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fc; awBB -pMrTT*r,rnnTT"r'^^ 1J* ?I Bg? iiT**"* | ftfetdl trams Jkms. ?* ' . ." " ? The TOaiU. , The transportation _of..the mails by the & Sooth Carolina Railroad was discontinued, in - accordance with (he provisional contract made !, some month or two. ^go, on .Monday morning, *nd our community, already oppressed bv an] " wveeedingly dull and uncompromising state of business, are farther tasked by this additional, t . difficulty. . J r. We have been curious to know the provisions i re made by the Post Office ^Department- to su-, L petsede the South Carolina Railroad, and have r learned that the following contracts qaye been accepted : . Charlestonto M AAtifKaTER, daily.? Leave I Charleston 7, P. M.; arrive at Manchester by -8, P, M. next day.'.".Leave Manchester 7, A. Arrive at Charleston half-past 2, A. M.? Two horse wagons. D. A. Fosket, Contract w, \ Chatit/bstox to Orange nunc, tri-wcekly. ?rL&w; Charleston Tuesday, 'Iliursday, and ? ,&rtorday, 7^ A- M.; arrive at Orangeburg in J-: thirty ' 'hours. Leave Orangeburg 7, A. .M<; ttfvo at Charleston in thirty hours. Sulkies. B. A. Fosket, contractor. Fro* Blackville to Augusta.?Supplied toy <be weekly contract from Augusta. Spen? cor, Contractor. SavannatIj Augusta and the West?I>y * steamboat." Brooks <fc Harden, contractu) s. ? Leave.'Chafleston Monrfhy, Wednesday, Fri 1 cfSy, at 4, P. M. Arrive in Chailcston in ^'vliiwB'er^odjrs^ ... it will be seen from these specifications, that Orangeburg to Columbia, and from ; - .Branchville to Black ville, the mail is not sup * - - J - . r i_ puea. it is also evident* mat me mans irom ^ Charleston to Beautoijt, will lie supplied with I: the marl from Charleston, but will receive their matter through froin points beyond this jState, " very long after it wilt be regularly due. ft wilt he seen also that the mail due iu Charleston at 3 o'clock, P. M-, will arrive at half-past 2 the next morning. Our papers go feg'North; will be in the olHee at Charleston twelve hours, and arriving at Manchester at 3 o'clock-otr the next day, after they should arrive, there \\ill lie over for twelve hours long So, also, coming South, our mail will lie ever at Manchester 12 bours. Besides this, jfe the country between this point and. Orange | burg will be supplied with tri-weekly instead ; ef-the daily service hitherto performed; and -altogether, the arrangement is for service so dilatory, vairae and insufficient for the purposes of our community, that it were as well the uoails should stop aJ, once, and leave us the ex pedient of individual enterprise. Upon the assumption that the Post Office Department is honestly solicitous for the welfareof our people, over whose mail facilities it has been vested with .the power to preside, it is to fcre supposed that these inconveniences were necessarily imposed upon us, by consideration of some great disadvantages which would otherwise have resulted to the General Governmer\t. Instead of this having been the case, it seems that the utmost demanded hv Tlail Road Com nan v for the double daily service upon all this line, supplying nil the offices from Charleston to Camden, Culum and Augusta, was 851,300 per annum, or / $25,G50 for'six months. We are advised upon reliable authority that the sum agreed to be ' paid to .Mesirs; Douglass & Co., who contract to carry the mail from Kingsville to Augusta, oace a day and back, is 815,500 for six jfiODths. ? - "Tbe etnA hgreed to be paid D. A. Fosket for carrying the mail from Charleston to ManChester ana back, once a day, is $0,000 lor fix months. The sum agreed to be paid to . B. A?. Foaketibr carrying the mail to Orangeburg, three-times a week, is 93000, for six months. Tfae-sum agreed to be paid to Brooks ifc C/irden fqr carrying the mail from Charles ton to Savannah, |hree times a week, is $9000 fur sin months. It is to be presumed that from Augusta to ^BJpkville, the contract is about Jhesarae^s from Charleston to Orangeburg, ffce consideration of which is 83000 for six " months; all of which together,.for six months -aifloup t, to-839,500*or 879,000per annum, with ^ astipulation, we believe, in each contract, that ff discontinued before the. expiration of the Sitae sfxMiGed, each contractor slut If have, a COBsiderable porfion.of tjie sums specified by W8V of indemnity, ft will thus be seen, that for a mail service ;? ooum uairojma wnicn is equivalent 10 nu service at all?for business met) -must of necessity resort to other contrivances for the transportation oktln'ir rnatf matter?the. Department, ha9: agreed to give the enormous ' rtin of *7l),QU0 while the South Carolina llailjroad has been willing to do double daily service for $al.300. There can be no question, therefore, btrt that the thief officer of the Post office Department bus left out of view the iniwests of this section of the country; it is eqttafiy evident tliat he has been regardless of fl* interests oC the United States; and the insurance is resistless, therefore, that he has conceived him self at liberty to sacrifice his trusts fo the indulgence of a private animosity. The vfemrftttgeiuent of the business of an entire 8tale, and the sacrifice of $13,800 for six tnonlbs^or $2>Z700 for theyear, have not been considered too much to stake-upon the chance of whtpjpmg a Railroad Company ; and we are constrained to confess, that ttiiirk even that brilliant acfrTeveioeot would scarcely justify - tbe effort;-and thai an-officer so regardless of his responsibilities had heller be permitted to . yeiire to a less extended theatre of action-, 9 We much regret that difficulties ol this cha, -meter bave "occurred. We have, front many unfortunate causes', become-extremely isolated. Our fc&ipess interests have become much depressed in consequence. Without some fault, ttpwtftfic. part this community, it was hardly * |(ii?tq>er,ti^^?ir^,<his isolation deepei^. and be tvreen two jujch important institutions a? the Post Oflke Department and llie South Carolina D i 'jviTl.. nuiiroau, witoso reiifiHJii 10 wur j?cuj7ic vugm, to bave made tbetu mindful of these facts, it wusto'have been hoped that difficulties would have been ndjustcd with a careful regard to .. our requirements. We have reason to believe that the troubles will not be permitted to continue. We believe it would be better for the South Carolina Uuil foad to carry the*ni:iiis for nothing, than to protract the disturbances which now exist. It would bo greuHy better for the Post ^Office department to give (he utmost sums required" the COO ipnny, tlrau to be charged with con tract* entered into,?and assured by this, and Sfh^r facta which have coipe to our knoul, welihre great confidence that matters he ndjosled soon, bnt we greatly regret V.*' " ^ " . ' Y that our present difficulties shoukfcever have been permitted to occur; it increases the sense of our isolated and precarious posiiicn and | should have been carefully avoided. < We hope to give further informal ion on this . , subject to-inpfrovv.? Charleston Standard. . ] European Affairs. The news by the Atlantic brings a more ex- i citi.'iir pari v into the field of conflict,? to wit, lire Brili-.li Parliament The Queen's speech breathes u<>tlii:i*r hut war; and, by the way, Congress fnn v thence take a.hint of the vani'y I of all project? of pacification and mediation.? J The great and prouu nations that are now measuring weapons, will submit to no less an j umpire than Deity lire issue of their strife.? As yet they have felt only the irritation and 1 exasperation of war. Their strength is utiiin- j paired, and their animosities increased. The j reserve will come in due time. Taxes will j waste the resources, and alternate victory and disaster will dull the sense of vanity, and then even the BritMi lion and the French eagle will | droop their tails and come to reason. But the session of Parliament, even its inception, has shown that the acts of Government are to be subjected to an unsparing criticism. Eat I Derby's comments on the Queen's speech tire a model of politic and yet pitiless opposition, which may be looked to as the pro* gramme of the course of the Tories. They support the war, but they convict the Government of having blundered into it, and of perpetual blundering since they got into it. The expedition to the Baltic, which commenced . ..?.K 1 ?.%ah/I onrlo/1 will* cimli Willi Mil'll 1UUU (IIIU vimvu himi wuv? lean peil'onn Alice, and the invasion of the Crimea, which was first to capture Sebastopol by a buhl stroke, and now threatens to destroy the invaders by a slow decay, are of course the leading topics of censure. They are, how ever, enough to supply arrows for the Parliamentary warfare of the whole winter, and if the Ministry sustain themselves, it will be by exhibiting more vigor in peace than they have shown in war. Another point of weakness in the present Government, is the Austrian alliance, and the terms of the recent treaty. The -pcech from the throne carefully evades any declaration of the purport of this treaty; Lord Derby calls in question its advantages; and Lord John Russel admits that it is not such as was desired. It is probably only another step in the diplomacy of Austria, to gain all possible advantages from the present war, without incurring any of its dangers or responsibilities. The present Ministry stand on very slippery ground, and although they are adroit and experienced in sliding, the times are so grave, and so little in aecordauce with the entertainments of ?i j?.t. .? :r .i ? mere puiiucfW ucmuiiiv, mai u uicic uui.o <i prospect of substituting for them an able and consistent body of statesmen, they would probably be voted out of office by general consent. But the appalling inquiry, of who are to take their places, will be u very serious and probably effectual check upon the general sense of their incompetency, and the Earl of Aberdeen wi: 1 still continue to preside over the war upon his ancient friend, the Czar of Russia.? Charleston Mercury. From the Charleston Mercury. Orangeburg Female Seminary. We were one of a numerous and gratified audience which attended the court given by the pupils of this institution, on Wednesday night last. On approaching the grounds, we were struck with the picturesque scene which they presented. Groups of merry figures, consisting ofthe carriage drivers and servants in attendance on their owners, moving around fires kindled here and there, and giving vent to that jat0-)*ousness and mirth so peculiar to their nature,notwithstanding the dark pictures which the Abolitionists are so fond of drawing of their condition, had al! the appearance of a military bivouac, or a gipsy encampment. The building itself was also brilliantly illuminated, and on enteiing the music hall, we found it tastefully decorated by the young ladies fur the Occasion, with evergreens and flowers, reminding us that the festival of Christmas was near at hand. Overtures, marches, duetts and solos, interspersed with songs, sentimental, pathetic and humorous, constituted the entertainment of the evening, and the proficiency and ease displayed by the young ladies in their music, both instrumental and voeai, evinced at once their own diligence, and the skill and assiduity of their teachers. Mr. and Miss Hahr, who have charge of this department, are, indeed, no or dinnry artists, nor are their talents and accomplishments confined to this one branc h. The singing and playing of Miss Ilahr on the piano, and of Mr. Ilahr on the violin, which iiistrutnent he handles with masterly skill, elicited the admiration and unbounded applause of the assembly. The excellent time which the young ladies keplr was a subject of general remark, and was the more. 'noticeable from the fact, that four, five or six (and sometimes quite young persons too) would be playing tlife same piece on two or three instruments at once, so that ihe least discord could hnrdiy fail to be perceived, and yet the harmony was complete. Much credit is due to the Rev. Mr. Legare for the perseverance and energy with which he has built up this seminary for young ladies in our midst. Commencing at first with a family school, and then admitting a few pupils from, the village, he has gradually acquired experience as a teacher, and extended the field of his labors, till now he has a large and flourishinsr Seniiniirv in successful onerntion. havincr - O J ? "I " > """ p under his care pupils from many parts of this and other States, and with an able corps of assistants, placing within the reach of parents a solid as well as ornamental education lor their daughters. Two years ago ho made ail extensive addition to his building, consisting of chapel, dormitories and recitation rooms, and he is now adding^a corresponding wing on the other side, being straitened for room to accommodate those who wish to place their daughters in the Seminary ; and when the building is completed according to the contemplated plan, it will present quite a collegiate appearance, and with the handsome , grounds attached to it, be an ornament to the village, 011 the.outskirts of which it is situated. Mr. L. spares no expenscjn providing his Semi- ( nary with every thing that is necessary for the , comfort and convenience of his pupils, and j for the complete and thorough comprehension | of 'he several branches taught. j The healthfulness of the village, the easi- . ne88 of access and central location of the } Seminary, and the other advantages which it t offers as an educational institution, will, we s 'feel confident, secure for it the extensive and f increasing pnttonnge which it has received, and ? deserves. f CAROLINA. L a ' ; i -* l!.!JJ|l'l'jw?i"L,-JLLJLliJ .1 J_ Tight Times. J > This chap is around again. He has been in !' [own for u week. He may be seen on 'Change j 1 jvcry day. He is over 011 the Pier, along Quay ] street, tin Broadway, stalks ud State street, i looks in at the banks, and lounges in the hotels. J He bores our merchants, and seats himself i cosily in lawyers' offices. He is everywhere. A great disturber of fhc public quiet, a pesti- j lent fellow is this same Tight Times. Everybody | talks about him, everybody looks out for him, ; everybody hates him, and a great many hard words, and no little profane epithets arc he- ' stowed upon hint. Everybody would avoid him if they could, everybody would hiss him from 'Change, Jioot him off the Pier, chase him i from Quay street, hustle him out of Broadway, j kick him out of the banks, throw him out of j the stores, out of the hotels, but they, can't. ; Tight Times is a bore. A burr, he will stick, j Hints are thrown away on him, abuse lavished* in vain, kicks, cuffs, profanity are all thrown away on him. ' He is impervious to them nil. An impudent fellow is Tight Times. Ask for a discount, and he looks over your shoulder, winks at the cashier, and your note is thrown out. Ask a loan of the usurers atone percent, j a month, he lc??ks over your securities and | m-n-tc t iva -Init ! If lVospnt :i bill to voiir I Tight Times shrugs his shoulders, rolls up his eyes, and you must coll again. A wife asks for a fashionable brocade, a daughter for a new bonnet; he puts in his caveat^ and the brocade and bonnet are postponed. A great depredator of stocks is Tight Times, lie steps in among the brokers and down goes Central to par, to ninetydive, ninety, eightyfive. He plays the deuce with Michigan Central, with Michigan Southern, with Hudson Itiver, with New York and Erie. lie goes along the railroads in process of construction, and the Irishmen throw down their shovels and walk away. He puts his mark upon railroad bonds, and they find no purchasers, are hissed out of market, become obsolete, absolutely dead. A great exploder of bubbles is Tight Times. He looks into the affairs of gold companies, and they fly to pieces; into kiting hanks, and they stop payment; into rickety iusur.ince companies, and they vanish away. He walks around corner lots, draws a line across lithographic cities, nnd they disappear. He leaves his footprint among mines, and the ricli metal becomes dross. lie breathes upon the cunningest schemes of speculation, and they burst like n Inmndn. A hard master for the poor, a cruel enemy to the laboring masses, is Tight Times. He takes the mechanic from his bench, the laborer from his work, the hod-carrier from his ladder. lie runs up the prices of provisions, and he runs down the wages ol labor. lie runs up the price of fuel, and he runs down the ability to purchase it at any price. He makes little children hungry and cry for food?cold, and cry for food and clothing. He makes poor women sad, makes mothers weep, discourages the hearts of fathers, carries care and anxiety into families, and sits, a crouching desolation in the corner and on the hearth stones of the poor. A hard master to the poor, is Tight Times. A curious fellow is Tight Times, full of idiosyncracies and crotchets. A cosmopolite?a wanderer, too. Where he comes from, nobody knows, and where be goes nobody knows. He flashes along the telegraph wires, he takes a free passage in the cars, he seats himself in the stages, or goes along the turnpikes on foot. He is a gentleman on Wall street to-day, and a back settler on the borders of civilization to morrow. We hear of Itiin in London, in Paris, n St. Petersburg!!, at Vienna, Berlin, at Constantinople, at Calcutta, in China, all over the commercial world, in every great city, in every l rural utMricc?cverywuere. There is one way to avoid being bored by this troublesome fellow, Tight Times. It is the only way for a country, a city, a town, as well as individual men to keep shut out of his presence always. Let the country that would banish him beware of extravagance, of speculation, of over trading, of embarking in visionary schemes of nggrnndizcmeiiL? Let-it i?<*r'9Bl' of wars, avoid Internal commotions, and go right along, taking care of its own interests and husbanding "its resources. Let the city that would exclude him he economical in its expenditures, indulging in no schemes of spec ulation, making no useless improvements, building no railroads that it cannot pay for, withholding its credit from mushroom corpo rations, keeping down its taxes, and going rigtit along, taxing care.or us own uueresis unu husbanding its own rcsouroes. Let the individual man who would exclude him from his domestic circle be industrious, frugal, keeping out of the w hirlpool of politics, indulging no taste for office, holding up his dish when pudding falls from the clouds, laying hv something when the sun shines to make up for the dark days, for " Some days must be dark and dreary working on always with a heart full of cunfi deuce in the good providence of God, and cheerful in the hope of "the good timo coming."?Albany Register. A Perilous Adventure.?The late Major Maeready, of the British army, who served for many years in India, relates in his "Journal'' numerous exciting scenes through which he passed. Those connected with his hunting excursions are not the least interesting. On one occasion while out after elephants, and ? 1 I.MI.J t alter having shot at several ana Kiiien one, ne went into a thick jungle with his companion, where they heard the elephants closo l>y, walking down the hush in fine style. lie says: " Lillie and I were together, and the elephants were trampling, and trumpeting occasionally, onlyta few yards from us, but invisible. At last a little toddler, some three feet high, wns seen by me to the left, and ahead of us. I ( looked through the low cover. OfF I bolted, ' doubled up. and breaking away, till I caught a glimpse of a huge one's head passing like a thought between the tops of two hushes, I , fired. The elcphnnt turned like lightning, and was on me in a moment. The other barrel did 1 ?nf cti\r\ Iipt (far it. was the mrilhnr of t.lio tori. ' ..v,. w.~,. v-_. .. dler,) and I had nothing for it but to bolt under a horizontal aim of a tree, and three feet from the ground; in doing which I lost cap, shoes, . und gun, and rolled over, the elephant coming town on her knee9 upon my traps, and fork- 1 ing out her trunk to get hold of me. 1 saw 1 he trunk curling near my feet. I drew them * n. The thought, " it will ho very short," teemed written before my eyes, when bang? King?bang?bang?bang? rung divinely f hrough my ears; and after lying a few Ij leconds, thufrjhis delightful tirallude might t inish, I jumped up and saw my enemy dead, d ind Lillie with the rest of the fellows standing a ibout us. My clothes were lorn to pieces, my a ing (in addition to shoes'tfnd cap, which were ,j :f(ken frorn*\inder her lull of biood) was oil" my finger, and I was bleeding a gtfod deal fiotn ny head, and a little on haif dozen other places. The first thing Liliie said that I remember, 1 Do you think she's dead V and my answer, _ 1 Oh ! give her the other barrel,' was assurance sufficient (hat I did not want to bo troubled by Iior IlgJlill." I d ! c To Rkmrve the Monkv Market, and to i ] prevent Losses to Merchants, Banks, and > Others.?Lei the Banks of Charleston, or as r many as can ho united, send to Liverpool three agents, of established character, to whom consignments of cotton and other produce can he made. The banks taking the bills of the t merchants, drawn specifically against the. cot- i tori or produce, the agents keep a separate ac- 1 count debiting each bill and crediting the spc- | eific sale against it. Let it be required that j two out of the three agents concur in each sale. , and keep an account of their agreement of dif ( fcrcuces. Let the cotton or produce shipper,if ( he prefer, discount his bills and receive I lie cotton. In all cases, bills against cotton to be drawn only for such an amount as will leave sullicieut margin to cover (lie bill in case of loss on the sab-s. Let til* banks agree upon a fair rate of exchange for these bills, and a liberal discount when they are cashed arid the cotton delivered up to the agents of I ho shipper. Nothing could be more fair and could so certainly promise reasonable profits to all con cnrneti. Every planter, directly or through his factor, might avail himself in whole or in part of this plan, and receive for his produce a fair compensation. Some interested merchants would object. Most would, in the end, be gainers. Srxex. Charleston Courier. Railroad Law.?A Mr. Crocker brought ?a , suit against the Norwich and New Londujn/ Railroad Company, for putting him out of jn car, whereby his knee-pan was broken. The fare for a ticket between the two places is fifty cents, without a ticket, five cents additional.? Crocker endeavored to procure a ticket before the train started, but the office was closed ? lie had but fifty cents in his pocket, and so could not pay the additional five cents. The conductor, according to the rules of the Company in such cases, put him out. The Judge said : The Jury were to inquire whether he had reasonable time to obtain a ticket. If he had not, there was a trespass from the beginning, for in case there was not time, Crocker had a ' - VT ... T 1? .i riglH 10 go oil 10 mew omiuuu ut mu jinee tendered, namely, 50 cents. If he had time, then he was hound to pay (lie extra charge of five cents. The Judge further charged that, if the Company had a right to put Crocker out of the cars, it was for the jury to inquire whether only so much force was used as was necessary to effect that object?whether he was kicked, and whether his knee pan was broken when he was thrust from the cars, or when he attempted to get on again. If he had ft right to remain in, he had a right to get on ngftin, and in that case it mattered not in what way the injury was inflicted, the Company would he responsible for damages. If the defendants acted through their agents wantonly, and were reckless of doing injury to the plaintiff, then the jury would give damages not only sufficient to compensate the plnitjliff for his bodily injury, hut sufficient, also, to protect the public from such acts of negligence and wantonness hereafter. The jury, after several hours' deliberation, brought a verdict of 88,200 damages against the Railroad Company.* CoUSTKRFEIT GoLD DOLLAR.?There is at present in circulation a counterfeit gold dollar. It is made of pure brnsx, gilt. It differs hut slightly from the genuine coin, in its appearance ; though a close inspection of the wreath, on one side, will show they are nut nxmu.Lv the same. The weight of this counterfeit is only IG grains while that of the genuine is 28. the difference in weight is such as to he plainly perceptible, 011 comparing the two, notwithstanding the dimunitive size of the coins. The counterfeit is a dangerous one from the fact that being so small, it is not apt to be so closely scrutinized as would he a larger coin. Savannah News. Laurens Railroad.?At a meeting of the I ? I 1 *1. t !?. !_ .J . .. ^1 . I otocKiioiuers 01 ine juaurens ivauroau on :?muday last, the following gentlemen were elected to conduct the affiirs of the road for the ensuing year: President?Dr. J. W. Simpson.* Directors?Colonel J. H. Irby, Jolin Smith, John Gnrlington, John D. Williams, J. A. Ei ijleberger, F. Nance, Jas. Nesbilt, J. F. Kern, C. P. Sullivan, S. R. Todd, Alsey Fuller and H. C. Young. j The former President, Col. J. II. Irby, nf- ( tor making his report of the condition of the | road, tendered his resignation as President of i the Company, and gives as his reasons for so ( doing, that the complicated condition of his private business required his whole attention, , and it would be impossible for liiin to longer serve the stockholders of the road without ma- , terial detriment to his own afTuirs. Lavrensville Herald, Washington, Jan. 3.?In Committee of the j1 whole, in the U. S. House of Representatives, ' today, Mr. ICeitt, of South Carolina, made a ? dashing argumentative onslaught against the * Know Nothings, in the course of which he ii he stated that he looked on secret machina- v tionsas calculated, if successful, to break down j v State Rights, and inflict a fatal stab upon our s Republican institutions. t< Mr. Clingman supported his resolution to of- tl rer mediation between Russia and the Allies, p [11 reply Mr. Bay ley stnted that he had reason ai [o know that our uovernmeni naa maae over- 8] ures, hut on the whole concluded it best not :o interfere. ?~ n Washington, January 4. ? At a Democratic 0( Caucus hold last night, a resolution was passed p leclaring it expedient to reduce the duties on w nerchandise to a revenue standard, at the pre- m ent session Pkogrk68 ok Woman's Rights.? We learn rum the'American Law Register for Decernier that tho Court of the Sixth Judicial Dis- j nl' rict in Pennsylvania has decided "that no in- ta' f.-iii now lio sustained in that State i rei gainst n female as a common scold.1' Thus gl< re woman's lights ndvacniug. tfi 4 ? ?. " * > j h >: v ' llje (Crtiiiiifn%fffelij Journal. Tuesday, Jantiar) 0, 1855. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. No New3 of Interest. We received Charleston papers lqst night of Syturlav, but we can find nothing of special interest. Our txchanges generally, are particularly scarce of Xcws terns. Our friends must bear with us patiently until rvc get in daily commimicntion with Charleston. The uails are very slow and irregular. f- Hard Times. This phrase has become as familiar in the mouths of ill as a household word, and we have daily, and alnost hourly, practical evidences of its force. It is no" onger a figure of speech?a mere evasion or subterugc for the non-performance of certain promises to lay. hut a stern, unyielding, uufortunato reality, so tangible and real in its practical operations, that all iircumstances nnd classes of the community here and dsowhere are, more or less, affected by it. We have no recollection of anything like the present, of such universal complaint among all trades, professions, and classes, and truly things hare assumed a most alarming shape, arid unless relief comes, the consequence must be universally disastrous. Scarce a day goes by that some largo failure is not reported, and the times have become so exceedingly precarious, that all parties are afraid of each other, and the whole business world is on the lookout for breakers. It would require the wisdom of such wise men as the world o*ice had to account satisfactorily for this state of tilings, and truly tho wise mou of the east are unable to lorelell when these tilings will c^aso' We uttributo the whole, or the greater partem" our present pecuniary misfortunes to that terrible and unfortunate European War, winch has already shaken to their very centres tho four greatest powers of that great and mighty continent, and wlufch has already, and must continue to affect seriously the entire civilized world, in all- its commercial and business relations, even in the smallest and remotest communit}*. It seems strange that a war almost on the borders of Asia should so sensibly affect us, and yet it is even so, and whore the end is to be, no human foresight can perceive. Wc may be at fault, but wo are firmly impressed with the opinion that something ought to be attempted, to avert, if possible, tho approaching calamity?a calamity which must of necessity follow if that war is continued a great while longer. We cannot see the impropriety, which some do, of our country interposing her mediatorial offices. Other causes have contributed largely to tho present state of things, but the cause we have assigned has had more to do with bringing about this sad slate of affairs than all others combined. We may console ourselves witli the thought that things might be much worse with us than they are;?wo might also bo engaged in war. As it is, all that is expected of a man 13, to do the best he can, act honestly?there's the point, use all laudab!e and honorable means, and leave consequences to k higher power. There is, in our judgment, no excuse for not being honest. If our actions are based upon the principles of strict justice and truth, we may pass unscathed the Hery ordeal, notwithstanding it may even be that " Misfortune like a creditor severe'' shall rise and demand even the last pound of flesh, let it go, aye, and the blood too. Truly, there are many curious tides in tho affairs of meu and nations, which lead to consequences wc can little know or dream of. These are the times which truly try men's souls, and the baser metals must show themselves in the crucible of Hard Times. In the daily avocntious of life, we meet with much to annoy and disturb our minds, but, one course only can bear us through, " To bear is to conquer our fate," resolve to do and act, and success is obtained, for Thy purpose is equal to the deed; Who dons the best his circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly, angels could no more " The Mails. A gleam of sunshine we arc happy to state, (says the Charleston Coiiritr,) lias just appeared, which in ail probability will dispel the fog in which the mail facilities of this porfion of our State has for the last few days been enveloped. An offer made by the Post Office department to pay $237.50 per mile for a double dailv mail Servian bciawm Kingsville and Augusta and Charleston and Kitigsville, and .$100 per mile for a single daily service between KingavjUe and Columbia, has been, we learn, accepted y the South Caroli na Railroad Company, provided Hie Schedules required are not incompatible with the business of the road. The only difficulty now in the way of a speedy termination of the present unfortunate state of affairs is, therefore, as to what schedules shall be adopted, and wo sincerely trust, that, as there appears to bo a conciliator}* disposition evinced on both sides?the Postmaster General only, as we learn, requiring such schedules as shall preserve proper connections?no time will he lost in restoring to our citizens tlioso mail facilities of which tlier should never have been denrived There appears to be some doubt remaining yet, in regard to the final adjustment of this unfortunate and perplexing difficulty. Had the state of things continued much longer, there is no tolling what injuries might have resulted therefrom. In the midst of crushing pecuniary embarrassments, with every conceivablo disadvantage under which the business public could labor, to have such wanton and- unpardonable indifference to the public good manifested by those in authority was, in point ol fact, adding outrage to injury, and wo can conceive of no term sufficiently strong to express our disapprobation of the whole proceeding from beginning to end. The article from the Charleston Standard gives the particulars of the matter, and Dur readers might imagine for themselves tho probable workings of " first principles," were we compelled to submit to sloto coaches again. Imnn tlm mntfor trill hn Snnlltr find fnrnrnr ant .. ? ..... .......... ..... -...--V led. The. publio have been outraged long enough. Congressional Matters. The proceedings of Congress are, thus far, so highly m-interosting, that we have rcado but few oxtracts rom our exchanges. It is more like siding a bushel if chaff for a singlo grnin of wheat than anything else I re can liken it to. "Whenever there is anything of' ntdrest worth recording, our readers will have it, but re imagine they are as little interested as we in the isionary whims and bunkuniisms of those wild a]ptractiouists who ocoupy so muob-of the timeand atjntion of Congress. The irregularity of the mails and [ie stale news which we have been receiving for the ast week makes it particularly hard for us to give aything recent or interesting, We hope to improve lortly. ?. The Chester Standard ^ as changed hands, and ibe Messrs. Melton, the late rcomplishcd and worthy editors, retire in fhvor of J." elton Micklo, Esq., who is au able and excellent riter, and to whom, in editorial parlance, we beg ost cordially to extend the right hand of fellowship^ Arthur's Home Gazette as been discontinued. Wo rogret this, for Mr. Arur is one of the few writers of fiction who is really lo " to point a moral and adorn a tale." His peculiar , lent lies in his practical, every-day, home scenes of ?1 lifo, under the pleasiuglgarb of fiction. We are id that ho will continue his Monthly Home Maga- J ifi. * 1 ' *&?' , -Vfe. f.i \ -,3 The War Question. It is a matter of seriou3 apprehension that the Eu* ropean war involving the four great powers of that continent, will creato a terrible panic?the premonitory symptoms of which, we are now feeling in America, as well as affecting the whole commercial world. 'rl- l.o nr> nn/>atinn hilt tlnit ibis OSUSO llflR ODCra. j tod more than any other in producing the extraordinaI ry money pressure and financial embarrassments of ' the present da$fr These are truly and emphatically hard times, and.we arc seriously afraid that the 'good time coming' is far off in the dim and uncertain future. The subject of tlio European war is very propcily attracting the attention of tho business world. Should this state of things continue a great while longer, the consequences must, of necessity, be very disastrous. ! The mediation of our government ought by all means to be insisted upon by tho people of these United States; possibly some good may be effected; it is at least worth tho effort AVc perceive by the Courier ?? I tbut the Chamber of Commerce in Charleston have | adopted the following resolutions, .and. thai, action j olsewhere ? being taken upon the subject. Tho-rpsoI - - ~ i i r\ ? ^ rxi. lotions were onerea uy w ii. v. awucno, w ?j?- . Iowa: , . ' * Whereas, This Chamber is deeply impressed with the serious disadvantages which accrue to the interests of commerce, from the war in,which the Four Great. Powers of Europe are r.ow involved, void ctrdialhr participates in the humane considerations whjclr see* to effect a restoration of the blessings of peace. Tlierelore. Resolved, That tJic tender of the good offices pf oaf Government to the belligerents as a Mediator, in such manner as the wisdom of the Government shall deem right and best, is earnestly and respectfully recommended to the serious consideration of our Senatbiy '' ' and Representatives, now in Congress assembled. . * _ Rcsoked, That the President bo desired to transmit ^ copies of the foregoing to oar Senators and immediate Representatives ut Washington, with a reqnest that they will present the same to. their respect've bodies, TEMGRAPm^mTEmGEmiE. Later from Europe. . Halifax, N. S. January. 3.?The Br ft lab and North AtnericaRoyal Mnil Steamship Asia, Cnpt. E. G. Lott, has arrived at this port from Liverpool, with advices to the 28d tilt. Tup. Liverpool Cotton Market.?The W?-V tl..TOi., VI illitr-ltl P.VflUR T.em. v/iruuinr hi lucooic. trnx ?** *) priere and Co., of the 22d olt., says that the sales of Cotton during the week comprised 41,900 bales, of which exporters took 3,500, and speculators 1,000 bales, leaving -37,400 bales of all descriptions to the trade. The market had partially recovered from the previous decline and closed with a.moderate demand, at former rates, with rite exception of Fair Uplands which had declined 1 8d. *Fai* Oilcans was quoted at 5 5 8d., and 'Middllrfg " Uplandsat 4 3-4d. per lb. Tub LrvKuroor. Bheadstuff Market.? - /, The transactions in flour were sinaH, but prices were firm at ^3s per bbl. 196 lbs., fin- Western Canal, and 4Gs. for good Ohio. Corn had advanced 6d., and although the business transacted was not large. Prices closed firm at 41s. per 480 lbs. for Western Yelldw, and 45* Tw Western Yellow, and 45s-for Western White. The LivEnroot Pkovisiok mankbts.-e, Lard, under the influence of* advices from America, had declined, and was quoted at 53s. per c?t. Beef was unchanged, and only a limited business was transacted at previous rates, although the demand to supply the Government contracts tended to make prices considerably higher. The Pork market was ua**\ settled, hut prices had greatly advanced in consequence of the article being in considers ble request by the contractors to supply too Government. " !*7 * Statk of Tkadk.?In the Manchester mark, ef, prices were a shade lower, ^ j" General IntellioeiCcb.?No additional intelligence had been received.relative to tb^ siege of Sebaslopol. ' p .. The foreign enlistment bill had excited angry discussions in the British Parliament MARRIED?In Columbia, on Wednesday evening, 3d inst., by Rev. Mr. Shand, Mr. Samuel C. DePass, of Charleston, and Miss Maria Root, of the former place. v O Miliary] Jake SiiANP.daughterof W. Thurlow and SaraU Anh Cnston, was born June 6,1853, and died December 31, 1854' ; ^ "Thai all these full-blown joys at once shouldfade Was Ills most righteous will, and be that.vUl obeyed? Died?On the 8th ult., at the residence of Samuel 1L Jeffords, Esq., in Darlington District, W. H. HallTord, pier?On Friday lest, at his residence, Joab Cotton, . ! Esq., a worthy citizen of this district, in the 76thyear ' I />f hiatorrn ~CAMDEN~PEICES CTOEENT. * > * BAGGING, peryard, 14 to 18 , BALE ROPE, per pound, "J1 ,to "J5 'BUTTER i> 18 to 2? BEEF, v 4 to 6 BACON, " V& 9|to 12 COFFEE... '! 12 to H CHEESE,.. * to 15 COTTON, <.... 6 to Tf CORN.... .per bushel,87 to 100 FLOUR... .per barrel, ..900 to960 FODDER,... .per ewt... 75 to 87J LARD,... .perpound,.....\. . x* MOt ASSES,, per gallon.,.....,^..'..... 30 to 37 OATS, per bushel;.60 to 67 ?. PEAS " .... tolOO SUGAR....per pdtmd, . . *?. 6 to 12 SALT..... .per sack. to 3 Arrivals at the IVauiiep ft* me, FOR THE WEEK EXDIXQ JAK. 6. E. G. ROBINSON, PROPRIETOR. ' 0 Spencer, Braliopvillo R S McDow, la$y A fefv't, A J Belden, Lancaster Russell Place Professor DeVine, ColT>ta H J Abbott, So enter Jan Crnmmond u * D TV Harrington ' * C II Peck & lady, Camden R 6 Hudson 1 Miss Peck, " Wm H Hinchman, JT.V Y WmD Cunningham, L Hill W T Coker, Darlington "Wjatt Patterson " .J H Heron, Sumter Col John English, Ricul d W Keney, Darlington J J Lucius, .-!> j PH Young, Florid* D D Perry, Beaver Creek I Wm Rodgers piabopvilte C L Bye " | Job Maraojr, YofkviiJe J A Perry, Pleasant Hill" JEMoLure.^Gcejepwofl4 J N Dowell, Sumtfer John Stanke, Ewrid* W Maasey, Lopgstreet, E H.Benson, Chester JW Ingrera, Hang'g R'ck 8L-L1Bt, S 0 A, UK Brown. Liberty Bill J5.DI4& W A Graham & lady, lam- /l?.Allen J* ca8ier . J. kcuictu jr, B B Baker, Charleston J JH Nichols, Charleston Mr Marshall, Ala f DrT B Lucas, Kershaw W P Hnrrisf^N C J J Trller, # Jas Atkins, Sumter T J Brado, Liberty HID E Gray, Teruresseo Mrs DeYlne, daughter, 4 " < . 2 children, Colombia i *nSii6Ius, Richland E H Hal), CI teeter '.'T&r We are authorised to apnotmca WlL LI AM F. UkUKUHL,, Jvs<j.^a8 acantWaliyibr Sheriff of Kerehaw District ^ the entuing elee, j, tion. ~ . % : t ?; ?< OCT We are authorized to.announce W|&. LI AM T ALBERT, as a candidate for Sheriff of Kershaw District .at theensuing election. 2^? We are authorized to annobneo- W. M. HQUGH, Esq., as a candidate for Sheriff af JCerihaw at the ensuing election, . ' - v "r" . * -'Vi s 3?- --X>