for. got that thoy have solemnly renounced their allegiance to all foreign kings, |uincus, puton- 1 tates and powers, and taken the oath nfallegi- i ance to this free country? lie treats them as j if they were a foreign host, encamped amongst i ns to carry out Kurnpcaii views and projects. 1 He seeks to intliteiice, in lavar of his plans j abroad, the votes they have acquired in right \ oftheir naturalization. lie seeks to prejudice! them against the United Slates Senate, because | that body has not thought fit to actus he would I have them act. We believe that M. Kossuth, when amongst ! us. did more by his vanity, his ostentation and i his ollieious insolence to injure the cause of, Km openn republican progress in this country. ; than all the despots of Knrope could do. lie j alighted amongst u- a god ; he departed from us a humbug. He went up like a sk}-rocket; h1 curno down like a stick.? Washington Sc ifi ml. I O Ti;k Hip.i.t: \vt> Tit:: lltij&rs --To the _ /.v. j-i-'puCeu's, it may no interesting to enquire whether any of their predictions point to the great events vvlueh are! now evolving thoniM-lve.s in the Hast. An article in a recent number of Ulack wood's Mag i* ii... .i i.. i.'... . tU.IIIV I l.\ I V..MVI llilll, Uil' V'llh iilll'l jioaii nations which pretend In be mentioned in Scrip uies, arc the 'links ami Russians. 11 i-?lorical anlnjuaries tell us that Tngarmah is used for Turk, ami limy allirm that the Tar- 1 ghitans ol 11 en nit it 11s, \vli? ?m the Mcvthiaiis called the I*r of their :ration, ami the son of Jupiter is identical with the Togurniah of Moses and K/.c!;iel. The Russians sue more distinctly mentioned in the Scripture than the Tuiks. Though their mmie is omitted in our translation, it is distinctly mentioned in the .Sejituagint three times. In the seeond ami third verses of the lliiily-e ghtli chapter i t K/.ekiel, we reail according to the Septuagiiil : Son of man set thy face against <?"g, the land of Magog, the chief prince ol the Russians, Meshech and Tilled, and prophecy against him, and s iv : Thus aiiitii the lend Hod, I am against thee, 0 chief tirince ol the Riissans Are. \nu* 11 ^ the und ubtcd Creek rending, ami as the present "chief prince of the Utissiaus' has undertaken the piotcctoiateuf the Creek clmreli and (ircek interests generally, we sincerely trust 1 lie wi.l respect tJit* teachings of the (Jrcck OKI Testament ami hrhavo himself accordingly.? We are net all miiv that lie is not the Very personage whom la/.ekiel ha<i in his eye when ho wrote as above, and also in the lir.st verse of i the iiiUli chapter, where the same sentiment is repeated. e are not skilled in prophetical i interpretation, 1 ?ut it' the passages in ipicstioli refer to ihe C/.ar, they hold out a dismal pros- , pect to his auiliitioiis luovemelits against Tur- , key.? I'c j'/c a Orjnn. ' Bishop .Soli.::.?This venerable divine of the Methodist Hpi-copal ('iiurcli.South, preach ed a profoundly interesting sermon on Sunday ( in the church on Web-T-nv. J lie text was til* , ken from the parable ?-| the Prodigal Son, in ; connection with that passage of Scripture , where the. joy of heaven is expressed at the , return of one human being to Christianity. A largo audience attended, and the discourse was listened lc with deep attention. Not a movement interrupted the stillness that rested on the house, as tin* grave and measured words of ( the aged and infirm preacher were delivered. The Bidiops voice is clear, forcible and dis tiuel, although a slight tremor runs (liremi^Ii it 1 sometimes, as lie enunciates u remark w itli ' emphasis. The hishop is now in his eighty-1 ' fourtli year we believe, lie will leave Stock* ' ton on llic boat this evening. . I The eontrihiition to pay oil* the debt at pre* 1 sent hanging over the Methodist. Church on Weber-iiv. will probably he sullieient, with what can be taken up to-day, to relieve the ' house of all encumbrance. In the event the j 1 church again passes into the hands of the con- ' gregalion. it will he eallnl " Soiilo Chapel," j ] alter the distinguished bi>liop whose liberality ' lias heeu so instrumental in relieving it from i eiuhai rassiOLiil. ? St<>ch l>?i Journal. Mt'MTtoxs Kot?TruKi:v.?'Theclipper Grapo ; Shot, which was sunk by ice in the Must river, has been raided and repaired. She had on hoard < ;i(H).ft()0 of George Law's muskets and a large ( i|uautity of cavalry equipments, and sailed on , ! f<>: t i!|ir?t:oitiin'p'i". Cljc (Catubrn lUcrkiij Journal Tudday, A piil -1, I&'} !. THO JptTARREN, Editor. Municipal Election. The following goutleineu were elected on Monday Inst, Officers of the town lor the ensuing year: Jnlcmlnnt?l'Hi. E. A. Sai.mond. Wardens?C. II. Davis. C. Matiiksox. IV. A. Ax en I'M. K. S. Mokkat. Our Court. The Court of Common pleas, for this District, com menccd on Monday last. Judge "Wethers presiding.? There are, we believe, no cases of importance tocomi before the Court. > Tho Telegraph. Some miscreant lias been indulging himself fur the last week or two, in cutting the wires between this place and Clieraw. We understand that the eontrac tor on tho line from Cnnulen to Black Creek, at there quest ol the President of the Com pan}', last week pass cd over tiie whole line, which he found in good order to a few miles beyond Black Creek, whore the wire! were down and severed in several places. After putting them in older, lie proceeded to Cheraw. On his re turn the same night, he found tlicin cut again at tin same spot. No remained till next morning, put them tip but before he reached home thoy were down again.? Another gentleman was then sent out who found then down, lie put them in order, but with no better sue cess, for he had left but a siiort time before thev wen down again. It will be seen the President of the Com pany has oflcred a reward of one hundred dollars foi the detection o; the rascal, and we sincerely hope In may be discovered and brought to justice. Editorial Correspondence. Cu aui.eston", Ma net i :i0. Wc appropriated an hour or two the oilier alter noon to a fly across to the Island. At four o'clock w< left Market Wharf on board the Massasoit, which soot bore us across the beautiful river to the opposite side where, at the Mount Pleasant landing, we halted fori few moments. We object to this place being ealle.. any thing else but Iladdrcll's Point, and why the spir it of innovation has so far presumed to intrude upoi old names, and alter its revolutionary title, is wha wc dt not understand. We have a peculiar liking foi old nnd venerable names and places, aijd object nios seriously to those modern improvcmcitls as they an regarded by some. Wo like the sentiment eontainci in the beautiful song, written by General Morris, ii which the proper indignation of a warm heart is ex hibitcd, where the command :s given to the ruthlosi woodman, 'Spare that tree.' We have no objectiot to the encroachments which have been made upot "old XepV dominions in the erection of Fort Sumter which stands way oh'yonder in the middle of the bay commanding the entire Harbor from every point. Oi Sullivan's Island we enjoyed a beautiful stroll alon< the beach, in full view of old ocean, whoso restless bo som heaves and throbs in majestic unison with tin respiration of great nature's heart. Byron describe the magnificence of the ocean, in which the idea i given, man may rule on earth, but his authority cease here. We felt a glow of proud satisfaction in viewing tin- scenes before and about us. There is the (tnblcii of our St ate, whose every leaf stands out as a read; blade drawn to smile the fi>e ; and there, too, is oh Fort Moull'ie. along whose battlements we strolled and ovi-r which the grim dogs of war eye with niut w":l/cagcr jealousy for the first approach of the foc.Il proved a dangerous experiment to the British flee on the'JStli day of Juuo, 1778, when thev dared ti enter our harbor. The task would be rather mor difficult now. Fverytliing within the interior of tin Fort is k'-i.t in lierfect odor. The storn sentinel \vli?> paces his heavy round, has his arms buriiislni brightly, ami everything is ready for action. The star and st ilus are waving above us, and we caiin t hel] feeling a little patriotic. Wo remarked to our friend TTiolo Samuel is a nice old man. Sometimes," was hi laeoiiic reply. It may he that he happened to ltavi some faint recollection of once bving a - >/"'; / , and it is possible the recollections of the scones of tin 2Sth of Juno, a I, 'under the shadow of the Fort,' will new life ' rushed thick upon his sight." lleansweret our emptier, however, that lie was not preseu oil that vevasion. We pass on : To the 'ell, a you leave the main ? ntr.uieeof the Fort, within a ruih paling, heneatli a weeping willow, repo-e the asho of the once brave Chief of the Seminole*. A small plain marhle slab witli Ui'KOL.t, is all that shows when his proud form was laid. I lis spirit was too high am haughty to brook control, and when by stratagem, In was captured by (Ion Jes.-mp. under a Hag of truce near St. Augustine, and fiotn thence transported t? Fort Moultrie', his proud heart was broken, and In died on the i!0th of January, 1SJS. The reflection oe curs, was it exactly right to capture Oocola thus'.'? Was it rL'lil in use duplicity to accomplish this cml' We suppose all means in war are honorable, ami tha the ( *i'l j istilicd !>?" instrumentalities employed, li was the means of bringing that war to a speedier closv than if he had remained uneaptnred. We returned to the city about six o'clock, be-inj. occupied something over two hours in our trip. The simusemenls here arc not very varied. Julli en's eelebratcd Hand, composed of a large number o splendid performers, has been delighting the concert going community. Their performances arc warm)) applauded?wo have not hoard them. An important legal decision has been made bv his Honor Judge Ward law, who held the doctrine that tho grandchild of a negro could not he entitled to tin rights ami privileges of a citizen of this Stale ; that be. void litis degree the s'uhis became a question of faeti iml that if the individual shall have acquired the chat n-ter of a citizen in the community, it will bo accorded to liitn by the court. We sec tin extract from ;i letter written upon tho subject of Common Schools, by Mr. Tucker, which \vc enclose with the hope of its being published. Weenler fully into Mr. Tucker's \ ietVs upon the propriety ami necessity ol the entire press ol the State exhibiting a l>ro)>eivoneern in tliis very important subject, which adlreses itself directly to all classes and interests of the :ommuuitv?to none in a more eminent degree than to the press, which, as Mr. Tucker very justly remarks, lives, moves, meaines, aim ims us living in the reauing mil writing capacity of llio body politic. Satikhay, 1st April. ?Vc wore favored last night and this morning with a lclightful rain, which was greatly needed, as the eisLorn were beginning to fail, and our.supply of rain waor?quite a luxury?was getting low. The common lump water, used for ordinary purposes, is intolerable, ind our pure, gushing springs in tho country are nutiral blessings which we now know how to appreciate. Business in tlio city is still good, and our merchants inve had a heavier trade this Spring than for many rears previous. Kxpeetatiou is still very high about tiio approaching 'omtnereial Convention, and wo perceive that dole^ates from all parts of the Southern Slates, in goodlv lumbers, generally have been appointed. Wo have I .-.' littic f.iitit in Contention* ?1 an* kind, ??a??? ! i mi : for their past history shows very plainly that they mean ? ( nothing?one tiling. however, is in their favor; if they | do no good, they have not done much harm. Tiic following gentlemen have been elected officers 1 in the Southwestern Hail Road Hank : L.mvrkxce C. Hendricks. Transfer and Collection j Clerk. , | William II. Baku,ess, Having Teller. Geo. R. Locke, Out-Poor Clerk and Horter. Another steamboat explosion took yesterday at the _ i New Bridge Ferry, on Ashley liiver. The boat, as we I learn from the Slainlanl, was about half way on its passage to the other side of the river, when her boiler exploded, ami becoming unmanageable, she floated . witli the tide up the river and sank in the middle of I - ? fi.~ c i^ blltf ."UlUillll. 1 liu 1UMVJ U1 CUV SdJtlia lUIJilVU , gone below, Captain Burns, who was in charge, was ; slightly seal Joel, ami two negroes were scalded very ! badly. There were passengers and several horses and j vehicles on board. The passengers wore taken oil' by > boats before the sinking of the vessel, and the horses s even, it is believed, escaped unhurt. By the presence . of mind of a gentleman on board, they were cut from . the harness and swam to the shore. It is supposed . thattlie*accident occurred lro:u the want of water in i the boilers. 3' These accidents have become so common, as scarcer ly to excite surprise, and we think it is time that some . precautionary means were use! to prevent, if possible, > j the increasing dangers to which human life is now so | constantly exposed. Is there not, in this go-a-head. steam high-pressure-ago too little regard paid to the , safety of passengers in our steam boats ? One cannot . tell how soon bo may be blown up, and it is really ;i a groat risk to travel 011 them. In the present case . | fortunately, there is 110 gloomy record to make, and it r i is certainly a matter of sincere and' heartfelt satisfac, lion that we have it in our power to make the an1 nounccmcnt. The ship Susan (!. Owens, which was injured some few weeks ago on our bar went to sea again after hav! . . ing been repaired, but in passing over the bar, struck, . and was obliged to put back, leaking badly. The ves> sel is valued at 1,000. and the cargoabout $1GG,000. 1 The vessel is fully insured, as is also the cargo. It is , j hoped tiio hull has sustained no serious damage. l : Captain John Dickinson, late Commander of tho 1 steamship James Adgor, died in Jersey City, of congestion of the brain, on the 2Stii ult. He was highly esteemed H>r Ids many excellent personal qualities, as well as skill and popular manners as a Commander.? The shipping in the harbor have displayed their Colors at half mast, in honor of his memory. ' To-day has been dull in the Cotton Market, and no , sales are reported for this morning. 2so change in price to notice. Executive Department. Columbia, March 24. 1801. The Medals executed by order of 'he Executive for j the friends of the deceased members of the Palmetto Regiment, are completed, and will be delivered when ' called or. 1'y order: I ' R. T. WATTS, Secretary. Affray. ! An affray took place in our streets last night, bc| tween William Hough and James Freeman, in which i the latter stabbed the former, inflicting a dangerous | wound, the kniie entering below the left shoulder i blade, and penetrating to the depth of two or three ; inches. Freeman was immediately arrested and placed in jail. We learn this morning that Hough is doing ' 1 very well. 0 ' That Duel. iM-t mo tca'-rri? >ii has been fur nishiiig ii.V'iunts <>f a du?! between tlic Tlon. Mr. t | lhvckcnbridge, member ef Congress from Kentucky, o am! Hon. Mr. Cutting, of New York. We learn uo\v e from Washing'on that no hostile novting took place, e ' and tint the nii'air has been "honorably adjusted." j Frost. s! M'e were visited again on Monday night by a very ( heavy frost, which will completely destroy the fruit and vegetation spared by the fp-st oflast week. s| Intki:kstix?: to Stiick-IJ ttsi:i;.s.?Dr. J. & \V. Parker, of this city, sold yesterday a w hite liall breil Ilrahniiii heifer. bought of Dr. Davis ? t,. it.. I u ... f .. t . -i is I ? ?: i" ? . * ?'iu, "i i i.n IWIMI.'IW WIS1 j tricl. Ii?r six hundred dollars, J)r. Davis still ' retaining Ins it .t crest in her. L)i? 1 von ever 1, know of a sale w lie to so many il. D's were s coneerned ! i'i 'l'iie milking developments of tliis heifer, at s this time, together with her great beauty and , size, make Iter an ufijeet worth visiting. She .? will remain at Dr. Parker's till the 1st of June 1 when she will he removed to tie plantation of .1 her tasteful nurchaser. ? Columbia Times. j * ) 1 Smam. Pox.?We learn that it is reported ; in the interior of this State that the small pox . is raging in this city. Stieli is not the fact. . The information we have is from the authori> ties, and t lie only cases known consist of six, i two of which are now well, who imhihed the L | disease from a case brought from a ncighbor, ing Stale, j These six cases are in an isolated part of the PI city, and all are likely to recover, as they have ' j every attention be-towed on them. No new I case lias occurred within the past ten days, and P strangers need he under no apprehension of i contracting the disease by paving our city a visit. ? Augusta CoastiIiiiioiialist. ' i 1 j It is said that the following clergymen of note at the North refused to sign the *' renown(I i'd elergieal Nebraska petition:" Dr. Hethune and Dr. llardeiibergh, of the Reformed Dutch Church, Drs. Taylor, Hawks, Muhlenberg, lieniaii, Ilaighl and llal.-cy,of the Kpiseopal Churili, and Drs. Spring, Alexander, Philips! ; and McKirov, of the Presl>\terian church, and , Dr. Spencer II. Cone, of the liaptisl Church. Tl..> 1*1 11111 > I ..r ill.. Ivn I'liiin-in Stlifnc i? j iii the a^grojiate about >,000.000, or ?10 for pa?'h inhabitant. Switzerland is the only j European country out of debt. As war is iinj niinint, all these countries are in the market as borrowers, some with and some without ; 1! credit, so that ihe in oj?Ie have the prospect of i 1 1 a considerable add'tion to their already bur- I i theiisoiiitt taxes. The West Point Cadet Pill, which the Scn! ate passed on the '2'Jd ult., adds sixty two to ! the mi in tier of cadets appointed every four | years, and confers upon the Senators of the I respective States, the privilege of appointing them. At the present time members ot the House alone have the right to select cadets. i The Laud Ollice Bureau contemplates bring i ing the public lauds in California into market i as last, as the Board of Commissioners adjudi i eating upon the eonllicting claims and titles .1 there, dispose of such questions, that is, to j hi ing in market these lands, by districts, as the ; commissioners close their labors in connection with c.'eh autcccdir*; d'-'tiltL I Extract of a letter from J. WofiorJ Tucker >1 to the Carolina Spartan. Will not the Press <Jo the country the scr- 1 vice to publish the bill? To bring the Plan prominently before the reading mid thinking public? To continent upon and discu-s the ; features of the proposed system? To compel the candidates for public favor to express an opinion?either to endorse the proposed system, or offer a wiser and better one fur | adoption: to give reasons for doing neither. The Press of the State is the groat moral lever by which society is to be elevated, enlightened and refined." No reformation can be accomplished without its influence. It is the Third Estate of the lieulm! It is to the Press i we appeal. Whether in the event of such a discussion, the Press or the people should agree with me, and sustain my plan, or otherwise, is a 'question wholly unworthy of consideration.? : The great, the paramount object to be attained is that some plan acceptable to the State, and improving our present decrepit and helpless apology for a system, should be instituted.? Already, we are in formed that one of the distinguUhod functionaries of the State has pronounced our Plan wholly impracticable. Verywell. Let us have opinion. That is precisely what is needed to produce some practical re. suit. So far as the proposed system is concerned, we may remark, in passing, it has this to recommend it.: It is the only system yet tried in the United States that has not proved in jiractire a hopeless failure ; it has been tried in . no sini/fe instance where it has not proved emi! man t/*i L> u s*/+nnc.4 ii f I #c witty o"i/irc?y?(-. While we most conscientiously and reli| giously believe the system offered to be, <>f all others, the most practical, plainest to adopt, easiest to execute, and most productive of a large and licli harvest of blessing to the State; we are yet prepared to toss it overboard without a single regret?willing to sacrifice it, i soul and body, at the Altar Concord, proI vided only some adequate remedy be made ! available to a worthy and patriotic people, i twenty thousand of whose citizens cannot read I a chapter in the Bible?a paragraph in the ; Newspapers ! If there is any one class of citizens more interested than another in this reform; more i immediately*, peeuliaily, selfishly interested , that class is die sum total of Editors and Pro* : prictors of the Daily Weekly and Periodical , Pies*. Journalism lives, moves, breathes and has its being in the reading and wiithig capaci; ty of the body politic! School Reform is the business of the Press; it is the battle of the I Press; it ought to he, and will be, the cornerstone and glory of the Press! In conclusion, Dear Spartan, allow me to . 1 1*1 I O ? . * say, mat, wimuinc, i was in my -quality ana condition," an Editor; and possilily, might have la-en pleased to see one editorial extensively copied ; as a hoy, we might have been proud t > see oui>ilv.s"in piintbut never before did \vc so earnestly desire to catch the eye of the Editorial fraternity ! We feel now | the promptings of a noblir motive. Very truly, &c. J. Woffokd Tucker. * ?. Extraordinary Scene in an Indiana i Court.?The Richmond Palladium of last j week gives the following account of a very singular scene which occurred 011 the opening i of the Court in .V w Castle, Ilenry country, In* 1 jititm j At New Ca tle we found quite an excitcnu-iit existing in regard to the President Judge ol this Circu t, lion. Judge A . The court j miM on Monday morning, but, before proceed, ing to business, :i meniher of the Henry counI ty bar presented a petition, signed by everv j on tnber of tin- bar in that court, asking, in most ! respectful terms, his honor to resign his seat i upon the bench. The gentleman who presen. I ted the petition stated however, that in case he wot 1 i not resign, the petitioners had agreed among themselves that they would not do any I bu-ine? in the court so long as lie piesided.? Aiiotlu r gentleman add issed the court, re as! sorting tin* determination tl.ev had agreed to, C ? 1 and urged in very plain terms the necessity of a nsi^i.aiioti. Another followed, expressing I the high personal esteem he entertained fur j the Judge as a gentleman and a tavern beeper j but jn.?:iee required liim to say that lie rigar! tied the present incumbent of the bench as utj teilv unqiialitied for the place he occupied; and hoped lie would resign. He was followed by another, and he by another, until every member bad in plain terms expreessed his opinion of his incapacity, &c. With a nonchalance pe. ..t! _ l.. i : . i. \ ? - - i i -? - : ru.i.ir n> mis minor, ne iohi ine gentlemen of i tlie bar lie wtmld think of the matter, and in j the mean time would proceed to business.? j He called the cases upon the docket, and every i case which had tint been compromised was I continued until the next term of court. Court j was adjourned for dinner, and in the afternoon j a petition signed bv the jury was presented to i the Judge asking him to resign. His honor j asked time to consider, when the lawyers proj posed to him that, it he would agree in writing j never to co.-ne to that county again for the purI pose of holding court, and send some one in his | place, they would be content to drop the mati ter, so far as they were concerned. The Judge ! again took the matter, under advisement, and j we are told, finally promised never to come to | that comity again for the purpose of bidding : couil until he should be sent for and would either | si-nd some other Judge to hold the Court, or permit the Judge of the Court of Common Picas to hold court in his stead. So ended the matter for the present. Dark Hours.?There are dark hours that mark the history of the brightest year. For not a whole month in any of the millions past lias the sun shone brilliantly all the time? and there have been cold and stormy days in every year. Ami vol the mists and shadows <>1 tlie darkest hours were dissipated, and llittcd heedlessly away. The crudest ol iee fetters have been broken and dissolved, and the I'urious storm loses its power to harm. And what a parable is this, all of human life, of our inside world, where the heart works at its destined labors. Here, too, we have the overshadowing of dark hours, and many aeold ! blast chills the heart to its corp. Hut what | matters it ? Man is horn a hero, and it is on! ly by darkness and storm that heroism gains ; its greatest and best development and illustra| lion ?when it kindles the black cloud into a blaze of glory, and the storm bears it more i rapidly to its destiny. Despair not, then.? Never give up, while one good power is yours, use it. Disappointment will be realised. Mor; til\ ing failure will attend this effort and that one ; hut be honest and struggle on, and it , will all work well. i During 1853 there were exported from Rome d'U ?orks of art. valued at VW.?00 francs.