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w ~ xm?r-' .st.: rsrrarj: ivsrna Jtcxvc i:i Ke*,v Yorls. f The Jews are a peculiar people, though their exercises at their "inauguration dinner," last evening, were not so peculiar hut that Christians present thought it n very excellent and Christian-like entertainment. '1 here are said to he some 17,009 of the Jewish faith in the United States. Their churches number 31, and their church accommodations perhaps may ?be justly taken as an index to their strength. Probably O5OOJ Jews are to be found in the city of New York. Their children attend the same schools with our children, and, until we reach their religious peculiarities, there ?is little to distinguish them from others of (.ui citizens.? Anil vet they have some peculiarities. We seldom find one in our p: isons or penile ntiaries. When one is seen in :i pri-on; lie is tiiero fin some petty ofi'once, the charges being seldom graver than of false pretence? or vi receiving stolen goods. Some years ago, we remember, one was sentenced to the State prison for arson ; but yet it ia true that, to a remarkable extent, Isiaelites arc seldom offenders again?'j society, They are not frequently found i?-' ol!r ! hospitals, and never i:i on* poo:h?"isPS. At Ward's Island, whe re so many hundreds of the ! pour diiftiug across from the shores of the Ol>i ! World are continually gathering, wo find till , classes of'Christians?Quakers perhaps, ex i c?pted?and ail shades <>f infidels represented, j but never a Jew. When the Jewish emigrant arrives, lie does not commit himself, though ' poverty has chased him from ids old home,and j met hiui on our wharf; to liie Commissioners j of Emigration for the receipt of that n?*istai:cc j to which his commutation Ice entitles him, but 1 he queries first, iF/ic/r is there a Jew1. I lis; brother found, leads him to the man who, by j appointment of the synagogue, or otherwise as- j sunies the specific task of earing for such. Aid ' ? for the stranger is solicited from his own people, and t?v contributions within their circle.all a* his immediate wants are relieved,and he is put J * im the way of obtaining a livelihood for him J P A" self. From the extraordinary amount of Jewish emigration to and through this city, we ! judge that there.must be large disbursements j inoilii }?t* e/?M in r?r Sn oliunl f hundred tons of coal, we are have I ecu ; given to the poor by one Society of 1 sr."ft*lite.* ; in New York during the past winter. This early and unfailing attention, of those who arc able, to the wants of the poor, mu^t greatly .tend to prevent the commission of crime, since crime stalks in nowhere so surely, as when . hunger and nakedness open the door, and want j perpetually beckon on. Here is a fact from which Christians may i profitably accept a hint.. Sleet poverty while it is innocent, relieve it, and you remove the j temptations to vice; for hunger has a* sharp j tooth, and cannot but soon gnaw through the I restraints ..of virtue, when that which jnust re- ! Iieve it, lies only on the other side. Christians i too, might learn from tigs Israelites some noble ' lessons as to the policy of supplying the wants ' of those who hold the same faitlu Much that is objected to the Jewish charac- ! ter, seems to have been imparted to it by the hard lot in which its lines have been cast. Per secuted for centuries, driven into corners of the earth, their natural acquisitiveness has been sharpened, and the angles and points of their character, strongly brought out. We have often thought tiiat their faith must be stronger thanthatol most men. '1 heir strict observflke of the Jewish Sabbath, none the less stiict, j \Chere stringent legal enactments, and their duties as good citizens, restrain them from husi">t ne.ss avocations noon ihe_Chxiiilc? SahL.uii.J ' ; has peculiarly impressed us. And it is curious, too, that with five only of the seven days devoted to business, they so generally prove sue |f cessful business men.?JV. 1'. Timet. The right kind of Pro-at-hlii;; to Lc'i,'islat(ii>. The Rev. Minor Raymond, in preaching the election sermon before the Massachusetts Leg is ?laturc, docs not fail to point out the impropriety of immoral men becoming Legislators.? " Some of the grave and reverend seigniors''? says a Boston editor ? " who heard the sermon, must have felt a little disturbed iji conscience, ( /' by such passages as the following : An immoral man is not a consistent patriot, and should never be entrusted with the mo-1 I tnentous concerns of the government. Shall he, who is to enact or execute laws j for the protection of life, uubrue his hands in y i the blwW of his brother? Can any law of honor, any obligation* of* high life, exonerate the dueiist from the guilt j <.f murder? And shall murderers walk the | senate chamber, or sit with the rulers of the i v city 1 Shall he, that saith "thou shall not ' steal/' embezzle the public funds, or trespass i upon private rights/ Shall the debauchee be ' 7Iv Jippoiute^l to enact or execute laws against' nBultery ? Shall the trine bibber be entrusted | with the means of public defence against the , evils of intemperance ? Shall he teach the people sobriety who himself lives iu luxury and indulges in intoxication ? " When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth t rule, the people mourn." * The trie patriot and statesman, irrespective of all personal consequences, keeps a steady eye to the proper ends of government?lie does that, and that only, which in his conscientious judgment Is for the greatest good of the greatest mini her. When legislative authority oj; political i illuenco is invoked for the promotion of morals, for the defence of rights, for the sujjjirefision of crime, for the prohibition of injustice; when prohibitory laws for the suppression ?of inteoipcranc#-, is invoked ; the true patriot and honest statesman asks not what.will be the influence of his course upon his personal pros-1 pects, or upon the prospects of his party, hut what is right ? what does duty demand ? what does the public good require? When an of'i-1 nf !./> <kinr)!iiV'J t lirr rw.uo.e n(' his official position, lor the promotion of self i-h, sectional, "or party interests, lie dishonors himself and injures the State. And may we 1 be allowed to say, that as it seems to us, the i exercise of itic appointing power f >nns no exeeption to this remark, The necessity of gen-: oral harmony among the officers of the admin istrr.tioii, justifies, to some extent, the common custom o! "dividing the* Spoils'' among the adherents of I he successful party , but lie ice of 1liis poW'T beyond- what is ueees-ruy f >r gener a I harmony and executive efficiency, is in ail cases a great irnpi oprietv ; and when done; solely for selfish, or tor parly pmpo-es, it is a , gross immorality. hen threat-, of its oxer- (1 rise, to punish a;i independent ns; of tlieehc'nc franchise, ate issued tn ami ipation, with a 1 view to determine the issues < f an elcethisj, n<? skill <11 cns 'istrv is required t > see that a .-.a . ed l irubt !:u> h.\". Ivrr v c ; no mdigm tio cf ;:t::. I ! ) i a^cj'icvod public can be a sufficient retribution I : for the perpetrator of such an enormity? Op it Delegation .?-Tlie Richmond Enquir-i ! er pays the following handsome tiibutc to our i tnionted Representative, Mr. Ro)ce, and to t'.ie : other members of the delegation: "In our intpres-iori of ibis morning, we pub- ! I li-Ii a speech recently delivered in the House of: j Representatives by Mr. 1 Joyce, of South Cur-1 ! olina. ou the subject of the tariff. This js a | ; performance of tincoimuou ineiit. jYVtvr v:iu> 1 : the la riff discussal tilth more clturucss of ex ! sl'loii uuil power of oronment. In the r ,'cl"c-" ! i i * i* ,, . , and eon: hId ruinous brevity < ! stateun- ' . . . I I deiisafioii of t'lnnyhf, which -1 ,z- l,l,J speech, v. the clVc t rl l"? writings ol Calhoun. r"e W-'t li.h two cltimus of the L>< .Vl 1 i:i comp:i?s we have * vonipleto and satisfactory exposit!..a (Ji' ta.'ii'i" finest ion in ell its relations. " mother extraordinary spce.h lias been j rr.iJa during the present sea-ion by Mr. Brooks j ?another rising statesman of .South Caroiii#. Mr. Brooks discusses fin* i>suos in controversy bet weeti t!?c North ami the South, ami bis ar-" gmnent is as ji:-t ;is it is original. South Car- j olina is loittitsritc in Iier di legation. *?di;Quecn, j Keitt, Oir, Brooks, and Byco, are men of whom tlieSontii will have oeeasion to be proud ? men who will do no dishonor to I in^genius of.Calhoun, or the chivalry of Butler." China.?The following is cxlracttd from | the Overland China Mail of January 27: "Be\oiid the little news extracted from our weekly i-sues there i- nothing re.-d to commit- j nieate, but among credible rumoes we may i mention : "1. That the northern army <f the rebels is not mahl.'lis mile!) tiriKmss mil l>;is i-intni'i'il i neither the. capital of iVkin i:<>r tli<- jiort of I Tientsin; s<> tli.it the reports originated in I China, and circulated by the home papers i months ago, were very premature, and do not! seem likely to oe speedily realized.. ' "2. That the reception of the Trench at Nankin was even less cordial tlim we have already supposed, .and augurs, ill for improved intercourse with foreigners in the event of the rebels being ultimately successful. "H. That Shangaliai is likely soon to be re-taken by, or restored to, the Iiuperialists-*the latter perhaps the more probable, a conspiracy for a surrender havjng been recently discovered, and 200 of the conspirators put to death; but spirit of surrender is still alive and waiting a convenient oppo:tunity to manifest itself and while foreign confidence in the city rabble is waxing faint, the following paragraph, copied from the North China Herald of the 21.it of I January, shows huvv little deserving they are of sympathy: . ()n Thursday, January 12, three shots were lired fiom the city walls, which fell clo-e to I the gate of Dr. Lockhart's hospital. There j was no attacking force at the time, and no an- ! parent cause why these shots should lie lirccl. I Dr. Lockhait therefore went into the city and inquired at Lew's office, when he was told bv | 'a person there thai they had not fired at his j hou-o, but tiiat the men at the battery fired at j the sick establishment, because they knew that j there were a number of imperialist soldiers j lying there. We since understand that an en- j ergetie remonstrance has been made to the re- j bet leaders in the city, who have promised to be j cautious in future. "To these rumors \ve inay add the facts, j that Canton was never more quieL juul-^1?*-r tarrr-e?p?nsTro7n entn.t w ere never on a larger! scale." Sites at Aucric:;.?The following cxtiav.' again prices were "paid for negroes sold yesterday at auction by Messrs. March & Sharpe : One woman, a plain cook and washer, and her child, were hid oft'at ?1,075. One woman, a field hand, i*nd three children brought 81,000. One woman, a house servant and child, sold for ?1)1)5. A carpenter 53 years of age 81,000. Three small negroes from 7 to 13 years of age, were sold at an average of ?750. These are, indeed very high prices, and ! ( would seem to indicate that money was plenty ! , and hank accommodations easily obtained. ! But such is not the fact. So far from it, the j pressure, whirli has prevailed for several ; , months past, still continues, ami the Hank* are ; ! even more stringent in making discounts ami ( granting other accommodations. Cotton is j declining, a territic war in the East is brewing, 1 1 and vet negroes and other properly Command ' the most cxhorhitant prices, If the people of this Stale do not give heed to the ominous j signs around them, and restrain the .-pint of , speculation which is s ? rife in the land, a moii*! . etary crash will-inevitably engulf them in bank-! ni^tey. Timely precaution may even now, by j a bare possibility, avoid a pecuniary crisis.? Bui it is scarcely possible to avert the c< tiling | ruin. The people will give a fearful impetus to I its approach, if they continue to indulge a spir- j | it of speoulalion.-C'j/'twira Thais. 9 j - - O ? 'CorroN Cttor.?Mr. Stewart, a well known ; | gotton broker of Xcw Yoik, in his circular by !*' the steamer which sailed for Kurope hist Satur- i day, lias the following in relation to the esti- ' i mates of the cotton crop of 15f>3: < 'The receipts still continue to show such 1 deoieas-e as to render 3,000.000 bales qnitc i ' improbable?in bicl tin re are low who now ! i speak seiiou-ly ? }" if,?the general opinion, as ! ' well as we can perceive, is 2,800,000 bales;! but should the water not rise 'soon in those i ' rivers tributary to the Mississippi, named by | : us in our last, a considerable amount of cotton j in the tipper cultivated sections will remain for j ' the following season?and in that event, which is by no means improbable, about 2,700,000 i ' bales will have to answer the wants of commeree. It is the impression here that the crop ; ) i>a manageable one, and although at present , ' there is no dispo.-iiioii to speculate on the wants of Mil rope, it is manifest that advices in- j dioathe of peace would cause a rapid advance 1 in the price of the at tide, irrespective of any temporary dullness in the goods markets." ... ? ^ 1 1\?a.?The panic created in (his pinto j ' by the hue and cry of small |:??x, lias well nigh | sitli 'ded, and wr ( viH'ci in a lew days to setI | ^ thit g. re-tunc their natural order, dr.JJaiiey, ' the '! ii \ ' tini of litis terror striking di- ! ' oas>, is aiilf |ii leave his ro<>tii. No ('titer ca ( si's as yet <>( cm ri d. We are gl.td that the ex- | ' fitcniei't i> dying away , if it should eonlimie. i ' we lee I rliatsmu: would lie driven into fits and I L-onviiI>i"tiS. Per-ous need have no fear of visiting us, as, i there i. : dat'g r of getting their fie . > s|" il. j I i:i~ Buivrr. ' It ~-*igs?ggaj /^r^^~j?srpjrrr-r-7-r. j'K.rrr.T^-1 T .- . . j. .. I'cuSavN. h ^ . \\ o understand llmt a great many ^ | impostors are now prowling abontr*' " ' iv . . J o? "iliug gooes ; upper Districts of our State. , 1 i ... ... . .aito injustice t> : wiiliout license, and doing ,? , ' i <rg oil goods, wlnei ; our merchants, by kT s , . . , ., Al' / / . ol iMoithern merchant; have laid on the she . 11 ? i , . . . o tradesmen could not si-1 i so long that our ' ... < i . . i * , ... j. price, it displayed alongsuV tliem at ball n ' ... ^ of their * .? vv''at is siui mor.? I ' the goods have been smuggled inb ]!'.ucountrv free of legal tariff, or, worse slil. ! they have been stolen. We are sorry to Ije.r that many of our country friends have patroiizisl them extensively, and if tliey have beet " Lit,'' we c annot feel the least sorrow for then ?they rielilv deserve it. % We think they can not he aware of the mischief they are doing or they surely would not countenance sta ll ; tribe of dishonest cosmopolites. All tluougi oar State hon.st and rc*poiisii?h merchant-cat ho found, with good and choice stocks ofgondi to sell t fair and Ivncst |nires to their aieigb bors, and it is an act of ?.ju-1i -e to them, a: we!# as the State, to encourage snch la/.v, cheating people, who are neither rcspoiMblt nor willing to repair a wrong if they iutliet one What is the use of our merchants trying to scv h ot the best aVl m ><t fashionalde goods, ii those, from whom they expect, and ought t? receive patronage, turn from their doors and buv the goods of unlawful foot pad -? Where are the Magistrates and other officers who are sworn to execute the, laws of tin State? Are they guiltless in this matter? We think not. A few days ago we heard of : in our District, buying a quantity of gooes from onc#of these fellow's without a license, instead of having him arraigned for hi< misdemeanor. If that man will think of the double crime he has cnnujiiltcd?perjury and illegal trading?we think he will report, of his error and hereafter do his duty by putting a stop to the nefarious tratlic, in his quarter. We earnestly appeal to the good souse of / mc niinntrv {ci/iniL In It ntn ilttiiiiT 9(1 much injury to that useful and ivsu?ctnblc class of our citizens, the merchant* Wot III it not. bo more to your credit, and great I; to your advantage, to buy from your ricigli mrs, who are at all times catering to your taster and comlorts, and who, instead of eariying your money out of the District, will cxpetd it amongst us to enrich and benefit all persons around them. J3y buying from these unlawful pedlars, you are encouraging a class of men who live by deception and downright roguery. Nor does the evil rest alone tbeie. We ven ture the opinirti, that nearly, if not quitc all* of them, arc- abolitionists, who while they cajole you with good bargains, may he engaged in spreading inllainatory and dangerous counsel among your servant*. We cannot he too guarded against so powerful emissaries, as these fellows fcould he made to the diabolical schemes of Northern fanatics! They come.among us li like a thief in the nightthe sulcs they make p i\ their expens.'s; and there i'not one of the lot but will trade with negroes, when out ol the sight of the master.# Instead of trading with them, if otr citizens would keep a sharp "l>>ol< out"' oil their I ? -1 ... 1 ?. i t actions. we navi* ii<? in.nii?i r/ri'ucr caiymus would be discovered between tlieni and the negroes, which might cost the owner more money th in he would save by purchasing cheap Dry Goods (?) They come under the garb ol destitute foreigners, appealing to your charity and hospitality, and alter they have dtceivd von into buying c fit op, they leave yon.~ ncrn\ to return ? m urro -itiat yrm'tnve pant i:?sir l'or your kindness.?Luurensvllle llcroil. Gi:i;t"\voon.?We subjoin from the Abbeville Manner t he proceedings had at (! recti wood after the delivery of .Mr. Taber's address in behalf of tbe Ladies'-Calhoun Monument Assoc! ation : After dinner, tbe Assembly was again called Inge!her, when Col. J. I*\ Marshall was called to the Chair, and J. (iilm.m, in behalf of the Ladies' Calhoun Monimmnt Association, oll'erL'(i the following resolutions, which were unaui motisly adopted : Jlesolecd, Tluit tht? t!in:i!c* of this Association bo tendered to W. It. Taber, esq., lor tlio very aWe, chaste, ami appropriate Address delivered to-day. & Ji(solved, 2. That a commit t<e<if five be appointed by' the Chair, to wait on Mr. Tabor, and request a copy of his address for publication. Resolved, 3. That t lie proceedings of this meeting be published in the Rentier, and t!.e press generally favorable to the enterprise be requested to copy. The following persons were appointed by t!ie Chair, to carry out the sen nd Rc.?ohitioi>, viz : J. Oilman. A. Walter, T. B. By i d. It. M. While and S. V. Cain. Adjourned. J. V. MARSHALL, Cliairitian. Statistics Wa.vted.?J. 1). B. DcBow, c-q.. the Superintendent ol the Census iiurcau, has issued a circular, dated .March he (itli, in which he states that some calculations liferent public interest and value are now being made in regard to the number of persons relieved wholly or in part by charities, and the amount tjontributcd for the purpose in the several States ; but iiiuMiiuch as his office has only the statistics of public charities, he requests information in every parish, county or town, relative to the following subjects, the statistics ol societies, in the nature of Masonic, Odd Fellows, &c. being distinguished from the others: Number of IVivutc Societies of every sort, uontributing to the relief of poor destitute per sons. Number of persons relieved la-t year wholly by such societies. Number of persons relieved last year in part by such societies. Amount expended by the societies, including the value of clothes or provisions given, and exclusive of the amount paid fur education. ? There is talk that Santa Anna will divorce his present wife if In? eati negotiate a marriage vvilli uih' til the daughters of the Queen l>owtger of Spain. 11 is present wile was hum in U'csterlo, Albany county, New ^ ork, and her naiden name was Lapaugh. Flour is selling at San I'Vanoiseo from "> to s(? per barrel for good brands. The quotations iere arc far above that mark. Unless prices 'onto down we should begin-to think that flour night be imported from California to the Atantio mat Lets at a profit. The man who made a shoe for the foot of a Mountain is now engaged in making a hit for lie head of a di-fom.-.e -n'ter oki.h It" will tiatitifictwro a plitr.tc tot Cic't'.ul Intelligence. Slifrifafifta fDcchltj Journal. Tuesday, April 11, 1&5-1. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. PlCWGtS. "We would call attention to the advertisement of Mr. Bcllot, to be found in another column. * Editorial Correspondence. Cu Alt LESION*, .April 0, lSod. If we only knew what to write about, there would be no difficulty in stringing out a letter. Eut there lies the rub. If v.*c should take a notion to moralize I upon the na'ure of things in genera!, and, after having exhausted our usual limits in various speculations and reflections upon the stale of the world generally, aud j the rest of mankind particularly, and should wind ' up our effusions with sundry sage aud, to us, satisfiie- ' tory conclusions, wo doubt not there would be found 1 plenty to find fault with us, for ffeiug eitlier too grave, or too light, too dull, or something else. So that we have to come at last to the old and stereotyped conclusion, fbr about the nine 'hundredth time, that do or say what we might, we coulu hardly work up any matter into such a palatable shape? t^at all would he "willing to receive it. Time and chance must deter mine what our letter will be to-day. As usual to bc-gin. auoiher change in the weather. | liow variable! Winter attire, with a sr.ugeoal warmj ing was not at all objectionable a day or two ago ? ! To-day broad btifns and summer garments suit best. , These incessant drays rumbling and banging over the Hank roads and paved streets arc quite sutlicient to knock one's ideas into jii, or into a cocked hat; and i it seems as if they never stop. ! La.-t Wednesday evening there was a tremendous alarm of lire, aud the engines were pftlled out, and the bel's were rung, and the boys and negroes yelled, and it seined as if bedlam had turned loose, and all because some old chimney suddenly conceived the idea of I throwing light upon its old benighted neighbors.? These alarms have been so frequent that they absolutely amount to a nuisance, and are calculated very seriously to disturb the equilibrium of one's nervous temperament, which is rather shocking to a nice one of tender sensibilities. Uut like all other irregularities in ' lite, t(103- must uc borne with patience?there 13 no ' other chance. ^ There is being erected, immediately south of the 1 Circular Church, in Meeting street, a very large and magnificent building, Ibr the use of the South Caroli tia Institute, which will comprise one of the largest? .the very largest Hull in the city, which when finished, will add greatly to the appearance ol'Charleston in this part, where improvements have been ex1 tensively niadifwithin the past year or two. This is j near tlio Mills the Palace of a hotel, where everything is ou the most niaguiliecut and extensive I scale. We see that the amount necessary to put the PooDank in operation ($250,000) has been paid in, : and the certiticato of the Comptroller has been given 1 to that effect. We See it stated that the Steamer be. ! Juilb, 011 her return trip liom Camden, run aground in the Narrows back of Sullivan's .slaml. Siio was loaded with cotton, which has been taken out. Although the boat leaks, it is thought that she has sustained no serious damage. We were not advised of the fact that the Bdvalb had been to Camden, but presume it must be the case, | as the papers say so, and we are bound to believe : whatever the papers say. The annual meeting of the North Eastern Railroad Company took place 011 Wed' nesday. The report of the President exhibits the condition of its atlairs,<uid is quite encouraging. Insomc . instances the right of way has been iriven tp the CV?u , paiiVjT'Ut :n olller~coses: loiial prncoiding.s lmve been | resorted to in order to pass through the plantations or lands of persons who object, in which eases heavy j damages will be required, but these are small impedi ! menus in the way ol railroads, when it is remembered , that mountains, of stone do not impede the progress o: I the 'ren lio.se, and that hills, valleys and rivers arc J alike disregarded ; small matters on level ground will I hardly thwart for a moment these great designs. Iron evlindcts, such as ate used at thod'odce. on the Mil% mington and Manchester Road, are to be used' in bridging at the Saiitce, which are considered superior to all other piers, and precluding, as it is eonlidently believed, olistauctions >u the passage across tho river." If such indeed proves to '00 the case, we hope the South Carolina Railroad will not be long in following t!i!s plan. An important idea iu tho N. K. Road is, 1 that connetiting with the Chcr.tw Railroad, which is j injw in progress of construction, and Irom liienco to I Raleigh in X. C'., an uninterrupted line of eotiimutiica| lion would be made with Washington in the most di . , f I roet route, to ami from Charleston. Take this in coni nection with a load to .Savannah, anil is it not likely } to dely all future coiuptliliou lor the travel and mails I of the Southern Atlantic States. We helicvo there is 1 | too much gooi sense left yet for the people of Charles* I ion and Savaunnlito fail in the uonstructiyn of a road I between these two cities. Ex-President Fillmore is expected in tliis city, but will nol be able lo eouie in time for tlio Convention, it is thought, as he will come l>v laud from New Or j leasts, taking Mobile and Montgomery in his route. Ai'ltll, 8, 1851. j We have had alarms ol'li.e nearly every night this | week?at least we have had alarms on Wednesday; | Thursday and last evening. The cause of the last Avas it tTro oti board the ship Alliance, recently cleared j for Liverpool, and lying in the stream with about ! 17.00 bales of Cotton on boat d.'Tlie ship was brought to I'liion Wharf, and the lire soon extinguished with the loss of about 20 .hales. There is scarcely a doubt but that this was the act of an incendiary, as a piece iif charred woo I was f.msd in the hold, which had I doubtless'beeu thrust through the chain looker. The Steamer JJtK.aH> is likely to become a total j wreck. A tremendous tiro has occurred at Jackson- ; villi- Florida, by which seventy buildings have been ! ! destroyed, and qver $::00,000 loss sustained. Both ' Printing uilicos, the Jacksonville Xews and the l'cj>ubI ii have been dest.-oved. Our friend m;il cotemporary, Tabcr, of the Mvrctmj, we see, lias been delighting .the (Jeeen wood people,? ; 11 is speech at the great Calhoun Monument meeting is highly complimented, and mentioned as a complete ; I triumph. We are gratified at this. In this connection we would mention that Mr K. II I!i It ton, laic a.-'soeiate editor of the Charleston j Standard, will establish a paper at Spartanburg. Mr 1 Hritoll's energy ami enthusiasm must ensure him site J eess, and we wish him all that any one matt ought to : have?lie deserves it. ] The llev. tV. Itaird, who Ims had the editorial con-! I trol oftho Southern l'reshyterian lor the last sixyeais, has retired from that position, lie is succeeded by the KeV. J. I.. Kiiljiatriek, D. R, assisted by the i Hev. K. Cuter. The Catholic Cathedral, a magnificent editiee on the ; corner of Broad ami Friend Streets, was consecrated j on Thursday. Tickets of admission were sold, which, j wc presume, was done in order to prevent the place j being ovemjti by idle spectators. We believe the I members of the Church were allowed tickets for them- ' . !ve:and friend-, to a limited number, free. 16 one j 'ii dl.tr w.is ehvgod tor admission ii: every care, this I -p-IWLL. I'R'iltujmih'../ >L _1SIi. J ? y;w?) would bo foei'n// l/ie maik with a vengeance. The city is troubled with midnight assassins, who prowl about tlie streets, and attack peaceable men on their way .homo. It is tim6 there was a sufficient police to take charge of these villinns. * A Regatta is to take place on Saturday next, in honor of the Delegates to the Commercial Convention, who arc beginning to (lock in from all parts, and wo may reasonably expect that the next week will bo a perfect jam in tho city. We hope to sec Cflkiidcn largely represented, and that we shall have the pleasure of grc-cMng many of our friends from all parts of the Stale. We sec by tbo Carolinian tbat Dr. Whitefoord Smith, itjs understood, will be invited to the Presidency of the Xcw Female College, to be established in Columbia. Xo better selection could be made.? We bavc, in the Carolinian, a useful and pleasant auxiliary in our editorial dotting*, Which, together with tho privilege of access, at all times, to tho exchanges of our valuable eoleinporaries, the Courier, Mercury, and Standard, makes, in some measure, amends for tho absence, now, of the constant and welcome visits of those old familiar faces, which we liavn so olten greeted 111 <mr crmoMlm in tho oomer and which forms some o!" the moss agreeable recollections of tlio piist. We hope to renew their acquaintance again during the approaching summer. The Cotton market for several days lma been remark ably dull, and no sales of any consequence made; this mornining only seven hundred bales sold. puesjivtkity <?f South Cakolixa.?Xo I ticing in tin Abbeville |>:;j>er of; t recent date, in ofliciai aiiiiO'.iiici'inctrt of the presence of a single c.-'-e of Small Pox, i:i that village, several members of the Presbytery of South Car??. beg leave to suggest to the ministers and delgates to the app. oncliing session of that Body out to nilww themselves to be deterred from an attendance upon tlm meeting; as an adjourn (nont to some oilier convenient locality can be easily efiect"d. and is contidcnlly anticipated, j We are authoiizcd to sav ihat tjie ( cople of j Cireenwood will cordially nc. ivo a id cnteiI tain the Piesbytery.?Xcwbery Senl'met. > ? Itlclliodisl Female College. \\*e understand tli.it the building committee, in charge of this enterprise, have piircha'ed two of toe sijuaia s fronting on P.ain street, bounded east by Piclo-ns street, ami west by Henderson street. This is a beautiful location; retired but convenient enough to Main street and to tiie various cliurclii s. We have no doubt but this institution will be an ornament to our town and an honor to the church under whose patronage it is founded. .-Villi -ugh upder the direction of Conference it will not be a sectarian Si Imol. Its doors will be thrown open to all. the first ub jeet being to establish in our beautiful town it Female College of tin; highest tinier. >Ve do not suppose iliat its boaid of teachers will lie purely .Uetiiooisr, but presume that accomplished gentlemen and ladies fiom other comii hi nil his will be invited to some of the prolessorsliips. it is understood thai the popular and i loipient divine, \\ hitelouril Sinitli, 1). D., will be invited to# the Presidency.? Caruli iitU/l. #> Tlie recent amiiversiiry of the birth-day of Washington was l??. ued .it Constantinople lor tiie lie-1 lime. All tue foreign sitrps of war di-plaved their ilags at the masthead. At noon the Am/th an fugale Levant li.xvl a Salute, wiiiyli was iio.-Weied by ill! tiie s!iij>S-olwar in the poit. Slstiidi'i* r.ril jVitswct't';]. We find t!ie following well wiitten and pungent ;ii tide in a late number of lite Ne.v Haven Uegi.-ter. Our.rentiers will te.lisii ,t none the less when we infoim them it is fnun the pen of a .Savannah lady now sojourning at the N oi l h.? Succaimih j\rttea. M ......... , I.', .... . I> if ..... it.11... I'l J^L'l I MJ13 . i tl I11H lilt: ll*iwi?"ll lia columns <.j' your excellent paper to r- jjly to a -liort editoiial in the Palladium of the 13th.? I lie editor uiihlushiugly stales tliat *' the luitu| ra! re-uiis ?il' slavery are infidelity, drunkenness, licentiousness .of the g res.-est eli.uartor, bad faith, puldic and private cruelly, eonlempt of white iuboiivs, sedition ami laziness?in short, nearly all the .-ins condemned in the decalogue." Now, "dr. Editor, this is a bo'd in-uh olT-r ed the South, and shall not pass unnoticed. As regards " inlidclity" the South can hoa-t of as true piety, morality, virtue and temperance a- New England, and (hit wi: limit puritanical, p!iarisuica'?utid h\ poeiitCa! pieteu-iou. A- leganls iiad liiith," she has been as true in support of the Couslilutiou as the Nor h, and as her great stttcsnieii vvho were the lia me.s of it. , \s to ' public and private ciuslty," purely the gentleman is laboring under a mo-'. disti"s-i g hallucination nl mind. Never have I seen or In ai d of half the revolting instances of cruelty and murder as New England and the North afford, liow many wcie tried in the State of New \oil; last year for lite murder l?f tiieir own wives. And what statistics of eiime does New England furnish from her free-born and highly eduea'ed and religious population? Compare with the stati-ti.-s of crime at The South, and we shall see who the balance favors. Again he says: " the institution tends to pollute and wit her till that is moral and patriotic." Surely then vou of ihe North are heating the curse, whilst the South are reaping the bet) lit. Why all this abuse of the South ! Tiie Nebraska hill did tort originate with Soiitliern inetnhers. nor from a member of a slaveholding Slate. Why not omitinc your abuse to the j man and iiis measures, and let the South and her institution alone. If yon do not, she will have peace at any cost. And should there ever he a contest and dissolution of this glorious L'uion, your loss will he her gain. As legards the existence of crime and immorality, the streets of \ our own devoted city, alas, exhibits oljocts enough of infamy, in- j fidelity, lie.entioiiMiess, and druniiciines*, and tin- ministers 01 llii' go-pei woiuo nave mine enough to <lo if thes would confine themselves to tlie sacrelduiy of their holy .station, and try t'? remedy llie vice ami intemperance stalk- ; ing abroad ill llieir own city. Let theui also J heed the teaching of their Saviour, * 1'irsL east out ihe beam that is in thine own eye, and then thou shall see clearly to east, out the ! mote that is in thy broihor's eye. " Blessed are the piaeo makers, for they shall he called 1 the children of tJod." Yes?the ministets of the gospel, instead of meddling in the politics of the country, had j hotter (iiij^ their efforts to more sacred and i more prr^(role re>nlts. Your charitable insti- I lotions, alms bou-es, ami the miserable slaves I to*sin and Satan tint surround you, should he i ever before you, am! exeiio all vonr emumis- j ; oration, cliarities and prayers. The eitv of j New Haven has fewer charitable societies than any other place of its size in the Union. There : are but two, with a subscription of SI per an| nuin each, and they cannot provide fur more i than one half the wants of the poor. .In a Southern city of but 23,000 inhabitants, they have an orphan asylum whose building is a?t ornament to the city, and whose inmates enjoy every comfort, and are clothed and educated free of all expense to friends ; a widow's society for the care of the indigent widows, i with a property of 825,000; the Union Socie ty, for the care and education of orphan boys, worth also a handsome property; a Sailor's Home, with a good library, and every comfort ! for the aged and homeless mariner; also an Infirmary, for the care of aged negroes ; and ma ty other charitable societies, too numerous to mention,all of which are supported in the Otost liberal i#anner, by large and generous subscriptions, bestowed by kind and benevolent hearts. This i- not confined to one South. em city; but, sir, the South is proverbial for lior lioiiwviiloncp wenernsitv. and thp flourish. i iug condition of her charitable societies and re- / ligious institutions. And they have as pnrely f. gospel antf Christian teaching and preaching as / ever was set forth in New. England. I can / Improve from "ecclesiastical statistics" that out of f j 408 orthodox congregations in the State of \ ; Massachusetts, 328 have become Unitarians, f I or have fallen into what St. Paul calls "darnna- J ! hie heresy." / Now, i tliiiik I have proven very clearly that / : the oiiiTisters ?.f the North?especially New/ ! Knghtml ? have quite enough to do to look aj?, tor their nan sheep, and mind that they are /m i ilie right fold, and under the care of the true I shepherd. ' This is JI ie vocation of the high and Holy j calling of the gospel?"not envyings, stjrife ! bitterness and evil spelling." The liuij of the spirit is love, joy, peace. ^ For, my pa it 1 cannot be too thankful that I have been reared up in the teaching of?The True and lljdy Apostolic Church, whose ministers are not permiitcd to preach any other than t!ic Gosncl of Christ: and whoso Iiolv ? j temples !iro n??t des-cjpted by political .and | abolition harangues. And thrice thankful am I that* we shall he all judged by a just and merciful God, \^ho will judge righteous judgment^ A Southkknek. the SSurbor of Havaua?itforo Caitlc . A filibuster having asked the editor y}' the New York Mirror about the military defences of Havana, tha't paper replies as follows : In reply to the above communication, we will state that the Moro has been taken, and could lie again very easily. \\ ith the appliances for a*siiilting citadels that modern science has added to the art of war, it would fall into the enemy's hands with a trifling loss to the assailant , at least with such defenders as now garrison the fortress. WereGcu. Scott to land a dozen regiments on the island, a few miles to tin- eastward, the Moio Castle, the Cabanas Fort, and the city of Havana could lie taken l>\ regular approaches, with less <Jilticolty than was experienced at Vera Cruz. In order that our reat'ers, w ho have not visited ? tlii-"(iui cn of the Antilles," may form a proper idea of the city, harbor, and defences of Havana, we will attempt a description from memmy. Tito harbor is one. of the best in the world, * i being deep enoiig!) for vessels of the largest I da-s, ami sufficiently capacious to acconimo ; dale a iwmi-suiil .-nips. i lie entrance is by a channel threetpiarlers of a mile long, but so narrow that on.y a single vessel can enter at mice, ami !m tilled ihrongl^ the whole distance with |? atl'm ins, works and artillery. The immth of this channel is secured by* two strong castles. That <>n the eastern side?called the \lmo castle?is built in the foiin of a triangle, fortified with bastions, and mounted with forty pieces of cannon, almost level with the water. On the opposite side of the channel is another >irung toil, calh'd the Punta, connected with the to-v n, to the north. The city is situated on the western side of the harbor, and is surrounded b. iamparts, bastigps and ditches.? Bo-ides tlie-c Ionizations, it is surmounted with woik-, all of them furnished with artillery, ..I'..11 1 e\ i.i'iiliiiiiili A Cdiiueo VT1 Po. I * I\-H LW |>I ?| OVjiMII V VIIUUCI JJI A III erle?'stands at the ^inrtheast corner of the to.\ n. This work, also, has heavy cannon, and here the treasures of the government are deposited. it was at tin* loot of the lull upon which tins fort stands that, poor Crittenden and his ! party were shot and mutilated. The Calianas is a fortress situated east of the Mom, and directly opposite the city. It is, perhaps, the l:ir?e-t, as it certainly is one of the strongest fortifications in the world. It is a perfect. Cretan labyrinth, as every*one will remomb r who has wandeicd through it, with or without a guide. It was rebuilt, enlarged and Mrenglhetied after its restoration by the British, at an expense so <?normous, that when the cost of it> construction was made known to the King ol'Spain, he honestly asked whether the walls were made, of silver. This fort j commands the whole harbor and citv, and is j hardly a mu-ket shot distance from the iMoro, | with which we believe it is connected by a sub! terrancan passigi?though we are not quite : clear oil this point In 170*2, during the war with Spain, the English, under Lord Albemarle, laid siege to Ha' vnna, and took it after a desperate assault ? On the 0th of June of that year, the British squadron, counting 250 vessels of all sizes, appeared nil' the coast. The Spaniards had a large licet of ships of war in the harbor, bad 1111>11111im 1 their fnitresses with heavy guns, and mailt' al; nroessiry warlike preparations. They hai in t!ie I''i ts and city, of regular troops and militia, ^7.015 men under arms. The priest* and women were sent out of the city, and vast preparations were made* to stand a siege by laying in ample supplies of provisions. They sunk tloee ships in the harbor's mouth to prevent the entrance of the lliitish licet, and their fortresses were defended with great courage and valor. ?*The British land forces numbered 14,011 m^n of linns; their loss was very considerable both by the climate and the desperate defence of the enemy. The Cabanas soon fell into the hands of the English, who approached from the I uid side, having landed the troops to the east side of Havana. Hut it was not until 44 days til'unwearied exertion, with a loss to .the Spaniards of upwards of one thousand men, that the Morn was taken. With the Moro, 300 pieces of camion, 11 mortars, and a large supply of small arms and ammunition, fell into the hands of the English. Still, however, the Spaniards bravely defended the city; but the English, who could now turn their own cannon against them,demolished all their fortifications, and after some slight delay in negotiation, the