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i * i !<. ' ' " * Hlisrtllnittons Urms. The Mail Difficulty* Office iSotrii Carolina Railroad Co: Decemuer 11.. 1654. Messrs. Editors: As our mails will soon be | ^ p transformed from the Railroad to Singe Coach- ' es, the public will'naturally inquire ad to the reasons which 'have rendered the measure necessary. It might be inferred that the Railroad Company has committed some wrong, or made unreasonable demands upon the Post Office Department, which forced the withdrawal of the mails from the Raiboaud. As the representative of the company, I feel it 'my duty to state that the change in the mode of transporting the mails cannot he at- i tributed to any action on our part. The pre | text upon which the change has been made, is | that the compensation required ny me comp?t- . ny is excessive. But llie price cluiined by us | is the rate fixed i?v the contract made between ?^?^the former Postmaster General and the Ibi titer j President of (he Company. near four years a?;o. ! The only increase claimed heiug tor service on j the poilioti of the road between Branchville and Columbia, upon which there has been a more than proportionate increase of service; and which lias I icon acceded to without oh. jection. This was, in affect, an admission that j the compensation was just, and it is too late now, by an afterthought, to open the question again as to its reasonableness. Wc therefore submit the facts to the public, with the full assurance that the tonrsc pursued by the company will he approved, and herewith publish the last correspondence between the Department and the Company. JNO CALDWELL, President. \t a'meeting of the Hoard of Directors of the South Carolina Railroad Company, held in Charleston on the 13th November* 1854, the following resolutions were unanimously ndopted: - ... Resolved, That this Hoard receive with satisfaction from the Post OHiee Department the proposal to pay the account of this company for transporting the mails up to the 30th of September last, according to our own statement: That this Company never required anything more than the pay stated in the letter of Mr. Frierson, cf August U), expressing the terms on whichwe agreed to the change his schedule made on the 1st Febuary; and we now agree to receive the sum at 17.929.9S, being the bal _j .... ai'ce vi ;icc<>uiii uut^iau'u i?u me u?i?o v? u?v Agreement above named. That this Company will accept pay at the same rate for the service since the thirtieth of September, and up to the 1st January, 1855, to wit: 8237.50 per mile per annum between Columbia. Augusta and Charleston. That this Company will contract to carrv the mails after the 1st January, and until the 1st July, 1855, on the same terms as above stated for the same service and schedule as at present. J. R. EMERY, Secctary. Post Office Df.paktment. ) Contract Office. No v.21 1854 $ Sir: The Postmaster General instructs me to communicate to von the terms on which he proposes to continue the mail service on your railroads after the first of Januarv next. Agreea> * ble to the Provisions of the nineteenth set-Lion of the act of congress approved third March 1845, the routes front Kingsvilic by Hranchville to Augusta, where the great mail is conveyed, arc regarded as belonging to the first class, on which the maximum pay is two hundred and thirty seven 50 100 dollars per mile per annum for sinule service. The routes r??i?1.:? rr: ..;iu r ?>., !..c irum V/Uiumuia iv v ?nf\? ton to Branchville, where only the local mails aro conveyed, as belonging to the second class, on which one hundred dollars per mile is the maximum pay. Accordingly you will be allowed one hundred dollars and thirty seven 50-100 dollars, in addition,] to your present contract pay, for the distance between Kingsville and Branchville; one hundred dollars, as per contract, between Bingsvillc and Columbia; and one hundred dollars per mile (instead of 8237 50) between Charleston and Branchville; being the rates fixed l>y the law referred to. The pay between Augusta ami Ilrnnchville to stand unchanged. Please to inform me at your earliest convenience, whether or not you accede to these terms. I am, sir, respectfully, &<*., W. H. DUNDAS. 2d As>t. P. M. Genl. Joux Caldwell esq.. President South Carolina Railroad Company, Charleston, S. C. Ofeice S. C. R. R. Company, ) November 25. 1854. f Your communication dated 21st Novermber inst., has been received. You propose to ns to transport the mail upon our road from Kingsville to Augusta, at ?237.50 per mile, and from Charleston to Brnnchville, and from Kingsville to Columbia at ?K>0 per mile. 1 must decline to accept these terms. The Board of Directors have agreed to carry the mail after the first January to first July, at the rate of $237.50 per mile per annum, from Chaileston to Augusta, and at the same rate per mile from Branehville to Columbia. Upon these terms we win continue to periorin service as we have hitherto done, This offer was made in the resolutions transmitted to the Department under date of the 13th November inst.. and now in reply to your letter renew it. I nm not aware of rule by which you distinguish between a local mail service and a great mail service. On (he part of the road upon which we carry what you term local mails, we perform ji larger service than upon the other portions of the road. From Charleston to Branchville four trips are made daily by mail trains, or twenty-eight trips weekly: Between Ivingsville . and Columbia wo make three trips daily, one of which semis-forward the .Northern mail five hours in advance. While from Kingsvillo to Augusta there are only two trips a day performed, or fourteen trips per week. The mail from the city of Charleston we think cannot be termed a local mail. The business of the eitv itself, with its extensive nostal con- i nections, constitutes ft large mail service, and the Havana and Key West mails also pass | over our road/rom Charleston to Branchville. , We therefore cannot accept the rate of com t i pensation you propose for the service upon our 11 road, liespcctfidly, j ( JOllN CALDWKLL President. |i W. II. Dukdas, esq., 2d Assist. P. M. Gen. r * _ jl A model return upon a writ was recently ij made !? a !) ?'V "i h'i'Mo'jran County, ; 1 Indiana, it was - ? if' w im, hut t was iit with rbrickoatv ' y the women so that < 1 coold'nt ?nnw it." 11 Interesting Letter from France. ted Letter from an intelligent and highly rrspccta hie. American sojourning in France. Pa it I q, .November 28, 1851. the The affairs at the East are anything hut for satisfactory, both as to actual condition and co prospects. They are much worse than up- on pears in the published accounts, both official nn and private. The losses of the Allies arc fear- j gr ful, particularly iti the British army. The ciji Russians single out th?i latter in their attacks; tili avoid as much as they can the French ; speak sp well of the latter, and disparagingly of the sir former. wl A general luhef already prevails that the re Allies must soon sound a retreat, when the th Russians will avl with great vigor, and 1 shall In not he surprised to see a second Moscow.? sp There is no sea in the world woise than the tic B'ack, which its name indicates. The fleet A must soon return to Constantinople. How it ly can do so without biinging hack the army, or "t protecting it to Varna, no one can tell. If the n< latter movement is attempted, the losses will j indeed lie dreadful, as tlie Russian army is al- j ready rather superior in numbers, and will j soon be very much so, as they are receiving i r(J large reinforcements, and are much encouraged i j,| by the presence of the two sons of the Em- ! |)( poror, which convinces all that their danger j was not near so great as represented by the i ,,, English papers. France is sending forward verv large rein- : s[ forcements. Forty thousand men are em- | j? baiking at Toulon and Marseilles, with latter- i j, infj ami siege artillery, which is a proof they ^ do not expect to take Sebastopol this season; and tliev are sending also munitions of war in (j riiviiiiitii?? as if for another Russian eamnnivn T - - - i r jj like that undertaken by the great Napoleon. ] So pressing is the call for reinforcements that the private steamers in the Mediterranean are fc chartered at very high rates and sent oft' as fast a, as they arrive in port w ith from 400 to 1,000 {l troops each, besides as many munitions of war \x as they can carry. ? The best blood in England is being poured (j out in the Crimea, and their losses, as well as |;, those of the French, are frightfully severe.? , j Well-informed persons assert that, including S| the ravages of the cholera, the. Allies have al- g ready lost 50,0()0 men since they entered the f, Black Sea. The expenses are appalling. A j, new and heavy loan must he made iu this |t j countiy, and a new conscription on a large C( I scale, which I fear will create, great dissatis- ,, i ,, lltlllWII, J? The Russians will soon have 011 llieir side n that most dreadful, unfeeling, never-sparing, b all conquering general, H7?/er?icy winter. t( The Allies will suffer dreadfully?miserable |, tents, not even rain-proof, for their winter j,' tenements, and with almost impassible roads; a and if they commence a retreat it would he as n fatal as that of 1S12 from Moscow. If they 0 even took Sehastopol they could not retain it, (| and could only destroy the city and fleet and t< then abandon it; for the greater forts domineer over and command the town, and against these forts not a shot has yet been fired. The I""1" !%? *? * .? ?. <tt A?1 Olllo llirt.'A 111 IUM3 IIIU5 ltd illUll UWU tilt' III UOt III 4111vance. ?r o Originally, tlic Allies on!v intended to pro- g tect Constantinople. They dill not intend to w invade the Crimea. Hut the want of success p in the. liuiijiv ;nul iha Cuilui A <>f. *~ befoie Silistiia, induced theni to attack Sehastopol, which they thought would he an easy ai and a valuable conquest. Thev could have m done more against the Russians on the Danube, in The victory of the Alma was like that of Pliyr- tc nis over the Romans. Now, the Russians are t\ receiving their reinforcements by tens of thou rr sands?and it is only the beginnings. It is, I T fear, but the prelude to a general war over all ai Europe, which will convulse the civilized world st ?destroy thrones, create new kingdoms, ilia- si sory and momentary republics, vandalism, e< taxes, loans; paper money, general distress, in and ruin and horrible carnage. Hoarding of fc gold lias already commenced, both in Great tc Britain and on the Continent. ai Russia virtually is inaccessible. No Power bi or Powers can enter and remain on ber ice hound and suow-covcred territory. Sbo says pi to the world: "Come with a small force and ai 1 will overwhelm you ; come with a large one, j V and you will overwhelm yourselves." Sup- j ei pose Cronstadt and Sebastopol both wore to 01 fall, of what consequence would it be to Kits- tli siti? Not so serious a loss as the. bombard- p< meat of New York in case of a war with Eng fa land or Trance. The above two fortresses st could soon be rebuilt. There is no wealth in ai either as in New York. True, the capture of in those places would destroy the Russian Fleet, ei which England greatly desires, lor fear at a re future day, it might join that of France against at Iier. 1 his, nt reality would be u loss to [ ranee. Russia, however, lias all the resources and means to rebuild her fleet in a very few years, even if it were thus destroyed. The fleet, jn however, will not be deatroyed, and if Eng- |0 land calculates on the capture, next spring, it so will result pretty much as it did with Sir Char- p( ley, when he said that in fifteen days lie would ;it be in Croustadt or Ilcavcn. Ilis chance, at s;, any-rate, for the former, was and is very re- an mote; I venture no opinion as to the latter. c0 Prince Napoleon, the heir to the throne, has returned to Constantinople, owing, it is said o, to ill health. tli 1 see but little in this contest to interest the t feelings of an American in the success ol'eitli ^ er. 'J'here is something for him to regret and jsc something the contrary, whichever may he the ^ victors The above details are merely given as matters of fact or of opinion, and not .J15 da indicating either my hopes or wishes. I he t| cause of liumaiii.y, I think, would gain, or jt j rather would suffer less, by the present success . of Allies; for if they are now foiled the pride ' of these two proud nations would be thorough- ^ ly roused, and a renewed attempt to capture Sebnstopol would be made next season by a Wfl force, if necessary, of 200,000 men or more, |as which would be met by corresponding exertion |)ai on the part of Russia, and result in a carnage ^ to which even the wars of Napoleon afford 110 . parallel. The interior position of France is satisfactorily in all its branches of production except the w inc crop, which is a most serious evil. , Hopes, however, are entertained that it will ''''' not ho n long-continued scourge; for, on ex- ,slls iniining the records, it appears a similar and son equally extensive disease prevailed with the 'H!r dues about two centuries since, which, after , " - - 1 I the jreat injury >o several >u?tsmvu untaxes, iasseil oil' without leaving any permanent in- lm" ury to the cullivatitfti of the grape. In (lie neau tirni* the price of wine has advanced \erv I ;rc?:?lI\ ; liic romnioi.tv hinds fully threefold, ' (rial lie finer qualities mil. in the .same ratio. The '"in ?rir-p must advance proportionality in flic IJni ncqi ii- -.u*. I States, where French wines will rule very ;h during the next year. This war, however, if it continues, must verj in seriously affect the industrial inldftcsts o j country in various ways. The cnlrmoin eign expenditure which is unavoidable ii nducting such a war at a distant poiijt, ant foreign territory, will make itself felt in th< .inctary affairs of the nation, and with stil rater force in England, where their commer J and financial systems are much more ar icial and gaseous than in this country. Tin ccie basis here is so very large that a snspen mi is improbable ; but not so in England here a panic and a run on the bank may b aililv produced by onlownrd events, <>r Ir e course of trade and their present heav reign outlay, which is already diminishing tli ecie in the bank, notwithstanding the contin id and heavy influx ofit front America am nstrnlia. liol It nations, also, must eventual re-, oi l to loans of large amounts to furni.Iie sinews of war." Heavy, very heavy cloud >\v rest on the European future. The Ten Buildisags. This is lite name given to a very sp'endi< ?\v of business houses now on the eve o* com etiou, and which arc, l?om their outwird a| balance as well as interior arrangement, des neil to become a conspicuous fenturt in th ass of fine buildings on Fourth streets ' ? '* ? t ?? . I n 1 lie 'ivii ismiomgs nave a irom on ronri rect oftwo hundred and fi ft y-fotir feet and si iclics. 'I Iiey are bounded on the soith l> ocust street, running to Vine street vhere irminntcs with Fourtli. The first six build igs commencing at Locust street, in front < 'tld Fellows Hall, arc owned by Junes I: ittcas, esq., and .Mrs. Ann L. Hunt, an.1 oovi 32 feet 8 inches of ground. The width ich of the stores is 24 feet, and they arc 12 el deep, to an alley or court. The mix! tw rc owned by Mr. Win. M. Morrison, ndliav front of 24 feet 10 inches each, and cccnpj ig 52 feet G inches of ground. Next t# llics< re two stores belonging to the lteirs of (ie< 'oilier, having nearly the same front .n I ho# ist named. These buildings are full fcur st? es high. The height of the first story >t Vin Ireet is !4 feet; at Locust street 15 112 fee econd story 11 1-2 feet; third story iO fee nu t It story 12 feet. The main height 5G fee > the top of the middle circular tyinpatum G ct. There are collars under each stoic, wit mil vaults and water closets, and sowers rut iog through all, to cany ofT surface vatcr.ire proof safes are built in each store. Staii in up in the middle of each store, aid ar uilt in the most approved style, liael of th ?ntre stores is illuminated by sky l;gits, 1 y 15 feet. In the roar of the storesowne y Mr. Lucas and Mrs. Hunt, there is i wid II?}', well paved with stone, and inteirled 1 jeeive goods of every kind. In the reaioftli ther stores is a six loot alley, also paved. A io stores are supplied with gas pipes, ard w; ?r, and no convenience which experience h<i iL'irested will be found wanting. The walls of these buildings arc of themo? ihstantial character, and the floors, joisti, &< re designed lo be so strong tlu.t nothing ea ive way. The plusteiing of the interor ood, and as the tenements are occupied the ill, no doubt, be fitted up in a style to rorrc: ond with the magnitude of 4,the Ten Duih 1 lie Fourth street front presents an rppea nee which will at once attract the attention! very passer by. It is plain, but a very impoi ig style of beauty?nothing ornate, oropposo ? the most critical taste. The three cirenhi nipanums at each end and the centre of tli >\v give a finished style to the whole frout.? lie proprietors have had the good taste t lopt the "mastie" finish, laid off in blocks < one, for the entire building; and when ll) aHolding is removed, ami every thing arrani I, we fell assured that no suili row of built igs can be seen in the West, if tiioy can li mud in the Lnited States. It h only justic > add, that Mr. Uumhold was the Arehitei id Superintendant, and Mr. J. D. Baker th uildcr of this fine row of houses. We presume these stores w/11 soon he oect ied. One of them, at the corner of Locus id Fourth streets, has alreacy been leased t> filsoii & Cooper, the succe+ors of T. S. Kutl ford & Co., in the fancy Dry (Joods hnsincs l Market street. Those gentlemen will hav ic entire filling up of the store, and they pre ?se to make it one of this most unique an shionahle houses in the u'ly. Their prescn oek will he exhausted asiapiuly as possihh id at a very eaily day llley will he inducte to their new quarters, with new goods, array I in the most attractive style, and we mn asonahly expect to see many new customer Ided to the number of tlieir friends. St. Louis Republican. A Remedy for Anotrriox.?The St. Loui telligencer of the 13th ilist, discusses at som ngth the evil of slave stealing, to-which Mis uri is in an especial degree subject, and pro >ses as a remedy for the mischief such ai Iditional supply of negroes as will at one tisfy the wants of (be Abolitionists of Illinois d of the planters of Missouri. The cdito Deludes his article thus: "There is one mode only of meeting thi: fficulty. Abolish the existing laws ngains e slave trade, and regulate it henceforth ant if Tli.> imnr linrlmriniis nf AfrSen tvil vastly benefitted and thoroughly Christan (I by the operation: In fact it is only througl ivery that the African has ever had a ray o lit, of reason, or of religion poured into lib rkened mind. It was the penalties ngains j slave trade that made it horrible. Make legal and respectable, and then we can hav< mty of niggers for our own use, and car ire to Chicago as many as her citizens wish steal. We are in earnest about this matter, and lit with impatience to hear what our Dougand Atchison Nebraska hill friends will 'c to say about it. Will they have the irage to get on our platform and he c-onsist with themselves, or not?" [XCKEASB OF PAUPERISM.?At the last Stninot'tini; of the Guardians of tlie Poor of iladelplna, Me House agent reported ttie conof the Alms-house population at 2166 pers, being an increase of 25)3 over the iiutu of inmates at the. parallel date of last year, L'li the total was 1,873. During two.weeks number of admissions was 250, and the iber of discharges 108. )r. Thompson, who has bet n so long on I it Ij\nehbnrg, Va., on a charge of having derctl Miss I'liarr, i> leporled to have been lilted. i iiMMwir'frrnii i inm in 11 ia?goer ! Tiik War in the Crimea.?We have re- i / I ceived, since our last, lull details of the terri-; : lible battle of the oth Octobci, which so far | f; disabled both parties that 110 active operations : ?! were undertaken by either up to the date of ; 11 our latest advices. There is nothing on record ! . 1 [ in history more terrible than the battle of; i j Inkorniann, and although the reports of the al- j I : lies give it the character of a great victory, the ; 1 - - * . i . details do not justity tins pretention. luey held their ground, but in no case were they i i?' able successfully to pursue an advantage. It -! must, therefore, be considered a drawn battle, , i in which the Russians attained the vital object b ' of so far disabling the allied force as to stop v the operations of the siege, and the latter suev cessfullv defended their entrenched position, i e The LCnglish accounts record it as something i - unheard of, that in the battle of lnkcroiami (1 tliev crossed bayonets with those who could ; . use that weapon as bravely and strongly as j h ; themselves. This pretension is simply ridicu- ; s: lous, and it is very proper that it should be ; exploded by a people that the British public have been taught to look upon as imbecile and . contemptible antagonists, from the very coin- j a mcnceiuent of the present war. If tlpy had > > - 1 - -< .i. ; .. :.u .i.? i , IOOKCU ever Il?C* leeoru* 01 uicir \\.ii? mill oic ; , United States, they would have found plenty | .. of instances in which the bayonet had broken | e their own ranks, instead of being the iustru- , incut of their triumph.? Charleston Mercury. ^ h * ? x IIow a Sii:gk is Caiirikd Ok.?The first v ol?jt ct is to establish a body of men in aj it protected postion within a certain distance of |. the place attacked, or, in technical language, j >f to "open the trenches." The trench, as its j [. name implies, is an excavation forming a kind :r of sunken road in a direction paralell with that if of the enemy's fortifications, uud of such 2 | dimensions that troops and guns can move o j along it at pleasure. The earth of this road e i is thrown up on the side towards the town, so t- that a hank or parapet is raised for the further protection of the troops in the trench. At 1. the most favorable points of this covered road j n batteries are constructed, which open upon the j ?. works of the place, and when sufficient adc vantage has lieen obtained by their (ire, n scct. onil trench paralelled to the first,and connected I; with it bv a diagonal cut, is opend at a shorter I; distance from the town, and armed with fresh (J batteries, which go to work as before, h This process is again repeated, and the i. "approaches as they are termed, are pushed _ forward l>v successive "paralells," until they s are carried up to the very walls of the place; e which I)}1 that time have been "breached" or it> battered down at this point by the besiegers' 2 guns. Then comes the pet iud of the "assault." (| The troops advance in strong columns IVoni their covered road, ru-h through the breach, and o take the town. The best chances for the de,e fence consist in difficulties of the ground, which || may either be so rocky as to prevent tli ex ; petition of the approaches, or, as it is often the IS case in Flanders, so exposed to inundations at the command of the garrison that the trench 5t es tuny at any time he put under water, and c. the besiegers swamped at their post. If the gar i, rison, loo is very strong, it may make sucjs cessfnl sorties, fill up the trenches opened by v the enemy spike their guns, and greatiy tlelav s- the. approach of the batteries to the walls of ). the town. In the absence, however, of any iiutiediments to Lite works, it is perfectly r. understood at the present day that every place ,f however strongly fortified must ultimately fall. 5. ? ? (] Tubasukv Estimatbs.?The estimates of ir the Secret.'iry of the Treasury of the appro* - nidations nronosed to lie made for the fiscal v; i # r i _ venr ending June 30, 1855, are for civil intern course, courts ami public buildings, 89,700,,| G44; naval oslabli-lniient ? 14,833,1)00; army u proper ?10,130,127; fortifications, ordnance , 82,032,045; steam mail service 81,400,050; j interest on public debt ?2.1)34.411. lint addL, ing existing appropiiations of a pcrmaiieul and ,t, iudelinite character, we have a total amount i:.... i on.i. iQ-ii ..conn .[ I inr nit* year ciiuing <111111: uum, iuuu, \-i e 007,633." Ariuvat. op Dii. IIixrs.?This distiguishcd individual nriived in town this morning from l Baton Rouge, where lie has hecn residing for )* the past year in compliance with an urgent and pressing invitation from twelve respeciS table citizens, hacked by the persuasive ele oquenee of Judge Robertson. The doctor * does not appear to be any the worse for his " 1 sojourn in the_ State capital, and manifested 1 j considerable curiosity to see Vanuuchi's statue *' of him, which is said to be a capital likeness, ^ ! so good indeed, that most persons on seeing it ; involuntarily clap their hands on their pockets >' I As soon as he arrived lie repealed himself at s the'office of the Chief of Police,which was considerate 011 his part, and saved the ollicers some trouble. We understand that he has written an autobiography of himself, which, if a truthful s record, must equal in interest that of the great e. Biirnum. He is deirous of publishing this, and > I we are confident that this simple intimation - j will set all the Northern publishers 011 the i 1 qui vice. Send in your bids gentlemen, c jV. 0. Picayune. r Diieadkul Accident.?About a quarter before 12 o'clock last night, one of the boilers s I at Chisolm's Steam Rice-Mill, at the foot of t j Tradd street, exploded, completely demolish{ ing the boiler house, and badly scalding a mini 1 1! her of Raft hands that were sleeping in it. A 1 I j ------ ,t w hole was knocked through a brick wall into j the Engine loom, but the Engineer, Mr. Dou i f| gall, though covered with fragments, escaped . | uninjured. t All the hands connected with the Rice Mill, , we believe escaped unhurt. The boiler that , I exploded was an old one, and the Engineer, I ! : who, wo understood had just come on duty, , was of the opinion that it was occasioned by a t deficiency of water. ? Charleston Mercury. < A Ciuano Island has been discovered near ? | St. Thomas, and the N. Y. Evening Post has been informed of the discovery of another 1 island, with at least a million tons on it, the locality of which is yet a secret. Measures are i now taking for the organization of a company, - - 1. "11?_ I 'ri f I to bring me guano 10 manieu ??e nope h j .1 will make the article a little cheaper and more r | accessible to the American farmer. Manifacturb ok Papkr.?It is stated says f i the Haltimore Sun, that a company is shortly 1 : to be formed in Now York city for the rnanu; facturc of paper from saw dust and shavings. : Experiments have been gone into, and some of t j tin*, most beautiful paper made from these ma , terials. it is estimated that saw-dust can be I c j purchased for $5 per ton, and that the process I r through which will ;5?? in the prodnctioii of v paper will bring the pi r I lie I.i i iinn n .,i j least twenty percent. | (Lljr Cnutiirit lUrchli Journal. Tuesday, December 23, 1851. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Wanted at this Office, A JOURNEYMAN PRINTER. One who under stands Job and Tress work, will receive a permanent situation from the 1st of January next. HEADQUARTERS. Columbia, Dec. 18th, 1854. General Orders, No. 1. The following gentlemen havo been appointed Aides-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. They will be obeyed and respected accordingly: E. D. Bryan, J. Dunnovant, jr. S. 11. Gist, W. J. Grisham, IV. P. Duncan, J. II. Marshall, J. li Sondley, k. II. Means, J Glover, T. B. Clarkson. Tho Aides-de-Camp above named, will equip themselves am! report for duty, either personally or by letter. to the Adiutant and Insneetor General, at '96 ? 4 Depot, South Carolina, hy the 5th day of February next. The members of the General Staff, attached to the Commander-in-Chief, are also required to report as being equipped as the law prescribes. If either of iho above named Aide.s-dc-Cnmp, or of the General Staff should neglect to report as above required, it will be deemed a refusal to accept, and the vacancy will be immediately filled by another appointment. By order of the Commander-in Chief. It. G. M. DUXOVANT, Adjutant and Inspector General. Resigned. Thomas Baskin, Ksq. has resigned the office of Sheriff of this District. An election for a successor is ordered to take place on the 2'2d day of January noxt. Snow. We were visited on Tuesday night, by a slight fall snow. The weather lias since been very cold. Hogs. Several droves of hogs arrived in town during the week, some of which were sold at Gi and some at G cents gross. Acknowledgements. lion. ,\. P. IJutlcr and Hon. J. L. Orr will accept our thanks for their favors. Fruit Trees. "We call attention to the advertisement of Mr. Lislcs in another column. tVe have seen recommendations from sonic of the lirst men of his County, who have purchased his Trees, and the low price at which he offers to deliver them, should be an inducement for his encouragement. Columbia Insurance Company. In consequence of heavy losses recently sustained by this Company, tho Stockholders, at a meeting on Saturday determined to suspend business for the present, and to pay out 110 more money until further notice. Executive AppointmentCol. Beaufort T. Waits has been appointed Secretary to the Executive Department. Bank of the State. Tlie Li'gtat.iliu c uii TuuMlii, iiiinutinouMy re-elected C. M. Funnan. President of this Institution. The following gentlemen l.ave been elected Directors: Thomas Lehre, W. C. Dukes, A. Siinotids, II. F. Strohccker, J. II. Steinmeyer, F. Lanucau, L. W. Spratt, K. Simmons, C. J. Coleock, J. P. Dcveiux, P. M. Cohen, Major General's Election. The following is the result of the election held on Wednesday last, for Major General of the Third Division S. C. M., as far as heard from: Chandler. Aiken. On in ilen 41 7 Columbia 42 14 Chcstcrvillc 3 43 Witmshnro 4 52 Blackstock, (Cavalry) U 37 At Camden, the Managers marked 7 of the votes ns illegal. Of these there were 2 for Chandler and 5 for Aiken. The Mails. We learn our Charleston exchanges that the Tost Master General has determined to take the Mails ofT our rail road on the first of January next. The Mercury says that a contract has been entered into 41 to carry, in Stages, the great Southern Mail f:om the terminus of the Wilmington and Manchester Road, via Columbia, to Augusta; a mail from from Charleston to Manchester or Kingsville, daily, in a t wo-liorso wagon! a mail from Charleston to Orangeburg, supplying the intermediate offices, in n one horse sulkcy, tlirco times a week!! and a mail threo times a week to in Savannah in steamboats." The Courier states that tho contractor with the Department was about eutcring into a fub contract with tiio Railroad Company to deliver the western and northern mail as usual, but that the Postmaster General had decided that such an arrangement was inadmissible, and ordered the contractor to convey tho mails in the way contracted for. This refusal exhibits a littleness unworthy so high a functionary, and the best thing Mr. Pierce could do would be to send him back to Pennsylvania, and Supply his placo with Ono who would not break up tho mai j arrangements of so large a portion of tho country, to j gratify a vindictive and overbearing disposition. Wo see no provision is mndo for delivery of tho j mails at our office, and presume they will bo oiought by railroad from Columbia. Judge Butler. Tho Washington Sentinel in speaking of the re elec* j Lion of Judge Butler to tho Senate, says: " Wo congratulate the Sennto and the country ou j lie re-election of Senator Butler. Ho has served his State ably and faithfully in the United States Scnato. i South Carolina hus many noble and gifted sons, but die has liono who would more ably and worthily fill a j seat in that august body than Judge Duller." David Crockett's Family.?Tho Hickman, (Kj-.,)! \rgus says that tho wife and daughter of tho distin- j juished patriot and eccentric geuius, Davy Crockett" jassed through Hickman last week, on their way to j rexas, to get possession of a portion of the land do 1 :ated by tho State of Texas to the heirs of thoso who ! fell at the battle of the Alamo, duting tho struggle for ndependoncc. It is computed by tlm Journal of commerce \ lint Irom the l>t of January last us to the ire sent, time, fifty one American vessels of nil ilasses have never been heard of, six only nr. iving at lb ir destined ports. Their total aloe,is eslimalid at $f>()7.?00; and as far as eMaii.t-!. v.-it d I i .'td.'i.O:*0 li is n(.posed ilieir views numbered 'ltt?soul>. * Hon. W. W. Boyce. Tho following remarks were made by our Representative in Congress, on 15th inst., on tlic bill for llio relief of the children and heirs of Baron DeKalb: Mr Chairman, (said Mr. Boycf.,) I beg leave to make a few remarks upon this ooca sum. l represent ttie district ot tversiinw, upon the soil of which the battle took place in v which DeKalb lost his life. I feel that 1 would he doing injustice to the generous sentiments of this portion of my constituents, if I were to remain silent at this time. After the very full report of the committee, and the expositions made by gentlemen who have addressed the House upon the sutijeet, it would be a useless consumption of time for me to go into an elaborate investigation of the case. I cannot, however, refrain from alluding to ane objection .* which has been urged against the bill. It is said that De Kalb was not a citizen of the United States, and bad not given notice of his I intention to become a citizen. But I do not | think this objection well taken. Before he-had time to do so, be fell in a desperate contest, , j at the head of your army, fighting for your lib I crty. It was a notice which he scaled with ' his blood, and which he illustrated with h.is glory. Lold must be the Heart wtuch liocs not receive this notice. If this b? a meritorious claim in itself, sure* ly it could not have stronger recommendations than spontaneously force themselves upon us at the name of De Kalb, and the memory of his services. The events of the disastrous battle in which he fell are familiar to us all. The American Army were encamped near liugely's Mills, some ten or fifteen miles north of Cuindcn, where the British army lay, under ; the command of Lord Cornwallis. General Gates, flushed with his victory over Burgoyne, determined to surprise Cornwallis, and he accordingly-made a night march towards Camden for that purpose. By a very singular coincidence, Cornwallis had the same purpose,-' and made the same movement towards Gates. The result was, that the two armies met unexpectedly, some seven miles above Camden, before day-break. mutual pause took placed until there was light enough to see by. At daylight the British army advanced at the charge stop, with fixed bayonets. Unfortunately, at this moment, the American militia,, who were in the front rank, were endeavoring lo change position, in pursuance of an order from General Gates. The advance of -the. British at this juncture disconcerted these raw. troops; they became disordered; a panic seised upon them; they threw down their arms, and fled inglorious!}' from the field ; and Gen. Gates fled after them, as he said, to rally the fugitives, De Kalb commanded the second rank, the Continentals. What did he do?? Did lie follow the example of bis commanding general? No; he remained firm; be disdained fly; bo remained to die. lie closed up the ranks of the Continentals ; he refused to surrender; he fought with desperation; he heWfor some time the' fate of the day in suspense^ and at last, overwhelmed by superior numbers, though be could not conquer fortune, he sustained our honor, and learned brave men.hottr to die for their country. He fell in the hiidst of the enemy, pierced with numerous wounds, and fighting to the last. If'the American.Army had lieen actuated by his resolve, instead of a day of terrible disaster, it would have been a resplendent ^victory. W noli.XTeiisial "Lafayette was In Camden, on-liis l?f-t visit to the United States, the citizens of that town, with a peculiar propriety, removed tlie remains ofDe Kalb from the battlefield where they rested, and huri *d them with signal respect, in a beautiful spot in the very heart of Camden, and they erected over these glorious remains a ch iste monument, an evi(lenee of their gratitude and their patriotism. I could not he insensible to a claim presented by the descendants of De Kalb without jarring upon their sensibilities. Indeed it would seem to me, if I did, I would hear a voice from tho grave, crying shame, shame, shame. ? + <?>>> Tub Mails. ? A statement appears in the Washington National Intelligencer, that the great Southern mail is hereafter to bo carried on the Railroad from GohRboro to Raleigh, (just finished,) and by Railroad and Stages Irnvniirl tllfit twitnf In ( M i m rl t\t 1 ....... .. v, It has been suggested to us that Mr. Campbell is determined, if possible, to condescend lo the lowest species of espionage in order to "cut" the officers of the South-Carolina Railroad, and we believe lie is fully competent to the undertaking. He is but a fourth-rate Philajtflpli.ia Lawyer, and not qualified for the important office to which Mr. Pierce assigned him. Finding that lie had bungled bis contract with Mr. Douglass, and that that gentleman could, without any impropriety, transport the mails by the several Railroads, (as we have been informed.) at their prices, and make money by the operation, he has attempted to ' forestall tnc contractor ny serving hun with an injunction which we hope and believe .Mr. Douglass will not regnid. 'Hie whole nfliiir proves conclusively that Mr. Post Master Camphell is wholly unfit for the ofliee to which lie was appointed, and is, therefore, unworthy a position in the Cabinet of President Pierce.? Carolina Times. American- Volunteers for tiie Russian* Service.?Mr. Rosevelt, a lawyer of New York, who sailed in the Bailie last week, en route for St. Petersburgh, it is said is to bo raised to a Generalship in the Russian army. Several other Americans, it is reported, went out in the Baltic to proceed to Russia. The N. Y. Sun says: Mr. Rosevelt has been engaged for the last two months in sketching the plan and calculating the costs of a campaign?all of which are reduced to paper, ard capable of being rolled up into a compass small enough to enable him to secrete it on a person without fear of detection There arc several persons of standing in this city who are familiar with the plans, having got their information from Mr. Rosevelt. they state that it is the intention of the Czar, in the spring, to open the campaign on the most formidable foundation, and to carry the war into Great Britain itself." Tim Artksian W fi.i..?The supply of water from the Artesian Well continued increasing variably throughout, the whole of yesterday, and for a good portion of the day averaged five gallons ju?r minute, ihc clearing oUt of tlio saml nuk is pretty well finished, and should not this troublesome element work up again? as it has so often done ?we shall be enabled to test thoroughly the supply that can be realized. The superintendent, Maj. Welton, who has been six \ e;u> ai tbi> (lillienit job, js now en. gaged fn boring n stratum of tork four feet in *